Eugene City Guard.
I. I CAMPBELL. rr.lil.,.
KUOKNK CITY OtEOON
Neither will the cbalr Irutt be aat on.
Tbe formation of a buuaua truat
ped ou a peeling.
It la not aurprlslng that I'aty de Clam
a!.. .hi. I Uud bis way Into tin- soup.
Betwixt the motor anil the iniuiitiT
there'a a right aiuart a doing those
times.
The koliHT haa simply picked up a
Job lot of lalauda fioiu the remnant
counter.
Emperor William of Germany ad
roOBtSO the use of soap, ami may now
expect the anarehlata to Indulge lu open
boatlllty to lilm.
That ant eat the pae r money In the
Philippine la only a rorroborutloii of
lb Bad that It a the little thluga thut
make the money go.
For that matter It may be hoped
there never wlH be anything worae be
tween thla country aud Canada Uiau
uuaettled bouudarlea.
It would wem that the uumeroua In
stance of poisoned coiifisfloii might
leail to the adoption of ham and egg
as m. l refreshment.
There la fame lu atore for the man
who will produce a bigger, more glorl
oua rose thau the American Heauty,
ud uume It the "Admiral Dewey."
bOBdM haa not yet beet eleclrlllcil
to the extent of building a dingle trol
ley Hue In thl fHpiCt tlM city of
IVkl n can give l.ouduu a I n In civil
isation. 1 1 spectacle calculated to make a
a thinking mau pauae when he as the
great Chrlittlnn power! of atoTOpa ' iilin
ly dlacuaalng the partition of China aa a
matter of courae.
N'lcola Tcslu, the obeli hlun, la innk
lug ao many wonderful Invention
claims people are lieglunlng to notice
that hla laat name haa Junt aa many
letter lu It aa Keely.
It ioaka viilumea for the country'
Interest lu that New York kidnapping,
that while the national heart can
ktaud big trouble at ttmea, how the lit
lie ouea move It at other.
The Aniu'kc Jam helra recently held
their annual convention aud adopted
resolutions. One of theae duya the
Auueke .lain vote la likely to be u fac
tor lu American politics.
DfWf fume I w secure beyond
a doubt. Plrat he won a great imval
vlctury without loalng a man; next a
IV cent cigar was named after hlui. and
imw the 1 cwcy nut meg grater ha- bet n
pin. cil upon the market. It I glorious
to be grate.
The wlreleaa telephone follow hard
HpOB wlreleaa telegraphy. There I
KXMi fur ImiIIi and also for the wire
telegraph and wire telephone. The bit
ter two may be a bit old fBlhlonad. but
the age iiii to be uiaterlallNtlc and
aoinehow to mot people the vIhIIiIc
wire make electricity n hade los nn
canny when one atop to think about It
American bridge bulhlera recently
secured a contract to build the bridge
over the Atbara, aud the Phoenix
llrldge Company haa Im'cii given a con
tract to build a nteel bridge oUaeveii
spun for the Imperial Hallway of
Japan. The bridge will be one of the
tine! of the kind ever built. The MUM
company I building bridges for Hum
ala lu mi.,., in
In the llrt four month of thla year,
In the Mingle State of New Jeracy, there
wen Incorporated couipsnlc with an
aggregate capital eiiial In amount to
the entire inns of money of all klnda
In circulation lu the Culled Ntntea.
Much of that capital may properly Ih
lu the form of laud, building, inn
chlncry, etc., but making all allow
ance for that fact, It la dltllcult to cs
ttpi the liellcf that a large pi. .portion
of the called capital haa no cxlt
ence other than on paper; thut It la. Ill
Wall Ktreet parlance, nothing but
"watered stock." And water I a poor
foundation for proicnins tnduatry.
Th record of comparative meteor
ology allow that lu the l ulled State
there are 111 a year live hundred hour
more of auuahlue than lu fair ikied
Italy, and that Spain geta more Hum
we. Hut audi general statement hide
many particular, aluce hardly any
two localltle are alike, the atiuoplier
Ic condition being affected b every
mountain, valley, lake or plain, ami
count cllmatea are modllled liy u,,.
ocean and It current, lu Southern
California the annual rainfall rarely
BSC 1 twelve In. he; nl Sun Fran
clco it reaches twenty five; further
north It Increase till lu Oregon and
Washington It amounta to aeveuty or
eighty, and the Inhahltant are Joking
ly aald to le web footed.
At the age of 'JO Queen Victoria wan
married to l'rluce Albert, aud at i."
was left a widow. Now, at SO, ahe ha
BOVOted what he regard aa her lat
olttclal visit to the capital of her cm
plrc to the tak of dedicating to the
Prince Oeuaorl'a Bsaaaory the tiuui ami
crowning building of that South Ken
tagtoa Bttataai which he founded,
and which aa ahe dec ret . la henceforth
to h.- know n a the Victoria and Albert
Mueum. Her career, thua outlined,
presents an example of wifely con
stancy and devotion which would ho
admirable In any walk of life, sod
which haa been by no in, am common
among royal folk. It la her upreiuc
distinction that ahe haa never let the
wife, ihe mother and the wotuau be
lost In Ihe mere ipiecu.
Just one hundred years ago the Man
hattau company of New York City
wus in. ..ipoi.it, .1 by Anion linn Ita
ostensible pm pose was to aupply the
City with water. Ita real purpuras was
U open a bauk. The reason for the
concealment was because there waa at
- i . ......... '
K.II1UI plejoillce llliliiuai WIUM, a
tank w n built, hollow log hild for
pipes, and water waa distributed until
1840. In order to keep Ita charter thla
great banking company, which atlll
exist. I to day obliged to pump water
from It ancient tank. A pltcheiful la
alwu)a lu evidence at It annual meet
ing, aud a committee solemnly re
ports that no application for wutei
have ban refuaed. The atory ha Its
buiuoroua aide, but It illustrate the
legacy of pretence and uee effort
which roiiudu ImiiiI BM tbodl always en
full. Aaron Hurr'a mode of IMkJD
on.- obje. t iinib-r eovat of anotbat ha
ninny follow ei. but In politics or so
olety or In ludlvldual relation It can
never be commemled uud aeldoui ex-fUSed.
The youtha who have lately bade
farewell to school and college bava,
.1.. ill. lies, high aspirations, but tba
can only realize them by going the
right way alut It. Tbe country la
strewn with tin- arraeka of umbitiou
men who preferred to liegln with khl
gtovsa laatead of with sooty baud.
Kven In the crowded profehiti there
I always room at the top for the high
ly proficient, but the summit cannot ba
reached except by effort of unuatllll
vigor. From the drone and the lucom-M-tent
we often hear thut they nre
unable to aucceed bee iiuae nobody help
them and they have no luck. As a
matter of fact ipMrtunlllc Of more
or Icm advantage come to everybody,
but It taata with the Individual himself
to grap them. If the way to IUCC001
lead Ihrniigh the cur ahopa or along
the atony level and rough height of
the rial man, he la too often dlapoaed
to Ignore the bent oprtunlty that he
will ever have. Life la real and ear
liest. It Is not :il l rose and awan'a
down. The graduate of 1HIHI should
bear thla In mind. There I no shame
In 1)00 aal toll; the greuteat rewurda
that the world can la-stow are reupod
by those who are sensible enough to
Blarl by way of the cur ahopa or along
the roud of the rial or chain bearer
mil I earn the kid glove that they can
wear with pride w hen they huvc shown
themselves entitled to wear them.
New Jersey haa lieeii for some year
Investigating the quaatlon Of ailluted
milk from tulH-reulou COW! with n
view of deterinllilng whether audi milk
was the came of consumption uiuoug
the people who llsisl It. The subject
was luuile one of those which the very
excellent Stale experimental station
attempted to iIIhhc of. For several
years the stallou has had In It herd of
cows those which were iimUct!omihly
affected with IiiImtciiIosIs, but they
were separated from the other iiuluuil
and kept solely for tbe purpoaa of
making axparlDMBta BpOfl the milk
they gave. An editorial itrreaa)iideut
of the Iturul New Yorker, a high an
thorlty upon agricultural subjects. BU
glvell the result of these Invcstlga
Hons, whh li are reassuring even If
they are not accepted as aclentlllcally
correct. The raport any that "the
milk from these cow ha been tested
and analyzed again and nguln, but
thua fur no germ have baM found In
It. Ho fur u science can determine
these cows have produced cloiiu and
healthful milk." lu dleiiMslug the
subject editorially the Joiirnul DMO
II. .ne. I say that altbottajb no germ
haie been found III the milk "It I llot
afe to tay thut the milk has never
contained any. The germ might he
found lu one milking ami not In an
other, or III one single quarter of the
udder. It la dltllcult to discover them,
for the testing apparatus Is not yet
parfactad, snll Is may Ih said that
the germs In such milk nre very scarce
If they exist at all." The statement
seems to explain one very well cstah
llaaad fact, which I that, w hile tuber
ciiIohI lu cow I very rapidly Increii
Ing, coiiNumpllou In the human family
la constantly decreasing It Is believed
to be a truth that there are few herds
of mil. h cows that do not contain dls
eased nnltuala, and If the milk from
them scries to spread tuberculosis
among the human family the wonder
I that such result should not be more
apparent. However, the people do not
want milk from diseased cow a, ami
even If there Is great doubt na to the
extent of the danger lu the use of such
product It I they and not the dlstem
peie.l animal that should bnvo the
benefit of the doubt.
Mrs. Howe aa a Patriot.
Mra. Julia Ward Howe was one of
the pioneers III the struggle for Kuban
Independence. She visited Cuba lu
IS.7, and while there scierely crltl
etsed the Spanish authorities for their
methods. After her return she do
aerlbad her axparianea la a iok aa
tlthtl "A Trip to Cuba," which was
promptly prohibited from circulation
lu Spanish ctmutrlc by the Spanish
nariaor So strong was the official
feeling agajaat the work that alsmt
two hundretl Cuban who were found
with the book in their Doaaaaaloa wara
severtdy punished. HBCa the lute war
thla Isaik baa received a dtKtluct OOOID,
uud the few Cpplaa In existence have
baootna so popular that a Culxin pub
Usher la considering the advisability of
bringing out n new edition lu Spanish.
Saturday Fvculug Font.
Ntcvsnson and the n . j; ,i
All Vlncrhilll who visited the Steven
son at Samoa relate that the Saiuo
aus have a practice of Is-gglug. They
Is. Idly aak for whatever they may
covet wherever It uuiv Is' found. The
novelist 1st nine llretl of this practice,
uud therefore wild one day to a Nn
moan friend w ho had acquired from
hi ixi a necktie, handkerchief, and some
other trinket, "la there any thing else
)ou waiitr"
The Sutuoan made a hasty survey of
the room.
"There I the piano." auggCKtcd Mr.
Slev elisoll, It'otlh ally.
"Yc." replletl the native. "I know,
lull." he added. asiogetlcally. "I don't
know how to play It." Saturday Kveu
lug I Vat.
BUMaaa in UaM,
American englmt is estimate that the
ore lu sight lu the South Afrlcaugold
dUtrlct called the Kami coutulus als. lit
14,000,000,000 worth of the prvvlous
metal. Hut unless nkOrl rapid BMtBWda
of production are einployisl, It will re
lull.- flfty years to put thla gold Into
circulation aud ua.
Some men have a way of bclug mcsu
that cauuta double.
THE DOCTOR'S RUSE.
I... r 1
6 6 T? ' MllM, (Jultnb' off du,Jr ,0"
II night, Mra. I'rcttoD?" hurriedly
questioned Dt. Attwood of the
bead matron, aa he paused at tbe foot
of the corridor.
"Yea. after fl."
"I ahall need her to-night, then. I
am sorry, but It can't be helped; It la
so sickly that a good uurae can not he
eaally secured. Tell her to be at the
main office dowuslalra at 7, and I will
call for her," and without further
worda he hurried down tbe atolra, out
through the great green awluglug doora
of the lio-pltnl onto the street.
"Miss Qulmby," aald the matron a
few momenta later, to a full, alemler,
dark eyed girl In nil rues' garb, aa ahe
came from one of the ward with a
bunch of towels orer her arm and u
cup In her hand, "Or. Attwood haa Just
told me that he will need you tonight.
He wants you to be at the main tilllce
downstairs at 7, and he will call."
"Very well."
Isabel Qulmby wna the daughter of
parents that had once been wealthy,
but her father, like ao many men. III
endeavoring to gain by speculation,
lost everything their beautiful home
aud their place lu society nmong the
rest. Her father, to whom the humilia
tion wna far worse than the mere v
erty, did not survive the fearful strain
laid DpOO him, and In leas than two
mouths died, leaving Isabel and bar
mother nearly penniless.
Then the young girl, putting pride
and all Its accompanying scnaltlvcuesiv
In her pocket, entered the HL Alhuns
Hospital, an Institution lu her native
city, as nurse. The tall, beautiful girl
In her dark drcsa, with white apron
ami cap, and her rich, heavy bulr colled
about her shapely head, and her Is anti
fill face so earnest and tender, was al
most a tonic to those she wus culled to
nurse.
Itefore her fother'a failure she wns
engaged to Hale Attwood. a young,
rising doctor, very successful uud DOD
lilor, and connected with the St. Al
bans Hospital. Hut It had been a hard
atruggle with hlui, for he was poor
that Is, In comparison with her father'
wealth. After the crash was over and
ahe found that he Intended her to keep
h. r promise to hlui, she told him our
night, as they stood In the parlor of
the poor little suite of rooms she ami
her mother had hired, that she could
Uot marry hlui, for, In so doing, she
" ix vvtv DIO UK PLBAD,"
"nn l.i IS NO 1'ATIRNT KM II XI V
su.r."
would be but putting one more obsta
cle In hla path to fume, aluce the
wealth she had intended should help
him was gone. She felt It her duly to
break the engagement, lu vnln did he
pleud aud reuuinlrute. She wii Qrm,
and nothing that he could say could lu
anywise change her mind.
There hud been one more such scene
when she entered the hospltnl, with
the same result. Then he hud grown
cold, and they began to puss each other
ou the steps or In the long corridor
with merely a nod, and In time the niea
ger civility wore away and he appear
ed to recognize her no mure than one
of the other nurses.
It hud been very sickly, the wards
were full, and doctors uud nurses were
catching bits of sleep over their meals
or at any convenient time. Isabel hud
hud but one night off during the week,
and all day she hud been looking for
ward to d o'clock, when she would be
free to go home for one night s raat,
but uow thla summons had come, and
from him.
Promptly at 7 she opened the office
door. He vv u waiting for her. Without
a word otherwise than a civil saluta
tion they panned out through the door
aud down the steps. Silently he helped
her Into the sleigh and took his sent by
her side. Not until they were well out
of the central poHlOB of the city and
making their way toward the suburbs
did he speak. Then It was of the cane
Itself; what he wished to I? done, and
about the medicines; after that he re
taxed Into alienee again. It seemed to
her that fate could uot have placed her
In a harder position beside the man
ahe loved with till her soul and Mug,
ami vet la whom, by her own mandate,
ahe could not -i uk one word of the
love that was making her treuible BOW.
She believed she had never sen him so
cool and self Hiacscd before. Once
aa they pa.d a street lamp she had
glanced Into hla face, silhouetted
against the light, aud It had batB deep
tu thought. At last she ventured a re
mark. "Where did you any this patient
llvesr
There was a long silence, mid she U
fan to think he had not heard her, and
wns atsvut to repeat the iueatlou. when
Suddenly he turned an. I looked full at
her. ao near that she could feel hla
breath. She waa thankful for the
darkness, for she felt a hot flush
spreading over her fSce.
"1 dUI not say." he said, slowly, turn
ing hack to his horse; "I did not say
I . Oh, Isabel, I bare brought you
out here to night that I may plead with
you Just aaoa more. Tbert la no pa
tlent except myself, ajjul no medicine
an this earth can cur me but you. my
Bear."
For a moment tbe young girl Was
fairly carried away by tbe torrent of
hla passion, aud at lb Uttla word he
had l..-n ao In the habll of culling her
abe felt beradf giving away, tor r
solves slipping down, vet -he made one
di perute attempt at ii rally.
"How dare you bring BM out here Ofl
iOCtl a pretenae. Or. Altwnod''"
"laabel," be whispered, for his armi
were around her; "tubal, I waut you
to suy you love BO."
Her pdor. tlr. d '. id sunk upon his
shoulder, nnd their Hps. after long
months of sepnrutlon, met.
"Yes, I love jou, Hale," she murmur
ed, and the sleepy old horse enjoyed It,
too, for he hud a chuuee for u llttlo
nap.
sh, Fought In the Tr nches.
Mr. Mury L Tourelte Slotsetiburg,
w idow of Colonel John Stutseubiirg, of
New Albany. Intl., bear the dlatlnc
ttOBJ Of having la-en often under lire on
the tiring line around Manila. Win 11
Colonel BtotBenbnrg went to tha Phil
ippine! hi w Ife accompanied hlui, and,
arriving there. Insisted on being -r-mltted
to accompany her husband In
the subsequent campaign. She went
us a nurse, with the consent of ticiicrul
Otis, but ou many occasions she had to
pettd hours lu the trenches with the
troop.
Letter from Manila to relatives,
written months ago, tell of Instance In
which the plucky woman Ml caught
during d.fferent engagement uud was
reread, with her escort, to drop in the
Item In , where she lay, with the bul
lets whistling over her head. On dif
ferent occasion she could not restrain
her cut bits asm. and, although she doe
not make reference to it, reliable re
port tell of her seizing a rltle from a
dying soldier and doing very effective
work. Cincinnati Commercial Qaaette,
Style of Address.
With regnrd to the style which
should be adopted In addressing mar
tied women, a controversy ha arisen
lu tiermnuy. There are, lu the lan
guage of the Fatherland, four name
whereby that da may I- deatgnated
- geiiiulillii (consort i. giittln (Bpouse),
frau (lady), ami weib (wife), To Bare
tho not Infrequent dlapntea and bean
burnings which arise from Imperil
uence and Ignorance In the use of any
of these terms, It is now propoaed that
one ahull be officially allotted to each
of tha recognized gradations of the
"scale social." In this manner, it gen
crura wife ahull be known as his "con
sort," she of nn official of the next
lower grade ahull I- that happy per
son's "ssiuse," the middle elan part
ner becomes her buiband'l "lady," and
the worklngman'M helpmate la simply
hla "wife."
referred for Reasons,
A discussion whether "gotten" or
"got" were the preferable participle,
rccdved a practical solution, at bust
for the telegraphic service, from the
experience related of n college pro
fessor who preferred "gotten." He bad
telegraphed to hi wife, - c mile up
town. "I have gotten ticket! for the
oivora to-night; meel me there." The
telegraph operator rendered this Into.
"1 have got ten tickets." et cetera.
Mrs. ProresBor was delighted with the
opiMirtutilty of entertaining her friends,
and accordingly m id, up a party of
eight iH'slde herself, whose greeting
to the ptOfMaoi at the rendezvous
were perhaps in. .re cordial than hi
riflings until thlngi were explained.
lie now make one exception to his
customary u.e of "gotten."
Ants Kat Ihe Taper Money.
Paper money cannot be used lu the
I'hlllpplnes. The Islands are Infested
with ants, which cut almost every
thing, and are particularly fond of pa
per. In a recent shipment of money
for tbe trOOpa was 11,000,000 In paper
money of small denominations, and
preparations were being made to send
more piiper In the next shipment,
when a warning wns given that here
after nothing but gold and silver coin
must Ik scut to the Islands.
The in. i - Ketone..-
"Oh. Qeorglol Who opened the can
ary's cage';"
"I did You told me a little bird wns
a whispering to you when I ami
naughty, so I knew It must lie bin, n
there was no other little bird a boot.
So 1 opeoed the cage, ami the cat's
eaten him Thul'a wot he's got for tell
ing on me."
TTuBBtmg Oays.
If the desire to write continues to In
eraaaa as at now Increasing, ihe ss
pie of ihe future will earn a prectrtou
IIvcIIIushI by selling their books oue
to another.
A Toliai co Hop -.
If all the tobacco smoked lu the Hrlt
sh em Ire lat year were rvdlod lute
a rope an inch In diameter It Would
form a suakelike roll, which, following
the line of the equator, would go thirty
times around the earth.
A II..I-O..J Wl.h.
I want no ! a.U at 'sleen per cent,
1 want no lands ot broad extent,
Nor palsr grand nor rich pagoda.
Hut I want ten barrels of tee cream soda
-L. A. W. Hullelln.
SOME QUEER TOWNS.
ONK IS BUILT ON THE OCEAN
ANOTHER ON THE ICE.
Migratory Flshlag Vlllaes on Lake
Huron -la Alho There la Sola Fs
ale to Be Found -Mountain of lh
Monks A Curious U.
The marine village of Tupuselel, In
New Guinea, would take a lot of beat
lug ou the score of singularity. Here
the bouses are ull supported on pllea,
and stand right out lu the ocean, some
considerable distance from the abore.
The object of this strange poaltlou Is
to protect the Inhubltunts ngnlust sud
den attacks of the dreaded head-hunters,
who nre always on the lookout
for vlctlma. Other villages In this
happy land nre -rchcd up In all but
Inaccessible treea. for tbo same
weighty reaaon.
Another curloua place Ii a town
without a name on one of the arms of
Lake Huron. Thla conalata of some
BOO wooden huts. Daring the rammer
these little dwellings nre hidden away
In a clearing on shore, and the town
contain not a single Inhabitant. Hut
on the arrival of winter, when the lake
la frosen over with a thick coating ot
b-e. the owtiera of the huts arrive, nud
proceed to move their houses out 09
to the surface of the lake. The floor of
the huts Is taken up. and n hole cut
through the Ice. Through these boles
the resident fish, carrying ou their
operation! until tba spring relaaeea the
lake from Its Icy DOOdB, when this ex
traordinary town la once more broken
up, the shanties go buck to their rest
ing place, and the tlshcrmoii scutter
over the country, This place even
boasts a curing factory and a church,
not to mention several subsoils all on
the Ice.
Atbos, a town altuated on a promon
tory on the coast of Macedonia, well
deserves the title of tbe most curious
town In the universe. The peninsula
Is known ua "The Mouutulu of the
Monks," from the fact thut a score or
bo of monasteries are dotted about the
mug. i bill sides or the valleys. In
these establishments dwell a numerous
Isnly of ascetic, kind and hospitable
to wanderers, but full of lUpeMtltlon,
aud baUerlng in tba doctrine of separ
ation to a wonderful degree.
The actual town, as distinct from Its)
monastic environs, la culled Carye.
and supplies the simple wants of the
monk. Here nre to be found street
of shops, crowded bazaars, HourUhlng
trade and all the bustle nnd energy
of a modern town. Hut one thing iu
strikes the visitor n strange. There
Is nut a female to lie seen anywhere,
for the gentler sex Is rigorously bau
lhed from the place. Kven the small
Turkish garrison, from the command
ant down to the privates, conalata of
bachelors.
Thla extraordinary law Is curried
out even among the domestic uulmuls.
Only the vvlbl birds evade It, uud then
only when free, for no female birds la
ever brought to table; the fowl one
has for dinner Is sure to tie a cockerel.
Pot this unparalleled state of affulrs,
there la only a legend to account. Al
though to our practical mind llltnsv
to a degree, It Is Impllclty Kdlcved In
by the InbablUOta. It appear that In
one of the chief monasteries on the
promonotory there I a miraculous
Icon, which Is a picture or Image sa
cred to members of the Ituso(ireek
Church. This particular picture is a
representation of the Virgin, nnd the
legend snys that one day us the Ktu
pres l'utcherio, who had liberally en
dowed the church, as well as lienutl'
fhsl ami restored it. was engaged lu
her devotions, the Virgin simke, ask
ing what she, a Woman, was doing lu
the church. The pious lady, no doubt
Bmaaad, did not reply, whereupon tba
voice Commanded her ho leave, say
ing that the foot of n woman should
never again trend the floor. The Km-
press, probably lurprlaed at tba seem
ing Ingratitude of the speech, as Well
a awe-e truck, left the place, which no
female ha since entered. How the
prohibition thus arbitrarily establish
ed ca to comprehend the length am!
breadth of the promontory Is not very
Clear, As a residence for bashful
bachelor!, we should Imagine, Atbos
would be hard to surpass.-Household
Words.
War Weapons from a Surgical View
TJie medical Journals abroad publish
the results of some recent experiment!
with the uevv automatic revolver.
which is being adopted by marly all
Biuropean Governments. The experi
ments lu ijii stlon were made on pine
wood, on plates of Iron, on a living
h 'rse, and on portions of human
rorpaea, at distance! varying from It
to S30 yard, there being, however, lit
tle difference let ween the effect! on
living uud on dend material. The hole
I from live to seven millimetres In
size, and decreases with the Incrense In
distance, the aperture of exit being,
however, slightly larger thnn that of
the entrance. It seems that the effect
of this weapon on tha long, bollow
bone was exnctiy slm lar to that of
the Qernuui Infantry rifle at h.ih.m to
0,000 feet the Ihiiie wu splintered lu
every cne, nnd In no lustance did the
projectile remain in the bnna, tha track
of the bullet liivurlab y foimlng a
smooth channel, without shattering 1?
fore the lauie. nnd Without bony debris,
while lu the event of bullet trlklng
the skull It Invarlablv shattered the
latter. As to penetrative power, the
projectile at thirty to sixty feet pass,!
through two human trunks uud only
stuck la the th rd. went through pine
wotsl sixteen luetics thick, aud three
Iron plates each tWO millimetres thick.
TWO HANDSOME INDOOR UOW NS.
MR. KRUOER IS BRAVE.
Plucky Mnn Who Controls the Repub
lic of the Hoers.
"Our Paul." or, In tbe Hoer vernacu
lar, "Com I'uul." the I'resldeut Kruger
f the Transvaal, la the oue man whom
the Rrlllsh have not been uhle to beat
iown. He stands like a stone wull In
the way of their aggressions. Kruger
iH-at the BrltJab once in urmed conflict,
jut the conditions have chuuged great-
V since ISSl The dispute bet VV cell tile
British and the Boers Is a simple one.
rha Boers have a rlcb country; the
British wnnt It, aud are trying, as tbey
nave been trying for years, to get pos
session of It. All the Boers nsk Is to
De let alone In the enjoyment of their
)w ii. They make no hostile denionslrn
:lons, stive when their homes and llber
y uud property are threatened. Efforts
juve las;.ii made to goad them Into
lome overt act of hostility thut would
iffortl uti excuse for crushing them,
nit these have been unavailing. 'Ihe
r Is slow and phlegmatic, but he la
in fool. He lights only when It Is nee
ssiiry to repel Invaders, and the Brlt
sli have learned by aud experience
hat he Is brave and cun shoot straight.
President Kruger Is the soul of the
Boer republic. This remarkable man
was boru Oct. 10, 1823. Ills parents
.vere Boer fanners, residing In Cape
Jolony, too poor to provide I'nul with
dioes. The future ruler of the South
African republic hnd to trudge over
he African veldt In hla bare feet. He
was christened S. J. I'uul Kruger, but
the two initial were anon disused,
though President Kruger uses them In
signing state papers.
Pear wu unknown to Kruger from
boyhood, When he was In hla seven
teenth year his father asked him to
take home his spun of oxen nnd nn
posses! certain characteristic!
a man with red uud spotted nalUt
of a flery, hot-tempered
while pale, lead-colored uulla jZ5
a melancholy temperament. AidWbZ
and quarrelsome people were rjW
gulsbed by narrow nulls. Uveri ,
knowledge uud liberal sentiment k
round-shaped nulls. I'oncelt! J
Minute nud narrow minded uoJ
were possessed of a mall aslU; Itryt
doleut Individual! of th siiy nail.
those of a gcutle, timid natnn a
broud natla.
Dressing a Ka7ad. '
The author of "Wild Flown, rf 1
California" gives nn . ntertalnhi,
count of bow the Indians preaw
food n plant that Is cnimnonly ulg
Indian lettuce. It will I, recalled
formic add takes It. name from tw
red ant, and that the arid wns firstoV
talnad from the Insect.
The Placer County Indians greedllj
eat the succulent leaves and stems!
their "lettuce." Their way of prep
lug the plant for fi,d u novel. i;aa,
erlng tha leave, they iny theae aboe
the entrance to the nests of c-ertali
large red nut. The ants, awaroj
out, run nil over the plants. Aft,,,
time the Indians shake the nntitf (j,
leaves, satisfied that the letTKe Mr
has a pleasant sour taste, wn.
that which might be given It by TUst-gnr.
I. on, ton Si.u.-n Startled
London society Is stirred to lu tej
depths by the performance, of ,
thought render, who Is the lion o( th
hour. There Is no thought, not nn
n mental reservation, hurled to dtn
In one's meutnl recesses, but what tblt
wonder pounces upon It with an iflUtj
tbnt Is positively unennny, anil dnp
It forth Into the light of publicity. Tu
YOUNQ KBUGBR'S BTBUUGLB WITH A PANTHER.
Mafne Tramp I,w.
The Maine trump law la driving
DttSty Rboade! and Weary Waggles
out Of the PUM Tree State, judge Bose
re ently n enced a. verul trumps to
tall for ten month! at hard lalior. and
their associates are tumbling across
0B h other In their anxiety to get BCNM
the state Hue.
empty wngou. lie was accompanied
by his little sister.
"Paul," aald his father, "take care of
your sister."
"i win," be aald, simply.
In those day traveling In Cape Col
Dny wns anything but a picnic, wild
anltnala were plentiful nnd ninny a
traveler became a prey to these beasts,
everything went well until Paul wus
within nbout tlve miles of home. Here
a large panther made his npienrnnce.
The oxen took fright and Imlted. The
lostllng of the WBgon threw the little
girl to the ground, where she wns at
the mercy of the ferocious animal.
Without a moment's hesitation young
Kruger Jumped from the wagon uud
ran to his sister's assistance. The pan
ther stood with gleaming eyes over the
prostrate child.
Kruger was unarmed, but without n
moment'! hesitation he engaged the
panther in a hand-to-hand buttle. It
wus a fierce battle. Time nnd again
the angry bOBBl Clawed Kruger cruelly,
nit his courage and strength Uever full.
id him. I.Ike a bulldog he held his
grip uiHin tiie panther'a throat until he
strangled the beast to death. Kruger
was badly lacerated. Blood Bowed
from many wounds, but. notwlthltand
lug his injuries, he carried his fulntlng
sister home. This exploit made him
the hero of the sturdy Boers In that
section. It was the first Indication of
the latent powers that dwelt In the
coming ruler of the Transvaal
This heroic Boer ruler Is almost de
void of learning. What education he
bus wns hard for him to secure. Yet
he has batlled men of learning by hi
sagacity. His knowledge of human na
ture is wonderful. It la no wonder that
the Old Boers love their president. Hla
character Is pure; he Is gentle as a
bnbe. but firm na a rock, and a very
lion when his couutry la lu danger -Chicago
Inter Ocean.
When you beer fool! abused, take !
of It to yourself. I
She had sent a telegram, and waa
waltlug for an answer. Suddenly the
peculiar halting tfleh of the reviving
machine sounded lu the orMoe, and she
aald to her companion: "That's from
Oeorge, 1 kuow; I can tell bla stutter."
- Modern Society.
Pray for cake, but get out and hustle
for the bread aud butter.
possibilities nre something awfuL 1
deed, It Is related that soiuo of
revelations have been nstoUDdl'
yond worda, nnd one womat'""
tremc sensibility Is snld to buttl
ed na the workings of her mint1
laid bare to herself nnd a toll
Intimate friends.
The
CAPT. NICHOLS.
. Wfcl
lommanaer
Monudnock'"
Kiel lit ManiU.
dipt. Henry Ezra Mcho'. "
mender of the monitor Moniula
who died of sunstroke at Manila.
one of the W
otllecrs in
navy- HewBJ
native of Nr
York nnd
the naval M
cn.y m
Thus, its be
not gradutt
I860, w
1 1 1
no part
civil war.
in '
1
CArr. mciiols. jN, to V
was attached to the Kuropcao
He rose rapidly through the
grades of office In tl.e service
lug ensign In I860, master In 1
tenant lu 1860, lieutenant iniuW"
In 1881, commander In the w"uf,.(!
, ' i,. KroO 1W
ami captain inn reccui,.- ,g
to lNiaj be did service m llor"
lsta, he waa given conn .
Beuulugtou. When the M""a
was seut to Manila Capt SlchoW
along as her commander.
Ivy Absorbs M",iul'hl, W
There la n current opinion tn (
i... - Umm. rot the
mm a, ie.-miv.-iiv j i"
uf
which It clings.
the
This Is true
f I Ml
Told by the Khmer Nails.
Iu the days when fortune telling was
more lu vogue than at present, the
ahnpa and appearance of the anger
nails were leaked ou as having refer
ence to one s destiny. The nails were
first ruhted over with a mixture of
wax aud soot, and. after being thua
proarvd, were held so that the sun
light fell fully upon them, tin the
horny, transiarent substance were
supiHiacd to appear signs and charac
ters from which the future could tie In
terpreted. Persons, too. with certain
descriptions of nails were lupposed to
. . .1 .! W
number of other climbing ' j
not or ivy, ror n aman ,,
almost every nouse io ,Bal
entirely free from oamp,
every particle of moisture fr" 1
brick or stone for It own iiwte
of II I'm ..
This It does by menus in .
which cnu work their "J
the hardest stone. When the w. . ,
well covered with Ivy the o. -vr
leaves will conduct water raims jl
them from iiolnt to point
amstsh! la ivnched. without .
7. L . . .. ,isiure rl
tne watt to racoavw tDi
ever from tbe lieatlug nun ' f
should be an exceptional AM
covered walls showing sign"
ness, that will l' roiiuu . -
t . . .,hI on 1
uieir uni iuk i" " --
Improperly drained site.