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- ttiugene City Ghiard BAl'URDAY DBG V TO CORRESPONDENTS. The business department the WEEK of LY GUARD is caused considerable trouble by corre spondents addressing the pro prietors personally. Address all letters referring to the newsoa per or business connected there with to THE GUARD, Eugene, Oregon. : with which she climber! the shallow rilllei between Portland and Salem during the hu turner when nearly a I the river boat were compelled to tie up. The City of Kugene is a good freight equalizer. The sto.k i owned by home people, and the.v Hhoold be loyally supported in their effort to give uh fair nom ths petition in carrirr buHineed, Uffi! iiliil m OB 898 SnB lift !ln8ifence,aHera INHIA WAR VKTKKASM ';5-'5e. OK It dix'x seem that the veter nn"flhe Oregon Judian war of 'oi-'oGare treated yery shabbily by this government in the matter of pension!". The excuse that the men who fought bloodthirsty Indians lo protect women and children sgaiunt massacre werH never in the service of the United States is fine spun and puerile. The territory of Oregon win under control of the general govern ment; the executive officers of the territorial government were ap pointed by the present, and con gress bad the authority to legislitu aa it pleased concerning the dependent territory. The attempt to shift the responsibility to a defunC. dependncy is unworthy of h gov ernment that mukes ihe proud boast that no soldier who fought in her service shall go unrewarded and uncared for when sickness, in firmity, or old age makes it impos sible for bim to fill an active pluce in the afUirs of life. These veterans deserve a pensioi . They fought for this country nearl half a century ago. They are bowel with the weight ol years; thei numbers are few. They ask btt justice. A LAI 1MB LI VR IN UOOkT. The veteran editor of the State Journal was in Portland last week and visited the circuit court roon where the case of property owner ngaiust the City of Portland fo damages on account of landslide was being tried. He thus sura marizes the proceedings: "We visited the court room las' week where this extraordinary cast had been running for several weekt-Kx-Ciumty Judge Moreland wa. nsking all sorts of questions of Tom. Diei and lUrryas to their opiolOQl on Blides. The jury was looking on, hut of coutse could not remem her one ijuestion out of a hunt! ret1 . and would not pay any attention to it il they could. City Attorn-.. Long and Lawyer Duniway vu-r objecting to nearly every question as irrelevant they might have objected to the whole proceeding on the same ground and Kx-Gover nor Lord, ol OOQDSa of the city, was sitting thsre saying nothing, us be had beer, doing for several weiLs Perhaps he was thinking a good deal about the inequalities of life ad the absurdities and inconsis tencies ol lawmakers and lawex pounders as well aa lawbreakers." BO SAL MilL DSUTBBi KX PKUIMKNT. Free rural postoflice delivery does not seem to be appreciated by the farmers or they are not aware of of the advantages. Richmond. Indiana, has two routes of delivery accommodating three hundred farm ers with a daily service. It was one of tho first localities selected. A recent inspection developed the fact that only a dozen farmers had suitable provisions made for the reception of their mail, and the special agent condemned the routes and ordered that proper boxes be put up. Though the cost would be but 75 cents to each (armor less thau half have complied, and the threat is made that the routes will be discontinued and transferred to other parts of the country district iu the same county. Ml homk BTliMlaV The City of Kugene has agaiu landed at the place where she was built aud received her first liaptiotn in Willamette river elements. The steamer has demonstrated the prac ticability of at least eight mouths of river navigation to Kugene. This lioat astonished pioneer steamboat men on the lower river by the ease KiSD T ITS OWJt. The Olympic football team of Sun Francisco got caught in a genuine Oregon mist at the Thanks giving game at Portland with the Multnomah's. Neither side scored. "The Telegram report says: Throughout the contest the rain came down in torrents and even the grandstand was not proof againBt dampness." The Olympics claim the better team. If their claim is founded on fact Webfoot climate was kind to Its own, and saved the Portland boys from defeat on their own grounds. Geese saved Rome from the barbarians. Rain saved Port land's football reputation. The official vote of Ohio shows the vole cast for candidates who opposed the President's policy to be a majority of 73,771 of the total vote of the state, and I hat the com biued vote of McLean and Jones is 57,692 greater than the Republican vole. In view of the pathetic ap penis of Han mi and McKinley for an indorsement such a verdict from the President's own state cannot but make bim fear the result next year. A man is under arrest at Port land charged with insanity because he jumps about in most fantastic manners and calls it dancing. The authorities had better be careful in establishing a precedent by sending this man, who supposes himself a dancer, to the asylum. The woods are full of men who hive similar ideas though they may not carry them out in extravagant the man ner of the Portland dancer. The Daily Register appeals to party prejudice for supdort. A few peoplo may be found who will he influenced by politics, hut the great majority buy daily papers as they buy groceries, drygoods, etc where they get the most and best for the maney. The people want all the local news The paper that gives it will not lack support. When no hold up is reported to the Portland polios of a morning enough is thought of the eveut, or rather lack of event, to chronicle the fact in the daily papers. It is said Portland people practice throwing up of hands in order to gracefully perform the act when called uon. The Oregonian has not yet decided to include the hold up industry among gold standard prosperity assets. Randolph county, Virginia, until the other day, when the mother died, baasted of a family hearing the name of Scott who weighed, all together, 2,o-lS pounds. They are a long lived people, too, the mother being So years old at the time of her death. There were ten members of the family. hlx-Congressman Kllis, of Mor row count, is reported almost cer tain of the positiou of aergeant-at-arms in the ensuing congress. Ore gon may get some recognition through that ofiice. The state got little through his being a congress man. A novel e.ise was on trial at Lynchburg, Virginia, the other day. Aged parents, SI and S9, accused their son, a clergyman, of embezzling 14-1,500, the pnveeds of life iusurauce collected ou the death of another son. He defended himself in court, and cross-examined his aged parents. The court re served its decision. Dr (titling, inventor of the ter rible shooting machine that hears his name, hojes to indent an auto mobile plow. This would be some condensation for the injury he has done mankind. mm m-n min mm m, Than was a shimmer of rrlnison light in the ky as r"ie nlong. Hitting quart uud leap In the saddle, wttk an anionic that changed little uh bin bom's giut varied from lope to tn't. from trot tn walk or from walk to lope, Ms eyes f.Xed straight Wand, the scout rode, ab aoiutely alaus, Bolitud. ami alienee hail U-i-n bis por tion ho inurli that language aa to him a Curio, a rarity, a limn He iH-lilom heard the mmm of human votes, and when he dlil he listened deeply and un- twersd deliberately, for bis supply of ip so eh Wai not Kreat. Ah he rode there ram scream from afar overhead a shii.-li. a screech. Hut he did not look apwanL Hi- knew the voice wa- the voice of Bprittgfiald ball, high in the air. Man and bona lay down and waited. Neither in-. Mil. bVt lith watched. in tb brow of a little knoll, far away, he saw a hush wave too fa-t. It wai fir away, but ho leveled hii rille and tired. Then home and man arose a- if by mutual understanding, ami turning from the knoll he rode, the report of the nuns In him! bin merely urging him to hasten. Ha was not afraid. HI was not ex cited. He did not aspect to die. He did not expect to live. Lata that night he reached the post. delivered his orders and turned to go. The captain stopped him. "Most anybody on tin way over he anked. The scout looked bard, as If digeatlng the query. Then be thought. At last he answered: i inly some Indians." How many'" "Was seven," said the scout. "Now six." "On the warpath V" asked the captain. The scout looked troubled, as though bored by the IIBBSlllllll "They tired" Was all he said. Now, then, the war was on in earnest. Hut the scout ever after avoided the cap tain SI a man wlm talked too much. In the grcajadl nonciiiiniissioned offi cers passed to and fro. bent on the dutleo of the day. New recruit" were U-ing drilled, singly and in squads. Now and again a still young lieutenant crossed to the officers' quarters or, In-ut on inspec tion, went through the form of examin ing Quartets to sec whether the dust had tii-en properly stashed away aud the floor duly swept. Presently a soldier entered, walked to where the scout lay, and said: "Colonel wonts you!" The Hcont remained Immovable for a few saCOadSi Than he turned to the nies- senflet -'ud looked him tqaaraty in the eye. Then he arose, ih-lilo rately dressed, drew on his long hoots, buckled bis I ..-It with the ammunition and revolvers in place, nnd stalked to Quarters. The or derly halted him at the door. "Colonel w ants me," be said. He passed In. The colonel ignored the lack of a salute, for the keel eyed man before him was not a soldier, but a civil ian employee. Then he said: "There Is n woman here, the wife of Lieutenant Jasper, who is wounded at the ferry. She wants to join her hua bnnd. You BttSt guide her over." The scout looked lull f terrified. "Woman'" he asked. The question had a world of meaning, for the colonel knew of tin- boatlleS on the road, the dan gers of the trail Itself, Its double dangers for n woman. He nodded. "Had." said the scout. "Can't be helped," said the colonel. The scout stiK)d still n moment. Then he turned and walked out. Aa he reach ed the parude ground he saw a woman before the officers' ipiarters. The sight revived his memory. In a few minutes he was back at the colonel's Quarters, his horse saddled, his blanket! rolled behind the eantle, too ritle slung by the horse's side, the riata coiled carefully over the saddle post. "Toll bim I'm ready." he said gruffly to the orderly. The soldier turned In dis gust. Sic was not Used t-i un ereiuonious orders. Hut the scot-l w.;s netruhle. S i the orderly went. When the scout was ordered iu. ho saw u little woman weaiing a short riding habit. He looked at her indifferently. The colonel spoke, saying be was tho best scout at the p.-t. and she might feel safe with hiui. "1 feel it." she said. The scout broke silcuee. "Hetter not go," he said. "iili, 1 must!" was her answer. They rode away together. All tho night long they rode, halting during tho day. On the third morning, as the wo man was about to lie down for a fevr hours' rest, the scout arose, ns one who was about to deliver an oration. "Only six miles." he said. Fear of the b --tiles had forsaken hi-r, and they rode r. .;dlv on. indifferent alike to the whistle . : the bullets, the jells of the braves, and the efforts of small poe tics of bueka to head them off. Cloeof aud closer to tb camp, ami then, as tho sentry challenged, the scout turned snd let the woman ride ahead. lie faced the host i les for a moment Tlon he looked ground and saw the guard rush forth and welcome the faiut Ing wife. The dancing braves Jarred on his sight. He turned back to where the woman had entered the canip, ami then followed her. Tho officer of the guard almost hugged him. Men gathered about him. The captain CUUped his hand. The wounded lieutenant, Uow almost well, wept. The talk annoyed him. Philadelphia Times. Doeklna Horses. Docking horses took its rise in the dark days when bull and bear bailing was honored by a place in the category of sport, rightly now relegated by law to the cutslogue of outrsge. This custom of docking w as once generally applied to English roadsters, hunters Bad harness horses. The only useful purpose it ever served was in the Peninsular war. when British dragoons could be most easily distinguished from French by their cock tails. It fell into disuse with tin decline of road coaches, and we owe Its unwel come revival to their partial n-st,, ration. It is senseless, barbarous and disfigur ing, it inflicts needless suffering upon Btood mart-s and horses turned out to grass, depriving them of their natural ' defense agaiust flies, besides the severe pain aud shock caused by the operation itself. It should be discout ig,sl in every ' possible way by influential persons, by ; those who lead the fashion in such things, and agricultural societies should In- mov ed to refuse prucs to exhibits which have j undergone this mutilation. -Blackwood. FLIRTING. Tim Juhp was a beuedlct. That is tJ ssy. he was married up to the standard. Tim was rather a fine looking fellow snd knew It. He hsd married a woman a few years more ancient than he was bees use she had a few more dollars than he. lit bad a tnother4o-snw. She wis slight, well preserved old lady of the leiiml, and under almost any light she looked quite as young as bur daughter. Mrs. Jullp. This mother-in law had a marvelous way of making herself up and of appear lag rosy and kittenish, and If she took It Into bT head to pass for a sweot 16 she COOld do It at a distance. She was a dutiful laother-hvlaw to Tim and made It qoite as animated for bim as mothers-in-law are apt to do. She suspected that Tim was foud of other ladies that he was Inclined to pass . i i . himself na an a single man, nun mm uwn , yearned to prove It. Her surmises had already awakened the jealousy of her daughter, and It had of late ! en so "warm" at his house that they didn't hare to buru half as much coal as they formerly did. But Tim was a persevering cusa, and whenever be felt himself at a safe dis tance from home he would unbeiid him self ami be happy, for happy he was when he could find somebody to flirt with. The park was his favorite resort, ami how lucky It was that his "family" did not know of all hi- pleasant cadldoes In that beautiful resort. One pleasant afternoon Tim arid a party of boon companions, dressed in the height of fashion, were meandering through tho winding and devious ways of the purk, when a gay and dashing creature swept past them, casting back a cnuettish smile that might easily have been interpreted into an invltatloo if either of them saw fit to take It tip. Tim was the first to speak, for he was an ordent youth. "By jingoes, but she's a stunner! 1 say, fellows, just see me sail In and cap ture that charmer." They agreed to wait and see him do it. He turned aud followed her. She didn't appear to be extra anxious to eacaiK him, and so it was not long before he overtook ber. liaising his hat hu saluted her. She replied artfully, and In a few mo menta he seemed to hare captured the fair creature for sure. His friends fol lowed slowly behind to see how- It would eventuate. They reached a shady seat, and, reef ing there, they kept up the same ani mated conversation that they started. Tim was somewhat taken. Exactly how ahe looked, or how- old she was, he could not tell, for she hud one of those lllu binary veils over her face, and they are such assistants to fraud that many a man has been taken In without going be hind them. The result was an appointment for the next day In the same place. Then they parti-d, and Tim joined his companions in high glee. They were disposed to doubt his complete conquest, aud ao it was ar ranged that they should be on hand the next day to see for themselves. The next day found hltn on the spot dressed with exceeding care. IBs beau tiful unknown was also on hand, and ere long they were engaged In earoeat and loving conversation again. "Oh, you uaughty menT' sighed site. "You are always capturing the hearts of us poor, trusting women, and we art al ways the sufferers, now do I know but that you are a married man belong to another?" "What! Can you think me guilty of so much deceit?" "You know we are strangers." "What signifies It? Fate brought us together and we cannot decelro each other. I love youf "Oh. sir, It la imposalbk?r "I'll swear It!" "And you are not married f 1 "No, no, my dear. Fata baa teaerTcd us for each other. Until I met you I never loved." "Oh. oh, how my poor haart goosj Let us retire to a place not ao public, for I feel so giddy. Here, let oa go into this arbor." "Anywhere in the world with you, dearest," he whispered, as ahe took bis extended arm and they started fxir an arbor near by. Here they again seated tbeassetvea, and Tim began to pour forth the same volume of poetry that he had used ou so many other occasion. One of her Utile glov.d hands he took In his, while bis arm gradually stole around her shapely and unyielding waiet. At this moment a deeply veiled lady came up bohind them, and Tom's friends were just passing through the arbor to see how well he was getting along. His charmer called to the veiled lady. "Come here, Mary, and just hear how sweet bo talka," He turned toward the Intruder, who had In the meantime raised her veil, aod, half rising, he confronted his wife. He felt aa though a ten pound shell had exploded In his hat. He glanced from hl wife to his betrayer, who had also raised her veil, and wbA of all people In the world, should it be but his mother In law: His friends vanished amid the roost boisterous laughter, and his motheHn law reached for one ear while his wife took hold of the other, and wlthont a word they started with him In the direc tion of home. Boor Tim Jullp: He Is now a broken hearted and melancholy man. He avoids Central park, and the places that knew him once would require an Introduction to hltn now. A wig replaces his late hy perlon curls, and It is irenerallv under stood among his friends that his flirting days are over. New York News, I topfanlsra. Ftopianlsm" is another ,,f fl... i 1i pet words. I believe the quiet admission w men we are ail of us so ready to make mai oecause tntngs have long been wrong It Is impossible they should ever h- right-Is one of the most fatal sources of misery and crime from which the world suffers. Whenever you hear a man dissuadiag you from attempting to do well, on the ground that perfection is "Vtoplan." beware of that man. Cast the word out of your dictionary alto gether. There is no need for It. Things are either possible or Impossible vou can easily determine which in any state of human science. If the thing Is impossi ble, you need not trouble yourself about it: if Ooaslble. trv fur If. T.t I. mmmm f. . pian to hope for the entire doing a.wmy iiu siu sun misery out or t-he would, but the Ctoplanism It not our business the work la. RuaklB. .1 My Hosbanu s umorciia It is seven years since tkc following adventure tk place, but even now I .uniiot recall the weary, heartrending IrotjUs without a feeling of profound thankfulness to Providence for shaping the end to onr benefit. My husband was then, aa now, a collet-tor for the Safety Insurance company md he hod gone dowu to Birmingham i .Meet the sums gathered by the agents In that town. Hi- had already been away a week and had telegraphed me that morning to the effect that he Intended returning that same afternoon, but It waa 10 o'clock n. m. before I heard the welcome click of his latchkey. As we crossed the hall hu stopped and took down bis overcoat from the peg, at the same time taking bis uiubrulla In his other baud and saying: "lthoda, my dear, you may us well put this In the lumber room; It is smashed en tirely uow." And he laughingly opened his old "irumn." which was indeed n i i- plete wreck. I took it from hltn when bs had closed it. and while he went to kiss our little ones I flung the umbrellu into a distant comer of a dark closet uuder the attic stairs. Next morning Edward kissed us us UMial and act off, looking bright, strong ntid happy. Alsmt 11 o'clock I was busy muklug a pudding for an early dluner, when nn unusually peremptory knock nt the hall door startled me. I hastened to open it, and was sur prised to confront two strangers, my husband looking pale and troubled and Mr. Snell. the director of the company by which my husband was employed. They walked In, and Mr. Snell at once addressed me. "Mrs. Falkner, forgive this Intrusion, but your husuand has lost his pocket book or at least he says so containing bills to the value of $3,!W." "Lost! Oh, Kdward. how could it happen 7" I cried. "I don't know," he said mournfully. "I had It In my overcoat pocket last night after I came home, and ns you know, I took my coat into our bedroom, and it was there ithe coat) this morning. f"r nobody went Into our room except our selves." "Are you sure you brought it home?" I asked. "Sure! Yea, of course, I'm sure!" he mid impatiently. "Then in that case we must seurch the house," said one of the strangers. "Oh, do; ob, do," I said eagerly. "It must be somewhere about." "In the meantime I must ask you to stay In this room," he responded, and they went out of the room, leaving us alone with Mr. Snell. The book could not Imj found in the house, and though all was done that could be in the way of advertising and offering rewards, all our efforts were un availing. Edward was discharged from his situa tion, and many of the pis of the tow n did not scruple to say he had appropriat ed the money to his own use. However, the directors were not among these, and aa they quite believed tbotU lost, prose cution waa of no avail; still, they could not keep in their employ a man guilty of such culpable carelessness. The house we lived In was our own. having been presented to me ns a wed ding gift, so we decided to stay in it, but to sell the better part of thu furniture. This we did, and Edward went to Ameri ca, where he succeeded In obtaining n Is! as clerk In New- York. Time went on, aud more than two years had passed since our trouble. I had let my unfurnished rooms to a nice quiet family and undertook to attend to them, which enabled mu to keep the wolf from fhe door. My two little girls were uow growing up and would soon require to go to school, an expense which I was not as yet pre pared to meot. For two years I had not seen my husband and I felt the separa tion keenly, and I could not help the yearnings of my heart creeping into my letters. Edward noticed this, and in March, 1880, he wrote, telling me to pre pare and come ont to him next month, lie would forward me the requisite fuuds. We were greatly excited nnd began packing at once. I sold i. i .use for 11.000 and paid the money to Mr. BotU as part payment of the missing S:;..".on. and also sold the larger articles of furni ture. The latter sum helped me to pro vide a few necessaries for our wardrobes. The money came from Edward, and all was now prepared when 1 remember ed the lumber In the stairs closet and told the charwoman to bring it out. She did so. my little girls helping her. I had gone down stairs for soniethlnj when I heard n cry of surprise, nnd Mrs. Egan, the charwoman, came running down stairs, bearing In one hand a dusty oW umbrella of my husband's and in the other the long lost pocketbook. She had found It In the umbrella", she explained. Instantly it was Hear to my mind. As my husband closed the old "gamp" that night, now three years ago, nud Huug his cost over his arm the pocketbook must have slipped down Into the umbrella! In less than an hour I had handed it to Mr. Snell and wired my husband the joyful news. Instead of us going to America, my husband came buck to England, nnd on the atth of May, 1S8 , resumed his du ties as head collector of the Safety Insur ance company, nnd I'm proud to say he still holds that post. Wc kept the "gamp" ns a curiosity and shall band it down to posterity as the in strument which nearly gave my husband penal servitude. London News. Historic Fictions. Was there ever such a breaker of his toric idols as the scientist'' Tl... J archaeologist. Dr. O. Moutellus, boldly de clares that auch persous as Uomulus and nenius never existed. According to the generally accepted calculation of the his torian Varrone, Rome was founded in the eighth century B. C. and the hist.,, rlea state that it was on April 21. 7M B. C, when the vision inspired aheuhard Romulus laid the first stone on the I'uln tine of the Eternal City of the Ban n nuis. mat date would make Home 2.852 years old. But Or. Montellus pro duces documents to prove that the an cient mistress of the world existed long before that, there being remains of the ninth, tenth, eleventh and twelfth centu riei before the Christian era. The con clusion Is that Rome is 3,100 years old. that Romulus and his brother Btvut Isted and that the wolf kept in the cage on the top of the Capitoline hill as a oonfirmation of the legend is n - thing but an Imp -stop. Whatt a butk.y aod otrtent-a-iniog volume a compilation of "historic fictions" would ssaJrse-KaaaaJ City Independent A SHADOW. 1 nans Allenui lived In a huiul,I4 cottii. in Jerusalem. One cvontng be itooq before tin- .,peu Window shutt,.r. m'"1 difficult it was to get at closing If S air was cool, the city still. Balow Is th. narrow, hilly itrcvt came u ruulrtZ! astride, stooping forward over the bk of the ass. whoso llttb. Im,.. ..i. i . " slipped on the big, smooth stom . Vj sang a monotonous song In the cii-i.'.uji? plaintive drawling, nasal tlim.s ,,T7f easterner, aud as he passed along 12 sound of bis voice reminded mi.. ,, I. ii irnllui I'm!""-- On the window sill lay a inaim,crM ! dissertation, and ao clear ami hriluW I was the February moonlight that H, I ..,.1,1,1 i on, I tli,. tin,, tolll :.i '" vvwa " will,', tit Hlf, ficulty. It was a defense of n.,. , ,. . ed order of things, of standstill corner, tlsm, admitting of no exception, jUj as he stood there in the city w.Vre ik. Idea of human brotherhood wai l orn aod had gone forth over the earth, aa hat glanced over the pages of tin- .1 oeuirss? he aald to himself: "No, no; ire ,oot people are natural foes to conservajw We are the ones who now, in all lt(, have broken ground for the trut!. vf have proceeded from this city." ai spoke be mode an unconscious inoea with his hand. At the suuie time kg glance fell upon his own shadow a thi wall, outlined by the moon. He could not riistrnlu his laughter Was not that the shudow of an actor, the head thrown back, the hand extended u If he were dcelulmiug some stirring pussage? A feeling of shame swept over him ai h considered for the first time that, among the Ideas transmitted from that city to the western world as a cargo of precious jewels, was u tiuy pearl, hu manity. He closed his eyes unit pressed hii bunds over his face, and a thousand little stars eeuied to flash before his sight. To bo sure, it was merely the pulsations of his own Mood which produced this sensation, and yet, little by little, those tiny lights ceased to revolve and looked for all the world like the pole stars which he had just been watching in the firma ment. At length, amused by voices In the street, he looked ont. Between the houses opposite there ex tended a wall. On the ground in front was u bright lire, ami by that lire stood Christ WlUUUdod by a few dlsdplai aod frietids. Just behind him his shadow was clearly defined upon the wall. John, the disciple whom he Joved, me chanically picked up a blacki-nisl mat and with it Outlined the shailuw until he had delineated the cntin- turure of the Muster tiM)ti the wall. Then hi dropped the coal and entered into c uversatlon with the rest. Next morning, when Hans AlU-nus again stood at his open window and saw the teoplc pass, there Were many who Stopped and looked with Curiosity at the drawing on the wall. "That represents n shoemaker; hit bnck is bowed," said the shoemaker. "You talk nonsense," returned the fruiterer; "that stooping posture proves that he is a fmit vender. They forgot to draw the basket on his back, but that half open mouth -bows clearly that hs was crying: 'IVmcgraiiutes! Conn- and buy: Come nud buy'.' " A high official of the sanhedriu who passed, nud who of course did not mix his voice with the gabble of the tnder psopte, thought to himself : "It Is i erfett ly plain that that represents n b in4 man and u thinker. One might almort take it to lie u ortrait of me. Positively it is me; not bad, either. Probably some of the tradespeople drew it. Of course they all know me more or less." Mcnnwhilc one of the spectators had silently approached the carbon drawing. He had n simple demeanor and a kind, patient face. Nothing great was known of him, no chronicle has preserved hit name, for lie led u retired life, nway from the noise of the world. With hands crossed over the knob of bis walking stick he contemplated the drawing. "What n noble forehead!" he thought. "What lofty humanity that bent figure suggests! Oil, if only one could be like that! But why wish for the impossi ble!" As he stood there, silent and humble, the likeness to the drawing was so strik ing thnt everybody fell bnck, polutiug to Mm in whispers. Startled and ashamed he slippid away, unable to understand why they should stare ut him. In his conscious humility be had re sembled the Christ shndow. Had he known this, and, proud in that consciousness, stood erect, the llkene-s would hnvc vanished. St. Louis Globo Deinocrut. Franklin o Orator. It was l'oor Richard who remarked, "Here comes the orator, with bis flood of words and his drop of reason," and dur ing his whole life Franklin was no speechmnker. "I served," Jeffersou said, "with Pan eta! Washington in the legis lature of Virginia before the Revolution and during it with Dr. Franklin in con gress. I never heard either of them speak ten minutes nt a time uor to any but the main point which was to decide the question. They lnbl their shoulders to the great points, knowiugthat the lit tle ones would follow themselves." John Adams, in one of his periodic outburst- against the man whom the public deemed greater than himself, contrasted his own services in congress, in which he claimed to have been "active nnd alert in every branch of business, Kith in the house and on committees, constantly pro posing measures, supporting those I ap proved when moved by others, opposing such as I disapproved, discussing and ar guing on every question." with those of Franklin, who was soon, he says, "from day to day, sitting in silence, n great part of his time fast asleep in his chair." Yet Franklin was appointed on every important committee and Adams on few, and the sage, could he have read his brother congressman's comparison, might fairly have retorted, with the wisdom of Boor Richard. "He that speaks-much is much mistaken," or "The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise." Paul L. Ford In Century. To i nr.- a Doable Chlw. It has been discovered that a double chin can be cured by correct breathing. The short necked woman must hold her head high, even craning her neck till she is conscious of the tension of the cords. She should also practice Relaxing the muscles of the neck and dropping the hoad and t-hen moving it round in a cir cle. TMs will pive .the head a graoeful oise and will exercise the muscles and elp to rid them of inperftuoui fat Hom Notes.