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Eugene City Guard. I. L. OAMPBILL, rro,.rl.t.r. EUGENE CITY OREGON. One (rood point to observe In carry Inf rum when bunting U to point them tho otbor v. ny. ' Lota of those w!i.. go shooting are not o particular about Wg game-bags. They're satisfied to Just kill time. I At the lame time It'a hard to see how there ran 1n an exclusive coflln trtiat since everybody will l In It sooner or later. I Marl the pen la mightier than the word, but wbn It cornea to making war nwa neither la In H with the cen sor's pencil. ' Thla country may alao aUrt on a career of discovery In the Psdflc. but It won't pay to loae a warahlp every time we hit on an unknown rock. ' That female college movement to make Saturn the planet of love limtead of Venua la all right Saturn p-preHenta man and la accompanied by two rlnga. There are aome thlnga science can't vcompllah. When It cornea to the tranaiiilaalon of news one able-bodied censor can beat all the system of Udeg rupliy ever Invonb-d. If It la a choice between red noeea and vella and no red noaea and no vella, which will win? A ahort time ago red noaea In women were attrlbuti-d to tight lacing, nnd the dlacovery, or alleged dlacovery, reaulted In no reform. The voting machine haa been ex perimented with at the recent electlona In tiiMiiy placea, and from reporta It would accui that It haa given general aatlafnctlon. Then- were no errora In the count, and there were no mutilated ballota, no mistakes In marking, ami no loss of time In counting. When the laat vote waa cnat the machluo waa ready to announce the total vote, and from that announcement there waa no apical and no recount waa neceaaary. The ntnnlpreaent nilerolic la making Ita dlaturblng lutlueuce felt lu atrange and unexpected quarters, ilearda and HtBatlf hgg are placed under Ihui as being nesting places of arrant Intrud era, soum of thuiu pathogenic, or, In every day parlance, having the power to produce dlaeaae. Itecauae of thla, the Umdnn (iraphlc atalea, on the au thorlty of a Fr h aclentlflc Journal, that on motion of the celebrated lr. llulienck, of llrcslnu, the leading sur geons of Auatrla nnd liermany are considering the adopting of a rule re quiring Hiirgcoua to bo olenn-ahnved, or to, at leaat, aa a preventive of dan ger, disinfect the hair of the face he foro operating. Nothing la aald na to the hair of the head, but If thla, too, la Included lu the Interdict, bald headed aurgeona will enjoy a gratirylng ail vantage. An Italian counteaa haa given her intensive eatatea to a hygienic aoelcty lu that kingdom ou condition that a hospital for conauuiptlvea be built on I hem. The act of philanthropy la au Incident lu the world movement to do more thuu ever for peraona threatened with the terrible malady, or actually In Ita deadly gruap. The methods of prevention and of aid rob the dlaeaae of aome of Ita power to deatroy, and promise larger galna lu (lie aavlng work. "Healat the beginnings" la a motto which hi- peculiar force In deal ing with phthisis; while the Inter the ory, Justified by aclentlflc Inveatlgntlon, that a degree of Notation will prevent the apread of the Infection, la a re-en-torcetuent to medication and other heal Ing measures. The old futallam, which expri-sa.il llaelf In folded hand and a deapalrlng heart, when couauinptlon smocked at the door, la dylug out Among the many contributing causes of a. . hi. nia I loaa of life one of the most ueedleaa and leaat excusable la the grade croaalug. I u the tlrst place, there la no excuae for the exlateuce of the graile croaalug In a large city, and that city which loleiutcs tho evil may ho Juatly coualdcrcd behind the t ! in. and unptogtesslvo along the lines that make for the aafety and protection of the Uvea of Ita clt liens, lu the next place, where grade crossing are permitted the safeguards agalnat loaa of life hould be made ao thorough and ao ef fective aa practically to preclude the poaalblllly of accident. Where atreet cara paaa over the grade crossings tia veraed by faat express tialna e-p.-c al precautious agalnat accldenia ahould lie taken, and when they prove defect. ve or luaufltclcnt the peualtlea exacted, whether from the muiitclitnllty or front the railroad corporattona. ahould bo the lieavleal presorlliod by law. After centurlea of apeudthrlft abuae at the riches which nature bestowed lipou the I nltisl Slates lu the form of forests the signs are multiplying that the care of irccH, their preaervatlou and the Widening of foreat arena In aectlona where then' la leaa than a proper pro portion of Modi will aoou I . given something like their rightful ahare of SI tent Ion by the American people. For entry had a dlataut and Indifferent sonud in American onra not long ago Now It la deemed a worthy subject of overutucnt cure and private study. The forestry dlvlalou of the department of agrlculluic la publlahlug aome tery lutereatlug aud attractive hooka on the subject of trea culture It la slso glv Ing Individual advice and aaalatnnce. aa far aa Ita means permit, to thoae laud owner Interested lu the care and Im provement of foreata and the planting or treea. It la receiving many proofs f ssOTCOOOd appreciation of what the foreata of the 1'ultcd States are worth to the country and of what may be doue to Improve and exteud them. The Berlin Tageblatt recently print ed a dispatch from St. I'eteraburf act ting forth that lluaala baa plain.. .1 two railway lines through 1'enila. The first Will run southward from klenr, In Tur kealau, a station on tbe line of the XmucaapUu road. AA ex tension (xviu Mrv baa already leen built to Kuahk. 250 mllea south, and acroaa tbe borde, of Afghanistan. TM la Mlf ad. valued to Herat, capital of Afghani. Un. and conceaalons have been scoured from the Persian goTernmetit for an ex tenalon southwest to the Persian Gulf. The second project la for a line run nlug aoutbeaat from the CBBOIOBI " Erlvan and thence to Teheran and l pal. an Tbe enterprlae of ItuaaU 10 pushing forward these llnea la not In spired simply by commercial consider atlons. Tbe main object Is to have an Independent military route to the In dlan Ocean, and these llnea once con atructed It will lie able to push troops rapidly forward from the Hlnck and Caspian Sess. With the completion of M,. ,rof TransBlberlnn line Kilssin In the future la likely to become tbe domi nating power In Asia. Ever since the framing of the Consti tution the question haa, from time tn time, recurred as to the value to the country of the office of Vice President. For periods aggregating thirty yeara of our national life the Vice Presidency haa been Tacaut without affecting the stridency of the executive arm. At first the position waa treated with espe cial reference to Ita providing a suc cessor to the President In cane of nerd. Vice Presidents were chosen In view of that contingency. They were younger than the Presidential candidate, aud every whit an Important na he. Hut for at least a quarter century back this policy has been completely chaine d. Nomination to the otllce of Vice Presi dent Isscame a means of placating i disgruntled faction of the party, or of recognizing aome locality Important In national affairs. In thla way It con ens lly happen that the President would In succeeded by an Inferior mau and a man holding opinions quite different from his own. On Uie other hand, with out a Vice President and with the law, which placea the Hue of succession In the Cabinet, the heir to the Presidency would lie sure to be of the President s mind, lecause he would be the Presi dent's nominee. The Cabinet Is an ex tension of the President's personality, and the passage of the executive power to the Secretary of Htatc might be ex peeted to be of the smoot Inert. The Vice President's only real use lies tn lib making a presiding officer for the Sen ate. When a member of the Senate ! elevated to the chair his consequent loss of power for other than a casting rote vlrtunlly deprives his State uf on of Ita Senators. I II 3 Whlttler at Home. The flrat IhHtitllmcnt of a series of letters that passed between Whbtler and Gall Hamilton are publlabed for the flrat tlmn In the Ladles' Home Journal. In one letter (written, however, to a friend) Oall Hamilton glvea this Inter esting glimpse of Whlttler at home: "Imagine Whlttler and me sitting tn (ether one whole day and two evenings, talking all the time and then repeating It:., one of the brass knobs on the Franklin stove was loose and came off In my hand. I turned It over and re marked upon Ita brlghtneaa. He said, 'Now doesn't thee know that dice Is making work f 'How f I asked. 'Why, deatroylug the brlghtneaa by bundling It.' I nil. I. cl It with my handkerchief and asked the housekeeper If 1 had iiiude her any work. 'Ob,' she euld. )uu make me no work. Mr. Whlttler always tukea care of these brasses him self.' That accounted. I said, for his anxiety nnd dismissed mine for 1 did not think a man generally had ituy too: work to do thnu was good for hint. . . The Utile balls of the trimming of my dress kept coming off and were lying around on the floor. I picked one up Just us 1 was coming uwny and aald, There, I will give you that aa u keep aake.' He laughed, and anld he hud two In his thicket already! He told nine company In tbe evening thnt I bud talked ao much It had madu him hoarseT' War Through Klnetoscopo. Photographic views of actual war scenes are of great value to the klneto scope people and strenuous efforts are made to secure them. Artists run great risks In their quest. A number ot Nina tide battle pictures were secured by one daring operator during the San Hugo cutuimlgn. but Just aa he wa leaving the field ho wns shot through the ahoulder. When the aoldlera car rted him off he Inl rusted his PfOClOOl packet of films to a Cuban boy, with Instructions to mall them at Slhoney. Tbe boy ran Into some heuy firing on the way buck and took refuse wltt four natlvea In an old sugar shed. At the next moment the Spaniards drop ped n shell through the roof und blew the shed, hoy. films and natives lntc thousand frsgments. The pictures were absolutely unique nnd would hav .rented a sanitation. .San Francisco Ar gonnut. A I'o 1 11 Philosophy. When a Persian Is born a pet, his ex perleuce of life usually makea him a philosopher aa well. Haiti, whose wine saying are often quoted, being naked whe.e he learned hla philosophy, replied, ' From tbii hllud, becnuae they never advance a step until they tune tried the ground " Again. Kadi anld. "I never Complained of my condition but on a nlugle ocens Ion, when my feet were hare and I hud mit money to buy shoes; but I saw a man without feet, and liecame Instant ly contented WttB niy lot." A Market Kpeotal. Tbe college educated feminine m'nd Is not alone lu Ita detertnlunllon to muster the mysteries of the lawa gov nrnlng the rise and fnll of prices.. A simple village maiden, of mature years, nut long ago went to a store In England to buy candles, and waa as titulahcd to find that owing to the Spanish Amerlcau War "caudles, was rla." "(let along!" she Indignantly exclaim ed. "Hon't tell me they lights by caudle-llght!" Aged Whales. Whales from k to 000 years eld are sometime met with The age la aa certaiueU by the slxe nnd numU-r ot the whalebone, which Incrcasce yearly. In many caaea It la coualdcrcd an nounccment enough that a girl has made ber debut tn society wbeu a stove la put up lu the purler ARK MODEL INDIANS. ALASKAN REOSKINS WHO ARE REALLY QOOa Home people's Ideas of fooling away their Uote la to alleuipt to writ poeti . .. Ii f Annette Kslata a wn mv Colonr that la Without a Parallel In the Wide World -Good Wag of Civil izing Havagra. Away up In Bouthtaot Alaaka. olxty miles off tbe entrance to Portland ca nal. Is tbe little town of Metlakahtla. which It without a parallel In tbe wide world. Ita government la republican. Ita Inhabitant! number 1.0U0. and they are moral, btny, prosperous and happy Their 200 odd dwellings, each ont built upon a corner lot. are new. hafldaotne and well appointed. Every dtlxeu pays bla taxea fully, freely and gladly, with mm Mnitirtnir nr irrumhllnir or equlvoca- tlon, and feels a personal obligation to rote regularly and otherwise to Inter est himself actlTely In tbe public eon carta of tbe town. Drinking, gambling and profanity an entirely absent. Even anioklug la tnlaioed. Every man has a useful profession or handicraft, and every woinuii la an accomplished house keeper. The whole population la em braced within the tneinbcrsblp of Its church, and the church, though Chris tian, owe allegiance to no denomina tion. Every child old enough attends schools, and evcrylxxly-except Infant -can read and write. The town bus a prison, but It Is occupied only by an occasional stranger. This phenomenal civilisation of Met lakahtla appears all the more wonder ful wheu It Is understood that the town Is only twelve yeurs old, and that all Ma material growth has been achieved within that brief ported. The story of the transformation and develop ut '.f Its Inhabitant In a single generation from howling, Idolatrous savages Into an exemplary and cultivated commun ity Is unusual. In 1857 William Duncan was clerk In a mercantile house In Loudon. He be came Interested lu American Ind'.sn missions. He offered his services to the Iondou Missionary Society of tbe Es tohlWihed Church, was accepted and wus sent to Hrltlsh Columbia to labor among the Tealmpseaus as a lay mis sionary. He urrlved ut Fort Simpson on Oct. 1. U6T He found the tribe sub merged lu the darkest heathenism, piacllclug cannibalism and the most debaalng and disgusting rites. He bad Invaded a nest of evil spirits. On every side were raving drunkards aud groan ing victims. Tbe medicine mun'a rat tle and tho voice of walling resounded unceasingly. The history of the sav ages hud been one long chapter of crime and misery. One dun of the tribe were dog eaters, and In a state of nudity daaOOdi burked and growh-d through the long winter month, .in other dun were man enters, and oSOrOd up at atated times human sacrifices to propitiate the demons of their worship. Looking out from the stockndc of Fort Simpson one dny aoon after hla urrlvnl, Mr. Duncan saw a young Indian girl toru lu plcxvs by the medicine men of this clan aud eaten. The military offi cers nt the post tried to dissuade hltu from his contemplated work, assuring blin that his life would not bo worth a second's counting If he went uniting those dresdful creatures. Hut he was not to In dissuaded. Ills first insk wns to master the Te llmpsean lungunge. and he did this thor oughly. Simultaneously he gained the tolerance and good will of the unlives, and went nmong them boldly. (Ira. In ally he won their respect nnd devoted friendship. On June US, 1ST.S, he opett ed bis first school In the cublu of an lnlluent.il chief. BofofO the close of that year he had a large schoolhouse built snd had enrolled 140 children and fit) adults. Ills tlrat teachings were ill I TIIK VII. LAOS OK TO-IMV. ItJCtOd against the prtcUCM of sorcery, by Which the medicine men exercised their baleful Influence over the unlives. Slid gradually he w caned then) from the'r fascination for the black art. The medicine men lu return tried to murder blm, hut before long he turned the ta bles on them by winning over their ringleader and from thnt time (his man became his strongest champion. Mcuuwulle he preached In re al 00 among (he numerous villages of the tribe along the rivers that empty Into the 00MB ueur Fort Simpson, nnd visit ed tho bonlfhtod people In their tnlser iibh' BUM, At length he got enough fnl lowers to found a eepnrute settlement, and these he persuaded to remove from their native villages, where they were subjected to the vicious laflOOBCO of their Ufuthcn uelghlnirs, nnd establish a colony by themselves 111 the wilder ness, sixteen utiles south of Fort Sluip son. The removal wns accomplished May IT, IMS. They called the sett!, incut MotlakOBtta, From the bog': nlng soon grew up a village of 1J0U lint . ins. gathered from the various Clana. They erected fur themselves comfortable frame houses, hud a steam sawmill, a salmon cannery and a v tl lage store, owned by themselves and Operated as stock concerns, and a large number of then learmsl trades car pentry, furniture making, blacksmith lug, boat building, IBOOBUkUxg aud the like. 1 progress of Metlnkahtla OOBttfl ued uninterruptedly until llvO. queatlons as to title to the land aro. and the Indians found that they bail none. Finally, in the wluter of UH v they sent Mr. Duncan to Wsshlngto to confer with the President aud olh leudiug officials of our government. M Duncan got assurance that, If tbe Te s .nit-can Indians of bis community 0V alred to leave Hrltlsh Columbia and settle somewhere In Alaska, they could do so. aud thai an effort would be ma.le to provide for them. On returning to Metlakahtla with this Information, the Tealuipseatia rejoiced and decided b osovs. Mr. Duuvau's aueutioa had boi directed to tbe Island of Annette, and while In Washington be bad expressed preference for locating there, and to this proposition the Tcsiiupeeacs gladly agreed. Mr. Duncsn accordingly set out for Annette Island and landed at Port Chaster on Aug. 7. 1887. tbs place or tsctsd for tbs future colony. Many of tho MoUakabtlaus Joined blm tbere, and It was s gsla day la their history. A United States flag, given to them by woman of Philadelphia, was flung to tbs brssse and formal possession of the Island was taksn amid enthusiastic cnesra and tbs firing of guns. Port Chester Is Just sixty miles from tbs old Metlakahtla. but tbe natives lost no time In leaving tbe old settlement and coming to the new In their canoes. They christened the new village New Metlakahtla. RoOOBtl the prefix "New" has been dropped. In the first summer ami fall log bouses were erected for temporary use. Then a steam sawmill, complete In every detail, and a big store were built -the biggest store In all Houtheast Alaska. The lots were dis posed of at nominal figures and the amounts paid went into the village funds. Each village block was divided Into four lots, so that MOB OWBOf DM a corner. Friends tn New Vork. Hrooklyn, Bos ton. PhDsdelpbia and Portland. Ore., and other cities sent several thousand dollars to be expended In public Im provements In the new village, and, be ginning In the spring of lsss, perma nent snd substantial buildings, public and private, frnnie houses and hand some cottages were constructed. Most ut the cottages are two stories high. IIBIAM FORTY YEARS Ada The public buildings Include a big town halt, two BCBOoIbobOOB BBO for girls and one for boys a manual training school, an electric light plant, a hand some church, accommodating l.iajo, the largest In all Alaska; the sawmill and a salmon cannery. The tenure under which Annette Isb and le hld Is peculiar. Congress In 1KD1 made good the Informal assurance of hospiallty and protection given by the President In 1887, and In the act to repeal the timber-culture laws put a provision giving to the Metlakahtlnns he use and occupation of the Island aa a reservation until otherwise ordered. The community of Metlnkahtla Is governed by a native council, whose motnbon are iloctod by a vote of the people every New Year's day. Not a drop of spirits Is allowed on the Island, and only one mau In the settlement uses tobacco, and he Is S3 years old. One of the attractive features of the community Is a native band of thirty pieces. The leader Is u full-blooded In dian, Utl years old. All Industries (ire opera tod by (he Indiana themselves. Every branch of manual work. Includ ing farming. Is curried ou. From tbe salmon cannery L'n.issi cuseO of porfOCt goods are shipped annually to Sun Frnncleco, yielding the community about eighty thousand dollars'. Every dotal) of this Industry, the catching, packing, can making nnd boxing, Is per formed by the In. Hans themselves. Peace and prosperity reign throughout Metlakahtla. and the Influence uf this settlement for g.xi ' Is fell distinctly fur and wide along (he Alaskan const. Applied Science. It docs not seem unwnrTitntnble to suspect that Mr. Stephen LOBOOCfc, who contributed the following to the London null. .ok. has learned In suffering what he teaches In boarding house geometry. Here lire some of Mr. l.eacock's dcllul Hons and axioms: 1. All boarding houses arc the same hoarding houses. 2, Boarders In tho some boarding house uml on the MUM Hut itre equal to one another. it. A single room Is that which haa no parts and no magnitude. i. ThO landlady of U DO aiding hou-e Is a parallelogram; an oblong, angular llgure which cannot be dcttcrlhcd, but Is equal to anything. 0. All the other rooms being taken, n single room Is said to N' it double room Among post nbt teo und propositions the following are worthy of consider;! tlon i 1. A pie may be produced any number Of times. The landlady may be reduced to her lowest terms by a scries of pro, 0 Hons. 8, A bee Hue tuny lx made from one hoarding house to another. 4. The clothes of a boarding DOOM led. although produced ever ao fur both ways, will not meet. ft. Any two tuouls nt a boarding house are together less fhnu one square BMOj. SOOT! BS Ue l soon. 'There are odds In dencotis." anld Lowell, and the little dialogue prime I beloW, taken from the Ohio State Jour ii. 1 1. is UlaatMtlro of tho dictum. "I dtdo t particularly like your prayer this morning," said a dcacou to his minister. "What was wrong with UT" "Well lu the first place It was too long, and then t ssotnod to me that It con tamed two or three expressions that WON unwarranted." "I am ve-y sorry flint It met your ills approval, ucacoli." said the gmnl mini, "but you must hear lu mind that tbe prayer was not addressed to you." Sun Could Sooit Consume I - It Is estimated that the earth roCOlft a on uiorv titan one thousand millionth part of the total ra.llailou of the suu rnya. If any considerable portlou ol this beat was concentrated upon thr earth It would uot only become un Inhabitable hut become spcvdly con sumed. Kittenish old people are always rr garded as half crasy. There Is nothing like sge to make a mau realise the Importance of things Some peopls talk seuae aud act Ilk. 'OOOaj LIVELY TIME WITH RUSTLERS. tattle Tblevee tiave the Rauibers a ii... Kun for Their Property. "You will doubtless remember the famous 'rustlers" flgbt." aald It. K. Jet, I ms of C'heyenue nt the Waldorf Astoria yesterday. "The proiuineu e f the men Involved caused It at the lime to creato a sensation. Tho 'rust lers,' as they were cnlh-d, were a band uf cattle thieves who made thefr head quarter! In Jackson's Hole. Some runchers who had suffered nt their huuda determined If possible to recap ture their stolen cattle and to this eud organised an expedition. The story of how tbe rustlers cooped them up and how the hitter were finally arrested, ufter a fight of several days, aud spent some mouths In Jail In Cheyenne, Is all ancient and oft-told history now, but I heard a story In connection with the tight the other day that struck me as rather amusing. It seems that a young Eugllshinau was visiting one of Uie ranchers, but he had declined to take part lu the expedition on the ground ihut be had no stoke In the game. Us was persuaded, however, aud finally ivont along, but with the distinct under ituudlng that If he wanted to return borne at auy time be was to be allowed to do so. "When the party were driven to take refuge In tbe cabin lu Jackson's Hole tbOf managed to construct an outpost which would hold two of their number. some yards In front of the cabin. After the light was on tbe young hiignsnmnu ls tune the life of the party . He had . . l m a banjo anil waa too poi:nmn ... -eo.id t. nor voice. When maiters looked most dubious he would keep at It with but I i:Ju "nd bla songs until cheerful ness wns restored. Ho was a good shot ' and BMdO himself Invaluable In many , .. ...,,,n Ii ami ways, one nay, misuin, " his friend were occupying the outjiost be turned to his companion with. 'You n nu mber our agreement nnd that I n to bo allowed to return home when ever i wan tod t-r 'Yes.' snaworod the surpr!-d friend, 'of course I do. What of It T 'Well.' returned the young Englishman with n cheerful grin as he ducked hla head na a white puff of smoke ludtcated Hint a shot wns travel ing In his direction. 'Well. If It'a all tho name to you chaps. I want to go homo now.' "-Now York Tribune, LAW AS INTERPRETED. Power of the clerk of one branch of the Legislature to supply an omission In a bill which has tieen sent from the other house, by Inserting an enacting dnuae without any definite action by the legislative body Is denied In cople v. DotlcJithnler(Mtch ). 44 L. EL A. 104, and the enactment of such a bill is held void. Insurance of a kind not known nt the time of the passage of a statute exempt ing It.surnncp on the kluds of business for which cortionitlons tnny be forme), such as that of gunrnnteelng the fidelity Of officers and the performance of con tracts. Is held. In people ex rd Koason vs. Hose (III.). 44 I- It. A. 124, to bo within the provls ons of that statute A policy of Insurance on a steam fire engine, hose pipe, and hose cart whllo located and contained in a fire engine house, "and not elsewhere," Is held. In L'Anse vs. Fire Association (Mich.). 48 L It. A. K3S, to be Insufficient to corer fie property while being used In at t.-mtitlng to extinguish n tire several hundred feet from the englue house. An attorney employed by the next friend of an infaut to prosecute a suit Is held. In Hdlvenu vs. Amoskeag Com pany Of. II.), 44 U It. A. W7. to hnve power even after his discharge, of which the other party has no notice, to bind tbe Infant by making a settlement of the suit and accepting payment of the consideration, although he absconds ith It Abandonment of services compelled by threats of strikers Is held, in Fisher vs. Walsh ( Wis.), 48 L. R. A. 810, not to preclude tho employo from recovering tho actual benefit conferred by the ser vices already rendered, ultliotigh the d.miago sustained by tho employer on account of his quitting the service In breach of contract Is held properly de ducted from tbo amount of wages earued. Great Britain's Locomotives. There are lD.Dtl locomotives at work on the railways of the United Kingdom, and each of these on an average runs l'.'.o'.st miles In a year, and earns for thla 4.S7eS, so thnt each mile tho loco motive runs Its gross receipts are ntiout 4s. M. Like the humnn factor In all Industries, the locomotive to-dny Is do lug more than that of ten years ago, but, unlike the human factor, engines are now earning loss; the 15,024 locomo tives then on the railway each ran 10, 03.1 miles, and enmed l,i20 per annum. If, therefore, we take the cost of an average locomotive at 2.?tn, It Is found lh.v. she earns In grow receipts her total cast In seven months; but the protlts art quite another matter. Health (Voiii an Open fireplace. Physicians uro discovering that tho old-time oien tire had much to ds with the health of our grandmothers and thnt steam bent and furnace hent are responsible for many ailments. Steam hcut especially has a way of gradually increasing so that anyone who Is uaed to a stenm hented room becomes an aaay victim to colds and all the lung string of ailments to which a cold la tho Introduction. An open fire Is a sort of Inspiration In Itself, and sluce It draws In the out-of-door oxygen through nil the cri.-ks nnd crannies It helps to puri fy the air In the room while It heats It Kscape of the Newly Wedded. A newly married couple In New Branswtek, N. J., circumvented their mischievous friends by starting on their wedding Journey by way of the roof. The friends, well-supplied with rice and old slippers, stood at the foot Of the stairs. The pair ascended to the roof, walked to the adjoining house, then down and through the rear dovr to a hack street, where they Oatorod a waiting carriage aud were driven to the railway station. Wonisn'a Hlghia lo Turkey. The Turkish woman Is marriageable at the age of 0 years and by Turkish law at that age. if nian-led, she Is com petent to manage her property and dis pose of one-third of her fortune. The law allows ber to abonden her hus band's bouse forjust causeand will pro tect ber In so doing. She cannot be com pelled to labor for tho suppirt of bar husband. LYDDITE IN BATTLE. MODERN EPXLOSIVE AND ITS DEADLY WORK. Terrible Power of the Htutf Used by the KoiclUh Aajslnat the Boere lu Bout!. Africa -Tried by Kitchener In the Soudan. An ex-officer of tbe American army and an expert la explosives baa this to say regarding lyddite, which did such havoc among the Boers: "Very little Is known about lyddite In th! country. It Is very powerful, but I do uot think any more ao than some grades of dyna mite. The English Government has been experimenting with It for several years, and has brought It to a high de greo of efficiency. I doubt If the correct formula Is known here. The protests of tbe Boers. Implying that It la Inhu man, Is ridiculous. The Boers use black powder, presumably, and are a llttlo behind the times. In tbe nse of high explosives. The United States Oovern mout would have no scruples about using It." An official of an Eastern powder com pany says: "Lyddite Is one of the picric compounds and is supposed to bo very similar to melinite. The French Gov ernment was very secretive about the formula for melinite, but someone con nected with the manufacture of It sold tbe secret Lyddite Is an improvement on ft It has certainly given great sat isfaction to the English Government. Lyddite produces gTeater fragmenta tion of the shells than almost any other explosive known. Guncotton will ex plode a shell, but not thoroughly. Lyd dite, on the contrary, grinds a shell Into exceedingly small pieces, and has a very Inrge area of destruction In con sequence. Thero can be no possible ob jection to Its nso In war. It produces no gas, and even If it did that would make no difference, for a shell exploded by lyddlto will leave no one within Its area who could be Injured by gas." Gen. KHcboner In his campaign In the Soudan demonstrated tbe tremendous power of lyddite. In an incredibly short tlmo enrthworks were destroyed leaving breaches through which the shrapnel could be fired and the work of dent ruction completed. A shell wns dropped Into a mosque at Omdurmsn where 120 Mahdlsta were worshiping. Tbe mosuue and Its Inmates were blown in pieces and only twelve wor shipers escaped alive. In the Chinese- Japanese war of 1804 a twelve-Inch shell charged with cordite, a similar, but Inferior, explosive, entered the Jap anese flagship Mshsushlma, hurled a 4.7-lnch gun from Ita mounting and then exploded, firing a heap of ammunition, disabling two more 4.7-lnch guns and killing or wounding ninety officers and men. Lyddite Is simply one of a class of high explosives, others of which are dynamite, tonlte, cordite, melinite, max Inlte, einuiemdte, ecrnslte, forclte, tho rite, and perunite. It has been Im proved by tbe British for the use of their guns as others, notably melinite by Prance, have been taken advantage of by other nations. Chemically, lyd dite Is "simply picric acid brought Into a dense state by fusion." Picric acid is "obtained by the action of nitric acid on carbolic add." When lyddite shells explode In the midst of nn army they deal not only de struction, but also terror, for, like the dynamite sheila coughed up by the Ve suvius at Santiago, they explode with a noise that suggests the downfall of the heavens and the upheaval of the earth. Unlike the shells that issued from the Vesuvius, they can bo aimed to a nice ty. PAINLESS EXECUTION. the bridge of the nose and has a ape tacle frame arrangement Biting behlu witu an ato-nixer mourns me sywn anlc add, and all that has to be done bsll a few times, and the victim pass . , .1 I I '1 I,,-, -ill I 1 N II. on .... .1. . of tbe respiratory functions. THE JAVELIN OF TEXAS Asphyxiation of Criminals Is Proposed by Hydrocyanic Acid. For years It has been the object of scientists to Inflict the death penalty with the minimum of pain and disfig urement, and, numerous as aro the methods In vogue In different countries, none of them prove entirely satisfac tory. It Is only a few weeks ago that Trof. Cunningham, of Columbia University, successfully completed a series of ex periments on dogs showing the failure of electricity to kill Instantaneously and It Is certain thnt tbe electric current, no matter how strong or how skillfully ap plied. Is wanting in efficacy. Chemistry is, In the future, to be the science that will be called Into requisition to fulfill the death penalty, and to dispatch the unfortunate victim to a quick and pain KXECVTIKO X CSIMISAL. less death, and In this way Dr. 0. B. Suueera has disclosed an entirely new method of execution. lr. Squeera proposes to nse hydro cyanic acid as the active agent for pro ducing death. JTydrocyanlc acid at a most deadly poison, as can readily be perceived when It is said that It is Itself made up of two such powerful agents as ferrocyanlde of potassium and a dis tillation of strong sulpJaurlc acid. It Is the strongest poteon In the pharmaco plae. and even when Inhaled causes death. It Is Dr. Squeers' Idea to make use of ;hls powerful poison, as a method of xecutlon. by causing the victim to fo late the concentrated fumes of the icld. and the apparatus that he has devised for the purpose la admirably suited for hat object All that Is necessary for the execution to take place Is to seat the victim In a chair and to apply the death nmk which Dr. Squeers has devised. The death mask to shaped like a coue. ivhlch, when tn position, rests upon thr toad of the face lo such a was that the aouth and nooirUo are eatirelj shut off llov of America. The Deeearv. wild bog. Javelin, whatever you want to call him, la mm u- Tim Inno Tl... animals were once very numerous, b ttnet. Accompanying picture Is from sl - m. m ,, I. .-.ii I ri l Vv ik annua. in ii in uuii ' ii .ii1 'i . 1 1 1 1 m, i nt- ii-- A a U aa s " sM ma jAVKLisf. Tho writer considers himself fortunatffl in having secured this photograph b fore the unlmal vanished In the unde brush. Some years ago Gov. Rooseve of New York came to Uvalde Count Texas, for the sole purpose of hunting these animals, they being tho on! American wild animals be bad not bunl ed. lie killed several. They are vert ferocious, and many hunters have beel "treed" while hunting them. There are many mistaken Ideas nbouj the Javelin, which Is tbe Spanish nnini and the one most generally used in Tex as. Some of the Ideas appear In print The Javelin never roots like a hog, bit always scratches with Its sharp aiu! . . m . . . . . puiuieu uoois. ii is tne mortal OBOBu of the rattlesnake, and when the sunk coila, the Javdln Jumps on It with al four feet drawn together, cutting thol snake to pieces. AgnluBt the long brls ties nnd leathery hide of the JavelujB tbe rattler's fangs avail blm little. ENGLISH TOWN In Which Every Public Utility IsOwned by Her Cltlzena. The town of Huddenflold. Yorkshlr. England, stands unique lu the world as the only town which absolutely own Itself lu every respect. Beginning Ufa in a municipal urtlsuus' dwelling, tho young man rides to his work ou a DIB nlclpal tram. He gets his gas or dec triclty from the city. His wife rents & gas stove from the city, purchases hoi produce from a municipal market and buys meat that has beeu prepared by a municipal butcher. Both use the public butha, enjoy the city's parks, and send their children to the city's nluygrouiids Their house refuse la moved by the city V ben ill tbey go to the city hospital or, If unfortunate, to the municipal lodging room. Their letters aru collect ed by a city postmau. And In a thou sand other ways their dally life conies in close contact with the city govern ment. At last they are buried lu a city cemetery. This may be Socialism, or It may uot be. The citizens are mulshed. and approve of every munlcpal enterprise. The Parson's Limit. He'd been preaching and exhorting For a score of yeurs or ao In a portion of the vineyard Where the harvesting was slow; Where the temporal inducement For his ceaseless diligence Was a promise of four hundred For his yearly recompense. Unrelenting was the ardor He devoted to the cause. And though slowly came the dollars Still he Inhnre.l u-ifhmit tmiiuo Till one day they came and told him. AS 110 kicked airjilnst the on, -ks That they'd raised their offered stipend I i rom tour buudred up to six. Then the good man sank exhausted Aa he feebly made reply: "Don't, I pray you, men and brethren, Thus my pntlence overtry. For to glean the four you've promised ltath so warped my vital store Thnt 'twould kill me if you taxis me To collect two hundred more. Boston Courier. Architectural Jokes. The builders of tho old churches Inl England were not so sorlouB but thatl they now and then perpetrated n Joke even In stone. On more tbnn oue of I their creatlous thoy carved In relief a I sceue representing a monk preachlus solemnly to a flock of geese. The BsBM humorous spirit Is sometimes to ho detected In the domestic architecture of I early times. Mr. Iilssey gives un instance. Just upon the boundaries of Bedford-1 shire and Hertfordshire formerly stood I a rambling old furmhouse. Tbe living- room was loug and low. and on the cen tre beam that went across the celliiu- was inscribed this legend: "If you are cold, go to Hertfordshire." This seemingly Inhospitable Invita tion was explained by the fact that 0 half of the room was In one county audi one-half In the other. The nrsnlacol was in Hertfordshire. Knew the Minister's Talent. Willie had swallowed a penny audi his mother was In a state of alarm. I "Helen." she called tu her sister In thi next room, "send for n doctor; Will ' has rOrSjJOWOd a penny." The terrified I ! and frightened boy looked up Implor ingly. "Xo, mamma," be Interpo-el, "send for the minister." "The nlBltH . terT' asked bis mother InereduLu-ly "Did you say the minister?" "Yes; be cause pap says our minister can get I money ont of anybody." Foundations for Romance. It will be discovered that tho coir I foundation for the usual talk of al I "romance" In a woman's life is that tl.el sits snd looks out of the window Intol ! the dark night when she should l el , darning stockings. , If a woman doesn't amount to much she lays It on ber father or bar lu? (teas).
