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Eugene City Guard. I. I Mmi'MI i-.. ,,..1.1... EUGENE CITY OREGON. Hereafter Admiral Dewey will l ware of Americana bearing gifts. A rlgar truat will bit tin- emit tnasa f ttie voter of till country precisely where Ibi'jr live. When a man complain all the time of taping overworked It la probable bis wife takes In waahlng. A womati's logic cornea out even In her sharpening a pencil. MM make ber lMjIut In such queer ways. ; Th i money In circulation In tbla country la equivalent to about I2&.&U for every man, woman ami Child. With regard to gunning acelrlenta lt' to le alleged In favor of some BMB who ahont off their iiioutha that they to not know they are loaded. ' Glacier live for humlreda "f year, ft'a not known whether thla la due in the bMltfefUlMM of mountain life or merely the reault of keeping cooU Alfred Auatln'a utterance, "And MMd than water la yet more thick." la probably an attempt to harmonize the Anglo Huxon nation on a Teutonic baala, Iter. Dr. I.yinan Abbott aaya a man lan't a temperance man la-cause he doea not drink beer. He la Inlompor ale If he drlnka bud colTee aud eata bud pie until he geta yellow. Another plot to nnlnate the Jul ian of Turkey tin Im-.ii foiled. The way the Huliiin managea theae thluga la to have the plottera killed first aud the plota dlacovered afterward. f King the BIOH Of Franklin In eon BOjCIsM wlih thal Inteat New Vrk get Itch iilck acheine ahould have liecii a warning. It Ml he who wroto nlanit pcoplo paying too dear for their whin a Another intfhl, BflUM Goldman, haa left the l ulled States In dlaguat. OOM DOn the occasion preaenta Itself to remark that there la too nimh I MM aiul M Mil batbtuba lu tbla country for anarchy to fluurlah. ; M A Western womim told a Jury that when a mob lynched her huaband abe sustained no dnmiige. anil tbe do reaso.l'a father wna a Mowed but $3 fur DM Injury Inflicted In hie direction. Tbla particular mob aurely picked out bargain counter victim. "Poor young men," any Mm Iltiaaell Sage, "aliuuld Ml allow false pride to prevent their marriage to rich glrla" We uM-et that aoiue of the poor young men wlih OTMM MM Huge la In the habit of associating hurt been dlascmhllng lu her presence. A young WfaihlDgtOB girl committed Mil' hie MOMtl) beCOUOO alio feared gbo Would not pna an eiiiuilnatlou lu I -ill In. The caae la literally tragic. Hut when we tlilnk what would happen If the young sqdo In the modem high Mhootf should boglgj to lata tboli fail uros In i'lliiig M crlouly. we ahud dor. The uext geuerntloli of votera Would bo decimated. Klectrlelty In meillclne haa aeoml He flneat achievement In the treatment of Inactive and paralysed organ. An electric cable tn.tched from America to the Orient would prove a powerful Inalriimeiit In revivifying aud rejuve nating China. It would help finely In our own commercial development, but yet liner would he Ita work In convey lug to China every hour the quicken Ing pulsations of our better American life. A writer In the Itevlvw of Review glvee thle advice: "If have a farm, kiri. It; If not, get one; for the time may come when the population I of thla country will lie largely dh lde.1 Into monopolist, dcpctideuta ntnl farm era; and the farmer will be the moat Independent of all men. and will he the saving mwer of our Itiatltutloua." We venture to ay that It will not depoud o much upon the farm aa upon the farmer. The success Of the recent awludllug Scheme of Gothiiin ahould. III the oplu Ing of the Chicago Time Herald, ( heck the Hint It that rlao to the lip of the etui of the century MM a he read of the Kulltble fool of the pant. Human credulity I apparently iim great aa ever. Nothing that Law conceived, no laud fraud audi aa thoae that were satlr lied by DlekoM lu "Martin Chuiale wit" sixty )enr ago could ! a greater affront to coinmon MMO than the pre )otvnll offer made by Miller and hi. tribe. Yet crowd Jumped at them frantically, end. alaa! the greatet crow da were furnished by New York herself. Hut It in the atory of something aeir Hut it i the stor) of totuetblng for nothing, which in ter ha loat and never Mill loe It charm for city . r Montrjr. ii I lb occaoloaal ion eeO in illation thill I the Invariable ba t of the tempter, and Miller appear tc have uaed It Jlldlcloualy. On no othci grouud can we explain the wllllngueaa even of the gulblea Gothniultcs to take chance with III III. I 'or 10 per cut. a VfOOk I prouf conclusive of fraud and humbug It make the win, lie a clear a though the mcth oda of the "syndicate" Were fully el posed Kqnnllv certain alao I the do Moil. Intout of the geiitlemeu who promised to pay back three dollar! for very dollar given him. Hue would Ihlrk that he might about a well have advertised hluiaclf a a coutldeiice man and then asked for a contribution Hut tbla philanthropist deonmpc.1 art th 7SU,IX, two other financier of the aame aort wlih 180,000 each, and the trick w a. doue lu a few weeks. Tbe White City of Chicago, like the Centennial Kxpueltlon el I'hlladclphla. gave to hundred of thouanda of pM pic aoiue new Ideaa of w bat art ami taate can do for the etnbolllalmiciit of MIT surroundings and tin Increase of reflnem- nf. There haa prung op a w ide aud growing demand for "beauty lu the city, In the str-t. In the bouae, and In the artldee of dally MO." KchiMila of dealgu have multiplied; ao-cloth- of art and crafla give annual exhibition; artlann aaplre to la- art late; ahnp w ludowa iblM wlih fair forma and pleasing colore; many thing that are cheap are alao pretty; Cornell neee and comfort meet In the fiiriitah Ing of lowly home aud In the attire of common ienple. For helpful luipuUn ami practical anggeathm we are dimply Indebted to other land. Klrat, to prance, which waa long foremost In all the i I.- of elegance and adornment. Next, to Japan, wlmne decoration of pottery, HIIOSM and kakemonoa, or hanging picture, haa merit far be yond the charm of novelty. Finally, from Kngland. where the writing of Ituakln, the fine touch,- of Walter Crane, and moat of all, the genlu of William Morrl. have worked mtvb. alvely on the public mind, with an In MBM which la powerfully felt Inj America, lOpOOfalUi along the many bMaChod UOOO of household art. It I1 eay to make too much of material en vironment a a mean of Improvement and Impplnc. but the world can never become too la-autlful to match the -alble dignity of It Inhabitant; and the thing that an- lovely may 1 the out ward algn of Inward grace. All hall, therefore, to "the cruandv against ug- iiMMr So much haa MM aald nlxuit the pp. valence of fiMid adulteration In tho I'lilled Htale thai tiiiiny m i vnua per aon have U'coiue alnrmcd about the Integrity of their itOMMlttV They are beginning to fear they will have to limit theiuaelvee to vegetahleg ami ladled egg. It will DO a comfort for tin- peraona to la1 aured by n com petent authority that they have la-en worrying themaelvea nUMMOMrlljr. I'rof. Wiley of the Agricultural He parltnent, who haa I en helping the Heiiate OonnlttM M Food Adulter ant In Ita Investigation, rebuke the alarmlNta who have I Ml ft Oil that near ly nil food product for MM lu the gro eerie are what they ahould not lie. lie any: "You may elc. t a hundred ample of food, bought n! rniidom l the public market, ami you will And that hardly B T cent, of th am adulterated." lie aaya further that "there I little or DO adulteration of our ataple article of food. Take Hour, sugar, meat, and other ataple. and Ho y will Hot I. found to be adulter ated." Thla I n coii.olatlon. The Pt feaor doe not deny Hint there are MM adulteration not all Injnrloua to health, however and he I lu favor of the enactment of a pure food law which ahull prohibit tbe ii ae of harmful mini teranta, and which ahull ghe notice to consumer when harmful 0000 are ued, ao they may know they arc buy ing oleomargarine, for Instance, and not fancy they are buying butter. AO authoritative aurane(. that 00 per cent, of fisid products I Itcyoiid re proach ought to dispel Hie fell l a of con aunicis. When they make a pUK&MO the chance are nineteen to one they w ill Hot lie rhMfOll The odd are not ao much In their favor In the hurae tun i k. t or at a primary election. THE SIRDAR'S CAMtL CORPS. a Coeanleli OolfDoltood UtUe Flultliou Force Tbe Mobile was of wood throughout, with broad fun, the aplay of which could be altered to Mult a camel's back without much trouble by tbe native and dler ultncbisl to each coliipiiii, sins the i ..Mil. ill The pad wu lemovable leather outside, soft felt Inside, the at ultlng being of ball, and. by n aatein of pocket, tbla hair alnttlug could be rOLOOVOd and si, in., I ul will, ao a to alter thepresaure and prevent llhaideil lug ami forming Into lump, the men being taught to COMUDtlj remove mid pull the Ntulllng of their waddle. Fach aaddlc was tilled with one large leather "kln.ig." or bag. containing aU day' forage, anil with two OttUklkH one containing tin' rider a food and apute clothing; beside which each mall was provided wlih two water akin, to be iiih d according ti lulrtmoota, Thu equipped, a seven da' desert trip could bo undertaken. It UtOM WON w.l s containing lUtBcoOl to vvaier the came a about every third daj I lie men were anned with n Martini rltle ami bayonet, and carried :' round of ammunition, ninety lu band oiler and pottCbOO, the lemaindcr ok their Kitddle. sewn lu a roughly made saddle cloth, so a to distribute the weight equally. They were clothed lu a brown woolen b is, v. cord pantaloon and leather gaiters. The tidal weight carried when load, . I up for a seven davs trip, with tilled wotoroklna, would bo ogood pouudo, Which, of (intra, reduced It, If dally a forage and water were consumed Thu we have u complete and self containing lighting for, e, which lu It own clement, the d.s,it. asks nothing from any one. which disappear and I swallowed up lu the trackless waste, to reappear again, after an Interval of lx day, having accomplished It taak. I'eciiliarliy of Nnakca. A make tamer who had trained a serpent to follow 1 1 1 III around the DOOM and even out of door happened one day to take It with tv t in to a strange place. The snake, ui.ua, si to the hs-ullty, M0U id to forget all lit training and. OOOOp lug Into the buhc, r aisled capture with bile and every Indication of wild ties. When caught It at once rveutucd It tame bablte. Thl tendency to be come wild Imimsll.itclv upon obtaining their freedom and to again boMMO tame when caught la wild to be a pOOUUUit of aiiakca. Npanlsr ta a OtMkMtablO IVople. Tbe Spanish are among the umst churltaldc isople ou eaith. Without a p.r tax, Spanish couimuultle of Oft. tai self aiipiHiitcr fcil a popular populatuni of u,t-J or more. Kteaiuera the Nafer It ha beeu estimated thai steamer, are '.V per cent eafer ihau sailing ve Mkv IT IS A QUEER TOWN. Hecause he didn't want a htgun when she wa a little girl, a mother can't understand why her sou want a shotgun. Tlii I measuring other pco pie lu your half bushel. A had reputation may Is- acquired lu a day. but It usually takca a lifvUui tc awiuUx a good oue WILL OF ONE MAN IS ITS ONLY LAW. A Routh Carolina Commnnltr Which Thrlvre Without Municipal Ofllclsla, ,s. .,,,.,, Uercra or lolOOM -Negroes Arc l'oaitlvcly Not Admitted. Potior, a South Carolina town of 7,000 population, I probably the QDOOfOOt lit tle city In tho Daltod OUtM. It ha M U Ud for twelve year and ha never bud a mayor, municipal govcrnim-nt, court, police or new spaiwr. The town haa four large cotton mill that employ aliout 3.000 operative and consume 100,000 bate of cotton each year. In OHO of thi s., grogl mill there are 00,000 plndle at work In one room, all run by electricity. In the working equip BOB) all that I old I dlOCirdodj all that U new and progreaalve eagerly wel comed, no matter what the expense. Managed by one corporation on thor OVffbly iiltriilatle principle, hundred of children who work In theae mill earn from 2 to fill cent a day, aud a certain portion of the machinery I shut down at atated Interval each working day to allow- them to attend school. ObodtOOM I the conatltutluo on which the government of the town ream. Tho word applle to only one thing the will and wUhc of Capt. John Kmythe. Ill edict rule tbe city a absolutely a the fainou "by order of i In-Czar" rule the ltiialam, and the moral piTualou he exercle over hi popobltloa can be coiupnrcd only to t lie deference shown to Ooui 1 'u ill In the troubled Trim. vaal. Thla kingdom -city Is within from one to three hour rullway Journey of At lanta. OrOOtlTlllf. Charleton and a number of other prominent loUtkorn eltle Involved In close buslne rola thins with It; It ha a large export trade In ipoetal cotton atuff to China; It I constantly purehnalng raw material, everywhere. Yet If you aak a man who think, ho understand the Kotith pretty well, who live here, and who Imagines ho know all that I gotug on here, where IVIzor I, he will not lie able to tell you. The recent experience nf a roving lyceiim lecturer I Interesting. He was in.ik lag a tour of the Houth In the hand of an advance agent and found the name PoiMf on Ilia Hat. lie asked the hotel clerk In Atlanta nliout It. ".Never heard of It," said the man who generally know It all. The lecturer BOfllOltod a map and could not bud It. Finally he took u TALK INTO MEGAPHONE, TMfl 1YPBWMTBR DMf THi MtfT JOHN i;l tjAYTHK. ' train for (ireeiivllle, where the elation IgOUl told til iti PobMT wa about tWODtj lU-s distant. "Never been there myself," he re tli irked. "but I've been told It's quite a place Queer folk, but they're all right." The lecturer settled back In hi seat He believed he waa lu for a dlaBUU talk to forty or tlfly persona; a dingy hall with a smoky lamp and rickety chairs; badlv paved Rircct and no cab at the depot to take him to a wretched hotel He made up bit mind that ho would h.ivo imtiiiug unpleaaant to eay to that advance agent when he MW hltn again. When DO reached lYIxer he thought he hud made a mistake. There was i roomy, woll lighted railroad ita Hon, and it gentleman Who Introduced himself a the Hemocrntlc pMtOMOtor of the cll.v waa there to meet him. "How docs It look for an audience?" Inquired the lecturer, with au anxious e.ve to business. 'Oh. verv good. I think you will have at least iUxi persons out to bear you." "Wh vvhat? How large is your tow n ?" "M in. About ".(Kkl. More. perhai." Night had come ou and the lecturer looked around on well lighted and well paved ItrOOta. lie saw Do corner loiter era. In fact, most of the shop were hut. He had a comfortable meal at the hotel. The poatmaiter left him to him self, a he had to go home to take his folk to the lecture. An hour later the lecture halt roomy, bright and cheerful a the usual Y. M C. A. halls he had U'on p.e,k'ug In ektewhere wa well filled with attentive and apprtvlatlvc listeners. What the lecturer did say to hi advance agent when he caught Up with him wa that It wa one of the most charming itopplDg place on hi. route, aud that ho wanted to go there ag.tln. There were no reporter at the lec ture to take the synopsis that the MOkOf had preared for them, and there wa no DOWtpaapof account of It next morning MMBM Ruler Smvlhe will not have a newspaper published In the town. Kill tors aud reporter are forbidden to llo there. "We have no mayor." said a resident of the town. "No necessity for one. We have no aldermen, uo court, no municipal council, no police. The resident keep the ace and get along comfortably without any buncombe of that rL We have no drunkcuues t'.s i us,- vv e don t el in i liquor with II the city limit, and druukeiineu fur n'.she more thau half the business of a pollco force." " hat Is your object lou to newpa pvrr" "Nothing personal, only the residents aeem to think we get along la tter with Out them Local i'.is rs publish a lot The Invention of a phono -typewriter by Or. Frank A. Traver of Itaeine, U i., Is causing DO end of NOMMat throughout the coiintry, and the do. tor' mall I becoming so large thnt he no longer is able to attend to all hi corresHndeiice. Inquiries aland hi wonderful machine are roming from all part of the country, but o far the doctor refuse to diVBltl Just how his machine work, because he say he I not yet protected by patent. The claim of the OOCtOf I that by tnlk ing Into a phonograph, which i lonnected with the typewriter by menus of elec tricity, the machine can lie set in motion and made to write on pajs-r whnt has been Dictated into the phonograph. Just how the vibration of the voice is going (0 net the keys of the tJpOWfttOT In motion the do. tor at thi time refuse to disclose, but he says he has convinced his financial backer of tbe MOCOM of the Invention anil will soon begin the manufacture of the machioe. likely to do more mischief than good." graph be g I. so thai thO BhlldrOfl "Hut your cltlzena must reud what , may be trained from thelrearlh at year. to appraelata nrt.atic thiiig. a good la going on In the world?" "Surely. We are not dullard. They buy newspaper from everywhere, north and south. Hut they get them by mnll at their home and 100 them lu the public library." "What abonl lawyer?" "Well, we have DO bulne for them. A lawyer would starve to death here If he depended on an Income from hi bull Dooo. N "I low alut doctor?" "We must have doctor, of course. We have two of them and one dODtlot. We hnve four preacher, nil picked men. and one photographer. Yon mi dan tand, our town alma at an ideal, mid we must be careful. The n id of every person w ho want to live here or who come here to -k employment la carefully Investigated. Ill nntec-e-deiits must I, giaal or he cannot come. HI conduct while here must be good or he cannot stay. He cannot own any real estate. Tho company lease It to him for a limited arloil on certain con dition. It I therefore no trouble at all for it to get rid of a dlaagnvahlc poraoa, Tbaot nice itofM and tho handsome residence for the nmnnger were nil built and are leased and own ed by the company. It control every foot of land and everything there Is ou If One of the first thing to strike a visitor I the ahcncc of negroes. Not one of them I allowed to live within the city limit. A few of them live Just over the line and are given housework to do by some residents of I'elzer, Hut ("apt. Htnythe, while not absolutely for bidding till, la doing hi utmost to discourage It. It I hi policy to do away with all household servants a. much a possible and make everybody depend on themaelves. The public library, with free privi lege to all resilient. I well stocked with up-to-date literature, conveniently catalogued mid capably managed. The cotb.n ii, IN are a marvel. The ma chinery In them la operated by elec tricity, generated nt n waterfall two mile from the city, on the Saluda river. There I no coal ami no steam. The etnployi go from one floor to an other In exprca elevator. Some of them nre Dot more than 10 yonrs old, but their work I en ay nnd healthy. Their hour are short. They hnve light airy rooms to eat their luncheon In. No grease Is used In the machinery. The hot nlr I cooled by huge fun run by machinery. At dellnlte period theae children are required to leave the mill and go to a school belonging to the company. Ed ucation la compulsory. In one of the school there are BOO pupils, from pri mary to the average high school grade. Puplla who show unusual ability are elected for a higher course of educa tion. Hut while a young man or a young womnn I getting thl education they are also becoming proficient In a trade. In DO event that can possibly t foreseen nre they likely to become a burden on the State. QERMAN COLONY IN BRAZIL Twenty Vcr Cent, of th Population In Certain Part of the Kepulilic. Consular report of recent date de acribe. tho German colony in southern ltnuii in Parana, Baota Catharitta and Itlo QraSdO dO Snl. When thO climate Is picture la full of teaching to a thought ful child. Cork carpet is better than au ordinary carpet, and lln re ahould be a high fonder, woll locurod. before tho tire, to avoid accident A Clipboard In n nursery I most use ful and nlmoNt necessary. Children love to hnve a place of their own where they can hoard their hundred and oue treas ures, and many n wet morning can be ph nsantl v passed lu turning out and re nrriingiug them. On should never be allowed In n utir aery, n It vitiates the ntmnphcrc. A giaiil lamp should he used Instead, on a bracket safely out of tbe way, ao that there I no danger of Ita being overturn ed. There should l e n good, roomy sofa, so that the little one niny He down If not feeling very welt, and u low rocking chair and footstool for the iiure, or. nt any rate, n low chair. If the rocking one I not approved of. A crawling rug 1 a capltnl thing for a baby, and It can be decorated ntnl cm brohlered with nil kind of comic des ign n n 1 representation of animals, bird, etc. A thermom. ter ahould hang ou the wall and the temperature be kept as near Do degreca n possible. The HUTHLfcSS SLAUGHTER. tlO,(MM) lloera Hove Killed Over (iracrful fllratlha. The creditable work of the BotM lu freeing South Africa of the dreaded Hons, which roamed lu such numbers that life wu roodarodonaafo anjrwhan lu the country, 1 offset by their ruth leas destruction of the giraffe from Cape Colony to tho BoUatll Itlver. if they killed 0,000 lions lu the 1 rausvaal before existence wn made wife, they h ive killed UOO Slof the lun 'Cent. gru e ful gliuffea. lu the early days of South African history the glralle wu the inn! abundant game In the Transvaal, Miiial elelatid and Oinnge Five Stale but the creature has been killed off like our American buflulo, and the few re maining representatives of n noble race gradually driven north. For ears p 1st the glralle has been a prolltable quarry for the llocr huuicrs, and the animal was valued by them only because the hldea were articles of commercial ttae. They were pot hunted, shot down In droves, and destroyed In the greatest number possible In every direction A good glralTc skin I worth from Jin toJ-'O In South Africa UHfap, and much more lu Boropa On their hunting tripa 10 and IS year ago It wn a common matter for one hunter to kill -to and BO of these graceful animal In oue day. The reason for this Is that the giraffe la the most innocent of aolmala aud is easily bunted. It I absolutely defense less, and there Is hardly n case ou record w here a w ounded giraffe turned upou the hunter. It I true glrttlTo. have great powers of sped, and they can dodge rapidly from tree to tree lu the woods, but they offer such a fair mark that these luetics hardly ever save them. The hide of the nnlmnl I Its chief article of value. No wonder that the bullets often fnll to penetrate thl skin, for It I from three quarters to nn Inch thick, and as tough as It Is thick. The skin, when cured nnd tanned, makes excellent leather for certain onrnoaao. bracing and the condition favorable to The Hocrs make riding whip aud san the vigorous growth of Kuropeaus. The dais out of the skin they do uot m D I (ioniums here number 800.000 out of n to Kuropc. The bone of the glralle : have also n commercial value. The leg bone are solid instead of hollow, and j lu Kurope they arc In great demand for manufacturing buttons nnd other bono : artlclea. The tendons of the giraffe nre so strong that they will Kustnlu nu enormous dead Weight, which gives to A POPULAR BEY ERAi I E J J TEA IS DRUNK IN ALMOST ALL COUNTRIES ee. i tried the Neva ,,r lr ti e towa on the nppo;le aide of -iv . r. but I could MtOB uoue.- Ati,m MoLth.y I ... o I CUM Of Ing ttt Origin thr Tiii Float in leHt riucc it i Baa aurded a Food POOWUOI Waj of I'i rearing It. I low long tea has beca us-d a a nev erage no oue knows. It wa a domes tic essential In the kingdom of ttW Orl cut long U-fore It was introduced Into Kurotio. ami that wu not a few dec ades ago. Today It la until a a bev traga bj marly all clvlllie.i buds, and even barbarian dreum over It care lagullltig priqaTtles. A ploua legeud tells us that Harumn, au Indian sulut was the medium through which the beverage became known to tbe world. Ho had renounced all allurements of this life to pans the remainder of hi day In meditation und prayer. Many long yeas be spent lo Miippllcatlua. when one fatal night tbe evil oue po MOaad his soul and the sulut Ml ualecp to dream of n beautiful woman who bad enchanted him. Wheu he awoke M Ml o humiliated ami ialned that n,uUt , he drew from hi girdle a knire umi MTOnd hi lazy eyelid from his eyes and cast them from hltn. Whut was his amazement to discover the next morn ing that the lids had disappeared, and In tbelr place two wonderful shrubs were growing shrubs with dainty leaflet. eelld-haped and uowy buds midline to the east! He called It te, and vowed thnt with Its help lu would ; as the ri malnder of 111 ilnj and nights In unbroken meditation. Tea l.i nine known in Kngland about the middle of th venteenth century. during the latter half of which we nnd occasional reference to It. but It did not come Into general ue until the be ginning of the olgbtoeuth century. It was tlrst sold lu public houses ns beer la now. and tapped. Tea I the national drink In Russia. It Is as Indispensable lu tbe food of the people a bread nnd meut. and I taken at all hours of the day. In nil the sor rows of the Husslan. tea nnd vodka aeem to be the iiulvcraal consolation. i'hc llrst thing lu the morning, nfter lum heon. nfter dinner, lu the evening, the Inst thing licfore going to l-d. nre regular time when everybody takes tea. but there are many who take It at odd Interval between times. In Morocco the tentunker put a handful of ten Into a teapot, pours on MOM hot water and pours It off direct ly. Then as many lumps of sugar a deslnsl are added and the tcnixit Is 1111 ed with boiling water. The same ten Is brewed two or three times, leave of wild thyme and fragrant verbena Indng added. Milk and cream nre never used. The host nlway ,urs out a cup for himself llrst aud drinks It off before hi guest have time to touch their. This Is to show them that he has no designs against their lives, and that the teu Is uot poisoned. Ten Is not simply n lievernge with riU'tans. but the principal article of food. It Is Invariably mixed with but ter and parched barley, nnd the hnve are not Infrequently eaten. The brick titie f Her Well. Some v lItor: to Kaxt (ilnticeator k summer paid a special call u, ,,,, ,, BO0M said to be the original of jr Kl zabeih Stum' Phelps Ward' fa,i,0 rory. "A Madonna of the Tubs," nr Phelps Wind' summer borne, ta known i in I'nst ilottceatcr. TI... Iter found a typical New UnglaM with a hclf-erhlctit cJimcity for i.-.n.. care of herself. So you are tbe M.utouiia of Tubs?" anld the visitors. "I am." afd the New Knglngiib- "And Mr. Phelps Wnrd vvrn-.i beautiful story about you 7" 'She did." "IMd you ever niei t Mrs (Yard t have. After she's wrote that tor nt,.. ....ion round lo-t., ..111. dm- ,i...t i ... ad me up. She su.d M how ike WVUi lo aw m0 for herself." "How luterestlnj,:" nurtniin.! t,( visitors, "and what did you do'" "HoV" repeated tbe Madonna of p. Tubs, "what did 1 doV I an well for writln' such a story i . rU( n n paeK o i;e i !., ,m reud. Why. there wasn't one half i true. An' she lind the face to come am ee me afterward! Oh, I MOOed M well. I did!"-New York Broiling Sue Science" 1 -invention ! . . I f III ,.s b-. ,,iu ..... . .. .1 I , IIIIMt1 Ul.1t eighty three p, r cent, of all the ocnin floor lies further dowu than oue tlma. snud fathom, or one mile below th surfuce; twenty-one per cent lie las tvvceii one ami two mile; fifty per cent llel between two nnd three miles, and cveii per cent, la known to lie further down than three miles. It I reported from Sierra Leone tli.it those who are engaged in Investlgntliia the mosquito theory of malaria In that district poured dram of keroeene oil, ns nu experiment, upon a puddle about n square yard In area, (touting on which were numbers of Anopheles larvae, with the result that after ill hour nil the larvae were found to be dead. Glimmering phosphorescent light play nn Important part lu the activities and strategics going on In the deep am. Phosphorescent organs appear some times to act ns bull's-eye lantern to enable the monsters poaaeoalng then to pick up food lu their midnight under world, and nt other times serve as a lure or a warning to other species. Lake Chelan, in the state of Wash ington, Just enst of the Cascade range of mountain, was recent lr the scene of a strange disturbance. Without warning, th,? water III the center of the hike, Which Is some forty miles long and three or four broud, rose to n height of llfteeu feet. Immense waves rolled upon the shores, and a large creek emptying Into the lake ran dry fur three hours. Thor.. Is, ,m In. I ,., Haa.IL tea Is reduced to powder and put Into I tiol of roIcaDic crate ,mvM ', tidal population of 1,800,000, They do not Intermarry with the other Inhabit, nut, or "take any part In national politics, or. In anything emanating from the surrounding native element" lu financial and commercial Importance the German element i strong out of proportion to Ita numbers, but It prefers them pecuniary value. to live apart. "They thus," sav s the consular report, "create for themso.vea a condition of Isolation which ha nftOO given rtaa to the suspicion that thev were endeavor ing to establish a political common wealth for themselves. Nothing could be more erroneous than th s sopnosl Hon. The great ditlleulty of BMtOring the Portuguese tongue, in toned and construction so utterly different from their Own. and of assimilating with pco pie of the Latin race, with whom they have so little In common. Is the cause of their lsol.it on. so often commentel upou. They have great difficulty In Increasing their ranks from the old country. UUUatUCO a, for tCOOOOtlC and military reOaOOO, the German govern ment doe not favor emigration, ami there are at present very few German deelrout of emigrating." Bouthotu Bra Society for Sock. II , ruing In a Mlghbortng Long Inland village the young incu have a new privilege tin inlying teu cents a week they can have their socks darucd by the belles of the village, who have organized themselves Into the "Giddy Girls' Hurtl ing Club." Hue of the young ladles no ticed a hole in the hose of a young mau who was ivaylng her a social visit the oilier night, and, on con paring notes. It was found that many of the other girls of the village had boon Impressed by the fact that the lenux of the place Deeded help In keeping their socks In order. The young man who was ad mlttcd to the privilege of tbe club mut not to In the habit of smoking, drinking, playing card, or doing any thing real naughty. All he haa to do then I to pay ten cent n week nnd the kettle Just tiefore the water bolls, and after cooklug Ave minutes salt nnd toda are added, Sometime It I par taken of In thl stage of the prepara tion, but usually it I put. through a bamboo strainer. Into a tea churn, with existed In the nelghborliiHid of the lake. There Is already talk lu England of developing tbe natural resources of the Sudan through scientific exploration. Immense forests line the banks of the , , ' , , ! , ' i I BltM Nile along It upper tenches e a tt e barley meal, and churned vigor- , " ....... . ' . ,11,1,, ,, ,ur OUlly for two or three minutes; then It 1 lauired Into earthen or metal teapots and is ready to to drunk. The Hutch drink ten In the evening two hours after dinner. The brazier with the lKillltig kettk' Is brought Into the drawing-room and placed beside the mistress of the house, and the tea tray with every appliance on It Is set before her. It 1 served with small cakes, like our afternoon tea. The Husslan and Germans some time use claret lu their tea. The Nlc araguan ladles call their high teas tcr- tullaa. KRAPOT KIN IN THE SOLITARY. in A Description of the I'rlaon Hoom Which He WaaOoalModa My tlrst movement wtt to approach j the window, which wa placed so high I that I could hardly reach It with my lifted hand. It was a broad, low open Ing, cut In a wall Bvt feet thick and protected by an Iron grating and a j double Iron window frame, relates Prince Knipotkln. At a distance of n dozen yard from this window I saw the outer w all of the fortress, a piece of masonry of Immense thickness, on the roof of which 1 could make out a gray sentry box. Duly by looking upward could I perceive n bit of the sky. which wa now faintly Illuminated by the lust rays of the sun. 1 made a minute Inspection of the room, where I had now to spend no oue could say how many years. Prom the position of the high chimney of the mint I guessed that I was lu the south west corner of the fortress. In a bastion overlooking the Neva. This room of mine was a casement destined for a big gnu and the window was au em brasure. Sun rays might never pene trate It; eveu In summer they must be lost by tbe thickness of the wall. It was eleven steps from one corner to the other of the room ebony-tree I met with along that river ami also m ar the Bobat On the White Nile the India rubber creeper, a valu able source of rubber, abounds. There tire large forests lu the lti.hr cl-Ghazal province. Hold was ouet mined In some of the mountain of the Suduu. Search will be made for coal. Dr, K. llauthnl. nu Argentine savant, has put forward a startling theory con cerning the remains of gigantic sloths, related to the great megatherium and the mylodon, recently found In Pain gonla. lu bis opinion, theoe animals, whose race Is now extinct, were kept In n domesticated state by the prehis toric Inhabitants of Patagonia. A cave at I 'It I mix Eaperanna, where many In dications of the former presence nf the huge sloth hnve been found. Is re garded by Doctor llauthnl as baring been used by the ancient Patagonlui ns a stable for the beasts. The marvellous effects that are some times produced by music may eventual ly receive a scientific explanation. In a recent lecture nt Oxford University. Professor McKendrlck said thnt. while the Intricate connections of the audi tory nerves are only Just being nt' ravelled. It Is probable that the rootm'f those nerves are more widely distrib uted nnd have more extensive connec tions than those of any other nerves In the human body. Researches ou the au ditory nerves Indicate that there is scarcely a function of the body which may not be affected by the puhVBtlonl nnd hnruioulc comblnntiuus of musical tones. I hi has become a atm Sold for the b ' V11" "f ,H'k ln,, M nuny n,1,, a i reetmeatof Germancapital.-ltalilmoie ,Un Nl'w York Cor '"'"sburg Still. THE NURSERY. Some of late TtiinKa thai Ihc Chtldrrn N.r.1. The room select,! for the nurserv Dispatch. He-In what month wore you Kirn? She Oh, you needn't te afraid. The diamond la appropriate. Jeweler' Weekly. It Is all right for a woman of 30 to should la If Hssihlc targe and lofty, j My she feel as young aj she did at IN, with a soutn asMvt. say the St. uui but sbe never looks It. Star. The wall ahould be prett, Iv It 1 said :!,., i ,,.(. - Of knal golp, and gossip la always pOfMUd aud let the picture- ,uJ lo- , earn, a Uviug by tryl'ug ou'cloaka. bed, a little oak table and nu oak stool The Moor WM covered with painted felt and the walls w ith yellow paper. How ever. In order to deaden the sound, the paper was not put on the wall Itself; It wn painted ov, - canvas and behind the canvas I discovered a wire grating, be hind which was a layer of felt Oulv beyond the felt could 1 reach the stone wall. At the Inner side of the room there was a washs'atid and a thiol- ,l..r i,. lilch 1 made out a locked opentne to piss the food through aud a little l!t protected by glae and a hulter from loo outside, t-is wa the "Juda" through which the prisoner could be ipM upon at every moment. Tbe sen try who stood In the passage frequently lifted the little shutter and looked in .de. his boots squeaking as he crept to ward the door. I tried to apeak to hltn Then the eye which I could see through the slit assumed an expression of terror and the shutter was Immediately let down, only to he opened furtively a mln ute or two later. Hut I could get no word of reply from the sentry. Absolute silence reigned all round, no sound came from anywhere. 1 dragged tool to tbe window and looked uuou Kbode Misogynist. It Is said by those who know CecO Ethodeo, the smith African magnate, that he ha a great aversion to the e lilte sex. They sny that while on ,t recent visit to London he dined nt t be which held nu Iron house of tho Itaroiies Iturdett-CoUttS, and later, when he wn discussing ti e affair with his secretary, the latter nakedi "And whom did you take In to dlB' ner?" "Oh, I don't know. Some Lady Somebody," was the reply. "Hut what did you call her?" "Didn't call her nuy tiling. Never spoke to her." Where Ignorance Won. A French paper ha this droll story of a laundress who lately gained tbt tlrst prlre In a big lottery with the num ber seventeen. When asked bow - I hit on that number, she Mid she I I I dreamed three nights muniug of tic DUmtof seven, und thought It roul menu something; so she snld. "Three time seveu are seventeen! BOTOntoed will be a lucky ticket. So I bought H and won the prise!" It will be sect) that. In spite of "oduontlon," supersti tion still lingers, and Is often found n BMtgyeatnd quarters.- Host,, ii Herald. When a child savs a particularly bright thing, its mother looks at Ita father as much as to ay, "See Uo much you owe my family!"