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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 10, 1900)
-J Eugene City Goafd. B. 1 OAJIPlltl, EUGENE CITY OREGON. Tb- batuob trust U art oppod to Mr ater. Barbed wire aa a battle appliance ha fouod Ita war loto Natal. Those Uka It beat wbo aro uot stuck oo n. About the moat Innocent of waja to poll toe wool over childhood' cyee la to uae tbc yarn of tbe stocking. A W ti rn woman' wanting $50,000 for a broken beart does not In tbo leait contradict tbe aei'a Innate liking fur a flue flgurv. Talking of cold wcatber aa agmtnet ether forma of garment, the man Jnt wiapped up In blmeolf I generally a cold Individual. An r ; man li aald to be building an ark. Thla will remind people of the fact that there baa never yet been a truat lu tliat article. Evidently the only way aome people can have any confidence In the re munerative character of a bualneea la to have a truat In It. Popular sentiment la overwhelmingly ojii ' i to the antl eipansloo sentiment that would cut down tbe nineteenth century to ninety-nine yeara. Maybe the new cult of "gentlemen burglars" la due to a knowledge that good manuere are necessary to thoae wbo would enter tbe beat houaea. The wooden Indian haa been vlnrtl cated at Inn - be atopped a runaway home In New Yoik the otber day. Tberc'a a theme for a new liana An-dcraen. Newspaper men aee the dawn of the millennium. An Eaatern railway hai adopted the policy of telling the new papera the whole truth In caae of an accident. A man wants $10,000 damagea be eaute a telegram waa aet delivered which caused hla lone of the girl of hi choice. Ten yeara from now be may feel differently about it. A man who had Injured hi hand waa In aurb a hurry to apply talre to the wound Ibat he picked up a can of dy namite by mlxtake, and, finding that tbe top would not come off readily, be bit It with a hummer. Why will people keep on golug all to plecea over little tblngaT II seem ludlcroua now to believe tbal a ii.ii Cervera waa actually or dered to come over here aud bomliard tbe principal Atlantic port. Yet If we bad beeu really sure of It then tbone Bo "ii and Newport panlca would not bare been so atrange for the strength of the Hpanlarda waa at that tliue an unknown quantity. Newpai mi. hum. t , concerning ti e will of Itona Bnuhciir recall the fact that the pr. tie. pal Icgstc waa, until the laat year of ttie un-at mi tint's life, an entire stranger to her. M s Anna Klumpke. a young portrait painter of promise, gieutly desired tu .ami Boss Buuheiir. and wrute, asking that pr liege. Itocc.vlng a favorable reply, aha at ..nr. aliilted fiotu Boftnu to I mi tain 1. 1 mi lu Kiauce. and eutered uxin ber work. The two wouieu fouud them solve m auih close ayuipathy that Illlo. Huni.eur asked ber Tlaltor to tnr.re few home with her, aud at her death biat year devhied alnioat her en tire es'ut ciiateau, park, llbraiy, paintings and prlceleaa manuscript -to Hit young American. The alory la a lotuance ta real life. It underscores tbe poet'ia query: "Wbo can aniwei where auy read laada)" Wl en a resourceful novelist like Mra. Amelia K. Ilarr give up tbe aervanl flirt . i.i. in and atiaiidou ber couutiy L. nir on tbe llcdsoii to live In a New York hotel the outlook ! dark for plain people who do not pretend to write novel or solve problem. Mra. Hair aay ane ha really beu driven out of ber bum by her luablllty to aolve tbla gnat MtflfeM of tho time. Her flight to a city lui'.ei, combined with ber be lief lliat the household work of tbe fu ture ivlll Iw done by meu, auggeata tbe protaltll.t.r that before the ead of an other ceutury everylnidy may be living In city data and apartuif uu and dlulng ou tiie lintel plan. Tbe houaemnld ap parently l.ohla It lu ber power to ahol lah the prlvute home life of the nation It la high time for tbe gvnluse and rVfru men to apply all tbeir p .-.- to solving tbe problem of how to make young women prefer kitchen work In tbe (OMIT to factory work In the city. At prAeut the attraction ara mostly ea tuv aide of the factory. Wl at wo really waut nowadaye la a philanthrope who a III Invent aome Indoor atimsemcnt for people who u ' rt'u get red ID cold weather. Those of us wbo have artistic icmperaiuetiu aud wbo revel omy In an entourage of (race aud beauty are aapec a ly en rerned in this affair. We appeal direct ly tu Adolphu young or old aa the rase niny le- and the elderly Adolpbtis la. perhaps, the more visiting; we ap peal to Ado phus, we aay. for sym pathy It doesn't so tuiich matter about men Wbo cares whether tbe aoae of Jones or 8mltli or Kobluson Is red? NoUidy etpects ttietu to be beau tir. I No! oil) Is shocked If tbe be otb.Twise. Hut wbeu we encounter Clur or Celestlua. whom last even Ing we paw across a flowery dinner table .n ie haughty, with tlp-tllted nos auil scarlet llpe - the Incarnation of aria User He calm- when we eucounter her la tbe square or on "the" boulevard and sec n. r wltb crumpled cbeaka and lush ad prohoecla what a sorrow perches on our Minis' Wby. tbe geoeratlon simply a waa far a pbllantbroplaL proved beyond dispute that tbe human I machinery needed a goodly supply of , fnel to run tbe engine durltg the day and that too beat ttroe to lay la this supply waa at breakfast. Thereupon th Ametlean noonl began to eat heartily of toaat, griddle cakte, cere- ale, etc. That Is. those wbo read the article and wore struck by Ita force did tboae tblnga they were told were essential for the preservation of their health, strenx.li and life. Now comes another "anthorlty' and says that th American breakfast Is too heavy and that the first hearty meal of the day shonld not be eaten until noon. Thla later "authority" "provea" bis case Just as positively aa the otber, and there will be men and women who will heed the advice and starve thumselves hair a day under tbe belief that they are doing themselves a favor. All of which recalla to mind that If the American people did everything that they were told to do and did not do the things that they were (old not to du, always by medical "authorities," every minute would be used to do something eon tradlctory to that which had been done the preceding minute. There la a 1gulflranee In tbe fact that the new treaty between Mexleo and China Is written In Kngllsh Instead of, aa cuatomary, la French. It la In line wltb tbe recent Instances In which F.nglish has been aubstltuted for French aa tbe language of diplomacy In International ro'ifereueea, hut haa still deeper significance than that. French was formerly the universal language of diplomacy, and all conferences between tile powers were conducted In It, ua a matter of couese, but Kngllsh has be come so more the language of tbe world than the French that It la superseding tbe latter even In that most conserva tive usage. Kngllsh la alao tbe lan guage of commerce to a much greater extent than French, aa Knglleti ami American commerce far outrank nny that Is carried ou under auy other form of apeech. lastly, the moat Important, an Kngllsh speaking nation, tbe United Htatee, la not only tbe nearest neigh bor to both Mexico and China, but la rapidly becoming the most Important one wltb which they have to deal; while aecond to It In aome respect, first In others, la Kngland. Both na tlona, therefore, having far more occa alon to use tbe English than any other foreign tongue, they are liound to be come more familiar wltb It than with any other, and It la so nearly a com mon language between them that It Is very wise for the dlplomala to nae It for the purpose of a common under standing. They will avoid cotupllea lions better In this way than by adopt Ing French or any other tongue. For more than B.OOO yeara men have been trying to discover "the elixir of Ufa." Tbe earliest seaieher, ao far aa authoritative history shows, wa lleruies Trlamagestrus. born 400 II. 0. Coining down to the Christian era, there wa Zosrinus. who lived lJ A. D. to 400; Gbvbe Utiles 1. MHO to U30; Ovlc euiio, OHO to lOSTl Artephlno. 1075 to llfeOl Itoger llaeou. ll'U to UJM Albert Magnua, I3W to LBM PofljM do Leon, MMI to Will Paracelsus, 1713 to UMl Cagllostro. 1K43 to ixu. Ilrowu He quard, IMS to 1MM. They and othera like the rest of their generations, are all dead. It la uotlccahlt) that most of them died early, uot living three score years and ten. It Is needless to say that they failed to dlaeo.er "the elixir." lYiliupa It la well that aome of them did uot, considering wnat they were. The latest caudldnte for disappointment Is 1'ior. Metehulkoff, a distinguished scientist In the 1'aatcur Institute. I'arl. who cUluia to have discovered a series of lymphs that will uriest decay and re juvenate the human body, lie diaearda the accepted theoiy of senile atrophy, and hoi. is that "certain cella which have been believed to be destroyed by age are simply dormant. Not only can they be revived, but multiplied," with hla wouderful lyinpha. In a certain measure corroboration of this claim aro the experiments of a physician who an nounces that he cnu sticceasfully treat paralysis and cite eae. Hut both ara now only experimenting, and the proba blllty la that, like aome predecveanrs, they will make tbelr discoveries Just In time to die. J MISSISSIPPI'S WATER POWER Fails of the Great fcvrr Tiraed Into Powerful Motor that Mow Grind tbe 4 wasat oi the Ureal Northwest gad Col Million of Feet of 4 I umber Annually Nature Slave to Man the ownership of W. D. Washburn k Co. was equipped wltb modern machin ery, and baa resulted In a modem struc ture, called th Lincoln mill, owned by tb PUUbury-Wubbura Flour Milling ComDanv of Minneapolis. Tbelr dam that tb glory or us svar. Things rorbldden In War. It 1 perbap not generally reallxed that tbe game of war 1 bodged around . ......,in s boxlnc baa a capacity of 10,000 horw power, by u many Thgat t Blxty-on miles up tbe river from matcn nnaer r'ZZ tbe MDC. Minneapolis, at too prent location of regulation., wb eh aro I St. Cloud, wa. another fall, that prom- tlon of .11 tb. dvlllted ' ONSIDERABLY less than a dec ade ago tb Idea of barneaslng the majeatlc flow of tbe "Father of Waters" aa It la to-day would have been looked upon as preposterous. "Dam It, you can't," will be remembered by many aa a eaylng of tbelr childhood -applied to the Mississippi Ulver. But tbe overpowering advancement of civ ilisation ha. conquered all obstacle, tn aurmountable aa they seemed, and now tbe mighty fore of that grand rlvor, formerly knowing no burden larger than an Indian canoe, has been turned my tbe hand of man Into motive power tor ponderous machinery. The whif fing flight of tbe arrow of tbe children of tbe forest haa given way to the whirr and butx of busy wheels. To the poet leal nature thla may s- em a sad deuoiie ment, but It Is a vivid example of tb "survival of the Attest;" and on should glory In progress. Tbe water courses of tbe great Northwest were alwa.va lb favorite hlgbwaya of the atiortgines. for uisny years the only craft to navl gate these waters waa the Indian canoe -hewn from a log, or fashioned In a primitive but serviceable msnner from the hark of tbe blrcb. With tbe coming of the French tradera larger boats were Introduced, and the era of advancement began. True, the French could not eon- oelve. at Hint time, tbe possibilities (tbst hsve since lieeotne realities) of the power of the Mlsslaslppl. Rut slowly and gradually, since they sailed their unwieldy hatteaux upon Its course, has the march of progress been going on ward. A waterfall to the aborigine meant simply an obstruction In tb river, around which they mimt make a though establlabed under Government au.pleea, bad died a natural death be cause of tb poor quality of tbe product. However, tb poorness of tbe produei waa no fault of the miller. Tbe demand for sawed lumber wltb which to build Fort Hnelllng bad mean time resulted In tb erection of a saw mill tbe first one to derive Its power from th Mississippi. Tb building wa near tb lt of tbe old flour mill, lu 1H48. one rear before the territory of Minnesota was organized, work was commenced upon s dam and aawmlll on th east aide of the river, wbleb were Mulshed and In operation the following prlng. Improvements of a substantial character were not commenced on the weal aide of tbo atream, however, until the year 1M.V1, when tbe Mlnneapol I Mill Company was organlxed and ere-' ed the first mill built by citizens of that lde of the stream. Now near the sire of that llttl Government flour mill stand palatial atone structures where over IsVMOlisMO barrels of the finest flour la the world are manufactured yearly by the waters of Ht. Anthony's falls. The dam and establishments at Ht. Anthony's are tbe largest nn the river. The great dam Is an object worth cpMBlng the continent to examine, over .'to.ooo horse power are g-nerated by the river at this point. Gone are the prim itive sawm:lla from the east and west banks of the river, and In their plnces are mills of magnificent size that turn nut In tbe neighborhood of OQO.lSJO.fluo feet of lumber annually. The dam at tbla point on the river are marvel of engineering skill and Improvement are being added yearly. Bt. Cloud, was another raais mat yrwm- -- - in.ur. fair rly Ised powerful possibilities. Oo of tbow world, ar. deigned to laaun fair piaj t . -v.. i.uin for for the combatant. shrewd Mslnltes, wbo waa looking for Just ueb an opportunity, very oon. w ltb the aiilitanc of other. et about Improving It. Many dlfflniltle beset their path, and tbelr handiwork waa often destroyed by the log coming ... 1 A m When It Is intended to uuuiuo . place, due notice bould be given. o that all women and children may be re moved to a place of afety. and every care must be taken to spare churches riLLMBL'BY DAM AT MINNEAI'OLIS-10,000 HOUSE POWEIt. down the turbulent river. In the face of severe trlala these Yankeiw never flinched and the hlvea of Industry that now mark this spot are the natural out come of their energy and perseverance. The dam at St. Cloud Is capable of gen erating 7,000 horse power. Frank Steele, whose poaltlon at Fort IS GENEKATKO FOB and hospital, as well as all charitable and educational building. All chaplains, doctors and nurses are protected In every possible way, nud are not to be taken prisoner or In any way Injured. Any soldier robbing or mutilating an enemy Is liable to lie hot without trial, and death Is the penalty for wounding or killing a disabled man. The bodies of tbe enemy are to be carefully searched before burial, and any articles fouud on them which might lead to tbeir Identification are to lie sent to the proper quarters. Explosive bulet mut not be used. and quarter must Ik- given to the ene my whether he asks for It or not. In nn attack on the enemy there must lie no concealment of the distinctive sign of the regiments, and the use of poi son for polluting drinking water la strictly forbidden. Boston Traveler. BT. ANTHONY'S FALLS. ON THE MISSISSIPPI, BY WHICH 30.000 HOUSE POWEB MILLING PI UPOSKS. GENERATED Proof Positive. Walla have had ear since curiosity bee :ui now It s... ins they have eyes, too, If w in.iv generalise from the story of a conteuiKrary. A well-known photographer of New York recently bad his country house overhauled. A new skylight waa add ed, and alteratloua were made In the roof. The men took their time aud did not overwork themselves, but thla did not prevent the roofer from presenting a bill alnioat as "steep" ss his calling. When the owuet of the house expostu lated. It waa explained to him that the men had to tie paid for their time, and tbey had spent several days on the Job. "No wonder," aald the photographer; and tbeu he produced a lumbal of snap shot photographs, representing the meu on the roof of hla houae aa taken from tbe attic window of au adjolulng build Ing. Home were altttng smoking, aomo wer reading newspaper, and othera were lying on tbelr back. "Wby." said the aatonlhd roofer, "these are my men!" "Exactly ao," replied the photog rapher, "and tbey ar earning my moiiey." portage at considerable loss of time - although that was a secoudary consid eration lu their minds, as they were overburdened with time. However, tin. unloading aud reloading of their canoes was a laborloua process and lulstr never was the "long suit" of the noble red man. Hence tb poetical beauty as ell as the commercial value of the falls were lust upon the benighted na lure of the savage. The men who ventured Into thla vast territory after tbe sway of tbe Indian bad been tertuluatcd forever had little appreelatlon or the picturesque gran deur of the waterfalls, but bad a habit of assoclatlug a certain or uncertain amount of dollars aud cents with the possession of such a fall. The Mlsals slppl, leading to all other stream, uat orally enough excited their cupidity In their fancy pictures of whirling wheels and turning saws contlnuallv passed. Over Uik) years before Father Hennepin had discovered tb falls, which wjtli plouo fervor he christened Bt. Authony's.T What If that worthy priest could return to earth for a visit to the famous rapids at the present day. Departed Is the virgin beauty of the spot, but In Its place stand Industries employing an sruiy of workmen, and their m a n tiers and customs would mi doubtcdly till Father Hennepin with The exploration of Pike, Schoolcraft and others had been so thorough nn to iletermlue every rapid of a size likely tu boCOOM profitable a a water power. Th pioneers following close ou the trail of the explurera snvv goldeu oppor tunities, to utilize the river tu tbelr ad vantage. Attempts to bridle the How of the water were not to the liking of old Mlsslaalppl, however, aud many of the first dam were curried away dowu the stream before they were aearcely com pleted. John Green, In 1M discov ered at a polut where the river wa broad, a series of falls rivaling In latent strength old 8t. Anthony's. Green named the discovery Little Pall. Th locality ultcd him and be built a dam across part of the atream; cut down enough of the surrounding forest to build him a aawmlll, and to furnish him material to work on. About this time settlers were murlng Into that part of the territory thick and fast and Green's mill was rushed far beyond its capacity to supply the demand for sawed lum ber. Just about the time wheu work was at Its best a section of hi dam gave way and necessitated a long shut down for repairs. Qroot) was not dis couraged, however, and material being plenty and help at hand, he set to work and built a much stronger dam. He also Improved his mill and other build- Just a short wbll ago we, rneaa'oi tbe American people, were Informed that the primrry cause of our longer Ity and general good health was the fa it that w at hearty brsakfaata aad prepared ourselves for the day's labors wltb a flood meal. II was afeowa and A lieaf from History. Commodore W infield Scott Schley, In hi book. "The Rescue of Greely," thus describes the finding of tbe explorer and th other frozen and starved sur vlvor of the Lady Frauklln Bay ag. pedltlon In July, 1HH4: "On his hands and knees waa a dark man with a long, matted beard and brilliant, staring eyes. A Lieut. Colwell approached he raised himself a little and put on a pair of eye glasses ''Who ar you?' asked Colwoll. "Tb man made no answer, atarlng at hi in vacantly. " 'Who ar you? again. "On at tbe men oke up: That Is tbe Major Maj Greely.' "Colwell took bliu by th ha.vd. aa.v Ing to blm, Greely. Is this youf "'Yea,' said Greely. In a faint, brok en voire, hesitating aud shuffling with his words. 'Yos seven of ua left hero w are dying Ilk men" "Then b fU back exhausted." Any man who caa deliberately pass s dog fight on tbe street without glaac haj at U B8Ma true dJjalij. I.ITTI.K FALLS POWF.U DAM 10.000 HOUSE POWER. amusement. Other explorers lu after years spoke of the beautiful aptCtacl presented by the falls, aud tHe latent power which they possessed, but noth lug In the w sy of developing the w ater .ore was accomplished until the ar rival of th Catted States troops in 181P. In MM s small flour mill was built Just N-low St. Anthony's falls up on th west bank of th rlvor. Built of roughly bewn logts. with the crevices partly- filled wltb mini. It would make a sorry showing sgalnst the stately si rue tures of brick snd stone now occupy.!! Its site. However. It snswered the pur pura of th hardy yeomanry of that dal. Th projocturs of this enterprise , tbn constructed & log flum. thus d Ing. One year later tho dam, aawmlll, and a cabinet shop weut down the river together. This would have disgusted many s man w 1th the business. But the Indontltsble energy displayed by the enterprising tlrcou triumphed over sll difficulties and a much more sutsstantlal dam was constructed. New building were erected and tirecn at last reaped the reward of perseverance. Now- thriving city stands at the point also bearing the name Little Fall. Great manufactories, gigantic aawmllla. elec tric light plant aud virion other In dustrl! oouevrn. eOTOf tbe alt of James Green's sawmill. Caleb and W II Woodherry In ISM went In search of water power and. ac- Snclllng enabled him to keep an eye on territory acquired by the United States, got hold of the falls of St. Croix and kept them by right of possession, aud In company with Jeremiah U tinsel I. Dr. Pitch and a number of other gentle, men secured a force of workmen, and with '.....is and building material, aalled Fnrntshes s Vsluable Hoot. The flame of acetylene gas has been fouud to furnish a snot which I espe cially valuablu In the color Industry. When such gns I burned with a smok ing flame the result Is tbe production of three or four times as great a quan tity of soot as Is the MM with mineral oils. Moreover, It Is very light lu weight and exhibits nn absolutely blnck color without a tinge of brown and ha noue of the tarry admixture or other substances that characteristically ap pear In lampblack. The substance u likewise noted for being very bulky aud Is found to be admirably adapted for Iudla ink nud the color of fine Inks for such lithographic work n requires a positive black. It I now being man ufactured In France by a patented proc ess, almost absolute: parity of color and texture being obtained at a compara tively small cost. Foo'lng the Public. "I'm about bushed lu the matter of curiosities," mused the owner of a small store. "It's a bad habit tbls Idea of drawing trade by making a museum of the window, but I can't MAINE. U t Fsllow tbst Ar Abl to -... Psadl Wsnli of feUassBbeau. It baa boon some years aloe a aigfil of tbo Orapevln turtle baa been re ported In tbe Lake Be bee dloict ut Maine. Thirty yeara have passed sine John Lander of Dover saw tbls big rvp tllo In tb bog through which th Grapevine stream flows In lu Mttra Into ttebec lake, and was Impressed by Its six. Fifteen yvur later Kain Guernsey aud Henry Warren, flatin tbe same stream, saw what tbey took to be a partly aubnierged clapboard afloat lu tbe still water but at tb suu of tbelr volcesslt moved off tbruugh U water, leaving a wave like that Cf , row boat, and they saw tbu k uw a giant turtle, lu ust s...,, appearance In receat ywasss veejs t, Keruurst Warrea f Dvor, wh, . gv. httf the Usapevtav. ivtMsve au ,v Wfe ' la Ike 4ea bg awuy fruM tWv wo, s M a fvtW Idea t th Cev&tMsv's bulk was ol..t:il.n. 4 In s4kH wm m In rue oesMd m a veasMsss, hJ the neas aao tvps wow wf aeepeetlBitus,) viae. At sight of tlH Hsliertuuu (0 turtle started for the vv:it. r. an, I a.. rou, seeking to detain It. by sel.lug vfe tall, was taken in ' w a. iiinuurily as If the turtle bad beeu expre.-sly charter ed for the purpose. Finding the tap.-, lug tall Inconvenient to hold, Warr Jumped ou the turtle's back, but tb creature carried him easily without so much as Blackening its gait 0u coining to tbe alders, along the ed,' of tbe stream, Wurreu. finding hi bare back position dllllcult to maintain, slipped off behind, uud caught hold once more of the tail, but the turtle, quickening pace, Jerked hlui from b feet, and the mau let go hi grip at thu bank, unt caring to follow the turtle Into the two feet of water nud tweuty feet of soft ooze that lay beyond. Th turtle weut Into the stream like a .taw log dow u a roll wsjr, and Worreu went back to bis fishing, convinced that it was not bis day for turtle-cntchlug. As tbe Grapevine Is now closed by law to fishermen, there hnve been no report of the big turtle this year, but It Is safe to say that It will lie heard of when the strcrtu Is opened three years hence. Fifteen years ago Captain Ansel Crockett, of Sebec, steering his aide wheel passenger steamer, the Ulppllog Wave, up the lake, encountered mid way lu the trip a svvluimiQg turtle so large that to avoid a collision he alter ed tbe course of hi craft so ns to pas It on the starboard lde. The turtle, which was seen by all the passenger, wua described u being a large round as a hogshead, nud a paddle-wheel striking It would hnve been broken u surely as If It struck a rock. In th autumn of that year a Penobscot In dian caught a turtle at Sebec Lake, perhaps the same one, which measured thirty nine Inches from tip to tip. and the upper shell was described by ono who ww It ns being large enough to erve for the cradle of a child. EDUCATING JAPANESE WOMEN. A 7,000 HOUSE POWEB DAM ON THE MISSISSIPPI. to the St. Croix falls ou the steamer Palmyra, dammed the stream and built a sawmill. Two towns, Taylor's Fall and St. Croix, wore built alongside the stream, the former In Minnesota, the latter In Wisconsin, and material lui proveuiouts were made upon the groat logging stream as time went by. Aside from the Mississippi, tributary rivers have beeu developed for power in much the same way. H. B. Graham In ls-.VI built a tWO-rOOm farmhouse aud a backwoods mill with two run of stone at Hastings. Minn., on the Vermillion Ulver, a tributary to the Mississippi. He built no sawmill as wa the custom of other settlers, for the simple reason that the stream did not wind Its sin- stop now-business won't allow It." A few hours later tbe soda water trade was rushing. The crowd outside the window gaxod In until It was thirsty ut the remarkable bird that hung In a blgcage. The card attached bore a handful of the alphabet hysteri cally put together and designed' for a scientific name. After It were tbe words: r rom Samoa." A few days Inter the "curiosity" was feeding In the lck yard w ith the rest of the bantam hens. -Detroit Free Press. OneorThose Ore Pocket. She was quite a well dressed w oman waiting for ii... to .. . 1....1 . , ,. nous eolirso thro.lirh llmh, t.n 1. SS, I - " "v "'". SOU It - .... . ...... wnN tl(,n j, ;((, mat smalt start great eitabllshmeut verting from th nobl 'vr an lota of cording to the sovepted custom, built Its uiseslve strength The power thus obtained wa sufficient to run on set Of hurra. Over twet:y five year rolled by before auother attempt wa made to harness the stream, but In th mean 1 tlut th flour maklufl industry, al 1 dam and a aawmlll. One year later they erected a flour mill alongside tbelr log cutter, but the result of their In duetry wvnt up In smoke about a year later. Another and better flour mill waa erected aad In recent yeara under have arisen. Although most of the enterprises do scribed lu this article have eventually been crowned with success, one must not think there were DO failures. Many attempts to turn the great Mississippi Into chanels of usefulness have been marked by great disaster. The work of years might be swept away In a single night. But the hardy settlers did not despair, nor did those who came after them. Slid M .In- th falla of th.. , ..l., ! tie Mississippi are among the greatet i ource of motive power In the world. The Mississippi in years gone by was the great highway between North and south. Ureal steamboat piled their busy trade up and down the atream; logs by the million were, and still are. I floated on It current, a well a on It j trlbuiarlea. The constantly changing I course of this peculiar river has long been a ource of wonderment to th 1 worm, sun ii is principally ror this rea "How long win it t,e until that in o'clock train goes?" she asked at the ticket window. "Thirty minutes, inadntuc," replied the clerk sunvely. -Will I hnve time to go out nnd buy something?" "Hint will depend stances,, mndntue." "1 Just want to go across the street." "Where I your tnouey?" This w as a queer question to ask, and the lady rather resented It. "In my pocket, of course, IWerod somewhat testllv. "I hen you have scarcoly time, mad ame." said the clerk with gravity, and the lady flirted herself away frm tne window In a dudgeon. -Detroit Free Press. upon clrcum- she an Insanity Among Half-tlreed Inillsn. An incident of the civilisation of th red man is that he Is developing ln- son that the railroads have nuu-im - I .u uue u. nd much of the traffic that former, we. j lucres fff the seart t snMa of ,h. ". " ,n """ India r ' vi man i nnea states. The Outlook for the Future Maid tolls Promising. Pudet the auspices of the ecouomlc and reform section of the Society for l: h ul Culture addresses upon 'Th Social Condition and Education of Women lu Japan" were recently deliv ered before a large audience, nay th Philadelphia Ledger. In.a.n Mtrube, Ph. D., professor of economics In tbe Imperial College at Supporo. fl.tvs a historic resume of the condition of Japanese women, aud said their pi ent Inferiority Is due to the feudalism existing In his country for the last 700 years. Japan received Its bcginnnlng In literature from China and Its Bud- dhlsm from India, aud both of these forces also had an Indirect luflucnce In lowering the status of women. Obson H. Sakrul, registrar of th MeIJi Girls' seminary at Tokyo, and Miss Anna C. Hartshorue. who spent three years In Japan, said that general Interest In education Is Increasing, and It Is only a matter of time before pri vately endowed a hools for wituen will be a pan of Japan's educational system. The MelJI semltiary, which I the only private non-sectar'an g rU' school In Japan, was establish, d la 18K5, but lost till its buildings and ap paratua by tire three years ngo. Over 1.800 girl have received the benefits of Ita training, but owing to financial need and the lack of u permanent fund only sixty are now In attendance. The Japaneao Government began 10 Uke an Interest In co education twenty years ago, when several young WODen were sent abroad for ntitdy, sud at the present time there are ten Japanese girls studying In the t'nlted SUtf. The outlook for the future was said to be a promising ono. If the proper inter est nnd encouragement are given from countries more advanced in culture and Dllghtenment Good Clock. A lady visiting In the South was told a story of an old colored man. who came to a watchmaker with the two hands of a clock. "I want yer to tlx up dese hanil. Dey ain't kept no correct time for mo' den six raunfs." "Well, where Is the clock 7" respond ed the watchmaker. "Out at my house." "But I must have the clock." "Dldn' I tell yer dar's nutlln de mat ter w ld de clock 'ceptlng de nan's? An' here dey be. You Jest wnnt de clock you kin tinker wld It, and charge m big price. Gimme back deni hands " And so saying, he started off to find n honest watchmaker. to keep It within hound. ns of th Indian Commissioner nr. . . . . i iit'rvr or. I Jon. K. I mlpently proper that the unruly no lnsan Indian. 2 f eSI J W 22. rtvrr "in It. old ag." .hould be put to inmate, of the e. Tb' turnln, th. wheel, of industry now , balf-bdi lUB1 wU1 DUtlngniahed TyclUta. The Cxar of Bussla was. aa a boTt rery fond of cycling. He has no grown tired of pedaling his own ma chine, and has bad a record .breaking Petroleum tricycle made for blm In Paris. A wicker work car Is reins made which will be tacked on to the end of the machine for the Empress. Another distinguished cycllst-wbo till uses hla own legs la A. J. Balfour. He atated not very long back that l hla opinion the cycle is the moat civll talag Invention of tbls generation. Tb world is full of tbln. atckly look ing young people who try to convince their healthy looklnr ancestor that sleeping en feather beds Isn't good ( tbMT -