SIUSLAW’a OXLY P O S I.
O P P O R T U N IT Y
bol u v ili
»o®«. T®^
NO. 45.
»r rid® I® «
B erow dM
í («U tile •
•tek at my
eard about
b « from aa
Wbo WM
or oaUrrfc
ti. She bad
•lief from
d ’ laod me
too.
SHORTHAND WRITING.
A e c a ra e y
STEAM ER
M A R G U E R IT E , Q . A J R J D I T ’T Z E F t
S T - A .O H J U N E .
a__
i»»o»iaea
and w ill
«ompi*!«,
lead «chea,
aine years
.F , I . Dunbar.
. F . B. Moore.
. PablU Instruetton J. H . Ackerman
P r i n t e r . , , , ................W . H . Lead
y anserai D. B. V. Blackburn
Í ..................B . 8. Been
Court 4 ............... F . A. Moore
L . . . O . K . Wolverton
ar old bar
i paini la
H. H. Barrett, Prop’r,
■ B e tw e e n ■
Stage Leaves Steamboat Landing on
Fioraci así Heal of Tille.
the Umpqua (or Florence Saturdays.
Returning,
THE STEAM ER
Leaves
Florence
EUGENE-FLORENCE
! favor of
ibuleoaot
'ouacater,
«loara la
bo o f b l(
boy. Tbit
OOUWTV OFFIOERS
W ill carry freight and passengers
um Florence to San Francisco.
Klnca’d.
.........................
I w ...............
J . B . H ill
immineiouere } V ..........H
. H . . D D . . Bdwt
Edwards
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«=» . »T
.................................
,E
U . Lee
. . . . . . . . . . . . . W . W . W ithers
.................. . . ..A . 8. Patterson
____
. ' ........ . . . . . . P . P . Burton
Superintendent f . W . M.Milter
Irve yo r.......................... •••< > .« . Vo “ er
»roner............................ G . W . O " ® "
stice of Peace............... C. H . Holden
«table.........................G. C. Compton
ORTHERN
P acific, Ry.
.. F . B. Wilson
M . Morris
Win Bernhardt
L . Christensen
D. W . Stibbens
ard of Trust«
corder..................... John I . Butterfield
assurer ..
................. O. W . Hurd
trs h s l........
............Q. C. Cumpton
Single fare -
-
_ -
6.00.
Round trip -
-
-
-
9,00.
T ickets for sale a t E. Bangs’
livery barn, Eugene, and at O. W .
H urd’s office in Florence.
it
*
A ll through freight on the stage
either w ay between Eugene aud
Mapleton, w ill be charged at the
rate o f tw o cents pet pound during
the m onths of October, November,
December, January,
February,
March and A pril, and one cent per
pound during the m onths of May,
June, J u ly , A ugust and September.
NOTARIES.
SEORET 8O 0IETIE8.
S le e p in g
I f .
A A. M. Florence Lodge No. 107.
Regular communication on •econo
fourth Saturday« in each month.
E . W . C o bb , W . M .
¡B , M il l s , Secretary.
E le g a n t
D in in g C a rs
T o u r is t
A. R. BUTTOLPH,
C a rs
S le e p in g
C a rs
FTor
Io. U. w .
Perpetua Lodge, No. 131,
I meets every 1st end 3d Tuesdays
k meathi
Members and visiting
«brea in good standing; are
tied toastend. A . O. F u k x b , M . W .
Ï . K a o n e , Recorder.
i. O. F . Hecets Lodge No. 1H .jurats
very Wednesday evening in L o d £
1, Florence, Oregon. Brothers in
L lU n d in g invited to attend.
E. A. E vans , N . G.
F.C. P x il , Sec.
FRANK B. WILSON.
M INNEAPOLIS
DULUTH
NOTARY
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FARGO
GRAND
TO
O rsg o n
noa.
PUBLIC.
OREGON
FLORENCE.
FO RKS
CROOKSTON___
EUGENE
W INNIPEG
HELENA a»d
T H R O U G H TIC K ETS
Loan 52 Savings Bank
TO
Of Eugene, Oregon
BUTTS'
OHIOAOO
W ASHINGTON
PH ILA D ELPH IA
| b. O. F. M eple
Lodge No., 139, meets
Thursday evening in Meyer & NEW YORK
K i l e ’s H e ll, Mapleton. Oregon. Brotb- »ORTON AND A L L
en in good standing invited to attend. POINT » EAST and SOUTH
T . J. N bblv , N . G.
A »very
f o r In fo r m a t io n , tim e c a r d » , m a p » a n d t ic k e t»
Oa» B. PD blps , Sec.
• to ., c a ll on o r w r it e
. O. F . Irene Encampment, No. 42,
eets in I . O. O. F. hall in llorence
second and fourth Friday of each
U,
Members of thia degree are
ly invited to attend.
8. J. 8STMOCB, O. F.
. P b il , Scribe.
▲ G e n e r a l B a n k in g B u s in e s s
Transacted
R. M c M u r p h e y ,
O e u e ra l A g e n t.
EU G E N E , OREGON.
the ver]
id in sole
OHUROH CNREOTORY
ithin thi
lely illut
>f famoui
is W ar
>ld s t re
UM BSBYTBBIAN JCH UBC H^lovence.
~i<>ragen. On every Sabbath in each
pthTsUdey-SclkOol at 10 a. m . and
»(me Endeavor Society at i t » ».
I the Second and Fourth Sabbaths of
« aaratf*. preaching —«riera at 11 a.
A eesdUl m r iu tie n to t bees -ra ic e a
1 * aU* r . i - T * - - * l*Tltr-'~ r
ATTORNEY8
A. O. WOODCOCK,
In te re s t a llo w e d o n
A- D- C H A R LTO N ,
A a aia tan t G e n e ra l Paanenger A g e n t,
2S5 M o rris o n 8 t ., C o r., 3d.
W . E. BROW N.
P re s id e n t.
. S T R Y THB
. .
“ HEW MME ” SHU« MltML
We have
a
Chicago, UL
boek es T t o Dato ta d
D a.
1. O.
Money Saved
■y
MSGAUL'
MAGAZIHE
MS C A L L
P atterhs ’
PATENTS
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HOTEL EUGENE
n O L L C R B R C K B R O S.
A B R IS T O W ,
a UHoa Squme, M. V.
CSImao. IK
lm am ,TeiM .
SuP raatom ,O U .
BOS SALI «V
M
W A N T E D — A C T IV B M A X O F G O O D C H A R A C
te r to d e liv e r a n d c o lle c t In O regon, fo r old
pw talfllsbed iiiM im fact u r in e w bolenale bouse
p<w a y e a r, sure pay. H o n e s ty m o re th a n e x p e rt
ence re q u ire d . O u r re feren ce, a n y b
a n k In
ny
.ras.»
. .. a
—ey
o j ped en v elo p e
c ity . K n rlo se «e lf add reseed stam
M a n u fa c tu re rs , T b l n l F lo o r, M l DeartM»rn HU,
C hicago.
OREGON.
f o r SALE OR E X C H A N G E .
A honse aud lot io Glatiada. The
boo— is 1» by 24 feet and one story and j
a half in height.
premises.
Alao a good woodshed
For (nrihto
inoiiiraa« Shia oSUa.
The regular subscrip
narlicul»« I
W A S T K D .—C a p a b le , re lia b le p e n o n i l l eve ry
c o u n tv to re p re s e n t la rx e c o m p a n y o f eolld
fln e n c ia l, re p u ta tio n ; t»» »a la ry p er je a r , p ay a
ble w e e k ly ; «« per d a y a b s o lu te ly lu r e »nd »11
ngaaeea; it e ig h t, bona fide, d e f la it e » a la ry , no
ro m m ie e io u ; eatery p a id eeeb S a tu rd a y a u d e x
pense m oney a d r e n c e d r a e h w ack. H T A N P A R D
U O V 8 K , ate O s e a s o a ir — ., C n ic a o o .
41-14
Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure
Digest« w hat you M t.
P s o r» .
U l
or
Sktrnul«.
Atfaat». Om
Good dealers warned in «very town.
W rite for prices and terms to San Fran
cisco. Cal.
KATES Sl-00 to S2.00 FEB DAY
EUGENE.
C?
arrangement by whief. we offer it for a
short time for fifty cent« a year. Gall and
see a sample conr.
Prop
F R E E S A M P L E ROOM S.
W « « M lS ia T 1 l.
tion price is one dollar but we have made
p r i c . . b efo re yo u p u r c h a M a a y a t h . r .
PATENTS
S v lo r i
4Rra*dM4e« |br frwraeortMta p
■AM»-BW — “ W.
lari^iManty, a
OÍA» R Ufcrs applytM
H.B.WILLSON&CO.
FA TC M T LAW VCRR.
teawMMto. W A S H I N O T O N . a e .
W lw
A'LREEiPATTERN
est to the ladies.
TIE K f ISK UWIM UBME M.,
» • A v«M a4 bp Tbea«
R a e e r T v la g f h a P a a ta .
Beta to be avoided by those who are
cocksure they can do all things are
those relating to athletic feats.
It
A^fe.
would seem that a good runner could
easily give a start of OO yards In 100
to o man *vbo was doing tbe 00 yards
by hopping on one leg. But few run
ners, If any. ean afford to give that
amount of start to any man wbo la
at all strong on his legs. For tbe first
five yards or no they go at practically
the same pace, so that to run 90 yards
while his opponent Is hopping 40 he
has to go more than twice ns fast, and
rasratarasssrasaraMranusa
D r.~m .k ln « .oonomlm, f»a«r work. koum k.H k le K It Is a weak man Indeed who cannot
short »torios, surrsnt topic», sto.
Bubocriko u
Oaly Mo. ja a r tf . la d ja c M M w a n t w l. Í — 4 > o r t i — ■ hop 60 yards In ten seconds.
An ordinary wooden match Is easily
broken In tbe fingers, hut. although
there are ninny who will het they enn
do It. none succeed In Accomplishing
the task If the match is laid aero— the
nail of tbe middle finger of either band
and pressed upon by the first and third
fingers of that bund, despite its seem
ing so easy at first sight
_
_
No one can crush an egg placed
lengthwise lietween his clasped hands
—that is. If the egg lie sound and has
the ordinary shell of n hen’s egg.
I t Is RHfe to Iwt u innn tlint he cannot
m eB A ZA Fb
I
get out of .4 chair without bending
Ills body forward or putting bis feet
under It. If he Is sitting on it, not at
tbe edge of I t
B t o lr p a t l o « « h . . O o l r I t anil I t • • • ' • • “ '» - » “T?
C e b a r . S . l ì l B n « « r l7 . . . r y e t t , m d to w n . ,,r. b , j m U.
Another equally certain wager la
Atk 1er tb .m . AbeoluMI, . » r , I . U . I up-lo-date ttyU A
| that a iiinii cannot stand nt the side
T U B M cCALL CO M PANY.
of a room with lioth of ills feet touch
■e-tte * mi H u i ir w i. . . . . l e e iw k cm , , «. I.
ing the wainscoting lengthwise.
I t Is safe to het any ninn, save one
who is blind, that lie cannot stand
for five mlnutea without moving If
he Is blindfolded.
ly magaxine devoted to subjects of inter
P a tro n iz in g it.
to
L ew ell. Maas.
T H E G E N T L E -W O M A N is a month
W
HITE FM BlltBUB,
St*S
aewinr M » c h ln « . w e m a n u fa c tu re an d t h . i r
L O C A TE D .
■a—
AVER.
C. A. SNO W A CO.
ON E U G E N E A N D
FLORENCE
STAGE
ROUTE.
T h e L a e ) J o k e H e T r ie d to P lo y a n
D ie D e a r W i f e .
SOME SURE T HINGS.
benefit, yon expected fro m the nee of
the Vlftee. w rite th e D o e t-r «boat
It . A d ar.»» .
Caveat« a n d T ra d e M a rk a o b tain ed a n d a ll T a t-!.
ent b u s in e s s c o a d a c to d fo r M o d c r a t o P e c « .
Rend m o d el, d raw in g o r ph o to. W e a d v is o lf,
• - - - - fr e e o f - c ---------
natf*ntablo
h a is e On
. O r n fee
r fe n e o n t d
o t u d e u (il e l till1
i 1 patent Is secured. A P a m p h le t " H o w to O b -
' tain Patents." w ith c o s t «r sa m e i n t h e U . B.,
' and foreign countries sen t fre e. Address.
T w e n tv -th re e
M ile s W e s t
Eugene.
•o vasas*
OR
»I.M ato tlte. AH4rur»te4..
“ M y b u a ln .» » call» ms o u t am o n g
a tr a u g e r , a g re a t deal.
I w o u ld
a c tu a lly fe c i asham ed e v e ry tim e
K w o u ld ta k e off m y h a t, m y h a ir
uatu
waa ao th l ln
in a n d th e b
a ld apota
»pots
showed an , p la in ly . 1 began th e uae
o f yo u r D [air
a l V ig o r lose th a n th ree
to. . T o d ay I 1 B Baa
nd I s
h a ave
se
m o n th » ago
v e as
fin
e a t o a u d l o f h a ir as I e
. v v a e r had.
to d .
__________
I t e ll eve ry b o d y w h a t I see d , sad
th e y aay ‘ i t m o at be a w o n d e rfu l
i l n i . Y Y r kabl
i B L . ,
ubo
remedy?
i .Oe®. P a v g -T O r n e e .
Oregon.
P atents
W . W . BROW N,
Ass t C a s h ie r.
E lk P r a ir ie H otel.
•
:
D . A . P A IN E ,
V ic e P r e s id e n t.
» ca ll.
CENTRALLY
:
P . W . O SBURN.
C a s h ie r .
Tablea furnished w ith all the
delicacies o f the season. Give U S
’- - A L T - K a A .W .
I atmoo .
of
C ity a n d C o u n ty W a rra n ts bo u g h t.
F io r a n o « , O r e g o n .
« M e L e re o 't B ed din g,
i to eolleetlon» »ad pro-
■ -
C e rtific a te »
C o lle c tio n s re c e iv e o u r p r o m p t a tte n tio n .
CA88IDT 4 8 O N ■ - P ro p rieto r«.
Oeo. Hale
■a
Dem and
D e p o sit w h e n le f t stated p erio d .
P o r tla n d , O r.
Attorney at Law,
_ iea»e 1 as
I » t u n t i « « g tv
Tenns
U n ite d S tates a n d fo re ig n c o u n trie s .
MORRIS ♦*» HOTEL,
O. F .—Mignon Ixxlge No. 105,
Rebekah Degree, meets in Meyer &
H a ll, Mapleton, the 1st and 3rd
,y evenings in each month.
M a t t is O. H udaom , N . G.
F. C. Basil, See.
on Favorabls
D ra fts issued o n th e p r in c ip a l c itie s o f th e
Ro om » 2 a n d 4, S h e lto H B lo c k ,
I t always restores
color to faded or gray
hair.
N o tic e th a t
word, “ always.” And
it cures dandruff.
Dec. >4, USS.
Notary P dblic, Surveyor
ST. WAUL
■ E # i’
P ro prieto r.
W ill alao bring up freight
Stage leaves | Eugene for F lor
ence daily except Sunday at 6 a. m.
. . . *•* . . . •••
For further inform ation inquire Arrives at Florence the day fol
lowing at 10 a. m.
- OF —
R eturning stage leaves Florence
for Fugene daily except Sunday at
A . W . B E A D L E & CO.
at 2 p. in. Arrives in Eugene at 6
22 M arket St,
p. m. the day following.
San Francisco, California.
CITY OFFIOER8.
•ident.
STA G E L IN E .
E. B a n g s ,
la e f M u c h M o r e
ta a e e T h aw Speed.
“ Speed Is by ou uitaaa the most
leeessary thing In shorthand writing,”
“xplnlned an experienced stenogra
pher, “but with some teachers It Is
made the greut consideration, often
i t tbe expense of everything else. Tbe
big thing in shorthand is legibility,
for there ure many who can write
Inst enough, but wbo are unable to
tell what it means after It has grown
?old. 1 have been a stenographer, de
pending entirely on It for my living,
for 25 years. During that time I have,
i t course, picked up some knowledge
jn the subject.
I have been the
ttenograpber for two cabinet officers,
four assistant secretaries and three
, r four senators. Incidentally 1 have
worked for a year as tbe private sec
retary of one of the big bauk presl-
lenta In New York city.
A ll of thia experience has proven
>ne thing very conclusively, and that
Is that there Is no necessity for any
stenographer who does amanuensis
work to w rite over 120 words a min
ute and In 99 cases out of 100 no ne
cessity to w rite over W0 words a min
ute. Indeed, 1 know of nt least 25
■tenographers who are drawing the
largest kind of salaries as private sec
retaries who b«ve assured me that
they have never been required to aver
age as much as 90 words. Under these
circumstances it seems strange that
some teachers of stenography will ex
cite pupils to write 150 to 200 worda
per minute and endeavor to make them
believe that such a railroad speed is
a necessity. Such a practice does
actual Injury, for It discourages many
from even learning a moderate speed.
“There have been Instances where
It may bare been necessary for stenog
raphers to be able to w rite over 200
and more words a minute, and there la
a legend hanging about tbe senate
chamber that General Hawley, for
10 or 12 minutes In a speech, once
spoke 225 words a minute. Tbe aver
age speed of senators in speeches does
not reach 110 worda and in dictating
letters rarely reaches 10O words.”—
Washington Star.
A m an
w ith
a
thin head
of hair is
a m arked
man. But
t h e b ig
bald spot
is not the
kind of a mark most
men like.
Too many men in
t h e i r tw e n tie s are
bald. -This is absurd
and all unnecessary.
H e a l t h y hair shows
man’s stre n g th . To
build up the hair from
the roots, to prevent
and to
c u re
b a ld
ness,
use—
HAIR
Charges Reasonable.
Second P ietri« ».. J . W . Ham ilton
Oeo. M . Brown
ton o f hie
r h a l ba
tot agrt«
Stage
Sundays.
Extra Trips When Necessary
A DI8MAL FAILURE.
T h e O r lK lw a l S e v en W a n d e r s .
None of the orlgluul seven wonder»
of the world remains, except the great
pyramid o i Egypt. The tomb of Xlnu-
oolus, king of Carin. built about 350
B. C.. was destroyed befe-e H00 A. D.
The third wonder, the temple of Diana
at Ephesus, was built 552 II. C. and
was destroyed 350 It. C. Tlie fourth
wonder, the wnlls and terraces of
Babylon, were erected about 570 B.
C. They decayed gradually after Baby
lon bad ceased to be the capital of the
Assyrian empire. The Colossus of
Rhodes, erected in 288 B. C.. stood 04
years, waa destroyed by an earthquake
and lay In ruins for nearly 1MM) years,
until a Jew bought it and took It on
900 camels to Alexandria. The statue
of Zeus at Olympus waa made 437-
433 B. (X. was removed to Constanti
nople and waa destroyed by Ore 470
A. D. Tbe I*haroa at Alexandria waa
built about 2K3 B. C. and was destroy-
I by an earthquake about 1300-1400
. D.
________________
Mae,
x M i— l i e R to h e s ■ M w w h le .
Many men ot «—all income spend
& 10 or M eewts a day for drlnka.
rlftars or other unnecessary things.
Five ceote a day saved and at tbe end
af each yece pat to Interest at 5 per
cent wooM nt tbe end of ten years
amoant to 3PMLP9: 10 years. »600; 25
years. »»10. Tea cents a day ao treat
ed would la the same period« reepec-
Dvaty amount to »400. »1.120. »l.tEW.
Twenty cents a day would amount to
•PM , »SMeO and »3.2110.
A » a e a flM •< Fw ado.
It artificially digtota tbe food aodaid»
Batura la strengthentra aad i m m > "M y doctor ordered a trip to Europe
atraetlof thu «BbausUd S i« r a U r a y tor me.”
gaaa. I t lath» latratdlaeov—«ddlfraV "D id you follow bla direction ?"
antaodtoaie. « • other fravaratM» "No. He presented bis hill and then
eaa approach It I s «aetrary. I t la* took tbe trip to K ipe himself.” —
Waablugtoo Star.
Bek B4_____ _
al I other roaalw cd
IS r S - i
MBYKB A EYUL
“I don’t think I ’ll try any more prac
tical Jokes ou my wife. They don’t pan
m t well."
“Elucidate."
“ You see, she has a habit of hoisting
the window In our room every night
As I usually go to bed last, she de
pends on me to hoist I t Sometimes
1 forget it, and then there’s a wild
Squabble. Frequently she wakes me
sp In the night apd asks me to see If
it is open. I f I don’t she nags at me
until morning. A night or two ago I
resolved to give her a hard scare. I
rolled up a lot of old newspapers Into
x long bundle and laid the package
down by tbe window. Of course she
was asleep and didn’t bear me. Then
I opened the window a little waya
and crept Into bed. Some time after
midnight she nudged me aud suld:
Jim, I ’m sure you didn’t open that
window. I t ’s like a bake oven in tbe
room. Get up and see.’ So I got up,
went to the window aud threw the
sash as high as it would go. As 1 did
90 I gave a little sbrlek and then flung
my bundle down to the walk below.
I t struck with a dull thud, and I
dodged behind tbe curtain to await
developments. The room was very
dark, and I couldn’t see my wife, but
1 beard her raise herself to a sitting
posture. Then she spoke. ’Poor old
Jim,’ she quietly said, ’he’s tumbled
out of the window In bis raggedest
nightshirt. W hat a spectacle he’ll be
when they find him in tbe morulngr
Then she lay down again and went
to sleep.”
“ W hat did you do?"
“Stood there like u fool for a minute
or two and then sneaked Into bed.”—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
O NE MEAL A DAY.
P ro B o a n e e d
a
R e e re f
of
H e a lt h a a d H a a p la e a s .
Haas«
I t Is by no means Impossible that
the newest world lecturer w ill allude
to tbe delays of the single meal re
form. Tbe one meal a day plan was
success fully practiced by some 80.000,-
000 men of tbe healthiest, wealthiest
and moat Intelligent nations a f an
tiquity for nearly 1.000 years.
No unprejudiced observer can dray
that for the vast plurality of our fol
low men there Is no other practicable
way to live up to tbe principle of the
sanitary maxim, “Never to oat till
we have leisure to dtgaaL”
Nine out of ten laborer« bare to t a r
ry from tbe breakfast table to their
dally work and cannot count upon
more than a few mlnutea of afternoon
meal rest. Tbe same In rolling mills,
shipyards, railw ay yards, workshops
and schoolrooms.
I.rss than a year’s time would rafltaa
to give the one meal habit tbe fores a f
a second nature, and th o s e who would
like to form an Idea of Its universal
observance during the classic period
of antiquity should rend I'.-ter Rayle’s
dissertation on “D onfutle U fa lis
Athens and Roma” or Da Qulneey’a
humorous essay, published In the sec
ond volume of miscellanies nnder the
title. “ Dinner, Real and lleputed.”
There would be time for play, for
reading, for tbe enjoyment of a rt and
entertaining conversation.
Sunstrokes would ba known only
from tbe traditions of insanitary
barbarism. The granger’s youngsters
would get afternoon sports enough to
think life on a farm decidedly worth
living.
No after dinner martyrdom
would tempt truants, housekeeping
drudgery would he lessened two-thirds.
— Felix U . Oswald. M. D m In Health
Culture.
A T e le a r a s a T h a t T a lk e d .
A t one time when the late Georgia
Drew Barrymore was playing In Ban
Francisco a fabulous sum was offered
h«r by a local theater for her services
for n few weeks. The offer was ex
ceedingly tempting, but her contract
with Charles Frohman stood In tbe
way. However, on the nothing ven
ture nothing won theory, she tele
graphed a deinlh-d statement of the
offer she had received to Frohman In
New York, explained bow anxious she
was to accept It and wound np with
tbe plea. “ W ill you release ine?" In
due course of time she received the
following telegram In answer;
Mrs. C«or«i» Drew Barrymore, Pateee H otel, S»n
Francigco:
No I
C harles F boiimai .
Albeit disappointed. Mrs. Barrymore
at ouce sent this characteristic reply;
Charlra f-rolinian. Mew York r l l e r
Oh I
asnaoi«
.«w B o s r a o a a
—New York Tribune.
A M i a h t r O ld T a h t o .
A wealthy man wus once exhibiting
proudly to a younger acquaintance a
table which he had bought He said
it was 500 years old.
"T hat is nothing." remnrked his
young visitor. “ I have in my |>oaaea-
slon a table which Is more than 3,000
yecra old.”
"Three thousand years old I" said the
host. "That is Impossible. Where waa
It made T'
"Probably In India."
"In India. W hat kind of • tabla la
itr
"The multiplication fa b le r
O a r F le a « F t a a a a .
The first pianos known In .merles
were Imported from Ixmdon In 1784
by John Jacob Astor, hut as they conld
not stand tbe vigors of thia climate
they soon became ruined. Thia fact led
Io tbe attempt to build pianoa In thia
country, and In the early part of the
nineteenth century pianoa made their
appearance.
N a p o le o n a n d t b a R o n a n n L o w .
Napoleon I had an extraordinary
mind. H e nppeared never to forget
anything he eared to remember and
aaalinilated information as the stomach
assimilates food, retaining only the
valuable. A n incident w ill illustrate
this remarkable quality of his mind.
W hen forming th® “Code Napoleon,"
be frequently astonished the council
of state by the skill with which he il
lustrated any point in dlscussloip by
quotlug whole passages from memory
• f tlie Roman civil lutv. Tbe council
wondered how a man whose life hat?
been passed in camp came to know so
much about tlie old Roman laws. Fi
nally one of them asked him how he
acquired ills knowledge.
"W hen I was a lieutenant." Napo
leon replied, “ I was unjustly placed
under arrest. M y small prison room
contained no furniture except an old
chair and a cupboard. In .tlie latter
was a pouderous volume, wuicb proved
to he a digest of tlie Roman law. You
can easily imagine w lint a valuable
prise the book wns to me. I t was »»
bulky aud the leaves were so covered
with marginal notes in manuscript that
had 1 been confined 100 years 1 need
never have lieen »ie.
When I re
covered my liberty at tlie end of ten
days, I wns saturated with Justinian
and tbe decisions of the Roman legis
lation.
It was then I ncqalred my
knowledge of the civil law ."
M a k e s B r a v e M e n C o x v a rd e .
I t has been proved that the compara
tively harmless bombard » if. so far as
wounds are concerned, of n besieged
town Is terribly demoralizing to tba
bravest men.
When a shell bursts near a group of
20 men It may kill one nnd wound two*
while the reraalulng 17 escape without
a scratch. I t w ill be found, however,
that many of these are never the rams
men again. No maMnr how Iron nerved
they were before, they are now Ir
resolute and «mid. and all their facul
ties are weakened. Very often they
are Jeered a t by tbeir comrades hm
cause of thia change- But this to at*
terty nRjust In fact, tbeir brain sag
spinal corff bare been Injured bp both»
violently shaken against the walta eg
their bony cartriea.
The same thing occur« In r a ilm p
colllslona. People wbo were rahshgf
become quite feeble nnd MMItoMS
though they map not have seeatevg »'
scratch.
Thin curious atoto 1» the capo ra
under (he name a f tbe m e atal taffetas
of exploelvra. The Injnrteo ore MOUp
quite aa physical ns a shaSSatod to *
for they consist of a kind of taRfetag
of the very delicate tissue of the spinel
cord nnd brain.
H e r T I b m I f OSM.
In common with other women, Mn.
Brown delights la a ta rg a ta end « b ea
she observed tbe advertisement af •'
great fire and water sale la ora o f thè
department stores she repaired these
without delay. There were many fine
works of science, travel, history, ■**
llgion and flctliin to be bad for a son»
each, bat her eye« rested ea a h a n d'
aomely bound copy of "The I Afe e f
General G rant," and abe bonghi It tor
her brother. O f course. It would ant
be fa ir to tell w hat abe paid tor tt.
"The next day her brother canto orar
to thank her. " It'e fine." he m id. " I
haven't got very fa r In It yet. hot I
know It’s going to be good. When lit
tle Jane gets along a little further In
her German I ’m going to bave ber
read me a bit of It every evening. (
make rather slow progress of It my
self.”
“ In German?" gasped the giver.
"Yea," said tbe brother, “ It’s written
In German, n mighty handy thing to
have around the bouse.” Since then
Mrs. Brown lias never bought a fire or
water book without looking carefully
on the Inside of IL—Worcester (Maas.)
G aiette.
P a l« aa H . W e a l.
Patient—Then you think It’s all up
with me. doctor?
Doctor—I ’m afraid so.
“ W ell, we must all die once, nnd I
may as well go now as afterward.
You’re sure I'm going?”
“Yes.”
“Then let me have your bill.”
"M y bill! My dear sir. this Is very
unusual.
You should give your
thoughts to most serious matters.”
“ M y motto has always been ’pay as
you go.’ and now that I am going I
want to pay.”
Bo he paid and w en t
lto lh K lt r e m ,« .
Editor In Chief—I understand young
Bluegore, the millionaire’s son, tns
gone In for Journalism.
C ity Editor—Yes. He’s on my staff.
Editor In Chief—And what do yon
think of him?
City Editor—Well, he’s a unique fig
ure In Journalism.
Editor In Chief—You don’t say?
City Editor—Yes. H e’s at once tha
richest and poorest reporter In the city.
—Catholic Standard and Times.
T a * .«
A ¿ a lte r a ,fo a .
An examination of a samide of roast
ed coffee berries seised In I ter Is show
ed them to be entirely artificial; chem
ical analysis disclosed ash. gum. dex
trin. eto.. and the microscope showed
grains of wheat, starch, vegetable
debris and animal hairs. The berries
were beautifully mottled.
l a a h . a r a R a e k la e r o .
There are plenty of snakes la fiamen.
but they are nil harmless. In certain
districts M la a eunioro e f the native
girls to wind live reptiles i
aecha
Tka Fllllaa,
Mlaa G a b b y -W h a t la the hardest
part o f w riting poetry, finding the
A FaaSStoes BaaSr.
la P h ya lra-W h a t happens rhyme«?
Amateur Poet-No. 1 think the gieab
rhea a light falla lato the water at aa
agte aT 4» degraral
eat strain la In filling up brtwsea theaa.
1 - Bnltlmore American.
P u p il- It goes uuL
received »se
the
Me
1 celUag la the
’UtehalL the ram
• eeveeed bp thia