The Eugene weekly guard., December 08, 1900, Image 8

EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD.
EUGENE
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The girt and m<*dlcal student who has
discovered the cause of pip* iu chickens
should now devote her tx-at energies to
securing a sure cure therefor.
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the one season or fireless room* In the
other. For tbe typical Ameri-au child,
un tbe other baud, it is liable to Intensi­
fy natural or acquired excitability. A
loo zealous teacher may make a uerv-
ous babe in a kindergarten still more
nervous. It may be tension where tueye
ought to be relaxation. Its excitement,
fraught with < barm for the child at tbe
moment. Is too often surcharged with
Incitement to worry or sleeplessness.
There is a reaction against tbe kinder­
garten on the score of Its premature
concentration of immature lutelbgeu.-e
aud its aggravation of a naturally ag
grarated nervous organization.
PRIZES HER SNAKES.
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r-rjQllERE was uo »kelet u lu the blind Indian’s reasons might be. They
'jP* aruior w Leu Hartjxjl* fouud it; did uot transpire until some week*
L-* only some saud au*l a buuch of later.
Dr. Koch's latest Investigations all go
Yet in Cirgo’s tribe there was a le-
tumble-weed, a rsttle-suake. aud a ta­
to show that mosquitoes are the prin­
rantula. Tbe tarantula scuttled off. be gelid of a great white chief who had
cipal progator» of malaria. What are
kllletl the rattlesnake, and tbe turnbta- once married one of their women, and
mosquitoes good for anyway?
The romance of travel ami tbe ro- w eed «nd sand be emptied out. Then had rule<i over them, aud who had
be had tbe armor done up lu a «helter- worn a suit of shining iron. Aud their
Let's seei Ten years' Imprisonment , manee of Industry, so to »peak, are cu- teut aud put upon a pack-mule. After tradition ran that wbt*»oever should
!
rluusly
blended
by
the
statement
that
for $7<HMJOO. Tbat would be $70,<X>0 a
wiileb, th« coiuluu moved ou. It should I find and wear tbat garmant agaiu
year. Even at the extreme penalty I the Kultau of Johore ha» contracted for uot have halted at ail. for it was m | wuuld be Impervious to the bullets of
bank looting ou a large scalu pay» au electrical plant to coat nearly a pursuit of a baud of iuUiai**. But there ' the White-Eye. would become the
I million dollars. The name of Johore.
pretty welL
' a little state at the tip of the Malay were bauds of luibau* every day. aud greatest <rf medicine-men, and rule not
the Had:tig of a full suit of armor lying only over bi* ow n people but over all
According to the report of tbe com | Feninsula. !■<» the very flavor of "the
under a mesquite bush beside their trail l tbe Apache tzlbea and tboixt of tbe
niisslom r of education 17,000.000 Amer­ storied East.” But la there anything
I plains of the North. And tbe very
' w as rare.
ica us s ire In achooL Ona fourth our In the “Arabian Night»'' more truly
Certainly Hartpole had never heard founder of that family to which Clego
wonderful
than
the
Act
that
su«H
a
peopk arc preparing by school life for
plant will transmit the power of five of such a thing. Aud. so far as be j belonged was reputed to have beeu tbe
life's I bdiool.
thousand horses ninety-eight miles over knew. It was tbe only suit of armor : white chief tn the coat of Iron.
Twenty million dollars In gold has three copper wires the size of a lead- ever dlocovered ou the New Mexico » The Coyoteros believed these things
been received ul Seattle within twelve pencil? It la said that the flrat experl- plaius. but Lis iurv ou the subject was | and »c d.d the medicine man. So when
mouths from Alaska. Report on the incut In thus transmitting power was out profouad.
the new« of the armor suit had reached
When be got back to his two-com- i Liu>. be had levied heavy fees for his
gold-brick trade farther East have not made at a mill In Rhode Island which
party
post
ou
the
banks
of
tbe
Gila,
be
w as ata>ut to be abandoned as inacces­
incantations for some months, and.
been made public.
sible, when some one suggested stretch­ fouud the Interest tu life, which bad I adding these to the gobi he had ex­
been lacking for him up to then. :n eu changed for Mexican dollars, collected
Bishop Fallow* seems to be busy ad ing a wire from a dam five miles away.
larging that kuowrinlge He sent East
vising the rich meu aud wotuen of the The plan succeeded. Other millmeu, for buoas aud blsturtea and treatises from many raids, he took himself down
miners,
lighting
companies
and
munici
­
to the camp of tbe soldiers to obtain
country by letter what to do with tlielr
concerulug coats of mad and the uieu 1 fairly and by purchase that which was
money for tbe world’« good, but the palities adopted it. A single corpora
who bate worn them, and beeven went
rli-h men and women of the country do tion engaged In tbe manufacture of so far as to write to the sii. tbsouiaL. h:s very own. But falruess and tbe
power-transmitting
machinery
will
offers of pnrehase had failed.
not seem to ta* taking his advice to any
build more than six million dollar»’ Institution, at the risk of bating a gov-
Cleg» looked the White-Eye officer
great extent.
worth this year. This shows "record­ erumeut commission seut out at once : over from his scalp to his toes, and up
to seize his treasure. And in the utter- 1
again, aud then with no sound, save
Optlmlsts firmly malntaln tbat tbe breaking" development, for tbe first
val of two mouths which elapsed be j just one gruut, went out from the quar­
yeur's
business
of
the
same
corporation
hiitnnn cuce I» gru» lag In menisi vigor
for« be received a reply—for the rail ters and from tbe post
aud Intelligence, but We cunuut furget In 1SU3 was only one fiftieth as targe.
road was only to Kansas I d those days
llartpole told of It at the mess that
tlmt ahout oqobalf thè iemale popula- The Sultan's great plant, wbleh will
—he net about cleaulug the armor him
night, and forgot all about it after that.
tlon ‘>t tifi« town I h praitlclng thè carry the force of a cascade to tbe gov­
self,
aud
with
bis
own
bauds
joining
it
But Clego did not as Hartpole ought
"knngaroo wnlk." '1 hta enusex ua to ernment gold-mines, ninety-eight miles
together.
to have foreseen.
lu slthte al an acceptance of thè optlmls- away, marks development tn still an­
lit was so occupied, what with that
other'direction. The greatest distance
tle dietimi.
One night an Indian, his body naked
over which power Is now regularly aud the histories aud the other books,
as
it was born, a poisoned knife In his
that be forgot to have Gila-bottom ma­
Afvord. who might have home and transmitted Is about eighty three mites
laria and bad uo time to worry about hand, stole across the sandy parade-
—
from
Redlands
to
I-os
Angeles.
Cal.,
friends and u place of trust and good
ground when the moon was under the
pay, is now hi New York, practically where ft runs a street railway, lights the files. Then, when the steel was clouds of a coming storm, and slipped,
once
more
bright
as
the
azure
shield
of
penniless and In jail, a ruined man. He the streets aud performs other service.
Achilles, and he had proved to bis own us slleutly as noue but a savage can.
take, i this outcome philosophically and It Is true that power can be thus trans­
and
to every one's satisfaction that it under the ramada of Hartpole's quar­
mit
ted
to
almost
any
distance.
As
the
says he has enjoyed his fling, but tbe
must
ouee have protected the body of ters, aud theuee through tbe open door.
distance
lucrcasea.
however,
so
does
the
cost of tbe tllng was enoruwns. The
one of Coronado's meu, aud must date The Indian had missed nothing wheu
expense,
until
iu
the
eud
It
becomes
way of tbe transgressor is bard.
cheaper to produce tbe same power from the middle of tbe sixteenth cen­ he had been in that oue small room a
from coal. Here Is an economic prob­ tury, or thereabout, be buug it up In month before. He kuew where every­
Ferrell, the murderer of Express lem which the progress of electrical de­
hl* one room adobe quarters, along thing in It was, from the chromo in a
Messenger Iuine, has justly been sen­ velopment will probably solve. Few with the ludtau trophies that were as blue frame on the wall to the cot In the
tenced to death. It taay be true, as things are really impossible lu au age nothing uow auil tlie bottled reptiles of corner, across from tbe fire-place. He
claimed by bls counsel, that he Is a de­
many sorts; and tbe fame of It spread hid himself behind the piece of calico
that bu» harnessed Niagara!
generate, but society mint protect Itself
through the land. An English lord, In that curtained off the nook where Hart­
against degenerates when their degen­
a pith helmet nnd gray linen, who was pole's clothes hung, and watted until
They Are Easily Upset,
eracy takes a homicidal turn. It Is not
the moon showed for a moment through
"I remember once of bearing of a fel- going about the country, traveled miles
the fault, but the misfortune, of a rabid
a break tn the clouds, aud he could see
out
of
his
way
to
look
upon
It;
and
a
wbo,
coming
uninjured
out
of
a
low
dog that he goes mad. yet no one stops
railway wreck, worked like a demon to scientific party from Boston did the the figure ou the cot beneath the tuos-
to Monumentalize before killing a mad assist bls less fortunate fellow passen­ same. Hurtpole was beginning to be quito-uet. When the room was dark
dog.
ngnln. he slid out; aud tbe blade of the
gers,” said a railway official. "All the very proud, wlieu, oue duy, be hud a
knife in his hand went straight through
Ko accustomed have Americans be­ time be was at work, however, he held visitor of another kind.
tlx* heart of the man asleep. Then he
It
was
a
man
be
had
seen
sometimes
one
hand
to
Ids
collar,
and,
when
it
was
come to think of the United States as a
took the rattling armor from Its nails
hanging
around
the
agency
aud
the
over,
one
of
bls
companions
discovered
new country tbat the statement of Al­
and wrapped It iu the calico curtain,
post-a
small,
lithe
fellow,
part
Coyo-
that
be
was
bolding
tight
to
bls
necktie,
bion W. Tourgee that "we are one of
aud fled through the night, as silently
the oldest of existing civilized nations.” which he hud been in the act of tying tero Apache, part Mexican, possibly a aud swiftly as only an Apache can,
very
small
part
white,
who
had
some
when
the
collision
occurred.
seems to require an explanation. Since
Now It happened that llartpole had
“People net very queerly when they reputation as a medicine man with the
the foundation of the government, al
tribes, but not much as anything else. gone to another post a good muny miles
most one hundred mid twelve years are, or think they are, In danger.
llnrtpole was sitting under his ru- to the east that very day. aud he had
“1 know a young girl who bad
ago, there has been no break In our
niiuta
on a late summer afternoon, rend­ left his striker to sleep in his quarters
learned
to
swim
quite
well,
aud
one
day
■ 'residential succession, During that
ing
a
book
whose covers curled up with and keep guard over his things. So It
she
tried
to
swim
across
a
river.
There
period, according to Judge Tourgee, the
was luto the luckless soldier's heart
form of government In France lias were plenty of people about and the dis­ the beat, wheu something came be­ that the kulfe was driven, and the next
changed ten times. “Germany,” he tance was uot great, but when she was tween him and his light, and. looking
half way across someone called out: up. be saw tbe ini dieine-uian peering day a telegram apprised llartpole that
adds. “Is but thirty yetfrs old. Aus
She let her foot In the opetiiug. He said, "Hullo, Clego," his striker was murdered and his suit
trill, as a nation. Is the outcome of the "How deep Is It?”
of mail was goue.
Hungarian rebellion. Italy Is a still down and. of course, found she was out and added, "Wliut do you want, eh?”
Clego
was
so
called
because
he
was
The day after that all the department
of
tier
depth.
Instantly
she
lost
her
later product of popular evolution.”
nerve and sank. Hhe came up once, blind In one eye. lie came In under I knew that the Coyoteros were on the
tried to scream, but tlie water choked the ramaila, and stood so close to him war-path, aud. having cut the reserva­
that Hartpole inyved a little, The Coy- tion. were killing right and left. They
her, am! down she went again.
“A man. realizing tlmt something w as oteio's east-off uniform uud red bead- were le<l b.v a medicine-man called
"Ciego,” aud the scouts reported that
wroug. jumped In. clothes aud all, and baud were not clean.
Clego spoke excellent Spanish, and. he was dressed in a garment of white
pulled her out. He was none too soou,
for she w as unconscious when he pulled as Hnrtpole did, too, be had uo trouble il'ou which uo White-Eye's bullet could
her up. It was the shier fright of about rnakiug hitbself understood, He pelrce. They also reported that the
Arizona produces oranges, figs, al
explained that lie would like to see tlie Chlrlcahuas and the l'ah-l'tcs and tlie
momta. pomegranates and other semi- know Ing that she was out of her depth suit of Iron clothes which he had been
Sierra Blaueas were joining him. It
that
caused
It
all.
ns
otherwise
there
tropical fruits It tins tlie largest tig
told tliat flic lleiiteimilt possessed. The promised to be an Interesting time for
wasn't
the
slightest
danger,
”
—
Cincin
­
orchard iu tbe I'ulted State«, and in
lieutenant was so pleased to think that the territories.
every [sirtlon of the territory where nati Enquirer.
It had beeu apukell of even iu the fa»t-
llartpole began to have a dim Idea of
Irrigation has boen Introduced the des­
Uesse» of the Sierra Blanca and of the why the tnediclue-man had wanted bls
Sweet Fish.
ert 1ms bee# made to blossom and bear
Among tha queer experlmices of ttali- Tuuto Basin that he forgot how dirty Spanish mall. now. He was ordered
iibuml.intly. ’this pi
great erineu the fidlowing should have a Clego was. and straightway rose and
out. of course. Most of the department
Southwest; says the
The
luvlteil him Into the one room.
place:
was. Trouble of the sort that this
Conquest <•( Arid A
ara a
The medicine-man stixul looking at promised to be had to l>e checked at
A man was fishing for perch In one
striking resemblance
il of of tile lakes of Maine. He stood near the armor with an Interest nnd evident
onee. If nt all. It was serious already;
Egypt, except Hint the Irrigation Is not
apprerlntloti tliat Wmeheil llnrtpole but there was one thing lu favor to get
loitur il. but must be forced. With I the the dam. nnd wnJ fishing below,
very nntcli. After tlie manner of his away. 1 heir fanatical faith iu their
methods now know n aud which are < con- noticed an old barrel lying on its
kind, liv said uo word, but presently he medleim*-uian led them to seek battle
In
several
feet
of
water.
stantly ta'ltig Improved, Arlzoim will
On examination he found that It «•na went nearer aud felt of the plates aud rather than to shun it. And twice,
doubtless become otic of the most fa­
an
old niolr.sses barrel, lying so that lie chalus with Ills Auger tips, and put hta having done so. they beat off the
vored spots In the United States. In­
good eye close and looked Inside. Then troops, because there were, as usual,
could see the bung-hole.
stead of being, as she oueo was, the
he turned to llnrtpole. "Where did too few. But the third time they were
out
of
curiosity
be
dropped
his
hook
most dangerous part of the "great
you find It?" he asked.
caught In a pocket of the Mogallons,
through
tile
hole.
Im
mediately
then*
Auiertron desert.”
The lieutenant explained at some aud there were uo less tluin six troops
was a great cotnmotiou Inside the
against them, llartpole's was of the
barrel, ami the tialiernmu knew lie had length.
Tb<> "doulili- lite" 1« a conspicuous
“Is It Wry old?"
number.
caught something, lie was so sure of
feature In the news of the dnjr. First,
llnrtpole said It was at least three
tills that he walked half a mite to gqt
The Indians fonght from dawn of the
Mr. Scinvlta*r. of Kllsata-thport. modest a saw, and then sawed a piece out of liundrvd aud thirty odd years old. aud
first day until twilight of the second. In
and respected young bank clerk, was the top of the barrel, and drew forth a went Into a little history.
the open at first, then from behind shel­
»lidileiily fouud to bo twins, tlx* other threejMiund trout.
Clego maided his head. “I know," he ter. then at last they retreated to a
one tx'lng known as Mr. Hart, support­
The fish must have gone Into the said. But that was so manifestly ab­
ing a «curlet nnd costly manage in New liarrel when small, and lived there evwr surd that Hartiaile did uot pay auy at- shallow' cave high up ou a hillside, and
then* was no getting them out A
York on funds filched from the bank. since.
tentlou to it. "It Is very flue," said
mouutalu howitzer might have duue iu
Reeolid, Mr .lames Roosevelt, Jr., scion
Clego. "For how much will you sell It
but there was none with the coiumaud.
Her Hoy W<u* Changed.
of two distinguished families, million­
to inc?"
Naturally, llartpole only
aire and collegian, suddenly lutrwduce*
Private Edward —, wounded be laughed, but the Apache was In ear­ All day the troops fired volleys luto so
as hl* "alternate delegate” a curious fore Johanuesbuig, returned home on nest. nevertheless. “No," he Insisted, much of the mouth of the eave as show­
character kin wn a* "Jimmy,” a youth sick leave a few days ago. and a lady looking him aharply In the face. “No. ed IdtweeO the pine trunks and the
, wall* of rock. They knew that the
of inl»<-i4laneon» hnlrits In the Tender
Interested In the family called on the de veras. I wish to buy It from yon ”
Mlaugbter
within must have been pretty
loin
Third, Messrs. Kerr. McAlister. mother, whose only cbIM he la. To the
"Well. I dou't with to sell." answered
Death and Cnmplwll, some of them visitor's dismay the woman, who had the lleuteuaut. rather vexed at the mere sex er«, but there were uo signs of sur
reuder. uexeriUqle**.
The hostile«
“leading" aud all of them outwardly !w*en so brave during the weary weeks idea.
might hold out uutd the last oue wa*
r< -pe* taliie citizens of Paterson, N J , of waiting, burst Into tears. "They've
"I liave five hundred dollars," said
dead; they cyrtalply would uutil their
al*mpll) dl**'lo»e their other M*lves as gone and took away my lx>y.” she said the ludlan.
mtxUciueqnau should fall. The medi­
four monsters of lust nnd cruelty at length. “Last October e went off
"If you bad a thousnnd you could not
cine man could be seen from time to
FMurth. Mr. Alvord, rotund of figure, full of 'la fun. pullin' Kroeger’s Whis­ have It.”
time, a gleaming figure, moving clumsi­
frank of face ami plausible all over, kers and the like o’ that nous**u.se. nnd
"1 have a thousand.”
ly among the trees and nnderbrush
the Implicitly trusted teller of a great now. now of a sudden, ’»'* got a mau
llartpole laughed again, a little Im­
And for all that ft went so slowly «nd
bank. um vpei te<llj Introduces as hi» gissl and klndllke. an 'e wasn't never patiently.
double, who undid him. a familiar figure afore; but I'm empty fer my little lad.
"You do not believe me look here." was so bright, no buiiet seemed ever to
among s|>ort» aud gambler» who has wot the army's took and left In Afrlky. Cleg» drew a buckskin bag from the hit It. Even the white men began to
consider It with awe.
taken $7iMi,<sMt of tin* bank's money.
Seems just the other day ’1* father give folds of hla sash. It was full of gold.
At sunset of the second day, when
"There
are
five
huudred
dollars
here.
'liu the strap fer tnlxln' treacle with tlie
The kindergnrteu I* a delmtable ques­ blackin’, and now we can't neither of Iu three days I can briug you five bun the sounds from the cave had all but
ceased and the Indians within It were
tion. Originating In a cool eMmate. u* And a tongue fer to talk easy with J red m
without atniuunitlou and .st bay. the
aiiioug a <-alrn people, the Idea of a ’Im." London Evening New*
"child garden" was healthful, happy
by it. iand hl* temper rose. "1'hat 1* glistening form came clambering delib­
stolen iluouyy," he said, angrily; "put It I erately to the top of a high rock,
aud w Ise After prdonged blit not Con
To Are Herself.
experiment American educator»
Mr». Glvem Isut Mr», taudlelgb np. Y<IU can't have tbe armor. Uka whooping and yelliug, calling the rem
nant of its followers on. it stood so.
a of Jlvhled judgment atamt It« uni- rather ■Mtrntatlous about her charita­ »1er.”
“You let rue have IL" begged Clego; for a uioiueut, the red sun rays strlk.ng
adaptability to the temper and ble works?
pliVMleA 1 rtiv Iron ment of American
I will do many through the pine branches on the dent
Mm. ll< loastem Osteptatioua? I should
ed steel, a weird sight In the depth« of
It» 1ml vantuigea. generally | any ikk Why, that woman would like
ChlldllCMMl
M f JI tfl! nre num»•ron» mnd uaquestlou- to have t a pier glass over her mantle of
mean. the mountain fastnesses of the New
spati
id of th e squalid borne ebnnty Baltimore American.
able F or tl .
"you World; so odd and strange that the sol­
can't
to the 1H*\I1 get diers hesitated wilb their fingers on
it to a iilennlng nc»1 in dinguise. Ftor do-
M
out "
the triggers of their carbine».
mentir bitnlnhlp. blown. curses, kicks.
A* Kef
f.ir t'i” |*or»‘rty u t heart tliat loo often
>n!y a dirty
Hut Hartpol kneeling alone behind
Hie Ml
ild ha*» re a taiwklvi remembered only tbat that
Rcroinpjmire « I«»un hi ri Jer and brutal 1 that act
r<d that he prolwHdy had feel­ glowing
lurblf» o r 'Wraili*< d ¡>ar<’ii 1». nothing bet- 1 une hair
mor «as hl a and tbat be
ing’ wlneh «volli t*e hurt. It la well, wanted It. Tbe visor was up aud be
1er mn tie linng ln**d. For child soil* i than wo
uu»ev»r. for tb«>w who tear« the <ilr* - »■ould se *e the glitter of tbe one giiod
tarla«** of lllliul or body It give» sweet
A plec of ¡«oetry abbnt a shattered uou of chtoheu ami savage* iu their eye. He had won a «harpsbooter's med-
iounbtp
For tl m * darkBMs It
ten light. Tbe hunger of the ! idol nrrr is to appeal particularly ta band* to rvuwml*«x that those simple al In hi* ttme. and be
»
he put hta skill to
folk have sometime* raatous for th« u»e now. There wa* a puff of smoke
littlr no ill It iMMirl»bm w Itb hope. Th«* I every tu irrled woman.
tlnugs they do aud say. good and suffi from above hl* bowMee. and the «hln
tbtrwt ft>r piny It nlnkrn It 1» warmth
A polit
«Wut unto themsrivva. But It never Ing figure threw op its arm* and *tag
mx unwd to llartpole what thio half. «•red. Then it fell forward, dewa from
the pinnae rie of rock, clattering and
crashing among the logs and stones.
They found, when they dragged him
out, tbat Hartpule's bullet Lad gons KLAMATH FALLS PEOPLE DON'T
straight through tbe good eye. and that
LIKE TO PART WITH THEM.
Ciego was ciego in very truth now—
and quite dead.—«an Francisco Argo­
Un Pleasant Days They May Be Seen
naut
______________________
IT WAS NOT CONSCIENCE.
Made Huneat by tbe Si«bt of a Uilapi-
date i I mhrella.
by Thousand* W rivaling About on
Rocky Ledges Beside the Falla-
Harmless to Humanity.
modified to meet the
P^ulltr »T<_
elea of the case. ,
ttally an ol^tric motor'1 b"“!*
lug Its electrical nnergy tr
d*1’-
Pbed toil through tLerm^Z^1
pies. A thermo-elWr i
u /***' *
posed of twodWmllar metal*
iron
xhv . ““
, P^^
,
made and
of copper.
two meta^
have two junctions of the tw '7T*n■,
If one of -doe junZ£°it
more than the other au elc-tr
will flow in the circuit its »-, tUn,a'-
Here is a highly moral tale which will
The snake Industry at Klamath Falla
! make good readiug for both old aud blds fair to become important A few
I
, °f,t*
■ young. It ta a valuable illustration of weeks ago Postmaster Castel received two metals, the dlfferen.-e
ture between tlie two Inn “ 1 mpir»'
| the tejtt, "lb« way of tbe transgressor a letter from a concern In Minnesota
iu Laid." It is a story of a woman aud making inquiry as to tbe price of the resistance It encounters in
| au umbrella. It ta uppureut that tbe reptiles, aud if u sblpmeut could be the motor machine the rounto
of Iron and nickel firtdJT **
umbrella baa beeu the cause of tbe full made to a Minnesota snake farm. Al- made
together. They are arrangA^1
from strict honesty of many otherwise I . though the letter was written on print­ windings of the ordinary el^?*
irreproachable Individuals. Tbe woman ed letter beads, the postmaster thought
in this story, up to the occurrence of I some oue was trying to perpetrate a
m
this particular event, how ever, bad I joke upon him. He replied, however, venlently to tbe surf.ee, « here
found the umbreila to be tbe source of . i aud stated that it would supply all the Play upon them The other
the display on her part of many excel­ suakes wanted at 25 cents a pound. By cooled by a rapid circulation «7
them, engendered by th*- f
lent virtues and had suffered many returu mail, much to Uta surprise, came about
of the machine. While th« ^’
things because of them. She had been au order for 400 pounds of snakes, de­
suippliy treated by women, barely livered at tbe nearest railroad station. uo practical value, It is exeJi^
thanked by meu and o]>euly suubbed The Mlnnesutau went on to state that interesting exempllfl.ation of
by tlie autucrata of the surface cars in next season he would make further with which energy may Is*
her efforts to see that abseut-miuded orders an object to Mr. Castel, but he aud retransformed through the
people did not lose their umbrellas. And | would take »00 pounds more this fall. forma of heat, electricity and
In some way she seemed always to be Snake catching is now tbe order of tbe
finding unattached umbrellas, and her day here. It is a paying business, as
conscience forbade her leaving them oue man can easily capture 100 in a
without an attempt to find the owners. day, and this represent* at least fifty
On this particular day she w as resting pounds.
quietly in one of the parlors of a big
The Klamath Falls snakes have a
New York shop when quite according to
world-wide reputation, The town is
her custom she espied beside her an situated at the foot of Klamath falls,
umbrella. It was rather dark In that
which begin at Upper Klamath take
corner of the room and she could not
and continue through a narrow, rocky
see tbe umbrella distinctly, but she put
gulch for a mile to the lower take. The
A lady of literary fame Onee requ«W
her band on It, found that It was »Ilk,
descent is gradual and the falls nothing Dr. Reid, the celebrated medical ur,v
and with a weary sigh rose to find some
more than a rapid mountain stream, to call at her house "Be sure j»/».
one who would take charge of it Why
100 yards or more wide, between the ollect the address,” she said'u ..
should she be made the public cus­
! two lakes. 'Ehls place forms a sort of quitted the room, "No. 1 Chettmu.
todian of umbrellas? Nevertheless she
curve, or elbow, aud was called Ewawa street” "Madam," said the do.t r i
started to find the colored woman In
by the Indians, meaning elbow. Aloug am too great au admirer of politrne«
charge of the room, but Bhe had slipped
this river or falls on a warm day miles not to remember Chesterfield,
[
out. She went In search of a floor
of snakes, curling, wriggling aud crawl­ fear, too selfish ever to forget Xutito
walker, but not one was In sight. In
ing over each other Is uo unusual sight, One.”
aud out around counters she walked
and If the weather ta a little cool one
Justin McCarthy and some Mali
wearily, but not a floor walker to be has to wait for them to get out of the
were talking once alrout a membwot
seen. Thea the temptation came.
way or take a stick and lift them aside,
"What a goose you are:” said the In­ as many do. The stranger on his first the House of Commons, a
A lady wt,
wju
ward voice. "Here you spend your time trip to this section 1s continually dodg- was one of the company said it vMt
looking up people to take charge of lost lug aud Jumping sidewise, although he pity for the sake of his personal ip^.
umbrellas, and I don't believe that once is informed that the reptiles are per­ ance that be had such very large
In a thousand years they ever reach fectly harmless. The Inhabitant doesn’t "Yes,” said T. P. O'Connor, the to
liaut parliamentary and platform on-
their owners. Take tbat umbrella
miud them at all. Little girls’gather
home with you and don't be a fool.” apronfuls and boys carry small ones tor, “aud the worst of it is that while
they are too large for ears, they aretw
The voice was growing emphatic.
around in their jmckets. They are re­ small for wings.”
It was probably because she was
garded as pets here generally aud are
When Governor Rooserelfi tru
tired, but. anyway, without a moment’s seldom harmed. They come down Into
resistance tbe woman stopped her the very town and while walking along pulled out of Greeley, Col, a koiud
search and walked out of the shop with the streets a couple of dozen may be climbed on the back platform in order
the umbrella which would now be hers.
seen In going a block. They simply to give him a home-made cake. The
She walked on with conscious careless­
wriggle out of tbe way—crawl between train gained suc h momentum t,-at wbeg
ness, not venturing to give glance at It.
the time came for her to get off »hewn
the cracks of the plank sidewalks or
obliged to make a flying-trap?» lap
She did not do this until she was In the
move off to one side. The snakes are
for terra firms. She rolled overt lev
car on her way home. Then she did
regarded as benefactors by the com­
times in the sand, got up, and srniHit
look down and saw In her bauds a silk
munity and there Is some complaint at
umbrella, to be sure, but old and parting with the few required to fill Roosevelt as he stood worried for >
safety on the back platform. Tbet<-.
ragged, an umbrella which would be a the Minnesota man's order.
waved her handkerchief In evident de
disgrace to the poorest costume. Some
The reptiles live aud breed among
woman had bought a new umbrella the rocks and cliffs along the falls, and light, and became the envy of a in-
and discarded tills rag. And now the t 1s asserted that they have completely dred women who had watched tag
tinder must get rid of it. She hadn't •outed the rattlesnakes from the entire robatlc effort
felt like a thief before, but now she did. section, besides destroying all the mice
At a luncheon given by some st»
How could she get rid of It? She did ind other pests that infested the place. ers in an English town, where tarn
not dare throw it In the street, for that They attack a rattlesnake and while lecturing the other day. Israel Ziu
would be conspicuous. She laid It on one alone has been known to kill the will was treated as a famous celebrtj
the seat, as far back as ¡K>salble, looked largest rattler, a number will wind and Ills most indifferent remarksun*
unconscious again, and at last sneaked themselves about tbe venomous reptile ceived with great interest. After
—that was the way she felt—out of that and strangle It tn a short time. It Is luncheon bls hostess asked him to write
car and actually ran until she was lalmed that before these suakes made something in her little txvy's diary, so
around the comer and no one could pos­
their appearance the rattlers infested that the little man might always re
sibly return to her the umbrella she had
the region, but they are now seldom member the day he saw tbe great
voluiuarliy stolen.—New York Times.
writer. Mr. ZangwiU turned over the
seen.
leaves of the diary, reading here and
Tlie
species
ta
said
to
be
a
water
THE HEROINE OF TO-DAY.
snake, and this is evidenced by tbe fact there: “Got a reward of merit.'' "Hid
-he Is Self-Reliant, Physically Strung, that they will take to the water if there a birthday party,” "Tonsilltl*."etc.ud
end Fitted to I e Man's Companion.
is no other means of escape when then he wrote: "December-Zangwii-
The heroine of modern life and iic- crowded, and move about In tbat ele­ litis.”
tiou is contrasted with the heroiue of ment with the ease and skill of a fish.
Years ago Major Patterson was tut-
the century's begiuuing by Robert They are of a dark color, about three eling on the railroad through Westen
Grant, in the Woman's Home Compan­ feet long when full grown and have a Kansas, when he fell Into converutwi
ion. Iu the following passage Judge stripe a little lighter than the general with a congenial St. Louis man. who
Grant leaves little doubt as to which color down their back. All sizes may remarked that he had an ex.-ellent
of the two he prefers:
lie seen among them, from the three or scheme for hiding his money. “I simpiy
“Not only woman herself, but the four Inch baby snake to the full-grown put it under the sweatband of my tat
universe, rejoices iu the new heroiue of >nes. On a warm day they are visible he said, "and no roblier Iu the world
real life and contemporary fiction—the liy the thousands and in many cases would ever think of looking there for
self-reliant. Incredulous, sphere seek they coil up by the dozens in huge rolls. cash.” With that he pulled off to
lug. critical, yearning modern woman. Pictures of these rolls have been sent, hat and showed where he bad
Even tbe rose ou her bosom wears a ipon Inquiry, all over the world. A “planted” as lie described. About n
prouder demeanor, as though conscious farmer living In the gulch by the banks hour later the train w as suddenly tat
of her changed estate. Who would re­ *f the river has great difficulty In using ed while It was turning a lonely rav:-
mand bee to her Insipid servitude?
da hay at the last of winter. The and in a few moments a masked mu
Certainly not man. She has become his
snakes take refuge iu hta barn during entered the car and l>egan to ujite
true companion Instead of bls adoring
tbe cold weather, and as the hay gets atlcally loot the passengers, wbiie to
doll. Tbe Amella Sedley* have passed
j ow he finds great masses of tbe be- other robbers kept them covered »-
away from the face of tbe earth for­
: intnbed reptiles rolled together all shotguns from tbe doors. WbeaN
ever. and the Marcelhis rule In their
fellow reached him tlie Maj -r !•«>»«!
through the hay.
place. And yet, with the swinging of
It is believed here that tons of the up coolly aud declared he had le-st-i-
the pendulum In mind, a philosopher
-nakes conld be shipped from this place a dollar in bls pocket. "Now ifyoul
may be pardoned for dropping a few
I innually without materially decreasing leave me that and my watch." be si -
violets on the grave of the heroine of
I the supply, and the Industry may prove “I’ll tell you something worth k»’-
the past; even on poor Amelia Sedley's J i paying one. Snake oil commands an Ing: Tliat fellow in the next *s:
Amelia, who would certainly have
normous price for medicinal purposes, #250 under the sweat-band of i11’c,:
bored this philosopher to the point of
and it Is known tbat a superior quality “Al! right” «aid the robber, "keep.««
weariness. • • •
>f the oil can lx* manufactured from watch and chicken feed, and b n»
"Amelia Sedley was the sheer heroine
rhe Klamath Falls species.—Portland ceeded to confiscate the other p*«*
of the past without lights and shadows.
ger’s cash. When the agony wish
tregouian.
But her more attractive sisters lie also
over, and the marauders had
In their graves, and memories of some
the St. Ixiuis man turmd around. W
Insurance on Koyal Head«.
of them couie back to us fragrant with
Tlie lives of European potentates are Ing with rage and indignation. "T*
virtues In spite of their limitations,
generally heavily InsureTl. While many was a dirty, low-down trick,
which. It seems to a philosopher, the
of them enjoy practically unlimited In­ ed, “and I’m going to hold yon ar’’
new heroine—the Gibson girl—cannot
comes during their live« they are un­ able for every cent of my iioney
afford to disregard. They had no minds
able
to bequeath anything except to expected you to. my friend. -
to speak of. It Is true. That Is. they
their eldest son«. Insurance gives them tbe Major, quietly, "and here »
were parrotdike In their repetition of
th« opportunity of making some provis­ amount. You see." be «•!<k'l- 1
what their busbands and fathers ami
pen to tie a paymaster in tbe
brothers told them was so; and their ion for their younger sous and daugh­
ters.
State.* army, and I Lave •
energies were devoted to household
i
Napoleon III. of France was insured $40,000 In tbl« valise l-y my
concerns-the generation and rearing of
the clreumstanees I felt Jus‘
babies, the production of delectable for a fabulous sum; and it Is due to this
food, to darning, nursing, church-work foresight that the ex-Empress Eugenie temporarily sacrificing y* iir ’
and small charities. They were genet­ will leave when she dies $10.000,000 to to divert attention. I ’bai! ■! 'b'a
to the Government a-
PI!? “
ally timid and afraid of mice, disin­ Prince Victor Napoleon.
The late King Humbert of Italy was transportation of funds.
clined to athletic exercise and heroic
undertakings; they had no clubs, and more heavily insured than any mon­
A Beggar - I’lea.
did not aim to be original. But think arch since that day. No less than $•>,
"Could you spare a f«w
000.000
will
be
paid
over
io
Queen
how dainty and pure minded and ten
sick child, ma'am'.' sa.d »
<1er they were: Dainty with the nice- Marglx*rita.
young lady who was about to r*
Scarcely
a
single
English
insurance
neat of dolls, pure-minded with the I d
street car In Belh’tield
nocence of the moated grange, tender company was without some Interest in
Being of a sympa
with tbe loving forgiveness and foolish the Duke of Edinburgh's life and now
young lady looked :
infatuation of Idolaters, it may be. and the huge sum of $1400,000 will have to
come out of the coffers of these so- found she could ’!**
yet dainty, pure-minded and tender ”
The coin was handed
cietles.
Steam and Modern Navies.
1 he Prince of Walee* policies amount who took It and said:
* t>:**’
"Thank you. lady. I<
A whole fleet in the day* of Nelson to $3.000.ta>0. while tlie Caar of Russia
iOt-f
i
could be built and fitted out at little is Insured tor only $2,000,000. One mil­ to the child. It’ll buy bi
more than the cost of a single Ironclad; lion dollars Is at stake on tbe life of of milk." she added a* » a r nd » *
The car came Just tl
the coal expended on a single cruise Prince Henry of Prussia; $1.500,000 up-
would pay for the refitting of his whole OU that of the Baron de Rothschild, of young lady naeuoted the «♦'
'•O. don't get milk for tl
battle line, while tbe Immense shell* re­ Ixmdon Queen Victoria, as might be
quired to make any Impression on the •upposed. has been a veritable gold him the pint."
modern armor plate cost more than hl* m'ne to fn<nran<» companies owing to
Tlx* woman scowl- *1
whole armament. Rut the modern line her long life*.
rolled on.-Pittsburg CM*
of battle ship could neither be twitir
graph.______
armed nor fought without the use of
Germany Ha* a New Motor.
Coet of Huuniog A«*
steam, and ita evolution may be said
From Germany con»*« tbe design of .*
In three year* 'he ex
to have commenced with the first appll remarkable motor that turns beat
stton^f the steam engine to navi«» -Dergy directly into motion through the an Atlantic steamer e>
construction.
tloa.
ntoruieffia ry action of electricity. Tbe
If you would know « m«n M
iniehlne la called a thermo-electric
Tbe race 1» not
• you must dlae with him occasionally. motor, am! works on the familiar prin­ It often depend* on
ciple of the electric motor somewhat .».n rn the Judges Stan*
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