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About The Eugene weekly guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1899-1904 | View Entire Issue (July 5, 1902)
AMÍSICAN boy . !ta wcr. bora bsrs-that setti*« d,° W ii'r'muf Juif msklag aoldlcra of bo;*, UNCLE SAM CELEBRATES. * SPOTS WHERE IMPORTANT PRO POSALS WERE MADE. a marlcan standard was aet TM •»*.?. at tba ar»‘- »uJ yuite B‘1“ *‘*11*rn box I» all«»*«» «» ,or«*‘ j, A»e¿l^Bllu{ bo great through the fams rlrf Ú1» s*«- Romance« that Otherwise of our work for our first bua *rr?2'*1?increa»ln« »• »go after a«« •KS tomward, to -lruwn la Iba gulf of tbr r«»™ r-l fr. m tbe fact that thoy Mood for "“¡i^?cf person, of place, or of pelf; earn evil that roa» Into alght TWy iiL'a.«>d of their fellow*, forgetful ut for tne • Belt- Thl, la what I* a*poct«4. You may have ,K*îlum”-f • e'G* ot *,r 10 •xSiiJBt tbe ahlmuierlug plumea Or Î! m “ ww ot W,e‘‘ the tbiU|igbt where a king'* gold en créât o..raabadowed «he land; where tbe poor “ turned their e>e* fn,.« their bo> el*, tar out over mountain ■r, tb?ds"“»*‘ Republic, where lllwrty a «nil'ed * ,wn °° ,he home* of th* tree and He brave. o i.« born an American, can't he denied •ííL G1,e, a ■ man man a a fair atari on the blgbway of fame, OT of «realm, or whatever else he may dw To Swerve, to scbleve and attach to bls oaiue. Hut whoever would win muit bw ready to work: . . . Hi must earn and »ecur« before be may I* »uVtie'wlde field there's no sheaf for tbe It Be«ut*ibla to be an American boy. Ton mar not tie aelected for perlloua trip* Over luoiiutaln» and glaciers, or sail In tbe van Of tbe fleet for entrapping an enemy a ships. Then take to the ware* on a catamaran. One hundred and twenty-six years old to-day. and feelin’ frisky es a kitten, b gosh!—Minneapolis Journal. “Nothing but the papers in this pes tiferous dispute between Auies auJ Phil lips." answered Russell. "Because I've got some extra hazbard- ous iu my satchel!" half-laughed Bur- ton. "How's that?” Then hold your head hl<h. your eyet on tbe “A dozen genuine double-headed atari An<1 stripes of our banner, your band firm nese giant fire-bombs. Brought ’em and sure; front Manila to celebrate Fourth of You will win. though you carry an enemy's with the Phillips kids. Looks, though,” scare— Like Galahad atrong because you are pure. suggested Burton, ruefully, "«s if there isn't going to be much celebrating arouu-l Stand fast for the right. Look well to your these parts!” wa vs; Build your life of pure gold, with no grain “I fear not,” gravely replied Russell. of alloy; “I sup (lose you know the bone of conten Do your best If you’d w in youreelf loftiest tion between these two stubborn-headed praise, And deserve to l»e called ae American boy. old fellows?” -Margaret Holmes Bates. "I don’t, but I want to know," assert ed Burton. “Well, you remember the eighty-acre strip that lies between the two farms— belongs to the Morris estate. Last year A Premature Fourth Ned Morris leased it for ten years to Ames. Same time, unknowingly, Lida ( > BY PAUL rSGBLOW Morris leased It to Phillips. Both claim- .. « ed it. Neither would give in. They've fought like cats and dogs over their re- spective claims, 1 suggested thev use it the XCIPIENT Fourth of July enthu alternate years, No Uva siasm was astir as the Millville ac leases in my document the commodation rolled into the diqiot. come down to see if discharging ■ cheery-faced, portly gentle- matter up.” When 'they reached the Phillips farm uian of 50. carrying a bulging satcb>4. He came out on tbe "market street” in a joyous brood of children surrounded time to get a shower-bath from a pack “Uncle Rolfe." He was kept busy dis of firecrackers flung by a crowd of urch- tributing newly minted dollars and ibi, enveloping liitu in a veritable "blaze agreeing to help them shoot off their fireworks, and act the festive old boy gen of glory!” "Hi! you young imps!" he roared- but erally. Provided with the means of replenish the coterie only grinned, for their victim was chuckling os though he enjoyed the ment, the children act off some of their excitement, tossed them a quarter, and stock in hand, Meantime, old Seth canie laughingly strolled over to the farmers’ in from the fields, Burton sat on the veranda. watching the stubl>orn-eyed «agon, lining the square. "There's the best-uatured man 1 ever farmer while the lawyer explained that must compromise or go to . did see!” the occupant of one was re- he and Ames law. marking as the man sauntered up. "Any of these rigs going dowu the old ‘‘Law be it!” cried Seth. "I'll never Fork Road?” he inquired. give in.' “I am," nodded the other—"thirty Bang! miles." An awful clatter rent the air. The spot where they hud left the lawyer’s horse "A lift of two will suit tne.” "Jump iu. 1 say. strauger, you'fe the and buggy was a maelstrom of tire and besmingest mortal 1 ever sot eyes oil : detonation.. “My double-headed Chinese bombs!" I'd a-ehased those bothersome kids with the whip lash." cried Burton. "My legal document bag!” quavered “Pshaw—was a boy myself torted the traveler. "And—beaming? Russell. This had happened: The youthful Phil Why shouldn't I be? Just back from the l'liilipplnes, easy conscience, some money lips brood had thrown some crackers into and come home to have a jolly Fourth the buggy, fire had communicated to the contents, there had been an explosion, with my best friends.” Rolfe Burton, an orphan from an early and Uncle Rolfe'* cherished importations age. had experienced some hard knocks had gone up in smoke! • •«•••• snd single-handed, had fought his »ay to quite a competency. "Hurrah for the Fourth of July!" Two mile* from Millville lived the only Uncle Rolfe waved his hat with a will. relatives he knew. They were the Phil "But it isn't the Fourth of July—yet!” lips and the Ame* families, occupying piped a tiny nephew. neighltoring farms—hi* half-cousins. He "Hurrah for the third of July, then!" had drifted down here ■ few years hack, roared the whole-hearted visitor. "Glory! • nd they had made it very pleasant for Buggy blown to Hinders, horse run away, him. Es|>ecially bad young George Ame» I.awyer Russell scared to death, but all put himself out to entertain him, and the same—hurrah!” quite naturally winaome, warm-hearted There was cause for Jubilation. Uncle Alma Phillip* discovered a kindred I Rolfe had come as tlie good angel of the friendship. occasion. Now. four hours after the explosion, A great idea came Into Burton’s mind; these two were made for one another, two shame-faced neighbors shook hands, lhey were very young—only lixteen then and "made up.” and meekly smiled upon —but mutually in love. It would be the happy Alma and George, cooing among object of his life to nurture their pretty the rose bushes. The explosion had ended "litigation.” engagement. They would marry, he would endow George with a farm, sug for it had blown to flinders both of the gesting a life-tenancy for himself as a leases that made the eighty acres a bone compensation. of contention. "Two well-disposed. lifetime-friend Then came up the Spanish war. Burton caught the martial fever—at home—and cronies fighting over a bit of land!* ral the real malarial In the Philippines. Now lied Burton. "You stubborn old noodles. *“* was coming back to carry out hi« I'll soon settle that, Kn>* what I’m go- original plans, aud was joyful ■■ a vaca ing to do?” All hands looked expectant, for Lncle tion school boy, as he jumped down from tbe wagon. Rolfe was always doiug something great. “I've deputized Russell to buy the Hello!” he expanded, as he neared the J,- "*** farm. "There’* old Seth, sure! eighty acres for me. You. Seth, shall Hi!” roared the great, bluff fellow, and have half of it to till; you, 8i, the other nearly shook hi* cousin off the hay rake half—for a year." “And then?" inquired both farmers in with the suddenness of hi* hail. "Well! well!” spoke the farmer, star a voice. “Why, then." crowed Uncle Rolfe, rap ing- “Thia is a surprise!” Fhought it about time for ■ wedding turously. “1 shall give It to Grorge and —-see?" rollicked Burton. "So, bobbed Alni*. The thing's settled—they're going flown on you—hey?” to get married next Fourth of July!’ " ‘‘dding—who’«?” muttered 8etb. crabbed ly. George Wore Faloe Teeth. M ho?” retorted Burton. "Who During the latter part of hi* life Wash- Should it be but George and Alma?" Ington wore false teeth, made by a dent • Up'” ’hon,,‘<1 Phillip«, savagely. ist name»! Greenwood. Hi* teeth did I on t mention any Georges, or Ames, or not fit well «nd pushed out bis lower r,a"c*lly tribe, to me!” lip. He had a lot of trouble with his , Eh! what's happened here?" stared teeth, snd there is in existence a copy of '“* sstounded visitor. * letter which his dentist wrote to hint Go up to the honae. I'm busy, but'11 g year before he died. The dentist tells airy through and join you soon. H*»ld Washington that the old set of teeth on—«ay. Burton; you're not going down which he sent him from Philadelphia was o »ee 81 Ames?” challenged Seth rough- very black, and that it must have be.n discolored by his SMtkiag them in port yWhy not?” or by his drinking too m-ich port Then drop me—that’s all! I’m through wine wine. He wants Washington that »11 with that rulibish; you can’t be my frieuJ wines containing acid are bad for the •nd his’n, too!" and advise* him to take out his " hew!" whistled Burton, trudging on. teeth, teeth after dinner m l put them in clean "*• down by the wayside, finally. water, and should any hole* be eaten n «•» wits Were askew. What, indeed, was •p;*ning? Things seemed turned sll them by the acid, to fill them with wit and seal them tight with * piece of red- ’opsy-turvy! !!•* tot up as he saw a light buggy ap- hot iroo. *nch •» • »••!- U* close« his af feOown: Pcoaching. and recognised old lawyer letter -If yonr teeth grow« black, take «‘»me K'lsseiL There was an interchange of feeting». Th, attorney stated be «il chalk snd ■ pine or rrdar stick; It will g* ng first to the Phillipa farm. then on rub off If you want your tee*h m *re .«How. sosk them in broth or pot liquor, ’'’.A"**' place. i ' > U to with you. Anything valuable but not in tea or acida. To preaerve teeth "ce Squire?” asked Burton, as be plac they muat be very often changed and M his sa*cbe1 ’behind the seat een to cleaned, for whatever attacks thorn must be rwplsced sa often, or it will gam ‘be attorney's docameat bag. But yon muat be ready, and stand by your gun». Wherever you find them, aa firm as tbe earth, (f you would be proved oue of Uncle Sam's tons By lawful adoption of fortunate birth. E Have Figured in the Cut-aisd-l>rie<i Live« of a Few of the Orest Hulera „f the Cout inent of Europw, ,bo ar* gr»a‘ »• ®or “akory’a A SOME ROYAL WOOlMìS I ground and destroy the works. The two sets I repaired is .loue on a different plan than when entirely new. for the teeth are screwed on the barrs instead of hav ing the bars cast red hot on them, which is the reason I believe they dissolve so soon near to the barrs." Signed vour very humble servant. John Greenwood. Dated New York. Dee. 2S, 1798. Adepts in Ari of Hazing. Hazing Is no longer contined to the colleges where men receive a "higher education.” The girls of Sage College, the Institution endowed by the wife of New York's famous dealer In puts and calls, have risen in ttielr might and <le- cla re that such plennnstrles shall bere- after be a part of the Institution's cur- rlculum The other night the freshman toastmistress was ''suddenly set upon by the sophs," says a veracious chron icler. but the freshmen "held their ground bravely and a long struggle fol lowed." The toastmlstreas was cap tured. but afterward escaped. Anoth er freshman speaker, however, was ta ken. “hustled into a cab and driven around tile citv during the entire even ing." being released only after she had made a speech. standing In front of the restaurant where her classmates were making as merry as they could without her. “extolling the sophomore class." A form of Intcrclass pleasantry said to be much In favor among the young women of Wellesley Is the sprinkling of flour on the locks of freshmen nml sophomores, and vice versa. At Vassar the students lit the second year give some form of evening entertainment In honor of the bashful newcomers. But Vassar and Wellesley are not up to date, and they are only girl's colleges, anyway. They order this matter better in Ithaca. FARMER BOY CEI F BRAIES. Many people are possessed of tbe i«l>a that, as royal >i>arr;ages have gvli- rally to 1« arrauged *< iflair* of state, tbe prospective bridegroom baa no occasluu to woo his bride as the average uiau would do. This, how ever. Is a totally erroneous idea, is will t>e fouud uu readiug the following ■ utiicutie account* of bow aud where •ollie royalties pro|x»sed to these who ultimately be-aiue their whe*. says Loudon Tit-Bits. It was at Rosenberg, tbe palace of the Daui-h royal family, that King Edward \ ll. proposed to and was ac cepted by our gracious queeu. His majesty then, of course. Prince of Walt**—first saw bls wife lu the cathe dral of a continental town, and was so Impressed with her beauty that lie determined to secure an Introduction on learuiug who tbe princess was. I’he result of that lutrotluctlou was that a short time afterward tbe prluee went over to Deumark and made a formal claim for the hand of the prlucean. A charming story Is that told regard ing the tuauiier iu which the late Em peror Frederick of Germany, then crown priuce. proposed to the princess royal (the late Empress Frederick!. Tbe two became separated from the reat of a royal party, who were tak ing a walk over a Scotch moor In the vicinity of Balmoral, Suddenly tlie crow n prim e spied a lilt of w bite heather, and, picking tt up. gave It to the young girl beside him for the princess was barely 18 years of age at the time. She knew. bowevK. the meaning of the simple gift, and whis pered "Yes" loud enough for her com- pa mon to hear. During the remainder of their lives Balmoral always great attractions for the emperor empress. White Lodge, Richmond l’ark, the place where our present Prince of Wales wooed and won the heart of Princess May. The prince went on a visit for a few weeks to his sister, the Duelieaa of Fife, who lived at Sheen House, mar the park gates. Every day Ills royal highness could be seen strolling down Sheen lane, leading to White Ixxlge, and it was In the gar dens round that inanslou that be put tlie all lm|H>rtant question. lu describing how the Marquis of Lorne. now, of course, the Duke of Ar gyll. proposed to Princess Louise, one cannot do letter than quote the rec ord made of the event by Queen Vic toria lu her “Leaves From the Journal of a Life iu the Highland*.” Our late queen wrote: "This was an eventful day. dear Louise became engaged to Lord Lorne. The event took place during a walk from the Glassalt Shlel to Loch Dhu. We got home by 7. Ixiulse, Who had got home some time after, told me that Lorne had spoken of Ills devotion to her and pnqiosed to her, and that she had accepted him. know ing that I should approve." It was at the same place, I. e . Rosen berg. the seat of the Danish royal family, where our king proposed to the "daughter of the sea kings.” that the present czar asked Princess Alix of Ilesse in 1H94 to be his wife. lie had made up his mind long before that If he married It would la* to whom he pleased rather than one commended to him by bls counsellors for state retu sons. His choice fell upon Princes» Alix, nnd n party was arranged at Rosenberg to allow Nicholas to meet this royal lady. Accounts differ re- gardlug the actunl spot where the l>ro|s>siil took place. Some say the czar proposed during nn evening party; others that he did so in the gardens round the palace w hile out for a walk with tlie prince««. The latter account, however, Is generally regarded as cor •t. PLANTS THAT IMITATE KIN. Method« by Which Inanimate Thing* Mecare Protection. Youth of the country wakes up lu the Uay of crackers and eloquence. Ttie Lost Chord. At a concert given at Fakenhatn the orchestra, which comprised a violin and violoncello, were not well up at reading from sight. A tenor, who bad been engaged tor the evening, commenced a little oper atic selection, w hich entirely put t iv orchestra out Violin turned to cello and exclaimed: "Tom, duw thee know where the tenor be?” “Noa.” "Well, thee keep on the open string I'll mouch »bout a bit: we'll soon flml him.”—London Spare Momenta. Hr Knew It W«s Sarah. An old man would not l>elleve he could hear his wife talk at a distance of flve miles by telephone. Ills better halF’ was In a country shop several miles away where there was a tele phone nnd the skeptic wns nlao In a (dace where was a sltnllnr Instrument. On tiring told bow to operate It he walk«! boldly up snd shouted: “Hui loa. Sarah!" At that Instant lightning struck the telephone wire and knock«! the man down. As he scrambled to hl* feet he excitedly cried: "That's Sarah, every Inch The methods of plants by which they protect themselves from their enemies by mimicking other plants which have adequate protection are Interesting In deed. Rev. A. S. Wilson writes In Knowledge. Iximlon. as follows: Mimicry Is perhaps more frequent In tbe seed tliau In any other part of the vegetable organism; It occurs, however. In other organs, and even the entire plant laxly may assume a deceptive ap pearance. A well known example Is In the white dead nettle, wblcli so close ly resembles the stinging nettle In size and In the shape and arrangement of Its leaves. In systematic |s><«1tlon the two plants are widely removed from each other, but they grow in similar situations and are easily mistaken; anyorfe who has occasion to collect quantities of lamlum Is almost sure to get his bands stung by urtlca. an ex perience calculated to convince one of the efficacy of protective resemblance. Among animals It I» species provided with formidable weapons of defense that are most frequently mlmlek>-<! by weak, defenseless creatures. The sting Ing nettle Is therefore a very likely model for unprotected plants to copy. A »»mew hat anal gons caae Is the yel low bugle of the Riviera, which has Its leaves crowded and iHvIdcd Into three linear lobes, some of which nre again divided. In this the plant differs very materially from Its allies. It has. how ever. acquired a very striking resem blance to a specie of euphorbia, abund ant on tbe Riviera. The acrid Juice of tbe euphorbia« secure« them Immunity against a host of enemies. As the two plants grow together there Is little room to doubt that, like the dead net tle. the bugle profile by |ta likeness to Its well-protected neighbor. One of the pineapple family grows on trees lo tr pical America, and has a reaeml lahce to a shaggy lichen so ■narked that It Is generally mistaken f.,r a plant of that order. The fly sga rlc. our n»o«t ron«pl'-u<>nsly colored fungu« according to Dr FTowrtght. 1« closely Imitated by a psrasftle flow- eriu.' plant, lisien- |>h<>ra volucrata, the CO(k FIGHT IN A PARLOR MVICF FOR DFCORAFIYG MASS. A member of the Scientific American staff has devised a very simple and In expensive apparatus for cutting Init ials, mon -grams and ornamental bord er* or bands on glass articles, such a* tumbler*, bottl'-s. hand mirrors, etc., with emery (siwder. YVben a letter or the like I* to be cut In the glass, the glass may be held sta tionary by any suitable means and then all that 1» necessary I* about three pounds of m* dltim-grade emery and a fuuuel haviug a tube from four to five feet long and one-fourth of an Inch in diameter. The Initial Is ent through a paper atvucll. which is fastened to the Many persons who would not think of g - ng to «ee a real cock tight would glass with mucilage or held In place be glad to see the kiud which may be played in a parlor, It la played by two by rubl>er band*. The emery, falling men. who are sealed on the ground opi*-«lte each other, aud it is called "a binimi through the tube and striking on the cockfight," because the tactic* of the conibatauta are not unlike those of two exposed glass, will cut It quite rap cock« in a |>it. The legs of each nan must be tlej abme the feet, the knees must be drawn idly, nnd three or four cunnings of np to the chin and the hands must be crossed lu front nn the shins. When the emery will form the cut sufficiently men are in this attitude a cam* Is -lioel under their hams in auch a manner deep. It may be stated that the sten that it* end* will rest on their arms, and then the coinbat begin*. ell should lie a trifle larger tila ti the The object of each combat aut is to shove the tip of bis foot under that of deaired cut In the glass. hi* opponent. for if be can ouce do that he - an easily give him * shove that To cut an ornamental band on a gol>* w ill place him "bora de combat. One n the accompanying accompany ing picture has a accom let. tumbler or liottle. the work should plished this feat, and must be eonaidv ed the winner, sin e bis fallen opponent l>e rotated slowly about two luehee be is unable to regain bls position. The rule* of the game require that the hands shall he fastened as well as low the funnel tube The turulng. of the feet, but tbi* is seldom done w hen the fight takes place In a drawing room or course, may lie done by hand: but thia parlor. scarlet cap. the dotted warts, the white bread, and drink rlxiut half a pint of stem and volva being all accurately milk Just warm from my own cows. 1 have not tasted a cup of tea or cof represented. fee for thirty six years. 1 flnd the por A RICORO-BRI AhlSG ALIO. ridge very sustaining. and at the same time very provocative of appetite, French automoblliels are still dis- while It keeps tue head dear for a cusalng the wonderful achievement of morning's work. Then I return to my M. Serpollet, who recently won the studio and palut till lunch, at 12 Rothschild clip by driving his new me o'clock, when I eat well and drink but Ing machine at the record breaking little, after which I paint again till 3. speed of 7'1 I 5 miles per hour. They Then I clean up my palette for the describe the feat ns tlie "revenge of day anit go out for my w alk, returning »tea tn." lu time to wash and prepare for a 'I The race occurred on the Promeuade o'clock dluner. which I enjoy without des Anglais, which Is considered the my glass of port, for I have quite most perfect racing course In France. given up that and every other kind ef 1 he automobile attained such a ter wine lithe my recent severe Illness. rifle |«ee that It lurched all over the After this I rend my newspaper; at 'I course. M Serpollet and his assistant o'clock could hardly breathe and they nearly o'clock An Under« round Photograph. t>i a roí. Lh 1 « ai There are thousands of people who have desired Io see vv tint the bottom of nn oil well looked like after a bun- dred quart glycerine torpedo bad been exploded lu It. But no ordinary mor tai could crawl down a six-inch hole to the depth of two thousand feet If he wanted to, and no sane one would want to If he could. So the curious oil seeker has heretofore been com polled to guess as to the effect of tlie torpedo shot. An oil country photographer furnish ed tin* desired picture. The successful experiment was made at Warren. Fa. I’he lustrument was let down to the bottom of a seventeen hundred foot well, which had been subjected to a torpedo explosion. When the camera touched bottom a bright Hush lit up the cavity. Impress Ing a perfect picture on the negative. A cavity fourteen feet broad and seven feet deep below the oil sand was re vealed. Into the cavity, enlarged by the force of u glycerine explosion, from the ordinary six Inch drill hole the oil trickled and accumulated, ready to be pumped to the surface. fainted when the speed of the ma chine was slackened to make n stop. All previous records of either electric or gasoline machines wns broken by this run Fournier's best record for n single mile was 51 -I 5 seconds on I hi* Coney Island boulevard. M. Serpollet beat this by Just flve aeeotids.. The next liest record was made by W. lx. A King's Hot Weal tier Palace. Vanderbilt, Jr., several weeks ago, Tlie following I» a description of the wbeti he made US miles per hour w ith King of Slum's summer bouse. At one out the stimulus of a race. M. Serpollet'a automobile is a curious of the king's Hummer scuts there Is a looking object, It Is strongly built and pavilion of a most extruordluury kind. egg-ahaped. whence Its nickname of The tables, chairs and sides are form- "Serpollet'* Easter Eggs." Immediati* j e l of gluss uu Inch thick and a fathom ly after the race an English chauffeur In breadth, and so finely united with made a bld for It. Without question mastic, ns transparent as glass Itself, In* paid M Serpollet's price of $11.IMS), i Unit not a drop of water can peuetrate the highest ever paid for a 12 horse 1 the building. A Chinese engineer con power machine, and In* ha a taken It to structed the pavilion lu this manner as a certain remedy against the Insup England. portable heat of tlie country. It Is twenty eight fest lu length by sixteen TURKEY HUNTING AN ART. feet In breadth? and 1s placed lu the Wild Fowl Can IHst I ti gil Isli Marks of midst of a large basin, paved and eov- n Human Being. ered with marble of different oolors. The sncceasful turkey hunter Is prob When those who are to occupy the pa ably the most scientific sportsman In vilion have entered the gate Is shut, the world. lie matches himself against tlie seams stopped with mastic to pre the acutest of all feathered things. vent the entry of water, and the sluices The turkey Is uot only gifted with being opem-d. the large surrounding extraordlnary sight. Louring, wariness basin Is tllhsl to the top, so that the and alertneus. but It knows the woods whole pavilion Is placed under water better than any mere man can know with the exception of the top of the them, and It has distinctly the faculty dome, which allows for the passage of of cnsuallty or reason. A turkey knows air for the respiration of those within. not only that the appearance of a cer tain part of tlie ground Is not right, but A Hojourn In Hllieria. also why It Is not right. "My flrat purchase In Siberia.” writes It will distinguish readily between a traveler who receutly made the marks of passage made by a w ild mil trauseoullueutul Journey, "was a post mal and a human being. Negroes us age stamp; and, living In a country sert that it can smell powder, Just ns where official» are public servants. It they believe that a crow cun smell seemed strange to me to stand with powder, but there Is no evidence that hat removed, before n counter, behind Its sense of smell Is specially devil which a man sat with his cap on, oped. dressed like a major general, who gra Its power of flight Is not great, nor Is ciously cou«<mte<l to sell me a atainp. it enduring on foot. There are many Great aa the postninater la. lie Is noth animals which prey upon it and can ing compared to an army otHoer. Ou out run it. It tins hud to depend for one extremely hot day on the Amour, preservation u|s>u Its Intellect, and this a wealthy merchant was lying on a Intellect has come to be remarkably sofa In the cabin. He bad removed III* developed. coat. A lieutenant In the army, travel Th- turkey Is not hard to find nnd ing third class a* a deck pn»senger, kill when It Is gobbling from a tree top happened to sea him lu hl* ahlrt In the early sprlug morning, but Un sleeves, and Just above 111* head a pic- person who goes after one later In the ture of the Emperor, lie thereupon day must know his business. It Is ordered him to put on hl* coat In ths sometimes taken In traps made of logs presence of the Emperor. Tbs wor and roofed with branches, there being chant appealed tu the captain of ths an entrance under the Ixvttom log Once ■tcaniboat, but to no effect.” Inside, having been tolled there by Vo xloolam in Martinique. parched corn grains. It travels around Martinique has long been famous »a and around looking for an exit higher -tie of the strongholds of voodoolsm In than Its head. It Is sometimes slain, too, by being the West Indies. It Is true that the led to a shallow trench dug In tin fetich cult has not assumed the pro- woods and sprinkled with parched (Hirtlons fend peculiar turn there that corn, a V sha|>ed blind having been it has In Hayti, but at ths same tints prepared .thirty yards away. If shot the old voodoo doctors of Martinique legitimately, bows'er. at any time have long enjoyed the reputation of save at daybreak or when flying Uno being gifted with prophecy and of lie- Its roost at night. It must In* <-alle<l to Ing able to forecast future events with the hidden gun. and In thia the science -urprialng eorreclnsss. An old Degress, a famous voodoo doctress lu her day, c»f the hunter Is made manifest •old tli- Empress Josephine wheu a girl tha* »he would marry a King, but How to Live Long. Sidney Cooper. the veteran artist, would die In a hospital. Napoleon ala who died recently at the age of l»H. vated her to the throne wheu he be describes In bls "Reminiscences" tlie came Emperor of the French and aba mode of Ilfs which be followed for afterward -died at MSliualson. many years. “I used to walk flve or Millions In Gifts six miles every day; now I only <11 An annual cyclopedia for 1901 places three or four, but these regularly at the total gifts and beqiieats In the the same hour. 1 always go to my Unite«! States last year at |IO7.3OO,<ZM!. (stinting room at 7 o’clock In the morn There Is one thins you men may aa ing In the summer, half an hour later la the winter, set my palette, and point well learn early; that your wive« don't till breakfast la ready at 8 o'clock. really care If you like their new hala I or this I eSt oatmeal porridge, some or not. will l>e aomewtint tiresome, and thus tend to lessen one's Interest In til o work. A boy with a little skill enti rig up nn old clockwork to do the turning, or the device illustrated here may be evustructed from material found about tile house. It consists of a sullably-mounied spindle, having a block of wood or a large cork ou oue end to tit snugly in lhe tumbler so aa to support It. nud also secured on the spindle Is a drum, conveniently a large spool, from which a cord extends to (oiim-etloti with a fixed double pulley and it movable double pulley to which the actuating weight Is attached. If It Is not convenient to procure pulleys, plates of metal, or even of wood, may Le pierced with boles, through which the cord may pass, aa shown In the cut; but. obviously, pulleys an* prefer able, because of the smaller friction and wear on the cord, w hich lust may be a small fish line, When it Is desired to Inspect tlie progress of the work, the flow of emery may lie cut off by a Htiiull cork attached to a string. Wheu the string Is loosened tlie weight of the emery will force the cork Into the upper end of the funnel tube. Tlie spindle should be provided with a crank for convenience In row lulling the cord, and during the rewinding, the work of the emery may continue. l-hlueaiion of Puriota. To tench n parrot to talk It Is never necessary to place the poor bird in a darkened room or to starve him. Com mon sense would suggest that he should bo made as happy as possible in bls surroundings. Give bun good food hemp. maize, oats, biscuit. Aa a slice of fruit Is always beneficial, a bit of apple, of pear, of bnnana, or of carrot will do very well. Also ace that your pet has pure drinking water, a largo cage, some soft wood to gnaw, with plenty of coarse grit on the door of thu cage, for he needs the small stones to aid his digestion. A parrot lu those comfortable circumstances may then bo left nlone In a room while ills teacher conceals himself In another. The teach er, w ho should be heard, but uot seen, should repent, with Intiuite patience, over and over again, the word or word.» lie wishes h s pet to learn. Tlie female purrots do not talk—the female of the song birds, It should be remembered. Is not it singer so that efforts of edu- cation In that line arc quite thrown away. -Our Animal Erlends. Hand-Hnried IVocuiiient« tn Turkestan In hie explorations of Chinese Tur kestan Dr. M. A. Stein lias fouud, in some of tlie snnd covered tow ns and villages, many documents written on wooden tablets and carefully scaled, which, when dsclpliered. will probaldy throw much light upon the life of tlie people who formerly dwelt In thia da-s erf. The preservative properties of the sand have kept tlie Ink black and the seals ami binding strings Intact. Tlie script In which the documents are written la of a still existing form known in India. Home of the burled towns are one hundred miles from the present edge of the desert, and one of them covers, with Its scattered ruins of dwellings and shrines, a space of twenty four square miles. That 1‘ersistciit Microtie. "Mary, have you sterilised tlie milk?” •'Yes, dear." "Have you soaked the lieefsteak in antiseptics?” "1 have." “Have y u burned sulphur In the pan- try?” ••Of course." "And boiled the lee?" “Why, certainly!" "And notlflcd the undertaker to call In an hour and nee bow we're getting along?" "Yea." "Then I suppose It wITT he snft* to go ahead and set the table."-*-Baltimore News. A M<>«« Ingenious Parsalo*. Watson Women are alway curious, Pesinoti My wife Isn’t curious a bit. a corion» Watson Then she tnnst sort <>f woman! The better a man knows you. the en.s- ler It Ixwomea for him to fln-l z »»y t* ■ell you ««met hlng
