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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 8, 1885)
WINDING VI' TIMK. A wee. brown maid on thn ilnondon tat. Jlcr tmall face bit 'ncatti a wldc-brlmmcd bat. A broken clock on bcr bnbv knee Blie wouuJ with an ancient, rim'y Iter. "What arc vmi doing, my prrtty one! P aylng with Time!" I asked lu fitit. Large and wise were thi soil, dark eye.', Lifted to mine In a g'nve surprise, "1'ec wlndln' him up, to nnke him go, For bo's sod'cftul pokey and slow." Wlndlne tin Time! Ah. bnbv mine. How crawl thctc lengthened inomrntAnf thine, now samy siotv goes Ilic Maw old man, Hut he has not changed, since the world began, jic uors noi cnange, uuwn nller years, AVhtn he mlng cs our cup of Joy with tears; And duties arc muni', and t)lt'iiMiriA fleet. And the way crows rough 'neath our tired feet. When the dav Is too short for Its ctowd of care. And night surprises us unawares, We do not wlsti to hurry his feet, Hut tlnd his go ng nil too fleet. Ah, baby mine, some future day, YaXi w 11 throw that rusted key away And to 1'hucbus' car will madly cling, As It whirs along, Jlkt n winged tlilnir, And wond r how. runnniul vears iis-o. Yoa ro ever lvu tatt$lit (Hut TiOOO WjO Miavti J. in 76i CQrrm. CtAWPUB I. IS tm h (W) BoucristfO of j$M Wy a4. Kath ilatlcrd was draKinr near. ly ivw thu ost promising yowig laan i thv aoighbiH'hood rf Gray Uagly chorea, Arknnmw. IlS possessed many good traitS of esiwae tcr, yet ho had act that fctcndlness uf purpose accessary to tho achievement of woll, people who know him said that unless ho cultivated tonnoltv hu would never sot tho world afiro. Ruth was a quiet, oven tempered girl. In thco picturing ot gontlones3 she could have appropriately sorved aa a niouoi. A I . V oaiuruny ovcmti'f, inch was to coma nnd spend Sunday. Kuth stood at tho farm gate, looking down tho road. Sho saw Ned coming and ho waved her liandkorehiof air hint. "IIo is tho dearest man in tho world," she mused. "I will sound my lifo in devotion to him." "Thoro sho stands," Ned mused "Uood-girl, tho right kind of a girl to inako a good wife buthoigho." "Nod, I thought you never would come," sho. said advancing to moot him. "I thought that I was making good IIH10, JVUlll. Oh, you might have thought so for it is much moro wearisome to wait than it is to trnvol." 'los, I suppose so. Is your falhor wonr no asKou as no opened tho gate for her. "No, not very. His cough does not soom to got any better." "Sorry to hear it. Shall wo go to tho houso or walk awhiloP" ) "You havo walked enough, Ned. Why didn't you rider"" "Well, I was out in tho woods, thinking, when tho times for mo to set out arrived, so 1 thought (hat it would bo saving time to walk rather than to go back to tho houso and catch a horse." I Mr. Hatford, with feeble troad, was walking up and down tho porch. Ho cordially greeted tho young man, for whom ho had a pronounced rogard. Bolioving that ho could not live much longer, and with a natural anxiety for tho welfaro of his daughter, ho looked upon Ned as ho would havo looked upon a son. 1 "How nro you feeling, Mr. Hat i ford?" tho young man asked as ho soatod himself in a large arm chair which Kuth had drawn out from au adjoining room. "I am not at all woll. Ned. To toll yoji tho truth, I believe that my time hero is short." "Oh, don't say that, father," tho girl implored; "I cannot help hut say it, Kuth, when I feel it so strongly. It should not mnko you sad, for Ft is much bet ter to bo doittl thuu it is to sudor with out tlio Hlightost hope of rocovorv. It is tho pain of this world that makes us willing to try the fortunes of tho world to come. Thoro is ono thing that 1 ctuinot help but regret: This fcirm is mortgaged for ail it is worth. ' Bolng havd pressed, in isunsoqiionco of Inability to look after my idVuuy, oom pollod inu to go in debt.'" Nyd madu no vopjy. Kuth looked at (!ilm with nil oxitrossiou of eagerness. Sim longed to hear hhn toll hur father that it made no diiloronoo. "lie in dovi uigsomo iwblo pbm," nlio uosud, but Noil's iirco ubowod no Hiatus of gonoroas ucoutomphition. "Woll," said ttw) old lie down. I luai nfraid of thu plwtmuit an oik. nemo. wlhsrti." j&ed wautuHwd whoa tho old sum lHid.vkt;uvt(, "hit oh wtdit out into Mm giAai." They walloud :unop; fai ttavvxiM whfbh tko u law! so :untoJly eoJU vated. f ho air wan swAst w'tr-U tfaiw rlcii porfurdo of iposos. "Nod, BiimrtW smui to fefewvigh iufi on yur ild. "1 in WMt vsury vwJl." . "1 tn so swery. t'm 9A lUvykjfadMfp for jsduP" "N, 1'B lio aU ritbk iutn awhile." They WgaiAki tB8o. uJ'h jierewa resting, ivd m feetftRML sighs iWd ntf. ostfttfb) tiQ) ftftite Tatiou. 0 "NedB pleiBio Ufa mo wboK. bi UAj mutter vtt'th mm SonRriebeaa 6o0- ti troublingviii" "ilith, Kt us m ikevK Ibvd" They sat on a rnstlo Uth. jVBOfiaa fow moments of tiodititllota H0bj marked: "I fuar that you tiro deceived ia ifio, lam-" "Now plonso don't upbraid youmeK. You are thu best, the noblest man in thu world." Ho sighed wearily. "No, I havu bo. gun Jo uulluvo IliiU Uiero Is nothing good about mo. ItutlTT I" What, NodP" 'I punnol marry yon now. My ulr (!umiami " Now, Nod, you kuuw tlittt niukii uo dlM'uruneo." "Let inu trot through. My olruuin tMiiouM uro tuuli llul I uannol uifurd to ninm cumiot in jiiklluu lo yuu u( ford It. Another ililng. J liavo llml Luru In llio luiiuitry all my (p hihI Itf4v nvriHi Hiuililiiii hi liu tforw h 13 all right w lit u wuimui. InH u uiHi4 wko jiM novor boeii uroitu4 ddirt for sovcral days, that wo'd bolter in ueiiniteiy postpone that little almlr o ours.- I want to go out west. I wan; to soo something." Sho had arisen. Tho moon coming from behind a fleecy fragment ot cloud, throw its light upon Iter col orlcss face. "Then vou have been deceiving mo. You don't love mo!" sho said with a sob, "Now here, Kuth, don't talk thai way. You can find a better husband than I could possibly bo. Kuth, wh6r aro you going?" "lo tho house." "I hope that i havo not offended yu n Uh, no," she replied in a tone ol sarcasm, "the courteous iIr. Ulj never oll'cnded anyone. Good bye." "Here, Kuth, just a minute." ShcMlid not tun; around. Now I have lixed it," h& mused. 'I intended to brcaft it gently, but fallal. Well. I hBo simply don my duty. IYvould lfl ajisurobfo if 1 were to m firry and sfttllo dowo hers. Jt is ifflNsiulo ft a meo to explain hita- glf to wore ft ii. Honor it, slie don't wut to vodorstnod me. X oi sorry for the old Bjn ind sorrr fwr the f irl, of ctrnir.1?. Well, for that waiter, am worry for sty.!'. All o?cr. Now I'll show tho jKJoplo tfaatieao ttncomplisfa vomfthiog;." rnAPTtu jr. Ruth did not tcU hrr father. The next day when ho asked why Ned did not stay all nigbt, she replied that he had a business appointment which he was compelled to meet. Two days later, the old man died. Just Wfore passing away, ho spoke in high praiso of Ned. Tho girl wus almost heart broken, hut she spoke to no one of her grenter grief. Tho llowor of her love became tho thorn of hate, anil deep within horsolf, sho burned with re vengeful desire. J ho farm was sold and Kuth wont out west to live with her uncle. Sot eral years passed, hut sho had nover ceased to pray for revenge. Her time was coming. Ono day, with a fooling of pleasure, a kind of bitter delight, sho learned that Ned lily lived in the country, that no Had iicgun the practice of law in a town not far away. Sho felt sure ho would come to see her, for ho hail tried to see lier before sho left her old home. Kuth," said her uncle, upon re turning from tho town, "J mot an old friend of yours to-day. His nanio is Ned Illy. You know him, don't you?" Uh, yes, l know liiin. He said that ho had known you a long time. 1 had some law business and I gave it to him. The people say that ho is a lino lawyer." 'I am glad to hear it. When you see him again, give him my compli ments." All right. 1 am going back day nfter to-morrow." Whon Mr. Hatford returned from his second visit he said to Kuth: "When I told Hlvthatyou sont your compliments, ho seemed to bo surpris ed. He blushed, I thought. Ah, Kuth, ho is a capital fellow, aiid, by the way, no promised to .call Hero next buu- dav." "I shall bo delighted to moot him," Kuth replied. Mio was delighted, but what a de light! Tho face of her father came up boforo her. "Now," sho mused, my time is coining. 1 will win It is love. Then 1 will toaoh him a bettor lesson, 1 despise him!" When Illy camo. she mot him with out the slightest betrayal of emotion. He had not changed." Miss Kuth, time has not in thu loast altored you," ho said, as hefoud lr looked upon her. "No. 1 am about the same, 1 think." "I was afraid that you would hate nio." "Oh, I could novur hate you, Ned or Air. jhv, ratuer. "That's right, call mo Nod. Whv nuuniMU k i , .it, win it lumia. ,,i i.i. ...... a r.. ...... ..i.i f;. "Yes, we grow up together." "l.otmosou. Six years have pass ed sinuu we parted in tho garden." "Yes," she said, with a sigh. "Si.v years tho longest of my life. Two years ago, I wont buck to thu old homo. It was four vears to a any since wo parted. 1 went into tho gar- don, whioh 1 was &ld to we, had un dergone but little change, und sut on tho old bench. I plucked a ruso, 1 UhVu its wlthvrvd loave-" Oh, Nod- " ltutb, I wtw a fnol, bat, durilno-, I lovted you tbeo. No', r hough, 1 wor ship tod. li Ol wlUi." ' Yoh," sho whispered. Whxo h bml oinj, and rbilo wh MHt'ia hi room, stin; o?r tho ir pyfMp'ei of her riTeaga, tho -.wo of kiv du;id iuthvr oamu op bur hwr. "I will tvub yon a tawoa, oh, vnu b,A I mil Vol It out oa the iloir witb you ami tiB, la tieM prhntn.' ot tb tomjnmy, 1 wiil HouwV, jos. ThjuaJi (k)d, thiu. th tlM koonlar." jted wiih bnpsj. As bm dros to wturd hfe) km fidly taod o fr tb Wi-ikt pt'utsMtvi ybiefe hvkI osu b Beano kitt. "It in krtw km it , W thtkaAV 'Sad 1 narrbod hxflr i.fjiw m, 1 would hnvo sttb'd t)w t-ta, a sotf'o buJtMNee, Ubftt a vb prm aeet (if oris aowwotlsw to aoy'oit getter. 1 wtei swt riodio Via' vs UKtbimr. I feilt It wicWe v aWit KoitBittiltpf ouiteaOw (tf It. J$ow 1 agt In i fair way, ma only to boiuajfee prosperous, bat to become wealtby- l have aiuays loved -VUIB- 1 baviU never inouiii unit mho was onuroiy lost to nio. Noble girl, her mind never conceive a wrong thought." Tim time for the marriage wiu up po uted Until was nappy in her do ttiruiiiiat'on ol being iivuiikimI. "1 will loueli you what it u to nutlur," hti Ihuuxhl. "How nan thu fool bo n hluiiO1 Kuontl, he thinks tluil Unv him. Men me hiipIi (uol ' A liu'ttu mnnlwi u( iiuuiiId wuiu Iti viiud- NmI wmituti ili dirir qtiiwi. Iml Hull) wul "b'u. wg u'Uhlw (ulwiiiM) uur liaiduM," titnl Villi I tllll U ut. ,,ipu lieyttiMiJ Ma m A, ituiii," bml mm "I liiluuYu uvomlikOii Ui you Ulll V1 forbcrance which tho angels thorn solves could not teach, you do not know how I worship vou. I have bought a nice little houso and well, i long ior you to seo it. i want, vou to soo how devoted a man can be. You aro thoughtful, Kuth." "I am thinking, lovo, of our coming Happiness." She turned her face from him. Sho was afraid that her thoughts of ven gcance might be outlined on hor coun tcnanco. "I know that wo shall bo happj," sho said. "When loving hearts conio together, suushino must follow." "Ah, Uttlo doubly paid havo never troMuro, you shall bo for ovory privation. I ceased to think of you Kuth, would you not rather bo tho wifo of a prosperous lawyer than tho wifo of nn indillercnt farmer?" "It would make no dillercnco to me, dear, so long as I am your wifo." "You are au angel. Kuth. I don't boliove that you over had a bitter thought." "Not acaitmt vou. precious," sho replied scarcely able to conceal hor naie. "Ruth, during our lonu xeparntioo, whilfl nmnv people wero anxious to compliment we, 1 did not cose to lo?ingly think of tht quiet little girl woo liarf woo my boyish lovo. I know oow tbat fate is kind, that thi old world bin bnon slandered. " The day arrived. Kuth st in her room, waiting for the coming ox tho man who had darkened hr life. "Wheo I denounce him," sho mused, "uncle aod aunt will say that 1 acted rightly. Oil, I will toach that wretch a luKson that lit) will neTr forget. I know that he lore roe und 1 hats him for ft." Ned arrircd. Hulh heard hit merrr laugh, and she laurhed bitterlr. She wore a roo in her hair, a row which sho fancied came from the old garden. When sho descended the staira and caught a glimpse of the company as sembled in tiio parlor, she smiled. Sho would givo them a piece of acting. without, betraying her dcsocrale in tention, sho stood beside Ned. Tho minister advanced. Now was hor time. Sho trembled violently. The ceromonv was pronoiyiecd. blioliad saul "yos." 31io sat down when her friends had congratulated hor. When tho people ivoro gono sho threw her arms around iter husband and exclaimed: "Oil, Ned, I worship you." Yes, tho time for her revenge had 3ome. Arkansas Traveler. An Old-Timo Sehool-ilastcr. A hundred nnd fifty years ago, imong the Gorman settlors of I'enn jylvania, there was a roinarkablo old jchool-niaster, whose name was Chris topher Dock. For three days ho taught school at a littlo place called Skippaok, and then for tho next three lavs he taught atSalford. Whenever ono of his younger schol ars succeeded in learning liis A IJ C, 'ho good Christopher Dock required the father of his pupil to give his son a penny, and also asked his mother to cook two eggs for him as a treat in honor of his diligence. To poor chil dren in a liow country these woro lino rewards. At various other points in his progress, nn industrious child in ono of Dock's schools received a jxm ly from Ids father and two egsr'1 :ooked by his mother. All this time he was not counted a member of the, jchool, but only as on probation. Tho day on which a boy or girl logau to read was the great day. If tho pupil ind been diligent in spelling, the mas ter, on tho morning after the lirst' reading day, would give a ticket care fully written or illuminated with hi' iwn hand. Tliig read: "Industrious one penny." This showed that tho scholar waj now toally receired into the school. There wero no clocks or watches; the children came to school one after mother, taking their places near the master, who sat writing. They sinint their time reading out of tho Testa ment until all were there. But ovary one who sncceodod in rondiug his torso without mistake stopped reud ing, and came and sat at thu writing table to write. The poor follow wlio remained last on the bunch was called La.y Scholar. The funniest. of Dock's rewardi was that which ho gave to thoto who madu ao mistake in their lessomt. llo mark ed a largo O with chalk on the hand uf tho perfect scholar. Fancy what a time this boys and girls must have had trying to go homo without rubbing out this 01 From a ".SVAoo of Iomj Ago," 'it dm aid Koylevion, in HI. Nkiiiilas lor Jul. A oroldf a Kmsii Boy's 8a perstitios. "Will you jiltrnw ie djo a how?" polltuly ruitoJ a littlo Brook lyn boy of a gvotlcnwa on Gts veoai. "A wbatf ' altd the cistoaiabed PAdttttfriti, Mtopiag tihurt, like graftd tukb'ift's cVodt. 1 a)r, no tow" gloodted th& hoy. "Wfcis W,i taiv bOW?" "Tbi, lt!d, f," hoi, oii- Matf bbs bali0 ivMt it iGfebuu&w sa. e "Vhiut. to yoo Vlt fc6fP" "C6b, I'm ftttiws a cedUatlosa vi- titeu aoyhoit; mvsu mt ihy 1 saiutlt it fa4'a loo pipv. Vko 1 Um -giitiCwflf fojl I' frfiw, to tBar ib. ? beo wbMM 1 tflafis ap I'll flitrt icu (8olfl:oicolo lt 'rt "Ob, tbiO'x It. Well, boro'i yirxr tow," iOld the geutlean, giving the ) until a aiilaam that "Aonlil have made au Kasterii prince's evos bulge oiilke white knobs on u black wal nut bureau, .Wui J'uri Juurmil. Coiiolimlvo ICvidomu ,1 ml ie Itobert (ii-iiidiod, the Little Honk UaulUhiuuii who annually ola- IllUlOi (lit) llllllldU Of IMO i)UtHU. w liweiith nuiunioiitid imi viiuu ii Uwlih lu a un o lion lwUiu "i'liti 'am ul lliw 'uaj vvu cwUl inn juur hwuwl, ami lmlliltl nhm UiUitU Wtaf a'Ud. I UiallMMJ lUal tl Ml Ik all tM UBJ Uit IU I tow 'm I p NtM Uu UJi' nJ.lfc W Bd wv Uul & W m il 'm l4tn BILL NYE IN BOSTON. An Acronnt of a Visit to Ills Birthplace in the State ot Mrtine. Last week I visited my birthplaco in too slato ot Alamo. 1 waited thirty years lor tue puohc to visit it, aud as thoro didn't seem to bo much of a rush this spring, I thought 1 would go nnd visit it myself. 1 was tolling a friend tho othor day that tho public did not seem to manifest tho interest in my birthplace that I thought it ought; So, and ho snid I ought hot to mind that. "Just wait," said ho, "till tho people of tho United States have nn opportunity to visit your tomb, and you will bo surprised to seo how they will run excursion trains up tnoro to Moosehead lake, or whoreyor you plant yoursolf. It will bo a perfect picnic, xour Hold on llio American people, William, is wonderful, but your death Would 'om to assure it, nnd kind of crystahro the alloction now existing, but still in a nebulous and irulumy state." A man ought not to criticise his birthplace, I presume, and yet, if I were to do it ail overatrain, 1 do not know whether J would hlect that par ticular spot or not. sometime 1 thins. I would not. And yot, what memorios cluster about that old housel J hero was the place where I lirst met my patents, it was at that time that on acquaintance sprang up which lias ripened in late vears into mutual re- hppct and esteem. It was there that what might Im termed u casual moot ing took plsce that ha.", under the al- cbuiny of resistless year?, turned to goldou links, funning a pleasant but powerful bond of union between my pareuts and myself. For that reason I hope that 1 may be spared to ray parents for many years to come. Many old memories now cluster about that old homo, as 1 have said. Tucro is, also, other old bric-a-brac which has accumulated since I was born there. I took a small stone from the frontyard as a kind of "memento" of the occasion aud the pi: tee. I do not think it has been detected vet. There was another stone in thu yard, so it may be weeks before anyone finds out tiiat l took one of them. How humble the home, and yet what a lesson it should teach tho boys of America! Here, amid the barren and the inhospitable waste of rocks and cold, the last place in the world that a man would naturally select to be born in, began the lifo of one who, by his own mrtided effort, in after years rose to the proud height of lostui.vslcr at Laramie City, Wyoni n g, and, witli an estimate of the fu ture that was almost prophetic, re signed iMjfore lie could be character ized as an oll'ensive partisan. Here on tiio banks of the racing Piscataquis, where wintrr linger in the lap of soring till it occasion a good deal of talk, there began a ca reer which has been the wonder and uliniration of erorv vigilance com mittee west of the turbulent Missouri. There on that spot, with no inherit ance but a predisposition to prema ture baldness and a bitter hatred of rum, with no personal property but a mislit suspender ami a stono-bruiso, Iwgan a life history which has never ceased to bo a warning to people who sell groceries on credit. It should teach tho youth of this young land what glorious possibilities may lie concealed in thu rough and tough bosom ot" the reluctant present. It shows how steady perseverance and a good appetite will always win in the end. It teaches us that wealth is not indispensable, and that if we lire as we should, draw out of politics at tiie proper time, and die a few days be fore the public absolutely demand it, the matter of our birthplace will not lie considered. Still, in v birthplace is all right a a birthplace. It was a good, quiet place in which to lie born. Alt the old neighbors said that Shirley was a very quiet place up to the time 1 was born there, anil when I took my parents by the hands nnd gently led llioni nwa' in tho spring of i'.i, saying: "Parents, this is no place for us," it became quiet. It ia the ouly birthplace 1 have, how erer, and I hope that all the readern of The Globe will feel perfectly free to to there tiny time and visit it, and carry their dinner, as I did. Extrava gant cordiality and oversowing hos pitality hove always kept my birth place back. lioMon Sumlun Globe. A Dronlt l7nihrflla A most laughable scene was witnewj ed at Ui Plaiikiugtoii Houso one eve ning leat week. A traveling man in io tstl Smith win the cauo of it all. ftoiilh lis uow-iashioued umbrella, wbioh ia tho roult of tho tudy of aoiuo 'eoniS. The ribs of the umbrella ht?o joints in tho center, so that un let tho umbrella is spread it loo&s lyie tb worst wreck of an umbrelltf io tbeo world. The cloth loia,all around tlvo aoiidle, ribs that look as though tby re brofcWi stick in every direc tion, thu umbrella is half 9 rung side itot, d ny one who should sm) It i& p lit USiSUiBii'm mini' iiiim mil uuiilJVO tbt b a fcininlo turn of the wrist tho uotbr&lla could be spread to perfec tion, and look like a ncft umbila rifthl out ol tho store. Any man who hhogld cttrry that umbrella along tho ttfrtet under his arm would at onco jVit th) reputation of being drunk, thouph he might he a temperance apostle, a prohibitionist, or a preacher. Tho umbrella luis a drunk look, when lu repose, f'liulli was idiowiog his umbrella to some friends, and all had a laugh over it, when Miiuebody gtiMed Unit they go to tho hotel and Foul the clerks and uuou into the ho llolthat Sinith wa dvunk, uUh on llio strength of th uuihujihi. It was Haloed that buiiili houUr it llioni do any tiling wiin nun mat as sua giiMi lie wustiiupi) iu hh uu uai un lUul Imu'V ol lit hwatl. luuM III hair up. ami ltd ll' UHJorvlla aud lit rtHd llulhulWl I la MM Itot lv 4HgHr, mi slum !) mulauw uf UtuiikiiHttM. ekil lJ iuUl (km U dd hut wait! UhiuBUw. Mj wilt), it ah th uiwuiimJ Mini i uw i m . . I 1 . 1 . . ... ilwil) U ul iMMMTlitfill! Uu t4 i W'sV ill IsAJMi thought. Smith was. Tho clerk turned to one of Smith's friends and said, "Your frond is pretty full." Tho friend said ho was trying to got Smith to go to bed, so tho clerk said to Smith, "Guess you better go to ocd." bmttli raised his head, pulled tho umbrella around and laid It on tho register, and said it was only eight o'clock, and ho didn't want to go to bed. Tho clock looked at Smith and the umbrella, which was collapsed all over tho counter, nud thought it was tho saddest case ho had scon. PeoplQ gathered around and looked at tho umbrella and Smith, and thought ho must have been out in a cyclone ol beer. Ono of tho friends asked tho clork to call a porter and put Smith to uvin. ahu van wus rung,, anu iioe, wio porter, was instructed to show tho flontloman to his room. Joo aw tho umbrella and winfted at tho clork. rtt much aa to say ho had dealt with a good many such guests in his time, and ho took Smith bv tho arm and told him ho had better come alonir quietly to bed, and ho would feel bet ter in the inarniiiir. Smith said ho felt well enough, and did not want to go to Itfid, but Joo took hold of hi win, and at a nod from tho clork ho tinted Smith along toward the eleva tor, the umbrella lianifinrr all over, the ribs sticking against Joe, catching on the elevator door and runninc- into the elevator man's coat. Smith iat down in the eloyator, put tho point of the uniuroiia on tho iloor, when it turned wrong side out. and when they ar rived at Smith's floor he dracircd the umbrella out by the handle. Smith started off iu an opposite direction from his room, aud Joo caught him, and led him tho othor way, Smith all the time saying he did not'want to go to bed, he had an engagement to meet a man at 8:30, and it was an outrage to Ui dragged oft' to bed in a lirst class hotel in the shank of tho evening. Joe tried to soothe him, and linally got him in his room, and Smith laid the umbrella on the bed and was going to sit down on it, wlien Joe grabbed it out from under him, told him the umbrella was dc naoralixed enough without being sat on, aud he cgau to pull oil Smith' boots, saying, "Now, undress your self and I will soon havo you in bed and you can sleep till morning." Smitli begged as a special favor that Joo would go awav and leavo him. ile said he could undress himself onsy enough, and linally Joo went out and loft him. Joe went down the elovator, aud Sinith went out of his room and walked down the stairs, and was standing in tho ollico with tho umbrel la under his arm, talking with his friend apparently just as drunk as ever, whon Joo came out of the eleva tor. Joo looked at Smith as though ho was a ghost, and walked around him twice before he spoke, and then he walked up to Smilh and said, "1 thought I just put you to bed?" Smith looked at Joo in astonishment, and said, "I beg pardon, sir, but 1 believe, 1 have never met you before." Joo' looked again at tho umbrella, aud at Smitli, aud then ho went up tho ele vator to tho room to seo if Smith was thoro; Smitli hurried up tho stairs and got into tiio room, and pulled oil' his coat, and was just trying to get his boots oil", when Joo wrapped, and was told to come in. He opened tho door, saw Smith and tho umbrella, turned pale, asked if lie could be of any help, aud said thoro was a man down in tho otliee that resembled hur. a good deal, and was about as drunk, and had mashed his umbrella terrible. Smith told Joe ho could undress, and Jew wont" out and Smitli put on his coat and went down the stairs ami when Joo came out of tho olcvaiai Smith was looking over the register, witli his um brella hanging loose, ono of tho points iu the overcoat pocket of a stranger who was trying to register. "Stand back, please," said the clerk to Smitli, as he pushed the register to the strang er. Then turning to Joo tho clerk said, "I thought 1 told you to put that drunken man to bed." Joo looked at Smith, and his eyes stuck out, and tho perspiration came out ou his face as ho told the cleik that ho had put the other drunken man to bed, that this was evidently his twin brotlior, as ho had been up to thu other one's room, and ho was there all right. "Woll, take this ono to tho pouud, or the re frigfttor, or somewhere," said the clerh. At this Snflth's friends began to laugh, and Smith straightened his umbrella out and looked as sobor as anybody, and the clork and tho porter soon found that they had been fooled by a drunk and disorderly umbrella. Tho umbrella has been qiiito a curios ity at the hotel for several days, many rospectab citizens trying to borrow it to ta&o homo to fool thoir wives With. Ono gentleman said if ho should go home with that umbrella In that shape, his wifo would procure a divorce. Joo said ho had beou fooled a good many times, but ho nover was so completely taken in as ho was by Smith and tho drunk umbrella.-. VcAj's Sun. Treating" and La. Tho failure which is nuiQuncod of tho "anti-treatlng" law in Nebraska was a foregone conclusion. No law could bo framed for such a purpose which could not bo evaded; and any law attempting to achieve such a purpose was sure to bo provocative of evasion. It was one of tuo8o Invasions of natural right which man instinc tively regards as a ehalenge. It was cafe to predict when the law passed that men who had never treated in their lives would try it eQeo, for thu more purpose of showing their con tempt lor the law or Knurling their tiidt'pelidoiioo. Tim result shows that thu pnullctloii would have beup abun dantly vnrirM The till'irt to HhI iiimiIiimU uf mad I ii if Ihtt law lias trtvli a r) dim.tUd IimihUu lu the drink. lit Itauift Thl la HMWlloaW a mUlultUHa Tht "HvaMhk" UW U uu4ouUMjly a israi vU H ius at Ut ruwi u tai Hiii'HiHl uf itiUmmrtm It it iMtataiU (ttr itiMy MAjr r awttt ul Uwtiruik u$ tUl fc dutMj, aud pfwiMj 11) (tar MtfAi mui Ii la U ufiaw DM Ota wm 9b m Umm ilr hatf ua4ttiatJI llHABaV' iirMutM urwaMMiMtt lUH Ufa tM firm Law and Ivyors. It cannot bo supposed thatovcry one who appears In a court of justice pos sesses that amount of familiarity with his country's laws which would tuako him a lit or capable exponent of his own cause, although thoro aro soruo chronic oil'cnders who, by long exper porionco, have become as expert in cheating the gallows and the jail, as a regularly uidained counsellor at law. Alnioi overy person who attains years of maturit3',"sooncr or later, has some cause which can bo settled ouly ni tho bar of justice, as, for instance, when tho matured person refuses to comply with his promise lo commie matrimony, and refuses to meat his other obligations. Tho duties of a lawyer are not such s can bo discharged by one who is unfamiliar with tholr requirements, for tho art of bullyragging witnesses and throwing dust in tho optics of tho jury is n6t as easy as might bo sup posed. It requires tinio to harden tho check of tho criminal lawyer to the requisite degree of toughness. At all times tho harvest of lawyers' has ljecti abundant, ami there is no immediate reason for fearing that the supply will dimmish, as tho crop is not altectcd by late trost or drouth, or tho seven teen year locusts. haws aro formed to guide tho cood and restrain the evil, but thev do ueithor the one nor tho other, owing to tho skill with which tho laws ure lwrverted by tho lawvors, who irot themselves elected to the legislature, whore thay can mix up the laws so as to promote litigation. Its apostles and expounders should try above all others to seo its majesty maintained. The fact that a man is a lawyer does not argue that ho is wholly abandoned that ho has nothing in common with his fellow man. I heir interests aro identical with tiiose of other citizens. They cannot harm others without sooner or later banning themselves. Let the lawyer vindicate truth anil elevate his profession from the lab rynths of past darkness. Tho first duty of every citizen is to his county. Law is the only profession, that reverses this maxim. The lawver claims that his lirst and highest dutv is to his client. Ho has no desire to seo justice vindicated; usually that is prscisely what he tries to prevent. Siacj tho days of Socrates this has been a legal maxim: "Tho advocate should keep probability in view, and say farewell to the truth." This is a littlo trying to tender susceptibilities, but it is tine. It is rathor a cruel statement of tho case, but lawyers throughout the world's history have justified the remark. Few lawyers oyer make a speech at tho bar that is not full of fallacies. Tho most brilliant ulvocate and tho most contemptible shyster mako common cause to subvert the laws of thoir country. 'Texas Sifting. Traveling in 1700. From an illustrated paper on "bo- I'M hv Hilirnril oial Lifo 'in the Colonies,' Eggleston, in the July Century, wo quote tho following: "Tho Virginia planter of tho richer sort, who "was said to live witli more show and luxurv than a country gentleman in Unglaixl on au estate of three or four thousand pounds a year, showed a strong liking tor the stately six-liorso coach, with postilions; but it was not until 1720 that wheeled carriages wero recog nized in tho legal price-list of tho Vir ginia ferries. In the othor colonies, also the coacli was valued as a sign of oilicial or family dignity, and some of the richer Carolinian carried 'their luxury so far as to have carriages. horses, coachmen, and all, imported from England'; but in Carolina, and overy where north of Virgiuia, tho light open' 'chair' or the covered chaise was generally preferred. These wero bettor suited to the roughness and sinuosity of the roads than tho coach. The chaise was a kind of two-whoelod gig, having a top, and drawn sometimes by one, and sometimes by two horses; tho chair had two wheels, but no top; the sulky, which was much used, diller from the chair cliioily in having room for but ono person. All those seem to have boon hunr on straps, or thorough-braces, insteau of springs. Boston ladies in the middle of tho eighteenth centurytook tho air iu haisos or chairs, with negro drivers. Boston gentlemen also allectod negroO attendants when they drove their chairs or rodo on saddlo-horses. Hut in rural nioiis, from Pennsylvania northward, ladios took delight in driving about alone in opon chairs, to the amazement of European travelers, who deemed that a paradise in which SOiuen could travel wltfjUut protec tion. Philadolphians woro fond of a long, light, covered wagon, with benches, which wouliUcarry a dozen persons iu an excursiotrto the country. Sednu-chairs were occasionally used in tho cities. The Dutch introduced sleighs into Now l ork at a very early date; but sleiglis ior pleasure, mougn known iu Boston about 1700, oitfy came into gouoral uso in the northern irovinees at a somowuiii inter period. Tho lirst stage wagon in tho colonics was run from 1 ronton toow Bruns wick, twico a week, Muring tho sum mer of 17JJ8. It was a link in tho tedious laud and water journey from Philadelphia to New York, and trav elers wero promised that it would Bo lilted up with benches, aud covered over, so that p-issengers may sit easy and dry." 11 ! sw llio KirVot ol Wind ou halt Crystals. Coarse salt Is made In thu West tidies by the solar evaporation of sea water. 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