A SPANISH IX) VB SONG.
r(Fram the Springfield Republican.)
? words of mine can tell you
iTuera is no uiitrui r pou j
Can name since love was born
That VihlHa mir-h WA AH TTllTlft Ifl
Since lore went first forlorn.
How can I leave you, only
If It be for today?
What cheer can speed my lonely
Sad heart upon its way?
And how can I, returning,
Cheat longing with delay?
Ah, you may know the reasons
That bid the tear-drops start!
And yon may time love's seasons
And bid old love depart,
But how bring back that moment
We "first stood heart to heart?
How swift the brief night passes,
The morn comes on apace
That quickens your, caresses
' with ftvenr fond embrace
Here, through my pain, I feel the rain
Of kisses on my face.
The Abandoned House.
OR fifteen years I passed
nearly every day, and some
times twice a day, through
a little street situated at the
extreme limit of the Fau
bourg St. Germain, and end
ing in one of those mag
nificent boulevards which
radiate about des Invalides. It was
one of those very rare Parisian by
ways where there is not a single
shop. I do not know a more tranquil
pot. Several gardens, enclosed In
long low, walls overhung with branch
es, shed over the deserted street in
May the delicate odor of lilacs; in
June, , the heavier perfume of elder
flower and acacias.
Among these was one abode even
more isolated than the others. When
the porte cochere opened to admit a
landau or coupe, the pedestrian (who
heard the echo of his steps on the
sidewalk) saw only a gravelled road,
bordered with a hedge which turned
abruptly toward a house hidden amid
the verdure. It would have been dif
ficult to find a corner more secluded.
The place contained neither gardner's
house nor porter's lodge, nothing but
that nest in the foliage.
One could not glance at this bower
without thinking, "How happy one
could be here 'solus cum sola' with a
grande passion!"
For the pavilion was inhabited. The
garden, gay with flowers, always
carefully attended to, was a proof of
that In winter, the smoke from the
chimneys rose to the gray sky, and
ill lilts vvnuum u. ugut. miuiit: uilujj
behind the thick curtains, always
closely drawn. .Several times I saw
going or coming through the lattice
door an old servant In sombre livery,
and .with a circumspect, even sus
picious, air. Evidently I should gain
nothing by interrogating him. Be
sides, what right had I to trouble
with vain curiosity the unknown host
or hosts of the closed house?
T repnftd tlipir secret, but the
enigmatical dwelling continued to ex
ercise for me its singular attraction.
One July night, a stifling night, un
der a dark, heavy sky, I came home
about 11 o'clock, and, according to
my usual habit, I mechanically turned
my steps so as to pass before the
mysterious pavilion. The little street,
lighted only by three gas jets far
apart, which flickered in the heated
air, was absolutely deserted. Not
leaf stirred on the trees in the garden
All nature was dumb in the quiet
which precedes a storm.
I was in front of the pavilion, when
some notes were struck on a pian
within and echoed in the motionless
air. I noticed with . surprise that,
doubtless because of the heat, two of
the windows were .partly open.
though not enough for one to see the
Interior of the apartment Suddenly
a woman s voice, a soprano of won
derful .'sweetness and power, burst
forth upon the silence of the night
She sang a short melody, of strange
rhythm and the most touching mel
ancholy, In which I divined instinct
ively a popular air, one of those flow
era cf primitive music which are never
gathered in the gardens raked by
professional maestri, les, It certain
ly was a folk-song, but of what coun
try? I did not recognize the tongue
In which the words were written,
but I felt there the plaintive inspira
tion, and fancied that I detected in
them the sad spirit of the North. The
air was thrilling, the voice sublime.
It hardly lasted two minutes, but
never felt in all my life such a deep
musical sensation, and long after the
song had died away. I felt still vi
brating within me the final melodious
note, sharp, penetrating, sad, like
long cry of pain. I remained there
for a lcng time in the hope cf hearing
that delicious voice again, but sua
denly a stcrm burst upon tha city.
The wind shock the trees. I felt a
large drop of rain on my hand.
was obliged to make all haste to get
home.
Some days afterward I was in the
Casino at Dieppe with some jolly
companions, and took part in an ani
mated discussion upon music.
praised popular airs, which spring
spontaneously from an Innocent sen
timent In aid of my theory, I re
lated my adventure.
"What do you think of this air?"
I asked Prince Kha!cff, a young Rus
sian witn whom I was very intimate,
"I snail never forget it" I said warm
ly. I proceeded to sing It indifferent
ly well.
"Well," replied the young prince.
"you can congratulate yourself, my
dear sir, in having had such a rare
treat That melody is a song cf the
sailors or Dronthe'm, awcy out in
Norway, and the beeutiful voice must
have been that of Stlberg. with
whom we were all in love two years
ago, wnsn ene made her debut in St
Petersburg. that Stclbpre -who s
the rival of her countrywoman Nil
sson, and who would have become one
of the greatest singers of the centurv
If she bad not been suddenly
snatcned irom art from the stage.
from success of all kinds by her love
for Count Basil Lcbanof, at that
time my comrade in the Guards, when
we were both cornets In the cavalry.
Yes, for two yeirs we were without
news cf Basil. He had given up his
commission, and left Russia without
saying adieu to any one. And we
only knew vaguely that he had hid
den himself in Paris with his wife;
but We were Ignorant of the place of
his retreat until you now revealed
it by chance."
"So," said I, "the wonderfully gift
ed artist has renounced everything
for a little love affair."
"Say rather for a great passion!"
cried the prince. "Although very
young, Stolberg had had numerous
flirtations when she met Lobanof. I
was there In the green room on the
evening when Basil who, I should
tell you, is as handsome as a god
was presented to her, and I saw the1
diva pale with emotion, even under
her powder and paint Oh, it was
startling, and I thought that she
would carry off our young friend that
same evening, pell-mell, with the tri
umphant bouquets, after the nftn act.
But immediately he became as jeal
ous as a Mussulman yes, jealous of
the very public when she sang, ae
was always there in tne iront seats
of the orchestra, and at each burst
of applause he turned abruptly, and
cast a sombre look ever tne nouse.
That look seemed to express a desire
to slap the whole audience in the
face. Everything went wrong. Even
when the czar was present the prima
donna had eves for no one but Basil,
sang always to Basil. That caused
trouble behind tie scenes, and the
nc or g!rl decided to leave the stage.
She did so at the end of three months,
at the close of her engagement He
married her and since then they have
hidden themselves In raris, in the
retreat which you discovered. They
must be dead in love. But I will
gladly bet a hamper of champagne
that Basil will get over it He is
built like the Farnese Hercules, and
thev say poor Stolberg is consump
tive. They nretend even that it Is
disease which gives her voice its
wonderful power and extraordinary
sweetness and pathos. Her gift is the
result of disease, like the pearl. All
the same, no matter how muen in
love with Lobanof then poor girl is,
she will die of weariness In that
cage in which he keeps her. Then
she must sing very rarely, since in the
many times you have passed before
their house you have heard her but
once, that night of the storm, well,
it will end badly."
The conversation turned to other
things, and the next day I left Dieppe
to -go with some friends to Lowar
Normandv. I had only been there
ten days when I read accidentally in
a theatrical paper the following no
tice: "We announce with sorrow the
death of Mile. Ida Stolberg, the
Swedish cantatrlce, who shone so
briefly and brilliantly on the stage
in Germany and Russia, and who re
nounced her lyrical career in the
midst of her success and has been
living quietly In Paris for two years
past. She died of pulmonary con
sumption."
I had never seen Stolberg. Once
only had I heard that incomparable
voice. Still, the reading of this com
monplace notice, which announced to
me the fulfillment of Prince KhalofTs
dismal prophecy, broke my heart
knew now the whole mystery of the
closed house. It was there that the
poor woman had languished and been
extinguished, deeply in love, no doubt
but stifled also by the captivity to
which she was condemned by the jeal
ousy of her husband. No doubt also.
she was full of regrets for the former
triumphs of her abandoned art. The
fate of Stolberg seemed so sad to me
that I fairly hated the man who had
sacrificed her whole life. He seemed
to mo a fop, an egotist a brute,
was certain that he would soon con
sole himself for the loss of his wife.
that he would soon forget the poor
dead woman, and that unworthy of
the love which he had inspired, he
would also be incapable of grief or
fidelity.
On my return to Paris, one of the
first persons I met on the boulevard
was Prince Khaloff. I told him how
much I had been moved at the news
of the singer's death, and I could not
hide from him the instinctive antip
athy which I felt toward Lobanof.
"Behold, you people of imagina
tion!" cried the prince. "You were
charmed for an Instant by this wo
man's voice, and you feel a posthum
ous love for her, and a retrospective
jealousy of my poor friend. I own
to you that I have always thought
Basil a more sensual than sensible
man. more passionate than tender
but I have seen him since pocr Ida's
death, and he is a prey, I assure you
to the mcst Jiorrlble and sincere de
spair. When I expressed my sympa
thy to him, he cast himself m my
arms, and repeated to me, as he wept
on my shoulder, that he could live
no longer. And It was not pretence.
He goes at once to Senegal, to join
the Jackson mission, a party of ex
plorers who will bury themselves,
probably forever, in frightful Africa,
This Is not common, you will own
In following the Jackson mission Ba
sil certainly will be faithful to his
poor love's memory, for he will meet
out there only the most horrid mon
keys of women, and it is to be feared
that fever or cholera, or a shot from
the gun of a savage, will end the
poor boy's life and sorrows. Take
back, I beg you, your rash and pre
mature judgment upon him. Be
sides, he had before his departure an
idea which should certainly seem af
fecting to you. - That pavilion, where
he nas been so happy and so unhappv
belongs to him. Well, he has closed
It forever. Basil wishes that no liv
Ing being should ever again penetrate
that abode of love and sorrow. You
can pass there now, and see the house
fall into ruin, and on the day" when
fhey put a notice upon it on that day
ycu can say, 'Basil Lobanof is dead."
I left the prince, and the next day.
reproaching myself for my inlustiee.
1 went to see the deserted house The
shutters were closed: the dead leaves
of the great plane tree, half-bare (it
was the end of autumn), covered the
grass of the lawn. Weeds forced
their way through the gravelled walk.
The work of destruction had begun.
Montns passed; a year: then an
other; then the daily papers were full
of the great anxiety felt over the fate
of Jackson and his companions, from
whom no news had come. You know
that even today the world is ignorant
of the fate of those brave explorers.
Living always In the same vicinity
and passing every day before the
abandoned pavilion, I saw it decay,
iirae ny little. The rain of two win
ters had lashed constantly the plaster
or tne racaae and covered It with a
damp mould. Then the slate roof was
damaged by wind and rain storms.
Dampness attacked everything. Liz
ards sunned themselves on the wall:
the balcony was loosened; the roof
Dent The appearance of the poor
nouse became lamentable. As for
the garden, it had returned quickly
to its savage state. The flowers were
not cultivated; the rose-bushes were
untrimmed, and had only leaves and
oranches; the gerauiums were dead
The grass had long since disappeared
under the dead hay, and the high
stalks of the weeds were disdained
even by the butterflies. Nothing grew
mere put tnisties ana the pale poppy.
It was a gloomy spot!
Years rolled on. It was now imnos-
siDie to hope for tne return of the
Jackson party. Evidently those in
trepia pioneers had succumbed to
hunger and thirst in some horrible
' . - .
uiweri or Deen massacred Dy the sav
ages, and Count Basil Lobanof was
dead with them, faithful to his Stel-
bfrg. The dererted house had fallen
absolutely into ruins. The great tree
which wsc near the house, and whose
fcljaae was no longar kept in check
by trimming, had thrnst one cf its
Immensa branches through the win
dow. The shutters had fallen off, and
the tree had pushed Its way into the
interior of the disembowelled house.
There might be mushrooms within
and even grass growing on the floor j
of the salon. Each time I passed be
fore the old ruin which had come to
the last stages of decay, I thought,
abandoning myself to a romantic rev
ery, "It Is better that it should be
so. if they naa nea-a or tne count s
death, the heirs no doubt would have
caused steps to be taken at once for
its restoration. They would have
broken it open brutally, and let in
the garish light of day, to desecrate
those hallowed associations of love
and sorrow. Basil Lobanof has done
well to disappear, and nature lovingly
destltws slowly this old love-nest,
and keeps it from profanation."
The other day I saw the ruin again;
the branches of the great tree came
through the roof, and there were Ut
ile trees growing in the rooms. Then
met Prince Khaloff, who had not
been in France for a dozei years.
We walked and talked together, and
told him all about the abandoned
house, its slow destruction, and the
thoughts it suggested. The prince
burst into laughter.
"Decidedly, my dear fellow, you will
never be anything but a poet Basil
is married again, the father of three
children, and holds the office of first
secretary to the Russian ambassador
at Rome."
"The Count Lobanof is not dead!"
I cried, stupifled.
"On my last visit to Rome he was
as well as you or 1."
"He did not go with the Jackson
party? Oh, the perfidious man!
cried, furious at my wasted sympa
thy. "I should have suspected him
It seems that he forgot his dead love
at once."
"Oh, no," replied the prince. "Basil
Is not so guilty as that Wild with
grief after her death, he would, for
good or bad, go with the party, and
he set out for senegamDia. But on
the sixth day of their march he fell
seriously ill and was taken to St
Louis by a caravan, in the greatest
agony. There he recovered but
it
was not his fault. His friends profit
ed by his weakness and lack of en
ergy to carry him back to Europe,
and since then, after waiting a long
time, he has consoled himself.
"But then the deserted house? What
does that comedy signify?" asked
in a bad humor.
"How severe you are, my dear!'
replied the amiable Russian. "It
is
not a comedy, but it proves, on the
contrary, that the count is a man of
honor. What did he promise f 'inn
as long as he lived no one should go
under the roof which had sheltered
his love. And he has kept his word
though it has cost him a great deal
Besides, who knows If he does not
always mourn his delightful singer,
and regret bitterly the evenings
passed in that closed house, listening
to the divinely sad music or that
voice which caused him so much
happiness, so much sorrow? AH that
I can tell you," added the prince with
an Ironical smile, "is that with a large
fortune, a beautiful family, and a
home in the Eternal City, a despair
ing love twelve years old ought to
be endurable!"
AMATEUR STRONG MEN.
Herman Oelrichs Stronger Than San-
dow. William Steinway a Giant
I know of four men who do not
pose as sons of Hercules, and who
never made a penny by spectacula:
exhibitions, who, I think, could hold
their own with the quartet of foreign
invaders, Sandow, Samson, Attila and
Romulus, in trials of strength. These
mon are Herman Oelrichs, principal
owner of the North German Lloyd
Steamship company; Tea Merchant
Harry Buermeyer, Editor William B.
Curtis and Piano Manufacturer Wil
liam Steinway. Of these Herman
Oelrichs, millionaire and clubman, is
the strongest and stronger, I firmly
believe, than Sandow or any of the
other professional strong men.
Two of these men, too, could come
very hear to giving Corbett or Jack
son a trouncing in the squared circle
Oelrichs and Buermeyer. Both of
these gentlemen were adjudged by
competent experts fully capable of
holding their own, even with the
mighty John L. Sullivan when that
renowned gladiator was in his prime
If they could do this with the Bos-
tonian, they might go a shade better
with the Californian or Australian
Of this "big four," as I will call
them, three Oelrichs, Buermeyer and
Curtis were and are as good all
around heavy weight athletes as this
or any other country has ever seen.
The fourth, Steinway, despite his 48
years, can perform downright feats
of strength not juggling tricks that
any of the professional strong men
would find it hard to duplicate.
Once, on a wager with friends at a
private trial, Oelrichs entered a lion's
cage, and properly accoutered for the
fray, or course, actually overcame and
reduced to a 6tate of exhaustion by
nis physical resources a full-grown
monarch of the jungle. The lion was
muzzled with a plain leather strap.
but was not hampered in any other
way. uelnchs thus did better than
Sandow, who only dared recently to
try witn a tame and crippled old lion
at san t rancisco.
When John L. Sullivan was in his
prime ten years ago, knocking out
men nightly in four rounds on his ex
hibition tours, Oelrichs offered to
meet the great Boston ian In private
ana give mm $10,000 if he (Oelrichs)
did not best him. Sullivan was not
one whit afraid, but as he was making
iuu.uuu a year just then he listened
to tne voice of his manager, the fa
mous sportsman. Al Smith, and de
termined to take no chances, much to
ueiricns' chagrin.
father Bill Curtis and Buermever
ranu next to Oelrichs as strong men.
Another "strong man" in private
life Is Giovanni P. Morosini. In early
life he was a sailor before the mast.
He is ever r0 years of age. yet he is
a pei feet Hercules In strength. Wil
liam Standlsh Hayes in Bowlirg and
Cycling Garotte.
FOUR STAPLES.
Potatoes and Onions. The market
is merely steady- for the best to weak
for anything at all off quality. Sweets
are lower, onions steady.
Oregon Burbanks 60O85
Onions, Yellow, fair to choice. .60(5175
Wool. The market is quiet some
thing doing in a quiet way. but the
absence of a rush. The clip is all in.
nd the etcck of spring fleeces is nil.
while of fall there may be about
3,000.000 pounds left in the grease
unfold. There are some good lots in
this stock, and nice selections are pos
sible by going from, one warehouse
to another. Scourers are about out of
supplies and may come into the mar
ket an! take up a good deal of wool
suitable fcr their purposes at any day.
Hops. For the best grades the mar
ket is firm at the ruling range of
prices, which is very low. At th23e
- " v joi m a. oicavi.i ul"",-... :
l?n TAu.I,t icmvi am ft !
i' ail I V, guuu i atmt wnsi) itwr. .wf 1
Good to choice. 1894. ...... .810 1
S. F. Country Merchant
til
The Queen of All the
Plants.
An Immense Number of
Varieties.
A Concise History of This Most De
lightful, Useful and Varied
Vegetable Product.
The question has been asked "What
is the most remarkable family of
flowering plants?" and a description
of the family characters invited. With
the aid of a friend I have decided to
give the rose or Rosaceae family the
place of henor.
It has for all ages been the favorite
flower, and as such It has a place in
general literature that no other plant
can rival. It Is called the queen or.
flowers, and among them reigns su
preme; without it no garden, however
humble. Is thought complete, for its
dignity, fragrance and infinitude of
form and color it Is interwoven witn
all poetry and all art
Robert Burns compares his love to
the "red, red, rose, that is nswly
sprung in June," and Tennyson sings
sweetly, "She is coming, my lite, my
fate, The red rose cries, She is near,
she is near, and the white rose weeps,
She Is late."
The rose was a great favorite with
the Greeks and Romans. Nero caused
showers of roses to be sprinkled on
his guests at banquets, and Heltoga-
balus carried this to such an extent
that several persons were suffocated
before they could extricate themselves
from the mass.
This flower was dedicated to the
god Silence, and was among the an
dents the symbol of secrecy. A rose
hanging over a great table was
hint that conversation was to be "sub
rosa." It was customary, too, for
wreaths of roses to be worn by war
riors, and rose leaves (petals) were
often strewn on the dishes on festal
occasions. In later times the rose was
especially dedicated to the virgin, and
in Dante's Paradise she is termed the
mystic Rose.
In English history, in the feud be
tween the houses of xork and Lan
caster the white rose was the badge
of the former and the red rose of the
latter. The rose still remains the
flower of England.
In most cases the rose of the poets
and the rose of the bctanlst is one
and the same in kind, but popular
usage has attached the name of the
rosa to a variety of plants whose kin
ship to the true plant no botanist
would for a moment admit The rose
gives Its name to the order Rosaceae,
cf which it may be considered the
type. The genus consists of species
varying in number, according to the
diverse opinions of botanists of oppo
site schools, from thirty to one nun
dred and eighty or even two hundred
and fifty, while the garden varieties
are numbered by the thousands. The
species are natives of all parts of the
Northern hemisphere, but are scantily
represented in the tropics.
To this Rosacea family belong the
Splraeee, the Rubus or bramble, in
cluding dewberry, blackberry, rasp
berry, mulberry, all fruit-bearing
Then comes the delicious strawberry.
with its endless variety, and the black
thorn. Hawthorn, . chokeberry, wild
crab tree, prune, plum, cherry, pear,
quince and "the apple," in whose stem
springs the life never failing, which
sin lost to Adam when he tasted
knowledge forbidden, and found death
in the fruit of it
The rose has been grown for so
many centuries and has been crossed
and recrossed so often that it is dif
ficult to refer the cultivated forms to
their wild prototypes. The blossoms
appear in all colors except blue, and
this color may be produced in the
near future. Many varieties are pro
duced by budding or grafting on the
stem of the brier or bramble, and It
is not an uncommon sight to see "a
rose tree with three or four different
kinds of roses on it
For fragrance, what flower can com
pare with it? An essential oil of ex
ceeding fragrance is distilled from the
Rose Damascena and Rose Masclata,
called Otter of Roses. It requires
about 20,000 flowers to make half an
ounce which sells at $50.
The rose water of commerce is
chiefly produced in Europe from the
cabbage rose; conserves and infusion
of roses are prepared from the petals
of rosa Galllcla, and are useful for
medicinal purposes, as are also the
wild cherry and blackberry. The cher
ry, laurel, and seeds of the peach yield
much prusic acid. But in no instance
does the rose secrete honey.
For its fruit variety cf cMor, fra
grance and beauty, nd usefulness,
It should stand for the most remark
able family of flowering plants.
As we are yet undecided as to the
state flower fcr Oregon why not
adopt the ' Eglantine or sweet briar
rcse? A. b. J,
A QUIET STREET IN NEW YORK.
A queer place Is Extra place, the
little out of the way street from which
Louis Wemhagen was taken as a
cholera suspect It is only one block
long. It opens on First street, the
rear end stopping abruptly at the
back yards of the Second street
houses. It Is the oddest and quietest
block in the lowew east side. Green
trees are rare in that section of the
city, but a glance over the board
fence at the end of Extra place re
veals the tops of half a dozen oaks
in the rear yards of the Second street
houses, and their green foliage forms
a pleasant contrast to the dull colored
double tenements on either side.
The side walls of the buildings at
10 and 12 First street run back some
distance from the corners, and then
comes, on the left hand side, the rear
walls of the rear tenements behind
buildings facing the Bowery. On the
right hand side, however, immediate
ly adjoining the side wall of 12 First
street are two five story tenements
numbered 4 and 5. Behind them is
a courtyard In front of a rear tene
ment of the kind known as double
decker. An alley between 14 and 16
First street leads to the open court
and rear tenement
These three tenemerts are probably
the best known living houses on the
east side, and their owrer, Mrs. Gun-
ther, who runs trem as e gigantic
boarding house, is well knowo by the
workingnren cf the city. Mrs.
Gunther has a huge heart as many
laborers who have been ?own with
hnrd Inclr ran tPfttifv. Her Inds-Ara
' - " -
number generally between 200 and
?iw, ney range irom jne noa car-
rier to the poor mechanic, , and are 1
treated alike. The houses are, full I
almost alWavs. Mrs. Gunther pro-
vides accommodations for all honest
workingmen, whether they have I
money or not Her big dining rooms
In the basement of . the Extra place 1
houses are a sight to be seen at meal The Rembrandt Christ, of the sev
hours, although all of her lodgers do enteenth century, wears an uhpleas-
not eat at her table; some eat outside. I
Without Mrs. uuntners establish-
ment, Extra place would be In danger
or smmng to tne ordinary level, .fed-1
dlers rarely venture into the street
.o. Ui.ui.cl ,,, . 1 , "u
her lodgers will not tolerate them
near oy. xne loagers evidently ap-
predate this fact that theirs Is the
woe betide the loud-voiced peddler
who dares to venture around the cor-
ner. During the summer Extra place
iV i I i """"
ill iucu sunt. BiccrcD,
sit on the sidewalk during the eve-
nings, smoke their pipes and swap
stories. All Is quiet and peaceful
there, yet a walk of only half a mln
ute brings one into the din and con
fusion of the Bowery- Everything is
clean In the street and the tenements.
For years back Extra place has
been as it is today. Before Mrs.
Gunther s big venture drove the for
mer occupants out of the double-deck
ers It was the quietest little block in
the neighborhood. Crooked lampposts
and ugly fire escapes are in sight but
the east side eye has been educated
up to that sort of thing and the
straight and dignified lamppost Is re
garded with as much suspicion as
the hare walls of a tenement The
truck stands beyond the curb of the I
sidewalk at night The rest of the I
street Is clear. The truck is driven
by one of Mrs. Gunther's lodgers, and I
Ktt c?0i t-icoI th.f it
stands there. One word from her and
hundred men would hustle It into
First street New York .Sun.
NEW CZAR AND PEACE OF EU
ROPE.
There is no safety in predicting any
turn In a game m which a youthful
monarch of Russia holds a strong
hand; but though many rumors have
been running around about the new
czar, Nicholas II., there seems no
probability of his undertaking any
inflammable role. Russia has so much
more to gain by peace than war.
Barely a third of her army has the
new small-bore rifle, and it will be
two years before the other regiments
are so equipped. Her revenues are
none too great Russia needs her
money for thfe trans-Sitterian rail-
way; and she ought not to blow it
out of the mouths of big guns. No
doubt there Is tension In many of the
international relations; but that 's
alwavs present: and dlnlomats
-
growing more reasonable. It is prob-
able that what has been said of the
character of Nicholas Is in the main
true; ana mis snouia ieaa mm to roi-
low in the footsteps of his illustrious
father and make Russia still the dic
tator of peace.
No man will be rash enough to say
that war may not come. Every . one
or tne continents nas spots where an
accidental outbreak, the blunder of an
over-zealcus servant may work such
a hardship, actual or ideal, to some
great power as shall' call for an ex-
dted demand for reparation. It is
then that heads, if not thick skins,
are in demand; and it is then that!
the effervescence cf journalists in
search of circulation or notoriety does
most harm, ihe human animal, ac -
cording to his kind, is the silliest of
all animals, if we measure him right -
ly: I know of no other that is capable
of such irrational freaks; and it is on
these that peace or war hangs by a
halr. But to resume, I do not be-
lieve, despite all the talk, that there
is in the present status of the world
a set cf conditions which will lead
to early war. Theo. A. Dodge, in the
Forum.
CLEVELAND AND THE .CANAL.
There is said to be a strong under
current of opinion among congress
men that the Nicaragua canal will at
least receive very earnest attention
during this session. Many democrats,
it is thought, will favor it for the
sake of rehabilitating their party In
public estimation. For Instance,
Cooper of Florida says that nothing
could restore the popularity of the
party so much as to authorize the
construction of the canal; that the
party added the Mississippi valley
and the Pacific coast to the United
States, and it should provide for this
great enterprise.
Mr. Cleveland said nothing about
the canal in his message. In that he
disappointed the public. Some decla
ration was expected of him In view
of expressions that he has dropped
within the last year. A gentleman
who has been prominent in the public
service, and In connection with Nic
aragua canal matters, is authority for
a very interesting Interview with the
president during his outing last sum
mer. Congress was at the time tin
kering at the tariff. The president
then remarked that the canal was the
most Important subject before the
country, and that as soon as the tariff
legislation came to an end he would
send a special canal message to con
gress.
Tariff legislation did not end until
congress adjourned. It is not quite
ended yet if Mr. Cleveland could have
his way, as outlined in his message.
But it is probable, in view of the re
cent election, that no tariff legislation
will be enacted during the short ses
sion, perhaps none attempted. It Is
possible that the president ignored the
anal In his message because he con
templates sending in a special mes
sage on the subject In that event the
people will pardon the omission and
welcome the special message, if it
takes good American ground.
So far as party politics may be In
volved in the matter, the republicans
of the Facific coast at any rate, will
not grudge Mr. Cleveland or his party
any capital which they can make by
securing the prompt construction and
control of the canal under government
.u;plces. It Is a matter of business,
which transcends any considerations
of mere partisanship. S. F. Bulletin.
CHRIST'S
PERSONAL
ANCE.
APPEAR-
Among the more modern paintings
representing the Savor is that by Cor
regglo, painted in the sixteenth cen
tury. It represents Christ with a
short, curly beard, and long, waving
hair, surmounted by a crown of
thorns. There is a look of mute an
guish on his face that is heartrending,
but nevertheless, the face Is rather
weak.
The most terrible likeness Is that
painted at about the same time as
that of Correggio, by Albert Durer.
It represents a powerful face, with a
Grecian cast of countenance, with
eyes distorted by pain and anguish,
and even a trifle of anger is apparent
The Christ of Raphael, a contem
porary of both the above, is an es-
sentlally Italian worK, tne race Doing
Italian, although the model ror tne
forehead and upper face was evident-
ly a woman.
ant expression about the mouth, and
has too long a tace to be perfect yet
it is one of the great artist's last ef-
forts.
Perhans the most fantastic picture
OT unnsx is tn.it pairnwu m cue
teenth century by Leonardo da Vinci.
It represents the Savor looking over
his shoulder, a cynical smile on his
evidently drawing the hexd to one
side It cilhnot compare in beauty,
n0iWevCTf to the same artist's face of
Christ in the famous "Lord's supper.
rriv, nnhlanf a r.1 tha orrnnIOSt 11 mnT I
b Titian, painted in the sixteenth
eentury- It is a face or resignation, i
of firmness strong, yet mild; mild, I
yet strong. Titian was 90 years old
When he painted this, and it is con- i
sldered as one of his masterpieces.
Of the absolutely modern paintings I
of ohi-iat thoan of Mimkaezv. Ary I
Sheffer and Gabriel Marx rank high
est: still, every one of these are lmag-
innrv nrnlviM"ivns. nnrl the Savior wiu I
still continue to be the "Man ot Mys-
r- j - 1
tery-" Home and Country.
THE TREATY WITH RUSSIA.
Self Respect Demands That the
United States Should Abrogate It.
Senator Turple introduced a joint
resolution declaring that it is no Ion?
OT to the interest of the United States
. .. .tifioj
to continue the treaty ratified with
I Russia last April and that notice shall
I be given to the emperor that the
I treaty shall expire at the end of six
months, the teim preset ibed in its
text to precede nullification by either
signer.
The immediate cause of the intro-
1 duction of the resolution is refusal
by Russia to permit American citi-
. . h t We carmot
tolerate this assumption by an abso
I lute despotism of the right to dis
criminate among American citizens
to the advantage of some and the in
jury of others.
There are clauses in the treaty
ious to the senate and executive of
the United States, who ought not to
have approved it - It was approved
iliiutri tut? iiiu&iuii 1.111 1, iu uic i" i 1 1 .
sea controversy, then unsettled, rat
ification of the treaty would insure
fnr lis at Wflshinjrton Russian friend
shin desirable In the adiudication of
the fisheries question.
k matter what the fallacy under
which its ratification was effected it
I nan iicri t iaj i ait r..' rii, r i i m.
United States, who did not submit
tn it tTie more wil!inrlv hpcnns of an
implied but improper and irrelevant
argument or consideration for its rat
ification. We gained nothing at Paris
by the treaty. We were not entitled
to gain anything by it
So long as Russia continues an ab-
I solute despotism, so long as human
I rights in that country are utterly at
the mercy cf official caprice in the
highest ranks and subject to the cor
I ruption or malice of officialdom in the
lower planes, It 111 becomes a free
I people to enter Into any compact ben
eflcial to Russia and discreditable to
the institutions of democracy.
I Russia has treated us with open
I contempt in violating the articles of
lthe treaty guaranteeing to the Amer
I lean citizen equal rights within her
1 domain. As she has herself broken
an essential part of the treaty, it is
demanded by self respect lhat the
United States shall abrogate the in-
strument altogether and without de-
lay. Chicago Herald.
THE ARCTIC REGIONS.
A wild goose diase after the North
polo surely seems, on the very face,
to be a fool's errand. Perhaps It is,
for I doubt if aay very startling fact
will be added to science, even If the
North pole Is indeed reached. Of
course, there is, or would be, a huge
amount of satisfaction and glory to
have been the discoverer of the pole,
but whether science will be enriched
thereby, or simply satisfied with the
fact of our having "got there all the
same," Is an open question.
The life led by explorers in these
dreary regions, especially during the
long winter's night, is so intensely
monotonous as to scarcely warrant
description, and yet no better idea of
the hardships, sufferings and misery
endured for the sake of sdence can
be gained, than by a glimpse of the
daily life of the Arctic traveller.
I chanced to be one of the members
of a recent expedition, and was in
charge of the winte- quarters at the
cor thorn most portion of Nova Zenibla,
or Novala Zemlia, as the islands are
called by the natives.
Imagine a night that settles flown
like a pall and an interminable dark
ness that is only relieved by dull, gray
twilight for a few hours out of the
twenty-four; then, added to this, a
thermometer so far down below zero
that the mercury often freezes, mis
erable quarters, poor food, and the
monotonous existence, and you will
scarcely wonder why so mamy intrepid
investigators have given up the un
equal battle and laid down to perish
In the darkness of hopeless despair.
Yoa will also scarcely wonder that
the most ardent enthusiasm is likely
to be considerably cooled, morally as
well as physically, under the circum
stances. What matters it if the whole world
Is watching the outcome of your in
vestigations with keenest interest,
when ycu are so far removed from
earthly comforts and earthly aid?
And yet, in spite of all the bitter
knowledge gained by the hardest kind
of experience, the same explorers will
attempt expedition after expedition.
I may woefully lack the proper en
thusiasm, yet I cannot but admit that
even the delightful prospect of discov
ering dozens of North poles would not
tempt me to again undergo the hard
ships of that long Arctic night even
the memory of which I would gladly
dispel as a fearful dream. Home and
Country. i
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William Goodwin, of Liverpool,.
writes as iouows: aims Argeuuua
. ii mi .
wheat crop of 1893 that has resulted.
In an export of 7,000,000 quarters in
1894. was grown under wonderfully
favorable circumstances, because the
ground was in such perfect condition
for working that the absence oi ooa
crushers and seed drills was scarcely
felt and after a few showers, the
o ,i t-n ri i r onH Yrintpi VPTA (1 TV find
.,. niont cginoi iwt-
Rtrength and tillered wonderfully,
with the result that the average yield
vas in pernapg three-fourths of the
country greatly in excess of former
(veU ' ot In but the winter, though
,nther warm, and when I
left i$aenos Ayers in September it
was not thought that the prospects-
. o loKcrrn. ornn than In 1N'.
in spite of an estimated increase of
per cent in acreage ana tne steauy
imnrovement In cultivation that will
0f itself make a very considerable In-
crease of production as time goes on.
The weather has since been very fa-
vorable, and I think that a large crop
's to bo expected, but it . is not to oe
?Xpected that the increase of export
for 1895 will bear comparison wim
tne Increase or ist.
. . . . ,o4
rne remarKaDie crop oi xoo ukj
asilv cause exaggerated expectations
to be made, and it is very difficult to
form any accurate estimates in a thin
ly populated country where the statis
tics of acreago are really guesswork,
mrt where it Is very difficult to as
certain the actual yield until thresh
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