DISCONTENT.
Two boats rocked on the river.
In the shadow of leaf and tree;
One was in love with the harbor;
One was In love with the sea.
The one that loved the harbor
The winds of fate outbore;
But held the other, longing,
Forever against the shore.
The one that rests on the river,
In the shadow of leaf and tree
With wistful eyes looks over
To the one far out at sea.
The one that rides the billow,
Though sailing far and fleet.
Looks back to the peaceful river,
To the harbor safe and sweet
One frets against the quiet
Of the moss-grcwi! f1iv!'1 shore;
One silis that it i..;iy i-nlcv
The harbor never more.
One wearies of the dangers
Of the tempest's rage and wail;
One dreams amid the lillies,
. Of a far-off snowy sail. .
Of all that life can teach us.
There's naught so itrue as this
The winds of fate blow ever,
But ever blow amiss.
Exchange.
A Story of Two Wills.
R. BROWN had returned
1 home late from a visit to
one of his patients. It was
a serious ease doubly so
for Brown for not only had
his notoriously sure diag
nosis failed him in this case,
but the patient was one of
a family with which he had been ou
an intimate footing for years, and con
sequently his personal interest was
awakened. The doctor saw no hope
whatever for the sick woman. Since
any morning he had hourly expected
her death. Weary and dispirited, af
ter a light and hasty supper, he sat
down at his writing table, ana once
more passed In review the whole
course of his patient's Illness. Every
circumstance was recalled.
"Unaccountable! perfectly unac
countable!" he murmured over and
he shook his gray head.
"Doctor!" Brown started up in
alarm. He had not dreamed that any
ne besides himself was in the room.
As he looked up he saw a lady stand
ing in the door, dressed In a peculiar
night robe with only a shawl thrown
rer It
"My God! What Is that?"
It was indeed the- subject of his
thoughts. Amazed beyond expression,
Brown sprang from his arm-chair
and hastened toward the intruder.
"My dear madam! Mrs. Morley, In
heaven's name, why are you here?"
"Never mind, doctor. Sit down and
write what I tell you."
Brown mechanically obeyed the
command. There was something in
the look and bearing of his visitor
which forbade contradiction. Strange
ly thrilled, Brown took up his pen and
wrote at her dictation the following
j .it i . i ,i: i. . i l l f. . ...
of my death my body be opened and
the cause of my illness and final de
mise be officially and authoritatively
stated by a competent physician.
am convinced that I am poisoned, and
thnt hv mv own husband, and onlv
through such a statement as the afore-
- aatrl will it- Ho mit nnr rt b1 noww tn
get possession of the property coming
to my own child, his step-daughter.
My will relating to this property is In
the hands of my lawyer, Mr. Batt, in
London. Mr. Batt is, as I have un
fortunately only lately discovered,
man open to bribery, and my husband
counts upon fils characteristic for the
attainment of his object: that is to
say, he" hopes to induce this lawyer,
by pure falsification, to make the will
read in his favor. I believe he has al
ready succeeded in doing this, for
when yesterday I desired to see a law
yer of this town, in order to have him
take down my last wishes, my hus-
band put every obstacle in the way of
his coming. I have put a sealed copy
of my will in the double bottom of
, the little box which - stands always
port the table at my bedside. The
ostensible contents of the box are my
daughter's first cap and a lock of my
father's hair."
Dr. Brown had driven his pen as if
wndef the domination of a higher
power. He was not conscious of hav
lng once lifted it from the paper to
the inkstand, and yet there stood the
written characters, black and clear.
upon the white paper, and reminded
him that he was not alone; further
more, that the-head and heart whose
wish and request these characters re
corded, belonged to an existence which
held his own being, thought and will
ut lis ywwer.
He made an heroic effort to regain
the mastery of himself, and with
powerful shake, as if to free himself
from the grasp of this strange will
he arose. "Madam, I "
"Yes, but, doctor, the master sent
me to tell you to come right away.
Mrs. Morley has been lying for two
hours like dead, and the master thinks
It must be nearly over with her."
Brown staggered back In amaze
ment, and stared so vacantly at the
waiting coachman that the man was
track dumb.
"Jan? Where did yon come from?
Mrs. Morley is not yet "
"Dead? No Soctor. not yet but the
master says she can't last much long
er." "Very well. You see to the horses,
ana I'll come right away."
Dr. Brown put his hands to his head.
He had need to convince himself by
some such means of his own mortal
existence. Then he seized his hat and
coat and hurried after the coachman.
Drawing his coat tightly about 'him.
he leaned back In the corner of the
carriage and racked his brain over
the strange occurrence, but to no pur
pose. The doctor was a hard-headed.
practical man, and if anyone had re
lated to him the events of the past
.day, he would have laughed him to
scorn; but, earnestly as he tried to do
so now, it was impossible for him to
conjure up a smile. The carriage
stopped and Mr. Morley was at the
door to receive him.
"I am glad you have come, doctor.
I was afraid you would be too late.
As the clock struck 12 there was ab
solutely no breath nor pulse, and not
until half an hour ago did she seem
to come' back a little to life. She has
just asked for you."
These words were spoken outside the
sick room door. The doctor laid aside
bis coat and went in, followed by Mr.
Morley. The physician felt something
like horror at being in the near pres
ence of this man, who since half an
hour ago bad figured in his mind as
the murderer of his wife, and here in
the sick room, while looking upon the
dying woman, in whose features he
again saw plainly his recent guest,
did he feel again that compelling force
whjcb bad pufl the pen jn hla hand, ,
The sick woman seemed to have
been anxiously awaiting his coming.
for her great, earnest eyes fastened
themselves upon bis face aa he en
tered the room, and as he bent over
her he heard distinctly the low spoken
words, "Doctor, my child!" and In the
same low voice Dr. Brown responded.
I will see that your will Is executed."
Then he raised his head and en
countered a look from those eyes
which spoke a world of gratitude, and
this was the last conscious look which
lighted them, or as Mr. Morley now
softly approached she looked at him,
and then her eyelids closed and with
a soft sigh she died.
"All is over," said the doctor, as he
stepped back to give place to the sor
rowing husband, who flung himself
down beside the bed.
When he arose and turned toward
the doctor a tear glittered on his
lashes. His voice was hoarse and
tremulous when he thanked the phy
sician for all his tender care during
the long illness of his wife, concluding
with "I shall never forget It!"
Dr. Brown only shook his head. He
was thinking of the dead woman's
will, and answered, evasively, "I could
not have helped your dead wife mucn.
since I never discovered the true cause
of her illness."
"No reproaches, my friend. You did
what you could, and whether this dis
ease can be exactly diagnosed seems
to me, from what I know, altogether
doubtful."
Every disease," replied the doctor,
"must finally disclose its cause to the
patient and thorough searcher; but in
this case there were so many accom
panying phenomena that it was quite
impossible to discover the ca'ise-of the
predominant disorder, at least in the
living body."
The doctor, as he said tnis, loonea
sharply at his companion, over whose
countenance a slight cloud seemed to
pass; yet there was no change tn his
voice as he said: "No, no, doctor, we
won't do that! The beloved body was
sufficiently tormented in life; In death
at least It shall be at rest!"
"Yes, but It was the wish of the
dead; and isn't there any direction to
that effect in the will?"
"No! yet perhaps I don't know.
Anyway the will is to be read tomor
row, and should any such direction be
found there well, I suppose I shall
have to carry it out I will send im
mediately an announcement . of the
death to our attorney, Mr. Batt, of
London. You will be present at the
opening of the will, will you not?"
"Most certainly!"
The doctor during this conversation
had again approached the bed of
death. He carefully scrutinized the
surroundings and, as if in an absent-
minded manner, picked up a little box
from the table which stood beside the
bed and-carelessly pushed back the
cover. At sight of the contents he
could hardly restrain an exclamation;
for there, exactly as had been do
scribed to him, were a baby's cap,
yellow with time, and a lock of hair,
tied with a ribbon.
"Probably some of your wife's keep
sakes?" he remarked, turning inquir
ingly to Morley.
"Yes, and as such they must be giv
en into the hands of her daughter.
"Will you allow me the pleasure of
sending them to her by my sister who
is going to Switzerland tomorrow?"
"I suppose it would be more proper
that she should receive them at my
hands, and yet, as I shall have to re
main here for some time yet, and a
journey home in her delicate state of
health would be hard for the child, I
shall be very much obliged to you if
you will send them to her. Give her
my blessing with them, and tell her
thai from this time forth I shall be
more a father to her than ever."
Dr. Brown thrust the little box deep
into his breast pocket, and took his
leave with the assurance that he
would falthful'y execute Mr. Morley's
commission.
Once at home under the light of the
lamp, he was not long in searching
for the further contents of the box,
and he was filled with both horror
and astonishment as his search
brought to light, from beneath a cun
uingly contrived double floor, the will
as it had been described to .him a
clear, correct copy. After this discov
ery, the doctor awaited with feverish
anxiety the hour for tfie announced
opening of the will.
At last it arrived, and Brown had
to acknowledge to himself that its
contents agreed exactly with the copy
in his bands until it came to the
names of the heirs. Here appeared
clearly and plainly, "my daughter,
Mara Dix," and there, just as plainly,
"my husband, John Morley." No di
rections with regard to an inquest or
autopsy appeared therein.
"I demand proof of the genuineness
of that will," rang loud aud clear
through the room. No one could im
agine from whom the words proceed
ed. The will had been drawn up and
carefully preserved by a prominent
attorney in London, and the family
involved was one of the first in the
country; and now came this demand,
which, as everybody knew, was an
unmitigated Insult Who had brought
it forward? The chairman looked all
about the room. There he stood Dr.
Brown! He had again, quite uncon
sciously, come under the spell of that
mysterious power, and in obedience
to its bequest had called out these
words. Now that they were spoken.
he would not recall them. Standing
upright the doctor repeated: "I "de
mand an examination of the will!"
As he spoke, he had the comfortable
feeling of having kept a promise.
"On what authority?" asked the at
torney.
As the guardian of the deceased's
daughter."
Have you anything to offer in sup
port of this request?"
"Yes; a copy of the original will."
"Will?"
"And this has reference to an entire
ly different party."
Please allow me to look at the doc
ument.
Dr. Brown handed over the copy. A
committee retired with it to another
room. On their return the chairman
announced that in accordance with
Dr. Brown's request, a preliminary ex
amination of the will having been
made, the judge had decided to enter
a complaint against Attorney Batt,
of London, for having falsified the
will, and at the same time to place the
property of the . heiress-at-law: under
legal protection.
"Dr. Brown, have you anything
further to say in the matter?"
"I beg you will order an autopsy."
"On what grounds?"
"It was tho wish of the deceased."
"Is that your only reason?"
"No. but I have a strong suspicion
that the deceased came to her death
through slow poisoning."
"All-present were filled with horror.
Again the court withdrew, and again
tho decision was a fulfillment of the
doctor's Tequest; and when the ver
dict at the . ensuing inquest was
brought In, it was expressed in one
word, "Poisonj" . .. ,
T
YAQUINA
Full Text of Mr. Her
mann's Bill.
A New Project $ow Un
der Consideration.
A Board of Engineers to Consider
and Keport on a Plan for
Deeper Water.
The following is Congressman Her
mann's ..bill (H. R. No. 8U38) consid
ered in the house of representatives
just adjourned. On February 21st it
was referred to the committee on riv
ers and harbors and ordered to be
printed, and on February 22d it was
reported with amendments, commit
ted to the committee of the whole
house on the state of the Union, and
ordered to be printed:
A bill providing for the appointment
of a board of engineers to consider
and report on a new project for deep
er water on the bar of laquuia bay,
in Oregon.
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
States of America in congress assem
bled, that the president of the United
States is hereby authorized to appoint
a board, to consist of three officers of
the engineer corps not below the rank
of lieutenant-colonel who, togetner
with the chief of engineers of the
United States army, shall make
careful and critical examination ol
the bar of the Yaquina bay, in Ore
gon, with a view to a project for
deeper water, and shall report the
result of such investigation, witn es
timate of cost to the next regular
session or congress: -roviaea, mat
such selection of engineers shall be
from those not stationed on the Pa
cific coast: And provided further
that the cost of said investigation and
a's surveys and the expenses of said
b.-aro Kfcnil be defrayed from the bal
ance of moiu'y available of the appro
priation made for improving the har
bor at Yaquina bay, in Oregon, by
act of congress of August 7th, lsy-l.
Mr. Hermann, from the committee
on rivers and harbors, submitted the
following report to accompany the
bill:
The committee on rivers and har
bora, to whom was referred the bil
(H. R. 8938) providing for the ap
pointment of a board of engineers to
consider and report on a new project
for deeper water on the bar of Ya
quina bay, in Oregon, having consid
ered the same respectfully report a;
follows:
That the project of 1888, as modified
in 1892, requiring the north jetty to
be raised to full high tide, and tha
five groins be built from the south
jetty channel wards in older to pre
vent the currents undermining the
jetty, is nearly completed, and it is
found that said project has produced
a depth of 14 feet at low water on
the bar at the entrance .to the bay
and this bar depth and location of
channel has been kept uninterrupt
edly during the entire year. We find
however, that the importance of this
bay is such that deeper water should
be provided on the bar; with a view
of accommodating the deep-draft for
eign shipping which is now offered
additional inducement to enter by rea
son of the contemplated extension
eastward of the Oregon Pacific rail
road, which it is proposed, under tho
new management now about to as
suiue proprietorship and control, shall
connect with eastern terminals, and
tnus make a transcontinental railway
with its western terminus on the
waters of Yaquina bay.
Tins win so enlarge the presen
traffic, already large and Increasing
from and to the great Willamette val
ley, as to justify aud imperatively re
quire deeper water than has so far
been obtained by the existing project.
The bill now recommended proposes
a board of three engineer officers of
the United States army, under the
grade of lieutenant-colonel, to be ap
pointed by the president, and such
engineers, with the chief of engin ws,
shall make a thorough examii!.i m
and survey, and report a project, vh
an estimate of cost, for obtai:::
deeper water on the bar at the c
trance of said Yaquina bay.
it is the opi'-?-" of your committee
that a project .-u be agreed on that
will enable the government to obtain
a permanent depth of water suf
ficient to enable ships engaged in for
eign snipping to enter Yaquina bav
without danger or delay, regardless of
a further extension of the present
jetty works, and with this view vour
committee report said bill (H. R. 8938)
back to the house with a recommen
dation that it do pass.
WHEAT MAY YET BE
ABLE.
PROFIT-
"What is wheat likely to be worth
next fall and what will nav hotter '
This question is asked by a subscriber
who is only one out of thousands vi
tally interested In the same problem.
While the markets of the world to all
intents and purposes remain dull,
dragging and lifeless, certain features
are discernible to the close student of
the situation which contain some rea
sons for hope that wheat may do bet
ter. For one thing, the price though
low is doggedly steady and quickly
recovers frdm occasional onslaughts
of the bears. While those who have
faithfully stuck to wheat for months
and months have been disappointed,
there are many who are ready to offer
genuine support as soon as they see
iwsitive reasons ' for encouragement
which may come sooner than expect
ed. Rapid as the marketing has been
throughout the entire crop year, and
burdensome as is the visible sunnlv
In this country, stocks in Europe are
materially smaller than a year ago
ana auring the past month the world's
supply has actually decreased. This
is all the more significant when it is
remembered that the amount of wheat
back in farmers' hands is conceded
on all sides to be rather more nearlv
exhausted than usual. European buy
ers, on whom we depend to take our
surplus, have not alone permitted
their own stock to run down but are
now obliged to closely watch supplies
here, and should the amount avail
able begin to decrease rapidly, they
might be spurred up to more vigorous
buying.
The coming world's crop is of course
an uncertain but most important fac
tor. The Argentine harvest is now
generally conceded deficient in qual
ity and this may mean a smaller ex-
iporf movement than was eared
earlier. The winter acreage In the
northern hemisphere shows little in
crease taken as a whole and the trials
of a severe winter are not yet over.
While in this country there has been
good snow covering, It is by no
means certain that the '05 harvests
will be as abundant as those of last
year, irrespective of a spring wheat
acreage yet undetermined.
With these world-wide Influences
properly recognized the future of
wheat prices, while uncertain, con
tains some promise, although statis
tics after all are slippery and do not
make the most stable platform on
which to base opinions. Nor do we
ever attempt to forecast crop results,
but do mean to report conditions from
week to week more accurately than
is done by any other agency. It Is
reasonably safe to assume, however,
that were monetary and industrial
conditions to speedily resume a nor
mal position, an improvement in
wheat would be in order. We are
speaking here of the 1895 crop only.
The outlook for future years must
take into account the stupendous ef
wheat growing along the trans-Sibv
rum railway, and the possibilities of
the crop in South America, ns well as
m the older countries whose wheat
producing power is well known. All
reliable information at hand confirms
the industrial awakening in Russia
that may in future cut a large figure
in the world s market for both rnrm
and factory products. American Ag
riculturist.
OREGON WEATHER.
SUMMARY OF THE METEOROLOGI
CAL OBSERVATIONS
Weather Conditions, Averages, Obser
vations and Deduction from
the Record of 1894.
A summary of the meteorological
observations made within the state of
Oregon during the year 1894 will, no
doubt, be of value to its citizens for
information, if for no other purpose
and it will prove of the greatest value
to those of other states when Inquir
ing concerning Oregon and its climate.
The year 1894, as a whole, from a
weather point of view, was nearly
normal. The most marked feature of
the year was the excess of rainfall
especially in Clatsop, Coos and Curry
counties, bordering upon the Pacific
ocean. The average precipitation for
the counties bordering on the Pacific
ocean was 93 inches, for the counties
in the Willamette valley 49 inches,
for the counties of Southern Oregon
33 inches and the same in the coun
ties in the Columbia river valley. In
the counties lying south and east of
the Blue mountains the stock country
of Oregon the average is 18.06 inches
The excess of precipitation ranged
from 8.40 inches along the coast to
0.54 of an inch in the southeastern
section. The heaviest rainfall in the
state was at Glenora, near the summit
of the coast mountains in Tillamook
county, amounting to 139.98 inches.
This is purely a local precipitation
produced by the topography of the
country surrounding. At Bandon,
Coos county and Ijanglois, Curry
county, 103.37 and 109.95 inches re
spectively fell. The least amount of
precipitation occurred at Vale, Mal
heur county, where only lO.lo inches
fell. A noticeable similarity is to be
observed in the climate of Dougla:
Josephine and Jackson counties in
Southern Oregon and of that portion
of Oregon 300 miles farther to the
north lying along the Columbia river
to the east of the Cascade mountains.
The mean temperatures of these sec
tions are respectively 51.o and 51.
inches. In fact, the mean tempera
ture of Oregon, save that portion ly
ing to the east and south of the Blue
mountains, is practically the same
throughout, though the extremes ar
materially different. Along the coast
the extremes are 88 and 2o degrees
in the Willamette valley 98 and 20
degrees; in Southern Oregon and the
Columbia river valleys 100 and 1 de
gree above zero; to the south and
east of the Blue mountains 100 and 11
degrees below zero. The warmest
place in Oregon, as shown by the
mean temperature is Langlois in Cur
ry county; as shown by the maximum
temperature in Pondletori in Umatilla
county; as shown by the highest min
imum temperature It is Gardiner, Ban
don and Langlois.
The coldest place in Oregon as shown
by the mean temperature is Burns,
Harney county, with a mean of 37.3
degrees and as shown by the mini
mum temperature which is 32 degrees
below zero. Bandon in Coos county
had the lowest maximum temperature,
viz.: 78 degrees.
The snowfall was unusually heavy
duringthe year, the heaviest being at
Hood River, in Wasco county, where
the total amounted to 13o.5 Inches
over 11 feet. Joseph, Wallowa county,
had 61.5 inches, Baker City 56.6 inch
es; along the coast there fell from 1
inch at Gardiner to 15 inches at As
toria; in the Willamette valley and in
Southern Oregon from 4 to 29 inches
fell. The greatest of all events oc
curring during the year clue to mete
orological conditions was the flooa in
the Columbia and tributary rivers.
In June the rivers rose from 6 to 20
feet higher than ever before know a
and did considerable damage.
SWEET BREATH.
Every woman, that is. every really
fastidious woman, wants to have a
breath sweetly wholesome, in keeping
with her dainty ensemble. This, let
it be known, can never be obtained
through the use of cachous and spiced
confections of the bon bonniere. This
sort of thing savors of the perfume
that is attempted as a disguise for
dirt. Fragrance may keep excellent
company with soap and water like
wise certain delicate breath perfumers
may be used when the stomach Is- in
a thoroughly healthy condition. But
it is a vivid mistake for a girl to
think that she can mend the defect of
a bad breath by means of course
scented compounds.
A much-abused stomach, bad teeth.
and a low state of vitality are respon
sible for a disagreeable breath. Reg
ulate your diet, turn some of your
bonbon money ever to the dentist for
teeth repairs, and two of the chief
causes for this unpleasant condition
will be removed.
A tablet made of the genuine East
Indian 'lime-juice dissolved m the-
tongue after each meal will aid in
digestion and cleanse the mouth and
throat from the flavor of food.
A small quantity of violet orris root
will - have a similar effect. A tea
spoonful "of powdered charcoal dis
solved in half a tumbler of water and
taken the first thing In tho morning
acts as a marvelous breath sweetener.
Let these little toilet niceties, the
dentist's craft and constant care of
your stomach act as guard against an
offensive breath, which makes even
the most iuscious-looking mouth re
pulsive, Philadelphia Tiroes, ,'
BE DOCTRINE OF LOVE
Inspirations Born
of
Theosophy.
The
Vital Force of a
Vital Creed.
Interesting1 Details Offered by One
Versed In tho Occnlt Theory
Food for Deep Thought.
Ages ngo when the Christian religion
was not, Theosophy was old, and the
Vodas (sacred book) hoary with age,
when the Bible was but an infant
111 the beginning we were spirit hut
by tho fall took on "coats or siun,
and are now tolling our weary way
buck to mririt, hack to the estate of
Uob from which we have fallen, on
ward aud upward to be finally merged
into the At-oiie-inen with the Abso
lute. Alan oa we well know him has
seven principals, or a septenary cwsti
tution: Briefly outlined they are, first
counting from- the lowest upward
tho physical body, the shell in which
wo have liM-URi'd ourselves; 2nd, the
Astral body or etherial double, which
is the actual lnnn in a finer, more ten
ons condition than the visible' man;
3d, vitality or life principle, fitly called
cohesion, which holds man together,
and which, heaving him, he passes on
to nnotlfe'r plane of consciousness; tiie
1th principle, kaina, is the emotional,
nervous naiture, coming under the con
trol of mind. Manas or mind is the
5th principle, the (!th, Buddhi or spirit
ual soul, which is the entity and Intel
ligoncc, and the 7th and last is At ma
or pure spirit, from which we came
and to which we are going. Evolution
is the law. Humanity goes around the
earth in cycles, returning again and
again, but at each turn of the cycle on
tho point of return, it is higher than
before. iliiilteu space prevents us
from dealing with cyclic law more ful
ly, so rapidly we will take yon through
reincarnation (ordinarily it takes sev
eral centuries). The four lower prin
ciples, physical, body, emotional na
ture, astral body, and vitality, do not
repnearnate, ttheir wbrk Is finished
with each earth life, and at death or
soon after, disintegrate and go back
to the elements from whicn thej
sprang, but the real man, mauns,
Buddhi and Atma composes the -Ego
that comes again and again to earth
life. The animal man is simply an in
strument through which the spiritual
man works, therefore the reincarna
tion of the machiue is unnecessary.
Progress is the law and a man after
once having become a man, cannot b
come an animal, no more than the
lesser can be made to contain -the
greater: Degraded as man may be
come, he comes again as a man, but
by his present life his future life. con
(lit ions are more severe. One earth
life is not sufficient to become perfect,
else reincarnation would not be nee
essary. Personally I do not consider
' -r,lh a necessity, and if we had the
iirength or purpose to live on and
work out our problems here at once.
our advancement would be much more
rapid; but after sixty or seventy years
of "toil without recompense we grow
weary and need rest Devachan, the
Christians heaven, is -that place.
Devachan is a sort of idealized contin-
uaition of earth life. A dream life
where the spirit finds perfect rest
Not that sort of heaven where you
can look on the golden fences and
pearly gates down into hell and see
your dear ones being shifted aboivt
with hot forks, or see them on earth
being defeated in politics, but a place
where they all esoem to be with you
It is here that the spirit gathers its
experiences to itself and prepares for
incarnation.
The lower quartenary passes into
the kamic plane, the place of desires.
where it remains until it disintegrates.
1,500 years is generally believed to be
the period passed in Devachan, but
the nature of the person fixes this;
one spiritually minded may as a just
reward remain much longer than one
whose earthly desires are so pro
nounced as to draw him back to earth
at -once. The plane of Kama Loka is
nearest the earth and it is to this
place suicides and men who have been
hanged, etc., are destined to remain,
until the time when they would nat
urally have been released from earth
life.
We have now reached the time for
reincarnation. The previous earth life
entirely controls the conditions of
birth in tho next, and just the place we
deserve and have earned, wo receive.
This explains the apparent unjust dis
tribution of wealth and happiness.
"As a man sows, so also shall he reap,
and we are tho architects of our own
fortunes; true, we may have forgot
ten our former life, and don't see the
justice of being punished for some
thing we don't know anything about
but our forgeitfulness doesn't help us
a particle. In Theosophy there is no
vicarious atonement we carve our
own destinies, save or damn ourselves
as suits our fancy. Our very thoughts
are things and as man becomes what
he worships, how mete that our ideals
should be lofty. In every human being
there is that spark of tho divine, that
germ of perfection which needs only
an opportunity to blossom forth into
the God In whose likeness and image
we were created. Step by step we
grope our way
"Heaven is not reached at a single
bound.
But we build tha bidder by which we
rise
From tho lowly earth to the vaulted
skies;
And wo mount to its summit round by
round.
O count this thing to be grandly true,
That a noble deed is a step toward
God,
Lifting tho soul from the common sod,
To purer air and broader view.
Wo rise by things that are neath our
root;
By what we have mastered of good
and gain
By the pride deposed and the passions
slain
And the vanquished .Ills we hourly
meet."
Nor can we go alone, but ever lead
ing and guiding our brother, together
wo climb upward to that final bliss,
Nirvana, the seventh heaven of com
pleteness. Laying down self for the
good of others, . not for the reward of
joy that follows a duty performed, but
because we love humanity and can
say, "Never will J accept individual
salvation, never will I enter Into that
final peace alone," when our motto
shall be "I will do all the good I can,
to all the people I can, In all the ways
I can." When we recognize every liv
ing creature as a candidate for the
same heaven with us, when we culti
vate our souls instead of our bodies,
and when every thought we send out
is the purest, grandest and best there
is in us, when we desire to make ithe
world better for our having lived in
it then we will know there Is but one
thing eternal LOVE.
ELLA McMUNN.
GROWING TOMATOES
BY THE
ACRE.
It is difficult to say which is the
best single variety of tomato, there
are so many good ones. The Paragon
haa always given satisfaction, but in
the home garden it is a good plan to
plant a small and a seedling. . The
seeds should be sown in cold frames
month or six weeks before tha
plants are wanted for planting out
The plants should be ready by the
time frosts are over. There are sev
eral ways of growing tomatoes, but
a plan which is liked very much by
many, and especially when not more
than an acre is planted, is as follows:
After plowing the sou thoroughly ann
then harrowing In a half or whole ton
of some good fertilizer, check off the
land five by five feet and at each in
tersection of the furrows drive down
stout stake 18 inches in the sou,
leaving three feet above. In a tri
angle about this stake set three
plants, 12 or 15 inches from tne staue.
Beforelhe plants ran over encircie
them and stake with a broad strong
band, drawing the plants in just a
little. If the band is placed about 15
inches from the ground it will be suf
ficient to hold up the fruit from tne
ground; but if the vines grow very
large a second band may oe put on
later, but one is usually enougn. r.acn
hill should yield, at the very lowest,
if the land is good, a pec-K ot toma
toes. At five by nve xeet mere win
be 1742 stakes or hiUs, and with
three plants to. the hill it will require
5220 plants per acre. II preierreu,
two plants may be set to the stake,
and the hills reduced to a distance of
five by four feet, using
per acre. S. A. Cook, Georgia, m
Ameriran Agriculturist
HIS SONGS MADE OTHERS RICH
fharlM Graham, who is one of the
mrt successful of American song
writers, is an eximple of a man whose
genius has made fortunes for others.
While he has written many sims
have attracted wide-spread popularity,
Mr. Graham is still poor. The music
publishers who have sold his songs
have all got the profits and Mr. Gra-
haim lias erot only fame.
He says that the public who hear
the newest reat song of the day
CTound out on pia.no-orgar,s or warbled
in concert lhaHs little imagine the hard
ships and struggles that have often
to be endured by the bright fellows
who are the originators of these pop
ular melodies, and in whom the love
of song is rarely accompanied by thP
business instinct which would enable
them to coin their songs into dollars.
Charles Graham was born in Boston,
England, in 18G3. He inherited his
miisrica.1 eifts. for his father was a
musician and composer of good repute.
The boy after learning to play the
piano at a Boston college gave evi
dence of at promising future and at the
aga of ten years composed little mel
odies which were sung in chorus by
his college companions.
In 1880, being then 17 years of age,
he landed at Halifax. N. S. At first
he saw no opening for his musical
genius, and he accepted a position in
a hotel. Then, after managing several
local ouartets. in which he himself
sang bass, he -drifted to New York
City.
His first song for publication was
connHwed in 1SS4, when he wrote
"Don't Forget You, Lassie," pub
lished by "-Willis Woodwaird, of New
York, and created a stir, as the music
world realized that a new genius had
come among them. It was fittin
about this time that the writer of love
songs should himself pktad guilty to
the tender passion, and so it happened
that in 1SSG Charles Graham took unto
himself & bride. But although in his
married life he 'has been very happy
and is the father of four children, and
although his songs have repeatedly
won success, it has always been the
publishers who have cut off the cou-
' pons, while the author and composer
gathered, as it were, only "the crumbs
that fell from the rich man's table."
A few months after his marriage he
wrote that wonderful success which
even today is a standard favorite at
many of our best concerts, "If the
Waters Could Speak as They plow.
1' rom this song the publishers have
made many thousands of dollars, while
the composer only managed to secure
a.fow- hundred. After this he contin
ued to write rapidly, and T. B. Harms
& Co. published many of his songs that
still have a steady sale.
He now received from an unexpected
source a suggestion for a song that
was destined to toe sung by ailmost
everybody all . over the world. His
brother went to the theater one eve
ning and witnessed a performance of
"Blue Jeans." Playgoers will remem
ber that, in one of the scenes, the old
man enters and demnnds the picture
of the heroine turned towards the
wall.
Graham's inventive f:iculties grasped
the idea at once, and, although too
sick with rheumatism to venture out
lie there and then wrote nn1 com
posed that most pathetic of all song
stories, entitled "The Picture That is
Turned Towards the Wall."
rom the sale of that, son"- Omlmin
made, in small amounts at a time,
uuuuu jw altogether in rnvn it
The publishers made from that same
song tne enormous sum of $25,000.
.ur. urauam cites these fl-iiis to
snow (tnej discrepancy Uetween, the
reward of genius and that of business
tact and to impress unon th bn.l-
aing song-writers, who . imairine that
a rew rhymes lead to instant popular
ity, now in-paid a Drofession, Komr.
writing Is.
Still the young writer stuck- in ii
post but life had become verv im-
.... ..i .. . 1 : . i. n. -w -r
wjLu. iu'jiii. xiomo ami Knhpm.
ia arci not get along well toaehm-:
one or rue otner naa to be neglected,
and, although desiring to be faithful'
to his hearthstone duties, the spirit of
eajuaxaiacine .was growing stronger,
and the popular composer was quick
ly surrounded by friends who took
all, but gave nothing In return.
Then came another wonderful suc
cess from Graham's pen, "Two Little
Girls in Blue," sung, played, whistled
and parodied evorywQiere, lisped by
'the tiniest tots and yelled with de
light by tha s'trongest men. .. There
have beeh few such songs that h.ivi
jumped so instantaneously into pop
ular iavor, yex tor tms song Charles
Graham received the paltry sum of
$10, and at the time was glad to get
it- Alter tne song became popular he
received an additional $500 from the
publishers, .. . -, ... .. , ,'
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