Eugene City Guard.
CAMPIIKIib 1IKOTHEBM
rUBLISIIEKS.
SATUIU)AY, FEBRUARY - 21, 1880,
TELEGRAPHIC.
EASTERN.
Tha Albany City Hall Dcitroyrd.
V. Y . Feb. 10. The city hall
mom hnrnail this morning. When Ihe
Anma fll seven flremeu were crushed
ni named iCnllv ha since died, and two
nar-tnd to die. Judgment
records, chattel mortgages and records of
the proceedings ot supervisors cro uu
atroyed. Record of deeds, mortgages on
real estate, the portrait or the ex-govern
nnrl tha hooks and naners of ttie ofll
cci were saved.
The "(huh "
Albany, Feb 10. The senate passed a
bill declaring women eligible to serve as
school trustees.
Decline la Kana anil Pad Ac tock.
Nkw York, Feb. 10. The Commercial
says that nenr the close or tne I'.xcnunge
to-day the Kansas and Texas sold down
to 41 j per cent., which Is no doubt a sur
prise to the numerous ioiiowihk ui juy
V.n mnra nivnn "a IWliflt" tO bt)V
at 47J per cent. There may bo a hitch in
th armiiiiitirin of Dronertv and its release
from trusteeship, out if so wo have not
heard of it. Gould himself may ho ill, as
rumored for a dny or two pant, but wo do
not believe It Our private ai vires irom
Hoston lead us to believe that tho Topeka
and Santa Fe party nave the means ami
ability, as well as determination, to put
through the 1100 miles of tho Atlantic
and Pacific road.
An Outrage PollrH.
lf,u....u k'.iK inAn usher in thfl St,
Peter's Catholic Church, early this morn
ing heard cries in the church, and went
in just in time to provent a negro from
ravishing a young white girl, who had
gone to prayers. Jhe uegro escaped.
A Hinmd Hone at Large.
Nkw Yoiik, Feb. 10. Rove rend Edward
Cowley, on trial for starving aud ill treat
ing children under his care at tho Shop
rd's Fold, was admitted to hail to-day in
$7,600, his bondsmen being Reverend Dr.
Mnriran Dix. of Trinity church, and Rev.
llr. Robert 8. How land, of tho Church of
Heavenly Rest.
Sulfide.
Nxw York. Feb. 10. Last month, Geo
Heck buried his wife in the Lutheran
cemetery. Queens county, Long Island.
nd to-day went aud lav down on her
grave ana commmeu tuiciue uy snooting
niaiseir.
EiWmlrr Fire.
PiiiLADEi.riiiA, Feb. 10. The Chatham
Mill, an extensive brick structure corner
of Howard and Berks street, luirned this
evening. 175,0110; mostly insured
The principal loser sre Harp!, Mnta
yueft Co., $S3,0iM); Isaac Sled. f'rIM""1
IKiInn Brothers, f.'j.lKKi, and Win. Top
hsm, 15,fXK).
Th Htw llanapahir Klrnit.
MiNrneKTKK, Feb. 10. DillingliHin eon-
fetes that he tirt shot and then out
raged his aunt. The olliciaW have taken
him to the Portsmouth J:iil. Mr. Dil
lingham died to-night.
Tha Mlar In Vaprr.
w asiiim.ton, ron. it). l'apcr men re
nciively righting Fort's hill. They say
Hint it is true thst printing p ir h id ad
vanced 40 to 50 per cent, in six to eight
months. The causes they insist is, that
the price ot domestic colored rugs has in
creased from ono and three-fourths to
three and three fourths cents per pound.
Rags hud never been so low as (hey were
six months ago when rags of the best
quality could be purchased at one and a
half cents per pound. This price was not
Hitlicient to induce persons to save and
sell rugs or puy for their collection. Con
sequently the stock was very low, aud
when tho business revival begun and
paper wss demanded by all reviving in
dustries, paper dealers were without any
stock and the prico immediately ad
vanced in this country and Europe. Ca
blegrams hare been received from Euro
pean dealers within a week, oidcring
their agents here not to sell another
pound of rags, as the price of paper is rap
idly advancing there. Another cause is
the rise in the price of bleaching powder.
Eighteen months ago It could bo ptir
chnccdat one cent per pound; now ft Is
two cents. Tliosame is true of soda, ash
and of caustic soda, the principal choini
mis used in the manufacture of paper.
Bleaching powder is on the free list, so
thst it is not a question of turitf ns to that
article. The price ofdomeHtic alum, an
other imKrtant chemical ined in making
faper, has not nuiriully advanced.
abur baa also advanced soinew hat.
Cenaiu Nnwr'Ui.
Wamiinoko.v, Feb. 10. In executive
session last evening the census committee
rKrted adversely on certain nomina
tions of census supervisors, including
aotne southern ones.
Major Keno' 'aar.
Major Reno has sent a very urgent
latter to the president asking permission
to resign bis commission in thu army
rather than sutler dismissal. Accom
panying the decision of tho court was a
recommendation for mercy, signed by all
its menilwrs, and ns Keiio has been a
gallant soldier, and as his otlenses have
(teen attributed to intoxicating lienors,
the president is deposed to give him the
privilege of resigning in order to savo his
record. The president is very tender
hearted about these nutters. 'Not Img
a jo he allowed Lieutenant Jerome, of the
seventh cavalrv, to rigii, when he had
been sentenced to dismissal by a court
martial, and w ill probably do the same in
the Reno case.
Flra at Wan Jim.
Ka Josb, California, Feb. 10. Soon
after 2 o'clock this morning tho state
normal school was discovered to be in
flames. lire was first noticed in the cu
pola, which Wore the engines arrived
was a pyramid of (lame rising in the still
night air. The fire gained rapid head
way, and the water pressure was so weak
that the firemen were delayed in gcttiug
an efficient stream. Within fifteen min
ntea after the flames were first seen pour
ing from the cupola the whole interior of
the central portion of the building was
AIM with flames, roaring and cracking
like an immense furnace. The south
wing of the building rapidly became in
olfeil, and the flames were soon sweep
log through the entire building, except
the north wing. The roof fell in w ith a
tremendous crsth, and in a little while
beams and girders began to drop from
their resting placet and In a very brief
pace ef time the whole building was to
.u Tk hnililiinr waa of wood, and the
inain'portion had a frontage of 68 feet
and (depth of 100 feet. On each side of
the central building waa an arm o.
front by 70 deep. The height of the cen
tral building waa 1)8 feet to the ridge,
the wings bad mansard roofs, and were
67 feet in hoight to the cornice. The
tower was 22 feet aquare and rose from
the center to a height of 152 feet. The
basement walla were of concrete and
brick. The interior was divided into class
and recitation rooms, music room, mu
.om Uhnmtnrv and aonaratus room
society rooms, gymnasium and lecture
t Tim l.nililinir cost &80.000.
IIM'UI, wv, .. m . ,
There is some reason to believe thai
the fire was or incendiary origin. a hi
ily residing In the rear of the achool, re
port being awakened bv two explosions
in quick succession, and upon getting up
and looking out soeing me uuu iuri.
in flames. Others assert thai me cummer
i,.. rti. hnililiinr were defective from
the lime they were put in, when the
building was constructed, mere
... i : .. ,.f VirK0 nn tin house.
divided into$2V)0 and $5000 risks among
the principal insurance companies doing
business in this state. The city market
hall has been temporarily secured for the
purposes of school.
-I ha Shepherd's Fold.
New York. Feb. 11. Reverend Edward
Cowloy has sent in his resignation as
annnrintondont of the Shepherd's Fold,
ami it has teen accepicu. a tuiuumw
of ladies have been appointed to take
charge of the institution.
The Iran
Denver, Feb. 11. The Nrut ofllce here
is occupies oy non-union men vu-uny.
RlM la the Price or wagona.
Cuwunn Feb. 11. Waeon makers from
all parts or the country inei io-ciay anu
decided to advance prices on wagons ten
percent. Tho firms represented 150,000
wagons last year.
Doail Proposa'a.
r-ronosals to sell bonds to the govern-
mpnt airim-irated nearly $12,000,000 to-
ilnv. and nrices ranged from $103 to $100.
Secretary Sherman accepted most of
tho oilers or the Liu tea states oonus.
Strike Kuded.
Moi st Vernon. New Jersey. Feb. 11
The striking hands of Vernon Brothers'
shirt factory, 100 in number, resumed
work to-day, their de mind for an in
crease of wages having been aeded to.
Most of the strikers w ere Chinamen.
Not at luereu.
Chicago. Feb. 11. An exchange re
cently started here for the purposo of
tradiug in grain is not a very great suc
cess. Oprra IIoum Damaged by Wind.
Deaiiwooo. Feb. 11. While a concert
and ball was in progress in the Opera
House, Centrul City, last evening, a heavy
wind curried the entire front of the build
ing into tho street. A scene of the wild-
cut confusion ensued, but fortunately no
ives were lost.
C hicago llotela Will Mot Advance Price
Ciiica(K). Feb. 11. A thorough canvass
of tho hotels clearlv reveals that the
statement recently telegraphed hence to
the elici t that prices were being raised
I'liormoUKly for tho week of the Republi
can natioual convention is entirely un
founded. There will be no advance in
prices whatever, at any Hotel. 1 tie pledge
made to the national convention will be
faithfully kept.
Natioual Trotting 4uorlatlon
New York. Fob. 11 Tho biennial
meeting of tho National Trotting Aimo
nation commenced to-day. The commit
tee on tho revision rules reported and
most of them were adopted. Section 4 of
rule 3 was changed so thut confirmation of
sentence for expulsson for fraudulent
practice could not bo moUitleil by a
board of review.
An Kttranrtlluarjr Itlsr. (
Nkw York, Feb. 11. Wall street re
ports suy that a subscription block for
tho Sonora railroad, projected to run from
Gnaymas on the Gulf of California, to tho
southern extension of the Atchison, To-
eka v Santa l o Katlroud svstem in New
Mexico and Arizona, was recently sold in
Boston for a bonus of S-'HHK). lho last
salo was at $o50, and it may be interest
ing to some to know that too same block
was sold each time, lho lirsl thirty
miles nf the road are to be constructed
mmediately, beginning at Guayuias.
ICallroad llalra.
Kvert St. John, general passenger
agent of tho Chicago, Rock I-dand it Fa
ille lt.ulroud, notifies roa Is leading went
from Chicago, thut siucu they are soiling
tickets from Kansas City to Colorado
points at usually and unreasonably low
figures, the Rock Island will make no
further attempts to restore rates, and will
not be represented at to-morrow's meet
ing, which was called for that purpose.
A Charge of Patricide.
Omaha. Feb. 10. n January 2!Uh
there arrived nt Grand Island, C. Si. Lau
rence, an old gentleman from liratlle
lioro, Vermont, with bis son Frank, of
liicago. 1 ho son dunned that the father
had met with an accident in Iowa, caus
ing insanity. On Thursday night last the
Id gentleman died suddenly and mvster-
iously. Suspicion of lout play being strong,
tho son was arrested charged with poison-
ng ins lather Oy admiutistertng pruxaic
icid. The symptoms, cirjumstuuees and
the finding of tho deadly drug in tho pos
session of the son, go to prove that the
Id man was poisoned. No cause is as
signed other tian for lho insurance on the
father s life, there being 1 l.OOO, ?,VHM) in
theNcw York Knickertocker,uiHl''HW)in
the Travelers, of Hartford. The sou is in jail
waning an examination on the .tilt or
February.
Tho IrUh famine.
Nkw Yoke, feb. IX The f.nid this
morning saya: Wo regret lo say that as
yet no returns have been tnadr by a largo
umlter orgentlemea anil firms to whom
the llrruU'i Irish famine blanks were in
trusted. In a great many instances we
now these blanks contain the names of
ixr-ons who In the aggregate have
subscribed a good deal of money
nd we are aware that ihev are
held bck in order that their custodians
who are so generously co-operating with
the Ihrulii may be able to make as good
allow ing as possible in print, llieir mo
tive is exceedingly creditable, but we are
me they will not misinterpret our mean
ing w lieu we say they are unwittingly put-
lug hack the cause Ihev so heartily hope
to advance. The ll,mll will esteem it
great favor on the part of these gentle
men if they will make the returns as
early as possible to-morrow. The news
paper editors ana other gentlemen In out-
aide towns and ritiee who are so nobly
iding the llrralil will also place us under
obligations if thev will forward ua their
subscriptions and subscription list at the
same tune. Na doubt the telegraph com
panies will In all case enable them to
transmit their money without waiting fur
t he alow proccae of mails.
Kallroad OonaolMartan.
Lm isrtLLx, Feb. 13. The intense ex
citement was croated here by the an
nouncement that a consolidation or con
rar.t far flvK vears haa been entered in be
i...n , Louisville & Nashville and
Georgia Central roads. Each end of the
combination is to conduct its affairs in its
own way. Tne aim oi h la to give mrougn
kin. nf la.linir from St, Louis to New York
and Liverpool and from Louisville and
Nashville to the same points. The com
bination can carry freights that will be
ruinous to northern trunk lines, it ex
pects to have a large part of the gain that
eoes from Chicago to New York and
T.ltfarnool bvtbe worinern route to taae
the southern route. It haa large steamers
plying between Savannah and New York,
aud ocean freights are not ouly cheaper
than rail rates but cheaper than lake
rates. It will be a striae lor a great pan
nrii.a ouutern business, aud it will make
rates that will bring it to a great part of
tiie western business, indeed, neany
every article that Louisvelle now imports
will come by way of Savandab, Atlanta
and Nashville. '
Railroad Matter,
t i!irfin. Feb. 13. Tho eeneral passen
gor agents of the principal western roads
centering nere, met uern ivuav wim ioy
resentatives of the Fort Wayne and
Wabash roads to adjust rates. They had
not arrived at any satisfactory conclusion,
hut nc denta v the roilowing important
correspondence under date of Omaha,
13th, transpired: "Mr. Geodraan of the
Central Pacific R. R. telegraphs me that
San Francisco is full of New York pas
sengers awaiting the departure of the
next steamer which sails February 20th.
The P. M. S. S. Company is offering a
through rate of $75 cabin and $35 steer
age, and paying five dollars each com
mission to hotels, etc. Shall I say to
Ooodman that the Central Pacific may
make such rates as may bo necessary to
hold the business, and that you will share
the reduction on t-e basis of the present
proportion. T. L. KIMBALL.
Uenerai rasscnger Ageni, u. r. n. r..
After a full discussion tho roads lead
ing west from here sent tho following:
The lines east of Lansas uty anu umaua
will accept a pro rata per mile upon any
rate w hich tho Central Pacific makes, to
meet rates made by the Pacific Mail Com
Danv to New York, provided the tickets
are limited to one day beyond the actual
schedule time, and to be sold at tariff
rates with a drawback on New York to
the amount of reduction." This answer
was probably entirely satisfactory to the
Central Pacific Under the rlcinrocal ar
rangement tho Central Pacific proposed
that the latter road would get a much
larger tariff than under the one to which
the answer refers.
Syeteiuattc Hobbery.
t .Mnvwi? Maaa VoK 1!tAni1l0W
Smith, of North Andover, defaulting town
treasurer, has acknowledged that yearly
since his first election in 13(19 he had
converted the money of the town to his
own use. The amount of tho defalcation
is $29,822. Smallest irregular town note,
$400; largest, $5300.
Death of Gov. Arnold of Rhode Ifland.
Providence. Feb. 13. . G. Arnold died
early this morning. Ho was thrice lieutenant-governor,
served a short terra in
the U.S. senate, and was author of the
history of Rhode Island.
DUattroua Wind Storm at ftaalivllle
Nashville. Tenn. Feb. 13 A cyclone,
accompanied by thunder, lightning an I
heavy rain passed over the city at mid
night. The wind blew at the rate of forty
nulcsan hour. Tho spires of lho First
Colored Baptist, St. J ihti's Colored and
St. Paul's Colored Churches were blown
down, also tho inside brick wall of the
new custom house. 1 he roof of She
Son's elevutor, containing 20,0"0 bushels
of gram, was swept oil. the third story
of the F.dgetiold Manufacturing Company,
building was blown away. Tito roofs of
a large number of private residences were
blown olr, and the damage up to this hour
cannot be estimated.
fatal Mallroad Accident.
Dayton. Ohio, Feb. 13. A bridge on
the Dayton and Southeastern road, near
Chilicothe, was washed away this morn
ing. Tho engine and several cars were
thrown into the hi ream, the engineer aud
firemen being killed instantly. Passen
ger coaches escaped und no other injuries
wero sustained.
PACIFIC COAST.
Suicide of a Sailor.
San Francisco, Feb. 11. Henry Hart-
man, a Spanish Nitilor on tho Biitish ship
I'lt'ion, committed suicide this morning by
drinking carbolic acid. He swallowed tiie
poison while lying on his bunk an t was
observed in the net by his shipmates,
who summoned assistance, but to no pur
pose. A Hoodlum Hilled by a Policemwii.
Shortly arter midnight, Officer Dwyer
w hile attempting to arrest u suspicious
character on West Mission street near
Twelfth, was sot upon by a crowd of hood
lums, knocked down and badly beaten.
In the melee the officer dtew a pistol and
tired, bringing down Michael Wynne
with a bullet in the side. Ho was taken
to the city hospital w here he died this
morning.
llurued lo Death.
Cuico, Feb. 11. An Indian squaw, who
married a Chinaman in Hod Bin lis threo
or four weeks ago and who came to live at
1 hico, was this morning burned to death
by the bursting of a kerosene lump in her
room.
Sulrlilr of a Convicted Murderer.
San Francisco, Feb. 12 Bonifacio Nu-
net confined in the county j til under con
viction of the murder of William Frcv,
last April, wits found hanging in his cell at
alwut 1 tiiis morning. Ho had torn his
shirt into strips which he soaked and
twisted in a rope. A piece or broomstick
set in the ventilator served for the gal
lows. He made his preparations so quietly
that his two cell mates knew nothing of
the affair until on casuullv wukinc. one
of them discovered the boIr. Nunex had
been denied a new trial and was to have
been sentenced Saturday next. He was
a Spaniard and aged about 2ti years.
(luarrel between. Kdltore.
Hoi UJTKK, Feb. 12. A newspaper war
rulminated this morning by IU4 fatul
shooting of S. II. Burmtnett, editor of the
r.nterpriK, bv ti. . Carlton, editor of the
V.(jnii'i. 1 Ins morning s issue of the
7YvniiA calls Burmmeit a horse-thief.
At 10 o'clock Burmmett met Carlton on
the court house atens and asked him why
he published those lies about him. it It -
out speaking Carlton drew a pistol and
shot liruiumctt, the ball penetrating his
bead between the eyes. He fell lu his
tracks and still lingers, but cannot live.
Carlton waa arrested and locked up.
Latkr. Brummett, shot by Carlton,
this morning died at 1 P M.
Trial between Htulog mpaatee.
San Fbancmco, Feb, 12. The case of the
North Noonday Mining Cointiany vs. Ihe
Orient Mininr Company Is on trial before
jury in the U. 8. circuit court. This is
ripin.. nn .nm th ree bun-
dred feet of mining ground in the iBodia
district, valued at more than f 1,000,OLO.
An injunction against the defendant wai
granted pending the trial.
Marina Dlaaators During; January.
TV nnmhar nt vAsiiAlu twdnnfnnff to Or
bound to or from port in the United
States reported toiauy iosi auu mii
during January ii 24. The list comprise!
1 steamer, 2 ships. 13 barks, 2 brigs and 0
schooners. Their total value, exclusive of
cargoes, is estimated at $092,000.
Found Dead.
Emma L. Warren was found dead in
the rear yard of her parent'a residence,
ftn.'l Kaerumnntn atreet. at half-
oast six o'clock this morning. She left
the house to make a visit at 8 o'clock last
evening, and her narents retired to sea
at 10 o'clock. On coming down stairs
this morning they found her dead as
stated.
FOREIGN.
A Chance for Hanlau.
London. Feb. 10. The StmUman an
uounces that Christopher Barras has
authorized the editor of that journal to re
tain K) of the stakes in the Boyd-Elliott
match and issuo a challenge to Hanlan,
in behalf of Boyd, to row a race within a
stipulated time for 200 a side, the cham
pionship of England and the SiiorUman
challenge trophy. Barras is willing to add
300 more to the stakes if Hanlan would
like to row for 500 aside.
Bcyd will row a race with Hawdon on
the Tyno on Saturday for 200.
In the match on the Tyne next Satur
day, for 200, between Bobert W. Boyd,
winner of the race with Elliott yesterday
and John Hawdon, the former gives the
latter a start of four lengths.
The Theater Royal Fire.
Diblin, Feb. 10. One woman and
seven men were killed and thirteen work
men and firemen seriously injured by the
burning of the Theater Royal. Every
thing iu the building was consumed in
cluding a large and costly wardrobe. The
theater took fire at about one o'clock from
a light in the hands of a boy lighting the
gas." Most of the employes were at dinner
at the time, and the flames spread rap
idly. Manager Egerton lost his life by
remaining too long in the building in an
effort to arrest the flames.
Sentenced to Death.
Madrid, Feb. 10. Gonzalez the would
be regicide, has been sentenced to death,
Terrible Accident.
Constantinople, Feb. 10. During a fete
a barrack three stories high near here,
collapsed. Two hundred soldiers were
killed and three hundred injured thereby.
Which Is Best I
"O.dear!"
Little Nan opened her eyes and
stretched out her arms with a sleepy
yawn, as the summer morning, all rosy
and sweet, peeped into her gairet cham
ber. "I wish I didn't have to get up so soon !
I wish thu fire would make itself, and a
Pitcher Fairy would bring the water from
the spring, and a Broom Fairy would
sweep the kitchen and grind the coffee,
and a good Brownie would bring us a
lovely breakfast already cooked! I'm
tired nf sifting cindersand washing disnes.
I wish 1 was a lady, like Miss Antasia!"
But she wasn't a lady, and Pitcher
Fairies and Brownies didn't grow in her
neighborhood: so little Nun hud to shake
off her sleepiness, and jump up to her
work. 1 lie sun was just coming up over
tho edges of the rosy clouds ; the robin
and the orioles were singing with all their
might; the morning glories bad hung out
a thousand pink aud purple and speckled
bells, to welcomo the sunshine, and the
pinks und mignonette in the garden were
sparkling with duwdrops. Una- sweet
they smelled, and how lovely everything
was in the cool, fresh, beautiful morning!
Little Nan came back from the spring
with her cheeks like roses and her eyes
as bright hs stars. She danced about her
work us lightly as any Broom Fairy ever
did; and the tiro was made, tho breakfast
cooked for grandmother, nd the dishes
washed up ufterward, long before Miss
Antasia raised her drowsy head from her
great soft feather pillows. When she did
the sun was streaming across her bed,
hot and bright. The flowers on her
dressing-tublo drooped in the heat; the
dew was dried up on the roses outside.
Mies Antasia yawned and stretched her-
sell. ' (), dear, how hot it is! How tire
some to have to get up and dress one's
self! I won't do it. I'll have niv break
fast in bed."
And so she lounged amongst her pil
lows, and drank her coffee, and nibbled
at her toast, and had no appetite, and
complained of the heat, and sighed nnd
fretted like a person oppressed with eriel.
She had nothing iu tin world to do but
to amuse herself and take her ease, and
now nothing umused her; and she tossed
about in her fine bed, und did not find
h.iirtlio rest there that little Nan took on
her hard cot in tho garret.
If only she hud some useful work to do,
how much better she would iiave felt !
She missed all tho dew and freshness of
tho morning; she loses all the purest
of life, for no one can be happy that
walks through the world with idle hands
and a selfish heart.
Little Nan had the best nf it: for hon
est work brings a double blessing, and we
serve God best when we do our duty to
men. muUnt Hieklv.
Two elegantly-dressed gentlemen met
in Galveston. One of them asks how
tho other fared this Christmas. "Oh,
very well," he replied, "mv wife pre
sented me with a beautiful silk dressing
gown." "Of course you reciprocated,"
responded the other. "Of course; I
always do that. I bought her a now
ood saw. lho one buo has been using
for the last five years was about worn
out, and it took so long to get wood for
breakfast in tho morning that I used to
get hungry lying in bod. But that new
saw will help matters along, I reckon."
The wife ot Mr. Jonesmith had the
misfortune to be more good than beauti
ful. On tho San lUfael boat, tho other
day, tho writer overheard this lot of con
versation: Brownjones: "That fellow
Jonesmith outrageously unfaithful to
his wife." Sraithbrown: "For example?"
Brownjones: "Oh, I don't know any
liarticular instance." Hmithbrown: "Ah,
are you a physiognomist you think he
looks like it." Brownjones: "Never saw
him; I think she looks like it."
A man is just as much afraid of the
the things in which bo doee not believe
as he is of those in which he does be
lieve. No one believes in ghosts, and
yet everyone who gosa through a dark
room alone firmly expecta one to catch
htut and carry him off.
Susie's Gift.
The tlayt were growing dark for George
Graham. Hia studious habits had re
sulted in an affection of the eyes that
threatened to grow senons.
This was his last term of school and if
he passed his examination creditably, lie
was to have a place in Solomon Grant a
store, with wages that would not only
take can of himself, but greatly help hia
mother. , ,, ,
His mother waa a widow, and George s
love for her waa a sort of passion of devo-
'"Se was very fond of Susio Hale but
Susie was only a nice girl to him a dear,
weet. good girl, such as any fellow
would like; but his mother was the lady
to whom was due his love, his care, his
uttermost dnty.
The plans he made in life were all for
his mother's sake.
What if this growing dizziness about
him was to increase until all was dark?
What if he must bo no help to his moth
er, but only a burden on hor forever?
His scholarship had been so fine that
his tutor hesitated to reprove h's now
continual failures; and George said noth
ing of the increasing darkness around
him to his mother, for ho felt that it
would break her heart; nothing to teach
er or achoolmutes, for it seemed to him
that his grief would be nothing to them.
But one afternoon the crisis came.
No one who was present that day not
even the smallest child will ever forget
the look of wild despair that swept over
George Graham's face, or the gesture of
helpless anguish with which he stretched
out his hands, as if to seek among them
all some friend, as he cried:
"God help me, I have been going
blind, and now I cannot see one figure in
my book!"
There was a silence after this; and
there came no sound but the audible
beating of George Graham's tortured,
despairing heart.
Then the master sent away others, for
school hours were nearly over, and tried
his best to comfort his stricken pupil.
The words of the teacher entered his
ears, but they did not reach his heart or
kindle his hope.
As soon as lie could he went away. He
did not go straight homo. How could
he face his mother and tell her what he
must toll her now?
He sat down on a bank alittle removed
from the roadside, a bank which over
hung a swift, deep, yet narrow stream.
An awful temptation came over him.
To be sure, to die would be to leave
his mother to fight her battle of life
alone; but also it would rolieve her from
the heavy burden he must needs be to
her if he lived.
The river rushing down there below
invited him with his murmur.
He bent forward over the stream.
Then he drew back, for a longing came
over him to go home first and soe his
mother just once more.
"Soe here! What am I talking about?
Do I not know I shall never see her
again?"
And a girl's voice, soft and tender, an
unexpected voice, answered him:
"Yes, you will see her again. Surely
you will soo her again!"
llie boy turned las face toward the
sound.
"How did you come here! Susie Hale?"
ho asked.
"Don't be angry, George," the gentle
voice entreated "I waited for von. I
could not go home until I had told you
how sorry I was, and tried to comfort
you. i on must take heart and try to bo
cured. I have known people who could
not see at all to be hoi pet I. and why not
you ? At least you must try."
An evil mood was upon George Gra
ham, and he answored harshly:
"Whore is the money to como from.
if you please? It has been all mother
could do just to live, and she struggled
on with the expectation of my being
able soon to help hor. She has no
money for experiments. Thoro is noth
ing for it but for me to rest a dead
weight upon her han Is or die."
"lou believe in God, George Graham.
and you will not defy him. If he means
you to bear this, you will bear it like a
man, and not try to get rid of the bur
den. Just now, it seems to me, you
ought to go home. Would you like your
mother to hear this from some one else?"
Ho rose slowly.
"You are right," ho said, "and you are
a good girl. Good-bye. Susio."
buo did not try to eo with him: she
followed him only with her eyes.
ms nioiner met mm at tne gate.
When she took his hand in hers tho
poor fellow felt that she knew all. She
was very quiet and self -controlled.
"lour tutor has boon here, she said,
"and has told me. My darline. why
have you sat iu the darknoss, and Bhut
your mother out from any share in your
trouble?"
"Oh, I couldn't tell you, mother," ho
sobbed, "I couldn't. I thought it would
break your heart."
Meanwhile, Susio Hale had gone home
full of an absorbing purpose.
Somehow money must and should be
raised to try what a skillful occulist
could do for Gearge Graham.
Susio was the orphan niece of Solomon
Grant.
Sho knew that she had a modest little
fortune of hor own, but it was all in her
unclo's hands, and without his consent
she could not dispose oven of her small
income.
But would he not be persuadod to let
her have enough of her own inonoy to
accomplish her desiro?
She asked him, using her utmost pow
er of persuasion to touch his heart, but
ho ref used with peremptory decision.
Susio had in the world one treasure, a
diamond ring, which had been her moth
er's, wUh a stone, white and clear as a
dewdrop.
This must, she know, be worth hun
dreds. It was her own.
She had meant to keep it all her life,
for her mother's sake, but surely this
great need of George Grahani'a justified
her in parting with it.
She had one friend in whose good faith
and judicious management she felt im
plicit confidence, and to him she sent her
mother's ring, with the request that he
would ell it as speedily and on as good
terms as possible, and remit her the
price of it in bank notes, and keep for
her the aecret that she had disposed of it.
It was a week after George Oraham
had given up hopo, when a most unex
pected hope came to him.
A neighbor, going by from the post
othce, handed in at the door a letter ad
dressed to him. Mrs. Graham .
'George," ehe cried, after.
in an eager, trembling voice, "here
one hundred dollars, and that is ths f
ter that cornea with them : "
"This money is from a true frien,i ,
George Graham's and is to be appljlj ?'
taking him to an oculist, in the h0M a ,
his sight may be restored. The iri
withholds his name, both because
serves no thanks, and because he wis?"
to make the return of the monev in,-
sible." ""
"It is from Heaven itself," the m0Ui
cried. "George, I feel it in mysonioi!!
you are to be cured. .
The next day the mother and her Llinj
son sought rooms at a quiet little hoB
in the city, and the day after that
were among the earliest patients of dJ
torAnnosly.
The first examination of Georgo'( eys
were unpromising enough, and tie iW
lor wuiiieu iu si-u mm uwijr.
There were weary days and weeks thu
ionoweu, anu u was curious that tu
ii i l , ..
uiuiuot W! mwujn uujn uii uuu. tug m,
always despairing.
At last it almost irritated him to htt
her speak of hope to him, and one dayh,
turned on her with the first burst of pu.
sionate impatience she had ever expert,
enced from him.
"Mother," he said, "for the love of
heaven do not talk to me as if it wait
sure thing that I am going to tea
again. I want to think it doubtful
almost impossible. If you should make
me expect a cure, and then it should
not come, don't you see that I should
go mad? I think I should dash m?
head against the wall. I can only lire
by expecting nothing."
After that the mother held her nam
but whenever Bho went out of thai
darkened room, those who saw her
marveled at the light of joy in h9
eyes.
At last the time came; the bandagg
was removed, there waa just one wild
cry:
"Mother, I see you!" and then Georp
lay at the doctor's feet, swooning in
his great joy.
It was weeks bofore he went liomt
again, but the good news preceded
him.
The mother wrote to Solomon Grant
who had agreed to keep the place open
while awaiting the result of the exper
iment.
Solomon read the letter in full fam
ily conclave. He little knew how hit
niece lon&ed to snatch the na er from
his hand and read it for herself; nor
did he heed the tears that swam is
her dark eyes, tears of such deep, nn'
selfish joy as only a loving woman
knows.
Another letter came afterwards to
tell when the widow and her son wen
to return.
It was Susie who waked over early
in the afternoon, carrying with her a
baskot of dainties for the traveller!
supper.
Susie's black eyes danced, and the
heart sank within her as slie set the
table in the little parlor, and lighted a
fire in the kitchen stove, ready to make
a fresh cup of tea whenever the widow
and her son should arrive.
Aud at last the travelers came, as at
last everything does come, if we wait
long enough for it.
They had expected to find an empty
house, and they found instead warmth
and brightness, good cheer and Susie
Hale.
Had George Graham grown through
his trial into a man's perception of a
girl's charms, or had his eyes been
holden bofore that he conld not see?
I only know that that night, for the
first time in his life, it dawned upon
him that another woman might some
day dispute with his mother the em
pire of his heart.
But it was not until five years af
terwards, when Mr. Grant hud taken
him into partnership, and Mr. Grant's
niece, Susie, had become his wife, thut
George Graham ever guessed from
whose tender hands had como the gift
by means of which he had been re
stored to hope and happiness.
Bonaparte Di'king the Conslla te.
Bonaparte's costume at this period is
worthy of record. On ordinary days he
wore ono of the uniforms of bis guards
but be bad decreed, for himself und his
two colleagues, that on all occasions of
grand ceremonial each should wear a ni
coat, made in Winter of velvet, in Sum
mer of some other material, and em
broidered in gold. The two consuls,
Cambaceres and Lebrun, elderly, pow
dered and well set up, wore this gorgeous
coat with lace, rullles and a sword, after
the old fashion of full dress; but Bona
parte, who detested all such adornmenls,
got rid of them as much as possible His
hair was cut short, smoothed down, and
generally ill arranged. VVith hiscrinison-aud-gold
coat he would wear a black cra
vat, a lace frill to bis shirt, but no sleeves
rutlles. Sometimes he wore a white vest
embroidered in silver, but more fre
quently his uniforn wait-tcoat, his uniform
sword, breeches, silk stockings and boots.
This extraordinary costume and his small
stature gavs him the oddest possible ap
pearance, which, however, no oue ven
tured to ridicule. When he became Em
peror, he wore a richly-laced coat, w ith a
short cloak and a plumed hat; and this
costume became him very well.
A Harlem boy was heard telling why
he didn't go to Sabbath-school. "I weut
most a year," he said, "expecting to gef
a reward, or be in at a Christmas-tree
picking, anyhow. There was nary a re
reward or nary Christmas tree. It was
too thin. I shook her."
Professor In philology a staid D. D.:
"Mr., can yon give ns an example
containing a conjunction co-ordinate?"
Mr. B (brightening up): "Tom and
Jerry." Professor: "That's good, let
us see what we will have next." Voice in
the rear: "Beer."
A little girl observed her mother
measuring it up to her nose with one
hand and reaching it out arm's length
with the other. She assumed a thought
ful aspect, and, after cogigating a
few moments, asked: "How can yon
measure cloth that way? Can von smell a
yard?" J 3
Advices from Rome give a sitkeniog
account of the ravage of an epidemic
fev?r in the old kingdom of Naples. In
a section now numbering some GO.OOO
souls, there are now 30,000 siik and as
many have died in the kingdom during
the year.