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CASE OF COURTSHIP. n re jg A case of couitsbip a la mode, or t'ie . , cimixifiv was standing at i of hor little millinery store in ll.fl door 01 uor ' . I ''Sfstello came along. Mr. Costollo Mr- v ood evcnin' to yon, ma'am." said he .Good evenin' to you, Mr. Costello, CwJaitr we're havin' ma'am," lTnk God." replied Mrs. n n,iakov "but the winters comiu i amlit comes toaU, both great and "it in iuvi " . . . . i. 'Vnf. tlm winter s CO ".an''" said Mr. Costello, "but for all ut it doesn't come to us alike. Now, we a-e you, ma'am, fut, rosy and good Svikin'. equally uwate as a summer jpniuafallpiPPto or a winter rus- WJArrab, hould yor whist, now,-' intor mtd the fair widow, laughing. "Much in old bachelor like you knows about Annies or women. But come in, Mr. rostello, an' tako a cup o' tay with me, for I was only standin' be the door, lookin' at the people passin' for com Danr's sake, like, an' I'm sure the kuttlo List have sung itself hoarse." Mr Costello needod no second invita tion and he followed his hostess into her iLir. back room. There was a bright fira burning in the little stove, the tea kittle was sending forth a cloud of steam that took a ruddy glow from the tire, the shadow lump on the table gave a mellow nd subdued light to the room, and it was all very suggestive of comfort. "It's very cozy ye are, Mrs. Cum iskey," said Mr. Costello, casting a look of approbation around the apartment. "les," replied the w idow, as she laid the supper, "it is that, whin I do bo bavin company." "Ah," said Mr. Costollo, "it must be lonesome for you with only the cat and ver cup o' tay." "Sure it is, answered the widow. "But take a sate and set down, Mr. Cos tello. Help yerself to this fish, an' don't forget the purtaties. Look at them; thev're splittiu' their sides with laugh- Mr. Costello helped himself and paused. Ho looked at the plump widow, with her arm in that graceful position assumed in pouring out tea, aiid re marked, "I'm sinsible of the comforts of a home, Mrs. Cnmiskey, though I've none myself. Mind, now, the difference between tho tastes o' tay made and sarved that way and tho tay they give you in an 'atin' house." "Sure, said the widow, "there s nothin' like a home o' your own. I won der you never got marrit, Mr. Costello." "i was about to make the same re mark in reference to yourself, ma'am," answered Mr. Costello. "God keep us," exclaimed Mrs. Cum iskey. "arn't I a widder woman this seven "Ah "reioined Mr. Costello, "but it's thinkin' I was why ye didn't get married again." . "Well, it's sure I am," said tho widow, thoughtfully, setting down her teacup, anil vftisinff her hand bv way of emphasis. better husband to any woman than him that s dead anil gone. Heaven save an' rest his sowl. Ho was that aisy, a child could do any thing with him and he was as handsome n a monkov. You favor him very much, Mr. Costello. Ho was about your height and complected like you. " a l. '" uYclaiinnil Mr. (Jostello. ' lie often used to say to me in his bantering way, 'Sure, JNorau, wuats uio mirnil.l to a. miin whin his wifo is a wid- Atr tiinnin' voll know, that all the tjiinntntioiiR und luxuries of lifo can fol l.iw ii miin bevant the grave. 'Sure low a man ueyant uio gruve. mD Nora,' says he, 'what's the worrold to a man whin his wifo is a widder? Ah, poor John?" . .. "It was a sensible, savin , that, re marked Mr. Costello, as he helped him self to more fish. "I mind the day John died, con tinued tho widow. "He knew everything to the last, and about four in the after noonit was seventeen minutes past live exactly by the clock he died ho says to me, 'Nora,' says he, 'youVe been a good wife,' says he, 'and I've boon a good husband,' says he, 'and there's no love lost between us,' says he, and I can give you a good character any place,' says he, 'and I wish you could do the samo for me where I'm going," says ho, 'but it's case equal,' says he, 'every dog has his day, and some has a day and a half,' says he, 'an,' says he, 'I'll know more in a bit than Father Corrigan him self," says he, 'but I'll say now,' says he, 'that I've always been a true son of tho church,' says he, 'so I'll not bother my brains about it,' says he, 'I'll lave you n good hands, Nora, for I'll lave you in your own hands,' says ho, 'and if at any time you see a man ye like better nor me, marry him,' says he, 'Ah, Nora', says he, for the first time speaking it solemn like, 'what's the worruld to a man when his wife is a widow? And' says ho, 'I lave 850 for masses, and the rest I lave to yourself,' says he, 'and I needn't tell ye to be a good mother to the childrensays he, 'for well we know there are none.' Ah, poor John. "Vill ye have another cup of tay, Mr. Cos tello?" . . "Tt mnot liavB lieen hard on ve. said Mr. Costello. "Thank ye, ma'am, no more. "Tt una W.I " said Mrs. Cumiskev, "but time will tell. I must cast about for my own livin'; and so I got intel thin Ttlnna ami horn T am tO-daV." "Ah!" said Mr. Costello, as they rose from the table and seated themselves ue fore the fire, "and here we are both of us this evenin'." "Here we are, sure enough," rejoined the widow. ' Ih'iaT Ininl V A nt llim. do I? OSk' ed Mr. Costello. after a pause, during which he had gazed contemplatively into Uie nre. "Tl,.( An " anRwarpd the Widow. "Ye favor him greatly. Dark complected and the same pleasant some. ' mo aittin' here and TOO sittin' there fernnist rue, ye might almost thins ye were marm agam, Pnetalla inainnatinffW. "Ah trn AvllT now. for a taze that ye are," exclaimed the widow, mussing her clean apron by rolling the corners oi i. "T J.'.nmiiiiilwr what it was he said about seein' any man you liked better nor him," said Mr. Costello, moving his A; liftin n oarer tn that of the widow. "Ha he" answered the widow, smoothing tho apron orer her knees with her plump white hands. 'Nora.' said ho, 'if any time ye see any man bettor nor me, marry him,' says he. via ne say auytuing auoiu any wan 1 . . ..-1-.1I. ve likod as good as him?" asked Mr. Cos tello. iir tl..t I.. MA n0 the widow, reflectively, folding Lor bands t j,er iD "I suppose ho left Hint to yonrsnir pursued Mr. Costello. "Faith, an' I don't know, thon,:' an swered Mrs. Cnmiskey. "Div ye think ye like me as well as ye did him?" asked Mr. Costello, persua sively, leaning forward to look into the widow's eyes, which were cast down. "Ah, go away now for a due," exclaim ed the widow straightening herself and playfully slapping Mr. Costello on tho face. He moved his chair still nearer and moved his arm around her waist. "Nivor you think I'm ticklesome, Mr. Costello," said the widow, looking boldly at him. "Tell mo," he insisted, "div ye like me as well as ye did him?" "I I most I most disremember now how much I likod him," answered the widow, naturally embarrassed by such a question. "Well, then," asked Mr. Costello, en forcing his question by gentle squeezes of the widow's round waist, "div ye like me well enough as meself?" "iiear the man, exciaimeu iur. Hiimiskev. dorisivelv: "do vou like him well enough as himself?" "Ah, now, don t De DreaKin me noun, ,1ml Tfr. Costello. "Answer me this question, Mrs. Cnmiskey, is your heart tender towards mo; "ft. is " whispered tho widow: "an there now we havo it." "Glory bo to God," exclaimed tiie hapnv lover, and he drow tho most un willing widow to his bosom. A few minutes afterwards, Mrs. Cumis kev looked up, and, as she smoothed her hair, said: "But James, you haven't told me yet how you would liKe your my. "Ah, Nora, me jewel," answered Mr. Costollo, "the taste of that first kiss would take away the taste of all tho tay that ever was brewed." All for (iarlleld. It will be remembered that, in his speech nominating Sherman at the Con vention, General Garfield, after deliver ing an appropriate eulogy upon that can didate, said, "Who do you want?" Whereupon a voice in tho gallery shout ed, "Garfield." That unknown man called upon tho General on Tuesday afternoon, just as tho future President was washing his hands to prepare for a general shako. Ho was a one-armed soldier, and rather seedy in his make-up. "Said he, "General Garfield, I come to offer my congratulations." "Thanks, thanks," said tho General. "Let mo see, weren't you in tho Forty second Ohio ?" "No, General, that's not it. Didnt you hear that voice in tho gallery when you said, 'Who do you waut?' I'm the fellow that said it. I was for you, first, last, and all tho time." "You are a prophotio soul," said tho General, "and if I come to tho White House depend upon it I shau't forget you." And tho one-armed man left his name on a card and went away happy. Tn n four minutes GiU'lield Was SlU- roundod by his friends, and his right hand was going like a pump-iiauciio, when a bnrly Teuton pressed forward and accosted him: "Guten abend, General, I dinks I have rrlniinu nn VOll ItnvllOW. DUUJU , I. i ... . .... J . - "I am at your service, my good (1 the General: "let me hear . .l " "Did vou hear dot man slioud oud in the gallery, 'Garfield when you say Vnu lmlion oil'?' ". "il. i T rommnhered it well. Do vou mean to toll me " J . . IT Mnti ' lah, uenerai, i vos uoi umu, ww" -vr,r finom. Tt in never lorcoi you as long as I live. Let mo hear from you . iiim w v any time. in; t in man went away uuihjy. trh the rotunda on his way to the carriage, tho General loft a li.ir.1ir.T til nil nil liia back. Hiidwav be- tween his shoulders and hips, accom i, u uuuv "e - ' panied with a familiar, "lliiio, old uar. 1 ... . TV- l.i'm n Turning rounu, ho buw uwio ..... lit. .... 4..11 1, ni. very mtio man, wuu a vuij " a very thick sticK in ms ni. "Tinn't rnmembor me. eh? I'm called interviewer of Chicago. I in fprtwwwl o d (JonK. anu you ioo, "Ah, yes. Well, good-day, goou-uay. . . , ... H "Hold on, old leiiow, sam mo uiuo i.T linva lllut a wnTil U'lLIl vou on mv own hook. Didn't you hear . ..." .1 11 ..rti. that fellow np in me auerj, u made your hcrman speecu, nuuut ui al,19' " t a;a- t rini. Do vou mean to "Guess I fixed you that time, old man. I knew it was bound to go that way. Now, I consider I am the man who saved the Bepublican party." n "My dear, good nuio imjuw, niu Garfield, "vou deserve the thanks of the Nation. I "shall give you a new club Come down and see mo in Ohio, and 1 11 tpll vou all about the next caoinei. i er haps you'll be in it." nuu " , 7ut aa rl.n flpnorftl was boaruiDtr the Anl tUn MM a TT1 Jill wKULUHHf IIMI'I'V train, a bottle-nosed politician from the seventh wara piuciteu mm uv wo x, tail and shrieked, "General, General, one word only one word. nT1,fl ia if mv man?" if uav a , "Do yon remember when yon made vour speech in the Convention nomina- ting Sherman mai a umu uy m mo b Dl,a.l f Inrfifild?' " the General is not a profane man. He was once a minister of the Gospel, but T. .a olui at MIA timfl Of his Ylie S UO r . w canal-boatman. Early habiU of thought and expression are never completely .1 the future occupant of tlm White House startled some of his fripnds friends in the car as he threw himself into a seat and exclaimed: "D that man in the gallery. Mr. Simpking often declares that be never drinks anything stronger than claret But coming home recently at :Jn;kf an1 nn tin.rhin lini tO DIM Wife's iwuuurao I'- & . -r --- ,,,...1, Mr. he whispered myteriouslv: ub, my dear, don't be alarmed; but there are l .. .rnnnA- thv'r ftlfPadV StoleO our keyhole, and' I bad to get iu by the cellar win now. A Dissertation on 1'roposaU of Marrlago. A study of the plaoes where gentlemen j propose is a ennous ono. Hie parlor is , . i i i .i i the place wuere juaiua uuu geuiieiuuu usually meet, and were proposing as simple and easy a matter as it always seoms to a man when he hasn't any idea of doing it, nearly all the proposals would ie made there. It appears from a vast amount of letters and diaries ex amined by a Times expert that in a hun dred proposals about ten are mode in tho parlor by .gontlemou who have proposed beforo, and only two cases were discov ered whero a gentleman had nmdo las third proposal in the parlor. A retloetive person with some experi oueo will have little difficulty in divin ing tho reason for this. The results of a proposal are momentous. Even if tho answer be affirmative thero is an awful immensity about tho delirium of joy that soon becomes overwhelming unless relief is obtained' by separation and a change of sceno. The formality of loave-taking in the parlor is thoreforo an objection. On the other hand, if a neg ative answer is given, the veil eanuot be too quickly dropped botween tho suitor and tho lady who isn't suited. The length of timo that must elapso botweou the moment when the gentleman is re fused at tho remote end of a largo parlor, and tho momeut when ho stands on the front steps and slams the door behind him can be measured only by centuries the amount of misery experienced during it can be tho basis of measure ment. Tho danoo affords the reouisito prox imity, but a degree of repose is impor tant in proposing that is out of the ques tion when dancing. The conservatory is an admirable place for this important event, but so many houses are unprovided with this improve ment that tho percentage of conservatory iironosals is not largo. In proceeding to the conservatory the young lady usually takes tho arm of her escort, aud thus ono of the conditions is supplied. Tho beau tiful, represented by tho llowors, gentry stimulates tho sentimental, which is se riously increasing tho rapidity of the young nu n's pulse. Not less than 40 por cent, of proposals aro made at tho frout door, either just inside or juBt outside. Hardly any situ ation is more conducive- to proposing than sitting on tho front door step. The simillness of tho rug, or a desiro to leavo room enough for people to pass, obliges tho gentleman to sit so near tho lady that ho need not speak very loud. The balmy atmosphere of a summer evening pleas antly excites the tenner emotions, uuu " the moon shines tho situation is every thing that could bo desired. If the lady refuses, escape is the easiest thing in tho world for the gentleman. Tho leave-taking m the hall also pro- sonts mnuy advantages, aud m winter it is to bo greatly preferred to sitting on the front steps, oven if there is no biiow on them. In bidding tho lady good night it is permitted to tho gentle man to take tho lady's hand, and by gently but firmly pressing it he is often enabled to tell whether it would be judicious or not to propose It is not unusual lor a lady tosianu ou wj iu.-av staircase while the gentleman is prepar ing to withdraw. If they are of tho or dinary proportions their lips aro about on a level, and cases have occurred where nnnU lmvo manifested a (lesiro 10 ruau together when the lips are in good con dition to meet. But this position is not ai;'m " reliod upon. If the lady s lips are a littlo the higher, tho meeting could not be effected unless she bent a trillo for ward, or he descended to her standpoint. Bho may bo too coy to do the former, aud for him to do the latter would bo too artificial to be graceful. Tho front hall, however, is a pleasant place to tarry in, and an ensy piaco to escapo from. The gas usually burns more dimly than in tho parlor, and if any member of tho family intrudo ut a late hour, it is convenient for tho con lnmmi to bo seen in the act of leaving. l'eoplo who aro brought up amid the artificialties of city lifo and whero houses are a dozon miles from a cemetery, have no idea of the amount of proposing mot the rural tombstone is tho witness of. Many farm houses havo no parlors, ami to propose m the sitting room in m presence of tho family, would be entirely out of taste. Tho burial vault is a cheer ful and cosy place compared with many country parlors. When a gentleman lmenus to iuuuo nrniinnnl. discretion renuires that ho should do it at some place whenco thero is a prompt and easy means ot retreat, for this reason ho should not propose when rowing with a lady on tho lake, flowing ashore with a lady whom the oarsman would gladly see drowned is not tho height of happiness. TropoBals have been made in a church, at the theater, when skating and in other places, but tho most experienced pro posers declare that there is no place like home the young lady's homo-es-pecially that part of it which is in th immediate vicinity in front of tho door. Political Duels. Tho practice of fighting political duels, thought now confined chiefly to Franco and Austria, was once universal. Three generations ago every public party had its l'aul do Cassagnac. Within the memory of many men still living, a young member of tho Irish Parliament asking a veteran how he should achieve success thero, was an swered, "Alwavshave your pistol ready. This was no figure of speech. Warren Hastings, at a timo when his fall would probably involved that of British India, risked life in a dnel with Sir Philip Francis, whom he shot through the body, -i,;ia liirndfilf escaping unhurt. Tho Duke of Wellington's meeting with Lord Winchclsea in Buttersea Fields, when ti.a T.n Tin It n disdainfully fired in the air. has found a place in history, as has m.ir with Aaron Burr. Daniel O'Con npll " killed his man," and was himself mnrn than once. A very singu lar case of this kind marked the later life of the famous Irish oratar, Henry urat tan whn distabled a Parliamentary op ponent in a duel. A friend of the latter came to condole with him, and inveighed rruinat hU dversarv in no measnred Vm. " Hush." said the invalid, i..a . littlA follow in the chair yon der who wouldn't be pleased to hear you." The " little fellow " was no other than Grattan himself, who, having watched for three nights by hu antag onist's bedside, had just fallen asleep from sheer exhaustion. Alexoudrla and (icneral Washtngton. The pilgrim who loaves tho nati'm' capital to visit tlm grave of Washington arrives, midway to Mount Vernon, at the quiet towu of Alexandria, TIuuo iu may find, if ho will but blow aside the dust of a century, the foot-prints of tho Father of his Country that toll of his ways as ho moved round about his home. Else where tho grout chief is on horseback or eita in some high chair of state, lofty and removed from common men ; lint in Alexandria hcisuismouutcd und afoot -a townsman aud a neighbor. Tho town and Washington enmo to gether in actual lifo; for it was just as ho grow from childhood into youth, at his brother's homo, Mount Vernon, that tho neighboring hamlet of Bolhaven grew into the town of Alexandria. Belhaven was a tobacco warehouse and somo log huts on the southern part of the patent, ownod by tho great-grandchildren of John Alexander, who in ICO'.) paid lilHH) pounds of tobacco for nine miles of river shore nearly opposite what is now the District of Columbia. Just after this purchase- Washington's great-grandfather led from the settled lands near tho mouth of tho Potomac a troop of militia to punish the Dogno Indians for the murder of Robert Hon, a herds man noar what is now Mount Vernon. Ho boeamo enrapturned with those mag nificent hills, and soon included them in a patent of 70(H) acres. Over sixty years afterward this tract descended to Law- ronco Washington, George s elder brother, who married a daughter of Col. William Fairfax, of Belvoir, the County Lioutenant, and became neighbor to his father-in-law by settling nt Mount Ver non. Hither came young Georgo Wash ington, fresh from school. Having failod to be a midshipman, ho was bo coming a land surveyor a position not so opposite as might seem; for in mathe matical methods tho pursuits nro identi cal, and the survey of a wild country is, in peril and adventure, not uuliko a voy age at sea. Into Belhaven young Georgo Washington rodo every day. Tradition says ho came ten times during ono week, oaeh timo upon a different horse, every ono a fino animal. In thoso days the fine rider of a tine horse readily won his way to the popular heart. Tho lad had bor rowed in turn all tho best horses of the country side, nud ho managed each with such skill und grace that thereafter his futuro was mado in tho villago. Tho family circle at Belvoir and Mount Vernon included, besides tho visitor, Lord Fairfax, Baron of Cameron, Col. William Fairfax, his son Georgo Wil liam Fairfax, his sons-in-law Lawrence Washington and John Carlyle, and Wil liam Ramsey, a cousin of tho Washing tons. These gentlemen united with tho Alexanders, who ownod tho l!olhaon hind, and somo villago traders, and established a town at Belhaven ware house, designed as a practical mattor to niako money, and as a matter of tasto to honor at the samo time tho royal family of England and tho Fairfax family of America. Tho now town took shapo with its streets at right angles. One center stroet, Cameron, tlankod south by ifinir IVinco and Duko streets, and iwli l.v Oiioon. Princess and Duchess Btroets.'aml these streets crossed by nn nfhnr center street. Fairfax, flanked bj Royal street on one side and tiio river ou tho othor. Anxious as mu joung ur vpvnr. (ieorgo Washington, was to per feet himself in his art, it is impossible to boliovo thdt' this plan was nnulo by his relatives and friends without ins lanuii uritv- Tlie lots of tho new town were sold on tho 13th of July, 171!). Among tho pur nlmmrn were Lawrence Washington.John Curlylo, Adam Stcphon, afterward a sub altern uudor Braddock, and ono of Wash ington's Generals in tho Revolutionary army, and John Champo, father of Sorgt. Mai. Champo. of Loo's legion, who feigned desertion in tho hopo of captur ing h traitor Arnold. Tho bids were mado in Spanish pistoles. Tho lots, one min.rt.er aero each, sold at from $15 to $'250 each. Young Washington had' no money to spare to buy town lots; but ho owned some land, opposuo x-ruui-i ;. Imrm fin (1 was already earning a donb' loon a day by surveying tho wild hauls of Lord Fairfax. Almost ns soon as this survey was completed, ho was commis sioned Major in tho Colonial militia, and appointed Adjutant oi tno irouuer ui vi,.t ivitli hcsdiiuartcrs at Alexandria. From this center no orgauizou uiu unmm 1 ' r . i ii mu:.. ,f tlm front mi- counties, selected uuu masters for the officers, attended anu reg ulated musters, and, ou this limited field, first developed that mastery of detail and talent for organization which, twenty-live years later, organized uu uum a crude militia mm vuiw".-"i ... Thore lingers yet in tho traditions of the town the dim ligure oi a tail, wiry, u i l.nmnil voung man. always on horseback ,.t i.ittr" will, and vet of groat popu larity; not a personal magnetism that at tracted individual men, but a dominating power that won men in mass by giving every ono assurance of safoty under his lead ir. F. Came, ia Harper's Maga zine. English Journals. Ti,n I'nunnll Yniinir in a recent inter view said : , "The Tmn circulates (0,000 copui keens alt its magnificent ad vertising patronage. Then you drop into the penny papers, which have a much gni :ater circulation, led ny me jny'"i" ..ill. "(VUloO conies dull V. the daily Vr has a circulation ol 1-Vl, and the daily Standard 12'),XK) per diem. The 'hhjmph is the most flashy paper oi mem an, tire lessly mado up, and without any of that consistency or apia-araiics o ""' i.o i-'ufriiu'li K.uHiiuiii'rs trv to maintain. The AV is almost as well written as the Tnan. and is the principal Liberal orau .if ilio Knliitliinpn. Thev stand up to their newspapers as partiz:tns there much better tiisn we do." . -ia ti. Tall Mall Gazette a financial anfi-WSli'.'" V.. if never h lwn. It Was OWUei bv Smith, a banker, publisher and specu i .'tor man of nlonev and commercial en Ha nwns'the Anoilinaris water and sprin. The paper has been a rather i.i.,l-tonB1l concern till the Gladstone i...iytr crr.t into Dower, when Smith nimrttinitv to sell the paper nj i,.raaa i, nt one Liberal oritan in the n-ironoli. He did make the sale to the Ministry, and there. uou the old gang filed out and are about to start an upi"u'" pi" Beecher says heaven will never for gve a man for drowning cat. Doesn t need to; nothing to forgive. A Bleji-le Tragedy. What 1ms long been desired is a mo other than tlm human h-g, ; tivo pow-r. which is capable of lienrjf applied 10 uie bicycle. Tliis gn-ut want has, it is claim edbeen lately supplied by an ingeuious Chicago inveutor. Ho has ooustructed a bieyclo driven by tho expansive force of a strong steel spring. When the ms chine ii to on ii.ui.l t..o Bpi'.iij,' "ii:..'. up. Tho rider then leaps into his place, and tho moment his weight presses tho saddle n-i! ing is it-ica.-.1. nil ! t J bicycle titarti oll'ut full s;.ccd, tinst n'-vi- ating ail danger of falling, iue spring is warranted to keep the bicycle in mo tion for an hour, and by pressing a lever placed immediately iu front of the saddle tho machine can bo instantly stopped. Rests for the feet, unconnected with the treadles of tho driving-wheel, are pro vided, and tho rider can thus journey without making the least exertion, until at the end of an hour ho is obliged to dismount and wind up the spring. Tho Rev. Mr. Macpherson had been for nearly a year tho Rector of the church in Ishkatawhnnky, Iowa, and to gether with his young and attractive wife had won tho warm admiral ion oi an but the unmarried ladies of his parish, hen he beeaino interested in bicycles. Being voting and athletic, he soon be came an excellent rider, and ovory after noon after 4 o'clock ho was accustomed to mount his bicycle iu tho back yard, to rido swiftly down tho carriage path to tho street, and thenco through tho vil lago. As his house was an isolated one, aud no curious neighbors wore near, Mrs. Macphorson undertook to learn to ride, and in a short time was able to ' . . . . i ,i til mount with ease and to rido tno longui of tho yard, where hor husband would meet her and hold tho machine while sho dismounted. Sho greatly enjoyed tho sport, and it may possibly have been iu order to reuiovo lrom nor tno tempta tion to venture to rule outside oi tno ard that hor husband avoided teaching . . M .11!. 1. ..1.. t ur to dismount wuuoui ins iituii. ;v fortnight ago Mr. Macpherson bought one of tho new Chicago spring motor velocipedes, without informing his wife of tho nature of his purchase. It was ilolivored at his houso while while no was absent at tho Diocesan Convention, aud his wifo was filled with admiration of its beaut v. She was entirely ignorant that it was iu any respect different from other machines, and lato in the afternoon she determined to try it. Her husband not being at hand to help hor dismount, ho called tho cook, and gave nor inn in structions as to how to catch tho luiieinno nd hold it. Then taking tho now bicy lo to the extreme rear of the yard, Mrs. Macpherson sprang into the saddle and was oil at a speod oi iiituen mnes ua hour. It need hardly bo said that she was terribly frightened. Scarcely less fright oned was the cook as she saw her mis tress Bwuoping down upon her at so ter rific a speed, instead oi trying to wop tho machine, she screamed wildly ami an out of its path. The gato was open, and Mrs. Macphorson whirled mto the street. Sho would havo given worlds to stop the runaway bicycle, but sho did not know tho secret of tho lever, and ulu. .lid not dure to risk hor lifo by iiinii)' hit off. In a few minutes sho found hursulf entering the long principal street ,.f Tihkwtnwhunkv. and saw that the in llocking to tho sidewalk to watch her. She was crimson with horror as she reflected that tho iiioi'ir.ue was strictly designed for riders with tronsers, and for a moment sho almost mado up her mind to throw herself to the ground rogardloss of consequences. Fortunately, she reflected that tho ro- sults of a fall would bo even moro start ling and extensive than thoso entailed by keeping her scat, and so trying to comfort herself with the reflection that they wore roal Balbriggan, and unusu ally tasteful in color and pattern, she rodo on. Sho would gladly havo changed places with Mu.oppa, who rodo through a desert instead oi a crowauu Street, and sho envied Lady Godiva, who had induced tho pooplo of Coventry to closb their window-blinds. Tho sensa tion sho mado as she rushed through the villus), and out ngain upon the prairie, cannot bo described, but sho knew per fectly well that no possible story that sno could deviso would bo accepted in ex- dunation of the frightful impropriety oi which sho had been guilty. Tho runaway bicyelo camo to a stop ten miles out of XshkatawnuiiKy, aim closo to a railway station. Mrs. Mac- pherBon promptly took tho train to mu nrnnlipn. where her paronts rosidod, and Minn tiilocrrin ihod to her husband. Of eonrso. Bho never returned to Ishkata whunky, and Mr. Alacpnorson was re- oimsted to resign his parish on tno ground that tno conuuci oi mo mi" t,. tlm lust di-tfi-oe scandalous. Ho has .... .. .. i.. .i ..i i.: :r .....u Binno iriven uu bicvcling. but ho is nn der a cloud, and his hopes of usefulness in tho church aro ruined. Some -Negro Mlnslrels. F.th Ionian minslrolsv. as it is com monly called, is not nearly so popular as it tvnu tu-n vn or niieen veurs uuu, iuo public having been somewhat satiated with its extravagances and sham negro isms. The kind of minstrelsy we have to-day is very nuliko that of the past, be ing more refined and strictly musical than of yoro. This sort of amusement mcnul in nearly all tho cities and towns of the country, and had an extraor dinary run for a quarter of a century. Tt ia nrl fortv vears sinco tho first troupe was formed here, and it is re markablo that most of tho leading mm notwithstanding their pectin iary prosperity, died very poor. The i.nmt.nnrlr nnrfortncrs have been prone to rapid courses, and havo used np thoir llnunciul ana puyaiuai uiuuw vm. Kdwin P. Christy, who was the pioneer, founded the original Christy Minstrels at Buffalo in 1811, and played at Mechanics' Hall, in St. Louis, for sev eral years to crowded audiences. He on.ia iM .VI 000 at the business, and fin ally committed suicide, after losing al most evcrvthing, by leaping from a third story window. His pututive son, George S. Christy (Harrington), was the first .n.nnnii.iivo of female Darts, such as 1 T.ucinda at the Soiree had a large salary, and managed several companies succesnfully, but he died in St. Louis in great poverty. Dan Bryant (O'Brien), of Bjnfs Minstrels, Uie most noted of the three brothers, began in IHW, played for twenty years, made a fortune and got entirely rid of it. After ,u .tooth tionctita were given anu iuu scriptions takon up for the support of his family. W. W. Newooinb (Comb). author of tho burlosauo looturo on Woman's RighU and other populwr 0- surdities, member of the onoe very btk cessful firm of Rumsef and Newoomby. visited England and Germany profes sionally, had a showy cottage at Sarato ga, and cut a grand ligure in his way. He ran through his money, was obliged I,. .... -i.i a t..j.iry a .i ' -w.il;. i'o Louis n "-"iu t'he expense oi m.i ii '.i-i ... -' '.I- i - ii.lli , .1 .1 ' l! .1-1 inor ani-ui, N. D. Roberts. S. 11. Rum- sey. his partner, a famous buffoon and. banjoist, went up and went down like the rest. Having boon paralyzed, ho ws- taken care of by relatives at Nowburg,. on the Hudson, and wus aided by hisftd-low-showmon until the close of his wretched days. Sam Sliarpley (Shan)),, distinguished as a jester and end-man, proprietor of Sharpley's Minstrels, known as the Ironclads, a great card in his day, mado ducks and -drakes of his. large earnings ny petroleum speennv- tions, patents, and othor ventures, and died at Providence, R. I. G. Swaiue Buckley, of Buckley aSeronaders, a very versatile performor and creator of bur lesque opera, played in New York season after season to thronged houses, lie gained and lost a fortune, went into bankruptcy, started again, and ogam failed. He died at Quiuey, Mass., last year, almost penniless, r.pu iiorn, vi great note iu various trouoes in his day, commanded big salaries, but was so im provident that members of tho calling had to bury him in ono of the Metropol itan cemeteries. Billy Manning, of 1-jn-oi-Bon and Manning's company, an oo- eentiio delineator, filled his purse and emptied it, and when ho went to his grave iu Chicago his friends paid for his funeral, liillv Morris, of Morris Broth ers, uiiiniu and vocalist, let all his profits slip through his lingers, dnltod into tt luniitie asylum, was provided for by liia brothers until Boston furnished him with six feet of earth. William II. Dol ehunty was one of tho last negro coine dians'to be buried by his guild, and yet he had earned for years fc.wi) a weoR as dancer and singer. Ho was the author of the popular tritlo, "Shoo Fly." Newly all the ways of tho Ethiopian minstrel seem to lead to prodigality, dissipation, nml tho need of sepultral benovolonoo. Lucky Carelessness. A singular picco of good fortune re cently happened to a well-known lady of this country, for which she had no one to thank but hor own carolossuoss. Sh had purchasod a lot of Louisville and Nashville railroad stock at a figure tt tritlo less than $10 por share, and was naturally very anxious with rogard to iU safety. When the stock bogan to go up ward sho watched it with iutorost, and when it got to 11 Bho wrote a lotter to her broker in tho city to soil tho stock. As business-like as tho generality of wo men, she forgot all about Bonding tho certificate of stock, and of etmrso tho broker could do nothing without it. 1I wrote hor a note and told hor ho must havo tho 'certificate. Sho began to search for tho paper, but it had boon mislaid, and whilo sho was making Uie search tho stock climbed up into the fiflios. This redoubled hor auxioty to sell, and every nook and oornor of hor houso was thoroughly ransacked, Lut i without avail; tho paper ha.l disap peared, j SllP -then rested on urn c-ar mm , -not make fitlther investigation, its v stock was still advanuing. The stoca. final lv reached the soventies, howovor. and the uubrokou advance seemod at au end; it hung fire for soveral weeks. up olio day aud down tho noxt. iue lauy began to bo uneasy, and ns tho quo tations vacillated she bogan to grow ex- ' cited. Tho house was again turned up Bido down and every part of it scrutinized with a microscope, as it wero; but it was only made more evident that the desired ' . 1 1 1- '1'1,1..,1 llipor WHS n.01Ull.-ljr lum. xuuiuuj leooming more and moro norvous every day, and watching tho quotations with . iin :l.. Al. .1 fevonsh excitement, vumo inu uuuot this high pressure the stock suiled np into the uiuotios, and thon, with a rush that almost drove her wild, it juuipod to 110. Then she rushod into tho city ana beggod her broker to soil at ouoe and not delay until sho could find hor certificate, but he explained that it was impossible to soil the stock when sho did not possess tho certificate. He also explained that she could have another certificate issuod by application to the Secretary. This sho did with all coloritv, but, de spite her haste, the stock advauoed to 111 beforo sho could get it ready forsalo. At this figure, just 250 per cont. above that at which she first desirod to sell, she finally disposed of tho stock, uer care- lcBsnoss in misplacing uio uumumiu her well, and if she had lost tho soeond certificate sho would have realized at least 20 per cent. more. lMUWiate Vourier-Jviirnal. . Woman's Softenino Lmtluenob. "It's astonishin," remarked the old forty-niner this morning as he nodded over his glass, to onr roporter. "It's a tonishin' what a coward a man is at home a reir'lar crawlin' sneak, by Jove! I've traveled a good bit and held up my end in most of the camps on the ooart since 'J. I ve got three Duiiets insiuo v. t . ' 1 B.A.t at nn O niO. 1 Ve BllOl ail ran - never heard nobody say 1 liadn t as goon grit as most fellers that's goin'. But at home I'm a kyoto. Afore I'd let the old woman know that hor hot biscuit wasn't A 1, when it's like stiff amalgam, lUttU myself as full as a retort. I've done it lots o' times. Most o' my teeth is gone from tuggin' on beefsteaks that the old woman has fried. D'ye think I roar onfr and cuss when I go over a chair in th dark? No, sir. When I'm rubbin my shins an' keepin' back the tears, I'm likewise sweaton' for fear the old woman bas been woko by the upset. It didn't use to be so," sighed the poor fellow,, thoughtfully rubliing his shining scalp. When we was lirnt hitched I thought I was superintendent, but, after a year or two of argyin' the pint, I settlod down to shovin' the car at low wages. I can lick any man o my age an' size," cried the old gentleman, banging the saloo table with his wrinkled fist. "I'll shoot, knife, stand np or rough-and-tumble for coin, but when I hang my hat on the peg in the hall, an' take off my muddy boots, an hear the old woman ask if that's me, I tell you the stareh comes right out o me." I Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle. Years ago one man owned every dogia the world his name was Noah.