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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 29, 1881)
I TIT FOB TAT. A ItOMAXCB Or TWO PUCU. Tie j were coming back from Observa tory Jiock. The sotting inn wu canting long shadows athwart the waving field of grain and stealing slowly down the reck hillside.). Hiie tu a fascinating woman. Ilor face wu beantifnl beyond description, ' and her Toice bad a subtle power, a ca ressing ondortono that sent a thrill throngb every fiber of her companion's wing. She and her widowed mother were laying at a spacious farm-house in a lovely Connecticut valley. Khe Lad come there to recuperate from her social dissipations of the pant winter in New York, and to gain at rongth for new dis sipations and triumphs in tho fast ap proaching autumn. It was rumored that she had broken many hearts and ruined more men's lives than she cared to count; but, then, rumor often lies. He was a tall, sunburnt man, with dark blue eyes, and a mass of waving blonde hair. lie was clad in tho garb of a simple farmer, but ho did not look wholly like a tiller of the soiL His brown hands wore too shapely and Lis carriage too elegant for a nian country born and eonntry-bred. Still, he Lad been working on the Meadow farm during the snmmer, and in all his lolsnre moments Lad been the constant sliadow of the woman at Lis side. Ho was a man of passionate impulses, place in the grass, and placed it in a I think what I Lavs doae and am going w xki t next his heart. do is fiendish, devilish; I know better ' 1 1 i r ti l I : . ..... I . .' . .. .t.. .iiaI 41 I ine following aay alias i anneu ana i ii i an w umnjuium, uk" her mother departed for Aew York. Batter aid IU CcwaUrfslU. Almost Insensible. The Queer Fisherman. A brilliant evening reception was in progress at Mrs. Ool.l rim's fashionable mansion on Fifth avenue. A throng of beautiful women and distinguished men surged op and down the spacious draw ing rooms. A dazzling light from the crystal chandeliers fell upon the gay crowd, and Uie dreamy notes of a sere nade by Schubert stole softly into the rooms from the overhanging conserva- a charming nine comeuy enactou summers ago among the Connecticut hills. Do yon remember, my dear Miss Cannell," with a bitter laugh, "the poor day laborer, as you were pleased to terra n kn t lost taken hold of The most remarkable eacapo on record vVr.. -"- - .. occurred in this city several n.ght. ago. this slippery suojeev, m vii...v- with a demand from the dairy inter ests of the country, and is consider tnw a bill which provides for an in- r aJ The otter is admirably adapted flexible, with a long, tapering tail, serves aa a ruddor in the performance the evolutions of the animals under u) water. The limbs are short, bat v3 muscular and powerful, and tle f J which consist of five toes each, are well in nuun mwl ilat inc I ho as to serve AJ4 nailillea rtr nam ti ... i.rr n. Luttonne ana ti- ; - . . , "vv.. il: . - yearsago? I "" 'w,""t i "ies, ne niusea, ii i aw Brruwju, x are turge, mo can suon, and tk r. ..nih.. 1a. -nn armiaAii auninn are mumv tn"i win aa to me nou. inuui a ichuw iu n his love, and how. in return, he sued for I , ilfl nflmo nf Westchester, Western self defense, but hang it all, I have shot Jack Jockles committed an act, which according to law, would send him to the penitentiary. He concealed biniaell in the tbiru story of a building, hoping to escaie until the next day. when a Irieml l,i m ith whom von amnsed voursell I ... .;,i ; those narts Irom I wonlJ nrocure a discmso lor Him. tie I f I BIIHI'Llir Ul ItDIUH IH w w- - 1 ' during the idle summer days nearly nve ,-unrin vonrs? Ah? I see voa berin to recollect, boes mv name recall to your mind now an unpleasant episode connected with it? Kcsorve, or other good brands oi butter. The duty ot the inspector is tory where the mnsicians were concealed. n"i ctuhcvi . .. ... . ' . , n.mn nr bis oflic- Prominent among the galaxy of beauty jon recollect Low you treated that indicated Ly lbo i name ol hi omc . shone Christine CannelU fair face and Wr?r honest avowal of his and in tbo selottion of a man to nil bewitchinir eves. Khe was lcaninir 'ove for you? Do you remember how t00 pocei tho Civil servico plan I t . i 1 w" I 1 . " . s upon the arm of a man who was con- J sj-ornea ana spurm nim nowy "u. will give due regard to the Bircngin J' w f " , "i Z: V" ", " i.V l, " ot bis olfuctory organs, oiausucs oi and his heart was caiiehlo of an all-ab sorbing love or an all-dovouriog hate. As they walked slowly down tho hill side in the rich evening light, the lady chatted half familiarly, half condescend ingly with hor companion, while he listened with the partly eagor, partly ab stracted air of a man plnngod in somo deeply interested experiment. She talked with an air of conscious social superiority, and he listened or re plied like a man with a hidden purposo and a hidden strength. As they came to a low stone wall ho took hor haul to assist her in surmount ing it. Upon tho other sido of tho wall he still retained her hand. Sho turned upon him with a look full of astonish raenl. "Thank you for tho assistance, Mr. Chapman," sho said, coldly, striving to withdraw her hand from his. "I am quite able to proceed olouo now." Ho mado no answor, but still hold the little hand in his strong grasp, while with his eyes he scomod trying to search tho innermost depths of her heart. A crimson flood illumined her face. "Mr. Chapman, you will bo kind enough to releane my Land at onco." This with froozing bauUuir. "lint suppose I want it," ho said, qui etly, wihha look full of meaning; "sup pose I tell you th.ifc I want you for my wife; supposo I declare that I love you, that your beautiful face enslaves mo, that your soft voice sets my heart on fire, thut I can not, I will not hvo without you. His eyes were glowing liko living ooals, and bis face sjKured transfigured with the tuuwion of tho moment. Then losing all his cool self-control, ho burst forth in tho full tido of his overmastering lovo. "Ah, Christino, my darling, my ouoon, my life," ho criod passionately; "lot mo claim you as my own, lot me tako you to my heart, lot mo muko you my wife. I am starving, Christino, actually starving, fur a littlo love from you. Kay you love me, darling, or," ho added hastily, ' "if you do not love mo, say you will try to. (live mo a fragment of hope, dc.tr. a littlo crumb with which to apiKtaso this terriblo hunger ut my heart." He had droppod on his knoo at hor feet, and was looking eagerly, longingly iuto her flushod faoo. With a great effort sho wrenched hor hand frvo. Then, with gleaming eyes and a touo that cut him liko a knife, sho said : "Yon could hardly hovo chosen a moro tilting opportunity or bettor place iu which to iusult mo, sir. A gentle nuui, I know you are not. Whether you are a brute or a drivelinir fool I cannot tell. I hardly know whether to feel pity for yenr ignorance or anger ut your BHiiueity. ion marry mo you I she exclaimed with an insulting laugh. "lo we mate crows with canaries, or jitckals with lambs? Come, sir, I will allow that your speech is a littlo better than Die average country clod; I will acknowledge that your manners bear some degree of retlnomuut; in short, that you aro a littlo above your station in lira. Cut to marry you, to live on carrots and turnips with you, to con templato a life of patch work quilts and rag carpets, why surely you aro insane, raving mad I" Khe burst into cruel laughter at the picture sho Lad drawn, and then, not even deigning to glance at tho bowod head of tho man beside her, sho turned upon tier heel and moved slowly away With a bound ho was before her again. "Miss Connel, Christine, hear mo," ho cried eagerly, "you wrong mo, you do mo cruei injustice, i am a gonueman, every inch your peer, ho added proudly, "and I am rich, very rich. I can gratify your every wish, I can surround you witu every luxury, l Hie out him short. "Enough, I thought you wore croy ut lore, now i know it. 1 ou are wcuiiny main vo men or moans mas- nu ratio in Lomexpun, in coiton jeans? l)o men of means toil day after day in the broiling sun for mere pleasure? An inspiring pastime truly, for a rich man." "Hut lot mo explain my position to you, Miss taunel, ho cried as a lust resort. "I came to this place "To work; thnt is obvious. Ponot prevaricate further, Mr. Chapman," with a scornful accent umm Ike title, "It cedod, even by jealous masculinity be the lion of the occasion. He had just returned from a four years' sojourn in Europe, where Le Lad achieved fame as a pungent and witty correspondent of several prominent journals in London and New lork. Un like the ordinary journalist, Le was re puted to be immensely rich; therefore, it Lad not been fortune but fume that had induced him to take up his pen. Kince his return to Now York Le had been markedly devoted in his attentions to Miss Cannell. He had met her two months previous at a fashionable watering place, and it was rumored that the erstwhile adaman tine heart of the beautiful woman cling ing to his arm bad succumbed to his manifold attractions of nurson and mind. Envious gossijis would have it that his bow you declined a life with him of car- and nig carpets, as you picturesquely rots and turnips, and olfuctorv orcans. iX! JH ants" the export trade show that the pro ou picturesquely ducts of the dairy stand third in value in the list oi articles sent abroad. Butter has become tho rival of pork. Hcnco the effort of lurd to check its progress, as it docs n oleomargarine. America id cele brated for its bad butler. It is well that it should levome famous for its good sueino. We import letter but tor than we can make from Sweden, but we export letter luttcrine than they can make to England... They solid us grand cows from Ilolstoiu, ptirso was the subtlo influence that had metamorphosed Christine Cannell from tho cold, imis'rvious being of old into the gracious, almost lovablo, woman of tho present. ' A koen observer would certainly have declared, seeing Miss Cannell at this moment, that hor heart was aroused; that a warmer feeling than that of selfish in terest had at last been awakened in her breast. As ther slowlv threaded their wav through the crush sho was talking to hor companion in that magnetic voico that hud hitherto boon hor greatest weapon, but was now her greatest friend. Ha scorned entirely absorbed in her sparkling conversation, and a smilo lin gered now and thon upon his usually firmly compressed lips as she entertained him with sparkling bon mots or indulged in caustic repartee. He Buid but little. When ho did speak, howovor, tho lovely woman seemed to listen to his words with hor soul in her ears. "Jly Jovo!"saidan important looking youth, who with a companion of his own sot hud boon glued to the wall by tho groat crush, "there goos that fellow Chapman again, with Christine Cannell. I am deucodly glad sho has at last met her match. If she ain't gone clean on that newspaper chap I'll go without my coat for the rest of the winter. You ought to have soon the way she froze mo last snmrnor at the Grand Union. I mado a casual remark to hor on the piazza one evoninir about tho stars, and br thun der, tho way she turnod those eyes on put it? Ah! you do remember now, I see you do "Oh, Curl! spare me! spare me!" the woman moaned as if in agony. "Siiare von; did you spare me then, madam?" When I was on my bended knoos before you; when I begged you to listen to an explanation from me; when I promised you a name, riches, love, everything a man holds dear, did you spare mo?" "Oh, my God, my God, he has no mercy! Carl, you wiil kill me. I shall go raving mad if yon continue." "Ah," he snoered, "it is my turn now, niiulnm. Yon did nut know thn tinor la- ' 1 - I .. ' ...... I IKVUI ICU W borer was a man of wealth working qui- great law ot compensation in tuner, uaJ ,n8 twnty Ven his place in the arcn us id all things inuouune. inerouro jai tmm jaclc i several, and the Ktate of Arkansas is get ting tired of excuses. A rap on the door startled the muter. "Who's there?" "A deputy sheriff. Open up." "Gone up," be thought as he opened the door. "You are my prisoner," said the deputy. "Yes," replied Jack; "but don't yon know that it won t do to take me inrougn the streets --I'd be mobbed ? I tell you what to do. Go out into the hall, lock tho door, and stand there until several other officers can be summoned. You can send the porter after them." This seemed fair enough, and the offi cer, calling tho porter, sent him to the sheriff's office. "Stand outside," said Jack. "A break might bo mado at any moment. There is no possiblo chance of escape. I'm honest with yon." The deputy went out and lockod tho but wo ship tons of oleomargarine to V u II li l l .i-... ll , a . Krr W uo ll'iucu liuui uiuu, uu an tutu Holland, bo, alter ftlV.,0 ,'9 hud occurred to the prisoner. No sooner 71" ""6"i aim 14 lips are provided with strong whisken The covering consists of two kinds . fur an under vest of close, short wstei proof wool, and an outer vest of lons coarse, glossy hair, buy and recltui the otter is nocturnal in his habit, lurking by day in Lis burrow, whic opens near the water's edp concealed among the tangle herbage. Voracious, activo m old, it is notorious for its devastation among the fish in our rivers and lukei which are not protected from this fa! eithor by the rapidity of their motiou a' it. Like them, the otter is at home k i. i . i i . i mo water, swimming at any ueptu he utmost velocity. Many instances i upon record of the successful emnlo rocnt of tame otters for angling purpose", Lisbon Heber relates that at l'ondiclmn. on the banks of the Matta Colly, he sty a row of nine or ten very large, beautifa otters, tethered with straw collars s& long strings to bamboo stakes. Son were swimming about at the full exten of their strings, oi lying half in and hal out of the water; others were rolling themselves in the sun on the saudy bank uttering a shrill, whistling noise, as if j fuso . to milker. givo down, even to a patent H hat is to Le doner bcience boldly Btcps to tho Ironl with a firkin of buttcrine in its hand. But tho real butter makers object to tho no simply looked at me. yon know aD'l cay out this jnst retribution for mado tho cold chills curom all over my vortourm. l can loel cm jet ctly. patiently, day after day, in scare of that greatest of boons, good health You would not listen to my explanation thon; by Leavens, you shall hear me now." He looked at her for a moment with out savin? a word, as if crloatimr over his present triumph, while sho shivered bo- is equal to Ihe emergency, and it neath Ins gaze as if stricken with an ague. Then she murmured with trembling lips: "Why did you not tell me yourtruo position at first ? Why did yon leave mo in ignorance of your station?" "Simply, madam," he ropliod bitterly, "bocauso I wished to win your heart and not your hand. You saw fit to mako a plaything of mo and east me off. Even then my poor docievod lovo triumphed over my reason, and I tried to make you understaud, tried to buy you, but you would not hear m'e. You said that you told gold by its glitter. Very well; I rnolved to lot your motto work its own result. I banished myself to Europo for four years, and then returned to find you still unmarried, to win what little hoart you have, to become your alllanced husband. Was not the finger of fate in all all that lou had forgotten completely tho miserable man whom you had crushed. "Ah, Christine Cannoll, my nature is an evu one. i am a true lover and a hard hater, and lor tho insult you yTr'falseTheurtfess ffV DOt ha,f k. you so cordially for your lack of all 11 8mo11 80 Dcar beftvn- Jurthor that is womanly, that I wonder how I mri t makers havo shrewdly could have had the patienco to perfect christened it with a mellifluous name, play. The bishop observes that most a softlv raised one of the the fishermen in the neighborhood 1- not enough cows in tno worii to windows. Two gas-burners were in the one or more of these animals, who we. supply its people with butter of any room, and approaching tbo one not in of great use in fishing, sometimes dri . . . I.. . .1 I ... l. ..1 .1 ....t1. ; I I It.- .1 !: 1 I. kind. Hull ot ineso aro ory or re-1 u i'i;u uu iuuu.u uim muuuiiug mo buuujs iuw iu uei, auu Bomi lurueu uu wiu gun. rpwunj ua uuuii to wave. Then his feet loft the floor and he blew out some of the gas and came down lightly. He took a littlo more, and by holding to the wall he managed to reach tho window. He went through and lloated out into tho air. lie floated iu a times bring their teeth. out the larger fish wit Anecdote ot Ills Koyul Highness. counterfeit article and urge Congress to givo thum protection. Ibcy say, Let olcomari'urine travel on its own numo and fragrauco and all will bo well. Tbo sumo may bo said of other members of tho sumc. Let every tub ot butter oi buitcnno stand on its own bottom. A Chicago paper demands that the makers of these substitutes for butter bo in dicted, forgetting that tbo oU'onsc lies not in tbo making but in tho false protenso that tho compound is butter. It is no offense to make. sell or cat dog-fat workod up into tho appcaranco of butter, provided tboro is no deceit about It. JJe gus- tibus non est disputandum. A good articlo ot oleomargarino is ' more The St. Petersburg correspondent d the- New York Sun tells the followioj story : The hero is no less a pereonagi than the Prince of Wales. The thing hap nened during one of the Prince's visits ti westerly direction, and then, blowing oil gradually, he came down lightly, tip i.. i ..i i. t i exhale theentire amount of Kas which he he,c" P' J J, thera- Count A1Jber, had taken into his "motorized" system. 1 i n i i T a IT Shortly after the officers arrived the l"ted til J daybreak. About 4 o dock it gas man came over and promptly the morning the prince took leave of tL, eharcednnthe extra amount of the tras loul.l'"n7' "ul'uu lul ? carriage, , onsumed.f Arkansas Gazette. Highness had done such honor to k'f 1 wines that ideas were a little mixed, As he was passing the pluce of the Hol ' Synod ho thought he recognized thi i facade of the Imperial Palace, and k halted the carriage, got out, dismissed the coachman, and thon walked up to r the door. A monk ononed the dnnr An l ? asked him what he wauted, bnt the prince ? did not nnderstand the monk's Russian. ; Iboto you so bitterly pulatablo than much of tbo butter f "t with the said doctrine.' ou put upon my man- which ig lhrown on the raurkoti ItJ thought that this formed you so thoroughly for ofr4,ngfl ifl ... httIf 8(1 P.nk. nnP onougl and hick Inough to Seo tho way she's looking at that prig now. It beats mo out of sight. Suppose he Las got money and all that? ain't other men junt as. good?" And young Hatslraw squared Lis shoulders and looked into his immaecu iuto shirt front with a ridiculous air of lulllud omplaconcy. Mrs. Grundy also waved her fan per ploxodly, and soeioty in goiioral won- which compensates not u littlo tho consumer. A roso by any otbernamo would smell as sweet, but not bo with oloomargurine, and the makors know it. Tho decline and fall of butter is a Ibomo upon which the futuro statis tician and political ocouomist will pensivo duy must coino when butler will be The Son-Essentials of faith. The Scotch divines are at present dis cussing a very flno point, namely, the amount of insincerity that is legitimuto in subscribing assent to their confession of fuith. It appears that on assuming their offices they declare publicly that they "sincorely own and beliove" the 'whole doctrine of the oonfession, and Without answering his questions he ad- "renounce all doctrines, tenets and onin. vnnrml Tint tnYl utAfulilv infi-v 4Ua juts ions whatsoever contrary to or mconsist- rior of the edifice, thinking that be could It might be find his way to his apartment. The monk a wall high undertook to stop him. Tho prince it keeDOlltthe onn of Mm lwut. hnrara nf iha TTnWs.1 boldest heretic, but several of the Edin- Kingdom. His first l.lnw lil nnt tu burgh divinity Professors seem to have monk, who shouted lustily for help. Thi got a whole procession or coaches-and- police were soon on the ground, h i six through it the other day with perfect the prinoe couldn't make himself under. 3 easo. According to these gentlemen the stood, and was not recognized, he wu "whole" doctrine morely means a good taken to the nearest police station. Fancj deal of tho doctrine, the remainder, in stnpefication at court in the mornint short, after deducting what they coll the when it was discovered that the prince "non-essentials." Asked what are the had not returned to the palace. The "non essentials," they tell us that they Emperor was very uneasy. He scolded are those doctrines which do not form a the governor of the palace roundly foi' necessary part of the "system." Asked having allowed the prince to set ouli wuat the system is, they inform us that alone. Orders were given for a BcarohLl ... ... . . u makes no diflerence to me what yon may eay, for I will not beliove you. I tofl fc'old by its glitter. You Lave served to muse me in my idle Lours, aud for that I thank you; but I now see I was wrong to be so familiar with one below my station in lilo. I cast you from my mind a I do this glove, and will forgot you aa ood." Witliout another word she left him. Chapman watched Ler till ahe gained th house, a world of misery ahiuing in bit eyes. Then Le mechanically stooped and recovered the glove frem iu hiding derod what was going to bappon Mrs. Goldrim was giving ono of hor famous fetes champotre at her magnifi cent country seat on tho Hudson. Chi nese lanterns and elegant transpuroncica gleamed out from among the treos upon the lawn; and through tho low, opened French windows of the villa a gay throng whirling hither aud thither iu tho intricacies of tho dance was visible. Uutsido, iu secluded nooks under tho treos, wore various couples engaged in all tho stages of that highly mysterious occupation "Uirting. In a rustic summer house on that side of the grunmls overlooking the majestic river, a lady and gentleman had just seated themselves, ' Apparently they wero tho best of friends, for the lady placed hor hand fa miliarly upon her companion's arm and called his utteution to the lovely scene, faintly lighted by tho rising moou, spread out before them. Tor a moment tho gentleman said nothing, but looked straight before him, with a gloomy cxpressiou on his face. Suddenly ho turned to his companion. "Christine, does tho namo of Chap man ever recall to your mind an un pleasant cpisodo of some yours ago ?" "Unpleasant episode? Why, what can you mean, Carl? lou kuow nothing connooted with your name cun bo un iileusaut to mo. Aro wo uot engaged to bo married ?" Tho gentleman's face looked strangely contorted in tho glowing light of the moon, ami his eyes seemed filled with a smothered fire that might break out at any moment iuto a fierce ilumo of pas sion. Looking full into his companion's face, he said shortly : "Your memory is strangely remiss, Miss Cannell." Something iu the altered tone of his voice frightened the woman. "Merciful heaven. Curl, what is the mutter?" f lie cried. He sprang from his seat as if unable longer to control his words and planted himself directly iu front of the now ter rified woman. Then with blazing eyes devouring every change of her features. ho said: "Clnistine Cannell, to-morrow I sail for Europe for another absence of four yours. His companion seemed lor a moment stunned by this abrupt announcement. Then sho said slowly ia a daxed manner: "lou are going to burope; and I? "And you," with bitter aarcasm, "why you, perhaps, will remember me bettor during the coming years than you have duriug those that are pal." She looked at him it dull amasement. repeating slowly to herself in a strained. unnatural tone: "Going to Europe. Going to Euroj." He interrupted ber impatiently. hastily. I tee I must refresh your memory. Christine Caanall. Most peopU will of the crown of Entrlaml wan fmm.l W asleep among tho revellers of lowstf decree. m o Going Slow. I know that you love me, know that for the first time your cold heart has felt the nourest approach to the divine passion of which it is capable; and I glory in the thought that I am the in strument of punishing yon for the scores of manly hearts you have broken by your abominablo siren wars and mun- . . . " I ; i.-i - i . - . . ..I . Bt.u o. t dwell with pensivo thoughts. The f8 swoscrioer regards in ins among the police stations, nnd the heirff i.r. f Y " mr day.must como when butter w be . I , , chair, limp, almost inanimate, tho moou . f remcmhl,r9j flq . fon(i of fl. l'nks the system to be one thing and the shedding its cold rays upon hor whito, onl? r.emf"lbor9(I as. l00d ot lue other thinks it is to be something eB- despairing face. From time to time she opecnts, like somo of thoso Btrango tirely different, the divinity Professor moaned, almost inarticulately. oua and outre dishes wherewithal our assures us that it is of no consequence.for "Carl, you are killing me, killing ancestors regaled themselves. But it "who is authoratively to judgo between ""!" is well enough. Wo hear no more of those two men, and say to the one, 'You Chapman laughed hoarsely. niilk muids, baro-legged and ruddy- re right,' and to the other, 'You are "Killing you 1" ho exclaimed. "Did chocked dancin ovor tho lawn nail wrong''"' After this it was scarcely yon ever think of how you killed, mur- u I Vi in, h !!!',!! necessary to express a disbelief "that der.,d the best and purest of my posses- ' ?, ' Mdk t ains with reg.ments ,Tory minister wlio waa not ultra-ortho- sions-my love? Did you ever think of ot oaUend and foul smelling cans, ,iox was going about with a conscience how you emptied my heart of its warm- mark tho now era. Dairies down by burdened and troubled with a sense tno spring, a rippling rivulet running of a broken vow." Why should he, if ins vow meant whatever aud however littlo ho chooses to regard it as meaning? uniy we snouid advise the divinity Pro fessor not to interpret any other of their contracts in ibis way, as the other party might not always be satisfied to accept their views. Pull Moll Gazette. est foelmgs and filled it with black, bit tor, niisaiithropical hate? And you talk ofniy killing you! Christino Cannoll, mou may say that I have workod out only my revengo upon you, they may say thut it is unmanly, less tliau human; mil yon know in your heart of hearts. you know only too well that you are but receiving justice, lou know that you have wrecked my life as completely as you havo dono tho lives of others. "Do you seo this?" ho continued, drawing a glove from his pocket; "yon wore tins once, nnd the last timo it left your own hand was on a lieuutiful Sep tember day six summers ago. You threw it from you with these words: " 'I cast you from my mind as I do this glove aud will forgot yon as soon. aii you rememocr now. well, ma- dame, as I have said, I sail for Eurojie to-morrow. There is littlo Christian charity in my composition, nothing but poor, weak human nature, and before I go I think it my duty to return your sunt, nun witu it your own words: " 'I east vou from mv mind as I Aa this glove, and w ill forget vou as soon." ue inrcw tho glove at lier feet, and without auother word, without a back ward glance, strode from hor preseneo. Half an hour later a merry couplo passing by the rustic summer house noticed a white heap lying motionless upon tho floor. H was Christine Can nell in a dead faint. And society wondered what had hap-peued. "I know I'm liMinir eround. sir." tear- fully murmured the pale-faced fresh man, "but it's not mv fault, sir. If I were to study on Sunday, as the others do, I could keep np with 'my class, sir indeed I could; but I promised mother no-iie-ncver lo work on the Sabbath, and I can't, sir, no-ne-never" and as his emotions overpowered him, U pulled tui mi iiunuserciiii'i wun such Titfor that it brought out with it a pocket-fl-v-k, a black cutty, and a pack of cards; ana sonienow or other the prnfeiwor took no more stock of that freshman's elo quence than if he had been image. through sweet-scontod milk crocks and cream jars, aro things ol tho pust, for bugo cow stablos with long rows of staucbionod cows, tho last o their raco, and they know it and look it, havo taken thoir placo. Now is tho duy of swill milk. Tho Swiss song of tho cows tho Jianz Jes Vac ties has no significaucB any whoro uow, for tho cows aro no longer members ol tho family, and they know it. This commercial ugo hns degraded tbcm into lacteal machines pedigreed, registered, weighed them. They are only piizea lor their butyruccous quali ties tho per centum per gallon not tncir social characteristics. Tho poet who writes about "tho breath o cows has no readers now, for tho gigantic stench which rises liko bugo horror from tho great ioul stables where hundreds of BUfforini: cows linger out a wretched exist enco, dreaming of clover fields and happy calfhood, havo mado it impos siblo to realize that there can be any. uuiig aweci or rouoiont ol green trasses and Bpring flowers about a cow. Knew When to (Jtut a graven George Eliot once said that girls are delicate vessels, in which are borne out ward though the ages ths treasures of human affection. George, George, yon don't know anything atmut it Did you ever take a wwk'a salary into a restaur ant anJ try to fill one of thoae "delicate ve!" with lea cream, rake and choco late caraaels ? Cnmrgo, it ean't U dooe "I think 1 mav be excUHi.d fin a TIHIa show of pride in savinir Hint I Lnv when to quit Wall street." he observed as an elevated train carried him vor that thoroughfare. So yon used to speculate, eh?" "Yes. I was on the street for soven years." J'Mado your pile, I supposo?" ' ies; I made aud lost money tho same as the rest. At one time I could draw my check for f.KI.OOO, and that wasn't so lud for a man who went into Wall street with only f 40 in his peckot." "And you knew when to" quit?" "Yes, sir." , "That was whon-wben " "That was when I had enongh left to pay my fare to Elmini and hire a boy to carry my aatehol up to my father-in-law's house!" waa the qulot reply.-fWall Street Newa. One little Long Island town is aaid to number among its residents 75 pontons who ages averagt h5 years, seventeen of them being over 00. Story of a Mormon TTlfc. There is a comio as well as pathetic side te Mormon polygamy. Among the iuormon women at otau was one who accepted iu full fuith the polygamic reve lation. She fouud in polygamy ample comjiensation in the supposed right of tue nrst wne to choose her liusuand's suc ceeding wives. During the financial squeeze lost week. a stranger stopped at the corner of Broad way and Vesey streots to have a shine dis tributed over his boots. The boy made very slow progress, and the victim finollr observed : "Why, sonny, there isn't any blacking it J WU UVA. "It's gittin purty low, and that's fact," replied the boy. "Are you Droke? "O no." "Then why don't you stock up ?" lou dou t live here, do you?" queried the boy. "No." "Then yon can't becrin to realize the situation. Russell Sage, he's short and.i iryin to kiver; Jay tiould, he's short and i.jrm lugrin me money-marKet; and them Wall street bears is growbn' till it makes yer Lair stand up. Dad is holdin' off on . ins new butes, mam s holdin off on the next ton of coal, and I've got a feelin' up uuu uuwu my spine tnai id better go slow and do a heap of rubbin till we see "If this first wife selocts the other H,e..enS of the 8eeze."- Wall Street V wives, it has the effect of showing them 7 ' ' i;i that the husband thinks much of hor ' ' ? ALL SOUTS. ' Two men started out to see who could tell the biggest lie. No. 1 commenced: f "A wealthy country editor" No !' stopped him right thero and paid tha forfeit. An Iowa farmer savs: "We raise four hundred bushels of potatoes to the acre! here, which would be a big thing ii wo didn't raise insects enough to eat a all up." ' judgmont aud is willing to abido by it, and that they will have to do tho sumo. This is, of course, as it should bo. Lut if she lets her husband choose his own wife, ho is almost certain to take a fancy iu duuiu oue wnom tue nrst ono does not like at all, and consequents her author ity is underminod. Tho first wife ought iu ruuim au me power in her own numis. Tho sequel of this ladv's storv in er. tremoly ludicrous. After she had chosen two other wives lor ner husband, he was so perverse as to choose a fourth for himself, the fourth being not at all to ber likinrr l.n self admitted. This is her own occouut of tho mattor: "I tell you." said I. "I am mill ,i;a. gnsted with you, a man with three wives ana me one of them to go talking twaddle to a chattering hussy like that un nor cat s eyes and red buir I ' uoiden hair, my dear," he said : wunuuiiu a uair is Roiuen. "I say red it's straight, star! nir roA as red as red can be," I told hiiu, and wui-u no mm a regular ngut over it. "I don't mean to say wecame to blows, out we had some hot words, and ha ni A..a 1 1 a. . 9 wm uui auu. R.n us two alone. Then that young hussy was impudent, and I don't know how it was, but somehow when we left off our conversation I f.mn.i Charlotte's red hair between my fingers " "And there," she said innocently, holding out a good-sized tuft of auburn oair "there. I nut it nn ... SUnhouse. is that red. or in it ,, The bore is no sooner lrin.l aa office door than tha -i The papers make a creit. WW aKnnt the number of people who escape at i railroad accident. Wouldn't they ban escaped just the same bad there been no accident? Although very early this season, it h; urauicicu iuai aurmg iu present winter ice will, as usual, freezs with the slippery side up. Philadel phia Chronicle. The Ottoman gendarmerie scheme hsl ' wuaiiy collapsed, and after this then will be an end of the English gendarm-, one in Turkey, about which there but been so much cry and so little wool. 1 Snooks went homo !. r.;rht ! afflicted with double vision. He sat for some time with his sleepy gaze rivited on j Mrs Snooks, and then complacently K marked: "Well. I ho, fifnii t ' two gals don't look 'nough like to be twins." f "I say. Clem." cri.l .v:.,;,,' . , . - -v- .V UUUUU.Q - I darkies, appeabng for decision to a saMs-J umpire, wnicn word ia rinkt Ai,mMrt, or dezactly?" The sable umpire iJ fleeted a moment, and then with a look o wisdom, said: "I (n't tell pf. - "-wvaavt VUW1KII ad you want your door left open.