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LOVE'S COMPENSATION. H cams to the bower of her I lore, Twinging hit tweet guitar. Ileealltd her in KDg hit mow-whlts dove, Hit lily, bit fair, bright iur. He tang that bli lore wi beyond oom pe ro ll ii roiot til tweet u bil long Jlenld the wi nun end gentle and fair, And I thought be wun't far wrong. Why he tang and played till the moon woi oign; And iweet wai the lore-born strain; Till the night caught up the trornulout ligb And echoed each tweet retrain. He told her he loved ber, o'er and o'er, With paaeion in every word, In aongn that I never beard Wore, And tweeter one never wero beard. And I wai I jeoloutl Well, tcareely; no; I wai ever glad to bear bit lay, 1 ever echoed him toft and low, VVben be tang what I winled to aay. Tor while be stood 'neatb the window till Binging ny darling'i charmi, I eat in the parlor, dark and ttill, With the girl that he lung in my armt. Burlington Uawkoye. A URATE W0JI1J. Ia spite of the high opinion wlioh ire entertain ol feminine courage in general, we must be permitted to doubt whether you all, ladies, fool yourselves capable of imitating on a similar occasion the heroine of the following little story, which we can recommend to your atten lion as entirely true: Madame Aubrey oocupiod with her husband a large old house, in the village of D . This house stood entirely alone, at the toot of an lmmenso gardon, far from neighbors, and had no other occupant than Monsieur and Madame Aubrey, thoir son, an infant of twelvo months, and a domestio, rocontly ad mitted into their service. One evoning In the month of Novom Lor Madamo Aubrey was awaiting with some anxiety tho return of bor husband. who had been gone sinco morning to a town distant a few miles from D- His business was to collect a debt, and he expected to bring homo a largo sum of money, and his wife now roniemborod, with a fueling of uneasiness, that she had teen him arm himself with a pair of pistols. It was about six o'clock, and Madame Aubrey wont to her chamber accompanied by the domestio, with tho intention of putting her littlo boy to bod. This apartment, large and high, was situated on the second floor, looking into the gardon. Tho oaken wood-work, turned almost black with ago, tho old tashioned furniture of grotesquo form and gloomy color, and some family por traits in ancient dress and sovere coun tenances, gave to tho room some what of a forbidding aspect. A deep mloovo beside which was placed the cradle of the infant, occupied noarly all the side of the room opposito to tho fire place The curtains were drawn across tho front, but one cornor having caught upon somo articlo near, was raised until ciontly to show tho foot of the bodHtead, made of tho samo dark wood with the rest of the furniture, and carved in the curious figures and grotesquo linos in which the artisans of an hundred years back were wont to indulge. The night was a true Novombor night black and gloomy, with torrents of rain, which beat continually upon the windows. Tho troes of the gardon, bont by tho forco of tho wind, from time to time drew the finger like ends of thoir branches across the glass, making a fantastic- and melancholy concert, iu which mingled no hnmau voice uo sound which promised human aid, should the want lo ever so urgent. Madamo Aubrey sat upon a low chair in tho corner of the fire pluco holding upon her kneos the little boy whom sho was undressing, while the servant at the sthor end of the room executed certain orders of her mistress. A blaziug wood fire, aided by a lump upon tho mantle shelf, throw a strong light upon somo objects, loft others in intense shadow, and upon othors again cast a wayward and fitful gleam, which caused them to assume grotesquo and unreal forms. The baby had oeasod his luughing play and had closed his drowsy eyes. The mother threw her eves toward tho cradle- to as sure herself that all was prepared; at this momont the fire blazed up suddenly and throw a strong light noon the corner of the bed exposed by tho lifted curtain. As Madamo Antirey looked, she utmost fell from hor chair; undor the bed, close to tho cradle iu which sho had been about to deposit hor sleeping child, sho now behold two great foet shod iu ooarso brogns. In an instaut tho seuso of her situation flushed across tho mind of the Joung woman us if shown by a flash of ightning. This hidden man no doubt was a thief, perhaps au assassin. Sho was alone, without help prosont or soon to bo expected, for hor husband was not to return until eight or nine o'clock, and it wus now but little past six. What should sho do? How should sho defend herself? Madamo Aubrey had uttered naory she had not even moved, but sho feared that tho servant, making tho same dis covery, might not show the same pru denoo. The thief probably intended to remain in his present positiou until the middlo of tho night, then to issue forth and possess himself of the sum brought homo by Monsieur Aubrey. Dut if pre maturely discovered, and having no opponents but two women, ho would probably muko his escape, first securing their silenco by thoir death, lhon who knows but the servant herself was an ac complice suspicious circumstances, hitherto disregarded, returned with re newed violence to the mind of Madamo Aubrey. All these thoughts passed through the mind of the young mother in loss time than I have occupied in the telling. Ik fore many miuutes had clupsor her calmness had entirely re turn"'!, aud sua had decided upon her part' iu tho terriblo drama, but sho must got rid of the servant. ''Yuu kuow," Bitiu she, without tho least faltering of hor voice, "you know the dishes which my husband prefers, and I think he will be well pleased to find a good super ready against his ro turn. I had forgotten to tell you about it before, biU go now and begin your preparation) and bestow attention upon "But," answered the servant, "sl-all you not want me here, as usual." "No, I can do everything myself. Monsieur would be displeased, I am sure, if after bis long ride in such weather he should not find a good sup per upon his return." After somo attempts at delay, which redoubted in Madame Aubrey an un easiness wbioh shs was obliged to con ceal. tho girl quitted the chumber. Hor footsteps died away upon the stairs, and ber mistress found herself alone with bor child and those two terrible feet, which, half seen in tbe now dying light, scorned immovable as tbe bedstead it self. She still remained sitting near the chimney with tbe baby upon hor lap addressing to him, almost mechanically carressing words, and soothing him to sloop, while ber eyes never wandered from the menacing feet. The little fel low. tired of his position, began to cry for bis cradle and its soothing motion, but the cradle was close to the aloove olose to the foet. Tbe young mother conquered herself by a vioiont effort. "Come then, my child," said she, and rising from bor chair, she forced bor tottering steps to be firm, and went to ward the alcove. Behold ber close to the ominous feet. She placed the baby in the cradlo, and with a voico which all bor resolution could hardly koep from trembling, she commenoed to sing hor usual lullaby to the unconscious child, and as she sang the Idea was ever in her mind that each word might be her last. At last the boy slept soundly, and tbe mother roturned to hor seat by the fire. Tho clock strikes seven. One lour more and Madame Aubrey may expect uonvcrance. a aeep siienoe roignea in the chamber. Tbe infant slept peace fully. His mother, ber hands convul sively clasping each other, hor lips apart, her eyes fixod npon the monaoing foot, remained immovablo as a statue. From time to timo.somo noise in the gar den would cunse the heart of the watch- or to leap with hope, but it always provod to be tho rain, tho wind or the shaken trees. It seomod to the un happy woman that timo had stopped, and that she was alone with those haunt ing feet. Heavens! They movol Is tho assassin about to commence his fearful workl But no it was only a slight movement, induced no doubt by the con strained position. He rcsumos bis im mobility. Tho half-hour strikes. Tho anxious watcher could have almost sworn that it was two hours sinoe it struck lust, but no, sho knows tnat tho clock is fuithful, and thore is still another weary half-hour before sho may expect her do livorer. Madamo Aubrey took a book of re ligious meditations from the chimney pioco above bor head, and attempted to read. Vain effort! Her eyes wandered continually from the page. Suddenly a thought crossed ber mind with tho sharpness aud suddenness of light if hor husband should not rotnrn! His parents lived in the Village to which be had gono; what more natural than that, seeing tho sevority of the weather, M. Aubrey should allow himsolf, by fond persuasions, to be detained until morn- ng! She could noitbcr wondor at nor blame him. But then what would be come of herself, ana tho littlo one dearer than herstdf ? her brain reeled undor tho thought. Eight o'clock struck and nobody had come. The sup position then was correct; the unhappy womau gave lieuell up for lost. She was about to seizo her child and tlv from the room, when a noise rosounded from the gravel walk beneath the win- dow. The oagor listoner dared not trust her ears; she had been so ofton deceived but now the door rolled upon its hingcB and then foil heavily buck in its pluoe. A well-known step gayly asconded the stairs, the chamber door opened and a mau appeared a man, haudsotuo, strong and vigorous. It wus ho! At this moment, had M. Aubrey bcon the ugliest of men tho worst of husbands he would have- assumed, in tho eyes of bis wife, all tho graces, all the virtues imaginable. no had only paused below to take off his dripping clothes aud luy down his pistols. He extended his arms and his wife rushed into them. But immedi ately recovering horsolf, she placed one finger ou bor lips, aud with the other hand pointed to the foot. M. Aubrey would not have boon worthy of such a wife if he had failed iu decision or sang f roid. He gave a glance at his wife which said that be under stood, and said aloud: "One moment, my darling, and I will return; I have left my pocket book lowu stairs, aud I must show you my riches." With these words he left the room.but in a momout returned, holding a pistol in his baud. He exuiiynod the lock, ap proached the bed, stooped down, and with his loft hand seised one of tho two feet, tho finger of his right baud rostiug ou tho trigger of a pistol. "Resist, and you are u dead mun! he exclaimed. Tho owner of tho foet did not fleem disposod to risk the event. II suffered himself to be dragged by the foot into tho middlo of tho room, where he dis- losod a most villainous face as ho rouohod before tho pistol pointed at his ead. On being searched, a dagger was fouud and newly sharpened. He con fessed that tho servant was his accom plice, aud had told him of the booty which awaited him. Nothiug remained but to deliver both to justice. Madame Aubrey indeed begged her husband to let them escape, but the public interest demanded the sacrifice of public lenity, aud they were olivered up. During all this time tho unconscious hild slept soundly. After somo little time Madamo Aubrey related the eveuts f tho evening. I did not thiuk you had been so brave." said her husband, embracing er. But in spite of her bravery, the oveuts of that night brought oua nervous fever, from which our little heroine did not re- over for some weeks. Tho Japanese telegraph system, estab lished ten years ago, has now 3 '.'.".) miies of line and 0315 miles of wire. Twentv words are sent sixty miles for less than two cents. Last year tho number of messages trrnsmitted was 1.272.755. Thore are 34S Morse instruments in use, xi single noodle-books, said -J Boll tele phones. There is something radically wronar about our professions when a pious min ister only gets forty cents for joining a on pie, ana a wicked lawyer receives forty dollars for untying tbe sm. von kers Statesman. THE SrOOrKSDIKI IIABT. "Well. well, well." said Mr. Snoopen dyke, with a grin that involved his whole head and an effort at tip toe tread that shook the whole bouse. "And so its s erirl mv liMrf " Mrs. Spoopendyke smiled faihtly,and Mr. Spoopendyke pickoa np his heiress "Its the image of you," she said, re ffardimr with somo terpidation Mr Bpoopendyke's method of handling the infant. "I don't see how you make that out." said Mr. Spoopendyke gravely. "I don't know when mr nose looked like the thumb part of a lobster claw. Do Inn dorstand you that my eyes bear any re semblance to the hood of a screw?" "I mean the general features," mur mured Mrs. HnooDendvko. "The general features seem to be all mouth." retorted Mr. Spoopendyke, ex sminingbls acquisition. "If our gen eral foatures are at all alike, my visage must remind vou of an earthquake. Hi! kitchoe! kitchee! What makes bor fold uo hor leas like that?" "She can t help it, reasoned jurs. ... " m Snoonendvke. "they 11 straighten out in a a e ' ar w time.1' "No time like tbe present. Quoted Mr. Spoopendyko, and he took bis daugh ter's feet and commenced pulling her limbs. "I don t want any bandy-logged child in this family while I'm at the bead of it." . . Naturally tho baby began to cry and Mr. Spoopendyke essayed to soothe it. 'Hil kitcbee! kitchee! kitch-ee eo! be chirruped. "Great Scott, what a cavorn! Any idea what this month weighs? Hi! kitchoe! kitch-e o! You'll have to get that mouth roofod in before the cold weather. Whut's the mattor with bor, anvwav !" "rvrhaps you hurt her. Jjet me tauo " . ... , ber, ploose," ploadod helpless Mrs. Spoopendyke. "Sho s doing well onough. nil you: Hold up! Haven't you anything to catch this mouth in? Its spilling all over the neighborhood. Hi! Topsy, Oenoviove, Cleopatra, dry up. I'm going to have trouble breaking this young ono's tem per. I can seo that. Here! bond the other way onoo!" and Mr. Spoopendyko tried to straighten his offspring without avail. Let her come to mo; do, please," moaned Mrs. Spoopendyke; and Mr. Spoopendyke wus forced to band her over. "Well, that's quite a baby ," said he, nursing bis knee and eyeing tho infant. What re those bumps over its eyes for.' What preponderance of intelligence do thoy represent?" "loumusnt talk so, romonstratea Mrs. Spoopendyke. "She the handsomest child you ever saw." 'Well, she s got to stop biting her nails before she goes any further with this procession. Hero, tuko your hands out of your mouth, can't you? Why don't you put hor hands down ?" Why, all babies do that, explained Mrs. Spoopendyke. "You can't stop that." "I'm going to try.' said Mr. Spoopen dyke, "and I don't want to be interfered with in bringing this child up. ilero, you, Maud o. JJonesotter, put your hands in your pockets. Don t let me see any more nail-chewing, or you and I'll get mixed up in an argument. She gets that from your family, Mrs. Spoopen dyke." "Say, dear, don't you want to go and order some things ?" asked Mrs. Spoop oudvke. "No." rejoined hor husband. "I want to seo this youngster. Whoro's her chin? Do babies always have their uppor jaw set right ou their shoulders? Kitchee! kitcheo! Her scalp comes clear to the bridge of her nose. 1 don't believe she's quite right. Where's her forehead? rout Jlosos! licr head is all on tbe back part. Say, that baby's got to bo pressed. That's lm shape." "Get away," exclaimed Mrs. Spoopen dyke, indignantly. "She's a perfect angol. There's nothiug in tho world tho matter with her." "Of course you know," growled Mr. Spoopondyko. "You don't want any thing more than a fog-horn and a mis spent appropriation to be an orphan asylum. If I had your faith, and the colic, I'd make a living as a foundlings' homo. She'll bo old enough to spank in a week, won't she?" "No, she won't!" said Mrs. ' Spoopen dyko. "She'll never bo old onough for that." "I'll bet she will," grnntod Mr. Spoop endyke. "If she isn't, she'll get it bo fore she matures np to that period. That's all. Let mo take her. Here, let's hove her." But Mrs. Spooicndyko flatly refused . "Keep your dod-gasted baby, then!" roared Mr. Spoopendyko. "If you know more about babies than I do, then keep her. Thoy way you coddla her ono would think she Wis a new paste for the complexion. If yon had one more brain and a handle, you'd make a fair rattlo box. Fit you up with a broken sofa and a grouse spot, and you'd do for a second hand nursery." And Mr; Spoopendyko started off to find his friend Specklewottle, who con gratulated him, and started off with him to assist iu the selection of an overcoat aud a pair of ear-muffs as precautionary against the approaching winter. Brook lyn Eagle. Mrs. Florence, the actress, suvs that she talked with the Princess of ales in the box of a London theater, aud found her charming iu manners and person. Her voice is soft and extremely musical. and a slight German accent makes tier speech all tho more pleasing. Mrs. Florence Dronmini.es Ladv Lansiluln am.1 Ijuly Mandeville amdug tlie first of Eng lish beauties, and says of Mrs. Langtjy: "She is not strictly beautiful. Sho has a fair skiu. and larue, rornvl trk eyes, which she uses very expressively, and with au I tie art ot a professional actress, in conversation. The Latural color of her hair ia chestnut, but sho is often seen with very light or reddish frizzes as with those of the color bestowed by nature. These artificial adjuncts euhanoe the effect of her really flue eyes." The Philadelphia Sunday Mirror has a "Lunacy column. It says: "Some body writes to ask if we ever laugh at our own alleged humor. Great Caesar! NO! We are not half so much of an ass as we seem to be. This column is pre pared for fellows like our correspondent.' Tbe Longevity of the Ancients. Can man reach and pass tbe age of a hundred years? is a question concerning which physiologists nave different opin ions. Buffon was tbe first one in France to raise tbe question of tbe extreme limit of bnman life. In his opinion, man, oe comina adult at sixteen, ought to live to six times that age, or to ninety-six years. Having been called npon to ac count for the phenomenal ages attributed by tbe Biblo to the patriarchs, he risked the following as an explanation: "Be fore the flood, the earth was less solid, loss compact, than it is now. The law of gravitation bad acted for only a little time; the productions of tbe globe bad less consistency, and tho body of man, being more supple, was more susceptible of extension. Being able to grow for a longer timo, it rLould, in consequence, live for a longor time than now,!' Tbe German Heusler has suggested on the same point that the ancients did not divido time as we uo. rrevious to tns age of Abraham, the year, among some people of tho East, was three months, or a season; so tnat tney uaa a year oi spring, ono of summer, one of fall, and one of winter. The year was extended so as to consist of eight months after Abraham, and of twelve months after Joseph. Voltaire rejected the longevity assigned to the patriarchs of the Bible, but accepted without question the stories of the great ages attained by some mon in India, where, he Bays, "it is not rare to seo old men of one bundred and twenty years." The eminent French physiologist, Flourens, fixing the com plete development oi man at twenty years, teaches that ne suouia live nve times as long as it takes him to become an adult. According to this author the moment of a completed development may be recognized by the fact of the junction of the bones with their apophyses. This junction takes place in horses at five years, and the borso does not live beyond twenty-five years; with the ox at tour years, it aoes not live over twenty years; wun tue cat at eighteen months, and that animal lives over ten years. With man, it is el fectod at twenty years, and he only ex ceptionally lives beyond one hundred years. The samo physiologist admits, howover, that human life may be excep tionally prolonged under certain condi tions of comforts, sobriety, freedom from care, regularity of habits, ana observ ance of the rules of hygiene; and ho ter minates his interesting study of the last point (' De Ia Longevite humano ) with the aphorism, "Man kills himself rathor than dies. JU.JJe Soiaville, in Popular Science Monthly for November. Militancy as u Cause or Crime. With decrease of the aggressiveness shown in acts of violence and consequent acts of retaliation has gone decrease, of the aggressiveness shown in criminal acts at large, lbat this change has been a con -commit ant of tho change from a more militant to a more industrial state. cannot be doubted by ono who studies the history of crime in England. Say; Mr. Pike in his work on that subject: 'The close connection between the mill tary spirit and those actions which are now legally defined to be crimes has been pointed out, again and again, in the course of this history." If we compare a past ago in which tie effects of hostile activities had been lfts qualified by the effects of peaceful activities than thoy havo been in our wn age, we see a marked contrast in repect of the num bers and kinds of offdtses against person and property. We htvo no longer any English buccaneers; wreckers have ccasod to bo heard ot and travelors do not now prepare thmselves to meet highwaymen. Mocover, that flagi tiousuess of the governing agen cies themselves, whi-h was shown by tho venality of ministers and members of Parliament, and b the corrupt ad ministration of justice has disappeared. With decreasing nruiint of crime has come increasing reprnution of crime. Biographies of pirate nptains, suffused with admiration of tbir courage, no longer find a pluco in tir literature; and the sneaking kindness or "gentlemen of tho road" is, in our da, but rarely dis played. Many as are tie transgressions which our journals eport, they have greatly diminiseed;anc though in trad ing transactions thore Imuch dishonesty (chiefly of the indirect ort), it needs but to read Do Foo's "Eijlisu Trademan" to seo how marked has Ln tho improve' mcnt since his time. N- must we for got that the chau go of aaracter which has brought a decrease t unjust actions has brought an increaso f becincent ac tions, as seen in paying Ir slave eman cipation, in nursing theviunded soldiers of our lighting ncighbrs, in philan thropio efforts of con: less kinds. ropular Scienco Month . T1i Brigands of Jicedonla. A writer in tho Cor'iill Magazino re lates these incidents: " On ono occasion the chief of a band ficcotded in captur ing a young Armeian hom ho sus pected of having g en information to tho authorities as the whereabouts of his band; wheroupi he sent a message to his mother, wo lives in a village near, telling her t't if she wished to see hor son alive she 'list come at once to a certain spot. Fring to disobey, the poor woman hur'd to the place named, where sho met brigand chief, who immediately sai 'I havo sent for you to show you the w I treat traitors,' and, drawing his ataghan, ho cut the wretched ma into four quarters before his other s eyes, adding, as he wifl tho blood off his weapon, 'Nf I am going to tho top of that bill. JJre sunset you will tell the inhabitar of your village that they are to como. it and see what I havn done; shoulyon not obey and mind I shall be itching I shall come and burn the Wde village.' Of course, there was no ch' but to carry out orders, and see tbxhastly spectacle. Another instance the effects of which I was also a wifss, was that of a villager in the towa'f Teronda, who, when the village attacked by brigands, gave up all D property but a small silver cross whi he stoutly refused to part with, hereupon he was stripped, rub bed oveiwith petroleum oil, and then a matcl-pplied. It so happed that thu did not rove fatal, but the state of agony tbe poor man some days after ward w something piteous to see." LoeklBf-OUss Saperstltlons. Most readers are ro doubt acquainted with Bonaparte's superstitions regarding the breaking of a looking-glass. During one of his campaigns in Italy he broke the glass over Josephine's portrait. Bo disturbed was he at this, as he thought, ominous occurrence, that he nevor retted until the return of the courier whom he had forthwith despatched to convince himsolf of her safoty, so strong was tho impression of hor death upon his mind. In Cornwall, breaking a looking-glass is believed to insure seven years of sor row, and a Yorkshire proverb informs us that such an unfortunate occurrence en tails "seven years' trouble but no want.' In Sootland, to smash a looking-glass hanging against a wall is regarded as an infallible sign that a member of the family will shortly die. Urose, alluding to this snperstion. says it foretells the spoody decease of the master ot the house. It has been suor gestod that this popular fancy dates very many years pock, ana probably ongina ted in tbe destruction of the refloated human image an interesting illustration of now the association of ideas in tho formation of superstition is often deter mined by mere analogy. in tbe south of England it is regarded as highly unlucky for a bride on her wedding day to look in the gloss, when sue is completely dressed, before start ing for tbe church. Hence very great core is usually taken to put on a glove or some slight article of adornment, after the last lingering look has been taken in the mirror. The idea, we are informed, is that any young lady who is too fond of the looking glass will be unfortunate when married. This is not. however, the only way in which superstition inter feres with the grown-up maiden's peep in uie looKinggiass. iuuh, Swedish damsels are afraid of looking in tbe glass after dark, or by candlelight, lest by soloing they forfeit the good will of the other sex. On the other hand, in England the looking-glass occasionally holds a prominont position in love divin ations. Belgian girls who desire to see their husbands in a droani lay thoir garters crosswise at the foot of the bed and looking-glass under their pillow; in the glass they believe the desired image will appear. The practice of covering or removing the looking-glass from the chamber of death still prevails in some places. Hereditary Criminals. Heredity" comes out strong in case of criminals stronger perhaps than in case of saints. For the offspring of snints are often far from saint-like, while the chil dren of burglars and other criminals are almost sure to pay their ancestors the honor of imitating them. A few days ago in a New York criminal court George Lyons, a slender youth of 17,was brought up for sentence for an attempt to commit burglary, he . having once been in the County Penitentiary. "Lyons, the Kecorder said, "your father is in State Prison, I believe?" This is my caso. Judge, not my father's," the hardened youth replied bluntly. lour mother is also in the State Prison?" "Yes, sho is." "You aro come of a bad stock. I am informed," the Recorder went on. "I suppose I do, answered Lyons. The Judge remarked that Lyons wanted to go to State Prison, as a graduation, but that ho should allow him one more chance for reformation, aud send him to the Elmira Reformatory, undercharge of Mr. Brockwoy. "You'd better have me hung, Jtido," was tho sullen reply. lie expressed. however, some dread of the discipline of the reformatory on his way there. His father is Ned Lyons, the desperute burglar, who has been sick of a wound in Connecticut, and has now gone to tho State prison there. His mother, Lyons' wife, is not by any means unkuown in these parts, although her son is mistaken in thinking that she is just at this mo ment in prison. She happens to be out just now. Young Lyons is the leader of a gang of sneak thieves in New York,and Mr. Brockwoy can try his own patent re formatory plan on him. f Detioit Free Press. Origin or Croqu t. Croquet players who have a consider- able liking for this favorite and fashionable sport, will be interested in tho origin of the game. Croquet is not, as many suppose, of modern birth, but may be traced through its various stages to Persia, as fur book ns the eighth century. Its orgin was polo, which tho Persians played with a long handled mallet calltfd'chugan. In the ninth century the game msde its way into tho Eastern Empire, the original mallet changing its form to a stall' end ing in a broad bend filled with a net work of gnl strings. "Thus," says a writer on tbe subject, "there appeared in the East, as belonging to the great sport of ball ploy on horseback the first shapes of two implements which re modeled the whole play life of mediieva' modern Euiope, the chugan being1 the ancestor of the mallet used in croquet, and of an endless variety of other play ing clubs and bats, while the bent staff with its net-work was a primitive racket." E3fH2Sl"l",3 We find that the onuiuai uuii names in which sticks wore used were played on horseback, and instead of polo being an outgrowth of these sports played ou foot the latter are the changes mode in the Persian game of chugau, which, -m has been said, was the parent of all our games in which artificial meane are nsd on fort, was easy and natural, and the substitution of a club came bv irradual changes, the hand being probably the original implement, which was super seded by the rounded stick. A Southern journal says this year's rice crop in the Gulf Suites will reach IjO.UOO.IXK) bushels. It is predicted that the rice industry will soon rival that of sugar growing in Louisiana. Mr. Edison has coma out with an ut terance: "Whenever by theory, analogy and calculation J have satisfied myself that the result I desire is impossible. I am then sure that I am on the verge of a discovery." It is darkest just before the dawn, and we suppose it is more dis couraging immediately preceding the electrio light AIL SORTS. The boldest man of t,n . any in- That man or woman who ia i t home has made a all TfailuVa largest portion of a lifetime. " 8 In Dallas, Texas, a woman is graduall. being converted into a natti?..? y Her feet and hands a .LJf"',0: as stone. ' " ud Tbe inventor of the craw ,..-ii as the celebrated artist LeoSaT' Gen. Wallace, our mln!uf m.. drank ooffee with the Sultan. The con. A young man feels that ho has not lived n vain when he sees his picture Bvl,ii.u.i in the show case of a photograph gallery Meridon Recorder. Buery. Worth has caused a wor in Paris by his attempt to revive moire antique, as lead- uK mo.iu.uij io a resurrection of the much detested crinoline. A roport of local doctors stain !. it por cent, of the cases of ilini,ti,0r; domic raging in the province of Orel' Central Russia are fatal. ' The electric light ban 1 fully introduces in the Mathildo Colliery in Upper Silosio. The work was done by Siemens 4 Halsko, of Berlin. It is not fair for a man in .iru. of his wives bo much finer tl.,.n i. other, especially when the other has all the the children to care for. Indianap olis Herald. A few days ago Jav Gonld t nn look long and earnestlv at tl. through a telescope, and then turn away with a disconsolate sigh." Acarroal truck cannot be laid on air. In the technical schools of the Mofrn. politan Museum of Art plumbing is now tuught, but only the sons of millionaire are admitted to tho course. "Man's inhumanity to man" does not compare to woman's inhumanity to wo man. Is not the corset a good leador of the evils inflicted? A little boy recitinga Bible verse abnni smiting the enemy hip and thigh, said they would smite him with a "hit), bin t)4 fenrrah." TW daughter of the wealthiest banker la Oraml Rapids, Michigan, who graduated from Vassar three years ago, has been tho cashier of her father's bank ever since. We have seon ladies who were insuffer ably shocked at the sight of man in his sleeves; and their own arms wore baro almost- to tbe shoulders. Women are strange creatures. A Yankee in Boston closed his store for two hours on the day of the Garfield funeral, and then docked his clorks for the time. He ought to put up a monu ment for Guiteau. Uncle Sam is gradually extending his dominions. Our latest acquisition is a big ice floe named Wrocgel Laud. Why it is called Wrangel Land we don't know, as it is uninhabited. I feel a profoundor reverence for a boy than a man. I never meet a ragged boy in tho street without fooling that I may owe him a salute, for I know not what possibilities may be buttoned up under his coat. The Future 3Iotor rower. Scientific men of Great Britain object to the steam engine because it does not meet tho wants of the present fast age; because it spends too much force for the results it acorn plishes, and for the addi tional reason that it is fast consuming the coal that will be wanted for beating purposes. Tftey waut a better force, more locomotion, quickor travel, less ex pense, and greater security. They want something that will propel canoes as well as ship?; that will run sewing ma chines as well as trip hammers; that will ra7 pleasuro carriages as well as rail way cars. They desire a motor that wilt ot consume fuel, produce smoke, or cause noise; that can be managed by child and run, if desired, in a parlor. They want something that will do all the steam engine does and many things besides. In the opinion of most of the scientists of Great Britain electricity is to take the place of steam in driving machinery and moving cars, and is to be generated by the action of tides, winds, and falling water. They predict that wind-power will bo utilized to a greater extent than any persons in a previous age ever be lieved it would. Wind will generate electricity for moving machinery, for lighting streets, aud warming dwellings in Ireland, Belgium, Denmark, and other countries where there are few streams that afford water-power.. The movement of tides will produce the same effects in most countries that have au Extensive .eu-coast, while the fall of water in rivers and streams will generate electricity in all mountain regions. The great electrical exhibition at Paris is doing much to draw attention to what is called the motor power of the future. There" is a picture called "The Queen of the Nineteenth Cen tury," hanging in many shop windows. It is a female fignre surrounded with a halm and emiting rays of light from the hands, which are poised as if to enable the being to fly. The light gives the arms the appearance of wings. The artist is an enthusiast, and is re garded by many as a prophet. We all hope that his fair predictions may be realized. The steam engine is a good thing, but we are ready for something hotter. Now, that attention is drawn to electricity, great results may be ei pected. I Chicago Tribune. Mixed Feeds. One of the strong points in favor of the much praised en silage, is that animals eat it with a relish. No food, howevtr rich it may be in food elements, will prove profitable if the farm stock cannot be made to take to it kindly. It is on this acconnt that a mix ing of feed has been so successful. Sameness palls npon the oppetite a change of diet encourages and sharpens it. A few roots cut, or better, pulped, and given to the animals, will make them eat the corn-fodder or cut straw with all the greater relish. Try and make a little change in diet of the animals, even though it be only once a week, with soils roots, potatoes, apples, etc., it will pay. The more an animal rats, and hf althfaliy digests, the more profitable it is. )