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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 1, 1882)
A BIOKT Of COU5TERP1RIS. . niet unoventful life was mine un Alft tbe belter of my father roof LrSun. nd .ocepteJ the dek of a a?kSer in the wholesale clothing .hfimeotof Shear. 4 Frescott.in bnHT little city of Weston. thib? L1 1 na tine afternoon in Octo- J' .nut in the midst of the Indian sum- I invited Llllie Prescott, with "horn I M ver-v near1' in l0T0' 10 Walk A nark with me. r tittle band in its delicate prim ilored glove rested on my arm, iTblack eye were lifted to my face, ft? particularly tender and conflden f .i and at peace with all the world, ffi'wcre .peaking of the gorgeousiioss Tthe distant bills, clothed as they fLrt in their mantles of crimson foil IS I when I was brought to a stop by faring my name pronounced ma tono L. n agreeable. "Mr. Smith, 111 jest trouble you P'?I 5"toJ" A . Of fiftT to or thereabont, effootuolly blocked up the liJewalk before us; indeed ber propor tions were colossal. If ever I have seen the personification of indignation, I saw inner expressive countenance. "Madam !" I exolaimed, retreating a little from the battery of flashing gray ,ye which she brought to bear upon "'Yon needn't madam me?" cried sbo. a-uing redder. "I'll jest trouble you J, settle this little bill." And she thrust an ominous piece of paper before mreyes, which read substantially: Btebard Smith to Juliana Diggins, Dr For six months' board $196 00 for " washing 12 00 8208 00 I retnrned the bill to ber. "I owe you nothing, madam. I sever sjw you before in my life." 'You needn't lie to me Period Bhe, getting her arms akimbo. "I hain't kept a genteel boarding house fifteon year for nothing, sir I You'll either fork iter on the spot, or I'll take the law!" "Take it," remarked I; "you're wel come to it." "Yon think to sarse mo, young man! Remember what you promised! I'll bave you took up for it as shure as my name s Diggins. I'll larn you better than to deceive a trusting widder woman in that way ! You desateful hypocrite!" "Madam, you insult me! I ' "Oh, it looks well for such as you to stand on your dignity! Mighty lofty, .ii i. aumI Y.in'va tnrrrnt Hia nraam flapjuksJ used to make you and the kisses you used to give me every, even ing after the rest of them was gone to bed! You've forgot the halt dozen shirts I made you, and never charged jouocent! You've forgot that you solemnly promised me thatyou'd marry me last Tuesday morningl You've forgot that, have you?" "Yes yes I never! no!" stammered I, dropping Miss Lillie's arm in conster nation. "Do you dare to deny it?" cried she, o a rage. - "Yes; forever and a day afterward!" 1 roared out. "Dou you think I would marry an old termagant like you? I'd sooner wed my grandmotherl" I saw the fire flash up in ber eyes. The widow was waxing dangerous. I dodged the reticule she aimed at my head, and fell over backward as she charged upon me with her half-mourn- ing parasoi. miss xiiue turueu uu fled. I thought discretion the better part of valor, so I leaped over a garden fence near at hand, and was immedi ately attacked by a large watch dog that sprung ont of the kennel near by. I seized a dahlia pole, and hurling it at the beliggerent, made good my escape by fording a duok pond and reaching the next street, from which I hurried home at the best pace 1 could oommand. I was resolved that I would not remain in Weston a day longer. Evidently there was in theoity some other Rich ard Smith, for whose notorious self I was mistaken. I penned a hasty note to my employ ersgiving my reasons for leaving them packed my trunks, paid my board, and, marking my baggage "Richard Smith. New Hamrton" I en tered the cars for the locality specified en my trunks. In selecting New Hampton as my des tination, I had no very definite purpose in view, but in a place of its size I hod no doubts of being able to secure some lucrative situation, and the office of "Boots" was better, if I could be left unmolested.than the station of president, if 1 must loose my identity, and be at tacked bv viragos in the streets. It was near noon of the next day when the train whirled up to the depot at New llampton. I alighted, and. was nas toning down the platform to look after m7 baggage, when I saw a young laay in a brown silk walking dress, ear neatly regarding me. As she caught my eye, she threw up her veil and sprang toward me. As the veil swept back it . revealed the loveliest faoe I had ever looked upon. I had never even dreamed of anything half so beau tiful. In involuntary admiration I stood still. She threw herself into my arms her arms fell around my neck her velvet cheek touched mine and such a kiss as she planted full on my lips! My face was in a blaze, i felt as if I had been stewed in honey, with lavender for flavoring. She repeated the kiss the munificent mue angel! exclaiming: "Dear, dear Richard! How delighted I am that von have come at last! I was dumb. Mv month was sealed up with the sweetness of ber kisses. I dared not speak lest I should dissolve the spell. "We have been expecting you for four whole days! Only think what a period of snsnense!" went on the soft voice of the lady, as, clasping my hand, she drew me unresistingly to a phaeton in wait ing. "There: make yourself easy. I am going to drive. Isn't it nleasant to be waited on. Richard?" The arch brown eyes songbt mine, as, drawing up the fur Jmed robes, my com panion shook the reins over the white horses, and we were whirled rapidly away. "Papa is so anxious to see you once more, Richard, but his rheumatism is worse to-dav. and ha coold not drive down. William is absent on an errand or the bride. But I would come! I wantod te be the first one to greet you dear RicksrJ! Alice ia so beautiful! and so deeply, beautifully happy! Richard, yon ought to be the most grateful roan alive!" "I 1--believe I am!" exclaimed I. as reaching np bor sweot face, the little en chantress favored me with another kiss, which.this time, I repaid with compound interest, and then blushed boiling not to think of it. At this moment the phaeton stooped at the door of a fine old mansion on an aristocratic street, and mechanioally I alighted and lifted out my companion. The hall door was flung open. The clasping hand of the young lady drew me geuuy wiimn uie vesiiouie uer musical voice called softly at the door of a boudoir: "Alice, Richard bas come!" Instantly the door flew open, and a dark-baircd,beantiful woman came forth. She gazed at mo an instant with unutter able tendernoss, and then embraced me, with a mingling of fervor and shyness absolutely bewildering. Verily, 1 was a favored individual! An elderly gentleman, supporting him self by a cane, now came forward and saluted me, calling me his "dead son," and cutting short everything! attempted to say by bis Joyful volubility. The folding doors separating the sit ting room and parlor were thrown apart. I heard the subdued bum of voices, the rustling of heavy silks; and waiting in the alcoved arch of an east window, I saw a clergyman in gown and bands. The elderly gentleman took the hand of the dark-hairod Alice and placed it in mine. "Take ber," he said, with emotion; "and may God prosper you! We will bave the most important thing first, and dinner afterward. The guests are al ready getting impatient." I glanced at Alice s dress, it was a bridal white; and hor beautiful hair was crowned with a wreath of orange bios soni s. The sight gave me a tremor. I felt weak and faint. My pallor must have alarmed Alice, for sue clutched my arm wildly, and gazed into my face witu painful anxiety. "What la it, Richard? Are you ill? Merciful heaven! Helen, look at him! He is ill!" "It is nothing nothing! I gasped "Only, I cannot cannot marry you! I-" "Oh. heavenl cried Alice, in horrified dismay; and seeing she was about to fall, I flung my arm around ber for support. At this moment the hall door opened, and. turning at the sound, I saw, with my own eyes, my second sen enter tne room, my exact counterpart! iwenuru Smith. No. 2. His fierce eyes took m tho scene at one glance. He rushed toward me with a wild eioculation. and tearing tne nan fainting Alice from my arms, he planted his firm grasp on my throat. I put my hand on the same locality of bis body "What are you doing? he thundered in mv ear. "What are you doing? I thundered in resnonse. "Your life snail pay tue loneiti ne ... a i m (It 1 exclaimed, with mad violence. "The man who has dared to win Alice Here' ford's love shall die!" "Gentlemen," interrupted the sweet voice or her wuom tuey uou caneu Helen, "be patient: there is some mis take. Which of you is named Richard Smith?" "I am!" replied I. "I am!" replied my counterpart. "But which of you is Richard Smith the ion of Archbald Smith?" "I am." said mv second self. "And I am not," said I; "my father was named Robert. Helen looked at me a moment, balf in doubt, evidently, how to treat me after hat had occurred. Finally she held ont her hand. "I beg pardon, Mr. Smith; it was all a careless mistake of my own. Can you forgive me? . I thonarht of the kisses she bad given me, and wished the same mistake might be made over again, though I was wise enough not to make known my wisu. "Let mo exDlain." she said frankly "We were iust expecting my brother Rinhard home from the South, where he has been some four of five months post ami were nnite sure he would arrive on the train which brought you: be has been some years engaged to Miss Here ford, and the marriage ceremony was to take place lmmeuiaieij aiwr uu uis i T nnnt down to the denot to wel come bim, and because of the striking similitude in your respective personal appearance, I mistook a stranger for my brother. That is all. Brother Riehard, Mr. Smith is entirely blameless of any wrnnr. Let me present you to each ntliAr an friends." Mv counterpart shook bands with me, and begged my pardon for dislocating my neck-tie. I granted it, and begged his pardon for committing a nxe aepre infinn nn his neck-tie. And then, at a sign from the elderly irentlemen. we all walked into the draw ing-room, where in a brief space of time, mv counterpart was made the husband nf thn hlnnhinff Alice. The acquaintance so singularly begun with the Smith family, eoon ripened into friendship, and became one of the mmi nrMMnna of life's blessings to me. Helen Smith bad kissed me, and she eould not forget it. If a man can get a woman to think of hiin-it hardly matteis in what way he has a charm on her; and so it was in my case. I believe that I never met Helen but she blushed at the memory which stole over ner. months after our first meeting she kissed me again and called me "Dear Richard." And this time she was well awarA that she was not addressing her liar hanther. Is it a fortunate or an unfortunate thin or in have a counterpart? When I think nt th boarding-house keeper, say "No;" but when I look at Helen and recall the circumstances of our introduc tion, 1 am accustomed to answer, "Yes.' v j 1 . Aa innl.a. nf innv f pi jjParuinjj m " at Shebovgan, Michigan, a few days ago, 1 ttiat it mam nm a, newspaper wuooucb iu. spoken of as a place where the "sleigh ing ain't first rate for a spell in August. Maybe the town is on the sime isother mal line as the locality where it is "eleven months winter and one month mighty late in the fall." That New Yorker who bas not closed his eyea in sleep for the last thirteen years has determined to hire out on a farm this summer. Inside of two weeks hia fmDlover will have to haul him out bed by the feet to get his eyes open TUE BLUE ROiE. DAma 1.IU. a.- Attn tliArA I1TA1I iin uuiug Mini J c.i a ts the faubourg of Bressigny, at Angers, the Horticultural Olty aoove u umura.au old retired custom bouse officer who was greatly interested in the cultivation of roses. Jules Alloin bad not married until after he had left the service. His wife Resented bim with a daugh ter and two years lator abe died, leaving himalono in the world with bis child. The task w.s a heavy one, but the fathor had for the fruit of the love of his old age such an adoration that be showod himself equal to tho maternal role whioh this death imposed on bim. He got up earlier in the morning uu wem, un, later at night, so that bis gardon might not suffer from the constant care that the littlo Jennie needed at almost every minnlo in tha .lttT- When bl6 Was old enough be made bor the companion of all bis movements. ue useu w atou u nnn. in thn market nlace where bo carried hs vegetables, flowers ami fruit, and while be was woraing in m gururu she occupied a plaoe on bis heavy coat near at band. The people of tho neigh borhood were so oocustouied to seeing them togother that he bad received the nickname of Papa la Nourrice. We bave said that he took bis fruits and bis vegetables to tho market; in fact, it was ut a later period that be do voted himself to horticulture. His rather large garden bad originally re sembled one of those old time pluces, with narrow paths, wide bods, boxod off and latticed, and filled with a strange minn-ling of vegetables, fruit trees and gooseberry bushes. A somewhat curi ous ciroumBtanoe uau arousun mo i"v fancy of Papa la Nourrico, and brought about a revolution in the old garden. The old fellow had found some seeds in a little clump of rose-bushes of different sorts that grew in front of their littlo homo. tie bad uianied uicse iu nower nnt, n,l nl.on tliA little irarden shoots appeared, transferred them to tho sunny sido of the garden, i no mini year soiuo bads appealed, and when these un folded among the numerous siugle aud double flowers was a rose, perfect iu form, very full, and of a dark purple shado, aud which at curtain points of the petals became black. After the first emotion of surprise, Vati.ni. Ailnin tlmnilit of the uluasuro A w-'.v. D " he was going to give his Jeanne, now a young girl of fifteen. He carefully transplanted it and triumphautly pre sented it to the oue person in the world .... . i i a i .ii:t.ft that be loved.and w jo w hw utmguu A.1 nvap its mtinv ltnauties. This rose was greatly talked of in horticulture cir oles of the country. All the amitures called to see the curious1 flower of Jeanne's papa, and a great corseryman . . rt m 1 L . t. i ..1. otTered bim li,wu iranos iur it, uiuu was accepted. This unexpected wind fall inspired M. AlUin with ideas which bad never occurred to mm ituuro. vaanrnaA tli a ritrht tfl tiaiie his rose. and hod called it Le Douil de Simplioe, (the morning for sinipncej less on ac count of its somber hues as a memorial of his still regretted wife, Someone expressed surprise because he did not give it the name of his daughter, where upon he answered: . "Ub, sue win uave uer mm. aud flower that is to be named sfter her shall iu n hnndunmA and so rare that it will speak of my Jeanne to tiose who live a hundred years irom nowi And from that day the good fellow de voted himself day and night, body and soul, to the great won. ine iruu ur- iniv tvAAU fall nnA after another under the pick, the flowers and vegetables were uprooted, and soon niy ruo-uuura n i.. usn in h a rardon-beds. WUIO IU WW uuvm i . Poor Jeanne witnesses, with heavy heart and damp eyes, these daily disas ters. She was still to young to think about the material coisequences of the hecatomb, one regreueu mo viuuujo i,n nlJ frienila whose rich .1.. UmA nAmirtH and whose dell- UIUUO DUO WHU ..i. ..... - . r - i.i i i.am cate perfumes sue uu eujujcu ium ber earliest childhood. Soveral times she bad attempted to interoede for some fruit-trees with twisted branches and loaded with blossoos, but great as was his love for her the old man showed him self withoutpity. He shook bis noati, and as he went on jesiroying, ui uu "Your dowry, oignone you must let roe eurn your dovry, my darling Jeanne. t .'a nnt in th noar trees. however "flnA hv mav be. that we will find the 20,000 francs which I have dreamed of t m.iot .Inil the blue rose!" IU1 . When .11 was mod to the ground, Papa la Nourme bod no longer iruu, vegetables or fowers to send to the mar' ket-place, aid with them bad die .....a-Mxi hi ittla home. The oonstruo t . . i ffMai.kntiM iho fiAcessarY to bis young shots) and the purchase of eeded articus aosoroea uis BY.ugn, au i. intn ,ht Thn little house and oontents wets buried under mortgages, and the blu rose still refused to bloom. He came acioss some lew vanties in the thousand ofyoung plants that blossomed every year,' but none were as strange as the first ore. ne was ouernu nuiuu 1n nriiwa for them, but be dis ,Linnl at' minli offers following bis .hiniin th tkA tenacity that oliarao torixAa tie concentration of all the nttha limin nn a ainirla idea. Not ou'y did he make use of all the resouroef of bybradation, but also all the recijes of empiricism, stale powder, oxide ofiron, sulphate of copper, etc., T.i.n.1 t.h tha soil in whioh the seed- leaves vere growing, and the more bis mi Mrsiated in coming out red or white tie more he appealed to new ways of producing the flower of which be bad ao ofUp dreamed. The poor man kept nn tu stmircrle for five years it ended "r , a AitautmnnA- Jerfiie, who was in her twenty-first yearell dangerously ill. The young womn had begun to realize the abyss to whih this particular madness and the pastprial ambitfcn of an old ex-officer wauleading them. She clearly saw the rui) that lay behind the mirage which so j1a.i hor rutner. nnH voniu Dave v.n .trnnir airainat a misfortune of this IAT1U o..w0 n sort, but she loved bim and was loved by a good honest fellow, a journeyman ..,;nUt.mili'r who. when be asked her fher for her band, bad begged bim to ave up the chimerical oiue rose ana me ibwry which it was to furnish, declar ing that Jennie's love was all be wanted. Cofortunately. the young man was .v.n i -nntrrintion. and bad to leave r. t.. Thia waa too much for jibe already badly weakened health of the poor girl. She lingered m tor a moniuuu wucn be saw that she was in danger the old gardener became once more the nurse o! the child. tie nover once thought of bis roses. One day a sheriffs officer came to give bim motice that an execution was put upon bis house. The good old man shrugged bis shoulders and hastened back to bis daughter's bedside. Day and night be nursed uer without taking any rest, liv ing ou a little broad, that be ate iu se crecy and uofie. AH his euro was oi no avail, for poor Jeanne died. It seemed to the old niuu thut his own soul bad taken flight along with that of his daugh ter. He remained for twenty-four hours motionless beside berb.nl v. lie saw ber remains uuiled up in a ootlln. lie fol lowed the little procession to the village churchyard, and there ho heard tho sin ister sound ot the eiiith taking possess ion of the new corpse giveu it to devour. Not a muscle of his fuee betrayed the feeliugs he was experiencing; not a tear started from under the eveluls thut were now blood red in color. Charitable neighbors led him to the bouse out of which be was driven tho next day by tho law. The old man made up a little package of the clothes he had worn, and was al lowed to take away with bim a single roso-bush. ilo selected oue ut buzzard, and then with his two packages buiriud to the churchyard. A year later in the month of June, the roso-bnsli which Mr. Allain had planted on the mound of earth, under which lay all be loved, gave forth flowers whose singular color attracted tho attention of a visitor to the place These flowers were of a pale blue, as though washed with white, and yet distinctly marked. Ho called the keener and asked permis sion to take some cuttings from it. When the latter "cfused, the visitoroffered him a sum of monoy for a single slip. By chance he bad run against an honest man who told him that no ono but the fathor of ber who slept in tho shadow of this rose-bush had a right to dispose ot a sin gle leaf. However, yielding to the per sistence of the strungcr, tho keener con sented to send for father Alluin, then an occupant of the poorhouso not far away. The old man soon arrived, the keeper opening a way for bun through the orowd of curious persons thut bad formed around the marvelous rose. The strangor renewed his offers; but Father Allain did not seem to bear bim. lie con templated with feverish eye the bloom ing flowers, and a look of pain was seen in bis pale and doeply-wriukled faoe. All at onoe, with a movement so sudden that no one had time to stop bim, he tore up the bush by its roots, and broke i( into tiny pieces between bis hands and tram pled it under his feet. "1 would bave given liu.wu irancs lor it," exclaimed tho amateur. "What use are blue roses, mourn fully exclaimed the poor old man, "now that she is no longer here?" He dropped on bis knees besides Jeanne's grave and began to weep. Sud denly he fell forward, and when kind men and women stretched out their hands to lift him up again, he was doad. A Strange story T Death. There is a vcrv strango story reported from East Boston. On Friday, tho 12th instant, there died at the residonoe of Amos R. Lovejoy, a young lady namod Hattie G. Craig, lacking a fow days only of being twenty-four years of age. tier deatb was preoeueu Dy a sickness oi nearly a year, and the disease of whioh she died was clearly of a consumptive nature. Many of the circumstances ioi lnwinir the. ileath and nreceding the burial of the young lady are of pecu liarly interesting if not of a distressing nature. Un tne morning oi the run tha lnnir.nnffnriiio' natinnt aeemod to be rapidly nearing the end and at 11 o'clock she appeared to bave o reamed uer last. Tha ctru nf tliA vnnnff InHv were tender ly closed bv her sorrowing grandmother and tue oooy was leu aione witu ujo weeping father, lie remained for about half an hnnr in the chamber of death and then took his loave with reluctance. Just as he bad turned his back upon tho . a boloved form he was siarueu uy a move ment of the body and an exclam clamation simultaneously of "Papa. papa, please don t loave me. Whan ha turned around be saw with delight and astonishment that bis daughter was not a corpse.but an actual, livinit an.l nnnaeions being, endowed with as much intellect and strength as at any time during the lust part oi ber sick ness. Of course there was now great joy and nnnutiipnitinn thrntiohout the house hold. When she bad become somewhat calm Miss Craig, with a smile and countenance angelio beyond description, dill "Oh, papa, dear, do you know whore I bave been Vn Hattie: tell me where von have been; bt me know all about it," an swered the overjoyed father. "Oh, papa, I bave seen heaven, and I am to have my health restored to me on certain conditions." she answered in "What are these ooaditions. and are you willing to submit to them?" asked the 'atlier. "Vi nana: enrtainlv I am." "But' what are they, dear?" still queried the parent. . i it i. 1 cannot reveal vueui i juu uuw, papa. But, oh, I saw such beautiful tliinuain heaven." "Tell mo, won't you, all about who and what you saw? Come now, that's a good girl. "Oh. I saw them all, I saw them all papa, and I'm going to heaven again and when I go don't let them put me into the ground until yon are sure I am dead. Unrinrr IhA mat of the day. UD tO six -----o n'nlnok in t'na AVAltilwr the Door ClTl was alternately in a conscious and swooning condition. At six o ciock sue seemca w have died. There was no change in the Iwvlv for throe Java and several pbysi- cixns counseled that the body be kept from the tomb. On the fourth day .how ever, there were unmistakable signs of dcoth and the interment took place. Boston Herald. A Washington correspondent describes Mrs. Blaine as having the best possible manners for the wife of publio man just enough cordiality, just enongn uig oity. She knows what the ex Empress PnirnniA nAvar InrnAd in the French court namely, bow to show the exactly proper degree of recognition to eacn per son she greets. The BroUb Terrier. Whether there is truth or not in the old saving that the Srotcb terror's lx'Hntvluy in his ugliness, we suspect that the silkiis were iu greatest repute. But be this as it may, there can be no doubt as to which was the native breed. The wiry-baired bad been reared to hunt and go round and after the wild animals which abounded in the Highlands at oue time; while the soft-haired blue or blue and tun, is a cross between the old breed and the French poodle It is said that the poodles were left on the island by a French vcxsel which bud lueu strundod on the Sk.ve coast. The curious part of of it is thut on intermixture of blood so dissimilar should piece iu so nicely with the otlior. As regards tho difference Iwtwcon the w iry Skve and terrier Peculiar to the maiulaud, it may be said it lies only in size, and not in any esseutisl particular. Their pluck, oolor, hair, hardihood and general coutoiir are, ami alwuva havo been, the same. The smaller size arose undoubtedly from a desire to havo tho terriers of suitable form for hunting the otter, to bolt him from his holds and strongholds. The ttkye coast is so well adapted to tha otter that it is to be met there as often ss in the Hebrides. It is not to le wondered at thou, in a country where sport is comparatively limited, that geutluuiun residing in Sk.ve should keep pucks of thoso hardy terriers for hunting the otter. But wlulo this is the sort of work for which terriers are used iu Skyo, their duties wero different on the mainland, whore fox, foumart, mar teu and wild cat once ulmuiuled; and hence tho necessity for breeding the mainland dog of greater strength, be cause it was not so uinoh for lmltiug as for taekling with vermin that bo is re quired; these wiry dogs, with their push iug heads, no matter whether small or lurgo, prick or drop-eared, could not be excelled for pluck, nose, or endurance. They bad oourage to attack anything, and often paid dearly lor their temerity, the mutilated fa ces of some of tho dogs we have seen amply testified. The purest bred Scotch terriers are now to be hud in Skve, where those who appreciated the qualities of tho native breed, and knew the origin ot tho siiay dog. took care to keep the two kinds apart. While this was the case with some sporting breeders, however, others went on breeding up the blue and tan until they became a distinct breed, and grcnt favorites; they wero called pure Skyes, and credited with all the merit which belonged to the old breed. In fact, fanoiors of all sorts, even farmors aud gamekeepers on the mainland, know; ing nothing of their origin, and oon founding the one variety with the other, must have long haired Skyes, and then they recrossod them with their' pure dogs until they deteriorated and reduoed the breed of the ttootcn terriers to a parcel of mongrels. We bave no doubt the oircustanoe oi four-footed vermin being deciminatod bv trapping, which had become general all over the country, waa another reason for koepers being less careful to breed a strong, courageous dog, "At any rate, good specimens of the old type bave beoome soarce, anl wore it not that some itinerant fox hnnter in the west of Perthshire have kept the purity of the true breed, they would bave run out alto gether: but more is due to the exertions of the secretary of the Highland Society and a few Aberdeen fanciers for bring iug this old and true type of the Sootch terrior into notice than to any other in fluence. What makes these terriers so commend able over and beyond their indomitable pluck, is thoir docility and attachment. They are admirably adapted for work, and being of a placid disposition, make dolightful companions. It will bo no ticed at dog shows that while iox terriers, Dandies and Bellingtons are invariably struggling to get at eaoh other, the Scotch terrier is ever quiet and Submis sive. 1 Talkative Han. I met him in an apothecary's store. It was a warm summor day, ana I had just stepped in to drink a glass of soda water. He was a man of middle age, on wnom, it seems, fortune had seen some good reason for not smiling. He was one of those demonstrative people who have a vigorous way of recounting their per sonal grievances to slight acquaintances, and even to strangers. Woll.be told me all about it. In a cer tain legal transaction a selfish and scheming neighbor of his, in whom be bad placed unusual confidence, bad taken a technical advantage of him it may have been in some such matter ss a mortgage and so robbed him, ho said, of nearly all his possessions, amounting to four or five thousand dollars. Although I have never seen bim be forehand on this occasion merely formed his acquaintance -by remarking that it was ,a hot day," he beguiled me into conversation before I was aware of it, by some nnaooounitble allusions to the un certainty of things in this world with out stating what other worlds he had visited and of mankind in particular, then suddenly got into the middle of a narrative of his wrongs. In fact, I lean to the opinion that be commenced some where near the middle of a stary, but I am not sure, because my memory be gins to grow confused when I recall that sad interview, and all that is very dis tinct is to the effect that I listened to the recital with that deep and absorbing interest which one feels when poring over the pages of a publio document. When he had expatiated and gosticu tated five minutes and paused a mere second for breath, I felt called upon to offer some commont, and laconically re marked t "He certainly treated you very harshly." "And didn't I tell him so?" be ex claimed, with an emphatic wave of the right hand, and i a wild look in his eye. "Why, sir, I said to bim, right to his teeth, says I" here he raised his voice " ' You haven't an atom of principle in you, and yoo know it!" This loud exclamation attracted the at tention of a man who was passing along the street, who, thinking tbo language addressed to me in earnest, stopped aud gazed in at the door not hoping to see a fljrbt. I trust, yet wishing, in case one should occur, to enjoy the innocent pleasure of looking on. I wanted to get away, but I was com pletely in the meshes of the talkative man, and with a faint hope that he might soon finish his story and set me free, I ventured to ask, in a low, timid voice, "What did be say to that?" The man shook bis inJex finger in my (see with a succession of quick, sharp gyrations, and in a guttural tone, inau dible at the door replied: "Ah, what could be uyl Not being prepared to answer this question. I merely smiled in a sickly wav, and lie continued; "Why, sir, he troubled like a leaf the coward! and didn't open bis mouth; so I kept getting madder, anl maddor, and says, 'ion re a swinuior: The last three words were shouted rather than spoken, uml the excited man shook bis fist in my face to show mo bow ho bad nieiiucod Ins foe, who, I will ven ture to suy, did not wince more than I lid. Indeed, 1 began to teel fuint, and 1 looked despairingly toward tho door, ' yearning for freedom. Once or twice I had essayed to escajie, and I had almost succeedud iu saying, "Well, good-day 1" when be intercepted me with, "Aud look hero one moment!" at the same time adding weight to his words by mildly yet firmly seizing my arm. To increase my discomfort, quite group of persons begun to collect at tho door, all evidently thinking that I was tho object of the man's wrath; and among them were two dirty-faced ur cliins, ono of whom, while rattling a lot of marbles iu bis trousers pocket said to the other: "Whew! Jist see that a little man a-bullyiu' that big feller! I wouldn't stand all that from imbody !" "Guess the big baby's afeared," said the other, scornfully. "Heoitto wallop six like tho little uu." At this point my interlocutor, not ob serving the speculators, got fairly wild with thinking over his wrongs, and soix ing the lapof of my coat be shook his fist under my nose, saying in a low tone: "I just g r abbed bim in this way, and says I," here be raised his voice almost to a shriek " 'Plunderer! don't sneak off in that way ! If you havo a spark of manhood in you, just step out in the lot aud I'll give you tho worst boating you ever bad!" There were now at least a dozen of ex oitod persons at the door, all expecting a 8oedy tragedy, and I noticed that the proprietor of tho drug store, who evi dently know the demonstrative man and fully understood the situation, appeared somewhat aunoyed. A oold perspiration stood on my brow, and while my interlocutor once more paused for breath I heard the sound of an approaching street oar, and feeling that I could not stand it much longer, I determined on a bold stroke for liberty. "Yos that was right there oomes my car good-day I" I burst forth in a breath, ignoring all points of punctuation. With one wild rush I reached the street, and sprang upon the platform of the passing oar. As the vehicle rolled on I heaved a sigh of relief, and casting one glance back at the disappointed orowd I peroeived that tbey were gazing after me with looks of utter oontempt. ev'dently supposing my sudden flight to have been prompted by the most abject oowardioe. Wavorly Magazine, rEiiSOIUL AID GENERAL. President Arthur was accompanied on his yachting trip with Mr. Bennett by Mrs. Craig Wads worth, the lady to whom he is reported engaged. Colonel Delancey Kane wears his but ton-bole bouquet under his chin. He would have to wear it higher than bis chin if Georgia mules compesed his four- in-hand. My dear son," exclaimed old Mrs. Jenkins last evening, "I wouldn t go out without somothing over me. rut on your ovorooat or your oardamon jacket, or you'll ketch your death of amoniu. In an editor's room in Fleet street, London, skull is nailed up agtinst one of tbe desks. Undorneatn is written in large letters: "This is Smith, who did not like an artiole about himself and was rash enough to say so," A negro witness at Pittsburg testified that be did not board with Mrs. Hey nobis, but that he "batched" with her. Pressed to explain, he said: l ouys ae wittles, Mrs. Reynolds cooks 'em, and dey calls that 'batching.'" "Yes," said a fresh arrival from Bo dio, the other day, "the gal I married upon the lode, last montb, is a perfect lady a perfect lady, sir. I don't sup pose I've beare her swear real hard more'n twice this spring!" Brown pointed bis gun at a partridge; the cap snapped and the bird flew off. "Just my confounded luck'" exoluimed Brown; "miss fire every time." "Have patience," counseled logg; "vou may have hotter luck in tbe next world." Georgia claims genuine Bluebeard in a man 100 years old, who has had seven wives and bas killed them all. A Southern paper calmly adds that "be bas not yet been apprehended, but tbe officers are traekiag him through tbe mountains." Speaking of Lafayette, an old Boston ian says: "I can reoollect bim perfectly well to-day. He was a good average sized man, and very upright in appear ance, but the particu'ar thing I remem ber noticing was the size of his ears. They were very large," Mrs. M. M. Ricker, who was recently admitted to the bar of tbe District of Columbia, "passed,"says a United States senator, "the best examination among seventeen applicants, all men but her self. She was found to be particularly well versed in the low of real property, a branch supposed to be beyond the reach of tbe female intellect." Ernost Haeckel, Germany's great dis ciple of Darwin, is now in Egypt on his way home from Ceylyon. . During bis four months' stay in that island bis ex plorations were favored by exceptionally fine weather. The fauna of tbe island did not meet bis expectations; but of its flora he speaks only in terms of unquali fied admiration and delight. A sad young man, after taking a meal, at a New York coffee house, after much searching in bis pockets, produced a $'i greenback frem his watch fop, and with a sigh, said: "Here she goes.' After his departure the note was examined, and on the back appeared, written in a fine band, "Save your salary ; don't gamble; never play faro bank. The last of a for tune of J10,000.n