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ACLANCS BACKWARD. "Dead." did ymi sat I had nol hmd Yourltmi Uidnl. I knew her well teiore hir o'.s'riae, when ahefliew Heart afii-r her uliUndo In whom we u dlnil" idi-nl, Meaie Hiid tr.o lo rhhniiit, ThH ho.da ilio soul ss In a peiL Plit had u h dalaly ways, and when liruuuuiMT I im-ii4 wueu tier ties Mil jrour. oil Ml uo Imi&nr wl-e, Hut tiiid tod a.haut' d aud meau, So p'rliual and nr.", Ho full Of T in' rtlifiiltr . And III; liifitllnm an la bar pur UrVa mtUoUuclr". I mln4 roe how. one anluinn day, San when the I' av. weie luriilng red, I aid br ui-ar the brlilKO w h ro d :one . 'Ion bruoa ah.ui ll Pih ofl"e. And .hartowt In I lie wlilowa blili Hide tbmiub the leaf tunopr And o'er Hie tyifaii way nr abed. She bores pitcher, fild and quaint. And illmphiii I ithacolorxl rim, Tha waiei parkud Ui the inn; Vi lion, !.-1 1 g, lu Her ulrlUli lun She latiKhud a uipi.jr luh an 1 lite, And b1einiil'lnk to memory, Jttir ryce with Boiktij abtim. I dratutd,'' yr-o y. ' Iht Olrsa'i cupT Nm I; nr do I rare to soar The UtintliiJt while-bow Ihlaamokt Wkena the a irit aud mdeiu eboie Andal-ten-alr! ah! that will 4i; I'm belter. OU utrnD my Mk that acuito la outline vicar. And Ihrouch nry mind there eniindt the rill flooding wlih rlp)l ejold and biowu; Theallmjrri di wuere. la bla blue And bnrulabwl cwl (nrevur uew, 1 ba dragun ttf, a monitor, Cut the un current Willi a whir, UmUim bit Buret wltiu up aniduwo. And while the nlllows with (heir proue, Toli-i branulieolun I low re'r.ln, 1 h a Kai bel oui and save,!, hpllllrig neclar at my lea' A holy waitr which, uy lay. Could wb my daikeateln away, Were ( to fe ll lu tuuub aralu. (the tned her enrta. and with a nod Tripped llnlilly pert Ibe aballow pool; Anf 1-1 wjiiI my curie: you kuow 'i wta nearly thlny y a a a i I've lost a point and ii'iw tha lira B's.do herahlld. where fnm'ga allies '1 lor ed her r 1 1 Don't ba a fool ! TMJ WICKED WOULD. Horn itt Arras, which also gave birth to Datnions, ami to Maximilian Robes pierre and his brother, on July 23, 1775, Francois Jules Yidocq was the son of a bilker, who had lucrative contract of aupplylng the local government with bread, flour, otc. At tbirtcon Yidocq robbed his father till, stolo his silver warn, aud brought un in the house of correction. After his discharge he Btolo a largo sum of money from his futhor and lied to Outdid, where a sharper robbed hira of his ill-gotten gains. To keep himself Irom starving he became a sweeper out of tho animuls' cages in a menagerie. He was advaneod to tho po sition of acrobat and tumbler and slurred on tho bills. His master desired to promote him into a South Bca savago, to eat raw flesh and drink blood in the presonce of tho audience. Hut Vidocn had a woaknt'M for his food cooked, and in tho year 17'Jl he returned home, and old Yidooq killed tho fatted calf. He next entered tho French army, aud fought so creditably at Jomappes tliut he was niailo corporal of grouudiors. He entered l'Mis in 1770 at the age of 21, and led a fast life until his money gave out, when lie rejoined the army in the north. Mixed np In a forgery, ho was sentenced to the galloys for eight years, and remained seven - yours in Horvitudu, when ho escaped. Ho joined a band of bighwnymon, and in forty-eight hours afterward gave thorn up to tho authori ties. He was liliiiHclr remitted to the galleys, though, and whon ho got out got into trouble alno, and tsi sent buck again. Finally ho settled down to an appreciation of the f.act that thero was no future for him in crime, and decided to try and Had u market for what ho know of it and it votaries. Ho stated his cutto to M. Henri, commissioner of tho secret police of runs, and he wa placed npon tho force in a subordinate oapacity, on goneral rule of "set a thief to catch a thief." After three years service ho was employed as a tletectivo, aud exhibited remarkable aptitude. Hero is ouo of tho oxploitstas told by himself, with which he won his early favor with tho authorities: In 1HI0 robberies of a uew kind incon ceivable bolducM awakened the police to the knowlodgo of a troop of malefactors of a novel description. Nearly all the roliberiuH had beeu committed by ladders and forcible eutrios. Bo skillfully woro they arranged and executed that Yidorq himself followed numerous clews with out sncccss, A burglary was committed iu Rue 8t. Claude, in au apartment on tho seoond floor above the room in which tho com minaary of imlice for the district resided. Tho cord of the lantern w hich hung ut his honso door had boon utilized as a ladder by tho thieves. Tho burglars had left behind them a ucso-bng, and Yidoci surmlied thai tho perpetrators might be hackney ooachmeu, or nt least that Ooachos had beon employed in the enter prise. Ha started on this trail, and, slight as it was, it proved a correct one. He found that tho nime bag left by tho burglars belonged to a man named Hus ' eon, who wusapprehonded.and from him information was obtaiued imidicating two brothers named Dolzovo, the elder one ef whom was soon iirrcstcd. In a short time Vidocii had the entire baud at bay, aud nioit of them wero ueuvicted aud i' nt to the pulleys. Tho younger Delzrvo, however, had Tjafllcd ail efforts at capture, and bade drtinco to Yidocq hinistdf. Tho wily Frenchman for two years followed the young man by night and by day, in by-iilaces aud open thor oughfares, ami family trapped him. Another important cae in which he hod an opportuuity to develop his rare detective skill was when a galley (tluve made bis escape. . IU learned that Mine. Noel kept an establishment whero men of this kind were harbored. Yidocq was too well know n to undertake so import ant a uiiwioo as the capture of this gal ley slave, except iudiHguixe, so for tho nounoo he became a galley slavoaud bor rowed the name of a thief, one (Jermain, alius thecsptaiu, who bad been an iJti mato acnuaiutance of Nxl, aud though the similarity between Vidocn and Qer iu&iu Wm alight, he tleitiruiined toper sonule biro. They had been companions iu the galleys, and bad eicsped from theao prisons together. Yidoco cut his hair short, dyed both bis beard and bsir, waaliod his counte nance with white walnut liiinor, and gar cUhed bis upper lip thickly with a kind of coffee grounds which he plastered ou by means of gnm arable, lis even doo tored his f et to complete the resem blance, and made the marks of letters on bis wrlMs, and even prepared short sim ilar to those worn iu tha galleys, and stamped with the horrid letters, O. A.L , tho abbreviation of gallerion, or "galley sluve." Ho odds in his antobiogrpphy that tho costuma was perfect; the thing wanting only one hundred of those com panionable insoote which 'peoplo the sol itude ol poverty, and which were, to gether with frogs ami toads, ouo of the seven plagnos of old Egypt. He was promtply admitted to the residonca of Madame Noel, with this expression of pity: "Ah. mv poor lad. there is no occa sion to tell mo where yon bavo como from. I am sura you must be dying of hunger." "Oh. ves." he answered. "I am indeed hungry. 1 have tauted nothing for 21 hours." Kho went off and immediately re turned with some fetid aud wine, whicu ho ate with great oagernesi, and said: Mother, voa restored mo to lifo." Ho then impressed npon her who he was, and began asking in regard to tho inun ho was socking. , Mother Noel, Dot saspocting for a moment that Hue was entertaining tho great French dotectivo, gave him away, and asked: "Are you known to Vidooq aLil bis two bull dogs?" "Alast" he replied, "yes; thoy have caught rue twice," rutting him upon the head, and with a peculiar expression upon her faco, sho said: "In that oase bo on your guard. Vi docq is often disguised, lie assumes characters, oostnmes aud shapes to got hold of all unfortunates like yourself." Poor Mother Noel had oocasion to back ber own opinion by morning when the two "bull-dogs, as sue culled ner gnosis niibnnliniitcH. droirtiod in and aidudT him iu clapping tho bilboes on the gcntlo man ho sought. The year 1811 was tho most rcinarkablo of his life, on account of tho imuortunt captures which followed ono unothor. Burglars, thicvos, crimi nals of all classos became an easy prey to his rare detective gonius. About this time a groat many murders wore com mitted all along tho roads leading to tho capital, without it being possible to dis cover tho perpetrators of the crimes. In vain tho polico had a strict watch on the aotions of all suRpoeted parties, bat their utmost diligoneo was fruitless, whon a fresh crime, acoompanied with circum stances of the most horrid nature, sup plied them with bints from winch thoy oonld at lnngth anticipate bringing tho culprits to justice A man named Fon taine, a butcher living at Libourtilto, was on his way to a fair in this district, of Corboil, carrying with him bis leather bag in which b had safoly deposited, as ho supposod, 1500 francs. At a trilling distnnco from Essonne ho stopped to toko some refreshment, and falling in with two very well-dros.'ed men, they ectorod into conversation with him, found out where ho was going, how much ho had with .him, warned him of tho danger of tho road, aud one of them, Blowing a huge stick that would mako good roitiHtuuuo, volunteered to accom pany him. The night was very dark, scarcely al lowing the travelers to disMnguish one step beforo them, aud while Fontuine was nnsnspootudly following tho path rocommendod by his companions, when tho ono who remained behind struck him over tho head a violmit blow with his oudgol, which mado him rool, Sur prised, but not intimidated, he wai about to turn to defend himself, when a second blow, more violent than the (hut, brought him to the ground. Immediate ly tho other robber, armed with a short dagger, threw himself upon him, und dealt murderous blow aftef blow till ho believed his victim was dead. He quick ly stripped him of tho contents of his money bag, after which they mado off, leaving him weltering in his goro. Hap pily, passengers, directed by his groans, or.me to his succor, aud diBcovored tho wretched man, whom tho freshness of tho air had recalled to his senses. In formation was immediately dispatched of the crime, FonUino was removed to the hospital, and in a short time was out of danger. Accurate impressions were taken of tho footmarks, buttons, frag ments of paper dyed in blood, and every iiiHigniflcunt thing at the sceno of tho crime, with hones of fastening the offence upon tho assusuin. On ono of tho pieces of the paper, which appeared to havobecn hastily torn off to wipe the blade of tlio knife, wore observed some written characters, but they were without any oouuooting senso. The attomey-gonoral, however, attached great importance to tho explanation of this fragment; and upon moreoloHoly ex ploring tho spot whero Fontaine hud poen lying, a second morsel had beeu picked "up, und by attaching tho pieoes together they cipliored out the addross, tho business and town of a certain man, but so indistiuctly that it was hard to say who ho was. Yidocq was called iu and opened tho campaign against tho as sassin. The torn address ho regarded ns an enigma which should first bo solve.), and afUT raokiiit; bis brain day and ni;;ht ho finally concluded how the perfect address should run. This gave him the impres sion that tho assassins were iu league with a wiuo merchant. Ho directed his suspicious against a man named llaoul. This mau ho had regarded with suspicion for some time; and the carburet kept by him had long been marked ns the ren deivous of suspicious persous. Haoul, moreover, had married tlio sister of a liberated slave, and ho felt satibllcd in his own mind that it tho crime was not committed by him at least it was the work of his brother or some of bis rel atives. l'.vcrv solieme laid br Yidocn to fasten - - - tho crime npou lUoul I-ir a long time was eirenm veuted, and ue put Lis place nutter espiouage. The detectives noticed that two persous of in fatuous character seem ed to lie ou oloso terms of intimacy with tho wine meichsnt, and were frequently seen stealing from the gloom of the erening aud returning next inorninn; greatly fatigued, with tbeir clothes all xUottol witu mml and dust. I he ucteo tivea also noticed a inrtn visit this place) who for many reasons they bad surmised to t one of tha assassins aought for. He had a halt in hia gait, proceeding net ao much from habitual lame ness as from recent injury, aud in per son and dresa ha was louud to closely airn-e with the description given by Fontaine t,t one of tha robbers. Yibocq startod one evening, in disguise, to the wina merchants cabaret, remained there all night, aud at 1 o'clock tha next after noon, when he began to grow Impatient of the auccoss ol bis plan, be reaognl.ea a visitor by the name of Court, whom he had previously saspocted of the crimo He secured tho necessary papors for tho arrest and the next morning ascended to the room which Court occupied. He knocked on the door and tho words, sharpely ottered, camo from within. " Who is there?" "Why, who hould it be but Raonl?" rcsjxmded Viuocq, closely imitating the raan s voice. , a Cheerily the response camo. "What nows? Nothing fresh turned np?" "Yes." replied ibocq, "I novo a thousand things to tell you." Thns socuringan entrance io the room, Yibocq put Court and his wiio under ar rest and prooeodod to turn over every' thing in theapartmontin which he found a pair of pistols ready loaded and primed, some knives and a largo amount ol clothes willed appeared to have bcon recently washed. He afterward arrested Raonl, and, after putting the ntcn in scparato places of confinement, Court finally admitted that it was be who tnur dered tho poultoror, and was s.raowhpt surprisod that the man should have re covered after tho terriblo beating and ontting that he gave him. Yibocq then plied him with questions as to other as sassinations, and ho admitted that ho hud murdered several other people At first he deniod that he hod any accomplices, and at lon?tb ho admitted that Clare Rioul had participated iu tho crime of which he was accused. Yibocq noxt sought to wring a confes sion from Raoul. He stole iu upon him suddenly onlu evening, whon be was sleeping, placed nimsoll beside him, and whispered gontly in his ear, in the hope of leading him, as under tho influence of a dream, to answer the questions be put to him. Some unintelligible words es caped him, bnt tt wasimposBibloto mako any sonss out of them. This scene lasted a quarter of an hour, whon Vibocq asked him what became of tho knifo with which he murdorod his victim. Ho gavo a sudden start, nttored eorno inarticulato words, and plunged from the bed, his wild oyes glaring as thongh he dreaded tho apparition of a horriblo vision. Ho finally confessed, and both men received tho ust roward for their torriuie crimes. Ic 1825, a suspicion which had for somo timo beon growing against Vibocq be came so generally bcliovod that a Btrong popular demand roso for his romoval. It was said, with what truth no one can say now. that ho was him sol f tho originator of many of tho burglaries bo was so suc cessful in ferreting ont. no declared the accusations vilo slanders, but popular opinion was too strong and ho had to be dismissed. He became a naner raannfactutor. and in 1331 established a trade protection so ciety, which was nothing Ichs than a com mercial agoncy for furnishing informa tion in regard to business men's habits and solvency for tho protection of their creditors. Ho suocoedod in this as in other linos. Ho made quite a hit in lit erature, publishing in 1814 a revision of his antobiography, which ho had first put out iu 182'.). It had been a failure thon, but on the socoud edition, Eugene Sue's famous novel, "The Mystorioa of Paris," having tuken tho town by storm, Vidocq's book, nuder tho titlo of "The True Mystcrios of Paris," canght ou also and mado money, if not a reputation, for him. Yidocq died in Rolgium in 18o0, loav ing a handdome fortune to his heirs. Conjugal Conipuuhmsbin. Another discouragement that Dr. Dis might have prescribed for divorce is per sisteut, unselfish intention, on the part of married couples, to bo companiona ble. Companionship is the basis of all lusting uuious of male and female, even among tho auimals. It is quite truo that most married couples were originally mismated, but no fact is bettor known or recognized, outside of family "circles, than that extreme differences of intellect, tahte, acquirement, disposition and na ture are uo bar to the delightful and en during friendship, unless in one person or tho other there are positive vices or seltlshness that provent tho formation of any truo and houorublo bond with any being whatever. Even heathen philoso phers have urged man and woman to , perpetuate aud perfect their union by mutual and persistent devotion toward each other. Hut Dr. Dix ha indirectly discouraged this in nearly all of his lec tures. His injunction that wives shall bo obedient to their husbands, his repro bation, or at leust suspicion, of modern women's desire to bo well iuformed on subjects of which their hasbauds tulk; his criticism of womou who aro not con tent to be housekeepers and nurses aud nothing more, aro all calculated to mako women the inferiors of their husbands, and, consequently to a great degrco nn compnuionuble. The lecturer might justly have given his male parishioners, respectable and otherwise, some hard raps, for tho custom of many of them is to devote tho bettor part of tho day to bnsiucBs, most of tho remainder to their male unitiuintauccs, and only their stupid hours to their families. And, if nianiage is tho holy institu tion that preachers proclaim it to bo, why did not Dr. Dix blame tho clergy of all tho churches for not making its duties aud blessings tho subject of f requent ser mons and iustruotioub? Sermons on re generation, adoption, tanctiftcation, to tal depravity, redemption, backsliding, malice, envy and nncharitableness abouud, bnt what veteran church-goer has heard during all his life a dozen sor mons ou marriage? Froaen Pudding. One pint of milk, two oupfuls of granulated sugar, a soant half-cupful of flour, two eggs, two table spoonfuls of golatine, ono quart of cream, one-half pound of French candied fruit, four tabU spoonfuls of wine. Let tho milk come to a boil. Heat the flour, one cupful of sugar and the egga to gether, and ttir in the boiling milk. Cook twenty minutes and add tho tela tiue, which has been soaking one or two hours in water enough to cover it. 8et away to cool. When cool add tho wine, sugar aud cream. Freeza ten minntes; then add the candied frnit and finish freeziug. Take out the beater, pack amoothly, and set away for an hour or two. hen ready to serve dip tha tin in warm water, tnrn ont the cream, and serve with whipped cream heaped around. The Jairyman'a fortune ia his milkmaid. A Cose of Father ul Daughter Appealed to Higher Tribunal, Old Jodgo Grayson, a justice of tha peace, was nover'known to smila. He came to Arkunoas years ago, - before tho hfinirrru" licimn their reckless way. and vear after year, by the will of tho voiers, ue uuiu um trate. The lawyers who practiced in his court never joked with him, becauso every one soon learned that the ou man never engaged in levity. Every morn ing, no mutter how bad tho weather l.i I.a tl.a .l,1 man took his place, bo- hind tho bar which, with his own bands, ho had made, and every evening, just at a certain timo, he closed his booka and went home. No ono ever engagod bira in private conversation, becauso no -n,.i.i niu ir, nn nnn. No one ever went to his home, a littlo cottage among the trees in the city s ontsKiris, oucouso uc had never shown a disposition to make tha visits of tllOSO wllO cvon lived in tho immediate vicinity. His oBlco was not given nim lumugu the influence of "electioneering," be cause ho never asKen any mau tor m vote. Ho was first eloctod because, hav incr onco ' been snmmonod in a case of arbitration, he exhibited the executive side of snch a legal mind that the people . i . . ' it. nominated and elected mm. iiu ouuu r,.inn,l tliannmn nf Ihn "hard iustico." and every lawyer in Arkansas referred IO HIS UUUIBIUIIO. Uia liiuuga nv.v - - rflvnrsed bv tho higher courts. He showed no eontimont in decinion. Ho stood upon tho platform of a law which he mado a study, and no man uispuwu him. " . . Several days ago a woman oharged with misdomeanor was arraigned beforo hira. "TIib old man seems more than over un steady," romarkod a lawyer, as tho magistrate took his seat. "I don't see how a man so old can staud tho voxations of a court much longer." "I am not well to-day," said tho judge, turning to the lawyers, "and any cases that yon may havo you will pleaso dis natch them to tho best, and let me ndd, quickest of your ability." Every one saw that tho old man was unusually feeble, and no one thought of a soheme to prolong discussion, for. all tho lawyers had learned to rovorence him. "Is this tho woman?" oskod the ludj-e. "Who is defending her?" "I have no dofenso. your nonor," the mininn rnntij "In f:icl T ll 1 tint, til t II lc I, U , U 1 1 VI1IVU. that I need any, for I am hero to confess my guilt. Ao man can tioiena me, and sho locked at tho magistrate witu a curious gizo. I have been arrested on a charge of disturbing the poaco, ana i am unllinrr in nluilit. m V r?ASA. T Am dying of consumption, jude. and I .. . I.-.. i . i. ii, i now mat any ruling mauo uy iuu iaw a in linva l.nt lit In nftWt. nn nift " and she coughed a hollow, hacking cough i i I .tl t.l.-l. ..1 1 ana drew orouua uor au oiu uiuun buuwi Hint bLo wore. The expression on the face ofc tho magistrate re- Ai'nn.1 n nnanrvnA lillfc Ilia nvnl ii I A dropped and ho did not ruiso them whon I Ue woman conunueu: ' as i say, no mnn M.m slit f.mil mo T nm fnrt npfir tlujiih Uldil VHU uvivaitt auu . Hu www awful approach, to pass which we know IB evenusiiug uuuiu iu num iuu uuuj. Years ago I was a child of brightest promise I lived with my pnionts in Kontucky. Wayward and light hearted, was admired by an tho gay society knowa in the neighborhood. A man ptimn An 1 nrofeSROil hia love for mo. I don't say this, jmlgo, to excite your sym pathy. 1 uavo rouuy una niuny a uuie boon drawn beforo courts, but I never fore spoko of my past life. iSho coughed again and caught a flow ' blood on a handkerchief which sho pressed to her lips. "I speak of it now becauso I Know that this is tno last court in earth betore which a wm do ar aigued: I was 15 years old w hen I foil n lovo with the man. My father said ho ana li-i.l Ikllf T lnVAtl llilll. Hfl llfimA niTiiin and aealn. and when mr father said that ho should come no more I ran away and married him. My futhor said I should never como homo again. I had always been his pride and had loved him so dearly, but ho said that I must never again come to uia nome my home, the home of my youth and 'hap piness. How I longed to soe him. How 1 yearned to put my boat on his breast. My husband bocamo addicted to driuk. Ho abnsed me. I wroto to my father, asking him to let mo oome home, but the answer that came was 'I do not know you!.' My husband died yes, cursed God and died! Homeless aud wretched, and with my littlo boy, I wont out into tho world. My child died, and I bowed down and wept over a pauper's grave. I wrote to my father agaiu, but ho answered: 'I know not those who dis obey my commandments.' I turned away from that letter hardened. I spurned my teachings. Now I am uere. Several lawyers msbed forward. A crimson tido flowed from her lips. They leaned her lifeless head buck against the chair, Tho old magistrate hud not raised his eyes. "Great God!" said a lawyer, "he is dead!" The woman was bis dunghtor. Arkansas Traveler. Oil of Peppermint. Peppermint is grown for its essence oh it fly in western New York. Two thirds of the supply comes from Way no county, which produces 00,000 pounds of oil yearly from 3000 acres. Tho har vest comes in August, and the first crop is tho best. The mint is cut with a sickle, scythe or mowiug machine, according to the fancy of the cultivator. After cot tiug, it is allowed to wither in the sun for live or six hours, and is then raked into "cocks" whore it remains a short timo before being distilled. It is not every cultivator that is provided with a still, but stills are fouud distributed about the peppermint region at conven ient . distances. The apparatus and method differ from those employed in Europe, where the fire is applied to the still. Iu America the still consists of a wooden tub or vat of heavy staves hooped with iron. The withered mint is packed into the vat by treading with the feet until the vat is full, when a cover, made steam tight with rubber packing, is fast ened down with screw clamps. A steam pipe connects tho lower part of the vat with a steam cover, and another pine from the center of tha cover connects tha vat with the condensing worm. The lat ter varies in sizo according to the capac ity of the still, and becomes progressive ly smaller toward the outlet. The worm it ao placed as to have, constant striata of cold running water surrounding it. The steam from tha boiler being ad mitted to the vat at a pressure of thirty to forty pounds, tho oil of tha mint is volatilized and mixed . with the steam condensed in tha worm. Tho mixed oil and water are collected into the receiver, whero the difference in their specific gravity canses them to separate. No attempt is mado to redistill the water which separates, and a considerable joss of oil which is hold in solution doubtless results from this lack of economy. The oil is packed in tin cans or glass demi johns, holding about twenty pounds Tl.n nlnlM rlmniiollllB ITO mUCh invu. rv" . - - the best when tho oil IB to bo kept for auy length of timo, as us goon tiuauw are more fnlly retained and it is less lia ble to discoloration. Oil of peppermint 1.. mnllmn. ...Inllnrntinl With tumcn- 13 DUIUVIIlUtn l"l'"' tine and sometimes with oil of hemlock. Pure oil of peppormont. as exporieu r.nm Wavna ninntv. in Colorless Und re- semblos the English oil, except that its odor and taste are Bomewuu win imu .,t .n. i r.on.trntincr The oil dctcrio- rates with ago, and tho aroma becomea moro faint; after a oertain numbor of t-Auvi if. fliinUpnn fit?i d the color becomes of a yellowish tinge; exposed for a time to air, it becomes resinous. A . Senator Canght Rehearsing. A Washington letter to the Cleveland Heard says: I am reminded of tha story of Senator Hoar's great "impromptu" epeech on education and labor, which ho delivered in the Sonata two yoars ago, the inside history of which has novor beon pub lished. It is an illustration of the manr nor in which greafr men pfepare extern poro speeches, which thoy 6et off on tho spur of tho momont to the amazement of the common mind. Senator Hoar is a portly man, with a round faco, a high forehead and short, gray hair. He keeps himself closely shaved and comport himself with tho dignity that becomes the Sonator who represents classic Bos ton. Somo timo ago, his family leaving the city, the Senator shut up bis house and procured rooms on Now York ave nue These rooms wero soparated from the suite back of them by doors, above which thero was a transom, and in this suito lived two jolly clerks of tho treas ury. For some time after Senator noaf took tho front room the clerks did not know who their neighbor was. Bnt morn ing after morning, they wore nwakonod by him stamping around, pounding tha table and declaiming with energy, going over tho same sentence timo after time. On the third morniug ono of them swore bowould find out who the elocutionist was, and, moving a table to the door, ho was enabled, by standing on bis tiptoes, to look throngh the transom. There be saw tho portly Senator, in night-shirt and drawers, going through his rhetori cal "gymnastics btfore a largo mirror, practicing every gosture and studying his part more carefully than the players of "Hamlet." The other clork was soon by Lis side, and they took turns at the transom. "For two weeks," said my in formant, "Hoar practized that speech from ono to two hours every morniug before he delivered it extemporaneously in tho Senate." SHORT HITS. rrl t AUB aJ lint .. - -vt irum crushed The Enervating Effects of Jokes. Jest-books, it must bo acknowledged, do present a typo of literature that sup plies a high order of intellectual stimu lant. A good joke, indeed, "ex vi tor mini," cannot bedulljbut'a succession of even the best jokes read on end is far from enlivening in its effects. A gen tleman of my acquaintance, who is liable to distressing attacks of insomnia, has iuformed me that he has again and again gained relief by forcing himself, when comfortably settled in bed, to road Mark Leonard's "Jest Hook." Beforo tho tenth page is reached he finds him self with just sense and enorgy enough to put ilio cntinguisher on the candle. We shall not attempt to determine the psychological cause of this result, but the fact is of praotioal interost. Words worth found it unavailing in his sleep less uiood to think of "A flack of iheep lhat leisurely pita by Ono after auoihtr," Wo wish we had an opportunity of ad vising the poet to try a succession of fa: cetiio. When he had got his nightcap on he might have summoned to his bed side the ever faithful Dorothy, and re quested that he should be favored with a series of old jokes "one after another. We believe that wearied nature would ero long have succumbed. Blackwood's Magaziuo. A Poet's Scorn. The following verses will appear in the forthcoming biography of William Cnllen Bryant, writtou by bis-son-in-law, Mr. Park Godwin, and published by D. Appleton & Co. They were written in 1811, when Mr. Bryant was in his twen tieth year, and appear to have been ad dressed to some young woman who had not lived np to liis belief in her. They wero found among tho poet's papers, and havo never before been published. There are a number of them given in the bio graphy, not for their value as poems, but as shadowing forth a littlo romautio story: I kuew thee fair I deem.''' thoo Tea Krwrj fraud, aud (alio and laithleai art, Tt t had 1 let n a bow I lee, Tblue linage ue er had autlacd mr heart ; Trmt not too far thy beautj'a charm, 'lboua lair the hand that wave my chlin, I will not stoop with If lured arms, To do the homage I dUdala.- Yea, love hu loet hia power to wound; I irave the treacherous homicide VI Itu bow unsnuDK aud plulnna bound, A oapUre to the nndsot Pride. German Fritters. Cut in slices about an inch in tbiokness a stale loaf of bread; beat four eggs very light; add three large spoonfuls of sugar, a little grated nutmeg, a tablespoonful of orange-flower water; pour in one quart of new milk; stir all well together; remove the crust from the aides of the bread; cut the slices in half and lay them in a deep dish; ou them poor the prepared eggs and milk; let tho slices absorb all the custard; butter a clean pan, and when hot lay in carefully the slices of prepared bread; brown both aides; when cooled lay them on a hot dish, and aift over them powdered engir and ground cinnamon. Serve bot. txi "Pa, are cannibals people that live on other folks?" "Yes, my dear." "Then, Ja, Uncle George must bs a cannibal, or ma siys he's always livin'on some body." The first theft:. Tho baby 'a crib. The loveliest spot on earth A heavy mash: earth." Hattera are the pooplo oftenost cane napping. g Yvhat next? A cornet recitnt . J latest novelty in concerts. Ul It is rumored that ex-Senator Til puts on a great many frill;. In some respects Anglomania is onlJ another word for assininity. -i Some mon are club-footed. ht the policeman who is club-waiuted.'. ' It is tho very rich men in this count,, who can afford to put on million airs, A quack doctor makos ducks in drakes of the money of gullible people Ciesar bad hia Brntns, Charles I u Cromwell, and Senator Kellogg his Price New Jersey legiaktors, it is said.orack jokos while the chaplnan is praving f0f them. ' i "A stnnid sorial storv" i u Louisville Courier Journal cslls the star rouiu tiiuio. "Why does a Lisa raiao tho spirit)?" " Because it's tha cream of ta-ta." fl. vard Lampoon. Porsons who do not uu lorstand tbe nature of an oath should not undertake to use the telephone. No matter now conscientious a cigar doalor may be ho will never disnlay i cabbage leaf as an emblem of his' basi noss. Diamonds sbould be washed regularly but it is not necessary to hang them out on a lino in tha back yard. New Orleani Pioayune. Doisey, it is said, does not believe in God. It may also be said that Goddoe not believe in Dorsoy. Louisville Conr-ior-Journal. Many teachers of our pnblic schooli are. now absent because of ill health. Sixty substitutes are now employed.-! Boston Traveler. New York has plenty of milk not. The warm weather has -released tho ice- imprisoned uroomots or. Orange county, Boston Traveler. - There was no ice on the ground when Adam fell, but tho jar reverberatod down through the corridors of the oenturios, N. Y. Commercial. It ir. said that the name of a well inown Massachusetts ale brewer ji Drinkwater. That's all thero is in sums names. Exchange. ' The ground-hog and goose-bono, not haying published an almanac, still main tain their reputation as weather prophsta. Norristown Herald. German geographers propose to chris ten a portion of the Northern Ocean the Nordekskjold sea. Don't, it's kjoll enough now. Lowell Courier. Notwithstanding the "backwardness of the season," Easter bonnets this year are ripe two weeks earlier than they were last year." Norristown Herald. Tolk about your bop producing re gions! Your old-fashioned arm chair with thq bent pin attachment holds over everything of that quality. Exchange. Whatman is there whom contact with a great soul will not exalt? A drop of water upon the petals of a lotns glistens with tho splendors of tho pearl.-Hindu. Tho man who will invent a sealskin sacqno which can bo worn in tho summer time will gain tho everlasting regard of thousands of American women. The Diummer. Senator Tabor, of Colorado, rising to make his maiden speech, tho other. day, said: "Mr. President, I am paired with the gentleman from Hampton, Mr. South Carolina." A calculation shows that a Dundee spinner must spin sixty milos of yarn to earn 82. Almost any country store can produce men that will spin a longorysrn for nothing. To thoroughly enjoy tho old song, "4 Lifo on tho Ocoau "Wave," remarks! friend who has experienced tho horron of seasickness, you must a lifo on the ocean waive. A new diploma factory baa been di' ooverod by the Detroit Post. It observet that tho late Yioe President pro torn. n conforred tho degree of M. D. on Mist Addie Burr. A New York drnggiBt is going to open a soda fountain in London this summer. It will be fun to see the Englishmen tit down to wait for the foam to settle. Detroit Free Press. "Yes," said the wood dealor, "I prefer to sell wood to men who do their ,on sawiug. You can't oonvinao a man who has worked all day at a wood pile that thero isn't a full cord of it. "--Boston Post. A girl just returned to Hannibal from a Boston high school, snii, upon seeing a fli-o engine work: "Who would eyah bavo dwearaed such a vewy diminutive" looking apawatus would hold so niack watah!" The Baltimore Saturday says that the shooting season has commenced with tn children of Cumberland, one of whom, only five years old, bagged its mother and it was not a good day for shootisf. either. "What is' the annual .crop of Ken tucky?" asked a foreign tourist of a tnckian. "I can't exactly say," replies the Kentnckian; bnt I know it's enong. to make all tho whiskey we want, beside what is wasted for bread." That was a bold man, a defendant in recent divorce suit, who said that M would rather marry all the women in toe world than pay $5,000, the amount sug gested aa a compromise. A lady leaving homo was thns ad dressed by her little boyr ."Mamma, will yon remember and buy me a pecnj whistle? And lot it bo a religious on w that I can nse it on Sunday." Tho old Yermont man who heard thj inara warn wil.Wt mines in UUh 81" that if the pesky wildcats were down the bowels of tbe earth, people must oe dreadful foola to dig 'em np.-CosW" Post. A fashion item states that "the Bosh young man is beginning to wear ev glasses and knee breeches." Well, one necessitates the other. Tha avergj Boston young man needs the eye-gla in order to see bis lega. Puck.