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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (May 12, 1883)
aluo, and iliould TUB LAST UYM!. Tns Ratbitta djjr coded Id a fling by tin Tbtiimitd btntdlotlon touched (he people ten' 1rljTi ..tii IndlhrrmMiu facotba wnwt In Ibe glowing, And tluinbu ent't to their dwelllngi fur OoO'i And Uioy Irxikcd aeros the waterr, tnd a itorm wu rating lliern. , A flerrw "plril moved above them wild lrlt or And It Walitil end ilinok, and tore thorn, till lliff IbiindctvJ. groaned, aud boiimra. And tlul for auj vmel In Uiclr yawning gulfcen - tombed. Very miiIoui were the people on that rocky ooat Lett the dawn of enmlng morrowi iboult be toll ing IW Ul lain, Wneu iliaata bad apM lie pi cut upou the more Biti of wreck end iwolkn Tlctlmi, m It bd done tivroUilore. With the roujh wluH blowing round her, t brve wumau itraliied her tret. And aba w alung the blllowa a larg veaacl fell tnd rlM i ..... i Ob! it did not need prophet to tell what the end uiut tel for no thlp could ride In aafttj now the ihore i n uch t we. Then pitying people hurried from their homeland (iirutiKed ibe bi.h. Ob, for power to cruet the water tnd Ibe prrtihlni to raaoM . Helplnu hutdi wero wrunir wl'h torrow, tcnPer btiu rcw cold with dreed. And tbe hlp, uued by the lemntit, to the fatal rock tboretped. 'ite hai prld In tbe middle! Oh, the half of htr gWI llOWIll ... God have mro I It beaten far to lock for ihote wUodrowuT' tol when tint the white thocked facta looked Willi terror on the ana, Only one lat clinging llguro on the ipar wai aeon to be. hear the trembling watebcre came the wreck toned And tne' nnti'll clung and floated, though do power on rarlh could ae, "Could we lend him a tbnrt mtiaagiT hero a trumpet, Sboul awjl" 'Twaa the prraiiliei'i hand that took it, and ho wondurtd whattoaay. And memory of bli aeimon-flr.lly aeoondljl There w't"1 but one thing touttorln Ibat awful hour ol wot; . , ,. Bo be ihouled urough the trumpet, "Look to Jenna. Ctn you licaiT" And "ay. ay, lil" rang the eniwer oVr the watcri loud aud clear. Then they lirtrntd. He Ii ilng ng, "Jeiui, lovor of And thewTuila brnuiht back Ibe echo, "While tbe rarer watera Mil;" ,, . Btrasge Indi id II wuto boar him, "nil the itorm ofllfelipat," Singing biavrly from Ibe waten, ' Ob, receive my tuul at lull" He conld hare no other refuge. "Ilingi my be'.p- Ifm aoul mi l'uer; Lei to, ih. hare me uol"-tbe linger dropped at laitlulolhe aoa, . , And thru the watrnt looking hnmeward, though their avci with Ultra niailu dim. Bald, "He pawed to bo wllh Joaua m Ibe tlunlngof that byiuii." A ItOMANCE OF HISTORY. It was nutting time A blooming bund of peasant children bad gathered from far and ttonr to Lave a niorry day amid tbe nut treoa and hodges. I Bay children but girls of 15 and lads of 18 and 20 wore scatlorod through tbe chattoring group. Tho nut harvest was a joyful timo to tbeui. Tbe young aro always attractivo iu a cortaiu way, Tbo undiuimod brightness of tbo eyo- tbe satiny smoothness of tbo comploxlon tbo happy smiles hovering around tbo rosy lips each has a boi nty to itself; but add to the youthful faeo the charm of perfectly chiseled font ares, and of ltiHtroui browu eyes, looking out upon tbo world with an inuocont wonder at tbo changing 'scenes of loveliness ho conBtantly unfolding themselves beforo thorn frunio it in a iduhh of binning, wavy gold of natttro'ri own orimping and puiHO it upon a form ho litho and Blcmlor iu ita vxqtitHito graeo that l'raxi Udua might have (iliosen it for bin moilul and you cuu form an idua of llika Ureutor, tbo ackuowludgod beauty of tbo whole Burronudiug country. And there was a romautio Htory about bcr going tbo ronuda. It wan said that no loss a porsonuco than l'riiiL'o Erie, tbo aon of tbo grout aud good (itirtUvuri, bad boon Btanding one morning by one of tbo palace win dows to witin'ss a ruNtio proojasion, which bad boou guttuu up iu bouor of sonio important viotory, rocontly wou by bit famous father, ana bh be atood gaz ing lieiloHHly out, Lin cyoa brightened auddeuly, and bo turned to an attendant and wbtHperod a few word which cattttod bitu to hasten away. When be returned be was not alone llika wuh with him. Frinoe Krio'a heauty-loving eyes bud boon attraotod by her, as alto had atood amid a grout) of other nmidous, looking at mo BaYiv-iiroHHou columns oi iter couptrytnon tiling by. Hhc, too, waa iu holiday attire, and the black velvet jacket, JUting closely to her Blender tluuro, aud adoruotl wttu ailver gilt buttous, brought out so vividly tbo oxquiHito airueas of iter Bkiu, wilu uh rose-leaf tints of red upon lips aud checks, that nho looked like a being of a different ephero as sho stood amid bcr mates. CouftiHfld nod liiUHiung, Hiio now awaited tbo Prince's pleasure, Sue dared not raise bor eyes to his face. Had she done so hIio would have been overpowered by the earnestness of tbo e&TM with which ho regarded her. From tbo moment bis eyes rested upon llika's foco tbe world held but ouo peer lens woman to him. It mattered not that lus youngor brother, Duke John, was thou in another kinadom, wooiug for bim a royal bride, upon whoso brow rested ditulem.whoso Bpleudor far excceiloa tuo one wlueli ho was to inherit upon the death of his father. No. In that momout Elizabeth of England was forgotten. Tbe peusaut maid who Blood More bim bad beoomo the qnoeu of bis fancy. "Thy nuuio. little oue?" bo asked. Rika raised her eyes to tbo handsome earnest face, out dropped thctu timidly as shomet lus glance. "I am Froderika tbe forester's dangh tor your matoMty. "Nay, not yet crave I for that title. maiden. Youur blood muut have iu vout and I am glad to kuow that tho cares of government are not soon likely to rent upon my shoulders, broad though they mar be." With a smile be glanced at Lis stal wart frame, which was acknowledged to " be one of the finest specimens of pbysi cal oomolinesa in the country, as was bis face called the handsomest of any prince In Europe. llika eourtesiod respectfully, bnt did not reply. If the gracious prinee chose thus to address as an equal one of the hnmblest of his lather a subjects, she knew well her posilion.nnd was to the full as proud of her unsullied innoconce and integrity as tho hnnghtioHt maid In the realm. ller Bhy modesty added to her beauty iu Erie's eyes. "Where livcRt thon, Fredortkar1 be asked, softly; "fori would well like to soud thy father a commission to fell sotno trees which much interfere with the comfort of tho King's hnutiug par ties in the forest." ...... This ho said, knowing intuitively that it would startle llika to give her bis true reason and say that bo intonded to start out himself in queet of fairer and more precious game whiou must bo ensnared in tendoror toils than those at tho com mand of tbe keenest sportsman nt bis father'a conrt. After a fow words more he BiilTorod Rika to go. But the sweet mornory of bor presence went no with bor. It nes tled deep within bis heart. After this intcrviow scarcely a week passod that did not find Erio's stops tumod in tbe diroction of tho forester's ctta?0 .. . A glass of milk from Rika's own white hands was tho draught most preform! by the royal hunter although out of cour tesy, bo would Bomotimes accept a tawf of mead from tho sturdy old father. Matters were in this Htatjo at tho timo our story opens. Tim nuts wero catborci', and tbo merry groups bad dihpersod to their various homes, with tho understanding that they should meet again tuo next jsy and go together to tho palace and dispose of tboir treasures. The next morninir found thorn on thoir way, dressed in thoir host, as booame so eventful an occasion in their usually monotonous lives; for royalty had Buoh a glamor to uninitiated eyes that tuo more Bight of tho walls which shut it iu is oagcrly covetod. It was a pretty sight to any ono who might have boon statioucd at tbo win dow, to sco that blooming procession of ncatly-drosHod lads and lasses, as thoy weuded thoir way along with many a morry laugh and jost, until at last tney halted iu tho grout square before tho Haoo. .... .. ii ... Uul to 1110 wnicuing eyes i uiu riuuu who bud received a bint of tho coming of the uut gatbercrs thoro was but ono faeo worth looking at among tho throng. "Como," he said to tho courtiers who wero standing noar, "lot us go down to tbo squaro and mako tho hoarts of yon morry rustics evon merrier to-day by ex changing somo coins for tho nuts they have with them. A prince's suggestion nover lacks for listeners, nor for followers, and soou tho rich toilettes of tho court peoplo wero scattered about timldst tho crowd iu tho square. Eric s steps wero turned at once to wards Rika. Ho soon poHHCHsed himself of her nuts; and after paying for them lavishly in golden coin, bo took from an muor pocket a locket and chain, which bo gave to her, saying: Wear it lor my hiiko, inera ih no ono who would look fairer in it. ion n (lit to bo a queen, littlo Rika, and I will yet niuko you ono." lleloro JUKa Iiuo limo to reunzn ungiu ut that hta words I mil tilled her Heart with a bewildering soiiho of happiness, he bad gono, his gift alone reinniuiug to rovo that she bad not lioon dreaming. Hut sho soon e .iiuo to her sober senses. It was well known that King (luttlavus had been holdino; uegotiutious with tho maiden queen of England to indnco her to bestow her jeweled hand up his older son, and it bad reached Kikus ears. Such a thing had been known us a ntaid of low degree being wooed and won by a roynl suitor. The talo of Urincl's uppmess, una of uer woes us well, nuii been a favorite ono among the folk-sto-rioB told around tho humble hearths of tho peasantry; cud if fute bad ordained it to happen to lieraiso, liiKa would nave lieeu as glad and proud a maiden as over tho Btin bud shono ou. Rut sho would teu to no words of lovo from ono whoso band was as good as given to an other. Thus sho thought as sue walked slowly homeward. Ho tho next day a littlo barefooted boy tho child of a neighboring farmer- was sunt to tho palace with by llika with rriueo l.i iu s gilt, carefully tied up m a piece of lineu cloth, cut from tho corner of a web, which she horsolf bad wovou from llax raised from tho seed, and pro pared by her owu deft buuds. Could tho unconscious trinket havo told Erie that Rika's eyes had lingered lovingly and regretfully upon it and that Bbe bad pressed it to her red lips t.gaiu and again, it might havo lessoned bis chagrin in receiving it huuk aguiu. As it was, it only kindled auew lus de termination to win llilu tor bis own, lo tho eousequeuees what they might. It should not bo said of bim that a low peasant girl had given him, the Crown rrmeo of Sweden, such a rebuQ. Ho threw u largo cloak over his rich court suit, and, thus disguised, ho mottuted Oluf, his fuvorito hunter, and hastened toward Rika's homo. Hot anger was contending with his love for tho rustic beauty as bo rode along. Hut when ho at last reached tho bor dera of tbo cleared patch of land iu the forest w hich held tho little oottago, had dismounted from bis horse and tied bim to abapling, and fouud himself standing at the door awaiting her answer to his rap, all was forgotten but tho thought that bo was soou to gaze upon the beau titnl face that bad haunted bis fauoy so persistontly siueo late bad first brought it oeiore mm. Rika opened tho door aud atood for an instant iu glad surprtso, gaxtug up tuto her lover's face iu utter forgetfuluess of the difference in their stations. "Ah 1 little one. thv face for oneo telle me all tha I wish to know. Thou lovest mo 1 1 eco it in those eves." And before Rika bad time to retreat ha caught her to bis heart aud imprinted J passionate kisses upon Jier trembling ips. riha drew herself from bis eneireling arms and stood panting like a frightened lawn. Then she threw herself at his feet and clasping her bands cntreatingly, she aid: "Oh, most noble prinoe, let it not be put agaiust thy record that innocence and virtue received no respect at thy bands 1 (Jo, I entreat you 1 Should my father return and find thee bere.be would surely first kill me and then kill himself, in shame and despair t Uh, go!" 'I mean thoo no barm, Rika. I love thee; and when one loves he hurt not the object of that love. To win thee, I will give up my heirship to the orown to my brother John; and while be wears tbo diadem upon his brow, I will eon tent myself with lovo and happiness with thee." v - "Not so, noblo Erie," said Rika, firm ly, "if theu wouhlbt mako such a sacri fice, I, for ono, will not be a party to it. After such a marriago entailing, as it would, so much loss love would prove bnt a transient guost within our home. Reproaches would drive the fickle god ft WAV" "Tell mo the truth, Rika," interrupted Erie, with passionate earnestness; "do you lovo me?" "Ho well that I would rather die than know that harm would come to one so noblo through any influence of mine." "And yet you refuse to make me hap py V" "I rofnse to work your ruin, noblo princo. The present is not all of life. 15 tit Beo the sunlight has already reached tho middle point of yon dial I In ton more minutes my fathor will be lioro. If thou would'st shield mo from burm, gol" "I will obey now, but I will not prom ise to give up the linpo which lured me hither. Farewell, for a timo, most ob durate maiden." Then, with along, lingorlng, regretful look, the prince turned and departed. Days and weeks passod on. At last came a timo which was to plunge tho nation into mourning. The good and great Gustavns was stricken with a mortal illness. Ho died, and was laid besido his kingly progonitors.and Erio was tho reigning sovereign in Swodon. Young, impulsive and his own maslor, with heart filled with but oue image, is it to bo wondered at that he suffered no obstaolo to delay bis union with the maidon of his lovo, after tho days of hia mourninp- were fully accomplished, and that tho pretty nut girl of Sweden bo came its orowned queen ? Piano rinjlng. "I was loafing around tho stroets last night," said Jim Nelson, one of tho oldest locomotive engiuoers running into Now Orlonns, "and, as I had nothing to do, I dropped into a coucort and heard a slick-looking Frenchman play a piano in way that mado me feel all over in spots. As soon as he sat down on tho stool I know from tho way be handled himself that ho understood tho machino ho was running. Ho tappod tho keys away up ono end, just as if they were gaugos, and ho wanted to see if he had water enough. Thon ho looked up, as if ho wanted to know how much steam he was carrying, and tho next moment ho pulled open the throttlo and sailed out on tho main line, as if he was half an hour late. You could hear her thuuder ovor cul verts aud bridges, nnd getting faster aud fastor, until tho fellow rocked about in his Beat liko a cradle. Somehow I thought it was old "3(i" pulling a pas senger train and cottiug out of tho way of a "special." The fellow workod tho koys on tho middle division liko light ning, and thon ho ilew along to tho north end of tbo lino uutil tho drivom wont around liko a buzz saw, aud I got ex cited. About tho timo I was fixing to t 11 bim to cut her oil a littlo, bo kicked tho dumpers under tho machino wide open, pulled tho throttlo away back in the tender, nud, Jerusalem, juiuporsl bow she did run. I couldn't stuud it any longer, and jelled to him that she was "pounding" on tho left side, uud if he wasn't careful ho'd drop his ash pan. Rut bo did not bear. No ouo heard mo. Evorytltiug was flying and whiz r.ing. Telegraph poles on tho side of the track looked like a row of cornstalks, tho trees appeared to bo a mud bunk, and nil the time tho exhaust ef tho old machino souuded liko the hum of a bum bio bee. I tried to yell out, but my tonguo would not move. Ho went around cttrvos liko a bullet, slipped an eeceulrio, blow out his Boft plug, went down grades fifty feet to tho milo, and not a confounded bruko set. She went by tho meeting poiut at a milo and a half a minute, and calling for more steam. My hair stood up like a eat s tail, be cause 1 know tho game was up. Sure enotish, dead ahead of us was tho headlight of tho "special." Iu n dazo I hoard the crash as they struck, and I saw cars shivered into atoms, peoplo mashed and mangled uud bleediug and gasping for water. I heard nnotherorash as tho French professor struck tho doep keys away down on tuo lower end of tho southern division, and thou I came to mv senses. There ho was ut a dead standstill, with tho door of tho firo-box of tho inuehineopen, wiping thoperspira- turn oil lus faeo, nnd bowing at tho peo plo before him. If I live to bo a thousand years old 1 II never forget tho ride that Frenchman uave mo on a piano." Now Orleaus Times-Domocrat. "liolnj Back on a Friend." IoElko rcflontljTthe trial of Thorn"! Dunkin indicted jointly with William' ii Huyckforthe robbery of tho Tns ca'rora shige, was progressing in the Dis trkt Court. The Independent say. The prosecution had examined a number of w tnosse". tho testimony Bn" J p sonor being very strong, but it be ng m irely circumstantial there waa nothing I ice,l which could bcate the gn.lt. The defendant appeared to be satisfied with the manner in which the trial was J ogressing,and it was plain that neither Le nor bis counsel had tho remotest idea of the dauonment that was in prepara on by the attorneys hr the btato and the officers who hod been engaged i n working up the case. About two o clock in the afternoon, when all tho witnesses who had bcon sworn for the prosocn ion bad testified, and it was supposed that the evidence was all in, tho Dis net At torney called the name of William U. Hnvek, who at that moment appeared within the bar of the court in tho custo dy of Deputy Sheriff Folk. Iluyoks unexpected appearance caused sensation in court, and all eyes wore turned in the direction of tho allegod accomplice of Dunkin. Tbo prisoner, although evi dently surprised and at a loss to under stand tho meaning of tbo event that was transpiring, evinced no othor percepti ble emotion, excepting, perhaps that his face for a moment became a slight shade palo. Hnyck was sworn and took the stand. After a fow preliminary ques tions, the District Attornoy propoundod tho following: . "Who were the persons engaged in the robbery of tbo Tusearora stage on the night of the 10th of March?" A pin could havo boon hoard to drop in the court room as the witness sbwly and deliberately replied: "Thomas Dundinand myoelf." Re then gave a full account of the robbery, bis testimo ny in . nearly every respect corroborat ing that of tho witnesses preceding bim. The prisoner was still further sur prised by the production of two silver watches stolen from the express box, which was found last night conoealed in Dunkin's shop at Tusearora by Officer AlFarker, upon information furnished by Huyck. Tho watches arrived by to day's stage in timo to appear as evidence Tho case has been admirably workeij up by Doteotive John Thackor and Deputy Shoriff Folk, who are entitled to tho greator portion of tho credit for tho suc cessful inannor in which it has beon prosecuted in court. Brewery Refuse lu Milk. Tho enormous amounts of spent grains which como from tho breweries of this country aro all cousnnied by domestic animals in tho neighborhood of tho breweries, and bv far tho larger part of it hv milch cows. The volume of milk which a cow will give depends very largely on tho amount of flesh-producing . . , .. t: i 1 1 ... .; iooit suo cau uigesi, mm uiu..i b""uoi which abound iu Uosh-forming niattor, ensv of ditreation bv reason of tho treat mcnt it recoives, responds forcibly to this rule. There aro but fow foods which will stimuluto a larjro flow of milk equal to brewers' trains, but thoro is no butter . .. .... . !....:- .-:,. in It. 11CU USOU OS nil eiciuaivo uiui, tho milk of cows consuming it soon ceases to produce any butter. When used ns a partial feed, tbo butter product will bo uaucrod bv tho other food used with tho grains. As tho grains inereaso the weight of milk and decrease its value for butter ptoduotion, it is very unfuir for patryns of u creamery to feed grains to their cows unless all tho patrons do tho Bauio. It is an artful way of water' incr milk tho milk being watered bo' foro it comes from the cow instead of af terward. So far as tho butter-making is couoernod. both modes of watering pro iluee exactly tho same results, and, u not tho letral. tho moral is tho same in either raso. It means sometlutifr for nothing, or to phraso it more exactly, it means money for water. Ry far tho larg est part of browors' rcfuso ooes to feed tho cows which Btipply with so called milk tho city or villugo in which tho browinir is done. Tho pooplo who pur chaso the milk expect it w ill bo watered "all it will bear, and it is a matter oi little account to them whether tho water ina is done before aftor milking. Cows Buimlvinir milk to a creamery should have no sour or fcrmentod feed. in such a thore are fiold are numberless, who like and Dr, I0W IlLTDUU-, ... . Stradlinaro bravoenongu . . --.- most effectual for snake po.son.-Cham- bor's Journal. The Husband and Wire Talk. , i. ro and see what Carl and Jessie are t loing down o the branch. I reckon the r feet a iweUnd they have both got dreadful colds I can't keep them oway uom iui , said Mrs. Arp. . . , ,. "Didn't you play m uuu'I,7 dear, whon you were a ouuu; du.u "Yes, but nothing could hurt mo then, we were not raisod so delicate in those ,Uv. Oirls can eo to a party In a buggy and dance half the night, but that is all oxoitement, and thoy are noi u v thing tho following day. We went to country weddings sometimes. lou re member we went to James ium. .. wedding. That was a big froho-an , old mlir. Everybody was thore from all the neighborhood, and thoro was more turkey nnd roast pig uu than I over saw, and we played every i,.-n.nnnl.l think of. His wifowas Mrs. Arn. "The men don t know any thing about care and anxiety aud slaep loss nights. It is a wonder to mo they dio at all." "But I have helped you all could, my dear," said I, "ona you see its telling on mo. Look at these silver hairs and these wrinkles nnd crows' feet, aud my back hurts over and anon, and this rainy, bad weamor gives iu iu rheumatism, but you haven t a gray i.ot. n,i i,nr,llv a seam on vouralabautor sot down at $0,478,051, hoing an in forehead. Why, you, will outlast me crease of $G71,lt)0 over tho preceding nn.i nntlivA me. too. and mayue more yoor. uilllm a rich widower stopping around Farmers In the United States have here in my shoes, and you will havo a $12,210,253,302 of capital invested in m i : At l.nnntiftil hciv I 4Iam IttialnaBo Tliiootini nnliidna (arm hna nnirini7A anil k iiuir ui Liuaunuui jit luuu iuoiuwob. aum www Hw.UUUw huib, horses and" implements, liva stock, fertilizers and ' . . . i n l i "v nm i tnhi von to co aiier uuri iunces. ,1 , and Jessie " lev- ut' uatcuer, at tue ijyneuourg "If Vandorbilt's wifo should die and uaptiBt congress, siaieu mat ten he could accidentally seo you," said I, years after emancipation was proclaimed SELECTED MISCELLANY. Somo men havo tho key of knowledge, and nover euter in. La Rrnvero. Nothing is politically right which is morally wrong. Dauiel O Conuell Let us not bo ever driving on. The machinery, physical aud mental, will not Btand it. r. Jaeox. Re brief; for it is with words as with suubeams tho moro they aro condensed the deeper they burn. Southey. Wo no longer attribute tho untimely death pf iufants to tho sin of Adam, but to bad nursing aud ignorauee. Oarflold. i lie true grandeur oi humanity is in moral elevation, sustainod, unlightenod aud decorated by tho intellect of man. C. Sumner. We must distinguish between felicity aud prosperity ; for prosperity loads often to ambition, and ambition to disappoint ment. Landor. Say nothing reRMetiug yourself.either good, baa, or luditlerent; nothiug good, for that is vauity; nothing bad. for that is affectation; nothing indifferent, for that is silly. The darkest night that ever fell upon tho earth never hid tho light, never put out the stars. It only made the stars more keenly, kindly glancing, as if in protest auaiusv mo uarauess. iteorgo juuoi. Why, certainly, Exra, certainly. An body can answer a little quostion like that, ihey are called tue "end Snake Poison. and ; lSTEIttilTINU FACTS. Search others lor thoir virtnes thyself for thy vioos. fuller. It boa bcon estimated that there ar 000,000 miles of barbed wire fonces ia use. Ninety-three thousand acres of laud" were planted with timber in Kanioa last year. Neorly $14,000,000 worth of cattle are now grazing in what six yean ago was Indian conntry in Texas. Great Britain has 13,000 registered chemists and druggists ar.d 23,001) regis, tercd medical practitioners. On the western end of tho Canadian Pacific road 8000 Chinamen and 3000 whites and Indiana are employed. Out of 9,027,992 registered letters and packagos carriod last year by the Post office Department, 726 wero lost. A man broathes about eighteen times a minute, and useg 3000 cubic feet, or about old uogsneaus, oi air por hour. Threo thousand depositors in Con. neoticut savings banks have sot made inquiries about thoir money for twenty years pasi. The ground upon which Cincinnati mirhtv nretty then, but she has had a stands was purchased by J. C. Symmes thousand children, too, just like myself, . about ninety years ago lor suty-soveu and I reckon she is laoeu ami wru. corns pur uui. Jim Dunlap hasn t fadod, saw . sleeping car porter who traveled Tono him u lien I CO to Atlanta, and fir.lK miles with ten nassencers vnrtl. ho is big and fat and merry -looks a lit- over $000,000 each, says that his per- "Oh. yes. of courso no uoen, 1 Tho city of Newark, N. J., contains 1299 factories, with 29,232 workmen. The capital invested is $22,919,115, and tho sales toot up tobjji.Diij. Sea urchins aro so tonacious of life that on opening one it is not uncommon to see the pieces of the broken shell move off in different diroctions. The aggregate value of the property of colored peoplo throughout Tonncsseo is after T'm cone, there is no telling" "Well, na nlonor now and find the childron, and when you come back I'll 1180 negroes in Pittsburg, Va., owned thoir homes. Massachusetts fisheries employ 25,117 listen to your foolishness. I m not go- persons,and at least 100,000 persons are ing to let you dio if I can help it, for supported by this industry, which has I don t know what would uccoine oi us jUst paiJ8ed through an unusually pros- all. Yes, yu have neipeu me, j. uuw, p0roua year in iwi and been a great comfort ami dia tuo Tuore woro oa th0 firmg jn tne rjnitej beHt you could-most of the time yes, g. 0Q JuQ8 l im 10.357.971 horses, most of the time-end imigut nave ,012.932 mnles. 993.970 oxen: 12.413.593 done worse, and yon must nurse mo milcU CQ 22,188,590 other cattle, now and pet me, ior 1 am geiuuB uu- 359150 Bueop, and 47,083,951 swine a 1 L Irtrt " or-ill I I lllU lU.lUllUltlJllf3 Allwuuu dm j u vuuv ..f, ZTVm'o. "'Am I goats are the best land cloarers known. It not .1 wave nettina vou? Xow. go 'long y wu ,u f """7 after tho children, before we both got to Tho poisou glands of snakes aro mo li fled "salivary glands;" that is to say they aro now and special structures, but modiheatious of organs which othor nm mals aud reptiles possess. It is a notablo fact that, as in a poisonous snake the secrotion of these glands is permanently venomous; in a mad dog tho saliva becomes temporarily poisonous; nud it is well known that the bite of an en rased human being may be most dilll cult of healing, owing to tbo apparently virulent character which the 1 saliva aenuiies. We thus seo that one nnd the same orcan aud secrotion appears to bo como modified for poisoning properties and functions in very different groups of animals, ihe rationalo of Bnake poi son in its action ou outer animals ap pears to consist in its paralyzing effect upon the nervoos system and in its effects on tho aeration of tho blood It w nti 1.1 Annenr that it acts bv ureventincr " - , 1 - - j i - - o the absorption into the food of tho oxy gen gas wo breatue, and w hich is a vital necessity for us and for all animals. Armoil with two poison fangs in the upper jaw, the bito of certain foreign kinds is dangerous, aud even fatal; in Great Britain tho viper and adder, hap pily, aro tho only venomous species. The remedies that havo beon proposed for snake-bite are of course numerous; but Miss Ilopley is probably right in following Dr. Stradliug when she as serts that, as the poisons of different snakes vary in their effects, it is hope less to look for any one species for their vaviod bites. But it is just possible that underlying tho variations in the effect of the venom there may exist a common type of virulence. For our own part, we should liko to hear of Condy'a fluid (or permanganate of potash) haviug a wider trial ou snake bites than has yet been accorded it. Injected into the veins thia fluid appears to counteract the effect of the less deadly kinds of venom in a marvellona degree. Possibly in does so because it throws off oxygen in large crvincr and havo a sceno. And I wish you would see if tho bull cocuin liens nave hatched iu tho hen houso. "She has been sotting nbout fourteen weeks," said I, "but she is getting old, and these old mothers are slow mighty slow." I wont after tho children, and sure enough, thoy were fishing in the spring branch, nnd their shoes were wot ana muddy, and thoy wero Imro-neaded, and I marched them up tenderly, and Mrs. Arp set thorn down by the fire and dried their shoes, aud cot them somo moro stockings, and then oroned their littlo morning school. How patiently these old-fashioned mothers work and worry over tho littlo things of domestio lifo.- Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution. Boiler Skstitg. Tho roller skate is a wayward littlo quadrupod. It is as frolicsome and as innocont as a lamb, but, for interfering with out s upright altitude in tho com munity. it is, perhaps, tho best machino that has appeared in Salt Lake City One s first feeling on standing on a pair of roller skates is an uncontrollable tendency to come from together. Ono foot may start out towards Idaho while tho other as promptly strikes out for Arizona. The legs do not stand by each other as legs related by blood should do, but each shows a disposition to sot up in business alone and leavo you to take care of yourself as best you may. lho awkwardness of this arrangement is ap parent. Whilo they are setting up inde pondcntly. there is nothing for you to do but to sit down and await future do volopmonts. And you have to sit down, too, without having mado uny previous preparation for it, and without having devoted as much thought to it as you might have done had you been consulted in the matter. Ono of the nion noticeable things at a skating rink is the strong attraction be tweon tho human body and the floor of tho rink. If the human body had been coming through spaeo for days and days at tho rate of a million miles a second, without stoppiig at eating stations, und 500 acres of brush laud in three years. Not a vestige of undergrowth was left. The gold annually takon from the Si berian mines is estimated to be worth $0,000,000. The first discovery of the metal in that country was made at tne beginning of this century. The average cost of an expedition in search of gold is estimated ftt $3000. . The Boston Commercial says: "The theory that tho rainfall or water power of tho United States has been affoctod in any way by tho destruction of forests, is devoid of foundation in fact. Wo have investigated the matter carefully, and there is no truth in it." Altogether Too Honest. A gentleman stopped his horse at a toll goto, and, not seeing tho gatekeeper, went into tne uouse. xmuiuj; uu uuo, he began to search, and finally discov ered the gatekeeper out in the neia at work. Although tho old mnn was quite a distance away, tho gentleman went into tho field, opproached the old man. anu said; ' 5. 'You are tho toll gato keeper, I ue- , lieyo?" "Yes, sir," the old man replied, turn ing nnd leaning upon his boo handle. "Well, 1 waut to go turougu me gate." "Am t the gato open.' "Yes." "Well, why don't vou go through. It's my business to be there." 'liecause 1 want to pay you. 'And vou came all the way out here to pay me fivo cents?" "Yes, sir, said tuo gemiemau, proudly, looking the old man in tuo eyes. "Couldn't you have left tue money ou the table?" . . "Yes, but I wanted you to know that I had paid you." ' t You are an honest man. "Yes. sir." replied the gentleman, while a pleased expression spread over his face. "You would have walked threo times as far to havo paid me that five . cents, wouldn't you? . . ' "Yes, sir, I would. "Here, John," the old man callod to a tint ATOftntinrr Knmlnva whnrt if. Ktrilrnn the shade, "call the dog strikes with so much violence. As it is, and go along and watch this feller till he men because they are the last persona the t Quantities, and may thus neutralize the wandering joke reaches in its earthly pil-1 effect of the snake poison just noted. But grimage. Bur. llawkeye. ' the difficulties and dangers ol research gets away. Bet a hundred dollar u steii a BometlniiP 'fore he leaves luu place." Arkansaw Traveler. , J A Dinner Pot Joke. In a certain villacre in a county not far frnm .losrihinir Tim rear fnl 1 ia tlifl Off a small bOT kicked UP a Ureeze IU iu favorite. It is more frequently utilized nearest church on Sunday. If aeems than any other. There are two positions thot a certain good bnt poof woman in skating, the perpendicular and the bought a small calf's head and put it on horizontal. Advauced skaters prefer tho to boil, leaving her little boy to mind it, Domondienkr. while others affect the while she went to the church Close py howover, tho thing is inexplicable. There aro different kinds of falls in vogue at the rink. Thore are the rear falls, and front falls, the Cardinal Wolsey fall, the fall ono across tho other, three in a pile, and so on. Thore are some of the falls that I would like to be excused horizontal. Ssutes are no respecters ol persons. They will lay out a minister of tho gos pel or the mayor of tbe city as readily as they will a short-coated, one auspendered bov or a giddy girl. When one of a man's feet start for Nevada, and the other for Colorado, that does not separate him from the floor or break up his fun. Other portions of hia body will take the place his feet have just vacated, with a promptness that is surprising. And he will find that the fun has just begun for the people look ing on. The equipment for the rink is a pair oi skates, a cushion aud a bottle of lini ment. Bill Nye. The minister had reached his "fifthly, my brethren," when a small boy stuck his head in tho door and whispered: "Mamma!" The good woman recognized her son instantly, and began to make eigns for him to leave the door. "Mamma!" again came the whisper this time a little louder than before. The mother shook her .finger at the boy warningly and indulged in other familiar pantomine, with which she was accustomed to awe her son. . But it didn't work worth a cent. The boy was excited and in dead earnest, as the de noumentwill ahow. Raising bis voice, he shouted: . "Mamma, you needn't wink and blink at me. but had better come home right "What's in a name?" An inordinate away, for the calf's bead is buttin' all the desire to get itself into the newspaper. ' dumplin's out of the pot!"