Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1883)
and KOT TO 8B 0.i THAT WAY. Do yon know jou Laro aikad for tbs eotUlcM tttt m.1 hj lh Iland abor A toBUi'i brt and a oroan'a Ufa And a womau'a wonderful hmT Do yon know yon have nktd lot lbl prlodeaa Will. Ai chi.d w'sbt hT aik. d far a loy Dtmandli k lilmhra bi.T di1 lo wm Mllb U irct.tM dikb u( a buy? Too bava writlao m U aooa ot duly WJt; fcaullia. Jou baia qmailoued mr. Kow Hand i lha bar of my wouiau I soul In ill 1 haa qmUonil iber. Von rcqnlra t oar dinner houtd elwayi ba hot. Your and your blru abcula ba bul; I rtquna Tour r.rt lo be tnia a Uod'i aiara, And pora M kttatcD four auul. Yea itqnlra a eon. for your mutton and batf. A atanurwa you'ia warning for auxklDfi mirla I waut a man and a klni. A kins for lb btautlful mlm called bom;. and a man Wai ma Mater, (too. Sball louk upn aa Ue (11.1 iba drat, And y I.'a vrj guud." I am fair and tonne, tnt lb maa will faAa From my fi yuum rbek no daj ; Will you jot- me ititn. 'mid ibe falliug Irate. Ai you did 'uiid Uia biuom of Ji)T la your beart an ocean ao fiont and deep laum b my ail nu Iba UiUT A l ting noniau ttiidt brareu or L!l Ou il day tba u made a unda. I require all ihlrgi It at are rood and true. All iblnta Ibat a mm tnould bt; If you glra ihnall.l w-u!d aiaka my Ufa lo ba ail tou dtwaud ol ma. If you ti oi do inlr aUuDdrtMUdeuck Y( u tan blre wldi Hide lo pay: But a woaian a It art and a aomaii'tltfi) an But la La wuu liifcl wai! ilia. BronuLng. MI OXE LOTE PASSAGE, CHATTED I. I wish I could to describe my mother that you should realize tho sweetness of her nature and the pleasantness of her The day panned very swiftly; there wai do hindrance to our hsppiness; we were both rich; the futuro Uy smiling before ai, while tbo present wai fall of delight. I loved btephea with all my heart. Ilo aaid he loved nie devotedly, and there wai an adtuiratioc a iort of worship with tiia lovo that ia so dear to woman lie aaid I was queenly, and that I was a clorious creature: and held my head higher and was more stately than ever; and when I looked in the class I saw a beauty in my faco that I hod never seen thero before, and I exulted in my Rood fortune, and thought in my foolishness that no woman had ever before been so hannv. There wero festivities in our nouse then, and the grinning, goblin faces looked upon gayetiea they had not seen since tho first years of my mother's mar ried life. We welcomed all our friends and neighbors and made merry. My mother determined that the last months of tnv a Lit should be as hnunv snd beau tiful and Wight, as much company and Que taste could make it, but, alas ! her intention was fruHtruted. A schoolfellow and dear friend of my mother's had been for some years A wid ow, and at that time wo received a letter to say that she was dead, and bad be queathed her only child, a girl of 17, to my mother s love and cure. A lew days later Annie rorsytb arrived, and Uer grief and black clothes throw a gloom over us that, notwithstanding our pity and sympathy for the poor child, we felt was oppressive aud unwelcome. l'oor Annie cried almost incessantly at first, but after a few days she would look up into out faces with sadly mourn ful eyes, and say she was sorry she was so unhappy, but she would bo better soon. Dear mother charmed and consoled her as she hsd charmed and consoled way. She was of modium height, of nie in the past, when my father and sis - J . - . . . I 1 . V 1 1 ..til .1 - tor died, and now and then there was a smile in tho beautiful eyes, and the pa'e, pinched face grew pretty and youthful, and I began to hope that when her sor row had worn itself out she would prove a a-.. to do a merry mtie sprue, and i rejoined that sho was there to take my place in the old homo when I left it for the new one. My mother loved ber already, and would easily take her to her heart as A second daughter. clear complexion and soft brown hair, nd A face that tapered from a Droad and rather low forehead, .with a small and beautifully shaped chin. She was fair to look upon, dear mother, but her beauty was not her greatest charm. There was about her an indescribable t Tightness and freshness that reminded one of early sunshine and sweet morning air, and that soothed and cheered and invigorated as only sunshine An.l . B J aJma.... (2 l A a1.A(....A.I A f(.AM Aim u vau. uuv vum uidu ujq iiuu CHAPTER II. mT mnnrnfnl trrinvinff aflir mv lost aia. I tors, and made me quietly happy. Annie's complexion was very fair, her None of the glad uess of her own na- features small and regnlur, with a tiimd, ture desoendod to me-I was olwoys calm pleading expression in them. Uer hair anil an,l.lfl. l-Vnm a tn-Iannlinlw child I WAS of pale gold falling in masses' of naa-wri into a aorioua. aolf-oontaino.l CUrls about her neck. She WdS small, woman. Beautiful girlhood, with its ''Kb' nt singularly graceful and there wil.i imnnlxra nnirnr frinn,Ilmia erratin Was BU intangible Something SbOllt her energy and pretty baBhfulness had no claimed lor overy one a special ten nart in mr lifp. Snmptimea I liavn I doroess ffri.vil ilmL it virnn fnp T Iiava tlinnolit I I particularly recomuiendod her to that this absence of oue phase of exist- Stephen's kindness, and he good-natured inr niRiln m an imnerfoi.l woman, an.l ly told her stories aud did his best to dl prevented me from possessing some of 'er lier njiu1 frcm lt8 (,aJ memories, the mo6tendeoriDg attributes of my own ,DJ ho succeeded well. Sometimes, at when he talked to her, she would look Bat I grieve no longer, and as I think nl ,h faoe with a wondering, of my mother, I wonder much that with reverential expression in her mournful her bright face to look upon and her e'ea. ftu' lllPD 1 WM m0T6 Proml tuan wian and rliwi-fiil .rnr.ia ,i lit-n in f ever of his talents, sud more than ever ?ar irriovo.1 nt nnvfi.inir Tint f aim. thankful that he was my promised bus nosfl in pverr trniim n'a lifrt thrn in a band. timo when a mother's love is but a see- At Cm wUen I sent Stephen from me nn.W 1nv An.l 11, i- timn rmn in mi.in 0 talU to AnUlO. bO went With regret; ft mv twoniTaiTih vnar ITntil thon litllo while, aod there was no regret ; and Ihonrrh I na t-icli n.l l.nndanmn. hd.I 'hen, oht woeful thought, I taucied he Inntr all tin n.i-).lmrlwiv1 f ir mih.a Went itll pleasure round, noho.1 had Pomn to woo nm. Once, as he sat by her, chatting and A small cstato closo to our village amusing her, I thought he looked like changed hands, aud its new possessor her ftttllt'r. 8uJ 1 pictured him m tho wa introduced to ni fnturo adapting his conversation to tho Ha f mid.lln urn -no,l.in-liii intelligence of a littlo child who sbouM and digniflod, and wss often by my side. cal1 mo niother, snd bringing her bright lie had traveled much, and for me his 8,ulIe8 lnto "er face and overshadowing convorastion had rtot intnr.tKt And her with loving kinduefs and protection there was in his eyes a glance of energy, om1 m)' heart grow warmer, and I loveJ fir that aMinnd in kin,il Imn. a ,-or. huu more fervently then ever before, responding enercv. In his presence I AnJ as watchiug him, I wished that my could sing better than when with others; lovo .wlSut R great as his good rnnvnrainff lini roAin.i to nnip noss, he caught my eyes and bis filCO an olonnnnon that nt timo. -t irtln.l mv. I Colored self: liiM wll conaid-r-d ni.ini.ma f.mi.d A chill ran through tuo, a fear, in.lefi an echo in mv ni.trai.md mind? hia l.-flv nito but terrible, oppressed U10. I weut thoughts were mv thotiehU. I did not "to tho 8"Ac aA walked among the Und iu awe of him. such as some flowers and trees, and let the fresh even women do for lnvr annorinr in tlw.m. mi? breeze blow upon my head aalvoa. I waa aimi.1 ,ft.l almro mc. 1 tried hard to collect my thought self and placed uimn the ssma t,luue hut I could not. Astmngedoubt.dread Will aim w hom 1 anA nnan l,im aa ld horror possessed U10. I Could not Mlial. and f.dt a warm and inat iimm. tblllk I B.H'uied to have no mind-I ciation of his Uleuta and good Qualities. coula 9P1V. 'eeI I know not when I first began to love him, but I know that one evening as he bade me good night my heart fluttered, And when I sought for a reason for this unusual symptom I blushed and was Ashamed. Nor was I long troubled with fears of being an old maid, for the next morning be gave me the right to love mm. -We sat in the oak dining room, the bright spring shone cheerfully in, light ing up the dark wainscoting and placing in brilliant relief the high oarved man Ue-piece, where grinning goblin faces tared and leered and peeped from twin ipg wreaths of flowers, leaves and corn, Stephen stood by; he had been expati' ating on the beauty of tbi workmanship. 1 looked at him and I saw also the grin Bing beads, and their groteequeness lormed a strong contrast to the calm and manly beauty of his face. As I looked an earnest and kindling light beamed in his eyes; instinctively I rose from my seat, attracted by that glance, lie took my band and aaid: "Sarah, be my wife: I cannot live without you." His face glowed like a cloud at sun set. I looked no more, lie put his arm Around me, And whispered softly : "Sarah, yon love me; your heart says so." It was beating under his hand. "It says you love me, my own. and I vonbipyou! Darling, speak; one little word will be enough!" lly Lead was on his shoulder, and I murmured "Ye," lie clasped me closer in his arm. Then I thought, "I am fooliah that is not a filling answer;" and I freed myself from bis embrace, and stood calm and digBiaeJ, and said, with all my heart iu my voioe : "Stephen, I love you! "Heaven bless yon, my wife!" Ons kias, and ws stood silent, calming cr excitement. Presently ws sat down and talked of the future, of our unchanging love, and of the great happiness the coming years pruraiaed. When Its lift me I hastened to my mothsr. 8hs was delighted, and her yes sparkled villi pleasure. When I went to rest that might joy At being so beloved prevented ms from s-'sepiag. Ws ware to be mimed ia the Astsma. i I walked dowu tho fir-tree avenue. Its darkness claimed kindred with me. It led to an open glade, whore a fountain sparkled iu the setting sun; its waters fell in jewels of many colors. I saw them not, but throwing myself on the grass rested my head on the cool margin of its marble basin. Preseutly my hand played with the cool water; thcu I bathed my forehead ith :t, and soon I found myself count' ing the golden fUh that sported iu its cool depths and watching their gambols. 1 vaguely wondereu bow many heart broken women had bathed their fore heads in that fountain. Then I remembered an ancestress of mine whose betrothed had died on the re of her weeding day. I saw ber day by day at the fountain. and each day more shadowy and ethereal nntil at last ber soul passed from the musio of ita waters to the musio of the beautiful spirit land; and her friends found the frail body on tbs turf.the head on the fountain s margin, its eves seem ingly gazing at the fish .and its long curls floating in the water. I remembered this clearly and was thankful. My mind had come back the strange, hateful madness had passed sway; but I bathed my head again and again and kept very quiet I was afraid of myself. I knew that I had been jeal ous and I soorned m vtelf ; yet I was such a poor, weak thing that I must treat my self carefully, tenderly, lest I fell again into my past foolishness. 1 sal by toe pool looking into its waters. I pressed the green leaves of the water lily against my forehead, and its gracious coolneM made me mors myeeif, and I looked atiil into the water, blue with the sky and rosy with sunlit cloud. snd I felt that hope and happiness en dured forever; grief might corns snd dim their brightness, but eon Id do ao more. I felt the demon of jealousy had en tered into me. I waa humbled and I longed that evil thoughts might pass froQ ms, sad I grsw calm aud rational onee mors. The pear of night settled all around ms. Aa odorous perfume filled the sir sad a darksea came down like a protecting genius, shrouding the earth softly. I was si rest Ths fear that had so strangely disturbed me a-as dead, an once again I believed that the love mv promised hutbsnd was all myosin "For some days Stephen kept alwaj by my side, and! eujoyod again the Ion conversations that were so delightful t me and the evil thought returned n more to disturb mv peaoe. Our woddinff dav was very near. A!! preparations had been mode; fair, ue garments of every description were b ing inspected by my friends. I was t begin the new life with everything ne' new clothes, new house, new hapj ness. Alice relspscd into her old sadnes snd grew day by day mora beautiful, f. ber faoe was ttusued a nine and tue was mournfulneas in her largo eyes lb touched tbo gazer 8 beart. One evening I observed Stephen lo ing at her. and there was that in L glance that roused all my dread one moro. Frighteued and trembling at wb I might learn, I yet courageously s myself to seek for information. Ktephe was always kind and aff.ctionate, but felt a ith sinking heart that he wasu the same, that the warmth of bis lov was less than the warmth of its expre sion. And onco again I saw that torribl, look of sorrow, regret, ss be gazed i Annie, and my resolution was taken. I suppose tho first terriblo shock hu brokon the force of my discovery, f the calamity affected me less severe! than tho doubt. I was rational now nu could understand uy position.. I a its difficulties and its dangers and wantc to woik my way clearly through them t the end. I must not marry Stephen that was certain, aud I must tell him s myself. My own affection was my grcah danger. I felt that I must show no rei lenting, no lingering tenderness. I mu build up a barrier between us; at lea around my own heart I must put a stron wall of separation, through which n sound of grief could pass. Uis, a la: would opeu so readily to the new love to need no defense from the old. I won! be brave I would 1 But my sorrow 1 heavy upon me; tho sir of the honse su focated me, tho dear voices seemed mock ing voices, tormenting me. I went out amid the trees for rest and strength. went up the fir treo avenue to the foun tain. The sun bbone, tho birds sang.the water sparkled all around me was joy and beautr, and in mv heart was a deso lstion as of death. I had dreamed s beautiful dream. Oh, that I could droam a littlo longer my awakening was all too soon. I lay still, wooing back the beautiful dream; but its thread bad been broken. I was sad unto bitterness, but my will was strong to do right and to bear my grief silently. It wantod but four days to mv wedding day. I mus! act promptly. I nerved my self to my great trial. I loved Stephen moro than ever, aud I telt that to make him bnppy I could lay down my life, or, what then seemed to me tho harder tutc, live without his love. As 1 left the breakfast room mother said: "Conio back soon, dear; this dav week we slmll be without yon, so we want as much of your company as possi bio." I went into the dining room; the mel low amtumu sun streamed npou the gnu niug goblia faces on the high mantel piece, and I turned from them they seemed to mock me. Stephen came soon. I said, as ho en tered, "Stephen, I have something of importance to say to you." llisf.utc grew pale; he was about to speak, when I said quickly: "Listcu to me for ono moment." To my own ear my voice sounded dis mally hollow, but bv a great effort I s;oko calmly. 'Stephen, I love you dear! v. I love you fur too well to ca'ise you one regret or to cloud your l:fo with one shade of sorrow. I havo felt proud and happy in tho thought of becoming your wifo. But 1 am not so now. 1 must have the who! heart of my husband. 1 could not be content with his esteem and affection You havo changed, Stephen! I do not blame you that it is so, but I must not shut my eyes to the consequences of this change. 1 must not bring sorrow upon you and remorse upon myself, so I say bo friends, for the future. "Sarah, have pity," he said. "I have pity,' I said "pity for mv self and for you. I am saving ns both from misery in tho future." "I lovo you earnestly, sobcrlv!" here plied sadly. "I havo always loved you! If once or twioe my fancy has changed, pardon me, Sarah! It will not do so again. I have resisted the temptation. Forget and forgive! Our wedding day is very nesr. 1 love you faithfullv. aud guard yon with a husband's fondest care! "Stephen," I continued, "your heart is cold to me still. You would wreck your own happiness to try snd insure mine and to keep plighted troth. Take back that troth be free! Qo; live where you will and be happy! It would break aiy heart to be your bride now! I could not live to be coldly loved! I mnst be the joy of my husband, not the elould that shadows his life!" "Sarah " he began. "Hush!" I said. "I will tell you all. I have looked into your eyes and read there what you had not the courage to read in your own heart. I have read then that you love another. Your heart was never wholly mine, and now is not vonr own; it has gone from you to Annie." His face was blanched; his strong band, that rested on the back of a cnair, trembled. "Hear me, for Heaven's sake." he cried. "I have never spoken a word of love to Annie. Her sorrow, her besuty, her childishness touched me; but that is past. We will see her no more, and yon shall be as happy as ever you dreamed." "Aever! I said fieroelv ; for I felt thst he was not thoroughly frank with me; that Lis love for me was weak, aDd that he wasoniv maintaining an engagement for the sake of honor "never!" Our engage me at is at an end! We will go our separate ways. Heaven grant that yours may be s happy one!" And I tamed to leave the room. "Pause eonai lerP he cried. "I have ocaaideredL My decision can- sot be chao (red. I w ill tell my mother. Bless you. Stephen, you shall always be my bst frknd." I onereJ him try band. "Bless your Ls replied, snd kissed at v band. That kiss e1 me shiver, it was so cold. ' Oiher j ". J J01 . so, for we each tried to cheer toe and forget the post; but a settled depres sion was upon us and we decided to en deavor to dispel it by change of secno, We went to the seaside aDd the great ocean gave ns strength, and my mother was fresh and bright as the morning sun shine once more, and she cheered and cherished me until I was happy in a sub dued fashion and could almost forget tho pist. Aunie grew strong and merry, but her figure was still slight and fragile, and her eyes kept their sadness, and her manner was still simple and pleading like that of a timid child. She would never grow womanly, my mother said, regretfully. It was best she should do:, I thought; the clinging plant always finds the strong Biipport. And I went to my music; I could not be idle or hrve reveries yet my cure was not complete. I hsd to keep my mind well occupied, to fill it with plans, hopes und ideas; to bar entrance to thoughts thut should not havo admittance. And well my good mother helped me. Love ha its in stincts, and told her sin-ays when mv miud was e tray ing, and when it was partly empty and forbidden memories were stealing in, end sho would rouse me with cheerful words of ordinary con versation and a look that spoke her heartfelt sympathy. Oh, blessings on tliee, my mother! thy love wss the joy that knew no change; it was stroug.it was steadfast, it was invigorating, it cheered me, it kept me hrm to do rijjht, it nude mv happiness. We La 1 been from our old home a year, when it was decide! that mv mother and Annie should return there while I still remained with some friends. Three months later I received a sweet loiter from Annie, saying sbo had ac cepted Mr. Hawthorne. Stephen and I had met as friends rather distant and ceremonious friends, I n:u afraid, for wc could not quite forget tho pest its shadow seemed to hang over us. And thus Aunie went from us, and I remained always at the old home, and my dead love ceased altogether to trou ble me, and if my dear mother grieved that the bright hopes she had cherished at the first wero not realized, she never let me guess hor secret sorrow. We were very happy; wo did all the good in our power with our wealth and we brightenod the lives of many of our poor neighbors and soothed the last hours of many a poor woman by prom ising to take an interest in her children. And as I grew older I thought I knew why Annio had won Stephen's love from me. The 6hy, winning, girlish ways. that had never been mine, wero her chief charm. A Girl's Long Horseback Klde to Cali fornia. "Hello! how far is it to the next town?" These words greeted the ears of W. W. Davis and family, as they sat at sup per at tbeir residence, Sixteenth and O N'eill streets. Mr. Davis loked out of the open door of his dining-room upon Sixteenth street. He saw there an unusual picture. A fine, large sorrel mare with a vesrling colt at her side waa standing by the side walk. Upon the mare's back sat a young woman sidewise in s man s saddle. She had on a man's broad brimmed hat. a close fitting bine and white checked cal ico dress, rough lace shoes, and on one ft was s man's stirrup. A yellow rub ber coat was tied np behind the saddle. The yonng woman was sunburnt snd travel-stained, but sat erect and looked as if she was able to lake care of her self. She was a girl of aboflt 20 or 22 years of agebaving an intelligent face with comely features. Her hair, which was brown, was cut somewhat short snd banged. Her complexion was of a hue that wind and sun puts on a man or woman, and her hps were chapped from the same cause. Sue had bright, gay eyes, and a straight, handsome nose. "What town do yoa want? "The next town, whatever it is." "Where are von traveling to?" ToCalitornis." "Alone? ' "lea, alone and eimping cut. Where can I find good (ras?" Mr. and Mrs. Davis, like good, hos pitable people, invited the young lady lo dismoant and partake of some supper. She washed her hands and faco.aat down to tl stable sod talked about the trip she was mal i ig. "My horns is st Kingston, Green Lake county. Wis., sh sauL, "wusre I live I with my father. I once rpent some time visiting in southern California, but it was some years ago. I have for several years thought of starting in the spring and making the journoy on horseback, and this year I made np my mind that I would do it. I have been eight weoks on the road. From my home to the Mis sissippi rivor tbs distanco is 130 miles; it is 350 aorons the. state of Iowa, as I traveled, and then 500 more to Chey enne. So I havo como ovor a 1000 miles on horseback and alone. "Have you a good horse?" "Indeed I have. They wanted me to give np my trip at K.-aruy. Why, some folks there grew real angry with mo be cause I persisted in going on. They wanted me to sell my mare and colt and take the money to pay my pasago. But I do not need money, and I'H never part with that mare. She's a good animal, has speed as a trotter, and she weighs as much, to a pound, as when I started with hor. To-day I have ridden twenty- eight miles, but that is more than I gen erally make. I travel mornings and evenings, and I stop a long whilo at noons. I started with a sido saddle, but it mado the mare's back sore, so I traded it o!T for a man's saddle. At night I picket the mare and lie closed to tho picket. Sho can't move but I know it. She got away twice, though. Onoo I followed her afoot moro than ten miles. and then caught her in a herd of thirty horses." "What bedding havo you in camping out?" "Nothing but that yellow slicker aud the saddle-blanket. I haven't suffered from tho cold, but it gets awfully lone ly sometimes at night, when the coyotes are howling." "Have you been annoyed by tramps? "Not a great deal. I go back from the railroad at least two miles and avoid them. Once a tramp came upon me in lonely place when I had the saddle off the mare, and bogan talking. I directed his attention to some emigrants off at a distance, and slipped on the saddle, buckled on the fore-cinch, and galloped off. But I'm not afraid. I never think of danger and carry no firearms." "now do yon manage about eating? "There I have trouble. If I don't strike a station at mealtime I get noth ing to eit. Why I've gone all day often without eating two days sometimes. It was hard at first, but I got used to it. Idont want to travel with emigrants: there's no glory in that. I havo set out to do this trip alono. I have been the last day or two traveling at about the samerato with somo emigranjs to Wash ingtcn Territory. Sometimes they are ahoad; sometimes I am. But I don't camp with them." Would you mind wiling me vour name?" "Emma Larson." "Miss Emma?" "Yts, sir." Cheyenno Leador. A Troblem in Flying. An interesting discussion is nt present going on among tcic-ntific engineers in rooard to the ilieliL t f birds whirOi l..m considerable bearing upaa tho flying-ma-chino que stiou. It is a matter cf obser vation that birds, without any movement of their ontstretched wings, and without any apparent mufcular exertion, aro en abled to riH in the air nnd to move laterally even against the wind. Tho modus operandi of these movements is a mystery, and fcieatias aro trving to dis cover tho secret. The most plausible theory is that the wines msr ha ul.i.-od injsueh a position as to divert a current oi air iroiu us normal course uu;u u repre sents two si.!e9 of on aii!7!p. of which ilm spex is tho hinder portion of the bird's bedt. If that be the case sav the theorists there would bo really two cur rents of air coming into collision at the antx. the resnlt of whi.'h would hu n pressure apon tho body of the bird at that point, urging it forward with force iar greater man oa nrst tuougut might be supposed. Tho smoothness of the fe dhers in but one direction reduces to a minimum all opposition to a forward movement. Experiments are now being carried out with mechanical contrivances to demonstrate tho correctness of the theory, and it is stated that the investi gators are in a fair way to a discovery of tho cause of the phenomenon, nnd also to a solution of tho flyiug-machina ques tion. London Letrer to Philadelphia Telegraph. The Negro's Progress. The Louisville Courier-Journal has interviewed several colored men as to the progress of their race since its liberation. Mr. N. B. Rogers, a barber, and a very intelligent colored man, said: "I can't say that I am a proper person to talk to. I am not thrown with my race very much, and I was never a slave. I think that freedom has helped some and hurt some. Those country negroes who flocked into the large cities at the close of the war have been hurt undeniably. They have lost their ideas of hone6tv. aud become lazy and thriftless. The rest have been benefitted. I hope for much in the future. With proper edacational advantages, and tho rapidly dying out prejudice against the black race, we can hope for a fine future. Lncle William Johnston, an old man well known to most people down town. said that be had been a slave for forty years, and been free twenty j ears. "And hich do you like best? asked the re porter. The old man leaned on his stick and shook bis gray head sadly: "I nnd em bof bout the same, honey. I got ray close and my vittf ls when I was wid Massa Henry Johnston, And I gets my close and my vittels now. It's most 'bout de sam hard work and little fur it," and old Uncle William hobbled off shaking his head dismally. How Animals Help Each Other. Social animals perform many little ser vices for each other. Horses nibble.and cows lick each otber. Monkeys pick from each other thorns and burs and par asites. Wolves and soma other beasts of prey hunt in packs, and aid each other in attacking their victims. Peli cans fish in concert. The HamadrTia baboons turn over stones to find insects, etc, snd when they come to a large one as many as can atacd around it turn it over together, and hare the booty. So cial auimals mutually defend each otber. Brtbm encountered in Abyssinia a crest troop of baboons which were crossing a valley. The latter were attacked br ths dogs, but the old males istcediately hurried down from the rocks ,i . mouths widely opened roared .o f that thfl ilna. r..AA.':... . u,erfo that the dogs pr ip ute .i0rrrfo1' They wero agairf eneourj iacn, out py this time nil tl.. a Lain n', ... uad reascended the highu. tuM ' young ono about six month. 0ft lfinillv Anil n f - i i . VU. whn avuui i vuiuuH nir mill nun.!., v of rock .nd was surroundeT af the largest ; males, a true hero down again, from the mountain '.w1 wmujyuuiuijr leu uini away h, a being too much astonUhed td ma.W attack. On another occasion 2 mm seized a young monkey.which, bv clin mg to a branch, was nut at once cs3 which the other members of the ir with much uproar rushed to the reLv surrounded the eugle and pulled on 1 1 many feather, that ho no longer thowU of Lis prey, but only how to This eagle assuredly would never attack a monkey in a troop. Our DnmK Animals. Bad Luck. Major C is exceedingly fond of tla gams of whist. On one occasion be wu tpeaking of the way in which adversa luck will sometimes pursue a man, ao4 remarked that ho onco played a whole season at the White Sulphur Spring aud never held a trump. 4 8,, ons in the company suggested that that was impojniblo, because ht must have held at least one trump every time he dealt the cards. But tho nuior replied, "eyery time I dealt it was a mi, deal." Ho illustrated tho same idea in an other way. He said he was once ia a party when the proposition was mad to throw dice for drinks aud cigars. He threw several times and every time the dice came nt a je, deuce. Hs wu vexed, and threw them with all his might against the wall of the room. When he went to pick thorn up from the floor he was confronted with the same one and two spots. Ho went to the window and pitched them as far as ht could into tho yard. The next day he felt like trying his luck again, and not having another pair of dice, he went into the yard to hunt them np. Stooping down and peering closely into the grass, his eyes finally rested upon the ace. He was so mad that he mado a mental resolution that if the other dice was found with the deuce np he would swallow them. He found it ot last and it was the deuce. He swallowed them both forthwith. Five minntes later he became dreadfully alarmed at what might ba the conse quences of his rash act, and took a strong emetic. The dice was soon de posited on the grass again. "And as sure as you're alive," said the major, "there lay the same old ace, deuce. Harper's Magazine. Origin of the Word Bestaurant. In 1763 a cook named Boulanger, who kept a shop at the corner of the liuedes Poulis, and the Rue Baillel, in Paris, hung out a large whito flag bearing the inscription (imitated, of course, from the passage in the New Testament) : "Venita nd me, omnes qui stomacho la- boratis, ts ego restaur ibo vos." Beneath these words was a list ot bis prices. And, as the good man did not look for outragoous profits, bis dining room waj quickly invaded by all the young bloods of tho capital, aud every one began to ask his neighbor, "Havo you been to Boulanger's?" The favorite dish at the house was nothing more appetizing than sheep's trotters; but so excellently was this humble fare cooked that largo quantities were sent out daily to all the great mansions in the neighborhood. The restaurant was much resorted to by the courtiers of the day; and even the celebrated gourmet MoneriU, the acade mician, went there regularly. Being reader to the quceu, he at last sounded the pruiso of sheep's trotters to the ears of royalty; and Boulanger, who had by this timo accumulated a fortune, was or dered to supply tho table of Louis XV. Thenceforward the restaurant becams one of the peculiar features cf Parisian life; aud within the next few years Very opened that far famed establishment which, after having been tho resort of Saint Just and Marat, wss removed in 1803 from the Allee des Oranges to its present quarters. Pall Mall Gazette. SCIENCE AND INVENTION. Perhaps the most popular department of sciehce in Spain at the present day is geology, and the Mining exhibition at Madrid is considered to be a grand suo cess. It appears lht alum is sometimes added to wines to give .stringency and to raise the color. For its detection, evaporate to dryness, and then set fire to the organic matter. Edison says: "Electrfaty is a ten-acre lot, with a very high, close fence around it. All we know about it. so far, we have gained, by peeping through the cracks in the boards." Drs. Mitchell and Esichert find that the full grown lizard will bite and cause a wound that may prove fatal.- Unlike that of other reptiles, its saliva is alkaline, not acido. A little injected into a pigeon cause the death of the bird (which was long, sat and plump) in less than three minutes. Gextls Riiusdxb. Husbands are so stupid! The story in the June Drawer of a man who went to town with his wife to do errands, and was sorely perplexed at missing something on his return, un til he reached home and found he hsd forgotten his wife, reminds somebody of a woman in Philadelphia who gave her husband six commissions to execute in New York. He telegraphed back that he had executed five and forgotten the last. It was an order for an illuminated sen tence for a Sunday school room. He wu a good deal astonished when received the nply: "Cnto ns this day s child is born two feet wide snd nine feet long. Harper's Magaxine. Ia Rome email Egyptian obelisk has been discovered in aa excavation behind ths Church of Santa Maria soprs Min erva, near the site of the Temple of I1 snd Serapis. It lies at a depth of fif' teen feet and is in a good state of pre r ration. A sphinx in basalt was also found, with a cartoueb, oa the breast. Pilver CityTNT"!!., pays its pabhc school taschars 32oO a month.