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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 24, 1883)
BIB MOTBEfi'8 BONOS, Benratta th hot mlgroromer ran . lb men had marched ll day; And now txMldn a rippling Mreau Upon ti grut tbey lay. Tiring of rnie tod Idle Jeati, A mn-nl lh boui aluug, Thrroalled toon- wbo united aiarl, "Com! frlendt f It u a mug." '1 fear I cannot pirate," be Mid; TI aoulj (oriK 1 kuow ' Are Hit at mj mother uted to ilni for me long jean ago." , Ding one of iboee," a rouh vole cried, "1 i.i re'i Don but true men here; 1o rj moiher'i ion of iu A iui liitr'i aunp are dear." Tbeu iweetly row the linger'! role - A in id unwonted calm, "Am 1 a Kildlrr of the orow, A follower of Ibe IliuW" And ball I (oar to own (111 cauk " 1 be Terr I'rt-am wai Hilled, Anil earn lhat never Ibrglbed with fear Hub tender ibouKbla wert II lit d. KO'lod the anog. IbeilDgut Mid, At to bit feet be rrwe. "Thankalo too ajl, mjr friendl, good Dlgbt, uuu gram ua iweet repoao, "ri'ng hi ocr more.'' the captain beggod. Tb aoldler b nt bU bead ' ten rI inoliig 'round, wltb milling lip, You'll join wltb ui," be aald. We'll iing thli old familiar air, 1h it the biiKle call. 'Ail hall lie pjwur ol Julia' nave, U l augel'i prontrate tail.' " A i' wnndro:a wai lb old tunt't tptll Amn Hie linger nf; it .a after man fell Into Una, Ami loud ibevoico rang. Tlif Knin are dorif, ih camp ii allll, .'i.slil tut Ihe ktretm la liemd; iiuiat.1 Ibe deplbl of eTerjraoul r! .liowotil tiymiu are .Hired, 4i.it up from nunj I bearded lip, in wntier toti and low, . :n I . be prajer tb ra iner taught l bo boy Itnu years ax. Chicago Intrr-OortD. BYWAYS AM) KTliONEM. One hurried view, caught a I drovo nlon tlio highway of an old, bauntod- loukit'.g bouse, ball bidden amongst tree aud hanging above a deep ravino, begat within tno a determination to add ita picturesque aspect to the many like souvenirs eontamod in my sketch book But timo slipped fust away; one day being too wet fur my purpose, another too win in; one' too dusty, another too ntful lo snoiigbtand oloud, to say noth' ing of a multitude of intervening picas urns whioh well nigh offaood all remem brance of my rosolvoH. But a sooond drive, during which I again came, un expcotcdly, upon the plaoe, awoke not only ray former desire, bnt a fixed de termination to arise betimoH, on the fol lowing morning, array uiygolf in walking uoom ana coruioruiJie uannol suit, breakfast alone, and wbilo the family sun slept, iota my tent, Arab-like, and steal oway; or, iu other words, fold my shawl and skotohing materials into my shawl trup and betuke uiysolf over the hills; or, plainer still, turn tramp for oue niMMUmmcr any; a'l of which 1 duly ccuniiniitiio.i. The day wr breezy, and, for tnid-Au-gnat, decidedly cool, and tho air moist. . but cle$r, thus making more palpable every lutenc atom oi purl nines in Na turo'u Ubratory. Up to my knees reaehod tall graces of evory tint of green and silver, every shade of brown, ouressing my down-rcaohibg fingers with their feathery bloom or russet spires. Eaoh corner of the old rail fenoe, shutting (iff tho nelds beyond hold a fresh delight to my eyes; here a lninuturo forest (if Golden rod, of radiant Coreopsis or of llolimthtis, there a crowd of Siipoiiaria or "Buuuciug Bets," ragged, but fra grant and lovely in their gowns of deli cate pink; while peeping throug'i the rails and over them, iu stately decorum of tiUi'.mlo and purple array, at ttiese their rolicking vis a vas, Btood tho prim Vcrvai'js, apart, exclusive aud retiring. But u t so tho mauve tasHels of Balm which nodded ooquottishly and carcss.uj? each other, impoUod thoroto by every parsing zephyr, nor jet the sturdy Wild Thyme, nor the biuarius, ho lovely in their gypsy hats of pule straw, orange bedecked, and their pule green silver shaded robes; all of vh'eh lutter, bloomed and rioted, in mob-like confusion, in tho grassy ditch betwixt me and tho roa.l the road which Thoreau (who, wonro told, ab horred tho sound of his own footsteps) proclaimed to "belong to horses and men of business;" wherefore, being only ' tramp myself, pro tern, as well as an admiier of tho sayiuga of the Oonoord naturalist, I hugged tho hedgos and feuoes, or, occasionally, as boundary lines changed ownership, an irregular tone wall, acrosa the broast of which the wild grape or blackberry had flung iUclf with graceful 'abuudou, while its trai ing featoons swept even across my pathway. Aud wherever tho careless husbandman had allowed a gap to in tervene in these his landmarks, thcifty nature had supplied a thickut of Sumach already decked out with patches of the brilliant scarlet tint of its autumnal garb, which 11 uttered amidst it deep groeu like the gay ribbons of some rustic COtllL'ttO. . Presently, weary with climbing, for I fouud that my walk had thus far boen for the most part, up hill, I seated my self upou a low stone wall, both to rest awhile and to take a leisurely look at the old farm house beyond it, standing amidst a far-reaching orchard kuoe-deep with red clover. The building was old and unacquainted with blinds, poarch oh, paint, or adornments of any kind, and the doorways and paths leading thereto were unkempt. Tall bunches of irgal looking Tiger-lilies and mo notonous domes of red and white Phlox utrupglcd hopelessly against the lusty weeds, the Burdock and rank grass, to maintain the pathway, ouce entrnstod to their demarcation, leading from th front doorway down to the now un hiuped wide-open gate. Banged along beuchea placed against the east aide of the house, glittcrmg and reflecting the brurht sublight, where stack of bright pans and paiia, while thrccgh the trees, ' I caught glimpses of the kine which aid shining array iodicted were to be found theieabonts. Pompous gobblors strutted amidst tho orchard giass, and troops of heos on the outskirts thereof clacked to each other their disooutent at the scaroity of insect and bugs in general, but scially of tha phenome nal dearth of flies on Shadow farm that current August. And. while I looked, lo! the whole flock, headed by the clum siest of Shanghai cocks, rushed, in greedy haste, pell-mell, towards some point of eommon interest ' Probably some poor, luckless worm, ignorant of the universal fact that the weaker ia ever thq prey of the rapacious strong, had wriggled himself into Sight but what ever iud delectable tid bit, the lord of the roost unirnJIaDtlv vobbled it no him self, and, strutted off with a chuckle which my ear translated : "Uncommonly fine fut worm, my doarst Sorry there wasu't enough for a bite all around. Ate it all myself to save tronble in the family, don't yon know?' But while thus taking an outward sur vey of this wsyside home, I discovered that I was , being quite as curiously scanned myself, from an npper window of the honse; whereupon I again faced about toward the road, still retaining my position upon tho wall, whero a most comfortable sent had been made by the displacement of a few of toe stones, and found myself confrontinfr, tiirougu gap in the heavy shade of the trees across tho way, a view which alone would have repaid mo for all my wear isome climbing. A stretch of level fields in the immediate foreground rolled back ward and gradually upward, forming in the distant a line of low foothills crowned by dark green forests whiob took on hazy blue and purple tints as thoy stretched afar on either hand. On Ihe brow of the hill directly fronting me tuo forest line was broken, and turougn this opening, as though a celestial gatowsy, one looked afar into the blue depths of infinitude. And there, beaven ward lifted, lay the Bacred spot we call "God's Acre," Groups of dark pine do fined themselves against tho blue be yond, like tall cathodral spires,' which alone gave to tbo spot an air of conso crated ground, unaided by the emblems of polished marble gleaming against their sombre hue. But most beautiful. harmonious and emblematic was the har vested field which, like the carpet of ruddy gold, unrolled itself from this human garner downward, in one un broken sweep, to the very roadside, boar ing on its snrfaoe in senate ranks its liiiened harvested sheaves bound and awaiting thoir ingathering. On the right, a rustling sea of vigorous corn, on the loft, a luxuriant growth of clover, rich in bloom and far-reaching fragrance, strelchod away up the hill to the edge of the dark woods .beyoud, embracing on either side tho golden field of sheaves and its terminus, the field of garnered human life. All this without line of de marcation, save that of vivid color, har moniously contrasted and blended. But the morning hours were fast sup ping away, and, reluctantly, I dropped down from my niohe In the wall, after making a few hurried outlines, and trudged onward, first oreeping through a gap betwoon the wall and adjoiniug fence into a field of blossomed buck wheat; whoso honoylike perfumes I had all this time been drawnig in with each breath. There I gathered a large mass of the delicate pink and white bloom, in wbioh, from time to time as 1 continued my wayfaring, l buried my face, thus carrying with me the delicious sense intoxicating odor to the end of my pilgrimage. A little farther on occurred a sudden dip in the ground, and, over a foot plunk, I crossed a skurrylng little brook, witli a sigh for the days when, with shoes and stockings in hand, I should have made a far less conventional and deoorous crossing.-Was thoro no tempta tion to repent past experiences ? Frankly, yes; but, just before me, a boy, trundling a wheelbarrow load of newly cut hay, had come to a sudden and unaccountable halt, fuood about aud seated himself on his barrows, and, uith elbows planted on his kaeos and chin on his hands, was flxadly watahing me. Did tKe B.vioy little yeoman suspect my gipsy like impulse born within me, perchance, of a sight, as he had sturdily jilodded on ahead, of his owp bare, brown limbs and feet glisteutng with wet from his recent splashing ford? However this may be, if over a boy'a faco and attitude seemed to say: . "I dare von I flniiin. now. will von take s. darn?" Such was tho interpretation of that urchin's. Meanwhile, I was beginning to have some misgivings as to whether 1 had not gono astray, or chosen tho wrong puth leading out from the village, so miiali farther had I come than seemed to . mo remonublo before- feaching my destination, wuoretore, oy way oi solving my doubts, as I neared the little knight of the barrow, before me, I ad dressed a few inquiries to him. "Dun- no. 'tuont it s tho old Siawson rookery you'ro lookiug for. That ain't fur from here; you'll see it when you got to the Ing its old gables and front, hiding it al most from view in tho all-embracing shadow and leufy luxuriance of their vigorous life. The southern bank of the hollow, ovor which hung the eastern gable of the honse, was a mass of golden and purple bloom and trailing vines; and the little rill that stole noiselessly along iU base was completely hidden by over lapping grasses, stve here and there gleam like a bit of entunglod silver rib bon. Scarcely was I settled at- my . work when I became conscious that two pairs of very bright eyes were regarding me from betwixt tho rails of the fenoe by tho road; iftSt soon two barefooted little children, a girl and a boy, Crept through the bars and shyly and caut'onsly stole along under cover of the fonce to a point where their curiosity as to my proceed ings might be gratitled: and there ther oronohed down, silent 'as two haros. as does the house its piotureaqueness, "Well, mebbo you are right; but as I've told you, 'twan't beauty nor iu torestingneBS that I had iu view in neg locting 'em. I s'pose some folks they'd call it spite, but I don't believe you would. No, I thought yon wouldn't. But I don't fo in for beauty nor fashion, nohow heal thiuofs is my prime hold. Healthy hereabouts did you ask? i.ord Bikes, yes; tuin't the doctors whose getting rich, ronnd hore. Twan't long so, though. Years ago, whon tho country was new, 'twas. fevor-and-ague the year round. Thar was aeoh a slow of water and grass ovorywhars, you couldn't skip the shakos, nohow. And when folks fust begun to sottle pretty numerons round hero, tho typhoid fever camo and msde mighty nigh a clean sweep of 'em all. Some said 'twas long of turning np so much new soil as pizoned tho sir but ag'in I've heard them as said the smell of fresh airth turning curious looks upon me, followed ' by loaks at each other equally full of was healthy." wonderment. I dared not speak lest "Perhaps' I Suggested. ton of that rise of ground just ahead, I'm going most there myself. And the little knight proceoded to again trundle his load on before until the asocnt was made, when, nodding towards tho right he said: "In the hollow, jnst over yon der, this road joins another one, and there, at the fork you'll come across the old place I reckon you're hunting for." Theu, with a sudden, dexterous turn, he trundled his barrow through an opening by tho way into au adjoining field, where he loft his burden, and made his way towards a little cottage at the far side, whistling and disporting himsMf as mer rily as a grig. On arriving at the fork of the hollow, my eye was instantly caught by an old well beside the way with a bright tip dipper hanging from a projecting corner of its onrb. T'dougb. not couscious of thirst before, I immediately felt an im perative call to drink of the waters of that wayside spring; so dropping my traps npon tho grass, I proceeded to lower the old iron-bound bucket, the moss covered bucket which hung iu that well," at the same time hoping that it might also be a leaky bucket, which was aoon proven to be the case by the splash ing aouuds that greeted my ear as it wuug against the stony walls within, and, at lost, came to the aurface drip ping and overflowing with clear, cold water. And just this point I found, after a slight survey, to be my best view of the old house and ita surroundings. Accord iogly I aptead my shawl npon the shaded side of tbe little grassy knoll surround ing the well, and, seating myself there on, leaned back against the old curb for a quiet rest and outlook, quite sheltered from the street and the sun. The face of the spot was somewhat changed since my first glinipss of it two mouths pre vious. The great trees had multiplied their foliage and deepened their tints, easting broader and heavier abadows around and over the old gray house, en circling it closer with their great waver ing arms; now tossed upward by a swift breeze, letting a flood of sunshiue in npon in time and weather-worn frame; again, drooping law, and softly sweep- they take flight, which., indoed.thev did after taking a drink from the rapidlv-di minishing contents of the bucket in the well, the water from which still kept nn ;-. j .i j. uiusicui unp, unp, as u escaped irom every possible crevice back to its home below. Lator on. wbon I had made consider alilfl nrncrrfla with mv aLnfli nn.l k. Camo quite absorbed therewith, the sound of a human voice close at my car from an unknowp, an unseen source, sent my pencil in a ruinous, zig tag course across tbe entire face of it, as, with a norvous start, I turned around and saw a woman a face peering, not only aronnd tho corner of the well, bnt over mv shoulder, and even under tbe wido brim of my hat, which I had drawn low over my eyes to shade both thorn aud the page over which I was bending, "Oh, sketching, be you? Well, now, ma and I didu t think of that. We ol lowed you must her turned your anklo on tbat ther bill, it s so rough, and that yon couldn't go no fnrder. Yon kept so quiet and sat so long tbat ma said she reckoned I'd better fetch the pail along to the well and find out abont you. Of late years, so many transients come up here to the lake and go straggling abont the country all summer, that we don't. ss a rule, pay much attention to their doin'a. I s'pose you're one of 'em one of tbe resorters, ain t you? I he face was so irresistibly fresh and protty, the lips so full and red, tbe smile so frank and sweet which showed the beautiful and white teeth, that I in btantly forgot my first angry sense of annoyance, and, smiling in return. banded np my sketch book for inspec tion, "La! how nat'ral thom old trees do ookl I wouldn't hev thought they'd make such a pretty pie ter. Beckon yon must Ioro trees l do myself. Then. handing baok the book with an apology for the defacement she had caused by or unconventional introduction of her self, sho proceeded to draw her pail of water, I, meantime, remarkijg: "Folks aronnd hero seem to have a fashion of springing into view like rabbits, trom all manner of unexpected places; the fenoe corners, tho bnshes and even tbe well curbs, all seem peopled and. see. there comes someono, now, from around the oornor of tho old house, yonder! the spirit of the place, I should judgo from bis gray locks, his withered little tignre and tbe scythe bo oarries." "Oh, that's old farmer Siawson curious, J s'pose, like the roft of us, 'bout yon but that scythe is only just an excuse" "Liko your water pail," I suggostod. "Just so," she returned, with a pleas ant laugh. "But 1 never know'd Farmer Siawson to mow down the woods on that ledge and side-hill afore in my time." However true this assertion may have boon and cortainly the general appear ance of things attested its truth the farmer industriously plied his scythe, the maiden depurtod, and I resumed my Mork; aud thus another halt hour spoed away, during wbioh time the farmer had gradually worked his way along the op posite odge of tho ravine to a point of spoaking range; thon, abruptly and with out even the premonitory ahem, . came across the challouge: "What are you doio' thar, I'd like to know? Blessed if I can make it out for myself I" "Oettihg a picture of that old dosortod house and its surroundings," I replied. "A picter of my old housel whyl why! whyl" And,' with a face and mien full of wonderment and iboredulity, he turned upon it a prolonged speculative look, followed by an amused ohuokle and the fxolamauon: "Heavens and Betseyl you mUst be possessed to think of petering that old thing! But 'taint deserted by uo means; as I said afore, it's my haouso, and I live ther myself;" then, half apologetically, "I hain't never fixed it up none seuse I fust built it, nigh onto 40 yeara ago 'taint never had so much as a coat of paint on't, and, for the very lifo of me, I can't see whar yon find any beauty 'bout it with making a picter on't." And again he turned an inquisitive look towards tho old rook. "People, gen'lly, round here, take me to task for letting tbe old plaoe go to rack and ruin this ere way, but I reckon haousos gen'lly does whar ther aiut no wimmen folks around as takes an in terst in 'em. I hain't never had no wife and children 'bout here to care how things went nor. to help keep 'em in shape not but what I lotted on having both whon I built my haonse thar, the best h souse in tbe country them times; but wimmen are resky cattle and and well, I don't mind tellin' ou't, now, though at fust I was mighty sore over it, the gal I had set my heart on rnn off with a durned Yankee tin-peddlar who hadn't nary recommend bat a red cart, a span of breakneck ho'sses and a palavering tongue. Gal was source in these parte them days; the market was as lively for homely faces as for pretty ones; but hard work was plenty, and I had as pnrty a lay of lanifwaiting for the plow and harrer as any mwn ever saw, and at It I went, and by degrees aorter worked off my disappointment. And now, perhaps, you can understand why tis I hain't never tnk no pride in that ther haonse, and can't see no beauty in it. and never wanted to fix it np none, bnt just to let it last eont my time." "Bat this 'fixing-np' of which yon speak," I remarked, interrupting his garrulity, "would have nade quite an uninteresting object of it to me, and the bare thought ol the pruning knife at work npon those magnificent trees, or those gnarled old oaks, makes me shiver. They ewe their glory to your neglect, difference in (hat respect between fresIWy turned soil that has been long tilled, and virgin soil, which is always more or less full of noxious vegetable elflavia." "Mebbe so I never thought on't afore but I recjton you're right, for I don't bolieve you can find any health- fuller spot of country anywhars than right hero in Jefferson county, as it is to day. "It certainly is the most romantic and picturesque farming country I evor ocbold, 1 replied, "and. apparently. one of tbe most prosperous. And I am told that years ago when it was in a wild state its' face was covered with boautif nl oak openings, rich with nastnrnae. over the roadless surface of which yon might drive miles and miles at will, all unim peded by dense undergrowth, while these same forests crowned the hills, and sometimes their slopes, even as at pres em. t' 'All true as preachin.' What! yon am t packing up your traps to go. be yet Now, 1 am sorry. P raps you II be coming agin ' "les. I shall como once more to set a front view of the old house that fenoe is irresistible. But, now, if you toll me whether this road to the left leads back to tho village, and if it be as shady and quiet as tbo otber by whiob I came. shall be obliged to you." "Well, if you inuBt go, I reckon you'll find tho left band road quite as shady as t'other one and mebbe a leotle levoler walking they both load to town "lbanks. Uiod morning! "Good morning, ma'am, and may all your roads be to your likingr Which ejaculation, coming from so prosaio a personage, caused me to again turn about for another look at the speak er, wuo bad swung bis scythe oyer bis shoulder and turned bis steps in the di reotion whenoe he had come into view, leaving bis swarth unfinished; ana tbns it still remained, when, two week there after, X again passed the pluce. isut space fails me wherom to detail the many pleasures which awaited me ou that homeward walk; the bosky places into which X penetrated to ex amine aud gather the flora, . and amidst the secluded shaded depths of which I found a moss-bedecked,, rocky tablet) whereon I set forth the luncheon which Nora had deftly packed aud insisted upon my bringing with me; and wbioh I then and there' ate with a relish and hunger such as I had not known for many a day; tbo euohantod .slumber wbioh afterwards stole over me, aa, with the help of my soft shawl, I turned my stony table into a most comfortable pil low and lay listening to tho wild bird musio of happy song and busy twitter and call, and to the myriad of lesser sounds with whioh nature seemed to be unusually rife on that day. Nor can I, now, more than hint at the half mile stretch of old maples, through the dense foliage of which not a sunbeam reached ine, as I walked boneath over turf as soft to the footfall as Koyal Wil ton itsolf, or leaned against tho old' rail fence and listened to the sea-like mar murings cf the wind swept field of corn beyond. Also to the serio-comic narra tive of on antiquated darkey at work therein, whom I accosted, and drew from bim a willing reoital of his escape from bondage, togoMier with his wife, during the early days of tbe war, and of the many shifts by which they at last reached this plaoe, where, by kind and sympathetic hearts, they were carod for and helped to become self-supporting, until at lost tbey bad oome to own a few aares of land not of the best, else could they not have become possessed of it but such as sufficed to grow a fair but small crop of tobacoo, and likewise of corn, on tbe proceeds of vihich they lived comfortably; self respecting - and respected by others self helpful, happy and contented. Suffice it to say, iu conclusion, that at the close of the day, though I drew the orfee latch-string wearily, it was also with a sigh that, despite the day's many golden hours, there remained not yet another wherein I might conquer yet oue more hill, explore yet one more fra grant hedge row. Birrnside's forly Love. In my last letter I had something to say about tbe author of "A Modern Ilagar." She is Mrs. Clark, not Miss, as the printer got it. bbe married a southern lawyer before the war. He has since died, and she has come into a small patrimony recently by the death of an ecoentrio relative in New Orleas. She was once engaged to be married to Gen eral Bnrnside, and aotnally appeared be fore the altar with him. The thought strnok her, as she says, before she uttered the irrevocable words, that she was making a mistake. So in a few words she made known her conclusion to the expectant groom and the waiting minister, and retired from, the scene aa gracefully at possible. 1 hey only met once after tbat. ltwaa uring the war. Mrs. Clark was ooai- misaioned to carry important dispatches to Jefferson Da via. To do this she hd to pass the Union lines. She baked a panful of raised biscuits, and am the dispatches in then. W hile traveling south she waa arretted on suspicion Ltearmng thai Ueneral Burnside bad command of the nearest division of the northern forces, she de manded to be brought beSore Lim. He recognised Ler. 'She said ahe was going to Mobile, and asked for a paas and a discharge. He only hesitated a moment and then wrotq oat oue in silence and handod it to her. "Hoot that oontsin your lunch?" be asked, pointing to a small basket which sho carried in her hand. "Yes." "Let me soo'it." She opened the basket displaying the bisonit. "Will you trv one, general? Thoy are pretty hard.'' The general rofused to taste the proffered dainty, and orderod a good dinner to bo served tor her, and then put her on the cars himself. Tbe dispatches were so important that she recoived the thanks of the con federacy for her sorvice, and lionized through the south, where she served in southern hospitals for a long time after ward. Chicago Intet-Oooan. The EugHsU i'm-Lnnchers. ."Deadheads and free lunchors," gays a correspondent of the Tall Mull Gazette, "are the names by which the British guests of tbe Northern PaciQo Railroad are beginning to be designated in the American uress. in allusion. we mav snn 'there is A bOse. to the inexpensive nature of their autumnal tour, it not this a sign that the proverbiul patience of the American shareholder is gtviug way rresldent Villard, whom you picturesquely style 'the sumptuous MieoenaB of the Ameri can rail, is Bumptious, be it remem bered, not with hit own money, but with that of others. The objects of his bounty, moreover, are not entirely lour nalists, though, to judgo by tbe pages of your contemporaries, a good many of them are turning an honost penny by describing their experiences and puff ing tbeir Host. It was well known in town at the end of last season that anybody who was either ' i peer, a member of parliament, a gov eminent official, or connected with the press, could have an invi tation for the asking. About fifty seem to bave gone, a good many of whom were ueither journalists, ofiioials, nor members of either honse or pirliameat. Tbe tour, according to tho twelfth and final letter of the "Free Lunoher" of the Times, oovered 6000 miles and oc cupied A month. Thoir 'personal con doctor' was a certain Mr. Bufus Hatch. 'Ucole Bufus,' as his 'cousins from across the sea affectionately called him, who ia dosoribod in the Times as a north western 'boomer' of great earnestness, equally at home, in Wall street or among the xellowstone geysers. The 'Free Lunch er'of the Times candidly admits that some of Uncle Bufus' boom 'may have got to some extent into tbis correspond1 enoe.' Of this there is no doubt? Still, if a president of a railroad spends 240 of his shareholders money in giving one a free autumn tour, one is morally bound to 'boom a little in bis honor. The more interesting moral question is how far those who have not 'boomed' are justified in accepting that sum of money from shareholders wbo am evidently not unanimous in the. desire to give it to thom. Why Chlhers Dldu't. As the three of us rode out of Water prooi, jja.. on noreeuacs, we overtook a citizen joggling along as if at peace with all the world. No introductions were needed, and presently we were chatting away oa the most familiar terms. After a while, and when abont six miles from tho town, we wet a man on. horseback. wbo had a shotgun lying across his lap and a revolver on his hip. 'Morningr gents, he said, as he drew rein. "How fur is it to town? "t4ix miles,." answered our stranger. "And mought you be acquainted iu Waterproof?" "A few. "Mought you know a chap as is named Chilvers Judgo Cbilvers?" "Wal, I ve seen him around. "Likely to be thar now:" "I should say so." "That's all good-by." We watched him out of sight, and then one of the men said to the stranger: "That chap tad a wicked look. "Oh, he's on the shoot, ho is." "Is ho going to shoot Chilvers?" "He thinks- he is, but he won't." "Why?" "Because I'm Chilvers myself. Per mit me to intsoduce myself." "And wuv (iidn t you tell bim who yon wa and see what he wanted?" "That would have brought on the shooting and some of yon would have been hit," he answered. "I rather think he's a chap from up the country about thirty miles, whose brother I shot in a little fracas last year. If it's the man he's a terrible poor shot, and if one of them' ar'hosaes of vour'n should oat hit you'd have to pay alt damages." liut won t be waylay you on your wsv back?" "No, sir-1 shall waylay bim." That evening, an honr After our re turn, the judge led bis limping horse into towut and when asked what the trouble was, he replied : "It s enough to disgust every 'decent msnl' Tbat fellow had five square shots at me. and yot he mnst go and put a bullet into an animal worth $200." How the otber party came out we didn't inquire. 'The judge didn't act like a mou who would answer leading qnestious until he knew whether the bore ooqm be saved. Detroit Free Press. Austria mills. Las 30,000 flonr and gritt Bardi on Bardi Brazil has 1.500,000 slavos ah. . fifth of whom.nre Indian, ' bUl n Tl rrer.cn ladies who lead tho t now order their drosses of fZii on. English tail. physicians. J oral Lndoa The wealth of Great Britain i, -creased from 127 rjPr u . . e211)perhe"dial88P2! 4 1Bl8l!to Ivan Tourgenieffg will iu , ' hi entire fortune of Jso ofeW11? Pauline Viardot is to be contest M8' The National nose show of l?si i . beheld at lhu,rJ charming grounds of the bishop' . iVi The mayor of Marseilles h a. document accepting the Ph . 1 Prince Louis of Bavaris an,1 n . rdi, Chambord'a W, I l 8.n1 Co Canon Wilborforce has oniu i,. i ladies adorn their note p,per Tj ,B pondmgeardswithporKo? The rumor that Monsignor Canr. (lebUaretobepaidbyapeerofEnfia gives color to the suspicion that hi,prin. cipal object in coming to America wm after all. only to make money. ' . A movement is on foot in London to .u..UUu iwujj iruins again among ths ladies, but the mischievous persons en" - ., , . " j Bucceeaeatn convortino' thn nnKli, n,: . '" . '"oir uwn views, id the sensible short costume remain! favor. A PC.nrA i' n rt tt f li a T 1 Tw (hi Pnnu.. r.l Tir. l L .J 'xvoi ui truies nas won two mil linery viotories this year-both on the side of common sonse. Sh6 has banished the crinoline in spite of Paris. She has retained the small bonnet in fashion still in nit nt Pan. . tYerij of Wisdom. Iron, chain or silken cord, both are bonds. To know bow to wait is the great secret of success, . These who can command taemselves can command others. Honesty provides the most eertain con- d&ioaa for safety. Sadness is a disease; the, best remedy for it w occupation. The poor are kept poor to supply tt de&tfuads of paradise. It is better that we at not inforaed thaa to be misinformed. Patience is tbe tjaaacpa; bnt where does it grow, or who can swallow it r Time once passed over never returns; the moment which is knt is lot forever. A man may talk continually and not be eloquent; sound and anbsto&ee Are not twins. Neglected eolnmny soon, expires; show that you are hurt, and. you give it the appearance of truth. Even day is a little life, and onr whole life is bnt a day repeated; there fore live every day as if it would be the uo: end in PEBS0XAL. The lata r.hr1a,n TT, n .... Boston Traveler, left a library of 10.000 volumes. . People abont to ha are racking their brains to introduce some -new features." Mrs. Lanrrtrv naco In.,'. tl,t i. 3 jwqw.u u. DUO uur not care for social recognition here. Per- . o juov no wcii. Monsignor Capel says there is more immorality in the columns of the daily newspapers than anywhore else. Mr. Wilkie Collins has attack of goat of the eve nhnnt. nniu n n: i..i attack laid him np four weeks ago. v.. a. Vanderbilt has 200 pictures Whiah New.Ynrknra Li. .... but they will ere long have au onpor- Woddinff carilmro r,rlnn ,,! it is hard to distinguish them from in vitations to "openings" at the fashiona ble milliners. Mm Aiittimt,, rrv.kn. ii.. .n- l wife of ex-Senator Tabor, has been sued U I i . . . ujr uor lawyers lor tbeir foe of f MWt Which flllP lina rpfna,1 in r,nv tnn,nr.l,'nff - - f-j , 'g it as exorbitant. The Louisville Courier-Journal is authority for tho statement that David Davis never haggled with the pie woman while itt' Waalnnptnn. Hn nrnhnhlv haggled with tbe pie. Lord CurriDeton. who achieved soma notoriety by horsewhipping the late Grenville Murray for libeling the prince of Wales, is iu New York. Statist ioiana have pronounced the United States to be not only potentially, but actually, richer than the United Kingdom Counting the nausea, furni ture, manufoatures, railways, shipping, Dunion, lands, cattle, crops, investments and roads, it is estimated that there is a grand total im the United States of $19, 77O,QOO,000i Great Britain is credited with something less than $40,000,000,000 or nearly &ID.UOO,000,000 less than the United States. The wealth per inhabi tant in Great Britain is estimated at 81, 100, and in the United States at $5)95.. With regard to the remuneration of labor, assuming tbe produce of labor to be LOO, in Great Britain 50 parte go to tbe laborer, 21 to capital and 23 to gov ernment. In France 41 parts so to la- H,,.. 'Hi n AAn:ini no . .nmnn In the United States 72 parts go to labor, m to capital and o to government. London. Tunes. Tha. GocoANtrr at Home. The green cocoanat is also in great demand by na tives 6f tbe West Indian islands. In tropioal countries this fruit is eaten only- iu us, grwu vuuuuiuu. x rum m giu"' coooonut a residont of Havana can ex tract a great amount of comfort. Oa every bar there are huge piles of them,, and w ben a Coban politinan wants to 'set ea np for tbe crowd" in good style,. he leads the way to the bar and orders. cocoanat cocktails for all.. The bartender cut the top from a cocoanut, pours the mill into a glass, adds iae and the necw aaiy "alick" of whatever desired, dusts A little nutmeir over it. and assesses the politician twenty-five cents apiece- for each drink, although there may be a deien trees within te yards oi we-aoor filled with the fruit. N. Y. Post. Aiw.r. JviT.nr-i.T Tha chil&OA of A family in town hto. !iUl uOjt.wf h;oli tbey are very load, and unm wimm few davs it baa absorbed mu& of their Attention. The other dsy, however, a rival put in an appearance ia the shape oi b iiiuiiyaute iiicm their fondling was for the time be- iiirAie.i What then was tne horror tf the children, when one morn ing they discovered tbe dog ' lugging off the kitten in ita mouth. It carried tha feline to a dusty place in the street. m . a A A4.-.W here it buried it Ana came iruiuut back iih a &Ufied expression on its relief that ita VUUUWlaiw - " rival was out of Ihe way, and that its former position bai otea. lewTereu San ternirdino Times,