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I5RIU.IANT3. Tlii pntient pigling nf thu trvn How di-ep it nlmniui the tnd'i d'ii!r! In Mipplii-Htiiin movHlcm, niuti, , They keep tlicir at titudo of prayer. (John Vance Cheney. ' He who stnnui. by my iiiilo olwiiy. . Nor wait to see what tho world will sny, Oaring not what my fortune bo, He is my friend, the friend for me. F. F. Wetherbjr. Great snuls have died for truth, and left their fame To be the watchword of another aire; By virtue, Justice, courage, and high aim. Descend through time, a cominou heritage, And heron live to-dav in all but name. Chariot L. UildrotU. Bodily AttltDdo and Health, American Queen. A writer on IkmHIi very justly condemn lounging, in which a Inrgc numlcr f.f per sons indulge, as injurious to health, lie nay: "An erect bodily utiitude is of vastly more importance to health limn is pener ally Imagined. Crooked bodily positions, maintained for any length of nine, are al ways Injurious, whether in a sitting, Ktaiidiriff or lying posture, whether sleep ing or walking. To sit with the body lean ing forward on the stomach or lo one Hide, with Ihc heels elevated to a level with the head, in not only in bad taste, but exceed ingly detrimental to health. It cram the stomach, pre. the vital organs, inter rupts the free motion of ihe chest, and en feebles the functions of the abdominal und thcoric organs, and, in fact, unbalances the whole muscular system. Many chil dren become slightly humpbacked or se verely round-shouldered, by sleeping with the head raisnl on a high pillow, vYhcn any person finds it easier to sit or stnnd, or walk, or sleep In a crooked position than straight one, such person may be cure his muscular system is badly de ranged, ami the more careful lie is to pro nerve a straight or upright position, and get tack to nature again, tho better," r- How Tli or Cot Him Out. Chkngo Tunes. In Puris, menlly, a workmen fell ovci the parapet of one of tho bear-pits at tho .lard in del Mantes, and very nearly lie came a prey to two huge licar awaiting Cheir afternoon rcnust The man lay for A few minutes Insensible, with a bud wound on his head, from which there was a copious (low of blood. The spectators for a short time kept the lienrs employed by throwirlg them endless piece of bread, , but they mude so much noiso in carrying out their well-meant stratagem that tho animals were frightened away from this frugal entertainment, und the male, wandering about in search of refuge, ap proached tho more palatable food, and licked up tho blood flowing from the pros trate sufferer's wound. Amid Intense in citement tho keepers arrived, and tho man recovered his senses. Beelng his danger, however, he lay still, a if (lead, while; the keepers prepared a rope and distracted tho bear from it prey by striking it with long pole. At length the prisoner clutched the rope and wo speedily hnulod aloft, to tho disappointment of tho bear, who displayed rouch Irritation at tho withdrawal of so dainty and ample a meal. Tho rescued in dividual, who was badly hurt by his fall, was conveyed to the hospital. A Detective's Nurewdueis, London Standard. J Only n few months ago the paper gave an instance of the acuteness of a French detective. A man had murdered his fe male companion and buried her body in a cellar. The corpse was discoved, and tho man then said that tho woman hod killed herself by fulling down-stairs, and that ho hud buried her secretly, fearing to lie licensed of her death, lie as serted that this "accident" took place in the autumn, in October. The detective observed the trace of smoke on the ceiling. "You had a candle when you buried the body, " he remarked, and was answered In the alllrmative. "And you say you only entered this cellar that one day in Ociolicr?" The suspected man again averred it. "You are speaking falsely, " retorted the detective, and showed the murderer, Mwecn the crevice of the ceiling, the half consumed lurvtB of cer tain Insects which only lay in the spring, and which had Ix-en burnt by hi candle at the lime when ho had actually burled hi victim. ICqimllilns the ('barges. I'hlludclphia Call. lluilrond Magnate Seo here, ir! this won't do. You sell mo that sugar at 10 cent a pound, and 1 have just found out that you have been charging my son 15 cents for the sumo brand. Grocer llut you sec.sir, your on lives In the next square, close by, while you re side a mile away, and I have been afraid that If I did not sell you at a low price you would prefer to buy at omo grocery nearer home. IL 11 Magnate I can't help that. You have no right to discriminate against my on In that way, just because he Uvea near you. Orocer Well. I will stop It. K. IL Magnate And let him have hi Mi cur at 10 cent. Grocer No, 1 will charge you 15 cent. Cot Ahead of Lincoln, Nuw York Tribune. The story was told of President Lin coln' first visit to the penitentiary at flpringtleld, Ills. An old criminal, look ing out through tho bur of his cell, re marked: "Well, Mr. Lincoln, you and I ought to be well posted on prisons; wcesct'naii there are in the country." "Whv. this Is Ihe first one I ever visited." said Mr, Lincoln, and was astonished at the response: "But I've lieen in all the rest" Kralfl'ul Are We, ' Burlington Hawkeye.l . Yes. we think well of bicycle and bi cyclers; we love to watch them v ing their noiseless way swiftly past tho house- and we are glud "we do not keep a gun. Kvery Saturday afternoon there ! oue particular bicycler goe by; a fat man; n very fat man in knickerbockers, a pleated blouse, short skirted and gathered in at tho belt, mutton chop whiskers, singlo eye glass and navy cap. Grateful, Indeed, arc wo, every Saturday, that there Is no gun In tho Lous. Didn't Like It. Texas Sifting. Mrs. Ycrger being afUicted witli face ache, eent to the drug store for some car liolic salve, which she rubbed on her jaw. The salve smelt like creosote, whereupon her son Johnny remarkod: "Mamma, I wouldn't use the medicine. It smells liko toothache." Queen Elizabeth of Roumania is said to hsve had a fondness for boiled sea gulls, quince cheese, and hartshorn jelly, iluintiet unknown to Uie nineteenth ecu lury bill of far. THE BANK CHECK. pfc-w York Times, What I have to tell Is nlxolntely true. It did hiippen exnnly as I shall try to write it. 1 lie only thing I will omit nre the names of the persons und the place where It happened. 1 might by lengthening out the siory show tho piny of those fell pas sions, creed and coveiousness, hut I trust what f have lo my will not lose its point from brevity. The moral is the same old trito one, that lione.-ty is the Itc.-t pol icy. When a man is tempted to commit a wicked action it often happens that tho Injury done another become irrepara ble. Then? is sequence in all rtishone't transactions which escape tho evil-doer. Effect follow cause. This nvy romo Instantly, as quickly as an explosion when tho hummer of the gun-lock strike tho cap containing the fulmina'c, or Vi;o Are may hang Imck, but it will come some day or other. This Is a longer preamble than 1 thought would be drawn from my pen, but a I am not a young man I may Indulge in such comments, because in the life of any one who has parsed the half century the force of inevitable constantly occur to him. A man of my age has been long enough in this world to have een passing before him many a sad drama; he has been present at the very first scene, and has been an unwilling witness of Ihe terrible conclusion. I suppose few people who liavo had di rect transaction with banks arc not aware that errors sometimes happen. Tho heads of firms rarely nrc acquainted with such mistukns. It is the business of clerks who have the checks cashed to sec that the amounts paid them are correct, I'aying tellers If they do err are rather likely to pay too much than too little. Should they give more money than tho f:ice of tho cheek culls for, if the receiver of the money is dishonest, then the jwver docs rot always hear about it. If he underpays, tho demand for the ditTercnce is invariably made at onf e. I am rather inclined to re peat the Assertion that in such mistakes as are made in tho rush of business, it is Ihe commoner error to pay too much. Romctimcs a very tired man, whoso brain has been too long on the stretch, or who Is ill or nervous, mistakes the number of the check for the amount, and pays away some thousands instead of hundreds. I huve known this to happen in a New York bank to a young friend of mine, i le had sulllcicnt good judgment not to em barrass the paying teller by making any noise about it. llo resumed his place iu the line, handed back his bank book, po litely requested the teller to look ut the check he hod presented, tho amount he hud received, und it was all so quietly done that he made for life a fust friend of u careful and expert bank teller. 1 have two or three limes been overpaid by a bank teller. People who shop huve very often mistakes made in their change to their advantage. Need it bo said thai without wniting an instant restitution should be made? I was a clerk In a house when the inci dent I am about telling happened. We did a lnrgo business in the city of , and our check-book was in constant demand. I made out the checks and kept tho txtnk account, but did not have the signature of tho firm. Generally for greater security, when tho amount was large, I drew out the money myself. A great many of the transactions we were engaged iu re- auirod us to poy at once to the Individual io hard cash. The pa I lg teller of our bunk In ihe business sc won had all he could attend to. The money to lie paid for an agricultural product very much In demand would on some days mako tho cash disburse ments of the bank amount to $750,000. I remembered that on one occasion, looking at the teller, ho seemod tired und depressed. Presenting my check for some amount less than $1,000 wanted by me in $5 und $10 bills he overpaid me f0. lie had counted tho money over twice bo fore passing it to mc. I recounted tho money, found tho error, and, being pressed for time, could not return the t'iO until after U o'clock. The teller was obliged to ine, but I noticed that he bore a worried look. A month after thi wo hud somo balance to pay a customer living out of thecily, amounting to fKifl. A check was drawn by mo, handed to the creditor, anil his account was balanced. The busi ness entirely dropped out of my mind. . Home three months afterward tho firm received a letter from this man, which was rather ambiguous of its kind. There was an error, so he said, in his account. Would wo look over it? At once 1 examined tho books, checked oil every item, went through all tho debts and credits of his business. Bnd ended by inspecting the final check raid him. My employers, who wero very honest and careful gentlemen, were satisfied with tho accuracy of the ac count, and I was instructed to write him a letter to that effect, I did so, as politely as I could, but at tho conclusion of mv lot tor 1 said, You leave us in the dark, uow ever, as to ono thing. Three month have c lunscd sinco our check was given to you. If you hud not been paid what was duo you we suouiu nave ccnamiy iiearu from you before. Have you been overpaid?" My senior employer, a shrowa business man, looking over my letter, remarked, "Pcrhr-p your question here might not lie liked by Mr. . However, let it go. " I mailed tho letter. We heard nothlnir more about It for a month. Then there canio a tortuou let ter from tbo man. Ins account was wrong, " ho wrote. "May! ho had como across some money lie could not exactly account for. " Ho did not state how much money It vn, or how it happened. It was n menu slmmblo en his part. I knew that. He had pricks of conscience; that 1 was certain of. The firm consulted with me w hut I hey should do. 1 made up my mind that moie. money had Ihtii paid the man on the check than ho wus entitled lo. I went at once to the teller of the bank. I found him ill. nervous, and tremulous. "Yes," he said, "my accounts wero wrong. There had ln"en a big deficit. I havo not stent for mouths. 1 am afraid I have overpaid I some one. ISut thank God 1 made it up. 1 mortgaged my house and passed Ihc amount short to the credit of the bunk. I mint have made a blunder romewhere. Hut tho strain on my mind has been killing me. I feel as if I wero no longer tit for the place. " Ho seemed lo me lo have moments of doubt and un certainty. 1 still cling to my place, " ho said. Of course I haN e no recollection of having ever paid that check of flutl." I said to him that I bail hopes of getting some of ihe money back, but I did not liko lo tell him how. Hut what I did do was to go that evening to the President of the lnk nd stato the case to him. As it bad Kxn through him that I owed my po sition in the firm, he had everj" confidence In mc My advice was asked. I was forced to declare that I thought the paving toller had better be given another and lighter po sit ion. Tho next dsy when I went to 100 luk the old teller bad been apparently re lieved lie was casting up ome accounts in the lodger. When I ipoke to him across lb sailing bo did not swum to recog nize nie. Next day I wn shocked to learn through the pn side.it of the bank, trial such positive indications of mental trouble bnd Icon shown by tho teller, that hl iriend hud thought it wiser to confine birr to his bouse. Hi accounts had been a' once rigorously examined, and were found to te correct, it wn perfectly true tied ho bad mortgaged bis house, and had paid the amount into the bunk. He had con coaled tho loss for till oo months or mort from the brink, which was a mistul.o on bis part, but he hud been punctilious enough to even add the iutorost for soini ninety days. Now, 1 felt al solutely certain that tin man to whom the chock hail been oir! must lie a rascal, If he bad offered resti tution it cnnie lute very much late. My llrm pave me carte blanche to nianago the mutter ns I pleased. I could not lmvo him arrested. As he lived In an Isolated part of tlio country coefficient summons could reach him. If I had lieon aggressive before, probubly not a cent would have been returned. I wroto now, a slurp letter. 1 said: "That a very large amount of money must lmvo been paid bim over and above the face of tho lost check given him, which wus for $154. " I stated, "that I knew exactly how much it was. " I must confefs outright that thie wus a bluif. I was not sure that the teller bad not made other mistakes besides this one. I wrote that "unless the money was at once restored I would blast his reputation. If ho was inclined to be honest, even at this luk date, let bim do all he could and send back the whole amount." I thought it wiser not to lot him know tho mental con dition of tho teller. I was quiM certain that if he knew that If tho teller was out of his mind not ono penny would he return. 1 wrote to bim that he must be in a hurry about it. That only the teller and 1 knew of it, and that my firm were yet in ignorunco.'' At once, by return mail, I bnd a letter. The sum was not, as be raid, what I rep resented it to bo. Ho mndo some specious urguments about a man finding a purse, and the description of it not tallying with the actual purso lost, or the amount in it. Under such circumstances, was a man bound to return it? If 1 could prove that ho bad l)cen overpaid, I ought to state exactly what was the amount. He might, he added, "never have written mc a word about it, and no one would havo been the wiser. Hut be bad a conscience, " so ho said. 1 replied with a vigorous letter. I confuted his arguments, "llo knew," I said, "tho mo ment ho had tho bank-notes passed over to him that he had been overpaid." A man miglit lind a piece of gold in tho dust of tho road, and could never tell who dropped it tin re. But there was no anal ogy between the two coses. I cried " for immediate, restoration, or thero would be nn exposure. " His answer did not como for ten days, "lwus mistaken, " ho said, "lie was not aware thut he had lwen ovcr puid until he got home. Then he did not know of it for a week afterward. It came out then in his accounts. " I knew this to be a wicked lie, but it contained at least the written ac knowledgment that he had been over paid, liis letter concluded as follows: "The matter has worried mo considerably; lias taken up a great deal of my time, and time for me is money. Don't you think there should bo compensation allowed me, or In other words, can't we make a com promise ?" (Oh, the blackguard!) "If such a thing could be arranged I will come to tho city and pay over to you the money. I am not af ruid of the bank. I consider thnt my transactions have been with your firm." The money overpaid by tho teller had been some $4,000, and he hud probably counted out f 1,560 instead of $4.). I bated to do it, but I offered tho scoundrel bis traveling expenses. His reply came promptly! "To leave bis business was worth a great deal more than thnt. Then, again, he thought of bring ing his wifo on with him and en Joying themselves." Tho up and down of it was that I must offer hlin a certain amount. " My temptations, you remem ber, have been very great. " 1 offered him $500. I was disgusted. ' I felt like going to his place and tackling him myself. "This is mv ultimatum." I said. "If I do not hear from you in ten days I will disclose the whole matter and you will tic dishonored. " His letter cumo back promptly enough. "Ho would take the $500. It wasn t very much. The bank was ever so ricb. Corporations had no souls. " I consulted with the bank presi dent, who thought It wus better to close with Iho man. Would it !o believed thnt that wretch and his wife came to ap parently on a pleasure trip? lie had done u sharp and a lever piece of business. He bad not the least compunction of conscience. He came to tho office of an evoning, and I do not hesitate In saying thnt in my hip pocket there was a revolver, lie handeu me over something loss than $2,000, asserting that the amount received less the traveling expenses and tho $500 made tip this IwTunce. When the monev had been transferred by mo to the safe 1 gave hlin a piece of my mind. I did not spare him. I heaped on him every insult ing epithet I could think of. Then ho showed his temper, which was an ugly one, "Now, " said I, (remember, 1 was 'id then, and hotter blood ran through my veins than to-day), "you are worso than a tbk-f; you aro a murderer. You have wrecked an honest man's brains. That teller of the Wmk. whose money you took, has lost bis reason. He will, 1 am afraid, never be a suno man again. This is your work. " Thut seemed to cow bun. " Your repentance comes too late. I hate you so that God forgive me had you a much as lifted a finger against me, I should not have hesitated in killing you like a dog, and no fury in Iho land would have touched a mir of my bead. Go out of this city by the enrlv" morning train, 'or 1 will make you. " The wretch left tho otlice like a whipped cur. What was tho sequel? A sad one. The bank teller hqwed into a melancholy condition, which rendered all mental lalmr impossible. Ho hud some little money, but many friends, and such few comfort.- as he required were ungrudg ingly given bim. lie died ten years ago. lie never did completely recover his senses. As to the canting rascal, bis fate was a dire one. Somehow the whole story came out, though 1 did not divulge it In that section of country where be lived he was discredited. Ho took to drink, and be came a coufirmcd inebriate. He neglected bis business, and bis plantation was sold. His wifo sought and obtained a divorce. Two years ago 1 read that in a brawl in tho most degraded quarter of a town in Alabama this man met his death in a negro dan co-house. Training ChtMren. rniladuhihia G 1L A child's education in obedience should begin at a very early age, but in a most ccntle wav: llttlo by little as events occur. I)o not crowd the young mind by telling it what U should not do. dimply loll it wbtt it should do. A LITTLE GIRL'S FORTUNE. What a Bundle of Confederate Bonds Bronchi an Orphan. Frankfort (N. C.) Letter This qnaint old plaoo, which lies in tie center of the Quaker scttlemouH was during tho war a favorite resort of "refugees," by which name was desig nated those persons whose homes in the eastern section of the sUta wero in side the danger line; or in the counties already held by the Federal troops. In this eleapy town those found a haven of refuge, aud made themselvej comfortable, to remain while the war lasted. 1'bey brought here their money and the old-fashioned bank stored (Jcnfedorato bonds and currency in great amounts. The crash came in the fatal 1865, and fttoneaian's raiders whirled down so near that mo.t of the refugees prepared to fly. A little later the war ended. 'J he big old safe, as solemn a the grave and a chary of its secrets, was shut. JJut few of the depositors had withdrawn tie now valueless currency it contained. 'I he bank, a dead corpor ation, ceased to exist; dying as it had lived, lazily. Yeats roiled by, each making the old safe and its sei-rets mere solemn still, as it stood cob-webbed in one corner of the lower rooms of the gloomy old bank building. Kamors of its contents being of value began to bo created in the fertile field, imagina tion, und it was whispered that in its deep recesses lay piles of sound silver, vast quantities of bonds, jewelry worth a prince's ransom, and finally the con tents of the safe became a matter of daily conjecture. Last year tho "booni" in Con edorate bonds began. 1 he safe was rana icked. From its ca pacious depths were taken oat quite tr3,00O,00U in Confederate bonds, and neirly fl,0 0,0.0 in state bonds and as much in onfoderate and state cur rency. The bonds were tied in rolls or in boxes, aud tho namas of the owners could be found in but one case. On a large roll was found the Lame of "Adam Exum, 1SC3." The bundlo as found to contain l,f)00 $1,000 Confederate bonds. What the long deid owner bad paid full value for and what had been for years so much waste paper, had be come worth $5.50 per Sl,0u0. iiut strange as the past events might seem, future ones were even more curi ous. It was found that tium bad gone to Charleston, S. C, October, 1803, and nothing had since been heard of him. His son, a soldier, had been wounded; hud married after the war in Virginia; had come baok to North Carolina; died in 1871; his wife following a year after, and their child, a girl, had been placed in an orphan asylum. The action of the ex-bank officers were prompt and juit. When told about the girl, so poor, so desolate, they sold the bonds on which were her grandfather's name, and sent the money they brought ($8,250) to a Kaleigh bank, notifying the superintendent of the orphan asylum where the girl was being cared for. The ease is a carious one in all respects, and is attracting much attention in the state wherever known. The girl is intelligent and modest, and, though no great fortune cornea to her, yet the strangeness of its coming gives to it an interest which would not ordinarily attaoh to it. The girl has been sent to a lead ng school. How the Prince of Wales Looks. lOliva Lo, an' London Letter. The most powerful supporter Gen Baker has is his liege lord the prince of Wales, but you know the old adage, qui seresemblent, s'assemblent. I saw tue heir apparent in a hansom this morning not a common hansom, you nudorstand his own hansom, a mag niScently appointed little affair, with such a beauty of a bit of gray horsetloah between the shafts, l'ear me, now that exqusite, shapely brute did dance about ! The driver was a light-weight, a good-looking young fellow, in the usual cray livery oi tue waies, We alwa know the princess is coming when we see the gray livery aud the horses with red bead-bauds and red rosettes and we always know the prince is coming whon we see the cray livery witnout tue reu riooons. oo. forewarned forearmed, we have time to stop and havo a good stare. The prince is getting uglier aud mqre dissipated looking every day and the princess seems more and more charming every time we see her. Whatever the real home life of this so famous couple may be we know not, but their demeanor to each other in public, is so really affec tionate that one wonders at their clev erness in keeping up appearances that is, if they do not care for each other. We think it surprising that a man who has such a pretty and good wife as Alexandra is should care to as sociate with the creatures we hear his name coupled with. Noted Checker-Players. Exchange. Chess is oftened mentioned as the fa vorite came of great generals, diiilo mats, and scholars; but the simpler, though, perhaps, not less pleasing game of checkers must have its innings on that si-ore, too. Not only did Plato use it for philosophical illustration, and Cicero turn to it for montal diversion, and Trederick the Great spend hours over it, but, in later days, su.-h men as Lincoln and Garibaldi prized it highly; and it is said that, as hii namesake's place in Ithaca was the scene of many checker contests, so Gen. Grant used to "clean out the bovs" nt West Point nt it, an 1 indeed ascr.bes mack of his military success to the training of the sixty-four squares, f nrlons Natural Unromplcr. Exehangfl.1 The natives of the Chiloe islands make use of a carious natural baronie tor, to which, from its having been first noticed by the- captain of an Italian corvette, the name "Uarometre Arau rano" has been given. This novel weather guide is the ahell of a crab, one of the Anomura, probably of the genu i Lithode. It is peculiarly sensi tive to atmospheric changes. It has a color nearly white, iu dry weather; but as sncn as wet weather approaches small rod spots are exhibited, varying in number and intensity with the amount of moisture in the atmosphere. In the ra ny season it is oomplete'y red ruder Ihe Cottonwood. Chiigo Herald "Modeller." I ece the cholera is coming," said a big man to nnoiuer on me norm sine cars. "1 never hear of the epidemic but I think of an Incident that came under my own observation In Missouri. A physi cian In one of the prairie town of that state went away to C alifornia during the gold fever thut raged so strangely in this couutry so many years ago. His compan ion was his old man-servant, one of the best old ncerocs that ever lived. The mis tress was left in Missouri to take care of the old bouse. There were few mails in those day and months passed away before any tidings como back of the master and bis servant. One evening, two years after, i i V...I. . 1 ,u tue Oiu negro cuuie uih n nuu iuuuu ui Missus In the doorway of the old home. He had a short story to tell. First he luid down at her feet $10,000 In gold. The story told was of a dying master, his command to tho old servant, and a grave in the sound of the waves of the Pacific. At the time of the old ser vant's return Uie cholera was sweeping over the west. That very night the old servant died, and in an hour alter the old missus, heurin? of it. had passed away. They were buried on a knoll on the prairie slue by siuc. i wo coiwnwoou trecj. the only ones In the range of the eye stood sentinel above their sleeping pliccs. One day two Doilies oi men iougni on this site. The struggle was brief, but it was as fierce as any that the war witnessed. It is known in history as the battle of Lone Jack. During its engagement a wounded soldier crawled over to one of these craves and rested upon it. under the Cottonwood trees, lie had not been there. long when another one did the same thing. Oue of them was a rebel soldier, the other wus a Federal. They were brothers. One of the graves where the greeting took place was that or the mother oi me reuei and Federal. The other grave was that of the old servant. The war ended right there, so far us those boys were concerned. I never bear of cholera that 1 don't think of tliis incident. " Thought "Sniullilii"' Was tho Hat ter. Chicago Herald. "Did vou ever," asked a New York Cen tral firemun, "hear of old Jerry Drew who lives up near Rochester? Hoi Well, we hnu a scrimmage with mm ono auy. ue gets drunk every time he goes to town, and that day he was drunker than ever. tie alius seemed to get to me trues ooui time we got to the road, on' I've seen him whip up his horses and whoop and yell and try to get there the some minute we did many a time. lie seemed to delight in it. Once he stopped right on the track, and when we come up slow with brakes on he dured us to come any closer, and said he'd ruu over us. Had to whistle and scare his horses in order to get him off. The time 1 started out to tell you about, though. Jerry had hod too much and was sound asleep in his wagon. The horses went on Uie track right in iron; oi us, and the wholo institution was busted all to pieces. We stopped as quick as we coukl an' run back. Both horses was killed and the wagon all cut up to kmdlin wood an' scran iron. Over by the fence was old Jerry. I saw he wasn't dead right away. The shock had woke him up, an' he was try in' to drink out of the neck of a bottle, the neck being all there was left of it 'What's the matter here?' I shouted to him. He looked up, opened his eyes a little, an' gazed around him. T guess hie," he said, T guess I must o' hie run The Jews In Boasts. Boston Advertiser There can be no question that the Jews have a hard time of it In llussia. The miserable scenes which have just been en acted at Novgorod are only a repetition of what has repeatedly taken place (luring the wist two or three years in various parts of uie czar's dominions, i ne itussinn iw itself teaches the people to look with con tempt und hostility upon the Jews. Under that law the avocations open to the Jew are strongly restricted. He cannot be a lawyer or a doctor, or even a merchant in the ordinary sense, lie is iorever ioruiu den to horje for anything like social rank or political preferment If he would live, he must stick to usury and the smaller trades. He stands, moreover, in perpetual peril of insult, outrage, aud even death. His appeal for justice in Uie courts and for protection from the state is often little heeded. The orthodox Russian, how ever, seeks the aid and converse of the Jew, when, As often happens, he is in need of funds. All over eastern and southern Russia the Jews have been for many years absorbing the land and other properties of the small boyard and the agricultural class, foreclosing mortgages and grasping pledged effects. The natund issue is me ever-re curring persecution which the government is not always prompt to cnecK. A Convenient Fashion. New York Times. To all wearers of false teeth the news of the recent fashion set by a Chicago society ladv will be extremely welcome. This ladv has an entire set of false upper teeth, and she neither conceals the fact nor pre tends that they are preferable to real teeth. She Is also ncar-sichted. and wears sus pended to a hook on the northwest summit of her dress a pair of neat eye glasses, which she puts on whenever she wishes to look at anything. Some lime ago it oc curred to her that it would be the part of common sense to use her teeth only when she desired to talk or eat. Accordingly, she now carries them suspended by a cord around her neck. When she meets a friend she first puts on her eye-glasses and looks at him, and then puts in her teeth and indulges in conversatiou. Nmiiuriy, when she goes to dinner, she puts in her teeth as soon as the soup has disappeared and the th is brought on. Being a leader of Chicago fashion, her example has been followed by other ladies, and at a Chicago opera quite a large proportion ot ineuuiies of the audience wear their teeth gracefully suspended from the neck. Inventions of the Shakers. Mew Orleans Times-Democrat The peculiar sect known as tho "shak ing quukers," deserves credit for many of the useful inventions of the present -More than half a century ago they first origin ated the drying of sweet corn for food, and they first raised, papered and vended gar den seeds in the present styles. From their first methods of preparing medicinal roots and herbs for market sprang the Im mense patent medicine trade. They tie can the broom-corn business. The first buzz-saw was made by the shakers at ew Lebanon. J his is now in me Al bany Geological hall. The shakers in vented metallic pans, first made of brass and silver. All distilled liquors were abandoned as a beverage by the shakers sixty years ago, and during the past forty years no fermented liquor of any sort has been used, except as a medicine. Pork and tobacco are also numbered among the "forbidden articles. 0 ALM03T OUT OF THE WORLD. The Simple Little Commuultr on Lonesome Ile an Haul, New York Sun. Away off the coast of Maine, outsldi. ik. cordon of rocky isle thut trctch like protecting cbain between the Atlantic and Penobscot bay, exposed to the ceaseless beat of the waves, and to the fury of every storm, is the oldest, lonesomest, and nuwt primitive spot on the American coast, the Isle au Huut This mime was given to it by one of the curly French voy ngers, who thought lorty island or Isle of Weight a most approDri. ate appellation for the sea-girt rovk, whose perpendicular sides rihe Immodi'. ately from the water, with scarcely a break in their monotony or a bit of beach. Tho island proper, with eight or ten smaller companions, now comprises a town, hav ing been set oil from Deer Isle In 1874. All the islands together have an area of 8,000 acres, and about 200 people live on tl,em. They all live by tho sea, directly or indirectly, and their life is but a dnfl existence. Anthony Merchant first settlwl in one of the group, which now bcaTs hk name, in 1772, and since then the hamlet of fishers has grown by twos and thnt, painfully, slowly. There is no postotHc, no minister, no lawyer, and no doctor, if anybody is sick, or wants any red tape, or an expected letter, he must kike a sail bun and go to Deer island or to Itocklund, the journey being nearly always rough and often impossible. ' On the summit of me cluls Is a great level tilot. half sheen posture and half blue berry bog, and there is grown the bout mutton and wool in Maine, und there, too, is the blueberry pickers' paradise, whole schooner loads of people often going k summer from the main land to gather the berries. There was an attempt made year ago by a Georgia gentlemau to niafee Isle au Haut a great summer resort, and he rut all of his own money and that of son other persons into the scheme. A splendid pavilion for concerts and dancing was huik and roads along the cliff's constructed al great expense, then, just as the plan were ready for a great hotel, the finance department of thut association collapsed, and with it the whole scheme. That wu years ago, before tho expressive term ".p..nL- " u-!iq nn th liTL-irrltt Tbo nntivMi used the roads for sheep paths, and dried nets ou the hard-pine lkior of the pavilion. I he ushers are as simple as tho old Ar cadians, of whom it is written: "Neither locks had they to their door, nor burs to their windows. " Not manv of them have ever seen the mainland, and scarcely any of them know what a city Is like. Only a mouth ago the first horse ever landed on the island was brought there, und a good half of the simple folk gazed then for the first time upon a member of the equine species. jo steamer ever lands mere, and in oil probability the only glimpes of good-sized steam craft the lslunders ever get is when, on clear days, they sm through a ghwss passing vessels of the In ternational and Boston and Bangor liuut. Farmers. Donn Piatt T rtrwr lmrl hnlr the fnnl Arvniinn made by certain member of the press, wherein I am charged with falsely posing as a farmer. If I am not a farmer, friend and neighbors, I would like to know what in the old scratch I am? Now, as I understand it, a farmer is a man who tills the earth, with great loss to t.imui.lf unit honi'fk li cithers. Ko vou seo my chum to being a practical farmer can not be denied, i-ikc nouesi uoguerry, i boast "my losses. " A farmer is a man who toils for fifty years for the privilege of living ten and then, In a majority of instances. gels ciiejiicu oui oi uiui uy rucuumr tism. He mis before duyllght, arm labors till after dark. He cats what he can not sell; wears burely enough to make l.im Aiwfnt in nmienranw. hut not sulli- miu u v v . " I I ' cient for comfort or health, is a hard task master to his family, and death to his wus. He is industrious, sober, and, if you don't him nn a hnt-HA trade, or too rlofie.rT in a Tittle bargain, almost as honest as country merchant, ana as nonorame a county court lawyer. This m-md nurxuit Is the underlying foundation of our existence. It is not onjry the author ana creator oi our uomes, uui of all the immense improvements that tho wnrlil This net-work of rail roads, measuring over 100,000 miles of operating raits, was duui tiy iurmcrs. These great cities, all these towns, canals, telegraph, mines and manufactories wero built out of our earnings. We make eight tenths of the labor of tho land. The ITI so r I Klne. London letter. We have a tatooed man over here who is attracting a great deal of attention. Thi is the Maori king, Tawhiao. The king at tended the Havcrly Minstrel show at Drury Lane the other night, and was ths observed of all observers. He looked lik a new kind of minstrel himself. Skidmore, the interpreter (probably one of the orig inal Skidmore guards), tried to translate some of the jokes for bis majesty, but if tbe sullen looks of the king are any cri terion he did not approve of them, whiok show him to be a man of some sense. The Maori king is tattooed In a manner that gives him a surprised sort of look. Commencing over the nose between th eyes the tattoo marks radiato all over s rather large forehead. It looks something as if the tattoocr tried to make apictuw of a sunrise. The nose is ornamented with little circles, and from the base of the nose other lines come round under th chin to the nose again. The king is tail but walks with an undignified hutne. Something seems the matter with ho knees. He gets sick every few day- other words, drunk. Snrprlsed at Connecticut. New York Sun. " Yes, sah, " said a North Carolinian st the New York hotel yesterday, "I like ) city very much, but, sah, I am very much puzzled at Connecticut 1 have been up tliar ou business, and I have ridden pretty much all over the state a' consid'hl po'tion of the way in a bugtry. It'" pretty country. Thar lots of neat-looking plnces, some fine buildings, plenty of nice stock, and it is evident that thar s great deal of wealth; but, sah, I can't un derstand how they live up thar. Ti rocks are so big, sah, and thar's so maty of them, that I can't see where they can raise anything to feed themselves wilh, for 1 give you my word, on my honor as gentleman, sah, tliat if I was put down thar, sah, though I am a fanner, I wouifl starve to death. And yet, sah, they tcj me, sah, that the hay crop of that nias oi stone carbuncles, sah, called New England, was one third more in value than tw whole of the cotton crop of the south. ' tell you, sah, it s'prises me. " Springfield (la.) New Era: f dim should always consider himself under oi gation to sweep first bis own dooryard. The Current Among the 1ne arts tbe "the-holier-than-thou-arts."