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EUGENE CITY GUARD. L I CAMPBELL, Proprietor, EUGENE CITY, OREGON. THE DEACON'S RIDE. On bU rool buck potcli sat Deacon Itrown, the rlrm-st and fatt-nt man In town. Before. Ixtlilml, to llt and rlxlit, allowed nioadowa dotted wt'h Kld ' 'l' .And, frraxln there In tlie pastures green, llliei-n line Jt-racva tta evi-r seen; Xb rcuular lixrd-hook atock were they; ami how much butter they uiada aaelt duy I hardly would dure attempt to say. Ho greater Joy had Deacon Brown than to alt on the porch, aa the eun went down. And vlt-w hla acre, ao broad and line, and leant hla eyes on',lila Juracy kino; ' Bet now hla face wore a look much vexed, and he drummed bla kueea lu a way perplexed, As, slltma anuu In hla tilted rhalr, he gazed at the Koodly ahnw and fair , Of bovine beauties grazing there. Well mlpht the deacon mine and frown, and vaguely aerated hla amootli, bald crown; for a Jersey heifer, hla pride and boast, the one of all that he valued moat, Had taken It Into her head that ahe not like her meeker alatera would be. And so, at sllit of the milking pall, would lower her home and thrash her tall, And jiick till tier kicking power would lulL All aorta of enrea bad the deacon tried ; but, In I for a good old ohuruhman'a pride I ' "The fluent heifer In thla 'ere town" would never a drop of mllk (jive down For one whole dav. tho' coaxed and fed with tha "cream of the place," to the dea con said: And when thrice ahe'd knocked the Rood man over, aa If bum-yard uiud were II. in oi ciovrr. IT vowed In hla wrath, aa a deaoon mav. that he'd aell the ereetur the very next dav To the village butoher, and risk bla pay. Yet now, aa he eat and thought It o'er. It aecnied that bla croaa waa Indeed moat aore; Ha could not do It; 'twould break hla heart . from bla goodly heifer thla way to ' tiartl Juat then strolled toward him hla elder eon, . who never a bit nr work Had none, But flahed In the brook through the live lonit duy, Inatead of helping get In the nay, Or "lilt'' at the farm work In any way. So the deacon frowned a frown moat atern: '"Twaa time thut a luiy youth ahould learn To earn hla aalt; 'twaa different when be waa nia age ine men rat men, Ho Idle rare-naughta; and going to school made something besides a college fool " Thea. growing milder: "Wall, 'bout Peach Mow 1 reckoned a cure you'd hap, to know In that heathen gabble you chattor ao." Quoth the Idle acapeirrnce, with twinkling eve: "I've heard of a cure which you mltrht try." Then aome Latin wnrda he gravely said. "If on to her hack a weight la laid Bhe'll give milk atraluhtwiiy, and quiet be." huld the doubting dmtcon: "I'll try und eee." Out In the atnhle Teachblow atnod, calm ohewlnit tier cud, aa a heifer ahould. Bpoke the deuuon: "William, you're young andapry; you cuu climb on hvrbuck now iiuicker'n I. Tou'll do for the weight. I'll fetch theatnnl and milk the critter; you juat keep cool." Bntacarce had the hopeful gained hla aeat when out flew the placid i'eachhlow'a leet, And milker and milking atool upset In a j way too hurried fur etiquette. And the deacon roared In hla wrath : "Rot down I I'll try myaelf thut' II bring her roun'." Aad pulling and grumbling, with Will to boost, lis found himself on bla uovel roost. But, alnsl with wlmt little certainty ran we plume our minds on thlnua to he I For Just aa the deacon, with voire elate, cried: "lio to milUln': you needn't wall I" The atnuohlon waa loosed by lome luckleai Kaie, Aad wildly out through tha open door daahed aa ahe never hud dashed be fore The Irightened heifer, with annrta and bounds, and her load of a bundled and ninety pounds. The roaring scapegrace behind waa left; while, like a creature of sense bereft, Toung I'earhblnw flew w th her frantic feet, a-hcllowlng down the village street. To the district school hoys what a treat ! The deacon's neckerchief flapped In the wind, hla bat blew off and waa left be hind; Hla evea bulged out; hla fnce grew white: lila triune of hair stood up with fright ! The children acatupereil with laugh and boot ; the doga all alartud lu um 1 pur ault; The geee they squawked, and the chickens flew; the wives ran, startled by such ado; Out rushed the husbands, to cry: '-Halloo!" And the good ol I parson, with face axhaat, new to the gato as the deacon pained. What a dreadful acandal throughout the town mlulit rise, fioiu thla frollo of llcitron Drown I , Waa he drunk or rraxy that thus he'd rldef And loud aa he could the parion cried: 8topl atopl llrother llniwnt Oh! where will you uo,"' And hack trout the duat cntiiti these words of woe: The Lord and thla cow, air, only know?" But ahe stopped at lait, this steed so v; ahe stopped quite abort lit a sudden WllV truoa out her heels, with a graceful poise, and the hundred and ninety avoirdu pois Bhot over her head and Into the dirt, with bullonlcas breeches and tattored shirt. Sadder and wler Deacon Ilrown led Peach- blow home aa the sun went down, AntHall the questioners "Ot him to any was "that he might tell them aomo other dav. But Peachhlow was latmillke enough that niuht; waa milked very meekly, aud seemed all right And the do'tcon mused: "Wal, the heathen may have tu.t rate eow cures, but 1 must sav: Thev are rrW to old folka, anvwav." J.iry C. MafiN.fva, A'. )', MeinJent, tiik opal iuxg. XIow It Brought TIapplnoss Instead of Misery. The few short, indistinct, but fateful words luitl boon spoken that fixed tha defctiny of two human live., showing to the ono thut hhn waa beloved, to the othf r that his love was accepted and fully returned, and now Harry Holmes and Margaret Kllslio Kit, hand clasped in band with fondest pressure, enjoying to tho full the delicious silence of trust ing and trustworthy love. The first audible words were thoo uttered by Hai ry aa ho slipped from his little finger a ring that had boon all tho evening glowing ttiul.spaikling with the sunset tints of a aumiiior cloud. "Murgirie.doar," he said. "I could not bear to go ao far awav and leave you unfettered by any tie "that should bind you to me, niid let rue hope that this liliJe reminder may often wi,J your thought- out after me till 1 come again to claim my wife." Tho ring" was slipped over the slender finger and a kiss bound it to it new ownership. The bright blunh of accept ance had scare flamed into her delicate cheek aa the girl' a eye rented upon the pretty circlet that waa the acknowledged iiken of her not unwillinrr thralldom, when it audilenly paled and disappeared; a quick shudder ran over her frame, and her lip parted to give utterance to the iinglit word; "Opal!" "Why! Margerle, dear! what I it? Do you not like opals? I took especial pain to fffit this very.netting, because I thought It showed to good advantage tho lovoiy tint I huve so often heard you praise. Do not you remcmUr, dear, that evening on rorge Hill when tho sky abovo was all one glory of soft est masse of purplo and crimson clouds, and then yon talked of tho lovely onal tints, and in my heart I vowed that wero it ever my good fortune to claim this dear hand a my own I would deck It with the rarest opal that could bo found on this Hide of tho water. Speak to mo. Do you not like it? I will exchange it for any thing that will please you better." "It is lovely. Hurry, and I do like it but-IIarry ,v "What is it, dear? Be frank, be like your own self and tell mo but what, love?" . Margaret marked tho tone of disap pointment that linked beneath her lover's fond words, and was conscious of a strong disinclination to change this hi first gift for anything that could bo bought to replace it; sho was not a littlo ashamed to confess tho fool ish superstition that has rendered this, one of Nature's loveliest productions, a tabooed offering; therefore, with a lit tle feminino diplomacy, she strove to change the current of his thoughts, by flattering his vanity. "Nay, Harry, . how can I bo other wise than sad, when I know that to morrow at this hour we. shall be far apart, perhaps never to meet again? You are going to encounter danger, perhaps death; and even though lifo arid health may bo spared, you may, perhaps, forget mo in other scenes and among fairer faces, and" "Margery! Margery dearl If tho en tire devotion of nil my past lifo ha not convinced you that you are to mo tho one woman in tho world, you are in deed a littlo sceptio, and deserve to bo punished so antl so". "Hut, Mar gery," ho resumed, after tho gentle pen anco Jiad been intlictcd and endured, "why did you look so doubtfully at my poor ring, and why did you shiver as if a ghost had suddenly passed before yon? Have you any unpleasant association with a ring of this kind that would make it an unklntlness on my part to ask you to wear it? Do you know, dear, that this stono was a gift to my mother, tho very last from my father before ho went away on that voyage from which lie never returned. 'Slio valued it moro than nil her other jewels, nnd in almost her last moments charged me to have it reset for mv wifo when I should havo found her. 1 think sho guessed right well who that wifo would lie before I told her nil mv hopes, and sho assured mo you were tiio ono aliovo all others sho would havo chosen to console mo for her loss, and now Why! Margery, love; you frighten mo! I never saw you so." For tho girl, In a very passion of weeping, lay sobbing upon his breast Hut Margaret would not then for worlds have confessed tho simple truth, that superstition had gifted tho opal with the power to bring into tho life of its possessor all the train of evils that aro fabled to havo been turned looso upon tho world by tho morbid curiosity of Pandora; and ashamed of her weakness she soon wiped away her tears nnd smiled pathetically into her lover' face, and they talked on nnd on into the night alxiut the happy hop that they would share when ho should come back to claim her and transplant his flower into tho new soiTof a distant land. And so they parted. Harrv Holmes departed tho next day on his long jour nev by sea to tho ' then untried nnd golden shores'of tho new Kl Dorado. Margaret' homo was ono of wealth and luxury; herself tho unspoiled favorite or fortune. An only elulil, surrounded by everything that could charm the eye or please and satisfy tho refined taste, she yet retained the sweet simplicity of liaiiit nnd thought that marks the truly noble soul. Ono only weakness marred the otherwise almost perfectly well-balanced mind, superstition a dread of baleful influences, a vague fear of somo unknown power which should work harm to herself and thoso sho loved, clouded her otherwise just perceptions, and dimmed her reason, as tho moist breath dims tho luster of tho diamond. For months after Harrv's departure Margaret wore her ring, despite the lirst tremors that had shaken her serenity, until her fears wero quieted and her forebodings laid to rest Frequent let ters told her of her lover's safe arrival, of his flattering prospect, his success in all hi undertakings, hi fond remem brance of tho loved one far away, her self the dearest of and breathed a spirit of hope that -ered every toil tho hope of returning at no distant day to claim his life' companion. And Margaret was, as ever, tho light of her home, tho pet and pride of her parents, whoso live wero bound up in her. Suddenly, as out of a clear summer sky, eamo'tho first flash, tho first om inous peal that betokened a coming storm. There was heard from the East, from tho West, from the North, and from tho South tho crash of falling house. Business men bepm to look grave, to shako their heads ominously, to hedge and guard against tho fury of the tempest that roared around them. Margaret's father hail long been considered an oracT in busi ness circles, and his epinion on nnv financial operation was considered defi nitive. Hut now, for the first time in a long and successful career, he began to doubt to liesitate, to dread any ven tures, to determino upon a course of action and suddenly to change hi plans in such a way a involved serious sac rifices. Then came grave mistrust of the soundness of hi own judgment su perstitious fear that he was fated to failure; and so through all the grada tions of hesitancy, anxiety and dread, he went downward step by step to the most morbid fatalism. . Tho remainder of this part of my story is soon told. Ixiss of capital, loss of credit It is difficult to say which was cause and which effect but tho result was what we have all read and seen in too many such case. "If it were for myself alone," the un happy man would murmur, stopping for a moment in his restless pacing up and down his counting-room. "But mv noor wifo and Margaret! Why, oh why did I go on to this depth of ruin? Why did I not take warning from the foolhardiness of others and stop when 1 might havo saved something; from tho wreck. Too Into! too. late! 1 must go down and drag them down with mo." And so round and round in tho tread mill of thought and anxiety and dread ho paced tho weary way tilfworn-out nature succumbed, nnd tho wifo and daughter first learned from his dying lip the story or their dostitu tion. Mr. Ellslio' . attachment to her husband had been true and perfect Too much overcomo by her bereavement to comprehend the other mistortune thai nan oeiauen nor, sho quietly folded her hand over her broken heart, and speedily followed the husband of her youth and love. And now poor Margaret awoke from the stupor of grief to find herself alone and destitute. Somo brief spoco was al lowed her to realize her position, and then she went out into the world, that had hitherto been to her so bright a home. Ours is not the usual story of faithless friends who forgot in tho hour of ad versity the friendship which had been their prido in days of prosperity. Eager hands were stretched out to assist poor Margaret in tho rough path which her feet must tread, and loving proffers of friendly aid were made in nil sincerity, but she" had an independent spirit, nnd while she felt deep gratitude for gen erous and appreciative love, she shrank from a state of dependence which sho felt must bo her destiny if she did not otherwise assert herself. A small pit tance remained of tho largo fortune that her father had once possessed; the sale of her valuable trinket increased the fund materially and enabled her to remove to a distant city and establish herself in a school for young children, in which she had moderate success. And now there stretched out before her prospectively tho long, dry. dusty road of daily duties, unehocrod" bv one hope of change or variety, for in all the weary months of her great sorrow she had never once boon gladdened by word or token from tho absent lover, and she had at last accepted tho theory that the change in her prospect had wrought a corresponding change in hi sentiments and that sho had nothing more to hope In and from him. As if her cup of sor row wero not full nnd bitter enough, but must bo filled to the brim and drained to tho dregs, poor Margaret was laid upon a bed of sickness. Tho over wrought .nerves avenged themselves upon a framo weakened by care and unaccustomed labor; the throbbing temples and labored breathing warned her to give herself a respite from tho teaching of her little flock, and it was with a great thrill of terror and heart sickness flint she faced tho stern neces sity of nek now! edging: herself too ill for further effort, and felt in its full bitter ness what it was to ho friendless and alone. Who does not know all tho tor turing considerations that rushed upon her the loss of her means of support, tho diminution of her scanty resources, tho horror of debt incurred without means of payment tho ever recurring mental calculation of how many weary days of closest economy sho could sub sist upon tho small sum remaining to her. Sho hoped fervently that sho might dio; lifo had so few attractions and death no fears. But. though her disenso was slow and lingering, sho became at length con scious that sho was beginning, littlo by little, to gather up her shattered forces nnd creep back into the- lifo that had in it so little promise. Some immediate step was necessary to gain the means of meeting pressing need. Sho had re tained through all her misfortunes the last loving birthday gift of her father, n costly watch, and the fateful ring that she now looked at shudderingly and oared no longer to keep. Sho found on inquiry an honest nnd accommodating Jeweler who was readv to undertake the sale of her valuables, asking only a moderate commission, and to her great relief was oon put in possession of a sum that sho hoped would enable her to tido over the timo until she could again find remunerative em ployment Out of tho many ad vertisement for lady copyists, sales women, workers in lino needle-work, etc., which she answered sho was at last so fortunato as to meet with ono honest want which sho could honestly satisfy, and nfter weary months of hope deferred she found herself tha hired and tolerably well paid occupant of a writer' desk in nn insurance ofllce, and here at lust the tired wing of our storm-beaten bird might fold themselves in needed rest. Her work was neither laborious nor un congenial, her remuneration ample for her needs and secure in pavment her hours of rest abundant, nnd ber home in thenuiet family of a childless widow was line in which slio had tho assurance of giving quite as much as she received in pleasant companionship and pecuniary aid. And here wo might leavo our little heroino to fight on in tho bravo battle of life in which she has hitherto met with such varying success; but were we to do this our story would be without its lesson. Coming one evening to her home at an hour rather later than was her cus tom, after a day of nervous depression, feeling more keenly than for a long time before her utter loneliness and friendliness, her want of the compan ionship of congenial minds and her dis piriting change of position, she entered the house with slow step and wearied feet. Pausing for a moment to shake off some snow flake that powdered her outer garments, she opened the door of the little parlor, which was the common sitting-room of tho family, and entered, expecting to find only it usual occupant her hostess. Tho " tall figure of n bronzed and bearded man ' occupied the rug before the cheerful fire. A start of surprise, a swift plane of wonder and recognition, the excla mation of tho name of each bv the lip of the other, and in an instant Marg-irv! was clasped in the arm that op-ned tr receive her and Henry Holme, from tie height of his six feet of strong manhood looted down with ruoi.stcoed rvw uo; the palid f.tce, of hi unoonsciou's Mar-t ret his "pearl of great price," When restored calintics and thf cr tainty of living and waking happittcs gave to her the strength to listen Ut Ur lover's pt experience, Margaret In Ar a story of a long and dangerous ill no In a mountain miner's cabin, attended only by rough frontiersmen, of letters lost in transit oi intelligence ue.myuu. of patient search for her, lirst in the city of ner former residence, then among the patrons of her littlo school, who, in the hurry and bustle of their own more for tunate nnd happy lives, had lost sight of her and ceased to interest themselves in her well-being. "And now, Margery, I havo found you at last, and wo have nu'1 never to bo parted again.. This very night now, within tho hour you must give yourself to mo for all our lives, 'till death us do part' The for mal itie have all been observed. Your landlady hit told mo all she knew of your story, and whilo waiting for your return I have taken all tho necessary steps. A clergyman will be here in a few moment. See, horo is a ring made of the first gold I ever dug out of the rocks of California. I vowed that it should make my wedding ring, and it fit your finger like a charm. Look up, dear girl, and tell me that you will be glad to wear it for my sake." "But this is so sudden; so hurried, dear Harry; my black dress; surely you would not "Surely I would not myself, nor lot you be superstitious about tho color of a dress. We will take care of that hereafter. Fate ha led mea will-o'-wisp Journey long enough. 1 will have no moro of it. I will have you now at once and forever. Shall I not Mar garet?" And he had his will and Mar garet never went back to the chair and desk of the office... " A few months passed In wandering in foreign lands brought back tho color to Margaret's cheek, tho light to her eyes, and elasticity to her spirits; and then, when she had become 'again the gay and joyous Margery of nis recol lections, her husband brought her to a lovely home, where for many years she was tho light and blessing of his lifo. The fateful ring was never men tioned. Margaret at first dreaded that, he would inquire what had become of his firrtgift, out if her husband ever thought of it, ho never spoke his thought Twelve years of happy wedded life hail passed away, .when, at tho close of a bright summer day, spent in sharing tho pleasures of their country homo with city friends, Margaret and her husband wero seated upon tho ver andah watching tho frolics of their two children upon tho lawn which sloped down to tho Hudson. They wore silent, but happy in tho perfect love and trust of entire confidence nnd unchanged affection. Suddenly Margaret turned to her husband: "Har ry, there is a question I havo often wished to ask you, but you have al ways seemed to shrink from tho subject whenever I approached it, and I havo never ventured to pursue it, may I ask it now?" "Surely, Margery, there is nothing you may not a.sk nie," ho replied. "Do you remember, dear, when you first found mo ami were tolling me of your long search before von got any clew to my residence, 1 asked you how you at first discovered mo and you nn swered, as it afterward seemed to me, evasively though at the timo I did not think of it that it was knowledgo gained through an old friend that en abled yon to trace ine. Tell mo now, Harry, who it was and how you were led to tho right place at last." "Tell mo lirst, Margery, do von still retaiii any remnant of vour old super stition about opals? Would you ac cept from mo, in honor of your birth day to-morrow, an opal ring?" "Oh, Harry, no! Think. That opal was a parting gift from your father to his wifo and was ominous of all tho sor row sho felt in her great loss. It was the forerunner of the misfortunes that darkened my lifo, and it was only after I parted witli it-for I did part with it, Harry, when I thought you -faithless and my ihmhI was pressing that my happiness camo back to me..' Give me no more opals. It is weak nnd foolish, but that ring cost me too much." "See hero, Marrrerv. see what for more than twelve years I have kept con cealed from you and carried near mv heart." and Harry took from a tinv box the old gage do amour that had p'laved such an important part in their life his tory. "This, dear, is tho friend that told mo where to find mv wife. The jeweler who wrought mv gold into the ring you wear was looking over some pceimens I had brought from tho min ing country, when ho brought out ntrav of rings to compare somo stones with those I showed him. Among them lay this ring, which I instantly recognized. A few words of inquiry gave me the ad dress you had left From that I easily traced you to tho house in which I found i'ou. I bought tho ring, and for years lave wanted to put it back on vour fiand. where it belongs. Have we not all these years been prosperous and happy; happy in eacn other, in our children, in our lot in life, our hopes for the life here- arterr Are you now afraid of the baleful influence of the opal, Margery?" For reply Margaret held out her hand, the jewel was restored to its old place upon her linger, and her tears of love and thankfulness were bright as the sparkle of tlie opal ring. Chicago Inter Ocean. A TRUTHFUL BEGGAR. How a Father Invested the Proceeds De rived From Hla Son's "Work." A small boy was seen to approach a well-dressed, niiddle-aged gentleman on Pennsylvania avenue, near Tenth street with a piteous appeal of hunger and of distress at home, Tho gentleman's sympathy was aroused, and he took tho boy into the Alder ncy lunch hall on D street where he bountifully provided for tho boy's appetite, Tho' gentleman left the placo feclini satisfied that he had done a charity. AVhilo tlie Imy was drinking his coffee, he waa observed by a young man, who aiikod: "Does not your father own a big farm in Mary land?" 3 "Yes, sir. I don't know bow big it is, but it's right largo." "I know Stat boy," said the young man; "he is the best professional beggar in town. He and his father are regular deadbcats, I remember the boy a"lon timo back, and often have seen hitii come into a certain saloon. His father is a first-das blacksmith, but won't work- He lives off this boy's begging. In fact, tha farm was paid for lar gef by this boy'a begging." Washington BepubUca. SCHOOL AND CHURCH. The Yale alumni now have twenty one associations In as many American cities. The colored people of the District of Columbia have eighty churches and missions. Kindorgartens and manual training are to be addod to the publio school system in Philadelphia. Fourteen female school teachers in Aurora County, D. T., were married last year, and thoir places were Imme diately filled without the necessity of advertising. There aro at the present time 23,000 school libraries in the United States, containing 45,000,000 books, or 12,000,000 more than all the publio libraries of Europe combiued. N. Y. Time). The first Bible Society In the United States was formed in Philadelphia in 1802. When, in 1816, the American Bible Society was organized there wore between fifty and sixty Bible societies in the Union. Boston Budget. The faculty of Cornell University has decided to admit persons over eigh teen years of age to the agricultural department without entrance examina tion, without tuition foes, without re strictions as to work required or exam inations at the close of the term. Buf falo Express. A parish clerk once gave out that "Mr. A. and Mr. B. would preach every Sunday to all eternity." He meant alternately. Another mistake was that "there would be no service next Wed nesday, 'kas master had gone a fishing for another clergyman." Officiate was the word intended. Chicago Living Church. A guild for tho cultivation of ami ability has been formed among the Koman Catholics of Switzerland, tho members pledging themselves to always look amiable, to avoid giving trouble to others, to speak kindly even when refusing help, and to be always polite. Something similar is needed in this country. Christian at Work. A female candidate for superin tendent of the public schools in one of the counties of Kansas in an address to the voters said tho other .lay: "I beg you will try mo, not by the tost of of chivalrio sentiment of gallantry, which is all well enough in its place, but by the true standard of merit and fitness alone." She evidently believes in woman's right to hoe her own row. N. Y. Tribune. A queer thing occurred at Christ Church ono day lately. A littlo child three or four years old was taken to church for tho first time by its grand mother. Tho old lady gave the littlo darling a quarter to drop in the plato when it was passed around, but tho child had an eye to business, and in stead of depositing the money when the contribution box got within reach it grabbed a handful of change. Tho grandmother was horrified andordered the child to put the money back, but it would not obey llien a rough-and-tumble scramble ensued and the little hand had to be forced open, and the screams filled the church. Louisvillt Post. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. It has been so long since some of our subscribers have been in to settle that we are convinced that they are out on a strike. Estelline P. F. Bell. Tho man who thought ho could grow wise by eating sago cheese was own brother to the one who believed he could live on the milk of human kindness. Boston Budget. "I've run a piece of wood under my finger nail,', said an old married man to his wifo. "Ah," she sneered, "you must have boon scratching your head." .V. Y. World. Maud "How becoming your bon net is, dear!" Mabel "Do you really think so?'.' Maud "It's lovely! Why, it looks nlmost as well as it did a year ago. What an ingenious girl you are!" (And now they uever speak. Chicago Ilamhler. A five-year-old Trojan, who had fallen and cut his lip so that it was necessary for the doctor to stitch the wound, after bearing tho pain bravely, turned to his mother, who was making much ado over the operation, and said: "Never mind, mamma, my mustache will cover it" Troy Times. Guibollard made somo notable con quests about tho end of the reign of Louis Philippe, and the other day in overhauling an old box ho came across some tresses of browu and blonde hair. "It i astonishing!" sighs the old wretch as he contemplates them with emotion. "Not one of them has turned gray yet!" They were at the wedding break fast when tho groom said to the little girl: "You have a new brother now, vou know." "Yeth," responded the littlo one. "Ma seth it wath Lottie's lasth chance, so she'd better take it." The rest of the little one's talk was drowned in a clatter of knives and forks. .V. F. Herald. A Prairie avonue girl sat pensively at the window gazing upon the blue sky and tumbling waves of the emerald lake. "What are you doing, my daugh ter?" asked her father, who was reading the market reports. "Building castles, papa." she sighed, "castles in the air.' "Well, don't do it my child; you can't mortgage buildings like that for a cent" Chicago Tribune. "You attend Sunday-school, do you?" inquired Rev. Mr.' Smith of Nellie. "Then you must know a great deal about the Bible. Now tell us something nice that's in the Bible here, canyon?' "Yeth thir; Sis hath some dried leaves in it a pieth of Aunt Jane's weddin' droth, a pieth of my drcth when I was a baby, thome hair, and Sis' fellow's picture. Toluio Dlaile. Hatlie "Are you out with Sadie Brown, Carrie?" Carrie "Yes; we don't speak now." IL "What is the matter?" a "She is too set in her ways for me." IL "In what respect?'" C "Well, she won't do her hair up in the Mikado twist and she objects to three girls walking together a la three little maids from school,' saying that it Li all foolishness and affectation. Who could get along with such a giri uthatf" Chicago Journal. CONGRESSIONAL LATKMT TKLF.UHAPIIir, ... alijnopsis of measure latrodn, , Kati.nal lurUUtw U 8KNATK s I State of Oreeon with I9 io . 11 . ,-,UOg j0. nance and ordnance stores. The Committee on Judicial .1 ted the railroad attorneys bill J? bill has been materially amended committee. Under ita n..:..- ' r ""oton Cor gressmen may become attorney!? subsidized or land grant road, to J1 between one company and ancti,.. between company and an in,ti;.i' but are prohibited from serving y torneys in cases which Governi has an interest. The prohibition tended to other than railroad inw so that Congressmen may not ; any corporation as attorney who? terests are or may become the mfc Hill submitted a proposed anw ment to the Bundry civil bill, to ap priate $37,500 for the purchase ii school and farm at the Carlisle ImV, oi I W4 OCUUCI1. HOUSK. Houbo passed the following kc from the Committee on Labor: To nrevent the emDlovmentnt J vict labor and alien labor upon M " , -i i- . i ii- , iti DUiiuings or owier puonc worm, Amending the act to prohibit ti importation of foreigners, under et; tract of agreement, to perform to in the United States. To protect mechanics, laboren u servants in the District of Coluatj in their wages. Senate bill providing for pajme per dkm of Government employ fc Decoration Day and Fourth of Jul?. Directing the Commissioner oIL bor to make an investigation in regL to convict labor in the United 6uia WASHINGTON NOTES. The Cabinet has under considen tion the question of transferrinr. li Apache Indians in Arizona to Indit Territory. Statements prepared at the Tia ury Department indicate that tit- will be little if any reduction oi & public debt for July, pension ; ments being unusually heavy. From official reports on tile it lb White House, it appears that opt date the President has sent to the! ate 2427 nominations. Of this mm'..' the Senate has returned only 17. During debate on the river andk bor bill Stanford asserted that if ti practice of dumping debris into ti Sacramento was not prevented t harbor of San Francisco would t ruined. Following ae some of the princiri changes in tlie House Bundrycmlii propriation bill made by the Sean Committee on Appropriations: H provisions for a public buiMinjw Denver, Colorado, is stricken out. . . -The appropriation for the navj jut! at Mare Island, California, is inert from 1191,000 to $213,000.... Aiif propriution of ff 50,000 is made forn industrial home in Utah designtJ a place of refuge for woman whodtt? to escape from polygamy. The Senate passed a bill forleifc two portions of the Northern Pcii land grant first, that portion on tk Columbia where a road never was but and second, that portion on the O cade branch where the road hai w been built The Senate bill was kc to the House and referred to the Cm mittee on public lands. The commit! at once struck out all after the en! ing claune, and inserted the Houeebu which forfeits the entire land front Bismark, Dakota, to PugetSoiffl The House has a strong majority : favor of forfeiture measures, and u majority is counted on to pass the bi. The Senate, by an equally strong v jority, refused to adopt an amendnit; to the bill, when it was being con ered by that body, to forfeit tha f grant from Bismarck to Puget.pouii It is not at all probable that the ate would pass the measure, when amended by the House. If I1 branches of Congress reluse to rtt from Jtheir respective positions v bill will drop into this abys9 of agreement. THE GREAT REGUIiTQS PURELY VEGETABLE Are You Bilious? Th Regulator nrrrr fails to "' t cheerfully recommend it to all who rufW ' Bilious Attacks or any Disease eauted ay'" arranged state of the Hirer. ... tti Kansas Citt , Mo. W. R. BERNARD Do You Want Good Digestion? I suffered Mensely vitkFull Stomaeh.B' mche, etc. A neighbor, ro aad tok Liner Regulator, told me it rata W fj trouble. The flrtt dote I took relietedmr nock, and in one ueek'l time 1 wot at L, hearty at I ever teat. It U the beet Do Von Rnffar from Constipatioi' Testimony of Hirah Washct. Cn'KJ Ga. : "I have used Simmons Liver RfJ Constipation of my BowcU, caused by , Derangement of the Liver, for the kur mn tu ilnv. irifh decided a TTitt Vnn Malaria? have kad experience with Simmmn JZ, lotor tinee 1865, and record it at h'JrZr medicine of the timet for iMav liar to mnlnrial region. So tine detene unioertal rommenaatum. KEV. U. B. H, Cor. Set f Southern Baptist Theolotxel f" I have bees subject to severe spells ofC of the Liver, and have been in the hV!.s from i; so grains of calomel, when fr" e up for three or four days. L"lcl,'r, tVmu Simmons liver Regulator.'"1 LK lift mJiu, U i-i,. ... ntittn to TrT siiDocaroaT, Ohio. J . J. H. leiin Co.,Phi1aWt'r