EUGENE CITY GUARD.
I. L. CilMUL
Voprletor
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
SLEEPING CAR POUTERS.
SOMETHING OF THI8 WELL KNOWN
STUDENT OF HUMAN NATURE.
Men II Hu llerelved Tip from MMfi
a a UlMirml and Sociable Paawngar Jmj
Oould Don't OIa Up rrtely The I'oi-
ter't Esparlanoa Id Europ.
A row of white metal buttons, a black
or yellow face, a haughty air, a tip; or,
iicrchanco there be few traveler abroad,
the aame buttons, the name face, but no
uieln of haughtiness, no tip. Thug has
boon described the sleeping car porter of
America. lie isn't such a bad fellow,
after alL He Is a good judge of human
nature, and when hi almost unlimited
experience in casual study of it la con
sidered there can be no wonder that the
leeping car orter look with disdain
upon that which makes greater men
stare; that he is sometimes curt in man
ner and at others surly. When curt ho
is out of patienco; when surly he has rid
den 400 miles without a sign of a tip and
with the loss of a half dozen towels and
a pillowslip. Those the poor fellow miiBt
account for, he well knows, and with
nothing of recompense from the weary
traveler, whose every beck and call he
ha answered until his legs are going
back on him, It is no wonder that he is
our and that his answer to the trouble
some old lady's many demands are lack
ing in it and fully unsatisfactory to
the fussy bunch of femininity, who
would aHk the porter to fan her all day
and never put up a cent
The old porter not the sallow, greasy
fellow who stands at tho end of his car
for the ilrst week or month or year but
the old porter, the fellow whose locks
have become gray in tho service, can tell
many an interesting story between the
hundred fragmentary remarks to inijiiir
ing passengers while the train lies in the
station just before going out on its run.
Ho remembers all about tho great men
ho has looked after in his day; he can
tell you to a half number tho size of this
president's boot or that governor's shoe;
he can tell you what the company Is
making on this run or that run if you
ask him in a confidential way; ho knows
a green traveler when he sees him, and
can sKit a man who was never in a
sleeper before the moment ho rests his
even on him; ho knows tho nowly mar
ried couple a they pass sheepishly up
the aislo and cast blushing glances at
each other.
Just beforo 0 o'clock most any ovenlng
one can llnd young and old Bleeping cat
porters in plenty at the Union depot
There are numbers of thum there at
early as 5 in tho afternoon, but in ordei
to eo tho old fellow in the greatest
number it is well to bo on hand after a
o'clock. If you catch one of the old
porters in a bright mood at this time
and ask him tho name of the richest man
he ever wuitod ou in a sleeier ho will
promptly say Jay (Jould. Tho great rail
road magnate does not ride in a common
deeper with the herd of earth any more,
but he used to, and there are few of tlx
real old porters now running who did
not black tho famous financier's shoot
and brush his clothes some lime or other,
beforo the great (lould had risen to In
present greatness. Tho question at once
arises, "Was Oould a liborul passenger?"
The old porter would answer emphatic
ally that ho wu not.
Tho Brooklyn divine, Hov. T. Do Witt
Talmage, is a general favorito with slootH
ing car (.lorters the continent over. Thil
good old gentleman travels a groat deal
in tilling his lecture dates, and ho fre
quently llnds it necessary to rest hit
weary bones ou one of tho bunks of a
sleeper, liefuro turning in ho always
makes it a point to get acquainted with
the porter and have a merry chat with
him. When ho arises in the morning In
gives his large shoes a careful looking
over, siniles one of thoso broad smiles of
his, and if tho porter hapfions to be
about he remembers him. If tho Kirtei
isu't handy the great divine looks him
up and calls his attention to tho fact that
ho is about to bo tipped. Talnmge, like
many great men who occasionally get
off to themselves where they are either
not known or not recognized, stoops tc
gabble with Hrsous of a degree that hit
good flock in the City of Churches would
not care to see him mingle with,
European travelers in thiscountry llnd
high favor in the porter's eyes, for they
tip liberally. Theatrical parties are in
bad odor witli tho sleeping car fellows,
for it is said they never think of tho pol
ler. Hut with all his disapHiiutmouts
ami bad luck the black servant gruwt
gleeful when ho discovers a brand new
groom on his car. Such a -1 is gen
erally a "fish." Tho experienced Krtot
rarely makes a mistake in picking him
out, and handled well he always dovolopt
something worth working for. In the
tlrst place, tho shoes must ho blacked
several times daily; all signs of dust 01
lint must be kept away from tho young
man's clothing and hitsof choice scenery
along tho lino of the day's ride should bv
Delated out to tho blushing bride. Tht
green traveler who has never been in
sleeper before is of little protlt to tht
porter, hut he furnishes that student ol
human nature a world of amusement.
The sleeping car porter of America it
a national emblem. Ho will live here,
but when ho attempts to cut a wide
swath abroad he is a failure. It is said
that one of the guild once thought
Europe would be a line field for an at
tentive and experienced servant like
himself. He went to France, Kussia,
Uermauy, England and ltaiv, but h
fouud none of the liberality ui tho trav
eler who rode with lam "in America.
After going ail over the countries named
he at hut brought up at Uenoa, He
looked about the lowu and in his walk
came uxu the hall of the town council
He eutorod the anteroom, and while
lauding there caught sight of a bust at
on end of the aartmeuL He went
over and stood in frout of it; then he
got on hit knee, and removing hi bat,
raised his eve to the bust and said:
"1 thank you fur discovering America. "
It wa the bust of Columbus tliat the
homesick porter bowed to. An American
witnc d the tcene and. taking compaa
don on hit emhlematic couutrvman.
paid hi way back to the Uuited Stale.
1 1 it v Times.
Ben Butler 1 ued (or ,000 dam
age for alleged dander.
The bimetallism were opposed to
Med' election a speaker.
Contribution to the Lynn, Mass , tire
sufferers reached f 100,000.
EASTERN ITEMS.
MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNB
BUBNKD.
BUILDING
Bxpre Bobbery at Fort Worth-Big
Fire at Botoo-Oyolone In North
Carolina-Report of the Life
Bavins Service.
Keyhort, New Jersey, had a $60,000
blase.
Six people burned to death in a Phila
delphia lire.
Blaine ha had another severe attack
of lumbago.
Robert Banner is in love with hi new
Alley, Sunol.
Judge Terry' brother it going to
Washington to fight the Nagle caae.
The Cronin trial wa interrupted by
the death of Juror North's daughter.'
Allied Russell, of Detroit, will succeed
Stanley Matthews on tbeupreme bench.
The Methodist will hold their next
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national missionary convention at Boa-
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Warnor' medicine plant ha lieen
old to an English syndicate for 15,000,
000. Financial trouble caused Mate Geolo
gist Favette, of Indiana, to commit sui
cide. Eastern papers comment on the presi
dent's message with the usual partisan
bias.
, ., , , MMccad al tne in ins, was, in rouou uuiuuero ioo,
Only threo absentee, were report! I at week, a sain of nearly 10
the opening ossion ol tne national
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cent, compared with the output year
Solomon Mountain, Colorado. ago. It is stated by the highest author
were blown into a thousand , lty that the weekly production of iron is
Two
minors
pieces.
Mrs. Parnell say that her distin
guished son ha beggared himself for his
country.
The Queliec coroner is getting after
soothing syrup as the cause of slaughter
of infanta.
The barlied wire syndicate scheme
fell through, several larger firm refued
to combine.
The Pacific express office at Fort
Worth was robbed by an unkuowu ex
pert of IIWOO.
A bungling dieriff tried to execute W.
II. Harvey, at Guelph, Out. The victim
slowly choked to death.
Andrew Banks, of Baltimore, an
ex-member of the legislature, has failed.
Liabilities, $360,000; asset, $100,000.
The (lermania wa lost at Ixnig
Branch. The drunken captain, Wind
horst, and eight sailors were drowned.
Tho protracted rains and present
flood have disheartened the Virginia
farmers. Corn is rotting in the Melds.
Snow lies several inches deep over the
Mohawk valley, and largo areas in Min
nesota and the borders of the great
lakes.
The Denver A Fort Worth, and the
Union Pacific's Colorado lines will be
absorbed by the Union Pacific, Denver
A Gull.
Boston's conflagration last week de
stroyed $10,000,000 in property, two
acres of magnificent structures, and sev
eral lives.
The republican house caucus in its
vote for speaker, stood : Reed K!, Mc
Kinley 3H. Cannon 10, Henderson 14,
Burrows 10.
New York's grand jury recommends
the almlition of the underground system
of electric wires.
A suit lor $200,000 royalties is pending
between barbed wire companies lieforo
Judge Uroshaiu.
The dressed beef senatorial investigat
ing committee is bearing testimony
at Washington.
Twelve men were seriously injured in
last week's football matches, owing to
desperate playing.
Many lives wore lost and settlements
devastated, bv a cyclone in Buford
county, North Carolina.
The famous Durant-Bonnybel case at
Denver, niton which millions were de
pending, was won by the Bonnybol miuo i
owners, ami w ine lloweu use waior in
Denver's liars.
Tho industrial congress. In session at
Washington, opposed Reed's elootien to l
the speakership on account of his rela- atlord a living and prevents the accu
tions with corporations. mulation of debt. It may do more than
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The sum of $S,ooo,000 owing the i
foberal government on judKiiients on va-
nous court, aii appropriation oi
$10 000 i asked for to look them up and
called h here possible.
Four little girls, the children of Hugh
Dunn, found a keg of powder at Elliots-
ville, Virginia, and In some way bo! II
off. All four were blown to pieces.
Their mother has gone oraiy.
Minneapolis suffers from a disastrous j
and tragic tire. The Tribune s eight-
story building mimed. Many lost tnoir i
lives bv suffocation, burning and jump-
Ing. The loss is nearly halt a million.
The entire herd of cattle of nearly
15.000 bend, Ix-longing to ex-Senator
IVrsev, in Northern New Mexioo, are
advertised to he sold at mortgage sale at
Clavton. N. M., December 2, to satisfy a
claim of Iik'i.OOO.
The outwarel indication (color, hair,
length of horns, ears, tail, etc..) of stock
sre not alwsy to be relied upon a cer
tain in indicating the excellence of an
animal for the purposes reeinirevl, and
when a breed is kired triet!y w ith a view
to having it excel in the exhibition of
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stock, the tmk .J,, i
SAfiH,ft '
marks, or rather in giving a greMiter
uumber ot points to those H'tiou that
ruully are not so important compared
with other.
Dr. T. U Hoekins, of Vermont, writes
1 1 .st two years' trial seoms to entufinu the
statement that the larva of the
Antlioinyles (A. e-eparuiu, A. braasicxe,
A. rapbani) may lie very gr-utl cheesed
in their ravages bv the free application
of Hue air-ilae keel lime, or of unleacheel . The governor of South Carolina, in hi
ashes, along the row, in close contact annual massage to the legiilature. roe -with
the plants. The application must ommend separate aevommadations on
U free in order to lie fully effective, railroads for whites and Marks, and the
The din-tor ha not M an application
half an inch deep for two inches ou each
side of the row (or about Uie root for
cabbage) to do any barm to the plants,
or a much less quantitv to be fully effec
tive. He tried Mr. Uregory's cnirken
remedy on onion, but loond it did not
ant r , uhlle the application ot hfS.
especially a soon as rain fell sufficient
to bring th alkali into action, smed to
top Uteir working very promptly.
PORTLAND JIAKKET.
THB GENERAL TRADE CONTINUES
SATISFACTORY.
The Demand for Transportation Facll
lies Greater Than Ever Before
Lara Increase In the Iron
and Steel Industrie.
There is continued evidenoe of an un
usually largo volume of general trade in
the local market for this late stage f the
season, and there wa more than the
usual satisfaction in the observance of
Thanksgiving. That the activity in busi
ness is general, is shown in the aggre
gate bank clearings, the total of which
for the past month shows an increase
over those of the corresponding period
last year of .')OS,0!X),000. Another evi
dence is the extraordinary demand upon
the transportation facilities of the wun
trv. which some of tho railroads havo
been unable to fully meet. It is said that
the Pennsylvania' Railroad Company
w . . , .
have built six thousand new car this
year, and that other of the gret transpor-
tation lines have had to make large addi
tions to their equipment. And yet a
. -on iniie'l scarcity or iruigm cars is re-
unrtfN on Home ill
The enormous !
crops and the unprecedented volume oi
trade during the autumn have made the
requirements for transjiorUlion facihtie
much greater than ever before. rence
the necessity for enlarged equipment,
which, in turn, has made itself felt in the
iron and steel industries. Tims the i
T . - m . m a m
capacity of ttie iron furnaces in mast on
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g mont( gnd q
now larger man juai oi mum nriuiiii,
arid m there is no accumulation of stock,
it follows that the consumption must be
correspondingly large.
Bioonns,
Sugars, Golden 0 B.o, extra 0 tlc,
dry granulated 7c. cube, crushed and
powdered sc. Coffee: Guatemala 20Va'
23, Java 30(05320, Costa Rica
23c, Mocha 38e, Rio Tl(&lv,
roasted
roasted
Java 30(932.0, Arbuckle's
25 'sc.
PUOVISIONS.
Oregon ham i3c, breakfast bacon
12)s:, sides 10c, Eastern ham
I2t14c, breakfast bacon 12,c, sides
shoulders 9c. Lard He.
FRUITS.
Grapes $101 75 per box, quinces $1 (it
1 26, Sicily lemons $0 50(i7.
okiki) rauiTS.
Apples 45c, evaporated DrgltV, sliced
tic, pears bS 10c, peaches S(4 10c, Oregon
plum 3(44, petite prunes ftidtic, German
6X(fjoe, prunes, Italian if, silver 6! (37c,
California fig 7c, Smyrna figs !4(415c,
ap.icct l:i"'l-lo, raisins $1.75(42.26 per
box.
VKORTABLnS.
Potatoes, new, $l rtl 10, sweets l
per lt, onions $1, turnips 7&c($$l.
DA1KY PHODVCI.,
Butter, Oregon tancv S6c, dairy
25(o&27,S,c. common 1012c. Eastern
26c, California 2525)i'u.
MOB.
Oregon egg 8O08ii .
rooiAMt.
Chickens $.1.50(33.75. old hens $4.00
0(5.60, ducks 8.60 geese $10, turkeys
14c per lb.
WOOL.
Valley 17(Jl!lc, Unipqtie I9(320o, East
ern Oregon 10(814e.
HOHa,
Hops tl(ifHc for Oregon, 0(ii9c for
Washington.
GRAIN.
vVheat, I.L'0w'l.22 and $1 123
I 1 15 are the maxiniim bills for Valiev
land haateru Oregoa. Oats 42,1tf(43c
(or choice
FLOOR.
Standard $3.H5, other brand $3.76
(f) 90.
rKSHH MKATS.
Beef, cows. 2 V, Ifi'f light, 2'4-, le'.
firime, ;tc, hogs live, 4c,4l4c, mutton,
ive, '2idf'ic; calves, live. b.(8c.
Matt,
Hav $I5((17 per ton, bran $14.50,
chop, $1 sik jo, shor s H 0, barley $1'3 60.
During a riot in Flat Top, a mining
district in Mercer county, V. Va., seven
men were shot, two being killed in
stantly. All parties to the affray were I
negroes.
Dews the farm pay? Every farmer
should ask himself this question at the
close of harvest anil answer it honestlv.
The farm does not pay if it merely
this It mav even (lecreaee iletit anil iuld
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that the labor and superintendence of
the owner is equal iu valuu to the sup
port of the family, then the net accumu
lation of the year must lie equal to the
Iced interest upon the whole capital in
vested, or the farm doi'B not pay. This
is a simple method of farm liook-keeping,
and will always answer the question;
vet too manv tanners would shrink from
applying the test. If the farm does not
pay to at least this extent, the situation
should be rigidly canvassed, with a view
to finding better methods. I aUr.
bruin and capital working together fur
nish the liest possible combination lor
success, and when they an entered iu
one individual
maml it.
should be able to com-
The first bill passes! by the Washing
ton legislature was Ooeghe'gan's measure
appropriating (lL',060 (or the support of
the Washington ichool for defective
youth for the year ending April 1, 1801.
A cold-blooded and deliberate murder
wa perpetrated upon track-walker J. T.
Cain, near Cow Creek canyon. The
Southern Pacific offet I'HH) for the mur
derer. Metnlier of
Parliament Hill warns the
British government that apathv in the
ma of the Be.hri.ig sea troubles will
eventosaW alienate tne loyaltv of the
domiuiou and greatly assist the" Ameri-
tent with Knglith e-onuection.
Disastrous
deiuic.
fln are levoming epi-
The annual report of the secretary of
war show expenditure from appropna
tion for the put fiscal year, 4'3,0c4,l-l ;
appropriation for the current fiscal year,
nMMMi The estimates for the next
fiscal year are, $44,M7,D73.
lolUvtion and preservation bv the state
of all the Confederate ttag.
coming into San Krane-isco from the in-
oir, ..nr.. ' tenor of California, Ariiona and Nevada,
DR. FLINTS REMEDY h the beM t". lSl't
NMJ known f iuwmnla. or aMsaagl!1""
neaa. hhh afflicU to manv pereona.ud l"tFrj m'! 1'
which k-ada to to many aeriout nervous wholesale boUhers, however, show that
Siteatme. particularly to inaanltr" Dcaxrlp-1 there is no mason for apprehending a
live Uve.Ua vita, each nottle; or d- risjs ia beat,
dree Mack Drag Co., N. T. I
rOKKltJM FLAMHKM.
lnfluenaa Epldemlo In Ruala-A BUI to
Tax Foreigner In Frano-8tan.
ley Arrive at Bagamayo.
Stanley ha arrived at Baramayo.
Adelina Patti ha; wiled from Ixmdon
for New York.
Martin Fanquar Tupper, lb poet, ha
died in London.
A heavy mow dorm is raging in Eng
land's midland counties.
U.ndon is agitated over the alleged
disappearance of Parnell.
Several persons were poisoned by mis
take in a Mexico City hospital.
La Lou, Bonlangist deputy, ha intro
duced a bill taxing foreigner residing in
France.
A plot haa been unearthed to assassi
nate Herr Thus, the Hungarian pruno
minister.
The king of Portugal welcomed Doni
Pedro with great pomp upon hi arrival
in Lisbon.
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The influenza ' spreauiug in
Crimea, Siberia and througfi tne vaney
of the Volga.
Gladstone has written a letter strongly
favoring the local option principle in
temperance effort.
g , h ,d the pyht of his
worlt on Uie ElJ1in ity relief
'"'tlnn ,or SO00
exPed,t,MforAS0W'
Hayti i again threatened with revoln-
tion, on account of tne sectional charac-
terot Hippolyte's new cabinet.
Empress Frederick has been rtudying
archteology with Dr. Schliemann in
Greece, and has vidted Olympus and
Mycenae.
A cable dispatch from Rio de Janeiro
says that Dom Pedro was ill when he
left Brazil and wa accompanied by a
physician.
Ninety-one social democrats are on
trial at Ellierfleld, Germany, lor belong
ing to a secret society. Among them are
five deputies.
Gladstone addressed a great meeting
of liberals at Manchester, saying that he
favored giving home rule to dl parts of
Great Britain.
The platform of a theater at Weinhen,
in the province of Shantung, China, col
lapsed during a performance, and 200
persons were killed.
Popular feeling in Spain presages a
revolution similar to that in Brazil, hav
ing for its object the peaceful establish
ment of a republic.
Although the republican propaganda
isveiy active in Portugal, it is denied
that the revolution in Brazil has given
impetus to the agitation.
The epidemic of influenza in St.
Petersburg is spreading. Half the popu
lation is suffering, among them the czar,
czarina and two of their children.
Euroiean coffee buyers in Orizaba
have lieen obliged to recall their offers
because of the determination of the pro
ducers to hold all coffee on hand.
The new Brazilian government has
finally readopted the old flag. This ac
tion has given rise to some irritation.
France has recognized the republic.
It is reliably reported in Cairo that the
Mahdi is perfecting a plan ia conjunc
tion with the Emirs by which they shall
make a combined invasion of Egypt.
Mr. Balfour, secretary for Ireland,
writes that the inferences drawn from
his statement regarding Catholie educa
tion in Ireland, are without foundation.
There was a terrible explosion at the
Konstantin petroleum pits at Hatow
Russia. Fifteen workmen were in
stantly killed and four seriously injured.
The distrusted spectators of a bull
fight at the City of Mexico demolished
an arena because a bull refused to fight.
Many persons were injured by the flying
boards.
Sir Edwald Guinness has given 200,
000 for the erection of dwellings for the
laboring poor f London. He also gives
cr-,0,000 t0 06 similarly used for the ben
efit ot the poor of Dublin.
The Russian government has alwl
lshed the provisional council of noblee
of the Baltic provinces, thus suppressing
the ruling aristocracy. Ordinary assem
blies have been substituted.
Admiral Ratib Pasha of the Turkish
navy has been despatched to Crete with
the proclamation of the sultan, granting
amnesty to those implicated in the re
cent revolution on that island.
At the suggestion of the pope, Gounod
will write a new solemn mass, specially
for the opening of the new organ, which
has been built in St. Peters. The mass
will be sung by 4000 choralists.
Influenza, now prevalent in St. Peters
burg, is declared by eminent medical
authority, to lie the forerunner of
cholera, similar signs having preceded
the last five cholera epidemics there.
In Austrian a great snow storm is rag
ing, seriously impeding railway travel.
Three thousand sweepers and twenty-
four snow plows are unable to clear the
tracks in the neighborhood of Vienna.
Stanlev rescued Kmin Bev for 77.r
i less than the sum subscribed, which
was equal to 100,000. The relief com
mitten anil geographical ociey have ar
ranged for a grand reception to Stanley.
The three-maated ship Ville de
Marseilles exploded her cargo of 3000
barrels of Mozambique gunpowder iu
Marseilles harbor, and fragment of the
wreckage were picked up 600 meters
awav.
Three ocean steamers, the Iowa, the
Ligurian and the Munin, collided in the
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and she was sntmeiiucntlv beached. The
Iowa and Munin were docked.
The lost steamer Idaho originally cost
$150,000. A portion of her cargo, onlv,
was insured. No arrange menu have yet
been made for a successor to her.
V. U. Bogus, chiet engineer of Uie
Union l'acifir, is in Oregon, buying ties
and timber (or the J00 mile of a railroad
line from Frisco, Utah, to Piocbe, Nev.
The north-boand passenger train on
the Missouri, Kansas A Texas road was
"bald up" last week near Perry sta
tion, I. T. The express and mail cars
wererobtied. Th passengers were not
molested.
Reports of a discouraging nature con
cerning the cattle market have been
THE WORK THAT IS BEST.
Long rrnturlm ago, In a lamed clly
Arroat tht tta. a treat cathedral .lood,
A aitnett u tht beauty Art had wrotleS
Kroni marblt, brunia and wood.
Ont dsy thr sunlight, through ailanttd wlAow,
Upon a thaduwtd arch a moment tnone,
Revtallns unt thoat whose eye wore lilted
What none belort had known.
It m sculptured face of tuch tranictndent
And utter lovrllneaa, that thoat who law
Deemed they had looked upon a Heavtnly
vision,
And held ihelr breath (or swa.
Anil day by dsy. for many yean thereafter,
Men rame from far and near, happy to l
And .ilt beneath tht arch for the brief tuu-ray
Thai kbould Illumine it.
And Ml them repaid for all their waiting
I! the; could catch, Jutt for a moment space,
Whereon to ipeak, to dream, to lira, a tlngla
Bwlft i;!:inpe of that fair face.
Thlt It the HctTI When the great cathedral
Wat belnu built, one day, with meek reaptct,
There came a man. aged and feeble, unto
The niunter architect,
And usked that of the work to tweet nd taered
Home humblett portion might be granted blm,
Hit feebleness and age compatslonatlng,
Yet fearlug that bis dim,
Uncertuln night and trembling, eager finger,
Might mur nomefalrdctlgn.aome perfect view,
The matter, In the high roofi vaulted thadows.
Hot him bis work to do.
Day after day, with nweet. untiring patience,
In his obscure and humble place he wrought;
From hit more highly trutted fellow-workers
Winning scant speech or thought.
At latt. one morning, still and cold they found
him, u
His right hand't cunning gone; the mystic
grace
Of deiln Infolding him, hit face upturned
Unto that other face
That he hail wrought ; the face of the one woman,
Kor so they learned whom ho had loved and
lost
In early manhood's prime, e'er cart and sorrow
Hit happy path had cruised.
Andai they gazed, theartlsttandtheiculptors.
The cruftimen all, whose tklll was making
fair
And grand the vast cathedral, on the beauty
8o ttrungely canon there,
Orandcstof all :" they cried; snd then tbey
whispered:
" Who works for fume or gold doth something
miss;
Unheeding prulse or blame, la shadowed si
lence, Love huth wrought this!"
"Grandest of all:" they cried, "before whose
perfect
Ideal teauty all our boastings cease.
Hall to the love that thus for lovo't takt only
Hath wrought Art's master-pleoe 1"
So In the Temple of the Ages, bullded
Out of men't lives, it comet to every one
Some day to find there Is no work to nobi
At that which lore huth done.
Carlottu I'erry. In N. Y. Independent.
THE WITCH'S ISLAND.
How I Was Handsomely Reward
ed for a Little Kindnosa
You may look as long as you please
for Witch's Island, on any map you
choose, without finding It
It is only a groat bare rock, with somo
grass and a few stunted pino trees at
ono end. and near them, and In tho mid
dle, a little hut. with a roof tho shape of
an old-fashioned tx'ehive. It had two
rooms on the lower floor, and in the
dome a loft or garret. Each room had a
window, and the loft two round holes at
either end. in all tho windows, instead
of pane1 of glass squares of mica had
been cunningly set. Tho chimney was
in the middle, and arranged to warm
both lower rooms, which were semi-cir-.ular.
Tho outer walls wore built of
stone. Within all was smooth as an
earlhern pot, and of a very dark brown;
nobody knew what had been done to it.
Tho story of its building was this:
Many, many ye'ars before a queer little
man had conio to town. He was yellow
as a Chinese, but was not of that nation.
Ho had a bag with him, which he carrie'd
on his back. When ho was spoken to he
ijrunted and nodded. Having walked
down to the shore ho stood looking at
the island for awhile, and then went t
tho baker's shop and pointed to a loaf
and laid some pennies on the counter.
Tho baker took five of them and gave
him the loaf. After this he returned to
tho shore and bought an old boat and
rowed out to tho island. Every day ho
rowed in for his bread and to fill a black
jug with whisky, and they oiten saw him
fishing. Shortly he was noticed build
ing something. It was the hut de
scribed. Ho built it of Ibose stones that
lay about the island, and plastered it
with mud, and from that time on seemed
to live on broad, whisky, fish and such
fruit as was to be found upon tho ground
in any fanning country, In lanes, or
after tho passing of wagons from the
orchards.
In the courso of time ho died, and the
clergyman was rowed over to give him
decent burial.
The reverend gentleman was horrified
by finding a queer lump of hardened
mud in the shape of a sqc.it human
figure set up at ono end of the room.
He declared that this was an idol. In
this day people would havo carried it
away as a. curiosity, but in that they
fled trembling, and no ono over dared to
go over to the island, which at that time
was nameless.
I had often rowed across to see It.
The Idol If idol it were had crumbled
considerably, but otherwise the house
was unaltered. The spring near the
door was always fresh and sweet, and
tho mica hud not fallen from tho panes.
It was a good place to picnic in when we
went to the island to Hsh, and I felt
very much provoked when I hoard one
day that it had bSjOOgflS tho property of
an old woman, Dilaey More by name,
who had lieen the village fortuno-teller
for years. She had bought the island of
the town for a mere song, and soon es
tablished herself in the queer little
structure, whence she came at intervals
to pursue her trade, going from door to
door to tM'guile servant girl:', of their
small change' by promises of rich hus
bands, selling bead nocklacos which
the manufactured very curiously, and a
candy for which she averred she had a
special recipe.
I can see her yet, with her eiger
gypsy face framed in a red hood, her
quick sli p, her long lean arms, and the
basket she alweys carried on her back
a flat basket made for that purpose. I
detested her. for she had spoiled my
play-place. And the older people spoke
uf Dilsey as of one whoa wav wire
dark, snd who was little better than
heathen in her practices. Shortly thoy
baptized the place the Witch's Island.
1 was bj this time a tall girl of four
teen and I handled the oars better than
many boys. I often rowed around the
Island, and sometimes saw Dilsey at her
door making her bracelet or boiling- her
candy. All day long I had nothing to
do but to enjoy myself. Matters came
to teach me in the morning and that
wa part of my pleasure, for I loveel to
learn. 1 was well avd tenderly reared. I
am aure. and the liberty aororded me in
my action, though varv irnut.
' banned me.
Boier
i was an orphan, my only relaUve--the
only one I had ever known was my
old grandfather. He had been an officer
in the late war, and his wound had re
sulted In a malady which confined blm
to his bod. There was no lady In tho
house, and my teachers were all men.
An old servant-woman took chargo of
my bodily comfort, and I did as I liked
about social matters. My chief chum
had boon a boy of my own age whose
mother earned her livelihood by doing
plain sowing. He was a very handsome
little fellow, though hi clothes were
generally old and patched and darned In
a very Btrtklng manner. He had had
some BQ hoollng and I loaned him all my
books. A more Innocent friendship
never existed between two young people,
though I suppose, as our social position
waa so very different, it would never
have been ponnltted had my grandfather
been ablo to be about. As It was. It
would soon como to an end, for Bawdon
Holly was going to sea. Many of tho
boys In that part of tho country became
sailors, and after that wo seldom saw
much uf them.
We were out In our boat together he
and I ono afternoon, when, looking
across the water toward Witch's Island.
I noticed that all the doors of the hut
were shut, and remembered that Dilsey
had not boon over to tho mainland for
some days.
There lay her boat tied to its stake, to
prove that she had not loft the spot.
"Old Dilsey must be sick," I said.
"And what on earth can a sick woman
do with no one to help hor? It takes
old Corporal Dodgo and a man-nurao to
wait on grandpa. I think it Is my Chrls
tian duty to see what Is tho matter. Lot
us row over."
Bawdon agreed with mo, and each pull
ing an oar, wo reached tho island in a
few momenta, and advancing to the hut
knocked at the door. No ono answered,
and wo optmed It. The front room was
empty, but in the back room we saw
something lying on the floor. It was
poor old Dilsey.
"Thank tlodl" she moaned, as I knelt
beside her. "I've lain hore throe dayB.
I expected to starve to death. That
pesky ladder broke under mo while I was
going up to the loft foryarbs. I ain't had
a mouthful for throo days. My bones is
broke."
I had sense enough not to try to move
ur. I brought a pillow for hor head;
sent Bawdon to tho mainland for a doc
tor, and made a bowl of gruel, which I
fed Dilsey, so that she was much better
when the doctor arrived. She had, In
deed, broken several bones, and needed
good nursing.
On hearing this I sat down at the lit
tle table In the outer room, wrote a
note to my grandfather, telling him
what had happemed, and Baying that I
should stay with Dilsey until a nurse
could be found. This proved a hard
task, for the common folk greatly
feared "tho witch," and could not be
brought to enter the hut. I remained
with Dilsey a week, and Bawdon rowed
over every day with messages from my
grandfather, who approved of my action,
and. after tho nurso came. I crossed
daily to supervise her. Dilsey got
about at last, but found herseslf unable
to use the oars, and very often after
that I took mv boat to tho island to
take hor to the mainland.
Sho expressed her gratitude in few
words, but frequently added: "You'll
ncBfer regret it."
One day I missed hor from her door,
and, thinking I might Iw needed, wont
up to the house again, this time alone,
for Bawdon had sailed away. I found
Dilsey in bod, a placid look upon hor
face and her cheek upon her hand. At
first I thought she slept, but I could not
waken hor; she never awoko again.
A day or two after. I received a letter
from a certain law firm. Dilsey had
made hor will weeks before, and had
loft mo hor island, tho hut and all its
contents.
I was delighted with the bequest,
though It was a great joke In the vil
lage, and I resolved that the hut should
bo well cleaned and made a sort of
summer bower of. I took somo hardy
plants to the island and planted them,
and I wrote to Bawdon and told him all
about it.
Before Bawdon Holly sailed away we
had engaged ourselves to each other.
"A poor sailor is no match for you, I
know," ho said, "but I'll be saptuin and
owner yet." And I told him that when
I was sixteen I would toll grandfather
all about him, and that he would, no
doubt, let him como to see him in his
room.
To this day I do not know what grand
father would have said about Bawdon
for on my sixteenth birthday he lay
very ill, and in a few weeks passed
away.
1 had not thought of his death as near
at hand, and I was greatly shocked and
deeply grieved, but another shock
awaited mo. My grandfather, while
fully resolved to leave all that he pos-se'ssi-d
to me, had delayed the making
of his will. His property reverted to
a brother, who rame down to take
possession of It. The new owner, Mr
Campion, was a hard-featured man of
sixty, with no kindliness of manner to
redeem his plain face. He looked at me
with disfavor.
"For my part," he said, "I'd never
take in other folks' children; but since
brother Humphrey did it, I suppose
you've got to lie taken care of. 1 shall
sell this place, but I'll take you home.
You're big enough to help about, and
you ought to bo grateful enough to do
all you can, for I'm not obliged to take
you or keep you, Miss What's-your-name;
I've forgotten what you're
called."
"My nane is Kathrlne." aaW L "Pte
lways been called by your brother'
name he must have given it to my
father when he adopted me and I
should be ashamed to take this property
if 1 was as rich as you, and knew that it
was meant for another person. My dear
grandfather so I irili call him said
again and again that it was all mine.
But law is not justice; so take it and
keep it; but as for me thank yon for
nothing. I can take care of myself. I
hstfSJ a house of my own, on my own
island. "
"Eh?" ssld he.
"You can ask them about my proper
ty." said b and away I "rent, packed up
my clothe and books and keepsakes,
and hired a boy to take them to the
Witch's Island at twilight
That night, all alone on a barren rock,
with the waves beating about it, I felt
lonesome enough I can tell you.
I had a slice of cake with me. and that
I ate for supper; and I had brought a lit
tle bamboo lounge, that was quite my
own, and had a silk cushion upon it, and
on that I slept at last; and when day
breke I was quite cheerful I wrote a
letter to Kawdon, telling him what I
bad done, and then I made up my mind
to get rid of the Jump pf mud on C
...- hi. una! HBt -
If it was an Idol. I a-.... . """Hi
It was
"'"Bightl,. jy?il
t IlKlkl, ...... 1.... ,,U lN..
a hard as a rock and aav! lS
ana the only way , .ZJi
l. .
vu in m-nmy. -
1 had removed two r
full from the
hesd-somchow the u! ' toM
seemed to friirl,t,.t, ... ".N
shut
... u, eyoH and Whfcktil
hat I could fancy was H
even ,..i ... . l u
big ear; and to
"-'al .
flew as though it had m'
on tne shoulder. And t J "
K. lIJ. . . . 10 it Hi.
" "lol seemwl .
low. and nocnlnci- i w
. - r i ,
saw i
flnt
r ... w. put wh ..
monev. I nlnnweH v . N
money-gold, -silver. '
ff"l-Y?UC",y tht h 21
was mill., f,, II. .-j ,-'.'u"lt
was qui to run; ttnii j,
u-l,i.., I ".J. L-. "
tU
gold and silver coin that I fji!
be very, very old, and
jewels-diamonds and rublr
ouslv, and wranned in ..I. ",sV
" "-- ui.ui-rsilMKl, Was
gan to think that I -, ST'- 'M
seemed too much like an old (T11
to be true. I crammed all the toL2
back into the pot, and went out u?
fresh air, oarrying with me, S
found amongst the silvor. Th uV
it said to me: "U
"With your tidy ways ,OU'U J
away the ugly llgure on the hunTi"
wont at It, but I found what tou'll i..1!
was only a hiding place ,0, ,JT't
Jewels and gold wej-e all thrit J, V
savings ou top of them. The Jeweh? J?
wo.ij , .u, nuuiu mane any one rata,
Belvcs. The queer old man who Mti
must have hid them, and I lurit,J:
was on or In the Island. You caaL S?
the ret-ords. I used to laugh t,"
much richer I was tlnin snvhrui. .vT
made up my mind to leave It to nartL
wi.rt. miruitiw m Th. .1 . )
" "iu wupq tamm
friends. I oould tell you my life if i .
... .... 1........ ...... a i . .
i-tmupn ill vim iun u. .. ,li.
. " . ij tjiut wmia. . . i
.... . i . i not .-..I,. I t.i.- ...... .... .
u. juu.o. .mi i. Liuue 10 oe glad to am
hut for a refill,- hut wm, b .
. ... "" m
, iuuluBl
ever done any 6ne else. Good hlen tn
.... "Dlul
l toiu iio ono ot what I had found,
ioiks wore very Kind. .Many j
came over full of comforts for tht
nine inn i nev i miiir it. i u...
nonie was oiiei eu to me; but, thourt
got to know and lovu my neighbsst
staid where I was.
If I , llr In 1 I ., ..
a-now u, ior uawuon was coming
and when his ship came in he
orossou to tne island.
How handsome he looked, iml u
happy! lie took mo In his arms.
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nuiiiiiiu, in, u'. ii, uv sain, mm
n I ... v, 1. fc n)
I'll do mv best bv vou. You mimtmu.
uie ueiuiT- i nail ugiilll.
A 1 . I. . ... 1 1 .1 , U. 1 l
...... ...... . ....... mini iii? i.
myself.
"Take mo. if vou want me." I i
giving him my hand.
Ann m l line rnurninir u-na von.h
cnurcu logeiuer uawuon ana
mother and I- and there was I murk!
to my sailor.
in mo evening wo went back to on
island, and when we stood at the door
..( . I... 1..., U ......... 1J U.l .. ...
Ul I in ..lib 1IH IjlH i I I'm 1UU1 BtT.il 4
wink at mo.
"Do you remember tho fairy talis
read of a monster that frightened etrj
one, but when his head was cut o
changod into a handsome young prii
said 1.
.... ii u n . v .
read it to me on this Island, when
were little children."
not believe me, but cut off that m
ster's head and ho will bo asuglyucsu
DUt you anil I will cuaiige uiios wmtm
prince and princess. Tako somelhsfi
and give him agoisl whack."
"I don't understand what you mat
but I'll do it," said Kawdon.
Then4ie picked up a poker and strut:
the big car just whore I had hit it wit
the hatchet. Off flew the head ul
there lay the treasure, and we dual
about tho hut, laughing together like l
couple of children.
"We can buy back grandfitbert
place," said I. "And you shall not si
tho sea and risk your life; and r
mother's toil is over; and I think I
be tho happiest couple alive, j
thought you were marrying a girl
out. a penny, and you see I'm
Princess of Witch's Island, after ill
Mary Kyle Dallas, in N. V bed'
legend' 6V A watch.
Servant. Were Alral.1 of tht TUm-I
ml Tried to lirown It.
Foe voars Dr. Allan, the SwttW
physician, was suspected of be
wriznrd. an nninion which was Ct
ered all but confirmed when, inl!
he provided himself with a silverrt
of tho regulation size and style. OH
ing to stop with a neighborovernir,
as It was rather cold he lait. the
near his body and covered it sit'
bed quilt, so that the chilly"1
would not affect the works.
morning he arose rather abrupJJ
left the house without remonsf
treasure from its cosy nest in mm
In fixinir up the room the r
discovered " the infernal cbsuwi
thing," and immediately concUM
. u .1 1,1 ,l..fiir's "fiO-
U1U91, UV IllU Uiu ,
! i...l. u,hieh she taw
BUH lb, COIIU1U31UIIIJ ' I
..i..j .tK.fi... h had Ae wi
from the room. Other servants i !
called and the
whole array
. 1 - - " - ihincr"
la m m
lUt CUillliCI l.l .pi bS
Clubs and tongs were freely u 1
" j .h. thltf l
the case wns strong anu m
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.i i,!, 1, 11 . .
One of the girls, more W"2
than the others, finally agreed mm
would tako thu tongs and cam m
thing to the moat and uro'rn"'bc,V
ceediug fraught with danger, mm
last decided upon. The olhen rJ2
at a respectable distance w" JM
clubs and shovels, with 3
proposed to pounce on the "u''""jj1
it attempt to attack the "Jj
When the old doctor retuIJ,J
watch he was informed of '3
been doue, one of the aervan
the wsy to where the lhine JrJi1
drowned. It was found ban"
bush on the bank of the mm J
failure to Oem or urv- - tff1t
to deaUi fully convince.! to
that it was in reality the o J
spirit, and they could not be I"
to touch it. Jeweler's Wee ! M
-The Uoman Cathol.VKud J2
ana appealed to the Ooe"l
. .. . . j ... T 111
Island to close the ceror
Baptists had opened in tbatc
Government in Spaia b
the Baptist were a18
the laws, and may b W
burial.