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EUGENE CITY GUARD. U UCAnrBKLL, ITaprleter. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. OF GENERAL INTEREST. Tb re It Ice In the Btevon'i mine 01 Mount McClollan, CaL, computed to U eighty thousand years old. A mathematician hat calculated tli at the dead are In the minority, aftoi all, such It the rapid growth of buniai population. The Quakers, who are bellofed tt nave numbered 100,000 about two con turles ego, now have scarcoly 15,00 mombor in th e country. A company of gontlemon In New York the otbor day had tho pleasure ol listening to a speech, through a phono graph, from Air. Gladstone hlmtoir. A law hat been passed by the Ohlc Legislature authorizing township trus tee! to deduct 13 from the road tax ol any property owner who erection hit own land and tupplles proporly a public watering trough. In 1840 a master mason of Provi dence, 11 I., tamped bit initiate on copper cent and put It In circulation. In taking somo change tho other day be found hit coin. After fifty yoars ol wandering It had returned, and be would not take hundreds of dollars for It. "One of the pcrlodlo dirges of ths denudlao" It the expressive phraso which the Mississippi Val.ey Lumberman ap plies to a pred ctlon made by somebody, for the hundredth time, that In twonly fire years the wholo country will hare been denuded of Its forests, and Umbel will be a thing of the past The nstlvet of Ilaytl, according to Dr. It V. Crandall, fear pulmonary con sumption more than yellow fever oi stnsll-pox, and bollovo it to bo botn con tsgtuus and infectious. All proporty from a consumptive's death-cbainbor even Jewels and money la destroyed oi removed to a place of doposlt, and small bouses are burned. Recent investigation hat shown that the people of Oreat llritaln swallow over 5,500,000 pills dully, or one pill a week for every person in the popula tion. The pill consumption for one year would weigh 170 tons, and would fill 80 freight ears, which it would take two powerful locomotives to pull. Placed In a row the p lis would reach nearly 8,600 miles, or from Liver, ool to New York and back again. A lingular case of "mind blindness'' recently occurred, tb subject being a tnsn of eighty who had complained for a month of inability to find his way about, to tell his own position In a room, and to recognise objects, although bis perception of light wui scarcely im paired. Although he uu!d not rocog nlie objects by looking at them, bo al once perceived and named them by means of tactile or auditory Impressions from them. A Huston man bas a friend who wrote him that he bad forwarded a bar rel of spruce gum to bis address at a gift This generosity completely over powered the lloston man. Ho knew be could never dispose of a barrel of spruoo gum unaided In bis wholo lifetime; so be bsstencd to search out some dealer o whom, after a hard day's work, be eold a quarter of tho gift. The neit morning the postmnn brought the bar rel of ipruce gum, and it woe about two Inches tall. Kellar, the magician, saw a trick at Calcutta which, he confesses, baffled blm. lie was In a long, vacant room with four friends, and they were allowed to examine It thoroughly. There were four fakirs present The party took seats on a bench midway of the room. The fakirs lighted a censor, from which exuded a sickly, sweetish smoke, filling the entire room. Tho fakirs then bo gsn a wild, whirling dance, all the while chanting and bcutllig tom-toms, when suddenly tho dancers appeared to Increase In number until a full doton were dancing and whirling about These then decreased until but one dancer remained, an old man with flow, lng board. What became of the other dancers Kellar could not toll, though be tried by another aearvih of the room to discover the secret SPAIN'S" PASSION PLAY. 4 Spectacle That Mined It. Itehobler te Tsars sad lamentations. The Passion play lu which Sara Bernhardt wlshos to appear oontluuca to bo the subject of an interesting d In tuition in some of the French patters. Bare In the role of the Virgin Mary teems to be too much, even foi Paris ians. Hut In Hpatn they take quite a liferent view of it In bla interesting book upon the Hpanlsh Theater M. Charles llulieucck says: "In 1S.1T I saw at Madrid, during Holy Week, 'The Pastlou of Our Lord,' a liama in five acts, and I know not how aiany tableaux. The piece was by no means bad far from it; and I remarked sum beautiful lines and splendid iceuea. Among the latter was one in which Jotus, before his entry Into Je rusalem, where he knew that they would put him to death, asked the permission f bis mother to sacrifice himself for huuiaulty. The mother refused, and Mary Magdalen joined her in en treating him to remain. In tear be disobeyed. Then tho scene changed, and we saw Christ surrounded by bis apostles, coming into Jerusalem, seated upon a white ass, followed by her little ooe. The actor who played the part of Christ did it with profound faith. lie seemed to be reciting a prayer. As for Judas, be wore an immense blonde wig, which made hiui look like Louis XIV. When he appeared upon tho scene, the audience murmured, and, if he had not Committed suicide, I believe they would bave killed him. The several scenes of the prctorium were represented, Includ ing the flagellation sud tho crowning with thorn, which were rendered with tearful realism. Then ooinmineed the ascent to Calvary. I never witnessed a ipeclale more moving, more heartrend ing. The actor never spared us a sigh, a tear or a cry. Jesus was slowly nailed to the cross, and esch stroke of the ham mor echoed ,'palnfully in the hearu of the spectators, who teemed terror stricken. Finally the rrvst was raised. Jesut tasted the sponge tusked In villi gar, and spoke to the ililoves. The sol diers threw dico for bis cloak, while the boly women wept Then, when Christ cried out, '.' KU! i.i .itarM.int.' and let his bead drop, all the light were almost completely extinguished; a strange Ticker illuminated the scene; the dull rumbling of ba-.s drums sound d like thunder; the tombs opened, n all the spectators fell upon their knees, striking their lrrat and murmuring Vua! Joua!",-Ni Y. bun. WOMAN'S CHARM. Am IsdrflusM Something That II b Hard la Anals. Beyond beauty, oleverneas, wit, at talnments, beyond any endowuieni which can be given to a woman, U tho itmnle and Indefinable attribute which we cull charm. It Is Impossible to an lyxo Its component parte, and equally sc to wrlto a prescription In avoirdupois oi apothecary's weight the resultant pre cipitate of which shallcomposo this best of tho Creator s guts to woman. Evo bad it, wo fancy, and Miriam, Ruth and tho Queen of Hbebe; ana it belonged, loo, no doubt, to Jezebel, the infamous but splendid and surpassingly bravo Princess, before whom even Elijah'! courage quailed. Sappho bad charm; so had Cleopatra and Beatrice and Kosallnd. Mary of Bootland be witched men's hearu not less by hei conauerlng charm than by her wonder ful loveliness and dauntless daring. whilo Elizabeth of England many' sided, strong and resolute, with a man 't heart under hor woman'! corsage-bad the fatal defect of lacking charm. Thorn are women In everycommunlty, in every church, who, with no apparent effort, captivate all heart and enjoy a popularity which other! vainly envy, continuing to please till their lates! day, for age can not wither nor cuxtoic atalo the infinite variety of a really charming woman. A rose is a rose, and a cabbage Is a cabbage, and each has it place; but nobody claims charm for a cabbage, though it take the prize at a country fair; while the simplest rosebud on the bush by the wayside oballongor the world of flowers with this royal distinction. What Is It? A trick of manner, ol speech, a lifting of the eyebrow, a drooping of the Up, an air of gentls breeding, a fine-grained courtesy 7 I bote may be part of It, but charm is some thing deeper. The pretty waitress al your elbow may possess it, while it 1 denied to her mistress, the daughter, perhaps, of a hundred earls. Wbatevei else It Is, bo assured it Is pure woman liness, and has belongod to tho fair sex since that far-oil day when the sons o' Uod beheld tho daughter of men, an beholding, loved thein. Harper's llazui SHEDDING HIS ANTLERS. Uuw Ihs (treat Klk Mag Lums lilt Una IT la tin Spi-lnf. "Come with me and I will show yoo something curious," said Pan Neeson, tho keeper of the deer park at Uoldei liato Park, to a reporter. "Our great elk etitg, the one we got few montht ago from Menlo Purk, has shed bit horns and you would not recognize blm.' On reaching the fence that surrounded the pen, the elk wai found at the foddol trough calmly eating hi dinner ol cracked barley, and apparently obllvl out to the curious crowd that surround ed him. lie was hardly recognizable. The magnificent antler that had ren dered him tho admiration of the visit ors wero missing, and nothing remained but raw, blood-marked bub The elk was an docile as a cow, and submitted without opposition to tbocarosses of the crowd, uiul apeared to thoroughly enjo; their strokingl "Ho shed his horns on Saturday morn ing," continued the kooper. "Of late ho has been moro than usually fero cious, In fact so muoh so that It was dsn genius to my life to enter the pen tc feed the doer. On Friday be would not allow me to enter the Inulosuro at all. On Saturday morning I failed to flud him In bis usual place, and on my way to tho deor-houto to hunt blm up I cams across one of his antler in tho gulley, and within a short distance I found the other. I then knew what was the mat tor, and entering boldly Into the bouse I found blm standing with the deoi cow, as quiet and doolie as a child. Why, he then ate some food out of my band. I took the antlers to tho supnr lntendent's ollloo, where they now ant.' At the otllco th antlers were soon, and a magnificent set they are, having on the beam born six prot utterances, one for each year of the stag's ago. They weighed seventy pounds, and when set In position measured seven feet from tip to tip on tho spread. New antlers will begin to grow on the stag by the middle of March, and will Increase rapidly in length until toey at tain full slxo. San Frunolsco Examluor. A Mnnstsr Tnnihttnna. The largest tombstono In the world (monuments erected to distinguished persons excepted) is, probably, that of tho late Henry Scarlett, of 1'pson Coun ty, (In. Scarlett was very wealthy and ncted for bis mlsanthroplo tendencies. Hit led the life of a hermit Why.no one knew, but it was hinted that be was a victim of disappointed love, Several years beforo bis death, which occurred In the spring of 18tm, he select ed a mounter bowlder, a miniature mountain of granite, 100x250 feet In dimensions, for a tombstone, and had It appropriately lettered by marble cut ter. A cave fitted up as a roomy tomb was excavated under the huge bowlder, Scarlett himself superintending tho work. After his death, neighbors, rela tives and friends carried the remain! and deposited them under the rock to cording to ante-mortum directions, and to-day tho mortal parts of Uenry Scar lett repose under the most gigantic tombstono In th world. St Louis Ite publlo. As AntHiailar's Happy Tkonfht. Count Otto Wllhelm von -Konlgsmark was sent to France in the year ttW: a Swedi.h Ambassador of King Louis XIV. Through the pomp of the cere monial reception and the presence of tb King' cavalier he became confused. Suddenly he lost the thread of bis well studied address and was at a loss how to continue. Hut he quickly recovered himself and with the most dignified tone he recited the Lord's prayer in Fwedlsh. I.uoklly for him none ot Louts' attendants understood the Swet. lsh lunguago. So he was saved by hit Dresence of mind. Onl M SnuiUih .t. tondantt had troubleduring the strange Mi.ueai greeting or their chief to sup press laughter. Illuslrlrte Welt A tlla from Rswlw. One would hardly look to Russia for lew Ideas In domestic or social prudence, but an organization reported in one of the cities hat suggestion In it A club jotnposed ot 1JJ families hat employed t capable physician by the year, each btmily paying fifty cent month. Tb l.x-tor visits each family regularly, at tends all their sick member, and glvea lb em advice a to health and occasional lectures on byglen and physiology. The doctor wouldn't have much show to I -t rich out of it The notable point 1 that It it for the Interest of th doctor tot to bavs iicknet la hi Utt !! 1 t constant sanitary las pec lor for at Satxoii. 6W Paul Glob. INCREASE OF WEALTH. Tb Fortu of Ilia Country's Ann sal As uientetloau At the end of every year ther com the ('n"tlou, "What bas become of tbi results of the year'l production?" It il said that the Nation il adding to 1U wealth a thousand million yearly. Il what form? It is not in monetary cir culation. It ii not In claims trains other countries or ownership 6f proport) there. The crops of the year we eh.il' presently consume, or if part Is to bt old abroad, the good received In ex change will presently be consumed. Wburo ia the additional woulth of whiot we boast? Ii it only In higher valu atlont of binds and buildings and othel fixed property, a valuation which maj be lost with th noxt turn of the w heel! Those quostlon are not as childish ai to many they may seem. It li of n small importance to discover what torn the added wealth of the Nation takes, so that we may Judge how far It is solid and lasting and capable of reproduction For if all tne nds of the country war worth ten billion dollars a year ago and eleven billion dollar! now, but can pro duce no more than before, the added wealth 1 imaginary. Or If thore hai been added within a few yeart tw 'billion dollar! to the nominal value ol railroad proporty, without any Increast In the yoarly earning power, what actual gain in wealth Is there? The foundation of prosperity Is th land, and each year witnesses an aotual Increase in th number of acres reduced to cultivation and productiveness. Thai change means lncroased wealth. From 1870 to IbW there wero added of im proved land about 90,000,000 acres, ot more than 60 per cent, and there it very reason to bollevo that tho prog rot In that respect has boon even mor rapid during the last docade. liut tbi addition of 15,000,000 acres ot Improved land evorr yiar involve permanent In vestment of labor in clearing, fencing, breaking and road-building, in the erec tion of house and barns, and the pro curing of stock and Implements and ma chinery. The now railroad, which may not pay single dollar to owners as yet, may do vor thole is bave tnado possible and profitable this onorraous expendi ture of labor in the creation of now farms, and if the 15,000,000 acres yoarly were worth no more than the average of laud la 1380, that alone would repre sent an addition of 1100,003,000 or more to the Natlonul wealth each year, even though nothing bad boen added to the price of land previously cultivated. Put the completion ot roads and rail roads, the settlement of other landl near by and the gradual development of a community also add largely to the aotual as well ui tho nominal value ot all farm property within the olrule ol Influence. So it it with the dwellings and other structures in cities and towns. Th country is not worse, but butter sup plied with all such structures than il was ton years ago. Put that meais an Increase more than proportionate to population, and the yearly addition of almost 1,750,000 inhabitants, oven it there wore no improvement In the con dition and accommodations of the peo ple, would by Itself require additional lnvettmont yearly of $.140,000,000 or more In building. Proporty of tb.li kind oontrlbutos as truly as any other to th wealth-producing power ot th country, dwellings no less than stores, or warehouses or factories. Put, in addition, ther has boon each yoar an enormous addition to the manufacturing plant apart from th buildings otherwise estimated; to the murhlnery In use and 1U produc tive capacity. It is not to easy to form von an approximate estimate ot th value of theso additions, but every one realizes that they must bo large. More over, now mines are constantly oponed, wbloh add millions every yoar to the production; tho now minus In th Lake (superior district alone, which btve been added within the last five years, bave Increased the production mor than 4,000,000 tons each year.N Not least utnong the properties of per manent value is the fruit of inventive genius. New Ideas are the Nation's most valuable capital, and the 35,000 patents which may be used in a year and may prove ot real value can not be omitted. A single teluphouo patent Is supposed to be worth more than S50, 000,000. It not only has slocks soiling at about that rate, and not ouly earns a liberal return on such a valuation, but earns it by rendering the people a sorv to. N. Y. Uullotln. THE GRACEFUL MINUET. Ksrnpeaa Hnrti-tv Rt timing to th Oast fupulnr luc. The minuet which Strauss Is about U Introduce to the partial exclusion of bli own waits was the first ball danoe whlok bad a really world-wide popularity. II Is a slow, dignified dunce, an appro priate product ot the time and place ol lu birth. It Is very old. When Don Juan d'Austrla went Incognito from Ilrutsols to Paris nothing he saw during bis famous trip excited his ad miration bait so much as the grace wltk which the beautiful Margaret of Uur gundy danced the mluuet Other bcnui am! tlil...t iUn.il... alto put in wrlUrnr fiattcrlnir allusion. ! to the beauties of this dance. Never thele-sa, it I exceedingly doubtful that the minuet ot those times was the orig inal model of the minuet ot to-day. The minuet which very recently hai appeared In the Parisian salons, was In vented by the French ballet i aster, Oardel, or rather was evolved by BiMl rrotn a much older uanoe for tho oele- bratlon of tho marriage ot King Louli XIV. "Minuet of the Qnoen" la ths till which th gallant ardel gavt ! to bis new dsuce In honor ell Marie Antoinette, Tho ri-r.- i a dance of the time ot Loult XI V. were i Utilised by liardel as the basis of bll new minuet ' The old dance, wltk which every court-ball of IaiuIs XIV. was opened, consisted mostly therels that the gentleman and the lady faced won oiner, moveo. a lew step lorwar . and backward In Urn with dignified , and sonorous musla, bowed deeply, and , rviurueu to toeir riaoea. iota asnct wa called th "Praul." It wa eu Wed by the gavotte, la which "thi gentlemen kissed the bouquet of Bow er, and with a deep bow handed It t bis partner." From thlt gavotte Uarde) aerived the minuet Th fsmout dtne- lng-maser. IVeourt tntrodaeed an Ira- portant innovation by changing the 3 ' fltfuie Into the Z fiirura. a.-M.-h i. .till danced. The minuet la th only dance which preservea the courtly dignity ol tZZSTL'"? "7 1 oTdan 1 rl I V ! ' iirl f1. , .'""V,.1 ! i? " .V'! beea damped of lata Vsart.-B.rUj Seersea-Couriaa ' POISONED PILLS THE WEAPONS. a BsDurluMs Duel Bctweee Twa rrswsfe. men V) Urn Wees ItlvaJj la Lav. A Parisian dud, which occasioned great seneutiou at the time of its occur rence, was one between Henri Delflgrnv and Alpbousu liivlere, th cause belnfc the success of the former lu wooing young lady to w hom they were both at tached. Riviere insulted bis successful rival by flapping biin on the cheek, and it was agreed that a duel should Uk place in which th lifof on should be ended. The details were left to their seconds to arrange, and until they faced each other upon the Held neither of the young men knew In what form they were to ! brave death. On the following morning four men met In a quiet wood. They were Riviere, with Monsieur Savalle, bis second, D.-Igruve, who waa accoin- ... . . r- . pann-a ty a doctor namea itorq'ir. : Tie j,,Uer informed the rlvali that Mou tieur Savalle and himself hod arrived at the decision that, in order to secure a , filtlj rM,uU fo ono of tb prjncinal.. it would lie liet to leave out of the ques tion sword ami pistols, and to trust to the more sure action of m deadly pobxh: As he spoke he drew from his pocket a little box, in which lay four black pej lets, all exactly Identical in shape and size, "In one of these," lie said, "I have placed a liifiiclent quantity of prussic acid to ennse the almost instantaneous death of him who swallows It Monsieur Savullo and I will decide by the toss of a coin w hich of you Is to hare the first choice, ami you shall alternately draw ami stvullow a pill until the poison slums the effect." While speaking the last words the doc tor spun into the air a glittering gold piece, and as It full Savalle cried "Tail.'' It' fell with the head uppermost, and Suvullewil.l: "The lirst choice Is yours, Monsieur Dclagrave." The two whose fate was contained in those Innocent looking block bulls bad shown uo bi-iis of trepidation, while the doctor explained the aw ful preparations that he bad mail for the death of one of them; and LVlugrave's face was perfect ly liiiKis.siveas he selected and washed down w ith a glass of claret one of the globules. "And now, Monsieur Riviere," said the doctor. Riviere extended his hand and took a pill, w hich lie swallowed with as little apN?arance of concern as bit opponent A minute passed, two, three, aud still the duelial stood UiotiollletM. "It is your choice aguln, Monsieur Del aware," said the doctor, "but this time you must swallow the pill at tlie same instant as Monsieur Riviere swallows the one you leave for hlui." LVlngruee (mused for a moment, look ing in silence at the two balls that lay before him. The closest scrutiny showed not the slightest difference between them; one whs harmless, but in the other rested the pall of eternity the silence uiul H-nce of that sleep that kuows uo awuke,iiii in this world. With a start he drew bis eyes from the box, and putting bis finger and thumb into it, drew forth ono of tho remaining pills. Riviere took the solitary one re maining, and both men simultaneously giiljHHl dow n their fate, A few seconds passed without any per ceptiblo movement on th part of either of them, and then Riviere threw up hi Imlttls, and, without a sound, fell flat iiiou the grass, lie turnod half round, gnve one convulaivo shudder, and, as bis rival bent over him, breathed liis last The fair causo of this awful tragedy was so horrified over it that she refused to see Dclugruve aain, and the memory of thoxo few minute weighed so heavily Upon liim that lio followed Riviere . the grave in a few mouths' time, Glasgow btar, A N.w Wild Hanw. The great Russian traveler, Prcxeval sky, lias discovered a new wild horse, more ner.rly allied to the domestic horse tlinn any previously known specie. Pre sevalsky, on his return from Central Asia, brought with him on of these new tiecie, Tho luirse Is described as hav ing warts on Ills hind legs a well as on its fore legs, and lias-hard hoof like the true horse. Hut the long lutlrs of the tail, instead of commencing at the base, do not begin until about half way down. Exci iinge, Only Natural. Rtiblti'teln was invited by the Princess Metternich to a soiree given by her at Vienna. When their lordships were about to depart the (orter called the carriage in turn In the following manner: "Equi page for his excellency, Prince Ester hazy! diiimge for hi excellency, Count Kolowrnt!" and when Rubinstein ap peared in the hull, muffled up in his furs, "Wngon for Ui piano playerl" From Ueriunn. ' A Itntaistla ratal. Philosopher (at the theatre) It is most remarkable to in how that hero and heroine' can act so vividly, like truly im passioned lovers. Tl,r Uabitue-Of! th stage those two are man and wife. Philosopher Yes, it's remarkable very remarkable. Net? York Weekly. ' l aitlilnat la SpnoM. Spoons are assuming individuality. People who are fastidious are beginning to discriminate Mween them according to their itecoratioii for different course at table almost as carefully a they do between their chinas. New xork Mail "J Kxprve. ! !! rT , , "S W pros- porous. 1 lie new piece nas made a hit Puffer What makes you think the piece is a itiecess? Manager Tb demand for paste. America. 0ue of ,he Urgc1tt flWla tht worlj ttiimMm It It situated between the L-n(, ,,, K. Okhotsk era. A well was recently dug In this region, w bea it was found tlmt at a depth ui HI meter th ground was still f rwD, There ia a good Methodist tn Connecti cut, according lo a religioua periodical. ho ,r,,r ,h tPM rTrT7 time he wri,t fu" "u J,1 ddrese. He Is Crandall J. North, New York Fart coo- 'erenee, W West avenue. South Norwelk. V" F h "lni" halloo Us ordered that all n fereno. to the reign of Vlhe.,iH frca French hb b,k and that th. evnUof " " - tM - COLONELQUARiTCII,V.C. Bj E EIDEB EACOAED. by, my dr fathar,'' sEe went on as the watched the matrb burn up and held it to .the candle, "you wad such a f ma this moruiug shout the dlnusr bsuig punctually at tHO, and now it's S o'clock, aud you are not dressed. It is snougb lo ruin any cook," and sb broke off for tli first time, psrosiv inc that bar father was not alona, Ts, my dear, yes," said the old gentle man, "I dare soy I did. It it bumso to err, my dear, especially about dinner on a On evening. Ifcsidt, 1 bav mad amends and brought you a visitor, eur new neighbor, Cot guriu.b. CoL yuantcb, let me Intro duce you to my daughter, Miss de la Molls." "I think that w bav met before," sold Harold, lo smnewhat uervous fashion, as he stretched out bis hand. "Yet," anwred Ida, taking It "I re member. It was in the long drift five years ago, oo a windy afternoon, wben my bat blew over tne bulge ana you went to nra It" "Ton have a good memory, Mlat de la Molls." said be, feeling not a little pleased that she should bave recollected tb inci dent "Evidently not bettr than your own, Col Quoritcb." was her ready answer. " Besides, one sees so few strangers here that one nat urally remembers them. It is a plac wber nothing baps)iis-tim passes that is all" Ucanwbile th old squire, who bad been making a prodigious fuss with bis bat and stick, which he managed to send clattering down tb flight of stone steps, departed to get ready, saying in a kind of roar at be went tbat Ida was to order in tne dinner, as be would be down lu a minute. Accordingly she rang th bell, and told tb maid to bring lu th up in flv min ute, and to lay another place. Tbea turn ing to Harold, ahe began to apologise to bun. "I don t know what tort or a dinner you will getCoL QuariU-h," she said, "it is so erovokliiK of my futber: he never gives on tb least warning wben be it goiug to sk tnv one lo dinner." "Not at all, not at all," b answered hur riedly. "Il Is I wbo out;bt to apolKilai coming down oo you like like" "A wolf OO the fold, suggesteU Ida. "Yes, exactly," be went on earnestly, look ing at his eoat "but not In purple aud gold." "WU,"sbe went on, laughing, "you will get very little to eat for your pains, and I know that soldiers always like good dinners." "Uow do you know that. Miss de la llullef" "Ob, because of xsir James and bis friends whom be uk1 to bring here. Dy ths way, CoL Juaritcb," the went on, with sudden softeniug of tb voice, "you have been In Egypt, I know, because I bave so often seen your name In the papers; did-you ever meet my brother there f "1 knew biui slightly," be answered; "only very slightly. I did not know that be was your brother, or, Indeed, that you bad a brother, lie was a dashing otlioer." What he did not say, however, was that be also knew him to bav Lceu one of the wild est and most extravagant young men In an extravagant regiment and as such had to sum extent shunned bit society on the few occasions wbeu he bod been thrown in with blm. Perhaps Ida, witb a woman's quick ness, divined from bis ton that there was something behind bit remark; at any rate tb did not auk blm for particulars of their slight acquaintance. "lie was my ouly brother," she continued. "There never were but us two, and, of course, his loss was a great blow to ma . My father cannot get over it at all, although" and she broke olf suddenly and rested bar bead upon ber band. At this moment too, tbe squire wot beard advancing down tbe stairs, sboutiug to the servants as he came. "A thousand pardons, my dear, a thousand pardons," be said, as be entered the room; "but well, if you will forgive particulars, I was quite unable todiscover the whereabouts of a ceriaiu neMary portion of the mala attire. Now, L'oi. Quaritcb, will you lake my daughter! Stop, you dea't know the way-perhupt I had better show it to you with tbe caudle" Accordingly be advanced out of ths vesti bule, sud turning to the left led the way dowu a long passage till be reached the dining twin. This apartment was com modious, though not large, It was lighted by three narrow windows, which looked out upon the mont, aud bore a considerate air of solid comfort Tb table, made of black oak, wbicb was of extraordinary solidity and weight was matched by a sidetxstrd of tbe same material and apreiitly of tbe same date, both pieces of furniture being, as Mr. de la Molls iuformed bis guests, relics of tb old castle. Uu this sideboard were placed several very maaiiv ancient plate, on each of which wot rudely engraved three falcont or, the arm of lbs l)e la Moll family, on piecs. In deed, a very ancient salver, bearing thos of tb IWisaeys a ragged oak, in an escutcheon of pretense showing tbeix-by tbat it dated from tbe D ia Moll who, in tbe tun of Henry VII, bad obtained the property by r. nrnage witb the Hoissey heiress. As the dinner, which was a simple one, went on, tbe con vernation bsving turned that way, the old squire bail this piece of put brought by the servant girl to Uorold (Jua ritcb tor blm to examine "It is very curioun," he said. "Bav you much of tins, Mr d la Mollef" "No, Indeed," he said, "1 wish I had, Il all vanished in th time of Charles L" "Melted down, I suppose," said the colonel "No, tbat is tue odd port of It. I doul think it waa It wa bidden somewhere I donl know where, or perhaps It was turned Into money and tb mon.iy bl t len. Cat 1 will tell yna the story, if you Ilka, as scon at w bav don dinner." Ars-nrdlngly, as soon a th serrsr.l bid removed tb cloth, an drifter tho old tsUiles, placed tbe wine oro tbe naked went tb squire lgn bis tal. of which tb following Is tb tuliataiic: "Id th tun of James I tb DlM.n family waa at th height of It proierily, tbat ia. so far u money goes. For several general loot previous th representatives of Uw family bad withdrawn thenwlves from any active particqiaiion In public affairs, and living here st small expense upou their kinds, which were at tbst tun very large, had amassed qnsntllyof wealth that, fur tb K. might fairly be calleiljt-uorntous. Thus Sir Stephen d ia Molle, the grandfather of tb Sir James who lived in th tint of James I, k-ft to bis son, wbo was also named Stephen, a sum of not less than H,M in gold. ThisSiepbea was a great miter, and tradition says that he trebled tb sum in bis hi tint. Anyhow, be dU-d rich as Cruwus, and abominated alike by bis tenants tnd by lb country side, as nngbt b expected when gentleman of bis nam and fain degraded aimseir, as this Sir Stephau undoubtedly did, to tb practice of usury. "With tb oett heir. Sir James, however, th old spirit of th De la Motlea seems to have revived, although it Is sufTk-iwiUy clear tbat be was by no means a spendthrift but oe tb contrary, a cartful auto, tbougb oo wbo maintained bis station and refuted to soil bis Ingw with such bas dealing as it had pleased his unci to do. Going to court a became, parhsps oa account of his wealth, eotwideratiM) favorite witbamea L, to whom be was greatly attached, aud from wbora be bought baronetcy. Indeed, tb best proof of hit devotion ia, that be oa two oeca ttooa, lent large tuns of money to tb king which wr never raftd. On tb acrwaioa of Cbarle L howavwr, 8ir Jaiuea left oourt eoder circumstance wbicb war never quit ciaartd up, It said that, smarting toder some slight which waa put upon him, he mad asuenewhat bnuqu demand tor tb money that' be had Wot to Jamas. Tbareoo lb king, with sarvswti wit, congratulated hist oa lb fact tbat tor spirit of his aacle. Sir HtaptMB D la hloua, whoa una tu UU a byword ta h kwd, svUaoUj wc- vlvd In lb. fsmllr Of James turned whit with anger, bowad, and without a word left tb court, nor did be vr return thither. . . "Yeart (swl. tod tb civil war was at Its height Hir Jaiuet bad ss yet steadily re fax! to tak. tny thsr in It U bad never forgiven the Insult put upon him by lb king, for, like uwrtof bit race, of whom it wat said that they uever forgav au Injury and never forgot a kindness, be wus a pertlna clous man. Therefore be would not lift a Auger in the king's can, but still lest would be belp tb Itouiidheads, wboiu be bated with slBTular hatred 8o time went till at lost, wben b was sor pressed, Tlierles, knowing his great wealth aud Influence, br'Might himself lo write a letter to this Hir Jaiiim, piling to bun for support, and es pecially for money 'I bear,' said th king lo bll letter, 'that Sir Jamei de la Moil, wbo ws aforetym well sITocted to our person and more es cially to Hi late king, our sainted father, doth Land idle, watching th growing of this bloody struggle and lifting uo baud. Buch was not the way of th race from which he sprung, which, unlea bltory dotb greatly he, b.itb In th past been each found at the side of their kings striking for the right it is said to me also that Mir James de ia Moll dotb tbus place blm elf aside, blowing neither but nor cold, Ink-suss of some sharp words which w ike iu heedless Jest many a year that's gnu. W know not if this be true, doubting If nun's memory b so long, but if so il lie, then hereby do w crave bis pardon, and no mor ran w da And now is our estate on of grievous peril, and sorely do we need tbe sid of Uii and man. There fore, if the heart of our subject Hir James de la Molle b not rell lions against us, as we cannot readily credit it to b, w do implore present his aid in men and money, of wbicb kit it is said be hath large store, this letter being proof of our urgent need.' "'."lie" were, as nearly as I can remember, tbe very words of th letter which was writ ten In til own bsnd, and show pretty clearly bow hardly ba was pressed, it Is said tbat wben he read it Hir James, forgetting bit grievance, burst into tea is, and, taking tbe par, wrote hastily as follows, which last he certainly did, for I bav seen tb letter in the museum: 'My llege-Of tbe past I will uot sawk. It is past But sine it batb gra ciotuly pleaxed your majesty to ask mine aid tguiust th rebels wbo would overthrow your throne, rest asured that all I bav is at your majesty's dinpisial, till such tun a your enemies are discomfited. It hath pleaaxl I'nivnlenc to so prosper my fortune that I have stored away in a safe place, till thee times tie past, a very great sum in gold, whereof I will at once place 1U.UUU pieces at th dixpoHnl of your majenty, so soon as a safe means ran be provided of conveying tbe suiiie. seeing that I had sooner die than tbat these great moneys should fail into tbe bauds of the rebels to tlie furtherance of an evil cause.' "Then the letter went on to say that th writer would st once buckle to and raise a troop of borxe among hut tenantry, and that if other aati'faclory arrangement could uol lie made for the conveyance of the moneys, be would bring them III person to the king. "And now cornea the climax of the story The messenger was captured, and Hir Jauios' incautious letter taken from bis boot o a result of which he, within ten days' tune, found himself closely besieged by AUU Hound heads, under the command of one CoL Hlay fmr The castle was but ill provisioned fur a siege, and in ths end Hir James was driven by sheer starvation to surrender No sooner bad he obtained an entry than CoL Play fair sent for his prisoner, and to bis astonishment pnxiiicod to Sir James' foe bis owu letter to the king. " 'Now, Sir James,' ba said, 'we hav tbe hive, and I must s.sk you to lead us to tlie honey Where be thine great moneys whereof you talk bereinf Kain would I lie fingering tbte IU.UUU piecu in g ld, tb wlncb you bav so snugly stowed away.' "'Ay,' answered old Hir James, 'you bav th hive, but the secretanf th boney you have not, nor shall you Lav It. Th 1U.U.-U pieces lu gold is where it is, aud witb it as much mor. h ind It if you may, colonel, and take it if you ran.' " 'I shall Hud it by to-morrow's light Rlr James, or otherwise well, or otherwise you die.' " 'I must die, all men do, colonel, but IT I die the secret dies with me.' " 'This e shall see,' answered the colonel, grimly, and old Hir James was marched oil lo a cell, ami there clinely routined on bread and water Hut he did not die the next day nor the next nor for a week, indeed "Kveryduy he was brought up beforvth colonel and questioned as lo where lb tress ur wa- under the threat of InimutiaU death, uol being sulTered meanwhile to coin muiiicale by word or sign with any one, save the ollieers of the rebels, and every day be refused, till at last bis inquisitor's tience guv out and be was told frankly thai if be did not commuiiiivt the secret he would be shot st duwn the lollowing day. "Old Rlr Jnmes laughed, and said that thoot him they might, hut tbat he consigned nit soul to the devil If he would enrich them with his treasures, and thea ss :d thai his Hible might be brought to bun thut be might reed therein and preisire himself for deutb "They gave him the Bible and left him. Nxt morning at the dawn (lie of Kound beaila nuirehcd bun out Into tbe court yard of the castle, and ber he found CoL Play fair and bis ollieers waiting. "'Now, Hir James, for your Inst word. Will you reveal where the treaaur lies, or will you chum todief "'I will nut reveal,' answered the old man. Murder me if you wllL Tbe act Is worthy of boly Presbyter. I hav spoken and my mind is Hied." " 'Itethink ynu.'snld the colonel "i bave thought.' he answered, 'and 1 tm ready Sin vine a nd seek th treasure. Union thing I auk. My young son is not her. In France batb be Iwen this three years, and naught kuowt be or wber I bav bid tint gold Send to blm tbit Uibl wben I m dead. Nay, search it from page to p;- There is naught therein save what I nave writ Here uxia this last sheet It is all I have left to giv.' " 'Tb book shall b searched,' answered the colonel, 'and If naught ia found therein it shall ba sent And now. In lb nam of Uod, I adjur you, Hir James, let not the love of lucre stand betwevu you and your life Her I make you on lost offer. Di cover but to us th 1'IO.IU) whereof you lk in this writing1 and be held up th letter to tb king 'aud you shall go free refuse and you die.' " 'I refuse,' he answered. " 'Musqueteen make ready,' shouted the colonel, a ad tb flit of men stepped forward. "But at that moment ther rani up to furious squall of wind, together with dens sud cutting rain, tbst for awhile th exeru tion was delayed. Presently it passed, and tbe wild bght of tb November morning went out from tlia kkv. and rarmljut tl Jooiued man kneeling Uon tb exlden turf, with the water running from his white hair and beard, and praying. They called to bun to stand up, but he would not, and continued praying. Bo they shot bim oo bis knars," "Well," said CoL yiiarlteh, "at any rat b died like a gallant gentleman. At that moment ther was a knock at tb door, and the wsrvant cam in. "What is It r asked th tquir, "Oeorg fa) here, plea, sir," laid the girl, "and says tbat be would like en see you." "Confound bim T grow ltd tb old gwitl man; "be is always ber alter something or other. 1 tuppnat it Is about th Moat form U was going to see Jontrr today. Will yon excus dm. guariu-hl Uy dauguter will tell VOU tb od of tb StOI-V it Sou ran, tn k.. tny roar. 1 wiU Jom yoti In tb drawing room.' CHAPTER nr. thi tx o or vat Tata. As toon as bar ftbr had roua Ida m. faJ kKtad that if Col Quarikh had doc bis win Ibry should go Into tb drawing room, wbicb they accordingly did. Thli room was much mor modern thnn cither tb vestlbul or tli diulns: room, and hod a general air and flavor of tb Ninetoeotb cen tury young lady about il There wrtb IIUl tables, th drarlos, tlie photograph frames, and all tb hundred and on knick knacks and odds and ends by means of which . lady of tart. m ikes a room lovely In tb yes of brutal man. It ass a vary pleasant place to look upon, this drawiug room at Hon bam castle, witb iu Irregular reressct, II somewhat faded colors illuminated bv the soft light of a shaded lamp, ami ib genuine air of Temlnlu dominion, iluruld (Jnariu-h was a man who bad seen much of the world, but had not sera much of drawing rooms, or, indeed, of ladles st large. They had not com In hi way, or If they had come in bis way be bad avoided them. Therefore, perhaps, was h tb mor susceptible to such influences wben bi cam In contact witb them. Ur perhaps it waath presence of Ida's gracious self wbicb threw a charm about tb place tbat added to it natural attractiveness, at tb china bowlt 0f lavender tnd rose leaves added perfume to tbe air. Anyhow, it struck bim that he bad never teen a room which conveyed to hit mind such sn idea of gentle rest and rtflu. ment "What a charming room," be said, as be entered it "I am glad yon think o," answered Ida; "beous It I my own territory, and I ar ranged It" "Yet," be laid, "it It easy to see tbst'' "Well, would you like to bear the end ot tbe story about Hir Jnmes and bis treasurer "Certainly; it Interest ms very much." "It positively fascinates me," said Ida, witb emphasis. "Listen, and I will tell you. After they bad shot old Hir James they took the Bible off blm, but whether or ho CoL Play fair ever sent it to tlie ton in Prance It not known, "Tbe story It all known historically, and It It known that at my father said, he asked that bit Bible might be sent, but nothing mora Tbit eon, Hir Edward, never lived to return to England. After bis father's mur der tbe estates were seized by tbe Parlia mentary party, and ths old rattle, witb tbe exception of tbe gate towers, razed to the ground, partly for military purposes and partly in tbe long and determined attempt tbat was made to discover old Hir James1 treasure, "bit-h might it was thought bav been concealed in some secret chamber In tb walls. But it was all of no use, and CoL Playfair found tbnt iu letting bis tenqiergel tb better of him and snooting Hir James, h bad don away w ilu lb only chance of find ing th money that be wot ever likely to bave, for to all appearance tbe tec ret bad died witb its owner. There wot a great noise about It at tbe time, and the colonel wot de graded from bit rank lu reward for what be he bad done. It wat presumed that old Sir Jame must bav had accomplice in th biding of to great a must of gold, and every means, by way of threat aud promises of reward-which at hist trow to half of tbe total amount that should be discovered was taken to Induce these tu come forward if they existed, but without result And so the mat ter went on, till after a 'ew year tb wbol thing died away and was forgotten. "Meanwhile tbe son, Hir Edward, who was the second and lost baronet led a wandering life abroad, fearing or not caring to return to England, now tbat all i-u property bad own teised. Wben be was two-anil twenty yeart of age, however, he contracted an imprudent marriage witb bit cousin, a lady of the nam of Ida DofTerleigb, a girl of good blood and great beauty, but without means. Indeed, the wat the sister of Uoorgepoffurleigb, wbo was a cousin aud compaiiion in exile of Hir Edward's, aud, as you will presently see, my liueal ancestor. Well, within a year of this Eiarringe poor Ida, my namesake, died, with ber baby, of fever, cbufly brought on, they say, by want and anxioty of mind, and tbe shock seems to bave turned ber husband brain. At any rate, witbiu thi-e or four mouths of ber death be committed suicide. Uut before be did so be formally executed a rather tlalHirat will, by wbicb be left all bit estates in Englund, 'now unjustly withheld from me, contrary to law aud natural r ght, by the rebel pretender Cromwell, together witb tbe treasure ludde-i thereou or elsewhere by my late murdered father, Sir Jame de la Molle,' to John OeofTrey Dofferlelgh! hi cousin, and th brother of bis late wit and his heir forever, on condition only of bi assuming the name and arms of tbe De la Molle family, tbe direct line of which became extinct witb himself. Well, of course, tbit will, when executed, wat to all appearance to much waste stper, but within three years from iu execution Charles II was king of England. "Thereon John Dofferlelgh produced the document and on assuming the name and arms of De la Molle actually succeeded in obtaining tbe remains of tbe castiand a considernhl portion of th landed property, though the baronetcy became extinct His son it was wbo built this present bouse, and he I our direct ancestor, for though my father talks of tbem as though they were it Is a little weakness of hi th old De 1 Molles were not our direct male ancestors." "Well," said Harold, "and did Dofferleigh And tbe treasurer "No, ah. no, nor anybody else. Th treasure hat vanished. He hunted for it a great deal, and be did flud those piece of plate which you taw to-night bidden way somewhere, doul know where, but there was nothing else with them." "Perhaps the whole thing wa nonsense," said Harold, reflectively. "No," said Ida, shaking her bead, "I am sure It was not; I am sure tbe treasure Is bid den away somewhere to thli day. Listen, CoL Quaritch y u bav not beard quite all the story yet 1 found tometbing." "You wbatr "Wait a minute and I will thow yon," and going to a cabinet in tb corner the uu locked it and took out a dispatch box, wbicb sb also unlocked. "Here," sbe said, "1 found this. It Is the Bible thst Sir James begged might be sent to hit ton, just before they shot bim, yon remember," and the banded him a small brown book. He took it and examined tt carefully. It was bound in leather, and oa tb cover waa written in large letter, "Sir Jame d la Molls. Honham Castle, 161 L" Nor was tbit JL Tb first sheets of tbe Bible, which was one or tb earliest copie of tb authorized version, were torn out and the top corner wat also gone, having to all appearance been thot off by a bullot a pre sumption that a dark stain of blood upon tbe cover and edges brought near to certainty. "Poor fellow," said Harold, "b must bav had it In bit pocket wben b wat shot. Where did yon find it r "Yea, I suppose to," laid Ida; "in fact I bar oo doubt of It. I found it wben I was a child in an old oak chest in tbe basement of the western tower, quit bidden up in dust and rubbish and bite of old iron. But look at the end and you will what b wrote in it to bis son Edward. Her 1 will show you and leaning over bim th turned to th last page of the book. Between tbe bottom of tbe pace and th conclusion of tb final chtpter of Revelation there bad been a small blank spar uow densely covered with crabbed writing in faded Ink, which sb read aloud. It ran as follow: "Do not grieve for me, Edward, my son, tbat I am thut suddenly don to death by rebel murderers, for naught happeneth but aewding to Uodt wiU. And now fare well, Edward, till wetball meet in heaven. My moneys hsr I bid, and oo account there. di unto this world, knowing tbat a on pier shall Cromwell touch. To whom Ood tfaall appoint, shall all my treae ar be, foe nan;ht ran I communicate." to si cornnuiDl. Th Ttn.) l TV . . Ini .,1 j u reno' Ol the FOOSet irru-atton H at,. . i- , . tt,.;. reno nsa onier-i in tlaansj rJ k..j. . sienimn i T "",ro amount oi Tb. i ,i erBt"t on of a canal. Heap and sbout SO auW ton.