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EUGENE CITY GUARD. (a La CAMPBELL. Prearietor. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. NEST-BUILDINQ FISHES. They Watch Onr Their Yoeu Like Careful Hea. Tie Bltsbkl It ft Russian flsh wblcb Uvea in the Black Sea. When the hatching season approaches, It seeks the shore and builds there a Dent fur ita young. Both father and mother unit in ffttthorlnff seawoeds, and deposit them in small hole on the shore. There the motbor lays hor eggs, and watches over them like a oarof ul ben until they are batahed. The stickleback not only builds a nest for its young, butdufonds it from attack with great seal and ferocity. One nat uralist says that be took a male stickleback from the water, and placed blm with othors in a oollocting bottle. Then he went on observing the nest which the prlsonor bad been guarding. Suddonly a large crowd of hungry ttloklobacks assembled about it and be fan an attack, evidontly with the pur pose of devouring the young within. The conscionce-strloken naturalist at once dropped bis prlsonor among them, and as soon as the wronged householder eould colloct bis scattered wits, be rushod at the invaders, attacked them fiercely and soon was again in possession of his nost, whloh. be at once sot about mending with bits of weeds and twigs. A Chinese fish constructs a nost, not of grass or seaweeds, but of frothy se cretions. The male prepares bubbles in thn air hv sucklnir them In and strength ening them with muouous matter from bis mouth. Then he brings thorn into tbe wator, and expels thorn to construot nest. Tbe female enters tuis cavity, and lays her eggs there. The eggs sink to the bottom of tbe water, and the male la then obliged to ralso thorn into the nest, Ho appoars to be nnablo to carry them in his mouth, ao he swallows a large aupply of air, de scend beneath the eggs, and violently scenas Deueatn wi. egg a, - '""' ' excels mo air aooumuiavou. iu ""i aseous powder, which envelop the egg ! and ralso them to the aurfaoe. Youth I Companion. MISCELLANEOUS. Twelve eartioade of crushed gfa sandwich papers and othsr rubbish were taken from the White IIouso ground after the children's egg-rolling plcnlo en Eastor morning. A eltlien of St Johns, N. B., lost a number of oblckena recontly, among them a rooster whose orow he knew with bla eyoa abut. lie mado a detour of the oily, hoard ths rooster, Insisted upon an examination and found every thicken. A numismatist auggoata that a cor taln coin say the fifty-cent plooos ftssuod during any administration be stamped with the head of the l'rosldent of that date. Thoy will thua aorve as an aid to history, as do the coins ol an cient daya. A man in a village of Holland was seen ono day painting a heavy black line on the gublo-ond ef bla houso, and attaching to it a date, any Novombor 18, 1883. Asked what ho was about, be aald: "I am moving my bigh-wator mark up to whero tlie boya can't scratch Itout again. I am alok of their pranks." An old molassea candy woman used to ask her juvenile customers whether thoy wantod "sticks or gobs." Ono day ber niece took her place, and put the question in this way: "Will you have elongated plocea or oomtonaoa miiHsosr And the youngsters agreed that she was stuok up. Youth a Companion. A Jackson County, Mich., woman lost bur husband, and ka tbe first blush of hor uncontrollable grief she ordered a handsome monument to mark the de parted's resting piano, Ileforo the atone was completed the widow had taken a new hitch on 11 fo and married again. Sho rofused to accept or pay for the monument, and there waa lota of trouble in the beusehold. A vast sum wa sunk in tho tem porary plant used In building tho Forth bridge. The engineers ostlmnte that 1600,000 waa apent in this direction ftlone In scaffolding, flooring, shedding, to., 1,000,000 cubic foot of tlmW were L iV m ..i ,,. Used. I rora first to last 1.S00 tons of mere eorvtee bolts wore needed to hold the mass of material together. Scores of hydraullo jacks, alxty miles of wire rope and roma innumerable were also among tbo temporary appllancea cm ployod. A Georgia editor has an old Confed erate shoe, manufactured for the gov ernment In 1604, just before tho war ended. The solo ia fully three-quarter of an inch thick, a' d is made of poplar . . I r drawing knife. Hie upper la at- I i ....i.i .... .1 - .1 I . V. n taohod to the sole with a strap of raw tide, running entirely around the shoe, tbe leather being bold to tho aolo with large carpet tacks, The upper la of rough oowhldo, dressed only on the In tide. An old lady living at Lcwisburg, Ore., picked up an Indian arrow bead recently, that ia quite a rello. It la black flint interspersed with Quarts, pearl and emerald, and under the mloro- cope exhibits a roseate huo of exquisite beauty. The Mollalla Indiana forty year ago told the white of a rock acuta f Mount Hood in tbe mountains, that ihone with such Intense brightness a to excite superstition in tho aavago breast to such an extent tbat they feared to approach the sparkling luminary. There ia not much credulity to be at tached to Indian tradition, but If th tone from which tbla arrow head was extracted could be located genie of great value might be found. Tho fruit of tbe ooco-de-mor, which General Gordon believed to be the for bidden fruit of tbe Garden of Eden, baa been exported to Europe. Tbe nut welgba twenty pounds and measure! twenty-five inches across. The palm on which It grows (lodoicea aechellarum) la 100 feet in height, and la only to be found on the Seychelle Islands. Hun- dreda of year before tho Boychelle. J ... . . ware discovered these nuts were washed up on the Maldlve Island, and tbe wise acres of those day told the people that tbla aca-borne fruit bid grown on a sub marine tree, and that it bad a mysterious power of counteracting poisons. Hence the name cooo-do-mer. It la probable tbat Gordon met with allusions to thia wonderful nut In Arabic M8S.,and after ward visiting Seychelles waa struck by tbe beautiful and isolated group of island and their doubl cocoanut Agxlilcal of ei. itciiicnt prcvs'li in the plo-pliu-a hVM of Florid, mtist qnent iipm the word revived from Wabin.tn that a'l phi-b it- Itn-U rliall le I'UsM'd n miners! Ian, aii'l thai ti'0lio have tuken boniest vid niu-tgive them up A small army iiaa Irfvn in Hie field Uking out mineral i , lUJfJ COLONELQUARITCH.V.a Bj H. BIDEB HAQOAEIX Edward Cossiiy did "t reject tils lugge tlon with the contempt ' might bav teen expected; on the contrary, lis appeared to be turning iutrnnitrorlnblemiud,forb ilrummod a little tuue 'b bis knuckles and stared out of the window - "What Is the sumr '- b, presently. "Kive-nndtwenly tb"Uaud, and be wantl four moro, say thirty thousand." 'And whore am I gol to llnd thirty tbou land pounds to lake n a buiidls of mort cages which will probs'lv never pay a forth tug of Interest! Why, I have not got lhre thousand 1 con come at Besides," be dded. recollecting himself, "why should I interfere '"'-I do not think," answered Mr. Quest, Ig noring the latter part of the question, "that with your proipecta you would find it diffi cult to get thirty thousand or twice thirty thousand pounds. I know several wbo would consider It an honor to lend tbe money to a Cosscy, If only for the sake of the introduo-tlou-tlmt is, of course, provided the secur ity was of a legal nature." "Let me see the letter," said Edward. Mr. Quest banded blm ths document con veying the commands of Uossey & Bon, and ha rami It through twlcO. "The old man means business," be said, as be returned It; "that letter was written by blm, aud when bs has once mads up bis mind It is useless to try aud stir blm. Did you say that you wore going to sue tbe squire to day r . "No, I did not say so, but as a matter of fact I am. Ills man, Oeorge-a shrewd fel low, by the way, for one of these bumpklns cams with a letter asking me to go up to the eostle, so I shall get round tbore to lunch. It is about this fresh loan tnat me oia gemw oma ,.,i10i to negotiate. Of course 1 shall be obliged to tell blm that instead of giving a fresh loun we shall have to eerv a notice on him." . , "Don't do that Just yet," said Edward, with deciilon. "Write to the house and say that their Instructions shall be attended to. There Is no hurrv about the notice, though 1 don't how i to belo In the matter. Indeed , , ,, way. are you going to me casus u noouf "Yes, I believe so. Whyf" "Well, I want to get up there to luncheon, and I am in a fix. Belle will want tbe trap to go there this afternoon. Can you lend me your dog cart to drive up, and then perhaps you would not mind If she gave you a lilt this afternoon." "Very well," answered Edward, "that is if it suits Urt Quest, Perhaps she may object to carting me about the country I" "I have not observed any such reluctance on her part," said ths lawyer dryly, "but we can easily settle the question. I must go borne to got some plans before I attend the vostry meeting about that pinnacle. Will you step across with me and we can aik her!" "Oh, yes," be answered. "I have nothing particular to do." And accordingly, as soon as Mr. Quest had made some small arrangements aud given particular directions to hit clerks as to bis whereabouts for the day, they set off to gether for the lawyer's private bouse. CHAPTER VHL nr. qcest's win. Mr. Quest lived In one of those ugly but comfortably built old red brick houses, which abound iu almost evory country town, and which give us the cleurat poenible idea of the want of tuste and love of material comfort thut characterized the gross age In which they were built. This house looked out on to the market place, and hnd a charming old walled garden at the back, (umous for IU necturluus, which, together with the lawn founts miirt- m'lim. in Mra. Outset would sav. jm0.t enough to console bur for living In a uwu, Tho front door, however, was only sejiarnted by a little flight of eto from ths pavemeut, upon which the bouse abutted. Entering luto a largo, cool looking ball, Mr. Quest imiukhI, and asked a servant who was passing where her mistress was, "In the drawing room, sir," said the girl: and followed by Edward Coney, he made hi I way down a long panelvd passage till bs reached - door on the left, which be opened ' quickly, and passed through Into a charming, moluin looking room, unnuaomeiy ana even luxuriously furnished, and lighted by French windows opening on to the walled garden, A little lady dressed In some black mate rial was standing at one of these windows, her arms crossed behind hur bock, and absently Rating out of Ik At the sound of tbe opening door she turned swiftly, her whole delicate ''f1."' "P ray of suiwh ne, the h t slightly parted, and ' auJ M Toh a deep aud happy light shining eyes. Then, all lu an iuitant, it was in structive to observe how Instantaneously ber glance full upon her husband (for the lady was Mrs. QuetU and her sutire expression changed to one of cold aversion, the light fading out of her face as It does from a November sky, and leaving It cold and bard. Mr. Quest, who was a mail who saw every thing, saw this alio, aud smiled bitterly. "Dou't be alarmed, Hulls," be said, in a low voice; "1 have brought Mr. Cossey with me. Ube flushed up to the eyes, a great wave of . , 'voa:b. .he color, aud her breast braved; but before she could answer, Edward loeaey, who bud topped behind to wiM soius mud off bis shoes, entered tbe room, and politely offered bis hand to Mr Quest, wbo took it coldly enough. "You ar an early visitor, Mr. Cossey," he said. "Yes," said her husband, "but th fault to mine. 1 hav broiiRbt Mr. Cossey over to ask you if you can give biiu a lift up to th "H" "l Jtenwon. 1 bav to go up ther to lunch, aud bar borrowed his dog cart" "Oh, yea, with pleasure. But why cant th dog cart coins back for Mr. Cossey f "Wall, you see," put in Edward, "ther la a little difficulty) my groom to sick. But ther is really uo reason why you should bs bothered. 1 bav no doubt that a man oau be fouud to bring it back." "Ob, no," sb said, with a shrug, "it will b all right; only you hid better lunch bar, that's all, becauta 1 want to start early, and go.to an old woman's at the other end of llou ham about some fuchsia cuttings;" "1 shall b very hsppy," said be "Very well, then, that to settled," aald Mr. Queet, "and now I amt got .my plana aud bs off to that vestry meeting. I'm 1st as It to. With your permiasiou, Mr. Coaey, I will order th dog cart a I pus your rooms." "Certainly," said Edward, and in another niomeut th lawyar was gone. Mrs Quest watched tbe door cloea, and then sat down In a hw armchair, aud ruling ber bead uihii tb beck t looked i up with a atM.lv Itiiiinniiir L-ftftja full tutu KJward (sv steady, Inquiring gaas full luto Edward Cu- sey far. And be too looked at ber, and thought what a beautiful woman sb waa, In ber own way 8b wa vary small, rounded in ber figure alnitKt to itoutiicw, and posnwd th liuitsl aud moM Uauttlul bands aud frt But ber greatest charm lay in th fact, which was almut infantile in ita shape, and dclK-ulo as a ohm rtM Sh was xqultely (air lu coloring -Indeed, the darkot things bout ber were her violet eyes, wbicb In some lights looked almort black in ouulrast with brr a bit (orebaad aud waving auburn bair. Presently be soke, "lias my biutwnd gonef sh said. "1 suium mx Why do you ekf "Bei-nuM. from what I kuow of bis habits, I should thiuk It very iiSely that b Isllsteo- B1l . aud sb Uugbx i.in. MYuuocmtobavsagoplnho.bbiv" "I bavs exactly the opinion of hfm that be defrrves," she said, bitterly; "and my opinion of him Is tli-U be is one of the wickedest men In KnglHiiO." . "If he Is behind the door lie will enjoy that," said Edward Cossey. "Well, If be to all this, why did you marry btml" "Wbv did 1 marry nimrsne bbi, - .. . M I ... A I. ing.and then went and got drunk again' And what would you do If that father were In the bands of a man like my tmsuuia, oony nd mul in his bands, and if between them ID uu ubiwi, auu i. -" was brought to bear and brought to iirnunrA bear until at lout There, what Is the good of going on with It, you can guess tbe rest. "Well, and what did be marry you for your pretty facer "1 dou't know; be said so, It may biv hod something to do with It. 1 think It was my 10,000, for once 1 bad a whole 10,000 of my own. My poor mother left it mo, and it was tied up so that my father could not touch It Well, of course, when I mar ried my husband would not bavs any settle ments, and so be took it, every farthing." "And what did be do with itl" "Spent it upon some other woman In Lon donmost of it 1 found him out; be gave ber thousands of pounds at once." "Well, 1 should not have thought that of him," said be, with a laugh. She paused a moment and covered ber face with ber band, and then went oni "If yoo only knew, Edward; If you had the faintest idea what my life was till a year and a half ago, when 1 first saw you, you would pity me aud understand why 1 am bad, aud passion ate, and Jealous, and everything that 1 ought not to be. I never bad any happiness as a girl; bow eould I in suob a home as oursf And then almost before 1 was a woman 1 was banded over to tbat man. Ob, bow I bated blm, and what I enduredl" "Yes, it can't bave been very pleasant" "Pleasant but there, we have done with each otner now we don't even speak much except In public, that's my pries fur holding my tongue about the lady In London aud with passion. "Bau I was forel Into It, bility Is that half tbe old women In IfcUlog bu lledlnw It, starved luto It What would bam have got their eyes fixed on the naU iou , do If yoS wer. a defense!., motherls- door to as how long I stay. 1 .hall go down alrl of 18, with a drunken father who beoU, to tb office and corns back at half past vou-yes, beat you with a stick-polied "A very nice excuse to get rid of me," sb ith.mt eeutlemau-like way next morn said; "but I dare say you are right, and I X2,'IZtoiy- Mr. Quest- nightmare, but It has Eone. And then," she went on, fixing her beautiful eyes upon bis face, "then 1 saw you, Edward, and for tbe first time in my lif 1 learned what love was, and I think that no woman sver loved like that before. Other women hav bad some thing to care for In their lives; 1 never bad anything till I aaw you. It may b wicked, but it's true," H turned slightly away and said nothing. "And yet, dear," sh went on, in a low voice, "I think it has been on of tb hardest things of all my lov tor you. For, Ed ward," and sb ros and took nis nanu ami looked into bis fao with iter soft eyes full ef tears, "1 should bave liked to be a blessing to you and not curse, ami aud a cause of sin. Oh, Edward, 1 should hav made you such a good wife, no man could hav bad a better, and I would bav helped you, too, for I am not such a fool aa I seem, and now 1 shall do nothing but briug trouble upon you; I know 1 shall. And it was my fault, too at least, most of It Dou't ever think that 1 deceive myself, for 1 don't; I led you on, 1 know I did, 1 meant to therel Think me as shameless as you like, I meant to from the first And no good cau com of it, 1 know that, although 1 would not bar it uudoue. No good can ever come of what to wrong. 1 may be very wicked, but 1 kuow that" aud she began to cry outright This was too much for Edward Cossey, who, as any man must, bod been much touched by this unexpected outburst "Look here, Belle," be blurted out on the impulse of tbe moment, "1 am sick and tired of all this sort of thing. Kor moro than a year my life has been uothing but a living lie, aud 1 can't stand It, and tbut's a fact 1 tell you whut it Isi 1 think ws bad better Just take tbe traiu to Paris and go off at once, or els give it all up. It Is tmiHwaible to go on briug in this atmosphere of continual fuUehood." Hbstoied crying. "Do you really cor for me euouch for that, Ed ward" aba said. "Yes, yes," he said, somewhat impatiently ; "ysu cau so 1 do or 1 should not uiak the offer, buy th word aud 1'U do It" Kb thought for a moineut,and then looked np again, "No," she said, "uo, Edward." " W by P' b asked. "Ar you arraiur 1. 1 ... . 1 , III I . i . V. m mutiiM nf rusupuos that such, woman aa I am has auy car for cousequeiioesl W bav got beyond that that is for ourselves. But we can still feel little for others. It would ruin you to do such a thing, socially and in every other way. You kuow tbat you hav often said tbat your father would cut you out of bis will If you oompromlied yourself aud him like tbat" "Oh, yes, b would do that I am sure of It He would never forgiv. th .caudal; he ha. a batrvd of that sort of thing. But 1 could set a few thousand, ready niouey, and Z ToouU change Tr uan Lid go off to i , , ,i,in "T..0?.10.' ? ' I"?.1'! l. Svu . j , she aid, humbly. "1 dou't desarv it, aud I will not tak advantage of yoo. You will be orry tbat you mad tho offer by to-morrow. Ah, yes, 1 kuow it to only because 1 cried. No, w must go on a w ar until th nd come, aud then you can discard ma; for ali th blame will follow me, aud 1 shall deserv it, too, tor 1 am older than you, you know, and a woman; and my butband will make some money out of you, and then it will all b forgotten, and 1 shall bar bad my day and go my own way to oblivion, like thou sands of other unfortunate women before me, and It will be all tbe same a buudred years beuca, doutyou seel Hut, Edward, remember ou thing. Don play ni any tricks, for 1 am not of th sort to bear it Hav patienc . .u i . . ,,T ' , it or tb Md. or he thing cannot y long, and I shall never b a burden and wa last very ou you. Dou't desert m or niakem Jealous, for 1 cannot bear It, 1 cannot, indeed, and Ik 1. 1, 1 1 T'.'l ,11 I! li 7f ''Lif 7" "Ttli wtt kom yon Ukt tsy un drsss, I do not know what I might do make caudal, or kill myself or you, I'm sure I rant say what You t.-arly sent me wild tbe other day when you wer carrying oa with Miss de la Uolk. A a, yes, I saw it alL I have stupected you I j a long time, and aunietinwa I thiuk that you ar rally lu love with ber. And now, s.r, I tell you what a la, w has had enough of this melanchily talk to last me for a month. What did yon come here for at all thia morning, Just when I wanted to get yaw out of my bead for an hour or two and think about my gardeol I suppose it was all trick of Mr Quest bringing you bar. H bat gut om tretb rbenie on, I am sure of It from hi far. Wall, it cant bs helped, and tino yon are bar. Mr. Edward Cusery. toll me bow yoe bk my aew drees," sad she joeed bersilf anj IWl 111 .v L J KL- .i "a ).. H "JLltr'3i W . . lTV isaaw mm a court-led before" him. "Black, yoo see, 10 match my sins and show off my complexion. Doesn't it 111 well r "Charmingly," be aald, laughing In spite of himself, for be felt In no laughing mood, "and now 1 tell yon what it la, Bellei I am not going to stop here all tbe morning, and lunch and all that sort of thing. It does not look well, to say tbe least of It. Tbe prober want to see about the carden, There, good- by, and mind yon are not late, for 1 want to have a nice drive round to tbe castle. Not that there to much need to warn you to be in , . - , 1. 1. time when you are going to see Miss de la Molle, to tbersl Oood-by, good-by.' CHAPTER IX TBI SHADOW OF BUM. Mr. Quest departed to bis vestry meeting with a smll upon bis thin, gentlemanly looking face and rag and bitterness in bis heart "1 caught ber tbat time," be said to blm elf; "sh can do a good deal In thwayof deceit, but she cant keep the blood out of ber cheeks when sb bears tbat fellow's name. But she to a clever woman, Bell Is; bow well sb managed that llttl business of tb luncheon, and how well sh fought bercaa wbenonossb got me in a clef t stick about Edith and tbat money of hers, and mad good terms, too. Abl that's tb worst of It; sb bs tb whip band of ma there; If 1 could ruin her sb oould ruin me, and it' no use cutting off one' nose to spit your face. Well, my On lady," b went on, with an ominous flash of his gray eyes, "I shall be even with you yet Give you enough rope, and you will hang yourvslf. You love thia fellow, I know that, and It will go hard If I can't make blm break your heart for yon. fiabl you don't know the sort of stuff men ar mads of. If only I did not happen to be In love with you myself 1 should not oar. If h I here 1 am at tb church." Tb human animal to a .very complicated machine, and can conduct the working of an extraordinary number of different interest and sets of ideas, almost, if not entirely, sated at tb right band of tb rector in tbe vestry room of the beautiful old Bolslngbarn church, and engaged In an animated and even warm discussion with the senior curate on tbe details of Fourteenth century church work, in which be clearly took a lively in terest and understood (or better than did the curate would hav been exceedingly difficult to Identify with th scheming, vindictive creature whom we have just followed np tbo church path. But, after all, tbat to tbe way of human nature, although it may not be the way of those wbo try to draw it and who love to paint tbe villain black as tbe evil one and tbe virtuous heroine so radiant that w begin to fancy we can bear th whispering of ber wings Few people are altogether good or altogether bad; indeed, it to prob able that tbe vast majority are neither good nor bad they bave uot tbe strength to be the on or the other. Her and there, bow ever, we do meet a spirit with sufficient will and originality to preus th scale down this way or that, though even then tb opposing force, be it good or evil, to constantly striv ing to bring tbe balance equal. Even the most wicked meu bave their redeeming poiuta and thuir right and their righteous Instincts, nor are their thoughts continually ' fixed upon iniquity. Mr. Quest, for instance, ! one of the evil geniuses of this history, was, where bis plots aud passions were not innne I diately concerned, a man of eminently gener ' ous and refined tendencies. Many war th good turns, contradictory as it may aeera, tbat be bod done to bis poorer neighbors; be bod even been known to forego bis bills of cost, wbicb is about tb blgbest aud rarest exhibition of earthly virtue that can be ex pected from a lawyer. He was, moreover, eminently a cultured man, a reader of the classics, iu translations if not In the originals, a man with a fine taste in fiction and poetry, , and a really sound and ripe arcbawlogical knowledge, especially where sacred build ings were concerned. All his instincts, moreover, were toward respectability. His most burning ambition was to secure a bigh position in tbe county in wbicb be lived, and to be classed among th resideut gentry. He bated bis lawyer's work, and lunged to accumulate sufficient means to be able togiv it the good- was be bad made himself, for he was the too of a poor aud inferior country dentist, and had begun lifo with a good education, it is true, which he chiefly owed to bis own exertions, but with nothing else. Had bis nutur been a temperate nature, with a balance of good to ita credit to draw upon, Instead of a balance of' evil, h wo a man who migbt hav gone very lttr ' ur ,u "uu,uuu ? hJ ," P00' B,U' ntuntoly this was uot th. case; bis i " wh ihto pass ons whether of bat, or lov, or 1 Kreed-wheu they seised him, did so with - rr,r,lin.r. .i.dflnn. r.nWinr fr th. tlmA being utterly callous to tbs rights or feelings of others, provided that be attaiued bis end. In short bad be been born to a good position and large fortune, it is quit possible, pro viding always that bis strong passions bad not at som period of hi lif led bim ir remediably astray, that be would have lived virtuous and respected, and died in good dor, leaving behind him a happy memory. But fate bad placed bim in antagonism with th world, and yet had audowed him with a gnawing desire to be of tb world, a it ap peared most desirable to bim; and then, to complete bis ruin, circumstances bad thrown him into temptations from which inexpert sue aud tbe headlong strength of bis passions ; gav bim no opportunity to escape. , J.gft . m. I lpllfH.,n, - J Chn- d to . . ,,,",, . nit.pi.i ...h .. ,h. 01linim ' b. .. tnud of th. I wealth which be coveted, should also nour- iik in hia haart an hiftur hatraat anrf mn keen a thirst for reveng upon a woman ss Mr. Quest undoubtedly did toward his beau tiful wife. It would bavs teemed mor prob able that be would have left heroics alon aud attempted to turn bis wifs's tolly Into a weans of wealth and self advancement; and I this would no doubt bave been so had Mr Quest1 estimat of bis motives in marrying . ber been au eutirsly correct one. Bus bad told uwanl Wossey, it will be remembered, that ber hatband had Married ber for ber money, th 10,000 of which bs stood so badly in need. Now this waa the truth to a sertain extent, and a rartain extent only. 11 bad wanted tb IU,VU, in fact, at tb moment money waa mcewary to bim. But, md this his wif bad uever known or re toed, he had been iid still was, aho In lov with her. Possibly th 10.000 would hav proved sufficient Inducement to bim with out the love, but tb lov waa noo th bs ther Their relations, however, bad never been happy ooea. She bad detested bim from tbs first, and had not (pared to eay so. No man with any refinement and whatever he lacked tlr Quest bsd refinement could bear to be thus continually repulsed by a woman, and so it cam to pass thai tbelr re latione hail always been of tb most (trained nature. The o when she at last bad obtained the clew to th secret of hi life, under threat of expoeure site drove ber bargain, of which tbe terms were complete separetioa in all but outward form, and virtual freedom of srtion for beraelf. This, eonaidering th oaition, she waa rheps Justified la doing, but ber buauand never forgave ber for it U ore than that Be determined, it by any vans It were poasihle, to turn tb raasioa wbh-b, slltx4ib she did not know It, be was perfectly aware she burs toward bis bull rues aicwior. Edward Coaaey, to a refined lit trument of vkoo agairut ber, wiU what sucraas it will be owe of lte purpoer of this history to show. (TO BE CONTIN'UaUX . i i a. a.. i iura ffnm 1.1321 AND THt dYPSIES. Weird Manic Whleb Eaehaated Bad priMtt the flreat Maestro. When Fran Liszt wa ataylng at th Castle ltaslli Alexandria, in Mlrceeol, he exprosaed a wlah to bear Roumanian Gypsy musio, and hia friendly host en gaged a band of Gypsies to come. Tboy nn.io frnm Jaffa and their leador waa called Barbu LauUr. All ( the band wore a sort of kaftans, whloh i were iKdtcd girdloa. Tbey also wort cape of aheep-skln and on their foel they had aandals. When they were brought into the hall, where thoro was a numerous company assembled, each one laid bla hand onhli heartand bowed doeply, upon which tb host bail thorn served with champagne at a greeting. Then Barbu gave a sign by pointing with the flrit Angora of bis right hand, and immediately there re sounded a strangely peculiar music through the halL The instruments con alsted of flddlea, flute and the cobxa, the atrings of which were beaten with drumsticks. At flrat they played t national march. After it was finlshod the Roumanian Bojara, who were pres ent, full of enthusiasm, threw gold plecea into tbe old man' cup, while they called "Drink, Barbu Lautar; drink, mastorl" And the old leader sipped bis wine, while he kept the gold plecea in bia mouth. After tbat followed a Gypsy melody. Tbe wholo melancholy of the ateppea breathed from thia piece, when auddon lv the aong was interrupted by a shrill ory of lamentation, then the instrument ( atormed away in a wild prestissimo, like a regiment of .cavalry passing over to an attaok. Lint waa completely enchanted by the wonderful performance of the mu sical vagabonds, of whom none knew a note, and when at the close all broke out in applause, he, too, went up to old Barbu, threw gold plecea into bla cup and drank to his health. Then he aald: "You have now made me acquainted with your music; you shall also hear mine." I With these words the great virtuoso seated himsolt at the pianoforte, while every one listened eagerly and all noise ceased. After a short prelude the master Improvised a Hungarian march, whose broad melody he adorned most wonder fully with trills and arpeggios. He seemed to intoxicate himself on the tune aad to forget every thing around him. It was fult that he sought to give vent to his excitement, which waa called forth by tbe Gypsy performance. With fantastical awlftnesa bia fingers flew over the keys, and always again re sounded the vibrating molody of the march through the cascades of sounds. The hearers seemed spell-bound, and hardly darod to breathe. Old Barbu stared with wide-open eyesat the player, and not a noto escaped him. When tho storm of applause had sub sided, which had broken out by this Im provisation, the old leader, too, went up to Liszt with a glass of champagne in his hand and said: "Now it is my turn, master, to beg you to drink with mo!" While the great artist knocked hia glass against the ono beld by the Gypsy, ho said: "Well, Barbu, whai say you to this melody?" "It is protty, master," replied the old leader. "I would like to try to produce it, if you will allow it" Liszt smiled somewhat doubtfully, but nodded an assent Then Lautar turned to his orchestra, propped his fiddle up to hia chin and played the Hungarian murch. No trill, no arpeggio and none of the other ornamenting of the melody were wanting. Note for note Barbu reproduced the improvisation ol tbe piano-player on his vlollon. Ilia orchestra accompanied him, all the members keeping thoir eyea on tholr old leader and following the blending which his bow indicated aa though led by Instinct When the last Bound had died away Liszt sprang up, clasped the old fellow stormsly in hia arms and called out, completely enraptured: "Barbu, you aro truly an artist of God'c mercy!" Ueber Land und Meer. RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL Tho Provisional Government of 'Bra xll has issued a decree suppressing re ligious instruction in the State schools. A British clergyman of note esti mates that the Protestants have in crossed the last hundred- years nearly fourfold, the Roman Catholics and the Greek church each two fold. The Italians of Boston have just beld a meeting to take steps to establish an Industrial school for young men and women of tholr race, in wbicb also they can learn to read and write the English languago. The success of Moravian missions has been wonderful. It is aald that the secret lies in the faot that many of ita members adopt tho simple precept that each Christian should acek dally the conversion of some other soul. The traveler and ethnologist, Tush kuroff, points out the fact that there are 400,000 heathons and 50,000 Mohamme dans In the Russian army, the latter forming 75 per cent of the Cossack reg iments, and also declares that Chris tianity 1 dying out in Southeastern Russia. Several of the Southern States, not ably Virginia, Florida and Arkaniaa, are developing good school systems, and the newspapers of North Carolina a State which has not been as progressive In this respect as others calls upon the people to make an Increase of at loast (150,000 a year in the appropriation for educational institutions. The Illinois Supremo Court recent ly rendered a decision that will Interest members of tbe Y. M. C A. The court holds that the Y. M. C A. la not wholly a religious body, but la largely a Chris tian and benevolent organixatlon, and therefore the law restricting the amount of property to be beld by religious corporations doce not govern the Y. M. a a. In Odessa a recent decision of the authorities prohibits Jewish teacher from teaching in Christian school. Furthermore, adherents of the Jewish faith are not allowed to give private les sons in Christian homes. The general publlo is warned against Jewish teach er In larg poster on the bulletin boards, which allege tbat Jewish teach rs endanger moral and religion. School statistics for Paris state that ther are 147,51 children attending the municipal or State schools; 61,294 at tending schools directed by religion orders, and 83,000 attending fre lay cbeol wber religious instruction U given. It is also state! tbat attendant at municipal schools baa increased by nly about TOO in tb laat threw year, Tb annual xpendlture for the munic ipal schools la M,S00,0M tranctv-K. T. UadBl . PRESERVING THE VOICE. Madame Pattl I'le'aaaotlr Weeoeae a Very Interesting luhjeet. How I bave "so marvelously con served the fulnoss, purity and flex -bility" of my voice la a question 1 win gladly answer so far aa I can. I say o far aa I can, for the obser' a tlona of my life-time show me that c me ..I.va. awflll auaat) mil fll1 become thin und cracked after a very few years' aorvlce, no matter what la done for them. I mean that the first causes of the pres ervation of the voloe lie. in nature having given from tho atart a perfect vocal machlnory, if I may put it that way. Without being anatomical, I may aay tbat Heaven kindly gifted me . . I a, aa rtt w r n A with vocal organs oi wnoso eByawj publlo baa kindly judged, and at the same time made them ao hardy that they have been able to defy auccessfully the extraordinary changes of climate. Of heat and cold, of dry air and moist air, and the fatigue and worry inci dental to the career of a world-circling ainger. In fine, nothing but a consti tution hardy all through can sustain a publlo singer at tho heightjof ber pro fession. It ia the atory of all the great artiste of the past as well aa tbo present Do not Imagine on that account that I Bonslder myself exempt from all precau tions. On tbe contrary, no one can be more particular about my daily life than I am. If I am not liable to colds, aore throats and so on, I do not for tbat reason court them by reckless exposure. Ii my voice baa never failed me I do not put it to all manner oi neeuieaa frill na. The diamond 1 hard, but we lo not try to drill hole In rocks with aur soli tai ros. Many good voices and tome great roloea aro ruined In thia way; but a very different thing from thia reckless ness la a proper use of the voice. A true voice one that always alnga In tune can not be cultivated; It la born of a perfect ear. Compass may be developed and flexibility, too, but nat ure aoon puts on her bars, and revengos herself for over-training. Roundness and purity of tone are the first things laorlflced; the result la painful. I bave beard many pretty American voices, and I am sure tbat America will levelop great singers, but it must be borne in mind that no good result will follow from making the training too severe. When the groat singer comes ibe will be known by ber physical en iurance as well as by the timbre and wealth of hor tonos. I love America, snd I wish hor great singers to the end of time. Adollna Pattl, In N. Y. Morn ing Journal THE NAVAJO BLANKET. , It Is Woven by a Process Known Only to 111 Indian Inventor. The Navajo Indians are possessors of large flocks of finely-bred sheep, the wool from them amounting to over a million pounds annually. A portion of the wool is sold to traders; but the larger part Is used in tbe manufactre of blankets. After the wool is cleaned, carded and dyed by a process known only to tho Indiana and by them religiously guarded as a secret it ia ready for tho loom, which ia built by the squaws. The weavers aro person ages of such importance that they are not expected to perform any other labor. Tbe hogan, which contains the loom, la made by driving into the ground at regular intervals, six roughly-hewn poles, from eight to ten feet long, form ing a small square. Across the tops of those supports are laid green boughs to shield the weaver from the hot tun. The center poles form tbe sides of the loom; and about a foot from the top and bottom are fastened cross poles through which ho'.es are bored for the warp, which is composed of the fibers of tbe yucca tree. Tbla warp ia treated by a process that renders it almost in destructible the secret of which ia known only to the Navajo Indians, wbo refuse to divulge it Consequently the work of their looms la not likely aoon to become the rival of the more gen erally used "California blanket" Be fore they were subdued by tho Govern ment, the Navajo Indiana mado thoso blankets solely for tbe use of their own tribe; but since they have been thrown almost entirely upon their resources for a livelihood, the manufacture of the blanket has become their leading in dustry, and a source of large profit Mrs. S. E. Boggs, In Good Housekeep ing. SCENtS ON MERCURY. Dar and Mclit on a Manet of Great In tereat to Etrth-Dwellers. In the regions, covering three-oighthr ot tne pianet wnere the aro is all below the horizon, the sun will never be aeen, and tho darkness will be perpetual. Thick and eternal night will reign there, except norhaDS from the dental appearance of aome light pro- aucoa Dy refraction and atmospheric glows, or phenomena like the aurora borealls; togother with the light emit ted by the stars and planets. Another part of Mercury, including also three-eltrhtba of ita snrfa. will bave the arc of oscillation all above It horizon, and will be continually ex posed to the rays of tbe sun, without any other change than the varia tions In the obliquity of the ray through the different phases as sumed during the period oi eighty-eight days. Night la absolutely impossible. In other regions, covering a quarter of the planet, in which the aro of oscillation is partly above and partly below the horizon, there will be alternations of light and darkness. In these privileged retrions the Trii m eighty-eight days will be divided intc two intervals, one characterized by a nontinuoua light, the other by dark ness; the two intervals will be equal In aome places, of different length in others, according to the position of the place on the aurface of the planet, and the length of tbe part of the solor aro which appeara above the horizon. Q. V. Schiaparelll, in Popular Science Monthly. For the third time little Tommy eg uau nun me lamer wnat waa the cause of tbe desert of Sahara. Finally the old gentleman laid down his papei and answered: "I reckon it was formed when tbe Israelites lost their sand. And it you don't quit asking me ao many questlona I'll aee that your mothei puta you to bed before I get home here after." "But pa, how can you see bei put me to bed if she puts me to bed be fore you get home?" And tbat question ftaa Tommy' last for that evening. Ia Pari all the electrle wla tatter of what description, are nndei irvuuu uucpaoQB ana telegraph, tui well aa electrlo light This i accom plished under stringent municipal regn lationa, and accident ar unknown. JUSTICE IN DAKOTA. Senator Pettlgrew Telle of Home fun-it Kxperlenree In Court. "The administration of Justice In D,. kota when I first wont out thoro to grow up with the country was exceellngly primitive" euid Sonalor l'ottlgrvw. "Judges for territorial courts worn m n out from the East nearly all Hh-ho nioa whose Indolenco or bud cliurii-ur had ronderod them doxlralilo persons to fn rid of. There wasonn lnstamte, 1 renn m. ber, whoro tho supromo court was con. vonnd with only two of tho three Justice on tho bench, the odd ono not turning up. This was disastrous, inasmuch as tbe absent judge waa the only one of the three who know any law. However, on of tbe two justlcoa preaont volunteered to look up tho absentee, and started out for that purpose. lie had reason to be lieve that he would find th delinquent In some saloon, and so he took a look Into evory gin mill that he came to. The result waa that, by the time hs found the object of bis search, he him self was in a condition of utter lndllTor ence aa to whothor school kept or not, and forgot all about tbe court and User rand. 'When tho court had waited vainly for an hour the Unltod States Marshal was aont to bunt up the two justices. He pursued the same tactics, visiting the saloon in turn, and waa in a bliss ful condition of lnobrlatlon by the tins be came up with the oonvlvial pair. Aftor another hour of dolay the remain ing judge sent out the United States At torney to make soarch for the nilsslnir ones; but be, too, pursued a like course- mind you, all this ia strictly a it oc curred and did not appear again. So, as a last resort, the loading lawyer of the Territory was dlspatohed to gather In the wandorora and the roault this time was successful. At about three p. m. the court had boon convened at 10:30 the two judges, tho marshal and tbe attorney wore soon to emerge from a whisky shop and to pursue a dignified though serpentine course, arm-in-arm, up the struct toward the court-bouse. To got through the door of tbe court room thoy wero obliged to relinquish each othor's support, and in trying to make tholr way to tho bar they foil ovor tbe tables, smashed the chairs and cre ated general confusion. " Hjentlomen,' Bald the sober Judge from the bonch In a loud voice, This court stands adjourned until 10:30 to morrow morning. "Soon aftor I took up my residence In the Territory," continued Sonator Pottl grew, "I had occasion to dofond a man before the Chief-Justice in tho case of alleged horso-stealing. Tbe prosecution had absolutely no proof toolior, and the) case against my client was bo absurd tbat I said the defense would not tak the trouble to offer any evldonce. Well, Bald the Chlof-Jutlce, "you'd hotter offer some mighty quick; a cuss that hasn't any evidence to offor in this court against a charge of boss-stealing goes to Jail, you bet' "Not long aftor this tbe same Chief Justloo had occasion to try one of bis own Associate Justlcoa for perjury. Tho Indictment was brought by tho Associ ate Justice' grand jury, and the to sused called in tbe Chlof Justice to try tbe case in his own (the Associate Jus tice's) court Defendant's attorney be gan proceedings by dornurrlng to the Indictmont This puzzled the Chief Justice, who turned to tho accused and asked whothor in such a caso a demur rer should be sustained or,not The de fendant promptly repllod that it must bo sustained, wheroupon the Chlof Jus tice bo ruled. 'Now, what follows?' hs Inquired of tho accused, and was told tbat such action necessarily dismissed the caso. 'The ease is dismissed,' then said the Chief Justloo, and the Associ ate Justice was vindicated. "Anothor time, in trying a real es tate case, I took exception to sovoral of the Judgo's ruling: and ho got angry. " 'You can take all tho exceptions you have a mind to,' he yelled, 'but I'd have you know that this court Is a gon Uemanl' " 'I note another exception to that proposition, I repllod, 'and I am will ing to carry It to tbo Supremo Court" Washington Stai An Old Slander Refuted. There is an old slander, now happily nearly extinct, to the effect tbat minis tors' sons are, aa a rule, more lavish lowers of wild oats than tbe sons of laymen. The subject of the clergyman's ion in journalism has never yet been re garded as an issue, and yet the profu sion with whloh some of the newspaper offices of Boston are sprinkled with the tons of ministers might well load to a discussion of tbe topic. In tbe office of one of the Boston dallies recently a group of six attaches of the staff were In conversation, when it became known that of the six five were Bona of minis ters. Still another member of the staff, himself a clergyman, is the son of a clergyman. From this same office, with in the last year or two, three members )f tho staff have gone, ono by one, to swell tbe staff of another great Boston iaily, and all three are sons of clergy men. All of these nine men are of good repute, and are oil rather proud that they are able to refute the saying, one to frequently beard, but now rapidly tailing Into disuse. Boston Advertiser More Than He llargutned For. "Well," said tho merchant to th young clerk whom he bad aent out col lecting, "did you have any luck?" "Some." "I eupposo you got tho amount Mr. Fatherington owes. You said he was a personal friend of yours." "No, 1 didn't get tho money; the fact is, I don't exactly know what to make f my experience there." "How was it?" . "I went in and said; 'Mr. ITatherlnx ton, I called to speak about a mat ter? ' I didn't get any further, when 10 put in with; That's all right, my oy; ahe Is yours; take her ana w lappy.'" Washington Post A Terror to Plaflarlsta. I know a young woman In New Tors, tbe daughter of a well-known editor, whose marvelous memory 1 literal J her fortune. She Is an omniverou reader. No book escape her, and, one read, la never forgotten. This extra ordinary girl is as familiar with tfi literature of past agea as with the two penny novels of to-day, and Is emPlo-vf" by one of the leading publishers for U" aolo purpose of reading manuscript a pronouncing upon It originality only borrowed plots, but borrow tylea. borrowed phrases, aro insUnuy detected, and their original orce " noted down. She occupies a P04"":, which is unique in tho history of F publishing houses. Sho 1 the Nemesis of the plagiarist-Epoch.