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EUGENE CITY GUARD. t L. CAHFBKLU i rrenrleter. EIIOENE CITY. OREGON. PROGRESS IN SCIENCE. Condsnatd ItMiala of Rteent Inventions nit Discoveries. ' Dr. Norman Kerr atate that there li an Increasing one of narcotic by women. Alcohol, chloral, ether, chloroform, sal volatllo and eau de cologne aro among the Hit used. Both tea and coffee are UHod In excess, lie mentions bavlmr found a woman insensible In bor room from having drank tea, but the bad consumed pound In the course of a day. English rose-groweri are using blood manure for their vino with great suo oo as. Tbey take alxtoon pounds of blood, and as soon as It begins to putrlfy pour with It four ounces of murlatlo sold and four ounce of proto-sulphate of Iron, previously mixed, which turns the blood Into a dark dry powder that will koep for a long time. Photography has apparently disproved the tboprles of the old-school meteor ologists' who maintained that lightning nover turned back In Its puth. An ex amination of lightning photography shows that a Bash not only turns buck sometime, but tangles iteelf Into a kind of knot M. Fouque, the mineralogist, claims to have discovered In a mixture of cop per and lima the beautiful color, aiurrino, the composition of which has so long been a puxzle to artist. Ills tint Is said to be perfectly unchange able, and Is identical with tho famous Alexandrine blue. In experiments recently made for the substitution of elootrio lights for the oil lumps at present In use for lighting tho compasses of vessels at night, It was found that by bringing an Incandescent lamp close to the compass a deflection of the needle was produced. The conclusion reached by modorn meteorologists are thatoyclonosof groat intensity are ascending spiral whirls of wind having a rotary motion In a direc tion In the Northern hemisphere op posite to the movement of the bands df a watch. The yield of trout spawn In tho flsh breeding establishments at Orval, llel glum, Is stated to have boon exceeding ly rood last winter. Of the yield 85,000 eggs were sent to this country In ex change for a like number of California trout eggs. Inquiry made In France In order to carry out the new law glvlngcortaln ad vantages to fathers of more than sovon children has elicited, among other things, the fact that there are 2,000,000 households In which there bas been no child. It Is claimed that wall paper can bo made In such a way that the pannage of low-tension olcctrlo qurrcnts will beat it moderately warm to the touch and diffuse throughout the room an agreea ble temperature. An electric vegetable Is said to bavo been discovered in India, which has tho power of affecting the magnotlo noodle at a distance of twenty feet wbon the weather Is clear and dry. With tho view of testing tho rapidity of electric welding twenty plecos of one Inch common round iron bars with rough ends wore recently welded together by two men in thirteen minute. N. V. limes. SKILLFUL SAVAGES. Wonderful Aptitude f tht Natlvet of Ins Congo Country. The Congo country in Central Africa Is, perhaps, the most talkod-of country on the globu just now. We are looking toward It as the land of untold wealth and resources, and wondor what kind of a republic will be founded within Its borders. Not the least wondorful objeot In this far-away land aro the natives. Mr. Her bert Ward tells us that the villages are deserted almost every morning, as the people go out to their plantation to work, on which the women work as hurd as the men. The natives of the Congo country are still in a savago condition, but Mr. Ward toll us some surprising things about them. He says that In their villages the center of activity Is the blacksmith-shop. This shop is a roof of grass supported on polos. Tho bellows are of skin and wood; the tools, hammers that resemble doctors' pestles of varying wolghts, dips niado of clay for melting ores, and an anvil. Tho workers take the ore aa it is dug, and there, under the grans roof, with these rude tools the metal pannes through every stage, and leaves the worker's hand a finished tool spear, knife, arrow-head, or any Instrument designed by the work er. They work in clay with the same ease, and without tools that In civilised eountrios are supposed to bo necessary to such manufacture. The lump of clay becomes In a ahort time a finished ves set, even decorative, so perfectly and neatly la it finished; they do not even have molds to shape tho clay. Mr. Ward tolls ua that these people take no measurements, that they rely on their eye and hand. They have made guns, beginning with wood and metal in Its original state in the tree and ore, and made their tools as they needed them, adapting the tool aa they discovered Its need. Of the young people, Mr. Ward says that they engage in the same line of work as their parents or masters, and they are cheerful and light-hearted, en tering with enthusiasm into their ramus, bird-trapping and hunting. One Of their amusement is playing at war. 8omo of the tribe make commercial '.on tracts that might be called protective measures. One tribe makes a contract to engage in agricultural pursuits, while tho other tribe, party to the contract, sngages to confine it energies to pottery-making, and not to engage in agri culture in any form; and they keep these contract honorably. A railroad U now being built through the Congo Jountry, and tblt will in a few year top lave-trdlng and cannibalism. Christian Union. The Prussian order of the Iron Croat was established by Frederick William III., March 10, 1818, to honor patriotlo bravery in the war with r'ranoe. It wis revived by WlllUnt L at tho tlmo nf th nrWkPriisl aw astasia u;o-7L In a ttmrirl st PoTanie nto between a man nsmed Whi'taker and hi wife for the po'eJnn of a pinl the rhnrge via expl'trb d, and the ball entns1 the wi(' l ie nd ki'ld her. The partie wr colo exJ, and the contest for the pistol Wai not In anger. LOVE'S ANALYSIS. If; wouM tract AfTectloa to th touro From which It springs; If y woulil (sux tU soarst dpU and for Of bidden things; Tli SMix-blDf bort must b attuned aright, To spirit capablt of lofty flight On lancy' wing. S fathomless! Ulluiltaultl trtndl Love's bound or measure Oaa at'tr be traced on either tee or 'tad; That (Merles treasure Is Ufe't pure llgbt, transparent and refined. The rueouie tinge of Hope anil Truth combined Wilb cluutooed pleasure. Blgb Of the glittering orbs that roll In spaos, Derpaa tilts ana; Wide st the I11U twwp over Nature's foot, Joyous ami free; Pervading Heaven and Earth, tut choirs abor Kcho the music of eternal lore And sympathy. Tht ooetljr grai, entoinrx-d for oountloas doja Within the mine. But half conceals the Iridescent rays or llt'ht divine; 8o Love will sparkle la the darkest night, Aud lo Uisfortuno'e cant beclouded light Will brightest shine. Philadelphia Ledger. THE LITTLE OLD LADY. Mrs. Qulverfull was tired; Mrs. QuIy- jrftill was not well. The girl, after fir ing her such impudence as you uevor board in ull your bom duys. had told bor the was no lady, and hod flounced away with her bandbox in her bund, shuking her fiHt on tho comer and anathemlzlnj tho humble cottago from the back plat form of the car ua a place not fit for a decent gurrel to stoop to live in. Conse quently Mrs. Quivorfull hud executed nor own washing, purformod her own cooking, accomiiliHliod hor own dish washing and vehxripodod her own baby to the accompaniment of what she descrilied as a raving headache, and was not in the humor to greet her lord and master with the beaming smile recommended in "Uiiiiltt) to Vounji Matrons," and other excellent works written for the Improve ment of those who ure married, princi pally by those who never wero. Indeed, not only did she fail to smile, but sho positively frownod when Mr. Quivi-rfull jokingly tickled her under hor cViu and cried: "Well, wifelet, how has thu work! beuu going with you to-' duyr and answered: "Going, indeed!" with a tragio expres sion and appropriate gesture, as of cast ing all earthly tliiivrj Mr. Qulverfull included away in despair. "Olrl gone?' asked that gontloman, as suming a serious demeanor aud pulling his feeble red mutton chop whiskers softly. lie was one of the few who still cling with tonicity to those curious outgrowths of the masculine cheek, and are rather proud of them. " Words cannot describe how she went, or the filth of the kitchen," said Mrs. Qulverfull. "I've been crawling over it on my hands and knees to scrub it, and thore is a ncBt of rats in tho dresser drawer and a curtain of spider webs over the window, and her three Saratoga trunks right In tho middle of tho entry, not sent for yet. Aud she hits left liel hairbrush in the refrigerator and ber pot of pomade in the meat safe." "Dear, dear, dear!" sighed Mr. Quiver full. "Now what shall I do for youl llow can I help'f" "Take those children from under my hoels," said his lady, "if yoa want any dinner." "Well." said Mr. Qulverfull, who had eaten a slice of bread and a cold boiled egg at noon, and had had a long journey from his olllco to his suburban cottage, and was desperately hungry, "well wife let, just a bite of something when it is ready." "Oh, I've no doubt. Nothing disturbs a man's appetite," replied wifelet, who was a head taller than her spouse and weighed considerably more. "If I were at death's door you could gobblo." Whereupon she flounced into the kitch en, and Mr. Quiverfull, somowhat in jured as to his tenderest feelings, for his wifelet had never used him thus before, formed the five small specimons of young America, who were rolling about the floor, together into line, headed them with tho baby on his shoulder ami marched them into the garden, where he played with them until his wifelet thrust her head out of the window and re marked: "After all my toil und trouble he in tends to let the meat get cold before he carves it." "Certainly." said Quivorfull to him self, "Amelia is upset today." But all he did wax to marshal his host in doors and help to iucasoeach in abluc check eating apron, aud he tried to Ik cheerful, poor muni und he praised the dinner, and he told a funny story thai Stibbs had told him, and he helied tr wipe the dii hes afterward; but untiring soothed his wifelet or restored her to he! usual condition of mind, Klie hud luiult up her mind that her lot was hard, that she had niiitlo a mistake in marrying a small clerk in a small drug store, thai fate had alllieted hor in bestowing five boy uinm her aud in recently adding a girl baby. All day she had been envy ing a maiden lady opposite, who sat in her luxurious apartment fanning herself and reading. What happy fate was hers! She had an immense income. She boarded, she wore diamonds, she was driven out every afternoon: she had tu rare and responsibilities. Later, when she had retired, the baby asleep in her arms, and the five little Quiverfull in their cots aud cribs in tht next room, she listened to her husbaud't small, peculiar snore, like the purr of contented kitten, and scornfully curled her none in the darkness. "Why couldn't I hav waited for a good match" she said. "Why must J marry a ml headed little man like that: I wish I was Miss Stickleback." "If yon really wish it, you can be, said a little vuice at her elbow, and open ing her ryes widely. Mrs, Quiverfull saw little old lady perched upou the piu cushion in In i w ork basket. She tvn a wry little old lady indeed nut more than two fit-1 high, and wore Wattenil tin s mid powdered liair. Sin was f ineiinr In-rxflf with fun made of bum tiling birds' feathers, and she laughed u Mrs. Quiverfull irvjare4 to cover L r fare with the sheet. "Yoa need not be afraid of luo,' she said. "I aw your well wither. You have never believed iu fairies I sup;io ? Well, now you see one. I am a tuirf, 1 heard you bemoaning yourself at little while ago regretting that yon were not Mis Stickleback, and wishing yourself rid of your little ml haired huslmnd with a onidl salary, your five big boys aud your squalling infant 1 cau't blame you, either, a pretty woman like you. I ou weren t music fur UhJi wasliinz and dinner getting. Mis Stickleback doe hove a good time, but sue want a hus band and offspring, o, if you like, 111 lay a few words, wave my hand and change you. You hall be the wealthy spinster, she the overworked married woman." "1 don't like," faltered Mrs. Quiverfull-"! feel" "Oh, you want to get up and cook breakfast, I suppose," said the fairy. "Well, tastes differ. I shouldn't." "Oh, 1 don't, either," sighed Mrs. Quiverfull. "Only" "You would like a change," said the fairy. "Yes," said Mrs. Quiverfull. Suddenly there was a ringing of bells in her eurs no, not quite like bells, either; rather the murmur of a swarm of bees. She was rising, floating, flying. She opened her eyes upon a room full of palo, rosy light The perfume from a bunch, of jack roses came to her. The quilt thut covered her was of softest silk; the sleeves of her nightgown was or ncn lace. She recognized the lovely lounging chair in which Miss Stickleback lolled half the day. The fairy had kept ber promise. She had become the free, happy, rich Miss Stickleback. Shortly a maid entered the room and whispered that the bath was ready if miss was. What a delightful bathl what delight ful towels? what a delicious breakfast afterward? The post brought invitations to lunches, to afternoon teas, to theatre parties. What a happy life! And here was the new novel, and time to read it in. But as she flirted the pages a little voice called, "Qood-by, papa," and peep ing out of her window she saw a little man with red whiskers come out of the gate of a tiny cottage, followed by five little boys. He kissed them all round and jumped each one over the fence. Then there was a pretty woman in a blue calico wrapper with a baby in her arms, and she fixed his cravat for him, and he kissed them both. Then he stopped on the corner and waved his hand before ha took the car. "Oh, it's Jlnil" cried the false Miss Stickleback. "Oh, it's Jim! It's my husband! Oh, oh, oh I There are my children! That's my babyl That's me! No, I mean it isn't me. I'm somebody else. Oh, oh, dear! Oh, dear mo! Oh!" "Are you ill, miss? Can I do anything?" simpered the maid, popping in at this juncture. "You can go away," said the trans formed Mrs. Quiverfull, snappishly. The maid vanished. "What shall I do?" moaned Mrs. Quiv erfull. Instead of a plump brunette she behold a slender blonde in a morning robe. "Jim never would believe it was me if I swore it!" she exclaimed, wringing her hands. "And she would not give him op, I know. Oh, lot her alone for that! Oh,' miserable wretch that I am!" "Miserable already?" criod a veice that she knew, and there on her dressing table stood the little old fairy. "Haven't you money? Haven't you fine clothes, a maid, plenty of friends all that heart can wish? Aron't you Miss Stickleback, as you wished to be?" "Did I wish itr moaned poor Mrs. Quiverfull. "Oh, what an idiot I was, when I had a lovely baby, and darling children, and such a doaf, dear husband as my Jim. Now I'm all alone in the world. Change me back." The old fairy shook her head, and Mrs. Quiverfull in despair threw herself wild ly upon the bed. "uive me back my husband! Give me back my children! Give me back my baby! she screamed. 'Here it Is, said somebody. "Had a nightmare, wifelet? Well, I never! Thought some one had stolen baby? I only took it down stairs so that ' you might Bleep a bit I ve made the fire and the coffee. Feel better?" "Oh, I'm at home," sighed Mrs. Quiv erfull, clutching the infant "I've got you safe I'vo got them all. What a happy woman I am! Come and kiss me, Jim. Really, have I got you?" 'Tve been thinking, Amelia, that per haps I wasn't much of a husband," said Quiverfull, relieving Ids feelings at last "That yon were a little tired of me and of getting along on such a small salary, and all. It's not a very lively life" "Oh, Jim!" said Amelia, "don't say that I was cross yesterday, but 1 wouldn't be anybody else but me for anything. Nobody else has such a nice husband and children, and as for ba by." "She is a wonder!" said Mr. Qulver full. "She is like youl" And irom that day to this Mrs. Quiv erfull has never envied Miss Stickleback, and, though, to be sure, all that about the fairy was a stupid dream, has never uttered any rush wishes aloud. Mary Ky le Dallas in Fireside Companion. DECIDEDLY UN ROMANTIC Moat of tht Hotel Typewriter'! Custom, era Art I'lnln, Matter-of-Far Men. Typewriter at a Hotel. I have read a number of paragraph in the newspa pers about how various people aot when them oomo in and try to dictate a letter for the typewriter. It may be that when the business was new there were more Instances and some that were mora funny. But I have had no such experi ence a are attributed to my profession by the press. The only funny one I ever bad was that protonted by an honest old man who, after watching me for oome time, came up and in a good sort of way asked me to explain the maohlne.whloh Idld. "You mean to say," he asked, "that youoan write a letter on that thing tor anybody?" I said yes. "Then you may write one to Saman thy. I want to let ber know that I am well, and that I am coming home next week, and that 1 have got along fust rate in what I came for." 1 put all this together la readable shape and then read it to him. lie said It was all right and algned his name to it and I dropped it in a letter-box for him. The next morning h came to m somewhat excited and aald: "Say, mis, you remember that letter you writ for nieyeterday toSamanthyT" I aaid yea, "WelL" he continued, "I want you to write another on to her telling her bow you done it and bow I algned It You aee, when sh gits that letter that is printed Jest Ilk the newspaper and then aee my scrawl at lb bottom of it she'll know there's tomethln' wrong. She's nighty (uspletou enny way, and if yon can fix It up to a to let m out of it I'll b ever o much obleeged to you." To aatls'y him I did aa be asked. lie took the letter and I hav never seen bint einc. But I have found all my other customer to be plain, matter-of-tact men. The novelty and romance of th typewriter are wearing away. Chi cago Tribune. FEES TO PHYSICIANS. Th LlbfMl'ty of e Standard Oil Maanett Oilier ftrneroat Olfls. What is believed to be the largest fe over paid to a physician in a single esse was paid by j. II. Flagler, one of the Standard Oil klngt, to Dr. G O. Sheldon. A doarly-bolovod daughter of Mr. Flaxlcr, whoatierward died while cruis ing on a yacht In southern waters about a year ago, was lingering between life and death. There was not nioro than two or three chances out of on hundred that she would ever bo ublo to leave her bed alive. The dovotod father an nounced that, if Dr. Sheldon could re lievo the sulTcrlng of bis child and aid bor in recovering, he would give him the largest fen that was ever paid to a physician. Miss Flagler rallied and was finally ablo to leave bor bed, and in tho course of time was sufficient ly strong to drive out The young heiress to several millions lived to on loy ber great wealth for a long time after this and Dr. Sheldon, was pre sented with $'.'50,000 worth of stock in tho Standard Oil Company. Dr. W. IL White, who Is the family physician of the Vanderbilt family, is another of the highly fortunate of our medical men. Tho monoy in fees that he has received from this family alone would make, him independent Dr. White has been presented from time to tlmo with blocks of Vanderbilt securi ties as an evidence of the millionaire's regard for his medical skill Thus the doctor is enabled to indulge his bobby of buying the most valuable kind of furs. Dr. John P. Munn. who is enguged to look after the health of Jay Uould and his family, is another fortunate physi cian. Mr. Uould is a great man for con sulting a doctor on the slightest provo cation, and somo of his friends wondor that ho is alive, because he takes so much medicine. I could not learn that Mr. Gould ever paid any extraordinary fee, like Mr. Flagler, but a gentle in an who saw a check from Mr. Gould to his physician said it was for 910,000 and it was drawn shortly after the doath of Mrs. Oould. Mr. Gould's business associate, Mr. Russell Sage, I bear pays his physician by the year and Mr. Suge makes sure that bis doctor earns his salary. Dr. Fordyce liakor is the medioal at tendant of tho Astor family, and the fees he receives from them alone could be divided by two and then considered a hand so mo income for a first-class doc tor In a smaller el ty. John Jacob Astor many years ago bad an operation per formed by tho late Dr. Agnew, in return for which bo presented his check for $10,000. Judgo Henry nilton, who has the rep utation of being the most liberal giver of any of Gotham's millionaires, pre sented his physician with a valuable house and lot on one of the fashionable thoroughfares. Colonel Kobort O. Ingersoll makes a confidant of Ills physician. When the Colonel's daughter was rocently married to Millionaire Dr. Thomas Robertson, tho Ingersoll family doctor was the only person outside the members of the fam ily at tho wedding. N. Y. Cor. Louis ville Courier-Journal. ANIMAL PECULIARITIES. A NuiubiT of Interesting; Facta In Natural Jl.etorv. The reason that any thing of a red color excites and infuriates the ox tribe is because red is the complimentary color of green, and the eyes of oxen, be ing long llxcd upon the green herbage wlillo feeding, when thoy osny any thing red it impresses their sight with a grcntly-lncreused intensity. Tho samo effect is doubtless produced upon all grazing animals by a red color, but oxen being more pugnacious than others show greater excitement, and often at tack that which surprises thorn. All animals which chow the cud have oloven foot. Sheep huve no tcoth in the upper jaw. In somo parts of the world there are sheep that have most of their fat In their tails. These tails wolgh so much that they have to be tiod on small carts which tne shoop draw after them when they walk. Tho carts are made of a flat board on two w heels. The fut of the tail is vory soft, and Is used for butter. Whalebone Is found in tho mouth of the whalebone whale, where it forms the substitute for teeth, of which other wise the animal is destitute. In the hottest climates the animals are found most to approach man; and those in each great xoologloal division possess the organization the most com plex and thu faculties most developed; while in the polar regions are found only beings occupying a rank but little elevated In the zoological series. The apes, for example, are limited to the hottest parts of the two continents; it is the same with parrots among birds; the crocodile and tortoise among rep tiles, and wild land (crabs among the Crustacea all animals the most perfect in their respective classes. The owl has no motion in the eye, tho globe of which is Immovably fixed in its socket by a strong, elastic, hard, cartlloglnt us case, in the form of a trun cated cone; but in ordor to compensate for this absence of motion In the eye, it is ablo to turn Its head round in almost a completo circle without moving iu body. Newsboys' Appeal. THE MEXICAN LOVER. A Country Where Konieo Must Kadurt) Ilia Hunt In l atlenre. A Mexican lover must woo In patience, as his "intentions are, from tho start, treated aa a family matter by the parents of tho beloved of his soul. He is bound by custom to make known to his lady love his desire to pay his ad dresses. If the communication is pleas ant, he is referred to the mother, and the siege of the maiden's heart may be said to be begun. Custom compels the youth to I'xecuto a movement called "Haying the bear," which consists of a daily afternoon promenade before the shaded jalousie, behind which sits the oaiden, flanked by her mother, sisters female ci.u.ins and aunts. lleforo such a battery of black eyea the suitor must pace barjk and forth for at least twenty minutes a day. He may toss a note up into a jalousie, if so be has sufficient courage to face the party, but bis missives are read by the mother before they are delivered to hi lady love. His love may answer the notes, but her replies must be read and edited by ber mother before they are given to the stately tenor pacing up and down in the biasing tropical sun. It the suitor U approved by the family, be la toon permitted to talk to the aenorlu, atill in the presence of ber family. Kre long he U allowed to call, and thenceforth the wooing progresses more in accordance with American view. 8k Louis Rvpublio. COLOXELQnARITCIl,V.C. By E EIDEB HAGOARDl Bucb wer. put a briefly at possible, th outlines of the character nd alms of this re aiarkaUlt and contradltorr mn, who hi lory, had lit but poaaossed aeus of honor, miKbt probsbly hav beeu painted In very different color. Within so hour and a half of leaving Ms own bouts, Tb Oaks, as it was called, al though tb tree from which It had been to aanied bad king si no vanished from th torden, Mr Quest was bewltng swiftly b bind Edward Comey' poaerful bay hort to word tb towering gateway of Houhoiu co tie. Wbeu be wo within 800 yards h pulled tb bora up sharply, for b wot jood whip, and alone In th dog cart, and paused to admire tb view. "What a beautiful place I" b reflected to himself with enthusiasm, "and bow grandly tbott old towers stand out against th iky. Th squir hot restored them very well, too, ther I no doubt about it; 1 could not hav dou it better myaelt 1 wonder If that plao will vr b mind Thing look black now, but they may com round, and I think I am beginning to see my way." And tben lie started th bora on again, lowly reflecting on tb unpleaseut nature of tb business befor blm. fenouslly, b both liked aud respected th old (quire, aud b eertaluly pitied him, though be would no mort hav dreamed of allowing hi liking sod pity to lutsi fer with tb prosecution of his scheme than an ardent porttmn would dream of not shooting pheasant because b had happened to take a friendly luterett In their uurture. He bad also a certain gentleman lik dittast to being tb bearer of crushing bad new, for Mr. Quest disliked scenes, possibly because b had such an Intimat personal acquaint ance with them. While be was still wonder Ing bow be might beat deal with tb matter be passed over tu moat and through th an cient gateway which be admired o for vently, and found himself In front of th boll door. Here be pulled up, looking about I for somebody to take hi horse, wheu tud denly the aqulra himself emerged upon him with a rush, bit pen In bis baud (for h bud been writing letters) and hi white hair wav ing ou th breeza. "Halloo, Quest, Is that your he shouted, a though hi Visitor bad ueen fifty yard oil instead of Hva "1 bavt been looking out for you. Her, William! William T icre oeudo), "Williamf (fortissimo). MVberoou earth Is that boy I 1 expect that idle fellow, George, ba been tending bim on some of bis errands, instead of attending to them himself. Whenever be it wanted to take a boras b it nowhere to b fouud, and tben It I 'Please, sir, Mr George' that's what he calls bim 'Pleaso, sir, Mr. George seut me up to the Moat Farm or somewhere, to tut bow many eggs the ben laid lost week,' or something of that sort. That's a very nice hot you have got there, by the way; very nice, Indeed." "it Is not my horse, Mr. de I Molle," laid the lawyer, with a faiut (mile; "it is Mr. Edward Cotsey's." "Obi it's Mr. Edward Cossey's, is Itr answered the old gentleman, with a sudden change of voice. "Ah, Mr. Edward Cossey's. Well, It's a very good horse anyhow, and 1 suppose that Mr. C'ossey can alford to buy good borate." Just tbeu faint cry of "Coming sir, oom lug," was heard, aud a long bobble-de-hoy kind of a youth, whose business it wu to look after the not exuiusive castle stables, emerged In t great beat round the corner of th bouse. "Mow, where on earth have you beenf" began the squire, in a stentorian tone. "If you please, sir, Mr George" "There, what did 1 tell your' broke in tb squire. "Have I not told you time after time that you are to mind your owu business, and leave 'Mr. Goorge' to miud bisl Now take that horse round to tb stables, aud tee that it is properly fed. "Com In, Quest, com In. W hav a quarter of an hour befor luncheon, and can gut our business over," and be led the way through the assage iuto th tapestried and paneled vestibule, where he took up bis staud before the empty fireplace. Mr. Quest followed bim, stopping ostensi bly to admire a particularly beautiful suit of armor which hung upou lbs wall, but really to gain another momeut tor reflection. "A beautiful suit of tb early Btuart pe riod, Mr. d la Molls," he said; "I never taw a better." "Yea, ye, that belonged to old Sir James, the on whom the Koundbead (hot" "What I th Sir James who bid tb treas urer "Yea. I wot telling that ttory to our new neighbor, CoL Quantcb, last night a very nic fellow, by tb way; you should go and call upon bim." "1 wouder what b did with Itr sold Mr. Quest "Ah, so do 1, and o will many another, I dor say. I wish that 1 oould Und it, I'm sure. It' wanted badly tnough nowaday But that reminds me, Quest. You will have gathered my difficulty from my not and what George told you. You to t,hii man Janter bos, thanks to tbatronfounded fellow, Ma J. Boston, and bis action about tbott col leg lands, thrown up lb Moat form, and George tells mo that ther is not another ten ant to b bod for love or money. Iu fact, you know what it U, on can't get tenant nowaday; they limply are not to b bod. Weil, under these circumstances, ther U, of course, only on thing to be done that I know of, and that is to take tb farm in band aud farm it myself. It it quit Impossible lo let th place fall out of cultivatiou and that I what would happen otherwise and If 1 wer to lay it down in grass it would cost a con siderabt sum, tail be seven or eight year befor 1 got ny return." Tb aquire paused aud Ml. Quest said noth ing. "Well," be went on, "that being so, th next thing to do I to obtain tb necessary cash to pay Janter bis valuation andstock to place about four thousand would do it, or parhapt," be added, with antecessor g nerous confidence, "w bad better say tlvo. Thar art about fifty acre of those low lying mead owt wbicb want to be thoroughly hush drained bushe are quit a good a pipe for that (tiff land, if ibey put iu tb right tort of stuff, and it don't cost half so much but still it cant be don for nothing, and tben ther to new wagon shed wanted, and some odds and suds; yea, w bod better tay five thousand." Still Mr Quest mad no answer, so once more the squire went on. "Well, you set, under the circumstance -not being able to lay bands upon tb neces sary capital from my private reaourcra, of court I hav made up my mind to apply to Coasey & Son for the loan. Indeed, consider ing bow long oiid Intimate ha been tht con nection between their houst aud th De la Moll fain ly, I think it right nd proper to do o; Indent, I should consider it very wrong of nit if 1 neglected to givt them tb oppor tunity of tht tuvrttnient' here a faint milt flickered for an instant on Mr. Quest's face and then went out. "Of course they will, as a matter of business, requlr security, and very properly to; but as thi estate is unentailed, there will fortunately ba Little) difficulty about that. You can draw np th necrcstxy deeds, and I think that, under the cireumstanoes, tut right thing to do would be to charg tht Moat form specifically with the amount Thing art bad tnough, no doubt, but I can hardly tuppoaa it possible uuder any conceivable circumstances that tb farm would not b good far AlOU How vw, tbey might perhaps prefer to hav a rtoraJ clause at wall, and if it ts to, although I ooosidtr It quite unnecessary, 1 thai) raise so objection to that courts." Tben at last Mr. Quest broke hi eomtwb omiuoui tilenot. "1 ana vary sorry to say, Mr. d la Moll, a aid gently, "that I can hold out no pros- Induced under $SnZm to atone, another pound upon tb. security of th. Houbam castie w let Their opinion of tba value of landed property as ttcurlty h. received jo sever that tbey ar. not at all rt to th. safety of th.mount alraady Im -ted. Mr. d. la Moll started when be beard thl most unexpected bit of news, for which b was totally unprepared. H. bad alway. found It possibl to borrow money, and It had n.v.r occurred lo him tot a time might perhaps com In thl. ommtry when tb laud, wblcbb h.ld In .Imost suirstitlous venera tion, would b o valutless form of property that lender, would refuse It f"-'7; , . "Why " b. ald, recovering himself, "th total Incumbrance on the property do not mount to more than 'A0UO,and when I succeeded my father, forty year ago, It wo valued at fifty, and the castle and prem ise hav been thoroughly retired sine i then at a cost of flv thousand, and most of th farm building also." "Very possibly, Mr. d la Molle; but to b honest, 1 very much doubt If Houbam castle and tb Und round It would now fetch CSi 000 on a forced sale. Competition and Radical agitation have brought estate uown more than pele reallte, and land in Aus tral la and New Zealand la now worth at much per acre as cultivated land in England. Perhaps as a residential property and on ac count of it historical Interest, It might fetch more, but 1 doubt it In short, Mr. d la Molle, so anxious ar Cossey & Bon In the matter that 1 regret to have to tell you that so far from being willing to make a further advance, the Arm hav formally Instructed me to erv the usual six months' notice oil ... . ... .Ihu.1. a.lvnufHwl you, calling in me niuuej suw; on mortgage, together with the Interest, which I must remind you is oeany a jwr overdue, and tbl step I propose to take to morrow." The old gentleman rtaggered for a mo ment, and caught at tb mantel piece, for the blow was a heavy one, and a unexpected a It was heavy. Butb recovered himself In an Instant, for It was one of the peculiarities of bis cbsrocter that hi plrit alway teemed to rise to the occasion in tb face of urgent adversity-la short, h possessed an xtrordinary share of moral courage. "Indeed," b said, Indiguantly, "indeed, It Is a pity that you did not toll me that at once, Mr, Quest; it would nave saved me from putting myself In a fals position by propos ing a business arrangement which is not ac ceptable. A rcgarus the Interest, 1 admit that it is as you say, and I very much regret it That stupid fellow, George, it alway so dreadfully behindhand with hi accounts that 1 can never get anything settled." He did not state, and Indeed did not know, that the reason tbat tb unfortunate George wo behindhand was that there were no account to make up, or rather that they were all on th wrong side of the ledger. "I will have that matter seen to at once. Of course, busi ness people are quite right to consider their due, and I do not blamo Messrs. Cossey In the matter, not lo the least Still, 1 must say that, considering the long and intimate rela tionship thai bas for nearly two centuries ex isted between tbeir bouse and my family, tbey might well have shown a little more consideration." "Yes," said Mr. Quest, "I daresay that the step strikes you a a harsh one. To be per- m m i. .i.i. sr. A- I. lln I, I lecviy irntiK wuu you, ar. uv m ik struck me as a very harsh one, but of course 1 am only a servant, onu uounu w carry uut my instructions. I symathize with you very much Tery much, indeed." "Oh, don't do that," said the old gentle man. "Of course, other arrangements must be made; and, much as It will pain me to terminate my connection with Messrs. Cos ley, they shall be made." "But I think," wenton the lawyer, without any notice of hisiuitiruption, "tbat you mis understand the matter a little. Cossey Sc Son are only a trading corporation, whose object is to maka money by lending It, or otherwise at all hazards to make money. The kind of feeling that you allude to, aud that might induce them, In consideration of long intimacy and close connection In the past, to forego the opportunity of so doing, and even to run a risk of loss, is a thing which belong to former generations. But th present Is a strictly commercial ago, and we are tb most commercial of the trading nation Cossey & Son move with the time, that is all, and they would rather sell up a dozen families .R hlcb had dealt with tbem for two centuries than lose five hundred pounds, provided, of course, that tbey could do so without scandal and loss of general respect, wbicb, where a banking bouse Is concerned, also means a loss of custom. I am a great lover of the past myself, and be lieve that our ancestors' ways of doing busi ness were, on the whole, better and more charitable than ours; but I have to make my living, and take the world as I find it, Mr. do la Molle." "Quite to, Quest; quite to," answered the quire, quietly. . "I had no idea that you looked at these matters In such a light Certainly th world ba changed a good deal lino 1 was a young man, and I do not tbiuk it bas changed much for the better. But you will want your luncheon; it is hungry work talking about foreclosures." Mr Quest hod not used thi unpleasant word, but th squir had seen hi drift "Come Into the next room," and he led th wav to th drawing room, where Ida waa sitting, reading Th Times. "Ida," he said, with an affectation of beartiuast, which did not, however, deceive hi daughter, who knew bow to read every change of her dear father' face, "here I Mr. Quest Take bim into luncheon, my love. 1 trill com presently. I want to Hnisb a uote." Tben h returned to the vestibule, and sat down in his favorite old oak chair. "Ruined," b said to himself. "I can never get the money a things are, and there will be a foreclosure. Well, 1 am an old man, and 1 hope that I shall not live to set it But there is Ida. Poor Ida I cannot bear to think of it; and the old place, too, after all these generation after all these generations!" CHAPTER X. TUB TXNNIS PARTY. Ida shook hands coldly enough with the lawyer, for whom she cherished a dislike not unmixed with fear. Many women are by nature gifted with an extraordinary power of Intuition, wbicb fully make up for their deficiency In reasoning force. Tbey do not conclude from th premise of tbeir observa tion, they know that tbit man it to be feared and that trusted. In fact, tbev share with I the rest of breathing creation that self pro tective instinct of Instantaneous and almost ' automatic judgment given to guard it from tne aangers with which it it continual threatened at the bands of man'i overmaster big strength and ordered tfflelligence. Ida wat one of them. She knew iotbing to Mr. Quest's disadvantage, indeed, she always beard him spoken of with great respect, and, curiously enough, sht liked his wife very much. But she could not bear the man, feeling Iu her heart that be was not ouly to be avoided on account of hi owu bidden I qualities, but tbat ht waa, moreover, an , active personal tuemy. They went Into tht old dining room, where tu luncneon wat set, and wb.'ic Jii allowed Mr. Quest to cut ber torn cold boiled beef on operation in which be did not teem to be very much at home, she came to a rapid con clusion In ber own mind. She had teen i dearly enough from her lather' face that hi interview with tht lawyer bad been of a most serious character, but she knew that th chances wer that sht would never be able to get its upshot out of him, for the old gentle man hod a curious habit of keeping such un pleasant matters to hmuelf until bwasab aiotoly forced by circumstance to reread thttn. But also knew that ber father's affairs war. In a moat critical condition, for tbat ah had extracted from him on tb pr viou night and if any remedy waa to ba at tempted it most b attempted at one, and oa om btrote to It, Tbtrtfore, (be mad op bar mind to ask bar bait aolr, Mr. Quest, what tb truth might bo. "Mr. Queat." lU said, with sonit ui i7 turn, a no at last triumphantly boadui Z th beef, "I bops that you will forJlM for askiug you a plain question, and Vmi you can you will favor ui win, ,7 answer. 1 know my father's affairs art . much involved, and that h. is now,,,,"' to borrow tome more money, but 1 fo kuow quite bow matters stand, and learn tb exact truth." 1 " "I am very glad to bear you y. that, Mi s de Iu Molle," answered tbeUr "because I was trying to make up my to broach the subject, which is a ramf to me Frankly, then, fo.glve iuu ht n,." It, your fiilher is absolutely ruined. The 2? terest on the moi tages is a year in trrs hi largest farm is Just thrown nwab ' hands, find, to completo the Ui!e, the ttiort' gees ar goiug to call in tbeir money or fJL close." At this stat meat, which was almost brutal Iu its brief comprehensiveness, Ida tururf pule as death, as well she might, and drumd ber fork with a clatter uwu her plute, "1 did uot renliiio that things were quit,,, bad," she murmured. "Then I sii, the place will be tukeu from us, and weikiN shall have to go away." "Yes, certainly, unless money can befnuM to take up the mortgages, of which 1 1 w chance. Tho place will be sold for hut g will fetch, aud that nowadays will b gg great sum." "Wheu will that ber she asked. "In about si tor nine mouths' time." ldu's liis trembled, and the ti-Ut of tht food upon her plate became nauseous to tar A vision arose before her mind's eye of Unl self and ber old father d.-jxii ting han(j io hand from the catlo gates, behind and shout which gleamed .be hard wild lights of a March sunset, lo ek a place to hide lliem. selves, and the h.rror of it almost overcaun her. "Is there no -vay of e caper she asked, hoarsely. "To se this place would kill bit father. He lov-i it better than anything a tho world; bis ''bole life Is wrapped up in it" "I cau quit understand that, Miw dt li Molle. It is a l lost charming old place, a pecially to anybody interested In tut past, But uufor:uuutjly, mortgagee ar uo specters of feci' ipt. T ibem laud Is so much iroerty, aud i.Mhlng more." "1 know aU that, ' j said, Impatient;;. "You do not a er my question 1" and it leaned toward Mm and rested her hand upon Cue table. '! There uo way out of it j' Mr. Quest dr ink a little claret befort la answered. "V as," ho said, "1 tbiuk tbem a, if only you wii! take it" "What way she asked, eagerly. "Well, thoi ?li, as I said just now, tlx mortgagees of in estate as a tody art merely a business corporation, arid look at tliiiiji from a busine s point of view only, you must remember that they are composed of imlj. iiduals,and 'bat individuals can be lnrlu eiioed if tlie can lie got at For Instance, Cossey & Sou are an abstraction, and bartlil; disposed in Meir abstract capacity, but Mr. Edward Cossty is an individual, aud (should suy, so far as this pii'ticular matter is con cerued, a Is'ievolently disposed individual Now, Mr. Ed urd Cossey is uot himself i; the present momeut uctually out of the llrm of Cossey & Son, but he is 'to heir of tin head of the h iuso, and, of course, lias author ity, and, what is better still, the command of money." "1 understand," said Ida. "You mean tbat my futhcr should try win over Mr. Ed ard Cossey. Unfortunately, to be frank, lie dislikes liim, and my fulher is not a uuui in keep hi' dislikes to himself." "People generally do dislike those to nliora t'ley are criishingly indebted; your futtwi islikes Mr. Cossey because his imiue i Cos icy, and for no other reason. Uut that is uot quite what I meant I do not Ilium the squire js tho right person to undertake a at pitiation of tliul sort Uo is a little too out spoken and incautious. No, Miss de la Molle, -il it is to be done ul ull you must do it You must put the wholo case before him at once, this very afternoon. There is uo time for delay. You need not enter iuto details; In knows all about them, only ask him toaver. this catusiropbe, llo can do to if he likes, how he does it is his own affair." "Hut, Mr. Quest," said lda,"how can I ask such a favor of any man I 1 shull be putting myself in a dreadfully false position.11 "1 do not pretend, Miss de iu Molle, that it is a pleasant task for any' young lady to un dertake. 1 quite understand you shriiikinf fit in it But sometimes one bas to do un pleasant tilings, and make compromises with one's self respect It is a question whether or no your family shull lie utterly ruined and destroyed. There is, as I honestly believe, no prosieot whatever of your father Iwing nble to get tho money to puy off Cossey & Son, and if he did it would not help him, because lie could not wy the interest on it Under these circumstances, you have to choose be tween putting yourself in un equivocal posi tion und le'.tiug events tuke their course. II would tie useless for anybody elso to under tike the taU, and, of course, 1 cannot pita antes tha', even you will succeed; but I nill not mince matters, a you doubtlesa know. Any mail would llnd It hard to refusea fT" asked by tucb a suppliant And now yoa must make up your own mind. I have ihowt you a path thut may lead your family front position of the most imminent peril. If )' are the woman I tako you for, you will tot shrink from following it" tli V-." .V.V T f . Hi Ida made no rtply. Ida made no reply, and in another moment the squire came in to take a couple of piss' of sherry and a biscuit But Mr. Quest, fur lively watching her face, said tohunse f that th. had taken the bait, and tbat she would do it Shortly after this a diversion occurnd. for the clergyman, Mr. Jeffries, a lea-'a,,, little man, with a round and shining face"11 a most unclerical eyeglass, came up to con sult the squire upou tome matter of piri6 business, and was shown Into the dining room. Ida took advantage of bis app'ra',", to effect a retreat to her own room, aud ther for the present wt may iear ber to her meditations, TO BK CONTINUED.) M. Pes 'hkofT, the Owsack officer wl' left Vladivostok in November last ot i iiiiitciihi t tu ru;e scrws -j Petersbnrg, a dis'siic of nearly o,'UJ miles, reiM-h'd. the Russian rspit 'l 00 I May 31. He received tremendous ova tion throughout I he day. I The engagement of Prince Vi-1 of Prussia to the Prince of SchosnibuV Lippe i declared at Bi rim to be j (uiutble one, and lis i:iven grtat w'1" I faction to her family. The Princes hj (recovered from her passionate attt I ment to Alexander of Battenburg. - ri lt - TjS- -!"r.i: