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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 12, 1890)
EUGENE CITY GUARD, LbCAHFUKLU Freprleter, EUGENE CITY, OREGON. THE LAST GOOD NIGHT. Clad li their oia-ht sown, cleao end wbtta, Tba children oouielo air oil Diiit 'rather good night r" aura Marjorf, CUaiUngforkliiiMoonirenea, ( Than Ernest, KHue, llenr oeiV And UKhr-UU I feel perpleied Wishing the but Kuotl nliilil was anld, And aeon and all wen pecked to bod. Tbea small folk tab me unawarrr I bear them call when safe up etaire, As I alt dowo to mad or write, "Father, we iraot to a7 good olgul." The book or pao la laid aside; 1 end thmn lying opno ejed F1e roar rebeta. alrls aod 007a, Wbo tm( ma wllb tumultuous nota. Can I ba stem with aucb aa Uimnl Can charniiux ways aod looks displease Tliey bold, aod ecaro will let mo go. And all bocauM tbsy loe ine so. Then, In a vUloo. audduoly Tba future enema on ellrd to ma. i ' It la oiy turn. thooick all la Tula, ' f To lung lo aay good night acalo. I see tha jrnara streu-n oo aod on. The children all grown up aod gonet No chamber odin.e to Uii'lr tmad. The but good night baa long Own aalo. Anrf . hla AmMa. dMnlata. I IbaU mmrii. nd'mnl til wait. Rrcalllug joy tliat used lo ba. And feuea tliat ba oiay out asa Therefore, what bllia la mine that bow I atill can amouth each fair young brarl Aod foal Ilia anna Uiat ckup me light, Tba lips Uial but Ui but guud uMit. -Tlx Qulrer. MY LITTLE DOG HCKLE. Toward the clone of dull Noveroticr day, In the year 180, young mun wag standing, with hi back to the fire, In a mull but well furnished apartment in street Scattered about upon the table were several open and evil looking volumes, bearing, as their titles indicated, upon witchcraft spiritualism, nicwmur Ism and various supernatural phenom ena. Their apiearnnce showed that they were frequently and doeply studied. Seated on the hearth rug, clone to the young man's feet, was a small black and tan mongrel, very sharp about tho mux sle, very bright about the eyes, and very tremulous about tho tuil. Every now and then she looked up into her matter's face, with that look of wistful wonder so com mon to the canine features, giving at the game time a little whimper, in order to attract bis attention. "What Is it, PickleT he exclaimed at lout, rousing from bis reverie, and look ing down at the dog; "whut is it, my gtrlT I "Dow, wow, wowl" ' "That's a very general answer, my doggie." At that moment some peculiar Idea evidently flashed across bis brain, for, looking earnestly at the dog, be ex claimed: I "Uy Jovel I've a good mind to try the experiment Let me just read it over again." 1 lie walked quickly from the fireplace to the tuble, and opened one of the vol umes at a nuirked place. For a quarter of an hour he aut, and never raided bis yes from tho book: then, leaving it open, he pushed It a little way oxide, and called his dog. It was on bis knee in a socond. Tickle," he sold gently, "would you like to tuikr "Dow, wow, wowP ' "No, not to bow, wow, wow, but to talk-like 1 dor ' The dog put its head on one. tide and looked at him earnestly, with that pain ful endeavor to understand which every one who talks to a dog must often have noticed. i "Let me so what It says once more," muttered her mooter, and be turned to the book again, "H'ml power of strong will cotidii n produced by mesmerism experiment of Von Uluben act on brain and tongue transmitted capacity And sympathetic action on muscles. Vos, I'll do it, come whut may." With these words he lifted the dog from Ids kuee and placed it upon tho table In front of him, so that Its face wus levol with his; then he raised bis Qtiger and exclaimed sharply t I "Pickle, look at mo!" I The dog's eyes were riveted on his In a moment The but rays of tho Novem ber sun bad long ago departed, and the root, was filled with that visible dark ness which gives a weird aspect to the commonest of objects. In tills obscur ity, relieved only by a fitful Uaro from from the dying embers in the grate, the pupils of tlieauimnl seemed to the young man to dilate under his glance and bo- come bulls of liquid lire. Never for a moment allowing Ills steadfast gaze to vary, he lifted bis bunds quickly from Ills side and made the usual iuHsea, udu ing to them certain others evidently pre scribed in the recently studied article, ' At tlie first few strokes the dog trout bled violently, and the bristles roao round it neck lite amir. 1 hen it suddenly became rigid; the jaws droped asunder, and Ilia ears were pricked in the most painful tension. Tickler exclaimed the young man, bringing his face suddenly so close to tli dog's tliat their noses touched; i'Plckle, speak to mel Bay master!" I The open jaw closed with a sudden snap; the lips twitched spasmodically; the working of tlvs throat showed that the tongue was violeutly agitated. I "Pickle. If you love me, speak P ' The words were this time accompanied by a powerful attack upon the animal's brain and tongue. The same symptoms followed the second appeal; and then, from between the clenched teeth, there come, harsh and grating, as though tent ing its way up the dog's throat, tho word i master." I Pronounced In an unearthly tone, the word, naif expected as it was, bod a mo mentary effect upon the owrators nerves; but before the current of hi in fluence over tho dog bad been destroyed he recovered himself and continued the experiment I "Do yon know what I say to youT I This time tlie answer fell easily and softly from the dog's lips. The unused muscles of the threat bad, under the In fluence of Von tiUbenxtein, got quickly aw the first shock and fallen at oof into working order. "1 understand ail you say to ma." "Can you speak except under the in fluence? 1 mean could you speak If I withdraw my eyes from you-soT The young man turned away, and de stroyed for moment the rapport be tween the dog and binweif, The animal was powerless to reply. Ttaumlng the former conditions the operator then con tinuodi "Do you retain the remembrance of your former life, or are you oblivious to the part "You use very long words." "Is your condition altered? Do you remember anything that huppened to Uayr "1 am still your little dog Plcklo; and please will you give me tliat big bone you sent away on your plat at dinner time?" "Yes; end every night, if you are good, you sholl have a big bone after you have Ixt-n mesmerized. I want you to go about into the xoplo's gardens and houses, and hear all you can. and then in the evening you must tell me all about It" "Yes; but lot me go now; I want to scratch myself, and I can't move my eg" Rapidly making the liberating pannes, the young mun withdrew his eyes from the dog, and Instantly springing from th table, it rolled over on the hearth rug, and, heaving a deep sigh, went off Into a doza It was evident that the ex periment had prostrated the dog, and loft It weak and lunlluld. For the mo ment even the bone wus forgotten. Not at lirst did the full meaning of the feat he had performed dawn upon Pickle's master, It wus only by degrees, as he sat thinking before tho dying em bers, tliat the revelulion came to him of whut he might accomplish with a talk big dog. He nover for a moment enter tained tho Ides of making the discovery public. Ituthor should it be to him source of secret tnjoymcnt, height ened by the knowledge that the whole proceeding was in direct viola tion of the laws of nuture, and as "un canny" as the wild revels peculiar to a witch s holiday. For many a night after that Plcklo and her master talked together for a quarter of an hour lif the evening. The doors were always carefully locked before the preliminaries commenced, and the Von (Jhibenistio influence wus limited to a short period, as the dog evidently suf ered physically if the Interview was pro longed. An intelligent and observant animal, Pickle brought to her muster many queer iUims of news alwut his neighbors, and he encouraged her prying habits, having already conceived the idea of earning fume as an amateur, detective, and em ploying the dog as an unsusiocted agent. When Pickle had anything of impor tance to communicate, her intelligence was rewarded with a choice bone; but when she hud been- spending the day with other dogs, and listening to them instead of to their owners, ber conversa tion was not interesting to her master, and she forfeited the dainty honorarium. One evening she had been out all day, and returned long after her usual time, looking vory muddy about the feet and very tumbled and dirty about the coat tier tuil, usually defiantly Klsed In the air, was curled tightly be tween her legs, and she crawled rather than walked Into the library, where her master was waiting for her. The door was closed and the curtains drawn, and then Pickle, looking the pic ture of downcast doggedness. was luted upon the tablo and Von Olabenized. "You bud dog," exclaimed her master sharply, "whut makes you so late? You've been playing with those low dogs bythecauuL Look at your coatl "No. 1 haven't been playing by tho canal, and 1 don't know any low dogs." "Where have you been, then" "Only next door." "Then, you wicked dog, why didn't you come Into the house before?" "Bccuuse well, bocauso I didn't want the police detectives to see me." "What bud you done, tnour "Don't be cross and I'll toll you all about It You know little Tommy Dowles, who lived next door?" "The boy that comos after my apple tree?" "Yes; and you said you'd cut his head off if you caught bun again. Well, somebody has cut lu beau oir, ror tits father found him lying just agulnst tns garden wull without It, and I saw blin picked up, and so 1 thought 1 u listen; and presently I heard them say they be lieved you'd done it, but the dlillculty would be to prove it. "But 1 never cut Tommy Howies' heaa oflr "Yes, you did." "Wliut do you mean, dog? Axe you mad?" "You know you flung a broken plate over the wall tliis morning, didn't you?" "Well?" "Weft, Just as you threw It, Tommy Bowles wo climbing up the wall to gut at your apple tree, and It caught bis neck and cut bis bead right oil." The young man sprang to hi foet In an instant A cold perspiration burst from every pore. lie had taken human life, and bis victim luy headless next door. Ho turned hurriedly to Pickle for further information, but the dog had left the table, and was stretched quietly on tho hearth rug, gnawing a bono. The concentration of her master's will hud been diaturlxxl, the conditions under which the phenomena were possible hud been destroyed. Uow must this awful danger be faced? t For fully an hour he endeavored vainly to bring himself into a (It (tats to control the animal' will At last by a mighty effort he succeeded. "Pickle, goon; tell me all you heard." The Influence was evidently weak, for Plcklo, Instead of answering, casta wist ful glance at the half guawed bone on the hearth rug. "You shan't have that bone again at all if vou dont atMwor," cried the master, angrily. For a moment the dog cocked her head on one side, and appeared to be thinking; tjiwi she resumed lr narrative, but In a hesitating, timorous manner, not usiuii with her when talking. "Did any one see the h accident, Pickle?" "No; but Tommy Bowles' father and a neighbor who'd dropped in said they'd heard you threaten to do it over and over again. Then one of them said, 'Ah, If tliat dog of hi could aeak, it would tell u all about it, I warrant;' and then" "Oo on, goon!" "Hush! Perhuiasonielxxly listening." Whlsier." "Well, then the detective Jumped up and said, 'By Jove! it wouldn't be the first dog who'd hanged a nianf and then I - ! 1 . I . 1 .1 U .I.I.A auJU irem'iiiT, 11 mat v.w and ten to one she did I'll bsvs it out of her. see If I don't' " "What did he mean, Pickle?" "Why, he's found out that you Von Glahenixe me, and make me talk; and ; he'll do the tame if he catches me. When I beard this, master, 1 sneaked out of Uis room and ran for uu life; and 1 went, ohl sucb long way round, and waited till It was quite dark, for fear he should see me come in; and that's whut made me so lute. I may Uuish that bons now, mayn't I?" Freeing the dog from control, the young man flung himself heavily Into s chair. Ili position was duieruto. The little harmless dog. gnowing away at its bone as If nothing hud lmp ncd, had bis life upon bis tongue. Why, In the bands of a man like the detective a man who evidently knew tho secret ho fancied ho himself alone iKx-scwd the dog's evidence would hang him twenty tunes over Ho felt hi collur tighten sround his neck as he thought of it Who would believe it was only an accident? His threat to cut off Tommy Howies' head had been heard ull over the neigh borhood. Ho had flung tho futal plato, the dog hod seen him do it; tho dog could be mado to souk, and the detective knew how to muka it Suddenly the thought struck him, "Pickle I the' only w itness who could prove tho actual dwAl. How If I were to to put her out of tho way?" The worst! Oreut powers! Why, at any moment the myrmidons of tho law might bo hammering ut his door; ho might be in jail, und Pickle In the power of that confounded, meddling detective. Not a socond was to be lost Late that night a young mnn stole cau tiously down flio steps of tho house in street and boiled a putsing back. From beneath the folds of his ulster peered the slinrp muzzle of a little dog. Three wee In later mnn and dog stood upon the deck of tho good shipGrumpiis, bound for L'jiji, with ice, lucifor mutches and gray shirtings. "Whut Is thut Island yonder?" asked the man of the first mute, who was lean ing over the bulwark near him. The man shaded his eyes and looked. "Thut? Oh, that's a desert island. We're out of our course, through the fim a trood bit. or we shouldn't be near -" o . a - It" "Don't ships go nearer than this to lt "No fear. There's generally nasty rocks off such places. We always keep as far away from 'em as ever we can." Tliat night, shortly after dark, the captain, wulklng round his ship, must have noticed an unusual apicurance on the port side, for one of the bouts was missing. And so were the mnn and the dog. And the mun and the dog were sitting side by side now, as this confession was written, and the boat is high and dry on the desert inland, where it hue been their but and home for ton long years. So ends our confession. "Bow, wow, wowl" "Ah, my doggie, if you'd nover been able to speak any luuguago but that, we shouldn't bo hero now. Still, it wus best we canio. Wherever we had gono I amongst the haunts of men, we should ; have been recognized. A man and a dog full description $2,000 reward! No, my poor old Pickle, we should have been cnught; und you wouldn't huvo liked to hung your master, would you? By Jovo, Picklo, I've a good mind to Von Clubcnizo you again, just to talk over old times. I have never done it since that fatal oveulng, Shall we have a talk ugaiu, just for once? Shall we, old girl? "Why, If ever a dog said yes with eyes and tall, you do now. So 1 " 111, then. Sol look at mo well vvhilo I muko the passes. Come, that's ill Why, you go off easier now, my dog, than you did ten years agol Steuilyl Now for a try. Picklo, why, bow feui fully you tremble!" "Master!" "Why, whut a touol Are you fright ened, my dog?" "Master, I want to talk about Tommy Bowles." "Hang It, my dogl some pleasuntcr subject than that, now pleaso. "But master, I've been wanting to tell you about Tommy liowles for ten years. Oh, tutuiicrl you didn't cut uis bend off." "What!" "Nobody cut It off It wasn't cut off at all. Ohl do forgive mel und l hero wasn't any detective; and, please, I mado it all up." "But surelyonfound It, Pickle! I don't understand! Ain't 1 a murderer, then?" "No." "But, In tho nnmo of nil that's canlno, why should you mnko this all up?" "Bocauso I had been playing with low dogs up by tho cnnal ull day, and 1 thought you wouldn't give mo the bone if 1 didn't tell you something, and ho cross with mc, and so I mado it tipubout Tommy Bowles." "Oh, Picklo! PIcLle! and for ten long years have you and 1 been on this desert island because you told a llel Why the douco didu't you undeceive mo before?" "llowpould 1? You never Von tllubeti lied mo." "Picklo, old dog, we'vo boon friends too long to quarrel over this, Ciivo me your jww. I forgive you." "Master, do men ever, when people wnnt news, and they haven't got any to give thorn, make tilings up like 1 did that night?" "Certainly not; only a foolish dog would do such a thing as that Halloa! there's a boas coming, Pickle. We're discovered!''- "Bow, wow, wow!" "It comes nearer! Nover mind, we dont dread It now. Why, Pickle, look) That face lu tba bows! Why, I'm blest If it Isnt Tommy Bowles!" From Tha Tlnwa, Aug 15, IIC, Thaahlp Jemima, dipt. Dokn, itn Iron rails and cutlery, hum L'jiji. arrid UiU morning Mia brlugswlui bor s gi'iitlinium aud bi ilv. ho war dUKomvd by t'apt. llowlnr aon Thomas, oo s draft bland wbeot tbey bad been out aaay laayaaraago. There is no reason now why this con fession, written on that Island, should I kept from the public Pickle is ugtve able to its publication; and if she is not ashamed of her sliore in the story, 1 am sure I need not be. George It Siumia A School for llouaeanalda Housemaids shouLi be taught that some of the new scouring soaps, una es- pecially that housewife' treasure, "eon i ........ i i... in i .i.., ..it .,;, ....,1... VT-lllJ (tllTI , Will IflRVUI. H,II, V, ,VIIN stuins from floor and buth tub ledges. When we get the new high school after Miss Charlotte Peiidleton heart, nil girl will be taught the detersivo effects of potash and tnmg soda. Until then you ' had better caution the housemaid, while ! putting the indispensable touches of the ' lye (potah) to either bedstead slats or ' cloiu-t corners, that it must not bedrvpped j on stained lioard or painted surfaces, a ' it will leave bare or white ola when 1 the stain is "scalded" off by the lye. House painter use potash, in fact, to ' clean off a surf.ice that they are about to ! paint anew. 1'biUdolpLia Ledger. THE CITY "JAY." B I OaKnilly " Tbaa Hla Couulrj tou.lu-A liwtiBa, "The city 'jay' is s heap more of a lumb than the worst 'huyseed' that ever walked," said s buinti acquaintance. "I've Just hud frch proof of it You re member the horse sale held here a short time nim? I made up my mind to buy a horse, and went down there. A friend ; of mine, who knew thut I had good judg-; un nt regarding horseflesh, asked mo if 1 1 would help him In selecting one, and I , said I would, so we went down together. Ho hud a buggy horse, but he wanted s , better one, and didn't want to be swin-1 died We looked the horses over some-j what and I lcame Interested in a mar of fine condition and blood and bought her. A short time afterwurd a 8-year-old ; colt was brought into the ring snd it caught my friend's eye at once. He asked me what I thought of It I looked the horse over and told him it was a very i One animal and that he would make no ( mistake In buying it. The colt was put up without any especial attention having been given it, and at an off moment and , before my friend knew it, the horse had i been knocked down to him for the ridic ulously low figure of $83. I told him he . bud a good burguiu and went away. - "The other day I ran aenme him and ! asked him how he liked his purchase, j He looked at mo kind of shfeplsh and i made a confession. Said he had weak ened somewhut of the purchase after he had taken possession of the colt, and it hod occurred to him that an 85 horse wasn't exactly what he wanted. While he was meditating, with more or less re gret, on the purchase, he ran against a man who asked him if he hud bought the colt Hu told the stranger he had, and the man smiled and said the colt wus vicious and plenty dear at $83. Then the struner said he had a spanking good driving horse, and if my friend would give him his stable address he would drive around next day and show him the animal. This was done, and the man came with a fine animal and took my friend for a spin on the boulevard. He left him at his door, and called on him the next day and tried to negotiate a sale, but my friend, having two horses, didn't want another. The upshot of it all was that my friend traded his two horses for the one of the stranger and gave him an order on the stableman for them, the understanding being that the man was to deliver the horse be had ex hihited when lie took the other two away. My friend called around at the stuble in the afternoon to see his new possession, and was floored to learn thut his two horses had been taken away and nothing left in exchange. And he didn't know tho swindler or anything about him. He Is now mourning the loss of the horse he owned in the first place and also the colt, which us worth $300 of any man's money. When the city man enters the 'chump! class he takes the blue ribbon." Chicago Herald. FAITHFUt. It Is iomrthlng, awwt, whi-n the wwld gof 111 To know you are faithful and love me till; To fvrl when theminnlitnr has left the tkles Thnt the llhl la ililnlng ill your dear eyoa; Biantiful )', moro dur to ins Than all Ilia wealth of the world could ba. It In something, deurrat, to feel you near When life with lu sorrows aeema bard to bear; To r.-t, when 1 falter, the euup dirlua Of your tender and minting haial In mine; llettutiful hand: more dear to ma Than the trndenxt things of earth could ba BomKinii, dearest, the world goes wrong, For Clod glvea grief tilth his gift of song, And poverty, tool but your love Is mora To me than rlebea and golden store; UeautifiU love I until death shall lrt It is uibie as you are my own, twoethaartl F. L. Stanton. Calculating tha IUIii'hII. Tho quantity of rain falling at any place is estimated by means of a very simple piece of apparatus known as a rain gauge. The most common form of ruin gnugo consists of a cop(r funnel, the area of the mouth of which is accu rately known. Tho rain collected in this funnel flows into a graduated measure, which can very easily be constructed by any one out of a small glass tumbler or beaker by pasting oil its side, a narrow strip of pajier, carefully marked off into inches, half inches, quarters, eighths and sixteenths; or into inches, tenths and twentieths. SupjKising thut the area of the mouth of tho receiving funnel is five times that of the graduated measure, then a depth of tlvo inches'in the meas ure would represent a depth of one inch on au area equal to that of the aperture of the funnel. New York Telegram. Politrnrna In New Tork. I heard the other day of a delightful old country parson who cai:a to New York as the guest of a son who is success ful in business here. The old gentleman did not go about alone after the first time, liccuuse he said it wrung his heart strings to hear tho tales of woe the beg gars poured into his ears. He could no moro wave a beggar aside than you or I could strike a child, and yet he oulv grieved at the pain their stories gave him, and at his inability to solace them ull with money. When the ramiwiit nevsys tugged at his sleeves and yelled, "Hero yer evening puper!" he bent over with studied politeness and said In his gentle voice: "I've got one already, thank you, Johnny." How the little ruftiaus stared at that! Julian Ralph in Chatter. Ularaall'a Collateral. Disraeli once went to a certain Israel ite mill asked for a loan of several thou sand pound. "Ou what security, Mr. Disraeli?" queried the Hebrew doubtful ly. "On the security of my smhition and my mMiius,"said the young politician rnlinly. "Very pitraordinnrv roll.iler.il, Mr. Disraeli," murmured the other, "but cull on me to-morrow, if you please, and we will talk it over." The Jew was wise, and Disraeli got the money; and, per hap,whfn he saw a young maa of merit struggling along he recalled, as he stop ped to help him, with a thrill of supreme satisfaction thut bitter hour of failure when his first speech was drowned by the nois of the opposition, and he cloet d it abruptly with the passionate prophecy; "The day will come when you shall hear me." The Arena. A llllad Maa'a Gift. A tnie friory is told of a wool dealer who, after the loss of hi light, became abetter Judge of wool than he wa be fore, visited Melbourne in 1SS1, and dur ing ten wee' s bought more than 150. 000 worth of wool, doing all the business it Involved banking, exchange and ship ping without a broker. London Tid Bits. Land in ths financial section of Broad war, New York, recently sold at ths rate of ilXOLCCO ser sxr. LAWYER ALLEN'S flftST VICTORY. a b.a rmm Made Good by frofonail Opinion from tlia Claaslea, "Private John Allen," of Mississippi, who became the wit of the house of representatives with the deuth of Burnet Cox, tells s good story on himself of how he came to be a profound lawyer. A purty of member were telling yarns in the cloak room of the bouse, and when Allen's turn came he told this one: "I want to tell you of the greatest legal victory of my life," said Allen, as he lighted a cigar and propped his feet against the wall in true southern style. "It was downinTiiDcloduringthe trying period juHt after the war. I was at thut time s practicing lawyer that is, I prao tied whenever I had any cases to prac tice with. One day old 'Uncle' Potupey, one of the old negroes of the settlement came into my office and said: " 'Murs John, I wants you to clar ma I'M gwine to be 'rested for steulin' of two bams out'en de cross road store.' "'Well, Pompey.'I asked, 'did you steal the bams?1 " 'Mars John, I Just took 'era.' " 'Did any one see you?" I asked. "'Yas, boss, said the old negro dis consolately, 'two ole white buckra's.' " 'Woll, Pompey,' I replied, 'I can't do anything for you under the circum stances.' . " 'Now, Mars John,' said old Pompey, 'here's ten dollars I jist want you to try.' . "Well, 1 contented to try," said Allen. "The esse was to be heard before an old magistrate named Johnson. He wa totally uneducated, and was moreover a perfect dictator, and no negro ever came before him who wus not fined the maxi mum penalty and sent to his field to ex piate the crime in the sweat of his brow. lo hpiird the case. Evcrv possible proof wus brought to show that Pompey stele the hams. There could be no doubt of it from the testimony. I did not put a single question to any of the witnesses, but when the testimony was all in 1 arose, and in my most dignified manner addressed the magistrate: " 'May it please your honor, it would be useless for me to argue before one who would adorn the suierior if not the su preme court bench of this grand old commonwealth. And I may say that those who know you best say that you would grace even the supreme court of the United States, the highest tribunal in the land. It will be useless to dwell upon the testimony. Y'ou have heard it, and know the case as well as I do. How ever, it may not be out of order for me to call your honor's attention to a short pussago in the old Euglibh law, which clearly decides this case, aud which, for the moment, your honor may have tor- frnttan "Tliun I fkhprl down in mv Docket and drew forth, with a great flourish, an old copy of 'Julius Cawar. 1 opened it witu great dignity to the first page and read the line which is familiar to every school boy, 'Omnia Qallia in partes tres divisa est' 'That decides the case,' said I, throw ing the book upon the table. 'That clearly acquits the defendant' "With great dignity and solemnity 1 then took my seat The old magistrate was completely nonplused. He looked at me a moment quiszically and scratched bis head. Then, turning to Pompey, he raised himself to bis full height and said: " 'Pompey , I know you stole them hams, but by tho ingenuity of your lawyer I've got to let you go. Git out,' said he, asl " planted his No. 9 in the seat of Pouipe. pants, 'and if you ever come here again, lawyer or no lawyer, you will git six months.' "Atlanta Constitution. Mother and V ua. In no country in the world have moth ers more power than in China, and in no place is filial affection more shown. How Qua, though 49 years old, olieys his mother as well as when he was 10, and be would not think of going out at night without asking her permission. Not long ago he was invited to our consulate for dinner. Ue replied: "1 would like to come, but 1 cannot tell till 1 ask my mamma." Still, How Qua Is nearly 50 and his mother CD. The Chinese mother selects the bride for her son, and How Qua, during his visit, seemed much prouder of his mother than his wife. He introduced us to the old lady, who was sitting In a chair wrapped in furs and powdered and painted. Her seat looked out upon her flower garden and she hud two maids beside her. Upon her cloth cap was a great button of diamonds as targe as the biggest full blown rose and of about the same shape. It was made of numerous stones and the central one was as large us the egg of a robin. Pearls hung In her ears, and whnt inter ested us most were the "golden lilies" which shone out beneath her embroid ered petticoat "Golden lilies" is the Chinese expression for the smallest of ladies' foet, and Mine. How Qua had shoes not more than two inches in diame ter. Their soles were round rather than oblong, and their tops were embroidered in silver and silk. They were so small that she could not wulk alone, and this old lady, who has for years controlled a fortune greater than that possessed by Miss Mary Garrett or Mrs. Mark Hop kins, cannot more from one room to an other without the assistance of her maids. Frank G. Curpenter. A Pointer oa Walulag. "I want to give you a tip on dancing," said a flashily dressed man about town yesterday afternoon. "What is it?" he was asked. "Simply this: There is hope for poor dancers. As poor dancers are legion this is Important" "Well, what Is tho tip?" "Nothing more nor less than thiai If .-.MM you are a poor dancer and of course you are get a heavy partner who is a good dancer." "What good will that do?" "All the good in the world. You are a light man I mean as far as physical ! weight is concerned, ine girl is a good dancer. You go swinging around with ber. You are in doubt You waver just a little bit Does a break occur? Not j at alb The momentum keeps you mov j Ing. The heavy girl bless ber heart I swings you right round st the proper I time and place. The rveult is that speo j tutors Imagine you are a tip top dancer, 1 when if it hadnt been for the heavy girl ' your waits would have ended disastrous- iy. iorcn American. I ! Baar Dlaclplla. j voi. iiuu v eu, i v met my maa and got my money. t i - - - - I stag, aiees now on earth did yon man kg him? i 1 Cot B. By the bovine method. i Msj. 1L And what is thst? , Cot K. Cowd him by buIMnf him, I ' Pltubun EuSetia. i fhinfurm Discovered by Cbaeo. Chloroform, which has proved such sn Inestimable ooon to thousands of suffer- ers was discovered by chance. Dr. Simp- eon (who was afterwards knighted) set himself to find soro aiiawthetic to take the place of ether, which had gained a bad name owing to the fuel that several deaths had occurred through the careless use of it Other scientists joined liltn in his researches, and carefully anulyzed every substance which they thought was In the least likely to give the desired re- suit One night the party were busily engaged In their self Imposed task. They had tested every subject which had been selected for experiment without any- tiling approaching to a favorable Issue, aud were beginning to feel disheartened by their lack of success. - As ons of them was poking about the laboratory to see if he could find any- thing else which migljt be put Into the little testing gloss with which each was provided, he happened upon a small hot- tie of a dark substance which was looked upon more as a curiosity than as possess- lug any useful properties. With scarcely a thought of success be poured a little of it into each of the tubes, and the mora- kora nf tha nartv teiran to Inhale it. For a few moments they seemed seized with an unusual gladness, but soon they one after another Tell to the grounu, over come by the powerful fumes As they gradually Came to aguiu they recognized that their search wus over, and from that occasion dutes the use of chloroform as an anaisthetic Montreal Star. ( What It Costa. There are some Intellectual employ ments which renuire a very small stock h. trade. A mathematician, for instance, ' place, 5 have bulled from Spain, 9 wen may pursue his investigations, even into from Africa, 2 from Savoy, which u the higher branches of pure sclonce,with also the number sent by England, 8w very few books. But if a man be more den, Dulnintia, Holland, Portugal and than ordinarily Interested in the great Crete. Italy caps the climax with s to problems of history and all that they in-'' tal of 104, ull since 1533 having been de volve and have an irrepressible hanker-1 lected from among the Italian cardinals, Ing to know what is being discussed In his: Eight of the number did not live, favorite subjects, he must keep himself month after succession; 40 liveu less than in touch with the thought and discover- j a yeur, and 23 more died when they bad lea of others. If be be a dweller in a been less than two yearson the pontifical great city he has clubs and libraries, 1 throne; 54 between four and five yean; newspapers and periodicals, books and 67 when they hud reigned less than ten maps, almost at his elbow, to say noth- j years; 51 before they had finished the Ing of the living men whom lie may con sult with at any hour. But if he be a dweller In the wilder ness, be must count the cost of having literary tastes, and tliat cost he will have to oav in coin of the realm. I hold it to be simply impossible for a very needy man to keep pace with the historical re search of out time if his lot be cost in a country village. Any man who has lost his heart to the muse of history even though be can in no sense claim to be a historian is a man with tastes, and such a man's "pens, ink and paper" must needs come to a great deal iu the course of the year. Such a man may be considered a fortunate one who can puy the reckoning by the profits of his own gooeequilL Augustus Jessup in Con temporary Review. MarolinU The Indians believe that if the stillness over the waters of a lake be broken by any careless word the spirits of the place will be offended. In the days of the early settlers, we are told, a white woman had occasion to cross Lake Saratoga, and the Indians, who were to row her across, warned her of the danger that one rash word might bring; but of course, being a white woman, she was superior to all such superstitious notions. It was a calm, cloudless day, and the canoe sped like an arrow across the smooth waters. Suddenly, when in tho middle of the lake, the strong minded woman determined to prove to these simple folk the folly of their belief. . So she lifted up her voice in a wild cry that woke every echo of the hills. The Indians were filled with consterna tion. They uttered no word, but, strain ing every nerve, rowed on in frowning silence. They reached the shore in safety, and the woman triumphed; but the Mohawk chief looked upon her in scorn. "The Oreat Spirit is merciful," be said; "he knows that the white wo man cannot hold her peace." Youth's Companion. Pompcllan Liked Roaiit Pig. The citizens of ancient Pompeii knew what was good. They relished roust pig.V A family in that aristocratic city, one of the F. F. P.'s, perhaps, were about to dine on the rich and succulent dish on the very day that tho restless Titan under Mount Vesuvius expectorated from his fiery lungs the shower of red hot ashes which entombed the Pompeiians in their dwellings. The pig was being cooked, and was probably nearly done at the time, when the volcanio storm burst in and spoiled it This is not a matter of conjecture, for a mass of indurated lava und ashes hua been found in a stew pun standing on a cooking stove in the kitchen of a disin terred bouse, and on opening the lump a perfect mold of a suckling porker was disclosed. A cast was taken of the hol low and tho result was a fac-siinile in plaster of the little animal, which had been trussed in scientific Btyle, and is supposed, from the shape of the matrix, to nave been just ready for the table. Chicago Herald. ' Good for the Lawyers. Under the extradition treaty with Can ada almost any sort of a criminal charge will extradite, and those planning offenses Bgainst the law will be obliged to take the advice of a criminal lawyer. Indeed, the treaty Is a good thing for the lawyers, and they will, no doubt, charge a regular fee for advising a criminal to go to Mex ico instead of to Canada. Detroit Free Press, t A Diplomatic Answer. Editor (after a discussion about the spelling of a word) Well, you wouldn't take mv sav an hni Z, T 7 a 7 I cc lier niothcr's house to du. wbetWl .;J V i I ? r'moke- Khewouldentreatthemvj'W whether I was w rong by lookine in the i... . i j: -.f. merest, Reporter I did not look to see if you were wrong, sir, but to see whether or not I was right Epoch. Fantaatle Handwriting. A little Enclish cirl 4 veara n..t writo. w ith her left band, and writes backward, as characters are reflected in a mirror from ordinary writing. Her friends have to read them by means of a looking glass, j The child was taught writing with a sis ter, but would do things her own way, ' with the result tliat she writes fluently in this fantastic way. Montreal Star. - i Goods for Chlldrea'a " m i. j There are pretty flannels in the market that retail st twenty-five cents, wash like linen, snd make very serviceable dresses for children. It i not necessary to buy dull grays. The cream grounds striped with rose, lilac, orange or brown are so much more suitable for baby wear andjieep clean quite a long time.V" fcnoanler with a taoan A thrilling story of ait encounter itl a leopard comes from Serajgung,, ij, dia. Two young English gentleraen ba, longing t I ho locality went outtohUnt , a leopard that hud been making ita prw once unpleasantly felt In the neighbor Ing villages. Neither was accustoroedu hunting or to the use of firearm, but both were full of pluck and eager to show their prowess. They took up tbei, station on a patch of cleared ground. awaiting the leopard that the beater, , were chasing from his lair, when tai. denly the brute leaed on one of tba, and caught him by the thigh, Infljctin: terrible injuries. His companion, seeing his danger, triej to fire at the brute, but unfortunate!? the safety pin, with the use of which he w unacquainted, hud locked the gua, that the trigger would not move. B tried to beat the leopard off from fcj, companion, but the enraged beast turnai upon him, stripping his arm and literally 'crunching his hand. Two of the beater, came 'up and used their bamboos win such effect thut theunimol turned tail and returned to the jungle. The two Europeans were removed to 8erajgunge, and it was found that the first mention J was in such a critical condition that bt could not be moved. He died shortly afterwards. His companion was sent to Calcutta for treatment- " "" Tba Pope. Leo XIII is the 253d pope, a fact seldom thought of when the great pontitTinam is mentioned. Of the total 253 succemu- J of St. Peter 15 have been Frenchmen, II nave oecn ureeks, o nave been Syrians, 6 have claimed Germany as their birth. fifteenth year, and 18 died after reignln between 15 and 20 years. Only I lived over 20 years after their elevation to the "Chair of St Peter." Pius H who died during the early part of 1878; reigned longer than any of his predeces sors, ins pontincai lite extending over a period of 81 years. St Louis Republic What Is a Good Book? A good book is one that interests you. One in which the bright rather thai the dark side of life is shown. One that makes you see how mean an the small vices of life and how denpio able are the great sins. One that glorifies virtue In woman snd honor in man. One in which the good are rewarded and the wicked are made to suffer suf fering, by the by, that may be of thi conscience or in a more material way, i reward given either on earth or prom ised for the future. One wiiich convinces you that this world is filled with good men -and good women. One that breathes forth the goodness of a Creator, and respects his all governing, laws. One tliat makes you feel you an meet ing real people people who elevate your thoughts us you associate with then Ladies' Home Journal To Tell tha Day of tha Weak of Any Data, Take the last two figures of the year, add a quarter of this, disregarding tb fraction; add the date of the month snd to this add the figure in the following list, one figure standing for each month: 8-0-6-2- 4-0-2-5-1-8-6-1. Divide the suui by seven and the remainder will give tin number of the day in the week, and when there is no remainder the day will bi Saturday. As an example take March It, IBM Take 00, add 22. add 19, add ft. Tuil gives 137. which divided by 7 leave I remainder of 4, which Is the number of the day, or WTednesday. Providence Telegram. Color and Music Allied. It is well known to all who have studied musio that there are three fundamental notes, via: The first, third and fifth of the scale, represented in the natural key of C major by the letters C, E and 0. These notes, when sounded together, pro duce the common chord, and are thi foundation of all harmony in musical composition. So it is in chromatic tliere are likewise only three funda mental colors blue, red and yello". forming the triad, whence arises all bif mony in painting. Dry Goods Chronlcl Watershed of tha Plate. The watershed drained by the Plate H estimated to represent an area of 1,560,000 square miles, the largest in the world, with the exception of the Amaron, and possibly also of the Congo, the are which has never been even approximately estimated. The Parana contributes an outflow of 41,000,000 and the Uruguay one of IV 000,000 cubic feet a minute, the Pl having a volume of 53,000,000 cubio feet as compared with 62.000,000 for the An son and 84,000,000 for the Mississippi La Plata takes its name from silver, but it has a tawny hue.-Exportand Financ ' Ktutlrlnr. Nature. "Ouida's" first work was sold for P. and Mr. Tinsley says she was glad to as much. He adds that how ah ot tained her close acquaintance with tl munners and customs of those languid hflrroa a-hrwui mnnnitra mesa room, was Cera In lior nwtlr a h.mua to dill " and while they took full advanUg 1 her permission she noted their iieculin- ties lor literary use in the future.-" Francisco Areonaut Sprained 1.1m be. Sprains are among the roost seven accidents to which we are liable. "J a joint is sprained swelling com?..': gradually. In dislocation the weI'J and loss of motion of the joint hspP6" immediately after the ccidcn'Li. sprained limb should be kept Prfe quiet To prevent Inflaminatio" poultices of wormwood, hops or tantf UaraJd of Health. It Waa Km Maa'e Land. "This fine farm," remarked Cum he showed a friend around the taW "is a sort of no man's land." ""Why. it looks ss though It W " owner." . "So it has; but the owner is 1 "' J Judge, . J