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9 EUGENE CITY GUARD. fririetr. - EUGENE CITY. OREGON Gladstone's Kidar llrother, Bir Tlioiiuui Gludatnno usually at tcndod thu ho r vice at Westminster Abbey on Sunday afternoon when lie was in (own, anil lio wui invnriuMy moblicd wlien walking up and down the nuve afterward by ieopla who mistook him fur lii younger brother, whom ho greatly resembled, but Bir Thomiui wu lullcrand mora slatcdy in appearance. Kir Tliomiis livod and died a Tory of tho old Eldon type, and biscon.siHlcncy and the plainness with which he avowod hit opinion niodo him reHtMM.'U;d even by liia most bitter political opN)iiiMiU. lie went to Ox ford in !';) mid voU'd against his bro ther when tliut statesman wus opposed by Mr. I'orcevul, ufUtr he had joined Lord Aberdeen's administration, and i ii. i i i --I H iiivariuuijr iijvotuiiuu atiw ., Gladstone's Mlicy whenever he miule a political spcecli, but personally they were on the most cordial terms. They also diUercxl in their church view, for Sir Thomas, who wu a most devout man, favored tlio cvun jrolicul aide, bir Thomas Gladstone's place in hJiienrdineshire, Fuwjue douse, is a splendid mansion, and the extensive demesne is well wooded and very picturesque. The home farm is one of the linos, in Scotland. Sir Thomas inherited thocstatcsof Fusque and Bulbcgno, which extend to21,U00 acres, from his father; and in 1850 he Eurcliosed Struclntn and Glcudye fi-oin ord Kouthesk for JL70.000. This es tate which extends to 20,000 acres of low ground, hill pastures, and grouse moors, is one of the best shootings iu Scotland. Sir Thomas was a most rigorous gamo preserver for many i JVUIS. I.. HV. J . . . ...... . . causo to complain iu this or any other respect, and ho was a most popular laird, and took a deep and intelligent interest in all agricultural alluirs. Sir Thomas Gladstone was for some years attache to the British embassy In 1'aris, under Lord Stuart do Koth say, during the reign of Charles X, and he hud many good stories to re in to nlout the curious customs of the old Bourbon court Ho sat in the house of commons from 1830 to 1837, and in 18(13 hoslood for Kincardine hire, but was defeated by the lato Mr. Dyce Nicol of liullogo, who was the flrbl Liberal ever returned from that county, as tho luto Sir Hugh Ar buthnot hud then represented it as a Conservutivo for thirty-nine years, during which (teriod ho was only once opposed. Loudon World. vihin lint lfillnilir liia Innnini null In, ' Jack's VUlt to Hi Natural IlUtorjr Rorloly. One wet evening, howovor, Willio Ransom got Jack to go, just because tliero wuh nothing else to do. Thera was a shdrt puwr being reud on "Fish Scales," und a number of them wcro mounted for microscopical examina tion, of course with a low power, suy inch and half inch. Anything relat ing to llsh or Mulling wui certain to gain Jack's attention, therefore a let tcriubjct-l could not have been select ed to ougugo his notice. Besides, Jack hud uovcr yet even looked through a niicroscoMl Ho full a bit ushunicd of this now; but tliero were a couple of microscopes present, and Jack deter mined to huvo a good look through them. Tho scule of dill'orent sorts of British tlbhes wuroou view. Of course, fish scales nre common enough: but who would think that each kind has its own pattern of scule, und thut you could toll a species of Huh by iu aculesf Tho paper showed that tho scales of fishes wcro composed of the sume ma ' terial, cliitino, us tho feathers of birds, or tho hair and noils of animals a kind of auhstunco only found iu tho animal kingdom, and nover in the vogelublo; thut theso scales aro devel oped iu littlo pockots in tho Hull's skin, which you can plainly seo for your self when a herring is scaled. They are arranged ull over the Halt's body like the tiles covering a roof, jHirlly overlapping each other, aa it teen bv ono part of the sculo being oflou dif fere ut from tho other. Juck looked through tho microscope and was delighted. He was always a reverent niiuded boy, and the sight broke on hit mind like a now revela tion, liow exquisitely chusod and beautiful wore tho marking, lines, dots and other peculiarities! Tuon tlio acules which run along the middle lino of tho Huh were shown him, and the ducts perforating them, out of which the mucus flows to anoint tho fish's body, and thut reduce the fric tion of its rapid movement through tlio wuter. Tho lad wot half be wild ered at tho Mssibility of tho now knowledge. "Could anybody get to know about theso things!" ho asked Willie, who told him of courso ho could, if ho would only take a littlo trouble, Dr. J. D. Taylor iu Popular bcieuce Monthly. In a Studio, "Is not thut Neilsoul" I asked, hi diratiiitf a miniature sketch almost hidden by a fox skin and a Chinese fan. "Ycs,rf tho artist replied, softly, "that is my greatest treasure. !t me take it down for yon." The picture was drawn on a gentle mans linen cntr. Nuilson, as Juliet, leaned over a balcony a white robed figure with (lowing liair a crumpled row in her ha nils, from which she idly tore the petals. Pinned to one Corner of the cutT hung a withered bunch of violets. "She asked me to visit Booth't," my friend explained, "to seo hers Juliet I went, and this picture is one of the results. A life long remembrance of that most beautiful woman is another I had uo puHr for drawing, and re moving one of my cutis, I mudo the ketch uon thut. Mist N'eilson suw it afterward in her dressing room, laughed, signed it with herautograph, and taking a bunch of violet which hud bceu thrown carelessly on her dressing table, handed Uie flowers to me with a bewitching smile. They have txcn pinned to the cuff ever since. No, I would not care to part wilh tlio picture, though 1 have hud pUnty of opportunities to tell k 1 sever glance at it without thinking of poor Neilson as the died in Paris, tear Lig madly at the couch on which she writhed it.i her last agony. Somehow aha alwuys comes back to me that way." New York Star. The private bankinn limine of IVrnard over the dashboard ready to bo sciml Aronnoii at New York as raided bv I'e! at once. When the tioive slatts Uti.e hinder, ho claimed that money de-1 up the extra reins, and tighu-n the siirmil to brills relative from Poland 1 cord around the horse's ihcout The and infru-ited to the bank were niisa-j most furious horse thus choked s!-i propriated. Anmsoti and hi clerk were instantly, and will not kick or fall. everely beaten anJ afterward placed ru Flag, under arret. tary of a Sagacious Mais. Everybwly who visits the Grand Paciflo with any amount of frequency made the actiuuiiilunce of I ut ' Aaron. Tut bus lately developed a faculty for story telling, and has been for some linio past trying to make hit customers believe be has seen oystors climb In, Finding this yam too large, ho has one now of a modified character. I'atsays when he was down in New Orleans he saw a mule working on a street cur line that hud in a great degree whut might he considered genu ine horse sense. He says the animal was known all thnmgh the Crescent City by the nume of Slonewull Jack son, and when hitched up to his car in the morning would not move until the burn gong sounded the hour of leuv ing, no mutter how unxious tho con ductor or the driver might bo to get a minute or two the tUirt for somo pur pose of his own. Tut suys that one morning tho mulo was brought up to be hitched to a strange cur. The instant Slonewull taw the car he bucked stubbornly away, and no urging would induce uini to gel in bis place. At iasl ho was ied around to the repair shops and shown his car. on which tho painters hud begun work, and ho ut once seemed to realize l!ie dilliculty. for ho went buck and will ingly took his place beside his mute and drew the strange car all day. j Tho next morning, though, the same troubleensued, and he hud to be shown ' tliulhiaowu car was not ready. Where I Slonewull showed tho greatest intelli- gence, Put says, wu slopping appar ently without reason while on a trip. Ho did this one duy wheu an extra conductor wu iu charge. The con ductor came forwurd after a minute or two to m what the Iroublo was. The driver know well, and told the extra thut ho hud collected a furo and had uot rung his bell punch. At this tho conductor did ring, and old Slonewull Juckson shook his iiead as much as to say. "You can't fool me," and sturted olf on a trip without a word from the M ! drivor. Chicago llcruld. PiMitr t lio Sung. A reader of tho lyric poetry of tho Dizuhethun age is struck with its adaptation to music, its limpidity and directness of utterance. "Euch composition." says Mr. J. A. Symonds, in The Fortnightly Re view, "is meant to bo sung, and can be sung, because the poet's soul was tinging wheu bo mudo it," Tlio lyrics of the present age imsess but little of this quality. Mr. By mouds onto usked Jennie Lind why Shelley't lyric were ill adunled to to music. Blio mudo him ivucl aloud to her the "Song of Pun" und "To the Night" Then she pointed out that verse is full of complicutod thoughts, and packed consonants. Not one melodic phrase could be found to ex press the poetic emotion. "1 cun sing Milton's "Vet tho hrttfhl Buniplilin In burning row, Tticir kmU, upllfu-d anicul tnimUi blow I" aid Jenny Und, "und can sing Dry den, but I could noising yourSlielley, Wordsworth, Keats; no, and not much Tennyson either. Tennyson has ought out all tho solid sharp words, and put them together; music cun not come between." The lyrics of the present time, so Mr. Symonds sums up tho fuels, are not so singablo as tho Elizabethan ly rics because they aro fur more complex in their verbul structure, in their thoughts, images and emotions. Tlicii words carry too niuny, too various, and too contemplative suggestions, Youth's Companion. UotllO'lng tho rnwrlptloa. A friend of mine luid down the medical law tho other day. Ho said tho llrst thing a doctor finds out when you tend for him is your net taste, hubit, - article of diet or beverage Thou he orders you to stop it If you aren't a very big jxitiont you huvo got to do it. Hut, said my friend, I know anmn who was a little sick the olhei day and consulted his physician. "Stop drinking whisky I" said thr doctor. "Is it us serious as that?" asked the man, in ulurm. "Yes, it is." They had a bottloof wine, a flm cigar, and a long chut, aud the dot tor became very agreeablo. When lit got up to go tho pulienl said: "I wish there was something el than whisky 1 could stop. You see "Well, 1 don't know." said the doc- tor. "Luniuie toe. Do you eat but tori" Yes.' "Then stop butter and go on with the whisky. Good day I" Sun Fran cisco Chronicle, Tho HeautinU IUd lllnl, , I huvo nover been able to find an instance in which red birds have been bred in captivity, and although so many thousands aro kept as pels, ull or nearly all must have oeen trupcd This year 1 thought my birds were go ing to make a record for theiuM-lves. but the usual failure ensued. The lieu laid live eggs, but refused to sit Then the mulo bird became ferociou und nearly killed his neglectful mate They are now separato, but whenevei he is let out of his cage he Hies to that of tho hen and tries to resume hostili tics. Yet a canary bird can knock him out the llrst round every lime, and takes immense delight in doing il whenever tho opportunity arises. -Sl Louis Globe-Democrat. Cipiiualoa of Wntoiv Water exands with both heat and cold. It is the fact that walcrexpumN iu freezing, which enables frost to net soowcrfully as a disintegrating agent Water enters the cracks aud xres ol rocks, and on freezing expand with such force as to break otl' fragment" from their surface. Reaumur found thaltlirvoof the metals also slightlv expand, under the inlluence of rolil on becoming solid, namely, cast imu antimony and bismuth, aud heme tin precision with which cast iron take the mold. If a metallic bottle be tilled with molten bismuth and tighlU plugged un, the bottle will be rupi ured when the, metal solidifies. N York Tele"-m - To Slop Runaway Rnrto. Tlio Russian method for stonmnz runaway horse issaid to bo very tl'.irt ive, aud is not imrlicutarly cruel They placo a cord with a running knot around tne horse a neck near tn iter k strap. To this slit) iioom attach 'a puir of n-ins, which may be thrown A STRANG! COMMUNITY. Ecoaomle and Soolal reamres of a floa. Uhlni Colony In lowe. Probably the most prosperoua com munistio society in this country it in Iowa, nearly 100 milet west from I w. ...... on llm tina nf Dim Mil Wall I iuiiii'h 1 kee and Sl 1'uul road. There are no , . . saloons in the colony and every man, woman and child is a worker, i "!re are no idlers, no caucuses, no pontics Murriace is looked uixin as one of the necessary evils, but it is not re garded by any means as a morelonous I gjge otolI) ef these elements. There act Children must be hud and any , jugt exacl. u much hydrogen, looseness of moral is sternly frowned :0,y.on jn, copper, etc., in the uni upon, yet the lot of the newly mar j ye tll0r0 1U ai the past ried couple is not in any sense a happy a(j exactly the tame amount one. The religious standing of young wnlinu0 exist to all eternity, murried people is very low until, by though their combinations with putiently bearing tho yoke of niatn themselves and other elements may be mony, mey ueinoiiMrauj uir uinvM to enter into the circle of the elect. Desnile their costumes there are many rcmnrkuhly pretty girls in Ama na. in form tney are siruigni anu " " ' . I . tlendcr. Many of them have clear icut features, and their complexions contjnue to believe that they are un ; arebeautiful beyond description. chauireable. When, however, we inecotiiumesof the women ureBo-i, to tne djjfcrenl forms of force ven-lypluin.und at the same time are j al)d enerjjy by which, with matter, picturesque. A print kerchief, inunu-. .,. unii,rw reveals itself to our sen- foctun-d in tho village, it folded across the Imjsoiii so thut the waist of the loosely fitting dress is bidden. The villagers manufacture all the flannels and calicoes worn, and each bus a wide reputation. A black cap of some thin material is worn r.ilhi t fur buck on tho head, being gathered into a lit tlo bug nt the buck, narrow black rib bons tying it under the chin. Knit stockings und broud slipjicrs or course i-hoes are worn, woqden shoes being reserved for Held work. Neither age nor condition in life brings any cnange in these garments. N tweei aud , " ., . 1- . n,i BC1IUI B vurwuu aiuuuiu vii onuiui, nuu and even then at a distance. The as-, fa no 1)0ssjbility Cau a greater amount spciution of tho sexes lis forbidden. On obllillcd from iL Jt jg the egiU Sunday afternoon tho boys and girls ,... h..i,i nii inni. nflnan are ermitted to walk iu the fields, in oposite du-ections. though sometimes thev come together. , . W hen a young man signifies hut de - tn to murry a maiden ho it put on probu ion for a 'wr or more. Once a week he is allowed to see the object of his ulloction. and no encouragement is given Ins suit by any one. He is nn....H r. I I. ..... I . .. l,nH I. I , . . . I ..... . ever. When the murriugo finally takes pluce it is mudo tho gloomiest of festal occasions. Tliero are no wedding clothes and no weddiucr iruests. Two or three elders meet at the home of the bride's parents and read hymns und lead iu j prayers. The chapter in Puul't epistle ; to the hpliesinus, wherein the uostle, describes with uuUiucliing severity, the duties of husbund und wife, is read, with somber comments. After tho lecture there is a dead cold supK-r, und every one is made to feel us mis erable us K)ssiblo. Whon onco mar ried, however, there is no hope for the couplo, as divorce is unknown. These communists are rich, yet they go without amusement of any sort; all musical instruments save the fluto are tabooed and there are no brass bund contests to disturb the se renity of their even existence, A small colony came to the UiiTled Stales from Germany iu 1842. headed by Christian Metz, an inspired "in strumont," and settled near Dull'alo, l-i. 1., inu iiumiu ui uuTiiii;r iatiiiu ' v v ..r I?i given to the colony. As the colony pros,K-red beyond all expectation it ; was necessary to secure mora luntl. ...i .1.- ... ' r..i ....M ; liu lliu iin-at-ii iii;iiitiui ,uui-v nua ! selected. Tho old name was left bo-1 hind and Amuna was chosen as the title by which tho colony should be hereafter known. Seven villages prang up and are known as Amauu, Ka-st, West, South, Middlo and High Amuna and Homestead. Anything more peaceful thun these little vif luges cannot be imagined. The inhabitants are pietists, or, rather, inspirationists, but they do not look hupny. They ure puritanical to tho lust degree and the children are as sedate and staid as their elders. Christian Metz, their leader, died twenty -two years ago, and Barbara Heyncmun, who was also an "instru menu" led tho people for fifteen years after, when she, too, died Since theu there bus been no one prominent or holy enough to succeed them and there is in consequence no leader. Good, pure and virtuous as Barbara was, however, Khecame under the bun once, though sliu Dually reclined her stand iugusun "instrument." Sho fell iu love with a comely youth named George Ijiiidmuiin, und murry him she would and did, Ihoiii'h she u tiered expulsion for it As sue was a power in the community, she suc ceeded in gelling buck, but she was nover reully und lieurtily forgiven for having taken to herself a husband. There is a community of everything. No cooking is done by families, the meals being prepared and served in kitchens muintaiued for thut purpose.' There is an ubundunce of everything aud no one ever goes hungry. In Amana, for instance, where there are perhai live hundred inhabitants, (If teen kitchen ure maintained. The proportion is the sume in the other six villages. Philadelphia Times. Too Much Rowling. It was said of some one, "His sys torn of reading smacks of the old school; little but good non mulla, ted multum (not many things, but much)." Mrs. Browning, who wnle verses before she was 8, and produced an epic at 11, indorst such a system, though it contradicts her own practice. When still a child in age ilia, as he afterwards said, "gathered visions from Pluto and the dramatists, aud ato aud drunk Greek, and tnado my head ache with it" She read every book she could find. and continued that system or readme through life: but later, when old uiiuuxu tnu, uu ..., um uur ui persons liijurvu, ui uuuera enough to judge of the system by it I in saw mills aud other wood working effect upon her miud, she wrote to a j establishments thera were 69 explo friend: , sions; locomotives, 21; steamships, "1 should be wiser, 1 am persuaded, j tugs, and other steam vessels, 19; port if I had nut read hulf a much; should ( able boilers, bolsters, and agricultural have had siiouger and betterexercised i engines, 27; mines, oil wells, colliers, faculties, and should stand higher iu 1 18; paper mills, bleacheries, digesters, my own appreciation. Youth' Com- etc, 13; rolling mill and iron works, Danion. ' 2S-, distilleries, breweries, dye works, , . , sugar houses, and rendering works. How m Gooc,i. Ud, to D Tw i fg miUt elevators, A lady was visiUng a friend at 13. manufactories, 16; niiscel- AUicncui luusijeuiu bub wurw a K t vi : t.. 1 . . 1. 1. ..1. 1.1 1 inlaw iccui. a iiiuo iriwrvw wj saw tier take tne teeth from her mouth, and ran terrified to his mother, exclaiming : "Mamma, mamma, Miss Mara ,i!i.wl vrlw.lji hanrlftll t ir.fi ..t ' wnLSi rr: ..r. iCT-ui ai uiiitj. aim 11.ro an 100 uiu yu of her mouth, and didn't err one bit " "ua ,,ur ul.f uu UT I to .1 : I k a - Ml I - a . her ail of old bpeckl. s eggs to eat or 2? VS. to undSnd & i&;?ui rare SB tttfh At far aa we know at present, the dmplest forms of matter-the la ments are distinct entities and In capable of being transformed into one another. They unite among them selves to form all the innumerable substances of which the universe is made up, but in themselves are un- UStaVUW I changeable and inuesirucuuio. a nine of iron, for instance, can never , ciianiyeU ;nt0 piece of copper, ora miin nf luilroffln 0-US into OXVgeDS i PJkn . destroy or annihilate a iatered an infinite numoor oi umes. 1Tnt.il intnfl future investigator, in fol lowing certain clewt at present but Ullll.J 1CH.-.M "J 1 . i dimly perceived oy u aiscovers vuui v,nlnll, but modiUcationt or ; n:lni fnnn f ma.f. we must we flf)(j a very different stato of i .; iiM, JtL electricity, chem ical action, mugiietism, force or work, are all rcudily changed from one to tho other with tho greatest ease. A pound of coal or pure carbon will, whon oxidiwjd or burnt, always pro duce exactly so many units of heat. From this heat just so much power or work can be obtained and no more; this power will produce an invariable numoer of units of electricity or mag netism j and tho electricity, ' when transformed into chemical action, will , to ulilize all this cnergT in t,e form m which it is desircd and prevenl tlie ' enormous wuste by iu trausformution , inlo un(wireU form8- wbich at present ' un eT0D with our best and most I o, machinery. Any attempt . to do mor0 ig gure to end in failure L, woud an attempt to prove thut two and . dded Mother make live.- . . V Popular Scionce News. Ho Faces at tho Window. , New Yorkers nover sit in their win dows to enjoy the entertainment fur Dished by the procession of people and vehicle, writes a New York corre- rndent of The St Louis Republic. I t't believe I have seen a gen- uiw'y fashionable New York man or woman loOKing oui oi a winuow oi their own houses in years. It is an unspoken and unwritten law that you shall keep out of sight, and shroud the interior of your houses with layer on layer of lace curtains, oftentimes with as many as four ditl'eretit sets of them at each window. The only time a man is privileged to watch the promenaders is at his club, and there many of them do it with a vengeance. A wo man never looks inlo the street from her house. You may walk down Fifth avenue at any time of day, and under no circumstances, unless a mili tary parade was in progress, would you see any woman of that house other than the servants. . 1 presume 1 . . . , .1 . ir av.8-,V ,u V .Tn i 7. pb,1t lkhe Astors, the GoeleU and Goulds hundreds o times dur ng recent years, and not a sign of life . , - , - . , , . . -l , ji- have 1 0 tha.1 tho menials. The custom is doubtless founded upon common sense, because by silting in windows people become conspicuous, and the alleged intention of "good form" is to remain screened from the vulgar scrutiny of the pub lic. But it is well enough to set down this particular feature of our advanced condition of civilization, because, if 1 am not mistaken, the enjoyable habit of sitting in windows is practiced in most other cities. Of course, we lose a vast amount of entertainment by fore going the hubit, for a study of human nature as you lind it on the street is educating and charming. But here we are, for the sake of that severe granddame Good Form, veiling the sun and our follow creatures from our fashionablo gazes by these very stun ning sets of expensive curtains. It is like a theatre with the drop always obscuring the pictures behind it Comfortable If Not Pretty. "A Chinaman is not pretty to look at, and his clothes do not fit like the traditional 'paper on the wall.' but I think his uttire the most comfortable in the world," said a gentleman the other duy. "To begin with," he re sumed, "tho Chinaman wears a soft, low crowned, broad brim felt hat, which is easier on the head than a still derby or silk hat and a greater protection to tho eyes. Then his neck is dressed more comfortably than ours, too. lie wears but a single band around the neck, or two at the most Have you ever counted up what we wear I Not Well, just figure it out now. The undorshirl bond is one a possiblo chest protector is two, a shirt band is three, a collar is four, a neck tie is five, a vest collar is six, a coat is seven, an overcoat collar is eight and a neck scarf sometimes makes the total nine nine bands around the neck. What a chance for perspiratiou! Yes, the Chinaman's rig is more com fortable," Chicago Herald. Boiler Eiploalon of tho Tear, The Safety Valve gives this record of boiler explosionsduring 18SS: Total number of boilers exploded, 263; es timated loss to property, 14,100,000; estimated loss by stoppage of business, $1,030,000; number of employes thrown temporarily out of work, 10, 000; number of lives lost 326: nura- l r : l Art, tt :l . inn,,a 91 Cartons ranultoa, The rreeuish color of certain cloths tound some years ago to be due to Pamsiuc growth of alg upon U,e pamsiuc - , n,i o)iaa o f o vw ws-r of these minute plants one genus tnwn ami tl.. nthor with it. two iotetiv. been dcribed ?, -on A sing.. COLONELQUARITCHXC By H. BIDEB HAOOAKD. BaroM (ur"cB "aa'piiy, oo, tboogb la a auiuaabat roUai sod oculuu- 7 Mrs, Joboon, IU old lady "ho atumded to bU uu at Moleebill, with tb txlp 1 a gar doner sad uropJ lllg outld, Uer nuw who imaihed all Ui crockery, and oosrly drove the oolonal mad by banging tne door, hlfting bi paper, aud oo duWlng tb tray of Roniaa coin, actually ooo OJed to some friend la tb village that b thought th poor dear gentletnau waa going mad. When qutatiomd on wbat be band tbi belief, b replied that be would walk op and dowo lb oak panelod diuing room by the hour together, that tbeu, when be got tired of that exerel. wbtur hy, aid Mr. Jobaoa. be bad already worn a groor in tb new Turkey carpet, ba would take out a "rokey loggyi looking bit of a picture, and set il upon a chair sad tr at it through hie finger, shaking hit bead od mutwrlng all the wbll Tbep-furtber and conclumv proof of a yielding Intellect be would get a half sheet of paper wilbeuuie writing on It, and put It on tb nuuiudplw aud ur at that Kelt be would turn it up side down and star at il o. then sideways, then all ways, then be would bold It Uforo a looking glut, and sure at tb looking glaas, aud o on. Wbo asked bow the knew all tbi. h con fenied that. Jan bad seen It through tb key bole, not ones, but often. Of course, a the practiced aud dixvrning reader will clearly uiidorUuid, thi meaut only that when walklug aud weariug out tb carpet the colonel wa thinking of Ida. when contemplating tbe painting she had given blm, be wa admiring ber work and trying to reconcile hi admiration with bi own con cienoeand bi somewhat peculiar view of art. and that when glaring at th paper be wa vainly endeavoring to make bead or tail of tb menage written to bi eon on th night before hi execution by Uir Jaroe d la Moll in tbo reigu of C'barlea 1, and confidently be lieved by Ids to contain a key to tb where about of tb treaiur be wu uppoad to have secreted. Of count th tele of tbi worthy oul. Mr. Jobaon, did not Iom in tb telling, and when It reached Ida' ears, wbic-b it did at lust through tha medium of George for 10 addi tion to bi nuinberletsother function. Ueorg wa tb tole authorised purveyor of village and couutry news It read tbatCoL Quaritub bad gone raving mad. Ten minute afterward thi raving lunatic arrived at tbe castle In bl dm clothe and bi right mind, wbereuon Ida promptly re pented ber thrilling biitory, aomewhat to tb lubwquent duoouifort of Mr. Joboon and Jans. No one, a (omebody one laid, with equal truth aud profundity, know wbat a mluuU may bring forth, mucb lea, therefore, doe anybody know wbat an evening of say two hundred and forty minute may produce. For instance, Harold (Juaritcn though by tbi time be bad gone to far a to freely ad mit to biinwlf that be w utterly and hope lessly In love with Ida, in lore with ber with that settled snd determined paj-ioo which (ometime strike a man or woman in middle age certainly did not know that before tb evening wa out he would have declared bi devotion with result that shall be made clear In their decent order. Wbeu be put on bi dm clothe to com up to dinner be bad no more intention of proposing to Ida than t bad of not taking then) off when b went to bed. Hi love wa deep enough and steady enough, but perbup it did not posse that wild impetuosity which carries people o far la their youth, aometimea, Indeed, a great deal further than their reason approve. It wa essentially a middl aged devotion, and bore tbe earn retemblonc to tb plctureaqu passion of five-and-twenty that a mow fed torrent doe to a navigable river. The on rushes and roars and sweeps away the bridge and devastates happy home, while the other bear upon it placid breast tb Argosies of peace and plenty, and is generally service able to the necessities of num. . But, for all that, there is something attractive about torrents. There It a grandeur in that first rush of passion which result from tb sud den melting of thesnowt of the heart's purity and fuitb and high unstained devotion. But both torrents and navigable river are liable to one common fate, they may fall over precipice, and when that happen even tb latter uease to be navigable for a pao. And that wa what was about to happen to our friend th colonel To begin with, he had dined well, and what everardeut twenty-three may think of so gross and material a fact, It i certainly true that If a man is in love before dinner, be is flve-aud-tweuty per cent mora in lovs afl? it. i7etl, ht.. ' a. dined, and o bad bad a pleasant aa well as a good dinner. Tbe squire, who of late bad been cheerful a a cricket, wo Iu hi best form, and told long stories with an infinitesimal point. In auy body else's mouth these stories would bv beea wearisome to a degree, but there wa gusto, on originality, and a kind of Tudor period flavor about tb old gentleman which made bit worst aud longest story acceptable in any society Th colonel himself, too, had com out in a moat unusual way. H bod fund of dry humor in him which be rarely produced, but when be did produce it it wa of a 1110-6 satisfactory order. On tbi par ticular uih: is wa all on view, greatly to tb a:iiIoiion of Ida, who wu a witty at well a a clarer woman. Aud so it came to pan that the dinner wa a very pleasant on. Harold aud th iquir wer still sitting over their wiue, and th latter wa for th fifth Urn giving to th former a full aud particular aecouut of how bi deceased aunt, Mrs. Massey. bad been persuaded by a learned antiquarian to couvert, or rather restore, Dead Man's Mount iuto its supposed primitive condition of an anciout British dwelling, and of tbe extraordinary ax prowl on of her fac when th bill cam in, when suddenly tb servant announced thai Ueorg was waiting to bnu. 1 Tb old gentleman grumbled a great deal, but Anally got up aud departed to on joy bim lf for tbe next bour or ao in talking about things in general wilb bi retainer, leaving bi guest to flud bi way to tb drawing room. When tb colonel reached the room b found Ida seated at th piano, tinging. bh beard him shut tbe door, looked rouud, nodded prettily, and then went on with ber singing, lie came and tat down on a low chair totut two pace from ber, placing bimstlf in tucb a position that u could so bar face, which, Indeed, be always found a wonderfully pleas ant otiject of contemplation. Ida wa play ing without music tb only light la Um Mum waa tbat of a low lamp with a red fringe to Ik Therefore, be could not ao ery much, being only with difficulty abl to trace tb outlines of ber features, but if tbe hailow thus robbed him, I too tbe other band lent her a beauty of It own. clothing ber fai with an atmosphere of wonderful soft ness which it did not always poawea in tbe g'sxe of day Tb colonel indeed iwe most remember tbat be was la love and that it was after dinner) became quite poetical da terually, of course! about It, and In bis heart compared ber brat to 81 Cecilia at ber organ. and then to tbe Angel of the Twilight., kit oa uever seen ner loot to lovely At ber worst the wa a handsome and tioble looking woman, but bow tb shadow from without, and Uwugb he knew notbing of tbat, tbe shadow from ber heart within also, aided, may be, by the mimic' swell, had sofirood aud purified ber face till it did Indeed look al nK4 like aa angel's. It I strong, powerful f au tbat are cabie of the moot teouWneaa, not tb oft and pretty ones, and ren in a pUia portun, wbon suctt a fare Is in tha way ceo, II gathers a peculiar beauty of ita ova But Ida was not a plain parson, so on the vk jle tt is ecarrety So be woiidored at that a rwUia effort ws produced npua Harold Vuantcb. Ida, to out wrd appearance at any rata, all am-uoackMU ul wbat was oassina la her itn,T "rl on fiitih! lnio wituotu a tvosk tUe bad a good meiuur) nai a .wool voice, aud really liked music fol It own sake, so it w uo gral etfort to bet to do aa Presently be cam to song from Tenny ton's - Maud." tbe wmieraud Uautiful words whereof will b familiar to most of Ut read art of ber story It began: Ob, MUm -lld around Not fail Kwtlli my (eat, (lunt uiy lieaMt be found What suot '""' awes. The rmg l lovely one. and it did not suffer from her rendering, aud th ffict pro diced Uimi Hroiu by it wa of a roust pe culwr nature All hi. tl lif eiued Ut hear and break beneuib the magio of tb uiuuo and lb magic of tb singer, as a mmberu Do d of 10 break up beneath tbe outburst of Ibe summer sun. It broke up, ....1 b ..,.1 aii!hMl into lb deutbt of bi nature, tbos dread uuiueasured depth that roll nd murmur iu in twium human heart, as the sea rolls boneatb it cloak of ice, that roll and murmur ber, and set toward a thor of which we hav uo chart or kuowledga. Tb m was goo, tb frosen your bad malted, aud ouc mor tb iweet strong air of youth blew acros bi beart, and once mor there wa blu iky above, h..lii thoamreli aai.ed. Coder the iuflu- cace of that rmg the Nrrir of self broke duwu, and bi bing went out hi w-n un twins, and all tb possibilities of lif seemed to breat be afresh. 11. , n.i I,.,.. id. as ha listened. trembled iu bixgitatluu, till tbe sweet echoes of the inusio died upou to quiet air. 1 uej died, aud were gathered into tlie emptiness wbicb receive and record all tbiugt, th oath aud tb prayer, tb melody aud th scream of agony, tb tbout of triumph and tb wail of woe, aud left bim broken. bbe turned to bim, smiling faintly, for tb oug bad moved her also, and be felt tbat be must (peak. 'That U a beautiful ong," b id; "ing it again, if you do uot mind." Hue made uo answer, but once more sung: "Oh. let th solid ground , tiix fail beueatb my feet, Before my bean has found a What sums have fjuod so swart," and than suddenly broke off. "Why ar you looking at mP tb (aid. "1 cau feel you looking at me, and you make vio uw - WW". , He bent toward ber and looked ber in tb yea, , "1 lov you, Ida," he said; "I love you with all my heart" and be stopped tuddeoly. t Bbe turned quite pale even in tbat light be could tee ber pallor, and ber band fall heavily 00 th key. The echo of the crashing note rolled round tb room and died slowly away but (till b said nothing. CHAPTER XVUL IN PAWN. At last Ida pnk,apparently with a great tffor- "It is stifling in here," she (aid; "let u go out," and b row, took up suowl that lay beside ber on a chair, aud slopped through i French window into tbe garden. It wu lovely autumn uigbt, and tb air wo at till as death, with Just a touch of frost in it. Ida threw tbe shawl over her shoulders, and followed by Hurjld walked on through the garden, tiR b cam to th edge of th most, where toere wa a seat, tier tne at down and died ber eyes upon th hoary bat tlement of tb gateway, now clad in a olemn robe of moonlight. - Harold looked at ber and felt tbat If b bad anything to say th time bad come for bim to say it, aud that b bod brought bim ther in order that she might b able to listen uditturbed. Ho be began again, and told ber that be loved ber dearly. "1 am torn eventeen year older than you," b went ou, "and I luppose that tb most active port of my life lie in tb past! and I don't know if, putting other tbiugt aside, you would car to marry so old a man, especially a 1 am not rich. Indeed, 1 feel it presumptuous on my part, seeiug what you or and what 1 am, to ask you to do so. Aud yet, Ida, t believe if you could care for me that, with Uod bli ing, we should be very happy together. 1 hav led lonely life, and have bad little to do with women ouce, niauy year ago, I was tngaytd, and tb matter ended painfully, aud that is all. But aver tinea I ttrst saw your face iu the drift five year nd mora ago, it bo hauuted me and been with me, and then 1 came to live here aud I hav learned to love you, heaven only kuowt how much, and I should be ashamed to try to ul itiuto word, (or they would sound fooliuu. All my hit it wrapped up in you, and 1 feel a though, should you see me oo more, I should never b a bappy mau again," and b paused aud looked anxiously at her face, wbicb wa nt and drawn as tbougb with pain. "1 cannot say 'ye,' Vol (Juaritch," ah answered, at length, iu a tone that puzzled him, it was so tender and so untitled to th word. "1 suppose," he stammered. "I suppose that you do not car for awl Of course, I have 00 right to expect that you would." "At 1 hav said that 1 cannot aay yea,' CoL (Juaritch, do you not think that I bad better leave tbat question unanswered f b replied, iu tbe tarn toft note wbicb seemed to draw tbe beart out of him. "1 do uct understand," b went on. "Wbyf "Wbjf'sliebrok In, with a bitter littl laugh, "ihall I tell you wbyf Becaur 1 am iu pawn. Look, h weut on, poiutlng to the stately tower and th broad land be yond, "you see thi place, I am security for It, 1 myself la my owu pertou. Had it not been for m it would hav been sold over our bead after baring descended in our family for all these centuries, put upon tbe market tnd sold for what it would fetch, and my old father would have beeu turned tut to die, for it would have killed him. Ho you see 1 Jld what unfortunate women have often been driven to do, 1 old mymif body and (out; tnd I got good price too thirty thoasJ pounds!" and suddenly she bunt into a flood of tears and began to sob as tbougb ber heart would break. For moment Harold Quart tch looked on bewildered, not in tbe least nderatanding what Ida meant, and then be followed the impulse common to mankind la similar cir cumsunce and took ber. la bit arms. 8b did not resent the movement, Indeed, sh scarcely seemed to notice It, though, to tell the truth, for moment or two, wbicb to tb colonel seemed the happiest of bi life, ber bead rested on bis shoulder Almuet instantly, however, tbe raised it, freed benelf from hi embrace and ceased weeping. "A I bav told yon to much," th said. "1 suppose tbat I bad better tell yon everything 1 know tbat whatever the temptation." and sb laid great ttreat upon tb word, "under toy oonueivabio circumstance Indeed, even if you believed tbat you wer serving me m to doing-1 can rely upon too never to re 'veal to anybody, and abov all to my father, what I uow tell Voo " and aba unvl looked op at bim witb aye in which tb wars tun swam. Of court you can rely npon me. b said. "Very well I am sure tbat I shall never nave to reproach yog with th words I will tell you I have virtually promised to marry Mr. KM ward Cossey, innutd be at any time ue 10 fwmuu 10 claim ruiBllment of tbe promise, ou condition of bi taking up th I mortgages 00 Honbam. wbicb has done," I Harold Wusritcb took a step back and woKed at ber la bornned acton iabmenL, "Whatr be naked. "Yea, yes," sb answered, hastily, potting np ber band a tbougb to shield benelf from a blow "1 know wbat you mean, but do not think too hardly of me If yog can help it. Il was sk for ayaalt I would rather work for my living wita my bands than tak s poo, for tbr at ao oibr word for it i was for my father, and my family loo. I could not bear to think of theoid place going V the hammer, aad I did it all ia a mi note, without coosi deration, but," and she set ber face, "even a things are, 1 beueve I tbouid do it again, because 1 bkiok that aa troaua has ngbt to destroy berJamUy U order to bllaiU) hemlt tfiiS oTtnaTJ!;r. . it b tb womn. . But don t think kT DM for It," b added, Imost ViJ "that is If you ca help it." .., . '""Htyi I am not thlnkino nt wA . grimly "By Heaven, I honor r n Lr ; ., el rou have don, for ho- . agree with tb act It I nobis ojtT 1 thinking or tb man who coiiUi ' bargain with uy woman. Vou tat UJ ' bav promised to marry tiiiu thouij ss1" b iu pj-itJon to claim it. w,, 7 mean by that Aa you have told me to you may a well tell me the rem,' He sKk clearly and with a volet thorny, but bi bearing did uot sswa to upon Ida. . "I meunt."h answered, humbly -ik.. , belleve-of course I do not kiioe'tiT right-1 believe that Mr Cossey u k way entangled with a lady, iu thon Mrs. Qut. and tbot th question oTtw! " - uspetuu ber. 'Uoon mv word." said th .i . .. my word th thing get worse and tT. never beard auytblug like It; and fur tuL too. Tb thiug I beyond m." , ' "At any rate." tiie aiuwered, "thar, uk And now, CoL Qiianlcb, mi word tofon , go iu l Is dlmcult for me to Seak withj saying too much or too little, but foi you to understand bow honored sc-j l grateful I feel Tor what you bav told t? night-1 am to littl worthy of all yog given ine-and to b bouest, I caDm I) i ned altout it a I ought to fed. t . femimu vanity, yon know, not b ing ei, 1 am sure that you will not press a . mure." . , ' "So." be answered, "uo. think toil ondeitiaud th position. But, Ida, tbtn s f one thnig that I must usk-you will rorgiv me if I am wrong in doing so, but all tint very sud lor me. If in the eud clrrunwaun, should alter, a I pray heaven tliatutryn,, or if Mr Cossey' praviou iiUugitjU' should prove too much for bim, will fg(J marry irte, Idaf Sb llM.u-bt for a moineut, and then ntta from the teat, gave bim ber band, aud au4 simply:) "Ye,'l will marry you," Re undo no answer, but lifting tier hist touched II gently with Ins lip. Meanwhile," alie went ou, "I hav your promise, and I am sure tbat yon il a betray it, coin what muy." "No," he laid, "I will not betray it," And I bey went Iu. In tbe drawing room they found thttqgirt put-ling over a sheet ol puier. un uki were scrawled some of Ovorge's ai-cuuiiuit llurcs, which at llrst sight bur UajiB much retn-mblaiit-e to Egyptian biwujlj pbics as Ihey did to those 111 us to-day. Halloo!" be said, "ther you era Wlwi on earth iave you beenT "We have beeu looking at tbe cauls ui the moonlight." answered Ids, coolly i lieautiliil." "Um ah," aid tb squli-e, dryly, "I biTi 110 doubt that il 1 beautiful, "but Isnt u grass rather dompf Well, look hera,"sisl li held Up tbe sheet of hieroglyphics; "yn napi yiMi can add tbi up. Ida, for it is um iluui I can. Oeorg bus bouglii stu-k uii ull sort of things ut th sale loduy, and bm is bis account, three hundred nd kvfuii iwo pouml be make it. but I make It futr liuudreil nml tweuty, aud hang ins if I na Unci out wbicb 1 right. . It is important Uui 1 bene uii-ouuts should In kept straight, lluu iiupoi tunt, and I cannot get this stupid frllu to do it.! Iitu UKik tbe sheet of paper and diid k up, wilb the result tbat she discovered bait loials to It) wrong. Harold, watcbing atf. ould nut help wondering at tlie nerve of tt ivumsu "bo, alter goiug lurougtt suet 1 scene as tbat wbicb bud just occurred, ivsll deliberately udd lip long inws of ukU; written tljurvs. And tbi money wbicb her father wu m lnduia so flieerfully waa iart of tU urw for wbicb the bad IhhiuiI herself. Wilb a igb he roe and said good uigbt. and weut -home with feelings almusi tun i:iiioi lf qriuiit of airurat dewriptnsi b iud taiien. gmit (Up iu nis life, aud to I -ertaiit extent that step bad succeeded Hi iud uot altogdtber built bis hopes Usi sud. r from whut Ida bad sent, and still stun .rum what she hud Utcilly admitted, it u .vcHwurily clear to bim tliat she did umrt ur ess ivuihI bun as a iiiuii would wish to 1 .-varued by a womuu w bom b deurl;. level ."bis was u givul deal, mure, indeed, tins bud duntl to Iwlieve, but then, as is ususll; luecase ill tliiiuiieifoc-l world, wbei-e thiug but too oi U ii seem to be corafully srnunl it size and seven, came th oilier suit al Hie shield. Uf whut use to bnu eat ills nave woo this sweet woman's love, of what um) lit hav put lb If puie wuter of lawful bap puiCM to bis'lii 111 the desert land of s lonely life iu order to sue the cup Uul M a shuttered at a blow To bnu the story of ihe money louu iu consideration of etvk, us it were. Ida bad put herself iu pss.u tue rCiO'pliuiui used to put tbe uiumunei of :heir luOii-rs. in mwu was aluiusl mcrsdi uiu. T u ijcr-toii of his simple and laswr itile imlura it seemed a prsiU!rouiiilii uvard of thing tuul any man calling inmsw 1 t?eiillemini tlmiilil tlml it iiowihle toaulw low as to tak such advantage of wontrt dire neiTwil v and honorable dwirtui ner father from misery and her rac IM ruin, and to extract f nun ber a prorata i marriage in consuleratlon of value rvit Putting aside bis overwhelming persons! is us rest in tlie matter, It inude bis blind t"1 think thai sut-h a thing could be Awl 1 woa and. what was more, he believed knew Ida well enough to be convinced tl be wikiIiI nut shirk the bargain If W" I'oHtsy came forward to claim his WW would be iaiil down to the last farthing jj wan a qijetinn of fcttl.OUO, the happiu uis life and or Ida1 depended upon aim01 money If tue money wer fortbwmij Oastey oould uot claim bl flesh and But where was it to como frotnt Ha hi- wa worth perliau 10,000, or with tliero muUtion value of bi pensiou, P'w? twelve, and be bad uot tbe means of nt a farthing more. He thought th P over till be was tired of thinking, sodl" witb a heavy beart aud yet with t th glow of bappiuea shining through lap itk sunlight through a gray tky, t I" went to sleep and dreamed that Ida hw ST from him, and that he wa one mors Btitrtf alou in tb world. CHAPTER XIX. "OOOD-BT TO TOC, EDWARD." It woa on the day following the on P wbich Harold proposed to Id that Ea Cossey returned to Boisingham. Hi had so far recovered from bis attoik as V ut lost irevailed upou to allow bis deptrtur twing chiefly moved thereto by tb "PJ't tion thut Cusxey A Kous branob ntaU ments were tuuering fi-om hi sou'itbse0 "Weil," he said, in bit bigb, P'T "business u businet. and must b ""T to, o perhaps you bad better go They alxut tbe fleting character of thing " there is one thing that never chanS" tbH U money. Mouey Immortal; may come and men may go, but Blooe!( on forever. Heel beet money i pot, aud awn ar tb flies; and o0- j" 1 heir fill and earn nick their wings, but i hooey w always there, o never llDaj flies. No, never mind me either; y t" took after lb booey, Edward. J hooey t booey money, they rbym. they f And look here; by tbe wy. if y" actance and th world tofull of " " men who have plenty of mooey-'d') dont forget to pay out that half PT C"T -wbafa hM name Vuari ten. H ?1 our family a dirty trick, and then 7 poor aunt Julia ia a lunatic asylum taoment, aad a eontUat oarct) of r to na" TO BK OOlTTlNUin-l -1 1 .:nnM aittirj A WUKIWV V VUUI iv ' . J I - . dncta of their mill SO pw tt ,. months. Many optrauves wui missed.