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EUGENE CITY GUARD. EUGENE CITY, OREGON. FRECKLES TO ORDER. A Orowluir limine Which it Kirta Msthixl. "But bow do you make fwcklesp "Thcrel I told you tbat I haJ my trade ntvU and tlmt I wouldn't tell you what they were wiMai you want to become a pupil and perlmp eventually a business rival-in which raw) my terms aro $.j0 cash down and tiie Instruction In cheap at tbat, too, for It In volve nioro bother ami requires more pa tience to liniHirt the knowledge than you could possibly imagine. Now, ut one time I Operated a a manicure, and a the builucas wiu a iiicilli.iMu one a uuuilier of ought Instructions from me. Well, I opened claiu and charged W for a full course, . which includi-d twelve lessons. Do you be lieve it, I naa actually overrun with Htudunt in Ira than 110 time afu-r It Imcame known that I was giving Instruction And Jurt a fust I graduated one and gavo bur di ploma topi udice, with an M. A. that' a manicure artist attached to It, he would itralghtway i'ii up buinea and In tiht ou referring, by kind nnl aion, to Mm. Kativar. Well, 1 wa mak ing moro money giving lesson than lu fol lowing my profusion: hut If you will excuse the expression ami tliu Mi-niing egotism, 1 have a pretty long hi nd, ami whiu I found o many hilf niiiati-uriiili -moii Mtarting up In opposition to inc. and then using my name for reference, I wild It wan the beginning of the end. Therefore) I cui;;eli-d my luain, brushed up in my chemistry a little, and a the June ilnyHi-uiuiniiid the. desire wo upper most In the female heart to lie in the country, or at leant create. 1111 impression to that elfout. I wa not long in devising my scheme. "Now. if you really want to know any thing; more aliout the working of my freckle factory,' tho only further lwlght 1 can possibly give l a little practical Illustra tion on your own ruoo, iiiougu wuere 1 wouni get a chanco on that rough beard of your I don't know. Ih-rel Kit in thisrhalr. Now Tour bead back on this nt-ol HUyuly, now win-re will you have ill not on your torn, uroly, for your friend would think it wa au Incipient lilossoin. Here -on the leu cheek stoutly now." From a table covered with perfume and lotion, a long, needle, liko Instrument wai taken. Deftly dipping It into a pot contniu Inj a purple colored liquid, the fair operator grasped the tip of tho relator' nose with one band, and nying no heed to hi (tarta of pain, he prodded bim ou hi lelt cheek hair dozen time. Thouaspongo wa dipiwd Into a colorless liquid and the wound care fully wiiivd. "There, that1 all there I to Itl Iusldo of three days you will have, a freckle ou that , ipot which will last you the seuNon through, ud If you wish to reHMit the oierution ofu-o enough I'll guarnuU-e a crop that will make You the euvv of all your acuiiaiutnnce; and wheu I have applied a liquid bronze It will put such a healthful look 011 your face that when you gaze Usn It n-iicciou 111 a loosing glas you will Imagino that you have been eujoying thoTomfort of a month's vacation In the country with none of the nttaiulaut ex pense. My charges! Oh, they nio reason able enough twenty Uvo cents mt fi-ecklo, with a lilx-ml discount when taken in dozen lota. Do I have good trade) Yes, indeed; I am busy all day, though Just ut this tiuio business is a little bit slack. Hut I have half doieu engagements, tiegliinlhg In five min ute, so that n-ally I mii.it but ) ou guo l tiny, Call again when you aspire after mure freck le;" and with another pleonaut laugh ho showed the reHirter to the door. On tho threshold stood two blushing girls, with a bloom of youth iijhiii their cheeks never acquired by artillehil means. The door closed Ukui them a the rexrtcr nimlo bis exit, rubbing hi fresh liiid freckle mid which, by the w ay, si ill eliiigs closer than a brother to his cheek.- C hicago Tribuuu. Loromiiilre Signal lu Englniid. Theblustsof b trumpet 011 railroads a mean of giving signals to cngino runner, switchmen and others engaged lu switching nd drilling oKtratiu, are now extensively used In the large yards of the Caletloniuu railway In and around Ulnsgnw, and are bout to 1 IntriKluiwl on some of the great railway systems having their termini lu Lou don. According to the code of lriiniwt sig nals for shunting, in oiiernliou at Ut, Holloi freight yard, Glasgow, tliu various dgnal re represented by long blasts, short blasts, ud "crows" of tho truuiwt, the repetition of each varying tho direction, tor in stance, one long blast of tho trumpet mean "move forward, ami two long blast aro tlgnal to "move back." Each shunter, and In some case tho signulman, is furnished with horn trunqiet, which is eleven Inches In length, having rued inside the mouth piece, the whole Mug of very light con tructlon. Tho triiins't I' carried by the shunter, slung over his left ahouMcr with piece of cord, and bangs acre the right nip. Another ancient and pastoral Implement, the shepherd's crook, is also used for facili tating switching onalions across tho waUr. ach yardman ral l ies a sort of shepherd' crook, by vhich he lifta the chain coupling. It I stated on gisul nuthority that since this method of coupling, and coupling freight l...- I -.1. .......I II... -..I...I.. VKTS UOM WI'll Ulltll4 ISI VI1U .MmiUIIIIII, that not single iiuin Inu been injured Id coupling car. This ran bo readily under stood, a the shepherd's crook obviate the necessity of going between the cars. The Argonaut, II G it a Had Fiver. "Ilttl bal by jove, you know!" be (aid a be ntred tho (Irutlot avenue station the other day, "but I've been dono up, you know." "IIowP asked tho sergeant "I wa going along a street up hero, by Jove I when a chap run Into me with such force as to knock me down, you know, lie Insisted on wylng mo damage, by Jo vol" "WhatdumageKr' 'To my plug bat, by Jovol It rolled in the dust, you know. He insisted on paying rue a dollar, and rather than hurt his foul ing I accepted, lie gave me liver, and I returned biiu tke change," "Welir "Well, here' t'ao liver, and It' dead broken bank, by Jovol Took it Into four Jlao,butil'.uogo. The chap put up the Job on me, by Jural and I'm four case out of racket, vou know. Hat hi but 1 nmt 1 green, by Jove very green, indeed. What would you advise uie to do, by JovoP Do- troit Free I'res. . A Hoy rroof Cherry Tree. An Ingenious horticulturist up the river ba ux-ured a patent on a safety cherry tree, which is warranted boy proof. It i lirnpl In its construction, and consitta in drafting a prig of oactu in the tree wheu young. Th MsUlea iring out all pvor the trunk aod limb, thus preventing the predatory youth Of the laud from stealing the fruit without reaping U reward of the wicked. I The most unfortunate feature of the whok matter rests in tbo action of a smart bey iu the town, who ha coiutructed pair of barbed wir trousu-, which suable him to uooearfully couiU) with the cactus, but at barbed wire suit i more txpeiuire than torn of cherries, iu us lauot likely to beooiu maiToi Pouglikerpti Euterprisa, The rictnity of llellcvue, Idaho, was Tlsited by a hail storm onedar last week, which lasted lor thirty minutes, and the hailstones came with unusual loree. The strwU were full ol rlcar ice that measured (our and one-half inches in circumference. The grass was lieaten to the ground, the fruit tripved Irom the tlta and the crop ol hemes destroyed. ANOTHER'S CRIME ntOM Till DIARY OF WRPICTOB YBKI4, B; JULIAS EAWTOORNE, Aatbor of "Tke Great Bank Robbery," An American Penman," Eta faoprrtirhl bvO H Dunham, and publlshnl. through spet-ud arrang-eiienl by the Anwricso rmu AmduuiUoo wIUi Cuwll Ua, N York ssU Uaoiiual "l had licen l.iu k from I Vliuca just a week wheu i wus told (1ml there was lady in tlm house an Knglish luJy tliul wanted to ice 1110. Thinks 1, 'Now, what does this incuiir' I brushed inyaelf up a bit and went down to liml out. blie wa sitting at a tulile In llio putio, with a cup of tea in front of her. hue wua a good looking woniiiii, ond as I judged wight be aomuthiiiK under 110 years old. "I mudo my bow, and he asked me to beaeutod. AfUT a little talk, say slio, 'I hear you Imve Ix-en iii(iiiring uf ter Mr. valfiitlno giving hi full nuiiio, you undci-Htund. 1 told licr thut I liud. 'Did you find lilin?" asked alio. 'I dlil.' said I. She Miued a bit excited or auximiH, and I began to liuvn my own Idcim, but 1 wasn't prepared for w liut alio said next. 'I wudi you to know tlmt I am Ilia wife,' die said, 'and whatever la liis luminous is mine also.' '1 am bound to In form you, madam,' I an Id at lust, 'that Ids family has DO knowlcdgo of liis marriage; they believe him to bo a bachelor. 'I am aware of tlmt,' said she, 'but fortunately I am in a ositlon to provo what 1-say,' and with tlmt alio took her murrmgo cer tificate out of her pocket and showed It to me; ft was as regular as tho multipli cation tabloi sho was married to him throe or four years ogo. In Now Zealand. I hadn't a word to say. 'I understand ho has come into his property,' said she 'Well, us to that, madam,' aald 1, 'no ho has; but he has refused point blank to have anything to do with It.' rilio turned white and looked at mo very sharp. 'What do you mean?' shocrled out. "JuhI what I tell you,' said 1, and then I went on and gave her tho story of my visit to him. "Well, that aeemed to floor her, at Qnt; sho kept making exclamations, and saying things half to herself, and biting her lips; it was pluln alio didn't know what to make of it any more than 1 did. '1 muHt sco him!' she cried out at last, fumplng up from tho talilo; 'I must see dm, and' 'Kjieak of un angel, mudnm,' ays I; 'hero he 1st' and sure enough, by the funniest chance in tho world, in walked Mr. Vulentlno into the patio at thut moment. 1 don't think howasovcr- nleaHed at tho meeting; but It was too lute to get out of it, so he came up; and I noticed ho only glanced ut the lady, as U sho was Rome 0110 ho had never seen before; then ho gavo 1110 good day, and took my hand. It was a bit awkward, I aald, '1 rupiiofto you will wish to con verso with your wifo alone, sir; I will leave lyou.' 'My wifuC says ho; 'I was nut aware there was such a K'ronl' 'le nut this lady your wife cried L lie stored at her liko a man astonished, and then at me. '1 never saw her till this moment,' said ha 'Come, air,' said 1, 'I have just seen the certilii-nto of her mar riage with you.' 'Oli, It's all a ml.stako,' put in the lady. I was never married to this gentleman; I never aw linn; I am tho wife of Mr. Valentino, 1 'Well, and this gentleman is Mr. Vulentine,' aid L 'He may have the kuiiiu name, but he is another person altogether,' said ha 'As to tlmt,' said I, 'you mtrnt settle it between you; Mr. Valentines p;is-m are all correct, and there is only ono estate in Kngland with the name thut his bears.' Hut I have proved,' cried the lady, 'that I am the wife of the heir of that e: late; and If this gentleman says he is the heir, I denounce him as un 1 111 poetort' "At that, 1 looked at Mr Valentine Uo hud kept his eyes on tho lady all the whilo, with a sort of perplexed expres ilon; but now he smiled .very quietly and said ho, 'I think I have heard of this lady before. I wish to any nothing against her. Shesccms to bo in adileui ma from which thero Is no way of extri eating her. If she wishus to lay a claim to tho estates, she can do so only by ac knowledging mo as her husband. Hut you have just heard us both declare that we have never seen each other In-fore Hut she also declares me an lnixwtor Suppotte I un; she must find the real man before she can profit by tho inlieritanco If lam not ho, where is he? (iriint, on thoothorhand, that lam lie, and this lady Is my wifo; I still decline to touch a penny of the hundred mid fifty thniiwiml pounds; and what I will not uccc-t she cannot share. That is logic and law both, 1 bcllevo?" " "Upon my word, Henry Clifton." ejac ulated Mr, llohStupleton at this junct ure, "this is about as peculiar a yum as ever I listened tot It's as good as a play and belter too. When you get to New York, do you go straight to a manager and olTor to sell it to him; and ir he don't give you a good prico for it I'm a Dutchman! "Uood or bad," returned Mr. Clifton. "It hnponed just as I tell it you. When Mr. Valentino said that, the lady seemed staggered for a moment; and then all nt onooahecallcd out: 'I see how It 1st You two have arranged this thing between you! You are in a conspiracy to cheat mot You have plotted to get hold of this property and share it between you, and keep uie out! Hut I will have my right In spite of yout I will T " ,1 "l T ,uu' , l'" thlfl J "' thorltle. rorall I know, you may have murdered my huskind and taken his papers. Hut you will not succeed, 1 will expose vou. and vou shall he luiniahiHir "Veil, thut made me a little angry and I told her that if she wanted to charge me with conspiracy sho had bet ter set about it at once, and the sooner Ilia better, for I knew w ho would get tli worst of It A for Mr. Valentine, he didn't lose his temper, but he said wry quietly, 'I am not a murderer, ma dam, and you will only wuste your time in trying to prove me such. ISut 1 can assure you that, if I am not your hus bandand I certainly am not no such person exiau In the world. Neither can you sustain the charge that I am aiming either in combination with Mr. Clifton or alone to keep you out of this prop erty. I told him week ago, before you arrived la Mexico, that 1 would have nothing to do with It, and to that dVtor uilnation I shall adhere. The utmost you can attempt to do is to show that I am not Mr. Valentine, and that you are wel come to attempt Hut I warn you before hand that all the evidence is on my aide, and that you will fail I advise you to 0 back whence you cam, and to give up any Idea of ever liocoming great English Imly Meanwhile, I have the honor to wish you good morning!' "lie bowed to her aa polite and cool as you please, und walked out of the patio and I followed lilin, 'What In the name of wonder doe all this mean? I asked him. " 'Ueully, Mr. Clifton.' said he, '1 can give you no explanation. You have heard the whole conversation, and you must draw your own conclusions from it, 11s I do initio. If you believe that that lady is tho wife, or the widow, of the Mr. Valentino who has inherited the es tato, you are at liberty to act in accord ance with your conviction. The most difllcult thing will probably be to make other people believe as you da' " Tlmt' all right. Mr. Valentine,' aald I, 'but there is one thing you can tell me. You said just now that you hud heard sieak of thut lady before, and the Inference was that what you had heard wus not to her credit, Now what did you mean by that? " 'Well, Mr. Clifton,' aald he, 'perhaps I may havo heard of her before, or per- hai I may be mistaken in thinking 1 bad; but I don't see why the Inference to lie drawn Ih necessarily a bad one. A tall evuets, sho has never dono me any harm, and 1 don't believe sho ever will, or can; and I have no present Intention of harm ing her, cither by word or ueod. As 1 aid before, you must follow your own judgment; as (or mo, wimt I have said I stick to, nnd nothing will change me.' lty that time we hud got to the door of the ottice or uie secretary or the interior, who was a friend of his, and he went In and left uo in the street, to do my own thinking. "Well, and what was the upshot of It allr inquired Mr. btiiplcton. It um t cnilixl yet, Mr. Clifton re plied, "bulfrom fact thut subsequently cumo to my knowiciigo 1 came to the conclusion that 1 might learn something by coming on to Now York." "isow that 1 ilium or it, it s growins a llttlo chilly, too," rejoined Mr. Htapleton, "and as the governor of South Carolina once remarked to tho governor of North Carolina, 'it's a long time between drinks.' 1 have some acquaintance with the head steward on hoard this bout; sup pose we go down stairs?" Apparently sir. union accepted this suggestion; Tor when, a fow minutes later, the bearded ccntlcmfiii pushed 0Hn his blind, tho two camp stools were vacant. CTIAPTEII XIX. IN A CARRIAOR. I'WJE KETEL LEund his young wife took up their abode in a house not far from the south crn boundary of Central I'urk. taking Mrs. No- Ion to live with them. The wed ding aroused con siderable Interest In New York city, the lienuty and accomplishments of the bride being almost aa well known as the forensic ud judicial nhility of her husband. Tho newly married couple did not entertain, however, owing tot hp recent domestic misfortunes which had overtaken Mm. Ketelle's family, they received a few friends very ipiietly and informally, and made scarcely any calls The judge had not Itccn on tho In-rich for some years previous to his marriage, but he had a large und inisirtanl pint icons a barris ter, and ho now devoted himself to this with more assiduity than ever. Report had It that he and his wife were very happy together, nnd though some oople admired the judge's iutrepiilitv in ven turing to appropriate 11 lady so ls?autiful and so much his junior, there was noth ing in their relations to hum-ate that his choice had not Is-en as prudent as it cer tainly was enviable. The wedding had taken place nlmtit thp first of Octols-r, on the return of the Nolens and Judge Ketelle from the sea side, und nfter a short honeynuxin they settled in their new dwelling eurly in Novoinhcr I he judge attended to busi ness down town every day; his wife nM-nt her mornings at home, nnd in the afternoons was fond of driving out in the park in her brougham, occasionally uccoiiipanied by her mother, but more often alone. The weather was cold but very fine, and the hue of the autumn ives wiu unusually licautiful lint those who hupHned to see the face of the young wife at the window of her brougham forgot all iiIhiuI the autumnal foliage and had their thoughts filled with the memory of another kind of loveliness One afternoon, while passing the chil dren's play ground, Mm Ketelle. caused (he coachman to stop his horses in order that she might watch the little creatures at their gamea, for nothing pleased her moro than tho SK-ctaclo of children hav ing a good l i 11111. After remaining a few minutes, she was iilsnit to give the order to move on. when her attention win attracted to a gentleman who was standing with his back Kirtlj- turned towards her in a foot path that here upproached the carriage way lie was tall and well niado, he wore n thin cape ulster of dark tweed and a black felt hat with a curved brim a sort of fashionable mndillcalion of the picturewiie Tyrolese headgear. Of his face she could see only the outline of the cheek and brow; he had a mustache and a short, closely cut hoard. Why was it that the sight of this man produced so strange und powerful un impression upon her? She asked herself this quest ion. but could give 110 satisfac tory answer , Surely he was not un ac quaintance of hers! And yet there was something alsiut him (hat lint only ar rested her gaze but m at a thrill to her heart, us if particles of ice and lire were U'iiig driven through it. Her hands be came cold and her teeth chattered, and vel her chocks wore burning and drops stood on her forehead. The gentleman turned slowly to re sume his walk As his face came moro fully into view Mrs. Ketelle caught her brail h with a sharp sound, und her lin gers gr.isH.'d the frame of the door con vulsively She could not cry out; her liM were nn hel and her tongue dry. Hut her whole soul went out to him through her eye. Was it a dream? Was he a phantom? Could she be deceived by some imtrvclous resemblance? Oh, would he pis on without aceing her and vanish forever! Ho had. in fact, walked on several paces, and in another minute he w oulfl be out of reach. Itut either accident or one of Ihose mysterious mental Impres sion which many persons have experi enced In some ejioeh of their lives caused him suddenly to mse, turn about, and look dirvtly at the face in the carriage MB window. Their eye ''' nwoieiil; I hen the woman covered her face li her hunda.and wank back In her seat with a l.reathle. cry of terror, bewilder ment and Intolerable joy. The gentleuiun. who alio aeemed pal and airimted. came over to the road and laid In hand on the carnage door. "Drive on!" he said to the coachman, ami with the words he enterwl the car riage and rlow-il the lw ftur mu, Then lie pulled down the shuileaover the windows. The coachman spoke to his horses, und ihey moved on. This episode had taken place In a short apace of time, und with very llttlo visible nmnlfi-statioii of feeling on cither side. NeveiVcli, " hid not entirely mnped olncrvniion Two men hod been sauntering along tho path side by sido. apparently whilin away tho hour or two thut w parutcd them from dinner. One of them w;w a tall, slender, graceful fellow, with shai plml well molded feat ures, block hair und mustuclie, ami a pair of restless black eyes Ha was dreiwd quietly, in dark eoloin, and yet then was a certain iauiitineiut in his np- peurance that auggesun - ro'"6 man or the sliaisr. Ills companion w-oH a considerably older nmn. und his face won of u much coarser cart; his clothes were new, but fitted him ill, and he worn it flashy necktie und watch chain. His small gray eyes liud noted the llttlo occurrence abovo described, and us the curriago rolled1 away he nudged his friend w ith hi elbow. "Well, whul now?" said tho latter, "Did you seo that?" "What?" "Well, your wits are wool Gathering, It seems. Did you see that fellow get into thut carriage?" "What carriage?" "That carriage that was standing hero Just now with the lady in iu Why, what's got into you, llorrie? Don't you know who sho was?" ' . "No, I don't. How should VT "Well, you might Und it money in your pocket some day, that's all. .bwcll women like that don't drive out alone in tho park for nothing, I ret L on I And may be, rather than have their husbands know what they're lifter, they might seo their way to paying un obliging person a consideration to keep his mouth shut." 'Oh, stuirt That business is played out. Tho swells are on to it, and tne llrt word that's said they ring the bell for the ioiico. I don't want uny of that in mine, thank you! And if yon want any one to Isdirvo you know all tho ladies that drive in tho park in their own broughams, you must find some greener band than 1 am." I know who alio was, juxt tho same, retorted the other. "She's tho girl that married that fellow Ketelle, a month ago. "She? the sister of that" He stop ped. "Tho sister of Jerrold Nolenl You re uiemU'r him, If I ain't mistaken." said the short man, with a clmcklo. "Yes, I remember him, und when tho accounts are evened up I'll remember you tis. Jack (Irtish, and don't you for get it!" exclaimed the black haired man, with u sullen lierceness. The fellow he had called (Irtish laughed but made no reply, "ijo that wuh his sister, wim It?" the other went on, muttering to himself; "und she's married to the judge a month ago, and taking fellows to drive in her brougham!" lie twisted.the ends of his mustache, unii switched the too of his boot, us he sauntered along, with the light cane he carried. Let us follow Mrs Ketelle's carriage. After the Hint few minutes of sieech less nnd wild emotion were passed, Pau line relinquished her brother's hand, and shrank uwuv from him to her Hide of the carriago. A reaction vf feeling had como over her. She felt a sort of indig nation that she should have been all these months grieving for a calamity that had never happened. "Why did you never let ua know tlmt you were alive?" she demandeil. . "I put it olT from day today," he said "I fiad not decided, at first, whut to do. I thought of coming home; then I thought that since I had been rrsrted dead it was licit er to let it he believed ho for a time, until the truth about the rub bery should be- discovered. Ilosides, I knew that detectives would bo after me, and I feared that a letter addressed to you or to the judge might Is-tray me. At last when I found something to do I decided to wail until I was certain of success More communicating with you. And llnally, circumstances led to my coming luick here unexpectedly myself." "Hut Valentine might have writtun, if you could not." "Valentine! Why, Paulino, don't you know don't you see it was Valentine who wna drowned!" "Valentine! Oh, Ciod forgive met how I have wronged him!" She turned aside and resttd her face against the side of the carriage and suhlicd for a few mo ments passionately Hut she was never one to be long mastered by emotion. She forced back her tears, and aaid: "Tell me, tell me all!" "The whole affair came about by an accident, without any preurrangement at all, When 1 went down to the pier of tho steamship, Val had suggested my making one or two alterations In my dross und appearance, so that if any one were on tho lookout for me I should pass for Valentine. Afterwards, on the steamer, we found that people were giv ing us each other's names, and we let it be so. We occupied the samo state room and I used his things 1 had brought very little of my own with me. "On the voyage he told me all his pri vate history: I afterwards thought that if he had been consciously training me to personate hint ho could not have done it more elTivtually Then came the day of the hurricane. We were close to gether all the time until within a few minutes of tho time the wind changed. We were in the cabin, there was a Inn torn buring, but it was almost quite dark. Val left me and went to our room. I could see him there; he seemed to is) writing on nomelhing that lie held up before him. A fterward he went towards tho steward's room, holding on ,by the iron pillars of the cabin as he went. That wa the hist I saw of him. Ha must have gone on deck for what I can't im agiueand been awept overboard. No one knew anything of It until the next morning." "Now I know now 1 knowl" mur mured I'aulino. pressing her hands over her heart. "It was he he did not for get I might uve known It!" "What might you have kuown?" asked her brother. "Nothing; go on. When you found that lie was dead what thou?" to n C0NT1NCKU. JUST 'A LIVKLY HOY. NOTES OF A 10-YEAR-OLD'S EXfC TION OF AN ERRAND. Pula. .f New Tor Ho with Only th r.llurjr Ksm- ' A"1' -.sJ H..lrl.A U.Hrtr's - I'nuiks. There wa nothing peculiar alut the boy apismi-aia-o. U "me-1 Jut au ordinary li'yearKild boy in knlrkcrbocker. .b. IUm kings, Jacket and polo cap, the lutU-r worn oil the back or his imu I ll...lnl lie wa starling bouse on Lexington avenue with gallon tin can. a new, smooth, bright vessel, very strongly made, and carried by means of a bundle of wire at the Hp. In turning the corner of Fiftieth street the boy wddeidy came Un a large block dog aleep hi front of the grocery. Jut before he reached the dog he let go his hold on the can and launched It muarely beside the sleeping animal. It 11,. fl..cliiL'. rutth-d off IU cover, lsound.il iu the air, and sent the dog out of hi sleep witli a leap and a yell of terror. The dog ran uway, and the boy gathered up tl.enil it cover, fasteued the two to gether, and went on. There are iron llngs iu front of the houses ou Fiftieth street, and the boy found much iort iu holding the can firmly against them as be wulked along. iinsiii-'iou nolso, and caused the can to bob Ini-essantly from paling to paling, denting It ut every bounce. The boy was tempted to desist from till MorcU by the sight or a irowsy womau pitching ulong the street with uuc-ertuiu li-ns. and with hulf a ynrd of her rusty Muck dress druL'L'inv oil the vemcut The bor went up to iu-r with a modest and kindly air and asked her if she would uot like some beer. She replied alllruiutively with brighten- lug eye "Follow 1110." mid the boy. Ho lid her to a gute in hlgb brown painted fence, ojiened It, waited until the woman was iu the gute way, and theu gently shoved her in, slummed the gate, and bung on tho top of the fence with his head just over the edge, shouting to her thut there was savage dog ia there, and that she had bet ter look out. Ho dropped to the sidewalk an Instant later, tired of this conceit, and seeing a Third avenue car bowling along, waited until it bod pawwd the comer, and then yelled and whistled for it to stop. It stopped and he ran after it, hep close to it he shouted "All right; let her go," . The car moved, and he Bung his gallon can ou the platform. At the samo moment be boarded the car. He hail throwu the can lu such a way that it went ou at one side and off at the other into tho ttroet. The conductor pulled the bell to top the cur. "Never mind; I'll get it," said the boy.'as he plunged off the car afuu the can. The cur atopped, and the boy got bis ran. llu picked it up, and then continued walking hastily away from the car precisely as if ho hud never dreamed of wanting to ride on it llio conductor was furious, but he did not seem to be aware of the man's ex istence. At the moment that he reached the side walk he encountered a young playmate, who sked him whut he was doing with tho can. Uot it to play sain loo vitu. Don t you know how to play it It's the boss game out" Without apparently taking time to think what he was ubout to say, he explained to the boy, who was two years younger than himself, all alsiut the game, which he would have been obliged to admit he had never beard of lie) ore, hut which he now said con- listed iu pitching pennies at the can, tho rule being thut all tlie copgs'rs the little boy put iu the cuu were "counters," and all that he failed to get iu were "losers." The little boy had three cents, aim threw them at the can, which the bigger boy hud set up as mark. All the little hoy's copiiers rolled away from the can, and the big boy picked up them and the can. After spending a moment over an expression of symjiathy for his friend, and promising to give him "another chance to morrow," he strode olf, whistling light heart- edly. A little further down the streot be noted tbo fact thut a candy store was in charge of a little girl. lie opened the store door and wont In. "Hello, little girl!" said he, assum ing a wicked appearance, "I am going to leave this thing belli uU the counter, and as soon as I have gone away it will burst up and blow tbo whole store over to Uoboken, nd you'll be killed and your mother will be pulvor" At this instant the stout Gorman woman who kept tho store opened the lace curtained inner doorway to tho household apartment iu the back and entered the store. The boy ceased teasing the child. His face looked blank and innocent, though the little girl's cotinteuaucu expressed considerable alarm. "Fenny's worth er chewing gum," said the boy, " 'u' I'm in a hurry." He got the chewing gum and started to re turn. Iu his haste he opened the door so rapidly with one hand as to knock the gallon cau out of his othor baud. It banged on the floor, its lid rolled off, and there was noise beyond all estimate. The httle girl had been expecting au explosion and screamed with fright "Dropped my can," said the boy, and at once squatted on the floor, spread bis legs 03 wido as possible, and described au arc with one and a circle with the other as he lunged first for the can and then for its lid. A bale of little red wooden wagons was dis engaged from the nail it hung on and full with a crash that brought the German wo man around the corner of the counter just as the boy bad gathered himself and his belong ings and was darting out of the door. Id his flight he made a pretended dash at a pilo of apples on an Italian fruiterer's stand, but neither touched the fruit nor stopped his flight He did not take the trouble to look around in order to note the consequeuce of what he had done. He lust something by that, for the Italian in charge of the stand had almost leaped out of hi coat lu hi liasto to defend his goods. The boy ran until he came to the stairs of an elevated railroad station. These rs mounted with only three falls, by reason of one of which he was obliged to chase his gallon can down to the foot, where it had gone with a scries of bunqis and bounces that aroused all the pleasure the boy's eyes had power to express. Uo made believe to forget to put hut ticket In the box, and when the gateman asked him for it he pretended to indulge in a weari some search through all his pockets. The man discovered the ticket in the boy'i mouth, took it away, and offered to cuS the lad's ears, but was not half quick enough. In the elevated car he bad rare fun. Be put the now battered and dirty can bottom up between his knees, and to a tune whistled between his teeth in that grating, discordant way that only such a boy can manage, he ummed with his knuckles, Thus the boy rode ou his errand. tTnfor. tunatuly, tho rejwrtcr who observed him left bim at the termination of the elevated ride, so that what he did on tho return journey can only be guessed at But be waa evi dently on every day New York boy, witb only tho ordinary excess of aiuoial tpiriUk New York S'.in. Deavrvea Electrocution. Brown Why do tbey call Professor Quay the electric pianist I Smith Oh, I luppose because he has ucr. shocking execution. Home Sentinel Probably Was. QnuB-Ever troubled witb alwnt minded- Fix (vaguely) I forget whether , 1 eve wa or not Lowell Citisen. HI P0.IU0. Stranger (to the cook) -Ar you the mate, sirl Conk Faith, and I am tb man that cookt the niatal Vt Short PbyUi.l Dtb. full. rich, rnanly . IlH. lkTup with beseeching eye H,ch could be tovciy arnaUy, iu- bU'D M?.olo. bTok. In Ambling tmble. H'.' !hlMck.w.thed pave. could be OuUide, on the brick.. in d r ft Mm Vr, kTof the organ I HJ. L Cvraid the crank for all ther. Ir'"f n -Ink th marry invitation of tli. i M i0"l t " bv. inoxer on. 'fore w. ""S -" broke upon hU ear. witb a startling arnTadehUtirheach MKUltClarenceraald th. beautiful rl turning the rare and daizllng lov.lluo ffiac. toward hi buMhere wa. no a. swering tremor In ber vo lea. " ' J htota -Mia all the pent "P" rad iated hi. Internal economy with go. onaSveyoo. It is tm, you are 'tow.loVyour.artweek'.boBrd.metb. cold, calm, matter of fact and builne. Ilka "Tnie, ala.1 too true. But It will not al ways be thus. I am young" "And callow," chlpied in the maiden. Not noticing the interruption hecontlnue.1. "I will work, carve a name for myself, and paste It on each iu.ive rung on the ladder offame until wealth and position are mine. F'"Usten to me,ClareneeCoughdropp"-and there wa. a cold, steady glitter In her eye "I ssked you a question but night- Umpie everyday question that every schoolboy and schoolgirl in the laud could have aniwered with their eye. .hut-you .tared at me lu blank amaxa. You remember it, do you notr "Yes " be faltered, "I remember. It wa. whether I favored the league or th brother hood " "And yon told me-told me without the shadow of jet, but In dead earnest-that you never heard of the league or brotherhood and did not know wht they meant , la it notiof" . Clarence bowed his head. He could not Ink. "And you expect me to marry yon," con tinued the now thoroughly aroused woman. "Youl A man who coniesaea uuuwu kiu lly Ignorant of the exiiteucs of the league . k.h-rhnmt You must think I'm a chump." And they parted forever. PitUhurg Dlf patch. Trying It On. Female Novelist Darling, I have been un true to vou. I love another. Husband-W-h-a-tl I I I I I I 1 f Female Novelist Calm yourself, dear, calm yourself; that is only what my new heroine says to her husband, and I wanted to see how the husband would act Life. The Court Waa with Bim. A young lawyer was making his maiden effort before a jury in defense of a criminal. The evidence was all lu, and be arose to utter the brilliant thoughts that had been (urging through his brain. He was primed for a fine display of oratorical pyrotechnics, but somo how or other be could not got a start His mind became a blank, and he stood trembling for a moment Then, waving his arms, he began: "May it please the court and gentle men of the jury My ahem I My Olllcer, kindly get mo a drink of water." He waited for the attendant to return and tried to gathor his faculties. After taking a tip of water he began again: "May it please the court and gentlemen of the jury I am happy no yes." , After a pause he again extended bis arm and exclaimed: "May it please the court and gentlemen of the jury my unfortunate cli ent" Thl impressed him aa a particularly bad opening, so be again hesitated. "Go ou, counselor," said the Judge, encouragingly; "so far I am with you." New York Herald. An Encouraging Prospect. Many of the good, old fashioned legal aneo- dotes that hare seen hard service in their day and have been honorably retired long since are great favorites of mine. While they pos- s the rich flavor of age for me, I have found as a general thing that the? were new to my audiences, particularly to the more youthful element One of the best of these old time stories re lates to a lawyer, in whose hands was placed a claim tor collection. He agreed to under take the work on a contingent fee, via., a re tention of naif the amouut he would succeed In collecting. He promised to act vigorous ly, but weeks passed and the client beard nothing. He Anally wrote to inquire what bad been done in the matter. By the return mail be received this reply: "I have already got my half of the claim. If you will wait a few months I may be able to secure your nan." flew York Herald. Be Bad Bad Fnongh. 'Will you have a cigar " Inquired the otel clerk of a traveling man. "Is it one of your own private stock P "Yea." "Like the one you gave me yesterday I" "Yes." "No, I believe I wont Indulze. I had cab- bage for dinner just now." Merchant Trav eler. College of rhotograpn. A college for tPAThinrr Avomr l photopraphv has been PMtahliiahp.1 In 11... lin and nothcr in Vienna. These institu tions are tmely equipped and are supported mc fc-uferumeui. Artanaaw Iraveler. The fix sj-es t at homearetheplPBsantest abrwd; so be a little careful how you trust too n uch t a too smiling facu. Bar-Uoman. Smlthers says that the publie made o much fun of hi novel that he cUsitie it aa a guyed book. Harper Bazar. A LUNATIC'S LIFE. A CHAPTER l-ROM THE STOftv A MAN'8 MADNESS A neeoverml Luualle ""ill Hi. prrlrnn In lli Wml J k Mludr-Trulli hlrmiK,.r T)l4 Quick Itccovery, "t I waa finally fuken (,t ()( waidsund put in a place caiu! Buy, ut the end of tlie la-n l niuddcHt inaiilacii were con - strait jackets, dungeon cliaij k torture of a living lu lL wjy r'.'V Ulieurtlily ahrieks wminled . night und day, ami all tl, im - . demoiiiiini imutialed in inf' 1 iuii'mi i ...... ii,. i. ua,,. iu:iui-luoretl. to my mind. All was "liU "r jangled out of tune." U-ai. an oisju vault room t parilll T" rest of the wild unimaLs, Lllt doctors nnd attendants L-an.,.i!f I tl I .! 152 herd with common Im-hsU i jT44 ntely put to flight the hi-w7t diovo und nuulu them cower kfi. imagined superiority. A tig Lurlt' tenduiit flmilly hlipd up i1 felled me to Hie flisa- und drrc-ej a dark room, whero I was t liakedtTtkl wull, BtnipiH'd to n barn ima cot uU ibhed und rebuked for a iw, ili wind tlmt Clod iu his wLdom e&Uj mo with. TAKING SAVAOK ItEVnXOE. Tho blow of the attendant rarAU moro In iny mind than body, jL mined, to bo even with tho bc bruto who struck inc. One uar had gained n little likrty, l awiuW ntlendant behind the dour of taT(j uud us ho panned by I struck hiintjj my Ixxit lied, the only wcaion I L.4 i camo near killing the fellow und v j course, disciplined ugain; Lut 1 ft my In-art that tho blow I inni U, bruto waa only a partial pimisluiMit tho muny act-ret injuiiiu he had inC;-. on my brother lunatics. For weoknIwun confined faisajj banemcnt mom, with un uret window to admit light und air. Jfrii',. was bolted and food was xiked threH an aicrture, as wild bcaMa are fed in j draw rngp. All was lom-lv and y until I inade frienda of two little n and n family of jp-oy Binders that looi my cell for saiety. Tart of mj 4. food waa Bet upart for (lie mice, ij lirst they were shy of uiy impuLi movements und fclirieking voii m would dart into their hole La a Hash. But finally kindness r;ot confidence, coiiiidcnro bani-W tear, and in u tthort time tliey ate in iny linnd, played on IhecotordajW around tho room to a low musical trj that I whiHtled for their amustnia. Tho big dark spiders would come out i their web uud cut the flies 1 cauglit ( their ineul. Somotiuics they would for tlu ir food, but like a niotropcliia policeman I came to the rescue via loth were exhausted und .separated tlm with a 6traw. Liko a well n-gtitw lioiiKek-wper tho wile would soon p, work wrnvin.T; n line brown garb him:!)! tho innumerable eggs she laid, while lit "old man" would spin long j ams up m down tho walls, Bcumiieiing orc-r k flowing web with the niatlicmatU prceiMoii of a wientilic surveyor. 1L was perfect in all his gossamer iinos,ti tho octagonal shams that Becuitek grew out of his mouth mid feet filled a with a nameless surprise. When tin inico or the spiders heard footsteps at bj door they would immediately stop pb or work und run into their holes, sei ing to know that bane man was on b round of ignorance to minuter to the it Bane. Days and weeks wore awav, and & my inind rambled in the hiiurs u Uowern of iniuginut ion. 1 would tall l tho hour to itiiii;incd spirits tluit floats about me, and 111 the rapt tire ol my let vent soul spin poetry faster tlian m spiders bhuii their webs. I dndied ins flights til' eloquence that might equaled tho fluency of Di'iuobthiw, Alirabeau or ratnck ticnry. 1113 STHANOB COMPANIONS. It would take a volume to ili-scribeti diiTcrent kinds of lunatics und the up ous forma that tho mind takes on in in ravings. There is llio chattering tro ns ho walks tho wurds and tas the bin like a caged beast 1 here is the monlt. low browed man, sitting alone, coimti over his linger tins or watching the fa nnd Riiiilerx na tlii-v liiizz and W tho sunshine. There is the general ask 6tridcs the lialls, commanding hi? armies and lighting front battles Phai-snlia or Waterloo, who iaiapia himself uC'iusnror Napoleon. There! tho king in all his royul glory, carrot; a broom for n acvptcr und u torn W for n purple, robe. 1 11 tho next vardta be Been his consort, iiuilatingtheBtratj Queen Victoria, strawsandcliitkeufea ers in lier hair fot 11 royal crown, w simpering smile for the oor subjM1 who gaze upon her pretended nu Thero comes the confidential, wnse ventor, who will tell you of the g" l,n I,., a .t.uin f tllll milllDIIS controls, and the innumerable slupstW plow the ocean for his plcasiire j profit. There, too, is the self."? Jesus Christ, who preaches forgiven1 and sal vu; ion, ending with a M and general absolution from sin and us ing inreturnonlyahitoftoliacco. In'J tho very earth blossoms at his will. the 6un, moon and Btars give light command. It is only a generous can', that keeps him from shutting up universal world and retiring into cos See there another Ophelia lK'stunni! j fore a looking glass, with comb in W" and tangled huir, sighing or weepuS'1' a lover or father snntched from " warm embrace. She Bpeak: "ihey R .the owl was a baker's daughter, we know what we are, but knowa what we may be." , . .1. For a month after my nrnval asylum I did not sleep, M linaUI; large dose of luudaumn riiu it" F" . work, and after a death like dream seventy-two hours I awoke, as omen out of another world, and therf "j of lunacy flew back into the cvlinUer reason and began to move in 1,8 tomed groove. My hot fever, contrac by hard study at school, had gone. , uj nerves had relaxed, my voice rem its natural tone, and tired nature B.T" lawn, nui&a uiiu f;tuueii, .-.net of September, 18U0, after a lunatlC BJ, of two months and ten days, I 1 ( nounccd "recovered," and from tn j to this havo never felt the in.-ane. creep over me. John A. Joyce in cago Tribnne. 8uprfliion Advl-. . Jones-For heaven' Kike, K M"iek herel That boy ha broken thre-.i;:b " , Robinnn-Po he ha! What m are we goiuj; to do for him, J J eruig and exhausted bor) Keep" c0 keep cool 1 Bui lir-gton FreeFrr Hbt Tnnf Rh fTlntnn TTav T1IU ever ' dephlogittictte the ecphratic nii1 t of the pneuuiatological anhyJ:'"""" volved In tha my. wiouik protoi'l' He-Wall, not exactly. im " rrappU. PhiladelphiB Led;ar. a drooping plant hi the mniuay was soon admitted to the privilcg 1 11 1 i.. in.iihels.' 1 1