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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 1891)
EUGENE CITY GUARD, LUCAMI'UKLU . Prprl'lr, EUGENE CITY. OREGON. Ann-tlry it Ilia I Irp- nut. The origin of tli" great proboscidian race In general, and ul the mammoth aud clciliniit group I" particular, like 11,8 curly history of Jennies do la Pluclie, Is "wrop la obscurity." All wo can say shout tbcut with any confidence Is thut 1 hoy form a ronipurutivcly lute order of niumiuul, whoso curliest recognizable ivprcseiitalive lit geological time 1 the monstrous dcinothcriuiii, an agnatic ani Dial with a long trunk and wllh two lm menso curved tusks, jrc.jftiii(f down- ward paradoxirully from hi lower Instead of Ilia upper Jaw. 'llio dclnotherliira Biakes Ills Hint appearance upon this or any other it n;r In the inioceiio period; but as he couldn't, of course, have ap peared there (liko Aphrodite and Topsy) without uny parents, mid aH lie wus then already a fairly upccialized and highly developed animal, we liiuitt tuke It for grunted that hi earlier anecHtry, though ancient aud respectable in itn own tiiuo, hud long passed away, leaving not a wrack behind, no fur u yet known, in the mutter of tangible geological vouchers. Thcso unknown imceHtoin, In all proba bility, gavo birth during their earlier and wore. pluKtlc stage for species, like indi viduals, are niot.1 readily molded In their green youth to three mailt family branches. The. senior hruneh produced tho dcliiotliciium, a vxl Icutc, who, find ing the world too full to hold him, about tho close of the tertiary period, demised auddciily without i c lie, leaving the honors of the family lu subsequent ages to the Junior members. Tho second branch pro duced tho miihtodons lingo rrcalures of tlcnliuntlo outlino and majestic tread, most of them with tusk both in the upper and lower Jaws, though tho under liuirwero always the smallest. Tho third brunch produced the truo elephants, in eluding both our modern Indian and Afrl cult Secles, us well us thn muiiimoth him' elf, aud many other extinct congeners. All tho elephant nrojM-r havo but one aolilurr nair of tusks, mid that puir la quite corr;ctly located lu tho upper Jaw Instead of the under one. Thus Is evolu tlon justified of ull hr children. The true elephant mado their first appear ance. bo fur as known, in the Pliocene period, that is tifsay, tho epoch immedi ately preceding tho limit lee ago in Eu rone aud America. They blossomed out at once, with all tho usuul impetuosity of youth, into flu alarming number or uis tlnct siicclc. Coruhill .Mugaziiie. The ( hair Hearer, of China. One of tho most amusing adventures I ever had wilhchuir bearer wan tho fol lowing: I lined two men to curry me In a "mountain cliulr" toadistrictclty about eighteen miles off. Our route lay over Bomo very rough gruuilo hills to a tiny village, where 1 was to meet aotno Chris tiuu brethren for an hour or two. Itcach iug this place ubout 1(1 o'clock lu tho Dioruing, my friend, who wished to do me honor, extended their favor to my lil red men, aud unfortunately brought out the sunshoo, a strong liipior generally re served for feasts ami upc.'hd occasions. Of tills I was (iillo imawato when 1 left tho village. Wo had not gono fur before ono of the men showed siglmof a collapse. Two or three time I e fell on his knees, but always declared tlicro wus nothing the matter with hli.i. Another mile, una both hud succumbed. We were now upon a ridge of hills, mid beforo us whs a wtdo, Bandy plain, sin tchlng along for several miles, with nothing to break tho line of View. 1'uiiNlng here until one of tho men had partially recovered, I mado liltn take the chair upon his bail; uud follow me; and the othi r I stuck tip against a rock to feud for lib c If. Yy companion' endeavor to curry I ::.:t cl ..ir properly would have made tho i.ue.l sober tcmpcrunco lecturer lose hi graviiy. Ky the I lino wo reuehed an eating hoiiho on the farther side of tho Jilaltt we saw No. J on the fur horizon, luhig hi utmost to uiuko up for lost time, und an hour sullieed to bring hint tin moderately sober. When wo arrived at tho city I paid them their vtipuluted fare, contenting myself Willi adding a little teetotal discourse; hut I hey amazed mu by asking for mom. "What I" I said, "you dura to ask an extra fee ufter com pelling me to walk for miles and delaying me for several hours!" "liut think, sir," one of tlieui suid, with a broad grin, "think what a trouble wis havo hud to get you aluiigl" Cor. lWou Bulletin. An Art lt ' Ailvcntiirr. Tho following adventure Is told by Mill ready, the artist: One bright moonlight ulght, In my student days, I wns walking in a street on t ho outskirts of London, little better than a country lane, when a man camo out of tho shadow thrown by a largo tree, and producing a pistol, ad dressed mo iu the usual robber fashion with: "Your watch and money, pleascl" "I am a poor artist,'' said I. "See, those are my drawings. I havo no watch; 1 have nover been nble to buy ono." "Your money, then, and bo quickl" All thla time I wa watching tho fol low' face; It was very white, und 1 thluk he was moro frightened than 1 was. I gave him all the silver I hud about mo; lie aald "Good night" civilly cuougli, and turted off toward London. 1 made the best of tny way home, and before 1 went to bed I drew the man's face very carefully. Tim next morning I went to How street with my drawing, loping It might be recognized 'by tho olh cera there, hut not The fuce, they auld, was new to them. "If you will lento the likemss here, Blr," said the chief detective, "we may, perhaps, rome ucross the person it repre sent. . -mat very kikiii huiipened; a fortnight hud scuivcly passed before 1 was culled on to I to Identify tho niuu who , . Ho had Ixrn arrested j d was easily convicted. had robU'd mo. for murder and was easily louttt s lotupuutoti. ProlM-tlmi rrani Lratl rolsoulnf, Much of the ill effect of the white lead manufacture may bo avoided by duo euro outhe part of the men. The chief precau tions are strict attention to jiersonal cleanliness so thut none, of tlio dust of tho white lead may remain on tho skin. No food or drink should ever be partaken of or be allowed to remain lu any of the work rooms, and "sulphuric acid lemon ade." that Is, sweetened water with a few drops of pure sulphuric add to tho glass, euough to communicate a pleasant tartuoss without setting tho teeth on edge should be used a the ordinary drink, it Is not pleasant having to ad mit that lu some ruse where white lead ' uiamiiuciurers nave provided protective appliances, such as hot baths, a rootn where such of the men livo t a di tance may take their tieiils away from tho! poisonous sulistmice all such precau- tlous are neglected, If not positively fused. Loudon Scientilio News. i ri.n..i..i. .v. .. M .i ,u,wro Cor the reunion of veterans. i It Is claimed hv C.n ., lli,llW. that Rt. Martin's, Canterbury, Knglaiid, it". .. . , . ... tlie oldest church in Kur-'.pe. He ssserts ' ""dgings In Harlero, What U that it is the oldest e.lillce which was dul tiwn T0U "" But Crush had built originally as a church during the j distrusted bhu, and found out thedouhle first four centuries and lis remained a gam he was playing He bore bnu a chuieh until the .resent day. grudjre for it, and early ibis morning ANOTIIEIt'S CRIME nan rat duet or isrEcro antra. B; JULIAN HAWTOORUE, Author tf Tt9 Great Baok Bobber;," As American Penman," Eta fOttpyriirhl brO BL Hiobun. and published, through pec 11 sn-aiiRtmiriil by tti. Amancu rrau AaMclalioo wILb (JuwU Co, H.w rt ti Latdoa.) ,fNo, U Is not proved." returned the detective, shaking his head. "It bikes more than that to make a conviction We do not know that the note was pre- sen ted by Uorace l)iiiee, aud even if we did It would still be possible that lie had received it from some one else. No. Mrs. Ketelle. we cannot arrest Dupee on that evidence. If we could find any pre text for arresting him, either on this cliurgo or on any other, then It might be possible to complete our evidence as to this. But the power to do that is unfor tujmtcly wanting. "Do 1 understand you thut if any one brought a charge against him on another matter you could obtain a conviction on this?" "1 don't promise we would do It: I ouly say it might be possibla Hut at any rate I think It, would do no hurra if you would tell me all about your Inter views with Dupee and what came of it.' Pauline gazed at the Inspector In as tonishment. "You know about that toor she ex claimed at length. "Why not? What Is there so wonder ful in that?" he returned, composedly, "I suppose nothing seems wonderful to you, replied she; "but I confess 1 had expected to surprise you In regard to that! Well, then, if you know thut I have soeu him, 1 suppose that you know all thut passed between us, alsor "No, no," rejoined the Insiiector, laugh Ing, "uiy knowledge slois at the fuct of the interview. What you suid to each other you will have to tell mo if you wish mo to know it. "It was in order to tell you that I came here," suid I'aulino; and she went on to give an account of the whole alfair, the inspector listening to Iter with close at tention. Her narrative was clear and precise. "Do you think thut lie was aware that you wore tho sister of Jerrold und Percy fiolcnr ho asked, after sho hud finished. "He must have known it I was mar rlcd only a short time ago, and uiy maiden name was In the papers. "Does it not seem odd that ho should bave mado this utteinpt upon a woman whoso brother he had murdered? Mur derers uro usually more careful, if notlv ing else. 1 think we shall find, Mrs. Ke tello, that he I innocent of that prime. As regards the robliery 1 say nothing; but I huve never thought it likely thut a fellow like Dupee would commit u mur der so eculiurly cold blooded and com paratively unprovoked as that would have been. But If ho was wrongly charged with it it is quito conceivable that he may have embraced tins oppor tunity to revengMtlmself upon a member of tho family that brought him to ruin. "You may bo right. "1 believe it will turn out so. Hut there Is another point suggested by your story It Is quite cor tain thut he did not know your brother, for if ho had he would not have attempted to blackmail you on liia account or, at any rate, not on the ground that ho put forward." "Yes, there can be no doubt about that," Pauline assented. "Then don't you see it has a bearing on tho robliery? our theory has been thut he committed tho robbery partly, at least, in order to have your brother ar rested for it. Hut us he did not know your brother by sight thut theory will not stand. If we consider him to have been the thief, his involving your brother In the seriiie must hnvo been merely a coincidence. Your brother happened to be talking to the lady, and his overcoat pocket happened to bo the one in which the purse could most conveniently he dropiod. If Mrs. Tunstall's hatband. Instead of your brother, had been in your brother's place, the evidence, so far as the purse was concerned, would huve pointed at him." "Tlmt is logical 1 cannot deny It," said Pauline. "But it does not bIiow his innocence of the roblery; it only bIiows that he hud not the motive fur commit ting it that 1 supposed he had; It was not revenge it was vulgar pocket picking!' "Well, that is as It may be. Hut let me refer to another point in your story You suid that the name he gave to your husband was Urush Joint Urush?" "Yes, but of course It was an assumed name, " "No doubt, but It is curious thut he should have assumed thut particular uame Instead of another. "Why not that as well as any?" "Because It is the name of another man a real man. that is, a fellow who lias been companion and intimate of Duieo 'a for some yeurs past. John (Irush went with l)iiee to California und re turned with him It was he who pointed you out to Dupee in the park, the day you first saw your brother It was lie who sugg.wted to DitK-e that it might I a pn,iuabe job to blackmail you." it., .n.i .... .i.. i '" m.m J vu iroiu Ull lllUb. I.ISHVUIT Uyrues?" "1 might tell you that I learned It by dclcvtivo intuition, or some other sort of witchcraft Hut the simple truth is that John Urush told me!" "He told you? He Is one of your men" then? "Not at allt But he has done me good service on this iKvusiou, nevertheless.' "But I don't think I under stand!'' "It is such a thing as happens every day. John (irush wits arrested lost liiglil for attempting to tuke a man's watch in an elevated train It is not the first time we have had dealings with him, and ! w hen he was brought in lie realized thai 1 he would probably be sent up for a long I term Ho he resolved to gel even with a umn ,md "B1,,e ,al'l, mm- " I" expressed It And that man was Horace inie. "They hail quarrehil?" "IrtMi4..IV A ,1.1 ill nl,..M,l . i lloul .oa Wmn rusn , TO". had poo,K'J il- 1,1,1 he JiJ w "'y order to uave an tne prollls to liliuseir Having got rid of Crush, as he supposed, he ful . i i . . . . ou "U l he se-nt word to me thai be had bo,,,.- thirnr to communicate. I went down stairs aud saw him in his cell He told me of Duee bud faith, and said that I would find that Dupee had actually re ceived money from you I acted as if 1 placed no credit in his accusation, and upon that he went on and declared that Dupee had. a yeur ago. committed a rob bery for which an innocent man was ar rested. Yes, Mrs Ketelle. it was the Tunstall' robberr that he mentioned I asked him how he knew and he said that he was intimate with Dust at the time, and that when Percy Nolen was arrested Dupee had laughed and re marked that It was a good job. he was glad to have done a Nolen an ill turn and that he hod Nolen might rot in jail while he was sending the money Nolen was Imprisoned for." "Oh, the villain!" murmured Pauline, with dilating eyes. "I told (irush." continued the lnHotnr 'that I believed, if Dupee had had any thing to do with the ruMs-ry, thut Urush had been euually guilty He denied it at first, but finally admitted thut he had discovered the fact that Mrs. Tunstall was In the habit of going aloul town with large sums of money in her pocket. and upon my pushing him still further he added that he had pointed her out to Dupee on the morning of the crimo, and had waited outside the jeweler's shop while Dupee was doing tho work insldo. According to his account, Dupee hud not acted squarely with him on this occa sion either; he had refused to give him a fair share of the plunder, but Urush had postponed betraying his dissatisfaction until he could give It some practical effect. He gave a number of details which coincided with facts that I had previously ascertained, and convinced iihstnmiallv uostantiaiiy me that bis story was si truo," Thank heuven!" exclaimed Paulina "Oh, my dear brother!" Wait a moment!" tejoincd the de tective. "We are not quite out of the woods yet! On making a review of the evidence at our disposal, I dojbtcd whether It would be safe to cause Du pec's arrest on tho robbery charge. If we should fail to hold him we might hid him good-by; he would nover lie seen here again. But if 1 could get from you confirmation of the blackmail story, and especially if you could provo actual payment of money, then our course would bo much simpler. We could ar rest and hold him on that ground with out any doubt, and the rest, unless I am greatly mistaken, will come of itself." "I enn certainly prove the payment. said Paulino. "My husband and the check are both in evidence," "Very good, and now," said the In- upertor, lowering his voice and leaning forward, "let mu explain to you u little plan 1 have formed for bringing this thing to a head. CHAPTER XXIIL TDK HIUDOW LIFTED. I Y 10 o'clock the Dnext morning ull Inspector liyrnus' preparations ere uouipiciu. down to tho least detail; and there was nothing left to do but wait for the fly to wulk into the web, Horace Dupee, after receiving his check, put it in his Kcket with tlie intention of getting it cashed nt the Imnk on the mor row But in order to do tin it would be necessury thut he be Identified. This would not be a particularly easy matter in any cuse, and tlie less so because the name on it wns not hi own. At length he decided to get it cashed through some friend. He wa reluctant to have it nown to any one that he had had uny dealings with Judge Ketelle, and il wa partly on this account that he hud given U rush's nauiH But It was an annovitnce and a risk even so. and he promised hint self thut he would not be caught with a check again in a hurry Late that nighl he succeeded in cash Ing the check over the bur of an inn in le lower part of lite city, where he was lodging 1 he landlord of the tun wits u positor at the bank on which the check a drawn. This wa on Wednesday The nexl day. Thursday (the day of Pun line's Interview with the inspector), tlie check was sent to the bank to be turned in with the oilier receipts On Thursday en ing tlie check came buck marked N U Duee was not in the hotel at the lime, but he entered alioul II o'clock. The hotel keccr called his attention to the isltonored clun k and demanded from him payment of the face amount Duce had by thai time hmuI a good deiil of tlie eighty dollars, but rather limn have any distinistnce he deposited fifty dol lars, and promised to go to the bank the next day und have the tiling straight ened out. Bui though ho carried it off with a composed face, lie wa in reality tilled with ragu and apprehension. What could Ih the meaning of it? A check signed by Judge Ketelle refused at his own Uinkt Was it a mistake, an accident, or a deliberate plan? A mis take il could hardly lie. there was noth ing ambiguous in the wording or the check, und tiiee had mado euro that the date and all tho minor detail had been correctly entered. The probability was greater of it being an accident Judge Ketelle might havo inadvertently overdrawn hi account. If this were the case, the matter could he easily reel Hied But. on the other hand, the third contin gency remained that the check had been stopped by special direction. If that were so, it meanl that Mrs. Ketelle had declared war She hud resolved to defy hiut. !She fancied, perhaps, tlmt he would not have tho courage to carry out his threat and reveal her intriguo io her husliand. Well. If that were het Ides, she would discover her mistake. Ue would reveal her shame, whatever the consequcnc to himself Ue would blast her life, not only her husband, but the whole world should know what she had done, and if he suffered imprison went for it. at any rate the time would come when he would again be free, and then be could seek net out and taunt her with her ignominy For time would bring no freedom to her This bitterness of malice on his part was partly characteristic of the nature of tlie man. but there was in il an ele ment of exceptional animosity. Almost all criminals who have fallen from a higher social position lay the responsi bility of their degradation at the door of some person or combination of circum- tanMtf mi,.! I. . . . I -u"' M IUWWITO, OO 11 WSS) j m ft l..Xi , nis nilsiomino -y - . aval arrested on ins ennrgo oi mu. . the father of Jerrold Noh-n. Pauline and her mother were the only living rep resentatives la he believediof that man They should -ulfer vicarious punish ment 8osl.oi.gwas his desire to see this punishment Inflicted that he half hoped Mrs Ketelle had really played hint false. The longer he thought over the mutter however, the less likely did it aeem that this could e the case wiiaf the possibility that he would carry It out was too serious a one to Invito. Recog- nlzinir this Dins prepared himself for M SlSncr He would go to eillier coniin0ioi y ... , Judge Ketelle'. oflice and Inform him o the refusal of fl.eeheck. as if hesup,oed It to be an ordinary business error If the Judge redeemed the cluck, well and good, the mutter might stop, for the present at any raw. where It was. If. on tne contrary resistance .iioum t , . t ui offered to his claim ho would know how to defend himself. It was psof the judge-soraceon ho ed tho etc si reel, i uo cwuu - - there was an outer olllce nnu io or tbreo inner room opening Into ono an other. Two or three clerks were writing In the outer i sow when fnipce entered 11 asked one of them if Judge Ketelle were within. "I'll see. sir," replied the clerk, looking up. "What namo shall 1 say'i1" "Say Mr. Crush wants to see him a moment Mr. John Orusli." The clerk went into tho Inner room and soon came back with the request that Mr. Crush would step insido. Du pee passed through tho door, which was 1 dosed behind him. He found hnnse f , . ,,,,,,. ,.,.(ir ii, 0 III o umiu.-Mmii-, iu . the w.ndowor wiiic-l. juuge at his desk. The judge turned in lJ chair and asked him to be seateu. l think you were uput my house the other evening." lie remarked. "I recognize the namo and the fuce." "You are quite right, judge," replied Tlnnen. nssnin inz an easy nir. "and it l on a matter connected with my visit to you on that occasion thai I have ventured to trouble you now. There wa a check, you remember?" "Perfectly A check for the sum of eighty dollars. Well?" "Well, there seems to haro been some dimculty or misuitdeintanding proliu bly tho cashier at the bank mado some stupid mistako; but. anyhow, the check wa returned yesterday, marked 'no good.' I thought you would wish to know about it." "Uuml I am not in the habit of hav tag my checks returned, certainly," said tho judge. "Let me seo; on what bank was the check drawn?" "Tlie BaStery hunk," replied Dupee. "1 will tell you how such a mistake might occur, Mr. Crush," said tho judge, after a short pause. "1 keep accounts at several banks Sometimes one or other of these accounts runs out lieforo I am aware of it. My wife lias a separate account, which Is at the Battery bank. In writing the check tlie other evening I may hove inadvertently used her check book, my own account being exhausted The fact that she hud money there would of course not warrant the cashier in pay ing my chirk I do not assert that tiiis is tlie explanation, but il might be." "To be sure, nothing more likely," re joined DujH'e 'Bui, ul all events, the check having been returned, 1 suppose you will have uo objection to writing another?" "There would lie some other consider ation involved in that, Mr Crush." said the judge, bending un intent look at Du pee "May I usk you, iu the first place what this ntymeiit was for?" "It wo for a purchase made by Mrs Ketelle, sir," said Dupee, somewhat con fused by tills unexpected question, "a purchase ul - ul our store 1 am a sales man there, and" "What store is it you speak of?" de manded the judge "Castellan is on Broadway." replied Dupee, giving tlie first name thai oc curred to hint, and feeling a little uneasy at the turn of the con versa l ion. Custellain tlie jeweler?' said the Judge. "I know the place well. It was there thai the robliery of Mr Tunstall's pocketbook look place lust year " Dupee bit hi lips But it wa neces sary to carry out hi purl, unci lie could not resist the temptation to aim u blow at the judge, "tou are quite right judge," he said, "the roblsry for which young Percy Nolen wus arrested." Yes, he was arrests! for it," returned the judge, gravely; "but it has been (lis covered. Mr Crush, thai tlie robliery was the work of another man. Tlml man," he added, fixing his eves umm the other, "is known to the police uud will undoubtedly expiate his crimo. But to return to this check. How does it hapKii that the money wus payable to you in stead of to the company? That seenis peculiar. "Well, you see, 1-1 have an interest In tlio business and am authorized to re ceive payments personally." "Aht Still, u the matter, from a pe cuniary pointof view, concerns the com puny, and not you, it can muke nodilfer ence if I cause inquiries to be made nl Costellaiii's before writing you unuthe check. As I have no personal acuuainl ance with you. you will perceive the propriety of thus precaution." 1 don't regard the mutter In that light." answered Duiee. who was hepin ning to lose his nerve. "1 am not i -countable to the firm. I sold the goods and I must request you to pay me the ptoney " There was a book lying on the judge's desk, and at this moment, apparently by accident, a movement of his elUiw caused this book to full heavily to the floor "The affair concerns Mr. Ketelle more directly than it does me," he observed "I will communicate with her. and if she authorr.es the payment I will make it." At tlmt moment the door into the outer office opened. "And by the way " continued lite judge, "here is Mrs ke telle now We can settle this Ihinu here." ( It was. in fad. Pauline. Her face w as pale and grave, but her eyes sparkled like stars Dupee knew not how to in terpret her abrupt apiearanc. The look that sh ltoweH , hi... -li.i ... , , . amy oi a servant, liut if he were resid- tend ioreasuireltim, flul he summoned . lg In the country he w ould expert to all his resolution and resolved lo tight if take his -loader" with him, and heconld brought to hay "shoot with two guns;" that is, he would -My dear." said the Judge, aa his wife ,S ,W0 pl,ns' s the d' Iay of waiting came over to him and stood by his f'."",0"e,,0ll '""'led might lose him a fine chair, "this person tell, me that the n" , -V S. euslJ frreat offense in check .gave him al your request ....'.iStti been .topped, and he wants me to , nvrry or given to exclamations Jhen a ...... .1.VU1H, , rro BB CJSTI.M EU.I "CIIAUXCEY M. DEPEW. HOW H L00K3 AFTR HIS VOL UM:NOUS CORRESPONDENCE. V.rl.d ( hardier oi II.. l-.lt.-S ..tr.-.tll .rl. trum A" Sort. ..f IV.-plIuvlUtl"' !-' br til. Ito.lk A safe yawns In one writer of the room. From un lcniatb tlio cl.ed lid of Mr. Do d.k vp s row of ia.wilr. Koine r . , ... ... ....... i.r.,ri bhu. and hi : vmA ,lttll ,,1(,m at hand for bis iiiv ,1()U. AlMj it J. soui-tlii;.- of a mail, U Ho y would think if you had to o-1 It. Tho Eldest tain ubout tl... letters i their ra ad , , . tiit r morn tvfvr to tho bind- haiacwr II. I wb Mr. J." J,r lmf refer to his j " kuowu ,vlulloll, to the , wmU j illn) , B lctt,.r that would have made the .j,, great predecessor, Commodore vuiiuerolll, luru uiu. .-o- . s, . . ... . i.i (..,, ru'-n 11. uuiv ..rovokin a sntilo on Jir. ucie ...- liuui-o. It i fro'" college noy no uu uu ; lU-Jved, thlt hx trde ! i r., ...lvniitueoiui to the country than protection." lUo uitnappy ci" to uphold the Colsleu theory, and, realising the magiiit ude of the bisk und the iinjiortaiice of tho question, ho seeks Mr. Dejiew's views briefly on the subject. A eourU-ous reply i immediutely dlctateu, thunking the youth for the honor of tho re quest, and espi-ei-sin;; resret tlmt business cures prevent his giving tho matU-r thut do liberation the luqiorUueo of tha subject de mands. ALL SORTS OF WANTS. Another nud partially similar nipu-rt comet from a young man in Ohio, who is called uiKin to muke a si-ech nt u Kundiiy school convention. Would Mr. Depew plea.se Bead liiin a few suitable suc'-i-itions for tho occa sion 1 Or, if that would be Uhj much trouble, !, ' f' Liowa would be greatly , Jwtai "Xlio third letter of that sort within three I mulltU!)it comments tlio president a he i ciumph-s the pu-r in his baud and drojsit J into tho waste busket. j "Astonishing how many iwople thero are who wuiii money. i.u u,. r... large sums, too, he remarks, as lie luys down aa ojien letter hi a woman's handwritiug. "I bave uo doubt of this woiiuiu's need and her sincerity. Itead it." lion, t'uauucey M. Depew; I am forced to apcul to your generosity, though I should much rather not do so. Five ears ui;o my husbutid died, leaving mo with six children and my little home. I was obliged to mortgage tlio prorty for t'ifiUO. Last summer 1 was sick and could not pay tho interest. Will you please advance mo tlio money. Tho place will bo foreclosed on the first of the mouth, and I dou't know what we llialldo. Please don't disregard the prayer of u widowed and dcsjiairiiig mother. "You not ice," observes the president, "that thero is not ono word in this ulsait my loan ing the money. She evidently expect it us gift.' vV ill you answer itf" "What good would that dof She would only write again. I very seldom answer begging letters. Courtesy iu such cases gen erally makes mutters worse." There uro other letters of a similar nature asking for sums varying from OUU to f.",OUU. They are raid and buried without ceremony iu the wuste basket. LETTKKS OF INVITATION. Now wo come to a different kind of letters. These ask favors, but not iHx-uuiury ones, un less a busy man's time is regarded literally in lbat light They ure Invitations to dinner whuro a t;,cccli is expeetod in ndditioit to his company. There aro an even half dozen of these, three of them for the same evening. They are pleasantly answered and politely declined, with regret. Hero is a letter from a committee in a thriving southern city. They aro about to oieit with impressive ceremonies a now chandler of commerce, and want Mr. Deiow to deliver tlio oration of tho day. Uo is urged iu fervent terms not to disregard this Invitation. "Of course, I cannot go," ho observed. "It is out of the question. If I accepted all tho invitations I received I would havo to bo iu half a dozen diii'crcut towns on tho same nfcht frequently." Tho stenographer takes down a witty reply regretting that other duties prevent his ac ceptance. "Now, next week," ho continues, "I shall receive half a dozen letter from gentlemen in that town whom I know. They will urge mo to come, and will tell n v that the occa sion is of such iuqiortaiico that the ordinary reasons which prompted my refusal do not apply to it in tho Icist, This sort of a re fusal has to be repeated two or three times ou tho average." Letters from clergymen asking for passes, from friends asking for places, front parent begging tho reinstatement of dismissed sons, from litlcal managers making suggestions for siieoches, and from captious critic oiror tng strictures regarding sixvches that have already beeu made, comprise a jiurt only of tho remaining letters. Rather a hard tusk to wado through them all! It would bo under uny circumstances, but it is rendered doubly ditllcult to Presi dent Deiiew. There is hardly a letter in the bundle which is hot read while some visitor is talking tohim. His vocal replies are con stantly mingled with his writtea one, and the stenographer is often half in desair as to whether a sentence is intended for tho cor resiMiident ill San Francisco or tho railroad niagnato from Chicago who is seated by the president's side, Benjamin Northrop lit Now York Mail and Express, Thick unit Thin Soles. Tho feet cau be kept warmer lu cold weather by wearing a shoo with a light solo thau a thick one. With the former the foot has a chance to work, thereby keeping up a circulation. This, of course, applies only when tho weather is dry; hut wua it is wet and rubbers ure necessary, it is best to wear a single soled shoe inside. In tho summer the thick solo should be worn, for it keeiis the heat from striking through to the foot This is all so contrary to the preconceived opinions of tho public thut it is doubtful whether it will receive much credence, but it is the fuct all the same. Shoe and Leather Reporter. An Original Ilmrrlet. A beautiful bracelet which 1 6uw the other day was a good illustration of what original ity can do iu the way of jewelry. Tho trin ket was coniHwed of some fourteen gems, varying in size, color and luster, set in solid gold links. There wero uo two stones uliko, and but one or two ot tho whole number had names which aro at all familiar to jewelers' customer. All tho stones came from the cabinet of the gent letneu under whose direc tion they wore cut and mounted, and a num ber of them were of American origin. All were singularly beautiful and gemmable, to coin a word. George T. Kuux iu Harper's. t nitoms of I ntllih Sportsmen. When a London man Is asked down to join a shooting party, he would not take hi "loader" with him, as his host would expect to find him a "loader." for no man "la Puu m "iRland; it Is the w.iy rises tr wuen s htr,. id a true sportsman vbserves a strict silence. . . . ., . khoiilii """ ' . i i ..f labor is well ym- tJi .i f-th in those single acts ,t , banning or end of a gr.M.1 work which repent to llie imagination the generally laid by ".me ollicu dignl iary who. in an una.-custo.ned apron iitd witn a trowel which he use. clum Sy. make a pretense of doing tbeactual work of putting the to,ie in place. Crowd stand about to witness the work. ,d orations are made and hymns sung The knocking away of the prop winch send a vessel of! the ways and Into the water is an event of equal consequence and interest, because it represents the noble task of constructing a great ship. When one of the greatest engineering works of all time was couipleled-the construction of the Pacific railroad-it was regarded as a great honor to drive -u.. ... ... thut hound the last rail to IUB 111"! n"" . the earth, and the spike winch served at least tomixtrarily for tne wora made of silver Eimierors. kings ami presidents start mini hum is the machinery of wuu inc. i u"i - great industrial exhibitions, themselves typical iu a my uirco ui mC t I hihor nine ui ii,..,," - In a certain sense it would be more fitting that these ceremonies, which con centrate into a single instant's net long period of hard lubor. should be per formed by one of the real workingmen who are engaged upon the enterprise. It is they who do the work, und they might well cluiin that the honor of the key ceremony belongs to them. This was what was done, indeed, when Kmt I, lour of the nick was struck in j the construction of the buildings for the World's fairof lSOUatCliicago.-louin s Companion. Where Colli Goes To. A considerable purt of all the gold which goes to ludiii never returns, tlav i.or u-n obtained in the west by the sale of exported production, it is retainod in j the east as realized profits, wealth stored op. and to a moderate extent for use in the arts, for the rest us a representative ' of value on the credit of which truders buy and sell with the bills of exchange they issue and the book credits they ojten. and settle np the differences with the silver money of the country Rut the vast stock of (told accumulated there undergoes no diminution. There is no ebb and flow under the reciprocal action which commerce enforces ill the case of countries trading together on a common metallic basis. I he three min ions sterling (or thereabout) of gold bull ion which India annually adds to her store are. under the monetary law of ! that country, just as much lost to the ' ri.-itnsis of the west, bv being with- ' drawn from the general commerce of the world, as if the money had been lent to i a South American republic. I Between the years 1835 and 1889 (April) this depletion amounted in value i to 130.21)2.7.18 Between that date and I the mouth of September. 1800. a further accumulation, to the value or ir,UtU. S72 took tdace. brinirini' this nortiou of the gold treasure of ludiu up to a value exceeding 1115.850.000. - Blackwood's Magazine. Ibsrn's Curious figure. 1 cannot recollect having ever met a ! man of more peculiarly striking appear ! ance than Mr Ibsen He reminded me to a certain extent of those fabulous creatures the gnomes, who play such an iuiportuut part iu Scandinavian myth ology, and are vividly described in the old songs of the Edda. tie is a man ot less than medium size, but very heavily set The upper part of his hotly is very large in proportion to his lower limbs, but still small in comparison with that immense head, which, with its bushy hair, white us snow, overtowers the compact bodily frame. A heavy beard of the same color would encircle the face if it was uot for the fact that Ibsen keeps his chin shaven, a dis tinction also enjoyed by the upper lip I wonder if Mr Ibsen knows thut by wearing his beard in the manner de scribed he shows a very strong chin aud a mouth of classic delineation Irresist ible is the charm of his eyes, which are of a deep blue, like the color of the sea on the shores of his beautiful native north land. Louisville Courier-Journal A Glaure at Lutidon Soclnty. Take the vast Loudon society. It is a etiffnecked dress purude in which one meets one's best friend once a fortnight and strangers in proportion. People never know each other well and are al most suspicious of those they do know Invitation are sent out from one to two months uhead und eople come and go without making a visible impression, and there is none of that merry familiarity which makes American life so enjoy able. A dinner is a set affair, with no gen eral conversation aud a total absence of what the French call esprit, in fact most of the Englishman's pleasures are of the inaciutosb and umbrella kind. The Londoner is always guarded and suspicious of the stranger, ami I don't wonder, considering some of the Ameri cans he has had shoved npon him But after all, there are too many people in London, it is impossible to expect free dom, familiarity and hospitality among aucb a multitude. Cor. Chicago News An Kxpert Opinion. The New York State Meter inspector's deputy was asked this question the other duy; "Could a gas company make meters record more than was necessary to b consumed by tenants by putting on an increased pressure throngh the pipes?'' The inspector replied: "Of course, an in creased ptvssnro will make more gas go through the meters than is necessary for the lights. The companies have to pat on a lot of pressure altont 6 o'clock in the evening when everybody hi lighting np. That is what makes the gas jump and flare so. All the gas coming through the pipes is not bnniol, and that it where the patent governors and regula tors step in. But the consumer can regulate that just as well without a governor by turn ing the g.-is partially off at his meter un til he gets a stream just nbout adequate to the number of lights he uses. It makes the light steady, and saves about 20 to 25 per cent of gas to the consumer. I have done it for many vears, and found it to work just abut as well ijs a patent governor." An luuocvut 4jiiittun. Clockiuaker- Why my good woman if your clock doesn t go you must bring' me the whole of it; I can. dn nothing, with the pendulum alone. j Woman-Ale prosiml Why the whole clock? The clock is all right; it's ouiy, the bomd pendulum as won't work. ! Wiener Figaro. THE LIGHT The Lavs of Du ' h. Irl.k vV,.L The(hinc.igm,r .. K thalrvutn.1 nf ...i ... . u fci. . politic oU.i.M. ti. .ui!- W l. an absorbing extent. i ., "lr coii.trutively. KJ-I southern counties il,. ... ' Addle 'Is a pleasant JA Letuea,,g ulm ,U1 ' " ground, and iusiu ;. ? U;, the dddler, who Is .Ir,,,,,, a hubbub of sou,,,!, 1) . "! inir Is not thn . .'' "U...- seusitlveear for im,i. tho ltteredoldfld,l; "'",te:f ami iMirs-iiig in thodeli..',. '"fc'' Thoop,H,rtui,ityf,;r-4 edly availed of. T,u o,,,,, Sv. duly refreshed ml mvi J Si! self of tho tuck r Is -by tho way, tl,B uJJml usually recruited from tbK! -BStlH 11111111 II U ft ."'W f and strikes upaJi30Va:K; tcr, the dunce is held Ul6 i t i. ,j ui..-. , ... nujouniuielit is ina,i, ,'"fe sward beforo the door. Con 1 b rJ tnko tint floor. : ""l''!':' ... .uuiia-iH, but arm unceasingly till ii, tho sky and it Is timu. fur JhT t' iu bed. WIJ fcit; Tho Irish lovn duncln. ,, pleitsanter sight than a re.-,, or uoi-npqie, un performed Bity behttiug tho ix.0,,10, tt "'V serious race Hum they general, V' for. No tj,t..li, '""'ylBK. :n nt K ifc na r II : :ia ' ti ii . i i j : T ! H ; id. I mi t I I t jOt t a v dtl of tht t C .IB I nrce t iwii t sloi r-'-ati ever carried out with th0 soklT'l ,,j uciuilglllg lo a . . checks may bo flushed ml o. r1 k but the lii keep their it,.!.! except for an occasional viS.H heel strike tho ground, aiidu. 4 , . . uumeUl th.il. Conducted In silence, '"".. It must bo the responsibility 0(t, which causes the seriiiih;nnw ,,., H surprised, for there nro us im;,, JT,1 rate and distinct stem IhIoih.7 derfulda,.. It begin. Lys' ing arms lightly, und mUVi:,, J ,4 tlio cleared space. Thea they 17, each oilier, bund on ,iiM; tW' slow steis, reminding one of the to. start with which the thru..h LcubU J then they wurm to tho work, amUt' and retreat, und turn each nt',. . interlocked arms, tho girl with her u, J one side and tho prettiest modesty J shy, half coaxing; tho man bolder rollicking. Iu curious contrast t ousness of tho duueing, Ute miBscfctf 1 briskiest and merriest, as evcrrmw' w ho has heard an Irish ji j-aml not Tho names aro veryoftenp1 for instuneo, "Tho Wind That Shu' Barley" aud "The Green Fields of w Magazine of Art. ".., "'.'el v.i: f s tin i -vh i t hi totakt Lurk In a llimrhbwk. "I will let you rub my hump Bnliuitl of. Mnlitnl'arU t 1..1. i Whut astonishud ut the remark- l teemed bo much in enrnmt and sodainii r y x ai.-. ii .i .i . . wnf t,( tha LI 111 HIIIIUl IIIHlTi (11 Illlllll'V TIIOT I B " ( j HUHH 4 ISO'S 6 f her and rubbed her hump for luck.tr 1 every ! tux : s s 9tl U thS ' I ue, a t oral tph, c, :itc t. ae d greatei u.-.a U very w Set do i liut gold, a t.ve hi fi-om t! t' it Wi i ni; f the i I V.nn tribe, t to aid i I pass thut 1( come a We i watch ing of tempt i uiihij un - unit iwl. it nusioeiiri piece oi lipping inai i ever enroggo, all my Euroeaii travels, yet tlwicsfta or four huiniibacks who are babiim i gambling saloon at Mouto Carhiali make a living by letting tliasuperstitiu-j their lucky nump with muuoy. I remember an exjicrieneo onceinAcr-i of the same kind, but it was ootlm that the hump wasruhUiL Alneol told me to rub the hump of a hunehUrii money, uo, icitiii nnu see yuu ao ILu was good luck. It was race weti i thought I would try it; so, slipoin; c , bind a little hunchliuck n bo tu ;i ini ougn iuo corridor oi a prominent at Washington, I pretended to bo takiazuf . coat, and, having money iu my luuLrl uently, as it were, let tliut liaiul k hunchback and thus rub tlie miner x lucky lump. But, alusl the utaa t. around and I had toapoligizeforlhgsiut higly assaulting him. Of course I know then thut no luci r. come from the contact of the miner' the hump an I so did not put auj a races and pcrbas saved by it. BuUli. Curio it seems to be reversed, for pv the knowledge of tho unfortunate, nil) money up against them, and very uix: dead 1 least they toll mo so, tho person wiai-hi Joaped, Lor. uourieislouruul. cipitou steep b very cl And lowed i stoodO upon oi Weai Senator Mulioi.e and II II Wife Senator Muhono wus ut the Capital the other day, uud ho took, u gsii. lunch of hot buckwheat cakes. JliUa dandy as to his tastes. lie weans iu a lady's, and his overgaiters arehil A nvit is bell shnned. and his lines il ilnwi deep a One us cumbric. IIo is as thin as i nu t from t! his fraiuo is mudo up ef bone, bnii- ns weri muscle. Ho is u particular as to Lis f lead as to his dress, uud when howaaiutb." blsblu ato he was the horror of buuipytJ we 1 waiters, Muhono does not weigh lOOponmli strike) head, i bones are as smull as a diaiinutia and his brain is so active thut it iU u" flesh off his frame, lie seems tliis i J lararo the Viae strange contrast to his handsome sib T"J Muhone watches Billy with care, U Mrs. Logan aud tho gi'MB'1? him during a mrt of his miliurj' d "! There wus no southern otlieer bn Gen. Muhone, and tho marrow of tote J" mado up of courage. Euu Mi-s. Muhone stopiil a tei watching the smoke and hearing ue AnQt dcr. when tho rqwrt came to her to j hus'.iand was womided. A 5 ou on ' camo Mahone's servant to tell uer to tcr' wound was uot dangerous, and II , shell hud only ripped opeu his nesa ! . Muhone would not believe tl rho ba story. Bhe wept as she said: "It 5 we true. My dear wUl never haveaeslT j. for there is no flesh ou little Billy brown -Frank O. Carpenter iu eiv ,UT water Unless there be some sympaWV la suffering there will be nothing j n he ito relief, and the ties of human VMt hood will be quickly sundered - I I im a blessing that we ure unable to f ;!nly ! full force of another's sorrow, it trowa. less a blessing that we have thecal . of feeling a part of it. And this ca? Mk usually needs development ratw 'Jtlie foft restraint For a few who nwj ij,otej( unwarrantably for their fancies -pity u,g bility there are multitudes who .than ti: deficient in sympathy and nevtf For t, at all about it. It should neverdry gotten that all social happiness. tual benefactions and all trL there, lence are founded on the P?, lathes sympathy. Were it not for as and should be miserable and un? ao.nl egoisU-New York Ledger f!' Pearl. In O.T.tri Therarloysterisavalned the family. Some produce p-f ' . kJ;,, tons aud ornamentation, and r i 0l ,T gem. The latter is simply fc -lu drift the oyster attempt to Pr"tel'tf, in some foreign substance. Tb.urfous minute grain of sand nil'u from tt the shell, the animal will 1IUITy envelope it with a nacreoos Arytv coating, which if continued rj-JI-perfect gem. The V h the sliells are Livers of ftu to prevent the on ward march oi parasite seeking entrance frcLfr,d smt In Ceylon 17,000,000 pe;'rl -Ti0'i''N destroyed lately to produce F"' lThm pearls.-SiUi Francisco ChrvweA fc e.ttm i mt u UtomIi iU Birt V I Ami Tc Te he B W .lie U "be .i The Tl Ami U ' ne '.'cm It or Tt h ut tc Je 1 n na t tr i i