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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 24, 1891)
LOVE. rnlnm 7m cm think, when Hm too b tmm, No other I aweet Id I Ik- rli vtliin ; I'ulrw you rae feel, when left hy one, Thai all men else Willi him; Vulnai jrou can know, a hen uprsined by bk breath. That your beauty Itself wantn prorlne: t'nlees you can swear--For life, for d.itli" Oh, fear to rail II lorlnir: . Cukwe you can muse In a crowd all l:iy, On the absent face I ha I fixed you; r nine you can lore a the anireU may, With the hrmullh of heaven l-luixt you; Culr you can dream that his faith la fat. Through behooving ami unlWioovlnif; I'uleaa you can die when Hit dream l uit Oh, never rail It loving: Mrs. Browning. "the topixg bonnet. Aunt Rhoda Ilemenway was about to be married. Having never listened in her young daya to u syllable of love and matrimony, now, at the aye of 63, she suddenly astonished all her relatives by bidding them to her marriage with Luke Potter, a shrewd, well to do farmer, w1k bail lived a neighbor to her all hut life. "With all her Inlerty, and her net, par ticular ways; it can't be ixMbiblul'' we each and all exclaimed in dilTereut keys, dropping our letters of invitation. I luul a special call to present myself a few days before the marriage feast, being considered in the family a favorite of Aunt Rhoda's. Though she had never been quite ready to invite me to the farm lMiuseon a visit, she hud said plainly within the pant Ave years to Job, 'her cousin on the father's aide, who, it any earthly power could be tiaid to influence Mix! Ilemenway in financial mutters, was the one, "I sliull leave a good piece of my prop ty to Mehitalile rarrar (that is my tiame); I wont you all to know it, so as to und'.rstnnd you won't get much," which was distinct if not polite, and earned for me much disfavor in the family. Now to Cousin John. lie was Rath- heba'8 son, Aunt Rhoda's favorite sister, w ho married early and went away from the homestead with her liusUmd to Kettle in what was then the "far west," now a flourishing town in Illinois. Mr. Feather- Bton had the knack of making money and in a few rears wore himself out, but " had the pleasure of handing to his wife a goodly amount of stocks and bonds and some real estate. Nio soon following him, the proiiertv was allowed to roll up for little John, the son, who kept ice with it, running : r;ro on his sturdy lours, to find Hi manhood a nice fortune awaiting him, into possession of which lie came, his mind stocked by the grand' mother who had the honor cf bringing liiui up with his own iniortance, and a certaintv that every girl he saw was after his money. He was handsome as a picture, the unto all declared, and his name and fame went down in the familv annals carrying the idea of a being superior to nearly every other creature on this lower sphere. He was now 2H. I had nlways heard of him since I could remember, but had never seen him. That there was a person whom I could dislike more thoroughly than this same Cousin John, I had never lielioveil. row it was fact, for we had met, he arriving at the Ilemenway homestead the day lieforethe wedding. Aunt Rhoda was to ixrpetrate mntri mony on the lirst night of the New Year. It came on Tuesday, snowing, nnu pin- lesslv cold. She had allowed me that day to do little seniles for her, thus showing her favor, so at alxmt 7 o'clock we were none of us astonished to hear hersav. "Run. Hitty, and get my boa net from the siwre room cupboard. It's about time to nut it on." I started, glad of something to do, and ran nimblv to the great siuire room reached up on tiptoe and took down from the closet shelf the precious green box pontninincr the wedding bonnet. Half cross the room the glare of the candles flaming in their tall silver holders before the mirror of the dressing table in which they stood reflected gave my evil genius an idea. Trv it on. nittv: it's good luck Ouiek as thought I drew out the wed ding bonnet, and threw it over my brown braids. It was a heavy affair of gray .iiirrml silk, without the scrap of aiww to enliven it. and only one dull, stiff feather, looking for all the world like Aunt Rhoda herself, set straight in the center. And as I pulled it into place with the eager fingers of eighteen on a naughty prank, the old thing settled dis mally from iU own weight over my light crimps. I laugnea aiouu, a was ru mur crously the opposite of a festival bonnet, just as a voice struck" my ear. 'Very appropriate. Don't, pray, re- move it." I turned'to see Cousin tti i ha Hnnrwav. John "Much obliged for your opinion, which was unasked," I managed to say, coolly, wiiino- aside the headgear, where, I did nnt .t.mto we. and turning on him. He bowed with that suercilioiis smile of his. and took himself off. Bursting with Indignation, I set about picking up the fcnnn-t. I could not find it. Not with Ar.nr.inir to uiv bands and knees to parch the ingrain carpet could that headgear be brought to light. It was onlv when a direful smell of something i..,r.,li,T atnirk mv olfactories that flashed ui.-on me where it was. 1 flew back to the heavy claw-footed dressing table that stood "on a bias" in the corner of the room. How I moved it I never could tell. At last the bonnet was in my nana, i.alr readier that remained still bun in smartlv. At sight of it I gave a cry be- , vt, I tfWlII hi rnntrnl H1VWMI. That 1 W' i ho marriaire 1 had not a doubt I knew my aunt well enough to believe her willing to give up ner greatest u fut ure rather than to break one of tho pro prieties of life. And to be married with out a bonnet was. in her eyes, a custom only lit for sillv little things not yet escaped from their teens. And there those wedding candles blinked and flared inr-rrilv, as if glad they had done it. To reach the village milliner, JIiss Slack, was my only hoi-e. I knew where her little shop was, having been dis patched there the day previous for some extra lutestring ribbon to tie up the - f rke. No time to bee. Steps , sound along the entry Diav be late ! Even now I exclaimed a Something burning o. I esraned. wedding bonnet TWIT, - . door and In band, turougn an opwo j - ,i,.i, littv used nussagc. It leu to the back yard, I knew, and out on the flat stone that served as a step. I tinned to rather up my long, pretty nun veiling train wiuic tlie snow, tlien quit a respcctaUe depth The snow whirled into my face, nearly blinding me. It seemed liours before I could place my band on knocker adorning thedoorof Jim black little shop. At last it chnged so sharply as to bring almost immeiiuUely a frowsy little girL who retreated behind a tall IwW candlestick, with terror in every Iwant to see Mis. H." I cried, "at once," pushing the child aside to hurry into ties little entry and shake off the damp snow "You can't," said tlie girl, staring at me and tlie wedding bonnet, "ulie'a gone." t loner I cried. "Wherer'' "To the weddm'," said the girl. "She went early mi's to nee the folks, an' get a good pluiv." 1 sank down on tlw lowest stair, bonnet and all, Wit immediately juinied up. "See here, little girl," I cried, -I nut a gray feather to put on this bon net. Something has happened .to it. and" I know," said the girl, leaning around her candlestick, and answering critically. "It's got burnt. I smell it." Well, get another 'one for me," I cried, impatiently, "at quick as you can, and don't stand there talking. It's gray ilark grav. Hurry up, you must know where she keeps tliem." ".She ham t got any," said the girl. examining the feather, "not that sliade. Hers are all black and white, besides she's got a green one, yes, an' a yellow, hut she haiut got a gray one. "Take me to her box of feathers, and will look for myself." I cried, turning to the shop door, "I will pay her to morrow; I'm Hitty Farm, Miss Hemen wav's niece. It's nil right. Now open the door." I laid uiv hand on the knob as I spoke. "I can t, said the girl. "It s locked nd she's took the key. She always does when she goes out, iifruid somebody '11 get In." Every particle of blood seemed to de sert me at this juncture, and for a mo ment I felt as if sinking to the cellar, The first thing that brought me to was hearing the girl say: "Ain't you going? I want to lock tho door." And I found myself out in the snow again. A dark object stood In the road, en circled hi whirling snow mists. Out of it came: "Cousin Hitty, get into my chaise, " and a man sprang out. It was Cousin John. "Not for a thousand worlds!" I cried, striking out for home and wrapping my soggy dress around the poor bonnet "lou silly child," cried my cousin. And without further preamble he took me in his arms, hurried out to the car riage and put me therein, the wedding bonnet meanwhile slipping to the ground Where is the blasted thing f ' cried Cousin John, poking in the snow a bit, Evidently the horse was displeased with her master for taking her out from a comfortable nap. At any rate, she was determined to start without waiting for his word. And knowing she was naughty and would be whipjied for it. she decided to go the whole figure and have some fun out of it. Accordingly, off she bounded with a snort, leaving Cousin John and the wedding bonnet a long distance back in the snow covered road. My indignation now gave place to a certaintv that I should, be daslieil to nieces. I could hear Cousin John shout ing to the creature in 'a voice that I should have admired had the circum stances been different. 1 could tljen see that he was rushing like lightning after us. but no human tiower now seemed able to stop the beast, whose blood was up, particularly as the reins Had been thrown up over her back by the impet uous hand of her master as he sprang out. Yet. knowing that the time should have been sient in prayer, I laughed till the tears rolled down my cheeks and my overwrought nerves had a little calmed themselves. And now the very thing I thought not possible had hapiened. The carnage came to a sudden stop. How, 1 didn I know then: afterward I realized the ex nlanntion that the reins had caught in the ninre's foot, throwing her against a friendly tree. Here Cousin John rushed up. "You poor child he cried. After seeing that the horse was all right, and (Hissesbing himself of the reins, he looked into the carriage. "I should think you could laugh!" he exclaimed, Indignantly, "I couldn t help it," I cried, wiping mv eves, "nave you got me uonneir W . i 1 I '!' f "The deuce take tlie thing i eir par don, cousin. No. I haven t go it, nor I shan't get it. either." With that he en sconced himself by my side, turned, and drove off toward home. "Are vou wet?" he asked, after a mo- ment'a pause, in which he ought have been arrested lor fast driving. "Not much." I said, trying to wring the soft nun's veiling out of my side of the carriage. "And not o thing on your neau," ne said, whipping up the horse. "Crazy child, to come out so! I ought to have 8topied you instead of getting my horse to follow you." "How did you know it was burned?1 I asked. "I heard you give a cry. and I turned back, then I saw for myself" "And now she never will be married," I cried tragical!, "and I hove ruined all her plans for life." "Nonsense!" Cousin John exploded. "Ruined your own, more likely. She'll cut you off from lier will Iwfore she sleej to-night. Don't worry about her; she's probably Mrs. Luke Potter by this time heaven help him." This was comfort, indeed, and I basked in it, awing sight of what it meant for me to be cut off from Aunt Rhoda's will No father, no mother, living with Uncle Abiel, who was waiting patiently for that will to iay him up. I could soon see myself, like thousands of other girls, out in the world earning my own support. But I had not ruined Aunt Rhoda 1ini,r,inpfl. 'Cousin Hhty!" was it Cousin Johns voice It founded so tow, and he seemed at a loss f'r words. I' turned in the c'laise and looked at him through the ktiirm. We're almost home; I want to say o: o thing"' .- II?" -i v. nut to any" ".'i II, if you are going to scold me, vr vr:iit, I cried. "IsliaTl have enough .1 t a. win " ..I ,-,irt rniinfr to scold Trm." said , l,,loi -I wm onlv going to say, Hiui ii.gyouand I have a wedding of our own. Then we can look after your V.'i it do vou meanf" And then I laughed. .. .. .. -i . ....hi." be said, with extra dignity ii.u i 'n .L- vou to niarrv me. Will " - - . - - - -r..i..lnMi no!" I cried, and reach- inr tha hitching post by Aunt Rhoda's Hour. I siirang out. before he could re- I peettf-d into the best room as I stole under tlie window. Yes, Cousin John was right; Aunt Rhoda was Mrs. Uike Potter .'tliere was no doubt, judging from iu. mmirratulations now being poured mt hefore the stiff couple standing in front of the fireplace, and I rushed into the houe and up the back stairs, glad of Uiat. At the bead stood Aunt Matilda 'Well Hitry, I must say 1 snotuon t want to be in your shot.' What's tlie matter?" I cried, a little croaslv. for I was wet and shivering to the bone, and tlie excitement waa over. .t Idt AUhXquite a bttle company Matter! do bear Uiegirir ctvmi audi .,1 i.m.,n,t m ui lewuvri Have the goodliest aunt, to let me pas by," I cried. Ilitty, Is tlmt lldtvr called a voice at tlie foot of the stairs. ' Her Aunt Klioda wants to see her down hero at onee. " At this, all tlieuuntsandcotuun opened ranks and considerately allowed me to pas through, and watched me descend with mingled satisfaction and curiosity, hurrying after to be at the denouement, I nearly pilclieil my length down the stiff, old fashioned stairs, but determined to keep a brave front, shut my lit firmly together, hoping no ona would hear my teeth chatter. At tlie foot some one whispered: "Don't be afraid." I glanced up; it was Cousin John. I don't know why, but I gave hlra back look tliat'made the color leap to fit cheek that was quite white before, and he said just as truly with his eyes as if lie had sioken : "I will never forsake you." Something ui my tnrout choked me; I was conscious that 1 was imir frozen, but even that seemed warm in comparison to the chilling looks I re ceived on all sides; the worst or ail 1 could see as I entered the best room was the expression on the face of Uncle Abiel. The next moment I was before the bride and groom. The buzx of conversa tion stopped instantly. It was as still as death throughout the room. Melutable," said Mr. Luke rotter, In harsh tones, "you thought best to take my wedding night to play pranks with what was given to you in trust. Dow 1 take tlie same time to say before every one present that you shall never touch penny of mine, iou may start out or Una bouse as soon as you nnu It conven ient. That's all; now go." I looked at mv Uncle Abiel. He was so angry he turned his face away. In an effort to be proud and defy them all. oiwned my mouth, but the chill had gained on me so that I set up a violent chattering instead, unable to utter a word. Some one took my cold hand and drew it within his arm. "Instead of going, we have a word to say, dec lured cousin joiin, at tus taiir est, and drawing the roomful within his glance, "and will use no hesitancy in airing it now. We are betrothed. Aunt Hhodtt." he announced, turning his handsome head toward Mrs. Potter, "and, begging your pardon, don t in the least care for vour old money. Now, then, all coiue on with your congratula tions." I felt a warning pinch on my cold fingers to hold in check the astonishment in my eyes at hearing a bretotlial an nounced" that had never taken place, And then such a wealth of peace and strength came into my heart, that I was happy just to be near nun. i was in a new world of love and protection, and I form to shiver in the cold, while I smiled and blushed in the right places as the relatives trooped around us with their astonished congratulations. Uncle Abiel came as sxn as he could extricate himself from his comer. "Well, young man,'" ho cried excitedly, 'vou've done well. In short time, too hev?" "That's so," said Cousin John, giving the brown hand a hearty shake. (He told me afterward he aclied to wring his neck.) "But long enough to know my own mind." The first moment I could I drew Cousin John out into a corner of the old hall, at least three yards away from any sharp ear, Oh, how could you? cried. "We ve never been engaged. I told you, 'Wo. "Can't help it; you're eyes said 'Yes." There's no stopping it now, Uilty. We'll have a wedding bonnet of our own." Providence Journal. Whan Canned Ooods Wera lukaowa. W'lint did the world do before some body learned how to can all sorts of pro visions, flee h. fish. fowL everything ani mal or vegetable that man eats or drinks? If the art had been learned a century ago, what misery and want, what dis ease and famine it would have prevented. Now sailors do not need to die of scurvy, nor miners grow gaunt for want of vege table food, nor soldiers sicken from excess of hard tack, nor travelem and expkirors nerish for want of their accustomed food. This simple matter of canning food so that It may be kept iresn tor a year in any climate and be purchased cheaply has made possible many an enterprise which but for that would nave neen im possible. Wherever mines are found canned goods are indispensable. The world has crown larger by means of It and healthier and wealthier and wiser. And yet but a few years ago such a thing would have been Uiougnt uupoasiuie. Chicago Time. Bow BMdlraa Kalslna Are Growa. "Wlutt is a 'seedless' raisin, and how is it produced!" was asked of an tin porter of f ruita. 'Tlie next time you eat piece of mince pie, ne repueu, -juu ' ii ... :. :.. !.. ! : l, wiU Una uie seeoiew ruisui ui m u toe meat' has been properly made. It is a smallish, cream colored fruit,.about tlie size of a eooseberrv. and is used witn an unbroken skin. It comes from Smyrna and is called the 'Sultana.' It is grown seedless simply by arresting one of tlie laws of nature. When tne grape is about half ripe the end of the vine is hent and buried in the ground. This prevent the formation of seed and the I .. .a , . M 1- I... 4 I. full development of the fruit, but It ripens all the Mine and has a delicious flavor.' 1 l'i!P'Ui"hia limes. Mew Passenger Coaches, "We don't like to put new passenger coaches on through service," said an old railroad man to me. Asked for a reason he said: "Through passengers have a bad liol.lt nf nutting their feet on the new iiwli anoiling it In a very short time, We always run the new conches in the '.. -.1 aa uas all.ll llutl local servioe ior . - , - they are ni anout uie..B... don't have that liKimaiioi to their feet that other oplH liave, Bna usually the cars are t( full to turn over tlie seata.' uuuaw --ews. - Toot and Meter. According to Mr. F- O. Ibtvensteln, n, Fnnll.li fitit it used as tl-9 standard nf U-nrth bv ciHintries having 4(11,000,000 inliabiwnt. tlie meter by ;n7,w)i,uw nanlo anil the Castilian foot by 0,90V 000. Denmark and Itussia are the duly emmiriM in continental Eurotss which have not adopted the tueter.- Frank Lea- lie's. Something Really Hew, First wnter-l am teeaing ior an original Idea. I want to write wmiethiug that do out bat aver dont before. Second Writer I U tell you what you can write which will be absolutely without prece dent. First Writer What to itf cwvmd Writer A favorablt review of your own producU.s.-Ch!rago America. Laaly t laepliw OvaSdi fWoroer How mochf DrMri-eeiity-fivecs)nU. By the way, I wish yoe would tell ma, uext time you bap- ' P-ta. -hUr -kJ I I wo. 1 luiea me sa-1 1.-- - fur a maa wbuat curat wert troubling bum. THE 000 AND THE BA9Y. On of rahlonbl Vmim'i family In Truuhl. Rha nt hi the Lrniji Maud depot ail I foil dlnl a dial dz, hlla Ilia nunc Kil l rarrM litllo buuiAii uwiler of tli family. Th dud dog' hair wat banned over ll foreliHa.1, and all U wanted wiu a ir of kin biwhit and a butter rraekt-r hat to he uiUtakeu for a laiu tenuis plnvrr looking for mile gtrU to bar a Kama. Its tail was liavnl otf almost up to th turmhiiM, where there wm a minia ture du.UT that gave it the apimtrauea of a mtty blower with a feather stuck iu thaoud. Tha clerk otil tlx window with a bang and tha fashkmalily drmaed lady turued to port-hue ber ticket, leaving the do on th floor. Two bornv handed tons of toll entered tna waiting room hearing a trunk the tite of a canal boat. They evljMilly uiktook tha dude df for a door nut, tor they placed tha trunk on it outer A man wno sioou bed tha lady at tha ticket wiudow re marked: "lie hurins. 01 do be thinking that wan a yer family's in trouliU-l" Hhe thought M rererreu ui me oauy aim took on notice of the remark. Kmltlfiily there wu a stream from tha nune girl She let the baby fall and hurried to the rescue. The lady turned and took in the situation at a glanca. Then aha swooned. Sue kept on fainting ip to the tuna of the arrival "l me train, and then revived long enough to t rute the nurse for her carelwame-. When they took the dog from under the trunk the poor little fellow looked for all the world like a aurrogate'i wal, and uu tall waui't fat enough for a paper cutter. T ie rtatiou bands hauie.1 Hie inrginien bahy into the train just as the lntur u moving off, and it was cliixl down on a at ami si anted until it lookisl like the Fourth of July. Brooklyn Citl -u. Looking for a Hlar. In a Krnun of army ollloirs at the club the Other day the following anecdote was torn Tenor fifteen years ago," tlie narrator add. "Oil. 1L H. MarkeiMlr, roiirlli t. ultra SUitm cavalry, bow uu the retired list of the army as brigadier general, was coii-ddcred tlie next candidate tor apiliumeiu oi uriga- dier ireneral. His nriiiciiul rival wit an other wearer of the silver raKle Un his shoulder straps, Col. N. A. Miles, of tho fifth Infautrv. now hriguiher general in roniiiutuu of the division of the I'ucilk', who was as aiixioss, of course, as wol. Jiaeseiuie w r mm the alar of a brigadier general, lu I'oL Mackensie'a regiment there was then a grls- lied veteran. I'npt. Jmpoleou M- Meuuign- len. Due bright starlight night they were Lsretlier ill rniuii un a scout on the plums in Teias. CoL Mackenxie was walking up and down near his tent in his nervous manner, lapping his lingers, when suddenly he itouued and miml intently up into the heavens. Capt. Mi-lJtuglilen stepping ouv m his tent, olmerved the colonel In lhi attitude, and remarked: ' -What are vou looking for, colonel r " 'Oh,' replied the colonel, carelowdy, 'I am only looking for a star.' Colonel.' replied MUil. AU'UUiKiiien, t f,r tlx-iVs Miles ts'twern you and that star. And so it turned out, too, as everybody knows. New York Tribune. A Krai KiilhnslMt On bit reront Journey to Kat Saginaw t) atrml tho bin 0. A. K. camp lire, ueu. ai- irer met Clarkmm, the baseballut Alger mtwted him conliully and said: "1 am alway glad to meet notable meu, and you are one of them, Mr. Clarkson." Then followed a dissertation on the subject ot out ami arop curves, chamiioiiuii, etc., wen. ma I-.IMU- elassed n the category 01 oaseoau eruukt. and he lld this story: "Two yean ago lien, hlierman was a guesi t my boma. My sou r ml, then it years oi . was shown every courtesy by the Ulstui- guixhed veteran. 1 loin rreu ua ouguv urn very highly honored by Ueu. Hlieruiattt at tention. "'I'nna.' he replied, 'that's nothing, i walked dowu town with llrouthers this morn ing. '"Saginaw Courier. How Tilings Co In Life. McFlnelo-Do you know tlmt seedy looking Imllvldual over there! ItL-Kanirlo Yes. He's the Inventor 01 one of the most wonderful ami useful engines in tlie world. "In.l.l! And who It that handsomely dressed, prosperous looking man to whom be tstaiklngl" . . 'Oh. be Invented an oil ran to use on the engine Invented oy lue otuer. Sua. UsHt Kevanga. Young Wlfe-I am going to make a ales -fit for tuniwr. Young Husliand (with reeollectiomoi me last onel-Aheni, I did intend to bring friHiiil home to-night. Young Wife-Well, no much the belter. Tha more tlie merrier. Young Husband All right. I will retcu bim along. He served me a nieuu trlek unu- sulf once. Once a Week. She Was a Grammarlaa. "I was never so frightened In my life, panted MU. Uker, as thetsitered berpala- .1.1 I n WmIu.mIi VMfllMI. t llietUTO. tial home on Wabash avenue, fhieago. "What is the matter r asked Iter mamma anxiously. I waa chased by two feetnlt. "-iuu He Baa tha Other Wajr. Great Huuter-Wben the bear taw ma, ran. Auditor And what did you dor HoiitM- I ran after liiin. You the baar started to run first, and I ran afterward -away from bhn. Yankee Blada. A- lntlimmm Harris lm(1ywI .irrf . ,,d many prat- "..Zy and lust think how nh-e-Biost i tbem m ifom nuirrit4 f riendt, and w (uy to K,t tueul ln rtura. eukes blade. Pm Ultle Hippo, N,w Torkar-8o poor little McOinty Mur- hr u dead. fhioago Man-U that sot Great Bcott, and wiU a two foot mouth. Why, wt wart going to buy bun to boon the fair la coo grata. Time. Row She Knew. Wilt (to kutband at tod of a "tptt")-Tbt fools tint all dead yet. Hiuln.! Thev ain't, eh I Wife He, or I would bavt tha amount of . ' j. befu,. thla-BoatoO I your tasuraaca policy lluct tuts, nottoo I Courier Had e Cae for It, -Cn I tell you a 'life of ioha U SulUvaa,' au-r asked the agent. 'So, my frkud," said tba merchant, "I btvt do oat for a tcrap boot" Muntey't VYtakly. A SaltafcU Matak. lira. Batcom-Baa lUlitsy Btick mat with tollable match, think you I lira. Backlut 1 should jedgt ta ner iu Wt hair at rad as fire. BurUogtos Frtt RETURN. Tternrn," wa dare imi! aa we fafa WivuUI crt from hearts Uiat rearnt Lot-e ilaivs not hid our dead afaltt ret arm. Oh. hearts tint Mm In and hum As flrvs fast fellrml bora anil strain, llo ilowa, be si ill and k-arn. The hcort Ihnt healeil all hearts of pain . No funeral rites liiurn; It echoes, a hile I lie .lam remain, return, A. V. Hwiubums. PEN PICTURE OF TIBERIAS. On at the "Holy f'ltlee" of tha Jew. ' Aa Old Synagu(iie Itellra, Hebron, Jerusalem, fcnfcd, and Tibe rias became tho "holy cities'' of the Jews fV'r the Roman cncciition had ceased niiewhut. 11k NiulieUnm was at II- berias for a number of years. Thirteen nagogues were here at one time, each one having a wlxxil connected with it aa Ttainlv as the present churches have their Sunday schools. A Jewish school of language became tho center of the ewish faith. To learn Hebrew from a rabbi of Tilicriaa is even yet considered a cieat privilege. The old synagogue cnrrie one nocg 000 vents. ' Its roof is suptiorted by stone arches and columns. In the center is a great cage like iuckMire. constructed of wood which is dried and twisted by centuries of vxoure, but Yet as sound as when hewed from the lg. This is the reading place. Ascending tlie steps which lead to the interior. theraUhloiMMia the scroll ami begins to teach and intone. The assembled congregation walk around the cage, muttering and gesturing, some chiming in a high key, or imitating the dusts of a tromlxuie through the bunila. Some weep as they frantically throw up their arms: others kiss their phylacteries as thev fold and unfold tlieni about the ft arm and the head; others march around and beat time with their hands nd feet. Anv reference to the coming of the Messiah excites them to frenzy. Little cU' remains in Tiberias to inter est the student. Relics of the past are found intermingled with the necessities the present. Disks cut from the syenito columns of the old temple serve as null tones to grind barley for the sons of Mohammed; tine old porphyry col umns are thrown Uion the ground and ollowedout for public horse trouglis; threshing Honrs are pared with bits of friezo chiseled after (Jrecinn designs paid for by Herod Antis. Tlie cattle are slaughtered in the puoiio thoroughfares; the streets are hoiieleHsly tilthy; the bazars are unattractive; the people ore depressed ; and, as tlie drago man tells us. "the king or tne neas re sides here. Yet hero como the pilgrim Jews to die, in order that their bones mar rest close to tho tomlis of their wise men who hare cone before: some de clare thut here the Messiah will appear. Edward L. Wilson in The Century. rhytleal Training at Cornell. What is done hi the way of physical training " "Kvcry freshman Is f xaralned when he enters, by the doctor, and caretut meas urements taken of nun, bis lung tested, his bean examined, his muscular power tried. During tho first two years of the course all the young men are required to tuke physical training under the direc tion of the professor of physical culture, During two terms of the year tiua con sists in military drill. In the winter term they take gymnastic exercise, tertain out, who are found to bo unequal to this hi their entrance examination, are tmatmi hr themselves, and perform exer cises proscribed by tho professor for the niinswe oi BirengiiiniuiK meir wrai " . " .1 ' 1. iwinU. There are ei haps thlrtv of these in einh clasa. They are called, in col lege slang, 'tho P. W.V physical wrecks. Tliia compulsory physical training under the personnl direction of the profeiwor is of the greatest importance and value, and the results oi it are au niirnble. "Tho voung ladies have gymnastic ex ercise also, except those who are over .1 and these niuy take it if they choose, and ru matter of fact most of them do. Of course tliere are some who are unable to l ike tlio same exercise oa the others, mid thev are specially prescribed for. 'Tlie lniiortance oi tins compulsory im hi ino- Li emu v seen, when tne Diiys- hid culture is elective, as it is at Harvard, just those students who need it most do not get It; that IS toeay, ua guuno. rule, onlv those students will of their own choice tuke up gymnastic exercise and pursue it regular')' who are already in unotv imod physical condition, while the awkward and the weak will be apt to leave it alone. We have elective studios at Cornell, but physical culture is not one of them. Interview with President Adams. Who Mali tha I lest kallora. Tho American able teaman is a thing of the mist. Indeed, he Isn't wanted. His very Americanism placet him at a disadvantage in seeking a berth. He la not a good suliordiuute. And he khuws too much for his own good. Tlie best suilont, from the musters' standpoint, are Scandinavians, Norwegians. Swede and Dutchmen. Italians and Frenchmen are in more demand in tho winter for southern voyages, as being better acclimated, but at other tunes are not preiernxi. . Negroes do not make tlie best sailors, but are useful in the cabin, and there are usually two or three alumni every ship. Hut the liest teamen are rarely anything mtire. The men who rise to be oflloers are almost always Americans, English men or Uerumns. bdwln At well. Starvation Among the Ksklmo. When the fisxl supply of the Eskimo village is reduced to thut point where physical weaknewi ensues among the meiulier. the distrilmtlon of it among tbu isiitile Is no loiuter euual. The good. able Issliiil binilers among them still re ceive from the amount enough to keep tliem in strength, wd wlien thut It no longer Mtllicient to go around among all nf them, the la-ttcr of these even yet are on full rations, until It gets down to tlie best hunter, wlio is kept in good ohysicul nmdition until the last iiiorwi disap- peant. Frulcrick Kihwutka in bt. Louis Hepublican. '. At) ArweMlated light. ' In a theatre at Ash ton, England, during tht nerformanotof a melodrama, an excited wo man threw her bonnet at the "villain'' on the stage w ho waa ttranghng ona of tht cbar- ax-M-e. TIM applause loiiowing ner scum was uia-iwrioua, tlie most of it coming from the gentleman who ant humadiatoly is tha rear of tba bonneL-NorrhttowD lUrald. Joha la the Eltchea. Visa Rteela (of Plttaburg)-8o you bavt real Chinaman for a servant! Ia bt efficient I Him Pbarweat (is? Han Kranclaco) Ho-to, He'adraeslfully hard ou dishes. But what can you aspect of a domestic Uiat area talks broken Chinal-I'ltuburg Bulletin. mt a Vlatu ,..L i- i aia , bt b hit roast gonseaod I havtaoth- bit" "Ob, yea, air; but turn he alwayigeta very emat If wt doa't serve him at ooot."- Kliegeoda Blaetter. THE NEW REPORTER. Haw ne Learned omelhlnf af tie Vp nd IHiwus ef Journalism. The new reorter, a young man wboas graduating essay, entitled "Tot Unseen Forces of Moral Philiaophy," had been highly complimented by the professor of botany, took asset near the city editor'sdesk. "Iain delighted," said be to the clty -edltor, "to think that 1 have to easily and with to little delay found the work for which i am to well fitted. How do you like my sketch, 'Wel raven St. Bolrrer " "It Is magiuneeiit," tba city editor an twered, as he took out a manuscript "Your diction it delightful and your style Is capti vating, ami lu uearly avery line there It a gentle but strong relaika to tha blunt and rommonplare writer.'' "My dear sir." exclaimed tha reporter, "you chai iii me." "For iustanca," wild tha city editor, taking no notice of the reporter's enthusiasm, "you say that Walraveu located In this portion of the country." "Yes; do you like the way I express itT "I am delighted. Soma writers old fink ney out there, for lustunee would have said that Wslraven trttlrd in this rt of tha country." ' Yea, I sea. lie doeaitl unuersiaim ruiv- orio very well, does lief" "Uu, uo: not at all. Here is anoiuer ex cellent p'lnt," tald the city editor, turning the leaves of tha manuscript. " 1 ou sht inni Walraveu went to a hardwait estublisbineut and procured a ride," . "ThatV gisxl, Isn't Itr "First class. Old I'lukney would have said that he weut to a hardwara Mora and bought a rifle," "That's because he It rather low In tut manner ot exprvwiou, isn't it f "Assuredly t and, agalu, you say tnat n ai raven partook of refreslimenu." "How does that strike jour "Way up." "What would Plnkuoy have said r "Oh, hi hit vulgar way ha would have laid that Walraveu ate supper or luueheou or something of that art." "I wonder that ha does uot learu better , ill tlie reHrter. It tewus that he should, liy tha way, wa cannot afford tousetblasketcu. It It too high for our readers." "What must I do with Itr "Bring It out In pamphlet form and tell It on the campus." "That I a good Idea; I'll do IU Bliail 1 go out now and write something!" "No; eld Pinkney is covering tha ground pretty well. You may go out to tha oouuty asylum, though." ."To write up tha t buses of the institution r So; to ttay there till we tend for you. Oood-by.M Exchange. Ilrlef ainllae. Around town Clrclevllle, 0. The mouse In hit bolt it safe beyond a purr- adventure. Of all narrow escapes a smile has tha nar rowest. It gets out by the akin of its teetu. The western mayor who refuted to "let the dead past bury ita dead," without a permit, wilted wheu ttiformed that it nau a poeuo Hernia. "Our correspondent at ITopetown lies still In death." laid Tba Clarion, aud then the editor oouldu't undentand why the bereaved brother came to lick bim. Charles F. Lum mit lu Time. Drees a la Mode. Curtis Why, what a slovenly fellow (lea ner Is. And it't too bad. too) be t clever la tome things. Miss Wslnut-I must eonfrst I haven't no ticed. Curtis Yea, indeed; be't vary careless about hit personal appearance. Why, bit clothes actually lit bim, you know, Isut it awfulf Philadelphia Inquirer. Hie lleam ad tha Mote. Alice-What au awfully rude girl Minnie Thompson III Maude Indeed I 1 never uotlcea it. Alice Just think after tha had isuaed me on the street this aftaruoou, 1 actually caught her looking Iwck at nit four times I MaudeOh, my, bow awful! isew York Sun. A Apada'a a Spaila, A. -What do you think of Dudley I B. Not much. "But, my dear sir, bt belongs to tht cream ot New York society." "If vou want to call him a milk top why dont you do It, Instead of beating around the buthr Texat Hiftlnga, A Mercenary Qlrl. Charlet-I tdort you, Edith, but alasl I am poor. However, I have a weaituy uncie from whom I hart eiec Kdlth (eagerly) It he married? Charles-No. darling. Edith Then Introduce Die to bhn, there'i a dear; Hi-rapt, Tht Philosophy ot Ik If ha Blerker You KnglUh bavt tome ab surd cuitoina, Now, there'i no Justice and no sruse no rhyme and no reatoo In primo geniture. Lord Bondliuntar Uh, l aont snow, now. It't lust likt this, you tee, "First tomt, first served." Life. Wouldn't Miss Uar. Ha Do you think your father will object to our marriage! Sue-No. Indeed: I am tht oldatt of a fam ily of tlx girls and he'll bt glad to bavt nit off bis bands. Yankee Ulada. Easily r.iiilaliied. "How It this, Alfred, I found tblt Cork screw In one of your poekeUf" "Oh, that's all light, mother, may corut with thott corkscrew suits, you know." Time, . A OeaulM Alligator Oris. -Lift. RU Oecepatl . "What does Mr. Blnuksoa dof asked oot cltUeu of another. Rothlng." "But bt mutt dotoruethlng." "Well, he Just takes up rouu on tht earth. WaUiUigton Capital. " OI Count Vet. ' Tom Befort you ware married did your mitm Dick I did not bavt say wife befort I wu man-tad Yankee Blada, Barwlng at Both Eada. If ailame ooowa boma from the theatre, and finds Minna (thetervant) sitting in tba kitchen reading a book by the light of two candle She at vary naturally annoyed at the girl's txtravaganos, "Why.Mlnnai actually retsr ln iwivala with two candles burning'" . "Mot at all. ma'am." was tht eoul reply, "that's only one candle! I just eat it In two lalf o hour ego," Theater Zaltwig. Buva roto, a famous nstugueae trav- W und aIata trader, who diJ at Bihe, in Africa, recently, was the first white man to cross the Dark Continent, lit socomplislied that great feat in 1833. bisUU bud tret. RECOLLECTIONS. AI when a player, weary of t he day, Takes up hit Instrument and plays along; First ainil'tHly, until unto tome song, Heard long ago. his ringers Hod their way-. The old tune bringing memories which lay Iwrp burled In the pant, omv glad and strong lie fis-ll tgaln those Jors arouud hlin throng. And weej m-s lnlr to lliluk they cannot stay; Ho I, a-weary with the passing hours. In musing fell ui-in tlie numr of oue, Now deed anil gone, Imi oni-e was dear to me, And rerolleclion tweet assnnunrr thowera tame back, swift aa tlie Ant faint gk-amt that mo. At dawn, aerott a great gray waste of tea. -William Bart lett Tyler. "FIRST WATER" DIAMONDS. What tht Term Means Variations la Quality and Value. Tlie term "first water" is varied In meaning according to the class of goods carried by the dealer using it. It is now, however, intended to refer to a diamond that is alwolutcly free from nil trace tf ' color, blemish, llawt or other imper fections, and whose brilliancy is perfect. It is almost iiiiswihleto value a diamond by its) weight. Color, brilliancy, catting and the general character and perfection of the stone are all to bo takeu into ac count. Of two stones, both flawless and of the same weight, one may be worth $1100 and the other $1'',0()0. Exceptional stones often bring fancy prices, whereas oft colored Mom sell for from (UU to $ 11)0 a carat, regardless of size. Tlie sxrcrqualiti" have depreciated so much that some are worth only one-tenth to one-quurter of what they were twenty years ago. This isesisvinllv true of large . stones of the smutd or third quality. As an instance of the depreciation of colored stones we remeiiilier the famous Dewey diamond, found near Manchester, Va., in I Hod, on which tho lale John Morrissey loaned t'1.000. This stone weighed eleven carats after cutting, but it would scarcely bring as many hundreds today, except for associations. To le really fine, a diamond should be cut neither too deep nor too shallow (spread, as it is termed), but should be mathematically perfect in its proportions. A dealer usually buys either a divp or a spread stone for us much less than the price of the perfect stone which can be cut from it as will pay the excnses and the risk of rooming. For example, a three curat spread or deep stone may furn ish only a two and a quarter rnnit stone of perfect shiqie, anil is, therefore, worth the price of the latter, less the risk and cost cf recutting, and not as much, or more than a three carat, simply becauso It spreads over more surface. Very often Ilraxilian gems the very finest as re gards purity, and brilliancy and perfec tion of cutting, yet containing some al most microscopic carbonaceous fragment or tome slight Haw. mny I rejected by a person who wishes absolute perfection; but this same person may select a stone that, though perfect in every way, lucks that essential feature of a line diamond, brilliancy, and it almost lustreless when ronqiarod with the stone that he had re- ected. There areas many different qtinlitlMln dii iamonds as In horses. Diamonds may lie round, oval-oblong, rounded squares or square; tne cuttings may do mntne- maticullr correct, fine, fair or poor, a iamond may be of the proper depth or may lie too deep; it may be shallow or read: It may be perfect; it may be lightly flawed, contain black spots, be brilliant or medium brilliant. Its color may be pure white, milky, steel blue or it may be oil color, tinted or byo-wotor; in fact, there can bo many hundreds ot dilferencea in a one carat stone. As JelTeriet, the diamond dealer and authority, snid in 1730, the tine diamond should be at clear as pure rock water, perfect in shane, and not only pure white, but lively, showing fire, aa it is called. Any undecided tint of brown, yellow, gray or other color is a positive blemish. But when the tint it decided, as blue, pink or green, In which case the colors are called "fancy," they are held in high estimation. New York ilail and Ex press. Wedding Presents In China. Tlie ceremonies employed In Chinese marriages differ widely in the various provinurt and district. In all, however, "go between " is engaged to nnu, in nit first instance, a fitting bride for tne would be bridegroom; to conduit the preliminary proceedings of bringing tho purents to ternus and to see to the cast ing of the horoscoNt and the exchange of presents. The gifts presented are of inllnite variety; but in almost every case noose and a gander, tlie rerogmzea emblems of conjugal fidelity, figure con spicuously among the offerings made by the bridegroom, me choice ot uiese birds is so strange thut one is opt to con sider it as one of the xvuliar outcomes of the biy lui vy Chinese mind, whic h regards the left bund as the place of honor and the stomacii as tne seat oi mo Intellect. Hut this is not quite so, for we find from Goorge Sand that at tlie inurriage of French peasants in llerry a goose was commonly lsrne in the bride groom's procession. BlackwWs Mag azine. Chloride of Hixlluin. Tlie salt mountains of Nevada, the salt Island in Louisiuim. ns well us various other deposits of chloride of sodium in different purts or the worm, are auuosi absolutely pure chloride of emliiun. Of 22. 2M is-r cent, of salts found in Ureal Halt lake, the remarkable proportion of 50.19 tier cent, is found to be pure chloride of sodium, and yet many of the streams running into tlie hike contain vastly Lirirer oualitities of other salts; some of the water is so heavily charged with nitrates and sulphates of soda and potash as to be unlit for animals todrink; and all the potash salts in the lake have disapiieared. Tho peculiar character of these phenomena nave long men stuuieu by gisilogists and cliemisbt, but no one tlicory in particular appears to ue apyin.--able to all the facts presented in tho localities named. New York Sun. Dr. Talmas'! Aadienre. ; Ilis Sunday morning oernioii, or a por tion of it, is published in some newspatier in nearly every city in tins country, tit a score of cities tlie sermon is published by ttsne newsiaer in its entirety, ine various syndicates, or newsiaper agencies that supply news to out of town ias'n, and others that supny what is known as "plate matter," make a feature of pub lishing these sermons. Front a source that admits of no dis pute, I araenubledtosbite positively that the newspapers hi America alone that publish these sermons every week have' a circulation of 13,1100.000 tMpi.. Think of that for an audience! Foster Coatee. Oat an tha Professor. Professor (to pupil wbout bo tiu caught mimicking iim)-Mr. Jonea, if you d. a t stop acting like a fool, I thai! tend ) uu ft ma tba class. -Time. Aa Old Favorite Ceturrcrltd. Experierct Is a great teacher, but tho Hrt't tiu otautil wt use to rub tut;nbi ou U a grater. Life.
