PROTECT
The machinery of the law has not been put to work
too speedily against the fraudulent use of ammonia and
alum in Baking Powders. Both health and the pocket of
the people are demanding protection The legislatures of
' New York, Illinois and Minnesota have taken this matter
of adulteration up, and especially that of Baking Powders.
It will be in the interest of public health when their sale
is made a misdemeanor in every State in the UNION, and
the penalties of the law are rigidly enforced. There is no
article of human food more wickedly adulterated than that
of Baking Powder.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is the only pure
cream of tartar powder having a general sale that is free
from ammonia, alum or taint of any kind of impurity. It
makes the sweetest and lightest bread, biscuit and cake
that are perfectly digestible whether hot or cold. It costs
more to manufacture Dr. Price's than any other baking
powder. It is superior to every other known and the
standard for forty years.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is re
ported by all authorities as free from Ammonia,
Alum, or any other adulterant. In fact, the
purity of this ideal powder has never been questioned.
ABSENCE.
I struggle, shrined w-lthlu a deep content.
The liiiur I go cnniMiiloules of Mice:
For we bnve V-.tv. t i ::-ihcT love U meant
To make c.i -a u..i.i.a 1 mellow husbandry.
So. 'mid the acres of this teeming earth.
Where once I Uillod in barrenness of soul.
And scorned each dry niece, and taw no
- worth
In dreary pieces of a dreary whole
Now. with thine Image, w hen thysclfs not by,
I hold com in ii n ion. and my iilep Id light;
For thou dun! cliitinpion each feat I try.
And oft i Iiiuku uloiiil in my delluht.
And catch my own voice saying oftcnwhlles,
Ti thus her eyes are, and 'tis thus she
miles."
Owen Whiter in Upplncotu
. , A Woman Stops a Ituuaway.
Mrs. Rul 1 in M. Squire, who in one of
the noted horsewomen of New York,
wm out riiling in Out nil park one day
recently, when n runaway middle horse
. dashed by her. The rider, white faced,
had dropped his ruins and was clinging
to his pommel for dear life, while the
Animal was bolting along at his topmost
iieed. Mrs. Sipiire's saddle lyirse,
ilarker, is one of the best trainee! ani
mals in the world, and as intelligent as
a human being. He wheeled about, even
before his mistress could lightly pull the
rein, and as she gave the word followed
after the runaway. Ilarker is a Ken
tucky thoroughbred with tretiieiidoiu
speed and soon overhauled the bolting
horse.
Mrs. Squire quietly seized the fallen
reins, and as the two horses ran along
, together brought them gradually to a
standstill, Ilarker doing his part as if he
had been in the business of stopping run
aways all his life. The scared horseman
was all confusion and thanks, of course,
but the mounted policeman, who came
slowly np, was both philosophical and
complimentary, as he touched his hat
and said, "Begging your pardon, Airs.
Commissioner, for laving yez the bad
job, but I saw yez would get to him first
and I slowed np a bit, becaz I knowed
you were good for the baste." New
York Press. i
Remembering a Wealthy Widow.
Much is said and written about the re
f .onsibilities and disadvantages even of
great wealth. Still, there must be times
when to be able to do things en prince
has its compensations. One of onr lovely
young American matrons whose resi
dence has been in London for a number
of years enjoys an intimate friendship
with the daughter of one of England's
richest peers. Recently the husband of
the New York woman died in London,
And later the bereaved wife came back
to her native land. From the moment
of her affliction until she sailed away to
be with homo relatives her friend lavish
ed upon her the most delicate yet sumptu
ous attentions.
Boxes of rare orchids and otherexotics
came daily from the' magnificent con
servatories of the English woman, to-'
frether with hampers of choice fruits
from her hothouses. Every day a visit,
A message or a gift to testify to ber con
stant thought and sympathy. Loving
letters followed her to this country, and
a few weeks after the widow's arrival in
New York she received a package from
her friend which when opened disclosed
a rich jewel casket Within it lay a
necklace of superb pearls, and on i!io
giver's card was written, "I send yen
the tears, congealed, which 1 have shed
with you in yonr sorrow." New Yo; !;
Times.
Princess Louis of Denmark.
Princess Louise of Denmark, who is
expected to marry Prince Eugene of
Sweden, gets her name and some of her
blood from the Queen Louise of Prussia,
the most beautiful woman who has be
longed to the Berlin court. The line of
descent is: Queen Louise; her youngest
daughter Louise, who married the Dutch
Prince Frederick; Princess Frederick's
daughter Louise, who became queen of
Sweden; the Swedish qneen's daughter
Louise, who married the crown prince of
Denmark. Princess Louise is said to
have inherited a good part of the beauty
of the famous queen whose name she
bears. She is sixteen years and three
months old, and is the third of eight
children.
Her prospective husband, the Duke of
Nerike, is twenty-six years ow, anu mo
fourth son, although only the third son
from the Swedish throne, as the second
mm gave up his right to succession od
iBajrying a woman outside of the pale of
Tovalty. He has studied industriously
Willi the best painters in Paris, and is an
su-tistof high abilities, as well as a man
of more regular and abstemious naoii
XhAU the average European pnnce.-raru ,
J:ter.
OUR BREAD.
Modem Eastern Single.
The Inst issue of The Journal of the
Anthropological society of Bombay con
tains a curious paer by Mr. Itehatsok on
twenty of the branches of eastern magic,
all of which are in voguo at the present
time. The first of these is the "Arcana
of letters and of names," by which let
ters and figures are combined into magic
squares, incantations, etc. These derive
their power from the "arbitrary use of
them made by the spirits governing the
natural world, in such a war that the
ninety-nine beautiful name of God and
other divine words formed of letters con
taining the Arcana, which pass into ma
leria) substances, intercedes." The ma
gician, of course, is the sole interpreter
of the uses and significances of the com
binations.
Alchemv conies next, and Is followed
by astrology, the most popular of all the
Eastern occult sciences. It is practiced
on all occasions, to discover thefts, to
foretell the result of a journey, the fu
turn of an infant, etc. Another popular
practice is soothsaying from the sacred
looks by opening one at random and
placing the finger on a line. This is al
most the only one of the sciences which
costs nothing, and which every one can
practice. The selection of davs is a sub
ordinate branch of astrology, and is em
ploved to ascertain what Huys aro lucky
or unlucky for tho commencement of
certain enterprises, tho wearing of new
clothes, and the like.
Divination and the interpretation of
dreams are common everywhere. Sum
moning and subjugating demons is the
most fearful of the tuagicid sciences.
There are two kinds one dangerous and
embracing unlawful magic, the other re
ligious and consisting mainly in con
fining demons in (lame, so that they are
compiled to obey the commands of the
magician. Geomancy is practiced by
means of dots made with a pencil and
arranged in complicated combinations
so that they answer questions.
The art of invisibility appears to be
only known by unme to Mr. Kehatsek,
for he does not desire it. Jefr is a sci
ence which is only known to one family.
It is defined as "the general science con
cerning the Tables of the Eternal De
cree and of Predestination," and enables
adepts to know all that has happened, is
happening or wilt happen iu the most
remote future. London Times.
Feathered Policemen. .
The description given by The (London
Globe of the cariumaa or sorieuias, lo
cated in the eastern aviary of the Zoolog
ical gardens, will amuse everybody
while it should not surprise any one.
That there should lie among birds a
species which is lilted to perforin among
its kind the duties undertaken umong
men by policemen is fact for which all
ought to lie prepan . Why should not
each variety of created things have in its
midst the same sort of functions and
functionaries, modified according to cir
cumstances and habit? More thun one
pictorial artist as, for instance, C. IL
Be;inelt in this country has shown us
what marvelous resemblances birds and
animals can lie made to bear and actually
do bear to man. and it humanity finds it
necessary to have policemen, why should
not the "feathered trilies" tie similarly
impelled. . .
The cariama seems particularly well
lilted for the post of public guardian. He
jw-rauibulu're his cage with all the regu
larity and hauteur of his human proto
type on his "heat." and if nt intervals he
emits piercing shrieks w hich seem un
calliil for, he only the more faithfully
curried out the analogy. This, no doubt,
is his way of blowing the whistle, and
u In n he dues it in his cage it is probably
from instinct or from immemorial cus
tom, lie has already been acclimatized
in the poultry yard, where he faithfully
is-iform his duty as the preserver of
order. If two young cocks assault or
batter each other he steis in between
them anil stops tlie combat "by a series
of pecks divided impartially at the beads
of both."
Impartiality, of course. Is an excellent
quality in a policeman, whether he be
bird or man; would there were more of
it. The origin of the cariama is, it seems,
lost in obscurity: but it is admittedly
ancient, and possibly he may be A lineal
descendant of the judge birds of ornitho-
: logical antiquity. Denver Kepublican.
Miss Mane B. Schiller, who will be
one of the three women to visit South
America for the purpose of interesting
the women of that continent in the
World's fair, is highly educated And ac-
luhei (;yakiiiz Spanish. French
M flaentiy as she does Ea-
I glUh. Sh is a PhilAdelphiao.
OREAMS.
la dreams I wild in pleasant wave,
fly lm-U stream In sunny dells.
Where pear alulr ami brainy dwells
And ti'-mltirs glow through happy daya
I drxatn of Wen, Is wlewe faith Is fast,
I dream of love thai i-annoi fail.
Of ra thai aer lire nur
Of nope that Itvkon (ill the hue
In dreams I hear Ih- songs uf bint.
I sue I lie shores uf bauey land,
I feel the churn uf kiting hands,
I catch the ill if I of tender words
They are hut dreamt, and I. alas,
Awake to weep my tsnMi.-d bltesj
awake to feel the truth of this-
Taat dreams ran nsrer came to ua.
I sometime uh I ne'er had dreamed
about the ttiin" I lung for so.
For then my heart might necr know
How dear their sweet fulllllmeiit seemed.
Will lei me dn-am. for oftentimes
I tie path is drear, the day t Weak,
My soul sosad, my heart so seak,
I fain would near the happy I'hiukta.
The happy chimes that fancy riiiki
Across the dreary moors of hie;
I fain would see amid my strife
The icavful visions fancy hrlnca.
ta tHuiakUnii in Button Courier.
MARTHA.
"She's a gcod gal an' deserves to lie
happy ef anybody does!"
Old John Compton gave the wheel of
his wagon an emphatic twirl around the
axle which he had been greasing. His
brow was trouble, his voice betrayed
emotion. Itemoving his funnel shaped
hat. he wiped the moisture from his
wrinkled face.
Behind him was his cabin, and in its
entry his wife was at work. In front of
lutu lay his crops exulting in the sun
shine. He took the prop from the axle:
Hu ll lie joined his w ife.
'Mother," he said, in the same dis
quieted tone that had characterized his
sohlispiy a moment before, "mother,
you think Martha's made up her mind
about Berry Bradley an' 'twouldn't do
no good to reason furder w ith her?"
The woman turned from the churn,
and drew near to him. Her movement
was slipshop, her face as grave as his:
sighing, she said:
"Do any good? Not a particle. I've
been agin it. John, tho Lord's my wit
ness. i ve suuered torments; not a
nacherl night's rest in a month have I
had. Hut what's to be done? It's the
Lord's will, I reckon. You don't know
nolliiu' about a mother's feelin's a man
cayn't, it aint natur'; but I've got somen
to tell you; you re her father an' orter
know, though sech mutters kin pass 1s t
ter betwixt women folks, kaje they un
-rstand one another.
"last iilgnt 1 cotihln-t rest, ion was
sound asleep. I thought I heerd some'n'
a-stirrin' in the child's Yixitii. I got out
o' bed and crept 'cross the entry, un',
a-standiii' thar nt that crack, I heerd her
a-ervin' an' a-pravin' in thar to herse'f,
thout a sign of a light.
"I iieeiied in at the door, au' saw the
pore gal s face in the moonshine. In all
my born days I hain't seed sech misery
on a human countenance, sua was us
dead white as a corpse, n-settin' on the
side o tlio bed with her arms crossed,
lieudiu' for'ard an' back'ard, a-inoaiiin
an a-praym in whispers.
I knowed twas kase wed been
talkin' agin' Berry, un' I went to her an'
tuk her up in my lap she's a pore, frail
little thing anywar; she never was
overlv stout.
"After awhile sho told me all about it
from beginnin' to end. Berry uster tote
her dinner basket an' jino her on the
road to school mighty nigh everyday-
three year ago fore he tuk to drinkiu ,
blie liegun to love mm men. Miu never
opened her mouth about it, an' you
know lie dnln t come to the house even
as often as Clem Craig, so how's we to
know?
"She don't dispute, that he's triflin'.
He's al'ays lieen kind an' lovin' to her,
she says; an' has promised time an' agin
to stop drinkiu . She thinks she can get
im to give it up. He proved to her, ut
meetin , yesterduy, by liudd Logan, 'at
he haint teched a drop o' nnything in
toxicatin' in over three weeks. He savs
he never will agin; but the's no tellin'
bout them that's tied to liquor. He
inout start agin, an' w hat ud come o'
err
The buskiness in the woman's voice got
the mastery of her articulation, and she
went silently back to the churn. She
continued her work, but the dasher in her
unsteady hand struck against the sides of
the churn with unwonted force. She
was wiping her eyes on the skirt of her
bonnet.
The subject of the conversation just
reported was the only living child of the
old couple; their other children had died
before they had passed the s-nod of in
fancy. Martha was the pet, the joy of
the humble household. More thun once
the neighbors had expressed themselves
against what they considered to be dot
ing over indulgence of the girl on the
part of the father and mother.
Shell be eternally spiled," quoth
one.
"She's the ouly gal in the hollow 'at
in auord to wear shoes in summer
time; next thing you II hear o her
havin' a boss an' buggy," said another.
"They put her to school six months
last year. - The most 'at common folks
gits fur th'r children is a month 'twixt
layin'-hy time an Christmas, com
plained an old crone with a ragged
brood of ten children dependent on her.
His wife's graphic recital of the girl's
unhappinem touched the old farmer
deeply. He could frame no reply. Walk
ing restlessly acrowi the puncheon floor
he shaded his eyes from the glare of the
afternoon sun and gaaed westward,
where he descried a couple advancing
along the road through the fields. It
was Martha ut d her lover a slight, girl
ish form in a homespun gown, a burly
voting countryman with a slouching
'walk.
They came to the cabin together, both
silent. The girl's feature were regular
and pleasing, her face deep and serioui;
she was about IS years of age, the young
loan S3.
"Wou't yon come in an' rest?" she
sked, in a restrained tone, with a dubi
ous and stolen glance at lier parents.
He complied, manifestly aba-died, gav
the occupants of the entry a gaw ky bow
and a mumbled "Howdy," and took a
eat on an empty soda keg against the
wall. hich. in hi immediate vicinity,
was frescoed elaborately w Ith string of
red pepja-r ps!s hung up to dry.
The titillating dust and odor from this
vegetable made him long to sneeze. His
excessive timidity or bashfulneas, how
rer, thwsrted such an outbreak.
As a rule, young men io this region
when they go "a-sparkin' " nave little U
say. Berry Bradley, bile different in
Iiiuiiy rv:,MH U from the average "Sprout
......... .,., .... r,rpo lm
rule. If you lis. I seen lutii. as he Kit
.. ... . II.
,! j ,i iiw.r luaen nun tor ail i
immutable mute. The pepiirr pod hail
united ins eyes to leant, y ( lie did not
have the courage to nlt r his mi,ition,
but sat looking through (he blur us im-
li.-nt us a statue in a fog.
Ik-sides, no other seat Invited occu
pancy save a dismantled candle lx near
Mrs. Comptoit's churn. Theiliscouifoits
arising from the peper ls were pref
erable to a nearer approach to his mother-in-law
in proMct.
1 lie goiHl woman finished h.-r work nt
u e cnurn. ami. m.oui glance nt the
vi-iitor, went moodilv into one of the
rooms to arrange the table fur the even
ing meal; m here iiki!i Berry moved
slightly, got his feet and hands into a
less tense posture, and w iped his eyi-s on
his coat t-leeve. Tho farmer picked up
his Kisket, and went out to feed his
horses; the visitor sneezed with a kind
of bray, and left the pods.
"I'd lietter U' a-goin'." be remarked to
the girl standing near the steps.
"What's your hurry?" she naked, with
a quick, troubled expression in her eyes.
"IViyou think a man orter wait tell
ole llabe blows his horn in his vear 'fore
he takes a hint? My room's wuth inoie'n
my cotiipiuiv in this shebang," he re
plied angrily.
"I cayn't he'p It, Bcrrv," she nnswer-
ed, with a sigh. "I've done all I kin.
You oughtn't to blame inn fur it."
"Well, it makes no odds. I'll meet
you at meetin to-morrow night, an II
fetch you home. No, I'm to blame furt
all, but you'll nee. You've said vou'd
try me, an you shan't lie sorrv
His tone was very serious, and ho
walked awav without another word.
It is mi small wonder that such u man
as llerry llradlev could huve won the
maiden tho most eligible in every re
spect in Sprout Hollow. RcckloHs'ntid
improvident us tins man was, void of
physical attractiveness or educational
advantages, lie held tho girl in his power
by her heart cords, und through her he
held her parents.
Keluctantly the old people consented
io tne marriage. Kerry renewed Ins
promises to reform with doubled earnest
ness, and the wedding dnv drew to hand
People for miles around gathered lit
the Compton cabin that bright summer
afternoon. The cabin was not large
enough to accommodate the guests, so
the space under the tree in front of the
house was utilized for their accommoda
tion. Neighlmrs brought chairs and
stools; planks and rails were laid across
stones to make benches, ami various
other articles of household furniture and
outdoor rubbish adapted to the iiuriKiso
were brought into use for seutiug the
crowd. Many of the men stood up; some
sat on the rail fence of the cow lot near
I iv.
Everything became so still when the
parson stepH-d from among the crowd
into the entry that the drone of the Is-es
around the hives at the end of the cabin
could he heard. Berry led his bride from
one of the rooms, and they stood Ix-fore
the preacher. Her gown was of plain
white muslin. A mass of glossv browii
hair fell in waves over her shoulders.
A few smiles, such as touch faces al
fashionable weddings, even though void
of sincerilvwould not have been out of
lace, now that the girl's step was irre
vocable; but tho simple minds of the
spectators were unlearned in such subtle
arts, and the upturned countenance
mutely and firmly stsiko disapprobation
of thu match, und sympathy for the
parents, for the bridegroom's character
was well and unfavorably known by
them ail.
At the feet of the bride sat her parents,
their gray heads uncovered in tho spray
of dancing sunshine w hich fell through
the tree branches. Truly pitiful was the
feeble semblance of approval w hich they
strove to keep in their euro worn faces.
The ceremony was over. The most
friendly of the neighbors shook hands
with the newly married pair; then tin
throng melteir away. Intense and f-in-barrossing
silence came to the household
with the departure uf the guests. Martha
was to go forthwith to the cabin that her
husband had made ready for her on
some land a few miles distant, which ho
had rented for the next year,
Berry brought out Martha's liox and a
bundle of new quilts her dowry and
put t)i-ui In a buggy. The young brido
kissed hersiieechlcHS mother, and tw ined
her arms tightly around tho wrinklis)
neck. With eyes brimful of tear she
went to her futher, as he leaned over the
fence looking fixedly at nothing,
He turned w hen her hands touched Ids
arm and put his rough, sun browned
hand against the side of her face. He
did not kiss her; sho did not intend to
kiss him. Such a mark of ulfcction had
never passed between them, but a deep
feeling was evinced in his dispirited do
meunor, and revealed in thedimmed orbs
beneuth tho shaggy gray eyebrow s, that
more than sufficed.
" You'll be over soon, you an' your
you an llerry, l reckon, he snul uis
connecte'ly,wilh twitching lips. "You're
ally's welcome as long as me n your mo
ther has a roof above us. I'll have Tolsi
Banders drive your cow over early In the
moriiin'. You'd better take Hook, I
reckon; she seems to be your favorite.
She's a good milch cow, au'll give mors'n
enough milk for you two."
For a few moments after the bride
and bridegroom hud driven away Farmer
Compton remained where she had left
him. Mr. Compton sat in the entry
alone. Hhe rose firmly and went to kin
dle a fire in the chimney. Her husband
approached her as she knelt in the ashes
on the w ide hearth.
Never uiiud, mother," lie said, plain
tively, "I haint hungry. Lf.-'s make out
with a colli sii.-u k this time. It's been
many a year s'-nce we've gone 'thout
warm supper, but 1 don't feel much like
eutiu', an' I reckon you don't nuther."
Nothing reluctant she consented. They
sat In the door and watched the sinking
sun draw away his gold from tho
clouds, and saw the gloaming darken
fiie low lands und dni( thu hills in
gray. Tliey sat closer together than they
had sat for years In-fore.
Bcrrv U-gan his married life in a much
more exemplary manner than was gen
erally expected of him. His cabin was
well equipped foroi-cupany. He straight
way went to work to bring hi soil into
fit condition for the planting of crops.
Winter passed; spring rolled brightly
on. Martha was liaonv. Her husband
was, indeed, very kind and attentive.
and she loved him more than ever, and
secretly enjoyed the knowledge that tier
friends were now finding out the errors
of their prophesu-s concerning her wel
fare. But. alas! this happy time was short
IVrry had gone to lite village to poll his
vote ui a local election. He did not re-(
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iiikIiI had fnlli-n. Shu heard the clutter
of horse hoofs, und lie rode up, his horse
foaming with perspirutiou. He alighted,
l.ading the animal bimgliiigly to the
tall.
The voting wife shrunk with Instinct
ive dread into the cabin. Once before
ln-r marriage she had M-en pr.s iw lr that
Unsteady w alk, that languid drooping of
mini and shoulders. Nio knew well
what it Moke iii-d. she made haste t
place the liiM-r ll the table. She could
Ilia ITU 111 III II tin mlist liml Ibunt u.i.iiid
t,mn , ,ia T,iK h mlM :. ..,,.,.
iti.-d sensitiveness on his entrance.
Throw ing himself clumsily in a chair.
he glowered at her as she shrunk before
him. The cmisi'ioiisiiess that he had
broken his promise uf i,,t i abstinence
was npicrmont in his mind
"A man cayn't tirh a drap 'thout you
u tbiukiii' 'ut he's inline to take to it
reg'lur." ho s-iid, w iili a thick tongue.
"ines rca-oii m eer thing. , man
haint wulh Unit" tiling to snap his
lingers "Hint cayn t drink on a jmrlic
ul.ir c i-i. in hko tins tin .tit making
hog o' hiss f."
With the table 1s t ween her and him
sue skkm, liaio ami quivering In everv
lils-r. unable to answer him.
"Iist yore tongue, 't seem. 'Lection's
over, Pete tlrogan's our next sheriff
stayed till votes counted out. You kin
jest stan' thar like a st till it thunder
ef you want (o. 1 won t make You be
lieve what I in a-telliu you.
"llerry," she said dess-rately, moving
a ciinir to ins place al the tulile, "supwr
Is fea.lv. Uoinn before it a cold,
"iKin't want nosttpiier," he said, tes
tily; "ain't gwine to eat at uotablewhar
I in looked on like u brute. Cuv n't tech
a drop w ith olo friends I iu foteh up
with llioul (lie whole world belli up
set.
He rose ungtily and slaggered out of
doois. She heard the gurgle of a bottle,
mid when he came in she noted the
bulge of a capacious whisky flask in his
ms Let. He n -slimed his chair without
sH-aking.
Hours pasm-d by; he was Ixvouiing
more deeply inebriated. 1 Io sat, an
Inert human mass, with lolling head
waggling, now and then, on his breast,
and was in gte.it danger of tumbling to
the llisir. The last pine knot was Dick
ering in the chimney. When It expired
ilarknees would fall. She shuddered ut
the situation. Something must lie done;
she must get him iiih.ii (he bed,
She lunched his feverish head with her
cold hands. He paid no heed to her,
breathing very heavily. Sho pulled at
his arms:
"Berry I" she called gently; "Berry, git
on the is-d;
He raised Ids head with Inflamed eyes
and u bestial growl. Sim tried to raise
him again, praying inwardly. He got
to his feet ami plunged tow ard thu door,
With all her strength she endeavored to
pilot him to the Is-d. Maddened by the
restraint her hands put iism him, he
threw back his arm with lirutal forco
and struck her in the temple. Then he
plunged into thu darkness without and
she fell to tho tloor.
Tho giavish lilit of dawn stealing
over thu lull loiis Into the ciiliiu fell on
the face of u dead woman, A few hours
after sunrise a neighbor chanced to look
in ut the door urn discovered her.
Immcdiatelv he summoned his wifu
and daughters, and sent a Uarer of thu
tidings to the Comptoiis. Before the
mother and father arrived, Berry Brad
ley's Is sly was found in the river, not fur
from the cabin. In his blind wander
ings he hnd fallen into the stream, and
drowned helplessly. In consideration of
thu circuinsiiinces attending his death,
and the dentil of his wife, it wus deter
mined that his remains should not bo
brought to his cabin.
There are few things in humun nature
more sublime than tho patient fortitude
uf the simple people iu the region In
which these events occurred. The dead
girl's parents drove up to llmcaliiu about
noon. W bile the old man, with trem
bling hands, unhitched his mules, his
wife stood waiting for him, with her
buck to tho cabin. Tears hud not
dampened her check that day. The
women standing around the rough coflln
retired as the old couple entered the
cabin.
Neither of the two shed tears even
then, though their aged frames trembled
violently as their eyes fell ujsm the
dead. Slowly mid gently, as if Martha
was sleeping, Mi-s. Compton raised the
brown hair from the bruised smt at the
temple und softly stroked the pallid
cheek.
"Hhfl loved lilin nloru'n she did us.
Poor liulo Maine'" 8ho relied the lit
tle bow of bluo ii hi m urouiid the pule
neck and went outside the door und wit
down amongst the old women, ond a
few moments Inter they liore the body of
the duughter she loved to its lonely
grave on the hill hid". Will N- llurbcn
in x outh s Companion.
Tonsil Old Zulu Chiefs.
The old chiefs in South Africa know
nothing about trekking, and on several
occasions becume so impatient that they
started oil on fisit alicud of the wagons.
One day they had to walk thirty-seven
miles liefore reaching water, ond then
had to writ two duys on scant rations
before we came up w ith them. One of
these men is "3 years old, but thu tough
old Zulu (the Mulabelo rulers are of Zulu
origin) was none the worse for the esca
pade.
On another is ia-lon, In spite of our
warnings, they left us, iiiinod only with
assegais. In the worst part of the lion
country. hen we followed a few hours
afterward we saw to our horror that
their footprint hi the sand had been
partially ohiitcrnted by tho spoor of A
lion. Fortunately, however, he had fol
lowed them only for some hundred
yards. und then, prulmbly not being hun
gry, he wandered off toward a pool of
water.
Such vagaries were to us a source of
constant unxiety, for how could we face
tlis king w it'-oul bringing back his In
dians? Out - - n liven would not have
'bi-en safe V. should liave been pro
claimed a- u.jjio-ters or accused of
witchcraft
Howe ne managed to divert their
minds in.', k -p theui employed nt the
wagon by shouting twenty-six gray
monkeys for I lie in. The skins of this
particular species are only worn by
royally or big chiefs.- Cor. London Tele
graph. A cnehmere shawl doe not depreciate
by age; on the contrary, it gains a cer
tain mellowness, for the coloring be
comes toned by time. The true worth;
of the vegetable dyee which are em
ployed may be seen In otlier deacriptios
of shawls which are Imported.
HOW GREAT MUSIC 13 WRITTEN.
Hd Tune l-icked I p b Ihs ( laasl C
poser and Then Worked Over.
A complete edition of the works of
Handel has been in com se of publication
during the last few yearn under the chief
editorship uf Friedrich Clirvsunder. It
is illustrated with ull the Information
w hich can Ih colli-ctcd ulsnit each work
ami each step in the great comiwuter's
car.-er, im hiding tho circumstances
Which g ive birth Io each work and un
der w hich it wus put together, not for
getting the source laid under contribu
tion by the master for the accomplish
luent of hi task. The supplementary
Volume, of tins edition, published in the
stilt si in ti of last year, contains a collec
tion of earlier pieces which served as
sources fur several srtions for the
"Israel in Fgypt." It is from this vol
ume and its note that Julius Stock
hauseii, a writer In The Frankfurter
Zcilutig, draw s the materials for a brief
but interesting coinuiiiiiicntion.
One hears often the complaint that this
or (hat piece of music is not "original."
It Is charged ugiiinst the coiiiKMr that
he has borrowed from others, sometimes
even from himself. If we hud the cur
rent criticisms of tho preceding period
we might he uiiitiscd or surprised hy
finding similar iliatriU-s on the contem
porary musicians and their w orks. Trac
ing up the history of musical composi
tion into the Middle Ages we rind that
even the must distinguished coiiiKMcra
hud neither difllcully nor scruplu as to
borrowing from the works of those who
hud gone before thetu.
One uf the great facts of the history of
music is the free use, the very much too
free use, made of popular tunes by the
couqioscrs of church music down into
the Sixteenth century. Themes neither
reverent nor edifying were made the
basis of a muss, develotHil into fugues
or canons, so (hut the less devout mem
bers of a congregation might have their
pleasurable faculties fullv gratified.
chanted hy tho choir or rolled out by
tho organ while they wero assisting at a
religious service. Kven tho great re
former himself, Palest riua, borrowed iu
more thun one way. Ho himself w rote
church uitisiu on prots-r themes; ho re
constructed, if wo may say so, more
than one work of a former comiswer,
just as SliakesK-aro judiciously edited
an already existing play, and he directly
borrowed, a when hu turned the "Ave
Marin" of the Spanish composer, Fer
nando do las Casus, into a piece for sev
eral voices. No oiio dreams of Imputing
as a fault to Pulestrina or the other
earlier conipoeers of church music this
free use of materials ready to their hand,
any more than we should now censure
M. Gounod for developing a theme of
Bach's into well known religious piece.
Stockhauscti, proceeding on tho infor
mation and the actual coses given by
Chrysunder, puts before his readers a
list of the piece from which the beet
known and most favorite passages of the
Israel In hgvpt aro borrowed. Han
del was a great admirer and dtfyj.'ut
student of Italian music. This is uot to
be wondered at, seeing that thoro was
praciically little other music at the time,
at least Iu so advanced and organized a
condition, It is not, then, surprising
that A "Mugnillcat" of Krba, published
about 10U0, and a servitude of Strudclht,
who lived uliout the sumo time, have
been pressed Into the service for the
Israel. Tho editor, Clirvsunder, also
cite a -"Te l)'uiii" by Urlo as having
furnished material. But the "Magnifi
cat" and the serenade are published in
the edition or Hamlel works as an ap
pendix, whllo the "To IX-uiu' bus not
yet appeared. It will be now and pos
sibly disappointing to many lovers of
Ilandellau oratorio to be told that no
less than flftivu numbers of the "Irael
In Fgypt" have been taken from t!f
'Mugnillcat" und the serenade, as any
ono muy verify by cvmpuriaou. The
writer gives A list of the pussuges em
ployed in the oratorio by Handel. Nine
numbers have been taken from the
'Mugnillcat.' Among them are:
The chorus: "He Is my Uod."
Bopruno uueti "iiie Uira la my
strength.
The chorus: "Ho rebuked the Red sea.
The fragment: "Thy right hand, O
Lord."
The great duet for two bases: "The
Lord is a man of war.
The churus: "Thy sendest forth thy
wrath.
Chorus; "And with a blast of thy nos
trils."
Duett "Thou In thy mercy.
Chorus: "The earth swallowed theuj."
Six number are taken from the sere
nade. But there Is this difference, that
while the possAge from Krbu's "Magnitl
cut are usually transferred will! little
change, Slradellu's music furnishes ordi
narily only the theme or suggestion which
Hundol works out. Among those are:
Chorus: "He led them forth like sheep;'
and the chorus: "Ho spoke the word."
The "Hailstone chorus seems to huve
been taken from 'both authors. Chrys-
andcr shows how Handel tsk more than
the suggestion of his "Italian chamber
duets" from an Itulian comKiser, Hteff
ani; and again, copying from himself,
burrowed from those very duets some of
horusesln "The Messiuh; among them,
i'or unto us a child is born," "His
oke is sweet." lie. gives an astonish
ing Hit of liloce by great composers
taken from a plain Liregoriun "Amen,"
among them a "Uratius Aglmiis," by
iiach; "1 will sing to the Lord," from
Israel In fcgypt, the "Hallelujah" cho
rus, almost no to for note, In "lhoMes-
iuh;" the "Chorus of the Furies," in
Uluck't "Orpheus," the opening of the
"Kyrle, lu Woiuirts "lleiiuiem. Ami
he cites a set of duets by Uuranle, pub
lished bv llrellkofl, of Leipsio, w hich are
taken w ith little change from Scarlatti,
lint ho also invites musical readers to
note the magnillceut work Handel has
produced out uf the slender materials
which he found ready for him, at the
close of the "Hailstone'' chorus and the
duet, "The Lord is a Man of War." Hurely
the great master who produced such work
csu never be churged with merely copy
ing, because he made sach splendid use
of his material. Nor should it ever be
forges-ten that "Israol in Egypt" was be
gun and completed in twenty-four days.
Any couiwwr who can do likewise need
fear no criticism. Saturday Itcvlew.
Killed a Whit Mink.
A white mink of good size was caught
recently In the excavation of a sewer on
Third street, between College and Hall,
' by Mr. C. Dundee. The little quadruped
! was full of tight, and could not be taken
alive. It is an unusual thing to find this
I valuable fur producing animaJron this
cotut. The writer hs had much experi
ence in the wood along the takes and
rivers of western Oregon and Washing
ton for thirty-five years past, but this
Is the first time he has ever known a
white mink to be seen in the region men
tioned. Portland Oregon iuu,
1
THE COLLEGE GRADUATE,
fin can rive tl laws of ft .Ion,
lie urn draw the Mug of Colon,
Be oan write a llnhrlimlan I (Ut;
lie ean nmkn a writ in German,
He can draft a Turkish Urenian;
Bnl the KntrlHh eoninion law b never knew.
lie can write bis nam In Rpanlxh,
He ean make a speech In (Uintah,
And recite aueh Sanscrit aa would turn jrour brain!
The Muslhikal Antlilc
He can si an in fort yllahtc;
But be voaldn'l u-U ol-l Hhaltesiear from Hark
Twain
lie ean fathom all the mystery
Of old t.thlnki history;
Bs ran nam on llejusaud Nora king-mors or
k-Mi:
He can msrk the Roman bound'rl.
And aeacrlli the Altec foundries;
But has nerer seen th "Statutes of 0. H"
He can trace Hi radius vector,
Vi I h a Keuuielrkj sector.
And can goe the mom's diameter In feat;
lie can analyse tn arum.
Classify the Coptic carurc;
Bui he cannot tell cahbaire from beat.
-I'blladelphls Republic.
ni. Misuse.
Kditor You want to run right down Into
the press roiin and get raiiglit In a belt. It
will le an easy dentil compared with Ins on
you will have otherwise.
iToofreitiler Vt by, what's up!
F..litor-U 'list's ui.f Why, hi Ibis account
of the Co-iieiifT's lull, iu the Uearriution of
II im Tetentetc dress, the copy she arav ms
read, "trimmed with a jalsit of pal ssra
pliiinp,"niid you let it go -trimmed with a
Job lot of pale a-rspliane." Oo on down
tnirs ami commit suicide I'll write up a
Rood account uf your death. Philadelphia
itcpuiuic
Johnny's Idea of Keaalekneas.
Here Is a khI description of seasickness by
s tt-yieir-ohl Uiy:
Little Johnny had been visiting lately at a
place wher they have a big swing, which Is
highly popular with the rising generation.
tYlieu he returned horn hu father asked
him:
"Well, Johnny, did you swing In th big
wlngf"
"Yoa, a little, papa, but it mode my bead
aeliv Iu my stomach so that I hail to stop."
boston Transcript.
A Strange Case.
"It's singular, very singular," mused old
Pr. I'lller the otlier day.
"What's sliigtilnrr'aaked another cemetery
flilnruer.
"Why, you know old Mrs. Sktuuon. Well,
fifty -two years ago she ran a need) into her
right elbow, mid yesterday"
"Kinctly," put in another; "It came out of
her left eltsiwi"
"No, it didn't It cam out of the back of
her grandson's heed. That's what beats ml"
-i'hihtdclpliia licpublio.
Aa Honest liar Trader.
Marley (furiously) See here, you scoun
Irell 1 drove the horse thnt you told m
down by the railroad, and when the cart cam
along he nearly broke my nock.
hslwt-ll ery likely. 11 never didlike
the sound of an engine.
Marley Hut you said ha never saw any
thing thnt frightened lihu.
Hsslwcll Certainly. But I didn't say
h was uever frightened. The fact is, h was
born blind. Muuscy's Woukly.
On Idea of It,
Former rtallfence Just thluk. Maria.
'Squire Hawkins has built himself a fc)U,UOv
bom and I'll be blamed if he's got auy de
cent kIiim In tho whole of It
Maria What's he got, Kphralml
Fanner Rnilfsnce 1'apa tavi stained slass
from cellar to 'garret Nice glass, Maria,
wouldn't have cost but little mors thau a lot
of worthies stained stuff. Rochester Demo
crat Th Cblel Attraction.
Dork Bess, 1 bav three millions and I love
you.
Ilea No mistake about th three millions.
la tlierul Eioch.
Th Office Clock.
!0ipnutc.t4
-Ufa,
HI Narrow Escape.
Chief of Lynching Tarty-W will give
you just on minute to aay your prayers.
Captured Horse Thief (appeallugly) May
I say them lu my own way I
Chief Certainly.
Uor Thief You promise not to Interpose
auy obstacle!
Chief We promise.
Horse Thief (with dignity) Then I must
bar a prayer book. Will sum gentleman
In th crowd pleas lend ms cue I Chicago
Tribune.
Crushed Hope.
"And what answer do you make to my ap
peal f he asked, ss he knelt at her test
"James, I will be frank with you," she
murmured.
"Oh, tpeakr be implored, "and relieve me
from tills agony of suspense,"
"Then lot ui say it canurt be."
"Why uotf Oh, why not!"
"Because, James, I do not feel able to sup.
port a husband." Boston Courier.
Klpi of th I
Kow siicimi summer puts to root
And chilly winds to blow beglnt
Th Ice cream Juke is folng out,
Th stovepipe Juke la eonun; la
tUchanjw
II Tickled Him.
Mend Are you hsppyt
Spirit (through medium) Perfectly so.
Friend What ha pleased you most since
you left tut
Spirit Th epitaph on my tombstone. It
both smatos and delights me. Boston Cou
rier. It Worst r eat era.
Visitor What Is th most objectionable
thing you Bud about prison lifel
Convict Being kicked up. Manser
Weekly.
Well. Rather.
Could he know the mighty rumpus
Msde about hi fair,
WooMn t Christopher Colombo
(itaad and ataref
- -Bambriuir fit T ) RepahUcsa.
Imprisoned for Contempt.
An interesting case has been concluded
before the Austrian court of appeal. At
the funeral of thecrowa prince the mayor
of Iloritz, in Itoheniia, called together
the town council to rasa a vote of con
dolence with the imperial house. After
having addressed the town councillors,
the mayor asked them to rise as an ex
pression of their grief. All rose except
one councillor, who remained seated.
This was regarded as an offense to a
member of the imperial family, and the
Councillor has been punished with two
mouths' imprisonment. Philadelphia
Ledger.
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