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-" I 4 mmmsmsmmmMaii i I - ' " . t nulmnAr l. I i , : - "l R FtieOENDe HOLLALrtOER. '3 to mk. llownc. m.I Ih. luutver m r a i i t minm iuik" . r - i , EUGENE CITY GUARD. i. 1 CAMPBKLU rreprieter. EUGENE CITY.. OREGON. ALONE. My llf!"it forth lose alone Th sklr are dark above; All round I hear gray water mi I Ala fur vnlhwl lore! i' "0 lonely life that preisfth on AcruM thoM wiu.li of years, ' ' Wbere are tb milillng- pllou fOM Whona Is lb baud tbat steersT" ' Tb pilot tbf-jr art left behind ,' Upon yon Knldon rtrand; i We drift brfnrc the driving- wind . W cannot miw til land- ' Tbat land to whli-h w hurry on, ' Aetna tb aiiirrr ream; Hon being dead, and aweet Lov font, There I no band tbat steera. Philip Bourk Marston In New York Truth. Optical Lantern. For exel uslvely parlor dm a good lantern may be obtained for fill, which will give a picture fl or 8 feet in diameter. Fort&one may purchase a sclopticon suitable for um Id mall ball and capame or proaucing nlcture 10 or 12 feet HcroM. A sclopticon of the highest rl, with nn oil lamp or lime let. would cost 1100 or more, and .would give n picture 8" feet in diameter at dlatnnoe of 135 feet. A pair or scloptt con u wd together for (liolvlng views form a piece of apparatus known a a ste- reoptlcon. , Prices of slereoptioons rang from I'd to t-XJO, imhI a triple lantern, uaed for fancy effect, will coot you from IISO to 1.000. according to tbe needi or Tour Dual' Bern. For hail exhibition, however, the low priced lantern doe all tb work of high cla one, and a pair of good gift act opticon mar be uaed very effectively la dissolving. About lantern screen. A clean whit wall I an ideal (urface upon which to pro ject a lantern ImaKe. Nexttothiatlghtly drawn miulln iheet without wrinkle. Paper with a dead finish make good screen, but It Is spt to be lacking-In dura bility. If it 1 desired to place tbe lantern behind tb screen, a In the case of the creen being In large doorway, with th lantern in oue room and tb spectator in the other, it ihould be stretched very tight nd thoroughly wet to make It translucent Tula plan, however, I do not recommend, a tbe cloth will not permit all tb light to paa through. Entertainment. Bj ELIZABETH W, BELLA ITT, ("KAM1U THORP!,") AtUhar of "Four Onkt," "UttU Joan na," Eta. (OenrlfhUtL All rlht ranem. fobttiad by pedal arraaf eaient with In Blfortf Ompaay. irs. forgotten us. believe him changed!" Winifred shuddered. " You are very cruel," .be aiiiil, hoarsely. "If my father would but have dipt. Fletcher here once. just once, we inula find nuliie flew "Winifred Thorne! I)o you not kno that if four father were to bring that man here your Aunt Pauline and jour Coiuin Flora never would cross thil threhold again? It U you who are cru Thick of Aleck, killed at Chickamaugal' CHAPTER XXV. PERSUASION. Glory-Ann wo tli possessor or "a loose six bit," a ) termed the) itnull floating capital of teventy-llve cent that The tear sprang to Winifred"! ye, "It In life that In cruel," she tM. sadly, "JJut vou need not I nut-any. It is three dava since Mom lice came to us w ith tl new almut Krer Nicholas, ami 1 asked my father vesierdny if he did not intend - i - . . ... did not fonu part of the hoard she cher- to see tapt. I IHclicr, but he nam i waa hdied In the toe of a stocking; and with never to a- mm mat again. Ann i am H,i. .! kh hirml a iihiIh wl.i. h li I but a L'irl. What ran I do but assault miiiiMMHl with the aide aiuldle borrowed heaven with my prayers,' from "Mis Myrtilla." and intheafler- Col. Thome had not wen fit to acquaint novnehe set out alone for Thorne Hill, hi daughter with the fact thut Cupt, Reins- minded, however, to Dav a visit Fletcher had written to decline the invl- fb an oid arauaintanoe on the way, lm tation to visit Thorne Hill, conveyed in dlrf not reach her dentinatlon until the that note tho colonel hal left with Mr, next morning. She held a private Inter view with Mixiry, a noon an the colonel rode out to inect hi fields; and when he returned, the old woman wa jogging on her war lck to town. She had done her part; it remained for Missy to man age the colonel, If that were possible, on Old Georgia laperatltlon. Her I a contribution In the ihape of oik lore goaslp a beard among tbe Geor gia cracker. It I a aurvival or tbe old Kngluib (uperatltion. When it I ebb tide tbe lilt In a cat' eye are horicontal; when It I flood tide they are vertical. Kill a frog and It will rain bard for three day. If a cock walk In at the door, turn around and crows, he announce a death In the family. Fota toe will not thrive unless they are planted In tbe dark of tb moon, and a child bora at the full of tbe moon will be a boy. If you open an umbrella In a house the ouly person present will die, and the same thing will happen if you bang a coat or baton a door knob or a door bell. It It not wise to et a hen during a certain part of August, because the life of the world I atlUloweat then. If two person going band in hand meet mi ulxttncle which (II vide them tbe one ou the left will go to Jiell and the oue ou the right to heaven. If you drop a pair of acissor and one point sticks in the floor a visitor will com from the direction toward which the other legia extended. A child tbat baa never een Its father can cure whooping cough by blowing down the patieut'i throat. To get rid of freckles count them and pnt an fxiunl inimlK-r or pebble Into a paper. Whoever steps on tbe paier will get tb freckle. Atlanta Constitution. ' ? , Tb Npoetral Light "Oue stormy night In October," said well known railroad conductor recently, "I was In mortal fear that the bridges, of which there are a good mauy on the line, would be washed away by tbe swollen riven. Fortunately we passed nearly all of them safely, but just a we drew near tb last bridge 1 hapened to be crossing from one car to another and noticed a strange, weird looking blue light dancing up and down in front of tbe train. I don't know what possessed me to do it, but I rang the bell and brought the train to a stop. The engineer, brakeman aud I then sot out to discover tbe cause of the light, but It had entirely disappeared and not a traos of It waa left. W went down the track a far a the bridge, and fouud that It bad been completely washed away by tb stream, which waa swollen, only a few timber remaining to bear evidence that a bridge had once spanned the stream. We were kept there for over two days, until another bridge could be built, and, al though the other trainmen laugh at me for It, I earnestly believe that that spectral blue light waa placed by a divine Provi dence to save us from an awful fate," tit. Louis Glob-Democrat Th Village LampllghUr. In some surhurban village the lamp lighter make hi rounds lu a sulky. He may not have a greater uumber of lamps to light than his city brother, but It may be that they are further apart, and to get over the ground In time he must drive. He doe not carry the inclosed torch that la commonly used In the city, for h doesn't need It; driving up uuder the lamp, he Is, when standing In the sulky, high enough above tbe ground to reach tbe burner, and be light the gas with match. New York Sun. Th ray, or skt fish, ha a mouth set transversely across it head, the jaw working with a rolling motion like two hands set back to back. In the jaws are tore row of flat teeth, set ilk a mosaio pavement, and between these rolling jaw the flh cruabee oysters aud other mol luaka Uk so many nuu. Probably tbe liveliest railway junction lath world la at Clapham, in England, where the London, Utighton and South Coast and th Iondon and Southwestern railways eros. Between T o'clock In th morning and 10 at night, 1,000 train pass this junction an average of one every fifty tour second. Tb celebrated Erasmus, although a na tive of Rotterdam, had such an aversion to flsh that the smell of It threw him into a fever. Ambrose Pare bad a patient who ooold never see an eel without fainting, ana aootoer wuo wouiu rail into convul sions at tb sight of a carp. Clouds consist simply of water divided into mlnut globule or drop. They differ in no essential respect from tbe steam emitted by a lea kettle, or the mist and fogs that 111 river valleys at sunrise. These form of water are all produced in the same way. Sir William Siemeo's method of apply ing lectrio light to grow flowers snd fruit by night or on cloudy days has been em ployed with good sticoas on board a West Indian steamer to keep aliv exoUe rines and other plant. The Truckee RrpuUiran says lee men have everything in readiness for the harvesting of the ice crop whenever the am 1 ripe enough to rut, which is not likely U be lor a month yet. The pat season ha been a good one lor the com panies, snd only lUt 1,000 tons re nisin ou hand. Ton itrs eery erufl," ih mid, koariely. Winifred was in the parlor, alone, when her father came in, and It needed but a glance to show him that some thing had happened to move her deeply. Her face was very pale, but in her eyes was wistful look that made him un easy. "What Is the matter, Winifred' he asked Mom Bee has been here," she said, after a moment's pause, and almost in a whisper. Tli is did not seem to her at all what she had meant to say, but she ut' tered the first words that came. "Well," said the colonel, with a smile, have your own way about Mom Deo, Winifred; make what bargain you like to Induce her to stay. Provided you are pleased, I shall be satisfied. Winifred uttered a faint ejaculation and clasped her hands. "Hhe has lieen to see ine about Brer Nicholas. The colonel started; his color came and went in violent alternations, and lie sank helplessly into the nearest chair. "What does this mean?" he asked. "Capt. Fletcher" "And does he make a go-between of one of my old slaves?" thundered the colo nel, springing to his feet . "A meddle some puppy I" "No. father; it wo Mora Bee who went to him of her own accord, for my sake." The colonel sat down again, and Wini fred went on to tell the captain's story. Her father heard her without interrup tion; what he felt she could not di vino, for, the first shock over, his countenance gave no indication of his thoughts. "It must lie true!" she exclaimed, pas sionately, when she had endnd. "What will you do about it;" Col. Thorne did nut immediately reply. He could be as impulsive as Wiuifred herself, hut he could not be confiding. We have no assurance that Nicholas still lives," he said, at last. Winifred clasped her hands. "Let us hope!" she whisierpd, "I am very tired, just now, the col onel sighed. "I will lie down until din ner is ready." "He does not care!" thought Missv, bitterly. How was she to know that he sought the privacy of his own room to bide the storm of mingled emotions that shook his very life? Ho would fain have Nicholas at home again, but he could not bring himself to say so. hen he reappeared at dinner he waa aim, and immediately afterward he ordered his horse and rodeaway. Missy supposed that he was going to see her Aunt 1 uulino and I lora. It was long past 10 o'clock that night when ttie colonel returned, and it gave him a thrill of unaccustomed joy to find his daughter sitting up alone, to keep his supper warm. At most did he hope that she would scold him; but Winifred was not actuated by anxiety on her father's account; she had the utmost confidence in his ability to take care of himself; her object in sitting up for him was to win his favor for her brother. What unspeak able comfort it would have given her could she but have known that he had ridden to Tallahassee expressly to e Capt. Fletcher; but her father did not tvll her; he only bade her go hi bed. He had had his ride in vain, for Capt. Fletcher was away, on a long delayed visit to St. Mark's, and Col. Thome preferred to wait for an answer to the note he had left for the captain before saying anything to Winifred. The news brought by Qlorv-Aun made Miss Elvira very uncomfortable. 8he was a creature of habit, and she had formed the habit, in the past eight years, of liv ing without her nephew. She had prac tically forgotten him. Every hoiie that Centered in him had died the dav she heard of his marriage with Doeia Furni val, and she could not see now that his return, granting (hat he lived, was lo ho desired, Indeed. Miss Elvira preferred to believe him dead, since never, never again could he ho the Nicholas of old. (She had long persuaded herself that the colonel would do his whole duty if he made some provision ftw Nicholas in his will; the proKpoct of having Dosia and her children at Thorne Hill wa regarded by Mia Elvira pretty much as she might have regarded an invasion of the Bar barians. "Vou don't reflect how tiroes are changed, Winifred, she fretted. "And there's no deuying that Donia cannot I congenial; she isn't one of us." "Let us find them flrst,"said Winifred, reddening: '"all other question can be settled afterward." "How are you ruins to find themr Miss Elvira asked, with urovokinir inoek- Scott few (lavs More. A week later Glory-Ann took up her permanent alssle at Thorne Hill. HI announced her willingness to accept the house the colonel had otfered her, and he was not backward in demanding the cow and the pigs, nor did she hesitate to hint that a few chickens, by the way of a start, would be acceptable. It would be hard to say just what it wa that Induced Mom Bee to return. She hail been heard to tell Chauey, who wa temimrarily presiding over the Thorne Hill kitchen, that "sence ma wster could tek oh re of ole Dicey, he inought jet' ex well tek care o Glory-Ann;' and, also, she had been heard to declare that she "woiildn' give a handful o' cow peae fur dese young niggers o freedom what had plum los track o dey manners; but if her solemn assertion was to be he lieved, her return wa prompted solely by affection for "little Missy.' She in formed Mrs. Herry, when she carried back the side saddle, that she felt in duty hound to look after 'Mat chile." The colonel, she explained, being only a man couldn't I expected to know how to look after a girl; "en' ex fur Missle-virey well. Mis Myrtilla, you know Missle- virey am t got no succullation what ever Glory-Ann might mean by that. Thus settled again at Thome Hill, this faithful nurse kept a sharp eye upon "little Missy," admonishing that young lady as she saw lit, and criticising her visitors freely, for Missy waa "sweet and twenty now, and had admirers not few. But the right man was slow to put in an apjieurunce, orGlory-Ann waslmn to please. This one was stingy, that one was wasteful, another had no manners Ulory-Aim was exacting as to "manners' and yet another hud no money, an in- UHrahle objection, in Glory-Ann's opin ion. "I shall never marry," Winifred would say, gravely. "I am not like other girls. "No, dat you am t, my honey. "I shall Hpent' my life for my Brer Nicholas." 'Doi't you go promus dat too fas' now chile; yo' time am' come," said Mom Bee, with an air of prophecy that gave Missy a vague uneasiness, remembering how manv of Mom lice's sayings had come to pans. But something happened soon that Moui Bee had never prophesied. CHAPTER XX VL AN I'NItXrKCTKD OUEMT. .A r -- m rr. - All riyhl, iir," mid Ih colonel "H'aat u your namtr As Col. Thorne was riding homeward, one day, ut noon, he was startled by the sight of a powerful black horse, saddled and bridled, hut riderless, galloping furi ously in the direction of Tallahassee; a little farther on, as he turned the corner of the brier patch w here old Gill)eTtused to gather sassafras roots, his own horse shied violently, and the colonel was hardly surprised to llnd a man lying on the edge of the road, motionless, witli his head against the obtruded roots of an overhanging oak. nis face was hulden by his iiosilion, hut his hat had fallen off, revealing a well shaped head, and fair, closely cut hair. The colonel dismounted, aud lifting the uncouscious head, discovered the face of a stranger, a well dressed, well made man, of Pwo or three and thirty, perhaps, and unmistakably a gentleman. lie revived, in a measure, a his head wa moved (o a more comfortable posi tion, and muttered, indistinctly, "Lost my war." "All right, sir, said the colonel. What is your name?" There wa an effort to answer, but Mie voice died away in an iuarticulated murmur. Col. Thorne, having made a pillow of his overcoat for the stranger's head, re mounted his horse and galloped back to the field, w here some negroes were at work, to order the construction of a lit ter of pine boughs, uion which the in jured man was borne to Thorne Hill. A messenger was dispatcheO to town i. ,lnt vour 11 was t ...... . !. tiin, rutin I the shadows, AUK IUHU ,1,1. '- . . un,i ,.r.u.i.iirf:iori -Ann's withered hand J. WiV arm. "Ie doctor done come, honey." she said, in an awe some whisper. , "Whcn?"eielsimel innreo,i- a up in alarm, m. vrf ami!. Tvnit a half hour ago Fie come de short cut, en' is gone strei ..,.;r. k. An hack do'. Tell you, Mi Winifred, honev. he tuk one look at dat man. n he shuk hi head, en' Miasle rirev, when she hear dat, ia plum gin up wid'do headache. De grit o' de Thorne was lef outen her makeup, you better bullieve; dat hukkom I ain' tellin Missle- virey what I gwanU'll you. Miss.VjCnue, Hnn'i vnu know who dat upxtairs?" "No," said Winifred, seized withavio lent trembling. "I did not see; I could not bear to look at him; how should I IrnnwV" "Hit's de Fed'ral geiuuian," Mora Bee announced, in the voice of fate. "Oh. Mom Bee!" broke from Willi fred's white lips, a cry of mingled dis muy, reproach and disappointment; for one wild moment the oaseiess nope m the stranger might prove to be Nicholas had completely mustered her; it left her faint and ill. Hliesank back in her chair, clasping her head in her hands. Dullaw, Missy," said Ulory-Ann, im patiently; "thought you-wux gwan be dot glad ter git HH-ech wid him 'long o' MawseNick? , Tears lak you hates him mo' fur a Yankee den you kin thank him fur a f rieu'. I'm 'prisd at you; I is dat." "Don't let him die," said Winifred, rallying wilh a sudden sense of satisfac tion that it had fallen to her father's lot to cancel the obligation to Capt. Fletcher on Nicholas' behalf. Don't vou I no ways oneasy, said Gairy-Ann. "Doctors gotaway o'shakin' Miwla. that brraihes across the ool . . . .a wind enreads along, Wher tb drenched moonlight la not strong, Wher leaden rkiud and surge rolll A heart who earning strlv and lull l...b rf.rbnM, Ift on aOll I ill U9 , . Wher bclliles bopr mak moan, ana throng. Winged for a vain and shifting pari. A ship, whose wsillug cordage sway In tan wllh strslnlng, rl les spars. . . .k !. ni,rl,i. between tbe days. hoar with weathered ran. In leagiio on leagues of spray and has Past bead lauds vague beneath the stars. -Kdward Uc White In New York bun. TIIE DOCTORS YARN. I dou't suppose that there is in the wide world a happier wife and mother than Luy Dartmoor. I don't suppose that between th four seas there exist a woman who Is prouder and fonder of her husband and her children, and she has very sufficient excuse for her pride and her fotdnes. Dartmoor Is a distinctly handsome man he is also a distinctly clever man-and when tbe uuke of Wetcountry said that Dartmoor, who ... hi son and heir, should marry and settle he wa of course the great prlxe, the "catch," of tbe season, and be roll to for tunate Linda Verner. Themnststr k iig peculiarity aoout ixim Dartmoor Is his thoroughness. When he goes In for a thing he does go In for It; be b. tbe sort of man who feels, a the vulgar old song said, that "he is bound to go the whole hog or none." or course tie is n genius, because he has the capacity for tak lim an Infinite amount of trouble. He dis tinguished himself at tbe university not merely In the schools, but also on the river and lu thecrlckct news, i uen ne iraveieu through Central Asia with tbat very ec centric personage, Captnlu unities, gen erally known as Hadji Brittle, tbe great dev heads; hit meks 'em 'iiear lak de orientalist And then he became private know mo'n de do. He gwan git over it honey; but it gwan lie a tough pull, I'm keered Dr. Lane now came in, rubbing his hands, and G lory-Ann precipitately re tired, to give her attention to the supper table, seeing that Miss Elvira was inca pacitated "Well," said the Uoctos, brusquely, here's a queer state of things! Suppose rou ve no idea who your guest is? No body less than that lankee, Fletcher, whom your father declined to receive, OdJ, isn't it, that the colonel had never even seen linn.' Uood joke, en, .Miss Winifred?" . But Winifred did not even smile. "Is he badly hurt?" she asked, gravely. Pretty serious case; and Dr. Lane went into details that Winifred could not understand. "So, you see, you may have lint on your hands for some time lo come, lie continued, lu conclusion, mil we'll save him, if we can, eh, Miss Wini fred, though he is a Yankee?" Winifred made no reply; but the col onel, who had come in a moment before, said, a little stiflly: It is an unfortunate occurrence, much to be regretted. We must hoie that the accident may have no untoward ending." Look out, .Miss Winifred!" cried Dr. Lane, laughing. in if red was very angry. "There Is no occasion to say that to me!" she retorted. Well, I hope you won't find him an insurmountably objectionable guest," said Dr. Lane, good humoredly. "He is friend of your aunt s, I understand, colonel?" Yes," the colonel answered, still with stiffness; "but under the circumstances any man would be entitled to my hoepi tality, sir. This wac a sentiment in which Miss Elvira fully concurred, though she was ismayed beyond measure when she learned who wax the guest an untoward cideut luil sent to Thorne Hill. "It is really a gr-nt embarrassment," she la mented to Winifred, "Of course, your mil Pauline and Flora can't come to see ti now. "It Isn't a matter of choice to have Capt. Fletclier here," said Winifred, with an impatient sigh. That is true," Miss Elvira agreed, in tone of relief. "We had, indeed, no choice; it was altogether providential." This view of the situation she repeat- to Mrs. llieodore Scott, who called e next day. It had been Mrs. Theo dore Scott's deliberate choice to have Capt. Fletcher at her house, Miss Elvira reflected, with a comfortable sense of perioritv. Mrs. Theodore Scott, with heightened color, hastened to assure Misa Elvira that she likewise had had no choice; site had extended hospitality to this soldier the northern army from a sense of utv. "I know very well that people have lought hard of me," she said, tearfully; but the man was ill; he came to Talla hassee for his health, and her he was. for his dear mothor's sake; and this I cau say for him he is a gentleman." Of course," said Winifred, crisply. My Aunt Winifred's friend must be a gentleman." If It had not lieen for the war!" Mis. Scott exclaimed, with a bitter aigh. "As husband says. Capt. Fletcher hw come too late fer the old timet, and too soon for the new, Mr. 8cott. you know. dear Mis Elvira, is such a sufferer from that wound he received at Shiloh hardly ever leaves the house, and the captain is kimlahotit playing chess with him. Of course we avoid all discussions of the war, and so I would advise you to do, Mis Winifrnil " fil among strangers. And his mother was my friend, dear Miss Winifred," she continued, addressing herself to the young girl, as to a more sympathetic listener; "whut could I do?" "You know best, of course, Mrs; Scott," said Winifred, coldlv. "Yes, she was my friend!" Mrs. Scott to summon a d.sjtor, and to leave at the i ff', ;U1' wm,e. "periiy, fee1 hotel a statement in writing that an un known man had lieen found uncon scious, on the road near Thorne Hill, aud carried to Col. Thome's house.' Nothing wa found on the stranger' I person to give any due to his identity, ! i.... i . 1 1. . . . . i , . . r i oui nan ne come neraiiieu uy iiiiiinpeach- that she had not received the hearty in dorsement she had Itoped for from Win- irred. "I was a poor, friendless little thing at school, and Adelaide Hardy, who was a good deal older than I, wa always my champion. And this was Dot all; her father was rich and mint able introductions he could not have 1 'M 110or' " WM turoun ner kl"d been made more welcome. Mi Elvira i neM aml 1,,,erality ,l,at I' enjoyed ad bftdirred herself with er nl.-rl.r i I 'antage I could not otherwise have had. havear(H.miMitinrea.liiH:thecidoi,eli8ha .ir,,0'1 now. but I don't forget all Nicholas is either dead or he hu 'u 1,0 gave his prraonul attention to his iiucoii ciou- guest. Using such skill as he poa eased for his recovery; while Miy, watching at one of the front windows for the doctor, who die thought would never come, sighed to think that tln-re waa su little she could do. ' A thus she sat ulone in the fast gath ering glm of the wintry evening, her thought wandered away to her Ion;; ab sent brother, who himself lad been a sufferer among etranger. Alue! where When hlmuld sIih see liiiu Me is dead now, she did for me." "No," said Winifred, "you could not forget that." She rose and moved rest- i leely about the room, and at last came and stood beMile Mrs. Scott's chair, she felt a Arong, incomprehensible impulse to stoop and kiss that lady, but she re sisted it. "I am a southerner, aud I have the sentiment of a southerner," Mrs, Scott continued, with some excitement, "a CauL Fh'tchrr knows; but I receive him TTO UK COSTtM U. secretary to Lord Grindstone, Lord Grind stone waa reported to have killed several private secretaries; but no amount of work was too severe for young Dartmoor. He kuew perfectly well that bis career as the future head of the great bouse of Weet couutry was necessarily politics. lrd Dartmoor wa a fluent speaker and a bard worker, and he quite understood tbat as Lord Grindstone's private secretary he would be initiated into tbe business of a practical politician, and learn all the tricks of tbe trade. He bad two years with Lord Grindstone. Then he entered the bonse as member for Clodworthy. He had attended far too often, both in tbe house of com mons and In another place, a Ixird Grind stone' private secretary, not to under stand all about the forms of tbe bouse; aud he was a glutton for work, and members were continually proposing to "add the name" of the member for Clodworthy to this committee and that committee. Linda Verner was one of the belles of the London season when she became en gaged to Lord Dartmoor. That was noth ing more than her right, because Miss Verner was really very beautiful. She was ouly eighteen, but she was atraight as a dart, her figure well developed, aud her complexion clear; her hair, which was the color of the ripened wheat, waa genuine aud plentiful; and as for those tender blue eyes of hers, as we say in my profession, "they accelerated the cardiac action." I am uot going to describe her in detail; it is perfectly unnecessary, because you always see Lady Dartmoor's photographs in the shop windows, and her portrait by Paris, H. A., was the picture at the academy seven years ago. I waa her family doctor. When she married Ixird Dartmoor I think that the poor child was a little dis appointed, because, though it was an abso lute love marriage on both sides, yet Dart moor bad so many irons In the political fire that be could not give a proper amount of attention to his beautiful wife. You see he was a member for Clodworthy; he had just been made an under secretary of Btate; and what with the affairs of his constitu ents, and the affairs of the nation, and his determination to be a great political suc cess, the man, though he loved and hon ored his youug and beautiful wife, really had not time to cherish her or make a fuss, his business engagemeutAwere so very nu merous. Of course, the beautiful Lady Dartmoor went a great deal Into society, and she was even more admired as Lady Uartmoor tbau she had been as Linda Verner. Captain the Honorable Reginald Black- adder, generully known as Adonis Black adder, was a professional ladykiller. Young Blackadder had lots of money, and when I say that he was a sort of Lovelace, with a daub of Casanova, you can under stand the sort of mau he was. He was re ceived everywhere because he was ex ceedingly well connected, hut he was a distinctly duntreroUH man and a libertine by choice. His complexion was of an ivory Ilka pallor. Women always admire tbat; they forget that It Is usually produced, as In Captain Blackadder's case, by dissipa tion and late hours. Women suld that "he waltzed like an angel;" men looked upon bim as a conceited numskull. He did waltx like uV angel, and he was a conceited numskull, and a thorough good kicking would have done Captain the Honorable Reginald Blackadder a world of good. But it is difficult for an injured father, or eveu an injured husband, to administer a thorough good kicking to an officer in the Guards who stands six foot one in his socks. For a year before her marriage Captain Blackadder had paid Linda Verner marked attention, but Miss Verner gave him no encouragement; after ber marriage the captain's attentions became still more strongly marked. He danced with her as often as possible, and women liked to dance with Reggie Blackadder. ' He would talk , to her in whispers about nothing, and most women felt a profound satisfaction In monopolizing the attentions of so hand some a man as Captain Blackadder. He played the very strongest card that can be played in the game of fascination, and posed as Lady Dartmoor' friend. Lord Dartmoor did not trouble himself one jot about the fascinations of Captain Blackadder; he merely looked upon him as an aB an ass who talked well, who danced welL If he could ouly have pretended to have been a little bit jealous all might have been well; but Dartmoor had not time for Jealousy, much lees for shamming it. When be could escape from the house, if he bad time, which he very seldom had, be would drop in at the ball or carpet dance, at w hich his wife might be engaged, and dutifully drive home with ber, as a hus band should; but he was generally so tired, poor fellow, that he dropped off to sleep before they got to the house. It was at this time that I was called In professionally to see ljuly Dartmoor. 1 had known her all her life, you see, and I wa (upposed to understand her constitu tion, bhe complained of loss of appetite; there was considerable mental depression. I prescribed tonic and change of air. She took the tonics, but Lady Dartmoor de dined to leave London till the season was over. At his lordship's desire I saw Lady Dartmoor every day. At first she was not inclined to bs confidential. I suspected that there waa something on her mind, and I Implored ber to give me her confidence. After a while she (lid no. Her a-nevam- was thut she fancied her husband neglected ' ner. in vain I poiuted out that a man In Ixrd Dartmoor's position, aa tbe beir to the dukedom of Westcountry, aa tbe mem ber for Clodworthy, as an undersecretary of state, naturally had bis bands pretty full. "Dr. Swansdown, he baa ceased to love Aie," said Lady Dartmoor. Ldy Dart moor wa getting morbid. "Lady DArtnivur, you uquJ4 pak One night I wa sent for suddenly to see Ily Dartmoor. Sh. wa suffering f nun .sudden attack of brain fever, evident ly brought on by lutein excitement. There wa a good deal of wllddelirinm.and Iwuly rv. ,,l clearly something on her mind She bad bad a violent fit of hyster. M mt I ..ilV I HHll! t't III" P " " - - " her mother. Mrs. Verner; 1 warned her not ... i... her ibiiiL'hler's bedside for an In stant "In your daughter's uie, my dear madam," I said, "you must take no notice whatever of any alsmrdille she may utur In her raving." 1 directed that nooue but .i....,r. and Mra. Verner wa to enter i .h,i v D,.rt moor's room. I live in Hurley street. There Is no gar den to my bouse in Harley street. The fact f ikr. heliurno garden to my house in Harley street is a great trial to Maria, who I very fond OI nowers, nut, nun u'mu tin pin's wife, she bus a frugal mind. Sin H.u. not buvher flowers at the florist's .i.. .i,.u with the barrowmen in the street. She doe not pay in cash; she "swaps" my old clothes for floral treaa ures. It Is no use my remonstrating with Maria-she will do It. Two days after the commencement of Lady Dartmoor's Illness my wife rushed into my consulting room. "Oh, Ananias!" she cried (Marlu is very fond of me, unit she will call me by my Christian name), "look what I have found." Theu sh held out a magnificent three stone runy ring. I recognized the ring at once; It was Lady Dartmoor's. "Ananinsl" cried my wife, "I got rid of yourold shawl dressing gown today; I bur tered It for ferua. One of them actually came out of tbe pot, it waa so dry, pool thing; and between the pot and the eart h waa this beautiful ring." 1 congratulated Maria, and I took charge of the ring. When I called professional!) upon 1-ady Dartmoor tbat day her mother. Mrs. Verner, wa very much depressed. "She ha been raving all night about Captaiu Blackadder and her ruby ring doctor. She seems erfectly conscious now, but site does nothing but shed teius. doctor, aud sture at her left hand. And,' added Mrs. Verner dismally, "her rub; ring is missing, Dr. Swansdown." Then 1 went up to see my patient. Sli waa perfectly sensible, but her ineuUil de predion was intense and tears were flow ing freely from her lovely eyes. I got ri( of Mrs. Verner on some pretext or ot her Theu I stooped, and, pretending to pick I up from the floor, I banded ber the ruii. ring. "Oh, Dr. Swansdown," she cried, in i voice of genuine gratitude, "then It wn all a dream u dreadful, dreadful drean I must tell you, doctor," she cried lu he excitement; "I must tell you. bouieuody, she said "somebody who shall lie uaue. less has beeu ersuudlng me for ever s long that Dartmoor neglects me, and dreamt a dreadfully vivid (Ileum, D. Swansdown, ami I thought 1 was sure lb., my dream wum a reality, for I had lo my ring; and 1 dreamt that when 1 w silting out with him in tue coiiservatoi at Ludy Doublechiu's ball the other nl;,'l. he asked me to elope will) him thut uihi At first I indignantly refused. Then , dreamt tb.it 1 hesitated; I told blm t leave me; that if 1 consented I would pi. the ring in a flower pot that held a fer; which was standing behind us; and then i dreamt and my dieani seemed real, doc tor that 1 made up my muni that Dart moor uo longer loved me, aud that I pl.icei, my ring in the flower pot, close to the educ aud that just then Dartmoor apieaied ti take me home. And theu I rememlM'i nothiug more until late last night. Auu then 1 fouud the ring was gone; and, oh' Dr. Swansdown, 1 loathed myself.", "Calm yourself, calm yourxelf, my dear young lady," I began, with a geuial, pro fessional smile. "Late hours, my deur Lady Dartmoor, late hours and Ixmdoti air have much lo answer for. It was a lucky thing, though, that you fouud your ring; and now your miud is thoroughly disabused of the um monstrous halluci nation. You must try to dismiss these ridiculous ideas from your mind. Ah! we are much better this morning, much bet ter. Are we uot, Lady Durtmuorr 1 said, with a smile that was childlike and bland, to Mrs. Werner, who just then entered the room. I did not tell Iyord Dartmoor how very nearly the happiness of bis youug wife's life had been wrecked; but I ordered t he Durtmoors off ou a voyage rouud the world; and they started withiu the fort night iu Sir Joliu binnacle's big steam yacht, which Dartmoor purchased. When I got home 1 told Maria that I bad lost the ruby ring, and I added that I did not believe that they were rubies. Oh, Auauiasl" cried Mrs. Swansdown in her just Indignation, "you are a perfect fool!" What became of Captain the Honorable Reginald Blackadder? Why, Jamac, the French deputy, spitted him upon the sauds of Blackeuberglie because be was a great deal too attentive to Mine. Jamac, aud he died upon tbe field of honor. Serve him right, the beasM They manage this sort of thing so much better lu France. St. James tsuugeu A Black Silk Petticoat for Two Dollar. A black silk pcttieuat, trimmed bund somely with black lace, is a luxury thai not every womuu can afford wheu Ihe prices of them rang from twenty to thirty dollars, and even more. This hi how one was made, and a beauty It was at tbat, for two dollars. A young woman started out with ten dollars to get the long envied article. She went from shop to shop; nothiug quite suited her, and It seemed such an awfu, lot to give for the flimsy things, with theii poor lace and pinked ruffles, tbat were sei before ber. So, giving up in despair, she took th elevated home, aud gliding over tbe Brook lyn bridge a waft of fresh air blew an iden into ber wearied brain. On getting honu she found an old red silk underskirt which she had intended to be knit up iutou woveu portiere. On another dress was an old black lace flounce, which, with spoug Ing, pressing and darning, was made iie.-irl; as good as new, while the red silk skirt wm going through tbe dyeing process. Tin two were put together, and for two dollars the sum for dyeing, she had a much prei tier petticoat than any she bad seen for tri dollars. New York Evening Sun, A New Drama by Duma. A comedy on which Alexandre Dumas has been at work for more than a year is now approaching completion. Last win ter the brilliant dramatist spent several weeks at Monte Carlo, where he watched intently the operations of the gaming ta ble, and it ia conjectured tbat the casino will figure among the scenes of the forth coming piay, but it is not likely that hi Monte Carlo will equal bis father's Monte Cristo in general Interest. A aeeker aftr piirintiB unit !itM innwii facts ha discovered that all tbe president of the United States save William Henry Harrison bail blue eves. Knew the Sex. Good Minister I am exceedingly crrat- - o- o- ified at the wonderful increase in the at tendance of men at onr Wednesday, Fri day and Saturday evening prayer meet ings. For the past three weeks the chnrch has been thronged with men. His Wife It's honse cleaning time. New York Weekly. Mrs. Harrison is said to be very fond of the Bible, Washington Inring's works and the poet of America. She prefers old books to the current literature, and reads none of the new novels and rery few twriodicala, , H(W TO A GERMAN PHYSIC n. sp.., f MaTTr ' Tha, Ar. v. c.kJ A mane Pnni. . - Ul - nn, rM, tv B.ln, CI..B,-f,i"' "'r-Hi I'lHty of . bald b" IwldneMlsipro.lncTnfcv According to thl svt, i nfhalrle.seUBp "!, men. la cfvillj,! every anthrolcgi sumption by examining kind. Thsoldliol1" the bald head hwT when they only Nd ha7Ni: with a shining PM ,W,I, If bald new (, ,,.B , thins "devomi. . wta, rform a niihlie this con.lltlou can ,.? vnn..u,.,m. " . 06 "Weill i. ..... ,1E peop,, wll( , n uurauvice in on er tn iU.l r.i thus keep their hair mu. ".pmiewaionwag--?, our wisdom. mwt., ouradvi:,nor,le;tod0llbp,: Before enumerating th.. bald, It may be ltur to , regarding tbe necesHlty of ... Dlisb that end rv. there was no art In beJ time aud age would aov,7i,M slderatura without other iu V lu the course of time." sidT t teeth, our hair and our Ideu . l Tbatmaybetn.efsr,,, f idea are coueerned, but - aL depend upon liming our j"., many aged men with heavrh-Tl Tbe hope, therefore. th.i '7?' one halri I ilu,u. til . ,c, Ppnuini u-twi lnnn t . - ,wm lor nwt r ture must resort at once to It Is not even noHsihli. ,i . 1 V of hair after sickness, as it JS. again when health biu retiirwift accomplishes other result EFFECT OF HEAD covriB. I The first good rule is to kl) warm. In summer If yon wiiu1? bald do not wear a straw b. ft hij, ici, juui uenugear DCIftfe, hst. a derby or a stovepipe. , ....utoniuran Walk hi at all times of tbe year do ut s? , a fet or an oil cap. Women .l. bats do not wear off tbt ku J cuuuku, may accoinpilnl tbatadii.r heavy switches of fnlse hair. '1 A roll of false hair will work s, J rapidly than a fur cap, M fall out by the hundreds wbn fr.l heavy enough. The beloved aijh,l dear to our grandmothers, li it J' recoiiinieniieu also I US Mlmt i llcer and policeman is also i ventlon. t What Is the effect of these kaii ingsr i uey make the bead p. Moisture is the demlly enemrcit the temples and the back of tktl the neck, usually untouched bfit' and caps, it is seldom that oust Dess On the other hand, tbe bij falls out on the parts of the mi ri are covered. A Iwlil ring often ml position of the hat or cap, l As perspiration destroy! tbe k quentuseof steam bathiuttkj recommended. The liabitueigf ikt I T...M.I. I.., I..... .1. lull nuu luminii uauis vau MVW.I without exception, beautiful U As stated above, moistura b tit enemy of the bair. Consequtttlt.i when one is in bathing or iwimu praiseworthy practice. Tlitdck.4 more effective. I cannot pm;t greatly. f RAPID MEAN'S EASILT AT Hil f The custom of many wnmeiof w their wet hair todry in theaitilstc, to be mentioned here. Tot soitu mains longer iu the hair whei illw. dry, and acts accordingly. Themis practice of washing th head it ii thing also. A comb with modern row teeth will clean the head If (n used. i However, as It does notdestrej ik rapidly enough, It Is advisable tt 4 frequently. Ellinger has proted'm' tist ical reports that eightv-artt'r buudred fortunate posessorolli! have been accustomed to tubs;; balr from early childhood, Tlii encouraging. . The various hair water, to" modes, coloring substances ud f ventious of the barbers ind ri must be considered also. Un!' praiseworthy. The pomadem accomplish their purpose in"' The warmth of the head nuke l' cid and sticky. The scalp , tated and makes washing mco! other cosmetics for the hair w" sonouR chemicals. . The fluids for coloring tbe stance, are made almost to part, of salt of lead, which rt sons tbe roots of the nalr.W body In the course of rime. supposed to aid the growth usually admirably adapted to biU tbat may be left on the be S "comdinq, BitcsnisQ, onV All pulling, tearing, fu7' g of th. hair aids it in fa ltog; ommeud, therefore, the M hard brushes, such as steel W" f young dandies who "curry " , every morning with the course of the day comb tb s ever they see a mirror, aw w ; road to baldness. That is also true of wV 6 their hair to be combed by odpb , ant Asto combs, thos. . teeth are the best, as they ww f tbe doxens. Rubber eon i, yantage in making the baiMiy. In that condition it often h- 1 handful. ..i.tottii! Slngeingthebalrcauseslt The use of curling P!' ".Vj The Principal thing i the balr to rest. BaM" -Jrt Tbe use of hairpins T1i t The hairpins keep the bw or. . Jure It In the sains; "!JS f Dr. Alex WlnckkHn I rn. In To- J A town warrant was r school house door in a recently ordering. .town Issue therein suited, r it, added among the arud v ing. "And to see how mart appropriate to have Jim meaning a well knownM; bair had never been cut ' read by the moderator i with the rest, " what acUon would bs ttf k discovered anything there himself, and It J . do to keep him from eleanwi Hellas io.j m- j Strike penetrate w all kinds of profession- ing girls in a 01 Bengal, have tr"ctkll(.7pnr,W curtailed some of the ' i ' ; there is a lawyer stn provincial town near i a dispute with the courts. . " f "I am sorry to le i aaldthesvmpathinng , girl who bad come m .' abed!" ,. , lhtij "Not quit." KfSzLa, "Sb'sJuakk-u" 7