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EUGENE CITY GUARD. LkCAlirBKU. Praprtetar. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. A JollianMHia Nmul. Thi. babitcf miming boys aft' r some friend and hanging two "lust" nuii.i to a lad nil of bin life in ivbont played out At leant, that in w hut Mr. Sawyer Cook, of tbl city, thinks nlH.nt it. Win baby bad the cramp the other night, anil paregoric did not feem t have the lightest effect noon the little sufferer, to Mr. Cook flow for the doctor post baste, lie pulled the bell with u rousing jerk. Up went the side window, anil the physician's voice called excitedly "Who's there?" "Sawyer Cook," hurriedly cried the anxious father. "Saw my cook, did you? Well, what the deuce do I care if you saw the cook, the chaw beimaid, the butler and Urn table boy? You let that bell alone, you loon, or I'll break your facel Oet out of thatl" "But I tell you I'm no loon. I'm Saw yer Cook I" "Confouud it, what do I care If you did see my cook? That's her business if he want to gallivant around at night. I mind inv business. hIih mind ben. aud you bad better go alKmt yours if you want to keep out of trouble. Hear me?" "1 don't know anything alxiut your servants, doctor, and I am not drunk; but my baby Is sick, and if you don't hurry up she will diet" "Your baby' sick? Who are you?" cried tha doctor in astonishment aoo more. "Why, Tin Mr. Sawyer Cook, of 8M Gripe street, as I told you before, and my baby's dying with the cramp!" cried the agonized father. "Oh, beg pardon, air I thought you were soma bum. 1 will be down di rectly!" The baby is all right now, bnt Mr. Sawyer Cook wants his name changed. Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, Bob Boy Had Ilia llest of IU The far famed Rob Roy MacGregor was confessedly the beat swordHtnan of his day. Ills celebrity for wielding the claymore excited MucNeil of Barra, to visit him fur the ex press purpose of try ing bis prowess. Hurra was gentle man, possessing the qualities that endear chief to Ids clan, with the accomplish ment which Amfer acceptability in pol ished circles. On arriving at Hob Ituy's bouse the MacNcll chiuftain found be was at Buchanan attending the market, ud thither he repaired. He met sev eral gentlemen on horseback on their way home, and accosting the nearest, begged to know if Rob Roy was still at the fair. "Who Inquires for Rob RojT Inquired voice, more remote. "MacNeil of Barra," said the chief. Rob Roy approached, announcing him self, and after exchanging salutes Burr aid: "I bava beard Rob Roy extolled a the best swordsman of our times, and nave come a long journey to pruve whether be or I deserve that commendation." "Chieftain of Barra." said Rob Roy, "I never sought a quarrel with any man; and if It please you to think yourself the better swordsman I bava no objec tion to your opinion." "This is llio language or rear," Mid Barra. "Who dure (. speak of fear to Rob Bob MaoGregui '"said MocUregor. "Die mount, sir, and try if I'm afraid." The chivalrous encounter immediately commenced, and Rob Roy found Barra nearly bis match; but after much dex ssrous play be wounded the chieftain in the sword arm, so that be was for sev eral months con II ned at Buclwiuau. Scottish American. Tha llliif of (liauos. Cheops was the builder of the pyramid which bean) his inline, ami, as if to make tha structure perpetuate hi deeds for all time to come, the very stones and bricks of which it is composed are stamped with his name. Cheops lived nearly 3..100 )ears ago, bis great pyramid being an antiquity In the days when the great nations of old were m their youth, and yet we of this Nineteenth century can have the satisfaction of looking nxn tlis very ring he wore so proudly upon his royal finger! The hieroglyphics on the ring are mlnntely ace male aud boatili frilly executed, the ring itself being of finest gold and weighing nearly an ounce. The oval signet lwars the name of Che aps, which is iu hieroglyphics in perfect aooord with the stamp on tha bricks of the great pyramid. This remarkable an tiquity was found in a tomb at Ghiteh. It now reposes in the museum of tha New York Historical society. St. Louis Republic Writing lu Frct Character. As most adults write without much regard to the angle which the word take, it Is to them a matter of supreme Indifference whether upright or sloping alligrapby is best for their health. But with children it is different. Hence there may be something in tha recotn Herniation of On Von Keuss and Lorvui to the supreme council of hy giene for Austria that lu future aliildren should be taught to write In erect char acters, for iu this form of penmanship tha scholar faces bis work, and is spared tha twist of the body and neck which is always observable in those who writ slantwise, and tha tendency to spinal earvature Induced thereby. Loudon Tit-Bite. Talaa of Mask. DCtiun uunriv, Krrriu uiurr arm in are called into use by the perfumer. Musk is the moot important. It corns ut of tba wuk deer of tha mouutaius of India, China and Thiliet It is ex tremely difficult to obtain unadulterated, and when obtained in that condition cost twice it weight lu gold. So great tba tenuity of tha odor, that in an area five feet it gives ont fi7.Kt9.SCH par ticle without undergoing an appreciable diminution of weight Kew YotkEvau luf Sun. Wark far M Jeoariaa. Tba nxaoadamlrlng of a piA-e of a road la OLio Increased tli valua of Ui aitjoluliig farms $4.30 aa acre, aula th oust was Was SI mn a.-r R.in mta ntivlit Ia all I through lb country preaching lb (uspai uf cood roads, N Turk Trtbuu. Ilaggtn A Cair, who own 4W,tX0 am s nf land anil elaiui tha makirttvnf ilia' water in Kern county, Cal., bsve con tented to permit branch to be con structed from th Kern Island eangl, j which will Irrigate alxmt oO.OtsJ acres of , land next to Bakersfleld that bava here tolof S been beld aa a desert. CABRISTOTS GIFT. Br nuon CONWAY. Author ef "CnDfil ll'irk "Pork &iy,' "A family Affair," tie TOLD, Br FHIUr BRAUD, M. D , M.IDOif. At rddltigtnn be placed bar iu a ladles' carriage n I left br. He wss a smoksr, la Mwl Wis wondered some bat at this deser Uon. Tbso th train J down west Al tba large stations ths g.iilloinsn ram to h f aud offered hex refreshment. Uungar eind to bava Is.'t ber, but slis i crept! a nip ol tea one or twlue. At last sorrow, fatigue, and th wknn produced br suco s irr longed ft thair oslural effect, Witb tba tears st on bar Is-has ths girl fU asleep, and must bse lept for maiir miles: iloep uubruken by itoppsjss at itatioat. liar conductor at last arouoxl bsr, lit stood at tbs door of th csrriax. "1ft rjustgetoiit here,"hesiid. All thsmouisu tardy tor.ott!) anguirb sinu buca to ber si b il'od bands buu on the alimat unoccu pied platform. "Ara tlairs at laxtf ' she f-M. ' am sorry lo ssv have still a long 4rtv. Would you liks to rt Ilr.ir' "No, no. Come on. If yu plaan. Slit tpoka with feverish skkwdoss. Tb man bowed. "A carrlags wslU," tu ssld. Outsids ths station was s esrrisjs of Sfinn sort,drswn by ons borw, and drifi-n by s man muffled up lo the eyei. It s atlll nlbt, but Mmluliiio iBiii-icii dawn could not be far off. llor rondu tor one 1 tbedoi.r of tli earring snd waited lor l.cr toeo'.er. Hh iaud. "A-l blin I bat into must kaow U " "I sm mont remiss," wild tb (reiitlaman. II- axckaiu I tew words with the ilrlvar, and coining back, told Mml -line that Mr. larr ess still alive, miuiuIv, and eipjclmg bar eagerly. "Ou, please, pleas drivs fust," snld tb poor girl, ipriuglng into the (srriuK. Tba ?;eDtlinan sealed bliuulf beids bur, Snd ur a long tun tbey drovton lu lilane, At last tbey slopped. 'J'bedawn was Ju.t gllmuiaring. Tbey aligatel in front of a bouse. Tb door was ou. Madi-llo en tered swiftly. "Which wsv whicb wsyf slis asked. Hlie was Usi SKUat d to notice any surroundings; ber oi wisb was to rsb bar lover. "Allow ma," said tb conductor, passing ber. "This wsv; pleas follow urn." lis went Up short fllfbl of stairs, tun utwl, eu.l"wueds door quietly, He stood ssid for lb girl to enter. Tb room wss dimly bl, aud contained s bed with drawn curtains. Msdfllne flew psst br traveling companion, aud sa sb threw barself on bar kueus beaid flf sfnod nsiife fr thf girl to enfer. thetsxl upon which she exiwcted toseth b,dplis nucl shattered form of thf tiKiu -lii loved, beard, or fancied she beard, th door locked buiilud bur. CHAITKIt VII. Carrlston slept on lata into the next dav. Knowing thai every mouiout of bo. Illy aud mental rest wai a prneious boon lo bim, I left him umlixturl esl. He was Hill fast slenp wlieu, about uudilsy, a gsulleninu aallad usm ma. llu sent up ne card, snd I suppose.! ti csuia to consult ui piolea ioually. The moment he entered inr risun I nHg nlnvl him. He was th thin lipsd, g.-nilu-Disuly penon whom 1 bad met on my jour ney lo Hoiiriiainouth Isit spring th man who had uaiiisd so uiueh iiupis sol br my views ou Insanity, an I bail inninfe.Ul such bitem.t In tlm d'i'ltl ion I had given nit h out meiiUoniug any name of Curri-toii't peculiar mind. 1 should lisvsst enoi claimed s-qualnU anceship witb uiv vlMior, but Isifor 1 oould Sieak tieadvnel and aiiogited grafully (or bis intrusion. "Youwdl forgive It," he added, "whan I tell you inv nam Is Ita.pli ('ari'iton." lieiiieiulierim; our chaiicA eiiiversntl"n, tlie thought that, alter nil, Charles Can is. toil's wild m piclou was well foun led Hashed throug'i mo like lighiiiiii);. My great hogsi was that mr visitor nuulil not rememl er nir far as 1 ninemlHM.'d bis. 1 bowp.l coldly, but said nothing. "I Uilleve, l)r. llran I," be coiitIuu sl,"you bava a young relative of mm at piawnt staying witb vout'1 "Yea, Mr. Carrlston is mr guet, I so swared. "We ara old friends." "Ah, 1 did not kuow that. I do not re member having heard him immtiou youi uaiua as a friend. Hut, as It is so, no out knows lstlr thanyoudo the unfortunate stat of his health. How do )ou Hud him to-dav violent r 1 pretoudisl to iiuor th niau's uinnlng, aud auswnial smilingly: "Violence Is thf last tiling 1 should look for. He is tnisl out and exhausted by travel, snd Is iu girst dis tivas. That, I believe, is th wholtofbis coiiiplamt" "s, ye, to t swirs, poor Isiy, Hit swevtliearl lias left hint, or so.uething. Hut as a doctor you mint know llist his iiieiit.d eoiiditlou Is not quite what it should ba. Il l frieuds ara vary an i ions shoot him. Ther laar that a little restraint - Umrary, I kopa must be put upon Ins autious. 1 callil to ask your advice and aid " "lu what, Mr. Carnslonf "lo this. A young man can't be left fns) to go slsiut threatening his Ineiuli' lives, ) bare brought lr. I'slsv with me - you kuow him, of iHMirsa. II Is Mow iu my carnage. I will call him up, with your iwrmission. 11a could then a sr Charles, and Hit awdful a'rtitlcal could b signed by y t two dorliir." "Mr. Carriston," I said, divide lly, "let usi k-U you in tb plainest word tlutt veui cousin is st pnaeut as fullr in pKskion ol his wiis as you srsx lr. Ialey wuser b may ba eoul.l si-u no certitlcata, sad incur day no asylum would dam lo keep air. Car risloo witbm lis walls." An unpleasant, sinister lwk erise,l my UsIeOM's face, but bis voice still rauiatued bland aud suave. "1 am sorry to dilfei from you, Ur. Hi and," be sai l, "but 1 know bun uet'er than you da I b son him ai you bar Urver yet Meu lulu Only Usi Bight ba rsuu lo m In a frantic tt. I ils-lad every moment ba would Bisk Biurdaruu alt k on lor." "i'rba ha fancied ba bad soma raoai fur inger," 1 said. ltalph CaiTlstvu hsked st iu with tboai Co d ras ut w bk k bit cvuua bad vkea "If tb boy has ucredd id convvrtlni( you to any of bis delusioue, I can only say thai doctors ar' mora cradul s than 1 fanned but tb question ut uot worth arguiug. Yov daclin to aaaiat me, so I niusl do wit bout you. Uood murnins. Or. Brand 11 left tb room as graeaiully a b had antarad it 1 ramaluat ia a stal of doul4. It was curious that ha IpB Carrmtoa turu.si oat to b tb inaa wbota I bad tut ia 11k traiai bat tba ridaac olTerad by IL oo lactdaBO was aot aaougk la eoovtoj kua yl mm ftaljik CarrHnn looktd at ms with thorn told fyri of hit. , tb crime of endeavoring to drlvs bis couslo pud bv such a far-fetched struUi'rem us thi Uivs g!ing snav of llsl 'lme Rowun. It sides, even lu wishing t' prove Charles Car risloo mad ha had inucb to say on bis side. Hupp nfC him to b Innocent of bsvin abducted Miidnlin. Csrr.ston's viol -nt l a ksvlor on tli praceilinx evening must bav secuitd very much IKa lieaniiy. In spile ol tiia aversion with which Kulpb Carrision lr tpireJ m, I carily knew which s do to be bvs. Carrlitnn still sl-pt; so hen I went oul en my afternoon rounds I lefts note be(j;mj luni to pMimin iu tli bous i until my roiurn 'i ben 1 found him up, dressed uud looking lim b inor lie hiuwlf. When I tnlered giuiiur was on the table, so not until tl at j,esl wssovercoull w talk unrtrain-lly jpon the subj 'ft Wi ich was uppuiiuostiu bvlU oar iAS -ilj Hit . .. wr i j ,o.,tf 4 v.u 1 . 1 Uiv ii ui'.. "Awl now," I said, "we miin ' settle what h do. Them snnms U in to b but one course open. V'-u bav plenty of ni ne)-, so your ls!,t plan is to ungates till'sl (silice asl.laiH Young Indcs can't lit ip riled uwuy Ilk this witlmu. leaving a ' U-aea." To my surprise ('nrri.lon flatly olij-ctfd ' to this course. "No," he said, "I s nil not ' go lo the ol;c. The mini who took her jswi.ylias ph iwl ber where no sdco cnu Ind her. 1 must tlnd her invself.'' riiul bs' youiwdri Why, it m-iy ba nioulhs veins Isifor you do tiiatl (iond heuveus, Carristoul Hhs may bu muidured, Br worse " "1 shall know If any further evil lw pns to hr- thsn 1 shall kill Italpn Carrislou." "Hut V'Hi tell mo you Iriva no cewr whnt sver to trai e her by. Do talk paiu y. Tell me all or n iliing." Carrihbm smiled very fa ntly. "No clnir tlmt you, lit mi. r.Hf, will believe in," he 41 id "Hul 1 know this much, bo is a pr.s oiinr soinnwliers. Hue It unliai py, but not, as yet, ill-treated, l eiveusl lioyout.iink ,f I did not know tlu 1 sl.ould kop in.; senses for aa hoin f ' "How cm you hws bly know Itf "1 y that g ft Unit sxtra io' isii, or what. avr it is-whii'li you deride, I kuivy it wou'il come to in som duy, but 1 ti Is thought bow 1 should weli ouie it. I k.i w liuit in wiiii way 1 sbull llu 1 her by ' I bill yes I hsvs ulntudy seen her three a. I may sou hsr again at any moment u the sunn." lit comes over me," All tins fsnlaitio ikhimmhi) was spoken so simply an I w.tu such an air o. couvic ion that ones mora my suspicious us to the state of his li I ud were annuel, lu spti of Ilia brave answers which 1 bad giv u .Mr. Ralph Carrisii n I tall that commou-aous was uu Ueniably on bis lido, "'lull me what vou mean by your strange fit," I said, resolved lo tin I out the nature of Cani. Inn's fauciet or lialliiciuntioua. "is it a kind of trance you fall intof He se.uued lua Ih to give any Information on tho subject, but 1 prunse I buu for au an swer. "Yes," bo said at lad. "It must be a kind of trance. An lud -sci lUilile feeling comes over me. 1 know that my evoi ara tiled ou tome olijsrt pnwnlly that object Vauuh'S, aud 1 sa M iilellllB." "How do you mv herf" 'Mm seems to slaud iu a blurred circle of light as cast by a mngiu lantern. That is th.' only way that I can deaertlw it. Hut ber tlguis) is plain an I clear- she mibt I clos to m. Th carpet on which sh stands I rsn s 'c, tbs chair on w bicb shssita, th tabl an n iiii'h slis leans liar hand, su.vTliIu; sli , touches 1 can see; out no mora, 1 have seen I b-r tulsing. 1 knew she wna entreating some one, but that some ous was Invisible. ! Vet, if she touched Unit s'i soii, the virtue of I her touch ivould eti'ihlo me 1 1 see him." Ho ,'nr as I could see, ( urris'ou's ca.se a p. ' peaicd tot ens of nverwtoiiKht or unduly sIimiii' ile, imugimilioii, His 1 had always coiisideieil lo be a mind of Ills most sH'uliar I couslruclion. In bis pnwnt statu of love, grief, sill siishmis ti.ese bullucinatloni might coma iu tba same way lu which dreams come. For a little while I satin silence iinisi .lering how 1 iMiild lst couilait with and disgsd his reiuarknblo del us ions. Uefor 1 hud arrived ut any division 1 was culled any to seo a patient. 1 was but a short tune engaged. Then 1 nilurntsl to C'airUiui, iuieuding ta coutiuiie my in qiiti iei, UHn reentering th room I found hltn sit ting ss I had left, him directly opssite to , I lie uisir. ills lais wat turned fully toward me, and I trembled as 1 caught sight of it. He was leaning forward, his bandioutbs t tabl cloth, bis whole frame rigid, his eyes , staring lu on direction, ye!, 1 knew, calla ble of sednn nothing that 1 coul.1 eo. He uemed even oblivious to sound, for I entered the room andclosel the door liehind me w lib. Mil ruumg luni to change lock or post ( tiou. The meuieut I snir th man 1 knew , that he bad Isvu overtaken by what b callisl his strange lit. j My tlist impulse a natural one - was to arouse him. but mnniid thoiiKhis told me Unit this was sn opponunity for studying his dis ease w hieb should not lie lost I felt that 1 could call it br no oilier name tlisu disease so 1 prormsled to make a systematic sxamiu stion of his sympt 'ins. 1 leaned seines the table, snd, witb my face shout a fist from Ins, hnikel trai;ht Into his eyes, They tsoraved no sign of rec ognition -un knowhslgu of my pmseu,, I am ashaiuisl lo say J could not divest inv If of the iniueion that they were hs-Licg through ma Th pupils were givativ di. la: wi. The lids were, wide apart. 1 lighted a taper snd held it Is-fo them, bat rould see noeipausion of the iria it wi s a rase, I confess, entirely Isivoud my comply hen-ii a 1 bad no eisr ssic w hn h uiulit serve as a guide as to what was th Ust Cv ui ssi to adopt. A'l I couhl do was lo stand and walcb caifully for any change. bat tor his regular breaiidug and a sort of ivutulsit twilcliin.' of bis lingers, Car lislou miht have bocu a coriai or a aimv. His luoa could svai o ly grow alr than it bad been beloia ih attack. Altogether, U was au uucouifoi labia sight a ciwpy s.kbt this ui.itiouloss man, ullei ly regar I hv.s of all luat neul ou arouul hi in, aud sw.uc, or giving on Ik i lea that he taw, soinaiuing lar aa., I sighed as 1 looked al Ih Strang s)ss.'tacle, aud foioasw what tha ud uiUsl ureiv btv but although 1 longed for bim ta awaka, I deleruilued on th s is casiu to let tha trance, or Ut, run lis full Course, tbal 1 might nolic lu what tuanuur aud tow sostu oousciousuess rei urueU. 1 must k.ivs wailed au 1 waichtvl some tea nmiuieuiiiiutei which seemed lo me inter. ni.nat'le. At lat I saw lua li quiver, ths hd rl.cker oao or laic, aud rveutuilly close weal lly over lb ev- Tb uauatut al leusicu o(veiy muscle seeuw.1 to rei si, aud signing dsaplv, aud apparently quit ex bsu.ied, Carruloo saas back into his chair, u h beads of si-spiratHa foruuug on his ab.tabrow. Tba Ut was over. lu a mom-ul 1 wa at his aid and forcing a gta- of wins) down his throat, lie looked up at ai aud sjsk. His voice was (ami, but bis words war quit collected. "1 bav ea bar again,'' M ai4 "h s well, but so unhappy I saw ber kneel down sod pray, tha stretched her beautiful arms out to ma. Aud yet I know not wber to look for ber-my poor lovel my poor loveP 1 wailed untd 1 thought be bad sufficiently recovered from hi eihaustion to talk with out injurious consequeuosi. 'Carriston," I uud, ' lit ma ak you one question! ara tbe trances or visions voluntary, or notf" Us reflected for a few moineutfc "I can't quit tU you," bs said; "or, rather, I wou4 put it in this way. I do not think I can ex ercise my power at will; but I can feel when the Ut Is coming on ma, aud, 1 believe, can, U I choose, stop myself from yielding to it," "Very well Mow listen. I'romis m you will fight against thus seizures as much ss you can. If you don't, you will b raving mail in a month." "I can't promise that," said Cairiston, quietly. "H-a her at timet I must, or I shall die. Hut I promise to yield ss seldom ssmay b. 1 know, ss well as you do, thai tli very exhau.tbm 1 now Xeel must ba in Juriou to any oral." In truth bs looked utterly worn out. Very much dbaatlsOed with his concession, the best 1 could get from him, I sent bim to 141, knowing that natural rest, if b could get its would do more than anything else toward ru.torlug a healthy tout to bis mind. CHAPTER VTII. Although Carriston stated that he earn te tie for aid, and. it may be, protection, ha manifested the grea'est reluctance In follow ing auy advice I ofTcn-d him. The obsti nacy of his refusal to obtain the assistant of the ijIIi placed me In a predicament, That .Madeline Rowan had really disap peared I was, of course, couisllei to believe. It might eveu be possible that she was kept against lux will in some place of ounceui tnnU In such a case It behooved us to take protn-r steps to trai-e b'-r. Her welfure should not deiend upon tho hallucinations and eccentric ideas of a man half out of his sen -at with love and grief. 1 all but re-ilvi-l, even at the risk of forfeiting Carriv bin's friendship, to put the whole matter in toe bauds of the silice, unless, in the course of a d iv or two, wo heard from the girl her self or Carriston sliKgeit'sl some better plan. Curiously enough, although refusing to be guided by me, be made no suggestion on bis own account. He was racked by fear and sims'iise, yet his only idea of solving Ins dltllculties seemed to Is! that of wultill','. He did nothing. Ho simply waited, as if he eii.-ctod that chance would briug what he should have been seuching for high aud low. Some days pa! before I could get a tardy roieeut that aid should be sought Even then he would not go to tha proja-r quarter; but he allowed nie to summon to our councils a man who advertised himself as being a private detective. This man, or one of his men, came at our call, and heard w hat was wnnted of him. Carriston reluctantly gave him one of Madeline's photographs, lie also told bim that only by watching and spying on ltalph CarrUton's every action coul 1 bo hosi to obtain tho clew. I ditl not much like the course adopted, nor did I like the hs'k of the man to whom tho inquiry was Intrusted; but, at any rate, something was being done. A week tsisl without news from our aiieut Carriston, hi truth, did not seem to expect anv. I believe he only employed the man in deference to my wishes. He moved ulsiut the house in a disconsolate fashion. I had not told bim of my interview with hi Cousin, but had cautioned him on the rare occasions Uiui which be went out-of-ibsirs to avoil p nking to strangers, and my servant! had strict Instructions lo prevent any one comiug iu aud tukiug my guest by surpris . For 1 hud, during those days, opened a conlldenliul inquiry ou my own accotiut. I wauUsl to le.-iru something nlKJilt this Mr. Ralph Carnstou. rs I asked a man who knew everybody to llud out all alamt hluu lie res!rtd that Ralph Curriston was a man well known alsmt Loudon. He was marriisl, aud bad a house in Dorsetshire; but the greater mrt of his time was sieiit in town. Once ho was supposed to be well off; but now it wta tho p-uoral opinion "that every acre he ownel was mortgaged, and that hi wna much pro-jsci lor money. "Hut," my informant suld, "there is but one life bctwtvn him and the reversiou to kiri;o estates, and that life ia a poor one. I believe even now ther la a talk about tho uian who stands in b.s way being mad. If hi, Ralph Carriston will get th manage ment of everything. " After this uuws 1 felt it more than ever n.snlf ul bi ki-ep a w atchf ul eye on my friend. So fur as 1 knew there had lsxn no recur rence of the trance, and I I eirun to bopo that propT treatment would eu.vt a complete cure, when, to inv great alarm and annoy ini,i, Currision, while sitting with me, sud denly mil without warning fell into the same strange stuti of Isslv and mind as previously described. This time he w as sit tiu,' iu another part of the room. After watching him for a minute or two, and just as I was making up my mind to nruise him and scold him thoroughly for his folly, lie sprulu to bis feet, and shouting, "Ret b-r gol lssise her, 1 savl" rushed violently acriMs the room o violently tlmt I had tiaivl,' time to iutersvso and prevent him Innn coming iuto couluct w ith the opposite Willi. 1'hu retumint to his senses he told me, with grout excitement, that be had again seen .Madel.ue; moreover, this time ho had seen a man with ber a uinu who hail placed his baud iikiii ber wrist and kept it there; snd so, acrordiiu: to CarrLstou's wild rea soning, brume, ou account of the contact, visible to him. He told me he hail watched them for some moments, uuul the mini, tightening his grip ou the girl's arm, endeavored, he thought, to lead her or induce her to tollow him soin where. At this juncture, unaware that be was gating at a vision, ho had rushed to her usMsianee iu tin frantio way 1 have do-a-rilsd; then be awok He also to d me he had studied the man's features and general appearance nuwt care lully witli a mow to future nciignition. All Iheve ridiculous statements wora made as he made the former ones, with the air if oue relating mil, le, uud nialde facta one speak ing the plmu unvarnished truth, aud ex pecting full credence to be giveu to hi words. ll was too absurd I too sad I It was eviilent to me that the lstrrierUtweeu bis halluciua lions, dieaiiis, visions or whatever be cboa to call them, uud pure in-auity, was now a Very she lit and fiagde oue. Hut before I gave bis case upas hopeless I determined to make uuother strong uppoal to his common sen e. 1 told bun ol bis ivusiu's visit to me of his iulent.oiis aud prnition. I beg gisl him tocoiesider what consequences his extraordinary Ul.efs aud extravagant ac tions must eveniually euUuL 11 listened attentively and calmly. "You issj now.'' be said, "how right I was in atti'ibuluig all this to Ka.ph Carriatou how right 1 was to (Mine to you, a doctor of standing, who can vouch for my sanity." "Voiiih f r Min Niiiity 1 How can I whn you sil hetv ami talk sucu ariaut nonsense, su l cish'I me to ts luveitl When you jump fix in cur chair and rush madly at sum visionary f,s l Ntne ss you may l iu all else, any evidemsj 1 cvsuld gn in vour favor must break dow u in crsss-exanuuatKin if au inkling of these things got about. Come, Carriston, be reasonable, aud prove your sanity by setting slsiut Una scajh for Aa) K .wau iu s proper way." it, as txiNtiNrKo. Aa I l.'1'lisnt's Sagarlly. The storiiw iliusti sting the sagacity of th lephaul are uinu ueratile, but few ar more rsnmrsliie Ih in tne following on recorvled by a wril. r in a It .mliay aer upon th au thority of an artuicry otllcer, who was a wit nesa of the in. . lent The battering train was going to the sic;e ..f Sring:iKttatn, wbeu an arlillerymsu, nno wasseaUsl on th tumbril of one of the guns by some accident fall al oiost dins-llv under the hind wheel Th elephant stationed ta-hlud the gun, perceiving th man's dan ,-er. Instantly, without any or der from iu kcvr, lifted up th wheal with its trunk, and k -pt a suspended till tb car ruge had isvswl iksi of hitu. WOMJLVS WOKLD. THE THREE MAIDENS AT SARATOGA AND THEIR BODYGUARD. Aaathrr Kaw Profesalun A Thorough Business Wimiau-A Husluaaa Womaa al 100 Woman anil Her Hoots- A Huo cessful Warbler. We are certuinly Ix-ginning to got very ariKtocrutic and English herein America The other evening in Surutoga thre young women were noticed strolling klowly dowu North Broadway, one of the beautiful resilience avenues of tbut fa mous spa. It was an early hour, aud there would have been nothing remark able in the fact that three tall, fine look ing women, well drcaitod aud of digni fied bearing, should stroll on a quiet thoroughfare in the tint half of lovely summer's evening but for this circum stance. Eighteen feet, purling, behind the trio walked, with meiiHiired step ex actly suited to keep hia distance, a young lackey in full livery, presumably aa a protector A good uiany people turned and looked after them, and it doubtless occurred to the mujority of such specta tors tbut so fur as protection went the follower bud considerable advantage over the followed All the young women were above the averuge hqight. were evidently up in athletica, and looked as if any one of them could pick up the little tiger, top boots, cockade and all and tots, him aside without any inconvenience. As suming, however, that the aervunt was acting in the rapacity of protector, one wondered next from whut be was guard ing his charges Not certainly from the various orderly persons who pa&ted from time to time, nor from the guy group of cottagers who on their piazzas more often saluted the sauntering maidens as friends tbuu gazed calmly at them as strangers, nor could there be lurking dangers in deeply shadowed spots, for ni .h ditl uot exist, with lamps ut every comer and electric lights at near dis tances It really seemed very absurd, but the young women sauntered slowly on, evi dently with uo goal in view; reached a point siiflicieiitly near the hotel and near the business part of the thoroughfare, turned abruptly, "deems" jumping aside with ii salute to permit them to take the lead again, and in the fashion tbey hud comedown they strolled up again, enter ing finally, with the air of reaching home the lawn of a handsome residence in the heart of the cottage colony, Jei'tns see lug them safe to the palm grown piazza before he wheeled olT, atill discreetly (lis taut, to the rear of the premises. New York Times A New Profession fur Women. In the spectroscopic work (in astron omy) the eyo baa tsen superseded of late to a great extent by the photographic plate, which ia now able to recognize fainter impressions than the eye, mid to register them permanently Professor Pickering baa been continuing at Cam bridge his remarkable work, and it is also being carried on in the southern hemisphere by a party sent there iu cou uection with tbooerationsof the Draper memorial The instrument employed is a photographic telescope, with u prism or a series of prisms, in front of the ob ject gloss, the whole mounted like any large telescope, and provided with an ac curate driving clock. With an instrument of this kind we ob tain upon the sensitive plate the spectra of all the stars which happen to be in the field of view sometimes a hundred ut u time, as when u cluster like the Pleiades is in i nest ion This method has niudo it poHsible to complete, in u comparatively short time, a general survey of the spectra of all the brighter stars of the northern hemisphere, and the survey is now beinjj extended to the southern hemisphere, where it is already well advanced When ever the spectrum of a star, thus photo graphed on a small scale, ia found to present any interesting peculiarity, it is examined with a more powerful instru ment, which photographs its spectrum ou a much larger scale, and this second photograph is then enlarged again for special study It is worth recording here that the ex amination of the Harvard thotographa has been made almost entirely by woin eu, who are assistants in tho observatory A niece of l)r Henry Draper, whose memorial is now ts-iug erected iu the form of this inonuinctital work the spectroscopic survey of the heaveus had the good fortune to discover iu the star spectra the delicate doubling of the lines which has proved so full of infor mation. Professor Charles A Young in Forum. A Thorough lluslness Woman. Mrs M V Taylor, of Waidiiugtoii. D. C, has had au eventful career. Sh was the daughter of a Methodist tutu ister. richer in piety than in this world's goods Becoming a widow with a child to supKirt, she learned bookkeeping aud connected herself as bookkeeper with an oil firm lu this capacity bhe obtained an insight into the oil business and be came well posted concerning wells and the supplies iiecessury to operate them It was while iu the employ of this firm that Mrs Taylor was offered a sixth lu terest in an oil well, in consideration of which she was to furnish the casing used in drilling it. an offer which she prompt ly accepted, procured the caning and be came oue of the company Ou the fail ure of the company to drill the well within the limited time Mrs. Taylor was left with the casing ou her hands, aa it seemed at that time a dead loss As uiauy welts were beiug drilled, however, she was able to sell the casing at a prolit She then ordered a second and third supply, which, on account of its scarcity, she easily disponed of at a pront. men. wuu luat luresigui easeu i tial to successful business, Mrs. lay lot saw that on account of the increasing number of well that were being drilled the already insufficient supply of casing would te even more inadequate to the demand Then, witb the nerve of a veteran speculator accustomed to comer th market in stocks, she invested the capital realized by her other sale in well casing, which resulted iu placing her nHiii a firm financial b.iis. aud through which she obtained an extensive busiuesa. The scarcity iu oil well casing is still fresh in the mm Is of oil men. It was at this time when it could not be obtaiued at any price that Mrs. Taylor placed upon the market her great stivk and her fort une waa made. Washington Letter A Huitneaa Woman at One HuBilrssd. A Manchester I'nion man in the oonrse (f his travels picked np a reminiscence it oLl.in titn in th f.irm tt a n.-ii-tti.l history of a Udy born and bred upon tba O I ..c.iin....in..',ni. rugged hillside or ine oiu uiuiicmi. who. although rounding out the last year of a century since she first saw the light. Is noted in the section where she now re sides as a person of rare business ability and sagacity Deborah Ball Powers first saw the light of day In that portion of the town of Hebron known as Tenny Hill. In the year 17SW. in the month of Angust She has therefore rounded out a lifetime of a full century The neighborhood where she was born was prosperous farming community in her early days, peopled mostly by families of the names of Crosby and Bull, und the late Dr. Ord way. one of lhe fonndors of the well known lumber firm 'of Brown Lumber Company, at Whitefield. was raised in that immediute vicinity. But the glory of Tenny Hill has long since departed, and not a single resident now claims it as a homo, although in later years Mrs. Powers bus purchased the old homestead and will retain it as long as she lives. She was the founder of the Obi Ladies home in Lansinglmrg. where sho main tains ten inmates at her own exjiense. While engaged In these works of char ity in her adopted state she never forgets the home of her nativity, to which her last visit was made when she was 94 years old. At her own expense she built a fence around the Jlebron cemetery and placed a fund of f 1.000, the income of which is to be used for tho purpose of keeping the cemetery grounds in shape. She still retains her mental faculties to a remarkable degree. Boston Globe. Woman's Roots. An observing man who walked a long way down Broadway ono morning recent ly about 8 o'clock cumetosome astound ing conclusions about the way in which the business woman of New York cures for the adorning of ber feet, or rtither how she doesn't Out of the hundred whom be is sure be must have met only four or five wore brown shoes, two or three wore patent leathers, and all the rest wore kid boots. Of these ninety pairs of shoes how ninny pairs do yon suppose wero neutly polished and worthy of being worn by a gentlewoman? Just two. And one pair was worn by a prim lady in middle life, unmistukubly a spins ter. The boots of all the rest were gray and shabby, with every evidence of care lessness on the part of the wearer. "How do yon account for it?" bo asked. I bad noticed the same thing myself a score of times. Those very women ol the shabby boots lire the ones of the line huts and carefully arranged hair and face veils. And they usually have some little silver thing dangling ubout them, bangles perhaps, uud a chatelaine. But they have forgotten ubout the boots And yet there are no telltales like these. Tho distinctive stamp of the gentlewom an is not in her bonnet nor ber gown, not even in her pretty little ornaments but in her bouts and ber gloves. It is the dainty gloves and the well fitting, neatly kept pair of boots that tell of tho gentle woman. The luck of these shows well she may be a "perfect lady," but she isn't a gentlewoman. Woman About Town in New York Evening Sun. A Successful Warbler. Miss Mabel Stephenson bus London by the ears. She left New York lust April with Dr. and Mrs. Emmet Densmore, nt whose home in Elm Park Gardens she made her first appearance. Ever since she has been spoken of as "the latest drawing room craze." In introducing her one evening a gen tlemun facetiously remarked, "Miss Ste phenson is a New York girl, und Bhe brings a whole forest of native American birds with her." Later some one referred to her in print as the New York maiden with a nest of birds in hef throat, and the result was everybody wanted her for a drawing room. She appeared twice before the Prince and Princess of Wales. The prince sent n messngo to the bird warbler asking for an introduction, and was full of interest and enthusiasm over what he called her remarkable powrrs of vocal imitation. During the season she was invited by a series of drdiesses. ladies and honorubles to warble for them, and her social opportunities have been as flattering us her professional career has been successful. From all accounts she is prettier than ever. The English air has put rases in her fair cheeks. She wears her yellow hair dressed in curls about her forehead, ears and throat, making a frame of gold Inr her pretty face, and her dresses are as gay and gauzy as the branches of flowers she carries into the drawing room and through which she whistles and carols and trills. London Letter A Chicago Women's Club. Mrs. Reginald De Koven, daughter of Senator Farwell, is the president of the Friday club, a sort of ethical-R'sthetical organization composed of about a hun dred of the Chicago young women of the North Side. The Friday meets once a week in some senior's drawing room and jiends an afteraoou getting snarled in Browning, Dante, Ibsen, Tolstoi and kindred philosophy The ladies dress severely, carry themselves rigidly, look at the question and questioner through lorgnettes, talk with the Ward McAllis ter drawl, and cheerfully puy big dues to keep the membership down aud the canned -corn-beef-and-eausuge girl out. Every few mouths there is a tea, to which the young husbands and brothers are invited and at which Mine. President is hostess. Having had several seasons in Washington and a summer or two on the continent, she iscon3idered authority cn reception formalities, and is the only woman in all Illinois who can greet a company and cross every hand on a level with her beautiful shoulder. Mrs. De Koven ha dash, which counts more with t young matron than beauty. She affects the duchess of Devonshire style, with a modification of her own regarding her bodices, which are cut modestly high in front aud remarkably low in the back, to sliow the Katisha dimple in her shoulder Mrs. De Koven koeps up her studies, jives considerable attention toiler music did plays the accompaniments for her husband's original songs, for many of which she has written the words. Chi cago Letter A Women's Insurant Sorlrtj. A new organization of wage earning women has been founded to insure wom an airainst teniisirurv illntsut un 1 bv. - I range to pay their heirs, in consideration j of a premium, a certain amount in case of death. The society is arranged and governed entirely by women and is self ; supporting, the management expenses being provided for by entrance fees, fine ' aud donations of friends. i A woman of 2o, by paring something less than fo each year, will receive in case of sickness 2 a week for six months ' J I1 wetk ?9tiJ Jeath.when ber heirs receive utwul 130. For alarger premium Ol course greaicr uvucuis are received. Members may also subscribe to an annuity fund, in which case pay. incuts cease when the annuity com mences. The society was founded at the request of hundreds of wuge earners, who claimed that they were unable to find in all the charitable and friendly organizations for working women any society which insured them aguinst tern porary illness, or would give theint even for a consideration, any adequate sick benefit. New York Sua. Women Who I'sa Opium. The Chinese have taught the women of Washington ono thing that it were better tbey bad not learned. That is the bubit of using opium. A physician told me that society would be greatly shocked if every woman here who used it were to be branded upon the forehead. This habit, however, is not the fault of the Chinese. They are ubused enough with out making them resjionsible for the sins of others: Tho physician witb whom 1 talked attributes this frightful condition of affairs to the life led by the women of the nppcr crust. He says the endless round of receptions and bulls is so la borious to them that they are compelled to seek some sort of relief. At first they begin by taking soothing sirup. Then when this fails to act they use paregoric. But it is only a step from this to opium. There are some people here who buy ths pure gum und chew it regularly every day. Washington Cor. Pittsburg Press. Tints In Cosmetics. Cosmetic manufacturers keep abreast of the times. They send to glovers and designers of fabrics for samples of the "coming colors," which are reproduced not only in perfumes and soaps, but skin lotions and face powders. Early in the year everything run to lilac tints, of which there were seven different shades. Rumor has it that this is to bo a season of silver and magenta, and the earl powders, the currant, raspberry, garnet and crimson tints are as beautifully re produced in magnesia, French chalk und pulverized rice as the amber tints of 188.), the violet shades of 18S7 and the lilac of a year ugo. Exchange. Mrs. Ingrrstiir Cilfts. Mrs. Robert G. Ingersoll is the re cipient of countless tracts, church prints, leaflets and religious publications em bracing every modern creed. They come from nil quarters of the Union and some English organizations. Many have start ling titles, mid not a few cull the lady's attention to a special article or pugo by a dog eared page or margined note. The letters written by fauatics of both sexes are almost as numerous and considera bly more voluminous. Very often they aro short of postage, which Mrs. Inger soll cheerfully pays to save the postman the burden of carrying them back to the station. Exchange. In Search of a Husband. Gertrude Buthe, 60 years old, arrived in New York on the steamship Ems from Bremen recently, and told the clerk who registered her at the barge of fice that she was searching for a hus band. She is only three feet eight inch es in height. Sho claims to be wealthy, and exhibited fiOO to the registry clerk. The woman 6aid she bad traveled near ly around the world looking for a bus band, but thus far had failed to find a suitable man. Philadelphia Ledger. It is very fashionable in England for the ludies to lay tho corner stone of new churches and public edifices. Lady Mary Douglus, who officiated in tbut capacity, insisted on inserting a couple of sermons written by women and a long list of personals about ber sex as a protwr foundation for the corner stone of St Andrew's church, Uddington, Scotland. Miss Burr, of Carfin, Cupar-Fife, has just giveu 10.000 to the Glasgow Vic toria infirmary as a memorial to ber rel atives. She has a woman's notion about the modern charity system, and directs that a block of buildings be erected, the renta' of which shall go totheiiifi.Vary. One of the successful Btock brokers in London is Miss Amy E. Bell, a pretty young woman with yellow curls, who has an attractive office near the Stock Exchange. Her clients are for the most part women, though she numbers some men among them. Mrs. E. G. Shields, of Wichita, Kan., is at the head and trout of the pottery craze out west. She not only paints china, but runs a kiln of her own, in which she burns the platters, cups and saucers for her pupils und patrons. A Swampscott (Mass.) belle, Ella Chamberlain by uame, has suddenly dis covered tbut she has great whistling powers, and is about to visit Europe in tent upon blowing Mrs. Shaw out of sight A Hoy With Four Eyea. Where would Mr. Baruum be If all the world bad the same opinions of monstrosities as the Chinese appear to bavef A woman in Woo-fob village, Fukieu province, recently gave birth to a boy with four eyes. The mother was verv much frightened, and wished to have the child killed, but the hus band would not allow it to be dona It was finally agreed to exhibit the child for a few days to proven, such an unfortunate affair ver occurring again in the family. The Chinese believe that such deformities are caused by evil spirits. After it bad been on view for some time the mother put an end to the child's existence by drowning it in a tub of water. London Figaro, Srotrh Dinners Costing a Cent. They nianasre dinners for poor children a trille more economically in Edinburgh than elsewhere. In Edinburgh It is fouud possible to supply for a half penny a wholesome nioal of vegetable broth and bread. Scotch chil dren thrive on the various savory thick soups of many ingredients tor which tbe cuisine of the country is celeorated, and unfortunately up of any kind, clear or thick, la rarely prepared In tbe home of th English poor ISolid meat, broad and potatoesaorm th staple diet. In too many cases in Englaud bone are only regarded as useful to tbe rag and bone mau, in Scotland sucb waste t rare even among tbe poorest. Liverpool Courier Application of I'.li-rtrle Wvldlna. A lies, carriagea, twisted sirs cable, tb fo-ls of boilers, wagon tire aud hoop for barrels are amon tbe article for which lectric welduig is already employed. Bars of metal may be joined at angles, finger hugs nude, steel joined to iroo in tools, rods or bars lengthened or shortened and cast iron pieces for machinery united by tb oe method. Tb pnje-ss ia rary rapid, and so effective that chain link ma-la by it, onlik those welded in fie old way, never break al th weld. A complete revolution ut riveting metal plate is anticipated, as tbe riveting may be dim by electricity so as to avoid aJ kLiiaj. X York Telegram, O