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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (April 16, 1892)
EUGENE CITY GUARD. I. L. CAMPBKLI . rrwprleler. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. tlug llutter. Numerous n-clmcusof ancient butter are to be aeeu In I li I rili museum, which were discovered during the past century by peasant eugitited In diguing peat. 8me of them were dug from depth of ten, fif teen nd evrn eighteen fert below the ur face of the (round, Mid considerable an tiquity must he allotted to the finds, although no absolute data exists hy whic h the average Increase of mu will mny he ealculuUnL Kxamplcof thin butler weigh Mmucb an thirty and forty hjiiihIh nurl up ward, nd ere Identllled by th numerous Imlra nf reddish color a ln-iim the product nf th enw. The butter l found packed In hollowed Teasel of wornl mid In man- of Irregular form. The Utter are usually surrounded with a laver of mos and at time Imve en additional covering of linen clotn. The object of thu buryiiiK butter In pent or Immersing It In x water would appear to belt preservation under circumstance end In districts where wilt could not be pro cured. Chemical examination still demonstrate the presence of those oily acid obtainable from ordinary butter and the absence of common an It, Thin Ih characteristic, or in the Countr Cork butter I at III made with out the aulmequcnt addition of Milt. The practice bait lonu panned Into oblivion and even the tradition Ik forgotten by the dc- acendanta of the race who miiMt In former time have employed Itiman ordinary and familiar proeHllti(.-I,hiliultlphlalA'dier. Russia'. Home for runilllnr. The ciar and general government of Russia shelters and provide well for at leant one portion of It subjects, and the ltunlan army will never lin k recrulla to long aa the present system of foundling bomee 1 keit up, aa each day mnny lrln addition to thl (treat army, who pass niunter In these Institutions, where they are tended with the most pcrfis-t cure, not Infrequently by the very mother of the walfa themaelvea. These motheni, having no way of providing for their unfortunate children, bring them to the homo, aecnro the number placed around the neck of the child and then npply for the nurse' posl tlon, time securing the care of their own tallica, while many bring them here and never aee or hear of them again. The government of Russia greatly en courage these Institution by providing for them In a moot an Iwt initial and com fortable manner. We visited the homo in Moscow, where we saw l,(Kof these little soldier, none of them ten days old, two In each crib or In the nurse'a arms, all out In the sunshine, and struggling for a life that had been so rutlileasly thrust ilHn them. They are brought Into tlie lust Itutloii nt the rate of aixty a-r day. That number was In waiting In tlie anteroom to have their names and numbers entered in the book of fate for a home within lla wall. Denver News. The Two lllanicy Htones. Five mill's west of the city of Cork, where two streams meet, In thu little val ley of Blarney, with Its castle, wlnwu fame la world wide, for high on the nortticasturn aide is act the famous "Ularney stone." It ta aatd tbut he who is adventurous enough to reach it and has faith emaigh In it to kiss it w ill henceforth have a gift of miir Telous elllciicy. Honeyed worda will How from his lips and persuasive oweni hang on lla utterances. Ho will win hia way everywhere and with every Isnly, and when Diauklnd, and much more, womankind, are taken captive by the witchery of his tongue people will say, "He haa kissed the War ner stone." There are two stones, however, each of which am claimed to In, the real talisman, the other Mux on the summit of the castle, The atone last named la about two feet square and l-ar date of 1KW. The one mentioned In thu owning as la-lug set In the wall on thu northeastern side of the castle bears dale of the building uf the structure, which I lUtl. Ta kiss tills tlie votary must b let down from the top of the building some twenty feet by means of rope. Thla bus the effect of making most every one believe, or pretend to believe that the stone on the roof of the ooatlo is the true "Ularney stone." American Notes and Queries. " Equal. " Every Incident should be welcomed which, luacouiit ry w here offended "honor'' must be antisllcd by itiestloiiabl meaus, tendatomake the uiuctlceof dueling ah urd. Many a seusllile man has escaped the 1 feloiiK remorse attendant on "m-iug ingdown hia man" by the simple method of throwing cold water on the n-rsnn a In lured aelislbllltles In the beginning. One day a distinguished notary, while breakfasting with n Mend nt a cafe In Faris, Indulged in some stinging comments on the nubile acts of .Marshal Miirninnt Suddenly another gentleman, dining at a neighboring table, anwe and nppiiachel them, bis mustache bristling wit It anger. "Sir," cried he, tragically, "you shall give me satisfact ion!" "Are yon Marshal .Mannontr ' Uieiiy asked the notary. "I have not that honor," was the reply, "but I am hta chief aid-de-camp." . "Give me your card, then, sir," said the notary. "I w ill send yell my bead clerk." Youth's Companion. WIND 6WEPT HEA03. rhy.lelan'. Behenie for DeLrllng the I'reaence of ln.aui.iy. Dr. Peter McCahcy, of Philadelphia, baa found that by placing a stethoscope to a .,...,.,' hi.iu I. it can d nt UCIIT near me soiiud of an air current within, ami by the character of the sound can lull Wlieuicr a person Is sane or Insane; and be positively avers that in the cranium of big headed Idiot thla wind current can be distinctly eurd loudly whistling. The doctor la convinced that the brain breathes as well as the lungs. For many years he has Is-en Investigating alraaa mechanical ai;ent In the human body, and about a year ago conceived the novel Idea f a rubls'r tip to the ordinary atethosco)e, whereby the liiKtrument can be fitted so exactly to the subject's head that tlie sound of this brain respiration cailnot escape, but may lo undeniably heard. That It differ In a.ine and liisane is-rwins the doctor ie convlncvd, and by means of the stethoscope hefwds sure that be can distinguish, aa a rule, between healthy brained jieople and those who are Insane or Idiots. The little rubber tip. which la Dr. Mo Cabey'a discovery, Is a novelty, and Ita atory was unfolded by Dr. McCabey him self. "My general theory," dec lured Dr. Mc Cahey, "Is that the great mwlmnleal agent emnloved by all the aniiniit-e world, animal or vegetable, to permit of growth against the continual resistance of tlie atiutmphere la heated air. Within the Interstices of the tissue of thn body Is air, and this air, bo corn I nu heated by the processea of. life, cx- ercls a greater expansive force than tho outer atmosphere, anil thereby enable the animal to grow against it. You can squeeze this nir out of tomato and pepper under water and It comu up in large bubbles. In the tissue and hollow organs or men thla air I used as the direct mechanical tunc tlon. The expulsive force In spitting, couuhlnu and siiccJiiu we know to be air. "A free suntdr of air to the brain Is just a necessary as a free supply to the lungs, and anv Interference with this brain res piration will cause serious disturbance of the cerebral filing ions, even insanity, in anility may lw caused by a tumor or by congestive blow, but post mortem almiwt Invariably disclose no resilient cause uf in- anility. That people become Insane ami are permanently restored and that there I recurrent Insanity points to a iiinciiouai derangement. This disturbed function I claim to lie the cranial respiration. Air taken Into the luuus passes to and from the brain through mluille pores at tlie base of the skull. The normal circulation of blol through tlie brain depends uiwin this imrmal air cur rent. If from any cause llieso tiny puree become closed or stopisil to nn abnormal degrtsi, the current is lins'.cil r destroyed. The air that Is shut in Is-conies overheated and ennufsts the bniln." liy meuiia of the doctor's rubber lUits-a tethiMCopo wonderful things come to light. In the head of a healthy person two dis tinct sounds can he heard, coincident with the Inhalation and exhalation of air by tlie I units. These sounds nre practically uf the same tone In all healthy heads, but are al tered or absent In all classes of insane or idiots. The sounds of the heart and voice in these mentally weak and deranged mi fortunate nre also dlllerent from those in anno persona. As these uie grimes 01 m sanity so there are degrees of sound. Aa a rule thu noise of the wind current of an insane or idiol ic brain is more marked ly iHTccptlhlc than I hut uf a sane organ, nud In big headed idiots it whistles lotully. The major mrtiou of Insanity is caused by derangement of the cranial wind npparat us. Where it Is not due to a tumor, a blow or some kindred direct Injury to the brain or Ita covering, insanity Is traceable to this ill wind," and the ruhls-r tlpisil stelho- com may yet become the champion Insane expert lu the world. Newark .lour mil. iUi1 Here's a Man Who Can Give Jay Gould Pointers. SHREWDNESS OF AN "APOSTLE." 0k WW Paw Dr. Cyrus Tsed, Chief of the Kors- ehaas. Oat Control of the Vest furtuue Aoeuaaulatad by the EeouomlUs ill (suit rians. EKD, Cyrus Teedl That la the nam of a man who baa acco in p 1 1 shed more al one coup than any Moths child, Gould or Vamlerbllt bai achieved lu a life time of shrewd financial scbem Ing. He has got his hands on tl'iO, OUU.UUU of accumu lated wealth, and he proposes to put It Into circulation He plans to estab Hull co-oierative tores, to build a lx track railway across the United State and In various ways to cheapen ouminuiiicatioii and to lessen the cost of fe's necessaries. Who la Dr. Cyrus Teedf Well.be Is a remarkable man-a man who ha founded a celibate society known aa the Kore Iihiis;" a man who claim to be Iminortnl and who arrogates to himself powers usu ally associated with divinity alone. He baa had a varied career since he wo born in a New York villane fifty-two year ago a career that according to common re por haa been open to criticism. After separating from hi wife, who had Just Klven birth to a boy, Teed branched uuMtliedate lieing l"0) on a western ex perience that I without parallel in tlie his tory of creed orcredulity. Hildilha never claimed greater purity, Confucius never apnke more authoritatively, Moham med never laid down the spiritual law with greater earnestness, and Brighnm Young never bail such "revelations" as this man Teed. Hi Chicago "College of Life" liecaine the center from which the Koreshan doctrine spread. Ilranclies were stablished nt various points in the United States, the San Fraucisco colony lieing the uost notable because of the earthly scan lal that have of late attracted to It public attentiou. audlle-lily desire were ciinsjil. Now a core or so of aed meu and women are by survival the rightful owner of real estate, oil ami ga wells, coal mines, securities, hank stock and ready cash thought to iigi;reKiit In value at least 1SO,(JO,OUO. John lleurici.thecliiei iruswsj, is 'hij elght year old and bedridden. Associated witb him, however, a manager of this Im mense estate, ! J-rtm Imss, a Cincinnati man, who ho had a checkered career, and who wa admitted to meinliershlp In 18SSI. Dum only reiitly paswd life' thirtieth milestone, yet depit that and brief ac qiialmance he has the ccmfldeiice of bll ancient brother and sinter. Ail check are signed and all business Is done by Jlenrlci Si Duns, in which llrm Is legally vented the eutlre posiiesslou of the Kcouo-mite. .T-piK?..J Jirrr-, .' ) '.fix. Y1 sst i ."A'VSU ft' I Iblifs Doi'otlif's (JmsL (ireek Nlnrles. The controversy on "Compulsory (ireek" In the unlvt-rsilU-H him received a charac teristic contribution from Mr. Lalsmchcrc., who : "Unee tlie lat Mr. Peter Kv- lands baartlisl a long Latin quotation In thu house. I got up after Mm, when 1 said. 'My honorable friend evidently knows dead languages; I will therefore reply to his aruuments In Li ivek a language, no doulil, familiar to him.' Then I recited alsmt the only lino in the 'Iliad' that 1 knew. No one (Mr. liladstoue was alwcnl) llKcU to admit that he did not understand my Greek, and consequently accepted the fact that I had replied conclusively to Mr. Hy lands' argument, rio much for the knowl edge of tlie dead language Mssessed by the imniU'r uf the august assembly at Westminster. Mr. LulKjuchcre was alsmt a audacious and unscrupulous as that Welsh preiu her who settled down among a congregation lu a small town In the western states. A stranger dropping In to the meeting house one Sunday heard this Ingenious preacher giving string after string of "the original Ureek" of tlie pure passages Is-arlng on his subject, all In pure and sonorous Welsh. The stranger, being a Welshman, was visibly amused, whereupon the preacher addressed him directly In Welsh, saying. "Don't ulve me nwuy, They think Its Greek, and it Just as good for them, Yorkshire Pott, Dlt ;Vltl!a TKKD. Teed' Initial revelation disclosed the fact that tlie world Is hollow, that man kind lives on the Inside and that tlie sun Is the center of the glolaa. A to his per sonal exiwrleuces they nre thus recounted liv an enthusiastic- disciple: "When he was baptlned the Holy Spirit descended nn him as a dove, and he heard a voice calling to him. Nobody heard the voice or saw tlie dove but himself. buhe quetitly he was cauuht up into heaven and lived fur a time among tlie angels. on durful revelations were made to him. Ho learned that (iod became incarnate once in each era of the world's history, (iod or divinity became Incarnate llrsl in Adam, and subsequently in Knoch, .Noali, A bra ham, Moses, Klljali, .lenus and others. Knch meridian covered a period of 3.U0U years. Christ came in under the sign of Aries, the Itam or I Jinil). After t he era of the Lamb came tlie era of the Fishes. The Chitstlan era has been under tint constella tion of Aquarius Christ understood this when he chase fishermen for his disciples. "F.ach dispensation ovorlaiis the other. The beginning of the last lap wa when Christ was Isirn; the middle or meridian line wa the day he was crucified; the end of the lap wa the date of the destruction of Jerusalem. A similar overlapping of the constellations Is uow going on. Tlie beginning of the hip was in isro, when Dr. Teed was caught up into heaven; the A Ol.lMfsK OK KniSOSSY. Bo far the laie is a plain one. Now comes tlie complication. H """ that long since Cyrus Teed Ist- iine cognizant of the method nud Is-lief of the Penn sylvania cummuiiiiy ami started his Koreshan scheme along the same line of celibacy ami revelat ion. He adhered to Happ's plan with such lldellly and secured such a following that when he visited Fz-onomy t be other day, aired hi preten sion and declared Ins mission, be wa hailed as the immortal who was to con tinue and complete the tank of establish ing a sexless race on earth. He has arranged to merge the rich Har monist with the poor Korcshans, and to Inaugural a vast commercial ami indus trial enterprise, of which he Is to las the chief. "Heiirlci & Duns" will disappear as a lluancial potency, and in their place Dr. Cyru Teed will blossom out as the con trollerand manipulator of millions. Just luw this tremendous earthly undertaking will harmonize with tlie Imminent trans lation of the diK'tortoacelestlal sphere has not yet developed. Perhaps, lu view ol his good luck, the chief of the Korenhans may Ihi Induced to postpone for awhile his contemplated departure to the realms of beatitude. He, Indicates such course him self In a recent statement, from which this extract is made: "I will in the near fiitureestahlish a store In Pittsburg on my system of equitable commerce. I will establish a big central house In Chicago aud expect my co-o;m- live system to come into general vogue in ten years. F.lcveu year ago 1 prophesied that I would come to Lcouniuy in mil. The F-conomilo Institution ha been placed here for my especial use. They will do for me whatever I wish. 1 ueir re source are at my disposal. Of course shall no slowly and cannot tell very much that isdc Unite. However, I did uot come here for their inouev. I want their moral support and credit. "Through their InHuencii. I expect to bring closer to me the other live celibate mwielies in thin country. There are about lO.IKKI celibates in the country outside of tlie Roman Catholic church. The new order of tilings is approachiuu rapidly and will come in time. I am not going to die." Perhaps tlie people w ho regard Dr. Teed and his plans with the most disfavor are the tramps. They any that lie Is "out for tlie stiili" and that when he gets tlie reins In hand hi Hist move will lie to abolish tlie Kcoiioiny "palace." This palace Is a big structure near the village hotel, where all wanderers are welcomed, led, bathed and lislged. Three thousand vagrants par took of the society's hospitality last year. If Dr. Teed does aw.-iv with this charity he is liable ta secure tlie enmity of a rather Useless but extremely dangerous class of men. Indeed they may put his claim of immortality to a decidedly disagreeable lost. Fueii C. Dayton, It Wa l.isld. A aad case waa that of a friend of mine wbo went to a gunsmith' to buy a revolv er previous to going abnsul. The man ts hlhd the counter banded blm a number of new revolvers to cIukmc from, nud my friend kept on trying the pulls, when one of them went on, killing the salesman lusiaiuan tously. At the Inquest it appeared that the revolver was one of a iiuuiIst that bad been aunt on approval to a gentleman, and befuM Bending them back he hod evidently overlooked cartridge In one of the cham ber, with this dire result. Loudon Tit- lllta. Doctor and Lawyer' Mistake. While ensw examining Dr. warren, a New York counsel declared that doctors ought to be able to give au opinion of a disease without making mistake. "They make fewer mistake than the lawyers," re- ponded the physician. " 1 hat Is not so,' aald the counselor; "hut doctor's mistake are buried six feet underground, a lawyer's are not." "No," replied Warren, "but sometime huug aa ninny fis t aliov the ground." San Fmuclsco Argouaut, Spinster. Among our Industrious and frugal fore father it wa a maxim that a young worn- 'an should never be married until sue had spun herself a set of body, table and Insl linen. From thla custom all unmarried women were Urmed spinsters, an apwl- lution they still retain in all our law pro- ceedinga. London 1 it-tut. Some Kxeellent Wurk Hone. The department of agriculture llrst In troduced the Russian apple, which ho had such great success in tlie north nud west, It introduced the Japan persimmon, which Is largely cultivated in Florida and Cali fornia. Tlie celebrated Washington navel orange ol California was propagated from tree grown in the hothouse of this de partment, (mod Judges have said that the introduction of this one tree was worth more than the entire cost uf Uncle Sam's work in the agricultural Held. The orig inal plant came from llraxil. Three years passed Indole success was olitalued, and then the result was but a single tree. From the progeny of this one tree have come crops worth millions yearly. The Hllk Threads Not Always Hurt, It Is a mistake to suppose that theprv- enisj of two threads in pnisT money I ab solute evidence of genuineness, for w Idle it Is practically tmnnsihle for counterfeiter to get hold ol palter with the thread run ning through it, it I quite common for them (o split oHn pnsr, Insert threads and then Join the sections together again. An exicrl can easily llnd traces of this primus, but 111 done so neatly that the average eye l easily deceived. An experi enced lniik teller can feel the difference 1 tween paper which has Istii split and re joined, and he ran also delist a lit tie rough lit at the edgtw. For all that a split note i ocoasiuimlly osms among others, and a matt uot accustomed to handling much mper money will lake It without ques tion. Interview lu St. I .on I lilohe-Demo crnt. Nut It ai d to Fit. New Girl Please, mum, while you're dowu town, would ye Is) so kind a to order me a wlr o' shoes F Mr. De Style Ier do not know your sire. New Girl Nor I, mum; but I think If ye get them alsiut the sUe uf yours they'll do. Mr. De Style (hesitatingly) 1j you think you could wear thcinf New liirl -lth, yea, mum. After new sins Is wet they liiluka,-Ncw York Weekly. When On Club Dine. At a dinner of the London Thirteen club rverv visitor was told that they "must con form to the rule of the club, and, if quested, must wnlk under the club ladder, snill salt, ens their knives and forks. shake hands aensts, wear a K'aiis'k'a feather, open an umlmdla in the iliuiiuf hall, and doothertliings deemed uoluciiy aud of evil omen." Carbonic Ai bl (; In Liquid Form, At the Gtilnnt'vt brewery lu Dublin an attempt Is being made to utilue the car bonic acid ga lils-ratetl during the print- of fermentation. A some 'iOUU,OtW(l imllonaof this ko are produced annually In the breweries uf the I'nlted Klugdom, a I ereot saving w ill br effected If the new en U-rnrlse prove a success In commercial w ,iy. The ks I to Is? condense! Into the About (tight. liquid fonn. in wnicn nsrm it sen a eign t i Mtth. nsniiMtof o nw lier pound. Th maker of o.la .,. ,j . ' . ...Ii.i.iml n.l water, mineral water, wine "with when b.mld .o faiger Contain binuo-lf f v" " other like drink, will rej.c. In tnld that il,-u.-e was golden. " Yea," , the pn. ta of cheap rarbon c ai ld ga ji. t.. i,i,i ., Lnnir n want chans m ioinetlmea."-Uudoo Trula. , Knim Coaeratt a HUhnp. Returned Travelei-llow do yoo do, my little dearf Is your father still the rector of thlscburchf Little Girl Oh. no. sir uot now. He's been concentrated a bishop. Good New. coUNeuleut form.-NeW York Tele- A t'uon Hunt That Failed. It Is sad that the claim that women are the equal of men ill all sorts of occupa tion should occasionally Isj disproved, Hut Perhaps biiiiling doesn't count. The storv. at anv rate, is a good one. A party of )oung women of Fulton, Mo., got up a coon hum lug party a few1 days ago. The laiys were rigorously excluded. The party started out with four dogs, two guns, two axes and a big basket of lunch. Karly next morning the whole neighborlKHsl sal lied forth to bunt the hunters, and found them ih-ep lu the wissls, all sitting in a row on a log, crying dre nlfuily. They admit ted that they got hopeles.sly lost wlthiu a couple of hours after the start. JOHN IH'KS. merldlsn line will lie lu ISM, when Teeil will be translatwl and illssemiiiated; the end of the lap will Im the date when the new order of thing Is perfected when the gulden age I fairly Inaugural ed under the rule of thn svxles sous of (kmI or alsiut 9110." Celibacy, by the way, Is to result in th pnslucUon of l-M.UU) sexless immortals who are to rule the earth for i.VOoO years. As for Cyrus, although he has to huny if he Intends to be "translated" during the year ISU1, he ha of late been attending to secular affair with a vigor already spoken of as plienomeiml. Nearly every one know something of the .record of Uie colony which owed ita orlgiu to the mystic teachings of George Itapp. He came to America in l"Ut with a tvtud of tkk) Uirman adherents. They foumled the town of H.trinony lu IVnnsyl vauia, and a decade later reinoviil to l'osey i-ounty, Ind., where they rstablishe.1 an other community of the mint name. Mala ria drove them from their semud home, aud In l!ti5 the remiiant of the hand re turned to Pnnyvnia, where they formed what I still known a the village uf LVou omy. Smn after reaching America the doe triii of oelHsu-y hvl Ism-u pronmlg.trd and accepted by Rapp's follower, and it in Well i'shl for Mourning. A rich Knglislinian had 400 acquaint ances whom he deemed friends. When he dnsl all were bidden to the funeral, but only twenty nine went. F.ight days after ward the law yer of the estate announced that, aci-onling- to tlie will, each person who had attended was entitled to a be quest i)0 to each woman and ii'M to each man. There are several delightful thiugs alsiut the affair tlie cynicism of the testator, who prolnbly knew what "friendship" generally means; the delight of the mourners and tlie sorrow uf those who did not grieve at the proa-r time. !'aMT Mud of Corn Hunk. Corn husk Imileit In rnusiic soda are being ut ilixiil for tlie manufacture of pa i'r. The iisiking process result in tlie f., .,. it i.,., ..f a k,u. ,. ..lot ii.i.xa luiutM I .............. ... p - ,Ml, ua wuicii is so ujei icii ui ueny ,n-iv.uij sunn ' to eliminate the gluten, the tllwr remain ing being made into pa)n-r in the ordinary way. Yankc- Made. VndHicha d.lit;litful little rouiu It a w ben rem bed it! A rur-t aoft us vidu l uml ol sniiie rich durk mosiiic ,,,,lli-iii .uver.-il tin- lliair A few choice ' i . . . ilia rbniiii'inunU eiigruvings hhihi, w.illn. which were paril of ofl Frcm-h gray A iKiinjuct of delicious hothouse llowt rs aloud la-fore the mirror n irhle toiK.-d dn-sHing table. aiming the exquisitely tinted niiiiiiited perfume lgtli-s. A coal lire burnt to the low polished grnto. mid near thu tar drai.-d windows tlmt looked out un the matchless view of hill und dale and bosky ravine stood a tittle low rock ing chnir that caught uiy eye in nn in- blunt. , , . "You sew I ilid not forget that comical little Yankiu weakness of yours, Syd ney dear," alio laughed, a I sank Into it with adt-liciou littlusighof satisfaction; 'und I am going to make you confess that, if there U one thins more than an other In which thy soul delightcth, it is rrs-kcr." -1 don't want to deny it. my dear. And you and your strait laced country women have my full perniUsioti to sit on stiilbiicked chairs and laugh as much as you like, I magnanimously returncu, rotting away as hard as I was ablo. Everybody knows tliat a rocking cnair ia about as necessary to your true born Yankee as a swaying tree, branch to a ringtailed monkey. Another proof, I should not wouder, of our monkey de scent t I am surprised Mr. Darwin did not think to mention It; but ho is wel come to the suggestion. Mv toilet accomplished, I w ent down stairs to he made acquainted with Sir George, Mis Amhurst and several other guests who had been .invited to dinner. With Sir ticorge, a uear oiu geiuiuuiuu with a bald head, a shining sweet face and courtly old school manners, I fell ui love at first sight; but with Miss Am hurst I waa far less favorably itupresseiL "A snlendid doll, destitute alike ol wit, of talent, or feeling." 1 decided dur ing the lirit hour of our acquaintance; but subsequent observation induced me to suspect that under her cold, passion less exterior there lay au undercurrent of shrewd .cunning that might jiossibly on a pinch serve Miss Aiuliurst in place of intellect. Un the following day Mr. l-uwaiu Pomfrel arrived, und for a tiiuo Daisy brightened and improved so visibly in the happiness of hi society Hint 1 began to hope tho mysterious cloud darkening her life had been disielled. Wlio is that lady in tlie powduieu hair and K)inted stomacher?" I inquired, i , , ... i. ... t.- as ualsy ami i ufi""" 'w" gclher ono night, pausing as I sjioko in front of a lilo sixc panning oi a ueau-.i-ful woman with a pale, proud face and a baleful light in the cold gray eyes with which she seemed always to follow our nioveuu iUs a we came and went up and down the great hall stain-aso, on tne landing of which it hung An ancestress of initio, Ssyiiney, w uo lived and had her being nearly threecen turies ugo one Mistress Dorothy Dras dale a woman w ith n horrible history, about which I hate lothink," she replied, hiidilerinrlv shrinking uwny -- .... ... I that so? low very deliglitrull it there is one thing I like better than an mlier it is u stol V w ith a stiice of tlie horrible in it." I thoughtlessly reniurked holding up tlie lamp to study the cold. handsome features, to which the flicker ing liirlit imparled u strangely lifelike piny "It must Ik- perfectly splendid to have ancestors wliolinvp mysterious His toric. Now there is liiuinma; she is very much given to talking ubotit her family Hut they have all Is-eu so dreadfully re spectable, according to her, that I have never been uble to gel up auy great amount of interest in them all the way down from the first originator, whoenme over with t'olumbus. or L'apt. John Smith or wns it Cupt. Kidd? tho man who married Pocahontas, you know, or whatever the woman's dreadful name waa I am afraid I am not very well up in the history of my country; but, all the same, 1 am surprised nt his taste in mar rying an Indian. I ulwaysdid detestthe sight of a squaw tuyselfl Hut come, Daisy, tell uie all about this mysterious lady in brocade und powder." "Oh, 8yd, it ia such a horrible, horrible Btoryl" she returned in low, frightened tones. "In a frenzy of mad jealousy, it is snl. I aha netonllv ivnisoned her own cousin, a beautilul gu t w ho wua to have la-en married on the following day to the man with whom she was secretly in love; and then, having d reused herself in the ciwtlv bridal rols-s intended for her vic tim and rival, she killed herself with the remainder of the deudly drug: and so, at tired in all her snowy splendor, she was was found on the morning of tho intended bridal, as cold and lifeless us the poor little bride herself It must have been a dreadful tragedy I never hear the story without a shudder And from thai day to tins, so runs the legend. Mistress Do rothy's ghost is given to prowling al sight nlsitil the old alils-y, leaving the curse of her crime on her race, for, of all the women of her name who have had tlit misfortune to Is-hold the bridal spec ter, as it is culled, not one has ever lived to wear bel own wedding dress." "Come now. that's what I call a very resKi'table family legend! And every old family ought to have its legend, every old house its ghost. But, good Heaven. Daisy, you don't mean to say that yiu Is-lieve one word of all this?" I exclaimed, surprised to soe how pale she had grown, and that her teeth w-ere alwilutcly chattering lis she spoke. "I don't know Shakffpeure was a wise mull, and even he felt that there more things in heaven aud earth than I aivilreameU of in our philosophy. Aoove llrnsdale. and the Drasdulee always have believed in it But, for pity's sake, coino away, Sydney! 1 hate that picture; it still, cold, baleful eyes always mem to follow me like some vague intangible horror If it were not for the alsmrd folly of the thing. I would That Mis Amhurnt' feeling, towards her cousin were aiiylhin but iricnuiy i had suspwted from the llrst; but some how, as 1 sal over the lire in my own room that night. .nd.-ring the Incident just decril?d. the memory of that sinis ter, evil glance began to haunt me like a chill premonition of evil tocomo; and from Porter, wliocamo m asunu.u v -v me to undress, 1 discovered, by meaus . r.. u-i.il directed otiestions, that Ul v - previous to Mis UrasUule S return w England Madeline Amhurst had been re garded by many people as Sir George's probable heiress. But whether or not such would have been the case I can't, of course, pretend to say," Porter continued, "for even us a child Miss Madeline- was no particular favorite with Kil l.eorgo. klml anu inuui gent though lie has ulways la-en to her. But. as matter stand, she will certainly never bo mistress of Drasdalo Abbey least, while Mis Drasdalo live. She is his et und darling; and, as lie lias n t .r lu. r. t io irreat uum oi i nrnnortv will l'o to her und her children, should she ever live to have any. But, oh, miss, I um terribly anxious about my ladvl" she added, with a sigh and a sudden chnngo of manner. "Shu is so smllv altered of late that I think even you must have noticed it." i . : I i lrtr..rlH 1 fT '1 I1UVU IIUIICI-U lb. vv. chimed, springing to my feet und laying mv band on her arm. " u-ii uie wmu n is that is ailing Miss Drasdalo. Sho has tried to hide it from tne; but I cannot help seeing that something Is wrong Sho has a worried, haunted hxik, like that of a person burdened with some secret care. It frightens me to see her; and perhaps, if I only knew what it is tliat is troubling her. I might la able to do something to lighten it." "That is precisely what 1 think pre cisely why 1 have spoken, miss. 1 was in the blue chutuls-r this evening when you two young ladies came up to your rooms, and, as tlie disir was open, 1 overheard every word of what Miss Dras dalo was telling you ubout that picture and the old siia-rstition coticerniirj Mis tress Dorothy's ghost, tliat no lady of that name w ho la-held the ss.i:ter ever lived to be a brido. But. my dear young l.ulv. she did not tell you that it is this samo ill omened belief that U undermin ing her health her very life. Sho be lieves that she herself has seen the ghost oiiseqtiently that she is doomed to die before her wedding day; and, unless something can be done to convince her of tho absurdity of the siqicrstiiiou. 1 am afraid the belief will only too surely rerify Itself, soon niter our return to the AbU-y and the urrival of Miss Am hurst, who came to pay us u littlo visit, a whisper began to creep out tiiiiong the servants that tho bridal specter had been seen gliding nhmg the passages nud cor ridors: and ono lit"lit the household was awakened by a shrill piercing cry that threw us all into a sudden panic of terror. Somebody said that it came from Mi.ss Drasdale s room, und, on rushing In, we were horrified to find her lying on herlad in u dead faint, from which it taxed our utmost efforts to restora her. Webro flat her to at last, but tin shock, whatever it wan, had once mure brought on that alarming malady, hemorrhage of the lungs, from which we had been in such hoiH-s that sho had entirely recovered. anil the doctor who was called in ttsjk.Sir lleorg' adv vinuslv e-iven liiin to guard her from the slightest slns-k or excitement of any kind one was so very uencaie, ucr hold on life so painfully precarious, that j chill Dear old Syd, how glad 1 am tliat you camel I wan ed to ask you; but somehow 1 did not like to mention it. It Is so nice to have you here to be cU by me!" she exclaimed, clinging to uu with a shudder. "Jinn u reminds rue of the d- ar old schin.i nays, when w two shared the same rmmi ami the same bed, and were us happy as a couple of young robins un n high tree branch." And then, wsiincu aim coiworieti by my presence, she fell into such a quiet, restful klumis-r us. sue toiii uie after wards, she had not enjoyed for week. But thiM-ouruli-nce Porter had placed in mo was siilUcicnt to keep me restless, wakeful und full f ihoiight. Twelve, then one. rang out from the great clin k over the stable us 1 by lis. tening to the wind tliat tossed the great park trees in stormy gust and wutched tho white light that struggled fitfully iu through tlie hair drawn curtains every time tlie imam rose up nlxjve the black drifts or storm riven cloud that enveloK.-d her. Somewhere in the di. roction or tlie stables u watchdog uttered at intervals a long low howl; and, al though I wns sensible of the fact that my spirits had somehow grown chill and dull, the elTectof Daisy 'swift low breath ing, us she slept on peacefully und tran quilly by my side, was finally to lull me into u light doze, from which, as it seemed to me, tlie touch of an ice cold hand on my face aroused mo In sudden fright. 1 opened my eyes with a start and sprang bull upright in bed, and there, t-lese beside it. stood nn object, white, shadowy and ghostly, on which it sliuik even my strong nerves to look Misli .wi Dorothy's gho.Hl Tln-ro could bo noniis taking the cruel ryes, the powdered hair and the long whiu- bridal veil that cov ered the ligure from brad to fisjt. For U'.'f 7 p, rt .-. Mm2 Ueorgeas.de tin.! privately r.-K-ated the .p advice that other physician had pre- ; i 5 nwiin mi ei- ii if'i n alnrt, the moment I was loo peli ilied w ith hor ror and surprise to move. ss ak or even to think But win n al lust the ghostly figure turned round slowly and moved towards the door, a faint touch of w hut papa used lu cull "Syd's pluck" returned to tne. and grasping a heavy tumbler of cut glass that stood on a stand just w ith in reach, 1 sent it with all the force ter ror and ilesn-ratiou could impart at the si vanishing through the There was a loud cradi, followed hy a low moan and u heavy fall. und. grasp ing the hell nt the head of the bed. 1 .... I I...I ,,i ii u-itli i fnri-o that the .lightest thing of Um kind t i..,.,,,,.., n-s tl onml dUl on the possibly prove fatal, he saul. ilia she slil,M(.M . l)x.,Ml.ut nail uau a s iocs ui son,.- fx,,... . , . , . .. i. ... i ' to rouse the dead IIIIIV COllVini'l'll, llioull Ol oilfc imiuio 1 never suspected until this very day. Binding nie over by a strict promise not to mention the matter either to her uncle or Mr. Pomfret. she told me this stternouu how. on waning up Iroia uer The custom of throwing ubstacles In the pathway uf the bridegroom as prelude to the marriage ceremony is uf very ancient ! rpp-st uiy uncle to have it removed. ungiu. .Mythology tin Its tale ui suitors , n.,i .-.,,.. wnv Svdnev: don't vou feel a draught ? These old houses are none too uir tight, and I am chilled to the whose courage and skill were tested before they were allowed to take their brides; in I w .i:..:... o ........ In l..oi...l i-,itiii iviinnr ,i-i it , - ., m ...... ...-, hinds, some form uf such usage still exists. bone.' I made no reply, for, a a light femt- In some sect ions of thiseountry therelsa, step fell upon my ear, 1 turned to find uerMiiiiiu that when a death occurs in a the cold gray eyes of Mi.ss Amhurst fixed house the mirrors In the different rooms full uxm my friend, with a subdued but muni ts carvimiy cuvereit until aner me , unmistakable expression of hate and in- flilH-ml. h-st the face of the corpse tn tugntpheil in the i;l.iss. pho- Soulh t'andin nnsluceil more than one- in futve today. Oueby one lb. immigrants j lnjr4 f the entire amount uf phosphate sleep that night, with a vague, half de- lined sense of some one or something near her, she had opened her eyes to be hold the ill omened specter standing white und shadowy in its long white bridal veil by her In-dsido. The sight, she declares, literally curdled the blood in her veins; and. with nn awful inde scribable terror she uttered the piercing cry that so terrilied us all. nnd fainted dead uwny 'And rrom that hour, Por ter, she added, looking up into my face with nn expression that touched me to the quick, '1 have known that I am doomed -that my fate is scaled that I shall never live to be Mior Teddy's wife, ea gerly as he is looking forward to the day I fell that I must sMuk to some one, but not to uncle not to Teddyl Poor souls, they love me so truly that it will be hard enough for them when the time comes. And now. my dear young lady," Porter continued, "vou know the secret of thepitifulchangetliat lias come over our poor darling Of course I don't myself believe one word ubout Mistress Dorothy s ghost, or any such rubbish. I am a plain. pr.u4icul woman; and both religion and common sense, it scents to mo, utterly preclude the possibility of such a thing ll must have Is-en a dream, an optical illusion, or something of tliat kind, that is.-c:isioned her terror, but the effect usn her will la- precisely the same, unless something can be done to release her from the morbid super stition thai is killing her 1 know that you nre Miss Drasdalc's sincere friend, and troubled, I should judge, by very few 8UK-rstitioiis weaknesses; there fore it occurred to me that you might la able to otter a suggestion that you might mssilily think of some nay in which to help her. At ull events I have been thinking thai, without let ting her know that I have given you ui... hint ,.f nil 1 ,14 rim niic-bt nerh.-io. umke some excuse for staying w ith her , niant. at night. Only think of that nor. ner vous child passing it alone!" "Set your mind at rest on that point, Mrs. Porter." I replied "So long as 1 remain at tlie Ablx-y she shall not be left alone I'll take care of that But for the rest I must have time to think." Throwing a dressing roln? over my night dress, I hurried off to Daisy's room al once, where, as I exiected, I found her lying among the pillows w ith a white pitiful face and perfectly wide nwake. "Don't laugh. Daisy dear!" 1 ex claimed, bounciii in upon her with a little grimace, I tried my level best to ren der comical "Like Mrs. (iuiumidgo, 1 am a 'poor, lone lorn creetur;' and I've come to see if you'll take me in for the night But you need nut have me if you In another moment j two or three servants, headed by Sir i (ieorge, rushed into the nsnii, and there, j in tlie doorway, as their lights Hushed ; down upon it, lay u while huddled heap. "Why, it is Miss Amhurst, Sir t ieorge!" ' said one of tlie servants, hsiking up from the white unconscious face over which a little stream of bhmd was trickling l really thought at lirst thai it wns the bridal sK-cler! Slu-lo hmk uncommon like it. to Is sure, in her long bridal dress und veil!" The mystery of the ill omened appari tion was explained ut last It was Madeline Aiuliurst who had been per sonating Mistress Dorothy's gho.1 The white dress und veil, llie niwdered huir so carefully arranged lu render her re semblance to the painting us cke as possible, all told its tale, and. even in tin (list confusion ol the surprise. I saw that Imth Porti-i and Sii (ieorge fully unilerslissl the situation Not a word of explanation was offered to the servants, but Miss Amhurst was carried up to her own nsnn. where for several days she remained slightly in disKised. as I could very well under stand, from the effect of the blow I had so unwittingly struck her with tho goblet -"a shaft at random sent" that hud certainly "found mark the archer little meant." though 1 never saw cause to re- gret that my uim tliat night waa well taken. Neither Daisy nor I saw Miss Aiu liurst again; for Sir (Ieorge. who looked UH)ii her efforts to terrify his niece as something very little short of un attempt to murder, know ing us she did what the result of such experiment was likely to he, sent her a olite intimation that her presence in his bouse was no longer de sired. For the rest, it is neci-ssary only to ob serve that, the dread by which she had been oppressed once removed. Daisy SKedily recovered both health and spir its, and when the time came for me to go back to Paris it was Sir t ieorge him self who w rote mid obtained mamma's cordial consent for me to come back to the spring to officiate as chief brides- I , TUK END. Slopped It tie! Ih. It.id. Joe Jefferson is devoted disciple of Izaak Walton. He always has tin eye upi-n for tihing tackle and wants to bn.V every new variety of pole he sees. A few weeks ago he was on his way to a funeral with Ins sons, when he happened to spv a particularly attractive fishing rod in a store window, "Boys," s;ud he, in Ins best funeral voice, "I think I'll have tim to b:y t!. it rod let's go in. It may not tie there when we come back." San Francisco Argonaut. died off, but a few of Iheir pl.-uv wer filled with con vrr u. In a material way tlx .ocleiy prospered mora than any oilier Ssx'Utioa of a religious nature lb world ba ever seen. Whatever th Kronowile undertook brought them OuancUt protlt. A varitabl shower of gold ntd to raio OB thf lU.l bamlet wktr waaU war tew nn k mined in the world iu IMA, the output , bring txv.tut tun. j Above all. study, study, study! All the genius lu the world will nut help you along wi h any art unless yuu become a bard student. umph in their handsome cold deptlis, which changed on the instant to her usual bland smile as w ith a polite "good ' do not want me, you know. If you'd night" she swept slowly past and went rather be ulone, just speak tho word, and up to her room j i go," j Good heaven." I thought, aa I stood j rar littl Daisy, how my heart ached staring after her in blank surprise, "what fr her a 1 saw tiieexprtssion of sudden a remarkable resemblance she bore tothe ' ,vif that leapt into the poor little ui- picturvd face of which we have just been ioUS fac-i Throwing her arms about my six k Ing T neck, she cluns to tue like a frightened A M. Who Ksts Gin. According to the Charleston World, the driver uf a car on one of the street railways of that city is a confirmed glass eater. The driver, although a small, spare man. appears to enjoy perfect health, and his glass diet, while it may not be very nourishing, d.ies not appear to have been very hnrtfol up to tb present.