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BENEOICAM DOMINO. ,yMUri UfUiHitMialtt)r ft"' . m loclon. Heart cr fun, Diuli Uliai-lcollH) d)A duiae end In wukt-ulng dull; V l"..fl aud lire ta euuee fur piula; " frtiluu. llita quli-keiiiu ulna pidMd Inanimate thing, r ,mlulallteallllrul Oai for no- Wi"Ui(li " "" hurt ami "'""I'iHi nharu-ail thonw Hi ruM mujr to. fl""1 m of wilier. all altuui-d ,,earlli. tilled w"" "d fro '!raf UinHUh 7 fnimq piiImw run. U1 (jutiJ summer, Utui-d uo; ' "ja nuni th. lonl although Dot on. Jnanr b,,Tf"r"'" - Oud for ls"n Bright Uilnii wUu dreary g,roi'xl" 'oul'u, "(","'r purn, till . "rr Willi repmaehee en I with blames Ili"J H nioH JIW.IJOW. IdBOlng ou wU """Llmlj 'nud Hir clamor end nuriuua f 1 , tlie light I" '"yl"-lm ..; A FATAL MISTAKE. gittiiiff I" 'hi M11'0'' gloomy house dm ill' veiling I. a solitary. gray lyjrrd old woman, nm keeping the peluuelwly anniversary of the event tliirb ''Ihtht 0,1 w,,ole lifa yeJtn, U(o I was the Idolized child of ll,, kindest of fathers. Sir Hugh Lux oonre. my 'idiwfJ father, was re ltrtj to lie the wealthiest man In the toiiuty of Wicklow. and to lue, Marga ,et bis only child, in my lovely home of Eagle's Ntfrt. t'l" tmie by I" mlileu dream The kiuuioorcs were a lawlHHiie nice, and after no many jMr I can say. without conceit, that I did not prove an exception to my an (estom in thin respect. My good name ,nil wealth attracted many suitors to fctflc'x .Nest, hut uiuong these I will d,ilj describe the twe who were at onco ll happiness '"l mlxery of ny hfo. a sitting alone one summer even fcjl in a grotto by the lake, my favorite retreat, when suddenly a hand laid IHitly on my arm caused me to turn, md I Wield flaNtoii Ijiy Ktanding Ik lore me could not bo away without seeing jou onee more, my darling Margaret I" bfpui be 'The hope that yon might rftmi'l your cruel words has held me be day after day Say that there is one Kinall ray of hope for me!'" "Mr liy. I intended my answer, given to you a week ago, to be final. I uprosed then, an plainly as wns in my poter. and I repeat it now. that 1 do not love you. and can never be your rife .The continued renewal of this wliject in most painful to me. and If longer persisted in my friendship for you will be turned Into positive en mity " "I would not offend you for worlds. Hiss Luimoore, and as now my In.st hope bun crumbled to ashes 1 will re lieve you of my very obnoxious pres ence Kut in parting will you answer me one question T "If reasonable, yes." "laauy other mini so fortunate as to pin that precious love which Is not lor mef "Perlmps It will strengthen what 1 have already said to tell you that I am not quite whole hearted. Mr. Lay." "In it Capt. Dynecourt?" "1 can gratify your curiosity no fur tliet ou this subject. But it is growing late, and I cannot remain out later. Uood nijjlit. and good-by for the bust time. Gaston. 7 Two mouths ago the passionate, de spairing way iu which this mail covered my band with kisses at parting would have excited my strongest sympathy, but during the post few weeks his per feteitcs in declaring his love, which 1 aw reciprocated, had made him al most an object of abhorrence to me. Out families had been friendly for many years, and as a child 1 was fond ol Huston jty. but nothing more. During the past season a new star had fiu in my tlrmamoiit, which eclipsed II previous ones. This star was my retly betrothed husband. Geoffrey Dynecourt. After leaving me in the grotto that wiuiuei evening Gi'.ntou Lay betook himself to his club, to see some friends llore bi. dpparture to America. Find ing the renHng room empty, he took theopport'" ify to write a few urgent Intern T ig occupation finished he leaned baoi !u his chair and buried his ' in Li liHiids. I is Meditation ere fiimily Interrupted by the entrance f I tl e ca use of his u nhappiness. Geoffrey "ft ecourt "hyuecourt." he began abruptly, "in "'fee days I euve this country, forever Pfolwbly For three years I have eher W the idea that Margaret Lux "W" would oue day be my wife, but ". fu-r a llnal understanding, f tind 1 hai-e tpnken too late. Her heart is nutlier'i, and. though I have no word "era as proof, yet 1 feel certain thut J0"- Kyiiecourt, are the happy possess "I what I considered my prize. I 0,7 you more than tongue can ex but I bear no malice, and desire "Ml we part friends." 'I caiiiiot express my sympathy and Muui"l"uei.t at hearing this. Uy I Mipposed that yours was more au ordinary friendship for Miss iuoura Vour cuudor on the subji-ct "J.V my eotiiidenee, which is this inexpresatible pride I call say that "Viret I.uxmoore loves me love w"l has promised to be no other "'" 'fe. This is the bright side of PKture; hear the reverse, which I ':lurt Vi jf01, m tl9 strictest conll- 'n our family, on my mother's side. u"i s streak of insanity. There i "Pff that it still exists; but in "i" nce. many generations back, it has rd hereditary. Sir Hugh Luimoore r1 and, therefore, has refused xe band of his daughter, and for . Jt? all intercourse between us. jm " 0t tllat 3Jaroaret loves me de d'J ' ,1,ou'(1 fee' it "'7 Panful jf to fly from tiie allurements of ber k.y face, but she encouraged me to jJ- in the hop that her father may jj?1 feconciled to our marriage. It "rd verdict that he ha pronounced Ij." but tuy darhng Las sworn to be Eie- We haTe occasional stolen meeting i wliioU to dicusour pro. pert which at present l.s.k gloom, euouglL" ' "NevertliekMi you are the happ,t man on earth, for you have theeer tohity of Margaret's love. I will keen your secret Inviolable, Dyiiecourt; but this conversation too powerful for both of us, so it had better cease hall be oir soon now. If you ever care to hear of me again this i n,v address In Now York." And Gaston wrote a few words on a card which Geoffrey placed with the others it, his card ease. "Now, good by, old fellow. I ithall not pe you again probally. as 1 must sHMld my hut days in the old country with my relatives in Clare, and shall go directly from there." "Good by. Lay! Re assured of my best wishes for your welfare on the other side of the water." After a few more words at parting these two men sejMirated, never to meet again in this world. The day after the occurrence above narrated I was again in my favorite grotto, thinking, ifs was my wont, of Geoffrey Dynecourt. What happiness would be ours could my futher's preju dice be overruled. I should never know a moment's peuce if I married without his blessing, hut certainly my present life knew no element of rejuise. I was incurring my father anger on every occasion that I met Geoffrey, yet each day that passed without tills meet ing was one long, dreary blank for ma At this point my reflections were In terrupted by a shadow falling across the entrance of the grotto. The next instant Geoffrey Dyiiecourt seized both my hands in his and smothered my ex claiuatioiis of delighted surprise by a shower of kisses. "1 have had another proof of my darling' constancy," he began; and then lie described the interview with Gaston Lay "Hut, Margaret, I have many gloomy forebodings that you iiiuy regret discarding a handsome young fellow like Lay for the sake of an unhappy wretch such as myself, branded, as it' were, with the curse of his uncestors Margaret, the thought that you may one day blast my happl ness forever by sharing your father's opinion concerning me drives me al most wild at times. I believe that the curse of insanity died out of our family generations ago; but you have no proof of this, and your father may convince you that his Judgment is best" "Oh. Geoffrey, how can you distress me so by these suspicions How often must 1 tell you that you are the light and happiness of my life, and I would rather die than give you up? It is hard to be content with these short.' stolen visits, but brighter days will dawn for us. 1 am sure. When word of mine forbids your presence here you may know that I have succumbed to my father' will; till then trust me, will you uotr "1 will forever!" Hut Just then the sound of footsteps put un end to our conversation, and with a hurried farewell Geoffrey left the grotto. I then flew to meet my father, who had just returned from a three weeks' visit in the north of Ire land. The delight at seeing him again put all thought of Geoffrey out of my mind for the present, and we went back to the house chatting mer rily. The next evening was dark and gloomy, with unceasing rain. I was sitting alone at my window, gazing out at the very cheerless prosjiect. when a servant brought hi a sealed envelop, addressed to mo In a hurried hand which I supjiosed to be Geoffrey's, but on opening it I discovered a card bear ing the name "Ga.ston Lay." with a foreign address written underneath Scratched hurriedly on the back were the words: ','MT Dakuxo I am called sudden ly away, but will risk a few moments' delay for a parting word with you When and where can 1 see you t Answer immediately." My Urst and only impression on read big this was one of extreme anger and disgust I knew perfectly well that Gaston Uxy was on the eve of his de parture fb'r America. We had a full understanding with each other that evening by tho lake, and bad agreed that our parting then and there should be llnal. It was the height of insolence on liis part to renew the subject again in such direct opposition to my wishes. Fired at the thought of his insolence I hastily inclosed the following lines hi a blank envelope to avoid detection: "From tliis time forth our destinies are sundered. .Our parting in the grotto was sufficient I cannot see you again, and I siucerely hope that change of scene may induce you to forget. "Makoahkt Luxmookk." This note I dispatched by the mes senger who had brought the card, lit tie guessing the effect of my hastily written words. Tho following day passed witlioii Geoffrey's accustomed visit This did not surprise me, but when day aftei day elapsed with no tidings of him I became seriously alarmed. At the en! of a week I heard from a friend tha. Capt Dynecourt had left Ireland f ir year's residence on the continent, after which he intended to Join his regiment in India. The news struck me with stunning force. Geoffrey gone without a word! What did it all meant With such thoughts coursing wildly through my brain it Is no wonder that I became insensibla For many long weeks I lay ill of a violent fever, from which I recovered Duly to learn that during that time there had len no tidings of Geoffrey. dually began to realize in a dull, de spondeiit way that he was either cruelly nerfldioua or really insane. I seemed to grow years older as the moutlis went by, and I settled down m a gloomy apathy which was painfully disturbed by the death of my father. Shortly before he died he called me to him and expresed contrition for h;s harsh Judg uient of Geoffrey. But this eonfessiou came too late to awaken a ray of happi ness in uiv desolate heart After liiy father death people said rhnt JUanniret Luimoore was in a rapid decline, and I sincerely hoped they were not mistaken. Such was the stata of things when 1 -eceived the following letter, which HihhIisI my detolate heart with light and happiness: "MY ll-:A!tKSTMAUO.M(KT-ItUpu ible the t xplnnailoii I have to make may el'eet a reeoui-iliation between Us; therefore l mt yu read and con sider this carefully before replying. During my last interview with Gaston Lay he li ft me his card with his writ ten mldi-cM in New York This card I carelessly placed anions mime of my own Jii a card ease. A win-k ago I had occasion to refer to this address, and on liMikimf through my card case (iio ton's curd proved to be mining. The ci:v.iiiistmire surprised ine very much, is I reineuiliercd that I had oeiii'dtho ens.- on only one occasion since when I took out a card to write you. asking for a parting word More going on an unexected Journey. The cold, scorn ful answer I received from you in re turn tilled me with u mixture of aston ishment, nigo and deMiir. I went as you bade me go-ond felt that the real approach of the supiosed insanity, for which you discarded me, would bo my greatest blessing. From that time my life became a weary burden, almost too heavy to bear. "During the last mouth I had re solved to visit America, and wrote to Gaston I -ay on the subject. It was lust before sendiii'' tliiu littir I .1 ered the loss of Gaston's card. I can account for its disnpcaranco hi only . oue way. which is that ou that dark ' evening, a year ago. I must in my hurry 1 nave written on Gaston s card instead of my own. The words were scratched ; by the dim light of a carriage laiiin. and the mistake was quite Hissible. though my culpable carelessness merit' the punishment I have imdergouo dur ing the last year Naturally, under the ircuiiistanees. such a message received from (iastou would be offensive to you and would have prompted the angry lessatre I received. If mv suniKisition Ik- true, that this estrangement between us is all a misunderstanding, answer by the messenger that brings this letter. and I will bo with you in a few hours. "Gkoki hicy Dyxkcoi H.T." What a title of blissful thoughts burst Kin me at reading these lines! It was even as he mipihwiI ur mutual misery of the past year was all ow ing to an apparently trivial mistake and lieoffrey was true to mo! I tried to ex press my joy in a letter to him. but my hand trembled too violently to write more than tho word, "Come." " The hour sis'iit waiting fur his return , seemed an eternity; hut my impatience , wiu lllially relieved by the clatter of : hurse's hoofs in the avenue. Almost wild with excitement I Hew to the door , in time to we Geoffrey's horse gallop past riderless. A chill stole over me; with a cry of terror I Hew out Into the night, calling for the servants to follow with lights. I rushed wildly thronim the avenue, and by the lodge gates discovered the oblect of in v search. Geoffrey Dyne court !ay on the gross, apparently dead from a wound on llio temple, fuu.seu bv beinif thrown from his horse against one of the stone statues at the gate. lie was carried into the locL-e and everything done that medical aid could suggest, but ull to no effect. My dar ling did not survive the night, anil my prayers mid supplications were fruit less. His last expiring bnath was spent in the faint articulation. "Too late I" My story is told. It Is thirty years tonight since Geoffrey died, jet the' dreary puln gnawing at my heart now is as keen as my suffering then. - New York World. A Jowelr' Slur jr. A jeweler relates this surprising story; sVimn time a2o Mr. A. cuine to my nliice mid boiiL'ht a nair of diamond ear drops for bis daughter, a girl of seven- teen or eighteen, who was attending . cliiio Her teacher was btrucK Willi the gems and asked leave to borrow tbeiu and take tlieui noma lias per mjjision was readily given. A few day Utnr I went into a lamdary's shop that I was in the habit of visiting to get job done once in a while, and there I saw a pair of earrings beside the cutting wheel. Hello," said I. 'where did these come fromf "The lunldarv said: 'Oh, that's a job that came in this inoruiiig from Fiinkeu- stein, down the street He wants tne diamonds taken out and paste put in their place. Well.' said L 'you'd better suve your labor. Don't do iny work on those until von heui from me.' I went to Mr. A., brought him to see the earrings, then we weut to Funkeustelu together auu asseu bow he came by them for they were the pair that I bad sold a few day before. He said that they Hail oeen orougni to him by Mrs. . a school teacher, who had concluded to sell ,the stones and re place them with Imitations. We decided to spare the woman, and of course the diamonds were returned, but 1 never irnm) how Funkenstein squared ac counts with her. "-Brooklyn Eagle. Latent Itluhtharltle Genu. I might mention many physicians' families that have been desolated by ,li,,litl,erin contracted from them. The occasional latency of diphtheria, and the necessity of a more treqtieut inspection f thH fauces of cbildrou who have been exposed to the disease, so as to be able to detewt and isolate these wanting cases, was forcibly shown by the following in stance: 1 was once called to a boy with diph theria, and it occurred to me to examine his sister, who bad left the call at my office She was then in the street with some playmates, and was apparently a well aud cheerful as they were. On in specting her fauces a small but charac teristic .grayish white patch was Ob nerved over one tonsil. Dr. J. Lewi Smith in Babyhood. ' Funny Bpo-rlie. Grose relates that Caulfield, meeting u, Tl.nmas Sandbv. said: "My dear Sand by. I'm glad to ee you. Pray, Is it yoa or your brother?" It was a Spaniard who remarked ingeniously that an au thor sbonld always write hi own index, let who will write tbe book. Edgeworth relate the story of an English ihop keeper who did pretty well in the direc tion of the bull proper, when, to recom mend tbe durability of some fabric for lady dress, he said, "iladain, it will wear forever and make yon a petticoat afterward.' Thi i quite equal to tbe Irishman' rope which had only one end, because the other had been cut away.- W UATISYUL'KbUN TU BE lf LD OFftRtO BY THE GROW ING tuECTRlC BUSINESS. riir AiUiiH- IK Ht-rlrlflly Mm ltrn Mil I'IimI II IIh HrticrtM.il Ktil 1 1mu ll lnielli(tiir N4'ftni-i lu HnhiII ll ,inid Viia I'Hlil. I Wo tnt-n vr sitting lace to lure Is tween tii- e.-u tun ks on I'urk row the I'Uihi ,.y t M-cliied to Is? a ilaiiiii'iuu m wtiioti tor thr-y could imt Mluw tliii woi It mid st the same tune k.-i-jj thwi re 011 the milling teams mi eitlni mind They had to keep their elbows iu too or the cars would turnip tin-in They were Heated at a iiihiiIioK w-xtiiig eutilenol wire which were in the -.noway ixm-ath Each hud the end ol a cahlc 111 iiuiid nud a portable galvHiiouu-ier-H (piare Ihij about the sue of a cigar Iku in trout ol hun tint a lew yeurs ago the man engaged in coiiiirctuig wires in this way touelied the tip of each wire in turn to the tip uf nis tongue If there was a current run mug through the wire be felt h little pricking und a sour taste He did tins the w-holeday through, ..ml was none the worse tor receiving so many sliglil eli-e-trie shocks and tasting so much cnpH-r It was a very primitive test, but u very good one. ami old wire testers still ne it when iu a hurry But soon a galvan ometer was made, which not only finds the corn-in but give some idea of its strength The rapid way In which in ventiou has been piled upon invention 111 the electrical world is marvelous, and it seems surprising thai a siillicieiil limn ler ol workmen of sufficient intelligence should U' found iu such a hurry to pruc tically put these inventions into use A ipiestlon iiiii this very point was put to a well known eleetriclau who napieued to saunter by the two men at work. BAD WOIIK "It is only surprising in a measure,'' he said 'As a matter of fact, the bus) ness hits grown much faster than the intelligence necessary to handle it. and man)' accidents are due to that fact The electric light Hople at tirst bad to rely very largely on the workmen engaged by the telegraph companies, and both had to draft in a large iiuiiiIht of new men and tram them to the work. Any man with a little knowledge of mechuiilc and the handling of tools noon makes a good lineman There is no great skill re quired except In cure that the wire does not become abraded in handling, while the l'ihhI wages paid for the work seventy live dollars a month are a great inducement ISut the business has un doubtedly suffered 111 its rapid progress for the want of skilled men. and the market is by no means overstocked yet Only the other day one of the New York companies had to send to the New Eng land Cable company to borrow men to make joints in city line. 'Some of the underground work, too. has hcci'i badly done, but much of Ibis bus been quite us much due to keen com petition and the pruverbiul economy of tlie unscientific stockholders Wlieu It comes to buying wire, costing from tl.4iK) tofl..'i()0a mile, the stockholder lias a lot to say about It. and cheap wire Is loo often a result One of the electric light companies runs an alternating cur rent, and it now begins to 6nd. all over the country, that its wire are already becoming faulty They cannot stand the strain CIIANCK FOB YOCNO MKN. One of the things absorbing the atten tion of electric men today is to Hud an Insulator which will stand heavy alter nating curreuts. So the trouble ha been as much a mutter of cheap material us unskilled labor " ' 'Have the workmen a uuion yet!" No. not yet There is an association called the Society of Electrical Engi neer." Aiid where do the engineers and executive men come from?' 'A good many of the heads of depart tneuta have their training at the various schools of technology, such as the Stev en Institute. Cornell university, the Massachusetts School of Technology. In deed, nearly all the universities have classes in electricity now, and they sup ply a good deal of tbe talent for the busi ness. These young fellows from the schools of technology have started in the black smith shop and worked right up, und tbe only thing about electrical matter they have no knowledge of is the busi ness end of it They easily find posi tion at from fGO to (100 a month at the start, and readily get more according to the ability they display , It u great business for a man to get Into, whether he is well educated or not. There is such an enormous held for the application of electric power outside of the electric light Sea how fast the electric street car have grown through out the country! Then there are the other almost innumerable applications of the force which will soon be in de mand. No. ir, the skilled workman who goes into tbe electric business, of whatever grade be may be, need feel no fear of hi labor market being over crowded. "-New York Advertiser Calculation Are Sometimes Upset. An ingenioiw gentleman, comment ing on the statement that tho Amer icans twe annually 1.800 pounds, of gold, worth alioiit 00,000, in stop inr iwmivi1 ttH'th makes tho inevit- aulO ' HlUlpiecaicuiaunu, mm im-a at the coucluHioti that in 100 yearn the American ceiut'tencH will contain more gold than now exibb in Franco. Will thev. really? This good hand at figures must have heard that more than once-uotably in Pari uomo twenty years ago -it has wriously been proixwed to start companies for the puqiose of taking gold stoppings from the jaws of con wen which lay in burying grounds. .Statwtics are all very well, but they do not take into accouut contingencies of this nature. - Casnell's Journal. Weak Human Vila re. From uiauy w.'Iectiims(rom Marcus Aiuliim wo choose this, as showing i i :.,.;,,!, itit. Hum n-Miv hit- iiiJJ k'T II ' ' Hi " - ' ----- man nature of ours, I have often wondered how it is that every man Uvea himself more than all tho rest of men, but yet sets lesw value on bis own opinion of Liniself than on the opinion of others." Little Dorothy (to old wooden horse which she insitsts on taking to bed I with her every night)-You dear old i love, I am a good mind to call you I my sweetewt nightmare. ..'MtR SHE SOMETIMES FAILS. ii Hit IhiihIii uf Wmiiinii Mmh Trry fr- f"rlMI l-.ti-fN, H l SIiiiuii llitru. ( l eoiii-oe, it is rank heresy to men mi It. but due-, it ever occur to the .ih.iui i d uoiii.'iii that, while as yet -lie Iiii faili-l to demonstrate her su ,.cnor ability in any of the professions .,-iiiilii-tr'i-K i.f man's province, when--vet i In man invade hi-r domain he :ivaii:illy excels her in skill ami sue ess.' The woman doctor takes second i lace to tlie mail, yet the mini cook is the greater, the better paid, the more su v.ful than the woman. The greatest lawyer is the world is imt a woman, but the greatest milliner is a man and the most famous dress maker is also a man. The best tailors for women are men, the greatest de signers of house decoration, architec ture and furnishings are men, and the best housekeeers are men. Of course the women will rise up in their wrath, hut you ask any man who lives at a llrst class club, managed en tirely by men, if he can have the same comfort, the same excellence of cook ing and variety of .menu, the same ah seenee of friction and annoyance, for the same amount ot money, provided by the most thoughtful, painstaking little wife in the world. In any household, if a man is al lowed to have dominion over his own particular apartment, if he'exereise his own unbiased taste iu furnishing and arrangement, volt will invariably Hud that tlie man's room is the favorite place iu the house, and that rarely is the man criuittcd to enjoy iu it peace ful seclusion. Why? Ktrausc it is restful In coloring and has no glaring contrasts of tint. The chairs are comfortable when you sit in them and aren't done up witli vexa tious sashes. The lights are arranged sft yon can see to rend or write If you like, mid are not so buried in frills and millinery and frnu froil thut their orig inal purpose is lost. There are wel come space effects in the man's room liuppy contrast with the cluttered, crowded confusion of the woman's room. Things are exactly where you can put your hands on them when you want them without any forethought. Nothing is in the way of something else. There are no kiiiekknncks to full down, no I raps to trip yourfoet. Every thing has purpose. The pictures are hung where you can see them and are worth looking at. The books are w here you can reach them and are books you want to read. The bits of bric-a-brao have a pur H)se as well as a history. The w hole idea of the man's room is in a word e.mifnrt. Of the woman's room the idea is effect. Iu searching after Ills ideal the man frequently attains the woman's Ideal as well. The woman often misses both in striving after the oue of lesser Importance. Now York Bun. Wlntt Urn Mlnl.trr Nulil. It Is a tributo to the basis of real dig ulty that there is in the American girl's character that a well bred foreigner will take simply as they are meant the constant surprises she affords him iu the way of daring escapades, any one of which would at once destroy his re spect for one ol his own unmarried countrywomen. A transatlantic mar riago which was started by a practical joke was that of the young minister from , who asked his lively neighbor at a dinner how he should make his adieux to liis hostess, as she did not spoalc French and Ills own knowledge of E iglisli was of the slightest. Oolite seri msly she taught ll I lit to say, "Golly, Mrs. A., I have had a bully time;" and io rom-ated the absurd and dreadful little speech with great distinctness to his hostess, who at once detected tho source of the poor man's blunder and naturally greatly resented it. M. de I-., however, had n sense of humor and, far from harboring a grudge against the liniiertinent young lady, was greatly amused by lier audacity, and thus'hi this Instance began the "wooing o n t New York Tribune. The rtillitaonhlcal llilluuleuee. The household arrangements of Em erson's bumblebee are peculiar. There are a few queen left over from each nest hi the autumn, lhese hi Novem ber crawl Into snug places, where they hibernate, gathering pollen in the spring and laying their eggs in It. Only tho queen survives, all the workers and drones dying, so that every bumblebee hive Is wiped out each autumn. They do not accumulate large store of honey, notwithstanding Midi Indus try, for a single colony will not number moro than thirty or forty. And their cells are huddled together without or der, ho that the honey cannot well be obtained from the combs in a clear state, as schoolboy and farm lads very well know. Hut these bees are philoso phers all the same; perhaps that I why they lay up so little. Boston Adver tiser. Wanted It Hark. Melton -While Travers was nailing on a lady tho other night a man rang the bell, gave his name as Mr. Slow, took Trnvers' overcoat and vanished. Heaver Well, well. Did he find it again? Melton Oh, yes. He know where it is. Mr. Slow is his tailor. Clothier and Furnisher. To NtliMiilale the Salivary OlantU. If there is a lack of saliva, or that of proper quality, it is often bet-t to eat wane hard kind of bread, as thin, hard, Scotch oatmeal bread, bn-ud crusts, ru.-ks, etc., very slowly, and thus nat urally increase the amount and quality of the saliva. Exchange. The state iiislorian of South Carolina has investigated twenty-eight cases of people claiming to be over 90 years of age, and in all but two he found faets to prove that they had advanw them-u.U-m from five to eL'ht years. He can t fiud anybody who ever lived to be luO. Detroit Free Press. Life in the little German village of Strobeck, In the Hart mountains, is almost entirely given np to che play ing. Even the children hi the school are proficient in the ancient and royal game. AN ENGLISH TOUKIST. HE HEARS A STORY OF HOW HER MIT MOUNTAIN WAS NAMED. An Amrrlran Cniiiiuitrrial Traveler Telle m Straune Varu Alioiit the Lonely, Lwveelrk Miner of the Kelklrkt Tlie Mountain lVai Kamed for Hint. The train bad stopx'd near the heart of the Selkirk, under tbu shadow of a great bare crag, which tbe guide Ixtok said was the Hermit mountain. The ruck rose almost precipitounly, culminat ing in a crest extending lor hundreds of fiH-t to the imrth, und the top of the crest seemed almost as sharp us a razor. With arms akimbo on tlie rail of the observa tion cur was au English tourist, who wore a monocle and a stare, and seemed very much bored by the scenery. Near him stood a commercial traveler of To ronto, who was explaining bow the mountain got its name. "Follow the edge of the mountain from its front to the rear," be said. "Hight where tbe edge breaks off you aee a solitary pyramid. From here it seems to be only ulsmt six feet tall, though in reality it is about thirty feet high. Don't you see it bears some re semblance to a man? That is the hermit, and it is this solitary pillar that gave name to the mountain." Tlie English tourist suddenly showed indications of interest. He edged a little nearer, and remarked: "Beg pardon, did 1 bear you say bouiu thing about a hermit'" The commercial traveler gave his com rade a dig iu the ribs. "Why, yes," be said to the tourist; "didn't you ever hear the remarkable facts about tbe hermit here?" "No," said the tourist A IHtLMMKIl'S STOHY. "Well, I'll tell you the story," said the drummer. "Ii's a remarkable one, and every traveler ought to know it. You see, about the time of the gold excite ment in the Fruzcr river country 'way back in IS'ill a man can in here to make his fortune. Oue of the miners had brought into this wild region bis little family, and among them w:ia his daugh ter, a very pretty girl, with whom this other fellow fell madly iu love. He had a hated rival, of course, and in a few months this rival carried off the prize, and life became a hollow mockery to the disapNiinted lover. He became not only a woman hater, but a hater of his kind, and be made up his mind be would spend the rest of his life ana hermit, "So ho came to this mountain, aud he clambered up that brush that you see ulongside, and be built him a hut of stones und branches, und there he began his new life. He had a gun and lived on what he could shoot, a little flour he got from tho settlement and the berries aud roots bo gialtcrcd. He lived that way a good many years, bringing dowu from tlio mountain au occasional fur or bear skin, which ho sold for provisions. For veurs now he has been old and unable to hunt well, but nothing lias ever induced him to give up his queer life," By this time tbe English tourist was all eyes aud ears. "You don't mean to tell me, be said. 'How on earth doe he live now?" "Well, once a week the peoplo who live iu this little hamlet you see here till a basket with provisions nud one of them takes it up to the top of the mountain When the hermit hears anybody coming he leaves his but aud retreats into the .woods. The man with the supplies leaves the basket at the door, and the next fellow who conies up with provis ions leaves another basket and take buck the empty one, TDK TOUKIST HKI.IKVKD IT. "The hermit never sjieaks to anybody Early in the winter, before there is dan gcr of a big fall of snow, a lot of pro visions is taken up to htm, for fear that a heavy snowfall will pruvent any one from reaching tbe toil. "Why, dix-su't bo gut sick and need a doctor sometimes'" asked the tourist "Nobody knows that be ever had a sick day. He is old, but he s well, t ou see the air up there is muguiliccut, aud there' no reason he should be sick There he is now," continued the drum mer, iu a state of wild excitement. "There he is; near the edge of that rock Don't yon see him?" Tho Englishman looked, but could, see nothing. He borrowed a field glass and was adjusting the focus when tho man exclaimed: "There, he's gone. I just caiik'ht s glimpse of him. He' up so high be dulii t look bigger u a speck, any way. "Remarkable," said tlie Englishman, as he lapsed into a seat lie rolled it all over in his mind for a couple or hours. Meanwhile the story of the Euglisliuian'i interest iu the hermit had been told to number of choice spirits, and there hud been much hilarity. One of the men who shared tbe fun was Rtunding near the Toronto drummer, when the English tourist sidled np to him again. "Now, look a-bere," he said, "honest, it that really all true about tbe heriuitr "Certainly, lt' true," (aid the com mercial traveler. "Must all tourists know it, and any oue who live iu this country can tell you all about it. Ask this man here. Tbe Englishman turned to the other man, who told the itory of tbe hermit over again, with some graphic and cir cumstantial additions. The Englishman will probably prepare an account of the wonderful hermit Tor the Urltish press New York Sun. ' tatert In Mackinac Mackinac I a perfect heaven for lov ers. Tbe Grand hotel ha its front all dotted with little balconies, one to every other window and eacb strongly stig gestive of the prettiest scene in "Komeo and Juliet. On a distant balcony i have seen a lovely girl appear to hold long whispered conversation with her beau three times after leaving bim for the night below stairs once when be reached ber room, ugain when she thought of another thing to say before disrobing, and yet again in her wrapper, after she bad made herself otherwise ready for bed. Aud at that time there were other lovers talking from oue Dai eonv to another, other in the grove In front of tbe great botel, others on the board walks leading to the village, and still other, I doobt not every where that the moon bone nd the breeze fanned the island. -Julian Ralph In New York bun. A rnrlons white froff has been on el hibition in London. It U full grown norimnn of a tmre white color, it ruby - I raa frinirl m-ilh a ffolllen hue. StrSnCelV ! contrasting with Its pluK in ana mimy euticl. QUEER KINDS OF COINS. Interesting by Reason ot Tlielr Age and for Vurlmie Oilier ( aute. "Here is the oldest coin ever made In tho world," said n collector. "It was inndo about tho year 700 D. 0. in .T.giua, und you will observe that the design iu high relief represents a tor tuUi crawling aero the face of the piece. You will iifft. find any date upon it, because no coin was dated prior to (o0 years ago. The most beautiful coin ever mad', in my opinion, I this silver pii-cn of Macedonia, which was current in Maredon, now Constantinople, 800 yeurs before Christ, or "00 years earlier than the time of Alexander the Great Though its fare v.iliui Is only fifty-three cents tho coin is v.ortli a price today that would tistonish vou. 'Here is a 'peehi;rn of the coin of tlie smallest nine ever b-sucd. It Is the 'mite,' so called, such as tho widow of (he llible story dropped Into tho slot for the Hior, though it was her last me. One fiftieth of a cent It was worth, mid ou observe that its sIioh is hexagonal. Clone by you will notice a piiwa of money worth 220. It is simply a rectangular piece of gold, staiiiH-d with the characters of China, from which country it comes. Lump of gold are used in China for currency f lur,"!' dcnomhiiitioiis, "This coin with the head of the beauti ful woman n it it, so exquisitely de signed, was minted In Egypt during the reign of l'ddi'iny riiiladelphus, 2,2 19 years before- Christ. The lovely head is a likeness of I'tolemy's wife and queen, Arsonoe, w ho was grandmother by six removes to the famous Cleopatra. I put it that way Ink-huso there were ln reality several Cleopatrus, though most (M'ople imagine that there was but one. "Here is a gold piece that was Issued by Darius the (ireat before tho children of Israel returned from the captivity. This is something comparatively mod ern the 'marriage piece' of Ferdinand and IniIh'IIu, Issued to celebrate tholr union soino tiuio before Columbus dis covered America. Here hi the smallest coin ever issued tho thirty-second of ducat, minted In the year A. D. 1360, iu the free city of Nuremlierg. It was worth seven and a quarter cents. By the way, the Swiss it was who first put lutes on their coins. , "lVrhaw the funniest coins ln t!n world are those roundish, Irregular lumps of silver from Siain, running down from the bigness of a walnut to the si;.e of a buckshot, according to value represented. You will notice from the display of United States coins in this other ease that during the first year when we coined money in this country, iu 1792,, wo hud nothing but copper. In 17'.) I wo obtained some sil ver from Mexico, and two kinds of ail ver coins npHnred. Not till 17'J5 did we have gold coins, consequent upon tho discovery of tho precious metal In different parts of the United State," Washington Star. Nnrl of tlie Telephone, One of the most novel uses to which the telephone has been turned Is re ported at WiMidstock, Ont., during th progress of the trial ot Iiirchall for murder. Tho court room Isvery small, and could hardly aeeoimuodato the court attendants, attorneys, reporter and witnesses, much ltss tho eager crowds which the sensational character of the trial drew to the town. A smart piihlin house kiHper, however, saw the chanco of doing a good stroke of busi ness, and he very effectively carried out his ideas. On tho wull over tho judge's head h managed to have lived a largo tele phone receiver, which he connected with twenty instruments at his place of business. Hero tho tulios wore rent ed for a certain time at twenty-five cents a head, and four of tho tube, were placed in n private room for ladies, It is needless to say that all day long each day of the trial tho hotel telephone, was in requisition, nud every word that was said in the court was thus carried to the ears of the distant listener. Now York Commercial Advertiser, A llontuu )laii' Gratitude, A gentleman of this vlllugo, while In tho New Englaii 1 news rooms lit Bos ton the other day, saw a man drop a roll of money mid pass on. Waiting a moment tho tinder stepped up to the loser and said, "Would you like to see me?" ''No, I don't know as I would, I never saw you before." "Well, how about this?" producing tho roll. "Gra cious gix)ducss!" exclaimed tho othor, "If I had lost that it would have ruined me. Hut I suppose you'd consider it an insult if I were to oiler you a re ward. However, thanks, many thanks." Thus does honesty carry its own bless ing, and In an approving conscience (id ward has tho greater reward. North Ablngton Publio. Metal Celling. One of the most excellent of recent innovations Is the Introduction of metal ceilings In place of wood and plaster. These ceilings do not shrink or bum like wood; they will not stain, crack or fall off liko plaster, but being K-rmanent, durable, fireproof and or namental, will eventually supersede both wood and plaster, besides being Iu the end far more economical than either. New York Commercial Ad vertiser. t'nele Sam's Carpet. Strangers who come to Washington discover things of the existence of which residents know nothing (low many people know there is a large room In the treasury building in which every yard of caqs-t used iu government buildings all over tbe United State is cut and sewed? Tbe work it done by contract and carpets are fitted from the architect' plans. Washington Post Stealing March. "1 want to give you a pleo of ad vice." "All right, let me give yoq one first follow lt."-New York Epoch. There is no longer any question that the educated natives of India are ac quiring a taste for llritish athletic. Not long ago a team of young Deugall (iMt bailers gave a fair aud square beat ing to the crock players of an English regiment, while almost any college of any pretension can place a smart tltven ln the cricket field.