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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 23, 1894)
A 6F.RVIAN SONG, li !; I ,-f lltUI I.Htrny L.I!(tf. I tilt' l "MwthK to Uie, U rft 'rf. tti'tttaiTi ar.l..riff m ! Mob lllOU. Wxaulhtf. V I. mi . nni Itrr luivr Llf way. Id .lW !.rr Uwir itUi jit lliv nip ti ilratua by ir ll. lamp b burnt at bitfuW t..iti-r, v titr, Jlilt tif ti till t'P, J t...i brt, bt mine: )r inu-l h-l ti mtt'l tti, J Mill k'l ' kiM for win. tt.il lit) r t. ftltml litfM Itiro tu b11 -ll. if. MMtUrtJ 10 Ctuturr oVKIICONTIDKNCK. j, n ycai ago in u certain k km iiit-J t.nui in Pennsylvania there lived a fain ,!v whom I cull Mitchell. The fulii ,; v .-, .i-i-t I f husband, wifo and two , ..u : r -ti. t latter Ising a ImpV agitlfive m: ! a girl seven. Mitchell wa a pri VJ:,. Iiiiik-r. known to Ih In unit, re f. .table und worth a char f llti.ttHj. 1 ln 1 1 1 1 ! r nothing uIhiiiI the family i. i til certain incident iKTiirnil. One ,!..v In-' wife ' fatally i i: j 1 1 r- 1 in a t.u'.roal collision ut iiit uImiiiC fifty n,i fr-'in home When lio reached ), r. in ri'-ii! to n telegram edit by a itranger. In1 four had been removed t,i it In''' I uud vtaii Is-ing tenderly cured f. r by a woman who gave her Hume M M:. A. H. I iray, of Philadelphia. Shu w.i- on the tram, hut suffered no injury. Mr- (.iray, n I iiiik lit in well 1 1 yon . AV, W.I ) tltl. glKxl 1'X'klllU'. gll talker, ami iii general way enptiva line The fact of her taking charge of Mr-. Mil' h' II li hit lui'l done proved ii. r tender heart. She tol.l Mr. .Miti-h.'U 1 1 .i 1 I" in n widow eighteen imiiitht in.. I n ptacti.allv iil"iii! in the wurlil, though In- w.w I 'lril-'iifil with grief hi. .1 .uiM' iy. Ii ili'l ii"t fulfi l to th.ink ) , r I, r li' r r'i't kiiiiliHM uiul to tuko l,,-r .i'lilf. M'' ri'iiini'il Iht juiirm-y, mi 1 lit' t'"k hl w if') lioini) to il lo of lirr injillli' It Wa tlili'w work hftcr ln-r .. i'Ii th.it I runic into tho cav. Afti r iii i vlliiii' m I'Vi-r tho liil'-lminl ulil i.iil iliMi.vi-rr'l that hit iliml wifi'ii j. w iry was uiii-Miii; Sho liml with ln-r vili'ii th m'fi'h'iit tk Jiluro ahunt f 1 .imki m.i'li "I .liaiiiuinU. Thi'V lia.l 1:-.im in 'I. ai". win'ii lit- cumu to run nvi-r i vt'iits in hit iiiiiiiI ho coiil'l not r" ii.i in In r that they h.nl t-oiiiu lioino wi'h l,..r Mrt. liray lucl turiifl out to him .Mi Mitrlii'll'ii iurw) ainl a few otln-r iliii.i, hut n pair of ihainoinl cunlroM. two ruit uii'l u pin wt-re lniiiiiK. I an rinph t i i to r"Ci rii In tlm M-'liil f ih.i lair ai ri'li'iit a n 1 wfk totrai'fthu ji-wilry, Th" colliiuii hail oei'iirrl ru'ht at tho ih'iot in a unull town. I'ihv j. In almiit t'li- ilfnit ami tlo- hotfl iisnirfl mo that Mm. Mitrhfll lui'l Iht jt-wi-lry mi w hi'ii taki'ii to tho lioti-1. Th laml l"ri' wifi wit Hr-itivf, ami tho ihn'to uho was ralh'il in wag iHnitite, ami whi'ii I lui'l workitl tho i iimi out I ro turm'il h"ine to r'ort to Miti lu ll that iioInxI) hut Mii. tiniy coiilil have tuki n tlia jewelry. Il was atonihi'l ami in ilii'iuiiit, final not only vigorously ro imiliatiil tliu iiiipliration, lint ili.-x-liiira-l mi' from tln i';i' with the a-K-rtioii that 1 was a noviro in tin- mfi'!"ioii. 1 wi nt nUiit otln-r hii-iiie. mnl it wim nlxiiit four montlm Ufuro 1 wtw Miti h' II ui;aiu. Then ho neiit for me in mi oflii-ial t'li parity nifiiiu. No ri'fernre will iiimli! to my previiuis work, hut fn.-her ami oiher lioiihli hml rouie to l.iiu. A inoiitii after Ihe ileal li of hi wife ho h.i'l o eiieil rnrreioiiilenre with Mr, (iray. iiiel Ihe reult w.m that fho h.i'l roine to t iKo rhar'i? of hi linuf. Il wan without relative, or at leat w uhout tin"") who roulil ai'l him ill hi it u :tt i ii, ami klie rhiuneil to m fnn in 1" r iii'.veiiieiiti. Vnii will (.ii-pii't ju-t in l ili'l, that i-hn h.'nl raptiviiteil him, Imt In' fought shy of any arknowlixlg Ilielit nf the wrt. I li.'iveti't tohl oil almt the hank. It u.i m 1 u:ii.l jn-t a Miiaro from hi lii'ii-v ami I'H.u'tly in tho rear of it. Tim Ih'iim' fr.'ii'eil mi mio street ami tho bunk on another, ami there was no ulley lio iw'-iii. la. I. i'i tho rear yaril of tho limn." htl ri-lit up to tho rear door of tho hank, ami Vitrhell u-ed to I'uinii up a'l'l go through thu jard. In tho rear of :!i'; Inhklli' riMius. divided otf l.v tho imial railing, wtro thu pnvato ollirm ai.d the vault. A hurlar alarm n.i 1'oiim.i'ttd with the front ihrnm uud win ilowt, hut none wilh the hark. A lan;e ami leivnyo do j.'narilel the rear, having a keiim l rloM to tho door. What tho banker wanted to urn about wii thin: lie had nut only inisn-d money from hi walh-t nt niclit, but on two occa-ioiifl I'liuiiderahlo miiim of ni'iiiey had U en taken from a nin.ill mfo whirh stiHul in hut oflii h outiido tho ault. lino of the interie was in tho takiiin of tho money. Il rmployoil a tellerand a Uiokkeepi'r, neither of whom had a key to safe or vault, unit ed it Wat .'i'liiihr.ile tnade w ithout hi knowl'iK'". Neither had tlm word of the combina tion of the vault. and It wemed iuipoii I'ln that they roulil have taken tho money, even if o inrlined. Uoth woro 'rfertly hone-t, no far a any one know, Hid Mitchell was all tangled up over I ho mystery. He hadn't talkod to me liv minute tili'n I would havo taken uiy solemn alii that Mr, (iray wna the unil'y ; .uty. hut of t 'iuro 1 didn't drop 4 hint f my niispii lull to him. She wm-lv, prudent and apparently all right, uml 1 l.i l put in a mouth on tho r:ie ami uiado if) ili ruvi-ry when tho rmt-i l safe w.m rohU-d a-:Hii. A d'nisil and s um; bonds had tome 111 at tho last lino luei.t and h.l been placed there for the l.U'it. The whole thin amoimteil lo atmt f'""'. and Iminl and jrtwtibin k were iniiti next inonnn. Tho safo h id not only b-011 t'iiied with a key hilt tho blllllf had l-'ll entere. by un l' kinir tho rear d'T. No olio rould have eiiter-l l.v tho fr..nt witho'H s-.ur.Jiii.' Hti alarm. No stran.'i r roi.l l have entered by the bai k on account t f 'liml..,'. ii.i.ti w-.ile awake and all rtrl.t. Wh-n M:rbll s. nt f .r me to iriro ni te tiew I ws p tf'.xtlr mt-it J liut Mm. Gray wa t..e utility party, i ' I rv-d ). had ti.e r.erv to mter hil r'm in the ni.-t.t. so, t:r tho keya and t'.-n ulip thr -n.-T the back yard, entor t ie hunk and ;n tho fe. Wh-o I 1- ..mo. that the . i a ifreat faror i of hem this L ; .. f i a certainty. I ;::.'!, f .r rea- 1 already Ml a word to M.t i,' i: aU.ut this. He want- I t u;-. t I.i two fTiipw.""". bnt :.i'3ii Ld ca:ivl tim li.atlor l. wa made t . fthat it waa ait-'gethor r.i.l.nelr that t. ifT of thoiu a jui'.ty. IvHU aUjin the Unk bon t- iuA m,tix cauit la, A&i ! ion knew wiirra tho drpit wat plai e-1 Miat did I il. 1 tun.ed to Mm. Gray ayaui, and In alwut a week aoinrthiiitf huppMio,! to prov that I w. on tho rtlit trail. One of the street rar hue of tho town ran downlo tho railroad depot, li wiia Mm. Uray'a habit of an afternoon to rnlo on tin lino with th little Kirl aa far down aa a certain tik, and to ait near tho fountain aud ro.id whilo tho girl rourMd aliotit with other children. 1 had dowdy watchtsl her while m thu park, but no one had over come near her aud her demeanor had lieen perfection. On the third afternoon after tho rot bery the occupied her Usual teat fur an hour without aiitthiui; happenim;. I tat on a l ni li in th rear of her and alut thirty feet away, and by and by 1 iiolkitl that shewa writing a note with ncil. Sho did it ki deftly that one sitting in fn nt of hercuiild not have told w hat the w at at. H.-s.u her wan a lure iha.lt) tree, and aa near a I could make out the dis'sed of the liote, when folded tip, toinewhsro alsiiit tho tree. When the left 1 followed her for a limit distance, and looking hack 1 taw a young aud well ilr.-.d man ocrupyiuK tho placo vacated by her. An hour later, w hen I could t lailillio the tree, 1 found a hollow in the trunk just alsmt on a lino w ith her thouldem aa the tat on thu bench. One trnt looking for it would havo tat there fifty timet and dia Covered nulhiiirf. My theory waa that tho had an ac complice the young man w hum 1 had ecu. Tho hollow iu the tree was their sistuftice. Next day I wan at the park half an hour lieforn her usual time, and behold! the young man wa occupying that lieiicli. Ai tho apl'iirii ho got up and took a tout a hundred feet away, and by watching closely I saw that the took a note from tho tree, before, leaving thn wrote uud "tooted" one in reply, and after tho hud gone 1 taw him get it. I waa now certain that 1 wat on tho right trail, uud 1 went to Miti hell to tecum tome particular 1 w ished to know. 1 told hllll I had a clew, but Would Hot re Veal which way it htl. I learned from him that the combination of the vault door had four n 11 in be m, and he alone know it. It hud been changed alsmt a mouth after Mm. Oray't arrival, and he hesitatingly admitted that tho word wa "Anne," which waa her Christian nam" Ho would not, however, admit that this fart was known to her. Kor two week after nt eiving thin in formation I hardly got tight of Mrs. Uray. Kor Homo reason tho ri aiaine.1 very chely at homo. I found out from Mitchell in a roundabout way that the money needed to uty the men at the coal mine and also at a largo factory Waa deposited with hllll oil Ihe I Ittl of every month. It waa tun ply assod in to him to be Imkod in the vault over night, as it came up from l'ittbtirg by ineMteiiger. I reasoned that Mr, (iray would work this information out of him iu toino way, or that her accompli'-u would discover it, and that if tho had the combination of the vault tho would make her strike on the night of the 1 1 1 11. On Aug. 13 the exchanged note at tho lumk, also on tho 13tli. On this latter date 1 thndowod the young man for three houri and berami) sati-fiisl that he waa from l'ittnburg and a "slick un." Among the thing's ho did waa to go to tho deit and inquire alsmt varioua night tram, and particularly one which pasMtl over tho road half un hour after midnight. 1 promised Mitchell that climax would toou I mi reached, and then staked my all on what might hapjien on tho night of tho 1 It It. At S o'clock on that tvoning I threw s piit-o of "ilnted" meat to bin dog from 11 iieighlsiring yard, and nt ID 1 softly climbed tho leiico to lind tho canine in hit kennel und tick enough to remain there. I lay down within ton fit-t of him, hidden behind n bush, and it waa uu hour and a half U-fore any thing happened. Everybody iu the neighborhood w.is iu bed uml asleep by that time, and I waa not greatly sur prised when a female figure, which 1 knew to lie that of Mrs, (iray, suddenly p-ared and passed tno live f't-t away filing toward tho bank. She ktoppotl at the keiiln l to tjieak to I ho dog, and then opened tho rear door and entered. I did not move from my hiding place until thn reapH-arod alsmt 1 wt'iity miinite later. M10 carefully lot ked tho bank, and ll the passed luo un the way to tho houso I followed quickly behind. The keyt tho laid on the lutiik ste, softly opened the tide gate, and I let her reach tho it reel bo fore I brought fnnt tern to a climax. She waa only out of tho guto when the waa jollied by a man, but when 1 rushed to LeUA them ho got the alarm and wa off l.-fore 1 could grab him. 1 got her, however, and the had a bundle under her arm which I took charge of a bun dle containing about IIU.uoO in freeo Utck. What a nervy woman the wa! She just simply laughed a bit aa I led her up the step and rang tho ldl to aroUMt Mitchell, aud when 1 had told him all and had the money and the key to prove it alio just hsiked up ut him with a sinilo and asked: Well, what of itr The what of itT wa a corker. Mitchell couldn't let the public know that hit bank could be to easily rob!ed. und he couldn't let society know that he had lieen dnjs-d by an adventures, aud ufter a consultation he actually gave tnat little adventure ','.(t in cash to 1 lour out. Sh" went, and a I left beT at the dejxit she said: (iive the n'd man Iny love when yotl get lurk t the hon-e. and ak hlin if he never heard of Tony Welb r- adwee." Colninbui I Vol a Ootxl KnlMtllul. Guide- Ladb and gentlemen, right bore among th.-e cliff la wonderful echo. A pi-t.i shotl related 11 time. I there a gentleman herefrom the wett. If so, will he plea-e discharge his pistol? Man From Keiitui ky 1 don't go mm h on a gun, but if you can u a leten un h Is.WIO kmfo 1 h got OIIO right 011 hand in my Isst. American ludu-trie. KrrJi of t.lephaat. siirGerild I' .rtal s-tth.it Utwoen the co.t aud Cganda the supply of ele phant tn-ka In Africa la "apparently al ni.t itieihati-til lo." Etiorinons nnrn U r- f el, phimt are in the country still. One i f the itVera of hi eiilition. vhile exploring the country wt of 34, ng.i, .aw tin r- than 3 in on herd. Th l.it..ry of gard.ning fr m the Boot am o nt d i- I. fly to U illnt-trat-d at Vt-r-ailiea during the great 1'ari. einiliti'.u if H''- There U plentr ii ipa-e in the gr -utnl. whilo tbo lak-a would an.ple " for tbe displav of C- at.r g-r b-ti tu- b aa tbe Axtoca aiJ the .uiui lovtJ to arran THKFttlEXn I.S .SHE I). IflVISO 5 ITOHV Of TMC "BUSTtO" ACTOR-3 GOOD SAMARITAN. A RetalMltrctM U kirk tsMtats) la Teack Ike H'lalor't lUart-Oaro He Wat Very fear atul I tkauaa, kal Xaw lie It RUk aa4 lataaat la All 1-aatta. Tliv place waa rutr room in roxr house in a uii t ttreet off the Mr and. London. The time wa Saturday; the ..iir. midiiiiiht. A company of piufit tloual men, it hishs of s,.iie i f tho lawyer, dit-tom. ne.i,iHr men and actum wh'ste nmin are t.iinoii mi Isith tide of the A I Irtiilic. w a scattered III groiii alsiiit the r""in sin. .king and 1 hatting alter the Nttunhiv night tup n r, which had Imniur a sliimhird I list I tntion with llieui. Iu a shelten d ror inri'ier by the fireplace tat a small knot of lin n, every one of whom had reached the tup, or at b ast the front rank, of hi profession. The talk, drift ing iu asnnsith, ib-siiltory, half thfpy way from phase to phase, had gradually assumed a rotnepective hue. From one to another the story had pasea-d, each tilling the t.li'of 1111 empty stomach, or an empty ickot, nr a hopebt tramp of Hit mile or an in thin tin- along a (iiowlaiuud load in ti arch of employ ment. Henry Irving, thoughtfully smoking, with an air of h'p attention, had not spoken and did Hot ts ak until the other, having eihausteil their stork, turnitl to him. Ho bad erienced harder luck than any of them, and they knew it. Ho h. kid up at tle ni for a moment and then, alter a pause, taid: "The rerolht tii 11 up'rmost iu my 111 lml just now, whilo you Ihh have Ist-n talking alsmt tramping and w inter I Mad and all that, it of a rerlain Christ- iniw dinner at which I wa present. I wonder whether any of you remember a HM.r fellow, long sllicedead Joe Kohlll who playitl small part iu Loudon and outside it. und w ho undo tho one big mistake of hi life when he entered the profewkoii. Joe had tcn in tho ineu 'a underwear businoM and was do ing well when tin amateur Ix-rfoiiimnre for a charitable object wa organised, and he waa cast for the part of the clown in a hurlis-pie of 'Uuy Kawkee.' Joe belonged to olio of thn lsiliciu.au clillst, and on the night of the show hi friend among tho actor and journalist attended iu a lly to give huu a 'tend off.' Ho played that part capitally, and the mischief might havo unlet! there, but tome one compared huu to (iri inuldi. Ilia fate wa fuh-d. lie told In stis k, went oil the stage, and a few month Inter I came us.n him playing general utility 011 a amall salary in a mall theater in Mam lii-sti r. Oneti lhi of hi happy duya still remained to him. Ho had retained thirts, collar aud tin dorwear iiitlicieut to lust him for a gon eratioii. "Hut if Ji lucked ability a an ac tor ho hud n heart of (fold, lie would loud or give hi last shilling to a friend, and piece by piece liiasti kof under wear had diminished until only a few shirtt and uiiderclothe reiiiaiuttl to huu. "The Chiistmu of that year tho your in which wo playitl together wa perhap tho bitteri-et 1 ever knew. Ji had a part In the pantomime. When tho men with whom hodriset! t'k oft their stnt t clothe, he taw wiib a wng nt hi heart how jMN.rly tome of them wore clad. One poor fellow without an overcoat shi vi red uud shook with every breath of the wind that whisth-d through thn cracked disir, and a hedresseil them wa disclosed 11 suit of the lightest sum mer gauze underwear which h" wa wearing in the depth of that dreadful winter, l'oor n J wa. he wa deter mined to kit p up hi annual custom of giving hiscoiiiriiih- a Christina dinner. 1'erhap all that remained of hi st.s k of unilercl'ithiiig went to the paw -n bro ker, but that I neither hero imr there. Joe rais. il the money somehow, and ou tlm Christ mat day wa ready to meet hi giu-st. "Among tho crowd that filed intotho nsiin was hi friend with tho gauxe un derclothing. Joe tt kuiied him into an adjoining lt room, and siinlmg to a chair silently walked out. On that chair bung a suit of underwear. It waa of comfortable scarlet color; it waaof silk and wiMil; it was thick and warm, and it clung around tho actor a if it had heeu built for him. A the thirt fell over hit head there wa suffused through hi frame a gentle, ih liciou glow that thrilled every fiN r of hi Italy. Hit heart awelled aluuft to bumtiiig. He coined to be walking on air. Ho taw all thintT" through mist of team. The faoin around him. the voice in hi earn, U10 fuiiMliur dlijct tu iu his tight, tbo cry anow falling gently outside the window, eociiied aa tho shadow of ft dream with but one reality - the unit of uuderwear." "Ilia Jet-ling w-ein to have entered your heart," aaid one of the listener. "They might well do no." replied Mr. Irving, "for I watthat xr artor." New York Tribune. Valnalile I'uaips. Thelivdranlictiumi at theComblna fton abaft ciait :t,inil.iMiii; tho first aot pot In cost 7!n,iMHl. Thotnrfacepiimp plant at the tame thaft cost (KiO.liOO. That at tho I'liioti shaft cost H50.000. At the Yellow Jurket thaft tho st. Jim pomp plant ciet nearly oii.(hio, whllt that at the Foruian thalt ct I'.mi.rioO. !Ratltini dhow that the pumping ma chinery on theCoinst.s k l IH't only tbe) mot rostly bnt tho iwt powerfnl t the world. Virginia, Nov., Knterpri. There i a ripe tide to the orange aa well at to the peach. The stem half of tho orange it nsually not to tweet ami Juicy a the other half, not because it re ceive e tUlithlue, bllt Jss,.y ls 1 ) the juico grai!le t.jlhe loiter half, aa the orange coiniiioiily hang l low It tlelll. The re t ib I t f New York t ny 1. fl'io I1" Chicago' 'b-l't I- l no'i.iiio, fi,:li..elphia' t.'.'.io.i.'smi. its-ton ooo.ooo, New 111 lean $11.ixi.'""l. Cniimntr f.'C.no'i.'i'M), Baltimore s :h.oo0.i"i'i. Washingf'tVi jjn.noo.i and I'.rtsiklya' til."'"'.- oo. Wild fobani.ha 1 -en found gn lu in Tela, and It I Lniued that for deil- M. Cl.. ..ll.,.l 1...I tl.- I t try 1 ! j.rmii,e in, 1 -w n . ... plant is 11. I sur;a- I by tel real Ha- tana. Froiij ( ami ridgec. in" thit definition uf a popular gau,, " F'tbail it the puM4it of llown UatUi fcy Ikwu bu tuatity. ' C. r.u b His UWN MtDlCINt a f-srt Kasr,ts V ha trW4 tilt rieat tlur a Itisss t1 ISfBaaaHa. P is 1 ii,.r.t. 1, lion of laughter Iv1n I'. 1 s 1 'i ii in in. 011 liilee. si of I lie nit lit 1 v .1 1. ,ii ai Hie I tile Y, t wat f in rally I ' i .1 I 1 . 111 11..1 so nun h In Hie. harac I. r . f lie .mm. I If a. in I lie fart 1 1. at 1 .1.11. Ill i.illleule. I' e I anil I pigraJM ni.nl-t of ananlit. was a Ti. 11m lo the 11. 1 In sis of wl.iilili, lout rtpn-sseil ap pD.t.tl M r.illl'n.le. aim, lir Ihe war. ' I I T' ao of age. en)'.. a tmslileriilih- ea LOT M. T tll.lUI'l: 0 tat lun as a s. I ninlawlt in Isiheiiilan 1'arls, nliln.iiiili. as n.s,irs from an at .unit of hliu gitcn in 1 lie bun. s an itll lion of Ihe New York Herald, ho .! not by any means la-long to the liiias iiiilous rlaea ..f IJuarller Ijiiiii lersitler Ho has. Ill f.u t, an Huh 1 intent (orliine and ran atTunl a louts for hit dinner al a fashion j ble restaurant whenever he ficl to In cllnitl. For m long 1 1 me M Tailliadt. wrote on , nieillietal siilijis ta with. nit allnw ting any . particular attention outside the i In le of ( hit a-naiial frtriids Then he puhltaheil a lik .all.st ' 'a) du Millie," aud hit ta tirl. al n fi n n.-i-s to many would tfllttcra j leiim by treiiiltig him eneinl. ImMight him In a measure of fame To th.'gntsl Isslr of Ihe linl. lie, however, ho Wat last. known b his In a ril.-s. n fi nini- loan an hr and Ita met h, sis ''What mailer the Vli lllns, " he said, n fi rrllig lo Valllalit' explosion, "If Ihe died la' line'" and ttlt (utlillv ri lnarkisl that Ihe ' distribution of depillt't by dynamite over tho ipiariler waa of small tiiiaitiaiiec" so long aa Uie dynamiter "IniaiiiiHsl thai he waa acting fur Ihe general gisst " He ha slius' tried lo fipluln that In making phnusa of 111 la kind ho was only trtliig lo Is-deter w Ith out Intending aiitlsaly any harm Al any rule, he has ret isisl hlatlewaof Ihe disv trine of di-si rin Hon and mlmlit Uml tlyua mile may st.iiiellui,- r mlsaipllsl hy the pn.Mtiauda. Now I lint he hits I. as lulu notoriety many other of M. lallliiHle't Mttlliga some of III. -in witty, some simply imperti nent or silly an- ts'lug timlitl I'erte t'ulatl and miulo hoe lo hy a tery Ugly woman, heolsaTved to her. " M ulaine, you m ale Iu 11. v Im-itst the pun-si ,,f sentiment a hormr of lireitklng the seventh com mandment " Then ho ground out an Impertinence al the rla'lisc of . bliille i.la al tho latn iin t of the ' 11 11 mi'. " Turning to the fa moil tioM'llsl, ho reuiarkisl. "It s a pity you dun t write la-lter From h, my son, for then, an some pn Mtgta In your Issiks thai tttv 110I half tawl. " To aotno one who asked hliu what lie thought of himself Tallhade olsterved: "I am a man of the world who wrll.s, teraes Just an other go In for horsemanship. To mo literature Is a piece of jewelry, a ring thai I wear on my linger " M. Tallhade has olio very devoted ad min r of his verse This l Mine. Julia Mlnlle. who wits dining with Mm win Q the explosion lsk phw e. silie hna la-en va riously drserilssl as a milliner, a rtrcaa liiaker and a h i. s, and her mtdnt I tho Mime as hi, .-he Is a very pretty young woman of :'o, know all M. Tallhade' psaiii off by heart, and, what I mom, Miiks a great deal of them It ha lss-n it,iij,s-iuntl I'V sum.' thai the I.. mil waa lnteinl.il as tally for Tailhailo hliiitelf, Ihe iii.iIIm' of Ihe atlelllil la-iug JilllollsV, of w hlrh roiing Mine. utile was Ihe mil SEVtVtTV FEET IN THE AIR. Iltta aa oltl ankee l-lvr la a Tree 1st Isias n lllueltrlils. One of the fain. ills alt nut ions In HI 110 flelds, tlm Nlramiigiiaii low n over which I'm In .Sim and John Hull have lss-n hav ing a tllspulo lately, It an old house that I l.aausl In a Ins- Tu feet from the ground It wa built by an eccctilrtti Yan kee, w ho I familiarly known Iu Itliirfleldt a''l'ap" Wllderwm. What are known a elsitnsagmw to imalerate height and pn h in ixiia In lhal roiinlry. This tree fur nishe ens'lleiil hunt wis lumls r. and It Isrars a nut from w hich an oil I extracted tlutt I usetl f..rl ah lulirtiatlng and na.k- I"ap wttjiKkstiN1 inmK. Ing puntste. old I'ap Wilderson, by the aid of ingenious mis lun.-rr. tuwitl off an ctai tnt, at a js.lnt Tu f.s i fnun the ground, aud with Ihe long trunk of the tree a a foundation roiisi rin nst a house up In (be atr. The two storiisi of the house rise abrre the 7'lf.sil trunk of ihe tree The honae t nav hiil l.jr an el. at.,r that runt alongntde to tn The it iiOT of the house ret OB tbe free trunk, while support run froitj a. h corner down to I lie ground. fi thl Ingenious Yankee otitallitat frOQTl Ihe ela Ire the luiidaV with which build his lwiiss- un Un trubk of an elai, and the elm nut fnriil-lnd Mm with tnl wMeh he lias lo lutieWe the rf of M eh raitsrand In e.iklng hi men I a AnV or all, old PapWdderton nan give a literal rlawnf bow the Hlueflsld etise look si loan up a Ins- " Tk t.real I'arls l.lhrart. M. Manl.al. th" assistant librariau of the liil.h. th.ine Nutioiule at I'trit, ha finisbttl the general inventory of that library, on whi. h bo bat Iss-u at work with a lark-, stuff of assistant, tine l'. V The tu'ure given out thu far show that th National library of France contain I '.o.oou volume Thl nmiil-r d.a let 110 lude tho CoV lectn ii of Freic h provincial newspa pers, who h it still lu au uiilaiuiwl form and tould lle-refofe to A be counted amirtig the volume - Philadelphia Led- ti Zf siGNj at vnick. ' Tk. I aat.aa Arekaat traaa4 HkUk Ka. asaaee Tklrkl) lutlera, III th heart of Venire, 1s t ween tfi nugiithVeiit palace nf luo d. gt and the grim wall of the old prtoti, flow the daik water of the ltiu .1. 1 'alat.i nr'. a. r.sta the canal stret. he tho Itrnlge f f lght - coti lie, ting link l-tweeu the i.eii.lors of a palace and the terror of tlm dtitigtsin. the toiture chtmls-r an.V the heading I bs k 1 1nn of the nnet no tut able points alsmt tin bridgn i the fact that it It cI.sm.I in, thus proving ill st.. r of tun iib r. iiiniltt.sj fpiia It to ls fabiiloiit. Tin fart rol thn llrnlgo i f Sigh of miii i.i It timet romantic ass.a iation -ot it pietty legend of grief la. leu mor tal heaving their last sigh iis.n it ptrt and ending ttnir sorrowing livia in the bla. a water beiieatli It. From without the budge, with it arch like f. tin. it ornamental ttoiu wotk, it gtot.-s.jn, y carved head ate I it small wpiare windows tilled 111 with iron trac ery, present a rather fine up arance, hut tho interior i strictly devoid of or 11:1: 11 nt and ha lml the tliglitest pro fusions to la-attty. lliiring our tisit to Vi iii'-o of course we III. III. I. si the doge' palace and the dungis'ii in our piogramme. After wamb ling for tome tune through the vatt hall and 1 t niit i f 11 1 sal.s.n of the old Venetian palace we passed over tho Itri.lge of high 011 our way to the gl.s.iny e lls. The bridge tut-mod to be little tuuie than a narrow passage be tween two thick wall of stone, and uti les you stepH. up onto the slightly raised stone wot k which run ah tig ! Heath the tiny window on either aide and caught a gniiiv of the canal with out oii might easily take It for an ordi nary passage within the palace. At the far end of the bridge our progrew wa barntl by a glim ba.kiug oaken iba.r nail at ml. led, ago blackened and of im mense thii km-na guarding thoeiitrutiie to tho dung. s ms. (Uir guide came to a bait. There wu a Jingling of key, a lighting of torrhr; then tho grout dr tw ting slow ly bark, and we pastl into the darkneva Isyotnl. When next we passed tho ancient ihs.r and croaMtl tho llridgeof Siglu, it w as with tho memory of tin.' terrible colls, tlnasc fearful dun geon where tho haplos prisoner eii duritl the inistl horrihlo torture that tyranny it mid devise or brutality In flict. I nineinlar strolling, on the latt evening of our holiday tu Venice, along the 1'iuzza San Marco aud making my way to tho I'otite della I'aglia to take a farewell liaik at tho llridgeof Sigh. It wa a summer evening, hot und tultry, while the fast gathering cloud, dense and inky, la-tokcned au approaching storm. 1 had jutt readied tho l'oiite della I'aglia and wa gazing at the ltndge of Sight when a treuioiidoii M-al of thunder rent the heaven, eeem ing to shake tho city to it very founda tion with it violence. Suddenly a blinding flash of lightning lit up the palace, bridge and dunge.iu with it lurid Hare. For an instant tho binlgn stissl out with dazzling distinct -nesa, while the lightning playitl mi it ttaceried window; then all aoctucd dark. And thl wa the last I saw of the llridgeof Sigli. Newcastle Chron icle. A fatltaaa't lira! AtUMpt. A route u given to you. and just alxiut this time it Is gin to dawn nsm you that pi rhap you could not cover the route in half the timn tho regular man did, and Is fore you got half bha'k away you got mixed up Isvauso you couldn't work your (.a per In with your letteiN, I'liuiy nothing of teveral amall puckagi- in your l ug. You lotind yotir aelf chasing up and down the ttreet, aud in order to muko up tlm timoyoii wore being ymi la gan to plunge, and the more you plunged the more you got mixed up and the hotter yi 11 got, and once, wheu you ttiaal Mill hsiklllg fori titimlier, a liltlo ly asked you whom you were liaiking for. Ireailful, wasn't itr Ami when you got back an hour or o la hind tho regular man' time yod were sure it wa the heaviest route in the ofth-e, and yon felt like tainting when you wore told that it wa the eaaieal. And owing to your Inability to make time you bad to double up with your partuer, ao that you workitl all duy long, from la foro unrie until long alter tu m t. You got no lunch except a few mouthful you grablatl in passing from a free lunch counter, and when you got home you wore ao tired, 'to hun gry and an disgusted with your first duy at the busine that you would have resigmtl forthwith, but, aye! there wa tbo rub. Piattal Kcoord. tblaaee Vlallln Card I.UOO Year Age. ThoChlniste, who teem to have known tmait of our new idea, tiaed visiting card 1,001) year ago, but their card were very large, and not really the pro totype of our visiting card, aa they wore ou aoft paper and tied with rib boo. Venice tecum to have la-en tb) flrat city in Euross to uae card. Houit dating from the latter part of tbeelx tocntti century are preaerved in a mo tolllll there. The (ietllian ritle fol Iwwttl tho Ve.netiaii custom In l'i year Ufo, theu London followed toll no lually followoil uit, for the first Vialt Ing card in Great lit ituin were pla illg card, or part of tuch carda, beat tug the name of the beatower un Utt taxek. They were first tua-tl in Fngland about I7ti). We do not know wbeu tby were first used in thi country, prolatly uoi long after their flrat iiitroductlca lutoUritisu aociety. SU LoulUUita Ouuocrat. aparrlnf M Hiisloa finaaistt Two black boy not more than thir teen year old were thecenterof interest for all who chanced to v tint mail, long the Common, near the I'ark ttreet gate. They worn rsiiipatl with tet of boxing glove, and having taken up position on the lawn where tho gra Waa longest they pr-eeded to how how skillful they were on the attack and de fence. Afi r a brief hit of aparnng, ring of interested sartator wa formed, and the bout rapidly la-came more excit ing. The gisal naturoof the combatant wa never ruffled, for whether it waa tharp blow mi the lua or tinart rut ninb-r the ear, tho victim alway recov ered instantly aud stepped up again with a tmilo thai showed hit glistening ivorie from ear to ear. No guardian of the peace chanced along to interrupt the tjairt, and tftut.r and principal 0 Jo;ed It With relish. When they bad tparred to their heart' content, th boy drew off their glove and ttarted i4T Uvwa town. li. m ton Trocnpt ODDTIITMiSlTAXES OOVEnNMENT DUES DERIVED FROM MANY QUEER IMPOSTS. lalrltaaef Teinl la k.iraa fan of f klaaa tot Hraail tail Meal Hate Had ta ft, tribal lo lit Ueteaur - I's-tet Ikebreal lslrU a Tat aa lU-arils. lu linir (st It was deemed warranla ble to tat stii. lamllcs, l.i tier, brn k, fruati. a'arch. 4tMraml lu li'....' rtrn tiread and meal. IVt. r the i-r.i,t of llusala lev litt a lax ou Is-nltls. with ihe laodalde 0I1 jret i f making his suhjt-eta wash their fi-e ; and shnte. Iti'nss token are still tots ls,iit;ht In that loimtry Is-artuu the wor.lt "llorailii pik-naia tiaaula." which lorali the Is-anl ln has Inn utnl ' Mr. F. ' li I' I. uud). 111 "'Ihe I'U. al I'liilatelitt," , gites wtrlu uliirs ut the llriti-h list tat of I ;l. re,llli lliu hatters Intake out license and tnissinii an ad valorem sinmpduty ou every hill sold lu tlnsH dn revriiue ultli mis meeimu a 11111 with au null ceiistil lint 11-e. I to lniiiire, in tliewnr.U of the comic s ng, W here did you get that liar" In old limes. .., the Scotch aai-ratnrntal certtllcaloa nse.1 to Inar a tlx 1 M iiiiy stain). A lax 011 reliKimi alma liar, glass, slime l.ltl,s and advertise ( lueiita wa amolikt Iheflstul .lilt lea of th st. i There wa l- a tax on the "light of 1 heaven" I11 Ihe sl.as-..f an ltnss,t mi win ilowt until far In the pitsM-ui ceiilurv. Thl imIiuii and insanitary burden caused ' architects and builders In ertt-t house with a few windows aa possil.le, and to ' earni,' the lav the w md'wof many house t were l.lis ke.l up Some of these dark and I dismal alsHleare tit til In existence in Kng Inn. I The Itusaiau K.neriinu nt a few year ago decided to lax kenene oil u. inali Il ea virtually a tax on light. In ttim part of China a tax I linpnaed nu all women entering the Isnnlsof matri mony. Traveler to 1 lussr iarl arenbliged Intake a wife, and w hen they leave Ib ladle lake fresh hiishaluls, lo th ta-urflt of the revenue Th.su. who follow th ad vtee nf the late Adah Isaac Menken and "marry too tig aud often" are an acquisi tion to tiirh a state. In S-rvia vaulty I taxed lu the shaf nf ladle' hustle. In Mellaiiirne Christ mas rani are laved one lift ll -rocnt I hristinas. New Vear, Kaa ter and hlrttulny rsnls would doubtloaa pnnluce an apprcrtnhle revenue In F.ug laiid. It ha Int-n tlatetl lhal In Weimar the ailthnrttiea levied a duty on mutral iwrties. The regulation were not given, but tliiuhtlcse solus, duets, Irlist and quar tet are tuhjtt-t to proportionate rate. VI ollni, cornel and Ihe tint should lurur tpecial rlinrues. (Julie lately an anuual tax of 10 fra lira hat tssrn luiasHt on pl ain! Ill France. Music ha paid tribute to taxation In other way. A musical tns.p recently crotaiiig the frontier (if Saxony carried with them a crown of laurel wanted t hem at a triumphal a-rfnroiaiic. Tbertiatom hulls otllrer taxed Ihe laurel a spice. Massenet, the tuiaster, it I re lated, wa also charged duty on a crow n of laurel ou the lierman frontier. In lit rat the wreath of fame wa deemed to 1st woven of "medicinal plant." lu Mon treal organ grinder uty a llreute of l.'O and are only allowed to play at ttated lime, lu Vieiiua they are alao liceiiaed aud regulatitl a lo hour. In France a cert I Ih ate of ehararler, a illslim live lutdge and llmitatioii of hour are Insisted usn. No llieiise for stn-et iiiiislciniia have las-u Issued for nine tear in ioruiany. In SI. I'eleptliurg no oiitdisir mutlral a-rformer are riultte.l. Imt In nuiianllo Italy there I a very prartlral regulation excluding thisw under 11 year of age from Ih privilege of a license, lu New York wandering minstrel contribute to the revenue l each and are prohibited from playing w ithin a certain distance nt tsrtlled hull. Hints or dwelling ami nut allien ted hour. Ilnml music In theoa-n I lint allowed lo exist In sunny Spain, but "gayly the tnnilatdour twanu hi gui tar," for which, however, a license a re quired. The Rtatarlnaiicca In liuaaia are recruited hy a graduated luituno lax, coiiiuieiirliig at 1 per cent on Income 1st ween I, out) ami 11, oik ruhlea-a ruhle equal .1. id. and Increasing at the rale of one tenth percent ou every additional I.inmi or fraction of l.tssj rtililea. A duty of a quarter kopeck alaiut one tenth of a s-iiny - la also lin ts sted nu the rugs of all kind of mltry, which tax nil baal real ilea teveral million of r 11 hi .a. C) clean re auhjert to a tax of N thllllngsj in France and of aliullar amount lu llralatut. "They do theae thing heller iu France" worae. Advert lemenU lu Ihe form of astter and placard are required to hear a tax tlamp In France, w hlrh I dis tinctly a tax on trail and publicity. In Italy, where the people complain that th taxea are rxorldlant, Ihe voltiul iry taxes paid by the saicer classea in Ihe fia-iu of lottery ininiiita In a year lo over AS.txm, OOU. At laxlerxa the Italian recently broke out iu o-n revolt against the inn nlrlMillty, which had lucreaseil Ih hearth tax and took Iherlvlo building hy aa aault, wnuiidliig Ihe tyndlc, hut they do not agitate against th lottery lax. "lu old Madrid" lu I "Hi there wa a terrible and fatal rioting among the men and wo men who bawk vegetables, fruit and other article in the at reel aud market, owing to th imposition of a tax on Spanish hawker. In Ihhu M. fliintjewskl, tbe Austrian minister nf finance, w ho waa dearrllatl aa "the nimblest politician III th world for Inventing new taxea," decided to tax th total Isateur, or betting agendo. Total la ten nt areestahllshed on all Herman and Austrian rar couraea. The syttein I to divid all the money invested on the bo lug hnrsea among tin- wbo harked tb winner after dr acting per cent eomnils ioa for th agency. There I no cheating or welshing poaalnle In tb plan. A 10 per rent duly on w lulling s dec reed. In t rance the pariinuiiial, a similar tytlein of belting, is taxed 7 per cent, 5 per cent of which I devoted to the relief of th Pols', linokmakera are alto taxed. There la also a uiuulclpal tax of lu per rent de ducted from the receipts of theatrical and public entertainments, which Is alao a signed fiar the lament of th unfortunate Tlit revenue la principally distributed In tb hst of gra out to public chatitle and hospitals, thu making pleasure mm tu Ike rescue of poverty and Ihe relief of pslu. la Sweden commercial traveler visiting that country have lo pay l1"' kroner about A3 II. fif every month r part then f they may rem In for tb prlvlletre of transacting their buslueat Temple Bar. If Iks Isssb Ha l-saraea. If the tuggeative contrast of quality lu the building of the eisi:ion thould erve ui higher purp than aa an oh-jii-t b-sson to our legislator, teaching them that their repotiihilitiea in respet t to ourpiational an h.tt ture are not projs erly dnsthargrtl by maintaining aomtly anhltetittiral factory in Washington, the untulsttantlal geant of Jmi kmm rsxrk will not hav been in vain. Cetr tary. r.lerlriellt la Itesaalag I asssx. An account of electricity a a life saver come from Stlaiil, wiier) a laall, win' bathing, waa seized with a taaiup and !. being two minute ta low water. When rescued La waa lltvtlbt to be dead, but aU r two apl oal 1--if nf th elet-trk.' luiiclst aiiimae lerll Was fcttturetl Tlst tlal tai.t Waal til 1 U tweea lb Dss u lUa kavilaaisi last Istaft Ex1.bax.4a. tA-ftlSGS Of BEG0AR3. the I'refrasiMnsIs la l.aatloa aa4 Tart I'll k I a a IommI l.ltlng. The professional Is-ggar i not a imal eru 111110vatn.il hy any mean. Iteador Hi. 1) r. cail S ant row. the fainum Im- h il l'gi::ir. w h', having disabled hllll self in his ru it en, a-ke aim all day lu order t.i i,et 11 w arm tupi'-r at night. According in John Timlm, the It iflh r, of whom we often hud mention lu the literature of the seventeenth centnry, Were trisipsi.f idle vagrant who inflat ed Lincoln' inn fields. They us-niiicd the character of maimed soldiers who had tiitTeritl ill the great rel 1I1..11 ami found a ready prey tu the pic of fashion and quality who drove l.v. Indeed it is made clear by i'ouletusrary allusion in roiucdic that tin square vt as the r gular haunt of Ise gli iri ples who lititl by 1111 iidiramy, which they nr..i on lit the most bare fared and even mtimnl ittng manner. It is n lattsl that ( I,--' IV, w hen prince of Wab-s. ..m e attended a 1- i.vat'. truival in l.ii. Ion tiicoLtiit.". lie had imt Ist-u there long when tin-chairman, address ing the comaiiy und pointing to tbo prince, said: "I cull Usni that 'ore geiniiian with a thirt for a mug." The prince, a well as lie could, got excused, llsi a friend, ll" it. cotiipaiii.'.t huu. promising to sing in stead, which tho latter did amid great applause. The health of the prince ami hi friend having lf 11 drunk and duly r-s anted to. tin y depart. -.1 in or h r to altord tho roiupaity an opportunity to fix their different route fur the ensuing day' business, for at that time the pro fessional Is ggarsof London used to havo a general meeting several tune during the year, ut which they were divided into companies, curb compuny having ita particular walk. in tin -so day their earning varied, tome getting a much aa 5 shilling a day. Most of tho prof.-tsional laggur in IaUiiIoii tislay- and their Hume It le gion emanate from two or three com mon balgllig house. The must populous of these, which it known at The Dis pensary, tupa.rt un individual known aa a aenver," who earn a living by manufacturing the pathetic mgiilasird which the sham cripple ami the bogu blind iiioii carry round their neck, in Fan, a i well known, tho professional la-ggur hold regular weekly meeting, at which tho rntihti to la) followed by the nieinls r of the guild are mapped out by a standing committee. They havo an organ of their own, called The Journal ilea Mendicant, which apr twice a week. From a recent issue the following advertisement i taken: " Wantitl To engage a cripple for a acuaidn resort. (1im1 reference and a small dejsssit ptpuritl." Thl ipiivr uuiiouiicoiiiciit i explained hy the fart that the proprietor nf hotel ami boarding house of fashionable French watering place ussiitue that vis itor would lav ditsl to give aim If an ipMirttinity were afforded them, and aa they cannot very well do the bogging Ihelllselve they engage professional lasg- gar to whom they grunt permission to olicit alms on their prriui., ami the la ggar iu return pay them one-half of their daily receipt. North Ainertcau Keview. I'rsak Csafeaala. Iloliert Chainlfr. the large hearted and honest publisher, one night appeared at hi club after a short alim tire, and there delighted at least one iiioiiiImt J, C. Jeaffreson by a deliriously frank ex pression of opinion. Jeaffreson In'gna the conversation by asking: "What have you been doing aince I saw you last "I huve j.assl Ist-n tH'iidiug the time iu Scotland with my am -.ple. and for my diversion I have been readijig yet again Scott's novels. I went delils-rate-ly through thn w hole lot o' tliem. What do you think o' a 111011 o' my yenrs spend ing the greater iirt of thn long holiday in sic a wuy'; t wa in that way that I first uuule aiqtiaiutanro with the Waverly novels," waa the enthusiastic reply, "in a broiling hot tiiinmer and atituinn. How you must have enjoyitl yourself !" "Weel, wifel, I caniia tay," retiirnitl the hcottish publisher and man of let ter. Then ho haikeil warily up aud down the risiui to make sure of not luig hard by any brother Scotsman and con tinued: "I caniia say I enjoyed the bulk ao much aa I did in my younger time. I would not say it aloud in Adinhro, but weel you ladieVH mo when I tay that Kir Walter Isn't what be used to be to me? To iule you tho truth," he added, lower ing hi voice aliuB.t to a whisper "to tale you the truth, 1 found him rather prissy 1 Ayo, but diuna 1 laughing, or the lad there will la) asking what I said to you. It 1 the truth thai 1 tale you. I tuotavt conface I fund him at time a leetle prusyP Youth' L'otiiiiioii. riearlHg ll Oak A schoolmaster bud been severely cor recting one of Ida boy and finished by saying: "Now ait down aud write a let ter to your parent telling them bow much you are taught bore and bow lit tle you profit t herefrom. 1 should be ashamed to tell them." The boy cried a giaal deal and then wrote: Iltta r'sVHta-l ara vrr tiuHd, tanoxk I liar It iai.ni to b learnt hers thsu aiiywlarra. TNa lao's lour' fuur lait (o to one bast six tarda nst one attic, sinl fuur altlrt Btakt oea rll Tenlllaotl and si.uoiiiled ttarBia; durnil-tia-f. On round of Ln-ad sail huiur taakrs one breakfast, and ttrrjf Us autkes llsowa Ua-r. "This time," luid the master, "we will or overlook your conduct, and yw needn't send tlutt note." (Me bail lareu overbaiking.) Luudon Tit-ltits. Tbe Msklag ml kbabatstara. "An old crippled woman whom I knew iu Leamington, KnglamL" writeacor reepon.b'iit, "used oftou to amuse uie by ber original ideas and apeeclte. Speak ing of Siiakes-ar one day, I said J would like much to visit Stratford upou Avotx. 'Lawf aaid the, with much acorn, 'who waa be (my a plow boy. and be waa uev-r thought liothin of till them Auienran came and t's.k hliu at..'"- Ikaston Transcript. A Retaarkablo waa One of the in.stt novel Wedding pres ent which Prince Mario of Edinburgh, i to receive w 1.1 be from the ptsticai qneen of Ronmania Carmen Sjlva and will l a pleasure barg in th form of an imineiis twan. It will not otily be built to imitate a twan, but it U to twitn lik a twan and be like a twan in every Jatrtirnlar of 111 'I Kin. The) feet ara to Is to cMitnve.1 aa to take tb place of oars. The neck and bead will rust to a height of eighteen feet and tb body will form a cabin large enough to bold Wa irois. Exchange, O