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EUGENE CITY GUARD.
EUGENE CITT. OREGON.
UNANSWEHED PmaYEHS.
I.Ike tome aeboolmaater, kind iu being
atcrU,
Who hcara the children crying o'er thflr
ahitca
And calling "ll.'lp me, maater," yet help
li. .t,
SIik-o in hl alienee and refuanl lira
Their aclf -development, ao iod abide
rnliie.liiig many prayers. Me Is not deaf
Tn any cry sent up from earnest hearts;
Jle bear nuil atrengthen. wbeu He mutt
deny.
lie ill weeping over llfe'a bnrd unit.
Hut, should IU dry our tear and give the
Wbnt would It profit ua when arbool were
done
And not una leasou maatered!
What a world
Were thla if all our prayers were grniite II
Not in fumed I'audora'a box were inch
mat ilia
Aa lie in human benrta. Should our dtr
aln-a.
Voiced one by one, in prayer ascctid to
Hod
And come bark aa eventa abaped to our
wlnh,
What cbaoa would reault!
In my fierce youth
I sighed out hrenlli enough to move a fleet
Voicing wild prayera to heaven for fan
cied booiia,
Which were ilei.ied. and that denial hernia
My knee to prnyera of groiitude each day
Of uiy niaturcr life. Yet from those
pruyera
I roae alway reglrded for the atrlfe
And coiiai loua of new strength, l'ray oil,
aad henrtl
That which Ibou pleadeat for Diny not be
given.
Hut In the lofty altitude where aoiila
Who aupplicatt Uod'a grace are lifted,
there
Tbon ahatt And help to bear thy future
lot
Which la not elaewhere found.
-Ulla Wheeler WUcvS, In the Coimo-
polltan.
WEDDING GIFTS.
Ww.li! Presents!" anld the Old Mar
ried Muu to the bridegroom. "Ilou't
think you'll get wbnt you want. I'll
tell you my experience.
MA the time for our marring drew
near I lined to call t the house every
available evening anil whisper confi
dentially to the curly heart which exact
ly lilted my shoulder that I was the
luckiest fellow on enrtli. On one oc
casion Agnea lghed "' murmured
ilrenuilly that that wa Juat what she
felt.
"Tlint wa on the Mi.
"On the l'-MU I M(npied In minute at
IlixiU to ace-If alio loved mo aa mucli aa
at 11:15 the night before. She replied
Hint alio did-that love iinnlter-able-but
Hint alio miiKt hurry upstair
Uow or the drcaMiunker would get her
aklrta flute-.huped luateiid of organ
lped. "On tlio 14th the preaent bcgnn to arrive-also
the relutlvcs. It became au
unsettled problem which of tho two
were more uumeroiia. Aggie bud
cousin once removed. 1 had several
timlea ami aunt a. All were well off;
In fact. It waa a curious coincidence
thnt we were the only poor branches orl
our respective family trees. I wna In
nn Insurance otflce-llro UiMurance, not
lire Insurance and when 1 had com
tnunlcnlcd to her the newa of my re
cent promotion ahe bad declared In the
face of her family' unaccountable
preference for Henry Walker (who wna
not o good a fellow a I am by any
mntiuer of mean) that to l Mr.
Joacpli I.ounabury and live In a ainnll
bouae on a very amnll Income and bllsa
wna precisely her Ideal of exigence.
So we were not mnrrylug na a specula
tion; tieverthclcHa. alnce liuirrhige
romca ao acblom III oue'a life, wo Imd
hopca that our moneyed relative
would do the linndaomu tiling.
"They did. First dime a complete'
act of knives, fork and apnoii in ,
polished wihhI case. They wero from
the cousin Aggie had been limned for.
'Such a sensible preaent!" nld her
mollier; 'they will Inat a lifetime.'
' " 'Yea,' aald I, 'It will take us a gid
while to wear nil thoae out two at
time.'
' 'Don't you suppose w e'rc ever go
ing to entertiilii any company, Joe?'
asked the girl of my affection, tapping
Uie on the cheek with ono of the fork.
"The Mine night I hud a note from
her saying, 'Pearest Joe, you ought to
see the lovely aMer dinner coff. e i oone
Second Cousin Mllly haa sent no two
alike. Orange plush, cnae. Isn't It ex
citing? Pon't tell, dear, but I almoat
wlali they'd been aouiethlng elae, for I
think tome the girls are going to glre
me poena.' The real of thla letter waa
not Interesting to you.
'Thla waa the beginning of an ava
lanche of apoona (.'barter Oak apoona,
nutmeg apoona, oldler' monument
poona, witch apoona, buat apoona, por
trait apoona (1 railed these Inst our
picture gallery, and auggcatod that
tliey aliould be framed In ribbon and
hung In the parlor). One of our friend
ent a pair of wilted almond apoona,
ihoplng t lint we would exchange them
If they wore duplicated, but It turned
out that those were the only one wo
had. The aiigr apoona were nil
marked. There were five of them.
"It I a time honored custom In our
pCIc'o when one of ua It married for the
real to 'combine' and buy a picture;
and you could generally tell what year
a mnu'a wedding enme off by a glance
at lila parlor wall. Williams, vho wna
married In '84, had 'Far Away;'
Ilrown's, a few year Inter, wa Tho
Three Fatea.' Our wna, of courao, the
latent thing out. It bnd a ailver frame.
"Aa the day a went by and piece of
allvcr piled up on ua 1 wna more than
once reminded of the couple win mo
courtship waa conducted lu II row u
togeae, and who were fitted out by
their admiring frleml with a Itrowu
lng tea act, with quotation, around the
dge, "Oh, the little more, and how
much It lT The Ford a had a run on
china, but a good deal of It got broken
the nrat year. The Smith' apeolalty
waa etchlnga; they had enough for ev
ery room lu th houae ouly. they uever
had a bouae; they Boarded ever Inoe
they were married. Finally the climax
came, when my old I'ucle John eut u
olid tea aet. I hadn't txpectej any
UilBf from him, tutleaa perhap lilbl
of a Webater' Unabridged, for he did
n't enjoy giving anything away. Aggie
waa getting too tired to bo very en
thiiHlnxtlc, but her mother wna delight
ed, ami It wna no iiho thinking thnt I
would Juat a moou have bud tho
money.
"Thl nmkea KM, dear-nine more"
tliuli Niudo Flah lnul,' an Id her alxtcr.
" 'One hundred and two,' anld Aggie.
" -No, dear, Ka-101 enme thl morn
ln.' " 'Oh, I know I alinll never get thla
llat right !' excliilmeil Aggie, diving for
her blank book.
" 'Look out, or you'll be hnndlng thnt
lHok to tho pnraou for a prayer-book,
ald I.
"Wouhln't be a bit aurprlHed,' alio
anawereil, amlllng; Aggie could ainlle
when alio wna tired.
"Well, we were mnrrled. A man
brenthe enaler when It' over with.
'Itut, Aggie,' I wild, na the carriage door
alummed on ua, 'if It ever happen to un
ngnin, let' leave out t lie lieu then au
pe million.'
"'I know It,' aald Aggie, i bepgeir
them not, but they would NinugglL aome
In. See iiny In my hiilr?'
" 'Some In your lint brim.' I brushed
her off, and alio aelzeil the newapaper
I bud ftirefully brought along to look
like mi old married mini, mid i-onjured
with It a minute, holding It out by nil
Improvise I bundle. 'Here,' ahe aalil,
the very i hllden in kindergarten know
how to make paper iliiMlpaiiH-now
bniMli tho turrlnge aeat.' When we got
out I gave the hiickiiiuil a dustpan of
rice with a bill on top. There, bum It,'
aahl I.
'"Hid you hoc him chortle In hi
Joyr aiild Agu'le. giggling; 'Joe, do you
feel like a married couple?'
" 'IitM,' anld I.
"Our ten dny In Wnidilngton had
only one boglethe blank Iniok. Aggie
Mild ahe miiHt IIiiIhIi her notes. All I
could do waa to alt by mid fret, ami'
put on the HtnmpN; nml ahe told mo I
hindered her more thnu I helped, nml
aim wna nwfully glad to have me
around, It made her feel better.
"We began housekeeping lu a cheer
ful way In a little house on a uef
atreet. It waa aouiethlng like to come
home to oue'a own dinner table. We
hnd ao much allver that It looked funny
with our pin In chlimnobody hnd given
ua a lot of Ice-crenm acta nml thing.
I tell you, marriage la a lottery when It
cornea to wedding present a. I liked
seeing Aggie' face In the sugar bowl.'
though. I '.very night the llttlo mnlif
(lniMrted, to live up to the apoona)
brought t In-lit and nil 0e rest upatalra
on a tray and we packed them away In
the chest we had made and a pretty
penny It coat, with Ita combination
lock, which went lulo the end of the
cloaet where nobody could get at It.
One night we cftine home at V2 from
a reception, and na we stole upatalra
not to wake the sleeping handmaid,
Aggie ao sleepy herself thnt alio tripped
on her wedding gown nml I had to hold
her, we enme upon the whole nrrny on
tlie floor outside our door.
"Isn't It Imposing'; ao safe!' aald I,
but Aggie said, desperately, '1 ahan"t
cure auythlng about going out even
Inga any more If I've got to put that
allver away after I get home.'
" 'I.et It atay there,'
"'Oh, I can't. Mamma thinks we're
ancnrelcas. We don't npprcciutc things
enough. She says. If anyone hnd given
her auch elegant thing when alio wna
mnrrled ahe wouldn't have dared to
cloao her eyea!"
"Toko more than thnt to keep my
eyea open.' Hut I helped Agnei above
the tray tinder a chair, ami drape the
train of her wedding dresa over It.
"'What on earth are you doing, Ag
gie? I naked, on coming In for dinner
one day: All I could sec wna ono foot
nml n skirt rutlle In the closet. .
"Aggie Kcrninbled up enough to catch
me round my knee. 'Oh, Joe, I'm ao
glad you've come!'
" 'What I It? You're ready to cry.'
"That' what I like about you; you
don't have to be explained to. Henry
Walker wouldn't have known I felt
like crying If I'd screamed it nt him!'
"That uiilde me feel pretty goo(f
(though dinner wasn't ready). 'Itut
what? '
" 'It's the allver! I came up to change
the forks and shioiis ao they should
get worn alike, nml I've abut the paper
with the combination In the cheat, nml
1 can't remember wbnt It wna.'
"I got down beside her. It wna hot
ter than Mexico In that closet. 1 turn
ed and tried the lock. 'lo you keep
your drease out of my way. they tickle
the Iwck of my neck.' Xo good. "Well
I guea we'll use the old forks to-day,'
aald I; '1 don't believe they'll fade
away yet awhile,'
" "Oh, I'm ao aorry-hut they're ev
ery one abut up In that cheat.' So we
laughed. Wint else waa there to do?
It wn funny when Homing cime home
with me to tea we'd asked him aome
day before. It wouldn't have been
funny with aoine glrla. The table look
ed principally white china, ami the
kitchen knlvea and forks didn't go
round. Kver out omelet with a pew
ter aponn? It la great.
"It wasn't quite ao funny when thre
hot dny had gone by and we hnd near
ly smothered sojourning lu the closet,
and no newa of the combination, 'lbiu't
tell mamma!" plended my wife. I be
gan to think I should hare to call lu a
locksmith, when one evening Aggie
tartlcd me by Jumping out of bed
crying, 'I've got It! I've got It!'
" 'tiot whnt-a nightmare?
" 'I've got the combination! I've been
working ou It all the time, and It Just
came to me In my sleep, (let right up,
Joe. and hold the light, and mind you
don't act anything on tire.' In another
two mlnutea the front of the cheat fell
down, and behold our houahold gods!
'If auyliody wanta to ateal them be
tween now and daylight, . they ran,
thal'a all,' said Aggie; 'but I'm not go
ing to shut that lock again to-night for
anybody!' ,
"In the fall there was burglar cnre
about town, and Agues' mother came
over and gave her a lecture tion lock
ing the window. She said we really
ought to have a burglar alarm. To
please her, I had one put In. Klectlou
night I went down to town tolling Ag
gie not to alt np for me. for I should
wait for the return. It wa 1 o'clock
when I pMiel the front door Tery
softly, not to dlaturb Agues. M-r-rbr-keplunkT
I forgotten the alarm.
"ltefore I had time to say a won! or
eTen turn down my coat eollnr, my
wife appeared at the head of the stair.
She pointed a pistol at me. Her hair
bung looee, and ahe waa In ntr-welt,
never mind; but the looked distracting
ly pretty.
" 'if you come one tep further I'll
Ore! ahe cried. -
"'It' Joe, Agne,' anld I, meekly.
""I don't believe It! Take off you
lint!'
"I took It off, and ninde her a low
bow. 'Don't shoot your huabiind; he
doing tlie beat he can.'
"Ague Inuglied byaterlcuily. 'Oh.
Joe, I wu ao frightened.
"I rushed upatnira nml caught her. I
took nwny the pistol, nml wrapped her
up lu her dressing-gown. 'I'o you
think ynu ought to appear before burg
lar lu thla coHtumi;?' I Inquired. Hhe
blushed. 'I never thought of that.'
"And to think yon should point n
pistol at your own huabnnd.'
"'It wasn't loaded, Joe.'
"Agnes I-onnabury, wild 1,,'do you
menu to any you were ao rush na' to
aim nt me with a pistol that wasn't
loaded V
" 'Itut I shouldn't have llred It, any
way; It wasn't cocked.'
"Well, this ends the watchman burg
lar nliirm business,' said I. 'We've had
about as much of It na we wnnt. To
morrow we'll decide what allver we
want to use every day, and tlie rest
shall go down to the bank.'
"We're able to brenthe now. The sil
ver stands ou the sideboard, and a yet
nobody has curried It off; If they do
Agnes' mother will say she expected
It, for we nreu't the careful people they
used to be In her generation. Once In
a while Aggie quarrels with me be
cause some dish or other thnt would
make a show for company Is at the
bank, and I don't see my way elenr to
bring It home under my arm. 'You can
have them all home and trust to luck
If you'd rather,' I any.
. " 'I'd rather they were at the bank,
hecniiNo then I should have them, you
know.'
" Hon't aee It,' anld I; 'but It' juat a
you any.'
"When our anniversary enme around
we had a present and a note from one
of Agnes' elderly frleul. The note ran
this way:
"My denr Mrs. I-ounsbury: We end
you our beat congratulations on your
anniversary. My husband will hnve
his little Joke, you know; and, as some
one told him that the Lounsburys had
hnd ao much allver given them on their
wedding thnt It was a positive embar
rassment to them, be any you ought
to be ashamed of being auch plutocrats
at your nge, while the older generation
haa not even accumulated souvenir
aHMiiiM, and send you thl little gift
to remind you of the fact '
'"Oh, Joe! It' allver!' for I hail
punched a hole In the paper. 'No, It
Isn't. It' a pudding dish, or for oys
ters, you know. How kind. And plat
ed, too. It didn't cost much, Joe, did
It?'
" 'A few dollar, I should think.'
"'How good! I'erhup 'even leaa,
Joe?
"Perhaps so; It' rather light
weight.'
"'Isn't It delightful? We'll have
aome oysters In It to-morrow night, and
ask them over to ten.'
1 'I should feel dreadfully to have thnt
taken,' I heard her murmur that even
ing. " "What forr
" 'Because It' auch a comfort to have
one thing thnt you don't care whether
It'a atolen or not.'
"You're getting leepy, Aggie. But
I. know ono thing that 'goes on, goes
ou forever.'
'Wbnt?'
" 'Our storage rent. I reckon In a
few years we'll hnve paid for the whole
out lit, aud then we'll fetch It omeand
keep open house for burglar with a
clean conscience.'
" 'Don't be ridiculous, Joe,' said my
wife." New York Tribune.
A Question of Chlnta.
Sim Beeves, the English tenor, hns
Just been rivalled to the public mind In
singular fashion; for, at the age of 74,
he has emerged from his retirement,
and gone again upon the stage.
In tho entire history of musical art
there Is no other ruse of so long aud so
successful a career a his. Neverthe
less the kindliest critics agreo thnt he
should not have Invited comparison of
tlie voice he hns with the voice he bnd.
Iteeve wns alway the most eccen
tric and perverse of singers. Innumera
ble stories are told of his audacity In
breaking engagements, lu l.siKl Col.
MapleMon hnd announced blm to slug
In London, ami on the first day of the
engagement received a telegram from
Beeves, who wns on his way to town,
expressing his -surprise thnt he had
been advertised for thnt evening when
the engagement was for tho following
one.
The manager at once hurried to
Iteeve's house, ami learned that dinner
had been ordered for half-past 7. He
told the butler that the time hnd been
changed, and that the meal must be
served at midnight Instead. He then
went to meet tho tenor, who was ac
companied by hi wife, at the Euaton
railway statlou.
While Mrs. Reeve bualed herself
about the luggage Col. Mnplcsou got
the tenor to himself, and explained
his dltllculty. "lrut It 1 quite Impossi
ble for me to slug this eveulng,n was
the answer. "I have ordered my dinner
at home."
Col Mapleson explained that he had
postpone! dinner for a few hours, and
that a light meal was being prepared
for him lu the dressing-room of the
theater. The suddenness of the propo
sition accmed to amuse the tenor. Ho
laughed, and actually gave a half prom
ise thnt If his wife consented, he would
sing. At that moment his wife ap
peared, aud the matter waa explained
to her.
"It'a all nonsense, she exclaimed;
"Mapleson Is willing to ruin you by
forcing you to sing."
She then went on to ask how any .one
could possibly think of such a thing,
when the chlnti and crumb cloth of his
dressing-room had not been arranged,.
It hnd alway been her custom to
hang the' walls with new chlnti, and
place a fresh damask cloth on the floor,
on the night when her husband sang,
and on this occasion the snortM hang
ings had gone to the wash. That set
tled the matter, and Ileeve did not slog
that night.
About all the people you used to
kuow have lota of children, and are
poor.
The trouble seems to be that when a
man has good scheme. It Is not his
mova,
iff " I rVKV?Tr7.r7r"T rYV
ImprOTln tbe Telescope.
Trof. C. B. Hasting, of Yule, hns do
Vised method of shaping and combin
ing two leuse of ordinary optical glnss
In ucu a mnnncr na to do away with
the outstanding color due to chromatic
aberration, which ha alway been a
source of more or less trouble, even In
the best of modern telescopes. It Is es
timated thnt the Improvement will In
crease the effective power of telescopes
about 10 per cent.
Odora and fbotoffrophy.
Every photographer know that sin
gular difference exist lu the actinic ac
tion of light on succeeding duys w hich,
so far as general appearances go, seem
to bo equally favorable for photograph
ic purposes. This may be purtly ex
plained by the recent discovery by
Monsieur Declnux of Paris, thnt the
odors arising from vegetation mid dis
seminated through the olr diminish tho
actinic power of the solar radiation
which reach tbe surface of the ground.
Texas bulphnr.
The best known sulphur deposits In
the world are those of Sicily, but ac
cording to Mr. Eugene A. Smith, of the
University of Alabama, Texas may pos
sibly enter the field as a producer of
commorciol sulphur. The deposits ex
amined In Texas are situated lu a large
basin somo forty miles northwest of
Pecos, but others are said to exist Isdh
to the west and north of this locality.
The nearest railroad Is twenty mlb
from the sulphur Basin, and the sur
rounding country contains no fuel and
very little surface water.
A Hiding 1'lanf.
Many Insects and other members of
the animal kingdom mimic the forms
and color of Dlants and other natural
objects, for the supposed purpose of
I i ........ I. , l,,,t it u
I'UiilL'Uiiiu-ui iruuj riii-iuivoi
rare to find a slmllnr peculiarity lu
plants. An Instance of this, however,
hns been noticed at the Capo of Oood
Hope, where a species of mesembrynu
themum, or fjg-mnrlgold, so closely re
sembles the stones amid which It grows,
both In color and form, that It frequent
ly escapes the attention of cattle nml
other browsing animals. South Africa
presents other lnstnnces of what Is
called protective mimicry lu plnuts.
Inuenlous Chimpanzee.
A recent report by Prof. O. F. Cook
on colonization In Liberia gives somo
Interesting fncts about tbo chlmpau
sees living In thnt country. It appear
thnt these animals, which bear such
curious reseniblnnces to men thnt tlie
natives call them "old-time people,"
are very fond of the flesh of luud crabs,
which they dig out of the burrows. To
crack open the shell of the crab they
dash them against rocks. They also
crack tints with stone In the regu'ur
human fashion; and most curlor- of
all, perhnps, they kill pythons by grasp
lug the huge serpents uliout the neot
aud beating their heads with stones.
Going Aatruy at Fen,
The dltllculty of keeping a modern
steamship on a straight course Is point
ed out In the Scientific American. The
helmsman steers by the compass, itud
while a single degree of deviation ap
pears very small on the compass card,
It would, If continued, enrry a fust
steamship four miles out of her course
In a single day's run. Yet the compass
gives tho course more accurately than
the sh'p oan be steered. Owing to the
deflecting power of the waves aud tbe
rolling of the ship, which causes lirst
one of her propellers and then tho
other, If she be of the twin-screw type,
to exert the greater effect, the course
Is continually shifted a llttlo this way
and thnt, despite the lujlm. The only
safety Is In correcting the compass
course by frequent observations of the
sun, moon and stars.
History In a Tree.
In the British Museum of Natural
History there Is a section of the trunk
of a large tlr-tree from British Colum
bia, the growth rings of which Indi
cate that Is wns more thnn 500 years
old when It wns cut down In lSSI. A
correspondent of Nature culls atten
tion to the fact that about twenty of
the annual rings of grow th, mnklug the
latter part of the tlrst hundred year
of the tree's existence, are crowded to
gether In a 'remarkable manner, Indi
cating that during those twenty year
soniecniiso was In wperatlon greatly re
tarding the grow th of the tree. Ou look
ing Into history the correspondent
found that, nearly at the time when the
tree In question wns evidently suffer
ing from very adverse conditions, Asia
and Europe were undergoing extraor
dinary dlsturlmnees from enrthquukes,
atmospheric convulsions, the failure of
crop, pestilential diseases, etc. China,
In particular, suffered even more thnn
Europe. He therefore suggests that
possibly the crowded rings In the trunk
of the tree may lie a record of the ex
istence of the same unusual conditions
affecting animal and vegetable life at
that time In North America also; and
he shows thnt If the tree had reached
Its full growth, and ceased to form new
rings a few years before It was felled
In 1SS the correspondence In time
would be complete.
Colorado Cloudburst.
A writer In Trarel describes a cloud
burst which came without warning,
one hot, stifling dny, upon tlie dwel
lers at Magnetic Springs, lu Southern
Colorado.
The clouds gathered In the hill be
hind the turn, and came drlf'liu like
frightened sheep before the breath of
a strong west wind. No thought of
danger occurred to ua until. In an aw
ful bush, with no llghtulng-flash, uo
thunderpeal, they broke, and death
came down.
The flood seized the ranoi like a
channel; flume-wise It bore to the val
ley the cloud-eut torrent of the hills.
The hotel stood full In tbe path of th.
flood. If the builder had not wrought
better than any man knew, not one of
na would have lived through the stress
ful time of boiling, foaming, bluing.
sinlnat tho wa is. mi
omdatlctis. caught every movnU
thing, ns In the kH of a Bl "
whirled and ground It to utter .!
'""rm. doud! The cloud lia-J
came th, cry ou every hm l ' ;
one impulse, everybody rush -d ,. .
,orr.dor. there to " ' ,
ythlng steady. ImK-med with "
.. i I i..rll.ilU fcllO'-K.
SUUUI II III'" I , . i
Then some one shouted Mr I - .
,,. and children t" rim
of!!.,. Wchad hardly glii'"l :
,l. bnek door gave way: i
f.M.. rushed thron-'li I"'" :
,,.,. d whirled their f..ru!' i
about iik 'ift -n-'k- '
stream. We crouched there, wntrh'i., ;
them to fear nml trembling. i
The oltl' e had thick stone walls 'I H .
but one door. Therein lay our hope o. ,
safety. Thought of succor wiis ih.
No oiitct v w e might make could
i.i.. ..i tl.mi.L'h that eleiuetil.il j
clamor, and summon the iiolchbois
our rescue. Earth nml sky seemed to
call and answer, one to another; c.iim
In deep sinister rumbling, as thoii.'l.
nil Its fountains were broken np, n:d
the sky In an overtone of singing wa,e.
murderously swishing and thundcrm,'
about our refuge.
It was over at last; the roars and
hissing died down to the plash ami
pouring of ralu. But still the h u's"
stood; we hnd n roof between us nml
the angry sky. Comfort Is large! .1
mutter of comparison. Now we ie
Jolced. though the place was full of
wreck and ruin, and though the mud
lay a foot thick wherever the Hood had
rolled.
By dint of hard labor one room win
made habitable, ami there, that night,
we huddled about the stove thnt had
somehow lieen groped for and dug out
of the mud nml then set up to w.irm
ua through the bitter chill that had
come In the wnkeof the storm.
NEW AND CURIOUS MIRROR.
Invention of oOerman Chemist Which
la More MI Oiun Ireful.
An Ingenious Ormnn chemist lias
patented a process for milking the most
curious mirror In the world. Looking
Into It from one side you see your re
flection. Looking Into It from the other
side It seems transparent. Its uses
are likely to be manifold. It may be
put up In front of the prescript Ion coun
ter of a drug store, for Instance, m.d
the outsider cnntiot see behind the ense.
but the pharmacist cnu see out Into the
store readily.
The magician Hermann Is said to
have ordered the Importation of several
for use In some uew Illusions he Is pre
paring for the astonishment of the puli
lie. Holding It up lu front of him ho
will be hid from the view of the audi
ence, but he en il see them through It
readily. The process of manufacture,
as remarked, Is patented nml has been
given out us follows:
Dissolve one part by weight of silver
nitrate In ten mrt weight of water
uud label "No. 1."
Prepare another 10 per cent, solution
of silver nitrate, but lu larger quantity.
To this add ammonia water, drop by
drop, stirring carefully until the precipi
tate formed at llrst Is completely dis
solved, and label "No. 2."
Now add solution No. 1 to solution
No. until the odor of nmmouln I no
longer rccogulznble and the liquid b.u
again become very turbid.
Next add 100 parts by weight of dis
tilled water for every' part of silver
nitrate originally used In solution No. .',
and tiller until It U dear. Luhcl this
"No. 3.".
Prepare a reducing solution by dis
solving eight part weight of roehellu
salts In !i$4 parts by weight of distilled
water; boil and to the boiling solution
adil gradually a solution of three pnns
of silver nitrate lu ten parts by weight
of distilled water, aud Ulter when cool
mid label "No. 4."
Clean tho glass to be coated thorough
ly, lay It ou a perfectly level sutfaco In
a room of the temperature of about J3
degrees C. (77 degrees F.).
Mix equal parts of No. 3 (the deposit
ing fluid) and No. 4 (the reducing fluid)
and pour over the glass. Tho glas
may. If preferred, be dipped lu tin)
solution.
The tlmo required for tho deposition
of the layer of Just the correct thick
ness hns to be determined by the Judg
ment of the operator In eneh case. This
may be aided somewhat by uhscirlng
a ptf-ee of white paper laid below the
glass.
When a sutllclent deposit of silver
has been made (and much less Is re
quired thnu for an ordinary mlrrori,
pour off the silvering liquid aud rinse
tluiToughly with the distilled water nud
stand the mirror on edge to dry. Coat
the silvered side with a solution of
shellac, colorless. In alcohol, and liual
ly frame the mirror with n backing of
clear glass to protect the mirror surface
from belug scratched.
Mlntral Fertilizers for the Cherry.
In no one of our frnlta u in
... .... diuuc yr
seed so large in proportion to the whole
as it is in tne ciierry. For this reason,
and also because It perfects Its fruit
In very short time, mineral fertilizers
In available form are always needed
for the cherry tree. Some of the most
productive and largest kinds of cher
ries are very apt to rot before they
ripen. This Is almost always nu Indi
cation that mineral fertility, especially
potash, Is needed. It Is the potash lu
the soil that not only perfects the seed,
but Is necessary also In giving the color
to the fruit thnt makes it attractive
The most hlghly-colorcd fruits require
therefore, IIIktuI supplies of the potash
fertilizers.
Woman'. Kiporiciice on Jury
Mrs. Wnrren, who recently served as
foreman on a Jury lu Denver, snvs
"As a matter of Interest to the 'public
and particularly to ladles who In tbe
future may be railed upon to serve
upon Juries. I will say that In my own
experience there has Von tiotu'ug
which should deter any lady from serv
ing on a Jury."
Boston's Hndly Planned I.lbrarv
Tlie groat new Boston public library
has already been found to have lee!i
111 planned and Inadequate. It eo.
li.r.ou.0,,, and now $a.otj I,
be expended to oonatruet a "suitable
reading-room." uouio
wcn you think of the worthless
of some people you cannot wonder at
their poverty. 1
11 ie taat makes a man look old'
In a woman's case. It la -trouble.-
TREASURES IN OLD BOOKS. I
V.luabl. Document Discovered oy a
Uccond Hand I'caler.
In reply to a query from a correnpon.
dent a London second-hand book-seller
-all- "I frequently make finds In
book's ! buy. It I extraordinary the
m ml e 'of thing, that are slipped be
tween the page, of book for a mo
ment and afterward entirely forgotten
j otters without number I have found,
nud flower, lock, of balr. unmount
ed photograph, bank note., checks and
many other thing, too
I bought a volume of a well-known
work from a lady some years ago, and
whe n ah- hnd gone, while turning oyer
the leaves, came across a will which
disposed of some thousand of pound
worth of property. I put the will cure
fully away, uud tho following duy the
Idy returned In a frightful tute of ex
citement nud wanted to buy the book
back ot my own price. I guessed what
she reallv wanted, but thought It rather
strange that alio should ask to buy the
hook Instead of merely asking to be
allowed to examine It. which would
have been Just a effective. However,
I told her I had found the will, and
stipMsed thnt that was what she want
ed She looked confused, but confessed
It was, so I bonded It to her and she
went away. I P to this time that will
hns uot been Hied, o I have learned,
and I have not the slightest doubt that
it ha been suppressed for the purpose
of depriving ome one of the property
which It disponed of. But the most In
teresting case lu which I have been con
cerned In thl way happened uot long
ago.
"A well-dressed gentlemanly man
brought me three bulky volumes and
warned me to purchase them. A they
were of n clas of book the value of
which vnrlc considerably, acording to
the condition and edition, and I was
very busy at the time. I asked blm to
leave them thnt I might examine them,
aud cull the next dny. This be con
sented to do. and went away. When I
looked nt them I came across a large
number of mk note. They wero
evidently quite new, and there wa
something alxiut them which made mo
doubt their authenticity. I compared
them with note of my own. but could
not discover the faintest dissimilarity.
However, to make sure of the matter,
I sent them to le paid Into my batik.
Naturally when my messenger rnnio
back, having passed the notes without
the slightest dltllculty, I concluded they
were all right.
"The next morning I received a mes
sage from the mannger of the bank
saying he would like me to call upon
him. I went round, and waa not very
much surprised when he said tlint ev
ery one of the note I hud banked the
day before were forgeries. I explained
the matter, and we wired to Scotland
Yard. That afternoon I had a new as
sistant In my shop. Toward tho close
of the day the owner of tho three vol
umes came sauntering Into the shop
and asked If I Intended to buy them.
At a sign from me my new nsslstunt
a detective pounced upon lilin and
hurried him off. Scotland Yard had
been looking for blm for a long time, It
appeared. I have still the book In
my library. I keep them a n memento
of the occurreucc." CasseU's Maga
zine. Tbo Only Way.
Mr. William Spark, lu his "Musical
Memoirs" tells a story of the fatuous
organist Wesley, which was related to
him by Mr. Bishop, the London organ
builder. Wesley was a great extem
poraneous fugue-player, and on the oc
cation to which Mr. Bishop referred,
had been asked to show off a uew organ
by playing a voluntary at the afternoon
service, previous to the reading of tho
first lesson. Before going to the organ
he asked the vicar (who was au ama
teur organist) how long the voluntary
should hist.
"Oh," replied tho vicar, "please your
self, Mr. Wesley. Say live or ten min
utes; but we should like to hear as
much of the different stop na you can
oblige us with."
When the time enme, after a few pre
liminary chords, Wesley started a f ugnl
subject, which he worked out In a mas
terly way in about a quarter of an hour;
and the vicar waa about to commence
reading the lesson when the Inexhaust
ible organist Btnrtod a second subject,
and this he developed lu the same
abstruse, elaborate manner n the llrst.
The congregation nt the eud of half
on hour began to show sign of weari
ness. The vlcnr beckoned to Mr. ntaii.
np and begged hltn to stop the too prolix
organist.
'Oh," replied the orgnn-bullder, "I
enn soon stop him If you give me au
thority nml will take the conse
quences." He nppronehed the organ-blower, and
holding up half n crown, he said bur
rledly, "Come and take this, 1 am Just
going."
The blower pumped the bellows full,
and made for the half-crown. Bishop
detained him until the wind went out
with a sin k and a grunt, aud poor Wo,
ley was left high and dry lu the mlddlo
of his double fugue.
Lincoln's Story,
Very often when President Lincoln
could not or did uot care to give a di
rect reply or comment, he would tell i
story, sometimes funny, but not al
ways so. and these stories were the
best rcsHtises possible.
In the gloomiest period of the war, In
had a call from a large deleg ttlun of
bank president. In the talk after
business was settled, one of the bank
er asked M.. Lincoln If his contbl'MKc
In the permanency of the 1'nbur was
not beginning to be shaken-wiioiYup.
on. says Walt Whitman; tho I n-lv
President told a little story.
"When I was a young man In IU.
iils. said he. "I hoarded for a tlmo
with a deacon of the Presbvterbin
Church, one night i wna aroused from
m.V sleep by a nt tm, ,,Mr n)(, ,
hennl the deacon's voice exclaiming
Arise. Abraham! the day of Judgment
lins comer
"1 sprang from my bed nnd rushed to
he window, nnd saw the stars falling
il great showers; but looking back o"
"'in l the heavens I saw the grand
"'"""Ihnlons. wtth which I wni
m vvel acquainted. flte(, ,,, , ,
their places.
'tjeutlemen, the world did not como
b an end then, nor will the fnlon
When a flirt has a pain In her lean
impose she doe. not kuow ri.ther
It U dyapepaia, or a man.
In Tun.
So Wt. un IViml
lng'. ''tlfH,
So sweet the daffodil,, ... ,
So blithe and gay ,le
going """I bat
From flower to Honor
tbe bee. ' 1
So sweet, so awect th
thrushes.
The calling, cooing, wooIdi.. .
The plover's piping oo, B01r J
So sweet, so iwect from off UuLx
clover ""m.
"hTlir WlU1 b,owlD. blowing,.
So sweet, 'so sweet with newi0f
lover,
FIwituuottep" rluglu "w.v
So near, so near, now u,t .
thrushca; K
Now plover, blackbird, ttltllUih
bear; "
And water, buah your aoni tbro
and rushes,
That I may kuow wbow lotB.
near. r-
So loud, ao loud tbe thruiht.
callinc!
Plover or blnrkhlnl n.... l. ..
So loud the mill atream. too.C?i!
falling, ,U0-toKhSii
O'er bar aud bank. In brawlii, kw
All at fflna WV
So loud, ao loud; yet blackbird tW
plover, '
Nor noisy mill stream In lUfrrtudv
Could drowu the voice, tbt low
... W ln.il. "I
My lover calling throtijh Uji tin
"Come down, come down!" hmj,.
iiuikm un- i ii nn iipi
From, mate to miii not .n ,,
"Pom itiiu i,"' "
And while the water U tithed fo
Tbe blackbird cbirpod, Untlomt
'(n,.,l,...l '
Then down and off, and throojhtWsJ
or ciover,
I followed, followed at my lonyini
Listening no more to blackbird, ttm;
plover,
The water's laugh, tbe mlllitms'is
ami fa II.
Nora Perry. .
From a Window,
The tide ot life goei lurflnrb;,
With never ebb, nor lapae;
The reatlesa feet, the fi'teredfn,
Seeking a vague I'erbaua,
All eagerly ou Import bent,
Of greed, of Joy, or pain,
Aye, hecdleaa save of one kttttt-
Tbelr purpose to attain.
No quiet nook, no coo! retrtit,
No gracloua spring allum;
On. ever on, the rublnj trt-
The prize his who eudgnu
Itut they who fall? Alai for tin
Only the struggle Beret
The hopes, the fears, botmriM
From grief thnt keenliF1
The din thnt rises o'er tbeta!
Is deafening, and no iieck
Cnn cheer the falterer alont.
Though he mny oft beieeA
Alone, mid multitude! he mom.
Alone, mid crowd! of mm
A puppet In a pnpjHJt'i irooi,
The W by beyouJ our tern
Dally I ee this human itreta
Passing, restless, on,
And of It destiny I dream
It. Import, lost, or won?
We know not. Only this I
That It shall find, at Int.
Repose, beyond the reach of
Whither It trendi 10 fait
A. river, flow, so must thcyw
In ocean, wide nnd deep;
Their turbulence be changed topw
Their restlessness to ileep
So thl. on-sweeping, human tl
Shall end. Ita enger quest.
And lose Itself in ocenn wide.
And from its struggle int.
-Oliver W. Rogers, in BoitonT
Entraniement
So. without overt breach, mtWV
Tncitly sunder-neither you no i
Lonacioua oi one n.n -- - m
And both, from severuuee,
m,lrt- , .im!
So, with realgned and "lfKtn';
Whene'er your name on loniecuw
I scemToTaeee,an alien
A spirit wherein I have no lot or P"4
Thus mny a captive. In '"H
From casual speech betwixt bli
That Juneau her trh.mphal pr!
Through nrcneu mm
while for him
She la a legei! emptied of
And Idle Is the rumor of the
William Watson.
The moon Infold, the .lumbering j
Aud floods the perfumed cnam
thou art, thss
Ah.aleep! Kre morn ,.g J
Whnt flowcr-hke drcami aw
thy heart?
The ...Men .tor. will cros. their
Thefe..r.tSr
Sleep! W t0 c,,u T" , 7, ,11,01
They bear for thee. tin. "B
.until?
1... .-ind. llke.1!
1 lie ui&
low. .n,.blo:y
Now lean, .bore tne
. ,W-.,.U..r.'th00!Z
Seep, geuuesi ut ,iinf0 "
The Mill of love no sr brnd.nf p
-Irene Putnam, m
Journal.
A deep'nllig vcu h trw
A low murmur Vnp. ' ,
And dead leave, from 'V 'f
1 lance merrily iu the
The plaintive cry of tiwM r,
As.wiftly bowew?l y
Re-echoed from aMr h "i ;
Amidst the uoiae of h.ue
At last the mlsly cor .i f
And o'er then. " J
Like haunted visions se V ,
Leaving earth r-- er!
O! Joyous woisl. O- l .bnJl.
What bliss to h fe tb r,
Thy touch ia magic to t
Borne on f.'ry w"1
-New Orle.n. ric."" f