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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1896)
IN THE CLUTCHES OF A GRIFFIN. i r was a real relief, when pnpn's J ,. doctor wns gruff and terrify I lug. to nay "bear" all to myself. lx, perhaps. 1 diverted my attention giiui' li frum what he was toll Ui ; irnt Jilils device or liu seined me Into torn t.iry Idiocy ly bis grim demouuor. tain' rati', I was conscious thut us a haJ cut n poor figure. It m-ciiii'd 11 special pity tluit poor should have hud Hint IUik-bh Just i(n, u lii-u maiiitiia and Isabel were hi jiuuot'c. Mamma had goue there 10 i under the care of lr. linker, and alio , aM not come home, nud Isabel could : i le ave her. If we had only had ou ad old doctor It would have heeu bet r hut he was In F.urope, nnd pnpi ; id railed In this Dr. CP.ltlln, who, po- 't seemed to think, was smoothing ' oii'h'tful. It was nald that Ills pran ce was really something plieiionu-n.il ,r .i young n ninu'tho was verging on y, I a;u sure that Is not so very young : if mi)' amount of priictlcol, nud I suu- ,jte lie had to economize his forces, hut it nimle him dreadfully disagreeable. I nan silting by papa's bed wheu lie canie In that first day. Some people mill- such a hero of him thnt I felt n little curious to see him, anxious nud troubled ns I was, nnd I smiled at hli'i hi nicely ns 1 could ns papa said, "My daughter, doctor" though he was llt lia less him appalling; extraordiunrily r.n ami gaunt nnd awkward, with i figged, serious face nnd a shock of tawny hair like a lion's uiane. I was about to go, but us he dkl not flame In my direction he was proba bly not aware of my Intention. He 'lghtly Inclined his head and paid: "Miss Macon will please go out." Which Miss Macon did with nil due celerity. That was but the beginning of a ae rie of shrinkages that I underwent during this Illness of papa's. I am ouly 5 feet 4 to Mnrt with, but every ' itervlcw with the doctor made me feel a foot or two shorter. When I looked out of the window one Jay and iictually saw mamma and Isa M getting out of a carriage nt the door it was ns If a ton weight had been lift r from me. The doctor wns with papa I who. however, was almost welll, nud I was in my own room keeping out of his way. I dashed ilownstalrs like a mad tiling and huug my foot somehow or '-alight my dress on n loose screw ,1 li,-ve never known which), nnd fell nl iii st from tin- top of the (light to the bottom. The doctor rushed out of papa's room nud was nt the foot of th. ftnlrs almo.-t as soon as 1 was. Mamma uud Isabel appeared frantically fro.n tho opposite direction, papa calling f.oni ui stairs all toe time to know t tin t it all meant. 1 was so ashnm.-d of having caused the commotion that I tried to got up hastily and close tho Incident. "Oh. It's nothing. I Just slipped." I b'gan. struggling to my fct t-nnd then a great, palpitating darkness settled ever all. 1 revived to tlnd myself, ns It y.iTo. "In the clutches of a grlllln." tl i 1 long api died his name to him In a i ifl:;elly opprobrious sense.) "AY hat do you mean by tearing nlotit t!uhou-v In that fashion?" ho demand ed, stepping nt the door ns he was leaving. Hut somehow 1 was not so nfrald of hug now. and for reply I only lnughed feebly and inanely from my station on the sol'a. It was well that my terror of him hail lessened, for that miserable joiraitied ankle reiulred his attention more or less throughout thnt winter. A strange thing happened soon after mamma and Isabel came home. Isabel Is .Very pretty nnd very bright. We vere sitting together nfter ten when Hi bell rung, and who should be usli cm, in but lr. (iritlln. And with hU lia.tr cut which was not nt all nil Im provement though I had thought that mry change would he. It wns so won 't rt ill to see lilm sitting there laughing nnd talking, "like folks," ns Mammy Judy used to say, that I could not do anything but stare at him. And when Fred Carey came in I wns positively provoked. Hut then 1 never saw Fred j 'file so stupid and uninteresting. Sot very long nfter that another re markable thing happened. The first wonderful thing, by the way, began to happen pretty frequently nfter a while. 1 think I have a little knack of rhyming, i ml one day a magazine a real ni.ng.i-'iBc-took one of my pieces. Such a tiling had never happened before ami !is never happened since. It was n Kin linontal little effusion, which was twt alKiut anything or anylsnly In par ticular, but It seemed to me to be pret ty, and It sounded ns If It meant a good I. 1 wns standing on the porch when I opened the letter which the postman hd Just handed to mo. I remember it was a beautiful spring morning, when i . ,.,i.. V "i'i u.-iiT""-" " - anyway, and this last drop was nluiost too much. I was about to fly Into the house, ns fast as my disabled nnkle ""Hid allow, when I heard the click of the gat,., i waved my letter to Dr. Urlllin as he came up the walk, nnd he sniiled at my absurdly radiant face, it Wns almost worth while to be so grim lkiiig, to be so transformed by i lb lie. I thought to myself. I did not Wait for greetings or questions. i"I have tot a niece accepted by the - magazine!" I said, eagerly. "Ah, that's good!" he replied. "And what an- you scribbling nlwmt?" l"h. It's Just lovely!" I said. "Don't Ion want me to say It to you?" "!ii ahead, and don't Jumble It," he Tlied. dropping dow n upon one of the eats on the porch. I clasped my hands behind me nnd mttled off my piece, flushing a little as I did It fnim suppressed laughter at y own audacity. And then I looked l hi m for applause. There was s blank "Sli-nee. and my eye sank and cheeks hot with mortification. "Humph!" he said at last, getting up "Will, how lb that uu- It seemed my fate always to be seen by Dr. Urltllu tit u disadvantage from the time when hu Just saved me from murdering papa with the wrong medi cine ou through various misadventures almost to the present day uud I huve tinted him afresh every time, as If It were all his fault. Some people al ways see one ut her best he appeured ou the scene Invariably wlieu one was least desirous of spectators. I started out with rather a sinking heart not long ufter the adventure of the poem which Incident, by the way, bud rankled not a little In my mind to hunt up a Sunday school pupil w ho had dropped off, after nn attendance of a Sunday or two upon my class, lie wns said to live on a small street which 1 hnd never heard of, In u remote and not especially genteel part of the city, which I had never explored, and I fore saw that 1 should get lost. 1 stopped on my way at the house of another pupil of mine, whom I knew to be 111, and whom I had been visiting for some lime. His mother received me In a cold, stuffy little parlor, and entertained me while Johnnie was being made ready for company, I listened sympatheti cally to n long narrative of the heartless treatment she had received from her physlclnn, who really did seem to have neglected his poor little patient, nnd to have been rude nnd overbearing be sides. I had passed him once ns I went in, nnd had noticed how red and bloat ed his face was, nnd had thought then that he was drunk. He was a physl clnn, 1 suppose, of no stnndlng. 1 had never before heard his name. "And then." Bhe concluded, "I Just 'phoned for Dr. Crlllln. My husband said, 'Don't you be bothering Dr. tJrif lin; he's got niore'n he cau do 'tending to the rich people.' Hut he's got time tn 'tend to Mor people, too, ns well I knew. And I 'phoned nnd he came. An' he's nn angel In a sick room!" The comparison struck me as so lu d'erous that a smile nrose to my face iiefore I could check it. "If I was Queen Victoria nnd John nie was the queen's son he couldn't be kinder. Now, you can Just walk right lu and see how pert Johnnie's bettln'." After leaving there I walked on, nnd on, ns the story books say, and It really d.d seem that I had embarked upon one of the vague, night ma reish quests of the Norse tales. The end of my journey seemed always Just at hand, and still It lengthened, lengthened, till 1 could fnncy that I was a lovelorn prin cess looking for the Castle of tho Clouds. If Itonapnrie I'lunket had liv ed east o' the sun and west o' the moon, or at nny other of the addresses given la those veracious histories, lie could not. It seemed ro me, Have been mo.v lantnlizlngly Inaccessible. He took on. at Inst, a half-mythical character il ,ny mind, as I could find uo trace of Mm. Hens nnd chickens ran squawking across my path; geese hissed at me, to ,ny unspeakable discomposure; puddles of Ill-smelling water appeared on tlu mean sidewalks; dirty women and chil dren swarmed about the doors, nnd still Honaparte I'luukett's place of resi dence ever receded from me. I bcgi.i In have a distinctly disreputable feel lug, ns If I were becoming assimilated to my squalid environments, and faint fear nnse within me as I realized that I had not the slightest Idea In the world of where I was. Yes, I was lost. 1 stood still and looked blankly around me, beginning, as the last s-rnw, to feel that my nnkle was giving out. I was Just making up my mind to nsk the way to die nearest car line of the next person whom I should meet, when I saw n buggy coming down, the street. A sudden hope tool; possession of luo. lie always came when I was In some undignified and ridiculous plight. And-yes! "Oh, Ir. (Irillin:" I called out. He pulled up nt that quavering cry. nnd looked nt me for a moment In th" blankest ninnzement. "And what nre you doing In ftnek itts, miss?" he deinanditl, ns he helped me In. wild wave of exhilaratln had come ev. r me when 1 relt myself sale In the vi hide. "I was only paying some calls." ' said In an off-hand way. "Aren't the claims of society burdensome? I am nally tired." "Calls!" he repeated. "And where were you calling in Uocketts?" "I was going to the I'liiuketts'," I said. "Hut never mind It Isn't their day nnywny." I began to repent my nonsense when he took a little red n Iniok out of his docket, nnd. utterly ignoring my pn-s- once, iieuiin io i ik over It WIT II Klimen . . orflM., K;ienee for several blocks, and he mnnlrestcii no Intention of resuming the con vers I lion nt all, while I. on my part, was occupied In regretting thnt I had totally forgotten that 1 was "on my dignity," -is my old nurse would say. "Well. Miss Frances," he said sud denly, without looking up, "have you forgiven me?" Forgiven you. for what?" I question lugly replied", but n reni'.nis. etit wave ,.f ii'iortltleatlon swept over me. He gave a short laugh, still turning ,,. leaves of his l-ik, but did not un swer. Ashesnthi.klngdown.wlth his brow furrowed and his rugged fa . -..rv leird Hue at Its bar. showing st In tie' ,',,..,r davlight. I stole tin, id gianc .. i '...I wondered how 1 had ever Had the temerity to redte these mis ,-,.l.l.. .-ntlmelital v.-re of mine ti l lui. of all men! I blushed hotly as I ii. ..in-lit of mv folly. ti... I... mi (mil slaekelied ll's Dace, but I or ,"' " - the dictor did not seem to roth 't rltlni suore "liav you been w f.om his seat Ule of yours'' jxxtryr ho asked, u if beeomlnj coo iclous of the claims of etrllltjr. "No," 1 said sillily. 1I made no pretense, of Interest lu my answer. Indeed, he was. quite evi dently iht nt all attending to what 1 jald. "I didu't like that what't It Luuie? sonnet of j ours," he remarked, ihipplng the homo w ith the reins. "Ah," I said, as If I had not alrea lv beitl crushed by the snubbing whlc.i it had received. "IM you want to know why I didn't tike it?" lie went on. He put his boo't down uud looked ut me with u uiuvr nolle. "Yes," I said, but still with the luugiituies buru of luward hutullla '.'.oil. lie took off his hat nnd looked care fully Into the crown, frowning as If lei had that moment remembered leaving toiuethiug of the highest vulue w hteli firmed to be mltiing. And then he put It on again, liu cleared Ills throat uud Jerked nt the reins. "I didu't like to think of your whim pering about some w htppcrstiapper," he said, "when I want you myself." When the trees and houses hud set tled back Into their uormal places nnd the waterfall had censed riiahlug u'll rosrlug lu my ears I looked ut him uud saw that lie was talking on, but of what he said I had only the vugticit notion. The blanktirss of my two must have struek him ut lust, for h.i Mopped abruptly. ' Wult, don't say anything yet," h- Mid. We were drawing ueur to my own home, but the horse went very slowly. "If you could tell me," lie began there was something positively iiucati t.y and awful to me in the humility of his tone "but don't say anything nu ll ss It Is 'yes.' Take time any length of time." lime! It seemed to me that It had beeu 1,000 years ulrcady. It was such nn old, old fiict thut Dr. Crlllln had link ed me to marry him that I felt that 1 had been born with the consciousness of It. I tried to remember how things were beforo It happened, but uo, there ins nothing before that. Neither spoke ns he helped me out of tho buggy nnd solemnly walked wph me up the long green yard. He paused at the porch. if," he said, "you could possibly say 'jes' don't make me wnlt." I ran up the steps without replying, nnd opened the door, stopping with my hnnd upon the knob, nnd looking back at hlin standing upon the walk below. "Yes," I said, nnd. hanging the door, I flew upstairs to my own room. Then 1 peeped nt him through the rhutters nnd I saw that he hnd Itowed 1,1s head on his hnt for a moment, ns If he were in church. What a ridiculous pouple wo will bei Ladies' Home Journal. A POET'S TREASURES. Kiisrne Field' Uurer Honm ml Its Mranue Content. Refore we go upstairs to Eugene Field's room, the one which holds his choicest treasure. It Is necessary to icinlnd you again that he has a child's love of grotesque toyi nnd of barbaric colors nnd effects. Ho wus especially foul of red. The room lu which he died Is papered with a futilastlc, swirl ing pattern on a red ground, which Is absolutely exasperating to those peo ple who prefer soft browns and dull reds. Few persons understand what 'us Idea wa lu selecting this red paper with Im irrotesiiue yet conventional swirl, lu Henry 11. Fuller's "With the Procession" that author tells about a Chicago woman named Susan Hates,, who furnished her whole house mag-; r.ltlcently except one little room. Vpon this room she spent a great, deal of money, and visited many old- j fashioned stores. In order to furnlnh It ; l:ke n primitive one she hnd occupied when n girl lu her father's house. Now this was partly F.ugene Field's Idea In turnishlng his own room, lie wus fond of grotesque effects, he loved nil ias (.Innately, nnd he wanted n reminder of the furnishings of a century ago. Where lie found that gorgeous red pa I er, or the olu-fudiloiieil calico for the r-d curtain, would be dllllctilt to tell, but he had n knack for discovering quaint things which other people pass by without notice. When It is added that the rugs on the Moor nre nlso red. perhaps It may be Imagined that this room Is hideous. Hut It Is not. The long bookcase on one side, the white lolumii In the middle n round which lire arranged shelves holding Mr. Fiel I's treasures, nnd a gray screen repeating with a slight variation the same singu lar swirl that Is upon the walls relieve the eve to such an extent that the effect Is harmonious. As vou enter the room, you are con fronted with two hideous figures. An outlandish Japanese figure is suspended from the wall by one nrin. In the other It ho, Is three Japnnese gongs fas toned together so as to make a loin sound when struck with the red stick. The other Is the face of n hobgoblin attached to the headboard of his bed- tea. I. Field pretend.' I that he bought It to frighten away w names n.-e ihev Inssteil upon interrupting him while he wan writing; but. like their father, they were so f 1 of th ludl- puis that the strange faces the mon- . ...t..... ..trim's ster woillil lu.ihe w io-ii , , ,..,,.... were pulled only made them langti; rhe Intended bugal-s. i.ut innon o. im- Htiraetlotis of the room. I in the shelves one may find a strange collection or quaint nouns oi i-k-ij nineelvalile shape nnd size, nnd Mr. Field hunted many simps for tlmce can delabni which our grandmothers loved th-r..' with glass pendants uirougo l,l.-li a child may distinguish the sev- en colors of the rainbow 1! also ua I .-I queer colli-otloU of cnm-'J. cm llesti.-I.S l-nd babv 'hoes. ot aim,., i.e ls his own babies wore, with the oes and I Is worn out. bur wooden ..I nn, ..veil X ass s I e-s. M-N .o ,.... rie s, ,. .. r- ,,.' ot Ciudcrella's glass il jq-.-r. There nre dlso two strung ...... n.ed bv Mr. T wooden horses, ,',i'. the F.nglh ,. I...,, i. i.l.-i ved "The Crl. ket on .1... ll.-nH.i." and tin- ot her. daubed with a few spots of paint. -y i .1. ff..,soi .n Hie am' l"-'.'- " must lie forget Mr ii.iwt.-ionie k.o- Lcr-.'ar. n-.r iho n Mr. i.i.i. istone g ii- Fug-no IVII. Ul.ove the W lido The ai is up elided St. Nicholas- ally 1" k ns nice with I he corrt tJvcrtise- nvij'.unn r rlothe ns ner menu n.ake her look. Vj 'y v u S" I ' KjI.iI Vraatra ail I tinni. It Is reported that a terrible epidemic (if measles uud mumps Is raging In Costa l!ha. One writer say that ns i.'iauy as ten thousand children d cd of these disease III a period of three week. The government suppresses 'he facts. It Is well known that l icasles Is a much more dangerous dis ease In countries where It has lu-ver neeu kuowu than lu Furope and Amer ica. It probably become milder by he 'Ug filtered through the bodies of suc cessive generations. When measli-s llrt gained a foothold In FIJI It was a virulent and as fatal us cholera. Itruin un.t Mind, tireat size of head and bralu Is lu ll eutlve of extraordinary luetitul power t li ly when "other things are equal." that Is to say, when the quality of bruin Is tine nnd the vital function M ncrally are of a super. or order. Fro portion to the size nnd weight of the entire body I nlso to be taken Into ac t unlit. An Illustration of the fact that the size of the head I not a direct and I'tivarylug measure of Intellectual greatness Is suggested by the remark In a r nt biography of Louis Agasslx Hint while Cuvler and Agassis both possessed "enormous heads and largely developed brains, neither I.amnrck nor Darwlu was abnormal as regards the slge and development of the head." 1 A I'lti ( hunk of Hlver. In a popular h story of America pub lished many years ago an account Is given of the discovery of a silver mine In I'eru by an Indian, who. while chas ing game In the mountains, seized n shrub for support, nnd the shrub, coin ing loose III his hands, revealed glitter ing masses of silver clinging to Its roots. I This story Is recalled by the recent dis covery In Final County. Arizona, of a 1 nugget of native silver which had liecn washed nnd worn by water no one knows how long, but which still weighs 1 4 is troy ounces. It Is of an oval form, ' nnd Its surface Is so mnrked ns to In dicate that It consist of orystnls of sliver formed lu strings, nnd nfterwnrd compacted Into a mnss. The nugget I has been placed III the National Mil koiiui lu Washington. Cot All -nd of Them. A writer iti the Springfield Republi can tells u story of the boyhood of Judge C. H. Andrews, of the Connecti cut Supreme Court. The story shows how he, when a freshman nt Amherst, got ahead of some hn.lng collegians. It was the custom then to smoke out the freshmen. A party of a dozen or more of the fellows would enter the room of nn unsuspecting boy, light their pipes mid smoke until the victim gave lu and offered a treat. When they came Into Andrew's room they were without their pipes nnd hnd no tolmcco about them, but with a stern voice one follow hnmled Charles n dollar nnd ordered li S in to go nnd procure pipes nnd tobne co for the crowd. Charles went out, and soon returned w llh ninety n'ne pipes nnd one cent's worth of tobacco. What the boys did to him for his audacious net is not re lated, but it Js n fact that they did not smoke him ou' thnt night. The Farlh'a Atitiniit. A recent computation places the en tire number of species of animals w hlch up to the present time have been described by naturalists nt STiO.immi. Many uew spectra are added every year us previously unexplored lainl are lu viiled by students eager to piln illstlne t'ou by nildlng vnlunble contrlbutliuis to the lists of science. The number of specie already known I so great that cveu natiirnllsts are sometime troubled to keep track of them, and a project has Just been set on foot In tier- many to publish a work In whleli tne ditire animal population or tho globe shall be nrranged nnd described on uniform system. The publication Is ti be begun next year, and a quarter of a century Is assigned ns the probable period needed for Its completion. Not only flernian, but Fngllsh, French nnd American naturalists will have a bund n the work. The Fclence of Ymt. A translation Into Kngllsh of the ivork of the great tiermun authority en fermentation, I'rof. K. C. Hansen, (alls attention to the important ser vices which science has recently ren dered to the brewers of the "Father land." Alsiut ten year ago I'rof. Hansen experienced much difficulty n.id opposition 111 obtaining admission to the Old Carlsbelg brewery for the oirnose of currying on researches ln.. the origin nud nature of the jeusts on which the production of beer depend. The brewers were practically familiar villi the culture id yeast, urn! did li it Pel, eve that a scientific professor could tell them anything new or useful ulioiit tic subject, although the Jonut often behaved In a maimer which they could not explain nnd which cnused them much d sflppoliitiueiit find hiss. Hut vlthin n few years the professor bad ,l,eovorcd fii''i they had never dream ed of. had taught them n better system ,,f cultivating .vast, nnd had ma b-iln-ir brewery famous throughout the gclctitiflc world, mi account nf bis i t i.eriinetits. Various kinds of yeast .me "disease" lu beer, nnd Hansen Ins discovered the ineaii of guarding nga'nst It. II" has also devised melh , .11 ,.t ,,r....rv Xtvl "stock" yeast so that It can be kept pure for year, ami transported safely th nis.-inds of miles helrctmn a 'oc.Hlnn. "T'be young man who snvs. 'I have riven m'v lo arl to the Lord, ami. there f,,re I am g"lng study for the loin Jstry' mlss.r the entire point." any a r "I'arkhi.ft In nn firth-h- on "SebH-t-lug a Can.r." lu the Ijidles" Home Journal, "n.cre is no 'therefore' about It That Is s pettifogging y "' "",'t lg a great situation. I quote from a letter 'hat I received recently from a . i. ra.in. 'In in v dallr life fOUKg iajr vm.. about the criminal courts I hnre een tinny a vi d .-ii.e. nnd nt hit It bus come to tl at polft tl..il 1 iiiii iit::n-t de cided t.l lihl llslde li.) Io M thll.le III la w, a til i nt i r tie' n-r .-c of the I .nr.! ' 1 answered htm that l.e "as wilting imliscl W (..it I., meant by 'll-esei- vice of the I ' i d' wus the "brl .1 la li mm- rv li f tl. Lord Hair any etlo r r.-i ' i inc 1' i ' "' ,ll'-:t a t win table call- I , that II. lilies Ills sefVlee l l.l'.Mlali: il l "II t.lig his eatsel- under eol.t 1 I hut letl M the public . a I. li.Miad of iiioi'ungliig it to bis own ptvfi I no nt, tli.it maUis his sen lc Clii .'Il.ili. Tl i re Is a gn at let of small thinking about tlnc mat t"ls nud w 1 1! nn ailing 'aibcillity t'.iut works il.i iiiii gl ul 1 v nil iiroir.nl. Mv .-. r re-pond'-lit furthermore wiote that lie had learned to do-iiust the law.' All the Im. re reason, then. wl. he should s'.-iy 111 the law. Weeiuinot luqu-ove H thlrg by standing c:T nud Mistrusting" It, but by Juti-plni; In and converting It. If all the coiisicintli.ti Is put Into the lidiilMry and all the brains Into tho other profession neither the pulpit lior the world will profit. The sum and Mibslmee of -.Il of which Is thnt when a young man li" come out on to the dis tinct Chrlsil-i'i ground of putting him self under coiitrll.itiloii to the public Weill, the selection of a culver, best suit ed to himself mid to the Heeds of hu manity. Is simply a mutter of studying ndiiptntloiis, nnd deciding by what art, trade, business or profession be subserve til l! Weill the best." tan I Ictd s I 'limine Tor Children. Fugeiie Field was ii man of generous, lender spirit and boundless sympathy, lie gained and held the love of little chlblieii iiinl of men nnd women; for Pi hi wru ng he appealed to young uud old. and every gentle nature re sponded to tin) magic of hi honest i-.. rs". He wns a great lover of animals, and was constantly making pel of them. He w.i very fond of birds, but, as h" il's'.iked to see tliein caged, he looked 'orward to the tune when he could add to his new home a good conservatory, where the birds might find a home and lly lu nud out among the plant. After lie had once become attached to a pet of my kind it was exceedingly hard for Ii'in to give It up. For several years he p.lld tlic board of two o'd dogs ut il l.nnn. Some of his friends thought this n foolish expense; but he said lie would not have the dog killed, s they had been faithful to him In their younger day and he did not believe in deserting old friends Several year ago a Jeru salem donkey was given to the Field boy, nnd they named It Don Caesar de Hiiena. After they became too old t drive with him. It wn a serious ques tion w hat to do with "Don." For some line he was hoarded at a livery stable. Mis board bill soon became quite a so--lulls matter. Hut Mr. Field would not uive him sold, for fenr that the chll tlren'r old comrade might fall Into nn kind hands. At Inst a friend lu Kei ineky offered a home for the donkey and Micre he I now, spending hi hist day In luxurious ease on n blue-grims farm.- St. Nicholas. I'bar.iob the Oppressor. The worst blot on hi character was Id ruthless dest met lou of the work of hi predecessors. No doubt. III such a time of distress, It would be dllllctilt to supply workmen for public moiiuineiiis; but hi utter disregard for everything thnt went before him outdoes even his orgulous father, and Is painfully In triKt to the careful restoration iiiade i.e. nlu,l,. ..t-iiii.lfiitlier Kelt I He liy ins hi nn, ft planted his fuiieVul temple Just behind Pie magnificent building of Aincnholcp III., nnd proceeded to smash up every portable stone, whether statue or tale let, to throw In for his own foundation, and then reared his walla with the no ble block "f the great temple, mid even stole the very bricks. Not con tnt with taking what he wanted, he further defacvd what he could not use; mid rill over F.gypt the statues of the king may be seen w ith his name rude. !y cut over their inscriptions, or inn t'ercd with a hammer on Hie exquisite- ly polished surfaces of the oilier nioii urehs. Willi little of scruples, of taste, or of feeling, he was yet not devoid of i ability nnd energy for a ililllciill posi tion; and though we may mil rank hltn 1 wllh a Trajan, n liellsarlus, or nn AI I red, yet It would be hard to deny him ,lic company of a espiisian or a i lau- dills Ctothlciis, a tieorge Seisilid, or a Victor Kiniiiaiiucl.-Century. A I'oel'a H1 to III Utile I rleoil. As we all know, Mr. Field was ever gentle and tender to the little one. If they were In any w ay weak or alllieied. they appealed nil the more strongly to the love of which his heart was so full. Ills nature was ns simple im n child's, and he loved tho children's toy ns much us they did. Ills sy inpnthetlc en joyment of their pleasure In nny new toy wns a revelation to Hie every day manor woman. One day I went with him Into a toy store to get some little tiling for the baliles, n he rarely went home empty-haniled. After he had pur chased several thing, lie ordered a doz en medium sized bisque doll. I won dered what he wn going to do with so maiiv, and put the question to lit in. lie Answered: "Oh, I like to have I In-Ill, mid when little girls come lo see me I ran give them a dolly to take home. Sum.' time after Ills d'tith, I he family found the box that had contained tin-: lolls. There was only one left, nnd Unit one In some way had been broken. It was only a few week before his life ended that he bought these dollw -so lie must have had many visit from hi ilttle friends.-St. Nicholas. M.p ot an I'.urll 'lH ilio W ove. Seismologists say that every great e.irihqilake chum s pulsation w hlch ex tend for thousand of miles lu all ib rectioiis on the globe, and I'rof. Mlhe' l'm ns such pulsation to the long, low kwell that sweep a'Tos I he ocean, liecetilly I'rof. Charles Davison ha at l.-iiipted to measure the height sod l-iigth of the wines of mi i-artlniiiike that occurred iu ir e on April l'-lil, the pu'satloii of which were per lelwd by the iild of a s laiiy con structed pendulum nt H riningliain In I i, -land. The pulsations, or waves. pe, through the roe lay ,-rust of the i arth with s velocity of about two mile n second, nnd each of Dim largest of I'lem, according to I'rof. Davison, must Imve been a! t t went)--eight nilb-s In I ligth, but only half nn lie h In height! In order to thoroughly enjoy a novel. M married womnu must temporarily forget that slid I" married. LIT 1'3 Ml LU'fill. JCKtS FPOM TH- PCN'S VAhl.L3 HLr..Uiiloli. OF I I'lennnnl loi-hlciil WotlUOvcr ii1ii (ul In I'M or Occiirrlnii IIc J . I li it A rc.1 lu rr- 1 I'lllt t I IIIMI.V icli'i-tluiia lli.il ton Will l.i.Joy. On Jotles Poll't ). personal pr.q . 1 1) Smith h) '.' V i.-nv e,l thiol, the t lo hollhl be all ... What Is the tl ' ill si : I . I ti.ii!iitlg lave that ) iff'.' New oik Win Id. in cau !.wc.,- Flrl loon', Klrst Siri.d. i-1 ; j' 1 i - . . i . lift ' Clara - Hut why arc you going to mar ry Frank, when ou like 1 red belter? M.lile Frank asked li e .list. I I Coitininli-r. I'end of Firm I cau l have you nr- llviiig so late in the noun '. l'.i you live? New Clerk - At Itrlxtoa. ity. i lead of Firm - I'll, I si .. , sir. Where lose to (he '. Well, nioVi' la by nn e nrlher away nnd come res train.- Sketch. The Vomiu lo lu-.-t il, "1 wonder what that ir.i i o nngiv At himself 11 1 lout';" said 11..' emsqulto 'During the half hour that I h.ive be-u flying nroiiml his head he 1 I doii.i nothing but bit himself In tin- I - o-1 vei'V half minute or so."- Iudlui..i .1 i Jour nal. Fred nf ItUai-nNlon The Sunday School Teacher meant by the seed of dlsseu Mary .lane Crlggs - I 'lease. V.'liat is sl.lll? ma'aiii, (hey puts 'em In a fruit Jar ami seal 'em up an' you guesses ou 'em, ma inn. nil' If yoll guesses right yoll get a bed room set or a laiiilein blslcklc. --Cleveland I'lalu Dealer. Iileiilllliil. Filllor's boy - I'apa. w ho I this "Vox l'opull," an) way, that writes ho many pieces for the paper? Fdlor -Well, I'll win. he thinks bis other name Is "Vox Del," but lu most cases It is "M ml."- Soincrville Journal. 1 1 ml Tried II. "Fannie, I have told you time nnd again not to speak when older persons were talking, but wait until they slop.' "I've tried that already, mamma. They never stop." Texas Slfler. Tlie rd tout Ion In Ireland. -sv ''.1...f','.. , Farni. i Are you awnre you're a ires passer? Facetloua flent - Certnlnly, and may the Lord forgive us our trespasses and you your sins. IlrlraTrd lijr Her f nnk. HIcycle (ilrl-1 completed iny Orst century yesterday. Hudson You lisik IL Hicyele Olrl - Sir! Ilobson oii -nli, 1 mean that's a splendid record for such a joung rider as yoii.-l'hlladelphln Inquirer. I.lvlnn ronlradlcl'im. Ilobson -See thnt man thcreT He's living contradiction. Dobsoti How's that? Hudson-Funny man on the newspa per and makes Joking a rloi a leisl-uess.-Clcvelnnd Plain Deal"" 'm-m IMP WHAT HZ UIKED ABOUT HER. Jfflt V-iCVf V I lie "Tliere Is ono thing I like about you, Miss Daisy," Miss Daisy -"And What Is l'"U f JJ "Mr arm," ""- I r-in"l'. s riiii'u v' f ii,"if ui .I. t . l, : mio aNucd uf I'lii-i.s r lo r ha i d. q'eeilll-e lo' ha lot) III . I I II. I. Ill n Ilea. J.iws." light rol'lplef . Deir il I nl I'r. I'clirr fn, Zl'dey. your face la a sight in yourself while shaving? Not exactly. IVrhnps H . belter to that I shaved r.istiiog , Did )..n . ;. dii. y ' would b. ! Ill) ef nolle. wiole cuitiiig.-Uoxbury Ga A Siioill Itonslrr. .Il.iiniy You're iifnihl to light' Hut w n n it Is. 1 1 .is So, I ain't, but If I flt'it l.ij itioilier'll know and lick me. .Iiint i) How w ill she r) nd out cW Thomas She'll see the doctor golllj lo your house. I'lttsbiiig Pallet u V uot I'lirer nee. Fvcryihlng In It upproprlate plnc There Is II vast difference Is-tween I dent In a pretty girl' cheek nud a dim pie In a dislipan.- It'ftoii Transcript. Irrloii lloilr. Nanctle-Tlie minister lonkiil verj pale, didn't he? 1 was told he had souk organic trouble. Marlon -That's so. Mrs. Ilersomucl said only yesterday that he was wor rled by the style of Mr. I'layllvly'n vol untarlcs. -New York Lislgcr, At Unnl I'an. Wlckwire-I sis' Hint another police) man ha been suspended for lecpi lug on nls watch. Mndge- I have liecn eating and drink, lug ou mine for a week. ludlouiipollt Journal. A Hard ( Intruder. "I hear there Is n very hard character stopping nt the hotel." For mercy sakes! I'll leave at once! Who Is It?" The ossified man from a New York1 nuseuni." I'nai e ikahlTi "I love you unspeakably. Molly." "Ilul perhaps you might apeak t inaniliui." l'llegendi! Itlnctter. Whr Ha Kit led (ii'r. SchiHillHiy-l nlwnys envied Cnewir. Tcneher-Well. he ' a great gen- ITIll. SchiHiboy-Yt, and he didn't havi to study Ijitln.-Soiiiervllle Journal. Srcllc. "What's the quarrel between Nero nnd Henry VIII.?" uskiil Hyrou, meet ing Sophocles on Main street. "Nero got sarcastic wllh lilt fiddle,' said Sophocles. "Aa Henry am! hla various queen went by Nero's palac mi their bicycle last Halurduy, New played 'Only One tilrl lu Thla WorlJ for Me.'"-llarper'a ltarar. llUcovereil lijr Itin Ito-igrn Itay. Mis F.llxalH-th Hanks, nu KugllsB Journalist, has related In a Iximloii pa per some Interesting experltneula wltU -.he Roentgen rays, among which there Is none more Interesting thuu the fol lowing: She I. ad taken her poekethook to b photographed under thla process. In or der to see whether tho picture would reveal the presence of the coins within It. This It did, ami aa she waa counting the disks shown through the leather, she perceived a small black point of fa inlllai' outline. Then she exclaimed; "I have found my ruby!" Opening the poekethook, she search ed In the place Indicated by the black point on the photograph, and there, lucked lu iM'tweeii two folds of leatner, she discovered a small ruby which aha hud lost some time before, and could nowhere find. It had slipped from a ring which aha wore, at a moment when she waa tak ing something from the pocket lxok, and had glided In between two thicknesses of leather. There Its presence was alto gether unsuspected, and would hav remained so until after the pocket txxik wna worn nut nnd discarded If thla ex traordinary method of photograph had not revealed It. nil. "What to .! II l. II he I 'k I i I 1 f