The Eugene City guard., November 21, 1896, Image 8

EUGENE CITY GUARD.
L L. CAM f BELL, rreprlstar.
EUGENE CITV OREGON
Farm life li what you moke It
Tb Chicago man who fired a revolver
point blank at a atreet car and mlascd
It way get a Job on toe police force.
Chicago anarchist are .aid to be emi
grating to (lie TransvaaL U It possible
that they are going to take the Krucger
cure?
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Three ililpa at Ban Francisco bare
been loaded with 15,KW ton of wheat
fur India. Wot'a the lllndooseuient
over there?
It la what you any In your ad that
dnwa customer.. Whether you hold
hcm or not depend, on what you do
afierwardH.
Dan Stewart haa found a spot In
Mexico where Corbett and ElUslminon.
niri fight. Now If they could only get
lockjaw until the day of the flgbt
A promt dispatch say. that a murder
er hanged In Kentucky the other day
wore a aullen look on the gallowe. Per
haps he waa displeased about aonie
thing. .
The Ohio V. C. T. U. haa Toted to
quit wearing feather.. Having moult
el, we hope the good uiembera of that
excellent organization will now flock
together.
Hanker Ituinbuacli, of Juneau, Wla.,
Is auother man who doea not believe
iu trust. In one flight be baa done
more to discourage trust than many
more pretentloua crusadora.
In entering upon the work of a pub
lic render, tho daughter of the late
Eugene Field will have the beat wishes
of those who appreciated the genius of
her father, or enjoyed the pleasure of
tils frli'iiilwlilp.
There la no law with regard to eat
ing and drinking and manner of living
which can In- laid down as applicable
to all Individuals. Each persou must
And out the law which applies to him
self anil obey It.
A prominent It node Island yachts
man In having a steam yacht built that
Is to have a guaranteed speed of thirty
eight mile an hour. That's the way
to trot n round the coast; but then, tbey
say It costs money.
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Faith and hope In the future, to be
sound oud permanent, must grow out
of the knowledge of tho past and re
spect for It; and ho who gracefully ac
knowledges his obligations to the old Is
all the bettor lilted to espouse the csuse
of the new.
There la nothing ou earth so beautiful
s the household In which Christian
love forever smiles, and where religion
walks, a counsellor and a friend. No
cloud can darken It, for Its twin-stars
are centered in the soul. No storms can
innke It tremble, for It has a heaveuly
support and a heavenly anchor.
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England la blamed for espousing the
cause of tho Armenians while guilty
of InJiiHtlce and oppression toward her
own dependencies. Hut the philoso
pher who expects and demands that a
nation or Individuals should act up
to the same standard they demand of
their neighbors, has yet to take his
first lessons In the knowlcdgo of hu
man nature.
Principal flnint, of Queen's Cnlvers
Ity, Kingston, Oat., resents having his
English mall from Oxford addressed to
111 Kingston, Ontario, U. H. A." Prin
cipal (irnut should .fool flattered. The
Oxford dons evidently confuse him
with one "(Jen. (Jrnnt, V. H. A." As
noon us tho dons have read up on an
cient history they will have time to de
vote to the "colonies," and then doubt
less Principal Oram's letters will be
properly addressed.
The out) quality that Is more useful
?.ian another In the world, If one wishes
o achieve uuy thing whatever, Is tact.
Unite force may succeed, but then
again It may full, and In either case It
leaves an unpleasant memory behind
It; but. If tact fulls, all Is still serene,
nud one may try again with equanim
ity. The very inline of tact tells Its
utory, for, although In Its first defini
tion It simply means touch, It develops
the further Implication of sensitive
touch, then of admit discrimination,
then of delicate discernment. Discern
ment of what? Of the right and fit, of
that which gives tho desired result In
the best way.
The bitter cry of the curates of the
Anglican Church Is again brought to
the attention of the public, this time
by the London Times. Many of them,
It Is snld. receive such miserable sti
pends that they are on the verge of star
vation, while others are obliged to put
their daughters Into domestic service.
A Towing for a certain amount of rhe
torical exaggeration, there Is no doubt
that the lower clergy of the church are
underpaid. Curiously enough, how
ever, the Wesley a ii Methodists of Eng
land, most of whose clergy receive ade
quate salaries, report a fslllng off In
the number of ministerial candidates.
It Is greatly to the credit of the Ill
pa Id clergy of the English church that
they themselves utter no complaints.
It Is other people who give voice to
their "cry."
The old. ci uel check rclu has stiffened
up the fore legs of more livery horses
than all the woik they have done. So,
too. of many track and driving horses
In the country. The check relu Injures
the jsM'scb'S of the neck, and the fore
legsTn-e a fleeted. Often the shoer Is
M:i mis! when it Is the check rein. The
humane societies have the co-operation
of the city horse owners, who have
taken off the cruel check rein from the
carriage horses and work horses. Aside
from the cruelty, this affection of the
usefulness of the horse should Induce
the thoughtless, kind hearted people
who drive horses to forever banish the
torturnt.a check rein is a savags relic
that Is painful to the horse and painful
(or most people to aee. In behalf of tilt
bone, wa entreat you to abolish tbs
check rein If you stIU thoughtlessly tar
tar your borss with It.-Western Agri
culturist i - - - -i
They now and then do a thoroughly
good thing In Colorado. The other
day three men went Into a bauk la the
town of Meeker and robbed It In the
rather brusque fashion practiced by
some professional gentlemen ou Chi
cago shops not long ago. Tbey got
through with the robbing process all
right but they had to do some shoot
ing therein, and tho noise brought out
the citizens of the little town, who
were so urgent In protesting against
the free distribution of their money In
that way that they shot all three of
the gentlemen who bad checked out
funds from the bank with revolvers,
leaving all of them as proper subjects
for the undertaker. Evidently tho
Meekerltea are far from being any
meeker than other folk and It will be
a long day before any more gentry of
that kind make a call on tbein. It
looks Ilk going backward In civiliza
tion for citizens to feel that they must
stand ready to defend their own with
the strong hand, but perhaps If It were
generally understood that tbey arc so
ready most of the professors of the
art of "holding up" would seek some
other means of making a living.
American apples, when the crop Is
good and the various kinds are of per
fect growth, are the flnest fruit lu the
world. There Is no fruit of the tropic or
ubtroplc regions as good for all pur
poses as apples. Apples are superior to
oranges, bananas, lemons, tamarinds
and all other fruits In their taste for
the palate and their wholesome effects
as food. Their flavor Is as various as
human tastes. From the sweetness of
honey they range to the sharpest acid
ity. They All every need of the stom
ach for the vcgetablo Juices which pro
mote health. There has not been In
a generation as prolific a harvest of ap
ples as that of the preseut year. All
the branches of all the trees la all the
orchards have been overburdened with
their wealth of fruit. If the product
of thla year could have been distrib
uted over five years of partial produc
tion or of famine the average would
have been sufficient for the entire pe
riod. In recent years the choicest va
rieties of apples have beeu scarce In
quantity and of luferlor quality. They
have lacked form and flavor. They
have been deteriorated by various
causes from attacks of Insects, by
drouths, late or early frosts and sea
sonal Influences for which there was
no apparent origin. This year all the
aoll and climatic Influences have been
favorable. In the fruit belts of the
East and West the apple crop Is pro
digious. The quality Is of the best
The very culls and refuse this year
are superior to the choice fruit of some
previous years. The shipments of
American apples to Europe have begun
and are likely to be enormous lu eii
tout Tho great crop this year will
cause the fruit to be distributed at a
lower price In Europe than ever before.
In the pnst American apples have been
a rare and expensive luxury to Euro
pean consumers. This year tbey will
have an abundance at low cost of the
most delicious fruit that the aoll pro
duces. -
Nulclds or a llattloauake.
The question as to whether tho rat
tlesnake's venom Is poisonous to Itself
hat often been discussed, but If any
satisfactory conclusion has ever boon
arrived at we are unaware of the fact.
Ir. W. J. lturnelt, formerly a member
of the ltostoit Society of Natural His
tory, says that there are good reasons
for believing that the action of the rat
tlers' virulent lHilson Is the same upon
all living things, vegetable as well as
animal, other eminent naturalists com
bat tills theory and declare thnt the
Idea of an animal poison killing or In
juring a vegetable Is really preposter
ous. Burnett says: "It Is even Just as
fatal to the snake Itself as to other ani
mals." Thou he relates the pxpcrlcnco
of one Dr. Dcarlng. The doctor had a
specimen of the prolltlc rattler which he 1
kept alive in a cage. One day be Irri
tated the reptile so as to study the ef
fect of the anger thus provoked. The
snake struck wildly about a few times
and then hurled Its fangs lu Its own
lsxly. Almost Instantly, the experi
menter says, the reptile rolled over and
died. If this story Is true, and we have
no reason to doubt the story, we see In
It the remarkable and unique physiolog
ical fact of a liquid secreted from the
blood which proves deadly when Intro
duced Into the very source from which
It is derlved.-St. I.ouls ltepubllc.
(rest hut I'oor.
Poverty seems to have beeu the lot
of most of the world's great musicians.
licethoven was always poor. He
was tho sou of a rough, drunken
musician, who drove him to music with
blows, lie afterwards followed hla pro
fession for the love of It, but It repaid
hhu very badly.
Handel was the son of a coachmaker,
and his mother had beeu a servant. Al
though he had a place tu the choir of
the church as a boy, he was dismissed
when his voice changed, and became
really destitute.
A poor woman gave him a home In
the attic of her house, and lu after and!
more prosperous years the musician'!
was able to returu the favor twice fold,
w hich he did heartily and cheerily.
Hosslnl was also poor, and while In
Venice he wrote In bed during the cold
weather, In order that ho might save
the expense of a Are.
A Home-Keeping Inhabitant.
"Lived here thirty years, and yet
never saw the city?"
"Never."
"Did you aver have a desire to go to
town?" j
"Well, yes, 1 reckon I has. But you
sec, 'fore th railroad come hit wua too '
fur ter travel ou foot, an' the mule !
wua too busy plowlu'; au' arter the rail-!
road come, they weut ter chargtu' pen-'
pie for tntvellu', an' so I Jest thougtit ,
I'd stay home au' not bother 'bout ace-
In' tho world. Kut what do you reckon !
happened ter us 'tot her dayr j
"Don't know." I
"Well, sir. my eon John ackchully j
bought a ticket. Jumped aboard o' the
ralliad, weut ter the city an ub
aerlbed for a newspaper!" AtUuta
Constitution.
What a blessed thing It Is that even
those of as who are reliable, don't ba ve
to prove all w. aayl
THE STEERSMAN.
The for shroads bsr tht moonlit ssnd.
The port rail Isps tb sea;
Aloft ill taut, where tbs kind clouds
skim.
Alow to the cutwater snug and trim,
And the man at the wheel slugs low;
sings be:
"Oh, sea room and lee room
And a gale to run afore;
From the Uolden Oats to Hunda Rtralt
Hut in y heart lies snug asbors."
Her hull rolls high, her oose dips low,
The roller flash slee
Wallow and dtp and the untossed screw
Sends heart throbs quivering through
and through
And the man at th wheel sings low;
sings be:
"Oh, sea room snd lee room -
And a gule to run store;
From the Uolden Oate to Funds Rtralt,
Kut my heart lies snug lahore."
The helmsman's arms ar browo and
hard,
And pricked in his forearm bs
A ship, an snchor, a love knot true,
A heart of red and sn arrow of bjue,
And the man at the wheel slugs low;
slugs he:
"Oh, sea room and lee room
And a gulp to run afore;
From the (iohlen (idle to Hands Rtralt
Kut my heart lies snug ashore."
Kookuinn.
THE MORTAL COIL.
These two, Allan and Pavld. were
brothers; and, what Is often more than
brothers do, they loved one another.
While they were mere tsiys they had
been left orphntm( friendless, alone
with the world and with necessity.
They were Industrious and frugal, their
purse was common, and working thus
together they managed to keep off star
vation and debt.
They were now In the period of early
manhood. Allan, the elder, wns 23 years
of ago. and David 20. They occupied
two pleasant rooms In a respectable
lodging house, lived well, and had some
money saved In the bank. "At first I
used to be afraid that we could not
make It," Allan would say to bis broth
er, when they talked In the evening of
their life and their affairs; "It wns such
a bard struggle. Kut there Is no longer
any doubt that we are going to aucceed
lu the world."
To this prophecy, which Allan rejoic
ed to speak. Duvld would always as
sent, with an enthusiasm that came not
from any confidence In his own powers,
hut solely from his belief In bis elder
brother. The difference between the
brothers was more thnn thnt of years,
as each of them well understood. Allan
was strong, keen, and determined.
David was gentle and sympathetic, but
a little dull. They were alike, however,
In their Intense devotion to one an
other. It happened In the midst of this which
they regarded as prosperity thut Allan
was suddenly beset by a grievous Ill
ness. It had been written down lu the
pitiless law book of nature that he
should pay for the sins of some ances
tor, of whose very existence be was Ig
norant. The disease ran Its slow
course through ninny weeks, and there
were now and again critical limes
when the heart of the younger brother,
watching by night, stood still.
At last It came to an end. The sen
tence of nature was fultllled. The life
of the young man was spared, but the
disease left him blind suit a cripple.
As Allan began to recover his strength,
and the dumb consciousness of suffer
ing gave way to active thought, he de
manded to know how soon tho ban
dages were to be taken from bis eyes.
To this and to other questions of a sim
ilar nature, the doctor who attended
hint returned evasive answers. There
uiHin, Allan, half guessing the truth,
became silent. In the meantime, David,
also silent, clung desperately to a frag
ment of hope.
One morning the doctor, as he was
alsmt to leave, motioned across the sick
man's bed that he wished to speak with
him alone. They went out Into the
hall, where the physician sut down
uhiii a chair nud Duvld leaned back
against a corner of the wall.
Presently Allan heard the confused
murmur of their talk. He climbed out
of the bed and dragged himself with
ddllculty across the floor Into the slt-tuig-room.
Placing his car against the
li ill door, which was not quite closed,
ue heard all, unseen and unsuspected.
"It la useless for me to continue these
dally visits," sold the physician; "here
after I will come ouly when you send
for me."
"Well, what shall we do about It
about his eyes?"
"They will probably not pain him
any more. You cnu take off the bandage
whenever you are ready to tell him the
whole truth."
David's llpa grew very white. "You
moan that he will never recover?" he
said.
The doctor looked up at him sudden
ly with a frown. "Iteally," be said. "I
thought I had made the atate of things
pretty clear to you,"
"Yes," aald David; "I kuow-but I
kept hoping."
"My dear boy, I am sorry, but I can
not even let you hope. If your leg waa
cut off would you expect auother to
grow In Its place? A part of the eye la
gone and that ends It."
"And the lameness?"
"He will always walk with crutches."
rcrhups It waa well that no mortal
eye saw the wan face pressed toward
the opening lu the door. There was a
shuttling across the floor, and Allan
drew himself upon the bed again, where
be lay motionless and allent, though all
his body seemed to quiver and hla
thoughts to cry aloud.
Presently the footsteps of the doctor
sounded on the stairs and the lower
door opetied and abut. Kut nearly an
hour passed before the younger brother
came back to the room. When he came
It was with the belief that he waa pre
pared to speak to Allan and tell him all.
He looked for a moment at the figure
curled on the bod aud shook bla bead.
He would wait.
Several days passed. Then In the
evening Allan said suddenly to bis
brother:
"David, what Is the matter? Perhaps
I Imagine It but Is there not something
that you waut to talk to me about?"
"Yes," said the other, startled.
"It Is about my eyes aud my lame
news. Is It not?"
"Yea "
The time had come. II sat down by
the bed and took bis brother's band.
Ills own trembled violently, but that of
the sick man waa quiet
"Poor boy," aald Allan, a though
not he but Pavld were the one upon
whom misfortune bad fallen. He
stroked bis brother's arm gently for a
moment, and then whispered: "ou
need not tell me. David. I know all. I
listened when you and the doctor talk
ed about me."
Pavld spoke also In a whisper: I
could not bear to think of it-aud so I
could not apeak to you."
"Poor, dear brother." said Allan, but
with perfect calmness. They sat lu
alienee for a few moments, and then
Allan said: "Now, David, we have
looked the worst of It lu the face; let
us examine some of the smaller trou
bles. What about money matters.
"Oh. Allan." cried the other, "don t
ask about that yet."
"Yei," said the elder brother firmly;
"you must tell me all. Ke frauk nud
fair, as I would be with you."
8o David told. The money In the
bank was all gone, of course, and there
were debtsto the doctor, the chem
ist, and the landlady. Having explained
thus fur. Duvld hung back, and It took
determined questioning on the part of
Allan to bring out the rest of the story.
Their friends at the club, knowing the
trouble of the brothers, had raised
some money -a considerable amount
for their benellt.
"It Just paid the nurse," said David.
The proud lines In the others face
deepened to harshness. After a mo
mentary struggle ho managed to fay
aloud: "It was very kind of them."
Kut to himself Into his pillow lie tnut
tered: "My Ood! This Is the beginning!"
"I am iifnild." snld David, "that It
will be some time before we can pay
up tlu-se debts. Everyone seems to be
good about It. The doctor Bays he will
wait years If need be."
"Yes," replied Allan aWutly.
"Of course, you know what my pay
Is," eoutluued the younger brother,
"and you also know what our expenses
ure. Well, they don't fit. I've been
thinking about It We must move Into
one room and must economize In vari
ous other ways."
"Yes," said Allan.
"The worst of It Is," Pavld went on,
without looking at his brother, "that
we cannot get the things you ought to
have. It Is so hard for you to be all
alone here "
"Nevei mind aliout that, Pavy," snld
Allan quickly; "what we must think
alsiut la how to clear up those debts
aud how to live on your pay."
Afterthlstheold confidence seemed to
be restored lietween the brothers. What
small part of the day Dnvld was not nt
work he spcut with Allan, and they
talked of their affairs Just as they had
done before the misfortune came. Yet
there was one thing David failed to
understand, although he studied over It
a great deal. Why was Allau so calm
and utidlstreesod? It wns not like him.
"Can It be that he docs not really ap
preciate what It menus to be bllud and
helpless?" thought the younger broth
er; "he wns always so proud, ambitious
and full of hope. Aud he Is sensitive.
I thought he would suffer."
The sick man's strength gradually re
turned. Presently he was able to move
about the room, and then, accompanied
by the landlady's little daughter, he
managed to make short excursions Into
the street, lie wore a dark shade over
his eyes and walked on crutches.
The various economies which the
brothers had talked over were prac
ticed, and yet every day they ran more
Into debt. David's pay was very small;
It was not enough to keep two people
In comfort one of them an Invalid
needing medicines and a physician's
care. Yet Allan remained nppnreutly
unconcerned. At last Dnvld found
work to do In the evening. lie now
earned enough to cover their nooessl
tles, but Allan was left alone most of
the time.
One evening David had nu unexpect
ed vacation. An accident caused the
establishment where he worked to dose
early, and he hurried to the room, eager
for the pleasure of n few hours with
his brother. When he came to the street
door he said to himself: "I will go up
quietly and surprise him."
lie ascended the stairs with n quiet
tread. The door to the room was open,
and he saw Allan seated nt the table,
movlug a pencil slowly over n large
shoot of paper. "The poor fellow Is
trying to write," said David. Then he
noticed that the edges of the sheet
were notched nt Intervals, and thnt It
had not been folded lu creases. As tho
blind mau wrote, he felt for those notch
es, aud theu ran his linger along the
crease In advance of the pencil.
Full of tender sorrow nud pity David
crept up behind, thut he might put his
ha ml on Allan's shoulder nud thus
make lit presence known, but happen
ing to glnuce down upon the paper he
saw the words, "My dear brother," aud
he kuew thnt the writing was for him
to read. He did not give himself time
to wonder thnt Allan should he writing
to him, but began Instantly to decipher
the misshapen characters on the paper.
Iu a few uiomcuta he had overtaken
the pencil.
This Is what he read:
"My Dear Kruther You will find this
note fastened on the outside of the door.
Please road It through to the end be
fore you enter. Perhaps you will then
think It best not to enter alone.
"David, my brother, these words
come to you from the dead. I have de
stroyed the pitiful fragment of life
which fate left me. You were wont to
bo so strong and brave can you rend
on calmly now, and try to understand
me when 1 toll you my reason? Can
you love me nud trust me as you always
have done? I believe that you can nnd
will, and that Is why I have dared to
take this step. .
"Several days ago I procured some
poison which I have kept concealed
from you. Through It death comes
swift but painless."
David watched the slow, laborious
making of the last few words, and It
gave him time to think. Whore waa
the poison? He glanced across the room
to a chest of drawers. There was a
small drawer at the top which Allan
had used exclusively, and which was
now half open. With noiseless step,
the younger brother crept over the floor
to this chest of drawers. The guess
was correct. Hidden, under some
handkerchief lay a small vial, tilled
with a colorless fluid.
David took It up, hook It mechaul
cally, and then turned It over and over
In hla hands, while be tried to think
what be bad better do. At any moment
- . . ,r .lilnir ulld Com
Allan Di g it nnisn nis . -in
so. ret , of the poison. It would U
be ry for Darld to .peak .loud
and explain, and bla brother would
"ffer the torture of humiliation. That
would not do. Better to carry away the
vlal and make no explanation, unless
Zy were demanded. He wa. about
to .tml out of the room when i tl a
thought .truck him that bl. broth ; f
determined. could secure death by otbir
mean, than this one bottle of poison.
There was a loaded revolver In the
drawer-that must la- taken away. But
what was to prevent Allan from obtain
ing more poison?
He was accustomed to buy bl. own
medicine., and now he waa .trong
enough to get alsmt. Ah, there were
ao many ways!
The blind man seated at the table
.. - li n mirufllllV
wrote on, reeling uis
along the fohU lu the paper.
David
crouched upon the edge of the bed.
watched him and thought.
No; merely to remove the nieani of
death would not save Allan. The only
hope lay In appearing to him, In plead
ing with him for his own life. In conjur
ing him by the love which held them
together, not to do this terrible wrong.
What should he say? Pavld was not
easy of speech. Ills very thoughts
were blunt. Ill-assorted and confused.
Deep in hi. soul he felt that his brother
was about to make a mistake-one of
the most awful of which life contained
a possibility. This feeling was Inde
pendent of religion or of superstition;
It was a part of David', very existence.
Kut how was he to speak of this to
Allan, who seemed to understand every
thing so much better than ho?
Aud now It suddenly occurred to him
thnt he really did not know his brother.
Evidently this desire of self-destruction
had been In Allun's thoughts for
many weeks, nnd yet he, nearest to
him of all U-lngs on earth, had never
been allowed to suspect It. This was
why Allan had been so calm nud had
accepted his misfortune go lightly. Tor
tures of sorrow there must have lieen,
unspeakable agonies of ruined hope,
all endured In secrecy and silence. It
seemed to Dnvld that be himself, and
not Allan, must have lacked the power
of sight.
Kut what was to be done now?
The pencil wa. still moving slowly
over the paper. David rose from the
lied, and resuming his place behind the
blind man read on:
"This concerns you and me and no
one else; ia It not .o, brother? The
world Is far away from us; we are
alone together."
"Now, what hns existence for me?
When first I learned 1 wns to be always
bllud aud a cripple there came with
the knowledge an Impulse for death.
Kut I put It away aud said: 'No, let me
think of this more fully. The calamity
seems now to sweep over all of life.
Perhaps when I am more calm I shall
find that much remains untouched.'
So I waited and thought, nnd In the end
I found one thing, the happiest of being
with you. That Is real aud lasting, and
for u time I asked myself If It were
not enough. Kut I remembered that
my existence, wretched and useless as
It was, meant more of lnbor and bard
ship for you, and I thought, too, of
what sorrow you must feel for me, and
the pleasure of being with you turned
to bitterness. There wns nothing left.
"Kut you you love me and you have
a right to my life. It Is for your sake
that I have spent those long weeks In
silent, solitary debate, after every other
doubt was cleared away. At one time
I had almost decided to beg my life of
you, as I might any other favor, but I
dared not. Yet I am begging It now
after I have taken It.
"Pear brother, I know that you are
unseltlsh. I believe that for my sake
you would give up the greatest happi
ness which life affords as I would for
you. Can you not, then, nllow me the
little that I take when I deprive my
self nnd you of my existence? If, now,
the conditions were reversed If I were
the one to be strong and well, while
you wore crippled and blind I try to
think of It In that way. In order thnt I
may understand It lietter and Judgo
more fairly I should, of course, feel
an intense sorrow "
What was the matter? The pencil
was moving slower and slower. At last
It stopped. Pavld looked up at his
brother's face and saw It working
with strong emotion. Then, after a
moment the peucil went on:
" that you should suffer so, and It
would be an unspeakable happiness to
help, to work for you you would bo
dearer to me than, a thousand times,
than If "
"Oh. what urn I saying!" exclaimed
the blind man, aloud. The pencil drop
ped from his fingers and he threw him
self back In his chair. "I could not let
him go," he cried; "It would be cruel
In him to leave me. But I what will
be-oh. Davy!"
lie leaned upon the table with his
face resting In his open hands, while
Pavld stood watching almost breath
less in the struggle to keep silent. At
last Allan caught up the sheets of pa
per on which he had been writing and
tore them to fragments.
"It Is over." snld David. He restored
the bottle to Its place and crept past
bis brother out of the room. Presently
Allan heard the street door noisily open
and shut and Pavld'. tread sounded
upon the stairs.
That night, a. the brother, were
about to retire, Allan said:
"David, there la something that I
waut to promise you. I have already
promised myself, but I want to assure
you of It also."
"Yes." said David; "what Is Itr
"I think I had better not tell you what
It Is. You would be distressed, perhaps.
But I promise you."
"Very well." said Pavld; "let It re
malti a secret, then. But I accept the
promise." Spare Mom jta.
Itewmre of Tight Garters.
Bicyclists, male and female, ahould
beware of tight garters and of stock
lugs which are too thick. A garter
which Is wide and ha. little pressure
Is Just as effective a. a narrow one
very tight The result of wearing the
latter Is bound to be bad, It being a fer
tile producer of varicose veins.
Lamp Thrown In.
"I don't waut the wheel. It Is too
heavy."
"Say, 1 11 throw In a lamp. That'll
make it Hghter."-Cleveland Plain
Pealer.
How tantalizing heaven will be to the
women, to see to much eM
aruuud, and no chance to spend It!
ATHLETES Of THE DEEP.
Clgbt Hndrtd Pcal Tnnas Fly
Tbrosah tbs Air.
"Speaking of Jumping," aald an old
teaman, "let me tell you of th. great
est Jump ever ieen. It waa many
yean ago, and we bad experienced bad
luck for several week., when on. morn
ing we alghted big whale, and two
boat. et off In a race to .ee who would
get there fir.t.
"Suddenly the whale roae not a hun
dred yards away, and beaded directly
for us. Tho mate gave ordera to stop,
and we .at still, expecting that the
monster would rise near us. Tho har
pootier stood with his Iron ready to
throw, while we grasped our oars, nerv
ously prepared to Jump at the word
'stern all." that nearly alway. canio
when a whale wa. harpooned. Not
a word was spoken, and suddenly
mountain -of black appeared, which
seemed to shut off the entire horizon.
Up It went until I distinctly saw a seventy-foot
whale over twenty feet In
the nlr above us.
"The mate was tho first to regain hi.
.nu,.u nmi irHvo the command, 'stern
nil.' Just as we were ready to spring
overboard the boat shot buck several
feet and the next second the gigantic
animal dived Into the ocean, Just grafr
Ing us, having completely passed over
the boat."
Such gigantic Jump, are rare. A
similar one was recorded by a well
kuowu Admiral In fhe Krltish navy.
A battleship was lying In the harbor
of Bermuda, when all bands were at
tracted by the appearance of a very
large whale suddenly showing Itself In
the harbor, and appearing very much
alarmed by the shallow water. The
Admiral, who was then only a middy,
Joined a bont'a crew that started In
pursuit, aud Just as they were about
to strike the whale disappeared out
of sight leaving a deep, whirlpool
round which the boat shot Another
I moment and the whale came up, hav
ing, In all probability, atruck the Dot
tom, and weut Into the air like a rock
et "So complete wns the enormoua leap,"
says our authority, "that for an In
stant we saw him fairly up In the
air. In a horlontal position, at a dis
tance of at least twenty perpendicular
feet over our bonds, while In his prog
ress upward there w. In hi. spring
some touch of the vivacity with which
a trout or salmon shoot, out of the
water."
Many of the Inhabitant, of the aoa
are good Jumpers, and lome have be
come famous. Among them should
be mentioned the tarpon, that gleam
like silver, which constitute the fa
mous game fish of Florida.
In Pacific water, the tuna, an ally
of the horse mackerel, la noted for It.
leaps. Sometimes a school sweep, up
the coast, and the powerful fish, often
weighing 8(10 pounds, are seen In the
air In every direction. They dart llko
an arrow, turn gracefully five or alz
feet In the air, and come down, keep-
, Ing the water for acres In a foam, and
If not the greatest they are certainly
the most graceful of the Jumper, of
the sea.
Curlons Frogs.
One of the most Interesting specie,
that have been described is the one dis
covered by Mr. Wallace In Borneo a
tiunmber of years ago. It hn. been
popularly called the "flying frog," from
the fact that It has toes of great length,
nnd these are fully webbed to the tips.
If the animal wishes to descend from
the top of n high tree It ha. only to
make the leap, nnd by spreading out Its
toes It converts Its feet Into four veri
table parachutes, and thus this little
aerial Imtruchlau reaches terra flrma.
In safety. Among the most curious
types are the tree frogs, and Gibson
says these "are really distinguished
from all others by having the euds of
their toes dilated Into knob, or disks,
generally provided with n sticky secre
tion, by means of which they can cling
to the loaves and branches of trees.
They are small, elegant, nnd exceed
ingly active creatures, the male, pos
sessing loud voices, of which they
make copious use during the breeding
season nud on the approach of rain."
Frogs have from remote times been re
garded as weather prophets, and at the
present day, lu some parts of Germany,
the European tree frog (Hyla arborea)
Is used as a barometer. A few of them
are placed In a tall bottle provided
with miniature ladders, the step, of
which they ascend during fine weather,
seeking the bottom again at the ap
proach of rain.
Anatomical structures of a variety of
kinds nre characteristic of different
specie, of frogs, having to do with the
voice organs. So It Is thnt many croak,
some chirp, and some almost bellow.
Many emit noises most disagreeable
to all ears, while others give vent to
sounds that under some circumstance,
nre quite enjoyable. Appleton'a Pop
ular Science Monthly.
Either l'rcrei-ablr.
A precocious little east end boy, the
sou of a well-known dentist, ha. fur
nished the household with more than a
little amusement by the remarks he
frequently makes, which are filled with
originality nnd humor. Recently hi.
mother had occaslou to not only repri
mand him, but also to use the "correc
tor" that Is usually found In every well
regulated family, and which waa uot
unknown to him, on nccouut of some
misbehavior. After she had finished
the task nnd the outburst of tears had
been partially checked, the young hope
ful suddenly exclaimed: "I'm getting
tired being whipped this way. Will vou
i do something for me, mamma?"
"Well, what Is It?" answered the
i mother.
1 "Pray to God to take me to heaven."
"He would uot have anything to do
with a bad boy like yon," she respond
' ed, scarcely aide to control her mirth
nt the requcot. "You will have to be n
I much letter boy than you have been
j lately before you cnu expect to go
i there."
j "Well, then, toll Him to take me to
I the other place," wns the angry retort.
I -Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Gog an I Magog.
Who were Gog nnd Magog? English
tradition says that they were the last
! of a nice of giants who Infested Emr-
land until they were destroyed by some
of the Trojans who went to the British
Isles after the destruction of Troy. (Jog
and Magog. It Is said, were taken cap
tive to London, where they were chain
ed at the door of the palace of the king.
When they died, woooCT
two giants wer. nut r7J a,"fv
theoourMoftinieilV
ju win see in the (in.. T.
the famou. bulld, ,
two Immense woou,0
called of a(,C,
But there are other tr,., ,
two giants. On 'ra.dl,l0
when Alexander ti ,." i
.1 . .
with a rami.nr. ,7. "iht.
brilfUt ftn,. .. .1 ' " l fju.'
aud anotlu-r'S:?
readily get , MJ
giants. It Issupp,'
the Turk, were meani h, '
Mongols were the ehiMrw2l!'
We shall find mention 15 ;
n- B iiinuj OOOKS nl...
Bible; but there Is ttoc
-og and
ever may have been the fa
the nnmes of the two iJ, "
nnrtlnn nf II,. 'a01 IU.
One PouiH of Coal ,
The value of
different epochs of iteam.u.'
tlon, a. given by Mr. A J ii
president of the Uverpooi r
Ing Society, hns bceD utJZ
1810 a pound of coal
placement weight of
knots; but the e.rnlnj
only one-tentb of this, .80 rJL
the displacement represent Tj
in it
Iron vessels and hA '
displacement weight of Hx-trnthiV
ton waa propelled nine knoti w
pound of coal; but th. propo
,.ru , i( per cent v
ton. In 18(K). with hifh..
sure and the surface condeDw ,
ton displacement wai propel'
knot., and the cargo wai 33 w, J,
or .27 ton. In 1870. after the ml
engine had come Into uie, Utmt
uiniiiic-iiiriii was propelled tea bq
and here the enran tnrmaA u
of the whole, being nlne-twilm,
iou. in mto tnere were twoclisv
freight boats: the "i rami." .. .
. ...F ywym
3.4 tons displacement elgfit as4
half knots, with CO per cent
ions or cargo; at the ame tlfc
enormous carco stenmpn nt ti,.t-.
w .u
Atlantic were driving a dlspUr
of 3.14 tons twelve knots, with q -
cent, or 1.7 tons of cargo. 0i
modern express passenger itfua
the cargo weight Is down to . a
per pound of coal.-Itallroid Gua
Society.
Terban. nothing In the worltrw
ao much criticism, Just and onjus. s
wnat we can society. bveryoMwa
to feel privileged to throw aliorte
nartlcular .tone at It. and dm m
pie do It with an alacrity and not
gy which do not characterize in tbs
actions.
Sometimes It Is the wholesale fa
elation of the pessimist, who thiib
that everything Is going to rain, ui
.ee. In society ouly the mVM
agency of the general downfall
Sometimes It Is the verdict of ttw
who, through Ignorance or fautiria
want to break down the teri pr
clplc. which uphold social or polEai
welfare, and who t jarge aoclerj wa
being the author of all the wrap
which exist lu their fevered lnuf
tlon..
Sometimes It Is an honest crlfidc
of real evils which good people t
and lament and the blame of
they freely and Indiscriminately a
at the door of society.
And then, acain. It Is the weut
mentation of some who, conscious
wrnntT In thonoiclves. hasten to a?
the responsibility by casting the to
somewhere else. The charitable-.
ed and tho liberal-minded W
among any of these crltlca.
ia...i,iint ! on the Wane
a Ann't irnnw whv It la. but S
American mania for gamming w
in Ant" n hi Tom Hrewer, one of
best known of the Denver spora
the Arlington. "Take horse n
ttrn-thtrds of the tracks are
ed. The breeding or rasi m- -
1 . ni-ndtnble IS it 1
bo and there Is not one race
there were ton, twenty yer
... . t. i n f,n.t that ton i
men iaiu. i " ..i
not a. many open faro rooms U
United States ns there ' were H u
cago or Denver alone a few JJ
.7 . ironn card W
i nave not seeu a k
l. . n few room
years, i ..--.: p
tney are coiiikh"-v - . .
Is played privately and lc t clul
are few poker rooms where
DUt tnere are un -- Mf
as ten years ago.
very much .mailer.
a game being played for a aj7
The places of these
extent by crap rooms of
order, but that Is being nfJjfy
out of existence 7
less gambling anion, $
than among men of any other i
natlounllty."-Washlnswaj'
Dead Man s .f)
Among the rich mine. In U
one called "Dead Man. CI
seem, a certain po.. ;'w,
died, ana ins " " -
to give him a good ff'
man for $20 to act as
i midst of winter: 'lier! ...
feet of snow on the gro.ina.
Krave had to go six fert J
The grave digger satiieu v
. -...I..- ilia eorP'e 1
snow, cieposiim - - hrffo?
keeping In a drift, and I for"
nothing was heard from W
gatlon sent to Hud ,. h,
,i him dieting away uu
found also the Intennru ; ,
. . ontrance ' u
verieu imu " y ml r'
Striking the earth It
found pay rock worth .
delegation nt once s tnk J(4
adjoining his and tht '
forirotten. Later m r
now having melted, nw v
found and given an onii M
another part of
Journal.
: TTshkc a
,.".rn'VT..rrnakcsr'
Rlehar.i-iu - - y v
so sure that sue - hef p;
Harry-Well, you ""'
nd 1 have cgenderea
ana t r n-toti
tred of each other.-"'""
. . , v,r,,i u for
lot a oaa uuauau-