The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899, January 01, 1898, Image 2

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    Eugene City Guard.
I. L. CAMPBELL, Proprietor.
EUGENE CITY..
.ORKGOX.
The real seal () Hi-Hi Ion: Will tlio seal
! fettled before tlt. qucslliili In?
A Minnesota innn Iihh bii-n found who
U too Ht lipid to lie a Juryman. Ami yet
bis friend allow him to roam nt largo.
You may always congratulate on
(lie birth of a daughter, luit for a son
wait till be lias passed liU tulnletu
yeur.
Germany recently celebrated Hi' cen
tenary of Karon Munchausen. Who
knows what time limy do tut the cam
paign liar In tliU country?
Tlie Houston post tells of a I rill:i
ImrlMT wlio wan In a trance, lull awoke,
and "flnilliiK he wa Hllll In Italian died
lead." Wan tin- din III fatal?
Kx-Henator Henderson of Mlssonrt,
In nn open letter lo young iid'Ii, snyn:
"Keep out of public olllce." Good mi
vice cnn nin-ly ls followed no easily.
Home obtuse person Is-gln to dimly
real 1 7.1- tl t Ih'Te In n distinction lo be
Hindi' Im-I wee n scrimmages of raw, un
disciplined m-liHilliy mid a Iciitli'c
game of foul -ball.
"Guy Mannerlng." "The Pride of Lam
liiorinoor" ami "Konllworlh." Konll
world" wn taken out iJ.i time. Thirty-live
year a ft it Scott' dcaih a ln
dun iMiiikM-lItT would not keep In lil
MiiIIm a sixpenny edlllon of tin? Waver
ly IiuVi'Ik. Iiecailse tlii-y kllli-d I lie sale
of all oiIiit book. Vi t tin- lure wan
l ot In sensationalism; iln j j ii hi r crav
ing wan tint fur poisonous swccln; mil
lion of render found only a pure and ''
wholesome liiiman pleasure. J
Tin' society for checking the Abuse,
of Public Advertising, fuiiudi-d four
yearn ago III Khglmid, Iiuh been highly !
successful In awakening the M-ntlno-iit !
of n-f'Miu. Tin Thnmcn It) vf r it by
iii-t of I'urliiimi-nt protected fnun any
advertising wliali'Vi-r on lit hunks; u
series of guide books inlln nltciilloii In
ri'ii-nt advertising illMfU'iiri'iiiftilM of
lii-aiillfiil wcmry; tin- i-oiiiii'll of Lou
ilon tut comjcinm-d some moiiMliT
boardings i-n-i-li-d for advertising pur
poses, ami thi' miM'rlor court lnivi- cri
furci'd tliu irolillililoii of sky sign.
America stands no b-n In need of such
mi association mill hiii'Ii a sentiment.
Tin' way In which Hli:ill help," ex
claimed a young matrnii rii-i-ntly, "I
by iii-vi-r buying such articles an I sec
advertised amid lulu nil scenery or In
nl-J.s-iloniibj.. hh-IIiimIh. They shall bo
Impressed upon my mind ax komoihlng
to l" shunned."
WHEN SUe GLANCED AT ME.
Tlit world ran boast of many thing not
known of long mo,
When earth sceim-d troubled with the
(out, and cli'iire and art wi-re slow
Now everything coimpires to trUig but
lui ii ry and ease,
And progress hii, aoiue uy, iinproTi-d oa
ii nl H ri- by di'ifri-i-ii;
Hut imiik'lit ran give il mib4ltule aa
iiimulit hiia yi-l Improri-d
Tito ffi-iiuiiii', old-fiialiioiii-d thrill that
i-iiiiiin of luHiitt lovwl,
Hin h a I omii I f-lt of old In eminent do
(frif,
Wht-n Mm bi biiid llif window blind once
oliyly tiluiK'id at me!
f-'lic whii a litl!e lao I knew away bai-k
In my youili,
And, If tint up to date, the fiu't awakit
In me mi null.
To-day'a nlTi-rii.l lure of art for arl'i
mike would hnre been
To lu-r old fmdiloiied rU-wa of llniiKt but
little rlmrt of ain;
Klie never dreiiined tliHt paltering would
Irike tin. tempter dumb,
And Z'iIiumii furiiialiid not her mentul
pnbiiliiiii;
And nil thia purity nna there, I could but
e.'enrly aii-,
When Sue behhid the window bliiida
Kl:inii-d ahyly out at me.
Now that liellinii and a it oil lui vi
lli en found In I In- ('iiiiraua an miner
al In a pure Htate, for the fli-xt time, ill,,
enter of aeleiitlilc ami cliemleal lure
tlk'atloii may lie found In Aulu for a
time.
Thoiik'li, a I mild, f I.imi.ihhi.ihh)
have lii-i-n dUooiKed by the l ulled
Hlalen In peiiHlolm alln-e the eliie of tin.
war In It la well to remember l hat
the money ban nut Ihi-ii hoarded, nor
1 II Kolie out of the i-oliiilry. -
It aeema aeareely worth while to Im
prison nnylKiily In Kan-im for vlnlatluK
the prohibitory la w.klm-e the parapher
nalia for a llrxi-i'liiNH Joint, miiiik'i:led
In by two whlxky nellerM, wa reeeiiily
(llMioverid In the i-oiinty Jail at l.nr
lied.
Thill f'ollliei-lleut il'eiii'her who
rlaliiiH that he ran gi-t K'M fioin ordl
liary .-a water any Hie Idea drin k
him while he una rldlnu lu a pabn-e
car. The Idea of kvIIIiik money fnii
mime aoiiree or oilier imually atrlke
the averaKe rltlaeti before taklnt; ueli
a trip.
Ilrlllah Inlliiem-e Km- mi In far Aula.
It ban Jiih i-oine to llclit that In-fore
the klliK of Mill ill ilepnried on hi Ku
ropiim lour lie (IIiiiIm-o-. m-iiily every
forelKil employe of bin (ov.-n nt,
and their plaein lum- nIiii-i In-i-ii lilh-il
liy KlIKlNhlllell aelecli il by ('It II III Ii tliK -kuru
iierKoiially.
"rrotn A lo l..aid.M the natlntiN of
(he eilltli are 'Ituewiea to the evIU fob
IowIiik the wanton ib-ktrui-tloti of for
enla. AbyMHlnln luia her alory In tell.
Mem-Ilk has eluiup-d bin i-anltal four
tltiiea alm-e bin acce-edmi In l'.', In--caue
the wood aupply wan exhausted.
The woodman who doe not Npare that
tree lui aeen hi lu-M day. l'ulille
opinion l a nik il.
The I-:nt:ll ,nvi. a mueli Im-iiit no
Hon of what happen lu parliament
than we have of (lie prne Ilii); of the
llou-e and Senate. No matter how
HUddenly the debate prim: up, nor
how iim-xpei-l.-d the oeiiislnii, III the
London iiowMpaper the K.-itlfai'tory
ari-ouiit of all Hint iviik aald ami done
l next day In-run' the HrllMi people.
Hil'-li a tbliitf hardly ever takes plaee
Willi IH, wrllea Tlio. II. Iteed In ilo
llliiHiraii.. Anierli an. If a membi-r
maki-H an Importaiit hj Ii It 'uui-t be
wrllleli out In-fore delivery mid Ni-lit
by mall, mid then fliii'en lu the leli-(inilili-
iiiliiinii an a inoiiuuieiil alike
of Aiuerli-au eloipn-ui-e and Amerb-aii
enterprise. Dm- dlnadvauliiKe we la
Imr under In that we have no i-eiiiral
l.oiidon. Our eaplial In not a Loudon,
llio'iith It In no mean elly. The country
at large ban more than one new cen
ter. New York the lii-eiiler will have
a population of .'I.Mai.iaiii, but s o-.T,
mlh-n away. ChleaiM linai 1..Mmi,ihhi.
ami In I In- center of a vast country, but
m Mai r 1,11111, (ll ,.M ,,i-,,it. sun mm
clneo ban the jfi-i-,il empire t the I'a
clllc conM ln-lilnd It ami iiroiiud It, but
:i,i"i mlh-n railway divide in. New
Orleans lien ii illsinm-e of two days fur
ther Noiilh, mid Hi. Louln mid ('liu-lu-ll.'Hl
would milrh acu'i'leved not to
di-ei I centers of news distribu
tion. While, therefore, we are Hlltln-
"'I "I" r country, ami know- that
all Hie waste pbn en will be lllh-d up,
i ii i. .ii i .
..I,., mi, i ,- mum nine i.oiiuonn on
i-llher coast and In the center, never
thelcsn Just now we are ton liillrll
hpfi-ad mil to know about our Coinrrenn
"lull" an well an hi l lu-r Msip,. do
lilniiit tin Irs.
It ill bei-omen the heart of age to over
flow wllh aii-ha-If
gone the rosea, aiiyn the jpn-t, their
lialiea luuat nulliie;
Whi n white liinra ti ll the time to leave
uff eakea and ale ia here,
We ought to turn our thought upon a
more enduring apln-re;
Hut majiii-hnw there' a plcanure yet In
calling up I lie w ay
'I'll lit one bright pair of l-vi a could imike
of Ii it; lit I In- fiiireat day:
Tor on my m'gl.-t there glowisl the light
ne'er ais-n on hi ml or nell
When Hue, billlml the window blinda,
g!iiinel ahvlv out nt nn!
- Chicago Times lli-rnlil.
kAS A .MAN SOWS."
he might bare "poker- again and laved
tiliuai-lf a bitter reaping.
II.
Three year hnre panned.
I'lck Tr mayt'.e ha received hi pro
motion and I on bin way home, Iiurlng
III voyage hi t'loiighl turn again, a
they have done many time before, to
riOHTINO PRIESTS.
Prominent la HpanUh-Amerleaa War
for freedom.
One of the inont remarkable facta In
tbo hlntory of the Bpaubtu war of till
refturr baa bceu the apearaHce lu
the army opponcd to the force of that
Joyce, and bin long remembered last country or a pri.-ii coiiii.iu.iig r.
veiling In Kngluiid. Think of b.-r enthunlanui wltn tue lervor oi i
J FT went
II i: N I Hck Tre
mayne. Lieutenant
III the One Hun-
.1-...1 .....i .i-
1 OI -l Hllfl J W I'll I i
eth Olleell Own
It o y a I It o v em,
d o w n In
Home of the reaaoun for thlui.liu
lliere will be no wr wllh Spain an
that It woiihlu't be popular, that II
Wouldn't be good pollll.. thai It
Wouldn't lie piolilnlile except to i
com para lively nuiall iiuiiiI.it of con
tractor, Hint the country Imi'i In xluipc
at pii-Heiit to go to war with nnylniily,
that I'ri-lilent .MeKliiley docau't waul
war. and Hint he doemi't Intend war
hall occur.
There I t im-h or a disposition
among the far r to pursue tin- dull
round of toll without thought r lui
provemeiit and without effort for bet
Icr IIICIIiinIh. In the tdijcel or Mrm
r' liiHtliute to renin! and overcome
till Inert la. They bring together Hie
farmem face In race, to give each oih,-r
the beiiellt of their observailon and ex
erlence. They ntlmuliite enterprlHe
and Imiulry by allowing what bralun
luive already done for the calling and
allowing that more remains in be ilon .
Thai (he grcalliesn of the aclf made
man I consciUeiil upon meagre cduca
I 'una I advantages n an old upersiltiou
Hint illsiippttirliig, an ex I'rchlib-ut
Cleveland pointed out at the recent
I'l-llU'cton roiuliiemnratlon. The hiic-c-nnful
man whose yniith wan wllh
nut advaiitagen han nttalm-d success
l ot because of those .IKadvanlagt s.
bill In spile of ll mid II Is b.gl.ai
to Infer thai with Increased lutellcciiml
training he would have climbed to mill
greater eminence.
A company of wniklngimn In Kn
rland lately listened to a npeaker who
ailed himself a fellow workman. In
M time, he mild, he had experienced
many privation. He had known what
I' wa lo be cold because be could not
afford a lire. He had worn patched
clothe mid ,,,m,,, e bad lived up
i.u poor rare. When be was young he
learned lo plow an nlialghl it furrow
any man lu the parish, ami no one
could thrush better than be, The npeak
er wa a mail w ho lu the table of piece
ilcucy comen next after the pilm-cn of
iu royiu moon (he Archbishop of
Canterbury.
One of tin- most siiicessrul of recent
mucin ib-biiN-n a iUcstloii t li.it ban
probably urreil to many thoughtful
men ami women, In It Hssihe ror i
who fuiins a pari or our ( ph-x and
lempcstuoiin cl lll.allon to h-ad a
Christian lire? The novelist' mm lu
hIiui Is, on Hie whole, imravorable mid.
therefore, condemnatory of clvlllza
Hon, Such n theme, mi trcatml, wan
certain to awaKeii controversy. Chief
ly opinions range around the hero of
Hie slory. It Is as-o'i-tcd that bin fall
iiics were chargealile to bin character,
not his en v In nt; and ll rltli-lnu!
Is sound enough so rar us It K,.,. t
cannot be an adeipiate statement, be
cause It r.illn to take hole or certain
rumtaiueiital linlhs. tl the llrst p,'v
It I linportaiit in rcim-mlicr that the
authoi-'n Imiulry Is no novel one. 'ur
eighteen centuries, the earnest ami the
f.ililifiil. Klialnlug their even m n...
Ideal of In i inn it broi lierlnssl lli.it ChrUt
net up, have woiideii-d ih'smriig y
w helher man could ever reach It. T,',.
better the man Judged by the stand
ll fil or others the more hopeless, in
hllll. has Hcenusl the attempt. Thus
Hie recent raising or the Impilry doen '
not menu thai a nlngle good imin ha
all lit once perceived Hie world tn ln
growing worse, pnes not nil her
show thai an artll, keenly nuneeptllilo
In Hie mental Influences liiat mold the
time, han been Impressed by those an
plintlonn inward general iu-lprulncM
ami justice w hlch uiiiuestinnably tend
with blni, conceding that the World
he misreads the answer tn his iHesl Ion,
Hut even If we were forced In side
to dominate mankind. We .cllcvc that
lias not gain. si wisdom a" it linn grown
older, we might conifyl ourselves
Kim i ne nioiigni inai human nature
at least has not changed. There are no
new pltratln on the f,id to .f. t i.
thougli some of the old one may Is-ar
new names. The saints of the early
centuries lived, an we must, In the
midst of rich ami ior, Pharisee, pud.
I leans, sound ami sick, sinners and
righteous. And In our day, an In their,
"the aids tn noble life are nil w Ithln,"
Stretlou on leave,
he wan nlsiut the
uulikclle st m a II
possible, In t ll e
O p ill I o ii of his
friends, to fall In
love nl llrst sight
The linexp'-cted. however, always l n g i
pens, and In ac. ori'.ain e w ith this trill
ion true saying the gallant soldier fell
an easy vlcilni.
I'he whole affair wan absurd, be
knew. Tl i, re Idea that he. IUck
Ireiuayne. heir to bis brother' nih
il ml ail nckllow iedgeil eligible In thi1
malrliiiouial m-irkel. should ever give
11 serious thoil-i-t to bin sister III law's
pretty goterm-ss was. In Itself, rldlcil
Ions. Nevertheless, It was a very plca.s
j nut pasiliiie, In Hie dusky evenings out
- on Hie iiiooi In ii -rrace, lo saunter along
with Hie pietH.- t fill he had ever met
The few days o' his h ave tied bv sw lft-
ly, and to Joytv Cm dew they were
la lell wllh sweet memories, whlh
l'ck hliu-eir was really, iiufelgnislly
sorry as tue time drew in-nr for bin de
parture to Join h'n regiment, w hich w an
going mil to India
One evening, w lieu the scent of the
roses tilled the cool air with fragrance
and the night hriv.e sighed III the pop
mm on i in- uiw n, lie came very near to
(lest i notion.
I hey were on the terrace, looking
iiowii into the soiuIht darkness i.r the
plantation, where shaft of silver
moonlight pierced the black shadow
ami threw fiinlnstlc nhapitt on the lawn
licyoiid.
They w ere slYut, and I tick
furtively at his cotnpaulon'a
fin e, spiritual xod by the
moonlight lu-r blue eyes shone
III her pal" face, mid the hair,
was the envy or many, dusky auburn
lu color ami curling dUtractlngly ver
lu-r shais ly head made a plctu'resiue
naming in tier delicate Invcllness.
Presently, he spoke suddenly and
with vehemence Taking her hand In
his. Intoxicated by her loveliness mid
the stiangi Itil'ueiicc or the stillness,
111 ncd words which brought a
bright Hood i,r color In her checks an. I
a glad light lulo her eye n,,.,,
looked
aw eel
mystic
darkly
w hlch
sweet
A bride or a year wa recently beard
to any that ten or her acquaintance
iere lu lie married beroro Christmas,
rud that a the parents of all of them
lad aent her expensive wedding girts,
rhe and her husband were lu uiii. li per
turballon about the customary return.
There la rd ror reflection lu lu-r coin
meut that a they llv.-d in a small rent
id house and kept but servant,
the'r valuable silver was still stornl
In the v.ui!t where It had b-s-n pi, ,
at their marriage; that although the
girt represented over ;l.lnl, the jnuug
bu.band hsd lu atruggle for their live-
l-h.uut- M.t.l fl..'. .1
""" toe mom lUiNlest pre'
Cllt they could sehi t for their tell
friend would lake hi whole inoiith'a
i alary.
- Hlr Waller Heolt'i writing do not
aa Into eclipse Milnd the later ro.l
I et of genius. T. I'rovldemv 'b
I'c Library Issue a bulletin from which
II piear that during ten year a few
uooa were drawn ,ur than
liiuca. Among tin ae wei
CoiilVilci-nie Muskets.
"Though the Coiifislernie army,
when lieu. Lee sin reiul.-r.il, surreii
dered many thousand muskets," sal-l
an oidnatic' oltlii-r of the army, "1
have great doubts If pal ,if tlient are
still lu the sissesson of the govern
inenl. In the armories of Hie gov em
inent In Illinois. Mass.-n-lnmelis .....I
California a few may hne been kepi,
but there are but few. The War le
parlineiil has a few. but the wagm
loads of It. cm have dlsappearisl, nn one
knows exactly where. An an arin the
I-1 lie surrendered were without value
except In ii few coimmiii.U where they
bad secured modern guns. They wee
hurriedly and cheaply made, generally
by contract work, I can't state now
exactly how many thousand musket
there were, but there were at least Jtil,.
ikki recorded as hang Im-n Nurren
ilctisl. My own Idea Is Hint the iiint
or them were broken up as valules.
though a great iiianllty .if tl i were
sold as Junk and scrap Iron, The can
non have also gone mil of cxlstcmv
inol of them In l,ie miiu- wny."
Washlngtnn Star.
Me or Ton lliiikn.
The captain of a big Atlantic liner,
after many calculations, lum come ,i
the conclusion Hint Hie general site of
a fog b.-iuk ibe AHantle la almut
thirty mile In diameter.
There la no parting so liiii.-r u. n...
1 parting or n onlnlnc chosiiI.. in.i . ....
ranhoe j r Id the act of w allow lug it.
eJi
Joyce! Are you I here?"
Lady Trcin.-unes voice- broke the
m iglc spell, mi l he dropped her hand;
they turned tn t'.e house and Jnvce
Wl III In.
'Can yo-i wr'te those few notes for
me'.'" said Lady Tr ayne, not nolle-
in.' the girl s br lllaut ,-yes mid the nil
usual color L; lu-r soft checks, and
Joyce, wihliii; ,it the table lu the 11
briny, her bean I eating last ud the
light still mi 'ier sweet eyes. vcl over
agatn these rev dangerously
In. mo nts.
Picsciuly vol -i s on the terrace cann-
e.i m i in ian; ii was nis voice and
the oi her? linger Temple, lu-r lady
ship's cousin.
The two men ere sauntering up and
dow n In tl,,. dusky coolness.
"Pretty: slouhl think so. Indeed:"
mild Temple's voice "Are you cutting
lu at the last monieu', old fellow?"
"Not I," said hick's voice, with
laugh; "though ! nearly did for myself
Jilst now; she looked so confoundedly
'i--tty. doi.'i yni know, ninl goodness
only knows what 1 wa sjiylug-w hat I
might have said ir Craco' hadn't come
out Just lu ihe n'ek or time. Puconunou
name Joyce. Isn't ll? After all, one
must amuse one's self lu a place like
this, and , p-tlie docs charmingly
i-.oii i-uss- r ic i -nips t.et us gn In."
The voices dl d away Into silence an
Hie men Joined Lady Tremaytie In the
drawing room. Joyce sat sat on still
and cold; (he pl'e of Mulshed notes lie
fore I er. The -a mile burnt dow n, and
went out w'oi a splutter, and still she
'it In the dart., where later on Lady
Ticmajiie round her and alarmed at
tin- sight of her pale, tired face and
heavy eyes sent her to lied, while down-M.-iir
hick wa- Inquiring the where
alsniN of pivtt.lss Cardew.
When he left next day be round him
ae!f ihlnklug of her w ith very real re
gicl. If she had not been sor. and If he
had not Urn h aving L'ngland. he felt
he could hav risked It after all;
though, bv the way a lie had bid hlui J
g'k'd by w ith a cold couqiosure, w hlch I
left him no hmeWe for a rvpe4lllon of I
i.isi iiignt s ene. While she? If he
odd hav, guessisi the ibinlis of her
Iccliuk, even t. u at Ihe last luoim-m
wllh late remorse, mingled with a
I'leasaiiter feeing, for lui he lint made
up lil mind to speak to her at lust and
ask lu-r to make him more happy t han
be deserve to be? j
It 1 a dull, dreary November after
noon when he arrives at the Manor
J louse, ami he feels all agreeable elie
of xis-clancy a be alights at the fa-1
miliar door. A vajmry fog euveloH' ;
everything, and the thought of the
w armth within and Joyce I very pleas-
lint to hlui.
"I.ndy Tremnyne I out," nay the old
butler, "ninl no Intimation of Captain
Tii-muyiie's arrival bn been received,
but Lady Carew I lu the drawing-
room.
I'lck wonder who nhe may bo a he
goin Into the cozy drawing room, 1
w hlch In Illumined only by the dancing
fire light. A dcllcloiin perfume of flow-'
ern fills the air. and an he enter some
one rise from a seat m-ur the fire, :i
slender figure lu white. A she ad
vances out of the shadow a fh-ry
tongue of llano- leap up and light
upon the sweet fair face, and a great
Joy fall iimiii the man.
It Is Joyce.
He start forward with outnfretclu-d
bauds, and eager, glad word rise tu
uitlltuoiisly to hi lips.
"'lon't you know me, Joyce?" he
cries; and lie -ii a look of recognition
come Into her eyi-n, but he doen not no
tice the little frown w hich wrinkle lo r
forehead for n moment.
"Of course I remember you, Captain
Treinayiie," she says; ami to hi ears
her Voice seems to have become sweet
er. He had had no Idea that she would
have devi lopnl In three jenis Into thu
lovely woman who now stands before
hlui, with ii new dignity and sweetness
w hlch Im-coiiic her well.
"I aiiievhlcutly nil liucxcp-ctid guest,"
he says, laughing, an they sit down lu
the pleasant glow of the bright tire;
"but I do not regret that, as I have met
you -llrst."
A smile crosses bi-r Hps, and she
looks Into the glow lug tire, ;
"You did Hot expect lo see tue here
Mill. I dare say. Are you home for
long?"
"Yes, I hope so; and then when I go
out again I do not Intend to go alone."
He In very conlbb-nt of his osltlon.
ninl not the least glimmer of doubi
darkens Ids present happiness.
Joyce, he continues, softly, "have
yon never guessed that I love von.
dear? ho you remember that evening
we spent lii the garden here before I
went away? I have never ceased lu
think of you, mid now, ah! Jovce, I
love you, I love you. Forgive mv long
silence and make me hunnv at last." i
The eager words break from his lips
lu n torrent, and then she looks at hlui
with a smile. Her sweet, clear voice
strikes him as utmost cruel when she'
speii ks. ;
"There Is nothing lo forgive," she
says, coldly. "We are Isith quite aware
that that past you speak of was purely
a matter or iiium-emeiit. one must
amuse one's seir lu a place like this.
you know. And, after all, It was simply .
pour passer le temps." I
He hHik.n at her uncoinprehoinllnglvj
till n glimmer of the truth breaks upon
blni with terrible force. There Is ho
hope. j
Joyce," he cries, ib-speratelv, "Is
this all you say to nie after vcars or
devotion?'' i
Ills absolute sclllshiicKs st.-irtl.-s her
and words rise to her llis w hich might
have torn the veil somew hat roughly -
rroin Ills eyes, Put she checks them,
mid rises from her seat.
What more can I say?" she savs
sweetly. "We are all fools m some
time of our lives, mid we were no ex
ccpllon to that rule. Ah, Tod, Is that
you?"
The ihsir opens and a man enters.
Joyce lays her hand on his iirin. lie in
a tall, line looking man. broad shoul
dercd and stalwart. "Captain Tre
mnyne," she says, turning in hick,
with a smile, "1 must Introduce mv
husband, Sir L'dward Carew. Ted, thin
Is Sir John's brother." I
The two men shake hand, and hick. !
rending the absolute triM mid love for
her husband written In l.adv Carew's
sweet eyes, mentally curses his foil.-
and knows that wlial he has sown that
surely he has also rca d -and the har
vest Is blltcr.-Tlie hiuighl.-r.
Her,
In tho fight Is'tween Mexico Bin
Hpaln, which occurred early thU cen
tury, the bead of the rebellious puny
wa a priest. Hidalgo, who gathered
round blni an army of something like
lisMSKl men. He, however, w a defeat
ed, and In aecordnnii' with the tradl
Hon which Spain keep up to-day. be
xva fomloiinicd to death and shut.
With thu place vacant came the man
to till It. Another iirht. fired with the
zeal and enthusiasm of Hidalgo, cutno
forward.
Thi wna Morelas. who In apltc of hi
lH-iceful training exhibited a marked
k-culu for warfare, ami proved bin lit
UesH for the position he tsrilpleil by
reducing four cities to subjection, and
w inning several victories. lu hi turn,
be. too, was defeated Like hi prede
cessor ho wa taken prisoner, ordered
to be executed, am! shot. The freedom
sow n by the blood of these was reaped
a few years after by the people of Mex
I who then bccnino free of Spanish
rule.
In the other struggle Is-tween what
are to-dny still cnlhsl the Spanish
, American countries and Spain, prom!
lii-nt mrt were always taken by the
lender of '.he church. Their sympathy
whs always with the down-trodden
people, their effort were always lu the
cause of llls-rty, and their ambition
were always unbounded except by free
dom.
The outcome of all these war ha
Ih-cii the same, the yoke ha been slink
en otT, ami the colony has ls-comc n
self governing republic. In nii-ordnnce
with precedent this will no doubt In1
the result of the struggle which han
been going on so long In Culm. It Is
curious, however, to note that the
world ban not heard the name of any
priest leading on the jicople against
their oppressor.
The superstition may argue from
thla fact that the day of the deliver
ance of Cuba la not yet nt hand. When
n priest shall gird on the sword over
bis cassock, and discard hi bln-tla for
the helmet, then, perhaps, will the fact
impress me struggle!- for free. loin
with a certainty of victory, a It will
probably strike consternation in the
minds of their opMitieiits. mid so ren
der success more easily attainable.
filiate to take part In the ceremonies.
But no bod le could be found.
"A a matter of faet and of consider
able surprise, not ilngle Mexican bt
hi life. For daya afterward they could
Is "i-eii coming ncrosi the land ma mil,
each man wheeling Ida wheelbarrow'.
l'li..n thi. iiu.n renllxiwl thai ther u-erp
diKitncd to risk a watery grove every J r,m wlloIe English edition do
mm-of-a gun of them (rranped hi I"" ot K'l'Ui'K was bought up In
wheelbarrow and floated nway with It. ; l',,ve day a, und tbe price now atanda
The bnrrowa all grounded a the water "'" HUlueiw.
siibsld.sl and the Mexican made for- One hundred nud fifty thousand
the coast, and In the direction of what tipli-a of "Ixirim I)ooue" lu ti penny
rcmuliifd of the embankment. Work i firm are lo be put on sale Irfthe Lon
wn not again resumed on the roadls-d. I dm bookshops.
but large section of the road are still j nXn whf out of literature, la Mr.
noticeable along the bay coast.'
TRAVELS OF AN OLD HAT.
Prom Tropic Mexico to Krluld Alaska
and Hllll lining.
There drifted Into the olllce of WelN.
I'argo & Co.' express 1 it Kansas City
the other day an old hat that had seen
much of the country, say the Kan -as
City Htar. Completely covering Its
alilea, crown and brim were express
tug from Mexico to the Yukon and to
Kuiisa City. Last night It left for
New York, and will undoubtedly reach
It destination If there remain room tu
a'taeh the liecessury tug.
Inside the hut, s.rurely wired nml
sealed, are some photographs one of
Jim Parker, an outlaw, who attempt
ed to "hold up" the Atlantic and Pa
Hie express at Peach Springs, Ariz.,
last I'ebruary. He was captured, but
CM-upcd after killing his Jailer, lie wan
rwiiptiired and I now In Jail at Pros
colt. There I also the photograph of a
deiul train robls-r, made mi "angel" by
A. C. Summers, an express inessciig -r ,
on the Albuquerque and Los Angeb-s i
division of the Atlantic and Puclik
Hallway. The hat wa worn by Hum
mers, who started It out for Mcxl-o
with the Injunction parted Inside i'r
nil messenger to attach their stickers
mid forward, nml with the In format I .in
that the hat would eventually be pre
sented to Mr. McKluley.
The lint slm-tcd Into .Mexico an I cmne
back loaded down with messages, hu
morous and otherw ise, from the agents
of the company. To some of the tnss
are attached with scaling w ax Mexican
corn husk cigarettes, to others small
Isittb-s of pulque and mescal; a Mexi
can I.I cent silver dollar Is wired to tie
brim, also a copjsT ceiitavo. Nearly
all the messages are In SpanMi. an. I
there are small photographs ,,f .Mexi
can bull lighters, pulque gatherers and
comic pictures from the Mexican pa
pers. I here are also a rabbits fott, a
key, wax matches, aluminium tags, the
lIiiiomi Humphrey, baa written a
DiVfl In which the hospital nurse flg-
ti' . Tho title of thu atory la "The
fmtier."
I i'l'lio Academy cnlla attention to the
I hot that (ieorgo Mfrcdltli'a first vol
j tue of poem appeared In ISM, so that
; p poetical career now extend over
k-arly half a century,
i ' "The Had ClilbPa Hook of Heasta" la
tie taking title to a grotesquely llhm
trited bonk, published by Kdward Ar
iel"!. The picture-si are calculated to
1iU1 the child's attention and the vera
ei to "point a moral or adorn a tule."
! Prof. Jnmi-s W. Huvldson Is nenrlng
tie end of the work upon hi "Diction
ary of Southern Authors," unmi which
it- lina been cngagi'd for twenty yinrs,
rid which will contain over 4,im nrll
fie on II tern ry people belonging to our
Southern Htntes.
Nell Munro I the author of n new
Highland novel culled "John Splendid,"
tlilch I to run serially In Hmekwoods.
The ploris laid In ArjryhVLIre, the au
Uor's native district, and tlie herd waa
l "Imnnle lighter" in the daya when
Jhintrosc and the Puke of Argyll t
llie great llgures In Scotland.
The new edition of Walt Whitman
I f'THO which I soon to come from the
Tutuum' press m contain thirteen
!jciiis that -did not appear lu Ihe edl
i Hon prepared by Whltnian Just before
bl leuth. He tvlKhed tliese to be col
j lictlvcly called "tId Age Echoes," and
j llie last of the jjroup, "A Thought of
: Columbus," wa the dual product of
nis pcu. ine edition Is to Isj in paper
rovers, us prescribed by the author'a
mu.
Mis liniddon lias again determined
to show her skill In the revived his
torical romance, of which her "London
Pride" waa a sucx-i'ssful i-xn tuple. Her
new slory Is named "lu High Plucea,"
nd deal with tlie court life of Charles
II. In Prance and later lu Kngluud. It
may be niciiilon.-.l that a sum in four
DIED OF FRIGHT.
Itooks of tlie Ar.iecs
Large number of books made or nine
h axes existed In Mex I.u at the .Mining
el' the Spaniards; but the Spanish, fol
lowing the example set by Hie tlrst
.Mexican archbishop, everywhere .le
st roved them, so that only a few sur
vived by the care of the natives In con
cealing (hem. Instead of cxlstlinr In
abundance, therefore, Axlee tnami-M-rlpts
are among the rarest treasure
el i:uroeiin libraries. Ilcsldc thin
leaf paper the Mexicans used the pre
pared skins of beasts, and also manit
faciured a kind of paper with gum and
silk. Had their volumes survived In
greater abundance. It Is tolerably cer
tain that row o- none would lie able to
read them, unless with lliem hn.1 also
nirvlved their Interpretation. An re
gards the preparation to which we give
the generic term or paper. Its Invention
Is claimed by the Chinese, but lu such
matters It In usually wiser tn think that
there were coincident discoveries than
that the whole world derlv.il Its Inven
tion from one s-.-in source.
A Hlu. ksiinke Kt-ully Frightened
tow to Death.
.aii unusual siory or animals conies
fr a farm near Staruc.-a, Pa. A
farmer noticed one of bin cows making
repealed ami furlou charge ut a
dense thicket on the fa tin. The ani
mal, which seemed lufurlatisl, rushed
nt the underbrush again and again,
striking the thicket wllh It horns and
bellowing long and hard. An Inves'l
gntlon by the owner of the animal
showed that she was lighting a big
blacksuake and trying to stamp It to
death with her fore feel. The thicket
was an Isolatisl clump of laurels nml
the snake did lint seem dispns.sl tn
leave It and trust Its life In the open
.iiuniry.
Finally the isiw lowered her head and
atteinpt.sl to Impale the snake on her
horns. In an Instant the snake sprang
on Hie cow's head mid colled Itself
about her horns. The cow was dazed
for an Instant ami then net off on n
run. .M-caslonully kneeling to rub her
self against Hie ground, but she was
II 111! t ill- to rid herself of her enemy.
, The cow seemed Dually to realize that
Hi. tier etTorts were Useless ami set (iff
' at a full gallop. The m.-u on the farm
iimile an ellort to follow her ami turn
her back. When cornered she won
charge everything In sight, she b.
I.... 1 I I. . .....
io.n in. sen iiouoe wiiu terror am
foam came from her mouth and bln.k
1I1HI1 ll.T nostrils. I,.r shen were ills
tend. si and she punted as though K
very Hide would burst. Whenever tin
men approached to kill the snake tb
poor cow, hair crazed, would start off
again, tossing lu-r head lu the vain ef
fort to shake the snake oh. Hut tin
reptile Kept Its liol.l with wonderful
tenacity. It was not seen to strike the
cow, but It seemed to enjnv Its ride
mi. I to take pleasure In torturing the
aiilinal that bore It. Occaslunallv the
sniike would hair untwist Itself and Its
bend would play Is-fore the cow's eyes,
mi mono occasions tlie poor animal
would bellow with terror and go back
ward in mi endeavor to escape from
the snake. Finally the brute dropped
from sheer exhaustion and panted out
her life. The snake was luiincdlntclv
dlsatche.laudon llng ineasunsl waa
found to Is- over six f.vt In length..
i lileago I'hroulcle. .
. .
tops from Imit Isiltlen, car seals and . ' m"w nicrllng-ha. been paid
tintypes. ,,,r ",u magazine rights. It la the tlrst
I'he route the hat look can be tra 1 lur ,u "I'l"'" In the Lady'a
ai through Mexico. Arizona. Colorado, 1
and the Northwest back through Nc-i "Skills Oxford lecture on land-
braska, Iowa, Topcku. Kan., and now (nie. w hich are now about to bo pul
to Kansas City. On several of the tags """i for the first time, group them-
lire earnest Injunctions to keep the li.it cues miner inreo Heads. They deal
well Iced en route. i"'"" outline, with I'ght and ahade. and
It Is au expressman' Joke and car ill"""-v wl,,i enlor. it used to lie said
rlesw. ll. Where the old hat will come ; nr '"isuin 'hat bo slept with m.llOO
to a stop It Is hard to say, because 't "'"" 1 urner In his bedroom. Some
I quite likely that when there Is no ! ;,f ,,"','(, rp reproduced In the book,
more r.Miiu left for tag an addition itn'' " ,vl" ,",vt nt ,,,!,!it ono "ketch by
iiimseir. nils n drawing of the
Cnelss Hock In ClcnfltiiR. done at the
(line Mlllala was pnlntlng Uuskln's por-
will ! sewed
some more.
on, and It will travel ,
'rait.
Healing I", iher Time.
Speed was once demonstrated on a
Western road In a fashion to curl the
hair or at least one old Mormon bNh
op. The churchman considered p ;l t
phenomenon, and got off the train as
....t..i-i.. .... i ii n . . . ..I
. i,..t" I ..cross ...,. I,, i ' .. . ..: . : "xr"r"-' """'Be County. N. Y., James
I " f.ii.l f I. it-.l nu-ou
HAWK THAT HERDS COW&
I'.docntcd Illrd Which In the Wonder
of Orunice County, New York.
Two mile north of the little town of
a farm which borders on
the road to dooming Oove. nt. s the
; owner of what In probably the most re-
inarkiible bnwk In the world.
This hawk brliiRs home a herd of
nays, ami, strange to say, h.i.l never
rldileii on a railroad train tint II t:itj
lime when lie entered Upon his trip
rroin t.rccn Klver to S.in I'r: Is.-u.
Tlio I I r . 1...1 ..
tol.l.n. lie had never before seen anv.!": '::n,y .;r.0OW8 ,'Vl"' '"'
giuiiem in me stragglers and kivps the
Which?
Plngrey- 1 hardly know whether It it
safe to promise to Mlvs Winkle or not.
Sometime 1 rear she would refuse p,,.
and then 1 flatter myself would
Jump at the chance.
Fogg- Yen; but which way would ln
jump; -ii.imo:i TiOnscript.
Saved by Wbcclbar ow.
Tl... .,...... .1... -I-
in- nn-oio Ol .III- I. -MIS COIISt flTC
nntiHi all over the western hemisphere
for their power and fury and there are
many terrible storl told of Hi., de
struction done by them alnng the low
oast line, which ha seen smne of the
most terrible wreck lu the history of
American snipping. Klevcti yews ago.
w hen the San Antonio and Aransas
Puss Uallroad was Is-lng built, n very
strange Incident occurred, which ('ap.
tain William lumbar Jenkins recalled
In a recent conversation.
He said: "It was in Inst, iht Vl.rv
severe slorin blew In the vicinity of
K.x-kport and It was during the iilnw
that several mil.- of the shell and
sand embankment reared bv Colonel
Frlah l.ntt, the builder of the San An
tonio ami Anuisa Pass road, was
washed Into the bay. Cnhmel l.ntt em
ployed a large number of Mexicans,
and many of these n,s.r fell....- .. '.
the wild hog a It ranu.-n the f,,i-..-i ...
ontlnetitai Purope. The best brands ,.r
" ' iv ..... . .
encamped on the etnbntikinent. When1 always come, and pml.
morning dawned after the cyclone
of
I le
hit
He had never before keen any
thing so swift, ami he wa scared.
About twelve miles from Ogden be
ask. , Hie conductor for the linn
day, and was told that It was 7:a,1,
Impressed this time forcibly on
mind.
Now. for a wonder, the Western con
ticcilon at Ogd.-n was quickly made,
and lifter the lapse or but a few min
utes the San Fraiicisco-lHiund travel
crs were on their way Callfornlaw ard.
Ogib-ii had lieen left behind only a few
miles, and the train wa
along at a behind time rate
wiicn the old bishop, frightened nti-l
trembling, dared lo ask the conductor
what was the time of day.
If you have traveled Westward you
know- that at Ogden the time changes,
and San Francisco time, one hour ear
lier. Is adopt, si, The conductor had
San Francisco lime ami he said:
"It Is 7 : li ten minutes after seven."
The old bishop, prevlouslv liauiit.il
by a dread of Impending destruction
because of the horrible rale of sim-i-,1 nt
which he was being whirled n.roiu.i.
pace, rose with a wild cry and made
for the door. i
Leiinne off:" he cried. "It wan Xm
minute arter 7 an hour ngo. an" w e're
piln' so rast we are goln' faster than
time can count Itself. Lenune olT"'
Had he really been going as fast as
the old man had believed, he would
surely have been Isilten to bits as he
JiimiMil rroin the train. An It was. he
was only rolled somo.ulng like a half,
mile, and was carried back to Ogden
on a hand car.-Chicago Record.
A Product of I'oor Funning.
We gcnenilly think that the wl.w
awake and up-to-date Tanner has tin.
advantage In everything. He getierallv
has. but the old saying that no rule i's
ilboiit ll exception holds good
The rarmer who keeps the liest hogs
initio! grow a g.Hi.1 quality or brlstl,.M
If he has one or the hairy breeds tht
show- strong vitality, the bristles rr..m
two or throe-year old boar tiiav Is.
orth keeping as bristles. Km .i
Ill 1h Jar Inferior to bristles r...'..
. .. . oi
lli I'Uce.l on Hicyles.
Count llochtHTg. the manager of tin
Herllu oivra. g the beginning of th
summer Issued a notice forbidding all
members of the company to .Mm,. tc
the rehearsals or performances on thelt
bicycle. The notice caused grxtit In
tllgtiatlon among those of the slng.-n
who had taken up their aNsle In th
Miliums.
M.Mlesty never shows up to good ad
vantage lu the dark.
ably will continue to do so. from I!n.
sla. They are very stiff, and not ev.-n
the bristles from the wild hog as it
runs In Southern woods are ax good
Probably our Southern wild pigs nrp
mostly killed before they have attained
age cuough to have their bristles m-,.
ture. o
scores or them were missing and It
wa thought drowned.
"When Lott ami hi men went down
to the lieaeh in the morning several
tnll.M of the madlicd. the wnrk of
many week, was entirely destroyed.
They could learn nothing from the
Mexican who survlve.1, for they were
too ihued and excited to talk, but It
socmis.1 certain that the fatality must
have lsH'ti very large. Preparatlans
were make to search for the rei.o.hw
0and to bury them and a priest wa sent
I for to hold a wholesale funeral service.
i i ne news iroi nn tlio ismnipi. ... ..... i i. .u .... . .
' .. i t in 1 onciieior res-1
1 uiiues tame aown with ail scissor with only o0.j
aerd togethereven more efrtv-tually than
lllram Lloyd, the son of the farmer,
usisl to do. lllrnm had killed the
parent haw k. which hud been stealing
chickens, and took this one from the
nest. As It grew up he made n pet of
It and tisik It with him every evening
when he went out lo bring the cows In.
One day lllram cut his foot so that
he could not walk. HI father wna ab
fnt, and wheu i, o'clock came and
who ,, 1. ,! W,'nt w",,(,u, l,u,,lu lu nn 1-
. si - i l''""'' 'h P-1 hawk, flew out
.. i ...! i of ,hc baru al"' " ln nn hour
or so Mr. Cm ,1 iie.ird n n8e m0
cow moving to-. tl:.-r alon the road,
ami on looking out of the window saw
the whole herd com nj along' apparent
ly alone. She fan nil in the gave to
ilnd out what was t'.'.e matter aid on
Hearing the feme to WJ;" down
bar she saw Abe, porch.-ifrtiV the hor
of the last cow, surveying thp s. e-,!t. S'
with apimreiit sntlsfactloti. Wiu-if: t
cow lagged or loitered by tho wavsidV
the hawk flew at It fiercely, making It
quicken It movement to keep frim
being struck by Its great wings, tfo
then went back to hi curious perch
from which he watched for straggler.'
Arter unit .lay Abe nlwnys broug'it
the cows In. starting punctually nt 5
o'clock on hi task, and generallv
rounding them up Inside of half an
hour. Since the story of tte hawk's
accomplish!! t lias become known
ninny people have visited the farm to
see the performance. Numerous vl.
Itor have waited along oltliT side of
; the road, wntclilnK the herd and their
novel keeper go by .-Orange Jourunl.
j A Fnre Hough on Hats.
nabbll. gophers, prairie dogs, mice
and rals have been killed, by catching
one of the animals and Inoculating it
with a virus prepared esinvlally for
this purpose. Helens the animal and
It will spread contagion among all the
rats on the place, often resulting In
clearing a farm. This virus can lie ob
tained from largo drug stores, and Is
good for use from ten to thirteen dnrs
after It has been put up. If the animal
cannot be caught to tie Inoculated, the
virus may lH mixed with food and fed
to the rats, wheu It will tkv effect In
the same way. The advantage of till
virus la that while it Is death to ro
dents. It does not affect domestic ani
mals or human U-Hng. In this Is has a
great advantage over strychnine
Hough on Hats, etc. '
A New Woman,
First HusUind-How did you receive
that bruise on your C'eek?
.-wumi iiusnami-TlLit was caused
iy a woman s rlght.-,oulsvllle Con
ner-journal.
bike
ibles a
blade.
pair of
Arol.lina; PUtlnctlon.
11 p. V.,. -..!.. .. I'll I .
. .. u.ugini u unre ier got a
noon.
Second burglar What for?
First burglar-Well, If I don"t PO,
loon be known to de police as de only
man In de prcfesti what don't ride
Puck.
Some people are so illogical that even
the climate doesn't agree with thecu.
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