OPTICS.
,
Bachelor at forty Ave,
Tree am 1 the world to roam.
Ask mo why I do "not wive."
Why I have no borne?
Has my heart no tenderness, -Have
I sworn to hate the fair?
Tia not that I love them lees.
Love not one. but more. .
Once, there Was a pat? of eyes.
Eyes of soft and beaming gray.
In whose depths 1 loved to gaze.
, xred their Kent je ray
Bat between me and the gray.
Passed two orbs of blackest night.
Turned me from the first away.
With their witching light.
. Here 1 would have bowed the knee.
Sworn allegiance true.
Bat there chanced to beam on me
- Eyes of deepest bine.
They were brighter than the gray.
Softer than the black, I ween.
Black the starlight: blue the day:
Gray the twilight seem.
Black and blue and tender gray.
Ye are all divine to me;
1 woold wed yoo ail today
Coulit I marry three.
But 1 cbukt not chouse at all.
Which should grace my bridal himu
This Is why at forty-five. -Bachelor
I roam.
ward H. Rice In Springfield HomesieHU
THE ANGEL OF SHILOIi.
"You found the tavern full?'
'The speaker was a handsome, Intel !
gent looking gentleman of perhaps fori v
evidently a citizen of the village .-m l
resident of the handsome but nnpreie.:
tioos dwelling house in front of vrli.i .:
be was standing.
"Yes." I replied: "1 was too lat- i
half an hour, so the landlord inform .i
me."
"You shall be welcome here if you wil ;
accept -of modest quarters and - plant
fare.- - t
The tone of voice, no less than the
words uttered, assured me that the offfi
of hospitality was sincere, and with a
grateful heart and a simple expression
of thanks 1 passed through the gate bikI
clasped the extended hand of the inaii
who, although 1 had never known of his
existence till that minute, and who 1
had every reason to suppose a foe to the
- ras i represented, a rebel to the gov
ernment whose uniform 1 wore, yet in
whom J recognized a friend and brother.
"You are very kind," 1 said; "more
kind than you know, for 1 am not only
weary, but ill, or 1 should not have
sought lodgings indoors while my com
rades were exposed to the privations of
camp life." ......
"I'm glad of the opportunity to offer
hospitality to a professional brother," he
responded, "for 1 know from your letter
on your hatband that you are a surgeon,
and 1 am a physician. This would have
been sufficient to have prompted me to
invite you in, but something else, a sud
den but unexplainable impulse, which 1
could not resist, impelled me to do if
By this time 1 had been led into the
family room. A beech wood fire blazed
and glowed upon the hearth, a bright
carpet with warm polora covered the
floor, an old. fashioned mahogany side
board stood to the left and a bureau of
the same rich wood faced it on the other
side of the room, and in one corner a
clock of "ye olden time," and known by
the title of wall sweeper, counted off the
seconds with steady precision and
sounded the knell of dying hours in a
solemn monotone. " Easy chairs stood
back against the farther wall like sen
tries on an inner picket line, while others
were grouped about the cheerful fire,
and these, as we entered, were occupied
by persons whose faces I could have
never forgotten, had I seen them but a
moment, and which are now photo
graphed upon my heart forever and aya
, There were three persons in the group
a venerable old gentleman, a . white
haired matronly and kindly faced old
laxly, and a golden haired, blue eyed
young lady father, mother and daugh
ter of my friendly host, Dr: Jewell.
. There is something in a name, else
how should these people be so appropri
ately named? 1 wondered and pondered
the more when 1 learned that the richest
and rarest gem in the group had the
beautiful name of Lillian. - - --.
1 beg the reader's pardon, 1 - have not
told him or her, as the case may be, who
am, or wuen, now or wnere ail tins
happened." -.y.-.----.-. '.v .
My name is Alden. a lineal descendant
1 am from John and Priscilla Alden,
whose romantic history - you ' doubtless
have read in poetry, if not in prose. My
ancestors had gone west almost a century
ago, hence those provincial prejudices,
so characteristic of those descendants of
the Mayflower party who still cling to
the crags of Plymouth Bock, had been
lost in the broad and fertile valleys of
the Ohio, or they had wandered off and
found a flower bespangled . grave on the
boundless-prairies of Illinois. At any
rate they found no place in my heart.
The time ofc which I write was Janu
ary, 1862. Place, southwestern Ken
tucky. Grant's army .: was making a
grand reconuoissance in force, with a
view to feeling the strength of the
enemy before making an attack npon
Fort Donelson. ; " ': ' '. 'f
A Cold, pitiless rain had pelted us all
day, and was still pouring down upon
soldiers and officers alike. : When the
village of B.- came in view, at 4 o'clock
the mud and waded . through swollen
streams from early morn having- sur
rendered my horse to a sick soldier, of
the brigade to which I was attached,
and was, therefore, worn and weary and
almost ill. . Immediately after the order
.had been passed along the line to halt
-and to pitch tents for the night, a large
number of the officers galloped on to the
village an drought -shelter beneath' the
rot vof. the hotel it contained. It haS
been my purpose to get a hot supper and
dry bed also, but my professional duties
detained me for some time; and when 1
reached the door of "the inn -i ; was in
formed that not only all the beds, but
every square toot of the parlor - and sit
ting roam -floor had been pre-empted.
'It was waU0-wendingvmyway back to
-camp that I had the rare good fortune,
or fate, to attract the attention of Dr.
Jewell. My boots were covered with
mud," my clothes dripping with water,
and I felt as if chilled to the marrow of
my bones and the center of ray heart
It took but ; a brief time to warm me,
however, for the elements of warmth
were abundant. At his request I fol
lowed the doctor into his chamber and
donned a suit of his clothes, while he
sent my own by a colored- boy to the
kitchen to be dried. Returning to the
parlor, I observed a large bowl of steam
ing punch, flanked by goblets, upon a
table which had been drawn up near the
fire and by which an easy chair had
been placed. The family arose as the
doctor and I advanced, and the old gen
tleman delivered a very brief but very
eloquent temperance speech. He said:
"You northerners have peculiar no
tions about the use of liquor, at least
some of you have. I have been told that
in some places it is an insult to a guest
to' offer him - a glass of hot punch. We
southerners think differently. With us
it is an act of hospitality to invite our
friends, and even strangers, to join us in
a social glass.- 1 do not know what your
views are, but believing that punch is a
good medicine for a man who has been
drenched by a cold rain, 1 ordered some
prepared, and hope you will join us in a
glass before -supper.- ' But if you' have
any conscientious scruples we shall re
spect them and at once send the bowl
from the room." -
"I have no such scruples," I respond
ed. "It is the abuse and not the proper
use of stimulants that forms the basis of
my temperance creed, and there are
times when brandy is a blessing, and
this is one of the times. --1 shall join you
most heartily."
At the close of my speech the old gen
tleman gave place to his wife, who ad
vanced and filled - the goblets to the
brim, while Lillian handed them around.
When each of the men had been supplied
with full and foaming beakers and the
ladies with smaller glasses only part
full, the father said to the son, "Give us
a toast. Walter one suited to the occa
sion." The doctor complied by saying:
"May the acquaintance begun tonight
ripen - into a friendship before which all
sectional and political prejudices shall
dissolve and disappear,, and may that
friendship live and flourish in the hearts
of all present when this cruel war shall
exist only as a sad and sorrowful re
miniscence. . i ' .
"I most heartily Indorse the senti
ment you have so beautifully expressed,"
1 responded, "and beg leave to quote
from a Northland poet in reply: "
May the song birds of peace soon revisit oar
glades, .
And oar children clasp hands where their
fathers crossed blades.
A reverent and fervent "Amen" burst
from the lips of the old gentleman as he
touched my glass with his and raised it
to his lips; tears rolled down the fur
rowed features of his good wife, and
tears stood in the blue eyes of the beau
tiful Lillian, and the long silken lashes
that curtained those-' heavenly orbs
drooped and quivered like the dew laden
willow fringe that hides from sight the
crystal waters of a spring in the valley
of Eden the Eden of my childhood.
Supper being announced at this mo
ment, the old folks led the way, and the
doctor, taking my arm. followed them
into a large old fashioned room, which
served as both kitchen and dining room.
It was a most cheerful and homelike
place; the table which stood in the cen
ter of the uncarpeted floor presented a
neat, inviting appearance to a soldier
who had been on short rations for some
days, and who had eaten nothing for
twelve hours. Ham and eggs and de
licious corn cakes, done to a turn, with
sweet country butter and coffee with
real cream constituted the bill of fare.
It was ample and I did full justice to it.
The evening hours fle w rapidly past
on downy wings of friendly converse,
till the old clock in the corner announced
the hour of 11, when the thoughtful
mother mildly suggested that the major
was doubtless tired, and would like to
retire. I disclaimed ; any thought of
weariness, and, indeed, 1 uttered but the
simple truth in saying that 1 had not
been so entirely refreshed for weeks. It
is passing strange what power there is
in good fellowship to restore the wasted
energies of the body as well as spirit.
So we sat another brief, delicious
hour, , and then the goodnights were
said, and 1 retired to' sleep and dream.
The blue eyed Lillian formed .the web
and horrible battle scenes the woof , of
my visions. ;
The beautiful girl had scarcely uttered
a dozen words during the evening, but
she had a most eloquent auditor. She
had sat almost directly opposite me, and
my eyes rested upon her face as I ad
dressed other members of the group, and
they did not fail at any time to meet a
sympathetic response from her heaven
tinted orbs: nor was there the least em
barrassment in this, for her countenance
bore such a perfect expression of inno
cent interest as to reveal a spirit at once
modest and pure as an angeL '
In my dreams a bloody battle was rag
ing. - My ears were filled with. t ha boom
of cannon, the crash of small arms, the
scream of shell and the shrieks-and
groans " of .". dying '. men." ' The scene
changed. I wandered over the fields of
carnage. The dead were thick about
me.
. A groan reached my ear, and I bent
my steps" in the direction whence the
sound came. A soldier in a lieutenant's
gray uniform lay upon the ground with
his bead resting upon the lap of a wom
an. - I ald;"'lf can be of any service,
please command." - A pair of blue eyes
were lifted toward my face, and a voice,
sad but musical, said:
"Oh, 1 am so glad it is you! you are
a surgeon as well as a friend, and my
brother is dangeronsly wounded." " ' .
Those eyes, that voice; could I be mis
taken? No, it was Lillian," and 1 the
wounded young officer her brother.
What joy, what happiness to be able to
serve-, "aye, perhaps - save the life of her
brother the son of my friend.
--'-A rap1 on my chamber door dispelled
the vision, and the pleasant greeting of
Dr. Jewell restored me to my normal
etate. But my dream remained as a
vivid memory of a startling reality.
I could not believe but that it was a
presentiment, and although I kept it
locked in my heart as a sad, though cher
ished secret, 1 resolved to ask Lillian for
a picture of her brother which she had
shown me the evening before. So just
as I was on the point of leaving I said:
"Miss Lillian, I wish you would give
me a photograph of your brother.' It is
possible I way meet him, and if I should
it would prove my passport to his friend
ship." i - . : ; -
"I will," she replied, "for you may be
of service to him, and I know you would
do him a kindness if you could." ' ! "
"Most gladly would L both for his
own sake and as a reward in part for
the great kindness 1 have experienced at
the hands of his family." . .
The young lieutenant's handsome face
bore a striking resemblance to that of
his sister, and for that I prized it and
cherished it. ' I wore it constantly in an
inner pocket of my vest .
- The stirring - scenes intervening
dimmed somewhat the memories of my
vision as time passed, but could not blot
it from my mind.
The battle of Shiloh had been fought,
and during the whole of it my mind re
verted to the dream.' It seemed" but a
repetition of a tragedy of which I had
witnessed the rehearsal. .Impelled by
some strangtt impulse I could not resist,
1 wandered out upon the battlefield at
midnight Every spot seemed familiar.
The dead faces were those I had seen in
my dreams. A groan, aye, the same
groan that 1 had heard on that ever
memorable night of January. 1862. -
I hurried to the side of the poor fellow
from whose agonized lips it came He
was prone upon the cold earth, with his
head resting upon, bis left, arm, while
with his right hand he was striving to
check the flow of blood from a gunshot
wound in his left breast.
A glance told me 1 had found the son
of my friend the brother of Lillian.
Fortunately I had with me the means of
stopping the flow of blood; also a can
teen of water and a .flask of brandy.-'- No"
word was' spoken until : I had -done all
that could be done at once, when with a
faint voice and difficult articulation he
said:
- "You have saved my life and 1 thank
you." -' -- ' ;
" You owe me no thanks, lieutenant.
1 should be an ingrate did I not serve to
the utmost of my ability the son of my
friend, Dr. Jewell, the brother of bis
precious daughter Lillian." .
"Is this is a dream? How? Where did
you know my father and sister?" 1 - .--
"Be calm, my dear friend; I will glad
ly tell you all, but not now. Enough
that 1 have found you, and serve you.n.-
In my arms I bore the wounded officer
to my tent, and vigilantly did I watch
by his side until morning came. - r--
He had lost much blood, and the
wound was painful, but not especially
dangerous, hence he recovered' rapidly
and within a month he was well again.
In the meantime I had told the story of
my impromptu visit to his old Kentucky
home and the generous hospitality I had
met with there. 1 showed him the photo
of himself given me by his sister, and
the marvelous dream which had prompt
ed me to ask for the picture was; re
hearsed. '-'..':"' "
"Doctor," he said as I closed my story,
"1 don't think 1 am superstitious, but I
believe your (eam was a presentiment
given you by my angel mother. It was
she and not my sister you saw holding
my head in her lap. Lillian is marvel
ously like her mother, and could readily
have been mistaken for her.". ,
' "'At least in a dream." I added pleas
antly, i -. .
"Yes, or by moonlight in waking
hours. But please don't try to break my
faith in the reality of that vision of
yours. It has come true almost to the
last particular." . -
It has," I replied, "and 1 believe in
its reality as firmly-as you can."
I told the story to General M , and
it softened his heart bo greatly that
when I asked permission to take my
tnend to liis borne it was readily granted.
The reader may be safely left to pic
ture to himself the joyful meeting of the
long absent son with bis loving grand
parents, father and sister, and the ex
pressions of ' jjratitude and friendship
showered npon my humble self. ' iir
My leave of absence was for thirty.
aays. i spent a fortnight of it with my
Kentucky friends, and when I departed
1 carried with me two miniature 'por
traits. - One of them had : golden hair
and eyes of heaven's own blue, and lips
tnat rivaled the ripening pomegranate.
and cheeks like the sunny side of a lus
cious peach. Nor was this all I had to
gladden my bachelor heart. . -
' The original of the picture had said
that "when this cruel war should be over
I might come again, and then she would
gladly go with me to my northern as
my wife.' - - ; - -'' ,
I have only to add that she is looking
over my shoulder as 1 write, and trying
to convince me that the public (meaning
you, dear reader) will laugh at ' me for
being so silly as to tell how I was cap
tured by a rebel girl , and at her being so
easily converted from her "secesh" senti
ments to unwavering loyalty to the
Union. True Flag. -
W -
. Perfume In Plants.."
A German botanist, Mr. Hegel, has
made public the result of his researches
as to the causes of the perfumes of
plants, and the factors which diminish
or increase them. "Light and heat nat
urally play a very important role. Dark
ness prevented the development of per
fume in flowers -of which the buds were
only slightly advanced when submitted
to ' its influence; and even the plants
j whose flowers exhaled perfume only at
nighfc lost their 'ouor if compelled to live
in continued darkness." Boston Tran
script. ; - : ' - . .. - -t
Elevation or the Hind. '
Lofty elevation of min i does not make
one indifferent-t the" wants and suffer
ings of thrwewher are below him;: 4" On
the enntntrj', 'as the rarefied air of moan
t; -.s makes distant objects seem nearer,
ko are all his fellow beings brought near
erto the-J heart of him who looks "-upon
them from the height of his wisdom.
New York Ledger. '
i A Victim of the Common House ly. '-
-It is said that the late Father Damien
attributed the'- leprosy - which brought
about his death to inoculation by flies
which flew from leprous patients to a
wound on his head. It must be remem
bered that though cases doubtless occur
in which infectious diseases are con
veyed by flies,' these insects do an im
mense amount of useful service by the
scavengering which they so assiduously
perform. Brooklyn Eagle. ' v"
- A Remarkable Egyptian Custom.
The Egyptians had a very remarkable
ordinance to prevent persons -from bor
rowing imprudently; An Egyptian was
not permitted to borrow without giving
to his creditors in pledge the body of his
father. It was deemed both an impiety
and an infamy not to redeem so sacred a
pledge. A person who died without dis
charging that duty was deprived of the
customary honors paid to the dead.
Yankee Blade.
.W-omeni
The -emmou afflictions of women are sick-headaches,
iiid.'jjsstioa o::il nervous troubles. They
arise largely from stomach ilisorOc-re. As Joy's
VcgefubJa Earsaparilla is the only bowel regu
lating preparation, yon can see why It Is more
effective than any other SarsapariUa in those
troubles. It is daily relieving hnndreds. Tbo
action u mild, direct and effective. We have
scores of letters from grateful women. '
Vfc relet to a few:
Nervoas debility, Mrs. J. Barron, 142 Vth St., 8.F.
Nervous debility, Mrs. Fred. Loy, 837 ElllsSt., S.F.
General debility, Mrs. Belden, 610 JIason St, 8.F,
Nervous debility, Mrs. J. Lamphere. 735 Tark 8L,
S. 1.
Nervous debility. Miss R. Rosenblum. 282 17th
St., 6. F.
Stomach troubles, Mrs. R. L. Wheaton. 701 Post
St., 8. F. . -
Sick headaches, Mrs. M. B. Price, 16 Prospect
Place, S. F.
Sick headaches, Mrs. M. Fowler,S27 Ellis 6t,S.F.
Indigestion, Mrs. a D. Stuart, 1221 Mission St,
8. F. .
Constipation, Mr. C. Kelvin, 126 Kearny 8t,8.F.
etable
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For Sale by SNIPES & KINERSLY.
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June 19th, 1891. f
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There" is nothing like them ever intro
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ITS Second St. . -To Dalles. Or.
A Revelation.
Tew people know that the
bright bluish-green olor of
the ordinary teas "exposed in
the windows' Is not the nat
ural color. ' Unpleasant as the
fact may be, it is nevertheless
artificial:' mineral' coloring
matter- being used for this
fold It not onlr makes' the
' tea a bright, shiny green, hat also permits the
ase of " off-color " and worthless teas, which;
once under the '.green cloak, are readily
worked off as a good qualify of teat . -.
An eminent authority writes on this sub-
. JeeU "The manipulation of poor teas, to give
them a'flner appearance, is carried on exten
sively. Green teas,' being in this country
especially popalar, are produced to meet the
demand by coloring cheaper black kinds by
glaring or facing with Prussian blue, tumeric,
gypsnm, and indigo. ' TMm method it mo gen
eral that very little genuine nneolored green tea
it offered for tale.". ''
it was the knowledge of this condition of
affairs that prompted the placing of Beech's
Tea before the public. - It is absolutely pare
and without oolor. Did yoa ever see any
genuine nncolored Japan tea? Ask your
grocer to open a package of Beech's, and yon
: will see it, and probably for the very first
: time. It will be found in color to be just be
tween the artificial green tea that you have
been accustomed to and the black teas.
It draws a delightful canary color, and is so
fragrant that It will be a revelation to tea
- drinkers. -Its purity makes it also more
. economical than. the' artificial teas, for leaf
of it la required percup. SoHonly in pound
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