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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1886)
IN TIME OF WINDS. The pale Is sweeping nnJ stghloo: Through Jeeps where the wood is bare, And brown, dead masses arc lying, Where the sprlng-tlmo llowcrs were fair; And desolate meadows and dreary, Whence the sunlight long has fled, Arc loud with the dirges dreary, That moan for the grasses dead. And there, by the sad sea beaches, The white "waves fretfully surge, And up from the wreck-filled reaches, They force the sand and the spurge; And wide through the sombre gloaming Flics the salt and bitter spray, Aj the wild storm-wind goes roaming, Through the snow mist, wan and gray. The ships bend down to the rushing Of gmts that are keen and cold, The foam-capped rollers arc gushing Throtieh the chaln-plates.downward rolled ; The bell-buoys clamor and Jungle, As the short waves fret ntid toss, And gurrulous sea gulls wrangle, As they wing the bar across. Far north, like a sombre curtain, The billowing cloud-wracks mass, And shadows vague and uncertain Hefore them fitfully pass, The shadows of forests, heaving In throes of the mighty blast, Whose grotesque branches are weaving The giants that change so fast. And so, through the hours that lengthen, The wind In Its might grows loud, And Its hoarse notes roll and strengthen As down from the hills they crowd: And on, while the night grows deeper They rise, till their echoes seem The turmoil a weary sleeper Hears In a chaotic dream. When the winds from slumber waken, The oceans obey their might, The forests are rent and shaken, There Is no silence In night; And ever their restless sweeping, Shows like the swarth of a sword, Yet one hand holds thorn In keening, The strong, sure band of the Lord. Thus. ,V. Collier, Ut the Current. Sandorfs Revenge. A SF.QUEb TO MATIIIAS SAN'DOKF ANI DOCTOR ANTEKIMT. 33y .Tiiles Revile, AUTIIOn OP "jOUItNEY TO Tlin CItNTJtE OK THR KAUTH," " TlilP TO TUT. MOON," " AltOUN'D TIII5 WOULD IN KIOIITY DAVS," " MICIIAltrj STItOOOFI'," " TWKNTV THOUSAND JjUAOUES UNDKlt TUB SUA, " ETC., ETC. Translation copyrighted by G. II". Ilanna, JSSS. CHA1TKK 11-CoNTiNUiii). "But Hum boforo tins pilot enmo on board, when wo wero nbout a milo from tho land, after milking n parcel of my clothes ami tying tlioni to my neck, I fllippcil off tho rudder-chain into tho eca. "A miuuto afterwards Iliad lost sight of tho steamer, whoso steam-whistlo thun began its shrieking. In hnlf nn hour I luul renohed tho nhoro, hidden among tho rocks, resuniod my clothes, nnd on n bod of seaweed lmd fiillon asleep. In tliu morning I ontorod Briu disi, found one of tho humblest hotels in tho phu!, nnd thoro uwuitod events before settling on tho plan of an entirely .now life. "Two clays afterwards, Piorro, tho newspapers informed mo that tho con spiracy of Trieste was at an ond. They said that tho search for Count Saudorf's body had been fruitions. I was hold to bo dead as dead as if 1 had fallen with my two companions Ludislas Zuthmar nnd your father Stephen Buthory in tho donjon of Pisino. "J, dead ! No, Pierre and thoy shall csco that I am living 1" I'iorro hnd listened greedily to tho Doctor's story. Ho was ns deeply moved by it ns if tho story had been told him from tho tomb. Yes I It was tho Count Mathias Sandorf who had spokon. In tho presence of him, tho living portrait of his father, his habitual coldness had gradually abandoned him, ho had rovealed his real ohnrnotor, ho had shown himself ns ho really was, nftor years of disguise. What ho had said nbout his audacious voyngo across tho Adriatic was true in tho miuutost details. It was thus that ho arrived at Briudisi, whero Mathins Sandorf romniued dead to tho world. But ho had to leave) Briudisi without delay. Tho town is only n transfer station. People como to it merely to embark for India or land for Europe. It is generally empty except on tho two days of tho week when tho P. and O. boats come in. If tho Doctor hnd no further fear for his life it was important that his death should bo behoved in. Thus ho thought on tho morning after his arrival as ho was walking at tho foot of tho terrace which overlooks tho column of Cleopatra nt tho very spot whero tho old Appian Way begins. Already ho had formed his plans. Ho would go to tho East iu search of wealth nnd powor. But to embark on ono of tho stcnmlxiats trading to Asia Minor among n crowd of passen gers of nil nations was not what ho wanted. Ho wanted some more secret means of transport than ho could 11 ml nt Briudisi. Ami that evening ho took tho train for Otrnnto. Iu nn hourand n half the train reached this town situated almost nt tho cud of tho heel of tho Italian boot. Thoro in this almost abandoned port tho Doctor agreed with tho captain of a xobeo depnrting for Smyrna. In the morning tho xobeo sailed nnd tho Doctor saw the lighthouse of Puuta di Luca, tho oxtremo point of Italy, sink beneath tho horizon, whilo on tho opposito coast tho Aorooe ranniau mountains wero hidden in ths tuixt. A fow days afterwards, after a voyngo without iuoidout, Capo Matifou at tho extremity of Southern Qrcooo was doubled and Smyrna safely reached. The Doctor had suooinotly related to Pierre this wart of his voyago and also Low he had learnt from tho nowapapors of the uuexpeotod doath of his daughter that luul loft Llin alouctin tho world. "At la-st," ho said, "I was fn Uio land of Asia Minor, whero for so many years I was to livo unknown. It was in studies of medicine, choniistry, natural scionoo that I had delighted during my youth at tho schools nud universities of Hun gary whero your father gained his renown nnd it was to those studies that I wns to trust to gain tho means of livelihood. "I was fortunato enough tosucceod, nnd moro promptly than I had hoped, first at Smyrna, whero for sovon or eight years I obtained great reputation as a physician. Somo unexpected cures brought mo into connection with tho richest pcoplo of those countries in which tho medical nrt is still in n rudimentary suite. I then made up my mind to leavo tho town. And liko tho doctors of tho days gono by, healing nt tho samo timo ns I taught tho nrt of healing, studying tho almost unknown therapeutics of tho talebs of Asia Minor, tho pundits of India, I traveled through tho wholo of those provinces, stopping hero a fow weeks, thoro a fow months, called for nnd asked for nt Karnbissar, Binder, Adann, Halob, Tripoli, Dumas, always preceded by n renown which increased without ceasing nnd brought mo n for tuno that increase I with my renown. "But that was not enough. What I wanted was unbounded power, such as that possessed by tho wealthy rajahs of India, whoso knowlcdgo is equal to their wealth. " My opportunity camo. "Thoro was at Hans in Northern Syria n man dying of a slow disease. No physician had been ablo to toll what was tho matter with him. Honco nono of them know how to treat him. Tho man was Faz-Ithat, nnd ho had occupied very high posts in tho Turkish Empire. Ho was thon forty-fivo years of ago nnd nn immouso fortuno nllowcd him to enjoy nil plcnsures of life. " Faz-Ithat had heard of mo, for nt tho timo my reputation was nt its height. Ho invited mo to Huns and I nccopted tho invitation. "'Doctor,' said ho, 'tho half of my fortuno is yours if you will give mo back ni' life 1' '"Koeptho half of your fortuno,' I paid, 'I will tako caro of you nnd euro you if Heaven permits,' "I carefully studied tho molndy the physicians had abandoned. A fow months at tho outside was all they had given him to livo. But I was lucky enough to diugnozo him unmistakably. For throe weeks I remained with Fnz Ehat ho as to follow tho effects of tho treatment I had prescribed. His euro was complete. When ho wished to pay mo I would accopt only what seemed to mo to bo reasonable. And then I left Hans. "Thrco years lator by nn accident when hunting Fnz-llhnt lost his life. Ho had no relatives whntovcr nnd his will mnde mo tho solo heir of all Ilia possessions. Their value was certainly not less thnullHy millions of florins. "Thirteen years had thon elapsed sinco tho fugitive of Pisino had taken refugo in Asm Minor. Tho namo ol Doctor Antekirtt, although somewhat legendary, was known throughout Eur ope. I have obtained tho result 1 wished. And now I was ready to st to work at tho object of my life." CHAPTER IIX THE PltKSENT. "I had resolved to eturn to Europa, or at least to somo point of tho Mediter ranean. I visited tho afrioan coast and for a considerable sum I became) tho owner of an important island, rich, fer tile and suitable in every way for a small colony this Islo of Antokirtta. Hero, Pierre, I am sovoroign, absoluto master, king without subjects, but with n people devoted to mo body and soul, with moans of dofoneo that will bo very formidable when I have finished then1., with means of communication that link mo to different points of tho Mediterra nean Dorclor, with a llottlln ot suoli speed that I may almost say that I have made this sen mv dominion !" "Whero is Autokirthi situated ?" askod Piorro. "In tho neighborhood of tho Syrtis Major, which has had an ovil imputation from tho romotost unticpiity, iu tho south of tho sea which tho north wind makes so dangerous oven to modorn ships, iu tho doopost bend of tho Gulf of Sidra which outs back into tho African coast botweon Tripoli and Barca. " Thoro at tho north of tho group of the Syrtio Islands is tho island of Antokirtta. A fow years boforo tho Doctor had traveled through tho Tripolitan coasts, and visited Souza, tho old port of Oyrono, tho Barca country, tho towns that have replaced tho old Ptoleniais, Berenice, Adrtauopohs, nnd m a word that old Pontapolis, formorly Crook, Macedonian, Roman, Persiau, Saracenic, and now Arabic nnd belonging to the Paohabk of Tripoli. Tho chances of his voyage for ho wont to n certain extent whero ha was called took him among tho arohi polagoos off tho Lybinu sea board, Pharos nud Anthirodu, tho Phnthiuo twins, Euoripto, nnd thoTyndnriorocks, Pyrgos, Platen, llos, the Hyphalos, tho Pouliaris, tho White Islands, and lost of all tho Syrtics. In tho Gulf of Sidr.i, about thirty miles south-west of tho vilayet of Ben Ghazi, tho nearest point on tho mainland, ho found tho Islo of Antokirtta. It was largo enough eighteen milos inciroum-foronoo--to aooonunodato all those ho thought necessary for his plans ; sufll ciontly olovatod, consisting chiefly of n oonioul hill, towering up somo eight hundred feet from tho sen, and command ing tho whole sweep of tho gulf ; and Bullloiontly varied in ita productions, Mid watered by its streams, to satisfy the wants of several thousand inhabi tants Besides it was in that sea, torrl hlo on account of its storms, which in prehistoric times hnd been fatal to tho Argonauts, whose porils wero sung by Apolloutus of Bhodes, Iloraoe, Virgil, Proiwrtins, Valerius, Flnoous, Luoan, and so mnuy othors who wero moro goographora than poota, suoh ns Poly bins, Ballast, Stnibo, Mela, Pliny and Proeouius, Tho Doctor wns tho island's abioluto wner. He had obtained tho freehold or a considerable sum, clear of every cndal nnd other obligation, nnd tho leed of cession which made him sovereign jropriotor had been fully ratilled by the Sultan. For thrco years tho Doctor had lived n this island. About 300 European nnd krnbio fnmilies nttrncted by his offers uid the guarantco of a happy lifo formed i small colony of some 2000 souls. Thoy -ero not slaves, nor wero thoy subjects ; Jioy wero companions devoted to their shlef, nnd nono tho less so becauso that mini! corner of tho terrestrial globo had jecomo their now homo. Gradually a regular ndministrntion ind been orgnnized, with n militia for ;ho defenco of tho island, nnd n mngis irato chosen from nmong tho notables, ivho very seldom found his services required. Then according to plans sent ay tho Doctor to tho leading builders of Englaud, Franco and America, ho had had constructed his wonderful Hoot of iteamers, steam yachts, schooners, nnd " Electrics " for his rapid passago ncross tho Mediterranean. At tho samo timo fortifications began to bo thrown up round Antokirtta, but they wero not yet iuishod, although tho Doctor for serious reasons was urging on tho works. Had then Antokirtta somo enemy to fear in tho vicinity of tho Oulf of Sidra? i'es. A formidablo soot, or rathor a tocioty of pirates, who had not seen without envy ond hatred n foreigner bunding a colony off tho Lybian coast. This sect was tho Mussulman Brother hood of Sidi Mohammed Bon Ali Es Benoussi. In this year (1300 of tho Ilcgira) it hnd becomo much moro men acing than formerly, and its geographi cal dominion embraced somo 3,000,000 of adherents. His zaouiyai, his vilayets, his contrc3 of activity established in Egypt, in tho Turkish Empire, in Eu rope and Asia, in Eastern Nigritia, Tunis, Algeria, Morocco and tho independent Sahara up to tho frontiers of Western Nigritia, oxistcd in still greater numbers in Barca and Tripoli. This was a sourco of serious danger to tho Euro pean cstuhishmcnti of Northern Africa, including Algeria, destined to becoino hereafter tho richest country in tho world, and especially to Antokirtta, nnd honco tho Doctor wns only acting with ordinary prudence in availing himself of every modern means of protection and defenco. So Pierro learnt from tho conversation which followed and which taught him many other things as woll. It was to tho islo of Antokirtta that ho had been brought, to tho midst of tho Syrifc Sea, as to ono of tho most forsaken corners of tho Ancient World, many miles from Engusa, whero ho had left bohindtwo whoso memory would nover leavo him his mother and Sava Toronthal. In a fow words tho Doctor completed tho details concerning tho second half of his existence. While ho was making his arrangements for assuring tho secur ity of his island, while ho was develop ing tho riches of tho soil, nnd providing for the material and moutal wants of tllo littlo colony, ho had kept himself acquainted with all that was going on respecting his former friends of whom ho had nover lost sight nnd nmong whom wero Madamo Buthory, hor son nnd Borik. Piorro then learnt why tho Snvnrena had arrived atGravosa under conditions that so greatly excited tho curiosity of tho public, why tho Doctor had visited Madamo Buthory, how and why hor son had not been informed of his visit, how tho money put nt his mothor's disposal hnd been refused by her, aucl how tho Doctor had arrived in timo to snatch Pierro from tho tomb to which ho had been carried when in his magnetic sloop. "You, my sou," ho added. "Yes I You loct your head entirely and did not recoil from suicide " "Suicide I" ho exclaimed. "Do you thon think 1 stabbed myself?" "Pierro in a moment of dospair " "Despair? Yesl Iwasl I thought I had been abandoned oven by you, my father's friend, after tho promises you had made I In despair? Yes? and I am now 1 But Heaven does not givo death to thaio in despair I It says livo and bo avenged 1" "No punish 1" answered tho Doctor. "But, Piorro, who stabbed you then?" "A man that I hate," replied Pierre, "a man that on that night I met by chanco in a deserted road by tho sido of tho walls of Bugusal Perhaps ho thought I was going to quarrel with him 1 But ho prevented mo! Ho stabbed mo I This man, this Sarcauy is" Pierro could not finish tho sontonoe. At tho thought of the wrotoh in whom ho saw the husband of Sava. his brain seemed to fail him, his oyes closod and lifo seemed to leavo him as if his wound had been reopened. In n moment tho Doctor had restorod him to consciousness and looking at him fixedly "Sarcauy I Sarcauy!" ho whispered to himself. It was ndvisnblo for Pierro to tnko somo rest after the shock ho hud just received Ho declined to do so. "No," said he. "You told mo to begin with nnd now for tho story of 1) ctor Antekirtt from tho moment when Count Mathins Sandorf precipitated himself into tho waves of tho Adriatic " "Yes. Pierre." "Then there issomothingolso I ought to know about Count Mathins Sandorf." "Are you Btrong enough to hear it ?" 'Speak." "Bolt so," replied tho Doctor. "It is better to finish with the secrets that you have a right to know, with all tho terrible past that will nover return. Pierre, you thought I had abandoned you lweauso I hnd left Grnvosn I Listen thon nnd judge for yourself. "You know, Pierre, that on tho evon ing of tho day llxod for your execution my companions nnd I nt tempted to escape from the fortress of Pisino. But Ladislas Zathmar was caught by the warders just as ho was going to joiu us at tho foot of tho donjou. Your futhor and I swept away by tho torrent of tho Buoo were already out of thoir reach. "After minioulously escaping from the whirlpool) of tho Foiba. when wo sot foot on tho Demo Canal, wo woro perceived by a scoundrel who did not hesitato to sell our heads to tho govern ment who had just put a prico on them. Discovered in tho house of a Rovigno fisherman who was just about to tako us ncross tho Adriatic, your father was arrested nnd returned to Pisino. I was most fortunato and escaped I You know that ? But this you do not know. "Before tho information given to tho police by this Spaniard named Carpcna information which cost Ferrato tho fisherman his liberty and, a fow months nftcrwnrds, his lifo two men hnd sold tho secret of tho conspirators of Trieste" " Their names ?" interrupted Pierro. "First of all ask mo how thoir treach ery was discovered," said tho Doctor. And ho hurriedly told what had passed in tho coll of tho donjon, and explained tho ncoustio phenomenon which had rovealed the names of tho traitors. "Their names, Doctor!" exclaimed Pierro. "You will not refuse to givo mo their names ?" "I will toll you." " Who aro thoy ?" " One of them was tho accountant who hud introduced himself as a spy into Zathniar's houso 1 Tho man who tried to assassinate you Sarcauy 1" " Sarcauy 1" exclaimed Pierre, who found sufficient strength to riso and walk towards tho Doctor. "Sarcauy I That scoundrel 1 And you know it! And you, tho companion of Stephen Buthory, you who offered his son pro tection, you fo whom I havo entrusted tho secret of my love, you who had encouraged me, you allowed him to introduco himself into Silas Toronthal's house, when you could havo kept him out with a word ! And by your silenco you havo authorized this crimo yes I this crimo which has delivered over that nnfortunato girl to Sarcauy I" "Yes, Pierre, I did all that!" "And why?" "Becauso sho can nover bo your wife I" "Sho can never bo my wifo !" "Becauso if Pierro Buthory marries Miss Toronthal ho will bo guilty of a still moro abominable crimo !" "But why ? Why ?" asked Pierre, in a paroxysm of nuguish. "Becauso Sarcauy hud an nccomplico I Yes, nn nccomplico in tho horriblo scliemo which sent your father to his death I And that accomplice it is necessary that you should know it wns tho banker of Trieste, Silas Toron thal 1" Pierro heard and understood 1 no could make no reply. A spasm con tracted his lips, no sa'ik, crushed to tho earth, and horror completely para lyzed him. His pupils dilated and his look seemed to bo plunged into unfathomablo darkness. Tlio paroxysm lasted for a fow seconds, during which tho doctor asked himsolf if tho patient woro about to succumb under tho dreadful operation to which ho had submitted him. But Pierre's nature was as energetic as his own. He gained tho mastery over his tortured feelings. Tears welled up into his eyes. Thou ho foil back into his chair and hold out his hand to tho Doctor. "Pierro," said ho to him in n gentle serious voice, "to tho wholo world you nnd 1 aro dead ! Now lam alono in tho world, with no friend, no child I Will you bo my son ?" "Yes! Father 1" answorod Pierre. And the fa her and bon sat clasped in each other's arms. to nr. CONTIN'IT.D. For Telling Horses' Ages. The full-grown horse possesses twenty-four hack teeth, that is, six in each side of each jaw; these aro called molars or grinders, lie has twelve front teeth, that is, six in each jaw. Mares havo no tushes. The foal has either ut its birth or shortly afterward eight milk teeth, that is, four iu each jaw; nt nbout 12 months two moro milk teeth como in each jaw. Those remain unchanged until ho is 3 years old. Tho mouth of tho yearling and 2-year-old cannot ho confounded. Tho yearling mouth shows no signs of use. and tho comer teeth are shells only; at 2 years old thcso teeth arc strong and well-grown, and tho cor noi" teeth tilled up. A littlo before 3 years tho two conter teoth of each jaw fall out nnd aro replaced by permanent ones. A littlo boforo 4 tho two tcoth on each sido of tho center teeth aro re placed by permanent o-ies. A littlo be fore 5 tho two remaining teoth aro shed, and in their placo como permanent ones. Tho upper milk teoth usually fall out first. Thus tho mouth is completed as to its front teeth; tho cornor tooth, however, is but imperfectly dov. loped, being at present a shell only; thi shell at C years old has filled up and is a complete tooth. This is tho difference between a 5 and n 6 year old. Tho tushes appear between 3J nnd 4 years old. and they tako nearly two years to arrive at their full growth. These teeth, as tho horso grows older, got blunter and shorter, and so to an experienced judge aro n sure indication of age. Up to G years old the mouth is in a distinct and peri odical state of struotional change. There is no dillleulty iu do'onnining the age up to that date. After that tho ago must bo judged by tho shape of the mouth ami the appearance of tho teeth called tho mark. At G years of ago tho cups leavo two center teeth above, at 7 tho next two above, at 8 the outer or corner teeth above. At nine tho two center teeth below loso tho cuts, at 10 tho next two below, and at 11 tho outor or cornor teeth be low. After a littlo practice tho csloso ob server can scarcely make a mistake. Tho changes that occur aro the same in all horses, or nearly so. The Sports man. Evangelist Small has discovered that when ever he talks about Jack Pott the Chicago HHila aro ou to hi in. He U well-known character. S U i'aU GloU SUCCESS, ITow.Tolin Hammond Aclilcvod Succon A Story for itoj s. From Gracious Words. "Come, John, do put those old draw ings out of sight nnd como with us. There never was better skating, and the moon is at its full. If I was poeti cal, I should say that the entire land scape hns been touched by a fairy's wand; but as I am a prosnic sort of a fellow, I can only tell you that it is a most delightful evening." John Hnmmond laid dr-u;n lis com passes, and looking up with a smile, said: "I know it is a delightful evening, nnd if I could nflord the time, I should enjoy skating as much asyou can; but I have a certain amount of work to do boforo I sleep." "Then do it later," responded his class-mate. "I should bo in no mood for it, nnd besides late work nlwnys gives me tho headache. When I am through with drawing I have a lesson to learn, so there is not a minute to spare." "I havo two lessons to learn, but they must wait my pleasure. Then I will hurry up and overtake you if I can." With these words Mark Lester left the room, and John Hammond turned again to draughting square and com - passes. Various comments were made upon his refusal to come out; some praising him for his industry, and others ridi culing him as "too stupid for any thing." "I can go by him when I nm rendy to do my best, and he knows it!" said Lester, with an air of conscious pow er. "I can leurn a lesson in half tho timo ho would spend on it; and as for drawing that is mere play for me." No one disputed this. The speaker was a lad of wonderful ability, while everybody knew that Hammond stud ied and plodded hour after hour to accomplish his tasks. But they wero always accomplished. So now, as ho heard the shouts of his returning schoolmates, ho had the satisfaction of knowing that what was set for him to do had all been done. The next day his recitations were perfect. His teacher in drawing complimented him upon tho accuracy of his work, and he was thus more than repaid for the self-denial he had practiced the previ ous evening. Mark Lester, on the contrary, was in disgrace, leceiving a severe repri- ' innnd for neglect of duties. The fact that he might have performed them 1 with so little effort, only aggravated his offense. "This is the last time," he said to himself, and for the next few weeks he quite eclipsed any previ ous record ho had made. His rec itations wero perfect, and his draw ings sometimes lacked the exactness desired, but there wns so much of merit that this hardly counted against him. -Meanwhile John liaminoijd kept on in his chosen way; painstaking nnd conscientious, truo to his purpose to make tho best of his opportunities. "Hammond wouldthinkit a sin not to do his level best every day," re marked ono who knew him intimately, "lie says, as he has but ono lite to livo here, he cannot afford to waste any part of it." "Ho makes too serious business of livin;;," replied another. Anybody would think ho was 50 instead of 1(5." "For all that, he is the happiest fel low I know. He never seems troubled about anything, although 1 imagine lie has not much but his hands to de pend upon. You know he is to be hero only a year longer." "Do you suppose his religion has anything to do with his manner of working?" "I think it has. His religion is tho genuino article. He has told mo that, I if ho feels tired or discouraged, ho prays for new strength and courage, and it is always given him." "If Lester had that sortotprinciplo, you wouldn't see him up to-day unci down to-morrow, although it looks now as if ho would stay up"." But the reaction came. The brilliant scholar was indolent ami carelcss.and ngain John Hammond distanced him. Tho failure of his father obliged him to leavo school, and thrust upon him the necessity of self-support. No one doubted his ability to do this. Indeed his friends expected much more from him. Ho was however, unnccustomed to patient, persistent effort of any kind, lie preferred eu.so to hard work, even when hard work was the prico of inde pendence and competency. His fail ure to meet tho requirements of thoso who employed him icsultedin the loss of a position every way desirable. Meeting an old schoolmate who sym pathized with him m his mislortune, lie asked abruptly: "Do you know anything of Ham mond?'' "Yes," was replied. Ho is doing splendidly. Ho went West with his father about a year ago, nnd sinco thon ho has drawn tho plans for a ihurch nnd helped to build it." "An architect is he?" "He must be. you know he wns al tvnvs exact in everything like mechan ical or architectural drawing. Ho has jono where ho has plenty of room, and I shall expect to hear of him as a man whom othors will bo pleased to hon or." "So that is what comes of his plod ling! Well, tho secret of his succoss was constancy to ono purpose, that is sure." A girl in Burnmh is nfiinnced early to ono ot hor cousins, but the match tuny be broken off. In such a enso iho defaulter, if tho man, has to give :ho girl livo pots of khoung (a ermcntfd drink), a bullock worth .10 rupees, a nig three feet in girth, aspenr, v fork, a bag nnd a piece of ornament i cloth. If tho girl breaks oil tho match, sho has to givo tho man a orass dish worth 15 rupees, a silk sloth and belt, each worth 5 rupees, uid a silk turban worth about 8 mnns. ABOUT ItOODLK. h'nrr Jersey Lrgiitalur Tell Some Storlei About blmrp Youug Hlou And The lioodlo. From the New York Mail and Express. A group of Jersey legislators wero gathered in tho bar-room of one of the hotels here tho other evening. They were discussing boodle in all its phases and varieties. They were figuring tip how much the rnilronds wero spending this session and how much moro they could be persuaded to spend. One of the group, a state senator, was dis coursing on the corrupting influence oi the legislature and of boodle upon new and apparently stainless members. "Why, there's one of the rural assem blymen from my county," he said. "1 don't think lie knew enough to tell what boodle wns. I've been votjng him all this session, and assessing tho corporations in lieu of his boodle. Tho other day when an important measure wns up ho voted dead against my instructions. Some body rushed over to the Senate and told me about it. 1 went for him at. once and asked him what ho meant? What do you suppose tho old chap told me? Ho said he hadn't been seen yet! Just think of it. it, took my breath way to find ho hnd jumped clean through the nli)hubel of boodle nnd reached one of the higher branches of the science. I controlled myself, however, and told him with a smile that he musn't make a fool of himself and it would come out all right. So lie changed his vote while the clerk was , cnIIing the absentees, and I i:ot credit ; for ;tt uut t10 story sn't en(je(i ycfc n0 camo to mv room that night just ns I was getting ready for bed. Ho glanced around in a queer sort of way, peering into the closets and behind the doors. Then nil of a sudden ho drop ped on nil fours and looked under the bed." ' "What do you want?' I shouted. ' "I want to make surethere was no one around,' he said. Then he sat on the edge of the bed and proceeded to business. He remarked that all the fellows were getting money for their ' votes on a certnin measure, and he wanted some, too. 1 told him it was dangerous to fool with boodle, and he might get in state prison for it. But it was no use. He was more than up to snuff, and had calculated just how much he wanted, it was a modest enough sum, but I told him ho never could get it. So 1 filially got him bev eral hundred dollars lower. The next day I had to shell out part of what I got for votimr him. The worst of it is ( he'll be wanting boodle for every bill that comes up. Why, what do you , think ho did? He camo to mo this morning and wanted fifty dollars for voting to change the corporate bill of a small church in Hudson county. Ain't he getting in dee)?" After the laughter ceased a shrewd member who had been sending up wreaths of smoke from his cigar, said he had a good story to tell. "When I ran last fall I expected to be beaten sure. My opponent was popular, especially with all the church people and had the inside track. I knew only boodle could beat him, so I raised all i could. When I heard, however, that the other side had raised a campaign fund. 1 thought the jig was up. But it wasn't and f was elected, although I knew if the other sido had spent a hundred dollars at the polls, they could have beaten me. From my opponent I learned how I happened to win. It seems his friends raised $1:57. 50 to use 'judiciously' on election day. The money was put in the hands of the two hardest workers, a farmer and a Sunday school super intendent. It was supposed they know how to use it. The day after election they wero all feeling blue. Finally, the superintendent said to my opponent: 'There's some money left over, and Farmer Hriggs and I don't know whether we'd better pay it back to thoso who gave it, or keep it for next fall's campaign.'" How much is there luttr said tho ' defeated candidate " 'Why it's all left, all tho $157. 50 that was contributed.' " 'Tho deuce you sny,' shouted tho disappointed candidate. 'Why. don't you know, half of that would havo elected me. Why didn't you use it?' " 'Cause we didn't know how,' was tho response. 'Fnrnier and I talked it over, and wo couldn't see but that everything had been paid for.' " 'Oh, of course,' yelled my opponent, 'overythmg was paid for but the votes, and they were just what counted. Don't you know you ought to have bought some of tho boys with it, in stead of letting the other side enpturo 'em with a dollar bill and a drink of cheap rum?" I "But they didn't know." AVidov.s With Great Pensions ; Tho mother of Gen. McPherson re ceives $50 a mouth, and that amount is also paid to the widows of twenty-six deceased Generals ol tho lato war llackleinan, Richardson, Wallace1, Plunier, Stevens, Baker, Whipple, Summer, Bedwoll, Harris, Berry, Lovell, Anderson, Cnnby, Thomas, Heintzleman, Stanley, Mitchell, Casey, Taylor, Rosseau, Custer, French, Ramsey and Warren. Tho widows of ' Admirals Wood, Reynolds, HoolTe, Bell, Davis, Winsiow, Paulding, Rodgers, Spotts and Goldboro, and of Commodores Gallagher, Frailcy, Mc Caulley, McCaver and Quest, of tho navy, receive a similar amount, ns do the widows of Cols. Harris, Delaney nnd Twiggs, of the ninrino corps. Tho only "widow of a civilian draw ing a pension is Mrs. A. B. Mcacham, whose husband was a chief of the Modoc Penco Commission, nnd was crippled for lifo in tho massacre of 187U, when Gen. Cnnby wns killed. Sho ceivos a pension of $30 a month, granted by Congress in 1883. Tho pension of $2,000 a year that hns been voted to Mrs. Hancock is tho largest paid to the widow of any soldier except Mrs. Grant, who re ceives tho $5,000 a year granted to tho widows of Presidents, Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Tyler nnd Mrs. Garfield. Tho willow of Gen. and ex-Senator Shields receives the next hirgust sum, $1,200 a year, granted to her by a special act of Congress in 1S70.