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The Oregon Scout Jones & Chanoey. Publishers UNION, OREGON. ELDEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD. m. Heereas TVlio ling Document Showing That Slio Was Horn In 1745. In tlio northeastern portion of Dallas, Tax., between Bryan and Live Oak street., and fronting tho Houston and Ifexna Central railway, Uvea Aunt July ole, who has but recently grown too wd to tako In washing. Tho cabin in which sho lives is a rtido hovel, and yet - K is kept as neat as a pin. It is stir- pounucu uy a dozen nuts of tho Bamo kind, though not bo well kept, all hud sled together in an irregular colony. The railway peoplo havo forced their ight of way with barbed wire to keep ne bordo of pickaninnies off tho track, at In vain. They cfawl through tho tegs of tho fenco and gather upon the vottd in such numbers that tho cautious engineer duds it necessary on passing fcrough Frecdmantown to uso both bell ad whistle. After tho train had passed tho other day Tho Republic man crawled through tho wiro fenco, and with difficulty found tho cabin of tho "Olo Furginny Aunty." . Sho sat in a low chair and smoked a bluo lay pipe. As sho raised her face slowly and her wrinkled features were first eon tho writer involuntarily asked him elf: "Is it alive?" "When sho spoko hor tremulous and cracked volco increased Ills astonishment. But it was not only live, but it smoked and talked. "My namo is July Colo," sho said. "I belonged to Col. Colo in Furginny, and Jw fit de Britishers wid Gen. Washing ton. Norfolk was my homo, sir; right en do sea. My mammy come from do Capo in Afriky, and my daddy went kick dero. My mammy was named iAicrotia, and was givo to Col. Colo by Sea. Washington's lady, who had many servants. I was brought to Henry aounty, Tennesseo, and sold to Thomas "Waters. I had groat-grandchillun den. After I helped to settlo Tennesseo I was old to William Itabb for Ian'. Mars Jcf oomo to tako mo homo to Tennesseo, but olo man Itabb wouldn't let mo go wid him. Den I lived on Iiabb's Creole, holow La Grange, Tex. I was took away from my husband and two chillun in Tennessee, and my olo man ho run away nd followed mo till doy caught him wid dogs right on do banks of do Mississippi river. Yes, sir, right dur in do bed of do river, whur do hill la and do high trees, and right down by do boat in do dark fur ho was iniinin' to git on do litet wid ino, Hut doy caught 'im uud ever saw Mm any more" On being usked her ago tho old woman Ittg&n to rise slowly, holding, in tho wantitne, to tho chair for supjiort. 'I doesn't know by do ilggors, but I knows by happening," sho said. Sho moved to nu old trunk, which was cov ered with rawhide with tho hair on and tacked with big headed brass tacks, Wtom this sho drew an old letter on bluo naper, which sho says was "do paper given to Mara Watcre by Mars Colo when be was sold. Only tho lower half of tho beet remains, tho other having evidently been taken off by timo.and tho only leg! Ma portion of tho writing purports to give mo unto of Aunt July s birth. Tho only words aro "was born Doo. 10, 1745." The writer had hoard that sho was 145 years old, but of course ho believed noth ing of tho kind. Tho appearance of tho old negro and tho ovidonco produced by her to prove hor ago were astonishing. "Doy says I is or hundred and forty ftve year olo, an', honey, I cpeo it is so." "What Is your earliest remembrance, anty? Do you remember Gen. Wash ton?' "I never seed him," sho said, "but I known when ho was general, uud I knows when ho was president, too. I heord Mars Colo say when Jo toa was flung auten do Boston ship. I lias seed do Tories, an' my brother was wid Mara Colo when ho went into do war wid do Britishers. Dat war was seven years, and Mars Colo ho got shot in do arm. I taacmhcn. when doy fit do French an' In Jons, too, sir." It took quite a while to got all this out of tho nged creature, who is very fooblo. Bbo had only ono wuut smoking tobacco and that was supplied, after which tho writer left her at her low, hairy trunk patting away her documents. Cor. St, Louis Republic. I-ore for llarnM. Onco in the horso business always in tbe horso business might Imj put down as proverb. I have known a good many men to got tired of race horses and sell at, but unless they sold out on nccount f ago or IMlrmlty they have always rove back to it. Look ut Will Barnes, lie sold his stables a fow years ago and wore ho would never own another horse. Me is now in the market buying a lot of yearlings, showing that ho means tostay n tho business. I could name a num ber of others who huvo done just what Barnes has done. Thero is a fuscination bout racing that sticks to a man through Ufa. interview in St. Louis Globc-Dom-rot BocIhI Opportunities Art Kqunl. Thoro ia no good reason why tho me h&nlo should not play tho piano or tho banjo if ho Is bo Inclined; none why lie abould not keep himself clean and re spectable und go Into society ; none why tho doors of mansions bhould not open m wldo to him as to tho salesman In u atoru. If tho daughters of Squlro Tinsel look down ujwn a mechanic and emllo upon a counter jumjer, tho former may onsolu himself that he is no loser by tho preference, und that ho muy have tho money tho lutter cxcuds ujk.ii concert tickets und carriages. Oliver Optic's Letter. A I'cuuilUr ihtllot Hoc. Probably tho most extraordinary sys tem of voting was in Hungary, where the ballot boxes were immense casks and the ballot ols from four to six feet long, which tho citizen carried and de posited for his favorite cundiduto with seculiar urldo. Detroit News. CLEOPATRA. Using an Account of the Fall ana Vengeance of Harmachis, the Royal Egyptian, A.B 8ET TOETE BY HIS OWN HAND. By H. Rider Kacoahd, Author of " King Solomon' Mines," " She," - Allan Quatermaln," Etc., Etc., Etc. "TIs a ltd hour for sonc, O Queen I" said Cbarmloa; but, nevertheless, sho took tier barp and sane, and thus she sang, very soft and low, tbo song of lb Byrlas lieltager: " Tsars for ray Udy dead, Ilsllodsrsl Salt tears and Strang tosbsd, Orsr and o'sr. ' Oo Uart and low lament, rars frosktr Vmb; Wnd wttii dip ladr went, Down through tha gloom. " Slas f r my lad j doid, Ttars do 1 svad, Losflore rtmsmbered, Uistross and frUnal M Had ara tks songs we slnr. Tears thal w shed; Empty th (tfu ws brine Gifts to the daad. Ah I for my flowar, my love. Hades bam taken I Ah I for the dust above. Scattered and shakonl " Motbrr of blade and Bran, Karth In tby breatt. Lull her l-iatgautlast was Uenlly to rest!" Tha music of hor voice died uwnr, and in weetaud sad It was that Iran began to woep, und In Cleopatra's stormy eyes tho bright tears stood. Only I wept not; my tears wore dry, "'TIs a heavy song of thine, Oliariuion," laid the Queen. "Well, as thou saldst. 'tis a sad hour for song, and thy diree is fitted to the hour, Bluff it o'er tun onco again tvheu I lie dead, Charmlon. And now fare well to music and on to tho end, Olympus, tako yonder parchment and write what I ihull say," 1 took the parchment and the reed, and thus I wrote In tho Ilqman tongue: "l.leopatra to Octavianus. Greeting: This Is the state of life. At length there coinos an hour whon, rather than endure thoso burdens that o'erwhelm us, putting off tho body we would tuke wing into forgetfiil- neas. Uir.snr, thou hast conquered; take thou tho spoils of victory. But In thy tri umph t!leopatia can not walk. When all 1 lost, then must wo co to seek the lost. Thus In the desert of despair the brave do liar vest resolution. Cleopatra Uth been treat as Antony was great, nor, in the manner of tier end, shall her fame be niinlshcd. Slaves lire to endure their wrone; but Primes, trending with a firmer step, pass Ibrc-nSi tbe gates of Wr?g lso the ltnyai dwellings of the dead. This only dolli Egypt ask of Caesar, that he suffer bar to He In the tomb of Antony. Farewell." This, therefore, I wrote, and having soaied It, Cleopatra bade me go 11 ml a uies sender, dispatch It unto Caesar, and then return. So I wont, and at the door of tha tomb I culled a soldier, who was not on duty, and, giving him money, bade him take tha letter unto Caesar. Then I went back, and there In the chamber stood the three wom en in silence, Cleopatra clinging to the arm of Iras, and Charmlon a littlo apr.rt watch ing the twain. "If Indeed thou art minded to mnko an end, O Queen," I said, "short Is tho time, for presently will Cainur send bis soi vanis In unswer to thy letter," nnd I draw forth the phial of white anil deadly bnuo and set it upon the board. She took it lu her hand and gated there on. "How innocent It seems!" she said; "nnd yet therein lies iny death. 'TIs stratine." "Aye, Queen, nnd the death of ten other folk. No need to tako so Ions; a draught" "I fear," alio gasped. "How know 1 that It will slay outright! I havu seen s many die by poison nnd scarce ono hath died outright. And some I ah, I cm uot think on them I" "Koar not," I said, "I am a master of my craft. Or, if thou dost fear, cast this poison forth and live. In Home mayost thou still Olid happiness; aye, in Home, where thou snail walk lu Cnssar's triumph, while tho latiKhtor of tho hard-eyed Latin women shall chluio down tho musio of thy golden cnattis," "Nay, 1 will die. Oh, If one would but show the path," Then did Iras loose her hand and step for- waru. "uiva me the uramrht, I'hysicmn," biio num. -i ko to maun ready lor my IJUOflU." "Tii well," 1 answered: "on thr own head bo It I" and I poured from tho phial into a nine golden gobleu Hho raised It, and low she curtsied to Cleopatra, thejt, contlut; forward, kissed her on the brow, and Charmlon she alan Utsseo. This aouo, tarryitig not and mak ing uo prayer (for Iras was a Grek), ahe dtank, and, puttlua; her hand to her head, last ntly fell down and died. "Thou eeest," I said, breaking; In upon tho silence, "It la awlft." "Aye, Olympus; thins is a waster drug! Como now, I thirst; till aie the bowl, lest Iras weary iu waitlug nt the a;atrs" Hoi poured afresh Into the goblet; but this time, maklut: pretense to rime tbe cup, 1 ittlied a I' e water, for I was not minded that she should die beforo she knew me. Then did the royal Cleopatra, takiuir tha goblet In her baud, turn her lovely eyes U heaven and cry aloud: "O ye Uode of Eiry pt I who hare deserted me, to you no longer will I pray, for deaf are your ears unto my orylur, and blind your eyes unto my griffs I Therefore I mako entreaty to that cue friend whom tho Qods.deparlluir. leavo tu helulust man. () Hoyal Death I sweep hither on thy cloudy pinions, whose shadow cirules all tho earth, aud.'ive ma earl Thou Kin of Klucsl who, with au equal baud, brtut;est the fort unate head to on pillow with Uie slave, and by thy I y breath dost waft tbo bubble ul our Ufa far from these fields of Earth, draw near and sarel I Mo mo where winds blow uot and waters eeaso to roll! Hide uie where Cottar's legion cau not march Take me to a new dominion aud cniwu me Queeu of Bleep) lam m labor of a Soul I See, It stands new Uoru upon the dffl of Umo Now, now, go, Ureathl Come, Death I Come, Autonyl" Aud, with one Blanco to heaven, she drank and cast the goblet to tho vrouud. Then at last came tbe moment of my pent-up vengeance, and of the vengeance etttffrpl's outraged Umls, uud of the fall Ing ot the curse of Menka-ra. "What is this I ' she cried. "I Krow cold, but 1 die not. Thou dark physician, thou has betrayed in I" "rence, Clooputral Presently shall thou dlo uud kuow tha fury uf tho Gods! flu tuntof AritAo-iti Aalaa Unl It i fluuhedl Look upon uie, worn unl Look upun tlui uiajrreij. face, thU twisted .fgrinlut lU'ti'J! mass of sorrow I Look look Tf'Ao am r1"" Hhe stared upon mo wildly. "Oh I ohl" she shrieked, throwing up her arms; "at last I know thee I Hy the Gods thou art Uarmachlsl liarmucliis risen from tho dead !" "Aye, Ilnrmacbis risen from tho dead to drag theo down to death and aRony eternal I See thou, Cleopatra: J have ruined thco ns thou didst ruin me I I, working in tho dark, and hciped of tho angry Gods, havo beon tby secret spring of woel I tilled thy heart with fear at Actitnn, I held tho Kgyptian from thy uid, I sapped tho strength et Antony, I showed tho portent of the Gods mi to tby captains! Uy iny band at length thou diest, for 1 am the Instrument of Vengeance I Hum do I pay thee back for ruin, treachery for treachery, dath for death! Como hither, Charmlon, partner of ray plots, who betrayed me, but, repenting, art tho sharer of my triumph, como watch this fallen wanton die 1" Cleopatra heard, and sank bacK upon the golden bed, groaning: "And thou, too, a riiti'iTTu'iit so she sat, then her Imperial spirit burnt up glorious beforo she died. Hho staggered from tho bed, and, with trms outstretched, she cursed mo. "Oh, for ono hour of life I" sho erieu; "ono shot t hour, that therein might I make theu dlo lu such a fashion as thou canst uot dream, thou und that fatso paramour of thine, who betrayed both mo nnd thee! And thou didst love ino I Ah, Uirre I have thee still I Wee, thou subtle, plotting priest!" tnd with bott hands she rout back tba royal robes from her bosom; "See, on tbi fair breast onco, night by night, was thy head pillowed, and thou didst sleep wrunoed In these same urms. Now, put away their memory )' thou canl! 1 read it in thine eyes that mayst thou not! No "torture which I bear can, in its sum, draw nigh to tho rage of that drop aouI of thlno, rent with longings, never, never to bo reached! Harmachis, thou sbivo of slavps, from thy triumph depths I snatch a deeper triumph; ind conquered, yot I conquer! I spit upon thee, I defy thee, and dying, doom theo to tho torment of thy deathless love I O An tony! Iconic, my Antony! 1 come to thlno Dwn dear arms I Soon I shall find thee, and wrapped in a love undying and divine, to gether will wolloat through ull tho depths of space, und lips to Hps and eyes to eyes drink of desires grown more sweet with every draught I Or If I And theo not, then shall Isinklupcacodowu the poppied ways of Bleep; and for mo tho breast of Night, whereon I shall bo softly cradled, shall yet seem thy bosom. Antony' Oh, I dlel Come, Antony, and give mo peaeal" Even in my fury I quailed beneath her scorn, for homo Hew the arrows of her winged words. Alas! and alas! it was tritt. Iho shaft of my vengeance fell upon my own head; never had I loved her as I loved her now. My soul was rent with jealous tot'ture, nnd thus I swore sho should not dlo. "I'oaeo!" I.cnod; "what peace is thero for theo 1 Ohl yo Holy Three, hear now my prayer. Osiris, loosen Thou tho bonds of Hell, uud send forth those whom I shall summon! Como, I'toloiny, poisoned of thy sister Cleopatra; como, Arsinoe, mur dered In tho sanctuary by thy sister sun i.ooKr.1); sin: saw tub awfui. suaj-es. Cleopatra; comoSepa, tortured to death of Cleopatra; come, Divluo Mouka-rn, whoso body Cleopatra tore, and whoso curse for greed sho braved; come one, como all who have died at tho hands of Cleopatra! Hush from the breast of Nout, und groot hor who murdered you I Hy tho link of mys tic union, by the symbol uf the Life, Spirits, I summon you I" I spoke, while Charmlon, uffriKUted, clung to my robe, and tho dying Cleopatra, rest lug on tier hands, swung slowly to uud fro, guzing with vacant eyes. Then tho unswer came. The casement burst usuuder, and on UltteniiK' wings that (jreat Hat entered which lust I had seen haiiKing to the eunuch's chin lu the womb of tho pyramid Her. Thrleo it circled round, onco It hovered o'er detid Iras, then it Hew to where the dying woman stood. To her It Hew, on her breast it settled, clinging to that emerald which was dragged from tho dead heart of Menka-ra. Thriuo tbo black Horror screamed aloud, thrice It beat its bony wings, and lo it was gone. Theu suddenly within that chamber sprang up tho H ai pes of Death Thero was Arsinoe, tho beautiful, even us sho had shrunk be neath tho butcher's unlfo. Thoro was young Ptolemy, his features twisted by tho ikh soned cup. There was tho majesty of Men ka ra, crowned with the tinutis crown; thero was grave Sopa, his ilesli ull torn by the torturer's hooks; there were thoso poisoned slaves; uud there wero others without num ber, shadowy mid dreadful to behold I who, thronging that narrow chamber, stood slleut ly fixing their k'lassy eyes upon tho face of her who slow them I "liuholdl Cleopatra ' I said, "llthnhl thy fwaee, unddW" "Aye I" said Charmlon. "Behold and die! thou who didst rob me of lulno honor and Egypt of hor king!" Hho looked, ahe saw the awful Shapes. Hor Bplrlt, hurrying from the flesh, mayhap could hear words to which my ears were deaf. Then her face sank in with terror, her great eyes grew pale, and, shrieking, Cleopatra fell and died; passing with that dread company to bur appointed place. Thus, then, did I feed my soul with ven geauce, fultllllng the justice of the Gods, aud yot know' myself empty ot nil joy there in, For though that thlntr wo worship doth bring us ruin, und Love being more pitiless than Death, we in turn do pay ull our sor row back; yet must wo worship on, yet stretch out our uruis toward our lost De sire, and KUir our heart's blood upon tho shrluo of our discrowned God. For Love is of tho Spirit and knows Hot Death. CHAPTER XXXII. IIARMION un clasped my urm, to which sho had clung lu terror, "Thy vengeance, thou dark Harma chis," she said, la a hoarse voire, "is a thing hideous to be hold I O lost Egypt, wtth all thy sins thou wast indeed a quoen. Come, aid me, prince; let us stretch tin poor clay upon the bed mm EiKRSr;Tf and deck ft royally, so that it I may give its dumb audience to the messongcrs of Caesar as becomes the lastof Egypt's queens." I spoko no word In answer, for my heart was very heavy, and now that all was done, I was weary. Together, then, wo lifted up tho body nnd laid it on tho golden bed. Charmion placed the urseus crown upon the Ivory brow, nnd combed tho night-dark hair that showed never a thread of Mlver, and for tho last time shut thoso eyes where in had shono nil the changing glories of the sea. Sho folded tho ehlil hands upon tho breast wbeneo passion's breath had fled, and straightened tho bent knees beneath tho broidered rebe, and by tho head set flowers, and there at length Cleopatra lay, moro splendid now in her cold majesty of death than in her richest hour of breathing beauty. Wo drew back nnd looked on her, and on dead Iras at her feet. "It is done," q,uoih Chaxralon; "wo are avenged; and now, Harmachis, dost follow by this same road!" nnd sho nodded to wards the phial on tbo board. "Nay. Charmlon. I fly I fly to n heavier death. Not thus cosily may I end my space of earthly penance." "So bo It, Hamachls, und I, Harmachis I fly also, but with swifter wlnps My game Is pla.vcd. I, ton, have made atonement. Oil I what a bitter fate is mine, to have brought misery on all I love, and, in tho end, to dlo unloved. To theo I havo atoned; to xnv angered Gods Z have Atoned; ana new I go tb And a way whereby I may atone to Cleopatra in that Hell where she is, and which I must share, for sho loved mo well, Harmachis; and, now that sho is dead, methinks that, after thee, I loved her best of all. So of her cup and the cup of Iras I will surely drjnk." And sho took tho phial, aud with a steady band poured that which was left of the poison Into tho goblet. "Bethink thee, Charmlon, I said; "yot mayst thou llvo for many years, hiding theso sorrows beneath tho withered days." "Yet I may, but I 'will not I To live the prey of so many memories, tho fount of an undying shame that night by night, as I Ho sleepless, shall well afresh from my sor row-stricken heart to live, torn by a love I can not lose. To stand alone, liko some storm-twisted tree, and sighine day by day to tho winds of heaven. Gaze upon the desert of my life, while I wait tho lingering lightning's stroke Nay, that will not I; Harmachis, I had died long since, but I lived on to servo thee now no moro thou needest me, nnd I go i,. faro theo well! forever f theo well; r not ugum shall I look up.ni thy face, and whero I go thou goest uot; for thou dost not lovo mo who still dost lovo that queenly woman thou hast hounded to the death. Her thou shalt novor win, and thee I shall never win, and this Is the bitter end of fate. Seo, Harmachis! I nsk ono boon beforo I go, and for all timo become naught to thco but a memory of shame; tell mo that thou dost forgive mo so far as thine is to forgive, nnd, In tokon thereof, kiss me with no lover's kiss, but kiss mo on the brow, and bid me pass in peuco." And she drew near to mo with arms out stretched, nnd pitiful, trembling Hps, and gazed iiiion my face. "Charmlon," 1 answered, "wo aro freetoact for good or evil, and yot methinks there is a fato above our fate, that, blowing from strango shores, compels our littlo sails of purpose, sot them as ws will, and drives us to destruction. I forgive thee, Charmlon, as I trust in turn to bo forgiven, and by this kiss, the first nnd the last, I seal our peace." And with my lips 1 touched her brow. Sho spoko no more; only for n littlo while she stood gazing on me with sad eyes, then she lifted the goblet, and said: "Hoyal Har machis, in this deadly cup I plcdgo thee; would that I had drunk of it ere ever I looked upon thy face, Pharaoh, who, thy sins outworn, yet shall rule in perfect poaco o'er worlds I may not tread, who yet shall sway a kingllor scepter than that I robbed theo of, forever faro thoo well." Sho drank, cast down tto cup and for a moment stood with tho wido eyes of one who looks for death. Then bo came, and Charmlon, tho Egyptian, fell prone upon the floor, dead; and for a momont I stood alono with the dead. I crept to tho sldo of Cleopatra, and, now that nono were leftto see, I sat down ou tho bed and laid her head upon my knee, as onco beforo it had boon laid ; in that night of sacrilego beneath tho everlasting pyramid. Then I kissed hor oblll brow and went from tho house of death "avenged, but sorely smitten with despair." "Physician," said tho officer of tho guard as I wout through tho gatos, ''what passes i yonder lu the monument! Methought I heard the sounds of death." i "Naught passes; nil hath passed," I made reply, and went; and us I went in tho dark ness I hoard the sound of voices and the running uf tho feotof Caesar's messengers Flying swiftly to my house, I found Atoua I waning at mo gates, nno urew me into a , quiet chamber uud closed tho doors. "lsttdondl" sho asked, and turned hor wrinkled face to ml no, while tho lamplight streamed white upon hor snowy hair. "Nay, whyisk I kuow that It is done." "Ay, It Is dono and well done, old-wife; all aro doad; Cleopatru, Iras, Charmion all savo myself." Tho aged woman drew up her bent form and cried: "Now lot mo go In peaeo, for I havo seen my desire uiou thy foes and the foes of Khem-la, la! not In vnlu hate I lived ou beyond the years of man. I have seon my desire U!on thy enemies I have gathered tho dews of death, und thy foe hath drunk thereof. Kallen is tho brow of prldol Thnshamo of Khetn is lovul with the dust I Ah would that I might have seen that wanton dlo!" "Cease, woman, cease! Tho dead sre gathered to tho dead. Osiris holds them fast, and everlasting silence seals their Hps. Pursue not the fallen great with In sults. Up lot us fly to Abouthls, that all may bo accomplished." "Fly thou, Harmachis I Harmachis, fly I but I fly not. To this end only I havo lingered ou tho earth. Now I untie the knot of life nnd let my spirit free I Faro thee well, prineo, tho pilgrimage is done I Harmachis, from a bubo havo I loved thee, and lovo thee vet I But no more iu this world may 1 share thy griefs. I am spent. Osltis, tako thou my spirit 1" And her trembling kuees gave way, aud she sank to the ground. I ran to her sldo and looked upon her. She was already dead, und I was alone upon the earth without n friend to comfort me. Then I turned aud wont, uo man hinder ing mo, for all was confusion in the city, aud departed from Alexandria iu a vessel I had made ready. On tho eighth day I landed, and, In the carrying out of my purpose traveled on fast across tho fields to the holy shrlnos of Abouthls. And here, as I knew tbo worship of the gods had been lately set up again, la the temple of tho divine Sethi (foe Charmlon had caused Cleopatru to repent of her decree of vengeance ar.d to restore the lauds that she had soiled, though the treasure she re stored not), and tho temple having been purified, now, at tho season of the feast ot I sis, all the high priests of the ancient tem ples of Egypt wore gathered together to celebtato tho coming home of the gods into their holy place, (TO UK CONTINUED. LENT. O, Jack, this Is no time for nonsensel Tis tli m-flMin for fasting and prayer. You're praying, to mo, ou your knees now! Well, you should be ashamed to bo thcrel I vow that you're worse than a pagan When you swenr, as you do, that a shrine Is built In your heart to a goddess, Aud the name of that goddess Is nilnel What's tbntf So, I nni not retiming; Not n bit; for the heartaches my eyes Have given you' That Isn't tho reason 1 appear In a penitent's guise. t know that there's nothing bo fetching As a prayer txk and plain gown of grayT I kno that I'm never so pretty As when. eve.s dosed, I'm posing to proyt O, Jack, now jou're'downrlght Insulting! I declare if I'd dreamed that gray gown Would please you, I'd never havo bought it; I'd hae gotten that new shade of brown I But hark I There Uie bells rlnc for vespers O, Jack, do. lor Koodness sake, ro Tbo fact Is, wo'vo Rot a new rector, And a layman like you has no hIkjw Wetllrted aud danced through the gay time. And I might, hod 1 thought you'd n cent, Have given you my heart: but Jut now. Jack, Don't you bee that 1 couldn't? It's Leutl Boston Olobo. Disappointed Lovers I'orm Society. A society of disupointed lovers boa been formed at Wilmington, Del. A dozen well known young men, including n lawyer, several politicians and a mer chant, met in -a hotel, where the nature of tho organization was explained. It is designed as a mutual consolation society, and any man to bo eligible to member ship must havo been engaged and tho en gagement must have been broken by tho lair one. The constitution requires every man to slum female society at ull times, and a violation of the rules is punished by expulsion. The men appended their names to the constitution and related their experiences in tho courting line. Boston Journal. Thousands of Kngllsli lirldegrooins. In England last year there were no ess than !!G'J bridegrooms above 70 years of age, and of theso one took a 'girl of 17 another one of 10 and four others kept under 21 Hetween (50 and 70 years of age 2,08-1 men married. Threo of them took girls under 18 and twenty-seven others were content with partners who had not reached their majority As many as 4,370 males whoso ages ranged between 50 and 00 were also brought to the altar, and here again a score of tho wives were m their teens. A hundred wero not moro than Bl and U-lo were under 25. Manchester Courier. Death Italo Among Old Sold lent. How rapidly tho death rato among the old soldiers is increasing is shown by the reports now being received nt the ofHoe of Col. Gray, adjutant of tho depart ment of Wisconsin, G, A. II. Thus far 1G0 out of 2W iHjsts have reported, and tho death list number l.'tl. whereas the total number of deaths reported bv Wis cousin iiosts lust year was 129. Tins made a death rate of 11 per 1,000, but if tho 100 posts yet to be heard from show the same proportionate mortality as those that have already reported tho rato for 18811 will not be far from 20 per 1.000. Chicago Ledger. An ICIephnnt's Venerable Age. Tho j'oumals of Coylon have recently mentioned the denth of an elephant that was well known on the island, and had been seen by several generations of En glislmien. He was called Sello, and had belonged to the lastof tho kingsof Kandy Ho was one of the hundred elenhants Unit wds taken by the English govern ment in 1815. when tho Kandyan dynasty was overthrown. At this eoch tho ele phant was said to bo 15 years old. If a . this is correct, he died a natural death nt tho age of 89 years. Boston Budget. A I'ouder That Should He Popular. A London beautilier Ikib invented a new face powder, warranted not to rub oil. Powder pulTs need no longer bo carried aliout in mysterious pockets, as tins powder remains just tho same for finite twelve hours. Tbo band or ni-m that is burnished with it leaves no mark 0 a b,.- ,;o . . This omrl.t in !,. a great relief to tho minds of senti O"" mental young couples. A face powder that tells no tales is as great a loon in its way rum gunpowder that makes no noise New York Commercial Advertiser Where Cheek Are Handled. Thero are clearing houses in all the principal cities of tho United States, doing a yearly business amounting to over 52,000.000.000, wh'ile tho total amount done by English clearing houses is aUmt 88.000,000,000. As showing what an uinoutit of money is represented by the Now York clearing house, tho amount ol money handed through that institution during the jwst year was over $J3,000. 000,000, while the London clearing house did over a billion of dollars less business New York Letter. Sight After Thirty Yearn. A remarkable case of return of sight in 3iio eye is rejorted from Watorbury Conn. Tho lucky person is a John Mo Donald, uged 71. He had been totally blind for 80 years, having been rendered so by sand unintentionally thrown iu his eyes by a friend. Uo is unable to ac count for his now good fortuuo, and phy sicians are also In a quandary to provide an explanation. Philadelphia Ledger Tho Antarctic expedition, advocated so warmly by tho Australians, will start probably during the summer of 1891 un der the direction of IVofessor Nordenski old. Tho exjienses will bo shared by the Australian Geographical society, the Victoria Boynl society and Baron Oscar Dickson, of Gothenburg, who has done so much already for polar exploration. Dr. Know, the German physician wlto discovered nntipyrine, is said to have made moro than a million dollars from the sales of the drug to suircrers from IhtTgrip. It is reported from St, Petersburg that the Hussion physician. Dr. Hapchinskl. has discovered that diphtheria ia easily curable by inoculation of erysipelas. Heiresses in the Market. It is characteristic of tho present day that a German paper should contain nn Advertisement offering to supply rich American women to needy Gorninns of position. Tho advertisement may bo and probably is a mere swindle; but that such a thing should bo ndverliscd ta in itself significant. Tho advertiser appeals to Germans having titles or ollit-ial jiositions aud this includes practically tho re spectable male population of Gcnnuny- to write to him in order to 1k put into communication with American heiresses with fortunes up to four millions. All is to be private, photographs are to Im? inter changed, and tho whole thing is strictly "honorable." The untitled heiress has been so much on thu hunt for nobles that the trans actions have, as it were, passed into the market, nnd tho fortunes of rich young ladies aro quoted upon thu matrimonial exchange. Thero is nothing now in the situation. Since the days when tho world thought only of marrying and giving in marriage until the Hood oiino there has always been a marriage market; but it has been left to our own days to make tho thing into a matter of advertisement and quotations. It is tho low water mark of tho vulgarization of the institution of matrimony; and, rightly or wrongly, the proceeding has lately identified itself par .leularly with American women of for "iiio. NolxKlycan mistake the tendency nf the hint ten years in tho matrimonial uarket. It has been an openly avowed barter of money for titles; and it has per haps done nioi" than uiiylhing elsu to vulgarize tho marriage ceremony. Lon don Globe. No (iiini. No Art. Detroit hasan art school, the" principal beneficiaries being a class of young wo men, lite conuttcior oi the. school is Professor John Ward Dunsmoro, from England. Kecenlly Professor Dunsmoro issued an order that all pupils must bo punctual in attendance, or submita writ ten excuse for their absence. This wor ried the young ladies, but they boro the wrong in dignified silence. Moro re cently Diinsmoro issued another law. No pupil should bo allowed to chow gum during t ho sessions. This assault, upon the free Ivorn .Amer ican's dearest l'ud was too much, and an indignation meeting was held. The boss gum chewer of tho class was made presi dent, and she declared that tho object of the meeting was to protest against British tyranny. By a unanimous vote the young ladies decided that Professor Dunsmore must go or they would desert the school in a body. Tho directorsof the Museum of Arts have not less than $200, 000 iu vested in tho enterprise, and haven long time contract with Professor Duns uore. The action of the young women places them in au unpleasant predica ment. If tho professor is retained the class will desert. If ho bo removed he will upjieal to the courts to enforce pay ment of his stihiry during tho timo for which he was employed. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Ir -louting In Camilla. Perhaps there has not Iwen for a long timo a winter -o favorablo to ice boat ing as tho last, and there was quite a boom in ice yachting, esj-ecially on Lake St. Louis." Six meinbers of tho Valois Boat club went out for a fast trial trip, and although the wind way not blowing a gale, it was a good still" broeie from the northwest. The clubowns two boats ono a Hudson river model, tho other a new purchase last year in Toronto. The latter was used, being somewhat faster. Tho luk e was like glass, and it took but two tacks to reaih I.eauharnois, thir teen miles distance. Here they were met. by three local loats, aud a trial of siwod ensued which ended in tho com plete discomfiture of the locals. Tho boat was pointed homewards at 4:."0 to a minute, and in fifteen minutes later the crew wero standing on the ice at tho Point Claire boat house, after hav ing a slow start out of Beuttharnois bay and two stops on tho road down. It was cue of tho most pleasant and fastest sails ver had by tho loys, und it is bafe to say the inilo a minute would have been easily, dono had thero been no stops. Montreal Star. A ltltf llnllxt Story. Ono of our nrominent ranchers lrt been laid up for several weeks with a very sore foot, caused by what appeared to bo a hugo carbuncle on tho'lieel. Mon day afternoon tho swelling broke nnd an ;ld tune bullet cmnnred from tho f..str. tie was a -soldier iu tho rebellion and was shot in tho flesh v uart of Hn Imr !,. tween tho hip and knee, at tho battle of Antictam. Tho bullet was never extracted, nml lu. has suffered moro or less pain at various lines ever since, tho sensation uppar ntly workintr down tho limb ns tb nW. silo slowly worked its way toward the nirface. Two yearn ago his knee was so lamo that ho was unable to walk for somo months, and tho lameness was caused by tho bullet i 11 itS n.-lK-i-lir,, liv tho joint. Ho is now rapidly regaining goou neaitn, aim lias bad the relio of the hot times mado into a watch charm. indlcy Iferald. An Knitter Kgg Cimtlnu 94,000. A Parisian firm has mnd.. Mrir for a wealth v SnanMi l:ulv nt n rvnt. of 1,000. It is a most ingenious piece of mecnamsm, unu is made entirely of pure white enamel. It is provided with doora and slides, tho inside being engraved with Easter gospels. The oieiiing of a .-wr sets u tiny oiru Binging nnu n mu .leal apparatus troimr. wln'cli !n mtwW.. f playing twelve airs. Paris Letter. Mercantile IVouble In China. The Foochow (China. Rob losses incurred by ten men during this season aro computed at $30,000,000, and failures of other traders havo amounted o more than half that sum. Chicago 'Jail. The Wnrld'a T.deCrapli Lines. According to a recent ofTlcial return mo length of tho telegraph lines on tho Globe is nt preaent about 000,000 miles, or Xfl times its circumference ut the equ.-t-tor. London Standard. 4