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1 The Oregon Scout) -Jon 3 & Chanoey Publishers.! UNION, OREGON. HOW EPH GOT EVEN. "Where aro you goinp, Ella?" asked Judfro Lawton, and then, without wait! up for an answer, ho went on in grumbling tone: "I suppose your'ro going to tako something to that lazy -raguoond Eph's wife, well, go if you -want to, but mark mo, Ella, you'll bo acrrceincr will, mo with mo beforo long, Unit ilio tnoro you do for ncoplo liko thut. woinoro thoy will imposo upon your gow nature. Tho juugo. haying mado ins littlo peceh with all tho pomposity of man ner which was a part of himself. turned on his heel with much delib rution, and rubbing his fat whito kands together, as though to wash them free from all participation in Jus daughter Ella's deed or charity, marched into his study, and closed -fcho door with a bang. Mr. Lawton, who was generally called judge by his neighbors, becauso kn was not only tho richest but tho most dignified man in tho littlo Long Island villago of Shoreport, was a widower, witli but ono child, Ella, whoso birth had cost her mother her Jifc, and who was a fair haired, bluo eyed child of about 15. Until sho was 10 years old sho was known as ono of tho most thorough tomboys tho neighborhood possessed. There was not a liorso on tho pluco n whoso back sho had not tasted tho forbidden plcasuroof a baro back ride, and thero was scarcely u treo in tho woods at tho rear of tho houso sho had not climbed, to tho destruction of frocks and tho terror of her old nurse. Nothing, therefore, could well havo been mora distressing to u girl of her disposition than to bo debarred entire ly from exercise. And yet thut is -what befell her somo llvo years beforo tho time of which I write. Swinging ono day on a lower limb of tho old gnnrlcu pear treo which vcrshadowed tho orchard fenco, tho branch, already decayed, gavo way under tho vibrations, and Ella foil icavily to tho ground. At first sho thought nothing of it, "but day by day tho aching in her back continued, and grow worso, until ul length her father, noticing tho pain sho evidently suH'cred, sent for old Dr. Hart. Tho doctor niado a careful examina tion, softly whistling to himself as ho did so, according tohis habit. "Lassie," ho said, "you must Iio down and not movo for a long, long rhilo if you want to get well. And tho long while proved to bo months and months. At first tho girl rebelled at tho con "finoment, and many wero tho peevish exclamations which escaped her. Then n change crept over her, and tho irri tability by degrees departed, to bo suc ceeded by a sweetness and gontloncss "which caused her to bo still moro be loved by tho household. When at length sho could sit up, find tho good old doctor, holding her -wasted littlo hand in his old wrinkled Saw, which still had a touch as ten or as a woman's, told her tho bittor truth, sho received it without a tear or a murmur. "Ella," said tho doctor, "you'll bo ablo to use your arms, and you'll soon iocl aa strong and well as you over wero, but 1 fear mo, lassie, that you'll Mover walk again." Aud so it was. A cleverly con structed chair was procured for her benefit, and in this sho was wheeled about tho villago by faithful old Isa;c, who had been in tho judge's employ since ho wus a lad. A year or two later her father bought her a littlo phaeton, with a pair of well matched dainty ponies, and in this sho was ablo to drivo hor solf about without assistance, till thero was not a road for miles around that had not echoed under tho beat of tho Mimes' hoofs. But her nleasurcs woro not all self ish. Sho (U'jighled in looking after tho neeiiH oi Tic poorer nciguuors, and liad brought sunshine and hope into many a dark aud cheerless cottage in Bhorcport, It was uflno spring day "When her father imparted to her tho valuable portion of his stock of wordly wisdom 1 havo quoted, and Ella was sitting in her wheeled chair in tho great square luil I of tho old fashioned houso which for generations had belonged to tho Lawton family. On her lap lay a lit tlo covered basket, from beneath tho lid of which peeped out tho whito folds of a spotless napkin. As her father poke, sho merely smiled, and turning to old Isaac, said; "Don't boliovo papa when ho talks liko that, Isaac, lto doesn't mean a vord of it. Now, tako mo down to Uph's cottago, for I'm afraid that poor wifo of his i laid up again, and needs what 1 ha vt hero for her." Thero wus no doubt but that Eph was a sad rascal, ami though, as Ella remarked, her father did not mean all ho said, for, with all his pomposity, tho judgo was generous, thero was not a littlo truth in it so fur us Eph was concerned, Somo llvo or bI: years beforo a col ored man and his wifo had tramped into tho village, covered with dustand carrying their worldly possessions in an old tattered valiso, aud routed an old tumble down cottage. Unli was an idle, good naturcd, worthless vaga bond: and Lim a wife was a hard wonting, cure i in ami having woman, t t Mrs. ICph (if tho couplo had another jiamo no ono over used it) took in washing, wont out to help in house work, aud in others ways umdo enough to support herself and her husband, who passed his timo Iisliing from tho rickoty old pier, shooting stray quail or duck with a rusty old gun ho had picked up, or hugging tho stovo in tho gen eral atoro of tho village. And yet Kph -was n favorite, fop though ho would not stick steady at any employment, ligjivasjihvaya ready to do uny small odd job, anu was jHirleciiy sattsneU with a "Thank yc, Eph," for payment. At lost ono winter liis wife fell sick, and a hacking cough, the- result of ex posure, threatened to turn into con sumption. Epli tended her as care fully as a trained nurse, but the- slen der stock of savings soon went, and tho couplo would liuvo boon hurd put to it, hud it not been for tho kindness of tho judge's littlo daughter. Summer came, and tho sick woman seemed to revive, and in spito of tho doctor's orders, insisted on taking up her work again, while Eph. who dur ing her illness had actually earned 6omo money, relapsed into his old shiftless ways, llo was passing tho judgo's house in tho dusk of a summer evening, on his return from a day's iisliing, ana no paused, mcuiuiung whether or not ho could slipup to tho i,:4i, .i i., -,.;,, ,t h1i wit li , ,.bcst w.sl)ect f0' Miss Ella." when hu f i himself violently run into by tho judgo himself. ,rW1iiil aro you doing around here, you skulking vagabond?" roared tho iudgc, whoso temper was nono of tho icst, and whoso pet corn Eph had un wittingly trodden on in hiseH'ort to recover his disturbed balance. "Look ing round for what you can steal, eh?" "I begs ycr pardon, jedge," said Eph, with not a littlo dignity. "But 1 ain't a skulkin', and I ain't never stclo nufUn' in my life. No, sail. I may bo brack, but I'so hones', 1 is." And hostrodo indignantly oil" leav ing tho judgo still moro enraged from tho consciousness that ho had been in tho wrong. But tho judgo was obsti nate, and when ho had onco commit ted himself to a statement, ho never changed his mind. "I'll bo bound that was just what ho was after," he muttered to himself, as ho entered tho house. That night tho jufigo's houso was broken into and articles of value, in cluding somo trinkets of Ella's, wcro taken. When ono of tho scared ser vants brought tho news to tho judge, tho old gentleman said not a word, but with a grim smile, as much as to say, "I know it, 1 told you so," ho dressed, put on his hat, and stumped down tho villago street to Eph's cot tage Early as it was, ho found Mrs. Eon already bending over tho wash tub. "Mornin',"said tho judge, abruptly. "Fo' grashus sake, ef it ain't Jcdgo Lawton," stammered tho astonished Mrs. Eph. "Was your husband homo all last night?" continued tho judgo. "Lcmmo see," pondered Mrs. Eph. "V'y; no, jedge, not orl night. Iio jes' slipped out to look a'tcr somo of dem ar (ishin' lines o' his'n. Dat's wheer ho'sgono jes' now, jedgo." "Thank 3-011, my good woman; that's all I wanted to Icnow," said tho judgo, his smilo of satisfaction deepen ing, and ho was striding up tho street again, leaving Mrs. Eph staring open mouthed after him. When Eph camo homo to his din ner ho found Mat Raikcs, tho consta blo, sitting in his cottage, staring com passionately at tho weeping Mrs. Eph, and beforo tho unfortunate Enh know wherolio'was, ho was arrestcTl "bytMal on a warrant sworn out by Judgo Lawton, and an hour later was on his way to tho jail of tho county town, vainly protesting his innocence. For two months Eph lay (hero awaiting trial, and it is not unlikely that ho would havo been sent to pris on, so set in his conviction was tho iudgo thut ho had in Eph secured U10 burglar. Luckily for Eph, tho discovery of somo of Ella's jowelry in a Now York pawnbroker's shop led to tho arrest and subsequent confession of two tramps, who had found tho judgo's parlor window conveniently open, and liad hurriedly helped themselves to all of vuluo thoy could carry oil' with- 1 out attracting notice Eph was released, of courso, but ho ! camo out of jail u changed man. Not 1 only did his unjust arrest, and tho I consequent degradation of being led ! through tho street of Shoreport hand- I culled, weigh upon him, but his wifo hud died wliilo ho was in prison, and nothing could couvinco him that his misfortune was not tho cause of her death. His former light hearted reckless- , ncss was succeeded bv .1 moody brood ing over his real anil fancied wrongs. Even when tho geullo Ella camo to visit him, ho turned 011 her liko an on raged lion. "Your fadder say I dono stolo his old tings, wo'en 1 ain't ben nowhar nigh your house, Miss Ella. Ho shot mo up in jail, an' killed my olo wo man. Ho's rich, and I'so po'. IIo's w'ito an' I'so brack, but sho's you bawn, Mis' Ella, I'so got to get ebon wif him. I'bo got to git obon, snail 1" And ho turned his head away, aud re fused to spealc another word. This was all tho moro mortifying to poor Ella, as she hud pleaded Eph's causo again and again to her father. "I'm sure- it was not Eph, papa," sho said. "For ono thing, I'm suro Eph would novcr havo taken my favonto silver bracelet, oven if ho hail been wicked enough to steal tho other things." "Ah, you'ro only a girl, my dear," was ti.oonly answer sho got; but after all tho girl was right, and tho judgu was wrong. Tho wintor was about over, and Eph, who had hail a hard timo to got along, and who had been sinking low er onil lowor, being oven suspoctod of helping himself on moro than ono oc casion to other people's chickens, was walking along the high road on his way to Farmer Hoi lows'. ' 'lho farmer had promised him a sack of potatoes in rolurn for various small services rendered, aud Eph was going to get them. Ho was slouching mood ily along, as was hiscustomuowmlavs, when tho sound of wheels behind him made him draw aside to let tho vehicle havo tho middle of tho road. As it nasscd, ho looked up and saw thai it was Ella, her palo cheeks aglow in tho frosty air, boeuroly bundled up in furs in her lit tlo phaeton, and speeding her onies to tluip utmost. Sho waved her whip, and nodded to Eph as sho passed, but ho, his whole nature turned to gall, Jook npjiotice of the friendly baluta- Tlo gazed arter licr, Uibugli, an ugly look on his onco good humored face, and muttered to him self: "What's dat do pahson done tole me wunst. 'Prido goes befo' a fall I' Yo-as, Mis' Ella, prido he goes befo' a fall," and ho plodded on. A couplo of hours later Eph was re turning along tho same road, his sack of potatoes slung over his shoulder. Ho seemed in somewhat better spirits, though tho chanco encounter with his enemy was still uppermost in his thoughts. Iio hummed tho air of an old plaintivo plantation song as ho slouched along, but ho had set words of his own to tho tune, and thoy ran something liko this: ToRsum climb up a mighty tall tree. En larf Wen lie hear tie nlppali call; Rut hu BhctA hht mouf w'en do t reel's cut down, lilt's de prido dat goes befo' his falL Iio was still humming tho last lino for about tho twentieth timo as ho drew near a turn in tho road, on tho other sido of which a branch of tho local railroad lino ran across tho road and mado a surfaco crossing. Tho shrill whistlo of an approaching loco motive drowned tho last words of his song, when it was succeeded by a piercing scream and a cry for help, several times repeated. Eph threw down his bag of potatoes, and hurried ly shambled forward. For a moment tho rays of tho rap idly declining sun dazzie"d his eyes, anu ho only saw a black mass stand ing across tho railroad track. Au othor instant, and ho was abreast of itt and in a .flash. UlQ. sjUiatjon was clear fo oven his dull intellect Ono of tho wheels of Ella's phaeton had in somo way got wedged fast between tho onus or two rails wnicu, contracted by tion. with , tho extremo cold, left an open spaco, I fu,ly n tho curb, uttering frequent admoni ( which had acted us a trap for tho nar- , Uons tb wl'H- "Thomas," ho said, reprov- row tiro. Sho could neither advanco nor recede, and her crippled condition rendered her helpless and uuablo to Btir. Stio gavo an imploring glanco at Eph, who remained, however, mo tionless. Tho memory of his wrongs, his wife's death, his lingering months in jail, his wrecked reputation, tho sneers of his neighbors at tho "jail bird," surged in Iris brain. Another whistlo from tho locomotivet and again Ella looked at him imploringly. Thoy could see tho cngino liko a huge, hungry Minotaur rushing forward as if eager to seize his prey, tho engineer with ono arm across Ms eyes as tliougn tn Rlmt nut thn r;irrpdv lin know wns coming, tho othe other bearing hard on tho reversing lover. Aud in a fraction of a second Eph's thoughts changed. Ho remembered tho girl s kindness to his wifo, her gentleness to himself, tho kindly advico sho used togivohim, her merry laugh when ho told somo quaint ncgro legend about "Brer Rab bit" and his companions, and ho hesi tated no longer, though already, for his own sake, 110 had waited too long. A leap, a roar, and a whir from tho passing train no 0110 ever know how it was dono, but as tho rattling cars sped by, Ella was lying shaken but I unhurt on ono sido of tho track, tho ponies wcro kicking and plunging in tho ditch, while across tho road lay a huddled, motionless heap of shuttered humanity. Tho train had slowed up, and care ful hands raised Ella, and a kindly stranger was bathing her forehead As sho looked round vaguely, sho sa a circlo of train hands and curious passengers round the prostrato flguro on tho" other sido of tho road, aud heard tho whispered remark on tho still, frosty air: "IIo's afivo, but dying fast." "Tako mo thero," slio gasped; and when they remonstrated, an imperious wavo of tho hand secured tho fulfill ment of her request. As thoy laid tho crippled girl on tho hard road by tho dying Eph, ho seemed to feel her pres ence, and slowly opened his eyes, whiloa faintsniilo parted his gray lips. "I'so dono ax your pardon, Miss Ella," ho feebly murmured. "Oh, Eph, ask my pardon? Why, you savcu my life, dear Eph." "Ycs'm. But 1 wuz proud, and dono toko no notice w'en you said 'good arftcrnoon,' Miss Ella. I'so been proud, but" and tho voico grow fainter and fainter "I'so had my fall." Tho big eyes closed, and in his fall ho had risen. So Eph got even after all. Horaco Towiiscnd in Onco a Week. Tho Crctikliin of Itnizllluu Carts. The Hnuilmns are not of those who I havo no music In their souls, if we are to judgo from a desrriptiou uy a traveler ol their ox wagon "r rather carts for they have but two wimols. although ten and twelve oxen are needed to drag them across country Theso carls make a loud creaking noise which Is called chiado. as they go somo thing liko that ol tho Persian wbeol in India, but wlilh tho creaking of the l'crsian wheel serves to tell tho men when the bullock stops here in Brazil thocblailo tells merely of so much friction between tho wheel ntul uxlo. aud ho much uimv work for tho poor U'asts to do Hut tho drivers consider that In some way it helps the cart along, and far tnmi thinking of putting a littlo grease, aa 1 suggested, on tho croaking wheels, they aro Tu tho habit of putting powdered rhar cool on whenever the axle runs a little smoothly "to nuiko it sing bettsr." Let V C.lvo Tliunli. Thanksgiving day ought to bo observed with moro genuine thankfulness this soason than usual. The election is over, tho kiso ball season is ended, and John U Sullivnn has left tho country. It is feared, however, that the pupor will ho moro full of Sullivau'i doings Hum over, Norristown Herald. Well, Hardly. Thoy nro not jwrticuhir uliout small things In China. iteeenUy tho cuuaus ta.era forgot to ouuincruto tho imputation of a littlo proviuoo oonUiining (W,(KX),000 of souls, Buch 11 thing itvuld never havo happened in Bt. Paul or Alumonpoiis. SU Paul Pioneer Press, Net! ITusbaiid (oonauiuod w ith laughter over ono of his own juke) -1 In, lin, lin, n-not Kitl, ohl Wife No; hut, John, you ought to tnkv it to tho UirlierVi uud lmvo its gray whikers Viiuuied. Tho Upeau, Tlia In uud Out of I.Ifo. Caller (to mrvant at the door) Ii Mrs. Ilolson nt home I Kervunt 0, mum; it's bur otthernoon out. Tim VnouU DEACON BURDETTE'S PHILOSOPHY. THE YOU.VO WHITS HEAD. You probo my story when you aik me how In my life's morning oil my hair Is white As Alpine snowdrifts on some mountain's brow. That llfu abore the peaks Its lofty height, lly hair wa blacker than the raven's wing, And kindly matrons, nye, and lnugkini? girls. Smiled not unkindly on me foolish thing, And praised the ebon shading of my curls. But in one summer night, so short and still. It changed to ghastly white from raven hue; You cannot help it, in a llourlng mill. It comes oil easy with a wet shampoo. BLOOD WILL TELL. Bo a gentleman, my son; bo refined and gentlemanly in your homo deportment. Don't bo rough and vulgar toward thnso whom you love and resjxxit. Be a nobleman. 'When a London costermonger's wife dis pleases him he kicks her with his heavy boots, but when tho Duke of Snarlboro's wifo offends him ho only slajis her mouth. Wo cannot all bo born of genilo blood, my son, as is tho duke, but wo can nobly aspire to something better than tho coster. DISTANCED. Oh, I am the man who got left Of ofllco and place I'm bereft; When they counted the voles, as the tally denotes, The other chap collared the heft There was fraud and corruption and theft. For the other man's heelers were deft; But without hesitation, I've this consolation, I'd rather be right than be left. Brooklyn Eagle. Only a Portion of His Family. A short man convoying cloven childrea stood at Broadway and Cortlnudt street yes terday afternoon. No wore n shiny Princo Albert coat, a decaleomanio on his nccktio for a scarfpin, and there was a look of settled melancholy on his smooth shaven face. Tho children ranged from about 15 years down. The eldest carried a undid and tho rest had umbrellas or bundles suited to their carrying capacity. They wero waiting for a Broadway car, and tho small man grouped his charges care- ingly to a small boy, "if you drop that bas ket with tho eggs in it there U lie trouble for 1 you, sir, to-night. Isaliclla, put down that i umbrella. You are jioking everybody in tho j ribs." Just then a car catno along, and tho peril I ous -work of embarking tho children begun, i bringing two drays and a cab to a standstill In Uroadway. "Hurry up, old man," called tho cabman, "and hustle your picnic into tho car." "You want tcr keep them orfuns outer Broadway," said a drayman, "or else dress 'cm up alike with tho name of tho asylum on their collars." Tho short man did not reply. Iio hoisted tho smallest infant into tho car, and as it l started ho turned his mournful face to tho 1 cauman ana said! "This is not a picnic, it is a jiortion of my family. I'erhaps, young man," ho added with dceixming sadness, "when you have had fourteen children life will not seem to you to bo ail u merry jest." Now York Tribune. I'rcullarltlnt of Amurfran Ryes. Tho efforts of the war department to Bocure a field glass for the service of greater power than the ono they now use lias discovered the fact that tho eyes of tho average American are closer together than tliono of men In foreign countries Tim dnllhla fliis known oj rim finlil gloss, now used Is weaker than that used In tbo armies of htirope. It la of onlv from five to six powers entirely too weak for tho purpose. The only glass they can get of BiiUicient power Is a (tingle spy glass, which is defective hi that It does uot take In a broad enough field. This in u very serious defect in tho equipment of tho American unny. but there ieems to be no Immediate prospect of its correction, because our eyes aro too close together Somo of the colored troops may be able to use a different glu.ss. but the white Yankee noldicr cannot overcome the national pecu liarity The best military Held glass In iiso Is that with which the German army is supplied. An attempt was mado to adopt them by the war department, but it wus found that the eyes of tho glasses were so far apart that they could not be used by Amuricans The department is studying how to overcome this dilllculty Washington I-etter WiMii't neatly I" Uie. Edward Stirling's estirnato of William Alexander, proprietor for many years of the Glasgow theatre, makes him out a ro markablo character His principal pas sion seems to have boon (to put it mildly) a thrifty regard for the coin of tho realm After many years' toil and penurious liv lug he mmiRgeil to buy tho ground and build his Ulastgow theatre, a fine structure of stone, griu-ed with statues of Shake npearo. Milton. Byron, Scott and William Alexander Declining years brought com fortable retirement to the caniiy Scot. While on a visit to Ixindon he was taken 111, and after a deal of pressing ho con sented to employ a physician, who. the moment ho haw him. bado him prepare for tho inevitable nail I'oor Alexander, start ing wildly up in bed, exclaimed "Yo diiinu uioun to say that I'm to die, doctor?" "I fear, my friend." was tho doctor's sad reply, "that you have no chance of recovery " "What! what! After all mo workln' an' strivin' for forty year not to live not to live to enjoy It? (with a deep groan) then it's a cursed slmmul" Detroit l-Yeo Press Kuiiintltlus About tho Strawberry. Over 400 years ago "Straw berries I" was a cry of tho Uiudon streets, aud the gar den of the bishop of lily at Holborn was famous for its line growth of tho luscious berry Its name is uu Anglo-Saxou one, apposed to bo derived from Its straw liko stem, but quito us possibly It U de rived from tho circumstauce of its grow Ing amid what was called straw, or from tho custom of stringing and braiding tho long stemmed bornei into a bunch of straws, as umo of the country folk do today Itesldii our own numberless vari eties of the sumo wild berrv. cultivated out of alt acquaintance with Its parent stock, there la an Eixai Indian variety with showy yellow (lowers, valuable ouly for oruameut. as tho fruit Is worthless, and a charming Chilian spet-iof with thick, dark leaves, aud u berry sometimes of a pale rose color snd sometimes of a rich creamy tint, and often as large as a hen's egg The Argonaut. No oily substance, poultice or liniment phonld lie put into tho oar, lecauso great injury Is liable to bo done. Warm water is tho boat possible, ami about tho only safe, "wash." Do not scratch tho ears with airy metal; pin lwads, hairpins or oar picks should bo tabooed. Do not scream if an insect ontors tho oar; warm water will drown it, and wash out the "remains." The oar is not nearly so liable to injury from tho intruder us from frantlo efforts to dislodge it. Hall's Journal. A Commercial Dtttvctlv! Work. Commercial detective occupy Geld that la ram 1 7 invaded by th police or criminal detectives, aud, unlike the latter, tbey uavar deslra advertising In the paper Am soon as tba commercial sleuth become known be depreciates In value rapidly until ba Is anally discharged, or enl Into another city where be baa no ac qualntancen to ipol blm and give him away when ha Is out on a night s prowl. Tberw ara several agencies In the western cities, aud while you rarely bear of their operations, they must do an enormous bualneaa to puv for the large suites of otDcea which ara Mipponed by their patrons Th 'viinniefui dneetive goes about as a muii nl leisure with allowance for ex peiiMtw to entertain those with whom be deHires to associuta. and bis work is one of observation ills agency reports, either by letter or directly ouca a week, or mora frequently on the habits of clerks. Rales men, bookkeepers and others in conflden tial positions Tbesa reports ara not always tu the Interest of tba employer, aa tbey do better aervice tn the bands of life, guarantee and accident inauranco companies, where applications for policies specify a line of conduct that would en title the holder to a gilt adge classification. Whenever young men begin 'bowling up" too freely or dissipating to an extent that their salarv will not justify the shadowed man receives a hint of the fact together with a notice that bis policy will be canceled unless there is an improve ment la bis behavior Globe Democrat. Why the QiHetrl Dog Won. Some time ago tbera was a dog show held In San Francisco, and, among the various prizes o He red, was one for tho quietest dog Upon the opening day a stranger eutered the building carrying a locked dog box. which be carefully de posited among the setter clans It con taiued a queer looking specimen of a set ter and the chief characteristic) of the animal seemed to be that It never changed Its position but sat up boldly and re garded liie spectators with a sort of stony glare that was apt to terrify tho moro nervous portion of them Ihtrln" the Judging of the dogs the owner of this strange aulmiU objected to Its being token out of the box for competition It was there, he said, to try for the prize as the quietest dog and in justice to himself, it would be wrong to expose the pup to the excitement of being judged with the rest of the class tn the ring This demand was acceded to by tbo judges, and euro enough during the whole turea days of the show this one dog was never known even to bark Of courso it obtained the special prize and the show broke up Afterward many dog fanciers came to the successful exhibitor to ask by what means be hud got his animal so completely under control Under promises of secrecy lie uivulgud his plan "The pup," said he. 'is always qmet. cos why, ho died two years aco and is stuffed " San Fran cisco dog fancier are unanimous in their opinion to bar that exhibitor out of oil subsequent meetings of their association. Philadelphia Times Tlia (Teen 11 f llrrf Ten. Just what the meat extractives do in helping to nourish the body has long been a physiological puzzle At times they ap pear to aid digestion It is certain that thoy have some effect upon the nervous system When one is weakened by Illness or exhausted by hard work they are won derfully invigorating They wero form erly supposed to furnish actual nutri ment. but the tendency of opinion In later years has been to make them simply stimulants and the experiments within a short time past have indicated very clearly that they neither form tissue unr yield energy that. Indeed, they prac tlcally pass through the body unchanged and are uot food at all In the seuso in which we use the word. In other words, when a convalescent In valid drinks his beef tea. or a tired brain worker luke meat extract with his food, though Ue is greutly refreshed thereby and really benefited, the extractives nei titer repair bis tissues nor furnish him warmth or strength But tn some unex plumed way they help blm to utilize tho other maienuls of (us body and of his food to an extent which without them ho could uot do Beef lea and meat extract are strengthening uot by what they themselves situply but by helping the body to get ana to use strength from other materials which It baa Such is the interpretation of the latest experimental research. Prof W O Atwater in Tho Century A Trial nf "Child Catuhera." A Birmingham coniemporary reports a 1 "trial of child catchers " This Is a start 1 ling title, but it reters neither to kidnap ing uor to any other form of crime, and the trial wo uot a iiidiclal proceeding I It was an experiment with new appliances which bad been titled to a steam tram- 1 way engine to prevent If possible any I dangerous conspqueuces to children stray lug on the mil a I ins uiunaua purposu Beems to have occupied the attention of quite a number of Inventors, but the result of the experiments with their various inventions is not entirely satis factory Whether tht appliance consists of arnui to seize child and lift It olf tho track, of a mouth to suck the child in to a place of safety In a hollow at the back , of tho euginti. ot an India rubber shovel sheeting to catch and bold tho child, or of 1 "a spring cushioned triangular projection" to push the child aside, or of brushes to sweep tt away coutideure la the geutlo ncss of the steam motor's use. of its ! benevolent machinery when In full I working trim has not been estsb 1 llshed. The India rubber dummy child, J of courso. mado no objection to its treat ment, but a mother could not yet see her child in front of the tramway engine without apprehension The inventors will doubtless try again, and wo hope with more success London News. Murliluo dun. lur Cuvulrj. So far aii efforts, aud they have been many and untiring to supply tho Brttisli cavalry with machine guns have failed, tho "clrcumlKOUtioii oUice." of which lieu Wolseley complained so bitterly recently being, no doubt, at the bottom of tho troublo, though there Is reason to bellovo that rivalry between tho companies tnak Ing the various tyKs of machine guns tun had something to do with the procrastt natlng policy that would seem to havo been adopted at lho war office. Prom time to time excellent military authorities have pictured the potency of cavalry supported by machine guns, da claruig that Infantry tf not similarly armed, could not omoso such a force, tho machine gun having a range of 3.500 yards, nearly three times that of the ef fectlve oven of tho Unproved rifle. Uuless they occupied a fortified camp, they would have to run for it, which, with horsemen la pursuit, would not better their chance of safety but on the contrary, place them at the nxircy of the trooptr. Sci ctttic American. Twi flecrata of Stac" Stake Up, There are two great secret to be if- I asembered by the user of mak up the ' dark shades of colot depress aud light ones bring out tn relief A person with nub nosr darkens the end and pnts a, strong white where the bridge should be and straightway there appears a Tery good Imitation of a Oreciar none. If an aquiline nose is tc be transformed into the tip tilted variety, the above process is exactly reversed. In rounding or flat tening the at pearance of the cheeks .the same rule holds good White on the edge of the face will give the appearance of plumpness, while dark shades may be applied till the semblance of emaciation is obtained. In putting on rouge the age of the person represented has to be con sidered The younger he or she may be the higher on the cheek the color has to be placed. In old age if thera Is color at all left in the face. It generally settles in the hollow below the cheek bones, and is of a deeper shade than that seen In youth. Most actresses err In making up their eyes too heavily This Is done by run ning blue, black or brown marks Imme diately under and above the eyelashes. A thin line gives brilliancy and expres sion to the eyo, but a heavy one makes it look like "a burnt hole in a blanket." The eye that Is most efiective on the stage is not uece-ssarily the largest, but gener ally the one in which a good deal of white is to be seen round the pupil. To pnt a heavy mark outside thlf is to destroy the expression gained by the movement of the pupil over the white field in "wruxk llng the face grease paint pencils ar used, and the sutest guide for the appll cation Is tho natural lines that may be made to appear In the faca when tbo de sired expression is assumed Rouge is applied to the eyes in very small qnanti. ties, as the natural color is loo dark be hind the glare of so many lights. Eye brows, as a rule, ueed penciling, and blondes require dark eytbrows to make the eyes Beein brilliant. New York Tn buno. La nil Trnur In Siberia. Almost the tiist peculiarity of a weet Siberia! landscape which strikes a trav. eler frocr America is the complete absence of fences and I arm houses The cultivated land of tlit peasunts is regularly laid ont Into fields, but the fields are uot inclosed, and one may ride for two or three hours at a time through a fertile and highly cultivated region without seeing a single fence, farm house, or detached building The absence of fences is due to the Sibo rian practice of Inclosing the cattle in the common pasture which surrounds the vil lage, instead of fencing the fields which lie outside The ubseuce of farm houses is to be explained by the fact that the Siberian peasant does uot own tho land which he cultivates, and therefore has no inducement to build upon it With a very few exceptions, ail of the land in Siberia belongs tc the crown. The village communes enjoy the usufruct of it, but they havo no legal title, and can not dispose of it nor reduce any part of it to Individual ownership All that they have power to do is to divide it up among their members by periodical allotments and to give to each head of a family a sort of tenancy at will Every time there Is a now allotment, the several tracts of arable laud hold under the crown by the commune may change tenants, so that if an individual should build a bouse or a i barn upon the tract of which he was the temporary occupant, he might, and prob ably would be forced, sooner or later, to abandon it The result of this system ot land tenure and this organization of soci ety is to segregate the whole, population in villages, and to leave all of the biter vening land unsettled In tho United States such a farming region as that be ween the Urals and Tinmen would be dotted with houses, granaries and barns, aud it seemed very strange to ride, as we rode, for more than eighty miles, through a country which was everywhere moro or less cultivated, without seeing a single building of any kind outside of tho vil lages. George Keunan in Tho Ceutury A Chestnut, but Still Toothsome. Tho lato Justico Patrick Orattan was one of the most popular citizens of West Troy, whero his memory will over bo green, and reminiscences of his witticisms continue, to bring smiles to tho countenances of his sur viving friondi, ns passing events recall the namo of tho genial "Pat." It was but seldom .that his quick wit would not pierco through fi nny practical joko that was intended to b-i played ou him, and ho used to relato that tho most completely that ho was ever taken in was by u rollicking son of Erin, who stood arraigned and convicted beforo him for pub lic intoxication. Tho fellow pleaded for mercy,, Baying that ho had a largo family dependent on him for supjiort. "How many children havo youl" asked tho kind hearted Grattaiv '01 hov siveu byes and a sister for tvery wan o' "cm," was tho reply. Iio was lot off with tho payment of a light lino, nnd it was not till several minutes had elapsed that tho court comprehended that ono girl could bo n sister to seven boys, just as easily as soven ftirK as lw at first thought. Albany Argus. Tito Cookies of the Heart. Husband Well, my dear, havo you eq joyed tho Christinas holidaysl Wife Oh, so much, John, nnd I feel so grateful to tho many dear friends who so thoughtfully remembered mo. Ah, John, it is earth's winter timo, but tho glorious sum mer of tho heart! Husband Hatv you liccn out to-day? Wifo For a littlo while. I went down town to disposo of somo of my duplicate Christmas gifts. Now York Sua. v vassal W6 VEGETABLE PANACEA PREPARED FROM ROOTS Gc HERBS, FAD Vlir nunn vn inc. wunu ur AND ALL OTHER DISEASES ARISING FROM A DISORDERED STATE ofthe STOMACH OR AN .inactive: livecr. fOR SALE BV ALL DRUGGISTS & GENERAL DEALERS V I 1