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About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 8, 1891)
lo n g via t, to th a n k me. a s h said, for th e in terest I had m an ifested n h is sister, and als< to explain to me th» rid d le of her I f my face o n n d only pi unse th a t its color would rem ain, seem ingly m y sterio u s eJ stence. T he U tu> h e a rt w ere o o ^ o t 'aiu it w ould hide th e b ro th er and sis te r had be<u left o rphaus m om ent'll pain, a t an early age. and each *n possession of lw » id m eet y..u .md would g r,-e(y o u Ic th e a hand ome fortu n e. Seine tw e n ty y e a r s old fam iliar tone And u n .u 'h t should ev r show you th e w rong th a t before. Dora Som ers, then a very young yoi h ave t one. and sensitive an d affectionate g irl, had been sp tiv ated by th« show y g races and If rny tre ibliu, han d w ere steady, if w y sm iles hod uot all lied, hand a u ie person of Edgar H a m iito n .a u I? rny ev »s spoke u ot s o plainly o f th e te a rs .hey ad v en tu rer and g am b 'er of conspicuously c ten si -d, < vil character. She loved him p assio n ately , I woul m eet >»u ai I w ould g re e t y o u a t th e old s. .e e t tr tin g lace, and becam e his wife in th e te e th o f th e ? nd p reliance y o u 'd deem m e h ap p y if you m et »pjiobition of all her relativ es. Im raedi ie face to lace. ately a fte r th e w edding th e y o u n g couple If th ” m elody o f s p r i n g t id e a w o k e n o wild r e s ta rte d ou a journey to N iag ara F alls and d iv e to h Tn. He qeldom comes down frain. Canada. A broken rail h u rled th e tr a in I f th e a u tu m n 's goldi-n b u rth e n aw o k e n o iving stuns bu w ish he would do so th is on which th ey * 're tra v e lin g in to w reck pain, e v ’i i i g . f tr 1 should like to introduce and disaster. Mi llam ilto n w as in s ta n tly 1 w ould m eet th e e an d w ould g re e t th e e a s ye*.rs hi q > y< i P erh ap s he has decided to ag*» wo m et, killed, and his bride received su n d ry Before o u r h e a rts w ere shipw i -eked o n th e ocean d im vitb us th is evening, and th en th a t severe in ju ries, chiefly on th e head. She of regret. w ouhl*. very p le a sa n t.” was ill fo r many w eeks, an d , on h er re S it ca ied to a se rv a n t, w ho had come If m y w om an's soul w ere s tr ju g e r , if m y h e a rt covery. it Itecame ev id en t th a t h e r reason w ere u ot so tru e. to r m >\ i th e tra y “ Ju le go u p sta irs was irretriev ab ly shaken. She w as pos I w ould long Lave ceased re mein tiering th e love an d s e e n Mr. H am ilton will be able to sessed by th e idea t h a t h er h u sb an d w as 1 h ad fo r you. comv down th is evening. ’’ B u t 1 d are uot m eet oi g re e t th e e in th e old fa- sti 1 living, and th a t he w as c o n sta n tly TKs s e n a n t, an elderly, g rav e looking railia • way, w ith h er She shaped all h er ex isten ce U ntil w en *et in heaven, w hen te a rs h av e passed m an. van shed, and speedily retu rn ed by h is im aginary req u irem en ts; an d would awn . w 'th th e m essage th a t Dr. Somers did talk to him . and sin g to him , au d read —M ary M ark Lem on in T em p le Bor. not coisidsr it prudent for Mr H am ilton ;o him. precisely as th o u g h he w ere to le a '« b.s room. really present. Her b ro th er, w ith noble “ Ah w ell.” said Mrs. H am ilton, w ith a self devotion g av e u p his w hole life to th e •m ile, it would not do for him to be im by th e t iars Mrs TTamllton h 4 sh ed over care of th is g entlest of m aniacs. p ru d u t. B ut I should have been so h er bus h a u l’s m in iatu re, and by h is re "A u d . th a n k s to my w atch fu l affection, I t li now over fo u r years since I. E liza pleat-eu t< pre a n t E dgxr to you—he is so fusal to come dow u s ta ir s w hile I wm in Mrs G raves.' co n tinued th e doctor, “ sh e b eth < raves, first met- Dora H am ilton It handsor e am so in tellig en t, an d su ch a th e house. led a happy and peaceful life. H er E dgar co iversational st. However, w as nt Nice, on a b rillia n t day in F eb ru brillian Tlie m onth of March had passed away, —n o t th e scan p th a t sh e m arried , b u t th e ary I had j u s t recovered from a alia Ip here is i 4 ictu re, aud yo i can ju d g e .md th e R iviera was Hashing fo rth into all b rig h t creatio n of her ow n loving fancy— atta c k o f typhoid fever and had b e* ti se n t from th how very good Ic iking he is, th e b rig h tn e ss of early sp rin g , A 'lu n . one was alw ays w ith her. T he real E dgar, to tl e R iviera by m y physician to com a p a rt ft . my conjugal p reju d ices,” she day. on my w i) home from an aft< rnc >n had he lived, w culd h av e rendered h e r plete my convalescence. Oue of h is pre added. ? h a b lu sh as s w ii‘ a n d vivid as reception, 1 chanced to pass th e Villa \ t- fond, se n sitiv e n a tu re unsp eak ab ly sc rip tio n s w as a d rive every day when th e t h o u g T f ie w ere a newly b etro th ed to ria . and w is su rp rised to observe tl at w retched. She escaped all th e sorrow s of weat her w as fine, and it was t tric tly fol m aiden a.stead of a w ife of m any y e a rs’ th e usu ally tran q u il and so litary ho ie such a union; an d I cannot b u t fancy th a t she and th e visionary spouse th a t she lows 1. I enjoyed beyond mea.-1 re my ex- ' standing w as th e cen ter o f a universal commotion. T h e p 'itu re t h a t she p ut iu to my hand S erv an ts wen h u rry in g to aud fro, gro u p s loved and tended for so m any years are c u rs ons in th e environs of lie city, th e now un ited , where, beyond th ese voices, glorious sunshine, th e vivid azure o f sea w as a b* ‘u tifu l p hotograph on ivory, col of people h u n g ab o u t th e lodge g ate. 1 alk- th e re is peace. ” — Lucy H. Hooper in aud sky, th e rich vcgetati« i—in fact, all ored and finished as a m iniature. It re- in g uid g esticu latin g , aud w ith in th e iun- F rank L eslie’s. t hose elem en ts t h a t ca use N ice to » esem ble presente l i singularly fine looking m an, lit w indow s of th e d ista n t villa m ight be S ta n fo rd * « U n iv e r s it y a n d C o e d u c a ti o n . a set scene in som e m agnificent th e a tric a l w ith blu^eyes and blonde h a ir and m u s observed a st ir and confusion iJto g e th e r I asked as to th e S tan fo rd u n iv ersity , R| ectacle. B ut 1 w as far fr- m stro n g , tache, b it 1 he eyes had a sin is te r gleam foreign to th e usual custom s of th e house. and S en ato r S tan fo rd show ed me some of an 1 could en d u re blit little fatig u e, and in th e ir depths, and th e full, red lips w ere I se n t my s e rv m t to inquire the cause of th e p h o to g rap h s of th e b u ild in g s as th ey one afternoon my d riv e was pi »longed far sen su al a id coarse in o u tlin e and in e x th e excitem ent, and th e lodgekeeper’» are today. He has p h o to g rap h s se n t him b«*yond th e point th a t w a se ith r h e a lth fu l pression. M oreover, th e face was th a t of aged w ife came h u rry in g o u t h erself to every m onth show ing th e pi og ress of th e < r p ru d en t. My d riv e r lost his way, and a m uch younger m an th a n I had expected im p art h e r tiding!«. T hey w e n both trag ic building, and th ese last p h o to g rep h s show « fte r circu latin g about th ro u g h various to see. h r s H am ilton, ( h arm in g as she and d istressin g . Mrs. H am ilton had gone th a t it is only a little above th e fo u n d a u n k n o w n roads for a long tim e, lie finally was, was evidently n ot far from 40 years o u t for a u early d riv e to Mont ¿oron. Her tion. T he design of th is u n iv ersity is in b ro u g h t me o u t on tin h eig h ts of Cimiez, of age, a d th e photograp h of h er h u s horses had tak en frig h t w h ilst descending th e shape of th re e q u ad ran g les an d it «bout h a lf an h o u r - fte r su n set. I was band w as crtain ly th a t of a inau u n d er th e m o u n tain , had ru n away an d had will have a h a lf m ile o f covered colonnades. chilled and e x h a u s t'd , and seeing th e 30. T hor vas ao tra c e of ill h ealth v is o v ertu rn ed th e carriage. The u n f o rtu T he only hig h fe a tu re of th e b u ild in g is lig h ts sh in in g in t ie windows of a su p erb ible in th e high colored, h a n d s o n e face of n ate lady w as liro . n o u t and w as in th e chapel tow er, aud th e desig n is th e picture; so. a fte r in sp ectin g it for villa em bowered in palm s and oran g e tre e s ju re d so terrib ly th a t her life w as de Spanish. T he b uilding will co n sist of a n e a r which we were passing, I called to som e me (l-’.its, 1 asked: “ Is th is a re spuired of. Dr. Somers, whe had accom series o f long, low halls. As I u n d e rsta n d cen tly taken likeness. Mrs. Ham ilton? It th e coachm an to sto p , and se n t m y m aid panied her. had escaped w ith som e slig h t it, th e u n iv e rsity is to cover an area of in to ask th e lodgekeeper for a g lass of does u ot look like th e p o rtra it of any one bruises, and had been able to su p erin ten d ab o u t GOO feet by 300 feet, w hich w ould w ine Tl is was b ro u g h t by a kind who had ever been ill.” th e rem oval of his sis te r to her home be ab o u t an acre and a h a lf m ore th a n “ No; th»t is im e ." She to o k th e p h o h earted , m otherly looking old wom an, • He has been w atch in g o v er her ev er th a t covered by th e Capitol a t W ash in g who. seeing my pallor and my h alf f a in t to g rap h ft »m my hand and seemed since, madam, continued th e old woman, ton. T h ere are a b o u t < ,0 0 0 acres of ing condition, in sisted upon m y a lig h tin g troubled, and also, to my asto n ish m en t, a “ and lie sent far and n ear for th e best ground a b o u t th e college build in g , and, it and com ing in to rest. I w as so sp e n t and little bewildered. “ I t was tak en before i d octors in > ice. b u t th ey did n o t stay long is said, t hough I do n o t g e t th e fa c ts from w eary th a t it was im possible for me to re we w ere m arried—tw en ty years ago. He when th ey am e. and 1 am afraid th e poor S enator S tan fo rd , th a t th e g if t of th e fu se I was scarcely installed, how ever, ha- never had any o th e r p h otograph , lady is d y in g .” u n iv ersity in ro u n d n u m b ers am o u n ts to w hen a handsom e equipage dashed taken since, and he will n o t sit to m A cting on my first im pulse, I sp ran g $20,000,000. In th is g if t is included th e th ro u g h th e g ates, th e re v a s a brief p a r •a tist. I cannot tell w hy, for to me h< is from my carriag e and hastened to th e 88,000 acres of good C alifornia lan d w hich ley betw een th e lodgekeeper and th e new D 'lw ays the same. Edgar! my E d g a.!” villa. The sound of voices guided m e to is g iven to th e u n iv ersity . arriv als, and a lady ewtvred t h e l . t t l o [ And she pre.’ <ed th e p i c t u r e Co h e r lip * . t l i o r o o m o f t h e B u ffo ro r. * o n th«» I asked S en ato r S t a n f o r d a s to th e co room w here I was seated all eag er k in d th resh o ld of th e o p er door, b u t Dr. education of th e sexes, an d he told me ness and h »spitality. who introduced her- 1 she did so Som ers, who w as sea’ d b h is s is te r ’s th a t women would be a d m itte d to th e I was infinitely ani tzed a t h e r em otion, bed. looked up and s a ’ me, and signed to se lf as Mrs. H am ilton, the te n a n t of th e u n iv ersity as well as m en. and he said he ▼ilia. w hich see med to mo so needless, aud I m *. w ith o u t speakii g. to en ter. Mrs. th o u g h t a t least 25 per cent, could be I m u st com e at once to the house, she was d is in s s e d a t hav in g u n w ittin g ly H am ilton did uot not ice me. and 1 do not added to th e p ro d u ctiv e pow er of th e said, im pulsively 1 had been ¡11? T hen caused it, especially as I had n o t th e th in k she was eve. aw are of my presence. U nited S tates by th e women of th e U nited 1 m u st w ait and red,, and ta k e som e re fa in te st idea o f how to proceed in o rd er to Her fair fare w as u n in ju re d , b u t th e pale S ta te s e n te rin g those occupations for fresh m en t. Aud het brother. Dr. Som ers, i soothe her .hist th en , to my infinite re shadow of ipproachi ig d eath r e s t'd upon which th ey w ere fitted, and th a t w ith o u t w as a physician, and ’ould know ex actly I lief. th e door opened and Dr. Somers en- , her featu re s an d dim m ed th e lu ste r of her th e ir u n d e rta k in g any profession o r b u si w h a t to do for me. My own c arria g e | tered. T aking th e m in iatu re from Mrs. b eau tifu l eyes. She was pleadiiur w ith ness which would be unw om anly or d is could come back for me la te r—th a t is. if ! Ham ilton'» hand, he said to her, gravely: her b ro th e r as I arrived, and she w en t on ta s te fu l to them . He said he th o u g h t th e it would not be b est fo- me to sta y all “ My d ear Dora, you are very foolish to w ith her piteous p rayer as J approached fu tu re of th e laboring classes lay in su ch n ig h t. So, h alf coaxiug h alf com pelling, let y o u rsd ' become nervous and h y ste r th e bed. ed ucation as would fit th em to ta k e a d sh e h u rried me in to her landau, and 1 ical. You vill lie unable to sin g to E dgar “ I know t h a t I tin dying, M ark,” wailed v an tag e of th e ir su rro u n d in g s, an d th a t found m yself in a few n rn u te s safely e n I th is e v e n ii f if yon do not cease sobbing th e m elancboly t( ics, still so sw eet amid th e raw m aterials o f th e world w ere g re a t sconced in an arm nail in th e eleg an t and try to recover y o u r voice. ’ th e ir feebleness. “ Call Edgar—do call enough to provide all th e citizen s of th e d raw in g room of ’he Vil a V itto ria (so “ It was re ry foolish o f me, l a r k ,” re E d g ar—le t me him once m ore before I world w ith all th e co m fo rts of life, and called because th e crow n pi ucess of R us plied Mrs. H am ilton, sm ilin g i p a t him go! I cannot <L i happy un less I look Ihe lu x u ries, too. if those citizen s b ro u g h t sia had ouce spent a wee tl ere), w ith th ro u g h her tears, “ and Mrs. G raves ag ain on h is doa face. It can n o t h u rt in vention to th e ir aid and applied th e ir w ine an d bis• 'l i l t s and te a se t o u t on a m u st consider me a very ab su rd person, him more th a n the news o f my d e a th will labor in th e rig h t direction. He refe rred little ta b le beside me, aud a b rig h t fire b u t you ku w w h never I th in k of poor do. Oh. M ark—dear M ark—d< tell E dgar to th e McCormick reaper, w hich now e n a blazing on th e hearth . E dgar s pr carious h ealth I am a p t to to come to m e ’’ bles a farm er to c u t. th re sh and sack 100 Dr. Somers, a tail, g ra v e looking gen break down u tte rly . Are you su re he is W ith o u t a w >rd. Dr. Som ers arose and pounds of w heat for a cen t and a h alf a tlem an came in. felt my p lse, and de- no w orse than usual th is evening?” J u n g wide o p n a door opposite to th a t sack, and said th a t C alifornia alone could r hired th a t 1 was in need only of a few “ N ot a pi t i d e —ra th e r b e tte r, in fact; by w hich I had entered, aud w hich led to raise enough food to feed th e w hole h o u rs of th o ro u g h repose. And th e n I b u t you Am come and see fo r yourself, an in n er . »on . a 1 in u n d ated w ith th e United S ta te s .— C a rp e n te r’s In terv iew took a g -od look a t th e lad} wh<> had so presently. Mrs. G raves will excuse you golden glory of th e A pril su n set. The w ith S en ato r S tanford. suddenly and unexpectedly bec< me my for a f e v m om ents. I am s u r e .” w hole in terio r o f th e a p a rtm e n t th u s d is hostess. J u s t e t th a t m om ent my carria g e was closed was lisib le to me from w here I A H e a v y W e ¡ s lit o f S m o k e . I th in k she was one of th e loveliest announc and I glad ly availed m yself of stood. T h e r • were flowers everyw here; The in v estig atio n s of a society form ed worn« n I have e v er seen in all my life. th a t e x c u n for ta k in g leave a t once, re aud picture», and books, and ex q u isite She was not positively b eau tifu l, ’ u t she sis tin g a J th e h o sp itab le e n tre a tie s of trifles of all k in d s, w ere visible on every in London to ab ate th e sm oke n u isan ce w as exquisitely g racefu l, w ith a tall, Mrs. H aiiilton th a t ( would stay and side, b u t th ere was no hum an b ein g to be afforded ra th e r a s ta rtlin g idea of th e w asteful ex trav ag an ce of th e p resen t sy s slendi * ligure th a t rem inded me m its dine. 1/ i Ji rem ain »11 n ig h t; for I could seen w ithin. tem of combiVStion. Here is a su m m ary iithenoss and sw aying m ovem ents, af th e not o ut f. e th a t 1 was in th e w ay. as in W ith th e »pening of th e door a sudden of a late rep o rt of th e Sm oke A b atem en t ite m of a calla lily. Her fe a tu rt i were deed any g u e s t it seem ed to me, would change passed over th e featu re s o f th e d y delica 9 and finely c u t, her eye.* m ost have bee i u n d er th e roof t h a t sh eltered ing woman The lig h t retu rn ed to her in s titu te ; The w eig h t o f th e sm oke cloud lovely, being large and tra n s paren , of s so beloven an d all absorbing a n invalid as eyes, and a fain t color tinged her pale over th e city is estim a te d a t ab o u t fifty tons of solid carbon and 250 to n s o f h y d ro so ft ye lu stro u s gray. Her com plexion Mr HaDiJkxm evid en tly was. face. as. h alf raisin g h erself on her p il carbon an d carbonic oxide gases. From had th pearly w h iten ess and varying I callee a few days la te r to re tu rn low». she fixed h er eag er gaze ou a point blush r >se tin ts of a person in fragile th a n k s to my kind hostess for h e r h o sp i u ear th e foot o f th e bed. T h ere was no actu al te s ts , th e value of coal actu ally health ; i-.nd Indeed her whole asp ect gave tab le cart and also to resto re to her th e one th ere —she spoke to em p ty space— but wanted th ro u g h th e ob stin acy of th e th e im piessiou of oue th a t had su ffere i num erous w raps and ru g s in w hich she n ev er sh all 1 fo rg et th e p ath etic to n es of Cockneys is £2,257,500, oi 42 p er cent, o f m uch ami p atien tly endured It is im had insisred on enveloping me for my h er voice, th e loving ten d ern ess o f her th e am o u n t expended for coal in London, th a t being th e percen tag e of h e a t th a t possible f< r m** to give by description an. hom eward drive. I did u o t see Mrs. fixed, d ilated eyes. escapes up chim ney w ith o u t w arm in g idea of th fas*i nation of her m anner, or H am ilton, however. Dr. Som ers received “ I knew you would com e to me, E d g a r,” anybody. T his w aste also cau ses a u se th e peculia sw eetness of her low, m usica me in her stead, and excused h is sis te r on she panted. “ It is hard to say good-by— less ex p en d itu re of £268,750 fo r c a rtin g voice, th a t »eemed to hold a caress in each th e g ro u n i th a t she w as th e n in a tte n d we have loved each o th e r so fondly, and of its m hxlious tones. She wore an ele slice on ner husband. And a s I crossed you will m iss me sadly, d ear husband. cc d, to say n o th in g of th e w ear and te a r g a n t cost line in g ray crepe de t hine, and t ie hall I heard a voice o f ex q u isite B ut do not m ourn for me— it will not o ’ s tre e ts and of £48,000 m ore fo r c a rtin g a lionnet tr i im ed w ith c lu s te rs of pale sweetne? *, th a t 1 readily recognized as seem 1 »r.g—o u r se p ara tio n —a f te r all. a vay ashes. A ltogether, ab o u t £2,500,000 is y early tin te d violet s; and th e refii em ent and th a t of Mrs. H am ilton, po u rin g fo rth its And th in k w h at it w ould have been for delicacy of h e r aspect appeared to be con I del cate notes in a scarcely kn o w n melody me had you died and left me alone in th e thr< wn a v a y in London. Add to th is £2,(00,000 for in ju ry to p ro p erty from th e tin u e d In her attire . I by Gounod. world. I should h av e gone mad w ith I h vd never heard of Mrs. H am ilton, ' “ W h at a charm ing voice!” I rem arked. g rief, I th in k —b u t now —I go—to sleep— sm o ;e laden atm o sp h ere, an d th e re is au d I ice is r >t precisely th e place w here “ I t is a p ity t h a t so fins a ta le n t sho u ld to dream of y ou—and w hen I w ake you shown a to tal of £4,500,000 w hich London annually loses because o f its failu re to i t is afe to form haph azard a c q u ain ts^ jes, be entirely lo st to th e w o rld .” will be beside m e—E d g a r--m y E d g ar!” b u rn « oal u n d er pro p er conditions. N early bn* 4t was im possible for me to re sis t the “ My s 1st ?r spends a g re a t deal of time ; She mad-» a g e s tu re as if to s tre tc h o u t w in n in g c arm of th a t fair lad y ’s voice in a im in g to th e invalid an d also in read h er arm s tow ard th e invisib le b ein g to all th is w aste and sm oke could be pre and m an s r. 1 introduced m yself a t well i n g t r him .” answ ered th e doctor; “ and whom sh« spoke— a spasm crossed her ven ted by a general adoption of im proved a s I w arn He, th o u g h she declared th a t no she is hap pier in h e r self dev o tio n th a n featu re s, a ru sh of blood cam e to h er lips, m ethods of c o n stru c tin g chim neys, fire cons' a ta t on of rny id en tity w as necessary, th e »raise and applause of society could and she fe i back upon h er pillows. Dr. places, furnaces an d h e a te rs .—S afety V a l v e . __________________ an d a fte r she bad laid aside her oonret* m at 9 her Som ers be it o v er her, heark en ed for a ■he cam e bqpk aud s a t down beside uae, F o llo w in g t h e F a s h io n . A fter n a t day I had occasional g lim pses second an 1 th e n pressed a lin g erin g kiss and began to ta lk w ith th e naive f: ank- of Mrs. H am ilton as h e r carriag e passed I upon h er wrow. “Fairbanks is getting aw fully fat.” ness of a child. m ir i d u rin g my daily drives. She nev er “That’s only a tendency of the times/* “ All is bver. Mrs. G rav es,” h e said, as “ W m have come to Nice fo r th e v inter, failed to lean forw ard and g re e t m e with he raised h is head. “ Dora is w ith h er “ How so?*’ my husband and I,” sh e said, “ for Edgar a pretty , <ager g e stu re , an d one of her h u sb a n d .” “ H e is resolving himself into a corpo- is delicate sax ' cannot en d u re th e cold of sweet, pa h etic sm iles; but that w»s all Before th e do cto r le ft Nice h e paid m s a mfcion.”—Puck. FACE T ) FACE. — PL BUSH KD WEEKLY BY— Chieftain Publishing Company. J O S E P H , O K K iiO N . PRICE. Cr>uM nne ascend with an unheard of fllent., Au skyw ard, skyw ard w ithout lim it soar, if tli« pinion of a K'>d he a ore. Till e a rth w ere left a d ' indtiug star, w hose light Flew faint upon his tea k ; a t la st 1 is height AU h eig h t w ould vanquish; th e re in deeps o< space W ere n eith er u p p er nor inferior place D istinction's little zone below him «¡uite. o h hap p y d ream s of such u soul h av e I, And softly to m y h e a rt o f him I sing. W hose serap h p rid e all p rid e d o th »»verwing; Soars unto m eekness, reaches low by high. And, a s in g ra n d equalities o t th e sky. S tands level w ith th e b eggar an d th e king. —David A tw ood W asson. A h t E m p e r o r W illia m a t W a t e r lo o » T h e E m peror W illiam , of Ger iany, U om m anded a reg im en t a t the b a ttle of Vaterloo, am i Gen. Sim on C am eron, of • enusylvanin, had nearly reached m an i d a te w hen th a t b a ttle w ar fought. A n i l . ' it w hen we read of th e lirs t N apoleon ‘,Rml his deeds we th in k of it a ll as belong- mn K to som e fa r d is ta n t i>eriod—indeed, it - ids alm o st like a fable, llo w m any b, ti 'pie, by th e w ay, on th e w hole face of |,1:l e a rth , a re now alive w ho w ere living . I.jen th e E m peror W illiam am i Gen. neron w ere born? Can th e re be m ore " “ 'n 1,000—or perhaps 2,000?— 1‘b iladel- Times. ,« _________ H o w E le c t r ic it y K i l l .. I n e x p e rt electrician seriously advances ,-oposition th a t will provoke discussion. I asserts th a t i t is n o t th e electricity ,. ,u h u m an system receives th a t kills. V() e is destroyed, w renched from th e -tib- t of a su p erab u n d an ce of th e fluid, by discharge. In o th er w ords, if a m an re converted Into a n electrical ja r, he (I1 ould prove an en tirely tru s tw o rth y res- p rvoir of electricity. A ny q u a n tity of th e Ju id m ig h t be “ ban k ed ” in him . But th e m om ent it is draw n from him lie drops lifeless, lim p as th e sparrow th a t falls from the w ire.—P ittsb u rg B ulletin. C a llin g t h e Wxitr**«». In th e stylish u p tow n houses in N ew Y ork now it is im possible to see how th e lad y of the house com m unicates w ith th e k itch en w hile a m eal is in progress. T h is is because the call bell has become a m ere electric b u tto n on one of the ta b le legs, an d she presses it w ith her fo o t w henever she w an ts th e w aitress. F o r a very few d o llars—ab o u t tw enty-five —New Y ork houses are now fitted w ith electric system s, including th e fro n t door bell an d bells in I ,e bedroom s.—Gowd H ousekeeping. T h e S o u th e r n C lim a te . I t seem s to m e th a t th e old theory which m akes the so u th e rn clim ate en erv atin g is a false one. So far as I am concerned ¡6 certain ly is false. I find an e x h ila ra tio n in th is latitu d e which to m e is a tem p ta tion to overw ork ra th e r th a n to th e con- contrary. 6<>oner or la te r all th is G ulf coast w ill be to th e U nited S ta te s w h a t th e M editerranean coast is to F rance an d I ta ly —a g re a t w in ter resort, n o t only for invalids b u t for all w ho p refe r w arm w eath er and so ft a ir.—M aurice T hom p son. W e a r in g F e a th e r * In B r a z il. A lthough B razil is noted for its b ird s of b rillia n t plum age, it is said th a t th e em press does n ot countenance th e w earing of th eir feath ers an d w ill n ot allow them to be used on an y p a r t of her dresses. She is reported 10 have told a lady a t C annes th a t, “ m uch as she adm ires th e feath ers of th e m agnificent birds of B razil, she only likes them on th eir bodies.’'—N ew Y ork E vening W orld. I r r ig a t io n In C a lifo r n ia . T he irrigation of land in C alifornia n o t only benefits th e are * to w hich the w afer is directly applied, b u t tr a c ts fifteen or tw en ty m iles aw ay. T he w a te r th u s con d u cted th ro u g h th e plains can go no lov er th an th e h ard p an , w hich is alw ay s nei • th e su rface—fi >m th re e to tw’en ty fee. —and th u s the whole co u n try is de riv e g a benefit by its spreading.—C hicago Tlme- A P a y in g P r o fe ss io n . One c th e paying professions of r a i l« is said to be th a t of tr u n k p acker. J a m any of the littl« tru n k -hops you can h ire for fo rty cents an h o u r a i.iaa w ho will pack your tr u n k s artistic«. 1 folding expensive gow ns and o th er gar m e n ts in tissue paper, an d sto w in g aw; d elicate bric-a-brac in th e sa fest w ay.— N ew Y ork S un. N ot li m g to W ear. Wife—I declare 1 am alm ost asham ed to go to church with this hat on. I t ian t a t all the style. Husband—Is this Bridget’s Sunday out/ W f t No. Husband—W hy don’t you borrow hersf— H arper’s Bazar. N o tic e o f a u n e r a l. The most notew orthy * atu re of the sad oc casion was an eloquent address by Jim Peg- top, a brother-in-law of t e remains. Jim it a hustler fioin way back, »nd has done much to corral the big boom which this town is now bavin *.—Arizona Ho 3 ler. G o in g S h o p p in g li. V o la p u k . In Volapuk, the universal language, “ ale- mobs” is the word for “ to buy.” T hat settles Volapuk hereabouts. No woman could bring herself to rem ark th a t she is going out for i n afternoons demobbing.—P ittsburg Bull »tin S o c i e t y ’» ( l a s s e s . Society is composed of tw o great classes, these who have more appetite than dinner and those who have more dinner than appi- ti'-e.—Cham fort. I t is far more easy to acquire a fortune like a knave than to expend i t lik a gentle m an.—Colton. Better to go to bed «^pperlsM than to get u p ir debt. HER HUSBAND. Amviica or th e da . pness of P alis. In fact, h s h e a lth gi es me m uch uneasi .f s s . aud requires co n stan t w atch fu ln ess • n 1 atte n tio n . F o rtu n a te ly my b ro th er |s a physician, and he resides w ith i s and tra v e ls w ith up . and tak es tv ry possible care of Mr. H am ilton. Of co .rse. 1 a s sist him as m uch as pos sri'e. b u t E a g a r’s condition is so very pre ca ious and causes me so m uch anxiety, th t I should never know a m o m en t’s pe.ee if 1 did not have a m edical ad v iser co .*t«ntly ai hand. W e never go into a> .• v and eceive few v isits, for I am n< t % ry ph g m vself. and m y husband ntM | ’i «I--»« and a tte n tio n 1 can th a t I e v er saw o f 1 r. Her c a r l was only left by h e r footm uu a t th e h o tel for me. an d g re a tly as I had been a ttra c te d by her. I sh ra n k from again in tru d in g on th e privacy o f th a t jealo u sly g u ard ed home. T h ere was ev id en tly so m eth in g m yste- ri u s a b o u t th e m alady aud th e seclusion of Mr }I«wnilton. Gossip a t N.ee ra n riot on tl.e E ^ o jtc i. and su g g ested a ll so rts of solutioire fo • th e riddle. One w as th a t 'h e invalid w as uot ill. b u t w as sim ply in ane; th e const a n t presence of Dr. Bonn rs and th e peci liar ta c itu rn ity and reticence of th e se rv a n ts in th e face of questions, m d— niusi it be added?—even o f bribes, icing alle^ ed in su p p o rt of th e theory T hen mors m alicious persons declared h at Mrs H am ilton was an ad v en tu ress ho t nceaied a whole tro o p of lovers ur oer th id en tity of th e one un seen ln\« lid; b it th a t wicked rep o rt w as speedily silenc 4 , h av in g no fo u n d atio n in pro »a bility a. it had none in fact. T h e ex| la- natio n ci th e M a tte r which I w as incli ied to consi 's r co rrect was. th a t Mr. H am il to n had »een d isfigured for life by in ju ries recc ved in some accident o r o th er sh o rtly e r h is m arriage, and sh ran k from pe 1 ittin g s tra n g e rs to look U’yco his m ir en and d isto rte d featu res. T his theory va> corroborated in my own mind