. »♦♦♦■»+♦ **>"»+++»+++'»+4"« “H“»+++** undrvs«, anfl tucked her up ¡B s . ' that the rightful owners *f these prai »»« »♦»♦■♦ 11 » put her arm round my »«.k .. • rie homes, although sometimes forced down my head to wbt.per e.utiou,’. , to submit to eviction or Intrusion, < > njy ear. ♦ i > know how to balauce the account when ••Tbey’re chfat».” she sai.1 - CÀMI'HXtl I linos . I'roprlelor«- "dreadful Cheats. This is. * t the opportunity offer». place at all. Oh! whatever aba i I “i on this particular occasion the cattle < > OREGON. EUGENE 3Ä Shall I have to stay here f,JUr i ♦♦*»♦»*»*» »-* »■*«■ » « »■»•♦♦*♦ man was riding after some steers, lie « — “Huaii. Minima!” 1 answered i* managed to get close to a colony of I it to I "* r than «*• th hk ■ Hr w Any one can be the foolish half of a The lute Dowager-Empreua Frederick prairie dogs, aud stopped to watch are tired. To morrow we .hall genius. once asked Bismarck to bring her u their quaint antics. place better, and it may be «picn * t ,, the other», Considerably apart from glass of water, and, as he handed it to ter all. Kias me. and go to sleep • : t I I I 1 1 I lit TH 1111111111 *»**•*">' 1 *1 *1 I I* *■!■■* *1 1 I I I* I ******* i Mr. Rockefeller May» that riches may her, she said to a lady Inwaitiug, who two dogs were sitting with their noses I was awakened, while it was yet oni* lead to heaven. So may the eye of a dark, by the sound of • - .... . J • sat near: “He has coat me as many close together. They appeared to be needle after you once get through. in the room below me. Almost imruedk tears as there are drops of water In this much concerned over the movements of ately a loud knock came at my door a big rattler which was lazily crawling glass.” alighted, and watched our ¡uggage put CHAPTER XXV. It I» hard to imagine anything mon* the harsh voice of madame cal ed to a When the »uake "I will »end the child to you in a cab down from the roof. Minima was lean As a preface to bls attack upon the about near them. contemptible than th* man w ho howl» "Get up. mees. get up. and coin.* oa« moved a length or two the dog» became ing against me, half asleep. A narrow an Wednesday," the woman »aid, as 1 recent army appointments in England, game. when he I» beaten at his own »he said, "to the school. Come on quick” vista of tall houses lay to the right and I excited and danced like little lunatics, roae and made my way toward» the hall; Rudyard Kipling tells a »tory of a man The air was raw and foggy when left, lost in impenetrable darkness. The address. turned out of doors, and it was so d»r who was carrying a bag, aud of whom j but when he eeased bls motion there “you have not told me your llared The new Prince of Wales I« prob- strip of sky overhead was black with I tell I pause*! for a moment. I--. - ! - still thut we could scarcely dis. era t's ably waiting to get hi» titles on straight a fellow-traveler asked what it was I they were, with their noses together, her my address? Yet my . money was midnight. outline of the walls and houses t L before iH-ginnlng upon tin* duty of set that the l>ag contained, ''Mongooses.” managing somehow to keep abreast of paid, and if I did not. 1 should lose both "Noireau?” I asked in a tone of inter school, madame informed me, was reg * ting the fashion for men. was the answer; “my brother sees him without seemiug to follow him. it aud the refuge I had bought with it. rogation. tered in the name of her head governess Once the snake colled, and then the Besides I »hould awaken suspicion and snakes, ami I'm taking the mongooses "Yes, madame,” responded a chorua of not in her own; and as the law» J when dogs had business elsewhere, but voice«. Mrs. Roosevelt may be able to dress Inquiry by silence. It was a fearful risk up to kill them.” "But your brother France prohibited any man dwelling un. ' lie straightened out they ware close to run; yet it seemed safer than a pre “Carry me to the house of Monsieur der the same roof with a school of girl, on $;ft»> a year, but women who have doesn't see real snakes.” “No; but these said, speak- Emile Ferrier, the avocat, ” I lieslde him agaiu. gave her uiy address, cipitous retreat. I not the title of first lady of the land to aren't read mongooses.” except the husband of the proprietor, thsv The rattler in the course qi his w rlg- and saw her write it down ou a slip of ing slowly and distinctly. back them may not feel they < an afford were compelled to rent two dwellings ’ Ou one occasion HatiM Richter was were, »rem- The words, simple as they 1 gllugs came to a uole a^l stopped paper. "How many pupils have you. B,g. to do it. preseut at a concert given by u brother excitement, In the afternoon the little girl arrived ed to awaken considerable ante?" I inquired. there, as If undecided wbetner It would hauds. with The landlady threw up her coiu’siser. nt which the latter perform be worth w hile to enter or not. The quite ____ that a man had been alone, _____ except "We have six. mees.” she replied A Chicago woman saved her hus an expression of astonishment, Was it ed a long and not particular interesting band's life with a broomstick; this. prairie dogs began to act in an unac hired to carry a small box for her,» and to possible that I coulil have made a mis "They are here; see them." deliver her luto my charge. This was a work of his own. When the composi however. Is not the traditional purpose We had reached the house, and sh, countable manner, as if they had been tion cairn* to an end Richter expressed feeding on loco-weed and suddenly great relief to me, aud I gladly paid the take in so short and easy a senttU'-e? opened the door of a long, low r.xim. to which this humble domestic imple I said it over again to myself, and felt shilling he demanded. The child was his crlticlaiu in a very few words. felt its effects. They danced on one ment is put. sure I was right. With renewed confi There was an open hearth, with a f.s "Well,” he said, "I too haf written com hind foot and rolled over. They dash thinly and shabbily dressed for our long dence I repeated it aloud, with a slight logs of green wood upon it. a tahh Journey, anil there was a forlorn loneli ran almost the whole length of the room liOMitions to make a pile ho high,” ía la ed up behind the snake as If they were ness about her position, left thus with a variation. Either .*»»> < hlldren were named af Ing his hand three feet from the aching to push him Into the hole, and stranger, which touched me to the heart. "I wish to go to the house of Monsieur with forms on each side. A h gh chair ter .Mark Hanna In the Inst four years or two stood about. All was comfort, ground; "but 1 haf burned them!" or 500 parents have considered him every little while they would come to We were alike poor, helpless, friendless. Emile Farrier, the avocat.” 1 said. But whilst they still clustereii round less, dreary and squalid. "I’m so glad!" she said with a deep- easy. At least that number of persons Once, while Daniel Webster waa attention, with noses together—talking, But the girls who were sitting nB th> drawn sigh of relief; "1 was afraid 1 Minima ami me, giving no sign of com have written. »peaking In the Senate on the subject perhaps. school is such a pliance with my request, two persons hard benches by the table were s i|| mor, should never go, and of Internal Improvements, tlm Senate The snake soon began to slip Into the thrust themselves through the circle. '1 he squalid and dreary looking. Th ir fs es Frank James frankly admits that he To the man who has not dallied with clock began to strike, but Instead of hole. The dogs, although intent upon heavenly place!” yet troubled rue; one was a man. in a threadbare brown were pinched, and just now t*. ie *|.s The words amused cannot net. However, elevating the Crooke's tula*» ami dis's not know an striking twice at 2 p. m„ It continued his movements, remained perfectly they were so different from a child'» or- great coat, with a large woolen comfort cold, ami their hands were swollen and stage ought to come rather natural to X-ray from an ani|M*re the work of ex without cessation more than forty quiet until the last of him had disap dtnary opinion. er wound several times about his neck; red with chilblains. They had a cowed one who has hud such ripe experience tracting sunbeams from cucumber» times. All eyes were turned to the peared. Then they got to work in earn "It'» such a hateful place at Mrs. Wil- and the other a woman, in an equally and frightened expression, and p . »j In holding up trains. would seem to I m * a mere kindergarten clock, anil Mr. Webster remained si est, and the way they kicked dirt Into kinaon's," »he went ou. "everybody call- shabby dress, who spoke to me in broken askance at us as we went in beb nd madame. game compared to getting light from lent until It had struck about twenty, that hole vvoul.l put a railway 'Notion ing me at once, and Molding me; and English. "Three are English.” said madame, "Mees, I am Madame Perrier, and this run there are such a many people to A celebrated preacher has made the decayed meat. And yet till.-» apparently when he thus apjx*aled to the chair: hand to shame. is my husband,” she said; “come on. 'I he “anil three are French." errands for." announcement that the world I m better Impossible trick lias Iteen performed by “Mr. President, the clock Is out of or They worked systematically. When She rapped one of the swollen hand! "What is your name, my dear?” I ask- letter was here only an hour ago; but all than It Used to be. Well, he may be Prof. Gorham of Brown University. der! I have the floor!” which lay upon the table, anl the girl the entrance was well tilled with loose ed, sitting down on my box and taking is ready. Come on; come on." right. Playing euchre and drive whist Instead of trying to extract light from She put her hand through my arm. and dropped it out of sight upon her lap. In one of Ids I'onversatIons with Au dirt they tamped It and then threw in her on my lap. Such a thin, stunted lit for prizes seems to have gone out of old sh<s*M or cigar stumps or Hawdust, gustus llnre, Chief Justice Morris said more dirt, and tamped that. They tle woman, precociously learned in trou took hold of Minima’s hand, as if claim with a frightened glance at the woman. as most any ordinary scientist would, he was sitting on the bench in Ireland, were not satisfied until the entrance to ble! Yet ahe nestled in my arms hke ing both of us. A dead silence had fall- Minima's fingers tightened upon nuns. style. l'rof Gorham tackled Hie decayed por that hole was blocked and packed a true child, and a tear or two rolled Mme. Sarah Grund claims that the terhouse steak. In Its undisturbed state ami after a case hail beeu tried he said down with dirt until It was as solid as down her cheeks, as if from very con to the Jurymen: “ Now, to consider this way to approach man and Mulwlue him the passe jstrterboiise has never emit the original sod. Then the little ras tentment. "Nobody has nursed me like this since Is by the dinner route, notwithstanding ted anything but odor; under the magic matter, you will retire to your accus cals seemeil greatly amused, and rub- tomed place, ” and two thirds of them mother died," »he said. "I’m Mary; but the admitted fact that most of the pub- wand of the professor It will emit b<sl noses times Innumerable before father always called me Minima, because lie men of the country die of stomucb enough light to run a photograph gal went into the dock. Another time he said to a culprit: "I can produce five they danced off to Join their friends 1 was the least in the house. He kept trouble. lery. The phosphorescence of fireflies, witnesses who saw you steal that cow.” and relatives, apparently with the in a boy»' school out ot London, in Epping of decaying tisb and vegetable mutter, Forest, you know; and it was so heaven Deportation amt permanent btt II I m b - which gives a glow to summer seas, has "Yes," said the prisoner, "but I can pro tention of telling them all about it. ly! All the boys were good to me, aud nient would, perhaps, come nearer the long been known to science. The phos duce five hundred who did not.” we used to call father Dominie. 'I hen An Up-Country Kising. popular conception of the punishment phorescence of these minute animal and It Is said that one evening when Dr. In spite of the old saying, the lawyer he died, and mother died just before him; which ought to be Inflicted upon those vegetable organisms Is produced by oxl- Friend was »ummoned from a rather who conducts liis own ease does not al and he said, ’Courage, Minima! God who conspire against the government datlon, the same as the heat of ottr tisv festive lsiard to the bedside of a ways have a ftsil for a client. The Hon. will take care of my little girl.’ So the by propaganda and who advocate its bodies. This oxidation, of course, I» h lady patient, he felt her pulse but boy»' fathers and mothers made a sub Jeremiah Mason, who was admitted to scription for nte, and they got a great overthrow. chemical action. Starting wltli this could not count its beats. “Drunk, by the New Hampshire bar in 1791, was deal of money, a hundred pounds; auii Jove!” he soliloquized, and pulled him a man of great height, but during the somebody told them about this school, Some of tin- war veterans who tasted know ledge uh a basis, l'rof. Gorham be self together siitlli'lently to order some early part of his professional career, where I can stay four years for a hun blood In Cuba or the Philippine» think gan ex|H*rlmentliig to find the materi harmless mixture. His delight may be says the Green Bag. was so slight and dred pounds, and they all said that was the sword should lie abandoned, as it al» that would produce the greatest Imagined when, the next morning, in apparently frail In build that, as the the best thing they coulil do with tue. gels between the legs and trip» I be luminosity In these decaying organ But I’ve had to stay with Mrs. Wilkin isms. lie Ims at Inst found three client stead of tin indignant dismissal from phrase Is, "he looked like a boy.” general» up. There Is nothing ho de further attendance, lie received from Traveling once in a sleigh after a son nearly two months, because sho moralizing to the morale of iiii army as leal salts which when applied to decay his patient a confession that he had di great snowstorm, he met a country could uot find a governess to go with me. to seee a fat general lake a header over ing meat will produce enough plios- I hate her; 1 detest her; I should like to phoreacent light to take photographs. agnosed her complain quite correctly. man In a similar conveyance. Mr. Ma spit at her!” I i I h »word. The object of the experiments Is to The Duke of Wellington was once son turned his horse and sleigh as far “Hush! bush!” I said, drawing her head Evldently thè hlgher eultivatlou I h In finally produce a light that Is entirely much surprised by receiving a letter to one side as he conveniently could, down upon luy shoulder again. neeil of some polislilng tip. A tot of devoid of heat. In these days when which lie read ns follows: "Being in and courteously requested the other "Then there is Mr. Foster," she con tinued, “he torments me so. He likes cows were lately »hot by a party of the servant girl problem tills the culin the neighborhood, I venture to ask per person to do the same. New York binitela under Ilio Impresslon ary department of the average home mission to see some of your grace's best The other man, however, was sturdy to make fun of me, and tease me, till 1 that Iltejr were a berti of tleer. In view with doubt and uncertainty, almost any breeches. <'. London.” lie answered of figure ami stubborn of nature, anti can't bear to go into his room. You'd of ibis and thè utility easualtles of thè refrigerator may contain a complete to the Bishop of London thnt he had taking Mr. Mason's courteous speech as hate Mr. Foster, aud Mrs. Foster, if you only knew them.” Miilue hunting tlelils naturai hlstory phosphorescent light plant. A bottle of great pleisure In assenting to his re a sign of a craven spirit, lie refused to “Why?” 1 asked in a whisper. My oilglit to be Inslsted uà uh a Uet essary the professor's salts would thus make quest, though he must confess It had budge an inch, and demanded a free voice sounded husky to me, and my throat MADAME UNLOCKED THE DOOR." iiny well regulated home Independent given him very considerable surprise. way for his vehicle. lira Urli In t Ile Melinola. felt parched. The child's impotent rage of the gas trust. Hereafter the family London House was thrown Into confu At this Mr. Mason's eyes flushed. The and hatred struck a slumbering chord en upon the little crowd, as if they were The head governess, a Frenchwomm of One of the latest fails, a coralhiry of need not hold Its nose ns the islor of sion. The note was from London, the day was cold ami he had sunk deeply within me. trying to catch the meauiug of the Eng • bout thirty, was now introduced to me. the d«*eaylng feline Is wafted from un "Ob! they are horrid iu every way, into the robes of his high-backed sleigh; great gardener, nnd “breeche»" should Palmistry, Is the ''reading" of the soles Breakfast was being brought in by one lish words. But as she pushed on, lead He is fond der the |H>reh. Let the dead ent be she said; "they frighten me. but now lie drew himself up and sat have been read “beeches.” of the feet. People who are credulous of tormenting anything, because he'» ing us both, a titter for the first time run of the pupils. It consisted of a teacuplul dragged forth, suspended from the erect on the seat for a moment; then enough to have their feet read are cruel. But they are very poor—poor as from lip to lip. 1 glanced back, ami saw of coffee at the bottom of a big basix, porch celling and made to glow In plios THE MIDNIGHT SUN. he bt*gan slowly to divest himself of Job, Mrs. Wilkinson says, and I'm glad. Monsieur Perrier, the avocat, hurriedly whi h was placed before each of us, t usually disappointed in results because phorencent beauty. This is an age of putting our luggage on a wheelbarrow, large tablespoon to feed our»elve» with, liis wrappings an I to get upon his feet, they are of that long eared variety of science, when even the decayed things Blaze VVotil'l Have Been Costly Ha l It gradually displaying his real propor Aren’t you glad?” aud preparing to follow us with it along and a heaped plateful of him he» of the human species that are more likely memory The question jarred in my Happened in the Night. bread. I sat down with the rest at th« of life may radiate light and beauty lu- the dark street. to present hoofs than soles to tin* palm Mr. Rausom's nephew was building tions to the astonished countryman, against a passionate craving after re I was too bewildered .vet to feel any long table, and ate my food, with a »ink stead of smelling to high Ilea ven. venge, which had died away iu tile quiet astonishment. We were in France, in a ist and the lines In li.HifH are somewhat a house, but an uninitiated persou, see who exclaimed: ing anil sorrowful heart. “Say, mister, you needn't rise any and tranquility of Sark. Ought 1 to do remote part of France, and 1 did not obscured. The crying need of these peo As soon as madame was gone. Minim» ing Mr. Ransom's daily supervision of Notable Hermon». anything for him? Was there anything 1 more. 1'11 turn out! ” ple Is a blacksmith rather than a palm know what Frenchmen would or would flung her arms around me and hid h*-r The pulpit at Westminster Abliey will work and workmen, would have been could do to help him? uot do. We stopped at last opposite the face in my bosom. smith. once occupied by a preacher who was convinced that be himself was the "lie is ill. too,” pursued the child; "I large, handsome house, which stood in Editorial lte»poii»ibllily. "Oh!” she cried, “don't you leave me; not n clergyman, and had never lH«*n rightful owner of the new cottage. heard him say once to Mrs. Foster, he The troubles of the literary man are the front, in the photograph 1 had »e< n don't forsake me! I have to stay her« Genius for government mid genius for One day, while making his daily tour knew he should die like a dog.” ordained. This was In Decent Iter. 1N73, four years, and it will kill me. I shall in London. seldom better exemplltied than in the business are not even distantly related. Ill! dead! My heart beat faster and when Dean Stanley Invited I'rof. Max of inspection at the n*M>n hour, he dis ease of the seedy looking poet who "It is mi<lnight nearly,” said Madame die if you go away and leave me" Take the l ulled Staten for example. faster as 1 pondered over these words. Mueller to preach on the religions of the covered a little bunch of shavings on wandered into an English newspaper "We must make the best of it. Min Perrier, as we came to a stall lstill and Washington was a »u<'i'<-«sfill business Then 1 should be tree indeed; bis death ima.” I whispered to the child, through world. It was one of the most Interest a window sill. Seizing them iu hl» office, venturing to hope that the edi would release me from bondage, from ter waited for her busband, the avocat. man, but lie might lie called the tlrst the hum of lessons. Her »hrewd lit • He passed through the garden gate ing sermons ever liisird, and when hand, he hurried downstairs and out to ror. from poverty—those three evils whi, h tor would accept his offering. and the Inst of American stntesemen face brightened with a smile that smooth disappeared round the corner of printed afterward brought In several the big elm under which the carpenter dogged luy steps. 1 had never ventured “Give me your address," said the edi vvlio deserved the title. .Nearly all the house, walking softly, as if careful ed all the wrinkles out of it. hundrt*d |H>unds I and his two assistants were eating to let my thoughts run that way, but tor. other bright mimes In the lilHtory of to disturb the household. At last wbe "That's what father said!” »lie cried; The world's sermon record Is held by I their dinner. "That, sir.” was the frank reply, “de this child's prattling had now forced reappeared round the corner, carying a "he saiii, 'Courage, Minima, God w; II American government, from Jefferson them into it. Richard Foster ill — dying! "See what 1 found on the winder- the late Mr Spurgeon, Illa sermons candle, which flickered in the wind. Not take care of my little daughter, God pends entirely on yourself." to McKinley, have been possessed by what ought I to do? have been published weekly for fifty ledge!” he demanded, pointing an ae a word was spoken by him or his wife as has sent you to take care of me. Sup "Ou myself?" said the astonished edi men. who. If they were not slothful In There was one tiling only that I could the latter conducted us towards him. We pose I’d come all the way alone, sod years past, and there are still enough : cusing linger nt the carpenter. tor. "How »o?” business, were by no means success do, only one little sacrifice I could make were to enter by the "Seems to be a clump of shavings,” to last several years more. Over KX1, "Well, you see.” went on the un for him whom 1 had vowed, in childish was evident. She led back door, that found it such a horrid place!" 4 ful. us into a dimly (To be continued.» J ooo.ooo copies have been Mold, and their ' said the man. wotiderlngly, as he abashed poet, "it's this way; if you ignorance, to love, houor ami cherish in lighted room, where I could just make munched a doughnut. profits cxceeil those of any other half There 1» a certain gratification and take the poem nty address will remain sickness and in health, until death parted out what appeared to be a carpenter’s THEIR LUNGS KEEP SOUND. "Ye«, sir. that's what ’tls," declared satisfaction In the knowledge that dozen preachers. 77 King street; if you don't take it I us. A home was secured to me for twelve bench, with a heap of wood shavings ly For the moat valuable single sermon Mr Ransom, “and I'm s'prlsed to think shall have no address, money still to months. I had euough France han In prospect the establish ing under it. My laudlady ls Butchers Are Immune from <.o«»un>P* last me until then. My diamond ring, ment of a school In this country for ever preached. It Is. however, not Mr. a man o' your experience should low a woman of her word. tion iu Any Form. “It is a leetle cabinet work of my hus which had been his own gift to me on Spurgeon, but Canon Fleming, who aucli doing»! the puriMvne of studying American In band.” said Madame I’errier; “our cham “ Butchers never tlie of consumption. our wedding day. would be valuable to On Another Line. "There w as a man tn South Plymp- dustrie». To be recognized us the lead holds the record. Tills discourse was him. Sixty pouuds would be a help to ber is above, ami the chamber for you The big man with Ills sleeves rolled up tlrst heard from the pulpit of Sandring ton. where I A porter at a certain station <>n was raised, that was th- ing Industrial nation of the world Is a him. I set the chili! gently away from and leetle mees is there also. But the wielding the cleaver at the block said compliment, however well we may al ham Church, on tin* sad occasion of building him a house with bull's eye Caledonian Hallway had been granted me. and wrote my last letter to my hus school is not there. Come on. mees.” this as he threw a beeksteak on the We wen; down the broad gravel walk, ready know thin to be true. France an the death of tin* Duke of Clarence. It winder pane» In the winders, The men leave for the purpose of going to Edin band. Both the letter aud the ring I en with the pretty garden at the side of us, scale. nounces thnt It Is not her purpose to wns h iter ward published amt Its profit.« that were a working on the house left burgh to I h * married. In addition, he closed in a little box. It aounded more like a trade superrtl- A great thump against the door brought where a fountain was tinkling an.I splash pry luto the secrets of the various In hare since »mounted to a total of £l,-p.»s a bunch o' shavings no blgger'n this was given the customary return rail tlon than a fact, but so far as diligent ing busily in the quiet night. But we a host of fears upon me. But before 1 dustries, but merely to round out the ($7. I'.sn. The noney has been equally one on the winder ledge, an I the sun way pass. pasaed the front of the house l<ehimi it inquiry has beeu able to discover it I* During hl.« abeence a new ticket col could stir, the insecure han lle gave way, without stopping at the door. Madame education of her Industrial students divided Iwtween the Gordon Boys' was terrible hot. same as 'tls today, Home and the British Home for Incur and It made n focus through (lint win lector had been put on. who upon Ben and no one more formidable appeared led us through a cart shed into a low, true, although not generally known out with a practical knowledge of Altieri than the landlady of the bouse, carrying side of the meat chopping craft. ables. Ixmdon Answers. edick's return, demanded his ticket. der pane, nnd what happened? can methods and enterprise. before her a tray on which was set out long, vaulted passage, with doors open Butchers are uo longer lived than nt'a Benedick, who had put both pass and a sumptuous tea. consisting of buttere I ing <>n each side; a black, villainous look "What happened?" repeated Mr. Ran- in other walks of life. They are sub le«* l'or Nausea. marriage certificate In the same pocket, ing place, with the feeble, flickering light aom, with Increased solemnity. "M by. The court phyalclan who ling King crumpet» and shrimps. She put it down A phyalelan advances thè tbeory that the shavings ketched fire, and a blaze by mistake tendered the latter. on my dressing table and stool survey of the candle throwing on to the damp jected to all the other Ills that human Edw ard's Inuit li in charge ga v <■ <*xprvs- thè distresslng seiisatlon of nausea ha» started, that’s what!" The collector opened and gravely ing it and us with an expression of be walls a sinister gleam, Minima pressed flesh is heir to. but consumption • ■ T alon to views full of good sense In a re very close to me. ami I felt a strange de not have. So far as a reporter wa» Ita seat In lite brulli and Hot in thè scanned the "line»," ‘‘lines,” then returned nign exultation. "But there ain't any bull ’ s eyes round Cent lutrrview Summing up the rules quiver of apprehension; but the thought able to learn, uot a »ingle ease 1» on stomach, ami that rellef uiay I h * oli hero." suggested the carpenter, mildly. then with a slow headshake, and: "Those as are going into foring parts, ” of correct living lie said: "To live long that there was no escape from it. and talmal by eoollug thè base of thè brìi in • Eh. eh. mon. It's a tceket for a vera she said, "ought to get a good English no help at hand, nerved me to follow record of a butcher In this city being a. "Makes no mid«, one way or t’other." do anything you like, I nit do nothing to Ile elalnis to bave teste»! ttd.; off, ,. and replied Mr Ransom, severely. "What's lang ride. but nae on the Cahslonlan meal afore they start. And thi«, my mas quietly to the end. fileted with the Incurable wasting o excess. The best rule of life Is modera- ter says, is a testim.vnial to you.” thoroughly In thè enne of »lek headaetie, happened once one way may happen Kallway." lauidon Spare Moments. the lungs which claims its hundred» *• Hon." Moderation conserves the life The end brought us out into a moan. I could hardly control my laughter, hillous colle, cholera morbus, and other next time some other way!" forces. Intemperance dissipates them, nal I coulil not keep back the tear«. It poor street, narrow even where the best thousands of vlcitlms annually- Finding a Grate With an Figg. din In w Idi h thè nausea I» a distresslng The fact 1» well known among butch streets were narrow. A small ho i-e "Dhl the house burn up?" lu*iuir«*<t Amt tenqs-rame. I i* It rvmemla-red. I» The Miau tsze. a tribe in Asia, will wi» a long time now since any one had , symptoiii wlthout a single fallare! Al«»». one of the other men, with a natural shown me so much kindness an l sympa stood before ns; and madame unlocked ers aud has been often the subje* a nim'h wider term than Is i imtempl.it- not bury a man until they have tlrst 1 that he once rvlleved thè nausea result thy a« this. The dull face of the good the door. XVe were conducted into a small their comment, although none of ti*eu> »*<1 in abstinence from the ex< < sstva use | log from cuocer of thè stomach by thè curiosity. tested tlie ground with an egg. woman was brightene*l by her kind heart kitchen. There was an oil lamp here. "No. It didn't." admitted Mr Ransom, of Intoxicating liquors. Many- a tem This o|H*ratlon Is curious While the ed feeling, an I instead of thanking her Ma.lame's fa e was illuminate.! by it. can give a reason for it. i application of Ice to thè back of thè "but that was Ju«t by good luck 'Twas N*i." said a man W i* * <■ ' * perance advix ate 1« Intemperate lu ueck ami oceipltal bone. The Ice 1« to body 1» ln'lng prepared for burhak a I put my lips to her cheek. There was not a trace of refinement or the noon hour, ami 1 was there, for the buaiuess. or lu eating or In speech. The n*'Xt morning found n« in France. culture about her. not even the proverb sides and rounds In Washing' u j l»e broken ami thè bit» piacevi between man wa« a frleml o' mine that I'd numlrer of Miau tsze. including the Many a man who <1 - not drink to ex ! thè folti« of a tovvel Rellef may I h * et>- male relatives of the deceased, go out Front Honfleur to Falaiae warm, genial ial taste of a Frenchwoman in dress. The ket for the last twenty years. 1 bar« known from l»»yhoo»l. no the blase was t*> the apjvolnted sjavt, bearing eras »ends an unnatural life beeuu«v of a large sunshine filled the air. The slowly mov kitchen was a picture of sqnalid dirt and had rheumatism and typhoid fever i talned by holding thè head over a sink. put out. But »’pose It had happened In ing train carried us through woods where neglect. The few cooking utensils were lots of other things, but nothing * ' basket of eggs. or lui». and polir! ng a »mali si rea m of lung» scattered alxvut in disorder. The stote the dead o' night, The whole building or of ambition Many a woman who water on thè n«*ck. Stooping down, one of the mt i ve» the autumn seemed but a few days ol*l. before which we sat was rusty. Could ever been out of gear with my I »f We passed through miles upon mi would have gone Noti*.ng could " *' lets an egg drop softly on the ■ abb<*r« lnt*»xl* anis strains every nerve ground. orehanl«. beneath which lay huge pyra 1 be dreaming of this filthy dwelling and aud the same Is true of every jearly I know u saved it. I tell ye, ye can't be too It« breaking is considered an ill omen center to keep up np|>earan*-es.” Rut butcher lu thia town, tn I xtraortllnarv < tiur* h mids of apples. Truck-loads of them th*« slovenly woman? No; it was all too >f till» court phy«k not One of the most curious churches In careful ’bout thing* :» o' that kind' '— and another sju»t is selected, in this •tood at every ttatl -:t l i.e a r » » real for me to doubt their existence for all of them and I never heard *>f I't Youth ’ s Companion away any profeai Iona them having consumption. 1 b«y ■ tlx* world exists In I j »*» Vinceute. Ma way the party often wander about for s eated by them, t’hihlr* n w.Te pelting an instant >d physician w ho l>a* der ». Ix*lng cut out ot a large boulder hour«, dropping eggs until one strike« one another with them. It was aim *«t She was pouring out <ome cold tea into drink blood or take any especially g PAYING OFF AN OLD SCORE. I don't kn » human »yatetu « like going nto a new world, an I I breath care of themselves either. I - - - two little cups, when Monsieur Ferrier on tlx* »bore All the work of excava a place w here the shell does uot crack ed more fn-ely the farther we traveled made his appearance, bis face begrime I why It should be so. unless * it * » bccaus® this recipe of im be* ■ lion was iwrrled out by the natives with Prairie I'ogs <••« I.ven with Thrir Oi l down into the interior. At FalaUe we and his shaggy hair uncombed He stood the continual inhaling of an a ■ Vt .-vgnsnlmous. Mmnger than ad great labor, and the church Is excep t.armf, the Wattlrsnakr, eii-hsnt 1 the train for a «:n ill ntn I «. in the doorway, rubbing his band«, and It became necessary for an Elm« moat persons to I phene of fresh meat ls streng icu.*** tionally quiet, and |«*rba|*s unique. It la a familiar story that rattle worth |wi|*a to chastise mildly his small whi* It bore the name "N Ireau” n«pi gating at us unflinchingly with the hard "I have often thought when hear ture »’and» up under uously on its door, At length we started stare of a Norman peasant, whilst he snakes are ofteu seeu euteriug or le.tv and Mio«» Borrowing. sou I be *■ her evening Sometime later off on the last stage ami then relwla. "Th* of consumptives going to < olora of our journey. lug the humble tenement of the prairie spoke in rapid, uncouth tones to his wife. a • ret Among the Sioux, when one family wishing to negotiate fur a favor, th* need m>t a phy«l< mu.' Egypt that 1 know of a climate a< Finally our omnth >us was jolting and I turned away my h* ad. and »hut my eyes d**g. The sight gave rise to the belief, cbastisevl one state*! Ills wishes, and a« just borrow » a k . 11 .- t ■ ■ Mat * r rumbling down sonn r steep anl narrow to thi« unwelcome s ght man will not live a li*-me ttiat would do the I - formerly held, that the reptiles ami the an Imlmvment added. th * ripe, ted •trrets, lighted by oil lamp« sw a r Ther- forv the do«'tor. as well. If they would stay ° "Eat. mees. " said the woman, bringing them. Only at the inn where we »to *p- us our food. "There is tea. We give stall for a while and swing men bey turned a small iHvrtlon of the f»s*d that small owls which also frequent these “Papa.” underground dwellings are ou the best ped was there anyth.ng like .ite. I woke "Well. James?" "A» the twig la b< nt the tree'» In- has ticen cooked In It will tn* left In the ur pup Is and in»tru<-trvs«es tea for sup- would get well quite as quickly as uey >f term« with the prairie dog«, and that as the owner must always "If you'll do th « pap. ITI cxcu«e you up Minima from her deep »nd heavy per at Six o c.ock; after that there is no bottom, tliMd.” 1» a proverb which time has • * □ the top *>f f ■»• ■ ' all live together, a "happy family.” for that whipping you gave me" •lee I* mor» ti lo eat.” not discredited M**d* •rn pedagogy con- know wliat waa cooked In her kettle New York Mall and Expn«» “We are here at Nhwreau!" I said. We That belief Is now known to be with "♦ bad the «ame vaulted passage and ceras Itself more and more with the have res* bed our home at last"' Wbesk a man stops smoking and be- out foundation, ami a cattleman, of th . isionally a foolish young man fl it cart shed to traverse on our way back old careful training of the tw Ig The value glnaaga i h< • u. glity tin..d about b.a whom the New Y<*rk Tribune te «. ter« agl ni.' 1 she get» too stu.k up The follie» of youth are dr»f» « The door w»« opened before the child bouse. There we were ush was fairly awake A small cluster of ered into a room c stain ng onlr two beds age, the payment of which -• .æP* of early habit In play, work .. a »»ovia- tlrst offense* ouca witnessed a acwne which show« to speak to him. byataeJers gathered rooal us as we and our two boxes. I helped M.a.ma te tir* I » Eugene Weekly Girarti ttoB and conduct Is acknowledg. *1 everywhere. This Is. we are often told, the era of the youug. children receive every advantage, youth is barred from uo opportunity. Great enterprises are in the hands of young men; youug worn 1 en mold In the schools the citizens of the future. serve great charities, or step forth from a sheltered life to share the labors of the world. Fitting ly this youug country »weeps forward toward It» destiny, borue on an Impetu ous wave of youth. But what of age? What of the ancient tree, no longer supple. Its twisted trunk hardened Into shape, broken, storm rent, yet vener able? To the understanding eye It 1» more Interesting, uiore beautiful than the fresh aud Hex lb- sapling. But do the eye» of our triumphant young folk set* and understand? Too frequently they do not. <>ur young people ofteu full sadly In reverence for age; often, too ;hey reverence yet shun It. With the marvelous rapidly of progress, re quiring an unprecedented adaptability , of mind and habit to material ami Intel lectual changes, has come Increased Im patience of the conservatism aud men tai rigidity natural to age. It Is a re grettable mistake ami one not at all to the credit of intelligent young people. The tree full grown cannot bend. At It grew, so It stands. Only fret, failure und Injury cau result from trying to effect a change. Nevertheless comfort, counsel. and that wisdom which Is higher than mere knowledge are found in seeking the cool tranquillity of its shade. fbe Doetor’j Dilemma