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mi tt j i i : m i noou iiivei uiaciei . vol. r. HOOD RIVER, OREGON, SATURDAY. JULY 22, 1893. NO. 8. 3food Iiver Slacier. I'Ulll.lalltll IVIHT SATURDAY UOSMHe T Tlio Glacier Publishing Company. mum imi'tioiv I'm t On. ymr Si nt'iiil!'. , 1 tirro llliinllil. Hiim) iMiliy . . ,,, tl M 1 M M .CmU THE GLACIER Barber Shop Grant Evans, Propr, S.'ni! Si., nrnr Oak. Hum! Kl,r, Or. Shaving Hiul I Inir i iitl ing nrally don. Sul infix turn (iiaiantoeil. 1 1.1 KNTAL NEWS. An English syndicate has Ixatlil the oiilliil mine ill llarqila I lulu, A. 'I'., UN mi.' , I, i ii Mi.iii ii i fur it. It is it wry rii li gold liiini'. With llir a-ignincfit iih commandant of the Marc -land navy yard Captain Ml l 1 . 1 H 1 received hlH promotion to till l.lhi, 1 1 f 'iiIiiiiiii dole. I In- tanners at Stockton have coaned pickling hides, Tiny claim H cents i i .i i 1 lv tin' l-jti'iH in too high, iiml I'U iiir-- ill nut In- resumed until tin prii e in low civil. I!i'' sealer Favorite hit arrived lit Vh t. it i t ii.iin tin- hi ft coast w itli acute h f I .out .-,!,.. Sim also brought (In 1 1 1 n in I ill a ti 1 M .t r i n m catch of 1.17D lllld Miii Ic-pcctivcly. .Nui .li..i';;:ii grain dealers r.ri' tillering to buy the new crop and loaning ti'i to f M M-r tun mi stored wheal lit Mocktoll siio.t mi; H t -1 1 1 r i inniit inn ot money ln;tt t .-t -. All w In-lit i inning ill in being Moli 'I. mm prices lire too low Tin- M .! 1 1 1 1 1 n it h mini- in i'iniil roiintv, A. T., one ut the liiust gold mines ill tilt' Territory, has chut dow u until a now hi in 1 1 i'. in in' driven, it cave iii tin" iii i no fuiui' t inn' itui , rendering it. dillioult to work a wi ll a" unprolital "-ix Illia-UICIliellts Ulllili' by Fred (i. J ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 i in r ut tin' height of Mount Pain l. T -hmi it to he from 1 l.'.MH) to 15,100 fi-i't high. Mount Whitney, h icli in credited '.Mth being tin; highest iiioimt inn in thr I nilcd Mutes, is 1 l.H'.lS ft't't hi;'h. Judge Catlin at Surninii'iito has ill tided tin- long-pending ease tif V. .1. (iivoiv -. .1. ,1. Snicker, i uvul viiiLf tli right tu tin' manufacture and sale of a patent medicine, judgment beingaward cd plain' ill. Tin' case bus lit-fii pending lor IIIIIO Wills. The San Pedro Lumber Company has secured at I .os Angeles ti judgment against Merrick llcvnolds, their former manager, for $110,000, Reynolds was charged with neglect rttul finiMitin tin fa I.-1 tn'at inn of tin- loiiipiiny'M InHikH, " (ii'itili'iiifii ilt'Hiriiig to ontiT thin t-oiii t room w ill jilfaco It'avo their gtum in tin- t In k h ollu't'. .ii ii iiru tin woiiIm in iiin iiiiu K ii'ttt-TH iirmtrd on u phnaul huii oittnidi! of thu door uf .Indue 1 Ii5;ik'.-i courtroom at KroHiio, whi-ie the trial uf Ni'iith for the murder of MeW'hirter is niiii n. In the haheas t'oriiiiH'ease of Captain Wiav of the Salvation A cm v nt San Josu Jud-e I. origan declared tho ordiiiaiicu which piohiliited the Salvation Army from parading on the HtreetH in pre-Ht-rilied huiindarieM uncoiiMitutioiiitl, and ordered that thedefelidiwit lie tliMeliarj;etl. An in.-ect discovert'd liy J. K. Sliepurd of Zemi, Or., was found io In- ilevourinu! the nivi'ii and woolly aphiH in liin or chard. 1'iof. 1'. I.. Washington, ento liuili ijit-t .of the Oregon agritmltiiral cx jieiiineiit station, my the in-cct is )o dalii usc es, and that it is no uncom mon tiling for memliers of this family to Iced on snildiodied insects. The spe cies of podahrus have also made a good record as aphis-caters in Oregon. They never seem, however, to hecouie. numer ous enough to catch up with the aphis. (ieorge L Hichardson ha lieen found guilty of an attempt to wreck tlieSouth ern 1'acilic train near irain, Or. This is the ca-e where a train was Mopped by Kiclianlson, w ho held a torch, and whose , f yi every appearance indicated that he hail been' injured, lie claimed he had dis covered robbers tearing up tho track, and (bat they had beaten and Mahbed him and left him for dead, but lie recov ered in time to save the train. Ho wiih much of for aw bile, but the evidence made, was such that be was charged with tho .attempted crime of traiu-'wrecking with the above result. IIin sentence ia eight yearn in the State prison. John V. Flood, ex-cashier of the Don-oboe-Kelly I'.anking Company, convicted of embezzling sfltl-l.OtlO from that insti tution, has been granted a new trial at San Francisco. Judge Sea-well grant ed the new trial on the grounds that the eonrt erred in a portion of its charge to the jury, and that the prosecution did not receive a very essential point. It wan proved that I'ebruarv 15 the books of the bank showed no Miortage. Now, between that time ami April 4, the time of the diseoverv of the defalcation, there wan no proof, of what had become of the money. There was no evidence as to now it came in or how it was paid out. Oeiiora! 15.irnes.of counsel for prosecu tion says this proof is next to an impos Hibitity", and that the. decision practically amounts to an acquittal. Flood was re leased on $5,000 bail. He iimiietliato.lv went to his residence, ami denied himself to all visitors. It is understood his at torneys have enjoined absolute reticence. rUUKLY PERSONAL William C. Todd, who n cenllv unw lf50,00O tt I tin lioHlon public, library to Hiipport a newspaper reading room, is 70 years n. ami a graduate of Dartmouth in the class ol 1H I I. t .... ...!! 1 . .'nr. Minie .injure, who Iiiih the repu talion of being the only woman I'tesi dent, of a national bank (Mount, I'leas ant, lex,), IM described as a dark-eom I'lexloiied woman, with peculiarly brill utni eyes ami hoii voice ami gentle mm, tiers. liobert llui'lutnaii appears to be turn mg pessimist. llesayHof literature that H ih one ol the least ennobling of tin proiesHioiiH, ami tiial lie lias "not mi one ) ii. 1 1 v 1. 1 nit I who has not deterior ateii morally bv the pursuit of litcnm fame." Kx-iiovrrnor N. S. Cerrv of Cristol V It .. I. .. :l.i! . .,' . ii., woo, ii ne lives, will lie W vears oiil on N pteiiilicr I next, is well and act ive. llis intellect coutiniii-H strong and clear. He reads and writes dailv, and Keeps limy iu.-tci upon all of (h r I in J r lain iM'curreiices of the day. .i limes w liitcouili Kiley mVH that com- posllioii in a seven' matter with him. He makes so many false starts, corn-e- lions and erasures that be is ashamed to let anv one see Ins work until it, is re ''opied. II od- stly say-that he isn't at all proud of it even then. The chief of the interpreters ut tin World's Fair, Charles A. Carry, is ma--i... ..i . : i . . .. mi oi pun in language, lie is rresl- ileiit, ot the ( oliimbia International As social ion of Interpreters, the mi-m hers ol w hu h ale eiuploved by exhibitors to talk to visitors in their own language. Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Jef- lersou Davis, is in Chicago to see the World's Fair as the guest of Mrs. Sloet,-vii-b of New York. It i noted a a co incidence (hat Mr. Philip II. Sheridan iH visiting Chicago at the Mime time, and that her hotel is only two blocks awav Ironi .Miss Davis . It is the intention of their friends that the two women shall Souli meet, (ieiieral Avcrill, whose cavalry divi sion was linn. uis during the war, is now inspector of the national soldiers' homes. He was wounded three times during the rebellion, but remained at the front un til the end. llis famous raid on Img st reel was one of the master strokes of the war, and received due recognition. When Couth was playing " Kichard " in Chicago in 1H71 a mentally unbal anced spectator named iray shot at the actor tw ice from the gallerv. hie of the bullets Mr. Month secured, and had it set in a gold cartridge, upon which he bad engraved the words: " From Mark tirayto Fdwin Month, April L'.'t, 1H70." This grim reminder he alw ays preserved. (ieiieral i-oiigstrcct lives in what isde- scriiieii as wlnte-pine liamlliox of a house" near the ruins of bis fine old mansion in Central (ieoriria. which was timed a few vears ago. The house he now occupies faces the Clue Mount ains, and commands a view of unsur passed beauty. The Confederate veteran is now 12 vears old and a man of witri- archal aspect. The Duke of York and the Princess May are going to set an example to voting couples starting in life. The roval pair w ill keep bouse in a little cottage at Sandriugham, which contains besides three bedrooms only two small sittint! rooms ami a study or ollice for the use of the Duke. It is simplv litted up with light and inexpensive furniture, and is altogether a very modest dwelling. Jesse M. Sparks of Tennessee has been appointed I onsul at riedras Negras, .Mexico, ami thereby hangs a tale. Dur ing President Cleveland's lirst adminis tration Major Sparks sent to the execu tive maiiiion three opossums, fat and toothsome, from the 'I ennessee mount ains, lhe President, never forttot the ift, and when Major Sparks was in W ashmgton last spring Mr. Cleveland asked if the Tennesseean wouldn't like to be a Consul. The reply was in the atlirmative, and the apiHiintment fo lowed. The opossums did the business. lll'SINKSS heyitip:s. The largest piece of eoiiper ever taken out ot the Michigan Coper l'eiiinsula woignod anout nine tons. ustricn-iaming is a very nrolttatile m- lustry in Africa, where it is comimted there are over imi,000 tame birds. The value of tho Western cattle is es timated at $2,000,000,000, or live times that of all the cattle in Australia. Diamond-cutters in Holland have suc oedod in cutting stones so small that it lakes 1,500 of them to weigh a karat. The highest rate of discount ever es tiiblishod by the Bank of England was 10 per cent on Hay 11, 18(ki, during a panic. J lie narrowest-gauge railroad now in use is one ot twenty inches in JNortli Carolina, built last year for transporting timber. A million dollars in gold coin will weigh !i,(W5.8 pounds, and a million (hil ars in stiver coin will weigli 58,!)L'li.t pounds. laska produced yi.uou.uuu in gold last voar and caiiiornia fiz.uuu.uuu. The gold product of the United States was ;!5,000,000. The farm land of tho State of Kansas produced twice as much in value last ear as all the gold anil silver mines in the United States. Nothing is wasted in China. The stones of various fruits and the shells of nuts are cleaned, dried and carved into ornaments of the most graceful kind. It is said to cost loss to send the prod uct of an acre of wheat from Dakota to England than it does to manure an acre of land in England so that it can grow good wheat. New Bedford can easily afford to stop atchinc whales, for according to the latest statistics she is among New Eng land cities second only to Fall Rivor in cotton spindles. KASTKRN MELANGE. The Report oil Conditions the Various' Crops. of DKSTni 'TI0.N IN WKST KANSAS. Outcome of tlm Weather Ilureaii IiiveHligatioii at Washing ton The. Mississippi. I.i.zie Cordon ha been invited by the i lobe-Democrat to lecture.. The work of overhauling the halls of Congress is being pushed rapidly. Toronto is wrestling with the iiuestion of running-street cars on Sunday, b'lidville, Col., is filling up with idle men, owing to tin; shutting down of the mines. -erious charges of discrimination have been tiled against a number of roads en tering Chicago by local merchants. Cv using cotton-picking machines a crop can now bo raided in some districts of the South at a cost of cents a pound. .Near alecitos, lex., the Hangers and l band of Mexican borsethieves bad a light, and Captain Jones of the Hangers was killed. There is destitution in part of Kan sas. I lie w In-at crop is a failure in Jargt sections. 1 he Legislature may be callt in extra session. t iiiiieiess immigrants landing in .New York sometimes are bunkoed into tin xt hangt! of good European money for oniederate lulls. i-cretary of State I.esueur is receiving oin planus ironi an over .Missouri re gardnig combinations ot insurance agents to put up rates ( iovernors w ill be elected next Novem ber in Ohio. Iowa. Massachusetts and Virginia. The contests in Ohio and Iowa w ill be the most interesting of them all. Tin other day workmen in an old houst in rhiladclphia, at one time occupied by William Peiin, discovered a lot of an ient coin and English bank notes hid- len under the flooring. lhe receipts of the government for the ,-ear aggregated !f::.S5,KK),(M(, while the xpenditures will foot up t.'tSlt.OOO.OOO leaving a surplus of receipts above ex penditures ol fU.nou.iHUi. I tie l'opariment ot Agriculture is about to introduce calla-lilv root as a vegetable. In appearance the root re- seiuiiles an Irish potato; it is easily propagated and palatable. The banks at Independence. Kan.. have arranged a series of electrical alarm bells, which are placed in dilterent por tions of the business part of the citv The town is now fully prepared for roit- liors. A suit has been instituted at New York against Senator Suture of the State of W ashmgton to recover $2,000,000, which, it is claimed, the Senator owes the plaint ill's for lands sold and which be longed to them. The outcome of the weather-bureau investigation at Washington is the ex oneration of Prof. Harrington and the dismissal of McLaughlin, chief of the executive division, who preferred tho charges on w hich the investigation was based. The new military order signed by the President aliolishes the Department of Arizona, and places Arizona, New Mex ico, Utah and Colorado in the new de- iiartmont. California is restored to the tepartment of California, with head quarters at San Francisco. The abolition of Feed distribution through members of Congress and the charging of the cost of meat inspection upon the packers are likely to be two of the leading recommendations in the an nual report of Secretary Morton of the Department of Agriculture. The United Slates makes a very dis couraging showing for this year's crop of cotton. It is already certain that the crop has been badly damaged by unfa vorable weather during tho past six weeks; that it has got a poor start; that it is being injured by insects and disease and cannot amount to an average yield. More serious Mill is the prospect that further adverse weather, which may fairly be expected at this season, catch ing the belated crop in its present con dition, will reduce the yield still further. A few sections, as Florida and Louisiana, seem to have been exempted to the me teorological fate that has overtaken the tho cotton crop generally, but they are not extensive enough to make any" ma terial diU'erenoe in the crop as a whole. Acting Secretary Hamlin has instruct ed Collectors of Customs in order that the department may be fully advised concerning tne admission of Chinese persons into the United States to pre pare and forward to the department a statement showing the number of Chi nese persons admitted bv them from January 1 to June 30, 180l, and the rea sons ; the number to whom admission was refused and the reasons; tho num ber permitted to land for transit to an other port for exit from tho United States. The Collectors are also directed to make a weekly report of the Chinese persons seeking admission into the United States, through giving names. description, occupation and place of des tination in the United States, of those admitted and the evidence upon which such action was based, and also the names and description and the occupa tion of thofo to whom admission was re fused and the reasons for such refusal : also the names, occupation and a de scription of such persons permitted to land for transit through the United States. FROM WASHINGTON CITY. Alfred P. Swim-ford of Wisconsin, who served as Coventor of Alaska durini ii. ... I... Ii.. f . v.evciaii. M loru.er !eri, has heen ap- pointed inspector of the Surveyor-Con- erai ami oisinci land olhces. ... i i i . . . ... The first move when the extra session meets.it is said, will be a joint resold tion authorizing tlm Secretary of the Treasury to suspend the purchase of sil ver for thirty or sixty days and then let the tight comt! on the main (mention of repeal. It is said the silver men will agree in order to gain time for organiza lion. 1 be opinion is held bv a number of Congressmen that tho extra session w noi ne lengthy, and that financial mat tors alone will engage its attention. i.- 1 1 -1 ... i . . . i , . ... r. neen-r oi .Manama Haul : l see no reason why the country should b( oiinteneii nv a long tiresome session, w ith attcni'ant debate ami set speeches -i t ., i... i . . i I, . . . i in- i rehiueni nits called iiiem tot?et her by reason of the gravity of the money (piestion, and that alone. Then? are nu morons l ongressinen who behove it would be wise for Congress as soon as it organizes to pass a reso ution lmviiii the l resident authority to suspend the pur ciiase act or in ai wun ii as no may deem best. ( (ingress could then adjourn at once. in n convened in regular ses-ion in December the financial condition could be dealt With mte li'Ont v ami w lib deliberation and in the light of tin result of four months' work under the policy the President might under the res olution inaugurate." n bile members of Congress ami lead- is in linancil matters an: discussing various plans by which tho present situ ation can be relieved, the otln iaH of tin treasury Department arcnuiotlv tirennr ing the statistics and histories ol finan cial transactions for the benefit of tin administration to guide it in its own view s oi uic vuai stliijcet. everal plans havi boon suggested to Secretary Car- nsie. Among mem is one which con templates an entire change in the money system of the United States. In short, the plan is to pus a specie resumption act, redeeming the various forms of money now used in the country and is suing instead United States Treasury notes, whoso value shall always betixed. There are at present nine different forms of money in circulation, and the fact of wide diiforeiiee between the value of gold and silver coins, while they are the oretically of a parity, is one of the causes which has suggested the plan proposed The national banks during the past two months have increased their circulation nearly !r7,0o0,000, an order for new cir culation io tne amount oi r-, t ,000 Hav ing been received so far this month bv Controller Eckels. The President has signet! an order re organizing the military Department of iiii.uiia miner me name oi ine uepari- ineiit of Colorado, with headquarters at Denver. The Department of Arizona consisted of the Territories of Now Mex ico and Arizona and that portion of Cal- liornia south ol the .Joth parallel, lhe now order abolishes the Department of Arizona, ana places Arizona, .New .Mex ico, Utah and (. dorado in the new dis trict. California is restored to the De partment of California, with headquar ters at San Francisco. This change has boon urged bv tho military authorities for a year past. The headquarters of the Department of Arizona wore at Los An geles, placing Oeneral MoCook, com manding the department, at the extreme western part of his department. This caused great delay in communicating with army headquarters at ashmgton. as all matters in his section were sent to him and bv him to Washington. With headquarters at Denver he will be at the extreme east of the department and in the closest communication with Hash ington. This, it is believed, will effect economy in time and money and greatly iaciutate me disbursement of supplies and ammunition. Oeneral .McCook will command the new department CHICAGO EXPOSITION. Ivan Levitte and Legare Rabinovitz, representing the Russian Silversmith Company ol Moscow, who had charge of an exhibit in the manufactures building, have been arrested and charged with selling exhibits on which no duty had been paid. They admitted their offense, and were hold to the grand jury. Tho government will prosecute the men and all similar cases heroalter. Tho legal objections advanced against est l oint cadets going to the orld's 1-air have been overcome, and acting tH'cretary O rant sent the necessary in structions to uoionei l'.rnst, superin tendent of the Military Academy, for the trip. The cadets will leave West Point August 17 and remain at Chicago ton davs. lhev will be encamped in jacKsou i ark during their stav. The finances of the exposition are fast assuming a more satislactorv condition, and the city of Chicago is becoming truly great for ttie large number of visitors from abroad. An evening paper esti mates that in the period embraced within tho last 120 davs of ttio lair a sum rang ing from $120,000,000 to $150,000,000 will be brought into Chicago by visitors and m attendance Mrs. Alice Houghton, the Lady Man ager from Washington, has been in a much-tlustered state since she got back to the World's Fair. It will be remem bered that $5,000 was appropriated for the woman's department. Mrs. Hough ton has spent about $1,500 of this, and now for no reason that can be learned the Board of Lady Managers has refused to forward her any more. She had not even enough to pav the scrub woman who condescends to holy-stone the floor of her department. Mrs. Houghton has had several conferences with Dr. Cai houn over the matter, but the Executive Commissioner is too shrewd to mix him self up in any of tho troubles of the Ia- dies, and so the matter remains in statu quo. About $900 was lost of the ladies' fund in tho failure of the World's Fair Columbian Bank. FOREIGN FLASHES. A , f v 1 ,.! '"" " "l'" ur,ain;ix and Hooks Seized. THE UKEWKKS IN BELGIUM liaron Hirsch Preparing- to Make a Visit to the Argentine Re public Chanlonnet. Horseflesh is dearer than beef or mut ton in Paris. An elevated electric railway is to u built in Merlin. Nightingales have been especially nu- .... . .. . : i.' ..i.i.f. ni'Tuiis in r.ugiann mis vear. I ho only European sovereign older than v ictona is the King of Denmark A lady in Copenhagen has boon offici- a"j' r'-gistortd a a carpenter and joiner. An epidemic of typhus fever prevails anion); i in; runners OI U10 .MUIUCIl gar rison, Havana. l... ..!!.. .f .1 . . . . . I It is a matter of common occurrence in England nowadays for an auctioneer to roll a castle or an abbey. Scandals in French polities are beooin ing so numerous that I'ans reporters nave ceased investigating them. i i . . . . . . I he Prince of W ales has resumed his oflice of Captain-Oem-riil and Colonel of the Honorable Artillery Company. A society has been formed in England to discourage vandal advertising because oi us ueiaceinent ol natural scenery. The principal orange growers in Kaf- fraria complain that the fruit is poor ooiu in quantity ana quality this .season Mrewers in Belgium, where thtre are eighty-nine breweries, are reported to be naving an exceptionally prosDeruns ne riod. A drastic measure for the regulation and restriction of foreign immigration is noiore me Jegisiature of .New .South Wales. novel insurance company has been started in France, with the object of supplying gins wun dowries when they marrv. The Queen's appointment of the Duke of Edinburgh as Admiral of the fleets is not received with acclamation by the British public. The Turks are now watering the land in Thossaly with holy water from Mecca in order, as they suppose, to keep down me plague oi mice India has shipped to Europe since April 1 7,400,000 bushels of wheat. against 10,400,000 bushels in the corre sponding time last year. Some members of London's smart set are attempting by force of example to revive the wearing-of knee breeches as a fashion of evening dress. Many Anarchist newspapers, leaflets and books have been seized in the bar racks in Milan, Naples. Florence and Turin within the last few davs. A bill granting monetary assistance to poor settlers in order to facilitate the settling of the colonv has passed the New South Wales Parliament. It is stated that the Panama canal works will be resumed at the end of 1S93, and that already 50.000.000 francs have been raised for the purpose. Patti is now at Craig-v-Nos Castle studying the new opera by Sig. PizzL, which she will produce during her tour of the United States next winter. It has not yet been definitely settled that the German government w'ill have a majority in the Reichstag, many of itioso eiecieu reserving tneir views. Chardonnet, an ingenious Frenchman- has invented a process for manufactur ing artificial silk that is said to eomnara very favorably with the real article. The latest man to beat Zola in a con test for a chair in the French Academv is Ferdinand Brunetiere. He is a pro fessor of French literature and a literarv critic. It is said that the citv of Livemool. England, possesses the largest fire en gine in the world. It has a capacity of from 1,5100 to 2,100 gallons of water per minute. A notable instance of the decline in value of farm lands in England is in the sale throe weeks ago of a farm in Essex for ,4,500 which sixteen years ago brought 14,700. Historic homos are cheap in London.. The house of the banker and poet, Sam uel Rogers, was withdrawn from an auc tion sale week before last because of the smallnoss of the bids. No credence is attached in well-in formed quarters at Constantinople to the report that tho Turkish government had decided to enforce military service upon its Jewish subjects. In Paris there are several women who- mascuune doming, inese mcludo & famous artist and several whose profes sional duties are arduous. The officers of the German army are to have a new cloak, the novelty of which lies in the fact that bv an ingeni ous device the cloak may be'made thick or thin. It is adapted for winter or sum mer wear. It is believed bv the engineers and of ficials of the enterprise tlmt the Man chester ship canal will be opaned for traffic along its entire length from Liv erpool to Manchester by next February or March. Baron Hirsch is preparing to make a visit to the Argentine RepuMrc, where for two years past he has beon. striving to establish Hebrew colonies, an-d where ho has purchased a good deal of land for colonizing purposes. Jmr Farton' Dull Uf. James Tarton would not do hasty work. He was methodical, pationt, reg ular and persistent, and in time he ha4 become so able to control his mind that it responded to his will like the body to ins mind, lie aid not tax himself to work out groat feats within a short time, or if he was hard pressed he gave him self rest as soon as the strain was over. He did not burn midnight oil, neither did he resort to wine or tobacco as stim ulants to his brain. He was one of th most temperate men I have ever known. He kept his faculties every day as near as he could at their best, and life flowed n from day to day with an evenness and a quietness that made his home life not only pleasant for others, but beautiful in itself. His habits were to breakfast about half past 7, then to work In his garden in the summer for an hour, and then to shut himself in his workroom, where he could be sure to be undisturbed until half past 12. Then ho dined, and after that, in his later years, took a nap. Then he was ready for callers or visits to friends, or for the reading which might be required for the work of the next day. After ta ho was usually the companion of his family, hearing his wife or niece read aloud some book or magazine, and this was his daily round, unless broken in upon, month after month, year iu and year out. He did not often go to Boston or New York or seek a large number of literary acquaintances, and yet he waa never unsocial. He was the light and life of two clubs in Newburyport, and he was extremely fond of a good square talk, in which he whs fired np to his ut most. Rev. J. IL Ward in Now Eng land Magazine. What Dog Stories Lack. Presumably a wholly satisfactory dog story has yet to be written. It ia rather strange that so faithful, so beloved, a friend and companion as the dog has al ways been to mankind should have m little, comparatively, written about him. When we come to consider that com panionship and loyalty, we uro compelled to set it down as a remarkable piece of ingratitude upon the part of man, not to made his friend the dog more of a figure in the literature of fiction. Mrs. Br.r bauld is said to have written the first dog etory. We have never seen it. The 6tory of Rab is of course familiar to all. Yet, however mnch of a classic it may have come to be recognized, it is at best fragmentary, and we must confess that we do not share that enthusiasm which is popularly expressed over it. It can be taken for granted that no body but a lover of the dog will write of the dog. The fault that we have to find with stories about dogs is their invari able lack of tenderness. When the dog comes to die, his biographer invariably thsmisses that event with a casual "Poor old doggy! He has gone where good dog gies go the good old doggies' heaven." It is as if the biographer were ashamed to speak what his heart prompts; as if he were controlled by that same curious, awkward, wicked sense of pride which makes the simple fellow feign a snicker or a laugh during the progress of an emo tional drama, at the very moment, too, when a lump is in his throat and his eye are brimful of tears. Chicago News Record. She Got a Seat. A very pretty girl stepped into a crowd ed car on the College avenue line. She belonged in the high school and wasn't in the habit of standing up. The car was full, but everybody else had a seat. Seven men held down the most available ones, and, strange to relate, not one of them appeared to be aware that a young wom an was compelled to stand. The pretty girl, with a quick glance of disgust about the car, took in the situa tion and blushed somewhat indignantly. She had a long distance to ride and couldn't cling gracefully to a strap. Two squares had been traveled when an idea took possession of her classical mind. Out came the miniature purse from the embroidered silk reticule, and the little hands fumbled among a few silver coins. A nickel dropped to the floor and rolled to the far end of the car. This is part of the plan, but it is executed dexterously, and the passengers pity her. She blushed and murmured, "How awkward of me." Unsteadily she started after the nickel, but seven men intercepted the movement and rushed to the point, as the artful maiden dropped into a comfortable seat with a sigh and deftly bid a roguish smile. The 5-eent piece was tendered by a ma who assumed her place at the strap. She thanked him and looked all innocence. Indianapolis Journal. the Question ef Food and Drink. Fancy being confronted with the ques tion, "What kind of food and drink do you prefer?" and only half of a rather narrow page in which to inscribe the an swer. How could one answer such a question in such a space? for one's ideas as to food and drink vary so much with the hours of the day. Morning, tea or coffee very likely, with breakfast bacon or kidneys or fried sole or plain boiled eggs. But who wants boiled eggs and coffee at his luncheon? Then, again, dry champagne is generally a favorite drink at dinner, but we do not usually care for it at luncheon, and late at night most tnen have a preference for whisky and soda and would not care in the least for Pommery or Roederer. Then a man may have a strong liking for oysters, and also for olives, and how is he to get in all his opinions on these various questions of taste as to food and drink? Exchange. v(
