THE CHURCH BACK HOME.
When the big pipe organ's iwellin' n'
the city choir sings,
An' you almost hoar the swithia' of the
lovin' angels' wings,
An' the congregation's musin' on the
proneness for to tin, ,
Sort o' leanin' lUtless, waitin' (or the
preacher to begin;
In thnt holy bush It happens that I clean
forget the place,
An' again I'm meek an' lowiy 'fore
throne of savin' grace;
A throne that wasu't ncntlia' 'neath a
Hpire or a dome.
Hut the sinners sought their Savior In
0 that little church back home.
When we had protracted meetin's, why,
'twould done you good to hear
The congregation aiugin' with a blend o'
voices clear,
How the "Hock of Ages" towered like a
shelt'rin' aort o' wall,
An' our souls soared up to glory since
the Hock was cleft for all.
Ev'ry face was wreathed with sweetness,
an' we always had a smile
For the stranger, saint or sinner, In the
pew across the aisle;
For a diamond's often gathered from the
commorient of loam.
Au' we didn't mind the settir.' In the little
cbut'ch back home.
There were weddin's where the neigh
bors gathered in from far an' wide,
An' the boys looked on In envy while
their sinters Mused the bride;
There were fuu'rals, too, where neigh
bora didn't feel ashamed to cry
When they laid to rest the sleeper in the
little yard clone by.
Each pew seems sort o' sacred, an' the
lowly pulpit there
Tears like a holy gateway to a firma
ment that's fair;
Where the sweet, supernal sunshine soft
ly scattered sorrow's gloom
An' lets us enter heaven from the little
church back home.
The city choir's voices rise in cadences
so sweet
As they sing about the river where the
sainted ones shall meet,
An' the preacher's coice is pleadiu' as be
asks us, soft and low.
To treat all men as brothers in this
weary vale of woe.
This city church Is handsome, an' the
congregation's larire,
The preacher's doin' nobly with his heav
en seekin' charge.
The choir's swellin' anthems soar to
heaven through the dome,
Hut my old heart Is sighiu' for the little
church back home.
Hoy Farrell Greene, in Leslie's Week
ly.
8
MY WEDDING DAY
It
to
ELL, as I wus saying, this Is
tho way It came about: I was
a young thing then, Just turn
ed 18. Your grandfather bad been my
playmate, hero and protector from the
time that I was old enough to go to
school. I had never thought of marry
ing any one but him, and so when be
asked me to be his wife, why, of
course, I said "Yes."
Well, It was In the spring of 1775 that
we were to be married. Mother and I
spent the winter getting my things
made up, and I had as flue an outfit as
a girl could possibly have In those days.
The day set for the wedding was the
nineteenth of April yes, the very day
on which the battle of Lexington occur
red, as I have good reason to remem
ber. The nineteenth of April was a beauti
ful day, though a warm one for the sea
son. We were all up early thnt morn
ing, for there was a great deal to be
done. It was about 0 o'clock In the
forenoon when my mother, who had
been looking over some linen, suddenly
raised her head, exclaiming as she did
so, "Why, Mary, was that the meeting
house, bell?"
"What can It mean?" I cried, and,
running to the window, I caught sight
of our neighbor's sons, Joe and John
Eaton, running down the road with
their guns. Across the way Harry
Wright was plowing the Held. The
boys called out to blm as they passed,
and without stopping to unhitch the
horse, he seized his gun and was off
across the fields.
"It is an alarm, mother!" I cried.
"The boys are down by tlie brook,"
she said. "The sound will not reach
them!"
Without delay I hurried to the kitch
en, and, seizing the horn, I ran out of
the house and started for the brook,
which was some distance from the
house. 1 blew a blast on the horn as
I ran, and as the boys caught sight of
me I pointed toward the road, where
several men could be seen running with
their guus. The boys uuderstood, and,
waving their hands to me, they were
off across the field to the road.
"What is it? Where are they going?'
1 asked. Aud as I spoke the men came
hurrying out of the meeting-house,
where they had heard a few words
from Farson Smith, and, mounting
their horses, rode off as fast as they
could go. I looked for your grandfa
ther, but he was not there. Catching
sight of my fatlier, I ran to him. "Have
you seen Henry?" that's your grand
father I asked.
"Henry was at the tavern when the
messenger rode through here." replied
my father, "and, as he hnd his horse
with him, he rode away without wait
ing for the company to assemble." 0
My father had reached home before
me, and as I opened the door I heard
mother ask, "Do you think It is any
thing serious, father?"
"I am afraid it may be, wife," he saM.
"The messenger said that Gov. Gage
has sent some of the king's troops to
destroy the supplies which have been
stored at Concord. If the report is true,
there will be resistance, and if It comes
to that It will be very serious business
for us."
The first news that came to us from
the fight at Ivexington and the other do
ings of that day arrived about C o'clock
In uie afternoon, wheu some minute
men from another town stopped at 'he
tavern on their way nome. They told
the story of the day to the little crowd
of anxious women who eagerly ques
tioned them for net of some dear one.
My father would not let me go down"
to the tavern, but went down himself
and brought us the uews.
"Something unusual has happened,
Mary!" exclaimed my "aether. "I never
aw your fatlier look so excited."
7 !
A French scientist has found out that even the scorned and despised disease
microbes can be used in making the softest and most beautiful light imaginable.
While the light is strong enough to enable tine print to be read clearly at a
distance of several yards, it has all the s jft, mysterious charm of brilliant moon
light. The laity generally would Imagine that the first difficulty in making this light
would be the collecting of the bacilli. But I'rof. Raphael l)u Bois of the Univer
sity of Lyons has found that microbe lamps are eminently practicable. The
phosphorescent bacteria are those containing water, sea salt, one ternary com
pound, one nitrogenous compound, one phosphate, and traces of mineral. For
purposes of decorative Illumination the bneterlal fluids are placed in bottle shaped
receptacles, with Hat bottoms, covered by colored shades, which direct the light
downward. These, suspended from the ceiling of a room, supply a clear, delicate
glow, that transforms the most hopeless room and makes the dullest complex
Ion brilliant.
I hastened down the path to meet
blm.
"Bad news, my child; bod newa!" he
exclaimed. "There has been an encoun
ter with the king's troops," And then,
reading the question In my eyes, he con
tinued, "But they brought no news of
our men,"
The hour set for the wedding was 8
o'clock, Init It began to look as If there
would be no weouing, for It was now
after 7 o'clock, and none of our men
bnd returned home.
At last we heard steps outside, and
then my brother Arthur, who was
among the first to reach home, stagger
ed Into the room. I sprang up and ran
to 111 in. He sunk Into the nearest chair,
and his gun fell to the floor with a thud.
Arthur was only a boy of 15, you must
remember, and the dny had been a ter
rible one.
When he had recovered a little, my
father spoke. "What news do you
bring, my son?" he asked.
"Arthur," I said, "Is It Henry?"
"Listen," he said, speaking rapidly.
"The king's troops were In full retreat
when we reached the rond. We did not
keep with our companies, but each one
found shelter as he was able behind
trees, walls or fences. I met Henry as
I was crossing a field, and we took
shelter together and awaited the com
ing of the troops. We had Just got set
tled when Henry caught sight of a
flanking party coming right down on
us. He called to the men near us to
run for their lives, and at the same time
we lioth Jumped the wall and ran for a
house which stood in the field Just op
posite. I reached the opposite wall In
safety and' turned round to look for
Henry, but he was not with me. At
that moment the troops came round a
sudden turn In the rond and sent some
shots lu our direction. At the risk of
being shot, I stood up and looked across
NEW BRIDGE FOR
the road. He must have been hit by
the flanking party, for he lay Just by
the wall."
Suddenly I heard the sound of a
horse's feet coming up the road at a
furious pace. I sat up nun listened.
Somebody Is riding on nn Important
errand," I said to niyse.f. Nearer and
nearer came the sound, and the rider,
whoever he was, drew rein at our door.
Then there were a murmur of voices
aud an opening and shutting of doors,
and then my mother's voice calling to
me: "Mary, Mary; child, come down!
Henry is here! He's come!"
Scarcely believing that I heard aright,
I got up aud ran downstairs and Into
the kitchen, nnd there before me, his
face pale as death, with a blood-stained
bandage bound obout his forehead,
stood your grandfather.
"Mary," he cried, holding out his
hands to me, "I am In time! The clock
has not struck yet! We have beaten
the enemy at every point, and won a
great victory! I am hit, but not seri
ously hurt!" '
Then Parson Elder, who had come
over to hear the news from Arthur,
came forward and said: "Shall I per
form the ceremony now?"
So right then and there your grand
father, In his working clothes, all stain
ed with dust nnd blood, and I, In my
morning calico, were married.
GLASS-EYE HUMOR.
Rather Grim Fun Indulged In by the
I oaaesaor of line.
"There is a certain resident of a city
not 500 miles from the 'Hub,' " said L.
A. Goodwin, of Boston, at the Hotel
Manhattan, reports the New York Trib
une, "who In addition to a somewhat
highly developed sense of humor is also
the possessor of a glass eye. It Is a
wonderfully natural creation and did
not its owner publish the fact of his
proprietorship far and wide few would
there be who would not suppose him
still to be the possessor of both the op
tics with which nature originally en
dowed him. 0
"Some time ago the eye-shy man was
at that particular kind of a dinner pop
ularly termed stag. His Neighbor, it
must be confessed. In a reprehensible
spirit of pride, turned to hiss with
'What do you think of that for a
scratch, Blank? at the same time scalp
ing himself and revealing a pate as
bald as that of the man whom the late
lamented Travers once advised to sugar
his head and go to a certain ball In the
character of a pill. Blank glanced at
the shining surface thus revealed and
then his hand stole to his face. 'And
what do you think of that for an eye?'
wag Us response he made, and f.om
the center of the other man's plate of
soup the eye unblushlngly challenged
his opinion: The owner of the scratch
did not give It. He simply howled aloud
for frapped air.
"At another time a poker game was
In progress and the entire party were
casting about for a buck. 'And how
will this do for a buck? was the re
mark that accompanied the eye to the
center of the table.
"Its hist individual appearance wa
brought about by golf. Its owner had
golf aspirations and hired a high priced
professional to perfect blm In the game
'Keeu your h'eve on the ball. -Mr.
Blank,' was the burden of the cry that
wore out thnt person's patience. Fl
nally, unable to stand It longer, nnd at
about the twentieth singsong reltera
tlon of 'Keep your h'eye on the ball.
sir!' Blank deposited the glass sphere
and with the query, 'Is my eye suffl
clently on the bull now?' started In to
mnke a long drive as his coach started
hurriedly for home."
TO BRIDGE THE BOSPHORUS.
Fin Structure Will Tie Constructed
by a Hallway Coinpnny.
The scheme of bridging the Hospho
rus has been revived and It Is an
nounced that a magnjflcent structure
will span the river ere the lapse of an
other year and will bear the name of
the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamld.
It Is to be constructed by the Bosphorus
Railway Company, which designs a
Junction between1 the railways of Eu
rope and the Trans-Atlantic railway of
Bagdad. Naturally the uarrowe.-t di
viding line of sea has been chosen for
the point of connection. A military
bridge, erected by a Corinthian long
before the Christian era, once spanned
these COO yards qf water nt the same
spot and over It marched King Darius
and his 8H),000 Persian braves. Lord
THE BOSPHORUS.
Byron, Impatient of bridges ns of many
things, swam the flood and as a result
wns addressed In much minor verse as
Leander. The new bridge Is to be
erected on lasting lines. Massive gran
ite pillars are to be built and these will
support the steel cables on which the
bridge depends. They will provide ac
commodation for artillery and orna
ments will not be wanting in the shapi
of minarets and cupolas, decorated
with tiles and arabesques.
Why Short Girls Are Preferred.
It Is nn undeniable fact that the ma
jority of men prefer short women to
tall ones. Perhaps this Is beenuse they
like to be looked up to at nil events
by the fair sex and It Is only natural
for them to prefer the girl who. In her
little caresslugs and fascinating, lover
like ways, has, on account of her short
ness, to look up at blm for the purpose
of peering into his love-lit eyes.
Tall women are usually dignified,
nnd appear to scorn kittenish ways,
and although they manage to draw ad
miration It is rather of the awe-inspiring
kind.
No doubt, owing to the smnllriess of
stature, and pretty, playful ways, men
give to little women more petting than
the tall, dignified woman demands. The
lover's oft-repeated expression, "Yon
little darling," could hardly be applied
to the very tall girl without tickling
the risibilities of those who overheard
It.
This Is certainly very hard and looks
like a punishment for being tall, but
who can help her stature? It is a fact,
too, that men are rather shy about ap
proaching tall women because of tlif
restraint which they feel but cannot
explain.
They are under the Imuression why.
It Is hard to tell that tall women arf
built to be commanders, and they are
In their natural element when left
alone In their reserved dignity and
musings In their lonely wanderings.
Coffee Intoxication.
A visitor recently returned from Bra
zll, says that the whole country is per
petually Intoxicated by coffee. It It
brought to the bedside the moment one
awakes and Just before he drops
asleep, at meals and between meals,
on going out and coniiug in. Men
women and children drink it with tht
same liberality and It Is fed to babief
in arms. The effect Is apparent Ii
trembling hands, twitching eyelids, yel
low, dry skin and a chronic excitability
worse than that produced by whisky.
Yon recommend mauy a man to youi
neighbor whom you would not trus!
yourself.
M;A III
s f r i himTT t--
OUIl BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO
INGS HERE AND THERE.
Joke and JokeleU that Are Supposed
to Have BeenKecently Born-Say ins
and Do lou that Are Old, Carious and
Lttuiehable-The Week's Humor.
Mother (reading telegram) Henry
telegraphs that the game Is over aud
he came out of It with three broken
ribs, a broken nose and four teeth out
Father (eagerly) And who won?
Mother He doesn't say.
Futiier (Impatiently) Confound It all
That lwy never thinks of anybody but
himself. Now, I'll have to wait until I
get the moruing paper. Puck.
A Mutter o" Confidence.
"How- did he acquire the reputation
of being such a brilliant man?" In
quired one voter.
"By means of his convincing man-
tier," answered the other. "He got peo
ple to iH'Hevlug that he thoroughly un
derstood his own arguments, and they
regarded him as a genius." Washing
ton Star.
Justifiably Postponed.
Mamma What's the matter, John
nie? Johnnie Boo-hoo-oo! yesterday I fell
down and hurt myself.
Mamma Well, what are you crying
to-day for?
Johnnie You weren't home yester
day. Columbus Dispatch.
A Fetching Compliment.
She was not from Chicago.
"Do not anger uie," she said.
"How am 1 to know when you are
angry?" he asked.
"I always stamp my feet," she an-
swe'd.
lie looked down nt her dainty shoes,
"Impossible," he said; 'there Isn't
room for a stamp on either of them."
Thnt fetched her. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Preparatory Course.
"Y'our son doesn't seem to be doing
anything but play base-ball and row
on the river, and all thafsort of thing.
I thought you said you were going to
sond him to school aud prepare him for
college?"
"No; 1 said I was going to prepare
him for college, that's all." Philadel
phia Press.
Sentiment in Circulation.
"Never propose to a girl by letter."
"Why not?" ' -
"I did It once, and she stuck the let
ter in a book she was reading and lent
It to my other girl." Chicago Hecord.
lieen Expecting It.
Mr. Lurker Excuse me, Miss Snap
per, but I have long sought this oppor
tunity Miss Snapper Never mind the pre
amble, Mr. Lurker. Run along In and
ask pa. He's been expecting this would
come for the past two years. Tid-Bits.
A Plausible Explanation.
"I tied a knot In my handkerchief a
week ago, and I can't for the life of me
remember what It was to remind me
of."
"Perlmns it was to remind von thnt
It's time to 'put It In the wash!" Un
sere Gesellschnft
Matrimonial Lottery.
Miss Asking Do you believe in
church lotteries? De Witte Well er
I rather like church weddings.
Puck.
Ilia Disheartening; Outlook.
Mrs. Goode You are the sixth man
who has asked me for something to eat
to-day.
The Tramp (sadly) I s'pose so. If
de competition in dis life gits any wuss,
some of us 11 have to go to work.
Brooklyn Life.
Too Hnd.
Mrs. Bingo That's Just like a man.
Bingo What have I done now?
Mrs. Bingo I spent a day maklne
that pillow, nnd now you've put your
head on It. Harper's Bazar.
Very Dangerous.
"It's dnnj'us," said Uncle Eben, "to
git Into de way o' complalnin'. A man
kin alius stop workin' to kick, but It
comes hahd to stop kickln' to work."
Washington Star.
He Wanted Tew Know.
Ticket-seller (In theater box offlcel
Seats In the parquet are S3 and in the
dress circle $2.
Uncle Pumpklnduster (of Swamn
Junction) Say, be that your "askin'
price or what you expect tew get?
Puck.
Childhood Recollections.
Admiring Son Were you the smart
est loy In school, pa, when you were as
old as I am?
Reminiscent Father If I wasn't It
wasn't the teacher's fault He did his
best to make me smart. Louisville
Journal.
The Ravage of Time. .
Mrs. Waiie i'm sure the constant
anxiety must have been terribly wear
ing. Mrs. Luers Wearing? Why, in the
last three years I've grown to look at
least fc'x months older! Life.
in
, The Renl Reason.
Mrs. Ilauskeop Yes, my new girl for
merly worked for Mrs. DeStjle. , Sh
claims she left there of her owu accord,
but I think she was discharged.
Mrs. Kaul What makes you think
so?
Mrs. Hauskeep 1 judge so from cer
tain things she's let full since she's
been here.
Mrs. Kaul What were they?
Mis. Hauskei p - Dishes. Philadel
phia Press.
Dlscoverel at Last,
"Y'ou've got au ear-trumpet, I see
That's what I've been telling you to do
for two years."
"Oh! Is that what you've been tell
ing uie for the last two years." Puck.
SU iht Do Th .-re.
"Maude thinks of applying for a posl
tlon us soprano in a church choir."
"Well, there's n church for the deal
up on 7th street." Philadelphia Even
ing Bulletin.
Dangerous.
The Ollice P.oy-I was t'iuUiu'
ol
lookin' fer another Job.
The Messenger Boy You better look
out. You might git one where you'd
have to work. Puck.
Ilia l'cfinitioii.
Willie-Pa, what is a .publisher?
Author My son, a publisher Is a
squatter on the unearned Increment of
thought-Life.
Why He I.oved Her.
"Are you proud of your baking pow
der biscuit?" he asked.
"I should think not," she replied.
"I've tried dozens of times, but I never
could equal those made by the cook."
"Has any one ever told you that your
plo crust excels anything In Unit Hue
ever before inn do?'
"Never. My pie crust Is worse than
my biscuit."
"Are you nn ndept at preparing dain
ty little desserts?"
"Oh, I've done something In that
way, of course," she nnswered, "but 1
never would think of doing the cooking
for any one for whom I rea"v cured."
He gave a sigh of relief.
"Will you marry me?" he asked.
London Answers.
Fiiln't Count.
Clergvman My child, beware of pick
ing a toadstool Instead of a mushroom,
They are easy to confuse.
Clilld That be all might sur. ITs
baln't a-goin' to eat 'em ourselves
they're a-goin' to market to be sold.
Tit-Bits.
Extravagance.
Rich Widow Y'es, my poor dear hus
band died In Florida. We had three
doctors.
Dr. Sawyer (sotto voce) .AVhnt ex
travagance, when one doctor could
have killed him. . .
Convalescence. book by Emma Ilomnn Thayer, pre-
Jlnku What's the matter, old man? sented by the Continental Publishing
Haven't seen you for two weeks ami Company. Mrs. Thayer, It will be re
you look like you had been ill for a called, is the author of "Wild Flowers
month. of the Rocky Mountains" and "Wild
Splnks-Only a little attack of vnen- Flowers of the raclflc. Coast."
tlon, but the doctor says that a week !
of my regular daily work will bring me
around all right-Denver News. j
Her i eliiiiiion. '
"Yes," said Miss Cayenne, 'he Is tin- j
doubtedly a cyuic."
"What Is your Idea of a cynic?"
"He Is a person who keeps you con
tinually In doubt whether he Is unusu
ally clever or unusually disagreeable."
Washington Star.
A ttcntions.
"Y'ou don't send me any more violets
or American' beauties or boxes of can
dy," she murmured.
"No," answered Mr. Blykius. "But
that is no sign I am not as attentive as
ever. If you would rather have violets
and rotscs and boxes of candy than the
cabbages and potatoes and sirloin
steaks that I send around say the word.
Your slightest wish shall be gra tilled
even If I have to eat at a dairy lunch
room." New Golf Stick.
"I see that you have added to your
collection of golf sticks, Miss Frocks,"
said young Postlethwaite.
"I do not understand you, Mr. Postle-
thwaite," rejoined Miss Frocks. "My amendment was Adopted, but in which
collection of golf sticks has been com-' the record did not present the evidence
plete, so far as I know." or au agreed statement of facts. This
"Perhaps, but I saw Cholly Goslin on was done In order that on a second trial
the course with you this morning." ! the testimony could be reduced to writ
Harper's Bazar. : lug and give opportunity for the Su
Man and Modea.
"What did Alice wear to the box
party, Harry?"
"She had on a spotted silk frock, a
kind of pink velvet windmill in her hair
and a white lace cascade hanging down bank to be Insolvent or In failing cir
her back." Chicago Record. , 'cumstances is held. In Utley vs. Hill
. , (J,Q 49 h R a. 323, not to extend to
Her Distinct Advance. i deposits received when they actually
"British Museum Newton, the archae- i believed It to be solvent, merely be-
ologist, was a capital story teller, and 1
Mr. Hare has preserved two or three of
his tales. One is a spiritualistic seance, :
where an old cockney was Informed report to the State Department would
that the spirit manifested was his de-1 not make the directors liable to a com
eeased wife, whereupon the following mon-Iaw action for deceit In favor of
dialogue took place: j one who deposited in reliance on the re-
"18 that you, Arriet?"
"Y'es, It is me." j
"Are you 'appy, "Arrietf
"Y'es, very 'appy."
"'Appier than you was with me, 'Ar
riet?" -
"Y'es, much 'appler."
"Where are you, 'Arriet?"
- ln eu. -a. j. nares oiory cr .My ;
Life" j
Immense Coa! Beds.
The beds of the immense coal fields
lately discovered in Zululand extend
downward to forty-five feet in places
and the coal Is of good quality.
Dlsappolntaieutdoesn'taffectmen and
women the same. When a man runs
across an old love letter he wroie to bis
w if he laughs, but his wife cries.
taking shots at HORS-S.
Photosraplier-1 Mimt Km piny TricLa to
Get o el Picilirra.
"It Is no easy matter to ui!ike a good
horse picture," said Allied J. Miyer of
Pnch Brothers, "although every ama
teur thinks himself equal to the task.
A horse must be taken from the proper
point or his owner will not recognize
the picture. If the camera Is too near
the subject certain points will be ex
aggerated Iu the photograph. The best
results are obtained by placing the
horse on a Blight Incline, so that the
fore feet are a trifle higher thnu the
hind feet. This position throws the
head up. Then snapping the Augers
or making any slight noise will cause
the animal to prick tip bis ears, and at
the moment when he Is In this position
)f attention the photographer makes the
picture.
"When horses In harness are to be
photographed they must be posed on
level ground or on a slight incline. To
make them look alive a hat or a card Is
sometimes scaled In front of them,
and at the moment when they look up
the snap shot Is made. When pictures
of horses in action are made we usual
ly place the camera near the ground,
and by that means we get the best hoof
positlou, which cannot be secured when
the camera Is held or placed at th" or
dinary height. To make pictures of
Jumping horses the same method Is em
ployed, and the height of the jump Is
sometimes exaggerated by placing the
camera below the track level. Au ex
cavation Is made In the ground for that
purpose, and pictures made from there
Increase the apparent height of hurdles
and make a smoll Jump look something
remarkable." New York Tribune.
Max Pembertou has In contemplation
a novel dealing with Cambridge uni
versity life. He is a graduate of Cuius
college.
The latest volume in which Jeanette
Gilder has discovered material for a
drama is Mrs.ScliuylerCrowniuslileld's
new story, "The Archbishop aud the
Lady."
it s pleasing to note that the author
' of "The Love Affairs of An Old Maid"
has dedicated her new novel, "The Ex
patriates," to her husband, Arthur Iloyt
Bogue. Mrs. Bogue, who Is at present
living In New York, intends to continue
her literary work and her author's read
lings. Miss Lyda Farrlngtou Krause, better
known as Barbara Yechton, has pub
lished through Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
"Fortune's Boats." The story lias been
running serially In the Churchman.
Miss Krause never fails to give one a
: pleasing picture of the freshness nnd
! the purity of girlhood.
! Amelia E. Barr has completed a
! novel called "Souls of Passage," a story
based upon the doctrines of reincar
nation, which Dodd, Mead & Co. pub
lish. She is nt present planning a novel
centering around Cromwell, In which
slie will endeavor to illustrate the do
mestic side of his character.
"The English-American," a novel of
love and adventure, the scenes of which
are laid in England and America, is a
A gtol.y of Jaue Au8teu-a dealings
wUn her Bath pubilMlier roiatPS U0W)
ke Milt0Ui ghe mM bn fi,.st book for
outright The publisher allowed
"Northanger Abbey" , to lie on bis desk
for fifteen years, when Miss Austen
bought back her manuscript at Its orig
inal ligure. She had become famous
during the time, but obviously this had
not affected the Bath publisher.
LAW AS INTERPRETED.
Policies of insurance made in another
state where the applicant resides nnd
where the policies are delivered to him
are held, In Mutual Life Insurance
Company vs. Dingley (C. C. App. 9th
C), 49 L. It. A. 132. to be subject to
the statues of New York, wheil they
: are made, executed and payable iu that
' state, and the premiums are to be paid
there, and they contain a waiver of the
service of notices required by statute.
Constitutional amendment giving the
Supreme Court jurisdiction In all cases,
both of the law and the facts, Is held,
In Cassel vs. Tracy (La.), 40 L. R. A.
272, to require the remanding of a case
which was pending on appeal when the
preme Court to discharge Its constitu-
tional duty of Jndging the facts as well
as the law of the case.
Liability of bank directors for de
posits received after they knew the
cause they neglected to investigate or
keep posted as to Its affairs. The case
also holds that fnlse statements In a
port if the statements were made in
good faith, believing them to be true.
An Easy-Going State. j
Bishop Thompson of Mississippi said j
the other day: "I suppose there is a !
larger percentage or old men in Mis- i
sissippl than In any other State at i
jeagt lt geems so to me, and I have
been In a good many. By old men 1
mean from 80 to m- TIlry are not
decrepit old men, who hug the fireside, !
but are quite lively old fellows." "How
00 ou account, uisnop, ror tuts large
proportion of old men In Mississippi?"
asKeu someone, -wen, said the
bishop, "there is no chance to become
rich In Mississippi. Everybody knows
It and does not worry himself into an
early grave trying to."
WIDESPREAD CONFIDENCE.
Improvement in Cereal IvUrktti-Actlve De
mand in Iron and Steal.
Bradstreet's says: Business is still
of a' butween-seasou character in most
linen, but a livening up of intercut in
several trades has been noted this
. eek. Relatively best reports come
from the iron and Heel, lumber, leath
er aud rug trades, but there has been
gome enlargement of wholosule distri
butive trade on spring account in the
South and West. Spring trade in dry
goods is j'ist opaning up, and it is
noted that a heavy shipping movement
on orders is now proceeding at the
West. Some gain in wool sales is
noted at Eastern markets, but weather
oouditoiH hava not ben favorable as a
whole, except in stimulating the retail
trade iu show and inbbor go d. A
gpeciul feature is the generally good
tenor ot rt ports as to collet Mous fro-n
all Western Hiid Southern points, from
which it is inferred that trade rela
tions to retaileis must have been quite
good. Summed up briefly, the situa
tion is one of widespread c nlidence iu
the general business outlook.
Corn is slightly higher, in sympathy
with wheat and small receipts of con
tract. Inquiry rather than active demand
is n leading featuro iu iroti and steol,
but quite nn increase of activty is
noted in Bessemer pig iron and billets
at Pittsburg and in plates at Chicago.
Iron production is increasing, but has
not yet overtaken consumption, aud
stocks are reportod smaller t.ian a
month ago.
Wheat, including flour, shipments
for tha week aggregate 6,061,005 bush
els. Business failures in the United
States for the week number 822,
against 11(58 last week.
Canadian failures for the week num
ber So, against 23 last week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market.
Onions, new yellow, 2(t2io.
Lettuce, hot house, $1.00 per oste.
Potatoes, now, $18.
Beets, per sack, 85e(3$l,
Turnips, per sack, $1.00.
Squash lo.
Carrots, por sack, 75c
Parsnips, per sack, $1.001.35.
Celery 60o doz.
Cabbage, native and California,
22145 per pounds.
Butter Creamery, 30c; dairy, 18(3
22c; ranch, 10og)18o pound.
Cheese 14o.
Kggs Ranch, 80c; Eastern 25c.
Poultry 14c; dressed, native chick
ens, 15c; turkey, 10c.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $15.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$19.00.
Corn Whole, $24.00; cracked, $25;
feed meal, $24.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.30;
blended straights, $3.25; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $0.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.25; whole wheat
flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.804.00.
Milltituirs Bran, per ton, $15.00;
shorts, per ton, $16.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $15.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $23; oil cake meal,
per ton, $29.00.
Fresli Meats Choice dressed beef
steers, price 7ac;cows, 7c; mutton
7?i; pork, 74c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 11(9
12o.
Hams Large, 11 c; small, 11;
breakfast bacon, liJic; dry salt sides,
ilac. j-
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 6550o;
Valley, nominal; Bluestem, 68o per
bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.40; graham,
$2.60.
Oats Choice white, 42c; choice
gray, 41o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $15.50 brew
ing, $16.50 per ton.
Millstnffs Bran, $15.50 ton; mid
dlings, $21; shorts, $18; chop, $10 por
ton.
Hay Tiii)otby,$12 12.50; clover,$7
9.50; Oregon wild hay, $07 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 00 55c;
store, 82l'gC.
Eggs 27 ,'c per dozen.
Cheese Oregou full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.60(3
3.50 per dozen; liens, $4.50; springs,
$2.003.50; geese, $0.009.0() doz;
ducks, $5.000.00 per dozen; turkeys,
live, 12c per pound.
Potatoes 5060cper sack; sweets,
1 )2c per pouuo. -
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, UaO per pound; parsnips, 85c;
onions, $1.50(32; carrots, 75c.
Hops New crop, 1214o per
pound.
Wool Valley, 1314o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 1012c; mohair, 25
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 8)s'o; dressed mutton, 84 .3
7o per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.75;
light and feeders, $5.00; dressed,
$5.506. 50 per 100 pounds.
Beef GrosB, top steers, $3.504.00;
cows, $3. 00 3. 50; dressed beef, 6(3
7o per pound.
Veal Large, 77c; small, 8j(3
9o per pound.
San Francisco Market.
Wool Ppriug Nevada, 11 13c per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 14c; Val
ley, 15T7c; Northern, 910o.
Hops Crop, 1900, 13 Ja" 170.
Butter Fancy creamery 23c;
do seconds, 20c; fancy dairy, 19
do seconds, 18o per pound.
Eggs Store, 25c; fancy ranch,
30c.
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
20.00; bran, $14.0014.50.
Hay Wheat $913; wheat aul
oat $9.00 12.50; beet barley $9.50
alfalfa, $7.00 10.00 per ton; straw,
8547c per bale.
Potatoes Oregon Burban':s,60 95c;
Salinas Burbanks, 85c$1.15; river
Burbanks, 4015c; sweets, 85(a85c.
CIt rus Fruit Oranges, Valencia
f2'.7o(3.'25; 'Mexican Kmes, $4.00
6.00; California lemons 75c$1.60;
do choice $1.752.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50(1
2.50 per bunch; pineapples! nom
inal; Persian dates, 6(18o pel
pound.