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» ed. They were within a few steps of the door when, as though to add to the The sweetness of love is dreaming panic, the lights were turned off. I Sweet dreams that will never come true, started forward. With the star of hots' blissfully beaming "Elsie," I lea rd him say. "are you In a bright and impossible blue; nfrald? Will you trust yourself to Dreaming that vows fondly spoken me?* Will ever be true as they seem; “I am not afraid while with yon, Dreaming that hearts ne'er are broken; Dreaming that life is a dream. Paul.” was the soft reply, made with strange calmness. Oh! fate, nwala? me not! “You are quite sure.” lie questioned, Sweet <!nouus, forsake me not! bending low and giving bee a quick, Shine on, fair star, in love’s beautiful s»archlng look. blue— “Is there any danger that we cannot Dreaming you love me yet. get out?’ she queried. Dreaming you’ll ne’er forget— “I think not. You will trust me en Let me not waken to find love untrue. tirely; let me be your protector now” The sorrow of loving is waking —she nodde«l as tliere came a whfsiier- To a world that is withered and okl. ed "y«o"—“now and always Elsie?” With the star of hope swiftly forsaking “Yl's, Paul.” she answered; and, lift A sky that is faded and cold; ing her gently, he bore her dtrwn the Waking when time hath bereft us stairway. Of all that the future endears; I had heard all, and I knew then Waking when nothing is left ns, why slie had not loved me. Nothing but tiietn'rios and tears. They an; married now, and I—I am still “imr friend.”—Boston Post. LOVE. ONLY A FRIEND years know Y ears ? since my child hood. Playmates ive liad Ixen then —e choolinates then friends, As I watcheel her develop- Ing from nar row - minded youth to beau tiful, broad womanhood I trembled lest in the picture I knew she portrayed of future perfect happiness I should be missing. She was not a ixautj’ as the world terms them, but the kindly smile and true character tier face reflected were more beautiful to me than iierfi'Ct fea tures. But her voice; what a voice it was! A cliar, rich mezzo, aided by perfect execution born of deep feeling and power of interpretation. She held a position in one of the hading church es in M-----, and there, I confess. I was wont to find tiie sermon more interest ing than at my home church. One bright tnooullght Sabbath, as we strolled home from evening service, slie said: “How well Mr. Studly sang to-night! What a beautiful voice he has. Ralph!" Strange to say, I bad been thinking how well lwr voice and his blended; before I had answered she continued: “He is so pleasant, too. We should miss him more than any of th«' others in the quartette if lie should have us,” “Yes, Elsie, he is a royal fellow. But will you go with tn«' on Tuesday to hear Cainpiuuirl? Ills voice is better." "I am sorry, Ralph, but Mr. Studly asked me to accompany him that even ing and I consented.” “Well, he sings again on Thursday; we can go then.” and so it was decid ed. ' The house wns reached, and as we entered I thought I had never s<x'n her looking so well. Her eyes were bright and sparkling, niul the cold, crisp «Ur brought a rich dtutuuik to her round che.-ks. Removing her outer garments in the hall, she started forward toward the center of the parlor, and ns she did so I stopped her, and slipping my arm about her, Ix'nt, and, ere she could Interpret my Intention, I kissed her. Tearing herself away, her face ablaze, she cried In a voice of deep anger: “Ralph Moreland, how dare you—how dare you Insult me?" while I, nil the bolder because of her anger, started forward, and, possessing myself of both her hands, said: “Elsie, angry with me, no”—as she tried to free herself "you shall listen —angry with one who lovi's you i’etter than bls life, yea. better than all tiie whole world besides, and whose one ambition Is to make you his wife?’ With a low cry of anguish she start ed back. I released her then. “O, Ralph,” she said, “1 never thought you would do this, I thought we were too great friends." Two great tears starhxl and coursed down her cheeks, now ¡ale as death. "Elsie, my darling girl, don’t you love me?” “Love you?’ she reiterated; “love you; when have I not loved you; but not like thnt, Ralph; not like that; I could never be your wife.” In vain I pl«*aded. and then n dlsn- greeabJe thought foixxxl Itself upon me. Framing it In words, I said soft- ly: “Elsie, Is there sw one else?" Trembling, she st«xxl there in the •eml-darkneaa. I could sre how agl- fated she unis as I caught the faint whisper: “Yea." Then, Indetxl, hope died within me, and she continue«!: "Ralph, dear friend, forget this. Ix-t us be as we always have txt’ll, true friends. Don’t,” she pleaded, "let this s^il] our friendship." “It shall be as .von desire; but. Elsie, Is there no tmpe for ttw? What of this other?’ "l’oor Ralph, none. This other do»1« not even suspis-t that I care for him; but, lovtng him as I do. It would lx1 wrong for me to consent to lx> your wife. I’leas«' leave me now; you have surprised me so.” And I went—along wtth my grtet— knowing and ¡saying that God would not let her wait long or tn vain for hei true love to tie rewarded ami returned. Two days ¡sutmxl am! the piny nos nearly over in the D— opera hourc, when suddenly tho cry of “lire" rang through th« auditorium, caught up ami re echoed by th«' terror-etrk'lu'n ¡xxqfle. There in the first hoJcony were Raul Studiy and Elsi«> Mordant I watch«»«! them both na tiie ¡■«>ple thronged the narrow ¡lassaitewaja. They had not, I felt sure, seen nwi. and I resolve«! to remain close at baud, ami If necessary aid them. He made her wait until the crowd were nearly out; then they start- ■ ------- NEW TIME RECORDER. NEWS BY PROXY. Said to Be a Great Improvement Over Previous Devices. Young Woman Who Relate« Current Event* to Society Ladies. This time nvonler recently patented by Frederick W. Cook, of Sun Antonio, Tex., from prvvi«>us devices of this character. says the Scientific American. Tlw operative nnvhanlsm tn Mr. Cook’s contrivance ronslsts of clock-driven rollers which act directly upon a roll of paper mountetl In the casing. The I<aiM‘r Is llmd longitudinally anil Is graduated along its edges to represent hours and minutes. The clock-rollers draw the pajier over a table at a wide aliening lu the casing, so as to enable employes to write their names upon the longitudinal lines. A slot in the lid on tiie left-hand side of the opening partially exposes the graduated edge of the ¡aper and enables the employe to see at what time he writes his name. A transfer strip is secured to the under side of tiie lid and extends transverse ly Into tiie opening and in a line with the slot When an employe writes his name, he makes a mark upon the strip which transfers the impression In dif ferent colored indelible substance to the ¡taper bwieatli anil indicates the A big battle ship has on board an exact time when the name was writ electric plant callable of lighting a ten. Instead of exposing a single space to accommodate one name written town of 53*00 inhabitants. The desert of Sahara is as large all that portion of the United States lying west of the Mississippi. It has been ascertained that plate glass will make a more durable monu ment than the hardest granite. The Netherlands have 12,000 square , miles, being about the combined area of Massachusetts and Connecticut. A law recently enacted tn Norway makes girls ineligible for matrimony until they are skilled tn sewing, knit ting and cooking. There have been Tl,iX«> deaths from plague tn India so far, according to a recent report by the secretary for In dia to Parliament An officer has brought to England from the Malay States a sladang. a kind of wild bison, sold to be the only one of tiie species tn captivity, COOK S TIM¿ BtCORDER. Tls> great tarrier reef along const of Australia Is about 1.500 miles transversely, as in the ordinary time long, tiie work of coral insects. Some recorders, the apparatus, it will be times It rises almost perpendicularly seen, provides for a number of lines from a depth of 1,200 fathoms. upon which stweral names may be Two ceremonies In Burtnah mark written longitudinally at approximate when childhood stops and manhood or ly the same time. womanhood begins. The toys have their legs tattooed In brilliant blue and REMARKABLE colored woman red patterns, and the girls their ears Traveling Evangelist Has Conducted bored. More Meetings than Moody. Siberia has n population of 5,727.000, Amanda Smith is a traveling evan of which 23*54.000 are males and 2.772,- gelist wlw has conducted more revival 000 females. The population of Central meetings titan Moody and covered Asia was determined at 7.721.000, of more territory tn a given si>ace of time which 4.158,1)00 are males and 3,562,000 tluui most Itinerant preachers. .More females. over, she is a full-blooded African ne The secret is out. It is no longer a mystery how the ladies of the official set of Washington are enabled to dis cuss Intelligently all questions of na tional and state affairs, as well as all other subjects of the day, six'lnl and literary, without neglecting social or Lome duties. It lias been noticed that at least one morning in the week tiie thinking aris tocracy of Washington arose early, and, In fetching and appropriate cos tume*», gathered at 10:30 in the parlors ’ of tiie Wlmoiulaughsls Club, on New York avenue. There, behind clooed doors, they met a brilliant young woman. Miss Jaitet Richards, who, in a talk of an hour and a half, posted her fair hearers on all the current topics of the day. In a concise and Interesting way Miss Richards, with a woniierful knowledge of current events, explains to them the happenings of the week and tike matters likely to lie discussed during the coming week. Beginning with European politics, sh«’ reviews the situation there, inter spersing her remarks with humor and sarcasm enough to make them inter esting. She is piquant and bright, so her audience, notebook In hand, never wearies as she discusses subjects of gravest imixirtanee. The Sultan's craft, King George’s political scandals and the impoverish ed condition of the Duke of Teck and the Prince of Wales, with comments on the means taken to increase their fortunes, are clearly given. London gossip and fiction, the work fngtnen’s problem and what its soln- tlon is to be, Lady Cavendish and her opinions on the social life of past and present, also come in for a share of at tention. Then home affairs are taken up, espe cially all questions of political and financial Interest to lie discussed by Congress; literary and social news. Questions are then asked by her au ditors, so when they return to their homes they are ready to discuss any topic of the day intelligently with dip lomat or layman. “You have no Idea what a relief it is to come here,” remarked one of the la dies of the cabinet. “Wtth oil the so cial demands upon us it would be im possible for ns to keep posted on all the subjects of the day. One could never read up on all these and have time for anything else.” A Senator, in speaking of Miss Rich ards, said: “For a long time many of us were puzzled to know where onr wives got their information, for when a discus sion arose on any subject of Interest they seemed to tie better posted than we were.”—New York World. The Triremes of Tiberius. Th»> rtxent recovery of some remains of the famous triremes of the Emperor Tiberius, which lie at the bottom of Labe Nenii. is of great Interest both to artists and antiquaries. The Lake of NemL which Is situated about seven teen miles southeast of Rome, Is form ed by the crater of an extinct volcano. Upon its broad tioeoin once floated the magnificent pleasure house of the lux urious and licentious Emperor, Tlberi- ns.Claudius Nero, who, leaving his du ties at Rome in the year A. I), al, re tired the following year to tiie Island of Caprene, where lie Indulged In the greatest sensuality. His love of luxury and display was exhibited in the two famous pleasure triremes which bear his name, and the remains of which now lie buried in the Lake of NemL The discovery referred to consist of the finding of several massive metal moor ing rings and toi>s of stakes by which the vessel colild lie moored to the quay. The rings are fixed In the mouths and bronze heads of lions, wolves and Medusae, by the teeth of which they are retained in their prop er places, These tironz«’ tn*ads are marvelously modeled, and the faces are characterized by a lifelike similarity to the nnltnals represented. Despite their long Immersion In th«' mud of Lake NemL they are all ¡»erfectly pre served, and the massiveness of their build and the beauty of their outline enable the spe«'tator to judge of th«' magnificence of th«' structure of which they once forme«! but n secondary and almost Insignificant port—Invention. Was the Maine Hoodooed? There are many storks» afloat among mvid nien who believe In “hoodoo«" that the Maine was unlucky from the day she was completed, says the New York Tribune. It is said the greatest rare was taken in her construction, ns th«’ naval board was rather auspicious of the way previous contractors had fllkxl th«’ orders of th«' government, and for that nason the Main«' became th»> prMe of the navy. Little mishaps took place from tins' to tini«' that made th«« saliere say she wns “unlucky." and In August, 181*1, when sh«' trailed her anchor tn Key West iuxl tient the plates of twr port keel, everybody w.wnlerod bow It could have happened. The following February three men were wounded while at targe* practice by th«' explosion of a ooe-ponnd shell, and tn July. 18!*7. the imtth'ship ran into an East River pier and cut tn two a barg«' hxulixl down wtth railroad cars. It ts rail that the sailors felt un- iwy wtam they went with the Maine on its delicate mission to Havana, they t»4level it was ’hixMl'XxxL" gro. although Iwjrn and raised in tills country. She is one of the most pro- gresslve and successful women of her AMANDA SMITH, EVANGELIST. race. She lias by her own exertion recently bought anti paid for an or phans' hoin«> in Chicago, nt a cost to her of yiOJXKL .Liter traveling through Africa and England, from which slie has but recently returnixl. her evange listic work wns resunwxl In this coun try. In 1891* Mrs. Smith wrote and pubUslaxl an autobiography, “The Story of tiie Lord's Dealings with Amanda Smith." together with an ln- trexlurtion by Bishop Thoburn of In- dliu How the Boy Felt Under Fire. . One of the junior officers of the bat tle-ship Iowa wns d«'scriblng one day “how j»u f«x»l when under tire the first time,” He said “yon” felt like lying down; “yom'’ Unix's weaken; “you” are tired—oh. so tlrexi—tuid if no one was Lx’klng "you" w««ul«l just drop and lie there till It was all over. “How the deuce do«*s be know?” ask ed one of the men lncludetl in rhe sw«x?ping word “you." aft*'r the ensign wns gone. “He"« never been there, has her “Yes," said another.- “Off tho coast of S«>uth America, during one of th<x«e little wars down there, he was sent asihorv Ln a lx at. while a tigh t was on between two ships and a shore battery. Th«1 tight was just around a point, and th«» ensign’s crew, pulling hariL sent the ixmt right Into it before be was aware. They were under fire for about three minutes.” “M ell, whnt did ho dor *11«’ toi<l the men to obey his instinct to lie down, while lie shxxl np and Steered the boot on Its momentum thn’Ugh the firing."—New York Com Rart« of • IxK'oinotlrrv. In the formation of a single locomo mercial Advertiser. tive ««nglr»«' tiume are' nearly '^000 phvi'S When to Buy Shoes, tn be put toovsher. and th«w' require' to To get comfortably fitting shoe« buy be aa a»'c«ir:il«4y adjnstol as th«' works them In the afternoon, when the exer of a watch. cise of the day has spread the muscles Initiation may be tlx» sincerest flat of the feet to their largest extent tery. but nx«re men at'qulre wealth by When a woman exaggerate« the doing ns they others do not do. wealth and social position of her Much of the experience a man gets “family." It I« a mean busband «rbo comes too late to benefit him» will call her down. Longevity and «he Bruin. Speaking at Selkirk, Sir James Crichton-Browne dwelt on the dangers to health involved in indolence and disuse of the brain. The medical profession, he saM, adapting Itself to the needs of the times, had felt it incumbent upon it during the last decade to insist mainly on the evils of misuse of the brain, on the ex cessive strain not seldom Imposed on it In thi'se days in the fierce struggle of the race to be rich, and more espe cially on the over-pressure imposed on it in the name of education when in an immature state, but they were not less keenly alive to the correlative evils of the disuse of the brain. Elderly persons who gave up busi ness and professional men who laid aside their avocations without having other Interests or pursuits to which to turn were in many cases plungixl in despondency or hurried into prema ture dotage. He did not know any surer way of inducing premature men tal decay than for a man of active habits to retire and do nothing when Just past the zenith of life; ami, on the other hand, he did not know any surer way of enjoying a green old age than to keep on working at something till the close. It had tieen said that one of the ro wards of philosophy was length of days, and a striking list might be pre sented of men distinguish«'!! for their Intellectual latxirs which they had never laid aside, who had far exctxxl- ed the allotted span of human life. Galileo lived to 78. Newton to 85, Franklin to 85, Buffon to St*. Faraday to 76, and Brewster to 84 years. Sir James Crichton-Browne drew special attention to the great age generally at taint'd by our Judge«.—London LanceL Drinking a Yard of Ale. At Eton any one who Is so minded may at “Tap” essay the feat of drink ing a yard of ale. This is only a pint in liquid, but a yard tn linear measure, being contained in a long, horn-shaped glass, so constructed that unless the drinker drinks wtth care most of the contents are spilled over him. A book is kept of the time In which the yard can be drunk, and for years until late ly the “record" was ten seconds. Thia is an Iconoclastic age. however, and some one lately disposed of his three feet of ale in nine seconds.—Tit-Bits. R gsmy Common in Italy. Italy Is said to have more blgamlo than any other European country. This Is made possible because the church re fuses to recognize civil marriages, and the state does not regard a church mar riage as binding. The result Is that un scrupulous men marry two wive«—one wtth the sanction of the church, the other with the sanction of the law. Earliest Interview. It is said of the Aberdeen JonrnnL which has recently celebrated its 15Oth birthday, that tn one of Its earlier nuns tera. now unhappily loot from the file«, a participant in the tattle of Culloden was Interviewed two days after that historic combat. It was about the ear> Uest newspaper interview on record. Nelson’s friend protested against such a rash acL and told him that, “situated as you are at present, your utter ruin will inevitably follow.” “Then let it follow,” replied Nelson, earnestly, “for I am resolved to do it.” But despite his intentions, the stronger will of his friend prevailed and he was fairly car ried lack to his ship and forcetl to leave behind the girl he loved; and It was many years tiefore he gave up the hope of possessing her, for Nelson never ro- turned to Camilla and .Mary Simpson dud In sjiinsterhooiL—Leslie's Weekly. They were talking of the ctvll war, and the older members of the conqiany had compared reminiscences. “Which side were you on during the war, .Mrs. B.’f" asked the kittenish young girl of th«» party, turning to a pretty little THOUGHT IT WAS A SPOOK. woman who had t»‘en born in ’62. “I vias In arms on the Southern side,” Pilot on a River Boat Stop« a Hora« with a Megaphone. was tiie quick reply. I was on the upper Ohio this summer Sir John Sinclair once asked Coch rane Johnstone whether he meant to when the river was low, and was much have a son of his, then a little boy, amused over the use to which a pilot taught Latin. “No,” said Mr. John put a megaphone. He bought the thing stone; “but I mean to do something a to call ashore any message that might great deal better for him.” "What is have been given the boat to carry. This that?" said Sir John. "Why," said the was to save time, for thos«' little boats other, “teach him to shave with cold in the local trades are a great deal like the old-lashioned moil carriers, any water and without a glass.” When, after a few months in Wash thing to accommodate the people along ington, a new Senator decldcxl to take the bank. "We were In the pikrt-house and the a little run home “just to see the folks,” he went back minus about twenty boat was running up a chute near the pounds of flesh. "Why, Senator,” said West Virginia side of the river. In a one ardent constituent, "you have been cornfield was an old farmer, who was losing flesh. What can have happen following the plow behind an old, flea ed? Did you lose it from tiding the bi bitten gray that only needed a half in cycle?” "No, hang 1L” replied the Sen vitation to stop at any time. The pilot ator, "It was dodgin’ ’em that did IL” put the megaphone to his mouth and This story was told by an Intimate shouted: ’Whoa!’ and the old gray of the Ingersoll family. Very recently whoaed. “The farmer heard th«' sound, and he Mrs. Ingersoll spent an evening with thought, evidently, that a neighbor was a friend. At alwut 8 p. m. she began to give evidences of fatigue and yawn there or thereabout, for he looked ed repeatedly and had tiie greatest dif around to see whence the sound came. ficulty in preventing herself from fail Then he tossed a clod at the old horse ing into a doze. Arousing herself with and started him up. ‘UWboa,’ said the pilot, and again an effort she finally said: “You really must excuse me, but you knoAV, dear, the old horse stopped. Then the old that I have accompanied the colonel Rube went to the river bank and looked on a recent lecture tour and have in down in the willows, but not a soul consequence got into the habit of fall- could be see. lie looked up and down Ing asleep at about 8 o’clock every and then at the steam twat and scratch evening.” Which goes to show that no ed his head in surprise. He couldn’t man can be an oratorical hero to his afford to waste any time in looking for the ghost, for he went back to the plow wife. and started on with his Job. During a trip through Ireland a New- “Once more the Joking pitot said Yorker on«' day found himself without ‘whoa,’ and again the liorse stopped his razors, which were in a handbag deml stilt You could see from the boat he had left behind at the hotel where that the old fellow was all mixed up, he had stopped the day before. He ac for he looked up and down the river, cordingly told the landlord to send him and thrti at the hillside behind him to a barber. The landlord was doubtful see if he could find the man who tv as If there was a man in the village who working him and his old horse. He could serve him, but presently sent up made up his mind that he would take a man who expressed his willingness it out of the old gray, and to fix for the to undertake the job. The New-Yorker occasion he went to the underbrush decided to risk a gash or two. “Well, and cut a stick that was ten feet long. sir,” said the amateur barber, after a He started the horse with a vengeance. little hesitation, “will you please to lie When the pilot tiollered ‘whoa’ again down flat on your tack while I shave the old man gave the gray a lick that you, sir?” Thinking it was probably the custom of the country, the New- sounded dear to the boat. We could almost bear him say: Y’orker stretched out comfortably and “ ‘Thar, gol darn you. I’ll teach you nearly went asleep while the fellow to stop when ye iiear a siiook bqllerln’ shaved him, so light was his touch. at ye.” When Jie had finished the New-Yorker "But the pilot kept up the good work rose and said: “I am curious to know and hollered whom whom and again why you asked me to lie down to be shaved?” “Because, sir,” was his in the old man hit the gray. Finally it genuous reply, “I never before shaved looked as if he had caught on, for he let the old horse stop while he watched a live inan, sir.” the boat, It Is often said that Frenchmen lack "Then the pilot thought he had had humor and dread ridicule, but M. Fran- enough fua and he called out: dsque Sarcey has given on example of “ ‘Feed the old gray; feed him. He’s that humorous good sense which defies so hungry that he can't work. That’s mockery. At carnival time in Paris It all the matter with him.’ is customary to exhibit on the boule "Then old Rube got his voice and we vards grotesque effigies of well-known heard him say: 'You go to thunder with public men. A modest stranger called your old voice. It’d stop a railroad train on M. Sarcey to tell him that his Image anywhere.’ “ was to figure in the procession, "Very good,” said Mr. Sarcey. "What can I A Change of Ambition. do for you?’ Well, if you would be Horntius at the bridge, and he so kind as lend us some of your verit Who fought at old Thermopylae; able garments they would make the likeness all the stronger.” "No doubt,” Great Samson and his potent bone resix>nd«xl the critic, blandly. "In that By which the Philistines were slone; cupboard you will find several hats.” VOh, the veritable hat will not do! You Small David with his wondrous aim That did for him of giant frame; ms ’ your head—1 mean the head of the effigy—is enormous.” "Tres blen. Take .1. Caesar in his Gallic scraps a coaL then.” I*ress»xl in the veritable That made him lord of other chaps; coat the Sarcey dummy was an Im mense succeM. It seemed so strange Sweet William, called the Conqueror, to literary Paris, however, for a man to Who made the Briton sick of war; aid and alx-t the caricature of himself that M. Sarcey has volunteered an ex King Hal the Fifth, who nobly fought planation, which is a delicious bit of And thrashed the foe at Agincourt; humor. "Lamartine," he remarks, Old Bonaparte, and Washington, "would not have consented to lend his And Frederick, and Wellington, coat for such a purpose. He was a poet with a sensitive soul. So was Vic Decatur, Nelson. Fighting Joe, tor Hugo. But what would you? We And Farragut, and Grant, and, oh, cannot all be Lamartines and Hugos. Why should we poor journalists, who A thousand other heroes I have no frellngs to speak of. deny our Have wished I were in days gone by— selves to the populace when we can contribute to thHr harmless amuse Can take their laurels from my door, For I don’t want 'em any more. ment? Besliha they may not always think ft worth their while to notice us. The truth will out; ft can’t be hid; An agreeabcle trlfler came to me the The doughty deed that Dewey did. other day and asked my permission for the use of my name In a burlesque. I In that far distant Spanish sea. gave it cheerfully. This may tie the Is really good enough for me. last time,’ said be. ‘What do you mean? I asked. "Well, yon are going The grammar's bad. but O, my son, out of date and next year you may not I wish I'd did what Dewey done. —Harper’s Weekly. Ixj worth a laugh? ” A Story About Nelson. A pretty little romance gives Nelson's memory a sentimental interest in Can ada. During his service at Quebec, tn 1782. when he was but 24 years of age, he twcame Infatuated with a beautiful Canadian girl, Mary Simpson, daugh ter of a great Canadian merchant of the period. At the time of Nelson's visit she was but 16 years old, mar velously beautiful, and witty. On Oct 14, 1782, Lord Nelson's ship, the Al bemarle, wns ready to sail, and he had a very sod and tender parting wtth Mary Rimpson, and went down the SL Iawrence to board the man-of-war. The next morning arrived and the Al bemarle did not heave anchor, and Cap tain Nelson was seen coming back to Quebec In a boat. A friend of Nelson’s, a man prominent tn Quebec at the time, espied him and ask«xl him what had happened. Nelson is quoted as having sold: “I find It absolutely impossible to leave this place without again wait ing upon her wbow society has so much added to its charms, and laying myself and my fortune at her feet." "Spells" of Southern Negroes. There are numerous harmless “spells" which are regular observances In the lives of the average Southern negroes. Besides the root chewing, tho track-lifting, etc., they have a love philter of frogs legs cooked in still water, and the ashes of a bat are pow erful enough to keep away a rival or an enemy. To make a dog stay at home they cut off the tip of his tall and bury It under the doorstep. To make a wife obedient they "draw her plctur" and hide it in the shingles. Thus, waking or sleeping, there is a constant forcing or counteracting of destiny.—Philadel phia Times. Startling Discovery. Tie—See here, wife, a hairpin In ths soup! She—Now I know at last where our things go to; there is a toofjack miss ing. too. Circnlatton of Rennie«. It is estimated that on an average each penny In circulation change* bands eleven times a week. »-