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The morning call., 1891-05-17

that it would be wholly destroyed and
rendered worse than useless were 1t to be-
come known|
90 / do not understand / have always, on
the other hand, looked fors ard to a time
when, somehow or other, my character
should be set right again-if only to disap-
point my brother, who is prig."
"He, who was then a young man like
yourself with his future all before him, is
now man who has succeeded-he has won
distinction and reputation he has wife and
children-children, Jack. If you rum him
as you may-as you can-yOu ruin the chill
dren and you destroy the wife"
Il sep," he replied. THAT is what you
wanted to say to me? To be sure L hadn't
considered that"
when we landed. he saw you on the port
and recognized you. He said nothing to NE
at that time, but perceived that he was
anxious and unhappy. 1t is three months,
and during the whole time he has been in
an agony of terror and remorSe. A few days
ago he heard the old story told again-the
story that he thought forgotten was re-
peated to him, attached to your name. 1t
is common property-the talk of his secre-
taries He is well-nigh mad with the recOl-
lection and the hideousDesS of it."
"Oh, the story. That's my brothers do
ings."
. told him [ should see you. He has
gone to church this morning-to church
knowing that am to meet you herr What
am to tell him?"
why" said Jack, considering It is
three months since he came, and that have
not made any sign. he might take it for
granted that l am not going to move or to
speak. l don't deny, Eva, that when |
heard he was coming | was a good bit
shaken. l thought that might send him a
copy of the confession, and ask him what
he proposed doing. | say that this tempta-
ton did assail me. l am ashamed to own
that it did,"
Jack" she interrupted him quickly,
there is no safety possible for US so long
as that paper remains in your hands. Con-
sider-yOu may die; you may even. God
forgive me for saying So fall away and be-
tray US. The noblest inheritance of my
children is their fathers honor. 1t lies at
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tint in water color. In the center of the
bowl introduce small red sachet bag shaped
like heart.
Before putting it In place run strip of
narrow blue ribbon around it and paint the
date of the event upon it This relief piece
can be fastened to the wood with thick
mucilage. or similar mixture which
is called fish glue. The ornament at the
lover end of the handle can be made with
your pencil. After the heart is firmly fixed
make an outline of the harp and the ribbons.
The harp can be MADE prominent il filed
with gold paint and the black strip can be
put OH afterward with brush.
1t is not advisable to attempt to use a pen
on the soft wood as the ink is very liable to
spread. The ribbon combinations should
ba painted blue to match the cross-p piece.
Make all your outlines with pencil. The
same picture gives an idea of ribbon bow
tied about midway up the handle. White
or pink would be the best colors for we'd
ding souvenir bow.
Long ago the eliRging nature of the ivy
plant led to its adoption as an emblem of
friendship. The Friendship spoon" should,
therefore, be decorated with neat spray of
this plant, The design we show can be
traced and reproduced very easily After
outlining the leaves and stems, paint them
a delicate green and shade tue leaves lightly
with hard pencil. Although soft pencil
VIII work best on the white wood, its lines
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FOR RAPID TRANSIT.
Schemes for Enabling The Hurried New Workers
TO Get There"

The number and enormous size of the
transit schemes now proposed in New York
are almost appalling when viewed in the ag
gregate.
The elevated railway companies in the two
cities propose to unite their lines by two adj
ditional bridges over the East River which
would cost $24,OOO.OOO One of these viii al
most certainly be soon begun.
Another bridge is roposed to run from
New York to Long Island City across
Blackwells Island, at cost of several
millions.
a company is incorporated to tunnel under
the East River at Grand street. The scheme
side with sufficient force TO carry them
nearly up the slope on the other.
A tunnel is proposed by Austin Corbin
and his associates to run under the East
River from the Battery. This would be
only the first step in the construction of a
complete system of underground routes
through the whole city and costing some
thing like 500, 900, 600.
bridge and a tunnel are proposed by
rival corporations to cross the NarrOws.
a huge suspension bridge tor western rail-
roads is proposed for the Hudson. 1t would
have a span about 2600 feet long, and wide
enough for four railroad tracks, and would
cost some $30000,000. There is every pros
peet of a speedy beginning of the work.
Another Hudson River bridge is proposed,
but probably only as dog in the maDger
affair, never TO be built.
The Hudson River tunnel Is about two
thirds finished, and a small force of men,
about 100 l believe, are digging away at the
Jersey heading. The company has been
reorganiZed with British capital and
couple of Sirs are bossing the engineering
work.
The rapid-transit schemes are as numer-
Gus as flies will be next month. Jay Gould
wishes and will probably obtain permission
10 put third track on his elevated lines.
The old arcade railroad plan Is not dead vet
by any means, and really il is beautiful
scheme, which is only Objectionable because
everybody on Broadway seems to be opposed
TO il AID because it would cost almost I'M
counted millions. The great Peoples Rail-
road project for a high elevated railroad to
run on the tops of the houses through block
eenters eleven miles north from the Battery
and on the surface nineteen miles further,
with two tracks for way ana two for ex-
press trains, would cost another hundred
million or more. The line for the route has
been surveyed but work has not been begun.
These which have been named are all
schemes of some standing in the financial
world. There are many others more chimer-
zeal. Putting all together-those which are
prophetic OF future accomplishment with
those which will never be carried out-prOb-
ably a sum as great as the national debt at
its greatest is represented by the expense
estimates of the plans proposed to bring New
York business men twenty minutes nearer
to their dinners.
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book. 1t is generally understood that these
spoons are to be considered ornamental
rather than useful, and that they must grace
the cabinet while the equally expensive but
palmer teaspoon of ordinary design does all
table work. 1t follows. then, that spoon
to be souvenir must have some definite
meaning in its design, and it follows again,
as matter of course, that the material is OF
no special account This being tine case, the
well-known propensity of the American
youth, especially those of the fair sex, for
home-decorated curios Of all sorts can be
given ample scope in the spoon direction.
At house-fnrnishing stores In all large
towns neat wooden spoons are sold. They
are not quite as small as the teaspoon, but
they are not on that account less useful as
souvenirs of an occasion, il properly deco
rated. These wooden spoons only cost
cents each. and an hour Or two OF careful
work will transform one OF them into a COM
paratively beautiful object. They are gen
orally made of soft, white wood, and are
therefore very suitable for pencil or water
color decoration. In a great many cases the
handles are rather uneven on the top. but
good penknife will smooth this roughness
down very quickly.
To get the spoon into the best possible
shape for ornamentatiOn it is advisable to
trim them down. not only on the handle,
but oeea sionally on the bowl. This part of
the spoon must be handled very carefully,
however, not because it is at all frail, for
generally the contrary is the fact, but be-
cause it is very difficult TO trim the rounded
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"What is 1t, Harry?" She caught him by
the arm. "Why do you look like this ?"
Because he is my friend, Eva. | have
Shamed him. 1t is l who have done this dis
graceful thing. You had better go now,
both Of yOu."
Yes. ne said that" murmured the au-
dlence. And they went away and left the
guilty man. And there was an end Of every
thing.
The guilty man folded the confession, and
placed it in his pOcket-bO0k. " Well" he
said, " would have done more than that
for Eya'S sake, not to speak of Harry. |
don't suppose she will ever know that |
have done it or why. Now we must face
the foOtlightS."
The scene disappeared, and the black night
returned. LOngden was on the veTanda
again looking out into the darkness; he
heard the gentle tapping Of the water on the
coral reel and the knell of the bell-buoY
tolllng out at sea beyond the harbOr; and
the hlhaoS m0urned and sighed in the
fresh sra-breeZe.
Yes" said l. ngden. she was IS and he
believed IN friendship. What did the other
man believe in"
And lie remembered how the thing which
he had assumed was really a much more
serious thing than he had believed in Iact-
thing which stains. thing which Will not
wash OF; thing for which he was immedi-
ately sent home to his father, who refused
to receive him; for which, in fact, ne
he was bundled off to a small elerkship IN a
distant colony, with no farewells except
from his elder brother. the 'prig," who in
formed him that it was never too late to
bulld mp new character on The ruins Of
one which bad been destroyed.
when Jonathan died" Longden muir
INJURED, David wept ana lamented. Sup
pose Jonathan had disappeared in disgrace
only to be recovered when David was King
over Israel"
He went to his room and to his bed in the
dark. But he slept little and when he
awoke in the morning it was with an uneasy
sense Of having become King David aud Of
having found his old friend Jonathan add
ing up the accounts in the chief stewards
chamber, and Of being embarrassed by the
discovery.
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CHAPTER Ill

The mouOtony of life praised so highly
was rudely broken by this strange event
The colony was so limited as TO size the
officials so small In number, that the Gov
ernOr would certainly know something
about every one in tie service There was
not the least doubt but King David would
discover Jonathan. Henry DIVERSION Dun
keld, King, would discover his old friend,
John L0rimeT LongdeD, among the scribes
of the palace. What would the King say
Would he call for purple robe and wrap il
round that scribe and send him forth upon
a white horse richly caparisOned with a
trumpeter. prOclaiming the hOnOrs done Dy
order Of the King. Or should Jonathan be-
gin it? Should he bow himself down upon
the ground saying. 20, King, live forever.
l am Jonathan. friend of thy youth, and l
am hello down in low estate by reason Of
certain thing" How would that do?
hOngden pOndered the subject long and
dOubfully. What would happen? As for
the confession ne had it still The papers
lay among other papers in desk. There
was letter from his father casting him off /:
one from his brother preaching funeral as
to r condemned criminal. There was por-
trait of giTl-the Eva for whose sake his
friend had consented; there was another IF
his friend himself, a gallant youth. and
some letters from that friend, written be-
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CHAPTER VII.

The other day l met a man at the club
an old aeQuantance-and we began to talk
of other men, which is the only topic of
conversation open to those who are old ac-
quaintanees but not old friends.
Said he, presently. DID you know
Canon LongdenY
mo; he was a bit before my time"
Not bad sort, but too good, you know.
Carried goodness TO unf0rgiveness. A prig
of virtue. That's what l always thought of
him. Irritated one, you know, by an I'M
reasonable hatred of the wicked world
who has little feeling for the slips and the
stumbles-eh? Well, Canon Longden's
dead"
q" Is hep" l replied not much interested.
Yes. he had very tidy property near
us. He had no children, and was widower.
and was not on speaking terms with his
only brother, and so we rather expected he
would have left 1t for the objects, you
know = converting niggers and building
churches"
"Well, didn't hep"
Not bit of it. He forgot to make a
will, and so the property goes, hear, to this
younger brother, who was packed off to
some miserable colonial appointment years
ago, after getting into terrible mess. His
family cut him, and now he is coming home
to take all the family money. SO the prlg
OF virtue has ended his life by enriching the
sinner. l remember Jack Longden we'll
and better youngster never lived. How he
came to do it-but there"
A man who had been sitting near us by
the fireside rose and walked quickly down
the room.
''Know him? That is Sir Henry Dunkeld.
G. c. b. and G. c. NJ. G. and Governor OF
half her Majesty's colonies, one after the
other. Another prig Of virtue, he is. Going
to be made peer, believe. say, when
this colonial chap, this Jack Longden, comes
to live on his property, L suppose the people
wont be raking up past scandals, will they?
It's wonderful though how things stick.
shouldn't wonder if they refuse TO call upon
him.
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'N',7;yS@~
A CLEAR CASE OF MISFIT.
How an English Judge Settled a Case a
Two Ladies' Dresses.

How an English Judge Settled a Case of
Two Ladies' Dresses.
His Honor, Judge Bacon. yesterday re-
sumed the action of Manley VS.. Dene in
the Bloomsbury County Court. Mrs. Man
ley, dressmaker of 400 Oxford street.
brought an action to recover Ga for dresses
supplied to Miss Dorothy DeHe, the actress,
for herself and sister. Mr.. Stephenson
Moore was counsel for the plaintiff, and Mr..
Brandon, solicitor. appeared for the defend
ant. On the case being called on Mr.
Brandon said the defendant mad adopted his
Honor's suggestion and taken back all the
dresses, and plaintiff had altered them, but
instead of making them to fit she had quite
sp0ilt them. His Honor said he had nothing
to do now with anything but two dresses,
which he had seen on and was of the opinion
did not fit. The others all fitted and must
be paid for. The sisters then retired TO an
adjoining room and returned attired
in the dresses in dispute. which
were critically examined by the Judge
The result of the examination was an
expression from his Honor that Miss Deue's
dress did not ut. Mrs. Maniey came for
ward and declared that Miss Dsne was
standing as awkwardly as she could. Miss
Dene Qndignantly)-I am standing as |
always do. [Laughter.l His Honor again
examined the dress aud again expressed An
opinion that it did not fit. Miss Dene's sis
ter next came up for examination. She
still complained that her dress collar was so
tight as to hurt her, and his Honor, having
tested it with his finger, agreed that it was
ineonyeniently tight Addressing the
plaintiff, he said: Il have given YOU a
chance to make these dresses fit. but YOU
have not done So" In deciding the case the
Judge said there must be deduction of
eight guineas for the brown and-gold dress.
of e3 lbs Cd for the cloak which was to be-
worn with it and was now Of no use of
81 Is for the extra braid for the dress, and
OF 80 IS for the sister, dress. There would
be Judgment for the plaintiff with costs, less
these amounts.-London Times.
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KING DANLD'S FRIEND.
WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY CALL.
BY WALTER BES ANT.

made condition-so much grace was left to
him. He sat down and he wrote at head
long speed certain little narrative. This
he signed. dated, read through, folded, and
gave to his friend.
Jack, he said, " 1 win accept your sac
rifce on one condition. Here is complete
conf ssiOn of the whole business. Take it.
Do what you like with 1t. If you suffer
from the consequences, reveal it; L am alto
gether in your hands. If at any time in the
future you can advance yourself by means
OF that paper, use it. You have the right To
use it."
"He certainly said that" murmured the
audience. He said it and have the paper
still, and he is Governor and l am junior
IN his Audit Office"
Then he looked again and be saw girl.
She turned her eyes from one to the other
in establishment. A very beautiful girl she
was. At the sight of her the audience
caught his breath.
" Why" she said, what is the matter
with v0I bOth?'
Eva" cried the man whose burden was
to be transferred, but said no more.
Eva" said Jack. " | am sorry you have
come at this moment; but you may as we'll
hear the truth at once"
Truth? What truth?" She looked
quickly, not at Jack, but at the other.
q" The truth is, said Jack, that q very
disgraceful thing has been found out and
TINT one Of Us IS going to say goOd-by-mOst
likely forever"
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JERSEY JUVENILES.
They Start for a Circus, but End by Hay
ing One of Their Own.

They Start for Circus, but End by Hav-
ing One of Their Own.
Some little excitement has been created in
Orange by the news OF the fact that youth
full elopem ent took place a short time ago.
Little Miss Laura Hull. IA years of age,
went with her lover, John Chamberlain, 10
years old, to visit Barnum'S Circus in New
York on April 16tb-at least that was the
place they started for. But on the way
there John suggested that it would be
good fun to astonish their friends by getting
married instead of going TO the circus. Ac-
cordingly they went TO Brooklyn. and after
some difficulty found a clergyman who tied
the nuptial knot.
They returned home the same evening.
and the Young man went to his parents
home on Mum avenue and the girl to her
sisters house on lakewood avenue, where
she was living. She said that the circus was
fine, but did not enter into any explanations
Nothing further was known Of the affair
until Sunday night, when the young couple
walked into the house OF Mrs. Walter Bald
win, the married sister, and coolly announced
that they were man and wife. They then
left for the home of the young mans pa
rents, where they now are. 1t is not thought
that the marriage will be opposed, although
the girl is under age.-Newark On. j. Jonr-
nal
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which were calculated to catch the eye OF
tourists from other cities who might have
the money or inclination to take home with
them a souvenir Of the different places they
had visited.
The first spoons were made etched. Dies
were then brought into play and the spoons
began to multiply in quantity aud variety.
New York asks you to buy the Peter
Stuyvesant and the Rip Van Wrinkle
spoon, the different States begin TO exploit
their coats-of-arms on spoon handles, and
for the ultra patriotic there is made Wash
ington monument handle with Capitol at
Washing ton bowl. There is now being pat
ented reproduction of almost every his
torical event since Columbus knelt before
the astonished Indians. and they will be
made ready for the foreigners who come to
see the big show in Chicago and carry off in-
expensive trophies of our great progress as
q nation.
At the present time the souvenir spoon is
made in silver, and very few of them will
tax the resources of the average pocket
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CHAPTER IL

he stepped out again upon the veranda.
The sea breeze had sprung up; the air was
refreshed; he drew a long breath and looked
out into the darkness. His memory went
back seventeen years. A morning came
back to him; he saw what happened, not as
he saw it then, an actor on the scene, but lie
saw II, now from the outside, here as the
audience. The actors were two specters of
the past, young men both; the face of one
was radiant, his eyes and cheeks flushed. his
lip trembling The other was also flushed,
but his eyes were dropped. his head hung,
his voice faltered.
" Jack" he murmured, 81 cannot let Won
do 1t; No friend can expect such a thing of
another"
why" said Jack-Longden's name. in
fact, was Jack. but 1t was fifteen wears
since he mad been called by his Christian
name and he had almost forgotten it
'Why, man, what's the good of being
friends if we can't stand by each other?
Look here, IT. q terrible mess"
ut is. indeed. To me i: is ruin-every-
thiDg-eYerything is lost. inclUding-iuclud-
Ing-Eva. Good God Who is to tell her?"
''Well Harry, sooner than Eva should suf-
fer-sOOneT than you should suffer- would
suffer myself. Now, look beTe-Pye done
this thing-yOu knOw-nOt you at all-not
you at all" He laid his hand upon his
friends.
mo, mol cannot. Think of the cOnse-
quenceS."
There will be bit of shindy. dare
say it will blow over. My prig of an elder
brother Will grOan ana say he always knew
but you will be happy, old man. aDd-and
so-what is the use of being friends, and
sworn friends, too, if we are not to bear tine
burdens Of each 0ther?"
The other protested, but weakly and with
tears and self-accusations it was too great a
sacrifice. He had been a fool and wretch /;
he must take the consequences. Then Jack
remarked that there was another person TO
consider, namely, certain Eva. Above all
things she was to be kept from the unhappi-
ness which would fall upon her if she knew.
Then the other man gave way. But he
The morning call., 1891-05-17
Co1oring Matter of P1nnts.

Carbon. hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen
compose ehloropbyl, the ingredient neces-
sary for the coIorng of plants. The SUBJ
stance has marked effect in decomposing
caroonic acid, but bright sunlight is essen
tial to its efficacy. The former belief that
chlorophyl was capable of direct conversion
into starch has been dissipated. In conjunc-
ton with chlorophyl, other substances,
termed sensitizers, absorb rays Of light and
transfer the vibrations of their own mole
eules to another substance less easily af-
feeted by light, thereby decomposing it.
If the cOllodi0n on Photographic plate is
tinctured with chlorophyl the red rays will
at once be affected
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WONDERS OF SCIENCE.
IlflitY Of Atoms -ChlQrODhYl- Squirrels Do
Not Hibernate.

a grain of salt measuring one-thousandth
of an inch if dissolved in cubic mile of
water and magnified to the size of the earth
would appear from half an inch to two
inches in diameter. Molecules are said to
be the smallest atoms in existence The
late DR.. Joule assumed that they dart about
with velocity of over 5000 feet A second
and that they produce II, 700. 100000 col
lisions in that time. He declared that
1,12S. 100000 of them would be required to
cover the space of an inch. The length of
a wave Of light is the four-thouSandth Of an
inch, but that of molecule is iufinitcsi-
mally less.
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Tie prevalent idea that squirrels remain
torpid during winter has been exploded by
an English writer, who says he saw one of
the little animals in the most lively condi-
ton, jumping from tree to tree, on an ex-
tremely cold day in January. Another OBJ
server states that some squirrels do hber-
nate. but that they wake frequently to take
nourishment, and third writer asserts that
he has notes OF discovering newly born
squirrels on the coolest and most nclement
days of March and April. He adds: "One
of the prettiest sights in the world is to see
an old squirrel teaching a young one to
lump"
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The Efficacy of OIL at Sen.

An English steamer captain writes that
during an extremely heavy sea an oil bag
was placed on each quarter of the vessel,
which rode out the hurricane splendidly,
and without shipping a drop of water. A
chief officer says that during terrible gale
a canvas bag filled with oakum and fish oil
was allowed to just dip into the sea from the
lee quarter, and replenished every two
hours. The oil was used for twenty-four
hours, and as the vessel lay quite easy and
shipped no heavy seas it proved great sue
cess. The captain is always provided with
a full supply of fish oil (Which he considers
the best), and all appliances for instant use.
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and / cannot even offer to relieve Won. Moth
ing can relieve you now. The consequences
continue. One man sinned and another goes
In obscnrlty all his life for that sin. Go.
Jack. On our heads lies the real shame rho
bitterness and the remorse. That is our
punishment. We are not worthy to touch
your hand. Go, Jack; l will give him the
paper. We will keep your conditions"
He lifted his hat and turned without an
other word. SO they parted, who will never
meet again.