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The morning call., 1893-12-03

occasion thrashed him in the old Keel Inn,
on The Side. II was enough 10 swear that
he knew Reginald Dacre to be a disaffected
Jacobite, and that he bad been caught in
wagoDer's clothes at that very moment.
making no denial OF his mission, but VOW
ing vengeance on the Kings officer. The
colonel listened to what he deemed an
ordinary report of rebel shared in hiding.
and continued his evenings entertain ment
with the bottle and pipe. saying that the
case should be dealt with before marching
in the morning.
Reginald spared the colonel and Captain
Tring the painful precipitateness of a
drumhead court-mariial. The flow of
beer was good in the guardroom, the guard
was droughty and drowsy, and any man
OF active habit with his life at stake can
get outside rope. So within three hours
he had imposed on the watch by pretend
ing sleep, had freed himself of cordage and
had easily pushed himself through hole
In the roof, after using q stall post as
ladder to the rafters. He did not even
annoy the slumbering watch. and sue
The morning call., 1893-12-03

the cursed luck of our family. When the
Prince led his army across the Solway /
must needs join him to show my loyalty.
ana now il ia in retreat to the north and
can come to no good. l broke with the
adventure at Derby. My risk is the Same
If Georges dragons get me. but they cer-
tainIy would have got me ha1 held to my
folly. But for lucky escape at York l
should have been eibbeted corpse by
this time. Here l am: and how to get out
of 1t time must tell. l hope / may not
bring peril TO your roof. but they will little
suspect me here for few weeks at least,
aud some chance may offer for flight to
France"
.'Thou didst well, lad. Never shall it
be said that / refused succor TO my kin
when in peril. The secret can be kept.
and we can hide thee IL 1t comes to the
worst. Trust me. This old hall hath
some queer places where sa; the the devil devil himself
would get lost. Mabel and Ethel will be
ses to your clothes and give thee nag"
And the old man, who had slight stoop
The morning call., 1893-12-03
VOICES AND VISIONS.

In youth. beside the lonely sea,
Voices and visions came to me.
Titania and her furtive broods
Were my familiars IN the woods.
From every flower that broke in flame
Some half-articulate whisper came.
In every wind felt the stir
or some celestial messenger.
Later. amid the city's din
And toll and wealth and want ana sin,
They followed me from street to street,
The dreams that made my boyhood sweet.
As in the silence haunted glen,
SO mid the crowded ways OF men
Strange lights my errant fancy led.
Strange w atchers stood beside my bed.
Ill fortune had no shafts for me
In this aerial company.
Now one by one the visions fly,
And one by one the voices die.
More disrzntly the accents ring
More frequent the receding wing
Full dark shall be the days In store
When voice and vision come no more!
HoMAs BAILEY ALDRICH in Scripner's MagsziI
The morning call., 1893-12-03
A Possibility in the Next World.
Kate Eield,s washington.

There Is Washington young woman
who, in addition to having sensitive nerves,
is intensely devoted to Browning. Much
of her time she applies to the discovery of
new wittlclsms and much more to worry
ing over them Not long ago she was I'LL.
A friend called on her ana said consol-
ingly:
Never mind. dear; this ;dleness will
make you enjoy life all the more when you
are about again"
II don't know" sighed the patient
"perhaps will not get we'll"
"Ob, you don't think of such things as
that. do you?"
Yes"
"You take 1t rather cheerfully."
'Oh, don't mind at all. Perhaps
shall meet Mr.. Browning in the next world,
and we shall have such good time ex-
planning his works to each other!
The morning call., 1893-12-03

The number of persons in Europe who
have their lives insured form about 2H1s per
cent of the population.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11

In 1876 Fort Benton alone sent $4,000
buffalo hides to market. In 1888 two
carloads were shipped from Dickinson,
North Dakota. In 1884 Fort Benton
sent none at all. In 1879 little band
of the animals were known to be graz
ing near Fort Totten, on Devil Lake,
North Dakota, and it is believed that
these animals furnished the two carloads
Of robes which came eastward to st.
Paul from Dickinson in 1888 This was
the last year of the buffalo--1SS3 A
herd, numbering perhaps $4,000, crossed
the Yellowstone river in that year and
went north toward the British line
"They never came back, is the pitiful
refrain which one hears from the In
dams along the border from Winnipeg
In Manitoba to st. Mary's Lakes in AL
berta.
No, they never came back while rid
ing with the officers of the Nanadian
mounted police through Alberta, they
told me the story of this last year of the
buffalo, but it was never told twice alike
by any two men, for strange mystery
seems to hang over the closing scene OF
the great crime which annihilated the
mighty ds.-Hamlin Russell in Har-
ner's
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11
Chinese women and rheir Fcet.

The small footed Chinese women usual
ly make their own shoes Of bits of silk
embroidered in gold and colors. Very
dainty work they make of it, too, a shoe-
maker simply soling these bits of en-
broidery. In curio' shops the globe trot-
ter may sometimes pick upa secondhand
shoe. The tiny feet must be often and
carefully washed and disinfected. Many
of them are perpetually swollen and IN
famed. There are women whose bust
ness it is to go from house to house
bathing, bandaging and treating these
MANNED members. A woman of rank
has sometimes one ainah whose special
duty it is to care for her tiny but trou-
blesome feet.
Chinese women who possess small feet
are, while proud of them in way, very
shy and unwilling to exhibit them to
foreigners. had great difficulty in
coaxing a Chinese woman of rank to
give me a glimpse of her wee foot. The
four smaller toes are pressed under the
sole, and the whole weight falls really
upon the great toe in walking The
ankle is very large and distorted, but
the leg is thin and wasted from mad
equate exercise. The tout ensemble
from western point of view is far from
beautiful if not absolutely repulsive.-
New York Tribune.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11
The wnsto in Coal Consumption.

It is agreeable to learn that tine nitrog-
enous matter in the 1900, 600 tons Of coal
which are used every year by the gas
manufacturing companies of London is
now being made considerable source Of
revenue The value of sulphate of am
monia as fertilizer is now beyond dis
pute. Where nitrogen has been deficient
In the soil the application of 450 pounds Of
sulphate of ammonia to each acre gave an
increase of nearly four tons Of potatoes.
Sulphate of ammonia, although not quite
so active fertilizer as nitrate, is held in
the soil with greater tenacity. 1t con-
tains "a per cent. of ammonia, which is
equal to 20 per cent. of nitrogen. Then
there are the tarry hydrocarbon COM
pounds, from which (thanks to the dis
covery of Kirkham and Perkins, beautiful
aniline dyes can be extracted.
The tar has been a source of such reve-
nue. to the gas companies that II may be
seriously stated that every year there Is
more coloring matter sent into the atmos-
phere of London than would dye all the
fabrics woven by English looms within
the same time. If we take the waste OF
the hydrocarbons to equal 20 per cent. Of
the fuel burned, we shall find that in the
100000 tons of coal burned in the fnetrop-
oils 100000 tons of hydrocarbons arelost.
In other words, some 100000 cubic feet
of rich hydrocarbons are every year use
lessly thrown into the air Of London, and
the loss is e400, 000.-National Review.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11

To slam door may be an evidence of
bad temper or bad manners, but it is
also a popular superstition that slam
ming door is wicked. This belief is
undoubtedly due to supposition enter
tanned by many nations that the souls of
the departed hover about the place where
they departed from their bodies The
Indians of this country frequently howled
and beat tho air with brushwood in or
der to drive away the spirit Of the pris-
oner they had just killed.
The negroes Of the Congo abstain from
sweeping out their huts for year after
death has occurred for fear that the
dust may interfere with the spirit Of the
departed. It is IN northern Europe that
interpretation concerning the slamming
of door arose, the fear being enter
tanned that some spirit might be caught
in the slamming. New York Telegram.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11
rroublo caused bx . semieolon.

The substitution Of semicolon for a
comma in an act which became law in
1880 has caused lot of trouble for the
surface railroads and apparently makes
necessary tho passing Of healing act by
the present Legislature. The act, which
relates to railroad crossings, is as follows;
mo electric, cable OF horse railroad
shall hereafter be constructed across the
tracks of steam railroad at grade; nor
shall any steam railroad cross any such
electric, cable OF horse railroad at grade,
except upon application and approval by
the railroad commissioners"
The preceding was approved, se1nicolon
and all, June II, 1880, and became law.
The result is that while steam roads can
cross surface lines at will with the per
mission Of the railroad commissioners
street and electric roads are barred from
crossing steam roads with or without
permission.--Hartford Courant.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11

BE patienti Easy words to speak
While plenty fills the cup of tife,
While health brings roses TO the cheek,
And far removed are care and strife.
Failing so glibly from the tongue
OF those-I often think OF this
Whom suffering has never wrung,
Who scarcely know what patience is.
Be patient when the suff'rer lies
PROSTATE beneath some fell disease.
And longs, through torturing asonies,
Only for one short hour of case.
Be patient when the weary brain
Is racked with thought and anxious care
And troubles in an endless train
Seem almost more than it can bear
To feel the torture of delay,
The agony of hope deferred,
To labor still from day to day,
The prize unwon, the prayer unheard,
And still To hope and strive and wait
The due reward Of fortunes kiss,
This Is to almost conquer fate,
This is to learn what patience ia.
Despair not, though the clouds arc dark,
And storm and danger veil the sky.
Let fate and courage guido thy bark.
The storm win pass; the port ia nigh.
Be patient, and the tide win turn,
Shadows win flee before the sun,
These are the hopes that live and burn
To light us till our work is done.
ALI the Year Round.
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A HUMAN NIGHTMARE.
Experience OF Drummer With Woman
who Was nristaIxen For Freak.

experience OF o DFusnuner W1th woman
Who Was nristaIsen For Freak.
"Have you ever had nightmare in
which some fearful danger threatened
you and you couldn't move or get out of
the wayF" asked Hermann Solomon of o
crowd Of peripatetic story tellers at the
Richelieu hotel.
Several years ago had several Of the
nocturnal visitors every night for a week
and grew very weary of them, for in
spite of my determination not to let them
bully me out Of my equanimity would
nearly expire every night and awake with
cold perspiration breaking out all over
me. Toward the last of that interesting
week I stopped with q landlord in north
ern Arkansas and resolved as I went to
sleep that come what would would
positively refuse to give in in the least to
my imagination.
''Some time past midnight the usual
scare came. This time 1t was tall and
angular woman in white, with a long
butcherknife. Mentally, was congraf1-
lating myself that at last was learning
to overcome the foolish fears Of night
mares and wondering how it would pass
off. l saw the de1noniac grin as she
hourished the knife in front of my face
almost without tremor, and when she
laughed wild, dnearthly laugh 1 gave
start and found it all real and that
was actually awake.
Scared? That word can't express it.
1 droppedlon the other side of the bed as
she made slash at me, and as she ran
around the bed l crawled under, reached
the door and went down the steps about
three at time ahead of her. BY the
time we reached the big road think
had gained several feet, lis she had more
clothing to interfere with her progress
than had just then. I had imagined
that man really scared couldn't move.
Well, will give any odds desired on
the proposition that moved down that
road, and l don't think Iwould need any
corroborative testimony to convince any
one who saw me that l was scared.
About mile down the road ran
into the arms of her husband and sons
who were out looking for her. She was
a little 'outen her head at times, they
said, and she had evidently entered the
open door at my landlords and reached
my room without any one knowing it
AS her relatives took her home sadly
retraced my steps and found the whole
family aroused The explanation was
satisfactory, and the adventure cured
me of Nightmares. "-Syracuse Herald.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11
The carna&ion Is an old Flower.

Pliny refers to tho carnation as having
been used in the days of Augustus Caesar
to give q spicy favor to wine. While
greatly loved and admired by the an
clients, its improvement was not much
advanced until it found home in Eng
land. The date of this event is not quite
clear, but is believed to be about the
year 1900. Chaucer wrote of it's cultiva-
ton in 1886, from which date it has been
considered florists flower. 1t was first
called "carnation" by Henry Lyte in
1878 and designated az a ''pink' in 1900
Edmund Spenser called it coronation,
which found little favor. Shakespeare
in Winters Tale" act 4, says, ''The
fairest flowers o the season are our car.
nations He alsoa1ludes to it in Hen.
nv V."-R. r. Lombard.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11

verb ito morse was defended by writ
ers in Notes and Queries.
1t has lately been pointed out that in
the Surgeons Daughter" Scott is made
to say that the ''nautch girls perfume
their voluptuous eastern domes," where
as the real reading must be perform
their voluptuous eastern dances" But
we are not aware that the coquille has
been corrected. In "Pendennis' boy
is said to excel in running and pump
ing" This must mean jumping, "
though the actual competition would
have it's merits. There are no rulings in
Yorkshire, triding is the right word, but
there is "World Riding" in Mr.. Morris
'sHeimskringla. "-London Saturday Re
view
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11
New yorI. ocuIists Receive largo rree,.

New York Ocu1ists Receive Large Fees.
SOculists in New York perform the
most delicate surgical operations. There
are two or three in the city whose in
comes from their profession range above
5000, 900 year and who treat thousands
of patients every year. They conduct
their work with the most absolute dis
regard of the worldly position of their
patients. From many of their patients
they receive no fee for their services.
Should any man in this profession refuse
advice on the ground that o patient was
unable to pay fee, he would be ruined
IL the fact were to become lmown.-Cor.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11

II distrust the intelligence of any person
whom see handling book disrespectful-
ly," lady declared the other day, IA good
book is one Of the best of friends, and de-
serves good treatment-not merely that
one should not strain it's back or crease its
pages, but to be treated with delicacy, CON
sideration and respect.
when l see thoughtless girl put out
her hand toward fine volume of Shake
speare, and begin to 1utter the leaves as
she talks, or nervously clap the upper cover
by way of emphasis to her remarks, | feel
like saying to her:
My dear, you forget yourselfi Re-
member Rosalind; consider Viola; do
not be rude to Portia; they are friends Of
mine, if not of yours, and are ladies of dis
tinction, not to be treated like the senti-
mental heroines of such trashy novels as
you roll up and stuff in your pocket or
cram into your lunchbasket to read in the
cars
Il never do say it; but l am far from
certain If it would not be UNSUITABLE inn
politeness if did Youths Companion. Il
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11

The buttons on coats, etc, are placed
ON the right side and the shed Of the
hair in boys to the left. evidently to suit
manipulation by the right hand. The
great philosopher Newton records that
at first he confined his astronomical OBJ
servations to his right eye, but after
ward ne managed to train his left. But
there are persons who could not do this,
owing to the unequal strength of their
eyes. Strange to say, the Chinese assign
the place of honor to the left.
At Kunycnye, in Africa, Cameron re-
lates being introduced to the heir pre-
aumptive to the throne. the nails Of
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11

This is hard family to live withf'
pouted the piano. Miss Susie pounds me
every day for an hour or twol"
Well, at least you don't have to work, y
exclaimed the clock. MY hands are never
die they keep them moving every minute
nd second"
Talk about worki'' cried the table;
ghy, almost everythingis put on me.D
Il wouldn't mind work." observed the
amp, but Pm sensitive, and 1t isn't pleas
ant when you're quite bright to be turned
down once or twice every evening"
"Sensitivel' sneered the mirror 'sThink
Of the ugly faces oftensturned on mel"
And think also,' said the carpet, "how
the children jump ON me; still I'm not
worn out yet"
You may all talk till you're tired, yet
you must admit that not one of you is so.
sat upon as ana" finished the chair de-
cisively, -Harper's Young People. ,.,..-
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11
Old Custom Handed Down.

How many can tell the origin of the
habit Of closing the eyes in prayer? Far
back in the past the sun was the univer-
sal object of worship. AS it rose above
the horizon the devotee thanked it for
it's return to bless the world AS it set
In the west he implored its early return.
His face was always toward the sun in
prayer, and his eyes were closed to pre-
vent blindness. The habit has passed
down from father to son for thousands
Of years. Though the object of worship
has been changed, the custom survives.
Progressive Thinker.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11
rrnort. Revolver shots IN the Army.

w. r. Prior claims that all the best
revolver shots arein New York. There
are some very good shots in the army.
There are men in the army who can hit
the size of man at 10 yards, riding a
horse at a ga1lop, every time, with 20
yards interval between figures, and men
that can hit a ascent piece at 10 yards
with arevolver that pulls eight pounds
four-shots ont Of FIVE. All the best shots
have the arrns1igf1fly bert Fl Mr.. Prior
win fakethe trouble to look around, he
will find nensfn the United States cav
airy that VIII throw his New Yorker
perts in the shade. Ger. Kansas City
hVfues,
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11
Hrpnotlarn rn a Sew 1ieht,

Hypnotism is apparently a distinct
Portland fad. A nervous young lady in
that city, who was to read paper before
literary society, got doctor to hypno-
tie her so that she shouldn't become rat
tied, and the result was perfect compos-
ure during the ordeal The literary es,
say quite often succeeds in hypnotizing
the audience into a deliciously devital-
lied condition, but the idea of putting
the reader to sleep is brand new.-Ban-
gor Commercial.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11
How Some New Varieties Nav
Be Obtained.
The Gift Herald Veg11 the Income
Farmers in tn East

special with the leading
uded)a valuable
of the
known The market cour
premiun offer
have in
On the
Of A
to make
trial No seeds without arqut for them The following
A1argean
frm The beautiful
HKENsK MUsKMELoNA large Melon proi6c in favor
flesh
SIBERIAN CuumERvey good
edvarety inmens
for hcookn and
all sin the
Kenwanzener irony of
the ha
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11
70 nuggRT BURNS

Sweet singer, that lo'e the maist
o. ony, sin wi eager haste
! srnacket BARN lips over the taste
o. hipnied sang,
bail thee, though blessed ghaist
In heaven langl
For, weel ken, nae cantie phrase,
Nor courtly' airs, nor lairdly ways,
Could gar me freer blame or praise,
Or proffer hand
Where 'Rantin Robbie" and his lays
Thegither stand.
And sac these namely lines send,
Wi jinglin words at ilka end,
In echo of the sangs that wend
Frae thee to me
Like simmer brooks, wi mony bend
o. wimplin glee.
James Whitcomb Riley.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11

Once he got a pair or new red shoes, and
he went into raptures about them. He
was so impatient to show himself in his
new shoes that he could scarcely wait to
be dressed. While his mother was dress
ing his hair he was trembling with i'm
patience, and at last he exclaimed in an
angry tone, make haste, mamma, or
else my new shoes will get old"
The precocious boy was pampered and
spoiled and allowed to become despot
in the house. Century.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11
Literary Blunders.

We all make and we all meet with
many amusing literary blunders. The
worst of it is that we readily forget them.
Every one should keep a book of these
delightful things, which please Us with a
sudden sense of superiority. Among
mispritts is kniscs. '5orne swing on
hooks. some ran knfses through their
hands" said an article in Tho Edinburgh
Review. Here every one would ernend
by knives or krisses-knivesw was the real
reading. In ''fhe Monastery" Scott
wrote about nursing evil passions"
This was printed omorsing,11. and the
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11
Tho Wniter,s Mistake.

He had made a hearty meal at res.
taurant, and getting up he said to the
waiter, 81 declare if haven't forgotten
my purser The waiter fired up and
hurled big words at him FOR fully three
minutes before pausing for breath. When
chance came the stranger continued,
''But have e5 note here in my waist
coat pocket!' The waiter could not smile
to save his ife.-London Tit-Bits.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11

Horsepower does not Always fneaf
speed, for the City Of Rome-very little
smaller than the Teutonic--is Of 1880
horsepower, against the Teutonic's 49,
900, while the Paris, which is only 800
feet long, as against the Great Eastern's
$50 feet, is of over 10000 horsepower
Such comparisons show the wonderful
development in late years Of ship and
engine building. Marine Journal.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11

To abstain from superfuous apologies
is also the haSit of discretion. There
should seldom be the occasion for apollo
gy in the household, where all would do
well and wisely to be constantly gentle
and courteous.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11

Even if we have only dinner of herbs
to offer to our guest, if it be served in
the spirit Of true hospitality it will be
better than a stalled OK where pride and
envy are, and with them the spirit of
contention.
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11
Precnrious Indeed.

Tourist (at Niagara)-A coroner must
have a pretty good thing of it around
here.
Coroner-Well, it's rather precarious
You know our income depends upon the
floating population. New York Evening
G11O
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1893-05-11

One of the hottest regions Of the earth's
surface is in the immediate vicinity of
the Dead sea. Experts in the science of
photography declare that the sea loses
not less than million tons of water a
day through evaporation.