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' A LOVER'S EVENING PRAYER. 'I BT CHARLES 0. BAHII. | 0, God! I love her. keep her Rate, I Altboagh it be Tbise all-wise will 1 That I may never Bee her more? | , Yet keep her safe I pray Thee still. < O, shield her from all evil wiles 1 _ And keep her pure in heart within; ' D'or me sue may not jteepner jove, But keep ber from all barm and sin. ' Let angels walk with her through day. j Nor leave her with the Bun's last gleams; 1 Let angels watch around ber bed 1 And give ber peace and angel dreams. 1 BpTCBiNSON, Kan. ] fc - = ' I 1 BT A HE IE C. ll'KEBVEB. 1 ' %? L i H I were an artist I would paint 1 * A face so fair, a face so true, < With a hidden something like a saint? 1 And that face should picture you. 1 gtfr,l;.. . ...... , j 'Jf 1 were an artist I would know Oust where the strongest light should touch rflK> bring out all tbe wonderful glow In the, one face I love so much. IS I were an artist I would give ? , A hungry soul a crust to eat, In the long years that I may live In which, my love, we may not meet. If I were an artist I would place Always above my mantel-tree Ifelne own sweet face; but It cannot be? Only my dreams may picture thee. | Whxiambburg , Ohio. Ir.EiiisIissi c A f'-; i Remarkable Romance. ! a A BY EMILY THORNTON. , |:-V / . ; CHAPTER XX. C ' SIR RKGJSALD'S RAGE. C ' - The next morning Ethel attempted to rise, as usual, btlt found herself so ill 1 with a sick headache that the attempt s was vain. Every time she lifted her head s from her pillow it throbbed wildly, t while a blind dizziness came over her to 1 such an extent that she felt it were bet- t tor-to keep: still for a tvhile, until It t passed away. % . i, Ak/v tioii hofnrft in h?r liffl - JErom the same cause, and she knew It t lad been brought about by intense ex- f ?Jt?meirt. v . - ; g She knew also that It would take several hours, to restore her to her usual ? vigor. a While certain of this, the most anxious feelings were aroused at her un- ' happy position, as regarded Sir Keginald f .filendenning's sacred trust. That the baronet should be at once informed of his dreadful loss, she well F ;knew, *in order that steps might be taken b ~ lor the redovery of the missing treasure. But with this dreadful pain, how e v ehoukl she reach him? e " Finally she decided that the only way before her was to lie still until she was c hi* tn ri?o. H }> At nine o'clock a servant came to her iopom, and she sent an excuse to the fam- b % for. her non-appearance. k ^ About ten ^ message came from Sir BftginaTd Asking ho# soon she could a w)ine to him. She returned for answer that her bead f, wa&stUL in such p^in, that she feared not ^ "tmffitffernoon. h About five Dr. Elfensteih called to see <j i hit patient, and his lordship at once re quested him to look After his secretary, Q Baying that she was noc able to come to Jilp. while he wap most anxious to see jj . Mfci 5 j , '' Hrs. Predon Was then dispatched to ^ fcfies Nevergail's room to prepare her for m Visit from the Doctor.' ? . > k^fttfhe young man entered he was real- |j . If #(,artled to see how wan and pale the 4 ixcitement of the night before and a few hours' illness had made her. " j She had made several attempts to rise, 0 And had succeeded in dressing herself, Sl but the exertion had overcome her, and . once more she had been obliged to re- r -cline upon the bed, while her large dark ^ ayes and black dress made her cheeks t teem almost iike snow. "Oh* Doctori" she sighed, as he adtonced and took her hand in his. "Can you give me something to stop this head- ^ ache, SO that I can go to Sir Reginald? Be has wanted me all day, and has sent 0 , for nejseveral times, and 1 must see him, f ^nt I cannol seem io get there." f Are yon subject to such headaches?" v .^?)iflve bad them a number of times." W "You have done right to keep still. J c will give you a remedy that I think will ? tause you relief in an hour's time. Dn- * til then you should try to sleep." Preparing a liquid, he carefully held , , 4he tumbler to her lips, saw her drink it, J . then throwing a light shawl over her, left, saying as he did so: ' "If you sleep now, 1 am almost certain you can visit bis lordship in the jecgtn of time I mentioned." ' It seemed that the medicine and bis ? ? calm, kind words did sootbe her, for at ? once she fell into the restful sleep so 1 much needed. ' The nap proved quite a long one, and * it was seven o'clock in the evening*be ' fo^e she crept through the ball, and, with a trembling frame but head greatly re- * lieved, entered Sir Reginald's presence. 1 At Once she saw that her illness had 1 ^discomposed him, and that he was un- ' usually irritable and nervous. 1 "I am sorry I could not come to vou as osual," she began, but he interrupted ' her by saying, crossly: "Oh, yes; I dare say. Stop all apolo- 1 gles, and while we are alone tell me if you obeyed my orders last night." "I did," faltered the poor girl. ' Did the thing work well?" asked he, 1 tagerly. , "It did. I had no trouble in the Tower ! *t all; but, oh, Sir Reginald, something terrible has happened!" 1 ."What2" exclaimed the sick man, , starting up in so sudden a manner that 1t caused him to fall back with a groan, .. Although he kept a firm grip of the arm .fee had seized in his excitement, regard- , less of the fact that bis tight grasp caused her to turn pale with pain. "I dread telling you; but just as I left the Tower to push back the panels a frightful noise of a heavy fall came, then ?large monster darted out, dashed the fcandle from my hand, and, with a howl, disappeared." "My God! Girl, girl!" yelled the infuriated man before her, his face turn. ^ug purple with rage, "what is this you tell me? Gone! Escaped! Speak!" added he. roughly shaking her by the arm. "Tell me it is a lie?a lie that you said just now!" "No, Sir Reginald," returned the pallid Ethel; "it is the truth. Whatever you had there got out last night, and ran off through the ruins!" "You jade! you hussy! What did you do wrong that made this happen? An . ?wer, or I will tear you to pieces!" "Release my arm, sir. You are cruel in your rage; you hurt me!" nSp5lK,~lhgh. jTow did he get out of ,his prison?" With a faltering voice, the frightened girl, while writhing in his grasp, murmured: "1 dropped the knife on the shelves a ' lew .nights before,, a^d forgot. Jt Jt WfrirteCT aTbuMr?vr"iill(fW"ByTT3e cry be-gave that lie bad it." "Idiot! fool!" returned the enraged being before her, as he gave her arm Buch a fearful wrench that it dislocated the elbow. "Out of my sight! out of my bouse this instant! You have ruined me with jour cursed carelessness! .Not another'night shall you sleep under roof!" . Once again he raised his arm?this time to strike. But fortunately, with a moan of pain at the injury she had already sustained, she had darted back, and so the blow descended on empty air. Without another look at the man before her the poor young girl cre.pt from his presence, ancf driggfng hersefl CSfcft to her room, fastened herself in, wMe she sought to prepare for her departure. With her arm hanging motionless by tier side, and nearly wild with pain, she apened her trunks and thrusting her valuables inside as well as she could, cvith ore band, sbe locked them, and i iropped the key into her pocket Fearing, she scarcely knew what, she put the package of papers her aunt i aad given her, with her purse also, n her pocket, that she might be certain i >* cofotw Thon hast.ilv nuttinl? JI tUVil C?*V?J AMVM r- u :omb, brushes, and night apparel id a aand-sachel, she paused to rest. 1 Advancing to her window, she found ;hat a heavy rain was still falling, and ihat darkness was sven then over the :arth. Throwing her waterproof over her i ihoulders, with its hood drawn over her lat, she opened her door and glided through the hall, down the stairs, and >ut of the front entrance, fortunately ' vithout being seen by any of the family. As she had passed the sick man's room, ;he knew by the sound of many excited 1 roices within that they had gone to nis assistance, and she judged be must have njured his hip by his passionate frenzy. While she pitied the man, sho feared lim, and never breathed freely until outiide the door. Then with a hurried step she passed lown the ramble. CHAPTER XXL ETHEL'6 FLIGHT. The darkness, as I have said, had come m early, in consequence of the dense Jouds and falling rain. It was after eight when Ethel left the lall, and then it was so dark under the hading trees that she could not see a tep before her. Unaccustomed to be abroad alone at so ate an hour, her heart beat fast and ears coursed over her white cheeks, irougbt there by her fears as well as the tcute pain in her arm. Once away from the house and beyond he reach of Sir Reginald's wrath, she laused to consider whither she should ;0, and what she should do. * ? ?* ? ? A ' ?r? rnAma/) rvloin AS Silt} piiuaeu uuc tuiug kcuicu piuiu. ibe could do nothing until a physician c ,Mended to her wounded arm. f In order to have this accomplished it c ?as evident that she must seek Dr. El- t enstein at his home. r She shrank from doing this. t Remembrances of their mutual exlerieacesof the evening before caused i ier liear1( to flutter at the very thought, c fie might think it bold and unmaid- ? nly thus to push herself into his presnce.'1!' j Still it could not be helped. Her arm ould not be raised, and on that arm she d epended now for her daily bread. Bitterly she upbraided herself for r er strange neglect in reference to that nife. , , , c Ob, that she had been more careful, nd less easily unnerved. d She ought to have expected movements I iside the room, where a wild animal was i ept, and therefore counted it silly to i ave been so overcome as to forget her r of tV.o fifet. cm'inrl cVia hn.H hftarri. I I Regrets, however, were useless; she c just hurry od. How dark it was, and how difficult to ? eep in the path! i The rain beat upon her in torrents, and ^ i> seemed a weary way before she passed be porters lodge. Once in the road beyond, she could see 1 ghts jn windows of dwelling houses far i 6wn the road. t The first .of them she knew was where )r. Elfenstein lived, and hope revived t nee more, and she pressed on, thinking 8 oon to be there. But the road seemed very rough. Great * uts bad been made in the earth, softened f y the long rain, and these caused her to i rip <*uu jaw i/wjw. Both times it had jarred her arm, and 1 rawn forth tears of anguish. c Wiping them away, she struggled to s icr feet and persevered. At last the gate was reached and t pened with difficulty; then again a dizzy a eeling came over her, and just as her s eet stepped on the Dorch she fell for- I rard in & Jong, death-like swoon. Dr. Elfenstein had gone out into the Qunior. after Uis call .ftt^the .baronet's, 6 visft a rather critical case, ana did lot return until quite late. As he passed he porter's lodge one of the servants beonging to the Hall stepped , out, and tailing him, bade him to drive there at mce, as bis master was in terrible dis- i ress. 1 Without waiting for a second bidding ] le turned into the grounds and had just j intcred Sir Reginald's room when Ethel | glided past it in her flight from the i louse. . . . It was with surprise aDd intense wonler that the physician saw the change a ew hours had wrought in his patient. That something of a startling charao,er had produced the effects now mani'ested was perfectly apparent, and that .he good work of the past few weeks had jeen entirely destroyed in some fit of passion was too obvious to be denied. At once he saw that Sir Reginald was n a worse condition than he had found him in the first visit he had made after J)6 fall. "What has done this?" he asked of Lady Con9taiice. "What excitement has tie undergone since I left him doing well it 4 this afternoon?" "No one knows. Miss Nevergail came to his room about 7. We then beard bim speaking in a furiously angry way, and after awhile his bell rang a /oud peal for assistance. On reacting him, he was alone, suffering as you see him now." Where was Miss Nevergail. "She must have returned to her room. She has been sick all day," was the i-eply. "Yes; I know," returned the Doctor. Not until the clock struck ten could Dr. Elfenstein leave the Hall, and then bo was anticipating for the baronet a sleepless night. He himself felt tired, and greatly unnerved. The strange events of the night before could hardly yet be thought of calmly. All day he had deeply regretted no following up and learning the cause of their mutual flight; but whenever he had thought of it, Ethel's pleading tones and shuddering form had pleaded an eloquent excuse. How pleasant was the remembrance of her depehdence"clju TUni fij~ tiToSe TeTTiLie moments! Once or twice he found himself longing to be thus able to protect her all the remainder of his life; but then he had been obliged to thrust the yearning from his heart, and remember that his stern duty lay in a rougher channel, and that love could not be his guide, at least for years to come. So thinking, he had reached his home, given his horse to the man in waiting, and then turned to enter bis door, But what was this he saw lying in a heap uj>on the^porch? - ^ t . .X.'. >... . SGbepTujHZ)trrscover if ft might n ot "be a large; sWa&ge^dog, his fingers came in contact with a human hand, and from its .small size ho knew it belonged to child or woman. Throwing open the door with his latchkey, the light from the hall revealed Ethel Novergail's pale, unconscious face to his astonished gaze. "Ethel here senseless! Oh, my darling, my darling!" he murmured, as he lifted her in his arms and bore her to the parlor sofa. "What can this mean?" Placing her there, he ran to the foot of the stairs and called Mrs. Clum to his assistance. This person, fortunately, sat reading in her TiwnToomr waltTng Ws return, that she might give him some refreshments after his long detention, knowing that he had eaten nothing since noon; therefore she was immediately by his side, and after hearing him state where he had found the poor young girl, proceeded to unbutton and remove the wet waterproof, while Earle brought camphor and other remedies, and then at once devoted himself to her recovery. With joy, at last, they saw her eyes Dpen; but the cry of pain that followed filled both with surprise. "My arm! my arm!" she cried. "You hurt my arm." Seeing that something more serious was "the"matter Than"a""simp"ieTaTST, Dr. Elfenstein released the hand he held, as it seemed to paiu her, asking, as he did so, "if she had injured herself anywhere?" "I cannot stir my hand, or arm, and fn" ic Krnl/on " cho rnnnncrl in rAnlv. "I came here to show it to you." "Then it was hurt before you left the Hall?" returned the Doctor, passing his band over the useless member, in order Lo see the nature of the injury. She bowed her head, speaking no word in reply. "Is it broken, Doctor?" finally she managed to ask. "Not broken, but dislocated at the ;lbow. In order to replace it, I fear I must cause you pain. It will be impoajible for you to go out again in thiu itorm, therefore Mrs. Clum, my houseieeper, must prepare you a room, and fou will remain here to-night. After she las made you comfortable in your bed I nust replace the bones, and then you nust keep perfectly quiet, or, after all ,his excitement, you will be thrown into i fever." Giving Mrs. Clum several instructions, le saw her leave :the room to prepare >ae for poor Ethel's reception; then, and lot until then, he bent over the sofa vhere she lay, and asked her in a low roice: "Why did you not tell me this instead >f coming out in the storm, when I have jeen at the ^all since eight this evenng?" "I did not know you were there, and :ould not have seen you if I had known t. Sir Reginald flew into a furious pas;ion as soon as he saw me to-day, and >ade me instantly leave his bouse. As ny arm was hurt, 1 was obliged to come o you." "Miss Nevergail, how was your arm llslocated? And what means the mark if those fingers which I see upon the uriacev "Do Dot ask, Doctor, for I cannot tell rou." "Well, if you cannot tell me that, why lid Sir Reginald bid you leave his house?" "I cannot tell you!" was still her only eply. "Was it for any willful fault you had ommitted?" "No: oh. no! I bad met with an accilent the nature en" whTcTT r~cannoc, ex>lain. In short, I had. without Intendng it, neglected a duty ne had charged ae with on the day of my fright by the ailroad. My nervousness then caused De to forget something. He had just liscovered it, and flew in a rage." "Then the brute seized your arm and rave it this wrench! You need not tell ne, child; I know it by Instinct. It i3 pell I was not there, for one reason." "Why?" "I should have struck him as he lay telpless in bed. I could not have helped t But you are safe now; he shall never ouch you again." "No; for I shall never go back. But vhere sh^ll I go? What shall I do now?" he sighed, in reply. "Stay here, of course, tfntil you are veil; then a place will be provided, never ear. Promise me one thing now, which s, not to worry about the future. Leave verything of that nature for time and ^ovidence to make plain, and try to :ompose yourself in order to recover the ooner. Will you do this? He took her well hand kindly, almost enderly, as he spoke; and, meeting his tnxious, beseeching gaze bent upon her, he blushed faintly and gave the required >romise. [to be continued.] TEMPERANCE. theib worst enemy. "Gather up all the money that the wortdc classes have spent for ram during thn ast thirty years, and I will build for every nan a house, and lay out for him a garden, md secure him a policy of lire insurance so hat the present home may be well mainlined after he is dead. The most persistent, the most overpowering enemy of the working classes is intoxicating liquor. ?>ew i'ork Observer. at.rOHOT. AN'D ATHLETES. SJr Benjamin Ward Richardson, in an address lately published, mentions that he one? Interrogated a noted tight-rope expert as tc his art. The acrobat stated that all good trainers and skilled performers agree that abstinence from alcoholic beverages is absolutely necessary. His advice to athletes is ''So long as you are in courso of preparation touch not the hurtful thing; it will be sure to undermine all the qualities on which you depend for success ; it will injure your precision, your decision, your presence of mind, and your endurance." /torn t.?X5M K0T72XXESS'. " New York hospital surgeons have found a di&ease that has become alarmingly prevalent among bartenders. It is the rotting away of their fingers, caused by their coming in contact with the Deer they draw for cuslomers during the day. If tnere is any sore an the bartender's hand be has to be especially careful in handling beer, for the sore will rapidly spread. It is the acid and rosin which is used in makj|yr-the beer that causes this disease. It rots leather as well, and a jair of shoes worn behind the bar will soon be entirely destroyed. It ought to bea question for beer drinkers how this drink must affect their stomachs. Many bartenders who sell hundreds of glasses of beer a day will not drink the stuff themselves. This may help to fortify some one's good resolutions for the new year 1894.?Boston Cultivator. THE MODERATE DRINKER. How many men who once flattered themselves that they could let it alone when they had a mind have filled a drunkard'e graveV What man becomes a drunkard intentionally'"1 No man takes the glass in his hand, saying, "I have a good character, a loving wife and fond children, but il I take this glass it is the first step to break my wife's heart, my children will walk the streots half clad and begging for bread, my health an-l reputation will be lost. ' Drunkenness and its host of evils come/ slowly but surely. Warn a man who drinks a little of the danger, and he will say, l,Do you think 1 will ever so far forget myself as to lose all self-respect?" The lowest drunkard sunk to its deepest depravity, reasoned similarly with himself. The low and red-faced, drunken, brutal sot. who breaks his wife's heart and starves bis children, once repeated the same words. Then be guarded against this besetting evil of onr times; touch not the first glass ; enter not the drinking saloon, "that strips manhood of its glory and old age of its crown." -C. T. U. Herald. KMfOF GAME FISE.' THE NOBLE SALMON OF THE COLUMBIA RIVER. He is Goliifr the Way of the Buffalo ?Caught Dy the Thousands in inhuman Wheels?3Iay Very Soon Be Extinct. FAR out beyond Nebraska's mighty plains?where but late was wont to roam the king of American beasts?lies the Columbia's scenic land, known still to fame as the home of the monarch of our inland waters, the Bplendidly royal salmon. Every American sportsman knows, says the Washington Star, something of the keen delights of spearing a Chinook or a steelhead, to say nothing of AN ORIENTAli FISHERMAN. the pleasures of landing a blueback, even if he doesn't know that their scientific names, the oncorbynchus chonchia and the salmo gairduert, are nearly as large as themselves. Bat few of as seem to realize that the salmon is in the same danger that overtook the buffalo, and that, unless their senseless slaughter be retarded, they will become extinct. Unlike the buffalo, the salmon has no means of protection afforded him by nature, and he can be murdered by machinery, a THE DALLES. C thing that was not resorted to on the land. Fortunately, tli3 salmon's enemieB are not as numerousas were those of the buffalo, but they are more wanton and less merciful. There is not even the excuse of the savage who shot down half a herd of hoof and horn and found something' of brutal satisfaction in the spectacle. The salmon's enemy has no eyes to see the havoc he works in hie way, but he has more arms than Bjiareus to work with. He is a monster of wood and wire, senseless and sordid, and though controlled by man in a measure, onoe Bet in operation is no more within man's government than i6 the guillotine when defectively constructed. And yet from the Dalles to the stately Palisades these insensate monsters go unchecked, staining the queenly Columbia with their victims' mangled flesh and defiling the stateliest streams in all America with their blood. It is but just to say that only sportsmen see this shame to its full extent and that commercial considerations ' ; - ! .? ? LANDED. seem to the short-sighted fishermen to be dependent upon their persistence in their nee of the inhuman wheels. Four years ago the writer protested to the general Government only to learn that the protection of the river fisheries of the United States, being dependent upon the* ordinarily defective laws of the several States, nothing could be done even by Mr. Marshall MacDcnald, Fish Commissioner of the United States. It was and is, however, the opinion of the Fish Commission that the use of fish wheels in the taking of salmon ought to be prohibited, as they not only maim hundreds of fish unfit for food, but being operated on the upper reaches of the river near the spawning grounds, they capture thousands of fish who have escaped the nets lower down. The destruction of one such female fish meant; the loss of hundreds of eggs. When it is seen that the Government is able to afford but two stations on the west coast for the maintenance of the salmon, the one on the McCloutl in California the other on the Little Clackamas, an Oregon tributary of the Williamette, and that the average number of eggs taken at the Oregon station is only about five million per annum, decadence of the upper Columbia fisheries would seem to be painfully near. Ae a matter of fact it has begun. | Four years ago splendid fishing existed everywhere along the upper portions of the river. Mow it is becoming rare. The fish are thoroughly j frightened and even that moat patient (4 anglers, my Chinese friend, Wing, finds the still water sport of the tami est In order to understand juet how tame my celestial friepd found it, h if&cfcld be seen like the prehietorii "bump on a log" at Rooster Rock where some superb fifty-pounder have been speared; with a half doze: "sprats" as he calls them, beside him Then one should watch the splendi formed Indians from Umatilla an nearby as they stand at "the eels" o: their swaying platforms, ready t Bpear a swift-scudding chinook, o lower down stream, with ever-read balanced dip-net, watching the foar for "a racer." The Indian has th sport as it ought to be?the Chiname as it soon will become. Following th river down to the casoades, one ca: see the cause of what our celestis friend feels in effect. It is wonderful t us as we view the effalgent splendor c the scene, that men are not shame< by so close a communion with the vif ible forms of nature into a less bruts and unsportsmanlike method of kill ing God's creatures. But there in thei worst form and fashion stand the fisi wheels. "Number forty," the ver worst on the river, is clean and harm less enough externally, but no mor sickening sight to a sportsman couli exist than is discovered within. Jus about Bonneville and vicinity the fisi wheels simply swarm and the write could but call to mind the cordit hatred of them expressed one day i: the terrible blizzard of *88 by th heroic Conductor Lyons of the Orego Railway and Navigation Company, o whose train I was trying to travel o to San Francisco by this route. A ma: who runs a fish wheel and a trai: wrecker were about alike in Lyons' opinion, and as Lyons's ideas are en tn ihfi VAi'fflif nf r?o?> nf o mo." " ? ? who saved some forty lives at the peri of his own that winter they are coi dially shared by brave men every where. That the fish wheel is not a necessit; for those who follow Simon Peter' profession for a living is shown a] along the lower reaches of the river ?oth the stake and draw Beines ar used successfully, while the sports man with a landing net, in addition t< his guff and rod and line, can enjoy thi grandest possible pastime with less t< annoy and more to enjoy than in an; other American waters. Of course, sturgeon may be now and then en countered, even in the upper stretche OLUMBIA RIVER. of the river, but this adds to the zee of the sport. A sixty-six-poum salmon is no small game, either. A1 Kinneye, near Astoria, in Oregon, they frequently catch them this size, Such fish, of course, never leave th; lower waters of the river. They ar< safe from fish wheels and such snare; and there is something regal in theii abnegation as they lie on the wharvee at Astoria, in season, before they are taken away to be canned. There is nc more splendid spot on the river eithei than this same Astoria, rich as it ii with recollections of the great estate, the foundations of whose fortunei were laid there, and the scene of Wash ington Irving's picturesque accouni thereof. They are cosmopolitans of the worsl class to be found there during the fishing times, but they have energy enough to set seines and not to resorl to the wheel of torture. They realizi that, like Othello, their occupatioi will soon be gone if the fish do noi spawn in season, and they would b< among the very first to advocate th< surest salvation for our salmon?th< calling together of an intestate com mission with powers to act in framing an effective law against the use o: wheels, providing for a uniform seasoi in all the States, regulating the catci or cannery for a few years and th< providing for increased propagating facilities both at the McCloud anc Clackamas stations. The United States Commission die some good work in July, 1887, on th< grounds above Astoria, but there i room for more. As the commission has itself said, "nrn+odhvp /Miltrirp ie pn.sipr than arti r ?-? ficial culture." It is cheaper to save our salmon fisheries from destructioi than to be obliged to restore them. Such a restoration would require yeari of toil and millions of money. In the meantime the cost of salmoi as an article for food would far ex ceed any ordinary means aB Scotlam could not begin to supply herself. The sportsman would be robbed o his rights and a sport which no lea an authority than Earl Dufferin sak to the writer he considered only i little less thrilling than hunting th< tiger when the tiger is also hunting vou, would be gone from our day anc generation, and, perhaps, forever. r A FAST WHEEL. Vrrez my half-breed Indian guide, Pierre Loti, with whom 1 have thuf fished, "where rolls the Oregon^ anc gives no sound"?would protest againsl such a possibility did he understand its proximity. We who have noted the experience of Norway must, however, so understand and it is the pari of common prudence to act in the defense of ourselves and of posterity, ae well as of our right royal king game fish and his Oregon friends. Deer have been unusually plentiful in Maine this year. i / ; >. p. y.' s ! THE CZAR'S MUSCLE. z\ 1 at Mi B RUSSIA'S RULER SAID TO BE A egty a VERY STRONG MAN. heig] arm. d Miss Bentley Relates Her Experiences eice< 3 Among Europe's Crowned Heads Iciov & ?How She Baffled the Czar? . He. \ 0 A Muscular German King. more r and 1 1 It fl^ISS PHYLLIS BENTLET, "Pon e \ /I 8ay? Strand Magazine, ?rm n j \/ I is -well known to the public 2,. e ? by her clever exhibition of . 18 j q experiments in lifting and balancing. ?w j These experiments she has had the x^? 0 honor of performing before many of ,f the crowned heads of Europe, and in . a (j the following interesting article re- ^ ^ ? lOSS BE3OTFI LIFTING THE GtMM, CROWN It D PRINCE Of DENMARK, PRINCE GEORGE strOE D OP GREECE AND DUKE OP CUMBERLAND, has I s Up0n i* lates her experience of these royal sever Q personages: moaf il The first court I had the honor of tellig ' visiting was the Danish Court, last upon summer, during the celebration of the singl King and Queen of Denmark's gclden with Y wedding. Among those who tested all m b my experiments were their Majesties been II th? Emperor of Russia and the King 0bjec of Den mark and their Royal Highnesses P I tlio rrnmn PrinrtP nf Dflnm&rk. the - Duke of Cumberland, Prince George o of Greece and Prince Waldemar of 0 Denmark. 3 Of the Czar's enormous strength I y had heard a great deal. I had been a told of hie ability to bend together with one hand the points of a horse0 shoe and of his accomplishing feats ~ which even a Sandow might envy, and it was naturally a matter of great interest to me that His Majesty should try his strength upon me. The Czar, who prides himself upon his physical powers, too, was, he assured me, anxious to see. whether his strength eould be as readily nullified as that of otherB who had taken part in my / ^ experiments. jf To say I was not a little anxious when I placed myself before the Czar, for him to essay the task of lifting me, would not be true; I was just a bit nervous, for there flashed across my memory the long record of the wonderful . things he had accomplished, and of ^ his alleged lack of gentleness when his f1 118 purpose was thwarted. But there was . ?jT' in reality no sort of cause for anxiety. 1, ., His Mnjesty took me by the elbows, s! 1 ~ Ma t the oi eipr< er m< guesa | windi i an ev reach I rHE CZAR LtFTTNG PB1NCES8 OP "WALES, to 1 land with the object of lifting me; to him sycan 1 it at first, I think, seemed an eaey task, more 3 and he did not put forth all his towei 3 strength; but finding I remained Saint standing on the floor he commenced to Nortl lift in earnest. so d> But in spite of His Majesty's efforts threa ) I did not go up. That he wa6 consid- A fe^ i erably astonished was evidenced by Strati the look on hie face, and he plied me of th( 3 fwith questions ae to how I had ar- great danced to bo completely defeat his en- j * i deavors to lift me. I explained to him - the principle of the angle wherein the 1 feecret }f the power of resistanoe lies, and he at once commenced operations { f :with the ladies of the royal party to j 3 see how far they had mastered the se1 cret of that angle. Hie first effort was t with the Princess of Wales, who, with J charming readiness, had placed herj self before His Highness to be lifted. I Quite easily Her Eoyal Highness, who had not yet mastered the secret of the - angle, went up, much to her aDd the j 'Czar's amusement. Then followed the Czarina, who went up with the same ease as had the 7^5 Princess of Wales. But the task of lifting the Crown Princess of Denmark ?who is, ?f I may be permitted to use -f the word, of almost masculine build? was, His Majesty discovered, some- ! ^ ?.< what more difficult; but iD the end the j Czar's Ktrength and the Crown Prin- 1/ | cess's lack of experience told, and she, || | I I too, was lifted. i I In all the other exjjeriments?those I | with the billiard cues and the one of, jyL j while gasping my shoulders, endeav- . ! oring to push me .against the wall? , that he tried with me I experienced the j same gentleness and strict observance 6^ruc^ 1 of the conditions as in the lifting test. k | His Majesty assured the company ! c"urc I (which assurance was not necessary for see<* * 1 me, for I felt itj that in each test he soon 1 had put forth his full strength. But roots ; it was the strength of a man who had Pu^etl approached the subject scientifically, fr0IU i and not the indiscriminate empioyi rnent of brute force. The The last King whose strength of techn: muscle 3 had the opportunity of test- reach* I ing was the King of Wurtemberg, and 37,89( . that only a fe*y weoke ago. His Maj- "Gr?f _ did me the honor of inviting m& is villa?locally termed schloae? irienwhal, Ludwigsburg. HisMajis somewhat above the medium it, broad of cheat and strong of He, like all German officers, is jdingly fond of gymnastics, and rs exactly how to use hi* strength.; therefore, approached the subject i as an expert than as a novice, --- 1 1-J .4 ill ? JIB AUUWICU^tJ U1 tilt* pi. lUVsXjJxu i which my experiments are pered was greater, I think, than any y previous experimenters. But Majesty did not for a moment allis knowledge to infringe upon ' onditions under which the various can alone be effectively demoned. It was all the more interest0 me to do my experiments with who h id such an inside knowledge e question, especially a3 I was alllier successful in everything I atited. hat 1 think most interested Hia sty was the chair test, in which I 1 four members of the court seated chair, whilst his hands were >d between my hands and tho of the chair. * ;new he was looking forward to test, for the first words he adted to me after tho presentation : "'Have you brought the faj chair?" I had brought the "fai chair" and I pointed it out to who examined it with consideraoterest is an ordinary looking chair, iwItt Knilfc and -naintpri black, and x ' teen made famous from the fact it I have lifted one Emperor,' al Kings, Princes and other fai folk. In fact, more royalty, in;ence, and more wealth have eat . that chair than upon any one e chair in the world. It has been me through all my travels, andt y public and private tests have performed with it. It is not aa it of admiration, but it is certain HISS FUYLiLdti JtMUTUiCX. mb a object of interest, and it ifl H ing to bear in different countriee Bj arions remarks people, knowing I story, paee upon it as they see it H e railway station or standing upon H ,ny people have been anxious to H t, but it is not for sale. Only H ther day an American millionaire Rfl jseed a great desire to take it H with him to the States. d he: "I guess I ought to have H hair; it ain't much to look at but H ot a mighty interesting history. Efi don't grow chairs like that in 4he H s, and I should have what no oth- 9 in could either buy or steal. 1 H i if I stuck that in my hall at home H .-iende would just glue themselves H What, you won't sell it??well, H have another squat in it; it ain't H - day one gets an opportunity of H ;ting in a chair as a Czar 'and a > lvMin' r>f TTinofB hftvfi been lifted And he squatted. H owth ot Flantn In Odd Places. H the city of Norwich, England, hurch of St. Benedict is provided a round tower having a series of DW8 at the top. From oue of H issues a tree that rises several H iabove the platform of the tower, rhich is growing very vigorously. Ifl icknoller, id Somersetshire, upon jwer of the churcb, there grows ergreen oak which has already ed a height of five feet. Xt ia BB mown and is much wondered at IH urists who visit the west of Eng- BB There may bo observed, too. a Iflj aore which hac been growing for than half a century upon' the of the little parochial church of Petrochius, at Clanaborough, in 1 Devon. It has inserted its roots eeply into the masonry as to ten the solidity of the building. * years ago tho city of Stony ford possessed a plant curiosity ; same nature. In the wake of a |H fire in 1742, one of the few^H TREE ON NORWICH TOWER. UnM a ret* that remained standing was wer of the Haint Mary Magdalen MB b. A bird doubtless carried a|^9 0 the summit of this, and there^H ippeared a tree that buried its^H so deeply that it had t? be^HB 1 up in order to save the iowex^Hj falling in. 3u population of what is znowuMB ically as the "city" Lo-don,^H js 301,384 by day, but crops toHK 5 at night. Tho populate j vlH rtfr' London is 5,633,99'J. mm