12 .THE' OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUNDAY MTGITST 20 , isso-TWELVE PAGES. MIND'S BETTER HALF. The Worth nnd Vagaries of Women at Homo I" " ? * and ATjroad. 1 i . ) , - - - - THE PHANTOM OF HAPPINESS. Tlift Tobacco Habit In HustmiHls How Mclnnatl ClrlH Are Unlit jlulrf oT ComtHlilp nml Jlrlck Throwing. How to Make Home Ilnppy A Practi cal liihtnni'c. 11. (1. ( H. in Philadelphia Times : Moth ers , have you c\er thought that the ennui or dullness Unit has a lodging place in ronie of our homes invites the little demon discontent into the liearls of our husbands and children , and makes them long lor brighter nml more attractive Kcetu's and plci : antcr companionship ? Mothers , lie cheerful ! If you do not pos sess that 1 > vclv characteristic , cultivate It by all means. Cheerfulness is the g olden key to the treasures of happiness i n life on enn by being cheerful make not only vour own happiness , but bring hnppii o s lo others. Arise in the morning , like the birds begin tht day , with a song , for crossness Will Keck other quarters when the heart pours forth a .song. Live one day at a time. Take up the duties that are nearest you with a brave heart. Kemp with the children and occasionally break oul in a merry ha ! ha ! . Your husband and children will notice it , and if they are disposed to be cross and sour will catch your britrht joyous spirit , ind you will make your home the Bwuetest spot that the golden htm shines upon 1 know a man and wife who began their married life with the deter mination to make their home a happy one. Ho promised thai she should be his conlidnnl in his business. No matter if it run like well-regulated machinery or then * wits friction , aim must know Ihe exact state of Ins finances , mid when it was necessa ry , she being a wise and good woman , would be willimr to u e the ( strictest economy , but lie resolved not to annoy her with the petty vexalions of very-diy : life , and when Ihe cares of Ihe day were done , as he turned ihe key and locked the door of his ollice , so would he lock within all trilling annoyances. She promised , on the other hand , when the time drew near for his home-coining , that she would forget all her litlle vexations and greet him warmly witli a smiling countenance. This promise to each other they kept unbroken , and the good couple have slipped grnccinlly into the sixties , and testily by their serene countenances that , like "John Anderson , My Joo.John , " they have spent many happy hours to gether. They were fortunate enough to raise a family of eight children , who grew up to be model young men and women , \ylio have made the world belter for having lived in it. These boys and girls were taught early in life that idleness , next to bad companions , was their worst enemy. The good parents studied their inclina tions , gave them the work lo do al home that best suited their tastes. Their du ties were varied by irood games and sjiorls and plenty of healthy out-of-door exercise. They put good books and pe riodicals in their hunds , gave them pic tures , pets ami flowers , impressed upon them In early life that they could never make life a success without a fixedness of purpose. The sweetest llvos ixro thosu to duty \vc l , Whoso ili'Uils , both grvnt mid ginull , Aru clngu knll Mi-mi .sol' an imbruituu tlireud , Wliuru luvo tinnolileii nil. Thu world nmyi-oiiniliin trumpets , rlns ? no bells , Tlio Hook ol' l.lu tliojibliiiiiB record lulls. To My Mother. 1 left dice once In mail desire to Iind 'Iho love lor which my sjilrit yearned with pain , At many n door I knocked and knocked In vain. Criivlnir love's alms which none to jraiH in clined , lint hniiihiin ; treated me with cold disdain ; \ctstlll 1 wanili'ie < l , cwr ; In the uuest , Forever suokimr , nnd for aye unblest , Since no one ginu the boon for which I pined. Then , mother ! timilni ; to my home I went With wi-iiry steps and sorrow-numblm ; care , Audio ! my pain wns lost in sweet content , I-'or what 1 soucht came to me unaware ; In the ilvar eyes that on thy son wvre bent All I had asked 1 found , lor love was there. A Suhjcct that COIICCI-IIH AVoincii Muuli and Men More Tobacco. Agnes Hosonkrans in Philadelphia Times : Some may not consider this question as one belonging to woman's province , but it is only among women that it can bo impartially discussed. Mention the subject to one of its mascu line adherents , and he will defend Us use with all Iho might thai in him lies. And we consider that womankind has a right to may something on the subject the riirht of one who is obliged too often lo "summer and winter" with it ; the right of one compelled to see it surely , if slowly , undermining the constitutions of her nearest and dearest ; Ihe moral right ol the weaker against tlio stronger to oiler her testimony , oven if she knows that for her there is no redress. Verily , tobacco is king. A most despotic master ; a tyrant whoso captives oft rattle their chains , but struggle in vain to bo free. Wo have in mind a man of great natural will power , one of the forceful , "inns- lurly'1 men , it yon will , in nil but thisono slavish habit. This man knows thai to bacco is bad for him ; that it "plays hobbs" with his nerves , causing insomnia nnd irritability in a naturally tranquil and kindly temperament. He has periodic spoils of acknowledging it and resolving in i'.H the might of Ins great strong man hood to "quit. " The cigar case is emp tied , the pipe is smashed , that loinpta- tlon iiuy not beset him at any unwary moment. A few days of mock gayety and cheerfulness , a few more depressed and gloomy ones. One cannot but pity from the depth of wlmlono feels to bean uncomprehending heart the struggle going on. Wo know it is terrible , but wo cannot realize how terrible. "If you can but hold out for nine days , " u friend advises , "you will bo all right. The doctors all agree that the drug will bo out of the system in nine days. " "Nino diiyrti" he roars , like a wounded lion. "It will take more than nine years to stop this horrible craving. " All at once he meets you with a defiant , brava do-like air and a cigar in his mouth. To bacco U necessary for him , ho explains. In fact , II ii all bosh about its injuring any one. His food will not digest without It ; his nerves are all unstrung without its trnnqilizlng inlhience. He could stop , of course , if he wished ; but ho has con cluded that it is best for him to use it. And KO he takes on his budge of servitude till some "cancer" scare or doctor's warning frightens him into another in * cnoctmil ufl'ort to stop. We sometimes hear of reformed drunk- .imlfi , but does any one know of a re formed tobncconlsl one who has broken the linbil after years of slavery ? Truly they nre as rare us the typical nugulio Visitations , Hut apart from this thought , which is of course the most important the health of the person concerned there is another which some women might consider more important , inasmuch us it n Heeled them more the unpleasantness , to speak with duo restraint , of having a tobacco user for A husband or even a brother. It seems impossible to us that "familiarity" could breed anything boiler tliun "con tempt" in this case , conio woiuon might come to tolerate the odor of the burnt offering , but who could ever grow to love the breath of the smoker ? Do the wives of such like to have their husbands alTcc- tionnto , or are they jjlad when they grow inditierout ? Wo are convinced , from observation anil nssociatibrr with the devotees of the weed , that It paralyzes tlic will power and lowers the inofal nature , making Its user scllish and often untruthful No ob serving woman can deny this. No need to enlarge , to nsk the vain question of where is the rciricdv ? to advise girls to ndmlnistcr n course of severe letting alone-girls won't do it to all young men who are its slaves. No use to en treat women to bring up their boys lo detest il. Women are powerless here. Ills doubtful if the mo t carefully In structed boy has not a certain feeling of respect for the handsome , graceful gen tleman nonchalantly smoking a cigar. The remedy rest.s with the men , and but few arc capable of thinking on the sub ject , being so stupclicd by the mephitic vapors. If there is any influence which woman is capable of wielding it Is hinted at in this : T horulMii ilnd holiness How liiir.l It i < for tn MI to sonr ; Hut how inu > h liar Icr to I'C ' If" " " Ttintiulmt his inlstri"g loves him for. The young woman might have some little mllucncc , though it is doubtful. Il is much easier lo reform n drunkard , we honestly think , than a continued smoker. KulcH for Courtship. Iliiflnn I'ninlrr , The youth who wotihl a pretty nmlilen woo Will profit If he keeps these nilts in view ; He not precipitate , nor yet too slow , He not nbfishcd witli a rchiiir or so ; II she Is iintc i > onslve. distant , cold , The woer mini be decidedly hold. II she Is timid , dlllldeut and shy , Don't trol she'll llndinoieceiirnKoby and by , 1.1-t not her lirst icftu.il Rive distress , A woman's nu is olten meant for jcs. Hho Cnn't Throw n Itrlck. Chicago Inter Ocean : Had Paris seen Helen attempt to .shoo a cow out of the back yard , it is safe to say that the Trojan war would never have been waged , and Homer would have been obliged to take the llaymarket riot for an epic. Had Antony seen Cleopatra chase a slree-car down a dusty avenue of Cairo , il is also safe lo state that he would have lied dis enchanted back to Octavia , ami the di vorce e'mrt lawyer "decree quietly se cured ; no publicity" would never have have made a cent from him. Had Dante seen Heatriee lire n half-brick at the van dal hen which prospected for seeds in her llower-bed every spring , it is again safe to say ho would fiave sent , back her notes , her while mouse pen-wiper , the lava smoking set with "Merry Christmas" painted across the stern , and discontin ued that rocky courtship which he subse quently celebrated in Ins poem known as "The Inferno. " Iu the Ihreo situations given above the average woman is grand , massiveTitanic , incomprehensible. The man who wit nesses these feminine moods from the weather side of a high board fence and does nol siand willi head bared , hushed and awe-striekeu , has no poetry in his soul. In all she is great , bill in the brick- throwing acl she is greatest and most dangerous. There is a physiological reason for this. It is not her fault that an ambulance wagon has to be wrung up after her brick-throwing moods , nor that this kind of exercise always creates a Hurry and an upward tendency in the window-glass market She cannot helu aiming at the hen and bringing down the usual inoffensive citizen in the next ward. Her shoulders were not rightly con st ructed for ball-tossing , and in the hurry incident upon laying the citizen she fre quently forgets to consult her handbook on throwing , and makes the left hand do all the labor instead of the right , as laid down by the authorities. Nor is she men tally constituted for a base-ball pitcher. Many husbands who are not right-minded sneer at their wives' weakness of mental grasp in not being able to distinguish DO- iwcen a mutilated and jumped-on um pire nnd a three-base hit. These nice subtleties of the game may be thus lost to her , bul it is not her fault. Hjr gray brain matter is not put up thai way , architecturally speaking , any more than iicr shoulder is built to bring confusion and death to cows. It will bo observed by all who take the trouble to attend a base-ball game in the interests of science that thn best throwers have very square .shoulders , and the shoulders of some are higher at the cor ners than near the nock. In those hitter the clavicle tends upward as it leaves the spinal column , a circumstance which al lows free play of the arm in any dhej- lion. Whereas , as seen in a lady's skele ton , the shoulder-blade slopes down like n toboggan slide and overlaps the arm- socket in a manner which prevents her lifting her itrm without cracking her shoulder-bl'ide or bursting out a seam iu her basque , either of winch is calculated to discourage good marksmanship. The Dollies of Woman. Clilettiio liaittlilcr. She models strange figures hi clay , She decorates deftly all day , She paints squirming dragons On porcelain ilngons. With talent that none can gainsay. She fashions strangest nick nacks ; Shr > iinlnts on n myriad plaques Whitest of hllles And dnfTy-ilown-ilUIIes Ami tulips anil bunches of "Jac's. " E'en boxes that erstwhile held soap Afforded her wild genius scope , She paints on them van ies And arabesque fancies And anchors , the emblem of hope. On plates nt the table we Iind In brightest of colors outlined ( icrnnhims. myrtle , Impossible turtle , Andbiiakesot original kind. She paints with her might and her main frogs , ll/.ards , a stork et a crane , Fantastic reptilian Kill this fair civilian , Ami odd sorts of birds till her brain. Well , since you admit no restraint , Some subjects I be ; yon to paint , With pliMsanter lenlurm Than such squirming creatures As those you denominate quaint. Tlio ICImloP Girls They Ilnlsn In Cin cinnati. Cincinnati Enquirer : The girl of to-day is raised up in the parlor to bo an orna ment and nothing more. She knows nothing of the kitchen the place is a death-trap to her. She knows nothing of the arl of cookery , and never proposes lo learn Iho arl , oxeep : circumstances force her to 11 ; us. for instance , she marries some young blood who turns out lo bo poorer than n church mouse , nnd there fore she has to do without a cook. Then she goes into the kitchen , and , with u good deal of grunting and Jingor-burn- ing , manages to scare up a meal barely lit for a dog. The girl of to-day belongs to the parlor. You can always find her there when she is not lying abed orslioot- ing Ihiough Iho principal streets shop , plug. Her cducalion consists of a few lessons in grammar , Latin , muslo and dr.iwing , She completes nothing , A year after she graduates she remembers noth ing bul her school llirtations. As a mu sician she is a nuisance. She studies muslo not as nu art , bill ns an accom plishment. The result is that she not only jucceeds in murdering music , but the poor victims who nro often compelled to listen to her nro made sutlorers , too. She can dance , she can llirt , she can make love as no other girl in this wide world can. but when wo have said that wo have said all that can possibly bo said in her favor. She is beautiful , charming nml almost interesting , but she is a more ornament nnd nolhing more. If you can afford to build a line house , furnish it with rich and costly furniture , keep horses and carriages nnd n groom to keep Uiom in order , by all moans marry the girl of to-day. She can spend your money ns the girl of no other country can. She can piny the-queen to perfec tion , and will not only master your household affairs , but. will master you. Hut it' you uro poor keep away irom nor. Vou cannot help fulling in love with her , but study well the expense you will bo forced into m case you make her your \ wife. It you sco you cnn't well make both rnds iucct , can't keep hernnd the hired girl , too , then take ouf advice and marry the lured girl. . , ; : . .1' ? The Mnn-I-'lHliliiR Mystery of Woman Kxplnlncd. Macon ( Ou. ) Tulccrnuh : To Miss llessie IJramble , of I'ittsburg. wo respectfully answer , tlierc is something in it ; some thing H sie , dear , tlint you cannot ap preciate , because you do not cross your galluses In the bnck , wear hip-pockels and top-boots ; because you cixro not III UK for the early illuming coektnli , Ihu midday - day juleps , the evening steak and the midnight composer ; because you do not understand the valuu of straights and Hushes and threes and fulls and jackpots , anil because , dear girl , free as you are , It never can occur to you that the duties that tie men to their desks and trades , when thrown oft' , leave them boys and semi-sav.'iges once more. Of course , till this i n mystery to you. If it were not yon would not be a woman. It Is the same sort of mystery to you that your tens and conversation parties are to men. They ean no more understand how a woman witii tight .shoes on , tight cor sets , tiuht gloves , ponderous hcadwcar iind still' clothes on ean .sit uu by the hour and gossip about absentees and drink what they don't like , any more than you can understand man us a lisher. Hettor not try , lest the charms of our re spective amusements entice us into new Holds. A woman at a man's fishing frolic would spoil the tun , and n man in woman's kingdom is undoubtedly a bore. Women and Newspaper" ? , San Francisco Chronicle : An eastern lady , visiting the elegant home of the proprietor of an inllucntial newspaper , says to her husband : "Why don't you own a newspaper , dear ? "Just fancy ! To have a newspaper to 'g ° ' for people in and a home like this ! " After a pause "And 1 think I'd rather have fie newspaper than the home.1' That seems to be ail women think a newspaper is for anyway , to pitch into people and print fashion and.social news. I wonder how many of them ever read tln > telegraphic news or the local news. Sometimes , when it is a big murder or a big scandal , they devour it greedily , but if women were the arbiters it would be a very extraordinary paper they would de mand. 1 have known women who read editorials , sometimes , but they were gen erally cranks in some direction. I think there -ire exceptional cases who read the police reports ; but it is astonishing how long a woman can look at a newspaper and not know anything that is in it when she gets tiirongh. A tiling has to have a con nected story in it before she can grasp it. A bare fact slips her , : jn accident may catch her , but a good , .strong story in a kind of complete form she remembers every detail of , and when she is told how the woman is dressed iho whole thing lives betore her , and she never forgets it. Under Miss Cleveland' ) * Management. Chicago News : With a good deal of interest wo have examined the advertise ments admitted to the pages of Literaly Life , under Miss Hose En/abcth Cleve land's management. It will be remem bered that the gifted lady objected to cer tain advertisements which have appeared in the magazine heretofore. We sum- mari'/.o the advertisements in the current number of Literary Life , as follows : ro.-Iiiino.'y iuU-ortlsoinunt4 " IToiiipluxion udvurtlsGiiiuiits ! l Corset nilvortiBomenta - Liver lulvoftlxamcnta II Spi ItiK-bcd uilrortIsomants 1 Stiitlonnry advert same.its 2 Cm'dy 1 Jlom.ny mid irrM'llu-uiiKo ' Hour 1 Soup 1 Wrought Iron boilers 1 AVoiuoii ol the World. Mrs. Fort , of Florida , hag -10,000 silk worms at the le Land silk factory. Miss Phu'bo Hall , once a prosperous milliner , haying been converted , is creat ing something of a sensation in Haiti- more as nn evangelist. Miss Adelaide Deletion , the young American , is giving recitals in London which are described as being most at tractive entertainments. The lir.st woman surgeon qualified in Great liritain. was invested with the- letters - tors testimonial of the Irish College of Surgeons -recently under the new power granted it by its charter of89r \ . Fanny Kemble is a hale old lady of sev enty-eight years , who occasionally goes mountain climbing in Switzerland even now. it is more than lifty years since she wrolu her "journal" of American experiences. Mine. I'ibsmi , of Alans , has bequeathed her entire fortune to the Academic Fran- caisu in order to found a prize to be awarded every live years for a work on political economy written for the benefit of the working classes. Frances K. U illard , after addressing a temperance convention recently at Madi son , was asked which the women of the United States would prefer first , sull'rago or prohibition , whereupon she promptly replied : "I will take snUVago for women Hrst , for if wo once got woman snilragu the liquor Irallit ; will soon look as it all the dynamite of Hell's Gate shaft had exploded i -ler it. " A very sensational story comes from Paris that Sara Uernhardt is on the vcrgo of insanity , and that the throngs of Parisians who Hocked to see her during her latest farewell in that gay city were inspired by curiosity to see the linale which it is prophesied will take place on the stage. Every one was amazed , dis appointed and disgusted that she suc ceeded in getting away on her South American tour without falling into the hands of the mad-doctors. These same people , it is asserted , are now betting heavily on the chances that her present tour will end in a lunatic asylum before slip reaches New York. Hut , after all , this may bo only n clover bit of advertis ing paid for at so much a lino. Tl e death is announced in Cochin China of Mine. Do Kibart , a female sur geon of remarkable skill and of most ex traordinary experiences , beginning as n waitress in a little drinking HIO ! ; > in the Qnartior Latin , of Pans , she passed through the usual experiences of n grin- olio while very young , and became con nected with a medical student. No sooner did she come in contact with his books and instruments than she tell upon them ami literally devoured the knowledge they contained. She aUo draw from him everything he learned , so thai bythotimo she was MX and twenty years of ago she presented herself for examination as sur geon , and passed the ordeal brilliantly and trinmulmntly , Keeognizing a Hold in the Egyptian harems , to which male surgeons are not admitted , she wont to Cairo , where she speedily established a large practice , lint the habit of dissipa tion was strong upon her , and she plunged into the wildest excesses , which ended in her Incarceration in an Egyptian mad house , After six months of severe treat ment she recovered her mind , but her career in Egypt was over. She could not return to Kuropo , and so she made her way to the French possessions in Asia , where her talent and beauty won for her instant recognition , but she died suddenly before the prospects of redeeming her past had boon realized. A Valuable Servant. Texas Sittings , An Austin merchant who had failed several times to collect a bill from Col. Yergor , went to the hitter's ' residence determined to get the money , lln was met at the door by Sam Johnsing , who ad orders to keep out people who came with bills. "Is Col. Yergerinf" "What does yer want ? " " 1 want my money. " "All right , salt. Kf hits your money j'ou wants jess stop in do parlor. Hit's only do folks dtits after do kurnel'K money dat lie don't keor to sue. Howouldn't bo iu ef ypu was after his money. " IN BOB JENNINGS' ' CABIN , Romance of the Earljf Mining Days in Montana. The .Man Who Jiatl A Theory Tlic Landslide That Covered Him Re- Tcnllni ; the Treasure for AVhleli Ha find Uu- B n cccss rally Tolled. Helena ( Mont. ) Letter in Detroit Free Press : Hiding horseback ncrossthe main divide of the Rockies in that wonderful expanse of mountain * culled Montana , 1 came at snn et in sight of a Iliinin that ran for miles along the spurs bordering a barren valley. To the south lay an alkali plain , dotted here and there with bunches of course sedge , and heaped with gravel. All around the hills lay piled , with here and there an isolated butte , independent of any range ami sloping on every side from Us bare , rocky peak to the hollows which hemmed It in. A swampy ereek .strug gled alo.'g the valley. Tim Hob Jennings ledge , with the ore from which I was to try my now process of umnlirnmnllon , and the cabin to which I had been directed for shelter could not bo far away. The miners of Prickly Pear Canon had been none too friendly , but there had been n cordial unanimity In their recommendation that I pass my second night out on the journey to the railroad in "Hob Jennings'cabin.1' I waste to know when to look for it by the great llinno. When I saw this apparently un ending box of moss-covered planking my heart leaped for joy , in .spite of the deso lation of its surroundings. It must ha < 'c cost 25,000 or ! j0)0 ! ! ( ) ( ) , anil helped wash out hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of gold dust , for it had been built when eveiy stiek of timber hail to be hauled on wnsrons for days and days along the famous Gilmor it Salihbury stage route from Utah into the moun tains. The whole scene spoke of the romance of the placer diggings. There were signs on every side that a trreat camp had been scattered along Unit alkali plain. Every foot of blnll'along the creek , "from rim- rock to rim-rock , " as the placer miners say , showed marks of occupation. I was tired enough to have slept on the ground , and looked anxiously for the big bowlder with the wooden cross on it which was to be my last landmark tor the cabin. It marked , 1 hail been told , the spot where a worn , starving youth was found dead of overwork and lack of food , with his pick in his cold hand and his pan full of worthless gravel. Not six inches below the point of his pick had lain a nugget worth thousands. At last 1 rode wear.ly into the shadow of the hill. Almost under the same Hume , where it rested in a bed of salt rock , was the ruined > cabin. A great slice of the mountain Iliad ilid over and carried away the roof.r-ind'sparkling but icy drons from the torre.nt , gurgling in life wooden walls ahovej trickled over the mass of fallen rock and alon < r one corner of the rotten flooring. At tins spot the hills retrcatcdta little from the valley , and luxuriant a-ines and rank grass covered the rocks' ion either side and grow up to the p.dgo of the open door. Inside lay a rustr irying-pan and the ruins of a bunk wliiclitliad been fas tened to the log wall. 'The'bowldcr was nowhere to be seen , but 1 was content. This must be my caravansary. Night came on quickly. Soon after the sun set , even while its ifadmg yellow re flection lingered on tho.-tsnowy crests of the main raugc.a chilly darkness covered the plains below. Abodes , the big stars sparkled with a white splendor peculiar to the Northern mountains. 1 picketed my horse to the door-post , allowing him a wide range over the herbage , and , blessing my good luck for the bit of the remaining roof , wrapt myself in blankets and went to sleep in a corner. In an hour or two I awoke . I could hear the drip of the water from the llumc and the. melancholy rustling of the great pines on top of the ridge in the freezing wind which swept along the heights. A horror of silence seized mo , and the champing of my horse in the grass was an inexpressible relief to my ear. I im- aginctt the cabin , half rootless as it was , smelt musty , and 1 carried my blankets " into the open air and lay out" under the stars. Then 1 fell into a sleep , vexed by strange dreams ami troubled with a terror of slippery heights and treacherous ledges. At last the sunshine wakened me. lie- fore another night.lhank heaven , I would be outside of the wilds. Hastily pick ing out a number of specimens of the ore I put them in my knapsack and prepared to get away. 1 was splitting pieces of what was lett of the door to kindle my breakfast lire , when a weather beaten fel low , in the coarse , hnlf-gla/cil canvas pe culiar to miners , rode around the edge of a hill on a broncho , His pick and pan , swung behind him , wore muddy with re cent usage. He was evidently more at home than I. lie looked at mo w th interest nnd then looked at the cabin , 1 followed his glance and could hardly recognize the corner where I had first laid down. Tli i debris of the disintegrated ledge , which had already wrecked the building had slid further luring the night and crushed in the remaining rafters. Ho seemed amused. "I never slept in tlierc but once , " ho said. "That was enough. And I was almost as much sur prised the next moniingnsyoii aro. That was Hob Jennings' cabin ; he was the first man that ever prospected hereabouts for quartz. " 1 invited the stranger down from his broncho , and he fell to quite readily at my bacon and broad. There is not much ceremony in a desert. "Jennings was the only man In the crimp , " my guest went on , "who wasn't crazy to pan out gold dust from gravel. Ho stuck it out that there must bo lode where so much irold dust had washed down. So he only panned out enough to keep body and hoiil together , and wont on digging prospect holes in the hillside , "He picked out this as the likeliest spot and built this cabin , the first this side of Virginia City. And ho picked away at the rocks until every blessed placer miner had left the diggings Hut it wasn't any use. HC'H lurried under the pile of rooks there , in the corner of his own cabin. " 1 thought I began to understand why the wretches at Prickly Pear directed mete to this burking ruin , Hut I icouldn't in terrupt the man. ho was too horribly mattor-of-facl. Ho continued eating and talking. "Since ! 5ob's day the whole range has been plugged full of proswcCholes. | And. as tho'Days of' ! ! ) 'goes , many a good fellow has 'Iteiulercd up Ids soul In a prospect hole Since the days of MO. , "Something seemed to tell Jennings to stiek it out. .lo said ho wanted a for tune or nothing. Prospectors for dust for n hundred miles up and down the divide talked about 'Crazy Jennings. ' Ho dug till nis lingers wore skin and bone , and a great shof | of rock lay ex posed lo Iho wind nnd frost. "His provisions were all gone , but he was bound lo slriko a quartz load. Well , one night the slope ho had dug away caved in ami uncovered a pocket of al most pure gold. Hut when morning ctuno Jennings wasn't there lo see It , for tlui cave-in had * , mns > hed his cabin just the way you sco it , only not so bad , and buried him. Ho never waked up in this world , but the rnuu who dug lam out a week or two ftftcr mmlo n rich strike In the pocket , nnd pnid for n handsome no tice of him in his home paper in Missouri. "Nobody over sleeps around here now. They say the water calls in n lonesome way , and loose rock from the ledge ho worked at so long slides down in the dead watches , nnd builds each night n little higher monument to him. " NO LIMIT TO SPEED. An OctoKonnrlnu's Now Tim a An- nlhilntor Described. Pittsburg Dispatch : A veritable patri arch in pliys'cnl ' characteristics with silvery white hair , and a countenance marked with the deep lines graven by the touches of more than four score winters John Dougherty , living in an upper room in a house just above Twenty-see- end street , on Pcnn avenue , was a timeworn - worn link between the halcyon canal and the stage conch days of half a century ago and the wonderful progress of the present. Itaek in the thirties John Dougherty was one of the principal promoters of the lirst extensive transportation com pany in the state the Portage road. To-day his mind is wrapped up In an iden rapfd transit and the broodings of fancy have brought forth a curious In vention in the .shape of a watercraft. which Mr. Dougherty Is ( irmly impressed solves the question of rapid traiibil as il has never been solved before. Ho has come here from his home in Mount Union for the purpose of building a boat in accordance with his idea , and in a few days work will he begun on il on the bank of the Allegheny at the foot of Twenlv-seeond street , anil ho is per suaded that when it is completed sixty or seventy-live miles an hour will be a speed easily attainable. " 1'eoulo in this era , " said the elderly sage , "cannot all'prd to wnMo time in travel. The intelligent minds are reach ing out after syMems of economy in everything. The telegraph \yiro carries the thought , and L am striving lo carry the thinker. I am going to build a boat containing IIO.OOO feet of lumber , -15 tons net , with a bearing surface of KMxU'J. It will have a capacity of 180 tons _ to the cubic foot , and -15 tons will sink it three inches. An engine , coal , deck and lloor and 2ol ) passengers will draw six inches of water , and the faster the boat is run the less power will be required. The limit of speed will only be that of safety. " Here the centleman exhibited his working model. It has a Hat deck , and is provided with six pairs of folding paddles underneath nnd two poles , and is a simple looking contrivance. "I am perfectly well satisfied that \yhon the boat is completed in sixty days' time I will be able to attain a speed of seventy-live miles an hour on the rivers hereabouts. As I said , the limit of speed is only safety. " HIS RXITUIMENTS. "In 1881 I built a Hat 12x40 feet , weigh ing twenty-two tons and drawing eigh teen inches water , and much too heavy for the machinery used in propelling it. I ran it from Mount Union to the dam at Newton Hamilton , ten miles , propelled by steam power and pole propellersand there exchanged the.--e for folding pad dles hinged lo wedge * of wood , with four blades nine inches by Ihrce feel , run on deep water amid wind ami waves. These paddles were exchanged for four steel blades OIK ; sixteenth of an inch thick by three feet in length , immersed two and a half feet with'three foot stroke and about lifty revolutions per minute. We ran ten mill's up stream with a scow immersed eighteen inches and much too weighty for these light propellers making eight and a half miles per hour , thus successfully testing three several propel lers , adapted to water alternating from deep to shoal and lo be used separately or in connection. "On shoal Waters the polo propellers may be used , and on deep waters the folding puddles and wedge or the wedge alone. Light steel propellers may glide over the water at any desirable speed , and vessels carrying freight be driven rapidly through water. I might state that on the Paisley canal , in Scotland , light iron ily-boalsweighing 1,700 pounds , carrying ninety passengers , and drawn by iwo horses , run eighl to ton miles an hour , the waste of power decreasing as the speed increases. That is the case with my bout. I have ueen boating from an early period , and believe 1 have reasoned out the philosophy of rapid transit in thai connection , and have come here to Pittsbnrg to put it into practice. "In IBM 1 had ten iron portable canal boats built for Hie company in which I owned the controlling interest , for use on the canal in Ibis state , and in ISItS Prince de Joinvjllo sent a draft of one of the < e and an eight-wheel railroad truckle lo France. I believe that had we intro duced rapid water transit at an earlier period it would have located centers of trallio on navigable waters and delayed building railways in the states and terri tories distant from centers of industry. Henceforth 1 am persuaded that free rivers will compete successfully with toll railways , and northern and southern products bo cheaply and rapidly ex changed , and access had lo inexhaustible htorc.s of good that the almighty locks from none , ' 'Mechanical genius , I trust , will fasten into shape and use a conception cradled in adversity and dedicated to co-opera tion. My invention is for the good of all , and it is my purpose to turn it over lethe people. " Mr. Dmiirlurty is accompanied by nn assistant , and has his plans and models in readiness to commence ! work on the now boat us soon as the lumber arrives. Tim I'opo'H nailItoiitlua Idle. London Daily News : The Pope , now 78 years of age , leads a very regular life , and is in a fair condition of health. At 0 a. m. he ceh brutes mass in his private chapel. At 7 ho takes breakfast , consist ing of chocolate and milk , with some times raw eggs beaten up. Immediately afterward he rceulvcs the visits of his court , and Cardinal Jacobini reports what has occurred in the world , ami gives him an account of thn letters re ceived on Papal business. Besides these olliclal hitlers , others arrive in great numbers from all parts _ of the world , mainly from priests , missionariesmonks , and nuns , while others contain sums ot money Irom penitents , and many are petitions lor a blessing , pecuniary aid , or advice. After those letters , in all languages , have been translated , and their contents briefly reported to the Pope , they are placed in the Papal archives. Hundreds of telegrams also arrive each day , Iho greater part asking for the benediction in artieulo mortis , which naturally often only reaches its destination after the pe titioner is already dead. For its tele graphic correspondence the Vatican makes use of a numerical cypher. The greater part of the morning is thus passed in business. At 1 o'clock the Pope dines , and after ward retires to his private room until the heat of the day is past At ( i p. in. he repairs to the Vatican garden , where iiis carriage awaits him. At the nrettiest spol in tins garden there has lately been erected an elegant kioaqne in eastern style , and there the Pope remains for some time , taking cof fee and other refreshment , and sur rounded by his intimate friends. The conversation runs on the topics of the day , and on the articles concerning the Pope or Papal policies that appear in Iho Italian or foreign journals. Precisely ut sunset the party breaks up , and the Peg > o returns lo Iho nalaco , his physicians having advised him never to remain out of doors after sunset on ac count of Iho malaria which prevails in the valley below Monte Marie At about 9 o'clock , after praying on his knees for half uu hour , bis holiness retires to bed. INEZ. A True Story of ( ho Bunny South nnd the Houmllcss AVest. ll'ril/f jtir the Omaha Sutiilaii lite. Twenty j'ciirs ago , In the gathering shades of n coming southern night , n palatial Mississippi river .steamboat swung from the Nntene/ wharf nnd gave her sharp prow to the current of the might Father of Waters. As the swift vessel settled to her work , and the yellow foam of the Mississippi rolled high to meet the graceful dtp of her guards , a gleam of white .shot from the deck and was lost amid the gloom gathering upon the turbid waters. At once there arose , clear and piercing above the rush of the vessel , the swish of the current , the throb of the mighty engine , and the male's crnptlvp prof'inity , a woman's wild , de spairing shriek. Then followed theswKt passage of a dark object through the air , and n heavy plunge , The deck was crowded with passengers , nnd in an in stant all was confusion. In that instant , however , a man sprang to the side of ihe vessel and n second heavy plunge was heard. And now , oul of the babel of questions , answers and exclamations , came the knowledge that a babe had leaped from its mother's arms into the stream ; that the devoted mother had followed her child , and that a pas senger was risking his life to save theirs. A boat was promptly and eagerly low ered , the mighty engines lost their throb of power ' , and just keeping headway , the fabric'drifted with the current , while willing and sturdy arms urged the life boat forward on its errand of anxious hope. Five , ten , Hfteen minutes pas ed , to those on board the steamer like lagging years. Then came Irom the surrounding darkness the ring of a joyous cheer , and then all was still again. After another anxious interval the silence was broken again by the sound of returning oar strokes , and Ihe passengers crowded the guards and the sides of the ( loci , lo catch sight of the returning boat. Swiftly urged , the boat dashed alongside , and from the. arms of her sturdy crew were passed two water-soaked and apparently lifeless forms. Only two , and where was the third ? Alas ! the mother's devolim had found for her a watery grave. The gallant fellow who had periled his life and the babe he had rescued were now the objects ot the most anxious solici tude. The babe soon revived , and slept the sleoi ) of innocence ami infancy upon the bosom of a sympathi/.ing matron. About the couch ot the preserver , liow- ever , Ihe wing of the denth-an < rel long hovered. The youth , for the noble fellow was scarcely twenty , possessed a strong constitution , and it 'finally triumphed and Ihe gallant life came back again. Not , however , until the vessel reached New Orleans was- the sullerer able to leave his stateroom. The baby girl wluxe life ho ' had given back was'frequently brought to him , and the little orphan soon wound herself about his heart-strings. All efforts to ascertain her parentaire com pletely failed. The mother had boarded the vessel at Natchez , just as she left the wharf , and her name was not on the pas senger list. She brought no luggage of any kind , and the linen of the babe was unmarked. Unknown she had met her devoted death , mul unknown was the in heritance of her child. And so Eugene liarksdalc resolved to be a father to tlic babe whose life ho had saved. And in deed he already loved" her as his own. Harksdale was a young Mississiupian who had served gallantly , though a more youth , in Forrest's cavalry during the great civil war. At the close of the slruirgle he had gathered up the wreck of his fortune , and at the time of our open ing scene was on his way to Texas , wI. arc- he had an uncle , the owner of vast cattle herds , aul : who had offered to see him fairly started in the cattle business. At New Orleans , Harksdale engaged a nurse for his new charge , and the party cm- barked for ( iiilveston. Shortly before leaving the Mississippi steamboat , how ever , the stewardess had brought Harks- dale n thin iroldcn chain , of exquisite and curious workmanship , to which was suspended a small locket of the same metal. On being opened , the locket dis closed a magniliconl heart-shaped ruby , above which , in the form of a crescent set with small though brilliant diamonds , appeared the singleSpaiiish word "Inez. " ' 1 he jewel had been lound by one of the clmnibcnnuids beneath the couch on which the babe had been brought back to life , and had probably slipped unnoticed from her neck during the attendant con fusion. Harksdale restored the. heirloom to the baby-throat , where it had last bceji placed by a dead mother's hand , and it went with the litlle waif to the new home in the Texas cattle land. * # * * * Sixteen years have passed , and tlio scone has changed from the broad savan nas of southern Texas to the deep rolling basins of northwestern Wyoming. It is the far frontier cattle laud , and as the setting sun lends a golden hue to the snow-capped peaks of the mighty Hig Horn range , two riders come ( wiftlyover the broad and swelling uplands. One is a girl , in the lir.st Hush of a lovely woman hood , and the other is n man of thirty- live , bronzed , stalwart , and with light but certain bridle-hand , and the firm hut easy seat of the old cavalryman. Inez , the waif of the Mississippi , and Eugene Harksdalo are again before the reader. In common with many of his fellow Texas cattlemen. Harksdale has trans ferred his Imnlfto the rich pastures of the far northwest , and Is now one of Wyoming's cattle kings. The ranch is a few miles ahead , just through , yonder rocky irorgo , and the cattle king and his prlii"ess are returning fi o u a long riilo over the broad ranges , and amid Iho countless horns and hoofu of which Eugene Harksilale is master. Inez is a triiii daughter of the south. The warm blood mantles richly in the pale olive of her cheek , and the dark eyes arii full of a light alouee passionate and gentle. Six months before , her school ili\s : over , she had assumed her position us mistress of Harksdale's luxurious Cheyenne home , ami w.is now on a visit to thn vast _ pos sessions of which she was the heiress. Over some rough and broken ground the long , easy lope of the prairie horses slacKc-iicd , and the animals suddenly pressed ch o to each other , producing a .singular ell'eet upon lh riders. Into ihe dark eyes of Inez there came an eager , wistful look , and half involuntarily her lilhe figure limit toward her companion. That companion's features assumed an expression of Morn repression , and with a stilled sigh he resolutely reined h's ani mal aside. No word was spoken , and tiio long lope was soon resumed. As the riders reached the crest of a ridge over looking the mouth of the gorge Do\o-id which lay the ranch , there came sharp ami clear the .sound of a pistol shot , then another , and then a perfect fnsiladorang out , accompanied by the savage oaths and yells of a frontier conflict. Hastily bidding Inez ride back behind the | r > tenting crest of the ridge , Harksdalo dashed down the slope for the battle scene. In the month of the gor0'e. partly sheltered by a large rock , an old man , with flowing silvery hair ami beard , was resisting with lion like courage the on- slau < : ht of half a hcoroof mountain ban dits. Two of the attacking Land had already fallen , and fiu life of the gallant old man was evidently to bo sold dearly and grimly. The marauders swarmed forward , however , and the end was close at hand. when , his hot southern blood nn fire with the old battle instinct , nnd with the deadly rush and swing ot Forrest's riders. Harksdnlo burst upon their flnnkv The sharp nnd continuous crack of Ills fatal revolver was the tirst Intimation the bandits received of the presence of another - } other fop. Kobberafterrobber wc.it down. before thai practiced nnd steady aim , nml' ' after a short and confused resistance , the bandits , leaving one-half their number stretched on the bloody sward , broke and tied. In the short melee , however , a ball had pi reed . Karksdale' * breast , and ns the last of the bandit * disappeared in tlur gathering gloom , he reeled In his saddle and fell heavily to the earth. As he did * so , there came the sound of hurrying hoofs , a wild shriek rent the air , and Ine/ , leaped trom her lmr.se and Hung herself upon the apparent eorp'o of him to whom she owed her life and t whom * ho hadglven her heart. \ \ hen Harksdale ne\t opened his eyes , they fell upon the fa miliar surroundings of his own room , within the walls ol his ranch house. Ho was stretched upon his own bed , and above him beiil Iue/ ; . Standing by the bedside was the old man with the beard and hair of silver , who had made so gal lant a light , and who had been so gal lantly rescued , while gathered in the room were the eowbo\s ot the range , their usual reckless manner softened by concern and pity. A Hi-cling glance , anil then came again to Harksdale uncon sciousness. For weeks the gallant spirit hovered between life and death. The lender ami untiring nursing of the de voted Inez llmilly triumphed , and the life .so precious to her was saved. With con valescence came to Harksdale the knosvl- edge that he was loved , and from that time his heart beat with a new life. The understanding between the lovers was complete. Harksdale knew that the heart he had so wildly eovelul was his , and Ine/ learned that the disparity of ago and their singular relations lo each other had alone lied her lover's tongue. For- syth , the old man , had refused to leave the ranch until the fate of his preserver vns decided. Hetwecu him nml Ine/ there had arisen a singular feeling of mutual attraction. The heart of the old man went out toward theyoung girl , and she found herself looking up to him with a holy feeliii" ot allection. One day , the day on which Harksdale left his couch for the lirst lime , the old man and the maiden were by his side with words of love and hope. Suddenly the eye of Harksdale rested upon a heart-shaped ring the old man wore upon his linger. Something iu the chasing of Ihe golden surface startled him. and he asked tor a closer insjie 'lion. The old man sighed deeply ami said : "That ring , my dear friend , is really a locket , and within it is concealed the em blem of a life-tune sorrow. " So saying he touched a spring , nnd tlierc appeared before the bewildered and incredulous gaze of Inez and Harksdale n splendid ruby , above which appeared in a crescent of brilliant diamonds the word "Inez" in Spanish characters. "My mother's ruby and my mother's nanivil" wildly exclaimed Inez , while Harksdale raised his feeble form half upright as , in a voice hoarse with emoj lion , he said : "What can this mean ? In the name of heaven , who are you , sir1' "Your mothers name and jour moth er's ruby , " repeated For.syth , turning to the excited girl , who stood gazing on him and mi the" jewel With dilated eyes and pallid cheeks. Hut recovering herself , Inez Hew from Ihe room , and a moment laler returned , bearing in her hand the fac simile of the jewel which lay im bedded in the locket. "Inez was my wife , " came in broken tones from the trembling lips of the old man. "Inez was my mother. " came the re sponse , and the father and daughter were locked in eacli other's arms. J- Through a torrent of joyous exclama tions and rapturous caresses came the explanation : Iu middle life , .John For- syih , a wealthy Boston merchant , had married Inez do Castro , the daughter o one of his Havannn correspondents. Forsvlh had a winter residence in Natchez and lie and his wife and the baby Inez were occupying it in the early fall of 180(5. ( Forsyth was called north by imperative business. Transacting this , he telegraphed to his wife that he would be lion e on a certain boat , and asking her lo meet h m at the wharf , \\hen the boat reached Natchez his wife and child did nol nn-ct him , and he hastened home lo Iind the place desolate. All the servants could tell him was that the evening before the'r mistress had taken her baby and left the house , and had never returned. . She hail said nothing to any one as to .where she was going , and the servants supposed she had merely gone for a walk. The desperate husband and father spent months and thousands ot dollars in the search for his wife and child , but without suecc1 ! * , and he dually was forced to the conclusion that both were lost to him for ever. Now it was plain that the iinl'oi lu nate lady had mistaken both the day of her husband's arrival and the name of the boat which was to bring him to her , and had , through thai mistake , found a grave beneath the- waters of the Missis sippi. Since then Forsvthhad led a wan dering life , endeavoring to forget his sorrows. At the lime of the bandit at tack he was on his way to indulge in a solitary hunting expedition in the Hig Horn mountains. He had the evening before .stumbled on the camp of the rob bers in an isolated gulch , and , ignorant ot their character , had passed the night with them , ami imprudently lot them see tlio large sum of money he habitually carried in his wanderings. His trail was taken next morning , with the result al ready known. Three months afterwards , m the lair city of Clioyonno. mimamcd "The Magic , " l > there was a quiet wedding before chancel ' rails , when the old man with the silvery hair ami beard gave his strangely recov ered daughter into the life-keeping of him to wfiose gallant heart and strong riirht arm they both owed their lives .Mid their happiness. Wn.i. Vissciiut. The Fox anil the Goose. Hoston Transcript : Once upon a time there was a Fox and a ( iooso between , whom Ihnro was a Misunderstanding , ulso n Stream of Water. The I'o\ ' was Hindi exercised because of the disagreeable - able Habit which the ( loose had of mak ing a Noise like a Snake upon Jrequent Occasions , which was verv Annoying to the Fox. wiio.se Noi-ycs were exceedingly Sensitive. Il also aroused a feeling of Envy in the breast of Itcynanl to feu the ( ioo.so sailing about on the surface of thu water , as though for the express purpose if Irritating her four-footed Neighbor , I who was nver.ii ! to Aquatic KxerciM ) . The lioiHo , on the other hand , complained Unit the Fox annoyed her very much bv Darting at her whenever she approached Ills hide ot ( he Stream. The mutual Hick- I'rings went on for some tinio. Finally , Iho Fox addressed the ( Joe < o in this WIMI : I " " he said "how foolish in "Madam , , us to j live on Mich unfriendly Terms , wliu'i the j delations between ns might be Aniica- I bio. Draw near , I pray you for my 1 I'oicc is not strong this morning , and it is I Dillicnll for me to talk .so loud-nnd I 1 kvill explain the .Scheme which 1 have Id I [ impose. " 'Iho ( iooso , being beguiled by 1 ho seductive Manners ot her former I [ Cuemy , swam to the side of the Stream I whore the Fox was wailing. In less tinio J liau it takes to tell it , a sudden Traits- 1 'ormation took place. Thcrcatler tl.u 1 relations between the two Animals were I entirely Amicable , lint the ( loose was iu- 1 > ido of the Fox. 1 Moral This Fable teaches thai one ] ihould never show his hand at Draw J I'oker until the Money is up ; al.so , that in making Terms with another you should j lie sure that he doesn't gel Ihe Hulgo on j rou unawares- , also , No. ! J , thai one is I iomehow reminded of the Fox and the - ( [ Jooso when he hears some employer.s lall ; of the Amicable Relations which 1 they would like to live ou with their help , J