Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Weekly coast mail. (Marshfield, Coos County, Or.) 1902-1906 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 10, 1903)
,") - -; : vVVVVff iLSTRANCERS YET:! Br CUKTON DANOERFIELD ( .OopyH1it, 1000. br T. 0. MoClure-. . ' , (AAA kic 1 "What we wnub' said tho senior partner ongorly, "in young blood In this vonture, for it means tlio command of tho wliolo const trade for u. Whoever wo send must go because ono of u known him Intimately." , ".Qultosrlght," nasentedCaldwell, tho middle ngod Junior. "I roully cnn't recommend nny one," pursued tbo other. "I thought to turn tho whole matter ovor to you, but ! "tliluk" ho smiled plonnnnriy-"that t can suggest a ;nnn whoso fitness yoa could nt onco dcddo on." ' Caldwell rutununl tbo Btnllo. "All right" ho snld confidently. "You know I rallicr prldo mysolf on being a good Judgo of a mnn-thnt K If I'vo Imd ony chnnco to study him' "Host chnnco In tlio world," sold tho wnlor, with n touch of onthufllnsm he had no boys of his own. "I mean your on." "My son?" Cirldwcll stninmorod. "Cortnluly. Iltfs as Ono a youngster ait I know, JuHt twcnty-flro and burn Iiil' fur n chnnco .todo something. Told . m himself that ho wanted to work." "He ho nover Boomed to tako any interest In tho Ann before," objoctod Cnldwelt, reddening visibly. "I know It. Nut it scorns thin now opening tho chango of soctlon has n wakened. him. IIo "was as pleased at punch when I told hltn I'd talk tho affair over with you." "Fact of Uio matter, Dobson," iinld Caldwell after an embarrassed pause, "is Just this it's oxnetly tho chanco I'd best llko tho lxy to bavo. Hut you irn Id, and I understand Uils importance, that tho man wo vend wo must know Intimately." "Hut your own sonl" ejaculated Dob got. "Who clue would you" "Who else could I know o woll?" paid Caldwoll desperately. "That's what you'd Bay, Dobson, becnuso you bavo no sonsIndeed, no children at all, Consequently you cau't understand how matter go nowadays with us busi ness men. I'm self made, Just ns our business Is. To keep things going I've scarcely ever taken off my harness. Harness hnsn't mado mo blind. I don't sny that, but what opportunity has It left uiu for nil lutimato ncqualut mi co with John'" "Nonsense, mnnl You show a ro mnrkablu knowledgo of orory clerk we employ. I Iwllovo you linvo literally turned 'cm Insldo outl" "They nro clorksl It was part of Uio buslnctts. Hut John-lio may not bo competent; tlio strain may crush blm. Ho would do all bo possibly could. Hut what nro bis capabilities? I can't ruin our firm oven for my son." "flood Lordl" said Dobson cyulcally. "If tills Is your modern fathor" i "You needn't uho that tone," said Caldwell defensively; flushing a deepor red. "If I hnd stopped to think, Dob- AU I illir.AlCINO IN ON A CONKEIIENCK, IMP?" IIIC IiAUailUD. son-lf I'd hnd tlmo to think of this I wouldn't lmvo boon forced to this con tension. Hut I'm no woruo tlmn tlio rt'Ht. Take Jackson and Heed and Kim ball. Ask them what their sons really nro aaldo' from lielng col lego fellows who nro well supplied with everything and who thoy beliove in, of course Thoy couldn't toll you. Thoy know their clcrkB-they lmvo to-ao thoy nov. cr will know tho capabilities of their Bond " "Good I.ortll" said Dobson again llko nn Irritating echo of htumolf. "Of coiirm I know tiioro nro excep tions, but that's whom tho boy bus ohown tastes In common with bU fa thor, him goiio Into tho business In do tall of his own nccord. John nover had much In common with mo. IIow could hot? I'm Just a business man, wbllo bo-bo's hnd a chanco to enjoy llfo. Ills mother bys thoro'B nobody llko blm; that the girls all run nfter him. I know mysolf," ho added, with futhorly pride, "that It does mo good to look nt him." Then, with n return to dejec tion, "nut that's not business." "No," nsHentcd Dobson, "that's not buslnoss." As ho epoko tho office door swung epon without warning, and a broad MjpUlderjefl, JlDglX. JBSWlA-..&i2mi lEmSm .tsgeT, nlnrt; swunf fn9 Chs'room, nn ceremoniously, '' 'f " "Am I brenkltur In m M confertnee, dad?" he laughed. ' "'Not nt nlll Not at atll" unld Dob Don, rising hurriedly awl, taking tha an swer on himself. "I4 tin Just going out." lie made good his tocape and caught himself omitting a wjibitlo as ho went down tho elevator. ' "And that's the man' ho ejnoulnted Inwardly, "who told no to n fraction lost wobk where the bpokkoepor'B mon ey "went, what hie personal habile were, what tho man's breaking strain was lo a hair. I guess Ws an oscepllou nhout his aon. And yet, oomo to think, I don't know," Up at tho ofllco John regarded his fathor with a Joyous certainty which nnuoyod his parent excessively. "Dobson has been telling mo," said tho older, making Uio plungo, "that you wopt to take charge of this now dovot opmettt. You know you gavo mo to un dorVtnnd you nover intended to go in with us; that you wore fitted for nome thing hlghor-omothlng lltorary, I bo llovc," "That's what I thought, but I was a silly ass," aald his son, with refrcHhlng frankness. "Tho follows nt collego said my verses and short stories wero Uio very best over turned out by any mout her of my class. Terhops Uioy wore, but wliou I tried them on your genuine editor Uio fish wouldn't hi to at all. Of course, my friends and DllnorI mean Miss Btorra-quotcd tho old mnxlm to mo, 'Ad nstra per aspora, and" "Talk English, will you" Interrupt ed his fnthor ImpntlonUy. "If I'd wost od my timo studying Hint stuff you would bavo been In tho gutter now." "I dnro say," said Uio young follow good humoredly. "What I wont to do now, slnco I'm a failure at proso and vorso, la to go in for something solid. You sec I I'vo got nomo ono else to think of besides mysolf." "Homo ono elsoT" "Truth of the matter is I'm en gaged." "To whor "I wish ho would learn to say to whom," Uiougbt Uio boy. Aljud be said respectively, "Elinor Storrs." "Got ony monoy?" "Only a very little, and I'vo moroly what you nro good enough to lot mo lmvo on allowance. Hut glvo mo a chanco on this opening, and I'll mako a fortuno for the tlnn and for mysolf. I'vo written rhymes, but I'm practical for all UmL" "You may be," sold his father grimly. "Tho troublo is I bavon't tbo pleasure of your acquaintance." John Caldwell stared, astounded bo yond words. Tlio few curt sontenccs that followed enlightened him. Tbo boy's bend dropped. "I'vo dono wrong," said hla father humbly. John Caldwoll flung up his bond, "It's mora my fault than yours, dad," ho said Impulsively. I hnd timo to como out to you, and I didn't Do you know, dnd, wo had a tenor in collego devoted to mournful airs, and many a Umo I'vo heard him at that old song: "atninKors ytt after years of llfo to gether, After fair and stormy wcntherl Why thua Joined, vthy over met. If thoy mual bo atrangers yotl "Hy Jove, I never thought it would como homo to mo sol Hut wo'll got on nnothor footing If you will accept" ho rose and held out his warm young hand "tbo pleasure of my acquaint ance." Mutely Uio fathor rose also and clasp ed it. As thoy stood together tears lay lu tho eyes of botlu A FAKiefelNGE (Copyright, 190J. by C. U. Lowie.J In India Uio term "fakir" does not mean a cheat or a fraud, but la applied to Uio so called holy men who carry out certain vowa. Of all tho fakirs known to tho decado between 1SGO and 1870 Ounga Goo of Uio provlnco of Ily dorabad was Uio most prominent lie was a holy man and ono who did strnngo things. Ilaving caused the dcaUi of his father by accident, lu blinded ono of hla own oyes, cut olt ii finger from his left hand and a to from his right foot and vowed to enrri out certain things. In tbo lino of jugglery Ounga Get could do wonderful things, nnd tho English wero awed and tho native, mado afraid. Ono day ho gnvo on ex hibition lu tho suburbs of Hyderabad and performed such nvonderful featH that General Cluet, commaudev of the military post, decided to Imprison him and destroy his prentlgo. IIo was charged with being a vagrant nnd a nutsnnco nnd dragged olt to Jail, and aftor bo had been locked up for a cou plo of dnys ho was offorod hla liberty If ho would leavo tho provlnco, IIo r fused and was defiant In soma mysterious way word got out that on a certain hour of a certain day Gungn Geo would leavo his prison in splto of hla guards, and when Uio tlmo arrived 20,000 natives wero gath ered in tho streets. Goneral Cluet had turned out four rogtacnta of infantry to prcservo order. At Uio Jail Uio fakir was loaded with Irons and put in the strongest celt, nnd sixteen armed men stood botwejeaWmeMJihjaty. Etomot ly at tho' hour"h'amed, tie man itp peered amid, the mob in the street and wns at once hustled awsy; Wliea his cell was unlocked his iron were found on the floor, He hnd passed out of (he cell and Into tho street llko a spirit If tho render Is Inclined to doubt thnt tills thing happened lie can find corrob-' oration In tho civil and military rec ords of Hyderabad. The matter deified tho fnklr in the estimation of tho na tives, nnd the English became alarmed. Charges wero preferred against the guards, tho governor of Uie Jail lost his place, and it was pretended that a conspiracy was unearthed. As n mat ter of fact however, tho affair was a perfect mystery nnd could not be ex plained In any other way than to credit Gungn Geo with supernatural powers. Notwithstanding that a largo reward wns offered, tho fnklr was not recap tured. Ho went Into hiding somewhere, and tho excitement finally died out Threo months after Gungn Goo's es cape a grand military review was held nt Hyderabad. Thcro were eight regi ments In cantonments thcro, and many high officials woru present to witness . tho maneuvers. General Cluot had won his wny by means of "pull" rather than hy merit. IIo was pompous, arro gant and tyrannical and was no favor ite with ofllccrs or men. It was an oc casion for him to show off, nnd lie meant to make tho most of it It wns estimated Uiat thcro wore 73, 000 peoplo massed on Uio grounds wben Uio trumpets sounded for tho review to begin. As a preliminary tho general wns to rldo up and down nlong the front of the regiments, followed hy bis staff. Ho had Just started out, wlille tho baud struck up and tho regiments prepnred to cheer, when a nativo ran from tho crowd and barred his way. It was Ounga Gee. IIo was recog nised by thousands, and after one great shout n silence fell upon tho mul titude. A dozen troopers rodo to drive tho man back, but bo motioned them uway and stood for a moment looking tbo general in tbo eyes. Then bo raised his hand above bis head and muttered something, and the people witnessed 'a? thing unparalleled. Tlio general de scended from his horso, unbuckled nnd Uirow away his sword and went Uirough numerous antics, no stood on his head, he rolled over and over, In moved about on his hands and knees and barked llko a dog. Ho even kissed tho bnro feet of tbo fakir. Tbo affair did not last nbovo flvo min utes, and you may wonder that It last ed no long. Tho Engtlsh seemed to bo dnzed, and hundreds of men rubbed Uiolr eyes na If to clear them. Tho nn Uvea wero silent ns death. Hero was anoUier marvelous exhibition of tho powers of God, nnd they wntched ev ery motion and hardly breathed. When tho general who had Impris oned blm had been degraded before all that multltuda Gungn Geo walked back among his peoplo nud was swallowed up in an instant, whllo tbo general continued bis antics and was Jeered by thousands. Tlio spell wns not broken until his ofllccrs laid hands on him. wben ho at onco retired to his quarters nnd another led Uio review. Tbo affair of courso created a tremendous local sensation, nnd for several days tho fa natical natives were ready for a riot. Tbo general's humiliation was com plete, and military circles wero a unit In agreeing that his resignation must bo tendered to wlpo out tho disgrace. In n month ho was on his way homo to England, looked upon almost ns a pa riah. Could Gunga Geo lmvo been found tho English would lmvo wreaked vengeanco upon him. no wns searched for high and low, nnd tho reward was doubled and trebled, but ho wns never ngnln henrd of, nlthough ho doubtless lived for many years under some dis guise. His power over tho general was no doubt some species of what we call hypnotism, but how bo managed to cast off bis Irons and leavo tiro Jnll is another matter. Ho did It, arid no man can galnsny It, nud tho old building, with Its grated window, stands today Just ns It stood then. Wbllo tho gov ernor and his guards or Jailers hnd to go, no ono over believed for a moment thnt they gavo Uio fakir tho slightest old. . M. QUAD. s. Ifc 0 THEIR GAME OF HEARTS Dy Elslo Carmlchool Cbpyrtonf, 1X3, by T.O. JtftOwrc I) "I am awfully eorry," ho aald mock ly, but his oyes bollod his words. "I really wouldn't bavo como if I bad known I had to indict myself on yon in Uils way." IIo offered hla arm, looking ut her downcast, piquant hlltUo face with a world of pity in hla oyos. "Don't tnko It bo hurd, dear," ho whU porcd. She raised her head and flashed him a deflunt look. "You forget," Bhosald Icily. "Don't tako ndvaptago of our having to sit noxi ono another Uirough n long dinner to treat mo so. I doA't seo what Mrs, Clnrko was tblnklmt of." Don's eyes twinkled. "Well, ,real-i ly," ho said, "I don't sed that Mrs. Clnrko cnu.bo blutned. now could' sho know that you had refused meillast 4XAllULt .UJumjt.SWPlJr?-fai&t wo yon can tone to'your'otnef net; bor." Nan looked at Uio fat, sfeqpid old gea tlomsn on her other side' and made a llttjo rnouo. "He is certainly Uie leaser of two ovlls," sho naldmna turned her round white shoulder to- Don. Tlio latter, with secntlnij: engcrnem, talked to a gay young widow on his oUicr sldo, nnd Nan JlstonoH with wan dcring attention to the dissertation of Uio elderly gonnand on thefedellghts of pate de fole gras. The conversation totweenvthe widow and Don waxed moat frlvafou. Nan folt tho angry tears coming to hor eyon. It was not fnlr'to treat her so. Never filnco sho hod known, him hnd he deliberately turned his bade on her. Eerr ono would notice it 8ho hated that widow. "Ah, that will bo gloriousPteried Uie latter. "Will you como for me nt 3, and may I really drive thosojgrays of youre all tho way out to tho club? I long to feel tho reins in my bands again. I havon't driven good horses for so lot. Moet peoplo are afraid to let mo try, but you know I can drive, don't yon, Don? Do you remember long ago, in those good old dayn, bow wo used to go spinning out, to the Country club and" Then hor voice dropped, and Nan heard no more. Oh, If only Archie or Dick orMal- calm Wero. next her, wouldn't shelshow Don laow little sho cared? Hut Uils stupid old Mr. Jones could hardly be induced to tako his attention from his plate for a moment. Sho talked excit edly, Uio color mounted into berjeheeksj and Don, who watched her aurrep'j Utloiasly, thought ho hnd never socn her so charming. It was a bittersweet thing Just to sit noxt her this way, oven if she would not speak to him. He listened only half mechanically to what Mrs. Wright wns saying. niA mind would wander back to that last evening when bo bad finished Uiat de Helens waltz with her and they bad strolled into tho conservatory. IIo could still hoar tbo last strains of' Uio music dlo away, aobblngiy sweet Sho was radiant in her filmy rose colored gowa that ho told her looked Ilka a bit of sunset cloud. Sho had seemed happy and content unUl ho hod mado the mis take of telling her bo loved bcr, and then the wliolo radiant world was suddenly turned to cold gray tones, as when tbo evening colors in Uio sky fade Into Uie twilight Tho bosteM rose, and ho stood back to let Nan pass. Sbo hod nover a look for him, but chnttcd gayly with Madge Trelawney an they left tbo room. Then bo throw himself back In his chair and smoked In silence, not listening to Uie talk nbout him. , When ho strolled into tho drawing room half an hour later Mrs. Clarke, who was near tho door, held out a de taining band. "I want you to tnko Nan' Into the library to play plngpong," she said, "But perhaps she won't want to," ohr Jected Don. Mrs. Clarke looked at him shrewdly. "Don't you think I know that you and Kan lmvo quarreled?" sho asked. "Am I blind? Bo a good boy and make it up." T am willing enough to, Mrs. Clarke," ho said 60 earnestly Uiat hla hostess felt as though bo bad taken her inte MffconflT6flco ana icc'nim np'to too low couch near Uio flro, where Nan wns still talking to Madgo Trelawney. The color bod gono from her face now, and sho looked tired and listless. Tako Mr. PronUco into Uio library and mako htm play plngpong, Nan," begged Mrs. Clarko. "Things are go ing vary dully tonight, and I want some one to start them up a bit" Nan waa surprised to And herself a moment later nlouo in Uio dimly lit li brary with Prentice. Sho had not In tended to come. Now that sho was thcro, however, sho longed to sit down on Uie' low sent bafore the flickering flro and bavo him tell her again how ho loved her, If sho could hear thoac words now eho thought her nnswet would bo different Ho had taken bet by surprlso Inst night, no had takes her lovo too much for granted nud hurt hor pride. Hut nil that was over Sho dared not yield to Uio spell of the flro light Sho picked up n racket one" tried tho delicate llttlo celluloid ball ot the tublo. "Como on," sho said, "Wo might at Well piny n set to please Mrs. Clnrke,' They plnyed n game absent minded ly. "Lovo one," he aald when they ha finished. "nut it isn't" pouted Nan. "If a nt fnn to play with you. You never kcei Bcoro right You won that garao." "Oh, did ir ho Inquired. "I am sur prised. You always win." "What?" asked Nan scornfully "What camo do I over win. Don? 1 Jm "s'tupla at "raosl1" games, andyol biowit" "Oh, hearts," ho aald. "But Uils isn't hearts!" aho cried,, willfully mlsundorataudlng him. "Ifa, plngpong, and It isn't lovo ono." "But it nlwaya Is for me," bo aald. Sho went on playing and ignored Uie subject. "I think this will probably bo the last game wo will have together, for a, long ume," no saw mournnuiy aner they Had played in silence for a few Idnutcs. Nuu missed the ball "Why?" she asked, Tho color left her face and ben surged back ogaut ,ul am going to start-for Sooth Africa Matt. watt:'. ba.-iaW... : IntereetaVaJI m tWfK aiid';K aJT,a .'well I ,ria decide to May-aevef ." Nan .Jacked up th ball, "dhl"' ahe aald after a moment.-. "Settta Africa must be a er-vssy interesting place, .but rather er hot,Js lt'Sot?" "Yes," fie aald passively, "ifa very unhealthy climate where I am going. Marsh fever, cholera all those things kill people off rather fast" He sent tho ball back so wildly that it landed on top of 'the bookcase. "The game inmine," hetaald, throwing,dcm-n his racket "But it IsnVshe said. "I won it fairly and squarely." Her lips wire trembling ad -there wero bright; team in her eyee as she went over to tbo fireplace and looked cown mm Uio leaping flames. There wns something so pathetic and lonely abouftho llttlo figure in tho flro light that be went to her quickly. "Pleaa say the gamo is mine," ho begged njid held out his hands. She swayed for a motrient as though eho would fall and then turned and put both? her llttlo hands in hla. "Well, yea," sho said, smiling through bcr tears. "You havo won, Don. Only plenswdon't go to South Africa." 111 LH Wit9 l .ASH " a n i i-m lOritfnaL It waa a het evening and I deter - mined to take a stroll in Uie park. sauntered about aimlessly, looking nt other 'Bauntercrs and puffing a cigar, asmmed aaasa. Wha he left hJs home whllo night was giving place to twi- It waa becaaee ha had learned the no light NoUcing a crowd collected near Ike were watcWag him. no only one of tho llttlo thickets with which Uie beard at hla whVa death and knew park abounds, I went to see what at tracted it Pushing my way forward, I saw a young woman lying on her hack, pale and rigid. Sho bad Juetbecn discovered in Uie thicket dead. She hed been murdered. The moment I looked at her it seemed that, I bad seen her before, Indeed, tho" face was quite familiar. Nevertheless I could not connect her featnrearwfth those, oftany human be - lnrf I'bad ever known. I had been travellngSln Bnropc short ly beforo thlev and bad1' left my family in FlorS;It8,Iy. One day I received from my daitshter,ooo of the pictorial postal cards so ranch ted,abroad, and what was my astonishment to seo on it Uio picture of tba.glrJU.whOhad been musdered. For awbik) t was mora puzzled than ever, but suddenly it oc curred to me thet.it was the picture on the postal card' that I had seen bo forehand not Uie girl herself. Whllo in Morocco t had, written several mes sages on. these cards. I expected to go over soon to bring my family home. I therefore went to the superintendent of police and told blm of tbo matter, offering to lnveaU-' gate it when In" Italy. He availed him self of my serrlcca, Informing me, by Uio way, Uiat ho had no clew to Uio murderer, Binco Uie woman had only been in New York a short time and no one in this country seemed to havo any motive for killing her. A&soon as I reached EToeenco I went to tho place where the postal card waa made and after a good deal ot lnveaU gnUon was Informed the,t the picture was Uiat of a young Italian girl who had been .selected from a number of compeUtors to sit as a model for a pic ture to adorn Uio card. That la all Uio InformaUon I got from Uie card manu facturers, but tbo police soon found out for mo Uiat Uio girl was Ltaa Maronl, or Slgiiora Andriano, ahe having mar ried Andriano soon after having her picture placed on tho postal card. It was reported Uiat her husband had treated her badly and sho had left him. This waa as far as the Italian police Investigations carried Uie case. Slgnora Andriano was not in Florence, but as to where sho was there was no informa tion. Andriano also had left tho city eomo Umo after tho departure of his wife, and his whereabouts were not known. Tbo moat valu&blo thing ob tained in Uils connection was n photo grar)h or Audriauo which was found lu tho possession ot one of his friends to whom tho police went for information. Tho photograph was given to mo for tho chief of pollco In Now York, When 1 returned to America I called on tho superintendent gave him what Information I .had collected and the photograph. Ho thanked mo, remark ing ut tlie samo tlmo, "It Uio man ia in A aiorlca wo shall And him." no hnd a number of copies made of tho photograph which ho gave to per sons who wero Instructed to look among Uio Italians lu Now York. Ho also sent Uio copies to Uio superin tendents of police in different dUos. Six months inter tho superintendent of pollco In Philadelphia wrote Uiat ono of his ogenta had discovered a man whoso face waa identical .with Uio pho tograph, but Uio namo was not Uie same. The case progressed no further for a long whllo. Tho man was watched, but no suspicious clrcumstanees no ticed. He was a dealer in Italian table oils and wine and of good standing among Uio Italian colony of Uie Quaker City. Ho had boon recently married, and by getting the date it was found that the wedding took place three wocks after tho murder, of the wotoan whoso picture graced the, postal card. Tho police instructed the letter carrier who brought Uie suspected man his h-tters to wafcti for mall sent to' him uuder aaotbername than the one -he RSfld letter ctn,i'M:Ut tb,-p-tmkn reported1- ea'i aduVeaaed to'taa street aid naaaaaafbaariNftiM' aaeaa of Ai drkiKi TWflatteTwaa epaae , att 1 Thapoiaaiaaar oooeWsred tt tatr wera.weMkaaba track, o,tK rairdrP7 They wajaedl awnlla for foora; point tfeea cunaiaded to arrest tfc, sum. tlv WawJaaaafe. Taa bird fead flown. IXtf sad MriWffe badfJoaaad'wa their baa and aeaa awayla taMatrL OafjtaorBtoff, taJkJmt wp say aatrsjir. Italian, hd,died(the prerlotw asy'fcifo m hla deathbed, eoafeaaetl tlwt lie hr.d .killed a woman 'who had been aoffl J time before feand , Btuedared ia Cen- itral park.. Stw bad left Italy with lilat. leaving a.baahand there, and had Hrod with him p New OrieatM as his wife. There she had -left him, nnd he had come to.New York to induce her to Join Wm aaatflL Daring an altercation la a retired spot la tint park be had stabbed bar. fooa aftac. Into tb man, who had Uaappeared in Philadelphia, returned to hie place of buainesa. The explana tion Uie pollee sot from him -was this: He admitted that be was Andriano. Hla former wife having gone away so- aeat amtW wffto odur bias ta rniL..ni fthwa'to America to wreak atakTaeW anco. Not finding them, be fell In love . with another woman, married her I without a divorce and. fearinz to lie charged with fetetmy. lived under an that ha was set a bigamist by her .mur derer4! eoafeaaiOB. HENRY & SPICKR. ... 'CeatHrd-memter. The word costcrmon?er is sowBaed of an iUnernnt fruit seller. It was for merly spelled costard-iaoHger and In tills form appears in Draat's "Horace." to translate Uie LaUn word "poma . rios-" Literally It means costard seller, cos tard being a kind of apple, Uie nama of which Murray1 connects with coate, a rib. Some etymologists connect It with custard, assuming that the pulp of ap ple was used in preparlag this dell cri'-y, but there la no real reason for this, since Uie "custard apple," men tioned in Damplcr's "Voyages" (1C05). Is quite different fruit from the middle English costard. Some connect it also with "costard." tho humorous name for a head: "Tal. htm over Uie costard with tho hilt o: thy aword"- Shakespeare. But it bociih more probable that Uie head was called after Uie apple than Uie apple after thy The termination "monger" aliapl ttSflBC means a dealer or trader, as infcll monger and ironmonger, and W derl v7,,,' from Uie Anglo-Saxoa word "manhiu." to traffic or barter, which is akin tni tho Latin "mango," a dealer who sks off and polishes ap his wares. tondou Standard. lira 'Sieaiaanii, Auairnunn. The first iron steamship to rem li An tralla from England was the Au.str... llan, In 1832. Kaicle autt Vox, . It is reported from Yvonne, in Swit acrland, Uiat a full grown fox was car ried off by an eagle, The bird soared with its prey above Clos du Ilocheu. but Anally dropped Uio fox. Wfeeavt Flour. Ten cents worth of wheat flour con tains almost seven times as much pro teln and over ten times as much en irgy Is 10 cente' worth of cabbage Thus a low priced article is not necvi sarily a cheap source of nutrients. The Ashland Normal Th Southern Ontpon State Norm School begins this yonr's work Septom berlOth. A larue working library ha bi'Hn Bililo'l; tho physical Hnd cbeinlcp labratory has been fully eqnlpped; a n yj umnniuu) building ia beiiii uroctsr and a junta and handsome echool.bnlla lnt is rearing completion. Thoechoo trttiuuiis are bonutiful and plclurrtque. The huslth conditions uro ol ihu baet; nd th poclsl InvironmPlU in pnre nni- atimnlstlng, thocoarwoi study has bs-' BtreiutthtMitiU and umt'o more nr'aaUwil The faculty hay been increased iu mun bars and the eohool Is now equipped t do tfork o( the highest order. , This fchool belongs to Southern Ore gon, li desireB and saerlte the patron age ot the people ol this great Mcttoo4 (or catalogue address, Bbmumik F. Mutant, Free. 0, H. Thomas, lec'U V-ti:3L 4-i ul K I "WJWk .- w , .: v j 'vlWlaMl', r V