The Oregon mist., February 05, 1897, Image 4

IQNORID BY THt 8CNATI.
Presides, tlmoa Danllao to liwiali
th Bsnson Bam.
Th lobby of the sonata chamber in
Salom wai crowded Monday afternoon
in anticipation of action on th house
concurrent raaolation to notify the gov
ernor of th organization of the legis
lature. The resolution failed to put in
an appearance, bnt the matter came op
In another form on a resolution by
Senator Kinf , whioh was lost on a tie
vote, and subsequently by a deoisive
ruling of President Bimon, whioh was
.-distinctly against recognition of the
Benson house. Immediately after the
senate was called to order. President
Bimon announoed that he had in hit
possession a communication from the
temporary house. It had been sent in
last Friday, but he had token the lib
erty to withhold It. expecting the con
current resloution also to be submitted.
The resolution was not at hand, bnt he
thought it proper now to present the
communication. It was In brief the
particulars of the Benson honse organ
iaation, and setting forth the unoonstl-
. tutlonality of such actios, stating that
t no time was a quorum present The
communication was signed by R. E.
Moody, temporary ohief clerk.
. The senate listened to the reading of
the oomamnioatioa, but took no aotion
In the matter, and the regular order of
business was resumed. After several
bills had been Introduoed, King (Popu
list), of Baker oounty, asked unanimous
consent to introduoe a resolution.
There was no objection, and King sent
the following to the 'clerk's desk:
"Whereas, There appears to be some
question as to Whether the house of
representatives, comprising the other
branoh of this legislative assembly, has
organised and Is ready Jto proceed with
business; that there is one organization
of suoh house claiming to benhe tem
porary house, duly organised as sueh,
and one organization, claiming to be
permanent and duly organized; that the
senate has not been notified by resolu
tions or otherwise of such permanent
organization: that this branch of the
legislative assembly cannot perform
legislative duties for which its mem
bers were elected without the ooneur
renoe of the house of representatives on
all bills and Joint resolutions passing
this body; that this branoh , of the
legislative assembly has for two weeks
been organized and ready for the trans
action of buisness, and the cause of
suoh delay on the part of the house of
representatives has not been fully made
known to this body; therefore,
"Resolved, That a committee of
three members of the senate be appoint
ed to : examine into the conditions
above set forth and ascertain whether
or not either of the two pretended or
ganizations of the house of representa
tives is a legally organized branoh of
this assembly, and, ii so, which of the
two is so organized, and report the con
dition thereof to the senate at as nearly
a date as may be deemed practicable by
aid committee."
: This brought up the matter of the
house recognition in an unexpected
form. A motion was made to lay the
resolution on the table, but it did not
carry. After some debate a vote was
taken, resulting in a tie, the resolution
failing to be adopted.
Shortly after this episode a messen
ger from the house was announced. He
laid his message in front of President
Simon, who opened it and read it, and
then said:
"The chair is in receipt of a com
munication puporrting to be a message
from the house stating that the house
has effected permanent organization by
electing Hon. H. I Benson as speaker,
K. R. Hays as chief clerk and other
officers, and is ready for the transaction
of business. The chair hat already
submitted to the senate a" message from
the temporary organization of the
bouse, advising the senate that such
permanent organization was effected in
an irregular and unconstitutional man
ner and without the presence of a
quorum, and that suoh action was ille
gal and void. The chair is of the
opinion that no permanent organization
of the house has been effected and that
the pretended permanent organization,
without a quourm mentioned in this
communication, is not valid or bind
ing, and that the senate cannot recog
nize such an alleged permanent organ
ization of the house. The chair, there
fore, ' declines to entertain or receive
this communication, and rules that the
same cannot be entered upon the jour
nal. The decision will stand as the
judgment of the senate, unless the sen
ate will overrule the decision of the
chair."
The president's ruling was received
in silence by the senate, which ap
peared to think that it was entirely cor
rect, and it would be useless to attempt
to set it aside, even if so disposed.
tar Morgan's View.
The following dispatch hat been re
ceived by Bourne from Senator Mor
gan, of Alabama: "Under the consti
tution, as it is executed by the statute
in accord with section 2, the house con
sists of sixty members, and the senate
consists of thirty members. A quorum
to do business oonsists of two-thirds of
each house under article 13 of the con.
ttitution, and this Jnoludes the perma
nent organization. A quorum being in
attendance, business can be done;
otherwise no organization can be made,
exoept to compel the attendance of ab
sent members." .
Senator Price has presented a meas
ure whioh provides a new method of
collecting school taxes. It is made the
duty of the school clerk, ten days after
the annual school meeting, the first
Monday in March, to begin making an
assessment of his district, and, imme
diately upon its completion, to collect
the tax. The measure, it will bo seen,
takes from the assessor the power to
make the assessment, and from the
sheriff the duty of collecting the tax.
It practically restores- the former law.
The bill introduoed by Senator Smith
providing for the formation of co-oper
ative corporations has three important
leatures: It allows the amount of
stock held by any one person to be lim
ited; it provides that each stockholder
shall have only one vote, irrespective
of the amount of stock owned; that
stock cannot be sold to any particular
person without consent of a majority of
the directors.
A session of the honse was again
held oa Sunday. Temporary Chair
man Davit decided it was necessary.
But eves members answered roll call.
TO REAPPORTION THt STAT I
Representative Somars' Bin
Base oa
Caasus of 18S.
Under the constitution, it is. the
duty of the present legislature to reap
portion the state in senatorial and leg
islative districts, based on the state
census of 1395; and to that end, Repre
sentative Soinere hat franiqd a reappor
tionment measure. The census figures
were obtained by Somen from the see
retary of state. The ratio of apportion
nient for senatorial districts is one sen
tor, for every 18,084 of population, and
fraction thereof exceeding one-half;
and for representatives one for every
0,04)1 or population, r or senators, ine
apportionment is as follows:
First district Marion county: two
senators.
Second Linn; one.
' Third Lane; one.
Fourth Douglas; one.
Fifth Coos, Curry and Josephine;
one. ; ; .-.! ';.
Sixth Jackson; one.
Seventh Gilliam, Crook and Klam
ath; one.
Eighth Lincoln, Benton and Lane;
one. . . . ' - .-,
Ninth Polk; one. .
Tenth Yamhill; one, .
Eleventh Clackamas; two.
Twelfth Washington; one.
Thirteeth Linn and Marion; one. '
Fourteenth Multnomah; eight.
Fifteenth Clatsop; one.
Sixteenth Washington, Columbia
and Tillamook; one.
Seventeenth Wasco and Sherman;
one. .-.'.
Eighteenth Morrow, Grant and
Harney; one.
Iiineteenth Umatilla; one. :
Twentieth Union and Wallowa; one.
For the representative districts, the
apportionment is as follows:
First representative district Marion
county; five representatives.
Second Linn; three. t '
Third Lane; three.
Fourth Douglas; two.
Fifth Coos; one.
Sixth Douglas, Coos and Curry; one.
Seventh Josephine; one.
Eighth Jackson; two.
Ninth Benton; one.
Tenth Polk; two.
Eleventh Lincoln and Tillamook;
one. : .:,
Twelfth Yamhill; two.
Thirteenth Clackamas; four. , v
Fourteenth Multnomah; fifteen.
Fifteenth Washington; three.
Sixteenth Clatsop; two.
Seventeenth Columbia; one.
Eighteenth Wasco; two.
Nineteenth Gilliam, Sherman
and
Crook; one.
Twentieth Morrow and Grant; one.
Twenty-first Umatilla; two.
Twenty-second Union; two.
Twenty-third Baker and Malheur:
one. '
Twenty-fourth Lake, Klamath and
Harney; one.
Twenty-fifth Wallowa; one.
Hold-over senators representing joint
districts shall be considered senators
for the new districts in which they
reside.
The most important change in the
measure is the increase of the repreeen
tation of Multnomah county. It gives
fifteen representatives as against nine
at present, and eight senators as
against five at present. Multnomah
has aobut one-fourth the state's popu
lation.
Senator Mulkey't road bill is for an
amendment to the old law providing
for taxing lands adjacent to the county
roads for the purpose of improving
them. It makes the territory affected
to extend not more than two miles on
each aide of the proposed road, or to
the next adjacent parallel road, instead
of three miles, as under the old law.
It provides that not less than one-fifth
of the tax shall be paid by the oounty,
the remaining four-fifths to be paid by
the taxpayers, provided that the coun
ty court may determine for the county
to pay more than one-fifth of the tax.
The law, as it now exists, provides for
the payment of the entire tax by the
taxpayers residing within three miles
of the road in question. Less than a
majority of the taxpayers residing
within the limits may petition the
county court for such tax levy for the
purpose of improving a county road.
The court, upon discretion, may order
the levy upon petition of lest than a
majority. ' ' ;
An effort is to be made to establish
at La Grande, Union county, the
"Eastern Oregon, agricultural college,"
which shall receive one-half the an
nual government appropriation now
made to the state agricultural college
and experiment station at Corvalhs. A
bill has been prepared to that effect,
and it is understood that it will be
championed by Representative Stan,
ley, of Union.
Representative Langell hat intro
duced a bill to make Ashland college
and normal school a state institution,
to be known as the "Southern Oregon
normal school." A board of twelve
regents is appointed, and the general
policy of government is the same as for
other normal schools. The bill carries
a $18,000 appropriation.
At the request of the Arlington Bod
and Gun Club, Representative David
has introducetd a bill to prevent night
hunting of wild ducks, geese, swan or
other water fowl, on the islands of the
Columbia river. '.. ,
Representative Crawford, of Douglas
county, has introduced a maximum
freight rate bill, designed to govern
the railroad corporations of tbe state.
Rates in detail for various distances
are prescribed for every manner of
freight, and it is made unlawful for
any corporation to charge more. Repre
sentative Crawford says that one prin
cipal object of his bill is to prevent
railroads from raising rates when the
price of wheat or other commodities
advances. ; U ,
A bill introduced by Senator Brownell
by request, adds a new misdemeanor to
the catalogue. It provides that any
person wantonly interfering with elec
tric lines, powers and cables, or any
other property of an electric light
plant, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor,
and punished acordingly. The bill has
an emergency clause.
Representative Hope, of Malheur,
has introduced a bill which makes it
the duty of sheriffs to levy and collect
an assessment of 5 cents per head on
sheep brought from other states for the
purpose of pasturage on public ranges.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER,
Downing, Hspktns Company's IUtUw
r tnu,
The wheat markets during the week
just closed have been under the control
it short Boilers. Prominent operators
have taken a hand in the deal, and the
result has been very heavy unloading
of long wheat and a drop in the price
of May at Chicago on Friday to 78o,
with, however, a reaction before the
close on Saturday to 70c; a subsequent
decline of half a oent from this latter
price with final closing figures at 76k'ct
a loss for the week of 4 6-8c The mar
ket at the beginning of the week had
settled itself into a scalping affair with
the tendency lower, on the telling out
of long lines and the pressing of sales
by people who favor that aide under
any and all circumstances. Dullness
begets sagging markets, and the disap
pearance of au outside interest in the
market is, in part, responsible for the
break this week. The public has been
loaded up, waiting to get out more ad
vantageously, or else sellers have been
overdoing 'the thing to the extent that
when anything does come favorable for
a rise there will be some tall hustling
to cover. The fact remains, however,
that the seller has been greatly favored
in the newt and by the considerations
mentioned. Fluctuations have been
more frequent and the oft-repeated
stories of cash business at the different
markets would give one an impression
that holders were resorting to desperate
means in order to bolster up an already
lest cause. There is a cash demand for
wheat all the time, of course, but it is
not up to sensational proportions or of
such an amount as to result in the buy
ing of futures by the speculative pub
lic, and herein lies the weakness of the
position assumed by the investor iu
wheat. ... i
On the surface, the foregin crop ad
vices are just as they were when May
wheat in Chicago was selling 10c per
bushel higher than at present, but still,
and strange to say, Liverpool cables
have been coming lower each day since
the week commenced.
Markat notations.
Portland, Or., Feb. 3, 1897.
, Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadm
and Dayton, $4.40; Benton county and
White Lily, 4.40; graham, $4.00; su
perfine, $3.80 per barrel.
Wheat Walla Walla, 8183o; Val
ley, 84 (8 5c per bushel.
Oats Choice white, 3940o per
bushel; choice gray, 8840o.
. Hay Timothy, $1814.00per ton;
clover, $9.0010.00; wheat and oat,
$8.00(310 per ton.
Barley Feed barley, $18.00 per ton;
brewing, $30.
Millstttffs Bran, $15.00; shorts,
$16. B0; middlings, $26.
Bntter Creamery, 4045o; Tilla
mook, 40c; dairy, 83)30o.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 70 80c;
Early Rose, -7080o per sack; Call.
fornia river Burbanks, 55o per cental;
sweets, $3.00(32.35 per cental for Mer
ced; Jersey Red, $3.50.
Onions $1.10 1.85 per sack.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00(3
3.25; geese, $6.00; turkeys, live, 13o;
ducks, $4 (g 4. 60 per dozen.
Eggs Oregon, 20 per dozen.
Cheese Oregon, lSJo; Young
America, 18 Wo per pound.
Wool Valley, 10c per pound; East
ern Oregon, 68c , . , ,.,
Hope 9 10c per pound.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3. 75 3. 00;
cows, $2.253.50; dressed beef, 4
6Xo per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, $3.00(88.25; dressed mut
ton, 6 X 6o per pound.
. Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $3.25
8.50; light and feeders, $3. 50 8. 00;
dressed, $4. 00 4. 50 per cwt
Veal Large, 65s'c; small, 6(g
6j per pound.
Seattle, Wash., Feb. 2, 1897.
Wheat Chicken feed, $37 per ton.
Oats Choice, $23 24 per ton.
BarleyHoned or ground, $23 per
ton. . "
Corn Whole, $21 per ton; cracked,
$20; feed meal, $33.
Flour (Jobbing) Patent excellent,
$5.25; Novelty A, $4.75; California
brands, $5.60; Dakota, $5.50; patent,
$6.25. ,
Millstuffg Bran, $15.00 per ton;
shorts, $19.
, Feed Chopped feed, $17.25 per ton;
middlings, $22; oilcake meal, $29.
Hay Puget sound,-per ton, $9.00
10.00; Eastern Washington, $14.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 24c; select, 23c; tubs, 22c;
ranch, 18a
Cheese--NativeWashington,12Wa
Vegetables Potatoes, per ton, $18
20; parsnips, per sack, 75c; beets, per
sack, 60c; turnips, per sack, 60c; ruta
bagas, per sack, 75o; carrots, per sack,
85 45c; cabbage, per 160 lbs, $1.60;
onions, per 100 lbs, 91 1.26.
Sweet potatoes Per 100 lbs, $8.00.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 8o; dressed, 910c; ducks,
$3. 00 8. 60; dressed turkeys,. 15.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 23c; Eastern,
19o per dozen.
Freeh Meats Choice dressed beef,
steers, 6c; cows, 6o; mutton, sheep,
7o per pound; lamb, 6c; pork, 5o per
pound; veal, small, 0C.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 6(36; salmon,
66; salmon trout, 710; flounders
and soles, 8 4a
Provisions Hams, large, 11c; hams,
small, llc; breakfast bacon, 10c;
dry salt sides, 6c per pound.
San Francisco, Feb. 2, 1897.
Potatoes Salinas Burbanks, 75
90o; Early Rose, 75 85c; River Bur
banks, 6075o; sweets, $1.00 1.25
per cental.
Onions $1.25 1.60 per cental.
Eggs Store, 16 17c; ranch, 17 19.
Butter Fancy creamery, 20 21c; do
seconds, 1719c; fancy dairy, 15c;
seconds, 12 13c '
Cheese Fancy mild, new, 10c;
fair to good, 7 (a 9c; Young America,
11c; Eastern, 12 14o.
Wool Choice mountain, 6 7c; poor
do, 4 5c; San Joaquin plains, 85o;
do foothill, 6 8o per pound.
Hay Wheat, $8.00 11; wheat and
oat, $7 10; oat, $8.008.00; barley,
5.006.60; alfalfa, $6.007.50; clover,
$6.008.00; stock, $5.008. 00 per ton.
Tropical Fruit Bananas, $1.00
2.00 per bnnch; pineapples, $24.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, naval, $1.60
2.60; seedlings do, 75c1.25; com
mon lemons, f 1.00 1.25; good to
choice, $1.602.00; fancy, $2. 25 2. 60
per box.
Apples Common, 60 75c per box;
Eastern, $2.00 a 8. 00 per barrel.
"It is a surt'.inf fuct that, almett
without exception, the adulterated
teas are dangerous to health. Some
of them art aotunlly poisonous."
" ' At K rW
Yes; some not all. But
that isn't the point You
drink tea because you like
it- not because it is good
for you.
The wholesome tea is
also the best-tasting: Schil
ling's Best at grocers' in
packages.
Sehl'Huf ft. Compos?
goa ! rascisc SOT '
Determined women have invaded
another educational citadel. The uni
vorsity of Edinburgh has granted the
degree of M. A. to Misses Ueddea and
MaeUregor.
TBI MKANINO OF IT.
Very often we give th wrong meaning to
a word and thereby make serious mistakes.
For Instance, the true and literal meaning
of the word rheumatism is "aches or pains
of the muscles, bones and joints of the hu
man body." It Is general and not specific
Also the word relief does not mean cure.
Kvlief may be but a short ewsnt ion of pain.
Hut when we say St. Jacobs Oil cures rheu
matism promptly and permanently, we
mean it conquers pain quieklv with no re
turn of it, unless the sutlerer Hives cause
for a new attack, and then it will cure
again. It matter not whether it Is chronic,
acute or inflammatory, it will cure. That
is sura, be sure of it.
There is a house in Paris occupied
by over fifty tenant who for twenty
years have never paid any rent, the
landlord being unknown.
TO OCT OUT Or TBI WAT
When troubls Is coming, Is obvlnnsly th part
of common Sonne. An obstruction of th
bowels is a serious obstacle to health. To set
this oat ol the way Is an easy mailer with tin
thorough laxative. Hosteller's Stomach Bit
ters, which, although It affords relief, nevtir
srlpesand convulses like a drastic purRstlve.
ijrIepia, malaria, aiuney ana rneuniatto
allmeius and nervousues yield to this (suiai
A German has been granted patent
on a sewing needle made with the cen
ter and eye end flat, the rest . of the
needle being round.
I shall recommend Piso's Cure for Con
sumption fur and wide. Mrs. Mulligan,
Pluutstead, Kent, England, Nov. 8, 18US.
There are more than 200,000 volumes
in the National Library of Mexico, and
additions are being made by every
steamer from New York and Europe.
The asparagus aerved at the Elysee
banquet in honor of the czar cost three
franca a stalk, or 90 cents a bundle,
and there were 200 guests.
America bat over
islands round its coast.
five thousand
Gladness Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts gentle efforts pleasanteff orts
rightly directed. There ia comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes, unai is wuy it ia tne oniy
remedy with millions of families, and la
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acta. It is therefore
all important, in order to get ita bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that 'you have the genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and told by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of s laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
figs stands highest and is most largely
Jtled and gives most general satisfaction.
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CLEVER KSOAPES.
Bow tome Orcadians Have Bvad4
the freaa liana.
A recent visitor to the Orkney Islands
employed himself In gathering from
the native many tales and tradltlont
of" the experience of Orcadian mun
during th day of th preat gang
tale which form th attipla of story
tolling In the Islands, and are handed
down with grviit exactness and detail.
Although many of the Islander wei
pressed Into the navy, many escaped,
by daring and cleverness lu eluding th
presa-gauga, and they wer slHclontly
aided In their escapes by th wouiou. '
One mau, Itobert Miller, wa about
to be married, th guests had assem
bled, and the ceremony wat about to
begin, when th dreaded press-gang ar
rived. Th hated men wer to hotly
received by the ladle. Inciudlug th
bride and her maids, who treated them
not only to sharp words, but alto to
more or lest dangerotit missiles, that
they were forced to beat a retreat
No sooner wr they gone than th
door were locked, a back wludow
lifted, and Into the room bounded the
bridegroom, who had beau seenrted
during th turmoil. He was arrayed
from head to foot In feminine attire,
and wits married Just at he was, In
petticoat and bodice, ready to fly In
Rtautly In hit disguise should th gang
return. ' ' ; .
Two girls, Barbara Wick and Bar
bara Dlnnle, distinguished themtvlvet
by rushing from their spinning-wheels
to cover the retreat of two young men,
pursued In their dory by a crulsefa
boat; one of the youtha being the first
Barbara'! betrothed.
They watched th shoreward race,
encouraged the exhausted rowers,
minted out the best landlng-placo at
the foot of a crag, meanwhile gathering
stoues In their aprons, and a th
luiuted men leaped ashore they helped
them up the cliff, and then, bidding
thorn run on, protected their flight by
hurling stone upon th tailor who
tried to follow. . .
Barbara Wick fought to fiercely that
It waa long r any man dared fac her,
but at last one, bolder than tho rest,
sprang up, broke past her range of
atoning, and not wishing to hurt to
gallant an enemy yet latent on puulsh-
Ing her little In a fashion he deemed
suitable to a pretty girl, caught ber In
bit arms to kiss her. But he only
courted dlsaater, for she flung biro
from ber no violently that he fell back
on hi mate, and each over-throwing
the other, the whole of them rolled pell-
niell down the rocks, while Barbara
lover and hit companion made their es
cape.
One bright young fellow, with plenty
of fortitude, saved himself by an In-
genloua ttratagem. "Tie, too, was en
gaged to be married, and waa deter
mined not to be taken from his sweet
heart. He waa pursued and headed off.
Seeing capture Inevitable, before he
could be reached he stripped off his
clothes, rolled In a bed of nettle, and
dressed again.
When the gang came up he submitted
to be taken; but on being brought be
fore the surgeon to be examined, hit
whole body wat found to be frightfully
blistered from head to foot, and '.he
dismayed official, supposing him to be
suffering from some shocking tkln dis
ease, that was probably contagious.
hastily released blm. He wa dechired
unfit for bis majesty's service, and al
lowed to return to his lady-love and
nurse his blisters In peace.
LiOoklng Ahead.
A. sojourner In a New England fac
tory town, during one of her after
noon walks, came upon a peculiar sight
About a mile out of the town there
was a small white cottage Inhabited by
a family of French-Canadian who
were employed In the factory. A he
approached the house she saw that a
border of black paint about a foot wide
had been added to th original white
since her last visit. ,
The wlndowe were outlined by thl
rusty black, a border surrounded the
door, ran under the eave-trough and
generally spenklng, defined the contour
of the cottage. The owner of the
bouse sat smoking on the doorstep, and
greeted the pajser-by with a melan
choly smile of recognition. :
"Why, Mr. Jacot," said the young
woman, "Isn't that black border on
the bouse something new?'
"It speaks true," responded the mel
ancholy householder. "My wife bav
die, and the black border Is for a mourn
a grief, you comprehend?" ,
. "I am very sorry," sold the young
woman, gravely; "but It seems sad for
the children to be constantly reminded
of their loss In that way, and for you,
too."
"It la not for alway," returned the
melancholy Canadian, an exprcaelon of
surprise crossing hi face at hi visit
or's densenea. "It I for a mourn
a grief but not for alway. Observe
I have put but only one coat of paint
of tbe black. She U easy to change,
to make bright; the black is good for
under afterward."
The caller pursued her way, some
what perplexed at thl mingling of
forethought and' grief; but a month la
ter, on passing the bouse, the taw her
former melancholy friend sitting on the
step again, but not alone. A young
and pretty woman, whom he proudly In
troduced a his wife, sat beside him;
and scrutinizing the border of a cheer
ful green which now defined the out
line of the cottage, the passer-by dis
covered that the black . had indeed
made a good foundation "for under aft
erward." Entitled to Dlecoaot,
Mr. Cash Don't you think I'm pay
ing you too much for giving my daugh
ter piano lessons? Prof. Crochet will do
It for half the money.
. Mr. K note worth j Oh, well, be can
afford to.
Mr. Cash Why, 1 be so very well
fixed?
Mr. Knoteworthy I wasn't thinking
about hi money affair. H 1 atone
deaf. Boston Transcript
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"What was that noise J heard before
Mr. SteJly went?"
"I don't know, mamma, unless It wo
the qtiesrtton."
"What do you mean? What has a
question to do with notse?"
"He popped It" Brooklyn Mfe.
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