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About The Medford mail. (Medford, Or.) 1893-1909 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 13, 1899)
P PURELY PERSONAL. Jack Morris was down from Ashland this week. Atlornoy 0. W. White returned, to Portland Saturday evening. i PiankCox leturnod this week from a two yours' stay In various California localities. MifH Myrtle Nioholson, a typo m Thk MAIL olllce, visited ovor ounuay wun Central Point friends. Prof. A. J. Hanbv. teacher in the Willow springs district, was In the olty Wednesday upon business. Geo. Portar returned from Wimor last week, where he has been oiermng for Merchant J . w. Kooineon. Mm. V. J. fit ur ires, of Grants Pass, it visiting Modford frlonds the guest of Merchant Meeker ana lamuy. T7 SiiLbm. nf Phoenix, was in Med ford last week upon business. He has a saw-mill whloh he is desirous of dis posing of. Goo. E. Niohols, tho very olever and gontlemanlv Kackot store man 01 uoia Hill, was tn tlio olty Tuesday upon business. Thos. Mo Andrews, Jr., was In from Tads this week maklnar 11 1 in its ou a homestead which ho recently took up in that locality Win. R-mtiot. of Sawyer Bar, Calif., was In Medford this week looking after some mine investments whtou lie con templates making. T. Nepaoh, of Portlaud, manager of the Nloolai milling company, was in Medford this week upon a visit to Perry Stewart and family. Jamas Hansen was at Jacksonville yesterday upon a brief visit to his . crippled aaugnier, aopnia, woo is at tending the Sisters' schools. Mrs. Mullen, of Grants Pass, came to Medford Tuesday and is now stop ping out with Mrs. M. A. Williams, who is in quite feeble health. Mrs. A. J. Anderson and Mrs. Hattle Bartlett returned to their home at Ft. Jones, Call ., after a few weeks' visit with Medford friends and relatives. Miss Allie Klipple was at Central Point Saturday night, her mission be ing that of installing officers in the De gree of Honor lodge, A. O. U. W of that place. Mrs. Chas. Child's and family re turned last week from Leland, where Charlie has been employed in mining for some time. He is now engaged in a like vocation at Wi.ner. R. W. Gray came down from the mills Monday evening, and upon re turning Tuesday he was accompanied by Mrs. Gray, Who has been staying In Medford for several months. Ed. Wells came up from Gold Hill yesterday upon business but he didn't have time to do much too busy shak ing hands with his friends every per son of whom is which in Modford. Joe Olwell, he who has been clerk ing in the Deuel & Stevens mercantile establishment for several months, is taki g a few weeks' lay-off aud has re turned to his home at Central Point. W. B. Roberts returned Monday from a visit to the mines at Leland. He re ports that a day and night force is be ing worked at the mine and that there is plenty of water for all mining pur poses. - Merchant W. B. Stevens and family left Medford Monday evening for their new home at Albany. Numerous friends were at the depot to bid them farewell all profi so with wishes for the fam ily's happiness In their new home. Jce Caskey, the blacksmith, is down from Ashland for a few days' visit. Joe claims to have good reasons for staling that Medford is the best town in Southern Oregon. While this bit of encouragement is good to hear, it is not news to us people we have known it all the time. M. Perkins, he who baa been at work at the Proudfoot-Gray saw mills, on Kogue river, came to Medford Monday after his daughter. The two returned to the mills Tuesday where the young lady will act as governess to Mr. frice's children. Mr. Perkins will resume his work at the mill. Merchant C. I. Hutchison left Tues day morning for Pasadena, Calif., for a visit to Mrs. H , who has been Btopplng in that city with her sister, Mrs. Shaffer, for the past four or five months. Mrs. Shaffer's health is not much im proved. Mrs. Hutchison may return with her husband for a few weeks' stay at home.' W. W. Edlngton was up from Cen tral Point last week upon business. The gentleman reports, as have many others of the valley, that good fortune in the shape of crop: and stock smiled upon him during the season of '98 and In his own language: "There are but few of us fellows who did not do well last year." Jap O'Harra was up from Tolo Mon day upon business. Among his several purchases was a year's subscription to THK Mail for his brother at Pendle ton, Ore. Jap reports the recent pocket find in the old Tolo mine as being a good one and that the gentlemen who made the find are making ready to open the ledge up still further. Postmaster F. M. Manning, of Leads, was in the valley this week upon business-"He reports about six Inches of snow at his place and pretty plenty la grippe. Pretty nearly everybody baa 'been sick, he says, but they are all bet 'ter now. In many cases a speedy cure was effected by tUt use of. a, balsam nude from wbJt pine boughs. ' A. C. Edler, of Lake Creek, was In Medford Tuesday upon business. He is one of the several prosperous farmers and slock men of that locality, and he has It put up that next year's stock business will be a profitable one to pro ducers. He Is winte ing about forty head and don't propose to sell in the spring, as he has heretofore done, Mies Laura Burnett left Medford Sat urday evening. for her home at Eugene, where she will remain until sometime in April when she will probably return and again take a position as trimmer in Mrs. L. J. Soars ralllliiory establish ment a position which she has held for several months pant nnuV proved very intiafucUiry ullke to Mrs. Scars and her patrons. M.'E. Wood and son, Freddie, of Wouvorviilt', Calif., arrived In Medford this week and will remain with us for a time, tie liaa reooutly disposed of his confectionery business tu Weaver vlllo. It is tho senllumun'a wife. Mrs. It. M. Wood, who purchased tho Crater In this oily a few weeks ago and who is Dtiuuing up a good trade. Mr. Wood Is n Hue appearing guntlumaii uud Tut" MAIL Hopes lie will stny with us. W, H. Noroross, the Central. Point nurseryman, was In Medford Monday do reports that Inst year his uursurv business made a line advance In the way of stilus and satisfaction to nil pur chasers, ins opinion rigut now is mat next season, or rather, this setunn. will mark a greatly Inurcnsod demand for his stock ot trees, which trues ho states could not possibly be In hotter sliaixi ihan they are now. He will havn out this year more agents than heretofore aud these will cover thoroughly nil of soutnorn urogon. Chas. M. Barker, from Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, as In Medford last week upon a search for hit lather, who Is some place ou tho coast, hut Just wnere no is uuaoie lo state. I no oiu gentleman Is 1)5 years of age and he has not oeen noara trout Dy ills son since 'IK). A man of his dosorintlnn wnt seen at MoAllister springs a couple, of veara ago, but nodenulto trace was scoured. His last known stopping plaoo was ttoeuurg. Mr. HarKor led this week for the Sound country where ho tuluks his father may have gone. H. W. Stevens and family loft Med ford Tuesday evening tor Albany where tney win reside in me luture, Mr Stevens haviug ongaged as salesman for tne nrm oi w. u. Slovens A Co., in that olty, Mr. Stevens has been a very able salesman with the firm of D-iuol & Stevens in this oity for the past tlireo or four years and has made many menus, ma tamiiy isamostostimaoie one and they leave many friends In tuts locality vhoira snrrv of their lin ing. ThesIail wishes them success in their new placo of abode. Rev. Haberly on 'Seaman's Abuses" Editor Mkdford Mail, Dear Sir: Will von kindly allow me snace to call attention to the report of tho com mittee ot the Portland Chamber nf Com merce on "Seaman's Abuses?" The ob ject of the report is to give information to the people of Oregon on an abuse and system of cruelty perpetrated upon one of our most important class of workmen the seamen, and to cause the people to urge their representatives and state senators to support a bill to correct the evil. From the report before me I find that there arrived in Portland during the year ending July 1, 1898. 2.1S2 seamen. of whom 778 deserted their ships at rortland, which is lust a trine more than thirty-six per cent of the entire number. Hut the great niaiority are not deserters. They are enticed and de coyed from their vessels. They aro in timidated with threats and forced from their vessels bv "cnmDS." or sailor boarding house keepers. Sometimes the captains connive and even consent to this method of voiding contracts which usually run for three years. The sail ors thus lose their entire wages if they desert the ship and the captains and the crimps profit thereby. After these sail ors have been gotten from their vessels tney are detained In the hoarding house until they are "sold." to departing ves sels. For shipping these men the board ing nouse Keeper receives from too to 1107.50 each. About 51,000 was paid last year to these crimps, ahanghaiers and boarding house keepers by the cap tains oi tne vessels wnicn come to fort land during the year. The whole thing is an outrage and a blot upon the fair name ot our state. It is a crime that has few parallels for the boldness and cruelty of its operators. These poor workmen are robbed in Portland alone. of about $100,000 a year, estimating the amount due sailors at about the same as the amount which is charged for re- shipping them. Why should this in justice be tolerated any longer? Why should a class of laborers who earn every cent of their meager wages, be permitted to be robbed and cheated with lew or no friends to assist them or protect them in their rights? 18 this Portland 9 affair; Uf course the good name of Portland suffers most. but toe shame falls upon the whole state. And then there is another and a very practicul view of the matter to take which vitally interests all farmers and shippers of the state. Every dollar added to the cost of marketing our pro ducts is taken from the profits of the producer. Captains of vessels have re peatedly said that an extra freight charge was necessary to compensate for the annoyances, risks and fraudulent charges of libel, by means of which ships and shipmasters are compelled lo jay tribute to these extortioners and rauds. Oregon's farmers and pro ducers are therefore forced to contribute annually about $150,000 or $200,000 to a lot of worthless and vicious men. A bill is to be introduced in the pres ent legislature to rectify the evil. Let every citizen who has any lore for hu manity ; every workman who wishes to help bis fellow workman to receive just and fair compensation for his labor; everv producer of any article which is shipped abroad, write a note to oar rep resentatives in Salem and urge them to support the proposed legislation on tin subject. Our senator Is Hon. T Cam eron; our representatives are Messrs E. V: Carter, E A. Sherwln and Matthew Stewart. . Drop each a card addressed to Salem. Yours for humanity and justice. Rev. Adolph Hahkri.y. "In an election contest in Yolo county, California, Judge Gladdis has rendered a decision 'rejecting the entire vote of, South Precinct because tbe election officer twice during the election day locked up the polling place and went to a . . i e . 1. .. farm nouse amue away iur weir meals.' Yreka Journal. Doctor MEYERS 4, CO. Specialists for Men nMu mIdhi mna coB tncUi llmeaU lines 1881, Tbr nftv tl luiMl w bwt tqutlipwl mllel In iitltutlon, snS tlit moit Ha Pay Till Cares, UrdbrtQUt am lio ou. net call .bonis wrlu for Ml fUtMlprtTtUlw- . ir.r. iMl SSTSSUSHSOirVISRS. TtoS.od, ,,! .t bom.. All MuntoctAatttU No Casrf for CosislUltoa. 731 ?aWai?co I County Commlloner' Court. ' Paul 'Gaston's claim for $(1(1.75, as damage lor articles lust ou free lorry near Eaglo Point, continued. F 1) Wngnor, printing dullnquont tux Hat, $121.o0: continued. Tho luxes having been paid on lots 8 uud 0, seo 34, tu ail, r 1 w, ui on whtuh Jackson County holds a certificate, tho unriuicutn is enneeiieu. Bond of J C Pondloton, usscssor, tu the sum of fcHHKl, npprovud. Hospital report ot lCuilI DuKoboam, keeper, approved. County otllours' reports examined, unmnarad and annroved. All of tp 88 south, range 4 west, lying in Jackson County, auuou ui ruau uis trlot No 27. Township 88 south, r 8 w, added to lo road district No Seotion 8(1, tp 82 s, r 2 w, added to road district No 81, Onlnrad that a warrant for $07.07 be drawn on road fuud in favor of Joshua Patterson for Improvement la road dis trict No 8. A warrant for $15 druwu on speolal couiitv fund fur nostagu stutilLM. Semi-annual suttloinuut with sheriff and tx collector oontluuud until fruo ruarv. Iu matter of a ohango In county road through premises of lieo V Wlnctrout; continued, Tax levy for Jackson County (or 1808: Stato purposes, 6 70-100 mills ou each aud every dollar; county school pur poses, 6 mills; Indlgunt soldiers, A-100 mills; .county purposes, 10 75 100 mills; total, 21 60-100 mills. The foregoing levy makes an Increase of about $11,400 over tho amount levied for tho same purpose last year, of which sum $10,000 Is tho Increase lu tho lew for state purposes and tho balance, $1400, Is tho inoreaso on tho amount levied for county purposes. Dills allowed. The following bills were allowed at the January meeting of the County Commissioners' couit : Wm S Crowell, oounty Judge. Alex Orme ..I no oo xa 33 260 IU Gus Newbury.. PoierApptcgate US SS LLJubk. aM O A Gregory, superintendent M S3 Owen Kegn. Janitor u John Watklns U Que Newbury, freight charges on steel lurilliuro lor recoroor s oiui-o, express oa evidence sent to supreme court. SS.HS SI 'B A J Florey end others, drawing iurj list for Kagle Potnl 7 00 A S Jacobs aud others, drawing Jury list (or Central Total. 1 00 Geo Illues, team hire lor .county pur- poses 10 AO A J Heck, supplies for E Hubbard, Indigent.. 8 00 Dr Cbas Hluos, medical aorrlccs to trflmu and to urlHOnora . O W Cbas Hamilton, work on Foormans creek oruige b w Bounty on coyote scalps 16 00 HMmpH llros. suoDlies for Indigents 6 0U Glass & Prudhommo. document Hies acd enrolooes a w J N.uuan, supplies for Hatch MX) groceries lor jir nuuwu iu ot' suonliea for f) Fierce 10 00 John Engle, riprapplng bank of oreek at Lake Creek bridge... . 40 00 St Louis Art Metal Co, metal vault furniture ror reooraor wtw w H McKee, m feet of lumbor far Big Hutlobruire asi S P DeKoboam. meals for Jurors 0 Chris Ulrica, lumbor and chair bottoms I Xi Circuit court expense bill. December... 0UI bo E U rnipps. pnniiag aosiraci id mil G A Gregory, holding local institutes at roao tax suit iv w uoia Hill ana -raieni.. t 60 aIpt Drain, hoanllnff nriBOnera durinr December w tu Boys' and Girls' Aid Society, oare and maintenance of Geo Lathrop 80 00 Alex Orme. waahing, ete, for prisoners. . 9 9& Pour Applegate, settlag up ateel Hies In rollers In recorder's offlce 00 G H Hasklns. medlolnea for Courtney.. 7 SO J C Ferguson, supplies for Indlgenta.... 6 96 J A Jeffrey, services In supreme oourt, Frank L Smith oase SO 00 Dr Chas Hlnea. post mortem examina tion of body of J Whlteman IS 40 C C Gall and assistants, drawing Jury list at Table Rock TOO JBR Moretook and assistants, drawing jury ust in uoia mil- w B U Foudray et al, drawing Jury list for Eden oreclnet 7 00 J w Robinson, medicine for prisoners and Indigents 7 80 J W Robinson, lumber for roaa dlstrlot No m a a Indigent allowanee for 9 women 64 00 Martin Perry, commissioner, 6M days' services 30 00 n li Butler, commissioner, 4 days and 69 miles 21 SO V P Smith, Indigent supplies 10 00 wm uroweu, irausporiaiion ana lor sundries TOO Arthur Wilson, repairs to tools, district No a " 4 00 W W Krb, bounty on coyote scalp 1 26 B G Pern am, repairing Evans creek and Galls creek bridges 86 44 Jos A Wilson, work on Jail and court nouse a ou M E Woriow, lumber for bridge, district No 7 8 60 Glass ft Prudhomme, records and sup- piles 89 L L Jacobs, supplies for treasurer's of. nee 4 hi 12 DeKoboam. caring for and burying Murlon. a state pauper 6 00 F P Smith, supplies for indigents 10 00 Funds on Hand County Treasury. County Treasurer Jacobs reports the following sums of money on hand at commencement of year 1899: General Fund I 8457 44 County Schools ,' 4331 91 Koad Fund 91 fj Institute Fund 17 26 Soldiers' Relief Fund.. 96 44 special County Fund 19 68 Surplus Tax Sales 809 61 City of Medford. . 18 92 Ulty oi Asaiana im r School District No I 12 IB " " " r 314 96 " " 0.. 41 49 " " " 18. 01 04 " " "28 SO 07 " " 89 01 44 86 " " 49 mm 63 7 84 " " 66. 16 00 " " " 69 128 38 " - ' " 00. 17 97 " " " 67 187 00 ' " " 73 9 49 Total am't In hands of treasurer....! 8428 20 How to Prevent Pneumonia. You are uerhaDS aware that nnoumo- nia always results from a cold or from an attack of la grippe. During the epidemic of la grippe a few years ago wnen ho many oases resulted in pneu monia, it was observed that tbe attack was never followed by that disease when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy was used. It counteracts any tendency of a cold or la grippe to result in that dan gurous disease, it is tne nest remedy in the world for bad colds and lagrippn. Every bottle warranted. Cor sale by Chas. Strang, druggist. Medford: Dr. J. Hinkle, Central Point, Advertised Letter List. Followinff Is a list of letters remaining un oallod for in the Modford postotlico on January II, ion. Costels, Geo Dearlng, Edward Polndextor, Walter Lnrvercrze, Mrs Albert Smith, Mrs Borlba ' SlmjiHon, Koborl Turnor, John A charge of one oent will bo made unoti de ivory ut uiicu oi mu anuvu luiicrs i Porsons calling for any of the above otlerr will pleasosay " AUvarttiMl," I M. ruimm, Postmaster, LUt of Juror (or 1899, following are tho Jurors drawn thooouuty court for lliu year I Him; AHIUiAND, . II H Evans, liiuruhaiit Wm Addison, funnel' U Winter, luuruliuut J Leslie Uorlii'ti, civil ongliiuni' I'' II Our I ui', liiinkor I V Hurries, merchant J K Van Sum, luui'ohiiut J I' Dodge, iiiuruh nut II 1'' Keener, iiierohuiil C M I'uley, merchant II C MesMi get', iiiiiuufuetui'ui' O VV Smith, (tinner lleo Oivuus, (m iner Uuo Dunn, (itriner Uouiui' Uitrroii, furmur 0 II Voglil, uupllnllst Wm II Hhophurd, lunner U K Sutton, liveryman Jacob Thompson, capitalist b M IthoUes, merchant J U Saylos, dollvuryiuan W A Patrick, dark A O Siienoer, farmer Ceo Cruwson, merchant . M Hurry, oltluial It P Null, manufacturer Joseph Alnut, capitalist John J Murphy, furmur J L Ur.ubh, (armor (i M Crulugor, miner U S (1 Ueliiiun, lloi'lst Win lluvenur, ineruhiuit Horace lliuks, capitalist J li K Uulohlns, furmur Jesse tiuuuk, merchant Wm Myor, furmur C Furnhuiu, uiiiuufaoturer Kay Mlnklur, merchant C li Nlningcr, capitalist John K Norris, merchant GOLD HILL. Thos P Kali lor, merchant J W Murksburry, merchant 1 K DoUoy, murubaut J W McDougal, (armor W S MuClure, inluur J U Cruwford, (armor J J Houck, manufacturer 0 K Hammersley, farmer W E Darling, farmer K E Mluer, capitalist UOC'K POINT. Homy While, (arniur licnj liuyinond, morohuiit J U Smith, manufacturer Wm H Newton, farmer UNIONTOVVN. S R Coflman, farmer Phil ileavo, farmer Jus Buckley, farmer Zach Cameron, capitalist W H tlostwlck, farmer Miles Cantrall, farmer KDKN. J Q Norton, (armor W It Coleman, farmer L A Kose, (armor C Klinohnmmcr, farmer J O'Toolo, mechanic Jos liuklll, mucbanlo F E Purry, farmor W U Bishop, fanner John W Mills, farmer C K Stewart, farmer JACKSONVILLE, W MuPberson, farmer John B , farmer W 8 Itaypholtz, farmer Frank E B; bee, farmer N H Spencer, farmer David Linn, merchant A Thompson, capitalist John Marsh, farmer Adam Schmidt, mechanic Uwen Koegau, mechanic Petor Elmer, farmer Bert Barnes, jeweler W J Boosey, farmer L F Christian, farmer P Dooogan, meohauic J M Guuhes, farmer H V Helms, merchant N Klne, farmer L A Murphy, merchant John 8 Ortb, merchant A Scbmldtleln, meohanlo J H Shldelor, farmer J as A Wilson, mechanic PLEASANT CKEKK. John Owe Qs. farmer John liillis, farmer Jos Burkhartt, farmer Chas Williams, farmer J W Scott, farmer MEDFORD. 1 A Mounce, merchant J W Redden, horticulturist Thos McAndrews, capitalist G H Haskins, merchant Chas Straog, merchant W H Goro, farmer S Rosenthal, merchant J O Ferguson, merchant J D Grlzzel, mechanic Arthur Wells, drayman .1 W Miller, meubanlc S W Bpetts, farmer D T Scars, capitalist Cbas Phlester, horticulturist W T York, agent Billion Hill, farmor Frank Stephenson, farmer G L Schermerhora, merchant 0 W Prlddy, oontraotor Ed Pottengur, merchant W B Jackson, bookkeeper B F Ad kins, capitalist H E Boyden, merchant D Brooks, tinner A S Bliton, publisher Fred Barn&burg, oapltalisl E W Starr, capitalist 1 A Wnbb, merchant W F Hulley, oontraotor CENTRAL POINT. W J Freeman, merchant W M Gregory, Jr, farmer Frank Amy, farmer W W Scott, farmer R C Hensley, farmer Bon Beall, farmor J W Smith, farmor Oliver Bursoll, farmer John Clements, contractor John Olwell, farmer Ralph Dean, farmer Wm Wright, farmer J W Ingram, minor S Mlnnlok, farmer W H Noroross, farmer O R Pnnkry, farmer C A Pruitt, farmer CItlMNBY HOOK. W C Daley, farmer OI1118 Kinglo, farmer J W Nichols, farmer J W Slingor, farmor STKItLINO. II E Ankony, minor J II Crump, miner WOODVILLE, Wm. J Brcedcn, farmer Chnrles White, fiti'inor Oscar Slmpklns, farmer U F Carter, fanner O M Irvin, firmer Vt'ATKINS. C B Dews, farmer W It Phillips, furm!i' H H Mltchull, farmer Meadows ,1 D fihem't-r, minor Htemnboitt by MAOI.H POINT, Thos Nichols, limner Thos Klley, fanner Jacob Walsh, furmur Ouo W Huuknthiirii, furmur A C ilowhill. funnel' A Pool, inooiiaiilu D Olhgiiuld, funnel' Jo Kuilor, fanner It It M Intel', funnel' TAIII.U lllHIK. W It Dleklsiiu, fai'iuor . Juspur Kogui'H, fai'iuer Doiinlo Diiggmi, dii'iiiui' W M Uimtt. lariiHii' Perry Foslor, furinor J O Miirtlii, ( inner H F Murine, furiuur ' M A Houston, fanner AIM'f.KUATK, J 0 Knutseii, funnel' Ernust O'lti len, farm sr John Louden, farmur - H A Kohkoph, fnrinur Frllx ltdiih, fnrmnr Jonathan Wells fanner TALENT. A Alford, furmur F, IC Anderson, lariuur Kiniuet Uiiuaon, furiuur H T Torrull, fanner D P Twojimid, furmur N I) lirophy, furmur S II Dunlnp, furiuur J E l'i'U, farmer THAIL. Arthur Morrison, fni'tiiur lliu voy Itleliai'ilHim, lurmur FfMITH OKKKIC. W S Covoi dale, furmur Geo l.iiiioo, minor miss leithjpaPFk ckoww. Wheat Child Ihe Lmr Said ah Waald lie m ) Some Uar, That Is a very interesting story which relates bow Mrs, Curson, when little Miss Letter, was seen strutting up and down a room wearing a paper crown while she remarked! "I will be a queen soma day." The lady who tells the slory, says the ctilongo Post, adds slgnlflcnotly that "many a truth Is spoken In Jest." All of which Is un deniably true, but at the same lime we have no speolal reason to believe Hint tho prvdlotlon has been verified or li likely to be verified, or that llttlo Miss Mary prophetically gave utterance to n spnrkliug truth, We suppose there has never been a little girl In this de lightful city of Chicago who line not ut one thno or another adorned her self with a paper crown and announced that she was going to be a queen. Lit tle girls have a weakness for this sort of tiling, and yet we hare no recolleo tlon that any young woman of out town has ever ascended a throne, save for temporary and unimportant pur poses. Somebody has said that all American women are queens. Of course, not even the women them- kelves believe such wild hyperbole, but It la a gallant remark, and If it makes them feel good for tbe time being there Is no objection to the phrase. Let the little girls play with their pa per crowns and utter their mock sol emn predictions, for we are making nisiory nowadays, and Cuba or Ha waii or the Philippines may yet ask for a queen. READY TO BE THRILLED. The narrowlasr Esparleaea ( West, ra Olrl While SlshtMlaar Im DoaCoa. Not many days ago a bright girl from a neighboring state stopped for a short tlmt In Chicago while on her way home from a lengthy stay at the Atlantic seacoast. This was her first vUlt east, and site had gone there pre pared to he thrilled by all sorts of emotions evoked by hlstorlo mem ories. She came back considerably dis illusionized and merrily tells several good stories st her own expense. While lu Boston she went sight-seeing un der tbe guidance of her slster-In-lnw, and declares that while lu tbe C'opp'i Hill burying ground she had the thrill of her life. The old cemetery Is, of course, a good place for arousing pa triotic emotions, but when that Idea Is suggested to this western girl she juat smiles. "As soon as my slstcr-ln-Jaw and I got into the place," she said, "I found myself almost stepping over a grave with an inscription on a queer lit tl Iron-covered sort of tomb. I jumped back, feeling the way you do when you step on a grnve, and read the Inscription, Just three Initials, no name or date. 'Isn't it pntnetiof I aid to my sister-in-law. 'Oh, I don't know,' sho answered, 'B. W. W. menus Boston water works.' Oh, I bad a long thrill there for about fire seo onds, but it was the last, After the awful prosaic shock administered by my sister-in-law I believe I could stand at Adam's grave without a a quiver." THE LATE-STAYING CALLER. He Absolatelr Faroes Host sad Host ess to Utter Falaehoods aaa Thlatra Uaoompllaisatarr, Friend Staylate makes a call lu the evening. Conversation blithe and Joy ous, and repeated requests for him to remain yet a little while, lead him, not at all unwilling, to prolong his visit, writes Robert J. Burdette, In Ladles' Home Journal. He looks at hla watch with a gasp of genuine dismay, and hurries away slowly at lotit with pro fuse apologies for keeping us up until such an hour. "Oh, Indeed, nol" cho ruses the ontlre family. "This Is early for 11st We never think of going toour rooms until an hour later than this." Friend Staylate lolterB a moment ufter he gets outside the gate. Blam goes the doors hangl wangl slnml go tho shutters, calling harshly to each oth ers "Thought that follow never would (i-o I" Baugl "Why didn't he stay all night V" Siaml And the rattle of tho chuln cries: "Gone ntlnatl" Thcdnrk noes of the dungeon settloB down on the houses the family litis gone to lied, having relieved Its mind by doors and shutters that nre ready to tell the truth any time they nig given a ohaiico, PUN0EIIT PARAGRAPHS. "Have you seen the nose, tlr?" "Nose, sir? No, sir. What iiihw, sir?" "Why, Cyrano's, sir." (Fiiuerul sti'lutly rl vnU'), L, A. W. Ilulli'tlii, "Close lipl close up I" cried llis'lrlsh captain to his company, "How do ye raped lliu enemy tu hit ye If y K" t.1 niggling along lullu Hint?" Clilong" JOtll'lllll, Testing Paternal Login. Tommy "I'lipit, If a pearl's a gem, Isn't 11 gem a pearl?" Ills Fnllier "(Vrlnlnly, my son." Tommy "Then what's a dia mond ?" Jeweler's Week ly. Conjurer "Now, my little man. are you qultu sure there In nothing In your pocket?" Tommy "Yes, air positive. I The rabbit you put there before the per fnnimnei' got away." Answers. . Purchasing Pence. "Hopkins always curries coughdrnps lo the theater." "Is his oough troublesome?" "So; lie cur ries lliom tn quiet other people's coughs." !ilungn Dally Record. The Lieutenant "Is litis t one of your men over In Hint field?" The Orderly "His. air." "Who Is It?" "Fiiaselt, the ' plumber." "Wllnt Is he doing III that onion patch?" "Looking for leeks, sir " Yonlters .Statesmen. In one of the neighboring villages there la a cemetery, over tho guts of which there Is the following announce ment; "lly order of the Judge of the. civil registry only the ilrad who live lu this village shell be Interred in this ur croK)lls." Mexlenn Herald. iiw ,,, 1 mil 111 r 1111. mil,, iiiu,,, men," expostulated the old Presby terian elder, hotly, "Is that no a veery heavy fse you've ohargrd me?" "Hurely not, when you consider that I saved your life." "Hut why sns much firr keeping s nion oot o' Hrsv. en?" "Well, to tall you the truth," rs- sponded the doctor, ooolly, "I didn't know where you were going." Town Topics. ( PAINT'SAVED OUR SHIPS. The Dell TIat Used as War Fatal Made Taeas I'oer Tavsrete for Suealarde. "I am delighted to read the telegrams from Washington that the American warships aro being painted white again," said Col. K. II, drown at Ilia Huns limine the other night, Thaeolu usl is from Virginia City and, like most Mrvadana, he oscillates bulwern the Ituss and Palace boards at the first and talks politics In the rotunda of tho other. "White Is the eolor of peace, and that It what suits me," oonlluuod Cel. iJrown. "It sulls me eaprelnlly when It la wou In such a glorious fashion as was set by Dewey aud Sohley. When our floating fighting machines visit other countries they will still bo properly designated as the while navy, and no prettier or sturdier ships ever made furrows lu tho sen. "TlUs changing the color of our ships It expensive, built laagood inrestmrnt. When I was at flamingo dr Cuba an a press honl four weeks ngo I took a good look at the war boats In their fighting paint, and It convinced inn that the Yan kee who got up that Idea was no bevel l.ended amateur. He knew whatlie was doing, and the govrrnment was wise la " accepting the suggestion. "The dirty, neutral tint of thevesasls made them look as If they were merging into the marine waterscape. You could scarcely tell where the ships ended snd the water begwn, ao that It was much more difficult to draw a bend on them than if they had been painted In fmy clear color. The .Spaniards sre poor marksmen, of course, but I believe that our ships escaped many a shot and shell by putting on the neutral tint. Our American 'Indians always put on their war paint before going Into battle, and why shouldn't our fighting ships?" Sn Francisco Examiner. HOT OH THE WIRE. A Bit of lasaortaat Soeletr ftaws That Was Unforlanatelr Delayed. I The other night or, rather, it was early In the morning the telephone In a certain newspaper otllco rung loud and long. Moat of tho workers had gone home for the forty winks that ' newspaper people contrive to put in be- " tweun times, but there was one man nit , the "dog watch" that la, you know, ha was tbe one person detailed to stay around the olllce and lw ready for any thing from a murder to a fire. At that hour of the day about, well, same-, where around three a. m. when the telephone In a newspaper offlce rings e. It generally means a police story that Is worth looking up, so the "dog watch" huwtencd to answer the summons. "Hello!" said a volco. "Is it too lato to get something In to-morrow's paper?" "Oh,lt ls,"osuringly. The reporter rushed for a pod ot paper and a pencil, screwed his car up to the telephone again and Raid: "All right. Fire away, there." Then the voloa was beard again, trem- - "Tho engagement of Miss to Mr. Is announced." There was an oxploslon of wrath at tlie press end of the line, and the rules of tbe telephono company restraining iiate persons from Indulging in pro fanity were smashed In smithereens, "Why undor the blankety-blank-blank" (that wasn't exactly what was said, but It will do, you know), "didn't you send in such stuff earlier in the day?" . "But I couldn't," said the vole, npologctically. "You see, It just hap- pencd." Milwaukee Sentinel, A Noneondnctor, Manager of Trolley Line I Ihlnk we can take. you. What is your name?. Appllcn.nl Glass, "Good dnv. sir. Ynu can nevnv 1, '. Brooklyn Life,