Mr. Bowser clapped on bis bat and
I Correspondents
Jacksonville New.
' Hits Lulu Jones baa resumed Jier
nwitlon aa telephone operator. She
ww a Ttaltor.at Portkad.
- Mr. and Mrs. H. &. Aokenjr and
daughtera,DoUle and UKadys, hare re'
turned to their home is &ugne.
Harry Miller, who ha been rieitinK
; with rotatives in JaokdonTiue, re
amed to his borne In Sta Jose yea
tenter mornine. , His mother. Mrs.
Mary Miller, accompanied him to Med
ford.
James Mitchell, an old resident
of
this county, was found in a very orlt
ical condition on the road leading
from Jacksonville to Ituch. It is sup
posed that the old man fell over the
bank at the Pieroe mine.
A very pretty wedding took place
at the Oatholio church, of tuiB oity,
Wednesday morning, at 8 -MO, August
lfltb, when Miss Francis E. Oonegan
became the wife of Mr. l'rauk W,
Weloome. of Burns, Oregon. Rov.
Father Muttingly performed the cere
mony. The bride was fittondod by bor
Bister, Miss Jo Donegal!, and l'atriok
Donegan, Jr., acted aB best man,
The bride wore a beautiful gown of
white silk organdy and carried a bou
quet of white carnations. After tho
wedding breakfast was served at the
family residence of the bride. The
bride was the recipient of niany valu
able and beautiful presunte, consist
ing largely of out'glass and silverware.
Mr. Welcome is a prominent business
man of Burns, where the oouple will
mako their future home. Those
present besides the family were: J.
D. Buokley and family, S. P. DeRo-
boam and wife, MIbb Jiloauor J,
Orth and Miss Margaret McClellon,
of Rosebnrg. The happy oouple, ac
companied by the bride's sinter, MiBS
Jo Oonegnn, left on laat night's train
for Portland, where they will tako in
the Lewis and Clark fair aim from
there they will go to their home in
Burns.
$100 Reward, $ioo
The rcftrterH of tblH paper will be plcunod to
ie.ru mai mere IB ai leant ooo urcuueu uim
eauo that science haB been ablo to cure III all
Ho itaKea, abl that In Catarrh. Hall'H Catarrh
Cure 1b the only positive cure now known to
the moillcal fralornlty. Catarrh beinK u con
stltutlonal dlBcaBe require a conatitutional
treatment. Hall's CntanbCute 1b taken In
temallv, actlnir directly upon the blond and
mucouH HunaceB or inu syHtcin, tneruuy uum-
troylng tbo loundutlon of the dlHottBiv and
SlVlllKtne patient Btrongtn uy uuiiuina ui
conalltntlon and OHBlHtinir nuturu in dolni
work. The proprlutara havo wo much faith in
lie urativo oowers that they offer One Hun-
area jJ9u.ni tor any ease tuat it lana to oure.
Bond for Hut of teatlmoulalB.
Acldrees: P. J. (I11KNK.V, & CO-.Toledo
Sold byall drurvltita.75o
Take llaH'o Family PillBforeonltlpatloa.
Central Point Items.
Miss Lizzie Gibson 1b spending the
week at the fair.
Wm. Stookbam is very ill at the
home of W. E. Perkins.
James Ringer is painting the Chris
tian ohuroh this week.
Dr. J. R. Cameron made a profes
sional visit to Table Rook lust weok.
Harry Noalon, of Sams Valley, was
trading with our merobnuts Saturday.
J. J. Pryor, of Eagle Point, loft for
Portland Saturday, to visit the expo
sition. J. B. Pipes is doing carpenter work
t W, Ji. NororosB' farm homo this
week,
W. A. Owen and wife havo return
ed from their outing on upper Rogue
rver.
Mrs. Emma ilebb, of Apploguto, is
visiting bor sister, MiBS Mary A. Moe,
thiB week.
Glenn Owen has ohargo of tbo har
bor shop during J. B. Iloawell's ab
sence. I. C, Kobinott, who Iuib boon spend
ing days at the fair, returned homo
this week.
J, E. Boswcll and J. 11. Downing
and their wives are camping, near
Froapeot.
Mrs. Ann Thomas, of Eagle Point,
visltod her siator, Mrs. EBthor Sin
clair, HiBt week.
O. 11. RtiaB baa li is now homo lln
Ishetl and the family are now oucupy
iug the snme.'
R. M. Mii'-.k loft for Portland a few
days ago and J.N. Ross is now station
agent at this plaoe.
Mrs. D. Orlsham was 111 from Sams
Valley Monday to got medical aid for
her husband, who ia qulto 111.
.Mrs. Ellen Edington and Miss
Francis Shields are visiting W. W.
Ellington's fainily,in Sams Valley thiB
wook.
Thomas Ross and Dr. E. E. Emor
son and their families are Hpeuding a
few wi'oks lit their homesteads in liig
Unite.
John Jacobs lias just lliiiahed two
beautiful immumontH for t ho late
Mr. iiiid Mrs. Juntos Paultoy, of All
tloch district.
Merritt Elliott aud W. -K. Porkln,
two veterans of the civil wnr, who
havo been dangerously ill, aro conva
lescing, we aro glad to say.
Mrs. Alice Starkey and daughter,
Miss Irnin, of Oakland, Calif., who
bavo been visiting relatives ot thiB
oity tho past month, left for Portland
- Tuesday, after visiting tho exposition,
will return home by water.
'J. he t"'i o dest t'hlhlrcn of Mr. and
.M:s. iv A. 'ilioin'K:iii, of ( 'omloit, Or
egon, iliix! 'il'-t week ut Hint lilnt'u from
tllut ili-i-nd disense, dlptheiia, anil
.'l- 'I'ltriMi pvoil nH iliiMBeniiuly ill
w .'h the disi-iise at last reports. The
l'ltniily npnnt several uioiitlis hero laat
yiur ami the many frit-ncls here ym.
pntliizo with the grelf-sti-lckon roln
tiroM iu this their hour of trouble.
)'M"amTVlVfl'lt lXUliV0 for thO U0 Of I mm MM ilnn.i..,..... .
dellcalo wuinon. TlwiC mM Amnithw. "J vll s.:r
it
T ' . , V J0. .P
Hay balers are at work on (the Kay
(arm and will do considerable work in
this section!
Anthony Blais, a young man from
Eugene, has spent several dnys can
vassing In this oetlon.
Ed. Van Uyke and sistet, Edith,
drove out from Medford eanly Sun-
day morning and spent the day rest
ing at "The Oaks."
3?bos. Pankey, foreman of the .Hop
kins orchard at Central Point, was
out this week, looking for bogs, but
made hlB vli.it too sboit to suit bis
blonds.
'Prof. Davis and the Porter boys re
turned from their Crater late trip
Saturday, well pleased with what ithey
saw. Mr. Davis left Monday for
visit at the Lewie and Clark fair.
Bound Auguxl 11, 1!K)5, gentle-
man's purse, on main road, near
Tulo. -Owner can recover proporty
by Applying to Miss Nanoy Du,ggan
at Sams Valley, either by letter or in
person.
Kiohaid Jennings began hauling
lumber 'from Welch's mill Tuesday,
which will be used in constructing
Hume to.oarry water onto the young
oroliuvd on the east sido of the Wash
burn place.
Artbur Shields was thrown from
wagon laut woek and bad a narrow os-
oape from serious injuries, . but with
all the good xvM. be is quite badly
bruised about the back.
(Jloim and Karl May and Verne Pen
dloton started for the mountains Mon
day morning, for .a ten days' hunting
aud iishiug trip. Xhey count on hav.
ing all kinds of good moat to use.
but wo think that woodohuck
ground suuirrl will taBte good to
them nbouL the third or fourth day
out.
A party consisting .of Miss Ailoen
Webber, Mies Hoyt, Siun'l Richard
son and his friend, W. JI, Jones, late
ly from Missouri, spent Sunday on
the river, going up on lower Table
Rock in the afternoon and homo by
moonlight. They reported a very de
lightful outing.
East Medford Items.
bom Sunday, AugUHt Kl, 1005. to
Mr. and Mrs. Jesso llodtfe. a daugh
ter. Mrs. Hllla Angle, of Jaukbouville,
was tho gucHt of Mrs. Win. Anglo Fri
day.
Di and Mrs. W. S. Jones loturned
riday from a fow days' stay at the
Low la and Clark expositiou.
i.Bfl Clarice White, of Klamath
county, is vlnitiug Eh at Medford
friends for a few weeks.
Misses Prue and Uornioo Angle
returned Friday from Portland, where
they spent several days at tho fair.
Mrs. Kutb Sherwood, of Southern
California, who is spending the sum
mer with her cousin, Mrs. II. Tripp,
left Wodnesday for a two weekB' visit
with Portland relatives.
Wm. Cook hns enlarged his resi
dence aud Painters Toft and Lares
have just completed a neat job of
painting the same throughout. ;
Mr. and Mrs. L. U, Porter, Misses
Lula Porter, Inez Itoyt and Clarice
Whlto are sojourning at Mr. Porter's
homestead on Dig liutte.
Enforce Child Labor Law.
Child labor law passed by the last
legislature was tuvoked for the first
mo today, when John R Shoruy,
managor of tho City Messenger & De
livery Company, with olllces at 100
Sixth street, between Washington and
Stark streets, was arretsed on a ohargo
of omploying a boy under sixteen
years of ngo for moro than ton hours
day. The arrest was made oua
warrant issued by Spooial Doputy
District Attorner Kobert Calloway,
prosooting otllcor of tho juvonilo
oourt. Shorey wns released !on ball
and will not bo arraigned until Au
gust 21st, wbon Judgo Knror, who loft
thiB morning for tho coast, will roturn
tojeonvone court for tho purposo of
hoarlng arraignments and motions
aud making orders.
Dissolution of Partnership.
Notice Is hereby given that tho co
partnership horetoforo existing bv
and botwoon J. W. Kinney and W. T.
Kiuuoy, ongugod iu tho stock busi
ness, Is by mutual consent this day
dissolved, J. W. Kinney having tmr-
ohiisod tho Interests of W. T. Kinney.
Dated at Lake creek, Orcuou. this
1st of day of August, liWS.
J. W. K1NNKY,
XUM W. T. KINNEY,
S(iuthrn Pacific Reduced Rales.
On nct'onnt of tho Lewis und Chirk
'air at Portliiud tho Southern Pari tin
Company will soil ticket m to Portland
and return, daily, from May Utith to
October tlMh. V.M lis follows:
individual uncoil iniutiMi m ;in
day, for one nnd a third faro $11120.
Party tickets, ten or more, (must
travel together both wnyal one fair
for tho round trip SiUK); limited to
ten dnys.
Parties of 100, or more, moving on
same date; individual tickets at one
faro for round trip RM0; limited to
ten days.
Lewis and Clark Exposition.
During tho Lewis and (.'lark Exposi
tion the Souther Pacific Company
will sell round trip tickets to Port
laud, limit thirty days, at ouo and
ouothird faio fur the round trip.
For parties of ton or moro traveling
nn ouo ticket, ouo fare for the round
trip. I'm' orynnizod parties of ono
hundred or leotv, individual HckotH.
iu one t'nro tor round vi-.
Stopnvnr of ten day will be yiv n
at Pot tluml on all one way tickets
reading through that pntnt during
tho Kxpositir.n. Tickets nuiht be dr-;
pooited with Joint Agent at Portland ;
and charge of li ft y cmtn will be nmdo
or extension of time.
W S Clayot ux to W M Smith; v
of d 1 o No 48, tp 38, 1 w, 80 acres,
2370.
0 B Gaines to T 0 Gaines: aw',' -of
nw4, u ot w4' m'4 of swj-i, eeo
18. 38, 3 e, 1.
3 3 Houolc et ax to Gold Hill Canal
Co; all Huuok mill property, water
rights, franchises, etc, in Gold Hill,
$1.
T E HlUa et-ux to E L Clnte ; lot -2,
blk .13, Coolidge add to Ashland, 5.
M L Clute and husband to T E Hills :
0 aores, tp 39, 1 e, 15.
Wm Ulrloh et ux to L B Kincald:
lots v. 1U. 11. 1XD1S IB. Metiforu.RifU.
Nanoy Carter to C Vroman i bo of
n wa or tp lu-ao, l w ; f-lio.
Helra of Johanna Houck to Geo H
MitoheU; lots 17 and 8, blk L, It li
add, Ashland, $134.
Kato Ualloher-to J F White; 18.08
aores, tp 38, 1 -w, n'ioa.
Sophia Stewart and nuBband to S J
Day; l-o part blk il-i'l, Jaekaonvllle,
feu.
T C GaineB tit ux to Rhode A Row
sou; bw nwJi, n swM, ee' ewj,
ip io, see .kj, a e, etAJU.
S C Hamaker et ux to First Nation
al Bank of Ashland:; lots in Asbland,
BMUUU.
O & C R R Co to Ashland Mfg Co
uti'4 uoli, seo 1, se'4 Bejj, nwjtf BeJ,
sec l, uy.. nw.!4, eej-4 nwj, aw(i, seo
.7, tp 4U a e, aaii, seo 11, nji nw.V4',
uo, seo 13, swy Be)a, s1 sw', ne!
w4, boo i, tp -ju, i e, 'Ji8.v;j a-res,
82-11.83.
Rubeoca Eggleatou to J B Sells et
ux ; lot in Aabland, $300.
EUio i.L Reives to 11 W Hanson
lots 23 and 2-1, blk G, R R add to Ash
land. 10.
N N Jones et al to Fco Bros : all
of sec 3(1. tp 32 s. r 1 w. 62750.
Wm W Kakoaohka to A Walsh ; se4
of see 0, tp 31, 3 w, 81.
Mary E Roberts to J T Eada; 12.5
acres, tp '.SI, 1 w. $.'l'2TiO.
J U Wilson to J T Eada; lots 111.4!)
toy no It iu Medfortl, u.
V D Hale to E B Hall ; 105.01 acres,
tp3f, l and 2 w, 12.i.i;i.
.S V Mol'snene t ux to J A Laubam
lots 8, , 10, blk 24, Jold Hill, $1200.
Reduced Rate to Visiting Easterners.
The Southern Paoiflo Co. will make
a rato of one tare for tho round trip
irom roiTianu to an notnts in ureeou
Ashland and north for visitors from
the east to the Exnositinn at Portland.
to enable them to look over Western
Oregon with the view of settling
investing. These tickets will be uood
for 15 dnys limit with stop ovor at all
liiiorinouinte points, and will bo sold
to holders of the Exposition round
trip tickets from point east of the
Kooky mountains.
This will afford the various counties
aud communities that will maintain
exhibits and adveitise in other ways
at the Exposition, every inducement
to have Eastern people visit their sec
tion. Advertised Letter List.
Following is a list of letters romalng un
called for attbe Medford poatoOlce on Aug.
U, IUW,
Allen, F Y 1'2)
HuhIiaw. Mr
(JrueUo, Mrn T J
Mouro, Mr S 6
Owphb, Mr Jumes
Hmlth, Mr i U
Tottea. J J
llowcii, Mr Winiurn
Coutriey. Mr J
Henry, Mm
MyorH, Mr (Jo
lUibintton, Mr E E -Smith,
Chftn C
Watiu, Mr W
A obarge of otyeoent srtll be roaue upon db"
llvory of oaoh of we ibov lot tern.
Persons callldg lor any of the above' icttert.
fvi pioaue Hay " AdvertlBod."
A. M WOODFORD. Postmasier
JAPANESE WHALERS.
The Curloaa Wmy Thcr Io Their
Work Wllh Noli nd Kalva.
Whales are captured In nets by the
.In pa nose. The whalers put off from
the shore as quietly ns possible, and
when they como within the proper dis
tance of their objective the bostB,
which have hitherto worked in couples,
separate and. dropping ihelr nets as
they go, work around to tho roar and
Hanks of their expected kill. The nets
are mnde In large squares, ench side
being alxmt forty feet long. One net
j is composed of six squares In line, nnd
the squuros arc fastened to each other
lightly. When all is ready the boats
which have been worked around to the
rear of the whale then commence to
drive him gently toward the nets. Mov
ing along lazily at first the whale soon
realizes that something untoward Is
happening and, hurrying forward,
dashes on to one of the nets. This Is the
critical moment, and when the fisher
men Bee that the whale is well In the
center of one of the squares they raise
a groat shout and charge in upon him.
When tho whale Is about spent a man
chosen for his strength, activity, pluck,
coolness aud general fitness for his
work then leaps upon u1b back and
with a great triangular shaped knife
proceeds to cut two great gashes In his
body just back of hlB hoad. Through
the underlying blubber and these two
gashes ho passes a rope and, knotting
It, makes a loop of It. He then repeats
the samo operation ns far back on his
body ns he can. When the light hns
bcou completely knocked out of the
whale, boats range alongside of him,
und by tho help of tho loops already
mentioned tho haplesB cetacean Is
slung between them In such a manner
aa to minimize the danger of his car
cass sinking.
Then the boats form In procession,
and, making for tho shore, there com
mences the most curious part of the
whole affair. The whalers, with real
fervor and In the most solemn manner
possible, begin a chanting prayer for
tho case of the departing spirit by call
lug out "Jorakul Jorakul Jorakul" In
low, deep tones. Upon tho third dny
after the kill a memorial service is
bold In the village temple, and prayers
aro offered for tho repose of tho dead
whale's soul. Chicago News.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
How many men work too hnrd?
How
mauy do you know?
13 very good husband Is henpecked.
That's all there is to It.
Classical music 1b like some people
very hard to understand.
It Is said that n farmer gets the best
work out of a farm hand who Is aspir
ing to bo Ills sou-ln-lnw.
P crimps one roason why a poor man
lives longer than a rich one is that the
doctors don't take so much interest In
him.
When an economical man suffers a
ten dollar losa ho cuts off expenditures
reaching to $50 before, he feels right
nttout II.
1 1' yen have faults the Idea is net u
hium n.it e oure)f ty aknmvteduun;
them to jour enemies, but to get over
ihetn if possiMe for your own good.
AM. 1. son (..looc.
hl lint. i Hi
me Dowsers
Cat Again
She lis the Innocent Cause of An
other Spirited Family
Disturbance.
TWO VIEWS ON CATNIP
Mr.Bower Declare, That Feline Qe
. .hue. Love It, While Mr.
Bowser Scoffs,
Copyright, 1905, by R. B. McClure.
D"
NNKK had been tliilxhcd half
an hour, and Mr. Bowser was
'enjoying his evening paper
and ci ga r, when the fa m i ly
cat wandered up from the haKement,
looked around for a moment, and then
rolled over .and over on tho floor and
set up a wauling.
"Now, then, what In thunder alls
that old -cat'r" exclaimed Mr. Bowser,
as be laid down bis paper.
"He acted like that this afternoon
when Mrs. White was In here, and she
said he wanted catnip," replied Mrs.
Bowser.
"Wanted catnip?"
"Yes. You know what catnip Is,
don't you?"
"I've heard of a plant called catnip,
but what has It to do with cats?"
"A good deal. At certain seasons of
the year, particularly In the Bum mer,
If H. 1IOWSER PUT HIS FIST UNDER THE
OTHKII B NOSH.
cats are crazy for it. I've heard It
said that they would die If they didn't
got It."
Bosh! What our old cat wants Is a
blamed good thumping with a club,
and he'll get it If be tries any funny
business around this house."
I meant to .have cot some catnip
of the oTd man-who cornea along here
every week selliug It," said Mrs, Bow
ser, "but he passed yesterday before
I could call him. I'll be on the watch
for him next Wednesday."
Are you an idiot, or do you take me
for one?"
"I don't know what you mean. What
Is there to call for such vigorous Ian
guogo?" Our old cat comes upstairs and rolls
around and meows, and you tell me
he wants catnip."
"Well, what of lt7"
What, of It? Are 'you trying to
make me believe that because some
Idiot named a certain plant catnip
cats like it or must have tt? . Don't
attempt to get funny, Mrs. Bowser."
"Cats love catnip, and everybody
knows It," Bhe replied. "Your mother
used to raise It for her cats, and you
ought to remember that she did. Would
a man come along here selling the
plant every week if cats didn't love
nr
"And 1 say that catnip la a medicinal
plant and Is used to make poultices of.
No human being ever Baw a cat taste
of It or ever will. You might as well'
look for them to eat thistles or hay.
When n woman of your nge will be
lieve such stuff and nonsense it's no
wonder I find clothespins scattered all
over the place and have to figure on
how long I can keep out of the poor
house. Catnip! Catnip! I'll catnip
that old cat If he gives another yell."
Mrs. Bowser realized that argument
would be of no avail, and she had read
a page or two In a magazine when Mr.
Bowser returned to the attack. He
wanted that catnip question settled
then and there, and he wanted It set
tled In his favor.
"You have made certain statements
about cats and catnip," he continued,
"and I want you to either back them
up or admit that you were guying me.
I want your authority for saying that
catnip is grown for cata."
"There may be other uses, for tt as
well, but everybody knows that cats
love catnip. If a cat la sick, It ts bet
ter after eating of the plant."
"That won't do, Mrs. Bowser; that
won't do at all. -1 have only your un
supported word. I must have more
than that"
"Then go over and ask the druggist,
the butcher ask people on the street.
It's a funny thing. You wero born on
a farm and lived on one until you wero
fifteen yenrs old and you must have
been ns familiar with catnip ns with
burdocks or mayweed. Didn't you ever
see a cat eating catnip?"
"I may hove, but that proves noth
ing. I have also seen cats eating hny
nnd com and oats and fish bones, i
never moke a positive statement to
you without being ablo to back It up.
Cau you find In the encyclopedia that
cats must have catnip or perish? Is
there anything bearing on the subject
iu the liistm'j of America? Pid Colum
bus discover eats eating catnip when
tie landed on these shores? I'M the
pilgrim fathers bring their cats and
catnip along to Plymouth rock? Wo
man, answer me, or admit that you
wero trying to belittle your own hus
band In his own house?"
"All I can say Is that cats love cat
nip," she replied.
"You make that as a plain statement
of fact, ilo you?"
-1 do." !
"Then I will prove that you don't!
know what you are talking about audi
unu n-n um
took a wulk. lie knew his family
butcher to bo an ex-farinor, and he
called at his shop and looked around,
and then in a casual way Inquired;
"Jones, did you use to raise catnip
on your farm?"
"The old tv o id an raised a few
bunches Just enough for her cats,"
was the reply.
"How for her cats?"
"Why, cats eat it like fun, particu
larly about this time o' year. If you
have a cat over home and she Is ail
ing Just let her get at a bunch of cat
nip." "And you stand there and tell me
that catnip Is so .called because cats
nip at Itr
"I never heard any other renson."
"Then you don't know enough to
come In when It rains! Cats and cat
nip have no more to do with each
other than bulls and bulrushes. No
wonder you can't tell bones from
beeft"
"I can tell a Jackass when I see
one," exclaimed the butcher, and, after
glaring at him for a minute, Mr. Bow
ser snorted in contempt and walked out.
A farmer who had been selling pota
toes to the grocer on the corner wns
Just about starting for home, and Mr.
Bowser walked up and asked him:
"Say, friend, do you grow any cat
nip on your farm?"
"Not as a crop," smiled the man.
"Then how do you grow It?'
"A few bunches In the garden for
the cats."
"But what has It got to do with
cats?"
"Everything. You could hove found
that out by asking your wife.1
Mr. Bowser felt like calling him
names and getting up a row, but the
agriculturist was In a hurry and was
soon driving away. An old man who
was leaning against n barrel had over-
nearu the conversation ana he now
butted In with:
"You must have lived In a catless
country not to have heard about cat
nip."
"Did I ask for your opinion, sir?'
"No, but when I find a man who
don't know catnip I feel it my duty to
post him. I wouldn't wander very far
from home if I were you. You might
get lost.
"You old villain! But for your gray
holrs I'd I'd" And Mr. Bowser put
liis fist under the other s nose and
held It there for a few seconds and
then passed on. His family druggist
was a proper man to appeal to, but it
was ten minutes before the searcher
after Information entered the store. It
was another ten before he asked:
"Doc, do cats eat catnip?"
"Do cows eat grass?" unswered the
druggist.
"But is It really true that they do?"
"They love it. Catnip 1b for cats;
cats are for catnip. They are one and
indivisible. You can bet your last dol
lar on that."
"But 1 never heard of such a thing."
"Probably not. I believe there are
several things you never heard of.
However, you can settle this thing very
quickly. Here's a bunch of the stuff
I bought for my cat today. She's
.wandered off somewhere, and you may
take it along."
Mr. Bowser took the bunch and
walked off. He hadn't got ten feet
from the door when a stray cat me
owed at his heels. Before reaching
the other end of the block he was being
followed by two more. Auother block
and the number was six. When within
hundred feet of his gate, it seemed
as If there were twenty wauling, me
owing felines around him, all making
threats against his life If he did not
give up that bunch, and he suddenly
became panic stricken and fled.
Well?" queried Mrs. Bowser as she
opened the front door nnd found him
on the steps aud breathing heavily.
But he gazed steadily at the rising
moon nnd made no answer. He bad
been defeated, but he meant to save
bis honor. . M. QUAD.
Mean of Her.
He That's Lady Passeh. She's got
an action on In the courts asking for
C,000 damages.
She Damages! 1 should have thought
she'd have asked for repnlrs. Punch.
Quite Likely.
Little WillieSay. pa. what does this
paper mean by "ties of blood?"
Pa Must be a new shade of red
neckties, my Bon. Chicago News.
Butler In Slice.
From time Immemorial in Cambridge,
England, the dairymen roll the butler
so as to form a long stick weighing
n pound, which they sell in slices, as if
It were sausage. In the market the
butter nie'rehants do not need to use
cither weights or scales. A simple
glanco is sutHcient for these people
accustomed to the time honored prac
tice. A very neat cut with the knife
divides the yard into halves, quartets
or eighths very exactly, and tt appears
that the customer Is never given short
measure.
The l.nat Word.
Bobby Is tvtr.v wortl In this dic
tionary, in? Pevklry Ob, no, my
ohtlil. Kvory little while n new woni
comes Into the laujrnaRe. Hobby
What's tho latest woil. in? ppokley
Your ma will tell yon, .She always
has tbo Inst woni.
Lored and Loat.
Nell Love doesn't tem to agree
with Maud. She la thinner by twenty
pounds than she used to t. Belle
She hns lored and lost, eht
No legacy la
Shakespeare.
so rich as bonwty.
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NEW YORK HARBOR.
lone of 111. Wonder, of Tata Vea.H
Crowded Port.
To present to tjio mind an easily con
jured picture of New York harbor one
might make the comparison of the up.
turned right hand, with the long,
straight (oreBnger for the lower stretch
of the Hudson, with the thumb, joint
turned out, standing for the beat EiiBt
river and the palm of the hand repre
senting upper New York bay. The
three together make uo, the harbor of
New York. As Hudson river shelters
most of the north Atlantic liners while
In poet, so does East river harbor those
that go to make up the truly foreign
fleets. Here they are, pier after pier of
them the steamers that go to the fur
countries. Mind the roll Brazil, Ar
gentina, Chile, Peru, west coast of Af
rica, AnBtralia, India, China, Japan!
And hark again to the call of the ports
Bio Janeiro, Buenos Ayres, Valpa
raiso, St Paul de Loanda, Cape Town,
Tamatave, Sydney, Singapore, Hong
kong, Yokohama! And the strongs
stuff of their cargoes! Rubber from
the Amazon swamps see the naked In
dians tapping the trees and the slimy
reptiles in the shadowy ooze; born and
tallow from the pampas mark the cen-taur-llke
vaquero and his whirling
rlata; gold dust, ivory, palm oil from
the west coast Dreams for you there!
Palm oil and gold dust and Ivory; ele
phants and sacrificial fires and trains
of captive slaves; hemp, tea, silks and
smuggled opium and xdo not believe
that opium is not smuggled into New
York harbor to this day. You think of
all that, and your Imagination flames.
The gentlemen in the pilot houses are
not always In placid moods. Wild eyed
men glare out from pilot bouses aloft,
like eagles from their eyries, and pass
the time of day. Says one: "Where d'
y think you're going? Back, will yon?'
And the other: "Back? Me back?
Me?"
You? Yes, you, you slop eyed, Black
mouthed, spine twisted fresh water
goob, you square headed, fatherless"
And so on, detaillng4rremedlable flaws
in the genealogy, after which both back
down and avert the Impending colli
sion. James B. Connolly In Harper's
Magazine.
A PAINTER'S DREAM.
Pope'a Story of the Sleep Vision of
Sir Godfrey Kneller.
I dreamed 1 was dead, said the paint
r. Before me I saw a door and a
great number of people about It. As
1 drew nearer I could distinguish St.
Peter by bis keys with some other of
the apostle. They were admitting the
people as they came next to the door.
Aa the first after my coming up ap
proached for admittance St Peter
asked his name and then his religion.
I am a Roman Catholic,'' replied,. the
spirit "Go In then,' says St Peter, "and
sit down In those seats ou the right
hand." The next was a Presbyterian.
He was admitted, too, after the usual
questions and ordered to sit down on
the seat opposite the other.
My turn came next, and as I ap
proached St. Peter very civilly asked
me my name. I said It wns Kneller.
I had no sooner said so than St. Luke,
who was standing Just by, turned to
ward me and said, with a great deal
of earnestness, "What, the famous Sir
Godfrey Kneller of England?" 'The
very Bame. sir," says 1, "at your serv
ice." On this St Luke embraced me
and made a great many compliments
on the art we both of u bad followed
Iu this world and entered so far into
the subject that he seemed almost to
have forgotten the business for which
I enme thither. At last, however, he
recollected himself and said: "I beg
your pardon, Sir Godfrey. I was so
much taken up with the pleasure of
con versing with you. But, apropos,
pray. sir. what religiou may you be
of." "Whv. truly, sir," says 1, "I am
of no religion." Oh. sir," says he.
"you will he so good then as to go in
and take your seat where you please."
Pope.
Orlulii ot Cli i Dcrliy.
The twelfth Karl of Derby Is un
knowu to the reader of the ordinary
history book. Lovers of art know him
vaguely ns the peer who married the
pretty and popular actress Eliza Far
ren, whom the young Lawrence paint
ed so brilliantly. But the earl yearly
has his revenge when all the world and
his wife flock to Epsom to see the race
for the Derby stakes, for that race, In
its institution In 1780, was named aft
er the Jovial young peer who was one
of th leading patrons of the. Georgian
11!'.'?. I.U. !l "aV.
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M'KINLEY'S DEATH.
Bow the Associated Preas Work te
Oet and G1t tho Hews.
On the afternoon of Sept 6, 1001
worn out by a long period of exacting
labor, I set out for Philadelphia with
the purpose of spending a few daya at
Atlantic City. When I reached the
Broad street station In the Quaker
City I was startled by a number of po
licemen crying my name. I stepped
up to one, who pointed to a boy with
an urgent message for me. President
McKtnley had been shot at Buffalo,
and my presence was required at our
Philadelphia office at once. A mes
sage had been Bent to me at Trenton,
bnt my train had left the station pre
cisely two minutes ahead of its ar
rival. Handing my baggage to a hotel
porter, I Jumped into a cab and dash
ed away to our office. I remained
there until dawn of the following
morning.
The opening pages of the story of
the assassination were badly written,
and I ordered a substitute prepared.
An Inexperienced reporter stood beside
President McKlnley In the Music haK
at Buffalo when Czolgosz fired the fa
tal shot He seised a neighboring tele
phone and notified our Buffalo corre
spondent and then pulled out the wires
in order to render the telephone a
wreck, so that it was a full half hour
before any additional details could be
secured.
I ordered competent men and expert
telegraph operators from Washington,
Albany, New York nnd Boston to hur
ry to Buffalo by the fastest trains.
All thnt night the Buffnlo ofllce was
pouring forth" a hastily written but
faithful and complete account of the
tragedy, and by dnybrcak a relief force
wns on the ground. Dny by day
through the long vigil while the presi
dent's life hung In the bnlnnce ench
Incident was truthfully and graphical
ly reported. In the closing hours of
the great tragedy fnlse reports of the
president's denth were circulated for
the purpose of Influencing the stock
market and to counteract them Sec
retary Cortelyou wrote frequent sign
ed statements giving the facts to the
Associated Press. Melville E. Stone in
Century.
Ardent I.over, .
Klosemau I'm looking for another
girl. Object, matrimony. Ascum
Why, I thought Miss Pechls had accept
ed you. Kloseman So she did, but the .
ring I had didn't fit her, so I've got to
find somebody else. Catholic Standard
and Times.