I OUR COUNTY --
Correspohdents
BLUB LEDGE ITEM
bllae ribaw I la tb copper blt at
tar a Walt to rallejr poluta.
E. T. Jon, of tb Coppsr Kiog,
1 padiag a fw day la Medford.
Prank K. Ueorg Ift Bandar morn
lag tor a faw days Tlilt la Mdford.
Wrobent I-oul Adams, of Eileen,
mad Madford a bualnM visit list
wk.
Mrs. Hobsoa, who faa beeo on tb
lok Hit tb put fpw days I much
Improved.
Tbt tblft ar now being orkd
IB tb mine loaiead of tb two form,
arlj worked.
Mr. frank Edward, of llattoo,
ba roorarad from quit a tanon at-
taok of typhoid,
O. T. Irwin and family ara amoog
na agalo after bavlng flatted in
Manbfleld montb.
W. O. Olif ar and O. (Jain, old
timer, returned rrldey
after an ab
no of a few waeks.
Wm. liege retained from a few
days Tlalt to Cirants Pass, Gold Hill
and other plaoeo Tuesday.
Mia Lena Harrington arrived
from Newberg Friday and will apend
a few week witb bei titter Mia.
Old,
J. H. Fitzgerald mad ut a bnai.
Beat sail laat week returning to Med
ford much pleated with the altuatlon
la tbeee parte.
Owen Kiddy returned from a few
day rltlt In Med ford latt Monday.
Ma waa accompanied to Eileen by
Mr. PrclTaI Jr,
Mining Engineer O. M. Weiscbsel
returned Tuesday from an extended
business trip to. Nevada, Tax and
otbef southern point.
T. J. Owene and family returned
Wedaeeday baring bean Malting In
Northern California and Southern
Uregon alno tb bolldai
bear banting la tb order of tbe
day of late. Many large, fin spec!
men bar been located In oarea and
getting tbem out la great aport for
tbe boye, -Frank
Edwards, Hutton'f pott man.
ter and gnulal merobant, made the
line Ledge a call Wednesday. , Mr.
Edwarda reporta bnainea macb bet
ter then ever before.
L)oo- Hobeon, wbo bte been lo
Jacksonville tb patt week on ao
count of a alight wound wltb dis
potltlon to blood polton, returned
Friday eraolng maoh tmprored.
Merchant II. P. Piatt and Ed Van-
Dyke were oat latt week on bualncaa,
and made their friendt In Blue Lodge
a call. Both gentlemen aay botlneaa
It good In Medford for tbe aeaton of
the year.
Mra. Florence Dewey , formerly
of Glendsle. arrlred Thursday and
took cbarge of the raoge in the oum
pany boarding boot. Mr. Dewey
baa bad yean experience and will
doubtloes handle tb work undertake
n Mtiefeetory.
These of Ut wbo bare Ured lo Med
ford watob wltb decpeat Intareat the
progreeslveneea of both tbe Rogue
Hirer Valley and Ita metropolis. We
welcome Tb Mail wblcb giree nt
tb mott trustworthy newt and la
eTer working for tbe beat inteieitt
of 'be mott people.
J. D. uubml, formerly proprietor
of Hotel Naab and at on time Inter
ated wltb Dr. Reddy In mining in
terests, baa taken oharge of Hotel
Eileen and will be prepared to take
oar of tb trareling public in a mott
borpltabl and obliging manner.
Thut far tbl baa been tbe mildest
winter for tbla district for many
year. Tbe anow ba tcarcely been
two feet In Blue Ledge camp and at
this writing there It only two inches.
We hare bad no bad atorma and tbe
temperature baa been unusually
moaerate and regular.
Tbe liloe Ledge la progreatlng
nicely just uow. Fall crew are be
ing woiked both upon the aurfao
and underground alttbougb It oaa
been reported that there bad been, or
would bs a ebur down here. There
bat been a good force working at
all time and development seems to
be highly rettufaotory.
Blue Boy. .
C. WHEELER N. C. SOKENSON M. L. OETCHI'.LL
Medford Realty and Rental Co.
LOANS KEAL ESTATE INSURANCE
A CAR 9 1.0 THE PUBLIC
Wo, the undersigned, having opnned a real estate
office litre iu Medford, DESIRE TO SAY, thatthoBe
having property to sell or rent would do well to see us
at once, us we are ia touch with a large number of
hpineseekors. Also, if we can get a large trad of
land in one location, we have a colony who will come
when we say things are ready. Promising eyervone
a square deal, and tho best of attrition to any "busi
ness offered us, we are yours to serve.
Cor. ;lh and C Sts
Pfeuralx lltmi.
bj M. v. a.
Measles bar mad tbtlr appaarano
In our oeglbborbood tod tb family
of Jaa. All a bar ba quit aiok
with thm. .
Mr. tad Mi. J .K Robert i
tb guett o( Mr. and Mrs. C. Carsy
iMt bond.
Mr. ;W. B. Colemao, wlfa ot odi
coonty elerk, emc out from Jaektoa
fill 10 Tlalt wltn friaad lo Pboeali
Satr.rdey aod bund ax
Mr. and ;Mr. E, O. Kaaa ar at
Phoenix spaoding a fr days with
bum folk.
Mr, Allto Kobrt, of Phoenix,
abo ba bo ooodod tc br bJ 101
several days with Lagrlppe, t um
btter at tbl writing.
Mia. Bans, who w ono a imI
dent of tb Wast aid oslgbbohood,
bat now of Wagner eicek, waa a
plaaaant ealler In Pboenlx Saturday.
Win. JUeardsIoy, on of oar batt
ling String Town'gardoor. baa order-
! vral bandred of tb arlaa naw
; lna of berry tinea.
1 Those wbo bad th good fortune
j Breeent at tbt aooal gathering
glvto laat Thursday (renins by tbe
member of Uak (Jlrcle, Cio. 242 W.
U, W. war more than pleaaed. All
bad a jolly time.
kef. Matlock, of tbe Chrlttlan
oburoh, who baa beeo holding pro
tracted meetloge In Talent baa be
gun a aerlee of meeting! in Phoenix
at tba Pretiiyterlan oburoh.
J. E. Copeland auperintendent of
tbe county hospital iofornte nt that
they will plant all kind of fruit and
berries to be need on tbe table.
Thut erery effort will be mad to
makl tb farm aelf auatalniug.
Jacksonville Items.
George Carter waa down frcm Ash
land tb ant of tb week.
Judge Purdin and Attorney W. I.
Vawter were over from Medford Mon
day on oonrt business.
Hon, Theo. Cameroa and Attorney
.' R. Nell, of Jacksonville, war
Medford riaitota Tneaday. '
Mayor Emil Brltt and Postmaster
iiobo F. Miller, of Jaokaonri lie, were
transacting business In Medford tne
laat of tbe week.
District Attorney A. E. Keamea
returusd Wednesday from Portlaud
wber be ha been fur aome time. on
professional business.
Tb Eaatern Star Bail to be given
Friday evening Febroaiy 14, 1008
n Jaokaonrille promlaaa to be a mott
successful affair. Everybody la In
vited. Tlcketa ar 12.
Frederlok S. Dunn, I of Eugene,
onhy Gland patron of tb order nf
the Eaatern Star of Oregou, waa en
tertained by AdBrel Chapter No. 3,
O. K, S. 01 Jaokaonrille on Monday
erenlng.
Metdamea' I. O. Roboett, W. C.
Leerer 11. Hatfield and W. H. Nor-
oroes, of Central Point, were In
Jacksonville Monday erenlng to at
tend a special meeting of Adoral
Chapter 0. E. S.
Tbe contest whioh baa been in pro-
greea in Jane Maaon MoCully Caiiio
of Native Daughter and Son daring,
tb winter oloted the fiist of tbla
month, and the looalng aid under
the leadership of Mite Lelab Prim
treated the Cabin to dellolous
bulfet tapper oa Wednesday evening.
Tne menu oonaiaited of bread and
batter eandwitohei, ebloken ralld.
anrimp aalid. Ice cream, oak, coooa.
coffee and puooo.
On of tbeimoat (njoyahl funo
tloni of tb aeaaon waa the mnaloal
given by tbe Jaokaonrille Glee Club
un Thursday evening under the
direction of Mr. Lou It Uauhtran,
Orer on bandred gueet were pres
ent to listen to tbe f jllowing enter
taining and well rndered progrnm:
'Uermaa Patrol. " string aextet, Mra,
Hauey, Ion Caugbran. Maud New-
bary.Lee Norton, Kay Sexton, Leon
Hanna; "Murmur," waltz aong by
club; "Uerlata" trio, violin, Lon
Hanna, viola, lone Caughtran, piano,
Maud Newbury; "Calm aa the
Night" solo, Merrena Kenney,
Miteisr" from 11 Trovatore etilng
sextet, "The Minuet" , recitation
by Minnie Jaoaacn, "Rote Song,"
trior, by Mitaes Leona (Jlrlcb, Annl
Wcodt, Bertha Prim, "Anvil
chorus" Club., "Pilgrim choru,"
olub.
C. Wheeler.
N. C. Sorenson, g
H. L. Oetchell. g
TiM Rock Icmi.
By J. CP.
E. U. Ultaier bad telebooe pat lo
bl boa last week, ooooeotlng wltb
tbe, termers' Una.
' Mr, a A. UlaatU waa quite 111 tb
last of tb wok. Kr. Kawoutr, o
Central Point, waa oalled to pre
scribe.
Earl May la working a small ore
pruning on tb Washburn orobaid,
and would pal more men at work If
tbey could be bid. x
Tb people living oa tb Wast aid
ot rtogo rjrer above tb mouth of
Little Butt ar working bard for a
bridge aoroet tb later atream, wnlob
will atfoid tbm an outlet In winter.
Peilltloot ar being circulated and
obturlptlon aie coming la readily.;-
Cba. Pankey, baring completed
new roeidenoe, gara a boaatwarmlng
laat Friday evenlog, wblcb wae
vary pleasant affair for those wbo at
tended. Hla relatives and friendt
teemed to oom from all parti of tbe
valley and the capacity of tb house
waa taxed. Tb greator part of tb
night waa tpent In danoing and i
flu lupper waa aerrad at midnight.
Tb Misses Nancy and Llllie Du
gan ar coutlned to tbeli kedi wltb
mease la, while their biotuei Jamil
li atill contlued to bia room fiom tbe
tame.diteate. On tba adjoining farm
Dennfa Dogan, Jr., and bit brother
Chailet are both quit ill witb tbem
and their alster Mary la ilok at the
Urauta Pata hospital. Botb families
have the sympathy of many treads.
Tbe residence of S. K. Adenis bad
a narrow escape from flr Saturday.
Only for tb eool management of
tbe children, none of whom are orer
twelve yeara old, nothing oould bar
been saved, aa Mr. and Mra. Adam
weie lo Medford at tbe time. W hen
tb Ore, wblcb waa in tb root, wae
Drat noticed, tbe telephone waa
brought Into uee, then tb obildreo
formal a buoket brigade and by
throwing water kept tb tire partly in
beck and pat oat tb falling mem
bers, till men came, wbicb waa bat a
fe minatea. The damage waa
alight, bat it caused quite ripple of
excitement and It makea aa glader
tbao erer that we bar a tela phone
system, for without It tb proi-erty
would bar been a total lose.
W. R Byrum waa rendered a neat
surprise party r Momluy nliiht at R
birthday oelabratloo. Unbekuuno to
blm Mra. Byrum bad invited tb
married gentlemen of tbe neighbor
hood in to spend tba evening. By
methods known o oly to tbe gentler
sex tbe man of tne bouse waa kept
blind to tbe feaat tbat waa being
prepared, and finally allowed him
self to be led away to spend the eve-.
nlng at a neigbbora. Everything
worked to a neoety for an b our till
be waa oalled bom by telephone,
then it dawned '.oa him tbat aome
thing waa op and when he reached
bis own door he waa greeted by many
good wlthea etc A general good
tim waa bad by all, during wbicb
Mra. B. served one of tbe nioett aap-
pere It baa beeo our fortuu to enjoy
for agee, It waa after tbe mldalgbt
hoar before tbe party broke up, with
guod wlshea for tb entia house
hold and tbat we would bar many
mora aacn pleasant ereninga wltb
tbem.
aOLU HILu ITEMS .
(BY SPECTATOR)
Or. W. P. Cbisbolm ba parobaaed
tbe Hodge resldenoe property of E.
0. Perbom and la baring It refitted
and will more Into it tb first of the
month.
Mr. and Mr, Elbert Kellogg, of
Ashland, were ben the first of tbe
week risltlng relatlre W. R. Stan
sell waa dowa from Jaokionrllle Wed
neaday oa business.
S, W. McClendon baa told hla sooth
side store building to David Noe, the
Second band man, wbo ha been oc
copying It the past year. Consider
ation aim
K. A. Pell, tbe Medford laundry
man, was here the laat of tbe week in
tb Interest of the M. W. A.
liert Darling, after an abaeno of
several yeara In San Franclao, re
turned mat week ior a abort s'ay.
Sam Hodges laat week eold one of
his cottage on B street to 11. U.
Reed, will at once occupy It for a
permanent borne. '
There waa a subscription paper cir
culated bete tbe first ot tbe week for
tbe relief ot Oscar Tibbltta, of Sams
Valley, wbo is destitute aod In the
laat stagea of an incuiable disease.
Mr. and Mra. Chaa. P. Young re
turned home lost wvek from an ex
tended trip to lower California. Mr.
Young Is now oontlnod to his room
with ao attaok of arippa .
TALENT ITEMS
W. O. Holdrldge waa In Medford
Saturday. -Mr,
Coleman's little daughter le
eulTerlng from an attack of pneu
monia. Or. Hargrar la In attend
alio.
Mlaa Grace Lawton, of Medford
spent Tuesday and Wednetday in
Talent- rialting her elstor, Mra.
Forbee.
Jeff Bell bat hei quit an k the
paat week. Or. st.uw cf .. iH
la In attendance.
Mlaa Llzatt Nfttberiand caaiw .m
,!edrord .qtnrday and Is ristnng ber
in : i, '!, Clemens n r Talent.
. ' t f and Ml':n Chap
mau, whowi lojebtrs u ho(.aie.
ara iptndlug a -eeke raoatloa at
bom with tbir mother, air. Chap
man. Mra. Netherlands ot MeOfoid, Is
rltltlag her daughter, Mr. Clem a.
Mr. nd Mr. Ua Uuroee, of Ash
land, ar risltlng Mia., dura
oiothir, Mra. Chapman.
Born To Mr. and Mra. F, bl. Oil
'r, February 11th, ion.
TARPON TACTICS.
Wenderful Peata, Flighta and Leap f
the Silver King.
In tb big pass tarpon can beat be
caught from near the bottom of tb
chanuel and abould be tithed Bar with
fifty feet of Hue and a heavy tinker.
In (hallow water tb tarpon leapt
high ui air the luatant be feel tbe
hook, but lo tb paaa be often flgtiU
for a minute or two before coming to
(h surface. Mora than one whet) 1
bad com to fear tbat my tarpon waa
abark be bai inddenly abet above
the turf ace like a bullet from a (on
and in the Drat wild abalte of bar bead
thrown book and bait Ofty foet in the
air, and on even sent a four ounce
leadeo sinker dying over my bead from
nearly twice that dlataoce. Other tar
pon when struck came straight up
from the bottom, one grazing our gun
wale aa he rose and another leaping
over tbe atern of the canoe. Aa soon
aa a tarpon waa tired enough to let ua
pull the cunoe beside him we removed
the hook from hla moutb and let blm
swlui home to hla family. It bupiwucd
ouco that a turpou was less tired thuu
we bad assumed. On that occasion we
swam home, and be hud a good man
atory to tvl! hla friends.
It bad becu counted a poor year for
tarpon, yet In fifteen consecutive days
of fishlug we were fast to forty-four
tarpon, each of which bad jumped for
us from one to twelve tunes. ThU
high water mark of twelve Jumps was
made by a tarpon which was stimu
lated to bis later efforts by tbe pres
ence of a pursuing shark, and the
twelfth Jump waa a double number.
There waa commotion In the crimsoned
water, new .vi;or at tbe other end of
my Hue, and it was an hour later when
I Anally landed on a sand bar a ahark
wltb an aldermanic stomach A knife
drawn across tbla distended organ dis
closed the tarpon in lections, with the
hook still fast In bis jaw, and enabled
the camera man to photograph to
gether tbe aubjecta be bad recently
photographed separately. . Although
this 8hark was only one-fiftb tbe size
of our big hammerhead, yet he made
but two bites of bis victim.
Our work at Boca Grande ended wltb
the red letter day of the season of all
seasons. I waa hKhlng In tbe pass with
tifty feet of Hue and the bait was dl
rei-tty tinder the canoe when a tariwn
.truck fiercely, quickly carried a-.voy n
nundred more feet of line and then
awatn to twlftly toward us that I fear
ed from the loosened line that be bad
escaped. Then, fifty feet from the ca
noe, there ahot luto tbe air a giant tar
pon. mon8urlng. as we learned after
ward, an even seven feet Up, up. up.
he rose until the camera seemed to be
pointed at tbe zenith, and before the
rattled camera man could get hla aim
the silver ktqg had turned gracefiilly
ln tbe air and waa plunging downward.
The captain aweors that he saw. swing
ing clear of the water, the ribbon which
marked twenty-five feet on tbe line as
It bung plumb down from the tarpon.
Once I gave my own estimate of the
bclsht of the Jump to a group of
friends and after a glance at their
grieved expressions appealed to the one
of most experience on the const and
with the tnrpon. After n slnsle mo
ment of hesitation lie remnrked firmly:
"We fishermen must stand tncother
I believe the stor" A. V. Dlmock In
Appleton'8. . j
When "Drarr.rtior' Co n Ersy.
At the Plnrers cluh tit New York
one evenlns there was a ni;-st from
out of towu. a plsywrlshr v.eil known
for hla exirnordlnury fa-!lit.v l:t tnru
lng out the allcjd "druunnvrs" tha'
do tbe 'h'n-twcnt.v-thlit" circuits, it
Is no uncommon tlii:i3 fo.- tiilt-. pro
ducer to grind out five or six of bi
playa annually.
Some one Innocently r.sfced the piny
wrlght If it wna ruther di.Hcutt to flm
new ldeaa for his pluya.
"Really I don't know," was tbe frank
answer of the man who hns made
thousands of dollars from bis "drum
mers." "I have never tried If New
York Tribune.
Wooden Almanaea.
An antiquary In Chicago took a curi
ously engraved block of wood from a
case.
"Here Is an original nlmauac, a Sax
on one," be said. "The engraved fig
urea on it all concern tbe moon. They
forecast the new moons and fall moons
and lunar changes for the year; bence.
being devoted to lunar mattcra, the
Saxon block waa culled au 'ul-tnon-heed,'
or 'observation of all the moona.'
"From nUmoD-Uced our word alma
nac comes.'
Usual Rtsult.
"Well." asked the motorman. "did
you manage to collect your little btr
from thnt conductor?"
"No," answered the disgusted pas
aengcr. ' "I gut tired trying to collect
It at his bouse, aud tbe other day 1
caught him on hla car."
"What did he dor
"The aame thing aa usual put mc
tff."
Graveyard ef Asiatics.'
The northern territory Is the grave
yard of Innumerable Asiatics, wbo en
ter by way of the gulf of Carpentaria
In quest of gold. Death from thirst
and atarratlon account for tboua!,'.
Tho few who survive rernru to Cu
to spread the fame of Australia's i
leutlesa roiltnde and hunger track -Chambers'
Journal.
Advle.
"What would you da" asked the ex
rlie.l p,v ai "If a paper should call
yoa n liar u id a"1l IT'
"Well." said tho lawyer. "If 1 were
yoa I'd tot-s up e cent to see - .-r' -ier
Kd reform or lick the editor." lev.
Leader.
Navar Totichsd Him.
"Dooan't begging mak you asham
ed r
re. If Vaw how a tin try boom
UvD were Tot twiri'd Tv aabamed ef
being boom -Philadelphia Ledger,
Was It a Dream?
H I I l-I H
I I 1 1 1 I I I 1 1 1 1
lOrlalnal.)
This story present oue of those
psychological pruxle that some people
sneer at aa fraudulent, some tukc
great Interest hi, and to wblcb most
people are Indifferent
Michael Keenan, oue of tbe most
desperate of burglars, havl-g- Just been
discharged from state prisou after
serving a ten ywaaa' term, waa prowl
ing at midnight on tha outskirts of a
town looking for au opportunity to re
plenish bis exebaqoar. lie surveyed
sev-ern.1 bouses Xrom 2Slr back yaida
to ttiukoV aeiec-tloa Tor burglary when
be espied I figure walking In rear of
a bouse tbat fronted on another street.
5cenan laid low and watched. Waa
the person bent on tb earn purpose
as himself! Be soon discovered that
tbe ngur was a man and waa walking
to and fro, keepioc an eye on an upper
rear win dew of tbe boon be was be
hind. Keenan fowad a loos fence
picket and wltb It stealthily approached
tho figure. There was a thud, a mur
dered man, rifted pocket and a body
thrown lu an open bunker of the
bouse tbe figure bad been watching.
Then Keenan went off with a gold
watch and chain aud a bandred dol
lar In money.
Not long after the murder Keenan.
wbo waa in a distant city, saw It stated
In a newspaper that Hugh Gregory.
tho owner of tbe bouse la the bunk
er of whleh the body bad been found,
had been arrested for murder. The
article also stated, that Gregory was
past fifty, tbe murdered man under
twenty.flve. Tbe young man was Ev-
eret Sturgls and a visitor at Gregorys I
bouse. Tbe chain of evidence connect
ing Gregory witb the niurder waa not
given. Those sly fellows the police
were too smart to give anything away
before the proper time.
It waa this matter of the police tbat I
Interested Keenan. Tbey bad once I
proved him gullry of a crime be bad :
not committed, aud he wua curious to
know how their Ingenuity would work :
In proving a man guilty of a crime
that be (Keenan) had committed. So
he laid low, living on tbe proceeds of ,
the murder and raklug no great risk 1
to get more. lie waa absorbed In ;
what was called the Bturges murder 1
case. Some of the paper aueorcd at j
the police, accusing tbem of endeavor
ing to find in Gregory a victim In
whom to hide their stupidity. When j
Keenan read thla he chuckled. He be-'
Ueved that was then object
Then came reporta of the trial, which i
the real murderer read eagerly. So
convincing were tbe anrumentB of the
prosecuting attorney that Keenan Bl- !
most beliaved himself lnnoee-it of the j
murder uud Gregory the guilt;.- one. ;
But when tbe prlsouer'a counsel took j
up the case bo 0ud roe uo possible I
chance of the prisoucr's couvtctlou. i
One thing puzzled him all thj reports ,
stated that Gregory looked and acted
tike a guilty man.
Tbe next statement Keenan read fill
ed him witb wonder. Gregory bad
been convicted, and soon after hla cou-
rtctton he bad confessed. Sturges hnd
been a suitor for bis daughter's band.
Gregory bad bitterly opposed bin. Ou
the ulgbt of tbe murder Gregory had
gone to bed, to awake at midnight
with an uncxplainnble conviction that
Sturges was prowling near the house
for the pnrnose of eloping witb tbe
girl Gregory for some time thought
be hod dreamed thut he saw Sturges
walking without but so atrong waa
tbe conviction tbat this was really so
thnt ho got op, dressed, went down
stairs, took a stout cane from tbe ball,
went o"t, found Sturges and struck
him a blow, from which be Bank down.
I7c bad no remembrance of putting tbc
body in tho bunker and supposed Stur
ges must have dragged himself there
and died.
When Keenan read this . confession
be gave a long low whistle of astonish
ment Then he began to wonder if he
had not been dreaoi.ng himself and
Gregory had not after all, killed Stur
ges. However, he still bed Sturges
watch, which bo bad not dared to sell
or pawn, and It was convincing proof
that be was the murderer. He puz
sled for weoka what he bad better do.
He bad no idea ot giving himself up
to sore an Innocent man, but be bated
tbe police and burned to show up what
he considered their Inefficiency.
On night Keenan cracked a crib and
made a fine haul of ready cash. Then
he laid a plan. He bought a second
class ticket on a steamer bound for
Chile. Just before tbe steamer allied
be expressed a small package to tbe
Judge before whom Gregory waa tried
and at tbe same time mailed the Judge
a letter. In half an hour after doing
tbla he was out on the Atlantic ocean.
Thla la tbe latter be wrote the Judge:
Dere Juge. The bouco fa a lot o' blokea.
1 got out from behind the bars wan day.
and that nlta was lookln' fur a crib to
cradle X apottad a man watchln. I killed
blm and took the swag and dragged him
Into the ounksr. la sinn you by x-
?resa the watch of the man 1 killed,
ha man convicted must a been dreainin.
I'm oft for furin' parte- Tures.
MIKE KEENAN.
The watch was identified as having
belonged to Sturges, and Keenan, In
name, was traced to the prison from
which he bad been discharged. Gregory
was finally set at liberty, and bis fam
ily anlted la trying to convince blm he
had dreamed that he killed Sturges.
This b will not admit, though he con
cedes thnt some mental process akin
to dreams may have mad him think
that be bad committed murder.
WhUo during the trial Gregory' an
tagonism to hie daughter's wooer came
out It did not come out till after the
receipt of Kecnaii'a communication
v'.nt an arraut-emant had been mad
l-!-.ween tho lo-era to elepe on the
i. tb; of the uwnler. The girl conceal-
1 tl-o fact to sUicId ber father.
SVLMVAN KING
O..T Al..
"That artist is a real genius," re-!
marked tie admirer.
"No," answered allna Cayenne; "he
can't he a real genius, or people
wouldn't he saying so tnanv compli
mentary things About him before b la
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The two chief golfing superstitions
tre tbat two up and Ore to play nerer
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PITFALLS OF ENGLISH.
9ur Puzzling Language and Ita Wordi
ot Mora Than On Meaning.
Of all modem languages Eugllsb If
undoubtedly the most difficult to ac
quire. In addition to the ordluor;
pltfnlls of forms and idioms that en
tr:ip tliu fuu-isuer stniKMiig for ni.iv
tery of a atome tuiiKiie. there la ou
ao peculiar to ours tiiat nothing eve
remotely almliur presents Itself in an.
otuer Jaiig-.i.-:-e, whether ancient 01
modern.
This Is tbe imisdnxtcnl word, th
word which ha two meanings diamet
rleally oi jium-iI to cuh other, it I.
cot euiug.-u Hint, with nil the wenltl
of words borrowed fiom half a acor.
of other h:nir;.-iea, v.e must Inipoee :
double n ml of; en a n.ultlplo burden o::
some pour Utile monosyllabic wop
like' "get," for Instnuee, wbo?e mcue
Insa aro le.rion. Our language mus
needs confound the student nt tb.
Kntos wltb the paradox. To give
tew exaupic3:
T!n v. ord "let" means to "allow'
or "iwruiit" and likewise to "pre
vent." "hinder" or "refuse." mejnli:
dlumetiv ull.v opposite. "I will let yn
do If In the former aense ia hard!;
more eouiuiou In ue tliun the phram
"wlthv-n let or hindrance," an
Shakespeare baa It. "Hy heaven, r:
muke a g'.'.ost of him that lets (pr
vcnti?i mei"
"Ciea'.e" uiei'.ns to spilt ..sunder i
well as to "adhere" or "bind" closely
Scott make s'nrmion threaten tr
"cleave .ilie Dongiaa' be;id," whll.
holy writ rnjolns'iipnu the husband tr
"cftvivc ir.rtn. hla wife."
Auuili.v .,iii.r.pie is "inrld," which
nuauM '.ch "111111 red" aud also 11
"pile tie. n" hue. tlnta that are exact
y opposed In tie m ale of color. Whllf
the former Is the riore common mean
ing, the latter la aore scholarly cor
rect the word Is derived throng:!
tbt Latin from tbe Greek adjective
meaning "greenish bued."
SSI BTSiaSBBU li 1 - j - - - T
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lo nril Class coninuon Is ex- j
citing nouh lor mott people.
When vou tleiuot to ruo on !
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tare us out it into nrst claai
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- OMAHA
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, tvt.no
f-W.OO
twin
Rich in heart Interest
Resplendent in Rare Comedo
aright in Dialogue
Terrific in Climaxes
Original in Sensational
X&ain, we bare "faat" A hone
that I "fast" may b In rapid motion
or standing tied stock atiih In either
aense, whether of motion or Immobili
ty, tbe word emphasise tbe Idea.
Examples of this bewildering pit
fall of our tongue might be multiplied
Indefinitely. It may be said of the
English speaking world aa It waa tald
of the old Romans that their suprem
acy la doe to tbe fact that tbey do
cot have to learn their own language.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Whan Pocksf.ll.r Waa Poor.
J. C. Foster, a retired business mart,
of Buffalo, who la spending the winter
nt the New Deneehnud. waa a hotel
man years ago In Oil City. Pa. That
was In the days of the Pennsylvania
oil boom, and prospectora from all
over the country were guests m the
City hi 'el. many of whom bare since
risen to the front rank of finance, for
among Mr. Foster's guests In those
dnys were such men as Rockefeller.
Satterfield. Taylor. VandergrlB, For
man and Pan O'D.iy. And It was no
uncommon thing for these oil mag
natea to aleep two in a bed, for ac
commodations weren't plentiful, and
even plastered honses were rare. New
Orleans ricayune.
A 8evou Tailsd Comet.
The new comet, generally caHed
Daniels', which passed perihelion In
AugUBt, offered the remark-bio anec-
racie or aeven tails, displayed slmnl.
tancoosly. In this respect It recall the
famnns comet of 1744, which. It la aald,
alio bad seven tall. But the comet of
174 was a brilliant one. whereas Dan
iels' conii-t wie. not conspicuous lo the
naked eye. Accordlug to Brt-iichln'
theory, a nmltlplielty of talis, of differ
ent curveturm. Indicates that the com
et consists of substance of varying
vale weight Tho lightest particles,
tlrg driven off wltb great velocity,
f -.o. straight tall.