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QCaRTKR ot a ceutury ago when a cltlsen detlretl to vow as beet with dltucultle- at leat anuoyauce--froui the tlmt lie hove la llt of the army ot "heeler" at th polling plae until he reached the bHot l)oi haudlor. He wa crowded out ot Hue, Jostled, yelled . delays by challenges. Votlug wa a matter of strength, brut fore and en durance. There waa no privacy or se crecy of political Inclination. The pro gram then In Togu disgusted the re spectable voter, and ther wa no rem edy or Improvement afforded untU the Australian system came-luto use. Thla plan exceeded In purity and ac curacy anything that America had been able to devise. It salient beuotU were that the lutendlng voter uu a clear SOO feet In which to approach the voting booth unattended, that no man ha beeu tented, can baudle 000 voter to the precinct without trouble. It la asserted that the voter cau record bla vote lu one minute. In one city pre cinct In Detroit It waa reported that 130 men voted lu exactly 150 minute. In lta adaptation to village ami to couutry district- generally the voting umehtuo appear to be eveu at pres.-ut within the coinpa of all a to ecou omy. Utility aud expeuae. One machine cau be taken for a type of all. To a city like MulTalo It aella for The great feature ot the machine la that It In uie absolute accuracy In expressing the wilt of the voter. It la automatic, register only what the voter will, caunot be disturbed without belug wrecked, and casta up the total a It goe. A aooo a the poll are closed the return are there, totaled up aud ready for transcription to the record for canvas. It provide for the votlug L .- - ..."-""""" exit lu from Ov to ten second. When ! null cloi the dour I locked lu au m.n nuaitlon. which lock the lueeuau vf this i.iu of the machlue. after which titer after I'nlsslon gueen Uulse, VHERK 'LITTHMINISTIR' UIVID.) Harris's Home la Im Thrums, the r Hev.rel f Uts aMurta. Mary B. Mulleit, writing of "The . M. ti ..t.i.." i.s i li I aril' spar, down to the dec with hi. own ' ? .. lt.ival Louse" Is tli nam. - ----- weigw. J' -'" ' "--' -.. .1.- ..ii.. .i.ilnn In . klugly toy; she wai cbrl.uned , " ih OLDTIMK VOTING. but t Judge" of election could baud him a ballot, thus preventlug tissue ballots aud vest-pocket votlug; that he r.tln1 in niakft till choice of I'ttUll'. dates free from prying eyes, aud that be saw his ballot get Inside the box. But at this point lesson emled. for after trying the Austinllsu sysiem -beneficial as It ha proven-It U cei tain that progres demand still further Improvements, with eight tickets In the field, and each ticket with sixty Candi da tea, all printed on one sheet of paper, many a voter, even of average Intelli gence, has been bewildered. Outside of this, the question of economics. In money and time, has arisen. The -blanket ballot has been found cum bersome; to the uneducated voter It has often proved a puzzle. Intricacy has been the fault. To show bow common Is the confusion, the faulty marking of STANDARD V0TM0 MACniSB. ballots, It may be stated thnt in t.;c New York election of 1S07 some 122,0Stl ballots were thrown out as blank or de fective. Add to this the fact that In the city of Chicago It costs $73,000 merely to hold an election for two Judges, and some of the defects of the Australian system may be understood. For these and many other reasons the public mind is dwelling earnestly on the theme of voting by machinery. It is certain that the voting ninfhine would In time be able to defeat the workings of the party machine. Kev eral things are asserted In Its favor that anneal atrc ngly to the honest -voter. One Is the reduced expense of conducting elections, which Is brought about by the Increased speed In ballot Ing, and the consequent reduction In the number of Dolling precincts. A great stride has been made In this dl rectlon- In the way of practical experi ment, and, in order to understand the worklnns of the new system, a typical case would be that of a great city like Chicago. Here there are 1,120 pre cincts, with an average of 328 regis tered voters. Five men to the precinct ate officials at every election, and each limn receives $5 dully. The city sets aside $124,000 for salaries of these ludses and clerks. The rental of the Dieclnct headquarters avernges $15. 'i'lin ballots cost over $5,000. When the care, keeping and distributing ex oeiises are added this cost Is doubled or trebled. The office expenses of the commissioners are also extremely heavy. Without too close analysis a saving could be effected by the use of machln cry that can be shown at once. It estimated that on this basis the num ber of votlug precincts could be re duced to 050. The printing of ballots would be done away with. Of course the care of the machines would he an expense, although not nearly so heavy On an equitable table of reduction after careful computation, it Is cnlcu lated that the enormous sum of $57,000 could be saved on every city election Itemized, this plan shows as follows; Reduction in number of pre cincts 47 Reduction in salaries of officers of election $39,05 Reduction in rentals at $15 a pre cinct 7,0," Reduction in ballots aud hand- Hug 1Q,000 of "split ticket" by an Ingenious de vice, varying, ot course, lu the various types. Hut It Insure one thing- it reu der any contest Impossible. The cash register was one scoffed at a a thing of will and lnnk fulness, deslk-ued to toss the tor proprietor In the air and bungle bla account. It was remarked with scorn and hilarity that one craduate of a commercial college was worth more than 1.000 machine lu casting up the receipt In cash. That day, a all others, passed. Compaia tlvely few concern In these day omit the humble cash register, because of It sneed and amiroved accuracy In aem lilluir total. The longest headed arlth metlclan the world ha ever produced lctilste skillfully cuoiieIi to d..trov the euulpolse of the delicate machine, which attends to business , t.lt .l...n ..l..n.i,l and merely rmgs a w ni-u for action. At least half a dozen TOtlng machine ave been Invented, each of which ha polut In Its favor, according to ttie re port of Investigators, a typicsi oue deserve a detailed description. It I about four feet square and ten Inches eep, and I supported by leg, the top being a little over ix teei iroiu uie floor. From the upper coruer project semicircular bar, on which I nung curtain, which form a booth. An peratlng lever extends from tho center f the top of the machine, the outer end which Is attached to tho curtain. The voter throw this lever, wuicn closes the curtain about him. Placed on the front of the machine Id full view of the public before It Is closed by the curtain Is an Australian ballot, 22x4 inches. At the head of each ticket over the party emblem Is a straight ticket knob, and In front of each uamo where the marking space should be Is an Indi cator which may bo uoved over the name to Indicate the voter" choice, which connects the counter, but does not register the voto until the lever Is moved to open the curtain, The voter flrst selects bis party ticket. and by pulling the straight knob at the top over the party emblem down to the right, moves all tho pointers Tor tnnt ticket. If he desires to split his ticket he can move the pointer back from over the name that does uot suit him, and In the same olfiee lino movo the pointer over the name he wishes to voto for. After pulling the straight ticket knob pointer may be moved back and forth, making a click at Intervals to Indicate splitting, and at the same time, vote straight. In splitting his vote he can move the pointers silently, with a little care. Having arranged ins voio iiuh fuctorlly, he Is now ready to register It, which he does by throwing the curtain open by means of an operating lever, with which he closed It, thus casting and counting his vote In perfect se creey. After the vote are closed and the machine locked against voting, the doors In the rear are unlocked, and the vote of each candidate Is ahown on the counting compartment are thrown onu to Inspector and watcher and th total number of Vote received by each candidate taken off and read lu public ami ample opportunity I giveu to compare tint llgure with the dial ou the machlue. It It mounted uu wheel, and I a readily transported a any ordinary truck. The machlue tried at the Irvlugtoii, I ml., election, a year ago the present month, ha oiue advantages over both of the machlue Jut dcscrlboU. It I arranged to haudle seven dtffereul tick et, with eighty name to each ticket, while the face, or keyboard, I 30x41 Incites In dlmenalon. Thl device both register and record every vole cast first on the dial, aud then In addition on a perforated proof, or tally sheet. It ha also a time lock, which cau lie t to atop votlug al any hour Oxcd by law for the closing of the poll.. Further. It haudle fractional vote. lu a rceeut election in Rochester, . V., the votlug machine uiaoo it possi ble for the first return to be given to the nubile within six mtuute after tho closing of the poll, while the final re- rurua were declared Just tuirty-ouu minute later. The entire reult w kuown three-quarters of an hour after the closing ot the poll. From all of this It will be conceded that voting by machlue has many de sirable feattirea. Tb reduction or b coat of holding election, the speed with which the vote ran be taken, and the speed with which returns can 1st made, all Important element to consider. Ouce adopted by law, the Inanimate faces of these engine formed to tell what the people want win ihj tn meui- urn of stopping foolish route!, which cost the people heavy um of tnouey. One lack will yet remain, however. Complete purification of the ballut can not bo effected until anuie device I perfected which will luur abmilut security and legality In the registration of voters themselves, whereby a cor rupt man may lie prevented from regis tering under the namo of om other man long dead or removed from the city. When nch a device la created - and why may not photography and otn- er science abetr-then voting will be come an accurate expression of the peo- Die' will. The reign of "the bo" will end. for the entire electorate will lie "boss!" Kirriemuir (Tbnims) "to which family party walked together, sirs. Harris flrst, slight flgure In brown sud scarlet, more Engllab In Jr than The lit- tie frigate wa built on the Thame Itlver, at Woolwich, Knglatid, In 1833, and wa towed down the river and aero the North Sea by a steamer to In Me, bohllng ber ueao raiuer iu llumburg; from thl place a flat barge I walking confidently-!! wa on floated her up the Kibe and Into the tho stage before ber marriage. uu llavel at Potsdam, where shs still re- ber was Miss Harrle. a quietly dressea. mnlu.-Woman's Home Companion. rather colorless woman, not one io oraw attention from the three men who fob How t anned Meats Are Teated. lowed her. I u '" " " Among tho moat Incoinpreheualbl the one lu ministerial maca, a uigu proceedings to be observed within the bat on hi uowy bead, wa Dr. Ogllvy, of Woolwich depot are the brother to name momrr. doubled over, a are u nit haired man so many In thl laud or loom, ami wearing great hobnailed shoes, for be likes lo lake care of Ih pretty garden at the lop of the brae-wa Barrle's father. Iletweeu them i fa a alight 11 rues. Though I J pper, and we If vast area doing of a vmall party ot otttclnls, on I ot whom appear to do nothing all day long but alt at a table aud tap on the top of tin canister wth a couple of bit ot stick something after the man ner of a child bcatlnc on the unturned eud of hi drum. Tb tins are pnssed fl"re of boyish alondernes. lu.f,,K Mm aln aa faat SB lis ean tan small, lie WS Hot till pper, them and absolutely nothing eem to breathed a ign or rener. si i -come of tho game. To the tinenllgbt-. '"""d "l '"6 ,"B''r' .......I It la nnlta ilillllitlllull.U Ilea. "it la a iiiiii. nnra islt, annual wr gardi delicate, Bensltlve, wistful some how, but trougi-r than w bad expect ed It to be. The dominating aadues of bit face make almost a real shadow over It II amlled ouce or twice, but Ida face did not once really light up. lllui sad and thin a It was, It U face .a a S 4 uua Unit one would noi soou lorgci-j". ik1 that ouo would be glad to remciu- MIHALV MUNK4CSY. r llnMgsrle) Waa One ef ta tlraal I'alnlcra of tb Aae. Mlbaly Muukacsy, who died May 1 In private Insane asylum at Bona, Grr many, where be bad been confined for more ibao. three year, wai ou of tb world's grtst painter. Rome of his heat Deductions, chief among them Christ Usfor I'llnts, are owned lo thl couutry. Tb famous painter' real nam wa Michael Lleb and be was born lo the town of Muukict, liuugary. fifty-four year ago. Early lu life be became atmrentlced a a carm-uter'a boy. II allowed a list for poetry aud lo lei- auro moment learned to draw. Ill talent developed wonderfully and be nianaa-ed to get a studio In Dusscldorf. In lHiin Mr. aud Mr. Willstark, of Philadelphia, traveling lo (Jormany, ! stopped at Dusseldorf and Mr. Will- The tin coutaln meat and before they HCW BABY TOOK TO WATER. Clever Ivlce of Grandmother Over comae Ktar lu learning to Hatha. Itaby Is a dimpled darling of Borne U mouths of age. She I a geutle little thing, full of life and a much curiosity a hou!d belong to her sex. Hut one day when her mother attempted to bathe ber la the altogether In a big tmn-i babv et uo a howL The water wa possibly a bit too cold and tho teu dor flesh revolted, o the Infant became afraid of water. Her grandmother, having brought up a flock of boy and gltis, I up lo mimy irlek to cilia baby' coitlldence. tfhu decided the little one must be taught Total $57,000 This Is a showing bnBod wholly on the assumption that the voting ma chlue can hand.e double the number of voter that cau 1 e handled under pre eut nietbi,ds. The machine, according n rei:nb'.e exDeits from cities where It PUM.1HO PARTY" TICKET LKVJtR I II N II 1 , J-..,f"-i r-i il.AJXL VKITKD TTBI VOTISO MACH1SS- Tho Hln In Child. Wife. Hindu child wife divides ber year iito, to Interval, one of which he Lpcml with ber parent, Ibis being a sort of vacation time, and the other she sNud at the house of her busbaud a parent, thl Mug the time of dally i,.tiiiriuiii ilt-n.1if.-rv. Villon girt lu Itengal blacken their teeth with tulshl, a coloring powder. The Hp are black also, and this I supposed to make them exceedliijily charming. Wrltlug letter, especially lo ber bus band, Is thought to be fearful Immod esty In a Hindu girl; and she has no chance of Improving her mlud by In telligent conversation with any one. Kite must write lo her husband, though at It III! t tit lilt It ha atealth III the ulu'ilt are passed Into store It t. of course f Mck ou, of Important to examine unJ l'on ,,,m.,c ,,roow m.r H.n. the Juice wuat 1 iMCjoseu. auu uis, m ia j uf un u,nf lm m nuj ,m,ll(l. WBJ 11 IS UI1W. tut tlB.HV vmi v. expert examiner can tell whether the meat Is lu a wholesome or a putrid con dition by the souud emitted when rapped with the itlck, Just a the exam iner of railway carriage wheels I up posed to be able to tell whether the wheel ho tap with hi hammer I crneked or uot. The rapidity with which tho business Is goue through end the seeming luntteutlon of the perform er with the sticks snd bis total Indif ference to all sorts of noises about hi in render the procedure a very curious one to watch. The test Is said to be practically Infallible. I-ondou News. Q i, 1 MIIIAI.Y MUMKACSr. bty the drhil leaf or the banana uer pa mt. A llludu girl nmst alway keep the Inner apartment of the house. Hhe I only let out when she goe to draw water for the household either rroiu the pond or the well or the river. leuce the waterside I a great fenil- iiliie resort, a sort of women ciun, where there la much gossiping and plenty of stolen Iclsure.-l'lnlstlun Reg- ster. How the You nt Klhow th Old. "The part of w isdom I not to drop one' task too early, uot to be In bat to retire from post of Influence and duly," writes Margaret H. Sangstor In CL Bt5,i m &k lip TUB AUSTRALIAN VXLWT ST8TEM. to like Ihe feeling of water, so sho Ulled the bowl with carefully warmed water aud then placed several large, brightly colored marble In It Then he took the baby ou her lap and placed her own hand In the bowl and rolled the marbles about. Thl ruse proved successful to tho extent of mnkltig baby yearn Tor the marbles. The child gingerly placed one dimpled hnud In the water, but quickly with drew It Then she looked surprised, but as grandma played lu the water the child grlutied and plunged her list Into the bowl. Hhe soon bnd tho bulls rolling about and chuckled with gleo. Hhe grew so interested that sno stuck both hands and arms In and tried hard to capture tho slippery marbles. Then grandma placed her lu the water. This seemed to please baby, for sho com menced to wiggle her small leg buck and forth. All at once sho discovered that water will splash. Hhe screamed In happiness and set arms, legs, feet and hands vig orously to work before grnudnui hud any chnnce to head her off. Tho elder ly woman was thoroughly wetted bo fore the child quit She quit when all the water had been splashed over the floor, herself and grn . Then sho looked for more. Since then It Is a case of tight when they try to take her out of her tub. Chicago Chronicle. counters, ready to be copied over the election returns. The machine Is constructed of steel and non-corrosive metal, and where steel Is used It Is protected from rust by plating with copper and nickel. Every movement Is positive, the machine is wholly different In construction from any other, and cannot bo manipulated fraudulently. The machine weighs about BOO pounds, and when boxed for storage or shipment occupies a space about four feet square and sixteen Inches deep. Thero Is another device, kuown as the "United States voting machine," that has a keyboard on which is placed a printed ballot, or labels, with the name of each candidate, with a separate push button adjacent to each name. The machine has a large push button for each party ticket. The operation of the door through which the voter passes out of the booth registers the vote he has Indicated. This device will readily accommodate up to 800 voters. J.y actual test a voter can enter the booth, vote the straight ticket, and make his the Ladles' Home Journal. "InsensI blv the young, with a certain uncon sclous arrogance, elbow the old out of tho way, aud monopolize the place In every profession and branch of bus! uess. Yet the young are not dowered with exnerletice. nor have they the riper Judgment of maturity. But they do have wbnt age has often lost en thuslusm. self-confidence and pluck Old people are sometimes out of touch with the present ago. They have oiiHi-il to be receptive: they have growu mentally lnhospltnblo and luert Is there, however, tho suglitost reason wIit a woman should rust out turougn mere Indolence before sue lias aone ine full measure of service required by ber Muster for tho timo In which she lives? As a teacher as an artist, as a house mistress and mother, In whatever field you are, my friend, do not withdraw from active duty too aooii. 'iheeej need nt the front for the womnn of warm heart and trained capacity for affair, and her ago I of little conse quence If she U equal to her work, There never wa a time when the Judgment of mature age was more ueeded than It I to-day." (Jrral Hehrra lo Hand, I'm B'llu to write f rest porni some osy. Kxsetly when I will nut say, Ju( now some things sr lu the wiy; I'll beglu-well, week from iuvtdsy. Titers are pictures, loo, I mrsn to palut; Mr nl a uu. vet are little faint. Hut in not Ion t sr really new and quaint, Al you'll see a week from Wcduriday A drama gresl I hsve In mlud, A soon ss I s plot ran And, Klrlkluir, orlglunl. refilled, Perhaps I week from 'luiirsday. 1 hone to' form S itot k coneera. Knorinoiis dividends I'll esrn, Till coupon bonds I hsv "to burn," About a year from I ritUy. Oh, nn--ril Jt Invent a toy, Home simple glmcrsck to give joy To earh eiirspltired girl or hoy I'll work, en thnl next Saturday 1 rsn'l decide which scheme to eboose, Ksch Idea seems tint good lo lose; Meanwhile I'll tskc my Kundity auoose- To-morrow's only Monday. Woman's Home Couipaulon. The Plaything ot a King. The Emperor of Oermnny has a toy (hat would gladden the heart of the most exacting boy. It is a mlnluturo frigate, a full-rlgged tbroe-mnstcd wnr ship, fl'ty-five feet lu length, drawing but four feet of water, nud having a capacity of thirty tons. Tho ship Is an heirloom In the Imperial family of Ger many, having been presented by Will iam IV., King of England, to the pres ent German emperor's great-grandfather, Frederick William III. It gave the reigning monarch his first taste of life on the wave, aud in m noynoou days one of his favorite amiiBetnents was to sail on the watery Potsdam, In nnn,nnnv with his brother Henry, In this tiny mau-of-war. At a distance the ship's dimensions are very decep tive, but o mnn at the rail or boat mov ing alongside soon brings out, by con trast, tho smallness of the craft. The frlgute can be sailed In the same man ner na the largest ship, but the crew must be Llllputlans In size and scanty la number; a seaman of ordinary build would be totally out of place on the yards of this vessel. He would piob nbly be In grave danger of brlnginir the A Pie for Tes. "Nature Is, after all, to be depended upon pretty thoroughly," Biild a Chi cago physician who hns mode a study of the effects of tea on the system. "For example, It Is the exceptional person who craves tea nt ureaKrusi, a nine oi "A Friend In Need.' Hummer nixht, Smiling moon, Fair sweet girl Yuui.f mau soon. Story old, love's young dream. Stole s kiss, Hesrts supreme. Ireful dad, Seeno dsi pierce, Holds In cheek Watchdog tierce. "Sick ein, Tlge-" "Lad, bes-onc." ' "Tlue .good dog," Something wrong. Smsrt young msn Dog has fed, Tia-e bites not, Dud misled. Pleading pair Anger quells. Pad relents, Wedding bells. -Chicago Detnoyrat. Mulltiin In Parvo Prayer. Georgle's mother Insisted uiou his re pealing the prayer of childhood. He Ifnrtwl eJootuifc.tesHilrlng prompting at the beginning of every line. Drowsi ness had uoui-ic'won the mastery by the time that tut, had obediently got n fur 'my soul to take," "(Jod l,lag prompted hi" mother. Georglo bus a long lift of relatives. There was a nutter of his sleep-laden lids as ho luinpeiHUi!iu.tf!! together; "God bless the whole shooting match!" And be was asleep. stack wss so pleased with Lleb's work that be told him to make a painting which th American seut to lb Pari Salon In 1870, where It created a sen satlon and nude the young painter f iiioii. It earned him a medal, a wealthy pitrou and a atart on tb road which brought Michael Lleb to the rich aud celebrated Count Mlbaly de Munkacsy. chevalier of the Uglon of Honor and Kulght of the Austrlnu Or der of tb Iron Cross. Munkucsy li said to have received more than $1,000,000 for bl work. HI Christ Refer I'llnte wa purchased by John Wauamsker, of Philadelphia, who still owns It. for 1 1 00.000. Other i.ronilneiit nilutlngs of bl In (hi coun try are The l.at Iay of a Man Con- deitined to Death and Milton Diciaung Paradise Lost. Ill mlud gt way a ho was mittlim Ihe finishing louche i.n bla laat itreut work In the Christ eric. Eeeo Homo. In 1801. the mil letitilfil year of Hungary, Munkacsy left Paris, where he bad lived for many yesrs. ud relumed lo hi native laud, la Ihe autumn of thai year he wa strlckeu with a spinal parslysl ami bud done no work alnce. He soon afterward became demented and was scut to the asylum at Uonn. UAW AS INTERPRETED. The doctrine that an agent lo pur chase property cannot buy for hi own benefit Is applied, in Kimball v Ran nee (Mich.). s0 U It A. 403, to a pur- chase ou fowlosure by an agent who i,,,.i iwen eiuiilored lo effect a sale of the mortgaged property. Ureai li by a water company of a con tract to supply a city with water uf Ocleut to protect It Inhabitant against loss It held. In Gorrcll ve. Greensboro Waier Kumily Company (N. C), 40 U It .A. 613. to entitle a cltlseu whose i.roiierl Is burued lu cousequence thereof to iuo a puny iu iw. Ouo system of street railway over aoi.io of which both freight aud pas senger are carried and car from lines nimilnit toother lowu are ruu 1 held. In Oren ex rel. Marlmtir v. Plugre (Mlch.l. 4(1 L. It A 407, to constitute a work of Internal Improvement within the meaning of the Michigan constitu tion, which forbids the State to be In terested In such work. If a creditor take an assignment of a life Insursuce policy to aecure his debt ho I held In Morris vs. Georgia Uan, k and It. Company (Ga.), 4U I It A, WHI, to bo eutltled to retain out of the proceed of the policy an amount suf ficient to py ho debt with all ad vanrea tusilo to keep the policy In force, and Is required to pay any unimnu iv the persons named In the policy as beneficiaries or payees. Removal of a Judge from office for nur..w economic reasons not personal to blm or relating to his administration nt tl.A office Is held, in Wcuiicy vs. State (Tetin ). 40 U It A. 6(17. to be not authorised by a constitutional pro- vi-in for the removal or a juage vj concurrent vote of both house of the General Assembly, after notice to the Judge, accompanied with a copy of the cause alleged for ma removal. C Mi Traction In Submarine Host. To enable tourist to cross the Ku Um1i channel without the Inconven- I lenccs of seasickness a Frenchman has ' designed a submarine boat, to be pro ! polled by cable traction. It will ac commodate about 2.r0 passengers and ...... .1... ,...,..,, In ulwmt (in linllP. Will milKe Uiujuumi-J N.mlna ihe Prince of Wales, About six hundred year ago there was a king of Kuglnnd-Edward 1. n-ho subdued tho people of Males. At- :er couqnerlug the Welsh he wa anx ou to get their good-wllL and so, when it happened that his first baby ...i una imin in Carnarvon, In ivai. lie had a bright Idea. He an jounced thot his boy was a native of IVales-ouo who could spenk Welsh lust as well as uiiy other tongue (tlilB a a true, as the buby was but a few weeks old), and he should therefore oe ;be people's own prince, Edward, I'rluceof Wules. ' -, Twenty-three yenrs after this baby jocame King of Englaud, and about Bfty years Inter his grnndsou una as ilgucd to'lilm, a the third Prince of tvafoa. th crest and motto which has boon borne by nil the English kings' ions who have since that day had the title. The crest Is three ostrich feath ers, and the motto Is the sentence, "Ich dlen" "I serve." It was given tb the Hltick Trlnee, a boy of great promise, who fought bravely at the battle of Creey .-Forward. Why do they ssy "boys will be boysr They know well enough boys will b mn.w ' ; One swallow nay not make a mm- uer, but one bull frog makes a spring and one banana skla a fall Never aik a cruit of a cruity mnn. Ask blm for meat for he'll give you a told shoulder with pleasure. He-What If 1 should catch myself proposing to you T She I should con sider you a pretty good catch. Mra. Hlx-I'm glad to bear that your husbtnd Is working again. Mrs. Dli- Hut be Isn't working; bo bss a political Job. Couldn't Stick Willie: Teacher-Wil lie, what's the masculine of "la un dress r Willie Wlscgiiy-Chlnimanl- Hrooklyn Life. The following epitaph may be sen lu an Ulster churchyard: "Erected lo (he memory of John Phillips accident ally shot as a mark of affection by bl brother." She A married couple should putt to gether like a team of horses. He-Us, and they probably would If like a team of horses tbey bad but one tongue be tween them. Evidently Holding Hand.-"! that young man lo the parlor with Maud still r asked ber father, suddenly look lug up from bl paper, "Very still," re plied ber mother. - Pbotogrspber How shall I finish your photographs, madam? Madam- Well, retouch half of them to look ten years younger than I am. I want those to seud out of town. Chicago ttecord. At the Dinner Table: "Georgia, doo'l stare at Mr. Crumley that way; It Isn't polite." "I was Just wnltln' to see blm pick up bis glass of water, ma; I beard pa tell you that he drinks like a flsh." Cleveland Pluto Dealer. A lady residing In North Columbus, meeting a girl tho other day who had lately been In her service, Inquired: WelL Mary, where do you live oor "Please, ma'am, I don't live nowhere," rejoined the girl, "I'm married." I've bought a bulldog." said Pursuit! to bis friend Lessup, "and I want a motto. to put over bis kennel; csn you think of somethlngr "Why Dot use a dentist's notice - Teeth . lusertod here 7' " suggested Lessup. Tlt-Blts. "See here," howled the manager, "does It take you four boure to carry a message three squares aud return r "Wy," suld Ihe new office boy, ."you told mo to see how long It would take me to go there aud back, and I doue It" Teacher (lufaut natural history class) -You will remember that will you, Tommy-that wasp lie In a torpid state all winter? Tommy (with in air of rctropectlon)-Yes'm, an' I'll try on' remember that they make up -for It In summer. Mother I notice. Osteud, that you did not eat any pie at dinner. Ostend- l asked for a piece, ma. M oilier-But I did not hear you. You should have asked a second time. Omend-Hut, ma, yon told me never to ask for pie the second time. Following Instructions: "Young Sammie Sender Is carrying out bis governor's wishes fulthfully, isn't he?" "How's thatr "Why, the old gentle man left Instructions In his will that after bl death bl dust wa to be scat tered to the winds. "-Life. Mr. Jaekson-Spenkln' ob your bus bau', Mr. Wimple, did he evuh eon aa. tn von dut he done propose to me Ih he married you? Mrs. Wimple 'Deed he didn't tell met He was so ashamed ob some ob do Hugs ho did dut I uevah Insisted tiMn a confession. "How about the lonu of one hundred marks that you were to have retuiied to me six weeks ago?" "I wanted to return It then, si, but you bad just met with a bereavement How could 1 break In ou your deep grief with so cheerful an announcement?" Mamuia-What Is Willie crying about? Brldget-Shure, ma'am, be wanted to go across the street to Tom my Green's. Mamma-Well, why didn't ypu let blm go? Bridget Tbey were having charades, be said, ma'am, and I wasn't sure as he'd had 'em yet-Exchange. Stage Mannger-By Jove, there's a uicc thing happening on the stagel Pro prietor Eh? What's up? Stage Mun ager The bero and villain are doing tbelr duel act, and the latter won't die until you signal him that he'll get his arrears of salary at the end of the piece. -Tlt-Blts. "Your American soldiers," said the disgusted Filipino envoy, "are dead to the rules of clvlllxed warfare." "What have they doue now?" Inquired the dig nified president of the commission. "Perhaps you won't believe It," said the envoy, with great bitterness, "but they actually ambushed one of our ambush es." Cleveland Plain Denier. "You seem to have quite a sum In your bank, Bobby," remarked the visit or. "Yes," Bald Bobby; "urn gives tue sixpence a week for coming to the table with clean hands and face." "Six pence Is a good deol of money for a llttlo boy to earn every week." "Yes, nia'am, but I have to do a large amount of work for It' A Yorkshire vicar receutly received the following noto from one of his pnr Ishloncrs: "This la to give you notice that I and Miss Jemima Arabella Brear ley are coming to your church on Sat urday afternoon uext to undergo the operation of matrimony at your bnnds. Please to be prompt, as the cab Is hired by the hour. Forewarned armed." THE CITY DOOK 8T0RE ( trrles Fine Line ef STATIONERY, CONFECTIONERY, BOOKS, CIGARS, TOBACCO. Robinson & Co. Independence, Oregon. C. C, MULKEY Drayman. Goods handled with care Cord Wood for Sale. Independence Oregon G. L Hawkins liacpcatftacc, Or. all" Monuments and . Hecd.stone Cemetery Work , etc. e The Hotel Gail Dallas,, Oxe. Has been refitted and renovated from cellar to garret, and every thing is new. Good sample room (or commercial men. Satisfaction guaranteed. Hates, $1.00 to $2.00. Special rates by the week. BUCK V SMITH. Proprietors. MM 11 MEW C. T. HENKtC, Proprietor Hot and Cold Baths at all Times. INDEPENDENCE - - OREGON A CLEAN SHAVE AND A H STYLISH RA1R GUT is what rou oet wiies you patboxizb Kuteh's BarberShop. IndeM?ndrnre Oregon. SOUTH and EAST -via- SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO Shasta Route. Train Invn lnrippendeuce for Portland and war uiliii" at 2 oi p. in. Leave lur Corvailu at 1J.00 s. m. Portland AUaiiy Amlaod...! Pacrxmeiilo Bau KrauctMO.... 8:30 s. in. li-; p. m. , 1J :tt a. in. , dua . in. ;lo . ui. 5:11a. m. USD a. in. 7tf a. iu. 7: lis iu. 7:03 p. m. 10:.r p. ra. a. in. 4::!5 a, m. S:15a m. 11:45 a.m. u:00 a. m. 7:& a. m. V:S0 a. iu. 7 KM a. tn. (l;t p. m. ::) a. m. t:fi5 a. m. 4:110 s. in. 6:25 p. m. 6A1 a. m. VIM p. in. fullman and Tourist cars on both trains. CI air car. Kaoianieiito to Oftilen ami El faao. snd tourlit c.ira lo Chicago, Bt. Louis, Kuw Urleausaud Wash ngtun. Connecting st San FraucUco with several Steani.hlp line for Himuliilu, Jupan, Chios, fblllppiuei, Central and South America. PeeMs.G. A. Wiuux at Independence at. Uon.or.ddre.. c. H. MARKHAM, General Paiengcr Agent, l'o. Hand, Or, PgdlMl rieavor Kanaa City.... Chicago Iw Angrlci...... 1 l'a Fort Worth., City of Mexico... Houston , New Orleana w a.biiigton New Vorlt 1 :.0 p. m. 6:l p. m, C,:aia. uu , V .V- a. in. 41i0 a. m. 6:t p, in. :U a. nt. 12:43 p. lu. O.n ii Is fore- the dny at which It Is least needed and flml Hi,0,i nny accident happen to the ts frequently most Injurious. Tea with , motjvc power tho hont mny be detached and will at once rise to me surnico nun illnuer. too, Ib not to be recommended, because even If perfectly made there Is sure to bo a little tannic acid In Its com position, nnd the stomach, In attempt tug the digestion of a heavy meal, Is much better without tins principle, my continue the journey In the ordi nary ma n uer. and dcslralle."-ChlcBgo Chronicle. He Won't Get Her a IMojrole. ir. Wlunley-My coustnnt aim In "After B o'clock, however, the hour t,.la if0 u to do something to make the that fashion and custom agree In pro- worHi better. vldlng tea, Is an hour that Is also prop- j Ml.g wimpley-Well, you'll do It; I or nnd fnvorablo to the system. The f(l,v ',. 0f that, supply of energy with which tho day jr wtuipley-Ah, Mnrlii, 1 am glad was begun Is about exhausted, and a t)iut y0U have for once lu your life In cup of well-made tea Is often a refresh- dieted that you have faith In my abtl- ment ana tonic inni ib com accepiaoie t0 occonipllsn Bomeiuing. Mrs. Wlmpley-Yes, you'll die some dny. Then the world will be b6tter. Chlcogo News. , It Is a pity that the woman whoso labors begin at dawn, nud last all day, and sometimes all night In caring for a sick child, has no resource by striking for an eight-hour law. Live eagles are aa hard to catch ay those on our silver dollar. From "Pequeno Nino." Tho etymology of tho word "picka ninny" Ib discussed by a writer In the American Anthropologist, who says that Its possible derivation was pointed out by Hlr Hans Bloane In 1707 In his "History of Jamaica." 'Tlganlnnes," said Sir Hans, "Is a corruption of pequenos nlnos, applied to the black or slave babies of Jamaica." Very Strong. Stubbs The woolen mill down the street was'destroyed by fire this morn lug. " ., Tenn-You don't snyl wny, tsmyme nnd I were standing In the same block, and never even heard an engine. Stubbs-Wonder you badu't caught a whiff of the burning wool. Tenn-Tliat was Impossible. Smythe was smoking a cigar he bought on the traln.-Ohlcngo News. Fattest Cruiser. Tho fastest cruiser In the world, the Hal Tien, has recently been completed for China. It has a speed of 23.6 knots per hour. At this rate she would cross the Atlantic' in about four and a half days. ' When a man dies bis widow's friends begin to say that the hank ho dealt with cheated her out of some of his money. It seems funny that It Is wrong for the heroine lft a book to marry a man Cedar Forests Are Diminishing-. The cednr forests remalulug lu th northenBtern part of tho coutlnent are In Aroostook County, Maine, the north ern counties of New Brunswick, aud the counties of Temlscouata, Rluiouskt, Donaventure aud Uaspe, In Quebec. Hero cednr grows large and thore are mnra trees to the acre than farther south. It Ib found ou the high land as well aB In the swamps. Iu Nova Scotia cedar does not grow. In Southern New Brunswick there Is not enough left to supply ties for the local railroads. Chinese Widow 6eUtom Marry. lu China It Is the rule of good society that widows do not remarry. They aro not forbidden to do so, but they ar thought more highly of If they don't In order to encourage them the govern ment, when they have passed the age of BO and have not remarried, confers on them a tablet containing a eulogy of their virtues, which they can stick up over their front door If they like. The surprise at an amateur concert Is the number of good places for stop- for bis money, and right for a girl U I ping which are disregarded by the per- do It outside. formars, who keep rigni on. Depart TIME SCHEDULES. Arriv rl,lnairo. Luke' Tr. SrtSnd ' Wortl1' ()mah . Hneclal KUB" Vlty, Bt. 4 p.m. rffVm Louts, Chicago and Ksat. - AiUnlln 8H Lake. Denver. K1 V-V. Worlh.Omaua Kan- T . ni. S.uopin Chicago am' East m Wall Walla, l.owls- Bpnksne ton, Spokane, Mln- . Vlyer neapolln, HU I'aul, a.m. -t.-00pm lluluth, Milwaukee, Clilosgo snd East. OCEAN STEAMSHIPS. Sam " IHn date, sub- . Kor - an Fi aiu'laoo Sails .very 6 day. RSiF- Columbia River Bx Sunday steamer.. 4 p.m. Bs'lnrdey To Astoria and Way- Bs-Bund'y BVu"Pm Wl I Ik met! e and 7 a. n. YaiuhllV Hlvera. 330 p.m. rVT Oregon (ty. Darton, ndB- ai'a Way-Lanaini. nd Fri- 8 a.m. WillametU River. 4:80 p.m. I-Y,r PortlnndtoCorvallls Mon Wed-. ptl Bat- and Way-Undlngs TU I.vKlparis s.iake River. Lv. Lewis. .Ua.ra. ton, daiiy imlly Hlnarlato Lewlaton. 9. m. S a. m. Ex. nud'y Oreon unaence n WlUamett. River. 4:80 p.m. Ex.Sund'y Newberg, Ralem, Inde. ny Landing, steamer Modoo City, nunitunm Jr wnv I anflinffa. Fnrtland on Mon. Wed. and Friday. Leaves Independence Tues, Thnrs, Bat, at :30 A. M. Hlr. Knlli leaves Independence! or Portland Away landing, Mon, Wed, I Prl, DAM. t CorvnlPs way landing. Tues. Thnrs, 8at, 6:80 rM, Kor full information call on 0. R. N. Agt, AL. HKRKON, Independence, or address W. H. HURLBURT, Oeneral Passenger Agent PORTLAND OR. CAVEATS. TRADE MARKS. COPYRIGHT8 AND DE8ICNS. 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