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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1887)
HURRY AND DISPATCH. Tha FormiT the Mark f Wk Mini Bud Win iHller of it htronn Ono. Among tli o ninny causes of poor uml inefficient work is the habit of hurry, which takes possess nn of somn busy people Having, or Imagining th-y have, morn to do in a given time than can 1) done properly, they grow con fusod, agitated and nervous; and, un ler thm pressure, they proceed with the work in tuuid without tint reipiisit) de liberation and euro, perhaps omitting parts of it, sometimes important parts, lind prodnoing nt 1 ist nn imperfect and inferior performance which ran neither bo ponuapent or satisfactory. There in hardly any employment, from tho simplest manual work to the most complex and difficult mental la bor, that does pot suflor from this oauso. Tho dwelling house in process of building is to be finished at a certain timo. With proper forethought and system it would have been done, but tho time approaches and tho work is still Incomplete. Tho future occupant are impatient, tho contractor is nnx lous, the workmen are driven, tho work Is hurried through and annoyance, dis conifort and, sometimes, danger ensue, and repair are soon jound necessary. Tho business man undertaken more than ho can manage, tho days nro not long enough for his needs, he is agi tated rj the constant pi-ensure, driven by conflicting claims, his business suf fers for tho want of a clear and cool bead, his health sutlers from continual and unrelated exertion, his family suf fers from hi deterioration, and general disaster en Mies. Tho physician, with many other calls to make, hurries through tlm visit, neglecting some im portant symptoms, mid his patient dies; tho lawyer hurries through hi pica, and hues his case; the preacher hurries through tho preparation of his nornion, and fails to mako an impres sion; Utn artist hurries on his picture to completion, and his b nt conception I not there; 1 10 teacher hurries through a prescribed course of Inst' no tion, and tlm class is left destitute ol tho morn important elements of knowl edge. It is not too much to sny that a largo proportion of the liiiliappiness, tho ignorance, tho loss of properly, an ' even tin) loss of lii'e that is endured in the world is to be directly traced to tin hurry and drivo which characterizes so much of tlm labor performed. 'Ilia chief motives that lead men t this practice arn tho ambition to accoin plish impossibilities, nnd tho desire t make up fur lost timo. Industriow people, who lack judgment and fore thought, often undertake more thai they can do, and in trying to resist tin inovilahln they eomo to grief. On tin other had, tho idle, or self-Indulge t. conscious of having wasted or misap propriated hours that should h 'Ve beei con-ceratcd to labitr, try to subvert na ture's inexorable law by hurried cll'orU in the remnant of time left to them. Only stern experieneo can tench them that aft such hopes are vain, thai iaeh hour has its own mision to ful fill, and that, if once lost, it. is lost forever. Many persona not only drift into these hurried ways, but pride themselves upon them. They boast on their speed and contrast it with the slower methnilsof their most deliberate neighbors. They Hatter themselves upon their dispatch and hold them Kolves of mure value on that account. Howius In work, lingering or loiter ing orer what Is to be done, is not to bo woonimciulcd. On the contrary, energy and vigor will prompt the healthy mid industrious man to laboi steadily and rapidly, while neglecting nothing that Is needed to perfect. his work. Hut this la very different from tho agitated and excited hurry which lias laion mentioned. An old wri ter aays truly: "No two things dif fer moro than hurry and dispatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, disputed of a strong one." Tho man of dispnloli in pool, calm and collected; he views tho task before him with ref weneu to his ability to perform it; he allow millleient timo to do it justice, Ikon fan pursues it in every detail, rap Idly and continuously, but without for getting or omitting any thing by whltih ho can perfect it. lie is then freo in devote himself to the next thing, and in this way he will accom plish far more and far better work than oottM I si done by any excited and hur ried performance Bacon says: "I knew a wise man, who had it for a by word, when he saw men hasten to a oonclmiion. stay a little,' that wo may make an end the tho sooner." Resides the superior character of his achievement, the man of calm dispatch will, oilier things being eipial, live a longer, a more healthful nnd happier lifo than ho who uses precipitous haste. Hurry and worry, which usually go to gether, niiu mo e live and destiny more hiippincsa than any amount of regular, systematic labor. Any one may provo this fur himself by noticing bis twn sensations nftcr a season of hurried and agitated effort The fa tigue and reaction tell forcibly on the strength and vigor, and "unfit him for subsequent lalxir. Certainly a life thus spent must be a short and un satisf.tetory one. It would bo well for each one to bear in mind that there is always time enough for him to do well that ho is called upon to do nt all. If ho undertake m-re than this, he does injustice both to his work and to him self. On the other hand, If ho waste the time which is entrusted to him, let him not hiH) to nt.me for it by extra hasto nnd hurry. When we have learn d to avoid wa.ting time on the one band, and crowding It on the other, we shall U.gin to appreciate its true value. Ik AlvuHs JmUr. Them have been but five snow. wins in in ranehtco, Cl, tho past foity yvari. duriii" LONDON DETECTIVES. How Tlier Are Trained to Parson mill Cap turn ynirk- Willed Criminal. Tho men who show specinl aptitude for tho work are first sent out and test cd as patrols In plain clothes, after ward they mo detached as divisional detectives. Each of tint divisions has its own dcWtive con-tables, tho ser geants being always on duty at the central station. Tho superintendent or inspector is in nttondaneo from nine to live to receive applications for assist ance and to issue orders. Tho duties of the city detectives are especially dif ficult and delicate. Now and again, of course, they have to trace out tho perpetrators of a commonplace mur der or ordinary burglary. Hut as a rulo they are chiefly concerned with commercial frauds, where tho criminal Is presumably as quick-witted as themselves, and has probaby taken his precautions against discovery. Generally ho has already "mado trncks," and sought refuge in foreign countries.' li t may have gono wbero thero Is no f xtradi lion treaty; but as there are many disa greeables to bo mot with nmong foreign ers, w hi Hit manners he dislikes and of whoso language ho is ignorant, ho more frequently takes a passage for America or Australia. It senilis so ensy to chango your name, to east your skin and lose yourself in n new exist ence among a great K iglish-sponking population-. Even in tho former case, and beyond tho range of extradition treaties, tlio refugee from justico is not allogel her safe. .Should tho detective 'follow him tip and lind - him out, cx'slenco may bo lnndo tin I leasant or even Intolerable. The agent of the English law can stick to tho fugitive like his shndow; and by communicating with foroign confreres, who eagerly lend assistance, can niako any Continental ret rent un commonly hot As mat'or of fact, successful pursuit and iiltininto capture nro for tho most part mere questions ol money. If a notorious absconder Is not tracked and brought back, it Is gener ally becnuso those who have b'on roll bed nnd wronged havo personal rea sons for hushing up the affairs. At this moment thero are city gentlemen, once sufficiently notorious, left to themselves and to their consciences in Spain and in Sweden, whose present addresses nro as well known as that of any respectable merchant in tlm post-office directory. Hut in such cases tho polic are powoilcss, unless privato enter prise sets them III motion. lilaeh wood's Mtujittine. HEADS OR TAILS. A Rnlrntillp Wli-mpt to SIiiiit the (lumen of Winning III Mati hiiiK. Richard A. l'roetor, in his new book on "Chanco and Luck," touches upon itfio point which must lit one time have interested almost every body. It is tho notion that if you toss a coin, say ten times in succession, and it comes down "tails," it is more likely on tho eleventh throw to eomo down "heads" than "tails." The truth appears to bo this, that if you tons for an hour, "heads'' will not exceed "tails" or "tails" "heads" in a greater ratio than 21 to 20. If you toss for a day the inequali ty will not b:i greater tiian 101 to 100. And vet, if during that time vm toss "tails" ten times in succession (as you may often do) there ill bo no moro likelihood of "heads" than of "tails" on the eievciitn inrow. it is, imteeit, obviously out of the question that any thing that has previously taken place can have given the coin a tendency to come down in one way rather than in another. Tho notion is perhaps ca pable of a reduction to absurdity in this way: Suppose it to be true that a coin which has come down "tails" ten times in succession is .moro likely nt tho eloventh throw to eomo down "heads" than "tails." Now let the tosser who (ins thrown "tails" ten time refrain rom making the eleventh throw. Lot him put the coin in his picket and toss it a year hence; it is still more likely to come down "heads" than "tails." Or let him not toss at all, but pass it to another, who will toss it live years after. As the probability inheres in the coin, it is still more likely to come down heads" than "tails," Suppos ing all this to bo true, it would appear that you might take up nn old R nnaii coin and toss it, thinking tho chances to bo even, whereas the probabilities had really been decided by tho last pitcher, who tossed it 2,000 years ago. Ono can suppose this Idea to bo a proper subject" for tho roverlo of a school boy's half holiday. But Mr. Proctor mentions tho case of an En glishman, an accomplished gambler, who made it tho basis of a "system" at roulette. Ho watched tho table for two hours, nothing carefully the numbers which came up during that timo. Then ho staked his money upon tho numb 'rs which ha I canio up verv seldom or not at all. Tiio first day t!ei Englishman won JC70J in n single hour. His exul tation was great Ho had discovered too pniiosopner s stone, ui'.iim a week, however, ho had lost it all. (JUkaja Sews. Nevada City can b.iast of a real H.-rculc. A few evenin js ago n gen tleman who lives sonio distance from town rode in on horse-back to get his mail. As he was mount ing his horse In front of a store on Broad street, the saddle turned. Tho gentleman fell to the ground on his back, and "he bystanders were horrified to see that his toot was held fast in the stirrup. Tho frightened horse made one jump, but before be could make another a big-listed Coinish miner hail seixrd him by the tail, and held him by main force till the rider was rescued from bis perilous situation. XtvaJa (Cui) JicraU. STYLES OF SPEAKING. Kfleet of Tfini.rinrnt On the ClimcUi Ullrxil Hpritkrr' tMUgumgu. The facility with which one sieaks that which ho thinks and feels judical os the function of language, but tho style or characteristics of the langiirgo which persons use Is, of course, varied nnd colored according to tho temperament strength and peculiar combination of the other trnits. A man w ith pride and steadfastness w ill become familiar w ith all the words bom of dignity, authority and power. Ono who is severe will be come master of, nnd give special em phasis to, tho words which relate to force, courage, severity and acrimony. Ono who is social will learn all tho lore of love, friendship and affection j w ill have all thoso adjectives at his tongue's I cn$ which savor of sociality, or servo to illuuiinnto thoso subjects which minister in that domain. Thoso who hunger for npplausn will speak elo quently of respectability, of good so ciety, of style, elegance and whatever ministers to ambition, and will be adepts in the use of those words which carry tho unction of flattery. A man who Is prudent and cunning will be especially familiar with, and employ with great effect, all words which relate to fear, anxiety, solicitude, policy and giiardcdiicss of conduct and expression. Ho will learn how to shavo a subject very closely with out' hilling it; how to go uracefiilly aroui d thine crooked, unsavory phases of life wlich may not be laid open or exposed. In t-hort, he will learn how to talk and say nothing; nnd how not to commit himself. He will biitton-holo a man and take him to soinn out-i-f-the-way place, and whisper suggestions, Instead of utter ing courugeom and manly facts and opinions. Another pirsoii will drive right onward in tho out-spoken expres sion of the very core- of tho subject; will talk loudly nnd not care who hears him. Those in whom tho (esthetic pre vails will bo inclined to speak of tho beautiful, tho sublime, and the poetical; will Incline to cxagger ito and employ tho superlative degree of comparison. To them tilings will bo perfectly splendid, gorgeous and august Persons with less of the poetical and imaginative will be calm, accurate, dry, very realistic. Their stylo of lan guage will resemble a grape-vino In tho month of M uc!i, pruned close to tho trunk; while the former will have a style resembling a grape-vino in the month of August, with its umbrageous foliage nnd laden with fruit Ho knows how to develop from tho dry stick of truth a great deal that is flow ing, showy and fragrant. '1 hose who nro strong reasoiiers are inclined to uso words that are solid and ponderous. They will be realities. Their language lias sturdy verbs and nouns. Webster idustrntes this stylo in his masterly speech ill the Senate, in reply to Hayne. of South Carolina. On the other hand, those who ob serve more than think, nro apt to have a redundancy of descriptive words, which unfold nnd give varied shades of meaning. From "Jlvtcto Tvach." INSECT POISONS. SUniliinl InorllrliTe fori' nn or About 1'ltiti In and Miruln. London Purple To twenty pounds flour from one-quarter to one-half pound is added and well mixed. This is npplied with a sifter or blower. Willi forty gallon of water one-quarter, to one-half pound is mixed for spraying. Paris liroen 1 1 It twenty pounds of llonr from three-quarters to ono pound is mixed and applied by sifting or by a blower. The samo amount of insecti cide to forty gallons of water is used as a spray. Bisulphide of Carbon For use in the ground a qttautily is poured or Injected aiiong tho roots that are being infect ed. Against insects damaging stored grain of a museum material a small quantity Is used in nn nir-tight vessel. Carbolio Acid A solution of one part in a hundred of water Is used against parasites on domestic animals and their barns and sheds; also on tlm surface of plants nmong tho roots in the ground Hellebore The powder is sifted on nlono or mixed one part to twenty of flour. With ono gallon of water one quarter pound is mixed for spraying. Kerosene-Milk Emulsion To one part milk add two parts kerosono, nnd churn by force pump or other agitator. Tho butter-like emulsion Is diluted ad libitum with water. An easier method is to simply mix one part kerosono with eight of milk. Soap Emulsion In one gallon hot water one-half pound whale-oil soap, is dissolved. This, instead of milk, is mixed to an emulsion with kerosene in tho same manner nnd proportion as above. Pyrothram Persian Insect Powder Is blown or sifted on drv; also np- I plied ill water ono gallon to a tea- .i i i. . . . spooiuiu oi nil) powucr, WOll SUlTOil and then sprayed. Tobacco Decoction This is made as strong as possible as a wash or spray to kill insect pests on animals and plants. ,yflrf of U. S. Vurcau oj Entomology. A gentleman who was largely In strumental In procuring tho release from Ping Sing of tho unjustly im prisoned young men, Poole and Font says that the day after the newspapers had published an account of their re lease ho received twenty-three offers from ni 'ivtunts and other of situa tions for tho men. O.' the thirty offers that ho received ono was from a saloon keeper, who thought tho young mon would draw custom; another was from a dime museum manager. BOWSER AND THE BABY. Th Mother ol the Uttle Clierab Relate Houia of Uer Trials and Tribulation.. I may have heretofore mentioned the fact that Mr. Bowser and I do not ex actly agree as to how a baby should be brought up. I think he Is a very uti rcasmiiible father in various instances. Ho came homo one day when baby was only three months old and found him crying. "Mrs. Bowser, that baby's got corns!" exclaimed Mr. Bowser, as ho hung up his hat "Corns?" Yes, corns! You act as if you never heard of corns. Put him down while I examine his feet" "The idea! Who ever heard of a baby thrco months old having corns?" "There's a good deal in this world you never heard of, Mrs. Bowser. Put the young'un down.'' Ho examined tho baby's feet, pulled his toes apart, and of course he didn't lind any corns. I knew ho wouldn't "Then w hat is ho bawling about?" he persisted. "Babies always cry moro or less." "They do, tdi? 'Well, if this ore doesn't cry less I'll find sonio way to make him! I shall hold him rcspo.isi lile from this day out" Our baby had tho hives, ns every other baby has. Mr. Bowser canio liomo and found mo holding tho child nd mother preparing sonio warm drink. There wen) tho blotches and pimides, but baby wasn't even fretting. "What's the matter of that young monkey now?" demanded Mr. Be wiser, as he caught sight of tho pimples. "Only tho hives, lny dear." "Only! Have you had tho doctor?" "Why, no, Thero is no need of a doctor.'" "Isn't there! Mrs. Bowser, that may ho hives, and it may be small-pox! It looks more like the latter diseaso tonic. If that young un has gone and brought tho small-pox into this house I warn him to look out for himself I I'm a lov ing husband and fond father and nil that, but I propose to draw a lino with my children. I shall draw it at small pox. "Mr. Bowser" said my mother, "you should not get unduly excited. This is only a case of the hives. This child lias yet to go through with measles, chicken-pox, whooping-cough and several other kindrid diseases or ail ments. "He has, eh! Ho proposes to keep this house upset for thi next eight or ten years, docs he? Nevt r! I'll lug him out this very night and lay him on somebody's door-stop!" Baby was live months old before Mr. Bowser suddenly discovered that he was bald-headed. He was holding the child at the time, and lie rolled him into the crib and-callcd mo from tho foot of the stairs: "Mrs. Bowser, for Heaven's sake come down here as fast as you can!" "What is it?" 1 asked' us 1 hurried down. "Why, this infernal young tin's bald headed!" "Is that all? Why, I thought you had dropped him!" "Is that all! Isn't that enough? Ho might as well die at once. Think of the ridicule that will be heaped upon my child from the very hour he is ablo to toddle to the door! drown people will take him fur some little old man who was sawed off for a dwarf, and children wi 1 yell: 'Bald-headed Bow ser!' at him. Imagine our feelings as we hear the street gamins shout: 'Old Bow ser, where's your bald-head!' And it has come to this!" "Give tho baby a chance, my dear." "Chance! Clinnce! Haven't I give him every possible show since bo was born? Hasen't be been tho direct and only causo of my losing fifteen pounds weight in four month?" "But his hair will come out. He'll have a good head of hair when he's a year old." "Oh, he will! Yes, if ho knows what's good for him he will. He's my child, of course I have got the feeling of a father, but sooner than have him grow up a bald-head, I'd abandon a d disown him!" One day soon after I found baby's scalp red nnd irritated, and tho cook informed nie that she saw Mr. Bowser fussing around the crib. I called him in from tho back yard and charged him withsinis cr designs, and I know from his guilty manners that ho had been trying some of his nostrums warranted to make hair grow. On another occasion, when I was giving baby a bath, Mr. Bowser hap pened in, nnd it wasn't a minute be fore Mr. Bowser had mmlo up his mind that the child's foot were too large. "Nonsense, Mr. Bowser! Ilia feet nro all right See how chubby and healthy they are." "Yes, and gazo upon their sizo! I tell you, he was cut out for a giant! In two years my boots won't fit him!" "Pshaw!" "You may pshaw nil you will, but he's going to be a monstrosity! It won't be fivo years before you'd see in advertisement iu tho papers read ing: "GREATEST WONDER 'Sir TMK MNKTSHXTH CKNTCBVl "Big Footed Bowser, son of Out MaaunJOld Woman Bowser, of Detroit. "Ulcscst Hoofs ot any Human Doing In tats World ! "No. Si's don't come within a MUe of FltUni him! "Ft Huppy and 10 pays the btU. "Yes, that's what you'll see, Mrs. Bowser, nnd you'll grin and tickle over it and deadhead j our way in every afternoon. I won't! The disgrace will have put me under tho sod. Wash away, Mrs. Bow ser, but don't you dare to let that young 'un know I'm the slightest relation to him not the slight!" Detroit Fi tt rrcu. FIFTY YEARS AGO. niitorlral anil HtatUtlcal Fact Kelatlng to t lilcaRo'i Marvelous (irowth. "Born, at Vandalia, HL, Saturday, March 4, 18:17. tho City of Chicago." Historic words are these. The birth of a city but half a century ago, having at the time of incorporation but 4,000 in habitants. This year that babe records her fiftieth anniversary as a city with a population of 7o0,000 people. Enter prise and thrift were her parents, nat ural resources her succor, and she was clothed by the indomitable will and perseverance of honest hearts, strong bands, and clear heads, and a situation unsurpassed. What a history is this! A city born out of swamp lands and odorous wild-onion beds. Grown to be a mighty metropolis in thirty-four short years, destroyed almost in ft day by a demon of lire, and within ft period of another sixteen years entirely rebuilt with a grandeur and stability almost beyond tho comprehension of thoso not familiar with the city's history. August 10, 18.J3, tho young village of Chicago was incorporated as a town. The event was talked of with prido by tho few hardy settlers living in the vicinity, for then the wily savage built his wigwam unmolested within, a stone's throw of every inhabitable building in the fort, and tho adventur ous settler, amid continued hardships, cultivated a small portion of tho fertilo prairies frr away from the every-day com'orts of civilization, and tilling a soil which ho called his own only by virtue of a "squatter's claim." Tho county of Cook, named in honor of tho Hon. Daniel P. Cook, had been por tioned off from Peoria county but two years before in 1831 when the village, of Chicago was incorporated into n town by tin almost unanimous vote, 12 voting in favor and 1 ngiinst tho change. The following year 183 1 the poll-list had but 111 names registered as voting, and trio total tax receipts amounting to but $ 18.1)0, a sum insuffi cient to meet current expenditures and necessitating a loan of $G0 for street improvements. Gradually tho tide of emigration drifted westward, and many stopped at that point, coming by boat or horseback around the lako by way of Detroit and along the lako shore. New buildings sprang up like mush rooms to accommodate the newcomers, and by 1S3G luxuries as well as tl necessities of life were among the im ports of the "merchants" doing busi ness here. Tho uncertainty of title to lands vested in tho Government by the Indians caused urgent appeals to bo made for relief, and in July, 1826, the first sale of canal lands was held here and the titles given by the canal trustees to purchasers. From this time an unhealthy period of speculation began; values were very unsteady and varied greatly from week to week, resulting in a financial ci ash the following year. A branch of the Second State Bank, the lirst to do a general banking business, was located here in 183G, and went down with the rest in tho eventful year of '37. On November 18. 183i, tho board of trus tees for tho "town" of Chicago held a meeting and ordered "that the presi dent invite tho citizens of each of tho three districts (north, south, and west) of the town to meet in their respective districts and select three suitable per sons to meet with the board of trust es on Thursday evening net and consult together with them on the expediency of npphingto the Legislature of tho State for a city charter and adopting a draft to accompany such application." All the provisions of a city were finally agreed upon and the board of town trustees sent a messenger by the stage-coach with it to Vandalia, nbout seventy-live miles below Spring field, where the Legislature was in ses sion. The act of the incorporation of the city was approved March 4, 1837. The first census taken after the incor poration was July 1. 1837, nnd showed a total population of 4,179, divided as follows: Under 6i Over 5. jeiirs of 'under 21 21 years Colored. uire. years. uuuover.j HI t ; 2 1 ? SIS 10 Ste! lit 41) 4S fi TO W 13 8-W 41 First Second . . Third Fourth .. Fifth Sixth.... Totals. 1H5I 441 ltn uau 111 70 1 101 ail nr. 101 j 4M 45o'l,SOO Still Tt'hltfl, 8.9s; black, 77: sailors on vessels owned here, 113 total, 4,17ft, It was also shown by this census that there existed, July 1, 4 warehouses, 398 dwellings, 29 d'y-goods stores, 5 hard ware, 3 druggists, 19 grocery and pro visions, 10 taverns, 26 groceries, 17 lawyers'-offices, and 5 churches. Chi cago iVcit's. Be Sure to Beware of Cora doctors who don't extricate corns. Kar doctors who advertise sure cures for deafness. Lotteries of all descriptions, which aro a delusion and a snare. Lawyers who volunteer their services from "charitable motives." Appliances which aro advertised to cure all physical in fi nn i tics, from dis ordered brain to a sore foot. Brokers and bankers who send you printed circulars guaranteeing for tunes if you invest small nTar"ius through them. Bogus detective agencies whose renre lenUtives work for a small considera tion, and areas liable to betray you as to serve yon. Cincinnati Enquirer. A woman in Wolf Tit Township. J. C, angry nt her hu-band, threw tho poker at him as he t hnl.tinn- ti...:. biby in his arms, and it hit the little (me on uie bead and killod it COURTSHIP IN MEXICO. The War In Whloh Loin i u to Woo tlia Fair KnuorUa, Mexican ladies ies noldomgouutwia out soma ono ol the family nr . . vant. They no not nave rroniL... .1 - - . visitors, There is no chance fur . ? lant youth to burn the midnight oil gas at his prospective fathcr-ln-W expense. If a young man hot tJ acquainted with a girl from ohii.it.V7 imiinted with a girl from childhoe? by some accident is allowed tn or the family nnd becomes a lover, h, immediately forbidden the hmiL . " must continue his courting as best !l can. It is then tho balcony g ( J vice. A signal is agreed upon, and tv senorita with ears alt rt hears it, u nrmeiii-a lirwtn linl.t..n. .. . "I I - "1 un(j versus nun nur lover DU10W in (L street. Notes aro secretly exehan(J but never through tho mail. To jh you nn idea of Mexican courtship how Cupid breaks down the b.irri- mado by ignorance and superstition i will explain what is here tei niud "pi,, ing tho bear." This is a very popiJ polio in, iciisi it, seems so anion' ft, Mexicans. It is played by two" pa. sons, a lady and a gentleman. H4 are usually young in their teeni u j, wore though there are itiHtunces d the gamo being played by couples wh; had p:isst'd that period by suj, years. A young man becomes eniitten 'l a fair charmer nt tho opera or 1 church. Ho follows tho lady to lu Home, navmg unit located, he tn;ila it his business to be in that n'Hil hood as ir 'it'll ns possible lie ; stroll by the houso with his cyci a pressive 01 uiobtate ol Ins heart, ho should catch a glimpso of his fi ono ho is happy. If he receives nil ho becomes intoxicated with love m is ready to piny tho ''bear" for an i lie tin 1 to period of time. If tho ldr seated on the balcony when Eiimo arrives upon tho scene she usualh withdraws, nfter exchanging glam, with turn, llns programme is kept b) for months. At last he receives a an) from fair Juliet. From smiles tlicj et to exchanging a few words. There hw been actual cases where the bear b frolicked about for a year or two W fore ho fickle maid would exchann 1 word with him. Very often there in two or thrco bears casting longingm in the same direction. Thisfreiueiilli causes bad blood., As soon as the cw plo begin to know caoh other's vow matters progress rapidly. After the nrrivo at an understanding the per vering.lover hastens to tho padre, IV kind priest finding that there is now son for objection 011 either side, pn eeeds to intercede with tho g'uTi p rents and gain him admission to tl domicile of his lady love. As soon u a young man enters tho house lie considered engaged to tlie daughter, wedding quickly follows, and there no more "playing the bear" so far that young man is concerned.' A great deal depends on the girl this game. She can make it a Ion; a short garni?. There has been 1 e brought to my notice of a young m who lias never missed nn evening i nearly three years, and ho is still or in the first stage of the game, posini 'walking up and down in front of i senorita s homo honing to rereim smile. Close observers say that, soil she only condescends to let him seetk least bit of her white dress througli half-closed French windows that ops on tho balcony, lie was asked wbjk played the bear so long when he with so little encouragement. Hi ply was: 'Oh, Hove her so dearly! AudaVi so rich!" I passed by a house iff evenings since and saw a lover tm ing; in tho shadow of a friendly way. Ho had a guitar. I movel the shadow to see the by-play. Ai soft notes broke tho quietude oil1 evening I saw a window open ' house adjoining and a senorita step on the balcony. Tne music eontrc' for a few moments and then ce.w I saw the fair ono drop eonietliing tho balcony. Tho lover caught ' retired into the shadow again. I st"1-; ed up the street, crossed over, went toward them. I saw he n holding something to his ear, knew telephone communication! perfect between these two loving "' There is no such thing as being k troducyd, even though he lover be companied by a relation. Should parties meet on the promenade v& relative desires to speak with h'1 relative he excuses himself and j" her, leaving the lover out in the t1 ns it were, until he rains admittance1 her parents' house through the iH cession of the priest, If while w;i ' in the Alameda or Zocolo he meet object of his affections he keeps at " spectful distance, hoping that hi P enee mnv Iip nntipMl liv her. H riding he sees her in a carria places himself ns near as p" ll)'6 . feels rewarded for his trouble if b catch a glimpse of her face l turning or receives a sly gbi"1' recognit'on. An engagement br--in Mexico is considered a serious ter. The lady is looked upon as graced and seldom has another s San Francisco Lhr .nicle. m M-iil f!nrrinr RineV. of Carolina, was stopped the o'herdir the Blue Ridge by highwaymen, rlfanvinilikil tin. m-i! 1 h:iror his b'e- gave up neither, but by skillful ment and shrewd persuasion co the robliers that the pouch ,n!4"r nothing of value, and they let onunrobbed. Afterward be had w arrested. A little girl was Jl- J Rosa, Cal.. a few cays ago. U tog stones int a ncighbor'a yard.