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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 12, 1897)
EUGENE CITY GUARD. I. t. OAMPBKLt.. Pr.prl.tor. KUGKNK CITY... L. .ORKQON Adverting nd Htt tbe shi-rirT the trouble of doing It for you. Tin 8n.lt take IIithM prlntn a poem entitled "It Wim'I Him." We iwrxM-t then, Hint It waa bp. The father of water U Jtiat recover liifT from a prolonged tear; lie ought to In- confined to hla bod now for quite while. The telegraphic market rojiorta any that "milled codllsh are sluggish and In active." 'I'll In probably la due to the way In w hloh they are cut decollete. An R-yenr-old girl mid n 12-yoar-old Isiy lire en I1 to liave eloped III West Virginia. They prohalily mny easily be Idelitllloil by Hie dolllo they ntrrU'd along. A New York woman 70 yeara old cot married the other (lay "because the spliil told her to do no." After thin Kin should use, not III iik but rectified ftplriiM In her business. A Moston pnis-r suggesta Hint the atrot of I'hleiigo could In eh-uin-d by turning tlii Chicago Hirer through tlinii for fl ti li In ic iMiriNMcx. Itimton doesn't comprehend tin1 Chicago Hirer, When Kbi""'"!'' offered to teach Tln-mlstix-lc tlio art of memory, he answered: "All, rulhor teach hid the art of forgetting; for I often remem ber h tint I would not, and cannot forget wlnit I would." The lllielelit Kngllsh prize fighter, Jem Mace, Iuih arrived In tblM country, but It In dlllli'Ult to see what iittrni'tN bllll lu re at HiIh tllue. Mure belong to nil n long since piiHt, wlien lighting was nut done wild the Jaw. 'riii1 ntti'iii'llvf iifNM of the I'n iu li mp. Itnl wan never hotter show n than by die ciiMe of it young Amerli'iiii lady who would nut take medicine for it cough. Nile dl'lll't wInIi to got rid of It, mIic ex philned, because she pit It III I'nrl. I.lltle (ireis-e may be coerced by the grrii I it Kuropcan powers, but she HeeiiiH to have more real pluck and courage than nil of them combined. She him given Kurnpo the greatest oh Ji l lesson It Iiiih had III modern time. to Hi peraon and two to tha public. For never to be able to control palon liowi a weak nature and 111 -breeding; and alwaya to moderate It I very bard, and to aouie Impossible. Ami luwa must liHik to possibility If tbe maker design to punish few In order to their amendment, and not many to no purpose. It ha been commented upon aa aomo what strange tlint In the year of mna aitcre In Armenia no man of that conn, try hn rlaen to the atature of a hero, gathered around blui a band of bin countrymen and, If nothing belter, dleil fighting. There la much to account for the auhmlsHlvciicsa of tint Armenian, and If their men have given no con aplcuou evldeiicit of valor, the Ar menian woinwi have afforded amplo proof of heroism, (in several occasions, when resistance wn hopeless and when confronted by the alternative of lalain and worse or death, they have welcomed the latter by throwing them, solve from lofty rook or Into river. There hava Ini-ii and there are heroine among the Armenian women. BABY HAS GONE TO SCHOOL. Tlie baby tin gone to arbool; b, met Wbat will tbe mother do, Wltb never a call to button or pin, Or tie a little ho? How can tbe keep herself busy all day, M lib Hi little hindering tbing away? Another hket to All with lunch, Another "good-bye" to , And mother standi at the door to Her baby mnrcb away; And turn with a ligh that ! half relief And half a luiiiething skin to grief. She think of a posnihle future morn. When the children, one by one. Will go from their home to the distant world, To battle with life alone. And not even baby be left to cheer aca tiered home of that future year, hhf pick up the garment) here and there, I brown down In cureless haute, And trie to think bow it would neem If nothing were ilixplared. If the bonne were alwayii aa still an thii, How could ilie bear the loueSinen? 31 OT 1 1 Pi It LOVK. A aallorimiii or mnrlim who cornea aboard hla ahlp drunk la let alone If bo mlmM hi hiiHlnCRH, goea forward, anil goe to aleep. The qiilet limn w III prob. ably receive no further puiiUhmetit tliun to have Ida lllierty reatrlctel for a time. Hut If he alinouiicea aa nooii na be get to the top of the gangway Judder that be la able, willing, and even eager to miiNxacre ami to do uii all lunula on the ahlp. he Immediately find liliimclf In a peck of trouble. No. where cuu a inn 11 who la hunting for light llnd It ao iiulckly aa on the ennr- deck of a lllllll -of-war. Mnrlue ulio bnv mi miiiiual work to do on a ehlii. like an occnNlomil atlnt of violent ex-i-n-lae, and they gloat over a chaiici like tills. The drunken Niillurmaii la liiiiil-luiiiilled with a awlftneaa that mil keg hla heml wliii, although he w ill often atay with Hie game until he Iuih knocked out the whole llrt allaeklni; party of mm Inea. A few well over Him head with tin, Hhiink of a bnvouet do the work for him, however, ami he lx arrled, bowling ami Mruirgllng. to the brig, up In the eye of the alilli on the M-rtli deck. If be U particularly vlo. cut he In chained to a alaiichlon. The llritleli M linen in In not na aleepy an liiNlltnl Ion na might be auppoHed. It Iinn iii'raiigeil for Hie piiblleiilloii of n portfolio of thirty two fncelmllcN from the eailli'Ht printed InMikN In lla (id lection. The ruali for aucli a literary treaxure will probably eurprlxe the miiNeiim tniNlcca. An the Ice In the river which no force can displace melta nud IIiiimn iihhv un der the warm and penetrating rnyn of Hie Klin, mi the cold ckI raligeinclit which no often folloWN nil ofTcUHc, nml which In no hard to lumen t, nu ll h away nlnioNt iiucoiiNcluuNly under the benign Influence of cnmlld coufcNHloti. The Alubamii I.egKlaliire talka of cinllnlng Hie carrlnge of flrcarma to cIiI.ciin "of good moral character and PiikncxhciI of it reputation for pence ami quiet," w ho hnve f'.'O w ith w blcli to pay for a llcciiNe, Thero might be aouie people without the reiulNlte $11, but It In Niifo to Nay that no freeboru citizen of Alabama Would be deprived of the content of hU plntol pocket by rciiNon of character or reputation with out Indulging In hoiiic uullcciiNcd plHtol practice. When you are convinced that ft paper U dlKlioiicNt and bctltrul, atop It. When convliii'isl that It In iiiicIoiiii, Ntop It. W hen It hickN cnterprUe nud fall to give you Hie iicwn, Ntop It. Hut don't atop n paper Hint you believe to he lion cnI, cotmigcoiiN, eiiterprlNlug and clean Nlmpy I niixe Ha idltor Iuih written IiIh own Ntnccrc view (listen. I of youri or NomeiiiMiy elae'a; for If you do, yon are piiniiig a premium on limlnceie JouruallNin nud Nerving nothv on nil iinior unit tne wny to Niiceevil U to write what he think will bent plcane hla rcadeiN lustcud of w hat he lumcntly iM'lleveN to be the truth. It Would bo well for the public to keep cool altout Cuba nml commit aoine UNeful ilntn concerning n,,. Hnn. to memory. I he greatest leiijd, f Cuba from eiiNt to weal In Ti-i mile, and Mm Ki.meni nioill IN I. l.i lllllea. llHIireil, lllcllldlng ilepemlelieleN. U only a little Icmn tlinii Hint of i:iiglniii. fill,-! had III IMH l.li.'ll,ii'.Hl liilmliltaiitN. Im per cent, of whom Were white. The cap ital tniiNl have a population of more Ihilll 'JiNi.tNNl, Nine len yeara aim If InlinblluntN were cKtlinnied at I'.is.inhi. It In a iNiwerfully fortllled city. Net In popiilniloii to I la mi na comes San tiago de Cuba, with more than Tii.inni. Puerto Principle lias nearly TiU.inni. Mere In n country wlilch would nfford acope for mnny campalgiia to an nnny better oiKa nlcil nud led tlian Hint of Spnln, more capeclally n the 1st luia a mountain chain which affords limn meriilile fiiNtneshcN for guerrilla banda. These fiietH ami llgurcN Nlmuld be Imu iu. In mind by those who wonder nl the il in n t Ion of the war nud Hie tremendous exertions Spnln In milking to get at close iiiarters with the elusive lusur gentN, who know fnr tint much to risk n pitched bnlle In the open. I'.acli side baa n literary bureau Hint inaiuifac t urea fakes In iiiiuitltlcs to ntiMWer the deiiiiiiid for iicwn from Cuba. Aa u mutter of fact, It In dllllcult nml dan gerous for business men In this coun try, with Interests In Culm, to I. urn the alnte of affairs, olherw Ise tlian by word of month from aoinclHidy rivently from the acetic of action, the censorship of the Spaniards making It perilous to In trust to the tiiall anything relating to tbe operations In the field unlo. It I eulogistic of the Spanish side. Tbe flaming red of the evening aky wan puling Into violet ahadowa. Night cttiiiH upon the earth, over the little vll luge, and the lonely bouse near Ita bur dera. I urk shadows crept Into the low, old fiishloiicd windows. They painted the whitewashed celling a somber black, uinl tilled wlih gloom the narrow angle ufa room In which un old woman ant bending over her knitting. Not a sound wna heard nave the mo- lloti. lions click, click of the needle. and now the whirr of the clock Just be fore the shilling of the hour. "Klght o'clock! It la night. Ucforc long be will Ih here." A algli relieved the brenat of the gray-haired womiiu. She puslH-d aside Iht knitting nml set the smoky Utile oil lump going. Tlda die placed licnr the window Hint the light might greet the wanderer on Ida home-coming, and then took up her knitting ngiiln. Three yeara had g by. It wna au tumn now, nml the old woman sat in the selfsame place near the big warm Move, w nlilng for the return of her only son. Yesterday , had IPeu re leased from the army at the explrn tlon of Ills term of act-vice. Iillt the night passed, nml then a day nud an other night, nml still her son came not. Almost n week went by. full of tedious walling, tlio. day nt noon the postman rode up to the little house u the meadow . "A letter. Mother Kalhrlne, n letter from your "only one'!" he cried, lie recognized Hie at I ft, ungainly eharac- tera of the absent peiiNant lad. Mother Knthrino fortllled her eye with her old horn spectacle und hoi bled with her letter Into the hroud atrip of the noonday sun Hint enme slrcniu lug through the small window. The wrinkled hands trembled, an she broke the mil I. N lie coming home at last No, not yet! tin the worn en ten bench the old Ing coin. Thirty allver dollara. 1 b little fortune bad grown apace, and Mother Kathrine chuckled with glee wheuever abe thought of her boy'a aur prlae. Kread and ham, inusage anl butter, and a mug of elder made the old pine board look like a Chrlstinaa table. Kv erytblng was In readlnesN-Juuo could come! On the bench by the atove she ant woltlng. Htr.-i Inlntf the Imlf-uVaf eara to catch the aoiind of bin footstep. It came. The door opened slowly. Aa If atrlcken with pnlsy, the faithful old mother ant glud I" "''r HW"- tull form of a man, stooping a he eii- THE COMIC PAPERS. lie- r und the 'WHAT It OOll'n HAMR IlO VOL' WANT HKHK V" tered, stood In the moonlight that came with him through the door. Two dark eye looked Into hem out of a w hite set face. The mother'a arms opened wide. ".In no!" With a bound the mnti knelt nt her feet and burled his bend In her lap. Jano, her only ami, hud returned! even the atari came out. The crlcke . chirruped lu the com t HgUt.-ii the Bloom. The aplash of the river . PARAGRAPHS FROM ..,.i ..,i an, i from awny on t" ' w daocdq eel j olio ,, " lamea abrill cry of anguish. In the dawn of the early ti.ornliiir n little proceNsloli wended H way to ward the village. Two men carried a Ntrelcher. over which a black cloth wll thrown, outlining a human form I.I rut the l.ler strode the mill Justice, ..i .i. .... i i.. ,u lo. L'ot It to the 1 UOH I - . mill potid. but when we found him be wn Ntnlie dead. lb' MUlst have collie down with the cttirciit In Hie river. "I wonder." Mild the Justice. I'm aorrv for the old woman." tinned (1 illler. 'To be taken from her like HiIn. after waiting so mnny year for hlni!" , "Vcn, poor old Mother Kathrine. reiterated the Justice. Thev reached the little holl-e. "Wilt outside," s.llil the Justice, "till e break the j.ewN to her!" The sun wns on Us upward wny. The sky wns aflame with nd. Its relbx licked the tiny window, awlslud over the white pine table, nml over the face of old Mother Kathrine. who sat with folded hands lu her armchair. The small white h.ad Inclined upon the breast. A NWeet, peaceful Willie hov ered around the pale Hp, only the wide-open eye W ere glassy and bet. She bad been spared the blow. :t i'iv P'e' Il l,' WITH A IIOIM1 I 1 1 K MAN t k K I . hMI T A 1' 111.11 "The Itoek," whh'b In the orgnil of the ultra Low Church party In the llngllNli Church, (Mnllally agree with Hie Pope' division against the validity of American order. It say t lint, na a matter of fact, the Kngll.sh Church at the Iteforumllou did reject the sacerdo tal Men of order which la taught In the Itomaii Cat hollo Churvli. Th! would indicate that the Low Church men lu the Kngllsli church Intend us-1 ne cope division us un excuse for brcnklng awny more complotely than ever before from the tradition of Itoman Catholicism. If no, a renewal of the controversy bet w, -on Hie 1111, ami imw cuiiix'ii part lea may U hs.k for. A Niory which trie to Idcutlfv t man I'nsha with Chnrle A, Crawford 1. . , . . who uescrusi ine i onrcdernte army In disgrace thirty-three yeara ago, I go lug the round of the American pre, The story wn llrt started In l.s.S vheii (Ismail I'nsha made his famous ilcfeti.se at rievna against the It us """ " oumiiuM givai cuni'iicy nt tliat time and many liolteve It to th . day. There In 110 ground for this Men tlhVntlon. Craw foiil, it true, left the country and In supH,M to have taken nervlce In the Knst, aa did several otlo 1. onrcdernte nt a Inter date, but It m Invii tlruily establlshtMl that tisinun lilmxl was boru at Tokat In Asia Minor in 1MJ. and that he entered the mil' uiry nervns? Ill t would U tit material for the novellMt to comiiH't the cowardly des,rt.r of Hull Hun with the hero of the mat. -hi, defense of rievna, but unfortunately It cannot ts done and adhere to the truth. Colon made a law forbidding men to apeak evil of the dead, for It I pou to think the deceased aacred. and Just, not to meddle with tboae that are gone, and politic to prevent the perpetuity of dlsird. He llkewla forbade them to aiM-ak evil In the temple, lu courta of Juatlce, the public office, or at th f auira, or flie to pa Uirta draebmaa joir. One of the grcnt advantage of tbe game Is that you can play nud have go.nl sport even If there Is no one to go around with you. You cun try to beat your own beM previous record, and. If possible, to lower the best scon' ever made by anybody over the course. If you uci d lu this last, you will have gained the proud distinction of holding the "record for the ivurse." Another good modlllcallon of the game Is the "foursome," where there are two part ner on each aide, Ntrlklng nltc nwitcl.v 11 1 the same hull. Hut the ordinary match I ngalust one adversary, and then' In no reason why a girl mny not play 1111 Int. Testing gumc ngnlust Iter brother. She tuny not be 11 hie to hit the bull quite ao fa r, but once near the lode, w here accuracy and not strength Is required, she should be 11 hie to bold her own, and It I an old miylng that many a game la won on the putting green. Or. again, she may bo handi capped by an nllowamv of so many strokes and In golf, a In billiards, handicapping doe not detract from the Interest n II doe In tenuis. There I no fun playing fount ngnlust a very much weaker opponent, for you win rather on your skill, nud this I fatal to true sport. I.rge Cuougti. A foot traveler through one of the hilly region of Ireland came one day to a ourlou little cabin, no small a to Neem hardly lit for human habitation. While she wa w htmsloally considering a to whether It might be the abode of the fainou "good people," about w hoin so many loving Niipei'Ntlilon cling, the figure of a short, stout old man emerg ed from the cabin and stood confront ing her In smiling silence. After salu tat ions had b 1 exchanged, the travel er laughingly told the old man that she bud half fancied IiIn dwelling the home of Hie good fulrlc 'No, Indade. ma'am, but t' giod warm place. Hod bless It," replied the old man with a genial smile. Hut surely you cannot stand tin lu It?" the traveler said. 'Au' fwhat nade to athand. ma'am?" returned the owner of the tlnv house. Shure, an" 01 can coin outside to do Hint same, au' w hlu Ol'ni Inside It' tne- aelf Hint can althcr go to bed or lie dow n, ma'am!" Them wa auch a warmth In the smile with which Hit cluvrful philoso phy wa propounded, that the traveler was not disposed to pick flaw In It. and ainlled In acceptance of Ita truth. woman dropped, clutching the letter which wa soon soaked with the tears that rained from her poor old eyes. No, her lad was not coming! Ho mny never come again. He wa locked up In 11 prison cell because ho hud killed 11 man lu a drunken broil. "Mother," ho wrote, "I am Innocent. I don't know how It happened.' ' Yon, she knew, lirst a boy's rejoic ing, because he wns free to go home, then a spell In the tavern over the w lin eup a quarrel. Insulting remarks, lleroe. ni.gry blow, u knife, nud then, murder. Yes, she knew ! Three more year to wait! At the end of that time his sentence would have expired. The trembling Hps never complained. The w rinkled hands reso lutely wiped away the tears. Mother Kalhrlne lirose, put on her Sunday bonnet and her friendless mien, anil Went to si-e her relations lu the village. She told them, hesitatingly nt Hist and then glibly enough, that Jano, her only son. had shipped a a sailor on a big man of war and wns making H nip ro I the world. The relations lis toned lo her tale with astonishment, and praised the lad courage. Soon the whole Milage knew It. The women came and congratulated her, and she simple woman, turned dissembler hi her old day for the love of her son. Mother love must shield him from disgrace. The villager must never know that .In no wn a murderer. No, tier Knthn, hi sweetheart, who loved him and had been true to him, count lug the day till hi return. In the night, w hen the villager slept, Mother Kathrine sat weeping before her Hlldi-, and prayed for Jano, her only soli. Another care presented It self to the ever thoughtful mother heart. Jan.) must have now clothe when he return, nud money hi sav ing iroin ins long Journey. Ami she began to save and stint to pile up a lit He store of silver. I.Ike most women of borage. Mother Kathiiuo was fond of the sugar lu her coffi c, but from now en she drunk It unsweetened. All dav and half the night she knitted sock for a large -oncem In the city, and every week she carried the humble product of her Industry to the store for the atnall, hard earned pay. Nol-ody rvcr saw Mother Kathrine at those thing, for tiohody must ever know, for Jano' take. ri.... .... .1... . . . 1 -. 1 ue nine spin ny. in roe year -nud Hil na the day that would bring blm home. The eld woman opened the cudsar.I and took from within a package of warm, wmdeii Bvk. a knitted kerv-y. a pair of new loota. and a largo silk n-i-kerchlef ... - . Mother love had banished the peni tentiary specter. The Dinger wo omcil I1I111 cordially. The lad who had grown up with him took him to the tavern, ami demanded that he tell tlieui of Hie strange sights be had seen during hi long abscm-e. Juno related what he had heard others say, and what he had rend In nooks. It was like gospel truth to the young men who had never been twenty inllesnway from their village. Alter the lirst dais greeting Juno hired out a a farm and and worked untiringly. In tin' evening Kntha, hi sweetheart, came to the little house, nud the three nit together und made plan for the future. when Knthn ami Jano would be limn nud wile. Soon Jano forgot the ugly past. It seemed like a dream that had nigh wearied Mother Kathrine nml her hi to death. utie sultry afternoon .lauo came along the dusty turnpike with his rnke over In shoulder, luward hlni trun dled the bent ami rugged IK' 11 re of a man. A trump, thought Jnuo. Hnu stopped suddenly, pale as death. The beggar, too, made hull, w lieu he suw Juno. "Halloo!" cried he, with 11 sneer, "my mate from No. 7. Ih-n't you know me? l.nnky Jake, your old cell mate?" "What in Hod's inline do you want here?" stammered Jano. The beggar laughed "Picking up what 1 enn got don't uui see?" Jano put his hand in Ids pocket nml took out a dollar. "Take that," he said, "and go nway lioiit go to the village, and don't tell anyone that you know iiie!" The ex convict pocketed hi coin. "Ashamed to know me, hey?" "Not that," said Juno, with n sliud iter. "Hut they don t know here that I've been lu prison. I'm leading an holiest life. I d like lit do 1 h;l t myself. Have tin fear, I'll not toll 'cm. You were good lo me lu those .:i is. He laughed ami hohhled nwnv. Jnno stood still nu. I looked nfter him till he disappeared fr view. "The norm has passed," thought Jano and hurried home, lie had scarcely turned when n good looking young peasant, who hud wuteh- I the scene between the two. emerged from behind .1 thicket nud hastened nfter the tramp. That nlgl.t lu the tavern over glass upou glass of lleiy wine nil. I sliver olns piled up to the height of five, the handsome young runner learned from the tramp Juno's secret. He wns Juno's rival for the love or Kntha. the pret tiest girl In the village. Tl N, ,.en- Ing Juno, us was his wont, hastened to Knthn at the end of Ids dav's labor to bring her to his home for the . -1 . r Icr the apple tree, and the walk back through Hie blooming Melds. Tics night Jano looked Into n pale, distress- c.i nice. nn. 1 eyts, frantic with f. wen- riveted upon him. Kilt ha. he said. "Yon nre crvlng. What troubles you:" Knthn burl ner ince 111 tier hands and sobbed aloud. "Kuthu, tell inc. jour I ivcr!" He lift ml the hands from her face. "Jano," faltered the trembling lips, 'V our love, tell me. Is It true, that you have imt I n around the world. nut nave neeii In prison the while .111110 was hot-rilled. "Kntha told you?" i he girl paid no heed to his question. "Is It true Jano?" she reiterated "Yes!" l'rotu the finger of her tight hand Katha took the little gold baud with car, On llorsi I) : k. Hue must travel on horseback In Ice land, as there Is 110 other method of transportation In that madles country. Kveu the bridle iths are remarkably simple in their construct Ion. Hrldges are a rurltv. and the general method of crossing n stream are by ferry or swimming. The houses are partly of earth and partly of stone and have a turf roof, w hich in summer time Is so gnsii that it can scarcely be distin guished from the surrounding Holds. Tlmls-r work is seldom to lc found. Iceland being u woodless country and the oust of transportation from the sea ports Is'lllg Very great. Wooden housi(s are only found lu the two principal towns. The Icelandic house, however. Is no hut. but sissesses Intricate In teriors, and In sometimes quite artisti cally arrutigisl, though more frequently it is little more than 1111 earthen bur row, low, smoke-stained and filthy. A g I deal of the Interior dirt I due to the fact Hint the bouse are mostly built without tlrephice. Tor the 110- iMIIIinislutlou of their sheep and cattle the farmer have small turf vvimloiv- es houses, erected n short distance from the resilience. The stables have no stalls, nml the horsi-s move about a they like. Hem-rally speaking the farmhouse are built close together. encii farmer requiring n largo grass walk for his Ihs ks, which sometime are very numerous, and for hav for the winter store. The Icelandic agricultur ist cures nothing for gay colors, and hi house I always painted of a Soul ier gray or a dark red. Cereals can not Is- grown wiih any success In this 'otintry. the only native grain being a w ild sand oat, fioin w hich an eatable kind of bread can be mndo. In addi tion to grass, which I the principal vegetable produce of the country, little els,- Is grown beside potatoes and turnips. rira.nl IncldenU Occurring th W orld Over-faj-lnga b Are Cheer ful to Old or Voiing-'uiio relec tioa. that i:erbodj WIU Knjo,. Too rolble. K nicker-We had to discharge our pastor b.s-iiuse he mispronounced a word. His ker-rorNiichn trine? Kulcker-Yc. He said the dear de. ..rt...l hoi L-one to "tne umiisco.ei.ii ,.untrv fr whose burn uo traveler roturns."-Jml;e. oilh th Nnnil-r. I have beard." said the peliNive-look- lug girl, "that "'t naturally speak lu liiiinher." "Yes." replied her father. "The trou ble Is that the number never have any .1..11..- i-ks In front of llicin." WiimIi- Ingtoii Star. t nsi tllsti to the Lat. The Calh-r-You say he did a grenf deal to encourage science? I't... widow Yes. noor soul, he wn fl I ,V!I V chaining doclors.-Ncvv York Tribune. Great echeme. "I'm going Into politic." announced (iiuiniih v. "Hot the greatest scheme on earth for meeting the revenue do- lldf." "What Is II. old man?" "H ive the government run the pawn shops. There'll be no disgrace III doing business with voiir uncle when he' your liicle Sam."- Holrolt Free Press. A Tollliilnu Kccor. "Sar. Ihiv ui,.. .7. dog for." ki "Ile'a nind." "No. he Isn't mad, eU w "W..11 if oner." bo mad." l4. ir any one ,.(M1,, . , , ml. "' -TrutJi, 'nklnd rrl,, lonng riaywrlght-.. I'nn tl.l,, I, .. .. 1u,l , .... ........ ., ,y -1ax, Critic It wua verv -.!i lyuMfe. y "-B, ATIckll.h Bahh.,, "Why don't ni.'in?" '" K"t a n(.w -I'p to Hate. "I'll It II. I'm the !,,, ,11.,, . all Cork:, llv-l , ,,.::, " "". , "' mp Mif, get the tape round mer-TbeSlf-sf I.ve at Hr.t Sl.ht, Friend-So your niii...u,t. nt lirst sight? Mrs. Uivcjoy-Ye. UutA , .. ilosK-rately lu love with myd-irw baud the moment I set eyenMw I reineinlN-r It nil distinctly u , were yts.ier.lay. I wn, ralkiaf papa on the promenade at Brfe, when suddenly pnp .Xmn IMilnllng him out, said: Ttr., 13 u 00111 nonn t.ilifiii)" I m. A Confused lrcolliir. "Yes." mild Mr. Cmnrox. "mi,. est daughter will he through n-U Tl II short lime. She Is alromtr ..v. I 1...- . ' 1'iepii rni 1011 ror commfivs.- iiay. "What nre they?" I ilon t know that I follow I .... " I description rery Intelligently, but, ttllltl-I.Uslfktl Id .1...I l.n I I " iney uare hc ining to 110 with the ImmortiltT. geulim lu plain white and 111 1111111 iu with chiffon.--Vivt:-. Star. He rcllpvril It. "Po you believe that there I any re- billon between Weather tl Hal crime?" asked Mr. Stiuggs of the observant ed itor. "of course I do." replied the wise man. "A soon as n balmy tiny conic the spring pool resume activity. Pittsburg Chronicle. Understood Her. ShoTluit little fool, Johnnie Ur I lias proposed to me. Her nearest Friend-When 3 3 1 wedding Hike place 7-Brouklrn IA Where the Trouble CibcI rpyKe 00 you nave ant tK meeting your creditor? Spoke Not nt nil. I find mt tne lu getting rhl of thtfn.-Detn!! M Press. I who ' Atr oi rsinic i n tu. w a iiiihak tiik MiW TO IIKK." she bad plighted her troth to She threw it at his feet ami left Young man. tay with your mother aa Iot:g aa you can; rou cannot dclv anjoua tUv Those thing she laid out 011 the white pin table. From under the pillow of her bed she added a coarse llneu 1-ag. auch a tailor carry, filled with clink- Will l.lm him. "Katliar Jano did not rave. The blow stunned hi m am! the loss of the girl seemed small wt.ou he thought of hi mother. "Poor mother! You have hungered, and tortured, and stlni.il yourself for nothing. Tomorrow everyone will jell It Into your face that your son Is au'ex convict, and jour old days will Ik- tilled with thauie and misery. Poor moth err Hid Not Hold Him Pence. ntteiided n mountain wedding in Miiiowell County In West Virginia, said a postotlice liispis-tor. Kverythitig went uhiiig sinooihly nl lirst. The cabin wns brilliantly lighted with candles, and one of the best tiddlers In th,. ,.! ty was present to furnish music for the dunce to follow the wedding cere mony. Nothing occurred to mar the proceedings until th,. minister came to the point where he Invited any one w iio hud any thing to say w hy die eon pie should not enter the bonds of mat rimony to speak or thereafter hold hi peace, when a rough mountaineer arose and said: "Anything ter say, parson? Waul, I reckon I hev. I hev alius intended ter marry the! gal myself, nil' thet roller kllovved It. so he Jess kept oilteii my w ay. I sent 'iiu word ter prepare f,.r n llekin', an' he lef the country, but kep' a w titln' to the g,il. Now-. Tin here to make my word good, an' 'fore this hvnr event goes any farder the talh.i-.f 1 "ward Joss bus 1110 ter light." Ill vn in the preacher tried to restore order. A ring was soon squared in the center or the nn and the men went at it. In alsuit ten minutes the groom announced thai he had enough, and the victor, taking the arm of the blush. lug bride, deliberately changed the groom's name In Hie marrlngo license lo his ow n. while the vanquished lover made his escape. Kverybody appeared to be satisfied, and the marriage took place 11 though nothing hud occurred to mar the solemnity of the occasion. Fur to Take. "I am going to do something In Hie llto.ary line which will take better than Scotch dialect," remarked Mr. Tren chant I'ellll. "What Is It?" I am going to write n story lu baby talk. - Harper' Bazar. Quite Different, Mngly-Who I this nu Orl whose divorce suit Is tauslni mi sensation? Margaret Oh, why, ke'i tie id I of that charming novel, "A Hifpjll tin sc." New York Tribune. JeslotiHT T "All their lielghlMii-s speak very bad ly or .Mr. und Mrs. Tallsit." I hey must bo living happily with each other then, If I know anything of 1110 llclglltlot-s.-Judy, A Qtteatton of lfnrinor. Mrs. Park Avenue-Ilon't jolll this dress Is very Ixwinluj to b;s plt-xlon? Mr. Park Avenue Yen, th thail lionizes much iN-tterwiUijoarloJrl complexion than with the cocji you had on lust wevk.-Nrt I'J World. Hard to UUcovtr. Ituckskin Precaution. Hill -How Ls It. Sam, that ye liulnt got yer gun In yer bolt to- uuy ; .-am .-spurs - mi: it s In me hnt! If any duller culls "bunds up" to-day F got the drop on hlni. -Truth. ve ICOCSS A e-liccrsn. Theatrical Manager (affably)--! con- Biauiiaie you, 01,1 man. veieinn .clor Igloomiy)-O what? Mieuincai .Muiiugcr-ou the uct 01 jour iieiiellt, of course Votenii: Actor (dotibte,llly)Vas It n Mieeess : Tl,..,. 1 . "" -uauuger-certnlnlv. It paid expenses, didn't It? And It didn't 'st you a red cent! New York Trlb- IIIM', ...... ,. fever Men. ill- I'm 1-1 1 ... . 1 ' 'isk me Hrovv lis o n ee, ,,e .lonese h(.,v at dlniior; and ... u,e ..oneses to n t tlt. H1Vtt us e owe them both, you know Ilt:.sba.i,l-l!ut I've heard they're Just tiu iftclcl, and don't sneak Ufe-l know. They'll refill .,..1 " '"''Klve a dinner party nt nil!- Ajk. L Mlnnli'-Hoostrt Mis HOT 'I pretty lu her bathing stilt? Mr. Kyelelte (looking lutiaVj- wearing It now? Jenny Mod's Last Appearance. "The last time Jenny l.lnd sang n public was on July :':i. isst, ,, Sjin Malvern Hills, Kliglniid. writes Mr.' Kajinond Maude, daughter or the "Swedish Nightingale." In the Ladles' Home Journal. "The concert wn In aid or the Hnllvvny Servant' Heiievo. b-nt Fund, and Indeed wa a red letu-r day to the country rolk who enme from nil the country round with the modest elghteen-pence which secured t,ejn stnndlng rooin. tin one of mv wnlks during the last fad week 1 helped to nurse her. I found an old woman In a remote cottage who rngerlv sk..,i r.,- the 'good lady w ho was so ill m, tiu, l'on finding who I was she nsi,r.,.i me Hint It would hnve been worth even more stinting and n further walk to have had such a treat In her 0I.1 that liglng." Too Flattering. A Thoughtful Olrl. "iTiii-i-e v.oi hud ls-ttt-r in r' the ovcnltig 011 my right sIJkI of It on my left side , I "t'lllilil'a e-host What 8 W "' I "1 don't w-nnt IM- you got curvature of Uie S"Df 9 I acoouut;1 lotru!t live H.... 1 Iia- 1 I.ucy-The papers oontalnJI : ' count of the weiWiu- u. her.-TId Hits. Politic and Socl"' t. VOBUe-r.M"..-. . of the season rourse you'll attend? I Mrs. Shy-I would ViJ'i but I can't wltJioiit offeiw j baud. A nn Influential pobw- ! kuow. he ls strongly P partlc. Hostou toiiner. "J. . Vnle." Mrs. party The "Chinese will of collar Mis. u. .. " " "r uu 'o polltlitil feature in . .... '. - -oioiiow I.O0k Ik-., n Lived In Goai-Hair Tentm Rui-shu. n district on the north" .1 f Hie Himalaya. l.Vl.s, feet above the w-a .eve., ami surro.uid.sl hy ,,,. tains from a.mi to ,Vni t ,,. ., :i a permanent i-opulutlon of ;.,,i ,..' sons who live lu goat hair teuts nil ,1,0 , ... .. ... "aiernwjiestliereeverv night, but no snow fall on a.voun, ,,f the dryness r the air. The ,,,p , u , shepherds aaj dress tl p.J 1 l.'iii cl.-ak. wearing an additional c l! 111 unusually cold weather. n...,i.V..u , . s-o.u ivory tower, ,lo,n'i ,i '0 ithoughtrully)-Y-e- or Ilk- . ... Mor Horrible. I tl XV o . , ""in lo-Uay who unn.U Play the piano." "That's iii.ttii.,..- ... . down In "eTe K't , "Ill vv bad no who e ve eot a ih " na no voice nud " ' -linker Statesniau She Petting Even with Iter -h. Will: thnf. eruen, rlg,-whV7"- - 1 11.11 ritniiT; aU tb. ti. . . I ve given it to .. . ... " ,h"' K'r'M Venkerss,a,;11,a;:""e 8a,1,e ' Ho Mow MoDeiik capital w ill the attractions or Pnrl: na or.icr.si nm a Meln paiioraina or the d.-r.-at Malvl nil glls soon hav The , ngeu artist f tlf IialiaiM - ouia, d.-e. utTcare bc,lM ' lf dv.n't ok rrozet O "er Volubility tudviiiu- 1.... 1 - .-lUliinior. New ta 'he 1Uor Francisco'a filth' Cliinau- . . mreiL I tue army nus . ..... . .- ...... -ono imtlr , inn less ion" - - (, daughters lu San '"'"T town in wu.sse Mows and wtio are '"' ' iicr American ciiizchmoi- - ,r ,i . ..N-iilng Iel"irf,' .J the dusty highway of tim ballot box. . .o-yi f Not biter than the r rt 1.11, rnre In lW J suiiiHising avenihf " - . lit Ing mortality to om- .t a anything can be yitfl 2..-iihJ Chinese cumin"- , ... .1.. i,..n..t in J-au l.i ilt? L'l.ll-'. Stockton. 1(4 Sacramento, .-h" ...Jti- c,... , 1 in fmi r.1"" . - .-nu jiw, 11.... . rf ir 1 inunille lu rallforni nntlve-lH.rn Mongolian p ' ... .1 ... ..itizensD'i1 tin iiit'ir na 1 uv'"- a propiii-i is ,,v c country." , . i.-A the Ilk ! . ; B ' , I r- 11 I Hi: -lilt - . ' 11 v cia; nn . III 1.4 I. X il: ti.4. check,"-New York ir.c