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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 16, 1899)
CITY ANJ) uountv', n,r A South Gnd Romance now I'joiu up in uinriniin; pro pop T. T : TT: , HATUKDAV DEC l cape HUM I PK1I i - What It ioti to jivi in New North- tii I, old Diggings. The pToOM (iold I tii.'.-. r gives Ui. following BUtjtnent of the coat f Uflttgil Nome. H -re are some o' the ruling restaurant price: I'orterliouoe steak 13 60 Tenderloiu steak 8 00 Plain steak 1 60 Reindeer steak J 00 Ptarmigan 3 00 Pork chop m- 1 60 Mutton chops 1 60 Bollid m'ickeral 1 6n Hani and eggs 2 00 Three euK " Fruits aud Jama of all kinds, each AO C'ntte , tea or chocolate 2 Plea, each 60 Una loaf bread 26 Welah rarebit 1 00 Cofli with bread aud nutter . 60 An ordinary good two-story dwelling of seven or eight rooms OD. .... , '. ; . . wli mads ui.ui. hikI in- was pardonably Ihe Au.e,,cH.iaare ft r ed to cut : , , Material oat of out any inclination lie tha-ikfol rbkh If bad fashioned hlmnlf for the Iranenort service- ,a'""' "l""- . - ' lit tOOo lit i lie OOOf 'f his OB OB f Cornhlll waiting ("! some on. Theos Uen Uuller eirci" in end the pa Id tat follows don't have any Idea of tin..-. said ue t.. ins cusnter, "!i - I iii tin. dooff with bun. Tin. (ashlar hit tin' tad of u ebjai which !' wai , . lug to smoke. "Why?" "Why. i t that jroaagj ito.hnon.1 to he here at tl sharp, an hero 'tis two , . , , , . . , minute past, all he ain't (OHM yet. Hut Koblwrs and hold-up men don't i hotter bo's the nan I u Um lob when ply their trade in New York. The "' 5 " " ' r'' " r . , , , "What Is the Job. uinj.ir general, la people are too easy and there ta tha r,.t,. ,t v..,iruir bad boeo ma more rnnnai In the avndicate husi. J"r awioral of n.iliiia In Now Hampshire. Tilt: QARDEN I'AKTY. - By U.na Aruiatroug. I II I I I I II I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I 0 . "LIGHTED HIHD 01 I I I I f 1 1 , ib, that afrl should vaauli Ottb il tnee. I . I'l iost secnied nunue.-riri th.-ul.! campaign in eix montn-. That will be just in time fur another summer session of the pea 00 conference. new and similar aure things i mil I the title still clung to liitu tit times. "Why, to paint a couple of dozen hand i (in. nun's in oil for our parlors. Marthy TheBoereare said to be eomc-,lr"1 ,"f "' ehB0 J we re hail ever since we were tinirriisl, what lacking in their commissary , an l hare to please her. 1 nvi forgot department, which would be had ;' hr Ketti.. c,,mi of broke, ' . I.iu-k through takiu llniletous hair tu tor thfiu were It lint lor the lact vigorutcsv that started me in the patent that they would rather tight than eat. Admiral Dewey may find con solation in history. The Duke of Wellington had hardly recovered rente usually for $200 per month. ' from the excitement wnicn ue nao s la f tL. U : 1 . Freieht taken from beach where it to undergo aa a reeuu oi me mm. it landed from atearoera c sia from 35 to 40 cents per 100 Kiund-1 .r de livery by dog teams to itorM and residences. Forthedelivery ( heavy freight by horao tetm and wagon, $ 10 an hour ia charged. The ruling price of a fhave ia $1, and tor a haircut $1.50. A bath, and ooor one at that, costs $2. It ious enthusiasm of the British pub lie after Waterloo, More a London mob smashed the windows in his house. The Korest Urove Times Btig gests Aguinaldo a, a suitable run- j ning mate tor Brvan, ui whih the Hillsboro Argu, of the sime county, responds: "Brother Kddy. laundering accent the nomination provid mi costs 50 c nts for flannel shirt, antl to cents mi . . , the Sultan of washing a colored linen shirt, and j8uu ag tnf) runmnR m8te of your $1 for the rehabilitation of ihe ran j iUuBtrioU(l raan fr,inl Canton." and luxurious garment known ai the white shirt. Cigars and drinks coat 50 cenU each. Loimshoremen have beer paid during the recent very busj season $2 an hour lor their labor Carpenters are receiving $1.50 pet hour. There is considerable bui'.d ing, and there would lie a gea' deal but for the impouibiUtjf o; getting lumber even at the ex'atiuji rates. Kxpaniion as understood, ad vocated and practiced ia America uuder Jefferson, Monroe and other means the acquisition of lands upon which to build American homes, 'and out of which to construct new commonwealths To invade over populated Asia is not expansion. To bring her pauper labor into com petition with that of our people would bo suicidal. Under the new law, His require 1 A Washington minister believes that after January 1st the votinj that patriotism should I i rewarded nrecincts and road district shal. more substantially than with be the same. The county cour will arrange the road districts anc election precincts to as to conforn to the law at the January term lioad supervisors are to be electee by the poople beginning with Jutu next. The state barber law is being en forced with good results in Port land. Shops are kept more cleaoh while dissipated memberBof the ar tonsorial have been warned that they must reform their ways, else will be deprived of their licensee. They may no longer cut and carve the faces of their victims through jagged, unsteady nerves. A Manila dispatch to the New York Herald says the end of tint war in the Philippines is yet afar off. Our forces have no organize ! resistance to confront them, but the guerilla formation of the Filipinos, for which the lay of the country and climate are favorable, may pro long operations several months. People who have been undecided about uoing to Cape Nome on ac count of lack ot society aud attrac tions need no lor. r hesitate. Seattle talent will c instruct a building 50 by 140 leet, three stories high, in which forty variety performers will hold forth, and all manner of gambling game'. empty praise. lie is editor ot me l'nmerov Independent and an nounces thit for the next lie years be will conduct marriage cere monies for the rei timed volunteers free ot charge, besides baptizing the first babies, and in the event of any deaths during that time he would minister at Ihe nurial. The male persuasion can no longer lay exclusive claim to tramping and horse stealing. A woman of that description has just neen sentenced to the penitentiary n the Douglas county circuit court. Chicago police have evidence that a hotel swindler's thoughtlessness was his undoing as a list of the different names under which he had operated, and the places were found on his person. Several hundred Kansas City sewine girls are on a strike against making overalls lor four cents a pair. That is as bad. or worse, if possible, than thirty-eight nt,en mlu Ux will be levied wheat. Iiieilii'ine liimiiien. "I'll itivv bin MM minute more, an then I'll iro down to the i-aloiiiiiner'" 00 OOVfl square an irit a P0Wa man there to do tin- Job. It'll he cheaper an jest as good. Paint's paJM after all's snbl an done." As he spoke a slluily huilt youim fellow w ith a lieard of French eut walked up to the door. "Well, young man, you nearly lost the Jobt Where's your paint?" Tin' youiiK man vuhired. lWntt paint er. It may hare come easy to hiui. Hut he fell int.. Ihe other's humor and said! "I've got to make an estimate llrst. It wouldn't lie businesslike for m to pitch in without counting the cost." Woodruff wns pleased. "You've got a long head If you alu't in business." They had walkisl as they talkiil to Washington street, and Woodruff hailed a horse car. This was a year or two be f.ire Kostoti discarded horses us a mo tive power for its cars ami fully ten years before the slower metropolis did the same tliin As thev entered the car a very stout woman rose and left her seat. The two sat down in her place and Woodruff thanked her with old fashioned courtesy Hedmoml started to speak, hut was seiz ed with a violent lit of coughing. "Consumption?" asked Woodruff with grim kindness. "Cuess not." said the artist with tell tale hopefulness. "Sounds so to me. You must let me send you a dozen bottles of my liver com pound. Over l.(SMi.tKK) testimonials Named It Lucille liver compound after my youngest daughter. Woodruff's GIOOMd legs had upset portly passenger. "(Might to make these curs wider." said he, overlooking the fact that a man should not wear his crosses in his legs. Mil inn Woodruff lived at the South end in Union park, and a ride of a half hour brought them to his door. The door was opened by the most beau tiful girl that Heduiond had ever seen "Whew!" he whistled to himself, "and living out." Then he remembered that It wan Thursday and knew the girl to tie the Lucille of the liver compound. She was pretty with a New England prettiness-that is, her charms were largely of the face, and yet there was that In the slim grace of her figure that was as potent in the eyes of ltodmond as the lines of a more generous build would have held for him. "Hello, sin. Where's ma? Oh. this la Mr. Keilmond, sis; the mini that's got the job to paint the parlor pictures." Ma now arrived OB the scene. She was a small, faded, thin woman, pre-eminently the wife of n self made man who gen erally forgets to make his wife until it's too late. "Now, young man. there's eight walla to cover In the two rooms, an we'll want three pnintin's on a wall, each one 88 by 24. an four colors In each red, white, blue aud yeller." "Oh, pa," saiil Lucille, 'let him hnve green, or he can't do any landscapes." "Well, green, then." It was. plain to be seen that Hiram W h uff could deny his daughter nothing. "Now. what's your lowest estimate for the job?" "If 1 use the same stencil for the lot, I can do them for $'.',(KHt, but if I make each picture different It will be $100 apiece." "Oh. I want them different." said Mrs. Woodruff In a hesitating w ay. She talk ed as If the belt that ran her tongue needed tightening. Woodruff looked doubtful. "Yes, each one different," put in Lucille, pulling at a button of her waist as If she were pick ing cherries. Keilmond wan bewitched at the graceful action of her wrist and then and there determined that the Job was not tin- only thing In Hiram's power to give that he s 00. Id get. "Back one .! rent it Is, then," said the old man. "ail I'll flay you $10 a pio tUM entry If ron'" panil ads. of my pat ent mtdHre - n each landscaK." Bedmond fell that now was his chance. "It'iagaloal the ethics of my profession to d.. such a thing," said he. twisting his board to I l"ltit and then untwisting it again, "just as it is bad form to use a sti in il for anything except cows In pas toral scenes, but if you'll let me have a chance to win Miss Wood raff I'll fill the landscapes so full of ads. that they'll crowd the treea out on to the frames." "Done, by Jehosaphnt!" cried the old man, bringing his list down DDOO the ..Id mclodeoD with such force that It com plained. Holm.. mi's action may have been erode, but both his pictures aud his wife are much admired, aud as the landscapes with the ads In thejn have never been oo the line anywhere it doesn't maks much difference If he did outrage the ethics of painting. Criterion. Tihi Much for feleste. All the towns, now magnificent rltlea a, ...... . ..i.t f.tMTR houses, were then "Oregen" claim, Bolu'tuii; W I. Ilaksr, li j guiltless of ary decent halls, and the or chestras WHO me pw oi.iii.uiiu-.. " Hoffslo, a very pretty village, the only ai-l.t mnaln WC ....! V I . . I i Tl lllt VAfl ttV Estate of 1 .1 Simmon, dtreased; real prop- jn () ) jg- d all he knew was ty appraised st $l,ooa. j "Onil, Columbia, M and "Yankee Doodle." go, as Celeste danced twieO, the orcbes- ti.. ...r.inr um' marshal of Salem ,,. ,.,,mln, the first time with "Hall, i olumiiia, aim iiuisnea wuu "Yankee 1M-" slid for the second dance reversed the order of precedence. !',,., r (Meste. who M..ke very little Eug llab then, her psticmc tnbaoatOd, 0n j UIm.iI "Hlsnk 'Yank',, poodle' and 1 'Ilsil. Colombia irnrl Autobiograph ical Sketch of Mrs. John Drew in 8i rib-ner'a "So sorry 1 couldn't 000M to your tar dm party," said the girl In white .link "I'm sure It wen a great success, though 1 haven't met a soul who was there." "I know you haven't," sighed the young WOtnai in pink linen. "Well, if ever a poor creature was born to sorrow, 1 am I hut oue, and" "Oh, pshaw! Jack will only bo gone three weeks, and in that time you can buy a lot of new things. He will be too (lad to see you again to mind the bills. You can practice ucw ways of doing your hair, too, so Ys ss. I suppose 1 can do without hint for three weeks. Hut only think, this is our first separation, and we were mar ried su months ago. Of course, he lias goue ou a business trip." Of course. He ham t heeu uiurricd long enough to want to go for pleasure. Hut what Is your trouble I Has he m ited one of his old gtrl friends to keep you company lu his absence?" lie has not. I think he Is afraid tliey might tell DM some things he'd Just as lief I didn't know. No. it was not .lack who caused my woe. It was the ganlcu party. Oh, Sarah, such n MM0T tbiai happened 1" Mercy I 1'id soma 01 the gUMU take your solid silver IBOOHll No. dear; the silver Is ipute safe. It is all wadding presents, you know. It was uot that at ull. and 1 suppose I had better begin at the beginning and tell yell all about It." "I fear so, dear. I live ui the House with my father and six brothers, you know, aud sometimes I fear that 1 am losing all my feminine ways. 1 hardly ever Jump at a conclusion now any more than I would at the sight of a mouse." You poor chlldl Well, to begin, then. I know that people always keep their wedding anniversaries, and as I want to start properly I told Jack that we'd cele brate the completion of six nioiitlis oi matrimony by glung a garden party. Humph: lie was delighted, I am lure. 1 remember how my father l" nai e.i when mamma suggested celebrating then silver wedding." 'Hut she celebrated It I Oh. ves. and It was n treat to see them accepting congratulations with such amiability when they biuln t sponen ior a week!" "Oh. 1 never refuse to speak t" .lack. It gives him an unfair advantage. W. II, he objected to my scheme for a long time aud ouly really withdrew bus objections when he came home to tell me mat ue must make this business trip. Then he said he'd not be here OB Thursday, the day originully Bet for It, us he must h ave on Wednesday However, he Imped I d give it Jnst the same. So you did I'm tint to he outdone In generosity even by Jack, dear, and I said I'd change the ditto to Tuesday, so he COUIU do "' too. In spite of his protest. I Insisted that he stop lit the engruver's tad have the cards altered. "Did ho do it?" "Oh, yes, after I had eriisl a little. lu see. I knew that he'd give in finally and the cards t -Krnar ktuyyam Alwyi did not assist in the parish. 1' re (TON so many women who did that i r ' itum; Women who hud once ta'en i '.- foung. ilined. lie was the new doctor tv' . bad b. nght old htaaaetri practice, riel throbbing intlhI chorvh work ! to be sll engrossing to Certain of ihe . amtoMttoB from whose waiting hearts all hope had not yet failed, as i n, . on the decay of summer, for whom ill poeaibilitloa were not yet ended. i Bnl from the htglnnmi Oakwood saw nly Ahrys, Ho hoed her devoutly when I rs't he behold lu r one May evening lu Um old chinch, sitting in sn overcrowded pew and dressed in black is shabby black, if b had noticedl, with radiant eyes lied, it si fined to him, on the stalmsl windon above the altar. It was a ir ' .ii n stuiinsl window a seiitl mental Bt Peter dragged sn unpooeible m t ..ui of a pale, dirty sea. The half trained choir drOAed With their own ac lent. " Ow ly . Ow If , Only' I lie scnoor nu tot ertnnM blundered oa the pedals as usual Alan wondered much at the fervor of the young girl, rapt as some virgin rhdonnry of old time. Kr himself he had come only to In- soon, which is H moa rj for the conn try doctor. Love grew like a BOWOf In the sun shine. They wore Intensely happy, and Alwye' patents were pleased. It was a loniflaecnt relief to them, for the child was dolicatS and by nature untitled to do battle. And SO the early summer passed, a glad procession of Quickly speeding day., and the joy III their hearts was overwhelm ng, s,, that they marveled at their own happiness, It was perfect. il it the time was short, for one day as Alan rode out along the Norlhbaiik I-, I to mi urgent ease of diphtheria ill n b use beyond the town be met n gypy i ii i van creaking slowly along Um road to Itlldoa fair. His onlei OH) hack grew Uneasy and restive tit its approach. When Uu yellow painted van drew I r, the warm smell of the bear's iclt and the I vibrating growl sent Hruce SUM With panic. There was no holding Mm. Half a mile farther 00 he crashed Into n shine wall. Horse and lidOT were ki ' Inttontrjh AJaa was carried bach to Mil. Ion. Ahvys did not cry: only Ihe faint color left her ducts, ami the light died from her face. The night of the burial It rained, and then she wept for the llrst t. she feared for khn under the nai p im .hi. ; . limes aba would meet a villager : h i'l "good morning; she passcil onbcedlngiyi ami sometimes little brown Mi, Is would Hotter In her path, and, beeping. 11 y away annotlcod, for she hud Oyei thnl saw not and ears that heard Dot At nit-'bt she slept 111, but sat crouching in a chulr through Ihe dark hours, and when Ihe birds sang early In the morning she rose Bid went out. The fresh sounds of summer were a vacant silence mid the gladness of the day as nothing to her. Everything had ceased to be extinguished In her ilull k..l ..I......K ..r.tered the cards to KI"' time. As the days passed and lie real- memory. Ami only a wees oeiore sn. Ized that wo were to be separated for had I a nli. three weeks he evidently repented having ...esse hurt my feelings and even said that Ids Xh man was coming toward her. The typewriter had plently of time and If I'd wnv i. molted the -aile caused bet hi art rive him hit list of the guests he'd have ,,, t , , ,,. onloklj, lie eanie sw iftly I her address the cards uud senil them out. The Dalles Times-Mountaineer: '.'fit is true that Hummer gave Gov ernorUeer 1000 toapioint him su perintendent of the penitentiary, and that deer returned tho money that ha received, together with another th msand, how much did Lee, the man who got the appoint ment, pay for the office? This will be a problem for the next legtsla ture to solve if the governor does not clear his skirts ol the charge." The Sampson-Schley controversy over which shall have precedence will probably bo fettled by reviving thegrade ot rear t.tlmiral. Then both will be provided for. At present Sampson, through favoritism in the navy department, lathe reclpietO of the larger pile of cold cash and official honors while Schley, who sent the Spaniards to the bottom of the sea at Santiago de Cuba, muet rest content with the glory of that memorable action. C'nuri House IteiiiH. Ileal estate mortgage Chattel 1.000 100 30 BILL or SALE. W I, Vaughn b O P Klce, 1 horse, 1 wagou and harness: $100. MIKIS'l LOCATIOKS "Montana" claiiu, BoWbawl '",U 'aOMB, locxtor W'aan'l It SW IS't of 11 I 111 V "Very. And how plensed his typewrit er must have been!" "I never thought of that. Vt ell. I gladly agreed, for It not only saved BM thm , but money, too, as Jack paid for the cards when ho called for them. He forgot even to bring one home for me to keep us a aouvenlr, but I was so happy at the extra amount for cushions and frappo that I didn't scold him. Oh, I wus so happy when Tuesduy OBme! Much a lovely day. And Jack was so good! Much as he hates a party he staid home all day to help." "How lovely of html Hut If it was inch a success I don't see what your tn.u ble was. Did Jack tllrt with some old sweetheart?" , "No, dear; 1 had guarded against that by nstilug Mr. Sweetie. I know he'd be too busy watching us to think of Miss Ooneby." "But I thought you hated Mr. Sweetie. "I do, dear, nud he knows it, but Jack doesn't. Well. I was even dressed In time, and Jack uud I went out aud sat In a hammock together, just as we did bo fore we were uiurricd." "But wusn't you afraid he might rum ple your dress V" "No. dear; I taught him long ago to 00 careful. He told me stories ami sai.i now pretty I looked, sad I uulte forgo! UM guests until on hour after they should have Ihk'U there." "People arc so absurdly late arriving these days." "They were worse than late tins time, for, oh, Sarah, nobody enme at nil!" "W-whnt?" said the girl Ifl white duck. "They didn't not a soul! Oh, I was ao mortified I cried for two I nml promised Jock I'd never, never give an other party as long as I lived." "And Jack?" "Oh, he felt so badly thai he took me part way with him. and I didn't get home until Friday. And, Hurah"- "Well?" "in bo L-iiests came on Ihurs.lay. They were wild la-cause there was no rate. party, and I was not even at home. Oh, It was a fallen Icof. . I -u-i, t A.l I,,...- Id such n thing have happened? Do Jot. suppose j Hut afh rward she saw hi... often and . . " 1 rniuiv wet.- the sweet conversations they that the engraver - , t , ..... ..., I wouldn t Illume UM engraver, '- - meed me that he left wiote image 10 a greet orowu uomr. You n-mem win ie all treai.-.i tier wnn a pitirin sum to where she stood, trembling. Irrcaoluti' "Are you not glad to see me'" he ask 0d His faCS was strangely white, though not more so than her own, and his voice Was thill. "Alan:" she cried, starling forward OB ti boBrl throb, ami then drawing back. "Hut you are dead! They buried you six seven days ago!" "I am not dead." he said In il low voice. "I am alive, and yoll see me. Are you j glndV" She passe.Uo r hand vaguely across her foil !.i id. puzzh-d. "But you did die," she repeated III her shadowy monotone. "Yon were thrown from your horse don't you remember?" She shuddered. "And you placed flowers l'i the Collin, lh.- i .i y. a love, from y.mr garden. It Jt were pale roses." He sHik ill in as lo himself as he walkisl sound h y bj h. r side. She turned toward him. "Tell me the moaning of It. Alan!" She stretched forth her hands to touch him. but he aakddy drew away. "The time Is not yet," he said. "Are y.ni dead?" she asked, her eyes glistening. "My ImhI.v lies iii Million churchyard e.o. n.l with unaVt earth, and there are (lowers planted OB my grave white NOBS In Hie black mold. And I live." "And where ale you and what do you do?" "I um in the stranga jyind," he said. A transparent alienee fell between lh. i I he next moment he had passed from her view. With a oulek, light step she ran almost to her I .me. They gazed In wonderment; i OUR DEER HUNT. It was In Arkansas and not very I oig ago A party of northern men were tune pi.. -l e. ling for timber lands ami. Iieinj keen iport en, decided to avail them selvua of tl ehauce of a lifetime IB in Joy a deer lit ou horseback. Our sportsmen anticipated no trouble in ornionni a largo and variegated pack of hound-, it wan therefore without a iiii-.ii .u; that they reluid lu their hei beside ihe rough rail fence surrounding S rude log cabin Heated In the open door of the cabifl was a dirty faced, sorrowful I... .sins woman, who listlessly eyed our parly through the half closed lids of ber watery blue eyes. Hood illuming, madam, ventureU toe ... ... . . L. V, I .... -loan Is your iiusnaii.i in noiiie i lu the llrst place, ui) mime alii t mad mil. ihe woman replieit .i.awitngiy, uu in the soooii place, my husbaii am t onie. Kf y.r the sh ift come ter 'rest 'tui, yer'll be 'bleeged ter ride farther. She was assured thai the party had no designs anon her hnohand'i Ubortyi hot to secure Ihe loan of a pack of hounds was their mission. "We ain't got no houn's an never had Done," she Netted, still suspicion, as she walked lo the fence. "Huy. Ibar, mis ter!" he exclaimed sooted!?, poiuiing to UM hand of one of the party. "Ain't that thing er dluiotitT" "It is," the owner of the diamond re plied. "Would you like to l.s.k at It?" bo asked, drawing from his linger a ring III Which a small diamond was set. "An ken I take It my own ban?" she asked eagerly. "fertiilnly." was the reply. "Put It 00 your linger lllld see hew It I siks there." With the light of Other day I shining lu her fa.bsl eyes she iieiuldlngly piMhOB the rln-' on her b my. kuolteil f- ri unger. Then, with a sigh. Um ring was with drawn and returned to the owner. "What wuz It yer said llhOOl wantln ter Isirry some lnum's'?" she MSgd sfter a moment's allow e. "Ue simply wish to borrow I he dogs for tomorrow, when we Intend bavtag a deer hunt." Waal." she replied hesitatingly. I reek.ui I klu get yer Then, walk lug briskly In the cabin ibsir. she toog down a long cow hoi u I but hung ou a nail and. placing it to her llpa, blew thfflO loud I.I i .1 - It was not a greal while I f-i. a man who carried in his hand a long bum-led riiie appeared oa Um fur aide of Ike i 'ear ing and esutlously npproaelnsi ine puny. Mil's all right, Jake," the woman hunted, 'rhey um I utter yer. The sun had Jnl nWn the licit morn ing when Ihe party iigalu drew rein at the i a bill. "'Moriiin. NBjtienMMl 'Light an huvo er sunk. Waal, if yer won't yer wont. I reckon. I'd go 'tl yer. OBI I've got BOB lilies to Moid tor oir yau," Ihe arkaneao added apolocetieaUy, poloting l he w I- buik ol the cabin. "Bettor I huM yenh BaOm er tb' dawgs won't i m i pi k 1 1 mini : behind, the par- I, i e i iy S Ihey rem lied the dgo ot the liver bottom, and UM hunt began. The sun was well oil luwurd the meridian before a sound was BOOM from the dogs. Then ihe musical, half mourn ful eiy of a hound was heard. Komi an other Joined lu, then a lu r and auothef Bntll the entire p k wus in full cry. The hunters whipped up thSU) horses, tumbling uud HOMOderlBBI through the switch cane ami viue. and tin were I Brett well - t when ii stretch of open I wis.ils xi as reached I-'ar ill advance the hlinhiiosl dog-, tails high In llie air ami m.ses lo the ground, were seen tearing long in the wake of their lenders. "There gi UM deer!" shouted the foro most one of the hunters. "It's a buck w ith inagnlheeiit nntlers." Then it wus noticed that the cry Of the i,. was I... . miing louder. Nearer Ihey came Loader and buiiler swelled the music. The air became full of It. aud the echoes In the hills awoke. "The deer Is doubling back!" cried one of the party. "I't'a get ready for hliu." (Ill mm the hounds, their Vuleea be coming dear and distinct. A crashing and lloiindi ring in the nine was followed Immediate!) to the deafening report of both barret) of a shotgun. A dense cloud of blue smoke hung iii the motionless air, , iistu.. tiding the men and blotting out the ran break. Then tho SOJOfcO was scat- lei ed by a gentle breere, and tl lie who hud Ited was si leaning 00 his gun, pule ami trembtlngi " dear mlosl Why didn't you wait until y..u had a la tter sight of IBB deer?" "I ei I didn't see It at all." I man aged to reply , that siukiug feeing lu my Stomach having bsCoMS by that time somewhat I .liable. "Well, why did you lire?" "I don't know," 1 answered meekly. 1 1" chorused Ihe oth ers. The sun was hanging low hi the west, mid the frosty chill of a Nov ember night was stealing over us us we struck highur ground and open WOodB. The dogs, still lu full cry, were not far ahead of u. and we whipped our horses Into a swinging gallop. S.M.n we saw lu front of us u i hairing and in Its center a log cabin surrounded bv the usual rail fWieo. As we reached f the clearing we saw n iriani, It vt -i . o. il .In. I id been rill' ell frolll . . ... tn -I.. -I. ,i a , the ellL'e tile neail. I'.ag.' v si e ex m a I lien, noil I . - . . .. . ,, , . .. JTV. , i,..t lon lease! animal, Ita lull carried well She neralatod in her statements. "See:" she cried. "Jotl will believe me now Here ii his handkerchief; ho drop- i pe.l it. ' ml I picked it up In happy triumph ah bold out the ob I Ject In her hand. "Oood Cod!" said the gray haired cu- H'm! dear, until Jack BOBv the order for the alteration. But where cator. PBOHATZ. each gets a si ralgbt salary f H.tOO a year, street eonimiloner iM, pollcs men f(S), one OOflDOOr 7J0, two drl' vers each $460, t in bOBSPaon eaeb tH.1". The total expense ol the clly for the oomlng year la estlmalert at ti7,4SH, Including 111 ,000 Interest on MM ar. b. r he let his typewriter- arc you going?" "To the telegraph office, said the young woman In pink lluen. "Jack Van Heaver sholl know what I really think Of him If It costs $10!" New York Jour bbL i.. mii.u Kven. "One great trouble wlf dlshere world." aaid Cnde Ktau. "Is dat ev'yls.dy 'mag lnes dat some one is Iryin ter git de best of 'im an dat he's gutter git de la s' ' V some one else bo's ter keep even." Washington Star. Clnr," Ete. A cigar baa bom defined as n thjng with a light at one end aud n Cool at the other, but somehow the f'sd never feels ao much like a fool as be docs when he gets himself and the light at the same end.- Detroit Journal, ness, and grave lisiklug men asked often after her health. Not tiBOsMoOl IBM rela tives calne to see her. sad she would tulk brightly to them of Alan and laugh hap pily. Hhe could not understand why they wept.- West Bad. All I.lvea Are Inlrresllnn. Not a blade of grass but has a story to tell, not a bOBrt hot has its romance, not a life that does not hide a scent which Is hint' its thorn or ils spur. Kvery when- giief, hope, comedy, tragedy, even under the petrification of old age, as In tue twisted forms of fossils, we may dis cover the agitations and tortures of youth. This thought Is the magic wand of poets aud preachers; It strips the scales from our fleshly eyes ami gives us a clear view Into human life; it opens to the ear a world of unknown melodies and makes us an. lei stand the thousand lan guages of natnre.-H. P. Anilcl. aloft, nimbly leap the fence and come to ' n stand, panting and hicilthless. "Who! i'1 ''lazes d'yon fellers wanter I be er chasin my cows fer?" a ratBS asked irately, and we saw emerging from the bono a man who carried u long burrclcd rifle. "Thought she wus it deah? Ut all the hlankcty blank f.sos I ever see! t'an't tell er cow frutu er deah!" "Bun er tow? Well, lie dog goned! I mout er kit1 yer ef yer run aeraot ol Jim Waler'i cow- the dogs "d run 'er. I've l ieu er dOJQfla thai OM cow outer my t., ' .11 MM. v. Mv'l yer 'light an have 'er sliurkV Biillalo 'J'ilue'. Ilr'il Boon ll. ll.loa Jerr. Ill a small village in Kent lived a farmer who had two sons, the elder, Jir ry. an Industrious and hardworking Isjy, tilt, younger, Willie, Just nn Idle. Ills father, wishing lo rin'ourag the Idle one, said to him: "Willi-, my bey, work bard nil day, and 1 will give you a shilling when I SS0BB home." livening came. Willie met his father at Ihe gale, saying "Father, I have Just lllsillt worked today I have been help ing Jerry ull duy." His rather, greatly phnsed. replied: "That's a good hoy. Here's your shil ling. By the by, whot has Jerry heeo lining?" "Oh, he's boon Ashing, falher," came the uiieipacted reply. Luudou Spur Moments. I