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t i tiugene City Guard BAlTKDAY ...ii. - TO CORRESPONDENTS. The business department the WEEKLY GUAF of ID is caused eomiderable trouble by corre spondents addressing the pro prietors personally. Address an letters referring to the newso oer or business connected there with to THE bUAHL), Eugene, Oregon. a i g fcgBBBsBNBNBNBNB THS rAKimtf. 1KOTKCTEU- The bop-gr.'ner of the Willam ette valley cau never be too tbspk ful to the prolec-iionisls for tbe higli Bgtn they are uow getting for tbeir hope. As they are fully protect i by a duly ol 8 cenU per pound, and only sell tor about 6 cents just think what the growers would be getting if there was no protection! Those high piotective dutie are a fine thing for tbe farmer There is hi wheat quoted a about 38 cent a bushel; be in pro tected on that 25 cents a bushel; apples, wormleen or otherwise, 2A centa a buihel; potatoes 2. rent a bushel. And so on. Yet with all tbis wholesome anl benevolent protection the firmer i so UDgrsteful as to comt'lain when the trusts, capitalised away up Ifstfl tbe millions, advance prict-B oi groceries, clothing, machinery and almost everything that himself am: family nee. He should remember that the statesmen who nuke trusts possible protect his beans, peas, eggs, onions, and even straw agait s pauper labor. It should make i. difference to tbe farmer that liltl or none of those products was eve shipped into this country. He i protected! And with the certaint of the country remaining on th blessed single gold tandard : should pocket the little he can g- I lor his produce, pay trust prices U r w bat be needs so long as his mom) holds out and do without other things. .-nator Chandler bat ine a little further i hH ii lbs presided 1 1 i in bis ret'ouituetidaliiiiii to congress and introduced bills applyiug tbe customs and interna! revenue laws of the Units States to Porto Rico ami Cuba after Jmu.trv 1, 1900, aud providing ibsl UUIMMTM between tbe Islands and the United States shall he as between the states. T A . .V. af WAS HE ACTING?! Tbe coal question is a serious one for tbe Southern PgdSq railroad. During the past fourteen months tbe company has employed 1800 cars hauling oil from Utah and Wyoming to supply its locomotives in Nevada and California. Wood is used on the Southern 1'acific Uregou lines. One of tbe amusements of tie Uetmtn empress is to follow tbe emperor in bis bunting trips with a camera and lake photographs ot th- game be kills. She not only ''touches the button," but "dyes the rest" at home wi'.b her own hands They bad beta married three months ful had nercr bad n quarrel, nol even a i . t.Ki.l ii.' which it infinitely ii. tbao a quarrel. Mb was young, mm b y ouugcr tbao In-, anil bad romantic I tiosa "Il'l ridiculous tbat we never have anj liff." she pouted one morning at the l.r. nkm.1 table, "i Utter iwopie quarrel hjispsisMs, devoted, without .lu'l nil,. urilJJllul l.uin umiuK '-r- '1 ve no objections to a well conducted OEOIUiK WASHIJtUTOS. Appropriate services were hel"' at tbe tomb of the Fa'her of bii Country Thursday on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary ol his death. President MoKinley attended and delivered an eloquent tribute to thf memory of our first preside!)'. Many distinguished citixens wer interested spectators or participate. Id the Masonic memorial service "First iu war, first in peace, tori irst in the herts ol bis fellow -i linens." irtue makes itself known in a- unexpected quarter. Hie New York stock exchsnge expelled i member for "obvious fraud." Th member got ctugbt. Tbat of itself was sufficient reason tor tx pulsion. Diamonds and gold caused the South African war. Even the ref use lrom the diamond mines is mixed up in the contest, as it is being used for the construction fortifications about Kimberly. CostBitstlnners' Court. A hit. VVAK FOR It hKAT HK1TA1.N Speaking at a unionist meeting in London the other day Hear Admiral Sir Charles Heresford Skid the British government uudereeli mated tbe Boers fighting capacity, and bad not sent enough men In the Transvaal. He added: "This war is one of the biggest upon which we have ever embark ed, owing to the surround! ig politi cal circumstances, and, if ueceesary, every mother's son among us must go to tbe trout. British pluck and money will win and then, with equal rights for all, the British Hag must ily aver the whole of South Africa." Salem Independent: "How thank ful the farmers of Oregon ought to be to Thomas H Tongue, and others of the same kind, for placing a duty of twenty-five cents per bushel on their wheat. If it had not been for that duty, they would all have become bankrupt. But now they are all realising the hand some sum of 3S ceuts for their wheat, thanks to our besutifu' system of protection." ; r The United States navy is badly in need of men, being four thousand short of the maximum. The astonishing fact is brought out through tbis lack of recruits that our usually liberal government charges men taking servi -e in tbe navy for uniforms and outfits, keep ing them in debt to tbe government for months. Secrets ry Long justly recommends tbat sailors enlisting be allowed $45 each for clothing purchase money. i J Dod'l appointed Justice of tbe peace for Springfield precluct Certificate No 'X for year 1897; sher- fl direct d to charjge returns to com ply with the Certificate i-sued therein r L BrlstnW, supplies: fur Mrs James ; 00 S R Piper, deputy sheriff. 20 00 V McKarland, constable Slate va Liozy and Monroe 12 20 J Y Vaughau, justice Slate vg Llnzy aud Monroe 3 66 Day 4 Henderson, coffin 36 (O 'Marie- Kolhert, snpervisor dis trict No 35 25 On E C Wtnllh, gravel 6 04 J A Kbbert, rebate on ts 8 65 Sweet BIOS, lunjher 7 15 TJ Duckworth, Justice fees. Slate v H (Jill 1 35 J T Taylor, coustable fees Slate vs H GUI 1 70 C A Whitermeler, justice feea Slate M Mayo, I Steam, A Bar ker, James Wheel 24 35 K V Knox, wilneaM Slate vs liar ker 10 OS Browu, witness State vs Bar ker 2 50 I. K Roberts, w linear Stale vs Marker 2 50 A W While, witness State vs Haiker 1 70 B E i ralg, wiiuesa Slate vs Bar ker 1 66 Ed Ayres, WltnSSS State v Bar ker 2 70 H A Skeels, wlloe- State vs Bar ker 2 10 Ul'r leeman, constable fees State vs A Barker, M Mayo and John Stearns 21 05 Oeorge t'roner, constable fees Slate vs J Wheel J 40 W W Withers, sheriff, expenses Inclined on official business lo Portland, Oregon 22 46 John Ltnyd, urn,-- Slate vs Sweet l 60 M J Barker, witness Slate vt Barker 3 so V E Selover, w itness Stale vs Barker l 60 0 B Morgan, work ou road 63 47 Oeo 1 Hall A Hon, supplies for court house .. 3 60 11 K MiHire, juror, cause S J Brui.d vs J A Msson, adminis trator g o W T Kayser, supervisor mad dis trict. $40 00 Frank K.i, witness before dis trict attorney. 1 go A D Hyland, naiis, do 6 0J Charles Hadley, deputy slier. 11 ... 32 60 A O Hyland, rebate on tax .-. r- tlflesle J W Vsughan, Justice fee State vs Miller Wru M McKariaud, coustable Sla s Miller Dan Hums, WlUiSM Stale vs Miller..M.... m Kred Burns, wllawsi Stale vs Miller rawily Jar provided it is tasteful! deco rated and contains a quantity of potpour ri," replied Jobn. "As for tbe other I ind, excuse me." That evening as he enteral tbe bouse he Agnea standing )etwet-n tbe por USfSS diriding the ball from the parlor, a new expreion on bet winsome face. "You have come," she said tragically. "Certainly I've come," replied Jobn is a mystified tone. "It's about the time I usually get here, isn't it?" "You bate not se a her?" she went on in tbe same intense way. "Her? Who in tbe world are you talk ing about?" be suited, trying to kik her. She warned bim away, tbe palm of her band turned outward. "I menu the woman with the black, black huir and tbe little brown mole on ber chin, wbo has crussed tbe water to tind you." John I'pdcraf was hanging his bat on tbe rack, and. chancing to glance in tbe little mirror, be saw a face turned sud denly so blenched and bag.-ard that lie hardly recognized it as bii own. Us therefore made a feint of tnootbing his bair and pulling bia mustache before be faced bis wif;. "Agne-. what in tbe name of wonder do you mean by all tbia nousennc? What woman U tbis and has tbe been here?" be concluded lamely. "Ah, you admit, then, that you know ber?" "I admit nothing, I know nothing." be gan John. There wan, however, a cu rious, strained look about bis eyes. "Y'ou know nothing about the black haired woman with uii Italian look and a brown mole on ber cbiu who bus been looking for you for the past live years? Do you dare deny tbat you know her?" There was an awful silence. The pair looked into each other's eyes, the WSSUS savagely imperious, the man gradually weakening. "Y'ou will uieet her in less than three days," went on Agues. "Ob, God!" cried John I'pdegraf sud denly, sinking into a chair and burying his face in bis hands. "My (Jod. what ball I do'" Tbe woman in the doorway ttood look ing at bim in a sort of hfrriticd astonish menL The mien and expression of im perious tragedy about her WSSS relaxiug and fading and iu their stse straggled a mixture of fear and BSIStvnttBt. "Jobu." the said in a eksagsd lone, "who Is she?" "Don't ask me," came from .1 ha in a stilled growl behind his bands "She be longs to the past. 1 tli...:;lit th,. nag dead to me long ago. And BBS dared to come here!" be added, inrizuttss to his feet and begiuuiug to pace the room. "Here, to you! If the putt herself in my wty after this. I'll kill her as I would a mad dog, if she it a woman!" Agnes regarded ber husband with a growing terror. Was this savage man wilh haggard face and b!oidbot eves John I'pdegrnf? She began to tremble and sank into a chair, big Stars running down her chocks. "I never dreamed of such a thing as this," she sobbed; "that there was a woman on earth that could affect you like this. 1 don't Inhere that you would tie to moved if you heard I was dead. she must have a great sots on you. on. you must love her! I teal nothing to her nor to you. Tell me who tbe it where she is how she looks all about her. I demand it!" "Y'ou must know how the looks: you've seen her." "Never. I never taw her." . "Stick to the truth. It will l better in the cud. Y'ou said she called here to day." "1 said nothing of the kind. Nobody has Ihtii here today but the grocer and the iceman." 'Now. tec here. You must tell a ttraight ttory. At least SMBS it consist ent. How could you describe a woman you never taw?" "It was ouly a joke I thought we'd have a little tiff and tbes tuake up. Oh, never dreamed you knew such a wom an. I wcut to tbe bazaar this afternoon, and they had a gypty fortune teller there to amuse customers oils they waited. She told mo about a black haired woman with a brown mole from across the water" Oh. I tee. Ha, ha!" broke in John. though the laugh ran a little hollow. "This is good. We've l,oen playing at crosa purposes, h.iven't we, sweetheart? Well. I taw yoi n it. noted for private Whm r.mi and iiuiiuiie i st Brass 'from the ISSllSH giTi-u for the bcueSt of the new hospital, iu which their frieudt, 'oralie Yerdier und Maxim Ketiaud. had Sieved the leading parti before an eu-tbiisiu-tic audience, tbey looked tired and i cross. There wus not a more buppily mar- rled couple in all Paris than Paul aud BsarsSttS Dufrenoy. Their friends bad jroiioiinecd it a marriage of "reatou and i inclination," und tbey bad adorn each other for three years. They had beeu single misunderstanding marring the infec tion of tbeir happiness. Tbey had lost child, and this great sorrow of tbeir live- !. id Ii iund i hi m still closer in an affecti"ii 9SSB and strong. Only the day before, resolving to profit by the beautiful wcuthcr, tbey bad taken the train to Meudon, and. after baring lunch In a pretty little vine covered inn, they hud s-nt the afternoon in tbe great beautiful woods, as bappy and care free as two birds. Very different from tbis beautiful day with nature was tbe matinee from wbicb tbey returned to morote, without telling each other what had caused tbe sudden change. However, everything comes to an end, even tbe silence of two angry people. The next morning at breakfatt Paul, unable to bear longer the taciturni ty of bis wife and the glacial expression of ber face, throwing bis napkin on tbe table, cried: "Henriette, what it the matter?" "With me? Nothing," replied Henri ette coldly. "Nothing. That's quickly tald. But what have I done? Ever tiuce that con cert yesterday you bare been different. We did not care to go to it, but turely that it nut cause enough for tbia change." "I think if any one it changed since yesterday it is you. Y'ou are thoughtful, pre cvaBBteV "Aud of whom do I think except you?" "Who knows? Of Coralie Verdier per haps, who was most natural yesterday O0000000XXXCxvXa500CI ) OUR FAMILY OPAL I .. K. K ItUokitlrick Mi SSl glBBtlfSIBSr WBS the first one of the family l become the BSBtfSBWf of tbe OSSL A widower for the third time. I ged himself to my old Aunt Cor Ssla, ii ud I hi opal was set for the en I nw nt ring. A 5toru of (attars .in to regret hit engagement. Aunt QsfgelBl concluded that tbe old mau WSJ cooliug off in bis atteutiotit, but she en the bill. with her.' While waiting for a train at rail, stafdos a boy asked me for a drink w ater. As b- took It I noticed an nuLZ deformity .. his bands. "Whow .Lild is that?" 1 lurjair. the station agent. 1 " )h. he don't belong around her.- " u Ibat official. "Hi. f0k, ' "Jj Brmkert. a wild, mountainous .I..,.-, th- -...... . B " " '.IIHIMIIKUB ITll U II .n as he bad given ber the ring he Jr j, riaitinsT Jim Crandall'. folk. Hz. and tbe brought him hw f stioke about the imwhII.. a-. lidu't blame bim. She regarded it all a- laa , UJd'g hands, and the ttaf'l,, - ,. s i Yi s. very strange, very .tr.ng,. there s a story around here 77 folks, which most of the country believe, though I can't tay wlltIb J? true or not. "Lei me hear the story," Mjj i . ing him a cigar and llghtm,. ,.....'" .dr. we M-ttled back i JT . r be U-gun: "You see many year. tt0, b road wus buflt. neon . , " ill luck, which the attributed lo the opal Now. another curious feature of tbe case was thai my great-grandfather's eyes, from looking long and foudly Into Aunt Cornelia's, had suddenly acquired a !cculiar habit of incessantly whirling, ber only lulirniity. A day or two later the noticed that my great-grandfather's were whirling nud IB . igfei thai he was mimicking her ami Staking light of her optical peculiarity. She would listen lo no word of explana tion, hot bloke the engagement on the apcH sad bnuded him buck tbe sfisl riug. That night be mude u mitcp on the nay up stairs and sprained his ankle, ami mi the following day a railroad wat wm I i d. and Ihe stock be beld in it drop- Im-iI fioin 100 lo co lie then hud tbe our cbairt. and peolo, dlda't ,l .i traveling, but staid at horn ici S their trading wilh peddltrt. who quit.- DBSIsrosS about her .ad irt found it a profitable pursuit Ons of most popugar of these wanderiu sk chants was a man named l,rat (ja mau. who usuaUy carried a select utorl. ""',.,..,. of ,,... I. -1... '"' olial s i in a scarfpiu and gave it to one , , .. ""' l""rr. " WrtW"J '""V "1- ' farmhouse was' h.l ed wTth ,1V KU puli BUI - si Ian was i -,t down m . 111 '1'll.ht bT IBs fullness of its bloom. His huir I lo fall out. and the doctor, not kuowiug , Just "hat the mutter was, ordered a sea voyage on SSBSral principles. Keating shipwreck. Bill ge Iks opal seal f pis to bis brother before sailing. Bill went to tea and returned with u full beud of bair aud his salary restored. Afte- Bill hud sailed his brother, who wiut to I wharf lo bid BUB goodby, started up .he street, when his hat blew In her role of coquette in the comedy. , o aIji ,iuplne ,,,, v) fa- lliat Wat she not full uf spirit, radiant with charm and grace?" 1'aul laughed. "Is that," be cried, "the subject of your great auger? Y'ou may rest easy. It is not for Coralie. with her ridiculous af fectations, to turn my bead." "That is what you say now to me. But I heard you telling her what you thought offer the play behind the scenes." "The most trilling words, spoken for politeness." "Politeness does not demand tuch a profusion of compliments at yon tbow ered upon her. No: you were tincere. Y'ou have been thinking at ber ever tinoe and regretting perhaps that your wife is to much less charming." "Y'ou doubt my word! What would you t;y if I should accuse you of looking with too much admiration at Maxime Bs naud during the performance? He wat very tine, wat he not. in his officer's uni form ?" Henriette, pale with anger, arose. "What! Y'ou dare" "Yes. I dare! YVby not? Y'ou dare! Why not I ? One accusation is worth an other." "This is too much!" cried the young woman, and the left the dining room. Paul followed her iuto her own room. "Come. Henriette. this it foolish. I as sure you" "Oh! I am foolish SI well as untrue! I shall not remain here to be intuited another moment!" And, trembling with anger, the put on her bat and seized her gloves. "Where are you going?" asked Paul, uneasy for tbe first time. "I am going home, where I am loved and trusted. I shall never see yon again." And without further speech Henriette walked swiftly from the room. Left alone Paul stood staring at the door as though he had only half compre hended bis wife's words. Then, In a moment, he taid aloud: "Very well, go if you want to. If there it one abomination under heaven, it is a jealout wife!" Taking his hat and CSBS, Paul, too, left the house. He had no place to go and walked aimlessly along the street. "So she has gone home." he reflected, "and she is psrfBCtli c.i liable of remain ing there. Well, I am satisfied. I shall enjoy being my own master ouce more. It is rather nice to feel nt lihertv, though there seems to lie nothing to do just now. Strange I never knew what a tssanst she had. She looks very pretty when she Is angry. Shall I really never see her again': Absurd!" but his heart sank at the recollection of her last words, aud his new found lilierty teemed to lose 1 tonic of its attractiv, ticss. It was a beautiful day, and after wau he coi. Id not overtake it. ami a street ur chin started the cry. "Stop iLicC' tubers look Bp the shout, and tinully a croud followed iu hot pursuit, until be WSI overtaken and arrcst-d. His ex pluustion was laughed al. Ihe police the ory being Ibat he hud lied from the scene of In- i rime without hit bat. S . Rill's brother wat locked up over night SBd had the mortification of seeing bis name in print in the morjiug. when he was discharged. Bo lie gave the SBSl to Tom, und Tom was very glad to have it and lust no time iu sticking it iu his scarf. Bill's brother on the way Ii ime picked up u flO bill on tbe sidewalk and w hen he arrived home found a man waiting to make arrange ments to mortgage his property to him for f.'i.Oon ut t! per cent, u gilt edged in vestment, '.vhicb made him believe that tbe other man had been press Sled with an opal. Tom bought a turkey on the way borne und left it in the train rack when he stepped off And when he went into the lions he was borritii-d to learn that his wife had ls-ti cajohsl into purchas ing J:.' West It of glee club tickets "I am SSI prlstd that you should yield to ii..- arguments of those ticket fiends. luibid. you are a jewel of consistency." Be st I with biting snicasm. "Talking about jewels," the replied, with a viui equal to his own. "I believe but opal you have there has changed our luck. Whi te did you gi t it?" "Coasts l.uke gave it lo me." "That explains it. Luke would never give j on or nny one else au.Mhing of any value to himself. What time did he give it lo you?" asked his wife. "At 2 o'clock tbis afternoon." "And it was nt 3 that I bought those tickets. I didn't want them at all. be cause I seeded Ike S- tbe) cost to buy tome velvet and other things to cover my old hat nnd tuake it do for winter and th us savs the pries of a uew one und give you u CBS DCS to buy an overcoat. But I couldn't resist. Have you had nuy bad bii k today?" "I left a turkey on Ihe train." said Tom. "Of course you did," mapped his wife, "and I suppose you had counterfeit mon ey palmed off on you in change, .lust take out your money nnd !! Qsked some silver out of the ocket la s bleb he carried bis small change, and, sure i iiough. I Sere wat a lead B0 cent piw. "Thai about cancels my purchase of the glee club tickets, doesn't it?" she said, with an air nf triumph seldom equaled in a battle picture, "Now look at rour ! bills." He thrust his bund into his vest pocket deriuc about all morning he decided to ' . f0"1"1 '' " ua'1 cut out-sto- spend the afternoon in the coiintrr. for 'ell-money and BIL he was still too angrv to return home. Rb .Bld her face iu her hands aud though he longed to see if his wife had repented of her hasty resolution. He bought a ticket for Meudon aud iu the train thought of the day they had spent 'iloUV .1 ,t . .... theatricals the tn.uut, I opened the door. TT . . uc" n snort time ago Ar- so I fell in with tbe idea at once. I never i TlR nt hU l's'''';". "nc" would have believed. Agues, that mo l f "IUl' l r,"v 1't,' !nn ;"" Mt hh w..r.. sn.-h iu.rf.v. v -.-i.wi loneliness growing with the tender nieui- vij ci mm oiucr uay, sural ill sucu at naturally why. as 1 live, here is a real tear!" "John, do you mean that there isn't any such woman?" "Never beard of ber till you sprung it on me a minute ago." Agnes crossed the room tremblingly .in J placed two nervous hands OS bis shoul ders. "Jobn. don't deceive nw. 1 can't bear it. Look me ttraight in the eyet and tell me the whole truth. Yon don't know such a woman as 1 described? Swear!" John Vpdcgraf looked at her, hesitated while one could count five and took the oath. The next instant be was half chok ed with hugs and kisses. "1 don't like quarreling," said Aggie, half laugh ng, half crying. "The making up is all right, though," quoth John. His wife grew very quiet, and there was a fsroff look in her eyes. "I don't 1 1 altogether like the making up either." . she sighed. "Somehow it all leaves a bad taste." Chicago News, 1 601 3 00 4 00 6 49 I- aa rt'sai l . as-1 1 . t sJa.t ..u..w.ss., mnmmm mis Knows Rt CBWSW v UT 1 t A Baptist minister was asked how it ' John l.lnzv, witne-s Slate vs I was that he consented to the marriage of , Miller 1 ) ' JsHSl'ter to a Presbyterian. Wm Moor.- aSasw. BS L "-' .'' dear friend, he replied. Miller 1 60 Was Smeeil, work ou Hendricks fcrry 3 D C Mathews dt Hons, lumber and tnakirrg bridge; claimed lii.00. disallowed. H D Edwsrde, commissioner 47 60 sweet companionship. 'I am a brute." he suddenly exclaimed as be was walking after lunch in tbe forest, "and she is the dearest little wom an in the world. If she was jealous, was It not simply because she loved me? And who could love a woman without spirit enough to be jealout?" He resolved to go back at once, and if the had not returned to go to her moth er's and ask her to forgive him. "But first I'll get her a bunch of tbe purple hyaeiuths." and he walked ouick- ly toward the oak in whose shade tbe flow era grew. He walked with all head lnt, think ing OSapty, and did not sec the figure that rose from the ground as he approached tbe tree. When he looked up. bis wife stood before him. and her hands were filled with hyacinths. "Dearest!" he cried breathlessly, i She held out her bands, with the BBSS' j ers in them. "Will you take them, Paul?" she said softly. "1 picked them for eon." From tbe French. her best far as I have been able to discover Cupid never studied theology. Ohio Stata Journal. I' ..-reel Slle.re. "I told Bnnut a ttory. and it didn't re mind bim ot another." "Perhaps he wat afraid tbat if be told you one II would remind yon of another." -Chicago Record. Tjpeo riter Tardea. "Miss Spellum wears all clothes down to the office." "Is she in love w ith anybody there?" "No. but she s,iys it scares her em ployer so he d.ssn't giro her much work to do." Chicago Record. Itlsssslssi. Dasherly Tin:'s a wonderful thing. It gilds all troubles we may hare bad lowutrod Y'es: I suppose a w ' er can look back on his married !; itk ral pleasure.-Kaaaaa City In .,uu She buried ber face iu her .oI.ImsI: "Oil. Tom. why did you buy tue those tickets?" "I didn't," Tom protested. "Y'cs. you did. and SO one else did. and" She was interrupted by a crash. Tbe cook upiieared. frighteued out of her wits, ami shouted hysterically: "Tile boiler's burst, and all the bair is scalded off poor Fido." So Tom rutins) out and met me. "Here's a beautiful opal scarfpin." be said. "Wouldu't you like to have it?" I thought of ihe ill luck it hud brought my poor great-grandfather and Aunt Cor nelia. the autique virgin with ihe whirl ing eyes. I was almost afraid to accept the proffered bauble. I did summon up courage and took it. however, determined to dispose of it iu such a way tbst It would sot In- likely to caute any more trouble in tbe family. So I entered a jewelry shop and. tossing the opal carelessly . n the velvet ud that lay on the glass cms,., aid: "Will you kindly appraise this so called precious stone, this opal? Y'ou as a dealer don't share the superstition that possesses me. and will therefore BtlsksMj purchase it at a fair valuation, h hat made trouble enough for me and mine, and I want to rid myself of it at any price." The dealer examined the -t for a moment and taid with a s; s "Opal your grandmother. This it aot an opal. It't a cat't tn" OIlMBstV s. I. Horrible. No, Weary. I shall never approach tbat man's iuhospitai le door again." "Put. I.impy. it't fix mil. - to de nexi hou tf." "Can't help it. if it't 2i That mas osce did me the greatest iujuiy tbat car be -aid to a gi ntieniaa of ni peagt SSB' ''Did be hit yoi: with a lis) slat. Ijmpy?" "Naw ! He turned de hoc-.- SB iw." Clereiand Plain Dealer. .oouiiiHU. who did a tbriviu bL was supposed to carrr nulla of money with him and was fri-ius, advised by the farmers to carry a weapon with which to defend hiuiielta case of attack. To these repeated wan. inga he would invariably answer: " Weill, nein! I will uefer carrn-,. 1 bnf a shtrong arm, a goot shtici, tud I am not uirniut. " IBS afternoon late in November Goodman waa seen upon tbe roitl fold ing to tl . Snow waa falling, and the wind, which had been blowing fiercely all day, increased In severity, until bj nightfall it bud become n perfect bliz zard. "The road, a lonely one through an al most unbroken forest, became ilritttd aud clogged by the falling now, and (ioodniuu, wbo was still five miles from bis destination, sought shelter In a i log cabin inhabited by a family uatntd I Keiley, whose reputation for hunetty ' waa none of the best and whose source of income was peeling bark for the tan neries and selling whisky to the Inditni of tbe Cattaraugus reservation. Tie traveler was received with apparent cor diality by tbe members of the family, which consisted of tbe father, four iou and two daughters, and upon Gooduiu'i entrance Ihe elder Keiley proceeded to illuminate the room by lighting two tar low caudles and sticking them into ba necks of bottles placed at either cad ol tbe table for that purpose. "Presently supper was announced, and the guest was bidden to be scaled in the high backed, rush bottomed chair of In dian manufacture, tbe Bast the cstsMiab- ment afforded. I Miring the progrest of the meal frequent inqu.net were madr lo the elder Rellev about the ouulltW of trade along the road, an I be easts peated glances at the traveler's pa which had been deposited in a curacrt . the room. Supper over, a bottle uf vk ky wat produced and passed trots each one, women included, taking z kg pull at the bottle. "At the effect of the whisky heels apparent the old man became quins' some and finally demanded that the pad be opened and its contents d:-tribttd among the members of the familj this proposition, of course, tbe tr objected, aud, thinking the be-; way oSl of the difficulty would be to pay forks! accommodation and venture forth zftk upon bis journey, be drew out bis pus and offered spme money to the old mil wbo at tbe sight of tbe money spring g and grappled with the peddler, attempt ing to get his purse away from him. II this he was joined by bis sides! son tat although the peddler fought detptVtSal he was no match for bis two oppSBaBs who heat and kicked him :. :..ercifutf and toon bad him prostrate uion tU floor. "As he still refused to give op hit mos ey, the father aud sou dragged him to ' comer of the room, where then srti trapdoor opening into the cellar, and of on the peddler's second refusal to tbilt his property the father shouted to aw one tielow to pull the bolt. hW sat done, and instantly the trap sw .si' wurd. the Nslv of the unfortunatr!" stst falling with it. but not entirely BW pearttig from view, for in his fall thesis clutched the side of the opening is I" floor and made frantic effort! to pidlka self back asnin. whereupon lbs old m" seized an ax and. swinging it high above bis head, brought dowu its keen bis with crushing force uixui the nanus the struggliug unfortuu.ife. !"J- l . shriek, fell back into the cellar, cursial his murderers aud calling down 00 ins1" tbe vengeance of bearen, ul'. .1 c"" were stilled by the blow, of the C afedee ates who bad sprung tbe trap. "A quarrel aritiaC out of the Jivisiott of the peddler's articles, one of t-e WODr en informed tie authorities, who institut ed a search of the plsce, and lbs wom an's story was confirmed by finding tst peddler's body, with that of several bo man skeletons which had been buried ll the cellar. Keiley and his two older tol had disappeared, however, and. altboafsl diligent search wss made for them, thtfl were nercr canture,!. "The strangest part of the ttory Is thatl all nf th.. ,l...,son.Uiif of the family. l whom tbe loy you noticed Is one. hart been born without fiugers, and the coun try people bvliwe the Almighty hearken ed to the voice of the dying peddler ass in this manner vitited hit judgment npos tbe descendants of his murdcrert. Pittsburg Press. BJ Their Error. "I hare no sympathy wid s ttrike, said Meandering Mike. . "But you don't blame folks for n workin," protested Plodding IV- . "V.. 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