Bandon recorder., February 20, 1902, Image 3

t
importer» aug Dealen In
A BURSTING BOILER.
BLAKE,
A COLUMBUS STATUE.
POOL TABLE POCKETS.
ing a lieart for pre! ably the first time It matters not at all that a French
dur!t:-; the variously calculated uuiulter mau's "always" is often bounded by R oh II look» When n l.oeomntlve le
The
Story of a
Brnss Founder»« M0FFIT1
Tbay Are Made For tbr Mull P*r« la
1 nl
of <t tur!—♦ it iiad frowned from the the day after tomorrow.
Blow ■■ I !>■
Transformation of «¡ambrlsa».
Varoiera* lloueoa.
S TOWNE J Wrapping...
OAUO STOCK
Let it be owned and at ouee that
bare th Mulat ou of the Wang-Tolu u-
"1
mn
one
of
the
very
few
persons
A atory la tcld of a brass founder
“An odd occupation, surely," «aid a
Fung ridge. The expluQatlou is simple Cordelia behaved outrageously. Colo­ who ever saw a loeoniotivo blow up."
STRAW AND BINDERS' BOARD
Mi s Lenuard had appeared at a ft w nel l.i i-uard did not appear to notice remarked an ol«l railroad man to a re­ man acquaint«»«! with the business, "1« who wns one day visited by a friend
hh-ST-aa-ai First St.
acting
as
agent
for
one
of
the
cities
of
that
of
knitting
pool
table
pockets
A
of the rare festivities given along t ie Pat «'union. who spent the whole night porter the other day. "Generally the
T«i. MAia 1««.
5 SAN FRANCISC O.
few
|x-rsoiis
llixl
steady
employment
at
Central
America
Th«»
ageot
asked
coast, and some British subaltern in an
men
who
witness
tlie
explosion
uf
a
If, Lut the gi eater number of those eu- what It would cost to east a statue of
b
amorous moment bad spoken of her as
§
steam engine are so «lead when the gr.ged In It take It up Incldeutally to Christopher Columbus for the public
"the heart of Fort Tcheu.” The epithet
E.
and
H
HERON.
¿
smoke lias cleared away that they are some other employment.
?
square of the city The amount was
elung as epithets will, especially siuce.
never able to giv«> an account of the
“Of all the i>ool pockets used the lac- far In excess of the sum which the man
o
for
many
reasons.
It
was
considered
a
o > Copyright, l901t by Haiti.eth Pritchard, <
tllsn ster.
g»-st proi>ortlon 1« made In farmhouse« bad at his disposal. He was about
rates Country
peculiarly happy inspiration.
"Like luniiy other accidents, the one by i'ai tilers' wives nud daughters. The leaving In despair of being able to se patronage soliolted. and no pains will be spiirod
Miss Lennard helped herself to fruit
to make them comtoriablo during their visit.
»oOoOoOoOoOoOOoOoOoQoQoOo«
' saw was the result of carelessness - women who do this work are mostly cure the statu«» when the brass founder
while she listened to the echo of rapid
mm Market st, und 9 EUI m st,, corner
low water In tlie boiler for the engine G«»riuniis aud Swedes.
said
verlooking the blue feet ascending the long flight of steps
Stockton, Sau Francisco.
had just come from the shops and was
"Fixil table poekds are all hand-
"t’ouie back in the junk yard and let
water« of the China sea behind the veranda. “I bear some one
Telephone Red 3M. MKS. RANFT, Prop.
In complete repair. It was on the Bal­ ii.iide The largest producer of poo! us see what can b«» found there.”
and in Its turn overlooked coming.” she said as a young man in a
timore mid Ohio railroad in West Vir­ Inxkcts Is u concern In New York that
He went back, and the brass founder
by a tropical sun stands white uniform appeared between the
ginia a number of years ago. 1 was ou employs at this work about thirty fam­ showed him a colossal statue of Gam
au ancient fortification, whitewashed pillars at tire farther end
S am M aktis
a locomotive some distance behind tli<> ilies. th«»si> mostly residing on Ixmg Is­ brlntts. recently removed from the
C uas . M. C ams
from the summit of which the
of British
the veranda. He gave her a quick
8.3 years with
For 3 years with
one which expl<xle«l anil was looking land. The bundles of material for the from of a large brewing establishment. C. For
K. Wbitovy A Ilo
C. E. Wiltouy A <k>
flag lugs lazily in the still air. Away look from his brown eyes as he came
nlieml out of the cab window, so that s«'veral families thus employed are Under his feet rcste«! a beer keg. in his
to the rim of sight the shallow swells up to the table before he shook bauds.
tin- ill fatisl engine was Immediately made up In the shop and delivered to hand was a large and overflowing
wash among many sprinkled Islands,
" The French are In the bay,' says
befor«- my eyes. Suddenly I saw the them, the fiiilxlux! pockets being at the schooner, his board was long and shag
NEW COMMISSION HOUSI1
where the dim life of the far east still the Shan Van Voght." he quoted, laugh­
machine rise In the air. It seemed to me same Huie colloct«s!
gy. nud about Ills brows was wreathed
dreams on untouched by the centuries. ing.
to be about as high as the telegraph
"The knitting Is done with a needle a garland of barley and hops
It is water junk haunted, aud where
"Are the French officers coming
poles la-aide the track, which, as you twenty Inches in length, and the pock­
"Why. this will never do." said tin-
R slip« up into the mainland through ashore at once?" asked Cordelia, with
doubtless know, are not so high ns tel ets are knitted with a peculiar knot commission merchant. “I want a stat
loug and tortuous inlets pirates are quite unnecessary interest. "How de­
egrnpli poles in the city Then came a thnt will not pull out. You might cut ue of Columbus."
said to dwell in sun smitten lagoons lightful! You know I like the French ."
cloud of dense black smoke and dust, n hole In a pocket wltb a knife, but the
"Walt until I have touched this one
111-143 IiavfM St., S hu Francisco.
—yellow pirates, blue amethyst seas,
Colonel l.eunard stared a little at
which hid the engine from view, mid hole would go no fnrthor. As the pock­ up Come back In aliout a week and
black and unhandy sailing craft ami this, but he bad not lieen the father of
almost simultaneously I heard tin* roar et is knitted It will not pull or draw see what you think of It. If It suits
occasionally the loug smoke trail of a a pretty grown up daughter for the last
General Commission and
of the explosion.
opart.
yon. you can have It for the amount '
big steamer nearing the end of her run ten months without learning that there ' Tin Fi't'nch tin tn I hi Imu. hi
Produce.
“
Both
tlie
engineer
mid
tlie
fireman
"Pool pockets are made of cotton, of you have at your disposal."
toward the rising sun. The site of the are things in heaven and earth not and part of tile day lu Ids shirt sleeves
were killed, mid the locomotive wns fit w->ol an«! of silk. The first nr«» sold for
As
soon
as
tho
visitor
had
gone
the
fort had beeu chosen by some loug for dreamed of In male philosophies.
working like a navvy witli successive for nothing much but the scrap heap
Specialty, Butter, Eggs and Chees-
$1.25 or thereabouts a dozen. Silk brass founder set two men at work on
gotten strategist. Its uatural powers
"Look at this. Cannon.” Colonel Len­ gaugs of meu behind the northeast face when
It
fell
to
the
ground.
Tlie
crown
pockets
sell
for
about
$10
a
dozen.
the figure of Gnmbrlnus. They re
of defense were remarkable, and a nard handed a letter across the table. of the fortification. If lie disapproved,
Your consignments solicited
"I should sny thnt of all the pocket« moved the beer keg from under his
good deal of modern masonry ingrafted "Brusil says the French are at us did so unobtrusively, and the French sheet over tlie firebox had blown out.
"The
strange
tiling
about
the
explo
mad«* perhnpa half are of cotton, thrae- right foot and placed there an anchor
upon those old world beginnings still again and 1 hat wo must humor them In commander beamed propitiously around
lifted an uneven yet Bolid front sea one way or another. There Is, It ap­ him. As for Francois, cold English slou was thnt no white steam wns seen. elghths of wo I mid one eighth of silk. and a coll of rope, from his hand they
BRIGHT’S DISEASE
Yon know tlint perfectly dry steam is The pockets are most coiumonly green, removed th«- goblet and substituted a
ward.
pears. a little soreness among them at cannot convey ills sentiments.
Invisible, being like tlie air. and before but they are made in other colors as globe, with the continents traced on
The
largest stun ever paid for a pro­
Such Is l-'ort Tcheu viewed close at present, and he thinks if we could give
After dinner they went up to the
them a show In here and soothe them roof, aud the young Frenchman mur­ it httil time to condense it was proba­ well in tnnroon. for example, and In It; from his brow they took the wreath scription, changed hands in San Fran­
hand.
bly smothered by the cloud of smoke yellow mid In lilue for tables with of hurley and hops and substituted a cisco, Aug. 30, 1901. The transfer in
Front the home standpoint things down a lift It might serve our Interests mured in the moonlight of louellness.
and dust raised by tlie bursting of the cloths lit tlioae colors.
wreath of laurel and then proceeded to voiced in coin and stock $112,500.00 ar d
look different. It is no more than au nt a moment when some blamed Idiot
"Yes. I am very lonely—sometimes," boiler."—Baltimore Sun.
"Output? Well, the proiluctlon of trim up Ills whtskera. The finishing was paid by a party of business men fnr
outlying post of the empire, about lias been saying that Fort Tcheu Is be­ admitted Cordelia, with a little air of
a -pt eifi or Bright’s Disease and Dia
them Is somewhat scattere«! I should touch consisted In putting at the base betes, I. tnerto incurable diseaM-s.
which we worry very little, although ing placed on a war footing. How any­ sadness which seemed from the lieart.
sny
thnt
it
might
amount
annually
to
PREPARED
CHALK.
the
statue
"Crlstoforo
Colombo."
of
thing
lias
leaked
out
I
can't
imagine,
They cotutnenc«»d the serious investi­
feverish Canton correspondents in­
“Speak to me. Tell me of your lone
When the commission merchant cam®, gation of th«»
fie Nov. 15, 1900.
variably mention it in connection with but it's infernally awkward. I really ly hours, mademoiselle. I can feel for Il«w io Prepare nn Effective mid about Ki.iioii dozen, valued on an aver
roughly
estlinatcd.
at
$4
a
dozen,
age.
?ores of the cured
he was delighted with the figure and, They interview
French interests. Yet we refuse to be­ don't see how wo arc to please them."
you. I also have been lonely."
Economical Dentifrice.
making the total value of the output purchasing It. shipped It to the Central and tried it out on its merits by putting
Cannon raised bis alert red head aft
lieve that the French have coveted
Mademoiselle merely smiled divinely.
Practically all tlie tooth powders of scmewliore about $40.0tl0." Now York American city, where it adorns the over throe dozen rases on the treatment
Fort Tclieu for at least u decade. Their er a moment's thought.
She knew better tbau to inflict her commerce have tlie same base—pre Sun.
phy­
public square and Is looked upon with and watching them. They als<
"Faith. I'd show them round, sir. thoughts on Francois. With a woman's pared clutlk. This Is mixed witli sonic
gunboats and cruisers nose stealthily
sicians to name chronic, inettra
3tses.
veneration by the citizens of thnt town and
in and about the little bay under the That would gratify them anyway.”
art she put the next question.
administered
it
with
the
physicians
saponaceous compound, flavored a lit
New York Times
THE HOME DOCTOR.
The commandant rose abruptly from
fort to reconnoiter, thejr officers are
forjudges. Ip to Aug. 25, eighty-seven
"How can you know? You have com tie. put up in mi attractive bottle or
the
table.
percent of the test cases were eitlur
entertained by Tcheu's small garrison,
pnnions, friends" -
Deraxattns Power of Leeaata.
Jar mid. behold, a tooth powder cost­ A soft linen bandage saturated with
or pfogri -sing favorably.
"Don’t be a fool, Pat,” be said testi­
and afterward long reports as to the
"Companions? What arc they?" he ing from 15 to 50 cents per vessel, ac­
A swarm of these insects stopped the well
Thera being but thirteen per cent of
strength of the batteries and outworks ly. "I rather relied upon you for a replied. "The soul Is lonely and full of cording to tlie place yon buy ft and tlie n 1 per cent solution of carbolic nchl is advance of a Russian army. They
excellent for a blistered finger.
failure-, the parties were satisfied and
somehow tind tlielr way to Paris for suggestion. I tell you. It seems to me longing until the happy hour arrives celebrity of tlie name on tlie label.
To relieve a nervous headache apply filled the air and blinded both officers closed the transaction. The proceedings
the edification of the war office there, just one of those stupid dilemmas that when all the solitude is made up for by
and men. so thnt tlie former could give of the investigating committee and the
For 15 cents enough tooth powder to
for it happens that a mile or so to the a little tact should help one out of. the touch of that one adorable sym­ last a family a year can lie put togeth­ hot water to the temples and back of no orders, and even If they had done so clinical reports of the li st cases were
will
also
mn-
the
neck
A
hot
footbath
southwest and almost out of sight be­ Yet I can't see my way to it."
pathy a man has to dream of.”
the men could not have obeyed them. published and will be mailed free on
er. Buy tin- chalk in bulk and witli it terlally aid.
“Just so. sir. I wouldn't show them
hind the sheltering ridge an island
application. Address J ohn J. Ft i . ton
Cordelia gazed out across the shiniug some ground castile soap, which nil
Earache can frequently be cured by The horses would not face them, nud CoMi-\NV. 420 Montgomery St. ban Fran­
roofed in with houses, Its shores fret­ round all at once. I’d let them see water to where the spars of the Loup- druggists sell. Put them together In
they
lay
on
tlie
ground
many
indies
ted with shipping, lives out its hot, things by degrees—round the northeast garou trembled in shadow on the tide. the proportion of one-eighth soap to wringing out a flannel in boiling water, thick. Every man and horse in the cisco, Cal.
busy life under British rule. The loot batteries, for Instance."
“Ln recompense," she said in a low seven-eighths chalk, mix well mid fill sprinkling a few drops of laudanum on army wns Incrusted with the Insects,
“You don't mean— Why, they will tone. Then, shaking her head slowly, miy mid all tile empty tooth powdo It and applying it to the ear.
of that island hive serves as a dream
and their clothing was literally eaten
see”—
A small quantity of vinegar will gen­ off the men as they stood helpless and
to the gavies of the world.
she added. "But such meetings are Jars or bottles that you may lune
erally
destroy
immediately
any
Insect
"I can arrange all they will be inter­ rare.”
During a certain war scare not yet
blinded The railways were useless,
around. If flavoring Is liked, it is easy
grown gray a French gunboat of a ested in seeing in 48 hours, sir. They'll
“Rare, yes”—he ventured to bend to­ to mid a little Wintergreen or pepper that may And its way Into the stomach, as tlie locusts covered the rails, and the
and a little salad oil will kill sny Insect oil which exuded from their bodies
thousand tons, more or less, drew bo off in a week, After that”—
ward her—"but not unknown. Sav to mint.
Lennard suddenly burst into a great me, I Implore you-not unknown!"
slowly up out of the shimmering dawn
S> witli tlie various mitlseptic mid that may enter the ear.
when crushed prevented the driving
When your feet are very tired and wheels from “biting." After they had
and lay to in the bay, aud the rattle of laugh as h's subaltern’s meaning grew
Cordelln allowed him to meet a flying disinfecting solutions that, attractively
clear
to
him.
cold
her anchor chains struck clear across
glance from under her long lashes. bottled mid judiciously advertised, coax hot. plunge them into a basin of
settled whole regiments were detached
“Gad. yes, Pat, show 'em round.”
the lonely morning water.
"The delight of such a meeting is en­ pennies unnecessarily out of our purses. water and keep them there until a sen­ for tlie purpose of trampling them to
The French captain was on the bridge
«••••*•
hanced by Its rarity." he continued. There is no better cleanser and general sat ion of warmth begins. Then dry death. Trenches were dug across their
All the world knows that coffee iu
with his first lieutenant, gazing nt the
excessive use is injurious. Aud yet
Many things fell out as Cordelia Len­ “Mademoiselle, have you never met sweetener than a saturated solution of them and put on fresh stockings and path an«’ filled with burning coals, but
twin hills, at the t ight of one of which nard had foreseen: also some other with one who could understand you?" bicarbonate of soda Fill a pint or a shoes.
tlie coffee lover cannot stand taste­
tlie crowding swarms actually smother
the old fort sat like a broken crown.
less cereals. There has to this time
A writer states that a teaspoonful of rd tlie fire, so vast were their numbers.
Cordelia's fair face looked preternat quart bottle, if you want to, witli clear
tilings which Hhe had not, openly at
been no happy medium between.
“My friend,” said the captain, a least, predicted. The formal visits were urally sad nud wistful under the moon water mill mid bicarbonate of soda got finely grated nutmeg I i teacupful of
Even In a little Island like Cyprus In
Café Hland tills the void with th«
short legged Gaul, with a pointed exchanged, the forma) Invitations to as she said In a low voice:
from tlie druggist, not the grocer, until cold water taken nig. end morning one year one-fifth of the entire revenue
tiest elements of Ixith. It is richer
beard, “we must not fall. Presently the customary dinner were sent out to
“Have you?"
tiic liquid will take up no more. Keep the first day and then missing a day, was spent in destroying the locusts,
than straight coffee, and many will
we go ashore, when you will carry the the Loup-garou by a yellow messenger
Francois afterward declared that he tills oil your toilet shelf and use It ns repented on the third day. Is a sur» and especially tlielr eggs. When these
not be easily convinced that it is
little camera. Sir Ronald Brusil lias In a little white boat, and meantime could have «lied of that charming whis­ a mouth wash, etc.
cure for bolls.
eggs are laid, they are Inclosed tn a
not all c- ”ee. But we guarantee
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..
—
given me a letter of Introduction to Pat Cannon sweated and slaved and per.
IVlien It comes to an antiseptic fluid,
horny envelope called a “pod," each
the' Cafe Bland contains less than
Colonel Lennard. They say M. le Com­ «wore and hardly gave himself time
A Four Footed Rlrd.
"Tonight, mademoiselle!” he answer­ any surgeon will tell yon tlint there I*
tlfty per cent eoff«»e, which is scien­
pod containing 35 eggs In seven
mandant has a daughter.” He grinned to sleep while lie worked continuous ed rapturously.
tifically blended with nutritious
Tiler«» is a four footed bird, the Opls- months 1.330 tons of pods were de
practically nothing iu materia niedien
fruits and grains, thus not only
significantly nt the slender, handsome gangs of men along the galleries of
And then—ah, evil fate!—it was time better than salt and water. It Is al­ tllOCOUlUS cristntus, which has such strayed. Now, a single ton of pods
displacing over fifty per cent of the
young fellow beside him. "You, Fran­ the old northeast front. The mound to say good night and depart in the ways at band ami Is safe and effectual. anomalies of structure that It is Im- contains (10.000,000 eggs, and yet, in
caffein, but neut ralizing that which
cois, will engage the attentions of this for three days was as busy as an ant captain's gig. Blit even separation had — New York 1’ost.
possible to class It along wltb any oth­ spite of tills almost Incredible destruc­
remains and still retaining the rich
young lady aud by some little ruse of 1,111, although from the outside it ap­ Its alleviations, lie paced the deck of
er family. It Is one of those survivors tion. tlie locusts are still a dreadful
coffee flavor. To those who sutler
a tender uature procure for me photo­ peared empty and placid euougb, and the Loup-garou during Ids watch and
which tel] us of extinct groups of plague and show little If any symptoms
An Ample mill Sweet Revenue.
with the heart, to «iyspeptics and
graphs of the defenses we have so loug Captain Merovlnge remarked to Fran­ saw the daylight grow Into a pallid cir­
A young Englishman who had been whose past existence we would other­ of diminution In uumbers.
to nervous people Cafe Bland is
desired. To linger with mademoiselle cois that nothing was mure offensive cle through the porthole of Ills cabin repeatedly mid unnecessarily annoyed wise have remained forever Ignorant.
especially recommended asa health-
Ske Started! Burly,
on the roof after dinner—how natural, • bout the English than their arrogant while he st 11) dwelt ecstatically not only by tlie St. Mnlo custom house officials These, the only species of four footed
f 11 and (ielicious tieverage, so satis­
A
martinet
of
a
Bergen
nt
«li-cidlng
to
fying that only tlie member of the
how delightful! You comprehend?”
folly, which allowed them to take mat­ upon Miss Lentiurd's claims to admira­ made up Ids mind to get even with birds, Inhabit tlx- Island of Marajo In
family making the change
ehang« in the
__
Lieutenant Francois Intimated that ters with so easy au Indifference that tion—her eyes, her hair, her figure, them. Tlie Inst time he had crossed he the lower Amazon. It Is only during get married, some of his men decided
cortee knows there bus been one.
he entirely understood. He only depre­ they were absolutely doing nothing to even her pretty, hesitating French, al­ had brought a ferret over with lilm. infancy that this remarkable feature tlint when the happy event came off It
More healthful, richer and less ex­
cated the fact that mademoiselle must strengthen an important station such though it was the French of Montreux anil a minute or so before landing lie of these birds Is si-en. the two fore feet would be a fitting occasion to pay back
pensive than straight coffee. Better
Inevitably possess the teeth of Alblou, as Fort Tcheu while the mob In Paris and Brussels—but also upon the flatter­ transferred tlie creature to a black bug, appearing early In the development of wltb Interest old scores, especially as
tn every resjiect. 25 cents per It.
ao large, so en evidence.
was shouting "A has Alblou!” "Con- ing resp inse bls attentions had drawn which tie carried witli extreme care tlie embryo and continuing perfectly their friends decided to keep up ths
Your grocer will get it for you
M. le Capltalue shrugged his shoul­ spues Albion!” «nd the papers teemed from her.
and tin evident desire not to attract at­ formed for several days after batch­ time honored custom of throwing rlcs
Ask for
and
old
shoes
at
the
happy
coupls.
ing.
when
they
are
gradually
shed.
It
Is
ders. It was not a question of teeth, with hatred and menace, lie confessed
( to be continued .)
tention.
Tills Immediately fetched
On the eventful day when the happy
but of photographs of the defenses, the the British fleet to be a sufficiently for­
one of tlie douanlers, mid be swooped nlso known as the hoactzln or evil
pair
cun rged from their quartera they
smelling
bird,
the
flesh
having
tin
un-
strength aud position of the batteries. midable organization, but the army—
down
on
it
witli
Joyful
alacrity.
A Queer Frontier Experience.
pleamiut
odor,
making
It
unpalatable
were
greeted with a perfect shower of
For his part, he had met several beau­ what of that? Contemptibly small,
Our
young
Englishman
pretended
not
In narrating tlie frontier experience«
tiful English women. Here he lnughed broken and fragmentary, already dis­ of "The First White Baby Born In the to understand tlie official until the to liotb man and carnivorous animals rice and old shoes, but one Tommy bad
In a suggestively reminiscent mauner. persed to the four winds of the empire, Northwest" in The Ladies’ Home Jour­ Frenchman made Ills meaning clear by which Is probably one cause of Its siir silly substituted a big pair of regnla
tioti Bluchers, which be threw with
For the sake of his lieutenant he hoped could not the gallant soldiers of France nal W. 8. Harwood tells of a queer ex­ unmistakable signs. Then be slowly rival.
such unerring alm that the missile
the girl was beautiful; but. If not, he pick them off the face of the earth as a perience that befell the family iu the and reluctantly unlocked tin- bug The
Peopls Who I sea to Rsl «plgers.
caught tin» sergeant Just above th«» eye,
urged upon Francois that the ugly ones fowl swallows Insects on a raiuy day? first year after settling on a farm far douanler plunged In bis bund, and- but
The enjoyment of partice
kinds of liiflietlng a nasty cut.
appreciate Cuttery all the more. How­ In these und many more telling similes removed fri.m the settlements.
my pen (let me put it down to my pent food is. after all. u matter
custom.
Dlri-ctly the ceremony was over the
ever, one would see. To begin with. did Captnlu Merovlnge Indulge. In fact,
The winter bad been unusually long refuses to adequately describe the «lrn-
Colonel Lennard would be Invited to had Britain beeu preparlug herself at and severe, and their stock of provi­ matlc scene that ensued. Suffice It to au«l the African who revels ill white sergt-ant immediately wvd I to the hos­ Pronouuced caf-taj— acceafion last syllabi.
auts Is no more |H-cullar In his taste« pital to have the wound dressed. The
Inspect the Loup-garou.
■ .
all points for war she would but have sions ran low. It was a l<xig distance to say that the bare recital of It was balm
Francois remained on deck while the given another evidence of her ancient the nearest base of supplies, ami com­ to my wounded spirit. I only ho|H- it tintti the Etlropesu who eats cheese doctor, after examining the swollen and
■ ••ok th« Other Way.
dawn changed Into orange mornlog, and Inalienable perfidy. Yet since she munication with tlie outside world had was our friend at tlie custom house mites. A Indy whom M. Reaumur knew discolored optic. Inquired how it was
There are many thousand fathers
and he reflected that, after all, In China seemed to be merely going about her been cut off. Indians in the neighbor- who made tlie ferret’s acquaintance. wns accustomed to devour spiders aw done
“Well, sir,” replied the sergeant, "1 who are terrorizing their little sons by
even an English miss would help to own business as usual aud with seren­ hood one night liroke into the granary Revenge is sweet. — Continental Cldt- fast ns she could catch them, and a
German Indy gnve It as her opinion got married today, and"-
seeing too much. Let all such learn to
pass the time, besides keeping his hand ity the Imaginary Insult flung in the where tlie wheat was stored aud stole Chat.
that these crcntures resembled In taste
But was ent short by the doctor is look the other way at times. Don't see
in for future successes among the most face of France appeared doubly bitter a quantity. In doing this a large
th«» most delicious nuts. A fellow coun­ married man> exclaiming
everything your boy docs. Give him
desirable of his own countrywomen. anil unforgivable iu the eyes of the amount of broken glass became mixed
Whs« Two Scotchmen Dili.
tryman of tills lady was In the habit of
some latitude and longitude. Don't
“
Oh,
1
see!
That
explains
It;
but.
As he thought over these things the officers of the Loup-garou.
In
the
early
days
of
California
two
by
with the wheat which tlie Indians left,
chink of picks from the direction of
Scotchmen emigrated thither. One of regularly bunting spiders in his own Jove, she's started early!" rxindon An keep the little fellow In a shiver of ap­
But that is the way of FrenchmeD.
bo for many days, amid much merry
and
his
friends
’
bouses.
He
tis«-<1
to
prehension lest you find out some pec­
•were.
the fort traveled to his ears, and the
Ignorance Is the mother of a numer­ story telling and many a joke and them, an enthusiastic lover of Scot
cadillo He must have his fun or die.
watch of the I.oup-gnrou came aft with ous family of wrongs. Thus Pat Can­ laugh, in spite of the serious situation, land, took with him a thistle, the nil sprend them on bread. Rozel tells us,
Arab and the Telephone.
If
aee too much, he grows thin.
sandstone, buckets and brooms to clean non’s energetic days and nights went tlie family gathered about a large table tlonal emblem. The other took a and vowed that they were far pleas­
We had a party of Arabs along with Look ftie Bther way.—New York Prasb
the decks In anticipation of an ex­ by entirely unappreciated by those wlio lu their living room and spent the small swarm of honeybees. Years have anter to the pxlnte than butter.—Corn-
us and took them «11 over n great news­
ldll Magazine.
change of international courtesies.
watched and waited lu the bay under short wittier days picking over the gone. The Pacific coast is. on the
paper office. Everything was wildly
He Didn’t Think So.
on«
1
hand,
cursed
with
the
Scotch
•
•*••••
the very mouths of the guns which whent, kernel by kernel. In order to
The Last Nickel.
astonishing to them They had Imag­ “Do yon believe all geniuses are ego­
thistle, which tlie farmers And Impos­
Meantime the Fort Tcheu garrison claimed so much of Ills beauty sleep.
free It from the pieces of glass.
Tlie Philadelphia Record tells of a ined that the Koran contained all ths
But. whatever it might be to the
awakened to the fact that a gunboat
For this wheat stood between them sible to exterminate; on the other little Sunday school boy who always knowledge and wisdom of the world, tists?"
“No Look at me. Ever since I can
hand,
tlie
forests
and
fields
ar«»
laden
had come up from the Tonquin station. Others, there was one person to whom and starvation, mid nene of Its pre-
receives a nickel from bls father to yet here were the telegraph, the tele­
They bad heard of the Loup-garou and the week was a time of feverish pleas­ ■ious kernels must lie lost. Tlieir stock witli the sweetness of honey, which place In tin- collection piste. Last Sun phone. the electrotype and the printing remember I have kept myself back by
of her commander, Captain Merovlnge, ure and excitement. Francois weut ■>f flour I nd long i ince wasted away, has been mid still is one of tlie bless day bls father gave him two nickels, press. The place was a veritable en­ placing too light an estimate ou my
before. He had been recently appoint­ ashore with Merovlnge and was agree­ is I.nd nn st of lheii food supplies, so Ings of tlie western slope of th«» Rocky saying. "One is for the Lord, and tlie chanters' castle to them. They would Importance and ability.”—Chicago Rec­
ed and was proportionately full of zeal ably disappointed In the daughter of they boiled and ate the wheat without mountains
other Is for yourself." As it was too never have believed In the telephone if ord-Herald.
the commandant of Fort Tcheu. She zii’lc'ii:-. lh-i cf reached them Just In
and curiosity.
early to start for Sunday school the 1 bad not called up their hotel and got
He Could Cook.
■to Screnmln«.
“I know exactly what we shall all be was blond, aud her teeth were not In time :<> p. ■ i e it a sad ending to the ex­ “Can be cook?” asked the proprietor little boy sat on the porch steps, play one of their own party at that end of
Gladys—Were you alarmed when ba
expected to do,” Miss Lennard said to evidence except when she smiled, and it« rlcBt
__ _______
Ing with the two nickels. After awhile the wire.
of the restaurant.
kissed yon?
her father over the breakfast table then—Francois pressed one hand to hit Slc.iplc nntl Effective, hot Costly.
The dervish who had come along was
“Cook?" echoed tlie caller, who was be dropped one of them, and It dlsap
Ethel—Dreadfully!
while the breeze from the sea fanned heart and blew away a kiss with tin
“When I came to town. I noticed a rooting for a friend out of a job. “(.’au penred down a crack. Without a mo bold ns «veil as pious When he bonrd
Gladys—And did you scream?
the pretty chestnut curls upon her fore other when he recalled It. She was dis little, round swelling on my wrist,” he cook? Sny. I’ve seen that man milk« ment's hesitation and still clutching that his friend five miles away was
Ethel—Ob. no! It wns a still alarm!
head—“go through the same stupid tractingly pretty and possessed of I «aid a visitor from tl:e country. "It four squab pies out of one ohl pigeon!” tlie remaining coin In his clinched fiat. talking through the Instrument, he
t -ogramme—two formal visits, our din soft frankness of manner which is not Itothcred mo. and one day when I saw -Chicago Tribune.
Tried te Improve.
he looked up at his father, exclaiming, made n dnsli nt it. He wns greatly ex­
•r to them and their invitation to us to be mot with on the southern side ol a sl'.n. 'Dr. Jolm Doe,’ I thought I'd
A little girl who made frequent us«
“Oh. pop. there goes the Lord's nickel!” cited ami yelled In a megaphone voice.
to visit the ship, and all the while bow the English channel. He found that go in and have it hx.kcd at. Weil, I
He thought we were tricking him, but of the word "guess” was corrected for
A llonaehold ^nndbnff,
Apropos of tlie money question, nnry
Ing and complimeuts for you and Mt his Inclinations and hl3 duty to Franc« wns shown into n fine room, mid in a
her«1 wn« Ids friend talking Arabic. Tie It and told to say "presume” Instead.
A sandbag Is a very useful thing to
led for once In the same direction, n« minute n pleasant looking num came in. a man In public life or out hns yet de­
A Indy friend, noticing the admirable
Cannon.”
have In the house. Dry tlie sand thof- rolled Ills eyes at me In a despairing
"'Dr. Doe?’ I says and held up my veloped a scheme which will give or otighiy In the oven and then make a manner and then began a search for set of the little girl's apron, asked
“None for you, Cordelia? That aoes paid Cordelia the most adorable compll
rrylxxly
nil
the
money
lie
wants.
—
Phil
lomethlng In regard to the pattern.
not accord with my experience,” Colo ments aud admired himself prodigious wrist.
flannel bag about eight Inches square. devils, being quite convinced that the
ly in the process. In fine, he did every
"Mamma don't cut my dresses an’
phone
was
an
invention
of
»«ran
-
In
" ‘Alt. n weeping sinew,’ says he, as tdelphfs Ledger
nel Lennard laughed.
Fill It with the sand, sew ttp the open­ dependent
Looked the I'nrt.
aprons by a pattern," said the small
“Oh, of course, a share for me too thing to Ingratiate himself with Mlle If lie'.I been milting years for a chance
ing carefully and cover the ting wltb
"Is Squiggs a camera fiend?"
lady. "She Just looks at ma an’ pre­
But I don't like the French. They are Lcnnnrd thnt could be expected ever to study ti •n«e like mine.
Dolls.
“1 don’t know, but he certainly look­ cotton or linen. This will prevent the
"1 didn't xnj mytliing, but kept my
too—too—what shall I call It?—too from one of his gallant nation.
The ivory doll of the Roman child sumes!"
sand
from
sifting
out
and
will
allow
’
of
The dinner party ashore was a grand wrist out with the hand banging limp ed like It In the first snap shot his wife
French. In fact. Still, there may be
tlie bng lielng quickly heated when re­ wns too costly for the ages that follow­
Well Forged.
some amusement to be got out of it affair for the place and dim«». Old wltlle lie tool, down ti book from the took of him.” - Sun Francisco Bulletin quired by placing It In the oven. Snnd ed the fall of tlie empire For many
Joakley—I understand there's consid­
Who can tell?" she ended thoughtfully. winos came up from the bowels of th« shelf. I c-.pceted him to turn over the
centuries
dolls
must
hnve
been
chiefly
Few men ever reach the top, proba holds hent n long tlm« and Is softer tn of home manufacture. The first si op erable talk now In naval circles about
Colonel Lennard put down his coffee fort. Captain Merovlnge spoke wittily pages and look up my trouble under
bly
because tlie top grows away from the feet of an Invalid than the ordinary made dolls after the middle ages were some orders that were forged very
of
the
arts,
of
Paris,
with
nn
airy
R nr W mid then prescribe something.
cup and wrinkled his forehead.
hot water bortl?.
•klUfully.
"No amusement for me, at any rate. pointodnoss of Cairo, and tlu-n passed Instead lie gave me a crack on the the average man ns fast ns he climbs
the jointed wooden dolls of the Nether
Coakley—Aha! Another scandal, eh?
Who He W h «.
The fact Is, Cordelia, the French want on with a fine enthusiasm to dwell on wrist lik«> a thousand of brick! It was Chicago News.
lands. These were known In England
Joakley—Oh, no. They were order«
"Walt
a
minute,
John.
Don't
rend
the
twin
services
and
their
affection
foi
Hi
nt
I
■
on
Time.
right
on
the
swelling
mid
hurt
like
a
something. They never come here with­
and In this country, too, In colonial for some eight Inch guus.—Exchange
"Ob, com«» now. I a’y!” exclaimed the so fast. Who wns It that ther# crowd times as “Flanders babies."
out reason. This time they have brought each other, while Francois, spoakinp •nntioti hull. I jumped high In tlie air
Britisher. "You must admit we’re turned out?"
a letter from Sir Ronald, and are to Into a small, «hell-like ear. dwelt al mid yelled.
Re Got In the Way
Fnilunp nn«l Dlwennr.
Your weeping sinew's gone,' says ahead of you in a grite many w’ys.”
"Eh? Turned out?”
bare a run of the bay for a week while length upon the sad beauty of the ulg'ut
Jiuison—You say your wife threw th«
You
will
fiml
In
every
day's
piactlce
"Yea;
you
rend
It
there
that
the
crowd
on
music,
ou
song,
on
—
well,
amatory
■
lie
doctor
quietly.
'Three
dollars.'
"In
one,
great
particular
I
admit
you
they are waiting to fill their bunkers
turned out N Mass
Who was N that fatigue has a larger share In the poVr at a stray dog and hit you tn
“I wns too much surprised to sny a are,” said the Yankee.
from the next collier that comes along, problems. Ills original desire to Ingra
promotion or the permission of dlsea- stead.
“And tlint Is?"
Maas?"
and that means incessant bother. I tiate himself Into the good graces of cord, mid I paid It. But no wonder
Jester—Yes. but It wa« my fault I
tbnn any other single casual condltiot-
"Why.
I
stipi
ose
he's
Bom«
French
the
English
g
rl
for
a
time
had
by
th«
•
our
city
doctors
get
rich.
Throe
dot
“
Time.
It's
8
o
clock
in
London,
and
must send for Cannon.”
b*A tio busincM standing behind her
you
can
name.
"Memoirs
of
Sir
Job.
conclusion
of
th«
«vmlng
merged
lute
man
You
ought
to
listen
closer.
”
—
I..is!
Aliy
lilncksmltb
would
have
It's
only
3
here."
—
Philadelphia
Record.
Now, It happened that at this period
wti«n alg threw —Ohl® Rtato JenrMl.
Clcrvland I’ia n Daalar.
»arst ”
F««t Tsksn was seed;ted with peaaeaa • r«««lv« tu win her favor for always done that jolt for th« fun of doing it.’
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