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P E O P LE .
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‘ Don’t be too positive,” said a busi
ness m an V> a B oston H erald w rite r.
“ I , im -<1 to be. I am no t now q u ite so
sure ulMiut th in g s. You w ould n a tu ra l
ly th in k th a t one’s life—in b usiness and
o
th e e r r avenues
avenues <
of
o th
»« its devious eourse
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tvn)i.s to m ake a m an carefu l, n o t to say
i ¿ongenrstive; b u t it does n o t as a rule.
T o m ost m en experience
“ a
ht4.rn lig h t ra th e r th an a h ead lig h t.
“ T ak e a case of re c e n t occurrence. A
friend
<»f uo«*v
m ine »»«•••
w ho —
is —
in - business
on
m e n u «»i
~
X orth M ark et s tre e t re c en tly th o u g h t
i . a
.. deposit of /m
he . had i matte
one o b h n u n n d d r re o d d
am i fifteen d o llars in his bank. I say
‘th o u g h t;’ he him self w as cock su re lie
hu«l m ade it.
“ His b an k lxw>k had been left wi
th e bank for settlem e n t, an d my
mer«‘ly mode ou t n slip and hande*
to th e teller. A few d ay s la te r w hen
h<‘ ree' ivi'il his b an k book settle«! u p ,I
behold you. th a t deposit w as n o t e n j
tered. lie a t once took th e book to th e
young man who was te lle r o n th a t day
and said:
.
“ ‘You have no t cred ited me w ith
one h u n d red and fifteen do llars, my de
posit of such a day.'
“ T he te lle r o b ligingly looked over
his slips and lnx»k, an d said he: ‘I have
no e n try of it. n e ith e r do I rem em b er a
deposit of such an a m o u n t.’
“ T hen arose a dispute. My frient!
was positive he ha«l m ade th a t deposit.
He was going to have it credited o r he
w ould know th e reason w hy. He fe lt
aggrieved; in fact his feelings w ere
venomous.
“ T he b an k held a special board m eet
ing to consider th e m atter. T h ey d e
cided th ey could «1«» n o th in g . T he te l
HE W A S A C C O U N T E D FO R.
le r had alw ay s b o rn e a good re p u ta tio n .
Au American Who W'u» Mistaken fur » Could my friend rem em ber whom lie
ilerniMii In Tar!«.
saw in th e b an k th e «lay he m ade h is
A Boston law yer, recallin g some In depoatt?
“ ‘Oh, y es,’ he said; T will sw ear 1
cidents of travel “ on th e o th e r side"
tw enty years ago, says th a t he may saw So-and-so as I en tered th e door.
“ ‘Hunt him up, th e n ,’ said th e b a n k
have owed Ida llfu to police surveillance
in France, according to th e New York people; ‘see if he rem em bers seeing
Hun. Kahl he: “ I t w as in Paris, ju st y ou.’
‘‘T he person could no t recollect such
a fte r the outbreak of th e Frnneo-Vrufc-
sian w ar, w hen Paris w as a m ost u n an event.
“ Nuid th e bank people: ‘Can you rec
healthy place for a H erm an to be in. I
I hen wore a yellow m ustaehc, and, my ollect w ho else w as n e a r th e
As a father. John id o liz e b b W j U
but f.x ls keenly th e d ^ ra « « - b ro u g h t
by U,<- advent of a daughter. He «lot*
not consider her w orthy of a name, bu t
. alls her numta-r one. tw o or three, as
Ignore» h er en-
»1... case may be.
1*‘. He
**e ign«»r«-»
tirt-lv In telling the num ber «if his chtl-
tlrcll counting only the boys. H e eon-
, ¡«¡ers her as w ithout mind or soul, and
denies her the advantages of education
which her b ro th er receives. As sh*
slave in her ow n and •
vrow s up she la
is a siave
her husband’s house; and not till she ir.
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old does she receive love
and reverence.
If a child is taken sick, says
St Nicholas, both Jo h n and his
wife think the soul ha.» wandere«!
away, und ■♦-epa are tak en to recall it.
The m other calls a t th e open door:
‘•Soul, «»me home! 'I he fa th e r goes
out to seek it. usually searching about
the nearest bridge. At hia cry of “Com
ing. coming!” the m other looks carefu lly
about her floor und secures th e first
thing of life she sees. T his may be flea, or
ls'etle, o r o th e r insect, b u t is supposed
to have w ithin it th e m issing spirit. It
Is wrapped up and joyfully placed u n
der the pillow of the sick one. who is
now expis’lcd to re<*ovcr fo rth w ith . If
death «•nines instead, th e child is buried
sum m arily and w ith sca n t cerem ony.
John considers iiis own coflln one of th e
most valued an«l m ost n«s-«-ssary pic<-«'s
I.f furniture f«»r his best room, ami his
highest am bition is to have an elals»-
rutc funeral. He and th e older mein-
I hts of hia houarhold have thia am bi
tion gratified in pr»»portl«»n to th e ir
w ealth und th e num ber «if th e ir dc-
scendauta.
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being
This
3\Æ.
ZMZIZ
The Well-known
H up
fresh. I p n ’Sume th n t I w as ta k en for a young m an,' p o in tin g there.
G erm an, and poaalbly for a spy. for oue i “ But th a t young m an m erely smiled,
day on the stre et a g ro u p o f soldier«naw ami suavely ».aid th a t he had no remem
me. and. a fte r a short discussion, they brance of th e occurrence.
“ My friend w as angry: lu* grew w a r
came a fte r me OB a run. My French
was p retty queer, ’ im agine, in those like. He consulted a p ro m in en t law yer
«lays,and I could not m ake them u n d er In Boston. T h e m an of law said, lacon
stan d w h at 1 was try in g to te ll them . ically:
“ ‘You have no redresa. T he b an k ’s
T hey w ere lim n'd ami «leterinined, ami
w ere b u stlin g me on a t a lively pace, word is us good as yours Go slow.
som ew here, th a t m ight have proved a Are you su re you made th e deposit? We
very u n h ealth y place to r nu*. J u s t u s I men do q u eer th in g s a t tim es. Look
hu«l ainue l given up h«»p»' a « tu p le of alsiu t y o u r dealt and office.’
gendarm es appeared, and I hatb sl them .
“ Suffice it to say th a t th e hundred
T hey c ith e r had m ore sens * th a n the ami fifteen d o llars did not tu rn up. My
soldiers, or they understood bud French friend in th e interim grew still m ore
lad ter. for they ordered my cap to rs to positive.
stop and explain them selves. 1 piped
‘•Some tw o weeks clapattd. One day,
up Giut I lived a,
Boulevard des Cap- going th ro u g h fin old overcoat h an g in g
ueines, w hen one of the policem en in his ottlce, he fourni the deposit slip,
shrugged his »boulders ami said: ‘We money and all. T ableau! Im agine his
know sll thnt. m onsieur. We have hud feelings, llc tn u ’llo n s w ere in order,
you under o u r eyes for th e last four lie w ent to the bank ami explained all
«lay*.’ T h e n he tu rn e d to th e soldiers in u very crestfallen m an n er and vowed
and added: ‘M onsieur is an American, c o n tritio n to th e teller.
lie is accounted for. Y«»u w ill allow
TH R O U G H EUROPE.
m onsieur to p.vss.’ And th ey d id .”
S i - ain produced MO.WO.OOO gallons of
Out „1 sm all « ImiiR«'.
w ine last year.
T h e fin a n cia l s tra it o .f Ita ly arc g ro w
■I'm m are t,W t d u t a in fra n c « , w ith
ing won»«» from «lay t • »lay. Coin la ,lc- a to tal m em ls-rship t»f •,2«7,15&.
< ren tin g nt a rat«- oa rapid as to cause
A mm» in th e Ix w d o n Zoo, a shell-1
nh v e r .»I con»ternut»on am i in co n ve n i dm ke, has ap p aren tly coramittt-d sui-
ence in trad«». Storekeepers an- Issuing ei»le < n account of th e d e a th o f its mate.
not«-* payable nt sight In th e ir stores.
IU xmahk allow s every aubj»«et, male
•|*h, „< not , vary In am o u n ts from a o r female, w ho la six ty year« of age, a
< u a rtc r do llar to a few «-n ts, aoiue lad small pension. Guly crim inals are ex-
ing a» low o» tw o eenta. In .tead of a l eepl»sl.
low ing th is n a tu ra l m e a n , for tiding
’I' i i Ki-uoXK o p e ra to rs in Belgium are
over th e enla-uttous |s rltwl to proceed
r»s|uired
to pass an exam ination in
uun>»tie»xl. th e police have a t Nome
Fr- aeh. G erm an. E nglish and Flemish
Ida*'«-* arrested trade- men for infring-
and to bo able to draw a map of
fng upon th e p. iv lh g of th e crow « by
Efirope.
(-taking m oney. Ihiblle opinion 1» in
T iik profits of th e Varis post «>flk»e,
fav«»r o f allo w in g tradesm en to continue
which
last y«»ur am o u n t« ! to tio.ooo,.
in th e »-our«’ But no «me can say w h a t
000.
have
moved th e jsw t office clerks to
th e end of th e police proM-x-ution* w ill
consider
w
hat steps they ‘
nor h»*w and w hen tin- calam ity will
for g e ttin g th e ir sulnrics rai-sed.
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»leeve-button« a re ' a r* ' r thB"
-. mix pi..n.. tuanuf.i.-turvrx an- re-
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•I'h.-v a re w orn chlrfty by meu. juirUst to I n « in great distress Formcr-
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ly they N.»ld m any instrum ents ill Rns-
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T h e u v rv sia. bu t th e present duty of fine on a
T h e y ptvvaU io
rrp o w -.
grand plaao and fifsi on an upright has
c la l..r a te h a " » * .
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alm ost p u t an cud to the export of
work —Jeweler» t i r uiar.
1 piauoo.
FLORENCE ancL
EUGENE, ORE.
Read this important advertisement nex'
week and then buy w ater front lots.
FLOWER
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Is the Name of
GALLAGHER’S AD
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All of thi> property is within the corporate limit140
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rite tor plat and descriptive circular to
A. E. GALLAGHER
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Eugene, Ore?”