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About The West. (Florence, Lane County, Or.) 1890-1921 | View Entire Issue (May 27, 1898)
r Y' T T T T T T T T- T’ T*- T T TT f ADVERTISERS j TH E W EST YOUR HOHE PAPER SUPPORT IT ► SIUSLAW'S ONLY PAPES. l : J VOL. IX. FLORENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY, May 27, 181)8. general directory STATE OFFICERS- TRAVELERS’ GUIDE. TRAVELERS’ GUIDE 0 -A .R .ID I^ T E R STEAM ER " C O O S ,” o -----Will m ake'---------o S T A O -S L IN E . .................................... William P. Lord. R E G U L A R D A IL Y rotary of fe'ate............. II. R. Kincaid. ----Between----- a8nrer............................................Philip Metchen Leaves Florence Mondays, Wednes ,t Public Instruction.. ..G. M. Irwin. days and Fridays. te Printer.........................W. H. Leeds. Arrives at Florence Tuesdays, Thurs orney General............C. M. Idleman. days and Saturdays. ( ................. R. fi. Bean Connects with Steamer and Scotts- »reine Court j ............... F. A. Moore burg Stage Line for Drain. Also with ( . . . . C . E. Wolverton ' Stage Line for Coos Bay. Charge |ge Second District---- J. C. Fullerton reasonable. orney Second District. . W. E. Yates H. H. Barrett, Prop’r, T R IP S Florence and Head of Tiflis. ORTHERN Pacific, Ry. E U G E N E -F L O R E N C E STAGE LIN E. E- B a n g s ,___Proprietor. jg0 ....................., ............ E. O. Potter. Stage leaves Eugene Mondays, . ( .............. W. T. Baiiev 1 Wednesdays, and Fridays at 6 a. nmissioners v ............. J .T . Callison ! nt., arriving at Florence the day ........................................A. C. Jennings following at 10 a. nt. 3riir.................................. A. J. Johnson K( turning-stage leaves Flor ¡usurer.......................... A. S. Patterson ence on Mondays, Wednesdays lessor.................................D. P. Burton hool Superintendent........ O. S. Hunt and Fridays at 3 p. in., arriving rv0y0r................................C. M. Collier in Eugene the following day at .......................................... J. W. Harris G p. nt. itice of Peace.............. F. B. Wilson „stable.........................John F. Tanner Single faro Round trip _ _ - - . - - _ Sleeping Dining Cars Tourist ard of Trustee« ,corder............... .......... John H. Morris easurer .............................. J- A. Pond , r8l,ttl ........................... G. C. Cumpton SECRET SOCIETIES. Sleepin g Cars 8T. PAUL M IN N E A P O L IS $5.00 $9.00 D U L 'J T H FA R G O Tickets for sale at E- Bangs’s livery barn, Eugene, and at Hurd . . W. II. Wentberson : & Davenport’s office in Florence. O. W. Ilurd Win. Kyle L. Christensen J. A. Y’ates Cars Elegant CITY OFFICERS. isident TO CRANO FORKS CRO OKSTON W IN N IP E C H E L E N A <‘ »d BUTTE MORRIS *** HOTEL, TH R O U G H TICKETS . . . J . C. FLINT, P ro p rieto r.. F lo r e n o a , O r e g o n . TO C H IC A C O W A S H IN G T O N OUR AIM—To furnish tho best accommodations at reasonable prices. P H IL A D E L P H IA NEW YORK BOSTO N A ND ALL P O IN T S E A S T and S O U T H F. A A. M. Florence Lodge No. 107. i Regular communication on second id fourth Saturdays in each month. O. W. Hutto, W. M. G. K notts , Secretary. < For Information, time cards, maps and tickets» etc., cah on or write Head of Tide Hotel, R. M c M u r p h e y , W. W. NEELY, Prop’r. General Agent. Rooms 2 and 4, Shelton Block, EUGENE, OREGON. Tables furnished with all tho delicacies of the season. Wild A. R. General Lyons Post, No. 5S. game, fish and fruit in season. Best meets second and fourth Saturdays accomodations for tho traveling each month at 1:30 p. in. J. I. B utterfield , Commander. public. Charges reasonable. J. L. F uunisii , Adjutant. A. D. C H A R L T O N , Assistant General Passenger Agent. 255 Morrison St. Cor. 8d. P o r tla n d O r. _____ The Funk & Wagnalls E lk P r a ir ie H o te l. Standard O. U. W. Perpetua Lodge, No. 131, meets every 1st and 3<l Saturdays fill month. Members and visiting etliren in good standing are cordiady vited to attend. J. J. A ndekson , M. W . ’x. K vle , Recorder. O. O. F. Ileceta Lodge No. I l l , meets every Wednesday evening in Lodge ill, Florence, Oregon. Brothers in od standing invited to attend. J. J. A nderson , N. G. A ndrew B rund , Sec. Dictionary Of The Twentv-three ENGLISH Miles West of Eugene. COM PLETE LANGUAGE S U 0 C IE N T ON EU G EN E AND FLO R E N C E STA G E R O U TE . A U T H O R IT A T IV E J O I . 86« V o c b u la ry rerm « »47 Editors and Specialists 833 Readers tor Quotations CHURCH DIRECTORY E8BYTERIAN CHURCH, Florence, )regon. Sabbath service: Sabbath- >ol, 10 o’clock a. m. Preaching 11 ock a. in. and 7 p. in. Sacrament of Lord’s supper on 1st Sabbath of nary, April, July and October, rybody is welcome to all the services, tor requests Christians to make »selves known. I. G. K notts , Pastor. IETHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH service. Preaching at Glenada nd Acme two Sundays of each month abbath-School every Sunday at J a. 111. Prayer meeting every Tlitirs- |ay evening at the church. Everybody ordially invited. G. F. R ounds , Pastor. Money Saved By Patronizing it. ATTORNEYS Appendix of 4 7 .4 6 8 E n trie s BUSINESS CARDS- plRST The full number nt words mid terms in different dictionaries for the entire alphabet is as follows: HronaoNTH, 63.000; Wo sc 11 este 11 105,000; W ebster (International), 126,000; Cxx- TORY, (six volumes. complete,! 226,000: STANDARD, over 800,000; NATIONAL BANK ! .Sample Pages Free. OF EUGENE. T . O. HSNOflIOKS. Pm «. s 0 £ A K ,N - ACCO UNTS s O W 850,000 S6O 000 P A ID UP 0 A 8 H C A P IT A L , EUGENE, A. C. WOODCOCK, gooo Illustrations Cost over 896 0 .0 0 0 Prop. Geo. Hale 8U R P L U S AND P R O P IT 8, O I j IO IT B ID OREGON NOTARIES. ACENTS W A N T E D . D. BRONSON & CO, Pacific Coast Agents SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. 933 Market S t. H o w P u n c h a n d J n d y C a in e to K .ig la n d . Tho heyday of tho pnppet show in England was during tho last century. Lcng before then strolling showmen A. R. BUTTOLPH, E u gen e, - O regon had exhibited "drolls” or “ motions” — as the English pupjicts were kuewu in f W “ Ronms 7 and 8 McLaren'« BiilldlnR. ipeciftl attention giveu to collection« and pro the early days—to crowds of gaping late buiiue&s. rustics, but it was uot until the time of Btoeloaud Addisin thut the puppet show O r e g o n . became a fusliioiiablo aninsement, pat F lo r e n o a , • E. O P O TTE R . ronized by upper teodom. Pulcinclla camo to London in I SCO, p.. , . Attorncy-at-Law : " FRANK B. WILSON. when an Italian puppet jilaycr got up his broth ut Charing Cross aud paid a EUGENE, OREGON. small rental to the overseers o f St Mar -Orne» t the Court House. • tin’s ]iarish His name was at ouco FLORENCE. - - - - OREGON Englished Into Punchinello, which was soon to be completely Augllcizitl as Punch.—Hnrpcr’a Mjgazino. E. E. B E N E D IC T , so YEARS’ EXPERIENCE A C «iatln grn t N am e. A T T O R N E Y -“ A T - L A W The Syracu.-e Post says that a girl baby was recently brought to a clergy F loren ce. : : Oregon. man of the city to lx> ioaptizr L The lat ter asked the name of the baby “ Dinah M .,” tho father responded. „ „ « M arks “ But what does the 'M' stand for?" T rad D csisns interrogatctl tho minister. r r r ¥ ww C opyright » A c . "W ell. 1 do not know yet It all de pends upon how she turns out “ "How she turns out? Why, I do not understand yon." said the dominie. Pat.nl« Irtca Ibrou«» U and Trade M a rts obtained • » « “ Oh, if she turns out nice aud sweet n ' i t ^ wttboot ch a r y . ¿¿HeM coadncted for MedefiU Feet. and handy nbout the n .use. like her I a v H r l. 6 rawi n fj or photo. W • , table Free o f chxrgo. Ou r feo n r 4 due 1 mother, 1 shall call her Dinah May. bnt itiaaacurwl. A P a m p h le t -How •atwrtM.** with rout e f aome In tae V. . if the has a fiery temper and displays a orel^n countries sent free. A.hlrtrs. bombshell disposition, like mine, 1 shall call her Dinah Might. " J. A. ONOW & CO. Attorney a t Law, Notary Public, Surveyor NOTARY PUBLIC. PATENTS SckltlffC W * « ; , Ps-rtWT Ornes. OPPORTUNITY Vlf.SISCTOS. U '.; ’, TO A CIRL GRAOUATE. Whither away? What road, o y frleaJI ' Jt has full many a turn The lhghi of the kou ’I v in without end, But the wood ihruah oee.^« the but a. Over the a«a the white eat la fly, The heron* they wander fur. The «tong lark soars In the azure nky, And the petrels croae the bar. Whither away? What road, ray friend? The rover is full of file. Cut the peaceful vale where the willows baud Is the nightingale's desire. — Harper's Bazar. MISS FAITH’S ADVICE. Jiug dress all ready—it s grown yellow in a chest in the garret But after awhile the luoe took np my trouble drop by drop till it was gone, and 1 couldn't tel! you today where it is. So I’ll leach you. dear Those are tho three rolls 1 did in tho three years, oue for itch. They’re yellow uow. you s e e ." Faith o|R'iie.d one and spread it ont. It was an intricate pattern, very broud. “ It’s hard to do," she said, “ bnt that is ull tho better for tho forgetting If I'd been a man, 1 should have gone sway to Africa I've ofteu thought it would do a good deal toward making a body forget to see the suu falling down like a ball aud the lark come us if somebody had blowu out the ligbt. But 1 couldn't very well, so I learned to crochet 1 never gave the lace away, you see, because J had worked my trou ble iuto it. and 1 was afraid 1 thought a long time about it when Alice was married, but 1 was afraid it would some way make her sad when she wore it. So it’s all here This is the first year's—you see I ’ve numbered it one— i and this is the second s and this tho third's There’s the three.’’ Faith handled the rolls over and over, lost for u minuto in the associations which they revived Her niece seemed to have torgotten her own grief for the time aud was observing her aunt curiously as she bent over the lace. "That’s a fern pattern, said Faith "It’s very pretty. " Faith sat silent for a time, smoothing out the creasos of the luce aud druwiug it out to its length, ft seemed to have the effect of uu enchanter's wand, for it summoned old faces aud scenes at will, aud Faith grew blind to the little room and the needs of her guest At last Grace moved impatiently "Yes, yes," said Faith, like one awakiug, "to forget This is tlio way Here is the old patteru. 1 will teach you." Sho bnstled about, finding thread aud needle, sealed herself ut Grace’s side, drew the thread through tier fingers aud began her work "There, ’ »he said efter a minute. "Do yen see how it's tlouu? It isn’t hard Try it ' Grace took the needle helplessly ■‘Do you think I could forget so, aunt?" she asked hesitatingly. “ 1 did, " said Fuith. Grace had returned to her task and made one or two awkward motions with the needle when there camo a ling at tlio door “ It's Phil I" exclaimed Grace, spring ing np “ Grace I" said the recreant lover, standing awkwardly by tlio door, ufter Aunt Faith had admitted him and bad retreated toward her chair There were shame and pleading in his voice. Grace caught her hut aud '.vent to him without another word. “ W e’ll try tho crochetiug some other time. Aunt Faith," said Grace. Then seeing her aunt s half dazed expression, as if she hardly understood this new de velopment of affairs, slio run buck uud kissed her Grace's face bore no truce of sadness as she turned to Phil, aud they went out chatting merrily Faith listened till the last footfall on the erust hud died away, then carefully rolled up the lace “ ¡She tlnuks she’s happier," thought Faith, “ but Pin uot so sure. A man's heart is uuccrtuiu property, bnt a cro chet uec«le. as s liu hud her hand ap provingly upon those on tho table, “ is always the euinu.’ — bpriugficld Re publican Miss Faith sat in close companion- ihip, ns usual, with her familiar spirit, , piece of crocheted edging Ilcr touch open the mazes of tangled thread was very gentle, even mdearii g, uud her look of content as she held it up aud noted its effect as n whole seemed vast ly out of proportion to the cause. Miss Faith was still pretty, with the pathetic beauty held as flotsam from the wreck of years Her hair was prettier as silver than it had ever been as brown, and her eyes, though they had lost thoir vivid glow aud eagerness, had gained a kindly sympathy Her tenderness had even ex tended to the crocheting in her hnud uud imparled something to t h a t usually very impel sonul object that ht'r fancy- had fretted iuto thiukiug 11 respouse Sho passed her hand affectionately over it uow, as the figure of a pineapple, much conventionalized, repeating itself like liistory uguiu and again, fell in scal lops to the flour "It’s most done, ” she thought “ 1 can go back to the oak leaf pretty soon ” A change in the crochet pattern was the chief diversion of Faith s life, that ran on as monotonously to the observer as the tuue of tho famous harper who played upon only one string To an ant the coming of a stick or a stone may be u great event it is uot hard to under stand how a life that consists in taking infinite pains with many littlo things may get its sips of excitement, interest aud novelty lroin a change 111 u patteru of crochet. The examination c.f the work appeared to he satisfactory, and Faith laid it on the table ut her side This ta ble was devoted to the uses of her art, nor was ever profaned by tile presence of auy irrelevant substance. There were rows of spools upon it, dmwu up in lines like soldiers ready to receive an attack, books of various sizes lying like weapons by their side aud various rolls of lace, tho finished product of their warfare. Faith regarded them with ap proval. hut her hand that had lain upon the table fell away from the accustomed task, aud she sat idle, watching the red coal, the shadows the lamplight threw upon the curpct and listening to the clatter that Mary, her mind of all work, was making as a part of the dishwash ing “ It’s a kind of jugglery she goes through with those dishes, ’’ thought Faith regretfully, “ a sleight of hand performance, to sec how many tricks she cuu do before ouo of them will break. ’’ But her face did uotcloud, for she bud learned resignation She had surrendered to Mary the dishes uud all the rest of the household divinities that she had served so deftly uud eurelully for years that she might be more ut lei sure to while nwuy her time m her owu iuuoceut tushiou. Shu wcudered, as she sat staring dully at the blaze, how the crocheting N u rs e d B is W r a t h . had come to mean so much to her and eonld uot think tor the instant, then He was a bath boy, v. ho, when 13 or half remembered, saddened a little, lost 14 years old, went to sea as cook on a the thread of memory again, recovered fishing schoouer One morning he had it and tell to musing, her elbow resting tile misfortune to burn some mackerel on the table, her check in her palm which he was frying, aud the captain bbo could hardly believe now that a ! was so angered at tbiB failure of his certain few yeurs of lier life hud ever breakfuKt that he took ouo cf the burned really happened. They must have be fish from the platter au<l sluug it across longed to some other uud wuudered the table iuto the boy cook's fr.ee. willfully iuto her own, tor there was The boy nursed his wrath until with no home tor them in hers or likeness fall lure tlio fisher boat was tied to her unto anything they brought Was it so? pier in the home dock, when be packed They hud gouo so utterly, so complete his kit, went ushuie, aud from the ly, and the was liapjiy uow in her owu wharf made this little speech to tne harmless way, far inland, out of all captain: reach of storm and reef. She was still “ C a p 'l l, yon'vo insulted and abuseei looking vaguely, hulf wistfully, at tho me cn this trip, and sure us I m alive, fire when her doorbell rang aud some when 1 grow up to be a man. i ll lay oue bad eutered tho room and was hur ' for you aud lick yen if I’m ablul" rying to her side. Years rolled e.ti, aud thu boy cook bo "Aunt F aith,” said a girlish, tremu came master of a ship uud could thrash lous voice, " I’ve come to ask you to almost any mail of bis inches uud help me. Mother said you had suffered weight lu Portland oue day be was like this once and you had learned to passing by the Falmouth noted when be forget, and I thought perhaps yon could encountered, face to face, bis former h I iow me the way. ” Grand bunks captain and aceoste*d him Faith looked down upon the slight by uuuie The captain, surprised, allow figure crouched there, sobbing, and laid ed he bad uot the pleasure cf the otb her baud gently upon the brown bead, er’s acquaintance, but tho fi rmer Bath but she did Uot uuderstand about tho boy refreshed bis memory with the cir suffering I cuiustuuccs cf that fishing tripauel add 1 od: “ What is it, Grace?" sbe asked. "Oh, it’s Phill" she cried. “ He "1 told you after you had struck tne doesu t earn for me anymore He's tak - with that fish, cap'll, that I’d whale ing Jennie Thompson uow, aud 1 can't you if 1 ever grew big enough, so look bear it Mother said other women hud out for yourself. I ll Leep that | rouiise to bear such things, but she’d always right off " been happy, and 1 could couio to you. With these preliminaries the Bath You could help me,” she said, looking boy "sailed tu” right on tlio principal up appealingly “ You could teach me street of Port lam), and, sure enough, to foiget " satisfactorily to himself, redeemed his "Y es,” said Faith «lowly. i boyish threat. — Butte Independent. Then it c ame back to her, all her own A T h o ro u g h J « b . littlo »lory, and a dim. brekeu memory of the first henitatho aud her owu long A Philadelphia housekeeper tolls thia ing to forget. atory in The Record of that city: "W« “ Poor little girl,” whispered Faith, bad at one time in our employ a very stroking tne beautiful nnun o f tangled greeu young woman whose nationality hair “ How was it 1 learned to forgetl is typified by an emblem of the »ami Let mo think. Yes, 1 remember uow verdant color T his young woman came Wait a minuto, dear I will show you. to us through an iiitolligeuoe <?) nttl«-« Faith slipped oat of tho room snd soon th e showed her inii liigiuce on the fir», returned, bringing three rolls of very day of her service in our family nln broad crocheti-d laco was told to go out iu the yard and take “ Uau you crochet, Groce?” down the ciothesliue. which ua» “ Not very much," said Grace, won- stretched among a half dozen p>sM.- m t deriugly up tor that pur, ore Kie< will hi the Jet» "Well, I will teach yon This 1» the fur so long u (line that we ta g,in to way I learned to forget. The needle wonder what on earth was the mutter slips in anil out, and the tuulignt lend with her We wi ut out to see wnut »he firelight sbiue cn It, and the lace grows was dotug uud there we found f rr and is so pretty, aud it brings comfort working away vigorously with a spade Whe n I began. 1 r-iuldn’t w.-e the needle Hbe bail ulready dng up three of th< —oh. bow long ago that is!—for the posts and laid alinost completed the tears That was « hen t knew lie wonid work ou a fourth when we found her «revel enure again, aud I bad my wed- hhe didu t stay with us long ' NO. A FAMOUB CHARGER. a HOME OF ONE’S OWN m e D o n e T h a t Iw d Cha L i j l i t D rlg w d a tile d on « ■ O h io F a r m . THE VALUE IT POSSESSES FOR THE INDIVIDUAL AND THE NATION. The noted white Arabian steed ridden by Cuptuiu Nolan in the charge of tho Light brigade at the memorable battle T h e Panes a n d H a p p in e s s T h a t A r e F o u n d of Balaklava of the Crimea was quar O n ly U n d e r O ne's O w n V in e a n d F ltf tered for several years iu tlie immediate T r e e — T h e P o s s ib ility o f A t t a in m e n t to vicinity of Cincinnati aud died a uatu- M o n o f S m a ll In c o m e s . ral deuth at u ripe old age in the neigh borhood of Morrow, O. Napoleon said that the man who had When the blundering order for the B wife and children had “ given hostages ;harge cf the Light brigade was given, Captain Nolau was in command As to fortune." In a yet stronger oenso too men charged into the “ valley of have the man and woman made a be death" Nolan, on his conspicuous white ginning toward permanent success who Arab, spuired far iu advance of ull—a have found f-.r themselves a homo, for fine murk for a Russian rifleman With the possession of which they are both his sword high upiiftod uud a cheer on w illing unwaveringly aud steadfastly to his lips, he was struck in the breast by use systematic self denial. When a a fragment of shell, tbrowu iu the Rns- young couple have ceased to roam about lians' first discharge, and instantly kill from oue undesirable flat to another and ed. His sword dropped from his hand, noed no longer talk of “ when wo lived but the nnn retained its upright posi in E ast------street or W est----- » Btreet, ’ ’ tion uud his left hand the bridle rein, but can oozily speak of “ our little us his horse instinctively turned hack place, ” they have risen 20 per oeat in and galloped toward the brigade As their own self esteem aud are at least the files opened to lot him pass an un 100 per cent richer in the true joy of earthly shriek rent the air, said by living. Insensibly my illustration takes some to huve been the last agonizing a financial form, since money, the pow ery of Nolau in vuiu effort to ture. the er to obtain this blessing, lies at the brigade from its impending doom, bat root of the mutter. thought by others to be the result of no Always a strong adherent to the ad human will, but duo rather to those vantages of country living, it is to me “ spasmodic forces which may act upon natural to associate the very idea of tho form when life has ceased. ’* homemaking with ratal surroundings. Straight iuto the Russian guns, which When God created our primal progeni were opened full upon them, dashed the tors, we are told that he placed them in brigade and "then they rode back, but a garden as the best, the happiest, envi not the COO. *' The immense loss was ronment the divine wisdom oonld devise “ only counter balanced, ’ says one, “ by for their development Amid things tho brilliance of the attack and the gal which have grown with their growth lantry, order aud discipline whiuh dis and perfected under their care, men and tinguished it. ” women still find a peculiar peaoefnlnesa The remnant of the Light hrigndo that no one can define and a happiness was sent over to Qnehoc to recuperate, impossible elsewhere. and with them Nolan's white Arab, That heart ownership which comes with two slight saber cuts in his side only to the man aud wife who huvo Ho carried tho marks to his death wen aud made their home is ofceusst After his master’s death thu horse was found in suburban towns and villages, called Nolau While iu (Quebec Lester and rarely extends to the dimensions of Taylor, u wholesale cotton merchant of an ucre. The tree that shades tho door, Cincinnati, purchased him and brought the vine that climbs over the porch, the him to Cincinnati, where he shortly pretty little garden iu the rear, aro afterward sold him to August Le iiroct loved not as inanimate things, bnt aa Le Broot was a Freuohmau Thu Lo part and parcel of their lives, and thu Broots owned a pretty summer house falling of u leaf and the fading cf a hu<l at South Goviugton, Ky , on tho cliffs ore a Borrow. It is quite a different of Licking river, uud now kuowu as homecoming to a man who sees his ch il Diuniore juirk. Luxurious quarters wet o dren standing at his pretty gate ready fitted up for Nolau. A French zouave to run down the safe and quiet street was brought from France to care ex and fiuds his wife nt the open door than pressly for him uud a handsome jet when ho is lifted by a creaking elevator black stallion, called Sultuu, purchased to some unknown height, where danger in Algiers by M. Le Broot on oue of threatens the young lives if the door is ilia numerous trips to Europe Noluu but left ujar, and he has to look for a was a magnificent creature, 16 hands number to tell whether be ia on his own high, snow white, with tnaue and tail (routed) floor. From the hour a man aud like strands of burnished silver, aud wife owu their individual, personal nostrils like pink satin, fleet as tho home a thousand new interests enrioh wind under the saddle—the only use to their lives, and the dwelling and ito which he was put—with a swinging, surrouudiugs are so apurt of themselves easy gait, most inviting to the equestrian thut a loose shingle or a «tain on thu lovor, high spirited, yet gentle withal doorstep is of serious importance. as a fawn Both Nolan and Bultan were However extreme the theories of some regularly exercised iu a riug laid out of the “ land for the people’’ philan on oue part of tho grounds for that pur thropists may be there is n deep integral pose. So docile was Noluu that tho two trutii in tho basis of their arguments. little daughters of the house were much Men and women are happier, are moral given to climbing upon his back during ly elevated, are bettor citizens, for own this exercise If either chanced to slip ing their fcbure cf God's earth. 1 have aud full beueath the feet of the horse long believed that the happiest people whiie iu motion, he wouid stop instant now living in our country arc tho skill ly, uud, with thu zouuve cry to the ed mcchau|c8 of onr rural cities and child, “ Tranquiel I Truuquicl I” mcau- towns, whore ambitious are limited to iug be quiet, would, with rare iutelli- the acquisition of an unincumbered gcnco, bend his head aud carefully push home, well bnilt, and set iu a lot large the little one from his path enough to insure privacy aud a garden. On oue of the foraging expeditions of While watthiug the long drawn ont tho Union troops statinuedut Fort Mitch repairs of an old country houBC I came ell. a lew uules distant from the Le in contact with a notably intelligent Groot lesidcuce, botli horses were taken and representative body of workmen. from the stables M Le Broot was At dinner lionr they grouped themselves away from home Upou his return, with under the trees, to the fruit of which tli«f* impetuosity uud di-clsive action of they were made welcome, or found the typicul Frenchman, ho started at pleasant places to avoid tbo noontido once with his zouuvo iu hot pursuit of beat. They were buoyant, heartily tlio auimals Some four miles from cheerful, with a quick readiness to home he came across them, tethered and laugh with sincere merriment. They in charge of a subultcru Le Groot cov discussed politics, town improvements, en d the man with Ins pistols while tho school taxes and general conditions of zouave deftly secured the horses T ben the country; they had enthusiasm and be directed the latter to tube them across hope. tlie Glim river iuto Grown county. O., he I talked much with these men. An himself ruling on iuto Covington, Ky., eagerness possessed mo to find a elew to and straight to the old Planters House, the reasons for the wide difference iu where the commanding officer of the their view of life and that of my own troops. General btauhope. was stopping circle of young friends I was left in no There he defiantly challenged tho gen doubt. They were, every man. either crai’s interference in the case Nothing already “ freeholders’’ or nearing that came of thu affair, however, aud ufter a distinction. Their oottagos sprang np tune the horses were return«<1 to their in every direction where the largo land old quarters laiuth lo dispose of Nulau holders left half an acre to spare. They and uot wishing to ship him to Fraucu, slept under their own roofs, they lay Le Grout left bun for some mouths to ' down prundly, sure that wife and ch il tho care of Colonel Mason, finally pen dren were sheltered from the power of aloulug him to u farm near Morrow, U., removal or ejectment and that thoy where he lived bis life out in peaceful were, personally, Increasingly of value retirement — Cincinnati Commercial to tbo community in which they lived. Tribune Tho best of these workmen earned $1,000 a year, apart of them from $1150 T h e a t e r G o in g I n J a p a n . It will interest many to hear that the to $700. It seemed to me incredible that Japanese laws prohibit a theatncul per they had been able to bny land in such foruiancc lasting more than eight boura a town and improve it; still leas credi The plays iu the first class theaters be ble that they eonld build and furnish gin at IU or II and ure uot cuded until such cottages as they lived in. They after suusut There are intervals, of were more than ready to explain their courae. for refreshment, uud a recent in system of saving through the various novation is a theater yard (or uxarctse, co-operative and building scheme« of lined wtlii eating bixiths aud fancy which tbs town bad many. It has ever since remained a problem stall« Boxes are securod ihreoorfour nays bvton.huud from a neighboring tea- to me, increasing in complexity and in house, utn re arrangements are made terest aa the yean go uu, why yonng for attendance and refreshments during oouplca, with twioe tbo income of theso thrifty and happy mechanic«, remain the day Fall drees is uever woru Thu following artieips, unless other homeless and live iu cramped flat« and wise ordered, ure Draught to eat h putrou tiny apurtments which, if they have A programme, a cushion, a tobacco Ure children, are hot enlarged cages, while box. a pot of tea, cukes, fruit and sushi. the same opportnnitie« those men need » sort of rice dninpling flavored w ith ate open to them for obtaining the viuegar and teppoif with a piece of fish treasure of a home inalienably thein, YuluaUcs may be left at the teahouse, on which they can expend tho taste and end the iudu»ive cti irg« (excepting the Ingenuity wbiob aro inherent iu most waiter s 1 1pi is not mere than l.tO yen young Americana Perhaps it is want of a head I he gallery ta tlie most aristo- understanding of the ease with which tiraiic phioo. but the »-p.it« unreserved, they can attain tlie rtsolt, a lack of occupied by tho Japanese "gods,"!* ooinprebensiou of the responsibility and trustworthiness of associations of vari quaintly eullul “ thu deaf gallery ous sorts organized to this end.—New Wes*.minuter Gazette York Post E x p la in in g H is U rlliio n w a rln a . Papo — .lames, (hey tell rae yun u t a! tbo finit of your ria»« Jume«— Yn» «ir To «e’ure a full Kin.wl.xtg« of any pubjfut one must get (lowu to tlie root cf things, you know —ÇbtcBgu Journal. W ha« I t “ There is something the matter with my bicycle,” remarked the artist's wife. ' Htr hjsband pinched the tina. 1 “ It needs »tuio*pbcre,” ba replied aa , be got the pump resdy for work.—P itts burg Uhrcuide-Tclegraph.