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A tR E E iP A T T E R N EUQENE T H R O U G H T IC K E T S Loan Savings Bank ME CALLS MAGAZINE 5,000 BAZAR fiOTERNS MORRIS HOTEL, “ NEW HOME” SEWIN3 MACHINE. E lk P r a ir ie H o te l.I WRITE FOB CIRCULARS t i i S ’.« .’.’!; /-R o am a 7 and « Mei a- " - P - 'ü - '- - «1 atten tio n g iveu to collections an d pro | b u sin es, F lo r e n « ,, M ON E U G E N E A N D FLO RENCE STAGE ROUTE. - A. C. WOODCOCK, itto rn e y T R A V E L E R S ’ G U ID E' o‘ « r business. ÖO on. T li« T o llp K HOTEL o . Dyspepsia Cure ...I,-A liZMaihH H.B.WILLSON&CO. C r a .e . A bout th e m iddle of the seventeenth century th e tu lip became know n In G erm any, and a scientist nam ed Ges- ncr gives th e first description o f th is dow er. F ir s t only th e yellow variety was know n, and then o th er colors w ere produced by crossing. T he D utch, p ar­ ticularly th e citizens of Ilnnrlem . pro­ duced the m ost w onderful varieties of this flower nnd obtained enorm ous prices for them . In IG34 th e tra d e In tulips assum ed a peculiar tu rn . I t degenerated Into a sort of a gam e o f chance, so th a t In 1G73 tlie au th o ritie s felt called upon to Interfere and to Issue edicts ag ain st extravagance In tulips, a s they form er- | i ly hail a g a in st tra in s and laces. T his i Interference w ould seem to lie Justified 1 If one read s th a t in 1GOC> a single flower cf th is sort, called th e Vlccorl, w as paid for w ith tw o cargoes of w heat, four cargoes of rye, four fa t oxen, eight fa t hogs. 12 fa t sheep, tw o casks of wine, fo u r b arrels of beer, tw o tons of butter, l.COO pounds of cheese, a complete bed, a su it o f clothing and a silver ta n k a rd . A nother bulb, th e S em per A ugustus, w as paid for w ith 4,COO gold guilders and a coach w ith a double team of horses. In H aarlem th e tu lip craxo reached Its height In th e decade from 1030 to 1040, wllen a price o f 12.000 gold guilders (nliout S0.000 A m erican money) Is recorded for a single bulb. : Aaron.” Aaron w ent on. H e hail It th a t Cfe- Í « A SUBJECT DISCUSSED BY THE JER­ fiu * w as poor anti out of a job and dis­ ICHO DEBATING SOCIETY. couraged when he happened to find a S T E A M E R M A R G U E R IT E , Q J L Z R - I D I Z E S r E S r t S 1 o w r diam ond ring in a mudhoic. lie could o — W ill m ake ----- g ro w th S T A G E L IN E . have got no advaneo of $50 on It a t a P a p P e r k in « , tlio I'o a t in a a lr r , T e lia of h a ir H ost t h e O r g a n i s a t i o n V i a , S t a r t e d paw nbroker's, but he actually w ent R E G U L A R D A I L Y T R IP S hungry fu r three days w hile hnntln up a n ti H o w I t C a m e to a n U n t im e ly com es — Between ---- the loser. Struck liy such a display hf m ill In g l.t r lo n a liin l. Stage Leaves Steam boat L anding on from lack unselfish honesty, the ow ner presented Of F lo w s ¡' [C o p y rig h t, J3C0, by C. B. Lewis.1 th e U m pqua for Florence S aturdays, of h a ir lilm w ith $75. took him under his w ing The Jerich o D ebatin society w as and In tim e nii\[lu him king.” i R eturning, Stage Leaves Florence food. The (■Squar Jo sly n 's Idea. I t daw ned ou "T h n t’s another tally fu r the nfflrma- h a ir h a s ■ Sundays. him one afternoon as he w as lioein lu tlve,” said th e deacon, "and I guess E x tra T rips W hen Necessary Ills garden, mid th a t eveniu lie couie I’ll give A aron the sam e num ber of _ no 1 i f e. THE STEAM ER over to the postoffice an d m ade a p’ints ns tlie rest. Alvin Bldwell, of It is starved. It keeps C harges R easonable. speech and sta rte d the hull rolliu. A the negatives, Is iiitchln nromid in an c o i n i n g o u t, gets week la te r the society had Its first anxious w ay, and we’ll lien "» hat he’s e u g I n e - i m r e m thinner and thinner, uieelin. T here w as a hot tim e fu r } get to say In favor of dishonesty.” •T oller me back to the days of Julius about an hour. Of the 40 men present bald spots a p p e a r , 35 w anted to he president, lint a fte r I’msiir,” began Alvin 111 his rainblln W ill carry freight and passengers then actual baldness. "aw hile, and by p u ttln in tw o votes fu r [ voice, but tlia r w as yells and whoops from Florence to San Francisco. The only good hair him self, th e sq u ar w as duly elected. and pro tests from Ebenezer, Jonas and E. B a n g s , P r o p r ie to r . D eacon Spooner v, as m ade referee, and | Aaron. fo o d W ill also bring tip freight Stage leaves Eugene on Mon­ “It's a cur’us coincidence, I ’ll adm it,” tlie o th er offices w asn 't struggled a fte r #■»* *## days, W ednesdays, and Fridays at «*» * *#* to any ex tent. T here w asn 't any de- said th e deacon when he could be S lb a tln a t the first ineetln, hut S quar j heard, “b u t I don’t see how we hin For further inform ation inquire (! a. m, arriving at Florence the: j day following a t IQ a. in. Joslyn m ade a speech of acceptance help b u t fuller Alvin back if lie Insists - OF — 1 w hich raised the price of b u tte r in upon It. Everybo’tly m ust have n fa ir R eturning stage leaves Florence Jerlclio 10 cents a pound. A fter sayln show. Alvin, hadn’t you as lief be fol- i Mondays, W ednesdays, and Fri- A. W. B EA D LE & CO. th a t lie w ouldn't exchange places w ith lered back to the garden of Eden or ’ days at 2 p. in. arriving at Eugene 22 M arket St the p resident of the United S tates be D an'l in th e lions’ den?” 11 I the folio wingday at 9 p. in. Alvin stuck fu r Ju liu s Cresar and began w ith the y ear 730 II. CL. an d tlie San Francisco, California. | fee d s w ay he come Avlililin along dow n to w ent ahead. H e found Ju liu s poor and s to p s th e r o o ts the y ear 1000 made the glass In the discouraged and llviu on turnips, and ¡Single fare - - - — 5.00. w indow s rattle. H e excited the crow d lie related liow the young man sat sta rv a tio n , and the ! Round trip - . - - 9.00. ns lie hit Nero, brought applause a s lio down and thought It all over and then hair grows thick and Tickets for sale at E. Bangs’ touched on Colum bus, and when he decided to steal a hog. H e stole one, ¡livery barn, Eugene,’ and a t O. W. long. It cures dan- got through w ith W ashington there sold him for $3, doubled bis money on IIu rd ’s office in Florence. w a s n 't'n o lioldin Enos W illiam s, and a hoss race and finally m ade a place -drurf also. Keep a Jo n as Behee and Aaron B radshaw w as and nam e for him self. H ad be con­ '2 bottle of it on your All through freight on the stage in tears. A fter tlie spdech w as over tinued to he honest he would have dressing table. either way between Eugene and E lder Spooner tlggered It up and de­ starved to dentil nnd been buried nt the clared tlinj. tlie sq u a r had made 27 d if­ expense of tlie tow n. H is dishonesty M apleton, will be charged at the It always restores feren t p’iuts in his oration, w hich w as enabled b in to become king and to do rate of two cents per pound during color to faded or gray four p'iitts m ore th a n D em osthenes or good to millions. the m onths of October, November. “The tallies are even so fur,” said the hair. Mind, we say R Cicero had ever made. December, Jan u a ry , February, T he su b ject fu r debate a t th e n ext deacon ns Alvin sat down, “nnd We’ll “ always.” March and A pril, and one cent per u rueetln w as “ Docs H onesty l ’ny?” The now hear from P hlletus Johnson ou the [ pound during the m onths of May, $1 .00 a bottle. All drtresists. affirm ative side.” ¡June, Ju ly , A ugust and September. ’T o ile r me hack to the days of Julios “ I Lavo fonili! jn n r Hair- V igor to t‘C ta© l : remedy I l'avo ever Cmsar,” began Pliiletus as be rose up,' Ilio ll-llt. . IM tt was "UU 5 trie I- for tha huir.. My hair nnd then th a r w as a row. It w as a falling on lit vc'iv L a d , s-» 1 t h o u g h t . S N O TA RIES. 1 would tr y a r o t I i o f i‘ . I l.tid F . full ten m lnlts before order w as re­ n o tv o tt o, b ,,,I m y h a i r ” used onlv y o .... stored, and ilurln th a t tim e most ev­ P u llm a n s to p p i d f a llin g «m l, a n d i t is now l i t t real thick an erybody got his bead punched a t least A. R. BUTTOLPH, N am y J. ffloctiTC.'.RTLE, S le e p in g C a r s once and his coat torn up the back. July iS, 1808. Yonkers, M. Y. By and by Deacon Spooner said: E le g a n t ' V M fo t h e L lo a ic " . “ It's u sham e and a disgrace to the K o w ill sen d you Id s book o n T h e D in in g C a rs tow n of Jerlclio to carry ou In this B « lr an d S en’? A sk h im an y quo" tim i yon w ish abolii y e a r h air. i o n way. I notice th a t Llsli Billings, wl)O w ill iic c iv o a p re m ia ¡ti.--.v r fre e . T o u r is t F io r n o e , O re g o n A d d ress, D r . J . C. A Í1.G . don't beloug on either side, has Jest Low ell, M ass. S le e p in g C a rs comp in. Llsli, do you w ant to say F R A N K B. W IL S O N . anything?” ST. PAUL “Not very m uch,” replied I.lsh as lie M IN N E A P O L IS looked around. " I’d simply like to ask DULUTH If anybody here lias lost tills half dol­ lar." FARG O »LO R EN O E. - - - OREGON He held up the coin In his fingers. (her own «election) to every eubscrlber. Beautiful col­ GRAND FO R K S TO ored lithographed plates and lllu stiatlcn s Original, There w as 47 men lu tlie room, and latest, artistic, exquisite and strictly up to-date designs. C R O O K S T O N _______ _ every single one of ’em, includln the deacon and the squar. replied th a t It W IN N IP E G was Ills. H E L E N A 2 » * __ “As to the D ebatln society. It may BUTTE “ FOLLEB ME HACK TO THU DAYS OF JULIUS be a good thing,” said Llsli as a grin CJ58AB." spread over his face; "but. us to the s Bre«iini*lcln< economies, .fancy work, h o u stlo td h lp ts, num ber on the affirm ative and negative subject of discussion tonight, I guess short Stori««, cu rren t topic«, etc. Subscribe to d a y . O uijöO o.year.y. Lady ag eut« w anted. ß«uu fo r term«. side w as ab o u t even, and Ebenezer TO you’d betteg «t-op It und let It stay Of E u g e n e , O regon C H IC A G O W hite vyas appointed to lead off nnd dropped. T his half dollar lias bln In tell how honesty paid him. Each my pocket fu r two weeks, and every W ASHM M GTO N 1 It speaker w as fp be lim ited to ten min- one of you w as willlu to lie to git hold P H IL A D E L P H IA lta. E benezer liad been thinkln It of It.” Then Llsh moved softly down stairs NEW YORK over fu r th re e or four (lays, nnd when and w ent h o n e , and a fte r the rest of he got up lie began w ith: BOSTO N A ND A L L •T oller mo back Io the d ay s of Julius the crow d had sat nnd looked a t each P O I N T S E A S T and S O U T H Caesar. W hen Cm sar w as a young m an other fu r tw o or threp inlults in nn of 22, lie h ad n 't a dollar to his nam e uncom fortable way the president put For Inform ation, tim ecard s, maps ami tickets A G e n e r a l B a n k i n g B u s i n e s s F or ladles, mimes, g irls and little children. T h at e«a no show to strik e a job. H e had -m his lint and said: etc., call on or w rite tain stylish " chic ’ effect n o t attaiqud'by the use of an Transacted on Tavorabla Tarais o th er patterns. H aveuo equal (or Style and perfect and' “ Instead of follerln anybody else about m ade up his mind to com m it R. M cM UR PH EY, silicide when lie found a five dollar hack to tiie days of Ju liu s Cmsar. I Drafts Issued on th s principal cities of the r General Agent. Rooms 2 and I, Shelton Block, goldpioce in the road. Ill# first thought guess we'd b etter toiler l.lsli Billings United States and foreign countries. EUGEX'E, OREGON. w as to use the money to s ta rt In busi­ down s ta irs .a n d call the tiling bust­ Interest allowed on Demand U crtifcatcs of M. Q uad . ness, bnt It w as only n tem ptation. ed.” A. D C H A R L T O N , Deposit when left «luted period. Ills honesty w ouldn't perm it such a Assistant General Passenger Agent, Im lln n Ile p a r le e . thing. He w ent around Inqulrin who Collections receive our prom pt attention. 2.-J Morrison St./'fcor., Rd. An Indlnn agent w ho w as a m ilitia P o r tla n d , O r. had lost $5. and a t length found the City and U tu n ty W arrants bought. ia s llr p u t together. Only 10 and 16 cen ts each—noM colonel desired to Im press tlie Indians higher. Sold in nearly sre ry city and tow n, o r hy minu ow ner, nnd the ow ner took a Ilklu to Ask fo r th em . Absolutely very latest up t-»-date sty laa W . E. GROWN, D. A. PAINE, lilm nnd im shed him along until he was w ith th e m agnitude of Ills dignity. T H E M c C A I. L C O M P A N Y . P resident. Vice P resident. He dressed him self In full uniform , *** IM-lit »Hl K th Street. . . . . Few York City, ly j finally m ade a king.” F . W . OSB U RN , W . VV. B R O W N , “T h a t’s one tally m ark fu r th e affirm- with his sw ord by Ids side, and rising C ashier. Ass t Cashier. ... ......... ns .. the .....in the council told them th a t one rea- ' ntlve side,” said tlie deacon - Proprietors, j C A S S ID Y & SO N i speaker sat down, “and I decide th a t i 1,0,1 w,1.v tl,e K1’011! fa th e r had had so . . TRY THE . . F lo r e n o s , O re g o n . Ebenezer has made live p'inte. Wo much trouble w ith hla red children ivilk, now h e a r from Jo n as Bvbee ou w as tfia t ho hiid sen t civilians to ' them. Hie negative side.” Tables fi'.inishctl with all the “You a te w arriors,” he said, “and ‘T o ile r tne liatk to the days of Ju liu s ¡Caveat?; and T r.td o M tlf a l n li'a ’ iird ai)«1. t i l t*l ‘ i when the g reat fath e r saw me he said, •.v. : I ' delicacies of the season. Give us Cjesnr.” began Jo n as ns he rose up. HendTuodel.di'.a.yi'ujorp1. -to. V.’r a d fi 1 “ I object 1" protested Ebenezer. “ Hav- 1 will send thia m an, who Is a g reat ip f ltc n te b lo f r c o o f eharfro. O - r f r o n o t d i i o a call. , - | piten tisao , : r-1. A P am p h fet "Jiow In follered me back, the ineetln can’t I w arrior, to my red children, who are Y . : -i 1’ . ' i ' 4.” v. Cl c ' t f . ;ao i n th o L . fc>. foiier JonftSj 1 »Lga-nl to tlie referee.” j ivarrlors, nnd they will hear his f ar. 1 fo reig n c o u n trie s c e n t fr<-e. A d lrc c J , "I shall have to overrule the objec­ I w ords.’ ” < j n . 8 O L l M W r W W - / & C . A An old chief arose nnd. surveying tion.” said tlie deacon. “ We follered tcw t O O. C.$ i Ebenezer*back, and we m ust give J o [ the speaker from head to foot, said < O es F P a atent C 'ncr, WkClltnCTOH. WA0l|in ms **AA* nas Jest a a good a show. If tie’s got I calm ly: "Since I w as u smnll boy ___ I T w e n tv -th re e anything new about .luliuc Cmsar, we’d have heard Hint w hite men have great M ile s W e s t w arriors. 1 have alw ay s w anted to see T H E GENTLE-W OM AN is a m o n th ­ like to h ear it.” - sa r w as n young m an of o n e . I have looked ujion one. and Eugene. “ W hen Cf ly m agazine devoted to subjects of in te r­ 22, lie h adn’t n dollar to bis nam e," now I am rently to die.’’- “ Iteinluls- est to the ladle«. Tlie regular subeciip- continued Jonas, “nnd. though ho of­ cenees of th e Bishop of .Minnesota.' 1 lion pri c > one dollar lint we have made fered to dig out stum ps fur 15 cents a H u m u s ’ D r n m n lle In t u it io n . day. he couldn't lilt a Job. Ho had I arrangem ent by w hich we offer it for n m ade up Ids mind to hang b lin silf j A story la told of the elder Dum as i short tim e for tiftv-cents a je a r . Call an when be found a etiay mewl In the which Illustrates Ids rem arkable d ra ­ ¡ - t e a sam ple eoov. woods. He knew he o u g h t to ad v ertise m atic Intuition. An em inent P arisian tlie lyewl and restore him to ills ow ner, critic who sat beside him nt a first b u t dishonesty carried the day. H e perform ance noticed tliut he seemed WANTED.—Capable, reliable person in ©very I M o n e y .Saved sold llie c ritte r to the first m an who ab stracted . , coin*tv to reprenent lo r/c com pany of »olid j "You arc trlste, my m aster," observ­ Sewing M achines we m anufacture and th eir A ranciai, reputation', By salary p t r year, paya t would buy. nnd w ith tlie $12 ho re­ ed tlie critic. prices before you purchase an y other. I ble weekly; |3 per day absolutely »»re nnd oil • ceived he wont Into polltlos nnd pushed "No.” replied Dunins. “ I’m not bor P a t r o n iz in g it. THE NEW HOME SEWINB M&CHIHE GO., eBpcnftCS ; t ni’ ht. bona fide, del n ita «.-»lary, no j niniig until ho finslly b ren tn e one of the cd. but I’m som ew here else than here, g rentest .m on of Id» tira«. H e lived [ cu in in ìm f - ìoi i ; wtlary paid each Saturday and ex- O J iA N G K , M A S » . Union Rqnaro, M . V. Chl«ar>, W. BtT /w lx.M o. penae money a l m i e-lcacli week. STANDARD ■ fu r 30 y ears a fte r stcalln th at mevyl. so to sp< ak. I ntn unable to follow Prop » Dallas, Texas. Ban Francl«co, Cal. A Wants, (1 ;t., Qeo. H a le ll- U , and ho w as honored and respected any play to the end. 1 listen closely HOt’HE, CM D kabbobx S t ., Cm FOR SALE BY nnd had a good tim e and died lam ented to tlie lirat act, and then my m ind c ar­ Good dealers w auled in every town, j C L N T R A L L Y L O C A TE D . ries me off Into th o u g h ts of the play by nil.” | W rite for prices and term s to San F ran FREE SAMPLE ROOMS "T lia t’s n tally m ark on the negative 1 would m ake of It.” I Cal. _________________ side.” said the deacon, “and the p’lnts . . . . . S u p p li e d A n o t h e r . WANTED—ACTIVE MAN OF GOOD CHAHAC scorn to bo about even.” A t n d in n er In Itottlngdenn s Itoysl * ter to deliver nnd collect in Oreffoi», for old "B u t w h n r did Jo n as git Ids facts?" F IR S T -C L A S S . - eatA*dl*l>e ¡.n IT M M applyiag f«r pafcrftl. A44m«: a ll o th e r re s u lts o l i m p e ll e d d ig e stio n . Cit-sne, tills society Im kgot to tag along to wield It. | house i t 16 by H feet an i one story and Price Me, »nA »I. Lanreslsc contain. ZMtlrner behind Ulin. It's ra th e r a cn.-'tis coin­ -«ted for .lam ping the rope Is sti ZtsaO size. Book a ll ab o u t d y .p cp sia im ülwllrco c id e ! ! ,U n it tho*tliree n f yon w ant to middle aged people athlete vlUi llv«r i a half in height. Also a good woodshed P rtnar«« t i t t « . DtWITT A CO.. Chicos» RATtNT LAWYERS, I* follered back to tt«- a: 1 i nn, hut t m ilt le t on prem ises. For fu rther particular« , UDmitn-u., W A S H JN G T O N . O. C. - R liV k ll A K Y L E . • A U tf HAL i i - 2i»i ~ > iouuire oft liiifl ot&ce. I N S E C R E T S O C IE T IE S . F.C. D O E S H O N E S T Y I ’A Y ? S T A G E L IN E . C O U N T Y O FFIC ER S rou eoi« NO. 43. FLORENCE, OREGON, FRIDAY. FEB. 22, lìtui. VOL. XI. A J o k e o f i . i l n e r S r a lt h 'o . On th e occasiou of a d in n e r Sydney, Sm ith w ns th e geest, and .when tho evening w ns over tho host th an k ed the w it heartily for the e n te rta in m e n t he had afforded. “I shall not forget you, Mr. Sm ith,” ho added. "T h an k you. T ake care you d o n 't forget your­ self tom orrow (It w as S aturday) In church,” rejoined Sm ith, w h ereat tho host. K ershaw by name, ra th e r bridled up. : “ I hope, sir, I know how to lichave m yself in church!” "W ell.” said Sm ith good tom pcrcdly, "If I catch you sm il­ ing I will call you by nam e.” "You m ay,” rejoined tho visitor. “T he thing Is absurd. 1 will give you a donation to tho York hospital if It happens.” On the ensuing m orulng S m ith road tlio p ray ers reverently, ns ho alw ays did, then ascended tho pulpit, looked around tho church nnd rested his eyo on tho visitor whoso uamo w as K er­ shaw . T h a t gentlem an said nfterw nril th a t he did not know w h a t possessed him, but so It w as ho gave n broad smile. T hereupon tho p reacher wna seized w ith n- violent Inclination to sneeze, and. applying Ills handkerchief w ith suitable action, he sounded “ker- kor k-ker-shaw ” threo tim es over.— From “T h e Itcm lnlsccnocs of H a lf • C entury,” by R. W. H llcy. B r ig h t* . T h r e a t to H I . W ife . Tw o ch aracteristic anecdotes of John B light a re given In Blr E dw ard R ussell's mem oirs, w hich he h as pub­ lished under tho title “T h a t Remind« M o -” B right w ns supposed to be a to tal a b ­ stainer, hut once when E d w ard Mlall w as very nervous nt tho prospect of, having to m ake nn Im portant speech In the house. B right said: •Well, Mlall. If . I w ere you. I’d for once go and have a p lp t o f cham ­ pagne.” Mr. Mlall did ns he w ns told, and tho result may he Judged from the n a rra ­ tor's com m ent th a t “cham pagne on an -unaccuitom cd Interior Is not alw ay s a curative or a tonic.” B right “rarely had any dlfferenco w ith Ills w ife,” but occasionally they, w ere not n t one about tho children. W hen they cam e to a point o f absolnto disagreem ent, lie used to say: “ Now, I tell tbeo. If thou doesn’t do w hat I wish. I'll go s tra ig h t to Mr. G ladstone and ask him to m ake me a knight.” to w hich the a n sw e r Invari­ ably wns: “Oh, an y th in g ra th e r th an t h a t ” 5 I,n t « t in n r . In S t. I - . t . r . L a r a , Personally 1 know of no o th e r tow n w here such late hours ore th e voguo ns In St. P etersburg. B ut your Rt. P etersb u rg er docs not get up enrly In th e m orning. A t St. P etersburg th«, m usic halls, which It is tho fashionable tiling to nttend a fte r the th e a te r—a drive to them tnklng h alf an hour in n sw ift sleigh—do not p raetlcally begin till 12. T hrough the Neva nt 4 o'clock In tlie m orning you liave to literally push your way, and th e fav o rite tra in s for trav elers a re those s ta rtin g about 5 o’clock in th e m orning. T hese tra in s save the R ussian tho tro u b le of getting up early. H e w ishes Ills frien d s “good n ig h t” and drives down to the station com fortably a fte r supper w ithout put­ tin g the house to nny Inconvenience.— Jerom e K. Jerom e In S atu rd ay Even­ ing Post. No D e fo r m ity T h e r e . Tom m y (allowed to sit u p '—Why.' S ister C lara. Mr. T ndw ell’s feet nro (tioth alike. (E m barrassm ent o f Tonr- ! niy's sister.) Mr. Tadw cl! looming gallantly to the • rescue)—Of course. Tommy, w hat did j you think? T om m y—I d id n 't think nothin, only I henrd S ister CInra say you're nlwnys p u t tin your best foot backw ard anil I w anted to see which one It w as.— Ka­ rlin uge. ------------- ■ — — T h . I’ b . s I oi » I’l.r Tow«. “O bernm niergau Is a qunlut place." say s a traveler. "T he whole towu la practically controlled by the I-nug fam­ ily. T hey are the leading spirit« In the production of the play. T hey have more or less charge of the various taverns. Inns or hotels for the ncvuio- ‘ m odatlon of the travelers nud lu a gen­ eral way supervise everything." A m an born w ith a silver spoon hk Ills m outh may be tlie offspring of a fam ily th a t stol« the spoons.—New O rleans Picayune. If yon make a ruby hot. It Ik greer.. but goes ha"k agnln. { to Ita own color.