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. Appreciated the Play.
The following is from an essay writ
ten by a schoolboy, aged ten, on a play
he had been to see: "The villnn curled
his mnstarsh and seezing the pure vux
gin shreeks ha ha mine or deaths bind
Is on my head this dagger stabs thee to
thy n term oat sole ha ha vengnnze.
Bat the good hero comes and says O
hevins star won step and thy ded body
lies at my door. Lay won parm on the
vorgins korpse and it was better if yon
was drowned with a millstone. Avarnt
avarnt from the ,. sweet korpses
presunz." - - -
,
His Terms Were Accepted.
General Joubert, when he was in
New York city a few years ago as the
guest of Henry George, told with mod'
esty of his negotiations with the Brit
ish at Majuba hill and his eyes spark
led as he recited his reply to the Brit
ish commander-in-chief. "It does not
comport with these, " said the British
general, pointing to the decorations on
his breast, "to accede to your terms,
To which said Joubert, pointing to his
riflemen: "And it does not comport
with those to offer any others."
The Nome Gold Fields
The first map folder or circular re
specting the ' Klondike gold strike of
1898 was issued by the Northern Pacific
railway. It is more than a coincidence
that the first map folder or phamphlet
of the Nome mining district comes
from the same source. The present
folder not only contains a good map of
the Nome district, bat is embellished
with several cats of views at Nome City
and the beach where the method of
mining is clearly shown. All informa
tion obtainable regarding sailing dates
from Seattle and Taooma, through
rates, etc., is given in this book and
the publio cautioned to go to the agents
of the N. P. Ey., who are supplied
with diagrams of the Alaska steamers,
and arrange in advance for their accom
modations rather than to pnt off this'
very important business until they
reach Paget Sound. There is no doubt
but what there will be a very consider
able passenger business from the mid
dle and eastern states and a very heavy
business from the Pacific coast states
to the Nome district next spring. .
For folders, rates, etc., call on A. D.
Charlton, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt., Port
land, Or., or send a two cent ' stamp to
Chas. S. Fee, General Passenger Agent,
St. Paul, Minn., and he will mail you
the Nome folder. -
Called for What He Didn't Want. .
' A New Jersey burglar who was
caught and thrashed by his intended
victim yelled "Policel" He probably
wouldn't have done it, comments the
Chicago Times-Herald, if he had
thought there was any danger of bring
ine an officer noon the scene.
I ' Truly Terrible.
"Yes," said the milliner, "the sui
oide of Mrs. Drestokil is a terrible
affair. Why, she did it the very ; day
I sent my bill in, and .people will
think the bill has something to do with
it, and it will rain me." Tit-Bits.
The Daughters of the American Revo
lution in New. York city are making a
strong effort to save the famous Hamil
ton trees of St. Nicholas avenue, at
142d street. The trees are the ones left
of the original 13 planted by Alex
ander Hamilton to commemorate the
13 original states. It is likely that the
society will bay the lot and have it
neatly fenced in. If they cannot raise
enough money to buy the place the
trees will be out down and a block will
be built thereon. We Americans do
not pay enough attention to the reser
vation of such historical valuables.
James Eads Howe, of St. Louis, who
has given his fortune of $1,000,000 to
the poor, says he was Influenced to do
this by the incident of the rich young
man related in the tenth chapter of St.
Mark's gospel. ' Mr. Howe is a grand
son of James B. Eads, the famous engi
neer who built the . great Mississippi
bridge at St. Louis.
The Sioux and Blackfeet Indians
, will at parting dig . their spears in the
earth as a sign of ' confidence and mu
tual esteem. This is the origin of the
term "burying the tomahawk."
The governor of Oklahoma in his
annual report, filed in Washington,
says that the time is not ripe for the
statehood of Oklahoma, and he recom
mends that it would be best to wait a
while. He believes that the best plan
is to Join Oklahoma and the Indian ter
ritory and make one state " of them.
Such a state, he says, would be a pride
and gratification to its people and to
the people of the nation.
fiito I run I Hfc
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If yoa bevea't a retrnlar, healthy morement of the
bowel every day. you're sick, or will be. Keep your
and be well. Forca. in th ah-n of
violent paytl
DhTftle Or nlll nolson. la da.nrpmia Tha
emootbMt. aaalest. most Derfect war of fcaanin tnai
towels clear and clean is to take
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Heyer Stoken, Weaken, or Gripe. lOo. J0o Writs
for free sample, and booklet on health. Address
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I Beet Cough
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In time. Bold by draftrtsta.
ib wnim torn uutau experience, lorllllng
sdvsnturs, or fascinating I ink of the imagin
ation in a style that will interest the hundreds
ef thousanda of readara of Th Bi.Arra- of.
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Ct-OHAT Is provoking!"
II The exclamation escaped my
llpg in spite of the fact that I was
traveling alone
Yet not alone. For in the seat with
me sat a pretty young traveling com
panion, one whom I had not seen be
fore and who must have come in and
occupied the place while I had dozed
off.
Yes, I had been five minutes asleep,
and in that brief interval there had hap
pened something which caused me to
exclaim in the way I did.
When I lay back my head in the fast-
whirling train, to think a moment.
held in my hand a photograph. It was
In a cabinet envelope, and, strange to
say, I had not yet looked at it
: I leaned forward in the seat and tried
to search the aisle past my traveling
companion, then I looked under the
seat, then back of it.
"It must have fallen out of the win
dow," I said to myself.
At this the young lady murmured:
"Have you lost anything?" ' V i
"Yes," said L "and, to make the mat
ter more embarrassing, it was the pic
ture of a young and beautiful girl, the
finest of her sex." : -' ; ' r
"1:011 pique my curiosity, said my
companion.
"Weil, mine was piqued also," said I,
"but, owing to my stupid fashion of
falling asleep in a railroad train, I am
afraid it will never be gratified unless
I am fortunate enough to see the orig-
Iginal some day."
"How Interesting," said the pretty
girl beside me.
Seeing that she was In a mood to al
low me, a chance traveling companion,
to converse with her, I said: "It is too
utterly provoking!" Here I hesitated.
i"Teli me about it," said she. - -
"Well," said I, "as you probably live
In the East, and as I live In the far
West, and as there is no probability of
oar ever seeing the. people or even of
knowing, as far as yon are concerned.
wno tney are. I will tell you about It
think I can do so without Impropriety.'
laughed I, "specially as it is a love af
fair, and all the world loves a lover."
At this the pretty girl looked intensely
eager, and I prepared myself to tell the
story of the lost photograph.'
"I can best begin," aaia I, "by read
ing you a letter." .
Taking from my pocket a letter' In a
man's writing, I read aloud this para
graph - -:
"She Is a beauty, Ned, and no mis
take. I am wild for you to come East
and meet ber. She Is a Southern arlrl.
hut comes North now and then to see
her grandmother or aunts, or something
of that sort Makes her headquarters
at Boston. .v ' V-i- 1
But that Is hot the best part of It
Ned. I could love her for her pretty
face and for her good qualities. But.
truth to tell, I am loving her Just a little
also for her money. Think of it! A
cool million, all In her own name! Came
into it last January. She Is very een-
erously inclined. Talks a great deal
about charity and all that But I think
her charitable impulses could be
curbed. At least I shall try it.
"My chances are excellent. Her folks.
strictest of Bostonlans, like me. She Is
"lii. I "P1" I
Accepts the trifles I send her. And
seems to think there may be somebody
worth having up here In the North,
even If she Is a Southern girt
Well,,- Ned, I deserve her. I can
make a woman nappy, though I am
afraid that I should never have fallen
so desperately in love with her if she
had been poor. -: ' .
Good-by. Glad you are coming East
soon. I inclose the picture of my beau
tiful heiress. Send it back to me. I
want you to see how she looks. Yours,
"CHARLEY."
"Now, isn't -that provoking?" said L
I read the letter, took out the photo.
laid back my head and fell asleep. Now,
when I wake up. I find It cone."
That is really too bad," said the
young lady. "I can see how badly lt
What will your friend-1
places you.
what was his name-Charley, say?"
"Guess he won't worry himself toIl""-auu'l'reBe leu uiemseives ana were
death," laughed I, easily; "he can ask!"06 mto tne Pvate office, where
the young lady for another. Lucky dog,
Charley always was."
"Almost too lucky," murmured the
young lady sweetly; "one would hard
ly expect so much."
Well, Charley deserves It; he de-?
serves all he will get'
Yes, all he will get," said the young?
lady; "he seems so frank and all-that!
sort of thing.".
After thla the conversation branched
out on general topics, and before long
tne young lady began to gather up her
traveling bag. "I get off at Brookllne."
"Allow me."
And with all grace I assisted her off
the train, sorry to lose so Interesting a
traveling companion.
A few days later I received this letter
from Charley: .,
"Dear Ned: The heiress Is stone cold
on me. I went to call on her the first
night of ber arrival north, and found
her pleasant but that was all. I could
not get Into conversation with her, f ...
she kept putting me off and engaged ..
a running Are of words with some stu
pid young cousins of hers." I could not
get a minute with her alone. Come.
Ned,, yon are a Beau Brummel and un
derstand girls. What is the matter with
her? What have I done? Send me
bak ber photograph. I find I am realhr
in love with ber. Yours.
4 rCHARLEY."
The next day there came this letter by
messenger:
"Go with- me to-night to call on her.
sent her some flowers this . morn Ins
early. Half an hour later I saw the
children carrylng.them to school those
stupid little cousins, probably, to give
to the teacher. You must go with me
to-night. Maybe you can tell what Is
the trouble. Yours desperately,
- "CHARLEY."
That evening, unwillingly, but to
oblige my friend, I called for him, and
together we' went to make a social call
at the home of his former frlotul h
vnnnff Inrfv w-n hflrl amlrianlv fi-iurniu1 '
J .- rS " -rf MWT.U
upon his suit
The house, a very beautiful one, was
gayly lighted, and from the Inside came
sounds of music, v .' ' r ' "
"Looks as though they were having a
party," said my friend. "They did not
Invite me." . :
"Never mind;, we will go anyway."
A butler admitted: us, and, we were
shown Into the parlor." A
There was a ripple of feminine laugh
ter, a rustle of silk skirts, and the next
minute I found myself-bowing low to
the prettiest girl I ever saw.
Yet her face was strangely, familiar,
and so was her voice, when she held
out her hand and said sweetly: "I be
lieve we have met before." -
"Why, why. so we have," I gasped.
forgetting my manners.
For the young woman was my tray
ellng companion of the week before.
"I think," said she. later in the even.
las', when we found a minute to chat
alone, "that I have some property be
longing to you. I picked up the photo
graph as it fell off your lap. It had
come out of the envelope, and seeing
that It was a picture of myself, I kept
it"
"You must have been Interested
the letter I read you on the cars."
"I was."
I will not try to picture the surprise
of my friend Charley, nor will I tell
how I won the girl.
But I will mention that the prondest
ornament of my library table is a cab
inet photo from which the sweet face oi
my wife looks at me.
OPPOSED BY THEIR OWN SEX.
Reason Whx Women Fail of Recogmi
. tion in Departments.
"Why is it that women are practical
ly debarred from receiving promotions
to the higher places in the government
service?" asked a government clerk of
a quarter of a century's experience.
The question was put to several ladies
in the Treasury Department , Before
any" one of them had time to reply - the
Questioner proceeded to answer bit
own Interrogatory.
- "It is because they are held back by
members of their own sex," he said.
"Some time ago a lady in one division
I know of was so favorably regarded
that she would have been made chief
of that division, but as soon as hei
prospects became known her. fellow
clerks of the same sex became indig
nant and united In a protest They de
clared that they could never work un
der -her; that they would a thousand
times rather have a man than a woman
to .'boss' them. They- wouldn't allow
her to 'lord it over thein.' '.
'mat is only a sample or many
cases. Women can be depended upon
to antagonize women under such cir
cumstances. Not only did they do so
in the. case I have cited, but they act
ually gave the marble heart and the lev
hand to this woman after they defeat-
ea ner prospects or promotion. I am
satisfied that one ot the most lnfluen
tlai obstacles to women in their effort
to secure equal recognition -wlth -TDen
comes from their own sex." - -
The man who had asked and answer
ed the questions then moved off before
his audience of lady clerks had an op
portunity to reply to his assertions.
Washington Star.
Vendettas of the Present. ' '
ItJs through lack of information tha
the vendetta is referred to to-day as an
Institution of the past. Vendettas-
blood -feuds exist to-day not only in
Sicily, Sardinia and Corsica, but In
Kentucky and other of the southern
and western states, and also at tiiiitis
In. Enjland, Ireland and France. Italy
ana-tne east. .
t uas Happened recently that an
Albanian whose - relative had been
killed' by a Turkish vizier shot the
vizier's son which is at least a partial
exemplification of the vendetta. In
r'tlor. racT wh?ch1TTo' we 7
AfetalSla tha avOTAtn tea - wa 4 .r. - I M I I
del-stood that offenses sufiicent to start
a train of killings are rarely committed,
and a considerable degree of order Is
thereby preserved. .
As It is generally understood the ven-
detta orI8Inatl n te following prac
tice: An assassin was never allowed
to escape. The responsibility of punish
ment was assumed by the nearest blood
relations of his victim. There must be
blood, a death for a death. New York
World. -
Objects to Football Hair.
rnineas x. xxtunsDury, ex-governor
of Connecticut and president of the
Merchants' Exchange National bank in
New York, is a Yankee of theolcj school.
Some time ago an advertisement was
ln8erted ,n New York PaDerB fnat 010
jPanavwaniea a cieric. several ap-
sat the doughty president In charac
teristic attitude, bis feet perched' on
the desk and a big perfecto between bis
wUkered lips. The cashier had decided
on his man, when Mr. Lounsbury stop
ped him with a gesture. He whispered
a few words to him and the clerk was
not hired. Later It developed that tha
reason for the president's action was!
his antipathy to the applicant's halr
whicn was or tne rootDaii variety anq
parted in the middle. Aftar this dlcf
covery It was noticed that the colffura
of several of the bank dandles under
went a change and the Harlem barbers!
did an immense business.
Cosaaoka as Horse Traders.
A few months ago a Russian veter,
inary surgeon was sent into the TJraj
district by the Government to bu;j
horses for the army. He had been se
lected by hia- superiors because he wa
famous as a shrewd and sharp horsi
trader, who never had been beaten In
horse trade. But he returned from n :
experience with the Ural Cossacks i;
a chastened condition of mind, for thej
had cheated him frightfully. .
He confessed that with all bis cun
nlng he had. been perfectly helpless it
their hands, and he swore by all thi
saints In the Russian calendar thai
nothing should tempt him to try again,
His grief was made the more poignanl
by the fact that at the time they werj
swindling him so 'cheerfully and sue
cesfully a Russian bunko steerer strucj
their territory, filled them with a fird
conviction that the world was cominj
to an end in short order and sold then)
tickets for paradise at enormous prices;
--New York Press. :
Conversion or a Bull Fighter.
Guerrlta of Cordova, the most pop
ular of Spanish bull fighters, has ex
perienced religion and withdrawn front
ihe bull ring. He visited the shrine oi
Our Lady of the Pillar at Saragossa
became convinced that bull flehtlni
was. wicked, went home, and cut oi
I ttlA inn (V lWtr ant hales -! J. a ... !
J ' 1.
band followed his example.
" uicuiueiB OI Ili I
. V ": ' - Art. . - '
, "Spreader pawned his overcoat to gel
canvas to paint a picture." '
- "Did he sell the picture?"
; "Yes; what he got for it Just enabled
him to: get his overcoat back." Indian,
apolls Journal. ' - ,,.;-.
Tbe Unfashionable Creed.
- "TJncie"Chrlstopher, what was thi
primitive church?"
"Well, it was a church which Valued
its poor members as much as it did Its
rich ones." Indianapolis Journal.
' Some men never get done being mad
I about Christmas,
"I saw you kissing my daughter.
don't like it sir." "Then "you don'
know whaf s good, sir." Life.
"What's the difference between foot
ball and war?" "Foot-ball is war with
out any human object in view. Ex.
Teacher (angrily) Why don't you an
swer my question, Bobby? His broth
er Tommy (answering for him)
Please, sir, he's got a peppermint in
his speech. Tit-Bits.
Miss Thirty-smith (severely) A man
should never call on a girl after drink
ing. Jack Swift (cheerfully) That's
fact Many a man has become engaged
In Just that way. Puck.
Fuddy You call money "stamps,'
don't you? . Duddy And money is cur-
rency. So I suppose when you speak
ot an elastic currency you refer to rub
ber stamps. Boston Transcript
- Didn't move him: "Well, did the boss
give you a raise?" "No." "Not even
when you told hm you bad grown gray
hi his service?" "No. Gave me the
name of a good hair-dye." Puck.
Mr. Snell What are you crying for,
Elsie? His little daughter I've Just
read that the diamond mines may be
axhansted In seven years, and it's eight
before my coming outl-Jewelers'
Weekly. ' ' '
"From what I hear, Mr. Earnestly.
that son of yours at college is a little
fast" "A little fast!" repeated the; old
man disdainfully. "He holds the ama
teur record as a 100-yard sprinter."
Detroit Free Press.
Wallace There is nothing like matri
mony to make a man appreciate the
value of money. Ferry That's so,
dollar a man elves to bis wire does
look bigger to him than any other dol
lar. Cincinnati Enquirer.
Uncle Hiram What kind er thing is
that that woman s got on her necK,
Mandy? His niece That's a chinchil
la collar, uncle. Uncle Hiram Chin
?hlller.'hey? I want to know! Blessed
if I didn't think 'twas a chin-warmer.
Bazar. "
"How still they are." remarked Mrs
Fogg, apropos of the young couple in
the next room. "Yes," replied Mr.
Fogg, "it reminds me of my army days.
It was always wonderfully quiet Just
previous to an engagement" Boston
transcript - - -V
Dlplomacy: Mrs. Neighbors I ad
vertised for a plain cook last week, but
lidn't receive a single reply. Mrs.
Mextdoor Take my advice and adver-
ise for a good-looking kitchen lady,
and you'll be overrun - with aplica-
3ons. Chicago News.
So our friend is going to leave poll-
Jcs?" "He Is," answered Senator Sor-
f hum, "if he knows what's good for
aim." "It is too bad to lose him; ho
ras such an accomplished wire-puller."
"Yes; but he got hold of a live
wire. Washington Star.
"Oh, Tom!" exclaimed the bride of
ix months, "what do you think?
iother says she wants her body ere-
jated." "She does, eh?" said the hus
and; "well, tell her to get ready, and.
'II take her over to the crematory the
Irst thing In the morning." Ex.
Young lady (to married sister) Do
tell me an appropriate present to give
new baby. Married sister I know
Just the thing these, little Jeweled
safety-pins. Baby, darling, had one
given him six months ago and I have
worn it ever since. Harlem Life. .
"What did Noah live on when the
flood had subsided and his provisions
In the ark were exhausted?" asked a
Washington Sunday school teacher of
her class. "I know," squeaked a little
girl, after the others bad given ' up.
Well, what?" inquired the teacher.
"Dry land."
Its Beauty Departed: Wife (rushing
toward-shop window) Oh, look, here!
Husband Well, I declare! There is
jne of the tete-a-tete lamps you were
admiring at Mrs. De Style's. Wife
(suddenly stopping) Horros! It s
marked "Only two dollars." "New
York Weekly. -
Grigson Excuse me, MI twin, but
why is it that people Of your name are
generally such confounded bores? Mlt-
win I don't know. How many persons
of my name did you ever know? Grig-
son By George! come to think of it
you are the only one I ever knew. Bos
ton Transcript
"You see, it was this way: They were
all three so dead In love with her and
all so eligible that to settle the matter
she agreed to marry the one who should
guess the nearest to her age." "And
did she? "I don't know. I know that
she married the one that guessed tha
lowest" Pearson's Weekly.
Speaking of Cuban uprisings and In
surrections," said Wallace, "I shall nev
er forget one that occurred twenty
years ago." "Were you present?" asked
Ferry, "very much so. It happened
about five minutes after I had lighted
one of my father's big black Havana
cigars." Cincinnati Enquirer.
Asking : too much: American girl
And if I marry you will I live in an old
English castle, with turrets and bat
tlements, famed in song and story?
English Lord Yes, you shall. Ameri-
an girl And will you introduce me to
the Prince of Wales' set? English
Ixrd Um er not until I begin to
et tired of you. New York Weekly.
A burst of generosity: "I hear," said
the crusty old gentleman, "that there-
are some violins so valuable that no
body thinks of playing on them."
Yes. I saw one in a museum," replied
bis wife. "I wonder if I couldn't buy
one and trade it to the young man next
door for the fiddle that he has been
using for the last six months." Wash
ington Star. . '
Blotters or Historic Value.
A Philadelphia man owns a most
unique assortment of pieces of blotting
paper, collected by his father, who was
long an official of the White House,
each of which bears, reversed, the sig
nature of a President from General
Harrison, who died a month after his
election in 1841, to Garfield. On one
sheet the most highly prized of the
lot the last official letter signed by
President Lincoln was blotted before
he was assassinated by Booth. -
, How Diamonds Are Cat.
Diamonds are cut in three different
forms the rose, the brilliant and the
table, of which the second Is the pretti
est. It is a double pyramid or cone,
of. which tbe top is cut off to form a
large plane, and at the bottom directly
opposite to a small plane. .
Jerusalem's Population Increasing.
The population or Jerusalem has
been rapidly increasing of late and la
now about 45,000; of these 28,000 are
Hebrews.
He On an argument) WelL thank
goodness, I'm tot two-faced. She
You ought to be thankful. One face
like yours is enough. Ex, - -
HORSES FOR ARMY SERVICE,
They Must Be Stronsr, for They Have
Heavy Loads to Carry.
The study of the question of remounts
for English cavalry on Ind.au and
colonial service has brought out tbe un
expected result that of all the breeds
of horses supplied to tbe British cavalry
in India the Australian chargers are
the least fitted for- tbe conditions
the life. They are difficult to accll
matize and, though fairly satisfactory
in cantonment and on peace duties,
they break down rapidly under hard
ships of a campaign and can scarcely
stand even a month's outing during
the heavy maneuvers- in cold weather.
The experiment of mountlngthecavalry
on Arabs was trfed some time ago, but
their comparatively small size- and
light make was considered to make
them unsuitable for carry. ng tbe bur
den of eighteen stone which the British
trooper with his accouterments is sup
posed to average. . This argument has
however, been disproved by the ex
perience of the Ouidurmau campaign,
through which the Twenty-first lancers
were carried by Syrian Arabs of the
same class as those sold in the Indian
markets.
Even the ordinary country-bred horse
of India would be likely to be a more
serviceable animal in actual war than
the large-framed and more Imposing
looking, "waler." Of foreign horses
used as remounts tot British cavalry
abroad those supplied by South Amer
lea to tbe troops In South Africa
seem to be the most- satisfactory.
-looming rrom a grass country. . says
a correspondent of the Times on the
subject "where the breeders think
nothing of working a horse hard thirty
to forty miles a day with sixteen stone
on his back, a class of animal has
grown up which, while it has tbe con
stitutlon and stamina wanting in the
-Australian, has also the weight and
bone which are lacking In the Arab and
nvhlch would be essential If our cavalry
On foreign service were called upon to
jneet on equal terms cavalry mounted
bn European-bred animals." Sun
Francisco Chronicle.
LAW AS INTERPRETED.
A surety who has been obliged to pay
the obligation is held. In Pace vs. Pace
Va.), 44 L. R. A. 459, to have the right
,to prove the- entire ' debt against the
Insolvent estate of his cosurety and re
ceive dividends upon the entire debt
until reimbursed that half of tbe com
mon burden which belonged to the co
surety.
For the damages caused by the erec
tion of a pesthouse near the residence
of a person, it Is held. In Clayton vs.
Henderson (Ky.), 44 L. R. A. 474, that
the city is liable, notwithstanding, the
fact that it Is erected within a mile of
the city, in violation of a statute which
expressly makes ' the ofllcers liable.
without declaring that the city Is li
able.
A deed to a son of the grantor and
"his own brothers and sisters," is held.
In Morris vs. Caudle (11U. 44 L. R. A.
489, to give no Interest to a child born
short time after the execution of the
deed. And, although the deed was not
delivered until after the birth and also
the death of tbe child. It was held to
give no Interest to either the child or
those claiming under hlnu
Permitting a shivered pane of glass
to remain In a window above a street
where pedestrians are frequently pass
ing, when there is an apparent danger
of the pieces falling or being shaken
out by the wind, or otherwise. Is held,
In Detzur vs. B. Stroh Brewing Com
pany (Mich.), 44 L.R. A. 500. to
such negligence as will create a lia
bility to a person who is struck by a
Piece of the glass while on the side
walk below the window.
The right of a city to take a bond
from a street contractor to keep a street
and pavement in repair for five years
after performing the contract Is denied
in Portland vs. Portland Bituminous
Paving and Improvement Company
(Ore.), 44 L. R. A. 527. when the bond
covers in effect an injuries name to
arise from whatever, source and Is not
limited to defects In the performance
of his contract With this case Is a
note collating tbe : decisions on the
power of a city to bind a contractor to
repair a pavement which he makes.
Not a General's Egg.
The freshness of eggs Is carefully
graded In this country, but our distinc
tions are surpassed id delicacy by those
long since in vogne among the British
residents of India.
Soon after Arthur Wellesley, after
ward tbe Duke of Wellington, was ap
pointed a major-general for his great
services In India, he happened to stop
in Calcutta. At breakfast the hero was
served with boiled eggs. He took one,
broke tbe shell, and dropped it with an
air of disgust
"Laurell," he cried to his valet "what
do you mean by giving me a bad egg?"
The valet hurried to his master, and
examined tbe egg with tbe utmost seri
ousness. ";- . -
"I entreat your forgiveness," said he.
"but it's all a mistake. The stupid ser
vant has gone and given you an aid-
de-camp's egg by mistake."
The Point of View.
"Magnificence" may signify one
thing to one person and quite another
thing to another person. It Is related
that a gentleman went to a dentist and
asked him to "take a look at bis teeth."
The dentist did so, and seemed full of
admiration.
What do you think of them?" asked
the patient
"Magnificent! magnificent!" was all
the dentist could say.
"Then you don't find anything to do
to. them?" i ;
"To do to them? Why, there are four
to be pulled, six to be filled, and three
be crowned!" said the dentist
Not tbe Worst,
As an Instance of the sort of things
one might wish to have expressed dif
ferently, a prominent physician reports
remark made to him by a patient
The doctor had written a note to the
lady, and on his next visit she asked
him to tell her what two words In it
were, as she bad been unable to deci
pher them.
"It has been said or me that my writ
ing Is the worst thing about me," said
the physician, laughingly, as he sur
veyed his own scrawl with doubt
Oh, but I m sure that is not so!"
was the hasty disclaimer. "Far from
It doctor, far from it!" : -
, . A Hacrilejrlona Urchin.
An urchin in a country parish of
Scotland, having been told by his
parents to read a newspaper aloud to
them, commenced to do so In the usual
drawling manner of tbe parish school.
He had not proceeded far - when his
mother stopped him short exclaiming:
"You scoundrel! Hoo daur ye read
newspaper wl' the Bible twang l" fteot
tish American. w ,
A woman who is a good bluffer caa
aca man to deatlv -
Sir. Robert Ball makes the statement
that, of 80,000,000 suns the existence
can be proved scientifically. Around
each sun its planets revolve. The elec
tric flash which girdles the earth seven
times In less than a second might
travel straight ahead for eighteen hun
dred years and not reach the farthest
of these known suns.
The earth's orbit like those of such
other celestial bodies as can be closely
studied, is elliptical, but not to such
an extent that tbe variation from a cir
cle could be detected by the eye were
the orbit reduced to proportions that
the eye could grasp. Its - long and
short diameters differ only In the ratio
of fifty-nine to sixty. . The moon'
greatest distance from the earth's cen
ter is 252,000 miles, Its-least distance
221,700 miles. '
In the Batignolles tunnel, near Paris.
incandescent electric lamps, arranged
in rows along the tunnel wails, are to
be automatically Illuminated and ex
tlngulshed by passing trains, the rims
of the car wheels operating the electric
switches. The lamps, being each
ten-candle power, and placed at the
height of the car windows, will serve
to illuminate the Interior of the pass
lng coaches, thus superseding the use
of lights in the. train. "
A French scientific Journal, L'Elec-
tricien, describes an electric substitute
for the barber's scissors. It consists
of a comb, carrying along one side of
Its row of teeth a platinum wire
through which flows an electric cur
rent As the comb passes through the
locks to be shorn, the. heated wire In
stantaneously severs the hairs, leaving
them of even length,' and sealing the
cut ends as in the ordinary process of
singeing with a taper. A similar de
vice Is a curling iron, kept at an even
temperature by an electric wire in the
Interior. . ..
Prof. E. C. Pickering of the Harvard
Observatory suggested a few months
ago the desirability of constructing an
extremely long telescope for the pur
pose, of photographing stars and plan
ets. He now announces that the money
needed has been given by anonymous
friends of science, and that a telescope
of the desired kind, having an aperture
of twelve Inches and a length of at
least 100 feet will probably be Teady
within a few weeks for trial at Cam
bridge. The Instrument Is to be placed
In a horizontal position, and a mova
ble mirror will reflect the light of the
stars Into the object glass.
Figures are sometimes impressive
simply by being so stupendous that
the human mind grasps them with diffi
culty. An English physicist in a recent
lecture, in order to bring to the com
prehension of his hearers the idea of
ultimate particles of water, sajd that
if be were to empty a tumbler contain
ing half a pint of water, letting out
each-second a number equal to one
thousand times the population of tbe
earth, it would require somewhere be
tween, 7,000,000 and 47,000,000 years to
empty tbe tumbler. Lord Kelvin says
that if a drop of water were magnified
to the size of the earth the particles
would be between the size of cricket
balls and that of footballs. If that
statement is correct the drops of wat
er in all the oceans are not many times
as numerous as the particles, or mole
cules, in a single drop.'
GETS IDEAS WITHOUT MONEY.
a Story Writer Secures Sequela
and Does Not Pay for Then.
"There's a man who has twenty clev
er fellows working for him; they give
him their best brain power, and yet
none of them have ever secured a dol
lar for It!" -
It was 2 o'clock In a down-town res
taurant and the speaker nodded toward
a small, dark man who sat at a table a
lew feet away. The little man Is a
writer of short stories of a thrilling and
dramatic character. He Is as prolific a
writer as "Old Sleuth," and mates a
big Income yearly by his pen. He lives
at a hotel down town, and while he has
no regular connection with newspapers,
his hours are those of a reporter on a
morning Journal. Twelve o'clock at
night finds him In some of the news
paper offices or at the rooms of the
Press Club In friendly chat w'lth a
bunch of "all-nighters." '
He writes his melodramatic stories
up to a crisis, lays down his pen and
walks over to a city room, where a
dozen reporters . are throwing the last
of 'a day's writing into the copy basket
Everybody soon begins to spin yarns.
"Curious thing came under my notice
few days ago," begins the writer of
melodramatic tales. He sketches the
plot of his unfinished story to the diffi
cult . point which has stopped him.
Now, what do you suppose happened
next?" he philosophizes, flicking tbe
aehes from the end of his cigar.
"I'll bet so and so," shouts one of the
boys.
"Pshaw, that's not likely," interposes
second. "People under such circum
stances would have " and he finishes
the story.
In fifteen minutes the romancer has
half a dozen plausible sequels snggest-
i to him. He makes mental note of
lem, strolls out and over to his hotel
.vlth the rest of his materials ready
made without effort on his part
"Is that man a vampire or a genius?"
"Neither one; a clever, lazy man."
Can He Do. These Things?
Your 18-year-old boy may have a good
deal of Latin and cube root BaTS an
exchange, . but unless he can do the
things enumerated below he is not even
ordinarily well equipped as a business
man or as a man of the world. Can he
do them?
Write a good, legible hand.
Write a good, sensible letter.
Speak and write good English. .
Draw an ordinary bank check.
Take It to the proper place in
the
bank to get it cashed.
Add a column of figures rapidly and
accurately.
Make out an ordinary account
Write an ordinary promissory note.
Measure a pile of lumber in your
shed. I
Spell all the words he knows how to
use. 1
Write an advertisement for the local
paper. i...;.. . .....
Make neat and correct entries In day
book and ledger.
Tell the number of bushels of wheat
hi your largest bin and their value at
current rates.
Tell something about the great au
thors and statesmen of the present day.
German Sloyole Train.
A new sign has been added to the
German railway time tables a picture
of a bicycle indicating which express
trains carry wheels.
It is a swift age: children think
their parents are crazy, and parents
hlBk their children are crazy, .a...
a Cat as a Fire-Alarm.
Had it not been for the mewing of a
pet cat for two or more hours early the
other morning the Kisthardt home
would probably have been burned to
the ground while members of the fam
ily were asleep, says the Philadelphia
Public Ledger. Several pieces of hot
coal fell from the kitchen stove on the
floor and ignited the carpet. The
flames spread slowly, but harassed the
cat to the extent that it made itself
heard. Members of the family were
awakened, and coming downstairs they
found the kitchen in smoke. Had the
fire spread to the pantry, where some
dynamite was stored, the house must
have been blown up.
New Cable Lines.
France is dependent upon England .for
news of the Transvaal war, because the
cables are under their control, and she is
ready to spend a vast sum of money to
free herself. This is like many people who
have dyspepsia, send a fortune seeking
deliverance. They should try Hostetter'a
Htomach - Bttters. It never 'fails to cure
dyspepsia, constipation and biliousness.
The inhabitants of Winton, England,
believe that with the close of the cen
tury the world will come to an end.
DEAFNfcSS . CANNOT BI CUKID
By local applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. .There is only one
way to cure deafness, and tbat ia by eonitltu.
tional remedies. . Peainesa is caused by an in
flamed condition oi the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube sets in
flamed you hare a rambling sound or Imper
fect hearing;, and when it is entirely closed
deafness is the result, and unless the inflamma
tion can be taken out and this tube restored to
its normal condition, bearing will be destroyed
forever; nine eases out ot tea are caused by
catarrh, which is nothing but an inflamed
condition of the mueous surfaces.
We will five One Hundred Dollars for any
ease of Deafness (caused by catarrh) tbat can
not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Core. Send lot
circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY COu, Toled a
Bold by Druggists, 75c
Hall's Family Pills are tha best.
It is not generally known that Bud-
yard Kiplinng's lull name is Joseph
Rudyard Kipling.
TO CURB A COLD IN ONE DAT
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. . W. Grove's signature
is on each box. 25c.
A novelty is the cold storage of hops.
This is done in several places in Eng
land.? -
Only Safe Med idee for Children.
The tender little inside of children are
ruined by violent trarees. Dills or HoHids. Cas-
carets are pleasant, harmless, effective. Drug
gists, 10c, 25c, 5Uc. . . . . . . .
Some naturalists believe that hares
never drink, but get enough liquid for
their needs in the dew on the grass they
eat.
VITALITY low. debilitated or exhausted cured by
Dr. Kline's IiiTiKOratins Tonic. FKKKtl. Trial
Bottle containing; 2 Weeks' treatment. Dr. Kline's
institute, Kil Ann St., rmiadelpUia. Founded 187 B
Half a century ago nails were slowly
wrought one at a time with hammer
and anvil.
Mothers Will find Vr Wlnalnw'a RAlh.
Ins Syrup the best remedy to use for their
-""iu tn uunug iuD teeming jnnvu.
Henry James, the novelist, does most
of his writing at night.
Two bottles of Piso's cure for ennsnmn-'
noil curea nie oi a oaa lunsr troll Die. Mrs
J. Nichols. Princeton. Iud., Mar. 26,1895,
The quickest wink on record is about
one-sixth of a second.
Improved Train Equiptneat.
The O. B. & N. and Oregon Short
liine have added a buffet, (looking and
library car to their Portland-Chicago
through train, and a dining car service
has been iimuguarated. The train is
equipped with the latest oliair cars,
day coaches and luxurious first-class
and ordinary sleepnis. Diieot connec
tion made at Granger with Union Pa
cific, and at Ogden with Rio Grande
line, from all points in Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho to all Eastern oities.
For information, rates, etc., call on
any O. R. & N.. agent, or address W.
H. Hurlburt, General Pafweoger Agent,
Portland.
A Syndicate Baby.
At New Brunswick, N. J., a syndi
cate of foster mothers may aelspt Ger
trude Davison, of Carman street, and
bring her up on the cooperative plan.
The syndicate baby is 11 months old.
Her mother, Mrs. John Davison, died
recently, leaving five children, four of
whom have been placed with relatives.:
Not knowing who would take Gertrude,'
the father advertised her for adoption.
Several charitable women said that it
was the first time in the century that a
child had been so advertised in . New
Brunswick, and they began to organize
the syndicate.
In Maine there are 17 spool factories.
and the white birch trees of that state
annually supply the material for 800,
000,000 spools, on which are subse
quently wound about 60,000,000,000
yards of thread. .
Lovely Book Free.
Onlv a A?w CODlea left, send todav. Tha vnlnma
is gorgeously illustrated with numerous cravings
or mining sceiM-s and the grandest scenery In tbe
Ilockv Mountaihs. the edition coat Sl.oootn nnhllaa
It is not an adv. for anyone. Merely to introduos
our big illustrated family weekly wa will send a
copy of the above fine book free to all sending us
Our paper pubilsbes each wsek stories of adven
ture, all the latest mining news, and Illustrations
of scenery. Tenth year. C'lnbs of S for too, T for 1
bill. Mention this paper and address Westers
Weekly, Denver, Colo.
wuhxsi stamps ior a u weeaa- trial soosertpMoa.
CORIN WHEAT
Will out-Tield corn: will make the aamektnrl
of meal; hss superior lailenlng qualities; will
solve the problem of fattening Hogs and Cattle
In a wheat country; should be sown in the
sprirur the same ss .wheat and will vlelrl imn
5j to 100 bushels per acre ; the straw after it ia
thrashed has an ollv substance and It ia almrat
-as good as bay.
rrlce or seed ioc per pound or SS per
hundred. Address
at. SHIELDS at CO., Moscow, Idaho.
AN APPEAL TO HUMANITY GENERALLY
We need your assistance la Soaoaaeiag ta the war Id the GREATEST REMEDY that Science
aver produced, and you need our assistsnos to secure relief for yoaraelf and friends
through SWANSON'3 "f DROPS."
APPMPnV CI IDDT
seat I Kan La I W aaf r WW aaa
it, so will "5 DROPS" unfailingly conquer all
Lumbago, Catarrh of all Wads, ASTHMA. Dyspepsia. Backache. Sleeplessness, Nervousness.
neart weakness, lootnacna, earacae. Creeping Numbness, Bronchitis,
Liver and Kidney Troubles, etc, etc., or any disease for which we rec
ommend it. DROPS" Is the name and the dose. "5 DROPS" is per.
fectly harmless. It does not contain Salicylate of Poda nor Opiates in any
form. Tbe Child can use it as well as the Adult.
' Read carefully what Mr. L. R. Smith, of El Dorado Springs, Mo., writes
ua under date of Nov. 37, 1899, also Marfan Bowers, of Carsghar, Ohio,
"T RHEUMATISM
I do not know bow to express bow wonderful I think your" S DKOrt"
medicine Is. I was suffering Intensely with XEORALOIA and tbounht for
a month tbat I wonld hava to dia. On, At a lalv ..llul tji ma anrt hmnohl
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mean advertisement of your "A DKOPt." 1 resolved to try It and sent for a sample bottle. Have
been taking It for three weeks and Hare not bad an attack of suffering stnoe I took the first dose. I be
lieve it hss saved my life. This statement JsposltlTelT true. I shall also take pleasure In reoommend
lngyour OM for the 0ue of XATCaaAXttiA. 1 R. SMITH.
Tone Ma Tfc HOPS" earn to hand mi tha 11th nf
ferlng at the time with untold agonies. The first dose
tne name oi uoa ior it. it will do all you say It will,
When nlaht name 1 eonld not alaen. Thaworatnaln
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Of f A VC to enable sufferers to glvee DROPS" at least a trial, wa will send a sample bottle, pre.
sw fcaTa. g 9 paid by mall for . A sample bottle will convince you. Also, large bottles (SOS doses!
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American
r
Founders WS'" tt TYPE
Company
"A Thread Every Day
Makes a Skein in a" Year. "
One small disease germ carried by the
blood through the system lutll convert a
healthy human body to a condition of in
validism. Do not mail until you are bed
ridden. Keep your blood pure and life-giving
all the tone. Hood's Sarsaparitla
accomplishes this as nothing else can.
Fishing is the favorite pastime of a
Rock Rapids (Ia.) dog. It swims out
into the water and catches the fish in
its mouth.
PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
Fsam mid Wlra Works.
PORTLAND WIRJ A IKON WORKS: WIRB
and iron fencing; office ralllug, etc. KM A Ider.
Machinery and Supplies.
CAW8TOM A CO.: KNGINKS, BOILERS. MA.
chlaery, supplies. 48-50 First St., Portland, Or.
JOHN POOLE. PoBixAHD. Orsoon.
can give you the best bargains in general
machinerr. eneinea. hnilera tank-a
plows, belts and windmills. The new
teel I X L windmill, sold by him, is un
equalled. ffutTEirsnim
Scientifically made
Therefore the bkst
INDIAN RELICS WANTED.
Cash paid forStone Arrows. Spears,
Pipes, Axes.etc. Write end send out
lines to H. P. Hamilton, Two Rivers, Wis.
A Don!
OHIO who bad bare
made expanses witn a
wen uriniiur out-
took our advice and
sought one of ouraaad
aaa stm-ciaMa..-,
Well Machines,
ta4 4td T.M worth of drilHnf with It lst year.
rhr or Ben who ref um to takirooj advtc whn
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lias
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-v It contains no dangerous drugs it hss
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atoM by Drsurjrists,
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ircular sent oa reauesft.
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s mention tms paper,
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