Corvallis gazette., June 15, 1900, Image 4

PACIFIC COAST NEWS
Commercial and Financial Happening!
of Interest In the Growing
I 'Western States.
The mines owned by the War Eagle
Consolidated Mining Company on
Shaw's mountain are growing better
and better as development progresses,
says the Boise Statesman. The Mc
Carthy property is now producing some
very rich ore, specimens showing gold
in large quantities.
In the Paymaster, after following
the ore chute some 300 feet, the man
agement determined to open stopes
preparatory to starting the mill. Five
upraises were started for this purpose
and in every one of them the vein is
far better than in the level. It is
about six feet wide, and there is four
and a half feet of ore that runs close to
$10 a ton.
Altogether the outlook for this group
is most encouraging. All that was ex
pected was to open a good property,
but it now looks as though it would
turn out to be a bonanza.
Work on the concentrating mill is
progressing rapidly and it is hoped to
have the plant ready to run by the
Fourth of July. It will be a novel
sight to see that mill in operation.
There is no other plant like it in the
West.
Iron Dyke Sold.
The famous Iron Dyke mine, on
Snake river, has been sold for $85,000,
says the Cuprum, Idaho, Standard.
Mr. Charles M. Reed, of Erie, Pa.,
was the purchaser. The debts of the
former owners of this mine, the North
west Copper Com pan v, amounted to
about $65,000, which' leaves $20,000
above the indebtedness. This insures
the payment of all the company owes,
and will place several thousand dollars
in circulation here. Mr. Reed is very
wealthy, and now that he has gotten
the other members out of the company
will no doubt prosecute development
work as rapidly as possible.
Buffalo Hump.
Charles Sweeney and his associates
have returned from Buffalo Hump,
where they have been inspecting their
properties, says the Lewiston, Idaho,
Tribune. They were highly pleased
with the conditions there and will soon
have big operations in progress. The
shaft on the Big Buffalo is being sunk
at the rate of from two to three feet
per day, three shifts being at work.
The saw mill is cutting 10,000 feet of
lumber per day and the 10-stamp mill
will be ready for operation in 80 days
Struck it Rich.
Frank Chesley, a well-known mining
man of Baker City, made a big strike
of very rich ore in a new vein on the
Nondescript. The group of claims in
eludes the Black Prince, Mizpah, Gold
en Era, Golden Era No. 2, Pot Luck,
Lost Cabin, The Doctor, The Hub, The
White Rose, the Ellen and the Mount
Lily, and is situated about four miles
from Sumpter, near McEwen. The
ledge is 16 feet between well-defined
walls, an is believed to be one of the
biggest finds in the district.
Mumps is epidemic in Olympia.
The bunco men reaped a harvest of
$1,250 in Seattle in one day recently.
The court house at Coquille City,
Or., has been furnished with over 200
opera chairs.
Five thousand or more young salmon
were turned into the Coquille river
last Thursday, by R. D. Hume.
The oyster experimental station at
Keyport, Wash., is completed, and the
oysters planted there are doing well.
Three inches of snow covered the
ground in the Axe Handle district, 16
miles from Anteleope, Or., last week.
The Lakeview, Or., United States
land office has received supplies to re
place those destroyed by the recent fire,
and has opened up for business.
The Lakeview, Or., Odd Fellows
will build a large two-story brick
building for lodge purposes in the place
of the one that was burned.
On Friday morning's freight Kiddle
Bros, shipped from La Grande, Or., 17
carloads of stock to Omaha, eight
horses, eight of cattle and one of mules.
The Dufur Dispatch says three cases
of smallpox aie reported in Wapinita,
Wash., and it is said quite a number
have been exposed to the disease.
Insurance adjusters are flocking to
Lakeview like bees, says the Rustler,
as $85,000 loss among the various com
panies calls their attention to the fact
that there was a fire in Lakeview.
The steamer Bismarck, which had
been moored at Coquille City, Or., for
several months, filled with water and
sank last week. She was probably
snagged. The boat was bnilt in Port
land in 1892.
Buyers are contracting for this year's
hops at 10 cents, says the Tacoma
Ledger. In the Yakima districts buy- j
ers are onenng to mase contracts at a
and 10 cents. Not many contracts
have been signed at these figures.
Country millers in Eastern Washing
ton have been receiving communica
- tions warning them that a movement
was gorfig fowrard to form a flour trust
in Washington and Oregon, and urging
them to attend a meeting in Spoakne,
with a view to organizing for the pur
pose of dealing with the alleged trust.
C. S. Farrow, of Eugene, Or., has
invented a sidewalk nail which is
driven into the sides of the boards in
stead of the top. He claims it keeps
the boards from getting loose, and at
the same time prevents shoes and
dresses from bejoi torn by projecting
nails.
M. J. Heney, chief contractor of the
White Pass road, has written to Seattle
for all the good general railroad labor
ers he oan get. Men are daily leaving
the work for the gold fields.
The Bellingham mill at New What
som. Wash., which has been idle since
1891, will be put into operation. The
E. K. Wood Lumbering Company, of
Ban Francisco, has bought the mill,
and will spend about $25, 000 in equip
ments and the building of dry kilns,
wharves and warehouses.
A party of 13 timber hunters from
California passed through Klamath
Falls on their road to Fort Klamath,
near which place they expect to locate
timber claims. They reported that
mother party having the same object
in view will be along in a few days.
WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW.
Wholesale Business of a Modest I'har
acter Cerels Are Hicher.
Bradstreet's says: New business at
wholesale is of a between stations char
acter, but warmer weather has offered
a stimulus to retail business in some
sections. Chief activity and most at
tention is, however, still concentrated
on the price situation, and efforts to
readjust quotations to meet current de
mand and supply conditions go forward
steadily. The exception to the general
downward trend of prices is that fur
nished by leading farm products, nota
bly cereals, but here the moving cause
is hardly so favorable, being the result
of less satisfactory crop reports, par
ticularly from the Northwest, and it is
to be noted that advices from the
Northwest, where the winter wheat
yield promises to be very short, are
also less favorable.
Corn crop advices remain favorable,
as likewise do those of oats, but the
grains and hog products have sympa
thized in the upward movement of
wheat, which has at last broken from
its lethargy and is again attracti ig
speculative attention, foreign croj
advices, it might be added, are not flat
tering. The German rye crop promises
to be very short; the same report
comes regarding French wheat and En
glish crop advices are not of the best.
Cotton is slightly weaker.
Leather is dull and rates weak.
Wool is dull and on the whole
slightly weaker at Eastern markets.
Mills engaged on women's wear-goods
are fairly well employed. The outlook
favors lower prices for the new Spring
weights.
Surplus visible wheat supplies are
decreasing rapidly, lending interest to
current unfavorable crop reports.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Markets.
Onions, old, 7c; new, 2c.
Lettuce, hot house, 25c doz.
Potatoes, $16(317; $1718.
Beets, per sack, 90c$l.
Turnips, per sack, 40 60c.
Carrots, per sack, $1.
Parsnips, per sack, 50 75c.
Cauliflower, California 90c $1.
Strawberries $1.00 per case.
Celery 40 60c per doz.
Cabbage, native and California,
$1.00 1.25 per 100 pounds.
Tomatoes $2.50 per case.
Apples, $2.00 2. 75; $3.00 3. 50.
Prunes, 60c per box.
Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c;
dairy, 1722c; ranch, 1517c pound.
Eggs 19c.
Cheese 14 15c.
Poultry 14c; dressed, 14 15c;
spring, $3.50.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00
12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $18.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23;
feed meal, $23.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25;
blended straights, $3.00; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $13.00;
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef
steers, price 8c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c;
pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 8
10c.
Hams Large, 13c; small, 13J;
breakfast bacon, 12sc; dry salt sides,
8c.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 52 53c;
Valley, 53c; Bluestem, 55c per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham,
$2.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 35c; choice
gray, 33c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $14.00 15.00;
brewing, $16.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid
dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $10 11; clover, $7
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 3540c;
seconds, 45c; dairy, 25 80c;
store, 25c.
Eggs 14c per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00
4.50 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
$2.503.50; geese, $6.007.00 forold;
$4.506.50; ducks, $3.005.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 14 15c peT
pound.
Potatoes 40 65c per sack; sweets,
22jc per pouna.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c;
per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cab
bage, IMo per pound; parsnips, $1;
onions, 1 c per pound; carrots, $1.
Hops 2 8c per pound.
Wool Valley, 12 18c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 10 15c; mohair, 27
30c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 334c; dressed mutton, 7
7 '20 per pound; lambs, 5 l2c.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.50; dressed,
$5.006.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.004.50;
cows, $3. 50 4. 00; dressed beef, 6,'a
to per pound.
Veal Large, 6KTKo; small, 8
8)fjC per pound.
Tallow 55c; No. 2 and grease,
324c per pound.
San FrBucuco Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 14 16c per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 15c; Val
ley, 1820c; Northern, 1012c.
Hops 1899 crop, 11 13c per
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery 1717Mc;
do seconds, 1616c; fancy" dairy,
16c; do seconds, 14 15c per pound.
Eggs Store, 15c; fancy ranch,
17c.
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
20.00; bran, $12.50 13.50.
Hay Wheat $6.5010; wheat and
oat $6.009.50; best barley $5.00
7.00; alfalfa, $5.00 6.00 per ton;
straw, 25 40c per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 60 65c; Ore
gon Burbanks, 90c $1; river Bur
banks, 35 65c; new, 70c$1.25.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,
$2.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
6.00; California lemons 75c$1.50;
do choice $1.752.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50
2.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, 66ic per
pound.
ft BUFFALO'S IX
EXT spring the city of Buffalo
will throw open to the world the
gates of an exposition which will
go far toward making Buffalo famous
for something else besides the Niagara
Falls. For two years artists, landscape
gardeners, architects and public-spirited
citizens have labored with but one
point of view, to make the Pan-American
exposition of 1901 a show notable
among the minor expositions of the
country. It will not be of a class with
the Chicago World's Fair, for to that
stupendous exposition all the civilized
world contributed its share. Indeed, the
very name of the Buffalo exposition
signifies that it is not a world's fair,
but an exhibition of the products and
progress of all America. Canada, Mexi
co and the States of Central America
will vie with manufacturers and pro
ducers of the United States In the com
petition for medals and diplomas, and
the exposition will serve to bind still
closer together the peoples of this con
tinent. The aggregate resources of the Pan
American exposition authorities
amount to $5,800,000 and with this
sum a splendid exposition should be as
sured. The government appropriated
$500,000 for the government exhibit,
the State of New York added $300,000
and in addition there Is an authorized
capital of $2,500,000 and an authorized
bond issue of the same amount.
In June, 1899, the national govern
ment, through the Department of State
at Washington, issued invitations to
the foreign nations of the western hem
isphere to participate in the exposition.
Official acceptances have already been
received from Canada, Mexico, Hon
duras, Nicaragua, Salvador, Guate
mala, Guadaloupe, Dutch Guiana, Bo
livia, Argentine Republic and Chili. In
official assurances have been received
that the other South American coun
tries will accept the Invitation as soon
as the necessary forms of legislative
sanction have been complied with.
General Plan of Exposition.
The exposition grounds include 350
acres, of which 133 acres are improved
park lands, a part of Delaware park.
The grounds are about one mile from
north to south and a half mile from
east to west. Their situation is in the
northern part of the city, accessible
from every direction. The park lands
form the southern part of the extensive
grounds and are pronounced by expert
landscape architects to be among the
most beautiful in the world. The trees
and shrubbery in wonderful variety,
the romantic footpaths leading In all
directions among the thick foliage, the
loveliest of lakes, on whose surface
numberless swans and other water
fowl of immaculate plumage are con
stantly at sport, the wide reaches of
lawn and the rich embroidery of flow
ers everywhere to be seen all combine
to refresh and restore the mind of him
who tarries within these delectable pre
cincts. The visitor who approaches the expo
sition from the south will enter the
grounds on Lincoln parkway, a broad,
beautiful, shaded boulevard. Crossing
the triumphal bridge, which will be
one of the artistic beauties of the
grounds, the visitors enters the esplan
ade, an Immense open space which will
accommodate 250,000 people and in
which It is designed to carry out vari
ous ceremonies during the exposition,
at which a great concourse of people
may attend.
The visitor is now fairly within the
grand court formed by the main group
of exposition buildings. The court is of
the shape of an inverted T. The ap
proach, fore court and bridge are about
1,000 feet in length, 300 feet wide. The
main court is 2,000 feet long, 500 feet
wide, and the transverse court, across
the esplanade, is 1,700 feet from east
to west. On either side of the trium
phal bridge are the mirror lakes. These
are a part of the grand canal, which
completely encircles the great group of
buildings, and upon which the visitor
may ride in one of the many electric
launches or take a more leisurely trip
in a Venetian gondola. The canal is
lined with young trees and banked with
gras3 on its outer edge. Picturesque
bridges cross it at many points.
Standing on the esplanade and fac
ing north the great group of buildings
at the right, at the extreme east end
of the transverse court, are those of
the federal government. The main
building, in which will be sheltered a
greater portion of the government ex
hibits, is 600 feet long by 130 feet wide.
A central dome rises to a height of 250
feet above the main floor and is sur
mounted by a statue of Victory, twenty
feet high. The lesser buildings, each
150 feet square, are west of the main
building 150 feet on the north and
south lines of the main structure.
Curved colonnades connect the smaller
buildings with the greater, forming a
spacious semi-circular court opening
to the west. The government exhibits
will include the aquariums and Ichthy
olbglcal collection of the United States
fish commission and extensive collec
tive exhibits from the Philippines, Por
to Rico and Hawaii.
At the far western end of the broad
transverse court Is the horticultural
building, 220 feet square, flanked on
the north by the graphic arts building
and on the south by the forestry and
mines building. They are connected by
circular arcades, forming a broad court
similar to that inclosed by the govern
ment group. Behind the arcades are
the conservatories. The Esplanade is
made beautiful with fountains, sunken
gardens, pergolas and colonnades.
Immediately north of the Esplanade
is the court of the fountains. At, the
right is the ethnological building and
at the left the music building, each 150
feet square. The court of the foun
tains is to be the great center piece of
the exposition. Here the principal elec
trical displays are to take place. The
court is to be illuminated at night with
the diffused light of more than 100,000
incandescent electric lamps, the dis
tribution being so perfect that there
will be no shadows. Colors will be ex
tensively employed to produce fantastic
effects. The huge steel tower, 350 feet
high, which stands at the north end of
the court of the fountains, will be used
In the production of extraordinary elec
tric features. One of these will be an
electric waterfall thirty feet wide and
of seventy feet descent, from a niche
In the tower. The tower itself is of im
posing design and intricate workman
ship. The many foundations in the
great basin of the court will be made
beautiful at night by means of electric
lights of all colors. The very extraor
dinary electrical features of the expo
sition are made possible by the fact
that electric power from the largest
power plant in the world, at Niagara
Falls, is to be provided in unlimited
quantities. This power plant is only
half an hour's ride from Buffalo and is
one of the great sights for visitors to
the exposition to include in their itiner
ary. Opposite the court of the fountains
the the two big buildings of the exposi
tion, the machinery and transportation
building on the west and the manufac
tures building on the east These are
each 500 by 350 feet and each has a
beautiful tropical court with an
aquatic pool in the center.
Some of the Buildings.
From here a broad avenue shaded by
poplars, called the Mall, extends be
tween the agricultural and electricity
buildings and beyond them are the
manufacturers building and ten acres
devoted to live stock exhibits. Head
quarters of all the officials of the expo
sition will be in the service building,
which is close to the machinery and
transportation building, one of the most
important structures of the exposition.
The massive steel tower divides the
court of the fountains from the Plaza.
It stands in a large aquatic basin and
a picturesque bridge enables the vis
itor to reach it from the Plaza. In the
tower, at the height of seventy feet, is
a large restaurant. There are prom
enade floors at various heights and a
balcony near the summit, from which
a bird's-eye view of the exposition, the
city, Lake Erie, Niagara River, and
open country may be obtained. AH the
floors are reached by means of elevators.
POSITION
The Plaza Is 500 feet by 350 feet.
Standing at the tower building, at the
right, is the stadium building, 341 feet
long by 52 feet wide, with towers 164
feet high. This ornate building forms
the entrance to the athletic field or
stadium, where 25,000 people may be
seated to witness the high-class ath
letic contests to be provided. The ath
lectic carnival of 1901 is intended to be
the greatest ever given in A.inerica.
Of course there Is a Midway. No ex
position would be complete without one
after the world-famous "Midway" of
the Chicago exposition of 1893. Mid
way of the Buffalo show will be in the
form of an anchor, one rather winding
street lined, with the principal shows
and a cross street at the end for the
"overflow." Applications for space on
the Midway have poured in from all
conceivable sources and for all man
ner of entertainments and novelties,
and the director of concessions will be
enabled to choose a splendid lot of
"shows" for the street.
The general style of the buildings is
that of the Spanish renaissance, modi
fied to suit the character of an expos!
tion. There is a generous use of color,
the red roofs and tinted walls giving
the completed work a festival aspect.
Domes, lanterns, pinnacles and statues,
waving flags and streamers make gay
the sky line. The facades of the build
ings are everywhere broken with elab
orate architectural features and ar-
caded effects are much used through
out the vast group. There are more
than twenty large buildings and mas
sive architectural works, besides the
numerous state and foreign buildings.
buildings for special exhibits, public
comfort and other purposes. The ex
tensive use of trees, shrubs, flowers
and aquatic pools relieves the severity
that is usually encountered in exposi
tion groups.
Nevada Spunk.
There is a humorous florist in this
city by the sea. Whether it is inten
tional or not, nobody knows, but he has
certainly had some funny experiences
of late. The other day a woman In
Nevada wrote to him that her husband
was dead and that she "wanted some
thing nice for John" to be sent at once.
With due dispatch he plucked a horse
shoe off the wall where it had rested
for years, and filling It with sweet
white roses, he forwarded it to the
widow.
In a few days the expressman drove
up and said the charges on an awkr
ward-looking bundle he carried were
$1.05. The florist paid him, and upon
opening the little gift found the horse
shoe, looking as if it had had a bad
night, and thoroughly dilapidated. On
top was pinned a slip of paper which
said:
"Dear Sur Mebbe you think yer
funny, but even if my John wuz a
blacksmith you needn't send no horse
shoe. He wuz rispsctable and honest
and you hain't got no right to' make fun
by him."
At last accounts the budding young
man had made no reply, but it's two
to"one that If some gambler dies he will
send up a broken wheel. Salt Lake
Tribune.
Invented the Arc Light.
A patent record which has been un
earthed at Toronto shows that the or
iginal Inventors of the electric arc light
were two Toronto men, Henry Wood
ward, a medical student, and Matthew
Evans, a saloon-keeper. The Invention,
completed in 1873, was the fruit of their
joint experiments. It was patented In
the following year.
'Protection" Tor Gamblers.
It is estimated that gamblers in New
York have been paying over $2,000,
000 a year for "protection."
- jj w-uat x ue more
Important matters will come in due
time.
When a woman neglects her hus
band's shirt she is no loneer the wife
of his bosom.
The original bunko man probably
came over in the steerage.
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIC PAPERS.
Pleaaant Incidents Occurring the
World Orar-Sayings that Are Cheer
ful to Old or Young-Funny Selec
tion, that Kvsrybody Will Knjoy.
Nell Maude tells me she is troubled
ivlth insomnia.
Bess No wonder, poor girl! She's
82, if a day, and has never been en
gaged.
Something Unusual.
Jaggsby I'm feeling awfully queer
this morning, my dear. I wonder what
is the cause of it.
Mrs. Jaggsby Oh, don't be alarmed
You came home sober last night, that's
all.
Information Wanted.
"Speaking of heirlooms," said the
landlady, "I have one which has come
down- through five generations and
"Pardon me," interrupted the fri
volous boarder, "but do you rater to
the butter?"
No Cause for Alarm.
Customer Wow! Didn't you clip off
a piece of my ear that time?"
Barber Yessah; but only er little
piece, sah; not 'nff to 'feet youh hear
in', sab." Chicago News.
He Still Had Them.
Judge I see you lost a couple of
front teeth In the fracas.
Prisoner No, your honor. I didn't
lose them.
Judge But they are missing.
Prisoner Yes, but I swallowed them
"Seek and Ye Shall Find."
Dixon I see Rover's back In town
Hixon Who's Rover?
Dixon Why, don't you remember the
young fellow who went to Texas seven
years ago said he wanted experience
and excitement?
Hixon Oh, yes. I wonder if he
found what he was looking for?
Dixon I guess so. I understand he
married a widow with five children.
Almoat aa Good.
"Do you believe you will succeed in
having your man acquitted?" asked
one lawyer.
"I haven't given much thought to
that phase of the question," answered
the other. "But I am absolutely confi
dent that we can have the trial post
poned often enough to prevent a con
vlctlon." Washington Star.
Particular.
Patience Why In the world doesn't
that fellow get married?
Patrice Oh, I guess he thinks no
girl will make as good a wife as his
mother used to make. Yonkers States
man.
Easy Matter to Adjust.
dhorty Can you reach it?
Longlegs No.
Shorty Let me on top, then. You
can hold me higher than I can you.
The Limit.
"Don't you think my act is funny?"
asked the comedian.
"It's the limit," said the continuous
manager, blandly. "It's ridiculous!"
Philadelphia North American.
Looking Forward.
Little Sister (angrily) Now, you do
what I say.
Little Brother I won't
Little Sister You won't, eh? Oh,
don't I wish we was grown, up, and you
was my husband.
Maater of the Situation.
How amiable your little boy seems
to be?"
Yes; we never object to anything he
wants to do." Detroit Free Press.
Southern Grit.
Ida When I was recuperating down
In Florida I used to go out and take a
sand bath. You people here in Chicago
never get a glimpse of the beautiful
Florida sand.
May Oh, yes, we get an abundant
supply of that beautiful sand in our
Florida strawberries.
A Fixed Opinion.
Irate Citizen I am going to kill yon,
sir, for calling me a liar.
Western Editor (calmly) That won't
change my opinion at all. Detroit Free
Press.
Ia It a Good Thing?
"They say good things never come
singly."
"I don't know. What about single
blessedness ?" Philadelphia Bulletin.
"I can't Imagine a woman marrying
a prize fighter.
"Too brutal?"
"I should say. Why, he would never
give her a chance to talk!" Philadel
phia North American.
At the Dinner Table.
"Georgie, don't stare at Mr. Crum
ley that way. It isn't polite."
"I was Just waltln' to see him pick
up his glass of water, ma. I heard pa
tell you that he drinks like a fish."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
One Objection.
"There was one thing I didn't like
about Bunker's lecture."
"What was that?"
"The fact that he was able to hire a
hall to deliver it in." Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Rudely Shattered.
"Chumlelgh says his first love was
his school teacher."
"Indeed."
"Yes. But he says love's young
dream was shattered the first time she
took him on her lap."
"That seems funny."
"Not at all. He was face downward
at the time." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Frequent Discovery.
"Yes," she said. "I have found my
husband out."
"Found him out?"
"Out every night!" Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
A Woman 'a Question.
"I see," he remarked as he looked up
from his paper, "that the British have
recovered that battery of guns."
"What was it covered with the first
time, dear?" she sweetly asked.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Way Around It.
"I shall never be able to find another
husband like dear John," said the
widow.
"I know," replied the persistent
suitor. "But wouldn't you like an en
tirely different one, Just by way of
contrast?" Philadelphia North Amer
ican. The Joy of Rivalry.
"Aren't you late cleaning house, Mrs.
Tozer?"
"Yes; but It such a pleasure to begin
when other women's houses are all get
ting mussed up again." Indianapolis
Journal.
Why Jonea Ia Not Working.
Friend Is Jones working here now?
Manager No, he got loaded, we fired
him, and he went off.
Sighting a Wrong.
Smith (angrily) I understand you
said my face would stop an automobile.
Jones 1 certainly never said anything
of the kind.
Smith Then I must have been mis
informed. Jones That's what you have. In
stead of stopping at sight of your face,
any reputable automobile would in
crease its speed. Chicago News.
Makes Its F scape.
Biggs Miss Cloepster says every
time she goes out In her rainy-day skirt
the weather clears off.
Boggs Clears out, she means. Ever
see it? New York Press.
Dramatic Expansion.
"Do you think 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'
can hold the public another season?"
"Oh, yes; we've Introduced a planta
tion cakewalk this year." Chicago
Record.
Turn Will Come.
The homely worm had been trans
formed into an ethereal creature known
as the butterfly.
"How you have changed!" remarked
the red spider.
"What brought about that beautiful
transformation?" inquired the white
gnat
"What caused you to turn?" asked
the grasshopper.
Then the butterfly spoke for the first
time
"Even the worm will turn."
Thus we find that passe sayings are
current in the field.
Distorted br Glamour.
'What Is the honeymoon, pa?"
'Well, the honeymoon is the only pe
riod In a man's life during which he
considers it funny to come home and
find that his dear little wife hasn't din
ner ready on time." Detroit Free
Press.
Man in the Kitchen.
"Well, Jack, how do you like keeping
bachelor's hall?"
"Oh, It's awful. I made coffee and
cooked one egg this morning and had
to wash fifteen skillets." Indianapolis
Journal.
Flowers in Mexico.
One of the chief delights of the city
of Mexico is its flowers. Roses, violets.
forget-me-nots, marguerites and lilies
bloom all the year round. There are
few weeks when a quarter will not buy
a splendid big bunch and when a silver
dollar will not fill the vases in the
house to overflowing. Flowers are sold
not only at the flower market near the
cathedral, that Is devoted entirely to
flowers, strawberries and birds, but at
the other markets and on the street
corners. The "flower girls" of the cap
ital are all boys and men. At some
places In Mexico, particularly Guadala
jara, little girls are to be seen on the
streets all day and in the evening offer
ing boutonnleres for which they will
not set a price, but ask you to give
what you please. It is hard to And a
flower on sale anywhere after midday.
The flower seller makes bouquets in
the most artistic fashion. The street
venders never sell loose cut flowers,
but arrange them on a basework of
green so that each flower stands by
Itself, and the whole bunch is prettily
finished with a garniture of green.
leaves or ferns.