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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 17, 1891)
"5JVJ'-' Delicious. BISCUIT. MUFFINS. WAFFLES. CORN BREAD. GRIDDLE CAKES. Can ahvavs be made with Powder. And while cakes and ure. thev will be found flaky 4 m - grained, not coarse and full of holes as are the biscuit made from ammonia baking powder. Price's Cream Baking Pow der produces work that is beyond comparison and yet costs no more than the adulterated ammonia or alum powders. Fii Hre's stands for pure food and good health. A LITTLE OVERSENSITIVE. Tho Simple Ilrinuik That Almost Kndetl a (iiMitl.-inmi' I.lfi hi Kentucky. We were all chatting pleu-tintly in tho smoking compartment of a Michigan Central sleeper tho other night, v. lieu wnno one be gan to rail at what he deemed u prevailing lack of delicacy on the part f American women. He said that the men, ns a rule, overestimate the sensitiveness of women and that in their common contact men are moro punctilious than those of the oppoi-ite sex. A quiet, handsome man ho was tented in tho corner and had befcie remained tilent at this knocked the allies from his cigar and said: "Gentlemen, I tnu-t disagree with the last speaker. The nearest i ever came to being shot was once when a woman misunderstood mo from pure iveieiisitiveir'ss." "How was thntf'' every one asked in a breath. "I had n friend." he said, "not an intimate friend, but something much more than an ordinary acquaintance. The man was named Gardner, and was thoroughly good hearted, but very hot headed and stubborn. Some years ago lie married, and afti-r his return from his wedding journey ho met mo on tho street one night ami fairly drugged mo up to , his charming little house and presented mo to ' his wife. She was very gracious. Gardner produced a box of cigars, insisted that I should take one and at the same time lighted one himself, saying that there should be no formality in their house, and that I must drop in at uny time, without announcement or formality. I tell you it was pleasant and comfortai-le. Then, while Gardner sat be fore the lire und smoked, his wife went to tho piano and U-g.m to play a nocturn of Chopin. It iva. a dream to hear her, for she was almost an artist, und I, an enthusiast in music, stepped over an 1 turned tho pages for her. When sim had finished she began to improvise softly and to tell moot' her educa tion and early life. Among other things sho said that her parents were very strict in cer tain matters, and that she had never yet been within a playhouse, much less heard an opera. "At this, thinking only of her rare appre ciation, I said: "I should hue to bo with you when you hear your first opera.' "At this I thought ho stiffened a little, but she played u f;-w chords in silence, then, aris ing from the piano, p hailed fatigue, excused herself and retired. 1 don't know why it was, but I felt somewhat uncomfortable, and, re sisting tho 'resting imitation of my host to remain, went home as soon as I could with reasonable politeness. "Tho next day I was kept from my ofllco until nearly noon, and upon reaching it was astonished to find awaiting me a note signed by Gardner, which ran as follows; " 'Silt I ha tailed to find you thismorn iug. What do you mean by inviting my wifo to attend tho theatre without a-klug my per 'niissionf' "I at once replied: " 'Slll-I havo not asked your wife, with or without your permission, to attend tho theatre.' "To tho second missive cume the reply; " 'Sin My wife says you did do so, and I behove her. You would do well to send her a written apology, mldres.x.d to me, by 0 o'clock.' "Then it all Hashed over me, and I wrote, not an njiology, but uu explanation, und tak ing advantage of u good bu.ims excuse left for New York at a quarter to 4. For, you see, nil this hapjieued in Kentucky, whero they nro apt to do their investigating a little too lato for comfort." Detroit Free Press. Why tin Juds" Hurried. Judge Peters teils tho following story, and i nl ways laughs as ho tells it: faherill Urown had been elected in Penobscot county, and hnd made his son tint igo or messenger in' court. Judge Peter presided nt tho first , term, and in the middle of the forenoon an- 1 nounceda recess uf fifteen minutes. He ro tired to tho library ami soon U-eame im mersed in some legal books, looUing up soma points of law. When tho time mentioned bad expired the jury camo in, but tho judge did not. The llruivn boy, who was anxlom to have everything go oir in good shajw uu-, der his fathor's udmini.tration. grew uerv-, ous, and ut last made a bolt for the library. 1 Walking in and pulling out his watch, ho tapped tho judge ujioii the shoulder aud said: i 'Come, Mr. Peters, you've got to hurry. ( Your time is up, and the folksaroa-waitlng." j The Judge "hurried." Lowlston JournaL , An Unfortunate Stumble. An unfortunate stumblo sjtoiled an ancient ikeleton, aud deprived somo museum of a chance to get a line specimen at Hamilton, O. Mr. Tweedalo, who give his leisure mo ments to tho pastime of briuglug the content of ancient wound to the light, dug up a giant of old, whoso kkuletoii was Indubitable evi dence that tho person It ohm Iwlongud to was over seven feet tall. Tweedale, with bU valuable freight carefully eucireled by hU .i i Z disastrous The riwle shook simply pulverU! i tho skeleton. Thro nun nothing left of It but a pile of ilutt Tim decutl Out of a foruur aKe, IxiMMVW, had found at iMtt oiw ilneere mournr In lh Nlinrtventh twiitury. Nw York tu. A ih'vel initlo.l of plowing wax that rwMiiiU)' iuhtud by oulurwl iuuii in KurtJi t'uMiiw. Uu mr rhuHl to wurk wbu IM'tMtfl to tin jJww, ami thtfiwiilwii In ltMi.U.1 (t lu u rt uim trtt in -I thu j l w l"hii' I ho i aM Jlw ). . u. di. (.. .i ,w unit lltuniwr with DUMPLINGS. POT PIES. PUDDINGS. CAKES. DOUGHNUTS. Dr. Price's Cream Baking biscuit will retain their moist- and extremely lijrht and fine Missionaries Assaulted In Japan. The Pacific Mail steamship City ol Peking has arrived, bringing files of newspapers from Yokohama to May 20, from which tho following is taken: During the past few months several missionaries in the vicinity of Yokohama were assaulted and brutally beaten, the injuries in one instance terminating fa tally. First there was tho unrevenged j murder of the Rev. T. A. Large; then ( tho assault and reckless persecution of ' tho Rev. J. Summers, followed by the perpetration of a wanton outrage on the Rev. Dr. Imbrie on Saturday, May 17. It appears that tho Rev. W. Imbrie. D. ! D., of tho American Presbyterian mis sion, in company with the Rev. J. L. Amennan, D. D., set out to witness a i baseball match. j In entering the field, however, tho ; former crossed a hedge, while tho latter went around tho inclosuro to enter on tho other side. Thus tho two wero separated, and it was during this period that tho assault took place. Tho mo ment tho students descried Dr. Imbrie they savagely fell upon him, beat him severely, and one of them cut a deep gash in his cheek with n knife. Dr. Im brio saved his life by llight. Tho out rage was reported to United States Min ister Swift, and efforts will bo made to punish tho offenders. Tho Rev. Mr. Summers was persecuted to such an ex tent, and tho lives of himself and family threatened so, that ho was obliged to abandon his residence and seek protec tion in Yokohama. He subsequently embaraed for England. San Francisco Alta. A Steak That Cost 830,000. Tho trip of George Francis Train nround the world has recalled some of hiseccentric doings when he was wealthy. Nearly twenty-five years ago ho was in Denver and had called for beefsteak for breakfast, insisting that ho wanted it broiled. It came to him fried. Ho abused the waiter and tho cook, but ho got no satisfaction, and finally swallow ing his anger and a portion of the steak wandered out into the office, where ho met the proprietor. The subject of tho steak was discussed between them in animated language for a few minutes, when Train suddenly asked: "Say, what will you take for this hotel and get out today? You don't know how to run a hotel." Tho proprietor named .-13,000 as his price, which was a figure far above its real value. "All right," said Train; "I'll take it. Make out tho papers at onco and I will make out a check for the amount." The hotel was duly trans ferred to Train, who discharged tho waiter and tho cook, ran tho establish ment lor two weeks, called in an auc tioneer and sold out everything to tho highest bidder. When ho settled up with tho man of the red Hag he found that ho had paid just $20,000 for that fried steak. New York Press. Illulne's New Fon-ln-I.iiw. I was told upon good authority that Walter Damrnsch's income was now not less than -.20,000 a year, which for a young man barely 30 years of age, and a musician at that, is not doing badly. Notwithstanding that he does tho work of two men as assistant director at tho opera house and conductor of his two societies, he finds time to give every winter n number of musical lectures upon liis favorite composer, Wagner. Ho first began to givo his now famous Wagner lectures in the parlors of rich New Yorkers who wished to entertain their friends, but such was tho demand for tickets that for tho last two years they havo been held in public halls onco a week, and if New York is not entirely converted to Wagnerism it is not Wal ter Damrosch's fault. Cor. Charleston News. Clutched tho Pulley unit Saved Illmtelf. ' Mr. Charles Griffin, while engaged in adjusting ono of the largo pulleys at tho , leather board mill, Milton, N. II., came , near losing his life. Ho was inside tho 1 pulley, and, the gate not shutting tight, his weight on the front sido caused tho shaft to start, find his only chance for , eafetv was to clutch tho arms of tho pulley nnd revolvo with it. It was a desixjnito move, but ho did so, and for two or threo minutes rodo as fast ns n man often has an opportunity of doing. Oscar Hueston discoy red thi Mttiution and stopiwd tho machinery. Griflhi waa releasod from ids dunger unharmed. Cor. Boston Herald. i A Ghoul SlntUod it I'lirlOlne Hulir. TJio inotliu! ut purifying writer In ventel by l)r Willmin Amlwouii. anil now omploywl nt Antwerp with hhwum, coii-M In nhtf Hi wittur tlirmigli ft lowy rovulvUiu i)llidi iwiitulnliig . .Ill- i .,, 1.. ... I, .mi. t.1 kjjfrti I tU ir l(rf...iiii -i.i. ...... ii.li UftUwl t . . . K . t ... . CITY WINDOWS. Through manj- cn evening, while my spirit pains. Amid the por us city's ebb and How, , A keener sens .' solitude, than they know j Who dwell on de He hills or houseless plains, I roam long t-t.-rts wliero dubious dlmneM reigns, Whero bright lncnitablo windows calmly plow. And with mysterious pleasure, n I go, Bhape wierd conjecture, from tho Illumined paces: Inyouilcv room two amorous hearts may thrill; Some fiery quarrel here mny prow apace; There may some vigilant mother, psle and still. Head In deep a.uiiy oYr a wasted fnee; And here a mur.ftws by some bed may spill Tho deadly colorless drop that leaves no trace lldgnr Fawectt. MICKEY FLNTS BASS. "Mickey, Lav' vo th' wurrums?" said Mr. Finn. "I hav' a tor.mty can full of wurrums an' four big grasshoppers In a bottle, an' tin grubs that I found in a rottin' boord, an' sivin crickets an' two cockroaches as black as coal an' as big as your thumb, an' a bumble bee shuro I pulled out his stinger with th' tweezers" "Ah. hoult on, sonny. Faix vo hav' enough of bait t' catch all th fish in Jacob's Valley. IJring all them things in here till wo havo a look at thim." When Mickey had brought all his bottles and boxes into tho kitchen and placed them on the table they presented quite a formidable array. The crickets were con fined in u cigar box, and when ho lifted tho lid to permit his father to havo a glanco at the bait, the crickets jumped i out upon the floor, and the tame crow showed a liking for crickets which It never before had exhibited. Tho worms proved to be of the night walker order. Mickey had caught them by the nid of a lantern as they crawled through tho grass of Stumpy field the previous evening. Tho bumblebee escaped when little Miko took tho cork out of the bottle, and lie w awav to tho clover field near by. Said Mr. 'Finn: "Yo may as well pull up ono o' thim bane poles'in the yard an' fasten ycr lino to it, an' so ye ll lie ready for th' lnornln', fur we'll bo" startin' again th' toimo th' sun is up." Early next morning, while yet the grass was diamonded with dew, little Mike nnd his lather started up the Old Point road. Mickey was heavilv freighted. Ho car ried on one arm a hirgo market basket, which contained two cigar boxes and vari ous bottles, containing bait, both solid and liquid. Tho latter was for his father's exclusive use. One of tho cigar boxes was filled with a varied assortment of fish ing tackle, including a number of rusty screws for sinkers, codfish hooks stuck into a cork, an old chalk line, five soda water bottlo corks and a number of other articles which the boy hi his ignorance deemed necessary for iishing in a country brook. After leaving the Old Point road the way led down a little lane whero a brown thrush sang a solo in a tree and a golden oriole flitted across the lane nnd littered liquid notes. Under the tree where the onolo sang in a field filled with cocks of now mown hay there bubbled a little spring. Tho water came up through the sand at tho bottom of tho spring and shifted it liko drops of quicksilver. Ly ing down at full length tho fishermen put their mouths down to this livinir snrimr nnd drank deen draue-lits. 'Twas nature's own chumpaguo. There was life In tho water. Tho sun had kissed t lie spring and tho sweet scent of hay stole Into it. Somehow Mickey didn't appreciate the water as much as his father did. Ho said ho would rather havo a glass of root beer anv time. When the brook was reached the sun had gained Its meridian, but its rays could not penetrate the dense foliage on the banks overlooking the water. In these cool pools swam sunfish with golden scales, and brook bass which resembled bars of burnished silver as they Hashed their gleaming sides in the sunlight. Mickey was so eager to drop tho lino in tho water that ho could scarcely put a worm on his hook. At last tho tackle was all ready.when a six inch trout, look ing almost translucent in tho clear water, came swimming up the stream. It stop ped almost opposite whero tho boy stood, lazily fanning its dorsal and ventral fins. Said Mickey, with parted lips und bated breath; "Keep still, dad! Wait till you seo me haul 'im out!" Slowly the hook sank beneath tho sur face, an'd tho worm in all its squirming, juicy plumpness rested on tho sand be foro'tho nose of tho trout. Tho two held their breath and awaited developments. Tho trout slowly backed away from tho worm for a distance of ono foot, then it moved forward and smelt of tho bait. There was a moment of intense suspense, nnd Mickey's pole shook as though It had tho palsy, 'i lieu tho trout darted liko a beam of sunshine into a shadowy place beneath tho bank. Mickey's disappoint ment was great, but ho choked it down, und said with almost a sob in his voice: "Dad, I almost had 'im!" "Yes," replied Ids father: "hut you didn't have any salt on his tail that time, mo lad; thry ngin." Then Mickey s father lay down upon the grass on tho banks of tho stream and went to sleep, llo had just entered tho bor ders of dreamland when ho was awakened by a shout which echoed like a fire ulurm in tho valloy. Ho sat up and listened. Again ho heard tho shout aud distin guished theso words: "Dad, I got c bltol" Mickey's father plunged into tho under brush and forced his way through tho overhanging branches of tho trees to the ploco whero tho sound camo from. Ho had not gono twenty feet, however, bo foro a cry so Jubilant, so full of triumph, so instinct with tho passion of possession, camo to him that he knew at onco some thing Important had occurred. Looking through tho aisles of tho wood ho saw Mickey lyiag upon tho trunlc of a big tree which projected out over the sfream. la order to maintain his poult Ion Jio had to haug on with ono hand and with tho other no new ms rou. Again no cneti is ugi tated tones; "Golly, dad, my dobber's under." "Pull up, counvl Pull upl" Mickey did pull up, aud dangling from the end of his luio was a brook bass about five Inches long. Hut Mickey was lu such a pofcltlonthut ho could not laud Ida tish. Aud so ho huggl tho trco and palpitated aud pcraptred und munagod to lift the fish just so fur out of th wutor that Uu tall tottmed tue ewuuug currni. Thu ulctur ivm such a i.lvaklnir ono to MUtiy ' futWrthat Im UhI hidden by the follugo aiui vwU'hwIhU buy' dlluintr.n fur at leiut tv imIuuU Mm 'lM vw,t to tint rfceti Tlu hu (did dun n thu tmiik and held Mh-ky ut that Im aould laud thu lUli bl.ulf, whim i van hmmii " Si.WSwtiBfvr u liiKJ. f ' clement there wai no touch of pity In Mickey's heart: only a look of triumph lu Ids eyes, only an itching of tho lingers until" ho could clasp his prize. For fear that the tish might get away Mickey put It in his trousers iockct, "where it re mained securely for live hours. What a day that was cror.mod full of joy. In the afternoon, v..-n tho sun sh'one down ujhmi the mc.i.ow with Its fervent heat, Mickey made several excur sions after grasshoppers, for ho found that the tish refused to take worms, ami his grubs had long since Ix-on exhausted. Mr. Finn did not tish himself, but sat i itlon the bunk of riie stream smoking his pipe nnd contemplating the beauties of nature. He also gave expression during the day to several philosophic reflections, such lis, "Muslin, if 1 had all th' ground 1 could see wid me two eyes, divil a shovel would I hatne, an' we'd kapo a cow!" Just ns tho twiTht was coming on little Mike landed an cl as largo as a lead pencil. He insisted on taking It home in spite of his father's protests.' When they left the stream tho total catch for 'the day amounted to one live Inch brook bass, one small eel and a little mud turtle, which Mickey intended to add to lus menagerie. He said he had hopes of "Tuehln' th' mud turklo to do thrlcks." When they arrived at homo the brook bass was taken from Mickey's pocket. The scales were baked upon it. Hut under ids mother's skillful direction, and with the help of his lather's old razor, the scales were removed from tho lisli upon the withstand in the back yard. After the head had been removed and tho tail cut off very little of the fish re- mained. Hut Mrs. Finn said she didn't care for fish, and so she prepared the fry ing pan to receive what was left of the brook bass for her son. In the meant I me the billy goat had been wandering arouiul the back yard in an In quisitive wuv. As this anlnial had nover i shown any desire for fish, Mickev paid , no attention to the goat. The lisli lay upon a plate near to the kitchen door, i and little Mike stepped inside to get some I snlt with which to sprinkle tho tooth I some delicacy. When he came out with the salt cellar in his hand tho lisli was gone. The pinto remained, however, and ! little Miko looked under the bench and peered around the corner of the shanty. Then he went inside and asked his mother if she hail seen anything of tho fish. Mrs. Finn replied tluit she had not, and her motherly soul yearned over tho boy as she saw the tears in his eyes. Tlieu a thought suddenly came to Mrs. Finn. Leading iter son' to tho door she nointed with the index finger of her right hand to tho billy goat, who was quietly assimilating nn imitation tomato from the outside of a tomato can. Leaning over her bov she whispered in his ear: 'Me dariliit, if ye'll git th' ax an split open that billy "yc'U find your little lisli Insido iv him. Th' bastel" livening Sun. i:dltor Dunn In Ills Otllie. Tho editor's work day begins about 11 o'clock. His routine docs not dlller greatly from that of any other New York editor-in-chief, except that ho has, per haps, a moro close supervision of his edi torial page. It is very seldom that any thing is printed there' which he does not first caretully read. Ho is also a caroful reader of newspapers, and ho clips a great deal of the miscellany that is used in tho .Sun. Ho does not 'write much with his ! pen, but dictates editorials to his steno grapher. Although he does not leave tho office boforo f o'clock, ho is not now u hard worker. Hfc is systematic and ac complishes a great deal, but it is not a "grind." His workshop Is on the north west corner of tho building, on tho third floor. Ono enters it after passing across ono corner of tho "city room" where re porters and editors are assembled in a rather miscellaneous manner thenco through the library, and so into tho pres ence of "tho chief'" as the Iwys call him. His room is not large and certainly not luxurious. Aside from its occupant, tho first thing whLh will attract the visitor's notice is the famous owl, which perches upon a high revolving book case facing tho door. Hon. Thomas C. Acton is tho owner of uio owl. in tuo muiuio of tho room is a largo desk, and . in one corner Is a small round table I whero Mr. Dana sits. It is regarded us an evidence of tho eccentricity which i people are bound to credit him with, that Mr. Dana leaves his nice largo desk and sits at the little round table, but us a mat ter of fact it Is a dniplo question of light. Mr. Dana's eyes have never been strong, and ho can seo much better in this corner near tho window than lu tho middle of tho room. Tho big desk Is too largo to go into tho corner. A largo portrait of Marshall 0. Roberts hangs above tho table. There aro also in the sanctum an enirrnvluir of Abraham Lincoln, a picture of Judge Samuel Hlatchford. a medallion j tf Hen Hutler and a fine photogruph of Horace Gteelev. It is said that this pho tograph was "stolen," or, in other words, that tho camera was trained upon Mr. Greeley in an unguarded moment. At any rate, It represents him In an attitudo of deep abstraction, with his overcoat collur turned Inward. There Is a veined whito marblo mantelpiece in tho room which is loaded with bric-a-brac, includ ing somo curious old candlesticks. Thero aro also threo chairs, a loungo and au other table. Mr. Dana receives callers pleasantly, If ho receives them at all. Probably ho is no moro Inaccessible than other men in his jiosltion. Certainly a vast and In congruous multitude como to seo him in tho course of a year. Now York Letter. An Iiitcreitlns Quentlon. I havo noticed that thero is a dlffcrcnco In tho bearing of people hi general In tho different seasons of tho year. Thero aro , men who wall: erectly and who hold their heads high in tho winter. Tako these same men in tho summer, and thero 1s a very perccptlblo droop to their shoulders ery ad a ana an inclination oi tno neav. jorwuru, In tho winter this defect in their corrlngo will havo been remedied, and they will walk as straight as ever. I havo studied tho matter with much interest, but whether It Is duo to a general loss of etamhia from the system, by reusou of tho heat, or whether it la a natural Instinct of tho man to protect himself, his face and eyes, by leaning lorwuru, i uavo not ue termlncd. It may bo duo to both causes, or may not be cause at all. At tho least It is an Interesting quostlou. William McNameo lu Ulobo-Dcuiocrat. A rroffuloiml Opinion. Young Mother (whoso baby lias been weighed by thu butcher Ami how much doc thu llltlu fulluw wdtfh, Mr. Hull. wliiuU? Ilutuliur 'JVunty pounda, tnum. , , , Young MolliW lto't ho a uplcixUd tilUldlllltitlf uiiiur WWull. from my lAimid Inn niiwdj la Ut - 'UU V Iff A Wlllll GRIP: o Their Masters Are Chinese Men and Opium. HOinUllLll FATE OF TWO GIRLS. Our Tried to Chrltliilllfi it MiHiciitlnn, Hlnl llo l.nl llrr Ovr the Mornl I'recl plci The IMIirr Lured to Unlit by Her Cousin. The facility with which the Chlnee luro white females to moral ami physical ruin constitute one of the most remarkable nud disgraceful phases of life In America at the present time. As a general thing the Mongolians who are to bo found in nearly all of the towns and cities of the United States, belong to the peasant or cooly class, ami come from tho province of Canton. Apparently they have no attrac tions of person or mind, yet when one of the fellows gets established in the laundry business he sets out to "catchee Melicnn gal," and if the police reports and the ptilv lishcd details of constantly recurring and frightful scandal are to bo credited ho usually succeed. Let one walk through the haunt. of tho Chinese in New York, San Francisco, New Orleans or Chicago mid he cannot fail to notice the presence of scores of bedraggled, hollow cheeked white women, somo of ! -.S. WISO I.KK i.izzii: Sl'ltOUI. whom carry in their arm slauteyed babies of yellow hue. The pervading smell of opium suggests the rest of the hideous tale. Hotly and soul the poor wretches are given over to the mastery of the worst represent atives of a race that ha refined and inatlo a science of vice, ami draw temporary pleasure from the deadliest ulitl ntost tie (.tractive drug that ever reduced a human being below the level of the foulest beast. The Chinaman resembles the Caucasian "masher" In one respect he doesn't he.sl tatoas to the means by which he may cab tare a victim When he tires of the slum variety of female that fulls a willing prey to his silver ami opium pipe, he dons his best blouse and miiiiner.s ami goes a-lieltt. It Is painful to record that one of his favor ite hunting grounds W the Sunday school, anil that the latest shameful escapade has occitrretl in connection with the elTorts of gootl people to teach the strangers from the orient the principle of Christianity. In Canitlen, X .!.. live Mr David W. Sproul, a respected citizen anil an active member of the Methodist church. Some time ago he joined with others in estab lishing a Chinese mission, anil among tho teachers was numbered his Innocent daughter Lizzie, an Impressionable maiden but fifteen years of age Wing Leo wiw one of the pupils. He showed great inter est, and regiettetl that he could receive In struction only on the Sabbath, To remedy this Miss Sproul called at his laundry during the week. Other visits fol lowed. Wing gave her presents anil sho grew infatuated with him. Too late her parents discovered the situation ami tried to end the Intimacy, but they only precipi tated the climax. Wing anil LI..lu lied to gether. The girl's frantic father traced them to New York and a detective found them living in a dirty tenement on Pell street as man and wife without the for mality of a marriage ceremony. The Chi naman was locked up, ami, heartbroken, Mr. Sproul took home his ruined ami un repentant child. Grace Gordon is an opium fiend who Is about thirty years old, but who looks older. Hefore she was out of her teens sho fell Into tho clutches of a yellow fiend and has lived with him anil his friends ever since. Of late she has acted as their stool pigeon ami has lured others to the horri ble existence with which she has become habituated. Some mouths ago she visit etl her cousin. Frances Kustls.at Portland, Me. The girl was virtuous ami respected. She worked uh it telegraph operator. Her du ties were soinew hat exacting, and life seemed hard at times. So she listened when Grace pictured to her the delights of existence lu the Chiuesu quarter of New York city and the Joys to bo drawn from "the pipe." Indeed she taught Frances to smoke and thus paved the way for her downfall. Tho two went ClI.VItLKS WOO KltANCKS KUSTIS. to the big city and straight to the den on Doyer street which tho Gordon woman called home. Chinamen welcomed them, Miss Kustis smoked herself almost to In sensibility, and when she woke tho follow ing day sho found that in every way sho was In tho clutches of her new companions. Her first "protector," Ung Chin Hln, soon abandoned her for financial reasons. It cost lit tn two dollars a day to keep Fran ces lu opium. Then sho took charge of n "plpo dive" and got to be known as the "yen hoc queen." Now It Is announced that she will wed in a week or two with a liiundrytniui named Charles Woo. Sho "doesn't like white people," and the old days of honest work at Portland nre only liko a misty dream conjured out of tho fumes from her precious plpo. And all this hi less thuu six mouths' time! C'U'UAa 1E WEItDK. Novel Halt Agulntt Landlord. People who live lu rented hou&ea or apartments will follow with liitret tho progress of a suit brought by Wuylund Kiiowlton, a lawyer of Melfiwt, Mo. Hu seeks to obtain t.'.OOO on tho death of u child ton year ago. Tho writ, drawn by Mr. Kiiowlton hiuiMdf, ayi. In siibiluuco, that In IM! lie Mrud tho Monrwi lumo In Holfunt. that thu liousu was warranted to ho comforMblu and warm, thu furimuo good ami iiiuplu lu final tho hulls Hut, on tho wutrury, thu ollr wall wwru uraukisd, willed Jul In U. void, und ihw fiiruauu wws old anil liiMiflUiuiil l uuiiUiuto of hi'-U I UiftWlN bi uui mi . by r..ui, Hii'i "r uiwiv i. Mr IiimvIumm fiu Ma ttiw.ll liiJnriKl ill hi'lir "'! '.. mjurud III Id biUlna und put iv uiuil upuiiu, ml : V 1 Ss-vVflN. FAMOUS AS A STORY WRITER. An Appreciative Sketch of tho Mfo mnl y'ork of Jiiiie Lnne Allrti. During the pnt half dozen years n seoro of brilliant writers have sprung up In thn south One of the latest to attract atten tion, and one of the most gifted, is Jnmen Lane Allen, who was born several ymra before the outbreak of the civil war, near Lexington, Ky.. whero tho generations oC his family ha l llwl since the time of tho lir.t emigration from Virginia. On hln father' side he i descended from Colonel William Pa ne. hii officer of the Kevolu tiou, on hi mother's stile from Pennsyl vania Scotch -Irish tock. The early yenm of his life were passed on the small farm nhlch was hi birthplace. He had few rouipaiiions anil was much alone with na ture. The el'ect of this communing ia easily discernible In all of hi work. Ho was first taught by his mother, and ah an early age he read many of the best lMxiks extant I jiter he entered Kentucky university, nt Lexington, which was thn first college of note founded west of tho Alleghenies Having graduated at tho head of Ills class, he took up a post gradu ate course and received the degree of mas ter of arts. It was his first Intention to fife himself for a professorship of tho Latin or Greek lanuuaue. and he had a n possible final aim the teaching of the science oi comparative philology After acting a tutor in several Ameri can colleges, however, he cave up icadetnia life and began to write. The scenes oftho touching tale he has told are laid in Ken tucky, and the period of which he treats in generally that which Is known a ' lforo the war." He describes the agriculturist! of the blue grass section as being "a cros? between the bucolic and the arisrocrntic. as gentle us shepherds and as proud nn kings, and not seldom exhibiting anions both men and women types of character which were as remarkable for pure tender, noble states of feeling as they were com monplace In powers and cultivation of mind." Mr Allen first attracted attention by several beautifully written articles (In scribing tho Trapplst Monastery, Uethscin line, and his subsequent romances, "Tho White Cowl" and "Sister Dolorosa," founded upon material obtained while ity vestigating the convent and monastic life- Speaking of t he motives of his work re cently, Mr. Allen said- "My literary aim In writing the articles descriptive of life and nature in Kentucky has been to train my JAMKS LANK AI.LRN. eyo to see, my hand to report, things n& they were, as a preparation for imaginative work, which 1 hoped in time would follow; nnd the result of my first experiments ita tho field of Kentucky fiction is embodied in the collection now published under tho title of 'Flute and Violin.' It is always o5 service to know the relation In which, a writer stands to his own work, aud 1 ana frank to declare that I look upon theatt tales as so many pieces of wreckage, for 1 have written them In the face of a storm of obstacles. Some day I hope to come into port with richer cargo, aud. from longor, calmer voyages." Mr. Allen Is a charming man to mcefc. He is a brilliant conversationist and n ripe scholar, lie has been giving a series of readings through the south lately with great success. He left his old Kentucky home to live lu New York, but Is now a resident of Cincinnati. GKOItOK II. Yhsowink. A Vi.iihk Woman's Triumph. Another member of tho so called weaker sex has Just distinguished herself Tho triennial prize of SU00 offered by tho Coh den club to the Victoria university at Manchester for the best essay on an econ omic question has been awarded to Mis Vlctorlne .leans lor an essay on tho "In dust rial ami commercial efiects, actual and prospective, of the Kugllsli factory act legislation." Tills is the first Cobden club university prize that has been taken by a woman. Gordi.ii-Ciimiiilug'H IScatitifiil Itrldo. Lady William Gordon-Ctiinnilng was Miss Florence Josephine Garner, of Now York, and bravely married the baronet im mediately after the conclusion of the bao carat trial lu which ho fared so badly. She is the daughter of an extremely inde pendent race. Ilor father was the late Mr. William Garner, and her mother was Mis Marcelite Thome, a famous beauty of Louisiana. Shu was a bright brunette, but her daughter Is a clear and ruddy blond, with fair hair, full gray eyes and a small chin. .Mr. and Mrs. Garner, her only brother nnd threo friends wero drowued by th foundering of their yacht, and three Ga- LAI1V WILLIAM aOllllON OOMMINO. nor girls wuru UU orphan. The oik, then but el lit. U llulV thu MumllWU liretulilb FlureiiLU IVI14 I hell SIX, Mild ihlnl I him a ImliV. la a 1(1 II 11 If Ifldtf kuVBiiieuii. Mr iiuruer a iumm h ..... .1 .11 A Tlmy wuru Mwrwl by llmlrauiU. Hft J r.i.iii. ivIuuh iLiuuhtur U now IhtfWlf . . tf . .. . 1... 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