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J N. S M I TH. M D ,
When I was ten and she fifteen—
Ah, me! how fair I thought her.
Hhe treated with disdainful mien
The homage that I brought her.
And, in a patronizing way,
Wonld o f my shy advances say:
“ I t ’s really emit© absurd, you see;
H e’ s very much too young fo r me,”
A ND S U R G E O N
Dallas, Oregon.
Offio* on Mill 8t., North of Court BQMA
D R . W. H. B U B X L L ,
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I'm twenty now, she twenty-five^-
W ell, well! how old she’ s growing.
X fancy that my suit m ight thrive
I f pressed again; but, owing
T o great discrepancy in age,
Her marked attentions don’t engage
My young affections, fo r, you see,
She’s really quite too old fo r me.
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Goods ! !
,
Dallas, Oregon.
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style
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JO H H f
D IL T
D ALY & BUTLER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
I L L P R O M P T L Y A T T E N D TO A L L L E G A L
W business entrusted to them. Ottice on M ill Ht.
•ppoalte Court House, Dalian-
J.
E.
DAW NE,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
and Notary Pupllc*
Q P E C I A I A T T E N T IO N G IV E N |TO C O LLE C TIN G
O aud loaning money Always prepared to loan from
$100 to $2,500 on iiereoual or real estate security. Office
in Griswold's building, opposite the bank, Salem, Ore-
gen
J. H. T O W N S E N D ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Dallas. Oregon.
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House. Collections made a sjieciulty
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
—AND -
Notary Public,
Albany, Oregon,
I L L P R A C T IC E IN A L L T H E COURTS IN TH E
State. All business entrusted to him promptly at
tended to. Ottice in O’Toole's Block, Broad-Albin St.,
W
M. L Pipes
Dallas
QlO w Belt.
ludependeuce.
BELT
&
R IF E S .
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
H T W ill practice in all the Courts
o f the State. Office up stairs’ in
Court House.
CHA3. P. SULLIVAN,
A t t o r n e y a t L a w ,
DALLAS.
OREGON.
P r o m p t A t t e n t io n P n i«l 1»
OrriCK-On Main Htreet. two doors north of Postofflce^
H avin g returned to Independence
to permanently locate, is prepared to
do all kinds o f dental work. F illin g
and treating a specialty.
Office in Vanduyn A Sm ith’s new
brick, up stairs.
T R U I T T & JO H N S ,
Attomeys-at-Lavr,
M IL L HTREET. NO R TH O F C O U R T
auglt5
DR.
I.
T.
MASON,
R E S I D E N T
1) E N T 1 S T ,
Dallas, Oregon.
(Late of Eugene City and Sheridan.)
Nitro Oxide or Laughing Gas administered.
up stairs over H. 1 . Butler's store.
DALLAH, Nov. 17, 1882
Z
or
P eo p le
the
of
P o l k C o u n t y !
THE 8T0RY OF A TEAR.
Im agin e yourself to be present in
one of the crowded green-rooms o f
the city o f Paris. Many persons are
there assembled actors, actresses,
I take pleasure in announcing to the public that my
managers, dramatists, and dramatic
critics. Jest and story are passing in
abundance, and all seem to be am
mated and merry. Y et a grave story
sometimes flows from the lips of those
who are there met together, and it
l a h o w o p e n a n d r e a d y f o r in s p e c tio n .
would be injustice to say that it did
not meet with sympathy from, or was
unappreciated by the talkative partj
to which it was addressed. One sucl
story we shall relate, as it was told
in that temple o f merriment.
A new perform er was complaining
P her inability to present herself
Yon w ill find the F IN E S T G OODS and the L A R G E S T A S S O R T M E N T of before the public without the most
distressing limitation. Some o f those
iresnnt encouraged the poor beginner,
mt the majority expressed an opinion
o f a different kind. “ Such tremors
are incurable,” said the latter class,
K ep t on tli© W est Side o f the W illam ette, outside o f Portland.
“ nature has made us originally either
bold or tim id.” “ Yes,” said others
who concurred in the sentiment ex
pressed, “ just as she has made us
cold or ardent, grave or gay. W e
remain what wo were made at first.
Show us an aupiring man cured o f his
ambition, or a miser converted.”
Some o f those who listened to
Is complete >n every respect uud in the hands of a competent M illiner.
these observations exclaimed against
them as having a tendency to make
men materialists or fatalists. One
individual, however, gave the last
remark a more decided answer. “ You
ask for a converted miser,” said he;
I n
m
y
P e r r y d a l e
s t o r e
“ I can show you one. T here is such
a being among us now; it is m yself!”
Y on will find a C O M P L E T E A S S O R T M E N T o f
The person who said this was a pop
ular dramatist noted fo r his gener
osity o f feeling.
“ W h at!— you a
miser?” said one of those who heard
him; “ nonsense!—it is impossible.”
Suitable for tho Country Trade. Y on will also find a L I N E of
“ N ot so,” answered he calm ly; “ I
speak but the truth. 1 1
a miser,
though now thoroughly cured, I hope,
o f the failing.” “ And what, pray,
operated a euro upon you ?” returned
one o f the auditors. “ Listen and I
w ill tell you,” answered he, “ it was
.” A ll present crowded
an
I 'r o d iH T ta k e n in K \ (‘ lian<f<‘ l'or G o o d s a t M a rk e t ra te s. round him immediately, and hoard
from his lips tho follow in g story.
“ The incidents which I am about
to relate,” said the dramatist, “ oc
curred in 1834. I had then just
G ive me n call before purchasing elsewhere, and S E E M Y G O O D S given to the theatre o f the Forte
Saint M artin one o f m y pieces—that
and O E T T H E P R IC E S ! !
which brought me tho greatest share
o f fame and emolument. T w o lotters
were sent to mo at that period. One
was from the manager o f the Mar
seilles Theatre, inform ing me that he
was anxious to bring out m y new
piece there, but that on rehearsal,
such difficulties had been met with
as to render it desirable that I should
be present myself, previous to the
Is that you do yourself justice by buying goods where you can g et them the production o f the drama. The re
muneration for my trouble was to be
cheapest.
le ft to my own decision. T h e second
I know it is the praclice among a great many merchants to sell a few letter was also from Marseilles. I t
leading articles at cost, but they must make it up on something else.
I ran in these terms: ‘Sir, the w ife and
intend to strictly adhere to very L O W P R IC E S in everythin g I offer for drughter o f your brother are dying
sale, and in
of w an t Some hundreds o f francs
would save them, and I doubt not
but you w ill delay no longer to visit
connections so near to you, and make
arrangements for their preservation
and future comfort.’ This letter waa
signed by Dr. Lam bert o f Marseilles.
I have already said to you that I
was a miser, in tho worst sense o f the
word, and it is an avowal which my
latter conduct barely enables me to
A N D
make without shame. T h e letter o f
the physician did not move my pity,
but it renewed certain angry feelings
which had form erly existed towards
my sister in law in my mind. Some
There is no doubt or question but I shall sell them very much lower than few years before this time, my broth
the same goods have ever b len offered iu this market.
er, an honest sailor, who fell a prey
5 - y Please to call and price the goods and you w ill see that I am to the elements ho loved so well, had
in earnest.
written to me announcing his inten
tion to marry the daughter o f a fisher
man. a girl who had brought him the
dowry o f an excellent heart, two
pretty eyes, and a total want o f
money. I was lioth proud and miser
S u c c e s s o r to W . C . B r o w n ,
ly, and I answered him saying that,
D A L L A S , O R E G O N , M A R C H 8, 1883.
‘since he chose to marry a g irl with
out ¡^shilling, be m ight be happy i f
he could, bat that he was doing a very
B U R N S & M O R R IS O N .
foolish and degrading action.’ Ilia d
the brutality even to advise him to
break with the girl, i f he yet bad it
MAMUrACTC ARK« AND DEAI.KR8 IM
in his power’ He, like a true-hearted
D a ll am . O r e g o n .
F I R N I T I 'R I L HI*H I \4> IIK B N .
and worthy man, wedded the g irl he
loved, according to his promise. My
A n d a ll k in d s o f
HOR8K8, CARRIAGES AND LIVEKY
sister in law was a Briton, proud anil
UPHOLSTERED WORK. ALBUM PICTURE FRAMES.
honest. She never forgot my letter,
WALL BRACKETS. AMO WINDOW SHADES.
A t th e M o * t R e a s o n a b le R a t e « !
and despised the sender. W hen she
lost her husband, and was thrown
E K E E P A CO M PLE TE STOCK IN OUR L IN E
C o n v e y AMO o f c o m m e rc ia l men a s p ecia lty .
W . and will sell as cheap as the same goods can bs into poverty
and distress, it was long
po
_
go ia Portland. Do not take our word or other peoples
word for It, but come and see our goods and learn our
ihe could bring her mind to listen
B U R N S A M O R R IS O N . P r o p ’ r*.
prices.
bought o f petitioning for aid
A l l k in d « o f W o r k in o u r lin e don e
from one o f such a disposition as I
on S h o rt N o tice .
T H E B E L T HOUSE !
had evinced. But the sight o f her
girl, her only ch:l<T, wasting away
We ah* keep A large and well selesUKl stock of
P I T E R C O O K . ............................ PftOFAIBTtott.
From sheer want, and the reflection
and Cases on hand, that the poor thing must otherwise
In d e p e n d e n c e . O re g o n .
1 » cast heedless upon the world, made
we will furnish « I Rednond Prices
her at length disclose her connection
r
m
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twe
doors
Bortk
of
[TOE B ELT HOUSE H A H C H A R G E D H AND S A N D
with me to the benevolent medical
Vso linge A Smith,
I will >«• rua as s first-Hass hause in eve
man who attended her. Tho result
IM IIK P K M IR B M 4 »L « R K K O X .
was the letter I have alluded to.
The proepect o f emolument being
very great, it may be imagined that
I was not disinclined to visit the
Marseilles theatre. I answered the
- D allas , osxaoir,
manager's letter immediately, and
D E A L E R IN
followed it in person without delay.
WILSON & HOLMAN, PROPRIETORS.
When I arrived at M arseilles, the
first person whom I saw was the
Having purrhaecl the above mill*, we are now pre;
surgeon who had written to me. He
pared to do all kinds of
was in waiting form e at the principal
Crist and Custom Work
hotel there. As I hail not answered
Promptly and in a satisfactory manner Give ns a eall
his request for money, the good man
m
WILSON A HOLMAN.
hail said in his simplicity, ’he will lie
D a l l a r . Oregon, Jan. 5. 1183
here in poison,' ami day after day he
HEAD-STONES,
hail looked for me. T h e words with
A teacher asked a bright little g irl:
which he salnt«d me were these; “ What country ia opposiio us on the
MONEY TC LOAN!
'Yon have lost no time, sir. Dunbt globe?” “ D on’t know, sir,” was the
W » have mone« U> loan on approved Bead Estate Executed in Italian and American
Security, ia sums fron»
answer. “ W ell, now,” pnrsned the
lees y>n tie.light, and justly, M
death m ight come in the way if delay teacher, “ I f I were to L ir e a hole
Marble.
One to Ten Thousand Dollars.
took place. A h ! I am glad to see through the earth, and yon were to
Time : k Fr"tn m m to Ave j« ais; Tenus Eany
on; it is a proof o f yonr no wearying go in at this end, where wonld yon
Alao every variety of (.
and other Stona «
come ont?” “ Ont o f the hole, sir,”
__
indnese to yonr relatives.’ What
■ rani tv Mom m enti, at
enelœure to burial lota,
' c o uld I do? M y pnmoae hail lieen replied the pupil, with an air o f tri
era H r.m
Alao Stalgw Br-.there. Albany Ors fon .
to visit M arseille« fo r the theatre nniph.
A r a t i 1 «
SPRING
In
N Iy
STOCK !
In d e p e n d e n c e
S to n e
G ENERAL MERCHANDISE
My
M illinery
i
Department
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
ras
infant's tear
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D A L L A S , OREGON.
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Millinm of the Latest Styles!
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FFICE ON
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F. V AUG H N ,
Mill Street, Dallas,
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Watchmaker and Jeweler, DRESS & FANCY GOODS,
Watches, Clocks and Sew in g
chines Repaired.
Ma
Z. T. DODSON, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN,
SURGEON,
OBSTETRICIAN.
Has||>ennanently located in Dallas, Oregon.
Offioo in Hyde's drug store.
novlltf.
W . H. HOLMES,
Attorney
and
Counselor
at
Law,
Salem , O rego n .
J o h n
M c D o w e l l
Real Estate Agent,
D A L L A S , OREGON
D A R T IK H D E S IR IN G TO B U Y OR S E L L R E A L
1 estate, will do well to consult me Office two doors
west o f Jap R. Miller's dmg store.
J. L. COLLINS,
Attorney and Counselor at Law
SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY.
as
H
b e e n in p r a c t ic e o k h is
p r o f e s s io n
la this place for about twenty-tire years, and will
aitami to all business
< *ffi< a, opposite the Dallas Hotel, cornor of Main and
Court street Dallas. Polk County. Oregon
.
W ILS O N & B A Y .
Drugs, Patent Medicines,
S T A T IO N E R Y ,
Perfum ery, Fancy and T o ile t Articles.
CIGARS AND TOBACCOS.
P1.R R Y D A LE . OREGON
ROW ELL & SON,
4.
Blacksmiths,
D ALLA M ,
uREG O N ,
re now
ready
to do
a ll
k in d * o p
Blacksmith work in their line of business in the
bast styla and >n the lire and Wt lire plan
You will
find them at tbeir shop whenerw work is wanted, .lay
or night Oar shop is at the Elk horn sign, one dong
south of Burns * ifr.rriw»»»'« lirery stable
We thank you for your custom in the past and hope
you will continue the same in the future We are
yours truly,
R<»W E LL ft W »N
Dallas. Nor ember 24. 1882
A
W
P. WRIGHT.
A U C T IO N E E R
And County Surveyor.
D a l l a s . O ftano*.
W IL L
ATTEND TO H18 BUSINESS IN
n r pert o f tho c .o n tr prom ptlr.
tear,
CLOTHI NG
A ll work W an anted.
MS>-tr
on ly; bat there was a degree of
touching simplicity in the physician’s
manner, which had more effect in
preventing me from disclosing the
truth than would have been produced
by an attack upon me for negligeuco.
I felt it impossible to avow to such a
man the real and sole purpose o f my
visit to Marseilles, anil accordingly,
instead of goin g straight to the
theatre as intended, I walked away
with the doctor to my sister-in law's.
I found her iu a most wretched
hovel, scarcely penetrated by a single
ray o f the sun. Near the bed o f the
poor sufferer stood an obji>ct which
drew my first attention. This waa
her little girl, with large black eyes,
beautifully curling locks, and a coun
tenance finely formed and intelligent,
while marked at the same tim othy a
degree o f grave resignation, the result
o f the previous habitude o f suffering.
H ow interesting that creature seemed
to m e! I felt at first as i f I could
have taken her fondly to my arms;
but sordid avarice suddenly inter
posed, and struck me with the thought
that, i f I allowed m yself to be moved
I must assuredly burden m yself with
now and heavy duties which might
press upon me for life. I involun
tarily shrunk hack at this base sug
gestion o f the demon within me. The
physician saw tho movement, and,
good man, he ascribed it to pity.
The sight o f this misery touches you
sir,’ said he; ‘ but the physician must
look closely into the ills which he
would cure. I t is yon who must be
the physician here. Come nigh you
poor relative.’
W hen my sister in law noticed my
approach, she made an effort to raise
herself. There was upon her faded
countenance a mixture o f sadness
and pride, which told me plainly
that it cost her much to apply to me.
She descended to no crouching en
treaty, but, raising her finger, which
trembled with weakness and emotion,
she pointed to her little girl, and
said, in low touching tones:
‘See
that sweet angel, that g ift o f H eaven!
She w ill soon have no mother!’
Equally true and disgraceful it is,
that this appeal did not counteract
or wipe away the miserly fears which
had beset me. I answered evon in
cold tones— ‘ W h y entertain such
fears’ You are young; you have a
good physician. You despair unnec
essarily.’ Any man would have added:
•You have a brother-in law, too, who
w ill g ive you every comfort in his
power.’ I added no such words. M y
only thought was how to escape in
the easiest manner. Meanwhile tho
little g irl had lieen gazing on me with
eyes which seemed to indicate that
even Hhe felt tho want of cordiality
in that relative who had come to her
mother’s side. A t length while I
stood in my uneasy uncertainty, she
came close to me uud said: ‘Bit down
upon the bed, for you aie too tall to
let mo kiss you i f you stand.’ I sat
down, anil the child climbed upon my
knee. The Briton closed her eyes,
and uplifted her hands, as if prayiug
in aid of the child’s possible influence.
Alas! feelin g that my dunger in
creaspd, I but hardened my heart the
more, nnd clung more closely to tho
idol whom I worshipped. M y brow
even contracted a frown, nnd there
was a drop of perspiration upon it as
I gazed iqion the child. Hhe, how
ever, was not deterred from kissing
mo. ‘W ill you lie my pa?’ said she;
‘I shall love you well. H ow liko you
are to my dead papa! H e was good,
g o o d ; are you good also ?’ T h e touch
m g grace o f this infantile appeal was
indescribable. I fe lt ita influence,
and it moved me— to what? to un
twine the arms o f the child rudely
from my neck, and sit her down upon
the floor. The effect of ¿his repulse
upon her was striking and instanta
neons. Hhe cast upon me a glance,
in which aurprise, disappointment,
and fear were mingled, anil a
gathering in her lieautiful eve, rolled
slowly down her cheek, rfer silent
sorrow did what her endearments hud
utterly failed to do. A sudden revo
lution took place in my feelings. As
by an enchanter’s wand, the utter
brutality o f my avaricious self love
was laid before my eyes in all its
nakedness. I shuddered at the spec
taclo. and yield in g instantaneously to
the 1 »etter feelin g awakened, 1 hastily
took up the child, and exclaimed,
laying my hand upon her head; ‘Be
fore Heaven and thy mother, I prom
ise to lie a father to thee, and never
shall child be so tenderly cherished as
I shall cherish thee!’
Ah, had you seen the Briton when
these words were uttered! Such an
excitement was produced, that the
physician and m yself were alarmed
for her life at. the instant. But joy
seldom kills.
‘Brother! brother!’
murmured she, as soon as she was
able to siieak. ‘I have done you
wrong.’ It may lie suggested, that
such an avowal could not lie gratify
in g to m e . I hastened to check such
an unmerited flow o f gratitude by
addressing m yself to the medical
man on the subject o f my sister in
law’s removal to a lietter dwelling.
H e readily undertook to look out for
such a place, a thing which, a strati
ger in Marseilles, 1 could not do
F or three months after that period
I occupied a delightful cottage near
Marsei.Ies with my sister in law and
her child. T o the Briton these
months were months o f unalloyed
happiness, though, in suite o f all care,
she slowly sank into the grave. T o
me that period was also a memorable
one. Tho alteration in my sentiments
being confirmed by tho happiness I
tasted from the hour o f the change.
I became a new being. When ray
sister in law died, my niece was left
o f course, with me. Since that time
she has never been from my fid e
O f her joys I have made my joy, of
life ray life. A b ! I owe her no
mneh. That tear o f h e r »—precious
pearl gathered by my heart lias
been to it whut the dew drop o f mom
is to the nnopened flower expanding
it for the entire lav of existence!”
Furnishing* Goods, Etc., Etc.
M. M. E L L IS ,
LIVERY AND SALE STABLE.
DALLAS CITY MILLS,
II. 1. LINKS k LAWRENCE,
VfH. STAIGER,
liiiiiiiimikTiilili'ts
Truitt
k
Johns.
her
Î
PECULIARITIES-
Several Cincinnati papers, under
the excitement o f the festival, pub
lished synopses o f the p lotsof “ H am
let,” “ Julius Ciesnr”
and other
dramas presented.
‘ What do yon think o f the stock
company o f tho----- theatre?” asked
a young man o f an old theatre-goer.
H e replied, “ I should call it a laugh
ing stock.”
A Western woman who applied for
a jiosition as driver o f a street car,
was asked if she could manage mules.
O f course I can,” was the ready re
ply; “ I have buriod two husbands.”
The other day a circus hand in
Wilkesbarre played “ Old Hundred”
during the performance. This was
a reverential tribute to the ancient
jokes o f the kalsomined clown.
Said a loving wife to her husband,
Do you know, dear, that butterfly or
naments ure very fashionable?” “ P e r
haps so,” he gruffly replied; “ but
grub is tho great desideratum.”
The body o f a man with a pencil
behind his ear, a pair o f shears in his
right hand anil his pockets tilled with
gold has been excavated at Pompeii.
He is supposed to have been a custom
tailor.
In a lecture the other evening. Bob
Burdette said: “ Speaking of the te l
ephone, 100 years ago it wonld have
been thought an invention o f the
devil.” They hail some good ideas,
even in those days.
Time, with a scythe, is pictured as
baldheaded, so that it cannot lie taken
by the forelock.
Patti has gone home, but she is
coming back next fall at $5,000 a
night for fifty
nights—the dear
creatures.
Lou isville journalists wear high
hats. T hey think it is just as cheap
to get trusted for n silk plug as for a
felt Derby.
The other day J. T. P. asked J. O.
P. why a certain saloon was like a
ten cent piece with a hole iu it. Be
cause you find it a hard matter to
pass it.
A wild and wicked Western paper
is impelled to assert that the coming
corunntion o f the Czar looks as
though it might result in a coronera
tion.
A pint o f whiskey pnt in a fruit
cake will keep it fur six mouths, and
the same amount pnt into a man will
keep him down town till 2 in the
morning.
Oscar W ild e loves applejack be
cause its odor is indescribable and its
effect too utterly bewildering to utter,
so to speak, in a measure, as it were,
you know.
Enqnirer:
Guano can lie sent
through the mail, and it in safe to say
the postal men will hurry it along as
rapidly as possible and deliver it
promptly.
A scientist says that a discord
struck violently on a piano will kill a
lizard. I t may be, bnt one can’t «1
ways get at a piano to easily as he
can grab a stick, which is just ns
good.
Princess Louise says she was very
much pleased with Boston, and the
Boston cans are so proud over it that
they think o f building a wall around
the city and charging an admission
fee
French scientists are experiment
ing on how long it takes to smell. I t
isn’t the length, but it’s the strength
that wom en most people when they
come within breathing distance o f an
nnaavory odor.
Fresh from the Conundrum Club:
(J. W hat is the difierence between
a wandering fortune teller’s pre
dictions and a country clown nnder
the inflnence of liquor? A One ia
gipey talk, and the other a tipey gawk.
T —
or waaraoRi
NO. 29.
Ladies ure not afraid to lire off
guns now, for they have become used
to bangs.
Tho dude is to the human race,
what a bicycle ia to a wagon.
In moat cases, Dame Fortune is
fickle to the person who does not
know how to woo her.
The man who wished to borrow
money to get his beared colored, said
he wanted a tariff for a raven hue.
Even the beams o f jo y w ill some
time shed slivers.
Cheek is the battering ram to mau’a
life-boat
The breath o f scandal blows out
rnauy bright lights.
Many are obliged to scratch for
their— itch relatives.
In the battle o f life, the infantry
make the first charge.
G ivin g fourteen ounces for a pound
is a wrong weigh to get rich.
Tears turning into mist, form
clouds that obscure the sunshine o f
joy.
T h e most unsatisfactory person to
meet; is he who is wholly satisfied
with himself.
Fhiiosophy may not wholly over
come misfortune, but it can make
miafortuno cover its knuckles with
padded gloves.
Economy is the road to wealth. T o
arrive successfully at its end, one
must cut “ across lots” nnd skip the
toll gates.
I t is easier to do something some
one else is at, than to perform your
own allotted task.
The force o f habit is b o strong with
some men, that when they die, they
will walk to the bar o f judgm ent and
call for a drink.
I t is gettin g time to prepare your
volver to take on boating expedi
tions to shoot the rock the boat-
young ass.
Pugilists are generally considered
plucky fellows, but none o f them
get through with a sparing matoh
without feintin g.
The taxidermists could draw
largo crowd by placing on exhibition
a stuffed Presidential boom.
Mark Tw ain is the name o f a C ol
orado mine. Can’ t be, becauso they
have to d ig over a good deal o f rub
bish to get any metal out o f it, can
it?
Said the N ew Yorker who saw the
wild steer coming down tho Greet-
“ The police will begin to shoot pres
ently. I ’d better get out o f the way.”
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A RAT TERROR.
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AU dressy mantles are ■
Embroidered pongee j
will be much worn this
The Alpine hat will be
again this summer for
seaside.
Gloves and mitts
with, instead of
tume.
The red-dotted veils I now
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extremely dowdy and l
“ I ’ve got as high as $100
talc
in g two rats from a ship,” said the
rat catcher. “ Dock rats live at the
piers in colonies o f from 500 to 2000.
L ik e bad tenants they leave their old
habitations for new about onoe a
A tiny omnibus of gold,
month. On the 1st o f M ay they will
mond windows and horses
move by thousands. Constantly un is the latest conceit inlaee |
easy, they g o around from dock to
Pompons will be
dock seeking where the lowest tide summer for the crescent hat
is. They have a navy. I t ia made up
High shouldera are the
o f floating pieces o f wood and float spring wraps.
ing chips. They are all pirates or
White will be worn«
wreckers. When scrape or slope are summer.
Very little false hair ia I <
thrown overboard from a ship’s deck
wont by tbs
they put out in their craft and seize most fashionable
b
it
Cashmere has become the proper
“ Tourists goin g to Europe board demiseason stuff for the firet spring
a ship in two ways. The passengers days.
g o up the gang plank. The rats
Ecru and Havana brown shades
climb up the anchor chain and enter are favorites for cashmere dresses for
the ship at the anchor port hole. Dan street wear.
btingBby, the great rat-catcher, says
The pompadour front is fashion
he has seen an old rat, carpet-bag in
hand, bid his fam ily good-bye, and able for gray hair, bnt should not be
relied
very high.
then walk up one of the ship’s cables.
H igh coiffures are in vogue, al
Dock rats go to Europe whenever they
feel like it, and usually make four or though the low coil is not abandoned
five trips a year. T hey are the third- by any means.
class passengers. Th*o first class go
Jerseys are again imported and are
in the cabin, tho second in the steer very popular for wearing either with
age, and rats in the hold. G oing skirts o f the same color or in con
over they live on exported A m eri trast
can flannels and rosin. Coming back
Sleeves are made to fit the arm
their food is imported fruits and d eli smoothly, are carved high above the
cacies. T hey do not get o ff the ves armhole, and have very simple small
sel when it touches Liverpool for fear cuffs.
o f being left behind. They are able
One o f the novelties for overskirts
to climb the rigg in g like old sailois.
is the cook’s apron. I t forms a square
In wooden ships they sometimes eat
across the front and side breadths
through the planks and set the ves
and has various arrangements for the
sel leaking.
back.
“ There are English rats in Am eri
The trimm ing most Been. for the
ca and American rats in England.
The Cockney rat ia coarser than the tops o f sleeves is slashed open Bpaoee
American, and is not generally able showing a puff o f satin, or of eern
to stand up four rounds against an laco or embroidery, and sometimee
American rat. T h e ‘bon-ton’ New ecru lace edges the slashed length
York rats imitate the customs o f the wise parts.
The invisible net that formerly
British rats.
“ Rats mate. In a year a newly- flattened the hair above the forehead
wedded pair o f rats w ill raise an in is now little used, bandoline is aban
teresting fam ily o f 120 offspring, not doned, the curls are loose and un-
•ounting descendants o f the third confined, and the hair has its natural
and fourth generation. This is why gloss heightened by much brushing
at the moment a pair o f rats set up instead o f by the use o f pomades.
their household goods on board a ship
T h e low-priced wool Jerseys make
its owner w ill g ive a rat-catcher $100 useful waists for wearing out skirta
to serve a writ o f ejectment on tho that have worn better than the basque
rolific rodents Some vessels keep to which they belong. These come
cats to hunt vermin.
in serviceable brown, black, blue,
‘The hotels in N ew York are green, or red wool webbing, and i
greatly annoyed with rats, and they be worn perfectly plain, or
infest private houses. Tho Windsor in tabs, and lightly embroidered or
pays $200 a year, the S t Nicholas and braided.
a large number o f others $100 each to
W hen tho entire dress is of cash-
a professional rat-ct teller, who hunts
rats in them twice a week the year mere a darker Havana brown shade
round. Some private houses pay $20 a used for three box-pleated flounces
a month to be protected from the on the lower skirt and the paler eoro
cashmere forms a wrinkled apron
vermin. H arry Jennings, the king
o f tho New York rat-catchers, is ■ said f'lint, with its edges sewed on the
lower skirt; this may be round, or
to have an income o f $6000 a year.
The captured lata aie sold at $15 a else droop low on the right, and be
caught up to the hip on the left aide,
hundred.”
and a knot o f the cashmere be tied
H ow do rats reach private houses?”
“ They g o from the docks six or there, while the back forms two-deep
points.
seven miles through the sewers, stop
The
says: “ For the oash-
opposite some house and mine their
way into its cellar. A banquet at a mere suits a pretty little pleated cape
residence w ill bring a whole colony is added for the street This has a
o f them. W e can always tell when standing collar o f velvet, below which
thero is a groat supper at the is more velvet three inches wide
Union League Club by the move shaped to sit smoothly below this col
ment o f the rats toward the upper lar, and attached to thia velvet is a
part o f the City.
finely pleated fall o f cashmere about
“ There are about a dozen kinds of two fingers deep, merely hemmed on
rats. Tho common rat is a brindle the edges, and pressed into pleats
gray. There are white and black rats, that are held by stitches on the wrong
white and gray, and pure white ones side.”
with pink eyes. I never saw one. I
Black, white, and red Jerseys of
once caught a rat with two feet. The silk webbing beaded all over are those
iargest one I over saw weighed two most used for dreesy toilettes. They
pounds and six ounces, and was as are imported in the close shape that
big as a half grown cat.”
is to do passed over the head, but
“ W hat is the best time ever made modistes cut them open down the
by a terrier in a pit?”
front, and add small buttons and but
“ A little black and tan, weighing ton holes, and i f necessary a very
11 pounds, about tho beginning of narrow vest of velvet is added. The
March, in a place not 100 miles from neck and sleeves are finished bv
New York, killed 100 rats in 13:28. thickly quilled lace, and a deep bead
That iH the fastest time ever made in ed fringe is on the edge. A very low
New York. Mr. Foster’s fox-terrier, bow and end of wide satin ribbon ia
Pigeon, w eighing six pounds, polish placed behind to give bouffont effect.
ed o ff 10 rats in 58 seconds, which is
the liest time ou record in Europe or
Narrow bands o f bright yellow vel
America. In the pit the rats some vet ore now fashionable, tied tightly
times show tight to the dog. I have around the throat.
seen a terrier covered with rats so
The silliest use to make of a fine
that you couldn’t see a hair on his
cashmere shawl is to cut it up for a
liody. Thoy bite the dog so severely
wrap. There are very few women
sometimes that he is covered with
who’ can wear these wraps gracefully.
blood. The noble sport, I am sorry
Bonnets and bats of pure white
to say. is declining. In its palmy
lays I have seen $5000 or $6000 are not to be worn this summer.
change hands around the pit iD a few The nearest approach to these are the
cream-yellow hats, wreathed with a
■ninnies."
“ W hat is the best time made by a profusion o f gracefully drooping
white feathers.
rat catcher?”
The most fashionable traveling
“ Prince Jennings once picked up a
rat a minute for five hours at a dresses are braided. They corns in
stretch.
That’s the beet time I know all tbs dark bine, red. green and
brown shades, and althsngh simple,
of.”
“ A re rat catchers ever attacked or are very e legan t
bitten f ’
Long-looped ribbons o f satin and
“ .Stories o f them being killed by velvet are worn with white dresses in
rats have lieen printed, but they are
sensational. W hen rat catchers are
bitten they cauterize the wound at
once. Bats seem to know them and Ox blood red, so called from the
hardly ever try to hurt them. I have dark reds seen in Chinese porcelains,
often put a dozen rats inside my is tho favorite color for the wide «*-
shirt when I had filled my bag and tin sashes o f white mull dresses.
had no place else to put them.”
Hashes o f yellow and Ottomon ribbon
“ The rat catcher's guild is held in will also be quite popular.
high repute?”
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“ Yes in England the rat catchers
A little boy in town has bean so
wear belts on which pictures of cats
thoroughly taught by his mother to
and rats and d o g « are w rought They
take off his hat to every lady friend
ought to do «o here. They are toe
he meets in the street that the
m o le s t”
day when lie met bis taache
The Providence
tell« th« stopped to pull off his hat, a
following crow story: “A few days engaged in tbs operation of ‘
since a man living in a town just another boy at the time,
over the Connecticut line went hunt hail performed the necessary
ing for crows. He discovered a nest courtesy he fell upon his
in a tall tree, and climbing up found with renewed vigor, a n d f
therein eggs, which he secured, put beating which had been
ting some in his pockets, bnt one he suspended.
placed in his month, descending the
tree very carefully leet he break his
fragile store. He slipped, his jaw*
came together and crushed the egg
in his month, and oh horrible, it con
tained a very young crow. Report
iloth not say whether the man can
eat crow or not, bnt it is safe to bet
he does not hanker after R.
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