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Polk County Itemizer. IHSUKD POLK COUNTY ITEMIZER. KVKUY SATUR DAY -------- BY--------- J. H. M oCAIN . H ubarrlpllon K a tr a : »liuilo Copta Ouo v « m ......................... „ ‘ Mil Moulin _________ ____________ _______ ______________________________________________________ NEW PRICES. NEWCOODS. J. N. SMITH, M. D., AND S U R G E O N Dallas, Oregon. Ottico on Mill 8fc., North of Court H oubu The Largest Stock and Cheapest Goods ! ! DR. \\ H BUBBLL, D E N T I 8 T, ! Dallas, Orison. riKHT-CLASS STYI.K .inn ilour nnrUi of J 11 I.••.;'» White lirick N L. IIUTLKK. JOH N T DALY D ALY .t B U TLER, F or t h e P eo ple of P olk C o u n t y ! attorneys at law , r ILL l‘ R OM l*TLY A 'IT K N l» TO A L L U iMwiiii»« entrusted to them. opiMiBit« Court House, Dallas- LKOAL Ottico on M ill Kt. I take pleasure in announcing to the public that my PL J. DANVNE, ATTORN KY AT LAW, and Notary P upllc- OPECIAI ATTENTION GIVEN ¿TO COLLEt TING uii'l loaning money. Alwuyw proparuil to loan from yUHi to <<2,r*00 mi lieiaonal or real eatutu security. Ottlce in (friawolil'H ImiMiug, oppositu the hank, Salem, Ore gon. SPRING STOCK ! Is now open and ready for inspection. J. H. TOWNSEND, ATTORNEY AT LAW, In Dallas, Oregon. il, K ON MAIN STREET. Ol'l’OSITK THE W Court ilouge. Colloctionti rniulu a npuciaity. ]VXy I n d e p e n d e n c e S tore You will find the F IN E ST GOODS and the L A R G E S T ASSO RTM EN T of E. B. SK IP W ORTH, GENERAL MERCHANDISE ATTORNEY AT LAW, —AND-- u — ____ _ ■ — ■■ Kept on the West Side of the Willamette, outside o f Portland. Notary Public, I SCREAM. T ell us not in m ournful numbera That life is but a dream , When a girl that weighs one hundred Gets outside a quart o f cream — And then wants m ore. — [E lm ira Gazette. L ife is real, life is earnest, And the girls know what they need, l>ut on cream they are the biggest Set to show their grit and greed. N o encore. — [New York T im es. He not like dum b, driven cattlo, He a hero in the strife; Never with her m other battle, Save the ice-cream for your w ifo. P roceed. — r Brooklyn Eagle. L et us, then, be up and doing. With a heart fo r uny fate; Hut never let us go a-w ooing G irls that want another plate, llo w ’ s that? — [M eriden Newsboy. L ives o f such girls all remind us, As we float adowu the stream. That the boys who com e behind us Will have to pay for lots o f cream . N -e-x-t. — [Yonkora Statesman. And, departing, leave another Bill fo r unpaid plates o f cream, Which, perhaps, som e forlorn brother, S eeing, m ay take heart again. And get trust also. — [New York E. R . Journal. N ot enjoym ent, and not sorrow, Is our destined end or way; But to treat, though cash we borrow, Deserted when we cease to pay. — [P alm er Journal. L'rust no girl, however pleasant, W ith one plate to bo content; She’ ll eat until her lover hasn’ t T o his nam e another cent. And then shake him. — [Som m erville Journal. MURIEL’S PRIDE. DY E R N E S T IN E Albany, Oregon, IR V IN G . many lovely ladies; but his heart Dever for a moment swerved from its objoet. Muriel West was the one love o f his life. Ah! if more o f our city young men poased n heart and character as stainless as Boss, there would lie fewer stranded lives to-day. The winter days wore on, and spring greeted the earth and clothed her with vernal bloom when Hose started northward for the city where Mnriel taught; and he did not in tend to return alone. This man could be as resolute as loyal hoartod. "appose he was heir prospective to five hundred thousand’ Must that fact necessarily shut him out of happiness’ His mother and sisters shared his confidence in this affair of tho heart, and sent kind, sisterly let tors to Muriel. Poor, foolish child! Wrapping herself in a mantle of pride away from the love o f this noble man, and this kind, generous family. She was yet to learn that fieoplu of wealth aud station CHn be thoughtful, warm hearted und true, as well us those in the lower walks of life. After her return, bow the days dragged on in their dull, woHiisomo routine! How she told herself Hgain and again she hud done just right in refusing the only love that bright ened her lonely life! How she com promised with herself, day after day, not to think of Boss Hammond any more than if he never had been. How did she succeed? As the spring came on her health failed. She could only give half her usual num ber of music lessons, and tinnlly gave them up altogether. Then her ap petite failed and hor courage also. She felt herself losing hold of every thing hut the dull, aching pain at her heart- that never ceased. The doctor said Miss West was r caking down; a norvous fever was the rosnll of her term’s toil. In the still night watches, when nlmost ex hausted with wakefulness, she would murmur,— ‘They may say nervous fever, but I know it is pride that is killing me.” At last a day came when sho grow a trille better, und was taken to a little summer arbor in the school grounds. It chanced to be tho very day Boss arrived, aud tl ere he found her—oh! so white and changed, but still bis Muriel, beautiful as ever. Ho said never a word, but clasped her in his arms with a long, straiuiug clasp. There w »a no drawing away now. The fair head rested upon his shoul der, aud tho sweet lips murmured his name. Love conquered, l ’rido, fam ily, wealth, position — everything bowed to this tyrant lovo. Muriel was borne away by Boss, and they were married soon. She is now a happy wife and mother—the joy of her husband’s eyes and delight of his heart. The goldon chain of love which Umnd them together is sure and abiding; never a link is brokon, but holds firm and steadfast. The wealth—because of which Mu riel intonded to put tbiH groat happi ness of her life aside—only tends to render life and its cares lightor and brighter. She has learned that noble lives and generous, loving hearts can be found in brown stone mansions as well as country farm houses and rural cottages. It is not always the sotting that determines tho fineness of the jewel. And so wo loavo them, happy, con tented, satisfied. When H oh » Hammond was four aud twenty, he met his fate. This is \\/II.I. I'lIAlTK'K IN ALL Till: COURTS IN THK ? V Statu. All hUHincsH cntriiHteil to him promptly at how it happened: His maiden aunt, tended to. Cilice in O'Tooles Block, Broad Albin St., living away up in the country, in Goo. W. Belt, M. L. Piiiea vited her city nieces anil nephews Indisiieii deuce. Dallan to spend Thanksgiving at the old B E LT & PIPES. homestead, Hammond House, which Is complete i d every respect and in the hands of a competent Milliner. was a goodly mansion filled with com fort and good cheer. And here, when the crown o f the year had H f" Will practice in all the Courts bestowed its choicest blessings, the of tlie State. Ollico up stairs in sons and daughters of the second I n m y P e r r y d a l© s t o r e Court House. generation gathered beneath the fum- ly roof-tree to celebrate the festi val Now England loves to honor. You will find a CO M PLE TE ASSORTM ENT of CHAS. P. SULLIVAN, Beside her fifteen nieces and neph ews, Wealthy—such w u b her n a m e - A i t o m o y a t L a w , bad invited four or five young peo CALLAS. OREGON. ple o f her own neighborhood to join 3*10211 III K i e n l i o i t I*ai<l t o i h l ü i l i m . the festivities. Of this number was Suitable for the Country Trade. You will also find a L IN E of Muriel West, and of her and Boss O f f ic e On Main Street, two door» north of Poetoffloe Hammond is our story. The father of Boss was a wealthy DR. J. B. JOHNSON, New York merchant, and lived on S o u t le t . Fifth Avenue. Here ho often mot the elite of the city, and in the gay, Having returned to Independence fashionable world, was the flattered, to permanently locate, is prepared to do all kinds of dental work. Filling I'rodiMT taken in Exeliaiiiie for Goods at Market rates. petted child of fortune; but, strange as may seem the fact, the only son and treating a specialty. of this courted family passed through Ollico in Vanduyn & Smith’s r -v tho fire unscathed, and at the age of brick, up stairs. twenty-four was as pure in heart TR'/TTT. C. A. JOHNS and mind as the trusting bov of (live me n call before purchasing elsewhere, and SEE MY GOODS ten. He was fond of Aunt Wealthy TR U IT T & JOHNS, and her spacious country home, and and G E T T H E P R IC E S ! ! she in turn was fond o f him, and Attorneys-at-La-w, ho w a s -1 must whisper it slyly, D A L L A S , O REGON. that the other fourteen bo not o f F FICE ON M ILL STREET. NORTH OF C O I R fended—her favorite. ftuglt5 o",,".: Among his many acquaintances of tho fairer sex he had never mot his DR. I. T. MASON, ideal, or the one above all others tc whom ho c o h I c ! give tho keeping of R E S ID E N T D E N T IS T , his heart. He had loftier ideas of Dallas, Oregon. marriage than many, aud would not Is that you do yourself justice by buying goods where you can got them the enter into this holiest of ties unless (Late of Eugene City and Sheridan. true love sanctioned tho bond. cheapest. --------------- Nitro Oxide or Laughing Gas administered. Ottlce Muriel West, with her wealth of up stairs over H. ’ . Butler’s store. I know it is the practice among a great many merchants to sell a few sunny hair and lovely blue eyes, by AN OLD SI Oïl Y AGAIN STARTED ON ITS D a l l a s , Nov. 17, 1882. TRAVELS loading articles at cost, hut they must make it up on something else. I subtle charm, some unexplained mys A ETlSCOiT, .W O T “ intend to strictly adhere to very LO W P R IC E S in everything I offer for tery, stole into his heart, and it be An amusing story is told in the sale, and in came his own no more forever. The Physician and Surgeon, August number of the Modern Ag* citudel was stormed and the battle of a very absent-minded member of ments scaled. U o b b Hammond was Lato of Oakland, Cal., 1 as permanently the French Institute, who was road located in aware ho could love with the full ing the newspapers in the (JaHino at strength of his noble, manlv nature DALLAS, OltECON. Dieppe tho other day. He was ab In Muriel he found his ideal. In sorbed in his reading, and with bis Will lie found at all times at B. M. Smith's her trusting, womanly heart he could left band ho unconsciously pushed Drug Store. abide with a great content the files o f newspapers on tho table. And Muriel? She was glorified by Z. T. DODSON, M. D., Each moment he pushed them fur this man’s love. Yes, glorified is the ther from him. Beyond the papors word. But about this Muriel there PHYSICIAN, SURCEON, OBSTETRICIAN. A N I> whs an inkstand, which at last tho is something more to tell. Hasjpermnnciitly located in Dallas, Oregon. moving papors pushed over tho side (Mice in Hyde s drug store. novlltf. She was an orphan, and whon at of tho table. It fell on tho white home lived in Aunt Weolthy’a neigh W . H. HOLMES, borfcood; but she earned her living trousers of n l ’ aris banker, who was by teaching music in a distant semi furious at the accident. The absent Attorney and Counselor at Law, There is no doubt or question but I shall sell them very much lower than nary. She was very poor and very minded man offered his excuses, the same goods have over been offered in this market. without appearing the banker’s S a le m , O r e g o n . proud, aud she told herself she j y Please to call and price the goods and you will see that I am would rather die than Boss Ham wrath, who shrieked that his new pantaloons woro ruined. "But, sir, I in earnest, mond should know she loved him, J o h n m c d o w e l l She thought she veiled the secret will cheerfully pay for them. Be good enomrh to give me your card, well, and she did, but not so well that ho did not discover hor heart and I will send tho money to your hotel.” “ To my hotel? Hir. I don’t was all his own. D A L L A S , OKEIION Upon the evening preceding the know you; I must instantly have tho S u c c e s s o r to W . (J. 1 I r o w n , day which should witness tho break thirty francs tho ,o pantaloons cost.” D A LLA S, OREGON, M ARCH 8. 1883 1 »A R T IE S D K 8IK IN O TO HUY OR SE L L R E A L ing up of the gay party, Muriel and The member of the Institute drew I . .t a t . will ilo « ' ll to commit mo. Office two tluora Boss found themselves alone in a forth tho thirty francs and banded went of J»li. K- Miller'. drug »tore. deep recess window.rjShe was look them to the banker. Then he said: B U R N S & M O R R IS O N , ing out at the bright, cold stars shin “ Now that you have been paid, I hope ing far away in the blno hoavens, yon have too much of the delicacy of thinking the morrow would find hor on a gentleman to remnin in my panta MAKUrACTtUBS AND DEALERS IN Attorney and Counselor at Law You know that those pan H allan, O regon. her wav to the seminary, and prob loons. F I R M T C IIF ,. M P l i m ; IIF.DM, SOLICITOR IN CHANCERY. ably sLe would never meet Boss taloons are my property, and I in And all kinds of .again: for this proud little girl bad sist upon their immediate delivery to me. You have no confidence in me. IIOR8E8, CARRIAGES AND LIVERY 1 b e e n i n P R A C T IC E o f H IS PROFESSION UPHOLSTERED WORK. ALBUM PICTURE FRAMES. 1 determined ahe would not enter his I have none in yon. My pantaloon«!” I this place for about twenty-five yearn, and will home in her humble estate and posi WALL BRACKETS. AND WINDOW SHADES. A t th© M o a t R e a s o n a b le H a t© » ! Lt o1ÍH*i¿eSÍíh e8r)al 1 an Hotel, comer o f Main and tion. As they stood there lie impul In vain tho banker protested against i . ,ua*. I*..Ik < ..nnty, Oregon.___________ sively caught her band, nud, passing such haste. The crowd that had T K KEEP A COMPLETE STOCK Ilf OUR LIME Conveyance o f commercial men a specialty. gathered aronrid tho disputants said an<l will aull ah cheap as the mine goods can be WILSON & RAY, ; go In Portland. Do not take our word or other peoples bis arm around her, drew her to his the member o f the Institute was word for it, hut coine aiid see our goods and loam our side, at the same time telling her he BURNS A MORRISON. Prop’ ri. prlct a. right, and the bauknr, after sending j would never, never let it g o; that she A l l k in d s o f W o r k in onr lin e done for another pair of nether garments, I was his and his alone; and he intend THE BELT HOUSE ! on S h o rt N o tic e . ed to keep it forever—his own cher surrendered the ink-stainod ones, P E T E K C O O K , ............................. P b o p u ix t o h . ished, darling wife. How precious amid the laughter o f tho bystanders. S T A T IO N E R Y , We also keep a large and well selected stock of were these words o f love to Muriel! Independent»©, O regon. Perfumery, Fancy and Toilet Articles H ad B kkn T hese .—I t was on the Caskets and Oases on hand, And as he smoothed the bright hair and kissed the sweet month, beseech elevated road the other morning. A Which we will furnish at Roduoed Prices. CIGARS AND TOBACCOS. h e rklth ou se h a » ch a n g e d h an d s a n d ing her to be his. tears rained down man was s e e n to suddenly rise up will be rua as a first claas house In every respeet. Aalesroom on MAIN STREET, two doors north of P E R R V D A I.E . OREOOIT. ward, look around on the sent, feel in her cheeks. Y'anduye k Huilth, Presently she grew calmer, and, all his pockets, and grow excited over l \ l » t : i * » : * l » f < \ 4 K . O H F .G O N . withdrawing hor hand, told him of the loss of something or other “ Lost your wallet?” queried the tho wide difference in their stations in life, the great diiappointment man next to him. such a union would prove to hia fam “ No.” ballab , oazooxr, ily, and much more in the same “ Had your watch taken V' strain. To this he would pay no re- “ No.” WILSON & HOLMAN, PROPRIETORS. “ Lost a roll o f bills, jierhaps?” 1 gard. He only pressed the qnes- DEALER FN DALLAS, OREOOS, “ It is my chock book. I believe I | tion,— Having purchased the above mills, we are now pre’ left it at home. Dear, how careless I “ D o yon love m e , Muriel ?“ p l . v , , w RE L D Y T o DO A L L K IN D S OF pared to do all kimls of \ I J k ^ itk - ri ir iM rltw o , h o ta «. h. th. The flushing cheek and downcast ami” C ris t and C u s to m W ork “ It might be worse,” said tho other eye were sufficient answer. Promptly anal in a satisfactory manner. Give us a call “ Then,” said he, “ nothing shall in a consoling tone. £ £ Ä S * £ Ä Ä 5 i a . -* '.... “ I don’t see how it conld,” growled WILSON A HOLMAN. •eparate ua, tho’ your pride pn*s the w ,Sf — —g r — ” K o W E LI. â *w.b2 ! D allam . Oregon, Jan. 5, 1883. the other. “ My wife will sit down 1 HoN ocean between ns.” and figure np the stubs, and when I e * * • • • I S Ä -k w K l* H E A D -S TO N E S , Boss returned to his city home. g o home l i dinner it’ ll take a fiill M O N EY T C LO A N I Nothing would induce Muriel to hour to make her helievo that 'in W P. WRIGHT. We have m o n « to loan on approved Real Estât* give him the least hope thev would ciden ta! has anything to do with Executed in Italian and American Security, in sums from ever meet again, and yet tn is per household expenses.” —(W all Htroet Marble. One to Ten Thousand Dollars. verse, reject«! young man did hope. News. He entered his father’s o o n n tin g Tiros ; From on « to five yean; Terms Easy And County Surveyor. room, devoting himself to b u sin ess I In one o f her hooks George Eliot Also evsry variety o f OarneUry and other S U »e werk with greater zest than ever. He oc wrote, “ Nothing is so good as it D alla ». O*m*ox. Granit« Monument«, am * «i.closurs te burial l « u far Lewes never •bed to order Opposit« U m Oper» Urn*« Salem. caaionally accompanied his sisters to I seems beforehand.” Is ATTEND TO H18 H U 8IN F » IN Al«» Maigsv Bruttava. Albany Orsgvua Angus' M. I M balls and parties, and there met explained in bis biography. port m i Mi© county prom ptly. •©*>-♦* My M illin e r y D e p a rtm e n t ATTORNEYS AT LAW, GENERAL MERCHANDISE Millinery of the Latest Styles! EZRA POPPLETON. ALL I A SK DRESS & FANCY GOODS, CLOTHING F u r n is h in g G oo d s, E tc., E tc. M. M. E L L I S , Real Estate Agent, J. L. COLLINS, LIVERY AND SALE STABLE. II. M. LINES & LAWRENCE, U Drugs, Patent Medicines, T ROW ELL & SON, ~ ~ i DALLAS CITY MILLS, Blacksmiths, WM. STAIGER, öSsbxjfÄsurÄ ít -a a JCTIONEER Truitt k Johns. ............- - - . . i —■« i . i. .................... i P roM ooal M y o feviatioa iron tin ; f.,, „ r of an ^advertiser. D A L L A S , O R E G O N , S A T U R D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 8, 1883. VOL. IX . PROFESSIONAL CARDS. WIIKK DUNK IN 111,1 111 Local notte» 10 e UBHUIUPTION M U ST UK P A ID IN A D V A N C E . ' 'n! WUkimm ©f Devoted to the Best Interests o f Polk County in Particular and to the Pacific Coast in Qeneral. ...................... mi . i it , M ontilo......................... Shi«!« Number.............................................. P H Y S IC IA N The Polk NO. 41. TURANIAN__COURTSHIPS. t ------ xl SO cenU tor vrnck i__ tanam Ilf ADTANOM aaJ I MISCELLANEOUS. ONLY A RIM - Courting is a matter which must be A woman in this city wants to How diversfield are the uses o f this treated very cautiously and only know if families that are said to be token of affection—a token o f sohem in the abstract, notwithstanding Syd long to the blue blood chew indigo. ing and duplicity as well, for “ when ney Smith’s strictures on the damsel You think animals don’t under Laban beard the tidings o f Jacob, whom he overheard in an Edinburg stand business? Why, I ’ve seen a his sister’s son, he ran to meet him, ball-room. The youth in love is and embraced him, and kissed him, prudent hen take an oat from looked upon by his friends as a fool, horse! and brought him to his house.” G e and to lie avoided like a man with the The report that Bornum went to orgians, Duchess o f Devonshire, gave small pox or an Irishman with views Steel, the butcher, a kiss for his veto; on tho Land act His rhapsodies Washington and secured David and Jane, the Duches of Oordon, re make the Benedick smile, or shudder, Davis’s chair for Jumbo to sit in is cruited her regiment in a similar and tho uncalled bachelor yawn. In base slander. manner. The memory of a kiss which It is nnjust to accuse a farmer of Sydney Smith received in his youth the East it is different. It is a matter o f common knowl intemperance on tho sly because he lastod him for forty yean, and he edge that pretty well all over India goes to the pig-pen to take his swine. said, “ I believe it will be one o f the marriages are arranged for the Vanderbilt had a stroke o f paraiy last things I shall think of when I young persons by their parents, some sis, bnt just as soon as ho found he die.” And Jean Paul Richter, in his times before the victims have got be couldn’ t sell it for anything ho lot go “ Autobiography,” which was written jo n d toddling about naked and mak of it years after the occurrence, also tells ing mud pies. No very enthusiastic Plumber— You are mistaken in the us in graphic language of his earlieet passion is to be expected of young date. The crown jewels o f France kiss, the one which he gave to pretty couples thus contracted to one an will not be sjld until next month little Catherine Barin, as ho met her other. The young male a lw y s ap ou-Ahe ale house steps in Hcliwarzen- Yon are setting n* n bad example,1 pears at a disadvantage in affairs of baok one winter night. “ It was the the heart, but it is a thousand times as the algebra class said when the one pearl of a minute,” he says, “ that teacher wrote a bad equation on the more embarrassing for him when lioard. was nover repeated; a whole longing these soft things have to be addressed past aud a dreaming future wore A young ladies’ seminary blew np to the fair one iu the presence of united in one moment, and in the the other day down East It is Bnp- three or four other girls and a com darkness behind my closed eyes tho osed that a spark got into the pow panion or two of his own, all of them fireworks of my whole life never re er room. presumably bored, and therefore volved in a glance. Ah, I have never viciously critical. But we have noth Darwin expected to find the mis forgotten it—the ineffaceable mo ing to do with the actual agencies of B i n g link in Africa. A man of more ment.” Probably the most remark the martyrs to such a style of love common sense would go directly to a able kiss upon record is that which making. Tho proceedings which go sausage shop for it. was given by Queen Margaret to before the interview are a more pub If David Davis should cixiss the Alain Chartier moro than four hun lic matter, and eminently calculated ocean, tho stewards might not avoid dred yoars ago. He was a poet, bnt to exasperate testy neighbors. him, bnt they would be apt to give the ugliest man in the whole of Courting in Burmnh is all done at him a wide berth. France. Daring his lifetime he en night. Burmese hotues are all You can never convince tho women joyed n wonderful reputation, bnt iles, and never moro than one story with big feet that there is any beauty after his death he was neglected and igh. As a general rale there are forgotten. He is now chiefly re 1(î ly two or three rooms altogether, about walking dresses which show nl membered on account o f the kiss the shoe. and there are, therefore, but two which tho queen pressed npon his Deferring to tho “ Passion Play” courses open to tho elders. They dreaming lips one day, as she found must either go out and wander about once more, it looks us though Judas him sleeping, saying to her maid as while the courting goes on, or they was likoly to get loft on his thirty she did so, “ I kiss not the man; I must g o to bed. The former alterna pieces of silver. kiss tho soul that sings.’’ It seems A printer prosidod over the rocent that queens have ever looked kindly tive does not commend itself to the mother, who likes to superintend op meeting of bakers in this city. He is upon tho practice; for good Queen erations for herself through a con doubtless interested in the “pi” d e Bess, as history tolls us, “ took right venient slit in the bamboo walls; and partment. heartily” tho kiss which Leicester, The artesian well throws up its the friend o f pretty Amy Bobeart, going off to bed as it were at word of command is only compatible with a water because it has a spring bottom. was bold enough to place upon her most mild and yielding disposition in Marco Bozzaris was a striker, and lips. The kiss, even from the very tho father. Consequently when the he stood firm without hiring a hall. earliest times, has been an important girl is arrayed for conquest-—flowers A man is in dead earnest when he implement in the armory o f love. twined in her hair, fragrant cosmet has been cremated according to h k Virgil makuB it a menus of inspiring ics on her cheek and nock, and her convictions. passion for -Eneas in the breast of finger-nails delicately tinted—it is unhappy Dido. Poor Sapho, after The under worked and over fed not always possible to summon the being deserted by Phaon, thought ardent youth forthwith. He is outside, people are always having trouble that life had no more charms, and dressed in his smartest and with a with their stomachs. longed only for “restful death.” All persons are disposed to build Therefore, sho repuired to tho pro couple o f companions bent possibly on the samo errand us himself, but he castles in the air. All they want is a montory of Leucate, in Acarnania, is obliged to stay there till ho gets foundation. on tho top o f which was a little the signid that the coast is clear and The man who attempts to turn temple, dedicated to Apollo, and ling that he may come up. Every youth himself about on a tight rope certain herself into the sea. Bat ere she did has his own private signal by means ly needs a balance wheel. so she wrote him a plaintive letter, in o f which ho announces to his lady Dr. Mary Walker shows a feminino which she says, “ you stox>ped my love his arrival in the street. This is weakness by refusing to take her tongue with kisses, aud found them almost invariably effected by means of Derby bat off in public places in the sweeter than my song.” And many a fiddle with two strings. It is a sad presence of men. a poor, forsaken heart has echoed the fuel that Young Burrnah is a lament The Sea King's daughter from same words in modern days! able failuro on tho fiddle. Each over the sea was seeking what she youth must have his own particular A KIDNAPPING FEMALE CAT- could see, although Tennyson did not call, that the lady may know who it put it np that way. Cats are not usually regarded as is that is coming, and not be imposed Whon Jacob kissed Bachel he models of propriety or honeity. upon by mischievous jokers or roving, irresponsible gallants, l ’aganini is ‘lifted up his voice and wept.” It They will remain out late o’ nights said to have played bewitchingly on was because he bad waited seven and they will steal whenever the opportunity to secure a palatable one string, l ’ho Burmah is success years. She never flinched. Half tho population is debating as mouthful presents itself. But there ful only in producing horrible sounds on two. There is a groat lack of in to where they shall spend their money. is a cat residing with a very respect ventiveness in those courting calls. The other half wonders where they able family in Salem street that caps the climax of feline crime. It is a One youth confines himself to the will get any to spend. down streke, and drones away monot There is moro sparking than ever female cat, but its sox does not pro onously, but with great staying at Spiuaish Fort now that the Stepto- tect it from the charge o f brigand power. When at last the happy man line oil lamps have been obliged to age which has been proven against it. She is a kidnapper of other cats’ receives his summons there is peace take the places of electno lights. kittens; a veritable four-footed rival again for a time, only, however, to bo When mention is made o f persons of the abductors of Charlie Boss. interrupted in something less than an loaving town it is customary to say hour, whon, the sweet nothings hav by wlint railroad or boat they left. About six weeks ago she produced a family of twins, but the master of the ing all lieen said as best they can be This shows they did not walk. house, being a member of the society before an unsympathetic audienco, Never dispute with a country land for the repression of overproduction the young men issue forth to go to some other girl’s house, whero an lord when he says ice water is fear in cats, consigned them to a watery other of the party is interested. And fully unhealthy in hot weather. Ho irave. The mother was disconsolate so it goes on until it is too late to may not have any ice, and it would o r a few days, but her grief soon make further rounds, and a relieved not bo well to hurt his feelings be disappeared, and she lapped her milk aud ate her pickings with as much fore he made out hia bill. neighborhood sighs with delight. Tbe English sparrow was an as relish as she did before the maternal Lightness of color combined with event. Early one morning she was plumpness of figure forma the Tura sisted emigrant, originally. sitting in the woodshed, waiting for niau idea of feminine charms. Old Henry Buckle, tho English histori the family to rise and open the door. courting customs are found among an classes chess as a special gift. It They had no sooner done su than the Tnlaings nlso, and may frequent is something liko being cross-eyed. puss disappeared, only to return in ly be observed in Manlmein, and Ab You, the prettiest Chinese girl about half an hour with what ap somewhat less commonly in Itungoon. iared to be a rat in ber mouth. Tbe T akin g maiden does not admit ever brought to America, has married ho made her way to the kitchen, her lover into the room with her. an Englishman in San Franc soo. whero the lady of tne house was pre That is a freedom which she consid Ah, You rascal! Minister Lowell, in London, is paring breakfast, and laying tho prize ers a little less shocking than tho custom of the West. He has to creep busy dining out. His brain appears at her feet, purred and rubbed between the posts on which tho house to nave loot its canning, but his against her dress with every demon stration of pride and delight. The is snpi>orted, and hold swpet converse stomach is still active. lady then saw that the supposed rat through the chinks of the bamboo The man to bo nominated is the was a kitten not more than two days floor. There is nobody to listen to all man who can be olected. A sure that is said as long as tbe happy pair chance of success lays over and beats old| but whero or how the cat became sjieak in sufficiently guarded wliis tho most eloquent platform ever possessed of it is a mystery. That ahe had made a descent npon the off pers. No malicious friends can hint written. spring o f somo cat more favorod was at tho maiden’s forwardness, or froeze Gov. S. John, of Kansas, is one of evident and it is quite possible that by their looks the ardent emotions of tbe few Saints who make goodness the young man into platitudes. The pay. Ho is to speak twelve times in the robl>ery was only accomplished duration o f the interview is not so Ohio on prohibition, and will receive after n fierce struggle, during which the blind kitten was lacerated. Puss long as that granted to the Burman, |50 for each speak. tried hard to nurse her forcibly but, considering the circumstances, Gen. Hazen says the telegraphic adopted child, bnt the length of time it is probable that moro actual court ing business can lie got through in disturbance has not paralyzed Ills elapsing since she w h s deprived of the time. The T ak in g lover does brigadier general weather bureau. her own offspring rendered that im not use a fiddle unless he is pressing He will continue his reports. This is possible, and so tho kitten was and as it shonld lie. A man would feel drowned.—(Lowell Citizen. his suit with a Burmese girl, | oven then he frequently holds b j bis lost if he conld not wake np in the TOO HANDY WITH A PEN. own national custom. He whirtles. morning and read how hot be was Whon, therefore, the T aking falls in yesterday. Ex Senator Thomas J. Creamer love ho may at once be detected by An exchange says; “ The world tells a good story of the palmy days the assiduous way in which he prac moves. A telegraph station has when the Hon. Paddy Burns was a tices whistling at furtive moments lately l>een opened in Nazareth, in Deputy Sheriff. He . was w frequently during the day. He never attains to the Holy Land.” Nazareth, by the detailed to take convicted pnsc col excellence, and often, at the end of a w ay, has n ot been heard from since to Sing Sing Prison One day, as he long courtship, makes wild slips and the strike. approached the entrance, a mild- puffs in ungraceful and jerky fashion A new game has been invented for mannered prisoner held out a pair of before ho gets to the sonnding point. tbe watering place amusement It small white hands chained together It is, of course, very nearly qulto is called lawn pool, and it is adapted with handcuffs. dark, and she may be imposed upon to the intellectual capacity of the “ Shoriff,” he said, in pitifnl accents, by a bold adventurer who simulates dnde. “ look at those hands They will be the favored man, and comes np the It is not necessary for a rich man no good in the quarries. I’m here moment tho nockorchief is dangled for ten years. It’ll kill me to g o into through the chinks of the door as a to cut tbe grass on tho sidewalks the quarries. Yon might as well pnt Inspectors signal to announce that tho coast is about his vacant lots. a titled lady in a laundry.” clear. Accordingly, the visitor is re notify the premises, and the grass “ Ah, be aisy, now," said Paddy. takes care of itself. qtiired to put his hand through be Insomnia is cured in many cases "Yon talk so much yon twisht the tween the interstice of the bamboo eye of me.” floor. The girl recognizeg her lovers by taking a salt water bath at mid “ I ’ve a hundred dollar hill in my hand, and, if it is all right, and she night, ft leads to the conclusion that vest pocket, and—” is inclined to favor his suit, she takes some people are too fresh. “ Whisper, whisper," broke in Paddy hold of it, and thus, hand in hand, All drunkards do not die prom with sudden interest they unfold their hearts to one an Men well preserved in alcohol have “ It’s my last hundred dollars,” tbe other. But, if it is a strange hand, or been known to linger for many years, prisoner continued in a low tone, if she is inclined to be coquettish hangiDg on after they have outlived “and it's yonrs if you'll only keep me she clips his finger with a pair of be their usefulness. ont o f tbe qnarriee.” tel nippers, and talee are told of “ What can ye do now?” Paddy in The great female painter. Boss Bon- overenergetic damsels who have actu heur. is sixty one years old, though qniredj «ally nipped a man's finger joint off she paints incessantly.—(Nashville “ Any light work,” was the reply with that formidable instrument Banner. | She might look like sixty "Can't yon get me something easy?" Courting on these terms is rather “ W eil—now—I don’t know. Are if she did not paint. perilous work, and the ladios have Gail Hamilton liegan ber literary ys handy wid a pin’ ” gallant gav Lotharioe very complete “ Hamly with a pen?” repeated the career as a costribntor to the Boston ly under their control. Vimgregntionnlmt, hot no man know captivo with sudden energy, eth where she will end. »She is forty ons, man. I’m too handv. what Ti» here for.” - - fN. Y. £ bnt she writes like sixty. about Niagara S E S ■ 1