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0 1 6 SUBSCRIPTION i Strictly in advance, Two Dollars jut year ; One Dollar for (tii months ; Fifty (Villa for three months. Hinglo copies Five Cents, ADVERTISING MEDIUM. Il.to. k una hull ll'l'lll'lllou. I I'Ul Ai - II iMr iiii'li luf Kill ln..rtli,u..i),l 74 it .ur Ini h ,, , titvtivni liiMftlnii, I'riHiU lur hl.l.r.l HF FT Vol,. 5!:i No. 0KK.10N CITY, OUKCJON, TIU'IiSDAY, JANUARY W, 1890. MICE 5 CENTS. kRPRLSE I JltlOO myin J..I.3 I rl tl IVlt it K ii 1 mi'ti u, t it ,a psi 91 ft! m r.oiiuAnr lUi,V, li.u iii,;ii I" ' i'iiii kUHiii Annua r ' ' . i r M t ii ii.v.f 74 ran I II I lf M. M'M fcrtMtn ; I I I , 4 ? Ii ifn 1 1 li it. i .' n't,-ft K tUl 1 1; r f II .'"ll l lV.!i '., :! ! 'll. fr tt l fcovtMat 1 ' i ';rl i: I I I 1 t i MAHt M ,T'f - r : li r I" 1 1 II n i I' i if ii ii n 'J. if i i t im 1 tl 11 i i 1. 10 AlUll. tl J U.'lll I n .. r i I II II it in . u ii n : t m l ii i ii if t n i. ! i. i. MX .T-f !ri r ' v (i v i iv-?i h II 11 111 1't. 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Imiii M Mii y fun t i.i Mr(ittfr. anl tratia tiiiTral li w hitint'i (1. E. HAYES, ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Oroiion, City. Oronon. iitlii-p ui htili. nrnr Cnurl llmi,. F O. Mi GOWN, Attorney at Law. Orr).'iii City, ttnuim. LmihI Husiiicss ii Spociiilty, T. A. Mi'ltltl lK. A. H. lUtKMHKH. McHHIDE A DRESSER. Attorneys at Law. Olllm lii Juur llliK k.Ori'Kon City, lr. A, I. Kit Y K. MII'NKY KMITII FRYE & SMITH, Civil Enl moo ib and Surveyors (lllli n ni'iii lv iiiunilo Court HniiHii OUIKIDNCITY, tlUICdtlN. Work rronnilly Allt'titlcd to i 'i 1 H. E. FERRIN, M. D., IIOYEOrATIIlC PHYSICIAN AND SUROEON. OroKon City, Oregon. (it eii i i mnlm III Hunk lili.ck Inmt nllli , n i r iir ii i k k omi K. J. W. POWELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon. ( Hiiro ul, ( Inn iniin & Cu'l Hum Slore tntl'.dON CITY, UKKdON DHS. SMITH & DARLING oIl'll'I'H lit EAGLE CREEK AND EAST FORLAMD. Eucli altumnts woek. DinniwH of tlio Kyo, Eur nml 'I'h rout niiulo a Hpocialty liy Dr. Darling. 1IMIO UI T J H i! if . r iii it n lli: I in it li'itf 1 fi it tmnN AND CHEAPEST Family Groceries - i'AN UK Kiil'Mi AT - Oscar E. A. Freytag's, AT 111 K riniT UK MAIN rllltKT IlitvillK rllililin'l iiivmI( In ImiIiih lirrn, I itiiHM awllltt C' 'I In Hint II Mill I hi In tln .vnliUnn ul tlto Imyvr li lr.n Willi Mm. I Iminlln on I y llrnl iIim kihhU, ami nill mII tlii'in iliwo wi Itml t in a v Iw iTiin In tt'l ii in your ialruim(o In I lie (ilium Cull nml pm inn my uimkIii nml nlina mnl and I iiiih liu nl llmt I ran mtll(y vmi ill Imtli. Itdllinlnlirr Unit t ili'llUT ull yixxU In any imil ul tlmillv nniily ami Kill K n' ( IIAHliK iili lit y ii ii aKnii. Oscar E. A. Freytag. -why mm Tu ilitfluUfcg to urrh THIN W II V NOT BUY IVOW, iir.n- J. H. WAY, I'nr I ltd IMANO ml UltlUN mau mill II ou an Inatiuniwit VERY CHEAP. 3?IA1T03: III H UNO., i mm ii. M i:ilM A I'OMI. ORGANS: nimn a iiii.l. . u. ii imi:. tt i:k. S::a r;r CiSH or ci lie INSTiLL.EJiT FUK. .Vl lrrMai Oregon City. Or. FUUN1TUUE. E. S. WAItUKN, Krrii In Htw t (ull anJ cuuiltl tin al Louncs, Bda, Mattrsstoa, and Chairs. AI.S Curtains and Fixtures, Pictu e Frames and Moulding. Trii'i'M guarnntiHHl. E. S. WARREN. GRAND CLKAKAXCE SALK AT TIIK STORE. Gl resit Induction IN P:R:I:C:E:S. WHmi Hhy m ah, a f W CxUvia. W bra iIkhui IIUW, alia crW fr CaalurU. Whra .ha Warn. MM, aha clunf l l"rt. ft'baa alia bU Cklldraa, aha gara Uwia CMkjrta, OSWEGO NURSERIES, Wai.iinu A Jaiiihi'ii, l'roin.. CROWERS AND DEALERS Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Grape Vines, Small Fruits, Etc. Niirserv four miles below Oration City un t liu Oswego roml. Catalouiuis mailed free on aiilicatiin, Address til orders to WALLING & JARISCH. ImwKV. Urea". A lluririilii. rur aiuu, ni. aiu in,i iirip, on. timber land; about S!5 aeres ash tlmtair, 4 miles bom K. It. station. 2 miles u i.. ... .in - inn nr troni saw mill on Uoek Creek ; siluiuliUi land and timber i level; teriim eay. Ask McOowm & Don. Fiano or Onran wswm BANK OF OREGON CITY Paid up Capital 950,000, I'mtaiiiKNT TIloMAM (-11 Alt MAN. ('AaillKN HAH. II, ( At KIKI.it. Makaukk... . I".. I.. KAMTIIAM lkiMli. r",'lrl .nlOri-i In rhurl Appriiv.'! I'lU. .Mil ii'iU. iliM'tiimiMl r.Mllily iii rUf wurt.lila l.i.iiflil Iimii. itiM.U mi av.lUI.1. tmirllr, I Mllwtluli. IM..I. if.ln.ll)r. I'r.M. ."1't mi piiriUii'l, H.n rr.nil.,h,('litr'' gi, N.w Vorli, anil .11 .rlurl.l -ltlra "I Ku- Tl,.rihl .-Ii.li( u.l'l in fiiltl.liil, H.U fr.ni'tx'u, I lilraa , ami A. Yi. Uteres! Paid on time depozll as follows : f'it thiea ttt'ttilli. 4 ir rrnl tmt iuiu. ft muMltit ft cr rriit r anutitn fur U tutiiitlia. r rani auuuw. Tim tattlflrat ft 1talt fayalVin if maul but liitrirat fnffUfl ll Olawii tMBlofff ul vl ittm ut UrjHNil'.. CITY BATHS AND Tonsorial Parlors. HAIRCUTING n'AMP00ING AIR DYEING (JINGLING. Sliarji Ha.(rHil' ('Iran Towel I.ii.lii'n' and i hi.drcu' hain utting a Hinrialty. Il it or cold ImtliM at any time. 25cts. BATHS 25cts. Griggs & Gaiter. Opposite the post Office. If Vuu arr in nerd u(a llailirM, HadJI, llriille, or l(r.aiia, )u ran inonry i rallinit on uii". Kiiin I'iiiut llarneoiva anJ Slut k SaJ tllra Intilo tu orilrr. Wlmllirr you anl Id liny or mt l n 0 tu n rail un nm. t Harness Shop. Nrit tu llvnrv Conka'a L.veiy Slal.la LUMBER! FOR FIRST CLASS LUMBER CO TO Geo. S. McCord's Mill un Ml. l'leanant 2 iiiilca notith of tiregon City. Merchants Exchange. IUIb Mrt. Or.(. ('Of Or..'. Krtf COSMTAM'IV ON 11 A Ml Till ba.1 br.iid ul Miinra. lnn .nj Cli.rt laihaClir au p In ami try tha nr BillUra T.bla. Alia luiirl4 Ullw.uk.. i'hlr.. au4 aucaBnr. J. 1HKMSA 1 II Prui.rl.tor ARCHITECTS. r r wiin w A WHITE. WHITE BROTHERS, Vrartienl Architects J- HuilJers. Will priar vl.uv fixation., wiwktn d l.llt, atul twllrallilii lor all klliill ul builj U'll. Miwrltl atlrtilli.n U.n lo mml.ru cut Ufa.. I.illniau-a lurulnbrd on a.llratioa Ull un ur ..lilrrM W II1TK KKOS , Or.in ('11 jr. O0 ll. r. MAY. J.J. t'OOKK. MAY & COOKE Di'iilcrs In (Jroccrlen k l'rodurp, I'lUCAtiO STOKK, Oregon City, Oregon. J. M. NACOX & SOX. liKAI.KKH IN Hooks and Stationery POST OFFICE BUILDINC, OUKiiON CITY, OKKliON. PAIIUTIKTO . A. WALKER. Painter, Kalsominer, and Decorator, Is prepared to attend promptly t work t'litrumeti to linn, ratroiuigo respectfully solicited. M. H. Flanagan, W1UH.KSAI K AND KKTA1L UQUOR STORE. -a -KH.PSJM HAND TIIK BKST SKI KCTIOK IV ill WIhm, Lluiinr., Ala. H.ar, o,,lob laiiml III Ilia Mala. lt! l.oin-r..thio BUM I olv. m a cu II. II. FLANAGAN. Livery, FjciI and Sale Stable ORECON CITY. liOCATKD IIKTWKKN TIIK 11 It 1 1X1 K AND URrot. Double und Singh) Iligs, and sad dlo horses always on hand at the lowest linoes, A corrull connectoU . .,1. ,1... I ... l.,..., ol.w.l. WM, 1 10 unni ui un rnw , i - .. ., , . lnforn.atioii reganlinit any kind ol stock promptly atuuidud to by person r ((l(or ' Horsea Bought and Sold. Awn 1 Blue m TO' Til K tOl .lTI 101 HT. Th Aiiilliill fur Froni hl fr lb I'uulle HlKb; "' lriur. fo tiik JI'i.soitAHi.K (.'in tv C'ot'KT ok t'l Ai kamah CoiM V, Htatk ok Okkoon- j i,...ii.,,l Your urtitionor, th loitu.m and Willan.atc. ralln Ha.lway Co, '., .. ,., , 'turn, Sheep raiHing hai P'cirivi'd a i der and hy virtue of tho lawofth( " , , , ,i Kre.it iiotx tu", and in every vi age dtate of Or'Kon rei-tfully rej.re-,'1 , , , , 4. , ... .i . j. , laro tlix-ks of Hheep alKjund. One t nU and Hhowi that it l tin Ut , , . 'great olilaclo lias now teeu wpt , nire and iiuriioiw of your jM'titlon ... , ,, 1 ' " flU Ht' I Pi'-y t ll II m tara .f I, st ar Arc to ronttruct way and tele-; Kraph line from the city of 1'ortland. Miiltniji'iuh countv. Oreiion, to (Jr , ,,, : . ... i .. T i ,i i ,i... - .7 uiru.ni ami itlni.r inter! thu way of imwi-go mil fiar wi wnn,uw " ulmtantiallr a d 1 I ... ... ....'., 1. 1 .. ..rV urlii'li'M ciareu in your wuu" - ... , ! ; . :.. A t,.l l.i mnl lit mil i oi inrirjrii"n. on. and ooeratc a vntem of cam and , . .. t I - f..m ll... Irai.ufu.rtntlllfi lit " . i ; frxivlit ami narwemrerti u Kin aim liarweugt ra uon i . : i . n u l.u ,ii..it,ii. .if electrical or other nuitatile iiiiitoM.. 1 11 . ... ... J hat .aid enterpriKe win pn.. t. f vn-nt utility and convenience to the jieiple of a large and valua ble portion of riaikaman county, effect a rajiid and important incn ukc in the value of land in that m t tion of the county, induce increaxo of acttletni-iiU by JH-ople miking home and buinen, encouruge en terprinea, improvement and varied induHtrici in all that locality, and very conniJerably to the taxable valuca of the county and greatly en hance the material intereuta of the county a a whole, and ju titioner propone to your Hon Court to enter into an agreement with your court, by which your petitioner will le granted Tniimion to occupy ap proji.rpriate and ue f"r the pur jMwa above indicated, via, for the coiiHtruction and ojK-ration of a tel egraph line and railway with elec trical and motor appliance, the following named county bridge and county road it, with tie bridges thereon, or so . .. . . 1 M..I I- mum thereof u may ue .,.,uu. , and practicable, vix: Tho bridge across the Willam ette river at Oregon City, and the county road commencing at the east end of the suspension bridge at county bridge at Oregon City shall come to a stop, and if any ve hicle, teams or droves of animals, at such time are ujwn said bridge, or in the present act of immediate ly going inm such bridge to cross the same said cars shall be held until such vehicles, teams of droves of animals have had time to cress said bridge, your petitioner there utHin to have he right of way across said bridge and the privilege of creasing said bridge prior to all persona who shall arrive at said bridge, subsequent to the stopping of said cars. I Your petitioner agrees to . . ., . . f pav into Hie county treasury oi Clackamas county, in addition to j the usual tax, annually, three p"r centum of the profits of its business in transporting passengers and freight in said county and your jh- titioner prays jour Hon. t ourt that for and in consideration of the terms, undertakings and agreement above named, to be faithfully kept and informed on tho part of your petitioner as above set forth and declared, your petitioner bo by the court awarded and granted the ex clusive franchise for and privilege of having, occupying and using the railway at and upon said county bridge across the Willamette river at Oregon City, aforesaid for the construction, maintenance and op eration of a telegraph, railway, electric motor, or other approved motor lineB for the transportation of passongers and freight for the pe riod of fifty years. Also that your petitioner bo likewise granted tho exclusive right of way for and priv ilege of occupying and using eaid county road above described, with tho bridges thoreon or bo much and such part thereof as may bo neoes sary or convenient for tho construc tion, maintenance and operation of a telegraph line for tho period of fifty years. Ami aa in duty bound, your pe titioner will over pray. In witness whereof, petitioner has cauBod ita presidcut and secretary to sign this petition and to allix ita corporate seal thereto. Portland Wii.i.amhttr Falls Railway Co., by Fhank V. Drake, Pres., Cash. U. Barlow, Soc'y. January 8, A. D., 1890. Tho southern press intends to raiso $200,(K)0 for Jeff Davis' fumily. I'tirl'iut Iraiinfiiniiullen, Tim I'hilailirliiliia Tiilcraiih is ri'Miifiimihln fur the following: Tho I"'l f Nt-wfouiullaiid ar gra-lu- "hari'Luiiig tnc finhnry aiil turning their attention to farming, j to niiniiig und to manufacture, j . , . ... , n: ic-vii uiuuKUk uiuj'.t ijuiuva- ; j irj fct.c .11 wiu nuinii.:r time, in ipiUi of Mriivent lawn r-1 Eiinong iireeauiionH, iney ri garding precaution!), they frequent-: ly dentroyi.J valuable eheep. J i if , , , Many loealitien have abolinhvd i them completely and have intro- , , . t dined nhrep farminif on r a large scale. Ttie ineaHure, however, has pn'iu' tu "lie iiieineiiiai in.iiuveii 1 I 1 :. : i ....... i : lenee of a serious nature In dome j canen, whether through the nenli- . fond n. -un of tin: ownem, diias have IB lwMl ,un-en, to e.ttH. U) tll0 for. enUi; the animals have been quite wild and savage, ind continue to hang around back wood s.:ttle ments. This may U'Comc a serious d.m ger in the future. The wolf is only a dg run wild. These animals will proHigate their kind, and to the cunning of the tame animal they will add the ferocity of the wild. Alroady dangerous encoun ters have occurred. Sheep have btn slain by them. Cattle wan dering over the plains and through the woods have btt-n attacked by them. 1'artii-s of women engaged in Urry-picking have been pre vented from going far from the set tlements. Men have been attacked by theiu anJ coinj-elled to take re fuge in trees. Lately a herdsman in search of cattle came across a litter of young pups and was fierce ly attacked by the mother. Fortu nately he was armed with a pitch '"'"1 ' fork, and after a ucsicrate contest, . dH,troveJ the cubs. Theihunting of th'is new race of wohli may Income a national uport or a national business, and the legislature may find itself com iclled to provide for the price of wolves!, heads. Stury of the Spjtiire. SjKUiges were at one time living animals. Although they have no nerves, no heart, no lungs, no mouth and no stomach, yet they are placed by the naturalists in the animal kingdom, says an exchange. Living sponges consist of a jelly like mass, supported by a frame work of homy fillers; called spic ules. This "jelly body" covers all parts of the framework and decays immediately after the death of the sponge. It is this framework, or skeleton with which we are so fa miliar. During the life of the sponge the flesh is said to present a beautiful appearance, almost all the colors of the rainbow, dazzling the eves with their brilliancy. During ita life the sponge is con stantly drawing water thmuh its Hires, and countless streams are continually flowing through the oiige, bringing in little particles of food, and all the air needed to support it. There is another ele ment in this wonderful circulation that should not 1 overlooked. Located in different parts of these pores are cup-shaped hollows filled with thread like particles or "cells" which are continually in motion, and assist in keeping the water in circulation. Eve-ivthiniz that lives must brcthe and out. And it isoneof the curiosities of nature that an animal without a mouth or a stoniueho can eat and digest its food. The circa latum of the water through the pores supplies oxygen for breathing at the same time that it bring little parti cles of food into contact with differ ent iKirtions of the sponge. When I tho food touches any part of the body the soft jelly-like flesh sinks in so as to form a cup. while the surrounding parts creep out over the morsel of food until it is entirely covered. Here it is held until the digestible portions are absorbed when the llcsh assumes its original position, and any shell or other rcfuso that remains from the meal is carried away by tho currents of water. Kx. Tell as not In spoony verses M.irrlinl I ii'i) is all a ilmain ; lie who oft Ids jnv rehearses Ain't so kIuJ as ho may seem. HuikIh of all liiilil men remhul us We slioiilil choose our wives with cure Or departing leave behind us Half our natural vrop of hair, Chicago llorald ouldn't Find hi Hrlde. A lanky man, with & worriml l'Kikjtol'latilotMf - Dfiiioorat reimrtur that he had loet hin wifi, whom he juct hroutrht to St. Louih. "'I took her to a boonling-houae an noon an we got in," he nui'1, "and . .... a gian" Ol i:r. rn lino KJia ni u iw tiarticular ahjut tho houae, and had ' not th number (Juwn on n old en- , , ... . . velope n put it in my coat. J'ut ' ' ' I low A the number, and, what was , , , .in iaf . .roi, I Mt ifi n,il mir oul I tmaltf. ,.;...,. t;. arjuiii m i.Mijii; ui uiikks vj Bee if I could find mine of the foul air that folkn ay there in no much of in a biz city, and then I atarted o back to my wife 'n haven't got there yet." "What Bcemii tj lie the matter?" "I thought I took a mental photo i graph of the house. I did. hut when I went to lok fur it I found row on row of other houses just like myi photograph which had, I might add, been a little too instantaneous to be goo!. I began inquiring; but I got fired out'o one house, bounced c-ut'o another, until I got tired, and concluded that tho whole; town was so full of bouses that were just like my wife's boardin' house, that I quit." "What was the name of the pro prietor?" ' I don' know that; don't know the street, don't know the house number, don't know anything, hardly, any more." '"Your own name?" "Let me see I've about forgotten that; but I've got it writ down and kin tell in a minute." The bewildered man reached down in his pocket and drew out a patent medicine memoranda. "Oh, here it is," ha said, "and I'll be banged if there isn't my wife's address. I didn't change coats after all. 'Xo. "021 Michigan avenue,' it says how'l I get there?" "Go down here and take the Sixth streetcars," replied the little knot of sympathetic men who bad gather ea around w "But it takes money to take the cars,' 'n I left most all o' mine with my wife; tell me which war an I'll walk" 'N'o you won't, was the reply, and a smart collection was taken up and handed the countryman, the reporter contributing the loan of his hat. It required a little pressure to get the amount accept ed. "Only as a loan," he pretested, and executed an impromptu note which he signed, with tears of grat itude coming out of his eyes, and went off. 'Well, has that fellow worked that racket on you?" asked Officer Longworth, who came up a few min utes after, and heard the story. '"That's about a dozen times be has played that dodge, and always slips awav. How much did he get? "This note we're holding shows It. SO," was the chorused reply. Here's five more," replied the officer, '"from ?3 to tS. Some are signed with one name and some an other. Wl en you get tired hold ing that note you can put it among your curiosities, for that fellow is one of the smartest fakirs in the country." Tie Hook Agent. The ingenuity of book agents has advanced another step. Instead of carrying around their book with them, a proceeding that betrayed thorn and prevented them from ob taining admission to most of the houses atul oilices, at witieli tnev called, the smartest of them now have the luniks curried by a sm iU boy who follows them. Without any sin of their calling they haze little dillicultv in (jaining admission to an otlicc, and on.v inside, after broaching their business, they step to tad door and call: -'Johnny, come in!" and in trots tho boy with tho books, upon tho merits of which the n;;ont proceeds to dilate av'u'.i a vigor and pcrs'o.Unce that can be shut off only bv forcible ejection from tho plue. Ex. The 0". Ic.it Newspaper la t!ie World. Th i oldest newspaper in the world is tho King Pan, or capital sheet, which is published at Pekin, China. It first nppvarod in 911, and since 1I112 has not missed a single issue, For tho the first fow hundred years all tho work on the King Pail was done with brushes, At present it prints three editions daily and hti.s a c'.r ul ition of 14,000 coiiies. r.ulernl liMomnla. Continuous prevention or any interference with sleep is the most far-reaching damage producer to the human system. Comfort and contentment are obliterated. Their attendant substitutes are nervous irritability, mental anxiety, which sooner or later according to the ro nistanc power of the individual, become idiocy, mania or death, preceded by a painful physical col lapittj. It is stated ai a fact that at lal I.) per cent, of "Wall street" ojierators arc wretched sleepers and 5 lr cent more are pronounced victim. of insomnia, who never deep except under exhaustion or benumbing influence of some hyp notic it may be chloral, opium, alcohol, sulfonal or bromides. These used in ever increasing quan tities to produce artificitl sleep must end bv tho destruction of in tellectuality. The absence of cor relation between the brain and the stomach must be known as a prime factor in preventing sleep. The muscle-brawn laborer rests infinitely better when he geeks his sleep with a stomach coirparatively em pty; with him sleep is that oblivion which bis slow-acting brain awards the work-strained musck-s. The brain worker proper students, pro fessional men and builders of for tune rarely sleep soundly and reg ularly. The be.-t advice that can be given to those troubled with insomnia is to study the stomach and keep it com paratively full for two purposes. First, to coax the blood current away from a flaccid lot of blood vessels ramifying through every nook and corner of your brain, which is too active and loaded with unnatural fulness. Secondly, the stomach must contain food in order to keep up a steady supply of that always in demand pabulum neces sary to healthful nutrition, without which no organ caa thoroughly do itM allotted work. The brain work er must always woo sleep with a full stomach, warm feet, cool head and quiet heart's action.. Fortunately Oregon climate is to a great extent a specific for the evil of sleeplessness, but a careful observance of the rules here laid down will doubtless be of benefit to those whom the climate fails to help. Hard ( h inca fur the II outwork. "At home Tuesdays in March from 3 until 6 o'clock," read w sim ple minded old lady on the wedding cards of a young couple of her ac quaintance. "Well, well," she said, deprecatiiigly ''Carrie was always an awful girl to go, but I did think she'd stop her gadding round and settle down after she married; but this looks like she expecteJ to go it worse than ever when she had to send out notice that she won't be at home but three hours a week. Great housekeeping she'll do at that rate! I pity her husband!" Chicago Advance. I)ut ftallis fur Fowls. In the matter of dust or earth baths, says the American Agricul turalist, fowls much prefer burrowing in tho earth to wallowing in a shal low dust-box. One corner of the poultry-house should be inclosed and then filled with soft, pulverized, dry earth to alwut twenty inches above tne level, of the floor. Have a small door connecting this with the poultry-house, and when it is left open the fowls will walk in and take a good wallow. All kinds of poultry especially lovo to dust themselves when there are indica Hons of stormy weather. t'heeie W Send Filmland. The Cheese trade between Amer ica and this country is a very largo one. Last year we imported 813, 000 hundred-weights from tho Uni ted States and OliS.tKX) hundred weights from Canada, making to gether 1;4S 1,000 hundred-weights. and this year tho figures promise to be as large. This extensive bus iness is thought to offer a favorable opportunity for introducing modern methods of organization, and a scheme is on foot for tho formafion of a large corporation for this pur pose. To put it briefly, the scheme is intended to bring out a direct deal between the producer and the foreign consumer, so as to cut down unnecessary expenses. While maintaing a fair margin of profit, the cost to tho oonsuiiier is to be reduced. There is said to bo abun- danco of capital at the back of the undertaking. Pall Mall Gazette In Ker West. In JCoy West, chickens sell at 2.o0 a pair, and eggs and butter fluctuate all along from 50 ccnU to 1. The tough beef that is fur nisbed by Florida Bella In Key West as high as It a ponnd iomfl times. Eggs, cheese and potatocrt, ell proportionally high. Tha Key Westers are all good livers. They dress scantily and their out lay for clothing is small, but their appetites are keen, and they are considered the biggest eaters in tha country. The working population of Key West is largely cigar-makers, and they have ready money t all times. They do not allow it to accumulate by curbing their desire for whatever it will command. Hehsan anil Paste Pot. In tho next European war, with anything like favorable ground, ar tillery will effectually stop advanc ing infantry at 4000 yards. A New York school teacher com pelled a boy who was too wide awake to lie real good to write the word "Chicago" 1200 times as ft punishment. Witnesses' expenses in the Cro nin trial reach about loGOO, legal expenses $20,000, stenographers and typewriters $10,000, the jury SO00, and tho total cost will be 1100,000. By a quick shot be had just res cued her from the clutches of a bear. "What were your thoughts when bruin commenced to squeeze?" was his inquiry. "Oh Charley, I thought of you. New York is rapidly coming back to gas lights, and gangs of men may now be seen tearing down electric wires while other gangs are refitting the dismantled lamp posts in many of the streets. Orders were issued at the New Brunswick, N. J., public schools that the pupils must not give their teachers any Christmas presents this year. The reason given for tho order is that "there are often dissat isfaction and disputes among the classes." Barber (running his hand through customer's hair) Your head, sir is quite . Customer (irritably) You gave it a shampoo yourself two days ago. Barber (quickly re covering) is quite a remarkably well-shaped head, sir. By paying f 2 in spot cash you can get a divorce in four hours in Japan. But there is a great deal of dissatisfaction at the length of time required, as it is generally felt that the business ought to be done in one hour. Wife (at 3 A. M.) Cyrus, the ba by s Jems to be asleep at last. Why are you still walking with him? Husband (savagely) I'm mak ing a record, Emily! Don't bother llie 1 ,'.)(, 4,!TJ!, 4,UU'J, o.uuui There! Gas dum its little picture! You can take it now! Chicago Tribune. He (after a tiff) So you persist in breaking the engagement? Mature Fiancee Certainly; what do you take me for? He About forty.-, Better think it over; it may be your last chance. Governor (to lawyer asking for a reprieve) What was your client's occupation? Lawyer Lineman for an eloc trie light company. Governor Well, in that case, if ho will resume his work at once I will grant a respite for thirty days. When you ask a Georgia man how far it is to the next plantation, and he answers that "it is a peek and a right smart screooW lit Is supposed to mean that it is as fa tH you can see from where you BNtvl and then as much farther a strong voice can be heard. "According to my father's nut ), Mr. Chapkins, we always adjourn here at twelve It is now one min ute of." "Ah, indeed! Well, in accord ance with legislative customs, Miss Barrows, there being some unfin ished business la-fore the house, I will turn back the clock." Engagement announced next day. A cook who had burned up a piece of veal weighing four pounds, threw it away, and afterward ex plained to her mistress that the cat had eaten the meat. "Very well," said the lady, "we will see to that di rectly." So saying, she took Uw cat, put it on the scales, and found that it weighed exactly four pounds, "There, Fredoricke," she said, "are the four pounds of meat, but where is the cat? .t ( ...,...t