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About The news=record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1907-1910 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1910)
HAPPENINGS FROM BUYS BIG SILETZ TRACT. Nearly 2,000 Acres In Reservation Taken By Investment Co. Portland Interest in the dairy coun try south of Tillamook has been in creased by the announcement that near ly 2,000 acres of rolling land in the northern part of the Siletz reservation has been gotten by a Portland companv for subdivision into small tracts. The Oceanside Investment company has acquired this property, 25 miles south of Tillamook. The land was allotted to the Siletz Indians 20 years ago, which accounts for its lack of cultivation and improve ment The time having expired, the Indians are at liberty to dispose of their holdings, a large part of which has been secured by the Oceanside In vestment company. It is said to be in excellent condition for dairying pur poses. Cranberries seem to be indigenous to that portion of the coast, owing to the accumulation for centuries of peat Certain requirements for the highest cultivation of cranberies will have to be met and for this purpose, the Ocean side Investment company intends to at tend to the preparation "of the bogs un der expert advice. Other companies have suceeded in developing cranberry tracts possessing the conditions found in that section. For dairying, no location in the United States compares with the Ore gon coast all the way from Astoria to Newport The rolling character of the land north of the Siletz river, the enormous acreage available, the per petual growth of grass and the favor able climate unite in making the un dertaking of the new company seem ingly a commendable one. One of the features of the property is Oceanside lake, a body of fresh wa ter four miles in length and a mile wide, deep and supplied by several mountain streams. This lake has charms for the sportsman. Prof. Peavy Takes Position at O. A. C. Oregon Agricultural College, Corval lis The Oregon Agricultural college has been remarkably fortunate in se curing an able successor to Professor Lake, head of the school of forestry, who has left Corvallir with the privi lege of a leave of absence for one year and a half to take up special govern ment forestry work at Washington, D. C. His successor is Professor George W. Peavy, of San Francisco, who for a number of years has been in the forest service in the Pacific Coast states. Professor Peavy's government rank is that of chief of planting in the states of California and Nevada. He resigns this position and will immedi ately start work as head of the school of forestry at O. A. C. Professor Peavy has had an extended and distin euished service in educational and forestry affairs. He is a graduate of the literary department of the Univer sity of Michigan, and served six years as high school principal in Michigan schools. Professor Peavy retired from high school work to study forestry as the attraction of that profession ap pealed to him very strongly. Commission Orders Rates Reduced Salem Having found that rates on apples and green fruits in less than carload lots as charged jointly by the Corvallis & Eastern railroad and South ern Pacific company between Gates and Portland were unreasonable and un just the railroad commislson made an order universally reducing the rates 2H cents on a 100 pounds. The rates on the same commodities between Gates and Salem were likewise order ed reduced, the order to take effect within 20 days. The former rate be tween Portland and Gates on apples was 87 cents a 100 pounds and has been reduced to 34 cents. The rate on ap ples between Gates and Salem was re duced from 85 cents to 32)1 cents a . 100 pounds. The rate on green fruits in less than car load lota from Gates to Portland was reduced from 43 to 40 k cents a 100 pounds and between Gates and Salem from 42 to 89X cents a 100 pounds. The investigation was made on com' plaint of A. H. Hudson of Gates. Tile Company to Improve. Salem The Salem Tile ft Mercan tile company is preparing for an unus ually busy season. The company will run its factory both summer and win ter and will enlarge on the present quarters so as to more than double the previous output Five thousand do! lars will be spent on the plant making ' it the best in the state, and capable of taking care of all orders as they are re ceived. Everything manufactured fro.n clay will be made. Concrete Blocks at Albany. Albany Messrs. Frost and McGlash on, manufacturers of concrete pro ducts, have moved their business from Medford to Albany. Their new factory which is located immediately adjoin ing the O. R. ft N. dock and the S. P. aiding along the Willamette river, is now completed, and foundation blocks for new dwellings are being made to supply the local demand. Franchise to Lakeview Company. Lakeview The Lakeview Jk Pine Creek Electrie company has been granted a franchise by the common council here, to run for S3 years. This ia the ' second company that has been granted a franchise by the council since ' November 1. The former company bui many miles of lino and set a eon Bid, t ble number of poles for further extensions. , AROUND OREGON SAVE ORCHARDS FROM PESTS Systematic Spraying and Pruning Works Wonders. Eugene What may be accomplished by systematic spraying and judicious pruning of old orchards is illustrated in the experience of John Thramer, who has a 3 5-acre farm in peaches, cherries, and walnuts on the island b. tween the millrace and the Willamette river on the outskirts of Eugene. He purchased this farm five years ago. The cherry trees looked to him, he says, like a tamarack patch that bad been burned over. Mr. Tbramer cut back the cherry trees vigorously and sprayed well. The first year the entire crop was 6,000 pounds free from blemishes. The sec ond year the yield from the same part of the orchard was 14,000 pounds. The third year was proportionately greater. He now holds his warehouse receipts for 32,000 pounds, representing last year's crops. His net profit from four acres of cherries last year was 1544.40, after deducting all proper charges for expenses. From one and a half acres of peaches he obtained a clear profit of f 425.95, after deducting all expenses. On three quarters of an acre of his older cherry orchard on which 60 trees are crowded, the average yield was 6, 000 pounds. Mr. Thramer's potato crop will go 225 buBhels to the acre, the loss from freezing being very small. Stockmen Will Organize. Lakeview A meeting has been call ed for February 25, by the stockmen of Lake county, to talk over the pro posed formation of a stockmen s asso ciation. This meeting will be held at the court house in Lakeview. One of the speakers will be Forest Supervisor Guy M. Ingram, of the Fremont na tional forest. While Lake county has been one of the best stock counties in the West there has been little effort on the part of stockmen to get together. Big Profit on Farm. Tillamook The 168 acre farm known as the old Mills place on the Wilson river was sold lest week by Joseph Durrer to Ben Jacobs for $22, 000. Mr. Durrer bought this ranch three years ago for 8,000. Mr. Jacobs baa been a renter of the ranch for the past three years, and knows what it will produce. ThiB speaks well for Tillamook county real estate. Creamery Prepares for Big Business Bandon The Bandon creamery is preparing for the biggest output of butter during the coming season that has ever been manufactured in any creamery in Southwest Oregon. James E. Murphy, representing the 'company, is here from San Francisco to helo build up the business and will also look after the interests of the creamery on Ten-mile lake. Evans Will Raise Hogs. Eugene Charles W. Evans has leased the 200-acre farm four miles southwest of town, belonging to his father-in-law, Baxter Farnham, and will go into the hog raising business. He will also work the farm land on the 80 acres adjoining the Farnham farm and is planting a part of it to orchard, Will Plow by Steam. Stanfield M. A. Mills has ordered a 70-horse power traction engine, which he will use in farming his large ranch. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Track prices Bluestem, $1.15, nominal; club, $1.05; red Rus sian, $1.04; valley, $1.05; 40-fold, $1.09. , Barley Feed and brewing, $28 ton. Corn Whole, (35; cracked. $36 ton Oats No. 1 white, $31 per ton. Hay Track prices Timothy: Wil lamette valley $1920 per ton; East ern Oregon, $2I(ii22; alfalfa, $17 18; clover, $16; grain hay, $l(Wi)17. Fresh Fruits Apples, $1(3)3 box; pears, $1(3)1.60 per box; cranberries, $89 per barrel. Potatoes Carload buying prices Oregon, 70((80e per sack ; sweet pota toes, vyiwiX per pound. Vegetables Artichokes, $11.25 per dosen; cabbage, 1.75(i 2 pr hun dred; sprouts. 9c pound; squash, 2c tomatoes, $3.60 per crate. Onions Oregon, $1.60 per sack. Butter City creamery extras, S7(rD 39c; fancy outside creamery, Sf(i37c per round; store, 20Cd22e. Butter fat prices average ljtfo per pound less than regular butter prices. . Eggs Fresh Oregon extras, 32g$ 32Xcperdos.; Eastern, 17)22c. Pork Fancy, 11c pound. Poultry Hens, 17fifl8c; springs. 17 mBe; ducks, 2022c; geese, 13(i? 14c ; turkeys, live, 20vt25c; dressed, 27 g80c; squabs, $3 per dosen. Veal Extras, 1213e per pound. Hopa 1909 crop, prime and choice, 20(J21Xc; 1908s, 17c; 1907s, 11 Ho per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, 1623c pound; mohair, choice, 25c Cascara bark 4c per pound. Hides Dry hides, 18A18Wc pound dry kip, 18(fil8 V,'cj dry calfsin, 19(ii! 21e; salted hides, 10,il0,Sie; Baited calf kin, 15c pound; green. 1 c less. - Cattle Best steers, $5; fair to good $4.50(94.75; strictly good, $3.7X4 fair to good cowa, $33.50; light calves, $5(C5.50; heavy calves, $45 bulls, $3. 60(43.75; stags. Hogs Top, $9; fair to good, hogs, 8.0U((j:8.76. . Sheen Best wethers, $5.60; fair to good, $5fi5.60; good owes, $4.60(35 lambs, 6(ji6,60. APPROPRIATES $42,356,278. Bill Reported to House by Commit teeWest Fares Well. Washington, Feb. 14. The rivers and harbors bill reported to the house carries $2,582,340 for the improve ment of Oregon rivers and harbors, this being the largest Sum provided for any state excepting New York, and a larger Bum for the improvement of the Columbia than for any other river in the country excepting the Mis- issippi. The bill carries appropria tions for Washington and Oregon as follows: Oregon Columbia river and ' tribu taries above Celilo Falls to the mouth of Snake river, $90,000; Columbia riv er between foot of The Dalles rapids and the head of Celilo Falls (Oregon and Washington) $600,000; Willam ette river above Portland and Yamhill river, $30,000; mouth of Columbia river, Oregon and Washington, $1,200, 000; Coos bay and bar entrance, $400,- 000; Tillamook bay, $5,000; Coos river, $3,000; Snake river, $7,600; canal at Cascades, $5,000; Columbia and Willamette below Portland, $175,- 000; Coquille river, $27,640; Clats- kanie river, $500; dredging the Co lumbia, $1,000. Washington Puget sound and tribu taries,! 100,000; Skagit river to Se-dro-Woolley, $100,000; ship canal, Pu get sound to Lakes Union and Wash ington, $150,000; Columbia river, Bridgeport to Kettle Falls, $50,000; for improvement of the Snake river from Riparia. Wash., to Pittsburg Landing, Or., $14,000; for improve ment of Neata bay, $200,000; for im provement of Puget Bound, $135,000; Bellingham harbor, $15,000; Olympia harbor, $15,000; Hammersley inlet $9,000; Willapa harbor and river, $300,000. The entire appropriation for Washington is $564,500. St Michaels, Alaska, receives an al lowance of $100,000 for harbor im provements, and the Hawaiian islands a total of $500,000, divided as follows: Honolulu, $150,000; Hilo, $200,000; Kahuliu, $150,000. Waterway projects throughout the country at a cost of $$42,356,276, of which $7,206,430 is for continuing contracts, are provided for in the bill as a whole. The bill will be called up in the house today; in an effort to press the measure to passage as expe ditiously as possible. The $7,000,000 outside the cash appropriation is for expenditures that may hereafter be made, under the continuing contract system. The bill is theoretically an annual budget, although no regular rivers and harbors bill has been report ed since that approved March 2, 1907. In the great baste with which the bill was prepared totals in the report of the committee discloses several minor discrepancies, which it was im possible to correct tonight The fig ures as given are those furnished by the committee. PULLMAN DIVIDEND $40,000,000 Paid In Form of New Stock Worth Double Its Face. Chicago, Feb. 14. The directors of the Pullman company decided at a spe cial meeting today to give the stock holders a stock dividend of 20 per cent on the corporation's $100,000,000 of capital. This will call for the issuance of $20,000,000 of new capital, worth nearly $40,000,000 in the open market which will be given to the present shareholders without cost and will swell the company's total capital stock to $120,000,000. Pullman stock pays $8 a share divi dend each year, and sells in the mar ket at $198 a share, or nearly twice par value. This stock dividend of 20 per cent is about the equivalent of 40 per cent, therefore, on the par value of the stock. In a statement made by directors an nouncing the dividend, this afternoon. it was pointed out that "the considera tions influencing this action were that the increased investment in the manu facturing facilities of the company had been so material and considerable as to justify the directors .in the belief that it should be represented in addi tional capital stock of the company." Famous Sanatarium Lost. Battle Creek, Mich., Feb. 14. The Battle Creek Sanitarium, famous the world over, ia lost to Battle Creek. Judge Parkinson this morning handed down a decision of unconditional ouster for non-payment of taxes. Dr. Kel logg recently announced that in case the court decided against him he would close the institution and establish' a new one in the East The legal fight to establish the status of the sanitar ium aa a charitable institution and ex empt it from taxation haa been in progress for 10 years. Australia to Get News. Vancouver, B. C, Feb. 14. As a re sult of overtures made by Thomas Temperley, when in London represent ing the provincial press of Australia at the'recent imperial press confer ence, there has sprung into existence the Independent Press Cable associa tion of Australia, with heandquartera at Vancouver. W. E, Vincent,, man aging editor of the service, has arrived in this cltry by the Makura to take up ma duties. Hogs Advance to $9.10. Cleveland, Feb. 14. The livestock quotations on all grades of hogs ad vanced today to $9.10 a hundred pounds, the highest price here since the Civil war. More than 20,000 20 candle power incandescent lamp fllamenta can be made from a single pound of tantalum. The Redemption ,By CHARLES FREDERIC GOSS Copyrlf ht. 1400, fcr The Bowen-MerrlU Company. CHAPTER XX The steamer on which Corson em barked after his overland Journey from New York City to Pittsburg, had de scended the Ohio almost aa far as Cin cinnati; before other thoughts than those which were concerned with Pe- peeta and his spiritual regeneration could awaken any Interest In his mind. But as the boat approached Cincin nati, the places, the persons and the Inoldenta of his childhood world began to present themselves' to his conscious ness. An irrepressible longing to look once more upon the place of his birth and the friends of his youth took pos session of his mind. He found, on inquiry, that the boat was to remain in Cincinnati for sev eral hours, and that there would be time enough for him to make the Jour ney to his old home and back before he proceeded down the river. He de cided to do so, and observed with sat isfaction that those painful groping for the next stepping stone across the streams of action which had been so persistent and painful a feature of his recent life had given place to the swift Intuitions of his youth. He saw his way as he used to when a boy, and made his decisions rapidly and exe cuted them fearlessly. The discovery of this fact gave a new seat and hope to life. In a few moments after he had land- id at the familiar wharf he was mount ed upon a fleet horse, rushing away over those beautiful rolling hills which nil the mind of the traveler with un- cloylng delight in their variety, their fertility and their beauty. It waa the first time since he had left the farm that his mind had been free enough from passion or pain to bestow its full attention upon the charms of Nature; they dawned on him now like a new discovery. The motion of the horse o long unfamiliar, so easy, so grace ful, so rhythmical seemed of Itself to key his spirits to his environment, for It is an elemental pleasure to be seat ed in the saddle and feel the thrill of power and rapid motion. The rider's eyes brightened, his cheeks glowed, his pulses bounded. He gathered up the beauties of the world around him In great sheaves of delicious and thrill Ing sensations. Long-forgotten odors came sweeping across the fields, rich with the verdure of the vernal season. and brought with them precious ac companiments of the almost-forgotten past. The rich and varied colors of Held and sky and forest fed his starved souf with one kind of beauty; and the sweet sounds of the outdoor world In toxlcated him with another. The low of cattle, the bleating of sheep, the crowing of chanticleers, the cackling of hens, the gobble of turkeys, the multidunlnous songs of the birds en veloped him In a sort' of musical at mosphere. For the first time since his restoration to hope, the past seem ed like a dream, and these few bliss ful moments became a prophecy of a new and grander life. "For, if the bur. den can fall off for a single moment why not for many moments V So he said to himself, as the consciousness of his past misery and his unknown future thrust their disturbing faces in to the midst of these blissful emo tiona. The route which he had chosen did not lead to the farm house, but to the cemetery where the body of his moth- r lay wrapped In her dreamless sleep; that neglected grave was drawing him to Itself with a magnetlo force. He who, for a year, had thought of her scarcely at all, now thought of nothing slse. The last Incident In her life, the face white with Its Intolerable pain of confession, the gasp for breath, the sudden fall, the quiet funeral, his own responsibility for this tragic death he lived It all over and over again in an Instant of time as grief, regret, re morse, successively swept his heart Tying his horse outside the lonely burying ground, he threaded his way among the myrtle-covered graves to the low mound which marlsed her rest ing place, approached It removed hla hat and stood silently, reverently, by Us side. There come to us all hours or mo ments of sudden and unexpected dla closures of the hidden meaning of life. Such an one came to David, there by that lowly grave. He saw, as in the light of eternity,, the grandeur and beauty of that character which . the story of her sin and suffering had made him. In his Immaturity, misin terpret and despise I He did not com prehend that tragic story when she told It; It waa Impossible that he should, for he had no knowledge or experience adequate to furnish htm the clew. As he stood there by her grave, measuring this deep and traglo expe rience with his new divining rod of sympathy, there ruahed upon him an overmastering desire to reveal hia ap preciation to that suffering heart be yond the skies. A feeling of bitterness at hla Inability to do this ' frensled htm; a new consciousness of the Irony of life In permitting him to make these dlBcoveriee when they could do her no good plunged him suddenly Into a struggle with the darker problems of being which for a little while had teased to vex him. "Do all the appreciations of heroism some too later he aaked hla i heart. "Do we aoqulre wisdom only when we can no longer be guided by It t Do we aohleve self-maatery and real virtue only to be despised by our ahlldrenT where la the clue to this tangle? Oht mother, mother. If eould only have one single hour to ask thee what thou didst learn Vbout this awful mystery tn those lonely years of struggle! It I eould only toll Ismms eg snr penitence, ec but admire AU Rights Reserved tton, my lovel But It Is too late oo late." With this despairing cry on his Hps, he flung himself upon the grave, bur ied his face In the green turf and burst Into a convulsive passion of tears, such tears as come onoe or twice, perhaps, in the lives of most men, when they are passing through the awful years of adjustment to the Incomprehensible and apparently cha otic experiences of existence. Like a thunderstorm, these convul sions clear the atmosphere and give relief to the strained tension of the soul. At length, when his emotion had spent Itself In long-drawn sighs, Da vid rose -in a calm and tender frame of mind, plucked a bunch of violets from the grave and reluctantly turned away. On foot and leading his horse, he entered a quiet and secluded path which led past the rear of the farm. He had not consciously determined what he should do next; but his heart Impelled him irresistibly toward that little bridge where he had encountered Pepeeta on his return from the lum ber camp. It was at that place and that hour, perhaps, that he had passed through the deepest experience of his whole life, for It was there that the full power of the beauty of the woman In whom he had met hla destiny had burst upon him, and it waa there that for the first time he had consciously surrendered himself to those rich .emo tions which love enkindles tn the soul. He threw the horse's bridle over the limb of a tree, leaned over the hand rail of the bridge and looked down In to the water. The stillness of, the world, the slumber-song of the stream, the haunting power of the past super induced a mood of abstraction so com mon tn other, happier days. Oblivious to all the objects and events of that outside world, he stood there dreaming of the past While he did so, Pepeeta, following her dally custom, left the farm-house to take an evening walk. She also sought the little bridge. Perhaps she was sum moned to this spot by some telepathlo message from her lover; perhaps It was habit that Impelled her, perhaps it waa some fascination in the place Itself. She moved forward with the quiet step pecular to natures which are sensitive to the charm of the great solitudes of the world, and came noise lessly out from the low buses behind the lonely watcher. As she stepped out Into the road, she caught sight of the solitary figure and her heart, an tlctpatlng her eye In its swift recognl tlon, throbbed so violently that she placed her hand on her bosom, as If to stUl It "David!" she said, In a low whisper. She paused to observe him for moment and, as he did riot stir, began to move quietly towards him as he stood there motionless a silhouette against the background of the darken ing sky. She drew near enough to touch him; but so profound. was his reverie that he was oblivious of her presence. It could not have been long that Pepeeta waited, although It seem ed agea before he moved, sighed and breathed her name. She touched him on the arm. He turned, and so met her there, face to face. It waa an experience too deep for language, and their emotions found ex pression in a single simple act. They clasped each other's hands and stood silently looking Into each other's eyes, After many moments of silence David asked: "Why do you not speak to me, Pepeeta T "My eyes have told you 'all," she said. "But what they say Is too good to be believed! Tou must confirm their mute utterance with a living word." he Cried. "I love you, love you, love you," she replied. "Tou. love me! I bless you for It Pepeeta, but there la something else that I must know." "What can It bet Is not everything comprehended In that single wordT It Is all-embraolng as the air! It enfolds life aa the sky enfolds the world!" . "Ah! Pepeeta, you loved me when we parted, but you did not forgive me!" She dropped her eyes. "Have you forgiven me now?" "It Is not true that I did not forgive you," she replied, looking up at -his face again. 'There haa never been tn my heart for a single moment any aense of a wrong which I could not pardon. It has been one of the awful mysteries of this experience that I could not feel that wrong! When I tried to feel It most my heart would aay to me, "you are not sorry that he loved you, Pepeeta! Tou would rather that all ' this agony should have be fallen you than that he should not have loved you at all!' It la this feel Ing that haa bewildered me, David. Explain It to me. Let me know how I could have such feelings In my heart and yet be good. It seems as If I ought to hate you; but I cannot, love you, love you. love you." "But Pepeeta, if you loved me. why am you leave roe 7 i do not compre hend. How could you let me stand In the darkness under your window and then turn away from It Into the awful blackness and solitude to which fled?" "Do not reproach me, I thought It was my duty, David." ' "I do not reproach you. I only want to know your Inmost heart" "I do not know! There haa been all the time something stronger than my self Impelling me. I grew too weak to reason. I felt that the heart had rea sons of Its own. too deep for the mind to fathom, and I yielded to them. wee only a woman after all, Dvtd Love Is stronger than woman! Oh l H was I who wronged you. I ought not to have forsaken you. Ought I? I do not know, even now. Who can tell me what is right? Who can lead me out of this frightful labyrinth? If I did wrong in seeking you, I humbly ask the pardon of Qod, and If I did wrong in abandoning you, I ask forgiveness In all lowliness and meekness from the mom T 'T-nn trail No, Pepeeta, you have never wrong ed me; I alone have been to blame. The result could not have been really uiuoiaui, uer wittier wuai cuuraa yuu took. Tbe sosurge would have fallen anyway! ATI that has happened has been InevltaUet Justice had to be vin dicated. If It had not come In one way, It would tn another, for' there are no short cuts and evasions In tragedies like this! Every result that Is attach ed to these causes must be drawn up by them like the links In a chain, and one never knows when the end haa come." . His solemn manner and earnest words alarmed Pepeeta. Oh, David," she cried, "It cannot cannot be so awful. Such consequences cannot hang upon the deeds we com- , mlt In the limitations and Ignorance of this earthly life." 'Forgive me, Pepeeta, I should not talk so. These are the fears of my darker moments. I have brighter hopes and thoughts. There is a quiet feel ing In my heart about the future that grows with the passing days. Ood Is good, and he will give us strength to meet whatever comes. We must live, and while we live we will hope for the best Life Is 'a gift and It la our duty to enjoy It" 'Oh I It Is good to hear you say that! It comforts me. I think it can-, not be possible that we should not be able to escape from this darkness If we are willing to follow the divine light" "I think- so, too," he said. His words were spoken with such assurance as to awaken a vague sur prise that he had reasons which he had not told. She pressed his hands and besought him to explain. 'Oh! tell me," she said, eagerly; "Is there anything new? Has anything happened?" 'Pepeeta," he answered, slowly, we have been strangely and kindly dealt with. It Is not quite so bad aa It seemed, for I did not kill him." "Tou did not kill hlmt What do you mean?" 'No, It is a strange Story! I thought I had killed him. I knew murder was In my heart It was no fault of mine that ,the blow was not fatal. I left him in the road for dead. But thank God, he did not die; he did not die thenl" "He did not die then? Have you seen him? Is he dead now? Tell mel Tell me!" (To be continued.) Ills Money. Luther M. Burbank, .the plant wl ard of California, sadd of honey, apro pas of a flower that bees love: "This flower grows abundantly near Santa Barbara, and there was once a mutni foll fsiOT. tan - nrnA nf .n - a leading Santa Barbara hotel because they have such excellent honey there a honey the bees make from thla flower. Well, the young man got mar ried In due course, and the wedding trip Itinerary must Include Santa Bar bara, so that the bride might taste thle superb honey. But, the first morning at the Santa Barbara hotel, there waa no noney on me oreaxiast laoie. i ne bridegroom frowned. He called the old familiar waiter over to him: " 'Where's my honey?' he demanded. "The waiter hesitated, looked awk wardly at the bride, then bent towards the young man's ear and In a stage whisper stammered: " 'Er Mamie don't work here no more, air.'" An Elusive Bfann. The opossum Is good to eat, but not being dealt in by any organized pro vision company, ts sometimes hard to get A tourist In Georgia, says a writer In the Washington Times, stay ed overnight at the Palace Hotel, ia a little village, and expressed a desire to taste Georgia opossum. The whole opossum, cooked In genuine Georgia style, with potatoes on the side, waa placed before him. 'Two dollars extra for the possum," said the landlord, when the guest came to settle. "It's an outrage!" said the guest "It's according to the way you look at it stranger," said the landlord; "but It took me six nights' swamp wading to catch that possum, an' when I caught him I caught the rheumatism with him." , , Vewholeaome. Medicine Man What is the matter with your majesty? Cannibal King Oh, I've an awful Indigestion! Medicine Man What have you been eating? Cannibal King I have Just polished, off an American millionaire. Medicine Man Good heaveaet No wonder you are 111! I've told you re peatedly to beware of anything rich, London Tit-Blta, . - . His Ufa. "I saved a beggar's life yesterday." "Howr "I asked him what he'd do If I gave him a sovereign. "Good Lor I he said. 'I should .drop down dead.' So I put the sovereign back Into my pocket" London MalL Bung So you have succeeded tm tracing back my anceaora? What Is) your fee? Genealogist Twenty guineas for keeping quiet about thenv Ckasell'a Saturday Journal. It U by patience and self-control that the truly hereto iiyajr la p, fectad.--. BmUr
