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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 14, 1900)
j?0,00 D 5 Huf i 1 1 MISAPPROPRIATING A SMILE. I was seated In the corner of a car, When I sot a most excruciating jar Not the ordinary kind To which gripmcn are inclined. But a jolt that shocked me more than that by far. From ndown the aisle a fascinating girl Set my senses in au amatory whirl, When she turned a pretty smile Toward my corner, and the while Showed the tips ot teeth that glistened as the pearl, T responded with a twinkle of my eye ('Tis n little trick I studied, by the by), And although I passed my street, Still I kept my corner seat. For the hope within my heart was run ning high. Then it was I got the dolorlfic jar; Just behind me, on the platform of the car, Stood the man at whom, 'twas plain, She was smiling through the pane. And I'd ridden half a mile or more too far. Life I A Walk with Ishbel. B DON'T mind talking to you, you know," said Ishbel she Insists on being spelled that way" "because you are not a stupid boy nud you have a nice detached point of view, but you must promise when ""I tell you things not to imagine I mean myself." "How could I imagine you n thing?" I asked reproachfully. "i'ou know what I mean," said Ish bel with severity. "When I was quite young," she pursued she Is 22 "I used to fancy that authors put themselves Into their stories. Now I know they never do." "Well I am not quite young," I said crossly. "Go on." "But you didn't promise." "I promised." Ishbel adjusted her hatpin. "Once there was a girl," she began, "who at the age of 17 was sent to England to visit her father's people. That's rather a nice beginning, isn't It?" she Inter- runted herself. "It sounds as If It might bo print Do you think If you saw a story with a beginning like that you would read It?" "Candidly?" I Inquired. "Of course." "I don't think I should." There was a dangerous glitter In her eye. "But," I hastened to add, "reading a Btory is very different to have you tell It, you know. I could listen to you for a thousand years." She was mollified. "It won't take (hat long," she assured mo with a smile. There Is no word for her smile but de licious. "Do go on," I said. "Did she like tho people? "Well, some of them," doubtfully. "You see-they were English and she was an American." "Yes." "And and young, they bullied her a little. The next time," with animation, "I mean, when wo go over, I don't think they'll bully me." "I don't fancy they will." "And so you bco she didn't have as good a time aB she might exactly. But she did have a lovo affair." ;,Oh," said I. "Yes," said. Ishbel. "He was a sort of distant connection of hers, a, lawyer, what they call over there a solicitor, you know. He sho said ho was very much In love and so was she." "Confound" I began. "I beg your pardon," said Ishbel, "I meant," I said, sternly, "It Is very BAD BANDIT HUNTER fee all ff fell (2m vs nn mJlflD (g wrong of deterlmentals to make love to girls.' "It is," agreed Ishbel. "But ho was very oh, very honorable. Things hnd gone, well, they had gone rather far, you know, but the week before she sailed, when he proposed at least he didn't exactly propose, but he told her he had only 300 a year, and that, of course, It was out of the question in England to marry on that, and he couldn't bear the Idea of hampering her with a ioijg engagement and what did you say?" "Oh, nothing." "Areyou sure? You put me out. Well, be said she musn't be engaged to him, but he would hold himself engaged to her, and some day when the senior partner dropped off I do wish," petu lantly, "you wouldn't mutter like that." I groveled. "Where was I?" -demanded IshbeL "Oh, well, then they said good-by, you know, and she was perfectly miserable If you look so horribly cross I shall send you home oh, dreadfully miser able. She felt that she didn't care a straw about other men, and there were she said there were some very nice men in the steamer coming home, too. Balls and parties had no attraction for her, and fancy, for ever so long she hardly took any interest In her frocks, Ob, It was horrid. She only lived for his letters and somehow they well, they were not exactly satisfactory, She supposed It was because he was so very honorable, and they were not real ly engaged, you know. But one day she thought it all over and decided that sort of thing would have to come to an end. She knew she would never bo happy for a moment till he came out, as she knew be would some day, to claim her, but she made up her mind to stop thinking about him as much as possible and try to seem happy, no mat ter how perfectly miserable she was In reality. The Idea was, you see I think she got It out of a poem to lock his image up in her heart." "I see," said I. "And how did It work?" "It worked very well," said Ishbel, reflectively. "She knew sho was wreached, but sho didn't allow herself to thing about It" "And what happened?" I asked brisk ly. "Well, after three years he came." "Oh. he did?" "Of course," said Ishbel sharply. "Did you Imagine ho didn't?" I coughed. "And sho unlocked her heart?" "Yes," said Ishbel. "And the Image ' "It's a very odd thing,' replied Ishbel, slowly, "but It wasn't there." I caughed again. "Was her heart- did she find the receptacle cr-empty?" I asked. "She didn't tell me that," said Ish bel. Wo walked on. "So that," I re marked, presently, "was tho reason why that long-legged English fel low " "But you promised," cried Ishbel. Boston Post. RAFTERS OF LIVING GREEN. Description In "JSbeu Holden" of a Day in the Cornfield. Wo climbed tho wall as he ate, and burled ourselves In tho deep corn. Tho fragrant, silky tassels brushed my face and tho corn hissed at our Intrusion, crossing Its green sabers In our path. Far In tho field my companion heaped u little of the soft earth for a pillow, spread tho oilcloth between rows, and as wo lay down drew tho big shawl over us. Uncle Eb was tired after tho toll of that night and went asleep al most as soon as ho was down. Before I dropped off Fred carao and licked my face and stepped over me, his tnll wagging for leave, and curled upon tho shawl at my feet I could see no sky In DNTURY, iuaj (Qsmtlmffjr? en, HacBtmll'ili tllheei CS3 C23 CS3 4 E tL e f mi n H y ; (E tfrjD.rJls ft win cd mm tllb.es wnBaJs f tljjrapii'lbir unjij Jmu e UacB ir t en sq cd m E3 J jeeks Jl nun 6 1 r nag Ilk call uDim; mtL d IbmtL-aa nnnE(B Dd o cd no. o -J that gloomy green aisle of corn. This going to boil In the morning seemed a foolish business to me that day and I , lay a long time looking up at tho rus tling canopy overhead. I remember list- j enlng to the waves that came whisper-! Ing out of the further Held, nearer and nearer, until they swept over us with a roaring splash of leaves, like that of water Hooding among rocks, ns I have heard It often. A twinge of homesick ness came to me and the snoring of Undo Eb guve me no comfort. I re member covering my head and crying softly as I thought of those who hnd gone away and whom I was to meet In a far country, called heaven, whither wo were going. I forgot my sorrow finally In sleep. When I awoke It had grown dusk under the corn. I felt for Uncle Eb and he was gone. Then I called to him. : "Hush, boy! llo low!" he whispered, I bending over me, n sharp look In his eye. " 'Frald they're after us." He sat kneeling beside me, holding ; Fred by the collar and listening. I could ! hear voices, tho rustle of the corn and 1 the tramp of feet near by. It was thun dering In tho distance that heavy, suaKing munucr mat seems to mko hold of the earth, and there were sounds in the corn like the drawing of sabers and the rush of many feet The noisy tliunuer clouus came nearer, ami the voices" that made us tremble were no longer heard. Uncle Eb began to fasten tne oil blanket to tue stalks of corn for a shelter. The rain came roar ing over us. The sound of It was like that of a host of cavalry coming as a gallop. We lay bracing the stalks, the blanket tied above us, and were quite dry for a time. The rain rattled In tho sounding sneaves ana men came flood- for desperate work with rifle and re Ing down the steep gutters. Above us volver. Yet this same pleasant fellow beam and rafter creaked, swaying and with his careless smile has been In showing glimpses of the dark sky. The more desperate affrays with road rain passed we could hear the last agents, killed more outlaws and sent battalion leaving the Held and then more to the penltentlnrles through tho tho tumult ended ns suddenly as It West than any man In tho West to day, began. The corn trembled a few mo-. "Fred," as he Is known to nine-tenths ments and hushed to a faint whisper, of the people of Omaha, Is constantly Then we could hear only the drip of on the move. Ho has a wife and three raindrops leaking through the green oor. It was dark under the corn. Sho Know. Marjorle Is the small and only daugb-i ter In a family which boasts of several sons. Aged four Is Marjorle, petite and Imperious and enjoying excellent op - SStenTnaoies Tl with some fresh acquisition of wisdom. A few days ago It was addition, and she proclaimed proudly at the dinner table: "I know how much two and two make and free and two aud four and two." "And what," said her father, "do you and I make, MarJIe?" Without a moment's hesitation over these new factors In her problem, the little maid answered, with a dimple and a smile: "Sweethearts." And all tho family were satisfied with MarJIe's arithmetic. Work ond Atmosphere. During tho building of a railroad In Switzerland, at an altitude of ten thou- sand feet, tho discovery has been mado that tho atmosphere Is so rarllled that men employed upon tho work cannot continue their labors for half so long a time ns is possiuie wnen working In a lower atmosphere. Tho qold also may liavo sometmng to ao witn It. for. ns every one knows, tho atmosphere bo- comes colder nud colder the greater dls- tanco It is auovo tho surfaco of tho earth. Were It not for the atmosphere, Indeed, tho ordinary temperaturo of tho world would bo below zero to tho ex tent of threo hundred dogrees Fahren heit A rolling pin gathers no dough. DEADLIEST. REVOLVER SHOT IN TtfE WEST. Vreilcrlck lltiiu of Omnlm, Chief of tho Northwcatorii lliiudlt lluiilom, Hu Hint u Thrlltltm Citrcoi Train Holi bluit Urowlim tliiniiitiir. MnniiPKM of Western railroads nro iniiitiiii? oxirn efforts to eutlri'ly w vlpo out tho bandit mines thill luivu be on very uctlvu during llio past few years Tlio Union l'ucllle, tlio liuriiugrui ltock Island nml Northwestern, out u Omuha, nro arming their messenger ntimv with Winchester "nunip guns, iint-inir ii. .vu uin.lU with sixteen buck ....I..,, v,i el. .la .ini.ll limited fill' tllOlU It till III other-ways nro preparing to exterml unto th tlrst mail nirent haml thnt at tempts to hold up otto of tholr trains In aihlltlon every largo railroad oi-erai . . "i. . i ...... i. MK out or umnmi euiinojn ui n iinri'ii iiuMi whoso exclusive iluty It . iirntit their trains from bandit raids, trail tho robbers after they hold up tho train nml chase them Into tho fastuessoa of the mountain or get tne killed. riili.r nf 1 in ml 1 1 Hunters. Of nil tho famous Western ehnrnc tent who have nioilo bandit hunting business nono Is better known than l.'nxlnrli'k Hand, nf OlUllhn. who Is chief of tho Northwestern bandit hunt era. For years It has been tho business of 1'rederlek Hans to protect tho treas ure trains of thnt company operating through the Hlnck Hills. From ueuu wood to Omaha the Northwestern car rles tho treasures of tho great Home stnko mine. In some months this com itany shins over a hundred thousand In treasure over this line. Tho lines of the company are operated through wild and desolate section for many miles after leavlnir Dcndwood. It Is niOBt Inviting spot for the work of rond FitKDKIHCK HANS. agents. The fact that these treasure trains escape tho raids of bandits is undoubtedly due to their fear of the nian who Is the head of tho force of bandit hunters the company employs. Frederick Hans Is a mild mannered fellow with blue eyes and of most nffa- ble nddress. As he saunters along the streets of Omaha he is about the lust nian In the world one would pick out babies In Omaha that he gets a chance to see once In a month or so, but most ,f hI,8 ,no 18 8l,e,,,t, UI,n th " ; c,rcu ,n,s "mo"s ,lm,t T,5"1 '"l 8 ,nfeIy ,0, e"snK ,nll ,ldups-, " ,a . hlncm to ica 0 f ""j80, ?haT" i j 'l'e(momc"t a rnln 18 1,e,d u" n JHiSL It occurs. Incidentally, It may be said that Hans carries a considerable num ber of bullet wounds on his person slight testimonials of his many desper ate fights. Bnmplca of Ilia Daring, One of his most daring deeds was go ing Into the "Hole In tho Wall" after "Shacknasty" Jim and his outlaw band when ho killed the leader aud two of his companions beforo ho returned. Again ho met five members of his fam ous llobbers' Itoost gang one bright morning on tho Running water In South Dakota. Ho had but shortly beforo that been Instrumental In piloting a posbc of Custer citizens to tho lair of tho band, where nine of them had been killed, and they thought to get even. The Uvo road agents waited until liana rodo close to the Baud hill behind which they were hiding, then rodo down on him, firing their rifles as they galloped up. A fortunate shot passed through tho heart of the horse that Hans was riding. Ujilng tho animal for a breast work tho railroad bandit hunter cot out his heavy pistols and began busi ness right tnere. Ho only shot four times. Tho first bullet ho fired passed through tho heart of tho nearest rob- ber, tho next ono struck ono of tho horses of tho oncoming gang and killed It, tho third bullet passed through the head of another bandit, killed him In stantly and tho fourth passed through the body of ono of tho gang and he 81 died later. The two remaining mem hers of tho bnml surrendered and were taken Into Ouster by llnim. The limit ho killed wore known iw '"t'exiiH," Fleet Foot and Mountain l'ete. Tho other two, Long Tom and Hkluny, wero sent to tho penitentiary for life. From his experience hu believes that train robbing him been made ho dan gerous for tho robbers of Into tlmt It Is losing lis popularity and will totally disappear In n few years. Nowadays It Is not tho net of robbing a train that requires the greatest exhibition of slilll nud daring, but rather tho ent'iipo after tho crlmo him been committed. In rob bing a train tho baud stand Httlo chance of opposition. PiiMHeiigers are as a rule unarmed nud the express nies sengers are not In a position In nuiko much of a tight. The use or dynamite by road agents Is a terrifying element for express niewengers. The minute tho bandits start to iimko their escape, however, they como In contact with lighting men who nro ns well armed anil well mounted iih they, and know how to use their guns. This Is the clement of danger that deters many bandits from attacking a railroad train. I'rcpiirliiu for n llnM-tlp. When a gang cuntemplntoH uoiu-up now the tlrst thing they do Is to ar range for their escape. A route of re treat Is selected and tho bandits go over tho trail ho that they can follow It night or day. They frequently se crete food for themselves aud horse along" tho route and lay lu plenty of umuiunltlon. Tho lllnck Hills and the country lu Southern Wyoming nro fa vorite resorts for train robbers these days. Here most of the desperate road agents live. They must have the best horses money will buy. they mum get a city crook as n rule to handle the dy namite, they must have white powder for their guns In the event of a colli sion wltii a posse, which In ulto cer tain, and a thousand little details. The minute the news of a holdup Is Unshed over the wire, a ihkho from a dozen different points Is started. These close In on the robbers. The road agents are nfrald to spilt up' In the face of n pos sible light They know they will iei killed one ot a time If they do not slick louelher. That Is their only chance. and. of courHe, It makes the trail eiiHler to follow. The bandits are of the most j desperate class of men. 1 ney Know .rs:. i . . mniuv. J no,,,.-, u. . ,.... .xf tint... - tt-iniii.il rur some crime mat wouui Keep inein m mw .....I,,-.. r.,r nr.. niu-unv. r not 1 . . .. . . .,...,..! ....mt- (it.tttt t,t tin, yi.fiiio 11. 1. iiiiur - "- thou. rntiilttlnnK thev w not surrcll-' der. Their only chance or freedom is ,.. 1 11.,,,. ...Ill 11, .1,1 In lln. lit.,. 111. """ "" ' " To deal with such characters may ut...li i-,i,.t.rM mill- I.,. exciting, but the great majority of pen pie will not envy the position ot I-red- crick Hnus. THE LAC INDUSTRY OF ASSAM. Au Iraportiint Product that I-'luurca In the Mecliuiilcnl Art. Ijic occurs In Its natural slate In vari ous parts or the forests or Assam, as well as or Ilurmn, but chiefly in parts or the Khnsl uud Caro hills, ami thu export lu - recent years has averaged 10,000 mounds, or something over MX) tons, but In some or the forests, owing to tho ravages or the Kolaazar epi demic nud depopulation, the production Is declining. The pioductlon In Maul- pur Is not sulllclent ror the local needs, aud quantities of the lac are sent there from the Kubo valley of Assam. The lae i all scut away from Assam lu the crude form, or stick lac; shell and but ton lac urc made, to some extent, but luc dyo Is uot now prepared lu Assam, nnd lacuer wares are only prod need n two places, so that this once consid erable Industry would seem to be dying out The black lacmicr or Maulpur Is really uot a lae preparation at all, but only the Juice or a tree scut from the ICtibo valley. In Assnm the Inc Is usually collected twice a year, first lu May and .Mine, aud then lu October and November. The first Is mainly used ror seed pur poses, while the second forms the ex port. A few days after thu collection pieces of stick lac containing living Insects are tied on to the branches or the trees lu which the next crop Is to be grown. The usual plan Is to place the lae In small bamboo baskets uud tie these to the twigs or tho trees. Tho lu sects soon crawl out and spread over tho young branches, on which they promptly begin to reed nnd secrete tho resin. This Is allowed to go on ror about six mouths, when tho luc Is col lected; but ir tho secretion has been defective or Insufficient, the Insects re main undisturbed for another six months. London Mall. Culling On tho rlluk. 1. Only call at tho door, unless you aro sure your friend Is able to see you without harm. 2, Enter and leave the house, and move nbout the room quietly. !l. Carry a cheerful fuce. Sneak cheerful, pleasant words. 1. In order to cheer, you need tell no lies. 0. If your friend Is very ill, do not fall Into gay or careless talk In the at tempt to bo cheerful. (I. Don't nsk questions, thus obliging your friend to talk. 7. Talk about something outside, nnd not about tho disease and tho circum stances of tho patient 8. If possible tnko something with you to please the eyo nml relieve the iionotony of tho sick-room: n flower or even a picture which you can loan for row dayf . 0. If desirable, some little dollenev to tempt tho appetite will bo well-be stowed. 10. Stay only n moment, or a foiv minutes nt tho longest, unless vnn ran bo of some help. Hero Is n euro sign of a man vou like: when his explanations saHHfv ou. UPON A OATARAOT'O DfllN TlirlMI.,.. t.....l. ... the Ot.,WHjUver. USr Tho horrible experiences or , . nun iiuvn BV1H llWIiy II V inm,, ... unn itiiiuiii iiiiii 1 1 huh 111 lllHol r nl i nt the brink of u cataract may ,HI.H bo Illumined, but tin., V m survive to relate to us the piirliuninrJ uiimIi ! ...'ill... I !.. .1. . u. iii-iii. mi inure is mu stance whoru it mail was saved . very edgo of the fulls. 'i nuro are row inoio IiiipohInl' scenery lu Canada tliau when, i tawn Itlver pours thundering mm fJI Ing over the Clinudleio Fulls. mo niiiui- in me river is low ns n lu autumn, there In a fall of m,',,,,, f() ieei. inn wnen uio liver Is hh.il., melting snows lu the spring Uio parent depth of tho rail Is h.i,(.,., any time the rush and swirl t great river over this ledge ()f ro,.k Mgiii worm seeing. In ie places tho witter lu a dense and Irresistible volume, wl; at inner poiuis a siiallow Hiremn Mlirnv Itut.lf .tt-i... 1. 1. .I...- ...... . ..-v.. ,h .. .Km-, uiiiio or ro uu uio upper uiiawu nro w uuuiiin ui ioks wuieu reeii Uio ufl iiiiiiiwr iimiiHirifs oi mat reuloii Mi tiling these wet logs Is n triiuivr, uuhiiichn, nml It Is easy to luo m foothold, nud fall Into tho swift tircu Acciueiiis or mis Kind occur frcUl. ly. Tho only ease that did u.,1 mi ratal termination Is the one referred here. The limn was busy rorUliig iiiem. M with those shnrp tongs used to nWt9 them about and draw them in, he missed his rooting nud fi ll imu M river. '1 hough a strong swimmer. could not willistnud the current was swept out Into the siri-nyi nnd townrd the rails. Nenrlng Mie falla.j roiimi niuiHfir sun conscious, nml happened that he was being tloji over one of those tallies or rock will the water was ho shallow linn lie himself touch. He struggled lo rrgj his feet, ami wax successful in m lug, so thnt he found himself sininlij lu, perhaps, n foot of rushim; wniir, the brink or the catarii'-t. n-nt cj rent surging by him on every imiiilj Hut It Heemed hopeless, (. fnw : wny or getting In slinrc, nml no from the shore could get to turn Mai people on (he hunks or Un river irri wtehi.,g 1.1... ....,1 iry.g ,0 smr, ,.,.. , , . ,-v I.J . ,,..rr,t.k wn hri)UllUt ,,, ,.., .M j mi .,... , fl 1 ..,.i.........n. n gna arm with rones was swum: out ot1 l. pr..iil 1111, 1 u.lw.ii ll. ,., 1,1 - - 1 i ' . .... J riiutiim.il lilttlmiir ui.i-iir,.lv ullli tm I """.-" "I' " "" ' In l.i.l . lnr,.,t (,..... u-..nl.l lu. rtlj " - " -" lu constructing a building. WALES SETS A NEW STYLE. Heir In l'imlnnil' Thrimo K.cliet Crecil Tronarr. This Is the new photograph of tl I'rlnce of Wales, wiilcli lias rnusfl consternation among tho clinpiili-s New York. It Is the proof liiillspiitnu of the fact that his royal hlghm-Ml wearing his trousers without creas and has been wearing them ho fur sod little time. The Prince's trousers pressed "even nil around" so as to gll the leg a perfectly cylindrical "wi."j Chicago exquisite was asked wlmt feel this change or fashion on the q of tho I'rlnce would have on swelldq lu Amerlcn. lie snld: "There li WALKS' JIKW I'lCTtMIK. uoubt thnt the I'rlnce of Wales nf tho fashion for Loudon and that follow tho London fashions In gener It Is hard to say, however, whether tl crcaso wll go or not We are inrgis elastic In our modi's. Tho crcaso! without question desirable nnd pretl I should say that If wo wish to we c have creases In our trousers wuuo dm .nnnpiit: nf niiv other nation, H If the business once gets a good sta It Is more than nrobable that the rou I,. I- will rn 1110 Into vniruo ncnlll. Mcnl whllo I would advise my friends In tl words of I'ope: "Bo not tho first by whom tho new ajj tried, Nor yet the last to lay tho old aside. An A nil v Guards tho Sultnn. When tho Sultnn of Turkey attend tho Friday midday prayer at ij mosquo lu Constnntlnoplo tho garrlsj nn nnn m,i urn ulnllnnnil nlotlg ") ui )v,vw ...w - route In such n way that ho Hindi Hufolv iriiorded from tho moment leaves his palaco until ho Is ou his cnJ pot In tho encred edifice. Iteuiilntcil by I.aw. 'rim orillnarv beer Klass Is regiilnlfl by law In Havarla and must hold e netly hnlf u litre, or ne.uiy i.u.u-.i... of a pint. Plenty of Coal in India. India Is rich lu coal, though little mli Ing bus as yet been dono In that cou try. Tho needlo you hunt for In a ho stuck never pricks your flnger. Tho rich iBan travels when ho wUl tho poor nianfchcu ho can,