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About Bohemia nugget. (Cottage Grove, Or.) 1899-1907 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1907)
PROCEEDINGS OF OREGON LEGISLATURE Frldny, February I. Fiilcm, lib. 1 . War mi iKirmii! fcIhmiIm I. mm hmkcn mil iinlli in I ho I I H III I II I ' , It 1 1 1 till- fnrrl'H llMIIIIIIlill iiImi- lil inn f I wi f I In" four I in-! il ul iniiM urn fiiiiHiilrriilil y stronger lliaii over before. Ucprcsclitnt ivcs of tint Oregon Halo iriingo are llht ing I he bills enlarging tho pnwcis of eminent domain for cor- tllill '! Jli ll uti iim . I loll i ImilM'M have (uisscd 1 1 lull re- piirlng f r titt liox labels to show! be name himI address of Ihi' grower and tho m'Ucr . Kighl bills wore i i) t r h 1 u 1 in tin' I ii i i hc , nun 1 1 1 1 I linn one 4i iiiroirinli' $ 7'i,"iMl for tin' purrliiiHK of iiil'lit Iniiiil ttoillids fur the Agricultural col leie. Fcven now measures with prt'cciilfl Id I lin senate. Thursday, January 31. Fiiletn, .Inn. .'II. Speaker Davcy him lll II IHI'i) I'OIIMl il III iollll I MIIII'lllllllClll, JIlH I lit 1 1 IH fur till' )lUOlll' to I'll'l't tllll I I rt'H l I i 1 1 ollicc's of tliii legislature tlm fiinii' ii m any other oHiicr. ki'ircNi'titut ivii .lackson's lull timing iimrtgiigcH w as indefinitely post poncd . Itimlili' taxation was fruri'il by I he oj jmsil ioii. Tliclc iH SulllO dllllgcf of tin' bill giv ing (IStl-Opal II all llllll'M-ll'llt CXIUllill- i I 4i r I Iwiii shelved in tin' h t m 1 . Anions tliii ".'I new measures in tin' house t m t i i y was oiii' li iiniK'X a J i r t of liralit rniinly In linker County ; creating ( In Twelfth judicial district; to jiro liiliit "I real mg" In hiiIimhis and to re n 111 I lie io I tax law . line of the most Hwccjiiug Mill of its character In limkii il" H')eii ranee In the scute legislature iH that of liepre- Heiitativii ItrU, I nt r mI n I yesterday ninl providing fm appropriation and nun if the streams of the Male by curpnra lioliH or jicrsons. The I'ill declares that all nt rea mil, sloughs and waters of the Mate which have hot Mlflieieiit water capacity of serving the uses of coui ineree or of prolltahly limiting, 1 il r 1 1 iU any jiart of the year, hhiii natural water or freshet, lug", ties, shingle ImiHm or other pr'nliH't' of the forcHt, shall I H declared pllhlie highways. 'I here Ih n iriijsit ion on fo to raise t he salaries of 1 1 id n I rn of the li-'ifla-tlire from to JMHI for the session. Wednesday, January 30. Salem, .Ian. .'ID. Plans for free hs-ks lit Willamette I'll 111 hare turned from a lale appropriation of $4i)ii,(K) for building new bs'ks, or buying links now fx int iiitr. to an appropriation of $:NMI,(shi, contingent on an adlit ioiiul appropriation from congress stitliciciit for building new lucks, or the mrcliaso of the ol.l dtie.H by llie national guvcril ineiit. Sueli waii the outcome today of a tussle In the house over the hill ap propriating $10(1,000 for till i 11 1 UK Hew lucks. !nt for ii defect ii hill would prohah ly have lieen jiassod hy the lioiiHe re quiring juusswigers on earn who are un ulile to ohtain scats to pay hut half fare. It will he eorreeleil. The coinpulyory ciliHItt im hill pre pareil hy Siiierintenilent Ackerman passed the senate. It requires teaclierH to compare their registers every two inoiit Iim w ith the census of the district iiml rejKirt to the county or city Hiiper i 1 1 1 'i 1-i 1 1 those chililren not attending. The senate iliilelinitely potKineil (he hill aipropriat inj; $li.ri,lil)t) for the JiimeHtown exKiMition. The reamin wiim th(i larn appropriatioim neeiliil for ither piirpoe!. The hoime mihsci1 tho liill increaMinu 1 h(i appropriation of the I )renon I.ihniry ,iimniinHion from $2,000 to $0,000 jht 41111111111 . Twi'tity-flve new incaHiireH were !! fl in the limine tixlay, hriiiifinn the total up to . 'till. The Heliate il'l'leil the unlucky nuinlier of l.'i to their 1M1. There wan very Htrniit oppoHit ion to the new iiianiutine law pro pone I hy tin hill of Senator Smith, of I'malilla, K i v i i k t' otttti boanl of health iunran tine powci'H In towiin ami on trainn, hi't it piiMHcil the Heiiate ty a kihhI majority. MinerM of tlm Hlate are interecteil in a lull hy Kepreneiitative Moore, (if l!ak vr county, creating tho ollice of HiMpect or of mini'H, proviilini; for the appoint ment of ileput ic., ileHniiiK' tho dutioH ami fixing tho HalarieH of hoth. Free a'Hi'H for puhlic ollicers of tho Htate anil of ilintrictrt anil count ien miit-t Ih furniHl'eil hy any railroail excrciHinj; tho ower of I'iniiient domain, iiccoriliiiK to a hill introduced hy HeprewMitat lvo Freeman, of Multnomah, prepared by John F. l.(Km, of Tort land. Thin free traiiHiortal ion i Intended to coinpen Hiito tho puhlio fur tho privilege of emi nent domain, and w ill Have tho taxpay ers coimidenihlo money. Tuesday, January 20. Halom, Jan. 2t. A bill hiH lioen preHeiitcd in tho honHo providing for tho branding of jiackwl fruit with tho iiauio of the packer, the grower and the locality where grown. According to a Jiouho bill piosontod liiHt week mo'lKanoH uro to Ihi taxed by the holder thereof. TIiIh proviHion wan not (Uncovered until today. A bill 1ms been introduced in tho Iioiiho exempting from tho Htate corpor ation tax all farmers' ditch companies of which there are many in the Herni al id dintrii ta of the btate. Stat Aid for Tillamook. Salem, Jan. !I0. HoproHontativo Heals, of Tillamook and Yamhill, in a bill introduced yonterday, asks an ap propriation from tho state of $50,000 to is3 expended in deepening and Improv ing tho harbor in Tillamook bay. Tho bill authorizes tho appointment by tho governor of a com miss ion of flvo por tions, reliable residents of Tillamook county, who tthall have charge of tho work incidental to tho expenditure of tho appropriation asked. ( 'oinmillei'M liiivo been appointed in I hot 1 1 Iioiihi'H lo in vent lato Ihii Htate in- Hl II ul Ioiih. I I iih hi'HhIoii, howi'MT, I hey will not he allowed any cli rkn or mile K'" Atlli'h opHiHil loll in liein ilevi'lopnl hi the new water coile iih drawn by the I'm I IiiihI board of I rmle. To place I he printer on a flat Hillary of $:i,IHMl ht year ninl appropriate $2II,IMMI for a builitiiiK and plant Ih the object of a hill by Speaker I'uvey. The general approprial ion bill, pre pared by the miivm and iiieaim commit tee, cmricH a total of $l,2tl,lt70. y M'lfl of (he liew bills ill tho two hoimeH buhiy were of a minor character. Anions them, however, was one Te al iliK I he new couiily of I'hki ikIc, in creiiHiiiK appropriation for Agricultural college from $2.'i,000 lo $Ml,(Mi0, hIxiI- i m 1 1 i r k the ili-alh ienally ainl iippro prial inn: $ ID.tlOll fur the portaio road ainl nut huri.iiiK its extension lo The I la The Iioiiho uihmi i1 ciht of its hills to iluy. All were of a l'ial character. The senate- panned three and killed two of i t m measures. Monday, January 28. Hit I .-!, Monday, .liiinniry 'Js.- A nic mi r lit I lum been prcxi'iitcil in tin Senate iih k i ii i iiiiyriMH In ciiiiipel r.'iilriniilH to m il lln ir I ; 1 1 1 . jra lit m. The Kent intent i'f tin 1.1'Kinlnt uro in that tlm remedy Iim w it Ii uiircHH. Tliere IH a wide d i ITerriire between I In vahiiit inn jdiii'eil on t tm irrK"ii "ity liickx by I lie nwiiers ninl 1'eilrral olli i'iitl"i. The former cMtiiiuile the value Ht aliiint I ..",(111,0110 mid the littler lit itliniit $.'110,111111. Should the l.cifllnturt dei'idi' In ai'ipiirii thin properly, it in prohllhle the llinller will hllVII til hi! neltlrd in llm court!. A mollis tho new 1(ouhi billit today were: , IXul lihin; union hijfh Hrhool din Irirti from two or more coiit inuoiiu ill trii't A'propriiilinj fl'in.doi) for veteran of Indian War, I H.'.", .Mi, and iiiemherH of Ninth lliiuiriit, Oregon in i I it in, while ai'tunlly in service, for iiho and rink of I heir hornon, at per diem of and iippriiiHed valun of every animal that wan killed or rendered unfit for service. Authorizing (iovernor, Secretary of State and State TreaNiircr, coiiiioiiiiK Hoard of Public lluildin 'oiiimiHHioti er, to procure wile hy purchase or con demnation, and count rue t building for ntnte printing plant, and appropriating fjii.finn Ihercfor. I'lacin State Printer on flat salary of J.'l, nun per annum, appropriating fun. Is for purchaie of supplies and equipment of ollice. A ppropriat iuy $.10,000 for deepening ninl improving harbor and channel in Tillamook Hay, and nuthori.ititf llov criior to appoint comminvion of five per sons to supervise its expenditure. For relocation of State lleaf Mute School, and appropriat ing 14,nn0. t'realint; Crook Cininlv into the First Central Oregon Agricultural liistrict, nuthoriing hohlinc of an nnmiiil (lis Irict fair at i'rineville, and njipropriat ii'k' tl,,M"l mid printing to amount of $.'00 Ihercfor. Appropriating $27,000 for mainte nance nnd support of Central Oregon State Normal School. Jameatown Fair May Win. Salem The senate committee on federal relations has decided to rejHrt favoiably the bill to appropriate fii.1, INN) for an exhibit at the .htmcHtown exposit ion. PORTLAND MARKETS. Fruits Apples, common to choice, r0oi'7fc per lsix ; choice to fancy, $1($ 2..10; pears, $l(.i.l.f0. Vogetubles Turnijis, f IfiM .25 per sack; carrots, $1(M.25 per sack; beets, $ 1 .25(i')l .50 mt sack ; horseradish, 7(ii) 8c -per pound; sweet potatoes, 3'4'c jier pound; cablmgo, 2'-2c per pound; cnuli llowcr, $2.60 jht dozen; celery, $3.50 fii-4 per crate; pumpkins, 2o. jht jvuind; sipianh, 2c jht jsiund; sjirout, 8c p r jxiuud. Onions Oregon, $11.35 jier hun dred. Potatoes Oregon Hurlmnks, fancy, $1.40(.i)1.50; lymnnon, $1(.25. Wheat Club, (58c; bluoskm, 70c; valley, (515(11 67c; rivl, Clio. Oats No. 1 white, $20; gray, $28. Harley Feed, $22 jxt ton; brewing, $2;t; rolled, $24(i)24.60. Kvo $1.40(11)1.45 per cwt. Corn Whole, $2(5; cracked, $27 per ton. Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $14 15 jht ton; Fastorn Oregon timothy, $17CM; clover, $!; cheat, $9; grain hay, $d(.i)10; alfalfa, $14. lJutter Fancy creamery, 32,lg35c pr pound. Mutter Fat First grado cream, 30c er jx)iind; second grado cream, 2c lesu jkt pound. Kggs Oregon ranch, 37,0 per doxen. Poultry Average old hens, 1313 l8c perjmund; mixed cliickens, 12(n)12ac; spring, HGiH'i old roosters, 10llc; dressed chickens, 14(WU5e; turkeys, live, 17 (i 17lac; turkeys, dressed, choice, 2022c; geese, live, l(M2c; ducks, 16r-i18c. Vt a 1 Dressed, 5'9f(tM' mt pound. lloef Dresned bulls, 26.'lo jer jsuind ; cows, 46c; country steer, fififtS'oc. Mutton Dressed, fancy, 8(ii;8VjC per pound; ordinary, (5f3)7c. Tork Dressed, C8)gC per pound. Curb Land Barons, Salem, Jan. 30. Curbing of Coos liay hind barons, w ho hold lands granted by congress in 18(1!) for tho Cms bay wag on road on condition that the grantees or their assigns would sell it at not moro than $2.50 an aero and in not larger than l(10-acre tracts and only to actual settlers, is tho purpose of a bill introduced today by Senator Malurkey. It would compel the Imrons to deed to any Ixina fide j)urchaser who shall offer the $2.50 an acre stipulated in the grant. POWERFUL CENSORSHIP. Proposed to Giva Postal Authorities Control of Newspapers. Wnshinoloii, Jan. 20. The bill of tin Joint Postal in i r 1 1 inn i i in , just com pleted, if eniieled liit law, would rri nle a pri-HH cciiHortdiip in the hands of government emjiloyes to dctcrmino what informal ion tho reading jmhlii: wants, and extend a paternalistic yiuirdiiiiisliip over the counting room by limiting the amount of advertising and specifying jimt how it shall Ihi itinle. in the jniges of daily iiewHja jiers. The joint commisMion started work on the hypothesis Hint second Hans mail mutter is carried at a loss t the government, and dm-H not jiay ils jiro sirtionate share in revenue. One of the main rresults of its jxnidering is the discovery that, tlm liewHMipcr, es ieeially the Sunday edition, has ex -iiinded t'Mi much in (he direction of the nunanine. The ineinhers of the com mission avow that the miscellaneous mailer contained in the Sunday issue of a newspaper lacks the "ipiality to make itsiH'ially and educationally val uable." They would reform every thing by abolihhim; the Sunday supple ment or else make it so ims'iious that nobody would care to read it. A glance at the alsive jirovisions of the hill will fully convince any one of the radical nature of the law the com mission projsises. It would limit the amount, of advertising ; it would elimi nate all legitimate advertising matter from supplements, and it would fire vent the jiublicatioti in the supjde meiits of all fiction, of all matter of general and useful information regard ing the affairs of the world, and make the supplement merely an overflow for the news of the main sheet. CROPS CAUSED SHORTAGE. Railroads Had So Wu-.h Traffic They Could Not Carry Coal. Washington, Jan. 20. Representa tive Marshal, of North Dakota, in an interview tonight declared that while there is a shortage of fuel at some jioints in North Ihikola and danger of shortage at other jioints, growing r i -marily out of the so-called car shortage, and later of an unusual snow storm, North Dakota is in no neej of financial assistance. "The shortage of cars," he said, "grew out largely of the enormous crojis raised throughout the state and through the expansion of business far U'yond all ordinary limits, which literally swamped tho railroads, not only with I Tod nets going out of the state, but also with merchandise and materials com ing in. In an attemjit to handle this tremendous volume of traffic, tin rail way comimnics were grossly negligent in relation to the fuel sujijily, so our great jirosjierity is the real cause oj our temjHirary emliarrussed condition. It is not a llniuicial shortage, but a rail road shortage w hich embarrasses the jieojile of the state at this time." LAGUNA DAM ENDANGERED. Rio Colorado Threatening to Destroy Irrigation Project. Ixis Angeles, Jan. 20. The Times this morning says: If tho Kio Colo rado should not Is? forced to return to its old channel and remain there, the Iiigumt dam, constructed by the United States Reclamation service across the river 12 miles above Yuma, will be de stroyed and the irrigation of hundrtsls of thousands of acres in Arizona, Califor nia ami Mexico will bo impossible. The Laguna dam is unique in that the dnnger threatening its existence lurks below instead of alxive the sur face. During the past three years, the Colorado, instead of repairing ita breaks by salt dejsisits, has cut them wider and deeper, and it has formed a gorge (50 feet deep and 1,500 feet wide through the cultivatted lands of the Imjierial valley. During the jieriod of the highest HoihI it cut back at tho rate of a third of a mile a day. Tho Itgnna dam is said to have cost about $2,000, 000. Very Few Sheep Are Lost. Helena, Mont., Jan. 20. Sheepmen and cattlemen declare all rejxirts sent out recently detailing big losses in tho eastern and northern jiarts of the state are utterly untrue, and that while losses will piobubly be somewhat aliove the av erage, it is still to early to apjiroxl mate, as the heaviest losses usually oc cur during February. Sheepmen were letter prejwred to stand a severe w inter than cattlemen, and in many places have kejit the losses down by using ro tary snow plows with which they bared the ground, allowing the sheep to feed. Contract Goes to Olliver, Washington, Jan. 20. Following a conference at the White House it was ollicia'ly announced that the contract for building the Panama canal would bo awarded to William I). Olliver, who, with Anson M. Hangs, was the lowest bidder in the recent comjietituin, jirovided that within the next ten days he and his associates, with at lonst two indejwndent contractors shall cover the entire Held of the work to be jxirformed under the contract . Capture Desperate Cuban Bandit. Havana, Jan. 29. Enrique Mesa, a bandit of the province of Santiago, who for more than two years had terrorized Iuistern Cuba and defleu the rural guards, and who was wanted for al leged murders, was captured here lost night by the secret police. ALL MEETINGS STOP Chicago Adopts Drastic Measures to right Disease. CITY'S POWERS ARE OVERTAXED Epidemic Shows Immense Increase Every Family Must Be Snut in Its Own Home. Chicago, Jan. 31. With u new Imp of ,'S0O eases of conlngious discuses in I h city and a fresh outbreak in the suburbs that brought t'etital number of victims over the 1 5,1 X) ma rk, Health ( 'urn miss inner Charles J. Whalcn, under lire in the most serious epidemic of a decade, t'slav issued a Mlblic lirrwlllllifl- linn (railing on the jieople of tin city to suspend jiiidblic and H's ial giithcringH and thus aid in cheeking the jest. Furl her drastic action may follow, including tin closing of all sch'sds of the city, a move which was considered I when the epidemic lirst broke out but' was alitindoned as unnecessary. If the' spirit of the commissioner's app'-al is followed generally, Chicago will jilace an embargo on herself, each family es tablishing a ipinmntine, as in a place withering under a plague. Fearing that the ejiidemic in violent form will sjiread into the Ghetto and further south into the stock yards dis trict led to the issuance of the jmblic plea for assistance. Scarlet fever broke out in several neighborhoods on the West Side, showing a tendency of the disease to sjiread from the Northwest side, in tin vicinity of Hurnlxddt Park, and from Oak Park and Auttin eatt and south. Dr. Whalen, head of the city Health dejiurt merit, did ni t come to his ollice early enough to get the first returns. In his absence his assistant, Dr. Her man Spalding, with the jiersjii ration running down his face from overwork and excitement, admitted for the first time that the department was heljiless. "It must be admitted now," said Dr. Sjialding, "that the ejiidemic is on the increase. I was in hopes that yester day's figures simply meant that more reports were coining in. The new rec ord bnluy shows I was mistaken and that the conditions are most serious." Records of the Health department show the jiresent ejiidemic to Is? one of the most serious the city has known. The records show the numlier of cases of scarlet fever in the last four days vastly exceeds the total for the whole month of January in a normal year. HARMONY IN SIGHT. Californians Confident of Solution of Japanese Question. Washington, Jan. 31. After two hours conference at the White House last night regarding the Jiijanese ques tion on the Pacific coast, the California delegation in congress authorized the following statement: "The California delegation had a very full and harmonious discussion with the president, the secretary of slate and tho secretary of the navy on the serious questions relating to the JaiMincse on the Pacific coast. The character of the discussion leads us to feel confident that a solution will bo reached satisfactory to all concerned." The existing treaty between the United States and Japan will expire March 12, this year. President Roose velt has heretofore assured the mem Ihts of congress from California that he would endeavor to form a new treaty with the Jajmnese empire which would meet with their entire approval and at the same time jirove satisfactory to the Tokio government. The Californians have in tho past insisted on an exclu sion net to bar Japanese coolies out of the United States, but it is hinted as a result of the conference that Senator Perkins and Flint and the members of the house of rejiresentatives from that state have jractically agreed to waive this demand and leave it to the jiresi dent to negotiate a new convention that will keej the Jajianese coolie labor out of this country. 'Let Indians Invest Own Funds. Washington, Jan. 31. The Indian approju iation bill was reiiorted to tho I senate today. It carries $14,500,201, a , net increase of $6,30(1,132 over the bill as jiiissed by the house. The large in creases are duo to ajijiropriations under which the United States treasurer will jiay to a number of Indian triles the money now held m trust as Indian tribal funds. The senate committee feels that those tribes are competent to manage their own affairs and that the government should cease jiaying inter est on the funds. Ask Roosevelt to Stop It. Washington, Jan. 31. President Roosevelt has received letters from jer sons inquiring as to whether there was any Federal legislation which might lie invoked to stop tho issues of addi tional stock which have been in con templation by various Northwestern and Western railroads. The president referred these letters to the department of Justice, with a view to obtaining an opinion on the subject, and will take such action as possible under the law. Will Bny Cattla for Indians. Washington, Jan. 31.-An expend-: iture of nearly $1,000,000 for the pur-1 chase of cattle to supply the needs of I the Indians on reservations in North ' and South Dakota, Montana and Ari zona will be imu!e by the Interior de partment in a short time. SALT AND SUOAR BA03. Mr. Ilrnnn l.mrtia ftomrthlnar Ahonl 'I heir llonarholal I mrm. "Hny, mother," said Ictltln p.rown, "w won't bfive any more sait hngn; will we?" "'No moro Mult bags?"' said Mr. Ilrown to himself, having by clinnco overheard I-tltla's remark. It took hut little (pieHtlorilng lo bring out in formation on tlicHe point, arid Inci dentally there was elicited other hng Information, which, to Mr. Drown, waa even more Interesting. Halt hugs. It seems, nr, In many IiouhcIioMh, w hen empty, wa ied out and used iih ilinli cloths. Itut tho Drown family tins given up hotiHckeeji log nnd gone to hoarding; It retains Its apartment, Just the same, tint takes Ils meals In n neighboring gol boa'd Ing bonne. So naturally, they wouldn't Is buying any more salt. Then Mrn. Drown said that, any how, they hadn't Is-en using salt bags for sons' time, Is-cause lately, while salt Is Htlll juit up In bags, they had Is-en buying salt put up In wooden or In jKistehoarel boxes. They'll lsn milking their dish elotlis lately, she said, out of sugar bags. Sugar, It npH'nrs, once never put up, Is now quite, commonly Hold In bags. Casually, Mrs. Drown mentioned an other use of salt bags that was new even ii Letltla, who knew something alxiut salt bags. Mrs. Drown wild that once they luoj a servant who usrsl to take the wilt bags when they were emptied and ojx-n thorn out and wash the marks out of them, arid then for economy's sake have them for hand kerchiefs for her little brother. And yet there remained the fact, mildly bewailed by Letltia. that there would be "no more salt bags" for dish cloths. Here Mr. Drown wanted to say to Letty, "Well, what of It? Not housekeeping any more, we shan't have any dishes to wash and we shan't want any dish cloths, salt bag or sugar hag." Dut he didn't say these things, for he didn't want to hurt Letltla's feelings by showing her how little she looked ahead, nor did he want to make her feel worse by showing her how much more logical his mind. He said nothing, but Just kept these things to himself, hut not without his usual mod est consciousness of suiierlorlty. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Mr. MUlals tells how rabbits swim when eonirielled to : 'They sw im with the head bold ns high as jiossible, while the hocks of the hind legs appear above he element at each stroke. The shoul ders nnd front part of the body are burled beneath the water, while the rump and tall are high and dry." Natural enemies o.f the nulmnl world are sometimes found living together In extraordinary communities. The same writer quotes this experience of an ob server: "On one occasion when ferret ing I bolted a fox. a cat, a stoat and several rabbits and rats out of the same earth. The fox bolted first, after giving the ferret a nip across the back, from the effects of which It died an hour later. Next came the stoat and then the cat, both of which I shot. Then followed the rabbits and rats promis cuously. It ws a large burrow on the bank of a deej dry watercourse, and often held a foc when I ferreted It afterward." Interesting figures on the relative agility of hares and rabbits are given In a recent volume by J. G. MUlals. "When mnulng nt ease," he says, "thj length of the hare's stride is about four feet; but under conditions of fear Its leaps extend to ten and twelve feet, while some authors claim that It can Jump ten ditches twenty to twenty-flve feet In width. Perjiendlcularly a hare can Jump on to a flve-fopt wall, hut seems to be nonplused by one of about six feet The stride of the rabbit is about two feet; when necessary It can make leaps of six or seven fet horl roiitnlly. About three feet Is the high est that a rabbit can attain to even when helped by the asperities of a stone wall." Immaterial. Aunt Ilepsy was In ecstasies over tho young lady her nephew, Ike, was going to marry. "I never saw her till lust week," she said, "hut I fell In love with her at first sight myself. She's good, sweet, amiable nnd as pretty as a pic ture." "What's her name?" nsked the listen ers. "Maria." "Maria what?" Aunt Heiisy wrinkled her forehead, pursed up her Hps, looked at the cell ing and gave It up. "I declare, I can't think of her other nnme." The general laugh that followed this confession nettled Aunt Hejisy. "What's the difference about her Inst nnme anywny?" she said exilosively. "It's only tenqwrary. She's going to change It!" Youth's Companion. The Verdict. "Did the Jury And the prisoner guilty?" Inquired a man concerning a buvglar. "No, sir," responded the policeman. "They didn't find him at all. He got away." At lenst two-thirds of the married men you meet are henpecked, but they don't know it ' pmwitMnviiihivimMiM : 0LD i I Itf mrtnhrr, I remember, I rcucmher The Iioiiho where I was born. The little window where the sua Came peeping In at morn, lb never en ma a wink too noon, Nor brought tH long a day ; Hut now I often wish the night Had borne, my breath away 1 I remember, I remember The roses, red arid white. The violets nnd the lilyciips Those flowers made of light ! The lilacs where the robin built. And where my brother net The laburnum on liis birthday Th tree is living yet ! I remember, I remember Where I was nted to Hin, And though the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing. My spirit flew in feathers then. That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow. I remember, I remember The fir-trees dark and high ; I used to think their Hlender tops Were close against the sky. It was a childish ignorance, Dut now 'tis little joy To know I'm farther off from heaven Than when I was a boy. Thomas Hood. Two Kinds of People. No; the two kinds of people on earth I mean. Are the people who lift, and the people - who lean. Wherever you go, you will find the world's masses Are always divided in just these two classes. And oddly enough, you will find, too, I ween. There is only one lifter to twenty who lean.. In which class are you? Are you easing the lead Of overtaxed lifters who toil down the road? Or are you a leaner, who lets other bear Your portion of labor and worry and care? Ella Wheeler Wilcox. PECULIAK MOTOB CAB. Built For One Passenger Only, Who Steers With Ills Feet. The Illustration below shows a new type of motor car that should In the near future have many supporters. It Is a foreign Invention, and on account of Its peculiar construction attracts at tention Immediately. In size It Is abo.ut STEERED BY THE FEET. as small as a motor car can be made, there being seating capalcty for only one passenger. There Is also a total absence of complicated steering ap paratus. The operating motor Is placed Immediately In front of the rider. One lever Is sufficient to regulate the speed and Is placed in close prejclmity to the sent Probably the most jiecullar feature Is the method of steering. This is done by means of the feet, very much like a young boy would steer hla express wagon. The hands are at all times free, the rider being able to en Joy a smoke with jileasure. Other jieculiar features are the size of the wheels and the height of the franid above the gro.und. Almost a Lie. It hnpiHMied In an Allegheny board ing house yesterday. "Good horning," said the boarder with a had cold. "What!" cried the other boarders la ' surprise and also in unison, as they de pleted from their burued oatmeal. Clearing his throat and blowing hla nose vigorously, the boarder with the bad cold explulned, somewhat wearily, that he had merely attempted to pasa the time of day. Whereupon the other boarders apol- oglzed, saying: I "We thought you said 'good board- Inn Pretty Full. "McLush hns been arrested for drunkenness and wants you to ball him out." "Hall him out!" ejaculated Colonel Pepper, who hnd henrd the remark In distinctly. "Good gracious, Is he that full?" Exchange. I Woea of Society Ladles. ' There should be an eight hour day for "fashionable" women. We cannot talk scandal continuously for twelve, us we do no.w. The excitement and the strain upon the Imagination are terrific, letter to Loudon Truth,