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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1895)
"o'ponOTHtAM. her I twee" " '' ' (If a" r1'""' hi " "u",,,' . but and HUM lad u r ruinln " .. ..... Urn to nil .- Ul ' 7 ' ,. MUX. to " " " Ul ll"""1 . .n, hulleat mtil """ " " , n, X""1' h"4 " flUfK l. h '"' """" " ""I'l" .MS lit F ... I - .,t...lalafc i . ,!,.. M - ... I BMun i iirw, niiMi . of atv Klialim day, k "L,.. i..i.m make J 1".Im role. .J.ll .. ')- " i.i .i-H :' "rr,,w " ATTAIN JACOBUS. ibmiKll ,""K PM I ,,.rtH '"' '. ... i,r (nun Wlm-he-ler. niitl ,iaJr,.lMi, rtdtng gently up. Judg- MU.rlil l "" -r 7 '" " wH. I.-.V Tlm " Wrl h"U' i (, III" rnl'tfl" I1'' I"1"11""1 (tM uciitli'mBii of Hut rHl In jUlli'U. JIH""". -- - fiaill Jrtit'l"1. ' "" '"'li,"" 1 wiiiliiuliwi :il!ll Hint II Ull' ,wn liulu imii'iimi' un iiu jbiMioak lnl ! 'r Hf'"l . -...l.u... I.i. I.nriit (Km !l!srulill " fc'l''l",. I'KI nil. imi" 'r '"'"" m '.ih .hurt Mini Ix-twiH'H b l.,,ij lo Bint trti l'UTliig Lf mlil IUUT of m'y ImUli pu WiliK "iiuti in ttM-lll. I IWI'lIlT" nwiwil ttiihout rl, Hi Km .nl Hull huiitb mm iul Dm iiiIil wU uf lb tun .... ...1.. al furUnr litltali. .jly tiidi I'Wl'T iiil!lui!r li wh wnnii-rul j.m 1(if rmiilloN huK(lrcif whI -dm ihe liiiite, ""'I UimIhik ,.u nii tiniir ti:k to llio lilar.fl. L irtirrt lall. o.ly builB M' ll. Liu, tho idwiu lilink unrbaml HMD iniull'rif llnuluy. Hatollmt tito Bimi l'i whic Imlr nl wt i wlillii Ilia y.miiiT ' clrmi i nut nliinwl Imlil. llinl bl sikwl k1ii.bihI IIVo iiiolm rcit btltiflii, lh Iwo r.'UPUilil.Hi mini ft m fpry rii(Hilr. .im Jaiiil.uit im.k nff bin but JmrpinU iliini ml U'ltMi. with L.i)kiw uf il.-ltliTnlliiii, lo unlmcKi.i Ut mkii Iholnlil hln nwurtl ml Vu.. im rMiitrin.il ttio It V .1.1 I"" ..... ; iili rv lucITuailim. Hi b.iwin Jimt frm-ilon of Hm ih il.lrr. fnr nmii"iieiry Ui him. m If (lliouKlit HipiP- Lib junior hud m IWoly hw ilnifti to tho mmliir tlmt h mm- W II oiiponwlousily, i'nu in ln mi liiuiM'lf nomfurtnliljr timii th fciitniimt thuwull "il cnllwl r k Oppmita ta lilin. Um llio ilJ t& mitln In Ilia inula !. I1" :W iinldli Mum iUxi hkiit tboir rlilum climki ml gtm rW bl. lrunl lato for p-iitlmiipn or atmxV." mnmrkfil tln mi-tnlu. tnjim nn fnur of IiIkIw'"'"i" put onr trimt Hi Mm whni oi lard." ffiiluxl tlii eldnr ulnrRVUinu K ..... Mof dliltviB." ri!hmil tlm'youn nililii. hlirh toIoh. entroiuclT not j'pin with lita poki-n ttry K'"Hy. ' mlKl'ty J munii'titl" olwcrvvd mm nilliiK li! liijir wi ul tono. iynt It whmiiii m m you run !flf&HttW lw.lftltl.ufHfwlillff. " Hy tun nii1 I," totnmwl th oM t ilh IMM..I. tr,.......illltv uhlUl ItllT liavo Jnto! tho dotfil fhfa Min wlin biitraTelniii uiinmu gniwidf nibtNYl ' the titlmr ill nliourfnllv. I - I I "mid thneniiinlii. "but twrimp wwho niton thin worr rond frmu h"K to Winobitr. Tbry wy a ery dilly uplte K't",t 1 urI' I- ' p... t iniiim.. vt i r. - 'I ntato, i'ra hoard, and he vowed u iKumtical rnlmlH ahonlrt py "r "I mem. " f WiiiR to ilp nia win imkor yod the two piiniona over oi DM Kliwi. 1 0y roinmcu u IIbiip.), with a watohfol atten- 1...- ...I.. I... n..nuunt Wat f him. o Viu told, thu Captain pnrHmwl tho captain, m"'" mniinfi u him, bat all mnniior of prutty Md trnnK dntrRwt' Why, now,. Rive you an exainplo; inpiwej itting wbnra I fit :.iiw.",' T1,B 1 ftu.ut tn.t liii two - f umi n UJQIIItilJH l,'Kyni(in did not move o much a IfW.. "Ifa liklr ba would pro- ipmB at tbeo(lN to you iwf- i iwti yoa Voniii nave m Wa. willy nilly, you aoa, and in- an bonr I'll wasor he would tan t), .t ..if vnnr barkil, T Pure .kill, yon understand. No 4 Wat,' to at all A...) talkiiiir of cnrdu, cunt .In l-lHw with a luddxH r Com, landlord, clean packr The lilHliwayiimn ronfl, n,(lv( , ,. bow ohalr to the tubln, and inoklnn nt Ilia Iwo paraoim with a vry nlmjunnl MITimdloii of cnniiii.iianna n.t almtmtly unii'riii bla plutola. "1 am p.it.t.nK .ri .. r, it , (,M. iHnwibb Ibnt lahiiulrl pli.nt.iire you In o enriml a AinU,u, " unlit tlm old man mildly, "ami, fttttiiiK ald tlmoUliti uf my holy untim, kuownot tm paint ed toy fioiii t'lrtlMv. I will ak you to paiduh lim. Wn have rlililmi furtiMlny," and with a nmrtMiu K""ture he nut rlowil liMitt tlm ..'til.. m tlm rhlmiify wtni-r, mid lonnliiK l k upon tlm bun din uf l'ilm and umldlimcloMHl hi vyc mid foldi'd Ma lunula, "And ymi, ulrf Com, duff Ihn prlrat huoil for an hour. Uuolmln tlm old Ad am and Klve lilm a run) Trut imt, you wilt Im a world tlm Ixittrr fur o w lf do nyliill an -xi-mlmi Wbnt, 'tin not o Ioiik "lio n you wore tuoolli'ua that your ftiiKi-ra Imvu fortot llmfwl of tlm ciirda, i libwuy and tlcklUh, I'll warrant. Hit down, yonuii mint, and t ut for lliu ilcul, like a Hint of ai'iiMil" Tlm itiomi'iitury ullmwn that followed wan hroki-u by a tiny t ll. k an tlm cap tain forked a plittol, Thu trnbl yiuiiiK man utiirlod nllKhtly at Urn kouml, tlm rwuiiibut fl((iirti on llm ai'ttlu iiimimd Ita i viw, and tlm Iwo fxrliuiiiti'd n t'ltitH't. no ritpld it to be M'iirimly mti i jilihlii. "Hlr, " tinwcTn the yimnu mini ar rtrnilly. "you toutdl Ine limm-r tbitll you know. I am naturally t-nr tut riK'lal divetiUi'iiii'iiiii, and. I own, it mi'iim bard lh.it a hIiikIu Irnvttli r like yourfidf tiiUHtmi and twiddle bin thumb I'nuite III ftillow Kticata iliiiiioa to be rlrrKymi'M. Yet ni how It U Ileforo 1 wa a mad ttrown I ava my word lo my father in vi r nulu lo touch the Cii.d." "Jtilinti)'.' broke In tbti old ((t'litle man, "I Kim vu bark your word. Do lt your c'tiiiiu'lriiiiM bide you ami call lo r nii.iiilir:uio the liou if iUminou, i.niir " Nay," aald thu rnptulu pleaiiniitly, "nay no luore, ay no inert'. I would not Im nil iH'1'ai.loti of atuiiililiuK to any. It would Ut a tliouxuml pitnn to rUk a t;jtUi-n li lu ll for (he mike uf a trum Jmry itniiio if mini, "and the other ptatwl ho laid one ou eitiic-r vide of blm. ' i ' ' ! Tlm bald youml mitii. B'10 ' f)" Inred, drow up a chair ami at down, wtpluu Ibe bt-wUnf iterfplriition from bU forehead Willi bin coat eun. "It UiHimt my turn to entreat the ploacure, alibouttb, I fear, you will find m bal a dull oijiM'iit. " he uid, with a ulnwlly attfinpt at urbanity, "(loiim. ir. b t u to t 1 aw heartily glad of the .pnirtunity. " "No, tm." ald the captain, nhuftliiiu Itierarda. " V'ate forclni, yotirwilf out of uliwr !'il nature. I me it, I will have no limn blm ken hUriK-ord 111 huav n fi.r mo!" "Not a Jut. not a tittle," returned Ibe other, with ail oUrquloua alacrity, "and I lake It urtMitly a a favor yon hould ptav with u ru-ry an amateur. " "Well, iiave It a you will, then," aid the rtiptaln. "and what uliall we rail the inak.'" "Html! we nay Jaoobuw!" aid Ibo bald yomilt m' nimitbly. A doubt rruwd llm mind (if Captain Jawl-ut, and he looked up nlmndy at the p"'r' ,mt ,h" hM y"ul"? nmn w lalKirioutily dealing the eartla, hU while faee creaw'd in a fiitoium mile, and llm i pla """l'' n,nl"' "',ll,lnK of ItiM i.preloii. ' "Wbv. yr. with all my heart, re turned 'the captain. "Jacubuiw. cer taiuly," and the Iwo men nettled to the tame, the olerityiiinu coiinliiK bia play with the nioet aniumia attention, often Clutching bit Jw P""1'" 10 on ,lder, and Hie captain, with acarcely Klam:o at bin band, nonchalantly totm lug bU carilt ou the table. They plyo' without exchanging- a word Al interval a tmoblerinK log broke and fell upon the hearth. (l.-n-OTitiiig a tliowcr of -P'"-. ",e olrt cl,'J inored in tlm chimney corner. .1 Ibe night wind ru-led in the tree ntid. At flrt tlm game wen w Jy. but at the nigh wore mi a little henp of Hold began W accoumlato at the el bow of the bald yun'ig m" "'" ner to the captain quite uuHccouutabla. The doubt in hi mind grew and prick ,11. beg" to watch the her rt rrowly and presently ;J-g if very deft manipulation. The bigl B,7atm..h. looked the other " ' J' eve. Tho client blinked, went ery X ni. glam'od awiftly round at the 1 who continued to ...ore placid L the captain, at the moment of "lug curd and without turning hKb.nwthe old wid ami -boot an anweriug look of v. um ami inoi.leut puaHod "'"!!-Mlv i ut to t ol ' U hc gHine would have boon Z 7y S.I uI.m. Captain Jaoobn ua . 1, of the table, umib.mtlied a trk, id it naked on bi knee. "hS !. UM p 'e of goUlpiece. began to dSeancl change ah,., u g, tta J aSS band deep into S again, my cully ,yT Z to h l! f "lth cry. whip on leaH.d to " , f bln pock- for r- e but -wi ""i" , . . tn . ,e uondo hi, Itefore ne . ba(, caught bit - stol into bit hVS?r " clergyman', face with 10"'r-inllWHiy, the bullet weapon exploded harmuwa.j. ! ow . "i . niwvorderal 1 . nT lUIili lnf mm, he thundered. r turn. vuw 'Hand up those tad die!'! .' ' .u .haking finger aWatrL-ut hot the ahadow ut dlaubedluuca, and I'll I,. .ft a I...1I... I.. lin...&. Now, what lire a ample of rumial par on dolag with a fortune of goldf Won It at the card, I upponl Ami what I. I .1 M a . I . m . ... . a i no oi near i mi. lor a clergyman," Iflt- M a ...lu..l 1....- .. ...1 Mi..wM ai ,f,inv)iii(iiij ut Mtri.oimi effmta Were two bulky leathern bug full to thu throat with broad ploccn, a great Jnweleil wntoli and a handful of I... 11... .1. , I . ntt . mia iiuk" n iriniima, j jiti Riiain elnl'i.vl.n... I.l.l.u. 1.1. ,1........ ....I I. ...I, ' ' I ''., (fta .11114. 'ia nun mut ing buggurdly ut the apoll, atom in a hum 11 aiuuiee. At Ilia other mm or tlie board tlm bald young man wan moaning and writhing In hi. chair, hi hand pin ned flint The captulu, vigilant ua a bird, but thoroughly nt hit cane and en joying hlumelf hugely, leaned ugallixt the pniieling eying the pair by turn. "(.'nine," bflDitid, "niMiik up, pnraou. Make a clean coufoKtdon, my cvungnlUtl You may tie tip yntir littlo boy, if yon cure to, while you talk." The old man cast a vnnomou glance of contempt npon hi abject ofihpring. "Herve Mm rlgbtl" be broko out aav egely. "The clmmy foul!" "I lieu In to tinreeivu von are aoltm- thing of apreclHiau, " remarked tho cap- lain. M't me make your ami .exeunt-. To get the U tter of Captain Junobaa 1. a hithly temerlou enterpriHe fur a vimi.if 1.1 1.(1 tlif.iiirl. t vi. V it. Ilufc 1 llttlat '""n -, nk ) u to tuku my (lugger out of lilm ami to cleuu It. 1 llianic you. now, nno your purne to the blunt and puck it nil carefully up again. It'a time for me to go, a thu Rong nay. " "Come, " returned the other roughly, "let', talk Kitiiwt, rupiuln. The crop wa fairly nl mined on the road, it you might havu done yonrwdf. you can't meuu to wbiddlo your fellow'" "f)n the road? You Mirpriso mo! And yet 1 had aoum kind of an Inkling that it wtiMi't entirely parhoii beneath tliw beautiful black clothe, too, " .aid the captain genially. "Why, of courae, gcntleninn of the mad, liku yourHclf," aid tho old nmn, brightening wunowlmt ut t!;u frieiiiili tich of the other' tone. "l!ut parnon we"v been for the last nix month, junt to Implunt a littlo confidence. " "And bow did it all come abont?" Inquired Captulu Jiicobu. "1'apMJH wo were for ix month," repeated tho impoMtur, "in Kingolnre yonder." Ho Jerked hi thumb over hi uboulder. "Did you never try tue my, cuptain? You have to live mighty .trict while it last, but it'a a good lay a Koodlayl" Tbe.peiiker Miiilcd -ourlyat the recollection. "Highly refpootod by rich and poor. Thoro wna uothing good enough lor uch a brace of aaint an Johnny and mu. Fat collection every Kahbaih, and the txmltry nud butter and cheiwc why. wo lived like a couple of king, except tor 1 no liquor. our parttoij inuat be ctuel "paring of the bene bowne. That wm whore the .hoe ,..1,,,. 1 tt.it nt last onr chance came along, for a girl of tho pluco wan going to bo warned to 101110 oioa.en nt m Winchcter. Her men folk were out o" tho wav, und who no fit to escort hor and her mother and her dowry aa the two tall Varmina? So, one ou each tide, all fur tear or you, cuinum, " Jogged nlor.;i till Hightfall. And here wo are, and I offering, you a third of thu swag, and what could be fairer?' Capta.u Jacobus stood erect and clear ed bi throat. The highwayman loved a striking situation, like an actor, and delighted much more iu the scriea of 1.;. . -;.,! r,,.,,riniiit.iiuicontinuullv pre sented by the incident of bis profession (ban in the prollts it auoroco nun. " ....,i -im,, i.i so renuire. he would even .acriflce all plunder for the suko of sheer effo t. XJiu. tne (iimcuiiy preserve drauiotio proprioty with a min imum Ion out of pocket, and in its solu tion lav the very marrow of the enter prise. For the tlrst time that night the .......'.. a.w iti wav clearly to a .atis- factory achievement. Tho taxing of two Presbyterian ministers nan ui. f- a i.i... nw.mlv u a dutv. necea- nary, but dull, to the discharge of which a little novelty migm 00 iunit.j tho use of the cards. It was au agreea ble shock to him to discover that he was 1 1. . ..,;,i, t....nii.lrnl(4. and that the ucauoK ." " --- . . occasion would require all hi quick ness and resource 10 save mm u...u ug hoist with hi own pt.tn.rd. Having accomplished this so far uud succeeded in inducing the older rascal to condemn himself out of his own mouth, the psy elu.lotrical moment bud arrived tor an appropriate closing scene. 1 l . .. I. , 1....., f.antitttt "You dogs 01 r.gpn - Jacobus iu voice that made the g nsses ring, "would you make terms with me? blaspheme! You ball strip yourself of every doit ! 'Tit vou and your iiko unuK uii ihe names of the king's gentlemen. Are ,ve to keep the road with curs like you snapping ut onr heels? What! You would decoy two poor ladies upon tue kina's highway and drag the very rings from their fingers. You would poach on the manor of Captain Jacobus, take , pos-.oK-dou of bis tun. sharp him at the cards and hoot him through the head afterward, if be hadn't been a match for the hulking pair of you rum clapper dogeous! All that you would do. and when he pets upsides with you you hove 7Z devil's own bravado to inform him of It to his face anil to offer him a share! A share! To me!" and tho orator inter luted tome highly stimulating oaths. "A share! You shall see now! Empty y(u,r potketson the table. Take off tlmt rUiK-oiT with it-that. or the finger. Se-lel, the other rascal. Now strip, the nir of you. guick about it! Am I to "nee att ndai.ee upon you while you wake a toilet? Put the clothet on the ,ftwo men, constrained by the brace of grinning pistol muzzles, strip S to tlir shirts d oM in rij I n;. The face of the elder was flushed ! . HnskTred Hi eves .hone in bit k A tfickle of blood from his bitten fp trS hi whit beard, and the you. gcr tottered to and fro with a dead Swrtfaco. hugging hi wounded 1 .nd. Now." Cpt" Jacobus, yon half lead my hors, for me, by thuu- ""Keeping his eye upon the two. he moved to the door, opened it and whis tled. Instuutly there waa ft clatter of boofn, and bit black mare camo trotting round the corner and trampled Into the room. The cuptnlu ttood by the borse't head, rating theshiveriiig wrcUdiet like dog while they strapped on the bag gage, and when they bad done he led tho animal Into the road. "Hold my atlrrup, Gideon!" tald the caplaln to the hapless Johnny and In cluding them txitu In a final exhorta tion. "The landlord take your mtg for the reckoning. Hut if ever I moot you out on the pad I'll .hoot you down like vermin, to uru a my iinrne it Captain Jacobus. Htand clear!" And with ft bound ho wut gone, leav ing the two half clud rascal a prey to the humiliation of Impotent fury and the most deadly discomfiture of body amid the scene of the dlsmalcst disorder, tho lust spark of their clothe flying op the chimney in the Icy draft, and the gray light of the wintor'a dawn pal ing the candle. It i upon record that Captain Jaco bus took it upou himrolf to restore all tho trinket, and, according to bi rnle iu such cases, ono balf the money to the rifl.tfnl nwm-ra thereof, and that the ntUnr lira 1 f U'ln pocket of King Charles II. then living very privately In the city of Cologne. u. Cope Comford In Poll Mall Uudgct Maokavr Trtek. Millionaire Mackay tells a ttory of a contest he had with one of hi forotiien. Tho foreman was sometbinr; of a nat uralist and trained one of the enormous KrusHhoppcr of tho west, s Mark Twain trained his frog, until be could jump about ton feet. Then be interested Mr. Mackay iu the insect Mr. Mackay went out and caught some hopper and bncked them aguiiiNt the record breaker, with tho result that be was beaten ev ery time. Then be became determined to win und sent several of the hands out to hunt for the strongest juniptrs .i,..- nn..lil find. Hut all to no purpose until one day he discovered a wet spot on the tablo licur where tne loremau hopper hud iit. Inve-tignting the mat ter, ho found that the spot wa very strong ammonia, that the foreman bad a vial of ammonia with a dropper in 1.1. i,.v... ,.,.,) tlmt a drou of the am monia niado a ftrnsshopper Jump hard enough to boat the record every time. 80 Mr. Mackay provided himself with a rlrrmner mill then Wt'tlt to another battle. The same morning he managed to got bold of the foreman t drorjpor, emptied it and filled it with chloroform, instoud of ammonia, and then kept the foreman with him until the last minute. The irrastdioppers were brought forth, ...l Mr. Muckav's flew through space. while the foreman's only heaved and btaved. finally rolling over and going to sleep, ltwus not until tho third contest that tho foreman found out the trick. PERSONAL GOSSIP. The column 1 fortune of the lato Duke of Hrunswick it likely to lead to end les litigation. Henri Duncan, founder of the Inter national lied Crost society, It reported to be living in Geneva in the direst pov erty. Ex f Jovenior Dob Taylor of Tennessee In at fund of hit fiddle ever and en tertains hi friend, with rollicking dit ties at of old. Misa Alice Ktrausa, daughter of the waltz king, Job aim Htrausa, hat be come eugaged to the painter, Marquit Fori Beyro. It it auid that the Marquis of Qnoent berry gives away more in proiortion to his mean than any other man in the British icerage. tii.n. U'1bl..a.n nt Wnaliinirtnn. InL. i:r thereof, and that hJ J,,,. my uVechildren ; a brother in Eng ent into the bottomlessI , , . , , , b J6 ,t 8? earg of uge. Hi grandmother had 23. The mother of Mr. Jack Gardner, the famous Hixtou society loailer. it the second wife of Bierstadt, the artist. Her firet huband left her a fortune, which ho mode in the candy trade. It is announced in London that Wil Jium Hruwu, son of the famous John Brown, for muny yeure highlands at tendant of Quetin Victoria, ha been ap pointed her jtersonal attendant The Rev. William C. Winslowof Bos ton, vice president of the Egypt Explo ration Fund, huH received the decoration of the Hocicty of Science and Arts of Greut Britain for honorary fellowship. Rabali, now tho head of the sultanate of Boron, Africa, was at one time a elave. lie is a full bbsxled negro of gi gautiu stature and is said to be possessed of immense treasures of gold, iilver and ivory. , ' General St Mars, the tncoessor of Bonlangcr as a French military jack-a-dandy, bus, in order to popularize him self with tbe army, prescribed a two hours' daily siesta for hi tioopa. "Devil Anse" Hatfield of Hatfield-Mo-Coy fume, now a very old man, has pur chased a farm near Huntington, W. Va., joined the Methodist church and intenda to spend the remainder of hit days in peace. The inventor of tbe duplex system of telegraphy, Joseph B. Stearns of Cam ,inii M.. rii.-rl rwpntlv at the ace of 65. One' of his hobbiea was carved ivories, of which he had tbe largest collection in the world, it is said Oimir. cinarette and pipe are alike populur with the Prince of Wales, who is an inveterate smoker. In private he smokes a pipe, and in public puffs ci gars, while with lua alter oinner coueo TURF TOPICS. Paradoxical it may aenm, Dentfiktv 1 :18 it troubled with his molar. Hopptet should be pronounced with the .tress decidedly upon the latt yU- bla Famous KitUondabt, P. Panl'f bit toric training track, it likely to be aooo out tip Into building lot. "Great .peed mean, staying power." is an old maxim. The converse la ! true instance Joe Patchnu. The most famous pet or nickname) de--elojx-d tbit year is that of Klamath, whom driver calls him Cookey. Pierre Lorillard will, it it tald, ra In England next year. But where will be get another Iroqaoif, another Parole? The member of Premier Salisbury's qnine cabinet are fed on California hay. It cost the commissariat 30 ft to to do this. A movement is on foot to organise ft oolt thow and racing association at Ma nassas, Va., which is 80 miles lonth of Washington. Wzmakh, the OrlofT trotter, went mile at Milwaukee recently in 1 :81 M This it the fastest mile for E nasi an in this country. Would tome one who could rise and explain why, where everything else ia equal, one trotting meeting is a tucowat and another a failnre? Peter C. Kellogg believes that 1 trrmlil I mm ran racins if every horse that has not won one out of three heats .hould be ent to tbe stable. Governor Matthews of Indiana la aa expert rider, and may be seen almost any afternoon in Indianapolis on hi favorite Kentucky horse, Corncracker. The trolley has to bear the burden of the dreaded curse, "grasa shall grow In the streets." The grass covers the car j tracks since the horses have been super -I teded. 1 , : A Buffalo writer says that it it near ly a settled fact that Ed Geers will take a stable of tbe Village farm horses to Europe this winter. Tbey will be raced over the European tracks. Horseman. GREAT MEN'S READING. author Two Funerals. That is a touching story told of tbe fuueral of Kir waitor eoou: 100 ruou gars, wnue wiin 111s aiww uj by which tho procestdou took its way he inbaloa cigarette smoke. WOUUU over n mu, "'- .,n r.f tt,n mint beautiful of landscapes. It was his babit to pause there to gaze upou tbe scene, and when toking a friend out to drive he never failed to stop there and cull the attention of his conipauiou to tbe most beautiful points of the view. Few oould refrain from tear wben, carrying their master on bis last journey, the horses stopped at tho old familiar spot, as it were, for bi,m to give a last look at the scene he had loved so well. Extremes meet I told this anecdott of Scott's funeral to a friend, who, in turu, told me a story. A little less than a century ago there lived in a certain New England village ft graceless fellow wbo spent most of his time at the grog shop, to the neglect of all honest coll ing. When the summons hod at last come for him To ioiu The Innumerable caravan that move To tho pale realm of shade, as his funeral procession, on its way to the place of burial, pnssed his favorite haunt tho bearers inadvertently turned a little aside, at the same time slacken ing their pace. The wag of the neigh borhood spoke hastily: "Go on, go onl" said he. "Don't stop here, for mercy a sake! He'll bo Bure togo iul" Journal of American Folklore. Tho Reign of 1'eac. Beasts, I am inclined to think, are still, more or less, in the Rtate of para dise and peace. I have been lately hon ored by tbe acquaintance of ft cat which lives on friendly and playful terms with a mouse, not a tame pet mouse. They frolio together, and thon the mouse re turns to its hole. Again, a friend of .kn l.nrl cnvnrnl rioira. tWO VOnllK UUUO WUW ' ' " c - J dandies and on old Skye, lately went out to the edge or a wood near nis nouse where he saw his dogs playing with a They sported together playfully till the old Skye got wind of the fox and then "went for him" with a yowl, whereupon the poor fox fled. The young dogs seemed to cherish no unfriendly feelings till the veteran set a bad exam ple. Dogs and cats are not natural en- a it. in m- wbo have corrupted them, and "a cat and dog life" is, even Still, often or good example 10 ntaxnuu people. Andrew Lang in Longman's Magazine. 1 Largo Lauiip Khadeo on tho Wane, The mania for exaggerated lamp shades seems to be on the wane. The newest lamps show fine globes made to harmonise with the foundation, and dealers report ft revived sale of tinted porcolaiu Bhodes. Tbe silk, however, is yet made into frills and furbelows that suggest nothing short of ball gowns re furnished to serve ft new end, but the tulle that is made to copy ft ballet dan cer's skirt and the paper monstrosities are both ugly raid dangerous. Tho only womWr in regard to them is that the in surance companies have not been arous ed, and that a reform campaign has not been organised before this. Boston Traveller. W. A. Lamed is a slender youth of 23, with a face as black as a negro s from exposure to the fierce sun that beats upou the tennis court He lives in Summit, N. J., and is the son of W. Z. Lamed, who is noted as mucn ror nis facial resemblance to Jay Gould as for his great wealth. THE FASHION PLATE. Winter challies aie to be revived for bouse gownd. A traveling gown designed for tbe early autumn is of light gray corduroy. A novelty is a black mohair coid, running through a colored wool crepon. Blue in every shade except cornflow er still holds sway. That ia entirely out of date. Plain black basques are worn with fancy skirts, which is an old time fash ion revived. Some diessmakeis are lining mohair skirts with mohair, thus attaining ft handsome finish and lots of stiffness. Numbers of little narrow ruffles set over the tops of sleeves and over the Bhoulders of thin dresses are pretty and becoming. Undoubtedly the dressmakers will display trimmed skirts next season. Whether they will be accepted or not time alone can telL Theie is another new wool that the dressmakers are using now for hand some traveling gowna It is a very light, thin stuff, of loosely woven mo hair. A dark blue crepon is woven to show checkerboard squares, and a novelty in plain colors has thin disks in it and should be made up over a colored foun dation. Fashion still clings to the wide neck ruchings so much worn of late. They are made, however, so as not to fit too closely around the neck, and aie conse quently cooler than would be supposed. The end of the round waist is at hand, and the days of the blouse are num beredat least, so say the leading de signers of women's gowns. This was sure to come with the revival of the modes of Marie Antoinette. WORDS TO THE WISE. Marshall Field, it is reported, "made $7,000,000 in the dry goods trade last year. " And yet it was "a dull year. " Marshall Field is a wide awake adver tiser in the best newspapers. Chicago Inter Ocean. . Ten years ago the majority of people looked on all advertising as dishonest. Now the majority of people look upon the majority of advertising as strictly honest business news. This is an ad vance. Exchange. On the board fences in the vicinity of nearly every country town may be read in half obliterated letters of paint the names of the business firms of that com munity, now passed away, who thought they knew ft better way to advertise than in the newspapers. Exchange- Voltaire's favorite classical was Juvenal, the satirist Cherubini was a lover of botany and made collections of works on the sub ject Baxter read only the Bible and best enjoyed the prophecies of Isaiah and the Psalms. Charles II of England delighted in. Chaucer and thought him the greatest poet that ever lived. Louis XIV thought that Ovid's "Art of Love" was one of the most charming books that had ever been written. Gladstone's principal reading for pleasure has been in the line of the Greek classics, particularly in Homerie literature. , ; Macanlay was an omnivorous reader and remembered all he had read. He once said there was no history like that of Herodotus. Isaac Watts thought the world con tained no finer reading than the Psalms of David. He paraphrased many if not most of them in English verse. Lamb was a Shakespearean reader and fond of investigating the sources whence the plots and tales utilized by the bard of Avon were obtained. Coleridge read the works of Shake speare more than he did the writings of any other author. He said the world bad never produced and would never again produce such a genius. Buckle, like Macanlay, was reader of all sorts of literary matter that had a historic, social or political value. He seemed to have no choice of anthotav and read with an eye to the probable worth of the matter in his subeeqnent work. St Louis Republic, STAGE GLINTS. , Maude Granger is negotiating with. Balvini for leading business. Andrew Mack began his starring tour in Scranton in the Irish play "Mylea Aroon.". Edward Harrigan opened his season in "Old Lavender" in Philadelphia be fore a crowded house. It is said that John B. Doris, the ex museum man, is to have ft first class theater in New York. When "Kismet" is reproduced, Miss Linda Da Costa will take Miss Jeannette St. Henry's place in the cast Belle Jackson, at one time a member of William Gillette's company, is now in the asylum at Bloomingdale. Blanche De Bar Booth, after a long has been en mured to play the adventuress in "Only a Farmer's Daughter." Walter Whiteside, who will begin ft New York engagement Sept 80 with, a levival of "Hamlet," win do bupputwr by Miss Maida Craigen. TamM O'TJeill will nroduce new play by Vaoquerie entitled, "The Dream f Mathew Wayne. " rne piece wo unr lented to Mr. O'Neill by Mrs. Minnie Maddern-Fiske. ; "m, riiififtain' which Francis Wil son produced at Abbey's theater. New York, is in two acts and tells of the ad ventures of an fcngnsn tourist wno ia captured by ladrones. GEMS OF THOUGHT. A life of ease is difficult pursuit. Cooper. Vanity is the poison of agreeablenesa. Greville. Tbe enemy of art is the enemy of na ture. Lava ter. Bad advice is often most fatal to the adviser. Flaocus. Best men are often molded out of faults. Shakespeare. Hasty counsels are generally followed by repentance. Laberina.