Eugene
SATURDAY
ity
Guard
3
WELL DRESSED MEN
ArRIL 28
Do not forget that before
you can cast a vote at the
LANE COUNTY.
coming state and presidential
elections your name must be The Administration of the County The Administration of the County
on the register. The time is
Has Been Under the Super
Has Been Under the Supervis
now on to have your name
vision of the Repub
ion of Populists and
put there. If not registered
lican
Party.
Democrats.
before May 15 you cannot
vote. You can register be
Voters how do you like it?
Voters, how do yon like I ?
fore any notary public or jus
Taxpayers read au< rest!
Taxpayers read aud res' !
tice of the peace free of cost,
or at the courthouse in the Lane county npent tbe follow log
county clerk’s office. Do not amounts for county purposes in
Linti county with more population,
•89®....................$89,075.48 more voters, and some more taxsb'e
neglect to register.
An Expert Si»ys Denver llen.lv the
List, M Ith San Vrnnctaco »eeouU.
Cklcaio Third, Waahluaton Fonrlh,
and New York Trails Alo«« Fifth.
Illa IndlgnMllon at Hrlna Spied Lpoa
by Ilia Keepers.
Oue of the “Talks With Napoleon"
quoted from Dr. O'Meara's diary iu
Tito Century records Napoleon's ludlg-
nation at being, as he considered it.
spied U|ion while living at St. Hek.ia.
“1 understand." said he, "that an
officer Is placed here to report about
me and to see me two or three Glues
la tbe 24 hours and that they are talk
ing of limbing him go luto my chamber
to see tne if I did not come out. Any
person," said he tlieu, with considera
ble agitation, “who endeavors to force
his way Into my apartment will tie a
corpse the moment he enters It. If he
ever eats bread or meat afterward, 1
am not Napoleon. This I am deter
mined on.
“1 know that I will be killed after
want. as what ran one do against a
camp? Rut what of that? I have
faced death many a time. Besides I
am convinced that this governor, thia
chief of jailers, has been sent out on
purpose to polsou me or put me to
death some wav or another or under
some pretext by^Lord Castlereagh.
"1 have seen.” continued he, "Rus
sians, Prussians, Arabs, Cossacks,
Tartars, ¡Spaniards, Persians, Turks"
(here he enumerated a great many
more), "and never In my life before
did I behold so ill favored and forbid
ding a countenance or so down and
horrid a look. He carries crime Im
printed on his countenance. (11 porte
le crime empreint sur sou visage.) He
Is a man, to judge from Ills physiogno
my, that one would select for the
committal of any atrocious crime and
as such has beeu selected out by your
ministers, I suppose, on purpose to
make away with me.”
LIVE HIGH ON CKEDIT
□AINTY DINERS WHO GET COSTLY
MEALS FOR NOTHING.
How Some Ilin Aeeovat« Tbat Are
Never I'atil Are Itun I p at lUe Fiwib-
loaable Hestouroal« That Floari.h
Iu New York Citv.
"I'd probably be discharged, mobbed
Legal proceedings recently taken to
aud have all sorts of thlugs happeu to
recover frvi'i a well known citizen who
me If I said this over in the big town,
belongs to the "fashionable** class the
but 1 can name you at least four Amer
amount of a tailor's bill revealed the
ican cities this men of which are bet
fact that ;lie uiau was poor, tiad no
ter dressed year In aud year out than
money and no means of support aud
the men of New York," said a man
lined many bills. Besides tailors, slioe-
who travels for a New York mercbaut
tuaker« and hatters, he owed uiouey to
tailor's supply house aud whoso terri
florists, jewelers, lliery stable keepers,
tory Is the whole contlueuL “l'U name
dealers lu theater tickets, shlrtmaker«,
them iu the order of their standlug as
itatiouers and restaurateurs. Oue of
communities Inhabited by the best
the largest bills agalust the uiau was
dressed men: Denver, San Francisco,
contracted lu the course of several
•®99.................... 88,620.06 property, runs the county ou less than Chicago aud Washington. How do I
years at a prominent up town restau
figure It? Just according to the rule
Lane county has outstanding unpaid
rant.
of
sight,
that's
all.
I
don't
profess
to
COUNTY INDEBTEDNESS.
warrants and interest
'
"You must have beeu buug up for a
amounting to
know much about Egyptology, but 1 do
great spread." said a patrou of the
about $118,000. Lane couuty has a tax
know a well dressed man when 1 see
place to the manager, polutlng to the
him.
If it was necessary, perhaps, the levy of
Item.
“
Mind,
I
don't
say
that
all
of
the
Register editor could figure out
and only has a tax levy of 14} mills,
“Not at all," lie answered. "That bill
23 I 2 mills.
men of those four cities are better
aud does not have an outstanding dressed than all of tbe men of New
represents huudreds of charges and has
gome way by which he could lift
grown slowly to Its present magnifi
himself over a fence by his boot- Lane county erected a coortbouse warrant, although she remedied her York, but I do maintain aud say any
cent proportions."
two years ago at an estlmat-d cost of courthouse at considerable ex|>ense last impartial man who knows tbe four
straps. The manner in which he $74.000.
“But bow Is it done—how do people
year.
towns mentioned as they are now will
run big bills In a restaurant?"
figure« oil' the Lane county indebt
uphold me in maintaining that iu ratio
“Well, lu the first place, because we
VOTERS AND TAXPAYERS SHOULD COMPARE THE
to their respective populations tbe men
edness at a little over a third oi
look upon men who come here as gen
of Denver. San Francisco, Chicago and
what the reports show it to be
tlemen and trent them accordingly. I
ABOVE FIGURES. THEY ARE OFFICIAL.
Washington are very much better
don't remember just how the account
dressed than are the men of New York.
leads us to this «ssnmption.
tn question was opened, but usually It
Of course this has been the case ouly
The statement of outstanding no good could possib’y result
Is done In this way: Some day. after a
In
very
recent
years.
New
York
was
RED CROSS WORK.
tnnn receln-i Ills check, he scrnnls his
warrants, and in'erest thereon to therefrom. All this sudden activity
until, say, fivu years ago away ahead
name across Its face and tells tlie wait
of all Its rivals as a city of the best
March 31. 19^0. shows he sum oi seems out of place and uncalled
er, ‘I'll pay this tomorrow; It's all
Appreciative Letter of the Cali- dressed men. At that time If you want
$114,696.98.
There is no for, else tbe administration is at
right.’ ami then If the person In charge
ed
to
see
hundreds
of
perfectly
dress
fornia Secretary.
at the desk marks It'D. K.’ the check Is
mistake about that.
Then the tempting to deceive our people by
ed and perfectly groomed men engag
'hung up.' and an a«?count Is opened
ed in doing business all you bad to do
Register gives resources of $66,- a mare show of authority which it
with the man.
The following correspondence is self- was to take an elevated train up town
"In most Instances the man comes
739.33, which it says are “appli does not propose to press to a con explanatory:
WON HIM A BRIDE.
in the neighborhood of 10 o’clock in the
back, as lie said he would. th-> next
cable to the payment of county clueion. In other words the ad
morning and watch the men, young,
C alifornia B ki > C ross )
A ssociation .309 E xam - >
middle aged and old, who Itoarded the The Ilnar by Which One Yovng Man'« day and settles bls little bill and
warrants.”
Therein tne figures ministration is “playing to the
thanks us for accomnio«lathig him. If,
Credit Waa Katabliahed.
inkk B uilding ,
I
train for the down town financial dis
do not lie. They only show the gallery. Trying to make votes.
Major J. M. Burke told a good story however, the man Intends to work the
trict.
H an F rancisco , April 17.
“Of course you’ll still see slews of of hla exi»erlence In helping a friend to house, he does not come hack the next
sum ot $3,300 in tbe hands of the
Miss T herf . se F riendly —M v D—.r
day and settle, but waits three or four
thoroughly
got up men down in the get the girl of his choice.
county treasurer applicable to pay A POLITICAL PARTNERSHIP. .Madam: Enclostd And receipt for th-
“He was a good fellow.” said he. «lays. Then he drops In and orders a
financial
district
of
New
York,
but
not
1120 check for which, and your most
ments on warrants. Tin nig-ended
many by 75 per cent as formerly. “but young and without much capital. modest luncheon or a not elaborate
kind letter, Mrs Harring.on, pre* dent, so
On show occasions, such as Easter The girl was a beauty and loved the dinner ami scribble« his name across
balance is made u.> of “estimated
The republicans inu-t be under [desires uie to acknowledge gt-tu fuily,
afternoon. New York will still boy, but the father (the same old Irate the check, gives the waiter a tip. and
unpaid taxes” and ‘value of tax sale I great obligations to their faithful I cannot tell you in word* of the deep Sunday
turn
out
a finely clad batch of men, but father) objected and demanded that the new account receives Its first ad
i
certificates,” both of which the allies, the tuid-roaders, says the impression the steady, hearty response I'm not talking about show occasions the boy show that he was capable of dition.
"Little by little the account grows,
supporting a wife. This was In St.
Register says are “applicable to Roseburg Review. The local organ to our appeal to Oregon ha* made upon now. I’m talking about men who are Louis about ten years ago, and the boy but never by any really large charge,
well clad year in and year out, and It
us,
but
feel
you
must
partially,
at
least,
and when nt last the man tins a little
payment of county warrants.” gives two columns in a prominent
came to me with his troubles.
und r*tand our appreciation.
A* I is in this respect that New York has
" 'Never mind,’ said I. ‘I'll fix It up dinner party with a big np|>etlte the
Therein the Register editor stales position to the doings of the eight wroie Mr*. Joues, the president of t ie fallen Into the ‘also ran’ list.
“When you meet up town in New all right. By the way, how much will check Is liable to be ‘O. K.'d’ because
what is not true. Not one dollar or ten individuals who held an Or“g< n Emergency Corps and R.C.
the account Is already so large that It
York a genuinely swagger man—not a you take for your right leg?'
of those unpaid taxes and certifi alleged state convention in Port- “We never doubled Oregon; it was flashily dressed man, but one who is “He looked at me as though I were would be poor policy to turn It down.
"When the account has grown so
only tbe slow-moving Eastern Hta'-s.”
and proi>erly rigged out crazy, but made no answer.
cates of sale are applicable to the land last week.
It is alreadv They cannot seem to realize we are thoroughly
“ 'I’ll give you $10,000 for it,’ I said. large that we think It should have at
from
his
hat
to
bis
shoes
—
you
are
lia
payment of county indebtedness. known that at least some of these
tention, we give the head waiter a
doing tills for them, uottorourown ble to turn around to get a rear view “Will you take It?’
tip.
ami without telling the man lu so
“
‘
No.
I
won't,
’
he
said.
‘
What
do
If they were County Treasurer few were sent there at the direct coast.
of him, and then the fact is liable to
many words he is given to understand
you take me for?’
Patterson would advertise for war- instance and expense of certain Thank you also for the garments you be slowly borne in upon you that he is “Well, I knew the girl’» father; he that cash would be preferred to an
some member of a theatrical profes
rants, pay them oil, and stop in- republican candidates for the pur are sending, and will seed. We find sion whom you have seen upon the was a merchant, and I called to see autograph. Sometimes the man takes
these articles most needed and always
him. We finally drifted around to the hint and makes a payment or asks
terest charges.
pose of doing everything possible of the most lasting service. We shall stage. There are still plenty of flashi talking about this young fellow, ami for more time and tells ue that he will
Here is another joker iu addition toward disrupting the union forces thanktully accept and wisely n*e all ly dressed men circulating around New the old man flared a little, stating that pay ns he goes, ami he remains a cus
York, but a flashily dressed man never
he wanted some one who could support tomer without Increasing his account,
to the Register manner of deducting and to nominate candidates for the you may send us. I earnestly Imp«- will be a well dressed man.
hut generally he leaves us and goes
to have his daughter.
unpaid taxes as available resources: purpose of drawing votes, if possi your society will prosper in every WHV , ■ "The reason why the men of Denver a “ wife
Io
some other place and complains
'Support
a
wife!'
said
I,
In
surprise.
aud that much good wil' re«'Jlt from are such a well dressed lot isn't entire ‘Why, he certainly can do all that. about poor service here and In other
It will be eight months before the ble from the union nominees.
ly clear to me. It can't be especially
this “bread < »st upon waters.”
Only a few days ago he refused $10,- ways tries to Injure our business be-
county can mike another tax levy.
It is safe to say that every one Trusting such may tie the case, and because there are so many well off men 000 for a piece of property.’
cause he can't have wliat he wants to
In
that
town,
because
there
are
myri
During those eight month? the ex who participated in the so-called with hearty exptesslons of appncla-
“‘Ills own property?’ asked the fa cat and drink for nothing. His account
ads o' well off men In New York.
remains open, and when It becomes
penses and indebtedness of tbe convention will vote the republican tion from Mrs. Harrington, I remain
Maybe It is because, tn proportion to ther. ‘Certainly,’ said I.
outlawed
we put it ou the list which
“
‘
Who
offered
him
the
money
7
ask
Yours very cordially,
county will steadily accrue, while ticket in June. Republican funds
the population, there nre probably
bears many good names, but we never
ed he.
more
men
with
large
incomes
in
Den
K
atharine
B.
E
lliot
r,
there will be no fresh resources paid the mid-roaders’ campaign
“ ‘I did, and he refused It,’ I answer <lun the iiiaii.”
ver than in any city on the continent,
Assistant Becret try,
To show how anxious some people
ed. ‘He claimed it was worth more.’
with which to meet the obligations. expenses t«o years ago, and they By or ler
not
excepting
Helena,
that
used
to
M r «. W. B. H arrington , P. ■. *.
tire
to have it known that they are
“
Well,
this
made
a
hit,
and
no
more
bear that distinction. You scarcely
The delinquent taxes must be col have begun again this year by em
questions were asked. The boy is do well acquainted In the fashl uiahle
I ever see a badly dressed or an over
lected by levy and sale, and in ploying a few unprincipled sore
PERSONAL.
dressed man in Denver. Shabby men ing well now aud lias a good family. restanrauts the following story was
process of such collection probably heads to hold an alleged conven
there are In plenty, of course, but I I haven't spoken to the father since.” told:
“Some months ago a man came here
Dally
Guard,
April
21
don't
call a shabby man a badly dress —Washington Times.
three per cent ot the same will be tion.
'
early
In the day nml said that he would
Wils Owen is iu Eugene.
ed man. A badly dressed man is one
Tke Height of Storms.
have a little party of friends to supper
left on the hands of the county.
who,
while
having
plenty
of
means
to
Dick Poll! is iu Eugene today.
Professor F. H. Bigelow furnishes
Taking present delinquency figure* MEN OE STERLING WORTH.
equip himself with a good make up, The American Journal of Science with with him lifter the theater that even-
, Ing mi ..i - I. m l u li.it he nnnti'il. Ills
from
Atttorney
Kissenter
Is
back
hasn't
the
taste
to
do
it
and
therefore
as a basis from winch to eititnste
some of the results of the International order » lowed tliat he was unaccustom
makes
bls
appearance
as
a
slouch
—
Vancouver, Wash.
cloud work for the United States. The
to the part, but It Is our busluess to
the county would only realize about
L a Grande Chronicle.
that's the word for ft—slouch. A shab penetration of ordinary cyclones Into ed
KeV
Przybyiski
went
to
Cottage
by man Is simply a man who is on his the higher regions of the atmosphere fill orders, ami we said that hls supper
$65,000 of the $66,700 delinquency.
It u i ph inure to note that sueb Grove this afternoon
would be served all right, Then he
uppers and makes no pretensions.
Is slight They nre only two or threa laid down a sum of money, more than
Payments on the county debt from men HH Judge Alfred S. Bennett
Harry
Bristow,
of
Cottage
Grove,
"The
clerks
aud
other
men
of
very
Hon. E B. Dufur, of The
miles deep. Hurricanes are five or six enough to pay the bill, and
•Thia
delinquency collections will not and
moderate Incomes in Denver, men who miles deep. The anticyclonic and cy will save me the trouble this said.
Dalles, and Judge Alex S*eet, of was in Eugene today.
evening,' »
greatly exceed the total of tbe P»rtland,and Hon. R. M. Veatch, Miss Gertrude O'Brien left for tier can't afford to 'keep in tbe puBb’ as far clonic areas are hardly to be consider and went away. ’The supper passed
as correct dressing goes, don't make ed as centers of motion except In the off nicely, the man's friends from the
amounts of new indebtedness that of Lane, have accepted nominations home in Albany today.
any effort whatever to tog themselves very lowest strata, since currents of
the
will ste’dily accr is from month to tn their respecive dis'ricts for
Judge Pot'er and Ootntnisrioner out In clieap, dismal Imitation of tbe air blow directly over them from west , country or the country pnrt of the city
“eemed to enjoy their spree, nml finally
men with plenty of money; but, like to east, even in the cumulus region of ‘ the boat asked for bis check, looked at
month, therefore the statement of position of state tenator. If tbe Jhiiley are home from Riseburg.
the
people would elect men of
Uncle Johnny Diamond, of Coburg, tbe young woman in the song, 'they al the Rocky mountain districts. The or i It and then said grandly and loud
the present indebtedness of $114,• sterling worth and character of the
ways dresS in black.' The business
gave
this office a p easant cal Imlay. men who run plants of their own, how dinary circulation theory does not bold enough for all to hear. ’Charge IL’ Th«
675 may he ac -opted as a reliable gentlemen
_______
___
__
named,
instead of
good. In each stratum from the sur supper was n 'grand' affair In the eyes
Harry M Mil iorn, of Ju octi ><>, the ever, seem to pay just as much atten face to the cirrus level about as much J of
estimate of present obligations for i choosing the tools of corporations,
the guests, but tbe climax—the order
p-puiar nominee for clerk on the cit tion to tbe job of getting themselves air moves north as south, for there are to ’charge It*—overwhelmed them, and
which Lane county is held, and of’ laws would be enacted in the in- izens ticket is In Eugen .
ready for business on weekday morn enormous counter currents passing by I dare say the man accomplished Ids
Ings ns they do to the task of arraying each other at the same level and not object, which was evidently to make
which no considerable reiuction terests of the masses, < -»nomical
Mrs.
J.
M.
F
»lev
aud
Miss
Belle
government would be assured, and
themselves for social functions or over oue another at different eleva himself solid with hla guests.”—New
can possibly be made during the there would be no scandals of any Brown arrived home ye-terday from a evening
appearances.
tions. This puts a new aspect upon York Tribune.
current fiscal year.
kind in connection with a session visit to California, spending most of "Easterners who have gone out to ’ the entire problem of the general cir
tbe winter al Pasadena.
the coast have often commented upon culation.—Nature.
Warrants for nearly $3,000, drawn of the legislature.
A One Sided One.
Hon. R M. Veatch, of Cottage the «wellness of the average well fixed j
There «re time«, even In ths best reg
in April, are not included in the
Doable« Him Up.
ulated fa-uIIlea. when It tiecorne« nec-
Grove, Citizens’ nominee for state San Francisco man in the matter of ,
above indebtedness amount.
A prominent western clergyman, W. >'<u<ary to di«cfplln<- some young and
The editor of the Register is fast senator, was in Eugene today, He clothes. The Sac Francisco man with
an Income dertaluly gets himself np W. White by name, was a member of Htlrrlng member of the bouaehold. The
becoming a humorist Read this reports prospects flattering.
‘proper,* as we say, and he's got the a learned society In which there were other evening rn Indulgent father con-
right kind of a make up for every oc several members who were fond of 1 eluded that such a time had arrive«!, a«
SOME M KINLEY DIPLOMACY. from that paper and then weep:
; "Ivan McQueen knows tbe needs C ounty J udge .— Cottage Grove casion. Take the race tracks around quibbling. During a speech he had Ills 8-year-oid won ha<1 committed an
San Francisco, for example. Every been annoyed by their Interruptions al ad of Insuliordl-iatlon anil tbrcaten»J
Being well Leader: 'The Citizens' platform man who goes to the races out there most beyond the point of endurance. to
In peremptorily demanding the of Western Lane.
rep«-at ft. Rebuke« and warning«
among other thing* ttetnands tlial the goes In a regular racing rig, from pad At last he said, "I trust I will not lie
payment of oue hundred thousand posted and formidable in debate be county court rball publish an iletniz-d dock coat to fieldglass and from the troubled agalu until my speech Is fini- were In vain. nn«l at last the youngster
was given a sound spanking Half an
dollars due from Turkey for mis is amply qualified to hold his own statement of the expenditures ujion tbe top of his flat crowned derby to the Isbed.”
hour later, after friendly relations had
with
the
beet
of
them
where
Lane
’
s
soles
of
bls
‘
downs'
boots,
and
so
do
Before be could begin another «en been resumed, an older son came home
court house st Eugene. We desire to
sionary outrages in Turkish terri
the Frisco women, for the matter of tonce one of his chief tormentera aros« and was aoniewhat surprised when th«
tory in years gone by, tbe state interests are concerned.” Lane call attention to the fact that the that. Another thing. I’ll venture to and said, slowly and solemnly:
H-year old said to liltn: "You «night to
department may be illustrating tbe county knows the man aud will county court und- r the manipulation assert that nine out of ten men In Rao "Oh, doctor doable a. doable a. doable-a,
ofO F Knox a" county judge will Francisco whose Incomes are $2.000 a We lore to trouble yoa. troabi« you, trouble have been here awhile ago Me and
leave
him
at
bome
by
two
or
three
papa had a fight.”—Pittsburg Chroni
t’utb of the old adage “penny wise,
yoa."
pmbablyjgnore ruch ar«qu*«t, bolding year or over rig out In evening clothes
cle-Telegraph.
Tbe
doctor
Mt
down.
—
Kansas
City
pound foolish.” It is said there hundred votes
thst such a «IrtiiAt'd Is an In-tilt tn the every night In tbe year, summer In
Independent.
honorable court's honesty a- d integri- cluded. A great many more men of
are 3,500,000 Mohammedans in the
A Mraterr nt ths Sea.
moderate
incomes
In
Washington
don
The
raphleal Ceater.
Unless .Mr Km x bs« changed
N ative H ons C abin -CottageGrove ty.
A mystery with which every sailor
Sulu island group of the Philip
evening
clothes
than
men
of
similar
In
Tbe exact geographical center of thk Is familiar la the formatlou of dust at
his views on such question« since he
pines, whose devotion to tbe caliph Nugget: “H C Mahon, of Jonction wa* mayor of thi* city, he will say comes In New York. The men of United States, calculating betv.
sea. Those who are familiar with sail
City, arrived in this city Monday and
Washington dress with singular neat longitudinal and latitudinal extreme«, ing ships know that, no matter how
appr ches fanaticism.
to
all
Inquirers:
“
Ifyo«
want
to
know
spent a greater part of the week organ
ness. many with notable elegance. The is a spot in Kansas about 20 miles
The most ordinary kind of diplo izing a cabin of Native Bon». He met what ta-comes ot 'he fund» attend the excellence of the Washington average, north of the point at which the bounda carefully the decks may t«e washed
down In the morning and how little
macy would be above needlessly with very pleasing success, and Thors- evesio.is of tbe couuty court, the door» I suppose. Is to I* accounted for by the ries of Kansas, Oklahoma aud tbe In work of any kind may be doo»' during
absence
of
a
large
laboring
class
here.
”
dian Territory meet
the day. nevertheless If the decks are
offending a personage that has it in evening effected an organization con areepeo.” 1 be«« ar« the exact «rod« —Washington Post.
of that geolleman while mayor of the
swept at nightfall an enormous quan
sisting
of
io
members.
’
’
hie power to cause us no little
The
lawyer
who
knows
bls
business
city of Lema'i with IL« ex-eption ->I
tity of dost will be collected.
A «are System.
knows fbe business of a great many
trouble, and that without taking
B elgian H are .—Prof. F. L. VSsvb the words '‘county co'irt” bring >ub-
“I got back at tbs bookmakers all other pawpie. New Or) a us I’kayune
When a girl says that some other
chances of harm to himself. Turkey borne received a pair of Belgian bar» diluted for "city o uncil," when eu“h right today!"
girl
Is pretty, the men i.resent can al
a
demand
a*
tbe
I
itiz
n«
’
platform
“Win F
A man seldom overrates htmseit
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