I
can be more graceful
City Guard i h Nothing
h u n a flee ted, sincere home
than
life.
<»l tlie
life in
modi
elected
It Iteniy 1 u'1’1 conviction, based
on. n no little ot .ervation, that nine
tenths of the desire to go «1»» »b*
It may ile trio that tun j
stage proceeds from vanity-vanity
pure and simple. What does tbe aver-
JULY 21 pr< »• nt eleruenn cf of social
A fURDAY
*------ r of tbe requlre-
age young person know
the YY'hit- House would be
mints of the stage, of the difficulties
fied if Mr Bryan should be
that beset it? Nothing, He visits the
WILLIAM J. BRYAN. THE MAN. president, but he would bring to Hr sang to her in reran aueet,
theaters aud sees the handiwork of
HU accents aued ber;
some
clever dramatist presented by
that i>lac« the gl try of a manhood
He play«d th« banjo at ber feet,
led actors with an ease which It
la
ragtime
wooed
her;
<
r
that
it
baa
not
known
many
James Creelman tbe well kooa n
seems ab-*rd for tbe audience to ap
(m an. oth yacht deck a all golden glow.
Where starlight blended.
ne*«paper c irrespotolent, writes I years. He will attract t> the A'hite
plaud. Of the natural aptitude, the
Till ahe began to think him slow
long training, the ’ rve destroying re
)V J Bryan, tbe csndiiiate ot tie House scholirs, statesmen and
Aa well as splendid!
hearsals, tbe str’ „-les and the heart
democracy for president, as follows: phil 'sophera, ratner than money
She led him into quit t f lo,
burnings he kn- s nothing, ot course.
On ataira, demurely,
Tbe moral pa-aion which don - changers or political harlots. And
He sees only t I It must be a glorious
Where lights wer« low and tender look«
tliiug to be lu tbe glare of tbe foot
Might paaa securely.
inales and enfolds Mr Bryan’s the humblest man in the nation
lights, with’ fine feathers and heroic
And when th« band throbbed «om« deep
public life is also the key to bis would have access to the ¡-resident.
(Jr old aong atory
or humorous speeches, tbe observed of
She
ateered
him
gently
for
the
dim
( have met almost every greyt
private character. When Cicero
»11 observers, with the plaudits of tbe
Conservatory 1
multitude ringing in his ears. It looks
spoke the people sail, “How elo man of my time in ths principal
But in a crowded cable car
an easy, delightful way of earning
On« rainy momfaf
quent is Cicero!” but^when Demo-- countrie.- of the world, but 1 bate
a living, a fortune, and—like the child
They rod« wiah rnai< a j«k and jar.
tbenes spoke the people said, “Let never met a greater man than Mr
The weather BC iani-ngs
and the moon—he wants It!
nil awervkig round a ouj »* ih« leaned
'1 lu re is no royal road to succession
us go up ^ga'nst Philip.” There j Bryan. Aa a rule, one tinde the
Against hla i. ho aider,
the stage, It Is au exacting profes-
And aarfely by her big- hat aoae<*ned
is something about Mr Bryan that id -ulist a man of frail body, phyai
'Twas then h« told her!
slon. No uian, no woman, reaches
makes all w ho associate with him cally incapable ol making a contin
- Kate Masteraun in Satur-day Krening Pott.
_______
a great deal of hard
success without
i.
work and many hard knocks at the
more earnest, more ready to mal >■ uous struggle. But here is an in
unrelenting hands of experience—no
sacrifices, more inditfirent to meie corruptible idealist with the phys THE MAN WITH A CLAIM.
dainty taskmaster.
abuse and more intensely and |> - ical strength of an ox. N »where * 1'Mthetlc Flanre Who 1« Hr-auiarlr
In a century there are perhaps but
I
Snubbed nt Town Meeting«.
two exceptions to this rule—David
culiarlv American. There are no in the world is there to be found a
The most pathetic figure at a town Garrick and Mary Anderson—to both
eecret« in his life. To be with him , more perfect combination of mind, meeting is the man w^th a claim. The of
whom success came with compara
ie like walking on the f ashore in ! spirit and body. The three aie man who has the claim or grievance tive ease.—Francis Wilson in Collier’s.
the sunlight. Al forty be has still evenly balanced in the democrat c goes to the selectmen each spring and
has them put an article In the warrant
DUeaar on Stair Hull«.
the unsullied ideas, the unbroken leader—mental energy controlled bringing this matter up. Some years
“I make It a rule never to touch a
faith of a boy. And any man may by intelligence, imagination in he goes into town meeting himself and stair rail, especially in an office block
lie his comrade if he will; nav, his spired by philanthropy, virility urges his claim. In other years for or a public building.” said a prominent
the sake of inrlety he will hire some of
of this city. "There is no
disciplined by virtue. He seems to the local lawyers to present the matter physician
very brother.
doubt in my mind that many con
Becently hi Chicago « coiiiniiicee grow broader and deejier every ' in the best manner possible. Usually tagious diseases are communicated
of fifty a'ranuers cilled to e«-ort >ear.
His religious convictions 1 the man is listened to, though tbe through them, and the theory certainly
whole thing is horribly familiar to ev has common sense to back It. People
Mr Bryn i to a public banquet. Mr sre vital to him but he avoids re ery voter in the town.
who are in good health very seldom use
Bryan went on shaving hiitn-elf ligious discussions He seems to Then, when all the oratory has been the handrail In mounting a flight of
before a mirror while talked to the feel that religion is a private thing spilled Into their ears, some long eared stairs, but those who are sick or weak
man from tbe back districts will rise are quite apt to need its assistance. If
committee, and presently his vis between a man and his God. ‘‘We and will drawl with a grin:
they happen to have some contagious
itors were busy putting bis studs ' are all tryiug to cast out devils,” "Move we pass over that article,” disease, especially some form of ecze
in bis shirt bosom An hour or he save, “and each ¡nan works in and forthwith the article Is passed ma, the next person who comes in con
over with a whoop. And the man Is tact with the rail stands nn excellent
t wo later he soared out of himself i his own way ”
around next year as usual. It is a curi chance of catching it. 1 have treated
in a really great oration, lifting his
Four years ag> Mr Bryan was a ous thing, but the average town ap j several people for skin disease in my
hearers to tbe supremest heights of] Western man. Today he is na pears always ready to repudiate these private practice wlio first showed signs
matters of long standing. I have heard
patriotic thoughts—an at>p»al for a tional—almost international. Then voters admit that certain claims of the malady ou the palms of their
hands, and I am convinced that stair
republic so just in all its ways, s>< he was an agitator; now he is a against their town were perfectly legit rails were the source of infection.
‘‘There is a historic example, by the
msjestic in its virtue, that ill the statesman. His lite and conduct imate and perhaps ought to be paid,
but they are of the coterie that regu
itions of the world would turn to are based on what he believes to be larly votes against granting the ap way, of the readiness with which cer
tain forms of eczema may be trans
.« »he arbitrator of all differ the truth, and nothing can induce peal of the petitioners.
ferred through some such an agency
Why?
as I suggest. During the siege of
euere.
him to abandon a cause if he thinks Oh,
well, it’s "an old matter,” and Toulon, Napoleon, who was then a
'Ir Bryan is temperane« iu<mr- it to be righteous.
the town is lrrftnted by the persistence sublieutenant of artillery, is said to
I a e.
He loti e I • era1 uro
“And yet,” he said only a week of the man who keeps coming to claim have snatched the swabbing rod from
own. When a town gets set In that a clumsy gunner and helped serve the
i ri <i art, thè tri ut strretn
ago, “1 would be a fool if 1 did not his
direction, there is no repudiation so piece himself for several rounds. The
! t thè llieaire,
iio far u
rejoice in the triumph of right heartless and so conscienceless ns that gunner happened to have nn unpleas
thè city,
rather in the triumph of what 1 which marks its action. You see, the ant skin disease, and the sublieutenant
■y» thè churcti
Maine Is so equally divided. Refusiug was nn emperor before he got rid of
thè cathedral. He loves men beiieve to be right.”
to pay honest debts Is treated as a It.”—New Orleans Times-Democrat.
i i'>re than buoks aud buoks moro
joke. Even tlie man who at last with
awakened conscience gets up and urges
th in money.
Yet He Wasn't Stingy.
Ills fellow citizens to do the right tiling
PERSONAL.
“Stinginess is one thing and an ob
was
a
lime
when
Me
There
an<l pay the bill is smiled away as a
servance of excessive nicety in finan
Bryan felt that some day th«
chap that means well, but doesn't
cial details is another,” said a western
R A Booth was in the city today.
know what he Is talking about—Lew
crime» of lawless wealth and ra-
man who Is worth a good deal of mon
Dr (Ito Wall, of Cottage Grove, is in iston Journal.
pici . uh corporate power against
ey. “As an example 1 will cite a rich
the city.
A Leaion In llutleneaii.
old uncle 1 once had. He was a mil
the toilers of the country would
“Women should not complain that lionaire and not stingy, but he watched
O F Knox, of Cottage Grove, is ill
bring <<n a physical struggle, and th« city.
they have to stand in street cars and the pennies like a hawk, and he was so
other public conveyances," said nn old exacting that everybody
he was
iu ii -i days Mr Bryan W do c 4
ÍH
Harry Bristow, of Cottage Grove,
gentleman as lie laboriously made bis the meanest man in the county, but be
glad lor, with the tierce unfor- in the city.
way from tlie transfer man to the her- wasn’t, for he gave away $10,000 a
• iv. n spirit of a gbidiat >r. But a
Mrs Withrow returned home today die. “Children learn common polite year in various charities that he would
ness at home If they learu It at all. On not let the recipients mention.
ii , w teuder iess of spirit has come from Salem.
the car that 1 just left was a hand
“But to the case In point. One day I
into bis lile. He seems to be tilled
Attorney Car-on, of Halem, Is In the somely dressed woman and her son, a
asked him for a nickel for car fare,
with tlie idea tlmt love is tbe onl. i city at lending court.
tine looking boy of 10. The car was telling him I would return it when I
MraTW Murphy left nn a visit to crowded when 1 got < n, and the little got some change, but I forgot all about
uplifting force in the world, am
man aud his mother sat near tlie door. It. Three npiuths after that it occur
that love is aa necessary ami n Cottage Grove today.
As soon ns 1 entered tlie boy made a red to the old gentleman to be very
Dr
It
F
liusaell,
of
the
|ss>r
farm,
natural in politics amt statesman
motion to get up. but Ills mother held nice to bls five nephews and nieces,
was in Eugene today,
him down.
ship as in private ffsira. I have
and at Christmas four of them received
George Flatter and C M Young are
“ ’Mamma, the man is lame,' I lira rd checks for $5,000 each, while mine was
heard him talk ul hia en- mies will, hack from Blip- River
him whisper.
for $4,999.95. It was just his way,
out a word of bitterness. 1 h i
“ I don't care if lie Is. You have paid don't you see? I owed him that nickel,
Rev I I* Driver whs a passenger
for
your
seat
and
have
a right to It.’ and he wanted It."—Washington Star.
heard him defend Mr MeKinhv Jefferson this afternoon.
she answered him pettishly.
from unjust attacks. He loath.
J W K mil- and family
It-ft fir
"The little fellow lilusiied at ills
Chlnrae Namei,
and avoids personalities or »be
Roseburg today to reside.
mother's remark. Now, that woman
Iu China there is no fixed nomencla*
will
probably
read
the
riot
act
to
the
in conversation. This is one
Judge Joseph Lyon«, of 1>< algia
, ture—even the country itself is without
uext man who refrains from giving her a name—and this lack of distinct and
the noblest and mos attract \ ' county was In Eugei e today.
a sent in a crowded car. but what can recognized appellations was a frequent
M I— A nnle Underwood ha« returned she expect when site teaches her own
traits in his iiersotial life. He
Bource of difficulty
Cf p i sonai ln-
sou to la1 discourteous to tlie lame and j formation from nati..
decent ami tolerant in his spire-, » I from California to Cottage Grove.
’ er< was none
the
halt?
”
—
Washington
Star.
Mr and Mrs Long hint Iler returned
obtainable on will. I
y credence
fair, just, even tempered.
j could be placed. A < a. iiman, unless
today from a vacation at Newport.
l-lvinnl
It,
the
Occnalon.
Two days ago a distinguish'.!
There once stopped at a tavern a par ; he be a porter cooly or a boatman,
Miss Ague» Harris arrived home
woman said to met ‘ You bav
ty of wits. W lien tlie feast was over, rarely travels or gets during his life
today on the delayed 2:08 overland.
associated with Mr Bryan a jrest
one of the nionibers called lu the more than a few miles in any direc
Milt McMurray returned yesterday hostess.
tion from the place where he was
deal. Isn’t it a fad that he i« from Neattie. He 1» still quite sick.
“Madam," be said. “I am goiug to born. When trying to procure informa
provincial; that he has not poli-li
Harry Graham left thia morning on give you a lesson in astronomy. Have tion concerning the immediate locality.
enough for the W hite House?” 1 a drive to Cottage Grove and < '<>111 you not heard of the great I’latonie It wns no uncommon thing to have a
year, when everything must return to native, and even sometimes men of
is true thst Mr Bryan is provincial, stock.
Its former condition? Know. then, local position, say, "Oh, I have never
but only in the sense that Abra
Bernard Jakway, of ¿Portland, es tu» that In 2.000 years we shall tie here been so far away as that,” or, "I have
ham Lincoln was provincial. He up with the Fourth R>-glnieut llHtul ngaln ou tlie same day aud at the same never been across that bill and so do
hour.
Will you give us credit till not know what ts beyond.”—Harper's
is careless of bis clothes but careful today.
Weekly.
M
I «sea Zell* and Willms Zeigler then?"
of hia murals. He cannot speak
Tlie
hostess,
however,
had
her
reply.
quick Recovery.
left last night, on a three weeks' vier
"1 am iH-rfeclly willing." she retorted,
French or lead a cotillon, but be to Monmouth.
Mr. Verlrash Talker (who did not
"but It Is just 2,000 years since you catch Hie name of his partner)—You
can give you in the purest »rd
M ra J A Cleland and son went to were here tiefore. and you left without
sweetest English the story of the Portland thl» afternoon to aja-nd the paying then. Settle the .-Id s. ore no*, see that man behind me—well. If
there’s one man lu this world that I
aud I will trust you ou the new.”— hate, he's the one.
struggle ot man for liberty in every vacation season.
New
York
Tribune.
His Partner (in surprise)—Why,
age, and is familiar with the solid
Mr» S Zeigler, of Roseburg, who has
that # Hi.' I usband!
literature ot the world. He has been visiting at the home of I, N
I’orcelnln.
Mr. Veriiasli Talk, r (quickly)—Yes -
China (porcelain» Is
called because
the out<«ard-less of a man who is Robey, left for home today.
• P«->-ir». t!,-it’s w!:y I hate him, lucky
It was first brought from the Celestial
Judge
J
W
Hamilton
came
dotfu
big of mind as well as of body.
dog!—London Telegraph.
from Roseburg this afternoon to hold kingdom. It is made principally of
There is the ruggedness of truth in an adjourned term of circuit court.
kaolin, and kaolin takes Its name from
Edvcatlonal Effort.
n lilgh hill In < Mnn. where it
all hia ways. He lives simplv ami
“Josephine, w hat possesses you to
Master Earl Collins who has t>een discovered. It is a fine clay, white
and sometimes frugally, not be visiting at Wru Preston’a returned to when pure, and It Is easily worked. It read aloud from the cookbook every
”
cause he cares for money or be- his home ti Portland this afternoon. has since been found In various places, evening?
“Well. Julius, somebody told me that
the
1
’
tilted
States
as
well
as
other
eaus' he does not know that th«re Chas C Goldsmith leaves for Port
our new cook was perfectly awful
countries.
about listening at the keyhole.“—Chl-
are other and more extravagant land Monday morning He will prob
waya of living, but because bis ablv accept a ixwltlon with Mason, The American Beauty rose originated eago Record.
In th . on- :' .it.>r«s of the White
tastes are simple. The very sim Ehrman A Co,
A carload of oranges will average
House. The first of the species was a
Hou K M Veatch returned
bom.
freak flower, and the Intelligent gar- ?.4o boxes. and the boxes contain about
plicity of Ilia life ami speech is a
Thursday morning front Kansas City dener saw that he bad a "find” aud 176 oranges each. A carload of lemons
corollary of his native dignity. Hi« where he attended the National Dem
cultivated the plant.
will average 2s8 boxes, with 360 lem
quaint jroints are the quaintneas o ocratlc Convention
ons to the box
l’he deserts of \ «» la are »iHciall,
hia country.
Like I/'ncoln hie
Mrs Ina Mater is visiting relatives
remarkable for their pillars of sand
Japanese chiMren write better with
peculiarities are the signs of bis and triends in Eugene,
expect»
which are raised by the whirlwinds the left hand, while with the right
to
return
to
her
home
in
Sumpter
in
pure and undiluted Americauisw.
A>
hand they can turn out 10 per cent
about two or three weeks.
their appearance to waterspouts.
inure work tn a given time.
S>« kn*w h« loved Wr by eseh »ten«*.
Thcu-jh he’d not spek*n.
Hit hand'« quick
in th« da nr«,
Each flower and token.
Abe waited Ivr the «lory old
A* th* bad read it.
But though bin eyn th« legend told
He never «aid it I
I
O
I
o
Swlndltait a Haak.
not much of an orator .
Guin« «• the Stn«e.
HlS PROPOSAL.
<
A few years ago a well Uressaj
presented himself at a certain nsu^i
bank and laid down a cheek for 13,
It was signed by a well known
sale w hisky house, and up»:,
were the words. "Ide^u.-aUon
ed.” At the same time a well >te
man entered the office of a Uv^^
.„ndnc.or IO whom • Worn».
Gase «•>» «rena luln
“li this all you've got. mafimi’?’' : «k^
«<! the coiului’ ■tor on a North . i<l ■ < ai as
, rutlmze' tfccoln in the setnldark-
he »<’
_
uess of the
tbe tunnel.
_
What’s the matter with It
It? .' she ask-
ed iu such frigid tours that tbe coa-
ductor looked confused.
"Nothing, but”—
• Then if there Is nothing the mat^r
wi'li It why do you want mo to give
you another nickel?"
“Nothing, but that”- be ventured
' "Will, then, somebody else must
lune given It to you. I didn’t have a
penny In my purse.”
■ Yes, but you did give ft W ■«. si««*
nm. and it's all right.
She had got red ta the ftwss Thw
ether pas»ei*J*v4 u-«e« Mrni-etjing the
outcome, aud one youth wha wns
standing craned his neck and got a
good look at the coin. He grinned.
She miw him grin. That broke what
reinalne<1 of her dignified mid chilling
patience. She testily snatched the coin
from the bewildered conductor. As she
was tossing It Into her open purse she.
too, got a look at the coin. Tbe car
was coming out of the tunnel, and It
was lighter so that she could make out
the coin.
"Why. tliat is a”— but she was too
much confused to finish the sentence.
“Yes, it is a $5 goldplece, madam.
You gave It to me.”
“You might have sql'l so.” slie mur-
nitired meekly as she fished out a real
nickel.
“Well, you see, I ain’t much of an
orator, madam,” ho Mid and resumed
Ms march down the aisle, reaching for
nickels.—Chicago Inter Ocean.
WORKING up a sickness .
The Story of a Man Who Thought
lie Hail Appendicitis.
firm ut the stockyards and asked Ifu
could wait lu the office, as he expected
a telephone message. He was told tat
he could, and he took a seat near t J
telephone.
Down in tlie laftik the paying tell»
was asking who the holder of ta
check knew. lie said not many fins,
as lie was a stock dealer, but if thetell
er would call u> .Mr. Smith ot Junes a
Ssulth, thu w«41 kaswa brokers at tt
tWa<4t.rer«h, ho wosaM Im]
*
wo» a-ll Hsirt. Yh« wlhr c»M»< *,r o*
««Mltw, aad whu* tho risr .-«.-«„..J
ku asked foe Smith. Tlw uiaa »n
end said h« was Smith, uud hs at on2
gave Browu, the holder, th« amount of
the check.
When it was discovered that th»
cheek was a forgery, there was an
ful kick, us Smith said Brown was as
good as gold. Smith declared that hs
bail talked to no one, and the resuh
was au argument between Smith
tlie bank teller. No one knew about
tbe accomplice answering the phone
and the result was that Smith took his
account from the liank, and no oi
ever knew who it was who auswerwi
the telephone.—Cincinnati Enquirer.
A Gift Sot Apiirrvlated.
I
Two well known clubmen were stroll,
lug along Chestnut street the other ift.
ernoon when a young fellow of rather
sporty attire stopped tln-m and at
tempted to borrow $5. ‘T t < gllt
have It tonight, and 1'11 give it back to
you tomorrow,” he said.
The man addressed looked dublou,
ami his frjend. who was not acquiut-
ed with the would be borrower, mored
away, apparently to be out of earshot
of the conversation.
"I don’t think I can lend you the
money today,” said the clubuian.
“Come on, there's a good fellow’
coaxed the other. “You'll get it bad
tomorrow, sure.”
“No; I won't lend It to you." wai the
reply, "lint I'll tell you what I will da
If you're so devilish hard up. I'll g;re
you $5.”
“All right; give It to mi " was the
unblushing rejoinder.
"You've g> t It already,” said tie
clubman. "Do you t .uemlier the tre
you borrowed from
•- ti.ree months
ago? Well, don't In
>ut paying
that back.
Nite <k \. ..n't it?
long!” Then he rejoined his friend.
"In the last two yem ; that fellow ha
borrowed $50 from me lit uriou
times." lie said.—Philadelphia Ilecord.
“A nervous innn recently called on
me,” said a New Orleans physician,
“and asked, 'In what part of the abdo
men are the premonitory pains of ap
pendicitis felt?' ‘On the left side, ex
actly here,’ I replied. Indicating a spot
a little above the point of the hip bone.
“Ile went out. and next afternoon I
was summoned In hot haste to the St.
Charles hotel. 1 found the planter
writhing on Ills bed. ids forehead bead
ed with sweat and his whole appear
ance Indicating iuteuse suffering. 'I
have an attack of appendicitis,’ he
groaned, 'anil I'm a dead man! I'll
never survive an operation!’
“'Where do you feel the pain?’ I
asked.
" ‘Oil, right here.’ he replied, putting
his finger on tlie spot I had located at
the office. 'I feel as if somebody had a
knife In me there and was turning it
An Knallahman'« Manner«.
around.’
Note, a- has long .--n noted, tint
“ 'Well, then, it Isn't appendicitis at
any rate,’ 1 said cheerfully, ‘because the only manners the Englishman earn
about are what our country cousin
that Is the wrong side.’
“ 'Tlie wrong side!' be exclaimed, call "table manners.” He can lay enor
glaring at me indignantly. ’Why. you mous stress iqx>n these without seed
ing to thaw out. for they really a-
told me yourself It wns on tlie left.'
“ 'Then I must have been abstracted,' press nothing, and meticulous nicety
I replied calmly. ‘1 should hate said in the forms of eating and drinking
the right.’ I prescribed something that pieuses Ids innate seus<- of r< tinemeat
wouldn't hurt liim and learned after and chimes tn with his dislike fur ml
ward that lie ate his dinner in tlie din Ing a mess. Yet a certain FivtidilMI
ing room the -nmo evening. Oh, yes; may not have been far wroug, after il
he was no doubt in real pain when I In saying that “the English would sure
called,” said tlie doctor In reply to a ly not frown so upon a man's mopping
question, “but you enn make your fin up sauce with a piece of bread if they
ger nclie merely by concentrating your themselves had ever had any sanre
attention on It for a few moments.”— Worth inopping up.” It may be tbit
the Englishman's perfection of deport
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
ment at meals comes in part from
lack of temptation to do otherwise.
Doing It Well,
Half heartedness never wins In this But the truth is none tlie less apparent
world, If a thing Is not worth doing, that tlie complicated conveationi re
do not do It. is a good rule. The late garding what to do and what to avoid
Robert Louis Stevenson was always nt table that obtain in England th
an enthusiast in whatever he under not in any way involve that outwari
expressiveness which the Engllshmu
took, even when at play.
His stepdaughter, Mrs. Isabel Strong, abhors. He can obey them without
who was for u time his amanuensis, prejudice to his impassivity. And ths
says that Stevenson used to maintain cult of Impressiveness, of self repre»
that no one could write a good story slon, is essentially Spartan—that of tte
who was not a good player—who could savage.—Scribner's.
not enter fully into the spirit of a
The Origin of Phirnlx Park.
game. He himself threw all his ener
The origin of the name of Pbir-nix
gies Into whatever he might be play
park has puzzled many scholar« umc -
ing.
At one time he was visiting a house qualnted with the Irish language- Tin
where a small boy was "playing boat” manor was calhsl in tlie Irish ven»<*
on the sofa. When the lad got tired, liir Floun-uisge, pronounced flnnreK
he did not wait for the ship to come which signifies clear or fair water, ui
to port, but got down from the sofa which, articulated in tlie brief EniW
manner, exactly resembled the»'1™
and walked toward the door.
Stevenson, who was watching him phoenix. The spring or well so e»lrtj
eagerly, cried out to him In apparent from which tlie park derive 1»
alarm: “Oh. don’t do that! Swim nt name still exists close to the Buhl«*
trance of the vieereg i! lodge. 1< •
least .'"—Youth's Compatflon.
situated in n glen lieside the b**
lake and is one of tlie romantic
The Miatitke.
“The other day," said Jones, "an old of the park.—London News.
woman bounced into our office, display
Sho|>i>lna I" Scotlssi-
ing a notice that we bad written to
It has been said that the
ber to the effect that a quarter tax on
some property of hers was due. She dialect is peculiarly powerful 1»
swore she bad paid It. 1 bad the books use of vowels, anil the followins
to prove that she had not and suggest logtie betweep a shopman *n«l s
tomer lias lien given ns * ’l
ed that she bad made a mistake.
“She declared that she had not and men. The conversation relates <
said. ‘Don't you ever make any mis plaid hanging at tlie shop do-’f
Customer (Inquiring tlie mate
takes?*
.
“I assured her that 1 did not and Oo? (wool?!
Shopman—ay. oo (yes. of woo '■
jokingly added:
Customer—A’ oo? (all wool '
“ ‘The only mistake I ever made was
Shopman—Ay. a' oo
when I was married.’
I
Customer—A’ ae oo? (all sun»’
“She looked nt me a second and then
Shopman—Ay. a’ ne < ’
‘
said: 'No; your wife made that mis
wool).—London Telegraph.
take.’ ’’—Detroit Free Tress.
Poet's Qnrry Amawered.
Cslsisbs« Br.inuh« <*
“I wonder will they mtas me?” wrote
the poet in violet Ink on gilt edged pa
per.
And the editor as he tossed the man
uscript Into the yawning gulf at his
aide murmured softly, “If they do. they
never ought to be trusted with a gun
again.”—London Telegraph.
Christopher Colunibu« .iII‘ (1!, •>
cards into America in Hl'-
y
quarter
deck
of
the
Santa
I
used to play the stately eani«
bre. a favorite among I '
and courtiers, with its •''i'1’®
el hombre (the mam. an-i 1 be
terms, spadllle, manlll'' i'1111’1..^
dor, basto. gano del rey and
Kept on the Jnn-p.
Aa laesi^»«'»* ,,r'r T*1
“That tall man seems to be the btisl
"Freddy, not an. ti er rt»*-
»st person around the establishment.
be nick“’
What does he do?”
"Well. ma. you needn t
'It Is hfs duty to see whether the
others are wi«klng or not“—Chicago There’s half my aied'< lne ler
tills«!"—■Chicago Record-
I Times-Herald.
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