The census statistic« of England anywhere fn th» NEW CENTER OF POPULATION. amendment, and therefore ft fs suggest »bow an excess of women between 20 g*rls working I —• the s?ir la*-« I m ed that each Stat* Legislature be uiged Cea.u. Official» FUc» la^ribed Board aud 24 year» of age, which Indicates the depended ou It. But . 4'MtJ to pas< legislation similar to that in oa a t«ra Near Columba*. Ind. faverite age of ladies In that country, • nd the paragraph, Ohio. A forsaken w ife 1» tbe most pit CIMI'HKI.L BKOI., Propriété*»* Ten years ago the census bureau lo i’ll« degree of error w hich 1» Introduced tbe bablt that » »topped chewing J table object. When poverty aud c cated the center of population of the into census figures by this systematic dren conqffieate tbe situation, the »t< fibbing of young ladies about their ages United State» eighteen miles east of very heavily Boston IUGENE ..................... OREGON. eat demands of jusll'v should lie Colambos. Ind.. Just over the line in is readily and unmistakably detected. kood gum town at on. ‘J I yoked to com;«-! tbe wretch who aban In the case of the young men the •o flood .» our Decarur County, near Westport, 39 de An K*»lern poet »ay» that all angol« dons ids fgtiiily to take up bls Just grees 11 minutes aud u<J second» we»t number of those who are shown by the A» a rule, the • IV oioil'IlS. A Lid ...I O.Otl. A* 1WM«‘ burden. latitude aud 85 degree» 32 minute» and statistics of the United States to be 21 better the chewing gUB> « ■11- are angel». 53 seconds north longitude. Since 189U 1» far in excess of what It could be. ac The faculty committee» on athletics tbe center of population ba» »bitted a cording to tbe number of those wbo are pie don’t seem to take The ••petticoat wrist” 1» the latest of the principal American universal ». * 1 Uttl* to tbe north and a little to tbe under and above that age. This is sim all. The French element at a coufereuve held m ire thau two fashionable ailment. A persistent west. It 1» still fn tbe State of Indiana, ply the result of ambitious youth to for the French am nut year« ago. ap|»>!nte<l a sub-cnmiulttee course of rainy day skirt» will cure It. not far from Columbus, in tbe southern reach the voting age. In Cuba, where rhe German» don't ehew ® H on which wvru nnlwndtlv-K were repre- J expectation of voting has not been In some of the p!»,.,., central part of tbe State. The negus Menclek of Abyssinia Is a •entevl. to Investigate the whole subject Tbe center of population is tbe center nourished by the boy all hi» life and in many Germans, xsln^'^l of iutercollegiate athletic contest» and czar who czar». He has confiscated all * '•'J of gravity of the population of the duced a preference of 21 as a desirable of the Northwest «„ chewing gum. The bg 1 the tobacco In hi» realm and has pro report upon them. Tbe conclusion» age, the last census showed no excess of country, each individual being assum reached by the committee were recently it. but the old people w' ‘**1 hibited smoking. men of that age. ed to have tbe same weight. Tbe meth u»e It. IhavesXiV:“'^ publlshisl, anil inc<>r|M>iated In the re od of determining that center 1» a» fol An English theosophlat who can see port, are twenty rule» to tie applied to by bls Germau mother fur^-'N lows: The population of tbe country is STORY OF A SMOOTH DIME. things in places which appear empty to the regulation of college »port». The ing gum.” ur first distributed by "square degrees, ” other people is coming to thia country. committee found that athletics occupy Like the Proverbial Cat, It Never as tbe area Included between consecu too large a place lu college life, but He ought to try the gold cure. Failed to Come Back. E was a minister of tbe Epi»co- Is really to serve and minister to the tive parallels and meridians is desig ..... ,The ••* I’vrk, I wisely concluded that It I» lietter to Jol i,;lllaI‘ au "Anglican priest,” beautiful. But It ha» always seemed to nated. A |iolnt is then assumed tenta That there is a whole lot of truth in We have a prevalent Mi/. I Euqieror William ha» Just shut np a mend the abuse» by regulation than to **^Aa* be would have expressed It— me,” »he added, meditatively, "that an tively as tbe center, and the correc that old sayiug about a bad penny al aside a room In Our I^M lol m >re of his subject» for k ze majes end them by abolishing sport» alto aud he beloved most ardently In the unmarried minister has lost a fine tions in latitude and longitude to thl» ways turning up, a young physician very rarely u»e." writ«, £ ty. William is apparently determined gether. Tile rules report d are designe.1 wisdom and advisability of a celibate chance, at leust. of getting close to the tentative position are computed. In friend of tbe Saunterer firmly believes. protesting. In the UdW n “*1 to be loved by bls people, even If be has to give athletics their projier place in priesthood. hearts of bis people. 1 wonder which 1890 the center was assumed to be at The illustration of It be Ixtuk» ou was nal, against the bad ta«. „ | relation to tbe mental ami moral train to imprison them all In order to gain “The church demands and should re of u» 1» right—or neither, or both?” the Intersection of the parallel of 39 furnished by a silver dime. furnishing our home». M ing of students, and to free them from their good will. Then came tbe big storm, aud after degrees, with the meridian of 8ti de "1 got It iu change somewhere,” he at our command we crowd ceive absolute singleness of devotion the taint of professionalism. Under from her priests.” wa» the way be that all thing« looked different. Mira- grees west of Greenwich. This would said, lu telliug of the Incident "It was full of puny gilt chair, un. nl these rules, college athletic committees Count Boni de Castellatte refers to ble was anything but a coward, but »be have made the center of population of worn almost so smooth u|>on both sides one dares to sit; on the wHl *1 stated tbe matter to b!» friends. will always Include representative» of rich American» as •'pig merchants She was an artist, firm In tbe belief couldn't help feeling a little nervous the United States Just two miles due as to closely resemble a piece of tin. I Impossible painting« with the faculty. Only stud* nt» w ho are In whow highest ambition should I m * to that a real devotion to art admitted of as the great ship trembled aud stag north of Seymour. In Jackson County, noticed It particularly betauae of a pe pomvlble, massive gold fr,2“*M good »landing In their classes will be ■apply Erem b aristocrats with money.” gered aud rolled under the force of the Ind. From this assumed base the veri culiar mark upon tbe edge. As soon as gain sofa upholstered in • . no other loves or devotions. allowed to take part In conteata. and a The craze of many American girls for "One cannot nerve the gods and at a tremendous waves. Tbe young minis fications were made and the true center I discovered the unwelcome coin lu my with a gilded frame, lt t sumluary end Is put to the practice of a title probably seems to tills little ex- family altar.” was her manner of ter. whose faith was of the real and Was located. pocket I determined to get rid of It gold clock which never run. I’’i 1 entering expert base-ball or foot-ball assertive kind, soothed and reassured Insurance agent sufficient reason for stating tbe ease. Dropping Into a cigar store up in my a mantel of solid onrx a Th The movement of the center has been gratuitously Insulting all Americans. players as "»peelal” students. In order They met upon the transatlantic her as she sat, trembling but silent, in steadily westward. On tbe accoiupany- neighborhood, I bought a cigar and cabinet is added which to take advantage of their proweaa in Happily, he has done much to cure the steamer coming over, aud tbe Inevita the music room looking out at the angry the field. No special or partial student waters. Tbe girl whs duly comforted craze. will he admitted to tbe team» unless he ble happened. MAP SHOWING WESTWARD MOVEMENT OF THE POPULATION'S CENTER He had been In England, studying tbe and strengthened, aud the pleasant In competition with European man Is taking a course equivalent to that •eml-mona»tlc orders of the Anglican feeling of half dependence and Intima ufacturers a Pittsburg concern has ob prescribed for candidates for a degree; church lu that country. She had been cy, both of his thoughtful kindness, tained an order for |.',00o,0o0 worth of and any student will be shut out from sketching In France and Germany, lasted even after tbe sun had decided rolling stock for South African rail the teams who, before or after entering closing her trip with a flying visit to •to »bine again. Aud tbe young minis ways. Tlie American company made a college, has received any pecuniary Ixindon and Liverpool. He was from ter had also learued something while bld a third lower thau any other com gain whatever from taklug part in ath New York; she from Chicago. Their the storm was raging. It was with a pany, but In the matter of time twat letic coinivetltlons. Intercollegiate con prlnc;ples were exactly alike, only they really meek and humble heart that he the best European bidder by eight tests are not to be allowed ou other didn’t know it. But It only took them assisted her to the upper deck, Just as months. This winulng of big contracts than college grouud», ami It Is strougly ten days to discover this fact. soon as this was possible, and stood by Americans Is getting to be almost recommended that an agreement be He was attracted to her bwause of a by her side as she took mental notes of a matter of course and Is not calculated arrived at to reduce gate-money to a certain high pureness qf face aud bear the waves ami their form and color. to Improve the frame of mind of tbe minimum. These rules are strict by ing which set her far apart from the "Mtrable.” he said presently—he had comparison with the lax practices British manufacturer. merry, charming, but decidedly fllrta learned her name some day» before—"! which have long prevailed, but It 1» Hous other women who sat at htT table have a confession to make to you. 1 A facetious paragraph-w filer *ng- probable that they will become au ac —aud hi». She came to the conclusion have found out—tbe Lord has taught gesta that If will soon lie ueeOSMry for cepted standard, and in that case they that he undoubtedly “had something In me—that my views upon the question some one to start a daily geography lu will relieve college sports of excess aud him." becaaae of the quiet reserve of of celibacy have been mistaken. I now extravagance, and give them their order to keep up with the changes go his manner. A long acquaintance with agree with you that a clergyman Is bet ing on In the world. He might with rightful place lu college life. Art bad taught her that It Is the face— ter with a wife, and 1 hope—I hardly as tnr.'h Justification have said that we as tbe picture— which hold» something dare hope, but still I long to—that you lieisl a dally history, or a dally text A FAMOUS BEAUTY’S RESCUE. tn reserve that usually prove» worthy will be my wife, some day, by and by.” They were quite alone on the rocking book t In natural philosophy, for the Eiiifty Marshall I1,,caped Hanger by of study and cultivation. Besides, the same.region. Events now move so high vest and large silver cross, which deqk. The weather was »till too rough *« king Oyer iin Admirer's Holy. for others less interested lu art—aud rapidly that any book of Information W riting of "The Loveliest Woman In stamped hlin as a ritualist among rit one of Its exponents—to venture out. gets out of date much more quickly ualists. and. therefore, mostly likely n nil America,” William 1'errlne, lu tbo The girl, meditating, fuuuvl that she, than at any other period lu the world's Ladles' Home Journal, recalls the too, had changed her opinions in regard history. For the present, however. It thrilling adventure of Emily Marshall, to several matters. will be the daily k'ssou In geography the famous Bostou beauty, at Niagara “If I tell you,” she said at last, as rather than the dally g<*ography that Fall». She, with Nathaniel P. Willis bravely, as shyly, "that I no longer be Ing map its unwavering march toward handl'd over the polished dime, motilzes so superbly with a Loaiinl will chiefly concern the rising genera and a young, ungainly college student. tlon. lleve that love aud marriage lessen the west, with occasional dips to tbe cigar man looked at It suspiciously, but sofa or chair and we have sir • I Job Smith, attempted to go under the one's chances of becoming a great art south and the north. Is shown. In 1790 a» I am a good customer of his he took call a •drawing-room.’ [f kh ->?| The Snperinti'Udent of Schools In the falls, in those day» n perilous under ist. you must not fancy that It Is be it was east of Baltimore twenty miles. it and said nothing. moderate means, then we nafc > I Philippines has called ou tbe principal taking. After they had proceeded a cause I am ready to say yes to the qnes 1 In ten years It had moved forty miles About two hours later as, I was about 'drawing-room' as closely resawn I short distance under the »beet of water educational Institutions of the country tlon you may want to ask me, possibly, westward. The annexation of Louis to take a car down town after lunch I in some wealthy home wekaev?»! there was a rumbling aolse, and com to send teacher» to the archipelago. Sal some time. But It has seemed to me. iana brought It south and west, and In concluded to buy a paper. My car was possible, only with limited mem» I arles will be $900 per annum and up motion, and a part or the lodge, which 1820 It was sixteen miles north of coming and I rusbevl over to a news must purchase cheaper articles 5» I lately----- ” ward, and all traveling expenses will formed the path, disappeared, cutting "Dear one, let me ask that question Woodstock, Va. In 1840 the pioneers stand on the corner. Grabbing up the we have a» good an examp.eith I be paid by the Government, The Ml«» Marshall off from her compan now,” tbe man at her side broke In. Im , of the West brought It north, and In paper I wanted, I threw down a quar showroom of a cheap furniture .<•>» I teacher must bind himself or herself ion» by an abyss »lx feet In width, pulslvely. "Will you, dear ebild ami i 1850 it hail moved south again. Texas ter—the only small change 1 bail. Tbe It Is possible to obtain. If we are ¡«1 to remain In the riiilippines In the set- and leaving her but a small stone lu sweetheart, promise to become mj had come Into the Union. The growth newsdealer hurriedly gave me my then we set around stiffly four or tai vice for three years. An effort Is mak the swirling torrents to stand upon, "lu of the great West had switched It back change anil I got back to the car track black haircloth chairs; weputau.be] wife?” Ing to Americanize education In ti e Inl the commotion Job had been forgotten, Again the girl was silent, thinking, to the north in 1800, and It was near Just in time to swing tnysAlf on the car. top table with a plush-album on ttlalm ands. The ttpaulsh system, or, rather, but Instantly a ray of hope shot Into War reduced the thinking. She no longer believed, ax Chillicothe, Ohio. "When tbe conductor reached me I center; a haircloth sofa which do J want of system, Is replaced by a mote Willis's heart wbeu he saw hi» rugged »he had said, that an unmarried exist population of the South In the decade pulled out the change, and lo, there was possibly stick on; a Franklin stoveM features, his sandy hair plantered over up-to-date method.' One of the oddities ence was necessary for the highest art, between 1SOO anil 1870, anil the center my worn dime. I knew it by the pe is never lighted; we hang a wtvjlia noted Is the reading of the Declaration his forehead. Ills scanty dress clinging but still- she thought of the picture sh»> moved north near to Cincinnati. In culiar mark on the edge. Handing tbe w ax flowers in a glass ease oi tn of Ilidepeifdctn e on the Fourth of July. to bls form like a skin, and bls hand was longing to paint, the wondrous another decide It had cleared Cincin couiluctor another, I shoved the- coin walls; a carpet riotous with the Ml It seems that co education w ill not be trembling on the poet's shoulder as lie thing of graces, nytnpha, perhaps, even | nati In Its westward progress, and in back into my pocket and rode on. On gorgeous roses Is put on the toot, atl Without saying undertaken al once. Girls take kindly steadied bis steps. bacchanals aud wondered how it I i 1.870 It had settled In central southern the corner near nty office is an Italian, then, qfter we have carefully fJsl to learning, while the boys are alow. what he Intended to do, he crept down yi tin vi osi: os rm. io« kixu i » mk . would do for a minister's wife to paint Indiana. The past ten years has car at whose fruit stand I spend a good bit down every shade In the room. »»»I Whether this Inequality persists be carefully to the edge of the foaming believer In et'llbaey, made her feel per and exhibit this thing. Aud yet- -with ried the center westward about twen of money each day. exclude God’s pure sunshine and fill yolid childhood does not appear. The abyss till he stood up to his knees in fectly, delightfully .sale In enjoying bls love In the balance----- ty miles and northward about seven “ 'Gi'tne 10 cents’ worth of peaches,’ I nice, musty and cemeterial smell :1S| field Is not very tempting. But teachers the breaking bubbles. It seemed Im- cqaqinuy. miles. She turned to him. smiling. Mirable Anueston ofteu exclaimed, rusbiu»t up to him after room, we have what we call in abs -I l'|>on Information given out by Gov alighting from the ear. ’I’m In a hurry.’ ca, a parlor. And In either cue wl w ltli u relish fur ndvi-nture may find the IkM.sIble that he eould reach the lovely found it nece«»ary to be extremely care "I will not promise now,” she said creature or that she could jump for three year contract desiruble. ful in her Intercourse with the other quietly; “it fs far too early and we ernment Census Director Merriam, a “He wrapped up the peaches, and. have a 'best room,’ so best that wl ward safely from the slippery rock Into »ex. She was a pretty girl aud decided know far too little of each other for party at Columbus by mathematical shoving the smooth dime into his hand, never use It, and people shown .»t| The daughter of one of America's Ids arms. Willis covered hl» eye» In ly charming; since she did not Intend to me to make any such promise, for one calculations located the center of pop I grabbed the bag and ran. 'There, are always glad to get out of it. Bi ricin st men confessed to a l.omloti fear and wonder. The next moment marry or thought she did not, which tiling, and, besides, I have a picture I ulation tn a wheat field on the farm of the confounded thing Is gone at last,’ we have a 'drawing-room,' or a parlar I uewspaper the other day that she was when ho opened them there lay at bls amounted to the same thing -it be must paint first. It will take me until Frank Wright, nine miles north of the I thought. ’I’ll stay away from that and, in the minds of some, without« uot happy. She Is soon to be married feet the quivering and exhausted girl hooved her to be careful how »he well on into next summer. (All this city anvl one and a half miles north of stand for a day or two or until he gets a room no house Is complete." i happened last autumn.) And you must Taylorsville. In the southwest corner and has cottntleas millions at her com Job was nearly seven feet high. He raised false hopes. a chance to work tbe dime off on some had Hung himself over the gulf, caught of the northeast quarter, section 15. King Oscar Was His Ho»t Rupert lluzaixi—Father Hazard, as not write to me, nor ask me to write to mand. But there Is still something body.’ A story Illustrating the simp•• « lacking, •'» an oue buy liappluess with the roek with hl» lingers aud with cer he preferred to lie called—felt corre you. until the end of June anyway. town 10. range 5 east. An Inscribed “ I reckoned without my host. Along homie of the King of Swedes and money?" she said. "Are there uot tain liento If he missed Ills hold, Mis» sponding})' safe in talking with Mias Then. If yon want to risk the trip on board marks the spot. about 4 o’clock in the afternoon I sent w ay Is told by M. Gaston Bono 1 many things to make us quite unhappy Marshall had quickly walked over his Annestoti. because self consciousness such slight encouragement, you may my office l>oy out for some change to botanist. M. Bonnier was twuslafl LIE TO THE CENSUS TAKER. which money cannot change, and thep body In Its bridge like posture, At th!» seemed to be so entirely lacking in her come to Chicago, and If you care to give a customer who wanted to pay a 1 are uot the spoiled ones more sensitive moment the guide returned with a make-up. They began by talking about ask me that question again—1 may pos Women and Toys Misrenresent Their bill. Whether or not you believe It, the near Stockholm, when be stranger similarly occup:e<l. Tb»* to the principles of life than the others? rope, fastened It around one of Job's art, llteraturs, and the deeper prob sibly thluk about It.” Aues from Different Motive«. very first coin I caught sight of In the botanists fraternized, and M K Tbe next day he came, and soon her Feminine vanity, as ft is related to No; I urn not happy, and you may tell fret nnd dragged him back through the lem» of social economics. They didn’t several he briaight tne was that con suggested that they should uou > It to all and sundry who envy me." whirlpool. When he recovered from hl« lugln to talk of love, even In tbe ab studio will be in New York Instead of the desire to l>e esteemed young, nnd founded 10-cent piece. gether at an inn. When her questioner oliserved that she Immersion lie fell on hl» knees In a stract. until Llvorpoul liad been left Chicago, and there will be a new name boyish ambition to attain the manly " ’Where did you get this changer I prayer of thanks to God, In which the upon the door. — Chicago Tribune. behind for seven days. Tbe young "No; come home and lune: v * and voting age of 21 years, are plainly asked. was a philosopher, »be replied: "Not poet and the beauty devoutly Jollied Instead," said the stranger; anJ M woman who bad made and brokeu two shown In census figures. This Is no new a philosopher; only a thinker. It Is “ ‘At the saloon around the corner,’ the way to tbe palace and ope:i*. * engagements In that time led them lu Nearest by Indian Yells revelation In the taking of the twelfth poverty which perhaps taught other» him.” this direction unconsciously. ««‘e- .d A crowd of United States surveyors census, but It Is au old tendency which the boy replied. ‘WhyT to think; 1 learued it llirough wealth.” The ('nbniHii Explaincsf. “I was too much worked up to an Neither of tlfem were gossips, but the ami allotting ageuts were recently has been shown by the figures of the M. Bonnier was naturally scm w R)ea»tire without happiness—It Is the "I thought to have a little fun with a old Wite of tlie eltlidreu of fortune. rari» eal> driver one day,“ saiq the thing n'emed incredible to people who working In the reservation of the Co past censuses of tbe United State«, as swer. As I afterward discovered, the but his new acquaintance »S’ When men and women learn that hap tourist, "and «<> 1 walked up to him liadp't cro««e<l the ocean of en euough manche Indian«, surveying. establlsh- well as of other countries. It ha« again saloon-keeper luid sent to the Italian apologetic. to beeouie accustomed to this sori of Ing corner stones and getting every been exemplified in tbe figures relating for change and the latter had worked "I'm sorry,” he said, "btit I pine«« Is an inward grace and not an nnd told him to drive aie to the tomb of outer thing they are on the wav to It. George Washington. The fellow heai- phenomena that they couldn't help thing ready to divide the land In quar to the census of Cuba. A study of the off the dime on him. In turn, the saloon to tie the king of this country and * man had gotten rid of ft by sending it Is the only place I’ve got to thinking of It, having been Informed of ter section*. Tbe Indian« did n* t take The purs lilt of wealth to the neglect of fatevi for half a second, ami tlieu told the fracture of the second engagement very kindly to the division and allot statistic* of Cuba ha« shown an exces to me. Where fs the dime now? In my anybody in.” So they went » •» all el»e 1« a debauch of mnterfall»tn and sive number of females between the me to Jump In," continued the tourist. by their respective stateroom stew ment of tbeJr land. anvl. seeing that the tbe con »eq item-e« are »een In an ex- ages of 15 anil J9 years. Inclusive, when collection of curios, properly labeled, lunchi'il, and talked botiny top After driving me about half a mil» ards - aud several other person», white» were scared, they decided to act compansi with the number of males of and I wouldn't part with It for ten all tbe afternoon. ha (1st loti of spiritual resourie« which he halted In front of a monument ou a As t tie young woman, apparent- The surveyor» were all tenderfeet from In- leaves th • man a hungry pauper. It Is that age It looked. In fact as if there times its value.”—Philadelphia Zangwill’s Estimate off»» «piare, amt gravely announced,— ty well on the way toward a Washington. Suddenly, without warn were a good many thousand girls of qulrer. not surpr l»lug that this poor girl Is not Israel Zangwlll. the Jrwftii » - “ 'Behold »ve tomb of tee George third deep-sea engagement, passed by Ing. their camp was Invaded by a yell that age in Cuba who would never find happy Washington!* wrote bls first book when he GOOD CHEWING-GUM TOWNS. ti e «tinny corner where they were com Ing. shooting band of 5m Indians In uiates lu life and who would end their student at London I nlver».t.’. "I got out ami walked around And The in gisly of "Leah, tlie Forsaken,’’ fortably discussing the condition of the war paint anvl feathers. The surveying days in single blessedness simply lie Salesman Hay» They Are Mostly in th» fort occupied four evening»-»** a n<1 of Mariana. *Nif the montisi hml a flood look at th» sh»ft, am! then poor In London. New York am! Chi party could not stand the pressure an! can se there were so many of them com Meat au I Northwest. retornad to the man to »ay. But why I work» In spurt»—»nd he »o‘ * . 1« being dally re enacted i ltrangr»M cago. Mirable spoke out Middaaly. Started out for HTe "Wtnv"nvvnT« "along pared to the youths who were growing J. J. Amend, traveling reperesenta- I paid £10 to have the tale P“^'^ does the latcripttoa refer to Christo "jtoegnjq it term strange that people the Texas Hue and kept up their flight, up with them. That I* what the figures at ths country. Iq*«ertlon of ; tlve of one of tbe largest chewing gum Id well »11 w III play a»d trifle »'th the moat sacsed pu sited by tbe ht ltaws. -tn? 1 t e w I yva an< 1 of ctllldmn I» of frequent or- i pher Cohimlm»?' would appear to Indicate to the lay manufacturing companies In tbe United pamphlet form. It so op m Whit«* •• Because. tuousleur. ’ he replied as ! a copy! One little sin and holy thUifl» of 4|fe? ” she said, with Ou vue day lu the Quarter 1 CM trence» crossed the State line. Then they tele man. but to the census expert they States, expressed surprise. In speaking alone »old 600 copi< es. .ind H Court at I'tuladelphla. there he preteuded to examine a w heel of hin musing tone. graphed to Fort SilL and the rom nienn something else. They slmply cab. 'they wen 1 twin brothers, nnd died The Rev Rupert Hazard came ont of mandvr there sent out a large cavalry mean that girls below the age of 15 to a New Orleans Times-Democrat re I on to Smith's bo, kstalls. w ere 22«* di -ertlou ea«es on tue docket. PcJerUMi women with dependent chil In each other’» arm» to save zee crvwu his revetli cenornlng the good Work force to protect the ’Urveyer*. The g> u w ish to represent themselves as older porter. that the establishment of a advice to would-be ant or» sto”* which tlie cbttrch wa» drstlhed to ac eral «uppoaition 1« that a lot of cow than they are. while those wik > have chewing-gum factory at that point Is ; he has not made a name dren üll t li« court room» of the enuutry of England!* " complish ainong the poor of his own boys and young buck* played a prac passi-d their teeus cling to tbe ago of talked of. I fcrlng. He say»: •■If you St» ** In mort nf the State» Il la easy for ■ OililHtv-» In Ari httei'liir». "It Is true that much of the gum we with talent, great iti.lu«try a mau to Ulfl hl» family burden with At Frankfort on the Main there I» one parish neighborhood aud sighed. tical Joke.—San Francisco Argon.ut. youth to the extent of even deis-ivlng use comes by way of New Orlean». In "It does, it doe».” he returned, »eri- Wie n It I m *, ones d ft) ult 1 stie-1 tn which two bonne» on opposite Impunity the census enumerators. Young ladles its raw state, from tbe tropics," he said, It is possible, by dint ously. . b»* bu« n »•rely to step acr<>M a N’ate | «hies of the «trevt I» m over so far that Not Her Station. who are sensitive on the snbject of "but I can see no other reason for put and n'ght for years dur Thia was the opening wedge. From 1 ne Th » wben'about» nf the dvaerWr i their roof« meet over the street. In It la diararterlstlc of the pcrverdt.v their ages fear that the enumerator. ting up a factory here. I don't believe your youth, to atta.n t, less wldesprmd than a almtract _ to _______________ the question of of hntnan Intelligence to And the most wtm generally lives are uana ly unknown and the law. If 1 one of these bouse» Lord Rothschild love In tbe_______ In their neighbor- there be a law on the statute book» of wna Iwrn In Part», on the other hand. love of a tnnre oratnary and personal amusing things iu the midst of the hotwl and frequently know» them, will sugar is any cheaper here than It is In hl« Ftctr. 1» easily evaded. The se It I» MtleeaNe that the bn l Mer« In ten- aspect was but a little step. «It never iikist »« t I ous circuni'tajKT»—such a» "blab" their ages to ■ 11 the marrlage- the North, and glucose Is no cheaper. •'Our cfrilizntion (kniai If as cheap. Then this Is a very poor A day Kier tbvy. were telling each railway acciiienta, fog iastani e vereat m< •«•tur« til At liA V <• I mh xi (,'ikvii I lleiuilly conatrnct the h<’ii«e* «o that Is able young men xml perhaps Interfere market, locally, for chewing gum.” or lew» degree of nionua 1 tn any Mi «te to abate ti e evil are tbo««* 1 *!«• V lean iMiekwSrvI «lishtlv. U» »vivi to other why Five was not fsr them Two It Is related that a »oletun facet! with some attachment that blds fair to the ab«tru»e person. V S' “Why Is tbstF days later each knew that the other bail emlKxI'eil In tbe truant father« act of | woman was once riding on the train ripen into mellow love. Tbe fact is, tbe »tablliiy. But almost tn the een “ I don't know tbe reason, but It Is a ly encountering »on dee ded never to marry. Three days wbhh prorldts at a pen Ohio from Brookfield to Statufoni. Nome enumerator, as a rule. Is perfectly cal fact, nevertheless. Why. I know lot» of f Paris there I» one big »ton«* •ome conventional r»’i later the \ceompllslied Traveler, over alty for noik-«upport mprta«mment at where Iwtweeu the two «tatioo« an ae- lous to the significance of the census towns In other parts of the country that ng which lean» out fully thne »olutely devoid of ’ n hearing a fragment of their conversa hard tabu r for a term not le««than thrr»* , cldent oectimd. ami the train rolled figures and forgets them as soon as be Use ten tim«'» as much chew.ng gum—• me half feet over the «Mewalk. So tion. entiled sympathetically as she “That's right," »c* nor more records them. In Cuba 19 Is equivalent dow n an embankment. yes, fifty times as much-a» New Or agent. “That's p promenaded on. the delin« pw*nt «halt five bond« to th« ! to SB years in the age of a young lady The solemu facesl !ady cr»wl«d froi a ,e 1 «>■* * hans. and they are not nearly as big as reminded of it "lh> yon know,” the young clergyman apiouBt o f il ilio that he will pay n g | living In the northern portion of the this city, either." beneath the wreckage and a «keil of > Is ■ <*•* * was saying, "thau while celibacy has a front step when uUrty lut u court, for the «u«trnan<*e of 1 • t *—Wf I nltiM States. brokeu legged man wbo was near: "" here's tbe best market for chew always seemed almost necessary for with the word Me hi« fainli t. «u«*b a «uw at may lw de The last censn» »hewed that In the "1» this Stamford?" the priesthood to me <U ing gum In file United States?" bad seemed ab tug Ington Star. creed by tlie jmlfr. The buniaue ao , "No. uia'atu." the mau gasped. "Th « United States there w as an excess of “All west and north of St. Louis. Lof» •olutely necessary until a few day* be CÎvty of C girls tietween 15 and 19 years, but tills Is a catastrophe!" Florid« T"**''*' of gum Is sold throughout Kansas. Ne fore'. I fall to me hnw •n ’mtnarried. pant year ba« collected from P* “Oh. dear!" »he answered, "Thea I age. as tbe favorite of yoqng ladles. Is braska. the Dakota», and Minnesota. Florida, according r. an«!, perhaps, lonely, existence will ex'« pH ah ltra nt Uustand« for de«ertv>l ¡ hadn't ongbter get off here, bad ir- tbe general average of north am! Kansas City 1» a great town for it” becoming one of tbe gi ever so proud a» A a eanse yon to fis'nt better pictures." wire« by virtue of thia enact meut ; but . vouth. If the statistics could be com London Spare Moment«. during State«, and the I »rlly ask» for a T "How about Chicago?" "Why!" and the girl s tone was earn ts It It only a «bort walk aero«« the hrldgv piled sejiarately It 1» thought by census w «t hl» pie. “Oh. Chicago I» one of the greatest pronouncevl In some est as It wan »«tonbrtred. “I don't see A man appeared In Jpwn the 'Innati to C«>% tn<ton. and once 1 from experts that tbe Northern State« would Chewing gum cities In the country. Chi that of Cuba. Sumatra ho« you can think o’tier wise. Art de day selling a new kind of rat! w n ■ople order, they want In K«mii rky th«* truant ran defy th«* 1 »how the favorite age to be two to three 1 ago has g .ne ahead of New York In co raised in Florida ms'ids all tbe best of one. and no sec •bould people t* wiUing to buy ».... f... asr«l l»wt»l«flbn bi st " but when they com.' to ;«j years older, while In tbe south It would this rvepecL New York used to be a prize at tbe I’ana exp •nd rite or weond hand devoUo*. If one even If they are a new klud •b this matter without a »»«t tullonal waut lie cUi'»pe»U probably be a year or ao younger. great town for It and one couIda t gw wortd. EUGEhíE WEEKLY GUARD. Í ? 2 »