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WIFE orÏTGHTENG mine w m a r h u s b a it d A NEXT-SQ UARE VACATION. A G r e a t Benefit t h a t t h e G i r l Paauetl o n lo H e r F r i e n d . T he last of the dear, restless, noisy little feet had clattered down the stairs. The a ssista n t, a fte r tak in g an endless tim e to close the piano and put things aw ay, had finally pinned her h at to her satisfactio n over her fluffy pom padour, slipped a couple of daffodils through one of the buttonholes In her Jacket, and w ith a blithe good-by followed the children. A t la s t G race w as alone. W ith a sigh of relief she burled her head In her arm s. She w as asham ed of her self, w hen m other w as getting on ho nicely; she ought to be glad all through, but she w as so tired! If only she could get aw ay som ew here and shake off the clinging m em ory of those terrible days before the fever yielded! B ut get aw ay— w ith those doctors’ and nu rse s’ bills to be paid! An hour later, In m other's room, she w as reading a note th a t J a n e t had left for her. It w as only a couple of lines, telling her th a t she w as to m ake J a n e t a visit from F rid a y afternoon till Monday m orning, and forget th at th ere w ere any such thin g s as kinder g a rte n s or sickness In th e world. G race looked up and m et her m other's eyes. “ Of course you are to go, dear,” her m other’s glad voice said. " I ’ve been T he pluck and energy of th e wom en of the g re at W est who have blessing Ja n e t all day for thinking gone down Into th e m ines w ith their husbands and helped lay th e foun of It.” So G race w ent. I t w as only on the dations of fortunes w hich a fte rw a rd enabled some of them to a tta in high social position In th e E a s t a n d hobnob w ith royalty abroad w as n e x t square, but w hen she reached the never more strikingly illu stra te d th an In the case of Mrs. C harles L. house w ith her su it case and w as de Geym an, wife of one of the Independent m ining operators of B utte, lightedly escorted to the guest room by Mont., who donned m ale a ttire and took the entire m anagem ent of the Ja n e t, she drew a long b reath of Joy, Yankee Boy mine w hile her husband served a sentence of forty days In Jail T he Im possible had happened—and so for contem pt of court, arising out of num erous m ining controversies w hich easily, a fte r all. T he guest room w as only th e begin- have arisen there betw een th e ow ners of adjoining claims. W hen released Geym an again took control of his property, b u t found j nlng. T here w as a concert th a t night th a t d u rin g his absence It had been conducted w ith as m uch Judgm ent a s It I and a long country afternoon the next had ever been before, and Mrs. G eym an has been so pleased w ith her , day, followed by an evening w hen the success th a t she will probably tak e a g re a te r Interest th a n ever In the Yan two, w ith a chafing dish, had one of the tim es d ear to girls’ h earts; and kee Boy. Geym an, w ho had been prom inent In m ining and political atTalrs for a fte r th a t th ere w as still a long, happy some years, w as sent to Jail by order of a Judge of the U nited S tates C ourt Sunday to follow. M onday m orning, for contem pt for m ining In territo ry w hich his neighbors said w as outside eager and rested, G race looked round his claim, but w hich he believed a n d still believes w as In his own property. th e p re tty room. “ I never can tell you w h a t It has T he engineers for the o ther p a rty to th e dispute w ere able to convince the court th a t he w as w rong a n d so G eym an got a term of forty days In Jail been to me,” she said. “ H ow did you ever th in k of so lovely a plan?” and served the full time. “ I t w as done for me once when I M eantim e, his mine, th e Y ankee Boy, w as not Idle a m inute. The place of general m anager, w hich otherw ise would have been vacant during his Im w as all tired out,” her friend an prisonm ent, w as taken by his wife. And she ran thin g s Ju st as sm oothly as sw ered. “I never have forgotten It. She w as a poor w om an—th e one who her husband could have done, o r as he had done. A round the m achinery of a m ill a n d In the w e t d ep th s of a m ine r did it—but, oh, the lovely things she w om an's sk irts a re eith er not safe to w ear or Inconvenient to work In. So thought of for me I I determ ined then Mrs. G eym an put on overalls and a Jum per and wore boots w hen she had If I ever had the opportunity I ’d pass a n ything to do about the m ine or the mill. She can push a car or run an It on. I never supposed It w ould be engine or do any of th e o th er thin g s th a t go w ith th e profession of mining. to you.” ■ G race’s eyes brightened w ith resolve I t Isn’t absolutely necessary th a t she should do these things. B ut she took to doing them Ju st to find out how they should be done, and w hen Mr. Gey “P e rh a p s some tim e I can give a next- m an w as around to look a fte r thin g s him self. D uring his absence she found sq u are vacation to somebody, too,” she j said. “ I ’m going to w atch .”—Y outh’s h e r knowledge of thin g s pertain in g to m ine and m ill handy. j Companion. An A p p eal. su it of existing conditions, but a s the rapidly w asting rem nants of a former When humorists have no Ideas, But lots of space to fill. ape. They scribble rhymes with final lines T he studies undertaken by Dr. O. F. T hat Cook on the G uatem alan a n t called the ran down kelep, which the D epartm ent of A gri hill. culture th in k s of Introducing Into T ex as to m ake w ar on the cotton-boll Among the curious observations weevil, have brought out some Inter So when yon read your newspapers. And come across such stunts, mnde by stu d en ts a t the Berm uda Bio estin g facts about these curious lPtle Think how each word takas up a whole logical S tation Is th a t some of the In creatures. T hey a re not tru e an ts Blamed h a b ita n ts of the w a te r there a re able any m ore th an term ites are. T h eir so- line to Im itate the color of the rocks and ulnl s 's te m . Doctor Cook says, does not at re efs am ong w hich they sw im . The follow "th e m onarchical system of the once. ^ common fish called the grouper pos a n ts and term ites, but rep resen ts an sesses this power. Its chrom atic v aria entirely different system , m ore like And then remember how the bard May be an office slave, bility runs through a considerable th a t of the honey-bees. In th a t new range of colors. A specim en of the colonies are founded by the subdivision Who's slipping repidly toward* An O ctopus vulgaris, a fte r Jerking an oar of the w orkers of older com m unities ear from th e hand of an Inquisitive n a tu r Instead of by solitary queens.” The ly alist. escaped p u rsu it by Its ability to keleps have gone a step fa rth e r th an grave. im itate the exact shade of any brown th e bees, for Instead of depending upon o r gray rock on w hich it rested. a queen to lead the colony, "they take So pity him and do not chide; Among the results of the recen t Brit- her by the Jaw and carry her over to T he poor man may be ill. tlsh A ntarctic Expedition, as explained the new burrow In case she falls to And tottering helplessly beside Hla by C a p t R. F, Scott, w as th e discov go voluntarily.” T hey ap p ear to be vara# ery th a t the edge o f the g reat Ice b a r able to w ith stan d cold w eather. down rier m et by Sir Ja m es Ross, 00 years hill I M en W ere D e ce iv ers E v er. before, has retreated In places as much •Tw o syllables. Police lin n s . No. 4004, Mrs. K yndley—B ut you prom ised —Cleveland Leader. as 30 o r 30 miles. N evertheless, Ihe soundings m ade by the new expedition th a t If I gave you your b re ak fa st you T ake tw o slaters, one fifteen, and show th a t several hundred fathom s of w ould c u t the g rass and ra k e the the o th er tw enty-tw o. T he one of w a te r still Intervene betw een the bot law n. H om eless H olm es— And I lied. Let fifteen looks so superior to the one tom of the Ice a t the present position of tw enty-tw o th a t yon doubt they are of the h a rrie r and th e floor of the sea. th is be a lesson to you, lady, not to T he g re ater portion of th is Immense p u t your tr u s t In stran g e men. They related. _____________________ W e have become convinced th a t Ice-sheet C aptain Scott believes. Is are all gay deceivers.—Cleveland soma people enjoy quarreling. • J e a t a n d he regards It not aa a re- Leader, PORTLAND LET1 *R . T he S h o w s W orth Seeing W hen You Visit the City. P ortland, O re., Aug. 30. — Am use m ents in P o rtlan d have bean active all sum m er, largely in consequence of the 1905 F air. Septem ber looks as if it would be a gay m onth both for th e thousands of visitors to th e city and also th e resi dent citizens. P a in ’s fiieworks a t “ The O aks,” a m ile or two up th e W illam ette R iver from P ortland, is a conspicuous feature of th e first week in Septem ber. I t is a wondrous spectacle, show ing the eruption of V esuvius and th e “ last days of P om peii.” W ilton Lackaye comes to the Mar- quam for a week beginning Monday, Septem ber 4, w ith a fine com pany in “ The P i t ,” a dram a from F ra n k Nor ris ’s novel of th e same nam e, which w ill be played th ree nights, and th en give place to a revival of “ T rilb y ” for th e balance of th e week. M r. Lackaye was the original Svengali in th e first Droduction in Am erica of “ T rilb y .” The Belasco Stock com pany is now increasing in popularity by its change of leading people. L illian Law rence and Frank W alling have succeeded Miss Moore and Eugene Orm onde, and the change is for th e better if th e in creased attendance is a therm om eter of popular approval. The plays superbly m ounted an^ excellently played at th e Belasco are: T his week “ Alice of Old V incennes;” week beginning Septem ber 4, “ H a rrie t’s H oneym oon,” M ary M annering’s sta r play of last y ear; week beginning Septem ber 12, “ J u d a h ;” week beginning Septem ber 19, “ C aptain J in k s .” T h is stock com pany and th ea tre offer a splendid, sa t isfying show . The E m pire opens for th e fall season Septem ber 3, presenting “ Escaped From the H a rem ,” by C harles A. Tay lor, followed th e next week by “ T he W hite Tigress of Ja p a n .” I t is under stood th a t th is theatve w ill be given np th is season to m elodram a of th e u ltra - th rillin g sort. The Baker th ea tre ,u n d er th e manage m ent of George A. Baker, (w ho also m anages the E m pire,) opened Sunday, A ugust 27 w ith m usical burlesque. The Fay Foster company crowded th e opening week, and is succeeded Sunday, Septem ber 3, by “ T he B rigadiers.” “ The K entucky Belles” opens the fol lowing week, nam ely, Septem ber 10. T hus, a t th e Baker th ere w ill ,b e a th irty -e ig h t week seaeon of m usical burlesque w ith a change of b ill each week. T he ten-cent vaudeville houses are doing a sm aller business— good bills a t th e Star and G rand. The L yric still continues a stock com pany a t ten cents adm ission. * K n ew H is B la c k sto n e . " I ’ll co m m it you, s ir," s a id th e ju d g t to th e noisy fellow in c o u rt. “ Y’o u a re a n u is a n c e .” ‘‘Y ou d a r e n o t, y o u r h o n o r,” re p lie d th e noisy c h ap . “ D o y ou m e a n to d e fy m e ? ” asked th e ju d g e. “ N o t a t all, y o u r h o n o r,” c a lm ly a n sw e re d th e d is tu rb e r of th e p e a c e fu l q u ie tu d e , “ b u t y o u s a y I am a n u is a n c e — a n d you m u s t b e w ise to th e f a c t that it ia u n la w fu l to c o m m it a n u is a n c e ,” How’s This? We offer One H undred Dollars R ew ard for any case of C atarrh th a t c a n n o t be cured by H a ll’s C atarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY A CO., P ro p s, Toledo, a We, the u n d ersig n ed , have know n F. J. Cheney lor th e la st IS years, and believe him perfectly hon o rab le In all business transac tions and finan cially able to carry o u t any ob ligations m ade by th e ir firm. w e s t A T r i a i . Wholesale brngglsta, Toledo, O. w a l d i n u , k i s s an A M a r v i n , » holeaale Drug gists, Toledo, O. H all's C atarrh Cure Is taken Internally, act in g d ire c tly upon the blood and mucous sur faces of th e system. Price 7Sc. per b o ttls Bold by all D ruggists. Testim onials Ir a s H all's Fam ily Pills are the beat. , I A t L o n e l y V ie w . “C an't say th a t I am m uch Im press ed w ith the neighborhood,” rem arked th e m an who bad been through the eubnrban cottage. "W h a t’t w rong?” grow led the real eatate agent. “ Well, to begin w ith, I can h ear the m oequltoes tin g in g .” "W ell, w h a t do yon expect taoeqoh toe* to do— w hittle!”