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PICTURESQUE VILLAIN.
MARRIAGE IN PAPUA.
• ->i < .»-aW*—— . : . %T"0'r-
the Slant, Who Was Hanged When« the Bridegroom Always Hides
on His Wedding Day.
1
ae High as a Kite,
BOARD SHIP.
Attend Transporting the
Animal« by Boa.
in Collingwood Bay, on the island
an inspection o f a ship
“ Higher than Gilderoy’ « kite!"
o
f
Papua, I was awakened one
fitted for the con-
We bare all beard the exprenion,
one would at first
hat not many o f us know who or morning by a hideous noise, which
inquiry revealed was the formal
able that tbe animals
what Gilderoy was.
mourning o f half a dozen girls over
•y was a bonny boy.
got on board or that
tell teai ehoama;
their playmate, who was going to be
ve under such con-
married. This mourning continued
the voyage. Each horse
for three days, and then the girl*
a narrow stall, exactly
The old Scotch balladist'i de­
dressed the bride elect in her best
inches wide, and »eDi­
scription suggests surely s gay and
and escorted her to her new home.
bit neighbor on eitber
harmless youth in all the bravery
A companion and I followed the
o narrow top and bottom
o f his knotted garter ribbons and
little procession, hoping to get a
T be animal can never lie
rosetted shoes setting forth to
glimpse o f the bridegroom, fc
a
ring
tbe voyage and is pre-
court some pretty lesina, but the
when we arrived at his bouse he
from
moving backward by
old tjjhe ballad o f broad sheet and
was nowhere to be seen. The place
o
f
the
stall and forward
itinerant singer too 1 often corre­
was empty. Bnt the bridal proces­
! a piece o f timber breast high,
sponded to the blood and thunder
sion did not evince any surpi
which his portable manger o f
dime n ord o f today in glorifying
They went right in and took
is booked.
worthless criminals out o f alikaowl-
«ion. O f course they knew
The animal stands on a movable
we didn't— that it was etiquette
wooden floor, which can ba lifted
anpoetued Gilderoy o f fact
the bridegroom to go hunting
dot
for cleaning purposes, leaving
was young and dressed with gaudy
on any
errand that would take
■
p
the
iron
•
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deck
» underneath.
U.IUV9ISVUVM. The em
richness, but he was s “ bonny boy“
out o f the village.
barkation o f the animals is an ardu
o f six feet ten in his stocking feet,
But his relatives, however,
U. 8. Court, Oregon
ou» -task. They have I» be led,
s hulking giant with glittering eyes,
much in evidence. They joinedjthe •oaxed and pushed by main force
Circuit Judge...... ...................W. It
s shock o f black curls and a scarred
bridal procession at the bride’s ap one steep and narrow gangway
Diatrict Judge................ ..Chea. E. Wolvwtoa cheek. His strength was enormous,
door and hastened her to her new and down another until they reach
.....R.S. B um and when, after a series o f brutal
home by all manner o f lavish bribes the places allotted to them. The
Joha M oms robberies and murders, hg had bean
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to
every girl, but particularly to the main difficulty is to get the animals
IA . M.
overpowered by a posse, o f soldiers,
»•• / •••a«•«•»•••*••
bride herself. And when the pro­ to go up the gangway, but strange!
................... ..C L
tried and condemned to death, it
cession arrived at the new home enough once a horse gets its four
enabled
him to break his bonds and
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they sang their gratitude and dis­ feet on it he ia content to move
escape to France.
creetly withdrew with the bride’s right on.
PoOU-d
He did not venture in a new
relatives and left the bride and her
Hurry j^^ga*. . . r t * . .... ......
There are some horses, however,
country to rfeeume his crimes o f
girl
friends to take possession o f which cannot be persuaded to g o up
Member« of Contre««
violence, but be devoted himself in­
the house and stay there alone that the gangway, and these are first
Fee O i e è e t . . WOe C Hawhy.Sak. stead to thievery and became before night.
blindfolded and pushed by main
Smad Dieñct....... N. J. Simo*. TU Outn long the very lung o f cutpnnea.
Early in the morning the bride force into a wooden cage and hoist­
One day when the king and court
TWrd Diebd.........C N. McArthw. Pwtiued
would appear, so we were told,Hit ed on board by a steam winch, gen
with
the great Cardinal Richelieu
State Officer«
the door o f her new home and ac­ «rally marking their displeasure by
had gone in state to attend mas« at
knowledge before all the world her kicking furiously.
St. Denia, the king’s eye wss caught
marriage to her absent bridegroom
The horses are watered four times
by a towering stranger iir magnifi­
by sweeping the ground before the • day and fed three times. Feed­
cent attire, and caught pt the mo­
hut with a cocoanut broom. T h e» ing time is announced by trumpet
ment the stranger’s hand moving
the poor little bride would be de­ calls, and the animals soon get to
gently toward toe unnoting cardi­
serted by even her girl friends a W know the call, announcing their
nal's pocket and dexterously ex­
spend the day alone in the b n t
readiness for meals by loud stamp­
tracting his purse.
Moreover at
That night the bridegroom pk ing, whinnying and stretching their
that instant the pickpocket lifted
turned from his voluntary exile heads ont o f their stalls, reminding
his eyas and met those o f tbq king.
and the newly wedded couple had one o f the excitement shown by the
Seizing his one chance, Gilderoy
their first dinner together.— Cin­ wild animals at the zoo at feeding
•railed and made a alight signal to
cinnati Commercial Tribune.
the king to keep silence. Convinced
Whenever possible, ten minntes’
that the theft was merely a friendly
Belied by Its Name.
walking exercise is given each a n i­
wager or jest, King Louis delight­
“ T he Order o f Fools,” contrary
edly complied, and as soon as the to its name, was a serious body, mal every day. For the first few
days o f the voyage tbe work o f ex
service wss ended approached Riche­ founded by Adolpbos, count
at of
lieu and inquired if be had, per­ Cloves, in 1331. It was formed foe ercising proceed)» very slowly and is
chance, a purse o f gold about him, humane and charitable purposed very difficult, but when accustomed
as, not having hie own, he desired and the membership was largely to his novel surroundings tbe horse
soon comes to know what is.expect­
to borrow a coin.
composed o f noblemen and gentle­
Richelieu immediately felt for men o f high rank. The insignia ed o f him and will then scramble
I ke a cat over all kinds o f objl
his p on e and discovered his loss, was the figure of a fool, emb;
stacles.—
Pearson’s Weekly.
but the king’s laughter was soon eyed in bm liant colors on the
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checked when he discovered that side o f toe mantle or co a t
not only was -the theft genuine, but held a grand conclave at Cloves ev-
in the primitive villages o f the
the light fingered dandy who had
year, lasting an entire week, Andes,' scattered through Peru, Bo­
ventured to make a “ pal“ o f the 3 e organisation waa kept ap till
brin and Ecuador, the descendants
king of France had not hesitated well on into the sixteenth ¡Bantu rv, 0f
■ t h e ancient Incas depend upon
Secretarle« State Board«
also to empty the royal pocket on but the original objects weip grad-
the
“ kipu” for keeping all their ac­
~
Raflroe* ; . . . .......... ... .H. R Corey. Soir* his way out o f the chapel.
ually lost sight of, and tilt Urder counts. It was in use when Pizarro
Gilderoy, for whom his audacious became extin ct
L H . Harohoa. P.
J8T" ■ conquered Pent, and the Andean
Dr. CaU . S. White, PortUd affront t o the royal dignity soon
Indians have never improved on i t
made France impossible, retained
State Foe.
Hard on Aunti*.
, - . . . . . . ^fl,.
Jgroa,
f t is tte o ld e s H cn o w n jo rm o fb o o M
to Scotland, betook himself to cat­
, 1 M. W
Little May had enjoyed her visit
tle lifting and highway robbery to her aunt
..... .....G .G .
.......P ra U K .L o re H .S Je« and was finally betrayed by a con­ dav morning
Tea
federate and hanged on a gallows
L ib ra ry
Then auntie
.J. Lae Brew«. Portland so high that his swinging body was some rents in a very poor distriit ent articles in daily use and ten dis­
the ten numerals. In
H. H. Oi>re«. Salem likened by those who saw the exe­ and took Mary with her. After call- tinct ‘ knots
DUl* iaf* M5U
cution to a kite. — Y oath’s Com­ ing
• h k at
.1 several
M T e n ü houses
b o a s » and
l i d receiving
re e m ,,* ? *
'* “£ * « '
Head« o f State Inetltu rione
it is a marvelously perfect system
panion.
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the
usual
reply
o
f
“
I
’m
very
sorry,
Uerenfey . .. ..........P . LCampbell.E u ,«
Large transactions are conducted
but I can’t give you anything this
.......W. J. Kerr, Corrali»
as accuratriy by it as if double entry
Severe ret Himeelf.
week,” the small girl’s face assumed
J. R Ackeimaa,
bookkeeping were employed.
The manager o f a factory en­ a look o f great disgust
.......E .T .M
gaged a new man and gave instruc­
“ Auntie,” she said coldly, ‘Tj
Tbs First Dolmontco’s.
Mum............. .............E. S.
tions to the foreman to instruct think I’ d better go home this after­
Feeble Mmdad ...........J. R
Restaurants
were unknown in the
him in hit duties. A few days after­ noon, please. I ’m quite sure my
........ R .E .L .
United
States
before 1830. The
ward the manager inquired whether mummy wouldn’t like to know you
............ H. P.
the new man wsa progressing with had taken me round such dirty Ant one established in America wss
......W « S. Hale,
in Park row, New York city, by Ed­
his work.
streets begging!”
........W. W. Elder. Roaebuig
ward Windust, whose place became
T bs foreman, who had hot agreed
the
resort o f all tbe famous persons
Twelfth Judicial District
Tire Canary’s Clew*.
very well with the man In question,
of
the
early part o f the nineteenth
If yo on have a canary or other
.............................. Harry H. Bek. Dal|S angrily exclaimed:
centary
who resided in thst cit;
“ Progressing I There’s been a lot cage
look to its claws from1
ure bird
bi
...R . L.Coeetr.McMimriHe
o f progrees. I have taught him ev­ time, to time, for in a state of cap­ Delmonico L started the second cate
Member« of Legislature
erything 1 know and h f is still an tivity the bird’s nails grow so long on William street. The furniture
...............W. T. Vinton. Mctonn ville
consisted o f six tables and a dozen
ignorant fool.” — Exchange.
that they need cutting. If this be
t nouse
_J
........ F. L. toarh9ffir.sk. McMrrowffe
chairs, all made of pine. Cups and
neglected the bird ia in danger of
lay 1 aF^p^h
Home
•sneers o f earthenware, two tined
Kicking the Bucket.
getting its nails caught in the cage
County Officers
“ Kicking the bucket” is an ir­ and hanging there till it dies. Use forks, buck bone handled knives and
an imposing coffeepot completed the
Gi «My J«k*.........J- B. Dodu*. McMnamlW reverent way o f expreaaihg a per­ a sharp pair o f nail scissors and outfit. E lelmonico himself, arrayed
troror— WilKaa Carona McMiroville son’s d ea th .. The expression origi­ take care not to ent more than just
in white cap and apron, waited upon
C omm M w a .^ .......... W. S. Aflea, Drod« nated at the time when a man nam­ the tips o f tha nails. I f you hold
his custom ers...
dark ........... ....G B . Wìboa, MctomvÜle ed Balsoever tried to commit sui­ the bird in a good light you will
0
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cide by hanging -himself from a see a little red “ tl
thread”
“ in each
Shroff • •••#** «• C» Hfl#díH08
Battle «f the Band.
11^** ttriw , H
beam. He stood on a high bucket, oaiL This you must avoid, or you
The
rand
pillars that are whirled
H % \ ;’î which he kicked away from him will draw Mood and hurt your lit­
ae -- 1 a a __
Tr*««
into
being
by
storms in the African
M
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when ha had adjusted the rope. A tle p e t
_
often perform wonderful
S. S. Drew B ' - M ~ neighbor rescued him and in his
Sept. 1Ufad»
contortions and «volutions. Some­
«0
Imagination.
disappointment he said:
■r............ H. W.Hroiag
times two o f these whirling columns,
Mto- •v
It is imagination that makes
“ What’s the matter? I thought 1
gyrating in opposite directions,
¿rest art—imagination as powerful
kicked the bucket”
Hrokk Offro..........). H. Cook
meet, “ and if they be well matched
M
_ lm
_ « • • • » • *«^to
p^ U
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as a child’s. And what is so do wer- the collision stops them, and a
Stock Iw - pfiC
Fl^mm
Making a Lawn.
ful as tha imagination o f children?
Fruit I.
struggle enauee as to which way
On his English tour an Amarioan A little girl was playing with her they .hall twist.
Gradually one
was admiring the velvety smooth- doll when the bell rang.
gains the mastery, and the two com­
“ That ring means visitors,” said bined begin to gyrate alike and then
■ o f a certain sward, and, being
~ o f land and an overpower- bar mother. “ Take your doll and rush on together.” Some of these
confidence that with money all ran upstairs, dear.”
whirls will atrip the clothes from
are possible, he asked toe
“ Oh, mamma, don’ t speak
Arab’ s beck or twist s goat
gardener how to produce such ioodf” exclaimed the little girl, 5
around and around like a top.
Blown.
And the gardener said: try as hard as ever*! can to prevent
“ IPs easy enough, sir. All yon need her from finding out she ia only a
PRONI RUHR 49
292 FNBT do ia to remove ail the atones, plew doll!” — Exchange.
Bamboo opals are peculiar gems
up tha ground, plant it with
which are sometimes found in the
' and roll it for 300 years.”
atom o f the bemboo. This gem is
“ I want to look at some canes, very rare from the fact that not one
Would Knew Later; ,
a magnificent young man to In a thousand bamboo atoms eon-
Pstisnt— Now, doctor, what’s toe the ah op keeper, “ and I’m in á great
i t These vegetable growths
h u m .”
*
matter with me, anyway t
called tobacur by the FiUpi-
“ Yea, sir; yea, air,” responded the ----- Some o f them are so similar—
T Jtoa Head Consulting Physician
much M flurrird.
— My dear Mr, do you «oppose that
xxhibK ao perfectly the
i f w e knew what waa toe s u t ler
to shop assistant, d a t o cteristics
r i « * » of toe opal — to*t
some hum-
with yea we weald have decided te
experts frequently fail to dis­
L oados Globs.
held a peetmevtem ?
tinguish thorn from too tool gem.
££££
Biuam
The Plumber
K f gM jftkg“
CHANGED ONE LETTER.
Hew a Scrlcue Political Crisis In Cana­
da Was Averted.
At tiie period wboo British Columbia
vres threatening to withdraw from the
Dominion o f Canada because the Car­
narvon cettter.eat had bean Moored
by the Mackenzie administration tbs
late Lord Dufferin took pert in a pub
Me function In Quebec.
While tbe procession arcs moving
through the principal streets a gentle­
man. breathless with exettaoeat, har­
ried up to his excellency's carriage to
say a “ rebel” arch bad been placed
•crow tbe road so as to Identify the
viceroy with tbe approval o f tbe dis
loyal Inscription thereon.
“Can you tell me what words there
are on tbe a r c b r quietly asked Dof-
ferin.
“Oh. y ea r replied his Informant
“They are “Carnarvon. TW— or Sepa­
ration.'"
“Send the committee to me." com
manded his excellency. “ Now. genii«
men.” said be. with a smile to tbe com­
mittee. “ I’ll go under yoor beautiful
arch on one condition. I w ont ask yon
to do much, and I beg bat « trifling fa­
vor. I merely ask that you altar one
letter In your motto. Turn tbe B Into
an R—make It “Carnarvon Terms or
Reparation’—and I will gladly pane on
(1er It"
Tbe committee yielded, and eventu­
ally Dufferin contrived to smooth over
the di(Acuities and to reconcile tbe mal­
contents.
Should U bo
T’ S d iffe r e n t
others bec ause
is
ia tl
and tbe materials
higher grade.
I
B lack Silk
Stove Polish
stsMzijtssszr,
A Shine in'Every Drop
Collier’s
The
•
National • Weekly
in
SEN SES OF TREES.
Something Almost Human In 6 « m « o f
ths Plants' Action«.
Mr. James Rodway. who Is tbe c a n ­
tor o f tbe British Guiana museum and
an eminent botanist, declares that
plants have at least three of oar five
sense«—feeling, taste and smell—and
that certain tropical trees smelt water
from a distance and will move straight
toward lb
But trees not in tbe tropics can do as
well. ▲ resident of an old Scotch
mansion, aaya a writer in the Scots­
man. found tbe waste pipe from tbe
bouse repeatedly choked. Lifting tbe
slabs in tbe basement paving, be die-
covered that the pipe was completely
encircled by poplar roots. They be­
longed to a tree that grew some thirty
yards away on the opposite aide of the'
house.
* Thus tbe roots bad moved steadily
toward the house and bad penetrated
below tbe foundation and across the
basement until they reached their goal,
tbe waste pipe. ISO fçet away. Then
they had pierced a cement Joining and
had worked their way In long, taper­
ing lengths Inside tbe pipe for a con­
siderable distance beyond the bouse.
There seems something almost hu­
man In such unerring Instinct and per
C lu b »
U ntil this j e e r
fiB ir’i has been
told at $5.50. Now
the price « $2.50
and we have tecured
by wo can offer 1«
*t a Mill further
reduction ia con­
nection with this
publication.
S u d d Offer It O » Roo 4 tri
Recoeniam* the ereat demand far CMhr'. at
fo v ^ P r jc « o<[CkBw’aalooe. JThi, i. a limited
W h t Yo» Got j» Collier'»
'■flfar'a fa the a w Me. independent, faerie«
mac vine far the wh»tj
thin*» thet a rear's i
G ra p h ic $1.50
*
! $2.50
And Yet They Bay Authors Are Poor.
Authors may not now spurn tbe o f­
fer o f money for their work, bnt they
really do sometimes fall to cash checks,
according to tbe cashier o f tbe Centary
company. “ I don’t know what they
do with tbe checks,” be said In com­
plaint to a friend the other day. “ un
less they frame them. Though ac
knowledgmcnts have proved tbe re
ceipt of tbe checks, I am always carry
ing on tbe books corresponding ac­
counts that 1 can't close up for months,
sometimes years. I remember espe­
cially one check issued to a famous
actor and author. He died a number
of years ago. Tbe check was made
out anew to tbe estate. Still it fat an
cashed. There Is more than one an
tbor I'd bless If be—It Is usually J»e—
would only go and get his money."
Roady For th e W orst.
"A woman in a parish where 1 lived,"
said an English clergyman, “used each
No other like it
day to prepare herself for tbe w orn
1 was complimenting her one day on
No other as good1
the extreme tidiness o f tbe bouse even
T h K * Hen Sewing M ic M h Coapcy,
early In tbe morning.
ORANGE. MASS.
“ 'Tea.' she said; ‘1 always likes to
are my bedrooms done hearty, for. as
I alias sex. you never knows what may :> o o o o o o -"> o o o d o o o o o ö d ö ö c k » ö ö ü
'appeu. ’ow soon one o f tbe children
may be brought ’omo in a fit or with
a broken leg. and, as 1 atina sea. It
don’t matter what “appens. so long as
you've got a bedroom to pot 'em into.’ ~
—Cornbill Magazine.
has added a
The N ew berg
T r a n s fe r C o.
Chivalry.
REO T R U C K
“Do you know,” M id tbe particularly
well groomed and elaborately; vtva
clous lady In tbe full bloom of her sec­
to their equipm ent w hich
ond youth, “that I have the most won
enables
them to handle long
derfnl gardener in tbe world—the ten
distance
w ork w ith dispatch
derest hearted not only of gardeners,
but o f men? He has always made me
Picnic Paurtiee a Specially
up a very special bouquet on my birth­
day and presented It to me In person.
Offline phone
100
But ever since I waa thirty—well, he’s
Reatdcnce
phene |Red 19
Residence ph
Residence phone
only given mo a birthday baeqnet ev­
ery third year."—New York Post
x q O OgCBOtOCTOCTB CtOP ü OPOOCBgCRflD a
Haro*» and Villain*.
Men are not mad« heroes by the per
formance of an act of heroism, but
must be brave before they can perform
It; so they were not made vQIalna by
the commission of a crime, bat were
villains before they committed It.—Roe
kta.
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la This So, Ladleef
“They say that a Martian year has
over OOO days.”
‘Possibly It Is la Martian yean that
onr ladles give their ages."— Boston
Traaseript
Betved.
Rnicker— What would happen If an
nreahitlble fume met aa immovable
body? Bocher—The mule weoM kick
Itself.—New York Bun.
CHASE A LINTON
G RAVEL COM PANY
A ll kinds o f gravel fo r con­
crete w ork, cem ent blocks,
or w ood w ork furnished on
short notice.
Telephone W hite 86