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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1890)
"ace, " ea,lie raado Its n ay on hta As he thought what a field wus presented to la case transmigration should prove to be Arid hia f!nw In ltl. 1 ... v ore ltseif round the theme iu the following cnrlons eyes. There's a r!rl ever reerimr trlth in nopesot a "flml " to amuse orsm-nriKo TU V m -e hoMs.to llle flarp or U'e liffIit ,!".,; " -"" "in (tuit-s w? iron t miss, iMie U rcurn to our view in a shape like to this Another is fair as the lily that nods SaiUt, tho eun s ll,rouKb heaven But astonishment has her held tight In its Plie's filled with surprise o'er each fact that yon tell, thdnessl" "h MJ"!" anl like slio's That some day like this she will certainly be he sky's more A Tilt nn Kca O .,.v,.u,.. 1 : , MuriiiiTOwpytPrssath r.jirn cn i n m..i 1 , . .. ...... i. . . v .V " "" urn irom me sea. Keenest satire condensed has its home in her A form like to this she will certainly And: 5 ! J1? ,s 118 tenderly soft as the Ilpht hieh beams on the eartii from the vaulted heirht. Jiostar in Uie heavens has radiance Than this acme of all that can charm and po ller likeness The types are In woeful dla- For this U the best to he found la the place: Washington Post. "FIFTY CENTS A TICKET." She was spreading towels and table- viuiusi uu iue ensp, snort grass to b!e5 eV hen he saw her first a slim, Wiana-like young creature, with large, limpid eyes, a brown skin not entirely innocent of freckles and a mass of jetty shining hair, which had broken loose from its coarse horn comb and fell in ik-black ripples down her back. There was a little brook twining its Iransnarent niirt1 wm, .4 1 ' J " - . . . til VUllVt IUQ gnarled roots of an ancient tree, and a back-ground of black-sxeen laurel, which with the sun-bathed meadow in front, made a sort of rustic picture that struck Paul Gessner's artistic fancy as he crossed the wooden bridge. "I should like to sketch her." he thought to himself. ! wonder, now, what she would say to it!" But before he could get his pencil and mill-boards out the voung Diana had poised her empty basket lightly on her head and was gone. v Tni sorry for that," soberly pon dered Gessner. "She had a brilliant Charlotte Corday sort of a face that would have stood the test of perpetua- And then Mr. Gessner went into the inn and set himself at work to elabor ate the notes of his lecture on "The Literature of Queen Anne's Time," which was to be delivered the next eve nine: at the village hall. There were plenty of people at the inn. Brookbridge was a wild, svlvan sort of place, which attracted people in the summer season. Every farm-honse and cottage in the vicinity" was crowd . ed, and a "lecture" was something to si:r the stagnation of their everv-dav i - i . . . , . . . - . me. muituitr, xraui vjessner had a reputation for scholarly .polish and icracenu wit wnien bad reached fv.n to Brookbridge-. Jn our Sew England r .maes tue cooks are often sesthetie, and ine hired men critics, and every nou-v v. as taiKinsrol the tctn "Can t I go? '," said Xatty Purple -the towels and table-cloths were all bleached whiter than snow, between me daisied gl ass and the July sun shine, and Natty Mas sprinkling and folding them now. with quick, deft tsngers, in an obscure corner of the Kuer.en. "You go, indeedP said lliss Carry Pod ham. who condescended, to wait at tame unug the crowded season "You've too much to do in the kitchen ana oeMdes tiie tickets are hi'tv cents eActii ' .- Natty Purple sighed dolorously. "Fifty cents!" she repeated. "Oh teen of course it s ont of th iinKtinnH For Natty's slender wajres were all vi mem expenueu in tne suiiiort of a good-for-nothing old grandsire who when he was not drinking a great deal too niucii whisky, was suflering unheard-of agonies with the rheumatism. tone never wore anything- but calico. and drudged away in the inn kitchen like a modern Cinderella, without any I 1 i 1 1 . r ' te eciai w men, in ancient story, ap pertained to that young person. But later in the evening the head staoie-man looked into the kitchen where Cinderella was darning a well- worn table-napkin and Mrs. Podham was preparing brook trout for a break fast for the mnrrnw'n oqtIc- "Where's Jim?' said the head stable man. "Gone out," said Mrs. Podham, curtly. "I want some one to row one of the ooarders out on the lake," said the stableman. - "He's a picter-painter, I eness. He wants moonlight effects, he says" (with I'd a -deal ruther hev feather-pillow effects myself. Then where ia Dick?" "Dick never's on hand when he's wanted," Mrs. Podham replied. "I haven't seen him since supper." - "Then he'll lose a 50 cent job,'V said ' ' , u yvau A mU bunt no some somewhere " uii ciieu jatty Jl urpie, springing to her feet. "I'll go, Thomas! 1 m handy with the oars, and I'm just perishing for a breath of cool ajr from the water." "Them napkins isn't mended," croaked Mrs. Podham, discouraging. "I'll finish 'em when I come "baok," said Natty, coaxingly. "Do let me go, just once!" So that when Mr. Gessner came out to the edge of the lake with his pictur esque Spanish cloak thrown acjross one shoulder, and his sketching apparatus under his arm, 2s attie Purple sat in the boat ready to row him whether he would go. "Hello!" said Paul. "Whv, you're fcgirlt" ' J "Yes. I'm a girl." apologetically con fessed Natty. "But I'm a good hand to row, and I know all about the lake. J nan take ou straight to Echo Cove, where the water-lilies grow thickest, and past the Old Indian rock, and " "Agreed," said Paul, s-ood-humor- rdly. "But was there no man about the place to undertake this disagreeable joo?" ,--"Ob, it isn't disagreeable," said XattT, earnestly. "I like to row! And, besides, I do so much want to earn 50 cents!" , "Do you?" said Paul, as the little oac, propelled Dy jsattys skillful -kes, vanished into the deep shadow r,5 overhanging birches that fringed vly tides. "May I venture to ask jiupnueiico. "lint 1 have read ever- """5 e wi-ucs. lie is slopping at our juacu now, iney tell mo." "Is he?" said Paul. "You me the landlady's daughter, I presume?" "No, 1 am not," acknowledged honest Aau. "i help in tho kitchen. "I ani JNatalie ritrple," "Well. then, to bt honest wilh you cuss i-urpu', ' said rani, fueling a siin.r or couseious. "I am Paid Ut'-iSii.'rP Kalieg:ive siu-h a start that the boat caieeneu uaisgnousU- to one side. Your' she cried. it's, i! rsow. it yon will take me sate to the Kcho Cove I will give von a comnlimnnt.-irv (irt. fi.. i i..,.u,fai , , v. -'Kr i tu:i i:i "No, ' said Nattie, with true woman- i.lmie. -u accept no favors, even working all 1 ;h I am nothing but. thou girl. If 1 am to have a ticket at prefer to to earn it. iaiu was silent. In truth, and in racr, ne leit a little ashamed In the presence of this flute-voiced, mdeoend ent voung beauty. " "You must have read a great de-il " said he at last. "Oh! I have," said Natty. "We are not so busy in winter, voii see.' and be s:des. all the girls lent me their news papers and magazines. But I never expected to see a gentleman who wrote books." "1 hone he Comes mi in vnni- .,-.-,.., tation," said Paul. . 1 "I must have time to make nn my mind about that," said Nattv. with ail good faith. And oncfi n,"n!n nnr V... us... "... iiviu ii'uuu 411I11 self at a loss for something to say. Ant when he came ont into the moon bathed srlories of thn V..)ir, rw all the world was steepeil in silver soft- juu me matien masses of water lilies WOre SH'inmnnr tn f.. tntes like emerald carpets, his ton o-n u as loose mul they came back, he aud Nattie Pnrple 11' 1 n ........ . . C .1. ... 1 "...vuuicirasui tne p;easantest ac quaintanceship. But he h.'lll. llrtt clntolio.1 .1t . 1. a he had expected. "The light was so uncertain," he said, "he could reproduce it better by iii-.11 ;tj memory. Nattie went tn t!n i..,.ir .;.u i oO-cent piece and listened with a rave and critical iniontuess i,;..t, ,.i I . t im.li fi-iuuru aul tssner on to his highest rim-n. tionary effects. "It was verv cmn.l " et, c.;, . day, "very good, indeed. It has o-jVen me something to think about. And, oh. dear! 1 have so mmh t;m - . . . . . ju thinkinjr'" Natlr." en ;,l At,. body called the girl "Natty" here). "I linr-. 1,.. S ' ""B "-c, "ouuering m nv you stay here at all." " "Where !i,m,1.1 t q-, . questioned lnm. with simple direct ness. "Why do yon not go to Boston and teach school?" he questioned. "Oh!" cried Nattv.clasping her hands eagerly, "do you thiuk there would be any possibility of my obtaining a situa tion there?" ' "We mUSt Se wh-lt n-tn 1. .1 n ., , " nunc, said Paul, lvflectivelv. So Grandfather Purple was left in charge of a thrifty neighbor and taid by himself that winter, while Nattv went to Boston to try her luck iu one o"i thegrammer schools. In the sprint she came back, apparently transformed into a new creature. "I didn't want vou." rrowled th m man. "The Widow Malley takes 'ood enougn care ot me. To tell you the truth, we was married last week, aud Mrs. Purple she don't want no stei granddarters around." S "Oh. grandfather. I am so -lad": cried Natalie, turning pink , and "white in one breath. "Because I am not coming back to stay, Mr. Gessner " "Oh, I understand," said Grandfather Purple, chuckled hoarsely. "You're going to be married, too." "les," said Natty, "I'm goin"- to Be married." Thus ended the little Brookbridge idyl. Natalie was happy. So was Paul Gessner. As for Grandfather Purple and his elderly bride, let us hope that they were not very unhappy. For the roses and mrhtinTiAs nf ' i";f. be enjoyed by everyone and the sprint- liUC Ui i nonu comes out once Amu WIT AND HUM OIL A pawnbroker who receives stolen rrrrila I n .. . .. t I , I suiiui loan nignwayman. tit. Joseph Actos. It is the man .who can tell you why ma uei-uuor laneu wno never seems to eucceeu. Jbimira Uazeltc. Ihe man who pravs loudest n,l longest usually has something on his conscience. t'lltsbunj Dispatch. Mmday-School Teacher "My little piiKwnat must you do to be forgivenP'' G. "Sin, gir." L'oston I'ranscript. Uerorc the dentist's door "If I were only sure that the doctor was out I would ring the bell!" FticngenJe Hint tcr. "I dreaniHil nf von Inot nr: .. . w - J iii.il Ui.llb, AlAIA.t Kosalind." "O. did von?" A 11 I I tV It 41 t dress did I have on ? " Fliegentle lilat- Jack "Ether f:ien id r,.i i,nr. Maud "Then isn't - - - viv,.lunnu IU li VI iuai sue nas made It herself?" N. Y. acraia. The Jen-sharp of the Ozarka. The snn the s," . said Natty. "It's no nt to go to the lecture to- Tilled to himself in the . sat there like a "II1 be very in- Vatty. "Of . "iu heard? ' Hure on , nc." . "vnd- . j . . . . v. . . u. i.i i no tOtS Of the (i'Ml'ts nn A . . v.iu 111 111 UIVl UIII" in July. -The mist that al wars settle thickly Over those, half n.nnni nn; n-ifK the nio-htfall was p-ointr tn anil disappearing as the sun rose higher. leaving tne srreen and densi vriliii- neavy ana wet with. dew. In a cosy hook on a oi'nvcr hanoinirt ion ii !, tie stream that dnshpTt i?r-n f,,. gushing spring above a native was teaien earnestly playing a iewsharp lie twansred the vibrant, mot.il n-wi, his thumb, keeping time by splashing one of his bare feet in the clear water below. After ten minutes, ilnrinu- which time the snn hml imt t,;,rh enonsrh to shine strirht in hi pv. b lio took the ham from his month and wipmar it on the leo- f,F I lia Irmifiorc . , .' , - -o . . . . . exclaimed: "Thar! Ef thet don' settle 'er whut win.' ' Before he had srwikon annilwr ivnp. a stranger stepped from behind a bi tree and addressed him- "That was the best tune I ever heard piayed on one of those instruments." Ihe mountaineer looked at th stranger a moment and then, drawing himself up in a knot on the loo-, sajd JJ ye mean it, mister?" .uean nr ur ennrw. Hhr.fn - - ... - . . . ask t "It's like this miaur Von hev been lest on thp nio-. o' i;r.r,;-.' . - --- - " j " ... in Simpson gH., overn th' holler, fei morener yar, an' when th' tjoppin tune kem she up an' says thet I kain't nev er less I kin play ther jews'a'p. 1 bin practicin' hyar on this log fei nigh a month now. I reckon, ev'rv dav .' ill ' . in in mornin tore sunup, an' I wuz thinkin' git th' hang o' it purtv soon i I'd be gooo-by Sal. liut yer made me feel better, strano-pr parts nex' week jest drop over on ther clmta ' .1.1 . . . . 1 , . i """i" iu Hiiy an ve Kin ue my best man." As the Stran'rer mnvpd rin .l,i, ,i l,i path the mountaineer struck up his tune again and played with a vim that tl r a .-w- , I ... a I . i . c.iucni-e inai me stranger had neen telling the truth. Along wild the fiddle the iewsharp dill Kr. 1 . iL:i. . . . o.ni iauMi iuii as a musical instru ment in the mountain regions of Ar kansas and Missouri. A native who can t piay the jewsliarp is looked upon as having very poor prospects. Ann The Taxpayer Friend. Anarchist I tell you, my friend, things are going to come to a focus in this country before very long. The taxpayers are not going to stand the oppression much longer. .Listener Do yon pay any taxes? Anarchist Of course I don't, and I never will. Aud that shows that my interest in the taxpayers is purely un selfish, doesn't it? Tirrc Jluuie Express. - Disguised by Good Lioolcs.- "Good morning. Mr. Fiekleby," said Miss Flntteiton, stopping the' youn man on the street. "Eh? By Jove! why, howdy do? when'd you get back?" "Last week." "My, my, you're looking so well I really didn't kuow youl" Buffalo. '."Courier. A cross-ered , - i-vV-vv tL KJl iniior; no, can lo di'ipndtMl unnn wb, u.l a Liuii'r irnm i-kitTt ci.d . 1.-1 - . ..,1.',,., 11 lU'U BlltJ poor; a nnui seldom bojius 0 thiuk v.-iuii uuui fits nas oeoomo rich. Atchison Globe. It IS Iirn!tttrtrl lli tl... T.. o . U)m erpe .nv fina in. n ..........r..i.i . a.H. uu airiUUUiimtJ euectonthe Kocky Mountains. o ton lYanscript. People make thnmi1 . ' v i.-vo U IClll" ed when they expect more than hev uvovi a auvx ' t" 1 ia 1 1 1 I I ta iitao ,v 1 leans ltcaiunc. Congressman Wilev savs ConM U t-'i.cj 1111 h iifiiir- mail n m ii - I' x- miu OLI11 SOnie Vtrv imnr mn r... Washington Star. Banks I ilmnil witk . yesterday.- Oumso "How did be treat you?" Banks "T.it- . ,sn;nn. w ...w w illllllV'U- aire: lie let me uav for the dinner" A shrewd old philosopher in Oxford County says: "People uet so well ac quainted with their own faults that iney uon t mind their existence." Lewiston Journal. Watts "Do 3011 believe evcrvthtn your wife tells you?" Potts "Evert" thing; except when she tells me I am an idiot. I can't just go that, you kuow." Indianapolis Journal. Dyspepsia and disappointment in love seem to produce the same out ward effect. The difference between them is that dyspepsia is very hard to cure. ScmierriYie Journal. "Do you think that literature is on the decline?" asked one aspirant of an other. "I must say that it appears so to me. Evervthi ntr T u-rira a..aio get declined.'" Washington Post. When obituaries and women are as good as iKa ....... .1.: . . .1. . .. . . iuv uitu niiiifi mev are, tne recording angel in Heaven" can take his lou needed vacation. Atchison G!ob. Mr. Jones ( taking hi w ii..l, r. under his pillow) "Six o'clock, and no one lias come to wake me v-t! I snail certainly lose the train if they don t come soon." Fliejcnde blatter. a stu.lent w ho acted as a waiter at a White Mountain lintl tl,.. c - ...v J I OU1I1- mer is about to marry the daughter of a lamuy at w nose table he served. All thiugs come to him who waits. Hoston Louise "IIonv is it that vou and Jack De Peystf i- are so cold to eac'.i other lately? lou used to be such friends." Ada "Why. didn't vou know that wo are eugaged?" Jlvi ignore. urocer " hafs that aliont the dozen eggs you bought ttiis momms?" urown - ihey were all bad except ne. aud I ve called to see how much ;xtra 1 owe you for the good one" A'. t. sun. Little Bov P -..j..., ..... . i,. .i, er talked about w icked people he didn ion at me congtagation lie looked up iu me air. uny was that?" Papa "He was probably lookingat the choir." A 1" 11-....;.. 0 .. - ipiiiy. 'A great many people owe their mes to that doctor," said Kickington. as ne au auie physeian? ' "It isn't exactly that that 1 referred to. He is never in his ofUce when you want him. Intended to lravel.n--Jv: Solomon that'll- whv I 1". Weekly. "fcay. pa, Solomon was the wisest man mas ever lived, wnn t he?" "Yes, my son, he is bo considered." "Ami he had lliree hundred wives, didn't hoP" Ibdievo that H the number." "Say, pa. if Solomon was the wisest man that ever lived how did he come to get iu such a liir von ...m' i;.. eablv with nnuP" ir..,,,t . 1 - ' ' ' I 11 1 llli cot uiso nflni. i... l them, lou go to bed." Ej.och. peacei hem! A SOUTHERN NEGRO'S FORTUNE. M'ohnnlenl Grnla anil Good Jailtmont snririi m Korinir Slave. THE WILD HORSE OF THE REDSKIN. HU Ilomiinllo UrlKln, His Habits mod Ilia m v. . , m 1 r.IIIT 111 1 11 A 1 1 0 II. In. Bil'liiiiiirtinm .T..ir,icr. rVi.ni.. . . - r t v. . . ...... v 1 1 ii i , Ala., there lives a man who. if his resi- denen were in the North, would In. m raided as phenomenal: but llm Smith S full Of Kllell fll-ll-ilt,,l-a .....I 11..,.. need only to bo noticed in order te be Know n, una in ui s name U Andrew Ueurd: born in .leffei-itmi rvimii. i, , ' .V.IIUII, 1IU is 41 years of age. He w as a slave in mat county ami h.ia -isi i., n ai. . ------ " " " V IU u PIIU stiunuil position of lifo by rrason of me n:y iveu to hi tnochunica! abili- tV. I lis lifn i Ittluwiiv .. . .ii-i i vJiiu-, it Il ( i)3 I L will commend itself to' all he may be owed to speak for himself: .IIV name IS Andrew Itonnl I nni 41 yean ot age. I was born iu Birm xuaiu. i never went to school in my lite, and all tho edue.-uion Hint I have is intton liv ,.nn ( ..i ...:.i i . f- - v v.llll 1 ' 1 V " 1 1 1 U in i ne world, i was a shue. mid ln onged to a family by the namo of te:ird. I was set flee at 1.1 vnn of .....i . ., , .j.' : .iv.. ami i m uitu mari ieii. i larmed Hvn VMnll In .T..T...... f .- i .1 (fiui-isuii onuiv. aim moved afterwards into Si. I'l iii-'f :nnn ty. I visited Moutiromerv in 1S7 with mail ui nonies tirwn tiv ntmi i ad fifty bushel i. It tout- weeks to maka the trip. After this venture I quitted farming and went in to millwrighting at lbirdwicks. and built while there my first flour-mill. I remained there about I h nn vurd Anil durtug that time I ran the mill Hint I mint, l watrlifd hnu- ui.oulo u-m-i-.i ...... j. .v. ,. ... iviji.1, mill thnt u-ua I 1, ...ua. 1 I ..i , .... ..... -. .in- n ,i i Biiei-eeueu in building flour-mills. During my work ineic x oeiim iiiriiin.v in i-nt- infmi th. making of plows; null in 1881 I pat ented one of my own invention. I sold it in 1884 for St inM nn.i ii...., turned to my old liome. where I was norn, and (armed there four years. During that time I inveutcd another Plow; on the loth of December. 1887, I Sold it for &i'2'.M- llion ni.nl Inln real-estate busiuess. Willi the money I made I accumul:itd tlm mini ,-if C'lO - 1KX). In 1888 I tlirnfiif ntr Muntmi. 1 another subject the making of a tish- inaie. nuu uau a caveat lor iu Mr in tention is to have some manufacturer take hold of it, manufacture these plates, and nut I hum a l - vm t-v it i v ' villi nent railroad at my owu expense for a mile or two, and if they prove success ful I will sell the iifitf-d in tlm i,;.ri,u bidder. "Iu 18S9 I discovered the rotary en gine. This engine differs from nlloth ers in these principles: it is simple, costs one-tenth lesa tlm and saves 20 per cent of steam ami has no eccentric. There is no danger of explosiou. and" everr ninieu nf ciJT. ... used from the boiler. This eniriue i madewhollr under mi- eii,w.i-r;.;..n , the shop of Dennis I. llood iu Birmin" ham, and is now patented. I have just received the patent, and it is my intention to put it out in order to prove its merits, aud w ill then sell it to anv prominent manufacturer. I paid the workman who worked nn IIia ii..,.l,lna 60 cents ner hour. I l, , u .La oiher .thing in view a coupling ma chine. I propose to couple cars irre spective of their lieiirht I'l,i great difliculfy that raTlroads have en countered; the present cars, being of tineomii height pAntmi nAi,.,i. l , ........ . WKl'IU 1 J gether. Boston 2'ranscript. Stepped on hy a Railroad. von Washington I'osl. His Lordship (surprised by the cor rect pronunciation which greets his ears on every side) "Do not Ameri cans ever drop their h's?" Anglo- iuauiac vapoiogetieativ "We cawu t Dr. A. to Dr. B. Nice trick iiare niajed rae daring ruv vacation. iiere i turnea over to you a lot of m- iitruis i nnvp nnti trv- cured them all up in a mouth." Cour- "The angels in Heaven wear robes. 1 believe," remarked Bloombumper. between the wliili's nf l.ic i.r..i. ..v. n snappetl Mrs. Bloombumper, "and the Bugeis in me otner place wear smok- inir-i"iil-tita " v 1" v. p j.... .... . . . ...(.ii. Prim 11 "Of onnru i nn im.li.t...l J v. . . II i II 1 V. I L1 11 me. I am not sroiny to undei-t:iLo m- nntfilnnirriinhi' fiA,,, ,..,:,. r . T Uj.ll(, ii.iii iiiiiiitrs ui 1 u 11 1. ty. becundus '-Of course not- -of course not; rather to discipline your pnue, a snouia ininK. Harper s Ua- 'llritlcrtt Una ia all ii.r..ll.,.. . r- - -' ------ iiims- iiici luu much; vou have a new follower in the 1. T , 1. t . - kitt-iieii every weeK. "tell. ma am you see. the lood in this house is so bad that no one will come here for longer than a week. Courrier ties Atals-Unis. Mrs. Nil wed "Ynn clinnliln'l. U -' - w.. u.. ... UW VJ VI O V nard on old maids who appear anxious 4 r . . " 1 11 . . . . .. . ivi t:i:L ujairieo. Ainn "iinw tmii of you to sympathize with them, but I suppose you should, knowing all the diniculties thev have to contend m-;th " N. Y. Herald. Customer "R cioines targe, l expect to put on ten or niteen pounds short v." Tailor 'Xes. Sir. lakinc a cniirsn .if ment?" Customm- "Vn i.ioi got back from my vacation." Clothier l1 tl I'ltrnioAiu. wi.w 1.1 1 fc .o. l(, . 'This bell." Said a. well-inemiinrr anv ion w nen snowinLr t i im rrr nf an in. teresting village to a party of visitors, "is only rung in case of a visit from the Lord Bishop of the diocese, a fire. a IlOOd. or anv nlnpr sneli i- il iiin'i Lionaon lnqaro. xaciitman "In ordinary summer weainer sailing rs just as safe as car riage riding, in fact safer; vet some how the girls don't seem to care for it.' Landsman "In s:iilin"- n luvit you have to have to uso both hands. uouiyouf" A. i. Weekly. 1 See. Said A mnn nnlnnrin. a ra terer s estlilishmint tht -..,, u.i.-. - - - . . . . . . .. , . " 1 1 U ' . 1 V 1 tise weddimrs furnished?" "Voi replied the caterer, briskly. "I wish you'd send a couple to my "house right away. I've two il:iii"-lit,.rs I'd m get off my hands." harper's Bazar. "rather," said the younn- man who had been severerelv lectured. ! hnrn done my best." "Yes," said the old trentleman. "when I t!iinL- nf .. cility in the line of blunders I am dis ..... i ... i .. i . . i . F" ivj vuuciiiiie mat you nave. iOU have done nothing." Washington I'osU Buyer tantrrilvl "Se h sold the reason von wanted tn r1l nf fhat store was because vou intcmilnH tO ITJIVP . WU Ginna T )iAnh S T ..v.a. uaui a w u 111, Jb X una that the owner of the building is beller "Yea. We were waiting for the train t a station In Alabama, and among the crowd were an old. gray-headed negro and his son. the latter a Imr nf is 1 hey were sitting on the cotton bales, when the old man got down and be-an walking tip the track. "What yougwineterdo?" demanded luc WUtt "Gwine ter see de cahs. Minn "Wall, von p-it t-iolit nirn tot i-il rode a tore von um lnicl all o squash: lou hain t used ter rail rod es, oie man. "I reckon I knows." I reckon von iliinn't. V l,!n'f nebher seed a rnilmdp Imt nneo in oil your life. Come off." "Dniin' von Iui n fi 1-.1.1 Af . r...i - . ........ . , ... 1 1 11 1 1 .1 vi- der. Moses." rej!ied the old man as he ii i a . , . . nnnciiui lonani me street crossing. He stood with hi a I trwlr Ira lha ri!l,in-i - - - -r luv 1 1 1 4l rj ana nve or six mules, driven by a man .. i i , . - vu uuiseoacK, came down the sandy road without nni.e. They could have passed to the rio-lit nt loft r F Iiiiti lttf . . . ..wt, om iiiiii, ana the last one liaJ soarcelr pnssetl on .1. l i - n-u me sou auu n uozen otuers ot us were on tne 8iot. IJulnt T atun n!o .Jn - V'V. um Il'dU . shouted Moses, as he helped him up -uni ine rauroues cum in?' "Of co'se." An' hit me in de back?" "Sarlin." "An' step all ober mr on' mii mewl?" Dat's it, fadder." an. aioses. if vou 1 helo Iota your fadder up to Aunt Judy's he'll stay right dar 'till de co'h " is dun PTO u ml an von U m..!.. n i . ...... C" .- -.. ..-,, ii'&i; miiiii7. I ze got too oie to understand dese yere railrode s, an' when I'ze been run ober once d:it" ulenti- f.n. ..... -- .... x.u keei-rul of dat arm. Moses; dat's whar' de railrode stenned ml inn ivi.l hi mod hoof! D droit Fr..e. Pres.. A Good Story. Frnm Ii i i I ..-.. I .. ,n : .. . . .. ....... ..lulu iu i.ini esiing widow is not always a very lonsr sten. One of the hitter w ho I l.'lll lltll.lVfVlllI from the darkest condition nf .l.n....Di - - ... - ... 1. . . i. -i i . . . , . . 1 . gnei ui me- tinnier stage indicated by second mourning lound it necessary to A 1 . . i i . . . .j vuusuii iiressmaKcr not ioiit smea no to the preparation of the w.ndmlio Which should :i nn on n ie to Hm .l.l tnat she was no longer inconsolable. Her early education had been sadlv nesrlected. but her love! V f ind n rt - - ' j tjj ntiw form had attracted the fancy of the elderly man who had married her oue season aud accommodatingly left her a widow the next, hhe is not in tier own imagination au inconsnieuniii m- unimportant person, and therefore wnen sue uctermiucd to engage a new dressmaker did not consider it muwai sary to tell her name. When, after giving numerous directions, she arose to go and the modiste said "but who is madam? " she replied: 'IP Oh. I am the l.itn Mrs .fnlin Smith!" . Cigarettes. Mr. Willis G. TnoL-or in l.io . . ' . .. 111-5 IL-UUIt to the New lork stmn linn i-, I nf i,iu. ....... . ... .IV .11.11 on the result as his examination of va rious popular brauds of cigarettes, savs timt careful mialvw nf i i.., , ".' ... HI IliU 1 vi and paper failed to reveal any poi sonous ingredients other than the to bacco itself, and that most cigarettes contain pure tobacco and gooiT paper. The cviis of ci.n-iiretin miMlin., -,. a.. o the fact that cigarettes are cheap, iwii.-iiiriii, auu cau ne used m lar"-e andv excessive quantities, that the smoke is n-m-illv in ho let .i .i.. . . , j .......v, .luu iiui&i, cuiidren and imm itnm nurcnn. ,i iv..iuug 11TCII use them, . v-' . The ludiau horses of the mountain anu ilium tribes were originally o inni wild stock once found in vast herds all over th If (lit rd.nnMtSnn.. region, and which had their beginning irom those that at raved from the Spaniards in old Mexico", as there were no animals of that character on the continent unlit the Spanish conquest, if we except an extinct species found only ns a fossil on the plains of Kansas. These were geological specimens lone betore the ndventof tho Indian, aud of sucn a remote age as lo bewilder the mum in us contemplation. Even un til the middle of the eighteen! Ii century the Indians of the country east of the Mississippi used lo laugh at tho white man, wno count not walk but must ride a horse. The Indian thought nothing of keeping up a "dog trot" all 11.13. inaKing ins liftv and 8ix'v miles miring tnat nine, i 11111 inclined to tne tieiiei, after some investigation of inn question, mat our word "lope" which both Webster nud Worcester umiHu us -tin American provincialism; " " Kii.ioji. nas 11s deiiviuion irom the luct that those Indians who were the runners of the tribes always mo.eti in a sort of a shnflling gait, re- seinuiing. as the early FreueU y.iya cuts caned it. me. ambling of the ionp, iu that language meaning the , , ' "men nas eecouie troi-rttpled Into "lope." !!... . .ill - ine wiiu noises or 1 a 1..1., Continent once rivimml fi 111 tlm I ... - - - . ......., imii tlir: III tier of Old Mexico as f ir north as bake t. innipeg. I ttciily-i'ireo years ago mere were a iTe:it m ini- ., .....1. over the broad, grassy bottoms of the Cimarron in toniti esiern !-,..- perhiins thev :n mt ..II ...it . ' . . . ---- .... in iri. All the wild horses that I hm.. seen were of small sintnm i,,,,, ,.i,..-.t. . , - '"..1-.JUII1 in nni instance- nut m..M,.f - wonderful amount 0r ll,!llr.ll.u.n tough, hardy animal, uell lilted to per form tlm .peculiar duties tins Indian demanded of him. T;.e average sav ase is very hard on aniut iTs, and Unless their horses were 1 m.,iu,l i "live on cactus 11 ml ilri.ik n... - slime of the buffalo .illow-a" il.r would have become exiim-i ,.ini,..i.i. - - ...... 1 v .... , . long ago. Vi hen cmu'lit 1.1m.., n. are easily "broken." but if takeuat au ndruticed age th.y nrv perfecllv incor rigible. 1 ri-iiieniber imi t t 1- ..... ...... ,,.,1.1 t,j do duty on ihe old stage line between Ellsworth ami Sterling evintecn rears ago. lie was the most viel.nw i-,.f. it has ever tieeu my furtuiie lo see. Whenever it became iiivi.-. ht ici lim he hail to in' "knocked don 11 witt, au ax. and before he re 01 i-n.,1 hi senses, tied, and only In that ponditlnn would the blacksmith dare approach him. His end marvelous; his driver, the only man who could do anything with him at all. tried for years to wear him out. but without success, and he succumbed at last only to old htb i i,-ru i.t.i.. behind him many a lime, but In mo mentary expectation of having my brains kicked nut nr d whenever he turiP,l .1 l.ill it:. bones He bleaching somewhere on the divide between the Suiokv Hill and the Arkansas. The USUal method nf r.a ,l nrln it,. , ' . - j'lUI ItJfi 1 ll O wild horse by the plains tribe was with tl,A 1 .-1 . . , 1 .. .l.n 1 a , ..... ...ii.il. in me rauj- uavs maue or the hair of the btiffal o. nr Hint nf I li u tails of ponies. The Chevenne. Kin. was anu uaeoiaii. imnrnivr r oulla.l I - ,-- - . , u.iv. otuux. wnenever they started out on an expedition to catch wild horses, always picked the fastest animals ther possessed. The rider, winding his lariat on his arm, dashes into the herd at a dead run, and as soon as he gels the rope on the neck of a wild horse jumps off his own as quick as a flash. and. running as fast as he can. allows tne lariat to slip through his hands graauaiiy nntn the animal is choked and falls to the ground for want of ureat ii, and lies there a nniveHno-. helpless mass. Then the Indii.n moves lorwara very slowly, step by step, ion amine noises head, still keepiuo the animal well choked, and proceeds to iasien a pair of rawhide bobbles on his forefeet. Tl IPtl llA lota til. nn UA lariat, so that the animal can catch his iireain, ana then takes a turn with the lariat around the jaw, like a bit, which gives him wonderful power over the uigntenea horse, which pitches and plunges, snorts and tumbles around until he is nearly exhausted. Then the Indian, br esrpfnl mn.T.n,u,. gets his hand on the horse's nose, pau Lin, l;, .. . I : . i . 1 i..n nuic, mm is Mum auie to mount nuu and lie is "broken! in later years they sometimes "creased" the Allilllnl fl i.iiistr.,, 1.1,1.1.1 the Indians by the old trappers, I sus- pcci. v-ieasing was simply sending a ball through the longh mass of gri tie of the neck, which, by stunning the brain for a few moments. causeiT thn animal to fall as if dead, every limb Bireieucd out aud quivering; this lasts ,. r . . . . iv.li" cuoijii it r iiii.ni in lux ciinii i...i o rr - - - - .. nv viii i. vi. iieu mey rise as it notliiug had hap- toihtxi iu nielli. The white man used to adopt en tirely different tactics in capturing the w ild horses on thn sas. Ther simolr woi-p itmnt n.t net ri i tr 1 1 1 1 1 v i iih in i n n in nor ne f -i w and bv keeoimr un that i.j.i u,n : mnl was easily "ropettM after a day or titar. 9 The Secret Mourner. They bore him on to hm frrnvo In the heart of tin, mi..,- i.,w... and otfh fiiHive rmiut-psfolloirlnfi:, I watcli- ed them luy htm downs a he mom rers. nmuj mnl ad tbouirh they unl f limo fnw. ., ,.t n ' Vh.!i?I!'.'.'tM'll r'" KM naught io mine. Wolored rttch other dearly. In a day that is Butmitiii.thlmr et in ,)a e&r and i,ogujdcn. -,y ...... H. r-,, iiii:i in v - A eoiiH'tiiiiitr imt to I.U car-I never could utither whut And he kept away from thenco, and hlg love I hid wyr'"' 'a my lietirt, ond bore It aa best Tlicro whh ne'vri- iiarktief y,.t I ut hud somo and 1 ! found a i.im in tlm thought that. al. Iltohtrh hlii li.vi. v,i irnii I could follow Jiim -ei-ell'. uud in w-cret til Ana ihm l vo rt-mu thoiiBli thn years' that ....... v,,i. ifllHI- IIIU'll lfi (w far ii Invvof noinun mo pa." ws tlio lovo ... nil-ill-, I re litinifon his track to the hint, for 1 only Cm wwl i..i.i ' And from hhi irrave In the town I turned in uij nwunnj. Earth now lonka limo in my eyes, yet I am not I have flrm faith that at lost 1 shall aome- VI 1 1 1 ' 11 r- .-.j i . t . ,mB .. . . . .. ... Tliut when the end shall have coino. whatever Ir iriu'd and true Will M-ceivn lt Just rc wiird. and a Inve llkn uiini,- i iii uije. Janiea 1 trior son. Story Told THE TRAMP. by Mkii tVImm Ki-lr-IMIghlril. Lira Waa In a family tit One time f.-lmmu fn. ti. i.-itii . . . 113 uiiuiam- weie several iirn imm says the N. . Vhatb-r The eldest n. was prominent in tlm liiumi-i, ... i.t n-i . . ... , ... ivi. .ine others, save one. wern ir,in,,;,. - 1- -v vi uau'cius hi society men ot integ- iii, wui-i.il, cuerirv. loitv an n. 'l-l. . .1 ' "l .- uieuis. Alio 'itiiv .llacl: sheen una - - --- 1 Tminir in.,,, i.iii .. .,.nil .. i.:d i:r.. i V n. '"""'"1 "13 uie Itail been SO Crossly inissoent th o l,iu ,.1 atives. to protect the family from stain. I... I ... . V. .. I . ... ..... ' .v. w ukc ins wiie and child from him ami banish hint to distant lands v 1 lirealeniii" him uiih i..,..o... - , 1 ...... - .... . ..r.ti i Illllll ISOUIlietlL Mllll (I ISTrll-e II... iv. III by the Difilcnlt Snbjectt Victor Hlla-O. Who tnlil Ilia ni-on,! children SO nit VOll(!irf 111 t nlna .... ..u. . . v. 1 1 n t more than one story whose hero was a Paris gamin. Victor Hugo nlwavs thought the Paris gamin quite-the most extraordinary kind of being in, the World. Event hinrr nlmniru. xaf.. rapidly iu Paris, and perhaps the street boys of that big city am. not such as they were when Victor ITikiti fi.n.i.l themsn surprising; but it seems to me i nn. it.... i.i r..l ..... .i. ..j .luuonui wiieiuer gamins any where ure morn remurL ,i 1.1. , il... iL ...... lll3 gamins of New York. In New York there is surely every possible kind of boy. Some of these kinds are of a verv sad diet-ioi inn The emiirrant children of u-imm a caught a glimpse in the steerage fiud piavmales no better off than ihem. selves. Ami thev are all in then-nr A few are crowded, into th a..li.,.,r Whole armies of them swarm in tho street. The rest are blaekimr umi nr selling newspapers. lien a new.si).-iiKr ili.lii-..i-,- ........ slops in one of the doyu-towii streets, and there is a rush of bova toward th heap of dami) eveiiimr miners tlm spectator is able to discover in the quickly gathered irronu I tin iini-iniil. varied-nationality of these lustv little venders. He is able to discover also that the strongest get to I he front. It is nil nuiek iw ItnR f,.,. il. .1 . -1 . ... ...... .1,1 1 I I Vj 11 livery wagon only halts a moment, then starts forward with a slnn" of boys, like a kite-tail, straggling" be hind. It is easier wit It tin, ..'.. catch a galloping horse than to photo- fci.ipu on mu wing- ono ot these in credibly quick and daring bovs who Beetn underfoot cyervwhere. ibishinr in and out of street- op with the very legs of tho horses. Alexander Black, in HI. Nicholas. The Electric Iiiht and Compasses. Tho effect of the eiec.lrie 1! rent on the compasses of some' vessels is so croat that it lifeomns iipfiMrr tn. determine how man v hours the dvna- mo has been rumiimr h.fr.in wA-t au the yep-el's reckoning. iciim oi outrui aimed lirosiu.ru p t .1." i .. .. : ? V tuu iiituutiK nroitiera mm rin.iv l. i n J. heir names were household words among the beautiful, the good, the true of the laud. The wife of th .int. cast was a uueen of grace and beauty, nci sou uau i n tastes educated choicest associations. UllC day I hp. r:lluli.1-nr r.,t i,n.l .- - - - - - - ...ni ii v: 1 1 . or years he had been practically dead to ins lamilv. Ilia u- f i,i.l c..,..,. . " - V-.A.I.V1 I J lorget mm altogether. lo no one alter his return tn Ami-i. l.-l t. told his secret story till he reached the village ot Jt'alenville. lb- was a nrinter a imtup. iittsiy. uushaven. trarel- siained and time-orn. Attlm P.iW vine newsnaoer ofllen he i,rn...,.i I 1 - l'-V'V.V.H oi a, ami to a young reporter a col ic"c Biuueni m-eiiinv n arn dnr n vacation his next vpr' tniiinn t, unbosomed himsi lf. the result of an easily acquired intimacy. "VUIV a lew lllllea frnm I, on. " I.. . V. 1 V. , 1) ,7 said, "are joys w hich might be mine. a icw iiours jouruev won once more to one of the happiest of uuuitrs, miuw ueugucs l nave lost for ever." xie was a prodigal, now fully re pentant, but his only possible reward a HHUOU3 iutare. tie was certain that his family would never aain re ceive him. If he should showhis face mev would bundle him off a"ain to ioreign lands or cast him into jaiL Durin? late veira Ida lifn l.-, I J . .. . -. . . ' v. ii.ui 17. IT H reproachless whether in Mexico. Cal- ""uiii. me uormwest, or the south but he was sure that in spite of prom- ill.! . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . ""umui-cj, iiicsuings, mey would ucci hum unit again. X' . . . . . i . . uigiii mere was a concert in a neighboring town. A Exeat was announced. Tho i.i-.i.lirr.l strange look on his face, accompanied the student to the hall. At the door he pansed and slunk- into dim ....n..- When the celebrity of the evening ap peared aud received the plaudits of the people he smiled sadly, and at repeated successes his face assumed an . I ... ...i r i: . : .. i i. m.iiiv.1 l ! l l ' !g IOOS. -My brother, oh, my brother!"' be Bobbed, aud when the bninnt nririnUi passed through t lie vestibule into the outer air he was startled by the figure i man staipiiug witn arms plead ingly outstretched toward him. The look of su ldeti surprise was succeeded bv line and loftr scorn. Tli i,r,l;,i shambled awav." In fhe morning the tramp was miss- ; .. v .ii . - . . . tu". iie.i uav ne returned at tiviinrht "the olhcers are after me." he said I have been all day in hidimr. weut last night to my wife's grand oome. JMie was with her fiii.mli in the richly furnished, brilliantly lighted Parlors. I crent in tlm slla.lnn. nf shrubbery acros the law n aud watched her. Oh! what tin itironv of lono-inor possessed me! thank (Jod, she unpin, llioilin 1 uever was sn mkor. able. After a lime yie people dis persed. She was wearied, and, with her son my boy walked out on the grass iu the delicious iiiooulight. We were face to face before 1 ennld wnnp liiess her for a truo woman! Sh dropped the arm of the lad. sprang to my embrace w ith a cry of iov. "and clung to my shoulder sobbing and calling my name. The boy ran toward the house shouting for his uncle. Mr w-fe swooned. I carried her In thn edge of a porch, laid her tenderly on the llooriug. kissed her half-uarted ! ' . .. lips, una ued. lie lieniient itio mvn now a m-; Eled. care-woru resident of Australia. Where he eillla n Rmlll in I tl i n rr-. n. n weekly in which the name of woman is maja nrii jiieaicsi iiouor. A GERMAN HERCULES. An rneqaaled Vnt l-fiformud by a Tea- " .nan or Might. Theli rst Ihenlfr ni.in.in.i t i.i: - - -- ......i.iici vi uotiann tvari von Eekcnberg. was the so-caned "man of sfrengJh." who snowed Himself nearly 200 rears ao " J,!l'. then as athlete. Of in me nine is known except as in nis career as theatre manager, as he was tne lounder of the first Berlin thea ter. lie was evterimioW ...:.i t . , . ,ijii.rii iji and an article tituti.r tin. iiii.. .. .. . r . .ii-ii; ui in Athlete of the Ri. rl, !,.,., t, f..,.. n ... - ' n...v..u,i, VlTIHUl 1, published some years ago and recently im-.,, gives .m interesting account of his prowess, as follows: By an athlete nf tho ..i.l.i....... u I.,-.: .i .. . ITU- . - A 1 "ICC f lfl eric-K August of Saxony. King of Po- ..... i, cuiiiinouiy callel August the otron;, WHO cniilil l n.l ,.irn,. , . . - ... -' iuc ii t ;iu oi an ox witn one stroke of his -nrd and besides dist inrrnKi,,.,! i,ir,..,.i : n . . - - ,.iiii.-,i.:ii id an kllllii Of ICHPelftallle lu.'fnrin.n..i, .. 1 i" . i.i.iiii.i;.'? ui strength, but another Hercules, who would nave wrnmied tin, .!-.. .. (rust oii,...! i.:.. i;..i- . " mo utiie unger it such a ..iin couiu nave oeen permitled. Thi man was tne ath et .rh- i- - - ........ i. iK.lli i u u rii.Krnix.Tg, wno in the twenties and iniflles Ol the last wnlnn-.l..l i.i. . cnunuvl 111.1 productions of strength in public He was the most stately of gymnasts, aud ...9 uui ji in i in iftu n nr i .. - - ... iiai.iiiuui anu. out or respect to Ins native town ue cat tea nimseit lor a time on his mil posters Samson Hercules Ifr maun. It borders nn tho f il.,,l,...a , " ,.--l 1. Ilill. IJIJ, coniemiioraries related of his remark auie exliibitiotis of strength. He broke au ancnor roiw m if it x "...is ui v i ii :ii y thread; iron nails and bolts he turned lid.wuiiy oetwecn hishngersin screws a cannoo pipe he caiTied around as if it were a baby. His teeth as iron, lie hit t n-nal' .a . narnessea to it. In spite of the horse beinr iired on It n aa ftnnlil a ....II the stick out of the juggler's mouth or iw MUU LUC aimfIA ? r-rm lha 1 "iicreoe siooa. A bench tnml wooa, sixteen feet lonir. he enanni Witn HIS teth hr nno onil -ml .. :,i i- auu viiric(i it around, while a trumpeter blowiu"- uia iuauuuirui sat on tne oilier end. Ills arm was more ivirr..l ! i.: ..u. nc Biucau out ins bands, on eacn one was placed a bottle of wine, then a rone was nttanho,! ino.i. d. v..v .VVUVU 1,l3lj to each rnne Imm n. f . ...... V 1 V. lUllTC III 17 II f ... K .. 1 : . i ..... v. iii , 1 1 it ji ii n 1 1-: 1 1 -1" venn nn mi r.. . . I. .!.! -I . . . t'"""-" uiiKuu TO as to make it impossi- IiIa In 1 I. 1 1 . . .. l . .... -jicii-uio to convey tne wine tO btS mOUth. All theii- .-., out avail, as the arms of tho o-rmr. .1 i . . .. &j Lucmseircs irresistibly, and brought the iu- to Ma mm.iK :.i . , , . ' i. . i n uuuui pilliusr a dron of trinn - He o-enomllr crml l. i . . . r- .- .vm ma EiauucsL per- illPm.i ...... Ar ... . I -1 . i iviiuauiciu Birciigtu nntu the close of me exnibttion. lie ascended a scaffold ui oeams. under which w i - ....j - riiuuiui oi inicK ptanks fastened on 6trong --- .a a a uiii wn-i v r mnnniuii horse, clad piauorm and played his tone. Th ThrallklUJArreated. Dr. "W. O. Thrftllfcltl i j ..... I - --- .v.iuiijr auuuiiKi; in Sacramento, San Francisco and Oak- laiia ana again In San Franclbco and publisher of the Dental Jairus, after having been driven out of San VranM by the expure of his fraudulent Cali fornia endowment association, a myth ical concern com nosed nf bimaoir hla dupes, went to Ogden and started In ouBiuesa as a representatlTe of the Inter-, national " endowment waa arrested there Kov. 24 and jailed default of ball. Tho Vi,. h -"-" crup is mereasinar ' "JVM VYT1J ffllCiil,, Th hnnrd rif . - . , World', fa r I,.-"r.'i"'5 ..OI .ln lana, sirs. WiJkins of the district of Co- f-i . . "cojiKin. Mrs. baiubnry of ttahandfr linn i.vl ana unuiMl Ol ill on- ELEOTfilO LUSTRE STAECII SaVWI lota r.t mer-V- tn . . . " " UIQ UtM V Ann wim, Mr lh 'i "" .mB-HJBrr J , of Wrnser never falls to sire satisfaction rMmii. ,..iZ .C Z lir KD'1 atifaetonr rrJMum, proTe ths best u and til. nau, bowt to-, u sore to pleaw 7. o Hum" POOr tTlftria anan fnll ..i.k.. ... . . . . !. OTrr Hio gra-lea of soap ta store fe Joan? S, -mKK Vi! SMITH'S CASH STORE. Store tig Fiont St a v n. r Kk f.,r full list of aJ0 article. BOOKKEEPING, SHOETDAXD, TELEGEiPH i. -n.HMl BB1XCHE3, ETC: of 5 i uiih ii i I 1 laCtrr aaaaMa - KSMIps, - S7s o Vacations. Daraiul F.nin.i.i LADIES ADMITTED INTO ALL DEPARTJf EXT3. x or lunner parttcolrrs address T. A. IUJI5IXSI1V nr a v u . BUSINESS COLLEGE, POST STREET, SAlf FRAJTCISCO, CAI. ..tab!1"hedI1Mr,y 17 'SJ- This coUegw In ria.d! 'han 1, offered by any otiri IrbSl IitS "t"ler one talnvm fee. Chanmd to sail the Uma. Full Business Oorrr- Hercules then tnnt n! i -a. I bus4,rji Commml Arithmetic. CfmM of the scaffolding, teff a sof S li , Kajir.-oiBg. Brokerage anil in one nana ami n-nh , i i ---- "mil, uy means of the ch-iina i;ft,i .u platform, the horse and the trumpeter a- i - is u i a i trtii tut unnr sns iak a. i:hi. a im, awi a UlllC while nela the whnlp wplrrKt u , . " --f1r IVJ U UUI fjcier sunny blowing a tune, while the athlete drank the clnaa nf .i . . . c " ' "v., n v tuts same time giving a toast to the Ma"is- u4ib auu tue nuzens or the eitv in w men ne happened to be stavin"-. hen Ilerr von Eckenberg became Older his imwr m-a.li.oll ir- i . - r te-a.ii j mi mm; .uviciuic Kae up me herculean business anil became chief theater uiauarer oi iseriin n-hm-n ...... ii v. iui auilltj time iossessed two show booths, which, however, did not bring him as lare art income as his exhibition of strength cut when he had thp l-.r ; r . . , , . . V v 111 V? m; uiu not Know how to save it. lie had a competitor. J'eter Uiifcrdin"-, who nad a show booth with i,rir;iu.r..0 i f .vg.i.i auu at the same time wi a nr.n.i;n.i ii - - -- ......s lunci and clown under ihe Tl 1 1 11 1. nf I-. . , ., 1 . , ... . - v. .auiaiuu ae isisognosi. rrovoKini? nii.irrnU h this mau emiiittcred ihe life of the man oi siren irtn cn ib.i i. ,. r- .. ... ...... . i V. V ll IV drinking, which was his rnin at last. His fiutnerous credit uvif. Bv vu U A3 booths, with all belongings, complete- f ill! J3 tfi 'IM nv I na riplo,r toI fa a -5 ---- - - ' i iv-'i aiCi' cuies, who died in the year 1754. Pushing Inferior TYlces. In- Cusiiieji. Practice. Banking Ft.mi.i, s ?: 1 T" 7 , , ""cn. oermaa and Spaalata. Sjid E P. HEAIJ), Pres. C.8.HAI KT Km, T0V7N2 VnAPfiNO I 1"V Al -rr-- , book, hews. w;-rr:fiG A;-:a Sard Stock, Stra-.s- p.sd ZJiiuicra Frftaro u t 513 F-cae-a Sc. Kav Fkj. . i-- PACIFIO STATES PRIT1RS, COMPLII'E SUPPiiX HOUSE. HAWKS &. GHATTUCK 409 Wasflicgtoa SL, San Francisco. A ysOtnrCK A FTLT. STOCK T EyEHTTHIStJ . rmntiinMal It, V ...m . . . ..... n ... .. . . .. . . . . . -- -. -. -. i ji.'h rnnuiix: aria Ram iniiH.liiM ; , 1 .. . 0 I - " --. vy v-.t.v:c n.U2K3. PACIFIC OOAol ASEXT3 FOB fvniucr's XT. S. Trne Fobik'-t-. v Earnhan's Qreat Wesii- a Tvjt Foundry, Qvfcago oagipy a sewaii Cyliis'lers, '""'-7 iicprrrve-t Vniversal Jabbers .w.i..v.3.i3I.(rair wk f rt-r t-ntarrs. F.intfmt' I'nMoi acij Fnrnitare, OAii- s Ptmscb and Tools f vds-.i -it Paper Jogexs - , . KpfSitn Quo4bs, Paisp'a Wnnd i r- tjaze, E,oUera, Tablet Composition, Etc Two srentleme 111 fl t0 B'tnfiO .aAn anfni . 1. : I- ' I r - a restaurant a few nights. ago and called iur a oome oi champagne of a brand nuicii. in ineir opinion, was the bet champagne in the market, savs the X 1. 1'imcs. The wine vu lr.,"iivrlit .ml served iu well-chilled al, Ei. . gentleman lifted his glass expectantly OC8re0tyP9 eWSpapei Plates riatSSHEES Oir - ' Newspapers on. taa E02CE PT.Aiy. it.vuriciuESBs or A Prediction Which Came Trne. The following, says the St. Louis Jfe- vubhc, is rtdateil by a gentleman of rindlav. U.. Who was n Mionlm.it. nf the new Ohio senator. At a party given at the residence nf Judge IIu"hes ; T : ...i? .i .. ... 1 1 1 &.111111. vi iiii-ii IVIB -11 THIllll.ll l.T- - - - - ..... ........ ... .ui, tirice, a young lady guest amused the company by telling their fortunes" by reading the lines in the band. When it came Mr. Ili ice's turn to see what the tuture had in store for him thn i.i ... " i.mv mini : "Mr. Hrice, before you are ten years older you will be a millionaire." The prediction was accepted in the spirit with which it was made that of a pleasant jest but the future senator replied: "Hecky, if what you predict comes true 1 will present you with the finest diamond ring I can buy for $1,000." The lady answered:' "Bo sure vou don't forget t our promise." and "the matter was dismissed without further thought. Iu less than eight years from that time Mr. Urice was indeed a million aire, but he did not forget his promise to the young lady who had so cleverly predicted his good fortuue. and on his next visit to New York, after beim pretty well satisfied that he had reached the measure of the prophecy, he brought back a most elegant dia'mond rillir for the furlmm.ti.ll,... .k;i, shows with pride as she-relates the ioregoing story. In addition the senator has given the lady a European tour, aud she is still tho recipient of many favors from himself and family. Pauper in Knland. In 18G0. when the population of En land and Wales was a Utile below 20 000.000, there were over 800.000 pau pers. Now. with n estimated popula tion of 29.000.000 the uumber haa fallen to 685,000. w v.jivviiiiiui to Ills litis and nrnmntlr ,.!-. ..,1 ; , 1 f - - -..-j.... Ji . . V. V. I 1, J VI the table after taking a sip. "This is not the "wine I ordered," said the connoisseur, turnino- th. waiter, who had been hoverino- ahnnt x his is a bogus champat-ne.' tilth an amilnri.ti,. i,,-,i.r r shoulders the waiter quickly picked up i-uuici, auu reiiiaraing that he would see about it walked awav. Soon he returned with a fresh boule. and after taking pains to display to the w gcuuciueu tue i.-ioeis on the bottle he drew the cork ami rilled the lasses again. . 'It is a common trick amoncr wait ers, said one, "a trick that is rapidly uyicauiug m popular and well-patronized restaurants. You noticed per haps that the first Ivottle brought con taiued no label. The second bottle, as you will observe, contains the proper muci uu no uouot is the genuine brand we ordered. Tt i-i m ,.:. expensive wiuo than the other, and be- rw ...11 ......11. I , . "us " c" cjiiauusueu no premium is paid the waiter by the American a-ent lor forcing it upon the patrons of the house. Tne other wiue, which was of a decidedly inferior brand, is possibly being pushed' bv tho enterprising dealer who gives the waiter 25 or 50 cents for each cork turned in. Had we asked the waiter ac the outset to recommend a brand of wine he un doubtedly would have recommended the stuff he brought and then we would have been permitted to see the label." r-OOK3IJ.DF.lS- ASD EXGRATEES SUPPLIES. Ttatber Sticky. A certainclnb man, whose stories are always told in the first person, has at last become a decided iwre to his friends, and one of them resolved to cau mm down, boon the occasion came. Abe self-laudatory club man had told a story of being held up by uijimniiiieu iu ivansas. no repre sented it as a cold, rainy night on a muddy road in the country, and wound up by stating that the robbers cscaied. Here was the chancn. and liw fi'innil said: "If it was mu,Mv I d, thin you could have folio-.! the next mornim. -Time ivm.i left plenty of tracks." This Seemed to lin n rw,i..,. i i . . . r"- woiiki nave downed any ordinary man but it did not pliase our hero. He rose to the emergency and said: "I thou so loo. but when I Ioo!r,l il, morn i n? I fou n: I tint ii.m rnii uii-j t..r . . . icii. no uncus, ina see, the mud out there is so stickv that tlmir ir...i-. Stuck fast to their fwt. nml fl,n,r .... ried them away with them." II. M. S. Blenheim iosi In be the kinsr of cruisorn. Sh u t o nt tons displacement. -KS iVid-l.nrsA .v,- twenty-two knots speed for four hours! uuai muieu.wiLii sieei dec t l-z inches thick, two 22-ton guns, and other small arms. them have that light Ilex! had MONEY: rbin Mk r,A- . i raising C hickens. Oar large 33-page Illus trated Catalogue tells ail ahnnt 1 in.iih.ti.m Smnrlnra vh,t iMd chickens, ia fact all all the secrets of the chicken business. IX TtaonlrkMin h.'l doaen hens yon need this book. 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