an I 111 gjl' t "
I ether Mnu'ot laughter.
Whan Tilly same down In tk morn
11LE, i)JOOM IWJUbUJiax iJWtolUrht the fir. her eve. almost
x o Bones a. vurtn
"My first burglary," remarked Uncle
Bob suddenly, as Dicky and he eat oa
the piaxaa together, "waa committed
when I waa a boy of twelve."
uau ion eommi a ourg-r, (
5, lot: I
mav. "On, that was aa ewnu uing
to do!"
"Not such a very awful thing the
way we did it," said TJaela Bob, calm
ly. "Listen and I will tell yon
about it.
Teddy Gordon, my school ehnm, was
the swifteet runner in PokeTilla. One
Fourth of July he captured as kas
than fifty dollars in priiea. Next
morning I met him coning down the
roan.
"Hello, Teddy," said I "decided
what to do with your money yetf
"Yea," he replied, "I'm gain into
the burglar business."
"Ted Gordon, have you clean (one
out of your senses? What oa earth do
you mean?"
"Exactly what 1 say," replied Ted, j
calmly. 'Tee got my eye-oa aa easy
house to begin on. and look hen. Bob,
I'm going to take yoa into partner
ship." "Well, wot if I know it," said I, my
eyes opening wide with amassment at
Ted's coolness.
"In the tret place it's lead wrong,
and in the second it's Tery dangerous." j
"tin, 1 guess you will join me in this i
enterprise all right," responded Tad
with a smile. "How listen." I
Looting cautiously about to see that
there waa no chance of being over
heard, Ted unfolded his plan.
"Why, it's splendid schemer' I broke
oat presently. "Of course I'll Join yon.
And look here, Ted, the old lady hasn't
got any bulldog or anything, and I
don't believe she even lucks her door
nights. Coma along bow, and let aa
get together our things.
And arm in arm we strolled down
the street, maturing ear plans as we
went
Miss Judith Brown, or "Aunt Judy,"
as she waa often called, lived in a
somewhat dilapidated little cottage
about half a mile down the road. The
poor old lady had recently fallen upon
evil times. The hundred-dollar income
with which ahe had for years managed
to keep body and soul together waa
suddenly cut down to one-half that
amount. And to make matters worse
her eyes began to fail her, ao that aha
could no longer add to her email In
come by her sewing and fancy work.
Bo, altogether, matters were looking
about as black and gloomy aa they wall
'Could.
The carpet in her little sitting-room
waa very thread bare, the chairs old
and rickety, and as for the table, it
could scarcely support the few cracked
dishes her frugal meal required her to
put upon it
Occasionally Aunt Judy had a lady
visitor, and then with what mortifica
tion the poor woman was compelled to
set before her caller chipped caps and
saucers, and to warn her not to bear
too heavily on the chair upon which
she was sitting, only a few of her ac
quaintances knew.
"Tilly," she said one evening to the
little colored girl ahe kept mora for
company than anything else. Tilly,
to-morrow when rou go down to the
grocer's, see if he wont give job an
other soap-box. We must save the
chairs for our callers."
This evening after the Fourth aba
was feeling very down-hearted indeed.
It looked aa though ahe would have to
openly appeal to charity, and this she
had never been driven to before. It
waa so hard to do It, ao hard.
- A little after eight she and Tilly re
tired to their chamber np under the
eaves, and soon they were fast asleep.
About ten o'clock when all waa dark
and still, a wagon drove up. and turn
ing out from the road stopped on the
other side of Aunt Judy's back yard
fence. Here it lay completely hidden
both from the house and from the
atreet.
Three minutes later Ted and I
poked our beads above the boards, and
seeing that no one had been disturbed
we climbed lightly over and crept np
to the back door. As we expected, it
was only on the latch, for if there waa
anything that Aunt Judy had no oc
casion to fear, it waa the midnight
thief. Once inside the bouse, we drew ;
down the blindsand lighted our bull's
eye lantern. The old cat looked np at
us in surprise from the kitchen hearth,
and then, evidently considering the
idea of burglars too absurd to enter
tain for a moment, again dropped off
to sleep.
in the kitchen we quietly removed
our shoes in true burglar fashion and
crept forward. The scene of oar oper
ations waa the sitting-room.
"liistr whispered Ted; "gently,
(now. If we are discovered we are
found."
The situation lent the old chestnut a
fresh pungency. And it was as much
aa we cooM do to keep from bursting
into a roar of laughter. We got our
risibles under control, however, and
set to work.
Gathering np aa many chain aa we
could bear off without noise we carried
them to the door back. After that we
took the table, then with ranch difficulty
we lugged off the rickety old sofa.
Next we took a couple of srmfuls of
odds an 1 en Is. and Anally plucking np
the thr I'i re earpet by the rote wc
lyre it off, chuckling to ovrtelvea, for
we had completely denuded the room.
i Pulli ig on our boots we now carried
our booty out to the wagon, and thea
well, half an hour later Ted and I
were well alsiijr tile road on our war
buck.
"Ha! bat bar I roared, as soon aa wa
were out of earshot, "that's the great
est lark out Oh, bnt wont the old
lady Im surprised, though?"
TVd was more serloun Be evident
ly f il.liis responsibility as originator
and Ivets-r of the affair. "I say, Bob,'
he v d uti,- "what do yon suppew)
the f we're ftmed aotf
') h. ,. ;i '- ( aft J
fcvi'w'i''''''s'WsiiiiiiJ
'poppea om ox nor asan wiva awunr
nit ai uminiu naarecovereu ncr
aelf ahe rushed upstairs. On reaching
the ftrat flight, however, the paused a
a idea entered her mind and stood
leaning against the banister. Then,
with a broad grin, for her decision
aeemad to amuse her greatly, she ran
d burst tot0 Aunt JuoY, room.
V Mimic. Miasie." she cried "It's
' all gone, missis! The robbers nave
' tooken all your furniture. It's all gone,
missie, even to the carpet and spoons
and everything!"
! Poor Annt Judy's face was a aifht
to behold. In trembling haste she
threw an her wrapper and h urried
I downstaira.
I Pushing open the parlor door, the
excited old lady received a shock
which well-nigh took her off her feet.
There before her was a brand new set of
furniture, chairs, sofa and table, the
latter spread with a nice white table
cloth and with bright new knives and
f orka and spoons, and pretty cups and
saucers upon it, the like of which she
never expected to see in her little
home again. In the center of the room
waa laid a nice large rug; and stuck
up in the corner was a roll of hand
some carpeting sufficient to cover the
border of floor that waa yet exposed.
With a quick glance the sa
loon ded woman took It all in, nud
then ahe dropped on her knees and
Bobbed aloud. For some minutes she
remained thus, her head buried in hor
hands, and then rising, her face great
ly brightened, ahe said simply: "Make
some tea, Tilly; we must christen our
saw teapot"
As Tilly lifted the cover of that ar
ticle, something green flashed to her
eye from the inside. She shook it out,
"Oh, look, mimic," she cried, "look
here. Money! Bee! Ten, ten, five
twenty-five doll am Oh, missie, this
is tnat great The Lord is good.
mat Be?"
"Tea, child," replied Annt Judy
and than the old pride coming sudden
ly upon her, she said, "bnt we'll have
to find out who did it and send them
back. We mustn't keep them, Tilly.
It's too much like charity."
A little later, when the minister was
going by, ahe called him to advise her.
No matter what his nrguments were,
he had well-nigh persuaded her to ac
cept the gift without question, when
Tilly clinched matters.
"Hides, missie," ahe said offering
her speech as a supplement to the
minister's, "the burglars got your
furniture, hain't they? Time enough
to give np the new things when they
bring back the old ones
'1 will keep them," said Annt
Judy, amiling, and ao the thing was
settled.
"Were yoa aver found out, Uncle
Bob?" inquired Dicky.
"Tea, the newspapers got hold of
the affair, and pretty soon Teddy and
I were known all over town as The
Biassed Burglars.' But before this
happened the miniater, at Annt Jndy's
request, had inserted this little item:
BEWABD OFRKKD.
"'Any person giving information
concerning the burglars who entered
the premises of Miss Judith Brown, on
the night of July 6, will receive a thou
sand thanks. As for the burglara
themselves. Miss Urown would be
greatly pleased to have them call upon
her come evening while she is awake,
to receive the gratitude then- kindness
and consideration deserve.' "Inter
GREAT YOUNG MEN.
Chahlh Jakes Fot was in parlia-
mentat nineteen. I
Tux great Cromwell left tbe nniver-1
aHy at Cambridge at eighteen. j
GuneroirB waa in parliament at
twenty-two, and at twenty-four was j
lord of the treasury.
LoBD Bacos graduated at Cambridge
at sixteen and was called to the bar at j
twenty-one.
i Hexbt Clat was in the senate of the
United States, contrary to the constitu
tion, at t.venty-nine.
Peel was in parliament at twenty
one, andPalmerston was lord of the ad
miralty ai twenty-three.
WASHnvo-TOX was a colonel in the army
at twenty-two, commander of the forces
at forty-two, president at fifty-seven,
ol oasis, of Saxony, died at thirty-two.
eoneeded to have been one of the pro.
fotmdest statesmen and one of the best -
aenerala Christendom had seen.
JiaPOUIOB" at twenty-hve commonuca
the army of Italy. At thirty he was
aot only one of the most illustrious gen
erals of the time, but one of the great
law givers of the world. At forty-sue
he saw Waterloo.
William Pitt entered the ministry at
fourteen, waa ceancellor of the exche
quer at twenty-two, prime minister at
twenty-four, and ao continued for twen
ty years, and when thirty-five was the
moat powerful uncrowned bead in Eu
rope Young Men's Era-
THE AMERICAS.
Goal costs f23 per ton in Venezuela,
but there few people need fires.
Tax first printing-press ever used in
America waa run in Mexico, about 15.10,
and the second at Lima, Fern, about
MM.
Cmu is unfortunate enough to num
ber among her population more poets
per capita than any other nation in the
world.
VcmzuELA has fifty-six holidays
very year. On these uavs the peiple
close their stares and enjoy themselves
in chicken fights.
Wild turkeys ere pieatifnl in the
southern Mexican states. As many as
half a dozen varieties can bo seen m a
abort hunting trip.
Tn streets of Caracas, the capital 'of
Venezuela, are ao narrow that tho
atreet ears that were imported had to
be sawed In two in order to allow them
to torn the corners.
Tut growth of the Anrentloe Repub
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aarksblev Aoconuag to recent statu
ties the eflanjlatlon of the tvpttljlls II
Rich
Red Blood
Is tnoFucnJatlon of the Wonuarfu, Carat
by Hood's sraaparilla.
lt.it is Why ths cures by Baodl Bar
MmntUareCuam '
Th.it Is Why Hood's Straapartlk aewa
the sv:?!)t cases rLSoroIula, flail "Yr
and o,',i..k- b'oad dVises.
That Is tVuy it overcomes That Tire.
Fj. Mr.-', strengthens the name, gives
energy In place of exhaustion.
Tiuit to Why the sales of Heed's kar
ri ;v-rula have Increased year alter year,
until it now requires for Its arnliwllaa
the largest laboratory in the wettd.
flood'a
Sarsaparilla
Is the only True Blood Purifier peoml-
nently in the public eye today. Be can
to got Hood's end only Hood's.
Hood's Pills ZZZZiTZZ?
The Dnenterprising
Business Han . . .
Uses a email amount of Print'
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consequence his business dies
away and he ia then like the
man wboee picture appear
above.
The Enterprising
Business Kan . .
Uses a great amouut of Adver
tieine matter of all kinds.
Consequently his Business Ir
ci eases and he becomes at
happy as the individual who
is represented by tbe picture
juat above.
'He
Job Printing
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Workmanlike Manner, and ftt
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Notice of Administration,
Noli is herrby iriven, thst. hy onier o
thecomtiy counof Linn county, OreKon, the
undersiuneil has lieen duly apixiinteil ami
now is the duly qualified and sclnn sil
minLitraior of the estate ol Nam j Marts,
ilea-ssctl. All parties having clsinif
aiainst said estate are hereby nspilrod ta
' present the name, nroiwrly treriDed. witbie
i , months from the 12th lay of July 1(05,
! aulr ,,f nrt publication hereof, te
I the undented st the orhce of Snm'l M.
Garland, Lebanon, Oregon.
Jons II. M sxa.
Sam'l M.Uabukd, Administrator.
Ally, for Admr. Estate of '
Nancy Marks, defeased.
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