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VOL. 2. LEXINGTON, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY JULY 24, 1890. NO. 43.
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country. Offlee houit from 7 A. M. to midnight,
Uuixntr build! un
R. LIEUALLEN,
General :-: Blacksmith
And Horseshoer,
T3 ALWAYS ON DECK AND PREPARED TO
1 do ainthinn in bli line in a neat and work
manlike 'mauuei. Hones shod with care and
accuracy.
Shop on C St, Lexington, Or.
G. W. BROCK,
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REPAIRING DONE.
Arcadt Street, Bet. C and D,
Islington, Oregon.
Duok-Legged Dudes.
A couple of duck-legged dudes got
into a Brook street tar thu other day
and broke the rules of the company
and insulted ladies in the car by tilling
it with the filthy fumes of cigarette
smoke. An old negro woman carrying
a buudle trot into the car at Second
street anil was about to take her seal,
when she looked around and, eyeing
the dudes for a minute, fanned the
smoke away from in front of her face
with her open hand aud said: ' bay,
little boys, ef you'll fro' dem ar weeds
away ye'r suek'iu' I'll gin yer er dime
ter buy seegars wid; dey muKe me feel
rick at de fi.'miini'k. an I'd rudder
ride than uaik. Ihe '-little l.os'
didn't lake the dime, but lln-y too ?.ie
iiint, pul ed tlie strap, -t, ej tne cal
nil' 1 o out. ".-"ii in I"
fill c n ' t k:."- oil ..
O.d u f, .i.i.i a .1' ikm'I.' i, Uie i.,
duw, a.,.! ' " ' ' ' " ' '
The hl Army.
Switzerland lias called out nil her
armed force for campaign exercise this
year, home of the troop will be as
much as two mouths in the liold. The
little country does not propose to be
caught napping by Germany.
The Little White Hearse.
Somebody's buhy was buried to-day
The enipiy while heurse from the grave
Mutinied buck,
And tin' .noinhiy, somehow, BC-euied less
emi Intr and frav.
As I paused on the walk while It crossed on
lis khv,
And a shadow seemed drawn o'er tlie sun's
golden track.
fc'ouichody's baby wus laid out to rest.
White as u snow-diop Hl:d fair to behold.
And the soft Utile bauds acre crossed over
the bmtst.
And the bund and the lips and the eyelids
were pi-csscd
With Kisses us hot us the eyelids were cold.
Somebody eaw It go out of ber stirht
Ciider the cotB n-!ld. out of the door,
Plum-bod) finds only darkness and biiirht
All thro" the glory of summer sunlight
rsuiue ouc w hose baby will wukeu no more.
Soaiohody's .nrrow is making nie weep,
1 khow'not In r nutiie, hut 1 echo her cry
Foi the dearly-bought baby she longeisoto
keep,
Tho baliy that rode to Its long lusting sleep
lu the little whiuibcartgo tl. at w - hi rumbling
by.
I know nfit her name, but her sorrow I know,
While passed ou the crossing 1 kuevv it
once more
A nd buck lu my heart surged that river of
woe
That but in the bretistofa mother can flow
r'or the littie white heursu has been, too, tit
my duor.
-Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
THE MVSTERIOUS FLUTIST.
Last January, ou the first, evening
that a 1 irht snow carpeted the roofs of
1'aris, a closed cari iafie l olled alone;
the boulevards, spinning like a zebra.
It was so loaded with trunks that you
would Jiave thought an actress was
starting out on a journey.
Worse. Within was a valetudinarian,
lare aud fat, one of those whom a
t ri lie disturbs, and who think their
final day of reckoning is near when
they have a cold in the bead. This
one imagined he had weak lungs. So
at the approach of cold weather he
bundled himself with furs and fled to
Nice.
He was a bachelor. Although he
could have married at any time, for he
had 100,000 francs in stocks, and there
fore suited many young ladies, he had
been unwilling to dispose of his right
hand. Next to himself, the one he
loved best was tlie cook not for her
self, but for her cooking. No one took
better care of No. 1. Under no cir
cumstances would he have disturbed
himself to do a favor. He would not
have lent 5 sous to his father in the
street, for it would have been necessary
to unbutton his overcoat to take out
his purse.
He was indeed the most extravagaut
crank to be met with. His most in
significant acts were on system; be
slept, rose, ate, smoked, aud took
medicine with his watch in hand.
Many curious stories were told at his
expense. For instance, he was so
nervous, so irritable, that he detested
the songsters in the court-yards. The
porter had to drive thoui away with a
broom. To persons who persisted
in singing in the street be quickly
threw a half-franc on condition that
they would leave. Now every time the
porter lacked the price of a drink he
put on a false beard and went under
the window, tapping on a pan as a pre
lude to a dance. Immediately a half
frano was forthcoming.
The neighbors had to hold their sides,
for there are people who cauuot help
laughing.
At Nice he always put up at the
great United States hotel, where for
fifteen, years the same magnificent
room, well exposed to the sun, bad
been reserved for his use. It was the
only one he fancied, and he occupied it
unt'il April i at noon precisely, the
hour at w hich he set out for Pans.
His name excited mirth. I will not
attempt an explanation, but everybody
smiled whenever he was introduced.
He was known as M. Jaune.
Now M. Jaune arrived at Nice the
day after leaving Paris at 6 o'clock in
the evening. He partook of an ex
cellent dinner a bouillabaisse aux
langoustes, a tillet marine, a quail,
asparagus, ana a oottie ot Chateau la
Hose. With this he hoped not to die
with hunger. Then, after having
smoked a goo I cigar to settle his coffee
and champagne, he retired to rest.
It was nine o'clock when be esconced
himself in bed. He extinguished the
light, and stretched himself out, an
ticipating sleep like a doormouse.
But scarcely had be .dropped into a
doze when a flute was heard in the next
apartment playing the air from Faust:
"Let, ob, let me gaze upon thy face I"
The tone was sweet and silvery, so
the first impression was charming; but
the flutist cut short the melody at the
fourth measure and repeated it several
time and then rested for five minutes
and resumed in like manner, stopping
at the same point.
"What is the matter with blmf said
M. Jaune to himself.
The other continued without a sign
of trouble.
At the fifth rehearsal, as there Is noth
ing so agreeable as not to wearv at the
the end, M. Jaune tapped on the par
tition wall, me flute was silent.
Satisfied he took a potation from bis
night-table and closed his eyes. It was
10 o clock. Ihe notes was almost
empty, the greater part of the guests
not having yet come in. Suddenly the
peaceful siieuce was brokeu by the
ilute.
"jo. oh. let me paw upon thy faoel"
M. Jaune grew excited.
'Whew! He is getting to be a nuis
ance. If this is for an extra attraction
I will dispense with it."
He tapped loudly and cried out:
'Will you stop? If you don't HI
gaze upon your face iretty soon!"
When M. Jaune go angry he forgot
the dictates of politeness. Tnere was
silence again, aud be began to get
4rowiY.
Suddenly:
"Let, oh, let me gajo upon thy fuce I"
"Fie! The mean scamp!"
He rang for the chambermaid.
'Who is this idiot of a flutist whom 1
have for a neigliborP" be asked.
"A flutist!" she exclaimed with a
vacant air. "Why, M. Jaune, you are
dreaming. The chamber is empty."
M. Jaune dared not reply. The sur
mise obtruded itself that perhaps he
was beginning to have delusions. Be
sides, so lung as the chambermaid was
nt hand the flutist could not be beard.
But scarcely was she gone, crack:
"Let, oh, let me guze upon thjr facol"
And so on about once a minute. M.
Jaune floundered about uud sank uutlef
the bed-coverings exhausted.
At 11 o'clock lie heard some one
enter. Under the partitiou door he
saw a gleam of light, He heard the
rustling of garments and preparations
for lied. Aieei'iwird tjaiet reigued.aud
he slept, as usual, until tlie next noon.
On this second day, after having
taken a walk ou the Promenade Des
Anglais for a suu bath, passed a litt le
time at the club and dined composedly,
he went up to retire at 10 o'clock.
He commenced undressing. Sud
denly iust so vou have it:
"Let, oh, let nic gaze upon thy face I"
Forgetting his ji'otesijue appearance
in his night-cap, half undressed, lie
rushed down to complain to the master
of the house.
"M. Favioli, why do you furnish
loiloings to musical artists in a house
w hich 1 thought so commendable!1"
Trudy, M. Jamie, I do not know
what you mean. I beg you to believe
that 1 have regard enough for my in
terests to refuse those people."
"Theu you have one without know
ing a flutist at No. 10, next mu."
I beg your pardon, M. Jaune, at
No. 10 is a most sedate lady, Mine.
Kissmicouick of the United States, ami
at No. 6 Is Miss Whiterose of London."
"I repeat that there is a flutist at No.
10. Perhaps the lady thrusts him into
the wardrobe when any one goes in."
T beg your pardon again M. Jaune.
Mme. kissmicouick enjoys an irre
proachable reputation. No landlord in
Nice would be willing to receive a
doubtful character. Mine. Kissmicouick
is a mature widow. If she flirted it
would lie seriously, and as she weighs
some 200 pounds it would uot be witb
a flute. Site would take at least a
clarionet. This lady goes every eve
ning into the best society, and returns
at 11 o'clock."
M. Jaune, disconcerted went back to
bis room. However, Ids head was
scarcely ou the pillow crack! you have
it:
''Let, oh, let me gazo upon thy facel"
"Flute again!'' exclaimed M. Jaune.
He rang for the chambermaid.
"Ask your master to come here."
M. Favioli hurried up.
'Listen, pray," said M. Jaune.
M. Favioli endeavored to hold his
breath. Of a sudden two philandering
cats set up a caterwauling ou the bal
cony. "I hear only two cats talking love to
each other." suid M. Favioli.
"I hear them, too," M. Jaune chimed
In. "Bd patient! The flute will be
gin again."
M. Favioli held his breath.
Suddenly, crack, the flute!
"Let, oh, let me gaze upon thy fuce!"
M. Jaune. in agitation, struck against
tlie wall, while V. Favioli burst" into
louil laughter.
"I have it, M. Jaune I have it, I
present you to the artist. P,ease follow
me."
He took a light, and opening Mme.
Kissmicouick's door with his pass-key.
he pointed to a cage on the table In
which a bird sirailiar to our blackbird?
was moving his head about and sing
ing without a semblance of fear.
"That is Mme. Kissmicouick's flute,
M. Jaune an Australian nightingale.
These birds learn an air perfectly and
in the night charm the neighbors."
Somew hat calmer, for it was folly to
get angry with a bird, M. Jaune said: ,
"Propose to thu lady to sell it to me.
Go as high as 600 franc that I may
have the satisfaction of wringing it?
neck."
"Well, M. Jaune, I will speak to hei
this evening."
M. Favioli complied with hit
Iiromise, but Mine. Kissmicouick sent
dm walking.
"Fivo hundred fraucw!" she cried.
"I think as much of it as a Chinaman
of his pigtail. Say to that fellow that
I will uot sell ray bird for o)0, tor it
is a souveucr of "my husband."
Tlie word "fellow" touched M.
Jaune's sensibility; be grew red in the
face and threatened retaliation.
As Mme kissmicouick was ac
customed to sleep from 2 to 6 o'clock
In the afternoon he scraped on a violin.
5(00 times in succession, the first foul
measures of "Returning from the Bo
view." Unfortunately for bis plan Mme.
Kissmicouick was deaf of one ear. She
lay on the other and slept with thr
serenity of a marmot.
In tlie evening, still in a perspiration,
delighted with having silenced the bird,
if not the mistress, he promised him
self a fine sleep.
But hark! Suddenly in the silence,
crack! you have it- No. you don't bav
it.
The bird, which had it appeared, s
prodi.ious memory, began to sing.
"Keturuiug from the Review," without
prejudice. Instead of one annoyance
M. J a u us had two.
Under such provocation he stole with
the tread of a wolf to Mine. Kissmi
couick's door. By chance she hud not
locked it. He burriod to the cage,
and with a heart full of bitterness
threw into it a biscuit dipped in arsen
ate of potash and tripped buck again to
his room.
But, far from making away with It
se t, as the cruel iurdaug bmMli thr
bird sang twice a minute instead ol
ouce, and theu as though it had two
throats, it warbled the two airs to
gether, "Let Me," and "The Review."
Furious, M. Jaune ran again to the
door of the American lady. She had
now come in and locked it. but it gave
way under the impact of ids shoulder.
"Madame," cried he, 'your con
ditions, no matter what they are. P"
"Indeed, sir" she replied, ber face
suffused with blushes, "you have
brokeu into my domicile w ith a high
baud. Save my honor! Marry iiibI
"Beelzebub may lake you first!" ex
claimed M. Jaime, without any French
curtesy.
"Then I shall appeal to the law."
Pestered by the endless troubles
which pursued "him M. Jauue was finally
brought to say:
"1 consent if you let me kill that
miserable parrot."
'I iffi liatid him over to you-w'H
inglv on the day of the nuptials, dear
M. John." She thought that his name
was John instead of Jaune.
M. Jaune led Mine.Kissmicouicktothe
alter in a few days afterward.
"I will be so disagreeable," said he
to himself, "that she eau not endure
uie uud will hurry off to her own
country.
Now, on retitrniug from the review
excuse mu, I mean from the church
lie promised himself the inhuman
satisfaction of having the nightingale
fricasseed and served with his dinner.
Nevertheless Mme.Jaune-Kissmieouick
graciously handed him the cage.
Zounds! What a surprise! It was a
stuffed bird which a Puris artisan
had mounted ns a singing-bird. In
order to keep the wheels from rusting
the lady wound it up every eveuiug be
fore going out.
The other nightingale, which M.
Jauue had taught to sing the "Review,"
was that of Miss Whiterose at No. 6.
in face of such contempt M. Jaune
has entered a complaint to annul the
marriage for error of persou or rather
for error of bird. Translated from the
French for tlie San i'runoisco Vuti.
ABOUT YOUR FALSE TEETH.
Durability of Artificial Molars and Otl
tiosslp About Teeth.
"How long do false teeth wear?" an
experienced dentist was asked the other
day by a reporter of the Boston Her
ald. "Yon might ns well say 'How long
does a suit of clothes wear?'" was the
reply. "It nil depends upon tho qual
ity of (lie teeth aud the care of the per
son who uses them. If a woman lutes
thro, ,1 v:ith her artificial molars they
are KVelv to to be ruined in a week.
On the other hand, I know persons
who have worn the same sets for twen
ty years, and have never been com
pelled to have them repaired. Sets
made of the best material and in the
best manner should last a lifetime with
proper care."
"What is the proper care of false
teeth P"
"Both tlie plates and the crowns
should be removed from the mouth aud
cleansed every night and moruiug."
"Do artificial teeth decay P"
"No; they are all made of porcelain,
w hich Is not subject to decay as tho
natural done is. But at tlie same time
porcelain is more brittle than bone,
and hence an artificial tooth will not
stand many hard knocks."
"What is the difference in the dura
bility of high-priced and cheap teelhP"
"That Is a difficult question. Cheap
teeth are made of a material that bears
thu same relation to that of the best
teeth that a common stone china plate
dus to a Sevres vase. Cheap teeth
look like glazed china, and riiat is
about all that some of them are. Now,
so long as the glaze lasts the teeth are
as strong as those made of the costliest
materiul,and I have known gets costing
next to nothing to perform service for
many years. They are not so brittle,
in act, as those made of the finest por
celain. But the chief superiority of
the latter lies In their shape and ap
pearance aud In the exactitude with
which they are fitted to tne gums."
"What is the best sort of plate?"
"One made of gold. But black rub
ber is just about as durable, only it is
harder to keen perfectly clean."
"Are complete sets of artificial teeth
not uncommon?
"Partial sets are more frequently
seen but complete sets are by no
means unusual.
"Who wear the most false teeth-
men or women?"
'Women, by long odds. I don't
think the result is due alone to vanity,
however, although that may have
something to do with it. The chief
reason is that the natural teeth of wo
men are uot as good and strong as
those of men, and. therefore, have to
be more frequently replaced by arti
ficial teeth."
The KniJ ol lea fc.ie Wanted.
A St. Paul merchant gave the fol
lowing to a Pioneer I'rea reporter af
the reason whv he cut a piece of goods
in two and sold one portion sit a high
and the other at a low price: "Twenty
live years ago I was a nub-clerk lu s
general store in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
The head salesman sent mo down
stairs into the jrrocery department to
ilo up 0 pound of tea for a prominent
social leader. In forty-live minutes it
came buck from the house with an or
der to change it. What does that
head sa enunu tlo but shake tlie tea out
of tiie brown piier, do it up in silk tea
paKT, tie it with a colored cord, and
send it hack to the lady. It staid Ibis
time ami she afterwards told me that
that was the kind of tea she always
wanted to fill her orders. That, my
boy, was a part of my early education.
A Mian, hearliig that a raven would
liv'tf iMU yi':m, bought oVe" tVj try it.
MISSING LINKS.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis will probably
complete her late husband's biography
ueiore sailing lor Europe.
A guide much patronized by Ameri
can tourists lu Amsterdam, Holland,
bears the name of VauderbilL
Miss Rebekah E. Roberts Is the
second woman lawyer who has been
admitted to the bar in Philadelphia.
Mrs. Catherine Smltley.of Salt Creek
township, Muskingum County, Ohio, is
hale ana hearty at the age ofoue hun
dred and two.
Two centenarians liviug in the neigh
borhood of Alton, England, have been
great smokers and moderate drinkers
all their lives.
A Fremont, Mich., man owns a hen
jfthirM lays at night, a proceeding which
tie claims is as phenomontut as though
she ate hay like a horse.
In China, when the rain Is too abun
dant, the officials set the images of the
native gods out In the rain to induce
them to stop the down-pour.
A dramatic representation of the ad
ventures of Stanley is buing prepared
for one of the English theaters, which
will present it in grand stylo.
Aunt Mary Flareity, of Jouesboro,
Me., aged ninety-one, has solved the
servant girl problem. She refuses to
have help and does ber own work.
How are the mighty fallen! A heroic
size figure of the British lion is to be
used to ornament the grave of a patent
mediciue man in a Yankee graveyard.
J. A. Howells, recently appoluted
Postmaster at Jefferson, Ohio, is a
brother of William D. Howells, the
novelist They are now both men ol
letters.
"W1 " - ill punish you if you tell
lie?" i ' London police magistrate
of a a. Jiild the other day. "No
body," answered the little girl, con
fidently. It Is said that the Empress Augusta
loft very full and carefully written
memoirs, In which a clear account is
give, of her differences with Prince
Bisnn rck.
In Denmark most of the girls are
trained in agriculture, which is there
an important Industry. The owners oi
farms receive pupils, who undergo
regular training.
Eight varieties of leprosy are recog
nized in China, and the disease is re
garded as contagious, infectious aud
hereditary, but is said to disappear lu
four generations.
Jules Ferry has returned to Paris
from the south of France very much
changed for the worse. His whiskers
are snow-white, and his luce is marked
by lines of age aud care.
One of the most beautiful wouieu lu
Paris, the marquise de Ualliffet, is suf
fering from a peculiar form of insanity.
She goes into convulsions whenever she
sees her lace in a mirror.
In a Philadelphia cemetery there Is
planted the lower limb ol a prominent
Grand Army man, who visits the place
on each holiday to decorate the restiug
place of his deceased member.
Count Wilhelin Bismarck, the secoud
sou of the Prince, is pre-eminently the
favorite of bis father. He is a man of
ability, aud holds the position ol
Governor of the Province of Hanover.
Chistoplier Columbus lives at Eg(
Harbor City, N. J. He recently testi
fied there in a murder case. Christo
pher said that death, iu his opinion, was
not too great a punishment for au ex
travagant wife.
Ex-Minlster Foster says that the for
eign debt of Mexico now aggregates
1120. 0O0.0OO. lie estimates the amount
of American capital Invested iu Mexican
railways, mining, and oilier enterprise
at $1 00,000.000.
A practical joker nt Slniiiiglon, Pa.,
circulated Ihe rcioii unit a young man
Of the place eoiilcin ilal lug matrimony
wanted a pinno. an i his liie was made
miserable lit pi mu a ienl-, ho swarmed
f rnm ii 1 1 -I ' c
Tlie whole cost of tho great Forth
bridge is estimated at 110,000,000. I'
has been calculated that the chief
struts of the bridge would slund a
thrust of more than forty-eight thousand
tons before showing signs of giving
way.
It is said that in the depths of Africa
the natives still retain the memory of
Sir Samuel Baker, and especially of his
wife, who traveled thero with him nianv
years ago. They call him, it is said,
Loiigbeard," uud his wife "Morning
Star.'?
Chief Bushyhoad of the Cherokee
Nation offers an original suggestion for
the solution of the race problem. He
would send all the blacks to Africa and
all the whites to Europe. Then all
the laud would naturally revert to the
redskins, the original owners of the
country.
Tho Viscountess Kingsliuid, who re
cently died in Loudon ut an advanced
age, led a sad life. She was the widow
of the last Viscount Kingsland, who
died more than li fly years ago. Throtiirh
tho dishonesty of a trustee the Viit
coiintem was reduced to extreme (lover
ly and was forced to earn her living
ilh her needle.
Set Ii C. Maker of Seattle claims tn
have beaten the worid record on u
tyjwwrilcr, writing 125 words in one
minute, or S'Jii letters and sewn punc
tuation marks, without a mltako.
The fastest record heretofore was made
by a boy in Chicago, who wrote liil
words or 881 letters iu a minute. Mr.
Maker has write a over 1,000 words in
ten minutes several times.
Carl Schurz does not appear to
change a particle In appearance, and
Cm be recognized as easily today by
the oartoous Tom Nast drew of him in
1876 as be could then. Mr. Schur is
not a handsome man either in figure
or face. He is lean and cadaverous,
with red whiskers and a sharp nose
that is habitually elevated in the air
as if catching an unpleasant odor.
A convict for theft, after thirty-two
years of service in the galleys at Genoa,
was liberated recently, at the age ol bz.
A local paper eoromeuted on his libera
tion, and said that his tine personal ap
pearance warranted the suspicion that
tie possessed strength enough to go
through with many uiore years of pun
ishment, whereupon the ex-convict
wrote a letter to the editor threatening
him with a lawsuit for slander.
Miss Marlowe, who has jumped so
suddenly iuto success lu New York, is
a great friend of the Ingersoll family.
Colonel Bob is her enthusiastic admirer,
and the two recite Shakspeare at an
endless rate when Miss Marlowe dines
at the Ingersoll house on Fifth avenue.
This occurs very frequently, by Wie
way, for thu actress is a close personal
fiieud of tlie Ingersoll household. The
three youug girls are inseparable when
Miss Marlowe is in town.
Meteorologists are takiug advantage
of tho Eiffel tower for experiments.
They have fouud that there is otriy five
degrees average variation of temper
ature at the top of the tower, while the
average in Pans below is ten degrees;
that iu Summer the thermometer is
lower on the tower and in winter
higher than on the earth, and that re
cently there was a warm breeze for
three days at the top of the tower,
while there was cold tveuther below and
severe frosts.
It is hard to realize what wonderful
proportions the use of the electric
motor, the most convenient and reliable
mulhod of distributing power known
to-day, lias attaineM. There are now
iu operaliou in the United States sta
tionary electric motors aggregating be
tween 6.000 and 10,000 horse power.bo
sides 6,000 to 8.000 small motors, fan
ou tits. etc. The confidence of the
public iu the electic motor as the most
reliable and econoiiiic.il power avail
able is now tin assured fact, which is
becoming more evident every day by
the demand for power in shops and
factories usiiig lroiu twenty to 100
horse power, and even higher.
Legal b ees Then and Now.
From Chauiicey M. Depew's judicia
ry centennial speech: For forty years
after the Supreme court began fts work
the fees of lawyers were not so large
as they are now. lu fact, the most
eminent attorneys received no mors
than $25 fur drawing briefs and pre
senting causes to juries. Those were
the happy days for the client Nearly
all lawyers died poor. A rich lawyei
was at that time a's much of a novelty
as a rich literary man ts now.
How difl'ereut at the end of this cen
tury! It is a common thing nowadays
to hear of attorneys receiving $160,000
for the reorganization of a railroad or
for organizing a trust, aud the queerest
part of it is that his clients look upon
tiiiu with a respect commensurate with
his charges. Moreover, the community
applauds the attorney's moderation.
Clieuts are most illogical. They
reason from no known commercial
basis. In the early days of my career
as a lawyer I wrote au opinion for a
client aud timidly asked $6 therefor.
He grumbled a geat deal before pay
ing it. Then he took the opinion to a
fatuous New York advocate to find out
whether it was all right The advocate
glanced over It, wrote across the first
page the word "correct," aud asked 600
for his work. My client paid the sum
gladly, aud is yet talking about the
kindness of the great advocate.
For the lirst legal paper I ever drew
I charged $1.60. A farmer was my
client, and he beat me down to $1.
Tw enty years afterward I wrote a paper
precisely similar and received for il
$600 with many thanks.
An Awful Ride on Mule.
A printer well known lu Atlanta got
hard up In Birmingham recently, says
the Atlanta Constitution. He wanted
to come to Atlanta aud he crawled Into
the first vacant stock-car he saw, aud,
as it w as night, rolled into oue corner
and went to sleep. He was awakened
in a little while by a lot of mules,
which were driven in on him.
"Scared? Well, 1 thtuk I was," b
says iu telling the story. "But I wanted
to come, and I thought I could pucif;
the mules so they would let me aloue.
1 soon found that wouldn't work. They
eyed me suspiciously, then bit at nil
and kicked me untifl began o realize
there must be some change or my last
days had come.
"I made up my mind to ride one ol
the mules. I tried one, and was
promptly landed against the top of tin
car. Then another, and another, with
the same result. The fourth oue wai
docile, aud on that mule's back I rods
for a day and a night. It was the most
horrible ride anybody ever experienced,
and you need not wonder at my bail
turning gray."
Tcniporaiiuo In ituia.
Russia Is at present iu the throes ol
a tetn erunce campaign, which the cen
tral government does uot seem to be
seconding to any extent if oue may
Judge by the news from the department
of Kiev. In that section thirty-six
villages sent ielilious to St. Petersburg
demanding the aboiiliou of all liquor
sol I i tig establishments within their
boundaries. Thirlj-tive of these peti
tions were rejected, but thu thirty-sixth
being accepted the iuhabitauts of the
village thus deprived of Its drink
turned out and beat to death the man
who hud drawu up (he (x-yjioti. They
suid h bad ieeu uUueUltr to
efoiiue'uC.