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,p'' min mfu' ' ' -v. i The Hood Elver Glacier. ""'" - , 1,1 r"n" 7 , - .177,. . It's a Cold Pay When We Get Left. VOL. 5, ? HOOD RIVERy OREGON, SATURDAY. JANUARY 27, 1894. NO. 35. . : -r ; " ; 1 . , . -36od . Iiver (5 lacier. PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY MORNING BT , The Glacier Publishing Company. , SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. One year .... ft OC Six month! 1 Of Three months , v.t 60 SiiKleuopjr (Cent. , THE GLACIER Barber Shoo brant tvans, rropr. Second St., near Ouk. - Hood River, Or. r r- rt Shaving mid Hair-cutting neatly done. Satisfaction Guaranteed. 1 LATE. NEWS. The British Columbia shinglemakers have combined to keep up prices. A chicken epidemic is depopulating the henroosts of the lower Rogue river in Oregon. The Riverside Fruit Exchange says no fruit injured by the late freezewill.be sent East to market. Waldo M. York has been appointed Superior Judge at Los Angeles to suc ceed the late Judge Wade. The" name of the postofflce at Pend d'Oreille, Kootenai county, Idaho, has been changed to Sand Point. 1 Ashland, Or., is bringing to its aid the chaingang and bread-and-water diet in dealing with the tramp question. . Steps have been taken at San Jose to form a county wine exchange similar in purpose to that of the fruit exchange. Portland's Chamber of Commerce con demns Governor Pennoyer's statements in his open letter to President Cleve land. . Receivers were appointed for the At lantic and Pacific at Phoenix, A. T., on .' application to the Supreme Court of the Territory. . ' ' The Mare Island authorities are in dignant over an article in a San Fran cisco paper charging the marine contin gent ere being starved. ; -., Many Sacramento officials propose to test the legality of the new charter, and will not surrender their offices until they are require i to do so by a court de-cii-ion The City Auditor at Grant's Pass, Or., refused to cash a bill the Council had ordered to be paid, when the Council de posed him, and the citizens are raising money to aid him in his contest before the courts. . " The Lower California Development Company has obtained a concession from the Mexican government for the estab lishment of a mail steamship service be tween the ports of San Diego, Ensenada and San Queutin. An inquirv made for the $3,000 oil painting of Tacoina, which was exhib ited at Chicago during the World's Fair, allows it is in hock in Chicago as security for funds advanced on account of the Merchants' National Bank of Tacoma. Two large ocean steamers are now en route from the Atlantic Coast for Puget Sound. They will arrive there some time next month, and will carry passen gers and freight between Sound points and San Francisco during the Midwinter Fair period. The vessels are said to be the property of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Company. A large lump of beeswax was recently brought up from the Nehalem'by a set tler in that section and sold to M. J. Kinney of Astoria, Or., for $25. Its di mensions are about ZYS x2xl feet, and on one of the sides are three letters, but so indistinct that they cannot be deciphered. " It was found near the spot on the beach where a Spanish vessel is supposed to have gone ashore many years ago; and where so much of the wax has been found from time to time for twenty years past. . , ' - Collector Wise has discovered a big smuggling ring, with headquarters in San Francisco. Frederick Miller, George " .Wichman, a candy dealer, and Lew Greenwood have been arrested for smug cling $30,000 worth of opium and ille gally landing thirteen Chinese. Two other members of the ring, Voss and Sorenson, were arrested some time ago in Sacramento, were released on bail and are now in Victoria, B. C. The schooner Esmeralda was chartered, and brought down from Victoria 1,500 pounds of opium and thirteen Chinese, all of whom were successfully landed. Ex-Inspectors of Customs Pattison and Noyes are implicated. At a meeting of the Portland Taxpay-! er.v Committee oi iuu me uret step w ward abolishing the Port of Portland Commission was taken. The commis sion was created several years ago by the Oregon Legislature, and wa9 given power to create a tweiity-five-foot chan nel from Portland to the sea. Bonds aggregating s500,000 were issued, and the Columbia and Willamette were im proved 60 that a great portion of Oregon and Washington reaped the benefit of the improvements. The commission lately has heen spending money in mak ing a new channel at Snag Island in the Columbia at an outlay of a large sum, while it is claimed the old channel could lie improved at a much less cost. Other chargesof needlessexpenditure of money have been made, and now it is deter mined to stop it. With this object in view the "ommit'ee will appeal to the next Legislature to abolish the commii-eioa. THE MIDWINTER " EXPOSITION. Weekly Circular Letter No. 9. The semi-official opening of the Cali fornia Midwinter International Exposi tidn took place on the 1st ot January, according to the original announcement. Owing to the delay caused in shipping foreign exhibits from Chicago, it was understood, of course, that everything would not be in readiness on that date, kut the buildings were completed, great many of the concessional feature were in full operation, and the Exposi tion was practically started on the road to success. . The day could not have been more beautiful if it had -been made tp order. Eastern people visiting . California for tie first time went into ecstacies over a New Years Day so much like the grand est April day in other parts of the world. I'here were flowers blooming on every hand, and the deep green foliage formed a striking background for the gala day costumes of the thousands of ladies who thronged Golden Gate Park until the sun went down. . Early on this beautiful midwinter morning flags were hoisted on each and every flagstaff on the build ings and in and about the Exposition grounds; there were concerts during the day by the great Midwinter Fair band, and thousands of people availed them selves of the opportunity to view the buildings and to witness the special at tractions which were offered. Among the concessions whick opened p on New Year's Day were th Santa Barbara Bea lion exhibit, Boone's wild animal arena, the Ostrich farm, Heidel berg castle, the Vienna Prater, the Col orado gold mine, the Japanese Garden, the Scenic Railway, and a great many others. The Santa Barbara sea lions will evidently prove to be one of the freat drawing cards of the Exposition, his is one of the entirely new features -one that was not seen at Chicago, f hose who witnessed the performance n the wild animal arena, and who had seen the siniiliar performance on the Midway Plaisance in Chicago, say that Boone's show rivals Hagenbeck's in every particular, and surpassess it in many. The scenic railway did a remarkable business ; the crowiis in fact being greater than could be easily accommodated. The Ostrich farm was also well patron ized, while Heidelberg and Vienna were full of visitors all day long'.- These con cessionaires, as well as others not" speci fied in this connection, are very well sat isfied with their start, and feel confident that when the Exposition gets in run ping order, their dearest hopes in the Une of money making will be realized. Notwithstanding the fact that there Vere no special attractions of a general nature provided for this somi-official opening day, there were about 10,000 people who paid for admission to the grounds. i The price of admission is only 5 cents as yet, the 50 cent rate will not be established until the official ceremon ial opening. 'J. lie date when the open ing ceremonies will take place has not yet been definitely fixed. . : It will prob ably be about the 15th or 20th of this month. It will depend largely upon the rapidity with which exhibits arrive and are installed. ' AH the buildings are ready, and a great many exhibits are now being arranged, but it will be fully the middle of the month, before every thing will be in readiness. When the grand day of ceremonial opening comes, there wTill be an elaborate program of exercises, in which all the itate, municipal and federal officials of f the Pacific Coast will participate, jj-'he merchants and residents of San francisco are making extensive prepara tions to decorate their stores and resi dences and the Exposition will hav3 the grandest " send off " ever accorded to any enterprise in this part of the world. - There have been received by the chief of the Department of Publicity and Pro motion a great many queries in regard to editorial courtesies which are to be extended during the Exposition. Some of the querists seem to fancy that the Exposition will, in some way, arrange for railway transportation for visiting editors. This, however, is not the case. The' Exposition management has nothing to do with transportation, but every ed itorial visitor to San Francisco, upon presentation of credentials to the Depart ment of Publicity and Promotion, will be provided with a pass to the Exposi tl m during the term of his stay in San Francisco. Visiting editors may rest assured, therefore, that they will be taken care of in this regard, and that any other courtesy which it is p'ossible for the Exposition management to ex tend to them will be gladly accorded. Monday, the 11th of June, is the day that has been set apart as "Hawaiian Day, " and that occasion will be taken advantage of for the making of a special effort in the way of a general entertain ment in which the Hawaiian concession aires will ulay the part olhosta. A part of the program will consist of a paraue by the entire foreign contingent, headed by the Hawaiian national band of forty pieces, which was formally the Royal band of Honolulu. Among other fea tures of the day will be a horse race with female riders, sitting astride, as if the native custom. There will also be native , field sports, including fencing, spear throwing and hoola dancing. On Waikiki lagoon, within the Hawaiian village enclosure, there will be a com prehensive exhibition of aquatic sports. The event of the day, however, will be a luau, or native feast, to which the offic ials of the fair, .the municipal officers, the press, and others will be invited. Guests will sit on mats' and eat from a table a foot and a half from the ground. Roast pig and baked dog, cooked in ti leaves, broiled devil fish, "and a large number of other Indian fish also cooked in leaves, native fruits and, of course, "poi" with every course, will be some of the items of the menu. It will require about a week of prepartion to properly get up a luau, and cooks and provisions are to be specially imported from the Hawaiian Islands for this event. : FOREIGN CABLEGRAMS. There is a prospect that the Panama scandal may be revivedin France. China is manning a chain of forts all along her seacoast with Krupp guns. Mrs. Langtry has purchased the Cob ham Park stud farms in England for $80,0(10 Great Britain, France and Russia each contribute $20,000 a year to the civil list of the King of Greece. The malady from which the King of Siam is now suffering is due to the abuse of alcoholic stimulants. . , England's Admirality has ordered a new cruiser that will make at least twenty-three knots an hour. The harbor of Glasgow will soon be undermined by seven tunnels, running at a safe distance under its bed. The decision of the Court of Appeals: in Holland that kissing is not an offense has attracted some attention in Europe. Russia's revenue fell off about $10, 000,000 in the last nine months of 1893, compared with the similar period in 1892. Lobengula is on the banks of the Zam besi with 2,000 young warriors. He pro poses to keep up the fight with the Brit ish. " " " Labor agitators in England are enlist ing public sympathy in behalf of the overworked barmaids, of whom there are 120,000. j Emperor William of Germany was much pleased with one of his Christmas presents. It was a bust of himself made of plaster of paris. Under a law recently put in force in France only physicians graduated in France are allowed to use the title " Doc tor " in that country.; The tax imposed on women for wearing trousers by the French government ranges from $10 to $12, but all women are not given this privilege. The name most whispered now as the strongest candidate for Pope to succeed Pope Leo XIII. is Monsignor Dominico Jaeobini, the Papal Nuncio in Lisbon., : When the Paris Salon of 1894 closes next June the Palais de l'Industrie will be devoted to an exhibition of books and of all industries connected with paper. The bicycle has brought about the re opening of many of the old-time country hotels in France, which had closed long ago because of the introduction of rail roads. 'V It is said that in making racing and pleasure boats French constructors are creeping rapidly up to their English ri vals and are seriously striving to over haul them. , A new insurance company is being organized at Berlin by a body of respon sible men, mainly jewelers, to insure the members against losses at tha hands of burglars. A remarkable archaeological discovery is announced from Treves. In excavat ing the old Roman walls close to the Mo selle a complete Roman pottery estab ment was discovered. In Italy oil is now made from grape seed. When perfectly clean and well dried the seeds are ground like wheat. The finer the flour thus obtained the greater the yield of oil. i A letter received from Samarcand de scribes the ravages of the famine through put Turkestan. The cause of the famine is we excessive cultivation oi cotton- to the exclusion of cereals. English scientists are very much wor ried over the results of an investigation which has shown beyond doubt that the seas around the British coast are being rapidly exhausted of fish. , The rate of mortality of London is shown by a recent report to have stead ily decreased with the introduction and perfection of adequate means of dispos ing of the sewage of the city. . 'According to a decision just rendered by the Supreme Court of the German Empire boycotting is not forbidden by the law of the land, although it is to be condemned on moral grounds. Camels have been introduced upon a farm not far from KietF, Russia. At present eighteen camels are at work plowing, and their keep is found to cost much less than that of horses. , .., Madrid is to emulate Chicago. A royal edict has been promulgated, and on April 1, 1894, there will be opened in the Span ish capital an international exhibition that will last until October 31. . 4 Another Communist colony is to be started in East Africa. Everything will be managed by voluntary groups of self governing men, who will own all they can raise, but have no exclusive right to the land. , : r The cold weather causes the greatest misery in many quarters of Berlin, and additional shelters have been opened for the accommodation of the 2,000 or more people who receive coffee and bread free of eliarge. : ' Prof. Tyndall's death by accidental poisoning has served to draw attention to the fact that in 1892 nO less than 500 out of the 876 deaths certified as having been caused by poison were due to mis adventure. ',, ( At an inquest held in England recent-1 ly the evidence brought to light the queer fact that the life of the dead man had been insured' by a liquor dealer whose bar he chiefly patronized. This practice is said to obtain to a consider able extent in England. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Senator Dolph has introduced a joint resolution allowing a number of settlers titles to lands on the Umatilla reserva tion. The Navv Department has assigned the Thetis, now at San Diego, Cal,, to the duty of conducting surveys along the JPacihc (Joast. The Committee on Indian Affairs has renorted favorablv Representative Ellis' bill extending the time of the Umatilla Ditch Uompany lor three years. The Banking and Currency Committee has decided to lay aBide till the tantt Dill is disposed of the bill for the repeal of the tax on State bank circulation. It is understood the Senate Commerce Committee has agreed to report unfavor ably the nomination of Scott Harrison, brother of ex-President Harrison, to be Surveyor of Customs, at Kansas City. " Senator Mitchell has secured an order from the Postoffice Department estab lishing a tri-weekly mail from Halsey to Brownsville on alternate days with - the mail that now reaches Brownsville from Portland on the railroad. , j . In the Senate a memorial from the Legislature of Idaho was read, praying for dredging the Spokane river by the Federal government as a means of lower ing the level of Coeur d'Alene Lake and reclaiming submerged land. : ' ' A Cabinet officer has stated that' the contingency upon which the Secretary of the Treasury could issue bonds with out Congressional action was when ; the gold reserve in the Treasury was invaded to such a point as in the judgment of the Secretary to impair public confidence. That point, he said, had almost, if not quite, been reached. It is stated in official circles that there is no probability of the international monetary conference reconvening in the spring, as was thought likely some time ago. At least the suggestion for it to re convene will not emanate from 'the United States. This information has been conveyed to the British government by Secretary Gresham. , , . . - ' " General Wheeler, Chairman of ; the Committee on Territories, has no fyope of getting up the bill for the admission of New Mexico until after the tariff bill is disposed of. Delegate Smith of Ari zona, whose bill for the admission of his Territory has already passed the House, says there is no doubt of favorable action in the Senate. . It is said Cleveland has called for the resignation of members of the Utah Commission with a view to increasing its efficiency. It is represented that there are conflicting interests among its members, and that good government will be subserved by a new deal, When the Democrats in Congress come to admit Utah as a State the compassion will die a natural death. ' ' , " ; In the Senate Allen, Populist of Ne braska, called up his resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the Senate from what source the gold coin of this cQuntry outside the Federal Treasury was increased to the amount of $88,000,000 during the fiscal year 1893, as expressed in his recent report for that year. Dolph joined with' the Populist Senator in expressing inability to com prehend the. report of the Secretary of the Treasury, and the resolution of "in quiry was adopted without dissent, f Senator Dolph has reported from the Committee on Public Lands and secured the passage of. Senator Mitchell's bill to authorize a patent to be issued to Will iam Hendershott for a donation claim in Oregon. He has also secured the pas sage of the House bill to authorize proofs in timber land entries to be made before officers authorized to take proofs in home stead cases, and also Of his bill to au thorize a corrected patent to the Whee-lock-Simmons donation claim in Hills boro, Or., and to grant to the State a tract of land for the Crater Lake Park. The investigation of the water .re sources of the United States undertaken by the geological survey has been prac tically completed. The work was com menced in October, 1889, with the object of determining the quantity of water available for the irrigation of arid lands of the West and for use as water power. Studies have been made of most of the drainage basins west of the 100th merid ian, as well as several catchments of the East. Scientists have devoted a large part of the time in the examination of the " run-offs " of the Missouri, Arkan sas, Rio Grande and Snake rivers. Ge ologist Newell of the survey said in an interview: "It does not appear prob able that even 10 per cent of the land now owned by the government can ever be irrigated. In fact, there is not a suf ficient supply of water to bring under cultivation arid land equal to that which has passed into the hands of individuals and corporations. ' These are, however, localities where thousands of acres can be profitably irrigated by the construc tion of dams and irrigating canals." Secretary Carlisle has received from Attorney-General Olney an opinion in which he holds that the Chinese exclu sion act and prior acts regarding the Chinese permit Chinese laborers coming or going to countries other than the United States to pass in transit to the country Of destination through the United States. This question was submit ted to thfe Attorney-General some time ago by Secretary Carlisle, for the reason that it is alleged that a number of Chi namen while in transit stop off at points in this opuntry and thereby gain admis sion in violation of the law. Many Chi nese laborers, too, it is said, who land at San Francisco from China, destined for Cuba, return to this country by way of Key West, Fla., or by points on the Mexican border, holding certificates as " merchants " fraudulently obtained. It was to Btop these avenues that the Treasury Department consulted the Attorney-General, hoping that his opinion would be that the law could be so con strued as to prevent Chinese laborers from passing through the United States. The Attorney-General has not been able to gratify the department by carrying out this expectation. EASTERN PARAGRAPHS. Thousands of Texas sheep are starv ing on the prairies. , A home for ship builders has been es tablished in JNew York. The organ of the Chicago saloonkeep ers is called Mixed Drinks. There were 315 suicides in New York last year, against 241 in 1892. Texas railroads killed 180 people and injured 1,712 during last year. Over 2,000 New York painters have deserted the Knights ot .Labor. Mrs. Cyrus W. Field has applied for a receiver tor her millinery business. New York civil-service reformers are trying to form an anti-spoils league. Cincinnati is about to expend $1,000, 000 upon the improvement of her parks. Several St. Louis dairies have been condemned as nuisances by the Board of Health. s ..'..,,.. The Brooklyn City Railroad Company will equip 1,000 ol its cars with life fenders. The German Americans of Kansas are preparing for a vigorous anti-prohibition Ompaign. The National Rice Manufacturing Com pany of New Orleans has completed the first rice elevator. Knights of Labor officials are , trying to mortgage the headquarters in Phila delphia for $20,000. ' The government is to erect at Sandy Hook a search light larger than the one at the World's Fair. The grip has attacked a tribe of In dians up in Wisconsin, and has in sev eral cases proved fatal. The conference of transcontinental railroad dines at Chicago has failed to agree upon anything so far. The fire underwriters are lending a vigorous hand in the war against the trolley on Manhattan Island. It is predicted that over 1,000 miles of railroad will be built in Texas this year notwithstanding the hard times. Erie railroad directors have issued a notice to road's security holders propos ing a new mortgage to secure $70,000,000 in bonds. , - - The South Carolina coast is being watched to prevent contraband war ma terial from leaving to aid the Brazilian insurgents. . The total yield of wool in the United States last year is estimated at 364,356, 000 pounds, the largest crop ever made jn one year. '; "A good gold find has just been made in the Esther shaft of the Wolcott ground within six blocks of the leading thoroughfare of Leadville, Col. The smallest immigration . last year came from .Wales, the number , beine only 864, while the heaviest rush was trom Italy, which sent us 65,290. The total value of the crops of the United States during 1893 is estimated at $3,000,000,000, of which the largest item is $750,000,000 worth of hay. Judge Guillett of the Valparaiso (Ind.1 Judicial Court proposes to give all crim inals who are habitual drunkards the gold cure instead of prison sentences. . The State of Connecticut is swarming with bunco men who have been driven out of New York, and it is said that many ot them are in a destitute condi tion. Only thirty-five vessels have been built at Baltimore during 1893, while sixtv- one were built there in 1892. The regis tered tonnage showed an even greater decline. The employes of the Philadelphia city government are contributing 1 per cent of their salaries for the relief of the poor, and will continue to do so while the dis tress lasts. . . A bill to prohibit the running of rail road trains, freight, passenger or even mail, in South Carolina on Sunday has been introduced in the Legislature of that State. Charles Henderson of Wellston, O., is fitting out an expedition to seek for treasure which he claims was secreted in a cave on an island in the South Seas forty years ago. Peter Jackson, the colored prize fiehter. has ruined his constitution bv excessive drink, it is positively asserted by a well-posted sportsman that Peter will never appear in the. ring again. Romeo Pagliostro was an applicant for naturalization papers before a New York court recently, and when the Judge asked him who was the Chief Executive of the United States he answered confidently, "Tammana Halla." He got his walking papers instead. ; Major Graham Davis of North Caro lina is actively interesting himself in a movement to save from ruin the old fort of Sir Walter Raleigh on the eastern Coast and preserve to the State the ground on which it was built. . i, The students who enter Hillsdale (Mich.) College single cannot get mar ried during their course and remain in the college. People already married, however, are not barred. This is in ac cordance with a new rule laid down by the faculty and just made public. c Mrs. Frances B. Clarke of St. Paul, Minn., has deserted the Episcopal Church, and is now on her way to Rome to become a Catholic. Mrs. Clarke is the wealthiest woman in Minnesota, and her husband is one of the most promi nent men. She was President of, the World's Fair Board at Chicago, and at tracted a great deal of attention both because of her beauty and ability. A plan of reorganization or adjustment of the Nicaragua Canal Company is be ing prepared at the city of New York, which will be fuller, franker and more equitable than the one the stockholders are now asked to assent to, and they will be asked to join in the appointment of a committee composed of men of national reputation, strict integrity and ability to reorganize the company or adiust its : affairs in the best interests of all the ; stockholders. A GREAT SUCCESS. A Break of a Few Minutes and Then the Dance Proceeded. r . The party was given at a farmhouse, and abouti 80 couples were present. I told the farmer when I first arrived that I should depend upon him to give me at least five minutes'. notice before any shooting began, and he replied: .v . "I'll do it. I shall be watchln out, and I think I can give yo' plenty of time to get ' out of range." "There will be shooting of coursef" - "Oh, certainly. The boys would feel that they had slighted me if there wasn't a row." "What do the women folks do when the hooting begins)1" 1 "Sit right down on the floor till it's all ' over. Don't be a bit oneasy. I'll give yo' plenty of warnin." . There was only one fiddler, and he was also the caller. His calls puzzled me at . . first, but no one else appeared to mind it as he drawled: -.-"Right and left on the head, and Bill . Taylor don't want to drop that revolver on, , the floor! Balance tour and half prom enade, and Jim Henderson has a knife in his boot legl Ladies change, and Luke Williams is aching to pick a furse witn Tom Bebeel All balance to pardners, and when the shootin begins please remember that the fiddler never takes sides!" , We had been dancing about an hour, and everybody seemed to be thoroughly good natured and at peace with all mankind, when the farmer beckoned to nie and whis pered: "I said I'd give yo' five minutes warnin, but I'm two' minutes behind time! Break fer the barn!" I broke, but was not over 80 feet from the door when the shooting began. It last ed about five minutes, and 1 cautiously re turned to the house to hear the fiddler call ing in the same old monotonous voice: "Take partners for Virginia reel, and don't make such a furse over three men wounded! First lady and gent forward and back, and Bill Taylor has gone after a doc tor! Forward again and susha, and some body attend to that gal in hysterics! Swing with the right now with the left, and if ' this isn't the most successful dance of the season then you folks needn't pay me a . cent." Detroit Free Press. Had Enough of It. : - "This is where you answer questions?" he said inquiringly a uu looked in on the ' thin, little, solemn looking fellow. ' "It Is," replied the thin man. "Write out your question. Write only on one side of the paper and then send It in to me. " "But I'm in a hurry." . , "Can't help it." "It's an easy one." -"Well, go ahead." "All right. Now, suppose a woman is in a big hall and she wants to get out." "Without walking?" "No, she's willing to walk." ' ' , V'All right "Go on. " . "Well, we'll say that there are a lot of other people in that hall who want to leave at the same time." "Yes." "And they come trooping along behind, this woman, several hundred strong, all making for the same door." "Yes." , 1 " ' "And the door is quite a harrow one." i "Yes. Goon." J'Well, what will the woman do when she gets fairly and .squarely in the door- way?" -"Stop." . . "Quite right, But why?" . The thin, solemn looking man got up and kicked the st ranger out of the room and . slammed the door after him. . "I'll teach, 'em to come around trying to lure me into answering 'easy questions' that no one this side of paradise or the other place can answer,' he muttered as he sat down again. "There is one point where all human investigation stops. We cannot go beyond it." Chicago Post. Football Term. PASSING THE BAWL. Brooklyn Life. ; Whose Baby? . "Sleep?" echoed the portly getrtleanan to question the man in the next seat had put to him. "Sleep? I sleep all night like a baby." "Whose baby?" queried a nervous, har assed looking fellow, with a strange glit ter in his eyes. "Whose baby, I say?" he repeated in harsh, grating tones, that alarmed every passenger in the car, for they did not know he had been a parent only a year. Life. The Reign of the Short Story. "Are you fond of short stories?" asked Binx. "No," replied Banx; "I hear too many of them. Nearly everybody I meet wants to borrow money of me." Detroit News-Trib- une. .. ' . One Way. Mamma Here, your shoes are all worn out again. Do you think you could possibly keep your feet oS the ground two weeks? Albert Yes, mamma, dear, if I only had safety. Harper's Young People. , He Celebrated. Williamson-'-Yes, Brown blew in $50 on the boys last night. Henderson How's that? Williamson He won $3 on a horse race yesterday. Truth.