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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (June 15, 1900)
PACIFIC COAST NEWS Commercial aod Financial nappanlngi of Intercut In the Growing Western States. The mines owned by the War Eagle Consolidated Mining Company on Shaw's mountain are growing better and better as development progresses, pays the Boise Statesman. The Mc Carthy property is now producing tome very rich ore, specimens showing gold in large quantities. In the Paymaster, after following the ore chute some 800 feet, the man agement determined to open stopes preparatory to starting the mill. Five upraises were started for this purpose and in every one of them the vein is far better than in the level. It is about six feet wide, and there is four and a half feet of ore that runs close to (10 a ton. Altogether the outlook for this group is most encouraging. All that was ex pected was to open a good property, but it now looks as though it would turn out to be a bonanza. Work on the concentrating mill is progressing rapidly and it is hoped to have the plant ready to run by the Fourth of July. It will be a novel sight to see that mill in operation. There is no other plant like it in the West. Iron JJyke Sold. The famous Iron Dyke mine, on Snake river, has been sold for $85,000, says the Cuprum, Idaho, Standard. Mr. Charles M. Reed, of Erie, Pa., was the purchaser. The debts of the former owners of this mine, the North west Copper Company, amounted to about $05,000, which leaves $20,000 above the indebtedness. This insures the payment of all the company owes, and will place several thousand dollars in circulation here. Mr. Reed is very wealthy, and now that he has gotten the other members out of the company will no doubt prosecute development work as rapidly as possible. Buffalo Hump. Charles Sweeney and his associates nave returned from Buffalo Hump, where they have been inspecting their properties, says the Lewiston, Idaho, Tribune. They were highly pleased with the conditions there and will soon have big operations in progress. The shaft on the Big Buffalo is being sunk at the rate of from two to three feet per day, three shifts being at work. The saw mill is cutting 10,000 feet of lumber per day and the 10-stamp mill will be ready for operation in 80 days) Struck It Klch. 1 Frank Chesley, a well-known mining man of Baker City, made a big strike of very rich ore in a new vein on the Nondescript. The group of claims in eludes the Black Prince, Mizpah, Gold en Era, Golden Era No. 2, Pot Luck, Lost Cabin, The Dootor, The Hub, The White Rose, the Ellen and the Mount Lily, and is situated about four miles from Sumpter, near McEwen. The lodge is 16 feet, between well-defined walls, an is believed to be one of the biggest finds in the district. Mumps is epidomio in Olympia. The bunoo men reaped a harvest of $1,250 in Seattle in one day reoently. The court house at Coquille City, Or., has been furnished with over 200 opera chairs. Five thousand or more young salmon were turned into the Coquille river last Thursday, by R. D. Hume. The oyster experimental station at Keyport, Wash., is completed, and the oysters planted there are doing well. Throo inches of snow covered the ground in the Axe Handle district, 16 miles from Anteleope, Or., last week. ' The Lakeview, Or., United States land office has received supplies to re place those destroyed by the recent Are, and has opened up for business. The Lakeview, Or., Odd Fellows will build a large two-story brick building for lodge purposes in the place of the one that was burned. On Friday morning's freight Kiddle Bros, shipped from La Grande, Or., 17 carloads of stock to Omaha, eight horses, eight of cattle and one of mules. The Dufur Dispatoh says three oases of smallpox aie reported in Wapinita, Wash., and it is said quite a number have been exposed to the disease. Insurance adjusters are flocking to Lakeview like bees, says the Rnstler, as $85,000 loss among the various com panies oalls their attention to the fact that there was a fire in Lakeview. Tho steamer Bismarck, which had been moored at Coquille City, Or., for several months, filled with water and Sauk last week. She was probably snagged. The boat was built in Port land in 1892. Buyers are contracting for this year's hops at 10 cents, says the Tacoma Ledger. In the Yakima districts buy ers are offering to make contracts at 9 and, 10 cents. Not many contraots have been signed at those figures, Country millers in Eastern Washing ton have been receiving communica tions warning them that a movement was going fowrard to form a Hour trust in Washington and Oregon, and urging them to attend a meeting in Spoakne, with a view to organizing for the pur pose of dealing with the alleged trust. C. S. Farrow, of Eugene, Or., has invented a sidewalk nail which is driven into the sides of the boards in stead of the top. He claims it keeps the boards from getting loose, and at the same time prevents shoes and dresses from bejaut torn by projecting nails. M. J. Honey, chief contractor of the White Pass road, has written to Seattle for all the good general railroad labor ers he can get. Men are daily leaving the work for the gold fields. The Bellingham mill at New What oom, Wash., which has been idle since 1891, will be put into operation. The E. K. Wood Lumbering Company, of San Francisco, has bought the mill, and will spend about $25,000 in equip ments and the building of dry kilns, wharves and warehouses. A party of 13 timber hunters from California passed through Klamath Falls on theii road to Fort Klamath, oear which place they expect to locate timber claims. They reported that mother party having the same object la view will be along in a few days. WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW. Wholesale BuslneM of a Miidnt I ha aotar t'erels Are Higher. Bradstreet's sajs: New business wholesale is of a between stations cha actor, but warmer weather has offered a stimulus to retail business in so in sections. Chief activity and mopt at tention is, however, still concentrate on the price situation, and efforts readjust quotatious to meet current de mand and supply conditions go forward steadily. The exception to the genera downward trend of prices is that fu niched by leading farm products, nota bly cereals, but here the moving cause is hardly so favorable, being the result of less satisfactory crop reports, par ticularly from the Northwest, and it to be noted that advices from tl Northwest, where the winter when yield promises to be very short, ar also less favorable. Corn crop advices re inn in favorable as likewise do those of oats, but th grains and hog products have syinpn thized in the upward movement wheat, which has at last broken from its lethargy and is again attracti speculative attention. Foreign cro advices, it might be added, are not flat' tering. The German rye crop promises to be very short; the same report comes regarding French wheat and En glish crop advices are not of the best, Cotton is slightly weaker. Leather is dull and rates weak Wool is dull and on the whole slightly weaker at Eastern markets, Mills engaged on women's wear-good are fairly well employed. The outlook favors lower prices for the new Spring weights. Surplus visible wheat supplies are decreasing rapidly, lending interest to current unfavorable crop reorts. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Market. Onions, old, 7c; new, 2c. Lettuce, hot house, 25c doz. Potatoes, $1617; $1718. Beets, per sack, 00c$l. Turnips, per sack, 40C0o. Carrots, per sack, $1. Parsnips, per sack, 5075c. Cauliflower, California 90c $1 Strawberries $1.00 per case. Celery 40 60o per doz. Cabbage, native and California, fl.00 1-25 per 100 pounds. Tomatoes $2.60 per case. Apples, $2.002.75; $3.003.50 Prunes, 60c per box. Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c dairy, 1722c; ranch, 1517o pound Eggs 19o. Cheese 14 15c. Poultry 14c; dressed, 1415o spring, $3.50, Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00 12.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $18.00 Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $23 feed meal, $23. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton. $20 Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.25 blended straights, $3.00; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; era ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00, Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $13.00 shorts, per ton, $14.00. Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef steers, price 8o; cows, 7c; mutton 8c pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 10c Hams Large, 13c; small, K; breakfast bacon, 12 Jac; dry salt sides, 8c. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 52 53c; Valloy, 53c; Bluestem, 55o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham, $2.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 85o; choice gray, 83o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $14.00 15.00; brewing, $16.00 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $13 per ton; mid' dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 per ton. Hay Timothy, $10011; clover,$7 7.50; Oregon wild hay, $07 per ton Butter Fancy creamery, 85 40c; seconds, 45c; dairy, 258t)o; store, 25o. Eggs 14o per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13o; Young America, 14c; new cheese 10c per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00(8 50 per dozen; hens, $5.00; spriuiis, $2.6008.50; geese, $(1.00(37.00 forold; $4.6Q8.60; ducks, $3.005.00 per dozen turkeys, live, Hfccliio per pound. Potatoes 4005o per sack; sweets, 22 l4C per pouun. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, T5c; per sack; garlic, 7o per pouud; cab bage, llgo per pouud; parsnips, $1; onions, lc per pound; cam ts, $1. Hops 28o per pound. Wool Valley, 12(18o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 15c; mohair, 27 80o per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, S.Vc; dressed mutton, 7 7,'o per pouud; lambs, 6'o. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.50; dressed, $5.00 6.50 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $4.004.50; cows, $3.50 4. 00; dressed beef, 6a' 7?4 0 per pound. Veal Large, 6,l87,fc; small, 8 8)fe'o per pound. Tallow 55Jii'c; No. 2 and grease, 8)s4o per pound. San Franouco Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 14 16o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 15c; Yal ley, 1820e; Northern, 1012o. uops loua crop, li (cjiao per pound. Butter Fancy creamery 1717!u'c; do seconds, 1616'sc; fancy dairy, 10c; do seconds, 1415o per pound. Eggs Store, 15c; fancy ranch, 17c. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 20.00; bran, $13.50 18.50. Hay Wheat $6.50 10; wheat and oat $6.009.50; best bailey $5.00 7.00; alfalfa, $5.00 6.00 per ton; straw, 2540o per bale. Totatoes Early Rose, 60 65c; Ore gon Burbanks, 90o$l; river Bur banks, 8565c; new, 70c$1.25. Citrus Fruit Orange, Valencia, $3.753.25; Mexican lime, $4.00 6.00; California lemons 75c $1.50; do choice $1.75 3.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50 8.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, 6 6 So pw pound. I PurrALO'sJDyosnTioNl K rVrrf m i tv I'm n linn unit mujiimjiiumiiiL; """" i mumi,ii mm iimiinm lfewiC llL til EXT spring the city of Buffalo will throw open to the world the gates of an exposition which will go far toward making Buffalo famous for something else besides the Niagara Falls. For two years artists, landscape gardeners, architects and public-spirited citizens bnve labored with but one point of view, to make the Pan-Amerl-cau exposition of 1001 a show notable among the minor expositions of "the country. It will not be of a class with tho Chicago World's Fair, for to that stupendous exposition all the civilized world contrlButed Its share. Indeed, the very name of the Buffalo exposition signifies that It Is not a world's fair, but an exhibition of the products and progress of all America. Canada, Mexi co and the States of Central America will vie with manufacturers and pro ducers of the United States in the com petition for medals and diplomas, and the exposition will serve to bind still closer together the peoples of this con tinent. The aggregate resources of the Pan- American .exposition authorities amount to $5,800,000 and with this sura a splendid exposition should be as sured. The government appropriated $500,000 for the government exhibit, the State of New York added $300,000 and In addition there Is an authorized capital of $2,500,000 and an authorized bond Issue of the same amount. In June, 1899, the national govern ment, through the Department of State at Washington, issued invitations to the foreign nations of the western hem isphere to participate in the exposition. Official acceptances have already been received from Canada, Mexico, Hon duras, Nicaragua, Salvador, Guate mala, Guadaloupe, Dutch Qulana, Bo livia, Argentine Republic and Chill. In official assurances have been received that the other South American coun tries will accept the Invitation as soon as the necessary forms of legislative sanction have been complied with. General Flan of Exposition. The exposition grounds Include 350 acres, of which 133 acres are improved park lands, a part of Delaware park. The grounds are about one mile from north to south and a half mile from east to west. Their situation is in the northern part of the city, accessible from every direction. The park lands form the southern part of the extensive grounds and are pronounced by expert landscape architects to be among the most beautiful In the world. The trees and shrubbery in wonderful variety, the romantic footpaths leading in all directions among the thick foliage, the loveliest of Jakes, on whose surface numberless swans and other water fowl of Immaculate plumage are con stantly at sport, the wide reaches of lawn and the rich embroidery of flow ers everywhere to be seen all combine to refresh and restore the mind of him wuo tarries wltuln these delectable pre cincts. The visitor who approaches the expo sition from the south will enter the grounds on Lincoln parkway, a broad, beautiful, shaded boulevard. Crossing the triumphal bridge, which will be one of the artistic beauties of the grounds, the visitors enters the esplan ade, an immense open space which will accommodate 230,000 people and In which it is designed to carry out vari ous ceremonies during the exposition, at which a great concourse of people may attend. The visitor is now fairly within the grand court formed by the main group of exposition buildings. The court is of the shape of an Inverted T. The ap proach, fore court and bridge are about 1,000 feet In length, 300 feet wide. The main court' is 2,000 feet long, 500 feet wide, and the transverse court, across the esplanade, is 1,700 feet from east to west. Ou either side of the trium phal bridge are the mirror lakes. These are a part of the grand canal, which completely encircles the great group of buildings, and upon which the visitor may ride In one of the many electric lauuehes or take a more leisurely trip in a Venetian gondola. The canal la lined with young trees and banked wita , If 5 a vh . "r gras3 on Its outer , edge. Tlcturesque bridges cross it at many points. Standing on the esplanade and fac ing north the great group of buildings at the right, at the extreme east end of the transverse court, are those of the federal government The main building, In which will be sheltered a greater portion of the government ex hibits, is 600 feet long by 130 feet wide. A central dome rises to a height of 250 feet above the main floor and is sur mounted by a statue of Victory, twenty feet high. The lesser buildings, each 150 feet square, are west of the main building 150 feet on the north and south lines of the main structure. Curved colonnades connect the smaller buildings u'lth the greater, forming a spacious seml-clrcular court opening to the west. The government exhibits will include the aquariums and Ichthy ologlcal collection of the United States fish commission and extensive collec tive exhibits from the Philippines, Por to Rico and Hawaii. At the far western end of the broad transverse court Is the horticultural building, 220 feet square, flanked on the north by the graphic arts building and on the south by the forestry and mines building. They are connected by circular arcades, forming a broad court similar to that inclosed by the govern ment group. Behind the arcades are the conservatories. The Esplanade is made beautiful with fountains, sunken gardens, pergolas and colonnades. Immediately north of the Esplanade Is the court of the fountains. At the right is the ethnological building and at the left the music building, each 150 feet square. The court of the foun tains is to be the great center piece of the exposition. Here the principal elec trical displays are to take place. The court is to be illuminated at night with the diffused light of more than 100,000 incandescent electric lamps, the dis tribution being so perfect that there will be no shadows. Colors will be ex tensively employed to produce fantastic effects. The huge steel tower, 350 feet high, which stands at the north end of the court of the fountains, will be used in the production of extraordinary elec tric features. One of these will be an electric waterfall thirty feet wide and of seventy feet descent, from a niche In the tower. The tower itself is of im posing design and intricate workman ship. The many foundations In the great basin of the court will be maq beautiful at night by means of electric lights of all colors. The very extraor dinary electrical features of the expo sition are made possible by the fact that electric power from the largest power plant in the world, at Niagara Falls, is to be provided in unlimited quantities. This power plant is only half an hour's ride from Buffalo and is one of the great sights for visitors to the exposition to include in their Itiner ary. Opposite the court of the fountains the the two btg buildings of the exposi tlon, the machinery and transportation building on the west and the manufac tures building on the east These are each 500 by 350 feet and each has a beautiful tropical court with an aquatic pool In the center. Some of the Buildings. From here a broad avenue shaded by poplars, called the Mall, extends be tween the agricultural and electricity buildings and beyond them are the manufacturers building and ten acres devoted to live stock exhibits. Head quarters of all the officials of the expo sition will be In the service building, which is close to the machinery and transportation building, one of the most Important structures of the exposition. The massive steel tower divides the court of the fountains from the Plaza. It stands in a large aquatic basin and a picturesque bridge enables the vis itor to reach It from the Tlaza. In the tower, at the height of seventy feet is a large restaurant. There are prom enade floors at various heights and a balcony near the summit from which a bird's-eye view of the exposition, the city. Lake Erie, Niagara River, and open country may be obtained. All the floors are reached by means of elevators. The Tlaza is 500 feet by 350 feet Standing at the tower building, at the right, Is the stadium building, 341 feet long by 52 feet wide, with towers 164 feet high. This ornate building forms the entrance to the athletic neld or stadium, where 25,000 people may be seated to witness the high-class ath letic contests to be provided. The ath lectic carnival of 1901 is Intended to be the greatest ever given in America. Of course there Is a Midway. No ex position would be complete without one after the world-famous "Midway" of the Chicago exposition of 1S93. Mid way of the Buffalo show will be in the form of an anchor, one rather winding street lined with the principal shows and a cross street at the end for the "overflow." Applications for space on the Midway have poured in from all conceivable sources and for all man ner of entertainments and novelties, and the director of concessions will be enabled "to choose a splendid lot of "shows" for the street. The general style of the buildings Is that of the Spanish renaissance, modi fled to suit the character of an exposi tion. There is a generous use of color, the red roofs and tinted walls giving the completed work a festival aspect Domes, lanterns, pinnacles and statues, waving flags and streamers make gay the sky line. The facades of the build ings are everywhere broken with elab orate arcnnecturai reatures and ar- caded effects are much used through out me vast group. Tiiere are more than twenty large buildings and mas sive architectural works, besides the numerous state and foreign buildings, Duiiciings for special exhibits, public comfort and other purposes. The ex tensive use of trees, shrubs, flowers and aquatic pools relieves the severity that is usually encountered in exposi tion groups. Nevada Spuak. There is a humorous florist in this city by the sea. Whether It Is inten tional or not nobody knows, but he has certainly had some funny experiences of late. The other day a woman in Nevada wrote to him that her husband was dead and that she "wanted some thing nice for John" to be sent at once. With due dispatch he plucked a horse shoe off the wall where it had rested for years, and filling It with sweet white roses, he forwarded It to the widow. In a few days the expressman drove up and said the charges on an awkward-looking bundle he carried were $1.05. The florist paid him, and upon opening me iitue gift found the horse- snoe, looking as if it had had a ha night, and thoroughly dilapidated. On top was pinned a slip of paper which sum: "rtoo. C,, rvi. .. . . uui-jieuue you minK yer juuuy, out even ir my John wuz a blacksmith you needn't send no horse shoe. He wuz rispactable and honest and you hain't got no right to make fun Dy nini." i .ui ai-i-uums me ouciutng young man had made no reply, but it's two to one that If some gambler dies he will send up a broken wheel-Salt Lake x n oune. Invented the Arc Light A patent record which has been un earthed at Toronto shows that the. lglnal inventors of the electric arc light were two Toronto men, Henry Wood ward, a medical student, and Matthew Evans, a saloon-keeper. The Invention completed In 1S73, was the fruit of their juiui. rxpenments. it was patented In wuimmg year. -Protection" for Gamblers. It Is estimated th.it n,vC. . . .. 1 )lag over ?2,000,- 000 a year for "protection." Attend to trifles to-dav The more important matters win time. come in due When a woman neclecta hBr w, band's shirt she is no longer the wife U& U19 UVJSUUJ. The original bunko man probably came over in the steerage. PPOSE WE SMILE. HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM THE COMIC frtn - ... th. Fleasant InctoeaM World OT.r-Bjrlns;ttA" ful to Old or Too-Fnoy Sec tion, that Kv.rybodx Will KniT. Nell-Maude tells me she is troubled irlth insomnia. Bess-No wonder, poor gin; one 82, If a day, and has never du en gaged. Something- Unnanal. Jaggsby-I'm feeling awfully queer this morning, my dear. I wonder wnat is the cause of it. Mrs. Jaeasby-Oh, don't be alarmea. You came home sober last night, that's all. Information Wanted. "Speaking of heirlooms," said the landladv. "I have one whlcn nas come down through five generations and " "Pardon me," interrupted the fri volous boarder, "but do you relet to the butter?" No Cause for Alarm. Customer Wow! Didn't you clip off a piece of my ear that time?" Barber Yessah; but only er little piece, sah; not 'nff to 'feet youh hear- in', sah." Chicago News. He Still Had Them. Judge I see you lost a couple front teeth in the fracas. Prisoner No, your honor. I didn't lose them. Judge But they are missing. Prisoner Yes, but I swallowed thern. "Seek and Te Shall Find." Dixon I see Rover's back in town. Hixon Who's Rover? Dixon Why, don't you remember the young fellow who went to Texas seven years ago said he wanted experience and excitement? Hixon Oh, yes. I wonder if he found what he was looking for? Dixon I guess so. I understand he married a widow with five children. Almost aa Good. "Do you believe you will succeed in having your man acquitted?" asked one lawyer. "I haven't given much thought to that phase of the question," answered the other. "But I am absolutely confi dent that we can have the trial post poned often enough to prevent a con viction." Washington Star. Particular. Patience Why in the world doesn't that fellow get married? Patrlce-Oh, I guess he thinks no girl will make as good a wife as his mother used to make. Yonkers States man. Easy Matter to Adjust. rttiorty Can you reach It? Longlegs No. Shorty-Let me on tor. then: v cau noia me Higher than I can you. The Limit. 'Don't you think my act is funny?" asked the comedian. "It's the limit" said the continuous PM?f ,rVblandly- "It'8 rldlculous!"--Phlladclphia North American. t ..l , ookina- Forward. wnlusaT" (aDgrlly)-N-' Little Brother I won't Little Sister-You won't, eh? Oh Jton't I wish we was grown up, and you was my husband. y Master of the Situation. How amiable your little boy seems "Tes; we never object to anvth w i, a splendid b! bunon and when Tl wnto.. r, . anytning he dollar win t mi tho rases Hi u, UftXOlt hraa T- " " Southern fi-14. I. r ? 1 Was recuP"ating down In Florida I used to go out and tak7a sand bath. You people here in CLl never get a glimpse of ti llS. Florida sand. "uu May-Oh, yes. we eer . ..... . supply of that beantl, ",U"UUaDt Flori,i "i our .,un unritfS, A Fixed Opinion. Irate Citlzen-I am ... sir. for calling me a liar rou Western Editor foslmi change my opinion at Zt -Tt, " ' Qood 'Mug hey say eood thin Jf' lngly., ucver come An xmposaiDia Hoiti..i a prize fighter. r "Too brutal?" "I should say. Why, he would J give her a chance to talk!" Phu, phla North American. j- At the Dinner Table. f "Georgie, don't stare at Mr. r lav that xvnv It lan'f nnii.. ' "I was Just waltin' to see him ? up his glass of water, ma. I heart tell you that he drinks like a flu Cleveland Plain Dealer. One Objection. "There was one thing I didn't J - about Bunker s lecture." "What was that?" "The fact that he was able to k hall to deliver it in."M31evelnnd j Dealer. Rnilely Shuttered. f: "Chumlelgh says his first love! his school teacher." i "Indeed." "Yes. But he says love's j dream was shattered the flrst tim took him on her lap." "That seems funny." "Not at all. He was face dowm" at the time." Cleveland Plain D, A Frequent Discovery. "Yes," she said, "I have found' husband out." "Found him out?" "Out every night!" Cleveland f Dealer. A Woman's Question. i "I see," he remarked as he look from his paper, "that the British i recovered that battery of guns." 1 "What was it covered with the: time, dear?" she sweetly afcj Cleveland Tlaln Dealer. i A Way Around It. r "I shall never be able to find w husband like dear John," gald widow. I "I know," replied the perslf suitor. "But wouldn't you like ir tirely different one, Just by viJ' contrast?" Philadelphia North lean. The Joy of Rivalry. "Aren't you late cleaning house,! Tozer?" "Yes; but it such a pleasure tote when other women's houses are alt ting mussed up again." Indiami? ' of Journal. "Why Jones Ia Not Working, Friend Is Jones working here in- Manager No, he got loaded, wK him, and he went off. ' Righting a Wrong. Smith (angrily) I understand said my face would stop an automot' Jones 1 certainly never said any. of the kind. j Smith Then I must have beenr informed. r Jones That's what you have, stead of stopping at sight of your!( any reputable automobile would'" crease its speed. Chicago News. I Makes Its Escape. Biggs Miss Cloepster says w time she goes out in her rainy-dajs the weather clears off. f Boggs Clears out she means. $ see it? New' York Press. I Dramatic Expansion. ji "Do you think 'Uncle Tom's 0. can hold the public another seasoi "un, yes; we ve introduced apik tlon cakewalk Record. this year." Chi Turn Will Come. The homely worm had been tt formed into an ethereal creature to as the butterfly. j "How you have changed!" remit the red spider. "What brought about that beaut transformation?" inquired the if gnat . f "What caused you to turnf the grasshopper. f Then the butterfly spoke for ttt' time I "Even the worm will turn." xnus we find that passe sayinp current in the field. Distorted by Glamonr. "What la the honeymoon, pa?" "Well, the honeymoon is the onltj rlod in a man's life during wMc! considers it funny to come homef find that his dear little wife hasn'! ner ready on time." Detroit Press. Man in the Kitchen. "Well, Jack, how do you like ket; bachelor's haU?" "Oh, It's awful. I made coffet cooked one egg this morning and to wash fifteen skillets."-lndiaw; Journal. r lowers in Mexico. One of the chief delights of & of Mexico is its flowers. Roses, j forget-me-nots, marguerites and ' bloom all the year round. TbeKJ few weeks when a quarter will not t " IMS, I hnncQ li, Arn!n. FlnvrcrS EH not on'v at the flower market n! ( camearai, tnat is aevoieu cu'- flowers, strawberries and birds, to the other markets and on the corners. The "flower girls" of 1 ital are all boys and men. At places In Mexico, particularly Go jara, little girls are to be seen streets all day and in the evening, ing boutonnieres for which they t not set a price, but ask yon t ? what you please. It Is hard to flower on sale anywhere after mJ,i The flower seller makes booq. the most artistic fashion. Tbe venders never sell loose cot . but arrange them on a base; green so that each flower itself, and the whole bunch is P" ' . i nf nni8nea with a garniture - r-u uuunog. leaves or ferns.