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o 'I WHAT THE MINES ARE DOING THE DULL SEASON. , LONG-LIVED PEOPLE. THE LOWER YUKON NEWS American Mining Camps in That Section Are Doing Well, Seattle, July 4. The Post-Intelli-fencer hat the following ipecial newt from Skagway: The first newt of the season from the remote American mining cam pi of the lower Yukon hat just come out to Skag way. Latent arrivals report a new strike 100 miles hack of Circle City, on three creek known as Faith, Hope and Char ity, which empty into the Xanana. A Dew (trike lk also reported on Walker' fork of the Forty-Mile, which was Dnce before staked. A itampede ha resulted, and other have rushed in and re-staked the country. Fine pay ha lieen itrack on a num ber of claim not heretofore considered payer. Eureka, (truck last auinmer, has proved a wonder so far, and ha a THE JOHN DAY VALLEY Many Locations Reported on Dixi and Strawberry Spurs. Portland, July 9. The Oregonian ha thia new from the mining center of the John Day valley in Eastern Ore gon: I'rairie City, in the tipper part of the John Day valley is attracting consider- able notice a a mining center. riacer ruining ba been carried oa in the valley since the early '60s. and the quarts' ledge were known to the old settler 25 year ago. .Many c.uartz location have been made in the pant two year, and if the 50th part of them amount to anything, the Prairie City country will certainly be a large pro (facer of gold, copper and cobalt, The mineralized belt, aside from the. placer tleposits which are found in every creek, comprise Dixie Spur of the Blue mountains, eight miles north py streak 80 feet wide and four feet of Prairie City, and Strawberry Spur, deep. It is expected Eureka will this year yield $1,500,000. The Rampart Camp. Col. Wiggin believe the Rampart camp is a good a the creek campot Nome, and think many of the overflow at Nome will push up the river to Hampartand help make it a big pro ducer. He ha the belief there is gold in Koyukuk, but feel that the develop ments are scarcely enough yet to war rant great faith in the camp. How ever,' from all sources come the report that many are rushing into Koyukuk. E. (I. Lenout, who has just arrived' from Forty-Mile and other promising American camps, report the clean-up on Jack Wade tbia spring has been demonstrative of good camp. The creek is scarcely prospected, yet No. 7 below upper discovery yielded $80,000 at tbia year' clean-up. Lenont pre dicta a great future for the creek, and estimate the output for next season at $2,000,000. He i going after thawing machinery fur the creek. He ha a nugget from the creek weighing lix ounce and worth $116. Gold of Jack Wade, alio of rtampurt, ia worth $19 an ounce. Jack Wade gold ia mostly in nuggets. Ex-Uot. McOraw' Rich Claim, Of those who have been among the , most successful is the man who is working the claim of ex-ijovernor John 11. MoOraw, of Washington, known as No.! 8, on Little Manook. It yielded the last winter $80,000 of which $8,000 or $9,000 wa -nuggets picked out from the pay dirt by hand. Last year Mc Oraw thought he bad worked out the pay itreak. No. 6, on Little Manook, this winter yielded f 00,000. No. 7, on the same creek, gave $40,000. Nos. 21, 22 and 23, Llttre Mauook. jr., produced $00, 000. 1 lousier and Big Manook have also proved rich. Hillside property on Jiig .Manook baa yielded as high as $9 to the pan. " Idaho bar, on which a rich discovery wa,jnade in 1808, was all staked at that time, but not much wa taken out nine mile south. Dixie Spur is about 25 miles long, and skirts the northern side of the valley. It highest point is Dixie Butte, which has an elevation of 7,000 feet. Strawberry Spur is 40 mile long, extending from Canyon creek along the southern bound ary of the valley, into Malheur county. Its highest point ia Strawberry Butte, which has an elevation of 9,000 feet The principal development ba been on Dixie Spur. Here along the forks of Dixie creek, and in Quartzburg dis trict, several properties have been opened. Principal among them are the Standard, the Lone Star, the Key stone, the Sherbondy, the Clayton, the Present Need and a few other. The Strawberry country has hardly been touched. The Cleavers think they nave a ireadweli in the Oregon Won der. Other aie of the same opinion. J. Fv Kodgers, who has examined the country on Strawberry and Dixia Spurs, say the formation is porphyria tio granite, pierced by porphyry dikes, A third rock is pure gray granite carry' ing little porphyry, but much mica, . There is also quite a bit of serpentine, and diorite without quartz II. E. Stewart, one of the owners of the Lone Star, says the Dixie Spur country i unquestionably a copper reg ion, although he ia mindful of the fact that gold predominates in the rock. The copper belt, io far as known, ex tends, he says, four milea north from Johnson's arastra along both sides of the east fork of Dixie creek. There is cobalt in the rock, as has been demon strated by the work in the Standard group, but Mr. Stewart thinks consid erable depth will be required to get at the large deposit ot this metal. Cop per is oxide and carbonate at the sur face, but is found in the sulphide form with depth. On the surface the cop per ia streaky and bunchy, but as depth is attained it solidifies and increases in quantity. This is the experience of all the claim owners ia the Dixie creek country. There is considerable placer mining and the dump was not washed because in and around Canyon City. Probably of scarcity staked. of water, but ha been re RICH COPPER STRIKE. Good Valaea on Old Claim la a British Columbia Camp. "hoenix, B. C, July 9. An im porta nt ore strike has been made on the War Eagle claim in this camp. The strike occurred in the went drift of the 100-foot level, about 175 feet from the shaft, where a raise wa being driven. The ore body dipped a little to the east and wa followed 11 feet, when the workmen went back and ooutinued work on the raise. Up to date the men have gone through 25 feet of clean chnlcopyrite ore and have not reached the further wall. The width of the ore body, therefore, has not been deter mined, llesident Manager Buck has hud an average test made of the new strike, and received satisfactory re turns, the ore running over $20 in cop-' per and $1.60 gold. $35,000 was taken from the creeks within two miles of town last year. At Canyon City the Humboldt . Com pany is working two hydraulics on Canyon creek, taking its water from ditches. A number of Canyon City men are interested, among them Ira Sprout, Fred Yorgensen and Herbert Hunter. No figures of the annual out put are obtainable but it ia believed to be about $15,000. Kall'njr Kariilng Arc Gaod, However, and HmiaeM Failure Few. Bradtsreets' say: Business 1 unus jaiiy dull at this season, ana this year oo exception to the general rule ia re marked. A review of the pat lix months, however, give little comfort to pessimsts. Bank clearings, it ii true, are smaller by about 11 per cent than they were in the first half of 1899, but railway earning are about 10 per cent larger, and business failure, re ported to Bradstreet's, are the fewest reported for 18 years back, with liabil ities of failing trades the same, with ;ne exception, and that last year, since 1892. Winter wheat has about all lieen harvec ted in the Southwest and the yield there ha been very large. Copious tains in the Northwest, too, have apparently worked some improve' ment, judging from the more cheerful tone of advices received from tbence this week. - " uooi is dun ana manufacturers are supplying only actual wants. In manufacturing lines dullness and weakness are most marked in products of iron and steel. Hie settlement of labor troubles is eflei-ted in the better demand for build ing materials at affected centers,- while rains in the Northwest have allowed white pine manufacturers to open their works, and give employment to many thousands of men. SugHr has been marked up again thia week, coffee is higher, while tea holds the full advance scored on the outbreak 6f the Chinese troubles. Wheat, in cluding flour, shipments for the aggre gate 3,018.832 bushels, against 8,184,- J44 bushels last week. Business failures in the United State for the week nutnlier 196, as compared with 185 last week. Business failure in Canada number 25 as compared with 18 last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Markets. Onions, new, 1,'gC. Lettuce, hot house, $1 per crate. Potatoes, new. lc Beets, per sack, 90c$l. Turnips, per sack, 75o. Carrots, per sack, $1.25 Parsnips, per sack, D0 75c. Cauliflower, California 90c$l. Strawberries $2 per case. 'Cabbage, native and California, 1.00 1.25 per 100 pounds. Tomatoes $1.50 per case. Butter Creamery, 22c; Eastern 22c; dairy, 1722c; ranch, 1517o pound. hggs 20o. Cheese 12o. Poultry 14c; dressed, 14 15c; spring, $3.50. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $11.00 012.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $19.00. 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; gra ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3. 80 4. 00. Millutuffs Bran, per ton, $18.00; shorts, per ton, $14.00. reed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; iTdlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, per ton, $30.00. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beel steers, price 8c; cows, 7c; mutton 8o; pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 8J 10c. Hams Large, 13c; small, 13Hi breakfast , bacon, 124c; dry salt sides, 6c. A FEW CURIOUS INSTANCES GREAT LONGEVITY. OF Eatt Indian Who, It la Claimed, Was 370 Veara of Age at tha Tim of Uia lteath-Anthentlcated Caaea of Per- one Living to Be Over 15o Year Old. THE ROSSLAND DISTRICT. COMING TO THE FRONT. Toroda Creek Mines Again Attracting Attention, Republic-, Wash., July 9. Toroda oreek mines are again attracting atten tion. Seven companies are working and some ot them expect to cut their le(ges within a few day. Some of the ledge have shown large value on the surface, aud it wa this that turned the attention of mining men in that direction. Among the mines that had flu aurfaue showing and carried ex ceptionally high value wa the Ox ford. As high a 255 ounce of silver and $15 in gold per ton were obtained from the ore near the surface. The owner decided to run a tunnel and now have it in 65 feet. A few day iuce a (tringer 12 inches in width was cut lu the tunnel, which is believed to b an off -shoot from the ledge. The ore oarrle about 200 ounces of silver per ton and from $10 to $12 in gold. The tunnel will have to be extended about 40 feet to cut the ledge. There is also a parallel ledge that can be out by the tunnel by extending it another 100 feet. The ledge vary from 7 to 9 feet in width. uronp or Cnmpi In tha Summit Dhow Nome Activity. , ' , I r r: . . . . npuKiiue, juiy v. uonsicierame as sessment work is being done at Sum in it camp, about eight miles northwest of Olalla, B. C. It is described in the Uosslaud Miner as rather a series of camps at the headwaters of the six or even creeks which rise there. Three of these, Keremeos. Cedar and Olalla creeks, flow eastward to Keremeos val ley, while Fifteen-Mile, Sixteen-Mile and Twenty-Mile creeks flow west aud then south to the Similkameeu. There are good trails up all these creeks from Olalla and pack homes can get up quite e4y. The celebrated Nlckle Plate mine is situated near the bead of Twenty Mile oreek, and there are several high grade prupenues wuniu sight ot it. Mining-New and Oodlp. Several large nugget have been found on the Mary Ann placers in Che a camp, Wash. , A stir is reported en West Fisher crek, 80 miles from Libby, Mont,, where $30 ore is reported ia an old claun. It i reported in Ferguson, B. C, that a rich strike ha been made in the Nettie L. A vein three to four feet Wide of solid galena, carrying more copper than usual, was exposed. In the Muldoon group, near Belcher, 12 mile east of Republic. Wash., a trike in copper i reported, made ia a beca zju-ioot tunnel. A strike i reported on a claim be tween Delta and Carbon Ceuter, Idaho. The ore i high grade milling, aud was found sear the surface. No assays have been made. The exteut of the Slooao. B. C. camp ii remarkable, Worth went Note. fit pay roll of Rosslaud, B. C, carap, rum over aiuu.ouo per mouth. . Boise's first ice plant will be instal led and in operation within 15 or 20 days. Petitions are being circulated in Lin coln county, Or., protesting against the proposed location of fishtraps in Ya- quina bay. Bid are being solicited for the erec tion of a two-story brick hotel in Lake view, Or. The owners will be "Miller s Lane, who paid $3,500 for a site last week. rrofewor K. II. McAlister of the de partment of applied mathematics at the University of Oregon has been ap pointed by the regents a supervisor of me drainage system to be put in at the uuiverslty this summer. The county court of Union countv t i . . - vi., uhs ureteral road supervisors to prosecute all persons who damage the I... i. ......... j... ... '"""".' permiiung urination I water to run in the roads. A Taciflo coast ludian institute is to oe organised. A conference of educa tors interested in the training and edu cation of Indians, will take place at v nemawa, August 14 to 19. Washing ton, .Montana, Idaho aud California, win oe represented aud perhapa sev eal other Western states. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 66 57,0; ftlley,57)4c; Bluestem,60o per bushel, Flour Best grades, $3.20; graham, $2.70; superfine, $2.10 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 35c; choice gray, 83o per bushel. , Barley Feed barley, $14.0015.00; brewing, $16.00 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $12.50 ton; mid dliugs, $19; shorts, $13; chop, $14 pel ton. Hay Timothy, $10 11; clover,$7 7.50; Oregon wild hay, $8 7 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 85 40c; store, 25o. Eggs 16o per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream. 13c: Young America, 14o; new cheese 10c per pound. Poultry Chit kens, mixed, $3.00 3.50 per dozen; hens, $4.60: enrines. $2.003.50; geese, $4.005.00 forold; $1.606.60; ducks, $3.00 4.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1415o per pound. Potatoes 40 50o per aack: sweets. 224C per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, lo per pound; parsnips. 11: onions, 1 4'c per pound; carrots, $1. i lops a So per pound . Wool Valley, 1516o per pound: f-astern uregon, 10 15c; mohair. 26 per pound. .Mutton Gross, best sheen, wether and ewes, 3?ae: dressed mutton. 7a - F i ,'sc per pound; iambs, 6so. Hogs l.ross, choice heavr. $5.00: light and feeders. 14.60: dressed. 3.uue.50 per 100 pounds. Beef dross, top Bteers, $4.004.60: cows, 3.604.00; dressed beef, 6i '4C per pound. Veal Large, 67.lo: small. 8(3 8 'gc per pound. If Maffeus, the historian of the Indies, ?an be believed, one Nieuieua de Cugua, a native of Bengal, lived to the aston istiing age of 370 years. Although the story is confirmed by Lopez Castegu ods, who at the time of ,Cugnaa death, in loM, was historiographer royal of Portugal, and although it Is altogether the best proved instance of so great longevity, its correctness has been somewhat doubted. But whether or not Cugua or bis friends mistook the time of his birth by a century or two, there is no denying him the distinction of the greatest age of which we have anything like reliable data. He la de scribed as a man of great simplicity of habit, and of very easy and quiet man ners; though wholly illiterate, he was possessed of a memory so remarkable that be could recite the minutest de tails relating to most of even the daily events of two and a half centuries. He Is Bald to have had many wives during his long life, and it la related that the color of hla hair and beard changed several times from black to gray and from gray to black. The next greatest Instance of longev ity known to us is that of Peter Zoc- tron, a French peasant, whose death la recorded on Jan. 25, 1724, at the re markable age of 183 years. Immediate ly succeeding Zoctron ia the Instance of Louisa Truxo. This person was a negress of Tuscomla, In South Anier lea, who, in October, 1780, had reached the age of 175 years, and was living In so good a degree of health that she promised many years In addition. However extraordinary these facts, family by the name of Rovin, which resided about 1730 In Tunlrvax, France, furnished three particulars, each of which Is without a known parallel. (1) The combined age of the parents amounted to 338 years, the father, John Itovin, being 174, and the mother, Sarah, being 104. (2) They had been married 147 years, and what Is nearly as extraordinary, "they lived through out this long period in much peace aud contentment." (3) At the time of their death they had three children living, the youngest of whom was 116 years. England next enters the list, and fur nishes three remarkable Instances of long life In Henry Jenkins, Thomas Parr and Lady Acton. The first, a na tive of Yorkshire, lived to the age of 109 years, and once gave evidence In a court of justice on a circumstance which had happened 140 years before. In his time three queens and one king were beheaded, a Spanish and a Scot tish king were seated on the throne of England, and a score of revolutions had . spent their fury and wrought their effects. Jenkins died In 1070 at Aller- ton. i-aay Acton, an Englishwoman of quiet manners and even temper, was the widow of John Francis Acton. She was born in 1730, and her death, as an nounced by the London Times, was at the very meture age of 137 years. Fireside. bearing upon board school hnmor, say a London correspondent in the New York Tribune. He began by telling a story against himself. He was recently at a prize distribution at Kennlngton Road board school, and told the boys that he would not see them again for twelve months. He ventured to expresi a hope that In the meantime tbey would behave themselves and not get into mischief. One boy, evidently re garding him as wishing the company the compliments of the season, repliedi "The same to you, sir." For precocity, however, the boy who w-as being examined In mental arithme tic In an East Lambeth school surpass ed the Kennlngton scholar. "Supposing," asked the examiner, "there were six glasses of beer on this table and your father drank one, hovi many would remain?" To this the boy replied: "None, sir." The inspector chlded the pupil wltb the remark: "You don't know the simplest mental arithmetic." but the retort cam promptly: "No, and you don't know my father, sir." SUPPOSE WE SMILE HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM THE COMIC rwtn . . Tnrideata Occurring the Wn.id OT.r-B.Ting tha Are Cheer fai to Old or Iong-r"7 Bel- Uoa. th.t KwrbodJ Will Kajoy. A congressman tells the story that, being selected to deliver a eulogy on a deceased colleague whom be had not known, he consulted Mr. Eeed, then the speaker, upon what to say. "Say any thing except the truth," was the reply; It's customary." After a recent ecclesiastical gather ing, as the clergymen were trooping Into luncheon, one of the most unctuous observed: "Now to put a bridle on our appetites." "Now to pvt a bit between my teeth," retorted the Bishop of Win chester, Dr. Randall Davidson. A gem from the records of a Missouri court, given in an addrens by Hon. Wil liam Wallace, is the following lucid verdict In a lunacy case: "We, the jury, Impaneled, sworn, and charged to Inquire into the lnsangulnity of Heze- kiah Jones, do occur in the affirmative." An autograph-huntet, who was very anxious to obtain the signature of the poet Campbell, adoptd the familiar strategem. Having cjme across a line In one of his poems, the meaning of which appeared to b obscure, he wrote a short note to the Author, asking him to interpret the worJs in question. He f.,. .nd Down of the Game. inn nti ho nrpflcher who was itayin'g to dinner and being entertain- d bv little Harry, "i noye neonle down. Cards h.r Poised the downfall of many many a person who would otherwise have amounted to someciung m i" world." , , "Is that so?" the boy t-swered, thoueht it was lust the other way." "I can't imagine how you came to get uch an idea," the good man returned, "Well, last night, when pa naa com pany In the parlor, every little while 1 nnnirt hear them savlD they were raising one another."-Chlcago Times Herald. Rnt It Hadn't. "Here's the clockmaker come to fix our sitting room clock," said the funny man's wife; "won't you go up and get It for him?" "Why, it isn't upstairs, is It?" replied he, lazily. "Of course It is. Where did you think It was?" "O! I thought it had run down." Philadelphia Press. A Mean Insinuation. Banker Now, professor, let us sit lown in that quiet corner of the con servatory for a pleasant exchange of thoughts! Professor You are Incorrigible! You are always thinking of driving a profit able bargain! Fllegende Blaetter. received the following laconic reply SURPASSED ALL OTHERS. Coat San Franeieeo Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 1315o Der pound; F:a.Mtern Oregon, 10 15c; Yal Ity, 1820c; Northern, 1012o. Hops 18H9 crop, ll13o Der pound. Butter Fancy creamery 18 19c: lo seconds, 17lsc; fancy dairv. 17c; dosecouds. 15016,0 twr nnnn.l Eggs Store, in. Millstuffs Middlings, i ( - 13c; fancy ranch, $17.00 The London Glrdlers Give the Heat Feast on Record. The Worshipful Company of Glrdlers estimate that the luncheon given by them to the Secretary of State and members of the Council of India re ceuuy woras out at something over 2,000,000 a head. The history of this remarkable feast is absolutely unique. In 1034 a Mr. Robert Bell, then master of the com pany, ordered from the East India Com pany a Persian carpet at a cost of 150. For this carpet the East India Com pany, now represented by the Council of India, never received payment It was only recently that the present master of the Glrdlers, the lord mayor, uiscoverea mat ax me orcunary rate of compound interest the sum they now owed amounted to no less than 167,000,000! The Glrdlers consulted together and came to the natural conclusion that they could not meet their obligations. Not wishing, however, to appear dis honorable, they suggested that thev should entertain the Council of India to a luncheon, which should wipe off the score. The Council agreed, and the Glrdlers as a result, entertained them to a lunch, over which the lord mayor presided. There were seventy-five guests, so that each one, so to speak, consumed a meal costing over 2,000,000. London Daily Mall. DOG MAIL CARRIER. One Heryford's thoroughbred yearhug bulls me involved in a fluht. near thn ot spriugs. Lane countv, Or., wh I....U 1.... . 1 uum urn inn me spring and were scalded to death. a proposition for the location of a nax-doer mm at Eugene Or. has been submitted by E. Larimore, manager of the Scio factory. The bonus ia S2.50O , - . : - iw wa. IVV 8aiti ide for a distance of 85 mile long and .' snd 1,500 acre, ia flax. It ia renr rfiui Hiiut-s -uumju uaitn plant will oost S i"ui-r"- ivuuviug in payiug huh win employ regularly quantities gold, sliver, lead and copper, 'and. 25,0011, bout 3D m, ujj;vo per uajic. lottoes Early Kose, 60 65c; Ore- son Imrlianks, 80c90; river Bur banks, 3565c; new, 70c$1.25. Citrus Fruit Oranees. Valencia. $3,"6(t3.25; Mexican limes, $4.00 3.00; California lemons 75cfi$1.50: do choice $1.752.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas. $1.60 8.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian date. 63650 Dei pound. Nep Walta for the Train and Takes Charge of Mailing. Out in Kansas, where so many things are different, there Is a big St Bernard mall carrier. He lives in one of the little "cross roads" towns, where the only store, which is also the postofflee, is thirty rods from the railroad track. The train always goes whizzing by at a good rate of speed, whistling as it approaches. Nep hears the whistle and hurries to the crossing and waits for the coming of the mail The mail tierk kicks the leather bag out of the door and it falls somewhere in the vi cinity of the road. Nep at once coes to the sack, and carefully taking it by the middle, so that neither end will drag on the ground, walks sedately to the store, where he deposits his bur den in a safe place. He does this every day. In snite of At. a. . . . me neaiuer, auu tne whole country ' nows and Is proud of the dog mall rier. . ep is 4 years old. Is 2 feet 7 Inches , neight and weighs 250 pounds. He has no difficulty In carrying the sack though the mail Is often very heavi with the weekly papers from the couu ty seat, for his teeth are strong and he una i-arrifu over iw pounds as a test of his strength. Sir In return to your note, I send you my autograph. Thomas CampbelL" - 'Sir William MacCormac, the presi dent of the Royal College of Surgeons of London, is at times quite absent- minded. He Is an indefatigable work er, and often to save time when study ing in his laboratory has a light lunch eon served there. Once his assist ants heard him sigh heavily, and, look ing up, saw the doctor glaring at two glass receptacles on his table. "What Is the matter, doctor?" asked one of the youngsters. "Nothing In particular," was the reply, "only I am uncertain whether I drank the beef tea or that compound I am working on." A short time ago some American la dies who were visiting Rome, wishing to attend a Papal reception, mad their appearance In ordinary court dress, having availed themselves to the full est extent of the decollettage. Pope Leo was horrified when he first noticed them, and determined to take steps fo its prevention in future. A certain well known cardinal was instructed by him to inform the ladies of their breach of etiquette. The cardinal was a man of the world, and realized that the matter must be approached with the utmost tact and delicacy; after due considera tion he approached the ladies, and, ad dressing them, said: "The Pope is old- rashfoned and does not like decollete dresses; but" he continued, waving his nana lightly m the air, "for me I am quite accustomed to them, you know, I have been so much among savages that do not mind them." It was some lit tle time before the ladies grasped the run significance of the cardinal's words, Lamuie Saint Saens, the brilliant J? rench composer, is extremely near sighted. One evening at Paris he was at a party, when the host asked him to play something. He for a long time re fused to do so, but, being earnestly pressed, he took his seat at the piano. His hair was tossed back, hia pvp gleamed with excitement. Now ho would bend over the piano, then he would throw himself back; and all the while his fingers would run over the keys as he extemporized in the mrwt brilliant fashion. The company wo delighted. After an hour, pleasure gave place to weariness. Two hours after. ward some of the guests began to leave- a-1 1 i , lUKtr example quicKiy Decame contain. ous, and by degrees nobody remained in tne room except the master of the house (the hostess had lone since e-r.no to bed). Saint-Saens, more inspired and more tumultuous than ever, utterlv nn. conscious of the Incidents around him ..1 j . . . . . ymjcu uu us tasi ana as frenzied as ever. At last, about 2 a. m Saint-Saens playing with more arrir.. man ever, tne master of the hoi. completely overcome with fatlcnp came desperate, and, laying his hand nn tin 11. ........ . l. . 1 -"c .umjuoci a suouiuer, said- 'l beg your pardon, my dear sir, but pray juu mi a. mue iiiuguea? ' Saint Saens replied, without leaving the nin! no, "Not in the least!" and to show how fresh he was, struck into a new iumroJ -.1 4,1 i ji t'avr- iisaiiou wuu wimer enthusiasm than ever. The host gave up. stole out of the room, and went to bed. At dayi break Saint-Saens rose, gravely bowed' to the tables and chairs, and went home completely ignorant that the chairs and tables had been for hours his only audi- How He Felt. The Captain Keep the tiller down, I tell you! The Landlubber (at the wheel) I can't keep anything down, Captain; not even my dinner! New York World. Forced to Economic Action. "I've discovered how these health re sorts work." "How Is it?" "Well, when a man gets there and finds out what his bills are, in a few weeks he either dies or gets well enough to go home." Chicago Record, Turn Tables. L,arry in- sspar Atnietlc Club are goin' to hould th' nixt foight in wan iv thlm houses phere they kape locomo tives. Denny Phwat for? Larry Because it's a round house, Chicago News. His View. "Do you believe in the brotherhood of mankind?" asked the serious man. "I do," replied the man who oper ates on the stock exchange. "But I must say there has been a pretty brisk family quarrel In progress all these centuries." Washington Star. Happy Under Compulsion. Better Late than v. ,t I hope this proposal of nilit'e l taken you completely by surprU. ;!l "Well, yes, it has. I l0Dg aw . doned all idea of it."-Life. AH Entitled to Their Onla0ll Friend Of course, some folks o to dogs and parrots. Aunt Sally Yes; and some obit folks who object to dogs and m. -Puck. Recognized a Friend. Macic u Ken what caused all J commotion in tne jungle section, circus parade? Luke Warme Why, gome ,, along the route hung her tlc rug out of the window. Chicago x,1 Have Yon Heard of This Btf0r 1: Mr. Tom Cat Really, Maria It not a bootjack! I I got up In the and struct against a a door-km A Barber's View. Barber Did that young man & you to the theater in a carriage? Daughter No, he took the elevatt "I thought he would. I knew hei! too mean to live the moment I setd on hlra." ' "How did you?" "He wears a full beard." New I; Weekly. A Conscious Humorist. "Mark Twain wants to be Preside: "Well, he's way ahead of nearlr the other aspirants." "How so?" "Why, the others are absurd 1 don't know it; he is absurd andkiJ it." Indianapolis Journal. An Onnce of Prevention, "Billy, I want you to go wltn m, call on the young lady I'm engaged s' "No; I'd better not; I'm so dreadli imitative I might catch your eotbJ asm about her." Indianapolis Jourf A 8prinK Idyl. Mrs. Smallot Why don't you burn that pile of trash in the yard? air. sraauoi wma s th' wrong nl The smoke would all blow In our if windows. New Y'ork W'eeklv. In the Critical Moment, 11 He Let me kneel in the dust. your feet, Miss Maggie, and tell m how much I adore you! She I beg your pardon, sir, but tk no dust in our carpets! Fllege Blaetter. Is Almost Human. O, George," tearfully exclaimed wife, meeting him at the door. "M parrot you brought home the oil day!" "What's the matter with him?" a Mr. Ferguson. "I don't l know. He won't tell When I ask him what the troublt he Just swears dreadfully !" Chio: Tribune. "Do you live haonllv With Tftn. i,. band?" "Of course! I'd like to BOO Mm live unhappily with me!"-Das Klein nrii.Li-,. nee. Dr. Knew Hia Father. Macaamara, an ex-teacher, an- peared recently at the Coburg Road Board school. Old Kent road, and ,1 Uatt4 an auvilence with Anecdotes How It Came About. Browne-How did that Congressman get his reputation as a brainy man? Towne-He was once interviewed by a bright reporter.-Brooklyn Life. A fool spends hla money In dissipa tlon and a wise man spends hla for ran. reattoo, The Most Kantlaf Stubb-"Here is a list of th fnn, .1 At . . ..... sjucb me Deginning of the year." xcuu ia uie peach cron om thon,V ' ""6 A Crying Evil. airs, hparenotrod "Marlorlo t - 't naa ,ur uwu gooa tnat I punished you There are some things that a mother TJ,"e oe-een sobs)-"l don't see -x uvu t al.e wny mothers couldn't all " fciauuiuomers: l'uck. Old They Get Used to It uentleman "Don't "'""lecage Little Girl-Oh, I don't know I a flat." New Voi-ir tx-,., " crmjr. They Are Nnmerons. lda--I don't believe these keys of genuine elephant's teeth." May-"How funny that sounds " ive in are Ida "What dear?" May-"Why, a piano teeth." with false Took Him to Be an Cmbrella 1W. a Ida-ElmoM. "7U"..S?na'-. ,i .7 ternole insult this morning. May-What was it? Ida Why. an old " dies of his golf projng TroV he bag and asked him im 1 . lue D"S wouia Uim Davr tnnnk charge to mend an umbrella.-Chic A Lady's Maid. Mistress Why did you leave f last situation? New Maid-To tell the truth It tf 0 uninteresting not a dispute, scandal. I am accustomed to live te very best families, and I could i ldure the bourgeois atmosphere ew York World. Giving; Him a Hint. Mr. B. It is hard to tell a womn age by her looks. Mrs. B. I should hope so. Why, tt old hat of mine makes me look sixty. Philadelphia Bulletin. Hardly Pleasant. "It vexed me horribly, I tell yoa" "What was that?" "Why, when Mabel's husband pi a tooth for me (he's our dentist, h know), he gave her the dollar right fore my face and eyes to go off and W ice cream." Indianapolis Journal. Making His Toilet. 1 1 .1. .1 1 .. -.1 . .. 1 ...!.. ,Mr - Menu uguiuai iimi uuiwu hue for? " Tramp I am combing my hair. - ' Hia Ailment. Mr. renn xoung uaswei isui t to-day. I Mr. Pitt-What ails him? Is UP? Mr. Penn-No, it isn't grip this i" It- is open-car-i-tis. Pittsburg Icie-Telegraph. He Pat Oat tha Ftre on Her Bit A curious accident took place In Casino at Monte Carlo. A trend mine was standing In the Atrium ''' nights since, when she heard a sen and turning round was surprised to a gentleman quietly but forcibly pj Ing his square, topped felt bat do-j over the head of a lady standing j side him. Struck by the extraorJim'j action my friend approached nw' and then she saw smoke Issuing under the hat. It appears that the Ik In question had been standing near k naked eas licrhts. which hang BFi tected for the convenience of tn'i and her tulle toque caught fire, had not been, for the prompt, fj unconventional action of the P man who extemporized an extingn er. ahn m!i?ht hnv suffered C0Bsii ably more than she did. Paris Mesj ger. I Althniie-h tho sHnrfne aDDaral0 1 bee is less than a quarter of j in length, it leaves a red-hot Impr about a quarter of a mile long. 1 The 1nva nt roatordav are deei1'! eago those f to-morrow are not yet