NEWS OF THE MINES.
EXTENSIVE ORE BODY.
Flynn Croup of Claim Near Wallace to
Km Worked again.
Wallace, Idaho, Angust 27. The
Flynn group of claims are to be worked
it once The Flynn group consists of
22 claims, located in 1887 by the Flynn
brothers. The claims are all on the bin
lead, which is clearly defined from the
Helena-Frisco mine on the Canyon
creek side to the Morning mine, and
have a continuous lead of over two
miles in length. Fourteen of the
ilaims have been patented for several
greats and the other eight are to be pat
ented this fall, and aftei the survey him
lieen made Montana parties of unlimited
;apital will take the entire property on
i bond and at once commence system
a'u; development upon it.
In the minds of mining men there
has never existed much doubt as "to the
Flynn croup. It could hardly be pos
iihle that a break wonld occur in the
mineral lead on which the claims are
located, and at either end of which
tuch bonanza ore bodies as the Helena
Frisco and the Morning mines have
npeuad. The Flynn group has two
miles of this same lead, between these
two big producers, and surely covers
one of the greatest and most extensive
ore bodies in the Northwest.
A lot of work has been done on the
property in the year since the claims
have been located, but being a deep
miuu proposition, the owners have been
suable to develop it into a producer.
Last year a tunnel was run to tap the
lead below the mounter iron capping of
the summit. This iron knoll is an
elevation of fully 5,000 feet and covers
an era almost as large as Wallace.
Altogether over 0,000 feet of tunnel has
been run on the various claims, and
the ininorali.Htion has been good in all
of it. None of this tunnel worked was
lufllciently extensive, however, to ex
plore the ore bodies. On the iron-Silver
claim the lead was tapped with a
tunnel of 404 feet. The face of the
tunnel was quite freely mineralized for
h greater part of the distance. From
the point where the tmimd cut the lead
a drift of 110 feet was run, all show
ing considerable ore. The ledge is
about 30 foot wide, and the walls are
in place and solid.
A tunnel from the Canyon creek side
in the vicinity of the Frisco would cut
the lead on the Flynn group at a depth
of nearly 8,000 feet, and it has long
been contended by practical mining
men that this is the most advantageous
point from which to open up tha prop
erly. ,
LOOKING FOR IDAHO COAL.
Would be a lllg Thing for the Kullroail
and fur LewUton.
The discovery of immense coal de
posits near Lewistou Idaho, will it is
believed, have great influence in the fu
ture railroad construction in that sec
tion. The deposits are located about
13 miles from the mouth of the Grand
Ronde river, and if the results of de
velopment meet the elaborate indica
tions, they promise to exert a material
influence on the railroad situation iu
the Snake river country, gays the Lew
istou Tribune. The 0. R. & N. Co.,
it is eaid, Is anxiously investigating
coal prospreuts in the basins of the Co
lumbia and Snake rivers with the hope
of providing and adequate supply of
coal for its systom and if such i) the
case the discovery of a good quality
in sufficient quantity on the Grand
lionde would be a most welcome devel
opment to that road.
' OREGONCOAL FIELDS.
The Oeologlcal Survey rublUhei a Late
lleport ou Them. ,
Washington, August 27. The coal
fields of Oregon are thus summarized
by the latest report of the geological
survey:
The coal fluids of Oregon, so far ns
yet known, all lie west of the Cascade
ninge and north of Rogue river, Most
of them are among the monntuins gen
erally known in Oregon as the Coast
raiige, but others occur at the western
foot of the Cascade range. Four fields
will be uotioed the upper Nehalem
coal lipid, in Columbia county; the
lower Nehalem coul fields, in Clatsop
couuty; the Yaquina ooal Holds, in
Lincoln county and the Coos Bay ooal
fields, in Coos county. Traces of coal
have been fond In many other parts of
the state. The greatest hindrance to
the development of the Oregon ooal
fields is the lack of transportation.
Work I'rogremlng on the Klinberley.
Tho tunnel on the Kimberley, in the
Kamloops, B. C, district, is iu 827 feet.
Last week a vein was struck ou the top
of the tunnel, at a pitch of 45 degrees.
Hunches ot very good ore have beou
encountered, of ohaloopyritea and black
oxides. The present vein matter is
very much decomposed, but so far con
siderably exceeds in value anything
hitherto taken from the tunnel. This
finishes the contract for the 100 feet ot
driving. Work is still in pi-ogress,
aud will be prosecuted steadily.
Riiud to Blue Klver Mine.
Crews of men and teams have gone
from Drowusvillo, Oiegon, to build the
wagon road from that plaoe to the
Hlue river jnines. Relays of men will
bo at work until the road is completed
to the mountains.
Copper III Uulou County.
The copper fields in the eastern part
of Union county, Oregon, are likely to
become valuable property. Property
twins worked by the North American
Mining Company shows ore bearing
gray copper in good quantities. Re
ports say that a great body of copper
ore exists in this section.
Thirty Thousand a Mouth.
The Greenback mine, in Josephine
conutv, Oregon, pays its owners $30,
000 a mouth in dividends.
t.ood Idaho Mine Being Developed,
The K,kndike mine, lu the Pierce
City diriet, Idaho is beiua developed
by rrunels, and about 20,000 tons of
ore have been blocked out. It will as
say about $8 per ton. Fifteen men are
working on the new site for the mill
which will be put up at once. This
mine is owned by the Oro Fiuo Mining
Company.
Coal and Petroleum.
Several Astoria men have formed a
syndicate to develop coal lands near ,
that place. Petroleum is also expect- J
ad to develop on this property, i
QUARTZ IN ALASKA.
Atlln District Claims Lots of the Free
Milling Variety.
Seattle', August 27. H. C. Diers. of
Skagway, says that an average of 20
filings on quartz are made in the Atlin
recorder's office daily. The general
success in placer mining and quartz
locations i the camp this season, the
feeling prevails in Atlin that the future
of the dihtrict as a good permanent pro
ducer is assured.
Monroe mountain is producing rich
free milling quartz, now being worked
at Atlin. The mountain is eight miles
from Atlin, unl not far from discovery
on l'ine creek. The quartz is being
taken to the stamp mills of Lord Ham
ilton and crushed. It yields from $20
to $i0 a ton. The Anaconda property
is not now being worked, and the mills
which weie set up there are engaged iu
doing custom work of the Monroe
mountain ore.
A telluride proposition is being
opened a quarter of a mile from Atlin
which promises well. It has a six
foot vein.
The nickel property at the south end
of Atlin lake is a very extensive body.
The percentage of nickel carried has
not been ascertained. The statement
that it whs 40 per cent is not true.
No nickel runs that high.
LOOKING TO RED MOUNTAIN
Oold-StiKlded Rock Obtained In Gold
Itaslu Ledge.
Seattle, August 27 Good tidings of
the rapid advance of mining operations
in the Mount Baker gold fields were
taken to Whatcom by II. G. Anderson,
who arrived fiom Red Mountain, via
Chilliwack and Vancouver, ii. C. Mr.
Anderson was one of the discoverers of
the Anderson-Schriuisher gold ledge on
Red mountain. In the lilade he says
the prospects of the leading ledges in
that district are most encouraging, and
owners are pushing development work
rapidly. Work on the Post-Lambert
ledges has been suspended for a few
days, u waiting the arrival of engines
and fans with which to drive away the
smoke which arises from constant blast
ing in the tunnel. All miners who
have visited the property say that it is
very rich.
The Gold Rasin ledga on Red nionu
tain, in which Charles D. Lnne, of San
Francisco, and J. O. Carlisle are inter
en ted, is said to be a veritable bonanza
to the owners. Mr. Anderson met Mr,
Carlisle at Chilliwack and that gentle'
man told him that assays made from
ore taken from the Gold Basin ledge
run as high as $30,000 per ton. The
gold can be seen with tho naked eye
and stands out iu beads on the quartz
It is similar to tho quaitz found in the
Lone Jack ledge, owned by English &
Sou.
It appears that the location of the
international boundary line is in ques
tion, and fears are entertained that
Hod mountain and other mountains in
that vicinity may possibly be in Brit
it-li Columbia. According to Held notes
of Provincial Surveyor Dean, the line
is supposed to cross at Box canyon at
the confluence of East and West Silicia
creeks. Onneis of claims at Red
mountain have taken out mining
licenses in British Columbia and are
also making filings at New Westmin
ster in order to bold their claims in
case they find that their claims lie in
British Columbia.
The Red Mountain Gold Mining
Company has a large force of men at
work driving a tunnel in to tap its
ledges. Cabins are being built for
winter quarters.
ENOUGH ORE FOR TEN YEARS.
The Monto Crlsto Company Will Soon
Kinploy Store Men.
Monte Cristo, WaHh., August 27.
The Monte Critso Mining Company has
about 00 men on the pay roll. The
concentrator is using only one side of
the mill, handling 70 tons every 24
hours. Some repairs are being made
c id when done the mill will inn Its
full capacity of 800 tons per day. Tht
dynamo will start up in a few days,
thon the Burleigh drills will be at
work. As soon as a raise is finished,
so there will be more air and room, the
force will be increased to 200 or 250
men. It is claimed that the Monte
Crinsto Mining Company has enough
ore iu sight to keep the mines working
for 10 years. A surveying party is at
work ou a lino to bring more water to
the mill.
Dlvldeud-raylng Mines.
The following is a partial list of the
diviiend-paviug mines of British Co
lumbia: Camp McKinley paid up to
June, 1890, $312,004; the Fern, up to
June, 1898, $10,000; the Hall Mines,
Limited, up to May, 1899, $120,000;
the Idaho, up to January, 1899, $292,
000; the Last Cbauce, up to April,
1899, $15,000; the Le Roi. up to No
vember, 1899, $1,305,000; the Queen
Besi, up to July, 1899, $25,000; the
Rambler-Cariboo, up to December,
1890, $00,000; the Reco, up to Janu
ary, 1898, $297,500, the War Eagle
Consolidated, up to rebruary, 1900,
$545,350; the Yuilr, up to November,
1899, $30,000.
Ituahing to Dawnon,
Navigation on the Yukon rivei closes
early in October aud there is a rush
of freight to the Dawson country,
Quarts Strike Near Detroit.
Four quarts claims have been located
near Detroit, Oregon, during the week,
aud the hills are being hunted for loca
tions.
Oldest Miner. .
Douglas county, Oregon, claims the
oldest miner, William Kerr, who is 99
and works every day.
Klondike Gold.
Theyielu of gold in the Klondike
country this year is estimated at $16,
000,000. Wold Output This Tear.
Director of the Mint George E. Rob
erts, estimates the world's gold output
this year at $300,000,000.
Permanent Gold Veins,
Mining experts said in the Portland
Telegram, August 22, that they be
lieved the gold veins in Eastern Oregon
are permanent and of good deuth.
NO BACKWARD MOVEMENT.
The Trade Situation Satisfactory, Con
sidering Season.
R. (i. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade says:
The sky is not cloudless; but there
has Deen no backward, movement of
business this week. The chief draw
back of the week has been the intense
heat in some sections of the West,
which was more efficient in retarding
business thou the lower temperature
East, which is stimulating it.
Crop advices continue as cheerful as
at any time lately, and the labor titu
atiou thows no important changes in
working forces.
Prices are steady, but there is . talk
of a decline, perhaps $10 per ton, in,
steel rails shortly, to a basis at which
it is believed the railroads will be
willing to place orders for the ensuing
Jems' supplies. More good news comes
from the great iron centers, where
bridge and boatbnilders and makers of
agricultural implements, stoves and
cast iron pipe are all eager to secure
finished or partially finished material.
Prices are sustained, and in a few
cases move upward. Iron, generally,
is already a solid and better balanced
market than for two months past.
Another sharp decline has taken
place in the price of tin, but copper is
firm.
Wheat declined still further, tooth
ing the lowest price since early in
June.
Corn is steady, but a drop last week
makes the intent price only four cents
above that of 1809.
Factories are still working only part
time in the Eastern boot and shoe dis
tricts, aud it is evident that eariler es
timates of accumulated stocks were
much to small.
There is more activity in the hide
market and prices are sustained by
strong foieign quotations, activity in
Chicago by California tanners, and fa
vorable purchases of harness.
PAC I F I C COAsY T R A D E .
Seattle Markets.
Onions, new, o.
Lettuce, hot house, $1 per crate.
Potatoes, new. $15.
Beets, per sack, 85c $1.
Turnips, per sack, 75c.
Squash 4c.
'arrets, per sack, $1.00
Fart-nips, per sack, $1.25,
Cauliflower, native, 75c.
Cucumbers 1020o.
Cabbage, native and California
2c per pounds.
Tomatoes 50 00".
Butter Creamery, 25c; Eastern 22c
dairy, 15 18c; ranch, 14c pound.
Eggs 24c.
Cheese 12c.
Poultry 12c; dressed, 14c; spring
13(3 15c.
Hay ruget Sound timothy, $11. 0C
(312.00, choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $10.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $25
feed meal, $20.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton.
$20.
Flour Fatcut, per barrel, $3.60
blended straights, $3.25; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $0.00; era
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.804.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $12.00
shorts, per ton,' $14.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton
middlings, por ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef
steers, price 7c; cows, 7c; mutton
7; pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 9
11c.
Hams Large, 18c; small, 13M
breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides,
8,'gc.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. 5455o;
Valley, 55c; Bluestem, 68o per bushel
Flour Best grades, $3.10; graham,
$3.00; superfine, $2.10 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 87o; choice
gray, 85o per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $15.00 15.50;
brewing, $17.00 per ton.
, Millstuffs Bran, $12.00 ton; mid
dliugs, $20; shorts, $15; chop, $15 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $1112,; clover,$7
7.50; Oregon wild hay, $87 per ton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 45 50c;
store, 2 7 ho.
Eggs 17o perdozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14o; new cheese 10c
per pound.
I'oultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00
4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.50; springs,
$2.003.00; geese, $5.007.00 forold;
$4.500.50; ducks, $3.004.00 per
dozen; turkeys, live, 1510o per
pound.
Potatoes 4050oper sack; sweets,
8 23o per pounu.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, $1;
per sack; garlic, To per pound; cab
bage, 2o per pound; parsnips, $1;
onions, lgc per pound; carrots, $1.
Hops 28o per pound.
Wool Valley, 1616o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 15 16c; mohair, 25
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
aud ewes, 3c; dressed mutton, .
7o per pound; lambs, 6feO.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00;
light and feeders, $4.60; dressed,
$5.008.60 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4.00(34.50;
cows, $3.504.00; dressed beef, 6,'s
7?4'o per pound.
Veal Large, 6,l7jg'c; small, 8
8,lgO per pound.
Ban Pranoisee Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 11 18c per.
pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 14c; Val
ley, 10 18c; Northern, 910o.
Hops 1899 crop, ll13o pel
pound.
Butter Fancy creamery 24c;
.lo seconds, 22 Or 23c; fancy dairy,
22c; do seconds, 17 20o per pound.
1'Sgs Store, 17c; fancy ranch,
c.
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
20.00; bran, $12.50 13.50.
Hay Wheat $S12; wheat and
oat $8.00 10.60; best barley $8.50
alfalfa, $6.0007.50 per ton; straw,
2537c per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 80 75c; Ore
gon Burbanks, 90c $1; river Bur-
hanks, 85 60c; new, li2c.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,
$3.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
5.00; California lemons 75c$1.50;
do choice $1.753.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50
2.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, 6 6. So per
pound. i
Louisville had the luxury of two cen
tral councils of labor for some years,
and now they have concluded to amal
gamate. M. Millerand, Minister of the Interior
of France, has established a chair of
labor In the national art and trade
school In Purls.
The colliery owners In Lancashire,
Eughiud, do not like the eight-hour day,
but the miners are solidly organized
and the system seems to work well for
all concerned.
The Sunday closing movement, which
has been pushed with much success In
the grocery and meat maxket lines In
Chicago, has spread to other branches
with equally good results.
According to statistics recently com
piled the United States last year was
the greatest producer of coal, salt, Iron,
copper, silver and lead In the world,
and w as also a leader In the production
of many of the less Important metals.
An extraordinary development In re
gard to women's work has come to light
in the fact that 500 girls and women
are employed In the foundries of Pitts
burg, doing work for $4 and $5 a week
for which men were formerly paid from
$14 to $10 a week. They are princi
pally employed In coremaklng and
"snap" molding shops.
The States of Georgia, Texas aud
Mississippi have recently abandoned
the system of hiring out convicts and
have employed them to advantage on
farms, especially In raising cotton. This
form of employment has been found to
work the least injury to free labor and
to assure the best returns. A profit has
been made In each Instance, and the
farms have been free from the hard
ships aud cruelties.
Laws prohibiting boycotting In speci
fic terms have been enacted In Colora
do, Illinois and Wisconsin. In practic
ally all other States, however, It Is not
difficult to' make boycotting a misde
meanor. All that Is required Is for an
employer to enter the courts and claim
that boycotters are conspiring to ruin
his business, when an injunction Is
quickly Issued outlawing the boycott
So special laws are hardly needed.
For miles along the Pennsylvania
Railroad tracks and for many miles in
other localities there stretch long lines
of coke furnaces, blazing up Into the
night all through the year. Above each
oven top the flames burn flercely-bll-llons
of horse-power In the shape of
heat going to waste absolutely. With
proper management these ovens could
be located near great cities, the heat
now wasted could generate power for
street cars or public heating or other
useful purposes and the cost of living
be reduced to millions of families. Be
yond the coke ovens on that same rail
road you will often see burning some
huge pile of logs-worn out railroad ties
that are of no use and must be got rid
of. Rolling by the Are, hour after hour,
are long trains of empty freight cars,
going to take on loads. These empty
cars could take the huge logs to the
cities In winter. How mnnr r.. i
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lies could thus be kept warm cheaply?
FAMOUS ACTRESS STRICKEN.
Mme. Janauschek, the Tragedienne,
III with Paralysis.
Mme. Fanny Janauschek, the fa
mous tragedienne, was ' recently
stricken with paralysis. Mme. Janau
schek was born In Prague, Bohemia,
and at the age of 18 was a favorite on
the European stage. She made her
first appearance In this country In 1807
and for four years acted In German.
Then she mastered the English lan
guage and turned her attention to
Shakespearean tragedy, when her real
career In this country hesrnn. tn ism
she revisited Germany, but returned to
mis country in 1880 and has since re
mained here. When not on her pro
fessional tours she lives at 717 Jeffer
son avenue, Brooklyn. As an actress
she is noted for her great1 power and
fascinating personality. She has been
luccessful In many roles and her Lady
Will
rANXT JAftAUSCnEK.
Macbeth and Meg Merrllles are con
sidered among the best characteriza
tions ever presented on the American
Btago.
Though during her long stage career
Madame Janauschek has been in re
ceipt of a handsome salary, she Is to
flay dependent upon the actors' fund
for sustcuauce.
The Terror of Hyderabad.
It Is on record that no fewer than
twenty-three persons were killed by a
mau-eating pautber In the Ellichpore
district, Hyderabad, during the past
twelve months, says the Morning Post
of Delhi. The brute remains at large,
despite the reward of 300 rupees offer
ed for his capture.
Too Much of a Talker fbr Him.
A young man In Penusylvaula broke
bis engagement with a girl because on
her graduation she took the oratorical
prize.
It happens often these days that
Aunt Maria Das to remember that
Marie was named for her, and that
Aunt Martha has a namesake In Mar-
SOLDIER'S LIFE EASIER.
Protection, Weapons and Food Mach
Improved of Late Years.
Although soldiering would seem to be
a more perilous business than it ever
was before, In consequence of the
greater force, rapidity and range of
weapons, and the higher power of ex
plosives, the result may show that mod
ern battles are not more deadly than
were those of the Civil War, since an
attempt has been made to counteract
the destructive forces by stouter pro
tections In forts and by a system of
tactics that replaces the old solid for
mations with something like the skir
mish order of former times. It may be,
also, that the troops will fight at fur
ther distance, allowing for the longer
carriage of bullets and shells.
But of one thing we are certain. If
the perils of war have been multiplied
the comforts of the camp have been
Increased until they are a partial offset.
Clothing Is stouter, If the millers choose
to make It so; camp outfits Include
eooklng apparatus that can be carried
on the back of one man; the canning of
meats, vegetables and fruits, the desic
cation of other articles of food, and the
general cheapening of many things that
were luxuries a few years ago make It
possible to live In camp almost as in a
hotel. The substitution of aluminum
for iron In utensils is another advant
age, and in general there Is a tendency
to both lightness of outfit and extension
of properties contained tn It.
In addition to the articles provided by
the government in its clothing and ra
tion allowances, the man with a gun
is now allowed to buy and have pipes,
tobacco, soap, writing materials, pens,
basins, blacking brushes, silk handker
chiefs, matches, towels and an addition
to bis menu in cheese, canned goods,
dried fruits, deviled ham, preserves,
white sugar, lime Juice, Worcestershire
sauce, pickles, Jam, ginger, spices and
cranberry sauce. Rum Is discounte
nanced In hot countries, for it encour
ages sunstroke and Intensifies other
troubles peculiar to the climate.
Brooklyn Eagle.
THE ART OF TALKING WELL.
Thingc to Pay and Things to Leave Un
said in General Conversation.
It Is better to be frankly dull than
pedantic.
One must guard one's self from the
temptation of "talking shoo" and of
riding one's "hobby."
Whatever sets one apart as a capital
"I" should be avoided. I
A joke or humorous story Is depen-'
dent upon Its freshness for apprecia
tion. Some emotions will not bear
"warming over."
It Is no longer considered good form
to say a word against any one. An Ill
natured criticism Is a social blunder.
Gossip, too, Is really going out of fash
Ion. True wit Is a gift, not an attainment
Those who use It aright never yield to
the temptation of saying anything that
can wound another in order to exhibit
their own cleverness. It Is natural and
spontaneous. "He who runs after wit
Is apt to catch nonsense."
Talk that has heartiness In It and the
liveliness and sparkle that come of
llght-heartedness and Innocent gayety,
s a fairly good substitute for wit.
Offer to each one who speaks the
homage of your undivided attention.
Look people In the face when you talk
to them.
Talk of things, not persons. The best
substitute for wisdom Is silence.
It Is a provincialism to say "yes, sir,"
"no, ma'am" to one's equal.
Have convictions of your own. Be
yourself aud not a mere echo.
Never ask leading questions.. We
should show curiosity about the con
cerns of others only so far as It may
gratify them to tell us.
Draw out your neighbor without cate
chizing him. Correct him, if necessary,
without contradicting him. Avoid man
nerisms. Strive to be natural and at ease. The
nervousness that conceals Itself under
affected vivacity should be controlled,
as should the loud laugh. Ladles'
Home Journal.
DID NOT KNOW HER HUSBAND.
Chicago Dentlat Fails to Convince a
Spinster She Was Married.
Dr. Flllum Is a dentist, and he prides
himself on remembering his patieuts
and the history of their molars as well
as any doctor In Chicago. The other
day a plump, blonde little woman sail
ed Into the office cheerfully.
"I want to make an engagement to
have my teeth examined, doctor," she
remarked, as If she had been a patient
of teu years' standing.
"All right. How'U Saturday suit
you?" Inquired the doctor, all the time
making a strong mental effort to recall
her name.
"No-o,' she hesitated. "I promised to
take the children to the country then,
and Mr. Johns "
"Of course; I recollect now. Tour
husband was In a while yesterday and
told me about It," Interrupted Dr. Fil
lum, Joyfully recognizing the name of
one of bis patients.
"No, my husband wasn't here yes
terday," remarked the woman, with a
queer smile.
"Oh, yes he was, ma'am, and I filled
a tooth for him," insisted the doctor.
"l'ou never filled a tooth for my hus
band In your life," said the little lady,
eyeing him calmly.
"My denr Mrs. Johns, I "
"Who do you take me for, anyway?"
"Mrs. Jobus, ma'am."
"Well, I'm not; I'm Miss Angelina
Simms of the Waifs' Mission, and you
made me a set of false teeth the year
before the World's Fair. Mr. Johns on
Is the man who runs the mission I'm
In."
Dr. Flllum lost a patient, but added
somethlug to his store of human knowl
edge. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Jumping at Conclusions.
"Bagsley is awfully fond of his new
parrot, lsut he?"
"Yes, he takes him out to the golf
liuks every day."
"Then that's where he's learning to
swear." Cleveland Tlain Dealer.
Growth of One Industry.
In l&K) the United States had only
sixteen cement factories, while tker
are now thirty.
Being a dunce Is the most emensiva
habit you can possibly have.
"How absurd," remarked the cab
man, "for that man to swear merely
because he lct the train."
"But wouldn't you do the same thing
in his place?" replied the gatekeeper.
"Very like," said the cabman; "but i
wasn't thinking of that. I was only
thinking how luckily for me It was that
he lost his train. He will have to hire
me to take him down town, don't you
see?" Boston Transcript.
An Authority on China.
Husband-I'd like to know what Is to
become of China.
Wife I guess the hired girl can tell
you.
Magnanimity.
Laundress One o' my customers 'ad
the cheek ter compline as a sheet come
'ome In four bits!
Sympathetic friend Well, I never!
Wot did yer sye?
Laundress Sed as I'd only charged
fer It as one hartlcle I Sketch.
She Was 6ntisfie1.
Captious Mother What do you want
to marry that young man for? He
doesn't know enough to set the world
on fire.
Sensible Daughter Maybe not, but
he says he knows enough to set the
kindling wood In the kitchen range on
fire. Somerville Journal.
BOTH IN THE
Umbrella Mender to Golf riayer
cago Inter Ocean.
A Clear Case,
"What do you mean by saying music
Injured your health?"
"Why that girl next door pounds her
piano so late that we have to go to bed
with all our windows shut."
A Safety Clause.
He-I think I'll eat a third slice of
watermelon.
She So will I.
He No, you don't; If we both g;t sinu
who's to go for the doctor? Indianap
olis Journal.
ZT"? A Jostled Effect.
Nan Kitty, what does the new book
keeper look like?
Kitty Well, he looks like a man w ho
always had to put on his necktie while
running to catch a train. Indianapolis
Journal.
Bo'.d the Same Old Way.
Customer How do you sell eggs?
Grocer In the shells, mum.
A Justified Pun.
"My mother-in-law has gone to the
mountains."
"You look pleased."
"Yes; she'll have to admit she has
found something thnt she can't walk
over."-Indiauapolis Journal
Sympathetic
"Hen-ry," gasped Mrs. Peck, "I
w wish you wou Id go f or the
doc-tor. Ic can'thard ly b breathe."
"Dou't try, my dear, if it hurts voit "
calmly replied Henry.-Chlcago News.
Sure Thin-.
Edith-I would be willing to marry
the man I loved even if he wasn't capa
ble of earning over f 10 a week.
Ethel-So would I ! Such men as that
almost always come of rich and influ
ential families! Puck.
Mental Effort in Jnly.
You are very quiet to-night, Char
lotte. "Yes; I read something to-day, and I
wanted to .talk to you about it but I
can't think what It was."
j HI
"Our cook was going to leave vosw.
day, but my wife's diplomacy saved
the day."
"Is that so?"
"Yes; when the cook gave notice, my
wife, with great presence of mlud, said:
'That's too bad, Bridget, but I'm not
surprised. Several of the neighbors'
girls predicted mat you woum leave
because you knew you wouldn't have
any show with the handsome new po.
llceman who Is shortly to be assigned
to this beat.' "Philadelphia Press.
The Awakening-.
Crawford Did he learn anything hj
visiting the Paris Exposition?
Crabshaw Well, he found out that
he'd wasted a lot of money having bit
daughters instructed In boarding-school
French. Judge.
Doesn't Know It All Now.
"Hlggins, I've come to you for ad
vice. What ought a man of my capa
bilities and opportunities to do In or.
der to achieve the greatest success lo
life?"
"Gurney, I wish you had come to me
with that question about five years ago,
I could have told you all about it then.
I was Just out of college.'-Chlcaga
Tribune.
Always to Be Trusted.
Hoax Is Hardluck the sort of fellow
one could trust?
Joax Well, if you trust him once
you'll trust him forever. Philadelphia
Record.
.
Had Given Up Try inn. .
"It's strange," remarked the senti
mental young Benedict, "how Fate
throws different people together. By
the way, how did you come to know
your wife?"
"I don't," replied the old married
man, "and I never expect to." Pull
delphla Press.
A Favorite with the Ladies.
"The census man was so klud; he
didn't ask me how old I was."
"He didn't!"
"No; be Just asked me what year I
was born in." Chicago Record.
SAME LINE.
Hello, partner!
Interrupted.
"Eliza, you'il never aga!n get me out
at 4 o'clock to cut the grass." 1
"David, I wanted you to do it before
it got hot.'
"Well, Eliza, It got hot In just three
minutes. I hadn't cut five strokes be
fore the people on both sides of us
threw two bird cages and four alarm
clocks at me."
A Usifnl Pong,
"What shall I sing, Clarence?"
"Slug that lovely old-time song,
'Lorena.' "
"Oh, I see; you're fixing to get a good
long nap."
V.kb and KK.
'Ta, out to gran'ma's we bad real
hen's eggs."
"Well, what other kind of eggs arc
there, Dicky?"
"Why. pa, yon said nil th' ega we
get In town are cold storage ejs."
Indlanapolis Journal.
Faith in Her Way.
"Cousin Dorothy's train gets in at
5:30."
"Well, I'll be at the studon at 0:30."
"0:30?"
"Yes; Dorothy is always an hour late
whatever she does." Life.
Oh, the Flatterer!
A Somerville young man is getting to
be very popular with the young ladS.
When he meets one he says at the first
opportunity:
"Oh, by the way, I've got a pretty
picture here that I want to show you."
Then he takes a little round mirror
out of his pocket and holds it up for
her to look In it Somerville Journal.
Came, Saw, and Was Conquered.
A Scotch farmer, celebrated in hii
neighborhood for his immense strength
and skill in athletic exercises, very fre
quently had the pleasure of contending
with people who came to try thelt
strength against his. Lord D., a great
pugilistic amateur, went from London
on purpose to fight the athletic Scot.
The latter was working In an inclosure
at a little distance from his home when
the noble lord arrived. His lordship
tied his horse to a tree and addressed
the farmer.
"Friend, I have heard marvelous re
ports of your skill, and have come a
long way to see which of us two is the
better wrestler."
The Scotchman, without answering,
seized the nobleman, pitched him over
the hedge, and then set about working
again. When Lord D. got up:
"Well" 6aid the farmer, "have yon
anything to say to me?"
"No," replied his lordship, "but per
haps you'd be good enough to thro
me my horse!" Golden Tenny.
Some people use religion as a cloak
ud some use It as an umbrella. J
How's business? Chi-