Tillamook headlight., August 20, 1908, Image 6

TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT. AUGUST 20. 190g._
Editorial Snap Shots.
I
advice to the counties concerned is lol
get in and improve this route a» soon a’
possible, for as but
few tourists
and pleasure seekers visited these conn ties
this year, thousands would do s«» when
ever thia route is made fit for travel
From an advertising and commercial
standpoint it would be a splendi«! thing
for all the counties, bringing into then»
the wealthy class, who leave lar^e sums
■of money w beret er they go, and those
who are looking for industrial openings
Here is an opportunity to do something.
Will the county courts co operate with
the Automobile Club, which is willing to
assist financially ?
A COOL GUN FIGHTER.
Shot
Hi»
Man
»nd Then
Leisur«ly
THE WHISPER
She Lost Her Shoe.
While In Samoa Hotiert Louis Steven­
son and his wife In a great measure
did aa the Romans dl l that la to MF;
a, tbe Samoans did
II «“•
. „stow to lie abed Dte of a morning
>10 1 spend the remainder of tbe time
,JC,|,.r , ............ the hill el.nl In light
na lamas, the dress of the native Ka
na a With bis wife It was tbe tame
Stays were unknown to her and a < ml
I,1U iron n dim reeellei tlon of a shady
na t It was «bile Stevenson and bl*
„.r were living at Apla. In Simon
wl'e
that Mr lie.) woo I waa appointed eon
Shortly
sill there fol tlilK country
!•> the «ountry he i'r
after his arrival ' l"i
.-eptlon
i t the En; 11 th.
..............
ranged for
h h *
•»
Atui-rl au re<l lent* of the
Cieriuan and
---------------
romitr’ ■ tbit they might meet him It’
his off la I . upa.lty «nd lie them ar
(ifizphs of Siimoa.” " .if eonrse nt) In-
vJtntion wns sprit Robprt LouD Stpien
son and hiq "-Ifp T
•imp of H ip fun' tlon
.-mrpri^od to rpoelv
StP'pnsoii sunt by
rpud as f<ill“ws:
Mrs Robert Loris Stpvnnsnn an
... accept Con3U
pri ,Lpris Sirvrnson
woi)<1 a iip itanon with pleasure and as
sure him tiuii ihej v.i;i be present on th«'
thal lime Mrs
evening ..I me .31 if
Steven*' m finds n» r Other shoe Ever
i hlnp. ROBERT LUl lS STEVENSON.
We are all glad to see the railroad off
Proceeded to Oip a Cocktail.
cials in Tillamook—if work on the rail
■'When I went to Tombstone. Artz..
road is lo be resumed.
In is*«» to practice law, there were
* * *
many desparate eharaiters in that
We want to inform tlioee who have
couiDUuity.
” salJ Hou. Marcus A
betn buying groceries from peddlers that
Kcillb. who has oeen delegate in coo
some of the groceries have been and is
gresH from that territory for the big
stored in one of the stalls of a livery
gest
part of tbe past twenty !wo years.
barn in thio city. Surely it cannot avoid
"At one time 1 could fiuve men­
the unwholnome smell of the barn, but
tioned by name no fewer than thirty
as some people are duped into buying
five men who stood In the frout rank
from peddlers and strangers, we simplv
of killers.' With oue exception. 1 i>e
mention this to show that they get their
lieve there wai not one of the entire
money's worth, anyway, in having it
crowd
who did not die with his boots
flavored so highly with barn manure
ou. slain by a bullet from a Cult uavy
and drainage.
A Different Version.
six or a Winchester, lu tbe same fash
* * *
ion be had himself meted out death
AN KNTEBPK1SING FARMER.
It is not in the spirit of fault finding
J Donaldson is one ol our enterpris to many of his fellows.
that we mention this : Are the road
ing ranchers, He lives some lour miles
"It was tbe inexorable hand of fate
supervisors pushing the road work so east of town and milks 78 cows.
that the county is getting value for tbe
He installed four milking machines that these semicivillzed beings should
Yet
money expended ? There are those who this summer, and states that they work get their quietus by violence.
Home of them were as gentle in their
claim that road supervisors should he to perfection
That with some of the old cows, he
pushing the work along faster than thev nt first, had some trouble, in that the\ ways as the veriest dude who strolls
are. So it is up to them to see that the would holdback their milk some, but mill« Inj l.v along Pennsylvania aveuue
work is rallied out expeditiously and tlmv soon got used to the machine, and tnd apparently as harmless I recall a I
ecconomicallv. The countv is expending with the young cows there never was air skinned, bine eyed young fellow
anv trouble. That the milking mai him***
11 your killer« have blue eyes inline I
$ 1 I- per < apita l<>r road work this tear, did
the work and ihat it made a larry Leslie, lie was a Georgia boy
the largest amount of any county in the wondeiful difference in the work of tbe
ni l evldeutly tLe c hild of decent, well
state, and it is up to the supervisors to ranch, it whs much more cleanlv and
Ancient Fashion Jargon.
bred people
see to it that the people get value for the sanitary, it leheved the family Irom
The laiiginge of tbe fashion plate
"One day while in the act of taking
work around the barns, aud allowed a
money they pav in taxes. Quite fre­ rancher ami his family to enjov lile the a drink In a saloon in Tombstone some aud th«’ woman s paper Is sutlh ieutli
quently we receive letters criticising the same as any one in any other line of one whispered In bls ear that an ene­ appalling to tbe mere man even in
County judge or commisHioners. when, in business.
my was waiting Just outside with a these days of emancipated and. we
Machines on milk ranches have come Winchester and swearing to kill him may presume, mure grammatical worn
fact, it should have been the road super­
to stay,
ihe moment he emerged from tbe bar­ anbood. but. according to an extract
visors who should have been criticised.
from a fashion Journal of 17N7. the Jar
The point is right here . The county [To THE EDITOR TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT ] room. Putting down his untouched
D ear S ir ,—As the above article, which liquor. Leslie walked to the door, I gon of those days was even more as
court apportions the road money, and it
whipped out his revolver and sent a tounding. This l.x bow the paper de
is the road supervisors who have to see appeared in last week's Herald might be
bullet «rashing luto the brain of the scribed rhe dress of a certain Mlle. D
misleading
and
cause
some
one
to
go
to it that the county 's interests are well
intending murderer, who uever even at tbe opera:
looked after in the expenditure of it. If into unprofitable expense. I will say we got his rifle presented. It was the
"She appeared in a dress of 'stifled
have
a
milking
machine
outfit
which
they du not. and any district is not get­
most quickly acted drama I ever saw sighs, ornamented with 'superfluous
cost
us
near
$1000,
but
w
hile
J.
Donald
­
ting the work done that it should, then
As soon as he watched bis man fall regrets.' tbe bodice cut in a 'perfect
the people in the district can invoke the son is at Happy Camp taking a much prone to the earth Leslie walked back candor point aud trimmed with ’In­
recall act to fire the supervisor and elect needed rest the machine is idle and three as cool as If it were the most trifling discreet complaints.' Iler hair was
another in his place That is the situa­ men are milking 59 cows instead of 78 detail of life and leisurely sipped bis dressed In siKtaliied sentiments.’ with
>i headdress of ’sustained conquest,
cocktail.
tion. The snapshot mail is not in love as is reported in the above.
put ornamented with several ‘flya ways’
"I
was
his
lawyer
when
he
was
Respectfully,
with our present system of road build­
M rs . A. L. D onaldson . to trial for his life, and the Jury ac- and 'downcast eye' ribbons, and her
ing, but as long as it continues we have
quitted him after being out only a few collar was ’beggar on burseb irk’ color ’
Hu fear in saying that if the people would
No doubt all these marvelous terms
minutes.”— Baltimore American.
Will
Not
Buy
Phone
Line.
desist from criticising the county court
conveyed some meaning to tbe fash
and unmercifully criticise the laxity of TO EDITOR OF TILLAMOOK HEADLIGHT
Iona tile woman of- the days when
Too Big For the Booth.
some road supervisors and those who
Diners In a Broadway restaurant the French soi iety danced on the edge of
Mr. H. J. Gregory, Special Agent of
work—or do as little as possible—on the
other night were amused when a the volcano of 17>9. hut to their de­
P. T. & T. Co., Tillamook, Oregon
roads, probably there would be better
voting -ady wearing an enormous white scendanta of today they bate abso
D ear S ir .—Your proposition to se'l strn w hat trimmed with flaring red lutely no meaning.*'..
roads and it would take lens money to
your lelephone
system tn us fi»r wings walked up to the telephone
build them. This is a tact. On the other
$14,00(1.00 was received and read at um booth In the corner and started to en­
The First Hello Girl.
hand, there are road supervisors who
meeting of stockholders to-day.
ter She evidently had forgotten she
They were seated around a table
are pushing work and building substan­
The’advisability of buying your system was wearing her "Merry Widow." for In a well known tafe. and tbe conver
tial roads.
was discussed and it was foil nd in your she fetched up against the sides of the satlon bad turned upon the develop
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door with a bang, her hat falling to nient of the flying machine and other
Good Roads for Tillamook, and plenty letter that you had misrepresented the ■lear tbe 0|>eulng by a good three
fruits of tbe Inventive genius of the
cost
of
hauling
your
posts
on
Bia
ver
ol them, is a matter which should inter
m-lies on either side. However, tbe day
est most everybodv, but every now ami line. You slated it cost 50 cents per young lady was equal to the emergen­
"Tut. tut!" exclaimed a solemn faced.
then we hear "knockers’’ who undertake l>ost, but your men who hauled them cy
She calmly grasped the brim of lantern Jawed member of the party
informed
us
they
received
40
cents
per
to "roast’’ the county judge and com
her hat with both bands, tilted It to "What of It? The old folks were not
So if you would >ne side and glided through the door so slow Look at the telephone, claim
tnissioners. There is no occasion for this, post for same
for they are doing what they can to give misrepresent on cost of them you might 'Ike a sailboat going through a draw- ed as a modern Invention. Why. say
L'p to this time there had It's tbe oldest on record "
the county good toads as far as avail­ on other statements, ami we are very bridge,
"You lietter see your doctor. What’s
able money will go. Whether the pro well acquainted with the lines in this been smiles and grins, but when the
young lady tried to draw the door to the matter with you?" asked another
posed Good Roads Conference in this county in i know hem to be old or a
and
found
that
It
would
not
shut
at
"Oh. I mean It.” said the solemn
city next month will result in much good great portion of them, and ready to fall all with her hat Inside the room broke
fa ed man. "Telephone service dates
greatly depends upon the action of to pieces and must soon be reconstructed. Into a rottr of laughter that shook up
We know that a part of the line you even the most Imperturbable waiter.— b. ck to tbe garden ot Edet> that's
the county courts of this ami adjoining
wot re It originated
The garden's
areconstiucting
to Beaver is second hand New ? ork Press.
counties. That being the case, it seems
call was 2-8-1 Apple "
to us. if we are allowed to make a sug­ materials, and as most of us are fariners
Then be dodged the remnant of a
Fought Under Six Flags.
gestion, that it the county courts of and have at times been bit by buying
sandwich, reached for Ills hat and was
A remarkable soldier has Just died gone—New York Globe.
Yamhill, Polk, Tillamook and Clatsop old secund hand wagons or other farm
at Budapest In the person of General
Counties could be induced to meet in vehicles or.implements, wedon't feel like
Stephen Turr. one of the bravest revo­
The Insufferable Anticipation,
Tillamook City with some specific object investing tn an old second hand tele­ lutionary generals that ever lived. He
A young Scotch emigrant was
_
phone
system.
So
we
refuse
to
buy
youi
in view, vie believe it would accomplish
commenced bls military career as a brought before the magistrate of 11
more, and much quicker, than a meeting system in this county at any price.
lieutenant In tbe Austrlau army. Then
Hoping you will go ahead and pul he fought for tbe Hungarian revolu­ Nova Scotia court, charged with bav
as suggested next month. The Head­
Ing deserted his work on a certain
your
lines
in
good
condition.
Throw
light will undertake to say what this
tionary government, helped to quell u farm without giving due notice to his
specific work should be, and of common away your old phones, and buy good German revolution and Joined Gari­ employer Wbeu asked wbat be had
interest alike t o Yamhill, Polk, Tillamook ones ami furnish your customers with baldi In bis great struggle. On the to say In his defense, be replied. "Week
and Clatsop Counties, vix , a first class good service. And in the meantime we outbreak of tbe Crimean war he served they gled me nout but brakeshaw to
wagon road from McMinnville to As i -will go ahead and do the best we can to as a volunteer In Omar Pasha’s army eat " Brakeshaw. It may be explained,
against Russia and finally received a is the flesh of animals which have died
tuna. This would make a splendid drive nave good service ami nil work together
commission In tbe British transport a natural death
"How was that?”
to
build
up
Tillamook
County
and
have
way for tourists through the beautiful
service. It was while buying horses asked tbe magistrate
"Weel, it was
Willamette valley. Autos leaving Port some ot the best telephoned systems in for the British army at Buda|a*st In
this way Ye ken. the aulii coo deed
land in the morning would go through the world,
18.Y5 that the general was seized by an' i' we ate It. tbe auld steg (ganden
Multnomah, Washington ami Yamhill ! Hence we are yours in the interest of the Austrians as a deserter and sen­ deed au' . we ate it. tbe auld soo (sowi
tenced to death. But both tbe British deed a a' i‘ we ate It. tbe auld bubblejock
Counties, where diversified farming is j the people of Tillamook County.
T illamook C ounty M utual and French governments made such deed an «e ate It. Then the old
carried on. and after leaving Sheridan
wo-
emphatic protests against this sentence man deed—an' | left "-Bellman
T elephone C o .
tourists would then head for Tillamook,
that
It
was
commuted
to
bauisbmeut
R Y. B lalock , Secretary.
the land ol milk and honey, beautiful
Finally the old soldier settled down in
Beaver, Oie., Aug. 15th, 1908.
Hindoo Confectionery.
green meadows, roads with hut little
Paris.
Like the Anierliaii girl». Hindoo
dust and a sea coast as pretty and grand
girls are passionately foud of sweet
Allen House Arrivals.
as anv where in the world, arriving in
Memphis on the Nile.
tilings Gue Of tlielr eiindles. sadu. Is
Tillamook City, a distance ol 125 miles,
Memphis ou tbe Nile, oue of (be
T hursday —A. L. Gurge, C. O. Laurit> greatest capitals of the am-lent world. (ery mucb like our plain sugar caudy
for supper. From this city to Astoria, a
xen. C. Johns6n. Omer Agnew, Portland; Is burled beneath the ground which Is It is made of «ugar and milk and fla
distance ol 60 miles, would lie through a
W. H. Nelson and wife, Harry A Little- now under cultivation by the villagers cored with attar of ro.,es. Buddbika
section ol country grand with scieoic
field, Mrs. M. T. Littlefield, Newberg ; of Mltrabineb. who will have to be bal. or hair of Buddha. Is one of tbelr
beauty. It is a road ol that description
must popular sweetmeats. It Is so
H. C. Baker, J. W. Landen, Walla transferred to other plots and compen­ railed because It Is in fine, long string*
which the Automobile Club of Portland
sated liefore the contemplated work of UkH )..ntil.Hill This lx made uf „u#ul
Walla.
like vernil.elll
is
of sugar
is wanting and will have before lung and
F riday —L. E Merchant, North Yam. excavation can proceed very far. It is aud ereaui from buffalo's milk, wlilcb
we see no irason why the roads cannot
estimated
that
an
expenditure
of
about
hill ; C, L. Lindsay, Mrs. F. C. Vader,
is exceedingly tied.
be improved to bring this about The
115.000 annually for fifteen years will
Portland ; C. V. Preston, H. VV, Klein,
mode ol travel is changing so rapidh
ho required to excavate the temple
A Queer Twist.
Nehalem.
sites, apart from the city. The un­
that a 100 or 150 mile drive a day in
The late BUbop T U Dudley of
S aturday —A Kimmerer, Seaside ; A. earthing of Memphis, which contained
an automobile is a cumiron thing, and it
L. Milkr, Dolph ; Arthur Willitt, < lark the finest school of Egyptian art. will Kentucky det'larevl that he was ludebt
will not be very long before prosperous
ed to It mouutulueer ot that state for
( Smith, Duluth , W Siatlv, wife and son, tie by far the greatest archaeloglcal
farmers will be buying Mutos to take
the most otiRraiumatlcal sentence be
Salem.
work of recent times and must result ever beard Thb. I. H;
them to the cities or their milk to the
S unday —A. S. Fleming Salem ; G. W. In a vast addition to the world's knowl­
"Them tlir.-e .Visa Blike are three of
factoritt Road meetings are alright in Clark. Portland ; David Ayers, U htshw . edge of ancient Egyptian history and
their way but to accomplish anything a III. ; *Mrs. M. B. Illingworth, Miss civilisation. The work will soon t»e •a pretty a Kal a» I ever see."
conference, either in this city or in Port Estrlla Smith, Toby L. Smith, Wilson; begun by Professor Petrie, head of the
Beau Brummel Reprimanded.
laud, of the county courts ot Yainhall, Udell Spencer. Hemlock ; W. D. Woods, British School of Archaeology In
Reau Brunimd once lns<4eUt|v re
Bai City ; C. J. Clements. Portland.
Egypt.
Polk, Tillamook and Clatsop with the
learl
.. .» ) Invitation to
J
plied to
to hi
M onday —E H. Helm, E. D. Barrett,
fake tea by
committee of the Automobile Club of I. M. Word. C- S |acks<.n. F. lackson,
remarking that be never “took" any-
A Laiy Boy's Invention.
Portland would tiring immediate results. P. Jackson. H. L Chaplin, wile and
thing but physic.
The long bandied shovel has made
II these counties tail to see what an im­ children. Pt rt‘and ; Harry W. Edgerton,
Yes. you do." frowned his hostess
over $300.000 for Its Inventor, and the
mil take
InLo llberti«-,.''
1IK,..>(„, ..
‘«-oo,
Washington
D
C
;
A.
T.
Pratt.
W.
E
you
mense imnuni of travel would result
Smith, Allred Hoagland, Oscar Olatman. Inventor was a laxy. shiftless hoy of
from a first class road Irom Portland, Mr and Mrs. J unes Nud and «on, Mrs. seventeen named Reuben Davis, whose
Ployful Otters.
via McMinnville and T.llamook City, to A. M. Ctonen. Mis Fred ButFun, Mrs father lived In Vermont at the time.
Otters are the most playful of all
Astoria, otl er countfis w ill soon be get- K Cronen. Dr. I N. Coghlan, Beit He set Reuben to digging dirt and
loading It on a wagon, and the short the animals, romping, wrestling p|aT
tidg together
Portiapd is greatly in McPhee, J. I^oble, Portland
Ti EKHAV— Rut'itll Hfiwkiffs. XJr* H. Handled shovel pud? tbe bey’e back Ing tug of war w|th a .tick Instead of
need of a road such as we have described.
C. Wortman. Miss Blanc he Dav, Miss
» rope ytxl stW+ug downhill on A.slln
It would be a grand, I eautiful route lor ! i Lillian O'Brtin. Miss Verdi Monroe. H, «the One afternoon when his father
pery inrHne-bP mud which thev make
was
away
he
took
out
the
short
handle
the I lion sands of persons who visit ' M. Kerron. Will Abbee. Dr Roht Ellis.
and substituted a long one and found themselves
Lowenherg, Eugene Oppenheimer,
Portland anneslly to take.
Without S
the work much easier.
mincing any more words, instead of a ! Portland . Mrs. C. F Miller, Forest
Why. Indeed?
When tbe father returned home Ren-
(»rove ; W. T. Smith, Los Angeles.
Robert Lowe onve watched a deaf
road meeting it: this city next month, if
W buxrsday - J
Kruttschuitt,
|. 1*0 got a thrashing, but after tbe old
Judge John H. Scott would call a con Kruttsehuitt. jr. W. W Cotton, Geo, L. man had used the shovel himself be
Wftb’hr.“
" ,Un", ,ren”’n^nS
"Wbv"
ference ol the county courts and th* Davis, E. E Lytle. Ebner Huston. Port- I said that It was a good thing and got 1» re mth his ear trumpet
Automobile Club with the specific pur i land ; J. L. Mayne»*, B. N. Himchaugh. It patented. They are now manufac­ Ix>we wondered aloud- 'why contend
That against uatural advantages?”
pose of improving the route the Head , ' T. H. Daves. E A Cawston. Portland ; tured almost by tbe million
• W G. Til her, Seattle; L. A. Lehmann.
light has maped out it can be pat in i 1 Spokane ; W. H. Sales aud wife, Ba'm ; ’ boy’s backache turned out to be a good JÏÏ’tT 1’.Of le"
,haB «o«,
thing for the Davis family.
good shape
by next spring.
Our| I Julius Erickaou, Baliu.
gold than Virtue-Hones.
I
An Ecc.ntric G,ni
Among the geniuses UOn,
was stranger than the poet k. "T**
Ot ail the varioue inod. a of speech
who dyed bls hair grei.n
Which pollebad art »nd nature teach
The whleper playa Ite part the beet
gle hie father In law. used u, ''"*
with hlnia-whlcb let you «uee. the
baeeo and wine to exce» lnd'“k
rest.
perverted olfactory
That (rather Irl.hl wary "Whlet!" „
roul soars upon perfume, u lh ‘"j
That (rather ancient) caution lllst.
**
The modem "Hueh" all warn you leet- of other men ,oar upon
Well. whleper—you can gueee thereat wrote. But what pleased him 2. *
',v. were odors of pulrefuclta*
Folk, eay that It la very rude,
smells which other men ,hh Z. *
ft la when generally viewed.
the stenches of diseaxe
*
Still, when a man's a social pest
Ju.t whleper—he will guee. the reel.
others sick. And ret hl, ,
among the most passionately*^
r.nree tattlrre. goeelpere and auch.
Who know, or think they do. too of tbe literature ui France n**
exceedingly superstitious klleri’.’’
much—
If you would stop them I d suggest
A whlepered hlnt-they'll guea» the would not succeed In all Ull()
unless be left a hou.e flr,,
rest.
•La Touche Hancock In
York left foot, and would count tbe Q *
Preaa.
of gas Jets along tbe street, th».
here of cabs nnd number»' Of ?
Proof.
Adding these figures |a h,, mj
would consider the result an o *
multiples of three good, ma|tlD|^;
seven reassuring, while bit bad n
her was seventeen. Curiously
was thrown out of a cab. tbe
which he udded aud found
to seventeen.
A Sharp Swindler.
know that your chickens
come over Into my garden?”
"I thought they must be doing that.”
“Why did you think so?”
"Because they never come back."—
Cleveland leader.
Hi« Revenge.
Shirley Brooks, one time editor of
Punch, was noted for bis whimsical
humor.
“It annoys me.” he said one day. “If
I um discourteously treated at the
threshold of a friend’s door. I remem­
ber once calling on some one, and the
maid. In her rudest manner, told me
he was not in and shut the door In my
face. I felt I must be revenged upon
her somehow, so I returned after an
Interval of five minutes, rang the bell
and In my meekest manner mildly
said, ‘Did 1 say he was?’ ”
Practical Scaling.
"Look here. Lucy." exclaimed Mr.
Hardapple; “this la no time to be prac­
ticing on (he piano. It s time to pre­
pare dinner."
"But. pa. 1 am Interested In scales."
pouted Lucy as she pounded the keys.
"Interested In scales, eh? Well, I’ve
a task for you. Go down In the kitch­
en and help your ma scale flsh.”—De­
troit Tribuue.
Their Achievement«.
“He had three daughters. One mar­
ried a French chauffeur"—
"1 see! Quite romantic."
“The second married an Indian, a de­
scendant of a chieftain"—
"1 see! Quite aboriginal."
“But the third married a plain Amer­
ican business man."
“H’m! Merely eccentric, I should
say.”—ruck.
A fashionable young lady once d™,
up In a handsome cat riage to a pr( J
lunatic asylum situated a few 0|L
from Paris and requested to «« *,
proprietor. Her wish being acce<Mt.
she informed tbe doctor that she
sired to place her husband under U
care to see If a cruel mania under
which be labored-vlz. "that he iii
lost a large quantity of Jewels'-coog
not be removed. After some betlta-
tlon the doctor consented, and the Igi
drove away directly to a Jeweler’s to
Paris and selected Jewels to tbe rilH
of several thousand francs and t,
quested one of tbe shopmen to go »14
her In her carriage to procure the
money for the goods she bad taken.
She drove with him to the asylum, and
arriving there, be was shown Into a
room. The lady then sought tbe doc­
tor, told him of the arrival of her bo,
band and, getting Into her carriage,
again drove away. The rest may h
Imaglued, but the poor fellow wai coo-
flned several days before It was found
they both had been "sold." Tbe lady
was never heard of after.
Wagner’s Portrait.
When Wagner was in England super-
vising tbe first production of bis operas,
tbe music enthusiasts commisslowd
the artist Herkomer to paint tbe mu­
sician's portrait, but Wagner wasdub-
Ing about in such a state of frenzy tbit
he repelled impatiently every attempt
to get him to give a “sitting.” Still,
Herkomer stuck to him like a limpet
fed with him. walked and talked with
him, watched him conduct his orcto
tra, write music and read books. At
last, when every attempt to secure i
“sitting” bad failed. Herkomer row
early one morning, painted with fren­
zied speed all day, spent a short night
In restless sleep, rose early again and
painted furiously, till on the second
evening be sat down exhausted-bnt
with bls picture finished. Wagner was
called in and threw up his hands In
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“Ab!” he cried. “Too-
amazement
derful! That Is exactly how I would
like to look if I could."
Why Kelly Didn’t Sleep,
Accounted For.
Mrs. J.'s patience was much tried by
a servant who had the habit of stand­
ing around with her mouth open. One
day as the maid waited upon the ta­
ble her mouth was open, as usual, and
her mistress said:
"Mary, your mouth Is open.”
Yassum, replied Mary; "I opened
It.”—Philadelphia Ledger.
A Long Story.
Ascum-Say. old man. what did your
wife say to you when you got in last
night?
" rounds—Oh, are you just starting
on your two weeks' vacation?
Ascum-No. Why?
" rounds—Then you won’t have time
to listen. 1 can't talk as fast as she
did.—Houston Post
Why Sh. Asked.
I went In late to Father
“One night
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Dempsey's hotel. Every bed mi foil
and there were 200 men sleeping 0»
tbe floor of tbe recreation room. Each
one of them had a newspaper under
him to keep off the dust of the Hoot
I pointed to one little Irishman and 1»
marked that be did not seem to be
resting well.
•' ‘What's your name, my man? Fa
tber Dempsey asked him.
'• 'Thomas Kelly, your revere»'
“ ‘You don't seep) to be resting wH
Ur. Kelly.’
'* ‘I'll get to sleep after awhile. Jwr
reverence.' be answered.
“ ‘I don't believe you will nnlees
you change your bed. You're ileeplM
on a Westllcbe Post.’ answered Fath«
Dempsey."—St Louis I’ost-Dlspatch.
Caught the General.
, H"ve you ever kissed a girl be-
One of the regular army officers wk
fore? she asked.
a story of bow tbe old stringent srnf
"Why do you put that question to regulations once went against 0^2,
me? be replied.
Scott One wet afternoon that sold»
I only wished to know whether It waa caught In tbe rain In WiwWr
was lack of experience or natural awk-
He was
ton. Lw
----- - In full uniform and
Mie? neSM?aJ made you Bo about 11 ,D well known, ao. i. no cab being near, w
oM HerX
Way'"-Chle«*°
borrowed an umb.rlla.
umbrella, ArrivlDf «
bls hotel, an underoffleer
L—---------- approach
blm and calmly remarked:
Will consider yoursel«
..r .. A Pretty Qu«rr»l.
“General, you t
I. „ eS' sald the suburban citizen, “it under arrest
for eight «»7-
day» --
resi lur
,
quarrel ■» it stands.”
Ing an umbrella
u—. — -— while
------- In ^u" 00
No hard words, . I uupr.
hope.”
....
Whalever ' My
11Y folk«
folks are
ar try. form.”
• In?^
; °De, Wha,ever
'u-¿o Play the piano late enough
His Solicitude.
Ȇbt
n ght to make the lawG
„
“Is It a fact that your ,uotb*r1*^
n
,d T 0ver’lp',P themselves
next threw herself out of tbe third ’
morning. -Washington Star,
window and you did nothing w
■truln her?”
Concentrated.
“Excuse me, I went to the flrst
s».L why dl(ln.t
to catch her, but she bad *
that
Four father hart . gore
and passed.Diavolo Rosa.
couldn t speak ?”
wha’
¿«Ku
xtr.
zine.
" Pnab1«1 h'“‘°
Nv* N»ce««»ry,
/ane-No m
Riches.
tbat
It is not wbat we have, bnt w“1
can do without, that makes M
Socrates, seeing a large l°»f 0 _
ables pass one day. exclaimed,
most happy, for there are •»
things that I do not want!’
Th« Maroen Mon»««''■
,
Friend—I suppoke you run
great many people? Motov1»1'- ._
a.croM
I sometimes 1 run them up. r,."^t
"waT —Bohemian liagg-
Run them up? Motorist—Yes.
night I ran two men up » *•*
t «¿.j thIhk |f
cago News.
o^’. N*”d .For
»» -i. »!
f^ufesslonal Angler A»
no need to worry
Balttaxw American.
y
A Chang»-
Changs.
.
Mrs.
—I want
Mrs. Larkin
L«rkln-I
want • a "“’•JJTsf
7^\f
today,
today, Fred. Mr. L.—In) very IP“*
*?a have that Mrs, L. (»urpriwd*-*W-
' b,U~ you glad? Mr. L-Betas»»
you want a good daaL