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f ;IDEWALK IS THEIH MARKET yhco AM Sorts of Goods Ars Dis posed of by NoW York's "Down and Outs." At the Row pry approach to the wil? (anishiHK bridge may be witnessed an uterestlng night at any bour ?f the lay, nay* the New York Times. Thla i the gathering of near down-and-outs lisposlng of what l? left of their rartlrcbea Mn(l ^ being poor salea nen, usually take what la offered and iot what they expected to get. The other morning there were four in hand, one hud tluv?' frayed sin, hlrts. two pair* of more or leas worn POtiseiH ami three sets of silk under rear. He naked 50 cents each for the [ilrts and took ^1 for the three. The rouses brought 75 cents the pair, hlle he had much trouble In dlapoa \g of the silk underclothing at 25 >ntH a garment. Another had a fur-lined coat which -asn't so very awful looking. He led his best to get $5 for It and held u for nearly ati hour. Finally a mo-< irrnan came along and, after digging i every crevlco of his pockets, pro Bred $4.78. This won the coat. A ragged fellow had three razors, )r which he asked $1 each. A big fel >w with wiry whiskers wanted a itor but wasn|t willing to pay the pice. He offered 45 cents, then 50. He night for 00. This "market" is held In the open, i the sidewalk, and the police do not ppear to care, for there la never any terference. v EORGE HAD ANOTHER GUESS 14 Gentleman Had AUo B?en Doing Some Thinking About tho High 'Coot of Living. A congressman who Is investigating ip high cost of living said to a Wash fton correspondent: "The h. c. 1. is responsible for many igarles and queer complications. "A young/chap who had< got en iged to a girl was talking over the Iture with her. "?With prices what they are,said is girl, 'we must be content, George, jah with a small flat and one or, at |e most, two servants.' George coughed. * H 'It's niy Idea,' he said, 'to live with mr old man the first couple of ars.' . ' , "'But, George?' "That's my' Idea,' he interrupted, (jink of the money we can save. No it. no lltfht, no gruft bills, no coal.' N 'But?' ki Insist on this thing,' George ln Tiipted again. 'I tell you, I?' Then the door opened softly find i plrl's father entered the room. 4'Children,' he said tenderly, 'I TfiSYe rlded that when you get married come and live with you for the it of my life.' " Salmon Saved Queen. Pho salmon witli n ring In its month, it fitruivv. |p ti o arms of flu* Hty of isjrntv. Fvcotland AvIilcTi tire also >s<> of the aneent' sop. is said to 'or<l it miracle of St. Kentigern. the ituler of the sot', and th<? fourth. Iioji df tJlasgow. A certain queen 70 n v<?i?lioi*. with wftoni she had len in love, n ring thnt had'been (si'nfod to her h.v her ponwfrt; hut kinc diseovored the intrigue, nnd. rlntr obtained the ring, threw It Jnto fMyd?\ ?nd then demanded It of disloyal lady. ii her alarm she sought help from Kentlgern. and he, proceeding to | river, forthwith caught a salmon, loli, on being opened, was found to r<* swallowed the all-important 'el. The queen regained the good ces of the king, nnd lived a better afterward. Believed Victims of Indians. tvree skeletons, believed to be those ?nr!y American settlers were un hed at Kennehunkport. Me., by kmen leveling some land near an fort erected during the wnr of I. Two apparently wore victims of an massacres or wars. Embedded he skull of one of the skeletons an Indian arrow. The tip of the 1 of the second was chipped off nly. as If done by a tomahawk In n well-trained hand. The third Hon was that of a man seven feet It is believed that the bodies i hurled in an old cemetery on this and that the graves were cov over by earth thrown up when fort excavations were being mbde. About the Dead 8ea. rlmmlng In the Dead sea Is re nt: sport, but swimmers have to >" ful not to get water Into their In a ton of water from the Cas ?ea there are II pounds of salt, ton from the Atlantic ocean there 1 pounds, from the Mediterranean, ounds; but In a ton of the Dead there are 187 pounds. Contrary prevailing belief, there are plains ie shores of the Dead sea that are Jrtlle and well watered that as ax one crop is harvested another planted; but as a whole, the I" n dreary region.?Youth's ?anion. ri Studies to Be Blackamith. flrl junior at the University of Ington Is learning the black [n trade. Jar* la no lure to her, e anvil chorus Alls her ear and nk? forward to owning and op?r forsrc and a. farm of her own. Icsire to roaster blackamlthtng (from br-r resolve to M l farmer. ^ *uoh to know somethtrtft of ma ?<o she studies the fashion holt* and bars and the pointiag l^sharea. GOLDEN WEST iturous Spirits of the World Turned in '49. Lives and Soul* Counted for Little In the Frantic Rush for th? Yellow Metal ? 1 houaanda Died ?n Route. On Deo. 8, 1818, the first deposit of California gold whs made in (ho United States mint by David Carter. 1 W liti t a date! Gold had been die covered In California, and the earth trembled Udder the inarch WMtWIfd, Around the days of 40 in the Golden statu on tho hlue Pacific, saya the Kansas (Tlty Journal, an American playwright constructed a drama of telling power, "The Girl of the Golden West." It Is a picture of the rough ! aod terrible days of that frantic epoch, whero men lost their souls and their Uve? in the pursuit of the yellow metal. California was admitted as a state Into the Union In 1850. In *49. 40,000 immigrants arrived In California overland and by way of the Isthmus of Panama. , It was In a little pioneer fort of Oapt. Sutter's, formerly an officer of the Swiss Guard of Charles X of France, that the announcement was made that ?hook the world la 1848, and produced Scenes of unparalleled excitement. Prom every part of the globe came the gold seekers, from Chile, Peru, from ancient Cathay, from the Sandwich Islands, from England, France and Russia. Says Capt. Sutter of that memorable morning la 1848: "I was sitting in my tiny fort when Mr. Mar shall, who was digging a mill race at Colotna, on the American river, burst Into my presence. He was white aa ashes and greatly excited. 1 glanced at my rifle to see If It was in its placet for in those days we lived In perpetual expectation of attack from Indians. No! Marshall flung on the table a handful of scales of pure virgin gold. I was thunderstruck^ He explained how he had found It along the left bank of the stream." A pioneer tells the story of the fear ful gold-dust fever. "Two years after ? the discovery of gold on the American river by Marshall, I, like thousands of others, got the 'gold fever,' and I got It bad. To this land of gold promise came the bravest and best men of the older states. They were the daring spirits of the old home, who, llUcontent to vegetate amid the scenes of their birth, took heart of hope, and through weeks and months of peril and fa tigue toiled across the waterless and ?avage-peopled wastes to the land afar. They lit their campflres of buffalo chips and sagebrush and tossed In un- j easy dreams at night with their guns for pHlcfog. The reveille that wqke them was often the crack of rifles In the hands of the savages. For .days, j weeks and months they thirsted and hungered amid the alkali deserts and the rocky canyons, and when they reached the land of promise there was little left them but their splendid manhood, brains and brawn. "The prairie schooners from Mis- | souri and Arkansas, drawn principally j by oxen or mules, formed a continuous line of march by every route leading to the south pass of the Itocky moun tains. "The late Dr. Stillman, who con ducted a hospital at Sacramento in '49 and *50, estimated that. In seeking the 'golden fleece,' In less than one year 10,000 young men who had start ed with cheers and song were sleeping beneath the wild flowers." During the year 1848 $10,000,000 in gold was extracted from the mines, principally from the 1 Yuba, Feather and the American rivers, and from the gulches connected therewith; the rock er, the shovel, the prospecting pan and the crevice knife being the only ma chinery employed. Over $40,000,000 was obtained In '49. From 1848 to 1876 $1,000,000,000 was the gold output of the state of California. Through out the first three years of the min ing excitement every article of trade had to be Imported. "Si compre oro aqul" (gold 'lust bought here) should be the legend of California. , And Daddy Took the Hint. Miriam Field 1r not quite nine. Also, ?he Is very polite; of that there can he no possible doubt. A favorite uncle it visiting the family and Miriam wishes him to spend all his t^me with her. Uncle Roger and Dad were dis cussing politics after dinner, a day or two afo, about the time Dad is In the habit of bringing In enough fntil tn Inst for another twentv-fonr hours. Miriam hung around her uncle, tried to catch Dad's eye, stood first on one foot, then on the other, and at ftst it a lull tn the conversation her voice was heard: "Daddy, don't you have to bring In any coal today?" China Qeta Back Pavilion. The beautiful pavilion pn the Tar tar city wnli above Chlenmen gate In Peking hns been returned to Chinese custody. In the mutiny of fne troops In Peking early In 1912, after Yuan Rblh-kal had assumed the presidency, the commanders of the foreign lega tion guards In the capital decided that, as a military measure, the pavilion ?hottlft be occupied by foreign troops. The American legation guard has oc ewpled It ever since. Both Welcome. "A 'vedolng Is not hrtlf a r/edd'nf withoji N.no presence of friends" **jj an exchange. You can also spell It ?*pr?*#e)ta." A COMPLETED TRANSACTION By Al.VAH JORDAN GARTH (Copyright, 1810. Wevtern Nvwupupar Union) John Colby owned the office build* li>K hi J,'!, quite a sky srruper. Wil liam Hurley wns the proprietor of * tnlm r structure at several stories ttss in height, These buildings were fiiiri> peel * *' 11 i?mis, income productive! him| ilielr < nre kept pretty well, occup'ed iho Mine of the respective own* i s. Mr. Colby Icm) a daughter Eunice, who often aided her father In taking charge <M ijie office hulMlng. Next than- the son of Mr. Hurley. Adrian, similarly attended to the numerous calls of (heir tenants, this one wanting ? new window shade, that one more space, all together manifesting various and numerous little needs during a day's progress. John Colby anil William Hurley were st opposite poles. The former was supercritical, austere, and did not make friends readily, His opposite was genial, easy going and ? longsuN ferlng, This latter characteristic he took to Ids credit one day as ht> en tered the office of his uncongenial neighbor. "Hello I come with the old com plaint?" Insinuated Colby rather ag gressively. MOh, no," replied Mr. Burley, with a patient smile. **J shall not dwell fur ther upon the rights or wrongs of that contested light bill. Candidly^, your cross wire will cost me several dol lars. I've paid the contested bill, so we'll forget It." "Then what, now?" "Just this, Colby," replied Burley. "tyty son, as you fcnow, has trans formed our roof into a sunny breath ing spot for our tenants. "The park is half an hour away, and a noontime walk there would consume the lunch hour entirely. The clerks and typists, as It Is, have a pleasant spot to pass their time?chairs, tables, a few palm trees, as you have perhaps noticed, and somo of those musically Inclined give quite a creditable concert once In a while." "I've heard their amateur efforts," admitted Colby crustily. "After a do* nation to keep it up?" "Not at all," answered Burley, ''I've come to see if you won't notify your tenants to exercise a little care in dis posing of their odds and ends of pa per, cigar Stubs and fruit peelings. They quite litter up the roof and some of them have made havoc with the sky light as, an especial target for empty Ink bottles and the like." "Yes, I'll speak to them about It," promised Colby, but did nothing of the sort. Ills dignity was ruffled by what he contemptuously termed the Interest his inelghbor had In his roof "bear garden." He expressed his sentiments In words to his daughter the next day. ; "Why, papa!" exclaimed Eunice, "you surely don't want to do anything to discourage that splendid Idea of Adrian Burley to give pleasure to the tenants?" q "What do y<m know ahout Adrian Burley?" demanded her father, aroused by the suspicious familiarity with which she alluded to the young man In question. ."Only that he is a person of kindly, generous Impulses and?didn't I tell you?" questioned Eunice, with a quick flush on her bonny face. "He was so very courteous and, helpful the day our car wras In a collision." Colby said nothing further, but did nothing In regard to his neighbor's latest complaint. A month went by. One afternoon when he was all alone Burley entered his ofllce again. As usual, Colby stood on the defensive, scowling. His visitor was bland and polite, as was his wont. "I've put a screen over the skylight, which saves the glass," announced Burley. "but the showers of banana peels and bread crusts continue, so I've come to enforce my appeal." "Enforce, eh?" repeated Colby, brls 1 tllng. 41 Yes, I may use the word. Simply, I'm going to have the roof protected, or j I mny push yogu a little hard. Here's j the facts: I had a new survey of ray property made recently, and I find that you are nearly four Inches over on my lot line." John Colby started and almost paled. "Incredible!" he exclaimed. "Now then, Colby," went on Burley persuasively, "let's be human. I aslc a simple thing of you?protect my son's hobby, the roof garden." "Never mind that. The rest of It Is a serious matter.?Of course you're going to mulct me for a big sum for those four Inches." "Not at all," declared Burley rend* llj. "You're gotng to leave this build ing to your daughter some day. I shall l^gye mine to my son. I want you to make It pleasant for both, for I fancy j It. Is In their power to complete the transaction." "I don't understand." began Colby In a puttied way. "Come here. then, and I'll show you." ani leading ths^Way to a window Bar ley pointed down at the roof of his j~own building. Near some palm* set In boxes stood Adrian Burley. Beside him was Eu nice Colby. The young man's arm was about the young lady's waist and their lips were dangerously close together. John Colby growled. Then be chuckled. *1 see," ha observed; "you've won. I will entyty my whole building, if necer*?*7, to forfe my tenants to rw> *pect that little paradise down yendet r *(jT c. . $1870 Complete \ Mr. Coal Dealer?Contractor?Builder?and men in'the hauling business: Here is what you haave been waiting for?the Traffic Truck with a dump body, at a price so low that you no longer have to wait to equip with this labor, time and money saving hauling unit?$1870 complete. (Painted and varnished, cab, hoist, dump-body and chassis, no extras required.) 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