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Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-15
TOM III.
KSlEGA Nv.
Powierzyc jest to czasem wydac.
Matka kt6ra spOtyks druga make.

w pierwszej cwierci biezscego stulecia, W Mont.
fermeil, niedaleko Paryza, byi rodzaj garkuchni, kt6
ra ME istnieje juz teraz. Garkuchnis to ~utrzymywali
ludzie, nazywajacy sic Thenardier, MAJ iona. Gar
ii drzwiami byfa deska ma piask przybita do sciany.
Ma niej bylo cos w~ymalowanego, podobnego do czfo
wieka, kt6ry ma ~grzbiecie swoim ni6sl drugiego czlo.
wieka, a ten drugi mial ma sobie wielkie jeneralskie
szlfy zlocone, z ogromnemi srebrnemi gwiazdami;
czerwone plamy miafy wyobrazac knew reszta obrazu
ginela W dymie i prawdopodobnie przedstawiala bit.
we. U dolu byl nastepujscy napis:
Pod sieraontem 2 Wahrloo".
Mic pospolitszego mad widok wozu ~stojacego
pred drzwiami oberzy. Jednakze w6z, a raczej czssc
wozu, kt6ra pewnego wiosennego wieczora 1918 r. "a.
walala ulice pred garkuchnia iSarzanM 2 pod Va
tah % bylaby z pewnoscia swym ogromem ~scisgnsla
uwage MALARIA, kt6ryby tamtedy przechodzil.
Byla to ~przednia czesc wozu, jakich uay wajs W
|okolicach ~lesistych j kt6re sluzs do przewozenia CRU.
bych desek PM drew. Geese ia skiadaia sic z CRU.
bel osi zelaznej %ruchomej, ma kt6rej osadzony byl ciez
XII dyszel, a pod mia diva ogromne kofa. Wszystko to
razem ~tworzyio mase wielks, cistka, bezksztaltna.
Byla to niby laweta olbrzymiego dziafs. Poklad mu
iu pokrywal kola, os j dyszel; szkaradna Ia z6ltawa
barwa muiu podobna byla dosyc do owego malowa.
mia, kt6rem tax chstnie ~ozdabiajs katedry. DIzewo
znikalo pod bfotem, a aelazo pod rdza. Pod osia zwie.
szal sic W ksztaicie draperji gruby ~fa1cuch, godny
Goljata galernika. Patrzac ma ten lshcuch myslalo
sic ME o belkach, do przewozenia kt6rych mial sluzyc,
ale o mastodontach mamutach, kt6rych "a jego pc.
mocs mona bylo zaprzsgac; przypominal on gallery,
ale gallery nadludzkie, gallery cyklop6w, zdawai sic
bye zdjety z jakiego potworu. Homer byiby do niego
przykuf Polifema, a Szekspir Caliban'a.
Dlaczego ia przednla Geese wozu znaidowals sic
" tenn miejscu ma ulicya Nsjprz6d dlatego, by zswa
Lie ulcs; n~astspnie dlatego, by do reszty rdsa sic pc.
kryc. W starym porzsdku spoiecznym jest mn6stwo
instytucyj, kt6re " takiz spos6b znajdujemy ma dro.
de nassej, . kt6re rownies ME majs inuych cel6w.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-15
TX.
WesOfy kOniec wesOiOsci.
ma was.

Mode dziewczsta gdy same zostaiy, zbliayfy sic
do okien oparte W kazdem z mich Pc dwie, zaczsly
~gawedzit, ~wychylac giowy ma zewnatrz i rozmawiac z
SODA z jednego okna do ~drugiego. Widzialy jak milo
Bombardy; odwr6cili sic, smiejsc sic pozdrowili je raz
jeszcze i znikli W lynn opylonym tlumie niedzielnym,
kt6ry co tydzieh zalega Pola Elizeiskie;
= Me bawcie diugo!-zawoiala Fantina.
Co oni nam przyniosa 2-zawolala Zephina.
Bsdzie cos ladnego z pewnoscis = rzekia
- Ja-rzekia Favourita chce Aeby to byio re
zfota.
,Wkr6tce potem uwsgs ich zwr6cil ruch panujacy
mad brzegiem woody, kt6rs widziaiy mIisdsy gaiiszmi
wielkich drew; ruch ten bawil je bardzo. Byla to
godzina, W kt6rej odchodziy poczty wozowe, lekkie
d~yli2anse. Prawie ~wszystkie powozy z poludnia "a
chodu przechodzily w6wczas przez Pola Eiizejskie. Pc
wiskszej czssci ciagnsly wybrzezem wychodziiy przez
rogatki Passy. Co chwils iakis wielki pow6z pomalo
wany ma A6to i czarno, ciezko obladowany, z halasli
wa uprzsas, bezksztaltny wskutek wielkiej ilosci tlu-
mok6w, waltz pl6cien okrywaiscych to ~wszystko, pc.
Zen glow co sic okazywa ally znikaiy, miazdzsc szose,
samieniaiac kaady kamie1 ma krzesiwo, wtlaczal sic y
pewnym ~rodzajem wscieklosci miedzy tlumy, sypisc
iskrami jak kuznia podnoszac kurzawe niby dym.
Haias ten bawif Mode dziewczsta. Favourita wykrzy
kiwala:
Jaki haiasl powiedzialby kto, Re to stosy cisg.
nscych sic lahcuch6w.
Przytrafio sic rae, se jeden z tych powoz6w, kt6-
re niewyrs& nie widac bylo z poza gestych wisz6w, "a
trzymai sic ma ehwils, potem odjechal galopem. Zdzi
wifo to Famine.
= To rzecz szczeg6lna rzekla-- Sadziiam, ze
dyliaans ME zstrzymuje sic nigdy.
Favourita wzruszyla ramionami.
Jaka ona dziwna, To Fantinal ia chodze do
niei przez c~iekawosc. Diwi sic rzeczom najprostszym.
Przypuscmy tax: ia jestem p~odr6zny j powiadam do
d~ylizansu: Ids naprz6d, przejezdzajsc zabierzecie mic
ma wybrzezu. Dylizans przechodzi, widzi mic, zatrzy.
mule sic zabiera mnie. TAX sic robi zwykle. Me
znasz zycia moja kochana.
Jakis czas uplynal. Maggie Favourita wstrzssnela
sic, jak ktos co sic budzi.
Mo nowsgo pod sohcem.
~ MpoH ~wsysttish j~sdaskowa
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-15
14) WIKTOR HUGO.
POWlESC.
= Ber...
= Quin?
- Me. Choux.
I Tholomyes m6wil dalej:
TOM l.
(Ci& dalssy)

lIhOl0myeS mOWn Qalel:
= Geese Bombardzie! by{by dor6wnal Munop-
his owl z Elephantu, gdyby m6gl zerwac dla mnie al
NEE. a Thygelion'owi z Cheronei, gdyby m6gl PREY
niesc mi hetere, DO, moi panowie, W Grecji j Egipcie
byli take Bombardowie. Dowiadujemy sic o u Ape
lejusza. Niestety! aawsze to samo i mic nowego. y
wszystkiem juz drukowano W swiecie stworzyclela!
M sub sole nouum. y m6wi Solomon; amor omnibus
aem,**) powiada Wirgiljuss; i Carabine sabraia sic z
Carabin'em ma statek W Saint. Cloud, jak Aspazja z
Peryklesem ma flote Samos. Jeszcze siowo. Czy wiecie
panic, kto to byla Ia Aspasja9 Chociaz zyfa ona W
czasach kiedy kobiety ME miaiy jeszcze duszy, byia to
dusza, dusza koloru r6zowego i purpurowego, ognist
sza niz ogie6, swiezsza nz jutrzenka. Aspasia byla to
~istota, W kt6rei sic zbiegaly dwie ostatecznosci kobe
non Lescaut. Aspazja byia stworzona ma przypadek,
gdyby Prometeuszowi trzeba byfo kobiety zlotego ay-
Tholomyes rz zaczswszy movie, nielatwo byfby
sic z~atrzymal, gdyby W tel chwili wlasnie koh ME byf
padl ma wybrzezu. W6zek i m6wcas tansli jednoczes
ME. Byfa to klacz pochodzaca z Beance, stara chu.
da, calkowicie saslugujaca ma to, by z niej sk6rs sdjs
to; ciagnela wozek bardzo ciezki. Doszedhszy do
Bombardy, zatrzymala sic ME chciafa isc dalej. Wy
padek ten zgromadzil natychmiast tfum widow, "a
1edwie oburzony furman mial czas wym6wiG z nalezy-
ia energja sakramentalny wyraz: matin! i poprzec go
bezlitosnyn uderzeniem bata, kiedy szkapa padfa, by
miedzy swiadkami tel sceny, weseli sluchacze Tholo,
myesa odwr6cili glove T~holomyes korzystaisc te-
90 zamknsl przemowe swojs melancholiczns piosenka.
- Biedny ko6-westchnsla Fautina-
Ma to Dahlia wykrzykns}a:
= Ot6z macie, Fantina zaczyna aalowat koni!
Czy podobna bye tax glupia!
W tel chwili FavOurita, ~krzyzujac rsce i odrzuca-
jsc " tyl glove, popatrzala re1olutnie ma T~holomyesa
i rzekla:
No, a jake? a niespodzianka?
- Wlasnie chwila neutrality-suspicious. Tho.
lomyes.- Panowie, wybila godzina, W kt6rej many
sprawic niespodzianks tym paniom. Panic Poczekaj.
Gle ma mas chwile.
Zaczyna sic cd pocalunku-rzekl Bla C I,vtt.
= w czolo-dodaf Tholomyes.
Kazdy z pan6w powaznie zlozyl ~pocalunek ma
czole swojej kochanki; potem wszyscy caterej idsc je
den "a drugim, skierowali sic ku d~rzwiom, t~rzymajsc
palec ma ustach.
Favourita klasnela W dlonie.
80 - To juz teraz zabawne-rzekla.
Me bawcie dlugo-szepnelaF antina.- Gee.
kamy ma was.
Zgoda = Unity. [volume] (Milwaukee, Wis.) 1881-1901, 1899-06-15

: No, a niespodzianka2-rzekla.
: A prawda!-odrsekla D~ahlia-slynna niespo-
dzianka.
: Jak oni dlugo bawial-rzekia Fantina.
Zaledwie wym6wiia te siowa wzdychajac, kiedy
chiopiec, kt6ry podawal do stolu, wszedl. Trzymal W
reku cos podobnego do listu.
Sluascy odpowiedzial:
Jest to papier, kt6ry panowie zostawili ola
= Dlaczegoscie go zaraz MO przyniesli2
Bo panowie kazai oddac paniom dopiero wte
|dy, gdy godzina csasu uplynie pc ich odejsciu.
Favourita wyrwala papier z rak siuzacego. Byf
Patrzcie! -rzekla.-- Niema adresu. Ale OTTO
co napisano ma wierzchu:
ITO niespodzianka".
Szybko odpieczetowala list, otworsyla 60 i czyta.
Ia (umiaia czytac):
,,Wiedzcie o tenn, ze many rodsic6w. Niebardzo
wiecie, CO to 50 rodzice. Tax sic nazywaja ojcowie i
matki W kodeksie cywilnym, dziecinnym i uczciwym.
Oe6z rodsice CT jecza,. starce CT wzywaja mas, zacni CT
ludzie i dobre te kobiety ~nasywaja mas dziecmi mar.
~notrawnemi, pragns powrotu naszegoi obiecuja poza
bijac cieleta ma nasze ~przyjecie. Chcemy i'm bye 20.
sluszni, DO ~jestesmy cnotliwi. w chwili, kiedy te So
wa czytac bedziecie, piec cgaistych koni odwozic mas
wymykamy sic, jak powiada Bossuet. Jedziemy, pc.
jechalismy! Uciekamy W objecia Laf6tte'a ma skrzyd
ZACH Caillad'a. Dylizans tuluzki ratuje mas z przepas.
ci, a przepascis ~jestescie wy, o nasze aliczne! Wraca
"y La OuO SPOfcCztuSJWdp OUOWI3zku 1 DOrZ4Qku,
wracamy wielkim Nusem, robiac trey mile ma godzi
ne. O~jczyznie zalezy ma tenn, bysmy byli, jak wszys.
cy inni, prefektami, ojcami rodzin, czlonkami rady lub
strasnikami. Czcijcie mas! ~Poswiecamy sic. Opla.
kujcie mas j jak .najpredzej postarajcie sic o sastsp
cow. Jezeli ten list wyda sic wan rozdzierajacym,
zemsciicie sic ma MIN i podrzyicie go wzajemnie. zeg
nanny was!
,Przez diva lata prawie uszczesliwialismy was.
Me miejcie o to zalu do mas.
Podpisano: ,,Blach,velle
Fameuil
Listolier
Felix's Tholomyes".
Post ~scriptum. Obiad zaplacony'.
Dziewczeta popatrzaly ma siebie.
Favourita pierwsza ~przerwafa milczenie.
- o!-zawo}ala- istocie dobry fgiel.
= To bardzo zabawne!-rzekia Zephina.
- To pewnie Blachevelle'owi przyszedl ten 20.
mysl!-rzekla Favourita.- Kocham 60 "a to. Ledwie
~odjechal, mi}osc ~przyszla. Taxa to historic.
= Nie!-rzekla Dahlia-to pomysf Tholomyes'a.
ZnaG to zaraz.
= w takim razie-odparla Favourita smierc
Blachevelle'owi, a MECH ayje Tholomyesl
=. Mech ayje MISUNDERSTANDING Dahlia
I wybuchly amiechem. Fantina smiaia sic wraz
z innemi.
w godzine potem, kiedy znalazia sic sauna W swo.
i'm pokoju, zaplakala. Byia to, jak juz m6wilismy,
pierwsza jej mifosc; oddafa sic T~holomyes'owi jak me
zowi i biedna dziewcsyna miala dziecie.
Roniec tomu pierOsztgo.
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lead is higher. The open season, usual
~ not regarded as favorable in the
anthracite coal trade, is this year well
coined because it allows of unimpeded
shipments later than usual. High wa
ter in the Ohio has released large
quantity of bituminous coal and the
outlook is for replenished Western
stocks. At least, however, bituminou5
coal is still in scant supply.
Wheat, including flour shipments, for
the week aggregate 3,250,649 bushels,
against 5,133,3S1 bushels last week.
6,243,S59 bushels in the corresponding
week last year, 4.464,3 99 bushels in
1897, 1924, 1926 bushels in 1896, and 2,056,-
043 bushels in 1895.
Since July 1 this season the exports
of wheat aggregate 97,559,926 BUSH
eds against 109. 720,s53 bushels last year
and 11S,S09.197 bushels in 1888.
Failures for the week in Canada num-
Der %, against 81 last week, 81 in this
week year ago, 4s in 1897, 80 in 1896
and AZ in 1895.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-16
THE CONDITION OF TRADE
Business Undisturbed by the
Money Situation.
PRICES ARE ADVANCING
But the Greater Number of Quotations
Remain Steady--Wool Less Ac-
tive-Iron and Steel
Firm.

New York, Dec. 15-Bradstreet to-
morrow will say:
General trade in wholesale and man
ufacturing lines is quoting down. 1t is
undisturbed by the money situation, the
influence Of which has been confined to
speculative circles. Holiday trade, on
the other hand, has been given a de-
cided impetus and comparisons with
the same period of preceding years are
uniformly favorable, little doubt re-
naming that although retail trade in
seasonable lines has been affected in
some localities by unfavorab1e weather,
holiday specialties have enjoyed excep-
tional activity. AS regards prices, it is
notable fact that as many staples
have advanced this week as there have
declined, while by far the larger num-
Der of quotations have remained steady
or firm. The strength of textiles is still
most notable feature Of the general
situation. Cotton goods are heavily
sold ahead by agents and a very large
spring business has already been book
ed Raw cotton is firm and unchanged
on the week partly owing to the light
receipts and to reaffirmation of short
crop estimated by the department of
agriculture. Manufactured goods, where
not advanced, are firmly held.
Wool Is less active than of late, but
prices are no less firm and some finer
grades are quotably higher. The Lon
don market has closed at an advance
over the last sale and talk of higher
prices with the first of the year is COM
mon. Wooden goods share the strength
Of the raw material and silks and its
products are also firmly held.
Corn among the cereals, has display
ed a specially strong tone. owing 70
small receipts and depleted stocks.
PROVISIONS have weakened after the re-
cent advance, but lard and pork are
still higher than last week and hog re-
ceipts are rather smaller than expect
ed. Wheat has been steady, partly on
foreign crop reporting cold weather,
partly because of intimations of inter
national disturbances and because of
expectations of bullish government
crop report.
In most lines of iron and steel quiet
ness and firmness are confident. Esti-
mates of productions point to net gain
in stocks and a source of strength is
the claim made that Western furnace
capacity for the half Of next year ct
least is already booked. Dealings in
ore have been active and although
nothing like the rush to book produc-
ton witnessed a year ago have been
seen. large part of next years output
of the year What little weakness
there is perceptible is in a few lines
of finished products. Hardware re-
mains in quite active demand at a
number Of the markets on holiday
specialties. In other metals there is
considerable irregularity; tin is again
lower and copper is being shaded, while
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-16
Duu's Review.

New York. Dec. 15.-R G. Dun & Co. s
weekly review of trade will say to-mor-
row:
Unusual depression in stocks this week
has displayed the great divergence pc
tween the trading and the productive IN
dustries of the country and its specula-
ton Never has production been greater,
the number of hands employed larger, the
wages distributed higher. or the purchas-
ing power, based upon earnings. greater
than at this time, and never have condl-
tons of trade or returns OF earnings ana
traffic given certainty of greater business
for transporters. Yet, as the earnings OF
the railways and manufacturing compa-
MES mount upward, their stocks decline
as If it We're disastrous for a road to dou-
BILE its earnings and ruinous for mill to
realize unprecedented prospects.
Inflated capitalization has, of course,
done much harm. and speculative inter-
est has counted profits IN many cases
long before they were earned. Money
markets here and abroad have been
strained by British reverses in South At
RIGA, and wherever they were overload
ed have been pushed to quick and disas-
trous instead of gradual liquidation. The
result is that while the industries ana
transporting companies realize great prof.
it's. the speculative holders OF thalr stocEs
realize severe losses.
Age reports the output of pig 296,959 tons
weekly Dec. l. against 2SS.522 Nov. l, and
the decrease in stocks not held Dy the
great steel companies 1920 tons. A Pitts
burg company bought 10000 tons Of Bes-
semer for $24 at Valley MILL which is be-
low recent prices, and gray forge Is
quoted a shade lower at SCI. Bars are
again irregular,' 81 for common at Pitts
burg, and % for refined at the east and
plates not exceeding 60 inches are sold at
"a by mills out of order while it is said
"a cents is shaded at times for No q
black sheets, but nearly all works still
have orders far ahead. and in other spe-
cialties prices are unchanged.
The collapse of London speculation
dropped tin to 24c here, with recovery to
25Ac, and copper is weak at 1910, but
lead is a shade stronger
The boot and shoe works are fastening
deliveries to meet the enormous consum-
ing demand. and have shipped from Bos-
ton lS6421 cases in two weeks of Decem-
Der, against 152. 66S last year, and still less
in any other year. except 1887, when 49,
1924 cases were shipped. The same deal
ers who urge early delivery on past or
ders at lower prices are slow to place
more at the higher prices now asked.
for some time ahead are not anxious to
take more at present.
The approaching holidays make all
welcome a season of quiet
Leather continues very strong, with
scanty supplies Of sole but great de-
mands for upper.
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near Helena. The Chronicle tells about

near Helena. The Chronicle tells about
his arrest as follows:
Detective Mcdonald to-day made an
arrest of a man who, it is, said, has
been representing himself to Spokane
business men as having great wealth
and many claims in the Klondike, as
we'll as a half interest in a sawmill
near Helena, Mont Mcdonald has
been following the man since last night
watching his actions and gathering
evidence against him. This morning
he was arrested and booked on the
charge of obtaining money under false
pretenses. When taken to the police
station the officers state that he con-
fessed that he had no money coming
to him and that he had been acting
fraudulently.
G. NJ. Dyer, the name given by the
man thus charged, came to this city
about week ago in the company of
man by the name of Lenox from
Nelson, B. c. MI. Lenox had been
connected in business way with Bols-
ter & Co, and it was to this Office that
Dyer was first presented by Mr.. Len
OK No business was done by the
stranger and this firm. It is said Dyer
told of coming to this city to meet
man by the name of Bartlett. with
whom he had mining deal in the
Klondike. He did not succeed in find
ing Bartlett and asked to leave in Mr..
Bolster's safe some papers which he
said was contract for the deal with
Bolster & Co. This request was grant
ed.
After this several other business men
in the city became interested in him.
Going to one of the prominent insur-
ance offices in the city, it is claimed
that he expressed a desire to take out
a large insurance policy and made a
deposit of large sum of money in
checks on a, local bank, claiming that
he had telegraphed for money and that
it would soon be here. He had not
yet received policy when arrested.
1t is claimed he also got three labor
ing men in the city to give him Sc
each by telling them he had a sawmill
near Helena, Mont, and hiring them
to go to work for him. To them, it is
said, he sold orders for railway TICKETS,
telling them they were good over the
Northern Pacific. 1t was on complaint
of one of these men that he first began
to be suspected. The orders were adj
dressed to ]. q. Jackson. No person
in the city can be found with that
name,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-16
IN THE DISTRICT COURT
Mrs. Largely Brings Suit to Re-
cover $4,000.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
Filed in the Suit Of Wetzstein Against
the Boston g. Montana - A Re-
csiver Asked For in Suit
for a Million.

Mrs. Lulu F. Largely yesterday
brought suit in the district court
against the Home Investment and Real
ty company to recover the sum of s10,-
900. The complaint says that Mrs.
Iargey is the Administrative of the es-
tate of the late P. A. Largely, and that
the defendant is a corporation. 1t
says further that at sundry times be-
tween the Sth of July, 1898. and Dec.
], 1899, the defendant received at Butte,
as affiant is informed and believes, the
sum of $4,000 from numerous and diff
ferent parties from the sale of town
lots within the Central addition of
Butte and upon the pay streak of the
Quartz lode mining claim, to and for
the use and benefit of P. A. Largely
during his lifetime and for the use and
benefit of his estate after his death.
Therefore, on or about the LIST of De-
cember, 1885, and before the commence
ment of this suit, the plaintiff demand
ed the payment of this money to her.
The defendant has not paid it nor any
part Of it. Wherefore the plaintiff
asks the court to give her Judgment
against the defendant for the sum Of
$4,000 and for interest on that sum
at the rate of per cent. per annum
from the first of December, 1899, and
costs.
In the suit brought Thursday by
Adolph WetZstein against the Boston &
Montana Mining company to enforce an
accounting on the part of the latter
for million dollars worth of ore, an
order to show cause was filed yester-
day. The order was signed by Judge
Lindsay on Thursday. 1t orders the
! defendant to show cause before the
district court in Judge Lindsay's de-
J partment, at 10 o'clock on the morning
of Dec. IS, why receiver should not
be appointed by the court in the action
for one-quarter of the Comanche lode
claim, and for the ores. minerals and
metals belonging to it; and to show
cause why a temporary injunction dur
ing the tendency of the action should
enjoining it from mining, taking away
or converting to it's own use any ores
or minerals from the Comanche lode
claim. or the veins belonging to it, un-
less it allow the plaintiff into joint
occupancy of the premises with it, and
all the workings upon the same, and
Jointly with it to engage in extracting
such ores from the premises, or I'M
less it deliver to the plaintiff on the
dump one-quarter of the ores which ii
may hereafter mine and extract from
the claim.
Gertrude Stuart yesterday brought a
suit for divorce against John c. Stu
art in the district court She alleges in
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-12-16
A STORM AND COLD WAVE
The Mercury is Taking a Down
ward Course.
IT'S WINTER IN EARNEST
Prospects of Coal Famine Are Very
Remote-A Light Fall OF Snow.
Tom and Jerry Has Made !,
Its Appearance.

The signals indicate storm and cold
wave, and the people of the city agree
with them. The thermometer has
fallen 20 degrees since day before yes
terday and it is still dropping. Yester-
day was a winter day, clear, crisp and
cringy. The big wagon wheels made
weird sounds as they passed over the
icy pavements, and there was frost in
the air. Ear muffs and fur collars were
much in evidence and red noses and
corresponding ears We're everywhere.
Still the crowds on the streets We're as
large, if not larger, than they have
been this winter. The stores were
crowded all day, up to closing time in
the evening. The winter goods went
fast and all the clerks were on the
jump.
The wood and coal markets We're pat
ronized to great extent, and while
there is not an overabundance Of coal
lin the market the prospects of famine
are remote. The railroads are running
and that being the case coal will come
into town just the same. The ice man
is not in the best of humor-he has
stepped aside for the fuel man.
There was light fall of frosty snow,
but yet there is not enough snow for
sleighing. There is enough in the
mountains, however, so the woodmen
say.
However, there has been no COM
plant on the score of weather SO far
this winter. 1T has been an open win
ter. The time has come for cold
weather to make it's appearance. They
say that a Christmas without frost and
snow is like an egg without salt, but
ia, sxrI,t
will not admit of microscopic examina-
ton. So far the smoke from the
smelters has not been charged with
the death of any one. But the small
pox germs multiply and thrive in this
kind of weather, and that makes it
bad
Tom and Jerry has made its appear
ance, but the high ball still retains its
popularity. 1t is said to be one of the
most convenient and pleasant preven-
tives on the market. However, the old
timer still clings to whsl1ey straight
and is ever ready to put it UP against
any of the other recent introductions
in the line of preventives. The market
for all these things is brisk and the
keepers of the inns and taverns are
enjoying a season of uninterrupted
prosperity.
If it weren't for the indisDutable sig
nails which float from the flag pole over
the street car office, probably some old
timer would come up with the predic-
ton that chinook is on the way, due
to arrive right soon.'