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About The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 11, 1891)
tnilndt Couio mil In I lip orchard, Robert the sir Isoool unit swoot, Itero, itlvo me your hnnd. old fellow, we'll walk lo lite nrfoor wmt. Tho wire's two miylti' that. iHtoty you've been l.p to jour Kloowy trleks; Wccmimit tillon ilmi, ltOKr, In boy of seventy-six. , . , Itlluil' Wliv, tlmtia the ruiuoii you ought to lie ll(rlit iiikI (tnvj . (It nuMi't . ml sixty-five, you know, that your oyo-r inlit wont uwiiy); And It 'K'iin to mo tlmt tlio Master In Hi wlsilora done It well To irlve you In plnw of the wk ltoger, the blooms that in memory dwell. Ve-ur hnlr, who rtinll iy It Is white, Kogerr It's silky and black as a crow: And Nature has ruhbed on yourehcek, Roger, the nwie-t nw08 that (now Tin ) that utn aj.-oliig quickly l'ui eighty-one tiwluy. And uiy sunken checks are yellow, and I'm auineUitug more than Kfayl I see all the winter snows, ltoger, when the gay Held flower are war. And tho red loaf falls from tho oak troo, like an ehl niHii'n tfcathlied (car. I see, deserted and niossgrowu, the aisle wo sc olt havo trod; For tho parrou over t ho hill, Boger, baa an easier road to God. Tho mllwnv run throuth the meadows where the hlupkltorrii-s used In atmve! Tlie ball floiil Isn't tho dear old spot Of Any Am) I'll like to luy ou the rascal whip with t mil lion knots As made of our cherished schoul ground "do Kimble building- lota," Itiityou you fortunate fellow can sif In the jro'den hIow That falls on your spirit's vUion from the JcwcIIihI Ion? auo: CanlauKhat tlie nihility hammers that are .inushf up our jruds of clav. For all that Is dearest and best, Roger, you'Tf sad ly stored away, Thomas Frost ON THE DEK BACKBONE A few years before the, war I whs clerk tu the store of mv brotlier-in-l.iw, Nathan Ritchie, in Pittsburg, and at just that ago in which a voting man be gins to take a real serious interest in irirls, ami, naturally, to tret into all sorts of scrapes and troubles there from. Tho Washington county farmers used to come into town tnen on their wa cons, britiijin! aloujr not only biff loads of""rain. wool, flax, poultry, an other produce, but their wives and daughters as well. Thcv would drive in ouo day, put up over night at the old -"farmers' inn," down near the Smithficld market, and tho next day would make their necessary purchase ana go Home. I got to know personally a great many of the farmer folks, and had oc casion or took it to observe that there were plenty of very fine young women among them buxom, full bosomed, bight-eyed, red-lipped girls lull ot health, vrvaeity, and natural honesty. But old man Dan Elder's daughter Jennie seemed to me the flower of tho Hock, and f assure you that, as far as I could, I made it au object of interest for the Elder family to do its trading at our store. Jennie and I got quite friendly, and began to have a hopeful suspicion that sue was pretty near as gl.nl to see mo when she came to town as I was to see her. Once I got her aud her father to go with me to a theater, the lirst thno either of tlretn had seeu a play, but he got a notion that there was something wrong about stage plays and would not let her go again. Still the old fel low seemed to take a sort of liking to me. and after he had got to know me quite well, nearly two years from our lirst meeting, hc'invited'me to visit his place out ou Kaecoon creek. About a week afterward I hired a good saddle horse aud rode out to pay that visit. It was easy enough to litid 'l?ncle Dan's'1 place" for everybody within a radius of ten miles about it seemed to know him, and I reached his house just at dusk. I thought it tvas a good omen when the dogs were so much more friendly than country dogs generally are iu grcetiug a stran ger, ami was sure of it when Jennie said archly: Old Uifw wouldn't be so good natured it lie ilid not know that I was expecting; yon. He must have heard Die talking about vou." That evening the whole family, Jen- nie. her father and mother, an elder brother, and two sisters went to dance, about two miles distant, and of course. I went along. At least seemed to do so. In point of fact. went to Paradise. I sat beside Jennie in the big wagon, with my arm around her while we went through dark patches of forest; danced with Jen nie, I don't know how many times waited upon Jennie at supper, rode home beside Jennie, with renewed utilization of forest shadows; and even snatched a kiss from Jennie ere she lied to ber room. Under such circura stances how could I be expected to be more than vaguely conscious that there was a big, hulking, clod-hopper namca Jim . Arney. who scowled and glared at me as if" ho would like to eat me? What the mischief did I care for Jim Arney? But the fellow wouldn't be ignored. . I he very next afternoon. feeling that it was not quite the proper iniug tor me to loiter arounu the House all day, I borrowed brother Dave's rille and went out to shoot a squirrel , or two if I could find any. Suddenly at a turn in tne roau i was commuted by Jim Arney on horseback. Eying mu with au insulting affectation of scorn he snarled: "You're a pretty looking dandy from towu, ain't you?"' I replied that can didly speaking. I really did think I presented a rather agreeable contrast to hitn. Ho flushed angrily, and speaking in a voice thick with passion, retorted: "I'd break your back if Jennie had- u t said I was to leave you alone.." I told him I would secure his pardon for nll.the baek-brcakiug ho could do on me, and invited him to "wade in," but he rode off ou his way, and I went on squirrel-hunting. , Leaving my course to chance I strolled higher and higher up a geutly sloping hill until I came out suddenly at the top of a precipice several hun dred feet in height, which I subse quently learned was called tho "Devil's Backbone." The face of tho cliff was as sheer as a wall, but rough with great holes burrowed here ami there, in the soft sandstone by the elcnicnts.and with narrow ledges, on which trees nod shrubs grew, masking all the rocky declivity with foliage. The tops of tall trees wero down below me, and lar in the depths beyond their roots I could catch glimpses of the creek, like a silver thread. Around where I stood bushes- grew thickly up to the very verge of the precipice, with trees occa sionally among them leaning over it. An impudent, chattering gray squir rel fat upon his haunches iu a tree on the brow of the cliff, barking at nie, and 1 shot. him. lie fell and lodged on a little ledge full twenty feet below the top, where I stood. I made up my mind to get tho body of tho little beast, and the difficulty -and even positive llangor to bo encountered in doing so were" only incitements to aohievo'the feat Laving uiy guu ' upon the ground, f seized a tough bush, swung over tho edgo of tho precipice, and lowered myself to a poiut whoro I got a foothold and a second bush that would bond still iowor. Before mak ing tho second doscout I mnilo tho lirst bush fast, in its bent positiou, to the second, to have a way secured for re turn. Then I went to tho ledge where the snuirrul lav. Iu sloopiuir to pick it up, I carelessly lot go the bnsh by which I had swung down, and it sprung back lustanily to its uormal Dosition. a dozen feet above my head 1 was securely trapped, iu a place from which Icouldu't safely got away uu aided, without I could have flowu like a bird. Not a friendly twig was with in ten feet or mv clutcu; tho precipice dropped sheer down hundreds of feet right at my toes, and tho Icdgo was so uarrow Unit I had barely room to stand upon it. I rolled for help, but. of course, nobody heard me. I took off mv stockings, unraveled them, tied a stoue to the yarn, and tried to swing it over the bush uoovo mo, almost throwing myself off the ledge iu doiug to. The effort was jt failure. I was hoarse with futile howling. Night foil, aud the darkness seemed very cold. 1 managed to sit down, with my legs dangling over tho edgo of the ledtre: but was tifraid to sleep for fear of falling off. Au owl perched near me, hooting in great enjoynieut ol my predicament. The night secmod yours in duration. And there surely never was a slower dawn than that upon which I looked from my open-air prisou. By this time I was weak with hunger and wild with thirst, A Httlo after sunrise I was startled by a gunshot from the valley far below, and the vicious "spat" of a bullet upon tho rock near uiy left aukle. It made me fliug my legs up so suddenly that I came near toppling off my perch. "That, now," I said to myself, "is no doubt Jim Arney who has discovered me, and is popping away at me iu safety; the cowardly nssassiu." But as I learned afterward, I wronged him. Tho bul let was tired by a hunter, whose sharp eyes saw only my foot; and at that distance, thinking it an owl, took a snap shot at it. Thank heaven his aim was no bettor. About 9 o'clock I hoard tho welconio baying of old "Bose" from the top of tho cliff. The whole Elder family and some of the neighbors we're out hunt ipg for mo, my absence through tho night having occasioned much ularin; aud when I shouted a whole chorus of voices answered me at once. Ropes wero procured, and I. with no little dilliculty, was dragged up to safety. wnere l received so warm a welcome from all and esiieciallv so from Jen nie that I felt compensated by fortune lor what 1 hail suffered. I ho old man said, in a dryly sarcastic way, that he thought I "rather "over-vallvod tho sqnir'l." I have often gone out to uncle Dan's" less frequently sinco Jennie and I have been married than before but have never had auv inclination for fooling about tho "Devil's Backbone' any more. No; I have never heard that Jim Aruey came to any bad end. Ho simply married some other girl man jenniu. . NEW ENCLANP MOONSHINERS. Vankr Parmer Who Maka Cider llritndy and Maple Itnia. The thrilling novel that might bo wrillou about tho Now England "nioousniner nas not yet uooti pub lislK'd. Miss Murfrco and others havo done-up" the illicit distiller of the Ten uussee and North Carolina mount ains beatitifullv, Literarily, the crooked manufacturer of nmdo brandy and maple rum in tho Green and White mountains is not so highly es teemed as this bearded Teiitiesseoan of tho incomprehensible dialect. But why sltmihlii't he hop 1 1 a ciirriMiniliiitrfi nii just as picturesque, his business n fX'Uial survey tho location of tho long perilous, Ms resistance sometimes as los' V"""' , , desperate, aud his uorsounlitv often as John bwifl was iu hast lonnossoo ncculiur. 'ul eastern Kentucky as early as 17C1 There is certainly a trrent deal of "ccompauied by two Frenchmen, atld illicit liquor iinu'ufueturod in the New iowhuro in that region they coined, Kii.rliind States, whnrn itmhihitlnn i or preiouiicti to coin, large qtmniitie thelaw. Generally tho illicit nianii. of si'ver money. There wore no mints facturer would be irlad to rmv the ia tho United States then, and Swift A I,ot Houtuoky Mine. One of tho most persistent, aud one ot thu most elusive traditions Kentucky Is that of "Swift's Silver Mine." Half n doou mottutttliv couu ties claim to have within the border of ouch the original mine, but as search has ever revealed the existence of Hi'gontiforous ore In any of them. half a doxou other counties claim that a mistake niftv havo been made, am hope tho wonderful mine may be with in their own limits. Every now ant thou some person crazed on tho sub' juct makes his appearance with map or cunrt, assuming to show by l7 t- United States license. He could that and make iuoi:ey out of his bus ness, with tho aid of tho demand secured by prohibition. Besides, he fears thu United States roveutiu au thorities, and ho does not fear tho Stale authorities. Uncle Sam has a nose to smell out his still; tho State has not. -Unt the payment of tho letleral license has so often betrayed the moonshiner to the State authorities that ho generally prefers to do without it. Ho makes his business wholly illicit, tiiereioro. a no proitts aro groat, but tho business is risky. If tho dis tiller is caught iu tho net, or a custom er betrays him, everything that ho has in the whole world may bo forfeited 1 he placo selected for a still in our northern hills, is generally a cellar, aud the distiller is almost always a farmer. In this region there is always ruuniug water to be hat! anywhere; the farmer conducts a quiet lead pipo to his scene of operations, briugs in a still from the adjoining Mate, sets up a kitchen stove, connects his apparatus with his chimney, and everything is ready. Probably his line of business is cidur liraudyj.possilily it is maple rum. Both liquors are very meritorious decoctions, alcoholically speaking. Tho apple brandy is raw-edged and not verv palatable, but it is pure anil whole some. 1 lie maple rum is very smooth nuil palatalile, anil, when mado hy an expert, is regained uv conuoisscurs as equal to the best Mcdford. . To make it, maple molasses is diluted and fer mented into a sort of beer, ant! that is distilled into rum. Four quarts ot maple molasses will make live quarts of excellent mm (onernllv this illicit distilling is douo on Delia'! vt regular was arrested upon tho suspicion of be Insr a counterfeiter. This was In North Carolina. The coin turned out to be purer silvor than that of the British mint, and ho was released. Swift left Boll county. Kentucky, because tho In. dlaus wero troublesome, and ho gave a lady of that county tho journal of his wanderings. His journal gave a vague account ot about f 0-1,1)00 m "crowns w hich ho and his companions concealed at various places in the mountains o eastern Kentucky to facilitate their journey ami secure safety. Ever siuoe that journal became public search par. ties havo hunted for tho hidden wealth as persistently as ever Eastern people mttueii tor mo iiiiuion treasure of dipt. Kidd, or tho Southern ncoulo searched ior mo secret trcasuroeavo or t apt. Blackboard. It goes without savititr that nobody has ever found any turn "of the treasure. True, there aro more or loss plausihlo traditions in various localities. For Instance, iu Carter county auciwut tools and Instruments used to coin money were louuti at tne loot ot a elUI many VenrS nOTt. Thft ei'limttlinrr nw.tv .f u lodge of tho cliff hud allowed the tools to fall from their concc-alment. It is claimed, also, that one of the lirst set tlers of Carter county found near his pioneer cabin a miantitv of noculiar cinders so heavy as to cause him to have them tested. Tho result was tho extraction of sufficient silver to mako several silver spoons, which, it was said, wero as lato as 1870 in possession oi metnocrs or tno I a mi I v. Crucibles, furnaces, cinders, aud other relics of mineral smelling, miou a small scale. have been found in several counties and attributed to n vieinago of Swift's silver mine. In 18( 1 three Chorokco Indians Attended to His Own Business. For cool self-possession or a remark' ablo display of mdiuerence in tryin and exciting times the descendant of Ham when lie wants to be is hard to discount, says the St. Louis Republic's Man About lown. Ibis fact was for cibly illustrated in an incident con nected with the recent trial of the Chambers case at Ironton. It will be remembered that one of the principal witnesses lor the defense was i-runk Jenkins, a negro and eye-witness of the tragedy. I rank was whitewashing chicken-coop only a low feet away when the shooting occurrefl. On the direct examination ho told his story plain, straightforward way, and his evidence was very material. The cross examiner propounded the usual questions and made a strenuous at tempt to tangle tne witness in giving his testimony. Concerning the facts immediately preceding and at the time ox tne snooting a question wouiu ue asked Frank, to which he would give a prompt reply, and then the attorney would ask: "What did you do then?" "I just went on whitewashing the cnicKen-coop. "But, wheu tho defendant appeared with the guu and it seemed as if some one was going to be hurt, what did yon do then?" "I kept on whitewashing the chicken coop. It was none of my business, and where I came from, intVoodwafd county, Kentucky. I long ago learned not W interfere with two white gentle men engaged in settling a miestion of honor. I turned up ono end of the coop and keptight on with my whitewashing.'' vvnenttio shot was bred what did you do?" "ii.ent right on whitewashing." "Did you do anything when thev removed the body?" , I "les; Kept right on whitewashing." The judge smiled, the snectators tittered, and the- whoto court room appreciate this wonderful display of opposition to attend strictly to one s own affairs. Throughout the' whole time Frank was in the witness box he retained this same calm, collected demeanor, and any attempt to move mm was more than futile. .Notwith standing all this seeming indifference, inoiiL'n. mere wasn't a haunter bein" in the court room than Frank when the verdict of tho jury was announced, and the last account The Man had of him he was still "painting." , much a gallon; tho ordinary prico for ;,sleu jvoue roiitity aud carried away tillon, ami ihe ""MlM",ul some wcigniy sno- (iistilling is fl.vj a liquor is sold at $2 a gallon. Some times thu manufacture, is carried on under the cloak of the distillation of wormwood a product of the uorthern woods wliioji tho law allows the manufacture of. Some worm wood dis tillers up that way have got rich, but not out of wormwood. Iu many placet the local authorities would never uis. turb a quiet distiller of illegal liquor, but the law puts a terrible premium upon treachery. Une maple-rum niaiHilaclni'er supplied his I.ulier-in law's table with a dainty product of his still for some time; but by anil by the father-in-law informed upon him, wholly for tho sake of tho twenty-live dollars' reward which tho law gives the informer. The old man had the satisfaction of seeing his daughter' husband's line farm lakeu awav from him. for up that way a distiller's farm is holdeii for his olloiice, and tho man left at middle age penniless in the world; but the old villain got hi.' twenty-live dollar, there are some things iu the world that arc w orse than making maple rum, an. I Maine law it seems puts a premium upon sucr villains. Ail this, ol' course, is carried on ip the farming districts. The hirgei towns and villagv have laws of theil own. and too iniiior they disuunso is obtained more or less onenlv from out side States where it is sold. It is the farmers, who havo not easy access to these bars, who resort to the illicit manufacture of liquor. As a result, hundreds of men become more or less expert in making intoxicating drink who would otherwise have not the slightest inkling of such a process; and though the majority of these would not think of uiakins linuor for nrolit thev do not hesitate to make it for thcirown use. There is even a very good substi tute for lager boor brewed in the hills: and many of the fanners brow a drink which they call spruce beer from maple sap a very pleasant beverage. not without heady properties undoi certain circumstances. It is ouito possible that the throwing of the neonle oi northern Piew England upon then own resources in the matter of liquids win ucveiop an aptitude for domestic manufacture which will result in famous beverages yet to bo born. Boston Transcript. tv stance, which tho residents in the ueiguoornooii united in believing was some of hwift's silver, l ie m-osenca of tho Indians was well kuown, their object plainly guessed, yet nobody watched them tdosely tfiomrh to dis cover tho place where they procured their treasure. Cashing Forged Checks. The most criminal trade in this country is that of certain money load ers who advance cash at usurious rates of discount on papor w hich they know to be forged. Tliero aro several ol theso miscreants unions' the habitues of Delmonico's, where they re as wel' kuown as their victims themselves, sayi tho N. Y. World. They rely for security on the fact that his family will tako the forged paper up rather than allow tho" young scrapegraee to be criminally exposed and punished. One of tho most notorious is now threatened with tho loss of part of his plunder at least. His victim in this case was the .son of a retired merchant of largo means and unblemished social record. Ho secured from tlie usurer an advance of nearly tlO.000 on three checks, apparently drawn by tho father of tho negotiator to his son's order. The forgery Was, I am told, so flagrant that it might have been detected bv a child. The money was paid on the checks, less a savage rate of iu teres t, aud was tost in a couple of days at the race track. Then the young scamp became alarmed and made a clean breast of it to his father. The latter promptly shipped linn out of the country to either Africa or South America exactly where, however, if not currently known. men the family lawyer was cal ed n and tho usurer was summoned. He boldly demanded payment of the chocks in full, under threat of send ing them in to the bunk and so brlnir. itig tho forgeries to liirht and securiuo tho indictment of the forger. He was noiinea to go ahead, with tho assur anco that ho would also be. arrested fot entering into a criminal conspiracy. men uo nroveu more amenable to compromise, and it is believed that he will be paid the actual amount of cash no disbursed, nbout CO per cent of (I , KNOWING BOSTON HORSES. Anlmali Noted for Their HumUUkable Displays of Hum Nemo. In the business portions of our olty, snvs tho Ilostou Ih rahl, there are EVERDING & FAR R ELL, Pkont Stukut, Poktlanh, OiiKuotf. alleged face value of their surrender. I) per the checks, fot I'ullliiK Teeth. Feminine Fancies. A Broken Knee-Joint. What is commonly called the ku ce cal), writes a uhvsieian in the Boston JJerald, is a small, triangular bjane sit uated at tne front of the knee joint One of its purposes is to protect the joint; another is to favor the action oJ certain muscles. .When this bone is broken across the parts are separated by its attachments. To bring them to gether until the aro united is always difficult operation, unless the frag ments are wired together. lhcre are certain fractures that can not be treated in this wav. but in those which can the method should be em ployed, for it promises by far the best results. Not only is recovery more rapid than where other procedures are used, but tho victim suffers tho least possible discomfort.- When U.o knee cap is broken and tho physician advisca "wiring" the patient ought by all means, in his own interest,' to unhesi tatingly conseut to the operation. A Stout Horse WuuLeil. A recent number of , the VVaitsbiti " (Wasv) Time, had tho following tZ "Wanted a saddle horise for a woman weighing yiio pounds." I crush ana tirnsii your han If yoo want to get that lovely gloss that society girls are so eager for. Give your hair 200 strokes every night bo- fore jumping into bed. Don't be afraid of brushing it too much, writes a Boston Globe contribii tor. j. ue more yon urusii the more gloss you get. If your eyebrows are thin brush those, too, with a tinv brush, and if they don't curve to suit you get a tiny como and train them in whichever direction you wish them to go. Brushing keeps them in good shape and it is much easier to brush than to trim them. Besides, if you do not understand how to trim them properly you are apt to look funny until they grow out agaiu. If you wish to keep .awav wrinkles sleep on your back. I know you will nave bad dreams if vou do so. but I had rather put up with the dreams than tho wntikles. , Hadn't you? Sleeping on your side causes wrinkles under the eye. . ,; e sure to mom wash and wine vour face toward your nose, for the noso never wrinkles. By wiping toward it you will prevent those little wrinkles near the ear winch are so plainly seen. When you smile, do it with tho eyes and mouth, and not with the face. Laughing makes wrinkles, but keen on laughing, only don't do it with tho face. I have just taken four moles froin my face and it Is very badly done. Yuu can do it yourself, only ho careful, for tt burns, , . Get b cents worth of nitiri.itin Wr-iiT and, three times a day, touch tho molo with a toothpick dipped Into the ncid. It wi)4 come off iu about a week lcav- ng a red spot on tho face. Limi-h Hint spot alone aud it will heal by itself. ' They say "inolos aro a sigh of beauty," but I prefer tho beauty, without the moles. :". Tho extraction of teeth Is usually ac companied by a slight flow of blood. wmen ordinarily censes before the patient quits the dentist's office. Where this Is not tho case, or whoro hemor rhage breaks out afresh whou medical advice is not at hand, it should be borne in mind tiiat the lirst and most natural check is the clotting of the blootl in tho cavity, and this should not be disturbed. If it is necessary . to rinse the mouth, let it bo dono very carciuuy, so as not ' to dislodge the clot, if ono is forming. Where this does occur, the first recourse should be to an astringent, aad tannin is the best of ail. If that is not at hand, finely powdered alum will answer very well, burnt cork may bo sprinkled over the suriaee, orn little bull of spider's web, iigntiy pressed into tne wound, may answer tne purpose When other moans fail, as this pest of every housekeeper is an invaluable styptic. In addition to some of these, a compress may be necessary, and an article which will an swer all purposes mado for an emer gency by cutting a V-shuped slit In tho cork of the right dimensions to pass over the wounded gum. This mav ho lightly pressed into plaeo by- the teeth of tho other jaw, and as it is applied, a pledget of lint or similar dressing may propony ue uttcu to the cavity, tliottli often tho compress alone will prove effectual. It is useful, . also, in such cases, to malutain an erect position of the patient, either sitting or stand ing. Warm foot-baths aro also lioln- fill, with friction of the lower limbs, to divert tno moon irom tne head as much as practicable, These directions and suggestions apply, of course, to such occasions as require treatment la the absence, or awaiting the arrival, at tho family physician or tho deutist, - ' UOOU JJOUSCKCcpMg. - A young man wanted a Pennsylvania railroad conductor to hold his train ten Minnie lit Iliirgcltostovvn while the youth go I niiii'ried. good many horses belonging to llrmi or to private Individuals which stand "on call," as It were, Dftuntlmos for hours, in front of their owner's placo of business. These horse como to uo well known in tholr neighborhoods, mid acquaintance with thuiii shows in them habits and Idiosyncrasies which are most interesting. One ot the equities with au Individuality all hi own Is a grav horse belonging to a llrtn Iu Wlnihron soiiuro. He stands iu front of his owner's store. timmroiitly ponder I in nnon tho nos ami (towns of life, thu hat trade anil the weather, and oc casionally he siarls off for nil indepen dent tour around thu square, nll'otdlng much uimtsomcnl, sometimes eonsicru ation. to tho pnonlo who are uuno- nuainted with his ways of doing thing. Should it occur to hiiii that he Is thirs ty, or that to take a drink would bo a diversion iu tho monotony of his after noon, he walks over to tho drinking' fountain In tho snuiiro, politoly awaits his turn, quenches his thirst, turns around aud marches back, like Bo- Pern's sheep, so that his owner, hav ing left lilm facing in ono direction, is ouo not to ihui nun inuiuu in ituuiiivi- ho old gray hurso Is an independent charaoU'i'.thoy w ill tell you iu iutluoji square. in the rum store, still on utis street, Is a f i i n) whoso head resides in tho suburbs, and who frequently drives back and forth to and from his rest denee, leaving his horso at the door with a weight attached to the strap. The "Doctor," as ho Is called, frequent ly grows Impatient, casts longing looks around, and sometimes whinnies for his master. I ho other day, having waibml overlong. as he undoubtedly thought. Doctor reached down, ideked up the strap, and. with the weight dangling from his mouth, set off in brisk and independent fashion for home, leaving his master to follow on foot or iu horse-car, as if. having wall ed long enough, how other people got nomo was no concern of his. Down In Congress sntinre tbert stands an old gray tow horse of an ob serving tulud ami engaging manners, Who tikes to make acquaintance with passers-by. It has bcon tho habit of a gentleman who comes in town every morning to buy an tipple at a fruit- stand and treat tho old fellow, whoso somewhat monotonous life appeals to him. The old tow homo has growu to expect his apple, and he now watches regularly for his friend. Upon tho fuw occasions when the apple has bcon forgotten or Intentionally omitted, the horse has followed tho man or tins stepped up on tho sidewalk in front of luiu and stopped his passage ae if to say: "You can not pass until you ro paid your toll." One afternoon not ong sinco a man who tins n strong re semblance to tho tow horse's friend was passing through Congress street. wheu, to his astonishment, he felt him self grabbed by tho coat slcovo. Turn ing around his surprise was still greater when ho found it was a horse who hold him nrisoner. The towbov who has charge of the horse came to" the rescue ami oicarod matters up by explaining that the two men looked so much alike that he, as well as the horse, was de ceived. The fondness of horses for apples and their liking for a bit of kiudly attention may be further illus trated by the story of a horso in SL John, who would never stand still un it his owner bethought himself to bribe the horso to do so bv occasional ly giving him an apple through his ours of weary wailing. I his expedi ent proved a complete success. The runaway was a runaway no lonirer. Could lie have spoken no doubt it would have been iu tho words . of Solomon, of old: "Oh, comfort mo wan apples." At all events, like a famous animal of another species, he 'waited patiently about" till thoatiules did appear. a great many horses are lea on - tne streets from "oat bags" drawn over their noses and wabbling about In a manner which must tnako it very un comfortable to eat one's dinner in that way. A bright horse, down in "Pie alley." tho other day hud iienrly reached tho bottom of his bag. It wabbled aw fully, but tho out wore sweet ami he was hungry. In front of him stood a wagon, and thn wagon iiad a wheel. Happy thought! lie walked up to the wheel, rested Ida canvas bucket on the top of it, and finished his dinner to the last oat in a roiiifortiililo. leisurely fashion and with a twinkle in his eye. If that was not a triumph of mind over matter what is? DKAMCK IN - Wheat, Oats and Mill Feed of ail Kinds. HAY, SHINGLES. LIME, LAND PLASTER. Also Flour, Bacon, and a General Assortment of CRO Which we Soil Cheap ior 0h. Oivo us a Cull EVERDING & FATiRELL. (;i,ArisivA.isri:ii RUSTIC. Vv STEAMER G. W. SHAVE K, J. W. SHAVIM. Ranter. Leave Portland (run Alihrst, dock Monday, Vfdinda,v nnd Krl-ti.y , for ( lainlue' nie, imirhiiitftit !-auvies l-html M. Helms, i oimni.i.i t-uy, Miiania, inrt lie, i;nlulrr, 1'iiliir l.uniluiK. .Ml. I idltii, luiiiiiMirv, Mi ne, oaa roiut, aim an imeuio'uiiiir pointa, lletuintiiK Tnesihiy, Thursday nnd Saturday. STEAMER MANZANILXO, . GKOKGK S1IAVKR, MwUt. l.eavea Portland Ttieilav anil Thursdays tor t't.ATsK AX I Ksnd Intermediate ixiluU. lietiirninif net day. On Mindiiy. for tK A MoK A W A, ' A I II M 1. 1 and WKMTl'OltT, and intermediate mjIiiK returning litwt day. Now is the Time to Secure a Lot In GEORGETOWN! This DeHiniblo Property Atljoins Milton Hint ion, un the North ern 1 ucilic Knilroiul, ONE HOUR'S RIDE FROM PORTLAND, And i Only Mile lroin St. I Menu, the County Sent, un the Columbia Kivcr. Milton Creek, tv Henutiful Mountain Stream, rttiiH within 200 yiittlH of thin Property, fur nishing tin Inexhaustible supply ol Water for all Purpose!. ., LOTS, 50X100 o FEET, Itandntr in Price, from $50 to jylT-tf. $100j can Ix' Seenrcd from D. J. SWITZER, St. Helens, Oregon. JOS. KELLOGG & CO'S STEAMERS MSB Causes of Wakefulness. Continued unkefiiliicas la a crying call to review one's huhits nnd sua wlmt is tvron". Do sure tho alios pinches soinowhero nnd soon its effects will he felt in tho life-eentrea of the body, 'lhero is, purlinm), nieiitnl un rest irritation or overwork In which I a, I news is to ho nssiilnon.slv cultivated Wo tuny depend upon it tliore is somo wiuit o( Iml.me.e. Ono chord Is playucl upon too much, others aro silent, and so tho in ntul mechanism Is nil out of tune. udoni, tlieu, dictate a recoil Kl ruction of hnhits. At nil events the wiso person will not resort to opium, chloral or any other sedative tlmt steals away Ufa whilo soothing It, nnd jixi'8 mums which cannot oooverconio Much depends upon tho uowur of dismiMsiiiir thought and IiocoinliiL' almost a blank. Napoleon had this faculty and ninny nnothur noted nersou. Tlio lute Lord Nn pier was believed be tho liriliali olllccrs to owo his In mouse strength tu.d powor of endurance to tlio faculty of going to sleep at any moment when not particularly oiiini'red. Oho of the famous politicians of Mas sachusetts, now nn old man, yet with tlio vigor of a hoy, has tlio sumo gift. Iu all these tint! in similar cases thorn is both concentration and determina liv un effort, ot llinu.111 H, i I. withdrawn from its accustomed elmn nels and allowed to trifle with fancies. that come and go like soft clouds in summer sky, like tho Ittpso of an Indo lent tide upon the beach, or the brculh illlf of a slliiuberiiiir Infant. In lei inougnt unit iiiion nny ono ot them has a souiiiilic iulliiencit. There must bo n passivo detcrmiuutiou to follow thoo gentle undu'ttlions out Into soiien and loso one's self tliero. It is a culti vable tendency nnd becomes a habit. uuuu uoiwcHcejnwj, LoKlMlntivc JoooHlly. A lenticsseo newspaper reports tlmt during n rueont exciting roll cull li tlio house of represeuliilives of that stale, ",Dini)bud,v lied ii sheep-bell to ui r. v.oiiius, oi Carlisle count v, nut iiu inn not know M liere it was until he hud iillrneiod iho iilteiiiiou of the bouse.' : Joseph Kellogg and Northwest FOR COWLITZ RIVER. iVOIiTI I YVINNT J''".1''.'" dne y d Friday, nt 1VI 1X1 Jtpl rt orl.ck A. M leaves l'(HTI.ANI Tuesday. Ihiir.ihy nnd Niinrdiiy nt (i o i lock A. M. JOSEPH KELLOGG m io:.io . ,m. 7 o'clock '. ,M Leaves It A I NIK II nt A A M. daily, MiinilitV flri m.liMl l-ti.M .. i..si...'..l ItwuritiiiK. IciiWnjf l'tl(TI,A,N'liflt,2;.tu I', II., i'rylii t Itainler n SUCCKViOH, 7. L. POCSON & EC1T. Voeairy s lull ic ku( Uis Very f "bttuS, TREES, BULBS, SffiK w,1,u," u"""1 1 HEaEaU L. POSSOIT & SON, 209 2nd Street, Portland, Oregon. TO UILLEH BltOS. CiTALOUr CA TALOOt'K fHKK Ml BOY YOUR DRUGS ANY. HERE But at a regular DRUG- STORE You will find the FRESHEST, PUREST, AND BEST of everything at ft A D. J. E. HALL. Propriet'.r. IT If F r WHEEL and get MORE POWER and use LESS WATER Writ to our Nr lli,.li.,i r'...i.n. r. iui.i THE LEFFEL WATER WHE& & EK8IKI CO.. KESltSHt ATO