UNCLE TOM S CABIN.’
lie Immediately made for the prta
and camels passing us. In an Instant East 33
BUILT FOR WASHINGTON.
onenC quarter*, and 1 shall nerer tor-
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they were out of sight ahead o f us. and
Seats Now on Sale for Next xet that meeting. The disheveled
I
believed
the
vision
to
have
been
an
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ila
d
e
lp
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'dervish' waa In reality the Xx>rd Kitch
Week’s Production at the
hallucination of sight and hearing, so
R e f u s e d to O c c u p y .
ener that waa to be. who bad been
Baker.
1 did not mention the matter to Hafla.
The second year of Washington'! ad
out spying among the enemy and bad
1 and afterward 1 waa glad that 1 did
apparently been taken prisoner by bla ministration the seat of government
not.
If you are going to see “ Uncle own troops."—London Globe.
was removed from New York to Phil
“ All at once a dark shape loomed out
Tom’s Cabin’ ’ at the Baker next
adelphia. in the meantime the federal
of the twilight, and Just above It 1
city, Washington, was in building, and
week you should lose no time se
saw the dim luster of the first star.
FAMOUS FEEDERS.
the legislature of Pennsylvania voted a
curing your seats, for ever since
\ Story of a N arrow
“ ‘The pyramid!" 1 exclaimed.
sum
of
L'touey
to
build
a
house
for
the
the sale opened the demand has P « t » r t h . G r e a t a n d L o u ia X I V . H a d
“ ‘Have I spoken the truth, master?*
president.
|>erbups
with
some
hope
that
Escape
been immense. The fact that a
F a ir ly G o o d A p p o tito a .
demanded Hafla proudly.
this might help to keep the seat o f the
really first-class production of
Louis XIV.. le Grand MoDarque. general government In the capital, for
“ ‘Y’es. Hutia. Is there not a camp
the famous old play is to be seen could wield a lusty knife at the ban Philadelphia was then considered
nearby where the expedition in charge
of the excavations have their quar
with loads of scenery and all the queting board. It Is related of this the capital of the state.
ters? 1 would speak with the great
marvelous effects that made the French ruler that "he would eat at a
What was since the University of
man In charge. 1 have letters of ln-
play the foremost one in all the meal four platefuls of soup, a whole Pennsylvania was the structure erect
"Now, Mr. Hanford, It is your turn trodtWlon. and I would spend the
country a generation ago, has pheasant, a. partridge, a plateful of ed for the purpose. But as soon ns
to spin a yard,” remarked Professor
salad, mutton bashed with garlic, two
lu his camp.’
attracted unusual interest, not good sized slices o f ham and a dish of General Washington saw its dtmeu Trayle one evening as the steamship uight
"There was an Instant’s hesitation,
only among the littel folk, but pastry, finishing the ropnst with fruitB sions and a good while before it was Neptune, with a party of tourists, was and then Uafia's voice came soft and
finished he let it be known that he
older theatre-goers as well, are and sweetmeats"—pretty fair for a would not occupy It and should fer- skirting the African coast.
velvety through the semidarkness.
determined to see it once more. king who. we are Informed by one his taiuly not go to the expense of pur
“ Do. James." urged Mrs. Hanford, as
“ ‘The camp of the learned men lies
the seven tourists drew their chairs a half mile beyond the pyramid. It is
It will open Sunday matinee and torian. dined in public, “and the privi chasing suitable furniture for such
other matinees will he given lege of seeing him eat was eagerly dwelling, for It Is to be understood in Into close proximity. “ I know positive on a high slope far above the sand
Wednesday and Saturday, and sought after." No admission was those days of stem republicanism no ly that you had un adventure with that fleas.'
“ ‘ Never mind. Ah, some of them
body thought of congress furulshing albino dragoman you hired at Cairo."
popular prices. 25c and 50c, will charged, as far as can be learned.
"An albino dragoman?" laughed Ar must he here now. There is a' light
In
the
Bodleian
library
at
Oxford
the
president's bouse, or If perchance
he for the evening and 25c only
there Is preserved an Innkeeper’s bill such a thought did enter Into some thur Clayton. "Ye gods, what a sight! within the pyramid.'
for matinee performances. This for breakfast eaten at Godaiming, Sur aristocratic head It was too unpopular Was your man Egyptiun. Arablun,
“ Afterward I learned that the light
brings
the
attraction within rey. by Peter the Great. The czar and to be uttered.
Mussulman or Christian?"
was a small lantern curried up the out
reach o f everyone and “ Uncle twenty companions managed to dis
“ He was not exactly an albino; he side of the edifice to guide us ou the
President Washington therefore rent
Tom’s Cabin’ ’ will be found pose of half a sheep, a quarter of a ed a bouse of Mr. Robert Morris in was very fair and light haired, was he way.
“ 'Let us get off L >re and see if Pro
right in line with “ In Old Ken lamb, ten pullets, three ducks, twelve Market street between Fifth and Sixth not. James?" questioned Mrs. Hanford,
referring to her husbuud, who was fessor Georges Is inslu ’
tucky,” “ Sis
Hopkins” a nd chickens, eighty-four eggs, three quarts on the south side and furnished
“ 'That is u great idea of the master,'
others thta have been revived at o f brandy and six quarts of mulled handsomely but uot gorgeously.—Ex listening with a smile of amusement.
"Light headed.” he corrected. "Hafla assented Ilafia eagerly, nnd he slipped
the Baker this season with such wine, with salad in proportion. For a change.
had an Egyptian mother, an Arablun from his camel and commanded mine
little snack picked up at noon Peter
great success. “ Uncle Tom’s and his merry crew got away with a j
father. The mother was a Christian to kneel. In another instant I was on
T h e B la c k o f ih e E y e .
Cabin” was revived in New York sheep, five ribs of beef, three-quarters
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The invariable blackness of the pupil and the father u Mohammedan; Hafla the ground and stumbling down into
with an all-star cast by William o f a lamb, fourteen pullets, fourteen o f the eye was a puzzle to scientific was an out and out heathen and is now au excavation, at the end of which
H. Brady, and proved one of the rabbits and a great quantity of brandy men until Professor Helmholtz showed for ull I know."
was an oblong of light. It wns Ihe
'That is not all o f your story,” pro open doorway to a passage leading |
season’s positive sensations.
and wine. Peter's taste In tipple ran It to be the necessary effect of refrac
to brandy and hot pepper, a harmless tlon. Sufficient rays are reflected from tested Miss Emellne Gray. “ That suv- into the pyramid.
“ As I entered the passageway I put
decoction for a copper riveted throat the bottom of the eye to render visible ors too much o f tabloid fiction.”
IN T H E C O U N T Y C O U RT OF T H E S T A T E and armor plate stomach.
“ It isn’t much of a story.” ndmitted my hands to my lips and uttered our
the parts there situated, but since these
OF O REGON, FOR M U LTN O M A H
reflected rays In emerging from the Mr. Hanford reluctantly. “ Indeed, I old college yell in order to npprlse
CO U N TY.
In the M atter o f the Estate o f
eye must traverse the same ocula don't understand how Harriet got the Georges o f ray arrival. What hap
His Title to Fame.
H E N R IE T T A K E R N , D eceased.
There Is u big hearted man editing a media through which they passed in Idea there was a story connected with pened nfterwurd seems ns dreamlike
C IT A T IO N .
T o J. J. K ern, A lbert E. Kern, G eorge F. paper In Iowa who ever tries to say entering the eye it Is evident that they Hafla."
ns the shadowy caravan 1 saw in the
Kern, Joh n M. K ern, T. J. Kern, W il
'1 never suspected there was until I desert.
lium
K ern,
Tubitha
Kern,
M eta
De something eulogistic about every citi must undergo the same refraction
M ond,
W illia m
Struve,
John
Struve, zen of Ills town both during the sub which they underwent ns entering rays
saw you kicking him down the steps of
"Around a corner of the passageway
Letha, V ed a K ern and D elbert Kern,
On one only in au opposite direction. The re the hotel.” retorted Mrs. Hanford quiet a long brown arm shot out and extin-
and all other know n and unknown heirs ject's life and at his death.
C O R . E A S T Y A M H IL L
and devisees o f H enrietta Kern, deceased: occasion he was much perplexed to sult of this Is that the paths of the ly. and amid the luugh that followed
gulsbed the swinging lantern that hail
IN T H E N AM E OF T H E S T A T E OF
lured me there. Then u score of lean
O REGON, you are hereby com m anded to know what to say in the case o f a emerging and entering rays coincide, Mr. Hanford began his story.
appear b e fo r e the H on orable County Clerk man. a resident o f the town for many and the former will therefore return to
“ Well, Ilafia, the heathen, came to fingers attacked me ill the darkness,
o f the State o f O regon, in and fo r the
and I was aware that 1 was being
C ou nty o f M ultnomah, at the Court H ouse years and an excellent citizen. For the the source whence as incidental rays me the first day we urrived in Cairo
in the C ity o f Portland, on the 15tli day life of bitn the editor could think of they originally started. There is noth
and. after assuring me that he was the robbed of watch and money and what
o f A pril, A. D. 1912, at the h our o f nine
ever else of value I possessed. But.
o ’ c lo c k A. M. o f said day, to show cause, nothing that his friend had done to tug in the pupil to reflect light—In fact, most efficient interpreter and guide be
i f any exist, w hy an o rd er o f sale should entitle him to distinction.
The fol it resembles a window looking Into a tween the Red sea and the Atlantic quick as lightning, my band had
n ot be m ade o f tne fo llo w in g d e scrib e d land
ocean, he produced Innumerable tat snatched at the revolver at my hip.
as prayed for. in the petition o f A. E. Kern, lowing was the one fact that the writer dark room
adm inistrator, w ith the w ill ann exed o f the could produce from the recesses of his
tered bits o f paper that he swore were and 1 managed to free my right arm
estate o f H enrietta K ern, deceased, h erein
recommendations from former patrons, and fire it among my enemies.
memory as a climax for the eulogy
The First Erie CanalboaL
b efore filed, to-w it:
Lot num bered three ( 3 ) , in b lo c k num that appeared in the paper:
“The flash and the echoing report
The William Tell was the first boat and as I did not care to examine them
bered three ( 3 ) , in Colum bia H eigh ts A d
“ Mr. Jones was once prominently to pass over the Erie canai from Buf 1 was compelled to take him at bis threw the robbers* Into panic. The
dition to the C ity o f Portland, and also
lots num bered tw en ty-three ( 2 3 ) , twenty- mentioned for the nomination as alter falo to Albany and down the river to own valuation.
wounded one yelled terrible curses
fou r
(2 4 ),
tw enty-five
(2 5 ),
tw en ty-six
Of course, I was mainly interested upon me unto the twentieth generation
New York. Her cargo consisted entire
( 2 6 ) , tw enty-seven ( 2 7 ) and tw enty-eight nate delegate for the nijaual conclave
( 2 8 ) , in block num bered thirty-seven ( 3 7 ) , of the Order of the Sons o f America."
ly of hogsheads, barrels and bottles of In the excavations nround Naua lieluks until distance silenced Ills voice.
in P en insu lar A d dition N um ber Three, to
Lake Erie water, part of which was and Hafla professed to have been born
“ I groped m.v way Into the open air
the C ity o f Portland, all in the County o f —Harper's Magazine.
mingled with the waters of the bay of In the very shadow of the Nana pyra and beneath the stars found my camel.
M ultnomah and State o f O regon.
W itn ess m y hand and the seal o f said
New York on the occasion of the great mids, so I was confident that our ex Hafla und his beast hud disappeared.
S p id e r T ig e r s .
Court affixed this 11th day o f M arch, A.
D. 1912.
The lycosae are tigers among spiders, fete in celebration of the opening of pedition would be accomplished with I wonder if any o f you ever tried to
F. S. F IE L D S ,
and when the eggs are inclosed In their the wonderful waterway. Her passen out mishap, as he was doubtless well mount n camel when he was standing
C lerk o f the C ou nty Court.
sne they attach the precious parcel to gers included Governor De Witt Clin acquainted with the vicinity.
humped before you und you didn't
B y T. F. NOONAN, Deputy.
(S eal o f C ounty Court, M ultnom ah
"These pyramids are a half day's know the password that would make
the abdomen and carry It about with ton, the leader In the canal enterprise,
County, State o f O regon .)
them. During the season o f maternity and a delegation of statesmen and dis Journey to the east o f Cairo, and on him drop on his calloused knees. Well,
they are exceedingly fierce and con tinguisbed persons from foreign lands the morning o f our start my dragoman I tried every way 1 could think of to
sider ny evidence of curiosity on the und various parts of the United States appeared with two camels, and soon make that camel kneel. I prayed to
A STORY OF KITCHENER.
we were leaving the city streets be him, and 1 swore in seven languages,
part of an observer as a direct chal
hind and rocking over the sandy road hut he stood there In the moonlight,
Took It Too.
lenge to attack. When the young are
The
D is h e v e le d
D e r v ish
W ho
Was hatched they swarm out over the
Some time ago Australia had a re past the waterworks and out toward with sulky, protruding lower lip und
C a p t u r e d In th e D e s e rt.
obstinate poise. Once I essayed to
mother, and she carries them about markably eloquent and witty tailor, the Arabian desert.
The following Incident. Involving with her for several days. So voracious who became not only an M. P., but a
Master,’ remarked Hafla to me a climb up by the gorgeous trappings of
Kitchener’s ability to disguise himself, Is their nppetlte that she frequently minister of the crown To him a new few hours Inter ns we ate luncheon leather that served as harness, hut he
180 Grand Avenue
was described by one who served with falls a victim to It. for. It is said, they governor made this maladroit remark, beside a little spring o f water. 'I have turned and snapped at me viciously.
the Essex regiment in a campaign have no compunction whatever I d de “ I bear. Mr. Jones, you were once a been thinking that there is a pretty
“ I was quite in despair when sudden
against the dervishes:
pyramid much neuser than that of ly out of the shadow of the pyramid
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vouring her.
tailor."
“ I was acting corporal of the guard
Naua, where there are no excavations there came a single word hoarsely
“ Yes. my lord. I was.”
over a large number of ‘gentlemen of
being made and where all Is peace and whispered hut quite audible, a word ot
“ And how are you engaged now?"
C u r io u s B re a d L a w .
the desert' whom we had taken pris
“ Taking your excellency's measure." quietness instead of dirt and disorder. command that brought the camel to
There Is a provision In the British
oners. In the course of my rounds a bread acts of 1822 and 1836. which —London Chronicle.
One could sleep refreshingly there.’
his knees In a trice. I scrambled upon
captive within the tent drew my at are still In force, to the effect that "ev
“ ‘ Ilnfla,’ I said sternly, ‘we go to In his hack, turned him about as he arose
tention. and I was surprised to hear In ery person who shall make for Bale or
vestigate. to observe, to discover, not to his height, and away we went over
O n s O c c u p a t io n L a ss .
good English the request:
A visitor at a small resort on the to sleep. We shull sleep when we re the track we had come. I trusted en
sell or expose for sale any bread made
“ 'Corporal I wish to get out o f this.’ wholly or partially of pens or beans coast asked one of the men whom be turn to Cairo. Remove the luncheon tirely to tlie camel to take me hack to
"I of course reported the occurrence or potatoes or of any »sort of corn or saw at the village siore what he did all
ud let us l>e on our way.’
Cairo, and we reached there Just ns
to the sergeant of the guard, only to grain other than wheat shall cause all summer.
With 111 grace my albino dragomnn day was dawning
My camel chose
be met with the curt reply:
tossed the remains of our meal Into his own way. nud we entered the city
“ Loaf and fish.” replied the uatlve.
such bread to be marked with a large
“ 'Let the fool stay where he is"
“ What do yon do I d the winter?" con the sand and brought my camel to its by way of the citadel, and 1 Inquired
Roman ‘M.’ ”
"I continued my rounds and was
knees before me. We rode on In si of a soldier concerning the pyramid of
tlnued the Inquiring \lsltor.
lence for several hours. Instead o f the Nauu, und I told him of my adventure
again met with the request. Again I
“ We don't fish!”
S m o o th W o rk .
reported the matter, and this time the
beerful conversation which had light of the previous night.
Hicks—How did Nix manage to re
reply was as curt, but a bit stronger, form that nagging wife of his? Wicks |
ened the burden of the sandy Journey
“ He laughed and assured me that I
F a vo rs.
so I went on my rounds again. As 1 — He bribed her masseuse to tell that
Slllicus—I can truthfully say I never we maintained an unbroken silence, had never been within twenty miles of
passed the spot this time the voice talking caused wrinkle«. — Chicago forget a favor. Cynicus—Nothing re for Hafla was sulking openly, and I Naua—tliut Ilafia had deliberately led
from within said:
News.
markable about that. The fellow we was out of patience with him and be me to a small tomb which was u ren
“ 'Say. corporal, you are of the Essex
accept a favor from seldom lets ns for ginning to have serious doubts as to dezvous for u gang of robbers, and he
his Integrity.
regiment?'
said that the shadowy caravan was
get IL—Philadelphia Record.
A B a b y ’s A d v a n t a g e .
“ ’ Y'ou said it was a half day’s Jour without doubt the villainous band who
"1 answered that I was. and the
A baby is a very helpless little thing,
ney.' I exclaimed at last. ’ It Is now hod robbed me.
prisoner said:
hnt It has one advantage—It doesn’t
W h y S h e D re w Up.
o'clock and we are still in the desert'
" ‘Well, tell Mr. B. that I want to have tn keep sweet while a bore Is
•"Y’ our guide was Hafla. the albino?’
Nell (reading from noveli—He kissed
“ ‘I came the long way. master,’ be asked skeptical ly.
speak to him.'
trying to entertain It.—Galveston News. her on the forehead The proud beauty
growled Ilafia moodily.
" ‘ What name?’ I asked.
“ I nodded assent.
drew herself up. Belle—I suppose that
‘Why did you do that?' I demand
“ ‘Then It Is a wonder that your
“ 'Kitchener.' came the reply, and I
chiefly the mold of a man's fortune was to get her cheek up to the proper
ed, thoroughly angry.
throat was not cut.' lie said dryly and
at once reported accordingly to the ,g ,n bjs ow.„ hands -Bacon,
height.-Boston Transcript.
“ Hafla shrugged his shoulders. 'I turned his hack. I placed the matter in
sergeant.
have forgotten the short way. Besides, the hands of the police, and toward
348 MARKET STREET
is rough nnd Infested with robbers.'
evening they returned my watch, hut
'"H o w soon shall we arrive at the money had disappeared beyond re
Naua?'
call.
“ 'In an hour, master, but I will ques
“ I was preparing for lied when a
tion this caravan.
servant informed me that a dragoman
“ Approaching us across the sun hath awaited my coming in the veranda of
ed sand was a string of some ten or a the hotel. 1 suspected it was ilafia and
dozen ragged looking camels, whose went down There he wns. his cloak
riders were ihe dirtiest and most ras drawn closely about his face quite dis
eally looking lot I’d seen In muny a guising his features and eomplexiou.
day.
but I caught the gleam of his pale,
“ 'Don't let them know we are alone, wicked eye.
Ilnfln.' I warned him. ‘They look like
“ 'Master.' he whined crlngltigly, ‘my
robbers.’
camel run nway with tne. and I re- j p | ,o n f l M u i n 5643.
Res. Phone E6IN*.
"Hafla rolled one of his queer light turned too late to be of assistance to |
colored eyes toward me as he nodded you. Shall we start again for the pyra
reassuringly He held a few minutes' mid el Naim lu the morning?'
low toned conversation with the lead
“ ‘You may start now.' I said rudely. |
ers o f the caravan, and then, dismiss nnd then It was that Mrs Hanford saw
ing them with a rough spoken word, me administer n well deserved kick to
he turned and watched them as they Ilafia. the albino That is the end of
disappeared behind us through the the story."
golden sunset haze
“ Oh. James. I would have died of
Civil and Hydraulic Engineer
“ ‘When the first star has risen we fright If I had known you were in such
shall see the pyramid of Naua. master.’ Sanger!*' cried his wife
suld Hnfln good nnturedly. nnd from
“ Not much danger In such a pack of
587 E. 15th Ht. N. Portland, Ore.
that moment be chattered on with cowards." reassured her husband eas
high spirits until I had almost forgot
ily
t< n bis morose fit.
The ladles o f the party separated
"Just after the ton bad set and from the group and chatted together
while the swift twilight was falling, The four men grew closer
General
Ks
blotting out distaut oasis or nearby
“ Is that the reason you hnd a sud- I
sand dnue. I thought 1 heard the soft den attack o f rheumatism In your left
OI'" ruet on
Nuperinten-
THE MUSICAL PLAY, “ THE BALKAN PRINCESS.” AT HEILIG THEATRE MARCH 21-22-23. | padding of camel hoofs passing us on arm. Hanford?" asked Arthur Clayton. dens#, Reports and Estimates on Proi-
the
sand,
and
I
strained
my
eyes
to
“ What was It—■ knife?”
I , ...
Shubert Bros, present the big musical comedy success., “ The Balkan Princess.” at the Heilig Theatre,
"Yes.” grinned Mr Hanford rue- j" ’ ' V ,t*r Hul’I,lJr- Irrigation, Hewer
7th anh and Taylor Sts., for three nights, beginning Thursday, March 21. Special-price matinee Sat the left and saw ns through a thick
gray veil a shadowy caravan o f men
urday.
I**“-
Now Lumber Exchange Bldg.
H A FIA ,
J
t h e A lb in o
By Clarissa Mackie
Troy
Laundry
Company
201 East Water Street
u .s.
Laundry Company
C . J. W I L S O N
Commercial Artist
and
Cartoonist
Arthur D. Monteith
Surveying, Landscape