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RAILROADS. nlrO ON SALE DENVER tonfla, Kansas City, Chicago. S. ST PAUL. ST. LOUIS. AND ALL POINTS East, North & South, Fx further particulars luqulro at any ax'it of lit Cmuuy or A. L. MAXWELL. U. rVAT.A C. J. SMITH, Uonerai Manager, IV.rtUiid, Oregeu. "great overland RoTrnT Northern Pacific R.R. TWO FAST TRAINS IAit,Y! ' NOCHANCROFCARS! SHOR TEST LINE TO CHICAGO Anil alt point Kast, via Bt Paul and MinnsapaliB. The Northern Pacific Railroad Is the only tin running Passenger Train. Second -Class Sleeper (lrr of charge Luxurlauai tlav CoAche. Pullman Palace slnnnlnff Cars. Palace Dining Car ojwala n cts.) From Portland to the East, Sea that your tickets read via the Northern Paclflo R. R. and avoid change of care. Leave Fortlami at S:oo A. M. nil 40 P M daily arnvt at Miunrniwh. or ,St. Paul l 6vs r. M. Pacific Division-Trains traw Front and G uteri dail at 11 ah A. M. and 840 P.M.; r rivr at New Tacutna nl no P. M. ami : A. M.. connerting wilh Company boat lor all point U... 3....... I I. .-II.UII'.IV Asst. lien I 1-asa. Agrut, No. Ul, i-'irst atreet, Portland, Oregon. -Depot. Cor. First and Q utreets. YAQUIXA BAY ROUTE. Oreg on Pacific Railroad Oregon Development Co.'s Steamers. Short Line to California. Freight and fares the Lowest STKAMKK SAILING IMTKS. riOM YAUtMNA. Willamette Valley, April 6, 14. . VaUM BAN rtANClBCO. Willamette Valley, March. 10, it. 17. i-O : The company reserves the right to chaog e aad ing dates without notice. Traina connect with the S P. R. R. and rlw boat, at Corvalli.,and Albany. The Oregon Pacific Steamboat on the Willamette Kiver Division will leave Portland, southbound, Monday, Wedne- day and rruiay at 8 a. in. Arrive at Corvullis Tuesday, TlmrHiUy and Satur dav at 3:30 p." m. I.eave Corvallis. northbound, Monday, Wednesday and Fridav ut 8 a. m. Arrive at Portland Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 3 p. m On Monday, Wednesday ana Friday both north' and south bound boats lie over night at Salem, leaving there at ti a. m. C. H. Hoawell, Jr., C. C. Hogue, Gen. H. & P. Ajtt. O. D Co. Act. G. F. ft P. A. 34 Montgomery .St., O, P. R. R. San FrancUco. Corvallii, Oregos. OVERLAND TO CALIFORNIA VIA Southern Pacific Company's Line, The Mount Shasta Route! TIMR BETWEEN Portland and San Francisco 39 Hours! California Kxpresa Train nin Daily between Portland and San Francisco. South. I I North. 4:00 p. I i,v. Portland Ar. 1 10:45 a. in 8:18 I s p. m. I,v. Ainany 05 a. m. 745 a. 01. 1 Ar. San Francisco L,v. 7:00 p. m. Local Passenger Daily, except Sunday. Inw I Arrive. Portland ,.,.A. M. Eugene 2:40 P. M. Kuaene 0:00 A. M. Portland 3:45 P. M. Pullman Buffet Sleepers. TOURIST SLEEPING CARS. For accommodation of Second Claim passtn- gera attached to express train. The S. P. Co.'s Firry makes connection with all the regular train oil the Fast Side ljivimon from foot of F. Street. West Side Division. Bet. Portland and Corvallls. Mail Train Daily, except Sunday. I,kave. I Arrive. Portland ... 7:30 A. M. Inde'dence .11:24 A..M. nde'deuce..n:J5 A. M. Corvullis ..12:25 P. M. Corvallls . . .1:30 .P. M. Inde'dence . .2:30 P. M lude'dence.. 2:31 P. M. Portland 6:20 P. M' At Albany and Corvallis connect with train of Oregon Pacific R. R Express Train Daily, Except Sunda Leave. Arrive. Portland 4:50 P. M. McMlnnvillc 8:00 P. . McMinnvllle 5:45 A. M, Portland 9:00 A,' . Through Tickets to all Point South and East California TICKET OFFICES: Citv office. No. 134. Corner Kind and Alder sts, Depot office, Corner K and Prout ats., Portland. R. KOKHI.ER, K P. ROGERS, Manager. Asst. G. F. fc P.Ag't BECK & GATES, H2 as.op, ; mstercrs, AND ErUSOMINERS. , All kinds of work dne In brink and rtnan II wfrk guaniriieed. U'Sve ordera .1 the Wsst feiuit Oltice. Cementing s itpeulaity. lsosrsHBSNc, . . ossons. Mrs. E. J. Este3, DRESSMAKER. IsnsrssusscR, OSKOOM. Wlh to Inform hnr friends that ha enn be found st herhoof.ioeUethsoocrahin, pre pared to do all kinds of work in br Hue In ths most careful m tuner aud at reuonahla prlcm. MRS. A. M. HURLEY, DKAI.SS IS Miliery and Fy Goods. Shelley & " a D' tKSIRK to inform the public the old PIONEER CORNER that litis an unbroken record of TWRNTY-FOU R YEA RS. While many changes have been wrought' during all these yearn, not only in our City, but among their piitrons, as well as Uxu the methods of business, yet with nn unswerving policy long years ago established of keeping GOOD OOODS, giving GOOD VALUES and always extending to its putrons, kind and courteous treatment, it has ever occupied a front seat Among the Valley Stores, and to-day is a leading factor in the Commer cial Circles of Polk County. And while its present Managers', SHELLEY & VANDUYN, are proud of the record of the old Corner, and thankful for the patronage THEY HAVE received during the past, they now desire to say to their friends and patrons that their SPRING STOCK is now Complete and will lw replenished almost daily with the Latest Styles of GENERAL MERCHANDISE, the items of which are too innumerable to mention, some of which however are as follows: DRESS CONSISTING OF Imported Henriettas, Serges, Almas, Sicilian Cloths, Cashmeres, Hroadheads, Satteens, Challies, Ginghams, Outing Cloths, Lace Flouncings, Dotted Swiss And a FULL LINE cf WHITE GOODS. FANCY SUCH KID GLOVES. SASH and NARROW RIBBONS, ORIENTAL, TORCHON, and the Famous VMlDMt POUIT iJUiE, o BUCKLES AND SLIDES. SILK CORDS. ETC. STAPLE PR Y COOPS, Sheeting, Muslin, Scrim Ladies' Muslin Underwear, Shirting Prints, Ladies' Men3 and Harvest Men's Furnishing -ALSO- Clothing, Hats and Caps, -AND- BOOTS : and : SHOES In endless variety CLOTHING FROM HENRY W. KING & CO., CHICAGO, At prit'pfl that cliitlli'iigc t'oinpctitioti. SHOES. Men's Ladies' and Children's. Sailor, Lervrin A (Vs Fm table goods in the Market. lory ALSO A Staple -:- We are now on the eve of ti New Era in Polk County and SHELLEY A VANDUYN are prepared for the rutd. which will certainly come this Summer. They have purchased their immense stock in the lowest markets and have obtained the largest cash discount possible; ao walk right in and we will give you straight goods at bod rock prices. - Shelley Vanduyn - that they are still ou duck Ht AS and Lace Curtains, Children's Hosiery, Glove3, Goods, Etc., Etc. for everybody. Misses' Boys' at l'liila(l'liliiu, the most re- LINE OF Qroc;eries. GOODS GOODS Vanduyn Dreams. nmr tlm' lves,onvnlnf,rw mischievous, It MHHIia, And hmk Into th store-roem whtir Ui Ban man keep hla drtsuna, And 1 ailwrwl up whole srmfuls of dream ll lirlght n( st-eet, AndairM birth Uipud-llS tlMia dnwn th Tlllsg SUWlk eh, yau would nnnir, iwrsrtlMt how qtiserl; Uim drmtins Mild I Why, mwrly nil Um ynnngsat tik bought drrainanf twliigoldl And una wow chap lu ourls nd kllta, a fentls llttlnllilna, Inrsainl In a divara about awful plmt aliigl A maJ.I, who thought hnr pwtly nam ul fuahltinwt sinf alMurd, Bought drmmsuf nanwa Ui ktntrst ud tnt uunirMt rrnr himrdi Aud. i niuira to aay, a lad, who owned all sort of wiUy tti , (hmglil drwusiil' Milling psiicrawUh th rr gvdnat 01 Ixiy a. Anilihonadmimofaunitnnr and a hari'tw taiy at piny Vu tiiiiiglit tip rry qnlokly by a grnt Ionian iiillrryt 1 And on old lady-ainllliit thmugh the grief ; ahM l int III hldi ! Houglit hrlvlit and trudvr rlaltuia of a III tie girl who died, J A rsrin'd llttla Uwinir girl, with wrary.wlairul VUMN , ! IViuii I'liiHW a Clndnnilla dream, with Jewnli all I alilaw- Willi, It wnan't many minute from tli Urn uixy winei in aigni Itefnm ihedi-oain wow all sold ou and Ui olvoa hud taken fllarhd. S. Waller Nnrrla In St. Nli'linlaa. J DOIHONICIE. "WpII. my tli'sr," lfl Mr. Caven dish, etiturlitg his wlIVs rtmm, "I'vti ttit Hint girl of yours slxnit lnr ImihI ni," Mrs. rvomllh lookpil up with a Hurt. She) was buttoning Hub's itpron, pslitintly following him about tlmrimm as hH triakmi ariur tna eat. 'WliatP" Mid she, In a Tolca, "I spoko illslliiolly iioii!rh, dismayed , didn't IP hsva tllsohargwl btioji" What for, Jainntf" 'lusolpiu'fli tlist'isll." "Hut Lwy tiovpr ooulil hnve lwin In olimt," ploailml Mrs. Csvnnilisli, twllvhlng 11 H thn lnt button from Hob's spinn lu tier IMil'tui'listloii. "Oh, eotiltlii't she, IhoiijtliP I luit wish vou liml li'n there, tlmt's all. ' W'hut (lid sho ssy JamesP" "I tolil hor slta wits half an hour lis lil ml with th lirHitkfast and asltnd whsl ho iiicsnt by it, anil sho told mo slm whs dolnj; the best sho eotililu't do taller if all tins could and world tie - peinliitl tipou It." nut, Jitiiiea, uts poorpri . . . m Is nearly frntttlo with the toothache this morn Ing." "I can't help that; she has no btml ness to answer me Impudently, It wasn't the words so much it was thf manner.' "Poor I.ueyl And you have dls clmrifed her!" "Tlmt's vou all over," suld Mr. Caven dish, angrily. "1 believe you'd litkt anybody else's pitrt si;ainst mo. Yes, of oonrxo I disclmrged her. 1 told hel to have her tbiiiL's outside of the house lu two hours or Id Uiiir them out of the window." "Hut, James whst am I to doP" said Mrs. Cavendish, who had bv this time cspltired Klliel, the second child, and was ImttiiniiiL' her boots with nervous rapidity. "WWh one of my slek head aches coming on, and Willie and l'cn down with the measles, ami not a soul to lift a hand for inn!" That's a pretty question to esk " said Mr. Cnveudlsn, lunillng with his hands lit his pockets. "no would think you womeu were made of sugnl or salt nowadays. My mother bad tea children leu slid did every stroke of work for 'em herself year In and year out; and here you make such a rumpus U'CiiiiMi you lmp'il to be left without a sen ant tor twenty-four hours be cause, of cotir-ie, i shall eipct't In stop si Worms' and send you upu Swede or a Norwegian this afternoon." ' 1'oor Mis. (jiveinliah burst into tears. "James,1' said she, "Luev was the best girl 1 bate ever had. Vou should tint have sent her out of thu h.me iu this way. How would you Ilk.) It If I went down to your wholesale boot ar.d hoe place and disehsrged your clerks'" "I should ssy you did erfeetly right, returned' Cavendish, "If thev answered vou impertinently. Now don't snivel! If there is anvthiug I hate it Is a scene. I'll go downstair and boll the colToe myself any one can make coffee -ami you hurry down with the children as soon as you can. There's plenty of bread and buttor and cold nan), anyhow. Nolsxly ever starved on mat." Mr. Cavendish had "camped out" a good deal during hit bachelor days, and succeeded in preparing a remark ably good pot of cuffs. The bread and butter and oold ham were not bad of their kind, but the children oried aloud for milk. The Cavendishes kept a oow, and the milk bad not yet been brought In. 'And that li what kept Lucy!" In roluntarllj erled Mrs. Cavendish. "Condensed milk Is good enough for anybody," asserted Mr. Cavendish. Hut liob and Ethel declined to drink j It on any terms. "Starve 'ora to It." laid the father. drinking his hot coffee in prodigious gulps. "Healthy children have no business to be dainty," And he caught up his hat and ulstor and made bee-line for the train. Mrs. Cavendish looked piteously around at the disordered table, the ash choked lire, general desolation of the room. Her honditohe was gradually working itself up to the supreme mo ment of desperation. The children above stairs were crying for breakfast; Hob was sailing his shoe in the cedar nail of water; Ethel was foodlng the kitten from the can of oondoused milk. "Ma," piped up Bob, "there's a tramp at the kitchen wludurl" Hut it was no tramp. It was Miles, the stableman. "Oh, Miles, I am so clad!" snld Mrs. Cavendish. "You have brought us the milkP" "I haven't that, mum," snld Miles. "The cow'a lost, an' it itti't niosolf It going to track bar through the swamps an' bogs. If ilte master wants his cow took enre of he's got to pay in a dollar a week more wa;res." "(otto, Mllosr"' "Yls'm!" boldly retortod the man. "I au't to be put upon uo longer, l)r. Miller's man " "Vory well," mid Mrs. Cavendish; "you may go!" "Ma'ml" echoed the astounded ser vant. "You are dlstinrtred." snld Mrs. uivemiiHii, urmiy-"at once! ' Allies slunk away and disappeared. Mrs. Cavendish wont up to bur room, and alter ministering as well us she could to the wants of the poor little victim of measles she threw herself on the bed with a wet towel bound around her head and despair In hnr heart, "There'e one comfort," said Mrs, Cavendish, gloomily smiling, "If he discharged Lucy, I have bint away Mr. Cavendish had an unusually busy day in the eity. As he Was hurrying toward the depot in the nl'iernoon he rememberod that his mission to Mr, Wiggin't famous "Intelligence bureau" was vet uufullilled. "Confound it!" laid Mr. Cavendish to himself. "However, to-morrow will do Just as well. My mother did with out anv help at all. . At the station no bncrtrr was in wait. Ing. "I wonder what that Uxy villain Miles Is aboutP" said Mr. Cavendish, a nines is anouir' sam air. uavendii dark frown gathering upon hla b "H may think he'i got a snug pis It, bat I n teaeh him fa let to M M brow, ace of trifled with.' When ho rKncliHil Alllies lorlin every tlilnir was iiUoinniil,il. Klluil was pillllnir thn tmilhri'S out of the Hia cock's lull; Holt was riilloiliij; trouinl IIih Imi'ii-vniil ou lliu Imtik ui 1'otineu, Hit pony. "Wu'm hnvlntf simh fun, put" he orlwl, ' l'liunon linsn't been fml, 'cause 1 couldn't Mini the key of the oitt bin, ml thu uow In lost. Hunh fun!" "Whom IsMlluaf" loainil Urn fitther. "Ma's Ulsehai irml him." "What forr" "'Catte he tkm annoy to her," Mr. Cavendish stood a'inoiiieiit itaN Inn at the pony and the pi'ituotik, the boy Mini thn girl, "Kthel," sulil he, "lot Hint bird go. Rolxii't, irt't olf the pony lit once and ; ooina Into the ioui," hlhel olii'tml rului'litnlly, Hiiliei't with lsorlly. We've jrot eouipuiiy," ehlrpnil the latter youth "fiiinpniiv, pit! I 'inosi forgot to tell you. And 11111 In biul with liiiitdiiolin. and tlii'i'c's no one to get Ilium any stippir, Mihiihv I" Mr. I'avuiidUli Inn iit'il Into I he house. The piirliir was undiluted, yesterdiiy'i flowers were wilted In the vases, and the tire bail tiled Into n uinn of fnttlinry elmlei's. Through the optui ilnor wtu vlnlhlii the dining-room, w ith the re mains of thn brenkfimt still visible as dispiriting a seiinti as could well be be hold. And there, In the nildat of all this forlnrnlty, ant Mi's. llni'i;oyne, hisslsmt from the west, to whom lin hud fre quently bOMHled of the pni fi'i'tlon of his wife's liimn'kiMiplnir Ni'i'iiiinnients, and Mi's. Hidirwnv, who oiien, rears ao, had I Me 11 a sort of old, sweet beau of his. Of all people, he wits moat noxious thnt his home should apenr pleaiaut In the eyes of t hose two women! And uow He nindn the heat of It, however. He stendtid to them en ' oatenintlotisly hospltnhle welcome, hiii'iiedlr built up a bluJnic canuel eonl tire in the grate, and hastened upntiilr to where poor Mrs. UitvetKlish wits leliif;injr her forehead In cologne and emleitvorliij to twist up the wet bnthls of her heavy httlr Into eiinipitiiv order. "Julia." sabl he, "what does this niesuP Miles koiio " "I discharged him, said she, nso. lulely. "Yoti said 1 whs perfectly liistillnble lu iloliiL' so If he spoke liti- I tiertlii' iillv to nm. And he did so." : "Hut what am I to doP" reelselv the question I iMki'd vou j this morning." Mr. Caeemllsh had nothing further toisv for himself. He simply muttered some kind of an analhoma between his closed litis. "Do you know," he snld, "that there I company down-stalrsP" "Yes; but until this moment I have been unable to leave my lied "My dear," he said, compassionately, putting bis arm around iter shouldur, "does your head ache so hutdr ' "It is Imtter now, Jiimes." "1 do believe," slowly observed Mr. Cavendish, "that 1 have been a foul." "Oh, James!" "I wish 1 littdn t flown Into such passion with poor Lucy. And all about nothing, too, when one comes to think of It." , Mrs. Cavendish liinuhed hvstericallv, "We all make mistakes, James," said he. "Wait a minute, dear. I'll go down-stairs with you now, If you II give me your arm. 1 vouldu't ask your sister and her friend up here wilb the children sick wiiii me measles, could I?" "Who is with them now the child- red. 1 mean?" "A handy young girl from the Til laire I.ucy'Vslsior." "Couldn't couldn't the help us with dlnuerP" ventured Mr. Cavendish. "She Is too young. Hesides, site has hnd nn experience. Hut James "Yes, Julia." "Open confession Is good for the soul," suld Mrs. Cavendish. "Lucy came bauK to ma about two hours ago. Mie said you had sent her away, but that she could not bear to Icate me at such a time. She is getting dinner down-stairs now." "Shu's a trump," cried Mr. Caven dish. Scarcely bad he Introduced his wife to the ladies iu the parlor than the folding doors of the buck room slid oien, revealing a bright lire and a well spread table, decorated with spring Dowers ditliodils, tulips, and a few purple spikes of lilac. A pair of ducks hail been rousted iu the best and most tempting style. There were sweet breads ntid chicken salad by way of entrees; a delicious steam nodding tent forth its perfume from the kitchen, nd Lucy was just bringing in the torn i o soup. Mr. Cavendish nodded gnnd-n.;mor-dly toward her. She courtesied re spectfully. "You needn't worry sbnnt the horse and cow, sir," she sai'd, In a low voice, "l'eter Frink from the Low farm is coming to attend to them." Whilo the family were discussing the steitm pudding and prune pie, Lucy slipped Into the parlor, and, to use her own terms, "straightened up the dis order there, and the last Impression taken away by the visitors-was one of neatness and comfort Mr. Cavendish drew a long breath as he watched tbo retreating footsteps of his company toward the road that let! to the train. "Julia," said he, turning to his wife, "I've come to the conclusion that times have changed since my mother did the work for ten children without any ser vant." "I qtilto agree with you," said Mrs. Cavendish, "And 1 was entirely wrong when I ent Lucy away; ami were quite right when you discharged Miles. Hence forward, my tloar we'll try and mingle a little common sense with our bouse keeping. Eh shall waP" Ami Mrs. Cavendish smiled as she assented. IMeit ForeM Grave in VhiMiMphia Saturday Sight. Just Thought He'd Ask. Senator Vance of North Carolina lost his lint the other day, says the N Y. Tribune'' Washington correspond' ent. He came out of the senate cloak. room bnre-liended, with his overcoat on his arm, and paraded the corridors, asking every one he met If he hud seen a fall hat straying about anywhere. He was asking the question of Capt. May, the doorkeeper at the lobby door, when the page came up with the miss ing article iu his hand. Senator Vane wss lust saying: "Of course I don't think you .have een It, you know, but I was 'Jusi ask ing,' like the man who came into my office once when I was governor of North Carolina. He was a trumpish looklng man, and his clothing was worn and seedy. He looked carefully around the rootn and then said: '"Governor, yon an't seen nolhln' of a pair of boots around here, have youP I left 'era in hi that corner Inst night, and they an't there this morning.' "I answered that I had not seen the boots. "I knew some d A thief had stolen them,' said the unknown. 'Of course i knowed itwasn'tyou, but I just thought I'd ask.'" Seaweetl-Eators. China and Japan are pre-eminently the seaweed-eating nation) ot the world. Among no other peonies are marine aline, or seaweeds, so exten sively devoured and rllshd a food ItirMtaa!. GENERAL NKWS Vmit !o Place a Duly npoi Forr." Books anin'leliircH. 31,000 TKACIIKKM MPLBVKP IN N. V. New York Dtdfdlve Arrests.- ut P ' nut Eirteir. PH-ulUr Koitmniila has 'iOO.OOO gyl " Hungary 80,000. . A bank at Los Augeles paid UiW deud of 1(1 per cent last year. All the Jamaica railway have been taken by an American syndlcale. The New York Hible House lnce April I last has Issued 7'AOUO volumes. The llaidwlii Locomotive WorU e pert this year to turn out nut less than i.OtHJ locomotives. There are neven monuments to Count Cnvour lu various cities of Italy, but not one In Home. In Edinburgh It Is found possible to supply for ha f a penny wholesome meal of vegetable broth and bread. Canada proposes to place a duty on foreign books and pictures and the London Illustrated pupem are protest lug. New York last year petit 117.000. 000 ou her public schools, hiring SI. 987 teachers to Instruct 1,80.1,607 pu pils. The condition of a certain cat In Li moine, Me., Is literally at ! J evens. 8he has seven toes on her hind feet aud ix on her fore feet. The Mexican government has lately ordered 1,000,000 grate cuttings from California, aud will distribute them free to all who wish to plant them in Modco. The London city council has now wallowed up the ancient court of bur gesses of the city aud liberties of W esb- minster. One ny one me out mm. marks disappear. A curious fact aliout cigarette (milk ing Is that nearly double ss many cigarettes are smoked during July, August and September as during any other three month of the year, A groeer In Elizabeth, N. J.. a'btl t crate coffee with small stones. He Is evidently a novice at the business, else he woulil have known that as an adul terant of coffee brown sand i unequal ed. The French rhaniber Is considering a new law for entirely suppressing public executions. The only spectators would lie those designated by the law, and a few whom the authorities might iuvlte st their dlscretiiui. China, with a population In the vi cinity of nSO.lHJO.UOO, 1ms only three newspapers at present. Considering lliat su editor's head Is chopped olf ou the slightest provocation the wonder is that there are eveo three. The mllce detectives of New York made 1.678 arrests last year, resulting In sentences aggregating VOi years. Two hundred aud nluely-eight thou sand seven hundred and' sixteen dol lars worth of property was recovered. The Cape of Good Hope ran now tie reached by telegraph via the west coast of Africa, as well as via the ltcd Sea aud Zanzibar. So tbo dark co"linoot is bound around by the clecti1 wire Unit is constantly 'making the world smaller. In the statistics of the Protestant Epis copal church in the United States there is an Increase In the number of Sunday-school scholars for the year 18MS-89 amounting nearly to 33.000. uearly a quarter of the increase being In the di ocese of Pennsylvania. The petroleum production of South ern California last year reached 14, 000,000 gallons, valued at f 1,200,000. The article is of special value to that region. Its utilization as fuel for man ufacturing purposes hits had much to do with solving a vexed quest ion. Although the Yellowstone l'ark is full of springs ami streams they con tain no lish. This is explained' by the abiiudauceof lava. which obliterated life when it was lorced out, und bus since kept the lishes out by the fact that the lava has produced a walerlnll in every stream. The lale Thomas Parker of Washing ton, became so attached to a cane which ho hud carried fur years that be kept It In bed with him all durlnir his illness, aud before dying expressed a wish that the favorito stick no buried ith him. His wish was carried out. the cane being put in the coffin. During the year 18S9 there were car ried over the elevated railroads of New York 182,413,087 passengers, not one of whom was injured by carelessness or other fault of tiie management. This Is certainly a wondorml sliowinir and affords marked contrast to the acci dents associated with Btirfuce travel. Caleb Loongood. a wealthy resident of Pottstown, Pa., possesses an abnor mal appetite for peanuts. They form his favorite article of diot, and lie often eats six quarts at a time. Ho says that he eats them ciontilicallr. whatever this may mean, and could eat nine quarts on a wager. He wants some prominent peauut-eater to challenge him. An eccentric old German living in the town of Milwaukee recently went to the city and chartered a street car for his exclusive use. He rode all over the lino, and would not permit an ill v At body to get in the car with him another time he attempted to charter a speolul train to take him to his sta tion, some four or live miles north ef the city. A mail bag wns recently found in the old law courts of Fraukfort-on-the-Maln, Germany, containing 176 unde livered letters, dating back to 1685, nil in a good state of preservation. As soon as the next German mail comes in we will resume our interrupted erles of letters from "Pro Bono Publi co," "An Old Subscriber," "Many Headers" and others. A New York man has been sent to prison for failing to pay his wife $400 that he borrowed before their mar riage. This seems to be a harsh aud unnecessary proceeding when the wife could have canceled the debt on the installment plan by rummaging hor husband't Inside pockets in the misty muniing iigm mm quietly appropriat ing all the mall change. The latest novelty in the "pooket goods" line Is a pocketknife case. It is made of soft leather or chamois skin and is furnished with a metal snap clasp at one end. It Is designed to keep a knife from rusting, aud also to keep dust from trotting into it. LI Ith the popular English kev ohain it is a foreign Invention, and Is said to have first been used in Vienna, where it is not considered good form to carry a penknife loose. Fish charms have been met with among many nations. The fish called the bullhead Is used by some of (he Russian peasants as a charm against iever. atany Ktnas oi nsn nave two hard bones just witbiu the sides of the head, and one spnoies, the malgre, has these bones larger in proportion than most others. These two bones, called colio stones are regarded to possess medical virtues. They were mounted in gold and hung round the neck. Modloinal rings were at on time very terletisry blir4 la. Parisians -FAMOUS 1 ONE PRICE SQUARE DEALING CLOTHIERS. . W. COll. 2D AID MOBRISOK STS., JWUIID, 02. Eastern Prices. uRITE F uPITE FOR ROTHSCHILD & STERNE. w wont to flnwr nop w which :.Urediwdwitii ti.t v"rrrz. ,;ny virtue mfll"th7 Bg while. Boy rVJZ, It such a ring the de-lrcd r.u io iowy . was uuresenreuiy ZiLunm. g agenti If the cure did not weV told nothing about It. A peculiar result of H trl,'kl",f Ice-cold water from ..ri Ininmi. Conn., s reported. A be water the vein of a man who drink i t begin to swell, ana no - - - - 1,10 m- ..,l..i.l.i and m seriou KTfel.eq mlears.1 It Is, hi talk of .be neigh borhmnl. ami everybody is eager to try the effect of the water. A ou men has Iwen sent to Hsi for oly is. ' ' WIT AND HUMOR. All those who s through the door to success will liml It lalwloJ "l'uB- Oil City JiliuarU. Many man who can't lng a note ha great capacity for making thlugs hum. Jtochrtter Invm, Don't attempt lo drown your sorrow In drink, vou will find thai sorrow can wlm. UiiiylniiiUon Lfukr. The way of the transgressor Is hard, vet trood l-eople tell US It Is the Mie-t .. . I ' I 1 "II I, J7..MU thing in lu e worm to touow iw n.'"- HentineL "Jones lives In Cincinnati now. Makes 1 10. 000 a vesr from his pea ckitigP',-Af. "Does he do his own line Y. Hun. It was possibly because Henry Clay was strong on the stump that a cigar was named after him. iV. i'. IWn-mereii--f wrfucr. He "Why. I love you to much, Ethel, that I d die for you If you'd marry me." She-' I'd marry you ill believed it,"-iV. Y. bun. The right to bear anus In a free country cannot be infringed upon by any social edicts against decollete dresses. lloitun Cvurwr. Mao is made in God's owsi Image; and, naturally, the mors intellectual a man is the higher his estimate of bis Maker. liuttun Ttantcripl. "Money talks." "Yep. If yon doubt it go to the opera. It talks all through, and it's mighty little music poverty gets." N. Y. Sun, Hriggs "Wonder what possessed him to jump Into the river P" Bragg "There was a woman at the IhjUuiu of It, I believe." -V. Y. JhraUL One swallow does not make sum mer, but it frequently creates a seuso tion of "ethereal mildness" iu a man's "innards." Hinylmmtun Leader. Johnny "Pa. what do they ring church bolls for. snyhowP" Pa "To make people believe there's tire io the other world, my son," A.'mcA. The poet who asserts that life is but a dream was never called upon lo help move a stove or get n barrel of cider down the cellar sluirs. icm biflinyt. Miss Elder "O, I don't think ii so much to take a prize for beauty; for that, you know, one onlv needs luliuve a beautiful exterior!" h'tummk UUiti hr. Scientists say the earth is really growing larger. If Juv Gould wants it he hud better take it now, or it may get too big for even li t in to manage. J'ctaa SijUniM. Physiologists say that the older a man grows the smaller his bruin be comes. This explains why the old man knows nothing und the young one every t h I ng. Ihutun Omrkr. Judgu-"l)o you think you could give a verdict iu accordance wilh the evldeuce?" Would-Hc Juror"! do." Lawyer (for the defense, hastily) "Challenged for cause!" .V. 1'. H'lifa'y. "If It hadn't been for me little Har ry Parker would have gotten a good licking to-day. ma. He siruck mo, you kuow," "And what did vou do my souP" "I didn't hit him back." JV J'. Sun. "Why should the spirit of mortal be proudP' sounds like a philosophical, ratioual question; but the man who asked it never succeeded in holding the baby the first time be tried. McrduuU Traveler. Brown "Hello! what's thlsp An other murderer at largcP Why dou't the police exercise a litllo energy and scour the coimtryP" Haas "Hi-cause they haven't got tbo sand." irufwcrtyif. "I am alt out of breath," said Soak er, who had been running fr a train "Ulad of it." said Nouker --It". . . I next lot you take iu will not, be so strongly flavored with whisk v ". wvrm j.i.ii.itr,, Grossboro-'-rd Imve' yon to know, sir, that I came from a good family," Fogg-'-Did youP And they neglected o give you a character when you leftp IzLr&jsr 1 t'' one seat for mnP" t,M.J t? I.... l.'.w..:.. - ha H-.miKI.,,! l " ""U t v. ..... 1 1 vou win wait till the boi-uiiu uci mere will bo rootn."-i-'ctt,te Mmtkr. plenty of "1 am from PIiJn.l.,i..i.i.. . . Mr. pi.. i " '""'anted re-'ister it . v.. v ?l T ,uu 10 vivoiiitii, nn ui All -s-ii.. replied mo clerk; "J'l semi a . "" " ""J oil IO R low VOll how to turn off the gus."-A'. fsw ,.. . jour room with yon to show - ite-"llow frank it is for Miss Hard hed to own to be no- !tr, u.i,u i .! .. ar . for of " S -"6he isn't more than 19. Shejr, g j,, icrre press. liuult . llkS':!0'''''lon't lojr me 'my dea " vnw iiiunilH i lie keens null. " Mrs Fig-'-o, you mustn't mimt Expres,. 1 u,uulllos UauU Brown-"01d Pecksniff is the most religions man I ever saw. He kent dinner waitmg over fifteen minutes ti "Yet T ne 'r PHoe'" Mwrltt-. JiBtnow wl,e.n holds a fellow'. a fellow's nuns ue uoesn t give him grace." Epoch, moment's Mamma - "Well, Nellie, what did , ' f eiiio 'That I must sell th. te.ir COnoert next Kiv ?0.?.ts' by Present for tneK.! vat th ns of nuB. WIW Reliable Goods. bArvira.no. IPOSIIN .MaBsfactwer a Printers Rollers, -;- AMD -:- rfiMfsifii)!) VwaaafWta.wtt. PRDDIND CEMENT ETC. Roller Casting a Specialty. 1107 Fourth St., Kast Portland, Or. "'I marriage fallumr asked ths Iderly Spilkiu of former flame, who bad been a party lo May and l'-i.m-r marriagn. "No," she replied, with glance toward her husband In th next rooin- "Not a failure. Only . Uimporary embrrmnl." A". Y. Itdijer, Father "Ah, w you rtm wy from Punday-wchool W go skating ami broke through the U. did youP" hon "No. I dlnn't. I fell asleep In church sml got locked in." r Hier "Hut how did you get o wet?" Son "That's from the tears I thed when I wakfd op." Uingkamion IkputUkan. Old Friend (unexpected arrlfal) "Andsotbls is your dsughu-r's com-Ing-out partyP" Practical Mother Ye. nd if I hsdu'l uut my veto on those dressmakers she would hsv been out a good deal further than lbs 1." -V. Y. Wtrkly. Dolilvnr "What a peenliar looV-re. tiewer Hawtl is! Oid you ever until- bow confused his Ideas s-em to IwP bow rambling and incoherent?" Pom pou "Yeit; I've noticed lu" (Struck with an Idea.) "PerhaK he reads th books be reviews!" Ltiifiincutt't Maya. line. Mr. Crusty (rebuklnghls wife forth melange of this and that 0kju th floor) "My dear, 1 do not like this; there is a Place lor everything." Mrs. Crusty (who is not alarmed, as a rule, by Mr. Crusty' remark) "This is the place, too, isn't ItP And now th.it you are here the collection wm-ius to bs complete." fi'ti'ifklithia 'rest. The Kev. Dr. Priiuroe"I was ds lighted to receive those cast-off gar n ic ti is for the poor of my parish. It show that there is still some hope of your becoming a Christian," Brown "Well, you see the old clothes man offered ui ouly six shillings for the lot and 1 would sooner have thrown them In the fire than he cheated like that." Eyock. The following telegram is handed In at a ststioti iu Paris; "Monsieur X., llo me: -Overwhelmed with grief; un cle dead; come at once; division next Thursday." O-rator "Make two fram-a and forty." Strauger (after fumbling in hit pockets) "Supriali! I have ouly two fraucs." Kiuplove "You cau omit a few words." "tferv well; omit Overwhelmed with grief' Lt I'iyaro, "Rot anil fox" In Iceland. Speaking to me about his Icelandic tour last summer Mr. Hull Caine told me the follow lug amusing incident: Although Iceland is the borne of old ago, yet, until within the last thres years, a play has never been seen by (he inhabitants. Hut three year ago, finding the long winter absolutely in tolerable, shut in by ice and snow and the everlasting mountains, the Inhabi tant of Keikaiavik resolved to attemut the drama. Of all the play on earth they chose 'Box aud Cox." Whst would their weird, stern ancestor har aldP "Box and Cox" however. "caught on." and in that land of win ter it was the only thing that was not a frost. Night after night, week after week, it was played 'o an ever en thusiastio audience, until at last a special law was passed in the house of parliament forbidding its representa tion more than a certalu aud a very limited number of time. Pull Malt OatelU, How to Approach the Mayor. "Know the Mayor of this town?" Inquired a man in plaid cape over coat yesterday of a policeman on Third street. "Yes." "1 want to see him business. Say, what is any way P" on particular bis specialty, "How do you mean P' "h.vu',wha,,lhe lst way to ap proach him; who does he .ffeel th. most, wealthy classes or literary tal- "I couldn't tell von." "Yo 'e. mine' delicate mission. would ke n aiNi..!,. .i.. .. l,itV,,"t'0 -l-10'oach'l.imas repteseiitative of au Lnli.-h or a contributor to the AWiA .W.cm III cicw, "Why don't 'voit go lo him for just wiutt you are?' ti,'stT,im!,ro,,sli"r!'go a longwav. II nm I,.!,wl'iKPH'entn,ianh muieL?'" '"dorwraent 1 Shin! . 6 lM m Kmi "H'itliHt doll u,8O0k?coul,lttof n""18 ' S" """'! and from that nastl CUrJh nnJ tlie Latinised nasal organs. Seep" '.iT1?!,!!!M5'0?r,s.chen,e won't work." pose as a man from rvi. .. to drubir5Pb-i,iuitwooou-'i who a "wouldn't do," , lnZ0ttwbhh.l,,frnouK1' ehf tIko .Jw,0,illlntMtohou. hi, ,r t" the idoa strike mail into tubesP" mull i F" 1 .r wners and about "".ueuces by pneumatic ". goon." riiSuthl'bo1 him'eh? 1 wi. -sugar United 8taSPvJ!im ?s. f tli. twentv.u.r '"""wonew with nra o.l ' V. 'UHUS Of black ami a ton of bass -St. aalmon fry." - noneer fress. Odd Furniture. The latest odd i,i . . et ui)holstfl,,,rr r,.L ,u 'urnitttre is a A single fun formu V PRlra-'"f wn. fHn n? i. l0.rms the seat and nnnthu fan tire bacl of i d another work is of H ded tair; The faus make 40S be'" wood. Two ouSiiiolHTd bott00"n9ofs,,bstlt' for the ran. The debt it of P I nf tl.u .... . """' at tlie I t'luuiiiir w as v