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About The Independence west side. (Independence, Or.) 18??-1891 | View Entire Issue (July 11, 1890)
Shelley S vaiidup, - DKStRR to inform the public that they tire still on deck ut the old HONKKR CORNER that lias an unbroken 'record of TWKNTY-FOVR YliARS. While many changes have been wrought iluriuj? nil these yearn, not only in our City, but anions their patrons, as well as upon the methods of business, yet with an unswerving policy long years agostnlilished of keeping GOOD GOODS, Riving GOOD VALUKS and always estemlinjt to its patrons, 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 Tolk County. And while its present Managers, SHELLEY & VANDUYN are proud of the record of the old Comer, 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 be 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, Berges,Almas,Cieilian Cloths, Cashmeres, Broadheads, Satteens, Challies, Ginghams, Outing Cloths, Lace Flouncings, Dotted Swiss And a FULL LINE of WHITE GOODS. FANCY SUCH AS KID GLOVES, SASH and NARROW RIBBONS, ORIENTAL, TORCHON, and the BUCKLES AND SLIDES, SILK CORDS. ETC 4ISTAPLMRY Sheeting, Muslin, Scrim Ladies' Muslin Undcrwcar.Shirting, Prints,; Ladies' Mens' and :" - ; Harvest Men's Furnishing -ALSO- Clothing, Hats and Caps, -AND- BOOTS: and: SHOES In endless vnriidy CLOTHING FROM HENRY W. KING & CO., CHICAGO, At prices that challenge competition. SHOES. Men's Ladies' Misses' Boys' and Children's. Sailer, Lenvin & Go's Factory at Philadelphia, the iiiohI, re liable gool in the Market. ALSO A LINE OF Stapl -:- drot;eries. Wo aro now on tho eve of a New Era in Polk Comity and SHELLEY & VANDUYN are prepared for the rush which will certainly come this Summer. They have' purchased their immense stock in the lowest markets and have obtained the largest cash discount possible; wo walk right in and we will give you straight goods at bed rock prices. Shelley GOODS GOODS f aniCUS and Lace Curtains, Children's Gloves, H csiery, Goods, Etc, Etc. for everybody. GOODS mm, GKXHRAIi NWS Ages Attained ty the Different Anliinils. : Itl'SSI.VS KFHUtTS TO CHUCK 1NCUKAS INll IMMKIItATION. Tln First llalloiiit .Wotmliin-Vlilorla's Onium Kin'tiii'H'n-lliillrimil Ties of Clay. A bear rarely exceeds twenty years. Petroleum hn been discovered In Queensland. Cuvler eouilder It probable that whales sometimes live 1,000 years. A squirrel hero lives scvou or tight years; ratiiuis seveu years. Elephants have been known to live to tint age f fmir hundred years. Camels sometlmei live to the ago o( one hundred; stags mo lung lived, A tortoise has been known to live to the ago of one huuilrod aud seven. A dog live twenty )'! wolf twenty; a fox fourteen to sixteen years. A swan has attained the aire of two hundred years; pelicans ere long lived, j Pigs have been known to live to the ago of thirty year; the rhinoceros to ; twenty, A horse 1m been known to live to ' the age of siMy-two, but averages from j twen'.y to thirty. Insects, a n general mle. ere short lived. though there ere a groat mnuy exceptions lo the rule. Sir Waller Sentt'a dairy of the later years of his life lit "mm to be printed by mi Mllnliurg punusiier. A Wheeling Inventor I at work upon wnleli wiiiell in exteeieu mouth without winding. . lit . i to ruu The large ourang-. .utanjr yet aho ,, 1 oriieo Htoo.1 4 feet and 10 nehee h g . The average to about feet 6 ineuea. The Rimttnn minister of the Interior i In preparing a eelieiiie lo cneeK tno iu ; creii-iuig Immigration Into lliuwia, te- ! pedully of (ieriiiium. i t'leorttt Augustue Sain. It U annouuo. ed. has rotlrvil rioiii iiuiriiiiii.iu wnn view to entering I'nrllaiuent. Il would he quite appropriate to have the fniull lar u. A. iS. thi're. t'onln of Lord ul.v Dt-rnoll. nephew and heir Hem,.Slield, .lu re, hi miaf )Mord with i niember of O.lu.l- tew at Oxf eto'ne'a family, who iehUmoMtiuliinuta rit'iid at'! ,!luim. lleiirv .Smith, nueeeentrle individual i wl.o died at Kan.w l ily, lefuliiwtlonei that hlx funeral should not cost more ! Hum f.n. mm mi ni winy eiiouui no (MihMimi'tl iiv HiitKliig tune, tiitwiitiiea were eoniplieit with, When the visiilns Anielnirv military einnintny maivlied lo tint lliddeford, ; Me., dept the other tlnv, an old Judy ! leaned out of a window in tlie "lllarney llloek ' ami ealleil out, '-IhmhI-Iiv, wy. (iood tili'si ynii all, and don't come back again till you free Ireland." One of the mot lulercnting feat urea of mixlerii (!reek lil'u In the fact tluit the Inhabitant ale iilaive reeelviug ! gratuities, linleeil, there w no word i in the ltomnle language whleli In the I evnonyiu for the KiiL-linh -tip." the ' Kreneli "pourholi',' the tiern,t.n i "iriuligold," aud Hie TurkUli 'baek j heesh Willinni Alllnghatn, tho Irish pinit. who died reeenlly. waa a friend of Carlyle, but the old fellow ued to lit on bun heavily from lime to lime, and once he did It lu thin wise! "Allingliam, ju're no a bad fellow, hut I'd Jnt liave ve e lo Know mat a man can never gei , in a word of cue for your everlasting i i ne jTiuee w nines i union lor tne ! eiioriuou quantity of lii(.ri:!iju which he : (miiics lu ho aunt with him on hie jour i neye. Ho takes whole lmxi of hats j Bin! Inifie trunks of dress suits, moro i lii emits, end oilier ehartts. lie niakt'S a mliil lii'ii vi.iiliiitf tiny whre : of not hi'iiin sfi'ii twice in the same j coat, mid the variety of his ifarmniits ' is as astoiii-ihliij; us tlie tailor s bill for ' ilium nnift he lon. 1'rloee Hixnmivk Is consiantly lin l proving hii estates mid iiih!Iuj to the I iiieoinii whleli he ivivivp from thi'in. i His distillories at Viiiin, llm ilalriis in bt'lioi'iihaiHi'ii, and (he arr and sliiMit : aveiiiont factories make him already one of the reale.tt irnilosiiifii In the I Luiiire and show his Industrial and J husiness talents. He hus reeontly d I dml to this list a Inrife briekynrd, j wlilidi he has built in the forests of j Loueulierg. Mr. Oscar Dickson, the Golhenlmrjf : mereliant. already famous us a L'ttner- ons patron of Arctic cxulornlioii, oirers to dcfiav tlie expenses of a now expedi tion to the North Pole if Dr. Frithjnf Nanscn, who coniniauilcd the recent i (irennlaiid exiieililion, will accept tho 1 leadersliip. Dr. Nuusen Is willinj.' to : take cniiiiniuid of a polar expedition,' but us he Is an ollleerof the Norwegian ' (iovuriinieut he ilusiies that Norway shall defray tlie expenses. There are thirteen opium refining factories at present In operation lu Victoria, 1). C. The quantity of crude opium imported last year would pro duce 00,0(10 pounds of tlie relinud arti tiele. Five thousand pimmls, says a Canadian customs ollleer, would Hiii ply all demiuuls for home consump tion, and the remainder would have to be disposed of In the United .States, Into which one country of couiuo It comes without going through the cus tom houso. Few good wives, says I he N, Y. Snn, will object to tlieir husbands going to the Audubon Club of Detroit. Who ever smokes in that club must bring his own cigar lo the houso, and who ever wants a drink there must have brought it along with him a dreadful condition that lias not yet been known In the club. The aim of tlie. club is to provide rooms for rending and card phiylng, but no playing for money Is permitted, and at 10 o'clock every night the club-rooms aro closed. A Baltimore justice, beforo whom a policeman was brought on the charge of profane swearing on the public street, dismissed the case, as tho ollleer had said only "damn," Tho justice explained that the mere use of that word was not more slgnilieant than the word "durn." Damn as defined by Wubsler and Worcostor and the en cyclopedia, when used by itself, Is not profane language. If, lie said, the prisoner liaifiiscd It In connection with the name of (Jod, then I should have found him guilty and punished him se verely. Adam P. Hopkins, of West Bridge water, Fa., has liled a caveat upon an "Improvement" In the form of poms and railroad lies made of burnt lire clay. The posts will be burnt very hard and will have tho railing secured by means of units driven Into boles made in the iiosls when' soft, at an angle that will bring the heads together and hold tlio railing linnly In place. Holes through tlie tics upon oithor side of the rail will admit bolts, the upper ends of which will luivo washers and mils bearing upon the rail and holding It firmly in position,: " ' Tho first aerial voyagers wore a sheep, a cock and a duck, which were placed in en osier basket attached to a balloon that ascended ou tho 10th of Sitpteniher, 1783, at Versailles, France, the king anil royal family "assisting" kt the speoiuolo. The ascension we made at the Instance of t commission appointed by the Academy of Helenee, end the bnlluou was constructed miller the supervision of Hteplmu Mnntgnlllor, to whom, with hie brother, Joseph, the invention of the balloon I due, The elieep end duck and cock reached the ground again In safety. The first air voyage nmile by any human wat alio made In thli year, 178a. ' King Humbert, of Italy, Although only 4?. In already quite gray, , The fiict worrlei hie beautiful Queen, and she recently gave him ftlioxif the fu moil French hair-coloring nuiterhtl mid anxiously awaited the effecta of it epplleiitlon, Hut she was diniuipolut ed. instead of a more youthful look Mug King he found her favorite lap- dug dyed en ugiy green me following gree ho llll phiuiitlou King Humbert wild Omt he preferred to try the medielne Hint j pnmirrd lu i upon her dog. "To-uioffjw," lie nil- tieii, 'vuur itratniiiu purrot win neve Int tin u." lint from 1 1 ml hour the hulr live ttippeartd end the loeke of King lliiinbvrl remain unuhaugud. A ltwyer'e Wine ltnee. A Niipn pountv nmn arrived In towt not long ii'.'o and went to a hotel, the name of whleh ehnll he nudlvulged. la the evening he handed the olei li i0 Itill fit,. ri,ifLm,iilittf iivlne! t'm trrw I.l-.. u l7,nll l.t Il, li.,.lin( to-night, and don't want to entry inueh innnev .round with me." There ban- ........ t ,.. I,.. .,lu 1 1, ..I ... Ui lr In ll, ..,11,... I... ....!. I III It l ... uiii,h nn ew iimi ,h,i, .v ,w ,,, envelope end apparently eluek It In tin eufe. "Two dave later the visitor eiuwler- ...1 1..,.. Il.'l. ..111,... l.w.Llmy flltMl .1.......1-1 i .i..i i iv-iii.,,. ii.,ill ::zr: . r,, ' :r j said ...a'l.... f.n il.. mlt . ; y.( nol,ent of m. i....iT.. .,.f. i ! k() illjr, ,;,,,,, ot InaUlauet , ,,,,, inmMst 0f ,h. ,,, w the man of Nap. I Conntv eoimu ted a biwver. j ...1','wure another tl'fiy-doller bill. ; my the lawyer, 'take a U'lenit wnn ; j you. and go to the clerk again. y you tlntl you wei-e nilntitken and that " you dleeovered the bill lu your pocket Ak him in your friend' preiwnce If he will Keep ll in me Kiiie llinil yon neeu it. Then come bavk to me for luitruo tlonn.' 1 ? ' r ' , "rm.v ' hto W," .i H- w- u iha!t,lt lm "The rlellor did he era bid and and when you tlnd vour elerk dinen- ! gaffed k Ii i n for vour money. t ,'t'l,Iri lltrt Vlilrtl itill Hltll llttl HUltlH WM fortheomliig, !w,i ,aU t, man of law, when ,1B 0iU,t B,,,,w for further onler. , .,ttke ,h, frill( w, WM wlneM to i vour handtnjr over the et'ond .'i0-lilll, i L'o with him lo the clerk and ak for ! your bank note egnln.' j "The. rne wan entirely mieeeiwful. The fleik, limlliiir that hi victim had a willies lo the Iriittttfcr of hie money and that a ueinal woulit M UwleM, teoped Ih'IiIiuI the ilenk. dug the original f.MMdll from hie pocket, thriut it into a envelope elcnpetl to the safe iiil, pretending to tuke it out, handed wok ill booty. Suit i'ruHtitoQ H'UU- a back (!. A SOURCE OF WONDER. R.. V. I'nn..n.l..l Lte i ' uu 1 A newpper rorrcupondent, Ker, trnvelinj; in central Aula, David came nun avnnlinr noun a Coiwiiek runni. ! W)- ,nelug. and round them I Ht,0 el retailed the men. resting after j m kny't niiirch, The traveler had j been long oil the road, anil with hie i w,lte Umwlan forane cap anil travel- stained clothing looked so much like j the Cossacks themselves Hint he en tered the camp quite unnoticed. Then he sat down on a stone aud took out a rehired map of the country, know lug well that the sirango sight would i ; uiing um incu iiuoiii Him iiiiiiiriiiuiciv. i "bo it proved. ' I suddenly became j aware of a gaunt, sallow, gray-inus-! Inched visage so criss-crossed with 1 j saber scars e lo look like a railway map peering over my siiouimtr. 1 htm : another aud another came edging lu, : till I was completely surrounded by 1 wild tlgures aud grim faces, j "'What's that picture, falherf We can't quite make it out.' "'It not a picture ut all. brothers ' It's a plan that shows me the very way ' by which you have come here from 1 holy Kussia and all the places you have passed through.' j "Then, seeming not to notice the looks of unbelief and the meaning ; grins with which my hearers received ' what they considered to be a most out ; ragcous lie, I went ou: I '"Up here, at Orenburg, you passed the Ural river ami then uuirchcii east ward to Orsk, where you crossoil the frontier and turned lo the southeast.' ; "'00 we ma, coniraticsi suouiea nan a dozen voices at once. 'He speaks tlie truth so we dltl.' , '"Then you passed Fort Kara Bulak, crossed the Kara Koum desert, and halted here mid hero and hero,' nam ing aud describing tho various posts. "The Cossacks listened open-mouthed to the familiar names, and the ex cited clamor was followed by a silence of utter anin.enicnt. Then one said: '"Father, ean you sliow us tlie very place whore we are now P" '"To be snro 1 can. mv lad. Sea. j that black spot is the yijiage yonder; mere s the river twisimg aim winding; and here Is your camp.' "There was another pause of blank bewilderment, and then tlie scarred Veteran witli the gray mustache asked In awe-stricken whisper: '"lint, father, toll mo, for the love of heaven, if we've marched a thousand miles since leaving holy Russia, how Can It nil go into a little eurnp of paper bo bigger than art Easter cakof" " A Great Hcbcnio. ' A bright littlo follow living on Miidisnn avenue went to the theater last weekdays the Woman About Town in the Now York 'Evening Nun, aw the play and tho people, and deduced there (mm some original ideas of his own. "I've a great scheme," said be, for doing away with the big hat nuisance at tlie theaters, and I Hunk of having it patented." . "What Is UP" ' "Well, I propose to suspend a heavy weight from the ceiling just Insido the door and at such a height that when a woman enters with a hat tall enough to strike the weight it will fall upon bel aud smash tlui lint flat.') "But that will smash the woinan.too, won't it.P" , "Oh, yes, ; very likely," rospondod the youngster, with an adorable shrug; "but any woman who will wear such a iiat to the theater ought to be killed. Besides, tlioro are too many woinou on the face of the es.rth now." An Vngraininntloal Prophet. A lady told me the other day that on one occasion she had the privilege of an Intervlewwith the renowned Brig ham Young, and upon being presented to bira she said: "I was always very desirous to see you, flov. Young, and to make tlie personal acquaintance of one who has had such extraordinary influence over my own sex." To which the governor shortly replied: "You was, was youP" MlaukwooU'i Maun, tint. :. MARKET REPORT. Ruling Prices of Poultry, Kf,s and Diary Produce. KEEII, KI.OI H, tiKAIN AND hlJIIIKK Wool, Urass Need, Clever Seeds, Sllscella leans Seeds, Kir., KU, DAIRY PHODUCB, Butter. Ol enon Kney creatm ry 25 Choice dairy 'i'i'i Coniiuoli , Molt) Pickled (Cel.) iMft'-W Kustern e.eemery fancy. , , , Cl. freli roll,. I KM Si I Cheese. New California..... Heir's Oregon pikimsand cream , , I-'"' 1 4 Hwiss I'licese, douicNtltt. ... I ft to ID Young America Or H Ee. Oniton V don KiiHiern. . , , :, , .. , , FLOUR. I'nrtliiiiill'Hl. Holler, p. bl Halem do do layton do do 20 il.l. II 7ft 3 7fi 3 ur am a mi .... a "ft i M) !l7ft Witt ... 4 60 ,,, 15fl7 00 . , Ihm;!II 6tl , . KMM !I0 00 ... J-'irtWttt) ,wi(u:iom . minioo ('HHl'Bllia llu 10 j ('oll,.'i,ry ,!",,', ! MoMlniivHIu. .. i NllierllllB n llll lute i.lly, j (iniliiini . . . . ! Hye Hour, , i FEED. (trail iter ton i Hay " lmle.1 i nirM irtun.. ! lr Um- j vJiy, Bananaa. p. IhiuvU , . 2 ,VK4 00 ppton r nui i s. ;lr". vv " ' I '4 ,,H'i i'',''! ' ' " L ' ' 8 " tm 'fc. I"'. r.V. 1 W n. ...... hi.,....li..- aim ",V J , ",, ' "' i no,,, J 7,' 5: ; Malta HUhhI j prjum , , . IVeebee per box 600 None, do do do do tl7 plume r lb. I'runee ir Ihjx Weteriuelime V dun,,,, Mrawlierriee Y It, ORAIN. Parley, whole, p. ell HOtrtim Corn, per 100 Ilw.. .. .... I M ()al, kkhI, p. tin nO(i,Y' live, p. lot) Hi nominal . , 1 2nrl Wheat, Valley, p. UK) 11. . I iOWl 22 S do Kaatem t)re 1 louti 12.S, POUtTRY. Cliiekene, liirne oihik .1 OOtrf.l do bruilere 4 .Vl5 Ot) do old 4 00(ii 4fiO iMieka do arKKailft) (ieene, Vulina H' dx.. H 1(01,(11 0) Turkey, yuuiiK, V SEEDS. H lb tli lid I.' tta(tfHlj' I2(KI4 7S" oyu 7liett 7WI0 fi (1 h(d 126(15 10 (if II', If.itfl7 I.WI7 , KM 11 j Grate Setde lunutliv Oreliurd (irone . . , , . lteil 1 op Id tie Ura KiikIihIi Hye UraM.. Italian tlo ,. AiiHtralian do , , Mempiiie Millet ! II . 1 . IIIIIIIIHnttll uu Mixed Ij4ii tiraxe. Clover Satd.a Bed t 'lover White Hover lyke Clover Aliulfa Mleotllaneoui. Canary... Mux Itttltttl 4V5 Vu(r) ............... 6(ufSii 3'(t4t ROUGH AND DRESSED, IVr M fit) 00 K.11J LUMBER I HoiikIi , . ,,, Kilned. I'.MH) l.i Oil IS 00 1S00 IHOO "0 (HI '.'-' U) a- fa) 'il AO SI' 50 8ft 00 1 00 2 (K) T. c) O. Hhcutliiiitf j0 U)orjni y g (.t,in( fj" 2 riiHtkt', . dour rouh ' .' (er p. 4.S. . (io. I HooHiik No,' 1 ceiling j No. '2 rustic IHIepi'ifuj... ;)vr Vi inches aide (extra) Length 40 to 50 " . I eights (Vi " . Vi Utb IS, Ulli 4 00 2i i W it OOetfiO 00 limttit'S, cellar, per woo. . ml cedar, V 1000 WOOL. Eastern Orenon. According to shrinkage. , . , Valley. Hpring clip I'miMiua lOjjll! 17(iili ISitfS) lOciiH l.siiilw and fall. . VEGETABLES (Fresh.) Spinach Tin nips per sk 1 75 dins 10 -'Vt:i 1 40,.i 1 50 1 00 15 IM)i 1 00 75 tl M ll; Tomatoes ht box Asperaciis Itenns ' !,J Ih-ets i lb t'abbaifo lb t'sulitlower, or ilos... Carrot por sk do . younii dot . , ('elery Hir this Cuciiniliers f tint. tirecn l'eas y lb. Lettuce f dot Onions W lb , I'otntocH 100 lbs 2 it Kadisbes 'f dot 15 Khubarb 6 Prunes. Oieiton French Petite 7(ii8 DRIED FRUITS. Apples sun dried ors 7(H do factory sliced Cel.... IM IO do evap. f0 lb boxes..,. 11 to VI do iinblea 0 to 7 Apricots IS to 14 Blsckberrlos 50 lb boxes. . . ll,4j'tM;i Oherrbs pitted 40 l'eacbc slilvs, unpTd now. . 10(ji12 do evaporated 12((dlft Pears macb dried IhifO'ti Plums 'pitted Oreg !l(?4 " factory 5($0 Oltron, Currants, 0. Currants, in bxs 'or bids., 74(tiH Dates In boxes , lOwll Fard Dates, 151 b 11 How to See the Wind. Tako a polished metal surface of two feet or more, with straight edge; a largo handsaw will answer the pur pose. Tako a windy day for tho ex periment, whether hot or cold, dear or cloudy; only let it not bo in murky, rainy weather. Hold your inoliilio surface at right angles to the direction of tlie wind 1. e., il' the wind is north hold your surface east and west, but instead ot holding It vertical Incline It about 42 degreos to the horizon, so that tlie wind, striking, glances and Hows over the edge, as tlie water Hows over a dam. Now sight carefully along the edge some minutes at a sharply duliiied objoet, and you will see the wind pour ing over the edge In graceful curves. Make your observations carefully and you will hardly ever fail In the experi ment; the results aro even bettor If the an 11 is obscured. Louis Jtepub lie . Uruzll. Brn.ll Is so vast and yot so poorly equipped 11 country that In remote sec tions the people, il is said, do not yet know of Doiu I'edio's deposition uud the eslablishiueut of the republio. THE D0C-801DIEW. Ht'llsvoit h Mta nf 'ln ,u" lvrl lleirllo' "Who brought that dog hern! Send lilin back at ouee," Ko siMiko. lu his deepest and sternest tones, obi Col. Kuumio N.ilrmont, a lie rode out of the French fort at Bis kra, lu the Sahara desert, at tlie bond of a strong body of irregular cavalry which liadbrmi sent to check the raia of a hostile Arab tribe. "Ho Is at v th colonel, " anwonl the Junior vaptaiii, young Alphonse do I'lciirdou, gbuioliig apologetically at the small white poodle that wet elost ut Ids hnrse'a heels; "ami I ho yo will not objm'i to his going with us, for It would break bis heart to be left be hind." , , , L "And whose benrt will it break," growled tbu colonel, "If the bruie be gins burking Just as we're going to take the Arabs by surprise, and wanw them of our oouilngP" "Jl is not for me to contradict you, colonel,' anl'l the young ollleer ro i,v.,..iriillv "l, hi n il h vour nci'mlssloit. 1 can soon show you that there is no fear of that." Then ha turned to the dog ami said stertilyt "Jiiequot, slleuoo a Is mort." Then, at a sign from the enptaln, seieralofthe men began lo shunt, chip their hands, ami make noise enough to set an ordinary dg barking furiously, but Jacquot never uttered a tiiiind. "Very well," laid the colonel at length, "the dog may go, but remain her. dipt, do l'icalilon, (hat I shall hold )ou responsible for his behavior." The young captain saluted and foil I11I0 his place without a aord, and oil rode the detachment. It was weary work riding over stony ridges and sandy hollows through the blii.leriug beat and the blinding glare, while the hot, prickly dut, rling up in clouds at each step, clogged every pore aud choked every breath. Mile after mile of the desert was left be hind; hour after hour of tiio burning, weary, lulttruiinnblo day creot slowly past; but still there was no sign of liie enemy, or of any living thing save a widii-wing. d vulture, which hung poised lu midair, like a blot upon I 'm bright, scorching, cloudiest sky. The soldiers grew impatient, and began to murmur ami growl. Hut all at once the dog (which was still keeping pace with them) sloppisl short, suollod the nir uneasily, and (hen liegau to run restlessly backward and forward, uiteiing a low tuxlous whine. "Do yon think he scents the enemy t" wlilsjiereit Col. Noiruioul to dipt do 1'iciirdon. "1'ti sTtike my life that be docs re idled Hit) captain. "I've neutr jet found him wrong. There must be some hollow belt" that we can't sen. Here, Morel. Barbot, hold fust to each other while I climb ou to your shoul ders." And then, supported by the two bur ly troopers, ho raised himself high enough to make out adry watcr-eourse few hundred yards ahvnd, in the hol low of which a largo number of men might easily Imi hidden, "Aim!'' cried the colonel, when he heard this, "they want to catch us iu en iimbunh. do ilieyf No so last, my line Kdlowel Half a doten of you dis mount, hid", nnd umdliig your carbines, move forward about lifiy paces, and then liro." The crash of tho volley rolled like thunder along the silent desert, while the etiloiml roared, lu Arabic: "Come out, you dogs! Wo seo you plainly." The effect was magical. Up started, s If rising through tlie earth, a swarm of invagw lace and wild ligures, wallo the Ibisb ami crackle of the answering volley followed as thunder follows lightning, but the Arabs, thing hastily and aluio-t at random, only wounded two men. "Now," I hundcred the colonel, "upon them before they can reload." Down went the French upon their enemies like a whirlwind, nnd lu a mo ment were band to hand with them. The Arabs fought like tigers, but train ing and discipline noon began lo tell, and the battle was over (as one of the French troopers regretfully observed) "almost be lore one had time to enjoy It." Bui, when the Arabs liegan to scat ter and fly, the colonel (whoso 1)1004 was fairly up) dashed off in pursuit of tlieiu so recklessly that he was soon left almost alone, seeing which three ot the enemy faced around and atliK'k ed him. dipt, de rieardon, who was famous us the best swordsman in the regiment, ciinie dashing tin, barely in lime to cut down one of jS'olrniout's assailants, while tho colonel himself disposed of another; but the third man was just about to stab De Ficardon iu the hack when tlie dog flow at the Arab's throat nnd clutched it withsuch hearty energy Unit the man fell to the ground, bleud Ing aud half strangled, "Form in lino!" shunted Col. Noir ment w hen tho tight was over and nil the wounded had been brought ' in. "My children, vou have done well, nnd I thank yon. 'J'o niorrow you shall bo reported for good service to tho eoni-niaiirtVr-iu-chiof himself and lie will not forget you, but I have one ac knowledgement to make before that. Capt. do l'lcurdon, bring forward your dog." The four-footed scout was nt once produced, and, when set down in front of tho colonel, be stood upon his bind legs and made a mllltarv salute with fore paw, to the tin hounded delight of the soldiers. "A soldier who knows his duty so well," said the colonel, with a grim smile, "must not go nnreeompoiibod, and thus I reward his services." So saying lie detached from his own uniform tho cross of the Legion of Honor and hung it around thu dog's neck amid thundering cheers from tlie assembled troopers, who declared with one voice that this decoration had been fuirly won by their "dog soldier."- Davni Ker in Jliti-pa's I viiiiij 1'cople. SmiiHoii's Complaint. Mr, nnd Mrs. Delancy Robinson re side In a cozy Hat, or. "apartment," as tliey prefer to call It, lu New York city, and are not without pretentious to elegance. Tho jnnilor 13 a colored eiti.en called Samson not an Inappro priate name, by-tlie-way, for the guar dian of a building, whose slrengtlj may bo supposed to lie lu his locks. Sam son Is a former Pullman porter, and a most olUobmt servitor, keeping the halls in immaculate condition, and tlie brass-work shining like the pillars of the tloldon Oily. But, perhaps on ac count of his lalo Auinoralio position, he expects to be treated with great defer ence as an individual of largo Import ance, In this view tlie Robinsons' cook, a Bhnrp-longiied Irish girl, does not sluiro; and every time tlie coal scuttles or tho groceries gonp or down, there is a wordy oneounter, in which Samson is Invariably worsted. The other morning matters roaehed a crisis. His wounded dignity could stand It 110 longer, and he stoppod Mr. Robinson on tho front stairs to complain. What he wanted to say was that tho girl as sumed as much authority over him as if she were one of the ladies In the house, but bis manner of milting it was, to say the least, infelicitous, lie saldi "Mr. Robinson, that girl of yours has ordered me round, an"yelled atnio down the elevator shaft,, an' blowed me, an' jawed mo, until you'd have thought It was Mrs. Robinson her self." Unrttfi Mutjnum, To aa CL. - ,f"s?-T - ' ! DON'T pfLAY N BECURfNO TERBITOWV, Fimt Booi on U M rawer, S BIactH LARGEST: PROFITS! .r Cin Crrnnnn O af D. L PERBLEE, 3077i:LL,IrZl.r: WIT AND HUMOR. Where hot retorts are ideiitlfui 1 gas-house. Uulun Herald. Eternal vigilance l the ' ' " oyster at a church social.-; inyi. hi Silence It golden; when the gold tt coined, however, mouoy talk. " MjUlHJ. The genie cock It alwayt pretty weu heeled when he goes out on business A women can find her pocket nnlck enough when there it money in It to pay for a new hat. Epoch. The formation of trusts cannot h considered a healthy bushiest tyndiea tion, Tare Haute Eifrte. . A man driukt to drown lilt sorrow, but tlw sorrow alwayt comet out on lop. -l'Muklihia Inquirer. She (shyly) "I do love champagne.' He -Wliy f ' She "lioesue the cork popt m,"tiurtutitim t'rtt I'rm. Rlcetabllity it contagion, but.like other contagions, you can't always catch It when yon want it. V. "How distinguished looking the is! It she a lady of uoleP" "Xaw; she vos a musician. HruWi Mogaune, Unlike the majority of tilings la this queer world fogs are alwayt mist until they are gone. IMtiinon American. Tho noiier's biislnpsa It nt alwayt 11 lie is generally m noop- 1,111 " 1 '. ' "" . . - , "Misfortunes come in mlrs, especl - any wneu ins wn -. I hey come In doubles. rnuMi ijmm I'M. Illlvens "What role does your star actor take the most iiQerest InF': Man ager (energetically) "The pay roll." 2Yie. Up to dale there have been no flies on this whiter, at least 110 one in Inif vicinity lias seen the tuow tty.PhiU' tktpltiit I'rtJii. Mist X. "That Italian Conn twmt to lead ft rather tuouotoiiout life." Mm. Y. "Ves; 1 notice he never Has any change," Lift. There is no tcorn like that which It uttered In silence. The shears give the most effective cut when tbey shut up. tluitjIutiiUun Lender. Mist Walnut "I don't feel tt all like myself today. Mis Chestnut "Allow me to congratulate you, dear." t'kUuUlphm JiKjuirtr, If everybody believed everything that ha heard about everybody else how much better every man would think himself than every 0110 of his neighbors! IVdi. If we could know all the bad things that our neighbors say about ut we should probably talk aUiut them even worse than we do now. SviitereM Journal. "They tell me, dm-tor, that your consumptive patient theught ft great deal of vou that ho wot grateful to tlie luM." "Yes. He declined with thanks." I'mk. "Mia. Kobbiut has no pinno?" "No. She't a little sensitive about anything of that kind. You know she was Mr. 1 Robbies' type-writer before they were j married.' V. J . Hun, When a woman fancies to herself tlie i husband she would like to have, be it i generally different iu iniirlaiil re : spelts from the husband that she hat 1 already. SoMerviik Jtmrtml. Doctor "Your arm is broken, nnd vou will have to carry it iu a sling," win ioper ' oulilu I it ilo just at j well if I carried the sling in my j stomach f"' HimjIiamUm ErpttbUam. j Tho funniest thing in the career ot j the carousing eat is when he silt on the j hack fence placidly watching a woman J trying to come wiibiu several miles of j him with a job loC of brio-a-brao. I I'liiiatklpliia Inquirer. j Mr. Harbosh "So you desire a posi tion as groom. What have you been I employed at recently1" Applicant "Hi 'ave bin teacbin' Minglish pronun- I oiwauoii 10 some mules, yer tghness." iiMfwcy't Weekly. .; Miss Pert "What a splendid book! How long has it been in the family?" ! Miss Antique "The family HibleP Why it was purchased at my birth." I "Indued r How well preserved it is lor such an old book! A, Jf. Hun. "No use," exelaimod an impecunious 1 neoior 10 an importunate creditor, -vou can 1 get blood out or a turnip." "I know that," responded the creditor, "hut unless I get that money I'll have gore from a beat." rniltuklphia Press, tim I ramp "This is getting be yond me, Jack. Do you know tho lav oi 1110 hum nere-aboutsF" Soeond Trunin (broken-down tcnori . "Ii the Star Spangled Manner, paid, but I can't sing it like I used to onn" jmmm UeruM. T... .... , iuiui ion cniiiiren turn up your "f evmjuung on tne table. V hen I was a boy I was glad to get enough dry bread to eat.". Tommy '.'Say, pn, you're having a much bettor tune of It, now you are living with us. ain't youP" tfni. : "And what's all this I hear, Barbara, about your wanting to find some occu pation?" "Well, you see. It's so dull nt home, uncle. I've no brothers or sisters-and papa's paralyzed and mamma's going blind -so I want to be a hospital nurse," Punch. Teacher Jat the mission Sunday-tchool)-"Yes, children, Daniel wis cast into a dou of lions, but not one of them dared touch him. How strange - Pupil (8cornfuly)-"Aw, dat's nuth in ; I seen a duck do that not in the oirkls bust year." Boston Beacon. Mr. Uncortnln-'Tou keep a private yacht, don't you. Dubious?" Mr. pr 1 bious-'-O, yes.'; Mr. Uncertaiu- Well, next to money, what is the most important adjunct necessary to kZm """""? ?' craft of 'that k udP" Mr. Dubious "Credit" Epoch. Young Mr. Sissy (to hit pretty cousljO-I am so . much . obliged to you, Maude, for the cane you sent me on mv birthday It was very thought fi 1 01 you " Pretty Cousin-"! "am irlad vou liked it. Charley. I hot e you didn't lind the head too larsra l! Epoch. " Maud-"Isn't It a queer' title for a book, mother, -Not Lftte Other ' 1 wonder what she can be if she is not like other glrlsP" Mother-"I don know, uic88 8he g0M iut0 tl k " and h0,)8 molhm. imciUt n" the drawing-room to read novels?' i. Laager. EXPERIENCED COOHY CA8VASERS NElfWE :fHCED mk " thfy h,vf an,Ur' takea thetaleof an VIII A AIIT'andr UUI Hiauui lucent and receive ten asim, turn to tit aitb lucent ami receive len s inputs inai will make ywi mow money In a than anythifiif r oth-tml. rkjiiirthirifj new. durable and profitable. Hewl at once lo Noarowwrawi Htmi Co., So. Sib M Ut, I'ortland, Ureifon. PiUlW. RiDHl . -;- AND -:- : Roller Ck PADDING I CEMENT ETC. Roller Casting a Specialty. 1 107 Fourth St., East Portlaud. Or. One-third of the foots of the country think they can Ufat the lawyer in e poundlng law, one-half think they cau beat III doctor hesliog the sick, two lliirdt of them think lliey can beat the milliliter preaching tlte Gospel, and all ol them know they can beat the editor in running a new pr. VwUo-ms Evwt-t'nuM. ininr.tiMi. Dou t mil on vour best tint and graces when he is around, but j vfnpy j((r own natural self." " Mitt Laura "That "s very pretty as ft theory, but If you bad followed that plan you would be aa old maid today." Ttrr tfouU ExprttM. Fa m I ly-Boetor '2! "tliitjf-fljsrtaa be done for you. sir. 1 have exhausted mv resources tint 1 tdvise vou to make your will." Patient "But 1 have been '. told that Dr. blank tays he can cure S me, Family Doctor "Huh! I'd just I like to si- bun try it. I'd have him ! ejected from the society for breach of j etiquette." X. . Wttklg. Elderly Spinster "I cau't tee why you young girls should be to altsunlly timid. You Can't walk ft block after dark without being iu an agony of (ear Ibiuking that somebody may be follow ing you." "Do you iivr Iwik back to tee if some mm it following you?" "No. What's the ne? It wouldn't be uiy luck." Boston Batoun. Tlie Women or New York. In many reecit this fair army dif fered in amtvarance from the line of fair, purciiawrt to be aeon in Haiti mora. The New York woman is. I think, tritle stouter and degree mora gross of figure than the average ltaltimore woman, blie ha too, ft ruddier complexiou, owing, 1 am told to the prevalence of the fad for gym nastics aud a love of wines and beer. Her cheeks are usually rosy, her figure round, and her feet large and unsliae ly. Ami. besides that, the New York woman hat a weakness for paint aud powder that it seldom met with else w here. She dresses. too. iu loud colon, and if you concluded that the half of these gaily-dressed women of the streets of New York were actresses you would be greatly in error. The stage is numerously represented in the throng nnd the stage has left its mark ou the street costume of the Gotham fashionables. But don't fancy that all of these faucy colors are worn by ttage celebrities. Indeed, it it a surprise to the stage beauties of the other side that (lie fnidiiouuhle women of New York are so fond of decking themselves out with gaudy colore and diumoniU.whioli attract no much comment. S. F. Letter.- .' - j, - , Perfect Patience. 1 In certain people patience has ac complished its perfect work. "Why, she was such a patient woman," said a son, eulogiz-ing ids mother, "that she'd let me feat eighteeu hot pancakes as she fried 'em, and-thnn goand mixnother batch!-' Whether such long suffering Is altogether to be desired would proba bly be disputed bv a dyspeptic . A Quaker one Jay driving through 'ft narrow lane mot a young man, wlio wbs also driving. There was not room enough for them to pass each other uu less one hould turn back to a point where tho lane was broader. : ' "1 won't make way for yon!" cried the young man, "See if Idol" "I think I am older than thou," said the Quaker, "1 have a right to expect thee to turn about." "Well, I woq't!" resumed the other, and pulling out a newspaper, he be an wading. The Quaker settled back in his chair, and placldly'conteniplated the hindscane. "Iriond,'' said he, ..finally, "when thou hast rVad that paper, I should be glad if thou wouldst loud ii to me." . This culm assumption of ability to wait indefinitely wus loo much for the young man, and he yielded his poluL 1 outh s Companion, A Hoary Hole. In a manufacturing oily of New kuglaud, not many years since, there was a young man from the "Gim of the hay. employed as bookkeeper in & large machine shop HUd foundry. At one time two castings were made for a customer, each casting about three feet square and eight inches thick; one olid, and the other having a circular hole in it about twenty inches in dia meter. He entered both in his books as solid. Discovering bis mistake, lie computed the weight of a piece of cast Irou twenty inches in diameter and fi ght inches thick, when lie corrected lis erroneous entry by giving the ci touier credit iu the followiug nmnner: Mr. Smith, . cy By one Ut, weighing 432 pounds. 1 robably this is the heaviest hole on record. Modern Miller. ... Postal Wagons In norlin. BerlTn now lias a system of iarwe postal wagons with soiling tables, stamping arrangements, and every thing olse used iu preparing mail for transportation which operate on all the city mail routes. About two hours is thus saved . 111 prepariug tho city mails for the teams, as the clerks do ail the sorting, stamping, ami bundling While U.o wagons roll swirtly along?' Ihls would not be practicable fu America until most of the eilies are re pavod. . ; The natives of the Fiji Islands have taken up the game of cricket. Always running and tumbling down. Niagara rails, 0 STAR COMPOSITION CO