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THE PUBLICS lit itttMkwtt lu favor of h KMvlleuceof the WEST SIDE a a Family Hint tloueral Now. jwior. o THIS PAPER t I tli beat advertllDg medium Id Polk county, ami ooimUutl (rowing bettor, IT. VOL VIII. $2.00 IVr Year. INDia'liNDl-NCIi, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FKIDAV, APRIL 10, UVA. Five Cents Per Copy. NO. 22. t) X 1-1 THE WEST SIDE IWKI1 UV- o!k County Polishing Company. Uo.inM tit lh ISoi-urtW In Indepen- Union, aa avMiilliw matter. SUBSCRIPTION RATCS. fVll. IN AliVAKca, Pile t'Hr . . . . fcJ.Hl lit Moulin ... i.(u Hire Xlulttlia . . . Ju ITO ADVERTISERS. Ilitelkitldi.tice U heatett at tlii Iliad ill nvl. Hull illie iiuwi nl Hi yturi. uu Hi Wlllmii. iv rn.'r, nun on me main ilimtil thetinviiu ril nil 1 1. .in i HnilixHiil; eouiuin unilu.w Imii ih.K In l In. in im liml aiiiiiiin point r ihtMvimly, wlilih In nueuf the Ui-gMl, ln.l wooliliv mill ililekly opullid lu lh. iiinitiputi i alley, JOB PRINTING! IK Tat latest and Best Styles, I -e K0 4T TS llOWliST LIVING r' RATES PHYSICIANS-DKNTISTRY. LKtt & BUTLER, physicians & Surgeons. I U. S. Examining Surgeons. I om. Mitiii( Miu m, ,lif l I K. OKKOOII Dli .J. K. LOCKF, Physician and Surgeon, Buena Vlita, Oregon. PR. J. R JOHNSON. Resident Dentist All work warraiilnl to give the beat l or fuiiufnoiuin. d.'p.'llilrlU'f, ... Oregon. tii V. W. ISlKl'K.SiCNrK UHKIK m So. !, meet every Monday night In Stuuiit- hull, All olmirnln brothers Invited Until. .VMM tillWtIN, M. W. . V. IiAI.TON, Knuriler. VAl.l.KV UUKIK NiMl I. ti, O. r win In Me- ffrtV-Mttllltf All lltlil fcflltWa corjlmTy Invited In al- id. T. 11. Hit r.li, . u. , A. IkH TY, Sceremry. I.YOS l.olMIK, Nil. SB, A. K A. M. HlMtCll ini in uu Ii- Inllil 1)11 or brliiri" ran oin mil iiuiiilh mi'l iw n-w I W lluiitr. W. II. ' K. 1.. Kulrhuiu, attoknkVs. A. M. 1IUKLKY, ,tt(irncy and Counselor at Law, JH1I.: Nml to liiiiriwmlriii l ll",' t" InilfVH-llilWUli, Or. I S. McNALLY. Architect and DraughUman, f. OMn7 Itmll-IIKKIMAN lll.OCIt, MMKKC1AI. Ht.. - HAI-tM. OtU Mitchell & Bohannon '!, mi- tUaufactanm of - ASII and DOOIW, ulxo SCUOLL I; -8AW1NO- laimlmit . - - lolindnc. f" G. N. SHINN, louse, Sijj;n and Ornamental 1 2?i. I ISTTEie. pniier lliuiiini, Krolng, KUi. I'lnt toiimiiU Jiiiio nMUlili.il, Inili'piinilrnw. linn. Ailn JulM. ' Mm. William". JUDSON & WILLIAMS, 'DRESSMAKERS. putting and Fitting '; A SlE('LlLTY. MRS. A. M. HURLEY, Blinery i Fancy Good: .Neit to lnrtepndi!iu! National Ban, Iiidkpknuiinci, Ohiooh S. A. PARKER, " MuniifiM'tururand dcalnrln Sash, Doors, N'ouldins, Ltc. Full Htoi k ol Uliuw, all l.u", kept ooiwtanl y on haml. HM'dlal rail)" oil conlracU. Kailory on It. K. "trwit unar dcpoU ' CITY HOTEL, J (J St., Independence. J. LH. BELL & SOU, Frqprieion. I Fimt olriMS in eery respeot. flpeoial i BtlentmD (tiTn trnnHient ciidtomerii. A f aample room for commercial travelers. BRICK YARD. J. R. COOPER Of Independence, having a steam engine, a brick machine and several acres of finest clay, in now prepared to keep on hand a line quality of j Brick, which will be sold at reason able prices. ' i A HANKS. KiUIiII.IikI y National Authority, Til B FIRST NATIONAL BANK. of Independence, Oregon. Capital Stock, Surplui, $80,000.00 $10,000.00 i, K. CUUl'KK, U W. ItOIIKUTHtlN, ltaiUut, V lea rrwHilpiii, W, II HaWI.KY, ('Miller. DIRECTORS. J, H. Cinipor, I, W. Hobvrtaott, Iwl lUlinli'k tl, W. Whltwkr, W, W. I'ollln.. A ifiiirml basking bualiinu tranuu'tnt. Huyt and Milt tioliatii un all lni(iriain polul. IeHalU rmntvmt aunjoiit to i'lwk or on or tinoma of diU, Cullartluu" wad". Drtliii lioiirn; t a, m. to 4 p. in. THE INDLPENDENCK National Bank ! Capital Stock, $50,000.00. II. HlKMTHttKHti. ' rmldrnt. A UK AM MKLMIN, . Vl( Crwldiiul. W, t. WNNAWAY C"hlr. A fnnil baoklnf and vmhanit bn.liinui tmnaartMl; loan" mad, bill" dlMiuuIrd, ixmi Biarclal Mvdlta ,mnll: drpialu rivlvtl on urrol acvouul .uujK t to chwk, lularml wul S tllu" dvunalla. lIHKCTt)K Joabua MoIiill, H. II. Jaapunun, A. ). Ouodmau, II. Ulnirtitwrf, A. Nliil, T.J.I. I. A. A Urn. iKatabUnhl tiy Nallonal AiitlmrUy,) -TUB- Capital National Bank Or SALCM OREGON. ) (tpUnl paid up, fMM .). :Suralua, $15,000. K.S..WAI.I.ACK, W. W. MARTIN, Frwldnnt. Vli I'walilrnl. J. H. ALKKHT, t'Mlil.r. LOANS MADE To Karmnnon wbaat and oilier marrtianlable pmduiti, coul(tw4 or la "tor, elllivr In url ata frantra or pnUUe warobouM". Dralt" draw dlrxl oo Nw York, Chli-o, Han rrauelMO, Hortlaad. 1ondun, I'ana, Hur Ho, Hoof Konf and Calcutta. THE POLK COUNTY BANK, MONMOUTH, OBIOOH. twAtmf, (fortlaud) Vliv fraaidaat .. . .'Millar . t. A. mrnrx r. U CAMfHfl.L , i u. roMKU. OtpllaJ Stock, Paul Up, IM.00O 25,000 DIRKOTOHSl i a. MfnrM. r. . rowri.f, I H Tf MP IHAAC M aiMrSOR I V. Ik bUIl It R, A. H. OKKKik, t. L CAMI'BKLU A PMml hanklnf baali traiwaita'1. f imiU rwalrad iiilijac. In hck, or no rartinrai .1 daiialt. Loam mada. bill! dlaraaniad i mai iaboufblaodauld, Inureit raid oa Una Inpnaila, Klrapnnl raaltaad burglar proof Ml, aMmrad ty Yafa Una look. fafr-oaeo bvn a to 4 p. m. Good and CHEAP. We have the largest and BEST Htock of HarntwH ever brought to thin Section. Ill Our Own Manufacture. Our W'hlps are direct from the Factory and are the Uwt out of 150 Stylef. Trimming at reasonable l'rict. Beamerdb Craven. TAYLORS . asli Grocery & Bakery ON 0 STREET. frrih Rraad, Plan and fakw oa baad (Tary day axoapl Hunday. . tail and freab .took of aannad faod". Iar. At. ooffua, tutor, oaodlaa, alf an and tobaoooi, Ol B. TAYLOR, Proprlavn. H.K.1'ATTK1W0M. D.P.FATTERHOM. PATTERSON Bros,. DRUGGIST P1ALU I WATCHES, CLOCKS dXD JEWELRY. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. W. G. 8HARMAN, MERCHANT TAILOR. Suit Mad to Order and fit Quaran. taed. Cuatom Oooda lor Mnrohaata and other" Re ..... Pmiwd. IwHI opffl monthly ao- VUI . r ----- . oouU wltb MarohanU at Independence and Monmouib for itocuuing. C.Btreet Oppoelta P.O. HARNESS W. H. WHEELER KKKl'H MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,- -PIANOS and ORGANS - -SEWING MACHINES. Xovrltist in tSYiifoNrry, ImM in Funey Writing liptr, Ink ttumU, Tablet, Ink of nit CuIhim, l'rnril, Fimhiim I'lati'l and Jrittdintlt. Till! UmsT IS' ALL STYLM OF MVNi (indir, Xut and (Vi). IfJDEPEfJDEfJCE, HAS NOW, And PROSPECTIVE, Ma ny Ad va ntages. FIRST. A RAILROAD CENTER: Independence to Corvallisby S. P. R. R. Independence to Portland by " " Independence to Falls City by Motor Line. j Independence to Salem by " " Independence to Astoria by A. & S. C. R. R, Independence to Albany by ". " i A HOP The piweiit urea in Hups, tributary to Independence, will soon lie trebled. The amount of income will reach in a few years ,at least one million dollars. UTIKTTIT The adaptability of our lands for special fruit-raising, such prunes, pears and apples; will employ hundreds of men; bring into the country thousands of dollars, and make our farming a lauds worth from two to three hundred dollars an acre. Fruit raising will bring canneries and fruit dryers. -Sugar, Beet Raising- The rich bottom-lands of this section are peculiarly well adapted to raiseng sugar beets, the profit, above cost of produc tion, being estimated at from thirty to forty dollars an acre. One sugar factory will call into use over 3,000 acres of find, in creasing its value half a million dollars, and employing labor. How does S trike Til K BUST Sitlwrlption tteerivrd for all I'apirt. W, JL WIIKFI.FIl, Indrprndtmve, Or. CNETER CEITTER. you?! A SMALL WIUH. If ! might do one daxl of food. One III tin dnl brfur I din. Or think una notila Uumglii, that ehoold llamator not ftn-iriU.u Un, I would out murmur, tliouvb I muat lie bait lu diwlh'a unnumbered dimu Tin (limy wliui that waft tlmaiwd I'pilU tiia irt)laM wind bl lrlb. Of lu "hurl llfv baa only nl Tu find I tin i"m lit ilww fur blrtbi Pnr una awiri UMiinniil nt dnlbflit It whirl, llinu wiibvrmiiil u( .lu lit. . W. Ilourdlllua. BIIJAimlVFOUK 1)111 Kliiny, of Dry Fork, kllliil a pn.m lnat mau of tlin cuiiiiiiiinlty, nml tin aiiUwruim, uflnr aoiuo little Illillla ttnn, doi lilrsl tlinl be KUKlit tu be arnwt 4. Hut lit tl iilijnctml, anil wlifii tlinw itupnty a'hnrilTa cHim1 on him be lant a Wlm bmU'i nltrt arrim one ouninr of hi buutniUyl, klllwl unit of the tlnmitii ainl au iailifully wouiiitil the other two that limy "trolled Urk to the Hliaily (in: court lluium. HoveraJ duy laur, wblle Hill wim "itUiitf in (rout of hla dour, Mark Townwiul, llin ilieriff In clilpf, walkml uo to tlut fi.ion ami lalily im-4x hi anua uu tliav top rail. Hill rvurliiHl Iwi k ami Umk up bin rifle. "Uouil inoriilu', Hill," 'Hl.Watk." "Ilitnl a niaal lilt of froat liwit nlKbL" "V, ruthfr, Wlilcli wuy yuu trav lln', Markr "tilt, uo way in pnrtiruliir. "Lowwl yuu uiuut Ihi loiinaiiuc, au' I tliuii(lit I'd ilritp uiT ami talk wltb you a wlillu. Unii't make mi iliffnrt'lirii bvw livoly a frlliT la lin'aapt tonr-t Ioiiiwhuo umv In while, 'oilly thia time of the year." "I n-t knii thitt'a true," Bill replied. "Hom fellera come out hero tlin other day, aud one of them got au lotitwitne Umt ho jiml niili'lmlly had to lay down." "Ho 1 ln-arii," aald thealmriff. "Hy the way," he added, "them fi llera thai yon airak almiit wiiUh you to go to HUayly drove with them, didn't theyT "Yaa, they 'lowed that a Indue down thar wanted' to tiiako my at-qnaint-am-e." "You don't ay aoP eii'luimetl the sheriff. Wy, the m a mlKtity bin inan.au' I'd think yuu'd like to mwt bim, Hill." . "1 would, but yon . I aiu't In my olety thia year." 'SorU'r tvtire.1, air your "Yaa, thought 1 waa a-ifettln' a lentlr too old fur the liriKht fiKili.Hjiiieaa an'yal lur tniiiinliiii of Ihln here life." "Yea, tlml iiiout be," tliealierifT ro. plied. "A fi llfr dom withdraw luinlit lly an he vt u kloii( iu ftK'i'l but. Hay, the JmlKe U a film. I of uiluu an' I waut )uu lu mn't him." "No. I'm uldceired to yuu. I never baukiTi'd after tbcae here ft-lK-ra that pride tlieniKflvm on llioir book lartiiu'," "1 don't eiactly crave tiiem," the abvrii! rejiiinut, "wallopiux" hia tobatwo about in bia mouth, "but ilill I tbink we onulit lo iin t tbm once in a while. Hut aay, Bill, there's a man down at Hluidy (trove that I do want you tu meet." Who 1 her "Saiu l'owera," "He'a the jailor, ain't hiT 'Yea, an' tiie lieet one you ever iwen." "So they aay," Hill replied, foudling hia rillu. "Iu fart, tbeui fiillera that waa here the othnr day wanted me to meet hiui." "So 1 hearii," isaid the "berifl'; "but I IowimI tluit tiiobby tliey didn't extt'iid tlie tiivertalinu In a aoft and gvntle enunli way." "Uli, I didn't bavemifiitilt tofiml with tlie itivertalion. 1 joetdidu't wanlerKO, an' aorU'r pulled lnu k a little, an' then one of them laid dowu an' the other two limped mlKbt'ly." "Ho I beam," aald tlie aheriff. "Still I thought there luout lw a eaaler an' amoother way of puttin' the lnvertalion. Uenllenni always paya. You can some time lead a man with a utrinif of beaxle when yon couldu't drive him with a hoop pole. You rerolleo old Waah lkiwlea, that wait oni'e the ahnrifl of thia oouufy, don't you?" "Mihty well." "Ah, ha! Well, that old feller had more gtntleneioj aud comiiileratlon for the foeliiiN of other folk titan any limn I ever aeeu. One time he bad to bang a feller named Brioe, au' Uric aorU-r kicked aitainet it, bein' a feller that wan hard to pleaee anyhow, ao Waah, in that aoft way of hiim, stepped np to put on the rope, an' auyH, 'lirice, yun'U pleaae excoee me, hut I'll not detain yon but a moment.' Ho I thought that if I'd come here today with atronff contiileration au' smooth Keutli'tieas you mout accept the jailer's Invertittion to come an' spend a while with him." "No, I'm obleefred to yon. I don't care about Ruin' today. I've got to go over the rid?e an' whip a feller tumor rer, an' if I don't do it I'm afeered he mout be disiippointod. Well, now, Murk," be added, "ef yon ain't got no further buH'neiw with me I reckon you'd better be shovin' along," "But 1 have got some fnrther btiHi nees with you, Bill. I want you to go with me an' see the jiiiler." "Wall, I ain't goln'." "1 'lowed yon would, Bill" "You don't any ho." "Yae, Kit' I want you to go with me." "How muiiy men did you l ing with your "None at all, but yon air a-goin'. "Middle; after all tlieee here cartridges is shot off." "No, J thought you wonld go with me without having to waste uiiy of the cartridges. You know the price of bnuw an' powder huv ri mighty of late." "Oh, now here, Mark, 1 dou't euro no-thin' for expenses. 1 don't mind shootin' a few balls into a fuller that wants to put me in jail and afterward bang urn." "I ant glad )W aiu't stingy, Bill. Some of the boys over at the store said tlutt you wits mighty economical, but I'm glad to sen yon ain't. It hurts a man mightily, yon know, to have it uorntcd nronnd that he is close." "I know that, Mark, and I'm alius tryin' hard to keep that charge from bein' flung agin my reputation." "I'm ploiiaod to know you think so much of yo'self ; bnt say, I told the boyt over at Hbady Grove that you would come back with mo, an' I wish you wonld." "I'd like to accommodate yon, Mark, but I don't feel like strollin' today." "Horry to hoar that, fori told tlie boys that I'd have you In jail by 13 o'clock today," I wish yon hadn't told them, Mnrk, an' yon ougiitenter done it, fur you didn't know how busy I inont be." "Yaa, mebbe I done wrong," said the ihariff, "but I didn't know after all that von couldn't fling asido' your business and come along with me. The boys air til expectin' you." "Yaa. the boys np the river expected Ui.uoraJ Jarkaon onro, out lie dMn't come." "Ho I hfarti," shIJ the alierlff; "an" you air not coinlii' Willi meV" "That's what I ain't." "I'll liot ymi ilf n-ii dollars, Dill, tlutt yon do." "I'll take that bet, but In the mean time if yntt dun' take yo' arms offen that fence I'll drop you right in yo' tracks." "That's tlie way I like to hear a man talk, Hilt. Ky, lust night the jailer and hla two sunswi'iit 'puasum bun tin'. They called up the ilugs aud they have got koine of tlie liiitwt hounds you ever saw and here they cuiue with brightness In thidr rym an' ilm-p music In their voices, Yon might to havohrard tlietu go 'ounk, oniik, ounk.' Well, they went out, an' Im nit mi. Illicit thi-y cuiiio back with two of the lilggiwt and fattest 'poasuina yuu ever saw. Well, they dresned them right tbar an' Hu n, an' put tlmm ont on tiie top of the house so the front could fall oil thi'lii, an' tills mnrtiun' they took them down an' Is-gan to buke tlii'iu along with some tweet potnUasi. Then the jailer's sou he says, says lie, 'Pop, we ain't got no regular wildcat licker to go with tiu here 'possums.' Ho the old mau, bsvin' a mighty eye for art, gave a jug to the yuinig feller an' told him to go up iu the in iimUiitin. "The young feller went, but heoonldn't Hud no lli ki-r, an' at last be sen a ole fuller driviu' a wugiii, an' wlum he asked the ole fi ller if tie could git any lickr he swore Unit lie Ui.ln t know nothin' ttlmul it; 'but,' says he, 'if you will take jug up tlie ti illsi.lt au put a dollar un der it I don't know what mout happen, but wh-n yen come lu-k I don't believe the dollar will Ik there.' Wall, he went up on the mountain side an' put a dollar iiml.T a jug un' went away, but bloss yo' ifiwhen became back the dollar was gone, but the jug waa filled witb tin beet licker that had passed its teens. An' so at dimier tlay they are (join' to have them kihiiuius an' sweet potatoes an' tlutt old licker that's got a head on it like a dew. Imp; u' say, the jailer says that you may share the feast" "Look here, Mark, you ain't tryln' to triflo with my feelin'a, air yonr "No, I'm tellln' the Lord's truth; an' say, that ain't all. The Perdue boys caught a big hear dowu in the bottoms, an' after dinner they air goin' to set the dogw on him in the j.iil yard right in full view of yo' cell. Think of that." "Look here, Mark, I am about con vertl, an' I'll go with you if you'll let me take my rifle along." "No, can't do that, Bill, an' besides I'll have to hsndcuff you. Possnm, sweet pntat.ies, licker with a bead on it like a dewdrop an' a bear fight in full view of yo'cell." "Murk," said Bill, as be put down bis rifle, "feU'h on yo' hiiudcuffs. Illumed if 1 ain't with you." Opie P. Read in New York World. There are still IU log school konseg In Illinoii. The Norwegian hark Dictator was wrecked off tlie Virginia coast. Eight sailors were drowned. Hir Werold Stuart, an Irish baronet, has just been licensed at Columbus, 0., to marry Miss Maud Hutchinson of that city. A handsome w. mm at London has been arrested for Inveigling forty-three men Into nmrriiige. She advertised as a wealthy widow. An exultation of natural gas caused a panic in thiSt, Joseph Catholio church at Detroit, and during the excitement several persons were injured. Nearly a quarter of a million of people are sick at ('hicago with pneumonia. Over BOO dcatlis were reported last week tlie birgist in the hintory of the city. Pearl St.trr. the 18-venr-old daughter of Belle Starr, the notorious horse thief, has Wit arrested at Vuaimh, Tex., for horse steiling. She is said to be very pretty. ('apt W, F. Dowell, one of the lead ing far Men and state treasurer of the Farmers' Alliance of Arkansas, has been I uncoeil out of fa.OOO by three sharpers. The Boston Pilot announces that Oeorge Parsons Lathrop, the author, and bis wife, who is a daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, huve become Catholic. J. Hurry Martin, the stepson of Senv tor Vance, who, while on a spree last week, broke windows in the White Iloiise.will probably, get off with a light sentence. There will be a meeting in Omaha this week to organize an association of railroad men in all branches of the ser vice and to sdviee legislation favorable to railroad interesta. The St, Louis Stamping company pro poses to establish a mammoth steel mill and iron foundry just north of Madison, 111., to turn out. all sheets used In the linmiifiKttnre of tin plate, Oen, .lames A. Ekin of the United States army died at Louisville. He waa a ineinlier of the commission which tried Mrs. Surrntt, and took a prominent part in the funeral of Lincoln. The will of the late Secretary Windom leaves the family residence and furni ture and one-third of the estate, Rfter the payment of debts, to Mrs. Windom, ami the remainder to the three children. Norman T. Onset re, a prominent Ma son, and one of the lenders in the move ment resulting in the construction of the great Masonic Temple at Chicago, died at. that city of pneumonia after a brief ilhiMS. The idea of annexing Newfoundland to the United States, even if England would consent to relinquish her oldest colony to our possession, is scouted by all the leading members of the adminis tration at Washington.. After two years quiet work and the expenditure of largo sums of money in the purchase of machinery, the erection of buildings and a gravity railroad, the production of Portland cement, fully equal to the imported article aud some authorities say even better, has com menced in earnest from the Jainttl Port land cement work in Ban Diego county, Cal. This marks a new era in Califor nia's resources. The works are running night and day. Wliy, Imleedf Little Minnie When was it, mom nmr, that you had four eyes?' Mouiuier Dou't talk nonsense, Min nie. I never had four eyes. Little Minnie Then, why does every one say I got my eyes from yon? Jewel er's Circular. The oldest traveling passenger sgent In the land is Cnpt. May, who has been retired by the Pennsylvania railroad on half pay fur the remainder of his daj-s, He is a white haired man of 70, six feet tall, straight und strong. WHAT SMALL IT PROFIT f ff t lay weal and wither op wtth doubt TU bleaaed Helds ut baavaa waere onee mj (altb ptrn i Ibvlf aennaly sae freas death; If 1 drny tha thing past flodlna- oat, Or If I orphan tur owa axmi of Om 1 1'liat sanuMSl s r aUier, and nutke void Um bum Within me where IUdw.lt In power and grace. What do I gaia, Uiat am nyaalf aadoa? -Wltluua iMaa Howella la Harper. ANNIE O'BRIEN. The Onnaoght Castle had arrived In New York. The cabin partigers had gun as) iore. The steerage people were being carried away by their friends or by tha Ixiarding house keepers woo al ways lie tn wait for them, Those yet uncalled fur sat about the deck. Wist ful eyea turned shoreward, anxious to see a familiar fa-e and form among all thiaw strange one. Pat Nolan bad come aboard In all bit. bravery a new blue coat flung open, tlutt it might not conceal tha shining watch chain dangling from hla vent pocket, bia hat tipped to one aide In true Connangjit fasltion, witb a mighty show of white collar and cuffs and blue neck tie, and hla boot for once polished by an "Eyetalian." He threw big shoulder, back and looked his beet, for "didn't be come aboard to bring his sweetheart. Annie O'ltrieii, borne, aud wasn't she the pnrtiest girl In b-n counties, aud hadn't "he crossed tha ocean for bis eaker Pat felt as though every one who saw him must know his business there. Standing still he looked about bim, ex pecting to see bis little Annie somewhere not far. "Sure, an' wouldn't she be as anxious to mate him aa he wonld be to mate herr Hut strange to aay be could not see her. He was a little lata, for there had been a delay of the train in which be came down from the place where he was work ing aa coachnuui and gardener. Bnt surely Annie wonld never have gone ashore withont him. He walked about for full ten minutes, looking everywhere, but still missing tbe face be wanted. Every now and then a gay ribbon or a bright ooil of hair wonld make bia heart dunce, but it waa never Annie's hair or Annie's bonnet. At last be made tip hi mind that she bad goue ashore; bnt in that rase aha had left word for him, of course word where aha had betaken herself. "1 beg pardon, sir," be said, stepping np to man wbo wore a gold band upon his cap, and waa presumably an officer "1 beg pardon, sir, but I'm Pat Nolan.' Is there a bit of a message left for me, do yon know, sirr "Not that I am aware," the officer re plied. "It was Annie O'Brien," said Pat "She came over on thia steamer; she expected me to mate her, We're to be married, yon know, air, and she'd lave word where she is gone Annie O'Brien." The officer turned a curious, startled gate npon bim. "Alinie O'Brien," he repeated. "A steerage passengerr "In course, sir," said Pat "She's comin' over to marry me, and she's a workin' girl WTe're nayther i v us rich." Tbe officer looked at him again. "I know the name," be said. "Yon couldn't help noticing the girl" said Pat "She's a pnrty crayther, is Annie, wid eyea like the sky and gooldeu hair, and a waist ye could span wid yer two bands barrin' she wonldnt permit ye to do it and a foot light aa a bird's npon the floor. A little jewel is my An nie. You'd not fail to notice her." "Sit down a moment, Mr. Nolan," said the officer. "I will make tome in quiries. Wait here for me," "A mighty polite gentleman, though he's as solemn aa a funeral," said Pat to himself. "I hope he'll not delay long. I'm wild to see Annie. Oh, the divil fly away wid the cars that kept me from her! I wonder is she cryin' her eyes out for not seein' me? It was what she bad a right to expect the first one aboord." llie officer was returning. He looked more serious than ever. "Mr. Nolan," he said gravely, "the captain would like to speak to yon. 1 will take yon to bim. We bave bad a very stormy voyage, as winter voyages often are." "But you've come into port on as pleasant a day as there is in tha calen dar," Pat said cheerfully. "A Christ mas couldn't be brighter." "But we have had a very unpleasant voyage," said the officer gravely. lie opened the door of tha captain's cabin. Pat entered' with his bat in bis band. The captain, a grave, bronzed man, with iron gray hair, sat at a table before an open book, on which his hand lay, "Sit down, he said. "Thank you, air. It's as easy stand ing," said Pat, with a bow. "Yon had better sit down," said the captain. "I may bave to talk to yon for some minntea. I have something very particular to say if yon are the right man. Your name is" "Pat Nolan," said Pat, beginning to feel astonished, bnt then perhaps the captain, knowing that he was to be mar ried that evening, wanted to congratu late him, to offer him a glast of some thing, or terhaps it was the way of the captains of ocean steamers to be slow and solemn, not thinking how he kept people from their sweethearts. So Pat sat down, put his hat on the floor, and not knowing just what to do cracked all his knuckles one after tlie other as he waited. "Your name is Patrick Nolan," said the captain again, "and you came on board to find a young woman a friend of yours?" "My sweetheart promised to me. We are to lie married today," said Pat. "If God wills it," said the captain. "Ay, sir; we can do nothing widout that, I well know," said Pat "The good Lord above and Father Dunn will help me; but I'll do the best I can to farder it myself." Tlie captain looked down upon the pages of the book before him. "And the name of the young girl you are asking fort" be said. "Annie O'Brien," said Pat, beginning to think the captain very stupid "Annie O'Brien. She's the Wlddy O'Brien's daughter a dacent woman is the widdy, and well respected. They are neighbors there at home in the ould oounthry." The captain ran his finger down a long column of names, and stopped at last and looked at Pat again. "We had a very unpleasant royage," he said slowly "a very, very unpleasant vovatre." "The other gentleman waa telling me that, sir," said Pat, wishing that this old kwUcuutn would ytop talking abftnt the weather and tell bun aooletnlng about Annie. "Bad weather must be a threat on tbe aay," ha said, in order to be polite. "And wid all thim passengers to lie watcbin' and carta' fur worse than a tableful of bastes!" "Yes," said tha eaptaln, "wa try to care for our passengers, bat the steerage Is a little crowded. They are often very sick." "Yea, sir. I was that sick myself I thought I be dyin'," said Pat "Soma are severely ill," said tha cap-' Uin. This time Pat made do answer, bnt tared at him witb a hot flash rising to hia face. "Sometime they are ao very ill that they die," tbe captain went on. "Deli cate women, you know little children aud delicate women," Pat still looked at him la silence. "When I said that we had a very un pleasant voyage I meant," said tha cap tain, "that we bad serious illness that We had death on board. Two steerage passenger died. One waa William O'Hunrke, an old man coming over to live with his son." "Ood rest his soulP said Pat, crossing bis forehead. "The other, who waa very ill, waa a woman," said tbe captain, "a yonng woman, and very pretty. Mr. Nolan, we bave to prepare for storms in this life we have to brace np and bear them as well a we can. They are vary hard to bear. I have bad a great many my self. At my age that got withont say ing; but you are young and full of hope. I am very sorry to say that I am afraid yon are about to buffer a terrible shock. It is a painful task to tell you. Brace np, my lad. The other passenger was a -young woman, and her name, as wa bave It written here, was Annie O'Brien." All the color had gone ont of Pat's face by this time. It was white, lips and all. lie dropped his arms on the table and hid his face on them, and great sobs shook bis frame. Tbe captain wiped the tear from bia own eyes. "Talk does no good," he said. "Time only can comfort you." "It seems as if I could not believe it, captain," Pat cried, lifting hia tear swol len face. "Annie my little Annie! Are ye sure it wa Annier "There was bnt one Annie O'Brien on our list," said tbe captain. "She gave her name just before she breathed her last The only steerage passenger of the name of O'Brien died on the voyage of a fever. The doctor cared for her aa well aa he knew how. The women nursed her kindly. We buried her at sea, and tha burial service wa said by a Catholic clergyman who was on board. Yon might like to know that, so I tell you." "My Annie my Annie at the bottom of the say!" moaned poor Nolan. "An' I'll niver see her again; Diver Ids her red lips; niver feel her two arm about me neck! Ah, Annie, I won't live after yon I won't live after yool Life is too bard to bear wid that to think of. It s turned me to a woman, sir, I'm thinldn'; bnt it' tha worst blow I iver bad in me Unfa." There wa a knock at tha door jnst then. Pat hid hi tear stained face again. "No admittance just now, cried tbe captain. "I didn t mane to come in, plaee, sir. aid a sweet voice, "bnt I'd like to spake to ye, captain, af ye'll let me. I'm waitin' this long time till me frind comes aboord to bring me home, and Tm get- tin' anxious, fearin' something has hap pened him. What will I do, sir? I know no one in Amencay. f ern ips ne might be on boord and me not know it He'd be askin' for Annie O'Brien, and be'd be Pat Nolan, that I'm promised to. Wonld ye" But the captain had flung wide the door, and Pat wa on his feet and with roar like that of a buffalo had flung his arms about her. "Glory be to God and all the saints!" he cried. "You're not dead at all I You're alive! I've got you safe and sound I They've been tellin' me you were dead. God help the man that put the thrick on me, for I'll lava bnt the bone v him!" "Quiet there!" shouted the captain. "Down with yonr fists, or Til pnt yon in irons! What did you mean by asking for Annie O'Brien, a steerage passenger, when yon wanted Annie Bailey, a first cabin passenger? That is tha girl that stands there. That is the name she gave us Annie Bailey." "Captain, dear, cried Annie, clutch ing her Pat by the coat tails, "captain, darlin', Pat niver knew ha did not Since writin' him, my mother widdy -married again wid Mr. Peter Bailey, that kapes a foine tavern in our town. So long as I was goin' from her, and he proposia' to her, why wouldn't she? And he, bavin' money to spare, said I should come like a lady, and paid me passage in the foinest place; and out iv compli ment to him being my mother' hus- band and so generous to me 1 sailed as Annie Bailey. That is the way it was, captain; and indade all the throuble arose from it for I wanted Pat to find me sated in the illigant saloon, and re mained there waitin' tor him." "Y'ou'U excuse me, sir," said Pat, bow ing low, "on account of what I've been through." "All right, my man," the captain an swered; and then Pat threw his arm about his Annie and led her away, the happiest fellow alive. Mary Kyle Dal las in Fireside Companion. City and Country. The city person, it is well known, is often as much a "greenhorn" in the country as the country person is in the city. A girl who had been accustomed to certain city squares and exclusive parks, whose high barred gate were closed at a fixed hour every night, made her first visit to the country. She was being taken abont through the lanes and fields by her mother when the sun set "Say, mamma," said the little girl, "haven't we got to go in? What time do they close the country, anyway?" It was a city boy, too, who, when taken with him by hi country cousin while he dug some potatoes, watched the process of unearthing the tuber for a moment with great wonder and then re marked: "Is that where you keep yourpotatoes? I should think it would be more con venient to keep them in barrel, the way we do," The "country greenhorn" in the city has this advantage over the "city green horn" in the country, that he does not put on aire of superiority on all occa sions. It was a city boy in the country who, being taken to a peach tree full of ripe and delicious fruit, and invited to help himself, remarked somewhat loftily: "No, I thank you. I never eat them until they are canned!' Youth' Com panion. . ' lit inV 'ii!