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Thy St" - WHO 13 101 Who aa ft birt ) on hia twtd? A bet tijt m his haud? W b Tour a eot TiKh !,. b la frout IVAne Uor bit jrrsut iun Tf IVf ketet! Wta gtft dr tail too urn Wk trlst I'M mal- tt Talaa la ftlr, So. ten der paddar alt it bant Dar aheetwkhla taa nod al Ir pUfer' Wtxn rea der paMer banm dr ball t'nt on his stomach scallde. Come dwa oa him mtt Trilby foot Uat rtwls him oad ieitleT Fuewrt taaetuaji! Who tatr hi liners aedge II lew -laa alrajra left BeUlt, and center netdt, R It til fiflJt nod second base? Dee svboni adob! Who tua id. ten dor pa me 1m He, Tuod ktiow rat be'se apoudl Vat re a dor home tio mats a bit Tectarea -Dor striker's oudT Ier utublre' Wb rand tor pre- M oniblre'a uof t'ut kif bl lunr off. too? Who aeffer pare but tig ant toils ler plaver tat ter do? , IVr rowter! Who la dor pest team la dor look Mitoad dor (hrvt t'ha VarxlJ Who'll sphM m delr hands not via Dot pounand as retrart? Per Ctitamla! -JOE K Kit It. MISS I1ETTIE. HEX we boafM Nina. acre, w buuffct Use fur- aiture with It WeU. XUieaore waJust so much land, with a sr farm house, nor a eottatfe. exactly. After awhile, w found out that It baa been a parsuo ago. and that the clergyman who had ilTed there had died at an advanced as, haTtaf had charge of the same church for fifty year. The church was rone now; and else where rose another parsutiar. now and prim. And the bouse and lis be longing, Its aine aorea of Cold and meadow and orchard, M become ours. The place waa very shady, the furniture neither old nor new enough to be fashionable, but we liked it. The km ckxk la the rumor, the tall atraiffht-backed chairs, and the bih desk book-ca were as doUgbiful as they were queer. Here we would cume crery summer. Waving the city behind us, for all those months l tween June and txtober. and rusticate to our soul's content. Most of all. liked the little ocuronal low win dowed library. Wa were In this room one morning, arranging the bwks. w hen there was a sound at the dor. and, looking about, we saw a tall woman la that mysteriously hideous article of rai ment, a shaker hood. She wt a Mack alpa.-a dress, cut irely. and a little checked sliawL fhe ai'ioarod to be Inspect tog the rom rather than iia occupants, though three of us sat on the flor, covered with dust a atterly regardless or (trace and dig nity as members of twie family who eipeet no outside oUaerratk can le t tltlWS. The shaker-hoed turned fnnu side to aide, and out of Us depth cauto a void which said: -Well. Kotxl morninjt. Ta are the new folks, ain't you? Iutli up? WeB. U needs It-yes. It needs it. lis mo Tor bad anybody to dust fr him no Nobody to pot thincs tidy, aud be was absent minded. Most tuon be, nnlesa they're sot someone to iut tu In mind of thiiics, and be hadu't no. I knew the LKmlni. I'm Miss Ik4ty Iarke. Yea, 1 knew hltu. Welt good moraine." Two of the erorp canlshed. Loft to do the honors, I stowl up and of fered a chair. Miss Bottle larke took It. and. luring doce so. retiiorod her ahaker-bood. and 1 saw the fa of as old lady, t:ll pretty. Khe was Wue-eyod aad faded; lior hair wa tfrar, tnit site had td,cty of it. and It rrew low oo her fHhtd. aud had a dainty wave and curl. A neat cat.! with a bow of ribbon sat high on her bead, and she wore at her throat a lit tie brooch with hair In It. The re tuains of a very pretty woman, and not a TuUrar one either, waa Miss Bet tie Darke, Then, ennscioua of too lose stare, I did what 1 could do to remedy my bad manners, and told her that It was a pleasant day. he ahook her head. "The summer seems late to me. aha said. "It used to be warmer in this month, I think. When the Dom inie first came here, the cherries were ripe In the orchard. Those trees are dead, I guess they be. Tea. 1 know they were ripe, because ours weren't aad I was looking at tbem, and he csroe to the walL 'Misa Darke.' says he, 'allow me to offer you these.' Yes, be dlL The prettiest mannera, he bail les, I knew the Dominie Tory well And you are dusting the books, ain't you? 1 used to borrow books out of the library once. If I had my specs, I'd show you some I've read. Mildmay'a 'Woman's THity is one. And there's poems. Wbst was the one be marked? I'd show you If I bad my sjiees. Well, well-yes, 1 knew the Dominie." Suddenly she paused, looked across the room, and rose. On the wall l-o-tween the windows, hung a bla-k adhoaette, which might hare been the profile of any gentleman who hap pened to have a Roman nose and to wear the coat-collar of or grand fathers. The protralt was glazed, and framed in mahogany with a gilt rim. f he walked towards this, and looked at it earnestly. "That's be," she said. "Yes, that's the Dominie, it's perfect I didn't know be had bis likeness cut. Xo, 1 didn't know It Welir Something la her face, in the way she put her bead unconsciously on one aide, la the faint pink flash that stole sp to her cheek as she spoke, prompt ad me at that moment to aa act of generosity which would bare been greater bad I not regarded a Mack profile as the nvt hideous tblivs In art, aad this particular profile as the most hideous one ever cut. "Klnce you were an old friend of Dr. Hubbard," I said, yielding to my Im pulse, "and doubtless will ralue this likoties more than a stranger milit will you accept It?" As I spoke, Miss Darke turned. looked at me, smiled and said: "Why. I want to know! Do you really meaa It? Why, I declare but if you do, I'll own up. I'd lore to hare It" I lifted tie profile from the nail, and banded it to her. Then she caught my turn J. "What a dear good girl yoo areT aald she. "Nobody listening, ia there? Hoi I'll tell you. then; only don't mention It The Dominie and I were engaged. We were going to be mar ried; and he got all furuished up and then we quarreled. Yes, we fell out Oh. dear! bow foolish young folks are! lie never married. I didn't either. It was bts place to make up; 'twasn't mine. No wotunn eer oucbt to take a step toward a man. Let blm follow ber. That'a his duty. Yes, wa fell out Thank you. dear. I'll put my handkerchief over the likeneta aa I go along. I don't want it to be town-talk; bo. Good bye. Come in and ae me. The next bouse but two. on Pena'a lane. And, next time 1 make pot-cheese, I'll said you ome." I And away walked Miss Bettlel Darke, with Dr. Muhbard'a dimly old (Wo file la ber handkerchief forgetful douhticft. at the moment, bow many of the tongues tliat had wagged over the dwd love of kme sgo isy silent uodi-r the whits tniltuos f the graveyard. The town-talk she drvad. ed was ItHig since over. Ity that gift I wua Mottle Karko i biwrt. tiften afterward 1 sat beside ber la ber own room upstairathc roota wbis window looked toward the parsonage and she told & mors of tba same simple smry la Uttlo brok en bits. That was bis hair lu the brooch. She had been to the fortune teller, black Judo, before ahe saw blm. and she bad told ber that she would txt be married -a dark woman, IHtlly West: but tt was all envy, all a lie, ahe Iwlleved Bow. The iHxulnle was a catch; people envied ber fur being cbnsoa by him. There was n ntucb gwl In IVIly Wet 8be weut awsy, and strange sbrie came from the city alxHit bor. Hut then he should hare said It was a fahtehoud, and nt have Urn so proiiit Auttthcr time, she took from a trunk an Indian muslin lrvs, yolluw with age. lhe was to have been uiarricd la that I shall never forgot tltat low-cctlod tolrini. with its bright (towered ia por. the s.ini4or fti cn u h n the wall, with Adam and Kvo and a sr IM tit. and an itle tree, the handiwork f I Unite Iarke. agel ton; nr the finer rotuMiUoa, u white satin in colored Silks, dune by the same schol ar, stmte yoars aftor-a UMHiruIng piotv, she calhM It -a Wai k-e!led founle, wei'Slng tears the si so i.f iu egg Into su urn. on which the nsiuo and age of sme deccawd larke were otuliruidocod. tntriiwte quilts covered the Kil, knitted curtains were at the window. Itt.fublti and housewives heaven knows what-bowed bw the Km.-iy spifstor's life had spent Itself, How nmuy memorios wore stltcho.1 into th bits of fiocdlework! If they could have sivikon, all ttie poets, per haps, might have been dumb to lis ten: for, when we think how we change, and how our loves die out and our hearts are weaned away from old romances before we are thirty, aiuat we pot believe that a love and a romance 4hat could cling llchou like to the heart that bad boat for nearly forescore Joars nmst have been very strong? Though all one saw was that a faded rbeok grew pluk over a dusty black profile, aud that the name rf l.lly West could make the meek old eyes flaih angrily even yet IW Ml Kettle, fadod and with erd. who would have thought yoo the heroine of a love tale, as you. In your black at(ca dress, drove your oelJe In aad out proud of Its ld fashioned "ld K4nt" UMJvemont? No an'. Yet like the withered and faded rose, there as sweetness atout yti yot At last, one day. Miss IVttle fell 11L A cold, a psln In the slile-not mo h. She s euxd to tike to be In bed and to talk alwut ber atlmeni. telling bow" nhe taught It and what messes stw had taken: but she did turf got well as soon aa she expected. The doctor's buggy stopped kften at the gate, and doctor shook bis head and said: "About the same" whoa quest luned. Theu my roadtug fnm the old tk nf ftoems that she had found toug !- fore In lbs library the oetua lr. Ilublwtrd usrtl to read to lwr when thev acre young -seemed, as Mi,i Itottie said. t IM hor nit ut any tblttg." And. Indeed, tln-re was still a s.-t of mid likenoMS to bor fa-e Iw the pretty portrait front lpio-e tliat she tohl tne. In a wlUr, Henry said it was so like her. Hut. tlmtigh the reading j4oaol hoT, I uxeil to go borne rather sad soine- ttmes from that lt!i.lo; for I had grown to like Miss ltotiie, and 1 kro-vr tliat In a little while. It would l hard to liclieve that the fadnd wonaia and ber dead love-story bad nt tuot me In a dream. 1 sat at the book-case, one night aad turned over the yollow httor ier. and the tiuios of rod wafers. and the bundle of kux quills, anil road fragment of a sermon, and, laing It aside, found under It a half finlbd lottor a letter written oa blue papor with a sort quill, that was dated back forty years and Weau thus: Dear Bottle: Ten years ago. we foil out, aad since then we have spokon not one word; but yoo know now how false the tongue was iU.it Iwlied me and yon have not marrWI any oilxt man; and I am fivc-and-ibirty. FUiti and I am wiser, and know I should not lave leon so proud; and no fa-e Ha vor been sweet to me save yours nor ever will be. my dear; aad If, forgiving all you can Yea, that was all-oo more. I searched In vain; no more not anoth er word, forty years ago the ton stopped there forty years, so It lre late and the mystery of the why and wherefore the tongue of the dead alone could solve. Hut. though the ckx k struck 9 as I finished reading it I took It to Misa Bettie then and there. "I have come to watch with her," 1 said, by way of excuw. We were alone, and. In the silence of tha night I road the forty-year-old letter to bor. "He never flaisbed it" she said. "No. I know Just how he wrote it Often, sitting ak.ne at night. I'd say: I will make up. I began two or three letters, but I tore them all to bits next morning. We couldn't help ourselves. How foolish we worer With a little quivering sigh, the added: "But be began it-he began IU Then, holding the lotter against ber breast old Miss Bettie Dark went "juiiftly to sleep quietly as a child. But when the dawn broke. I took the little Mark profile from its frame am! folded It in the unfinished letter, am' laid them together, under the clasw-! hands, on the heart whose unfinlshoc tale was. afur all, bettor and sweetoi than many a complete lora-rtory. WEEKLY WEATHER BULLETIN. Crop rrofcpect and Conditions for the General and hoary rain occurred on Momhy, Tuesday and Wednssday of last week, especially so on Tuesday; ir.f-e then fair weather has prevailed with a rising temperature; Kunday and Monday of this week being es pecially warm, the wannest so far this year. The maximum tem;era Hire ranged from to : degrees. tl;c minimum from to U i.xrvos. The mififjll was in amount tum m.-- half to three-quarters of an Inch, ex cept in the liuinnliate coast count l t wliere it ainNitted to over an Inch. On the lth hoary wind prevailed; on the lTth, 19th, and 2oih light fro! occnrreL The rairJall was not neelol. ret no injury resuitea rrora it. The frosts were light aud little if any damage resulted from them. The warmth and eunsbifis of the past five days have been of groat benefit to all reg etatlon. The vi nigiiLs rttard rapid development, but faoilltal wore healthy growth. The gi-neral opinion of the correspondrnta is Hist bo frosts have, so far. done litiW, if any, general damage; in a few rery exposed localities some slight damage restrtted, reaches and apricots are about over W'Ssniiag. Ch'rries, pears, plums and trbrr)e are In full bloom. In the southern unties ap ples are la bloom, la the tinhorn countifs abmtt rcwdy to IHooua. t.a!y an unusual frost; such, as occurred In May of 101. will prevent an unusual ly large fruit crop. Sxling U atwut over. Kali sown grain is making a 2.vl growth ad spring grain la gen erally abort the ground. Hois are growing rapidly. Grass la $"4 and the stock is Improving. Warmer nights are desired. An occasional rain shower and aa absence of frost will allow this year of bounteous crops of all kinds over that portion of Oregon west of the Cascade mountains. The Major's Story. tKor the West Bide.) tScnticiMca I cannot agre with you thore." The speaker waa man at whom otte would be lncline4 to takt a second look, TslU well built, with a far s'.agutsrly baadsotu and striking and which bad an unmls takjille air of refluemont yet bewring traces of pal sufferltig. If oie were to Jviilge fivtn the gray hair and mus tache he would say that the major, as ths "boys" atToctlonatdy called blm, was at least SO yoars old, though whoa you looked Into bis kindly brown eyes yon w ould wouder If you bad not avercstlliiatcU bis at. Ths words w ere addressed to a amip of reporter who wore sitting alut In unconventional attitudes smoking and chatting la the stuffy little den of the Dally News. Copy was all In aud several of us had lingered t fin ish our cigar and discuss the Inci dents of the day. In some way the subject of symiathy came up and lloopor, the new reporter, snoftugly rouiarked, "As for rwl sytujssthy there Isn't Bny suh thing. Ottier ioo ple don t care a contluontal for you ami your troubhw. It's none of tbdr futkoral. They may pretend t care, but yon can jut dotsnd upon It It's more hypocrisy," It was In rono to this remark that the major bad simkett. At bis wows the con verna tion ceastHl. r.ir be sioks but rarely and when he did so, what he said w.ts worth liatoutug to, He puffed at his cigar to silence fur a moment Nothing was board but the atowdy tmrtHKmie of the prons In th Imse mont running off tits first side of ths (apor. and the nervous click, click, of the type in the next room as the com positors hurried to fiula their last take. "No, I cannot agree with that sentiment" continued the major: "for I know a naa who tnanbmd and honor weie regained and whoae lift was saved by the sweet loving sym pathy of a true womaa. It Isn't a long story and If you buys have a few moments to sjiare I'll tell It" After s had assured blm that wa would Tory much likt to bear bit story, be said: "Twenty year ago there graduated from an Eastern college a young man of ZX He graduated at the bead of bis das and as far as ed unit Ion goes he waa moderately well peep fed to take Ms part in lire battle Tor suo ce. Whllw in collogs be had Cher Wiod a desire to achlrv literary dis tiuctlon and throughout his whole cul log course this had been the object toward which all of hi effort were directed. He bad written, while In college, several article that w ore not sltogothor bad and had espcrfc-uoffd that thrill of joy which aa author fools at swing bis first piece in irint r or bis (iso signature. When be graduated the president of the college railed him Into hi offlc to discuss his plans for life, and when be learned that be wa gulrg to devote bis lile to literature he tried to dis suade blm. lie told blm what a bard and wrary journey u would Iw be fore be reached the goal of literary success.,. He spoke of the vast num. Nt who fall by the wayside, but young Brown thought he would rather "tart as an author than lite oo the fat of the land at anything ebw. Ho when a pokltiott a rcrtor on e or trio evening uallles of New York t Ity was oflored hits he aewptnt. "1"'tf it would prove the lmotn mug of tlw ladder of sucorss. He wont in with a defertiduatlua to clluil, and it was not Lmg la-fore the Hty wiltor ro.nluI ut him the making oi a good nowsijH'r tiaa, No r t"rt or was mote jtBinstskiug, no one mors sucfrm lu omalning iutervlew with peofnlnont toon, and no one more popular with the ro-t of the f.irc. lie was of an cay golnj, jovial nature, and he soon bad t.u of frtooda and a-juaintat,cca. He belonged to oral clul. In one of which tba mem hers cutmidored It the propei' thing to take aa occasional drink. Brown had bo devidod ConvictloM u regard to liquor. He thought aa occasional indulgence was perfsctly barmless, but he bad oo paUttxw with a man w tio wonid tirtrik to excess. Ko It ban pened tliat boing a hal follow well nwt he was often treated to a sctal giaa. As ths motrths went hy hi occasion al -UI glass became a daily twKva city. He found be cook) not work so oil If be missed It He wa called to the city editor's desk one day and toll to obtain aa Interview with distinguished man who was spending a tsw .Joys la the rltr and sti whom tl.e public wa very curioua. i tie reporters tm nt rr, Iwen unnue cossful In rainirg to hltu and the one fortunate ttiongb to do tut would b able to .ooiT ail the other paper. After cowloVrable skillful maneuvering be ol.talued the dosired lnterrlew. and as ho wa Murning to the uffica to write up hi note be was mot t,r a ri.rter oa ne of the morning tlaiPes who Inrltod bltn to "drop into the Arlington and take sonwihing." lie excusod hliuwlf. sav leg he had some Important copy to write tip and be would have to hurry oa s to got It in. Ills friend Insisted tliat they go In and take one drink jut for the sake of ko1 fellowship. sun ior in- ooiay it wotiui only lie a minuto. Itatbor than offend bltn ty pontiM.ng ia his rofual. Brown yioUU"! to his request. When tber enteral they were greeted by a group of acquaintance whe- reivptlon of me newsKauiorers was so cordial that the one drink was followed by a good many more. Then Brown's reportortal friend ordered Scotch whisky and tgar. , Before long the liquor bad robl-sl itrowm or his discretion and looretiwl lit tongue. He became very eotifl dential to bla friend and told bltn fr the suxsful Interview be bad ol- tslml that ua going io cuvp all th mix'r na tiers, wiioa l is ruoortor tnea to pomp Brown for Information he could got no satisfactory answer but be had resolved to cot hold of tnat it:tn iew if such a th ne wen possible. When h told Brown that lie doubted bl having succeeded In ilrtaliiing the Inurvlew. Brown be came very Indignant and with thick ened utterance be told hltu he had and In proof f hi statement he passed over bis note book cotitaiuing tne interview. as the reporter l-ianced over the ago Lis eye glis tened ami bl mind was Imxy scbem- itvg how to yot iHwsesslou of the note. His conscience gave him a mom-ntary pang a ue ttiottgtit or the unsonipu lotts method be waa using io obtaining the Information, but be consoled liiiti olf with the tin nip ht tliat he might a well have it a Brown was too full Io lie aide to make any use of It and beside that, jt was hi duty to i) every moaus to prfn( hjs paper from being scooped. lie driiWl the bMik and while picking It up be man aged to tar cut the pages be wante! without attractliig Brown' attetitbi i or excitiiig bis suspicion. Hamllng the bK.k back be congratulated Brown upon his success In sf-uriiig so good a jiiwe of new s, then rxcuKlug him self i hurried away to work It up Into copy for bis own jiper. Late that night Brown was uku-n In by an offher for Isfin oa h streeta ia a belidesa dmtiken ctiBilltluH, Wbcn be had slept off the effect of U prc vloiis night's excesses and awoke to find himself hi the cell of a station Ijoum lis was nearly crated with sliam aud g.a.f. To he arrested aa a common drunk, to us'lergo the dla- grace of figuring in the polie records as a transgressor of tlie law, to see bli nam mentioued la the oessoaners under the doings of the polli court and to have bis frUbd rtsil t their breakfast table of bl uUgrsce; as he thought these bitter thought It seamed to him be would never be able to lift bU bead again. With achlr head h tried ta rcttU tha tvsnt of (lie prcTliHis night. II took o;t Ms ttiSe bok a he remomlieml his io-h-rvlow. thinking sorrowfully liist ! would have no more use for It Tum. tug the page he found his notes bad boon torn out Then a the full sdousuess of tha betrayal of bis trust i me to him, he sank to th Door of bit cell wtttt a sob or sham and re toon. He bad been given lbs assign ment bvsuM tba city editor bad im plicit confidence la bla retlaUllty. How ahamefultr bad be betrayed the trust reposed In blm, Tbs pspets next day chronicled the fact that "John o was In trouble sgsln and bad iwa fined f5 and costs for bolus drunk aud disorderly. Wboo Brvwu stctPd from tte public court be bad but one demlre. to got away from all familiar soenos; to go w ltere be would not b m-ogulswHl. With W'ter thought of bis dlsgraoo be wslked down toward tba wharf. The Ido of shipping oo some vessel bound for a hstg Vojsge ms-urred to hltu. That aftonus he signed shipping article with a merchant vessel bound fur Ibsig Kong. I win not prolong my story by tell ing yon how he resolved to abstain from Hqmsr; bow be fought ksig and hard and was vanquished. The hertted taste for drink would not le suMued, 1 will t"t dwell oo s-vnos so a!tiful. After several Voyages on the merchantman he shl(ped on Ixsird a mn-f war birftf that the atrkt,J". Then be sis e He pleatM L . IKS t, w Mnaak tt. Si fill Sfl.-S I n m h ifc St- IB t dlMp n which revatis on tustm t . ' ..... a voiH of that natur wtim nroaa htm of the UaMt. But while th ves-, sol was at a foreign port lie deserted, Ui. thlrt f. liquor s not to, I sverme. . be gave np aU offort to do so. II drifted from one Eurojxaio city ta another, sluklug lower and lower. Finally be round aimti in Australia, where f mtba h lived literally from hand t mtith. He often went hungry, and what little money be secured from charity and from doing odd Jl wss sjiont fr llqm. Here be was seised with a kinging to go back to America. Wboo be found be could not stand bis bom slcknos longer he loafed about tlw wharf until he found an owmrtuntty bi stow ay on a v-el bound for ftaa Francisco. He would return to America, but be would keep the width of th continent Is-tweon himself and bl ok! friends who bad prophesied such a bright future for him. When be arrived at bts domination he tried for awhile to tarn over a new leaf, but be was on the down grade again. He could he seen sweeping out the saloon for drinks, while what h ate be procured from th free lutwhos provhled by th saloon for their custwnera. On day be was not seen la his accustomed haunts and one of bis ertsnlea going to the uua erabt bulging bous whore he some time stsyvd. found blm delirious with fever, lis reported the fact to po liceman, who bsd blm conveyed to the city hospital. Then f works be lay with bis life la th halanc. In different whether be lived or died. Weeks lent boned Into month, "low ty he gained strength. On dsy be was sitting tistlesaly in the eonrales cent ward, listening to th buy roar of the traffic which came up from the street Mow. He was In a rcMliou muod. Why bad I'rovldeooe prohsiged his useless life? Why bad he ee nrrmltted to recover: What a mk ory It was. When be should leave the hospital there was nothing for him to do but to go back to the old life of wretchedness ami degradation. I tow be loathed It and yet from It he outd tee Bo esespe. As be miitnt on lilt bitter tsist and bl hopeless future be board the door otwn, Sot oral per sm entered the rtm. Tlioy uot.1 down the bg hall. Stopping nw to speak to a patient bow to admire some rare otted plant. He could boa the attendant's voice ausweriiig thei qiM-nllotis As tlioy wore jawing one of th vUHors hesitated, iiokol at btta inbtttly. aad then stepping to ward hliu with outstretched hand, ex claimed. "Why. Brown. I tliat you? I hardly knew you. How glad I am to see yon; It seoos age since I saw you last What's twrn the matter with yon. my boy? Ha th world been using yoo roughly?" Brown languidly look th gentWmsn's hand aud said. "I am as much snrried to s.e you, Mr. Welch, as you are to we me Ye, tt Is a long time sine you hive eon nie. If JoU n-tlietlilier I li ft tow t' shortly after I graduated, I have beeo her la tb hospital for the past severs! montha pretty sick. 1 am afraid, though, that I am going to pull through." After a few moments talk tlie visitors left During the rest of Brown's stay la th hospital Mr. Welch was a constant visitor. He wa a temperance lectorer, a man of moderate talents, but of groat ronse . rati. m. One day be asked Brown what hit plans were whoa he left the norpltaL Brown told blm of bis last life and said that the only thing be Amid do was to take a short cut to hclL It waa tha only thing left for bltn to da Long and earnestly did the tempo ranc lecturer talk to Brown urging him to cast off th chains which bound blm, to sign the pledge and bo a man once more. Brown said it wa too late to reform, but finally a gleam of hope Illumined the dark deilr of bis mind. A glluipte of an upright, useful life came to him. and with tears of boie ami joy be signed ths pledge. Welch, who believed in practicing what be so constantly preached, stood by blm nobly, and found him a situation as eutry clerk In a large w holesale bouse. During the wiek that followed poor Brown fought such a battle as I hope you boys will never he cnlled upon to wage, Kotuetltnes when his api tito would lmt overpower him lie would rush Io a ltm-h counter ami drink strong black coffee scalding b it, Night after night lie walked tbo floor Tjltig to God to give him strength to ven-mie. There was to le a grand teti'jiersnoe rally given In Km Fran :lco. Brown had promised the torn pTimw Iwturtf Jhyt be Wu',ild Is1 :t saw give a short addtxtw. Three liefora the rally the wcsilier ls nice very warm. Toward evening !h Kea breoxa blfew In from tlie lay xnd ni Ufa lw;aralle, but, tluiiiig the hit of ths day toon wont about in their shirt sleeves presjHrltig frwly at (he leant exertion. Tl Junior mem- 1st of the firm for whom Brown worked, thinking to do bis employees a kimine, tad a 5tg er !n-er put oa h-e for thorn. A fellow workman flll'-d a glass a til turning to Brown said, "Here Brown down It I haven't seen you take any yet. It's prime," taken unawares and tired with the 'otig struggle against his craving. Brown eagerly drained It It seemi-d to awake all the suppressed craving la him. The demon of drink raged with ton-fold fierceuews for its long supliresslon. Again and again did be go to the keg, jn gulnp o and from hi work he Unus'lly itwde a dotoOr to avoid psfsltig to Kiloons which were lotated oa hi route If be look the most tllrwt mute home. He mads no detour when be start ol for home that evening. He came to the first saloon, hesitated, stoptied, turned toward the door, then turning away be hurried u. If be could pass the next one be wvnld he safe. As be approacheil It he could hear toieos and htnijhlor mingled with Umj 'clinking, of'glse. From bt'tint ILs egrt-tlieii doo arnuv the atiiell (if Hutjor, hvsltatetl. again tha glass clinked,' and be wetii In. What Uttl money had was ion spent Then be bung about the bar waiting for treats. His troubles were all gone now. He bad not felt so free from care for montha. He thought bow foolish be bad been not to coma bum and drown nil furrow before. But eltU-c Us sorrow float ed or new oneji came to 'take tlir place, fat ,kb be rtirted for work the nsxt day be wa discharged for being late and presenting himself ia a tipsy condition. lie waa paid the (w diillam which a du blm, sod he tnr.l for the first aaloon. A be walked he thought of hi t Hit bad wearied of the slniffgle. H1 was tbwd. He bad fonght bard and lind loo doftt He would liantcw tbo t'l.sw of a life whose only "d owttld le one f shame. Then with the thought of the near approaeb of death he experienced a revulsion of feeling. He would keop bis ph-dge until the temperance rally. He would keep bis promise to speak there, ami Ibeu he would bury himself ami bis troubb-s beneath the plschJ waters of the Isiy. He would spesk at tha rally because it would Is his tast act on earth and be wanted It to be a giwl one. Fear ing be could not withstand temptation If he had Kwrttoy In hi kHs. be took the few dollar b bsd been paid aud threw thorn to a group of news boo and Isssl blacks. This aiti wi caused a shout of astotilhutit which wss folhieeil be a wild scramble for the hdllng silver (-.Jus. The Bight of lbs toniTTiusi rally arrived. Brown wss a Mil. late and found the ball crowded. While prelt)g bis wsy to ward lb front his friend Mr. Web h. saw hltu aud motioned him to the phttfonu, ITesently he btwrd bl name announced. With swisr stotst and bow ml head be walked to the front of the plat form. T1i-n looking up and slowly raising bis band be stood mot lou Io". Hotnethltig In bis tjiauoer stratigoty liuproMeil the audi - .. Ixstnl I. a l.tsi siftitMlllA aaai oft'tlh lira. '.' , I":', , ,, ." J rba Inl of sted Jadly, ton- ''fly. lovingly, be spoke. Never bd ' wr s.-en a fsce so sad. ! " s lring .1- bur den of their woe, S If his shoulder wore bowed down beneath the weight Of tlie (Una of those wtxe cause be wss pleading. Then be spoke of those who wore engaged In the liquor irf n. He spoke of thin whj rented their proiwrty for such purjo "f those who for gala alUiwol and coun tenanced the tempting of oen who wor weak who unniorol saw their fellow moo go down to boll tliat tlwy might roOt therotiy. Never bad bis amtlence tioard such ebsjuenre. Never such defiuueiatioo of tlie traffic oa ruined lives, on broken hearts, on I. .t buoir and lost souls. Ills lnvev tlvs set the audience afire with indig nation. Ho moved them at will. They swayed with emotion as one man. Their eye seemed to bare been sud denly opened t the wickedness and t the Infinite sham and pity of ft all. Then with lowered voice, in sad and solemn tones be spok of the drunkard's heritage, aa Inheritance of vice and depraved tate for bis rhil dreft, a tuewory of shame and dia-gr--e. He spok of bis lust bp ami of bts lt llf here and heron ft or. He ceased. Hob could be beard aU over the bouse. Ills words sink k home. Many a ooe here had seen some loved one whe f.-et bad walked In the th of everlasting sham. Many an awakened eon science thoo lashed It posse with rensmte. Ths botinllctloo waa pronounced and the audience tegao to dejart Bot without many a glance at the com paratlvely unknown speaker, lie was dimly conscious of absklng hands wlili many q.ie. He was aroue from hi rovorte by the voice of bis friend, the bx-turrr. mylng. "I tdd Miss Atkinson ji would te wilting to se her io bor home, as yoo go her way. He bttitlter who was to call for bor must have Wg detalnoil." Me-ctutnli-ally lie offered tier bis ann. They loft the ball and walked on In lie n. was thinking of the dark wstcrs !-u.tti whhU be would so so lie at rt Mis Atkltmoa leoke (lis silence. Her volte was sitigularty eot and utu4l a she sakt, "Mr. iiv, why do you not devote your self to teu,ieranoc work. If 1 coo 111 if t's outottisi of ns-n aa ruu do. I woudl ttlt.k it my duty to engage in thai wutk, and then too, your notde example in renouncing the haMt after - hug a time would te an insplra tl.n to others who are, as you were ti e. in the lsmdsge of drink." He kughot. bot it was a ban! and mlrtiile laugh, as he said, "My ex ipie Ho tittle you know what too are spying. Iki you know wbat kind f an example It is? D ymt kmw that 1 look ttio moot sob'tim pledge a alml.iltt forever from ll.o accunted s.sil d.roylii stuff, twat 1 vow oil b. GojI n my sacred lnr never tc touch a dnp atain? I Hi you know bow I kept tliat tow? I nave broken tt within the pfil three days. Broken it with my eyes ojnen-fully reallx.ng tliat I was forfeiting my last chame. I am tlreil of itto strtiggle. 1 am go tog tonight whore I wiil l-o teuqt: no more. l.sl knows how hartl I triot but It's no use. I am going to put end to a perfectly wwUiles ox Istonm lit voice bsd the sunpieMt of a sob lu It as he sabl, "I dois't blame you for shrinking front me. I doat know why I aald what I did to you. You must forgive me for do ing so. I am unstnng"-Mi Atkin m stijsil, Mie laid ber band ot Brown's arm aud saUL "As we stami In tlie preseixe of our Maker, as yoo ralue your everlasting soul, as you value your eternal destiny, do not do this thing. 1 have faltb In you. 1 know tliat if you promise me ywt will keep tour promise. 1 cannot toll vhi low my heart aclies for you. Will yu not promise. If not for your own ake, for my sake, to try once more. iou are young yet, won t you live tu ;ake some noble wotuaa resnect ami h uor you? Won't you live so that you ran rosjict yourself? IVio't sav it Is no use to try. Think of the long years of happiness and usefulness be fne you. promise me that with r help you will try." He was silent He had Come where be must chon. one of two paths-life or death. One !-d to the dark waters of a suicide's grave. The other, if he could but walk therein, b. life and future Joy. "I will not go d'cy to the river to lght Yrs, I )Ut try once more." .lfliiuiiin rla.iMHl hi im.t "t ...... i in iiu. kiio mi.t 1 l,i nr., noiray my tni.t," The rest of that ulgi.t la a blank iu llrowu's memory. Hi only remcuiiHTS of wikim ' ,"",B. Uie all tliat night. ... "P " ""'"'s WJwuMi ami round him aggwrti and sleepless. AU nigiit ho nau rocgiH wjtb Mf. bis lower Self the tsattle of which would make him fnM. He found work as a shh il- ? ;ortif n one f tlie kh t'nn, dallba. A the Ua.ts fNw by ho felt be must see Mi Atklnswa again He tailed umw her and during the months that foluwcl a was her con stant sympathy and cheering word tliat kept hltu true to bis promise His first feWliig toward ber bad been one tif gratitude, but ho felt nov ihat the only incentive to Hya would U taken away if b nuU hope to share Ot ooinjiauliiiishlp of bor who bad won l.lm Id life by her loving trust and sympathy. (m uy In the pn-set.ee of a fw rrieJid tu lemis-r-."tiK UMiircr said the isdwun woids whbO) botiud tbeut together for Isttot or for worse. "tJl heljilng wt dear." he wblsiiercd. a they left tbo altar "it shall be for better." That . twelve year ago U.ym and siu-e time I have never ced a drop of i"or. st'iry I Lave told ot.u u the story of my Ilia, ab.l f..,k- ri. know wl.s believe iu syuiwthy and why I will hover ldn rou in ...tai drink. I have M nint h at mske." v i I must be gulug home. There-. t littlo woman and two little cIlh. who are awaiting toy enuring. I did not moan to keep you so long with my shory. Then with a pleasant "Good afternoon gentlemen, the. major left The alienee was u"brjktf till New port, tha aorjety iv.jntar, wiped what Usiked yry much Dke team from hi heeka with the remark that "This confound toVacxa ' cmoaa I hurting my eye.- And then we rclansed Into silence. LLEWELLYN CAMPBELL. THE BISHOPS SALON CHIC4GM KW TKMi'EBASCIE UV 0 IDEA. A Model Bfsort Wbera UeertiU 4 tb Bishop's Bevmt Art os Tap. Cbkwgo, Man b 28.-Tb bom "!" mnvetmnt started hf Bishop Fallows f Chicago is the develoimieot of tof the fundamental Ideas underlying the People s lnstitote. of wbh b be Is the founder ami rHeat. The be' Uful new structure of li rrtl' mated at f lu.t". ond rootalnlii the evond largest amlleoce room la Oil cag, sumls for education, recreation, pbllantheipy. rellgb. and reform. Bishop Fallow and bl llr, the Iter. William J. Clarke, IK IK who ws-kod bard to Lring stut the apio.s9 of gsmldlnit in this city, ore deeply Intoreeted to the temier. atoe qm-lon. For twrny r f has I -.hi an ardent advate of pfwM bHl'sn. altlHittgh or MeiitlOed with the prohlWth party He hss leo wlih the tlirnd lomplars. tbe Ktsi of Teuii-rain o. ami other tee.-r-nce organlsstbms. Me Is "e i of tt vice presidents h Teuiistanc sociHy. Hut wb l fully r-uliiig the good wwk dw 1 tbnw end kindred s-wHeti. be to enu.e cotivlnccl tlat there was some thing ttey lad not be t meet lu practical way tlie oesitie which the touiierauce pmle prewetited. He ma le a careful siu'ly i fee bouse system so w btely rovalllng lo FngUml aud believed tliat wttu twr motllfiiatlon. it could e w-e t meet the requirements of Amor baa society. He rerwlsrd the fact thai th AtiwtVaa sab I on of the t.t tworfol factor to Atueriiwa so cial life. IJght wrmth or ct.sneMt. comfort. soctability. .refreshment were s-.me of the attraction U rsited. Th bar. with its ltght ssir re and flitter of aparVilng glase, was a r1lly pleasing f-tre. Mo sic. too, but it charm. H . through tlx ptilpl Sttl the pres: -dimply rllniltist the aWbol froso tb saloon and yoo two change it late a potent factor for '"L We must reiigtilr the need f thousands of men which the sskx tueets. The bo te! will not tsk Its place: neither wra ilte rostsurant; oeith.-r wlU the bo le butklmg. Neither they th fctaco w hore moo a men rao congre gate aud have fellowship with each other. Th saloon I the poor mao'a of the average ao Hob room, ti a small sum be can kav large priT llegea. It Is the Wtacles man bom, ia the plaie wliore the friendk ao own find friends, or pnlrtil.x frictnts. It Is the plsie wlore be can meet hi feilows on terms of eiuy. II ca t,Ur games: be can road newspapers; be can writ letters. We pnpe to a!-ilh the saloon. We do. laliu cl qce-ntly agalrnd Its evil. What have we done? hat are we aims to sop ply its 4ace? Make aa effort In sons way r other to estaMuh plai-r which hill have all the goud without the evil it t lie saloon sytem." Thus l- came i make the ventttro f the "ibittie .Sakio.." He ref.-rroi the name "ihj" aa ln-itig les oto jettltsiatiie tlma tlie word "saloon.' ami be rokMd to emphasise tb fact that the evil of the sakmn wss dn-pped with th eUmlnathin of the extra Mter. A sahwo whhb was for-WM-rly kotit by a noted rharacter In the bean of th city waa rented; Its eltorste fixture bought. Its barrel ers;ted and rlcansed. Its walls jst ("'ed and tlntod and tteenrated, and tlie transrorroatloo cottipb-ted. Altbuiigh io a basement, it has he rww a great place of resort tn its ojtiteg days It was thnwged by thou sands. A steady tatrouage of all sort ard codditions of mcu seems to hare nce seoumt tor w tents a substan tial tutu iio or mcaL with a bot or h i anna, may le secureL The "bar- ae.-jw-r is a highly recommended tr-oite r th Mo4lMlt IHscnpal .-orr.a ion or tbo Kpwortb lirague The manager la a 1're.lo ij.ri. Jndg.". biwoers, clergvmcn. mifc. """- potl'icUf f .rrntr frcincnters of -l" ti, buiiewi men. clerk and honorable women dsweetid the marble step day after day. Bisboji Fallow ltt-hiln.eil at the outset the Idoa of i-naniy in tne ooterjirisA Ut said' -I tsdiev a a bnsinea entur It cenu. if tl coffee o r-UKVBti can y a io per e.t at sometime a It p.r cent div i'.n.t homo salon. pnn!y m.nigod aa d . a well with us, I wM make the experiment, .mi If soccu l turn lis. wk,4a thing overio , 'tjq.ny f buiuos men. WKl run matuige it U,,h In the IneU. form and to their CuaocUl advantage Tlie enterprise t, lfrtXiug tbu;&r W a iiceonil btKlnoaa vontnre an a company rsto.d tt,,. not, a Vm c,,,.SJiat T , Jniit , iganlxetl With A cst.lUl stock tf Jr.!" t'oft rbTMr f" b,':,,W the already fmtms temperance drink known a. BUhop.' iUr- Bererage." r -i:iH,.i.' ntps rt.t 1 . .. !Vcrette." r; t.1 i mi of tbo fern,.I,.T. . . Wl t' Without icrnieotailoo I t we'i t n. , ... found out by careful ex ,-rl montlng This lverge, which la wholes, mo nd of tonic effert, , . veritable Cr without the ahxihoL Uwr einoe tne announcement of the cnen. lug of the home nb. and the W ge which f.TOs the rht-r Z.?L ummg Its drinks, b-ttora 7ZZ In uiKin Biiih..!. t- : T lured ton Tt.i. " , no. c- 7 . I I UtII.H a. Cities In Te i'"'' b A-iUtu Kansas. Ne bra ska, Duktua, and othee ....2. .1 TiJ.h W.iw-., In some of ready stand. i the of r i . u,t' 'abilities will be fon,Was4 for s,,p,.iying the beverage Humorou, deacrtpUona have been the liar aud the counter disiiensing drinks and refreshments. News, ,i it allowa sxld recently before the Sunset dub of this city. "Th!? hi form of mild martynloi, mki , uiut chis-rfully hear." JTJ'v ll,1K' tne air make? a KW ,uU'n" fuk a eooimatire enterprise of the w r, '.IV8' WM-W ta VluViw hJ THE TRll'MI'H iF JAPAN. The triumtih of J ... --pMe. and tie, wa7 emUo, of lf own dictation. This resuj was not ant cliutti t, . . " rfiic;,,utltv;ncXM sio world. The nuuH-rlcal strengih of China Iw w a J l" th support of the govern ment as was exited, but bare re ranletl the war with more or 1.- in- 7"7- flt or lpular pat- - ........ , , , ,j tue lnnciial caunc r iee ,i..r.. . next to this comes the pronounced In efficiency of her army. The a.j(ltera wno were sent nut t k. v.... did not come up to the ataudard of raw militia la other countries. Thee fc-wned to hate bo heart In their cause, ana no disposition to perform brave and worth, .tt. J?r rra to Urt tbey dia"not wTn-a .iV tory. TUr were occatnona wno they j . . . . - a nn1oubdIy, If ;uTfit"'- roller oo ti am. py - rrffl.trs were m--- - .7 , . ,t. iaie lest of courage tine w ip w m -- .ml eodur.nca...pff lie ftklBff HHWH r irurkod rir'STo rr dls.-inIUv has bee ejul o Kurotio or America, ami Io T1e-y wuw owej. " - - -t. Mleve. If the ow-l t',1" U b -re f-iMab. Tb exene. nation, tsinicwari - - - - IZi to be back of H stnog pro-froo system of Industry. w4 an admirals' degree A goneral ntei Ugeane. la iw etlf eoootry. jrhap. bas there ever been ao eqiul r' advancement Io ail that f "titut national welfare and Infiueoee. Ftsy years ago, whoa (swaswv Terry .'ool Jl ' n H was ai rteotl feudal dejitlm. ruM by tradltloa anl sujrstltloo, wlib no apiearaoee of caiswity ri But tblrteeo years later, tha present CMikade l-Co ft erasade against the ftiKlal system, and final ly evert brew It Then, lo iwa. lim ited omstittttionai "" , tmm in m-t ros to that of Oreat ItrttsiM. wa iiiii". -----.. . ....... i. . i.h BurtHUHi I list lime ier- tenl-ioetit of civillxatb'n. HH"4s. tUirarii and newspaper. intrt.lo.-e-t. bsretber with railroads, manufacture, and H H brr P rdtaace of comfort, mfH and bipt netss, Tb country that has axom piisbed these groat reoHa la the com paratively short period of forty year i-ertalnly deserves rspe'tfiU od ceo sblerate rocOTltlon, and Ha talar wUI tie Viewed With UUlVOTSsl UrtorrSt 4iMe liemorrai,. HENTUT NEW AND OUt Marked Progress) la Tob Repftlrtoi" la tb last Tblrty Year. Ierbas we profeeelsa baa mad more progress ia the Ust thirty year tbao dentistry bas done, says Har per's Hsaar. Half a century ago deo tkstry. a ft opntt braocb of tb mettlcal pnrfessloo. wa bot little known, and dentists were but very few. even la th great ettiea Tb n-g alar physieUa pulb-d the aching ""b. and we hav evea area case win re be flHod tt. ami the citing, owing to THE WILLIAMS H0U3L A niOTCLAKl HOTEL, altuated near U 8. f. depttt, 00 cohd street. ' 1NUKPKNDKNCE. OHEOON. ROOMS, light, clean and airy. TABLE supplied with the best in market PATRONAGE of the public solicited, i W.W.WILLIAMS, Pro?. L. Klly. City Livery Stables.1 Stylish Turnouts Alwavs in Reading Having lately pnrchaMxi the entire ioUwt la the stsu&m d I CH.k, we are now better pmutred thao ever to meet U e denat Uie public as we are now making ami are preparing to make r ulMUntial, iinproveuietits. Team boanled by the day or at Traveling wen a specialty. I a-IT7-E TJS CALLj, B. kt. Estss. ETES&ELKINS. INDEPENDENCE OREGON. Draying - and - Haulin DONE TO ORDER. Charges Low and Prompt Service. To will flad oar testa oa Uw strwt, or sod rvstxas (wrrfuliy fnotrrd. IW LIVERY Mil C. 0. Groves, ProprietcL East Sid Railrcad street, First-Class Rigs, Reasonable Charges t areful drivers and teams furtib.tKa fcr TrawUng turn. Horses boarded by the day, week w rotu W TO SALEM DAILY lue Steamer Alice A. Ueo. Skinner. Vrop. Will lowv lndo d.y.SinUyoolo4).t,m.arSl.w W 8,l, ' roturw trie t . . FARE 5o cents each way. apply on board. TheWEST SIDE Has th OB0PriGD In Polk PRICES THE LOwrST "W- Docksteader, fSotoessar to wiy irucK ana Transter uo. Independence. Orpfmn Hauling dona at B4aaatjlft Sataa. tb healthy character y IwswiiiMy, remained ia r 1 aU iif a fsig iiietsu-i. 4, - tb direiiit traveled w,T (IS to anotbr-r tlirong , 7 and prviple tlw at,;j i "w trt'-t. t-lre of bis ervba erv t e rather fantastbal, (77 extravsgaot as wrii. , whore new front toot a Wm ' i tb otd tooth wa sd reeve was dWtnyod wuk x? and Infiolt trtur. ia trim J new psitb might ti drltt, . WMotea peg. a bh ut , 1 ,.4llll f rMltrt . Uft I A txtb that acbd tle-a aic, without ressjrse, and a em flllltig came to ta kajTr J droj'ped out as tayd i, TJ tb contrary, if ti p, 7 MI Willi thj sr. ... I"-"'- ' ' !, ...11,. tl i. .... ' ' Uln.t 111 t'.ur ulil titiu. f farfc mlrbt liave k-pt ti tiiw;m io ma u04 t 1-' slit sm i lu Am t.-1 ii stut . .. I ' w at alt But let to. t i, ukat that taa pwwfMy tvt 7 nerve BiUl be k'tltl 4 j, 1 kUU-d tit.lesly. snd the w . adid filling Is treated tm uZm. Aa av. Kvoo a lien a tootk Bjr ly g-a- that retaining p J filling ass not t I tout, cZt is-ress caa be inserted wktat . answer for th points, oaa bold tlie fragiU? sertiinM jJ ami Io luilt atmt, and aautrsw found that iwa b luJ ti gum or applied to H as4 4, with mofb of the pa la 'se vht a bad excavation or a tnvVr t Fillings are tnade so anktvaj, , a aluemt to I Usunfai soiree; snd if Is even t-sibis. of a cavity oa tlw fr-.t,t mojl t.joth, to iuaort ft bit of rasas bateiy that even the rk cue discovered. Anna DtcfeUwn admits Oat , Mice kissed a pbysMaa oa n bead. It was only the other ' lbb Ortttjta P.-id of tnag la wbh-tt she, Kssator f te r tbousiind klssea ' were tevslvst next tblug we ahall boar a, that tss B. AntVy is star be marrksL of that In. Mary 1 chews rum. These reveiatksat mttt able of our great at startlingly ftovel. but tlsry tut agreebble. Jost the ssius. It rain io Oregon sotaetjasif w do ot need it It alvtyii bovef. whea w do need H W.H.K KEUH &B fll Pp:!: io bmv oeJers at tfce Pslsot UmH, faa near Little P?jace Hot; For Freight and Passage. o Moat Cere .let County. WORK THE BEST. Cosrlos st.u) .,.v M te -la