Ochoco review., July 15, 1893, Image 4

ON SHAKESPEARE'S PASSING BELL.
As now ttmti (iirmrm-t H1m thort inonro
On thflt Hd liny when he rri.j tornn
1 hruiijjh the iwn himp of hmt'xi ItmM
Tu hl tMMU-ih tin? c htntnTs chimci.
Hp hearil tho. not, nor ckm.. to heArl
.Ann! her voire w in hi par;
An;). rr-fo.1 frnro il tUv Kmi.H of men,
lie ktwn Utc fui wvn-l thru.
- Wiiiutro Winter
A VKUV riXl'UAU CASH
Like many vcp!e in this world wlnv
() ;; .irtii C health mi. I in the (nil rvw
I ssu.n of :i thi'ir faculties, have yet un
known lo ( hemsoives or anybody elMS
the genus of some d:rv disease lurking
within them, I was totally ignorant that
there was anything the mat tor with me,
I had never Kvh ill since boyhood, eon
s.tiuentlv Had never consulted a doctor
Whether, if I I1.11I, he would have dis
covered my malady twfure 1 d.d i know
not. tmt it is doubtful, MViug that it cer
tamiy must W a wholly unusual if not
ninqne case, at any rate the way 1 found
it out for myself This phase of it alone
appears so pe-culmr and incredible that I
conceive it must have opened a new field
for speculation anions the pathoUvuta,
psychologists, or whatever the special
oiOjT.sts are who study these matters.
At the time it happened thirty year
a,ro 1 was a bachelor, living ia a draw
ing room communicating by foMitijf
doors with the bedroom behind it, not a
hundred miles from the Kejtont circus, j
None of the furniture was uiv own sav j
one or two tasy chairs, it writing table
and a rather shabby, dilapidated old j
bureau or escritoire a relic of my great- 1
era ml fa tiler's, I believe, and preserved
by me as representing pretty nearly all '
the property 1 ever tuherited. It tu I
in the darkest corner of the sitting room, i
tUo'ijth near one of the two long r'rench ,
windows. 1 seldom went to it, using its 1
numerous drawers, pi-on boles, etc.,
only &s receptacles for old receipts, bills, I
papers, and a few old accumulations of
no value which for some reason I did not
wish to destroy. The key to its circular
top f had, with reprehensible carelessness
in such matters, mislaid for weeks. This
pave me no concern 1 could look for it
when I wanted it that was enotijth.
Other lodgers were in the house, which
was kept by a retired butler and his wife,
who. with dree attracts, attended on
the inmates.
A young man's life in London, with
out being the least unsteady, frequently
involves him in late hours when be has
a iarjje circle of acquaintances. It was
K with me. especially duncg one par
ticular season. Operas, theaters. sup
pers and dances crowded so thick and
fast npoo eacii other that for nishtsto
tretner I never had more than three or
four hours in tx-d always having to be
op early Then, by decrees, when I
conid turn in tn reasonable time 1 could
not sleep, and on this account even the
thought of a long night m bed gradually
became a terror to me. The fact is. my
nervous system was becoming thorough
ly unstrung, th ueh at the time I did not
know wiiat that m- ant; certainly I never
tconght of it as an illness, and equally
certain sh"U.d have scouted any idea of
seeking advice ai-out it. 1 know better
cow, but lt nie not aEtic1pate.only.it
should be aided, that 1 periodically hid
some very v, luminous aiaj important
private correspondence to attend to. By
that pervrrity which frequently seems
to reguiate these affairs, this often fell
out when 1 waa most busy in the day,
and woeti diiiEeB and part.es were most
enmeruns in the evening. Never chas
ing to sacnfl.se pleasure for business, but
always striving to combine the two, I
wouid go at my letters when 1 came j raised
uurxie. i.L.wever iateor tired. 1. not sleepy.
Then, to screw myself up to the work. J
Would tie a wet u-wel round my head,
stick a pi iu my mouth atd brew civ
et; a cup cf strong t-a. Thus I often
wrote far into the t.ight. As a matter
cf coarse, after a bout of this Kind I
never weal to sleep at all I rose unre
freshed. fevtnta, nervous, irntable. A
cup of tea and a slice of toast were sub
stituted for the hearty breakfast of yore.
I conid not eat until luncneon; only to
ward evetuug did 1 feel at ail myself,
and so late Lours became habitual,
in addition, another thing was worry-
icg me great:?, tor the last month or
more i felt convinced 1 was being robbed.
1 did not posies much jewelry, but i
waa constantly missing certain little
trinkets and smaii articles. Among
others, a silver tnatchboi. a large croco
dile leather gold incline.) cigar cas. a
pair of gold sleeve links, a email locket
containing bome of toy mother's and
fathers hair, a set of studs, a pearl
breastpin and the like. Also a pocket
letter or card ca-ie, whi'ih I well knew
contained two A' I Scotch bank note
nnus-uai tu-ney, not easily forgotten. 1
felt sure that, with every allowance for
careless ha 0 its, these and many other
Similar objects had vanished m the most
unaccountaoie way. fcearch high and
low as 1 would, they were not to be
found anywhere in my rooms.
i had ln-d there nearly two years
When this veiauon began, and I knew
cot whom to suspect It was horribly
awkward and most unpleasant. The
landlord and his wife bore ucimpeach-
Ae charaitera, and I could never have
looked eith -r of them in the face again
had I breat.'ied the faintest suspicion of
their honesty. Three other men, two of
whom 1 kif'V sligntly, were lodging in
the hou, it, I have (said, but as to sus
pecting the:ii of this petty larceny the
idea was out the question. No, it must
be one of the servants, but which? One
of the thre waa a 11 of sixteen. He
waa a newcomer, truly. The two women
were m the house when J took np 1.7
quarters there resectable "elderly par- '
ties. " j
i did not know what to do for the lt
To lock up the T'yjtun was impossible;
aud even to do the same with all my ;
drawers, writing table, wardrobe, etc., I
now. after never having previously
turned a k.-y on anything, would be at
once to cast a slur on the establishment.
iJesides, t never could tell exactly when
I unseed this or that article, because, as
1 repeat, my careless ways had often led
me to imagine that 1 had lost a thing'
when I had merely mislaid it.
Presently the idea occurred to me that
I would set a trap i ltft a small
aovereign purse in a corner drawer of ;
the dressing table, whence 1 could de- ;
ciare many trinkets and valuables had
been purloined, but there it remained. 1
shifted it partially covered it with
other things as if by accident, or as if it
had been forgotten Yet it waa always
forthcoming whenever I looked. I put
a solitary sovereign on a corner of the
mantelpiece; the housemaid twice drew
tny attention to the fact that the coin
was still lying there, Jo, nothing tfea
' l ever placed as a bait disapjvaml The
depredations wero confined to such oli
jects a I hadn't Nvn tlimking uinnit un
til 1 w anted them.
I hesitated. 11s 1 have said, to tell tnv
landlord; so 1 now determined to cons;
Scotland yard, for, during the sleepless
nights, which as the London season
waned grow longer, the sul.ivt assumed
far greater linportatuv than it did in tin
day It became an intolerable night
man', and i would sometimes got out of
NmI and search for any objtvt I might
suddenly remember I had not seen for a
long while, Sometimes 1 found it, some
times 1 did not; sometimes I never set
eyes on it again it was clean gone
Indeed, at last, it was in this way, and
at theso untimely hours, that I discov
ered most of tny losses. Thus, w hat w ith
them ana my nitvplessness, I grew unite
dejected; but 1 entirely refu.sed to think
of myself ill It absolutely never iv
curreil to me; so I walked down to S'ot
land yard and confided my trvubles to
an iiisyvtor in what is now called the
"criminal investigation department.'
This resulted one Sunday morning m
my entertaining at breakfast a certain
gentleman named Hunter. An odd look
ing person, who had a strange propen
sity for peering and prying about, and
appearing to take a great fancy to the
. house. It was just the sort of place ho
j wished.
I On this pretext I introduced him to the
t landlord, with a view r visibly of mak
j ing it worth that individual's while to
; hand him over the lease. In this way ,
1 he managed to go all over the establish j
j tnentand converse with every body living I
i in it everylxxly except the geutleman !
j who occupied the top story the one per
J sin 1 did cot know. My friend from
! Scotland yard was particularly inquiai- j
; tire about him since he could not see j
him, and when 1 told him that his habits i
were irregular, coming home very late. I
and occasionally not going out at all for -;
days, the 0Sic1.1l h-oked grave, finally j
winked at me and said he would call
again shortly.
Hut he never had the occasion to do so,
for it was during the night following the
visit of this distinguished guest that 1
discovered who was the thief and ar
rived at the secret of the mystery.
The month was August, the nights
hot and sultry, and less than ever condu
cive to sleep. I had nothing to do that
I evening, and although 1 turned in early
j it was with the usual result. The clock
j bad just struck I, ami 1 had been 111 bed
I since 11 without closing my eyes. It
! was the old story; 1 was accustomed to
j it. Suddenly, amid the host of perplex
j ing and often awe inspiring thoughts
j whirling thrvugn one's brain under these
j conditions, 1 remembered that pvkei
j letter case containing the two A'i Scotch
: bank notes. Where was it? I had not
seen it for weeks. After restlessly sinv. j
ing to ttnvs away the desire to get up
and search for it it mastered me. and out
of bed 1 sprang. For fully au hour 1
carried on the quest, but ail m vain.
Every conceivable and inconceivable
corner, drawer and pocket was ran
sacked. The key of the escritoire had
been mislaid, so i c-al l not examine
that; but 1 knew it contained little else
than papers.
At length, entirely exhausted, irritat
ed and fevered, and with the chamber
candle eipinng with a sputter, I flung
myself on a couch tn the draw 111 it room !
Dawn had not yet broken, but 1:1 a few I
minutes, as 1 lay there coiled np in my I
dressing gown. I unexpectedly foil a-il.p 1
a restless, dreaming sleep, full f f-lu. j
tastic. weirdlike. indescribable shapes, j
When I awoke it was daylight, 'hough ;
the room was still shadowy and obscure 1
Ave in one spot close to the long win- j
dow, where the Venetian blind was t.a.-t- 1
the window nearest that dark
'that position I found myself when mv f
bewildered senses slowly relumed. Kof
awhile, of coin-so, I could remember
nothing- how 1 camo there or what had
brought mo to such a pass, Only very
slowly did the circumstances recall
themselves. What on earth did ihey
mean? My forehead was unmistakably
cut and still bleeding: indeed, (here la a
patch of congealed hloisl on the carpet
plainly visible in the broad Mood of early
sunlight now streaming beneath the half
vais.'d blind, Had 1 boon dreaming?
Move than likely 1 had bad a tit; any
how, I was so utterly bewildered that it
was some tiino before my thoughts be
came coherent. Then, iil.inuod and fully
tiiscioiis for the first time in my life
that I must be seriously ill or laboring
under some mysterious mental alerra
tiou, 1 rose from the floor and sat dow n
in an adjacent chair.
As my pu s wandered vacantly around "
they fell upu the circular top of the old
escritoire. It w-as p,rtially ojs'ii. Sme
one had been at it, then; that was clear!
. That was 110 dream, no fancy scarcely
' due to a tit, one would think at least
not of the sort 1 had tremblingly thought
of Yes, and then- was the missing key
in the lock. When these facts had fully
broken in upon my cohwehhed bram '
they led to but one idea. Acting on it,
; I pu.-hed the lid full ojvi'u and with the
j rapidity of thought pulled out cue draw
; cr after another, and there tu most of
them were deposited a lot of the articles
' iiJ objects 1 bad so long missed there,
' in this neglected, useless pi(s-e of furni
ture! I turned them all out in a confu
siou worse confoutidevl than my thought.
Hut there they were almost every one
cigar case, silver match box, trinkets,
locket and pockefpook containing the
S'otch bank notes.
Then how on earth had they come tj
he in this place? A thief would hardly
have stolen them to conceal them thiimii
my own apartments, utiles -unless
and then, very reluctantly, slowly, and 1
at first but vaguely, did I arrive at the i
j conclusionunless the thief was utvseif!
j eniy uus was an a. arming suppo-a-1
tion and confirmed my worst dread. I
! must be suffering under some frightful,
j inexplicable brain disease, for that I had
1 doue this thing I was wheilv and toullv
uuoeuscious.
For days and days, however. I tc.k no
.tctiou. I hesitated to breathe a word. if
the extraordinary affair to a soul. Who
would believe it? Every IhhIv would sav
1 bad gone out of my mind -1 thought
so myself. I doubted if any doctor
would accept as veracious tins wild ac
count of my dread awakening to the
truth. Yet, as I knew it to ! the truth,
I set this record of it down while it was
ail fresh 111 my memory, and eventually,
being unable any longer to !er the hor
rible suspense and perplexity in which
the strange experience had left rue, I put
it before a medical friend.
To my unshakable astonishment he
believed every word of it. risen, after
answering his endless searching les
tious. and when he had listened to such
verbal adiiti -ns to the narrative as 1
c. tild give him, he did not doubt one
single point.
"Yes." he said, "among other com
plications v., u probably have been walk-
lug in your sleep, and ourself secretu g
the various articles from time to time.
The key, to wit, of the escritoire, which
you imagine to have
taken from behind th
me r.gure you I.ir. -y oii saw, had Isen
placed there by your own hand. Your
brain retained some dun -rcr ption of
yuiir having done so. and the il.sord- red
Condition of your nervous system ac
counts for that perception assuiiunx the
shi-e of a figure reseuiblmg ynurw-lf;
and in a state of iirtinl unconsciousness
you dashed u;.n your imaginary bur-
WALK I NH IS FASHION
A NLW VORK POftriA.
HOW HEAVY NEW VOHKtRS TliV TO
REDUCE THfin WLIGHT.
the objeirt
king g.ass by
Oatinl nrk a Kioeille l ine, lur 1oallti
suit lUaulT lnlk Well In Ull,
UuhI tHturvl "miiieiils tn lhi li. Af
rruevaatvm It 1'nittei
Petlestri iiiisiu is quite the pi.per thioii
nowadays. Even when the str'ta nro
in a filthy condition, the dally constitu
tional la tittt as necessary to the aver
ts" man us his daily bath or his evening
cf recreation. He takes a stroll en the
avenue perhaps to limber up his joints
and !nett his tiieuds. l'rrhapM, if he wt
inclined to rotundity, ho dive it to r
, duco his weight.
Vt lato Central park has Iwn gtowiiiij
In iopularity Mim'iig the portly cWs. If
you will take a tup up to the big reser
voir at almost any time of the day, j on
may see any number of people of nil
agea, conditions and degrees of prosper
ity plodding about the l mile track
which surrounds it. j
J The reservoir ts the login -t portion of '
' Manhattan Island. The view from all
rides is pictuiv-.ue. On the south the
city lies stretched out 111 a Inagiiitlcant
panorama its far as the eNeoun reach. It
is a mt particulai'y adopted for (lie i
purpose for which it was intended- tho '
pleasure of the p-ee lo,
Soimu'f the p,ilesi rian there aie sprint- 1
ers, and do tlmr Wi-ik Without ngard
to dignity, niiers shunt around with
all the digtuiy of n game c.vk. It Is not
uii uiicoiiimou niiii to see a vcmaii
weighing frvun ii to Sii) poiin.ls j-uftlng
along like a slow gomg bvomotive with
a he,oy train attached, her arms swing-
, tug at her sides like tlieiirivuig nst , f
,' an engine. She is out for what there is
I in it. M i-aros nothing for the ijn,
' (toning looks of the spectator tier f. r !
j their uukiud remarks. She baa just .. j
tiiany pounds to remove vr the .'..s-tor's i
orders, and she is trying to , , it. j
j So regularly do these o,.n air fiends '
; make their appearance on the track that j
the men emph.yt, at the gatehouse oil !
I the south sido til the caiaci! of watch- I
men, gst. kix jer and helpria in ijot I
one half a mile awuy. j
j there Cinnee Aunty So au-i so," thev j
: comment. "What a gait she has got on j
I this morning! s-e tout stride! she's !
i trying to break the , rd."
j "And there Is IVpp-er Seand so !,.' !
j tuaattig go. .1 time too. Wonder if he ll
j vvertake her I f ore she reaches the turn.'
Whew, but he's making the graiel f, '
p'unds c a this tiwrmng sure," aiid
j the rulurers of fl,h go rl.M::g past the
; gatehouse the ttod f.imili.irl b the men
v. ho happen to in s!k1.!
" Who is this coining'-" asked a rc r
of the u,fn at the gateh- use it few dins
ago as he saw a young woman approach
mg.
"W hy. we call her IVauty,
men replie-!. She waa a tail ;
an, fair, and with the form
She w as striding alol.g on th
tf the lake. A she paused !
nodded good morning and sti
her head iu tho air, her shoui
chest thrown f, rwur I and n
stride. She wna out for -x
aeiiHs ami
(,1.
7 fSk
.-'TV l
i
r
Rllu IIoip I rf I' onitkt'i lh Mmjj fur
tho I orum,
Mli I.oi 1 ,r tM of Ntw Vork rUy, hn
Nm'U m ntutlcnt, finiatoitr inu'l. I itii Uvr hm1
t- now it livwi Imvliitf n
OiMlt 1) rsllnUlCil
t be Ih'in! f Iwtim
tilt (ll't MitllUUI
ttilmlH.M ttt tho
trti' by tho wHSititt
Jmliciul ilttnrt
u v n l uf N t w
York. Shi U tk
tmliiAttt ft tho
.Sniiunl cn 1 1 run tu
Now Vmk city,
V . a si,-
,yr rity uhivcmity, l
' w hn-h hv tmk ttm
(Irumi of liMi lii'Iur
ItivnK irVMtK. I'f law lit 1N,&
Kh NfulJ of i'iu ikV, MtivhrttfcM, with rrttlt-
tl Vii'i U All hlli'M 11 Mt IlftA A OtMlrt
1I1 it 0 ill lirr ot II fui uiv l hh h in truly ub-
Mui vjw Unn (ti Ktuiiki'.U't'ii, IViimI,
oin vn iu;.. fain tiNt'v "ik li
iMl r .vil'l tn I'ttH'tit uMt Tin mi y It nil
Uvv y?iw nf WttikliiU ftt nt her thtun h
Iiam, nhft Mn, liMitil lo l tit tho Inw.
w lit-r flit hvtt mu.I kIi hui Ufit cm
mfttit to It MiKn-tf.! th ti'tlHuki ntth
I't'ivmUal fU'ltKht nii't jnt k n til
muviw'tl nt thp irrtct l- a tu fm-t, hr,on(ri-V"
; tliP trti ( mrnt Jt"t mnH KJ (t Wrtu
I lYrtiiui nhpt'tiuM lrnthtol. !iu i.li tiUlly It
llittjr U A.l.h tl thrtt h t- f n It ly U'HhI
(hk, ijuitt feminuu- in itnr-v nml fme ntnl
liit 4 n cU nr. f t viu , shp jrh!r lir r
flf ih.iut'whttt o hr k mm f hit tit tin
n iium, .IrcUrltm Umt h Hrn mw OmuiU
njuT''!! nt rtnt (a-!tii- mu trll whpthrf
th.1t i-r.'ii trlhtiK th truth." If tmlf
'f ttuit lm liu, he v. ill t' a iitArvr) uirrtl
Truth. h lixtiit, u the of nil hut
Uw, rj hp KlU UU'irrtuk I h tlrfpit t f
110 tMiw tli) Aniurlnt of tht tut' thiitiviu'.
In jwltt Ui ho rh'iu to mtUH-thliij; tf a
l'opul;.t, hmiutrtinlurf tlint tntj frt unr
hott!l t lAtA down, thnt thiMuuUiiuU
H' titurr nhoutit 1 a;Uwii! to tf hut
iiitnlrrnt Mrttoti ot hit Mrttlth tu hl h -U.
Ahd Ihttl tho .Ttihit'iil hnt!ti t,ikr Ail
thr n t J.ty tJtmUr fmtl , for Ihstiturw,
litu!l haw lm.1 hut fu'.tV-Mi r i
'Vmmnh iAkt thftw fomforfiihU," mul ;
tho Ki'M-riimiHit thi othrr fv'tt It U
t Utw vt that hr wrtti Artjutr h in
the !.i'.k (tul thru t't lh r,ttruiUi uf tltvttt
nitf with th iHihtu. j
C. L, SALOMON,
UK! Kit IN -
Stoves, Tinware
HARDWARE,
Pumps, Pipe and Fixtures
- AMU tiOKH Al l, KIM'S nr-
Blacksmithing and Wagon Work, j
General Repairing Work Done
on Short Not leu.
Full Slot of Iron lad Won N.ttrUI
CousUtnlj on Hiad.
C. S. SMITH
r 1 11 r
Gary House Bar
I'l.'AIS IS
Cutter Whisky,
HIM Ml NIK K
Wine, llnimlv ;iml I'ocr.
HrsivN.il alvBai
- OK
PRINEVILLE,
OREGON,
Transects i
t'rratitftnl ,.
I MlllOI
i'..ii.ii.,. m,i w,,rt ,.lliw
. ft
George O'NiiL
"""'VII I K, IlllUdux,
- I'KAI.KIt IM ,
Fine Wines,
LIQUORS, CIGARS, ETC,
A Thoroughly Flrat-Clasi Houj,
In Every Repct
iniii.t.i nfi.. n.u ,.,
1..,I llj,t.
SHILOH'S
CONSUMPTION
CURE.
EX-JUOo
PXSON.
' o,;,.f (I,.'
urg woin
i t a Juno
' ibrr ni.lr)
- lurn (ho
I" away,
'.-r -a .
h a S f :
(i'H Hit
, lla Kurpi Uoil II li I rlxuiU II..ImI, a
I ll,tMrnltl t.nritli om,.
! Tlin oli!if jn.llm of l'i iiii!.;iii
j ih.'i.1i, .,.i ),.r nml m'rltn,u a
; yrnr. Uirn- wu M.tttfi urj'rt h n
; Iitir.litttiK Militant M I'mw.ii rntijjn,.!
: I hsf jln f to U't oiuii oti of Ihf wrlt rrn ,f
the lii-!iiih- riln.l tiiitntiii,,ti He I.
Urrlcl I.J !l: wts!or M.w-!.I'- Jll!li'r,
J Jallvr V lrrt'(l, !,, Irrm lm,l,.
I ntnii. ami win uiiti-Iow rtitilit.uii nil ! n
j In fni't. tli IViium It am Jii.lUtnl trru
! a ' l"lll tl ! lo li."( lii.-miil:,l It
j tiiram nit'.. for I if,- Ju.l,-t. Sirrrrd wa
, aiijuLiitrl , a va.aii. v in a,j i0
IwuUttrr MaxltxTnt lnaJI rnr Utui.
; Key West and Imported Cigars '
1
Htil ind Comfiiruble Club Room.
No t:na ti.src.1 u tratv
vui't.iu.tf i-.,.u.i -rt
Th in .. of (hi. flil fan,!! (Mub
wuhoul ..iil in ih. In.!,.,, tmimt7
All lli(lta r. uth.ifliul i.,M
lilts InvtolM, leal O..I .... IH,
tt,Wt, III. It..,lrl..r,, ! , ,,..
IIIM, .1 Hi (tll,.lo ,,l,
tff home III llto I'dIIf.I HlaU . i
! IV,h, H..M II,,. ,1 , It....
Illlit. Utn II, f.,f 1 w'l tula t.. II
elilll haa lha I 'loup, i.t Wl... i;u( I "ugh m
II niviiltr . itftirhelliiv, Uii4faa4
thai ItttLltmta tliaaaaa I oi,.,ti(,rl !..rt, ata it
Atft Joul tttt,ftal l,r HIIIIIMI H t RKt
rlr lo.la . au ,-ia. au.lfl aw I! l-aa
fa.ifi,r Ha. a lama, uaa .1, ( Ivnmt
l-laalar. I'rica M ,a. . 1 la.a If all t3
fkU autl Wtittt.
1 f
"I l,ki
: comer occcjiiea tiy tne ou ea-nu.ire.
The he! uf the cmicb wu toward the
mantelpiece, but almost facing the door
j from the landing on the farther aid of
j the wall
J At the moment I opal my eyes with
! a feeling of reliirf at bavin? juit eacapl
imtne visionary nl, to uiy atuazetuent
I tan th.it ilowr slowly- ojrfn and tin.'
:are of a man stealthily entering bv it
it uia not mane the faintest sound on it
I hint's, nor did he with his footKt"f not
! fij lanch as the crt-akini; of a plan li. The
lis-fct in that part ot the room waa far too
dim to allow of my swins,' what he waa
like. Liu face waa ulightiy an-rted also,
and, except that the general loo of the
man seemed to on not altogether on-
faoilkar, i conld not in the leant tell who
he was. The Erst iuipul.-e of course waa
to sit up and call out, but for eome inei
plicable reason I restrained it. i-rhap
becan.se the thought irmtantly crjse.
tny riuml that here waa tho thief, and
upon that I suppfjae I rapvily con
cluded to watch him and p.retend to be
I'.ld leepic(f.
However this may be, I did not move
an I observed bjia creep noii:Iedy acn
the roiu to the end of the luantelit
farthest from that where 1 waa lyjnjf.
Lie appeared not to notice me. aud afr
feeling with hia hand for a moment be
tween the eile of the looking K'a.'J) and
the wall by the mantidsheif he took
aomething away and instantly croeeed
back to the v.-mdow by the escritoire.
He paaaed the little ?apof light so quick
ly into the corner that 1 mill failed to
recognize him. Then 1 could dimly
make ont that he waa apparently on
locking the lamljeriiiK old piece of farni-
I tnre, thougj stul withont making the
i aiijjhteat mnnd.
j "Ho, bo!" thought 1, -my Cue fellow,
j cow I've cangnt you, have It Voa Lave
j found Uie key and are goin to exercise
your calling iu that direction, th? Well,
i there'a not tnticli that in worth yonr at
' U ntion there; you won't find that a pro
1 itable bnntinjf tfroiind!"
I J wan not long, you may depend, 00
coming to a determination. While he
j waa Mill fumbling at the ear retire 1
' rm, and, stealing ivdUy np Miiwl him,
. euddenly aeized him by the tack of the
; collar. He endeavored to writhe out of
: niy rap, but 1 turned him around so
quickly mat we both utaered and fell
on the floor in a huddled heap blether
-he ondertnont. In the fall 1 etruck my
lead severely against aomethiuff, prob
ably a projecting chair, r'or tne mo
went the blow whined to blind me. but
an we had rolled over into the (tup of
lijbt from the window I had caught Biht
of his f;u.'e, turned upas it Venn toward
mine, and I naw whine face, think you?
Why, no other than my own yes, my
very own, an I well knew it in the look
ing glat-.s.
'lhat one instant of nmazernent and
conhtc-rnation in which an by a flu,,h 1
made t iiia recognition was followed by a
tolal oblivion of all mirroiindingn. The
lM-fi and figure teemed to fade away be
neath me and to vanish with mytjn
tcioiiHueaa. How long 1 lay prostrate, face down
"M. 9'J the floor, I know not; tuX iu
I Kl.ir-your own glHt. in fact-fell and
fu.iy restored your eBe to their jm
i.ioaui ut uiat rap on your lie,t.l. iluw-
ever, it 11 enouga for yon if I tell vou
that your nervous oynti-m is wholly
broken .'...wii. and tii.it if yo-i don't take
a i.,ng holiday, g.. into the country and
tor tne next two ..r three months lead
i" ' '- regui.tr. ipiiet liro, I won t
ta.iwer for the consequence. No
ina.l give y.m but little medicine; fnh
air. itiiet and rgulanty are the only
uriiim you un-l in neeij of."
H'.s advice w;i followed to the letter,
for 1 wa thoroii ,-(ily frightened. Thirty
y-ara have vi, i have been long inar-r.e-i.
and 1 have never miowd a SiiiRle
i,ie;e of pr ..rty, large or email, eince
that extraordinary August mgiit. Ail
the Year Hound.
Th Ablirrtiatlon of ooli.jl, .1.
.' he tendency among Kngliaii eople to
clip 1 ng words into niwrt ones, or even
into monosyllables, u notonmia. Thus
"cabriolet" baa become; cab, "omnibus"
bus and to on. I:ut the change of "zixe
ioirv al" into ze is, to any one w ho know s
th- origin of the word, the most xim
Ii i.iting of all, and yet we now mwt
with -z-ki in well written journals, and
1 set- the word in bdng advertised as the
title of a l,k.
ti ..... . .1 .. . . ...
o.;ie iianouii-r variation, wnic hcomea
simply from bad pronuciation, as wh
a cocKney iioihiay maker tdU you he
pan own to tlie logical." If "zoolog
ical" w to undergo a shortening, like that
which has befallen "omnibus" and "cab
riolet," let it at least become to. This
would U com et a far as it went and
would not be so excruciating as the do
b-staiMe zoo. Cor. Notes and (Queried.
llM,li,f a Kara 11. .ok.
A g'Kl story waa told on Sam Mc
O.naba at a certain book store the other
day. During the holiday rush he went
out to buy a liook for his little girl, He
went from one book store to another and
said, "I want a nice holiday edition .f
'Tho 1'rodigal Hon.' " No one aeemed to
Lave the book. When Ham went home I
l did not say anything to his wife, as
the txok whs inti-nded aa a surprijse
Christmas present. Tho next day he die
tennined to go iu further quest of the
book, but it was not to lie found. The
fun of it is Ham wanted "The I'llgrlm's
1'rogreiiM, ami somehow he got names
mixed. Hy said the thing flashed across
his mind in a dream two nights Wore
Chrintmai, and he then got the book that
he wanted. Cincinnati Knqulrcr.
y.mrmnf nt " lilnriihrom."
A combination to which the name of
ehlorobrom has been given solution
containing 80 grain of chlorularnlde and
a similar amount of potassium bromide,
in an ounce of menstruum- has come
into considerable favor, according to
some of the foreign journals, as au effl
eaoioun preventive of seaslckm. on
short voyages. The passenger is recom
mended to take a podonhyllin Dill for
one or two nights Wore the dale of lull
ing, and when on board to remain for a
time. Wore rough water is reached, In a
horizontal position with eyoa shut, and
to take no food on abort trletv
chevki flowed w ith tho r.y hue
fu t hiaiU'i, an I her hm ;i k
dianminls.
"She live on Fi.'!h aveim. contin
ues one 1 1 ma n-:;'r. (.very morn
(ng at V oVl.n-k, if the weather' la any.
way pleasant. ! e is here walking f.'r
dear life. i.t ain't she a 'Want-' And
he' tiot ituck up a t it. .She has a n.l
and a smile f .r all of t!. Imys. ju,t a
you saw her then, I'll wager every do!
lur I have that there l,n't a man i.ii thi.
toawi umi can uveriao tier ir she is In
the mio.1 for sprinting. I,k at that
stride of hers. Shu covers tl,ro fvt
two, I'll bet," and tuklng a tni. ine.ucirw
frow his p kt he nieanired the marks
cf her fH after she lia l panseil.
"I told you so," he exclaimed, holding
tip the t;w it culd be .am. "Thrt-'
f t two and on,, half," and he grinned
with delight. "Yes, I've measure-.! It le
for," he ai kn. when accna.d
t'f it. "You B.e. I take a ifreat inter.wi I
in tho girl, lieau. two years w hen I
she first began corning h.-re she li,kil i
as ir she could nut live a month, hht 1
waa as ale as a go. si Her ri..-t was i
sunken In, and I thought she wne Kolng l
into coiisuuiptioti, ,.,n would never
think It to aee her now, bub. Winter or I
summer she stddom nuv. s a day except 1
pernaje uunng tne ejireim. heat t f the
uiiimer and ruinv or wet weather Jb r
father Is a comml.sion merclnuit down
town, and very ofteU . a..rompaiiim
her in her walks. Everybody likes to
w atch her, she is so gnu-eful and strong."
1 lien came a man of al-ont (So. abort
and very oliese. He had a very lar
ad, short gray whiskers ami lis that
were no lar'-r than tiiMibull bats.
".Morning," he said, with a nod of recog
nition, "fine air lots of It. Three
pounds off this niondng or die. Lots of
Iople out. (till,y," and as his spindle
shack, working at the rate of loo times
a minute, carried him out of range of
hearing ho was still talking. He waa 11
Wall street broker. He has tteen trying
to reduce his fb-eh f ,r a year, but be is
aa fat now as ever.
"But here cornea the hummer."
"Morning, boys, morning. Can't stop
iai. in nurry. Make circuit 80 mill
tit. or bust. Uy ty." And he waa out
of hearing.
He was a short man, thin and almut 5.1,
He had a smooth face and was wiry of
limb.
In a few m.uutes a bevy of pretty irirls
aeminnry glrla came aloriK with their
chaperon, a young woman who looked as
If she had hut juat graduated herself.
Hhe eyed the men auspiciously as much
as to say: "Dou t you dare flirt with
these girls. They are out under my cure,
and I will protect them."-New York
Worl.l.
.v ? jjiv
" J-
THE CHINESE BAZAR
Ouont Hin & Co., Proprietors,
AH TYE. Manager
iKtl.riii i
1
ttm inn v, raTsoi.
rjwsH M I'stHiiiwa lm In Ibliks
ci.unty, Pa., S.pt :t, .;, ami was a-lmlt
le.lt.. the lir ih s- He Won oKl re(t
iitaiem In l'till,i.!,.lj,h!a ntel In e7 wa
i-ieot, , o, 1 (j,. .t.r, tnr 1'in h for a lerm of
HI tenia. Ill lHI I.e Uealnt-rhli f Jlull.-r l.y
seniority of commotion '1 iW Utr of IVi.n
ay Itauin wei. taking , U..11 to unit the ep
(e.mtiiM nt of Chief Just it-si I'ann.ti lo sue
C.-.iI JuIIre !m.tli-y on the stipreme
of the blole.l Malm tvl u nnol her u ne
pointi-d
JmUe W..ltt ard was rba-tetl in the state
supreme la-IM h At I he aallie t ; me ft It l .I..!K-s
I'asson, ami they irew lol a, pnit nle.l ,y
Uw. fur the seniority, JtnUe Put son won
It. ami hla lerm a thief Jual ice w..ii. hn
eouilnuiil t,ll i-ii Juil-e 'iti,n 1. a lit
entry man nm well ss a lawyer. I-ii. tha
auuioroi many hintorlial, ntcrirulnirnl and
other artii lr.
! Dry Goods, Notions, Fancy Goods, Furnishings, Elc.
Tim Um s,; i;
ilri-n's Shoes In lint
ilin-t I from fa. tone.
Ciurs.
tlur g.-..)s ,-,, !. ,.,J,i ,;
at the JAr.V.NKK J.Z,K,
khU i!i;j..,rt.-.l tlit-ci I from Cl.hia, I
l.itesl et vln Men's nn.l lb.) a' 1'
C .iii.in s, Nuts, Tobsui-o .nml "tin?
mill
.n i t !. )
ads ami Slwrs
l'ct iiia;i!yof
viUeat VKUV LOW I'lilCKS. Ci.S
Main Street, Prlncville, Or.
-I'Kiir.ii tv -
hla I olleetlon f Ntaa.aara.
1 mint curious uiiiwtin.s In the
A Cltr la a Mountain.
The city of Banian, iu Bokhara, In cut
In the aide of a mountain. There art
m.OOO artificial tavea, some very lnrge,
and two statues- one IK), tho other 20 feet
high eai h hewn from a tingle stono.
bt. Loiihi Globe-Democrat.
A lleina.lo
( Ine of lh
work! is Unit conlaluhiK hlln.lre.la i f tliou
an. Is of lie,a(a-rs at A Is U ( hn-!r,
'1 his quaint liaiiariini library was foumled
m.tne s-veii or right y-nra atio by israr
KorsenUek. who loilected new .papers s
other eople colleet tliimja or aiilornpha
The whole of his llnoinu for aoinrthiliK
hke in jeant was ilitnbiiled over new s..
per oltlrea of the citllo.cl and iinrltllird
w orld, and he received every uiornln ii
Ilea published In IU Innguasfva Hv II, e year
lS he found hiiiix lf the hnpt.y ott m-r of
pl.O"! Hies lie then hit on the ec.,!,,i
blcaof founding a nepn r mti.iiui, and
With tills oble.t ill view sent a rlreular.
round nikloK the whole new s paper world
to n-,.nt him In his rent work. '1 he con
tllienlnl prens seeini.l to have renpomled
with enthui.i.iHiii. Hint now there I riT
tniiily no such collection of newapapeni r
li inn In the hole world, .Mr. I orki-nl-ck
taa been made hhilllliin In chief. ai,.l l-.ll.
y liiileslng
Alilt : HIPS : OF : FURNITURE,
BEDROOOM SETS,
Lounges, Chairs. Mirrors, Paints,
Oils, Putty and Class,
ALL V KINDS V OF V LUMBER V FOR 7 SALE
ALSO
The Oregon Land Co.,
-WITH ITS
hi
ome Office at Salem, Or.,
in Tin; (iii k nriU'i.Nii, and
BRANCH OFFICE IN PORTLAND,
k farm tiii"
Make iMyof nut fruit f rtns
cilv and stibiirban .ro.rty, s-iol f..i
nlso has for snlii (-rain and sIik
mui.blets, price, iiis eic.
he and li.ree aiiHtanis are I
anil arrnnuiiiK tl.n ever I...
I. U. llMWAlilb
Mi. II. I'. HI I hNAl'
Hon.
The AmeHcari BtatiHtlcnl aMSortlal.ion
etKirtu more than 10W) business fall
; urea laet year, of vvliich 4 per cent, were
'lnu to fraud, 10 jmr cent, to Inexperi
ence;, II percent, to neglect, ID per cunt,
to incapacity, ttd all the rent to a dcaire
to make money fo taut.
MiniMter I'helpn ban hojies of Inducing
liaron Krupp to exhildt aoiue of his Im
mense gnus at the World's fair, Huron
Krupp hesllatea, for be says It will cost
lilm luV),wn to make an exhibit credit
able to hit eHtabllaliiaeut.
Home's Names In l.lnill.y Mllll.inulrrs.
Hlioihirity of n:im. Is often a siiim of
much ann..) no. i. to Hie owner, but when
the roKtiumens are 1.1. i.i i. al lii every re(H-ct
the ilitlleuliy of hlentilleatloii Increases. A
eiuw which pomieilly lllo.trntes this fact
naa causeil iniiih amusement., Nathan
."trails, partner In a widely known ueneral
store, and .Nathan htraus. wholeaaU r..r.
haul, are both resident of New Y ork l.ll.
owners of fuel, horses nnd both ineinhera of
the Driving eluh. (ine owns the tmller
Majolica, the other the Irotter Sooner, and
each lstlsllnguish.il from the other, when
named l.y tlilnl Hurtles, bv the addlin... of
of Us home's ha, mi, Ho Well reeounl.ed la
this illstlnel Ion that even iu toil. let Is hava
Hicepted It, nn.l ollh ial not lees on t he bul
letin board of t he elii h somet lines appear
tlgiieil "Nathan ,SiraiiHl.Majoln a)"or "Na
than Htraus (ri. mer)," as the taw may be.
fntrilarad rua.ls.
Many artificial baby f(,d urn inam
r.ffi,,.u. i u. 1. 1 i.. . . . ...
...,..,.,. .loo noio in concentrate!) rorm.
For example, products advertised as
"a.,i,.ni.,i... . ... , ... ..
on. oui.oa hh uioiner a milk are
made from cow's milk, to which ts added
a sriflli lent (jumitlty of sugar to corre
spond with the constltiiiinu of mother's
milk. The water is removed from the
mixture in vacuo, leaving a fine while
powder, which is put tip in pmkagna.
Finely powdered wheat flour and other
nutritious vegetable element are added
In more elaborate preparation..-Han
Fr&uctsoo Exavmliiur,
HOWARD & BELKNAP,
IXileeeaanr. tu II. A. Ilalki,,,, 4 a,,,,,,,
DRUGGISTS AND STATIONERS
East Sltlo of Main Stroot, Prlnovlllo, Or.
Standard Patont Modiclnos, Paints, Oils nnd Varnishes, DyoStuffi
and Soaps. Toilet Artlclos and Porfumory.
Stationery, School Books and Standard Literary Works.
A general variety 0f DruiHt.' SumlrinH,
I urn Wine. fta ,i,,U)rM for ,llB,i,ilm
Toliiicco itinl Cigar!
TEWIPLETON & SON,
-WIIOI.KMAI.K AMI IIKTAII,-
Prinevllle, Oregon.
I'KAI.IIUH IN
Perfunierj, Hair and Tooth Brushes, Palsni Medlclaei, Toilet and SliaHnj Soaps, fiwi
Goods, Class, Putty, Paints, Oils, Etc.
Also a Fine Line of Gold and Silver Watches and Jewelry.
notufdid at'll'l houT'" '" ,'1''i' ''" P"-oripUon. aarefnlly