Crook County journal., January 02, 1902, Image 5

OARC TO TRY.
Dart to try I
What thoiiKh thousand critic wait '
To cavil at the tlilnir you rtoT
Hava soura case upon tha rt
Namaa wrlln-n hlh
And know that lhy hud erlllca, loo.
Who., (lory m.n acknowMs's now
Knit Colon harborad 111 hla braaat
ircd ol tin critic' acorn Ms prow
Had ne'ar bsen poluud W tlx (.
rr to try I
Not on Immortal Una or word
Of Hsrnlat would tnrlrh our lonfua,
And no mm aver would hava haard
Tha bitter cry
Prom Liir'a poor, burdln boaora wrung
Ilnd ha Unit lom lixd but to adorn
Hat down In drml or rrltlra who
Fnravor wait to laugh tnarorn
Tha thlnsa that mhr propl do.
8. li. Kiarr, In Chicago Harurd-llarald.
'I tirfincc on i f
BOX OF TOOLS
DT JANE ELLIS JOT. I
TM5 sign In the window, "Furni
ture Neatly Hi-palred," was nil
tlint tliatliiKiilaliril Muf Homhsrh'
home and place of biislnrs from the
cither nnrrow-fronUsd tenement
house In the row,
While Mr. Hombach' ahnp on the
ground Hour wit full of odila and
ends suuKestinff. his occupation,
books, newspapere and certain of the
nmfii.lne Indicated that the man
of the flue-pot nud hammer was a
man of some, mental culture.
Kvlilrntly the maiftirtle inlluence of
Mr, llnmbach waa considerable; many
were the friend and admirer that
culled to ee him in order to hear lila
"vlewa" on the tpirsllons of the day.
In aurnmcr time the talk w car
ried on at the front door step; but
during the cold weather the little
meeting took place In the work
room, where Mr. Ilombach'e rliiplnjr
voice not tinfrequently kept the ten
atila of the houae, aa well aa thoae In
the houaei adjoining, awake until
midnight.
Of course Mr, Homhach a mil
aance, but hla neighbors bore with
him on account of Uie little boy
whom he had adopted. "Max timet
have a good heart," they reasoned,
"to take In a strange child and be o
kind to him."
Little Itandolph Ilombach waa the
waif of a ateamboat dlaaater of aome
ten yeara ago. Max, then about 30
yeara of age, had been one of the
passengers. In the panic a baby waa
handed to him to sae. The mother
never reached ahore. Falling to find
any relntlvet for the child, the man,
who had no ralativea of hla own, con
cluded to keep IU
At present Mr. Hrunhach waa at
work mending a broken table. The
fierce frown on hla forehead Indicat
ed that he waa also occupied with
aome mental problem. When, prea
ently, he heard tha aouod of light
footstep In the hall, the frown dia
apieared. The boy waa coming home from
school. He atopped a few momenta
to talk to a woman In the entry;
then he came into the workroom with
hla customary: "Hello, father," add
ing: "Minn Elizabeth Hradley wanta
the loan of your chisel. May I take
It up to her now?"
Mr. Homhach atarted aa If he had
been atruck, hla countenance chang
ing with the quickneat of lightning.
Although generoua to a fnult, he had
drawn the line of generoaity and
nelghhorllnesa at hia tool box, the
contents of which ware almoat aacred
in hla eyea.
"Lend my rhlael to a woman! A
woman! Aa If a woman could touch
a tool without apoiung it! ny
gracious. Randolph, do you think I
am mad?"
"Haven't yon an old chisel some
where, father?" asked the boy. "I
don't like to tell Miaa Elizabeth that
yon won't lend her a tool becauae
she's a woman. She can't help that."
Mr. Ifomhftch threw back his bushy'
bend, while a smile that he tried to
hide shot out of his eyes. Nervous
and tempestuous In manner himself,
of all things he admired calmness In
others. Randolph's quiet dignity quite
delighted him.
"The boy is a diplomat," he thought
to himself. "What a cool head! Ah.
some day he will alt with the grent
men of the world. Well, I guess yon
may take that ehisel to Miaa Brad
ley," he said, presently, and began to
work.
Mia Elizabeth Bradley, who was a
dressmaker In a small way, lived In
the back wing of the aecond floor of
the house. She might have been 30
or 35. She did not look old, but waa
itlll not what would he called "a
young lady." Randolph felt that he
.Would not have liked her ao well If
ithat title had fitted her exactly.
' "Thank you," she said, admitting
the little Bismarck into her ansrt-
mcnt. She wa trying with some 111-
assorted toola to make a cabinet out
of a grocery box. The boy looked on
the work with interest, and the two
began chatting.
Perhaps few thing in Miss Brad
ley's monotonous life gave her ao
much pleasure aa listening to Ran
dolph's talk about the disonsaion
that were carried on nightly down-
tairs. He waa atlll ao amall and
ehlldlnh-looklng that the fluent
phrase he repeated ao glibly savored
to her of "outeneaa." She liked to
"draw him out," aa ahe aald, and fre
quently aaked what "pa" thought
ubout thli or that.
"Well, I gueaa your pa'i got lota of
nice aenalbln Ideaa," ahe remarked aa
a rejoinder to Itandolph' elucidation
of what hia father believed in regard
to "territorial expansion."
Mia Kll.nbeth heraelf did not
know what the term meant, but ahe
bad aome excellent Ideas about mak
lg gingerbread. She had a fragrant
loaf of It on hand, and ahe stopped
working to cut a lurge slice, which
ahe brought to Unndolph on one of
I her prettiest china plate.
The thought returned to the boy
mind that Miss Kllzabeth waa very
much nicer than any younger, ludy.
One could be quit comfortable be
side hen ahe bud no "airs;" she
wasn't "giddy;" she didn't tease and
mnke fun of boys as young glrla did.
If fate had provided klm with a moth
I er Instead of a fnther, he felt he
I would have liked a mother like Misa
' Kllwilieth llrmllry,
Here, however, the object of hla
thoughts Interrupted.
"1 doubt I'll hnt'e to trouble yon
j ngnln, Iliindolph," she wild. "Please
' take the chisel back to your pa with
: my compliments, and bring pus up
. little snw. Mine Is so big and clumsy
1 that I cun't manage It."
! "('ertiilnly. Mias Eliwibeth, I'll ask
him," responded Randolph, with some
misgivings as to what would be the
' outcome of this second appeal for the
loan of a tool.
I It did not promise well for the sue
cess of his errand that, going down
stairs, he henrd his father arguing
j vehemently with a man in the work
shop. He waited outside until the
man had gone. But, Mr. Homhach,
pursuing a habit he eomrllmes in
dulged In, continued to demolish the
; argument of his vanished opponent.
"You are wrong," he vociferated;
I "the present need of the country"
"Father," Interrupted clenr, be-
' seeching voice, "Mias Elizabeth Brad
ley "
Hut Mr. Hombach was too deeply
stirred to heed or even to notice the
boy, "Your argument is based on an
exploded theory! You don't know"
I . Itandolph waa obliged to wait until
the argument waa concluded. . Then
he said, speaking very earnestly, in
hla clear, boyish tones:
I "Mias Elizabeth thanka you for the
chisel, fnther. Here it Is. See, It
Isn't spoiled. She's a very nice, care
ts! lady, Miss Elizabeth Is. She needs
a little saw very badly; hers la an
, old. rusty one, and It won't work
I "What! What's that!" exclaimed
I Mr. Hombach, raising hia black browa
with a frnsh start of horror. "Dora
; the woman want a aaw nowT I waa
a fool a fooll I might have known
I was only making trouble for my
self! Tlah!" His disgust turned to
severe irony. "Maybe the woman
would like the tool box!"
"Miss Ellrabeth is going to give me
a slip off her pink geranium," said
: Randolph.
Mr. Hombach granted unwillingly,
and the frown deepened between his
eyes.
"Will you not lend
the aaw, fa-
ther?" pleaded the boy.
"No," said Mr. Hombach.
The tool box stood on the work
bench In sight of both. On top was
Just such a saw aa Misa Hrndley
wanted. Randolph looked at the nar
row, gleaming blnde anxiously, then
at his father. "How is Miss Eliza
beth to finish her work?" he anked.
Mr. Itombnch shook his bushy Imlr
Impatiently. "I cannot lend tools!
No, no! The woman has no sense!
My tools are my friends! Who ever
h,.d , lending a friend?"
Randolph's countenance fell; but in
a moment he brightened with a tew
thought,
"0, father," he gasped out - with
brenthles engernesa to teat the
avnlliiblllty of his idea, "couldn't you
take the saw upstairs yourself and
do the work for M'ss Elizabeth for
the sake of the saw, you know?"
Mr. Hombach a brows went up
again, and he ran his fingers throusrh.
his thick, upstanding hulr as If the
Idea was difficult of comprehension
"Sure enough, Randolph." he said in
an altered tone, bis combative spirit
all gone. "How absurd of me not to
neve thought of that it first. Yea,
yea, of course, that la the only sens!
hie thing to do, and it will take only
a few momenta."
To himself he continued aa he went
upstairs with his tool box: "That lit
tle Randolph of mine la no common
boy. Whoever he ia, there ia the
blood of a statesman In his veina.
He'll make hla mark in the world
Misa Elizabeth Bradley did not ask
for the loan of any more toola. Aa
the weeks passed Randolph noticed
that his father went upstairs to chat
with her now and then, to the great
disappointment of the men who
called every evening to discuss pnli
tics, and to the relief of the neigh
bors who wanted to aleep.
"I gueaa there's something In the
wind," gossiped Mr. Marary of the
aeoond floor front to her neighbor
of the hall room.
"0, it'a all aettled; eha'a ma kin' the
sreddin' dress," cam the reply; "and
I'm right glad, it' o (tillable all
ronnrt H ain't right for a man and
a boy to be ratln' at a reafrant day
in and day out. in ouy wonoer
they didn't mak a match of It long
ago," Boston Globe.
He u Bdotdlr Oallty,
a ,,M tieirro named Kl'hralm. flar
ing been sworn on the Jury In a mur
der trial In on of the southern states,
for oro tlie stubbornly resisted a
verdict of iruilty for no other appar
ent reason than his aversion to capi
tal punishment In general, rinaiiy me
f,i..mn miliilued to him that It was
a question either of hanging the pris
oner or hanging the jury, auo mat ii
all depended on him.. " w i,awo,
nh." reolled t'nele Ephralm, "on dem
reaaonmrnts de prls'ncr am sho'
guilty. -(fliicago Uirowcie.
Reliable as Moat Rssaors.
Dykerheights I hear Mia Peach-
blow held a party last night.
Benronhurat You ere slightly mis
informed. Miss 1'eichblow only had
single caller last night, and I was
that party. It was a ease In which the
party held Miss I'eachblnw, not Mias
i'eachblow the party. N. Y. douriiaL
' The future of Oregon.
Oregon elands on the tbrefliolij
of tlio greutwt flcvt'Jopmcnt in hat
intory. Probably no man granf
the truth of what Iht future in to
be. Kunea, in her growth, jumped
in population from quarter of
million to a million in t lie pan of
a few yean, Nebraska &aw a himi
lur unexpected and marvelout-
growth. The conditions that quick
ly tranHormcd them from thinlj
to densely populated Htatefi mc
now working for Oregon. There h
ncarcely ft doubt that within a year
or two after the LewiH and Clark
Exposition th population of the
utate will approach if not pane tin
million mark.; ij.
In the Middle West and Western
iCiiBt, an epidemic of immigratior
.son. me movement i" uitunei
md unmistakable. It i? the result
of various influences not the leant
of which is that land values are
active and opportuntica to fell, nu
iiieroud. Witness is boi ne by ever)'
newly arrived homcsveker of tin
eastnesa of the tide of humanity
that is surely moving to thin West'
ern coact.
At this favorable moment, there
is promise of ultimate building of
n Isthmian canal, a work that
every man in the Nation under
Hands will give immense impe.tur
'o commercial conditions on the
Pacific Coast. The opening of Chi
na, the completion of the Siberian
railway with itet possible revolution
in transportation, the traflic with
tho (told fields of the North, and
in increased trade with the Orient,
all this Kasteners believe means a
iant B'ride in commercialism on
the Pacific CoaH and they are hur
rying hither to establish themselves
for taking advantage of the incre
nient that i9 to come.
Added to this is the 1905 fair al
Portland. No influence, iu all the
favorable influences will do more
lo fill Oregon with new home-mat
era. The low railroad rates, the
national characters ot the occasion
the natural bent of tho well-to-do
lo see such shows, the display of
unrivalled products, the informa
tion disseminated, the glamour
the enthusiasm, all will be the clt
max and greatest of -all influence?
for an Oregon boom, the advance
guard of w hich is already here.
Corvallis Times.
Oil Boring Machinery.
The first oil boring machinery to
be used in the Malheur oil fields
arrived in Huntington Monday
consigned to the Hirsch oil syndi
cate, with headquarter at Port
land. This company is the one in
which Hope Bros., of Vale, are in
terested, and I. W. Hope was hen1
to receive the niacninerv. it was
purchased in Los Angeles by II. V
Gates, of Hilkboro. who is a di
rector in the company, and consists
of boiler and engine, drilling ma
chinery, repairing outfit, and a car
load of castings in sizes ranging
from 12 to 1 J inches. A carload of
heavy timbers for the derrick is ex
pected to arrive here most any day.
The first well will be drilled at Dry
Gulch, about twelve miles from
Huntington. It will be two months
before the company has everything
in readiness to begin the work of
drilling.
A Colorado company in which
Dr. J. B. Whito is inteiestod will
soon begin operations in the oil
fields'. They expect to have ma
chinery here in about six weeks.
This company has large holdings
on the Idaho side of Ktiake river,
Gftcen miles from Huntington.
I'untim'ton is the nearest point
to the Malheur oil fields, and all
the supplies will be shipped from
here, Huntington Herald.
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Ed Harbin is putting a front on
his planing mill and adding a large
two-story room to it which give
him a much needed fpitce for a car
penter shop whi'ih will be under the
superintendence of skilled woikmen.
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