. THE LOST SMILE. tost, t mtry, anod-mnrnlriit smllf, With cunning dimple on allhar slda '. (it Ooivil,,, that are iartei1 wide, howl,i trriA tuvth. Ilae pearls! It haan'i I),.,, -,() tint a mile while, And ntaichM a pair of haael area, Clouded now Ilka the summer skies, And 1 mop at tangle-', llaltn curl. It was loat In lh nursery tkK mora-, when ,y , , . , TMrothr, fresh and roar from aleep, Looked out and iw the Irnuhleeume ralai tiMlIni ti greeting- agelnet Ike p. Bain In, iht bloeeoms ud bandit. IM rata) , " Ami would you believe M-tkere aJ ' Ilk Iht eklee, hiu t )! If rou find II, don't (tut It ta shel, Whir Hundtf boaneU and manner art torad, Rut tiring II 11 one to Nuraary Row. For inoihar tnd brother both mlat II adi And )ou ihall reeelee t rleh raward, for It will repay fan lit own twaal aalff -Mary L, C. Kobuieoa, In Tovth'i Companion. I Confirmation! of a Bachelor By LUIUUIAM BNNI8. I AM nut tiy nature cruel or violent mini, and as 1 lirnr Muster Umrlus unci lilt slater lire giilug about nucut tiiff mo of Mug nil thle, 1 think It la due to mysHf to wrltu out a true ac count, from thr,lii');liiiiiiiK, of tlila mls eriililc affair. My urin still aelius, but 1 will art duwu tlie facta while the)' are jut trash In my memory. It was on Noicmhar 8 that I re crivrd the Invltntlon. 1 have It b fore me at I write. It It at fullowt: "Mr. J Unit ilgh: Mre Bt phen Kreeh. fl-M . Al noma. Monday. Deoemuar I. lBnelng, IO:lu. Fanny dreaa." ' My name and the worda "fancy rtrres" were written, the rrst waa printed. I would here mention that, at that time, I entertained feellna of sin eere admiration for Mrt. Freahfleld't daughter Dolly. Sli wat more than ordinarily food luoklntf, and In addi tion, 1 thought, well-mannered and of 1 11 let dlapotltion. (It only thowthow one may be deceived.) Nothing la to be gained by the concealment of the fart that I aspired to her hand. A it.ntrh with her bad itemed to me, aft er mature deliberation, eminently de slriibl, though the halani e of the ad vantage would have retted with her. She, at I hove snRwas young and pret ty. , Her father wna In Imaineii, and certainly not wealthy. I, thuiiirh Jut pnt middle age, am wl reerved nnd have ample meant. I am a barrlsH-r-at-low, but I do not practice. Not a di-iiM-d lawjrr, urulcrstnntl; J limuiiiwr prni tU'ed, I do nothing,'. In ndditlnii, my fnrnlly i, of ci.urae, of Itilltiltely liliir otuiidli'i; than turn. It would, ill fact, In ti e cjci of innnyof my rein litre. line bier) ii.c.nllinn( c. I hnd ii'. t ycl, III no many wun!, tlleclnsrtl iny iiilentioii'i to her, but ly f r-iili-nt UMt lit her dome, unit in many little .: entirely correct, I need acnrcely mi - I had slmwri I waa pnrlliil to her. Hi attitude to mn wna nlwnya re ieciful. ihoiich It lacked the warmth tlmt I could have dolred. That wo one of the reatont why I had not ac tually propoaed matrimony. There waa nothing to be gullied by rurhlng m.'ittera, nnd I felt aure that It would otily he a matter of time before the reciprocated is? feelinga of affection. Her father, on the other hand, enter tained a alncere regard for me. Her mother wat an Invalid, and uneteldoin taw her; but I felt that the, too, liked me. The only other member of the family wat Mlat Frethfield't brother, Charlie. He wat ten yrnrt old, and thia boy, for torn reaion or other, took a dlallke to ma. He wat a boy of the moat objectionable type, Impiah and rude. Mlaa FrethAeld, curioutty, wat attached to him. Heiug a boy, and the only one, he waa tpoiled. One often teet it. I made eeveral attemptt to become f Hernia with him, for the inke of bla alater, but it wat no good. The vileiieft of hit character may be evi denced by the fact that he would take a bribe from me on one day, and yet be at Irreconcilable at ever on the morrow. ! Iii appearance he wat like an ape. Well, 1 spent tome time In thinking out nliut costume I thould wear. I finally decided on a clown's drete., Peo ple ivho kumv tin: will be Mtrprited at tl.c choice. Hut there wcru reasons. 1 , inlly wnntt'd to please Ml Kre: blicli! nl the dance. Herself being vouii!.', !i'' ""B "f all aorta und I ivin'iv she llniinrlit me loii serious. She its in -it-ii 11s said ro one (iny. Not that I am sl aiiii.'l of Ik 'lug scriuus; iiiiie Hie contrary. There are. in my opiiiiou, a i;re:.i deal too in.my wnijs and foi.ln jt 1 . vviis' ii ; lint I wnnl"d to create a piml iiiiprosion on Mi's Ki-cshtlelil l :t: cM Iiisl ,'. for I thought that if si c m i-iik dsuilicienllysympalhetie 1 111 it; ht tiisc loic I lie stale of my feelinga to her. and 1 did not tee why 1 should n,,t gi,P mysrlf every ndvaiilngv. After nil, for till I knew, there might be younger suitors. The dreca wits a truly wonderful ere ntion. I went to the best costumer't to have it made, and let them know they were not to consider expense, but to do the thingwell. It wns made pnrt- ly of eatina. not of cotton like the cum nton (Jlown'a thing. On the chest part, which wna red. there wng a huge yel low donkey, and there were comic ani nials in other placet. The whole ef fect was entirely absurd, a, of course, was intended, though I retolved that it was the lout time that I would sub mit to tomfoolery of tills kind. She would not find me 80 tractable after marriage. The night of the dance nrrived. I drove up in a brougham. An aggravat ing incident nt the stort was that quite a number of gamins sighted me near the house, and ran after the carriage at the door. Thit wat especially an noying to me. I hold that it la on); outaldnrt who attract attention 1 HfOOKHTtt A HKMKDV. tliemselvea, und tlitttlielatvell-ilreaaed e.rnimlxHlmier of lnd lliTtiinn on who does not do an. As I alighted, the , ,,.. tinwaahed rained a cheer and indulged In tome al lipid gutter humor. At usual, WASHINGTON, L. C. Nov, 8. there wat no conttable near, Nor wat Tim lillliuiil rcixirt (if Land Com my temper Improved by the fact that, . , .. .. at la Invariably the cate at th. Fresh. ""HHIotior Hlinritttl cbIIh (attention field house, I waa kept fully three min to violation of tin: timber ami tftonc utea before the bell wat .nawered. 1 t , w, j , rg(. corporation And, whan th door at Intt opened, th , ' ' , . V . . aerraht forgot her place and guffawed. I llttVC HOC'Urt'd title to Urge tractH Of It wat an Impertinence for her to ha timber luiidH ill OrCgDD and Otll'T muted. J told th giggling fool of ! nr.... u, ..!..,. 1 ., -n aereant not o announce mt, and hastily made my way to the ballroom. On D17 way I patatd tevtral couple (who teemed ttartlad try mt) In ordi nary tvenliig drras. That, In my opin ion, waa what tpolltd to many fancy dree ballt. Either all ougdt to b in fane y draat or none at all. Mlat Fresh field waa atandlng, with her father, Jutt at th entrance to th room. They, too, curiously, were In ordinary even ing draat. Hhe looked her beat, and at tight of her my bad temper teemed to vanish. "Hera wt art again!" I said. 1 Mil fresh field appeared to be cot ired with confusion. She at flrtt turned while, and then crimson, and then, with smile (which waa almost a, laugh) taldi "Oh, I thought you were never coining." At for h', father, he teemed tcared out of hit life, "Good gracloua, Mr. I-elghtl" he tald. "You, of all peo ple I" I then looked about me and bunt Into a peraplrution. There were fully a hundred people there; dancing had ttopped, and ev eryone waa ataring at me. I wat th only guest ill fancy drettl I turned angrily to Mr. Freahfleld. "What la,the meaning of thia, sir?" I asked. "I aak you," he replied, gravely. "It la a breach of hospitality," I tald. "You Invite me to a fancy dress ball" "Fancy drrtt ball?"' he Interrupted. "Whatever put that In your head? Heally, Mr. Lelght, I mutt repeat It. I am surprised at your coming like this." "Fortunately," I antwerad, curbing my temper with difficulty, "I have kej.t the cord." At that I tltlked out of th room dignified, In spite of tin cot tiime, , I drove baek.furlom. Arrived home, I at once looked at the card. Hut I had never been In any doubt about it. Ther stood "fancy drts", rlglit enough. t. ' ' -' ' ' ," I tore th costume Into tliredt and burned It. The mortification of the thing made me feel positively ill. That I should have been made to look ludicrous be fore Mist y'reshfleld of all people. 1 wi uld not rest until I had found out who was responsible foi and I would have my roenge. ' The next morning I drove to Mr. Frcah field's office, with the card, lie appeared to think at first that I had come to apologize. "Oh, It's all right," he said. "Every one was very amused very amused. Mistakes will happen." I contnlned myself. I showed him the curd, and asked him whose the writing was. He read it, then exploded vulgarly Into peals of laughter. "O, the young rascal," he tald. "0, thr young rascal. Ah, well, boys will be boys, yon know." . 80 It wat that ape, Charlie. "Well," I taid, when he had reent ered himself, "and what do you propoae doing to blm?" - . ,; "0, I'll give him a good talking to, the young rascal!" laid hia father. I again managed to contain myself. "A talking tot Good heavens! Mr. Frcshfleld," I tald, "you do not seem to appreciate the situation. If you do not severely punish the lad I shall certainly have to consider what rights the law gives me over him." However, the father refused to thrash the young ruffian or, anyhow, he begged me not to Insist on it, and Anal ly gut me to content to be satisfied with a personal apology from the boy. I was annoyed, ns toon at I had left, that I had been as lenient at this. I kate your Indulgent parents. They are a danger to the state. Still, after all, it ns .M!s Kreshfield'a brother, - In the evening the boy came round, looking sufficiently shamefaced. "Well, sir?' I said. "0, t have come to say I am sorry T I made you look such a fool yesterday evening. . . . Have you got mo any more foreign stamps?" So litis was his apology. I stared nt him for a moment; then a great rage came over me. In I lie corner stood my walking cane. Per haps 1 should not have done it. Hut I am humnn. A lady writer once taiil i lie re is not Mug more be am if ill to hear than the Inuehter of n liitlerhild. Stic had not heard Charlie's yells. It is good to me- passing good- to reflect that for some time to come Vaster Charlie will never sit down without thinking of inc. nnd, when he sleeps, he sleeps on his side. As I remarked, perhaps I should not have done it. Hut who shall say that the provocation wns not great? Nor do 1 believe that any harm wus ever done by thrashing a boy. If I.wcre a father I would thrash regularly every night. He may be sure that It has beci; earned. . Others think differently. This morn ing I received a note from Miss Fresh field: '.',' - ' ' "Penr Mr. Leigh: Tou are a coward, and no tcentlemsn to beat a little boy. I do not wlh to see you asln. Voun faithfully, D. Fraahfleld P. 8 I may add that It waa 1 who told Charlie to Insert the words In the Invitation." , . Chicago Trlbun. ! ' : 1 A Crashing Conaneet. "Oh, 1 can marry anyone I please," said he, and curled his lip conceitedly. "You'll never marry me, then," said Madge, the tease, "for there are none that you could please, you see." I'liil adelphia Tress. amendment to wcure control off tlioHe land by thia office. The Land ComminMioner how 14 mineral patent InHUed In Ore gon, and 81 claim filed for a total mineral area of 650,265 acre. Patent were toued at the Ore gon branch of the Central Pacific road for 32,691 acre of land lant year, and to the Oregon & Cal ifornia road for (14,778 acre. Pat ent to tho Oregon Wagon Road companies; aggregate Kfl,778 acre. The Htato received patent for 259 acre of land under a wnmp grant, making a total of 241,000 acre patented. The report hliovt 31,873,071 urn of vacant public land in the Htate, of which 23,fJ7,9fiO acre arc Hiirveycd and 8,257,71 1 acre 11 n Hurvnyed. The reserved area in tlientnt include 5,878,411 acre and 23,525,358 acre appropriated. Tho area covered by survey ac cepted last year aggregated 794,104 acre. Tic commlwdoner report experi ment by Colonel R. C. JuiIboh, near Coyote, Ore., in growing uc ceHfully alfalfa on dry deert land heretofore considered worthier, and urges trial elsewhere. One hundred and eighty-eight thousand ebeep and 4,000 cattle and horKf were allowed to graze on the Caxcade forest ref erve dur ing tho year. Oregon to Lead, The few Oregonians who attended the recent meeting of the National Irrigation Congress held in Colo rado came home enthusiastic ad vocates of reclaiming the arid wastes by use of water, and at once went to work interesting the pen pie of this state in irrigation. As a result an irrigation congress has been called to meet in Portland on November 18 and 19, to which everybody interested in the subject will be welcome. It is well Oregon is going to take the lead in this matter, for Eastern Oregon especially is deeply con corned in the reclamation of itreo called desert lands, of which there are thousands of acre that will never be reclaimed eftccept through government aid, and this can be secured only by concerted action. Let Eastern Oregon send an enthusiastic delegation to this con gress, men who are alive to the needs of tho country and who will stir up tho drybone with an en deavor to get recognition from the national government for their state. Prompt and intelligent action from this congress will aid our delega tion in Washington to get Oregon set apart as on irrigation district in accordance with the law passed by the last congress. Now is the time to begin looking about to rind men who will attend the congress. Palles Mountaineer. Grjnt Luck of an Editor. " Kur two years nil etliirts to cure l'Vzcinu in lie palms of my liamN failtd,'' writes Kilitor II. X, Lector, nt Syiaoiise, Kas., " then I was wiintlv etireil by liuckleifs Arnica Salve." Its tlio world's le-st tor Kniptions, Sorei and all skin diseases. Only 2'k at all druggists. Sound lteeiii'oelty. Tho Republican .League wlijcli met nt Chicago last week evidently recognized. the fact that reciprocity on any other lines than those tinder which we have so eucccso' fully extended our foreign trade is a humbug, for it declared ' dis tinctly in favor of adhering to( Pro tection as strictly fjs of yore. A country with as great a free list ns the United State has offers plenty of opportunities ior recipro cal trade. Everything we can'jiot profitably, produce ourselves is sup posed to be on the free list; if ex perience teaches us that we are still 1 ulting a high tariff on thing wo cannal Imps to produce" profit ably, they should be removed from ihe Protective schedules and placed on the free list. The American people are too sensible to desire to go abroad for things which they may profitably produce at home, and wher. they fully understand the subject they will regard with derision all projiosalf which have lor their object the increane of trade at the expense of production, be cause they know by experience that the invariable result of at tempt to subordinate the latter to the former end in disaster and de feat the very object they' seek to ac complish. 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