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NOT ALL HEROES.
engineer. Who Slick to Their Engine
Are Too Bcured lo Jump.
"Ten, I've beeu pretty badly scared
several times since bcno railroading,
fifteen years ago," said an old freight con
ductor, "and duu't really know which one
waa the worae, although of course I al
ways thought the lat was. We're all of
Da human, and if a man tells you he
doesn't get scared railroading don't you
believe him. I've seen lots In the papers
" about heroic engineers who staid at their
Mats and sacrificed their lives trying to
-- lave others. When you show me one man
that takes those chances for humanity's
take, as they say, I'll show you a hundred
who staid just because they were too
cared to Jump or didn't have time.
"A man thinks mighty quick sometimes,
but he doesn't always have time to think
of anybody that's behind him. When a
fellow's running across the country a mile
a minute in pitch dark and all of a sudden
a big headlight flashes In his face or a pair
of red lights show up In front, he is mighty
apt to forget wlint the papers will say
about a hero at his post. If he can move
at all he shuts off and throws berover and
plugs her with one hand, working the air
brake Just becuuse it's second nature and
he can't help himself. It's what they call
mechanical, and a man will do it without
really knowing what he's doing. Then
he'll Jump if he can.
"Talking about these heroes, I'm one of
them myself. I've a big reputation up
north as a man who'd stick to his post. It
was when I first went to railroading. I'd
been raised In my superintendent's family,
and when I got old enough I went to firing
on the Milwaukee. About three months
after I'd got a regular run I was out on a
freight over night. We'd had a rush and
I was pretty tired, and about 13 the head
brakeman took the (ire for awhile and I
went to sleep. I was sitting on the front
end of the seat, dead to the world, when a
couple of red lights on the tail end of a
caboose showed up. The freight ahead of
us bad broken in two and wo caught the
hind end In a cut. The engineer shut off,
but he didn't have time to throw her over
and plug her, mid he and the brakeman
both Jumped without even waking me up.
"We hit the caboose pivtly hard, I tell
you, but instead of breaking tier up or
ditching, the pilot went under the car and
raised it right up till it slid half way up
the boiler. The shock woke me up, but I
was only half awake then. She was mov
ing along slow yet, and when I saw the
red lights on the caboose the first thing
that struck me was that we were on a
siding and that the engineer bud got off,
leaving the engine In forward motion and
she had leaked or sprung her throttle and
gone into another freight on the siding
ahead of us.
"I jumped over to the engineer's side
and threw her over nntt plugged Her nnru,
It didn't take much to stop and I stood
there for a minute commenting profanely
on the engineer s leaving her in forward
motion, and yet if I had been wide enough
awake to think of jumping, you bet your
sweet life some other fellow would have
been the hero and I'd tried to beat the
engineer and brukemun out of the cab
window." Kansas City Star.
The Secured the Information.
The prisoner at the bar was a foreign
looking person, whose beard covered his
features so that it was quite impossible to
sav from just what country ho hulled. The
police justice looked up at him, then called
for the German Interpreter.
"Ask him what his name isr" suit! the
justice, In an undertone, to the interpreter.
"Wie bclsst lint" said the interpreter.
The prisoner put his hand to his ear.
"Wie heisst duf" cried the interpreter.
The prisoner looked stupid and did not
answer.
"Call the French Interpreter," said the
police justice.
The French Interpreter could not make
the prisoner understand what was wanted
of him, so they called the Spanish In
terpreter. This man, however, fared no
better than bad the others, so they called
the Italian, and the Hebrew, and the Rus
sian, and the Norwegian, and the Danish
and Swedish, and the Turkish interpreters,
but none of them could get an answer
from the prisoner.
They came to the conclusion that he was
shamming, so they tried to intimidate him
in every foreign lunguage known.
Finally the court policeman lost his
temper.
"Why don't you tell his honor your
name?" ho cried.
The prisoner looked surprised.
"And shure," said he, "and is that what
ye are after f Why didn't you say so. Me
name's Dennis Mulchoonnn and I come
from County Courk." Kute Field's Wash
ington. They Take It Gently.
They were watching the people going to
church Sunday morning from the hotel
window.
"Theie'ia nice looking man, a comfort
able looking sort of a man, one of those
men you always have a feeling or desire to
trade places with," remarked the visitor,
pointing out the r.ne in question.
"Yes," replied the resident, "he is one of
our best known men, and he has for years
been taking life very quietly, Indeed."
"A capitalistf" inquired the visitor.
"Ob, no; a doctor," and there was a lull
In the conversation. Detroit Free Press.
Plenty.
Shortly before Generol B of Ohio left
to represent his country abroad he sold off
most of his household lieloimiiiKi. Among
them was a piano. A local music dealer
went to see him alsmt it.
"What kind of a piano is it, general!"'
"Oh, It's h pretty fair piano."
"How many octaves has it t"
"Dun'uo, but it's full of 'em."-Ilarper-s
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DRAWING A CROWD.
A TUt In ('aire Cannes Commotion To
Detroit.
A boy I" years old suddenly appeared on
.Monroe avenue, near Kuudolph street, the
other forenoon with a rut imp held high la
his hand. The trap contained a riu an old
veteran who had probably eaten 20 times
his weight In .Michigan cheese. For years
and years he had been too fly for those who
sought his dent ruction, but the pitcher had
gone to the well once too often. He was
squealing and squirming about, but there
was no one to pi' y. The Imy had scarcely
gained the street when there was a rush for
him, and men and Imys were heard snout
tug:
"He's got a rati"
"I.cnime git my dog!"
"flood gracious, what a whopper!"
"Don't let him git away!"
The man who knows all about rats was
there, of course. Also the miin who has
made the killing of rats a specialty all hl:
life. They worked their way to the front.
"You don't want to fool with that rat,"
cautioned the first.
"I think I know my busitiess," bluntly re
plied the second.
"So do I."
"Don't Interfere with me."
Three or four dogs were brought Into the
crowd. The man who Is always willing to
boss the job alfo got off a street car and el
bowed his way in to demand:
"What's all this fuss aboutf A rat, eh!
Now, then, everybody stand back, (illume
that trail!"
The boy demurred. It was bis trap and
his rat. He felt that he ought to he coil'
suited.
"lt 'ergo.Gallaglierl" yelled one of the
crowd.
"Where's your ratf"
"Somelioily hit the man with a red neck
tie."
A policeman now appeared. He Iwgan to
use his official el bows to open a path for his
body, but the crowd resented the action
and began to hustle him until he threat
ened to collar some one. .Meanwhile the
two men who knew all about rats were jaw
ing with the man who wanted to boss the
job, and the Imy was declaring that his
brother would lick the man who stole his
rodent.
"You're a liurl"
"Hit him one!"
"Look out for the cop!"
The crowd begun to circle around, and
the boy fell down and lost his trap. Some
one picked it up and shook the rat out, and
dogs and men and boys were all mixed up
and falling over each oilier. In the confu
sion the rat got away into the sewer, the
policeman rapped three men on the back
with his club and the crowd dissolved,
leaving about a dozen hats kicking around
on the battleground. Then a lot of people
shook their lists in the air and another lot
called somebody a liar, and every body went
away mad and threatening to get even if
It took him a whole year. Detroit Free
Press.
Wouldn't Trust Illui.
While an amateur was photographing
an inn a man came up to him and nskeil:
"How much do them likenesses cost? Oi
should like my house took."
"Well," said the photographer, entering
into the spirit of the occasion, "that de
pends on the size of the picture."
"As large as you can take 'em."
"Well, then, the price will beushilling."
But upon this the would be customer
began to hnrgain. A shilling was too
much, he thought, hut he would give six
cnee.
"Hut mind ye," said he, "Oi won't pay
till Oi gels titer picture. Oi douti'l trust
yer phogrufl'cr fellows, OI doan't."
He must have been surprised when some
weeks later he received a photograph of
his cottage, neatly framed by one of those
"phograller fellows," and all for nothing.
Perhaps he thought it was only by acci
dent that the little bill for sixpence was
not inclosed. Across Kugluud in a Dog
cart. She Didn't I.Ike White People.
A black prlucess in Maslionaland snub
bed the bishop of that district in a very
quiet but ell'ectlve manner awhile ngo.
She, us well as her people, have acquired
an intense prejudice against the whites
through the misconduct of a few of them.
The bishop asked her for permission lo
erect a teachers' hut in her village, but she
replied that the white men beat her peo
ple. Her visitor explained that there are
two kinds of white men. "Oh, I under
stand that," she said.
The bishop then asked her if she would
not like to hear some Christian teaching.
She looked nt him for a minute und then
said gently, "If you do not start soon you
will not reach the next village before
datk." This terminated the interview.
New York Sun.
Water of Kiiglnes.
According to Lord liuylcigh, If tins beat
engines of the future are at all iiimluxous
to our present steam rligiues, either the
water, as the substance llrst heated, will
1st replaced by a fluid of less Inherent vola
tility, or else the volatility of the water
Will be restrained by the addition to It tit
some body held I" solution.-New York
Times.
Double Headed lleottlea.
Double headed snakes have been kuown
to occur, and in a German journal Dr.
Collin, of llerlin, describes unci llguivs
double tailed earthworm, and mention
four cases of such mulformut ions. Double
tailed lizards have occurred, also double
headed and double tailed fishes.
The Country of Tin.
Britain is "the country of tin," great
quantities being found in it. Thedreekji
called it Albion, which signilies either
"white" or "high," from the whiteness ol
Its shores or the high rocks ou the westers
coast. New York Ledger.
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CHAPTER I.
TWO TATTKIIDKMAI.ION'U. .
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"Dad," tlicKtid.
A gust of March wind caught npa
bushel of the dust from an Arkansas
road, threw it into tho air, kept it whirl
ing high for a minute, and then let it
settle to the ground. As this dense
clouding of the highway slowly ceased
two pedestrians developed into view, as
though materialized on the sot, by
some whimsical phenomenon, from that
which theUible says we nil nro and shall
return to. That the dust was a corjwral
part of these persons was not hard to
believe, for the new deposit merely
mixed itself with that which had re
viously whitened their heuds, shoulders
and other places of chance lodgment.
They did not take the trouble to brush
ny of it off their clothes. They clapped
their hands together, and having thus
shaken it from those members they rub
bed it from their faces.
One of them was a man who strutted
so KmiouHiy unit more oi me hum re
mained on his breast than on his back;
hut if his over erect Kstnre came of
personal pride it must have been accom
panied by abundant mortificutioti, for
dilapidation wus disclosed wherever the
dust (lid not hide his frayed und dis
colored suit. But the frock coat was
closely buttoned over a figure which it
fitted by original design, not by second
hand chance, mid the trousers, although
they had not retained their shapeliness
equally well , had been mudo from a meas
urement of the suiue legs which they hud
too long enclosed. The decay was not
careless; it was unavoidable. The pros
perity of the man aud tho endurance of
his clothes had evidently passed awuy
together, and only the length of time
that hud sufficed to bring the wearer aud
the worn to a state of harmonious ill
fortune remained a matter of estimate,
lu one particular, however, his aspect
did nut show any misightliuess. Scis
sors and razor were still his to use. His
hair was cropped neatly close, his mus
tache drooped gracefully at the sides of
a smoothly shaven chin, and the gray of
both was in an effective contrast with
the redly sunburned complexion.
The companion of thisuureluxud effigy
of dignity was ft contrastingly lissome
girl, III years old, if judged by her face,
but less if measured by her small stat
ure, on which the tatters of a once jatin-
ty jacket and gown were uo disfigure
ment; whose countenance was not u loser
of prettiuess through tun or freckles;
whose hair wrapped her head with
brown and was powdered like a court
beauty's with the dust, and whose feet
stepped as lightly in a pair of shattered
shoes ns though newly slippered. She
was the fairest of tatterdemalions.
"Dud," she said, und then stopped to
fleck a grain or two of the small cy
clone's deposit from her lips; "dad, this
eight mile trump's just about six miles
too long."
"Daughter," he responded, as he shift
ed the strap of a shabby leather bug
from one shoulder to the other, "don I
say 'trump' please to don't say 'tramp.'
Say trudge, u you oujwt to calling it a
walk, or mention it us a saunter a stroll
anything that doesn't make us out
vagabonds. We mustn't confess before
we're convicted."
"Whatever 'tis, tramp or trudgo," the
girl retorted, "it's something we've got
to do; bo let s jog along.
Tho father's tone was a little queru
lous, although he tried to speak jocosely,
und the daughter's smile wus something
like a peevish grimace; but us they
walked hloi.B' t!.c girl took hold of the
bug to reliove the man of some of its
I weight, whereupon he gently removed
! her hand und held it In his own.
Telegraph poles made hundred yard
measurements along the road, with their
still sappy surfaces of hemlock from
which the bark had lately been removed
and the small rounds of freshly pounded
earth at their bases outlined sharply by
the surrounding turf, showing that the
work had not been done long. The evi
dences of newness increased steudily,
and when .the pedestrians hud gone a
mile further they came to the meu who
were making this line of telegraph from
civilization across the boundary into the
transitional territory of Oklahoma.
There were several canvas top prairie
wagons standing in a row, and the horses
belonging to them, unhitched but still
harnessed, were nibbling the grass near
by.
Other vehicles consisted merely of
heavy running gear, on which lay loads
of the burked trunks of tall, straight
trees ready to be set up, and still others
were freighted with wire and the appli
ances for stretching it from pole to Hile.
Two tents of the uruiy pattern hud been
pitched where a big, old tree overhung
them und close to a brook which seemed
to be constantly washing itself, so clean
did the water look, with its underlay of
white H'bbles mid its bonlerings of very
gnvii grass. A roof of canvas was over
a long tabic of adjustable boards, on
which tin plates and cups were ready
fur I mc meal w.m'.i two i.u .i were ux.
ing at u il!iiile siovc. Kime tcilicivJ
Cows and sheep und a stock of canned
eatables in a lxu wiiifon showed how lit
tle dependence for food was plueed on
the mute. This movable encampment
had been located for the night, and the
sun had already sunk into the distant
edge of rank grass. Not a sign of culti
vation or iH'nnanent habitation was in
sight, and the unfenced roadway was no
more than a wide abrasion in the prairie,
where the "IsKiiuers" had drugged their
way toward the land of vague promise.
I This was the nineteenth nightly place of
! stoii, ami therefore was culled Camp
Nineteen. The last one had licen named
Eighteen and tho next would he Camp
Twenty.
Half a hundred men were erecting
poles a short distance further along, but
the wire had not tieen carried beyond
the sKt where the night ramp was
fixed, and there the only person besides
the busy osiks immediately discernible
when the pedestrians arrived was a
young man busy at a telegraphic instra
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UM. nd on ,t w the ,.,ratn. far ,
nl.nK na ree ving ja wr the
wire, wuith wm lironKltt tlowu from the
W pole to which it h1 W. ..Ijuttted.
Theoper.tor-.nmewM WUfam Brown, I
ami it gix'kfur toward describing hint lo
tell that in the rough and Impolite com
puny of telegraph constructors ha was
called Will Hrown and not Hill Drown.
No doubt some of this consideration on
the part of men given to hard nicknam
ing was dun to young Drown Isdug the
electrician of the ejieditioii, mid there
fore a scientific mystery to most of them;
but more than that, his unvarying
suavity of manner, modesty of s-ech
and careful retention of eastern deport
ment characterized him so markedly as
to make "Dill" a misnomer and "Will"
appropriate. 1
"Look, dud," the dusty girl whisHred i
to her companion as tier eyes fell ou I
Will Brown; "we haven't seen a thing
like that since we quit railroad tracks
and took to footprints. Isn't he pretty.'"
"He gluds my eves, daughter he
glads my very guze," the man returned,
eying the busy ns'rutor, who hud not
yet seen them."
The cause of the weary traveler's glad
ness was understood by the girl when
she saw him advance with an enlivened
stride, and heard him say briskly: "Ah,
a telegraph station, eh? That is fortu
nate. Is this a money order office, my
young friend? 1 would like lo tend a
message to Fort .Smith at once for a
transfer of funds."
Will Brown straightened from his bent
posture over the instrument, looked at the
exaggerated dignity of the inquirer with
a twinkle of merriment in his honest
blue eyes, and urbanely replied: "This
isn't a money order station; it isn't any
sort of station; it's just the temjiorary
end of the line and doesn't take any busi
ness." "Oh, don't say that pray don't say
that," and the disappointment of the ap
plicant looked like genuine anguish. "I
shall be distressed we shall be dis
tresseddaughter and I if we can't get
a remittance by wire." Will Brown's
eyes turned to the girl, and saw in her
face as woebegone an expression as she
could command without hurting her
prettiuess. After a pause, to let the
young man appreciate the comeliness of
the maiden in spite of her bad attire,
the father continued: "We have walked
six miles this afternoon and intended to
go as far as Wealth City."
"Wealth City?" came in a guttural
voice from the center of a clump of low
bushes, and then a red face, fringed
with whiskers from one side of a straw
hat brim around to the other, und stub
bled over with an unshaven week's
beard, lifted into view. "What 'n
t-h-u-n-der's Wealth City?" the grim
voice demanded, spelling out the first
syllable phonetically, with heavy em
phasis ou each letter and nu equal stress
on the rest of the word.
The rise of this individual was so
much like that of a juck-in-a-box carica
ture thut the girl exclaimed, like a sur
prised child, "Oh, that's funny!" and
one of her feet leaped clear of the ground
iu a little caper of merriment. The ob
ject of her glee displayed no resentment,
lie was amiably drunk and disixjsed to
gratify, with ull particulars about him
self, the curiosity which he hud aroused.
"My name's Old Jugg Brown," he seu
tentiously said, addressing himself di
rectly to the girl, und speaking as a hu
man exhibit in a museum might in lec
turing on itself. "1 wus born Brown,
aud now they call me Old Jugg liecause
Tin such an almighty hard drinker.
Yes; I'm Old Jugg Brown, and this
young gentleman is my son. I'm proud
of my son, und he ain't proud of me.
lies a reformm me, Will is, but I got
hold of a bottle o' whisky, and I've been
drinkin' here iu the brush."
He told this us something thut had
casually happened to him, something re
gretable, nnd yet nothing that he could
huve beeu expected to prevent. He held
up the half emptied bottle and swayed
with it to and fro until the son took it
from him und smashed it ou a stone. He
regarded this summary action apathet
ically until the aroma of the spilled
whisky reached his nose, und then he
sniffed feebly, his bland smile changed
to a grotesque pout, and he sank slowly
down into the bushes as though an in
visible hand was shutting him down into
his box.
"I was saying that we meant to get to
Wealth City before night," the strutting
stranger resumed. "We understand that
Wealth City is a new name for a sudden
place the name about a day old, and
the place something like a week. I will
not conceal the fact that we are in a
sense well, call us fortune seekers, and
wo haven't yet found it. May be it is in
Oklahoma, and what we wish is to get
there. At this moment," and here he
.mapped a thumb and finger of each
hand airily, "we are tired, we are hun
gry and we are penniless."
Will Brown was not unaccustomed to
wandering adventurers in a similar
plight, and he would have repulsed this
man, doing it not the less decidedly be
cause politely; but ut that instant the
girl settled to the ground very limp and
prone, but falling into far too graceful a
poso to make it possible that she was
careless about it. Her fatigue was piti
fully genuine, however, und the sight of
beauty in distress although also iu rags
was an appeal which Will made no
effort to resist.
"You're welcomo to a dollar," he said,
bidding forth a coin instinctively toward
the girl, but relinquishing it to the ready
hand of her less charming parent. "If
you'll give me your name," he added, in
a sudden attempt to give to his senti
mentality a commercial turn, "I'll make
a memorandum of the lonn and expect
you to pay it sooner or later."
"My name? was the forcedly glib re
sponse; "oh, yes, my name. Well, you
see we are traveling incognito. Poverty
19 ever sensitive, yon know ever sensi
tive. Iu the lost shuflling of the cards,
somehow, we've been dealt clear out of
the game. I ought to be a winner, but
heigho! Well, call me by what name
yon please"
'Call him Jack High," came drowsily
fl-i.tii Ilia Imli
I'll call you Jack High," ussented .
Will Brown, mukinar an entrv in a nnr 1
book, "and. Jack High, von owe me one
dollar."
Jock High twirled the dollar and
made it puss deftly in nnd out Is'tween
his fingers as no man other than a prac
ticed handler of gambling chips
would lie likely to. He seemed about to
toss it back to the lender, or donor, but
slipped it into a vest ixxki't iusteud and
blithsomely said: "My daughter is a
genius, sir a genius. She sings, she
dunces she will go into Oklahoma, my
young friend, like a revelation of melody
and a disclosure of gnice. It may lie
that her talent must submit to offensive
environment for a while, and indeed 1
may confess that onr immediate extwrta
tions as to Wealth City are centered in
a concert hull said to huve just lieen
opened there: but all Oklahoma is ours,
and we shall sjieedily nssess it. Jack
High, sir, and and"
"Call her Pence Low," was the sleepy
suggestion from Old Jugg Brown iu the
bushes.
"Jack High and Dence Low," cried
the shabby adventnrer, exhilarated by
the possession of an unearned dollar,
and he was alsmt to impulsively declare
that the card named couple would win
the game, but he checked himself and
cntwe other lanKtiaite. "They will con-
jr oklho,.will Jk
fjj.'lWoe Low. Oh.
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tZZZJZST
Cme tnm tbe 0pen ke,,le on ,h ,,OTe-
and Hie two cisiks were seen to Iks active
in putting the meal on the table.
'Will they sell two siipHis for a dol
lar?" Deuce Low asked, raising her eyes
to Will Brown; nnd when be did not
answer instantly she eugerly suggested
"Well, then, say one supiieruiid half?"
Hhe rolled partly over and rested her
chill in her palms, while her elbows set
tled into (he turf. "I d rather get half
supper than none.
Will Brown felt like a boyish play
fellow of this coaxing little creature, not
withstanding his twenty-two years, and
he stood with arms akimlio looking (low
into her wistful face with a juvenile im
pulse to share with her whatever he had
to eat.
"I don't think you can buy any supper
here," ha said, "because we don't make
a business of selling them, But we'
feed you for nothing." His glance turne
to Jack High, and he less hospitably
added: "And you, too. But in that rase
what use is my dollar to you? You migli
pay it back now. yon know, nnd get
off your mind."
A droll leer prefaced Jack High's re
ply. "ou re right as can bo. 1 11 sat
isfy the debt and give yon, likely 's not,
your money over again for interest.
Deuce Low rolled over on her buck
and gazed idly skyward like one for
whom the proceedings had taken an un
interestingly usual turn.
"That's generous," und Will Brown
laughed.
"I will shift the dollar from one hand
to the other thus," und Juck High slow
ly transferred the silver coin from palm
to palm: "and yon can easily follow
with your eyes, us yon see. Here it
and there it is, here it is und there it is,
and where is it now?" Ho closed both
hands and held them forward. "Choose,
mid if you're wrong 1 owe you nothing:
if you re right you get f-
"One now and the other when?"
"One now und my word of honor, sir,
for the other.
Will Brown laughed again, and clasped
one of the fists iu his own, "Ihe dollar i
in this one, of course," he confidently
declared.
But it was not. The open hand was
empty, aud from the other the dollar
slipped into the deft palmers pocket
Will Brown hud obtained at the cost
of only a Hollar the information that
Jack High was a professional rogue. The
young gentleman's habitual politeness
was instantly at a strain under which it
was in danger of giving way, and there
upon, if the job of kicking the rascul out
of the camp seemed repulsively rude, he
might request the less heedful workmen
to perfonii it iu his stead. The company
of linemen, teamsters und diggers wer
just then coming from the point wher
their day's work hud ended. Deuce Low
arose us she saw them approaching, and
the movement drew Will's eyes uway
from the object ot irritation to one of ad
miration.
"Supiier s ready, he quietly said: "step
this way.
fro BR OONTINITF.n.
A I'ae For Ihe HIk Slsinps
People sometimes hear odd things on the
stivetears.
The other day a sweet young thing In
seal furs said lo a sweet 'young thing in
dark green:
"Alice, is it true that, the Columbian
stamps will not be used after this year?
"That, is what 1 understand," replied the
sweet young thing hi dark green.
"I'm so sorry."
"Why?-'
"You know Frank .liaison, don't you?"
"Of course, lie went away to college
last SeotenilM-r.
"Well, we correspond with each other,
Did you know that?
"No. Isn't that nice?"
"Yes, but mamma permitted the corre
spondence only ou condition that she read
the letters. We are so young, you know
and she Is dreadfully afraid we'll write love
letters to each other."
"What have the Columbian stamps todo
with it
".lust this; We write our love messages
on the envelopes and paste the stumps over
them, the stamps are easily soaked oil,
you know. You'd be surprised how much
we can put under a Columbian stump when
we write a real small hand." Pittsburg
Chronicle-1 elegraph.
She Is llsppy.
.She is one of those very mutter of fact
girls.
"How are you getting along with your
music?' asked the young man, who was
calling ou In r.
"Well," she answered, "of course It
wouldn't he proper for me to compliment
myself. Hut some of the neighbors huve
told met hat they have staid awake at night
tor hours listening to my playing."
And slie sinileil In a self approving way
I hat. w as sweet to behold. W ashiogtoli
Star.
A M'si-alitir.
"Look out, mudani," said the policeman
at I be si reel crossing, stepping forward
"You'll"
"O o ii!" screamed the lady. "Ow-wow
.HK.ll!"
it was her vacrinnted arm.---Chicago
Tribune.
A Natural Desire.
K lever I understand that the Prince of
Wales is going to exchange his motto "Ich
dien" for one from an American poet.
Chappie Tb' doos he Is! What Is Itf
Klever "Into each life some reign must
full." Detroit News-Tribune.
It Waa Itlsky.
"Henry, weren't you awfully scared when
yon proK)sed to iner"
"Why yes, dear, I was. I I thought 1
heard your father's footsteps Iu the hall,
you know." Chicago Record.
Not a Itlt Dangerous.
jmr
T-andlord (of the Traveler's Itest) fee
:hat feller over there? Dooriu the past
rear he has plugged no less than six men
right on the street.
Tender Foot 1 should think the com
uiunity would not allow so dangerous n
man to run at large.
Ijuitllord Lord bless your soul, man:
There ain't a bit of danger in him to the
tominiinity. He never hits uobudy but the
tnau he shoots at! Puck.
Hri.lges la Chlaa.
Most ancieut Chinese bridges are onir
wide enough to allow the pange of two
mounted men. railings on each side serv
ing to insure the traveler's safety. It is
thought highly probable that the mission
aries who llrst reported 00 the early sus
pension bridges of China, and who, of
course, gave some idea of their plan of
construction, were really the cause of that
unique species of bridge bnilding being
adopted by western nation. St. IMiis Re
public. a.i. saal Taiaalag.
Mamma Can oa pasa me the uia,
ear?
Utile Dear-I finis jou'a had all at to
dood for you.
.Mamma How do tun know?
little Dear-1 don't kouw, I only fluk,
like too de wea I want, fin-. luod
Kewa.
.
JUAvtltSS "tsr y,
MUNCLK AND VIOOK-A DirrBIIKNCB
Many niurulr men uoeiunlitnfnlliiueslHiriiP
with esse lev puriu far their lulerlnni in hy
Irs! Ntrehirt
n.
MUMie does lint Imnlv v inir.
lai'l, II l not (limeiill ol proof thut athlutcs
not live as Ions nor enjoy ft rood heslth ss the
NVeriise IndlvtdiiHl whn Is vlsnruus llist Is lo
xsy, whose illsestlnn slid ileep are unimpaired,
WHOM titirvi'N sru irsiMiiu, suii who iihh no nr
Kmilo tenileiief to iIImihw. These riiiilllN uf
vigor re conferred uihiii thnxtlulierciilly weak,
no lew than upon IIiom delillltsted llirocmh
wnntluK dWesiic. by sthornUKli'rulxlenlenuriie
of HoKlellor'i Stomach Hitters, the lendliui na
ttnnid toiilo. Indorsed and recommended by
phyklelniia til eminence. It will not eiidniv you
wllh the iiiHaeleof a t'orbell, bill 11 will Inline
enemy into your syalein end renew the active
and heid Hi fill performance of Its fiiiietloiia, II
averts and citrea inulnrliii, rlicmiiiituiaiul kidney
fSiinplaliita, and overcomes daHiiala,eoiiiitlpH'
(!"n, liver Irouhlu and iiervoutiiew.
I einnot slnl tho old lonna,
They beard Ihe mnldeii asy,
And llieu the Ktieala with one accord
Arose and aald, " lliwiriiyl"
CAUTION.
Imitations have been put upon the mar
ket so closely resembling Allcock's Pott
ot'i 1'i.aitcri In general appearance ai to
be well calculated to deceive. It is, how
ever, In general appearance only that they
compare with Allcock's, for they are worse
than worthiest, inasmuch as they contain
deleterious ingredients which are apt to
cause serious injury. Remember that All
cock's are the genuine porous plasters the
best external remedy ever produced; when
Eurchasiug plasters do not only ask for,
ut make s' re that you get Allcock's.
Hkandrktii'i Pills, the beat anti-bilious
remedy.
Ask man how lo define Injunt.'ee and he will
tell how olliarn are tiesllnit him.
"Ilrmen'i Brnnchinl Trornr " will relieve
bronchitis, asthma and throat diseases.
Ho D you Relieve In auch thl nit aa love at
oral iiKht? Hho-l'e'Inliily. A hasty glance
uih-s not iiiaoorer iiiiiwriecnona.
CUT IN IHOff CASKS.
To meet financial situation Dixon. Bob-
okion A' Co. have made special out good to
jiarcn a. write mr catalogue ami cut
rate. Orders mailed after March '10 not
good for out rate.
100 KBWAKD-S1O0.
The reader of this paper will be pleased to
learn thai there is at least one dresdi-d disease
that iflence has been able lo cure ill all Its
Haites, and that la catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure
la the only positive mire known to the niodleiil
(rateruitv. Catarrh, twins a constitutional dis
ease, requires aconaiiiiiuouai treatment, itair
Catarrh Cure In taken luternallv.aetinit dlreeth
nn tin. hlnml Hint inttemia mirfiipHatif lli..HVHti.m
thereby destroy inn the foundation of the disease
ana giving tlie pstleni airenxtn Dy bulidinir u
the constitution and asiiatlnit nature In dolu
III work. The proprietor! have 10 much faith
in iia runiiive Dowora mat tner oner one Hun
dred Dollars for any ease that It (ilia lo euro.
send lor tut ol teallmoulala. Address
F. J. UHK.NKY A l.'O., Toledo, O,
Sold by druggists; 76 cents.
WAT Kit MOTOR.
One Tuerk Water Motor, new. that will
develop from 10 to 15-horse power; can lie
nan at a saortnee oy addressing
I A LMKB iV KEY.
Portland, Or.
a. P. a. RITUAL Complete wnrklnin of Ihe
oilmen, antiM ainoiic order, uy man, z eeuia
owr.y-a uook iiore, I'ortisnu, or.
A I'OTTKK PKEHS).
Size. 33x18 Inside bearers: table distribu
tion; bed springs; will print nine-column
folio or six-column quarto; a splendid all
round press for country office: for sale
cheap; guaranteed in order. Address
, fAlMltB il KKY.
Portland, Or,
Use KnsmelliieBtoTe foIUb; no dust noamell.
Thy GiamA for breakfast.
Scrofula
Is Disease Germs living in
the Blood and feeding upon
its Life. Overcome these
erms with
Scotfs
Emulsion
the Cream of Cod-liver Oil,
and ma ke your blood healthy,
skin pure and system strong.
Phytieians, the world over,
endorse it.
Don't be deceived by Substitutes!
Praparea by Soott A Bewoe, N. Y. All DraicUle,
"German
Syrup"
I simply state that'I am Druggist
and Postmaster here and am there
fore in a position to judge. I have
tried many Cough Syrups but for
ten years past have found nothing
equal to Boscbee'.s German Syrup.
nave given it to ray baby for Croup
with the most satisfactory results
Every mother should have it. J. H.
Hohbs, Druggist and Postmaster,
Moffat, Texas. We present facts,
living facts, of to-day Boschee's
German Syrup gives strength to the
body. Take no substitute.
THE FLAG
NowKt'iieruIly flout! above the nchool
limit-; mnl wlint mor fmproprMe
thrin ttiat the Uiymhould w lauuM
to defend it? Kx-rreKlitent Harrison
.shop Soott Academy,
ortlMnrl. Or. In a military FPhoM
under government control. Scien-
tllic, com me r rial, rlH-iml. Catit
loniie on mjUfHt. Hprlng term be-
inn reDniHry o.
ST. JACOBS OIL CURES MAGICALLY.
SPRAINS.
Chronic Cases of Many Years Cured Easily.
M IT IS IGNORANCE THAT WASTES
EFFORT." TRAINED SERVANTS USE
SAPOLIO
DROP
SALARY
Ilin rYDrUQrC fbom start, for canvasskrs for clean,
mnU LAr (.ROlO hardy Orch.nl, i.ar.len and Lawn Miiaery Stork.
Advantages lor beginners: .teadv advancement; permanent. OtTm
rai l. Name this paper. BROWN BROS. C0.,Oregonian bldg.Portland.Or
IIOUVE POWER.
HERCULES
GAS and
GASOLINE
PiUH 4UT.su rrucisa, CaL ul PsrtUii. or.
Smoke the Admiral Cigar
ettee and be happy.
We Have High Opinion
uf Hocd'a Hals par'lln at nur lnc;o and l'h
least reaa in. r'.ir elflU yea rs I wu Innlilfl
Hbli ilieiiiiiutlam ami all
r in-diet fa led In h li
mi I'M-e I HiHid'a Biiril
pai IU. I. ke many o'li
via I have i;ol :nkcii It
alead.ly; mil) when tin)
.sluaeiiiiie ou. hut It lias
alnii itlvcii Ino relief,
r'or eara pnat I tia
I roti I.I il ill i a I iiar.
since MM k IIimhW H r
s urilla I luivo mil hail
I luil'e allaclt. Miu-a
Hiiynf in) f.iinlly arj Inkeii sell they remit to
llisid't Horn; n lll.i. I inlitlit Willi- neveral
Hood's5" Cures
aK-a III pulse of thl' cs'cllciit
T. W. II u, Tilt I'eini Ave.. I'Hta'iu
ntfdii hie '
Il IV
Hoed't Pills lie I'ti'ciy vcKctslilr.aiid iln
not purge, pain or rl. Hold by a'l ilrintglila.
tMMm
tUotaaBd
11. 00 per Bottle?
OaeoeatadoMb
Thu Omat Cotroa
wnere au mnere iitu. vougne, vmun
Throat, Hoireeneea, Whooplnf Comb and
Aathma. Vor Conaumotiea It nea no rival:
bu cured thouMnde, aud will cum TOO If
taken In time. Bold by DniKfKU on a (uar
an tee. For a tame Back or Cheat
HILOH'I BELLADONNA PLASTBRAo.
IILOH'SAVCATARRH
'REMEDY!
Tvft!i!nTSt5rrT?Tht mitum! v la atMimn-
toedtocurtjou. Price, 60 eta. Injwiorfwa.
8
m tr aw
Thli Trade Mirk II on the beat
WATERPROOF COAT
giuatrawd the World t
" A. .1. TOWER. BOSTON. MASS.
INSIST
ON
IIAVINO
TIIK
Belting, I'ucking and Hose, Hoots anil
Shoes, Kublicr and Oil Clothing,
Druggists' Rubber (iootls,
MANt'PACTt'llKI) BY
Gooiyear Rubber Co,,
73 ami 73 Firat St., rurtlnml, r.
Write (or rutaloKueFKKK. .
W. I. DOUGLAS ft flTTOB
if equals custom work, costing from
4 to $u, tx-sl value lor lm' iimncy
i the world. Kama ami nrico
cttn.iuuJ nn l.aa ... t.....
o....nU vit uuiiuiii, llttll
pair warrami-d. 'lukenosubMl-
mie. local p;ipcrs lor lull
uvMTipuiinoi our complete
urn's ior iaoics atm gen-
ucmi'n or scnu ior u-
l tist rated Latalogu
giving in
struction!! how to or.
derby mail Postage free. You din get the best
bargain uf dealers who push our shoes.
Bee Supplies.
I'OKTLA.M) SEED CO.,
71 Second Street, - Portland, Or.
Kriid for catalogue.
Dr. Wllllama' Indian Pile
Ointment will cure Blind,
llletdiiiir ir.id Itching Plloa.
It absorlia the tumors, allaya
the itchitiK at once, acts aa a poul
tice. Eivea Instant relief. Dr. Will
iams1 Indian Tile Oinlim-nt la prepared
lor FlU'S and Itrhlua; of the private
parts. Every tiox In warranted. By drug
Kiats, by mail on receipt of price, ill cents
anil tl.UO WILLIAMS MANUFACTURING CO.,
rronrlclofii, (:lovc land, Ohio.
MRS. WINSLOWS SW
FOR CHILDREN TCETHINO J
Far tele y all Urtntl.u. as Veata a kettle. )
FOR SALE.
One celebrated Tuerk Water Motor: new:
will develop lo lo 15-home power. Water Is the
Deal ana cheapeat power to us,auu tne"iuers'
la the beat and cheapest motor in the market
Will be sold at a saerilice. Adrirexs
i'ALMKK li UKV, Portland, Or.
HAVE
ITCHING) PILES known r nolsttm
ll KB par.piratlan.eauM Intense llchini
when warm. This form and BUSH
BLEKWNCJ or VROTBUDUta PUi.
TIEtPATOWCaTO
OR. BO-SAN-KO'S PILE REMEDY,
whloh act. directly on parts affroud
.lw,h.liiiMn allavsltAhtnv lTottllr
YOU
GOT
Af f"f i ptrmanrntmira. Price 600. Dnif st.n
faVCO er m-L Dr. Baaaaao. Philadelphia, Ja,
V. P. N. V. No 5113 -. V. N. II. No 6in
IT
IK YOUR BUSINESS DOES NOT PAY.
Chickens are easily and successfully
raised by using the Petaluma In
cubators and Brooders. Our Il
lustrated catalogue tells all about IL
dniMiVloXm.
I v i,iiauoe,aw
A sITTiNWiTFDi.3k.
DIL
I
WATER
MOTOR
Don't buy any but the Petaluma if yon want .irons;, vigorous chicks
We are Hacific coast Headquarters for Rone and Clover Gutters, Mark
rs, Books, t'aponlilug Tools, Fountains, Flood's Roup Cure, Morru
Poultry Con, Creoaosane the great cnlcken-lice killerandeveryolhei
article required by poultry raisers. Hee the machines In operation at
our exhibit with the Nerwslk Ostrich Farm, Midwinter Fair, batching
ostriches and all kind, ol rggs. Catalogue free: if von want it, write
to as. PETALUMA INCUBATOR CO.,
;M)-;d2-7S4 ;S6 Main atreet, petalumaTcal.
F0K THE
To ihe rtron or club returning n the largest
number ol
GOLDEN' WEST BAKING" POWDER
Certificates on or before Jane 1, l!M. we will
give a ca.b prise ot H'O. to the nst largest
aumcrow other prise ranging front 5 to $.. r
cW t LO-fcx A DKVERa, Portland. Or.
The Admiral Cigarettes are
the beet.
I Heart. ))
II PLANT I'ttUICV NKKDfl S
Ih lit yfiir, rnirt iiiiikx up for toil lima
.Kerry 'NKrixt Allium I forlnMwiU
H've you mini) valiuiltlit liliitu mm
V alNiiit wtmi to niU uimI Imw lo
ruin It, Itifiniiilimliitornin iX
VXtluii to lie liiul from no mUvtMjW
LMiuni. rrrr lo nUjrf
DR. GUWS
ONION
SYRUP
i FOR COUGHS,
COLDS
AltO CROUP.
GRANDMOTHER'S ADVICL'.
Inraltlneafamllr of Bine ehlldran, mr on'r
edy for Uouaha. CoM t and Croup waa omon ayrup. It
li fun elTooil vo n-d ir a It waa forty yara oi i.
How my (randohllJwi tnko nr. Oimn'a Onion Bynip
whloh fa at mad y preparad an-t morr plonaant to !
taata. Sold everywhere, I.arra loiila 60 oonta.
TakenoeubaUluMfurlt. Thero'l uoimnf M nio&
DOCTOR
THE GREAT CURE
-KOR
INDIGESTION
-AND-
CONSTIPATION.
lleulatorc(lli8lteariSltiirnej
-A WKfllFH! HOH-
Scrofula, Rheumatism,
Salt Rheum, Neuralgia
And All Otber Blood ind Skin Diseases.
II IB a no.-Hive cure lor all those nalnlul. dull-
cate complaints and complicated tmnblea and
wcaltneBHea common among our wives, mothers
aud dmighters.
The effect is Immediate and lasting. Two or
three doses ot On. Hakiisk's Kkmeiiy taken ciiillj
keeps the blood cool, the liver and kidneys act
ive, and will entirely eradicate from the system
sll traces ol Scrofula, Halt Klieliui, or auy otber
form of blood diaeaae.
No medlcino ever Introduced In this country
has met with auch ready sale, nor given Mica
universal satlstHCtion whenever meu us that ol
l)n. PianiR a Kicitcpr.
Tbls remedy has beeu used In the hospitals
throughout the old world for the iiaat twenty,
live years as a spccillc for the shove diseases,
and It baa and will cure when all other so-called:
remedies fail.
Bend for pamphlet of testimonials from those
who have beeu cured by lis use. Drupglsis sell
it at 11.00 per bottle. Try It aud be convinced.
For sale by
MACK & CO.,
9 and II Front St., San Francisco.
Bladder, Urinary and 1.1 rer Diseases, Dropsy
Qravel and Diabetes are cured by
HUNT'S REMEDY
THE
BEST KIDNEY
AND LIVER
MEDICINE.
HUNT'S REMEDY
Cures Bright'. Disease, Kcteutton or Non-re-tentiou
ol Urlno,Palua lu Uo Back, Lot ua or
dlde.
HUNT'S REMEDY
Cures Intemperance, Nervous Diseases, Goners
Debility, Female Weakness aud Kxceases.
HUNT'S REMEDY
Cures Biliousness, Headache, Jaundice, Bout
Stomach, Dyspept la, Constipation and Piles.
HUNT'S REMEDY
4CT9 AT ONCE on the Kltllir) s, 1,1 ver
and Howelau restoring Ihem to a healthy no
tion, and JI HUM when all other medicines
(ail. Hundreds bave been saved who have been
given up to die by frieuds and physicians.
' BOLD B AM. DHI ;;IS I S.
RUPTURE
I'KKM ANKNTt.Y CV RED oa
NO PAY. No I'aV UNTIL
CL'Kr.n. Wo refer to 6.0(10
(Mitlents. No operation. No
DKTE.NTION FROM Bl'SlSKXfl.
.Write or call for circular nnd
bank rcltreuce. EiiunaliM tree.
The 0. E. MILLER CO.,
awquam Building,
PORTLAND, l.(i!)N
Incorpora'e Capital lad Surplus, t'OO 000.
MASQUERADES, PARAGES,
111 A.1IATKI K 'I lit; VI it HMW
Everything in the above line. Costumes, Wlss,
Beards, fropertles, Opera and flay Books, etc.,
luruisbed at greatly reduced r it ten and In supe
rior quality by the oldeat, largest, beat renowned
and therefore mily rrliablt rAmrtcnl .Supply
tionte on the Pacific (kmtt. I'orreapoiiileuce so
licited. OOLOeTiiN A Co., M, 28 and SO o rarrell
street, also 822 Market street, 8an Francisco. We
supply all Theatert on Ike Voatt, to whom we re
spectfully refer.
Free by
on rvcctpt of O.VK Pul.l.AK
A Whole Garden.
It u until yon our Uluntrult-d Cauiogu wlitrh
will you all about it. Minft Heed him. Plitnt
C. (Ht.erw.KMl Hull Nurse-ry Co.), 4'J7 Httimouie
Street, Hun FrRDc.nco. arierted Heed specially
.CaiifflriiiaM
Wprfc tiamy
CATARRH
for Catarrh, DoafnMa.CoM i. Sor Threat, Tm1 . '
Hoannesa, Headact-e, Ij'ti'l. fcletcniui:
Breath i itostorea the Vnlee, ticnie or
R5f,
BmrlL eta lTit M'Cvai1 ".l s r
17tk eMm liraokiiiia .
YOU
WANT TH BEST,
Send for onr ratKiopue of
INCUBATORS
Bent tuakft. Luw rire. A'iy
wtmt. A1'1reM . C. Hrclif
Kipon, Califurniav
isNtrea aad people
waa bust weak tunc, or Astb
asa. atnald as. Pan's Care for
CdaMwaasatoa. It kae anarcal
ft baa not Iclnr-
eone- It I. not baa totaaa.
la taa bast eoagb srrnp.
mi
Parflee's M
K nNFY
ma mbf h h a -
TLVJ