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SISTE By AUGUSTA LAESE3. OoyriUt, ItWS. by American I'rosa Aasocla CI1AFTKR L (MM A- lV'i: tm moment SifT ,VirtA ton Its tfx t room. The station hack stopped at Miss May hew's door, thereby causinir a state of nutter and agitation in tne ore, or r- ta ft- l , .. l ..i A. . ... Juajnew inuy iwiwira i womnu- plate. The idea of company was always javeent to this lonely lady as a sweet, sympathetic longing, bnt the reality . brought with it undisguised dismay. Now she clasped her pale, chilly fin gers together and leaned forward in her invalid chair, craning her neck from be hind the curtain, as a small, black, hiny trunk was taken off from the back of the carriage, and a short, stout wom an in gray traveling dress, with a large itnw hat tied down over her ears, mak ing a rather aggressive poke in front, tpppe4 briskly out of the carriage and pointing her parasol with a businesslike air directed the driver to tak in her lug- Miss Mayhew gsve a faint groan as he fell back among her cushions with an air of passive Injury. The evil was sipon her, and she had been warned and had not heeded the warning. Event with Miss Mayhew generally cast their shadows before, and she learned the full Waning of the "signs' after they had eotne "to pass. That very night Miss Mayhew had dreamed of a ship in full aaO, which always betokened misfortune, and now Sister Martha had arrived bag and baggage, and she felt grieved that She presentiment had not weighed with greater force upon her mind. Sister Martha was not own kin to Miss May hew, only sister-in-law, having mar tied her half brother. She was a woman thought to be rather hard on her "help," baton excellent manager and shrewd in affairs. She owned a large farm In another part of the county and man aged to make a good income ont of it even in years of drought and of short crops. Her habit was to command. It was said that sister Martha rode aronnd her place on horseback man fashion, and that nothing ever escaped her lynx eyes. Two of her hired men had come down with typhoid fever one fall after being driven nearly to death through harvest time, and she had nursed them like a mother. One of the men died and she had a nice tombstone put np to his mem ory in the graveyard. If as folks said "Marthy Woitcumb. the Widder Whit comb, drnv folks to death she still had some kind of a heart in her bosom." Now Miss Mayhew, when she heard Martha Whitcmnb enter her front hall like a strong northeaster, shivered, turned paler, if it were possible, and shrank into her shawls and wraps in which she was enveloped like a butter fly in its chrysalis. She was afraid of Sister Martha; not afraid of bodily in jury from her hands, bnt of harsh judg ments and hard eye beams and skepti cal looks in return for her accustomed plaintiveness over the facts of life. In a moment Sister Martha was in the room, and Miss Maybew's face bad gone into eclipse under the poke and her deli cate cheek was rubbed against Mrs. Whitcumb's bristles. Miss Mayhew had J a shrinking from the hairiness of her sister-in-law's lip that was quite pa thetic. It was a terrible trial to this nervous invalid to kiss Sister Martha, and she never did if she could help it, merely allowing that energetic woman to rub her brush against her sensitive akin. ''" There was a frightful frankness abont Sister Martha that Miss Mayhew dreaded like a cold douche.' Now the first words she uttered were characteristic: "I know yon ain't glad to see me, Vinie, 1 didn't expect you wonld be, and Ann Baskett will be mad enough to tear hex hair because I ve coma, But harvest was over, twixt Corn and pig killing; yon know, and I could get away as well as hot, so I took a notion to come. We don't always know what's good for us, Vinie, and I thought a spurt of company might liven you up a bit And as for Ann, Fve brought her a linsey woolsey piece for a petticoat, so I guess she won't lite me.". Miss Mayhew polled herself together and looked at her sister-in-law with wa tery eyes. She made ho direct response to this candid speech, nor was any ex pected from her. "I s'pose you're hun gry,' shetoaid anxiously. ; "Our dinher's over and Ann has washed the dishes. She's makin a tea cake now. Would yon like a dropped egg on toast, MarthyT "I've had my lunch," said Mrs. Whit cumb, waving away . the suggestion, "Brought it along with me, from' home. Cold chicken and sand widges and pickles and cheese. Don't yon bother your head about me, Vinie." ' ' Miss Mayhew heaved a- sigh of relief, "You can go right np chamber, Marthy, Yon know, the spare room, of course, and its all ready except . airin and fresh water." .cap;, if. Mrs. Whitcumb took her bag, a shawl and umbrella, stepped' out of the room and closed the door behind her. Miss Mayhew was quivering front' this rude contact of her delicate being with force, in the form of her sister-in-law. - Every" nerve in her body, as she expressed it, "waa off the hooks,- each jumping it in- MIS own way." Bnt her ns of htwing was wore aonU thauevor. Sine she hud boen ti.nl to lu'V asy chair in IsiT pUvua ant, old fashioned stttiHjr, room, aha had livixl mainly through tho twa. Thtr was a red sit on piilior thin rlnvk now, as she listi'iuxl to sister Martha1 heavy stop and the receding ctvak of hor beets, Mrs. Whitcumb did not go no th stairs to the front chamber, but without ceremony walked into Ann Baskett'a kitchen "to talk me over," thought Miss Mayhew, and slid was Slurry and tremu lous, for hor sister-in-law had not allud- tt to the state of her health uor asked a I question as to how she found herself. She knew Sister Martha had uo faith in nervous diseases Wished the whole pack of them to scorn. No intangible form of illness took any hold on Sister Martha's sympathies, and Miss Mayhew could have sobbed as she sat there feel ing like an unmasked imposter under the lash of her sister-iu-law's harsh judgtueut. All the lectures Martha would deliver about exerting herself and takiug exercise and livimr in the open air and going to see the neighbor came np before her. aud she shuddered in an ticipation. Mrs. Whitcntub stepped ou to Ann's kitchen now, and opeued the door with more gentleness and consideration than she hail shown to her sister-in-law. Aim wls ft t0 conciliated, while i . . y-mi9 Mayhew was of but secondary im portance in the household. Ann was standing before her kitchen table scoured to the whiteness of chalk. She was of middle height, a spare, bony, angular person, with prominent shoul der blades, sharp elbows, lean brown arms and large knotted wrists and hands. Her hair was two gray, smooth ly brushed back from a narrow fore head, etched with hard straight lines as if done with the point of an iron instru ment Her blue print dress and white apron were spotlessly clean, and 'the thick white cotton stockings showed above her low shoes. Ann Baskett had little eyes, like gray pebbles, wide apart, and her thin lips were generally puck ered close as If unwilling to let out the board of important secrets that lay just behind them. Ann claimed the supreme merit of minding her own business and of ruling her own domain with rod of iron that brooked no power behind the throne the summer kitchen, the winter kitch en, the cellar, woodshed, garden and orchard. Over the remainder of the house she claimed only to exercise the rights of suzerainty and partial con trol. It was barbarian territory to be tidied daily and swept every week, but still outside her absolute sway. In one respect it was an advantage to Ann that she served an Invalid mis tress; there was no "snooping" aronnd In her kitchen and asking of vain and irrelevant questions. Ann was making cup cake, studded with large raisins, and to be baked in little tin patty pan. There was a clear fire in the stove, and the butter and sugar, flour and eggs were all ranged on the spotless table. From a side window in her palace Queen Ann had seen Mrs. Martha Whitcumb arrive; had seen Jo Spaulding, the hack man, bring in Mrs. Whitcumb's trunk and deposit it in the hall. Ann had not taken her hands away from the cake, for she was a person to be sought, not to seek; besides, she was not in the beet of humor. Ann divided all Miss Mayhew's vis itors into "satchel folks" and 'trunk folks." The satchel folks she did not mind so much. They only staid one night, or at longest two, and when they were well out of the house Ann could easily slip the company sheets and pil low cases off the bed and press them over with a hot iron, and nobody would be the wiser. Bnt trunk folks meant an extra bout of washing and cooking and cleaning, and Ann, who was a method ical soul, objected to them as a painful element of dislocation in her daily life. Mrs. Martha was notoriously trunk folks. She never staid under a week, and Ann had reason to dread her pres ence in the house as a person who was masterful enough to dispute sway with her, even on her own domain. Ann's back therefore was aggressive when Sister Martha entered the sunny kitchen. But Mrs. Martha was much more conciliatory toward the maid than she ever was toward the mistress, and at times even condescended to flattery. "Well, Ann," said she, bustling in, "1 never did see anything stand wear like this yellow paint on your floor. It looks clean enough to eat oft And that stove! why, you can just see your face in it What kind of polish do yon use? 1 should just like to get some of that kind." - - "Elbows," said Ann grimly, who knew soft sawder as well as the next one. She had not as yet condescended to turn around, and was just now spooning out the rich yellow paste into the patty pans, measuring the quantity accurately with her eye. ' , "Elbows, indeedl" laughed Mrs. Mar tha. "Yes, that's the best kind, as 1 keep a-tellin Jane Steel, trying to ding it into her head. I should, just like to have Jane see that stove and them tins; so bright you can see your face in them. 1 guess it would put a notion or two into her head of how work ought to be done.'" , ' ' " Ann's bony back quivered a sign to Mrs. Martha's sharp eyes that the ice had begun to thaw- "You've been get tin in your pears, I see, Ann," she went on, turning to a big basket of fruit standing on a kitchen chair. "They're Duchess Danglemens, ain't they? Met ier enough to melt in your mouth." She took one and proceeded deliber ately to put her teeth into the soft, juicy pulp. , '''-; . "' , " " " -j. "My tree bore uncommon well this year," said Ann, after depositing the patty pans in the oven. "Made jelly last week," and she opened a cupboard door and displayed a neat row of jelly glasses pasted up carefully and marked in Ann's peculiar handwriting. Mrs. Martha looked at them for a moment in mute admiration, still munching away t the pearr " '.'."''"? "Well, I never saw such jelly as that, Ann; clear as window glass 'and still as steelyards. It's just i,tttful W look ; at Does she eat such things, Amir "Sometimes dim does and sbmetimes ihe dtxwn't Her petitt) is kinder skittish. You eiint tell how it will be .with her from one day to another, When sho feels like it she'll take hold ; real smart Hut It don't swm to uinke uo diuVivnce what she eats, she alius looks the same, I've seen all kinds of folks big enters and little eaters; I've seen fleshy folks that evt like bird aud lean folks that StHimed to be holler all j the way down" j "Yea," said Mrs. Martha briskly, and contemplating the closet shelves; "it doe seem to me 'you've got a sight of fruit put up for your family, There's quinces and poaches and blackberries and grain's. "She wants it, said Ann, nodding to j ward the sitting room, "It's handy I you know, to send round to sick folks, ' especially them poor kind that hasnt a ' good crab tree like mine, or quince bushes that bear regular, Then a taste " of jelly or preserve come In as a rarity . Last spring she had tne semi a doxen ' glasses to the church fair, and they sold live cents the glass higher than some other folks'." "Of course they did, Ann, There's no i other jelly or preserves like yours made in this village. Out tell tue, does she i sleep well nights?" j "I guess she sleeps a good deal tnore'n j she thinks she does. Sometimes she'll say site hasn't sliet an eye all night; but I've my own opinion about that There's i some that can nap considerable when they think their eyelids are pinned apart But I must say 1 never knew such heanu as hers. After dark a cat cant jump anywhere in the street bnt she knows it" "Dou't yon think, Ann, she could ex ert herself mors if she triod." Ann closed her lips like a steel spring and opened them with a show of re luctance. She was nattered by Mra Martha's attentions, but still in her breast there was t stanch, grim kind of loyalty to her mistress. She had taken her broom now to brush np some invisi- Kl tfttwt CMttl flia Aiti-M, intl ah !ms n Alt with her pebble grsy eyea "Sometimes 1 think she could. Mis' Whitcumb, and sometimes I think she couldn't Wheu the neighbors coax her np to take a rids with soapstooes and hot water bottles and something strength enin to take on th way, she is generally in bed a day or two afterward; the bones of her legs seem to be soft all gristle, or whatsomdever yoa call it When she tries to walk she links right down Ukl empty bags. Ouly once a year she comes into the garding. Whec I see the dandelions spottin the grass and the plumbtows white np agin the sky I kno; she'll come out, and uiebbe totter twice aronnd to look up under the old trees and notice the laylocks in bioora. There a pair of blue birds that's come a good ' many years rnnnin to build in theemtch oi tne oougn apple tree, she woman t have them disturbed for the world and she stops and looks at the neat a long time, and at the old ones bringing bits of grass and straw to build with. I her to bring her in mostly in my arms and put her down on the conch and kiver het up warm, and revive her with the smell in salts." "Well, it beats all," said Mrs. Martha "The Mayhews, all 1 ever kuew, wers strong folks never had bipo or megrims or no kind of netvea. liood. sensible solid people. 1 can't make it out What does she do, Ann, there all day long by the settin room window" to xk cormjnjBD. A Claim folded After Thirty Vrars. One of the oddest claims against the government was presented not long ago by the sole survivor of a massacre on the plains. Thirty years ago a family of emigrants was traveling through Idaho on its way to Oregon, when, it was set upon by Indiana The father and mother, four sons and three daughters were killed, but the youngest member of the expedition', a male infant, was car ried into' captivity. Having grown to manhood he demanded from Uncle Sam the valne of the wagon in which the em igrant party , was traveling when at tacked by the savages, the vehicle hav ing bee Q subsequently found by a quar termaster in the army, who had applied it to his own nses. The amount, $180, was paid by the treasury and charged against the quartermaster. Washing ton Letter. Origin of the Sln "Itrlek." The "brick" Is a merry citizen, rarely one of the "upper ten," and usually a grade or two below the "upper crust" in social standing, but he bears his medi ocrity lightly, and laughs his cheery way through the world, often enjoying more than his stiff starched superiors. He is a jolly good fellow and never lacks friends. W. M. Thackeray first used the word tn the sentence, "lie's a dear little brick.'' Kansas City Rtar. - It constantly covered with eruptions, the need of a blood-purl tier l plainly Indicated. Washes and external application are of no avail. The polnoo must be thoroughly eliminated from the system by stimulating the action of the liver and kidneya, which organs have become sluggish and Inopera tive, thereby throwing upon the skin Die un natural work of cleansing the system of its Impurities. What l needed Is Ayer't Sana parllla the beat of blood medicines. "My face for yean was eovered wllh plm. plea and humors, for which I could find no remedy till I begad to take Ayer'a flariapa, rflla. Three bottles of this medicine effected a thorough cure. I can confidently recom mend It to all suffering from similar troubles." Madison Parker, Concord, Vt J "I had been troubled for some time with an eruption of the skin which, till I was Induced to try Ayer's Hampartlla, defied all efforts to cure. After taking two bottles of tills medicine, the eruption began to dlsapiiear, and with the third bottle It left me entirely." Louis Degenliardt, 126 Sumner ave., Brook lyn, N. Y., Traveler for (i. II. Buck 4 Co., Lithographers, 19 Centre st, New York. Ayer'sSrirsaparilla Tsarahab-ftT Dr. i. C. AYER COi, Lowall,' Mist! wsMbrDratflrt. l,ils. WerthSialwtUa. WhehThe Face '- i if f v.V M' if V f , t tuxiJ.: r. v,V" i it t.ti LLtxxiii dff i, ...4 L' V, V" , f f , i" 4 V ,k I !) ' ik. '.it JBt A .' 'I'd' . .I, 1 4 1 :- THE ii nette OrrtCMs IMtH'KMKXT TO HOME 'SEEKERS -A INVESTORS.- We have lot Wx'.HW feet, lWx'.KK) f-t, U favorably Jot)ntd. These lots twice the ordinary site art but ikrly located. We have one-ncro, suitable for suburban homes, convenient to town, schools, churches, etc., and of very productive soil. A which we will cell part in nmall tracts to suit purchaser, and on easy terms. mmmmmmmmmmmmm Call & See Us AT ORKfioM (Itr ROBERT L. TAFT, 2(e, S HtmrU lit., school tax noth'K. Tn th Uituttvt nt whnot tltrtet No- SJ, ol CUclittmiia ctmttty. Orrs'ii; Thn fci-html Imi nf lha nima.1 latrti! tnr " r " t '" "t """ "' ' wUh(n , ,,,r, ,n,m A , , ,hl, n:Hlli J, u m tui iieiinuurin Clerk Srhnol ptairlrl N. l Dstsd thlt tMh djr ut AkiU. wl l-Wjrj e-lT School Tas Miillrt. To the Tmnnyere of Hurk Plsr Srhmil DUlrlrl No 4, cUrkamu County, Oregon: The chiml ux of tne Above un.ed itWtrlet for the yrar iwi In now ilue n. wm l iialil to the unilemlgueil at blanfflretn Park I'Uoe, within alitrifara from tine of thfa n-xlre, or the Mm will b returned as ilrllii,'im. UKO. A. HiKll.Tt'K. Clerk or School Dutrlri No. 4. Dated ihla Tth dir uf May. IJ. SCIKWI.TAX KOTICB. To the taxfiayera of Kali View school dlatrlct No. Wa. of larkamia eonnty, oiegnn: Thearhool lai of the almva named dtatrlit forthe year lW ta now doe. and ntttftt he tald to the underalgned at hl oltlra In Fall's View vlthln alxty daya from the dxie of tlila notice, ortlieaame will he returned aa delinquent. J. llOHKMt'N Clerk Srhnol IH.trlct No IM. Ieled thlt tb day of April, lL 'iv.t-t NOTICE KOR rCHLICATlON. Unil Office at Oregon I'liy. Oregon, " Mar Hi. laai n Notlra fa hereby given that the following named aettler haa filed notloaof hla Inteulimi tn make ftual onwd In aiiiinort of hla claim, an that aald proof will be made before the reylater aud receiver of the United stalei land nlfti-e at CregonCitv. Ornaon. on July. Irtft. via. Wil Mam H. Smith, Pre I). ft. No MkS. forthe H. H of e. W. a. . v of s. w, i , and lot I of Sea. T. 7 8., K. 1 K. He namea the following wltueaaea to prove hla continuoua reeldcti(e Ufoti and cultivation of aald land, via: J. II. Hadley, John t'anter, J. B. Cannon and W.J. Plank, all of Sllverfoo f 0., Marlon county. Oregon. 6:a0 9:17J J. T. Ari'auos, Keglater. NOTICE OF FINAL HBTTl.KMENT. Votlce la hereby given, II at I. thsunderalgnd, have filed my final report In the matter of tn ratals of John !). Chartrtrii, diweaaed, Itt the county court ol Clackamaa county, Oregon, and the court haa appointed July 6lb, IVX at the hour of 10 a. m. aa a day and time for hearing of aald report and (or the Mttlement of aald eatate, farliea having obectloua may preanut them at that time MatuiAHirr A. Cwartrkb, Adm'x of the eatate of John li. Uhartera, dee'd, H. K Crou, Att'y (or eautc. fi 13:0-10 ADHINISTKATOK'S IALK. In the matter of th estate of Andrew Dolshag, deceased: I hereby give notice tht pursuant tn an order of the honorable county court of Clackamaa county, Oregon, I will, on Thursday July HI, 1SW at 1 o'clock p m at the court houae- door In Oregon VHy Oregon, sell at nubile auction to Ihs highest bidder for cash in hand, the follow Ing danoilhed tract of land slluatod in Clack amas county, Oregon, to wit: Commencing at the naif mil post between aectjoSa and i In T 6 , K 1 K of the Willamette '.Meridian, and running thence south IM) rodstthetico eaat IW4 ro.; tlimice north 120 rms; thence west MV rods thence north 40 rods; thence west 50 rods to the place of beginning, containing l', acres, more or less. Hale subject to conflnnatlnn of aald court. Annis KiMO, Administratrix. . UaUtd May V, 1SW 7-1S W C, Johhsom Atty. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. LamO OrrlcsAT OkaoosCiTV, OKroiH.r Notice Is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his Intention iii to make final proof In aupport of his claim, and Hi d that sold proof will be made before the Keglstar and Receiver of the United States land office at Oregon city, ur , on juiy is, isinvis:- , , Hiram Overton, Homestead entry No. . for the N E M of N W so' T ' K k' nd " ' M B l ' 8,0 He nimes the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence noon aid cultivation of aald Mod under section iKil, H, H,i J W. Fulnv ateer and W Boyer, Currlnsvllle, Clackamas countyi Oregon,. II. t, Hatch and S. A. I), Puter, rortiana, nuitnnman county, urrgen. . . Warren C. Norman, who made Pre. D 8. No , im for the N K K of Hec. 80, T. 4 ,, K. E., Is hereby specially notified to appear and ahow cause why Hiram Overton's entry of part of said tract should sot im allowed - e:s-7'JiJ J. T. Amnion, Heglster, , 4 Yj V &'-sBjlH M.t'li riMf itrtiuv I rout, if nut tu iinino I-ukI, wtll m'l tnertl ttumlro. iltitlnr vx yvttr lion Urge euoutfh lt ltr. Nil" half the usual prico of other lots dim two-aero, five and ton-acre tracts, large, growing "Prune Orchard," of & Get Prices Or'PH'R, R OS at Portland Office, 1'Olt l'l,A.'U. , FRANK NELDON, GUNSMITH AND LOCKSMITH Oregon City, Oregon. Full Sttxk of Guns Ammunition. Kepairaon all kinds of small maiiiliien pmmptlv itmde. DiiplUste keya to any liH'k InaiiufscCiinnl. Hlio oil Main ttrt, naxtr 8itth. XKTOBZXJL?-JL? . tivery, Feed and Snle Htatile ORECON CITY. LOCATED IlETWrrK THE IIH1DOE AND UriPOT Dmililo nnd Single Rip, find sad die homes nlwnys on hand nt the lowest prices. A corrnll ctmncctcd with the barn for loom stock. liiliirnmlioii rekfariliiiK any kind ol stm k (iroiiiptly attended to by person oi letter. Horses Bought and Sold. Practical Horstshoer, shop on Main St., opp Woolen Mills. Specie! AttenfloB dim to CoitracleH or Bad Feet HIIOEINO SI'KKl) 1IORSKS A 8rtXIAI,TY. Ten yean expeileuce In eastern cities! WOOD TURNING SCROLL SAWING BOXES OF ANY SIZES MANUFACTURED Parties desiring Wood Turning, I'at- ,,,,, . , terns, Jirackets, or ... , Shop Carpenter's Work Will be Hulled by Calling on Me. Doors, Windows and Blinds ' ' ' TO ORDER. ' ' K. BESTOW: sJfs"0pri. the Cbngremational 'dhViiroii CLIF1MIOUSE, J. BITTNKK, Propr. The Oldest Flrat Claaw Hotel la Oreirosi I'lty. Clean rooms with comfortable Imds. Tables supplied with the best the mar- Ketatiords. j .-,- . RAMSBY'iS STABLES,! BARLOW, OR. Livery, Sale and Feed Stable. Horses' fed sod caretl'fOr by thV day or month at reasongrble rates. , !..( r ,1 V - f, r r , i . i A j, 3 "' y Land Go. Sundrvy Sfrvloo9, rillMM'ONOHKilA l lllNAI, rHI'Ht:il.-K O. W. I.i'i 'aa, 1'itoor Horvlccs al II A M and f an r Mi Muiutay Nuhiuil niter miiriilliif sur vico, I'lrtvwr ini'ifthiK Witdnoiltiy wviuuim al J an u.cliu'k, I'raywr invotliia: id Vomm I'eojilr.s rt.u lol)' ul I'hrlMlitit liiidcaviir aviny Muuday ayoiiuiK at iloofiwiupl. riui' HAl'Tinr oiituu'it itv. oilman l'iii h l'iiiur Moriilim Service l II Hunday Mcltiixl at la Hm KvnultlH Hrli t M; ltMulr iiraii't imniliul WiilocNiUt evviilns. Noiilhly t'tti'ii'iiil Mi'cthitt crj AV'tlncwilny mvmIiiii prcccdliiii (hi II '-I tiimly In Ilia imiiiilt, A tiorulal lit v ttiitlou In all, ft'. IiiIIN'H t'llt'llt'll t'ATHill.lll.-ltav, A, Hu.i f iia imi, I'ns'or. on mly mans al a ami in ,10 a. at. Kiury second and fourlti rliitMlay tmnimii strmoii aftor the a o ctocli iiians. At all oltti-r itia-Kea KiimIUIi sermons, Hniiday Hcluiol al J m e w. Viwi, BiuiliiaetlcBl subjoins, and letisliiHln at 1 f at. MKI'lHHilMT KI'iniHX'AL t'llltltl'll,-ll r'nw, liirisn, I'ssmr. ' Mornliit senlce at II: Holiday Nclioolal I'J i&i KveiiliirHce all SU, f'pworih laiur. tiiiicitiin Holiday evtinlotf at a HO, k'rayer Mielliii I huraila)' oelillis at 0 no, slrangrira cordially iuvltinl. K1KHT I'ltKNHYTKIIIAN t'llt'ltt'll.-Kriy, O. W. tlimiNK, r'aator, Nert lwa at 11 A. M and 7 M r, a. aalilisih rloluuil at in a. a, Young I'eople'a rloctoty of t'hruttan Kudcavor tne.ia every Sunday evening at S it) Mmtneaday cveuliia priytir nuwtlMS at 1 .10. Seats free, KVANrl.i'Al.t'lll'Hi M-(lKKMAN - At'it. ItaNar, l'aior I'rcacluuii services very allcr natrt Huudayat II A M 'and lllr M. Habbath cl, mil every Hunday al III A M IJolui IUrrllTk.. r. aiipi t Weekly l'ra)r Meetiiig every Aediidy ovsulua I'NII'Rlt HIlKI'IIHKN t'lll'ltt'lt - Itev It. Mil im, pastor, Ncrvicea fli-t and third Muuday In each month at iimaou i Hy, al II a, in 1 i Hi, nitoiid Nuuday al Mountain ll. mm at II a. m '. fourth Holiday at Harmony sellout house at It a. in. I'ra er nieciins, tirttgon i lly, VMlnosday uvenlug. Hun lay acliool, tua. m. . j , , i Society DirtK-tory. ''IKKuON CITY DiiAHIt UPTMADK. tdeeta at Cm 1 1 llmiso uu Seoond Monday Itt each uioiith. Vtsttora welcome. f. K. IHINAI.I'HON, IUUVKY K l ltiixa, Hecretary, frealdent. CAM1Y II0AKU Of THAHR. Meeta at Kulthia Hall, t'auhy on Iral ami third Friday of each mouth. Visitors weltum. S. J. tisaaisoti, See, W Kniuiit, l-res at t'l.TflOM All LOIKJK, JiO. I, A, t 'Ik k'uT Holds Its renular dotnntunleatlnns on Irat and third Salurdaya of each ntonih at T SO n a, hretlireu IuiixhI standing are luvltclto attend. i. T, APfXHHtiN, W, M, T. r RYAN. Mecretar OHstWiN uilMIK. N ,' t. U. 0, r, at nets evsry Thursday even a at ' so o'clock e. at. tn the M,t rallowa' Hall. Main slreel. Memlwrs of the Order are lutlted to attend. My Order W A. Midlenw, N (I. Thoe, Myan, Seerelary. rALLS KMCAMI'MKNT, No. i I O O, P. MeMa rt and third Tuesdays of each month, at l hi. I Pellows hall. Memtwra aad vlsltluf batrtarchs, eordlally iBvlird to altc'i.l. i.. H.JHB, ) W. O'l'uSHSIt. HrrlU. Chlel I'sn larch. m mm uii'UK, ko sa. i. o. o, r Meeta al Odd Fellow hall, Oawegn, tery1 Aaiurlay tveuint. VlslUng ttrethreu snad elcm. 0, VY. fHOHSKM, N. U. r. Kiat sr, See, ,,.,.,..: alEAI'K POST, No t O A. B liKPARTatKNT OP DKKilON Meets Irat Monday of each month, at K. of P. Hall, Uregou Cliy, Vlalttug unnsles made wslosscns. OILMAN PAltKRR. Commaadvr. UKN. CROOK POST, R, a 11 A. R , Uepa" went ol Oregon. Meota In schoid house al Needy on first Sat urday lu each month al i o'cliK-k P m. Alt emmradea made welcimar il, M. Rvlahii. Wat. Tuna rao, Adjt, l ummauilor. AN UK kg IIOPKH I.'.IM.K. No. t, gotta) OP IIKHMANM. MeeU every Suuday at o'clock p m. at Traubath's Hall. rear, (Isamsusa, free. Al aaar SHtiuau. Seo THAUriN UKAMIK.NO. III. P. of M. Meets last Sslitrday ol each month al (belr hall In Wtlsonvllln. K. H llsasv. Mini Hans Dniar. ScC'y. Master WAItXKK OHANuR, No. 117, P. of II. Meet fiHirfh Haiuiday of each month, al their hall tu Near Kra. J. t -! , Muter K. f Mi.lji-'l. w). llt'TTK CltKrlK OHANUR. No, ttl'p. of It. Meets al their hall In Marqiiam, seoond Mat urdy tu each month at lu a. m, VUltlug mcmtiers always welcome. J, E J vi a, Secretary J. R. WII1TK. Master. MOI.ALLA ORANOR. NO. 40, f. ol II. Moms al their hill al Wright's llrldge on tha seoend Hatiifdsy of each' month at Id a. ra rellow tnenilwrs made welcome. Kai atN WamiiT, Master, K II. )AnaAl.k, Sec. OAVKI, MilMtR. NO. .VI. A O. V. W Meets every ThnMay evening at Knight' hall. C'anby. Visiting brothers made welcome. w. M. Hiusa, W. M. W 8 Oaissi s. Iternnler, CLACK AM AH LOIKIK. Nix 67, A 0, V W. Meets first and third Monday In each mnuth. at 11 rl it lil a Mall Visiting brethern weliome. H, sUOiaaon, L. I). Jtm. Res. M. W. PALLS CITY WIXiKOr A O t'.W, Meeta evary second and fi.nrth rrlday . rof each month In Odd Fellows' building, sojourning brethren eordlally Invited in at tend. , P. T, HAltl.oW, al. W, AC1IILLKS LIMiB,NO.aa, K OF P. Meeta every Friday night al th K. of P. hall. Visiting Knights invited Isaac Ai kbbimn, V, C. J. K HHimaa, K i, it. and . HT. JOIIK'H HRANCII, NO. M7, C. K.of A. Moots every Tueday evening at their hall corner Main and Tenth Htreeis, Oregon t:lty... Matt, jusTtn.Seti'y. T. W.HttLUvaH, t'rea, NKW RKA W. C T. V. ' Meets first Hainrdsy In each month at their hall lu New Kra, Frlendanf the cause sre In. vlted to be pn.senl. Mas. Cabbv Jonnsoh, mri. r.ASTMAN, rrandent, CANBY LOIKIK, NO 6ot, 1 O. 0, T. Meets everv Nstllrdav wvelillieal lfnlvhl' hall Cauhy Visiting members always msdn wel come. Wgl.non SHANK, VY. 0. T. t. J. Coi. HtO. MKADFt HKI.IKF CORPS, No. II, PKPART- . , MKNT OF ORKUON. Mra, M. M Charman, President Mra. T, I Conhraue, -' . Treaaurer, Mra. 1. H. Harding, - Secretary. Meets an first and third Prldava of month In K. of p. Hall. Members uf oorpg from abroad, onrdlally welcomed, COLUMBIA HOOK AND LADDKR CO. Meeta first. Friday 'of each mmkii ' Fountain angina house. Chas. Athy, pres. i u n. 1-n.i.ow, stie j. chas Hitisr, 'rm , , FOUNTAIN II08R CO., No I Regular naetlng. seoond Wadiieaitav In Month al engine hoiiso, east aids Main street, between Seventh and Klghth. t, Ai.'KHa!AM,Heo'y. Lani'K OAanNIN, Prog. , Kn. Nhwton. Foreman. CATARACT I1I1HK CO. No.. 9. i Weots second Tuesday of each month at Cat aract 'Knglne house, W If, Howkm. prna. . U. Ksarow, Itee'y, t. .0'0wmimx, P'rn. . ' SONS OP VKTKRANttT" " ' -1!. 1). Baker Camp, No. JH, meets every first ana third Thursday evening ol eaah mouth O.A . HKKMANN,Jr.,Capt. Waho B. La wto n, 1st Llaut, C. P: HticKl.ss, 2d Lieut T COMPANY, FIRHT RKOIMKNTi 0. N. O. Armory, Third and Malu. Uogular drill ulght,, Monday, Regular business meetlug, first Monday of saoh month. r , .... it! i- W-Oannng,' ' ...'' Captain f.fl.ltsillw,..! - w 1 First Ueuteuaul. L ,L. Plokeus. . Boooud Llauteuanl- Lounges, chairs, elp., miholstereil at HolmaD A Warner's.1 All work guar anteed. 1 Repair all yoiir old lounges for ' little) money and they will be good at ft