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By AUGUSTA LARKED, popyrUjb.1, ISS. by Aniw-lcaa Pre Aeeocia tlon.) ; Sh said h u going ont and might not be Wk for tome time. She wont to hor room, ami yut ou the boutiot with Um red flowers, her bost mantle, and kid glow. She looked in the gift and aTwuarked to herself that the red flowers tnade her face look more "jauudiey" Khan ever. The black, baKY g)aoe wider her eyea were very uoticeahle. Her bad nihta were tvllirur tale. "It't o to be dor."," ah aaid, throngh her clinched teeth, and then her face grew rigid and gray. If ah waa going to km her sleep and gooff in her look like that what waa the use of living? She went down the bark stair to Ann's kitchen with the crumpled invita tion in her hand and carefully deposited it on a big bed of coals in the stove. Ann at with her back turned, a pan of apples in her lap she was paring for pies. "I may pack up and go home by the afternoon train, Ann," she said abruptly, "but don't meutiou it to her quite yet, for 1 may conclude to stay." Ann turned her whole person slowly ronnd toward Sister Martha, her neck joint being somewhat stiff. "I thought Miss Warren had asked yon to tea for Sattday, and that's this renin." "So she did, Ann, bnt I may hav to end a regret. I'm beginning to get kind of oneasy about things at home on the farm." - Ann gave an incredulous grunt. She was constitutionally incapable of be lieving all that Mrs, Martha Whitcouib aid. The appearance of the red artifi cial and the kid gloves so early in the morning seemed rather suspicious. Mrs. Whitcumb went out the back way aware that Ann was watching her from the window. She mode the circuit - of a large square and then darted lown Spring street until she came to Captain Bligh' door, where she stopped, panting, and furtively looked np and down with a nervous quiver in her legs she bad never experienced until within a few months past, when broken nights had begun to be the torment of her life. Mow she glanced up at Captain Bligh's Iwose as she stood there hesitaffng and afraid. It was a long, low, unadorned house, dingy white in color, much treated by weathering, with a high pitched, shingled roof of old style, a door in the middle and two windows on each side. The front yard was bar of flow ers, though in the time of Mary Bligh it had blazed with beanty. She looked np at the windows that seemed to gaze ont of forlorn, wo tunn ies eyes. The yellow curtains hung limp and stringy, and one rebellions shade had come down bodily and ex posed the interior uakedness. The shut ters were thick with dust and the panes darkened with fly specks. She knocked discreetly, for the bell was bmken, and to the first summons there came no re sponse. She knocked again, more em phatically, and footsteps began to draw near, as if from an immense distance, echoing along nncarpeted floors and empty piissaea. It was Captain Bligh in person who flung the door open wide with a jerk and stood there on the threshold in his shirt sleeves, a tall, dark bearded man, with tanned face and hands and singularly bright eyes. Be was a little taken aback at seeing a woman on his threshold, a woman, too. so handsomely dressed, for he waa ac customed to tramps and beggars, bnt not to visitors of this finished descrip tion. The morning sun. too. waa in his eyes and made him blink. What's wanted," be asked in the tone of command natural to a' man who for years has walked the quarter deck with undisputed sway. "Why. don't you know me Cap'n Bligh." He scowled blackly as he stooped a little to peer under the veil that covered the lady's face. "Is it the woman who applied for a housekeeper's place?" "La. Cap'n Bligh, as if I would ask such a thing, a person of my means. 1 am Martha .Whitcumb, Martha An drews that was." , ' The cloud darkened on the captain's .strong face, and there were running 'ruts over the eyebrows that betokened storms. "Oh, you!" he said, drawing in his breath with a sharp sound. , "Won't you let me darken yonr door, Cap'n Bligh?" she said, not without a tremor. "You scorned my invitation, 1 know, but I have something to say to you." The captain still stood darkling and looming over her, piercing her with his wary eyes, as if trying to probe the mo tive of her visit. At last he pulled him self together, having suddenly remem bered his manners. "Yon can walk aft, if you don't mind," said he in a softer tone. "The decks haven't been swabbed of late; I have been too busy about other things to think of them." t Mrs. Whitcumb, quivering more than ever, did step aft through an nncar peted passage to what had been the din ing room of the Bligh homestead. The room was flooded with sunshine. There were three large, high windows from which the captain, in his manly im patience of swathings that shut out the light, had torn down the curtains. A cook stove had been set np near the chimney, and Mrs. Martha's sharp nose at once detected the odor of a burning teakettle. She stepped straight to the stove and deftly lifted it off the fire. The breakfast table, still uncleared, oc cupied the middle of the large room. It was the captain's practice to use all the dishes in the house successively and to stack them in what he called the locker, meaning the cupboard, to await the ar rival of his old woman helper who came over once a week to wash np and tidy the house. A pile of red and yellow squashes wen penned np in one corner of the room, and other nook were filled with a litter of books,, magazines and news paper! heaped on the floor, i A melancholy old white, ptvrot, much uennati oY toatnor aoont its scrawny mvk, aat doting on a xrvu. Ou the , , ,f , k. ... j casing of one of the curtainW window, i lotting in pitilee flood of daylight to ; rvwl over the damaged and dusty eon-j dition of Captain Bligh's belonging, was stuck a long row of itmutm.se no j dhw with Mack and white thread dan-; gling, ready for immediate use iu the towing on of buttons and the drawing np of rents in the captain's wardrobe. On the wall over his sea chest hung a chronometer and a marine chart, and the demijohu of whisky rescued from the deep Mood ou the chimney piece cluttered with pios and garden tools, currycombs and bootjacks. Captain W'sk looked around rather ruefully, as if the preeeuce of a well dressed woman had for the first tim made him consciou of the clutter and confusion and discomfort of his abode, I know I aiut shipshape, Mrs. Whit enmb, but I harent much time to pipe clay inside." "It aint right to liv so," returned Sister Martha, taking in the scene with her housewifely glance. "You're a woman hater, Cap'n Bligh, and I guoss ! you've found ont you can't manage at house as you would a three master." j A strange look came into the captaiu face, something between a satirical smile and a terrible, black frown. "I don't suppose you have come her to talk me over." he said sharply, a he seated himself with his back to the light, but where the Widow Whitcumb, gently swaying back and forth her stont per son in the rocking chair, presented a fair target for hi keen eyes. "Yes, I have," she answered, plucking np courage, at aha fussed with the fringe of her mantle. 'Tv come to talk about what yon air, and what yon might have been and ought to hav been a better and happier man." "Well," said he, in a ton of grim re straint that his schooner hand under stood as a sign of tempest piping up in j the shrouds, "pay out your hawser! if yon must, Mrs. Whitcumb. I'll b i dumned if I can make out your bear-; tags, or which way yon are tryin to teer." "Dont use foul langwidge, George Bligh, in the presence of a womau. Them tailor oath are repugnant to my feelins. It's not associatin with the sex for so many years that's made you what you are, George, and its the greatest of pities, for yon bad in you the makin of a fine man 1 may say a splendid' man. And yon know I was livin, when we both was young, at Mother Mayhew'sasa sort of left handed connexion of the fam ily, doin sewin and helpin with the housework; and Vinie was just grown up then. Well, yes; I do suppose Vinie was ; as pretty as a picture all pink and white ! and the sweeteet hair falling around her j head in big loose ringlets. 1 didn't won-1 der you admired Vinie, Ueore, but I! knew then she hadn't any physical stam- iny. Her hands were always weak and white, she conldn't lift or work bard, ! and you, George, needed a wife that! could help yon along could go in and j rough it if there was any need; and there was more than one woman in this; town that would have been glad to do it I But, of course, with land adjoining and ; you livin neighbors and seein her every j time you was home from sea, yon fell in I love with Vinie. But she wasn't the one ! cut out for yon. I always knew it and ' so did Mother Maybew, partly on ac count of Vinie's being such a weaklin ' and partly because she knew you would j never be a professin Christian." A slight quiver seemed to pass over j the captain's strong frame, and when Mrs. Whitcumb came to a pause he waa silent a moment before he put out his hand and said in a strange, hoarse voice. "1 won't hear any more of this." "You've got to hear it," said the widow in tremulous tones, sitting bolt upright in the rocking chair. "1 can't go on this way much longer with my appetite a comin and goin like the old woman's soap, and me a tnrnin a marigold yel low that always had a good, clear skin, and my nights on a bed of thorns instead of a good hair inattresa with the best springs." "For God' sake try to keep before the wind," muttered the captain, as be puck ered his forehead and moved impatiently in bis chair. "Yon know," she went on nervonsly, "it was at that time Josiab Whitcumb was paying attention to me. Joeiah was a kind of lubberly, thick sk ailed boy, bat he had inherited a good farm at Bath from his father, Deacon Whitcumb that was, Mother Mayhew's first hus band, and his mother wanted to get him married off. There wasn't many girls that would look at Josiah in spite of the farm, and Mother Mayhew worried good deal about it. She thought it oi be just the makin of Joeiah to get rru.. ried, and I bein right there in the family and havin nothing of my own it did look as if it might be intended. Mother May hew was always talking abont the 'pint ings of providence. She war a very re ligious woman. But yon see 1 couldn't love Josiah no way. I never pretended I loved him even when I thought it best to take him. 1 was a girl then, and 1 had my fancy for a dark man, with a fine rigger anil a high spirit, I always did admire high strung men, and while you was look in at Vinie, Cap'n Bligh, I was lookin at yon, which I hadn't ought to." Here she paused, and fumbling in her pocket for her handkerchief put it to her eyes. "Go on!" shonted the captain impa tiently, "for God's sake let's warp into dock." Sister Martha had turned pale under the sallow tint of her skin. "Cap'n Bligh," she faltered, "I feel as if 1 was exposin myself dreadfully, but I've got to do it. Have you got that Testament you saved from your last ship wreck along with the demijohn of whis ky? 1 want to see it." The captain got np and strode to his bedroom, adjoining the room they were in. Mrs. Whitcumb could see through the open door the tumbled bed and a confusion of garments. He seemed to be searching "for some time in the drawer of a bureau, whirling over the content with large, impatient hand. Atrkturth o cam ont, bringing a small two it vol ume bound in leather, with the leave . . V S discolored and th covers warped by a wetting in alt water. Mrs. Whitcumb took it and turned to the tly loaf. "It's got your sister Angelina' name in it," she said, "and I guom you'd have to respect ait oath if you took it on this book." The captain wa standing ln'fore hr with his hands in hi ptx-kots glowering, and knitting his brow in his effort to understand. "An oath," mud ho antou tdied; "what do yon ineanf ' "I moan there' a secret weighing on niv mind, and if it doe look, bad for me I've got to toll it." "Keep your seoreta for all me," said he, turning abruptly on hi heel; "I've no doubt if some d d piece of fixdishnees," "I cant keep it and I wont, George Bligh. It' killin me by inches. My leg are all a-tremble after a steeple night when something come and stand by my bed and says, 'Yon'v got to do It. It' about yon and nie and Vinie and them old time. The captain looked startled and hi keen eye rested suspiciously for a mo ment on the woman agitated face, "Well," said he, laying his hand lightly on the book, "I'll promise not to tell, a you make such point of it." She stood np and faced him, putting herself between him and the door; eying him, too, much as a mouse eyes a big cat that is on the point of a spring. "Well, George," her speech flowed on with many hesitations ami breaks, "you remember that picnic up at Burns' Mill, when you asked Vinie to go and Mother Mayhew kep' her at home ou th pre tense that she had a bail odd, and you wa pipin mad and looked black a a thundercloud because yon could ee right through it all Mother Mayhew was always against you, George. Sh hadn't no faith iu teafarin lueu. She said they mostly all had a wife and family in every port they frequented, and weren't hardly ever known to be pious. She wanted Vinie to marry a minister. Sh seut Josiah and m off in a buggy, and when we got to th Mill yon wa there wanderin 'round, lookin glum and disconsolate. So yon kind of made up to me because you wanted to talk about Vinie, and you asked m to be your friend and her friend, and to tell her to keep np her courage and to believe in your truth and constancy. Yon were going next day to join your ship for a three month' voyage to tb West Indies, and you promised to writ to Vinie from the first port yon touched. You gave me so many message for Vinie I couldn't charge my memory with them all. I didn't so much as look at Josiah all that day, aud he was hoppin mad and never spoke to me one going home." The captain wa holding her with hi wary ere. A kind of ashen hue had overspread his dark cheek. "Well," b said under bis breath. "You went away," she resumed slow ly, quailing and dropping her eyes un der bis look, "and I guess the devil must have entered into nie with seven other spirits. I forgot all them message yon sent to Vinie. partly because 1 argyed it ont that it Would be wrong to go against Mother Mayhew. I never breathed a word abnnt that letter you promised to write, and the wild notion got hold of me that mebhe yon would take np with nie if Vinie was out of your reach. I guess I waa half crazy, and I treated Joeiah like the dirt under my feet. But it didn't seem to mak any difference with him in the end he was almost too stupid to know it. Well, Vinie wa looking for that letter. I hadn't breathed a word, but she knew you would write. 1 could see it in ber face as she went every day to the post office with a light step aud then came dragging home with her eyes glassy and her face kind of pinched ami withered. She grew whiter and whiter every day. 'most as if yon could look right throngh her body. But she would drag herself to the poetofhee and come back disap pointed, and 1 could not help exulting. 1 don't know whether 1 wanted her to die or not. 1 was wicked enough to. But finally she broke down iu th first of her hysterical spells, pwr weakly thing that she was, and she would make me go to the postottice, and the letter came that very day. I couldn't bear she should have it. 1 thought I'd rather be tore limb from limb. 1 didn't know what 1 waa about, 1 guess, for 1 walked around a long time iu a kind of duze, and at last 1 found myself down by the river at the old red bridge, and I took the letter ont of my pocket and tore it in little strips and threw them oat on the water, and I can see them now go bob bing up and down on the current." TO BE CONTINUED.) One of the best after dinner cheeses i the strong, rich Edam, which now madn in America. VVhenTheFace Is 'constantly eorerMl with rniptlons, the need of a blood-purifier Is plainly InclliaU-d. 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MoTtCsfor FINAL 8KTTUSMKNT N.iO.- U hrhy ilvon, !tit Jir Me (inw.lhe niH iiior i ihr riw "I fr nirlp, ,lr,, h ninlirr, Ntet priit"l lirf 'Uli ni.'UI ii1 nini In iherltlrxit Hi ooiiwjr rliTH ( therounty of CUrk.tiit!l uirt( Orrn. ft Sua! nerouM of hl .lnill,ltrll..n i,l l.l ut, mid tht n Hi l.th ,Wy i( July. IMlJ, m 10 o'rlurk . m , l Ih ei'iinty wmrt rwm In Orrtimi rtty, hi' li "Inly ihIii mI by Ui MW1 ennrl Ii,f lh hunrlns u,l tll mni of On- mM niM iumi t unit Wn ulilrh Ilnir mid l lilrh .Uivn nrrxili Iniprrala-! Iu Hltl tti. nmy ,pnr null nit ul)Oun ur excei,lttiu loftfttu ftci'oiiiu t Jir C Miiiw, I Kiwuliir of the ril of l'lr Mwln. il'd. ' ii.Hl June IU. x li 7 . SOTII'K KoK I'l HI.ICATION. j Unil OWr t Orrcen City. Orrmn. ! Jiiii I. IVI ( I Si.lire U herrhy al ton thai lh tull'iwOif . tiftmil wolpr him IIIr, u,(.r ,,t hl Inlrtiiit.ii to mi flnal pr.wif lit support f h! olalin. ftl U : Ihm mM pfof wllllw mvl l'l,,rp the Ki-i'r , ml hrrlv,n.l Ilia V. H litl.l olTlot ! Ormna J I lly. OrtuD, no July 1. vl. , I'Urttitv Hwlni-k, ' lli.mmrttl riuy N Tull for lh- r. nl N W I n.l K "I S W i, of Hrc , T. 4 . H. K II nuiiiM the IoIIiiwIik wlliiMii t" ifn hUnttntluutm ranlnenr upon n, euitlvMtu,ii ol IkihL til: lr lr. Un lluxliah, William Tiin and Ahram Ury, all ol Sprlu airr Clai kauiai pi.umy. iirmoo 6 10-7 11 J. T. ArrMiS. HikIut. AOMINIHTKATOK'S SA1.K. - .V. ...... ..I K. ---- Af AnJM IWilaha 111 Ml H,,W ,11, ' ' " " -I itecmard: I horehy lvf nntlrc that pimnanl to an nnlar of th henorahl coiimy Cftnrt of Clackamfa rniinty, (,. I will, on Thurailay July II. Ikw at I o'clura p m at th ooiirt huiiM door In Ornn I lly ilwaim, tell al niiliHn am tlnn to the htahrat ll(Mir for rah In hand, th follow. Int drarilhed tract nl laud llunl l In Clark mil county, Orrn. In wit: l ommeiirliirat Ihphalf mile poal lwtwrn iMtlona 4 and In T5b. HI K ol the Wlllamnte mrrlillan, and rumitiiK ihriir xmlh s r.l thrum at ro,U:thenco north I'JU roda; thrno wrat An, roda thnire north 4U nala; lhno wt 'lKt t4i the iiliu f of Ix-ihiiiluir. ronlalnliK f!1, ai rea. more or l(a. Hal mojrri to oonnrmatlnti of uldoourt. Anni Kisu, Adinliililratrin. Hateil May 27, mi trl.; 14 W C. Joh.min Ally. NOTICE. V. g. Unl Oftlee at Oregon City. Oreon,( MaylfV IW.M Complaint having tieen entered at this ortlee by I hrlellan 7.. Idleman agaliit Welling V4ct lake for abandoning all montlis prior to Nov. II. It)l. nls homeitend entry No. KWJ, dated March 14, upon the tie1, ection Jl, town ship 'I H, range 7 In Clarksmaa county, ore gon, with a view to thacancvllatlon of uld entry, the said partlea are hereby uniinnued to a pear al this office on the 7th day of Het.teinlier, iwj, at tu o'clock . m., to riwpond aiid.tiirnlah testimony conceriiliig said aliened abandon ment. J T. Aei'tHnoN. Kegifter. 7:1 S:!l PrT Pgt;rr. Kecelver. UUAHDIAN SALE, By vlrtne of an order of sale made by the ootinty court of Clackamas comity, slate of Ore gon, of date th ri day of August, lwl, In the matterof the estate and guardianship ol Wil bur L. Haulier, a minor, the undersigned, th duly appointed guardian f said minor, will, on Hutu relay, lh Drub day of July, A I) 1M sell at public auction at the court house door in Oregon City, Clackamas county, state nf Ore gon, at 11 o'clock a m. of tald day, the follow ing described real estate, to snld minor belong ing, to wit '.the H. W. of the 8. K.',' and H. K. i of the H. V. of section two (2), and the N. W XI of the N. and the N. K. U of theN, W.fJ of section 11. T.6 8..K. 1 K. of the Wlllnmottc meridian, all In Clackamas county, state of Oregon, ootitai ti lug pit) acres. Hald sale to be subject to conffrinatlon by said county court. Terms of sale half cash, half on credit. A do posltc to be made ou day of sale to secure bid, Ahou.i.a Dkkmrk, P"". Onapllan of said Wilbur L. Masher. Dated this lath day ol June, Wl (ti: 17-7 : 15 NOTICE. In compliance with an election held In Clack mascounty, Oregon, on June II. Wl, at which a mnjorlty of the votes cast were against per mitting tie running at large of swine iu said county, notice Is hereby given that at tho expir ation of sixty 'Wl) days from the date ol this notice It will be unlawful for swine to run at large in sny part of said county. II. H. Johnson, County Clerk. Dated this '.3d daynf June, 1W2. 11:24-6,20 THE KOHLER. HENRY KOHLER, PROP. Barlow, Oregon. LEADING H0TRL 0 TIU PLACE. Tables supplied with the beat the market affords. Meal 25 cents. r. v - f C f Jf T I Ka snrsot prim trttoi. It tu irun luid, wilt not mmkI hmulreiT doilsr or yr rhu lr umiih io lxr. wa Land Go. large, growing "Prune Orchard," of Ht'MMONS. In the Circuit Court of the Slat of Oregon for t'larkmiias rolllllv. L. r Volideiahe, plalllllff, . Thomas Jonea. Mary Jona Ann Jartnsn. Kllallh Sam i s 1 . r van haianrl, Mart l.wla. ttavld l.rwla and Jrnttrtte .Il.. tilt In Ktilty. Tald defend nits - Vu andeai hof yi are hrrwtiy aiimnio,,,! and re,iiiwl to b and ap iMnar in Itie alH,, rlitllle,! stilt and ,Hirl on or l tor th ltrl M..n,lai Iu NoviMiibrr, A l lvl Iwliig th wvriiti) day "l aaid mnih. and an awr th romplallil lrl agallKt you or Jmlat mriit by default will t taken agaliiBl you a cording In Ihr prayer of tald complaint The aald suit IB brought loohtalll a drere nf thta court lor th lorccliwnr ot a reflatii mort- ,lr-rll d In ihr eomplatni and rswuird I,)' the said 1 nomas Jour an Mary Joura hla wtl. now living, and Annir Joura, moiher ol Bald 1 honiaa J.ioca. dcrard to Brcnrr Ihr pay mrnt .f a rrialn pnmiaory ihh mad hy them to plaintiff on Itiesaui 'lay (or the sum ol two hot, deed and Ally ibiliar aud Ally rrnia Hin Vi iu I nltcl Slana gold coin. d acrllr,l Iu the roioplalnt herein, aud which has Itecome dor and owing with Infer! Ihrrroit slnceth d day of Octulr, A l lw7 at lb rat ol twelve, per rent. r annum I that th premlara i .uiveyrd hv aald moriaagr may l aoltl and the pnirmli thrrrof applird to Ih payment ol aald not, unil,) el)!rl by ptaliilln as aforwald. and ooata of suit. For fur ttirr partleulara rrferwne to in complaint on (lie la horeli) made: and In oaa such procwds are not Biifhclrul to pay tlir auiite thru toolitaln anrsrciltlon agatllat the aald 1 hamaa Joura and Mary Joura hia oil lor Ih balancr remaining do, Slid also that the aald di'fotidattla. and all persona claiming by. through or unitrr them, mar be Iwrrral and furrcloard ofal) right, till, claim, lieu, r.piliy of retlrmptlou aud lulrrrat In and to said mortgagml premise, and for uther and furttirr relief. And II you tall to appear anil auswrr aaio mm- nlaliil aa ahovi, reoillll Ihr lilallltllT Will lak delatill against you and apply lo the court for relict ileinaiiurd in in eompiaiiu. w. ( aaav joHNaon, S-W,7-W) I'lalutlfTs Altoruay, NOTICE. NuIIit is hereby kIvcii lliat tlie fullnwliig warrant will Im r'aiinrllrd hy order of Hi" rotinty court If not preaenteil fur psvnient befnre sixty days from tn nrst nay ol Jiny, iiateol IsBite, No. Name. Ain't. July lo, lias lu E. M. llsrtman ..l'JV si J f. Nmlth . . 1 tsi LU A. Nleholaa 'J on 2.:ii T II odeual a isi I August 7," 306 0. W. Walling Mm Sept. 8, ' H7I1 J 7 Hup. i, ' Mis . ,. j ist " f,wj It HtricHln . . ii ' BU4 W. A Crlsrll J Ul " " wrt Aug. Ycrglli . ... '2 ISI " 71. Johii Oairuey i Jan. 7, UNA MM WW , " K'at ISI Feb. A, " licttt Win. Harlow .... I'J lal " IU7S J, r. Perdew 14 01) " o my mm March Al," I'rj T. II. M. Maker . . in l " " m " ' ... . a ) AprtlA, ? 1204 John Hickman .. . M ll " 7, " lust J E. Smith ... I W " , " lain Henry Arnsplgnr... at) May 7, " I2HK James McCully. . 100 " 7, " 1M Jus. E. McCnnuell 1 40 isir.li.' T. II. M Maker a i ' tm J. E. Smith 10 Judos, " lKd . J. C. Hickman . . ! 00 II. II. Johnson, County Clerk. NOTICE F0H I'UMIJCATION. Lind Office at Oregon City, Oregon,) July a. lwri I Notice Is hereby given that tlin following named settler has Alcd notice of his Intention lo mske Anal proof In support ol his claim, and that said proof will be made before the register and receiver of the United stales land utiles al Oregon Oily, Oregon, on August 24, 1 sua, vl: Martin N. Hhiilslcd, homestead entry No. IW77, for the H W. b4 of Hen. as T. A H. 8 E. He names the following witnesses to prove his con tinuous residence upon aud cultivation of said land, vis: Itobcrt ltnty, Albert Engle, Havld CalUhau, and William Harris, nil of Molalla, Clackamas county, Oregon. J. T. Aitkkson, 7:lfr-H:IKJ Register. NOBLETTS STABLES. Livery, Feed and Sale) Stablo ORECON CITY. LOCATED BETWEEN THE DEPOT. BllIDOE AND Double and Single Riga, and Bad die horHcn always on hand at the lowest prices. A corrull connected with the barn for loose stock. Information regarding any kind of stock promptly attended to by person or tetter. . ' , Horses Bought and Sold. M v i v I Ik m m tta.l Mmm., It Sunday Srvlces. nun l'Milllgill1'lllNAI. CIIttCII.llgf 0, W. Lpi aa, l'a"ur services at II A. a, and T Ml r at. Sunday School after motions Bor neo, piayer meeting Mrilneaday vetiin al 7 mio.cliM'k Prayer inerlllig ul Yoiln I'oopl, Society of I'hrlailan Kildravor ! Mtiuday vrtillig al Miprnti. FlltHT MAPTIMT ClinilCH -Hv mini I'tsasa Pa. lor Morning Hervlo l II Sunday School at U hi, Kvrlilug Sorvlo UUi Kegular prayer mnrtlng W ediieaday viilng. Moiilhly (:oviinut Meullng vry W'lueady nvriilug iirrerHllua lliii "tat Sunday Iu Hi itiuiilli. A HKirulal Invitation to all, ST, lOIIN'S CMI'IU'M.CATIIOl,l(!.-K. A. Ilil.i siis.Nii, Paair, On Sunday aiaaaal and IV Ml a. a. Kvry e,ind and booth Sunday Herman arrtnon alter ih u'oliwk maaa Al all other maaa Kugllah aermoiia Sun. lav School at g f. Vtir, ai"4.tllil ubjrcia, and llndlellou al J 90 r u. MFTHOIUST KPIS0OHAL CHUKCH -Ht Kuw. Oirrana, Paaliir. Mnrnln s.rvlc at II; Situday Hch.Milat II li kviilngarl I7 a rpworlh lagtit siMiing Sunday vtilii al BO; I'rayar Mrrlliig thursday rulug SI I Nl, siraugria fwrdlally lnvll4. riltHT I'KFHHVTSKIAN CMI'MCII.-Kt. 0, W tiiaoxat, I'eaior. MrrvliH-a al II A. d 7 SO r. M, Mabhalk Srhn'l St l A. Vu( '.ipl'a S.K'lely of t krlatlan Kudeavor mt .v.ry Huod.y evening al Vdndr veiling pryl mwtllig ! t ,W. ! Ir. KVANtlSLlCAl I III HCII--OFHMAN - Ai'. Faaar, I'aator Pivaehing af vliwa vr alter. natr Sunday al II A M aud Ml P, M. Sabbath aohnul vrry Sunday at in A M I John liarrlalwrger, Hiipt nrrkly I'layrr Mmtlu vvvry W rtluraitay vvrulng UNITKII HHKritHKN CIII HCH- H K. Mil l an, paator. Srrvicra Aral aud HUM Sunday IiimcIi mouth al Oregon lily, at II a m. 7 p iu. Beroud Sunday al Mouiitaln Horn al 11 . m : fourth Sunday al tlarmoiiy ach.ad h.uia al II a. in. Pr'r moeiliia.orrgoti city, Wdua-lay rvraing Monday eehool. in a m. Society Directory. IKK..ON CUV HOAHU OF THADK. Mrrla al Con it llmiae on Seuud Monday la aeh mouth. Visitor eli,la,. F. X. IhiNAI.KkiiN. MAH KV F. CHOSK. necinary .''l' I'ANHY HUAHU OF 1KA0K Mrrla al Kulghls Hall. Catiby. so rt and third Friday ol aarh mouth. Vlaltor wIimbi. H. t. Oasmbon, See a. KmuMT. Frr MCt.TNoMAH LOIHiK, NO. 1. A F A M. Ilolda Ma rvgular ennimuuleatlue and Ihlrtl Saturdais ol each mouth al 7 t . Hrrlhrva Ing'KxlBlandlmar IiivIknI to allrwd. j r ArrsKsin. .m. T. F. HVAN.rteeretary. OKkJuN UHHIX. No, 1, to O. F. Meets every Thursday vn -a el 7 atl o'clock r bj In Ih tk'd rllowa' Hall, Mala slrrrl. MemUis ol the Order ar luetlaxl lo alleud. Hy Order ol W A. Nulfeu-u. N l. l bt. hu. awrtary. rAl.lJl KNCAMI'MKNT. No. i, I O O F Mrta Sral and third Tueedaysot ch monlh, I (Md Fellows hall. MamlMir and Hailing palrlarvha, rordlally IntlirJ i aiiamd 4. K Jannav, J W ihvhiiu Scilb. I'hlel Patriarch. OHM EIO Lol'OK, NO f I, ft. O. F Merta al Odd Fellow a hall, tiawrgo, vty Hal, II. lay vUlllg. Vlallllig brclhiru mad weleom. (i. W, PKORHRH, . U. j. r. Hit .. MKAlK POST, No to A K liKl'AKTMKNT tlf OKKlitlN Mrrla Aral Monday ol rack mouth, at K of P Hall llregou City. Vlaltlu comradr mad welcome. OILMAN PAItKKH. Coenmandrf tikN t HOOK FiHT. No. -a it AH, l".part maul ul oirgon. Vrrts In acho,il hoiiar at Ne-ly on Aral Sal- It, M.h annolh at g a rltM,h D in. All Douuedra Mlad wrlwiiu J!",. Scwlta. J. Ksaat Aliaa, A.tp. v onimaiioe, ANlillKS r'ntiFKlT l.nlmK No. . HONS OF IIKHMANN. Meets every Auuday at t o'clock p m at TreubaOt s Halt Faan tui'. frra. Ai.asaT kiiilunu. arc y " TCALITIN tlltANUF. NO. III. F. l II. MrrtB laal Haitirday nl each month at thrlr hall lu Wilaoovlllr. H. H Maaav, Mia Haoa Siuar. Sre'y. Master, " WAHNKII uKANuK. No. 117. P. of II. Meet fourth Saturday ol 'aeh month, at lhlr hall In New r'.te. c C William.. MsBtrr . Mia Maggl lit w. )'. M'TTF. CHKKK (iHANUK. Na Ki, V. ol II. Meets at Hid! hall III Mar.lilalu, second Mat nrday In each iie.nih al lu a. m. Visiting mrmWra always looni. ., J. K JACK. J. R. WM1TF. HsH-rnary Maur. MOLALI.A UHAKHK, NO. 40, R nf II. MMa at thrlr hall at Wright a Hrldieoolh rrrtid Saturday of each naoalb al 10 a. r yellow mcuilwrs made welcome Hat'ssH W auuMT, Master. N II. PiSNiU. Dee, OAVF.L UHMJK, NO. 4ft, A O. V. W. MrrtB aeraind and third Saturday evenings al Kntghfst halt. Cauliy. Visiting brothers made welcome. W a (leiatil.g, O I. Hiauiw RRi-ordoor. Maatrrwnrkrnau CLACKAMAS l.tilltlK, No. , A O. V W. Merta Aral aud third Monday In sach month, at straight's Hall, VlslUug brrlUrrn wrlcnti. II M. OlHSON. L. 1), JllNSS. H. M. W. FALIJI CITY L01XIF. OF A O If. W. Mrrla vry sreonil and fourth Friday evrn- foleaeli month lu Odd Frllows' hull. ling, nilourning brethren cordially Invllnl map lend. K. T. I1AHLOW, M. W. ACIIII.I.KH I))0E, NO. .IH, K OF t. Mreta every Frldsy night al th K. of P. hall. Visiting Knights invited Isaac Ai kkhn am, C, t,'. J. K Ktliil'ga. K of It. and 8. HT. JOHN'S IIHANCH, NO. 47, C. K.nf A. Meets every Tuesday evening at their hall corner Main and Tenth aireela, liregou City. Matt. Justin, Hec'y. T. W.Hoi.uvg, Preg NEW KKA W O T. U. Meets Aral Ssturilay In each month at their hall hi New Era. Friends of the cause, are in vllid to be proeruL Ma. Caaav Johnson, Mas. Eastman, President. CANHY LOHOK, NO 64. 1. O. 0. T. Meets first and third Saturday veiling at Knight's hall Canny. Visiting members always niaif welcome. U. U. Oil no an, W. 0. T. Wii.lahii i.r.g. Hen MKAOK RELIEF COHI'M. No. lit, DEPAKT- WKNT OF OKKUON. Mrs. M. M. C'hsrmsn, President Mrs. F. L. Ooohrsne, - Treasurer, Mrs. J. H. Harding, - Secretary. Meets on first and third Frldaya of each mouth In K. ol p. Hall. Members of corps (ruin abroad, cordially welcomed, COt.l'MIIH HOOK AND LAUDER CO. Meets first Friday of aeh month Fountain engine house. C II. Pll.l.ow, Hnc'y. til as. A rilKV, pros, Ciias ItirzKK, r'nil FOUNTAIN II0HE CO., No. 1 Regular meeting, second Wednesday In each mouth at eiigltt house, cast aide Mttlli street, between Seventh and Eighth. I At;KKItMAN,Hco'y. l.A Nl O A HUN K, PrCS En. NgWTON, Foreman. CATARACT HOME CO. No. 2. Meets second Tuesday of each mouth at Cat aract Engine holme, W. II. Howkm., Pres. tl. II. Hkmtow, Hec'y ,1. WO'Connkix, ITrn, SONS OF VKTEHANs! K. D. linker Csmp, No. la, niucls vry first ami third Thursday evening of each mouth C.A . IIEKMANN,Jr.,Capt, Warii II. La ton, 1st Lieut, 0. F. lll!( Kl.ss, ad Lieut F COMPANY. FIRST KEfllMKNT, 0, N. 0. Armory, Third and Main. Regular drill night, Monday, : Regular busluuss metltiug, Arst Monday of each month, omegas. ' J. W, Osnong, . ; . . . , Captain V. 8. Kolley, . . First Lieutenant L. L- FIuImui, Seoond Lleuteuaut,