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HIS CHECK WAS GOOD THI 6TOHY OF A RAOOID MAN AND A GOTHAM HOTLl CLtRK. 4a AnMln IimJiUbI Which lU)unjlrU Amw Tbat II la Hot Always WIm U Judg Mm by lb Cut of Ml Cm er Ik r f Hi Trottwr. I ' ' l , Dave Qclrlu-.il ( prouonnoed, Ua. of lUUlamJ, Mo,, U phe of, the fcale bar pmwtbwest .tylssrorlTa Motion of oontry wbleh has Urge yumber; pT oattje rous, , A hustler nd a jruW Dave has fnw equals and oiojmrlori, tud whet he does not know bout cattle would not be worth fludlng ut ; - Dav U always to busy looking itU Hi cattta interest thai be seldom has time to "dross op' In bis eotiipany Olllthc, and at first it, hi stranger rould take blm for an Imiooont tfran UH, eajjor o buy t gold brick or likely 0 blow put the ta. ... Severn! yesrs ago Dare shtnped a lot f Mport rattle from Msltland and wept l far M York with thorn.. When it axrlvod lu New York, be lonM like iba rMggwl cud of poverty, but ha waa ioo bury to scours change of elotblug. He bail some bualnoas to transact and Intended taklug a train for bom tbe ami morning. Dave U ft lover of tbe good tblng of lite, ao bo Inquired bli way to the Hoffman (Jouae and affiled Lis nam to the register. Tbe olork looked at blm. (or ft moment and asked if be wauled rooiu. "Yea, ftud good one, "replied Dave. "Any tjftMgaguf'" "No,1! "Oor rates are 1 10 ft day, and we re quire caali In advauc from unknown part let," aald tbe clerk. "Ob, darayour rates; give tut tbe room. I waut to wah, " aald Dave, "All right. Ton dollars, please." Dave rou hi baud In hi pocket, but 11 be could flb op waa IU.7I. This sum wa made op by a allvur dollar, two sliver half dollara, two quarter, a 40 Mtn plvoo and penny. "Oh, I'll pay yon lu tbe niorulng," aid Dave, turning logo to the eluvator. Hut tbe olork kuow thing or two. He waa uot to be caught that way not fie. "Tbi're la do deviation from our rule, air," the clerk aald politely but firmly. "You uiuvl pay In advance." "Then I'll give you check." suld Oelvlu, who wa rapidly becoming an vi- lie itoppod back to tbe diwk, fllled out ft chttck for f.lOO and bunded it to tbe clerk. Hut tbo clerk v. a not a reeuboro. He was a NewYorker.be -waa. Ha would uot accept tbo check un let oortlflod. , Uy this time Dove was mod. He aald a few words In Latin, or In ft language that souuoW like It wa of ft foreign origin. j "Confound your role, yon blasted cbumpl I could buy and mil you ton time over, you pigheaded, pimply fared dude. If 70a don't think that check l good, eond It over to tbe Chemioal Na tional." 1 Tbe clerk railed a messenger boy and dispatched Lim totho Chemical Nation al, with Dots Baking If chuck of IfiOO signed by Duvld Cclvin of Maitland, Ala, wa K'xxl. Tbe olerk know It wa uot, but Dave wa fighting mad, and tbe chirk real li ed that if bo did not makes seeming ef fort to ascertain tbo worth of tbu chock lie would ti't Into troutila Whilu tlx mcKsciigcr was ulw'iil Dnvo wulkcd tbo floor of tlx) inugnillccnt office and tulk d to hliiihilf. In duo tliuo tlm ik kmi iik' r r 'turned with on uiiHwcr. It rend, ".Mr. (idvln's rhcuk worth I'iOO in perfectly good. " Thn cleric nt ikii liK'inno (il hi ((iilmiH. Th-ro wus iintlilng too giii.d for Mr. Gclvin of M ifMttiri. "Will, givi 1110 link the chick." aiiiil l)iivu. "I ll (,(! iivrr to tho bunk itinl cuhh it iny.M If. " Tbo chid; w.i hiiii'li'd to tho Ituto limn, iiinl ho niitrt Iml out anil iiuvcr n turnml. Tim clnk miih cvnlriiily tilled with 1'iirioMiy nl'i'iit tho AlinMiuriiin, for hn 11 nt a letter tnt.hnili y Pnnovnu, c:inhleri f tho Miiliiiiinl hunk, iihkiuK if Ciolviu'ii chi'i'U fur 1,000 win (-nod. Churley vmto back that (ielvln'g check for (1,000 wum i)i rr. tly hikiiI; that It wum guild fur 10,1)00, for live time that, mill thou hn M'niihl have 11 balance in the bunk. "Voiidml blanked foul," wroto Donovan, "if Cielvin taken u no tion to buy your third rato huvhery and offor a chuck for It, tako it quick. It'a a good aa tho (old, " I)uvo decIarcH that tho ambition of hiH life Ih to go buck to Now York sonio tluio mid du..lo the eyes of that hotul olerk. Hu iiiHiht that when tho timo come ho I goiiiK to iIicm liko a kint, biro a corpn of footmen, u do.eii valetn, carry 117 trutiku, travel in u Npeeiul car and go down to New York unci throw that hotel cleric into (Its. Thin will explain why (lelviu Ih hucu ft tircluhH worker. I In Ikih i i-iu;h to live on in luxury runt cure, all llu riNt of bin life, but hu him nut vt uccuniii lutod enough to uiaku that New Ycik trip in wbut ho coiihhhr thu proper atylo. Until hu docx be will work herd er thun nny hired mini on bin place. Oniuhit Worhl-Ileruld. I . i .1 m.Ii h 'I VULCANIZED RUBBER, n llav CharlM Honifr Ma4 lha OrllMkl f)lamrr, , Jt Ut Utterly cold u'lgh't sbqutlhe ycur 140, Around tiie oraokod, uupol lulled kitchen ttovo of one of l!otou'i bum blent hotnn are huddled ft Irian, bli wire and family. The aurrotiudlngi are of the plaluutt poaaible. Of furultur there I aoaroulv ft Ideas that would tHE MONITOR. 1 fcrtaMo' MUlorU Iral4 o4 U Trip I w,.. r,t, MnpU lMl4, ,,,, ,lrmi 1 11 'The Monitor bad been formally ooo. mlMlorind on Feb, 20, ou4r oorn ttiand of Meoleuant John L. Wrjrden, U. 14. N. Twelve officer and 49 enllit ed pmu comprlncd her poraonuel Chief Engineer A, O. Btliuera, tbe aupurla- odwitf onitruction,.weut jto mm in bring anything at .pawnhop but of , y6,mi "horv her p-fornia4M tvldmira xif annaluf and want thnr la "d give the oOlcers the benefil of bis hundauoe. 1'art ut ,the two remaining uoledge. : He waa, aa tUted by Colo chair iia lual bMin Lrr.Ln tin tn kMn 1 W. O. Cburcb In bl "Llf Of John tho Ore from flying out, and a the Ertrun, " "the only man on board who flame,, ornnkb with renewed . Ufa the man picks (rum the floors dark looking aubatanos aud gazes at It with n lunging that I palbetlaylle bold itppand itudlna it with many ilgh that oats the heart of bis faithful wife and bil loyal children. In changing tbla tub itaune from one hand to the other It droi upon tbe hot stove. There lis sudden filling of tbe room with ft puo- gun t,. off uiialve odor before tbo man, with Urtld cry, can wiatob tho now balf eoorcbed iubnUnoe from tbe stove. Uut there Is marked change on tbe man s I toe as be sxamliies tbe burned spot, lis full the tru balance witk new aud iuteuae ititereit. Jibe near the end of year of labor, suffering and dia- sppolntmcntr Tbauks to tbe cold out- aide, It will not take long to decide. The burned aubitancs U hung cnulde tbe door. Iu an hour tbe cold hai not a ff He ted It In two hours it itill retains the properties most deilrod. In tbe morning no change has taken place. A great discovery la oomplete. Charles Uoodyvar ha foond tbs prooeaa of muk lug vulcsulxed rubber. . Here, then, waUoodyear, after year of varying hope and unvarying 111 for tuna, lu powwMiion of ft eerret that was d untitled to place bla name in tbe blub ent niche of fume. Dot this knowledge did not bring him Immediate fortune in fact, tbl he never encored. He bad lokt tbe confidence of all who bad help ed blm, and for twoyenr hi suffering lurjmnned even tbone of the yearn of ex perimenting. At tbl time be moved to New York, and it wa aaid of blm, "If you niiM t mau who bn on au India rubber coat, cap, itock, vest aud aboe, with au India robber puree, without a cent lu it, that 1 Uoodyear." He bad to pawn all bl furniture for food, aud be pledged au umbrella with Vandurbllt to secure a few furry ticket to tbe city. At lait enough money wa secured to put hi Invention on tbe market, aud Cioodyear' proceni very toon made tbe manufacture of rubber good one of tbe prluolpal luduitrift of tbo world. Uut although other made immunie fortune out of vulcanlcod rubber tbe inventor got little nbare of it. He went to Eng land and France exhibiting bli prolbctn. He wa awarded tbe great oouucll medul at tha exhibition of all nation at London iy 1851, the grand medal of houor to tha world's exhibition at Pari in IHHfi, and wa preaentcd with tbe erom of tbe Legion of Houor by Napo leon III. Yet with all these honors he died comparatively poor man at the Fifth Avenue hotel iu New York July 1, 1800. Chicago Poet A LESSON IN BOILING. WliHt Ha Would lie. "I rcgrot to sny, "alio mi id reproving ly, "that you do not always nxe word with a duo regurd for their exact mcau ing." Ho bowed with becoming humility. "Now, if Kido hud bittuu you," nhe went on, curesHing tho dog, "you would doubt low) be uugry, aud he might be mad." He shook bis bead. "No," bo replied with much feeling, for bo had no grunt love for the dog, "he would not be mad; be would be dead." Chicago Port. 1 Somewhat True. To err 1 huuiau, and to stick to it Is till more a Chioago News. HatUfftrtory Cooking bpadi Largely Tbla Trivial frotwat. Faille Joy White lay down these valuable rule for boiling in "Cookery For Girl" iu The Woman's Home Companion : "For ull groen Vegetable one soft water, suited aud frenbly boiling. Cook rapidly until ofL The time will depend upon tbu ago or thu frunbnettn of the veg etable. "With green peas, shelled bean, green corn, ai-purngna, celery ami spin ach UNu nn little water nn pokmIiIo, nod let it boil nwuy, leaving jiiht enough to inoibti n, and thun mvo nil the ilesiratilo nulublu matter that limy have been I drawn out. Cook cahho otul cuuli- j flower uncovered, III a lurgo ki tt lu of rapidly boiling water, mlud uiul with n caltNpoonfvl of Hinla In It; onion, nculd mid change thu water twii-o. All othei'M conk 111 water enough to cover, aud drain It oiT ufter cooking, (irecn Hummer iiuuhI), cahbnge and other wa tery vegetable Mhould bo pressed iu a cloth or ntrniuer und well drained. "Many people who attempt to cook am apt to forget that there, I a wide distinction between 'boiled water' und 'boiling water, ' and that tho froHhncKH 1 lont by long boiling, no Unit tho soon er water In uncd ufter it ha reached tho boiling point tha moro nutinfuctory tlio cooking will be. If water Btauon ufter boiling, it lonua it vitality and oannot bo uned with good ronultn. That la why ten and ooffeo are o frequently lint nnd lifcleKH, without sparkle or flavor ; uot beenuHO tbo luave and ber- rlus aro not good, but been u no they nro iuiproporly imido with 'boiled water inntuud of frenbly 'boiling water.' " thorobghly audurtood tbe oharacterlt- tlo of tbo vbwhJ," ,,. 1, The ivoyags to 1 Hampton Uoadf WM SvsnUul, and , ftluost , ouded tbe iorsjr f he Monitor, aud with It tbe fats of trounlads for au Indefinite time. 1 tough Westiier -wa encountered, and water broke over the smoke mid blower trunks, Dearly putting out tbe Ares aud stopping tbe pumps from lock of steam for four ix . flvs hours en cue occasion. , Los by foundering was. imminent at this .tints, because of the great quantity of water that got Into tbe vessel under the base of the turret aud through the hawse pipes. Tbs blowers stopped beoanae the belts got wet and tbe engine aud Ore- rooms tilled with noxious gss from the Ores and had to be abandoned. In try. ing to remedy thl trouble the cblcf eo gineer, Mr. Newton, and bi asnUtauts wer overcome by the gas aud were car ried to the ton of the turret, where tbey revived, though tbey were thought dead when dragged out of tbe engine room Trouble and danger also resulted from tbe wheel ropes jumping off tbe steer lug wheel aud becoming jammed. . Alter two days of toil aud peril tbe Monitor escaped from tbe dangers of lbs sea into the presence of s new ene my. Late in tbe afternoon of March 8 be passed In at tbe oapea of Chesapeake, and from the sound of shotted guns knew that ber time for action bad come thus early lu ber career. Tbe Merrlinao was abroad that very sfternoon, and wreck aud destruction fouled ber wake. A rude improvised Ironclad herself, she marked new era in naval warfare, and before ber lay a large fleet of supposedly formidable ihlps of war as helpless as flock of sbecp anna i led by a wolf. Night fell before the Monitor came up to tbe secmiugly doomed Union fleet In Hampton Koads. Tbe Murrimsa bad glutted ber thirst for blood for the dsy aud was st anchor aud at rent, but lu ber silence iu preneuce of the ahips that he meant to attack in tbe morning she stood for all that men understand by tbe dominion of tbe seas. Lighted by the burning wreck of tbe frigate Con gress, tbe Monitor moved up toward Newport News sud anchored near tbe strauded Minucsuta. upon wbich vessel, it waa otrtafu, tbe fJmt blow of tbe morrow would falL From either a bintorical or a theat rical point of view tbe stage settings were now complete. With the night tbe curtain bad fallen upon the lent of loug series of glorious deeds, performed under an order of seamannhip or sea tactics that bad already long panned Its meridian, but wbich for romance and chivalry excelled any that had preceded It, and, it niunt be admitted, excelled tbat which waa now to rudely supplant it. A new type of sea warrior and a new type of warship were about to ap pear upon the waters. The engineer's niocbiuo of John Ericsson wa to face tbe fubrlo tbat represented tbe engineer ing ingenuity of tbe American south, aud tho renult of tbe encounter wonld Inflict fright upon tbe romance of tbe sea and triuicforin the masted navies of tho world ititouHcluns relics in a day. F. M. Denuet, U. S. N., iu Cawicr'a Magazine. Th Glamour of Art. Do yon think that Greek art ever tolls u wbut tho Greek poople wero like? Do you believe that the Athenian wom en wero like the stately, diguillcd flg uros of tho Parthenon frieze or like those marvelous gnddentes who sat in tbo triangular pediment of the same building? If you juilgo from the art, tbey certainly wore so. But read an au thority like Aristophanes, for instance. Yon will dud that the Atheuiuu ludio luoed tightly, wore high heeled shoes, dyed their hair yellow, ' painted and rouged their face and woreexuotly like any Hilly, fimhionablo or fallen creature of our own day. The faot is that we look back on the ages entirely through the medium of art, and art, very fortu nately, ha never onoe told us the truth. Boston Journal Gold was known much earlier than Si Ivor, and wa at first the cheaper of tbe two metals, but tbe price of silver Wa lowered by the discovery of silver mine in Ciliuia, Spain, and Laurium. According to tbe registrar general's latest blue book, Scotland still contains many more women than men. The Cake Walk la Frrnrh. Thu cttko walk properly hud its origiu among thu French uegroes of Louisiana more than a century ago. There in little doubt tbiit it in un ollshoot of some of tlm old French country dunce. It rep reseiitn several of them iu furm. From New Orleans it sprtud over thu entire touth nod theueo north. It was found uf couvituknco to tho plantation ne groes. They were uot wedded by license, and it wan seldom that thu service of a preucher wero called iu. At a cuko walk u mini might legiti mately show bin preference, for a worn au aud thus publicly claim ber fur a wife. In effect thu cuko walk wan not differout from thu old Scotch niurriuu, which required ouly public acknowledg ment from tho contracting parties, bo this festival becuino iu some sense a wooing, an acceptance or rejection uud a ceremony, Thin explain its popular ity with the blacks outside of its beau ties, with thu ncconipuuimunt of music, wbich is competent nt all times to com mand negro support Cake wulking has improved, a do most thingH that aro constantly practic ed. It has lont its old siguitluance in the south. Negroes uow gut married, when they marry at all, iu tho white folks' fashion. It has, moreover, bcooino a puutominio duuoo. Properly porforuiod, it 1 a beautiful one. The oake is uot much of a prize, though tbe uegro has a woot tooth. New Orleans Tiuios Democrat. . Making; Bandwlche. Ninety-nine women in ft hundred making sandwiches for oompany ex pected iu the evening, and wanting them ornstless, will cut the orust off after slicing tbe bread. Take a whole loaf of bread, cut the sidos and top crust off, leaving the bottom crust on. Then, having squared off' one end, spread ou your deviled ham, sardine paste or whatever aud cut a thiu slice buck to tbe bottom crust Release the slice by running your knife down just inside tho bottom crust Then neither tbe bread nor your temper is crumpled. New York Tribune, Or Another Sort. Flo Do you love me, sweetT Will Dearly. Flo Would you die for mo? Will No, my precious girl Mine is on undying love, Philadelpihft Call. THE YUKON MOSQUITO. " .1 '' -f.1 "' " "1 fl II, M .J DHrat Mena n0rt to M 4 ; Ltw aad Sties Cjart BUad.,, ,,,,. ,.,Not only .do the ..Yukon mosquitoes attscH men ;Otid overwhelm ,tbero but tbey drive the moose, deer and Caribou bp the mountains to the snow line, where these animals would prefer uot to be la berry tlm ' Tbey bill dog, nd eves tbo. big beowu .bear, tbat I often utcu)Jd grtaly, bas aucoomb- d (0 thorny ttesm com down to the river from the hillside, la the early fall to get some of tbe salmon tbat are often thrown upon tbe banks when the "run" Is heavy. ' "' ' ' If bmln run fool of ft swarm of mo qoftoes and basnet bis wits about him bis y bas boras. 1 The insects will Jlgbt all ever biai... His for .protect die body, but his ..eyes, ears and nose will soon be swollen up and bleeding, nd flulea he. gets into river or strong Wind be will be driven mad and blind, to wander about hopelessly until be starves to death. , , , Although tbe Alaska sucmer Is short, two broods of mosqultoe batch out each year, and are ready ' for busiuess from one to ten second after' they leave tbe water. It rains -a good deal along the Yukon, and rain is wsloomed, far it drives tbe mosquitoes to cover, Tbey hide under leaves and , branches until the shower is over; then they come out boiling With rage at the time they have been foroed to spend In idleness, aud tbe miner ba a harder time than ever after bis respite. j .'. Mosquitoes and snowflakes are not contemporaries iu the btates. but in Alaska it ,ia different.. 1 Snow does not bother thorn so much as rain, and an early suow may fsll while tbey are still on the wing. Fog does not choke them either. Tbey appear to like it They float about in it as in ambuib and take the unwary prospector by surprise. Denver Times. , Tbo Cffact at a Cold. . A correspondent writes: Away in the south went of Scotland somewhere there lives, moves and bss ber being a little girl named MonaMocBcan. On tbe first day of March Mona was late in arriv ing at school aud detailed off to write ber name 60 times. Wben tbe tank was completed aud presented to tbe teacher, the latter was horrified to hud tbe name written, page after page, "Bode Buk- bade." "You naughty girl, that's not the way to spell your name. Spell it properly." The reply was an antouuder. "Please, bab, I've dot a cold, add I cad odly aay Boda Bakbade." Tbat girl ill live to be a Pitmanite. Glasgow News. Old Knoaga For Something. "Mummy, let me have some water to cbwlnten my dolly wlv?" "ro, darliug, it s wrong to moke fun of holy things." "Well, let me vaccinate ber. I'm sure she's old enough to have somefing done to berl" Punch. DO VotJ NEED ANY on OTHER BUILDING MATERIAL? 1:. 1 :QO TO:- 1 1.IJ - X - IH II l.,li C. H, BESTOW, i CO. Low Priced. First-class Goods.. COrnel-1 1th ind Main Streets. Oregon City, Oregon. THE FIRST OF THE YEAR; Will be a desirable time to enter tbe 8ai dwich men iu the street of Lon don are required to walk near tbe curb- atone, but not on tbe pavement, and not less than 80 yards must epurate each sandwich msn from his nearest placard ed oomrado. In case of tbe sandwich msn not fulfilling these rules, be may be arrested and fined. Kb deception practiced. No 10U lUw&rd. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST for a generous 10 CENT TRIAL SIZE. Ely's Cream balm conuunn do coraino, memiry nor "T otuer In jurious anig. 11 oHns ana cicnnten me iv&mi I'miuikm. Allnyn ruin anil Inflammation. Ilta!a ami I'mtecta the Membrane. Kenmri-o the Sen- nt Tafte and Smell. In quickly alworlnd. (iivoo Ki'llcf at onre. AO eta. at OrugKiKta or ty mail; Tril Hit lorta. at Prnceial or by mail. ILLY 11KOTUKKS. 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I. 8TALEY, Salem, Oregon.: The Marketing Point OF CLACKAMAS COUNTY The factory towns of the East are noted for affording the best market to the neigh boring farmers and gardeners in proportion to the population of any of the towns in that section. The reason for this is that the people of these towns have a fixed in come upon which they can always depend, and, as a consequence, they are liberal buy ers, paying cash for all their purchases. As the Great Manufacturing Center of the Pacific Coast OREGON C!TV Is Coming to be One of the Best Marketing Towns in the State This is proven every day by the number of farmers, who are to be seen on its streets selling their produce, who, until just the last few years, sought the markets of other towns. The system of macadamized roads that is being built into all parts of Clack amas county, will enable all the people of this county to share in the profitable mar ket that Oregon Cily affords. If, as it is sure to do, the demands of Oregon City in crease in the next five years as it has in the past five years, this city will rank next to Portland as a market place for THE PRODUCE of the Farmer Get our Prices on Job Printing.