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i. f - MiiiiiiiiTn nrrfrtfmnr' wv nnnAitY 1 ion. - . 4 .1 I .' ; ! : : V. 0 The Mouse In the CtdcK It Foeaesaed Important Infor mation For Canerel Waah Utateut at Morrlatowai By JAMES T. BARTON Ovrrtebt sr AinwWi Prssa Asso ciation. lU Aawoc the curiosities of the Kerojo- ttoMI7 wr Is tbe bradqosrlert bf O0 oral Waahla1 near alorristowu, N. j. One mentlitc durla- his occupancy of Um pretulnes Li.st.usut Edwin God dard entered ttie ball when lb door of the private ofJIce opened and Captain Alexander Hamilton, ald-de-caaip to . the commander In chief, came out - 1s the pmnl la bia etacer'-aa- ed Goddard. ;i; (i. "Busy!". "Always busy." . "Do you think be will rewire me?" ;o to nd be will let you know what to expect" The lieutenant knocked, and the ao ' noroos voice from within railed upon " hjn to enter. Aa he did so the general turned, bla face showing a eerioue aaas to be expected la one who wax aadeavoriac to relieve the Bufferings of ate troopa at Valley Forge and elae . . where, bat wax unable to do aa lie waa always dtjrnlned. and hi aubordl aata approached him with deference. "General." aald Goddard. bandlna him a tetter. "I received thla last nlxbt . from Ellxabethtown. It la from Mb tress Bath Grosrenor. . Will your ex cellency be pleased to read Itf The general took the note, unfolded It and read the few words It contained: 'hOstrsae Ruth Onntnor presents her eesapUmaata to Ltoutsnaat Edwla Ood sara and hw that be wUI favor bar with a, rtstt at hla earliest opportunity. The general's brows lowered. "I pre sume," bo aald coldly, "that you desire a tears to make thla visit. I am as tonished, air. that you should be on sach friendly terms with those whom I know to be arrant Tories;" -That her father l a Tory I will not deny, general, bat Mistress Rath God ' dsn! la aa ardent patriot." ' "Baa aba any object In meeting you that concerns oar causer "I think aba baa, general. Before - this aba baa given me Information that I hare transmitted to your excellency anonymously. Tet I am not sore that " this la now her object I confess to too, general, that I am a suitor for ber hand. - Furthermore, the omcer in com mand of the British troops In the vicin ity of, fllia be thto wo Is also a anitor for: her hand, and ber father desires Vthat ahe ahall accept him." All the world lores a lorer, and the stern expression on Washington's face ' faded for a gentler one. "You propose to go to Elixabetbtown In eltlzen'a drenT be asked. -J da "It may be excusable for risking the Ufa of one of my offlcers attempting "utara um," bbb said. to gala Information of the earner, bat not that he may visit the lady of hie love." Then let ua assume, general, that Mia trees Goddard has information for ma." The general thought a moment, then said, "Go to Captain Hamilton and tell him to grant you a leave of ab sence and furnish you with the nee aaaary pass " With this the general turned to hla desk, loaded' with request not to aay pleadinira from many quartera. beg glns; for food.cJothlflAmmunltion. " medicines Indeed. Just those articles which be waa the least able to supply. , That aaroe evening a yonng man in tha clothing ef a farmer, a basket on bla arm, entered tha ground aurround Ing the Groavenor boms at Ellxabeth towa and rapped with the brass knock er. A negro woman opened the door, and tha young aaaa aakad her to aay to Mistress Both that Abel Barton, a farmer, had come to ask If be might sett her soma eggs and poultry. This brought Ruth, who suspected the farm er to be Lieutenant Goddard. Thoneh , she recognized hint at once, ahe did not. betray the fact before the necresa. Sba Inquired the price of his wares and. amine with him till , hsd withdraws th Wka . Into tba arlnr room. Omr. the. closed tha door and aald hurriedly: fortunately father haa gone to a asc rat rose lava ef Torlea. -. Mother la upstairs with tha children, though she is on my slda. ao far as you are con cerned, aad there Is no danger from Ate Yot a Subset i&et to the -.'. " ..'.- " ; If The Morning Enterpriea la to ba aa successful aa tha Interest of Oregon City gemand it must need hava tha eupport of all. Tha new daily has I a big work before it ta, boosting Oragoa City and CUckamaa County. Tour " ; r "pport maana mora strength for th work. -V - . .'":-.' ym .Yott Help Boost your own Interests? ; rbtt,irtM u ' By Carrlarrl year.. ....... ....'.. By Malt, 1 year. " " 'and la your name and remlttanes. .' ......... too t. S sbtn asssBw portant lafortaaUou regaraiua number aad distribution- of British troops la New Jersey I bare takes notes of what ha baa told me In dif ferent coarereatlooa I bare bad-with him. and you ,B0, 00 ,hl" bit ofxpape' She placed It In bla band, and he bad only time to put It under the lin ing of hla hat wnea there was a rap an tha outer door. J -Crest heavena!" cried the girl, turn lag pal. "Suppoaa It ihoul he Major Tarrant r ' Casting aboot for a hiding pla-e. ahe noticed the cK k atandlng by the wall. Banning to It. ahe opened the door. vnaUln Its welehta and the pendu lum awtnxin; back and forth- God-1 dard knew intuitively what ahe avian, ed him to do and with difficulty squeesed himself Into It. Fortunate ly he waa alenderly made, for the clock, though long, waa a arrow. Ruth had no sooner closed the clock than the door of the room waa opened by the n-o ' serva'at"anor Major"Ta rfa nt aatered. "Why. Mtetreas Grosrcnorr he ex claimed.' "Where has that becoming color of yours gone? And you are breathing as though you bad beeo run nine a race," She made a plea of. Indisposition k account for ber appearance and Invlt ad tha major to be aeated. "I hare today recelred orders from General Howe, he aald. "to march my command to Trenton. I bare come for the last time before my de parture to ask you If you cannot glre me' a favorable answer to my ault Ton know that I love you and that when this cursed rebellion la over I would gladly take you back to Eng land with me aa my wife. Come. Ruth, bo kind to me." Ha attempted to take ber band, but ahe drew it away. Goddard. almost mothered In the clock, was forced to listen to thla avowal though it troubled blm to be an eavesdropper. Indeed, cramped as be waa and Irritated at being placed in auch a position, ha could not re strain a movement Thla awung a weight sgatost the aide of the clock. The major turned and looked at the clock In aurpriae. Ruth by a great effort retained ber equanimity: Those horrid mice." ahe exclaimed. They are all over the boose. Tbey have gnawed a bole In the bottom of the clock and are making a borne there." "I aee the clock baa etopiwdr tbe major remarked thoughtfully That ia because I don't dare to wind it I confess I have a woman's drvnd of a mouae.". Fortunately Major Tarrarit . wu too intent on hla ault to take nn In'prext In the clock, and Knth was relieved when be repeated his ren, nest to give him an anawer. and a faromWe one. to bis auit For an hour young Cod dard waa obliged to maintain a con strained position, listening to the of Ocer'a pleading. At times It seemed to blm Impossible to repress another movement. But bo'.h the weights and tha pendulum bung loose. He- remem bered how Unth had saved him on hla first morement and dreaded thai ahe might not be able to do no again. On bla person were the memoranda In Ruth'a handwriting. If be were cauirht with tbese be would awing from tbe end of a rope and no one could tell what punishment would be meted out to the girl who bad given bira -tbe In formation. But maintaining one position for a long while Is well nigh Impossible for any person, and Goddard waa of a nervoua temperament Tired of bear ing hla weight on hla right foot ha at tempted to change It to hla left In doing so be Joggled the pendulum. There Is certainly aometbing wrong with that clock." aald tbe major. "I'm going to aee what It la." Ruth, considering her lover loat, fell In a awoou. It waa tbe best thing she could have done. Tarrant forgot tbe clock in ber. Lifting ber. ha placed ber on a sofa and ran out of tbe room for water to sprinkle In bar face. Goddard. bearing the commo tion, opened the clock door, looked out. saw hla sweetheart lying uncon- acioua and waa about to free himself from bla prison to go to ber when ha heard footatepa and. closing tha door, remained where he waa Tarrant re turn ed and sprinkled water in Ruth's face. But abe had revived Immedi ately and did not need It Neverthe less she remained immovable, with closed lids, till sba bad made up her mind what to do. Leave ma," sba said to Tarrant when ahe opened ber eyes. "I should have been in bed this evening. Call the servant then go away at once. Come tomorrow and I will give you my anawer. If I am able to sea yon I wl give It verbally; If not I will write it" But tb's Illness!" Tarrant exclaim ed anxiously. Tia nothing; merely a weak heart I think that by tomorrow morning I ahall be aa well aa ever." Tha major left her wkh bopa beat ing high in bis heart The next afternoon a farmer railed at' Waahlngton's headquarters and aaked to see tha general. Captain Ha milt on waa ant to aee what ha wanted. Recognizing Goddard. ba took him Into Waahlngton's office, and tba farmer gave him tha memoranda he had brought with him. Thla la very Importantr exclaimed Ihe general, becoming absorbed In tha PPr; but, presently looking no. ba !da "CspUln Hamilton, see that lieutenant Ooddard receives a com- mtsaton as captain." Major Tarrant's anawer waa Ho" for Buth Orosvenor had been married at midnight by a patriot dominie to Edwin Ooddard before ba stole away to Morns town. ber. . Major Tarrant, wa voted to ma, haa given me aoma Im . ..t-tr TA IIIIIIT KAINtT IU IIUUI IN AFRi& WILDS Young Millionaire Drops Arctic Sport For Awtiils... .. v WILL BE AWAY TWO YEARS. latenda Banning Dawn Llene With Bar Heunda and Moving Pletura Maehine Plana te Invade Ceuirtry Man latere That Mas Bean Sae by but One White Man, From Greenland's Icy mountains to India 'a coral atranda, from tha white wastes. of arctic Annatok to lha aun bieicbSTiilatii'-of OolboTTa-Bftrtt'T East Africa, ran! J. Ualney, million aire yachtaman. turfman, polo player and eoctety man. Is going a bunting. Ula return la too vessel be chartered to take him aad Harry Whitney. tbe polar reglopa after Wg game was only a little mora than a month behind him when he returned to New Torfc after a few week bunting bear on hla Mia alssippl plantation. Tet tbe call of tba wild la so atrong In hla ears that ha can scarcely wall to shake the dust of Fifth avenue and Newport from hla feet aad hie away to apend two years In tbe unexplored Junglea of the dark continent Fur Mr. Ralney alms to bo a nimnxi in an original fashion, and alnce he haa taken up hunting aa a ateady oc cupation, ao to apeak, he baa come mighty near to reallalng thla ambi tion. Inte Unexplored. Lands. - On March 3 Mr. Balaey, accompa nied by Dr. M. E. Johnston, who wa with hla expedition aa physician In the arctic; "ITuufer" Black, a confrere of Peloua and Omlnghaute; E. R. Shelly, overseer of hla Mississippi es tate, and a moving picture uwvn will lee re I-tnloo for Mombasa and a few weeka later will be biasing hla own trail through the (iolbo plain country, practically unexplored region -aer era I hundred tulle north of Nairobi and much farther Into that "darkest" Interior than the Roosevelt party ven tured. Tbey are going across oue of tba African desertf straight Into the coun try of the man eater, , territory whoue edge has only been visited by ohe white man. Colonel Patterson, w ho- wrote of hla travels In a hook call ed The Grip of the Maka!" Ft a trip wbli h ou apiHnirnm-es might be regarded as the pleasure. iiiist of a youug tutiu wbise father left tilui XtlO,- n.ms) Mr. Itulney's evelitiou la one of the moat pretentious evef plan ned, for unless be meets with some misfortune, auch aa being atrlrken with Jungle feay, H promises to-add"ma; terlally to tbe record of explorative achievement and the science of aoo fy. Valuable ts Science. "One of tha moat Interesting. things I plan to do," aaid Mr. Ralney. "Is to hunt Hons with bear hounds. Thla will ba practically an original under taking. I understand 'Buffalo' Jones tried It. but I don't believe he thought much of tbe plan anyway. I don't think he persisted In It. But I believe It will revolutionize lion banting." Mr. Ralney'a sofa'ri, or caravan, will be one of tbe largest to start' from Uganda. He will bare 100 native por ters, more than a doxen bead of cam els for tbe paasage of the desert and ponies and mules for tba pack trains. These latter are of a particular breed which are not affected by tha atlng of tba poisonous tsetse fly. Seme ef the Perils. Tha chief dangers, as I understand it" said Mr. Ralney, "are from tha charges of tbe rhino In the country wbere the brush u dense, as It ts u the Golbo territory. One baa to ba mighty careful of then fellowe, for they are about the fiercest of the wild animals Then a wounded Hon is a mighty tough customer, and I promise you 111 be careful of tbem. I am very anxious to get some moving pictures of the natives apearlng a lion. We Were very fortunate with our moving pictures In tba arctic." Mr. Ralney will also visit India on hla way home to hunt tiger. QUEEN OF CORNHUSKERS. Youna Heesier Hss Record ef Seven ty-twe Bushsls a Day. Mlsa Margaret Hoffman, aged twen ty-one, who Uvea at Prairie City, Is re garded as tha queen of Indiana corn- busker. She huaked seventy-two bushels a day for five consecutive day last fall and hopes to husk 100 bushels a day this year. Here la what aba says about herself: "Last fall I engaged to gather a crop of corn for a neighbor, Mrs. Arm strong. I worked Ave days In succes sion, averaged seventy-two bushels of seventy pounds weight a day and un loaded tha corn myself. I was In ev ery evening and unloaded by S o'clock. I like the work very much think It r flna. It la now my Intention to go to tha cornfields of Illinois next fall for tha season, as I am ambitions to make a record of 100 bushels a day, not only iov iew nays, out for the harvest." Many Autos In Gotham. Hew York city haa mora automobile run at the public expense than Lon don, Berlin and Parts combined. If you would sell YOUR HOUSC YOUR FARM YOUR HOftSf Try what the eheaa eolumnt of the Morning btarprse can do for you. 1 ".'' ''. ' -i ' . I HUttit Itnr,. New Oame Played U Chleafa aad te Well Liked. itartla A. IManey of tha Chicago Athletic aaaoclatloo baa planned a aew game, a comblnail. wf dM and tenuis, which a calla borea teunla. Instead of a teaule ball a three pound adl.-la ball la used In aorae teunla. aid tha player la allowed la pKk'up ha ball and throw It at wUU racketa being out of Ibe quealk causa of tha weight and elaa of Iba hall. Instead of a net aa ordinary Mwaorso la used, aud.tba hall h thrown ovar It A regular tenula court diminished la alao will ourk the limits of play, aad there wilt I regular aerv Ice court a. with rulee goer"1" ha sscvlcojtndjrolleylng the same aa la tonnla. Tha solo Idea of the gains la to make tha dally routine work of tba stu dents mora Interesting and to Inject mora "pep- Into tha exetvtee. Tha medicine ball will not be eliminated by any means, as tha nrs tennis la a IriUeloo vIoTenno reworked Inrott rases, especially at the start. In Iba way of exercise tha new game makes a good midway atatlon tor medicine ball and handball, and the few who hare tried tba game are enthuslaatto over tba prospects. MONTREAL'S ICE CARNIVAL Winter Sport of All teH to Be Held During Week ef Fes, 1 Montreal la making great prepr' tlons for the annual winter aport car nival which la to be held thla year during tha week of FeU 6. Tha lo carnival Is an oveot which draws vis itors from all parts of the continent to the chief commercial city of Canada. The winter aporta are varied and ex citing. The program of aporta at thla win- trr'a lee carnival tnt-ltnlra otngganlog at the Park slide, skating In lha vari ous rink a, curling matches, torchlight :".Lv '" atorrBBALa obbat toimook auxB aoowshoa trs tn pa orer Mount-Uoyal by tbe various clubs, akl and hockey and curling championship matchea. the ladle' rurllug bouaplel, alormlng of the lea palace and a pyrotechnk-al display. ' A big Ice palace will ba erected on the eaat hank of Mount Uoyal. tba mountain which la a center of attrac tion" for tourists. The style xt archi tecture adopted for thla palace Is tha English Tudor baronial of tba fortified period. Tha Intertor'of tbe main tower will consist of a main chamber forty feet In diameter, which will be d. -co-rated and utlllxed for exhibition pur pose. It will 1 100 feet In bright and tbe others 100 feet each. The Ice palace will ba tba center of tha display of fireworks. By lighting It up with roiored and prismatic flam beaux tbe ecene will ba brilliant and changing. Tbe storming of tha palace promises to draw aa army of a now ahoers clad In historical costumes. Pootball Men Can't Raw. O. P. Cblttendon, coxawalQ of tba Tala 1010 crew, recently expressed hla objection to recruiting the 'rowing squad from among tha football play- i He Bays that during bla years aa an oarsman he only knew one foot ball man to make tha crew, and ha adds: Those of us who know know also that It waa cruelty to animals to put him there. Hla spirit waa willing. but even his flesh was weak, for ha waa not tbe same man tba next fall, when Yale needed him moat" Ta"" Lewis Grabbing Money Abroad Ilarry Iewl. tbe American welter weight, la certainly grabbing off plenty of money over in Paris, aa he bas al ready engaged in two flghta which be haa won and Is matched for three others. He Is alao to meet Willie Lewis on March 4 In a flgbl for a finish. Ell'a New Stadium Will Ssat 60,000. Tale'a new steel and concrete atadlom will aest OO.OfiO. WINTER BASEBALL CHAT Johnny Kllng aay a he may not play ball thla aeason. He threatens to stick to hla pool business. In Plank, Russell and Krause. Connie Mack has three crack southpaws for next season. Connie Mack's son Earl win catch for Monte Cross's Scranton New York State league team next summer. , Ills father is aura ha will make a big league atar. - , The largest ball player that doth per form la thought to.be Julian Castillo, first baseman of tba Almendares team of nsvana. Senor Castillo weighs 209 pounds and Is one speedy boy despite nta aixe. . Fred Falkenberg. the tallest bumaa being In tbe American league, la to suit smoking la order to put on weight He baa not token a puff of the weed for three weeks, and If be holds out until spring he may add a couple ed ounces to ua baiisat A -"a11 ",U!r 99 M folded over and sewed un. laavin. open, makes an effective foot warmer .a M7 trw,b,4 th cold feet and win add greatly to one's comfort these cold nights. This Is mora con venient and satlBfactory than tha us ual hot water bottle. h.L. f!" '," ,f 1mo,t "'body could bake an apple ao that It would be nice eating; but her. , th aDM knife take out the core, fill the hole with sngar est the apple into Ua ovea la a dlah that will hold wator and keep plenty of water around it until It la soft, and It wilt hVm for anybody to eat, farmer or king. For the Children Tba Balalaika, a Qatar Russian Mla Maker. IVrbapa aoma of tha young folha hava seen a KUssiaa naiaiaiaa, that la uullkely. It only recaully rama to thla country, and It wa brought hat h an orchestra that has played at tha cast's tourt Tha taUlalka has a triangular body aud a long, slender neck and U playmt Uka a guitar, uy picking lha atrlnga. It la related to k..h the sither and tha mandolin, and Its music la a sort of combination of tba two. Tba Instrument Is made In different sixes that range from tba amall and abrill Instrument down to tha big doulUe baas. While classic music may be produced with tha bala laika. It la moat commonly used ta rendering tha almpler melodtea of lha folk songs of tba Russian peasants. Anaedete ef WesHlngUn. j In tha fill of UTS General Waehlnr ton and his staff- visited Chelsea, bear Boston, to study lha land thereabouts. They atopped for rtt aud refresh- menta at tba homo of Mr. Jeim letter. Tha house sat back fifteen rds from tha at reel and had many stately alma growing In. a regular parti la front When Washington and Ma suit alight ed the horsea were hitched to tba trees while tbelr rider partook of tha luncheon Inside. When tba party rama out to remount tbelr horses one of lha men accidentally knocked a alone from a wall which ran from tba bnuas to tha street ouUUle Iba row of trees. Washington remarked to him that ha had belter replace the stone. Tha offi cer, having renaountedrrepTted. -No; T will leave that for aomelmdy also to do." Washington then went uuletty and replaced tha tone himself, saying ss ha did ao. "I alwaya make It toy rule when visiting a place to leave things In aa good order aa I Bad them." Etiauette af Washington. It being necessary to advise or rep rehend any one. consider whether It ought to be done In public or private, presently or at some other time, alao In what term a to do It In reproving any one do It with bo sign of t boler. but with sweetness and mildness. - - " Mock not nor Jest at anything of Im portance. Break no Jeata that are sharp and biting. Laugh not at your own wit Wherein you reprove another be un blamable yourself, for example la mora Impressive than precept Use no vituperative language against any one. Avoid ell blasphemy. Be not hasty to believe disparaging reporta agalnat any one. Avoid all gossip and scandal. Tbs Kslser's Tsy Wsrshle. When tbe emperor of Germany was boy be hsd a toy which afforded bla and bis brother great pleasure. It .was a full rigged three maated warship. flfty-flve feet long, which drew four feet of water and had a capacity ef thirty tone. The Royal Louise, as the little frigate was called, named s fieri the Prussian Queen Loalae, waa given to tbe present emperor" a great grand father. Frederick William III, by Wil liam IV, king of England, wbo had It built on tba Thames river at Wool- wlrh, England, In 1832 and towed by steamer to Hamburg. Then It waa taken to Potsdam, wbere It has been ever since. Tbe emperor and hla broth er Henry used to have a line time on this tiny man-of-war and gained on It their Orst taate of life on the wave. The ablp Is an heirloom In tbe Imperial family of Germany. Conundrums, 1 What la the keynote to good man ners?.. B natural. . What vessel Is it that no woman ob jects to embark lot Courtship. Why is an old coat like Iron! , Be cause It la a specimen of hardware. What la the difference between aa old lady of ninety and a mlsa of nine teen T One la hairless and cappyj the other la careless and happy. Which table bas no legs to etand upon? The multiplication table. Why la the root of the tongue Ilka dejected man? Because It is dowa ta the mouth. What Is that which we often return, but never borrow T Thanks. . X, V aad Z. X. T and Z are the funniest tsttera' What they all stand for I surely Wt know. wa will pat them all three In togetheav Letting them stand far a stiff little row. . ' -St Nleholaa. To keep clothes from treating to the line, put a handful of salt In tbe asi rinsing water. WANTED Staedy customer for e this aoaea. Elthae . sr a parlance unneeeaaarv. jul a eleue advertisers with some thlna te cell and something te eay will find thla the peeper e) "en fee a eweJneea sleg. Me e) trlflera. Married parsons af ma-. twa aoe will imeWetsiid. Coll ' on. or address. Advartiei a 9 E'. 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