MORNING ENTEKPlCla TUESDAY, MAKCII 21, 1911. The-Orange Beetle Or tfca Staqr ! th Sa rah far a Susaosadly Kara OrchU at . By CLARISSA MACKIE Copyright hf Amrina Press A mo elation. 11U. Jack Hedge wm not a soologlat, -. yt h had SVaveled thousands of kiIIm la search of tbe onus beetle. Tbe find lag- of It meant fortun for him as well aa tbe winning of th girl he loved. Not that Dorothy s answer would be Influenced by the turn of fortunes wheel, only It happened that Dorothy was tha daughter, of a rich man, and Jack was a poor young land scape gardener who had not jet re- celred his first big. commission. It was Chalmers who had sent kiai oa thla Strang quest for tbe orange beetle. "Jack, old man." Chalmers had Mid. "'t got a commbnion for 70a that will knock tha spots out of tbe . landscape business. My uncle. - Casslus Chalmers, tha banker, you know, la batty about orchids has tha , finest collection In tbe country, so be says. Now, there's another old chap, a crony of hla. who also haa tha fluent collection. Understand? As I nailer- stand It, tha collectloaa are about neck and neck aa to value. Tbey both lack one very rare specimen, ' which tbey bare been unab'e to obtain, although they both bare trained orchid hunters down along tha Amaaoa now. ' My node haa declared be will giro IlO.ObO and pay an expenses to tbe man who , brings him back tha orchid he a after. Now, therea a cbanca for you. You're heard of amateurs' luck, haven't yonf Totfrs Joking," said Jack 'calmly. "Never. Come with me and fill In trod oca you to Uacle Casalua. tbe bat tiest old gentleman la New York where orchids are concerned," aald Chalmers,.. rising, and became ha had nothing In particular to do that after noon Jack went with him and soon was deeply Interested in tha long talk with Mr. Chalmers, tha banker, which followed. "My man Is not only looking for the " orange beetle, bat he's looking for a doaen other aorta at tha same time. -VA- ST'" foreet as if seeking a purer air than that afforded below. ' Suddenly ha leaped backward, and ha nearly fell. Quickly recovering hlmselft be leaned aver and scanned tha uncanny form of the orange bee tle. At last ba was within reach of the fortune for which ha had risked so much. About three Inches long, with close ly folded glossy wings, all of a deep orange tint, the Insect Jerked a small Jetty black head and with a slow, awkward gait crawled atk'klly over tha damp ground, a folding tbe wet spota and chooaing a dry leaf or bit of fallen twig for Ha path. - Jack followed patiently until hla way was stopped by aha maul re trunk of a huge sycamore up which the beetle waa making Ita labortoua way. Jack threw back bis bead and looked up ward among the twisted Uwba at tbe top of the tree and then brought his gate alowly downward until hla eyea rested on tha glowing niasa of aoma parasitic blossom. Thla was tbe or ange orchid. Two days afterward he waa speeding down the river again, tha orange or chids conflned.jn a wicker cage stuff ed with rottlnf vegetation; the orange beetle, quietly chloroformed, sleeping lta last sleep In an air tight tin box. Six weeks later ha waa leaving South America behind, and there waa no. re gret In hla heart aa ha net his face toward the north. ' " - On tbe steamer ha made several ac quaintances, among them a renowned orchid hunter. In the course of con versation ba mentioned tha object of hit search, and after an Incredulous stare tha orchid hunter, Jackson by name, spoke bluntly: Who sent yon on such a fool's er rand f Fool's errand!" stuttered Jack. "Surely I waa successful In my quest found what I went for. What do yon mean, atrf Tardon my abruptness. Mr. Hedges, I waa surprised." said tha other cour teously. "The orchid you have de scribed to ma Is a very common va riety and la hardly worth a place In For the Children A Baby Giraffe Whisn Waa Bern In Aimrlw. 1 v.,. . V i w 5 An Army Court Martial There Was Nat Much la It at tint. bttt a Goad Deal la tha Cad By r. A. MITCHEL Copyright by America JYeae Asso ciation. MM. O0rSS "jut Doaorar conn wrra star" and I want yon to go and concentrate your search on that one object see? m raise that prtxe money to twenty thousand If you find It- I can tell yon Just where to go and aire you all directions concerning preparations for tha Journey, and so forth. It'a an easy way to earn tha money, and It will give yon a start la your buslneaa What do you say 7" "Til think It over." said Jack cau tiously. He did think It over with tha result that ba closed bis office for a year and made preparation to depart upon this special mission for Casalua Chalmers. Aa for Dorothy Payton. be did not exact her premise to wait for him. but ha did aay he would come back to axk her for aa answer when tbe year was up. Ha could not tell ber the secret of his mission, but be hinted at tbe lit tle fortune that might be hla If be waa successful and that would enable' him to approach ber father. Ba knew that tha orange beetle was not tha name of tbe orchid ba was to seek. That too, waa orange tinted and of most peculiar form. Tha orange beetle would prove his clew to the presence of tbe coveted orchid. Chal mere had aald tha beetle waa three Inches In length and of horrible ap pearance, though quite harmless. Wherever tbe precious orchid grew. In ita close vicinity might ba found tbe orange beetle. Months after hla departure from New York Jack Hedges was stlU bent on hla quest In the upper reaches of the Amazon. Hla gnldea were Carajonas Indians from one) of the hill tribes, and he conversed' with them, la a-broken mix ture of bad Spanish and elaborate . srestlcnlatlona. Natw Am n..... but that he came upon strange speci mens of parasitic plants awaylng aloft on soma towering tree trunk far abov hla reach, and hla strong glasses t enabled him to study them at close range, and, so far aa bis book taught kqowledge went there was nothing new that he might take to Cassias Chalmers. , At last one dar thev made a noon. day landing In a quiet lagoon where long creepers reached down to brush their facea as the canoe grounded against the muddy shore. While tha guides prepared a simple meal of coffee and cassava cakes Jack took hla glasses and splashed through the spongy morass Into an cpeo spare where tall trues towered above tha any collection." How about tha orange beetle?" de manded Jack, chagrined.. "I could not have mistaken tha variety of orchid, for tha beetle was in one of tbe flower cups when I picked It from tha tree. By Jove! If I've made a mesa of this expedition after air na paused trag ically. Jackson expressed a desire to see tha orchid, and tha wicker csge waa brought and tha exotic displayed, to tha expert's suppressed amusement Deoeed queer tha old boy's sending yon off after that" be muttered after reading the copious notes with which Casalua Chalmers bad filled Jack's notebook. "Any reason for hla want ing to get you out of the way n Jack shook., hla head bopeleaaly. Search me!" ba exploded. "A year out of my Ufa all for nothing, and not a word from" He bit off Dor othy's nam and walked away to con ceal hla anger and mortification. At laat when they were In the port of New Tork Jack felt his confidence returning. While he was now con vinced that Casslus Chalmers bad How many people have aver seen a baby giraffe? Very few at the beat la all there have been only four baby giraffes bora 4n tba western hemi sphere: three of these ware born at tba Cincinnati aoologlcal garden. Tba first two lived but a short time, but tha third one, which waa born 8ept. t lfllO. la tbe Cincinnati garden. Is still alive and la ona of tba prettloat little animals that you might wish to see. , Giraffes ran utteroo sound tbey are mutee but tba two old giraffes looked on tha young one with eyea aa full of expression and appreciation aa If tbey had human Intelligence, and ona scarcely seemed to notice that they made no sound whatever. The picture shows tba little giraffe when It was two days old. It was then five feet ona Inch In height and weighed about ninety pounds. It be gan to grow right away, so that at tha age of about four months It measured six feet six Inches. That certainly la a marvelous growth and a boy or girl who would grow over a foot In four or five montba would ba considered a moat unusual phenomenon. When wa atop to think, however, that tha old gl raffe la almost fourteen feet high and can reach a foot or two farther by straightening out Its head and neck. It la easy to see that tha baby giraffe baa to do some growing to catch up with Ita father and motber.-8t. Nlcbolaa. Colonel AuvhlncloM of tha fulled States army waa a alk-kler for army etiquette, discipline and other such matter aa pertalu to military l.fe. lie was In tba artillery, ami a cyloutl of artillery lu tbe regular army la a very big man. Then, too. Colonel Atl chlnclosa commanded a big fort ou tbe Atlantic coast, and that made bltn a bigger man still. Outside tbe fort waa a collection of hotola uiwhI by permnm from all over tbe I'nlted State aa recreation resort, all of wboui looked up to tha colonel commanding tba fort aa a aoverelgn. th.aa of his subordinate. Aa soon It became erldout to both offlcer that ti... were rivals the tire burued net' ler lu the breast of lite younger, and the elder drew a tlghtrr relu In hla otBcUl lutervourae with his Inferior. Th.Hi came Lieutenant Phillip' ex stulimtlon for prouioilou. and, owing partly to bis belug absorbed by love rather 'than bis studio ai'u purwy from the breach of discipline fr which hla colonel bad reduced him from the position of adjuuul. be was denied a captalu'a comiulaalon. ' The young man, conceiving that tbU deprivation was the result of the colo nel's auluioslty toward him. preferred rbargea aguliul bltn for .tyrauuicai treatment. The commander of tbe dwrtuiut In which all this hapiieued waa an uncle of Mla Marjory lrciler. Ilia official position prevented bl eipreaa Ing any opinion In tbe matter, hut bis W ife, uot being similarly baudlrapped, took a secret part lu I ha proceedings Mlaa Irler wa ber sltfter'a Child, aud the young lady. Inasmuch as she wss lu doubt whether she would mar ry tbe colouel or the lieutenant, would ona day Influence ber aunt toward tba defendant the next toward the plain tig. The former Itelirg a prominent artillery officer, that arm of tba serv ice took great Interval In tba trial. Ona day when dra parade waa tak lug place Inside the fort witnessed by J some aUtiug with aud some against uwm vi ivrvoua. Iroiu lue utiiris vui- I mmr cviursue vi iuv uis suit. side principally young ladlea the colo nel left hla office to go to bis domestic quarters. As he ws pawing the Hue tha band "beat off." marching before tha man, turning aud marching back again, what for no one knowa ex- Teld by a Bird. To aay "A little bird told ma" la a common way of getting out of telling tba real way Information la obtained. Little blrde-bave. however, told Im portant storlea sometimes by means of notes fsstened about their legs or oecka. The birds moat often employ ad for thla purpose are pigeons, but a well known tiding waa once carried by seagull - Over twenty yean ago a large ocean steamer, Atlantis, which ran between No message waa aver received from ber but one, and thla waa found aoma five montba after aba had started on her last voysge. tied about tba neck of a naagnll In tha Indian sea. Tba note read: "Atlantis struck on tha nsrad rock. Wa are all lost, rather Coatha." No trace of tba wreck or Ita crew aver came to light, nor waa It known who Tather Coatbe" waa An Intelligent Poesy. A young lady bookkeeper lo Boston has been in tba habit for some tlma of giving tha office cat a piece of meat for her lunch every day, precaution be ing taken to lay down a piece of paper to prevent tba meat, creating tha floor. Tha other day at lunch hour, when tha young lady happened to have no meat in her basket, pussy begged for soma m her most Intelligent fashion. Find ing no meat coming, tba cat ran to tha wastebasket dragged out a newspaper and laid It on tba floor at tba young lady's feet .This appeal was so touch ing that the young lady went out and bought meat for tba Intelligent animal "tsrat-hlln-tnv- r-wH-jfoena-tbaae .(aa Liverpool and Calcutta, was teat well as a beetle hunt), ha waa deter-' mined to press that eccentric million aire for aoma explanation of the whole matter. Therefore hla first errand on landing was to go straight to tbe of fice of Cassias Chalmers. There bitter disappointment awaited him. Casalua Chalmers bad been dead for two montba. and hla estate had not only been settled, but hla heir, the nephew whom Jack knew, had sailed for a voyage around tha world. The lawyers knew nothing whatever about the matter, save that tha collection of orchids bad been sold at auction and. it waa believed, had been scattered among various collectors. When ba presented himself before Dorothy Payton Jack threw out his bands with a hopeleaa gesture. "Fail ed!" he aald bitterly. And then Into her sympathetic ear ha poured tba story of tha past year. "I've got to begin at tha bottom and start over gain," be said in conclusion, "and. hang it alL Dorothy, I can't ask yon what I wanted to!" "I shall ask you, then," said Doro thy bravely, and when aba bad con vinced him of her willingness to share bis struggles sba confessed that old Casslus Chalmers had evidently sent Jack away to get rid of a dangerous rival for both uncle and nephew had courted Dorothy without tha slightest encouragement until death had re moved one and her stern repulse bad sent tba other to tha uttermost ends of tbe earth. Show dsd tha orange beetle. He's quite a 'bngologlst'" urged Dorothy after awhile. And when Jack bad ap proached Mr. Payton and retold hla story that genial financier examined tha orange beetle with great Interest I know a man who has a standing offer out of $15,000 for that speci men," he said calmly. "Will you sell?" "Sell!" yelled Jack. "I'd sell It for 30 cent a I've wasted a year of my Ufa over that thing!" "Never!" returned Mr. Payton em phatically. You didn't find out how much pluck and perseverance you had till you set out to search for that orchid. Whenever you feel down In tbe mouth and distrust your own cour age Just come np here and look In my collection and survey that orange bee tle. "May Dorothy coma with mar ask ed Jack daringly. Mr. Payton smiled Indulgently at hla daughter and clapped a hand on Jack's shoulder. "Sba said some tlma ago sba was going to marry you, so 1 suppose you'll have to bring ber along." . "Oh. dad!" cried Dorothy, rosily tear ful. But her father bad escaped from tha room. A Storehouse. In tha old birds' nests that are placed near tba ground in shrubs and small trees close to haselnut bushes and bittersweet vtnea In tha country yon will often find a handful of hazel nut or bittersweet berries. TBey were put therl by tbe white footed mica and tha meadow mica that visit these storehouses regularly. A white footed mouse will often cover a bird's neat with fine dried grass and Inner bark and make a neat for Itself. Ate You a Subscriber to the NetrDatfy? 1 i ; If Tha Morning Enterprise- la to b aa successful aa tha Interests of Oregon City demand It must needs have tha support of all Tha new dally haa a big work before It In boosting Oregon City and Clackamaa County. Your support means more strength for tha work. Vill You Help Boost your own Interests? . For a limited tlma tha Morning Katerprlae will ba sold to paid In advance subscribers as follows: By Carrier, j year. ; , 13.00 By Mailt year j.00 and In your name and remittance. . Harry and the Searchlight narry, a six-year-old. was greatly excited over hla first trip on a steam boat, and bis father allowed hint to stay on deck with him for awhile In tha evening, nia attention waa at ones directed to the llghj of tbe eearch- ngnt moving to and fro. Excitedly ha grasped bis father's hand and as Id: "Daddy, look! There must ba a happy comet near here. Sea. how he wags hla tall." Strange Sights. Tell me, did yon ever see Monkeys climb a banian tree? Banian traes. perhaps you know, On tbe nnrsery Door can grow. Troops of monkays half the day la tbe areat wide branches play. Frollo and make frlende with yo- If your aunty tella tham to! I've had measles, so. you see. Aunty comes and playa with me. - Aunty makee a lion roar Rlaht behind the nursery door. Makae aa elephant poke his head Through the window near my bed. Makes the nursery sotnahow look tka a lovaly picture book, -rranets Banlne In Youth's Companion. Read tha Morning Enterprise. OWEN G.THOMAS ' BLACK8MITHINQ AND REPAIR WORK. Bast of work and astlsfactlon guar anteed. Have your horses shod by an expert; It pay a. All kinds of repair work snd smithy work. Prompt service; greater por tion of your work can be dona while you do your trading. Give ma a trial Job and sea If I cant ptassa you. OWEN G. THOMAS Car. Msln and Fourth Sts., Oregon City a oaoar yLi lit om rai oaoan. cept that it has been a part of tbe ceremony of dress parade for an in definitely long period. . Lieutenant Bob Pbllllpa waa adju tant of tha post. Now, tha adjutant la an Important man at all military cere monies, especially dreaa parade. Aa Colonel Auchlncloiw paased Lieutenant Phlllipa was standing. Ilka aU tha rest stiff aa a ramrod, while tba. band was marching back and forth. Lieutenant Phillips was suffering at tba tlma from a sore spot oa tba tip of hla nose. It so happened that a hungry fly lit on tba organ and, finding such auateuance In the sore spot aa especially suited Ita taste, began to pull lustily. There are nerve In none, especial ly on tba ubder aide. The agony en dured by tbe adjutant waa excruciat ing. Nevertheleaa, owing to tbe Im portant part ha took In tba military ceremony be waa tba laat man on tbe ground who should infringe upon mili tary discipline by raising hla hand to shoo awsy tbe fly. 8ucb a breach of uniformity would ba especially notice able in every ona and If made by the adjutant would constitute a frightful example to tba rest of tbe corps on parade. 4 Furthermore, It waa expected tbsl every man would ba at "eyes front." Phillips held hla eyea In that position rigidly. Consequently ba did not see tba approach of hla commander on bis right Just before the colonel came within his range of vision Phillips' ag ony bad passed tba limit of human endurance, and bis hand went up to brush off the fly. Colonel Aucblncloaa stopped, cast a terrible glance at tba transgressor and paaaed on. rhllllpa aaw him and knew that ha waa doomed. He was then preparing for examination for his pro motion to be captain and felt sure tbst such a flagrant breach of discipline a raising a hand to brush a fly from a sore spot on bis nosa would be a great detriment to hla attaining tba rank to which ba aspired, Tbe next day Phillips was obliged to read on parade an order relieving himself of tbe duties of adjutant of tba post and appointing another In bis place. After tba ceremony be went to his quarters wishing that be might be permitted to challenge tba colonel and run him through to tba hilt. Persona suffer by their mistakes, their misfor tunes, and Injustice. It la only In tbe last of these cases tbst rebellion csn possibly be ftdvlaabla. and even then to grin and besr it Is usually the best policy. Lieutenant Pbllllpa was In a sense obliged to do this, but a spirit of animosity toward tbe colonel waa engendered In him which promised to burst Into a llama and bring on sn army scandal. Now. It hsppenad that Colonel Au chlnclons. who, notwithstanding his age, was a bachelor, and lieutenant Phillip unknown to each other had In tentlons with regard to a young lady who was stopping at one of the hotels outnlJe the military reservstlon. What a fly had started a woman developed Miss Marjory Dressier waa much flat tered at tbe attention of the mlghtr commander and much pleased with t Put Yourself in the J t Ad-Readers Place... .;. ' When you writs your classified ad or any kind of an ad itf to a Include In it Juat tha Information you'd ilka to find If you were an ad-reader and were looking foi an ad of that kino. U yon do this to even a small extent your ad will brlns Ra a SULTSt J Of course tha otllcvr' f initio took great luteitwt In tbe trial, aud. as there Is Intercourse between the different rorp. tba trouble spread to tha In fantry, cavalry and tba staff corpa. Thus by tbe time tba court was ready to try tba raaa tba whole army was Involved. - Tba members asaeinbied In full uni form. The first proceeding was tbe reading of the charge, which was tyr anny, and tba peel oca tloua, which were very uumerou. Tha first speci fication begau thus: "lo this, that 00 or about tba th day of , ID-, tha said plaintiff being on dreaa parade, a fly lighted on hla noe, the organ being very sure snd painfully tender" At this polut the preaideut of tba court Interposed. . "Whoever drew that specification ahould ba cashiered. Lieutenant Phil lip la not being tried because a fly lighted ou hla no. Colonel Auchln- cloas Is being tried 00 a rbarg of tyranny.", It was explsued to the president, who waa ao much of a soldier Ibst ba could not be anything of a lawyer, that thla Incident of a fly lighting on tha adjutsnt's noae wu lb? U'lctuulug of tha trouble, wbvreupou be waa aal tolled, and the reading i'r',cJi'L: : . There was one tuulier that tould nor bo Introduced Into tbe Irk I. ' Tbst was the rivalry In-iaefu pltilntllT and de fendant for tbe bund if Mix ireler. But everybody knew tlwt lliU bad gdded fuel lo the flume till the fly that bed llthii l 011 lln lutaiit's uoae bad beeu ul euil:Hr In the baik ground.- Wbon tbe trlul Imh:uu aud all through the army the question was asked. "Wbal's thU rumpus between Colonel Au4'b!n-I and I'hllllpsr" the reply wss Invarlubly. "Why. yon see, a fly lit oa Phillips' noee when he ws on dreaa parade." etc. Hut after awhile when tba question waa asked tba reply would be, "No ona knows. but If you want to get a 1 tba bottom of tbe matter you'll bsve 10 look for a woman In tba case." It wss found necessary to bring wit neaaea (at government ex pen) from tba utter moat point of tba world, and when a witness wss summoned It was necessary to wait for hi or ber ar rival. So tha esse dragged and waa very expensive till at last It waa found necessary to ask congress for a special appropriation to carry It on. Tba matter waa then Isken up by the secretary of war. who sent for th Judge advocate of tba court and asked htm to give tba facta Tba Judge ad vocate began: "Why. you see, Mr. Secretary, whan Lieutenant Phlllipa was on dress pa rade a By lit on a eore spot on tba and of his nose." "I bsven't tlma for that! snapped tha secretary. "Give ma tba gist af it" There's no gist to It" "Isn't tbera soma wsy of getting rid of Itr Tbst depends." "On wbatr "A woman." . - ' j Tba secretary was Informed thai tba rancor was kept np by a niece of tba commander of tha department who couldn't make op her mind whether sba wlabed to marry tba colonel or tba lieutenant "Go tell her to come to me that I have something nice for her." Miss Dressier answered tha sum mons In person apd expectantly. "What la your ambition T naked tha secretary. To ba tba wife of a military at tache at a foreign court" "Name the man you wish for a bus band and ba shall be appointed." "Lieutenant Bob Phillips." ' Tbst will do. Good morning." Tha next day Lieutenant rhllllpa withdrew his charges agalnat Colonel Aucblncloss, and an order was pub lished promoting him and relieving tbe military attache on duty at Psrls snd appointing Captain Phillips In hi stead. There are those who give Mr. Phil lips' psrt In this celobrated army case a deeper Import than appears on tbe surface. These persons maintain tbst she bad some sort of an ax to grind, snd If not from the first at lesst from the moment It appeared that the trial wss a burden to tha government she rmt the ax on tha erlndatone. lie this as It may. It la always dangerous for a wo man to discover that ah hold tha bnl nca of power. When accused of this tbe sdy smlln and says, "Let those laugh who laugh last" SUCCESSFUL SOCIAL. ' Sum of 182.60 Was Ralssd for a School Library Baskets Sell High. -The basket social ml a it,... ..v. out th. Highlander;,; was a gVaat success Saturday light. Thsra waa large attendance and much enthue asm. In addition a .1. ..1. baskets, and tha picnic supper to fol low, there waa an excellent literary nd musical program given; proceed uiiiug fOI.SU. Tha social wa under tha of Mlas Gregory, tha teacher at the school, and tha purpoas was to raise money lor a acnooi library perhaps a general publlo library. Axe Yu 1 trrt II Jm ll fcv I VP ii op Ziffle,: Aev' DA I L Y? The ESogniair 1 r 1 Is to be as successful as the inter ests of Oregon City demands it must needs have the the support of all. r The new daily his a-' big work before it in boosting Oregon City and Clacks County. Your support mesns more strength for the work. Will You Help Us Boost Your Own a Interests? For a limited time the Morning Enterprise will be sold, to paid in advance subscribers as follows: By carrier, t year $3.00 By mail, year 2.09 . Send in Year Nam and Remittance 1