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JACK W.M.Tt II S FOHTI E. nv WO. M. A. IiKNISOX. Xobody saw Jade Walter's good I rain with so clear a vision as nttic Atty Broun. Jack WM a clerk in the great lrv ffoocl-i establishment of lhir- cl x Iirew. of lib reallv goods at the silk cmmter.nnd infonn-j flewe," she said, hurriedly, lier gilt- j down, the bulkiest, ami tore oft the vlth the strong, trm love tint should cd me that lie was gomg oft tiMlay on tftering eye swimming under tlie envelope, At tlio third cover Ik- mil- know change, he was sure lie did SI'KlTACI.KS. tin way 'brnwii laches, as if the tears were very j cd and lilt his lip at the fourth I some commission or oilier lie Happened 10 leu me. we were ; near uare ; ont 1 eotildii t help com-; threw them into tin fire. Then In UP ow Apru-r ool-iwy t ricks, lug ; It was such a cruel thing at ; took down the other two. smiling inn ne saw mere wouiiin t no inueli o least it scciiii.il so to me. I hone I am ! irrlmlv. rim. km im,.rscilli,.il w-il. " '" r I 'a imiv. I'OII I lOOh lor I IMl liilckilirc. I ellttc. Mil 1.1 . Mill lore a chance for the He was somewhat vain i had not conn handsome flee, and a - will see that nuthatch'. I II ti-lll.i t'.mi.i.h liiif tin. ins in'n 111 . ill. nt : 1 ...rl...... .... , .......... ..... v. Ms character was laid in good, true ..dors, warranted to wear. Jack WU poor, huf ambitious and capaWcr-so ; i, inch -a Hi it the firm in wlnw em ploy he was were considering whith cr they should not raise his salary and semi Itiiii to travel for their house, .lack got an inkling of their Intentions, but discreetly kept it to himself. As a matter of course. Jack having ; reaclieil Hie mature age of twenty-two. was in love with a f.nr lady. He hail first seen her al the store, and his heart was at once taken captive in the meshes of her golden bait. Anne ltathlHirU was very lovely. Everybody said so. and rightly. lint (he was called a flirt by sober-niludi d people, and the young men were rath er afrakl of her. Those who enjoyed her confldence knew that she was waiting for a golden prize, and sullied C )or .lacks iutatuatlon. Misi Rathburn's lather was head hook-keeper at DorestA brew's, and by no means a rich man. It was his wife v. ho kept the home establishment going. She had come into jibssessioii ofa small fortune jti-t as Anne was blooming into beautiful womanhood, and consequently the girl was a little spoiled. The fiuiily lived in elegant i ile. kept a pony-chaise, and Anne was gratified In all her whims, for she was the idol of both parents. .lack had won upon the afleeWons of Hie old book-keeper, not for selfish emb only for there was something about the meek, thin-faced, arlstocrat-Ic-lookfng old gentleman that encour aged friendliness, and .lack had al ways liked him. So, oeeisloually the young man was invited to the elegaill residence of the If.ithburns, and in lime found himself on a somewhat intimate footing With the different members of the family. Atty Brown was the poor relation i who mended Anne's stockings, and ; aided that lazy young beauty in clivers ways, for her clothes and hoard. She was a cousin on the father's side, with nothing to distinguish uer from ordi nary young ladydoin but a pair of glorious, melting. hazel eyes, fringed by the longest.' thickest 'lashes that were ever seen. Mrs. llathbiirn, like her husband, i .is tall and thin, and wore fashion able caps and a great quantity of false . hair, She had once been the posses- ir of considerable beauty, but now 10 pie called her only fine-looking. If she had tieen merely tlie poor book keeper's wife without a tbrtnnp. i doubt If she would have been consld-J ere l even that. Tlie;.'. with a bachelor uncle, whose chief amusement was showing won-. ilerful tricks with cards and telling fortune;, made the full quota of the liook-keeper's family, among whom : Jack found himself placed on terms of the inosl delightful Intimacy. It was tlie first day of April, and Anne sat listlessly looking over some pictures. Alty Brown was knitting a pretty trifle for Iter cousin, on tlie op j oite side of tlie tube, when Hetty lingers dropped in upon them. Iht ty was a sleek, ly little brunette, v. bo always reminded one of a purring tat. 'tiirls. do yon know what a lovely day it is t" exclaimed Het, loosening her dainty furs at the neck as she seat ed licrseff. -Didn't I see Jack Wal ter's over here last night ?" she went on, with II smooth little purr. - It was just 1 fi.ro you drew down the curtain. I knew Ids profile. s that why you like him, Anne? It's ju t perfect." "I like him .' Nonsense !" said An ne, with a laugh which was almost cnnteinptuous. "He is a very pleas ant young gentleman, handy to liiive round, a mamma says; does all one's errands dutifully and is a splendid es cort, with his Greek face and graceful manners. But inu-t one lie reported engaged becnu o one has a particular friend f" Hetty langbeil. "People will talk, you know," she aid. "Why. he's as poor as a church mouse." continued Anne. "io you think I could ever marry a poor man:' Never!" Atty lifted lwr great hael eyes in a-lonidiment. She bad more thau suspected that her cousin did love Jack ; and in his face had .-he not read bis absorbing passion? Sec how innocently surprised At pretends to be." lahghed Anne, a faint crimson tinge creeping over the marble-like beauty of tier skin. "J half believe be is her hero. She is a perfect little mouse when he is here." , 'But don't you really like him, ! Anne?" asked Atty, her needles sus- i pended. "Anyl-udy can sec that I:e worships you." "iN'ouft use !" said Anne, the flush deepeldng. '"Don't bother your bead ' about him. my d-ar. He's a splendid cavalier, and 'that is all. He's very I foolish if he ever presumes njion my I indues.', I'nclc Hal settled tlie ques tion last night. He told his fortune, you know, and sahl he would marry a little dork girl. May be it's you, Hit. 1 Your'e a great heiress, and can afford ! i'. As for me. a he was going oil' early in theniorniitf. Mr. Walters; it might put you to i 1 II jiH write iliai having ordered sv-! much trouble. ' era! Uilugs a silk dress, a bos of "The trouble is all through with, handkerchief-, gloves, etc. I had ex- j Miss Brown " said young Walters, pected them ye-tenliiy. but as they I with more dignity than she had over I shall I pleased if Ik- ' seen him assume before. "Tell Miss they :ire forwarded im- llathburn. if vou nlense. with mc every apiear the other was not, and conlifnot. llehrouglit an invitation from some eminent mhhs (i)t the opera I but it was not to her alone. He should be verv pleased, he said. If her cotfsln would go with her. "Attv never cares MONV CAS HOT Bl I IT, FOH SIGHT IS PRICELESS! address the note to .lack, ami ol course hf will fly to exe cute my bidding. Then there will be a ftiSS, and I shall (bol them all. 'J'he giddy girl never stopped to weigh the consequences. Vnn was what she wanted, even at the sacrifice of truth, "iapiial!"' laughed Hetty ; "it's a HiOSl brilliant idea." "Cruel!" snkl Attv. indignation in her glance. "You'll never do it, Anne." "Won't 1? You'il see- and that without giving yon lime to preach a sertnou isbout It. I'm bent on mak ing an April i'ool of .lack. He'll for give me: don't beanxiou-; I know him. II will only bun bis vanity a little, and that won't kill him." By Ibis time she had opened her writing-desk ami her pen was rattling over the paper. I in nan ti'iuoieii tfl sav; n ilear i;'- Aprll-Fool-Hay. iflsome eves open ?" lit rosy flash spread 0,11 un- Jack. I Willi Won't his ha And again a s over her cheeks. There.'" sh hid i! folded the note and in a dc.'icatelv-iierl'uiiicil envel ope. "J should like to see him when i he gets h : that's all. You'll go rigid : away. I suppose'. It's already eleven, j you know. Hetty took the missive and Imrrled off lu high glee; while Atty, who could not appreciate nor yet prevent the joke, bent over her work with in dignant eyes, "I'd never come here ."gain, after that, if I were he." she said hotly to herself. "It's an insult." Hefty performed her part valHantly. She went to tlie store; spoke a few words to her cousin, who was a clerk there; intercepted the cash-boy, wlw was running tochange a twenty-dollar note: bade him give the message to Mr. Walters, and walked carelessly out of the door, laughing Inwardly. "Here's something tor you," said little Ben. a he slipped the envelope over a huge pile of silks shining in all the colors of (lie rainbow, .lack placed the note In bis vest pocket with jti-t the faintest shadow of embarrassment, and after hi- mi lium r bad gone, stole a recess of just three seconds long in which to read, the contents. .My dear Jack." Tlie bloixl milled to his face: lie BUS lu a perfect tremor of delight. When had Anne ever written to him J before? Btlt bell' were the lines, flvdi j from under her own white liaial. She ! bad called him .lack. "Dear hick." Pocketing bis trophy and his tumult-j nous emotions at the same time, he : proceeded at once to make the lieedfol enquiries. He -pike to the chief clerk, an aw-1 fill personage In a red wig. "Miss Rathburti had ordered several things," ' He produced a list of them a dres pattern In -ilk. gloves, handkerchiefs ! and they laid not been sent home.' it was doe Hunter's fault; ids had been bought of him, ! most careless clerk in the ' muttered trie chief, as be ! over the list, "ile must do leave." . lour clerss were sent r,t : i eompllments, that I am Infinitely obliged to her." and his eye flashed'. : "Her little joke has cot me dear." i Again the great brown eyes met his, : full of sympathy; but he had fright ened her too. "I thank t'iii." he said, in a softer tone, seeing that her lijis quivered. "J Ml have proved to me that all wo men are not heartless. CkmI inorn lug, -Miss Brown. ! Atty went home disquieted, tremb ling and wretched. Of eour-e she : cotiid not deliver his message, as Anne had not known of her attempt to frus trate the "good joke:" ncithcir (lid sue wish to Incur the anger of who could make her thoroughly etimfortable. Wallers bore Ills fate tlwt dav with ; manly composure, outwardlv, but hi j heart was like a seething' cauldron. Itim-ell" the soul of honor, despirw his I poycrty, he ctaild nn' see how sogen , tie a girl as he bad deemed his lieiinti- flll blonde, could mi deliberately have I delivered him over to the tormentors, Of iwirse, he had mikh to Ilear throughout the day. There Were in- ntK'iidoesand subtle ghtnees ; many a ' sniottiered laugh ; and more man one broad, open joke lit his expense, for I all the world he would not have had Anne Kalhbiirn's name so bandied about : but there was no help for it. Her thouglitli ss planning had eubjeet ml her to shame, and him to suffering that sometimes almost amounted to absolute agony. He had thought thill Anne loved him. It was quite impos sible to think so now. The charm was broken --the spell in which she held him rudely dissolved. Through the jibes and jeers of others, through the meaning in the faces of the clerks he -aw her. disenchanted, itnqticcned. And yet he had loved her so. did love her so, hi spite of all .' lie looked so jaded and worn al four o'clock, i hat the senior partner privately told him he might go home, If he would lake the trouble ti execute II little commission fi,r ,im 0, the way, which he gladly did. Jack lived, or miller stayed, at a tashloliableboardlnghou.se; but his ! room was In the fifth story, and was' furnished with a carpet that had done service lor a -cries of rooms, from the parlor-floor up, for at least twenty years. There were dim sbado vs of circles and vanishing ghost of roses thai nourished in worsted at that early period, but a dreary grayness pervad ed the entire width of the room a ghastly reminder ol past beauty. The chairs were likewise souvenirs of "lOUir, lonz 1120, the on v one wide in delicate, lady's hand, the penman' to goto the opera," she was foolish ship of which very much resembled enough to say. uer cheeks hotly flush Miss Anne's. , ed. but interpreting tlie look' in his "Koigeries:" he umttensl : "and eyes, her woman's wit came to her tlie fellows who tried to dome, will rescue: "but I think site would go, on surely be here. I'll lix up another your invitation, and it will lie delight bulky envelope, and then I'll let them in! to witness Iht enjoyment." lie could use with comfort lie had bought him lelf. Poor Jack lie could not a fibril luxur ies for his own use he was too fond and careful for bis old mother for that, til v there. ist as I lotind them. I think ma' bitter experience U enough." So he arranged the nick, and by that lime the bell called him to tea. Meantime, Miss Hetty and Miss Anne had their little conference. All bad gone off trluiupliantly, llet's cousin, in describing the matter, had dwelt only on it ludicrous side, and when she in torn detailed it to Anne, all the rougher edges were smoothed dow n. Aline WAS half glad, half sor ry. After the excitement of the fun was over, -he wondered if Jack clev er, handsome .lack would be very ' angry with her. Anyhow, what did it matter? She had never Intended to marry him though. If he were only better off, only tIcIi lie was so tlne looking! so Interesting;! and tell-tale bin-he- reddened the girl's cheek. Het secretly hoped to turn the thing to her own advantage. She had always liked .lack, and would have given him hi r fortune and herself any time If he i had asked. So Hetty, kitten like, pur- red only of encouragement to Anne, secretly desiring the cream for her self. A week passed, and .lack, still re- sentful, had not called upon Anne. ' One clay a dark, hollow-checked man, ! with a parchment face, and eyes of re : in ukable brilli iiicv, walked into Dor set & Drew's, and enquired for Mr. ' W alters. "That's a Jew-la vvyor," laughed one ' of the clerks, ;h .lack obeyed the sntll I moos. "Are you in the hands of the j I'hitistlues?" j The stranger introduced himself. 'We expected some communication j from you. sir. before this. Ill relation to the letter Informing you of your un cle's death, and your brilliant expeis latbsis. which, I may now, say, are! certainties," he said. Some communication my uncle I had no uncle that I kliow'of. My i mother's only brother died years ago ill least we have always believed him j dead. I beg your pardon ; I have re ceived no li iter." "Very strange!" said the little man with the parchment face, apparently mystified. "The letti r w as -cut to his solicitors, and I am sure it was for warded to the proper direction, be cause I happen to know ii gentleman who i- a friend of yours, anil he gave us tlie number of your place. Very singular! We mailed it on tlie thirty first of March." "On the Ihlrtv-first of March!" exclaimed Jack, ffashlngto the roots of his curly hair. "Oh .' I remember. n i I he fact H, 1 1 i;i t the tir-l of April fol- llut Ue niainuiid FlMtlrttl prifHervi' II. will So Anne siiecdilv found herself see olid in iuinortai.ee. Allc was so chinning in her simple toilet, so pure. ..r,.; Nl)VV OI.K.;Ii r,tAf TO Tilt: tender and womanly, that Jack tiMind pnUtic wiiicli is pnmouiueil by the himself graduidlv learning to long for ino-t relobruica" ontlelkns ot thoworid in llu. irloi,7,o ft,m ,ii.il,.r.l..?l..i,.r l,.Vvii lw ''' "1(sl IH Il'et. imllll-ut.drlulewl l" l iie giam - iiom miller tin- onglmwu flll. hwnan ,,vl, rll,v knmv . h y , lashes. Hi- visits to the browustone utmm i niiUer onr oirn supervision, HI oar front were more tivnnent fhiin ever; i own omnutiietory, In New Iftircii. met an 1ml Anne knew, also, that they were not for her. charm she ever so Wisely. It was In the fall of that same year Atty and .lack were married, and Anne and Het were bridesmaids. It was un derstood, however, lhat Anne hotlld soon be a bride. Old Tim Warbeek, a banker, some -on! a milii 'naire. ban been ill her feet for years, .and she had rewarded him at hisf. Tail nobody knew how that deep down in her heart was a sorrow that only time could cf fiiee and perhaps not even that. so constructed Mint the core or center of ine lens eoiues directly In front ol the ev e, pro lacing a (I,MH ASB MSTIMT VIMWX, V.'IIAT 1 SAW IX A Kl.V's llf.VI'. I will examining a common housefly one morning with it .microscope, and what w as my surprise to discover a whole lot of little insects crawling about amongst the hairs of his head. I counted as many as seventeen They were of a light amber color, each having -ix leg-, and two long feelers that they kopl flouri-hlug be fore them all the w hile in the most energetic manner. They were very nearly the slliipe of an ant-lion or doodle." as vc 1H d to call them. They were very voracious, I saw -even gather around the lacerated neck where the head had been torn from the body, and they Were eating like pigs, pushing and striking at each iilbe.' all tlie while. On another part of tlie body 1 saw three engaged in a deadly fight, Thev rushed at each other 'with nil the A fin I tie natural, healthy shrht.met pre ventlug all unpiottiwal Minsaliotus .wirii as yUuunerhig mi l wiivuHiik of stif lit, dbud-ne-s, e!i'.. tHfiiliiir IohU (idlers in use. j These iasse-nrc aiauuaietiirea Ii'iihiiii!- Illlte er -III! (lelioles llielle I loettier, HU(I ! ilcrlve tlK'irn.'iiiie,"Jliinioiii.' on aeeouul I of their liar lues-io. it l)rllliiney. Tliej are niountctt In i It, iliirsi iitunuer, al onrown niaiiitfactory. In all stylesof wold, silver, steel, rubli n-, ind slu-t! Humes, of the Iqnalitv. Their tlnnyalfty can no: lie swr f pAinaeii, an.l i lielr linisli is stteh e- w ill suit i ihu ne i a titstiilfoiH. Nunc aenuliie unless beariur our tiMde.iniii'k, o Miuuned on every i'litiue. poi'mli by the principal opt (elans Mil iewelcis, Ihrotdioal tiie coim'rv. .Mnnu liietuivil hy .1. 1-:. Silencer ft t'o ninclteal oiici.7ft.-, Ne,r York, for sale onlv hv im's DKiri'IItlls, " I'cnlers in wutchiM, clocks, iewclrv. silver ware, etc., Albany, Oregon. Kiitere i ueeorjlua lc of I 'oniircss, in the year IKHI, by .1 K Sietieer . ( 'o.. in the elerl,'- ictice ol the District Court of the t'nited States, for the Sontbern tilstrlef of New York. fiovS tSASH PAUTOUl'. BUILD AT rEKTIOX! Ml 1)01 She . "Tlii l;..ll i pean la tter or Three or once to look the parcels over. There was great rolling aside and throwing down, and not a few hard words were sifted hi witli tlie latmr, for Ikirsel A Drew did an ituua'jisc business, Ad dresses were looked over, counters turned upside down, and that part of tlie shop w in confusion. The senior partner had purchased a Unique ami beautiful va-e that day. which stivsl in its wrappings in the corner of a -hell, where JassK him elf was nimaging tor tlie missing bundle, wlasn lo! tliere was a crash and the vase for which Mr. iJoiiisf bad paid nearly a hundred dojlars went down with a crash. Unrest, who Mood hy. turned white, but merely said, "That comes out of your salary, Walter:." 'Of course, sir," responded Jack, ruefully- "I -hall pay it with plea sure." Another clerk, in jumping on a treacherous r ill of doth, fell and sprained hi- ankle, and was obliged to ro home. At the books were resorted to. Purest, w ho was a;. Irascible man. and had already made up his mind to turn off poor Joe Hunter, looked them over himself. As he w as poring at the or ders, his lean fore-finger running uowu I ue columns, a cicru mm in an uuiler'.onr Thin face of ened, and he el angry thrust. "Walters," he said sliarply, "come here." And the young fellow went forward, perplexed and unhappy. "Do you know what day it isj Wal ters?" queried Dorset. "The first the devil!" muttered Jack, shutting his lips together snd- ueniy. "Vou have been sold. 1 think nave ml iteen sold. ' sum the mer chant, almost fiercely. "J liave lost a va-e that can't be matched, and co t me Seventy-five dollars : Jacob ha sending Iter sometimes more than halt of his salary. Hut there was one thing : he would have, if he took it out Of Ills I bread and butter, and tiiat was a g. n , nine wood lire, lb- had bought a f'en : der and all the other accessories at auction; a small corner under the roof held his wood. He always made the tire him -elf. and when it was lighted, j and sang old songs as iueh dear oltl , fashioned fires invaribly do Jack's j poor meagr.-ly furnished room was j reatly prettier and brighter than the : stiff parlor below, with its circular ' wheel in the wall, radiating hot. tin whole. one air. .lack was exivodhiglyglad lo Occupy I his thoughts, with his fire, for, April though ft was, the day had been raw j and chilly, ami when the lovely flames l leaped and tlie wood crackled with a sound like bur-ting apples and the ! trickle of swi i t cider in it. his depres sion wore Off jUSt a little. He bad been the victim of jokes innumerable all that day, inflicted by junior clerks am! -illy little .-ir who claimed a passing aeiuaiuuince with the hund I some .lack, and his spirit was sore and I his heart dejected. i "How could she do it f" lie inked , himself, referring .again and again lo 1 Anne's letter. -"Seventy-live dollars slap out of my salary, and new clot lies out of the question. How Kid and sympathetic that little tiling looked! Atty Brown, I think, her name is. Ilv love, .-he had beautiful eyes though, i never quite caught their expression before. I wouldn't have believed it of Anne. She made a fool of me, to Is' sure, but she may rue it yet. I don't think I sh;,ll forgive her." And he settled his feet on the fender, while 'is . - - (moke to I ms Hue lace took on an expression ot mc sternest determination. "J.itHe lowed tne ihtrry-urst ol .March, and as I received some bogus communications - or rather suspected them to be such. It might be that letter in fact was it I post-marked India '-" he asked, ending abruptly. "It Was Calcutta, India." said the i little man. solemnly. "I teg yum pardon again ; I'm sure" lack began growing n dderaud more ; earnest, ""I'll godlroctly home. I can gel leave, I think, and then, suppose I call on you P" "Very happy, I'm sure, to be of s. rvice. There is our card. Oooch & Lubbell. We shall be delighted to see you through ; " and then apparently frightened at his own impulsiveness, he left the store at a rapid gait. ! To describe .lack's emotions now, as he looked back iit that unlucky day, as lie called it. and the letter he had so Slighted, would lie Impossible, On the whole, it had not been all fool luck. Then be fell to thinking of the chance speeches he had beard from his moth- llps aboii! "poor Frank," who had tierceuess ot mad I. nils. Soinel hues , they would rear up and shake each oilier like dogs. j The hair on tlie fly's head was quite thick, -landing out' like bristles, anil I these little fellows would walk right out on the ends of tliem without fall- tog. Sometimes two or three of them I would walk up and down on hi hairy ; nose, no doubt to the gu::it annoyance of her flyslitp. j No-.v.'l wonder if these little fellnw-thein-olves haven't got something ill their head to bite thai annoy them ? "That fleas have lesser fleas lo bite 'em. Anil these fleas other Ilea; And so on ad Infinitum." After this when you see a Hy scratch his head, yoti may reasonably con elude that he is not alwavs after Mi Mm. " ' And should yon ever lie annoyed, when trying to sleep, by flies crawl ing over your lace, it may be some satisfaction lo know that otUmes his slumbers arc disturbed by these little chirps crawling orw hinfiMn, SASH, BLIND, AND DOOR FACTORY . I.TtlolSK. '. .1. I'. KAl'Ki:x.-Ti i n cm. Aiiii Mt s Wabu's roi insini'. Ii wasiimm. still night in -loon, when all natnr' hnsht ami narry zelfcr disturb ed tlie serene silence. I sot with the nbjecof my affections on the fence ol her daily's pastttr'. I had experienced a kind of hankerin arter her for some lime, but daru't proclaim my pa-hiiu: wall, we sot there on the fence a swlngin'oor feet to and fro. and hhi-h-lll'afl red as a Rtlldllisvllle skiile-Iionee when if was first painted, and looking very simpuJ, I make no dowt. My left arm was nraipied in balancing myself o:i the fence, while mi right arm was wound utt'oeksimnltly round Snzannah's wa'te. Si'. I Husantier, I thinks very mutch of yu." Sez she. "How vou do run On." Sez I. "I Am'Hoisi; & Co., Lyon fiJrect o:i (ho lllver llnuli, AT.TIAN V, OlilXiON. Kii'ji on ban I : full Qssortnient, anil ai preimnid to lTItMSU TO otiDKIt, Doom, Hash, Uliiidi, mid ITIoldiiiga, JtrtVt x, l'A.HI haxii ,v m;tio HOl.ll, (if nil sizes. WINDOW AXi) UOOR ITiAMKS, Flooring, fiidiii, -Alcl- AIIollicrklnl of Ilulldliw Mortal. V -link .SO; PRPAREP To Mi MII.I. work, furnish xlmker fans, xiimv! siieiion t'Miis. ili'u iii iinlles tt( ley km l,n! our factory on Lyon street .on tlio ri.er hunk;, next' la'loii' Markliaiulf trarebnosc. ALTII0V8E ,t CO. Allmny, Feh. ID, ISS9-H gone oil' to seek his fortune, ami about wish thar wuz winders fl mi sole, soz w hom for years and years nothing had been heard. If it should prove tru and then he started from his trance to find himself addressed by Atty Brown, whose glorious eyes wore the same sweet, sympathetic expression thai had remained in his memory, after that trying All-Fool's day. it was only a, little parcel she bad conic tor. by I Anne's direction, for .Mijs Anne was j mourning in her fashion a tier her de voted cavalier and willing -lave. "Tell tne how he looks. Ally, and i what he says." was Anne's parting in- ' junction, and when they metagaiu her 1 eyes asked a quc-tinn. you rood see sum ot un felillS, and I side deeply. I pawsed here, but iiz she maid no rejily til it. I continued on in the folleriu strain : "Ah! cood yu kno (lie steeples idles I purse on your account how viitles bate ceased In lie attractive tu me. mid how my limbs shrunk up. ye wouldn't dowt inc. not by no means. U:iak on this wasted form and sunken izc." I cried, jump ing up. I should have continued sum time longer probably, bnl, unfortu nately. 1 lost my balance, mid tell over into the piistur", kersmasli, tariu' my close and dauiagin' myself gener ic. Suzanuer got off to my assistance JA.T3E L, COWAiV, (Baceestmrof A. Cmvan A Co Lobanon, Oregon, Deafer In GEVERAL MERCHAifDISE! yiIJ, KK1' ALWAYS ON HAXfl A fnU stock of HRV 1 1( H U S. I ill i ii IKItlFA IIAIIIIWAUE, UOQTSIt MtOES, i all for sitle at the truest l'riccs for Can l i ou .i Ol 1 I V 'i 11 ' e. 1$jj0" All persons otrtmj A. Cowan A (lo., can settle by eallbm nil meat I.e'imion. Hi .1 VMKS I.. I'OWAX. Atty exulted a little when she re- mid ttalgged me forth fat double quiet rich husband or ! l'oiic home w ith a smained ankle, and none. Oh. by the way. it's April- the whole place has been In turmoil, Foot-Day, tent It? 1 should like to on account of a foolish woman's niilm. lave some fun I i'lay a joke on some- Vou ought to have seen. Walters vou body a grand joke that might lie re- , should have had your w its about vou. memtiercd for a year. Wliat can 1 do? i on (hi day, of all others. A for Mis There! I have it. l"ve thought of , Kathburn,' I should like to devise wmetMllg!" Slie etapped her lianib souM way of punishing her lor so and shook her blonde Ireswes, while thonghthsw a trick. I'm sure her her Iiaiidtome blue eyes sparklwl with father would nearly die of ninrtlflea ,ttWin , ... itiouif lie knew of it, and he will cer- Well. what I it? querriHl Hettf. ; tahriy hear of it. However, no ue 11 some one omy was going to tlie i crying for spilt milk." Ami with a i wave of hi hand Walters wa-di -ini-s-vou mean Iioci.-t A n- i ...i , , . . . ,1-k f i r" . '"--. "i. more cuagruiwi. more angrv, nuri T, J I m,B-"'g-" said l and sore, than lie bad ever besV. in hi the senior partner dark-! W for my forgivene-s. perhaps, lo-ed (he iiook with an i!"t never mind I II he even with her yet. I bore s del Kogers. She s pret ty, ritber, and rich, and twenty-live. She likes me, I think; and. by Jove! I'll be even with AmieHathburiiyet." There came a knock at the iloor. April-Fool's day was not yet over, and .back was on his guard. As lie called out "come in!" an imp's face was discernible lust on the inside of We the briiliantly-lighted room, for tlie woou-iire wii- iiomg us oi.-i. T'icathe, thir," lisissl the tenor of the bouse, the landlady's bright boy a boy so exceedingly smart that every fiisly lulled him "did you thee the letterth that come here tiwluy;-'' "No and 1 don't want to"; so you march down stair-." said Jack. "lint plea the, thir. I ain't a April fooling, 'the gentleman give me a quarter to tike lhat vou thurely got it." ".)h. he did, did lie?" growled Jack viciiHidv. "Hell, vou liurrv down, plied to that une-tiou : "I think I never saw him look so well and happy." "Didn't he say a word !" half falter ed Anne." "Xot a word, out-ide of business," Wild Atty. quietly. And only the next day let came in. witli a lollll "JBters you heard tlie news?" Anne looked up. expectantly, 1'er- ltaiw, trom pique, .lack hadgoiic and got married. Iler heart sank. store.' If Hetty drawing lier fur closer. "Vou are? Weil, m send a imte to .lack. 1 have the whole thing plan ltd ant, I was there yesterday, ami Joe Hunter (bowed me some new life. Going to bis counter, lite Hps and cheek pale, there he met little Arty Brown, "I didn't want to turn State'vi- "You'll be a itonlshed, but it i per- i feetly tine, .tack Wallers has come, or is coming, into an immense tortnuo;. 1 His uncle ha died in India, and he; heirs million-." Aune smiled, faintly. Her la-art nurtereu. ami sue ten almost like cry ing. She had lost lilm -tlie handsom est m ill in lier set. and now perhaps the richest lust him by playing s fool ish practical Juke. He had Hut came toher feet ; he had not even called UpOII lier since, though she Was quite ready and willing to apologize. The li ars were provokingly nrar ; it wa all she could do bi keep them from welling up and dropping out. Oh. and he'll know how to Is" a rich man," added llet. "He'll live and look like a prince. We can't reach him now, you know," sheadd- lime. I hen draw in Iiersell up to a full bite, said: "I won't listen lo yotir ! tlOMSents no longer, .lest vou say rile out what your rirlvln at. If yu mean gotten hitched, I'm in." Well, we bitched, you bet! Siamk-k Twins Sl'HI'asskji. All ; the stories told of the Siamese '('wins I hardly equal this of thai tlituou- Scotch double man, 'of whom the following! ! account U given' hi the l!ymu ?ct r-1 j fia ftitttmtt: 1 mring the reign ol James the Third, of Scotland, and at Ills court, there lived a man double ! above the waist, single below that re-' glon. The King caused hhn to lie 1 I carefully brought up, lie ninldlyne-j quired a knowledge of music. The I two heads learned several languages; ! they debated together, and the two up I per halves occasionally taught, i'la y 1 lived generally, however, in thegreat c t harmony. ' When the lower uiit of the IkmIv was lickled tk-tw o indi viduals felt ll together ; hut when, on the other baud, one of the upper indi viduals was touched, la' alone felt the etl'ect. 'Mil' monstrous lieing died at the age of twenty-eight vears. One of the bodies died several Jays before tla? other. Xnv Burlier hh. VlVTH THIS : 1IAI.K H.CKEMSTll lias opened a new Itiirber shop on First street, three doors west of Conner's Rank, where lie wilt iw pleuet to si'e all persoaa nee llrij liis services, sluivln. hiilr-euttin. shampooing, etc., rtiine in tlie most Batisiat'tory nmiuier. Allmny, Kelirmiry IA4v4 J'A-l'K.ViT MKIiU'INK HOLLOWAY'S Every Ian Ms own Physician. 0ATJTI02ST Hell. oriiis.'Ctnatr"urei.vgeiii. Ann nun look like a prime. We can't Toninoranec is one round of tlio l-isliuv IU I... siif.Le 111.' llull.rilHlll. ..,. .!. 1.1,,. O .1... KJJ I . . . 1 - . . . -i'-"; "o i miui ii, jmi Hmi "oe nun- ntdiicr ot viruu's mat. lean loneaven; y.anigter fled, shrieking with teriw , td with a provoking little laugh. I Intemperance Is Satan's pnipclicrto ""! ,i..i ,iiii.(,i,iiiiidira. uiffl men tow ams uemai ruin V.,t (I..I .mltinf .1-1,' : fell istOSIil. 1 l, u-.l i., ll. Il.w. ...... .... 1... 13. l..l. ....... I . mi . un. .-.. ..i..,., - i hit ittwt j.iti.fi. iir iiiiiv nui-n crable niriosity abiait tlie letters, and j wlwt pains busy bands were taking began ieerlng round. Yes, tiieretliey with Miss Anne toilet; anil when hi were, three of them, hi tlie letter rack. , her superb beauty she swept into the There was uobodv to spy, and he was room. dalhit? in Iter tiiultless atlire. umler no particiilar obligatlmi to in- .lack felt almost to mournovcruU own Never int tight. form acainst himself, so be took one 1 changed feelings for love her now, Ami advertise to protect the public uiit osnelroa, net a new " TriiSe Murk," coniiit- rpHE immcn-w itcmainl for HOtLOWAT'S 1 1'II.I.s n.l OINTMENT Hu tempted iiiiprincfpltit fiiu-tkii tocountcrfeit l.hcw rular aMo m'Miicines. In order lot vohavelMnei introtun Kirrptiun circle of nerpmt, with the letfeT H In the centre. Kmfbomofgair nine IIoi.i.oWAi' Pu.u end Oiuxmkht win Aprosiicrousniereliam has for Ma. K.it " motto: I N. V. Chmicii. Co., Sot. Fniprktore, Karly to Nil. nlUidw LMe,KerTe Knny 10 na. IU CBAKK UlIIiiilAM, Son t'raiielsoo, f Boie AgeaU (or the Puetfle Coaav