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ttugcno City Guard. H.WTUDAY DKCKMIJEU19. (iloriou winter weather. The or hh'tulJ bo remeiiilxred Christmas. (Jive liberally tithe j.ublic school donation. Kvery i(M)r luiuil y rhould be re membered by their moro wealthy neighbors in Kugeno on Chribtmas day. Tin poultry show in bound to be a Bueoenn. Kemeinbor it will be lield in the Walton brick, Kn'iie, Dec 2 J, 23 and 2'5. Kverbody !h cordially invited. Twenty-three in apparently a lucky number for Major McKinlcy. 1I will bo tho twenty-third Inci dent, the regiment to which he be longed win the twenty-third Ohio, and ho will be elected by the electoral vote of 2.1 states. Omaha World-Herald: This in the season of the year when h young lady will spend t'J fr ilks aim nation ami II hours"' work a day b miiko a Jn se.it for lir best um b friend, and after ho gets it th chances aro be will not know what the th:ng isfor. A MaHai huet!s dontor.and he if tho secretary of the f tato bo ird of health, declares that tho decline in tho death rate of women from pul monary disi aces began five yearn ago, tli't tiiiVJ ofj the first general popularity or the bicycle, and has continued since. Tho rapid respi ration it ii iiii'-es strengthens the lungs and a-n-i-d them to throw off foreign substances. If this is true it is certainly one great victory for tho bicycle. Walln Walla Sli.teHium: ' Tho d-positors of tho defunct Walla Walla Savings Hank have had their last hopes des'ruyed In I ho recent IPporl "f lieceiver Mi:(iliet The ectiuialed valii'' of the as-ets being only ", ll)J.!K and tho amount due depn-itors nearly f 'JKI.OOI), it may lie s iid that any dividend to ho expected would ho infillitesti inal. Never was a bank more thoroughly looted than tho Walhi Walla Savings Hank by its chicl mau'iger, Ivlmiston, who diverted the fundn of the iilHtitution to his own speculative purposes, and de fraudi'd his depositors and Mock- holders alike." A Sin Kraiieisi'it d'spatch of leo l.'illi says: ''The seektrs after liomoi will divert their thoughts from ( iklahoma and Indian ter ritory," said Major Charles 10 Wor don, agent of the I'nited Slates land department, at Klamath, Or, ''and will rush to Klnmath as soon as tho Indians have been allotted their lands in severally. When this is dono ah iiit 1 .SMl.OOO acres ol as fertile and beautiful country as any in tho world will become a part of tho public domain and "ab ject to homestead entry. Since Juno, I SO I, Major Wordon has been in Oregon establishing larms erecting school buildings and par celling out hnds for tht Indians U hold under the government's co operative svhlem, devisud for tht red man. Mr. Wordon is on bio wav to Washington." An O.l.l I'nra I'ur tainting, lit Tlm Law Times sonio interesting torlc in o told tif tho lato Huron I'm lo afterward Iau'iI Weitaleydalo, His lovo of the law Is illustrated by tho anoodoto of his nHUiKUiiig to a hoMo for hi lato arrival nt a party on tho ground that ho t'ouhl imt tear himself nwnj from "a tienutiful demurrer." His pas sloti for froh uir waa such that ou buy ing a handsomely furitlKhcd houso lilt first order, it is t-aitl, was that nil tho Ixm!.U should 1 sawed down and tho next that nil tho li-d curtaina ahould bo burned. At I'xeter ho Insisted uu venti lation in awholi-aalowayvhleh wrought liavoo v illi counsel mill jurieM. Tho lt story of Panm Tailo is ter liajia that which tells how mice, v hen tuiiiiiiuiiiil to n.lviM' tho lonls liu elzinl w Uli u fainting tit iu the tuhhtlo of liU nrKtiilieiit Various remedies w tns npl'liitl villi. nit nvaiL At lx-t a liappr thought vuitvI to one of his l n threii, who well knew his ivullar tempera Inelit. llerii'.hixl into the llhran-, svuod n larpt inustr vulnmo of old statutes, rulnsl Ki. V anil In 1.1 it to the iioxtnla of the pat lent. The etTo t was marvel ous, lio lit oiuv oH'iiiil Ina eye, irave them a alight rub nail in a f . w awui.U " " .or. THE IDfcAL W rvr Bnntr.fl. .1 ami know not h. Via amk (or tin' Moil nt our i)r. nn.a And atrlra to na h II initdwl l.jr tha brant ( I trul li and faith. lliuironr (tumlard Inuk, Yi atrinml en, tut wh.-n tbu riui In nlitli Wu flml Hint It i ltiili -a u, mill It aw-ma Tu U kun onward, m-kln wllb IU gli-m I.lkn aonm l.rteM iiilrmt" In lli cat-rn ekjr With ej" Mind to Hi" Kl'iry I"- ta-lw, Our tlioUKlitu forever tuned wajr rrum urtli. Wn aoo no t antjr rouinl , ami tlm worth Heidi n In humliln llilrin w never know, ft grot anil pna uiihi-e.lliiK on tlm way The g'tid that wu urn aceklnK day ly day. Dcuahou'a la-uinft. CAFN TOM WOOLLEY. Well, yea, sir, tin- yoiinif mj tvuaa Irnnii tlnl swluiiiier. Never aeen a yoiuiK lidy M ooiilil swim out Ilka alio could. "( 'up tiiln'loiii 'Ouiley," lie'd ul ti Niy Ui Hie, ''I Jimt l"Vi Hi" water. " Hio onus hero every jK.r. Hn Mid alio never rould biku to nnywtierea II Ln tlm nit nf llnrn wall. Jf tit after that lnt year ahe never ooinii nitulii. .Siviua its if lllll o' niy wml miiht hiiva k'vo her a dlHtnato of tlio Corn Mi folk like,. Well, tlmt'ttrtio what you s;iy, air. Thert ain't no anywliert liko the aea iiero in Cornwall. It lireaka, na ym rnny put It, all an (mn at nn emenilil, round the atneka nn akerrlna off Ijmd't Knd an the I.iard Ho It tinuikliift yonder, aoinetlim In line whllo foun. net as hlh as a llKhlhoiian, round they frnrilt jika, nn you wouldn't find nothing more la-autlful, not If It was mlntl In oils ly llieynrtlt iroiitsiit Now lyn. 'J ho t han m l well, what 't the chan nel, eoino to think of II. hut a muddy river, In the manner of N,- aklnK, with tho N-Ino ond Iho Avon IIihkIIhk it nil with dirt nn refuu 'J ho North wu im, nor tho North aea ain't min ti U-tter neither, through Ih Inif llllixl with yellow elay by tho nei iths of 'I'hiimes nn Hrlliienn lluinla-r. 1 I. now cm nil, Idiws your 'eart, na liavo hiilitl In cmatliiK eruft, mail nn lxiy, thla llfty year nil moro, nn Mntf Im-d tnyw-lf nt l.ymo Id-Kit In Iloraot, mi n muddler sea yuu woulilli't want nowherea than that. thotiKh It a mo thai any It na ouiriiiii i oi any It, ladylnK my own homo, If I make hold to put It so, wlili h Is na tidy a Utile town na any In the eountry. Hut the i.ii AlUmtlo, w hero It ndla rlKht in, nil hlim an K""'" "li clear na t-ryatul tin they Cornlnh na-ka why, them ain't no water llko It for pletiNtini of anlmmlug In the llrlllah Inlea, not till a mini comet round ntcaln to Oil tli in nn Sutherland. Our Joe him na theyeallH tho lUher innn pia-t ho say It remind him of a iriaal woman's heart, It dia s. Yuu look rl(ht down Into tho th -plhs, na far as you rnu ca, nil It's all tniniareiit, nn li t nil puro nn Iihiik i lit. '1 hat's the arA In Cornwall. 'J lieyollliK lmly'a Inline I was spenklli(of waa S Mm waan MIkh Pryeoof 1iiidoii, hutthroiiKh knowliiK of her an intimate llko wo nlwaya i nlliil lu-r I y her itlven liamo, MlaaNiai. hhuwaaat hiuiio with the children, yon an, on my mlsmis was fonder of lier than of nny other folka as ever took our halKliit!", Nil " !'' mlxht la) with your (food lady, hlr, larKlutf your imrdnii. 1-he waan line hul It ymiliK wom nn, too, waa Mla N'a. N-o her dandier Up the ri'ka, you'd any alio was a pint; foe her awlm m,'ln tho wuvea, you'd aiynho Waa a aeal; ta-o her tell tho illllo nn, M.i flea hy tho Mekant nights, .Miu'd aiy alio waa one of theno Inn.k will. is. na It mliiht lat yourai'ir, air. l-'luo ii.lainlln ymion liwly, l'i, Willi a color In her chock an n aprlnK In her step, walklnit froo lumw Mull von mooratlioKamona If they la-longed ti her. Well, It wan't long la-fnro wo a-nt'l.-etl Mlaa Nia wiia pn-tty n filonils wlili a ircnt Ionian up to lliiiwn'a .Mr. Miano from Kxeter. Ho was a nho j-oiinn d.H-tor, eoino to Kynaneo for his Imlliliiy, nn when tin-in two went out walking toKi-ther, with her father nil umtlier haiicltiK iilmut llko for romiuiny, as Is tho way with pnrii-i.u, a liner ynuii couplo yon'd never act eyes on. Attlieendnf uforinlKlit my w Ifo ..a tu mo "Tom," say a alio, "It ain't 'Mr. .Monro' no more with our yoiuiK lady; it'a hiln Alex this mnrnltik'. " Ills name Ih-Iom Alejiinder, It Waa A lei fur ahort, na Is tlio new faxliloll now, tlnniuli when I was yoniiK 'twas all Alh-k orele Sandy. " An a I hint.', t.Hi," aivs I. "Torn ynunii lady llko .Mis Ni had ounlit to marry ono na ta her natural oiial," say I, not mcoiilux In hlrthalniio, na la n tliluit 1 don't hold with, imr yet la money, na theronlu't mi cnuiitlnx iihiii, Imt a lino Ut-itiilltiK ynutiK Luly, to my mind, tie aores to 11 lnarrl.il to a lino tiiNtandliit yiiunit follow, tir whero'd thocnunlry pit tla aolillera anil aallnra from? "An n haudmimo iviuplo tln-v'll maki',' aa a my misses, Is lnir fond nf Mtaa .Nisi. Well, nno of they days Mr. Monro that's A lei ho w ont out minunliitf olT tho Mekl hy the iovo, no Mt-a Nis, alio waa n-lioro altllni; hltih nn tho clllf nvulltiK a laaik or aometlilii);. Unlivery now an iiialu my wife ares her rtil-s hor hividan hsikanut to laskauiluus llko utter tho heads laihlilng nlamt llko hunys In the water. At lat up alio Jutiiia an runs dnwu to tho cott.u;o, nil I it .il li t.-r-H I i ulil aiv In n lulnuto her lnirt was lu Lit iiioiiIIi. "(Hi, t'.ip'n Tom," alio says, "Cap'n Tom, do haik nut ntAlei! Ile a humliitf mrr there, an it ao-ins to mo I:. In aome sort of tmu hlo " Invo h.iv' : i , el as can aiv Ih'tti-r'll n hlniH-ul.ir. Well, I p'ts i ley ti lee.i, nn I iliea It upon I I .. I' waa a inllo out to son a Mack aivk on tlio water. 1 uets him well luctl. S1 ni ciioiiiiIi, tln-ro ho waa, throw liu . . up wild an ti )lii(( to luako alns I almro for helji. "Is It ralllp,'' n tho ynutiit Lilly. "lloli'l you Is lleiett," a;iya I. ' Thero't a il.nl moro iioiiM-nso talkid nlamt cr.uup lu awlminliiK nor them inssl I v. A inaii can't awlm fomver," any 1, "let Mm 1 so tmiiK a you llko,"a;iya 1. "'I'tiY.lout that's what I calls it," soya I. All tirxl out Mr. A lei was, sum ciloimh, hy the ha'k nf him. "Uli, t'ap'n Tom," any a tho yniilirf la.lv, "will you anie liluif" wrtnptn her hands In n way that might melts at..u let al.nio Chrlatlaii. 1 waa half waydowa to my lwil hy that time. "Snvo him!" a.iy 1. "Is l aavliirf ot hlnif lll.a your lavirt. If hewnrn t no frloiul of yniirn nl all 41a uuiu to liurtl I'd aavr him. lilll .1' my soul," mvs I, s.iim Hill on the shore, ' oino ntnl help mo," a.i 1. "Ihcma n p-ntleinnn dronm'.Uih' " "lihovt.dliia"'' .oUUI ruunlns; down ail 1'iittlt a" nuv "l oino on, " ajiys lilll. "l iu with yon " Ilia liamo la-Ins l'HI o' lliy a.ml. along- of h)sti.,vln tss-u alii li A favorite when ho was roi tiwitli all the yoiiti woiiiffu. Will, we put off iui Moeil, lilll takliin ono nf the awwpa mt U our niuin for tlu-v loii ivirs nn ma the other. After awhile It strui-k inn wow. wot h.'.i.Un u.itM.r.L 1 l.sk.-.l iif ami Mil. an wo was in.t turtasl towanl iholo a-ln I .1 pull.xl too Ut round i n lli.l : il'.dii'i under Itatul, he la-'.u tli.M 11 cT nioii 11. r me to pull not I nt wlu.t w lx-n 1 waa In my ta-at dnya I d have pull.-d a Uatt Vnlnat any man In L'naiaiut. "lull,' anya I aharp. "you ro not pull ing " Ho l.aiktxl upat lucrathorod.l "Mato," nyt lie ij ti let like, "1 111 no fa J. Now, w hal are you row ing fur, tho young fallow or th inoii.- " "l'ull, pull, man'" I ahouta nut. ' Pull, Lull, 1 tell you' I ho a-.Till.-oiaii a dMwuU i(T Mlaa N.a- younrf p-titleiiwa " Ho pull atMkd or two quit fn-I Uv Ill h.aui wasn't In IL lln-nl Imm my k-mpor. " Hill o' toy nuil." a,y 1. "am I rap n of Ihla hare rrnfi or aro you l or uuloaa you pull luvnli I don't want no aii-antf Uutfusuw bcrv hut at turn a mr tuuue la enpo join oiey 111 wring your u-iy nock for you." Ho holds up hit twrcp nn uj ho: "Oh, Is thut your Kaniof" anyt he. "An do you proiou to cituwntate me1" Jt lluahtal rlh'ht tvroaa 1110 what he loi-nlit "lilll, you hlackKiwrd," any I, "do you mean to U;ll 1110 an a man there t tlrowndliiK? Have yoti no common hu manity," say I, 1-rlatlliiK up, "tlint you'd think of Dve muiid uloro a fellow crvn tun" Five pound it a paal hit laitter nor thirty holi," anyt Hill, I'siklnxnt me tul lenllko. Well, tlr, Ml any It to your fae, though your own father Is a county councilor, I alwayt thought thnt ono na IukI a law na the county could make. Hut law It Is, nil the Mine, nn there ain't no helping It It's five pound reward for bringing In a dond corpse, an It't only thirty ladi for hrlnglng In a man alive at you save from drownillng. "Uill-o'-my-soul," sayt I, raising my twoep, Is Ing thut angry with tho man that I'd have knix-kul him over the ln-.nl nt main as 1 would a rat, "will you row or tlinll I hrnln your" Just at that milium mr eye went to ward tho shore, nn If thero wasn't Mist Nisi, not wringing her hands now, hut plunging Into tho sea, clotho mid nil, though a lady with skirts, nit swimming for dour life out to tho Isait to help too. I up with my voice nn shouts: "Come nlong, Mist N'wl You puts the men to aliuiiiul Winning on you for a liravo girl!" Klin was swimming that splondld. Well, I rows toward her an heli her nlKsird Into tho lawit, an In alio Jump, nil dripping, hut taking no moro untloo of It, Ideas you, than if water was a font hor bed to her. An she cl-s tho oar lilll-o'-my aoul wouldn't work, an she cries out to inn, ngoiilal llko: "How on, Cnp'n '(Silley, for henvon't sake, row on! A lei 1 a drowndlng!" Well, I waan't going ti carry a atis-r- enrgo, as you may any, to weigh tho lmt, not yot a passenger for nothing, so, to lighten tho burden, I Juat tips with lilll-o'-iiiy soul nn I clastisun roiiml tho waist, ls-lng a older man nor him; but, henven ho nrulai'd.a strong ono. Ilo waa tak hy sur prise tisi much to atrugglo nn I hwivea un over more ho knowiil wlieru no waa nn makes a Jonah of him. Ho come up Bpliittorlng, bulng tho worst swimmer for a seafaring man as ever I niei Willi. "Them," sayt I, hitting out nt him with the bliidoot my sweep, "sou how you like It yourself," saya I. " litem t Uvo pounil agoing la-gglng forwhix'vur pulls out your ugly cnr, for nolaslyaln t going to tmu hlo nlamt you living." An oil wo two rows, MlssN'iMi in her dripping clothes, an leaves 11111 them to alnk or swim, ac cording as he was minded. A quarter of a inllo out wo ootnea up to a sailing laait. Wind was nor'onat, or might havo lavn a p int nearer oast may hap, nil a sail bufuro the wind could bear straight down uhiii whom Mr. Aim wu drowndlng. M lsa Noo, alio stood up nnd calls out to tho ineu: "Ovor yondor," sho erica, showing tho way with her haniL "Utilck, qtilekl Ho' drowndlng. " Ilia Mt-eotnl they sis', an without nno word off they g's-s, Itillln that siiddent I wouldn't 'a Is-lleMil It If I hadn't seen It, ail they tile Isifom half a galo over ill tho direction of tho gentleman. Well, he w.iadonu up for swimming through not having nnothcr kick In him, us you may say. Hut ho was nhlo to limit on his lutrk an might hae lloatisl nn hour more, may. hap, If so lain thei hill of tho water illiln't 11 11 mi l lilni nn wild hint to tho laittom. T hey ooinn up to him nn pullisl him in. I could sou them a pulling of him, hut whether It was thirty huh or i.3 worth, I couldn't rightly make out for certain. "I It nllvo or doadr" says tho young lady. "Well," says 1, "ho do look rather limp," says 1, "nn is natural when you've Iss-n lying so lung in tho water. Hut 1 think It's nllvo. Anyhow, we'd U tter row back nn get your things dried, miss. " "lilt, nn," saya alio, crying. "1 can't go lmek till I know. Cap'n 'tlnlley," say she, "wo must row on an meet them." Well, I didn't qulto llko It, owing lo tho gentleman, jHirhaps, having nothing on, w hli li Mia Nisi hadn't thought of. Still, thla Is'lng a mntter of life an death, whom sueh thing can't I si allowed to count, I row un to uus-t them. About a hundred yards off I stands up nil shout to iu sho shouldn't understand, "la It a S job, mate, or a thirty Isihla-rr" An tho young gcntlcmnn himself lift himself up In reply, with one of tho llsher lueu't Jersey on, nil a anil wrapped round un, nn he ahout nt tho top of his vU-o, waving his Imiul, "Alive, allvo, N.!" I waiiUsl to turn, then; but, hies you, thero wasn't 110 keeping hack that young lady. Aforu I knnwed whom I was, nt tho sound of hit video, aho'd aUsal up In tho boat an Jiiinisxl otr tho swit nn waa tivluiinlng for dear llfongain to tho sail Ing tamt whom her young geutloiunn was a titling. Ho Wiia most dead w hen sho got them. Ho'd Just had strength of itiltid to hold up till ho could shout to hor, nn then ho fall I snk, iiumliltke nn a white as death, till they got htm aahnm again. Thero 11111 o'-my aoul wa standing, spluttering nil ahlrerlng, lisiklng blue with 11 .Id an aylngti how- I'd dono him out of x or anyway 110 shilling, through throwing of him ovorlaxml. They baik tho young gentleman tip hi hi hslglng an gave liliii tho regular thing hot hlauket no melt nn brandy, nn hy tho end of tho day ho waa pretty well right again. Hut the young lady, alio didn't ns much na catch n cold with it, an nforo they left Uils place him nn hor wa married. An when lini o'-my until come to Invar that her father nn mother wnnt.sl to give 10 aphav to tho 111011 In the Imat an nu ho wa Just that mad you could 'a' luvird hi Inligungo live houso off, au not choice language neither Kiclinngo, Her Lut I'lplaJnrd. Ho If you did not love 1110, why dkl you nuvurngo me? She KiuMurago you? Ho for two aonaou you have aoeeptal riTry one of my Invitation to the thontor, rto. f he That wat not bsuao I loved yon. It wa lavnua 1 loved tlio Mimter. Stmnd Mag iiliiR tor link rhrs-ka. Pink chivk nm much bettor oLuilncJ wlthcionlso than with imetl.-a. If a girl diasi net wish to nppmr nt tho break fast Uitilo with n vile, sallow fa.v, alio ahould go o.it Into tho fresh morning nir and tako a short, brisk walk, li.uigo will tupply tho ilnknok. but tho morning sun lias a cruel way of allowing up tho rttocla of Mugo. Sunlight t a aplendld maiiietl... S k tho auultglM ts thwsdvl'vof all prc-a-nt day hygloiil-t. Patients mi tho tunny side of tlio hospital wnnl nwui a.uusit. Tho wouivi w ho nlwayiwalk on tho tunny lido of the atrxvt nutllvia her ahado an-klng alstcr by ten jmrs. slwp In twn-.t w lHro tlie tun lint th.sl It r.iys all U.iy. fcurs-raalul lrrMlli(. Sulual'ltlty It tho aoerot of tuoxauful dmaa, and there I nothing o nnnoylng a tho rov tl. 11 i f nn lu itntmu which l.-nvo 0110 In doubt of tlio pr-ijs-r ctuinn. Men have only two sty I,- of dmaa morning and rTenln I ui l.laai ha a nuiula-r at llttlograiliiloha any d,-jvrl uro (rout which would tiaiup them na outsider nl onrti Now form of ent.Tt.iltim,-iiLarvooustnt-lr taring liivn.i.,1 In B-Iy. nd p.p who arc t. iilto "in 11 wliii" uu t rt.-us.sl If tliry Cud It a lltllo dim.-uit H know wl-t Ui w.sir Ttwro ta h.shtng an un.-oinf. rtal.h' In thla wrhl a la-tn nvrr. dnwwal. hut I.. ing un.lonlivaaiit run II cl.. ami M w.onan t fortutuU wh.i avoid lima, lao ci.rvuji I K nt as Ihirlng tin h i: l time 11 will hv oii li give X.MAS (,ll-l- thut uro lis. fill ti" I. 1- "Itililnell tal. A Hill of I'.i'i.l-, Shis or Slip-ls will I." tipple l ilileil lis tul. i ll as 11 g ild Wateli. We l..le a I'lg stock. USEFUL PRESENTS. YORAN&SCN, LITTLE I'AXCHA. Pnnrha's mot hi r w is a nh , dean llitiu woinaii. Kiery aft.-rn. .11, w hen the sun wa on tho olln-r side of the eai-a. she n-nl to sit on a t ilo s tate In front of her d or, and, with Lit cigarette tucked ou r lo r oar, carefully r.iinli Lit children's heads. Tin y sat iU. tly. after the f.i-hloii of Mexican children, while In animales were ts'lngdcelmat.i!. All hut Pain l a. Wl.irli IT Pulll'lia ohjis tisl to the sl.'tllghti r 1 f the Imnss-nls or It wa Ju-t h. r "Ini .it.i rus isslni'si." no line could determine. I'niicha was 4 and short nnd wpiat f'-r that ago. ll. r eye were extraordinarily nru and the blneko-t I ever saw. liny nppap'iilly had no pupils. 1 was told h. r father nnd mother did not hoe In r I e-i-ntiso alio v as ho black. Panel, a wa in ilissl tho l i n k shis-i of the family. She bs.kisl 11s Ihoiigh she had N ell smok. d. 'llio warm, velvety brown shaded o!T ill p lines to a hlack, purtlcularly round I - r fon-hmid nnd ms-k. Thero was something pathetically savni'o nlsnit her. She wa In a continual hroil. Tho other children had but to say taunt ingly, " I'nnelilta e mala!" to havo her lly at them like a wildcat. When iiutiiumls-risl nnd outgeneral. ,, which was seldom, for sho was a veteran of many lights, she would go away to n path nn the mea, where tho dust was thick and the nepal. s (T. w In plenty. Through the dust and anion;: tl.eprhl ' 11. fairs sho traiussl, tearing out her ! nnd aohhltig anil choking with r.ij.-e due very hot day Wo wen- all Mtlin;: In tho 1'iilio under a big gns 11 aw -nlng tinkling of the fotintoln and the iln.i chirping of the bird tho only sounds, m wo were all sl.vpy. Then- was a long tih-d. orr',i..r leading to tho Initio, and In this 1 I cant the 11100 ro luonstrat Ing with smno 1110 When I Went In, 1 'nil. ha was there, dellatitly eying tho big iiiou. She grinned with delight on M-elng mound h. 1.1 out, lu 11 le t, grlmy Uttlo hand, a present for me. Souiethllig mtiy hi. 11. li wa hers, nil hers, Imt now it was mine. Sho watched my face w It h open nntlei intlon of my delight. It was a plci e of meat wrapsil In a sidled tnrilll.i it tor tilla 1 Hot 11 napkin, hut its cap u lty f..r getting solhsl Is Just as great as though It wero linen Instead i f a cuincsllhle. I Mit meat think of III When had l'ancha a deep of fat iurk Is-fnre? And shewas giv ing It tome! I think it I-011 my. r.ilit side that 1 nto with every ft ppen ram e of del I ..-lit. That ilivo of frhd sirk cenn ntcd our frtemlshli. One of I 'nucha's tira-.uvr-,r.,nl, in 'al.oio her rnsarloaud her scapular, ivasetie beau tiful earring, which il.mt.-l.il to her s.uan shoulder, ltw.ua l.m ,; gla-s ruby ah.. lit tho size nf tho s lid nils liiinK- from lamps. Tho other ivir ioiitalne.1 a l it of straw, k.s'plng tho cor 111. .!. r 1 -ultlvailoii. tUio day I went down t 1 (iiiaiiajnato. When 1 returned, 1 brought Pain ha a pair of earring. My thrifty New England friend said: "Why i-arnng.,' Wl y not soinethliig useful;'' llccau-o. And then thi-TO Is another n.isoli Children detest Useful present . Oiuv I sawn little buy m celvctwu Christmas presents, due wast lie right lssit for the right f..t and the other wa the left Umt for the left f.. t. Was he grateful? Not a hit of it. lio cried long and loud. l'ancha' earring- w ore -11 . r bl boon wnuight In a design that 1 . i.nl like lace Work. Pnticha was very h.i 1 ,. t!:o il.-.y sho received them atnlwent i.i it swelling her little pigeon I na-t lu n.!e. ti e ear ring shining white again-.! l i r browu clns'ks. She engagisl In h-mi-.i1 fr,v light t ! t nfternisui, coming otT victor In cw ty on... Next day she Lad l.cr inoth.r put on h r little llesta dre-s, a f r. k of ti not. 11, nnd submitted to Imvlrg lier hair l.n:-!..il nnd her faco wnshed, then c.inio roinlly U? the stoop KTiulo to thee -1 1:1.,. ,le tli V. sit nnd show her tlm ry. 1 ; e l:i:!ef.it woman, her grout eyes gli-tening w 11 !i ex citement, ant In a big armchair lu the sala t ilting hor cakes nnd drinking deep of tho milk. Hoforo tho burden of entertaining her tsvnmo onerous she slid from hi r chair, and, to my surprise, c.nuo to mo to N kissed Is'foro starting f..r hi r home. Sl.o wont down tho grade u-ed hy the ox wag ons. There was 11 it. vp cut in one 1 !.., e, whore tho grade had I eon uiue u.illy .-t.vp. Here alio was lost to iew . a ii-. i... i t Li ter them was n trvnvndoiis rattling and pounding along tho r.s,d I ran, lllhsl w ith a: l, ;y. for ot iv to fore I hud know 11 : e of t:.enlt in'. tni'ii. t.i I... t. 1' 1-1 I.-, t.. .-,!,, ., ogg $2,50 0)00 $3.50 HEAVY tU!. WCOL $3.50 i i nin JWII V. li III ' $3.50. Men's Best UnJermoar, Pit o3 cis. Bergains in lldiay iah si Ei :': Srjifes. ; tare. F. II IL E i.uii.11. ne " . i!i 1. I , -II II "! '"" - I,,,., the . nt, I i can 1 over forget 11.- i rl: I-wa Idling llifum In lu tinjve Vn, nin p:. d , 7 tho frig rt ,n,dm..h s,rrn-l.i.sl ' maiighJ hy the gm.t wl .s!ef tho heavy ox wagon. I heard, ne pltlf'd wull. , Wli. n wo 1 1 k.d up the bruised little heap I found in tho in f lr froc H-t.'.-al sinnll -! nf In ad tliat she had h;..wil uwiiy to take In. lac. I Insi-i.-d that In r l.msl i-urrlng ho hurl.-l with l.cr, wu-h.sl tho dirty little Imn.l- and f.nr and Hindu n wn-ath of Jaa udn" f .r 1 1 r In-.n!. Afraid they might re M i.t n. v Int. to 1. nee, I did iki mom. 'Ihe ai:!f-i.id remains wen: wrapsl In a wh.i- doth nt.'l I l o.d on a burd "f fins c,-t ps' much for tho very, very -T In M. xlco, so tin y covered Lir fa"-, and tl.e'f.ith. r, J uti.ng the board nn hi head, earned her down In t'-o nUht :.U kllomo t.rs b. the grai.-vard. lio r.-nusl a tiny piece of ground an I tin the gi no hliusvlf. IU.. rust wa, a kind old fe!! -w and gain Lis MTviclor nothing, which waa fortunate, for p.r Nan-is.i had i'5 con tavos for LU wl. lei xi Iim-s. Thus Pau. hit.i, iu L'T gay ri d dre-s nnd silver carrli , w is laid away In conse crated grotii.il.-l.ilnli WafiiiT in San Kniiicl-.o Argoi..u.t. - ..ilainb r't ll.nu-n. Hie New .. al.-i t Imagines that tho soiiN of tlio il.-ad 1 ' t" a place Is liealli Iho earth calhd r. m.-i. Ac .nlitig lo their Is llef, tin-1 ath to thi- r- gloll Ilea along u prcclpi. v 1 h-..- to Inc seaho-at the North cape. It is even -..id by lis.-lu.llvi s who live In tl. it nelgh's.rhisiil that lit night tiny can hear -otitnSs cans. d by the spirits which are pa-iug through tho air. It Is n common r-t it i..ii wt'.h tho New Zea lander that too h it eyo of every chief lai com. s a star, .- .nat of Iho tribe profes to I- ll. ve that thcro I n s jaruto liiimor tnkty I .r ....) of tin-eye of thodeail, tho Ll iKs ou.lngasta.-, and the right descend ing to rem a as a pint. It might U' ineiiiiointl In Uilsci unis tlnn that tho Salidwt. h I-lalidera lornn-rly held a very curious l laf concerning the futuro life. '1 he current idea wa that tho soul of tln ir chiefs wcio led by n gislwhow) namii U.iiotid ' Kyehall of thcSuiL" Hy this g' d thy woro'guldcil to a life 111 hniv on, while tlm souls of therommon herd went dow n toekeii, or hclL St. Louis lto puhllc, All Aniiullig O'liue. An iituii-iu gamu w hich children like Is play '1 thus: Three or more .layers sit around tha table, ami each ha a pencil and a piece of paper folded into three-. Then the player draws a picture of tlio head of a man, lsast, lurd or fi.-h, ciirrj'ii'R the line i f tint i.' i )i over tho llrst foM to trut'le tl." ti'-.xt 1 ' r- .?:. The head is doU- blul t v. r n us not to le seen, nnd tho I iiajarsniv pa ml 011 to the left hnnj 1 in io'iiii 'V-. ''lien t.o-li j.lavi-r draws a I b .!y. :o-o c;:rr in llio lims a little be i low tho fold. 1: is t':.. 11 pa-sod on nsbo- fo;v, ;i:iil th" l.-gs me drawn in tho samo ! way nnd folded ov. r. Then they uro (.pencil, ami if well done cau-o a groat ) tli al of laughter, t f course, each per 1 son does not know- v.iat his predecessor ; has dr.-.wii, nnd tlv, body ami log9 are tiuiti' iliiicrt nt ami Jo. ii like tin" drawing given l.ercvith. ev York Tribune. I liurtl to lit cogtilie. At Aiiiii tain, jti-t after tho nrtillery !:ad lieeti shard.v eng. gc.1, tho UockforJ iVa.) battery was standing, awaiting or ders, t iein ral Lee approached and Itop pid a nii'iiieiit. A dirty faced lirivtr i f about 17 Paid to him: j "(ii iieral, are you ' Utz to put ns iu i-.gaiu." j Think of such a iji; -tioii from such a .-ot:rce i.ddiv-sed to tlio general of the nny, 1 -j-.-i-i.illy win n that gonenil'i name wa i Li el 1 "Yis. my boy," ti.e -tately officer 0 swer'd l.iu.Ky; "1 1 L to put you in ( n ;:iiti. Hut what i.- ,mr iiaim ?" Your face s. 1 1:1s familiar to mo somehow," 1 "I .'..-n't wonder y. -. didn't know me, 1 I'm so dirty," la:: ' ed tlm lad, "Imt ! I'm i:,di." It was 4c giti'j,.','s youngest son, I ivliot.i ho had tin -ii-lit safe ut tho Vlr- t'ini.i i:i-iitnt...-Y.-ti! 's Companiou. Hi. T. niplo 1 f Diana- l.lch involved tlio llko was tho lie- The most iioiid l'.ru 1 burning i f 11 s.i i s'.ru. tloii of tho i.r. it t tuple of I Mana lit Mplii-i s In b. t'. l Ml 1 1 the night Alex nm! -r tho (ire.it w.:s I. n. Tho Uro was kit ill.it I y 1 n-ro-t rat i;- n lin, w hen appre hended, i.inU-.-id tlint t.i trau-m:t l::s n in 0 t was pnt to il. ,.t!i w it i! is 1 nlv ilcslro was .'iirthcr ages. Ilo .iil-ltc and pro ' lsdiesian senate 111 of iKatll, bis l.gigcil t. -rti, res, ai d I. commanded that, on ( I. lino should I., ver I e p thus ta ilU'it n. mu his e: nnunccd, hojiltvf ectatlon. i sun If W l l - vyy WE OFFER 100 !tah n tf fur IflR li k 3 I I Km Ladies and Misses'" 2hc per pair. Gents 1-2 Hose & 2hc per pair. SPECIAL OFFER. See Window Display. BS2Si . . . ' a.l . i I ' 3 J ' I S-" ktMs3' Ij .. I.I.M..I i"Jt l-.ii I, 'i r e, .. "Tl' 4;,.-.i'i'i . TK7wMxCKlS CoiiimlsslonfM Court. I H e I). Hills nlloweil: K llowiTinnii, fcrryinnli, No- vcniU-r Hilary J T Kowland Judge primary election M C Van Tyne Judge jirlimiry election 15 DO 00 A HoKrs Judge primary election Oil I. J Yoder Long Tom bridge... ,.3"0 IM Dec 10. At t'nis time the court nude nn us sigtimeitt ofcertilk'iile of tnxsale No 70 of 1V.HJ for lands of Klizaholli llarrln' to L I) Forrest of nil rights of Lane cotiDty aeti'iirt'il by said sale. Hills allowed: W H Anilrows lutsibtT L Lurch lumtier, claimed f-U'i nllowed (irubla& llrown luml.cr V H Andrews " iSwcet Hrothers " JCOoodale " C fpht " 0 io ; I 1 .; !l HO IS l') 21 l'., l so! 1 so '- M t' Smith spike "0 j A 8 rowers inpecting bridges... 4 HO William Lynch bridgu work Kiigoht Aiiiofi Lynch brodpe work Ku gone O F Knox Mlk(-si Willittiii Fields luuilicr Urillln Hardware Company mifcellaiiooiiH linnhvaro 4 SO 1 50 2 SJ 1 S2 IS 5 F L C'hanilior.a miscellaneoui hard n are M ii.) W H Mummy work ou Kugeno btidge 8 Holt hauling lutiiber Wheeler llrmhcrs A Dwell lum ber Henry Lnjore lumber Eugene Luiula-r Company lum ber Charles W Lyons worn on Sin--law rond S !lj li (KI , (i OH j 12 4s' :i7 oi 11 F Kii-scll care of paupers.. .22s 00 . II (III W C Yoran clcrieul work J K Jennings, clernul work on naaosfiinent roll 50 00 A J Johnson board aud keep of prisoners John Haudsaker teachers' ex S 21 i:; o - 13 00 amination F.miiin Podil teachers' exumiiia tion C tS Hunt teiii'lieis' exaiiiina- tion n no A F. Wood brooms 1 ;;," K Si'liwnr.scliild stationerv 10 Ti I3l.tsa.fc Priiillioio..... .-uiiiti...., .1 r.o I v ...... t. -.v- a . ti.tji j ., -t , , ,. A . Jennings atatlonery s 00 C M i 'oilier ui veyor Ill no John Haverly janitor C 00 J W Konfro court bailitl 1 CO IVc 10. I L Simpson bailitl' board npiul- Izatloti "(I l.orane Hull Compnuy elections claiinvdrVXljallnwod. 0 (Hi Irving LoiIp elections o MeFarland llroibera election-' 10 On fc'lectric I.iisht (onipnny lilit lor November .js (k) Air light Willie-, Il.:iveii,el : ho,,,- an " ' ir tijfht" 111 lltllie; atov." . r 2 :r nnd 1 would n.. I'm mv own u-- x cliiupit for any . n-t iron beanig stove ou tli fine (,f i.e earth tml ty. F I. Chaiiili.'is. I 'tie: i Jat. .. l'c 17. 1-MI C .vni-, MiS I, lavi-,, A Flai d.-r-, W H Joln.aoii, C II I'aiki r, Mr- H li ll le. J. r.niie Mia- Ida. I Kit 'Mellf A .'J. ' K.it ley, ( ii- r.eal I criiinii, J ' II. i I, Mr M 1 Smith, i .''.arv.' of o- p e. ; let '- a it n out I', j U I'.easv .tan- a hoi nt al'.i t r.ii. e I. ii I V'"1 -,..t on n 1 lor Ul:t- I ) i at.i, V M j Toe Illtik-I,.y taiiin.iil i j, a virtually killed in the s- nale y,s 1 terday. DOZEN . I't-rrrmnentlytfl f liruin I'd wr, .'V. Nigliiiy K:ul ill- !!' OtIIM'd h . u t. l'u urrvetitt I.l.r. -ill - .. . .-ii r'''"liliali.l .O. .... ..iii-ii r- ' f ''ol. Wrltoi i . a. - ' ! tostlinonli ir a ltd piuuiffc Hr mall.prw 'rllo un. tliiioiilnls and I- -..Vun.luyUM.l UN l.oi.A.NO.Urugg,.U. I'rudiici' Market. Wheat I 75 to 77 )ats M to 40 : Chickens 1 o0 to 1 75 Turkeys per pound 09 tu 10 , Pucks per dozen 2 50 j (iocse-pcr dozen 3 00 to 3 50 i-:ggs 2" to n Hull, r 25 to 40 ' Ham 08 lo l.'J Humidor 05 to nfl jS.de- OU to "8 ll-.ps 08 lo 9 iuir-'so.-1 II' (W W.i. fecTaiyiTs I ;tl 1, CG3 Biys At 'Hte st jr 43 ys 000 j! Hi -:i. mi. a: x:. x ;u. mmmrm ; Tcys cf Nerrly Al! Kinds. A hanc seme Line of Colls. All the Latest Thinqs in Dolls and Toys at Very Low Prices. HNECA.VING SETS 50c AND UP. Xmas Pen Knives and Ra zors;. Sweaters, Leggings and Sporting Goods of All Kinds. lie kind etiotiob to call Mini giv 'no ii alinte of your p .in nni.-. You:, , , . j BARKER GUN WORKS. PAINT AND PAPERS UP FOR THE HOLIDAYS. Tart ..f.,ur 1897 WALL PAPER here. lk" Now I- Hie time- to l.nv w hile pi ill a ur- low ,,t OVERTON'S cJKhtit Street. 1 hree donrx mat . 1' (). --i "i:f,'fcir';tlVBti '? ,Vs - ' . ltitr-lc on a r -t-i rtt. i hr all druc ' Jul i Ii ' r ent Contu nptioa twuili'mii Jou 1 hi.d i ."rouo Curfc Sold hj In Jrrton 4 Han. TAKE rtj Racket J i Oregon -LiVERINE- -FOR THE LIVER AND CONSTIPATION. For Silt bj All Drucjists.