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ASHLAND ASHLAND. OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 1889. -SUPPLEMENT. VOL XIII. BAIN WAGONS! Mowers, Reapers, Binders, Cultivators, Plows, Harrows, Hay Rakes, And all bais of AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS or Sale at Lowest Rates at A SONG OF EASTER. Sing, children. sing And the lily ceiwers «wing. Sing that life and jov ««•»• waking and that Death no more i* king Sing the happy happv tumult of the slowly brightening spring: Slug, htile children, sing I X ATK1X*«‘X. .■»¡«blit E. H • )BÎER Viee-l •re*. F V. «AKTE <i rt»hh' TheBankof Ashland ASHLAND Paid Up Capital, OGN. Jfoccc.o Sing, children, siug Winter wild ha* taken wing Fill the air with the sweet tidings till the frosty echoes ring Along the eave!» tha icicles no longer glittering cling. And the 1- hm . us in the garden lifts its bright face to th»* »un And in the meadows softly the brooks begin to run; And the golden carkins swing In the w arm air* of the spring Slug, little children, »iug Sing, children, sing The lilies w hile you bring (n the joyous F2a>ter morning for hope are bios «oming And a* tfie earth her »nroud of snow from off her breast doth Hing, So may we cast our fetters off m God's eternal spring So may we find release at last from sorrow and from (xitn. Ro may we find our cbildhexxi * calm, d-liclous dawn again Sweet are vour ryes. O htile ones, that look w ith smiling grace. Without a shade of doubt or tear into the Future s face ’ Sing, sing in happy chorus with joyful voices tell That death i» hm. and <. »-I is goal, an I all things shall be well That bit tri day* shall cease In warmth an I light an That w inlet yields t<> *pi mg Sing, little children, sing —(«-I.a Thus ter iii St Nicholas. ,n i:\<ri ?!> / H AT a fa«'< ft it was Does a General Banking Business. that look»*d up from ^behind no «•» nt nter '«»lit-« m.-td»- nt nil . i < « c**i’»lv (•«►sitt?» “U at John L urtholo- favorable terni.*. mew's on L n i o n sight exchange .cui b legraphi« transfer* square Groat Portland, .»an Ft -•••• i-' oan<I New York. brown eye? s soften- 'ttthì tluni bitìitj'ìf >tt sin nàti ni }>rirr.s «xi by Ion: £ lushes and faint i shadings i of the fact j around them, a | «atriuiau n<»so, with I he brow above in bar lOUS outlines, and, to finish, a perfect contradiction in the strongest, most resolute mouth that nature ever set in the mold with features otherwise significant of Having olio of th** Ixxst sky lights in Oi gentle acquiescence There was a perplexed Pgon. unit /#ow ft » Use it, express! 1 it on the f.wof the handsome girl, I GUARANTEE oool) WORK. who, taking a bit of unengaged time for reading, hud just finished a paragraph on the M. E. TYLER, duties of every day life as help* to ideal ex A.MII.ANI». ... O k E4H»N. istence. She did not comprehend its philoso phy “Ah!'* thought she, “it means that if Myer’« Block.oast bi<L- Main struct. Spinosa ground glasses for sj«ecracles and Moutesquiuu w«»rked in dusty garden beds to ARCHITECTS. BI ILÜERS. ETC find great«*! mastery of thought, there is no reason why I may not develop right here among umbrella.*!” A smile of doubt pos*ed over the fair coun i W \vi* il K IlarlM.sr. R 1 1 Iv au- tenance which hud not the slightest trace of a hands m - woman's consciousness. She was of that uncommon typo which is beauty at. its best—tw auty which dues not know it is be mg looked at Her hair, brown and full oi 1 yellow glinting*, was gathered high upon her head in a knot of unruly little curl*, and u* V*HI. \ Ni» OR1-.OX »he turned the soft decline from the crown to the back of the neck revealed that ¡»ortiun of C \S \\ ERS. Architect. a woman.* head w hich is so rarely handsome. “What can I show youi” asked Laura Estimate* ihn *I u on aii kinds of br.ildinx* Ever«late of the gentleman before her and all mat» ria.* i’irni-he«i for th«- .*aim “Umbrellas, it you please,” be said; “a Plan* and >pu«-iti< ati«n* for dwelling* of latr.*t modern «It sign* mad« nt otir office ‘Songster.* if you have it.” This was w hat he said, but not at all the and furnished fr«-e to «»nr p.;tron>. We uu dt . *tami our biiMiieh* in all it* brant hu.* thiug Lu looked or thought, for w ith ever and do not he*it.*ife to guarantee *ati.*in«- ready romance, Shakespeare's Beatrice, and tiou If \<»u contemplate building any thing. from a t«M»t bralE« to a Imtel.cnII on the tinge of her pleasantry in “Much Ado u.» nl our office.« ornvr Main and Hargadim- About Nothing,” w hich be had seen the night *ts.. Ashland, Or aid *ee what we can do before, flashed across his mind. for you. Wehaxean unlimited *npply <n’ Now there is not much poetry about an material «>f all kind* for building purj and < an iniiltl yotir h«»u*»‘ without any un umbrella Given its component parts, and nv< « *»ary delay. Oiit*ide orders for plan* there seems to be uo more of it. What inge ami *p<« ideation* *«»li< it» «1 hii <I prompt al nuity could enhance the importance of the tention given !<» them t invite insp«*« tionofoiir work ami cau give refervucts article until it would take its place in Mor w her»- required. gan Starr’» note book among Ts for Ps I;W Ayers, Barbour A EMage. Ts for Ss Ts fur % which headin rs comprised the kin.is of work JAMES NOBBIS, be engaged in ns a struggling, pushing can didate f«»r journalistic power! Ts for Ps, which inetuit Topics for Poems, would scarce ly suggest “ An Ode to a Silken Sphere.” Ts | for Sa, which meant Topics for Stories, would A shlani », O k . probably be barren of a uoveiette ha*cd on Will furnt'h plan* for ati} and all kinds of either timling. tiorrowing or purloining an building* ami *iip» rintvmi the ruiistrm-’ion umbrella, and »ureJy Topics for Paragraphs of the same when <1-*ire«i < >ffiue on th we*: >ide of the plaza with would tie forever blank if something original bad to tio said of an article so commonplace l.m key A ( «». ld-U Still, roman«' ** have resulted from smaller thing*, and the young representative of The Daily Argf>*v had his note book with bun at B. BEACH, Bartholomew s that morninn: UN IRAI ink > 111 ll.UI-.R. I ltwa*u rainy week in the latter part of September, and torpor seemed to have fallen upon every kin ! of trade except that of wet A*I!LAXI», Ol.EoUX. weatb-.r a« K-esMTu-s. Laura EverilaJc, how W ill gin e*lin. ¡'« * t«> ft."lit*’ aL ..iL.-r ever, bud • • er known a brisker w.s-k in the amt material to construct a!' kind* of -nil I- many t t »;. L l 1 passed behind the counter tng*. al short notice. at Bartholomew's, and os she stood there on All work warrant* 1 to give *ati* 1 this (»articuiar morning, the brightest picture faction. of ali the eye could rest on, who would have Place «>f residenci'. Hargadine street.back . beheted that she hod ever lived in fashion's of South Schoo'. House. ,12-11 PHOTOGRAPHY. Ayers. Barboer & Elviate, Contractors & Builders. Architect ana Superintendent. ver*ati«»ii The d«.«»« cloned on tli< \oung journalist, wfi»»?*» h» art fairly txiat th«» in«-.i*u«e «<t a war dance a.* Le walked up town, wondermg “whether any other fellow ha«l as mnny disappointment* a* l»e, an-t w Let bei t h« re wci ee\ ci any girls w h<» t limed out just a.* a fellow ex|»eeted! And tbi* wa* *uch an annoy mg matter' There wen* *»• many wav* l«v which Laura Everdale and all hvr kith and km could have proved him lion orable and not unw.»nh . their a«'<piaintance. For days something like m»-lan«*h«»iv op pi »»cd him Again he drew bcav ily on ‘‘¡«»pic.* lor Poem*.’ and occasionally un ' Topic* for Storie*:' hilt all hi.* work devel oj>ed morbidly Christmas days not long aftvrwm’d ar rr.ed. and the shop» were Ixxi'itnul to l«*»k in upon. Ikiilv a* he passed to and fro along Broadwu\. looking into the gayly decorated window*, lx- thought of th«’ beautiful girl w h«> bad *o »trangely m*i.»ted on b'» banish m< ut. ‘To forget a thing I find means almost «I ways rem«-mlx'. Ing i:. said Morgan Starr one morning, and juH this once I'd sauntei into Bart boh »me w’* an« 1 see if Mis* Everdaie i* there Cp an«l down tho place he walktsl but no glimp*’- of Laura rewarded bun Then he |«iu*»-d and looked at umbrella* She mi^lit come m.” he >aid to Liiu»clt And tlifii be thought |x».*sil»ly be might write something about historical umbrellas. Paul LAl’RK nrr.XED OXK aftkk anothkb . Pry », Sairev Gamp'*, throne Dick Swivelbr all of the»« employment.* proved delusive. wanted, but which the Marchioncw* bad.so to Thu very s.»« i» ty of which »lie had been part, sjieak, put lip. not over her Lead in the u*u.il whiluit a«liuittvd her right to work, bad no way. but around the corner at the|»awii hesitation in making a distinction lx-tween bn «ker s Then he leamxl U| m » ii thucounhr Laura Everdale rich and in the current of aial thought of Menelau» spreading his green fa*hion and L-iura Everdale earning a living. ish guard aioli a* lie tore himself, iu a dr«.*ncb Very little ot the “noble compassion and of tears, away from beauulul Lit leu kind intuitions of the struggle* of toilers” “What an idiot 1 uni '” sai«J he, as hi.* « 11*:» ' fluttered through the hearts of friends in her crashed through a square of glass in the ol.l set Soviet v simply drew it* intangible show -case upon which be bad leaned wljil» line, and Laura s«>on discerned iu it* waning everything in heaven above aim earth be devotion that the K-stot ifxscrvi • had b»*en neath fu«l«-d out hi Iu.» reverie concerning the interest of sell love To join the great Laura army of practical workers now gave her The crash returned him to the vulgar pres frecdum and relief She n*!ilized that a ent, ami brou Jit Mr B:irth«.»lom *w to ’lie tranquil and satisfactory life may belollowed spit. \ bit «•! broken glass had graze ! Mor almo*t anew Lei .* where there are no fictitious gan's wri»t, and while the proprietor Immiti w inta and no « xaggerated ideas of happiness it with u handk»*rchief. ho put on an air of aud unhappmes.v Plan* for the children be indifferunro that wasall the more conspicu came plain ami j»os*ible, for she had proved, on» because it wa.» so artificial. He could exix'rinientally, that, so far as utility is con net re»g*t ay mg to Mr. Bartliulomew that cerned, |>oetrv giv» .* way to bread. this lit tie inci-kut reminded him of anothei A pusiti«»n at Bartholomew's was gained that «M-i-urr«‘ i in that very store. an«l which without difficulty It wit* an English bouse, hut !<»r this mishap, he probably 3vould not filled with (x*rsonal articles of the most have ivini-inix-red. Di«l Mr B-irtboluinew luxuriou* and costly kinds, and being con recollect the accident by which a youtig ducted with great liberality, the Bartholo gnT* thumb w :«*, impale«i upon un umbrella mew *tainp had Ixx'ome the seal of fashion. w ire! Hence it wa - a bit of good fortune at the out set, Isaura thought, to be awarded the um brella departm<*nt. Tho equinoctial ha«l Ikvii severe in the fall whereof this chroni' le is made, aud umbrella sal«»s hu. 1 b<M*n particularly active. On the morning already mentioned tho young at tache t•» Thu Daily Argos\ ha«l come hurry ing ini«» Bartholomew's from a sudden out burst of the clouds, and while prop-rly cour teous, api*.*ared a little over critical in bis choice of an umbrella. Laura opened one after another of tho handsomesbivhl*. when, at last, becoming nervous, she hastily closed a patent f.i.*t«-ning, and impaled one of her fingers iqxaiaw ire. With all her self con trol and resolution the pain overcame ber, and she fainted Confusion followed; every one iu th«* establishment tlocked around her, ‘OS coi USE I IK). ” while th«» proprietor and the w<»ul«l lx? pur Well, yes, I d«» t«iii«mlxr it,” said Mr chaser ext: i •ate*I the wire from tho lacerated thumb V» b«»n the sufferer recovered suffi Burtbolom< w “Now :but you speak of it, 1 ciently, a carriage was called, and the gray do recall r I forget Hie young woman s haired porter of the establishment escorted uarue, but I well remember her She ha» gone out of t ru«k. a* w e say left here some Laura home. Several »lays passed by before she returned time ago, greatly to my regret ” Morgan turned away abruptly He bail to 11« r duti«*», an«l meantime Morgan Starr called daily at Bartholomew’» to inquire nothing more to say to Mr Bartholomew, foi after the invalid. At» if the attention re while it wu.* »-a-y to exprc*s something he did quired excus»*. ho never failed, at the perad not feel. H wa» quite another thing to feign venture of criticism, to remark to Mr Bar iiuiiffereticc where lie was so gr«*atly inter tholomew that ‘such a wound in such a aen- ested Ami now it was almost imponible for sitive place might l»e a.serious matter.” At himtoleaxe the »tore without making fur ' which at last the merchant smiled and said ther inquiries n'spytiivg l/mra Manv a within himself that it ap|x*ared to lx» a seri tunea.» h<* had pa.»*r.i th«- dour, the t«*cliug that she wa» w it*..in and that tie wa* serving ous matter to Mr Starr, just as it was. In due tune Isaura returned to duty, and h«-r by not ent« ring, gave him not only seif the philanthropic gratification evinced by approval, but a nuinly sentiment of loyalty Morgan Stair when he found her there ono If he could not sec ber tie could honor her cheery morning wa» a credit to his kind. at a distance, and wait But now, to find Within a «lay or two he calle«! again to offer ber gone, utterly disarmed him, and held him a particularly fine lotion, efficacious tv a de- up before himself as one contemplates an groe in other cases of thumbs impaled on other man. He almost regretted having wires, aud after a dreary hiatus of a week, agreed so willingly to Laura's determination «luring which he drew heavily on his Topics to end their iniKx'ent aojuaintance. Hueven 1 for Poems, he sauntered in with a p!ast»»r ad wondered if she w as a coqu«*tte, and bad re vised by a famous Prussian surgeon, and just ceded, expecting turn to follow here there came an end to his visits, for Morgan left tho store, but as he passed out . Laura told th«» ) oung journalist t hat ho could h«> met the gray haired |x>rter and recognized not be allow t*d to make her conspicuous, aud him as the man who bad attended Laura at the chance of seeming ungrateful for his hririo /it th«* tinieuf the acci«lent. The porter kmdne *. she must request bun not to call also rcineinlrt'red the young journalist, uud again pausing !• ra moment. Morgan'»anxiety ovet “is it neewsarv,” said the gentleman, “that «•ame bi* «li; mt’. Making reference to Miss wo now g-> back, and b -.-«.»m • u;*er strangers, 'v- r«?ak - i ¡j rv and commending Thoma* because of co’ivei.tionalitv, f<»r w ,.ich I pre foi bis attention at th * time, he *ai«l. in dis- sume you « are a.* little as 1 do*” simulation’* leit hand manner, “Of <’«>urK’ y ou “It is :;ot conventionality that is in ques know nothing f Miss Evvrdal ti1’” , Th 'mn'» ’ tion.” answered Laura, “it Ls propriety and “Of courM- I <1said the old Englishman . the Correct demands of self for self, and not “She 1.» singing in a fine old church on wmie ' « m .e- . ..: .^! '-i:h th., latter I hare noth- q, , i-• ,»vn | thi”k Did von i; t know ing t»> «iu Mv day* ur pa>x*d '.••iv, mv that *!««• i .‘ n to»»! part wj;|i t’uiiip and night* with my famih I lead an«! »tudy, go H.n ay '• ‘ cx.ca»;oiuuly to »eu a good play or hear tin? “’a : Hecny exrlapre«i Moijnu i music, and over and above all 1 am intensely “ainl pray full me who are they** ' interested in”— An interruption here oc Why Mr Starr.” said Thomas, “you must curred. an«l then another, and finally no op- know I on.-e Went to set- Miss Everdalu to * portunitv came up for f *cnewul of thecoa- Oik f i could help her. and she rave me a whirl, or ha«l voiuntarilx taken a “*ituation‘ in the place when- Morgan »Starr ba* f<»un«i lier! Nece.*.*ity f««r work cam»? b\ th»: death of her fath r mid the succeeding care oi two moth»,rh'ss little *i*t<-r*. They were merest infant» when th«- exigency tir*t arose, an«i under the advice <»f fri»‘n«l* who flocked around her at the outset, »he ha«l succossivelv opened a kindergarten srh<x»l, tilled a position a» \ isiting governe*» mid w ritten love stories and |xx‘ins—ull tilt»*«! excellently well, if would be supjKMed. to supply an income to a lady br«»ugbt up m mi arishx-rutic quarter of New York and uc»i;*t<»me«‘ towhat is so in definitely called ‘ the lx**: society ' Ga«-h and ticket to bear Lump and Heeny »ing in tba opera bouse. ” “Sing in the Now York Opera bouse, and I never even hear of them? You must <>e mis taken, Thomas!” “Not 1,” maintained the mail, “that Camp and Heeny sings murderers’ parts in the choicest style, sir, and 1 Lave heard him!” Suddenly the mist, vanished. Laura, with an Italianized cognomen, probably, was sing ing in concerts with Campan mi. and also in some New York church, but where? Mor gan's fir*t impulse wa* to employ Thomas to find her. but knowing that with her fine pride and «lignify such a course would offend her, be al once abandoned the idea Days passed before tbu unconscious something which drove him on in the pursuit of happi ness develo|xjd auy plan for fiudiug the one woman who in-id bis life within her hands. Every church on every avenue now ha«i the young journalist for an occasional attendant, and as Easter drew near and choir rehearsal* were in order, all of his evenings were devot ed to dropping in wherever there appeared to be the slightest bojxi of finding Laura At last it was w ithin a day of Easter, and Mor gan Starr’s courage Lad almost touched the point of negation Business called him to the western side of the city late in the afternoon of Easter Even, and as be sauntered back acros» the town, he turned into a dingy, un familiar neighborhood, and in the peculiar atmosphere of a foggy twilight beard a melo dious church L m -11 not far off. “What an exqui»ile tone?” bo exclaimed. “1 wonder if |>euple in those «'rumbling old houses appreciate it—there’» no such melody in auy bell up town!” A few more stu|>s brought him to the front of ol«l St. Clement’s. Furrowed by the marks of time and browbeaten, as it were, by an elevated railway structure, the venerable edifice seemed pushing itself forward to th© recognition of passersby Something of its persistent dignity and patience in buldiug it» way through so many changes crept into Morgan * heart Like the pyramids, it held an atmosphere of uncomprehend«*d strength, and the anxious lover felt its power. “If it were worth while.” said be, “1 would go in, but surely she would not l>e here 1 mu»t wan an«i bide un time in faith. “For should I wait, some time the light of day Will couMj anti sit beside mu at my door ’’ He rained his hat in reverent feeling, and was al»ut to turn away, when a soft prelude from thoorgan detained him. and in another moment a cluar soprano voice began Lutfier » well known Easter hymn of 1524. Morgan knew it welL His heart bounded as its strains brought back the ussix i’itionsof his boyhood, aud it required but a moment more for him toentei the old church, walk |*art way down the aisle and look up at Laura Everdalu—for there in old St. Clement's “the light of day” had come to him in the twilight shades of Easter Even. Trembling with emotion, be seated liimself tieneatb the organ gallery and listeut'd to the voice of the woman who had grown into Lis bear! and life through talent, patient waiting an«l acted but unspoken love. NO, 45 WHAT IT COSTS You hnven’t? Well let us tell you that by buying a cheap article in leather you are throwing away your money. Now to overcome this trouble, Come and Sec Us The next time you want BOOTS AND SHOES And we will give you first-class goods for your money, and sell them to you We make BOOTS & SHOES A HPEiMALTY --------- AXU ---------- WARRANT EVERY PAIR. A MOVEMENT OK SI ( It MuMASMH's DEVO TION A ni-mth apixared topass while Morgan Starr lemaiiicd ther«* in the darkness, but finally tie lieard the smg«*rscoming down, and stepp«*d into the v.-»tibule. A» Ioiura de- scendixi the narrow »(airway into the full light, it was as if some one had presented him to bi.» qu«x-n He mad«* a movement of such sixintaneous devotion, so Iull of all that was in hun toexpi-ess, that she at once advanced and placed her han«l in hi» He transferred it to hi» arm, and together they pa.».<«*d out from old St Clement’». What they snitl and wbat they did belongs to the new life of Easter «lay. but wh«»n the voung lover heard his promised wife sing Tersteegen’s glorious old unthem on that bright morning. L-* felt it entirely possible for men to lx« “while yet on earth, in heaven.” F anny M. U o ’. vell . The Ashland Shoe Store, C.H.LUDERMAN. Ät old stand of J. D. Fountain, Odd Fellow s Block. 7YF *’'■'l'’1" i'.v 1‘xiil promptly attended to. An experienced shoemaker at tiie store, who makes a specialty of tine work, w ill repair all l ips or detect* of stock »old l«v us free of charge. Easter Morning. Ostera! spirit of spring lime. Awake from thy slumbers deep Arise' and with hands that are flowing Put off the white garments uf sleep Make thyself fair. <> goddess In new and «•«‘splendent arra> , For the footsteps of Him who has rlx’u Shall lx> heard in the daw n of «lay He is here The long watches are over. Tho stone from th«* gruve rulied away “We shall sleep. ' was (he *i_rii of tbo midnight; “We shall ris * ‘ Is the song of today O Music' no longei lamenting, On pinions of tremulous flame ; Go soaring to meet the Bel •)«-<! And swell the new song of ¡«is fame' — Frances L Mace l!a*ter Thoughts. Kneeling beside hei ’mid a kneeling throng Iu the dim twilight of the temple, where Th«' Easter buds, Fcenl laden, filled tbu air With sweet aroma, and tin* solemn song, Low chanted, floated through the holy place, I I watched the curtain of ber melting eyes Veil their soft radiance, and o'er that fair face Stole reverent stiliueM*, as w ith gentle sighs Sins from her sinless li[«s were soon confessed. (Ah, fnln-st saint, weiv ail sms but as thine!) i Then lifting her white forehead from ita pil lowed rest. Turning tu r sad sweet visage, pur»* with thought divine. She murmured, bonding toward me as I sat, “Charles, Mrs. Smith yet wears her w inter liat!” —Unidentified. H. C. MYER, — DEALER IN — arc, Stoves, \‘Tinware, ASHLAND, OREGON. W.M. GILROY, Successor to Youle & Gilroy, -----DEALER IX----- Sash. Doors, Mouldings. Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Varnishes, And various builders' material. A hen who was thought 'erv wise Once took her friend*«mite by surprise. On the last dav of i^cnt To market she went With he« ««ggs- and she took the first prU* Send or call for prices. of Helman street. Warehouse at R. R.track, toot XV. XI. G I I.HOY.