FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1903. THE MORNING AST01UAN, ASTORIA OREGON. 3 In tne Later Years. BY AN ALUSIA BARNARD, fupjrlght HMiB, l.y Analu.U Barnard. 'Tim boy and the girl met In Bunday pcltool. Mis waa eti-ratlicr old fur her yeara; be waa twelve. They wore aelwted to "speak piece" together, a funny III 1 lo thing lo whMi aha held ber bands behind ber while La guessed what she held. Ho repeatedly failed to guess. Thru alia would urge him to gut again. Final I, loalng all patleuoe, aha would cry, "Oh, you groat, big, atupld boy-I've Jual got klaa for you." Thou, throw ing hlui a augury cake, alia would run off. Hoon after tha dialogue episode hla mother sent her aa Invitation to U)a boa birthday party, r'lllod with lrtd. aha exhibit! tha tiny note, with I la pleturee of blrda at tha top. At tha party aha bad a aplendld time, rirat, each of tha little glrla waa given a pair of ribbon r'loa with which aba niuet catch a home and trot blm paat tha grand atand. whera tha Judges aat ainlllngly la armchair. Tha girl cangbt her "great, big, atupld boy" and waa happy. After that man In a long black roba did wonderful trlrka and tha chil dren's eyea grew wlda with wonder. Then, audi a anpier-boulIlon and turkey and chicken aalad, each In turn. Ilka real grownupa!, Aud ollvesl "Wbafa them tlilugar Baked tha boy, when ba discovered tha olives. "Look Ilka ecaiia." "Ob, you grent, big, atupld boy, don't you know ollvesT tha girl retorted acornfully. "Yea, but I wanted to aee If you did, girlie," he answered. The little girl turned and looked at blin. "Why do you rail ma that?' aha asked. "Why do you call ma 'atupld boyf" lia returned. "Heauw thnt pleea anld so," aho re idled, Iht blue eyea smiling Into hla. "Don't you like Itr "I- I don't mliid-froin you," ba said. "Hut you haven't told 111 a why you call me girlie," peralated tha girl. "Well, because-because I Ilka you, and that'a what t'nrle Jark ralta Ulna rataraon. I heard blin aay 'I ran call you girlie when folka ara round, but when wa'ra aloue I will call you ewect heart.' " "Sweetheart." the llttla girl our mured. "Papa ralta mamma that sometimes. Kouuda pretty, don't It? lia must tova her lota. I toes be?" "No more than I lova you," ba aa erted proudly, playing with her curia. "Her hair Isn't half aa pretty and aha hain't got auch big blue eyea. Mamma aaya you look like an angel, ao there!" ha blurtetl out, half ashamed of having voiced hla admiration. "I don't want to ba an angel," aha retorted decisively. Hut after aba got home aha derided that aha llkod the boy better than ever. Tha children were frlenda for two yeara. Then business reverses came to Mr. Ilurlburt, tho Itttlo glrl'a father. and they weut abroad to live. "You'll alwaya lie my sweetheart, girlie." the toy anld to bla little girl friend when aha left. "And I'm going to marry you when I grow up. Don't forget me." And alio, understanding llttla of bla meaning, aald, "I won't." Then aba lifted her fare for hla farewell klaa. And the boy remembered, and bla mother eucournged the thought of "girlie." Hlie knew thnt tho memory of tho cblld'a sweetness and Inuorence was good for her boy. a a a a The drawing rooma of Mra. Apple- . . ! toil a liiuiiMoinu name were wroiiKeu wlth gueita. Two men atood talking, apart from the othcra. Their eyea were on the alciider, graceful figure of a girl on the oppoMlte aide of tho room. "I am aura I know her or hnve known her," Itottort Worthliigton waa Buying. "1 wish aha would turn around." "1 believe alio la some ouo whom 2rnce met abroad," Jack Appletou re turned. "Ilt r inline la Ilurlburt. Come, I'll preaout you." And without wait ing for bla frlcnd'a reply, he atarted forward and Worthliigton found hliu elf bring Introduced to Mlsa Ilurlburt. "I think I uwl to know Mlsa Ilurl burt long, long ago, before alio waa . .rAu.i. an. ' I... anl.l l.hnblnir af her frankly, lie bad held her In hla thougbta ao long thut the meotlug did not aeeni atrauge to hlui, but to her hla atnlle waa Ilka tha pcrfumo from far off flowery field which ahe had passed through aometlmea, but could not remember where nor when. "1-1 think" Then, with a rush of memory, It all came to her, , "Ob. you are the boy I used to play with lie fore wo went to Europe to live. I'm so glad you remember me, but It's strauge. How could your "I waa old enough to be tmpressloo Able, I aunt," he aald, atlll looking at her. "1 hare alwaya thought of ycu aa 'girlie.' " They ware alona now. "Girlie!" ahe ciclalmed. "It aounda pretty, doesn't itr The man laughed boyishly. "That'a Just what you uaed to aay In the old childhood daya . . "Did IT ahe asked, with wide open eyes. Then auddenly, "Why, yea, and I used to call you 'great, big. atupld txry.' Do ywrrememberow piece r "Do IT the mnn asked with unusual emphasis, Mlsa Ilurlburt thought "Every word. Shall wa try It nowT Bhe bed entered Into hla mood. "Yea, let ua." Her face, which before bad seemed Co Worthlngton overserloua, waa Wreathed Dow In am Ilea tike those ha remembered on the auuuy fured child. "Now guess what I bold behind my back," ahe, begun. "Wasn't tlwt the beginning? And It ended with, "I've Jimt got-a klaa fur you." Mie beai- tuted slightly over the lust aeuteuce, blushing prettily. The half ronm-lous love Worthliigton had felt for her alwaya flumed Into life. Looking up, ahe eatight the ex preaalon 111 bla eyea, aud her own bear! leaMd. Then her rnlor faded, leaving her white aud frightened looking. "(Jlrlle," be anld softly, "your mem ory haa not failed you?" "You-you must n't rail me that now." ahe aald. "I fa different" "Different? How?" "Oh" and ber voice waa almost a aob "don't you aee, you great, big, atupld boy?" The words bad come back to ber. "It wouldn't be proer; I'm engaged." And ahe extended ber band to him with the circlet of dia monds. After minute, when Worthlngton bad swallowed aome bard things that rune In bla throat, ha aald, half ques- tlonlngly: "You-you are happy?" Rhe glanced at blm shyly from under her long laahea. The band which wore Uie circle trembled. "1 euppoee ao," ahe aald. "I am doing my duty. Isn't that the anrest road to bapploesa?" The wlatfnlneaa of ber appeal made blm bold. "Then you do not love the man?" he asked. "Oh, no." aim aald abruptly. The re ply had eacaM-d before ahe realized It. It bad been taken ao much for granted -this flirt that ahe did not love the count-that the worda were Involun tary. "Father wished It," ahe weut on. "and I promised. 'I want you to mar ry Count lllnaldl or tha eon of my old friend Worthlngton,' be aald. They were the only onea who were good to blin In hla trouble." At the mention of hla name a light broke through the cloud which Worth Ington had watched fold about blm while abe ejioke. "Miss Ilurlburt," be wblepered eager ly, "do you remember my name Robert Worthlngton F He atood back to watch the effect It produced. Wonder, delight, sorrow, resignation, followed each other In quick aucccaalon. Then ahe looked blm squarely In tha eyea, telling blm more plainly than worda that aha un derstood. "I am glad you are here," ahe aald, hol'ng out her hand to him. "It was nice to aee you again. I must go now." "Put-I may aee your "Robert Worthlngton la welcome," ahe aald, and waa gone. Worthlngton aaw the girl occasional ly, but It waa only a abort time until he learned that ahe would never break a plighted troth. And yet yea, he felt that ber heart waa allpplng Into hla keeping. At last for both their aakea, he remained away from her. One morning, when he waa finding It particularly difficult to keep hla reso lution, a paragraph In the foreign newa caught bla eye. "Count Leonardl ltlnaldi, charge d'affaires of tha lega tion at N., died auddenly tbla morning. Hla engagement to Mlea Dorothy Ilurl burt, beautiful American girl, waa recently announced" He read no further, but took tha paper to hla mother, bla heart beating wildly, hla eyea glowing with the light of love. "Mother," ho cried, look! C'-He la free, and now the 'great, big, atupld boy' will have hla Innings." Tka Marlaar'a Tars. Down In the docks one day they were talking about schooner which had been struck by lightning, when the re porter singled out an old mariner and aald: "Captain II., It seems to mo I've read or heard of your vessel being atruck?" "Yen, ahe waa," answered tha old yarn spinner. "Where waa Itr "Off Tolnt aux Barques, about fif teen yeara ago. Very atrange case that, probably the only one of the kind ever heard of." "Give ua the purtlculara." . "Welt, we were Jogging along down when a thunderstorm overtook us, end tha very first flash of lightning atruck tha deck amidships and bored a hole a big as my leg right down through the bottom of the vessel.? "And ahe foundered, of course f "No, air. The water began rushing In and ahe would have foundered, but there came a second flash and a bolt struck my fore-to'gallant mast It waa cut off near tho top, turned bottom end up, and aa It came down It entered the bole and plugged It up aa tight aa a drum. When wa got down to dry dock wa almple sawed off either end and left the plug In the planks." 8t Loula Republic. , I'atrwatwarthjr. The faith which Uncle Jamea Ilobba had Alwaya kept In the accuracy of Il lustrations In hla favorite magaalne waa aadly. aha ken after hla visit to tha botanical gardena. When Mra. Ilobba called hla atten tion to t picture of a Cuban village In the next Issue of the magBcInf he lott ed at It doubtfully. "More than likely It doesn't look that way at all," be aald, dejection plainly written all over hla drooping figure. "I never told ye about, my dlaapp'lnt ment Bitting under one 0' those pa'm trees in QieJ gardens, Why, the pic- turea In "OleTriagnIne gave aucJT shade to them Arabe underneath I'd alwaya wanted to alt under a pa'm tree. But I tell ye, after trying It that blistering hot day I'd Jest aa Boon think of expecting a ladder to shade me aa a pa'm tree, and I don't know but sooner, If 'twaa one where tbt rungs weren't too fer apart I wouldn't lay my calculations on Cuby's looking too much Ilka that picture If I waa In your place, Maria." rVOMEN MUST KNEEL TO MEN la tha Law Amoas Maar Trlfcaa ml Kaal Central Africa. Men III Africa, and exjierlally In east central Africa, believe that their worn eu are their Inferiors, aud many cen turies ago, aaya the Chicago Trib une, they made a law that haa worn it self Into a custom that womeu must acknowledge thla by alwaya kneeling when they meet a man. Duff Mardouald, who spent many yeara aa a missionary In that country, aaya that African women bold a moat degraded position and are looked upon pretty generally aa beasts of burden capable of doing all tha bard work. When a woman meets any man, be II her husband or a atranger, at home or on the road abe Is expected to "taldl- wa la" that la, to kneel and clap ber bands to tha lord of creation aa ba paaaes. Although a woman may have alavea of ber own, she observes this custom whenever she meets them 00 the highway. Mardouald adds: "Whenever we aaw a woman go out of her way with the Intention of kneeling before ua, though abe carried a hundredweight on ber head, knowing that ahe would have to get up with It we shouted. 'You are loalng your way; thla la the path,' and ahe took It glad that abe might dis pense with this custom." Certain It la that If tho African wo man kneels before a atranger or alave ahe prostrates herself moat humbly be fore her husband, her lord and master. He la her father, and abe Is bla child; he commands, and abe obeys; bo may Inflict punishment and ahe accepts It The title of "father" la given to all old people. A man of thirty will aay, "I mil only a child; ask the old man." Tho woman must submit of course. fthe Is her husband's chattel; be has iKxight her for two skins of bucks, and tills Is a fair price for one wife. He often gets them lu payment for debta. If a girl la not a first wife she counts for little, as these Africans usually have one chief wife and three or four minor wives. A man who la married a few yeara la exected to have Junior wives. The chief wife haa the auper- Intendence of the otbera and looks after the household. The punishment she Infllcta for lailness la to banish the Junior wife from her meala until hun ger bring her to her. senses. If a Junior wife la obatreperoua ahe Is put In a alave stock. The authority of a chief wife la not a matter to Jest with. If a Junior wife geta unruly tha whipping poet la made use of. Thla does not annoy her lord, for African men have llttla aentlment for their wlvea and feel none for their Junior wlvea. They are bla chattels, having tbe aame value aa hla cattle, perhaps less. When a man Is pressed for money he usually sella bla wife and not his cattle. He expecta them to cul tivate tbe aoll and cut down the trees, and when he Onda time or haa tha In clination he helpa them. Way Matala Raat. Gold does not tarnish like other metal because It la not acted upon by oxygen or water. It la the moisture In the at mosphere which causes other metala to tarnish, owing to their oxidation. Wa ter contalna a large proportion of oxy gen, and It la tbe oxygen, of course, In the moist air combining with tha surface of tha metala that covers them with tarnish. Platinum, like gold, re sists the Influence of oxygen and mois ture and when pure neither rusts nor tarnishes. Aluminium also does not rust, neither hot nor cold water having any action upon It The sulphurated hydrogen of the atmosphere, which ao readily tarnlahea silver, baa no effect upon aluminium, which under ordinary circumstances preserves Its appearance aa perfectly as gold does. Sliver tar nlahea on exposure to the air, tbe agent producing thla effect being the sulphur. Iron Is the metal which tarnlahea and rusta moat easily, Its oxidization pro ceeding until the metal la completely eaten or burnt away with tha rust - Hew ta Broil VmkrU. "In moat cases umbrellae ara not fairly worn out; they are ruined through carelessness of their owners," Bald an umbrella and can man. "When I see a man walking with an Umbrella tightly graaped In hla hot hand I smile to myself, because I know that very Boon that man will ba want ing a new umbrella. There la no anrer way of making an umbrella wear out nulckty than this habit of carrying It bout by Its middle. Again, after be ing out In tha rain you should turn your umbrella upelde down and let the water drain off as It atanda with tho handle downward.- By doing thla you prevent tha water from getting In It tha framework and thereby protect the ribs from mating. Soma men open their umbrellas before tbey atand them hp to dry, but this la a bad plan, ba cauae tha umbrella may stretch when It la wet Another thing, too-never roll your umbrella up, as to do so cuts tha irk."-Detrolt Tribune. " ' Aat1a!tr at SasmK - - The first mention of sugar aeemi to have bean made by Pliny mora than 1,800 years ago, who traces It to Ara bia and gives the preference to Indian aogar, which ha speaka of aa "honey found In fsrtea. Ptatlna In hla .de? acrlpllon of tne naturnana aaya that among the food which tbe Emperor Domltlati made the peopla at those noisy festival scramble for wai a sweet aubitaiire obtained from Ara bian cine. Other rlnnHlcal writers of about the aame pTlod describe It also aa a kind of honey found In ranes and not made by bees. rttralo adds that In a solid atate It resemble salt The sugar rane was Introduced Into Blclly In 1148 and aoou afterward Into ftpaln Thence sixty yeara later It was taker to to Went Indlea. and at the end of tho olgfi! tenth century Jamaica alone Toduced quite 13.000 tone a year. TV.-- r-r ry. Clover la not only highly nltrofrvnona, but la rich In lime, a sutmUince re quired by the hens for providing tbe ahella of eggs, and which is In a more soluble form in the food than In the shape of oyster sheila or other Insoluble substancca. It contains nearly thirty tlmea aa much lime aa does corn In Its proportion of flesh forming elements. One of Its advantngea aa food for bena la that It la not only nutritloua, but bulky, and aida In the digestion of the grain. It la valuable In aupplylng those Bubatances which are lacking In grain, and aa It la plentiful on all farraa and requires but a few moments for Its preparation, there la nothing to prevent Its use. By allowing a ration of scald ed clover to the bena after green food Is gone they will keep In better laying condition and the production of eggs will be Increased. THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL MaJntaJna unexcelled servtoe from the west to the east and south. Making cloaa connectlona with trains of all tranacontlnental lines, passengera are given their cholca of routes to Chicago, Loulaville, Memphia aJid New Orleana, anl through these points to tbe far eaat Proapectlvo travelers desiring Infor mation as to tha lowest rates and beat routea ara Invited to correepond with tha following representatlvea: 14 Third St, Portland. Ore. J. C. L1NDSET, Tray. Paaaengtr Agent 142 Third Bt, Portland. Ore. PAUL. B. THOMPSON. Paaa'gr. Agent J. C. LI NT) SET, Trav. Pasaenger Agent, 4J Thlrf St, Portland. Ore. 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IMm HodM, IVraia u la Sm ten at OxmUa C"r4 F11K Cttirwa Ouob-m, sad CMiran Sum UTColtmi mw Mm ate tnnmf nmt im votm. ran vrwf a L tr an tor " How to c a.arf Miawi, aa4 afcW to Han BaMitfal Uab.1 1 MOMENT! - 4l'. - rfttartftaftalaOTar. Foil of Tragic Meaning, ara the linea from J. R Simmons, of Casey, la. Think what might have re-, suited from Li terrible cough if he had not taken the medicine aboot which ha writes: "I had a fearful cough, that dis turbed nr olght'a reat. I tried every-, thing, but fusing would relieve it, until I took D.'. Kind's New Discovery for C nsumption, Cough and Colds, which completely cured me." Instantly relieves and permanently eurea all throat and lung diseases; prevents grip and pneu monia. At Chaa. Roger' druggist; guar anteed; 50c and 1.0O. Trial bottle free. NOTICE OF GUARDIAN'S SALE. Notice is hereby given that the un- dernigned guardian of Charles D. Moa- teith and Margaret S. Monteith, minors, pursuant to and by virtue of an order of the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Linn County, duly made and entered in the matter of the estate of said minors on the 24th day of July, 1905, will, on Saturday, the 28th day of October, 1905, at the hour of 2 o'clock in tha afternoon, at tbe front door of tha Court House, in the City of Astoria, in ClaUop County, Oregon, aell at publie auction, to tbe highest bidder, for cash in hand, all the right, title, interest and estate of the said minors in the follow ing described real property, to-wit: The undivided one half of lota 3 and 4 in block 116 in the Town of Astoria aa laid out and recorded by John M. Shiva ley, in Clatsop County, Oregon. Also, the undivided one half of lota 7 and 8 in block 21 in McClure'a Astoria aa laid out and recorded by John he ctare, in Clatsop County, Oregon. And notice is hereby further given that the said guardian, pursuant to and by virtue of the said above mentioned order of the above named court, will, from and after the said 28th day of October, 1905, sell at private sale, to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, all the right, title, interest and estats of the said minors in the following described real property, to-wit: The undivided one half of lot 1 in block 80; the undivided one half of lota 3 and 4 in block 103; the undivided one half of lot 2 in block 107; the undivided one half of lot 7 in block 109; the un divided one half of lot 4 in block 134, and the undivided one half of lot 8 in block 135; all in McClure'a Astoria as laid out and recorded by John McClura and extended by Cyrus Olney, in Clatsop County Oregon. All of said sales to be made subject to confirmation by aaid court C. P. IIOGUE. HEWITT k SOX, Cuardian. Attorneys for Guardian.