In the Bondage
Of Meadville.
, , By RITA KEU.ET. V
Copyright. IKK, by C. H. 8utcllfT.
"if. bo use talkirw to me," Kllen ex-
claimed. "My mind la fully made up."
Tha man roM and, wi.iim over to
'what tb crl sat, stood looking down
at her Intently. Bha shifted uncom
fortably under nil e and finally
efipped. from her chair ana nea urn
mlli.nn.lv ta the VlQdOW. Wbef. h
felt sure, h was too proud to follow
her. '
. "Oh. I know you are shocked'." she
cried. "Ifa plainly a girl' mission In
Ufa t marry the nret man woo uuo
iti her and aettte down to dlah-
washing and wiping the children's
Boaea." She shivered In disgust, w
th look of naln that crossed
his face "That Is what all the girls
la town bv doue she coutiuuea.
kn wanm I am nailed bj the very
vKaImsIb monotoav of it you think
me an anomaly, an unwomanly girl a
reprobate. Bah:"
Th defiant little rebel against the
convections of Meadville struck terror
to ft heart of Elton Maxweii, iaiy
WANTKD TWO Oq,OD HOYS TO
- work In minting offleo. Apply to
Astorlan.
WASTKIV-SAIMES. MANY MAKE
$100 to IW per month. Some ewo
mors. Stock clean; grown oi Rer-
rttua. fsr from old orchard, tan
advenord week..'-. Choice of territory.
Address Washington Nursery Company,
Toppenish, Washington,."
am tou ant tHa whoiA mibbrabu
cbosca f presidtit of the Meadville Sav-tags:-
bank and owner jf the fastest
trotter w.tb- .MeadvUle county, fair
race track. He looked at her helpless
ly and cleared bis throat
"But we could keep a hired girl, El
len," be said, and, brightening, "you
could drive Fanny G. wbererer;you
liked. Ton wouldn't be' tied down.
We' tub- up 4 Chicago often to the
theater. You would bare a much
easier time than any of the girls." he
finished proudly.
Ellen looked at turn a, moment pity
ingly. Hovt. apparent were the llinlta
tiSS. OS- ruid! TTl"" she'rlrefl a
ran con
HANDS 11 YEARS
Cracked and "Bleeding In Many
Places Became so Bad that Nail
.. Came Off Finger Tried Many
' Remedies and Consulted Three
Doctors, but Got No Relief Now
: Cured and Is Very
1 PROUD OF HAVING TRIED
' CUTICURA REMEDIES
"I had eczema on my hands for
about eleven years. The hands cracked
openHMmany -places and bled. "One
of tuf fingers was so bad that the nail
came off-.- I had often beard of cures
r, fi.tfHti-a PomoHioa hufr. haft
no confidence in them as I had tried so
many remedies, and they all had failed
IA VUIC Ulvi A WHVO uwtviO
but got no relief, Finally my hua-
Knn1 atxA friof wa Vft-kllM fpfKsft fllM.
cura Remedies, so we"" got a cake of
Cuticura Soap, a box of Cuticura Oint
ment, and two bottles of Cuticura Resol
vent Pills. Of course I keep Cuticura
Soap all the time tor my hands, but
the one cake of Soap and half a box
of Cuticura Ointment cured them. It
is surely a messing tor me to nave my
hands well, and I am very proud of
. : .wwl AitUiM TtnwmJllaa mr,A
recommend them to all suffering with
1 " T.T,! A T, ' : I Tl T i
eczema, aim. jbiiza a. vy uev, j. r .
a T l T 1 ,o , (11 JI
i, xHOOiuu, mwa, Wh IS, lifUU.
ITCHING PIMPLES
Resulted from Poisoning. Cured
by Two Sets of cuticura '
Remedies.
" My husband got a blooddisease from
: wearing woolen underwear. Ue was
all full of pimples, aod he hadan awful
. itching. He took a good many so
called blood remedies, and nothing did
him good. Then we saw in a news-
UttUCl Ulf.V.I4J U IKUlUlUa) U"U
: they cured him after using in all two
sets of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Oint
ment, ana uuueura xiraoiveni, anu now
I wouldn't-do- without Cuticura- Soap.
Mrs. Harner, 1050 Benners St., Heading,
ML, Jan. za, itfuo. ;.
' ComvMe Extnial awl Internal TrmtiWt' jior
, Every Humor of Infant, ChilUrot ami AUuIUpffln
ilsu of Cuticura bap 2$c.) to Cleanw the Bkin.
Cuticura ReaolveDt fSUu.i, ur to the form ol moc
lots Coated Mils Kf. ir vial ot 60) to I'urKy the
ii - . uila Un.tM Uriatfin Maun
SVMoilMi'l'ree, Uuun',0l tIMu ap4 bcalp.
death dealing bomb Into tha emmy'a
camp.
I'm golug to study artr ne raw
triumphantly.
"Ellen, nor The horror in nis toic
was geuulne,
Tears ago another rcbollloua maiden
of Meadville had expressed tho same
rwolve, and It was llko "Jaue, jane.
wr the sain.- There wer
dark hlnta of uneuily liehavlor, and
h riri never became an artist ana
never returned home. To young Max
wvll's mind his sweetheart waa as
food as lost already, though ha broacu
ed tha posslWllty of marrying him and
then seeking the higher plane which
the dullness of Meadville aeemeti to
render Imperative, but aba quickly
snatched tha heart .out of him.
k )ie saUl: "I shall be weaaea
to my art Instead. It Isn't Uiat I want
to do It exactly ," she added, lu a quick
pity. "Maybe some time I'll Bud that
you are the best, Elton, but not now.
I must try. ITU so ueaiwy !.
matrimony by the Job Mr
Tha amateurish dauba on u tour
nf the little parlor appeareu
frightfully Bat and nupromlstug aa sba
turned from watching wton '
tivA irnvt tho snrlnc gone from
ki. itort hia tac Mler than she had
ever seen It. But she must wyi a yet
ago she would have given her two eyee
,. ui hmi so ltsbtLv refused
AVI ,v.. - -
totlsy. but that was before she bad
climbed the hill of knowieuge ami re
.nxi that her onlv hahltatton thence
forth must be tu tle realm ot art, uot
stale old Meadville. She was paeaeu,
ready to go the moutcut the director of
the big art school should say the word.
Her father stepped guigeny into u
"A. letter, Ellen. Must be from that
art school. Have you got your tmugs
n lun-teJ ready to zof I reckon you'll
come back 'bout the Diggesi picirr
painter In the couutry. Won't scarcely
kuuw us iuen. m you;
Th. nnvnntMt' tenderuess In her fa
ther's voice and the real misgiving In
the last sentence, ill disguised oy tn
oh.- iniiirh. made her heart suddenly
contract How good every one was to
her! Even her father and mower were
ready to sacrific painfully, even to the
point of placing her on a plane where
she would be asnanieo to irruSui
them as her humble Meadville parent
If thereby she would be reudered
happy.
She clung to her father In an uuae-
eastomed. wholly demonstrative iau
ion that embarrassed Dim.
-There. tbVre:" he said patting her
hair awkwardlv. "Scad tou letter.
Mebbe they don't want you to come M
soon. I must go wash for supper."
It was true they didn't want her to
come so soon. In fact, they didn't
want her to come at all. The director
nnklndlv said satirical thlwrs about
her cows a study from nature ana
suggested housework as a surer means
of ralnlna renown.
Tt waa a horrible shock. She did not
cry; she was too stunned and humiliat
ed for that: she had only enough rea
on left to wonder doubly how aha
could tell her parents tbat4belr sweet
confidence had been misplaced mat
their child always was and always
would be a nobody.
The stuffy little parlor, the hateful
daubs, had grown Intolerable. Fulling
a shawl from Its book In the narrow
hall she fled from the bouse and up
the narrow street redolent or hecr-
steak, coffee and hit cakes Mead
vllle's favorite aupiier. Every one left
the blinds up in Meadville, and there
was a panorama of warm Interiors
romping children, contented husbands
and active. haDPT wives, tllen, hurry
lng along In the chill gloom, felt like a
nariah and Dflssed aulcklv out of the
din of dishwashing on to the country
road.
She was brought at last to a reollza
tlon of her whereabout by a startled
cry and jumped back barely m time
tn Mesne a horse's hoofs that just
grazed her sleeve aa the horse was
pulled back on Its haunches. The star
light was sufficient to indicate ner
close call. She uttered a belated but
frightened shriek.
Bv Geonrer' exclaimed the man
somewhere back of the horse. "What
are you doing out here? Are you
drunk?
"Say, are you hurt?" he continued In
alarm, as there waa no reply. He
sprang to the ground, groped his way
forward and plucked at her sleeve.
"Ellen!"
She began to sob. She couldn't help
It There had been too many anocita
in Meadville that day.
It did not take Elton long to get ner
intn th runabout and start up the
eratwhlle sDurned Fanny Q. Ellen
continued to be so distressed that El
ton, Ignoring the fact that she bad
lust refused him, slipped his arm
around her and was not repulsed. Un
fortunately, so It seemed, his extreme
kindness and lack of curiosity about
her plight served only to Increase her
discomfiture until, aa he helped ner to
alight from the vehicle at her gate, she
caught him close about tne neat anu
tniri him the whole miserable story.
"How can I tell father and motherr
she cried.
"Leave that to me," he whispered
inhilnntlv. "and cheer up.
The old people jumped to their feet
ns the door flew open, and a iook ot in
tense relief crossed tbelr races at me
olrrhr nt Ellen and Elton.
"Oh, we didn't know what had be
come ot you the last night you were
hore," said her mother a little re
proachfully, but she smiled indulgently
at Elton, and he smiled bnck. i
"And whom should She be with?" he
i.riwl. "But I have aood news for you.
ft... t... njiii, nuMiv Kho'u nmmlKed '
out' im i. fewuia . j. - r i
tQ, berime a. Mwidvlllff-mntron' , .....
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING.
UNDlRTAKim.
DlRTAKtm. k
nts0tv " ' " " m T
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HELP WANTED.
MALE AND FEMALE HELP FURN-
Ished In and out of the city. Chut-
ter's Employment Office, 111 Commas
cial Btrwt
WANTED FIRST CLASS EXPERI-
enced planorman. Address Union
Box A Lumber Company. Portland.
Oregon.
WANTED MEN EVERYWHERE
nnnd nay-to distribute circulars.
mftttanr. tack slma, etc., No can
vassing. National Adv, Bureau, Chi-
cagO. l
GIRL FOR HOCSEWORK-AT J
Harrison Avnue.
FOR SALt-REAL ESTATE,
Ftr Pais liy
O. F, MORTON,
430 Commercial St.,
Opp. Aatorlan Offlo.
1 Tears In the Real Estate
Business tn Astoria.
Taylor's Addition.
4 Lots Taylors Addition ......
lascELUstotrs,
NICK PAPAZQEREI.
THE GREEK DIVER,
! int rscstvad a new diving ma
china fi'om tha old country.' DWaa
from to SO fathom In ahallow water
stay down half a day at a tlm. Laave
(orders- at 41T Uond 8t, Market or XX
J50 Falangos, Clifton,
iiTwi.,r,.LiM uikI ICiiiliiilnift
, , . T,
H, A A, Addition.
2 Lots H. 4 A. Addition ....
100 Foot Square,
ShlvslsyTAdditlsn.
Z Lets, Eaoh ......
1 Lot
1 Lot ...
1 Lot
..450
..329
..4M
..W0
PLEASANT HOUR
OF
MEN ATTENTtON WR HAVE A
new article that men will And bene
flvlal to their comfort and plcaMir
Cannot state description hr. SmA
10c for same. Are you wl? Thou
sands ot men are using tfete artkle.
Money refunded If you say so aftr
nnrvhaalna this paten'4 PcWty-
American Specialty Co, Bos ITS. Al
legheny. Pa.
1 Lot .....W
Adair Uppsr Astoria.
1 Let ....HW,
1 Lot V
1 woo
a Lota. Each P
1 Lot, ...
Aldsrbrook Lots.
1 Lot .
I Lot van
1 Lot W0
Housss and Lots, Aldarbrook.
6 Room Hous, Nsw-4 Lots .2000 j
S Room Houss, 1 Lot 80 by 75 I5W
ENTERTAINMENT
VAUDEVILLE AT THE LOUVRE
And Vaudeville that really
Amuse and interwu you.
Weekly Change o( Pro
gram and Each Change an
Improvement
CH Promptly Attnaet I
or Night.
Inttoii Hltf IttOiftud lwnis
AHTOUIA, OUE.U
llMioueMtilnaill
TRANSPORTATION.
Tht KM Wot
SPECIALTIES THIS WEEK
Adairs Addition
10 Room Houss, 2 Lots
150 Fast Squars
S22S0
AGENTS, ATTENTION DON'T PAT
cash! Credit glvn! Profits unllmltd
selling onr wcontly pauntsd article.
Any man. marrld or single btwn
1 and M years of aa win buy It.
Cannot gW full description her. 8"d
10c for same. Ar you wb? Only
wry few aaents are handling this ar-
tlol so far. If you cannot make at
least 15 datly wiling this specialty.
cult selling aoods. Our novelty Is pro-
iwtNl by tTnlted State Patents. Cost
to Agent J per 1M .e fr
We give you ten days time to pay Mr
your goods. American Specialty Com-
pany. Bo 175. Allegheny. Pa.
t km Rest- Es'.s! !a all V'- J
tha city and at all prlrts. Just tell ma
what you want and wher you want
It.
I can locate you and at terms to
ult.
O. F. MORTON,
Th Real Estate Dealer,
4J0 Cnmmerdal St.
Opp. Aatorlan Office,
ros sjorx
FOR RENT FVRNISRED kw
house suitable for two families, elec
tric light, phone and bath, J7S-U St.
Steamer Lurline
a
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wy Lanaings.
FREIHT.
I PASIENOERE. "
HIUNA KUIIKIITH
Msgnlflieut Cuirnllo Singer In all tha
Current tictns or song ana iumi-
isiicnwottitsu tuarao
(or Act
MA It IK WANmtlTII
Fluta BolisL Mi-treea of all Led; Ul-
twists
Ltaves Astoria dally aseept luns at
7 p. nw ..... .il .
Leaves Pertlsnd Oslly Except lindsy
at 7 aw m, i
Qulok lervloe EsMllsnmesI
Oeed Berth.
ADMISSION FREE
CHAS. WIRKKALA, Pref.1
FOR SALE MISCELLANEOUS.
KISHINQ GEAR FOR SALE SEVER
al Boats and Net. Apply to SSI
Taylor Street, Unlontown.
TOR RENT-FOUR UNFURNISHED
front rooms a good place tor light.
house keeping 68S Commercial Street
over the Wonder.
FOR RENT A SEVEN HUUM
Aor.iitnr eituated on Franklin ave
nue, between sixteenth' and aeven
teenth street, inquire of Van Duaen A
Company, agents.
FOR 8ALE AT SEA SIDE OREOON
Furnttura of an eight room
house. First class place for hoarder.
Blcht at beach also an Ice cream par
lor complete. Tents to rent for light
house keeping. All In connection with
the house, rent reasonable. A bar
gain If taken at once.addreas R. R-
Astorlan office.
TWO UNFURNISHED ROOMS FOR
rent Aply to Gus Savvola, 170, list
street
CLEANING AND REPAIRING.
PRESSING AND CLEANING, LA
dies' work a specialty, up to, date,
tailor. Andrew Slpola431 Commercial
street
JAPANESE GOODS.
Landing Astoria Flavel Wharf.
Landing Portland Poet Taf St
INEXPENSIVE
TAPAlfKSX FIXINGS. MADE OP BAM
BOO. LIGHT. STRONG. IAKT
MADE, TABLES, STAJtSS, CHAIRS
WHAT HOT? REUSES. IBltT
UNO, ETC.
Yokohama Bazaar
SSI Commercial St, Astoria.
TRANSFER COMPANIES. 1
PHILUPS TRANSFER COMPANT
Express and baggage, also Job work
stand Miller cigar store con (th and
Bond phone 1731 Main.
BOAJtSINO.
TIULITDt.
Rooms with or without board j
rates reasonable; good aoom
medatioa for traaslenU. 14th
and Comments!,
H0DSI MOVERS.
MEDICAL,
r 5
Unprecedented
Sueeeat f
1. 1- a n
Till GttXAT
CHIHESI D0CT0I
'if Who I know
-LhrouaVoui the United
Sl a.. i l
, u(Biwm ea mvui w
iwhi wonderful eurea.
C. M. FOWLER, Hnl,
Phone Main 2761.
" r
CANADIAN PACPIC
''EMPRESS' Lln ot th Atontlo
Nothing better afloat than c new
expreu teamcr, "Kmprc 4 Brit
ain' ana "'r.mjirc oi ifanu
(14500 ton), .Quebec to Llfrpool
in nix day; le than lour iiji at
available. Comfort, elegant ana
lafcty. bend lor uiusireu Npoxiei
and tailing list. f
JaaMM pi alyson, Agent Alicia or.
WANTED ALL OF TOUR 8TRAW
hats to clean at Scully's clgarstore.
FREDRECKSON BROS-Ws mat
specialty of house' moving, oarpenten,
eontractora, general jobbing prompt at
tention te all orders. Corner Tenth and
Duane. tf
TAILORS.
HOME INDUSTRY THAT HELPS
v fartinnn the merchant tailor
149-llth street
ALL KINDS OF STRAW HATS-
cleaned at Sculley's cigar store.
WANTED .MISCELLANEOUS
WANTED SECOND HAND FTJRNI
ture Highest prices paid 604-Bond
street
ALL KINDS OF STRAW HATS
cleaned at Scully's Cigar Store.
LA T!N DRIES.
BUTTON P0LX AT TEX BACK.
Tour experience with it ha bo doubt
lead to much vexUon, possibly pro-
ft nlty. Broke your fingernail trying to
nrv it up from tbe neck-band, Xl
You wont have that that experience If
m send vonr shirts to utt w save you
this treble, sad danger of tearing tbs
shirt Try u end see,
TROY IAU5DRY,
Tenth and Doane Sta. Phone 1901
If Ellen had had fear, they were
Immediately dissipated by the warmth
of her mother's embrace and the nappy
ejaculation of her father as he1 grasp
ed Elton's band. It dawned upon ner
at tha Instant that they were happier
to know she waa to marry the most
promising young man In Meaaviue
than they woukl be If she could ur
nnaa nil the artists In history, and ud-
rtpniv tt anneared to ner mat ana was
the happiest of all and that Meadville
poor, cramped, despised Meadville
was a garden of Kaen.
"Pn.umonla'i Deadly Work
ha a mn nerlously affected my rlgM
lung," writes' Mrs. Fannie Connor, of
Dnmi Ttniita 1. Oeoreetown. Tenn.,
"Hint I couirhed continuouHly night
mi rinv nnri tlie nelithbors' prediction
Consumntlon seemed inevitable
until mv husband brought home
bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery,
.hir.v, in mv priBfi Droved to be the on-
i 9I fniiirh Riire and restorer of weak
sore lungs." When all other remedies
utterly fall, you may still win In-the
battle against throat and lung troub
in. tuIivi New Discovery, tha real cure.
Guaranteed by Chas. Rogers, druggist.
50c. and $1.00. . Trial bottle free. .
1mm in mir Mtarrn. uthms. lunff anJ
throat trouble, rheumatism, nervousness,
stomach, liver, and kwnsy, lemai com
ttMltttat MttA sail rthmnln illaMiM
fetTrrtejirni. some trkatmeht.
If yon osnnot call writ ior lymptom
, i i i i i i .i j . . iH
oiana ana eimusr. inciuetug cui u
SMimpe.
THE C GEE WO MXDICIHK CO,
mt First St. Corner Morrison,
rUKlLAXIll. UKAtfUII
Piss mention tha Astorlan
RESTAURANTS.
First Class Meal 15c
Coffee with Pie, Cake or lough-
nuts 10 cents.
U. S. RESTAURANT
434 Bond Street
WIKI3, LIQUORS AXD CIGARS,
THE SAVOY
Popular Concert Ball,
Good music. AU ar wlom.
nor Seventh an! Astor.
Tvlmihona lttril Ualn. 8rfl BonJBtroet.
OPEN DAT AND NIOl
THE ASTORIA RESTAjRANT
MANG HlNO.Prop.
i Th Finest 25c moat served In
Yonr Patronage Solscieed.
GmrtooiiiTrentmeil
. nAUtt Tit an A HOW 1
A3TUUIA, i OKE(0N
KitoriC
to AU.
Ost-
PROFESSIONAL CARW.
BUSINESS DIRECTORY
HOTELS.
HOTEL PORTLAND
FlnoM Hotel In the Northwset.
PORTLAND, ORE.
THE OREGON
630-536 Commercial 8treet, between
Eleventh and Xwelttn.
A8TOBIA, OREGON
MBS. M. NOLAN, Proprietress.
Boom Single and Suite. ,
Terms, Day, Week or Month,
Steam Heat, Bath and telephone, . .
Telephone Bed 2303.
Eagle Concert Hall
320 Aitor St.
OSTEOPATHISTS.
Dt. KI0DA C. HICU
GBTKOPATB I
Offlo Manseb Bid. Phocs BWt 1011
171 Commercial Bt, Atorl4 Or.
Th lesdlnf amusement houss.
Asrency for Rdlson Phonograph aa
Gold Moulded Record.
P. A. PETERSON, Proa
MEN ANDWOWSESi
Oh Big (or nnnnlnrel
LiflBtriitifttlnnl.
Irrltntlom' or lirlloM
of inn co Hi membruiM.
Hll.a and not utrlD.
iTHE EVM8 GHCMIS Ales. gnt m polimnom.
hf imnim
n. ..... in nl a In wrikllMfr.
if XP'''"". prP"ll. '"T
Sl-W. on linini.ii'.
(Jlibulm iwt b iwiMif
i g lltoiliij.3
I It:
I 111 I
4i0 BOND fT
ASTOSIA, 0EI001
Carrie th Plaeat Lisa f
Wines,
Liquors '
and
Cigars
CALL AND SEE US
ATTOBKKYS AT UW.
JOHNCMcCUE. ! .
Attorney-at-Law.
Deputy District Attorney
Page Bdg. Room $1
HOWARD. M. tROWNILL
Attomsyat-Law.
Offioa with Mis J. A. Eakln, st No. C
Conmsrolal St, Aatsria.
I
DENTISTS.
Db. vaughan, ,
' DHNW8T ('
Pythian Building, Aitorla. Oregon.
- sshiiwisa-siisssssw
Dr. W C. IlflAN
DENTI8V
Oo mmer oial Bt Bhnnahan Build
?4
r1.