A FISHER MAID'S SONG.
The poplar tall fctawiu ttie i-nld icrxv ky
And in front wan the huntcry tKU
And tbe river vweut dark and drearily by. '
While tbe wind sighod mournfully.
Away to tbe went the low un dtad
Tbe anielhyst baukx lietween.
And amid tbe reedx I hi; plover cried.
An I c&iwi or. thai wll known wene.
And tbe linueriiien' Huhik were tar away i
On tbe ocean's beavtmt breaxt: ' "
And tbe red lii;bt itlmmnri wide orer the
- bay A
From tbe dii mil's wimly creHt ,
And I aaw again my lover's boat
With her white itailw all outspread.
. tike a JoyouM bird o'er the u:ra float
When the eveninic Mki we?rl. m
Totnorrow me un in tbe eat will rtao.
And the linliinK fleet come home
TO Kladden t lie weary, waiting eym.
Wet with iiMire than tbe salt eea foam.
But. ab met .for tbe boat that left the ahore
That eve when tbe nkle were red.
for tbe Axher I act I Khali nee no more
Till the nut iva up its dead.
. -Maicdalen Rock in Chambers' Journal.
A GIRL'S ADVENTURE.
' Kate Tyiiertale reined her horse to the
ratdside under a spreading clnmp of
tree and wiped the perspiration from
fcer heated brow
tt was a warm day. even for the month
f June Vague thoughts of snnstroke
4 ' and dread of a thunderstorm, which had
been corn-Ring through tbe child's mind
for tbe last hour or two. were now almost
dispelled by the cool, grateful shade of
eXiiu locks
Maniui Kates sleek bay. appeared
equally thankful for rest and gave ex
jreMsion to ber feelings by a low whinny
, ot satisfaction s
The little girl dismounted and pro
ceeded to brush the flies from her dumb
companion's gloKsy coat.
"Twenty mi lea from hornet" murmured
he. whereat Naomi turned her head and
gave tbe speaker an intelligent look out
of her great brown eyes, quite as though
be understood the significance of the
-words and had raugbt the half smotb
red sigh which accompanied them
It was. indeed, a long . way for a child
of twelve to nave come alone, and upon
ncb an important mission, but Kate was
plucky girl and not in the least home-
sack nor at- ail afraid of anything but a
. certain tiny black cloudlet in the west,
'cloud no bigger than a man's hand."
' it was the prophesy of a storm, and a
thunder shower meant unutterable things
to Katie Tynedale
She wonldn t bave started out today.
but ber fattier was sick and, Mr. Stein-
felt's note being due. the old gentleman
-wanted bis money Securely buttoned
inside the little gray basque were the
. $300 which was to cancel ber father's in
debtedness Huite a fortune! thought she, feel
ing very womanly over the trust re
posed in ber
There had been a' commotion in the
Tyuedale household the previous even
teg wben Kate had announced her wil
Juurness to go over to Rydal with the
money
Mrs Tynedale bad promptly declared
that such a thing wasn't to be thought
of for a moment, but ber husband hail
laughed, in a good natured way. and as
serted that it was a capital idea, and he
-would sooner trust his boy than any
nan in tbe neighborhood.
, He often called Kate "his boy," partly
because of the assistance she rendered
him about the farm work, but chiefly in
consequence of ber skillful management
of a horse.
In tbe end Mr. Tynedale and Kate had
carried the day So here she was at
. noontide but ten miles from her des
tination She bad only been over this
road once before, and that was some
years back, but she remembered every
crook and turn of tbe entire distance
-perfectly
Directly ahead of tbe place where she
bad baited lay a long stretch of un
broken, uninhabited woodland A timid
I 1 1 i
penuD wuuiu mmuufm uave uwo af
frighted at tbe prospect, but our young
friend hadn't a thought of fear
Ber courage was soon to be put to a
test.
After a brief pause she left Naomi
"and climbed to the summit of a gently
rising knoll beside the way to get a bet
ter view of the western sky
Behold! the threatening cloud bad en
tirely disappeared, drifted, away down
'behind the blue hills. .
Kate drew a deep breath of relief, and
ran back to the foot of the hill
"Yon shall bave a nice, long rest, Na
omi!" exclaimed she. patting the arched
neck of her favorite.
Threading the ravine . below Sowed a
hallow stream, the sparkle of whose
unlit waters came np through darkly
' Interlacing branches of evergreen like
gleams of silver Thither Katie led her
teed
After quenching ber thirst at the brook
the tiiare turned her about and began
cropping the tender green vegetation
"which fringed its banks, while her mis
tress sat down npon a mossy bank to
partake of the lunch which careful
Mother Tynedale bad prepared for her.
Fully' an hour they had remained
there, the little girl stretched at full
length upon ber soft conch of moss, half
sleep, Naomi grazing near at band.
Suddenly Kate sat up, very wide
wake. Uer quick ear bad caught the
sound of horses' hoofs.
' Yonder, op in the highway, two men
were approaching. Both travelers were
wo vi tied with horses, though but one
was mounted. Tbe other picked his way
-carefully along, evidently searching for
-joomething. What that something was
ajtnterested the child greatly. She felt of
the precious envelope in her bosom and
wished heartily that it were safe in Mr
Steinfelt's keeping.
Slowly the men neared the group of
trees under which she had first halted,
following her very track, she could have
- averred. -
They stopped directly, and the rider
dismounted. Then began a doubly sharp
' investigation of the ground.
Our brave lass felt that it was high
time for action. Catching Naomi by the
bridle she led tbe unresisting animal
down into the stream, resolved that nc
traces, of . their flight should remain.
Then she sprang into the saddle. arid
touching her lightly with the wh:t
guided the beast silently as possible np
the creek.
A few hundred yards above she beaded
ber for a low bank on the side nearest to
the highway A moment later she had
the. horse safe behind a friendly screen
of small trees
Hastily tying the halter to a sapling
she stole cautiously through the under
brush to a point near the spot where she
bad last seen the men
They were still there, but evidently
contemplated a move of some sort
Mentally Kate made a note of two facts.
the first of which was that both jnen
were villainous looking specimens of Iru
mapity: secondly, their horses were reek
ing with sweat and apparently much ex
hausted.
Leaving the animals to feed by the
wayside, the two presently crossed the
road and struck into a path leading
down to the brook, one of them point
ing with bis rattlesnake whip to Naomi's
footprints in the black soil
Katie heard ber name pronounced by
the most savage looking one, and a mo
ment later the scoundrel passed by,
scarcely three feet from her place of
concealment. Within easy reach of the
coveted treasure, he was, luckily for
Katie, unconscious of the fact. With
bis heavy whip he struck an ugly little
blow at the identical bush through
which bright eyes were peering. For a
moment, as the little girl afterward ad
mitted, she was "almost afraid."
On her hands and knees she crept back
a short distance, ruefully mindful of the
fact that numerous sharp stubs and roots
were ruining her Snnday gown. When
far enough away she arose to her feet
and fled back to Naomi with the speed
of a hunted deer. Unfastening her.
Kate started to lead her toward the road.
though she knew not what obstacles
might intervene, the thick growth of
young trees rendering it impossible for
the eye to penetrate many yards in ad
vance.
They were almost out; so near, in fact.
that some oddly twisted birches, which
Kate remembered to have observed grow
ing upon the opposite side of the track.
were in full view, when horse and leader
were both brought to a sudden halt.
A huge fallen tree lay directly in front
of them, shutting off all hope of escape
in that direction. On one side the
gnarled, earth covered roots of another
prostrate monarch of the forest present
ed an equally formidable barrier, and at
her right lay many dead branches, the
crackling of which would inevitably le
tray ber presence to the human blood
hounds so close npon her track. Poor
Katie!
In a moment Katie felt a great, glad
thrill of hope springing np within her
bean Instantly she resolved to mount
Naomi and make a bold dash through
the brush ' at all hazards Accordingly
she climbed to a seat in the saddle pre
paratory to making the attempt.
Naomi, however, was an intel'igent
brute and had no notion of running the
gauntlet in such a reckless manner. To
Katie's surprise she obstinately refused
to advance a hair's breadth in the di
rection her mistress desired, but. instead,
commenced backing off. Being taller
than Kate, it may be that she had made
a discovery which the girl certainly bad
not, i e.. that a pair of extremely fierce.
black eyes in that quarter were watch
ing every movement with a sinister in
terest
A few paces back the mare stopped,
then started rapidly forward and. almost
before Kate comprehended what she was
about sufficiently to tighten her hold,
the horse went over the gigantic log with
something of the agility of a kitten, her
hind feet sending ont a ringing echo as
they struck against the hard wood.
"Bravo!" cried our heroine, forgetting
prudence iu ber admiration.
A loud shout, followed by a hoarse im
precation, instantly gave her to under
stand that ber whereabouts had been
discovered However, the way before
her was clear enongh now. Naomi swept
out into the track and galloped away at
a breakneck pace.
For the life of ber Katie could not have
refrained from sending back a triumph
ant little huzzah to the discomfited rascal
who stood watching his prey thus make
her escape.
His reply was a bullet, which . went
whizzing by her head so close that she
felt the breeze it created in passing.
The other man. warned by his confeder
ate, came running up, and hastily
mounting their horses, both started iu
hot pursuit. But those weary steeds
were no match for Naomi, who, fresh
from her nooning appeared to exult in
the wild race she was leading.
For a mile or two the chase was kept
np, but curses and flying shots proving
alike ineffectual in recalling the brave
little maiden, they at length turned their
horses in an opposite direction and rode
sullenly back, and were seen no more in
those parts until some months later,
when Nemesis hunted them down on a
charge of horse stealing, which was
proven against them. So far as the
writer knows they are still under govern
ment .surveillance, and likely to be so
for some years to come.
- Without further adventure Katie
reached Rydal, end bad the satisfaction
of seeing old Mr. Steinfelt in possession
of his money.
The sheriff of -the county, rrao was a
friend of Mr. Tynedale. accompanied
her upon her return.
In spite . of being an accomplished
equestrian, onr young friend nowadays
never ventured upon such long journeys
unattended.
- The Tynedale family and their friends
are still disposed to lionize her in conse
quence of the episode above narrated,
but Katie modestly waves all claim to
heroism, declaring that it was Naomi
who brought her safely through. De
light Wayback in Montreal Star.
Hairy and Hairless People '
The Lamattes are the nearest hairless
and the Anios the hairiest of all human
beings. The last named have for centu
ries been famed as having more hair and
less brains than any other species of tha
genus homo on the face of the earth.
St. Louis Republic ...
LAUGHING HIMSELF AWAY.
What Seeased Good Luck Has Cos Him
65 Pounds, and May Cost Him His Life.
- Joe Durhlinger, of W rights town. Backs
county, is laughing himself to death over
tbe Newhope extension of the ' Reading
railroad, which runs by bis farm. Three
months ago he weighed 175 pounds. The
first train passed his farm the first .of
March. Durblinger has laughed so much
since then that be now weighs 110 pounds.
The doctors are puzzled, and Durhlinger's
friends are awaiting the result with min-
j gled feelings of alarm and cariosity. Darb
! linger is about fifty-eight years of age. - He
is a native of Uermany.
On tbe first of March, 1890, tbe Newhope
extension of the Reading railroad com
menced. This ran directly past Durhlin
ger's farm, with a station at Walton, about
half a mile away. His farm increased in
value at once, and Durhlinger began to
grin. All of his talk was of the improved
value which the extension would give his
land, and how his posterity would benefit
thereby.
Then he began to neglect his own work
and took to watching tbe railroad men at
theirs. He was so tickled that he took sev
eral of tbe railroad men to board at almost
nothing per week, and did nothing bat
laugh and talk about the improvement
with them all day. By degrees his mirth
became more hilarious. - Wben the exten
sion was finished and tbe first train ran by
Durhlinger's farm he suddenly became
convulsed with laughter. From that time
be did nothing but sit on his porch and
wait for tbe trains to go by. His keen ears
; detected the music of the whistle at a dis
- tance, and this was so deliciously refresh-
I ing to bim he would burst into uncontrol- j
j able laughter.
After a train has paused he inspects the j
track, and laughing quietly to himself, re- ,
turns to his house chuckling, to await the
coming of the next. He knows the time- j
table by heart, and can tell to a minute j
wben a train should be due off bis farm. I
He allowed everything to go to pieces on j
the farm, and the watching for and laugh- j
lug aw ,ub -. ut. ......... ..j u,o vuv ".up,
passion.
He began to lose flesh, and is gradually
becoming a skeleton. His wife hopes that
the novelty of tbe thing may wear off, and
that her husband will regain his normal
state. He does not laugh now quite as
much as be did, but bis interest in and
care of the road remains as great. Mon
day be walked eighteen miles to testify for
tbe railroad company in a case of trespass
on the track. Philadelphia Record.
Pleasant for Eaters of Marmalade.
Marmalade is doubtless an excellent and
nutritious accompaniment to bread and
butter at breakfast. It is reported to be
largely consumed under the name of
"squish" by Oxford undergraduates wben
In training for races. But tbe pleasing
theory on which its patrons have hitherto
gone has been that none but the very
soundest oranges were used in its manu
facture. Probably this is tbe case with
the best makers of tbe conserve; but a
rather lurid light has been thrown on tbe
subject by a case heard at the Woolwich
police court.
An inspector stated that com plaints were
made to him as to the condition of some
oranges exposed for sale at the local mar
ket. On examining three boxes they were
found to contain a "black pulpy snb
Btauce," which was "quite unlit to eat."
Tbe owner of the fruit made tbe horrifying
suggestion that it "'could be chopped up
for marmalade," and at the hearing of tbe
case he defended himself on tbe the ground
that the oranges were merely "frosted."
Another witness mentioned the disquiet
ing fact that while the "pulpy" oranges
cost twelve bhillings a box, those sold for
marmalade only fetched four shillings.
The defendant was let off with' a warn
ing, as there was no proof that he knew
tbe oranges to be as bad as they undoubt
edly were. For tbe public the important
point is to discover what proportion of
their matutinal marmalade is made up of
the "black pulpy substance" aforesaid.
London Telegraph.
Hiuta to Illustrators.
Get in the babit of currying a small
sketch book, and of picking np character
istic jottings in tbe street, on tbe ferry, in
the horse car or in the audience at the the
ater. Notice how men wear their bats, at
what angles they are tipped and how much
of the head or face is visible below the
brim. There is a good deal that is ex
pressive and characteristic about a bat if
the artist can only catch it.
Notice bow different sorts of deople dis
pose of their bands and feet. Watch the
wrinkles in a man's coat when its wearer
walks, and make quick memoranda of
them. When he is leaniug forward see
where tbe lineof tbeshoulder and arm will
come and bow much of his neck is visible
above this line. Get tbe pose of his head
when it is thrown back, wben he is asleep,
reading the paperor fumbling in his pocket
for car fare. If his arm is forward or back,
note where the wrinkles in bis coat front,
back or sleeve will be.
Society men, laboring men, business
men and tramps will all bave different
and characteristic attitudes, ways of dis
posing of their hands and feet and wear
ing their clothes. The more you make
careful study of these things and are able
to express them, the more original an
artist you will become. Make studies of
the bang of a lady's drapery, the set of her
bonnet or bat, the lines of her hair, the
way in which she carries ber muff, parcels,
bag or umbrella, bow she gets on or off of
a car, crosses a gutter or rings a doorbell.
Art Amateur. ,
So Much tbe Better for Her.
A gentleman and bis wife, the latter
with a six-months' -old infant in her arms,
were about to enter tbe Austin Opera
House to see the performance one night,
wben the doorkeeper suddeuly said:
"Beg pardon, madam, but you can't take
infants inside!".. -
"Very well," said tbe lady, "so much the
better for me. You just take care of the
little fellow till the play is over and, by
tbe way, there's tbe milk bottle in case be
should cry." Texas Si f tings.'
Well Posted CatUa.
Fair Maiden How savagely that cow
looks at me.
Farmer Hayseed It's your red parasol.
mum. r
Fair Maiden Dear met I knew It was a
little out of fashion, but I didn't suppose
a country cow would notice it. New York
Weekly. - '
Strange.
"Have you read General Branson's auto
biography?" "Yes. Frightful exhibition of conceitl"
"How sof "
"Why., it's all about himself. "Harper's
Bazar. - .
, What He Wu.
Husband In all things, dear, follow my
advice; let me be your mentor.
Wife You always bave been my tor
mentor. Pittsburg Bulletin.
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THE DALLES.
The Gate City of the
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ITS TERRITORY.
It is the surply city for an extensive and rich agri
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far south as Summer Lake, a distance of over fwc
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THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET.
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ITS PKODUUTB.
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more farming country, than is tributary to any other
city in Eastern Oregon. - '
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