a. Uttto bird ut on mo apple trv , .
he wms ma hoarse ma lrtaraa ooald bav
Ha preened aud he prinked, sad raffled Us
throat,
Vat from it there floated no Bilverj note. -, .
"Mot a souk rati I sing," siiched he, sighed be
"Not a moog ran I aing. aighed be.
- 1-;
tm cremaknu abWwaratbv Appla tree abed -tta
pink and white bloaaoma on his bead:
lite gay sun shone, and like jubilant words
He heard the r sonic of a thousand birds.
""All tbe others can nlng." he dolefully aaid
AU tbe other can slim. be said.
a hepataad be drooped" JJut aa far and wide
Tke music was borne on tbe air 'a warm tide
A aoddeai thaht came to the aid little bird,
Aaal he.Urtad him bead as within him it stirred.
TU I cannot sing. I can listen," he cried:
-Hoi hoi l ean Meteor he cried
Julia O. R. Dorr la Harper's Young People.
HOW A WOMAN LOVED.
"A thij uiarqmse has &aidn begun the
Id doctor, lovp o affair tof tempera
ment;,tor toy. part, A. passion '. came . nn
4er my observation that lasted fifty-five
Tears, Withbat a day of respite, and wae
terminated only by death," - "'
The marqljiae (dapbed her handa. V" ,
"Isn't that; iicr cried Uhe.J-7HoW
e)iciotia tb be loved., sol . :.What happi
miav to live fifty-five years enveloped by
aoch aJfebtiOn? '" Ho happy he shbuld
fee, and how he -might to bless life, the
aan who is adored in that fashion!"
Th , doctor resamed.wthjt smile: .,
" "Indent, inaiuru yon Are not deceived,
' apon the point that the beloved, beinj?
was a man. Voo, know him- he ia.' M.
Chouquet, the apothecary of , the ' town.
As to JJie , woman, yon, knew. Jier also :
ahe was the old chair mender, who came
very year to the chateau. Bnt I will
aaakAmygelf. better understood.
The enthusiasm , of r tbeJadiea, had
cooled and their tspnntenances expressed
-disgust, as ;lov had no Dnsiness save
with elegant and highborn people .- .-. f
The doctor continued: . r ni ... ;
"Three months ago' 1 was 'snminonld'
o tha tad wrtntta's deathbed. ShS bad'
arrival jib day before in the Wagdh that
awrved her' for a dwelling, drawn by the
aorry horse yon have seen jafcd accom
panied by her two huge black dogs, her
friends and guardians. The cure, wa
already there. She made us her testa-
metatary executors, and to explain tOu&
tbe meaning of nei last wishes, related
to us the history of her- whole, life. 1
know of nothing -more tonohinc! - 3 -
"Her father and mother "b6tu'"were'
chair tonnflers. She had never lived in
a house bnilt upon the ground. When
Tonne she had. wandered about, ratreed
-and dirty. They Stopped jju outside of
the villages, along the ditches; they un
harnessed the horse cropped' the "graM:
the dog dozed, his muzzle upon his paws,
and the child rolled amid the verdure,
while her parents mended, in. the" shade
af the roadside elms, all .the old chairs
of the commune. They spoke but little.
After the 'few words necessary .to decide
who should go aroupd among the houses
mtterihg the vrell known cry - 'The chair
svender is herer they .began to twistjthe
straw, sitting opposite to each other-or
aide by side. , When ' the . child strayed
too far. or. endeavored . to make .the. ac
juaintance of some village urchin, her
father's angry voice recalled her with,
Will, you come here, yon little wretch?"
Tbepa. were the kindest words she, ever
feeard.
"When she grew larger they eent her
to gather up the broken chairs.. - While
thus engaged she became acquainted
with several lads here and there, bnt it
was than the" parents of her -new friends
wtio roagniy recalled their children,
anouung: -wui you come nere, you
slovenly boy? Ill teach yon better than
to chatter with - barefooted vagrants ft
Often the little J ads threw stones at her.
"Some ladies having given her a few
ous, she kept them carefully. One day
Hshe was then twelve years old as she
waa passing through, this district, she
net back of the cemetery little Chou
quet. who was weeping because a com
rade had stolen two sous from him.
nose xears- oi , a uttie .bourgeois or one
of those lads whom she imagined in her
weak vagrant's head to' be always con
Knusaana joyous, npset ber. , She ap
proached, and when she jktiew therea
on or - mi trouble she poured into his
hands all her savings, seven sons. He
naturally took them and wiped away his
tears. Then, wild with joy, she had the
audacity to 4uua Luui. - A ha was at ten
tiveiy gazihg at th money he let her go
suieao. seeing tnat sne was neitber re-
pulsed nor beaten she began again; she
bagged him with all her might, with all
ber heart. Then she ran off.
"What was passing in her miserable
-. Bead? Had she attached herself to -thia
boy because she had sacrificed her vaga
bond's - fortune ' for him, or because she
had given him her first tender kiss?.. The
' mystery is the same for. children as for
grown, up people. ... For ' months she
'dreamed of that corner of the cemetery
. .. and of the boy; in the hope of seeing
turn again she robbed her parents, pock
eting a son here and another there from
the money she collected for chair mend-
mg, or tne sums with wbicn sne waa
sent to buy provisions. ":
"When she returned to the district she
had two . francs in her pocket, but she
could only catch a glimpse of the little
-apothecary, looking very neat, through
the window of the paternal shop, be
tween a bottle filled with red 4iquid and
. a shelf well 'Stocked with drugs... She
only loved him the more, fascinated,
agitated, rendered ecstatic by this glory
of colored water, this apotheosis ' of
jasparkling glass.
"She kept in her memory the inefface
able recollection of him, and when' she'
met him the following yearback of the
school house, playing marbles with his
comrades, -she hugged and kissed 'him
-with such violence that he howled with
fear. Then, to quiet him, she gave him
her money three, francs -twenty cen
times a genuine treasure that he stared
at with wide open eyes. He took it,
and let ber caress; him as long as she
wanted to. i ; '. ,. ...
"For four years more she' poured into
his hands all the - money she could get,
which he pocketed conscientiously in ex
change for willing kisses. It was one
time thirty sous, once or twice two
with pairr an bumitfttidn 'oh aScoiiT
ofl the amatlnasa of the-eoai, bnt the yar
had been bad); 'arid the -Aaet time five
francs a Jiuge coin that made him langh
conteujtedly., m' '.Tf, w & 1
' "She hadlcio thought but of him. He
awaited, -her return with a certain im
patience and ran to meet her as soon as
he saw her. which made the young girl's
heart leap.
Then he disappeared. He had been
Bent to college. She found this out by
shrewd questioning. Then, she used in
finite diplomacy to cnange tbe route- or
her parents,. : so that ; she ! 'could '. pass
through here at holiday tiraa; . , She suc
ceeded, but only, after) a year spent in
stratagems; she had .thus been two years
without seeing him, and she hardly rec
ognized him( so greatly, had he changed
he was,jM.tau,:8Q much improved and
so imposing in his jacket with gilt' but
tons.- He feigned not , to see her, and
passed proudly by beri; This ' made her'
weeb lot' two days, 'and from that time
she suffered constantly, v .,- c, ;vLf
Every year she .returned, passed ..be-.
fore :. him ; without daring , to epeak to
him, and he. did not, even." deign to .turn
his eyes toward ber. . She loved aim des
perately? She said to The: ' ?He!ia th
only man I have seen .on, this earth. -- I
know not if any others exist1' ' : ,' " : ; ..
Her parents died. She ' continued
their trade; : but she took two dogs in
stead of one two terrible dogs ;that no
onewould; havt dated to , brave, ne
day, on entering this Village,' In' which
her heart had remained, she saw a young i
woman come out of the Chouquet shop
oh the arm of the man she adored. She
was his wife. He was married. That
very evening she threw "herself" into the
pond near the mayor's konsft.; A , be
late4 drunkard fished her out and car
ried her to the apothecary shop.
VThe younger,-. Chouquet ia a dressing
gown came down to care for her, and re
.mwJ W ' I
peartng to recognize ber.
Then he said
to titer in -a harsh. vxHCe:
'Yon j are mad
You must not be so etupidl t v ? ti .
"This ' sufficed ' to cure" her." He bad
sppken tocher. V.:She was happy for a
long wnue.,, , tie wouia receive notning
for his pare ,of her, though she stoutly
insisted upon ' payinghim. And all her
ufe. passed thus.L : As she .mended chairs
she thought of' Chouquet livery year
she saw him. through, the, window of the
shop:. She acquired ihal habit of pur
chasing of him supplies of trifling medicines.-
-. In -that :'way she saw him close
beside her, spoke to him. and gave him
money, t" .
.: ''As I told you wheh I began, she died
this spring.' After, having related her
sad history, she begged me to take to the
man Whom, She had . loved ; bo patiently
all the savings of her lifetime, for she
had toiled -only to put aside and be sure
that he would think of her. at least once,
after she was dead: ' i
1 ' '-She' gave me 2,327 francs. 1 left with
mdhsieur"'the cure, the twenty-seven
francs for IheTjarial ahd-: carried-, a way:
the rest when she had uttered her last
sigh.,, ,-.
"The next day I went to the home of
the Cbouqueta. They were just finish-
i 21 . i i , :' a rrri . 1 ' " ' . . '
Liitrit ureajuaat. Luey uiuuo lue sit
down, and I began my speech in an on-!
steady voice; 'satisfied '.that theyrW9nldJ
weep.;- As soon as he comprehended' that
he had been beloved by that vagabond,
that chair mender, Chouquet leaped to
bis feet with indignation. His wife was
etplally exasperated.' Chouquet strode
abont the room, exclaiming: 'This is
simply horrible! Oh, ifrI had. known t
when she Wai alivei XwopldlhaVe ; had,
her arrested by the gendarmes and put
in prison f 1 was stupefied at the result
omy pious undertaking, but I had my '
" 'She charged me to give you hei
savingsv amounting to over .2,000 francs.
As what I have told you seems to be;
very disagreeable to you, it would, per-
haps; be better to give the money to the
poor I .
"The man and woman stared at me, !
dumb with amazement. 1 took the
money from my pocket. Then 1 de- j
manded. 'What-is your decision? Mme.
Chouquet was the first to speak, .Sincej
it was the woman's last wish.' she said.
it seems to me gthat we cannot well re- j
fuse to take the money.' The husband.
Blightly confused, resumed, 'We can at
least buy something with it for our chil
dren." i- -?3sata-jHth
please. Then I banded him the money,
bowed, and took my departure. That
was the only absolutely unselfish love 1
ever met with in my life, tbe love of tbe
popr chair '. blender for so unworthy a I
man, said the doctor in conclusion. J
Then the marquise, who "had tears' In '
her eyes, sighed:
"Decidedly, only women know how tc j
lover Theodore de Banville in Newark
Newa
A. Remarkable Painting;.
The vivid and stupendous processes in
modern iron working, with their remark
able capabilities of representation on
canvas, have been availed of, it appears,
in a most attractive manner by a Ger
man . artist, Adolf . MenzeL j In a; great
picture, the "Oy clop's Workshop, there
is represented the interior Of a large iron
foundry, with its giant steam hammer,
its blast and puddling furnaces, and its
huge-, cylinders,, that, roll out glowing
masses of iron of vast Weight -o if they
were, bnt of t paste. . One of these glow
ing" "masses forms tbe center around
w Uich,. the. interest of Menjtel's picture
moves.
It has passed through the first rollers,
and is being taken-up with great tongs
by the foremost workmen in order to be
passed on to the second, a proceeding
that involves a prodigious, exertion-vof
strength." ;'Other workmen are employed
in different processes-reome. directing
the machinery, one in the foreground
wheeling away a newly forged cylinder
on a barrow, others- ar- undergoing
very necessary process of purification
and shirt changing while others. again
are seen, in a group in the background,
already 'beginning their midday meal,
and - in the background .of r all is. dimly
visible the iron and. steam monster that
supplies the motive , force for all this
wonderful work. New York Sun.
COLO NERVE AND. WASHERS..
Hew a . Tsaag t&urk at ?hieynae
.--f.;s.'.-s Bna. o -4Hm Baofc v.J
"We've got a bank clerk-up in onor
neck, o': woods who some , day will giYe
Jay Gould cards and spades in the game
of financiering and beat him to a stand
still,'., says Mortz Curren. .. "He's (Only
nineteen years old but is a hnjnmer.
Two or three months ago.', while, the
president of the. bank '.was away,- the
cashier was taken sick . and in l .a ' few.
hours was , in a delirious state. ' , The
young Napoleon was left In full charge
of the bank.. Some evil disposed person
started the story one afternoon that the
institution was in a bad way, and inti
mated that the president had skipped the
country and that the cashier's illness was
only a 'bluff. Before night it was evident
there would, be a. run oa-the institution
the next . morning. . The young clerk
knew there was scarcely money .enough
to last an hour. ; He had no one' to ad
vise him, but he acted promptly.
He called on the leading hardware
merchant and held-, a brief conference.
Then this, youhg Napoleon . Went, home,
where he found a committee from, the
depositors awaiting,, him. '. He did .. not
wait for them to speak,' but made' this
bluff: 'I refuse to discuss business with
yott. There will be $50,000 in gold here
in' the morning, . and there', is ' a . like
amount in "the safe. . You may draw out
every -dollar you, have -deposited, and
we'll, be glad to get rid of your small ac
counts. V. Then, he j turned on his. heel
and left the committee. ' Bright' ' and
early there asWnbled at the bank the
creditors.-1- L'-I.'-.j;' r:-' ;':
' Just; before' . time " for "opening the
doors an express wagon . was driven up,
in.'wrhich were seated two heavily armed
men, one of them the watchman : of . the
bank. A pathway through - tbe crowd
was made, and the .watchman began
carrying into-the bank canvas bags con-
taining gold coin, as indicated by the
prominent "marks. Some Of-, the
were' marked 5,000," and one ,or two
f 10,000. ."; The people saw. these bags;
heard, the,' chink of, the metal, and be
lieving the bank was "O K.". were about
to move. away.' .
; "Just as the . last bag-of J 'gold' was
banded into the door the young finan
cier threw the bank open. The crowd
did -Jiot, make, anyj-effort to reach the
paying teller's window, .'Come oil, now.
every one of you, shouted the clerk. - No
one responding-, he - made another bluff.
You must come and get .your money.
We dont want your d: r-d accounts
any'tooreJ Here, Jim Bartley, take this
arid sign this receipt. in .full..,. Here, Bill
Wyman, come and. get yonrdust., He
insisted on. their taking the money. Just
at this juncture' .the committee came in
and begged, the .clerk :to j'stpp for God's
sake. They almost got . down on . their,
knees, to ask . the bank , to keep their
money. The young 'Napoleon' finally
conhented; but declared if there was ever
'any more nonsense - he -Would throw
every depositor's money into the street.'
- "The crowd departed .happy, and con
fident - that . the . bank was one of the
strongest institutions, of . its kind 'in
America.' . .Their confidence might have
been shaken had they known the canvas
bag& .marxed o,poo gold . fete., and .Oft
daai,bel with-red Bealing wax, contained
nothing more nor aesa than iron wasbera,
which the young clerk "had- purchased
from the hardware mail, who had other
wise: ' aasiated in .tiie deception '. be ' being
convinced of . the soundness oi .the, banki.
. Tbetwo men,, the .young; Japgleon in-
sisfeed , on paying in full the: bank . had
long wished . to get . rid of." Cheyenne
Lieader..
' A -jEaer fo the. taeywfc
: John- Doe ewna a farm on .the? bank of
the Niagara river. He has a fine pasture
alone the river, and he makes an honest
penny now and then pasturing cows fox
his neighbors. ' Richard Roe has also.
! license from", him to hitch., his rowboat
; on the bank, with incidental right of .in
gress; and . egress through, the pasture.;
About a week ago Richard lost bis chain
and improvised a rope of hay with which
to moor his boat.- i t '
Now Ebenener Dick's cow, pastured in
the lot aforesaid. Is fond of hay,' and
smelling the fragrance of the. extempore
rope she Waded ' Into the river, climbed
into the boat, chewed up . the rope, and
floated down the stream . over the falls,
where she met an untimely death. The
boat was also pulverised en route to
Queenstown-. . i- -. -:c;. ?.- r .-)
Has Ebenezer Dick any right of action
far the loss -of his cow? If he has, .' of
whom can ha recoverr Has Richard Boa
any remedy for the loss of bis boat; and
if so against whom? Buffalo Courier.
A Bible 8 SO Tears Old.
AT., Strat ton, secretary of the.y. Jt.
C. A., brought into our. office a Bible
printed in ? London in 1610.:. This Bible
was bought soon after, it was published
by John Stratton, and has been handed
down from' John, to John till it came
into the present owner's hands. A part
of the family- record ..remains some en.
tries being made in 1762. As this Bible
appeared one year before the mtg James J
version it is difficult to determine what
translation it is,- though - it -differs very
little from the authorized version.. The
book is evidently in the Original binding
and Is in a fair state of preservation. The
pager upon' which the date is found heeds
protection or the .-most valoaVe part of
the book will be lost. It is a rare relic
and is highly prized by the -owner.
Dover Republican. ; : v-: " i .-. : '-; .
I . Kew Bales of Politeness.. ,
; In certain private schools of Brooklyn
new. rules of politeness are enforced. ' It
is ho longer ptopet - tor' the little pupils
to say: "YesTVsif .."No.sir." "Yes,
ma'am." and "No. ma'am," fot their
elders. , Now the correct thing is; '"Yea,
Mr. -Brown.." "No, Miss Smith.'! and
soon., .' -
: if the child happens to' be '.addressed
by a strange lady or gentleman the child
is instructed to reply,. "Yes, mister," or
'Yes, lady.";,,.,.., s- -.. ;,.
At first this strikes tbe, .uninitiated - as
an unpleasant innovation,, but it has ob
tained a strong hold- on - the children
and they are .rapidly - making their pa
rents converts to the new system. New
York Herald.
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CIGARS.
P A I NT
Now is the time to paint your house
and if you wish to get the lwPt quality
and a tine color use the -
-' "'t'-'" "' -i
Sherwin; Williams Co. s Paint;
r or those . wishing to see the qnalit?
and color of the above paint we call their
attention to the residence of S. L. Brooks,
Judge Bennett, Smith French and others
painted by Paul Kreft.',.
.Snipes & Kinerslv are agents for the
above paint for The Dalles, Or.
Health is Wealth !
Dr. R. C. West's Nebvk akb Braik Tbbat-
hunt, a entiranteed sneeifle for Hysteria. Dizzt-
Headache. Nervous Prostration caused bv the use
oi aiconoj. or widucco, v aKetuiness, jnenuu ue
pressinn, Softening of the Brain, resulting in iu
sanltv and leadina: to miserv. decav and tieth:
rremamre uia Age, carrenness,. ixws.oi rower
in either sex. Involuntary Losses and Buermat-
orrbea eaused by over exertion of -the braib) self
abuee or over indulgence. Each box- contains
one month's treatment. 1.00 a box,-orsix boice
tor sa.uu, sent oy mall prepaia on receipt oi price.
WK GX'AllAN-TKK SIX BOXES .
To cure any ease. - with each order received by
us for six, boxesj. accompanied by $5.00, we will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re
fund the money if tbe treatment does not effect
a cure. Guarantees Issued only by '- '
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' If you . need the Blood and liver
cleansed you . will find the S. B. Head
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For sale by all druggists. "
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Office, N.1 W. Cor. Waishington and Second Sts.
The Gte, City., qt th.e. Inlaiid; ;iiipirelis situated at. "
the iiead of iia vigation on , thei; Middle Coixun'bia, and
is a thriving, prosperous city. ; - '
ITS' TERRITORY. ;
: It is the supply city for an extensive and rich agri-
cultural an -. grazing country, its trade reaching as .
far south as Summer Lake, a distance of over twe
hundred miles. :7 li ' ' '
THU LARGEST WOOL MARKET. .
The rich" grazing" country along the eastern slope
of t he : the i Cascades furnishes pasture for thousands
of sheepi ; the wool from "which finds' market here:;
The Dalles is the largest original , -wool shipping y.
point , . in America, about 5,000,000 pounds being
shipped last year.,,:;. ; - i
. . , , . : n-s- products. , :
. The 'Imon . flshe
yielding this year a .revenue'pf $1,500,000 wAicK .can,;i
and .will be more than doubled, in the near future, ru.
The products of the beautiful Klickital - valley find ;
market here, and the cbuhtry sduth and1 east has thisY
year filled the .warehouses, ; ahd al"j. Available storage! '
places to overflowing, with theirf.products.
ITS WEALTH '
,It is the richest city'bf its size' joa. the .coat. atid, it
money is scattered over and is being ..used to develop
more farming country, than is tributary to any other
city in Eastern Oregon. ' , - - . ;
: . .Its situation is unsurpassed! . Its climate, dfelight- ,:
ful! Its uossibilities incalculable! Its resources "L-i .
limited! And on these corner stones she stands.
. s . ..- V ' T
course a
generous
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