THREE STREETS.
t aomcht the new, unknown to
And found a gay and favored street
Where fashion walked 1th flitting feet; '
JLnd as I watched, a cwlilen sleain v
Pie rood awtftlf through tbo summer air
And darted o'er the human stream;
, Then nostlod 'midst ome dusky hair.
-1 gazed upon the hair's dark grace, ; . . v
The tender frame to woman's face. ' '
That pictured all its charms so sweet. '
Then as I looked I met ber eyes, .' ;.
Deep as the blue of southern skies,
1 And from them glanced a baby smile
If y own poor treasure to beguile;
Through every vein, throughout my frame,
There swept a dry, an ardent name.
Love's passion!
was in the time of , Love's defeat.
" X wandered through a busy street,
And paced to where four cross ways meet,
aand as I gazed, the thronging crowd
Pressed onward, without reck or heed.
With hasty feet, too anxious browed
To cast a glance upon my need.
The chill neglect, the biting blast
That o'er my heart as ice wind passed.
And turned to bitter all the sweet.
Brought from its frozen realms a gift.
The love of self, a careful thrift
To guard its treasure and to guide
The current of its burning tide
Through every vein, through every pore.
An angry summons at my door!
, AmbitionI .
I wandered for a dim retreat,
i found a quiet moss grown street.
And trod its length with tired feet; .. : .
And as I passed, a door ill kept
And battered with the strife of yean
Unclosed, and forth a figure stepped
, . And met me with a face of tears.
A figure that had beauty's mien. .
A face that in a mood serene,,
Vnmarred by grief, had been more sweet
Than aught that painter's art had' trace-.
Or chiseled marble coldly graced.
And as I gazed with anxious will
There came a glow, a silent thrill
Through every rein, through every part.
The swift borne message to my heart,
Life's miHsionl '
. H. Boyd Carpenter in Good Words.
Cash Girls.
While talking with Jainea Miller , who
has been a floor walker in one of New
York's big emporiums, but has set up a
tore in a neighboring town, for himself,
he said to me: "The. newspaper which
will take np the cause of the immature
-children who are engaged as cash girls
la the large stores of New York will be
loing a great work for humanity.' I have
M means of knowing how many cash
girls there are in New York, but I should
ay about 20,000. Fully one-half of them
are vunder fourteen ' years of age, and
many even under twelve. They are not
governed by the factory laws of the
States which prohibit the employment of
children below certain ages- in factory
work, and they are subjected to drudgery
that is sometimes terrible.
"If I was obliged to make a choice for
my own children of such ages, between
a factory and one of the big stores, 1
should choose the factory, where their
labor would be of sucn character as to
keep them busy all the time. In the
tores they have moments, when
they learn all sorts of wickedness. New
York Press.
The "Wildes.
Oscar Wilde, since he is a pere de
le, is no doubt a wiser and a sadder
he has cut his hair, and no longer
wears garments a la Disraeli; he has left
off turn down collars and short waisted
coats and fobs. etc. Oscar has grown
very stout. His conversation is still
brilliant rather too epigrammatic and
wanting in simplicity.
Mrs. Wilde is young and pretty; very
' quiet.-almost demure. She is as silent
as Oscar-is loquacious. Lady Wilde
(Oscar's mother) is a striking old lady
very accomplished. She can speak seven
languages, and though she has suffered
terribly from the state of Irish affairs,
he bears her many troubles bravely.
Her nom de plume is Speranza. London
Star. .
A Wealthy Priest.
Rev. James McMahon, of New York
city, who recently gave $500,000 worth
f real estate to the Roman Catholic nni
eratoy at Washington, is perhaps the
richest priest in this country, his wealth
Toeing the result of judicious investment
. in real estate. He is an accomplished
Biblical and Hebrew scholar, and once
published his version of the New Testa
ment. Of late years he has given much
attention to the perfection of church
organs, making many improvements.
Harper's Weekly. '
A Woman's
-Darling, why
Beaaoaw
are you
. i He
tease? such a
She Because Fin educated up to
oppose.
. He I don't understand you."
it.
She Well, I wore my tea gown near
ly all day, then went to a tea in a T cart.
and afterward to a choir rehearsal,
where we practiced a Te Deum for two
hours. Pittsburg Bulletin.
... An Aero of Itanantia.
An acre of bananas will support twen
ty-five times as many persons as an acre
' of wheat; 1,000 square feet of land, grow
y ing bananas, will produce 4,000 pounds
of nutritious substance;, the same space
devoted to wheat or potatoes will pro
duce only thirty-three pounds of wheat
or ninety-nine pounds of potatoes. Cur
rent Literature.
. , The return which the education de
partment presented to the two houses of
parliament ' shows . that there are 4,714
' board schools, 11.022 schools maintained
by the Church of England, 651 by the
- Wesley ana, 940 by the Roman Catholics,
and the undenominational schools num
ber 1,365.
The depth at which some of the Bel
gian coal mines are worked is something
- prodigious. In a pit at Flenu the work
" is now done at 3,700 feet; in a pit at
Fremerin at 2,800 feet, and in the St.
Andre pit, -at Montigny-eur-Sambre, at
3,000 feet. ' .
Analysis Of . individual beets indicate
that maturity, more than size,, deter
mines the sugar contents of the beet. A
high weight of leaves, as compared with
the' roots, was, no evidence of. higher
-sugar contents, but rather the reverse.
' From the Hindoos the Egyptians and
the Persians learned to - use cotton for
-clothing, but the'' Persians .at first em
ployed it only in the vestments of priests.
MEANf '
Am tststaaea Wlileh . 8hws That
Are Some Who Are Very Crael.
MeanT exclaimed Sparkihs, as he
lighted the last cigarette in the fourth
bunch since morning. "Why. the mean
ness pf women toward each other is co
lossal." " ' ' v ,-v . ,
. It was generally -conceded at the club
that young Sparkins was an authority
cm the female question- ' ' - .
"You chaps may not know." said he,
"that a woman is always worried that
something may be wrong with the back
of her dress. Well, that's feminine char
acteristic, just as the habit of Bitting on
the floor when they put on their stock
ings is. A woman on the streets is never
perfectly at peace in regard to her ap
pearance from the rear. .She can look
up and down the front all ruzht. but no
less she. has a girl friend to advise her
she is never sure about her back.. -
"Now, yon can imagine how easy it
would be to upset the peace of mind of a
nervously constructed woman by mak
ing her fancy that some misplacement- of
attire at ber back is attracting the atten
tion of people to her. Well, now, what
do you suppose I have found out? Why.
that there's an organized band of young
female fiend? who devote themselves at
odd times to the business of breaking
women np on the street by conveying to
them the impression that their garments
are making guys of them. The plan is
to look straight at a certain point of the
victim's skirt juBt as she is passing, and
then to turn and cast up the eyes to the
victim's face with' a look in which pity
and ridicule, are equally blended.
What do these imps do but go out on
to the avenue of an afternoon, distribute
themselves at. equal distances in pairs
and proceed systematically to frighten
every well dressed - woman that comes
along by their staring. And they gloat
over the discomfiture they produce when
they get together afterward. They were
delighted the other day when they drove
lady back to . ber house,, about ten
blocks -away, after convincing her that
her.' white ' underskirt was in full view.
Now, what are you going to do with a
sex that's so mean as all that?'
"Nothing, replied one of the listening
group. " W hat are you going to aor
" Well. 1 ve got to take a couple of em
out to supper . tonight. said . young
Sparkins.
"After the theaterT some one asked.
Oh. of course," he replied. "These
are theater ladies." New York Letter
Strong Writer.
Uncle Stephen, an old negro, had come
to cut the grass in the front yard, and as
Colonel Winter started out to his office
he stopped to greet the old man. - "Well .
Stephen." said the colonel, "1 hear that
you intend to give your son an educa
tion."
"Dat's what l'doea. Bah. I knows what .
tis ter struggle erlong widout lamia'
an 1 is tertninea aat my son ana ui
trabble bar'foot ober de same hard nuwl
dat 1 did."" .
"A noble resolution. Stephen. I wish
all fathers felt as you do. Is your boy
learning rapidly.
"Ez fast ez er ' hoss :. ken ..trot, sab.
Why, last week he wrote a letter to his
aunt dat libs mo' dan twenty mile from
yere. an' atter a while he gwine ter
write ter his udder, aunt dat libs fifty
mile away."
"Why doesn't he write to her now?
"Oh, he kaint write so fur, yit He
ken write twenty mile fustrate, but I
tole him not ter try ter write fifty mile
till he got stronger wid his pen. But
he's gwine ter git dar, 1 tell you. Won't
be more'n er year fo' dat boy ken set
down at one een J ''ob de gumbronment
an write er letter cl'ar ter de udder
eend." Exchange.
The Burglar Stole a Kiss.
The house of Thomas Owens, a well to
do farmer at Valley station, was entered
Friday night by a masked burglar, who
secured about thirty dollars in money
and several articles of clothing. The
door of the family bedroom had not been
locked, and the burglar entered without
difficulty. He carried a dark lantern. '
In leaving the room he looked at the
sleeping ones, and saw the innocent face
of Mr. Owens' little daughter. He sud
denly bent over and kissed her on the
cheek. She awoke and uttered a loud
scream. . .This aroused her father, who,'
springing up, spied the burglar. . He was
not quick enough, however, and was
knocked senseless by a powerful blow on
the head with the lantern the burglar
carried. Louisville Commercial
Kilkenny Cat. -'.
During the rebellion which occurred
in Ireland in 1798. or it may be in 1803,
Kilkenny was garrisoned by a troop of
Hessian soldiers, who amused themselves
in barracks by tying two cats together
by their tails and throwing them across
a clothes . line to fight. The officers,
hearing of this cruel practice, resolved
to stop it. As he entered the room one
of the troopers, seizing a sword, cut the
tails in two as the animals hung across
the line. The two cats escaped, minus
their tails, through the open window,
and when the officer inquired the mean-,
ing of the two bleeding tails being left
in the room, he was coolly told that two
cats had been fighting, and had devoured
each other all bat the tails. Notes and
Queries.
' - . She Had Road About It.
The trombone player was fitting a
mouthpiece to his instrument with a
good deal of care, . and a young woman
was heard to ask, .'"Mamma, .what can
that man be doing?"
"I dont know, my dear,'" answered
the mother, as - she - leveled her glass
upon the musician in question, "unless
he is winding his horn. " You often read
of players doing that, yon know." Bos
ton Post . :- : .'' . ' ; . .,. :
A New 8ho Blanking;. -
A patented shoe blacking, which con
tains no acid, is . made in Germany by
dissolving casein in a solution of borax
or soda and adding resinate of iron, be
sides the usual boneblack.. grease and
sugar. ' A brilliant luster is imparted by
casein, and the resinate of iron gives a
deep black colors New York Telegram ;
WOMEN
THE 'RIDE OF JIM BELL
A PERILOUS JOURNEY BROUGHT THE
. SIOUX WAR TO AN END.
Three Men Who Oudertoak to Ci
Message from General Terry t4
erml Crook Budnre a Lonoly
Ty
Qen-Ti-ip
Through a Hostile Country.
- i - - ; '
' There was a certain man named Paul !
Revere, who took a famous ride in days
gone by. He went skurrying past Mid
dlesex villages and farms, and faced the
deadly dangers of barking dogs and
crowing cocks. Longfellow has sung
him in rhyme that school children are
given to recite. "Perhaps it was a brave
and noteworthy thing. But out in the
west men . rate heroism by a different
standard.
Some day or other a western poet shall
sing the song of Jim Bell, for he is a
hero, a fine, grizzled hero. " There was a
'western matter , of fact sort of tinge to
his daring act, but if one goes deep
enough one shall find a touch of the old
knightly heroism of other day.
In one of the anterooms of Oeneral
Miles' offices in the Pullman building
sits a grim, young-old man with grizzled,
close cut hair, a brown, luxuriant mus
tache, and bard braced military shoul
ders. Messenger Jamee Bell, if you
please- A little chap in a blue Bailor
suit, reefer and cap complete, is perched
on his knee, suid -youth of seven beinjj
tho son and heir of General Miles, and
wearing worthily the patriotic name of
Sherman Miln
There the little chap sat securely and i
tugged at the old soldier's mustaches.
while a rejorter put questions and got j
answers. .
"You want to near the story of my
ride?" continued the old scout. Theu be ;
told the story of his epic ride, bearing
dispatcher from General. Terry to kieu
era Crook. This was in 1876. Custer
had just been slain; it was absolutely
necessary to get . the two generals in
touch. Terry was on the Big Horn:
Crook was at the headwaters of the
Great Goose creek. In the tangled in
terland the Indians swarmed. Bands of
reds were lurking here and there curled
about General Terry's camp. Scouts
had been sent but. One after another
drifted back', to camp; they had met In
dians; they had lost their horses . in
swimming the Yellowstone. -
June 9 Colonel Gibbons, of the . Sev
enth infantry, posted a call for volun
teers to run the desperate race from the
Big Horn to the ' camp on the Great
Goose. There was a momentary hold
ing back.' Then, three men stepped for.
ward and answered the call ;.
James Bell, private. j
Benjamin F. Stewart, private.
' Evans, private. .
Evans is still in the service and ha&
won his stripes. He is stationed in the !
west
They expected to have Indian ponies,
but this proved an . impossibility So at
5 o'clock in the afternoon they set off
mounted on cavalry horses. Each was
in full uniform; each of the three carried
an infantry rifle; no other arms were
worn.- Captain Hamilton, of the Sec
ond cavalry, who is now in the recruit
ing service in New York, commanded
an escort that led the adventurous three
to the lines. By this time it had gone
dark, so the three chaps turned their
horses' heads up hill and journeyed on
like Dumas' three guardsmen. .
"It was the meanest country . ever
white man put foot on," explained Jim
Bell: "a mountainous, gullied, hill coun
try, with scrubby bushes and sinking
bogs We had a watch horse ahead, all
the time to try the ground, and far ahead
of him we sent one of the gang to keep
a weather eye out for Indians. The red
dogs were cringing in the bushes to right
and left, and lurking in the. gulches and
the broken ground. There was no chance
for ' a fight. It was simply a. case of
dodge and hedge all night."
- So this night - wore away, a scout
ahead piercing from the high peaks, the
other two following with the blunder
ing, jaded cavalry horses. The night
drifted by, and the . next day there was
nothing of importance. No fire was
lighted. In those days and in those
places the raising of fire smoke might
have meant the raising of a scalp. .
So the second night darkened down.
The three thought of . camping for the
night at the Rosebud. . It was after mid
night: the horses were "staked out;" the
three men fell asleep under the equine
feet. Of a sudden there was a stampede,
and the horses were ont in the brush,
mad with terror.
Here the infantile General Sherman
Miles broke in, as he tugged at the old
soldier's mustaches:.
"But didn't you sleep?"
Not just then," Jim Bell laughed:
"we chased-the horses.."- j ;.. -
"Indiana." . suggested young General
Miles. . : .- ..
No. bear a bear bad stampeded -our
horses, and after we caaght them we de
cided . that sleep was a luxury Bo we
rode on. again.
Little Master Miles . was grievously
disappointed that it was not Indians, hut
finally agreed to accept bear. Then the
square shouldered scout went on: '
"Three pights and two days, and the
last night was the worst of all. We
sighted a bine column of sinokp pindling
up into the air. This was shortly after
midnight, when we caught the dawn
glimmer from the hills.
"Indians? - -
"Friends or foes? '
"We lay there, with the horses thrown
and blindfolded, crouched in the grass.
The hours went by,- but it seemed that
every hour - was a generation long.
Should we succeed in our mission and
put the two armies in connection, or die
at the red- and- tortured stake?
'"The hours crept on until the dawn
brightened and broadened. Five O'clock!
Then of a sudden we heard the bugles
blowing the falling in the roll call
and, thank God, the word from : Terry
to Crook was delivered.
Now that was a good bit of work.- Jim
Bell gave General Terry his first au
thentic news of the Custer massacre;'
Jim Bell put Terry in touch with Crook:
Jim Bell ended the war. 1 ..!-..
You don't think much of it? The west
is waiting for the poet who shau mng
that ride. Chicago Tribune
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THE
The Gate City' of the
the head of navigation on
is a thriving, prosperous
ITS TERRITORY.
It is the supply cijy for ah extensive and rich agri
cultural ar . grazing country, its trade reaching as
far south. as Summer Lake, a distance of over fwc
hundred miles.
THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET.
The rich crazing country along the eastern slope
of the the Cascades furnishes pasture for thousands
of sheep, the wool from -which finds market hereJ
The Dalles is the largest original -wool snipping
point in America, ahout 5,000,000 . pounds oeing
shipped last year. . . ! r .
ITS PRODUCTS.
The salmon fisheries are the finest on the Columbia,
yielding this year a, revenue of $1,500,000 -which can
and -will oe more than douoiea in tne near iuture.
The -broducts of the "beautiful Klickital valley find
market here, and the country south and east has this
year filled the -warehouses, and all available storage
places to overfio-wing.-witn tneir products.
ITS WEALTH '
it is the richest city of its size on the coast, and its
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 delight-
finlT Tt nnssi"hilities incalculable! Its resources un-
I limited! . , And' on these corner stones she stands.,-
CiiioiiiGle
Daily
matters, as in its
outside parties.
ICLE'. PUB.'v.G0.:
Inland Empire is situated at
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city, "
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