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WILLAMETTE PAHMIEr PORTLAND, OREGON, OCTOBER 27. 1882
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A HANDFUL OFl'siRTB. ,
Here is a problem, a wonder for all to see;
Look t this marvelous thing I hold in my
hand 1
This it a majic snrpriting, a mjetcry
Strange aa a miracle, harder to understand.
What is it t only a handful of earth, to ycur
toucn
A dry, rough powder you trample beneath
your feet,
Park and lifeless, but think for a moment,
hew much
It hides and holds what is hrautiful, bitter
or sweet.
Think of the glory of color ! The red of the
rose,
flrcen of the myiiad leaves, and the fields of
'grass.
Yellow as bright as the snn where the daffodil
blows,
Purple where violets nod as the breezes
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Chink of the manifold form of the oak and the
vine,
Nut, and fruit and cluster, and ears of corn;
Of the anchored water lilv, a thing divine,
Unfolding its dazzling snow to the kiss of
morn.
Think of the delicate perfumes 1 orne on the
'Me. 5 " " '
Of the golden willow catkin's odor of spring.
Of the breath of the rich narcissus, waxen-pale.
Of the sweet pea's flight of flowers, ot the
nettle's sting.
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Strange tht this lifeless thing gives vine,
flower, tree,
Color and shapo and character, fragrance,
too.
That the timber that builds the house, the
ship for the tea,
Out of this powder, its strength and its
toughness drew I
That tbrcocpa among the palms should euck
its milk
From this dry dust, while dates from the
elf-same soil
Summon their aweet, rich fiuit; that our
shining silk
The mulberry leaves should yield ti the
worm's toil.
How sheulel tie poppy steal sleep from the
vcr source
That grants to the grape vino juice that can
madden or cheer?
Hw does the need find for its fabric coarse
Where the lilies proud their bloasoma pure
nprcar.
Who shall compafs or fathom Ood's thought
.. profound!
We can but praise, for we may not under
stand; But there's no mora beautiful riddle the whole
world round
Than is hid in this heap of duat I hold in
n y hand. ,
Ycuth'n Companion.
The Cow Widowjf Colorado.
Joaqi m MiLLia In New York Sun.
Bare Colorado I Yonder alio roaft, her head
of gold pillowed ou tho Kocky Mountaina.her
breast a shield of silver, her feot in tho brown
grass, the boundless plains for a play ground.
She is set on a hill before al tho world, The
air is very clear, that you may see her well.
She is naked ns one new born; naked, but not
ashamed.
. Thrown together inthe barroom of tho only
hotel, the miners of Leadviile gathered about
their great leader, and looked up to him on
this ovening as to an Alexander.
The cow widow had returned from Van's.
She would come down from her rooms to nee
the boys. Thiy knew it well, for had not the
local pa pel h said that alio hail returned,
drclicd frosli fiom Din hands of Worth?
The great, brood-ahoiiMcreil, tall, and alto
gether Inagnlflccnt' Coldnel Dili Williams, the
leader of nil Lcadvillo, loved tho row widow.
And, indeed, who of us. all did not love, hei?
With lnr cattlo on a thousand lulls, her
bellowing herds of sleek brown steers, her
lowing spotted cows by every roailsiilo, in
' every gulch atul canyon, branded with a cro-s
on the flunk ami this is why wo en mo to call
this weal thioi t aud best of all the, liravu good
women of Colorado the cow v. idow.
Perish the man who would speak (.( her
with disrespect or dream that aught but com
plimei t if meant by tills sketch, I, who have
eaten her bread and drank milk many a time
a I rode up the Kocky Mountains at her
ranch, am tho laat man, now that ahe.had re
turned again from 1' ria and assumed tho reins
of social leadirahip fur tho fair of our land, to
do aught but honor her. Aud should this
ketch ho translated and published in the
Ktvur itt Dctit Month, others of my
ketches have been, I must lxg Monsieur to
translate it aitli ail consideration and respect
for this truly good lady; who really waa not to
blame that we all loved her well aud wooed
her ardently.
llow jealous Colonel Dill Williams waa of
herl Ha devoutly hoped and lie honestly be
lieved that his suit would be suivessful. 'And,
indeed, each man of ua tliyre hoped, in case ho
did not i;ct her himself, that tho Colonel
would come in on the homestretch tho winner
if the race, lit fact, it was really ncocary
that some like good fortune should overtake
him soon, lie had mines, it is true. He had
a thousand mines, rich mines, citeiuiu
nilms, marvelous!)' rich mines, according to
lilt own account of tlit.ni; but somehow he was
in debt head and ears, and could not sell oen
Ids richest mine for a ihango of raiment.
What Colorado inn er cannot testify to the
absolute and moat deploiable poverty of a
gent eman who hsa nothing in the world but
mine ol solid gold and siher!
The noble Colonel had n putmr in all his
enterprises, a little, pinched, npinity, half,
starved Dm tor, w I o had a uir of greasy pill
bags on hit arm and enonroiis spectacle oer
his muc. Tho nrnoua and anxious little
Doctor vttt perhaps tho oulv one of us there
who was lot wovtiig the wido-on his o-.ii
account, 1U t this gave him a double fivce to
work for h's paitiur. 'Huso two mi n, outside
in hvviiij, iii wimiw, nail cavil a purl!) Ill
life. The Coloi el's other sole aim iu life was
to tell sointlMHiy a mine make him swallow
his srcemnta if ita luane'ous giowtli. The
Doctor's purpose was to luako men swallow
his medicine.
Tha Coli ml w not e.rr well dressed,
Aud who of us was at that early day ! Per
haps it was this want of the wrJdiui; iMrmeiit
that made hi in to madly jealous of every I
strange or well-arranged gentleman who
chanced to approach the presence of the
coveted cow widow.
On this memorable night, as we waited for
her to descend to where we were an gamerca
to receive, ner in wast servcti m i-r twin,
prior and ball, the moon hung high and
bright, and horses were clumping their bits
at the rack, outside as u someuoeiy was con
templating a long, hard drive.
Suddenly the door opened and there timid
ly entered the most perfectly well-dressed
young man that bad ever aa yet set foot in
Leadviile.
But aa the cow widow was expected to
descend from the stairs, no one was looking in
the direction of the door, and the tall, well
dressed but pale and anxious young man
stood there timidly soliloquizing:
"Go West and grow up with the country.
I've come West, and, instead of growing up,
if I don't get a job or strike something soon
I'll starve; grow down with the country. But
I won't be bad. No I Why, before I'd lie
like a Colorado miner I'd die. In New York
1 had no money, hut I had pride, the real old
Livingston pride; landed in Colorado last
week, and have been hungry ever since.
Pride, yes. I have pride 1 I'll sink down to
rags and revolvers, a nickname and a slouch
hat. No I I, Richard Perch al Livingston, of
the city of New York, was born a gentleman,
bred a gentleman, and I believe a gentleman
can be a gentlemanjn Colorado aa well as in
New York. No 1 I'll hold my own in Col
orado."
The Doctor looked over his shoulder, and.
winking to the boys, merely said :
"A tendertoot.
, The Colonel at the first glimpse was furious
ly 'jealous, but, concealing his displeasure,
said i
"So it is. I'll aelrhim a mine I" Then ap
proaching, ;ho continued to the stranger:
"vVant to buya mine, trangeriJ"s -. t
"The' nafe' hesitating, handsome young man
modestly answered! ''''"1' ' '
r ''Yes, I I that iasiipposing the'transac
tiqn bc'one of commercial amity, In' deference
to to financial embarrassments, sir."
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"I mean if yon will sell me the mine on
time."
"Timet Boys, he wants time. Time)
Why we've got time enough for the whole
universe in Colorado! 'Bout the only tl ing
we have cot, eh, boys ? No, sir; we want the
perpsr sauce right i owr, and don't you fail to
record it."
"Well, no barm done, I hope. You offer to
ell a mine. I offer my terms. You decline.
No harm, sirl"
"Not a hit, stranger, and there's my hand.
I'm Colonel Bill William;, the stranger's
friend," and here he raised a hand to the side
of his mOitth, and said aside: "If I can sell
him a mine. This is Mr. Ginger, the friend of
the Indian Agent, the Hon. Mr. Snagley.
This is Dr. Bags, my pard, and the friend of
the, cow widder, the richest woman in Colora
do. He'll doctor you, or get you a job to herd
sheep. He's got a powerful influ'euce with the
widder."
Tho tall, timid stranger stood full an inch
taller as he walked inside and said to himself:
"The richest woman in Coloradol And a
widow. Widows will many. Now, here is a
wealthy widow. This wealthy widow must
and will marry. She will choewo among those
who surround her. Well, aa between these
men and myself," and h' iu he looked at his
clothes, "tho chances aro for you, Mr. Itich
aril l'i rcival Livingston. For, whatever hap
pens, I'll be a gentleman. No ragged clothes,
no revolver, no slouch hat, no nickname for
Richard Percival Livingston." Getting con
fidential, he turned to the Doctor and laid :
"Yea, I should like to know tho widow.
"You shall, you shall."
Tho Colonel looked dark for a second, and
shouted as ho slapped him on tho shoulder :
"You shall I What's your i amo 1"
The deep disgust of the tall youuo man at
this familiarity was only half concealed as he
answered : "My namo is Richard Percival
Livingston, of New York City."
The house nearly exploded with suppressed
hughter, and tho Colonel ngin brought his
liroid hand down on the man's shoulder, aud
shouted .
"All right. Dick; you Bhall know her. All
right, Slim Dick," and again he slappod the
breath out of him. While ihe tall, pale and
thoroughly disgusted )oung man was pullinp
himself together the thin, hntchet-faccd little
Doet ir squoaked in his ear as he dangled the
pill bagi on his arms :
"You look square, young man. Nothing
triangular or three-cornered 1 You'll do.
Slim Dick. But if ou didn't come to Colora
do to buy a miiiR, you came to Colorado for
your health, didn't you J"
"Yes I I yes. I caino to Colorado for
my health, I suppose,"
"Well, if you came to Colorado for your
health, you, of course, need a dootor."
The tall, palo young mini shrugged his ach
ing shoulders and muttered ande to himself -,
"Why, what does ho mean? But I see I've
got to humor him in order to get acquainted
with the widow." Then, turning to the Doe
tor, he said: "Well, yes. Doctor, of course,
and if I need medical advice I "
"Need it I You need it tho moment you ar
rive hero. It's whila gttting climated you
need a doctor Once clinutfl ou lite for
ever. Now, I'm tho (lector and the bosom
friend of the cow widow. And, by tho way,
I'll introduce you, Dick;" and here the little
soiieaky Doctor poked him familiarity iu the
run with
his thumb.
"Yes. nnd vu tako mv advice. Slim Diet.
employ tho Doctor, luidd yourself up, get
biceps like that and go for the widder;" and
lieio tho giant brought down the big right
hand with a force that almost cxtinguishi-d
the distinguished stranger.
"Let mo see your tonuue," rqutaki-d the
Doctor. The tongue came timidly torth. "Just
aa 1 expected. High living! Ceiatcd! Liv
in' too high. Been eatin' too much. That's
tho way with you young bloods. Kill your
si Ivi a eatin' w hen you first come here." And
w itliuut another word tho hatchet-faced little
Dootor goea to the bar, and (linger hauds him
his other li.;s, fr m which hu takes n small
paper of powders and hands it to Livingston,
saying; "Now you take this at once."
Tlio tall, pale gentleman started back and
trembled w hero ho stood : "Hut but ou
)ou may bo mistaken in thu ca.o and, aud "
".Mistalin in the case? 1 mistaken? 1 ou
insult mo, tir ! Take it I Take it at oueo !
Perfectly harmless."
"Well, if it ia perfectly harmless, I suppose
it will do no harm;" and tho tall, pale gentle
man shut his eyea and meekly swallowed it.
"Good !" ejaculated the little Doctor.
"Now a little somethin' to work it otf, and 1
will have you sound aa a rock. Ah! this high
lit in' ia a very dangerous thing. Ging-r, hand
me out my higgivt saddle bags." Ho takes
the lugs, put on another pair of glasses, and
unbuckles and take out a bottle.
The Colonel and tho Ictor conferred for a
moment as the former unbuckled the em m oua
saddle lug aud set down the bottle, ami then
the former came B)ly forward, and, again
lapping the shoulder, crieih "Yea. Dick.
yi it must seo that w idder ride. Why, she's a
eviueii iwrniy unlet at a iiasli ami dou t
tin n a hair. Her ranch ia twmty m lea up the
mountain. Pom to Paris! Ah, shea no
lout li I Drtasitl Well, she's the only n-d
ceipiwr bottom that exerlseeil in Colorado.
ami 'hero he leans and ipeakt close and con
fidentially "if I den't git lur I'd as soon
v it d have her as any man I know. Slim
Dick."
The tall, pale gentleman waa nearly knocked
out of his boots this time, and as he turned
away he muttered:'
"Ah! these vulgar fellows, with their nick
names and rude familiarity. But I won't
have it. I'm going to hold my own in Col
orado." "I ay, Dick, can you ridel" gayly cried the
Colonel, following him np.
"Ride? Yes. All gentlemen can ride."
"Bully ! Now I sort of suspect shell ask
you to go up to hir ranch. She's powerful
kind. And since she's been to Paris she kind
o' takes a shite to clothes, ye know. And
now if she does ask you to go you go. And if
you do go for to take that twenty-mile ride
you keep up with her."
"I say, Ginger, you got a tablespoon?" calls
the Doctor to the red-headed man at the bar.
No, but I've got a soup ladle somjwhere."
"Good! It will takn about four doses. He's
been livin' so high." And here the Doctor
takes aod examines the enormous ladle and
pours out something from the bottle, saying
to himielf: "Jest the thing I wanted."
"Yes, sir," continued the Colonel, gayly,
"she shook a fellow here laat year, a banker
at that, because he couldn't keep up with her.
If she aaks toil for to go with her just you fo,
and you keep up with her if it kills every hoss
she's got on the ranch."
Again hope blossoms in the heart of the
tall, pale gentleman, and while he disdains to
respond to the ulgar Colonel, he says cher
ily to himself : "111 go with her, I will woo
her, win her." Then, feeling better, he turned
to the Colonel and reached his hand, saying:
"I thank you, sir; I thank you with all my
heart. You are a little rough, but you seem a
frank, good fellow, and I hope we will be
friends. I am a stranger, and don't quite fit
in in Colorado yet. And, to tell you the
truth, I don't intend to 6t in altogether. No,
sir; I don't like nicknames, and I don't intend
to have one. I am going to hold my own in
Colorado."
The Doctor had put the cork in the big bot
tle and put the big bottle in the saddlebags,
and, with his glasses low down on his nose,
was now coining slowly forward from behind
with a big ladle full to the brim.
"Now, Mr. Slim Dick, if you'll jest take
this ero oil to w.ork off"
"Oil! Oil! Goed heavens 1 But I, I'm not
going to take that. I I "
"Oh, but you are going to take it, Slim Dick I
You see, your tongue's coated; too hiph livin';
I had to give you that ere powder to cut off
that coatin'. Of course I had to give you
eomethin' pretty strong. For youv'e been
a-livin' awful high. You know you have. So
you see, I put in a g"od deal of ass-seenic I
This has got for to work it off."
"But I protest ! I won't take it !" And the
tall, pale gentleman starts for the door.
Tho Doctor lett hand is clutched in the
tail of his broadcloth coat, and he turns him
round and squeaks in his ear: "Well, now,
look here, Dick, you will take it I Don't you
attempt for to le ive with thatoss-senic in you.
I've got my pcrfessional repertation to keep
up. J. don t want no corpse on my hands.
I've got my repertation to look after. Take
it."
"Oil, oil I Oh, if there is anything I hate!
No, never 1" Die Doctor peeks with his
sharp noso to the gi inning row of miners that
lean against the wall, and two come forward
and clutch his shoulders from behind.
"Good. Hold his hands I I'll hold his
nose." The Doctor tiptoes up, seizes the nose,
the ladle goes up, the head gees back, bah !
"There! You'll be climated now in in
well, very soon."
"I I I ought to murder yon," gasps and
gags tho stranger. "Keep it down, keep it
down," kindly insists tha Doctor. The Col
onel comes forward, and ag.iin slapping the
shoulders, shouts out gayly: "You said you
w ere poing to hold your own in Colorado. Do
it, Slim Dick. Doitorbust! Hello 1 here's
the widder now. "
Extravagantly dressed and followed by a
Chinese maid in native costume, the gorgeous
widow descends the narrrow stairs. The
queer little maid is loaded down with enor
mous fans in each hand and bundles under
her nrms, which she is constantly dropping,
and which tho widow i constantly picking
up, while the helpless littlo heathen closes
her ee.es and rocks to anil fro on her wooden
shoes, with her littlo feet set wide apert.
The tall pale man suppresses n rebellion in
Ilia staunch at sight of the rich and beautiful
widow, and each man against the wall as
sumes his most imposing attitude as Colonel
Bill Williams delivers the address of wel-
come :
"Welcome back from Paris ! Welcome
back to the sublime and auriferous regiona of
Colorado. Woliomo to this, tho club looms
of tho lioiust miners, of which I am tho hon
ored President Widow, j ou are welcome !
Gentlemen, this is the rose of tho mountain
and the lily of the valley. She shall never
die, nor wither, nor grow flat, or stale, or un
profitable or lint tne snouls ot wel
ci mio drown the eloquent address as the
mineiB crowd around.
"But I say, widder," iquoaks the Doctor,
as ho leads forward Livingston, who has
crossed his hands low down. "I want to pre
sent my dear young friend, Mr. Lie ingtton;
patient of mine, come to Colorado for his
health. Patient of mine, widder; a gentle
man and a patient of mine,"
Tho widow- answered merrily :
"Mr. Livingston, I am glad to feo you;
glad to kuow you; hope you're well " And
herd tho gorgeous widow shook his feeble
hand so heartily that it waa wtth the utmost
etlbrt ho kept down the rebellion in his stom
ach. "I set out to-night for a long, lively noon
light rido to my ranch. Colonel Bill Williams
hue cimh with me. It is cue unbroken grad
ual slope in the.Rocky Mountains," cried the.
spirited widow; "not a tree, not a s'one, not a
stump; all as It vel as this floor, and in this full
yellow harvest moon ns light ai d as lovely as
Paradise." Sho pauses, approaches, lays a
hand ou hia aim and tajs: "You w ill go?"
"She i beartiful." whispers the ravished
youth to himself ; "and my fortune is made.
Oh, thank you, nmlam 1 Thank you with all
my heart." He grasps her baud, he gags a lit
tle, but re'eotera with effort and cries, Kindly:
"With all my heait. I line the saddle."
"Thou ou shall have a hold and spirited
herse;" and again laiug a hand on his arm.
aud looking iu his face, the savs, close and
fondly ; "Aud it I dou t hud you at my tide,
alwas, to the end of the dash, even to my
gates, goexl.by. But if you are there! If jou
aro at my aide to the end lla!ha! ha!" And
her low sweet laugh was more than mortal
could r sist. "Madam, I thauk ou for this
opportunity to show how- devoted I can lie to
ou. At )our side alway! Madam, 1 will
le at your side to the last leap owr the plains
of Colorado, nnu to jour gates." Then, wliiln
the jealous Colonel ghtivd w ith rage, he bared
his pale face forward and w hipeied : "Ami,
madam, 1 would that I cculd ren am forever
at jour vide, even down to the gites of
death."
"Wo will know each other belter bv the
time wo reach my rarch, through twenty
mih a
Mlule the Colonel glare and confers hattily
aside ith his partner.
Then tie little Doctrr romra un and nulla
V lilt VUlillt, IIIUIIIIUID ttlfJ M 11IU V. i
at the lliH'eo of hia p-tient, who ituhisperiiig
e t e-oiiij liireuta to tho widow,
"My foitui.e It made iu Celorailo after all,"
a-iya thu tall, pale gentleman to himarlf,
"How he loe me at tint' tight," muunur
th whIoa, aa the turns to hide tier bluthea.
And still the Colonel jjarvt, and tho little
Doctor tug at the sleeve of the hated rival.
"All ready !" roar a rough voice through
the half-opened door, through which three
plendid and restlesa horses are seen champing
their bits and stamping fret fully as the man at
the door holds stoutly to the reins.
A moment more and the three are mounted,
(, hnraea' hfA am turned to the Rocky
Mountains, and they bound away like the
wind. The air is sweet and strong, full of life,
like wine. The moon baa sown the road with
ilr Vnt m. word for the first five miles.
Oh, the g'ory of a ride like that I Speech at
tnch a time is profanity.
At laat, after nearly ten miles, the horses
heiran to slacken Dace trom exnausuon. eue.
n. Fi v,. in.t at the rnu-filn nl his great Snan-
'h emir, in tn broad cinch in order to push
his horse, and his fortunes too, with the
arwlnnr urhon 11 low. dftTl rumbling SOUnd
was heard directly ahead, and the Colonel
strod up in his stirrups. The plain was
black before a moving, billowy, bellowing
moss that was rolling directly upon the
doomed riders. Ho alone saw and understood
the terrible doom that was theirs. To the
right ? To the left ? Fly before this billowy
sea of buffalo? You had oa well attempt to
flank or flv before the Atlantic Ho laid his
bnd nn the widow's rein, checked her horse,
aod pointed to the peril ahead. There was
at first a pang of bitterness, then a sense of
grandeur as he reined Livingston's horse at
her side. As the living sea rolled down to
engulf them he bade them stand c ose and
till together, 'then drawing a pistol he
spurred on in front, aod, springing to the
ermnnd waited there to die for her he loved.
He did not have to wait long. The earth
trembled. A moaning Bound came with the
surging mass. He oould bear them breathe.
An unpracticed man would have said he could
sec their black eyes shine as they rolled down
upon him. But that which glistened in the
vast tranquil moon was the bright, crooned
little horns of the hairy monsters; their eyes
were closed utterly; else they had been
blinded bv the dust. The horses stood trem.
Ming, pa i a jy zed with .terror at the awful
sight and sense of death. The man dropped
to his knee and brought his heavy pistol to
rest on his right arm as be telt their oreatn in
hia face. A flash 1 auothcr ! and another 1 and
then horse, man, monster, the three rolled in
the dust together, an indistinguishable mass.
But the herd divided as against a rock and
rolled aw,iy to right aod left, not even touch
ing the two that still sat their trembling
horses.
The officers and soldiers in chase came up
soon after, and compelling the widow and her
companion to dash ahead at once to the ranch,
lest a calamity might overtake them, drew
the bleeding and broken and senseless man
from out the dust, where he lay wedged iu
between the two dead animals. They bore
him to the military camp on the plain below,
How things whirl around in Colorado? It
is a windy land. Livingston, too, becamo a
great miner of Colorado. He borrowed two
six-shooters, and ascending to tho summit of
a mountain, located a mine' Before he had
been three months in Colorado he was heard
boasting in a bar room that he had discovered
that mine by seeing the solid silver flashing in
the morni gsun, or knocking its silver helmet
against the morning star, as he tended the
cow widow's cattle ten thousand feet below!
It was late in the summer before poor, bravo
old Color el Bill camo forth erawling snd drag
ging on his crutches.
flip squeaking little partner bad been all the
tin.c at his side, and every morning at his
bedside a great heap of flowers and Colorado
roses was to bo found. But no woman's face
had beamed in upon him as he lay there in
the gloomy barracks save only that of Madge,
the half Indian girl, a strange, wild creature
belonging to neither race, and shuttle-cocked
to and fro between them, now a nurse, now a
guide, but always a friend to the suffering.
The broken-up old Colonel had never
spoken of tho widow. Thought ot her?
What else had he to think of?
"Pard, where do you get 'em?"
"Get what?" '
''Them rotes that's been a comin' all sum
mer as regular as the sun."
"Get 'em? I elou't get 'cm. Got somethin'
better than posies to tend to; got my doctorin'
to do; guess it's Madge."
"Ah, guess it is," sighed Cotonol Bill as he
aim tiled his crutches together and again fell to
thinking how Livingston was having it all his
own way with the cow widow.
Suddenly one morning the whole country
around came pouring into the pos. The In
dians, it was reported, had broken out, and
settlers and mincsp were fleeing for their
lives.
Livingston was among the first to fly from
his ii ountam of silver for protection, ile en
tered the stockade puthng and blow ing, loaded
down with bis pistols, overshadowed by an
immense slouch hat, without band or crown.
and the raggedest man in the mires.
"Indian war 1" he said to himself. "Driven
at last from my mine of immense wealth.
Everybody rushing into the stockade to escape
the Indians. Why, hello Madge ! Glad to
see you 1 Going back to the reservation, 1
hear. I hope you'll try and fit in to tho reservation-
That's best, you see. No use a
bucking against it. Ah, if my Jerrtsha in
New Yoik could seo me now 1 I am rich now,
Madge. I try to conceal it, to that I might
not bo rpbbcd. But I am rich immensely
rich I" and he spread his hands over his
patches.
"Why, Mr. Livings'on!" cried the merry
widow, entering tho stockade as Madge lett
it. "I thought you w ere up in the mountains
at w oik in your great mine.
"Widow, you may well say great mine.
For great mine it is. And I am rich, very
very very rich."
"0, I'm so glad of it. You will be so happy
now. I congratulate vou with all mv heart.
With youth and health and wealth, how can
you help but be hapnv!'1
"Happy? No I will never be happy atrain,
never, never bo happy again, unless unlets
"Why, Mr. Livingstone, unless what!"
"Ah, madam, white toilius awav un there
in my great mine, there in my mountain of
wealth, that flashes its silver sheen in the
shining moon, that knocks its helmet against
tne mominc atar
"Ah, Mr. Livingston."
"Yes. madam, while toilins un there mv
heart was here. At last I could endure it no
longer, ard today I dropped my pick while
prying off a brick ot silver, and came to tli o
myself at your feet. I offer jou all that
wealth. AIM The whole maintain I I don't
want it."
"Oh! Mr. Uvings'on."
"lie mine I" And holding hit ptches, he
fell upon his knee. "This it my drat love."
(Then he moaned aide: "What a liar I've got
to bet iu Colorado ! If Jerusha could see me
now J") "This ia my first, my latt, my only
love, lie mine !"
Merrily the little woman laughed as the
ragged man arose from Itefore her and a Un
entered with a me-sage.
"From herl Krom, the one woman I love;
and I ought to have received it weeks ago !"
And Liwng.ton read eag rly :
Dkak KlCHAKii i Come hack at once.
Father it in Kuiope, ud mother it willing.
Money no object, Ceiue. Youm, JiF.r.-ou.
"Stiuck it at lMt in Coloiado 1 Stop, bo !
mere must Le an autwtr. not any paper,
boy f Well, lend u e ur peucil, then. And
tearit'g eff a raoer cult, he wrote very
rapidly I
Mv Pfar, I)ar Jrr.rsiu t Yours finds
me deep in my silver mine, "The Jerusha."
Am running cross tunnel to tap tha silver
level, where we hope to find the silver in a
liquid state flowing through all iti dips and
spurs and angles. At present we are in solid
silver, and find it hard to work. My dear,
dear. Jerusha, how constant I have been to
you heaven and the shining stars of Colorado
only know.
"Take that, boy. Take it and fly I Stop !
I must add a postscript." And again he
wrote:
My Dear, Dear Jkbusha : Telegraph me
$500 to the City Bank of Denver. This solid
silver is so hard to cut off that I may be de
layed an hour or two, and I would not spare
one aweet moment from you.
"Go ! Pay at the other end. I follow with
the next soldiers for Denver."
The Doctor came forth from the barracks,
pob'shing his specs on a corner of his coat-tail,
aud coriliall wi loomed the widow.
'But.Colonel Bill; how is he?"
"Better, better. All the time betten But
broken up. Whe he's got more joints in his
legs than a lobster."
"And does he tell me dreshe ever speak
of me ?"
"Speak of jou? Why, when we first
brought him in here well, he didn't speak of
anything else But he was out of lus head
then; didn't know what he was about, you
see."
"But now ? Don't he speak of me now ?"
"Not now, widder. You see, when he got
up on his crutchis and got a good look at
himself and seed how he was smashed up-
well, after that he didn't never speak of
you any more.
"Didn't speak of roe any more after he
saw how he waa broken np ?"
"Never anv more."
"He ought to know that I want him to
to know that 1 am grateful, grateful.
That I I I want him to come to the ranch
and look after my cows."
Tho Doctor stopped polishing the glasses
with the corner of his coat and gave a long,
low whistle to. himself. Then he turned
straight about, went into the barracks and
brought out his partner on his crutches, mut
tering to himself as they came : "Now, old
pard, don't put it that way. If she loves you
if she loves you why, why, she loves you,
smashed up or no smashed np,"
"But I I'm all gone to pieces, and in this
little time my head's got as white as the
snow upyondei."
"Well, what of that ?"
"What of that? Why, I won't blight her
sunny life with the few cnitly days that I've
got left. No, I won't tell her I love her."
"And why won't you tell her vou love
her?"
"Because I do love her 1"
"You saved mv life I" cried the widow.
eace'lv meeting him
"Widdi-r, there s a mistake. I don't like to
lie to you'or let you believe a lie. Ycu know
you was blinded by the dust and couldu t
quite see."
"Yes, but I saw enough to know that it
was you who saved my life. "
-wiuaer, i it was noil mat saved you.
You was blinded and couldn't see. It was nit
I, not I.':
"Not you?"
"No; it was the soldiers. Ha, ha ! It was
that handsome officer, widder. But, widder.
H a good in you; but there s some mistake. I
I was sick a long time, widder. I lav on mv
back there bandaged like a mummy a long
"And I from my ranch sent every day to
ask how you were. And every day with my
own hand I gathered flowers for your bedside
and sent them ten miles to you every
morning."
"Oh, I thought it was Madge. Well,
Madge, she came and sat by my bedside, any
how. "And it was good in her."
'Yes, that was it. It was good in her. And
I I liked her for it."
"You you liked her for it? Why, yes, of
course you did."
"Yes. I I loved to have her, and I
learned to love her, and I love her now."
"You love her now ? You love her now ?
Why, thi n. I wish you well. I hope she will
love you as as I love you."
The strong man's frame trembled with a
great emotion. There was a gleam of delight
in his eyes not seen there since the night of
the dreadful ride. He let oro hia crutches
and the great bands rested on the little
woman's shoulders as he said softly :
"Widder, not that. I don't ask vou tn
love me. A man who truly loves a woman
don't never ask to be loved. He only asks of
heaven, and of her, permission to love."
And I
enve vou nermisainn " anflwrrf.il
the brave little lady; and the grizzled old
miner knew his fortuno and his happiness
were secure.
A New Kind of Lard.
The South is to have anew industry, which
is nothing more nor less than the manufao
ture of cotton seed oil. The Southern Culti
vator thus sings the praises of this new pro
duct of King Cotton: Refined cottonseed
oil is everything that can bj desired as a sub
stitute for lard or other animal fats for culi
nary operation. For frying fish, for shorten
ing bread, cake and crusts, for making gra
vies,, and so on, it is even superior to lard,
imparting no unpleasant flavor or odor what
ever; in a word, bringing no unsatisfactory
results, dietary or otherwise; but on the other
hand, making lighter and better bread, cakes
and crusts than could be made with lard, and
proving decidedly more digestible, to say
nothing of being considerably cheaper. A
paund of cotton seed oil, costing the consumer
not more than twelve cents under the most
unfavorable circumstances, will go fully aafar
in a culinary way, as a pound and a half of
laru. when a pan ot steak has been fried
with it, the oil not absorbed hy the steak may
be poured back into the can and used again
at another time, being just as clean and pure
as before it was put over the fire. There is
something about it which rrevents a umou
with animal imparities. As a consniucrce of
all this it ia commit rapidly into use, and tho
sooner it gets fully into use the better for the
people, undoubtedly. A popular Southern
writer, treating on the tame subject, says :
"When it has gone into general ute, which is
only a question of time, there will no longer
exist an excuse for writing as an epitaph over
the grave of departed Southern vigor, 'Died
game of the f ryiog-pan. ' "
And the strange sto y of cotton seed, the
coming wonder, cannot be j-ermitted to stop
even here. The chemist has reccutly discov
ered a meant of converting cotton seed oil into
a substitute for butter; an erticlo far supe
rior to the bctt oleomargarine ever made, and
cheaper. It fills all the otlicesof butter, both
for culinary and table use, and is coming rap
idly iuto (tneral favor, as it teems to give
entire tatia'action wherever tested. And here
we pause to await the next ttep.
Oregon Railway anil Narlg
tlon Company.
OCEAN
DIVISION.
Betweca
Frauds anal rarllaaf.
tsaTlng Baa FrancUcoatlOA
Columbia.
Sep.
Oct. .
Oct...
Oo28..
leave Portland at laX oMoclc, ifldnlght.
Sept
8ept lTISept .Til
Oct
Oct
Oct
Oct 23
Oct 11 pet 1 1
RIVER AND RAIL DIVISIONS.
I State of Qneen
Oregon. California, ot the pad.
Spt MlSept r
--Oct Sept m
October... 18 Oct... u
October... 80.. Oct "
Jnly lrt. 1888.
Leave Portland j j j
for Hon. Tnea.Wed.Thnrrrl.
Dalles and Upper I
Columbia..... 9 AM 9 AM 9 AM 9 Ail 9 A if
Astoria and Low
er Columbia... 6 AM 8AM 1 'II 6AM6AM
Dayton 7 AM 7 AM 7AM
Salem SAM 6AM
Victoria, B.C.... 6 AM 6 AM 6 AM
Sat.
SAM
9 All
Through Tickets sold ty all points In the UnlM
State', Canada and Europe.
Pullman Palace Cars running between BonnerllU
Wll Will., tnd Ttartnn. '""ilia,
A. L. MAXWELL,
Ticket agent O. R. & N. Co.
JOHN MUIR,
Snpcrlntcndent of Traffic
C. H. PRESCOTT,
Manager
RAILROAD LANDS.
Liberal Terms,
Low Prices,
Long Time,
Low Interest.
OREGON AND CALIFORNIA RAILROAD COMPART
OFFER THEIR LANDS FOR SALE UPON TBI
following liberal terms: One-tenth of the prirt
In cash; Interest on the balance at the rate of terra pir
nan. nrtm v& affaw aala anil aanl. IhIIi.bIm .
WMV vu ,m wan., ehhv, ... na,u IVIIU.IU JW OBf
tenth ot the principal and Interest on the balance at tbi
rate of seven per cent per annum. Both principal
Interest payable In U. S. Currency.
A discount of ten per cent will be allowed for cash
Letters should be addressed to
PAUL SCHULZE, Land Aj-ent,
t8 O. at O. R. R.. Portland. Or err n
THE NEW SILE NTM. 8.
No Shuttle toThretdl
Makes thoLock Stitch!
Embroiders, Darns,
(Mends, Letters,
and
makes Insertion,
Sews on Buttons with
out any attachment.
Lightest running and moBt durable Machine!
in the World.
One of these will Outwear any two Shuttle
Machines, and a child can manage it.
EVERY ONE Wno TRIES IT IS DELIGHTED.
Husbonls who wish to save doctor's bills and
their wives' health, buy it
The beat or all kinds or Needles and Ollt
Always oa hand
MACHINES REPAIRED AND WORK WARRANTED
Wheeler & Wilson Manuf 'g Co.,
88 Morrison St., Portland.
E. . NEWELL, Manager.
Orders for tho country filled promptly.
nov4-lv
D.
M. GUTHRIE,
Dallas, Polk' County, Or.
.BREEDER
rURE BLOOD
French, Spanish and American
Merinos, nl&o Cotswohls.
All bred strictly pure and i epante. Fi om the best
imported Hocks on the co-t, A portion of them are
from the famous French flock of J. D. Patterson, of
New York, and ItBUceof fiilifornli, and Imported,
from Europo by James Roberta. (Ily Spanish ars
descendants from Rams and Ees Imported from New
Yoik, Vermont, California and France; from the flocka
of Hammond, Rockwell, Saxo & Son., ana equal to
anj In the uorld.)
3"Speclm-ne of ool front mv sheep on hand.
All Inquiries answered by Letter. Call on
and vault both sheep and wool.
D. M. GUTHRIE,
TELESCOPES
JfteroeeMMt. Oimm a&ua.
MoflMfrf, and ComjMUMit.
OPKwciw, -aKwvai.rrr., 3 An
H. fc J. BECK,
Philadelphia, Pa.
Priced Catalogue.
tar-Band fnr llHiil
niTJOtitldana.
nruatnuedFrli
FANCY GOODS.
MRS. L. ARNOLD.
HAS JUST OPENED A LOT OF FANCY GOODS
of all kinds at 31 Third Street, between Wash
ington and Alder, Portland. She makes a epecialty of
Ladies and Children, underwear whlehshe will mak
to order on short notice. Any one from the country
sendimr may be sure of fair treatment. Infants ward
robea made, pricta acoonlln? tAnti.utv ami .,nan,if
At tnese times it Is much cheaper to buy cotton wear
man to naie Itmaile at riome. unlm tha.
here is plenty
01 neip.
aurzsu
II. CARPENTER, M. I.
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
(Uta ot Salem.)
Office np ataln. X. W. Corner ot 2d and Morrison St
PORTLAND OREGON.
Will practice In Portland and surrounding eonntir.
ausl-tf
Celebrated Horse Shoeing
SHOP.
Hi Second street, bet, SJmon and Main.
J01IX Mr A V OLE, .... FBOPHIETOB,
All Ho: ?b Entrusted to my care will
be kindly treatetl.
INTERFERING AM) OVER-REACIIING STOPPED
or money refunded. Satisfaction reiannteed.
CORNS
Cored without
rain or Bon.
nd.irj-oa.wlU
BUNIONS
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?Xl J? off "try time. Try It Prine itaei by mall,
auo. TM s-enulD put np la yellow wrppr and maun.
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