The government is more trustful o f STEAM ER ------------- ° ......... T. T. Geer. etary ■at S'ate ..............F. I. Dunbar. aurar................. .............. F. S. Moore. ;. Public Instruction J. H. Ackerman ber rear-oM tti p a ia « l a •<>n s U p a llo n lo a d oc h is io o o u ld a o l [d re n o f h i s w h a I ha n o t a ffra a Ho w as th in rffron c o lo r . In f a v o r o f T a b u la« n o « r y o u n g s te r . )wcl» a r e I n la in « o f h la od bo y . T h ia m s T a b a l« « , ly o n e ( fro m log t o direo» VV. h a i u n rusf Genera' D. R. N. Blackburn ( ..................R. 8 . Bean ..........F. A. Moore em eC ourt - ,. C. E. Wolverton 6 Second D istrict. .J . W. Hamilton scatútg A tto rn ey .. Geo. M. Brown C O U N T Y O F F IC E R S - ..........H. R. Kincaid. I .................... J .R . Hill ntMÛanera 5 ............ H . D. Edwards c .. . . . . . . . . . . ..................... E- U . Lee ..................... W. W . Withers rarer.......................... A. 8. Patterson ner.......................... D. P. Burton ol Superintendent . .. ,W . M. Miller e y e c .J .s ...................... C. M. Collier Ber............... .......... O. Wz Griffin ce-s( P e a c e ..................C. H. Holden ___G. C. Cunipton now fo r «ala *0 th e itz ra o o o r Ove senta, liq u o r «tor«« R i CITY OFFICERS. r i(A E M o ..................... Marion Morris E. A. Evans, rd sg Trustees, ( L. Christensen. 1 * J . C. Phelps O. W. Hurd G g£. Cunipton z' weight resting upon rffiz you. you can’t throw r oft this feeling. Y ou I ■ are a slave to your work, i ” Sleep fails, and you are on the verge of nervous exhaustion. What is to be done? Take *K Prairie Hotel. -th r e e M il e s W e s t Eugene. C E N E AND IR E N C E IE ROUTE. T h ere w a« • g a rd e n p lac « W h e re in , m e th o u g h t, th e r e b io tto m e d e v e ry ffraoe T h a t m a n m ig h t c ra v e to lo o k u p o n —h e r fac e I A nd, a h , t h e g o ld e n «tor« Of heart« ea» e t h a t i t b r o u g h t m e ! T h a t la o ’er Since o th e r w a r d ’t l s t u r n e d fo re v e rm o re . I s h a ll g o d o w n th e year«, ('■roping t h r o u g h s te rile hope« a n d c ro w d in g fears, To d a r k lin g s o litu d e to o d e e p fo r te a rs . —C lin to n S c o lla rd In H a rp e r'« B a z a r. A Maid to Order. of Mrs. Caulklngton, nud I tremble before the glare of her lorgnettes. You enn make my excuses to Mrs. Caulk­ lngton nud tell her that I w as obliged to go Into the city on pressing busi­ ness.” It seemed an Injustice that Gertrude should not be there to witness the suc­ cess of the occasion for which they had all worked so hard. The older girls reasoned, pleaded, rep­ resented, but Gertrude stood firm. Mrs. Cnulklngton’s critical eyes were already boring holes In the drnwlng : room furniture, and tho luncheon hour -A N D RETURN.- was but three minutes In the future. ▲ Story T ou ch in g on the S erv­ Isabel, In her prettiest silk waist, L e a v e s M a p le t o n a t 7 A .M . an t Q uestion. • was arranging the oyster plates upon L e a v e s F lo r e n c e a t 2 P. M. E. B angs, P r o p rie to r . the table preliminary to ushering their O n S U N D A Y S l e a v e s M a p le t o n a t 8 A . M . guest into the dining room. Stage leaves! E u g en e for F lor­ a n d F lo r e n c e a t 3 P . M The table w as charming. The pearly Suddenly a purling of gingham skirts en ce d a ily ex cep t Sunday a t (i a, m. expanse of darnnsk that Infolded it brushed the silence of the place, and a A rr iv es a t F lo ren ce th e day fol­ w as one of the Misses Dormond's most soft voice sounded in Isabel's ear. lo w in g at 10 a. m. THE STEAM ER “If yo’ please, miss,” said tho voice, treasured possessions, saved out of a R etu rn in g sta g e le a v es F loren ce “Miss Gertrude done send me. I am general wreck of family fortunes. for F u g e n e d a ily ex c ep t S unday at | de maid to ordah.” The old fashioned silver, of those In­ a t 2 p. in. A rriv es in E u g en e at 0 i “Good gracious!” shrieked Isabel un­ imitable patterns which no modern der her breath. She started buck, the p. m . th e day follow in g. shop can supply, gleamed like Irregu­ oyster plnte In her baud narrowly es­ W ill carry fre ig h t and passengers For fifty years it has larly shaped planets at Intervals across caping culamlty. been lifting up the dis­ from F loren ce to San F rancisco. S in g le fare - the cloth. - _ - 5.00. She snkl “Good gracious” onco more, couraged, giving rest to Moreover, a daffodil bulb cherished and very fervently, when she turned, R ou n d trip - - - - 9.00. W ill also bring up freig h t the overworked, a n d In window sill warmth had obligingly for there, not a yard from her side, T ick ets for sa le a t E . B an gs’ bringing refreshing sleep thrown out a handful of blossoms. w aiting to be assigned to her duties, . . . *** . . . liv e r y barn, E u g en e, and a t O. W . to the depressed. This pot, sheathed In yellow tissue pa- stood the most desirable of colored F or further in form atiou in qu ire H u rd ’s office in F loren ce. p?r, made a thoroughly attractive cen­ waitresses. No other Sarsaparilla terpiece. - OF — approaches it. In age She was tall, well poised and, bar­ A ll through freight on th e stage “It Is simply lovely,” said Winifred, ring her skin, a strikingly handsome and in cures, “ A yer’s ” is eith er w ay betw een E u g en e aud A. W. BEADLE & CO. with a little slglt o t relief und satisfac­ young woman. Her pink gingham “ the leader cf them all.” M apleton, w ill be charged at the tion. “I shan’t be la the least afraid I gown fitted to perfection and closely 22 Market St. It was old before other rate o f tw o cen ts per p ound during to have Mrs. Caulklngton's eagle eye i resembled one worn by Gertrude for sarsaparillas were born. San F ran cisco, C alifornia. th e m ouths of October, N ovem ber, turned upon It, even though you are a , mornings ou the porch. Her dainty $1.53 a boil io. Ail druggists. D ecem ber, Ja n u a ry , February, candidate for her secretaryship, Isabel, | rutiled apron wus strikingly like one A yer’s Pills aid the ac­ and so much does depend upon making ■ which Isabel herself wore while sew- M arch and A p r il, and one cent pet- tion of A yer’s Sarsapa­ a good Impression.” ( lng. Perched saucily In her black, rip­ pound d uring th e m owths o f May, rilla. They cure bilious­ “The house couldn't fall to make a ply hair she wore a bit of u cap, which, J u n e , J u ly , A u g u st and September. ness. 25 eta. a box. good Impression,” Isabel broke in. “It when examined at close range, seemed •' I h a v e u s e d A y e r ’s m e d i c i n e « f o r Is clean and sw eet and old fashioned to be nothing more than a tuft of white m o r e t h a n 40 y e a r s a u d h a v e s a i d from top to toe. One can’t say that a lace cleverly pinned. fro m th e v e ry e ta r t t h a t y o u m a d e N O T A R IE S . t h e b u s t m e d i c i n e s in t h e w o r l d . I house has a toe. There’s Just one Isabel took a second look nt her new a m s u re y o u r S a r s a p a r illa s a v e d m y thing lacking. I do wish we had a acquisition and dropped into a chair, l i f e w h e n I f i r s t t o o n i t 40 year® a g o . a m n o w p a s t 70 r n d a m n e v e r good maid to wait on the table. 1 hate laughing weakly. A. R. BUTTOLPH, i th o u t y o u r m e d ic in e s .” those embarrassing breaks In a home F r a n k T u o n a s , I ’. M ., “Miss Gertrude done send me, miss,” J a n . 24,1899. E n o n , K a n s a s. luncheon where the hostess Is obliged the maid repeated softly, "an she said u K'r//o t h * O o c t o r . to cut off In the middle of a sentence fo’ yo’ to Jest go set In de pariah an y o u h a v e a n y c o m p .a i n t w h a t e v e r * and bolt into the kitchen to bring the leave all de servin to me.” d e s i r e t h e b«-«t m e d i c a l a d v ic e y o u N p o s s 'b iy r e c e iv e , w r it e t h e d o c to r , broiled squab course to table.” “Oh, Gertrude, Gertrude!” gurgled Is­ Y ou w ill r e c e i v e a p r o m p t r e - O regon F lo r a o e , I th o u t c o s t . A d d r e s s . “Yes. That’s alw ays wretchedly em­ abel. “What nonsense won’,; that child D r . J . C. A Y L R , L o w ell. M a n , barrassing," Isabel agreed. “It’s hard­ attempt?” MARON M 3RRIS er ou the guests than the hostess too. The luncheon w as faultlessly served. P u ll m a n However, there's no help for IL We Never w as waitress quicker, lighter, ’ don’t keep a maid, and this suburb Isn’t softer, more all seeing, more grnceful. S le e p in g C a r s T O N S Q R IA L - P A R L O R . a place where you can Und a girl to Even the critical Mrs. Caulklngton E le g a n t call In for a day at a time. It's a pity, w as Impressed. F L O R E N C E .-- - OREGON but it can’t be helped.” Afterward, when the luncheon party D in in g C a rs “What Is a pity, but can’t be helped?” had adjourned to the drawing room, the T o u r is t demanded the youngest Miss Dorinond, guest deliberately led around to the M A R IO N M O RR IS, P p o p k i e t o h . who plrouctte-J Into the room Just In subject of domestics. S le e p in g C a r s time to hear the last half o f the sen­ “Do you find It as hard to get good > T . RAUL tence. girls In the suburbs as we do in the * M IN N E A P O L IS “lsubel and I were lamenting that we city?” she asked. "I Imagine not, for didn't have a maid to servo the lunch­ that young waitress of yours Is perfec­ D U L U TH __________ Sh avin g and H aircutting neatly eon, Gertrude. We were saying how tion Itself.” Of Eugene, Oregon FARG O desperately embarrassing It Is for a “Well, good girls are very scarce and prom ptly done. O R A N D FO N KS hostess to Jump up to remove the plates here,” answered Isabel, “and I've no TO 11' O RO O KSTO N Razor Honing and Scissors Grlnd- after a course and to bring the next doubt we’d have endless trouble If we course to table.” bad to change. But, you see, wo have W IN N IP E G log a sp ecia lty . ”1 never thought of that,” Gertrude raised Anna ourselves. She knows our acquiesced In a disappointed tone. own w ays and suits us perfectly. We’ve H K L K N A »“<1 "Our entertaining has alw ays been so had her for more than ten years. I * ■UTTK Informal we’re likely to make the know she’ll never leuvo us—unless, of G e n e ra l B a n k in g B u sin e ss guests ctuinge the plates and bring In course, she marries and has a home of Transacted on Favorable Terms W ashington Street, Florence, Oregon. the courses from the kitchen them­ her own.” TO selves. But It’s true, as you say, that OHICAQO “My dear girl, you simply have a D r a f ts I s s u e d o n t h e p r in c i p a l c it i e s o f th e kind of thing won’t do when we’re en­ treasure,” cried tho visitor, with W A S H IN G T O N U n ite d S ta te s a n d f o re ig n c o u n tr ie s . tertaining Mrs. Caulklngton. She’s so warmth. "If I were In your place, I I n t e r e s t a l l o w e d o n D e m a n d C e r t if ic a t e s o f P H IL A D K L P H 1 A critical that her eyes burn holes In would shiver nt the very thought of anything they fall on. We woul«ln’,t losing her. Aud, do you know, since D e p o s i t w h e n l e f t s t a t e d p e r io d . N t W Y O RK mind her little peculiarities If she were I’ve seen how perfectly your little table C o l l e c t io n s r e c e i v e n u r p r o m p t a t t e n t io n . • « B o th m y «T! BO RTONANO A LL merely an acquaintance, but If Isabel IS Is nrranged and served I'm really afraid A K E T S a n d th e y » r e th e b eat n a lr iK CA C i t y a n d C o u n t y W a r r a n ts b o u g h t . m e d f c Cll in o w o h a v e o v e r h a d i n t h o h o u s e . L e s t | e(,lng to demand a big. fat salary she of w hat Miss Isabel will think when PO INT » KA R T »nd S O U T H «rn«vlr m .. nrlFn ww n fwa-vtlz» verity* Itikn/ifryhn fn p n o ■ w o e b m y w if e w a s f r a n t i c w i t h l ie u d a c h e f o r W .E . BR O W N , D . A . P A IN E , must make a big, fat Impression. 1 m she comes to me In the city. I hope tw o d a y s, s h e trie d s o m o o f y o u rC A S C A H E T S , Fnr I n fo r m a tio n , t im e c a r d s , m a p * a n d t le k a t i P r e s id e n t. V ic e P r e s i d e n t . a n d th e y r o llo v e d th o p a in h i h e r h e a d a lm o s t sure Mrs. Caulkiugton would cut her | you w ill close your eyes to a number of e tc ., c a ll o n o r w r ite im m e d ia te ly . V ie b o th r e c o m m e n d C a s c a r e t* ." P .W . O SBU R N , W .W . BR O W N , down half If »he knew how poor we are I things In my housekeeping. Miss Isa- C itA 3 . S i E n n r o ii D , C a s h ie r . A s s ’t C a s h ie r . P i t t s b u r g S a f e & D e p o s i t C o , P i t t s b u r g , P a . [ and how badly we need that aeeretary- M c M urphey , ! bel.” ! ship. Something must be done.” G e u e r a l  g e n t . K o o r a i 2 a n d 4, S h e l t o n B l o c k , W A N T E D — A C T I V E M A N O K G O O D C H A K A C “Oh, I am not critical. Mrs. Caulklng- C A N D Y “Gertrude, dear, you know perfectly t e r t o d e l i v e r e n d r o l l e d i n O r e g o n , f o r o ld E U G E N E , OREGON ! ton,” laughed Isabel. “And every one C A T H A R T IC e s ta b lis h e d in a n iif a e tu r tiie w h o le s a le h o u se . I well that nothing can be done. There | knows how bard It Is to get maids like F>00n y e a r . s u re p a y . H o n e s ty m o re t li a n e x p e r i A- D CH A R LTO N , ' are only tw o hours left, and In any case Anna nowadays.”—What to Eat. e n e e r e q u i r e d . O u r r e f e r e n c e , a n y h a n k in a n y A u l i u n t G en eral P a sse n g e r A g e n t, c i t v . E n c l o s e s e l f a d d r e s s e d s t a m p e d e n v e lo p e . you can’t secure a girl here In the coun- 255 M o r r is o n S t ., C o r ., 3 d . M a n u f a c t u r e r s , T h i r d F l o o r , 831 D e a r b o r n S t., i try to come In for Just one day.” . e a le c le d D r y d e n . P o r t l a n d , O r-. C h i c a g o . “I know that, but wlilsht, my dear! Notwithstanding Lowell's high praise l An Idea dawns In ray bralnl Let It of Dryden's prose works and the accu­ r mature!” sation he brings ngnlnst literary plun­ “An Idea for what? For getting ns a derers of this magnate of letters 200 P l a a a x n t . P r i n t a b l e . P o t e n t. T a s t e G ood. G o o d , N o v e r H ic k e n , W e n k e n . o r G r ip e . 10c, 26c. SOc. W. H . WEATHERSON, JOHN O. BECK, ■ maid?” years ago, few people except scholars ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Florence, Oregon. “Yes, my dear—a ready maid, so to now ever open Dryden’s essays, though Ft. Terrace, Oregon. BtFrlln« R*n»(tr CmnpRRr» Chlraff«* Montr»«L X«* T ort. 117 I speak.” they are well worth careful perusal r a n fon d I p .n il d r a g ­ "Silly! D o you think Isabel and I and study, In spite of S w ift’s malicious HO-TO-BAG B e i o s ld t a s t o u d C t L n a 111». T o b á c e o H a b it. have time to w aste upon your vapor- and w itty lines: i logs?” n - a d a ll th o proforoo o f Dryd'-n, 1 W A N T E D .—( '« p n h l e , r e l i a b l e p e m o n i n e v e r y “A ready maid—no, a maid to order! F o r th e * , o u r c r i t i c , m u c h co n fid e In, c m i n t v t o r e p r e s e n t l a r v a c o m p a n y o f « o lid i Don’t talk to me for three minutes. T h o u g h m e re ly w r i t a t firs t fo r fillin g I T o r a is e t h e v o lu m e ’« p r ic e a th tl li n g . f iU H n e ia l, r e p u t a t i o n ; |9 3 6 « a la r y p e r y e a r , p a y a * feel the Idea grow In my cerebrum, and M e w e e k l y : f 3 j»er d a y a b f l o l n te l y »nr»» a n d a l l There Is truth as well ns w it In this It really Is a good one.” ■ e x |» e iiH e e ; H trni*rlit, b o n a fid e , d e f i n i t e w nln ry , n o The young lady sat down In the little characterization, for Dryden was In I e n m m ia a io n ; s a la r y p a id e a c h S a tu r d a y a u d e x - i oaken window seat and burled her face sonic respects but n literary buck, al­ i penae m o n ey a d v a n ce d each w eek. H T AN DARD though a man of genius. But. being a In her hands. ■ H O U S E ,: D k a r h o h !« h t ., C h i c a g o . 41 I I ! Three minutes later she sprang np genius. It w as Impossible for him to write anything, however carelessly and D o Y o u W a n t a H o m e in W e s t e r n O r e g o n ' TOBACCO SPIT and pirouetted triumphantly around slipshod, without something finding Its and S M O K E the charming table. "Huzza! I’ve solved the problem,” way In that will arrest the reader’s at- YourLifeaway! •• r . fo rm t t o b x c o u a i n r Com e to F lo ren ce and see th e fine farm s she cried. "And I’ll stand for It that tcutlou even yet, after the lapse of two e a s i l y , !>*• m a d e w e ll, s tr o ii|? , m a g n e t i c , f u l l o f centuries. Unlike the other and small­ n e w l if e a n d v i g o r b y t a k i n g N O - T O - D A O , you shall have a maid to serve Mrs. and b eau tifu l forests in th e S iu slaw v a lley . th a t m a k e s w e a k m e n s tro n g M a n y g n in Caulklngton’s luncheon. A stunning er Ilternry hacks of Ills time, whatever t e n p o u n d « in t e n d a y n . O v e r 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 maid, well trained, light footed, soft Dryden wrote he wrote freely, and c u r e d . A ll d r u g g is t « . C u r e g u a r a n t e e d . B o o k ­ le t m id a d v .e e 1 R E E A tW re a » S T E R L I N G voiced; a maid who will not send so there la nn absence of cramped formu­ R E M E D Y C O ., C h i c a g o o r N e w Y o r k . 437 much as one plate of raw oysters down las and of pedantic utterances, ns n : the back of your guest* who will do rule, which Is Interesting. Even In hls ! things without diagrams and will not shilling prefaces to which Sw ift al­ cause the dow nfall and destruction of ludes the render will have no difficulty precious willow pattern china. In /n et, In discovering a man of genius, one of the maid 1 propose to offer you will be many lovable traits nnd great charne- an explanatory key with copious Illus­ teristles, nnd at least Dryden’s owi. trations to the entire servant question." likings nnd Judgments are set forth | Gertrude’s sisters were very far from pleasantly nnd frequently In a convinc­ despising tbe girl’s ready Imagination. ing inanuer. He Is one of the old writ­ It had often helped to solve an econom- ers that weary moderns given up to I Ic problem which they themmdves had Dovel rending could profitably turn D ig e s ts w h a t y o u e a t . abandoned In despair. Hut tbla crisis back to nnd |ierune to their own great 11 artiS cially digests tbe food and aids of the maid to order seemed consider­ advantage.—Exchange. W E BUY AND SELL ALL KINDS OF REAL ESTATE N ature in stren gth en in g and recon­ stru ctin g th e exhausted d ig estiv e or­ ably beyond Gertrude eveu. and they B r o t h e r D i c k e r ’* S a r i n s * . gans. i t Is th e la testd lsco w * ed d ig est- frankly announced tbcmselvea skep­ E f dis worl* Is a h ow tu wilderness, ON COM MISSION. an t and tonic. N o oth er preparation tic«. “Do you mean to look for your re­ It’s man *lat do de bowlln. cau approach It In efficiency. I t ih- s la n g y relievesand perm anently cures markable maid here In the suburb or Job wua a pashunt man, but be never D yspepsia, In d igestion , H eartburn, elsewhere?" they demanded. had tor w ait fer a railroad train. F latu len ce, Sour Stom ach, Nausea, Holomon w in a mighty much mar­ “I shall procure her In the city. or. Sl< g Headache, G astralgla Cramp« and rather. I shall go on n trip to the ried man, en ylt dey calls him de wis­ all other results of im perfect digestion . city, and I will aeud tbe maid to you est man! Pries50c Largest«*!containsXMtun«« Ananios wtiz kilt fer lyln. In dose In my absence." im s l l MM. b o o n a ll » b o u td r s p e p * l» n > s h s d lr r « “But. Gertrude! If you leave now daya men git a prize for IL—Atlanta P r t a c r s d o v t . C. D c V l T T a C O .. C L M O fi» (pr the city you won't have time, child, Constitution. ■ M B Y Itlt A K Y L E . From Mapleton to Florence EUGENE-FLORENCE STAGE LINE. N ORTHERN Pacific, Ry. It Notary Fdblic, Surveyor M ills , Secretary. , 2. U -W . Perpetua Lodge, No. 131, III C l ,; ■»••*• «very 1st and 3d Tuesdays U E M A R G U E R IT E , Q - _