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— — — TiiE POLK COUNTY ITEMIZER. IS.SIJ E D K VIC B Y J. S. M e C A IN . S i i b M c r i p t io u 1 » I * - 1 - -— - :— 1— " — = ^ ~ ■ ■ ■^= = = = = = r ± " - .■ - - - r : - Devoted to the Best Interests of Polk County in Particular and to the Pacific Coast in General. ■ ■ r- VOL IX. DALLAS, OREGON. S A T U R D A Y , FE B R U A R Y 2 4 , 1 8 8 3 . NO- ■■j rich Circassian girls nro taught by their mothers to embroider end to make dresses, tho poor weave, tend flocks and do household work. Con cerning tbs universal desire of par ents for tho niarringe of their daughters, It is not surprising that the latter consider the effort to marry their chief, if not their only duty. In the effort to capture young men they lead uselss lives, forgetting filial affection, the dignity of labor and their duties to their kind. Examples sre not wanting in hi* torv of gii'ls who havo nobly done their duty as daughters and sisters, from Jeptba’s daughter, who, sacri ficed for her sire, was * .1 C U E .IT K IT T L E . them of the life which God gavo (.I B I S 1M > T H E IR IM T I E S . There was something in the j tec ted, for the cashier was in the them to enjoy, only to cultivate the noble refined face of the young j baliit of paying over large sums to I have been reading about it in basest anil most inhuman appetites, Wo tnks it for granted that girls In tin- ante-room of Meredith & girl that attracted Walter Hodman Grady. But when it was returned one of tho daily papers. It happoned iu the appetite for blood. have duties, though as respects high Thtft there was i to the firm the forgery was diseov- Son'» great cotton factory in Pliila- from the first. on Sunday. I believe the history of The paper that reports this miser society, it is the fashion to think di Iphia a groop of girls were en lomo heavy trouble brooding in the ! ered and traced to Stephen— when the world will show that more bat able chicken fight in such glowing them exempt from responsibility. gaged iu an animated discussion. sadness of her great dark eyes be j the truth came out that he lmd The butterfiy knows nothing of the tles have been fought on Sunday language claims a large circulation. T) ev were atyioung, some pretty, never doubted, but if aver purity gambled away the entire amount, ten commandments; then why it is than on any other day in the week. It went lust week into thousands of But the army that attacked another homes where boys are growing up. all dressed neatly, though many and goodness were pictured in hu and the two men who had urged sometimes asked, should its human on Sunday has nearly always been It presented to then chicken fight were ill-chosen and unbecoming man countenance, they were in I the crime and pocketed the money j congener be moro rigorously bound beaten. This is my reeollectian of ing on Sunday ns a pastime noble finery. One of these, who hail a Ellen’s. From bis father ho leanvd mil licit, " id, leaving tho the ¡nil lad to liear by the obligations that govern the matters. I Lave not books enough and manly. It had not a word to mock gold chain and bracelet« and much of the new-comor, of the the consequences. He wns arrested, notions of tiio rest of mankind. Yet out here in the oountry to settle it sav about the menni.es« and tho a profusion of jet trimmings upon quick adaptability she showed for i and repentance came when he saw the daughters of a people have been however. I wish somebody who has cruelty of this sport (?), cor of the in times past, anil still are in curtain a cheap silk dress, spoke very em work evidently new to her, of the tho full consequences of his uct. all the histories would just look over amount of bod whiskey and profanity quarters, held amenable to higher almost masculine brain that fitted I phatically: “ It is the stingiest “ It was then that Ellen provev that was necessary to ktep up the them auil see if it is not true, ediets than those of fashion. A word her so soon to take control of the herself the nolilo woman I beliedo proceeding 1 ever heard of!” But I am forgetting the great bat interest of the oooasion, Was not buried deep down under several “ What are you so excited about'” loom-room, where over a hundred b u r l ) be. She was suffering al- tle. I write apout it because I do ihe atmosphere of that cock pit languages, like a fossil shell under asked a pretty little blonde coming girls were at work. rendv for her brother’s crime,having mauv strata of rock, ofteu reveals a Lowered softly with a threefold cord of love not see any auuount of it iu Tho Oc reeking with the fumes of alcohol, Down to * uiav®. O f her antecedents he knew j lost her place as organist, and mo.it historical truth. Buck a one tho from the loom-room. cident, though it was fought only a and blue with blasphemy? Wfiy To HelCTf Vfrtker, the “ Jen n ie 'few mff»S from ye*r office, ft you will papers wbfoU only that siie brought a letter from | of tier music pupils Having left her. linguist have brought to our aid on “ Ellen Churchill!" Deans” of Scoit, who walked from don’t look nfter tho news more speetaiiTe ffive prtfrii, renew1 IIL funi1 “ Dear me! What has she been the clergyman of her parish, in a j Despite all this, she went to the this occasiou, Nearly ail tho lan Edinburg to London to obtain par doing now. You are always dis small town in New Y ory State.; firm and pleaded- for the lad. Her guages of modlou Europe are de don from Queen Anne for her sister, sharply your patrons will begin to columns te such degrading (exhi bitions, and how long will a patient Some arclneologists cussing some dreadful deed of That she was a woman of culture eloquence gained him something. rived from tho .Sanscrit. Our own Isabella Walker, guilty of tho crime complain. There is a fearful fascination in public endure such prostitution of over the discovery in one < and refinement they could see for j They agreed not to prosecuto, but tongue comes from the same souieo, of child murder. Every age pro Ellen’s. I like her myself.” the press?—Occident. Rcsnecs. war. And it develops some of the remains of the pve-h “Yes, we all know that,” said the themselves. to allow the boy to leave the town having passed through many dialects. duces its girl heroines, sometimes noble olements of our nature. The 4(1 EEK f a i v s Y ■ ~ dwellings of Zurich of a But Walter Hodman, hy nature anil go to an uncle, who was will Our word daughter can bo traced among the giddy herds of fashion, soldier learns self-denial and sub first speaker; “yon will defend anv frank and true, as his heart more j ing to give him another trial in a back the Tuetonic and Zend or Old but oftener in humble walks of life. jection to authority. He cultivates il ing Ellen does.” The Philadelphia Tiwe3 prints the made of pure copper. It i Persian to the Sanscrit duhitor, There are girls everywhere who do well for some scientists' and more acknowledged Ellen for Western city— mark that, Walter— following; ' Hut what has she done?” which means a milkmaid. From their duty nobly and unselfishly. also faith in his leader, nnd devotion A ghost, who looks big enough sider tho grounds upon ' 1 Refused to sign the subscription its queen, grieved over the evident if Ellen would pay the 82,000 and this it wpuld appear that in the cra- to a cause which he believes to be Even in this town they may bo found right. It is sad to think of the loss and is presumaby old enough to base the several ages of list for the tankard to lie presented mystery in liei life. While in her interest within two years. merely ex.stea existed die of the race girls merely d par^DU jlnd dissa of life in a great battle. It is mourn know better, spends his evenings on gross of man. A t present conversation she advanced noble j “ She undertook the task. Steph to milk the mares, sheep, goats and Mr. Rodman.” hrotSPr«. i Unfortunately W h im iM v H,n, lute brothers. they ful to walk over a hard-fought field, the tracks of tho Heading railroad, great variety o f points of “ And Mi. Rodm&u lias been such and generous views, her whole ! en was released and sent to his cows of tho ancient Aryan people are the exceptions. A girl emerges just below Port Kennedy station, the grounds are very •s a good friend to her!” said a third style of living was penurious to an : father’s brother, wherv lie is doing from whom the whito races of tho too often from a boarding-school ami see the wounded weltering in scaring the life out of the engineer extent rarely seen in women o f her well, anil Ellen left her home and world have sprung. There were no veneered with a few accomplish blood, moaning in pain, and crying and train men who happen to pass. the least of them, and ^ vi ire. for water. But while the battle rages pit nos then. There were no parlors The little blonde, Susy Whiting, ago, when living a much j came here, hoping for higher wages ments on a weak foundation of prac- Ho has keen shot at once and run of tho adventurous traveled 1 bv name, looked rather staggered smaller salary than she commanded. than she could earn in her own to dawdle in. There were no front ticle knowledge. She can play the the scene is inexpressibly grand. over several times nightly, and has uncertain. Within the laat tv Thousands of men are perilling life ai the new accusation against her It was not: merely' economy, but home. I, knowing all, advanced gates on which to swing on mooulit piano, but cannot oook a beefsteak. for tbeir country or their creed. An boon struck on the head twice with years in Scotland, not two eves; no opera, no silks, no perfume, Klia understands tho mysteries of saving pushed to extremity. friend. Mr. Rodman, manager for a bludgeon. This kind of tbiug distant from where excel! her interest in every way. Month no laces, no novels, no fashionable the glide, but knows nothing of the issue in which millions are interested doosn’t disturb him, however, for equipped mills were at work There was a struggle constantly after month, denying herself every Meredith & Son for nearly fifty is joined, and the bravest will win it. watering-places, no german, no years, was about to retire on ac iu the mind of the young clerk— a thing but the merest necessarie of kettledrum, no chewing gum—in labyrinths of tho kitchen. She can As we watch the ebb and flow of tho ho swallows the bullets without ing first-class cloth, yam for l count of the infirmities o f age, and struggle between his love and Tear life, she has sent her earnings to short, nothing that is now thought ombroider, but cannot sew, she can deadly contest, wo imagine that the fear of indigestion nud plays rolly- ing was made by the “ whiris,” the persons engaged in the great of repentance if lie urged bis suit. wipe oil’ her brother's debt. With by tho girl of tho period to be worth paint a plaque, but cannot sweep a sulphurous air is full of spirits from polly with the heavy ear-wheels us sidered to be used by the A remote factory were collecting money to It was revolting to him to think of the rent of tho house and what she living for. The Aryan female child— floor. Life is a failure to her, un other spheres. Sometimos a single they are crushing and mangling his mound-builders. less sho can by finesse secure a splen intangible body. sometimes projects itself very i buy n silver, tankard to present to his wife conducting bis household saves here she has paid it all, the and in those old days even tho little did establishment. To sensible battle has changed the destinies of Ten years ago a vagrant was run tho race. The places where these ouslv into the living present. him. lie was a kindly old man, upon parsimonious principles, re Inst installment being acknow children spoke Sanscrit—was pre young men such girls are battles are fought becomes storied over just near tho spot which is now She ready to lend a helping l and to fusing to bestow of bin abundance ledged in a letter I banded to her destined to bo a milkmaid. IVctfcy to walk with, ground. Pilgrimages are made to haunted, under circumstances which Pretty to talk with, tlm sraail army of work-people un in charity, dressing meanly, an ! yesterday. You can understand was not born with a nilver spoon in And pleasant, too, to think on. them from all parts of tho world. implied negligence on the part of her mouth, but with a Euilk pail iu perhaps influencing him in the der his control, so that the presen why she could not take even a few But not to be married, unless, like Who has not heard of Thermopylae, the man iu chargo of the locomotive. New York Letter in Cincinnati Enquirer. her hand. At 5 years of age she same miserable habits. And yet, dollars to subscribe for a present tation was really a gift of love. Immediately ghosts began to make While sittiug nt the lake in Cen could milk tho owes, and at 8 could her half-wild nistors of Asia and of Waterloo, of Yorktown, of Gettys tbeir appearance by tho dozens, tral Turk I saw the most attractive Ellen Churchill had come to the one hour with Ellen drove away all for me, when 1 tell you the two perform tho name office for tho cows Africa, they can forego silks and dia burg? years expired on the very day could make the stimulating kouwiss, monds and be satisfied with neck great factory two years previous to such thoughts. But again I am forgetting the until the fall of 188U, aficr which skater of them all. She woe young The low, soft voice,always tinged when the last hundred dollars was anil pour tho new milk into the leath laces of glass beads anu trinkets of great battlo of last week. The daily time it was thought that their wrath and lithe, but by no means attenuat the date of the indignation meet- ii g in the ante-room, and had risen hy her habitual sadness, conveyed received. Now, Walter, you know ern bottles, where atter having been iron, brass anil lead. I papors devote a column to it. They was appeased, as they came uo more. ed. Her luce was beautiful with Though tho girl of the period has don’t report any of the sermons On Christmas night, however, an the colors of health, rather than t>> the position of forewoman in such a m inor of a pure, tender« Ellen's secret. Judge for yourself jolted a few hours on the back of a apparition of unusual size attacked from perfection of features. Th* horse or camel, it was transformed forgotten that her ancestress was a preached in San Francisco or Oak one of the loom-rooms. She was a heart, a cultivated mind, a noble if sho is a miser.” the 9 o ’clock freight train, which is charm of her personality arose chief handsome girl of about 20 when soul, that Waiter gorget the coarse, “ She is as noble and solf-sacri- into gilt-edged butter. Of her ac milkmaid, tho instinct, Hho knows land. At least 50,000 people meet managed by Engineer Charles Welch ly from tho fact that she was palpa sue applied for work, and by eveiy mean dress, the many stories rife ;a ing ns my heart always told me complishments t o know little. No not how, remains in her bosom, nnd in tlieso cities for religious worship; This wns the signal for a general bly enjoying herself and was doing now and them, with nn affeetatiou but the battle was so important, tho doubt she was a good horsewoman. in the factory of Ellen’s stinginess, action and word betrayed the fact sho was, in spite of appearances?” of rusticity, she plays at the occupa interest in it so engrossing, that onslaught, uud every evening since it with exceeding grace and ahapeli- She could make a felt garment, ■ that she had stepped from a life of and knew he loved her as he had said Walter, warmly. “To-morrow then phantoms huve flitted across ness. Tho figures ;t hick aij-s' execu could spin with a primitive spindle, tion of picnic or in amatuer theatri neither reporters or editors could at the lines and otherwise made them ted with her skntes were precise, un r, finement to the hard drudgery of never loved any woman. I will see if she can ever return and weave after the ancient manner cals. Sho does it in obedience to tend to anything else. The event of selves felt. In consequence a great affected and looked easy: overy But when the silver tankard was my love.” a factory hand. Iter low, even by means of pegs driven in the heredity, but languidly. The in that bright and beautiful Sunday oc tone betrayed tho lady in its welt- presented to Mr. Hodman, and “Not to-morrow,” said Mr. Hod ground, iler amusements were stinct has occasionally appeared iu curred in a cock pit on the other side many of the trains which leave the movement muile a new aud sightly ciioson words, and her slim, white Ellen’s name was not upon the list man, smiling. “ Ellen went home limited, ber frock scanty, and only the nrtiliitil society of the French \ of the bay. It,was a contest between Callowhill street depot nfter dark pose. She disdained the supporting - - h-wids borr -no tr.-me of toil t:noji of contributors to tho gift, Walter this afternoon, her task finished. resembling tho mil dress of the mod Court and among tho belles of Lon two roosters, armed with “ needle! are loaded with mistéis anil weapons hands of her escort, circled round j for use against bogies wherever they him with taptalizing celerity, invited their .smooth skin. She was cour- experienced a sharp pang of disap Out o f the sum I paid her for the ern belle in that it liberally dis don. It survives upon the stage. gaffs" instead ef needle guns. him to chases which never eudad in Thoso of us who were old enough may ho found at largo. He knew that his last w eek of her toil here sho bog- played her charms. She was created But the imitation is weak and has t ous to all who came into inter pointment. Brakemuu George Nelson, on the overtaking her until she chose and course with her, hut intimate with father’s recommendation had gained god the acceptance of the coppy of to bo useful, and therein differed not tho merit of usefulness. Girls, to read twenty years ago, were famil train which lenves Philadelphia at a performing feats which he could not oven iu America where cows are iar with war bulletins. How excit- t m e, She had nursed Susy Whit- Ellen her first place in a factory, Longfellow upon the table beside from many of her nge auil sex in quarter of eight in the ovening, even destinctly imitate. She wore numerous, cannot all be milkmaids. ing they were! Wo could almost these degenerate days. i ,g through a long period of con- that she had found a firm friend in you, asking me to believe she was claims to have had a thrilling ex Tho theory that girls exist merely But they can, like tho Lady Clara seo the battlo itself in tlie glowing perience with tho ghost; it ran away about tho only costume on the ice t gious lever, winning the devotion him, and owed her rapid advance grateful for all my kindness to her. that was plainly intened fora skater. Yere de Vere, find some means of descriptions of the war correspon as lay figures to display lino drapery c t the little maiden, and the man- ment to his interest and influence. Let her rest a little from her long being of service to others:—Sunday dents. But that style of writing lies with a cap. On New Year’s night It was mads of dark sailor blua em and to look pretty is not entertained i ger soon put her into positions of And vut she had refused her mite strain of self-sacrifice and toil, among half-civilized or savage tribes Chronicle. not become obsolete. Tlie great he wus staudiug on the front plat bossed velvet and corresponding t ust until she became fore-woman. to the gift that testified the good Y\ alter, and then, if you can win \ and nations. The eccentric notion battle of Sunday, Jaunary tho 28th, form of tho first car to get u whiff’ of smooth cloth, trimmed with four- fresh air, with the train streaming inch dark fur. The velvet skirt was ivciEBsoLL (iv r n n ii i i i i n o v 1 ere her education enabled her to feeling of her follow-workers in the her love, 1 will gladly give her a still prevails throughout Asia, Africa a . i). 1883, found u reporter equal to the occasion. Here is a specimen of thirty-live miles an hour. When draped in front with n long straight keep the books required in the factory! daughter’s place in my heart. and in some parts of Europe and within fifty yards of tho usual spot cloth of tho same width, taken across Tho interviewer said: "Colonel, his graphic power. Father and son had long been r ami, thus doubling her salary. Winter had come and gone and America, that they were born to tho headlight’s rays piercing ths liko a train nnd caught up behind in what is your opinion on the Pro “ The San Josonns first produced confidential friends, and on the labor. In Turkistan and on tho And here was the great ground spring sunshine was making all darkness rested on what seemed to of complaint hy her companions. cvenihg following t! presentation nature glad, when, one cheery Tartar steppes the Kirgheso sultanas hit,ion question?” and to this was for inspection a Dominic weighing 4 bo the figure of a man standing out a short, bunchy style. Her waist coat was held close at the waiet with made the following characteristic pounds 8 ounces, and the home Is was well-known that the ’salary the latter opened his heart and morning, the train through Len- and their daughters, and princesses vr. reply: fighters matching him with a short iu bold relief. Although it could a velvety band put over the jacket in whose veins Hows tho blood of long o f Ellen Churchill was sullicicnt to told all his doubts and fears. wood left a single passenger at the “ I can give you my opinion best black-red, the ball was opened to not have been more than a few sec lining and fastened at the aids seams variant a good stylo of living and Hodman listened quietly. village station. Hu was a tall, lines of kings, still milk the sheep, by telling you this story. A strong lively music. Tho battle afforded onds before the train reached it the with a flounce. Her cap was of fur cows and goats and perform the “ Yet you love Ellen? ’ lie sa tho time seemed prolonged to min dressing. In the great boarding handsome man dressed well, with menial offices of tho household as Prohibitionist was discussing this little sp;rt, on account of the scien utos. Nelson excitedly pullsd the and her muff matched tus trimming. T love her,’ replied Walter, “ but j out foppishness, and lie inquired of Louse, where seventy of the girls the Sanscrit maidens did six thousand question with a gentleman who liad tific kicking of the gray bird from bell rope and in addition shreiked Her skates were little except runners, fastoned by nn invisable device to l ad rooms, she could well afford to I could never be happy with a mi a man at the station for the resi- | years ago iu the same localities. not mncli confidence in making San Jose; the Alameda chicken be out to the engineer to pull up. Al j av for the best, to contribute to the serly wife.” dunce of Miss Churchill. They cook, take care of tho younger people virtuous by law. Tho nnti- ing cut down in four flights, which though ho laid hold of the cord at tho solus of the neatest laced gaiters. Her skirts were Bhortand her ankles “ Poor Ellen, how little she de- j “The first white cottage as you children, make garments, cure the Proliibitionist said. t inusemenbs of tho house and dress did not occupy two minutes. Bet ouce, ho says that it was not until were seen to be warmly clad in leg** v eil.* Instead o f all this she lived serves that reproach,” said Mr. turn the second street from here,” skins of wild fowls with the feathers ‘ ‘ How would you liko to live in a ting wns quiet, only about $30 chang the apparition was passed that the G>ngs. _____ _ on far caps, spin cotton, weave cloth community where nobody drank in- ing hands. Finding the Dominic in the attic, poorly furnished, with Hodman. “ I shall violate a confi was tho reply. gong struck, gradually the train TH E HPtHBOVV AV U T U S H M T L a tin .stove, whore she cooked the dence reposed in me, Walter, when j It was soon found, and at the and tan leather hy means for sour toxicating liquors—where everybody without a scratch, tho Spanish cock neared tlie person, who seemed to ers held him again, ami Hastings p|ie \ milk. Iu this delectable region the was perfectly sober? j oorest of food. Iler dress was of I toll you how you misjudge her, gate tho traveler haulted. be standing with one of his hands The English sparrow is game. A mother wears rich attire, while the “ I would be delighted with such a selected n brown-rod, which weighed the coarsest description, made hy but I think I can trust you.” windows shaded by a wide veran shading his face and the other point gentleman at the Society of Natural a trifle over 4 pouuds 9 ounces. He daughter goes in humbler weeds like community, said the Prohibitionist, “ Has she told you her secret?” h o own bands, and no ornament ing to the throbbing engine, strain History last night related a battle dah, was open, and lie could see "A n d how would you liko to live wns supplied with tho regulation “ No, I heard the story from the j the tasteful parlor. Near the win j Cinderella. If there is a piano, tho ing to mow him down. There was that he lmd witnessed. The cook looko its simplicity. She never i mother plays on it in tho front room where everyone was industrious threo-quurter-ineh needle gaffs taken s jer.t money in pleasure-seeking, clergyman of Lenwood, her native dow stood a handsome woman, of the tent while the daughter brews ! — where they rose early and went to from his stricken fellow, and nfter a sudden blankness, a cold blast of lmd thrown out some crumbs and air which carried off his hat, and odd« nnd ends from the table, and . nor joined in any of the quiet mer village, who wrote to me before she trailing a vine over a net-work of the koumiss, stews the mutton and their work nnd retired in season tho usual preliminary pecking the riment of tho house. But the came here. He is an old friend of string. Her face was partly avert broils the camel chops in the back where everybody wns at home iu the pair wore started on one of the hot Nelson did not know what happened their savory smell attracted a mouse, c i-uwnin^tonormity was her refusal mine, and knew lie could confide ed, but the stranger could sec that kitchen. This is tho benighted c o n -! evening and no ono used profane test fights over witnessed en the till the conductor opened the door who edged along through the grass const. Both were freo fighters nnd and told him he would catch cold and nibbled to his heart’s content. t > contifcute to tho silver tankard. in me. I will tell you what lie j all the pallor and sadness of the ilition of patriarchal people who ad- language?’ He was certain that what ho had An English sparrow sat above him here to a nearly obsolete theory of “ Oh, that would be perfectly aplen- gamo to tho last, making flight after Tlie excited group in the ante wrote to me. Six years ego Ellens past were gone. secu was not flesh and blood. On on a branch of a sickly looking elm; flight, and becoming fast nearly tilial duty. Similar ideas prevail did! said tho Prohibitionist, mother died, leaving in her care a room dispersed for the day, walk Upon the graceful figure was a the noxt uiglit he armed himself nnd no sooner did bis keen aye note “ And,” continued the questioner, every time. At tho first flight of the ing home in the twilight o f the , sickly step-brother, then eh von dress o f fleecy muslin, tastefully throughout India, China and among with a large piece of iron, but the *’■ r Touching object bobbing tbrongh Her own father had made and trimmed with soft lace tho native tribes of Siberia, who “ bow would you like to live iu a gray hegnffeil the red’s neck, making ghost was u wilv one uud d id u ' lieptember evening, and still th e y ’ years old. grass tliau, with a swoop, he left Ellen a pretty cottage, and she ruffles at throat and wrist, and a have been driven northward by ng- community where everybody attend- a clean thrust. At this odds were come. On the succeeding, however, talked of the young fore-woman. iidcd down and darted hia tiny ed (brine service every Sabbath. offered on San Joso, but with no gressivo neighbors. The Tungusian ‘‘The question is,” said Mary had a small income from the fruit few well-chosen ornaments. Sud “ Why,” said tho Prohibitionist, takers, until a moment later! when a ho had a clean «hot- at it, nud a pas ' I! into the head of the mouse. girl gathers the snow, melts it, makes senger on the train, wh ) lmd been I. e latter jumped and reared at the Leigh, who had been foremost in j and poultry on the place, while she denly some inner sense seemed to the tea anil the fish soup, sews, nnd, “ such a community would bo almost lucky upper cut by the red placed told of the b o g i e , jollied him and I gnacious bird, who was off and the ante-room discussion. “ What made sufficient living teaching tell Ellen she was watched. She being skillful in archery, helps to a heaven; but there is no such a com him on an equal footing with the docs she do with her money? She ; music and playing tho organ in the j turned and saw Walter Hodman keep the larder supplied with garno. j munity.” gray. Then followed twolve min fired two barrel« o f a ¡*voA»or fir 11 in I ck again repeating the does. A 3rd and fourth time this was done When her mother died, j looking earnestly, wistfully at her. The Yakut and Samoyede maidens, I “ O yes!” said tho anti-Prohibition- utes’ hard fighting, at tho end of his faco, nil without eficcG j.ever puts any in the factoiy sav- j church. The to nt intereeting experience, .ntil ono of tho eyes of the mouse ;ngs bank; she ceitainly spends' leaving Stephen Grady, her step A quick flush swept across her and all thoso who dwell along the ist, “ I know several such communi which tiuio both birds were com however was reserved for Engineer .»as picked out, and ho hobbled pletely exhausted and stood feebly I j.othing on her dress. Where is it j brother, an orphan and penniless cheek and her eyes lighted gladly Arctic ocean, help in tho summer to ties.” Charles Welch, vh c ims lnieu men ilong, evidently desiring to get out “ Where can I find one?” said the pecking at each other’s combs. Pot (for her step-father before his death as she came forward to greet him. lay up winter supplies and in winter j ■» nil, then?” tí i»ail a a liaviug her iided the ghost's of the way. He no longer ran— ting all bis strength into one effort, temperance gentleman. perform all necessary domestic du- j "Perhaps she supports her pa intervened squandered all her “ Mav I come in?” he asked, open first o ►pearauea this season. O d he crawled; and before be reached a "Anil the other replied: “ In a well the red finally made a last flight, and ties. The Abyssinian girl grinds! mother's little fortune), Ellen prom rents?” ing the little gate. last Sniurlsy flight lie spied it as place of safety tho sparrow had so bv a double stroke blinded the gray, regulated penitentiary.” corn in the simple mills in use in ! “ Both dead! I have heard her ised to care for the boy. Kemein- ; “ 1 am very glad to welcome you!” visual, ic.wa l, nut it looked so diff weakenod him hy bis persistent whoso owners gave up the fight ” that country. The Kaffir girls weave | her, she was but sixteen heiseif, she answered, and then extended ray so.” Horne old Grerk, I think it w as er nt fr •«' a out it tod on the previ picking that he ersily killed bin».— baskets and draws water. The girls ' Ho had been in the establishment ous oceasf i that he thought it was Cincinnati News. “ Well, I dare say Mr. Ilodman ’ though early care had matured her her hand as he sprang lightly up Plato, said that man was a biped in the other parts of the Dark Con- | five rears without an increase of a real individual and not an artificial v.on’t think her quite such a para-! far beyound ber actual years. the steps. This definition tinent pulverize tho grain, weave salary and without getting highor without feathers Iu a town -up tlie Hudson two in a few seconds with a great “The boy grew up like bis fa ths ran as lie has (lone, when he misses It is not fair to repeat lovers’ j mats, make earthen vessels and are than the basement. The dny nfter would make us near of kin to the on« farmers had an itching last spring presence •»' miDd, ho had tho brakes reckless o f expenditure, loose in 1 er name from the subscription i talk. Suffice it that before Walter the hatters of their tribe. The theo- | New Year old Foggs come down roosters. Perhaps that is the reason to go into trado, and after canvass principle, yet tender to bis sister- left tlie little cottage to take the ries of the tribes and nations of Asia i stairs for a look around nnd hy nnd that tlieso men aeroas the bay, when down, the itcam whistle blowing ing the subject for a spell they put •W ill the liel1 ringing. Ho shuddered “And Walter Rodman will prob mother, and one of those loving return train he bad won the dearest and Africa are shared by the Indians hy ho said: "James, you keep things they wnnt to have a frjnt nnd enjoy perceptibly s the train slid over the in 81,000 each and started a grocery. the luxury of seeing blood flow, 1 -n * scapegraces who alway win some of North and Mouth America, who ! ably resent the insult to his father.’ in pretty good shape down here. wish o f bit heart; and when sum figure auf ti an came to a full stop. Trade was dull, both had large There was an exultation in the good woman’s devotion. He won iner roses bloomed Ellen became compel the young girls to learn the I “ I try to, sir.” “ How long have were too cowardly to fight them Hu hid not ad sufficient notico to families and they finally concluded selves, selected roosters as thei- rep tone of the last remark, but ill Ellen's. She thought herself bound tlie bride of tlie junior -partner of duties and hardships of life at* an you been here?” “ Five years, sir.” stop the tram in time. to disjolvc copartnership. In thie “ And your salary is $15 per week?” resentatives. I huve more respect concealed. Walter ’Hodman, the by her promise to her mother to Meredith & Co., the new firm of early age. “ We've k: led some one Jim,”’ framo of mind they consulted & for the roosters than for the men. There is a widely diffused notion | “ Yes, sir.” "Fifteen, eh? Yes. said Welch, eorrowfully, to the con ..ply child of the old manager, was make every sacrifice for Stephen, the factory where she had worked j that a girl exists only to get married, j Just so. Fifteen dollars a week nnd They were brave and they didn't ductor, “ and wo had hotter go back lawyer, who asked, "Wlmt is the in the eounting-iiou.se of the* fac- and she faithfully tried to lead so faithfully. know any better. The men were value of the stock on hand?” been here five years. Ahem! James?’ and it has tho peculiarity of being! nnd pick up the pieces." A mourn tart, with every prospect of soon him away from the com [»anions 7 "------- _ I shared by French, German, English “ Yes, sir.” " I think I’ll send you bloodthirsty cowards and did know ful procession proceeded to bunt for About 81200.” “ And how nnfch 1« coining a partner. A ma l past and evil influence that were ruining .Not long since Lily, s little girl , / U 1 U( Chineso, Turcoman, and all up stairs.” “ Thanks, sir, thanks!” better. Time» fights in Mexico, in do you owe?* "About $400. thirty, he had risen in the employ his life. Three years ago a friend of 5 y ars, after saying her evening other mothors, savage and civilized, “ Cnn you sell goods?” “ I think I Spain nnd in old Rome, when ; the required items, but not a scrap Yury weil, I hco my way dear. of Meredith & Son from a lad of of Mrs. Gardy took Stephen into players, began to indulge in an For this French parents train tbeir can, sir.” “ Very well, I’ll send you thousand» sat on tbo seats of an ¡ could they find. Welch all at once ' Mr. Smith, yon will draw out the remembered about the ghost nnd lor>r»een, and had saTed money his counting-house. Here he was original petition o f her own, vary- daughters in seclusion till they can up stairs--” “ Thanks, thanks!” amphi-tbeater to see men and animals Ihe (rain sped on. | good-will for your share, anal I ’ll from a handsome salary, with the to learn the look keeping, and for ing it acecording to her moods, e f f e c t a marriage do convenance. I or " I ’ll send jou up stairs to ask Mr. slaughter each other, makes us j I throw in a barrel of molasses for avowed intention o f purchasing a a time he worked steadily. Then She wav aware that she had not this the English dowager displsvss K— ” “ Oh, sir, you are very kind.” ashamed <4 oer race. It wus cruelty i A Cincinnati man who suddenly yoi.r family. Mr. Brown you in cold blood. It was murder with- i her maiden wares at the parties of " I ’ll send jou up stairs to ask Mr the bad company which had ruined got rich in a hog speculation has place in the firm upon the antiei- licen particularly gitod on a certain out the ox( use of malice or passion, read somewhere that every family, all accounts, and I’ll throw in • - a ted retirement of Mr. Meredith, his boyhood again exerted an evil day, and her evening praysr was successive session till disposed of or K. if he can’t afford to give you all keg of nicklea.” “ And what’s to it was simply a fiendish delight in who was known to favor the in influence, and he had learned to thus supplemented: "I pray the till they become unmarketable. For your evenings, so that you can ar seeing others suffer. O, how dif- j the richest and tlie proudest, has a become o f the store? “ Oh, this the American mother makes the range to clerk for some grocer from gamble. Remember, Walter, he ter tion. Amongst all the clerks Lord to make Lily a good little girl, annual round of ths watering-places. 7 to 10 o'clock. In that way you real Imttle, where men skeleton in its closet, and now he's assign all the goods to me I and workmen in the factory, there was only fourteen, and Ellen was and if at first you don’t succeed, I To sliift the maintenance of their can probably earn $2 or $3 a week peril their own livas while trying to , skirmishing around to buy a skele- trouble in paying the deb was none so handsome as Walter but five years older. try, try again.” expensive girls, the fathers of all n a-! and spin out your salary. Ye«, I destroy life. Every manly instinct! ton, as his wife and daughters want giving you legal advics.” “One o f his accomplisments was Rodfcnan. none so quietly refined in B bankruptcy, ______ |__ ______ j___ _ ! lulum n m _ __ ___ rebels against this lighting by broxy. to be in style.— Boston Poet. ! tionii, _____ fearing co-operate think we’ll let you do ____ that. This farmers sometimes stop to maafter, none so great a favorite the power of imitating handwrit Reports of a failure in ^.e 'ce j with the mothers in »[.treading the bouse baa alwavs made it a point to Whether it be a gladiator, or n j __ T, ~ gutter has arrived it, as they lean on their ' , , rest their aching backs, 1 with all. But he had gone through ing, and by the persuasion of some crop, and the necessity of higher nets ami setting the »pungs for re- reward energy and industry, and I U a.t, or a bud that we corape to rrovioenceiroin a reuiuc s . thirty years of life fsney free, un- older heads he forged a check for prices next summer, have been sponsible husbands. Girls in India | take pleasure in advancing you a suffer for our paatime, we are murder-1 cannot make it clear.— ■**“ There—no thanks -run j ers. We inflict pain upon G od’s for Lite disabled steamer State of til ¿lien Churchill came to the $2.000 on the firm he was with. postponed on account o f tho are married from 7 to 9, in Circassia j step. kNews. creatures needlessly. We deprive I Geòrgie. 12 to 1C. It is their mission. The | along.” — Detroit Free Press. The check passed ths bank unde- weather— Lowell Citizen. factory. * i = R a te * : BtUttCUIPTSOX MUST UK PAID IN ADVANCE. — 1 POLK COUNTY ITEMIZES. 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