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P B o n a a io ia L
J. N. SM ITH, M. D~
F H Y S IC IA N
THE CRUEL FATHER-
NEW PRICES. NEWCOODS.
c a r p s .
AND S U R G E O N
When charming Christine Nilsson sang.
In oar ¡esthetic town,
And all our local country rang
With praise to her renown,
A gentle, comely maid we knew
Made loud and numerous ado —
The fair Caiuelia Brown.
Dullas. Oregon.
Office on Mill Rfc., North o f Court Hoiue.
Oli. W. Ë
“ 1 want to hear Miss Nilsson sing,’ *
To her papa, said she,
“ And so to night I pray you bring
A bonnet home for me:
For how the other girls would «tare
I f I should show the old one there—
I hate the horrid thing!”
The Largest Stock and Cheapest
Goods ! !
1U B E LL,
D E N T I S T ,
Dallas, Oregon.
But he with purpose to deride
And give his child the bluff—
“ I’ll buy no bonnets new!” he cried,
“ The old one’s good enough!”
Then fuir Camelia hung her head,
And not another word she said—
She simply gasped and died.
A LL WORK DONE IN FIRST-CLASS S T Y L E .
Office on** door north o f J.D. Lee’« White Brick.
N t,
BtriXBB
JO H N T. D A L V
F oe
D A LY & B U T L E R ,
P e o p l e * of P olk C o u n t y !
the
ATTO R N E YS A T LAW,
riLL PRO M PTLY AT T EN D TO A L L
business entrusted to them. Office ou
opposite Court House, Dallas-
U
!
MR- DELMAYNE’B W ARD.
LE G A L
Mill St.
I take pleasure in announcing to the public that my
E. J. D A W N e T
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
SPRING
a n d N o tary P u p lic *
SJ P ECIAI ATTENTION G IV E N ITO C OLLECTIN G
O and loaning money Always prepared to loan from
çliKJ to #2,i>00 on nersonal or real estate security. Office
in Griswold's building, opposite the bank, Salem, Ore­
gon,
,1. H. TOWNSEND,
In
Dallas, Oregon.
A
f f ic k
on
s t r e e t , o p p o s it e
Collections made a specialty
m a in
Court House.
E. B. 8K IP W O R T H ,
G E N E R A L MERCHANDI SE
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
-A N D -
Notary
M !y In d e p e n d e n c e S to re
You will fiml the FIN E ST GOODS and the L A R G E S T ASSORTM ENT of
th e
Kept on the West Side o f the Willamette, outside of Portland.
Public,
Albany, Oregon,
M LL PRACTICE IN A L L THE COURTS IN THE
State. All business entrusted to biin promptly at­
tended to. Office in O'Toole's Block, Broad Alhin St.,
U
Geo. W Belt.
Independence.
My
M L Pines
Dallas
BELT
& PIPES.
Millinery
Department
Is complete >u every respect and in the hands of a competent Milliner.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
¡ Ï T W ill practice in all the Courts
of the State. Office up stairs in
Court House.
I n
m
P e r r y d a l©
s to r e
g
You will find n CO M PLETE ASSORTM ENT of
CHA.S. P. SULLIVAN,
A t t o r n e y
y
a t L a w ,
G E N E R A L M E R C H A N D ISE
DALLAS. OREGON.
P r o m p t A t t e n t i o n P a i d t o IIiitin cs H .
Suitable for the Country Trade.
Orricm -On Main .Street, two doors north o f Postoffioe
You will also find a L IN E of
Millinery of the Latest Styles!
DR. J. B. JOHNSON,
O o n tle t-
Having returned to Independence
to permanently locate, is prepared to
do all kinds of dental work. Filling
and treating a specialty.
Office in Vanduyn & Smith’s new
brick, up stairs.
IK MTT
Produrr takrn in Exriiungr for Goods at Market rates.
c . A. JO H N S
Give me a call before purchasing elsewhere, and SEE MY GOODS
T R U IT T & JOHNS,
and G E T T H E P R IC E S !!
Attorneys-at-Lavr,
EZRA
D ALLAS, OREGON
ON
Hons«.
O FFICE
POPPLETON.
M ILL STREET. NORTH O FC O U R
auglt5
DR. I.
T.
A LL X A S K
MASON,
R E S ID E N T
D E N T IS T ,
Dallas, Oregon.
Is that you do yourself justice by buying goods whore you can get them the
cheapest.
(Late of Eugene City and Sheridan.
Nitro Oxide or Laughing Gas administered.
up stairs over H. \ Butler's store.
D a l l a m , Nor. 17, 1882.
Office
I know it is the practice among a great many merchants to sell a few
leading articles at cost, but they must make it up on something else.
I
intend to strictly adhere to very LO W P R IC E S in everything I offer for
sale, and in
A. E. SCOTT, M. D.,
Physician and* Surgeon,
DRESS & FANCY GOODS,
Late of Oakland, Cal., has permanently
located in
DALLAS, OREGON.
CLOTHING
Will be found at all times at B. M. Smith’s
Drug Store.
Z. T. DODSON, M. D..
PHYSICIAN,
SUHCEON,
A N O -
OBSTETRICIAN.
Haa|pennanently located in Dallas, Oregon.
Office in H y d es drug store.
novlltf.
Furnishing Goods, Etc., Etc.
W . H. HOLMES,
Attorney and
Counselor
There is no doubt or question but I shall sell them very much lower than
the same goods have ever been offered in this market.
f y Please to call and price the goods and you will see that I am
in earnest.
at Law,
Salem, Oregon.
J o h n
M c D o w
ell
M. M. E L L IS ,
Real Estate Agent,
S u c c e s s o r to W . C . B r o w n ,
D ALLAS. OREGON
a r t ie s d e s ir in g t o
buy
P
or
•state, wiN do well to consult me.
west o f Jap. R. Miller's drug store.
sell
D ALLAS, OREGON, M ARCH 8. 1883
real
Office two doors
BURNS
& M O R R IS O N .
J. L. C O L L IN S ,
LIVERY AND SALE STABLE.
Attorney and Counselor at Law
Dalian. O reg on .
H. H. LINES k LAWRENCE,
M A N I F A C T l * E l t * A N D D E A I Eftfl IN
IT IM ilT I RF.
SOUCITOR IN CHANCERY.
a «
At
^ O f fl^ o p p U it e tl?«' Dallas Hotel, corner o f Main and
Court sW t . Dali—. P o * County. Or— ml
Patent Medicines,
BELT HOUSE HAS CH ANG ED H A N D S AN D
ill be run a« a flrat-claM house in «very respe«t.
I Salcurootn
T HE
wT*
DALLAS CITY MILLS, -
n A U T .A fl, 0 S 2 0 0 1 T ,
WILSON t HOLMAN, PROPRIETORS.
OREGON.
A L L K IN D « OF
busioma in th«
on
hand,
on M A IN STREET, two d o o n north of
Vaadnye It Smith.
Promptly »nd in » aatisfactory manner
D E A L E R IN
D a l i a * Oregon. Jan 5. 1M3
I
One to Ten Thousand Dollarn
Time : From one to flve ye«r«;
And County Surveyor.
I
August M i n t
H EAD-STONES,
Executed in Italian and American
Marble.
Terms
Truitt k Johns.
D a lla s . O b b o o n .
«aW>-»f
WM. STAIGER,
Give os » call
We have mone« to loan on approved Real Estate
ATTEND TO HIS PU8INF88 TN
o m i.o v
WILSON A HOLMAN.
P. WRIGHT.
A U C T IO N E E R
I,
C ris t a n d C u s to m W o rk
TiU
•• wanted, dap
. h . M bo™ • i n . ™ don,
part *>€ th« «mmty prom ptly.
C ase s
Having purcha«ed Hie above mills, we are now pre’
pared to do »11 kinds of
MONEY T C LOAN I
j
and
m ir . P IM lH M
W# thank you for fou r custom in the past ana n >r
m the future W e are
you will rwitinue the «
R o w e l l « « o n
X
doM
W hich we will furnish at Red need Price«.
B1 a c k s m ith s ,
W
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We also keep a large and well selected stock o f
ROWELL & SON,
DO
klnd* 0°nf 2 2 « n "
C aske ts
P E R R Y B A L E . OREGON
To
W * an<l
K E will
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O C R can
LIN bs
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u ch*mu
M STOCK
th « h i m IN good,
j o !n Portland. D o not t«k* our word or other pe«ple«
| word for it. but come and see our goods »nd le»rn our
In d e p e n d e n c e . O r e g o n .
CIGARS AND TOBACCOS.
A Blacksmith work In tb -ir hue o f
a«t
so le »n*1 on th* tiTe •nd ’,at
i . i thrm at their shop whenever » " f k
UPHOLSTERED WORK. ALBUM PICTURE FRAMES.
WALL BRACKETS. AND WINDOW SHADES.
THE BELT HOUSE!
S T A T IO N E R Y ,
¡? ilS r t i.r *op « «
R ate« !
HEDM.
PETER C O O K . .................................P e o p b i b t o * .
Perfumery, Fancy and Toilet Articles,
NOW R E A D Y
Reasonable
B U R N S A M O R R IS O N . P r o p T s .
Dealers in
ARE
M ost
e
C o n v e y a n c e o o f f c c o o m
m m
m e e r r c c ia
ia l l m en . a . s n p « e m
c ia « l lt t y
WILSON & RAY,
D ALLAS,
the
H P R I\G
And all kinds of
HORSES. CARRIAGES AND LIVERY
BEEN IN PRACTICE OF H I8 PROFESSION
H In »bis place for about twenty five years, and will
“ Something must be done,’’ said
Mrs. Charles Delmayne, decisively,
“ that girl is gitting more reckle.«
every day.”
“ What can be done»” asked Mr.
Uicliard Delmoyne, looking helplessly
at his sister in law; “ we cannot shut
her up in a convent”
“ No, but we can find her a husband
and get ber settled.”
“ But she is so young.”
“ She will be ninetoen in May, and
I married at that age. It is a great
pity that you were obliged to receive
her into your household, Richard.
Guardianship over a girl like Doro
then, was a great responsibility for a
bachelor to assume.”
“ 1 suppose so,” was the reply, “ but
I could not refuse the dying request
of a friend.”
“At first I entertained hopes that
she would improve by remaining with
us,” said Mrs. Delmavne, pla ntively;
but she is wilder than ever. I am
kept in a perpetual state of nervous
excitement, for I never know what
madcap prank Bhe will play next. I
thought it disgraceful enough when
she donued a suit of Dick's clothes
and went out on the night of the
skating party, but this last is still
worse, if possible.”
Mrs. Delmayne folded her plump
white hands and settled herself com­
fortably in a luxurious easy chair,
and prepared to enjoy her favorite
astime, which consisted of retailing
•orothea's misdemeanors.
‘You know Squire Ponsonby has
been looking for a wife for a year or
two—now he is quite wealthy, is re
spectably connected, and would be a
very suitable match for Dora.”
“ Squire Ponsonby!” gasped R ich ­
ard, in amazement, "he is old enough
to be her grandfather, and has a mar­
ried daughter who must be consider
ably older than Dot.”
“ Well, Dora needs a husband who
is steady and sober-minded, she is
so flighty herself. Besides, he looks
fully ten years younger than his real
age. In my opinion it would bo a
very suitable match.
But it is all
over now,” she udded, with a sigh,
“ he will never enter this house ugain.”
In answer to Richard's look of in ­
quiry Mrs. Delmayne continued—
“ I invited Mr. Ponsonby to tea last
evening—I had my household duties
to attend to ufter tea was over, so I
left Dorothea to entertain him. She
must have neglected him shamefully,
for the poor man fell asleop, and the
little huzzy seized the opportunity to
play one of her practical jokes. She
actually had the audacity to remove
his wig and substitute an old red one
that she found among the rubbish in
the garret. The poor man did not
discover tlio trick until he had be­
come the laughing stuck of the vil
lage. Dick happened to hear of it
this morning, and I thought yon
ought to be told about it.”
"Ha, ha, ha!” laughed Bichard.
“ I can imagine how ridiculous he
must have looked strutting along in
his pompons manner.”
“ I am certainly astohished at yon,
Richard,” said Mrs.
Delmayne,
severely. “ I hope you don’t uphold
the girl in her disgraceful conduct?”
“ I shall of course reprove her,” he
replied. “ Dot will improve as she
grows older, I have no doubt—she is
merry and thoughtless now, but I
think she will develop® into a splen­
did woman.”
Mrs. Delmayne cast an uneasy look
at her brother in law's face, as she
left the room. She had a reason for
wishing Dot disposed of; she feared
that Richard might fall in love with
his fascinating ward, and that would
never do, for if ho were to marry it
would dash Mrs. Delmayne’s hopes to
the ground. She had determined
that her son Dick, his uncle’s name,
should be his heir. Beside, her broth
er in law's elegant residence made a
very comfortable homo for herself and
fatherless boy. and madame had no
intention of losing it, hence she made
the most of Dot's mischievous esca­
pades.
Just as madame’s silken skirts
rustled up stairs, the hall door (lew
open and light footsteps danced along
the passage.
“ D ot! D ot!” called Mr. Delmayne.
The appeilation exactly suited the
young girl who entered. A dainty-
form, a dark, piquant face, lightened
up with a pair o f black eyes, which
sparklet! with mischief.
“ Well, Mr. Delmayne!" she said,
with a saucy smile, which revealed a
dimple in each soft pink cheek, “ what
is it, a lecture?”
"Yes, Dot, I really must lecture
yon. Your conduct to Mr. Ponsonby
was very unladylike.”
•*1 can’t help it, sir, I hate old Pon­
sonby! and I am confident that Mrs.
Delmayne invited him here to make
love to me. ao I resolved to frustrate
her kind intentions Mho left me to
entertain him when I was suffering
to finish a book, so I gavs him the
late magazines and hoped he would
amnse himself; but no, be wanted to
play cribbage. I hate the game, and
told him I never played except for
money.”
“ Why D ot!”
“ Well, I wanted to shock him, and
I had the satisfaction o f seeing him
look horrified. He asked for some
music as soon as he recovered bis
breath, and I went to the piano and
began to make some confused sounds,
which 1 suppose did not suit his fine
ears, for I was soon startled
a
snore— he had gone to sleep bis head
hanging over the chair, his wig awry
and his month wide open. Now, yon
mnst admit that the temptation was
strong, and yon know f am no saint."
STOCK !
Is now open and ready for inspection.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
NO.
D A L L A S, OREGON, S A T U R D A Y , A U G U ST 4, 1883.
VOL. IX.
VBflURIPTION MUST BE P A ID IN AD V A N C E
Also «very vari-ty of C «r P « r j and other I U m werk.
Granit« ' Too?! i m b u . «nd «. elarcra ta boriai lata, fur
(Habed le «vd«r O p »«rtU tha Opara Honaa ta iem
Ala« • *«'««» Rra«b«ra Alhai
“ No,” he assented.
"W ell," continued Dora, “ a happy
thought came to me, and I ran up
atairs and got an old red wig that M r. B U h o p * . I h I f W o m lrrfu l M .u lp u la -
t io ii—OutisNlnir th® N u m b er o f a < 011-
Dick used to wear when he belonged
r®al®tl B a n k Not®.
to the dramatic club, and having re­
moved the squire's nicely dressed !*
—
black wig, and substituted the red
The Pull Mull (iuzette gives the
one, I had to stuff my handkerchief following report of the seance given
into my mouth to keep from laughing;
ron can't imagine how comical he by Mr. Bishop, the thought rcuder,
ooked. Well, I waited for him to at the St. James Hull, London. The
finish his nap until l was tired, and easy chair set apart for Mr. Labou-
then I went to the piano and gave an chere was unoccupied. The £1000
awful thump with both hands. He
promised was not tabled; but the ex-
g a v e a sudden start and straightened
up; I gruvely inquired how ho likiM j periment cou!d be trisd in Mr. La-
the piece. ‘Charming!’ he suiil. He Ikmohero’s absence, and Mr. Bishop
looked at the clock, saying he had was willing to tuke his £100 with no
¡(based a delightful evening in my other set off than the promise, will-
T e r y pleasant company, but must tear
himself away. If you could have ingly given, that the audience would
seen those fierce red locks around demand that if he guessed the num
that sanctimonious fuce, you would ber uright AD. Labouchere should
«have enjoyed the joke as woll a s I hand over the jtl.OOO to the Victoria
did.”
Hospital for Children. Mr. Charles
“ Dot,” said Mr. Delmayne, looking
Russel! here introducod a diversion
gravely at his mischievous ward,
which kept the meeting in am uproar
don’t know what to do with you;
for nearly an hour. He sent word
believe I must find some one to take
from the body o f the hall—for he had
the responsibility off my hands. Mrs.
refused to join the committee— that
Delmayne thinks you are old enough
he had inclosed a five-pound note in
to marry, and—”
an envelope and given it into the
“ The old cat!’’ interrupted Dot.
keeping of Professor Ray Lankester,
‘Dora,” said her guardian,” you
who was also in the audience, and
must not apply such u disrespectful
who alone knew its number. He
epithet to my sister-in law. I cannot
challenged Mr. Bishop to read in the
allow it.”
uimd of Mr. Ray Lankester the num
“ Did I apply it to your sister in­
ber of that note. If successful the
law?”
note should go to the hospital. Mr.
“ 1 was speaking of her.”
Waddy asked Mr. Bishop if he ac
“ And I spoke of an old cat.”
cepted ihe challenge.
Mr. Bishop
Her guardian adroitly converted a
demuired.
He hail experimented
smile into a yawn.
before with Lankester and found him
“ Yes,” he continued, “ I must find a
a hard subject. The chaDces. he evi­
nice young husband for yon.”
dently seemed to think, wero ten to
“ I don’t want him very young "
one against hii success with Mr. Lan
“Oh, I don’t object to Squire l*on-
tester. To give him a fair chance he
sonbv’s ago at all, if you don’t.”
thought he ought to try with some
“ Ponsouby again!”
one with whom he had not experi­
“ Who then?”
mented before. He had, for instance,
"M y dancing master. He is French,
experimented with Mr. Waddy, ami
has lovely teeth ami eyes, and I think
if he were selected us medium the
he is fond o f me,” she saiil, demure­
chances were ten to one that he
ly,” because he presses my hand, and
would be successful. It would be
sighs, oh. so sadly 1”
fairer to reject ail whose capacity for
■The jacknnapes!
he shall not
being read had been testeil before­
darken these doors again!”
hand and confine the experiment to
'Then, there’s Whitney's head
a new subject, to he freely selected
clerk. I am sure he admires me.”
by the audience. Professor Lankes­
“ A clerk!” disdainfully.
ter did not deny the reasonable nn-
“Well, there’s the Gorman music
ture of this suggestion, but a large
teacher at the seminary, he is a jolly
proportion of tho audience roareil
old bear—”
their disapproval. A heated and vi­
“ D ot;” sternly.
olent wrangle ensued, in the course
“ I beg your pardon; lie is good
of which Mr. Bishop was freely de­
enough, but I am afraid I am not nounced as a shuffler.
good enough to become a step mother
THE MEDIUM.
to his five children.”
“ Decidedly not,” he acquiesced,
At last an old gentleman with sten­
with a smile.
torian lungs proposed that the chair­
“ Then,” said Dot, with a despair­ man should nommnte a medium. Mr.
ing look on her saucy face, “ I will not Lane Fox was suggested and nega
have old Ponsonby, and there is no tiveil. A Mr. Lees was also rejected;
body left but—you.”
and at last, air id great cheering, Col­
Then, suddenly realizing the enor­ onel Statham, of the Twentieth Lan
mity of her heedless speech, she cashire Rifle Volunteers, consented to
darted from the room.
submit to tho experiment. A fruit
“ Nobody left but me,” ho muled, less attempt was made to induce Lan­
wonder I never thought of that. kester to impart tho number o f Mr.
I believe I am rather fond of the lit Russell’s note to Colonel Statham for
tie monkey, after all. How desolate the purpose of the experiment, and
the house would bo without her! Not then Colonel Trench, to whose high
¡uite nineteen—just half my age; I character the Hon. Edward Stanhope
ear I am too old, but since she has boro emphatic testimony, and who
put the idea into my head, I think I ’ll declared that he had never seen
try my fate.”
either Mr. Bishop or Colonol Stutham
Tlio tea bell aronsed Mr. Delmayne
■fore, produced a live pound note,
from his reflections. “ I must men­ the number of which lie did not
tion this subject to Helen, when I know, and handed it to the chairman.
have time,” he said.
A large blackboard was then intro
“ Marry that forward little chit!” duced, on which Mr. Bishop was to
cried madame, in dismuy, as Richard write the as yet unknown number of
thus rnthlesly destroyed her air cas tho note. In the presence of all the
tie. “ Richard, you must be mad! audience, closely scrutinized by the
A man of your ago to think of mar­ committee and the chairman, while
rying when he has slieh a comfortable standing at some yards from Mr.
home, and all his wants attended to. Bishop. Colonel Statham unfolded
Should you take such a step, Richard, the note far enough to master its
am sure yon will regret it. Yon number. No one else could see it,
will find a great difference with a I nor did any one else in the hall know
careless, ignorant child at the head of it but himself. Mr. Bishop then
the household, for I shall not remain I took his stand behind Colonel Stat
to be domineered over by a saucy,in­ ham and drew on the blackboard a
dependent girl.”
parallelogram, which he divider! into
* * *
* * *
* * *
live spaces, one for each number of
Dot stood by the window in the the note. He then blindfolded him­
deepening twilight, awaiting her self, and, grasping a piece of chalk,
guardian, who had been absent sev began to "read” the mind o f his com­
eral days on business. Suddenly she panion.
was aroused from a deep reverie by a
THE KEADINO.
well known footstep, and she ran
eagerly to the door to meet him.
He shook all over; his right hand
'Well, little girl, what hnvo you raised above his head quivered vio­
been doing during my absence»” he lently; he slightly touched Colonel
asked, as he seated himself before the Statlmm once for a second with the
glowing grate and warmed his chilled tip o f his finger, and then, without
fingers.
more than a few seconds' delay, ho
“ Oh. dear!” cried Dot, “ I have began to chalk on the board as fol­
been shockingly bad. I can't romem lows.
ber'one la lf tlio wickedness I have
6 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 4.
committed.
You must apply to
When
he
reached the last, figure he
madame for details. But to business.
hesitated for a moment, clutched C ol­
Did you find a husband for me?”
“ Yes,” answered her gunrdinn, onel Stathain’ s hand, and then wrote
composedly, "but whether you will be down “4.” No one who saw the im­
passive countenance of the volunteer
suited, remains to be seen.”
‘I suppose I shall be compelled to colonel could tell whether Mr. Bishop
marry him whether I am suited or hail succeisl or failed. “ I have two
guesses,” he said, ‘ by the terms of
not,” replied Dorothea, merrily.
“ Not by any means,” answered Mr. Mr. Labonchere’s challenge. Have I
read the number rightly?” Colonel
Delmayne, gravely.
“Oh, that is very commonplace. Statham ojiened the note, glanced at
Yon are not at all like the crnel it, and then handed it to the chair
guardians in books, who compel their man. Mr. Bishop had won his wager.
wretched wards to marry the men The numbers wero right, and the
they select for them. I am quite dis­ meeting burst out with n roar o f en­
thusiastic cheering, which was again
appointed.”
•
‘Oh, very well.” said he, “ if you and again renewed. Outside a great
wish me to assume the role o f a ty­ crowd was sitting to see the balloon
rant, I will do so with pleasure. The ascent which was to announce the
person I have chosen will, I am sure, success or failure of the test. As it
try to make you happy; but remem I mounted in tho air, displaying not
tier, there is no appeal from my de­ the “ lurid red" color of failure, but
the blight white light typical o f suc­
cision.”
“ It is really going to bo romantic cess, the crowd cheered lustily. In
after all!” cried Dot, clapping her side the hall, when a moment’s silence
hands. “ When is my fate to lie pro had been secured, Mr. Bishop said:
sented to me? If he had only sent “ I appeal to this audience of three
his photograph, my hnppiness would thousand Englishmen to demand of
Mr. Henry Lalionchere that he shall
be complete.”
*1 believe I have it,” said dr. D el­ hand over to the Victoria Hospital
mayne, coolly prodneing his p o c k e t - at Chelsea the £1,000 he offered to
stake that I could not read the note.
book.
I have met his challenge on every
Dot, becoming rather quiet, as he
point. Will you demand the money ?’’
carried on the farce without a smile,
A great shout o f assent, followed by
held out her baud for the carte de-
long and continued cheering, min­
visite, and beheld his own handsome
gled witu a few cries of “ No,”
ace thereon.
brought the meeting to a close On
“ Well T’ he said, drawing her to his
questioning Colonel Statham after­
side, and trying to look into her
ward, he said that when Mr Bishop
downcast eyes.
had reached the last figure hs (Col­
Dot hid her shining head for a mo
onel Statham) forgot whether it was
ment on his shoulder, then, looking
4 or 0. It was when he was trying
np with a charming color, she said,
to recall the fignre that Mr Bishop
frankly.—
hesitated and grasped his hand. He
“ I have no wish to appeal.”
then decided fpr ihe 4, which Mr.
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Little straw wheelbarrows filled Bishop then wrote down.
with strawberries are said to lie the
T to refer t o th e sun as
latest novelty at fashionable dinner
It ia
parties
O T
“tonic sol
MINI) READING.
i
HS ADVIIXD THS ]
“ Society editor in?"
A rather thin young man with Terr
tight ¡Hints, high collar, and a round
cloth cap of the 3tyle worn by bicycle
riders bad opened the door of the in a
editorial rooms and propounded the ons
“ It
above question.
“ No," said the horse reporter, “ the replied
are
on a
society editor isn’ t in. D id yon want
a piece
to see him?”
“Oh,
awfully,” was the reply. match a
“ Why, I wouldn’t have missed seeing awee
the society editor for any thing. What
I wanted to toll him about was very consecutive ___
sailing away on Ui
important—really and truly it was.”
“ Is Beatrice Perkins going toM uk if you would like an
“That’s it,” said
wonugo for the summer again?’
asked the horse reporter; “ tiecause if “ I want to see an
it’s anything about that, or ‘South is the literary
Side social circle are in a flutter over sweet verse in I
the approaching nuptials o f a pro­ day. It went 1
minent belle and one o f our best The bloom
The
known young business men,' any of God
us can attend to it just as well as the
society editor. Both those
are kept in ty p e f ’
“ our-blocn
“ No, it's nothing like that.”
out just now, but may l ___
“ Nothing about 'several well known rest of us could attend to
society young men on the North Side What is it yon want?”
are about to organize a riding club’
“ I am going to gradu
is iti W e’ve got that all ready, too, month, sir,” said the you
but we generally wait till about the “ and I ’ve got to read an east
middle o f June beforo printing it it funny?”
Then it means that some dry goods
“ It will be very,”
clerks are going to hire mustang personal friend of S t .
ponies for one consecutive evening
“ And I thought,” con
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and spend the balance o f tae summer young lady, “ that perhaps to e !
getting over i t I know all about editor would give me some
North Sido riding clubs.”
about the subject of my
“ I never ride,” snid tho young man
tho general maimer in which'
“ I wouldn’t advise you to, unless be treated. But possibly
you take along a postage stamp to do it just as w«ll,” and tl _
make you sit quietly on the hoise.”
graduate smiled a sweet enec
“ What I want to know,” said the smile.
vouug man. “ is whether in walking
“ I guess likely 1 could," '
with a lady a gentleman should al­ reply. “ You’ve got your white
ways offer her his right arm or make made, I suppose?'*
it a rule to have the lady on the in
“ Yes, sir,”
sido of the walk, no matter which arm
“ Well, that’s a good deal
she takes in accomplishing this re
are you thinking of writing at
suit. W e're having an awful argu
“ I didn't exactly know, ur.
meat about it over on Ashland avenue, was what puzzled me.”
and Cholly and I nearly had a real
“ The Bud of promise raoket ia a
serious quarrel.”
pretty good one,” said the '
“ Who is Cholly?”
porter.
“ Hu’s my room mate, you know.
“ The what!”
W e’ ve been awful frionds ever since
“ The Bud of Promise racket It’»
ho lent me his mauve-colored pants a daisy scheme for girl graduates.”
two years ago. Last" Christmas I
‘Could you tell me,” asked the
gave him a lovely pair of dovecolored young lady in a hesitating manner,
suspenders, and when my birthday “ about this— ”
comes he is going to give me a real
“ Racket f ’ suggested toe horse re­
aw eet.pairof silk stockings with my porter.
monogram on them. I wouldn’t for
"About this racket”
anything iu the world have any
“Oh, certainly. Yon want to atari
trouble occur between Cholly and L, the essay with a few remarks about
because we’ ve been in the threads to­ spring being the most beautiful season
gether for noarly a year.”
of the year—toe time when the tender
“ Iu the what?”
blades of grass, kissed by toe dews
“ In the threads—in the thread de­ of heaven and warmed by the kindly
partment, you know—and we think rays of the sun, peep forth, at first
everything iu the world of each other. timidly; and then in ell toe royal
I hardly ever buy a lemonade without splendor of their vivid colon, from
asking Cholly to have some o f it the bosom of toe earth that was suoh
But we’re awfully pazzled about this a while ago wrapped in toe mantle of
matter I told you about. Cholly says snowy whiteness and fast bound in
tho gentleman should always offer the chilly arms of hoary-headed old
tho lady his right arm, but I don’t winter. Then say that as the glad
think so. I ’m going to tske a splendid sunahiue leaps through the bits o f
oung lady out for a boat ride in foliagn that begin to come out and
inion Park noxt Wednesday ovoning, cast their grateful shade upon the
and that’s how wo came ‘ o talk about earth, they fall upon toe buds that
it.”
are loading the fruit trees, and soon
“ Well,” said the horse reporter, on every branch the buds ripen and
“ this what shall-wo-do-with-our-girls burst forth in a wealth of floral love­
business is a pretty cmnplicated mat­ liness. Then oompare toe maiden,
ter. There are a good many things just stepping forth from the precincts
to be considered, and the best author­ of the school, and gazing with wistful,
ities have decided that no absolute
je r eyes out into the world with toe
ruie in reganl to what arm a lady little bud upon toe tree, and say that*
should take when walking with a she, too, by the aid of toe sunlight
gentleman can be laid down. It de­ which comes from education, will soon
pends a good deal on the gait o f the develop into a woman, that priceless
girl. I have seen some shy, demure, gift of God to man, and ever cast
plouHo - do not-say piano-leg when I about her the holy light of love. That
am around young ereatures that ought to fetch ’em.”
would carry a man all over the side­
“It sounds nice, doesn’t it?” aaid
walk if you happened to walk them the young lady.
in front o f a millinery store and had
"You bet it does, Bir. There ia
them hitched up on the off side; and nothing so Bweet and alluring as a
then there nre others that walk in a
alpable lie. O f course, you and I
corn oil my little too style. They’re
uow that when a girl graduates she
daisies. They sort o f drift down the is as useless as a fan in a cyclone, .but
street sideways like a one-legged it won’t do to say so. Yon just give
duck, and keep stepping on your it to ’em the way I told yon and you’ll
ankles and acting as if yon were the be all right.”
first of a flight o f stairs that they
Thantc you very much, sir,” said
would like to climb, but couldn't. A the young lady, starting for the door.
nice square gaited girl that goes
"Don’t forget to tie your essay with
straight ahead and doesn't lunge
blue ribbon,” said the horse re­
around and make you think every porter.
minute that she'H going to break her
“ No sir, I won’t"
check-rein the next dive will do well
“ And tell your papa to buy »
enough on either side, but with the bouquet to lire at yos.”
hen in n-gale of wind kind it’s bet­
“ Yee sir. Good bye.”
ter to keep them on the left side all
“ Bon soir. Come around when you
the time, because you can fend ’em fall in love and I will put you up to
off more naturally.”
a great scheme for making Charley
“ Then yon think-either way is al­ declare his intentions several months
lowable?” asked the young man.
earlier than would otherwise be the
“ Certainly. When did yon say you case.” —{Chicago Tribune.
were going out with this girl?”
A T T rE O r BEAPTT.
“ Next Wednesday."
“ Well, you’ll have time enough be­
(From the Norristown Herald.]
fore then to have your legs dipped
Here hang
over.”
my bangs, o’er
“ Have what?”
eyes that dream,
“ Have your legs dipped over
and nose and rose­
When people make candles, yon know,
bud lipe for cream.
ami any o f them are spoiled, they just
And here’s my
put them iu the m old and dip them
chin, with dim­
over. I guess likely you can find
ples in
some candle molds on the West Side
This is
and improve yonr appearance consid­
my neck
erably.” —[Chicago Tribune.
w i thout
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a speck
Which doth theee snowy
W h a t K e e p s S o m e A m e r ic a n s A l iv e .
shoulders deck; and here is
—Any American whose health is not
see, oh, double T —O—N,
good will assnro you that if he can
which girls all wear like
only pull through the summer he
me; and here’s a heart,
will get well in the cold, tonic air of
from cupid’s dart
winter. Some months later he will
safe shielded by
assure yon, that if he can only pull
through the winter he will get well
this corset’s art
This is my
ill the fresh, palmy air of summer.
waist, on
Every time, too, he will fully lielieve
which a .
just what he says, and it ia this con­
bustle big i
tinued oxjiectation baaed on what,
placed. This
for the time tieinv,' seems sound
.■ 4
my drees; it's cost,
reasoning that k e e ^ hundreds of
I guess, did my poor
thousands of overworked Americans
nlive long after invalids of less san
[>aps much distress; because
gnine temperaments have sunk into he signed when mamma tried it a «,
and scolded so I cried, but ■
the grave.—| Rhiladlephia News.
ms said I soon would wed, sne
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After recalling the circumstances of pa's clothes for him, instead
trimmed with lace, just in tide
Byron's final illness, and in view of
the fact that ho was bled three times place, neath which two ankle« show
with grace, in silken hoee to
in one day, though already weakened
by malaria fever, the Lancet con­ toe beans, who think they’re 1
I suppose. These are i
cludes that the old fashioned physi­
feet in
slipper*
cians killed him.
nest
and
-
-
—
now,
if we
Mr. Flinders Petrie is about to pub­
should
chance
lish a work on measurements o f the
to meet,
we’ll flirt a
great pyramid, in which he will show
that the new measurements are irre­ l i t t l e
{
'S
concilable with those on whieh Pro­
fessor Pisxzi Smyth has built hie
hypotheses.
Paul H. Hague now
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