• • » 4 < y --------------- /I r e --------------------V W ' you iA a r e D o ÿou A Tn»t the ITEMIZER hat the Largeet Clrealatiaa af aay Payer Pehllehed la Path Cauaty. aad ie Head by Nearly Every Faeilly althla Ita Reaadariee. if yaa with ta Reaah Everyaae, pat- raalie theae advertlelay ealaaiae.aed That thla Papar baa tha I af Carreepaadaate, all 1 lap repreeeatad; the aawelaat aad Ha i ehalaaat. la every way a 1 family papar. Vea ehaal 7 A F o r at P r t f H T b ÿ it. ■ M &s ----- ^ P R O F E S S IO N A L CARDS. Y0V1 Li J. M. KEENE, D. D. S. Dental offici» in Bru/man Bruiliur'a building, corner of Court and C om ­ mercial atreets, Strong Professional and Academ ic Courses; a well organized Model School for Practical Training o f Teachers. Norm al. Advanced Normal, Business, Music and A rt Departm ent. Beautiful and healthful location. L ight ex|*n*e, no HAI.OON8. The Nor­ mal has en jo y e o a ►Uuih grow th «luring the past \ cur. rea«‘liing an enrollm ent of over 400, the largest in it’s h istory. New mem bers have been added to the faculty, new ap|«ar«tu.- sU) plied, and the course o f study revised and strengt >eue«l. The graduates are in demand to fill g«**«l p**siti«»ns. The diplom a ent'tles the holder to tench i »* any county hi the state w ithout farther exam inations T uition, Nor mal #6.26 |*er term of ten weeks; Sub Normal #6.00 per t tim o f ton weeks; Business #6.26 • per term . Board ot Normal Dining Hall *1 76 per week. Room s fn*ui 60c per week (unfurnisheU) to $i 00 and $1.26 fundshed. Board and lodging in private faralllee #8 60 to #4.no per week. Tuition. b.*ard, lo(|giiiLr ami books less than #150. per year. Conservatory ..f uiu- blc. Tin-rough courses m e offered in Vocal and In­ strumental music. Tuition, #io. per term of twenty lessons. L. N. WOODS, M. D. P H Y S IC IA N AND SUROKON, Dallna, Oregon. B. H. M .C A L L O N , NI. D . Physician and Surgeon, * D A L L A S , R O , flyOlflu-u otrsr Bruwn à Son s store. J. 1£. S u l k y , H. c . E m u . DALY, SIBLEY & EAKIN, A. t t o r n e y w -H t -L iiw . W e hare the only set of ubatraot books in Folk •oMiity- Helishle abet mote furnished, and tuouey to oin , N o iMininiseion charged on loens. Room s 2 end J W ilson's block . Dull** M onm outh is ea sily accessible from a ll p arts o f the state, tw elve m iles from the State C apital. S ix ty m iles sou th o f Portland. C atalogues ch eerfu lly sent on application. A dd ress P L C am p­ bell. P r orS. hedd. Secy, o f fa c u lty . M O M , . . . 08 EGGN .1 . J. L. COLLINS. Suitor’s S a w M ill. Attorney and Counselor at Law, Solicitor mi DOHn YNOMl U. T h e L e a d in g N o r m a l S c h o o l O f T h e N o rth w e st OREGON. SALEM. • a o. J. D m , tiinoccry. what a comfort it ia to have ready at hand a remedy that never fails to relieve Constipation, and that, without pain or discomfort; and almost immediately cures head­ aches, and dispels every symptom o f Dyspepsia. Such a remedy is found in Simmons Liver Regu­ lator— not a sweetened compound to nauseate, or an intoxicating beverage to cultivate an alcoholic appetite, but a medicine pleasant to the taste, and perfectly harmless when given to the smallest child. S. L. R. never disappoints. It possesses the virtues ana perfec­ tions of a reliable remedy of the kind endorsed by eminent physicians. ** It affords rue pleasure to add m y t««tl- roony to thove you receive annually In reference to you r valuable medicine. 1 consider Sim m ons L iver Regulator the best family m edicine on the market. I have prescribed It with excellent results.” —W. F. 1'AKK, M. D., Tracy City, Tenn. Has beeu in practice o f his profeeslon in this place oi about thirty years, and will attend to all nuslrcss •utrustod to his care. Office, corn er Main and Court Is, Dallas, Polk C o, Or J. H. T ownhkni ». N .L . B utler , B U T LE R A TO W N SEN D , — THE VERY BEST QUALITY OF— Rough and Dressed Lumber. ------ m » m------- A T T O R N E Y S -A T -L A W . Office upKti.ii» ill Odd Fellow -’ new block. PLASTERING! • • • A good supply on hand and for sale at either the mill 01 the yard in iiaHas. CHEAP O B K O O N . D A L L A S , it S e e in g AS THE And a good lamp must be simple; when it is not simple it is /, not good. Simple, B eautiful , Good— these ' words mean much, but to see “ The Rochester ” l will impress the truth more forcibly. All metal, tough and seamless, and made in three pieces only, I it is absolutely sa fe and unbreakable. Like Aladdin’s o f old, it is indeed a “ wonderful lamp," for its mar­ velous light is purer and brighter than gas light, softer than electric light and more cheerful than either. TilE - Setting All work guaranteed lirstclnss. J . A . B A R K E R , Dallas. Progressive. Look for this stamp—T hb R oc hkstek . If the lamp dealer has n ’t the g e n u in e Rochester, and the style you want, send to us for our new illustrated catalogue, and we will send you a lamp safely by express— your choice of over 2 ,0 0 0 varieties from the largest Lamp Store in the World. Popular. Mtrcsl Fin ni M arine i n s u r a H e a d U n c e : CHEAPEST. is B e lie vin g,” — OF A L L K IN D S.— Prompt. c o R O C H E S T E R L A M P CO.t 4 2 P a r k P la c e , N ew Y o r k City», * 2 ^ “T h e Rochester.” . O ffic e : WASHINGTON STH ÏK T, PORTLAND, OH. T ht Leading Home Company. » . . . * SPECIALTY i. . . . . . . . . . Shark., u d Parian.*«., Bv.Uiaf. and Hon,.hold C.odi, l.hooli .id oth.r P.blte Bidding., Firm Bidding, u d Firm Prop.rty —D1RECHORS:— J tm CRAKKN . F. K. ARNOLD, D . D. O LIPH AN T H. L. PITTO CR, J. K G ILL. J. LOKWENHKRG r CUOEHT, r. H. W AR REN , J. » . COOPER, ». I. YOUNG, B. P. McCORNACK. 4. LOWINIEEU. H. M. ORANT. P r .u 4 .n t , skcralni y u d M e r e r .’ CREAT SPEAR HÊAIÛ CONTEST. C H E W D. B. MCDONALD, TRUCKMAN, 3 ni h : O regon . s ? e A R HEA o A fair share of patromige solicited aud all • vlem promptly tilled. A . J. M SAVE THE TACS. A R T I N , PAIN TER , On Handrad and Smnti-lbiu Thousand Iso Hundred and FH; Dalian, H .U H , sign and ornamental, grain­ $173,250.00 ing, kiilneming and pa;-er hanging. D allas , - * O rbooh WILSON &, CO., Drifts ! Ajutkiik B u l.r in dm*., ehemic in u d R.r«ninW7 «tati.n<-ry, tcil.t srticlre.me.reh.uH. hips*, tobueo, rtc., rtc P w e lH lu -w s f» midlclnnl purpo... only. Phreicisn. pnr reriptlon. compounded day or "'»*•*■ M“ n •trvet, opposite court house, Dallas, Dr. In valuable Presents to be Civen Away In Return for S P E A R HEAD TAGS. 1 , 1 SB RTF II WINDING ELGIN GOLD WATCHES.................................... S .7 T 6 FINE IMPORTED FRENCH OPERA GLAHRF.H. MOROCCO BOOT, * 2 3 .1 0 0 ’ 118 600 „ BLACK ENAM EL TRIMMINGS, GUARANTEE!» ACHROMATIC... J M » 00 IMPORTED GERMAN BUCKHORN HANDLE. FOUR BLADED POCKET K N IV E S................................................................................................ * M » «0 ROLLED GOLD WATCH CHARM ROTARY TELESCOPE TOOTH_______ SUGGESTIONS ABOUT SPRAYING. A C o-operetlv. Plea Advlavd For Permrre With Smell Orchard». Spraying with it reunites for the pre­ vention o f insect Attacks has by pro­ gressive fruitgrowers become a recog- nixed necessity. Spraying with copper compounds for the prevention of fungus diseases is rapidly growing in favor, and its value has been demonstrated by the orchardist as well as the experimental­ ist. As the treatment is entirely prevent­ ive it must be commenced early in order to make it effective. All parts o f trees or plants must be reached with the pre­ ventive agent. Drenching íh not necessary and i» ex­ pensive. A thin film or coating o f the fungicide deposited upon the foliage will prevent the development of the spores as well as a complete soaking, but it is important that all the leafy surface should lie wet, at least on the upper side. For orchard work a good force pump, which may be fitted into a barrel —side or end—will give satisfaction. More expensive pumps, drawn and op­ erated by horsepower, may be purchased, but are seldom necessary except for large orchards. The Vermorel noxxle is a very satisfactory instrument for dis­ tributing the liquid. There are certain inconveniences that retard the progress of the practice of spraying. It must be done at certain periods o f the year; otherwise It is inef­ fectual. It involves the purchase of im­ plements and materials sometimes dif­ ficult to obtain just when wanted. Snc- cesa also depends on intelligent adapta­ tion o f the treatment to climatic condi­ tions existing during the spraying peri­ ods. In view of the difficulties enumer­ ated John Craig, horticulturist o f the central experimental farm of Canada, suggests in a recent bulletin the adop­ tion of a co-operative plan of spraying: First, where orchards are not large, a few farmers might combine and purchase a spraying outfit, which would serve the community, and it it were possible to have it continuously operated by the same individual, whom practice would lend superior facility in using it, an ad­ ditional advantage would be gained. Another arrangement could be made as follows: A complete spraying outfit, including chemicals, might be purchased by a per­ son who would be prepared to spray under contract by the acre or at a stated figure per tree. If this system of oombating fungous and insect enemies was introduced, it would obviate mnch o f the prejudice and inconvenience cow connected with the work, and spraying would probably in a few years, to the great benefit of orchardists, become the general practice. For the treatment of apple and pear spot Mr. Craig gives the following direc­ tions: "1. Before growth begins In spring, spray with a solution of copper sulphate —1 pound to 50 gallons of water, (hi no account should this be applied after the foliage has appeared, as it will severely Injure it. 2. Just before the blossoms open, spray with dilated bordeaos mix­ ture. Repeat this after the bloasoma have fallen and make a third application two or three weeks afterward. If the season la wet and rainy, a later applica­ tion may be advisable.” In regard to grape diseases, the advice is to spray "the oanea with copper sul­ phate, 1 pound to 50 gallons, before growth begins. Follow this solution with diluted bordeanx mixture (omit­ ting paria green) or ammeniacal copper carbonate immediately after the fruit seta Repeat at intervals of three weeks, till the bunches begin to color. Am­ mon iscal copper carbonate should al­ ways be need for the later applications.” Chemicals for spraying can now be obtained from most druggists. m THAT CO-OPERATIVE CREAMERY. Clear Statement of What 1« Absolutely Es­ sential to Its Success. I believe that where a private cream­ ery has been successful a cooperative creamery can also be made so, but cer­ tain things are absolutely necessary. First—The stockholders must hare a good working knowledge o f the dairy business; they must have good cows and take care o f them and feed them. Second—Enough milk should be guar­ anteed from the start to run the cream­ ery to its capacity. The way to secure the milk is to take In as stockholders only farmers who milk their cows, not beginning business until enough cows are secured. Third—A man who can make first class butter and cheese ami who understands everything connected with the creamery business, from weighing the milk, tak­ ing samples and testing it to shipping the products, conducting the necessary correspondence and keeping the books. N o matter how well the patrons do their part, if the man who makes up the milk does not understand his business they will lose money. Fourth—The business must be con­ ducted on business principles. This quite often proves a stumbling block to the success of organisations of this kind. There are always a lot a>( fellows who think that because they own a share they ought to have a hand in ev­ erything that comes up connected with the business. A creamery cannot be managed successfully by a committee of the whole. A man should be placed In charge o f the business who understands it, and he should have authority to con­ duct it according to his host judgment. It is not wise to place the entire con­ trol of the funds in the hands of one man, but so far as the details are con­ cerned let the butter maker attend to them. He knows more about handling the milk and cream and butter and sbi;>- ping the latter than do the patrons anil should not be hampered by unnecessary restrictions. The plan lately adopted by , a number o f co-operative creameries of sending Borne young man of the com­ ¡ munity to a good dairy school nntil he j learns the business is a good one. A number of young men have been sent in that way during the past year. The patrons o f a co-operative creamery are paid for their milk whenever they ao will it. The usual way is to pay once a month, nsing the Babcock test to deter­ mine what is due each one. The ex;>ense will depend upon the local conditions. It will cost $75 to $100 a month for a good bntter maker, and he will need a cheap helper a part of the time. Butter mak­ ers can be had cheaper than that, bnt in the majority o f case» they will lose more than their wages every month. It will pay to get the beat man that can be had. He la the cheapest. Then the fnel, oil, salt, tubs, ice, hauling the milk, etc., can be figured at local prices. In regard to constrncting the building and putting In the machinery, figure on who will do it the cheapest. Find what the agent wants for putting np the build­ ing, then get local bnildera to figure on it. See what the agent asks for putting in the machinery, then get prices from other supply houses for the same. If the people are ready to build a creamery, there ia no need of a thousand dollar agent aa a go between.—Henry C. W al­ lace in Breeder’s Oaxette. Test That Milk. With the use o f the Babcock machine any ordinarily intelligent dairyman can accurately tell the value o f his oows, his milk and cream, also the value o f the different food consumed. He can also tell, if he runs a home dairy, if he is get­ ting ont all the bntter in the milk, what per cent butter fat he leaves in the skim- milk and the batter milk, as well as tell the value of the first milking and of the ■tripping which the different milkman or milkmaid leave« in the udder. He can also tell, If he takes his milk to the creamery, if the creamery man ia testing the milk honestly. It ia surprising after nsing a Babcock machine to ascertain that milk from cows o f the same breed, same farm, same care and treatment, will vary just double in the per cent of bntter fat, and very often in those animals where It was least expected. It ie also sur­ prising to learn the difference which the food and the care and treatment of the oows will make in the per cent of butter fat. It ia therefore a decided fact that we cannot profitably or with good judgment buy or sell cows, milk or cream or feed our cows without the use of a Babcock tester.—W. M. Ben- iger in Practical Dairyman. Dairy end I rMmery. Cream ery men and dairymen every­ where ought to combine in one deter­ mined effort to rid America o f oleomar­ garine. They ehonld give their law mak­ 2 6 1 , 0 3 0 P R IZ E S . AMOUNTING T O ................................................... # 1 7 3 , 2 6 0 OO ers no peace til) the thing ia done. If The .bore srticler will he dlatrlbated, b y eountlea, among partlee who ehew SPEAR the law makers refuse to heed, let them HEAD Plug Tobaooo, and return to oe the TIM TAG S taken thf refrom. hear something drop at the next election. We will dletribote SSS of theee prime In th le r o n . l , ea follow.: To ra m PARTY «ending us the fnratwt number of SPEAR HEAD W ATrM A creamery mas who nses the De Laval TAGS from tkfte — m m tj w will gte«................................................... 4 GOLD WATCH. p e r r y d a l e laetocrite test says that he mnch prefers I t the FIVE PARTIES eendlng a . the next greeteet number o f ____ it to any other method in use for show­ SPEAR HEAD TAOS, we will glee to each, 1 OPERA G L A S S ...4 OPERA GLASSES, ing the amount of butter fat in milk. a . the TWENTY PARTIES eendlng a . the next greeteet number Make Fresh Nrota Often. od HPEAR HEAD TAGS, we will giro to each I POCKET „ When the nests are used merely as lay­ With the laetocrite be declares he can ing nests they may do through the se», test 12 samples in five minutes. rw the ONE HUNDRED PARTIES eendlng ne the next greattet number of SPEAR HEAD TAGS, we will glee to each 1 _______ ______ ■on; bat. ssys The Poultry Yard, by mak­ The machinery of the Blythewood ROLLED GOLD WATCH CHARM TOOTH P IC K ............................ISO TOOTH PICKS ing new nests several times during ths dairy. Essex, England, is run entirely by IS the ONE HUNDRED PARTIES eroding ne the next greatest year and burning the old ones yon foster electricity. W hy do not some of our pamb«r of SPEAR HEAD TAGS. w ewlU glee to each 1 L a r g e p i c t u r e i n e l e v e n c o l o b s .............................................J io p i c t u r e s cleanliness end prevent Hce end other American creameries try tfee same mo­ __ t h e p r o p r i e t o r s — parasites from gaining a lodgment. If tive power where it can be obtained T e fa l N um ber a f Prlaaa tor th is C a a a ty , M R . CAUTION,—No Tege will be reoelred before Jmianry iMJdN. nor after February let. tbs nests are used for sitter», as aocu as cheaply? Hat Each package -ontaimog tege maet be marked plainly with Name od Sender, Town, the hen is taken off with her brood, out Professor Ooefce ar*a B E I ds odor County. Stage/ end Number lit Tage In eneh package All chargee on peekagm meet be with the nest and burn the straw at once from ensilage ie caused by a gas that * f*l RE I D —spr.AR HEAD pnmemea more qualities of In innate rain, than aay other or you will soon have a healthy lot o f paean off In the feeding. It It get into etot produced. It .e'the vwretast, th i tougbret. the rtrbmt S P E A R H E A D W line to daal with, which will worry your Daal ia draga- P*,nU- °*u * I “ " the milk it ia because the milker is care­ ■ jmilat.IT poHUrely and t h d a e U r e l r dinbrent In fleror from a a y o th e r ping tnke.ee window., candy, nota, tobacco aud ao J r S ffw fn roduacithe mrwt .kepUcainf thla fact. It tith e largmf mller o fan y Hmlter poultry so that Improvement will be but less and has allowed the gae to cling to ahnn. aad myle oa aarth, which proem that It baa caught the pewul.r teete sad al.eam tha a alow race indeed. Freeh nests, asetly hia clothing. He aay. farther that corn aantda Try It, and participate in the conteet for pneee. See that a T IE T A D fe ea army I f 2 n t pirce of S fX A K HEAD yon boy. Bend In the tege. no matter how email tha aad nicely made, induce the hens to lay when .booked tn the field heats quite aa tn them, keep ths egge dean and give a Janata/. « 7 I S e Y ’ j . s o r g c o m p a n y , midolotoww , oaxa. mnch as ensilage does, bat tn this ease tidy, attractive appearance to the pu to the gas pORse* off Into the air. Farmers A Hat of the people obtaining then, prtana in thle county wUl be pohlhkod la IfeM Mea, so that you will not be ashamed n S M R im S N S CAREFULLY FILLCB. paper In — ■——1T after Febraery get more rains out of ao acre o f corn p r » I»«. ^ whoa friends or customer* call to see ■■reed ia Mia than ia aay other way. MTT SUB UT U U K F«K JUUMI L M L ° • I V I THRU A TRIAL. DRUG - STORE. B 1 RTEL & Y 1 GGERS, ,J ! /* NO. 32. DALLAS, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1893 YOL. XIX. 1 1 B SOO LARGE PICTURES (14x2S lnehea) IN ELEVEN COLORS, for framing, ’ no ad.ertlalng on them .................................................................................. MAW DO ftobbad by a Clever H uh . Nal Yfit A$Mrt*in«4s “ T h a on ly tim e that I ever had m y house rob b ed ," said W illett Effing­ ham , “ was som e three years a|;o and th en it was by a tn ck that, h ow ever m u ch it grievqd m e at the time, co m ­ pels m e to adm it was a clever one. I lived in D akota and kept a large ch icken coop to accom m odate a flock o f chickens. I had several lots o f grou nd opened in to one yard, w hich g a v e m e a w ide stretch o f lawn and room fo r a ch icken yard. O ne night about 11:30 o'clock 1 was ^disturbed by the noise o f squaw king chickens and a rum pus out in th e shed. I at on ce said ‘chicken thieves.' and got up to investigate. M y w ife had a sufficiency o f nerve and prepared to First Fair One—8o Fred and Arthur follow me w ith a lamp. I g o t out both proposed to her. Which was the m y revolv er and started tow ard the Incky one? shed. Then the noise ceased, and 1 The Other Fair One—I don't know yet. was certain som e on e had been steal­ Fred married her.—Life. ing. N aturally enough, w e both cam e to th e shed and found the d o o r open. "W e examined the lock, found it broken, and a count o f the chickens revealed a half dozen m issing I was simply furious and pottered around that miserable shed for fully a half hour securing it against further m o­ lestation. When we returned to the house we found that our absence had been taken advantage of and a num­ ber o f valuable articles stolen. Ever since I have been wondering whether the chicken thief and burglar were the same party, or whether they were tw o companions, or strangers to each other. It always seemed to me a kind o f mean trick even for a thief to play.” —S t Louis Globe-Democrat Walled Cities In Asia. The first glimpse w e get of an east­ ern walled city unfolds et once mem­ ories o f our childhood days, which have perhaps never been awakened since, and the pictures o f our childish books, which impressed themselves so vividly upon our minds, are repro­ duced in the bright colors o f old, when we are brought face to face with the quaint battlements and the dark gateways, with the accessories o f bright, burning sunshine and tur- baned figures and processions o f cam ­ els and the listless calm of the trop­ ical land. Such old cities are still to be seen in India, still walled in the old fashion and still peopled by the figures o f the Biblical picture book. Closely akin to them are walled towns standing on the canals o f mid China, passing through which, say at the close o f day, when every tower and every roof stands out clearly cut against the brilliant western sky and we are challenged by a grotesque fig­ ure, armed with a spear and proba­ bly wearing armor, the illusion is complete, and for the moment we find it hard to realize that we are traveling at the end o f the nineteenth century.—Cor. Chicago Herald. W ... » Mr. Mooney—It thot’s me name yea are writin dthere, I don't think yes havs enough litters in it.—Troth. A R e la p s e . \ , “ W hat! Smoking, Fred? Thought the doctor told you it would kill yon?” "S o he did, and I qnit But at the sad of a week I wanted to die, so I'm smok­ ing again.”—Life. J u s t t h e T im e . H u m o r o f N a p o le o n I. G reat men have often been defi­ cient in the sense o f hum or. This 1 w as m arkedly the case with N apo­ leon I. w hose sense o f hum or, i f he possessed i t w as o f a grim sort. It is recorded, how ever, that he had a certain sym path y w ith a pun, and several o f his m in or appointm ents w ere actually made because th e ap­ pointees' nam es seem ed to indicate their fitness fo r the place. He m ade M. B ig o t fo r instance, his m inister o f public w orship at one tim e, and w hen he was look in g about fo r a govern or o f the pages in the im perial palace he could think o f n o o n e so appropriate fo r the place as General G ardanne. w hose nam e, in French, signifies a keeper o f donkeys. W hen he cam e to m ake Marshal C ^ra— Did you know that Mrs. Dan­ V ictor Beau-Holeil a duke, it struck gle had gone on a trip to Bermuda? Napoleon that the opp ortu n ity was Maude-^No. I must call on her be­ an excellent one to m ake a sort o f fore she gets back.—Vogue. reverse o r “ back action" pun o n the j The Up« and Downs of Fashion. marshal's name. Beau-Holed signifies “ beautiful sunshine," so the em jieror created the man the Due de Bellune —w hich was v ery m uch as if h e bad made him the D uke Fine M oon.— Y outh s Companion. T e a c h in g T e r m s H e s it a t io n H e a r in g . T each in g is o f all the professions th e m ost useful fo r the public w el­ fare, as it is on e o f th e m ost labori­ ous and skilled, and should be paid accord ing to its deserts. Recitation hearing, h ow ever, is on e o f the easi­ est, least skilled and m ost useless of all occupations. In this field, as in others, the public gets the kind of j w ork it pays for. The w ages o f the rank and file o f public school teach­ ers average less than those o f skilled m echanics. A s lon g as the pu blic continues to pay fo r recitation hearing, it w ill not get m uch teaching, for educational missionaries to w ork w ithout the o r ­ dinary inducem ents are too few to supply the dem and aud w ill prob­ ably continue so until the m illen­ n ium .—P rofessor W illiam M. A her in Popular Science M onthly. The Rivals. A G « a u l a « VI r o t . T h ere was a man w ho evidently knew little art and less m illinery at the loan exhibition the oth er even ­ in g W ith him was his w ife, w ho was plainly a connoisseur in the lat­ ter and religiously im provin g her op­ portunities fo r its study. “ T h e re ," she rem arked w ith her eyee upon a bunch o f lace and velvet w hich adorned the blond hair o f another w om an , “ there is a genuine V iro t " And her husband aroused him self “ It ia folly tor yon. Micky McClcekny, from the contem plation o f a painting tn throw your offerings at my font. by Gazin to rem ark th at if V iro t w as Yonder goa* the one who baa loug won my heart from you. He h u all the at­ another o f those pink and purple lm pr esstoniats be did n 't care to ase hia tribute* o f a man. He w ean long pant* aad chew« gg well u mnoku.”—Truth. p ic tu re - N ew Y ork W orld . A BUNCH OF HOSES. The last time I was trav ; In T o I ohanosd to havs parti cull ito tars of introduction from m utasi I Angolas Rusil, a jolly old property owner o f the Faubourg St. Pierre das Corps, on tha outskirts o f Tours. Rusil lived in a house that had coos bsso a grange upon an tnoom* which was mod­ est, yet sufficient to supply all his wants. W ith him lived an old woman, not tar from the dark side o f to, who It was «mat times suggested was not in the full posMs- aon o f her reason. This report had sprang Into sri straps after the Fat* d* la St. Jean, when tbs had been suddenly Mixed with a nervous fit, caused in some inexplicable way by tha sight o f a no gay o f red rosss In ths dress o f a young peasant girl who had come to the festival from ths country. The day following my arrival to Tours I went to deliver my letter* to M. Rusil and was received with ths utmost cordiality. ‘ I havs suffered horribly at tbs hands ot ths Germans,” hsaaid. "Listen to my tale o f w ot; I will tell It to you with ths great set freedom and candor.” Aa he said those words M Rusil ram from bis chair, and opening a maud vs oak cabinet took out from it a little box cov­ ered with dust and having ia its lo o k s small rusty key. With great gentleness and oars he opened It, and placing it so that I could easily me its contents m id in n voles that shook with emotion awakened by past memorise: "Here is a bunch of faded room that once were fresh and tweet, but are now dry end almost odorless. "They were worn by a young girl, a na­ tive of my own country (ths Ardennes), on the very day of the burning o f Be sail lee. They are Louie Van Houlte room autumn lee the last flowers of onoe happy Fraaee. "Although they are dry and dusty, you can see with the help of this glam that on the petals of each roe* them ia a blackish colored crystallisation. "W all,” hs went on in a low voice that w u almost a whisper, “ that la blood—Ger­ man blood.” He took from my hands the magnifying glam and examined with the greatest atten­ tion thme peculiar relics Then he went on: “ You remember with what heroic ob­ stinacy the inhabitants o f Baaslllsa, tracked like wild beasts, defended step by step their houses and property; how men, women and children used their guns, and never yielded an inch without lea ring several blank spaces in the German ranks "On that day, terrible and never to be forgotten, Rom Launols fought Ilk* a man, discharging on* barrel o f her gun after an­ other with the coolness and determination o f a brave soldier. I was by hsr side, and from behind a sort o f bank formed by the eollapeed sides o f a private library we let blase at the slowly advancing Prussian sol­ diers. “ There were three others besides our­ selves—three men—and it wee positively devilish to eee us, four men and a young girl, standing side by side fighting like de­ mons against preposterous odds, and yak by some strange luck not even hit by the enemy’s bullets ‘ 1 can eee that lovely girl now. She .te n d , again before my eyes, her long hair falling over her shoulders, with flushed face, two rows o f gleaming teeth, aad btv grand, flaming eyes fixed on tbs ever ap­ proaching m an o f dark soldier, that at any moment m ight pick ua off with their rifles or reduce us to a little pile o f dead. “ More dearly still do 1 again am that hunch of red roses—autumn rasas full blown and gorgeous living in their fresh splendor as if in pro tret against the bloody horrors of war and disaster. It w u not loug before our three oom- rsdes had fallen to the ground, each with a German bullet in his heart, and we. In or­ der to shoot better, had climbed callously over their corpses still warm and palpitat- lng. ‘ We were aotunlly Handing in Hood— thla girl and mymlf. It oovsred our hoot, and soaked our ankles with lta warm mois­ ture. "Suddenly 1 fell backward. A blade at oold steel had entered my breast 1 “ The Germans had forced their way into the house through the kitchen garden, and o f them, a blond H ercules had glvan me a sudden thrust with his bayonet A l­ though this Teutonia giant had given m s 1 believed, my ticket for heaven, I wm able —strange m it may seem—to not* exactly all that eras going on round me. ” 1 teem ed to have oeeurt Into the next life and yet still to be living in this “ I oan distinctly remember that this Ger­ man Hercules was alone In the rocas His companion, had hurried on In thair March for blood aad booty through ths village. Hie first act w u to disarm B oas tie hat arms and thrust hL hideous bloated face c lo u to the lovely cheeks of the heroic girl. “ The atrocious seen* w u rendered all the ■Mater by the horrible glare af ths fire which w u leaping from on* h o u u to an­ other till the whoM village w u ravel oped in a m m of IU om . “ How It wm that at this mooMSt, la spite o f my gaping wound, I found strength to move and svra to get up tru e the ground is mote than I can explain. Just u the state h u the power ot conferring special privileges when exceptional d r- aumstanoea aaam to demand IS so un­ doubtedly there are mira cle, t h u are af­ fected by the will o f hravra “ 1 got up, terribM as a demoo o f vrags anw. and quietly moved behind the raw» ardly German. “ Coldly, without trembling or hesitating, n murderer lu lb* u u u af Juettas 1 sum­ moned to my aid more sirength than I thought I possessed and plunged my long hunting k n il. up to its hilt la the h u h of ing monster. The Unde waa the unsuspect unsue keen u a sharpened on both sides Ilk* a Sedge*! sword d It pMn pierced the heart B H ttfia U k ta “The next instant the pourwi wltb g r u t throbbtng jote cut ot m an ', mouth, drop fell apon I tu, and a f.w few drapa o f the bunch o f rara* la Ron {¡orata A ngsla. Ruoli moppad ter • n o n Hia m .m o rire reomsd to shake him. '- W u le borribM tndeed. M lt noi?" for several years. , “ The dignified i i o f my Ufa rveh uu m y e e i i W* Uran