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ßy Advice of a Lawyer
A IV f a A s d t v i a d n i o t a u g s e S m o f o k i n g .
The clrcun uod menagerie of Jones &
(Original.)
Jones was coming that way. The j I was traveling in Prance in a rail-
promptl obtained in a li oonntr le a ,o r so etc.
THOM U R h S , ( 'u v e a li an d <"t>yr'K h t* reirs-
greater part of its menagerie consisted way train shut up lu a « ompartmeut
I r e p o r t on na!.-inability.
A L L O U S IN E SS 1
of the elephant AfxJul, ftntl Abdul bail with but one person besides myself, a
I S T R IC T L Y C O NFID E N TIAL. FftttO t K M t l W I
I
lasl/Mly. Surpassing refertneea.
I
become old and irritable and no longer woman. 1 am an Inveterate smoker,
I
W id eaw a ke inventor* b toeid h iv r e o o r hand-1
I hook on H ow to obt&inand Sell patents. W h at ln- I
saw things with the friskiness of other and It occurred to me that perhaps the
I \ •-talons w ill pay. H o w to g et a part ner,and oüa-r I
I . Uuablt- in'ui
n. s«-r I free to any address. I
days He was lielng most carefully lady would not object to my lighting
w atched tv ban the show arrived at a cigar. I asked her permission, she
assented graciously, and. taking one
Clementsville.
15 0 1 Seventh S t ., W ashington, I). C .J
The season had not been a profitable from my' cigar case. 1 lighted It. It
was
a
long
cigar,
pointed
ut
botu
ends,
one for Jones & Jones. They had had
to offer f>0 cents on the dollar to their ami remarkably well made. I mention
WHY IT SUCCEEDS.
creditors ut the last three stands, and this because if it had been loosed
when the exhibition at Clementsville wrapped probably there would lie noth
was over they could not pay certain ing of especial interest in this story.
As I began to puff composedly 1 drew Because it’s for One Thing Only.
farmers for oats, hay and straw. One
from my pocket a morning paper and
— People Appreciate This.
of the farmers, and the largest cred commenced to read.
itor, refused to take a note of hand.
"I envy you your solace. n*pnsieur.”
Ills claim was for $40. and he rushed the lady remarked. “ Traveling is dull,
Doing one thing well brings success.
to see a lawyer about it. Mr. Taylor and we women have no such way of I loan’s Kidnev Fills do one thing only.
They
cure sick kidneys. They cure
passing
the
time.”
was the lawyer. The two or three oth
1 lowered my paper and for the first backache, every kidney ill.
ers in town happened to he out of their
James N. Ay re, living at Fifth S t . ,
offices. The great opportunity had time took a look at her. She was pass McMinnville, Ore., says:
“ Doan’s
come at last The foil* i*n years of ably good looking, comparatively young j Kidney Pills proved of great value to
and very well dressed. Since she had Mrs. Ayre. She doctored a great deal
waiting was to In* repai
been so good as to permit me to smoke and used many remedies but was un
•‘Your claim Is good, and all we tin ■ I considered it only fair that I should able to obtain relief from the pain
to do is to attach something.” was ti.
take her hint and relieve her ennui by through her back accompanied by a
When she
lawyer’s announcement. ' As the ele chatting with her. 1 was aware that weakness of the kidneys.
phant is the biggest and most valine- r the day of making acquaintances in ar. se in the morning she felt tired and
worn out and it was all she could do to
thing they have, we will attach him. this way even iu America hud passed, get around. She also suffered from diz
The circus must have him. It won't and even there it hud never been usual zy spells and her eyesight was affected.
move on without him Your case wlli for the woman to take the initiative, At last my attention was called to
be settled within an hour alter we at but my companion looked bored, and 1 Doan’s Kidney Fills. I procured a box
attributed her desire simply to la? tem for her and she began using them. In
tach him.”
a short time she was cured and has
porarily amused.
The elephant was attached. There
I tested her on different topics and imt had a sign of the trouble since.”
HOME PROOF—There is plenty of
was a lank and disconsolate looking soon found that she was most interest
cassowary with the show*, but he wu» ed in pleasures—exciting pleasures, local testimony like the above. Call at
Belt & Cherrington’s drug store and ask
passed by. There was a lonely and de such ns the theater and the race course to see copies of statements of Dallas
Jected dromedary, with its lonely and She preferred, however, to talk of nov people who have used Doan’s Kidney
dejected bumps, but that attachment els and evinced an especial Interest in Bills. For sale by all dealers. Brice
was not for him. Abdul was the vic those of Emile Zola. Indeed, she con 50 cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
versed about the characters in those New York, sole agents for the United
tim and was duly attached.
unconventional romances with a free States. Remember the name—Doan’s
The constable saw the farmer cred
dom that arrested my attention. And —and take no other.
itor, and arrangements were made to it seemed to me that the more uncon
take Abdul out to the farm. lie fig ventional the characters the better she
ured that he was going to get a sofi liked them. Finally, taking the latest
thing, and, much to the astonishment of Zola’s stories published from her
of the circus folk, he went along in a traveling bag, she opened It at a cer
contented manner aiul finally brought tain page and asked me to sit beside
up in the farmer’s barn. Then the real her and read a* passage, giving as an
history of the case began. Jones A excuse for not doing so herself that Trains from and to Yaquina
No. i —
she was a very poor reader.
Jones left town with smiles on their
“ Pardon me,” I said. “ I am smoking.
faces. That meuut that the suit would The fumes would be unpleasant to Arrives at <'orviillla .................. . . 11:1ft a. in.
Arrives at A lb a n y ....... ........... ... 12:1ft p .m .
have to be adjourned when culled. you.”
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That meant that It would be ultimately
Leaves A lbany .........................
“ Not at all. I love them."
Leave* C o rv a llis....................... ....... 1:45 p. m
decided In the fanner's favor and that
“ Rut,” I protested, “ you see that tin* Arrives at Y a q u in a ................... ...... ü:li» p. m
he would find himself with an elephant ash on my cigar is very long. If I
on his hands. lie found that out even should move it would fall. Now. I am Train s to a n d fr o m D e t r o it :
fastidious about my smoking. I love a
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within the first hour.
t-s Albany
...... .................. ___ 7:30 a. ni
Abdul wanted from three to five Dar freshly lighted cigar, and so long nv Lcn\
Arrive#
at IbTroit ...................... ...... 1 2 ;A 0 p m.
the ash remains In its place#tlie cigar l
rels of water to wet his throat. It
No.
4
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seems as it was at the first touch of
took an hour to bring it from the the match. Indeed, it tastes the same. Leaves D e tro it............................ ...... 1 00 p. m.
house. Then he wanted u quarter of But once knock off the ash and the Arrives at Albany ................. .. . . 6:áóp.m .
T r a in s fo r C o r v a l l i s :
a ton of the best hay to eat and the cigar Is but a stump, the smoko gets
No. 8—
same amount to toy with ah he stood in my eyes and— well, it is not the Leaves Albany
...... 7:66 p. m.
Arrives at C tirvallis.................... ... 8;.!.* a. in.
up to meditate and feel sorry for those same by any means.”
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elephants that were still knocking
To tell the truth, this, was but an ex !.< .IV. • M bany............... ........... . .. 2:62 p. m.
around the country. Night had not cnsc. I had come to suspect the lady Arrives at C orvallis.................. ... . 3:o5 p. m.
yet come when he took a fancy to a to be an adventuress and did not look
No. 6—
7:35 p. in*
certain beam In the burn and wrapped with eomplaceucy upon l>elng shut up Lea vet A lb a n y...........................
his trunk around It and pulled it from alone with her. She seemed to discern Arrives at Corvallis ................... ...... 8:15 p. in.
No. 12—
its place and used It for a baseball from my refusal to sit by her that I Leaves A lb a n y ..................... . ... . 12:50 p.m
but. Then he tore out the manger and had my suspicions and. instead of at Arrives al C o rvallis..................
... 1:33 p. iu
used the slivers for toothpicks and tempting to allay them, began to work
T r a in s fo r A l b a n y :
went to bed happy. The farmer con
upon my fears.
suited the luwyer again, and the law
“ A man who scorns a lady’s ad Leaves C o r v a llis ........... ........
a. m.
yer was primed with information. Ms vances should be made to pay for his Arrives at A lb a n y ..................... ... 7 :10 a. in.
had been making elephants a study rudeness,” she said sharply.
...... 12:46 p. m.
for the last four hours.
I considered this a threat, and to dis lea ves C orvallis ..................
...........
... 1:3U i», m. 1
“ Yes, all the cost of Abdurs keep and play an unconcern I did not feel I re Arrives at A lbanv
No. 7—
all the damage he did while in the sumed my paper. Indeed, there was
i
Conrailis
.................. ...... fi-00p. m.
hands of the law would be assessed on nothing else for me to do. I felt sure Arrives at A lb a n y .....................
. «* ;40 p. in.
Jones & Jones when the case was de that the woman would spring a trap
No. 11—
11:30a.m.
cided against them, us it surely must on me for the purpose of extorting Leaves C o rv a llis....................
.........
12:15 a. m.
be. Just go right back home and givt blackmail, and I saw before me a seri Arrive.- at Albany
All o f the a box •• trains eonneet with Southern
that elephant whatever he wanted and ous complication, a possible arrest and Pat iHe trains both at Albauv at ■ 1 Corvallis as
well as i rains lor Detroit, «ix i tur • Greet servire
It would I h * all right.”
imprisonment. But the more inward to NeXXport anti HreO-nbusb lit t Springs.
Abdul had been chained on the open trepidation I felt the more outward
Tor lu rlb er in >rmation aioox to
GEO. K. NEVI NS. tien. Pas. Agent,
floor of tin* barn. On the second day coolness I showed. 1 concentrated my
A lbany Oregon.
of his stay he broke his chains and attention upon maintaining the ash on
H. H. LING , Agent, C orvallis.
pulled a ton of hay from the mow and the end of my cigar. Every time I re
walked over It until it was hardly fit moved the cigar from between my lips
to bed the hogs with.
and put It hack I did so with the ut
He wanted a small drink, and when most care. Presently the woman took
the farmer cut him off with five bar
out her watch and looked at it.
rels of water ho trumpeted until he
“ W e will reach the station at N. in
scared farmers for two miles around five minutes.” she said. “ I need 500
and then broke up the fanning mill, francs. Choose between giving them
the corn sheller and some stray boards to me or an arrest on a charge of as
and beams. The lawyer was notified, sanlt when the train stops.”
and he came riding out to the farm on
ITnd she lieen willing to settle for a
a bike to say:
napoleon I would not have yielded. 1
“ Very irregular and improper on the consider It demeaning in any man to
part of Abdul, but of course Jones & pay blackmail. It may or may not
Jones will settle. They must settle. I k * common souse, but I do not believe
They must have him with their show.” in making a beginning In that direc
On the third day Abdul demanded tion. I gave the woman no reply, but
seven barrels of water, half a ton of continued to appear interested In keep
hay and most of the pumpkins grow ing the ash on the end of my cigar.
ing on the farm and then broke down
Finally the houses by the way grew
the doors and piled the fragments In a thicker, and the train slowed down
neat heap and Ret out on a voy
“ I ’ll settle for 1.000 francs.” said the I
age of discovery. He discovered the woman. “ In one minute more my i
smokehouse and chicken coop and dai price will l>e 1,500.” At the same time j
ry house and upset them. He discover she lK»gnn to pull her apparel awry to
ed tin* family well and yanked the indicate that she had been through a
pump out by the roots ami threw it struggle.
over the house. He discovered the
I smoked on.
60 YEARS*
house itself and smashed all the win
In another minute the train pulled up
down and doors. Then he passed into at the station. The woman put her
the orchard and pulled up twenty one head out of the window and shrieked !
big apple trees to show that he was for the guard. lie came, followed by |
no bluffer He had leveled forty rods officials and curious people, and drew j
of fence and torn down a wagon shed open the door.
ami tossed a reaper and uiower sky
“ This brute has assaulted me.” said
high when he derided to seek the the woman “ Arrest him.”
T rade M arks
D esigns
•hade of the cool forest. On Ids way
The guard and his followers all lev
C
opyrights A c .
there he entered a big mudhole to take eled their eyes at me. Taking what
A n y o n e t e n d in g a s k e tc h an d d e a e rto tto n m ay
q u ic k ly a s c e rta in o u r o p in io n f r e e w h e th e r an
a bath and met his fate by drowning.
little remained of my cigar from raj
t t m n tio n It p ro b a b ly p atentab le^ C om m u n ic a
t*
tio
n* s
n tr
t r ic
ic t tly
n fld
l. HANDBOOK o n P a te n t!
.Ion*
ly r c o on
fid e n tla
t lal.
The lawyer came out and said that mouth. I extended it slowly toward
lent fr e e . O ld est a g e n c y f o r s e c u rin g p a te n t*.
Abdul's proceedings could l>e legally the crowd on the platform.
P a te n ts ta k e n th ro u g h M utin A C o. r e c e iv e
special notice, w ith o u t c h a rg e, lu th e
criticised, but that then» was no ques
“ Could a man." I said, “ iuterfere
tion as to how the suit would go
with any one and keep an ash like that i
There wasn't. Jones A Jones came on the en l of a cigar?”
A h a n d to m e lT illu s tr a te d w e e k ly . l a r g e s t c lf-
c i i I u M m ii o f a n y te ie n t u le jo u rn a l.
T e r m * . $3 a
back ami won it and 'made the county
As 1 spoke the woman, upon whom
y o .ir ; fo u r m. nth#, $ L S o ld b y a ll n e w s d e a le r*.
pay them $7.000 for the loss of their flashed the reverse of the situation she
llephajit while In the hands of a duly had planned, brushed against tno.
»r a n c h O ftiee, 325 F BE, W n u h tn gton , D . CL
elected constable. And then Jones A slightly shaking me. The ash fell ou
Jones, the clown, the bareback riders, the ear floor.
the #lght rope walker and other circus
There was a shout of decisive laugh
people smiled and winked at each oth ter at the woman, whose position was
er. and T.awver Taylor went back to made the more absurd by the condition
his office and realise«! that he had had of her clothing
his ch»ime and was not equal to the
Her experiment cost her a term In
Occasion
M Oft 41*
prison
NELSON MAXTCELK
In Washington.
•*t mad, a glaring error today.” sigh j
ed the cabinet lady.
Crushed.
“ H ow ’s that?” inquired the depart j
“ Brudder Jones. If you didn’t smoke,
men:al lady
.you might own a brick house, like
“ I glared at a woman 1 should hn vei
what I does."
I g n o r e d completely ” — Louisville Con
"Look here. man. don’t you come
rler J o u r n a l
pesterin' v l f me like dat. You didn’t
git dat brick house by not smokin'.
An Inspiration.
You got It by borrowin’ mah news
Mr*. Knicker Henry, why did yon
paper to rend an’ mah clothes to w ear
leave your shoes on the stnlrs last
an’ mah vlttles to eat. You may be a
night? Rolcker (dazed, but Inspired*—
fly financier, but dat don’ t gib you no
English custom, m dear
Left sat to
, license to set up fer s human copy
ha blacked. Puck
j book! "-Kansas City Independent
0. SWIFT & CO.
Corvallis & Eastern
Railroad
Scientific Am e rican.
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Valuable silverware premiums c*n I* select.-,I, m- large c , h commis
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March number of Everybody’* is an ap
m o n e y tnan electric light, but doe. it save you anything when .t
preciation of Governor Hughes by Er-
man J. Ridgway. It is a sketch of the
limits opportunities for work and recreation, ruin, your eyesight
personal side of the governor, told in
smokes your walls, mam decoration, and increases household work’
direct, conversational language. No less
Y on can probably save a dollar tomorrow by going without your
timely, and of widespread importance, is
meals hut .t wouldn't be economy. It I, not so much what'you
an article by Lieut. Hugh Johnson,
F.S. A., entitled “ The Lamb Rampant,”
save, bm how y o u save, that counts. We an- always ready to ex-
pointing out in powerful terms the stag
plam the "ins and outs" of the lighting proposition to von Call
nation of the American Ar nv system.
on ii. or phone to us. We are never too busy to talk Imsines.,
Owen Winter write* “ The Freezing of
Washington,” in his usual brilliant
style, showing how completely the true
personality of the great Virginian is
“ congealed” in modern text-honk*, and
Charles Edward Russell finishes his
series exposing the corruption in rail
way and street car operation.
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O u r L in e of
N o tio n s
Pins, Dress Shields, Hair Pins
W. H. ROY & C O .
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Willamette Valley Co.
The splendid New Home sewing ma
chine which some one of our corre
spondents will lie the pn.nd possessor
of on May 1st, has arrived from Massa
chusetts. and is now to he seen in this
office. It It a beauty ami well worth
the effort pat forth to gain Ik
5
E. W. KEARNES, Manager
Office on Mill street, just north of the court house
Phones:
Dallas, Oregon
Bell, 421, Mutual, 1297.
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