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THIRTEENTH YEAR
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1895.
WEEKLY NO. 6701
SEMI-WEEKLY NO, 399 1
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Shadows where the sunshine tangles hut the
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A TRUE ENDEAVOR.
BY O. JR. II. OOUDALE.
"I aha'n't try any longer:, it's
no
use." said Frank, passionately.
Albert only screwed up his mouth in
his characteristic fashion, as if he were
having a struggle with himself not to
speak too quickly; perhaps it was so.
But after a little space of silence on
the part of both boys, he looked keen
ly at Frank with those beautiful
brown eyes of his and said said, quiet
ly: "I never can find any chance to
stop trying. "
Frank laughed, a forced laugh that
sounded as if it would be rather easier
to cry.
"Well, I can; I've got a good chance
now."
Albert shook his head, close -cropped
and brown. "Twon't work, Frank.
Come along and have a game of ball;
you'll feel better to-morrow."
The two boys went out together.
They had been lingering in the school
library; but Frank Alcott was too
much out of sorts for wholesome sport,
and he started home in a mood half
morose, half reckless.
He was a moody boy, that cannot be
denied. With less Helf will and more
application he would easily have led
his class; for he was a boy of fine nat
ural abilities, the first lo understand
and the last to forget any new prin
ciple or important fact brought up in
study. His mother was a widow, only
too anxious for his real good; perhaps
that anxiety did him harm by making
too much of both his faults and his
virtues. She wus too openly distressed
when anything went wrong, and on
thcKe occasions Frank was very apt to
go from bail to worse.
Albert Hardy was the oldest of eight
children, end, naturally, when lie was
not In char 'o of one or several of his i
brothers or a.U'i', ..e was left some
what to himself. He had, besides, an
even, thoughtful disposition, slow to
take or give offense. Frank Alcott
was high spirited and sometimes over
bearing, and made few friends among
boys, Mhile everybody liked Albert, )
therefore, Frank was both feared and
disliked, but between themselves there
was the best posidlile understanding, j
Albert trudged home with his books
over his shoulder, not caring for the
ball game, since Frank wouldn't play.
Trior fellow!" he said to himself, "I
must contrive some way to help him !
out of these scrapes."
You see that the "scrape" was no un
usual occurrence.
Miss Atwatcr was the history teach
er. He was a tull, dignified person, lo "
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high, straight forehead. Kxart and
precise In all her ways, she liked exsrl
statement and exact knowledge. Now
Frank Alcott had a true love of the
study of hiktory; he had an unusual
knowledge of the subject, too, for a
boy of his age, as be had read a con
siderable number of Important his
torical work in the fine library left
him by his father. ISut with vivid
imagination and unusual power of gen
eralising, lie eared more for the large
effects than for detail, lie grasped
firmly the real connections In the story
of the nation and loved to dwell upon
the yrnMlh and development of
government and Institutions; but
he was Indifferent to the date
of battles, or of the birth and death
of any prominent nian. Mine Atwater
did not see that this Interest made blin
her HvMt promising scholar; the
fi.und biia larking, to often, in the
precis Information which she re
quired, and she did not hUu to re
prove him severely for Indolence and
eerelecMtuM, Nor was thia all. He
had habit of askieg question
fll
brinring up aut.jeo f-r diwuMioa la
rlt entirely ouUi U the Set lewn,
tiiotigh e.nneelv with It ir naturally
au?i?rtd by It Miss Atwater detent-
! lhe uttrsjeet4 fiieliot,, bled
she ss not always prepared to an
er, and endr iune all liseui.n of
prlhr.ple a "irtiublevime lnterm;.
' -.M l li lfK ttA tiee. '
thoiif a fcitlory was in tsvoriU A.f,
as J be was em-iirus of deeper and
more thrfof h preparation than mo,t
ne tuliers bf the rla, I rank was doinf
bimelf tt't rred.t in It. but. on the
ewntrsry. i repeat lly marked
hsvit.f failed, an I marked, as it ap
pared Ut h.m. et unjsittiy.
There was imtr w Inth iUh
As I have Mid. hi temier If a
means p-ffert. ami hi tiat.i over
Vitne of the fqi.i.rf of hie teaehrr was
qui'e too snse-feat t'erhape anthinf
k it hsrS-r to doff hi thtit fe.
Iiif H.at ym have 4-,ne r tg
tt.at l'ie rn Whom f'tt l?ii-t I I
Miaa.nf the tr In t .f tl.e rt ne
tl.e day In M, AtwsUr
twt l repeaie-l Us tU- pr il aa iw
rUatra.arti of I rasa wi, h
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
E I YV 1 KJL I WS
U'WSS TO
a tone of disrespect, and Mr. Bates h.ad
given him, before the class, a stinging
reproof. All this rankled deeply, and as he
walked home Frank Alcott was as
thoroughly miserable as a boy who is,
at heart, anxious to do right, can
well be.
Like most villages, Hillsdale had its
Christian Endeavor club. The young
women, among whom Miss Atwater
was almost an oracle, had planned a
course of lectures, and one of the best
was to come off that evening. The
two boys usually went together, and
Albert called punctually for Frank. Ho
found him in a very gloomy humor,
and it required a good deal of persua
sion to get him out Mrs. Alcott's f ace,
too, showed signs of tears.
"I wouldn't be hired to worry over
things night and day, as you and your
mother do!" Albert exclaimed, as soon
as they were out of doors.
a is Deasuyr was tne Drier re
sponse.
"I'll tel! you, Frank, I've been puz
zling over it all the afternoon myself.
I say, let's do our history together'
after this; you come home with me one
day ana I'll go with you the next; we'll
take it the first thing after cur grub.
We'll do it brown! I'll put you through
on all the dates and 'what next'
points, and you can enlighten me on
general ideas, I tell you, we'll beat
the crowd."
Frank hesitated half from a proud
sensitiveness which made him quick to
refuse any help, but at that moment
Albert's hand slipped through his arm
affectionately; the scale tipped.
"All right, Uert; begin to-morrow?"
To be a boy is not to lack feeling,
but often it is his greatest care to
bids it.
The lecture was a good one on char
acter building. The two boys were In
an impressible condition and some of
its sentences struck home.
"Keep right with yourself, then no
body can ruffle your temper." And he
quoted from Marcus Aurelius: "What
ever anyone does or aays, I must be
good, just as if the gold or the emer
ald., or too purple were always saying
this: Whatever anyone does or says, I
must be emerald and keep my color."
Toward the closo of the lecture a
few terse but impressive sentences were
addressed to those in charge of the
young. "Never wrong a young person
by taking him on a lower plane than
that of his own intention;" and again:
"An Indciicndcnt view of life, or of
any subject, is far more precious than
mere information. Cherish it as a
sacred poswsslon."
j What wus it that roused In Mis At
water a sudden sense of having fallen
beneuth her true standard? Was It
that just then she caught Right of
Frank Alcott, in an attitude of ab
sorlicd attention, with the two bright
spots of red in his rhecks that some
I times showed so vividly In class, that
vivid color which she always regarded
(too hastily) s a mark of "temper?"
j If she was Mi.imwhst rigid, she was
1 a woman who strove to live in obedi
ence to conscience, "Have I wronged
that boy?" The question filled her with
lll"1SV.
t ne audience xured out The side
walks were slippery w ith Ice, and, as
it happened, the two boys were just
behind Mii Atwater, who walked on,
rather gingerly, by herself. They all
turned off the main street at the aame
i i"""T. suit iew nrm iiirwirr on
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suddenly slipped, caught herself.
heaitated for a nioment, evidently In
pain, and after a few halting step,
looked about for some resting place.
"What Is It. Miaa At water?" said Al
bert, at her elbow.
"It s a tprain-that'a alt;" but her
face wa very pale; and the boys, half
frightened, yet brave and manly, one
on each side, supported and altniwt
carried her along to her own door, for
tunately not far away.
Once In her own armchair, she still
held Frank's arm; she wa not one to
bem time whan ahe saw her way.
"Wait a minute," she IntUted. Then,
after a few moment' struggle with
the pain: "Frank, I think that lecture
via meant fur me, I haven't done yon
Justice."
"I haven't done myself Juatiee, Mi
Atwater; I'm going to take a aw
tart," l l Frank, bravely,
And to he did' not atone, for perhaps
It wa Albert who wae the true tn
deevorer, Allwrt w a bit of a phlmophr
"Yok can't make people over; take 'em
! a they are," was a favoriu reflection
Willi III in
Mla Atwater wa eon fined with her
l-rsiried ankle r three week. iut
It wa a turning point with Frank Al
e.tl Sot only In standing and Influ-
nee In t h.e.l. but hi tpptnM
at home al bw growth In elf
riH-t and peraooal weight a a pow
rfurgieel dated naturally front "the
time ween M Atwater sprained her
WINTtR IN THt kiaHHAS.
Twefiif feet aM..tfte ttltaee Tkaa
the llw. !
Julian Help, writing Harper
Weekly, thttt f.t.t sura tf tia re
fat etMt)MI la tie of
the hit tf!
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upon the Boft bedding of snow, so that
they looked dwarfed and misshapen.
In places great granite bowlders sat in
hollow wells scooped out by the wind,
and on the tops of such stones rested
nightcaps of snow that were taller
than the rocks themselves. Drifts rose
in cork-screw shapes that ended in fan
tastic curls upon their tops. The way
to some of the houses was by tunnels,
but looking straight down from above
them there could only bo seen a little
white-walled shaft opposite the door,
as if n liolo had been dug there to let in
breath to the people indoors. The
snow had banked against the houses
up to the roof-line, and then had
mounted upon itself and .grown ' in
weight and depth until there was dan
ger that the roofs would bo crushed in.
That was why I saw men on Norwegian
snow-shoes walking over their own
roofs and stopping there to shovel snow
into battlcmcnted walls beside them.
Thus they walled their houses in each
day, only to find them submerged on
the morrow, as the snow continued to
fall.
My short walk to the nearest tavern
was a chain of lively adventures. Safe
inside tho tavern door, I saw a row of
Norwegian snowshocs dripping against
the wall. I found that upon them the
villugcrs travel in tho winter, and that
without them they would be jailed In
their homes. Canudiun net-work shoes
would not serve. The snow is too fine
and dry. Therefore
board four inches wide and from nine
to a dozen feet long. The women go
shopping and visiting upon them. The
doctors travel twenty-five miles at a
time upon them on their rounds. The
girls coast upon the roofs and smaller
knolls upon them. The venturesome
young men actually race down the
mountain sides upon them at twenty
miles an hour, and even Jump ravine
and leap over cabins and houses with
these shoes in the course of their wagers
and th elr dangerous fun.
That and nightly dancea in the snow
bound villages are all the fun the peo
ple get. There is too much winter In
the Sierras for carnival frolics such at
are had In Canada. Winter on these
California terraces la too severe to be
trilled with or turned into the basis of a
long roll of sports. I n the larger towns
the people dig tunnels from house to
t"i'"e nnd house to store, end at one
from those enjoyed by their sue
censors. Their best abodes were caves,
and to hold possession of them they
hud to wnrre warfare upon such fierce
beasts as the saber-toothed tiger and
the cave bear.
Without our modern weapons it
would seem that they should have pos
sessed superior bodily powers, but
there In no evidence that they did.
They hud human cunning, however,
which always prevails over brute
strength.
Lnu-r came tho ancestors of the
(inula and Franks, and they seem to
have sliffhlly cx'i-eded the cave men In
.future, mill nlso to have been a trifle
Inllerttmn their modern descendant,
tine Intercut ing fact shown by the
mi-afcurcrriftit I that there ha been a
perceptible gain In the stature of
women n coinpnred with that of men
since the day of tliu tiger fighters In
Frnnee.
Token a whole, this evidence
how that there In no danger that
nmtiltlnd will become a race of dwarfs,
and no liliclthnnd of their developing
Into gin n in.
ULMARKADLE MEMORIES.
Mai Mi lira knew eighteen differ
ent liiiMfnage the extent of being
able to apeak or write In any one, and a
eoimMi rulile number In a-h lit ion In
perf-i tly.
I.Mt-olA's memory for the detail of
national hunlm- wa uneiampleiL He
re. tilled the particular of every cab
inet meeting with the ni"t tempulou
ia tiii-M.
Joiii Wtai rv remenitx-red the name
of umny humlreiU f the member of
hi me let ie, and wa rarely at fault
whin sxldrrwd by anyone whom he
bad met In-fore.
Aiiwuum , ( hi HToti I aald to have
li-n Hie nmwter of all the arte and
. tl iu . of hi day. He wa able lo
ri-tivi r and dlopute tn argument la
twelve language.
l l nit- lit nnirt, "the emel black
smith," knew eighteen language. He
wa a If laiiglil, gi io rallr needing oaty
a di ti,.nary and a grammar to matter
any langnage he rhoM ti team,
Miiiii ilitr I mid to have known
by name every Mn r In hi army of
ten thousand to twenty thoaaand men.
II" ke twenty two d.ffrreat laa
uagi , a'.l that were ttfd In hi king
dom l:rt lerT. th great rellgUrtV and
d-Mrltil culr.ivt r iltt. I aid U
bate knon aeventeen language, Us
the etlent of It i fig able to eoa.luct ktt
argument In any one ta almoat any
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