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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1909)
t «eeeeeeeeeeeeeeea ♦ ♦ Old Favorites : ♦ : aeeeeeoeeeeaeteee s • here her lit« The Lady from the Sea ernes du <■1 i ’IRU W\ tkV 1 U TBVWFBT <AUA of bo make ont your bill, Mr lawyer •l«M*t st«»p »hort of ss X ; Atake It more If ymi want to, for I gut ths checks; I'm rl«-her than a National bank, «till all Its (tea«urew t«»ld, I’ve g*»! S wife al home now I hai * Worth her weight In gold Will ('arleton. STRENGTH OF SILK HI «IMI I s\> for I was laborin’ ui» 1er • hesvy toad: for I was travshn* an entirely differ eut road ; For I was • tracin’ over the path of our lives ag'in, And •eels' where we miss’d th* way. and where ws might have been. ed senrnnill Ani many a corner we’d turn'd that just tn a quarrel led. When | ought t«»'vs held my temper, and driven straight ahead ; And the mor« I thought It over th« mor* the«* menu>rira came, And th* more I struck the opinion that I was the most to b la ma II nw .xt 1 right line with the room but a >n the tabi«* ciiAinxii xm. > lock It.” said minin’ I’ll call window in the the wharf from ouldn’t do thin fer continued; "p'rap- Ter yo’.” forget you.’* said th* girl en the <loor wan cto>*ed she stepped r table. There were three srale«l i tjw>n it. One was direct*«! to <\»m e Paulding, another to a lawyer in York, who had charge of Smith« •wrningw, and the third envelope bote rn name. She iuvtantly tore it «q»rn The girl had many thing« la spite «»f «11 h«*r resolution utterly unable to accomplish Her old black mamrny ws« catch her yo-ing misteeaw in her arms a* Mi*« Ellen «taggered 8*1 threshold, and it was upon that br old busom. upon which «he bad rvp«s<l a« a child, that she finally sank to •I**'* t after the terrible «vents of th* night Her father remained *»n the ship* the l<> he tried i»ef«>r* a ps> bed nett day. II* refused to her ll<* ed on my dreth. this after •eat word that, fading the g’»n« which hang me. I am certain he was to receive from the Greybound w h*n you betrayed me, he had bought two old field pie *es from I that you snticq>at<-<j this I have no re the < onf»-d«‘r.vtr government whnffl would l»rnsrhes for you. M>«e 1 wasn’t I si he delivered in a few days, and that so worth keeping faith wifi You have d»- •non a« he could get the Ellen «rm*d «he streyssl my faitb is you you have done would set sail on a miise That would j more, you have destroyed my faith in <!«*•?roy probably be daring the next week. li woman, I don't rare what they d«> to me as id that the Greyhound would <■» io no* 1 I hate myself for it. yet if it I« any «’barlewton with the Ellen in search of a «ar tofan isfartion tn you to know. I love v.»u cargo and that hi* daughter should b* in •pits of everything. 1 love you and left is *‘hsrlest»»n with a distant relative shall loie you until I am dead. iMn't re- •f h«»r mother Thia relative would be preach y rself I forgive you.” toatrucied to U*og after her. a certain That waa all. R«*»»rh was not a man ro •um would be paid yearly for her rraint*- indulge tn heroics, but it w«s enough. Th»* nance. ar»d that being done he «««bed ' girl k -***1 the paper and thrust it into h • han is further »f her. I her twwom. A bard nan and a stern was Mayor abe mur- "They «hall not kill him Jon*« lie « a« an full of rag* at the mured. "If my plan -levn wrve. I'll lo*s of !be tíre»hound« ■ arg.» and the ride to General H*!U the ci xander of peril to which the Ellen had been «object the dmtrrcf. and tell him tb ’U!h II* ed. du*, as he persisted m believing, to •hail stop it. It vooM h* i his daugMer'« love for the young Federal Rhe realised that «h* had o<-er. whom he deiested more than ever, taee. I’rwcewling« of coarts H that he was abaolu’.ely bhad to th* bitter Smith were always sbert a: anaaarj Injustice of his course. If* had sent word Seizing ■ pen ah* wrote to th« military remman lev nf th* distnr* "1 am not gwilty of th* of the attempt to rut out rhe privateer, place aga nc me I did not •nd had described th* atarua of toe Fed «'sprain Haywood r»*t m* it oral off-^r whom he held prisoner presence and my refusal to explain Ellen learned by inquiry that a court there excited hi* at!ent.on. mw the had been 'waveued to try Captain Smith Greyhound and noticed bow I • be wsa that afternoon The court was composed in the water. He left m* , ge I Joped of her father. Haywood, one of the in a horse to the Ellen to save her. I fanrry captains, aud rwo other officer« and did my best to follow, *rom the privateer There was no doubt bore* gave out I ran on foot, but arrived ffMlt they would And him guilty, and In too late. They shall not bang you ’ Think that css* he would b* hanged There of m* when you lie down. You will need waa no way for b*r to see th* prisofier all your strength. <»o to sleep early. He was kept in the strong room with If th* wore» mm*«. I shall appeal perwon- which plantation house« in that section •Uy to rhe general commanding th* dia- were always provided The window« of trlct. Believe that I love you. My fath- the room were barred and th* mom itself er Thinks I have betrayed him H* has waa carefully guarded by a soldier. The d»anwned m*. I am y oars more than ever guards were changed every two bou Hl and will go o yon when you claim m* ** El>n ra»k*d h*r brains for sn opport u Miss Ellen had pr»-pared for her visit, nlty to get to the priaaoer. She couhj After finishing her letter she ran to the think of no way at first. window and examined it. Th* bars were later in th* aftern -<n »»he noticed that a*t in mortar, bat th* mortar win waa c old. i ths sentry who apf roa'-hed to relieve the I A man. especially one weakened weaken*«) by b> a one wh<>«e tour of doty was juat ended wound like that of Smith, could srarrely ws« on* of her fa b*r a tenants, a man drag thenrfrorn their fastening*», but with who had always professed deep attach the aid of an implement it would I* nn ment to her. Often during b*r childhood resy matter. She bad brought that Im •he bad «pent long periods on the plants plement with her. I'nder her clothing, tloc with her unde. This man and she tied around b*r waist, she bad secured were especially friendly. She thought ah* a short iron bar which a !»* bad stolen might accomplish her end through him from th» gun room. whi«h. together with Fortunately, or unfortunately, a* it turn a loaded revolver, she slipped beneath the ed out, juat as ah* had conceived a prac blank*' that covered his cot. She might •icatne plan to approach the *«-ntry a have been more explicit in her directions, wjua.d off «oldierw entered, and Smith was hut she trotted that bis mother wit would •■jin/z.’d before toe court, which waa to tell him what to do. and if th* letter fell bo d its seesiOO Ofl the Ellen into some other hands than bia. he atill The «entry uo duty before the strong might find the weapon« As soon as he r-xts was left where be had -**n ata- lay down on the cot h* would know. She tiooed. AD that Ellen now wished was k<«w»d the pillow on which his h*ad bad to get S're«* to the room. She turned rested, and then, with a long look around from tb* ga!!ery wb*n«* sie had s*en th« room, she tapp**j on th* door. toe little group d*vart with her lover, "1 waw gittin* moughty anxious like, jowed through her rooms, after oom* Mi*« E *n.” said Jim, opening the «loor, rapid preparation, went out Into tha hall. I "Her* is a letter,” said ElleB. "I want dm^-r.ded th* stairs, and ran down the you to r*ad it so that you may know there locg corridor, at th« end uf which waa the is nodiing wrong about lL” do»,r of thr atr mg room. *’Ob. Miss. I don't want to rea* "Jim.” sb* said to the man. letter!” "Ixxdy. Mbs Ellen*' ssclslasd the "But you -J jwt!’ said the girl, rapidly man, who bad b*ard nothing of h*r ar- reading the brief sentences to him. rival, "yo’ look like a ghost ’ What’s *Th*re," she said, I’ll trust you atill the matter with yo’T’ further. Ihxtead of leaving it on the "Jim,” she began, "that officer 'n table, I want you to give It to him. Don’t there------- ” forget It. If they have condemned him to "Yes. M bs Ellen.” death, a letter like thia will help him." "Well, he I we are------ * "’Pears like a letter like that’n would "I understand, Mias Ellen.” make most men willin' to die." said Jim. "They’re trying him aa a spy.* "Jim, I’ll never forget you'” «aid Ellen "Yes, I reckon they air,” assented Jim gratefully, watching the soldier slip the gravely. letter In hla tunic. "H b la no apy." "I wisht I could do more, Mias, than "They're aartio to find him guilty, how- jest glvto’ a letter.” oomevar." answered the man seriously. Ellen was about to say "That's "It may be,” answered the girl, ’’for enough," but checked herself In time. they are not just men.” I n « | r -at deal," she aai'l, ’’«nd I "Your paw 1s on that sir rote a tryln’ appreciate It.” him. MI m Ellen." She^ook hla hard, rough hand In both My father her own, and liefor* he knew what «he ”1 hart no father, Jim. thinks I am a traitor and that I have waa about raised It to her lipa. bttraysd him to thia officer, I a wear on "Good by I” she murmured, and waa my honor-------” gon«. "I believe yo*. Mias Ellen, I’ve knowad "AVsIl,” said Jim, looking at hla rough, yo* aeoce you was • ch 11«. I reckon yon grimy, soiled hand, "to think that Miaa wouldn’t tell no Ils. If there's anything Ellen’a lipa terhed that old paw of mine." I kto do to help yo', coubt on mm” U« lifted tb« hairy member, and tost f-r >«>'** asked Huiith •ai«l the •>• -d»er. fumbling of hi« <»>at. "writ by tbs kept thing* I had long forgotten rialn“ In my mind. Of little matters betwlit us, where IUI0 was s « mh 1 and kind; A nd these things they flash’d all through me. as )ou know things som»-i(«»<■« will. AA’hen a feller’s slons In the darkne««. and everything Is still. But,** says I. "we’re too far along to Lak« another track, And when I put my hand to th« (dough I do not oft turn ba«-* ; And ’(ain’t an uncommon thing now for couples to smaah io two.** And so I a«t my teeth together, and vow’d I'd see It though. I ’ou Id life's «adly. “Î Kara no •towed A wi dbl it for ber. <»<x«d by.** He dr*''y U«her*¿ the «oldieP to th« door II* •ant'll to t>* sl«»ne Th* refer- - «( «a- plain to h rn Ths r rl h* loved was not false. Rhe had i«en m tha: rents The keys to freedom lay there Ile «ent to the table whers st* had leaned her arm and kissed th« place where she had written the lattar. Then and no< on: » then <i <1 he go to ths rot. A loaded revolver! II was armed for defense An iron bar! Ils could wrench off the bare of the w.ndow ! Ilers «a» a way to freedom! (T*> h* eon tinned I When I •am* In sight o’ the house *t«ae •erne'st In th« night. And just as I turn'd a hill top I see th« kitchen’s light; Which often a han'aom« pirtur* t« a hungry person makes. But It don't Interest a feller muck that's goto’ to pull up stakes. And when I went In th* bo»»«* ths table was set for ove-— As go*xl a supp*r s I ever «sw. «r sver want to see ; And I rramm'd ths agr«**tn*«t down In my po«***t as «ell as I could. And fell to satin' my victuals, which •uavehow didn't lasts good And Betty aha pretended to look about the houae. Bat the «-arch'd my a de coat pnekst Ilka a rat would watch a monte; And then the «eut to foolin' a little with her cup. And Intently readin’ a newspaper. a ho Id in* It wrong tide up. Iluw the A urn Is Wewhewed hg •b« Moder« Melh«»d Wf IrewlMt««!. Silk srlenc* 1« changing If th* wills dressr« of flfty years ago ar* compared with many of the «Ilk article« manu factured at the prv»«*nt day It require« no elaborat« tests to «how the superio rity In «(rungth of the abler materials This usually 1« due to th« fart I hat ■Ilk yarns now are fr*«|ucntly lr«*te«1 with metallic salt® such «a tin rhl<> rl»le. which arc readily al«m»rt«st. fbrm Ing Inwolutde vniupnuitds ami thu« In crvsalng th«* weight of th« fitter K«» prevalent did this practlc* bemm« sum* years ago that eveti the iiaiiiifidurers re»*»gnli»s1 the nr«a«MBlty of putting some limit to It Apart from th« fa**f that one Is buy ing a (xmipound of allk with a metal Instend of pur* «ilk this treatment fr* «luently causes the fiber® to become ten der. <*»i»*clally after exp nui « to direct sunlight From Herr Strehlenswt’® ox|w*rltnents It was found that taking the strength of genuine silk as .VI t»» 53 the strength of a fetrnp** °f !< m »1« h I French i I taInIng lio par rent of adtlrd inn tarla I waa «»nly T9 \*»t only does the weight- Irg prwrvaa reduce the tenacity of the filter and often destroy the dye stuff but Also 1« « frequent rati«* of th« ap ¡«esrabcs of inysterlutis *p*»t« Often bright rev) ^ots appear on a fabric after ei|sMiur* to the «unllght. It has been f<»und tbit even a diluted •«»lotion of common salt act« upon hmd «*! allk In the prr*etir* of air and nml* tur* and pr»s)u«'*s atalna and cocoplet« disintegration of fiber within twelve months Th« action of stronger s»»lu th*ia of «alt la still mor* rapid, and the "tendency” of the fltwr Is mark««! after treatment for «even day® with a 3 per rent anhitlno. ’Th« prrarnr* of salt In stained «nd weakened allk may ba a or* »u nt rd for readily by ths fact that salt is a con stituent of human perspiration and thus may have been Introduced during the handling of the yarns by th« work men. H|>er!a) pr«k<'autl«»ns ar* now taken to eliminate thia aourr* of Injury, and th« disintegrating action of th« tin oaltt ti|s»n th« fitiera also la mlured by a *ub«*qu«nt chemical treatment of the yarn. Ro th« weight*«! ailka of today • re stronger than thrlr ¡»rederewsnre of a few pun bark —Chicago Tribuna. THE CHlïlOXn ROSI IwSlwn I*(eai st This Rea««ir«l FUwfS. Thera la a beautiful romance m® And when I'd done my supper 1 draw'd nerted with the < twrokee rose. A the agreement out. young Indian chief of th« Remlnola 4nd give ft to her without a word, for tribe was taken prisoner by hla an«- she know’d what '(••• about, mlee. the CherokM, and doomed to And then I humm'd a little tune, but now torture, but fell an arrfonaly 111 that and then a note Waa busted by some animal that hopp'd I m ».-a me necessary tn wait for hla re ration to health before committing up la my throat. to the flre. Than Betsy th* got h*r «pere from off As he lay prostrated by db the mantel shelf. the cabin of the ( beroheo war And read the article over quits softly to daughter of the latter, a ymii herself , farad maid, waa hla nurse HI Head It little and little, for her eyes is hoe with the young chief! < gettln’ old, And lawyers* wrltin’ ain’t no print. •*- wishing to save bls life, urp «•cape. But he would not do perially when It’s «•old. she would flee with him. Rhe consented Before they Ar d efier «he’d read a liftk aha giva my arm a touch, far. Impelled by regret at And kindly sa>d she was afraid ! was home, she asked pernilaalon 'lowin' her too much ; lover («» return for the pi It it a b*n she ki « through she went for I’enrhig away some metnetiio me. her fa**e a strramin* with retracing her fmdatepa, ah« tears. And kissed me for th** flrat time In over •prig from the white rose wti cd up the p<dea of her fatb twenty year*. and. presen Ing It during I don't know what you’ll think. Mir *! through the wilderness, plant didn't come tn inquire— the door of her new home In r.at I picked up that agreement ai»d of the Remlnolea. And from stuff’d it in th* firs; thia beautiful flower haa alw \nd I told h*r we’d bury the hatch«« known throughout the south» alongside of ths row; And ws struck an agreement never to by th« name of the Cheroicc I’blladelphla North Amerl* n have another row. S Qweer < Mlafse*, Mrs l>elaney, •<» well known a« an eighteenth century porwumge. had a atrnngr pr»*< riptiun for n rough mix ture Writing to n friend In January, 17,’»M, she says ’’In*« Mary rough In the night? Two or three snails boiled In her iMiriey water or ten water or I •ervlre to her Taken In time they have done wonderful cures She must knew nothing of It. They give no manner of tunte. It would tie best no I hm I v Nhould know of It but yourself, and I should Imagine six or eight I m »II- ♦■d In u quart of water and strain«*) off and put In a bottle would I m * a good way, adding a spoonful or two of that to «-very liquid she takes. They must >»e fresh done every two or three days, I otherwise they grow ton thick.** A rerm*dy. and one wooden at range whether ’’.Alary” took It and benefited And I told her in the future 1 wfeildn't ■peak cross or rush. by IL If half the crockery in th« bouse waa broken all to smash; < ertnln Mymplo««. "AA hnt s th* trouble. L’nrle Pete?* And ah* said In regard to Heaven, we’d try and learn Its worth queried the tourist aa he Rtoppd Io By startin’ a branch sstablishment and front of the little cabin. runnin* It hers on earth. " Iwd. l»osa. Ah apvcs Ah’m auf« ferln’ wl<l bacteria,** sighed the old A nd so we BAt a’talkln* three-quarters of man with the two >4*1 low canon. the night, AV hat gave you that And open’d our heart« to each other until "Bacteria? they both grew light; Idea V’ "AA’hy, ebeh since de doctor told mt And the days when I waa wlnnln* her away from so many men about bacteria Alive bad n misery in Was nothin’ to that evenin’ I courted her mah back ebeti shxe. allb." over again. Viewed with •■■pirioia. Next morn in’ an ageisnt "Even when a man run earn three or pai na to cali on ua. four thousand dollar« a year writing Her lamp all trlmm'd poetry—* kindl« Another when *‘Say the rest of It.** "His wife’s ¡M*ople think he ought to get some kind of work.”—AA’ashlngton ■ Herald. Rumeatle Tlirr* la bbsMlng in .-In, rich, ,i»t • Irung aiul gift«** but 1 li..re la inora in lM*lng tnm* of lilt S« ■ ml >»( J..Ing Imiter than they Tb* h inn wtm !•*>• III« itoMl «ml lets I mmi ** alun* la be Iplhg tn bring th* World lu the piare* wt»r* il>, lion aim I th«* In ml» will II* 4..wn '-•«•ttNlK I’he inn li »»li-» • ■»ha t o the l.inl for tils «tally brt*n«1 w III noi In- found ■•*• Illg off the end of hl • 1 nr.lalle« tO tusk* It «-«iMlrr f> r the <l>.||«n to Und hla puck*t ¿PROVISION MARKET IN AFRICA I raw ra .u Africa find tb* standard of ¡Bing sonwwhat differ*»t from wbat they ar« a<t ust< u»«*d to at b«»ai*. <>a® uf the lalrat to report u|»>ti thia mat ter la Mary llall la her t«s>k. "A Wo®, an • Trek froeu tbs < ape to (alrtk** Th« following paragraphs reflect a strong light spoa tl»e condtHo® of mar ket ami kitchen la Hrlttob Central Africa but. her propones IB kill aa «>x. oothw to that effect 1« sent round to the whit« pwopto tbs prev ious day On«« ibey were «^irlasl of th« fact by th« following startling an- mmncvinmt . "A bore will be murdered tomorrow ue»rnlng at H a. ox.” Thia roid bl«waled crime, go carefully premeditated even to the exact b»ur— waa, however, not committer!. aa the following morn I.* < a e*c«>nd notice was issue«!, aa follows Tbs bule ran away thia morning. so «as uot munlervd. Hut thia was aa ei<«ptlu®al <a«e I beard one story which to to <*hea» sctertotlc of the native that I repeat It The man who related It told as® (hat the in« 1 lent occurred wh.*g be was ua a journey, aud was sufferla-v from a bad attach uf fever, tog be fam lsd be would Ilk- and told hla boy tu get them lightly After a time they him as bard •• buy he muat get them les* . but A to him iu A tasgss Term "AVhere will I find tl Msk«-d the w«»man who I turned from lxmd<>n. “Im bluoaes"’ •■rial! tor man. ata ring p»p < "Im Moooep w'y, n —’ scum me, inaib de floorwalker •‘Orta Inly. James, t«lr«j floor—hl- know ” Virgin min ia nd guest, • su< •<**• I world taira r* Uncle (Inculcating altrulwrr If you are kind and polite playmates, what will I* tb* Manter Homo—They’! ran lick me!—London The famoua I^achl.fc I RL ( a wren re are to bridge and the chat » alammad th* atalra. rtwL