Hillsboro independent., April 21, 1899, Image 1

No. 4S
Vol. XXVI-
HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL, 21 18S9.
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HTAIK OHf U EKH.
T. T. Oeer
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In. traction.. J. 11. Ai'kormao
Print W. H.
Cbaa. fc. Wolverum
.-- K. 8. bean
A. Muora
li.um fifth I.lriot T. A. MoBnue
iiL.n.1 Kifth lo.inct X- J. C teuton
COLN1Y OlMCfcltH.
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i J. U A. oul
IsHuuiiaaiouers j " j " ' . f . O. X Jiid
ri-rk J. A. Ininrie
hdnriH
tlxirilr
'I roaaur t
Aaaeasor
hnluail HnyurliUeudeul .
hnrvey.r
'uiiMr . .
W I). Hradlord
Lalvn Jaei
A. h. flj
V A. Cv.
II. A. Mm
A A. Morn I
U. I.. iJirge
OUKtMIN CITY LAND omCK.
I'loui. II. Moorra
Mr in. Oaliusoty...
. . Kegiatr
. . iuxwivef
Cilt Or-'r'KJKlUt
f ,.V. N. Burma, Mayor
Tims, lucaer
. J. M. Onwar
t W. II. WeliruiiK
I K. WmrKoner
1 J. L'urnlaila
O. II. Wili
Hoard of Troeteee
lieoonbir
.IVnton llowiiiiin
i reasurer
IdnrntiHl
Iiintioa of Pease j
. .. ri-ra'l K.ventt
'li on Oh
.. . W 1. huiiib
.J. I He It.
VmV OKHl'K INrOUMATlON.
The v.aila oIi.hd at the Ilillaburu
I ., ilu.lw
Voat
OIbi'io.m., Weet Uniou. Helhany auJ Cedar
Mill, al'7 a. in.
Uollltf riouth. H:) 111.
Uoiug to Portland and ay-otnoea, b: a.
m, aud 4 p. no. ...
of iariuingUiu and Laurel, dully i 12
(IHUUCIl ANl WHJIEI V NOTICK8.
-lONUUWIATIMNAIi OIU'KOJJ, eornar
I ia.i. ...! Kifth atreeta. frmaliiriK
-TTL.. K-l.l.ih. nioruiui and venin. rw"
fc.ii. at 1U o'ol.wa a. in. I'rnyr
oiDutiuK Thursday evening. . r. H. U-
Snn.ly at H:.W p. iu. Ail services wll be
short, bright, interesting ana helpful.
PaV.or.
riU'UCH. (Virnnr
I'reacbiiiK every huuday
14 Fifth and Kir
Veil I UM 1,1
K p. iii.i eeoonu niiuunj
Miiudav anuml at 10 a. m.
at II a.
irayer iiieeiiim iv..ry w euneaunj '""
....tit.u everr Huudny eveaiu.
1., M. H'ii r, pHator.
at a.
R.
M .l'ri.bnmavr'y Hbl.Htb rooriiimj and
wiiliiU hal.' aiu w,.h.I atery hM.bHtb a
10 4 lnn iii',,"n ary Hnnilay at
to ' . Ufiioral prHynr luwliwi avury
I hnrHiliiy aveinnn. Isadora' and bWwarU
n.ti.itf tba third l ueaday ayeumK of aaob
aioutb.
A. O. I . W.
II
1I.1.HIUIKO 1.01M1K Wl.;iil..u.
,.y .Tn.u ollM KAKiM.IW.
W. II. Wetirunu. Kwwtdwr.
nllXHUOUO KEHKKAH LOIKIK NO.
M, 1. O. I), t'.. uieela m Odd tellowa
tint I ee'ry Haturday eveuuiK.
r. or ii.
lU.HIM.mn KANJK, NO. 73, tneota
Vud aud Itb Haturdayaof each moutb.
IUnj. ISoHoriaLD, Maatv,
II
I. . O. I'
a inVTK.l'MA MIDUK, NO,
(10, nita
.1 Va.l
liioadny tiiiiik at o'olook.in l.O.
K. Hill. Viaitora uiado wvloouie.
I). M. 0. Uault, His)'y.
1. P. . V.
MKKTM ery Hnnday a(nln at 7o'obk
lu tba t'bnatian clinrob. Voo arr
mirdially iuitd to attondita uiwlmna.
Iifltrri' of llouoi.
MIK PKOKKK I'K HONOK. A. O. I),
iu . ,. ,.11.1 I kailnaa' bull rrv
Ural and Ibird Friday M.ninK of i-cb
month. M. M. Itridiin, U of H.
Mra. Nallia llnrv, H.ordr.
lUlblMMif SUIora.
1)IKNUIA XK.MIM.K NO. U. R. K,
uiwtn rvry 2nd and 4lli Friilay Incai'b
month at7:o'oh.-k in I. IK O. 1111.
Mra A M t'Brlili'i
Jwi. fohiilnif rich M. B.C.
M. ol IL and C.
k. of r.
1IHEMX LOIHtE. Nt). M, K. OF I'.,
umta in l i.,.iim' Hall ou Monday
iMimn of raoh wot'k. rtojournum brvtbren
filooiuad lo l.Ui niprttuiia.
F, Krlao
A. F. and A. M.
rni'AI.I TV I.OIHIK NO. , A. F. 3t A. M.,
1 nivota fTrrf Hatnrdny nmbt on or aftvr
mil uioon of aa h niontb.
W. M. HAKHK r r, W. M.
R. '! rl.l, tVvrrlary.
O. F.. M.
fpl'AI.ATIN I'HAITKK. XO.Sl.tV
1 niMK at Maonlr IVinpla on In Jnd
and 4th fiifxlay ol rath month.
k. 0. T. M.
riOl. A XKN r, Nt. I K. O. T. M..
miwl. in IM.I Kflloai" Hall, on
an, fourth Thuraday mramiii -f 1-a.b
a. on lb. I A. LtiNO.
It.jiToa Howa , t'in.
K. K.
TA!lllNOrON FM'AM I'MKNX So. !4.
I. it. o. F.. morta on brat and
Ird fn'dnv.of mob month,
t' K !Sh hm in
tit. K lHJ nKl SO. 47W R. r.
MKKTS IS OIl CRLUIW HALL
HilmNor... on th Hid 5.1. Friday,
ol mon month a 2 r-
Mrs. II. V. Oat.
Elltatwlh Ot'ran.lall, Hraiary.
VF.. KiMI root, 0. a. k. R.
V 1
3 1
it KKW IS Oll FFI l.mt.t HAI I. OS
til.- lint and lh rl vianlay t of a. h
month, ai:tv o clo k. I . M .
J. l Hirk.. R. Crandail V. C
Adjutant.
1'KMKK.Silimi, CIKIIS
TMoa. it Tosiira, . a. Tniuri
X tary Public.
THUS II. A K. It. TOM.l K,
TTOKN KYS-AT-LA V,
HII.U- W W ), UhEliON.
Orma: U'juiii:t, 1, a 5, Morifaa liluuk.
W. S. MAKKtTT,
1 TOKX EYH-AT-LA W,
UlLLUlKMiO. OUKGON
Orrica: Central hlooa, liooma S and 7.
w. D. miru.
Notary fublio.
N MIT II k liUVTMl,
TTOK N KYS-AT-LA W.
HlLlWJIiO, ()UE(M)N.
Ornca: Itnoina 6 aud 7. Moruan block.
(.KU. I!. IIAI.I.KV,
(Y TTO RNK YS-AT-LA W,
UILL.-IKOKO, OKKUdN.
IUaident aent fur Koynl Insura.ic C' ,
Knoaa: 1,2, and 3. Miuta Hnildin.
II. I . It.il. I.I V,
A 'ITOKNKY AND
(UU.Ci;lK-ATLAV
UII.LSHOKM OIUOOS.
Deputy District Aiiorney fur Wunblng
ton (bounty,
urrick: Over Delta I)ni(? Htore
M. T. 1.1 .M hi LATER, M. IS. C. M.
piIYKICI AN AND KL'UOKON
UlLLriHOltO, OKKOON.
Omca: at reaidonoe, eaat of
Hoiiae, arbvre be will b louud at all
wbeu not yiaitiUK patmuta.
J. V. TA.M1KMF., M.
g P. H. K. HU1U1KON,
llllil.niHiito, tmwitiB.
Ormii and RiiiNa : eorurr Third
aud Mam Htrtwta. Ktlioe hour, to 12
ui Itol aud 7 to B p. ui. leltiphone ui
reaidonoe from Hrmik X r In ITUK'nlore al
all boura. All oalla promptly attemlou.
niubl or day.
W. I. 0OI, . I.,
IIYSICIAN AND HL'KCiKON,
UILLhlKHtO, OKKtiON.
Otfioi: In Chcnettr Row. Iuiiuki
ooruer Firat and Alain atrevta.
r A. It VI LEY, M. 1.
PHYSICIAN, KUIK1KON AND
1 AmuuiiaTK.
II ILLS HO HO. OREGON.
Orrtfi: in t'harmauy, I'ninn Hlook. Calla
attended to, niubt or day. Keaideuoe, 8. W.
Our. Ram Line and Heoond atreeta.
M. II. Ill MrilKEYS.
c
ONVKYANCINO AND
A IMTKACT I Ml OF TITLES.
UILLHHORO, OREOON.
Lee a I paperi dawn and Loan on Real
Eat ate neuotiated. Ituauu'aa attended to
with promptueaa and diiau b
, Thompson, motart rrai.ic.
Tiio.nrso A SOX.
20 jri-ara exprricni-e ill Otlli o Lepnl Pimi
tuna, (ii'lirnil triiKla rxivllti j. I'mpcrty
of Exlatra uud ludividiiala t itled lor.
Ollloeat tlie lluiii.tr, Fort-at (irove, Oregon
( . E. HEK.EU,
HUM KOPATI1I0
m IMIYSU'AN ANPSUIUiKOX.
FOREST GROVE OREGON.
Spefial nttontion paid to Mi-diial and
StirKirul PiiHM'! of Voiiu-n and I hiUlrvn
and all I'broinc dun-awa.
Oltlice and rvidence. Rowlbr houje,
I'acilic an, wrnt cd Forral Grove lioU l.
R. MX0,
IJKNTIST,
FOaVKti l" GROVE. OREiijV
llratart, 'ial bvtli ..' per J.t. Cement
and Atilaltfil.u Qllli'.tf! i ceil p tai'll. t,olil
liliuitfa trotn l up. Viiaiied air lor pnin- :
na eairut nun.
Ufirat three d.Hira north of Rru-k .
h ire. Ottloe boura from a, ni. tot p. ui.
J. E. ADklN.
Dentist,
ini.ir.oi;t, ouKt.oN',
Orritk 11. UK :
Oilioa in I'uioi
11 a.
Mo
in. to 4 .'Ml p. in.
k over I'liartii.n v.
Prosperity and
an AtacJaul
are in. iirtnl only to tlios,- 'io ,r I'ur 1
tsl SMI' a. r.-iul lor o;ir 1 1! ul ra( d r;il
alotf ue and .ive iiionev hy pure't;!-.-intf
In. ui t F: e
Paciaic 8d CO.
ho eial' and i ila.i l. .t)'-
lo T-".l J .. Sa ran'rnl... t al.
Alt aisN !ild at low-t p-u!. .,'e!ii..
wantel. I.ilral di umi but n. in-.l?
on CiiininiMU'ii.
Arker'a I'nclUh Kemeili will .top a
rouh at ant time, and "ill cure tlie
worst ixld in twelve hours, or ni. nv re
funded. 45 and . cents at Iv.n lirujt
SUire,
If tltC Dnillp nntl Chill pnetr.:r, I.s ,k out for an attack of
SCIATICA.
Put dfp as the Ct I C'.t ltnte iml
Sciatic nerve is, JU JtlLUUS KJl quiet its racking pain.
LOWtUIKLlhllT KATES.
Th?rs has rwen'.ly Uo k reduction
(if 50 tritn per ton iu freight rate oo
all orAin. fl iur. ft.d. elf, to Han
Frmi-o via all linea. loveid-Iif
tino of tho cause of thin unuaual pro
Lt-ttliiiK on the transportation ttni
paiiie ri-veaN the fact that It was
hrnuxht almut ly the t'orvaillu 4
KitMern II. H. Co. who demanded
th tt thin redui tion he made to equal
i.'i the ratM to Su Francisco nd
IVrtlHinl.
Thin ntlui'lion in not only made by
Ikri C. dc E. line all but via ronten,
mi il in njnal to I 12 centn per bushel,
which has air. ady enabled buyers to
m:ii,e Ht-veral large purchanea and
about one thouHiiud tonn of tra,ni
flour and hi d fiave already gone to
Sun Francisco by the C. A E. via Y'a
luiibi. I'rolmlily 4'MHl tona have
U-ti moved by other linen, making
oOUO toun, or alxiut lC.'i.OOO bushels
since the l"th of March, on which
,"o cciiis s r ton ban gone into the
hmiiln t.f the producers. Corvallin
L'uion-Ciiizt'ttc.
Thin verifies the contention of
fJoiiKresMiiun Tongue when herniates
that tlie Yaipjina Buy In pioveinent
will put thou.sauds of dollars into the
pot kets of the Willamette valley far
mers.
Remarkable Cure of lilieuiiiatlain.
Kenna. Juckaoi. Co., VV. Va,
About tlint years Hgo my w ife had
rfit Hlliii k ol rheumatism whlcn con
fintil h. r to her bed for over a month
and rendered her uiml.lu to walk a
step vt ithout assislitnce, her limbs
Im mg suolt'ii to (Inutile tlicir normal
size. Mr. S. .Mail. lux Insisted on my
using CliH'iilierlin's I'diu Balm. 1
purclutsed a tit'iy-cent b' tile and used
it according to tlie directions and the
uext inoriiing she walked to break
hist witout assistance in and manner,
and she has not h t' a similar attsdi
since. A. B. 1'arsgss. For rale
the Delta Drug Store.
If the sixteen to-oue-itlea enthusl
itsls don't IHjk sharp Mr. Bryan will
yet get away from them. A few
wi t ks ago he whs making snwhes
iu which he forgot to mention silver
at all, and though he hns been since
labored with by the silver-or-bust
leaders he is not yet sure that silver
will be the main issue next year. "I
would not asy no ueeircn, -uiai i
thii.k the paramount Issue will be
anti-imperialism, but it may. Could
not the same forces that opiiosed
monopoly in IS'.m! oppoxe a double
standard of (lovernment monarchy
abroad and republic at home?" Long
after the election of 1S!G Mr. Bryan
continued to insist that everything
else would have to wait until ques
tion was settled right. Ia Mr.
Bryan growing wiser an he grows
older?
' 'Iirtl!' prayed the Pilgrims at
Plymouth H-H'k, we do not litnd
here from our ship to exercise any
iermuent sovereignty over this
hind nor to make it an integral part
of our possessions, but to hold it
until the presaut inhabitants are
fitted to govern themselves, when we
shall return it to them, and, at the
most, ex rcise a protectorate! And
their descendants' are holding it yet
and still praying. Kansas City
Star.
But we f-ltH 1 1 turn it over to the
progeny of the alMirigiual Americans
and get out, Just as soon an Billy
Mason and Uncle Hoar and the
other posterity of the red men provt
their capacity for self-government.
Courier Journal.
"Secretary Iong says of our rc
potisiblity in the Philippines: 'There
will Ik1 work in it Tor the philanthro
pist, the scholar and the humanitar
ian. There will be opportunities for
the outlet of our own enterprise and
trade and commerce." Thin sounds
more like the voice of M issachusette
. . , .
ihun anytlnmj h ant lroiu Hor.''
(iloW'-IVlil'icmt,
Y-p. We mur
sch nil books. Ex.
t also sell them
Atvrding to the Philippine din
pali hes a woman Filipino warrior
who Li il il in her ritle and attempt
eil lo ncisimpanv the he parleyer
wilh a tl ig of truce to the Americans
j u;is premplorilly ordered hack; to the
j jungle. Siit seeing that among the
. Filiphios .iiii.-n are all well enough
j when there is righting to do, but are
I allowed no rights w hen it li'ome lo
I ta'k nj. t a i we ever enlighten such
j b.trbarian-?
Mnkl Tea poiiletf rarra alrk bead-
a. he, in. I tfo-lion an.l oonlipIMn. A
.ielil t.il lierl. drink. Remove all eritp
lion. f the -kin. pr.t'ieinff a perfect com
pit lion or nio'iev refiinlel. !! ami 60
enn at Isha tore,
THE
jTt
IATJIT
CHAPTER III.
THK WOMAN AND THB BF.RPKNT.
When within 00 yards or so of Mr.
Mackenzie's camp, I wttnetuied a rathur
xciting little adventaro.
Beneath an awning that had been
ritfXed QDiler the tree the squatter was
sitting with hia dunghter. A little
farther off were the wauxins whore Sa-
vile, the cook, was bnsymx himself over
a camp oven. A littlo farther atill I
could ce the two black boys engaged,
after the manner of their penile, wan
dering aboat, tomahawk in hand, from
tree to tree, evidently with an eye to a
posenm, an iguana or a "suu'ar hug,"
as they call a hive of beta. Suddenly,
when passing a fallen loir, I saw one of
them give a ikip ami a jump and heard
him sing oat to his fellow:
"Yarry, Y'arry, look out I Big fellow
snake!"
Even from where I stood it could bj
seen, for it was an enormous tiger
snake. One could si the patches of yel
low gleaming amid the horrible, ainuous
folds. It coiled itself up and stood on
the defensive. Y'arry promptly cut off
iU retreat in another direction. It hud
thrown itself at Snowball and narrow
ly missed that gentleman's bare shins
I cnt a stick as I ran, intending to kill
it, for hnshniun invariably dispatch a
snake opou principle. There is not
Din h to fear from one if yon keep well
in front and keep cool. If it is a good
6ghtnr, there is just enongh danger to
give a certain relish to the entertain
ment But the aiHirtin bent of mv na
ture was not to lie induced. Miss Mac
kenzie threw down tlin Ix ok she had
been reading and cried, "Savile, hand
me yonr whip and tie np the doga."
"Here, miss, crnd the cook, run
ning toward her with it. Savile was
courtesy itself where the female sex was
concerned. "But don't get too close;
he's an ugly chap. "
At the same moment larry sang ont
tome, "Yon wait a bit: white fellow
missis that one white Mary she kill
'ni plenty quick that fellow kill 'm
Biialte. "
I stood atill and waited; things were
growing interesting. I had si-en girls in
the bnsh kill annkes, but she whs the
first I had snen practice npon one with
a stock whip, which was evidently her
contompleted mode of warf.if'e.' Tlti.
strange girl had pinned np her riding
habit, so aa riot to interfere with her
freedom of action, nnd took the whip
from the hands of tlm cook.
"Now, be careful, Norahl" her father
cried. But it was evidently no new
sight to him ; he ant coolly on a camp
stool am watched what was going for
ward.
She ran into the open until die was
within a few yards of the snake, which,
with body coiled and with head and
neck reared and swaying from side to
side, looked the very incarnation of
wickedness. As most readers know, the
handle of a stock whip is short, perhaps
not more than 24 inches in length at
the outside, while the lash is 8 or 9 feet
king; it requires skillful handling. And
now the light, lithe iignre of the girl
stepped closer to the snake, her head
being ever so slightly inclined forward.
I observed a heightened color steal into
the delicate olive of her cheeks As I
watched those great, inscrutable dark
eyes of hers, in which some nncanny
kind of glamour seemed to lie, I thonght
of the snake fascinating the bird, bnt I
also thonght that the snake had met
more than its match this time. There
was something very like a smile npon
her lips as she watched it She drew
the soft, pliant body of the whip through
the palm of her left hand, and then,
raising her right arm, the lash described
an airy circle round her head. With a
forward and downward motion it cut
through the air; a sharp report like the
crack of a pistol right over the snake's
head was the rusnlt I never lefore had
seen a girl handle a stock whip as she
did. With eyes that seemed to blare
with fury the snake threw itself half of
its own length toward her and etrnck
at her with a lightninglikn raniditv.
My heart was in my month. At the
same moment one of tho blacks sprang
forward aa if to deal the angry reptile a
stroke with a stick. lint he pvcr tonch-
1KtUmgl,ithrMT!f,1t,r,..,Hlhrnlr.
( ip
, av: hL
ed It for swiftly the 1. n lash whizred , rtie f,a ahd some five months ago,
thrortch the air. the pul made . quick j bn, nmTb, .nxi.ma about them. The
bnt deliberate step Iwukward. and Snow- bU(,kg , p,rtl,,nUr BJf,hty are
ball experienced a slight nip niewher. t nn,j,,nMwllT ,Dll I fear that since
n the neight. rh...i of the ritrht wri-t , thj, wm Anstralia has set
He dmpped Ins stn k a. if he hd been i jn ,,,, th men that (iit.n. the
bitten t y the snake and with a howl of ; dwfi ha,, i.,klDlf ,fvr them may
terror skipped quukiy cut t f harm t b4 off to it I never saw it oth
''. j erwiee yet The native hn Australia
"Now then. Snowball." cried the wiii m.inuin that two bir.ls in the
grpsj looking girl ,lnl I had hoeB ; nh r, w,h one in the band any
ted 'm yon kill em snake What for j especially whers a goUlfieU U con
yon touch him'." learned. If yon care to follow my advice.
The quaint black's pige, n English 1
tfrju from asr ija aa tripiijlj as if Conlinrud on tA iv.
IN DARKNESS
A3T02YOF
THE AUSTRALIAN NEVER-NEVER
9 By
eRM AACKIE
AUTHOR 0FTH DCVILS rlAMUNDWffl"j0)O TVAAJT4."'
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she had been a black gin.
"My word, plenty coolah that fellow,
missis," said Kuowball by way of re
lieving his feelings and imparting in
formation, at the same time ruefully
rubbing bis wrist
The snake coiled itself back into po
sition again, as if waiting for round
number two. And now the girl and the
snake seemed to be gazing into each
other s eyes. I conld see the snake
scintillate. Suddenly and before i
threw itself at her a second time the
long huh curled through the air. and
with a deafening report struck it on
the neck with a force that no doubt
must have broken it, for the snake
writhed a confused series of coils upon
the ground. Two more steady cuts
from that firm, graceful, lithe arm,
and it lay still. She gathered np the
coils of cowhide in her hand and seized
tho whip by the lash end. Then she
stepiied forward till she sUmkI nearly
over it, and with the butt end of the
whip raised its head. I advanced to
ward her.
"Did yon ever watch a snake's eyes
when it was dyingT" ahe asked. "If
not, jnst look at this one. " These were
the first words this onconventioual girl
ever spoke to me.
Now, I do not like to see anything
die not even a snake. Still my sport
ing instincts are keen, and no doubt res
seuihln that typical Britisher's whom
the Frenchman described thns: "He
gets np and says, 'It's a beautiful
morning; let us go out and kill some
thing. But, then, the case bears en
tirely a diflcrent aspect when it comes
to watching anything in a death agony.
Snch a condition of mind mnst betray
a great deal of tho old originul Adam
in our nature that savage instinct
which gloats over anything either dead
or dying. The principle and the exam
pie are equally bail. For instance, allow
a child thoughtlessly to destroy animal
life, to be cruel to a cat or a dog, and
in nine cases .out of ten that child will
grow np a man or woman, as the case
may be, with a latent cruelty which
will assert itself sooner or later and
prove a enrse to its possessor. This is
a wholesome and immutable law of na
ture, hinging on the law of order and
part of the grand scheme.
- Bl-Biui bnre noticed srrmething of
that which was passing through my
mind, for, after one quick glance from
her large dark eyes, she remarked :
see you don't understand why I ask yon
to look. Come here. She had a strange
gift, truly, of divining one's thoughts.
I obeyed and looked into the eyes of
the dying snake. For a moment I con
fess to having been startled. It seemed
to me there was a concentration of snch
devilish hate and impotent rage in them
that I involuntarily turned away my
head.
"It's not a pleasant sight," was my
comment "I don't know how yon can
look at snch a thing. " To me the very
idea of those fawnlike eyes looking at
such a repulsive object was horrible,
and I mnst have shown my disgust
"My only brother was killed by the
bite of one," she remarked simply, and
then struck it on the head with the butt
end of her stock whip.
"I have pnt it oat of its misery any-
how, bat I suppose you'll ascribe some
other motive to the action. She turned
to the blacks: " Ysrry, here yon take
'em. This one bndgeire fellow snake.
Then she walked off withont so much
as looking at me before I had time to
dissent from this uncalled for dispar
agement I somehow felt annoyed at
her manner, but went over to the
squatter, who was jnst finishing some
writing, and took a seat with him in
the shade under the awning.
"Glad to see yon," he said heartily
"Where's yonr friend T"
I explained that Jack was finishing
the fence round the grave. What had
occurred seemed to have upset him.
Then we talked about various things
Soon he had gained from me such in
formation as the names of the schools
and colleges Jack and I hail been at and
other matters of a like nature. I did
not mind telling him snch things, for
in the Australian back blocks, in the
most unlikely places, yon meet all sorts
and conditions of men, so that nothing
cornea in the nature of a surprise. I
also told him that Jack and I were
traveling overland to the diggings new
ly broken out in Western Australia.
"I can't bnt think that you're mak
ing a mistake," remarked the squatter
at this point "I'm led to understand
it's miserably dry conntry. So I
should wait if I were yon nntil jnst be
fore the wet season sets in and then
you'll have a chance of prospecting the
ranges properly. Uun.lreds will be
driven off the field before thst time,
mark my words. "
"Yes," I rejoined, "I've no doubt
that's sonnd advice, bnt what are we
to do in the meantime? There are lots
of wild horses down near the salt pans
I don't suppose the sea is more than
60 miles off bnt yon know the class
of fellows w ho are down there, making
horse hunting an excuse for keeping ont
of the way of the police, an.l neither
Jack aor I want to get mixed np with
them. "
"Well 1 11 t-11 yon what," said the
squatter, "though, of course, weneisln t
come tosny definite nndentanding jnst
st prenent the land I ve taken np is
ro SO mil, aontht
f tlie trai on the
D.,),:,.. rir I aent 2.0u0 twd of
I THE COLONEL'S
STORY
About a Little Game, Some
Juleps and a Presi
dent A VISIT TO EUROPE
Told
about how Whiskey
made In Foreign
CouuterieH
was
l'UENIDENT AKTHLK BACK
To Washington not L'mbarased In the
east Train was
crowded
The Colonel waa mixing his old
fashioned toddy with that scientific
care for detail that actuates a skilled
chemist in the closing stages of an
imKjrtaut laboratory experiment.
At last the perfect blend of sugar,
water, Ice and something else was
achived. He sipped, i smacked his
lips with a sat isi tied "Ah!' and re
plied:
No, I did not miss my toddy
during my two years' stcy in F.urope.
Drink like morality, Is ientirely a
question of climate. Acid wines in
the tropics; heavy blood-making
ports and burgundies; Iu foggy F.ug-
laud; Scotch and Soda on the High
land moors: the wine of the country
always, I suppose sakl Is very good
In Japan, vodkl in Russia and pul
que In Mexico. At all events;, Bour
bon Is the drink that the educated
drinker's system demands In parts of
America.
"But, speaking of Bourbon whisky
reminds me of a story I read in a
Couriet-Journal sent to me in Vienna
last year. It was taken. from a New
Y'ork paper the Sun I believe and
profesrted to be an account of the em
barrassment of President Arthur
when an exuberant Kentucky. admir
er sent him a barrel of whiskey after
the President's return to Washing
ton from the Louisville KximmKIou
in the early eighties. It was a very
good story, but It had one defect
President Arthur would never have
been en barrased for a momentjunder
any circumstanced. Since Virginia
ceased beingthemother of presidents
he waa the only loccupant of the
White House who, In my opinion,
was a gentleman a weil-bred, .well
reared man of the world. And he
would have accepted or declined that
whisky with promptness and pro
priety and with perfect.conRideration
for the feelings of the sender. But it
wasn't about that especial whidcy I
started to tell yon, but about a little
incident of President Arthur's visit
here.
"It has taught me one thing. Be
ing presldei t Is very well In some
was, l.utlt Is too much of a giKsl
ii rig, oraloricslly, t.j suit tue a i
'.eady job. When Arthur reacbei
Incinnatl on his way to Lonisvill. ,a
Negation niet him with speeches to
Welcome him to Kfnlucky. Cross
ing the Ohio, 'he fared worse lhan
Washington did on his Delaware
trip, for another delegation awaited
him with speeches. At every water-
tank groups of representative citizen
was loaded wl'h a speech. Near
Louisville a committee boarded the
train with peeches. There were
speccliis to the carriages at the ata.ion
here, and, of course, a speech or two
v hen the hotel was reached. The
president, like the old Kentucky
politician, had "seen his duty, and
he done it mble." He had answered
every blessed one of those 'apeeche;,
but he was showing symptona of
brain-fag. His big speech at th Kx
position did not worry him. He had
expected that. But then came a
linner at the Pendennis (dub and
he final flood of the oratorical
Freshet.
"He was a tird man when a party
of six or eight of as accompanied him
to his hotel. The ruotus of the pres
idential party were a suite of half a
orn oo the first floor of the Gait
Hi use. His twdroom was one of
hose toward the rear, and he prom fi
tly bade us good-night aud retirl
Blank, the bwnker; Dash, the rail
road man; So-and-8o, who had come
n from his stock farm, and my-lf
remaii ed with several gimd fellow
of the president's party and dio"ed
few tuintjuleps) In one of the front
rocms. me nignt wis young, me
(arty jolly, and a little game of draw
was in progress.
"We had been playing half an
hour, I suppoae, with Jokes and
drinks going the rounds, w hen the
tor opened and there stomal Arthur
in slippers, pajamas and bavh-rohe.
Chairs were puahed bark, cards drnp
pet end every one arose. A coofuv
ed muiuiur of apologies expressed
our regret that we had disturbed the
president. But be stopped the ex
cuses witbm wave of his hand.
"'This lu't the President of the
United Slates,' he said. 'The Pres
ident or the Uuitod States is back in
that bedroom. If you want to see
him go back there aud make a spetvh
to that silk hat and dress-suit. This
is Chesur Alan Arthur, private citi
sen, aud he wants oue of these uleps
and a stack of chips.'
"I don'l suppose a "party, of jmen,
supporiedly acquainted withtlio am
en i tics of social life ever before cheer
ed a man because he asked for a
drink and a band in a card game
But that's what we did. And until
the morning gray crept through the
shutters, Cheater Arthur, private cit
izen, took his drink and told his Joke
aud placed his csrds like a clubman
aud a gentleman. He wou our mon
ey, too, though in a tasteful and un
obtrusive way to keep the game even
by unduly liberal play after the cards
began to run his way. Finally he
told us goodnight, saying :
"Boys, it has boeu a very pleasant
night. I know you'll never tell on
me, as long as it might hurt the leel
Ings of any Puritanical friends. Aud
now I am going back to see whether
anybody has Ikhmi making speeches
to the President of the Uuitad States
while 1 have boeu eiijuyhig my
self.' "It is a good thing for tho political
records of several rock-ribbed demo
crats that Arthur was defeated for re
noiuinaiion," concluded the (Lionel,
"For there wasn't one of ui there
that night who wouldn't have fought
for him. And you needn't tell me
that the man who set opposite me at
that table would have been shocked
and embarrassed because a barrel of
Kentucky whisky was sent to him as
a gift."
PATIION1.
( I IICS NAVIOIt.
The recent disturbances iu Cuba
give the world an opportunity 'o
guess what would happeu in Cuba if
the Americanitroops were uot there
to preserve thejia-ace.
No one doubts now that if the
American troops were withdrawn
and American authority ended a civ
il war more serious than that which
Is gan in 1H',5 would Is? under way in
a week. The rebellion against Spain
sovereignty from lH'J't to 18118, Indeed,
did not seriously effect any of the lm-
ortant centers in Cuba. It was con
fined to the swamps aud mountains
and the regions far removed from the
large towns. The Spaniards despite
their feebleness and general shiftless.
ness, hud some sort of a semblance of
authority in;all the important cities
and their surroundings. The war
which would begin now, however, If
the restraining hand of the United
States were withdrawn would in
volve every town In the Island. It
would begin in Havana itself, and
would instantly take in all the trade
centers and a ffect all the induslrits
of Cuba. livery town In the Island
has the elements which would pre
cipitate a convulsion. Apparently a
majority of the faction which
was in active support of the insur
gent armies is against the Spaniards
and all the other foreigners, the Am
ericans Included. inis Coca not
mean that half of the Cuban s puis
tion is against the Americans. The
business element among the natives,
and the more intelligent class gener
ally is undoubtedly on the American
side and with them , are , nearly all
the foreign residents, 'including ithe
Spaniards.
This is a condition which will have
an educative intluenee lsth In the
United States and in Cuba. ; F.ven
the most blii d and bigoted of of the
anti-expansionists will now see the
American ia?rupancy of Cuba is i.ee-
essary for the sal vation ol that is! -."
and for the welf.re of the Ainer n
Kpl. If the destinies of the i-l d
were put In its people's hands 'oe
pit sent time the war Mid the oV-i ,c.
liot of life and pri-rty v. h
would eri-ue would iuii.e the U i'-
ed States to Intervene in a month,
and under condition which would
not be so favorable as I hone whi.h
prevail at this time. In that event
the United States would be cornell
ed to Dinlte war upon on faction of
the Cuban population, and perhaps
upon more than one, many Amer
ican lives would be? losi before the
disturbances would la- quelled and a
feeling of Inutility to the Americans
among the islanders would he arous
ed which might take years to re
move. In the exi-ting condition
the United State can avoid all the-
emisirrassments. It will preserve i
ord-r, save the Cubans from them
lve, give them g'id government,
an I endeavor to arouse in (hern the: Journal, "would give the lives ,r
public spirit and the slileal balance forty American citizens for tVi-s- ol
which msj one day enable them lo all the Filipinos that could Is-shot
ls masters of their own de-tinies. in a week?" That largely l.-p. nds.
Thst day is now apparently orne-! It might not he such a bu 1 birgiiu
what di-tsn'; but grint changes may if the frty were pick-d from that
I made very rapidly, with the aid of i das of American citiz-r.s who are
fr ar hiads and all the accesw,ries ol ; never heard ' from ti's-pt
ppsxrewive civili.iti.ln. Oregon j when making war on their own
Statenman. 'country.
EPITOME OF
THE DISPATCHES
A Complete Reciero of the
Nctcs of the past Scroti
datjs.
XEW RAIL ROAD STARTED
The
Lurkiamute Valley
Itoad wus started last
week
Kail
MET WITH AN A I 'CI HUNT
1Mb bones lu oue leg briiken by a tree
falling ou him To Step the :
bodies
Baker City tieople, following the
example of Portland, are rooting out
the poplar shade trees.
Henry K. Slocuin committed sui
cide by hanging, lust Sunday even
ing at Ashland. Ho was about (it)
years of age aud has resided there for
a long time. He left a wife and two
grown chlldred. It Is supposed that
physical InUrmatitw, which were
gradually growing upon him, anil
iocs pad ted him from labor, made
him despondent.
F. O. l'lotner, a Western Union
lineman, went down the Umpqua.
Wednesday and assisted in stretching
harlied wires acc'oss the river at the
Bacon ranch, IhOow Harden valley,
which will be left there to stop the
tsslies of H. D. Mi Uuire aud A. W.
Reed, if they should rise. This ia
about 6 miles la-low the scene of the
airident. No trace of the bodies has
U-en discovered, although a dilllgcut
seatch Is continually kept up.
We see no reason why cuttle should
not command as high, or even higher
prices this spring than last fall, says
the Vale Gazette. Reports from
Montana and the section north are to
effect that there has Issm a great loss;
In fact, It has U-en a hard winter
everywhere but the Mlis'kmen of
this county have lieen more fortunate
than those sections, nnd their los- is
not more than average. There Is
little doubt but the buyers will oiler
higher prices when Jt Is found they
cannot purchase at prices oflcrtsl
now.
Istst Thursday morning Mr.
Thomas met with a very serious ac
cident while chopping down a tree.
The day before he had felled a large
tree which lexlged In another tree the
butt of it still resting on the stump.
The morning of the accident he fell a
smaller one against it to dislodge it,
but failed. He then began chopping
on the stump of the.larger one, when
it became loosened and droped to the
ground, allowing the smaller one to
slide down and la-fore he could get
away it struck him fracturing .both
bone in two place la-low the knee
Amity Times.
Work has begun in earnest on .the
Luckiamute Valley A Western rail
nsd, between Falls City and Dallas.
The surveying crew, under the direc
tion of A. L. Porter, Is-gan work, tho
first of the week at Falls city. They
are taking the levels and 'setting the
grade stakes, and expect to complete
the work to Dallas by the first of next
week. Mr. Tabbott Is sus riiiteni.
ing the construction of the .nmdls-d,
and has a force of men and teams
worklr g on the gride. The ground
is in good working order, and tho
grade is being thrown up at a rapid
rate. A sufficient number of ties
nave been cut to cover a considerable
imrt of the distance, the timbers for
ihe bridge across) the Luckiamute
river have been framed r a ly for
putting together, and tho company
exacts to be ready for the rails
within a few week.
One comforting Incident In the
army scandal which Is di-L''is'irig
the nation, Is that no West pointer
bus been connected with it, tither
directly or Indirectly, and where they
have given etldence it was invaribly
that the beef furnished was ss g'ssl
as it could he under the eireumsiatio
lei. They attribute an iii; snorn'om-
ings to the exigenciin of the v--t and
there is no doubt among reasonable
peiple of the correctness, of their
views. Corvsliis Union-Onr-tte. It
is to be remembered that -fi. Mil-s
is not a graduate of the West Point
military ichool.
"Who among us," asks the Atlanta