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OO000OOOOO00OCCtWKOOOS After Twenty Years I By William Wenduanu (Oovirlicbt, U, bj Author. BrndloMs.) MK3. OILLESriK, was distinctly old-fashioned. "Old-fashioned aud out of date and irritable and cranky, by George, air," said he tu himself as he watched the lilue i Uruggle unsuccessfully to leap Into tmiiethiiitr like cheerfulness. "Kven my tire won't burn. . I've jawed every man In the office to-day, quarreled with every cileut 1 have aeen, bullied the janitor and apent the intervening time in hat ing myself. 1 guetis Eastman In right. . I ought to take a vacation, and aee if 1 can't get into tome iort of harmony with things In general." What waa it all worth, anyway these days and nights of toil? To be lire, he waa successful, far beyond the measure that cornea to the average man, bin reputation waa high in the profession the greatest cases came to him, and he generally won them. Ilia name stood lii'h in the communi ty, and honors on the bench or in po litical life waited him at any time he would accept them. Hut these things held no fascination for him. For 20 years his life hud been centered in tbla old-fashioned back office. He had enjoyed no social life and little com panionship with hla fellows, excepting hia relations with bis partners, his clients and hi opponents In the court room. He trembled to think of the result should he lose interest in his work. And yet It had not been always so Nor was he by nature designed fur a life apart from his fellows. In his younger daya be had been a prince of good fellows, and bad numbered hia fnenda by the acort. llut this was before the broken chap ter In his life, and that broken chap ter had changed all the rest of the story. Hu thought as he tried to ooax some warmth out of the grate how dif ferent It all might have been. He arose and locked the donr leuding to the outer ofllce, and then he went to the otd-fasliloned safe, anil, unlocking a drawer, took fnm it an old da- guerrntype. lining back to hla seat he contemplated the portrait long and earnestly. It was the face of a brauti fill, high-spirited, Impetuous girl. This was the face which had caused the bruken chapter. As he looked at the old dagiicrrotype his features soft ened and he lived over again the old daya when all the horizon was rose colored. This was nwuy luck when he was a boy. He was accounted a smart boy and was making strides In his pro fession, and every effort and every am bition was centered upon Amy Lester. Khe liked him, too there was no doubt of that. Kven now, at a distance of 20 years and with the keenest knowledge of men and affairs, he did not doubt that she loved ill in In the old days. They had been youthful sweethearts and hsd built all the air castles of two Uvea upon a united future. Then came the firing on Sumter and the call to linns by President Lincoln. The blood of the major quickened a little even at this distance of a quarter of a cen tury as he recollected the thrill with which that call had been received. A delirious month or two and he had found himself nt the front. There rolled before the memory of the major all the excitement, the dangers, the deprivations, the heroisms of those dreadful four years; his steady ad vancement until he was mustered out major of volunteers. The perspiration rolled from hla face as ha remembered hia home coming and found that Amy had plighted her troth to anothcr-one far richer flisu he and the choice of her family. He had never asked he,r to marry him. He had alwaya supposed It to be understood. They had wrft ten continually, and although her let ters had grown more formal he had been so engrossed in his soldierly pro fession that he had scarcely had the time' to wonder what the cause was. So the full knowledge of the truth, when he arrived home, nearly took 111 ill off his feet. His great pride kept liiin from dolnir aiivHilnir to ni-v,it tir marriage, even had it been possible, and so she had faded from his life, and r1lh hmf .11 tha Bn,l M n.. I....... he had ever cherished. Then followed the weary years in the profession to which he had turned. A knock amused the drramer, and hastily stuffing the picture In hia pocket he opened the door. It was a card from one of hla most profitable clients, for whom he had recently won a hardly-contested lawsuit. "Show him In," grunt d the major, grudgingly. Accordingly In bustled Peter Van delineier, prosperous, pushing, slf complacent, but apparently somewhat worried. "You have got to get possession of that Fletcher property, that'a all there la to It, major," said Vandeluieler, aa he aeated himself and mopped hla brow. "Oh, I know you are not a sheriff or a marshal or anything of that kind," he went on, aa he observed the major's rising ire, "but what good will our decision do us unless we get possession of the property? There is a funny condition down there. A chit of a girl grandchild of old man Fletcher Is in possession, and she seems to be too much for the officers. They have failed utterly to get her out and have about given It up as a bad Job. We have but two more days, ac cording to the verdict. Now, I want you to go to ( licrryilale yourself. You will have all the ollb rra you visnt. but they are frightened and need some body to direct thnn. Name y,.ur ow ti fee, of course, but you've got to go. Yon know how important it is to our general plan that we get possession." The result thai M liillrtpij A GOOD STORY A certain yoi'ng lady in del icate health was advised by her doctor to take a half-teaspoon-ful of Soott's emulsion of cod liver oil after dinner once a day and found herself almost suddenly growing robust. So small a dose is by no means the rule; the rule is! whatever the stomach will bear! not more. Another rule is : j take it on every least occasion, ' but not too much ; don't over do it. j WYII irad yog t lltiU to trv. U r list. 6COn ft BOWNK, 4u, fu, KrM, Nrw votm. Kodaks and Fllme-A.E.Voorhl.a, Don't tie. the top cf yoor ' Jelly and preserve. Jars In tneuldfaiiMoue'iff-ny. Hcul mem uy ma now, quid:. ftutpuiuiciy siirowi.y uy m Mini coming Ol nire Refined f anulino. Una do utsio or dor. 1 1 Kir liKht ond netd rjroof. Kiir-tly Applied. LBcful In adozcu oilier ' wava alsotit tliu lioc-n. Kill I directions will. ach cake. Bold everywhere. ITiulo ly STANDARD OIL CO. found himself the next afternoon at the depot of the little town of Cherry dale, some 40 nil lea from home. After making some Inquiries at-the country tavern he drcided to begin op erations at once, so aa to end the dis agreeable task as soon as possible, and was driven to the Fletcher homestead on the outsk'rt of the town. He went to get the lay of the lund and left the officers sent with him. at the tavern. He found an old-fashioned country place a big, homelike house sur rounded with great treea In the midst of a farm of great natural beauty, rolling meadowe and fruitful fields traversed by a rippling brook. In response to the knocker a grim old woman opened the front door far enough to let the major see that It was fastened with a chain inside, and in re ipuiise to hla request to aee Mist Fletcher was told to wait on the porch and she would see hliu there. As the major stood smiling at the orude at tempt to thwart the edict of the law, and inwardly fuming at the trivial ne cessity for taking him ao far from hit anug bachelor apartments, the door opened and immediately he heard the chain rnttle Into place again. Turn ing, he lifted hla hat to the girlish fig ure in the doorway. It waa a perfect type of budddng womanhood, the major noted briefly, juat before hit eyes rested on her face. Then with a Hurt the hat dropped from his hand aud he grasped the railing for sup port. "Amy I" he gasped, hla hand seeking hla brow with a gesture of bewilder ment. For there before him In the flesh stood Amy Lester, the sweet heart of hla boybood, just aa she had looked on the day he had left her to go to the war. Not a day older, not a feature changed! And lis knew she hnd died these ten years ago. Had he lost his mind? Had paresis overtaken him In the prime of life? He stood transfixed, with trembling limbs and atiirlng eyes. "Amy Fletcher, If you please, air," replied the young woman, with some spirit. "And what la your bualiiesi here, may I ask?" "I must beg your pardon," aald he, with courtly grace. "You reminded me ao strongly of an old and very deal friend." "Ynu were a friend of mamma's, then?" inquired the girl. "Her name was Amy Lester." "Yes; she was once a very dear friend of mine," replied the major, gravely, i The girl, who had been standing de fiantly, with eyes flashing, aoftened visibly. "Oh, I'm an glad you came. I'm In the most dreadful trouble, and they are trying to take the old place away from me; hut they won't do It. I'll never let them. I'll die first. (Irand- pa told me never to let them do It, and that they had no right, aud I won't. Mut It's so hard for a girl who don't know anything about business or law or anything to combat all those men. I need a friend. Indeed I do, and if you were a friend of mamma'a you will be my friend; I know you will. You will help me, won't you? You are ao big and strong. And you know all about these horrid business things; I know you do. And and you you are kind and honest; I know you are. Tell me tell me what to do." "Tell me all about it," he aaid, with a tremor In hia voice. They sat down on the rustle bench together and the major's tall, sol dierly figure thrilled as It had not for 0 years, and he could not realize that It wsatiot the other woman the wom an of 20 years ago who was seated be side him, as she had been so often in the old days. She told him her pa thetic story how she had been left an orphan to her grandfather's care, and how he had died a year ago In the midst of a quarrel with a big land ayu ilicste that sought to acquire his prop erty, and hnd told htr that the nego tiations hnd not lieen closed, although some papers had passed, lie warned her never to yield possession of the property. Then there had been law. suits, and now they were trying to eject her from the house in which she was bom and to deprive her of all she had In the world, lining further into the matter, the major learned many thlnga that had pur.sled him during the trial of the ease Involving the proper ty, and discovered how a great injus tice had here wrought. "Do not be afraid," said he, rising ab ruptly. "You will be karaaaed no more." He went straight back to the city, aud there was an interview with Van (Icltnrier -the stormiest, It ia said. Hint c;cr occurred iu the inajor'a old fashioned back mom -and the result was that certain checks bearing the major's signature passed to Vandel uieler and the ilscd to the Fletcher estate passed to Amy Fletcher. There was the glow of long deferred youth on his face and the airility of a bry in his soldierly camace as lie sprang up the steps with the deed ill h s pocket. She did not entertain him on ibe vci'aiuU this time, and before tlo- 1a as mot she Inviied him to en " a short season on the estate he had tau-d for her '-she did not know at what cost. He remembered Eastman's admonition that he needed a vacation, atol be decided to spend it. j There realh is iui need of telling the rest of this s'ory, for the major was ill ttic irv prime of life, tiesplte his iron cra ' i r, for a life of modera tion b'h; . e . . ri'. h id left him in per fect Ilea1, h. i d she had been drawn to liiin from i lie H--t by that subtle at traction a', v ivs (i ll by daughters for the un.iicoe.'fnl suitor for the moth er's hand As tor the major, he never could reaiire tlist it was u t h i Amy of old tit whom he was ps .i- c. art. It might be added that at'i r be wed- j ding the major, greatly to , cl.cht ' of his psrtners, abamloc,,' h, obt-I fashioned ofllce and the I i :u moved I iuto palatial quarters build lug in the city. in iae 1 erteat Malaria Cautti Biliuuivn. 1 the cam. (i rove's Tasteless Chill Tonic remove Graln.O! Grain-OS. ... Reuiber that name wben yoa aut a delicious, appetising, , nourishing food drink lo take tbe place of coffee. Sold by til grocers and liked bv all who liave used it. Oraln O la made of pnre grain, it aidi digestion and strengthens the n irvea. It li not a stimulant bat a health builder and tbe children a well astlieadulta can drink it with great benefit. Costa about J aa much aa coffee. 15c, and 25c. per package. Aak your grocer for Grain-O. GUN BARREL MAKING Process Employed in English and Belgian factories. Irea mm Urn ml Bars SwaawleSMa T- taer la BaaalM mm Roll4 Oat lata Blbkaas la ta Week. Shotgun barrels are made of a mix ture of pig iron and mild ateel. The Iron is first melted iu a furnace, which removes the dross, and then, while cooling, i ebaped into chunks ' or "blooms." A steam hammer forms these into square hlocka at tha aame time condensing the metal and mak Ing It purer. The blocks are ' put through successive seta of rolls until they are reduced to roda about five- eighths of an inch square.: The roll ing interlaces the fibers of the metal and increases Its tenacity and ductil ity. The mild ateel Is prepared from Hwediah pig, and ia worked Into roda in the sum way aa tbe iron, aaya the Little Chronic!.. The iron and ateel bara art sand wiched together in bundlva. Tha finest barrela are about SO per cent, steel and 40 per cent. iron. Each bun dle la put in a furnace, heated white hot, welded into a single bar, - and finally rolled out Into a rod. This rod is reheated and twisted by machinery until it haa 10 to 13 turna to the inch. The twisting shortens the rod, makea it half as thick again and tnuirhena the nietal. Two of the twisted rods are now laid aide by aide with the twiat running In opposite directions, heated, welded and rolled Into a flat ribbon one-half Inch wide and not quit ao thick. This ribbon ia wound round a man drel much as a child winds a piece of tape around ita finger, and in thia way a tube ia formed which ia really half of the fuVure gun barrel. The other half ia mule In tha same way, with another ribbon, and the two parte are welded together ao skillfully that the keenest eyes cannot detect where they were Joined. If twist barrela are wanted the ribbona are wound ad that the edges of the spirals merely touch each other and lo that position ara welded together, f or Damascus bar rels the spirala are wound ao that they overlap each other. Neat the barrel ia amoothed on the outside and bored inaide to the proper gauge, by means of a lathe. If a bar rel ia to be choke bored, the bore i$ given a gradual enlargement of two or three hundredths of au Inch, from a point near the miixxle to the breeeh. After boring, the barrela are beared fast to the breech block, and, if for a double-barreled gun, the connecting rilss are soldered In position. The barrela are colored by a mix ture of acids. They are painted with the acid several times, and after each treatment are laid away several houra and then scoured with a ateel bruah. r'lnally they are dipped in boiling wa ter, scoured, rubbed aud polished with oil. American gun makrra buy most of the gun barrela they need, getting them in the rough from Kngliah and llelgian factorira and putting on the finishing touches themaelvea. The different heatings, rollings, weldings and twiatiuga that gun metal gets while being made into barrela give it wonderful purity and strength. A gun practically never hurata unless there Is some obstruction, such aa snow, dirt and the like In the mur.zle. It ia near the mu.ile, too, that a gun usiiully breaka. LONDON'S C0STERM0NGEKS. Characteristic Coatasaes of ta Uaees Fslh Aw Craatlaaa ( Their Osva raaar. The London coatermonger ia an In stitution whom we should not willing ly let die. A atrong movement ia on foot to get him removed ae a nuisance by the nsw borough councils, and be is organising to fight It. Aa there are 80,(XK)of hi in in London, he has a chance of winning. Hia chief value for those who do not iWal with him Ilea chiefly in hia independent attitude toward London life. Ilia characteristic dress has been made familiar to ua by Mr. Chevalier, and ia modeled on a atyle that ia absolutely hia own; the rich eruption of but Urns all over the coat and along the seam of the trousers as well as the generous downward am plication of the latter garment, are, we believe, the fruit of hia own way ward fancy, aaya the London Newa. Aa to his wivea and daughters, they have the distinction of being the only persona who use plush aa a dress ma terial, sometimes for the whijlc cos tume, often in the form of a short cape, always aa a decorative trim ming. Their great hata. crowned with brilliantly dyed feathers, are just at peculiar, and we hear with pain the ru mor we hope it ia no more set afloat by a contemporary to the effect that these are being discarded in favor of what ladies have agreed to rail a "sailor." What a coaler lady can dress decently upon is aa much a matter of dixputr with them as it is with ua, but a gentleman can obtain a suit of sly lish cut. with copious "pearly" but tons of t.orsevhue shape, for the sum of 30 shillings, which may be paid in monthly installments. ! rus. To boil fi.h. add a tablrspoonful of salt and a tahlespoonf ul of vinegar to every quart of water; place the fish on a plate and tie it in a piece of cheesecloth, plunge it into hot water and let it boil quickly. Allow salmon to cook 11 minutes to a pound after it begins to Minuter; serve with egg. ltrchainel, or any aauce desired; gar nUh with potato balls, potato atrawa, slices of teuton, vepcra, etc. iiood Lit erature. 1 eaC0lJs she.ke Into Your ihoe a ueu t root-r.aae, a ponder. It cirei paiuful, imarting, nervous feel and in glowing nails, ami instantly take the sting out ol corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discovery of tlirave Allen' root-tape makes tie-lit or ne tboes feel easy. It is a ceitain cure fur sweating-, callous and Lot, tl.e.1, aching lee I. Try it to-day. Kohl brail drug gists and shoe stores. Hy mail U r I5c. in stamp. Trial package Kre. Ad drets, Allen 8. Olmsted, U Kov, N, Y NEWS OF THE WORLD. HAPPENINGS OF THE PAST FEW , DAYS FROM ALU QUARTERS. Cvlnrd HUbop iDeouiiDC Lynching of Negro Vovl(lsUln -of Coal lntr (- Kmpmror Willi! Itclvi thm 4 hlM KiplatioD MiMlun, Minister Conger aeut the following telegram to tbe state .department at nnauiugiou: -reams;, oeps. v rn" tocoi gned Hept. 7. Kockbiii left stb." au the bituminous coat uiiuing com- ponies of Vouusylvauia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinoia, West Virginia aud Kentucky are to be consolidated into one great corporntiou by tbe J. P. Morgnu ayuili. Cite. Toe completion uf tbla great pro- Ject will muuu the consolidation of from ttOO.fMO.tXK) to 1300,000,000 of invested capital. No. 1 Cotton Belt paasenger train, leaving Teiarkaua at 9:25 p. m., waa L..U 1 -.. a .a a a UC1U Up fll SI UKUI BUU luvuvu MM. Eylau, at a wild aud heavily timbered spot, fonr miles aonth of Teiarkaua. One of the robbers, who, it seemed, waa au expert engineer, ran the engiue, mail aud rzpresa oars some distance, and forced the express messenger loopeit bit car. The robbers then blew open the safe with dynamite, securing, it is said, a very large amoout of booty. John Jacob Astor, Martin Muloney of Philudulphia, George H. Day and other director'' of the Electric Vehicle company, which operates electric our ringea in Mew York city, are defendant!) iu two suits brought in the court of chancery by Richard rjiegman and other stockholders of tha concern. It ia ai leged fhnt the directors have wasted or lost the entire (5,000,000 received in cash for capital stock, aud that they buve, iu additiou, been compelled to raise 11,500,000 by a mortgage to pre cut a complete suspeuaiou of business. The complainants aeek to hold the di rectors responsible for alleged losses. Kmperor William's receptiou of the Chinese mission of expiation, beaded by Priuoe Chan, which took place at Pots dam, was marked with all the severity consistent with au uudienoe uomiuully friendly. Priuoe Chun bowed thrice ou euteriug aud leaving. The emperor remained seuted during the reading of the Chinese address. Afterward, how ever, he relnxud his starn demeanor and welcomed the envoy coorteonsly. The emtieror roplied sternly to the apology read by Priuo Chan for the murder of the German minister, Borou von Kut telcr. Mist Caroline Schroeder of Brooklyn fell a distance of 80 feet iuto the gorge of Kaaterskill Fulls, In tha Kutskill mountains, and waa fonud unhurt save for a few braises. Miss Bchrouder ven tured too near the edge of the gorge, lost her balance aud fell. Three men descended ou ropes aud fonud the young woman uucoiiacions. Physicians in at tendance, however, said that while severely bruisud shs would suffer no serions cousequonces. At the Ecumenical Methodist confer- euuo in London the colored Bishop Walters of Jvrsey City, iu au impas sioned plea, declared that there was a systematic effort on foot ou the port of the white Americans to detract from the good opinion which the English people had of the American negroes, Ua said that iu the year 1000, although 90 negroes were lyuched, iu ouly 11 oases bad assault ou white women been proved. The English part of the aa dieuce loudly cheered the bishop's state ments about negro morality, but several of the many delegates from the southern states went out, wlnlu others did not conceal their disagreement with the speaker. Dr. E. P. Hersliey of Denver, at the meeting of the Kooky Mountain Inter state Medical association ut Denver, aald that he bad found a function for the vermiforiu appendix. He asserts Unit it ia a secretory organ, the function of which is the lubrication of the cuvuni, or tha beginning of the large intestine. The arguiiiotits advanced iu support of this theory, were interesting, but tbe other doctors did not deem them con clusive. 1 hey refused lo consider the paper Iu ita oi'igiiiul lortu, and Dr. Ilershey whs given a year iu which to iuvosiigute the subject. ll luis bieu liiciilud that the Colum bia will . eh ai l the America's cup n-aiusi Shamrock 11 iu the forthcom ing wi es ot races. Tlio coiiuwt U'tweeu American uml Canadian iillmu ut Seagirt, N. J , tor thu Amurlcau Centennial fiilnio irnphy, emblematic uf the world's champion ship, va won by the Canadians by a margin of iti points. The totul score was 1.53'i to 1,401. The Kriig-Jorgeiiseu r-fl i was used by the Americana, while tlie Lee-Metford waa used by the Can litlaua Tho nine iiuanliists uuder arrest at Chicago were brought before Magis trate I'rendiviLe At the request of 1 lie city, the bearing was poatpoued Dlllll So(L It) III order to allow fur ther iiivestiguiiou of the charge thut they conspired to murder the president. ovel'iil of the prisoners admitted an acqmitotuuce witlt the srouh's x nssa- tin, CsolgosS. The six mule prisoners were lied Without ball pciming thu Hearing. Ju iu Muchliuuic, Maria I.suak and Marui I aak, Jr., were discharged lor want ol evidence. Mario Josephine Kustwick of Pitts. burg, looking pale anil worn from her week's inipna iiiincut, was brought up on r uiaud at the Guildhall police court. Ignition, 011 the charge of having loigcd a railroad snick certificate to the value ol i'lOO.OOJ A printer testttleil that he hint printed the ultcred certihcate umlit Mim Kasiwiuk's diitcttous, not know ing what tha document was. Mhe ex plained to him tli.it it waa tor the pur ose of being photographed for a binik she was writing, ihe case was ad journed uutli Sept. 111. SUMMONS. In the Circuit Couit ol the Slate ol Ore gon, lor Jtisephin Co. rsm le I'. Keller, nautili ) v William M. Kallir. Defendant. Action to dissolve tint marriage cou nsel. - To V 1 1 li 111 M Killer, I Vleiob-nt ; In the nam ol ib,. Stsie of Oregon, toil ie herehv nquire.1 i. nvi- ar and snsisfr th coiihiImioi fliel against yon in the above emitied Court ami cause, ilill IX aerks Iroui ,Ute ol llrst puMl cation of thi S uunioiis 7it:-from August 1, ItMl.aiol ji you ui 1,1 Mtiewvr. or asm li-mii, in riaiimtr ail! applv io lb l'o it lot a iln-ree diMolving irt mania. e u n' act ul I'Uiutitr and Ih 'eiutan'. I his summons ia publish.-,! bv order of II. K Manns, judge 01 irt almx en 'Hied is urt, math in Chamlwr. Jaik onv IV, Jaenn t'aenti, Oreg n , on 'lilt 1st day ol August livl. Aat VtTiM, Ai ms v ho I i.uiliff. at 1 usS J rum TSftlMO... I'ss j FlGPRUftE CeresJ A delicious food I drink, which, as a table beverage, is preferable to COffee and tea. . .., ' ious properties of CaUiornia fies. crunes and grains are rrainf2d bv OUr SDecia! PfO- "J , . CCS9 Of manufacture and gf f fully extracted by ih n j I I n j T 1X01X1 5 tO 10 minutes 1 only, I 'o Fruit 46 At All Grocers. Oraios. WHY HE WAITED. Th Intelllaent Looking Man Had a Suaaestloa to Make. There were a score of men nt work In the excavation for a cellar, aud there were twowoit! of Idlers leaning over tho railing surrounding it und looking; dowu with curiosity. The most Intelli gent looking of them wus finally ap proached by the foreman aud asked: "See unytlilug in particular down there to Interest you?" "No, nothing," was the reply. "Walls going up to suit your Ideas?" "They are." "Masons doing their work all right?'' "As far as I can see." "Do you wnnt to know the nnme of the owner, how high the building Is to be and the totnl cost?" "Not the Hliglitost Interest, air." "Hut I've noticed you standing here for the Inst hour," continued the fore man, "ami 1 took It Unit you might have HOinethlng to suggest." Y-p-s, I could make a suggestion," slowly replied the idler after thinking It over. Well, out with it. Would you Ilko Buy ulteriitlons In the phins?" 'No, I don't think so, but you might provide aniichnlrs, cheroots and a free lunch If It will not lie too much trouble. I've been hanging around here to sec If you wouldn't du It without my having to throw out a hint." M. Quad. Raaeball Terms. TV rr k; ,i tn NO CONTBOL OVER THE BAWL. Chicago News. A Grntleman Indeed. You cun always tell n gentleman, a thorough gentleman, whenever you meet liiin," observed the fat man with the blue necktie to his mucking ac quaintance. "Yes, I think you can," waa the reply. "I en me down from Boston with one the other day. lie was interested Iu electricity, ntid I told hlin nil nboiit the new trolley Hue through our town." "la It dllTerent from any other Unci" "No; but us 0110 of the city aldermen I helped get the charter through." "I sec. lint what hearing had that ou hla being a gentleman?" "Why, he never asked me what the company paid for my Influence." II Und lieen Tbeve. Mis. Jumper wus in n bad humor. Things had gone wrong with her, ami she was about 10 give .Mr. .lumper a piis'c of her mind when she now the sky darkening and, looking out of the window, said: "There's a storm coining." Mr. Jumper serntehed his head, then IKTtlllcntly inquired: "Inside or out?" Chicago Iteeord Herald. Croeltr lo a Wife. "They say her Imsbaud treats her worse than ever." "What has he done now?" "Why. the other day, Instead of giv ing her the motley to pay her bills, he paid them himself." Life. Sabarhen l.la In l.ua::nse. Suburbanite (excitedly) My pocket has been picked! Conductor Are you aure? "Yea. I had a lawn mower when I started from the city." Detroit Jour nal. Ilrr I. till Irliriiir. "I bear that Miss tildtlme refused Skinner and now Is encouraging him ngniu." "Yes; he was her tlrst offer." Wash ington Star. Ills Preference. Oldliam-Are you going to the lecture tonight on "The Girl of Today?" Yoniiger-Gtit'ss not. The girl of to night Is more attractive. Chicago New. Ile'ri Hate Revetiire. Parson's Daughter What la name, my boyl your Country l'rchin-rtcu, miss, llete klalt Jervmlab JoOcs. ruraou's Daughter-Who gave you thai name? Do yon know? Country I'rchlu-No, I don't, rulsa, but I'd like to llud Mm. mm ( .V 1 'ffili if 1" A -OfiV .' 1 f--' BOER WAR Great Inciease in British Public Debt Has Been Caused. Kstrassi Oallar Mad earjr bs Custlsssllos of Hostilities la oath Africa aaa No Baa la Slakt. In the speech of Sir Michael' Hicka- Beach, chancellor of the exchequer, in the house of commona on the occasion of the introduction of tbe new budget there was not very much that bore directlv on the cost of the war in South Africa. The tale was told, how ever, iu one clause of one sentence. The expenditures for the year, he aaid had bctu 1H3,500,000 "of w hich 05,000,000 was on account of the war in South Africa." At the same time he proposed a loan of 60,000,000, made necessary by the war. This loan, which is now being sub scribed, is in addition to the war loan of 30,01)0,000 issued in WOO. That loan represented less than half of the increase of the British public debt last ear due to the conquest of the Boer republics. Its total was very near the 74,000,000 mark, auya the New York Kun. Sim-e the latter part of the seven teenth century Great Britain has never been out of debt. The debt bf pan with a trifling $3,000,000, the reu!t of the revolution which brought the Dutch King William to the Knglish throne. From that time it grew and nearly al ways on account of war. At the Recession of Queen Anne ill 1702 the debt was 18,400,000, und when the first George became king 12 years later the debt irad been nearly quadrupled. He paid off a paltry cou ple of millions, but George II. saw it grow to nearly 140,000.000. Ily the beginning of the American war it had been reduced some 10,000, 000, but that war sent it climbing to what at that time waa the terrifying figure of 250.000,000. For a fe w years there were successful efforts at re duction, and a total decrease of anoth er 10,000,000 was recorded for the deende. Then began the disastrously expen sive French war. which with a slight intermission called peace continued until the downfnll of Napoleon in 1815. During those 23 yeara the debt grew tremendously, the loans averaging about 20,000,000 a year. In 1810 the British debt had climbed to the colos sal figure of 900,436,000. The debt of no other, country, except France, has reached such proportions. After the pence of I'nris the British debt took a new course and began to decrease. Thia course, was followed steadily with but two alight Interrup tions until the outbreak of the war with the Boers. In 1833 the abolition of slavery caused a slight Increase, and the Crimean war odiied about 30,000,000, so that In ls.",7 the debt stood at nbout 839.0OO.0ti0. In the 43 years that followed, up to the out break of the present w ar. the debt was reduced on the average 1' 5.000,C0O a year. In 1809, when the war began, it had decreased to 6115,000.000. The war expenses had tiikm it hack well over 700,000.000, or more than three times the net detit of the I'nited States, and there is as yet no sign that the war expenses are about toeraseor even to show any material diminution. Greut Britain is now spending approx imately a million dollars a 'day on the war with an army in the field of unlv 250,000 men. In the civil war, when the federal armies numbered nearly a million, the expense was only approximately dou ble what (Ireut Britain is now spend ing for one-fourth of that strength. Another Vlliln Ship Poind. Another Viking ship, or rather boat, has been unearthed near Kii I, hut this new discovery cannot compare in di mensions with the finest specimen of its kind, which may be seen by tour ists ut the museum in Christiiinia. In fact, this clinker built Viking vessel, which is about the size of one oamr modern fishing bouts, is perhaps the most interesting thing to he seen in all Norway. Those who see it will realize for the first time why "star board," or "steer-board," is applied to the right side of u vessel, as the helm protruded from this side, and not from the stern, w hich is practically the same as the bow. There is a popular im pression that "Viking" is etymologic ally synonymous with "Sea-King" but this is erroneous. The word is not " i king." but "Vik ing," or "bay man" "Vik" meaning "sea inlet," or "buy." Its counterpart is found in such Knglish place names as Warwick, Wick in the Orkneys, and elsewhere. London Chronicle. Hebrides Island for Sal. It is announced that the duke of Ar gyll intends to sell Tiree, the most fer tile island of the Argyleshire Hebrides. It is some 12 miles long and four miles broad. By rrason of its flatness, Tiree is prettily described in an niuient Celtic legend as "the kingdom whose summits are lower than the waies." Around the coast there are some 40 ruined watch towers of unknown his tory and several "standing stones." The duke's factor's house was erected in the middle of the eighteenth cen tury on the site of the ven ruble ruin of a turreted castle. London Chron icle. W Iae fur llursea. The plan of using wine as a portion of the regular rations of farm horses is being seriously ili-cusM i! in France. The experiment of feeding ih, animals on a mixture of bran urn! w inc. carried out by one farm, was hn , hi into no tiee at the last meeting of ihe lierniilt Agricultural society, and a commission jrai appointed to inquire iuto the ub Jeet. London Xewa, IKE MILWAUKIE." Isniiitar 11 sine lor the Chicago, Mil wsi.seeASt Paul Ruiia-av, known ai' ver the I'nion as the (treat li nil say running ihe ' Pioneer Limited" trains every dsy and l udit betaeen St. Paul sn 1 ' icsurt, ami Oiaaha and Chicago ' l i e onlv perl. t trains in the world ' I lulerstand : Connections are mailt aiiliAII Transcontinental I.inea. assur ing to c"- liters the he-tseivi.- suosn Luxiirams coaches, elivn ic liwhts. stean li.sl.o( veri-y equalled bv no olhei :uie Mint iw lictet rtaila via "Tin Mil mikce" ht n goinn to any point ii lb I'niied Sii or Cans. Is. A I; tics t sffiita tell tbm. 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Call, tele phone or write and let us prove it. WHITE SEWING MACHINE COMPANY, Main Office, 1103 Tost St., San Francisco, Cal. For Sale By J. Wolke, Grants Pass, Ore. ?r''s"'r'"i- J2 gS2fS22US3r&Ka km You Being East? Perhnps I can be of service to you. t I cau ticket you over any railroad running trains out cf Portland; tell you when to leave home; where to change cars; when you will reach your destination, and what there is to be seen on the way. Call or write I '11 take pleasure in answer ing your questions. Omaha, Chicago, Kansas City, St. Louis and EVERYWHERE beyond. Cor. n tr-v" T er-rr'tiiinaij.iaai 'saav jini "NERVE WASTE" One ol the most helpful booke on nerve veakneH ever issued is that entitled Nerve Waste," bv Dr. Sawyer of San f'raniisco, now . in its filth thousand I'his work of an experienced and repu- able physician is in agreeable contfkst 'o the vai-t euni ol (alee tcai-hiim which .irevails on this interesting subject. 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Larresln-coBtmlnt H time ixe.utorol the l l.-"- . .Book.ll.OoJtdT,p.DSBlUv dufased. 1 'vu cesster, Ball Bearing Like a Bicycle...... Makes the "White" th Easiiest Running Sewing Machine Made. . A. C. Sheldon, General Agent, Third and Stark Sts., Portland, Ore. asssaaaaalTll iT JKaB " NOTICE TO CONTRIBUTE. To Fred Steveneon: Notice is hereby given by the under signed, your co-owners in the eight qttartz mining claims situated 00 Kanuberie Creek in Josephine County, Oregon, and known aa the "Sunrise", Ihe notice ol wihcb is recorded at puge 47, V. 9; thu "Confidence", the notice of which is recorded at pages 61-62. V. 9; The "Excelsior" tho notice ol which is recorded at pages 62 63, V, 9; ihe'San Pedro", notice ol which is re corded at page 41, V. U; the "Uoldeo Eagle", notice of w hich is recorded at puges 21-22, V. 9; the "Cleopatra", no nce of which is recorded at page 6:7, V. 12; the "Mossback", notice of which is recorded at pigeu2(i, V 12; the"Web. loot", locateu by Ed Burke in 1K7; ail ol ihe above being volumes ol the MibcebaneouB Alining Records ol .lose Willie County, Oregon; that unless )ou contribute and pay 10 said undersigned co-owners within ninety days Horn the late ol the first publication of this no ict, ihe sum of two numbed dollars, 'he same being your pinporiion of the coat ol annual labor dune on said clsiini in older to protect the title thereto during the year 1900, your one-fourth interest Iheiein will be lorfeited to your co-owners. E. M. AitiKioiiT. Kb lll'HKE Caul Wistjen. EAST and SOUTH VIA THE pnT 1 ) Shasta Route Trains Leave Grant Pass for Port land and Way Hiatlon at 0:30 a. ni. and 6:10 p. in. Lv. Portlan.1 fi.QO a . Lv. Urantsl'ass... 10:43 p.m Ar. Ashland. .. 12:33 a. in. A r. Sacra men in R-to.. 8:30 p ut 10:13 a in. 12:35 a.m. 6:00 a ni. 8:45 a.m. Ar. SanFrancisco. 7:45 p'm. Ar. Ogden 4:66 pm. 7:00 a.m. Ar. Denver o in - . u.i Ar. Kansas City. .7:26 a m! 7:25 a.m. sr. micago 7:3.' a,m. 8:30 a.m. Ar. Los Angeles. .2:00 p. in. 8:05 s. iu. Ar. KIPaeo 6:00 p. 111. 6:f p. m. Ar. Fort Worth. . . :30 a. in. 6:30 a. ni. Ar.City of Mexicoll :30 a. tn. 11 :30 a. 111. Ar. Houston... .4:00a. ui. 7:(i0. iu. Ar. New Orleans 6:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. Ar. YYashttntnn A -a- n. A.lfa m Ar. New York. . .12 :10 r. m 12:10 p. m. PULLMAN AND TuL'RI -T CARS on both trains. Chair cars Sacramento to Og len and El Paso, and Tourist ears to Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans and 1,. . . " asuington. Connecting n R.n v. iil. japan, China, Philippines, Central and South America. See J. p. Jester, agent at Grants Pan rasa station or address C. H. MARKHAM, U. P. A.. Portland. O'" jDyspepsia Cure Digests what yoa eat. It artificially digest tbe food and aids if!atur? ,n tU8t.oeDing nd recoD- , , d nronaraUoO c . 1, : . r ' 1. in V"U "pproaca it in emciency. approacn it, in emciency. .PP91. indigestion, HeartDurn, -'atraraa ky c. c DatviTT a CO-Chic g fOH SALE BY W. F. KREMER.