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DR. C. H. DUCKETT, DENTIST. On-'icit: Between G. T. Cotton and Peterson & Wallace. Lsbanok, - Oregon. J. K. WEATHERFORD, Attorney -at -Law. j Office over First National Hank, j ALBANY, - - OREGON, j . . , J. M. KEENE, D. D. S. j Dental--:- Parlors.! Office: Breytnan Bros., Building, SALEM, OREGON. j t?Hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M. j j -. ' i W. R. BIEYEU, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, ALBANY, OREGON. B. J. M'CAUSTLAND, CIVIL ENGINEER SUBYEYOR. Draughting and Blue Prints. Office -with Oregon Land Co., Albany. Sewerage System and Water Supplies a Specialty. "Estates Subdiv:ded. Maps made or copied on short notice. a. LMcGLRUE, Successor to C IT. Hahiiox ) Barber : and : Hairdresser, LEBANON, OREGON. SHAVING, HAIR CUTTING AND Shampooing in the latest and best Style. Special attention paid to dressing Ladies' hair. Your patronage respect fully solicited. LEBAfJOiM ill1- A'.:. 1 . -7 Meat Market, ED. KEMBEE3ER, Frsjr Fresh & Salted Beef, Bork, Mutton, Sausage, Bologna, aud Ham. Baeoi? aid Card luays 017 Jlarjd. Main Street, Lebanon, Or. S. S. PIDLSBORY, V JEWELRY, RBDWN5VILE, 'B J OREGON Ifssas'' says lie Mas tne VV. T.. Doncria Shoes without name and price stampea os ths bottom, pat him down as m frauu. V. L. DOUGLAS $3 SHOE CENTLEMEN. Best In the world. JCxamlme Ms 3.00 GEXIINE HANh-M.WKI) Ml OK. S4.00 HAXD-SEfl KD WM.T SHOK. 3.50 POLICK AM FARM Kits' SHOE. ft'J.SO KXTKA VAI.CK C'AI.F SHOIS. 4.S WOEKINGMAN'S SHOK. .00 and HOYS' S( H(H)I. SHOES, Ail niade iu fe'onirreSH, Button and Lace. L. DOUGLAS S3 SHOE lafdTes. Best Material. Best Style. Best Fitting;. tt avt sold by your dealer, write - OKU DOUGLAS. BROCKTON, MASS "Examine W. L. Douglas $2 Shoe or Gentlemen and Ladies." far Sale try C. C. JC'AlEJf.V. Iceland. In Iceland there are no prisons and no officers answering to our policemen. In 1S74 it celebrated the l,000ih anni versary of its colonization, and at the same time became independent of Den mark, though subject to the king of Denmark as the head of the Icelandic government. Iceland's new gover ment is thoroughly republican in spirit, ail citizens having equal rights and perfect religious liberty. ( r'M MUCH THE NEWEST, NOBBIEST AS'D LAR5EST STOCK OF at fAe County, is now to be ALBANY, you want to "dress up," we you through and make the MERCHANT TAILORING A SPECIALTY. Mr. E. A. Scheffler, is an expert, and has charge partment. We guarantee satisfaction. V MY SPRING STOCK - OF DRY GOODS, BRESS GOODS, Notions, Stockinet Jackets, Bcadetl Gaps, Ladies' and Children's Shoes, Has arrived. I have also received my Spring Stock of MEN'S, YOUTHS' & BOYS' CLOTHING, FURNISHING GOODS, BOOTS, SHOES, ETC., Of which we carry a Full and Complete Line, and will not be un dersold. Come and see us, and we will treat you well. a. ALBANY, THE YAQUINA ROUTE. OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD. UlCSJll UjlClUilliiCtll UUiii(JiUJ O BU,amOUilJ UlilU. ; " I 225 Shorter, 20 Hours Less Time Than by any other Route. FIRST-CLASS THROUGH PASSENGER .ANE FREIGHT LINE From Portland and all points in the Willamette Vallev to and from Sau Francisco, Cat OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD. TIME SCEDULE, (Except Sundays.) I.v Albany ix p. m. I Lv L.v Corvaliis 1 140 p. m. Lv Ar Yaquina 5:50 p. to. Ar Yaquina 6:45 a. Corvaliis 10:35 a. Albany 11:10 a. O. & a trains connect at Albanj and Chilis Oreiran Devclonment Company's iikiuotit.u f "-: ship iKflwcen Yaquina ana San Francisco. SAILING DATES. . Steamer. Fm. S. F. Steamer. Fm Vw m Famllon . ' Tnlv I. Wilarnetie V y a-niamftte Val'v. lulv 6. Farallon July 6 Julv 10 July 15 Farallo'. ". Inly to. Willamette V'y Willamette V'y . . July 15 Farallon . REXKSim the Oreston Psvifie popular -,..irri i'.Mi Low Kate Tickets in Mim II ow o'n Mile from all Valley Points to Yaquina and rt-ttirn. This companv reserves the right to chine s j ig dates without notice. Passengers from Portland and all Willamette Vallev points can make close connection with the . trains of the Yaquina route at Albany or Corval- ; lis and if destined to San Francisco hould ar- j range to arrive at Yaquina tne evening oeiorc me t late of sailing. i Passenger and Freight Rates Alwavs the Lowest. For particulars apply to C. H HASWKLL, , C. C. lliK'A'E. C.en l Ft & Pass. Agt. i Act's ien. V. Jfc P. ARt. Oresron Devel'pm'nt Co j o, 1". R. K. R. Co., 304 ionix"ei y St. ; Corvaliis. San Francisco, Cal. i Oregon. NOKIHBOl'Sn. Leave Corvaliis Monday. Wednesday. Friday. 6 a.m. Leave ATbanv 9:30 a. m. Arrive Salem. Mondav, Wednesday. Friday, s p m. Leave Salem, Tuesday, Thursday, Satur day. 8 a.m. ATive Portland, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 3:30 p. m. I TH BOVXD Leave Port land Mondays Wednesday, Friday, 6 a. m. Arn-e Salem, Monday, Wednesday. Friday,7:i5 p.m. Leave Salem, 1 uesaay, 1 nursoay, aiur- dav, 6a. m. Leave Albany- 1:30 p m. Thursday. Saturday. Arrive Corvaliis Tuesday 3:30 p. m. i J. L- COWAN. J. M. RALSTON. i Bank of Lebanon, LEBANON. OREGON. ; Transacts a General Baniln Business. ACCOUNTS KEPT SUBJECT CHECK. TO Exchange sold on New -York, San Francisco, l'ortla::i! aud Albany, Oregon. Collections made 011 favorable terms. G. T. COTTON, : DEALER IK : iraosiios ana Provisos. TOBACCO and CIGARS, SMOKERS' ARTICLES. Foreign asi Domestic Mts, Confectionery, Queensware and Glassware, Lamps and Lamp Fixtures. Pays Cash for Eggs. Main Street, Lebanon, Oregon. H G Seen on the Counters of OREGON. would be glad to show right price. of this tie-' - Jvflf w. sirvipsoisr, OREGON. A Russian General Describe th Russian Soldier. i Sincere and nnaffeeted love for 1 monarch, profound religions piety in- ' timately nuited with the idea of the ; rt . 1 . . 1 r . , 1 1 . . . 1 Asar ana or me iamer-iami. aiiacii- u luo ...v..... ........ . ; tidence in his chiefs, very strong esprit i de corps, and a faculty of enduring gayly and naturally the" greatest priva- ; tions such are the most marked i : characteristics or tne Kussian soiaier. 5 i To these traits must be added remark- ; I able bravery and rare contempt of '. i death, combined with naive kind-heart- ; ' edness and a general and indulgent dis- ; f position. The Russian soldier la dis- ; i tinguished by a good-humor that never : ! abandons him even in the most difficnlt ; moment, by his brotherly understand-; j ing with his comrades, and by his gay ; ! and contented way of facing all the de- ! crees of fate. Obetiience is so deeply ( rooted .Q mind of ftn ) enhtior that rturintrmw thirty v:ra fT- perience of the army I do not remem- ; ber to have witnessed one single case , i of insubordination, either in times of j I peace or in times of war. j The Russian soldier dies at his post, j i I have seen him in w inter on sentry j Iduty on the heights of Shipka die; ! standing, surrounded with snow, and transformed literally into a statue of I ice; I have seen him die on the march. j striding over the sandy desert, and ! yielding up his last breath with his last j step; 1 have seen him die of his wounds on the battie-heia or in the hospital, at a distance of three thousand miles from his native village and in these supreme moments I have always found the Russian soldier sublime. Although a child of the plain, where t.: .1.- .... I,.-. . hill .i e him boldlv scale the toI. most summits ot me waueasus. ana climb the rocks and glaciers of the Thian-Slian, tigliting all the time. He feels at home everywhere, whether in the steppes of the father-land, in the tundras of Siberia, or the mountains and deserts of central Asia. He has an exceptional faculty of putting himself at his ease wherever he may be, even in places where others would die of hunger and thirst I have seeu the Russian soldier at home in time of peace, or duringtrucea in the ene"my"s country, rocking the peasant's child in the village where he : was stationed; I have seen him biv ouacking iu the desert, with his tongue parched and burning, receive his ration of a quarter of a litre of salt-water; I have seen him in heat and cold, in hunger and in thirst, in peace and in war aud I have alwavs found in him the same desire to oblige, the same abnegation of self for the sake of the safety and the good of others. These special characteristics of the Russian soidicr his self-denial, his simple and . - 1 . natural sclf-sacri lice give him peculiar I -Harper's Maga- . powers as a warrior. - zine. ! A Great Scheme. A bright little follow living on Madison avenue went to the theater last weck.says the Woman About Town in the New York Evening Smw, saw the piny and the jn-ople, and deduced there from some original ideas of his own. "I've a great scheme," said he, for , doingaway with the bipj hat nuisauce " at thPt I) eaters, and I think of having it 1 patented." "What is it?" "Well, I propose to suspend a heavy weight from the ceiling just inside the door and at such a height that when a woman euters with a hat tall enough to strike the weight it will fall upon her and smash the hat flat." "But that will smash the woman, too, won't it?" "Oh, yes, very likely," responded the youngster, with an adorable shrug; , "but any w'oman who will wear such ; a hat to the theater ought to be killed. Besides, there are too many women on the face of the earth now." An I'ngraramst ical Prophet. A lady told nie the other day that on one occasion she had the privilege of an interview with the renowned Brig ham Young, and upon being presented to him she said: "I was always very desirous to see you. Gov. Young, and to make the personal acquaintance of one who has had such extraordinary influence over my own sex." To which the governor shortly replied: "You was, was you?" MlackwooWs tin. Magtir - THE FAITHFUL LOVERS. That Is, On Was Jnut til Other. m Faithful a I'd bwn away from hor thre yesrs about tnat And nnw Mturned to find m v Mftrr true: And. though I questioned her, 1 did not doubt that 1 It was unnecessary so to do, j Twas by the chimney corner wo were altttnir: "M ry, sslil 1. "he you own always true?" "Frankly," aald she. Just pausing; In her knit tin?. "I don't think Tre unfaithful been to you. "But for thre year pant I'll tell yon what I've done, then say If I've been true or not: When Brat you left my grief was uncontrolla ble; Alone I mourned my miserable lot; And all who saw me thought uie unoonsoia ahte T1H Capt. Clifford came from Alderslmt. To flirt with him aniuwed me while 'twas new; I don't count that unfaithfulness do jour "The next most lovable was Franklin Phtpps; 1 met him at my uncle's Christ maxttilc. And 'neUi the mistletoe, where lips met Una, He pare me hit first kiss." and here she sltrhed. "He stuUl six reeksatuncle's how time Be I don't count that unfaithfulness, do ou? "Lord Cecil rossmate, only twenty-one. Sent me his horse. Oh! how we rode and raced; We scoured the downs, we rode to bounds such fun And often was his arm about my waist That was to lift me up and down; but who Would count that unfaithfulness do your ! "Do you know Begnry Veref Oh, how he slnjr. , We met 'ta-asata plcnle ah I such weather. ' He irave me, look, the flrat of theee two rlntn ' When we were lost In t'helton woods together, 1 Ahl what a happy time we spent, we two; ; I don't count that nufalthfulueas, doyouT ! "Ie yet another rinr f 10m him, d'y u see ' This plain gold circlet that issliliiinff here." ! I took herhaud, "Oh, Mary, can It tie ! That you " Quoth she: "That 1 am Mrs, i Verc? ; I don't count that unfaithfulness, do you?" j "No," I replied, "for 1 im marrl d. too." " ft rL LOST LOVE. Out In the Novemler twilighL with the elms and oaks making a crimson canopy of autumnal foliage above her fair young loretieau.ueny ueane wouiu have made a pretty subject for an .... , - - I artist's sketch as she stood in her pale j pink muslin dress, and her jetty, silken hair all blown about in the riotous au- tumn breeze. j Oh, Uolwrt!" she cried, her dimpled j face brightening as a tall figure strode j up over the aloe of the hill, "I thought vou would never come!" Mr. Clare surveyed his pretty fiancee critically. "DonH do that, little one," said he, as she tried to relieve him of one of his traveling wraps, "How yon are sun burned! And 1 think vou stoop a little. I wish they would look after you a lit tle more." The sunshine faded out of Gerty's face in a second. It was hanl that he should begin to find fault with her in this first moment of their reunion. I'm sorry I don't suit you," said he. In a trembling Toice. "Yon used to like me before you got that horrid office in the custom house aud left Yel low Valley." "A man is not a fossil, child." said Mr. Clare.carelessly. "We grow men tally as well as physically. And no one can help his tastes changing." Gerty Deane stopped short at the gate, where the honeysuckles made a natural arch, and the two great columns of velvet-green box kept their century old vigil. "Rolrt," said she, "your letter have puzzled me of late, and vour words and manner now puzzle me still i more. Do vou mean that uiro m mci "How von do catechise one!" said Clare. imatieutly. -Did I say that I was tired of vou? You are "a dear. aweet-natured little "pnss.and. of course. a man can t exiect to have evervthing at once. Hut the truth is that i have been mixing iu rather intellectual society of late, and after a taste of champagne it's hard to come dow n to cold water again." Gerty looked wistfully at him. "I don't venture to call myself In tellectual," she said. "But 1 read a great deal, and I try to keep up wltk ' u - t.. 1 f ."1.. 1 1 t .u- ?, He looked with a sort of patronizing good humor down at her earnest face. "My darling." said he. "you are er fect as you are. A man doesn't ex pect a canary to ape the liquid notes of the nightingale. Now, run in out of the dew, and tell them to bring me a cup of tea." Gerty obeyed, dociie, but still uncon vinced. What right had Robert Clare to treat her like a child? She wad al most sorry, for a momeut aimost, but not quite that she was engaged to him. And the more she thought of it, , the more she was determined to free j him from bonds which she instinctive ly felt were becoming burdensome. j "He shall not marry me' because he Is sorry for me," she told herself. "If he had remained here at Yellow Valley : wouui nave all would have been right. But he has : ' dnfted into the wide sea of city society. mnn 1 T 1 tm bvi hA Iwtrtnd t ,1 iwr. ceive the difference between champagne and cold water. No!" with the bright tears sparkling into her eyes, "I love him dearly, but I will not ruin his fu ture and mine to avoid being called an old maid." And so that yery day, when Robert Clare waa dreaming over a book, with the blossoming clouds of the old apple- tree raining their soft pink shells down over his head, Gerty came resolutely out to him with a little turqua a little turquois ring in her hand. "Robert," said she, "I have been thinking the matter over, aud I have come to the conclusion that we shall both be happier if our futures separate from this poiut." "Certy!" he exclaimed in amaze ment. "Here's the engagement ring. Robert," said ehe, speaking calmly in spite, of the lump in her poor little throat. "Please don't attempt to argue the point, for nothing will induce me to change my mind." lie accepted the tiny blue token re- j luctantly, You will remember, Gertv," said he, "that this is your own doing." "I shall not forget it," said she. "Seen her! No. of course I haven't seen her," said Mr. Clare. "That's the very spice and sparkle of the thing. We have corresponded for three years, and I've never so much as looked at her photograph !" "Incognito, eh?" said Phillip Wayne, carelessly. "Something of that Bart. And I've read her book 'A Lost Love, you know. Really, I think it's the most talented thing of the day. 'Autumn Leaves,' too, the little collection of poems, has had a splendid run. Every one is reading it. And you really know her?" "I have the pleasure of knowing her most intimately," returned Wayne. "She is beautiful, of course?'1" "Very." Ana her manner?" "She is very quiet and retiring. No one would aver suspect, either, that she was a successful authoress, or tne most cultivated woman in the state." Clare sprung up from his chair in enthusiasm. "So much the better," said he. "I hate your blue stockings who go about in tattered frocks and inky lingers!" But you haven't told me," inter posed Wayne, "how you commenced to correspond with a person whom you confess that you never saw." - "Ob, that is plain enough. I had been reading 'A Lost Love,' and. in the mas-netio soell of the moment, aat ; down and wrote to the authoress di recting, of course, to the care of ber publishers. She answered my letter In the same ppirit and, by Jove, old fel low, tills correspondence lias been a treat all along. Her letters are cli.-irm-in." . Mr. Wayne smiled. "1 see tliat I shall have to Introduce yon," said he. Clare rung his hand. 'I shall be your debtor all my life time If you trill," cried he. "I am going down to see her th! afternoon." said Wayne; "and If yoti will meet me at the 8 o'clock train. I will venture to Insure you a welcome. " "I'll be as punctual as the clock," said Robert Clare, with sparkling eyes and heightened color. Aud he kept his word. "Yellow Valley, ehP" said he, glanc ing at the railway ticket in his friend's hand. Why! it can't be possible! I was & bov there. I know every one In YeHow Valley." Then perhaps you know this ladyP" Clure shook his head. "All the men at Yellow Valley are said he. "All the women are smiling and stupid, without an idea beyond croquet and worsted work. But per haps she's visiting there." "We shall see,'7 said Wayne, with provoking uncomtnunicativeness. At the Yellow Valley station a little 1 close carriage met them with arespect j ful driver in plain clothes, who touched his hat to Mr. w avne as it he was a familiar guest, and away they whirled, under the bending green of the elm boughs, and past the peaceful home steads that lined the way to the village. "Whv!" exclaimed Clare, as the car riage drew up in front of a pretty stone villa, "this is the old Donne mansion! What on earth are you stopping here forP" "Yes," said Wayne; "it is the old Deane mansion; and here is your un known correspondent, the authoress of A Lost Love, coming to welcome 11s." Inil tha nuit nti,n,an f Iia li.iil fvtl,it .......... ... . ' .J ,... V. a. slight risure in his arms with a most loving kiss. She disengaged herself, laughing and blushing, "Phil.whatau uncivilized savage you are!" said she. "And I have not even spoken to Mr. Clare." " But Mr. Clare stood transfixed in sort of incredulous surprise. tiertyt cried he "uerty Deane!" She inclined her head, with a roguish dimple in either cheek. "Yes," shi she; "Uerty Deane. Oh! you never dreamed that you were cor responding with me, did yon? For Phil's sister copied all my letters and imsted them from Philadelphia; and Miil didn't object, and " "But what business was It of Mr. ' Wayne's?" rather haughtily d manded 1 Koiert tjlare. i Oh, none in particular," said Gerty. t 'Only we were married last month." ! Clare stood aghast. His Gerty the j darkeyed litt'e gypsy who haf once j been so submissive to his every whim j the queen of the literary world the : uukuown corresjondcnt whose glitter- ing intellect had so dazzled him 1 another man's wife! 1 When the bud is only half ojen no ' one can tell how loyal a rose it may i become. And when Clare weut back : to the city on the evening train, that i night, he caught himself rein-ating j Wliittiers refrain: ' "Of all sad words of tonmie or pen, j The saddest are these It might hare been.- For the book and book-maker were . 1 .1. . t .. . 1 . 1 , 1 - r. i- 1 ...j Enropesn Similes. A singer in Vienna charged her man ager in Paris to rent apartments for her. He looked at a suite, for which they asked 5,000 francs. "Madame, say 3,000. so that I may make the telegram two words shorter." "What a fine library, my dear! Could you lend me a few books?" I regret to refuse von, but, you know, books are so seldom returned. Judge for yourself; all these that yoa see here are borrowed books." In a parlor. One of the guests has just launched an epigram at another, not malicious ly, but to have a little fun. "Do yon insist," said the hostess; "he can not take a joke." "Ah! he is sensitive?" "No, he's deaf." X suddenly receives a call, dtiring the exposition, from a college friend 1 whom he has not seen for fifteen years. "It is You?" It is I." And they embrace, and talk over a thousand things of the past. "By the way," says the visitor, "do you remember that the day we last law each other I lent you f 2P'f X looks at him in astonishment, and then, reflecting, begs him to wait. A few moments later he comes back with f 2 and a book, and hands the whole to his friend. "But I did not lend yoa the book." "I know it, but it is a prize which I won at college for memory, and which you deserve infinitely more than L" Boireau, a second in a duel with pistols, makes a final attempt before combat to effect a reconciliation. "Come, can not this be arranged? Think of the misfortune which your obstinacy may cause. I do not say this on your own account, but. then. i sup(ose yon should kill one of the see- j onus? iransatlatUui. The Resources of Hudson's Bay. A Canadian surveyor who was en 1 gaged in an official expedilion to Hud' , son s Bay in imo ana isu ) people have any idea of the says few resources of this great sea. Its shores are the haunts of the musk ox, the moose, the I reindeer, the red deer, the while bear ! and his black brother, the otter, the ! mink, the black fox, also the silver. ' gray, aud while varieties, and ether ! valuable fur-bearing animals. Its waters are teeming with the most valu ' able varieties of water mammals and i fish. He has seeu the bay as far as the - eye could reach appear one undulating niass 01 white porpoises. ifntn tne hides and the oil of these are valuable. In some parts of the bay and in the straits the shores of the islands are swarming with walrus. It has been reported by Prof. Bell that one island on the east coast was found to lie thick ly strewn with the ivory tusks of the walrus. The tusks are valuable, though the chief value of the walrus lies in the hide, which weighs on the average 300 pounds, aud is worth from 10 to 20 ceuts per pound. "Kasors In the Air." The southerner of the olden time used to carry a bowie-knife for emer gencies, and as a general thing he kept the latch-string out for the emergency i to come in. The westerner prides hiin 1 self on the revolver. It has seven bul ! lets iu its mouth and when it begins to ! talk its arguments are convincing. The negro, however, has a weapon, or as he calls it, a "weapun," of his own the razor, or "razzer." Wheu ready ; for use the blade is swung clean to the handle. It is firmly grasped by the back with four lingers on one side and the thumb on the other, aud when skill fully used can do an immense deal of slashing in an incredibly short time. ! Its advantages, as described by a colored colonel in the Washington Post, , are obvious: j Hit air allwus loaded. . -Hit air quick on de dror. Hit never get out'u ordali. Hit don' go off in de pocket. Hit know its owner's wissel. Hit bite quick and never bark. N. T. Herald. THE DOC-SOLDIER. Be'Saved the I.lf of a Colonel Cetred m Decoration, and Re- "Who brought that dog here? Send him back at once." So spoke, in his deepest and sternest tones, old Col. Eugene Noirmont, as he rode out of the French fort at Bis kra, in the Sahara desert, at the head of a strong body of irrejrular cavalry which had been sent to check the raids of a hostile Arab tribe. "He is my dog, colonel," answered the junior captain, young Alplionse de Picardon, glancing apologetically at the small white poodle that was close at his horse' heels; "and I hope yoa will not oljf't to his going with us, for It would break his heart to be left be hind." "And whose heart will it break." growled the colonel, "if the brute be gins barking just as we're going to take the Arabs by surprise, and warns them of our coming?" "it is not for me to contradict yon. ; colonel," said the young officer re spectfully, "but with your pet mission. . 1 can soon show vou that there is no : fear of that." Then he turned to the : dog and said sternly: "Jacfpiot, silence ; a la mort." Then, at a sign from the captain, ' several of the men began to shout, clap their hands, and make noise i enough to set an ordinary dog barking i furiously, but Jactjuot never uttered a ( sound. , Very well," said the colonel tt i length, "the dog may go, but remem ': ber. Capt. de Picardon, that I shall j hold you responsible for his behavior." ! The young captain saluted and fell : itito his place without a word, and olT rode the detachment. : It was weary work ridinjr over stony : ridges and sandy hollows through the blistering heat aud the blinding glare, ; while the hot, prickly dunt, rising up in clouds at each step, clogged every I pore and choked every breath. Mile j after mile of the desert was left be- j I hind; hour after hour of the burning. l wearj-, interminable day crept slowly ' past; but still there was 110 sign of the enemy, or of any living thing save a wide-wingd vulture, which hung ; lHiised in midair, like a blot upon lite 1 bright, scorching, cloudless sky. The , soldiers grew impatient, and began to ; . murmur anil growl. ! But all at once the dog (which was i ' still keeping pace with them) stoppod short. 8 mi lied the air uneasily, aud then iegan to run restlessly backward " and forward, uttering a low auxious ; ' whine. . i Do you think he. scents the enemy?" ' whispered Col. Noirnioiit to Capt de , Picardon. 1 -I'll stake my life that he does," re- plied the captain. "I've never yet t found him wrong. There must be j some hollow here that we can't see. : Here, Morel. Barbtit, hold fast to each ; other while I climb on to your shoal- ; ders." And then, supported by the two bur- t ly trooers, he raised himself high ! enough to make out a dry water-course ' a few hundred yards ahead, in the hoi- ) low of which a large number of men might easily lie hidden. "Aha!" cried the colonel, when he : heard this, -they want to catch us in : an ambush, do they? No so fast, my line fellows! Half a dozen of you db , mount, lails, and unsling your carbines, ' move forward about fifty paces, and then fire." I The crash of the volley rolled like : thunder along the silent desert, while the colonel roared, in Arabic: "Come out, you dogs! We see you plainly." The effect was magical. Up started, as if rising through the earth, a swarm ! of savage faces and wild figures, wlule the flash and crackle of the answering volley followed as thunder follows 1 lightliing, but the Arabs, iiring hastily j and almost at random, only wouuded ' two men. "Now," thundered the colonel, "upon i them before they cau reload." i Down went the French upon their ', enemies like a whirlwind, and in a mo- , I ment were hand to hand with them. ; ! The Arabs fought like tigers, but train- ; ; ing and discipline soon legan to toll. ': i and the battle was over (as one of the j j French troopers regretfully observed) f almost before one had time to enjoy ' it." But, when the Arabs began to scat- i ! ter and fly, the colonel (whose blooi ! was fairly up) dashed off in pursuit of I ; them so recklessly that he was soon ' left almost alone." seeing which three ; of the enemy faced arouud aud attack- ; ! ed him. Capt. de Picardon, who was famous' : , as the best swordsman in the regiment. : i came dashing up. barely iu time to cut down one of Noifmout's assailants, while the colonel himself disposed of j another; but the third man was just ! about to stab' De Picardon in the back j when the dog Hew at the Arab's throat ! and clutched it with such hearty energy that the man fell to the ground, bleeif ; ing and half strangled. ' "Form in line'" shouted Col. Noir- mont when the tight was over and all the wounded had been brought in. ' ,-My children, vou have doue well, and i I thank you. To-morrow you shall be I reported for good service to the com ! mander-in-chief himself and he will i not forget yon, but I have one so j knowledgemeut to make lie fore that. Capt. de Picardon, bring forward vour t dog." The four-footed PCOUt was at once produced, and, when set down in front of the colonel, he stood up on his hind ! legs and made a military salcte with 1 fore paw. to the uu bounded delight of the soldiers. "A soldier who knows his duty so well," said the colonel, with a grim smile, "must not go nnrecompensed, and thus I reward his services." 80 saying he detached from his own uniform the cross of the Legion of Honor and hung it around the dog's neek amid thundering cheers from the assembled troopers, who declared with one voice that this decor-ttion hud been fairly won by their "dog soldier." David Kerin'llarpcr's Young People. Samson's Complaint. Mr. and Mrs. Delancy Robinson re side in a cozy flat, or "apartment," as they prefer to call it. in New York city, and are not without pretentions to elegance. The janitor is a colored citizen called Samson not an inappro priate name, bv-the-way, for the guar dian of a building, whose strength may be supposed to lie in his locks. Sam- son is a former Pullman porter, and ai most efficient servitor, keeping the ) halls in immaculate condition, and the , brass-work shining like the pillars of j the Golden City. But, perhaps on ac- j count of his late autocratic position, he expects to be treated with great defer ence as an individual of large import- 1 a nee. In this view the Robinsons' cook, a sharp-tongucd Irish girl, does ' not share; and every time the coal- : scuttles or the groceries go up or down, ! there is a wordy encounter, in which ' Samson is invariably worsted. The i other morning matters reached a crisis. ! His wounded dignity could stand it no j longer, and he stopped Mr. Robinson j on the front stairs to complain. What he wanted to say was that the girl as sumed as much authority over him as if she were one of the ladies in the j house, but his manner of putting it ! was to say the least, infelicitous. He i said: "Mr. Robinson, that girl of youra has ordered me round, an yelled ! blowed me. an' jawed me. until you'd have thought it was Mrs. Robinson her- aelL" Harper's Magazine At me itnwn tfie p Av:it.nr fihutt. n.n uown the elevator 6 11 alt. V,J&EffPS SINTOJtiTO STOCK BOOK. DON'T DELAY IN SECURING TERRITORY. Finest Book on Earth for the Farmer, Stockman and Blacksmith LARGEST PROFITS! J'or Cntalagutiand AgrnW Term apply to D. L. PERBLEE, 37 SaijsomeSt., Sag Frageiseo.Qal. WIT AXD IIUMOlt. Where hot retorts are plentiful In m gas-house. Uoslon Herald, Eternal vigilance is the price of an oyster at a church social. J'exw Sijl ingn. Silence Is golden; when the gold is coined, however, money talks. Texas Silings. The game cock is always pretty well heeled when he goes out on a business trip. Jainealown news. A woman can find her pocket quick ' enough when there is money in it to pay for a new hat. Epoch. The formation of trusts cannot be ! j considered a healthy business syndica- j tiou. lerre Haute Lxprtnn. t A man drinks to drown his sorrow, j but the sorrow always comes out on ! top. Philadelphia Inquirer. She (shyly) "I do love champagne." ! He "Why She "Because the cork j uoos aa.nBurUnaUm Free Press. ' - i Respectability is contagions, but.like other contagions, you can t always j catch it wheu you want it Puck. j "How distinguished looking she is! j Is she a lady of note?" "Yaw; she : vos a musician." Drake's Magazine. Unlike the majority of things in this qneer world fogs are always mist until : they are gone. Baltimore American. The cooper's business is not always lively, though he is generally a hoop ing "things up. Bingliamton Republi can. Misfortunes come in pairs." especi ally when the pears are green; then they come in doubles. Philadelphia Press. Blirens "What role does your star actor take the most interest in?" Man ager (energetically) "The pay rolL" rime. Up to date there have been no fliea on this winter, at least no one in this vicinity has seen the snow fly. Phila delphia Press. Miss X. "That Italian Count seems to lead a rather monotonous life." Mrs. Y. "Yes; I notice he never has any change." Life. There is no scorn like that which is ottered in silence. The shears give the i most effective cut when they shut up. I Binghamton Leader. ' Miss Walnut "I don't feel at all : like myself today. Miss Chestnut I "Allow me to congratulate you, dear." i Philadelphia Inquirer. j If everybody believed everything that j he heard about everybody else how 1 much better every man would think ; himself than every one of his neighbors! Puck. If we could know all the bad things that our neighbors say about us we should probably talk about them even worse tltau we do now. Soinerville Journal. ..!! . 1 1 A , l . . iiiet icn uic. umiur, iu vnur me. consumptive patient thought a grea deal of you that he was grateful to the last," "Yes. He declined with thanks." Iuek. "Mrs. Bobbins has no piano?" "No. She's a little' sensitive about anything of that kind. You know she was Mr. Bobbins' type-writer before they were married." A". 1". Sun. Wheu a woman fancies to herself the husband she would like to have, be is generally different in important spects from the husband that she re. has already. HomervilU Journal. Doctor "Your arm is broken, and you will have to carry it iu a sling." Old Tojer "Wouldn't it do just as j well if 1 carried the sling in my ; stomach?'' Binghamton Re-puMican. j The funniest thing iu the career of s the carousing cat is wheu he sits on the j back lence placid iv watching a woman trying to come within several miles of him with a job lot of bric-a-brac. t Philadelphia Inquirer. Mr. Harltosh- "So you desire a posi- tiou as groom. Y hat have you been employed at recently?" Applicant "Hi 'ave bin teaohin' Hinglish pronun- ciwation'to some dudes, yer ighness." Munsey's Weekly. Miss Pert '-What a splendid book! How long has it been in the family?" Miss Antique "The family Bible? Why it was purchased at my birth." "Indeed? How well preserved it is for such an old book!" X. 1". Sun. "No use," exclaimed an impecunious debtor to an importunate creditor, 'VOll can't tret blood out. of si tnrnin " j "l bnow th:tL" resoonded the creditor. but unless 1 get that money 1 11 have gore from a beat." Philadelphia Press. First Tramp "This is getting be yond me. Jack. Do you know the lay of the land here-abouts?" Second Tramp (broken-down tenor) "It's the Star Spangled Banner, pard, but I can't sing it like I used to once." Boston Herald. Pater "You children turn up your noses at everything on the table. When I was a loy 1 was glad to get enough dry bread to eat." Tommy ' "Say, pa, you're having a much better time of it. now you are Hying with us, ain't you?" Grip. "And what's all this I hear, Barbara, about vour wanting to find some occu pation?" "Well, you see. it's so dull at home, uncle. I've no brothers or sisters and papa's paralyzed and mamma's going blind so 1 want to be a hospital nurse." Punch. Teacher (at the mission Sunday school) "Yes, children. Daniel was ! cast nto a den of lions, but not one of ! them dared touch him. How strange . Pupil (scornfully) "Aw, dat'a nuthin'; I seen a duck do that act in the cirkis last year." Boston Beacon. Mr. Uncertain "You keep a private yacht, don't vou. Dubious?" Mr. i Dubious "O, yes." Mr. Uncertain "Well, next to money, what is the most important adjunct necessary to the maintenance of a craft of that kind?" Mr. Dubious "Credit." Epoch. Young Mr. Sissy (to him pretty cousin) "I am so much obliged to you. Maude, for the cane you eeut me j on my birthday, it was very though t j ful of you." "Pretty Cousin "I ara j clad vou liked it, Charlej-. I hope I you didn't find the head too large." I Epoch. I Maud "Isn't it a queer title for a j book, mother. 'Not Like Other Girls'? j I wonder what she can be if she is not like other girls?" Mother "I don't know, unless she goes into the kitchen and helps mother, instead of staying in j the drawing-room to read novels?' Ledger. I EXPERIENCED COUNTY CANVASERS fjEV JillE PRICED To make a success when they have under taken the sale of CUT THIS OUT ! and re turn to ns with 10 cents and receive ten sarnt.Ies that will make yon more money in a w eek than anything ever ofleretf. Something new, durable and profitable. Send at once to NoaTiiwKSTKKS Ki-wlt Co., No. 325 First Street, Portland, Oregon. STAR COMPOSITION CO, Manufacturrr of Piinleis' Rollers, -:- A5D -:- Roller Coffljosiliflii PADDING DEMENT ETC. Roller Casting a Specialty. 1 107 Fourth St., East Portland, Or. : : One-third of the fools of the country think they can beat the lawyer in ex- pounding law, one-half think they can beat the doctor healing the sick, two- thirds of them think they can beat the minister preaching the Gospel, and all of thetu know they can beat the editor in running a newspaper. Poaghkeepsie News-Press. Mrs. May Tronne "Learn his real character, my dear. And let him learn yours too. Don't put on yonr best airs and graces wheu he is around, but simply be yonr own natural self." Miss Laura "That's very pretty as a theory, but if vou had "followed that plan you would" be an old maid today." Terre Uaute Express. Family Doctor "Nothing more ean be done for you. sir. I have exhausted my resources and 1 advise you to make your will." Patient "But'l have been told that Dr. Blank says he ean cure me. Family Doctor "Hnh! I'd just like to see hiin try it. I'd have him ejected from the society for breach of etiquette," H. Y. Weekly. Elderly Spinster "I ean't see why you young girls should be so absurdly timid. You can't walk a block after dark without being in an agony of fear thinking that somebody may be follow ing you." -Do j'ou never" look back to see if some man is following you? "No. What's the use? It wouldn't be my luck." Boston Beacon. The Women of Xevr York. In many respects this fair army dif fered in appearance fmru the line of fair, purchasers to be seen in Balti more. The New York woman is, I think, a trifle stouter and a degree more gross of figure than the average Baltimore woman. She has, too, a ruddier complexion, owing, I am told to the prevalence of the fad for gym nastics and a love of wines and beer. . i.i. .. n l ,, t" J o round, aud her feet large and unshape ly. And. besides that, the New York woman has a weakness for paint and powder that is seldom met with else where. She dresses. too. in loud colors, and if you concluded that the half of these gaily-dressed women of the streets of New York were actresses you" would be greatly in error. The .stage is numerously represented in the throng and the stage has left its mark ! on the street costume of the Gotham 1 fashionables. But don t fancy that all 1 of these fancy colors are worn by stage I celebrities. Indeed, it is a surprise to ! the stage beauties of the other side that the fashionable women of New York are so fond of decking themselves out with gandy colors and diamonds, which attract so much comment. N. J . Let ter. Perfect Patience. In certain people patience has ac complished its perfect work. "Why, sh was such a uatient woman" said a j son eulogizing his mother, "that she'd let me eat eighteen hot pancakes as she fried 'em, and then go and mix another j batch!" Whether such long suffering i is altogether to be desired would proba- hlv be disonted by a dvsnentie. A Quaker one day driving through a narrow lane met a young man, who was also driving. There was not room enough for them to pass each other on less one should turn back to a point where the lane was broader. "I won't make way for you!" cried the voung man. "See if I do!" "1 think I am older thau thou," said the Quaker, "I have a right to expect thee to turn about." "Well, I won't!" resumed the other, and pulling out a newspaper, he be gan reading. The Quaker settled back in his chair, and placidly contemplated the landscape. "Friend, said he, finally, "when tbou hast read that paper, 1 should be glad if thou wouldst lend it to me." . This calm assumption of ability to wait indefinitely was too much for the young man, and he yielded his poinL Youth's Companion. A Heavy Hole. In a manufacturing city of New England, not many years since, there was a young roan from the dim of the Say," employed as bookkeeper in a large machine shop and foundry. At one time two castings were made for a customer, each casting about three feet square and eight inches thick; -one solid, and the other having a circular hole in it about twenty inches in dia- -meter. He entered both in his books as solid. Discovering his mistake, he computed the weight of a piece of east iron twenty inches in diameter and eight inches thick, when he corrected his erroneous entry by giving the cus tomer credit in the following manners Mr. Smith. CV. By one tiiie, weighing 432 pounds." Probably this is the heaviest hole oa record. Modern Miller. Postal Wagoas in Berlin. j Berlin now has a system of large postal wagons with "sorting tables, stamping arrangements, and every- ' thing else used in preparing mail fcvv transportation which operate on all the city mail routes. About two hours is thus saved in preparing " the city mans tor ine teams, as tne cierns yrjj the sorting, stamping, ami hH"?riug while" the wagons roll swiftly along. This would not be practicable in. America until most of the cities are re- paved Always running aud tumbling down Niagara Falls. The natives of the Fiji Islands have taken up the game of cricket. r v