15 H.. C. II. DUCKUTT,
ID E; N T I S T-
uii-ick: Between Ci. T.. Cotton and
Pelcrsou & Wallace.
LXBANON, - OkRCOK.
J. K. WEATHKRFORD,
A-tto rnev - at - Law.
Office over First National Bank,
ALBANY, - - OREGON.
J. M. KKIiNE, D. D. S.
Dental -:- Parlors.
Office: Breynian Bros., ButUltug;
SALE M, ORKQON.
fiT"Hours from 8 A. M. to 5 P. M.
W. R. BILTEU,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
ALBANY, ORKQON.
E. J. M'CAUSTLAND,
CIVIL ENGINEER SURVEYOR.
Draughting and Blue Prints.
Office with Oregon Land Co., Albany.
Sewerage System and Water Supplies
a Specialty. Kslates SnWiv'ded. Map
made or copied ou shoit notice.
ft. L McCLRUE,
(Successor to C. H. Harmon )
Barber : anil : Hairdresser,
LEBANON, OREGON.
SHAVTNO. TIM CUTTING AND
Shampooing iu the latest and best
Style. Sjnrcial attention paid to dressing
Ladies' hair. Your patronage respect
fully solicited.
LEBANON
ED. KELLEaBERGER, PrP
1 1
Fresli &. Salted Beef, Pork, Mutton,
Sausage, Bologna, ana I lam.
Eaeoi) ai)d Card Uuays or 3!d.
Main Street, Lebanon, Or.
s. -s. fillsbury
To i
trf ' -
JEWELRY,
RBOWNSVILE. - OREGON
J..W. COWAN.
J. M. RALSTON.
Bank of Lebanon,
LEBANON, OREGON.
Transacts a General Basils Basiness.
ACCOUNTS KEPT SUBJECT TO
CHECK.
Kxchange sold on New York. San
Portlaml ami Albany, Oregeo.
ions made oa favorable terms.
OTTON,
: DEALER IV s
es
visions.
r
0BACC0 and CIGARS,
SMOKERS' ARTICLES.
Fcreim "anSUomestic Trai'd
CONFECTIONERY,
j .
Queens ware and Glassware, I.amps and
Lamp Fixtures.
yaym Ccaarx for Eitfr.
Main Street. I.hnon, Orgon.
-'JrJ&&ihr FMs
7
1
MUCH THE NEWEST, !
NOBBIEST AND LARGEST STOCK OF
c
tn the County, is now to be Seen on the Counters of
Iv. EX BIvAIN,
ALBANY,
&5Yhen you want to "dress up," we would be glut, to show '
you through tind make the right price.
MERCHANT TAILORING A SPECIALTY, j
Mr. E. A. Sen kfft.kr, is fin expert, nm1 l.:is chaise of this 1
partnient. We uuranlee sntisfiution.
BEARD & HOLT,
Druggists & Apothecaries,
PURE DRUGS AND
v PAINTS, OIL, GLASS
AX1
STATIONERY,
Fine Perfumery, limslies anil Combs, Cigars, and
FjPs-KTOlrr TOILET ARTICLES.
Prescriptions Accurately Compounded.
MAIN STREET ----- LEABANON. OREGON
THE YAQUINA ROUTE.! east 'and south
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD
Oreioi EETelopseal Compasys steamsllp Me. j
225 Shorter, 20 Hours Less Time
Than by any other Koiitr.
FIRST-CLASS THROUGH PASSENGER
AND FREIGHT LINE
From Portland and all points 5n the Willamette
Valley to and from San Francisco. Cal.
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD.
TIME 5sCKIl"l.K. "Except Snndnvs
: I.v Albany inn p.m. I.v
l.v Corvallis io p. m. I.v
i Ar Yaquina 5 30 p. m. Af
Vattiina 6:45 a. m.
Corvallis io:.t5 .
Altmuv lt:u a ra.
S . 4t C trains connect at Albany an.l Corvallis
The above faitis connect at Yaonina with the
' Oregon licvelopinent Company'- line of Steam
1 ships bctweeu Yaiuiiia and San 1-rancico.
SAII.IXti DATES.
; Steamer. I'm. S. F. Steamer. I'm. Vai na
i Farallon . .July 1. tvilatnttte V'y . July 1
; Willamette Val'y July o. l-'arallon Inly li
I Karaite. .. July 10. Willamette Y'y Jnl i
j Willamette Vy July 15 Farallun " July 15
! Kemrm bkk the Orecon Pacine Popular Suni-'-
ratr Kxrt'itMiW. l.oiv Kate rickei are uou
i .n sale from ail Valley Points t.i Ya.iiina and j
i ...film
This cOT-nnv re wv? th - nj'tt locnit.-i
datea wilhtjut notice.
Passengers from Portland and all Willamette
'allcy points can make cl ox- cfTitiectioii with the
rains of the Vainina route at Albany or t'orval
lis, and it destined tt rsan Irancico ;.hu!d ar
raiiKe to arrive at Vaquina the eveninij. telote ttir
: ilatc of aailinK.
Passenger and FreiRht
Always the Lowest.
Rates
j For particnlars apply to
j C. H HASWK1.I.. , C. C. U'M'.rK.
I '.en I Ft fc Pass. Agt. j Act 'it tieil I". Je p. A-t
i Oregon l)evrl pm fit Co ': t , p K. K. R Co.,
-a Monixomery St : v.trvuius.
Sun FrauciM., Cal. irt-j;.in.
Leave Corvallis Monday. Velneslay . I-'riday.
a.m. Leave Albany o:3f a. m.
! Arrive Salem. Monday, Wedneslay. l-'riiljiy. 5
' p m. Leave'Salem, Tuesday, Thurxiay. Saiur
j day. 8 am.
.-kTivc rontano, inr-xiay, 1 mtr.xiay, aiut.uiv ,
i:jo p. m
VTH BOf-I
Leave Portland Mondity. Weliieslav. l-'iilay.
Ai. in.
Arrive Salem. Monday. Wednesday .l-'rHlay.7:l5
p. in. Leave Salem, Tuesday. Thurilay, Satnr
lay. 6a. m. Leave Altwiny. 1 .. p 111.
Arriv-; C'r-all:s Tneslav, Thur-lav, Salurdav.
3P- " ;
1 1 any 9 re r .ay. he na. tbe W. V.. 1oniriw.
. Slite. a uhout qama mutt price fltauiuetT oi
1 th tMnoiu. tint hifllk tfiaWk u a ftanA
. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE
FOR
CENTLEMEN.
Ret in tttx world. Fumlm- bin
5.0 (JKMINK IIAXIt-SKWMI SHOE,
4.(H Htn-Kt l) WH.T SHOK.
H.AO POI.K I-; AM) PAKMKW NHOK,
i.SO FVTKA VAIIK fAI.tr' SHOK.
'.5 WORKtMiM tN'S MIIIK.
S'j.OO anil KtlVS- S HOIII, SHOES,
All made in 4-otiiri-ess, Hiitton and Lae.
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE
FOR
LADIES.
Keat afiktoci!- l.t 1 1H I it,ln
tt Mt sold by your dealer. Write
W. I- 1H1 GLAS. BKOCKTON, MASS.
Examine W. L. Douglas $2 Shoe
or Gentlemen and Ladies "
l-t,r .Se htj f. HAt k .K.V.I V.
STOP AfJD READ!
Smooth Sliave and Nice
Hair-Cut.
Shampooing jiikI Spanish Lus
ier Oures the Scalp if
Dantlniir.
HOT AND COLD BATHS
j Gentlemen and I-adies may IndulRp in the
Luxury.
: Next Boor to Peterson A Wallace's P.eal Estate
Otliee.
I. R. BORUM, Prop'r.
LEABANON - - - - OREGON.
tW
w
m i
H
OREGON,
-
Southern Pacific Route
Shasta Line.
K.tpress Trains I.eave Portland lally.
4:0r. M I.v Portland Ar :: t.
r a l.v Ultiy Ar . 6-.lt . X
" t-i a. M Ar San Krannco J.v 9.00 -.
Above trains Mop only at following station,
north of Kii!.elttrn : Kat port!attl."Oresoii t ity.
Wolburn. Saiem. Albany, TaiiKeut. Shel-1.
Haley, Ha.- ribnra. iuut-tion City. Irvioa and
F.ueetie.
Roseburj Mail Daily:
I.v... HortIanl.
I.v .. Aiixtiy.
..r . .Koebir?s.
. . Ar 4 0 r.
Ar.
Lv tsX a.
IJ-.20 r. m
r. st
Albany Local, Daily Except Sunday):
b-XM V. M Lr
5:O0 A. M..I.V
.. Portland
. . A I Im 11V-..
Ar 9 .
Ar. :iit .
Local Passenger Trains Dally
(Kxcept Suudsy):
:J0 r. .
A. II
Lv
l.v
l.v
. Ar
I.v
Ar
Albany
lbanoti
A 1 ban y
Ibaaon.
. A Itiaity.
Leltanon
Ar.
I.v
Ar
I.v
.Ar
l.v
t :W A.
S t'l A.
9 i A. M
S AO A. M
4 :i r.
:i 4.1 r
i 1 V. M
t r. m
i 7::w a. a
A.
Pullman Buffet Sleejvrs.
) J J J ST S LE E VI ( 5 (' VIJS
'
i For Hreominndatloil of Serolld el l"a-eller
i atlaeticd t Express rrain-.
t '
West Siile Division.
Bet. Portland and Corvallls.
Mail Train Daily iKxeepi rt.ui.liy);
7:30 A- M I.v
IJ:10 km Ar
.Pirt!sn-I
. t'orvallt
. . Ar i;-J p.
l.v li..V r.
At Albany and C'orvalli-. c.uiuect with train
; of (irejim Pacitie Kailmad
Express Train Daily Kctl Snudiy):
4 40 r..e Lv .
;;." r m Ar . .
. .Portland . . Ar
. Mt'Minut ille. l.v
5 : r. k
.i:4 " A.
Through Tickets to all Points
South and East
O h ,. 7 f,
f0 For ticket ami ftill inforniatiou resard
fine rates, maps, etc., call 011 coiitpauyN aueui
at ltianon.
K. KOF.tll.KK,
M imager.
F.. P. Koi.KttS,
Asst. ti. F. A Pass Aent
The 3I-xico Cathedral.
The inlPi-ior of tlte frnui.I calhcilral
in the City of Mexico is, even at the
present l:iy, after havitto; Ix-ett etu-ce-sively
plmuleivtl. most in;i";tiiiioeut.
It contains live nitves. six altars, and
fourteen ch;tH'ls, whielt eontain the
Iwines of some of the viceroys ami de
parteil irreat men of Mexico.
A lHhis(i'ale ni'roitiils the choir, of
a metal o rich that an otter ( replace
it with one of tijual weight in mi I id
silver was refused. This wtMjjhs twenty-six
Ions, and came from China in
the old days of Spanish dominion, when
the richly freighted fral'cons of baiu
teut their cargoes overland from Aca
pnlco to Vera Cnu on lite way to the
mother country.
The hih altar was formerly the rich
est in the world, and yet retains much
of its original jrlory. It Contained
candlesticks of "old so heavy that a
single one was more than a ttian could
iil't, chalices, cruets, and pyxes of jrold
incriisled with precious metal, studded
with emerald, amethysts, rubies and
supplies.
The statue of the Assumption (nov
missing) was of gold, ornamented with
d aniontls, and is said to have cost $1,.
0Kj,tKK). There was- a frolden lamp,
valued at 70.(HHJ. which it cost at one
time ifl.OtW to clean, lint according to
a French writer and the joke is his
the liiieial troops cn-ancil it for noth
iur, and it has not Im-cii mmmi since.
The liash in ;'i-man y.
The lash has never I icon abolished as
a means of discipline in penal institu
tions of fJermany. flenerally they its
a thonjr t enty inches long, fastened
to a handle a yard long. The. lasli is
thickest at the end. The thickness
varies according to the provinces. Hut
the smallest lashes are two inches
thick. Only in Saxony are the dimeu
' sions tixed liy law, tne handle there
; being thirty-niue inches long, and the
i lash thirty-six inches. The maximum
j number of blows is left to the judg
ment of the prison directors, but it
must not exceed twenty-live in Meck
lenburg and Oldenburg, thirty ia
Saxony, ami sixlv in i'rns.-ia.
Flowers as Polit ical Kniblciiis.
One result of the election has had a
strange effect on the Hower market in
Paris. Since the election the price of
red carnations has gone dow n like the
shares of a bubble company. While
the white carnation is quoted in the
Marche aux 1'leurs at the resjiectable
figure of 1 franc a dozen, the red is
offered freely at no more than 7 sous.
Neither in Paris nor anywhere else does
anybody care to be identified w ilk the
symbol of a failure.
' An alligator near Micanope, Fla.,
seized a horo"s tail and dislocated it.
An Fcho From the Farm.
Sometime I m(t forplt her when I'm rluir-
rrln' at my work, I
ilinrs iroci wnmir an' I 'most want toenail
out like a Turks
BU pttnli'tii-ltko her faen'U rum ntwtxt mo an'
the steers.
An' the clouds the all look ultr-nuuM'-d up, Itf
though I wux In Ktir-!
An' I tummy lieml nun aide to keep the aim
from nut my eyes.
An' then well, thttiuuh tho tin iov.s them ole
ox o" niiilo Jea' lllesl
It seem so mltrldr long-, y' know, ttltiee ilm
wo with us here,
A-nuiklli lile'a sad ImikIo-ikiU-s Hound out ao
irlnd an' clear.
An' ttirnin' o'er too p'lnia o' thorna 'at liiyert
1 tiU-k in her u ,
An' palshi'iit-llke a-amllliroii throtiKhout each
ilreury itai
An' tlmt'a wot innkes this lump coiito up an'
Mop the keei less lull
Each time 1 set tin j; tine leu I hunt ut that ole
tot) gruff, ,
Po. when nlghl full liea-ln to eull ua to our
evenlu' iiiiMit,
My hoy an' me on bended knee our tnMnlilln'
thatiks rtvenl
To Htm ler ttiereles we've received tliroiiKlioilt
the toilsome luy,
When our par tts't, es seemed to want
to lend us all tistrat ;
lttit the time when nil our tioiit-lcs fly away
ex llriht . chaff
J when we yet her 'round an' raze ut "moth
er'" lotjKnifl.
The dear ole fai-e amllea at ua e our roleea
drop down I w.
An' we talk In husky wldsa-r of the good
time louir airo.
Hut then we feel e can't nps-wl airln the Pu-
pri'nie .h-dife
Who knows wot s hest an" titl:e to rest tho
loved ones ft-oiu t r dis-daf;
An' ao tlie. eup o' puoe an' Joy an' liappiniMAa
we q natt
When we haul down the lunik an' gn.o at
Inother'a" lotytrrutfl
-K.f.Tnpley.
IIEH VENGEANCE.
The scene in that provinci..l church
twenty-live years ago, with its primitive-looking
pulpit and high-backed
pews, and the slight girlish lignre con
fronting alone the tribunal of grim
deacons and rigid church members,
might have suggested a later slar
chamlier to a spectator.
A church meeting hail convened to
deal with Sylvia tjrahnm, who had
lieen accused of tresspass, and w hose
fair, fresh face contrasted in the dim
light of the chandelier w ith the rather
stolid, care-lined ones around her. She
had come among them a stranger six
months ago, bringing a letter of dis
missal from lite church in her English
home to one of the same faith in lioad
ly. Canada, and had !en formally ad
mitted to membership.
She was a young wife. She had
married Philip (iraham, captain of the
Echo, upon a week's acquaintance, to
escajie from an uncongenial home
w here a stepmother reigned, and had
sailed with him for lloudlv a week
later.
The quiet home he provided for her
In the city seemed lonely enough
iu his absence. She had hojied to lind
friends among the church members,
but with a few exceptions Ihev held
aloof from her with narrowness. "She
had too pretty a face for her bw u
good." the older women declared.
'She was too fond of dress, too full of
mirth and jest and laughter for a
church mcmlier. There had been an
irreverent smile on her lace, even,
w lien she had stood up to rcccive'Mhe
right hand of fellow ship. A w oman
w hose husbaiul was absent could not
hf too discreet."
T!ierefor when a charge was
brought against her by a male member
anil sustained by his w ife. w ho had lieeti
one of her few friends, it received
ready credence.
There was no mirth in her face now
as she listened to the testimony of her
accuser, a man in the pitting of life,
with a dark, sensual face which his
long Christian profession had laiied to
retine.
He told that she had called at his
house in his wife's absence; had con
ducted herself w aiiloiitt : that he had
Tell called iixin to ivbuTke her and send
her home, and that she had lelt him
with r-colls and ridicule. His wile testi
fied to meeting her on the dour-steps
with strangely bright eves and Hushed
cheeks w hen she had returned home;
that she had a shamefaced, suspicious
look, and had hurried down Hie street
with scarcely a word of greeting.
Sylvia sat with her eyes uton the
roan's face ami a dim wonder iu her
soul, why, if there was a Ood. he !id
not strike the man dead as he did
Ananias and Sapphira. She looked
round upon the unsympathetic fact's
with the defiance of a brave, wild
creature trapjied in the woods, who
sees the monster coming as she felt the
shadow of disgrace closing darkly
about her.
"She had that hardened look when
we went to see her,'" one of the com
mittee of women who. affording to
church rules, had visite I her previously,
whisered to her neighlior. "When
Sarah Ann Knowles wanted to kneel
and prav with her she laughed iu her
face and told her to spend her prayers
for Felix Eynch; said he insulted her,
as if we'd take her word against his
Mini's lieen a constant member twenty
odd years.'
With the untamed, undisciplined
force of her nature all iu arms, Sylvia
told how she hail called at Mrs.
Lynch's house; how the husband hail
met her at the door, told her his wife
was away and e rsuaded her to go in
and wait; how his instill ittg words and
actions had provoked her to retaliate,
since she thoroughly disliked him and
had only tolerated him on his wife's ac
count, and how- he hail followed her to
the door with the threat: "You shall
pay for this, my lady!"
But her story carried no weight in the
eyes of the church, and her deliaut at
titude when she should have humbled
herself in the dust was against her.
When the vote for expulsion was taken
it was found to be unanimous.
She was on her feet the next moment.
"You shall pav for this when the hus
band returns,'"1 she cried. "That man
is a liarl I hate him. I hate you all!"
The meeting broke np. and Sylvia
Graham walked home w ith a blackened
reputation.
The Echo was due in three days. To
Sylvia it seemed three centuries to
wait. She was confident that the mas
terful captain would make them, repent
of their deed in dust and ashes, for she
knew ho had little sympathy with
slanderers, and his anger, the Infre
quent auger of a strong self-centred
nature, was terrible. She was very
fond and proud of him. The hasty
marriage had proved a love match.
She recalled his last words w hen he
had kissed her good-bye. "You are
too pretty to be left here alone, Svlvia.
1 must take you with me the next voy
age." and her laughing answer, "Oli,
the church will take care of me."
No one went near her iu those days,
but she did not care. She would soon
Vie clasped in her husband's arms, soon
be sobbing out the w hole story upon
his breast.
window before sun
rise of the dim November morning
watching for him down the street. She
grew feverish wih impatience. Per
haps the vessel had not come iu yet.
It was nearly noon when she decided
to go out and make inquiries or take
the Jong walk to the wharves. As she
init on her cloak the old-fashioned
;nocker on the front door sounded.
She opened it to face a young sailor,
who handed her a bulky letter and
hurried oil before she could frame a
question.
She recognized her husband's hand
writing and tore it open. It contained
several bank bills and a blotted note.
She read:
"I have heard the whole story of your di4
frrace. The I'laoe is ou tii-e Wil li it- I dure not
meet you. There ia souietliuifr like murder in
my heart. I will scud you money reKulurly,
hut 1 never want to see your face again. The
Echo came iu yesterday moiuinir. We shall
have uuled again, when you receive Una.
P. G.-
She tore out the meaning, Impatient '
to be off and explain. She would cou- :
v i lira him; he had heard only one side.
I5ut tho hi't sentence si tinned her like,
a blow. He was already beyond her!
reach, believing her guilty, w hen she
loved him so!
She fell fainting to the floor. The)
gray cut cowered hi fear in her placet
on the w itulow seal, then seeing her:
mistress He so still sprang to the floor ;
and walked up to the prone head, pat- j
ling the white check iloubtrully with
velvet paws.
She awoke soon enough to her
misery. She would write to him.
surely he would listen. Hut she did
not know what port he was making.
No matter; she would watch the papers
ami find out.
Pride was a strong element In her
nature. She w as one to bend, but not !
break. Hope and fear, wounded love i
nud sorrow, crystaiied at last into In-
diguatiou against the iinjtistice of cou- I
detuning her unheard.
Her character developed new
dignity through the ordeal. "I will !
not write. I will not stoop to deny the ;
atrocious charge," she ilecided. "I j
must nerforee use the uioiicv lie has I
sent, but 1 will take no more. I
earn my own living."
She would not go back to her
glish home to lie taunted with her
baud's desertion. She would use
will
En-hlts-part
oi me money lie ltaI sent her to carry
her to the "Slates," w here she had
heard the people were more friendly to I
strangers than in these Canadian
provinces. She would take up life !
alone under a new name.
;
Ten years passed. One May morn- j
lug the town of Lawrence, Massachtt- j
setts, was all excitement over the story '
that Janet Casey, one f the girls em-:
jdoyetl in the straw plait works of j
Harper & Haw ley had lieen found miir-j
tiered iu a strip of wood on the out- ;
skirts of tho tow n, a few rods from the
highway that ran through it, j
Janet had left the shop after super, !
telling her room-mate she was going i
to call ou Nettie Jtelle. w ho lived half j
a mile the other side of the wood, and ;
w ho was living of fever. Early the ;
next morning Iter room-mate raised the
alarm that she had not returned. j
Circumstantial evidence was strong
ly against a traveling jiedler who had j
thai night "cainiied out" in his canvas-;
covered wagon on the binder of the;
wood. Some of the ghi's clothing was '
found concealed iu uuderbtish near the.
wagon, and there were traces ofj
partially washed-out blood-stains on'
the white eanva, while the laxly which
was found in a hollow not far away, ,
seemed to have lieeti dragged there. !
The edler had seemed so tearful, and
his story so confused, w hen questioned,
that he was at once takeji into custody,
w bile rumors of Janet's free off-hand
manner towanls him and the bargain
he had given her in a dress pattern the
last time he was in Lawrence went
from mouth to inottih. '
Mrs, Kisteen. one of the straw-hat
trimmers, was rather late to her break
fast that morning. She returned at a
late hour front the death-bed of Nettie
ltell. The poor, patient, deformed
shopgirl, who had been a sort of
protegee of hers, was at rest.
They've arrested L nch. the ped
dler,"the voluble girl was saying as Mrs.
Kisfeeii entered the almost empty
break fast-room.
"Oh, Mrs. Histeen. Kate said you
came through the woods alone afler
eleven o'clock last night. Aren't ou!
half scared to death w lieu tim thiuli of
iu"
"Did you say Lynch, the eddler,
who w as here last spring, w as arrested?''
Mrs. Histeen itnptired, w ith w hite lips.
"Yes; he's Kicked up in the jail by
this time. He looks bad enough to do
it, 1 alwats hated him. but poor
Janet did like to trade with him. They
must 'a' had a quarrel or something."
Mrs. Histeen did not heed. Janet's
murder had been a shock to her, but
the tragedy of her own life was upper
most iu her ow n mind. Her old enemy
bad crossed her path. She had seeu i
him the last season, herself, unrecog
nized, looking as if the world had not
goue so smoothly with him. Now he
was arrested for murder! She drew
her breath hard as she recalled what
she had seeu the last night in the woods
by moonlight. Arrested for murder!
and guiltless of it. as she had lieen of
the charge that had darkened her life.
Should she sa-ak and clear himP
Should she interfere with the venge
ance of the fates? The question
faced her through the day as she sat
and trimmed her hats, making so many
blunders that the lady like overseer bad
to return them over "and orer again.
She relielled anew against her lot, her
unloved life. She sent the seasons
alternately at the millinery store in
the city and the straw-hat manufactory
in Lawrence, business being good in
one place when it was dull in the otner.
She had not been able to forget her
husband, and to-day her heart cried
out for him piteonsly.
All that night the good and evil
forces in her nature fought for su
premacy. The maddening scene in
the dim church came up afresh, and
along with it all the agony of shame
and injustice.
The morning found her calm. Some
new expression in the pale, sad, beauti
ful face touched her mates with a sort
of awe. She was a general favorite.
It was understood that there was a
mystery in her life, but she had so
much self-repecting also.
She was very discreet, and none of
her friends were aw are of her visit to
the private office of Pavson. the young
lawyer w ho had undertaken the de
fence. The day of trial was a holiday in the
manufactory ami Lawrence generally.
The court-room was crowded, over
flowing. There was some conjecture about a
closely veiled figure iu black sitting
among tho witnesses.
Iiyon had a quiet satisfied look tt
ou his face which the opposing council
ditl not understand.
A glance behind that veil would have
disclosed a face glowing with suti
pressed excitement. Mrs. Histeen telt
a Btrange satisfaction as the evidence
was given ami the connecting links
of circumstantial evidence were drawn
closer and more convincingly around
the prisoner. He must sit and listen
without the power to clear himself.
The iron would enter his soul as it had
hers in that night long past. There
was poetic justice in it. But when she
should have given her evidence and
turned the scale in his favor, what tine
adjustment of moral forces would re
compense, her for har past suffering?
A murmur went around the court
room as Mrs. Risteen stepped upon the
witness-stand.
The prisoner regarded her with
curious interest as she threw back her
veil. She turned slowly and met his
eyes with a clear, searching, scathing
glance, before which he cowered
guiltily. Then, with a motion indica
tive of something like coutempt for
him, she faced the court, who were
watching her closely.
She gave her evidence. She had
been going home late through a bit of
woods from Uettie Bell's death-bed the
night of the murder. As she was near
ly opposite the wagon with its canvas
roof glistening in the moonlight, the
horse tethered a few rods from it, she
heard steps iu the underbrush. Obey
ing her tirst impulse, she drew back
among the trees and, screened by the
foliage, saw the man come out of the
wood on the opposite side with his coal
on his arm and rolled up sleeves and a
face that was ghastly iu the moonlight.
lie stood beside the wagon a tew
moments In a listening attitude, leaned
forward and placed something inside
of it, then stood a moment or two en
gaged in some manipulation she did
not understand until he had steped
aside, w hen she saw the dark stain on
the white canvas. While she waited
for his stealthy steps to dio away in the
woods again tlia beast gave a strange,
terrific whinny, which must have
aroused the prisoner, from sleep, for
his face appeared at the opening. She
waited a lew moments until it was with
drawn, then, trembling with a name
less horror that yet lent wings to her
feet, she sped homeward.
The unexpected evidence caused
much excituieut in the court-room.
There were no expressions of sympathy
with the prisoner, however.
"You have had Some previous ac
quaintance with the prisouer?"quetioii
ed the opposing counsel, sea-king to con
fuse hor in a cross-exauiiiiatiou.
"I have." The words sounded
ominously clear to the ears of Felix
Lynch.
"'At what period?"
"Ten years ago."
"What were your relations?"
"What were our relations?" she re
peated, in a slow, measured tone,. while
her form seemed to gain height and
dignity, and the intense excitement of
the hour lent a strange, brilliant glow
to eye and cheek and lip, "He was
and is my enemy. He darkened my
life by a wicked 'slander. He separated
me from my husband and drove me in
to exile. 1 iitaved for revenge. It
has come to-day. You have witnessed
it. 1 scarcely expected it this way."
The court-room was thrilled. The
air seemed highly charged with the
intensity of her feelings. All eves
were upon the faces of the witness and
the prisoner. A pair of dark ones iu
the tear part of tins court-room were
glowing like coals of fire. Sj Ivia, in
Iter plain black dress and her regal
liearing. looked like a tragedy queen.
The prisoner s head dropied lower as a
hiss went around the court-room. The
cross-examlnsttioti was waived, the evi
dence summed up. and the jury re
turned with the verdict 'N'ot Guilty"
iu fifteen minutes.
When the court adjourned Lynch
was creeping out with a hang-dog look
and some apprehension as to his
personal safety. He had a feeling that
lie ought to thank Mrs. Graham and
ask her pardon for the past, but adark
facd, ixiwcrful man, who had been
crowding his way towards him. sud
denly grasped his shoulder and whirled
him round in unceremonious fashion.
"Confess, von craven!' he said, be
tween his teeth: "did you lie about that
woman v tinder ten years ago?"
Yes," returned L.v nch. cowering lie
fore the fury of the man who menaced
hi in.
You did, yott did, hangrou! If yoo
wasn't too contemptible I'd ciear
the w ay, all of von!"' he shouted, and
he hurled him sprawling towanls the
floor with the words." cross my path
again aud I'll shoot voti as I would a
dog!"
Sylvia had sunk trembling upon a
seat. The brilliant color had left her
face; It was while as death. Captain
Graham went to her, ami bending
clasped 1kI h her hands in his, assisted
her to her feet, and drawing his hand
through her arm led her out of the
court-room and down to the hotel,
w here he engaged a private parlor.
"I hav e lieen searching for von for
all these years," he told his wife. "I
repented for that brutal leticr. When
I went back vott were goue. I have
never had a day's happiness. When I
saw a notice of that coward's trial for
murder the familiar name led me to
come here to-day from- Boston. My
vessel came in yesterday with a cargo
from the West Indies. Did 1 kill all
your love for me Sylvia, by my cruelty?"
Her sweet stuile was like a bene
diction. What cruelty will not a
woman's love survive?
Lynch got out of Lawrence a quickly
as wssible,
A young man In the next town con
fessed on his death-bed to the murder
of Janet a year later.
He had lieen jealous of Lynch, and
had taken double revenge by fastening
the ev idence of guilt Upon his supposed
riv&l.
"Me and Jim.
Half a dozen of 11 stood at the doe
of the Erie passenger dejMtt in Buffalo,
when we saw a tramp liearing down
Upon us. There was considerable
comment on his looks, and some
guessing as to what excuse- he would
urge, and as he came up one of the
boys said:
"Come. now. but yon want to get on
to Cleveland to see your wife die, don't
you?"
"Ah! I recognized him at a glance!"
added a second. "He is the man with
the ossilied liver."
"No he isn't," put in a third. "He
is the man w ho never recovered from
the Chicago fire."
The tramp looked from one to the
other with very serious face, ami when
the langh had died away he said:
Gentlemen you are all off. If yoo
have live minutes to spare please come
with me."
We followed him through the depot
and out into the yards, ami there on a
platform was something covered with
a tarpaulin. He raised this, and we
saw the crushed and mangled remains
of a man.
"My partner. Jim." he explained.
"We've traveled together for many a
year, me ami Jim. but this is the end.
We came in on the bumjH'rs last night,
and he got a fall under the wheels
down here in the yards."
"Say, we didn't mean to hurt your
feelings," replied one of tho Ixiys.
"Oh. of course not. Poor old Jim!
Poor, raggetl, ami ignorant, but true
as steel, and he never done no man
harm. Gents. I'm a tramp, but no
beggar. I don't want any help, but if
yon feel like chipping in a bit for poor
old Jim I'll get him a white shirt to lie
buried in, have a barber shave his face,
ami when the coroner orders him off
to pauper's field I'll throw a few flowers
into the pine box to take the curse off."
And mayhap the poor ohl tramp in
his patiM-r s colli u sleeps the better for
wha, we gave. X. Y. tim.
A lladly Frightened Horse.
I had the opportunity of observing
the effect on a horse when ridden near
a mountain lion, says a writer in
CImmbers Atngitzine.
It wits late one uight in autumn. 1
was riding along a lonely mountain
road, ami w hen only about two miles
from the tow n or mining camp I heard
the cry of the mountain lion.
My horse at once showed fear and
refused to move forward. His trem
bling was so intense that he fairly
shook me in the saddle. To whip and
spur he paid no attention.
Indeed it was only by the strongest
effort that I could prevent him from
turning aud bolting in the direction we
hail come, from. A crashing in the
brush a short distance iu advance of me
increased the horse's fear and restive
ness to such an extent as almost to un-W-rse
me.
We both knew full well what that
crashing meant, but I also was well
satisfied that tho beast would not
trouble its because I knew that only a
short distance across the hill was a
slaughter house, wh ther I judged the
terror of mountains was journeying.
Although quite a cold night, I found
my horse sweating as freely because of
his fright as if 1 had ridden ou a dead
run for miles.
The stamp-window of any post-office
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A nickel tn the hand is worth two
the slot- gVrne.
It discourages a voting mustache
in
to
be called down. I'illsburg ChrunirJe.
"The saloon." he solemnly drawled,
"Is the house that Jagg builu" Jiujj'ulo
vonrier.
Manv a voulhful scion of wealth
dependeut on papa labor. HiiujIvinUtm
Jltratu.
Lot's wife was turned into a pillar
-
salt because she was lots loo fresh.
BumervilU Journal.
It is with love as with soup the first
helping is always too fiot aud the last
too cold. Judge.
How we admire the man who hap
pens to catch us when we are doing a
jjoh1 deal on the bIv. Atchison Ulobe.
Never kick a man when he is down.
It's a waste of energy. Go for the
man who is, climbing above you.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
Canvasser "I hare here a work that
goes off like hot cakes Lady of
. the House "Please let me see it go
; off." Alutixetf Weekly.
I Dentist "Do you want to take langh
: ing-gas?" Visitor "Not till after de
i toof is out, boss reckon 1 11 feel mo'
like laughin' den." 1'uck.
In the sanctuary all men are equal,
j In the contribution box the punched
j quarter jingles as loudly as the proud-
est coin. ISitujkitmton Lea ler.
It is a cold, clammy thing to say, but
i those jieople who treat friendship the
j same way as any other selfishness get
i most out of it, Atcliixon iV.obe.
j Pies enough have been made in New
England this fail to supply all the rail
: way cars ia the United Slates with
5 wheels for twenty years bvmerviU
' Journal.
A boost once in s while during life is
; worth all the oratorical soft soap that
has been spread over the grave since
Adam turned up his toes. IJhitatUlfitia
j hufttirer.
He "I see that another American
heiress is about to marrv a Baron."
She "What kind of a Baron?" He
'Barren of cash, of course." Sorris
town llernl'L
j Mrs. Van Jones "George. I think
it is awful, votir going out between
acts." Mr. Van Jones "Not half so
bad, dear, as coming in between
driuks." Time.
If Fieetacle could lie fitted to- men
whose minds are short-sighted there
: would lie less jioverty, and possibly
not so much crime, iu the world.
JSoMon Transcript.
Politician "Were yon ever np for
an t thing out West?" Kettirned
. Boomer "O. ves; I was up twice."
Politician "Vhat for?" licturned
Boomer "Horse-stealing aud arson."
Life.
j A man discovers more virtues in his
wife before he is married and after he
is divorced than he ever did iu the
: interim bctweeu these two ja-riods in
his uncertain career. I'liiltnulpliia Iit-
. quirtr.
"L04, journeyed wearily on." said the
parsou, "with the fate of his ioor wife
, fresh iu his memory." "How could
that tie," his little sou asked him after
! the sermon, "when she was salt?"
j liunUltc.
S If it were only as eay for a man to
i understand a Haiiiun as it is to love
j iter there wouldn't be auy "Is Mar
jriagea Failure?' goiug the uneven
j rounds of the public press. I'hilailtl-
phia Inijuir:r.
i Mrs. Wickwire "I heard today that
Mrs. Figg ealled me a vinegar-fai-ed old
thing. I'll
idea! '
Mr. Wickwire
(soothingly) "O, well, she merely
meant tiial j our lace had 110 llies oil it,"
Ttrre JJnuin tisprrss.
Fir-t Broker "No fluctuations in5
the dress market, eh. Plunger? Strong
effort to "hull" Parisian styles yet?5'
Second Broker "Yes.aud ye .singular
.... . 1 uvuca ate vi uaircM v s jcrti,. all r.lT ill.
enough the bare faction secnis to pro- th ;n th eijrhth the "heart is de-
dommate. -AicW UuV,Uh. j BwlM f skin t,)e
Hobbs "les IsupiHtse I do look I on lhe raw; jn the ninth the month is
rather used up, but the fact is 1 ve lieen j mied wjth fire. in tne tenth the
working pretty hard lately constim- ponded flesh of the bodv is licked and
mg the midnight oil. you know." Fogg bv sulphurous flames; in the
"I see. Been on a spree. InuntfioUur,niil;k.i.,t,iia cv.;..
the fusel oil." Jlostnu Tran-teript,
Mrs. Literary "Do yon lielieve with
the 1 met that reading makes a full
i man?" Mrs. Practical (sighing) "I
; don't know that reading makes a full
; man. but I am convinced that a club
reading-room does." Texan Silings.
Briggs "YotingSmithers is a friend
i of vours.is he not?"' Itraggs .yes."
! Briggs "Does he ever recite any of
i his jioetry to yon?" Hraggs -Cer-
tainly not. Didii't I just tell you he is
i a friend of mine?"' 2'erre fiiile Ex
; press.
' Barber "Shampoo, sir?" Victim
( "No. Haven't I suffered e. tough al
; ready?"' Barber "1 never shaved but
! one man who didn't have some fault to
find." Victim "Was he dumb?'" Bar
j ber "No. sir; he was dead." Phita-
dclphia Inquirer.
i The great question now is. "Should
clergymen use tobacco?" We think
j not. The clergy is absolutely over
! worked testing and testimonializing
patent medicines. We shouldn't ex
; pect too much even of the clergy.
I Boston Transcript.
Cholly "How I wLh I was yonr
I little dog!" Miss Flyppe "That is a
I very laudable ambition. Mr. Sophleigh.
and does you credit, but I am afraid
you will have to lie content with the
position nature has assigued you."
j Terre Haute Express.
! "Vwich cookies you rudder haf,
j meester, de vwones mit holes in de
i meedle or de vwones mit citron in de
j meedle? "Av it don't mahk ahny dif
1 ference to yez, mem, Oi'll tahk tie" ones
j wid de citron. Oi'ui fonder av citron
i dan av holes, mem." Harper's Weekly.
I Smith "Herio, Jones! Got any
i thing to do yet? If I recollect aright
1 yon were out of employment." Jones
I "Yes. I got a very good job. I am
I manufacturing material for interiors.'
I Smith "Ah! Art decoration?" Jones
j "No. I ve turned cook." Boston
i Courier.
j One way of convincing your wife that
! you are a genius is fo get your life in
! sured. The larger the jKilicy the
! greater the genius. Then, if you go
j off somewhere and fool with some-
thing that you didn't know was loaded,
j you will simply be great. 1'hiUuUlpUia
j Press.
j St. Peter "What is your claim for
recognition and admittance?" Newly
; Arrived Spirit "In lite I was never
guilty of confessing to any annoyance
from a woman's high bonnet "in a
theater." Su Peter "Angelic man!
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Here is a check for a front seat,"
tiltsburg UulUlin.
Gertrude (speaking of Beatrice's
h"aneeJ "What will Jack do now
that he has inherited all this money?"
Beatrice 0. I shall just make iiim
give up all business and and live like .
a gentleman, you know." Gertrude
(quietly) "It will be a great change
for hiiu." JJoatoit Budget.
He "I got a letter from ConsinTona
today. He says he is engaged to Mol
lie Jennings. Of course, he paints his
future bride in glow itig colors and all
that sort of thing." Sue "So far as
that is concerned, Mollie is pretty ex
pert at painting herself iu glowing
colors." Terre Haute Express.
'J'hey say. remarked the home mis
sionary from Dakota, that the brake
nieu on the New York elevated rail
roads are the rudest ami most iuqiolite
men iu the world." "Yes." said tii
resident parson with a sigh. -1 lielievs
they are; but you wouldn't 'wonder at
it if you saw the jiassengers they ar
thrown iu contact with.' VunUitc.
Sunday-School Teacher "Who was
it that went down to Jericho aud fell
among thieves?" Smart Pupil "You
cau't play it, teacher. You want me
to say 1 don't know and then ask you.
and then you're going to spring Alc
Giuty onto me. Yott can't play no
McGiuty drives on me." liostun Trart
tcripL '
Clilaese Idea of Hrll.
The sixth court of the Chinese hell is
situated at the bottom of tbe great
ocean, north of Wnchio Kock, says a
writer in the St, Lonis Qlobe-DemoeraU
It is a vat, noisy gahenna, many
leagues in extent, around it are sixteent
wards or ante-hells. Iu the first want
the sinful soul is made to kneel for
long periods on hot iron shots; in the
second they are placed np to their
necks in tilth; in the third they are
pounded till the blood runs out; in the
fourth their mouths are opened with
red-hot pincers and filled with needles;
in the fifth they are inclosed in a net
of thorns and nipped bv poisonous lo
custs; in the seventh ail the flesh and
I , . . ,. ;.ii. it .
all loathesome smells known to their
tormentors; in the twelfth they are to
be butted by rams, oxen, and buffalos
and at last subjected to crushing pres
sure by being trampled by horses; iu
the thirteenth the heart will be taken
out and skinned; in the fourteenth the
skull will be rubbed with sandstone
tiutil it has been entirely worn from
the jelly-like mass which was once the
body; in the fifteenth the body will be
separated in the middle and carried,
with the bare, bleeding ends sitting 00
red-hot plates, to the sixteenth want,
where the skin will be removed, dried,
and rolled np. after having written ou
it all the sinful deeds done by the soul
while an inhabitant of the fleshy body;
after that the body will be consigned
to the flames.
Negro Maxims.
Wakkin on 'nother man's farm at
night is er short cut ter jail.
Waitin fer good times is like trvin'
ter scratch matches in de well-buckiu
Red licker mighty quiet in de jug.
but mighty noisy in de nigger.
Dese trus s dat's gwine ronn de
country don' trus' de po man much.
Some womin like umbrellers; yo
can' keep 'era at home no how.
Mighty hard ter manage secgyar an
gribbin' boe at de same time.
No use ter ax how de man is w'en
you see his galluses wrapped roun' de
muel's hin' laigs.
Preachers' coat-tails gwine lie mighty
pop'ler on de jedgtnint day.
Some folks seem ter think de Lord
don want nothin' bigger'n copper
cents.
Forks in de road don bother de wil'
goose.
Mighty lucky tnrky dat ain got
much appetite fo thanksgivin.
When you gits er chace ter vote fer
honis' man, take it.
De deafes nigger kin always hyear
de dinner horn.
Crabgrass an' barcer wurrnms don
wait fer uolxnly.
Pnllin' snckers in de barcer lot pays
better'n ketchin suckers in de creek."
De bull ca'f wonder w'at de milk
pail's fer.
Silver creampot don' sweeten sour
milk. William O. Eygleslon.
A Caldwell damsel refused to be
jandidate for a hat at a church fair ill,
hat city because her opponent was f
lerv.itit girl. Society in Caldwell !"
ivideiulv crv3tallt2iu. iaiutu Cif .
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