C. II. DUCRETT,
DENTIS T .
Ukfscs: Between O. T. Cotton and
Peteison & Wallace.
. Xyiakok, . Oregon.
J. K. WEATHERFORD,
Attorney - at - Law.
Office over First National Bank,
ALBANY, - - OREGON.
J. M. KEENE, D. D. S.
Dental -:- Parlors.
Offics: Ereyman Bros., Building,
8XIKM, ORROON.
C"-THour ftout S A. M. to 5 P. M.
W. R. BIIA'EU,
ATTO R N E Y-AT- LAW,
ALBANY, ORROON.
E. J. M'CAUSTLAND,
CIVIL ENGINEER SURVEYOR.
Draughting and Blue Prints.
Office wilb Oregon Land Co., Albany,
Pewersg System and WatrrSupplte
a Specialty. 'Estate Subdivided. Map
made or copied ou abort notice.
fi. L McCLRUE,
(Suoeetsot to C. H. Haksion )
Barber : and : Haiitecr,
LEBANON. OREGON.
SHAVTNtt, HAIR CUTTING AND
Shampooing in the latest and best
Style. Special attention paid to dressing
Ladies' hair. Your patronage respect
fully solicited.
LEBANON
Meat Market,
ED. KELLEMRGEB, Prajr
Wmtli A 5Alt.1 TWf Pnrt Mitt trot
Sausage, Bologna, ana Ham.
Baooo and Card Always or jtaod.
Main Street, Lebanon, Or.
8. S. PILLSBUHY,
i 1 1
i
JEWELRY,
BROWNSV1LE.
OREGON
J. L. COWAJI.
J. at. RALSTON.
Bank of Lebanon,
LEBANON, OREGON.
Transacts a General Baniin. Business.
ACCOUNTS KEPT SUBJECT TO
CHECK.
r Exchange sold on Kew Yorlt San
rancisco, Portland and Albany, Oregon.
" Collections made on favorable term.
G.T. COTTON,
: DHAiER IN .
BroGirles auff Provisions.
TOBACCO and CIGARS,
SMOKERS' ARTICLES.
Ferelu and Domestic Trails,
Confectionery,
Queenswaxe and Glassware, Lamp and
Lamp Fixture.
1
frnym CaoFi for Egg.
Main Straet, Lebanon, Oregon.
t i ' . . ' tr ! t i
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MUCH THE NEWEST,
NOBBIEST AND LAMEST STOCK OF
L,
tn the County, is now to bo Soon on the Counters of
Iv E. BLAIN,
ALBANY, - - OREGON,
EWhen you want to "dress up," we would be glad to ihow
you through aud make the right price.
MERCHANT TAILORING A SPECIALTY.
Mr. E. A. Schkff..kr, is an evnert, and has charge of this da.
partment. We guarantee satisfaction.
BEARD & HOLT,
Druggists & Apothecaries, j
DEALERS IN !
PURE DRUGS AUD MEDICINES
PAINTS, OIL, GLASS
" . ASH '
STATIONERY, ;
Fine .Perfumery, Brushes and Combs, Cips audi
FANCY TOILET ARTICLES,
Proscription Accurately Compounded.
MAIN STREET
THE YAQUIHA ROUTE.
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD.
brew DeTelopuat Coistij'i steamsUlp Lite.
225 Shorter, 20 Hour Los Time
Than by any other Route.
FIRST-CLASS THROUGH PASSENGER
AND FREIGHT LINE
From Portland and all points In the Willamette
Valley to and from San Francivcu. Cat.
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD.
TIMH SCKDCLR. (F.cept Sunday.)
Vr Alhany iso p. tn. I L Yaquitia. 645 a. m.
L Corvalfi 1-40 p. m. I L Cur-alli 10 35 a. ra.
Ar Vaquiua 30 p. m. Ar Albany 11:10 a. m.
O. tt C trains connect at Alban) and Oortralli.
The above train connect at Yaqtiina with the
Orexon llrvrkiiimrnt Company' line of Steam
ship between Ysquina and San Kranciteo.
SAIUNli DATES.
Steamer.
t-"m. R. F. Steamer. Fm Yaq'na
Fa ration
a -July l.Wilam
?te Val'y JuW 6 KaralK
. July Wiltan
rtte V'y . July 1 FaraU.
. Wilamctte V'y . July t
Willamrtte
juiy o
Farallo
mette V
'y Julv 10
Ju'y 5
Willamette
Farallou
RtaaMBKB the Oregon Paeifle Popular Sum
mer Exctsmons. Low kste rtekew are now
on sale from alt Valley Points to Yiilna aud
return.
Thi com psif reereth liiHt to chtnjs
g dates without notice.
Fawkengers from Portland and alt Willamette
t'allry points can make cloaecottnection with the
rains of the Yaqmna route at Albany or Corval.
lis, and if dentined to Snn Francisco (houUt ar
range to arrive at Ycquin the evening before the
date of sailing.
Passenger and Freight Rate
Always the Lowest.
For particulars apply to
C. H HASWELI., , C. C. H;t'K.
Oral Ft 6t Faa. A (ft j Act If .ro F. F. agt.
Oregon Devel'pm'nt Co I o, F R R R Co.,
304 Montgomery St. Corvalha.
Saa Francisco, Cat. i Oregon.
HORTH.KOVMU.
Leave Corvallis Monday. Wednesday, Friday.
6 a. m. Leave Albany 9 30 a. tn.
Arrive Salem. Monday. Wednesday. Friday. 3
p m. leave Salem. Tuesday, Thuriday, Salur
day, 8 a m.
Arrive Fortland, Tuesday. Thursday, Saturday,
130 p. m
r-TH aorao
Leave Portland Monday, Wednesday, Friday,
6 a. in..
Arrive Salem. Monday, Wednesday F"ridav,7:t5
p. m. Leave Salem, iSiesday, Thursday, Satur
day. 6a. tn. Leave Albany, t'to p m.
Arrive Corvallis Tuesday. Tnursdav, Saturday.
3:30 p. m.
If anaj lv-r say be ha the W. T.. Dongiae
Shoe sTikssi umi and prlca tauipii oa
the kMKtoaa, put him dowa aa a fraud.
. L. DOUGLAS
$3 SHOE
FOR
CENTLEMEN.
BMt tn tlte wftri A . FhiiiIm til
S.OO OSNtLVK HASIVSKHKD SHOE.
4.00 HAMKSEWKI) Will Ml OK.
SJM POLICE AND FtKMKKV SHOK.
.60 EXTRA VALUE CALF SHOAS.
),00 sad 1.?S BOVS' M HM1, 8ROE&
All mad in Conirresa, BulUii aadXaaa.
W. L. DOUGLAS
S3 SHOE lafd,re8.
Rait Hiara4al. Raa avt. lUtf nl
1 tt awe sold by your dealer, write
; W. L. DOUGLAS. BKOCKTOX. MASS
"Examine W. L. Douglas $2 Shoe
or Gentlemen and Ladies."
STOP AND READ!
Smooth Shave and Nice
Hair-Cut.
Shampooing and Spanish Lus
ter Cures the Scalp of
Dandruff.
HOT AND COLD BATHS
Gentlemen and Ladies may Indulge in the
Luxury.
Kezt Door to Peterson A Wallace's Real Estate
Office.
I. R. BORUM, Prop'r.
JLEABANOJi - - - - OREGON.
a&LLir-i --i.I.ji. n 1 - - '- -1 ''
EI I
if
- LEAD ANON. OREGON
EAST AND SOUTH
-VIA-
Southern Pacific Route
Shasta Line.
Express Trains lare PortUml lHiily.
Wm I. Portlantl Ar rxi'k.m
:F. M Lt Allwny r :U A. M
1 AS a. M Ar Sau t ranrico Lv . O0 r. m
Above train stop nuly at following statlotix
north of Konehnr; : F.at t'ortlaud,'Ureon t ily,
Woodburn. Hatein. Albany, lauseut, iheld.
Halsey, Harrtsbure, Juuction City, Irvlti and
Eueue.
Roteburg Mall Dally:
8l 4, M t..
12 -iO F. M L
e uU r. Ar
.Portland.
. .Atbtny. ,
.Koseburg.
Ar
Ar.
Lv
4) p. M
. 6:J0. M
Albany Local, Dally lExrept Sunday):
6 00 r. M It
6 -00 a. w .Lt
Portland.
Albany
Ar -! a. n
Ar OU a. a
Local Paaaongor Trains Dally
(Exrept Sunday):
-JO P.
tw a. 11
1 so r. m
S M r.
7:m . a
:sa A. M
Lv
Lv
Lv
. Ar
Lv
Ar
. Albany .
l.eltauou
..Aitany
. t.etauon.
. Altiuy. -
letwknon
Ar.. A'W A. M
Lv , is a. a
Ar . a. a
. Lv ft 40 a. a
.Ar 4:& r. a '
.Lv !t:40 p a
Full man Buffet Slecjiers.
tourist sLi;i:riN(i caus,
For aeetimmodattoit of Second cli FasxeUKers,
attached ni Kiprros Trains.
West Siile Divtsttm.
Bet. Portland and Corvallis.
Mall Train Dally tKxcept Buudayl:
7 SO A. H LV ....
12:10 r. M .Ar ....
.Portland
.t'orvallU
. Ar :i0 p. a
..Lv V2 66P. a
t At Albany and t'orrallio connect with train
j of Oregon. Pacirie Kail road.
Express Train Daily (Except Sunday):
40 p..a l.v
7:p a Ar
.Fortland .. Ar S.JWr. a
Mt-.Mluuville. Lv AVA.a
Through Tickets to all Points
South and East
For tickets aud foil Information regard
Inx rate, mans, etc., till ou coiniiauy' aireui
at Lebanon.
R. KORHLKR,
Mauaarr.
E. P. RtKif R3,
AksU ti. F. A l'aa .-ineot
Balancing the Account.
" Mr. Vernon, like manT other snlnir-
baa resideuU. amuses himself by keep
', log fowls. It was hi inteutiou when
i he first began it to make it a self-eu(
porting source of entertaiutent. and he
' had some hope of saving a little mon
ey in the supply of poultry aud eggs
; for his own table.
j But "chicken food" costs monej.and
all the coops aud fences aud roosts
which Mr. ernon thought ueceasarj
cost much more, so that it was only
by great industry that he kept from
loosing instead of making monejr in
his raising of chickens.
One day be found that his account
for the week did not balance, lie was
' behind in his accounts, lie sat aud
; pondered over his column of figures
I fer a little while, then put on his hat
: and went down to the hen-yard. Pres
; ently his daughter Era saw him com
t ing back to the house bringing a big
: rooster headless. She ran out to
! meet him.
Why, papa!" she exclaimed, 'what
i did You kill old Brahma for''
for dinner, my dear." answered
her father. "He s worth 3, and I'm
(3 behind in my chicken accounts this
week."
lie took the fowl into the kitchen,
then went on into the library, and
took up his account book, credited
himself with the price of the big roost
er, and announced w ith pride that he
bad balanced his account! l'outh'i
Companion.
An Interesting Time in Maine.
The 6k unk is mighty. He always is
, for that matter, but just now he rules
j three or four villages in the vicinity of
j Bangor with an irresistible and od'orif
1 erous rule. Hampden has been over
: ridden of late with a herd of active and
; strong-breathed skunks who have made
i thinrs interest! US' for folks who vent nrd
out at night. A whole prayer-meeting
was ueuiorauzeu uy iuem recently
when the worshipers were returning
home. That was the only nice thing
about it. Had the attack been made
on the way- to prayer-meeting it is
doubtful if the exhortations would have
been delivered in the same spirit of
good will and peace. They might have
been more earnest and fervent though.
The up-river towns have had similar
experience. A fellow and his girl go
ing to a ball met a skunk and didn't
go. The fellow swore and the girl
cried, and then they went home and
put their clothes in pickle. The skunk
can be spared. He U uunice. Bangor
Hew.
Printed Ballot.
The first printed ballot was used In
Massachusetts in 1830 by David Hen
haw, and was refused. It took a deci
sion of the Supreme court to establish
ita validity.
Those Old Camp Meeting Day.
The. time ain't a they used to be and every-
thin ehnnirtM);
Our irixxt, old fuBiiimm of the past am woo
droinily deranvtsl.
A oil wlillo rttnpe Urn world la awttlng better
It twin to me that mncb of this new folderol
t wrouir.
Hut mnvbe It I poinUle I'm filli of late
And llilnir to wliluh 1 foinlly uliiifr are sadly
out of date.
But I Inst religion, with tta cold, new-
fmtirlcd way a,
Can never reai'li men' heart at did those old
camp aieutlng day.
We uwd to rather la th wools from all tha
tsiuntry 'bout
To plant our roapul battnty and Bmao put to
mutt
We'd wash our rode of a lory In the Jordan
clean aod nlie.
And fwt our liome-Kpun garment full of burr
and beg-irar- IWw,
We tried to m-t enough of grace before we ten
for home
To 1at a year onttl the next eatnp meeting
dar. would tsm.
And though at iluu we stumbled Into Patau',
thorny way
We gui a new rt every year at thus ramp
uiorllng day.
No more tn thunder tone the paraon hurl
I . hi tltrent at vlnet
In homeouaUilodoee served on little chips of
! tee
i He dole out a-rare and glory with exactnea o
profound
You'd think he feaiwd there wasn't quite
eiumirh to go around.
And fto 1 sadly listen aa uiy mind got hack to
, when
We all Joined In the servu-e, each shouting
his "Amen I
What wonder that I sometime sigh aa mem'ry
fondly stray
Forjuat a tomtit of Sre from thuaeoldeamp
tneellni' day.
THE MISSING B1HDK.
Up on the hill. In a quaint. Iieauliful,
lonely little houe,lived young Madame
Vinton, quite nlone save for her ser
vants. The village lay lielow her, like
a tov town out of a chip box from Hol
ism! little white hour's all alike, a
little white church with a pointed tex
tile, aud rows of poplar trees. Mi IT and
blnt'k along the street .
The stone house, with its pnlnted
f:las window aud Uothlu doorway,
ooked qui e like a minimum cntle
from belo.r. Hut it had wot taken the
fancy of the renidenta of Foplartown.
It seemed lo them queer ami lonely,
and since its builder and owner i!U-d,
the executors had found no one lo buy
or lease It. uutil young M:td:inie Vin
ton, in her velvet dresH.drov up to the
gate one niortssig. aud inlertiened the
care-taker.
It was hers very soon after that, and
she lived, as we hare said, alone with
her servants.
For guardian, she had two great
Silierlan blond-hounds, tieree a dog
could be to all but her. it was writ
known that, at a word from her, they
would tear any man lo piece; and they
lay across the'outer door at night. Mie
needed no other protection.
Young. beautiful.aud a widow.charm
Ing in her manners, no wonder that the
trenllemen admired her. Hut the Indie
fought hy of her. They made no
calls. They looked solemnly away as
they passed" her in the street. Vhen
she came to church, aud s:tt in the iev
she had hired, no oue took any heed of
her presence. The clergyman railed,
as in duty bound, and took hi wife
with him. Uuhappily, thev found the
pretty Frenchwoman smoking a cigar
ette. That sealed her tliMiin. iShe
was sent to Coventry by all the respect
able Societv of Foplartown the ladies'
society. Hut, somehow, through her
landlord, a cosmopolitan bsichelor,
gentlemen were introduced. It was
not her fault that these only came, aud
that they sang her praiite and defend
ed her against the hints of their female
relative. She did nothing but adhere
to the habits of her count rt. 1'oplar
town bad bwu tittcourteous to her, not
she to it. Her tuuid sat in the window
sewing when she had gentlemen call
ers. the never received them alone.
A cruel thing of you women." said
Squire tiiltwrt to hi mother "a cruel
thing to be so hard on Madame Viu
tou. What doe ln do but dare to he
beautiful? I uMise Uod made her so,
as he made the lite Miet Chesuey,
who hate her so bitterly, ugly as
vitches. What do yon know against
er, mother?'
"I kuow nothing, child, said Mrs.
ailbert "nothing but that no ladies go
see her."
"Why don't they, then?" said the
quire.
"There mntt lie some reaton. said
die old lady; "Mr. Praygood saw a
;igar on the table near her. Ladies
too't smoke."
"Eili8h ladies do not," replied the
quire, ' But ierhaps she does not
enow tha
tell her?"
don't you call and
"My dear, I never call anywhere,"
replied the old lady. 'The young peo
ple come to see me. I don't say any
thing against Madame Vinton. I hope
the's all right; ludeed I do."
But she resisted the entreaties of her
son to drive with him, tn call on
Madame Vinton, nevertheless; aud so
one day Stie squire went alone.
He was a handsome, active, elegant
man, but he was no longer a young
one. At twenty he had l?en to" love,
but his weetheart died. He had ever
since remained true to her memory.
At forty-eight he lived with his mother
still, her only mm. He had, er!iaps
for this reason, something of the frank
and careless manners of a boy. He
bad not hardened, a most men do be
fore bis age.
The squire called on Madame Yin
ton from a spirit of chivalry so he
thought, at least; but he left 'the door
with flushed cheeks and sparklingeye.
and he called again because he could
not keep away. Soon, to his mother's
consteinalioan, rumors reached her
that he went to Madame Vinton's houe
every day; and at last she, as well as
all Foplartown, knew the truth. Her
son was engaged to be married to the
; trench lady, with whom he was desper
( ate ly in love.
The live Misses Chesney shrieked in
: chorus when thev heard it. All the
: other marriageable single ladies were
I equally shocked; but old Mrs. Gilbert
; bore herself bravely.
I "My son," she said. "I give you
; eredit for being a man of cue. 1
! know yon wouldn't marry a person
j who would disgrace our good name
j I'll go with you to see her once, and I'll
welcome her kindly. Nothing must
come between us. my dear nothing."
And Mrs. Gillert saw no cigarettes
near Madame Vinton's elbow, when
she called, and could find no fault with
her manner. She returned home great
ly comforted, and set herself to put
down the talk in Foplartown, to the
great disgust of her netghltoiirs, who
had hoped to be entertained with the
items of a family quarrel.
It was September when the news
first reached Mrs. Gilbert's ears. Be
fore Christmas day her son would be
married. She tried to feel happy over
it. but in reality her heart was very
heavy. An undelinable presentiment
of impending trouble tilled her with
sadness. It could not be the coming
of this handsome wife, with her sweet,
courteous, loving manner, she thought.
She was old. A daughter would be an
addition to her home. Yet she tossed
wearily on her pillow at night she
who had always slept so well; and
could not read or sew as she had done.
Somehow she felt all was not well, and
never could be again in this world for
her.
In spite of this, she took her pearls
from the worn case of blue velvet, in
which they had been hidden for years,
and sent them in a shimmering nest of
white satin, to "My Daughter soon to
be;" who answered with loving thanks.
The wedding-day was fixed. The
weddding guests, old friends of Mrs.
Gilbert, who said to each other that
they accepted for her sake, were bidden,
and even the flowers ordered.
Tho happy pair were to have a week
at the houttu ou the hill, and then "come
home."
Meanwhile, the two dogM, Uno and
I no, were to be banished. The village
people were afraid of them, and tlmy
weru to tie taken away timing tite time
of the wedding, to an old Iioiho In the
suburbs, where a tlog-fattcicr lived.
"Your mother nhtiddcts ut their very
sight, Madame Vinton had said to her
betrothed husband; "and 1 no longer
need sunn tierce protector. 1 ant not
to be a lone woman any morn. I will
sell the dogs it any oue can be found
to buy them."
Anil the day before the wedding, she
with her own' han.U. led them to their
new home, and knelt before them and
talked to them as though they were
human beings, bidding them be good
and obey their new master.
"Only one night more," said Rnulre
Gilbert, as be took his beautiful bride's
hands In his. "Only one night more,
dearest. To-morrow you are mine."
He klsnd her and turned away,
turned back to kis her hand over and
over again, lingered Mill, very loth to
go, until at last she playfully drew to
the door, sa lug that she never allowed
him to remain so hue, and that he must
go home;aud he went down the garden
path.
It was past eleven o'clock. The full
moon shone overhead, casting the
shadows of the bare wintry shrubbery
in dark outlines on the while paths.
The Iron gate, set deep in the stone
wall, looked like jet against snow. In
contrast with the smooth road without.
A screech owl In the grove near by
uttered Its melancholy who! who! whot
and the lover looked back at his lady's
house regretfully. It seemed so lonely
a spot to leave fier in.
Stepping back, he looked up at the
windows, where ft light now shone.aud
ran against somr intlie road, who utter
ed a foreign oath aud struck at him.
Squire UUImm t turned, his hand in
voluntarily going to his pistol-belt; and
the stranger, on - whose toes he had
trodden, followed the motion with his
eye.
"Excuse me," he said, with a strong
French accent. "You came out of this
honse in such a hurry, at this late hour.
I believed you were, perhaps, a thief.
Fardon."
"It is my place to beg pardon," said
the squire, whom the very accent of
his beloved one's native language mol
lified. "I myself fancied I might have
met some dangerous person. 1 hope I
did not hurt you."
Oh, no," said rhe other. "I was
only startled a little. A thousand par
dous." And he passed ou. The squire
also went his way.
After a few step be looked back.
The stranger seemed to have vanished
mysteriously lulo the earth. Hut It
seemed to Squire Gilbert that he never
should forget his long, hooked nose,
his oiutdchln. the narrow eyes, set
close together, the straight line of his
small mouth, and the intense blackness
of his hair and moustache a very
Mephistophelea In modem costume.
On the morrow, bright and early. the
household was astir. The bridegroom
dressed In bis new garments;his mother
in her elegant gray satin and point
btce. But just as the moment came
for the carriage to be called, a messcu
ger from the house on the hill came to
the door in violent haste.
That morniug, when the servants
awoke, they found the hall-door open,
and their lady gone, tehe had not re
turned. Her clothing had not been
taken. Her wedding-dress was ready
lo put ou; but her jewel-cases were afl
unlocked and empty, as was the tiny
ornamental safe in which she kept her
money.
The wedding company was coming
in; the lady had not returned; no oue
kuew what to do.
Words cau not describe the conster
nation of the squire. He hurried to
Madame Vinton s house, and fouud all
as described. He sent for the police,
for detectives from the nearest city.
He searched frantically far aud near,
fearing to liud his love lying dead in
some part of her garden, or tne woods
near by. it was mauy, many days be
fore he gave up bis luqieless wander
iuv. lie only thought of accident. It
seeuied plain to others that she had left
the place of her own free wilt, having
some uuknon 11 motive. At last the
squire himself declared that if Madame
VI ltou had met with violence, her body
must bate Imhmi found; but he still (eft
perfect faith in her, and, in his miser
able love and longing, clung to the re
newed hope that it gave him to believe
her still alive. He took possession of
the bouse on the bill, dismissed the
servanta,and went thither to live alone.
"She will return some day," he said,
"and she shall bud me there waiting
for her."
, , -
unheeded before, he clung to bis resolu
tion. One man only waited upon him. an
old and faithful servant; but one day
he sent to the dog-fancier to reclaim
the blood-hounds, and Uno and I no, led
in a leash came eagerly up the village
street, about noon, oue windy March
dav.
Thev dashed Into the bouse wild with
joy. They fawned on Squire Gilbert,
whom they had learned to love. They
searched everywhere for Madame Vin
ton, and at last went down to their old
haunts in the garden. Longing for
home joy at their return, seemed to
have softened their natures. But sud
denly Uno, the fiercest of the two, pnt
his nose to the ground, uttered a low
ory, and began to run alwut the place
in circles, sniffing strangely. A mo
ment more ami Ino imitated him.
Their eyes changed and burnt like
coals of tire, their frames seemed to
stiffen. They coursed about the garden
and out toward a field which had been
planted with vegetables, and which lay
fallow under its late autumn plough
ing. About this field they circled, each
circle growing narrower, their noses
still to the ground. Then, with a
trumpet-like call, they began to dig,
throwing up the soft earth about them
with tury.
The squire, his man and the dog
fancier had followed. All were pale
with horror. Suddenly the latter sprang
forward.
"Take your master away I" he shouted
to the servant; but tho squire, with an
awful cry of
"They have found herP dropped like
a stone upon the ground.
It was. indeed, the body of Madame
Vinton that they had discovered. A
cord was tied about her neck and
twisted tightly. She had evidently
been strangled.
Hobbed and murdered by some burg
lar, people said; but burglars do not
usually bury their victims. The ser
vants were evidently innocent two
quiet village girls, whom no one could
auspecL
Later, when after a severe fit of ill
ness, through which his mother nursed
hi in, the squire was able to go feebly
about the house, he found in his dead
bride's escritoire a small box, in which
lay a package of letters addressed to
her, and signed, "Your husband.Emil,"
and a photograph. The latter was the
portrait of the man he had met at the
gate, and had been taken in Paris.
Afterward he held communication
with the Parisian police, and sent them
the photograph. The information be
received from them caused him a re
lapse. But he never revealed it to any
one. He lived to close bis mother's
eyes, and died, a sad and silent man,
I In the house upon the hill, his only
! friends tho two dogs, Uno and Ino. it
j Is probable that the ladies of Poplar
I town had been right in their opinion of
i Madame Vinton, but this good man
j never ceased to love her for all that,
I nor to believe that she had siactrel
! loved blm.
BEFORE THE ANCELU3.
Crttlatam or Millet' (lt Work
j Heard From Visitor to tha Unitary.
. Millet, so the story goes, when he
bad finished "The Angelus," invited an
old friend in the church to come and
see It.
"Ah," said the old men. as he gazed
at the picture. "It la "The Angelus;' I
bear the bells."
Whereupon, of course, the artist was
greatly pleased, and promptly declar
ed that the aim of bis life was accom
plished. The greatest artist of ancient times
had been deemed wonderful for paint
lug grapes, at which the birds came to
peck; but he had painted a prayer and
a church spire, and a priest recognized
the word of the Invocation aud heard
the sound of the bulls in the steeple.
If Millet were living now, and could
come lo stand before his picture In the
exhibition rooms, says a writer In the
N. Y. Sun, he might be less pleased,
but he certainly would lie as highly en
tertained by the comments made by
the continuous throng that passes be
fore the picture. Of course, nine peo
ple out of everv ten are surprised to
find how sinafl it is. Somehow no
amount of culture or traluing in art Is
able to eliminate entirely from the
mind the Idea that pictures are valua
ble according to their size, and the
comparison between the price which
"The Angelus" brought at lis last sale,
and the number of square inches in
the canvas is so startliuglhat it shocks
the unprepared mind. Everybody has
a different wry of expressing this dis
satisfaction v fib the size of the niater-
Idece. Oue old lady pushed up before
t during one of the most crowded
hours of the exhibition. She was rich
ly dressed and evideutlv felt herself
fully com -teut to criticise anything
in the art line. It could be seen as she
approached that her eyes were focussed
for something very large and start
ling. When she had reached the front
she gar.ed blankly at the expanse of
red dra(eries. Finally she caught
sight of the picture, and placing a
lorgnette to her eye, leaned ber bead
well back and gazed at the picture in
tently, and, at last, scornfully. After
a few momenta she put down ber
glasses, aud, half turning to the specta
tors about her, said in a loud aud dis
tinct voice:
"Well. I'm disappointed."
Nobody seemed interested in the an
nouncement, aud she turned and look
another look.
"Yes, I am disappointed," she re
peated in an even more distinct tone of
voice.
Nobody answered her.
"1 am very much disappointed," she
ventured again, after another look, in
the same aggressive tone. -
Still nobody paid any attention to
her, and she looked again.
"I dou't know when I've been sodls
apHinted," was the way she put it this
time.
There were a few disrespectful gig
gles, and thcu a woman near her re
marked In a coldly unsympathetic
voice:
"Would you kindly keep your disap
pointment 10 yourself auu let us enjoy
the picture?"
The dUapointed woman evidently
bad astonishment added to her other
feelings at thia unexpected sally, but
she made uo reply aud strode haughti
ly away after auolber scornful look at
the helpless little cauvas. A she
passed out of the building she was
uoticed stopping before a gorgeous red
aud black Itocky Mountaiu scene iu
the fiout room aud exclaiming:
"There, that's what 1 call something
like!"
Very comical are the mistakes made
by spectators as to the meaniug of the
picture. It would break Millets heart
to kuow of some of these. One appar
ently iulelligeut and cultivated woman
came iu the other day, aud after gas
iug a long time at the picture sat down
in a chair beside the girl who sells cata
logues at a table iu front of "The An
gelus." "That's a love subject?'' remarked
the woman, opening a conversation.
The girl discreetly made no reply.
"Yes. aud I think it's so beautiful. "
continued the woman. "Just see bow
modest the young woman is."
The paralysed catalogue girl ventur
ed a feeble "Yes?"
"I do love such subjects; and hasn't
he painted it exquisitely?" the woman
went on.
Just here the catalogue girl was
aved from danger of hysteria by the
arrival of the woman's husband. He
had a catalogue in his baud, and he
led bis wife around to look at the other
pictures.
Presently the woman came back in a
great hurry. She had evidently been
reading the catalogue.
"Why, that Isn't a lore subject at
all," she exclaimed sharply to the girl.
The girl was arrauging ber cata
logue. "Ho, that's a religious subject; it
Isn't a love subject at all," repeated the
woman.
The girl saw a bit of paper on the
floor on the other side of her table and
bent over to pick it up. The woman
eyed her for a moment, and then said,
with subdued intensity!
' Did you know that that wasn't a
love subject when I was talking to
you?"
The girl Is usually truthful, but there
was no help for it this time. She raised
ber eyes to those of the woman and
said unblushingly, but somewhat fee
bly: "No, ma'am."
The woman gave her another sharp
look, but went away apparently satis
fied. AVItty and Righteous.
It Is related of an old-time Bath
school I oy that after the master had
giveu him a good flogging tho young
ster said lo the teacher in a melancholy
and serious voice: "1 thank you sir."
"Thank met What are you thanking
me for, vou young rascalr' replied old
Master Whetstoue. "I thought voa
did it for my good, sir," replied
Joshua. The tone, manner and the
words made the school roar, while the
stem old pedagogue could take no ex
ception to the retort, aud had to ao
knowledgu its righteousness as well as
'ts wit LewintoH Journal.
A Ghost,
A man In Bangor, Me., who tarried
in a cemetery after dark in order to
finish a job of diggiug, .had an en
counter with a ghost. It was of the
regulation whiteness, and groaned just
as did those eucouutercd iu similar
places by some of our great-grandmothers.
The Bangor man was fright
ened and started to run, but managed
to run ugain.-t the ghost and both fell
to the grouud together, lt was an in
nocent white calf that first recovered
its feet after the collision.
Three-Story Wagon.
A three-story wagon was captured
at Martinsville, Md., a few days since.
The first story under the runuing gear
was a coop of live chickens; the sec
ond, sandwiched between the first and
third and bidden from view, was de
voted to "moonshine spirits; the third
was laden with tobacco and fodder.
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WIT AND HUMOR.
The model hnshnnds are the men
who never marry. Fond Uu Lac i
orUr. Best place to hold the World's Fair
ltight around the waist. lioMon
Herald.
Is the wonfan who goes to church to
exhibit her sealskiu aacque-religious?
Jimne Sentinel. '
Laughter may be the poor man's
id aster, but it is not very adhesive.
'titadetphia I'rettt.
Honesty is doubtless the best policy,
but it seems to have expired long ago.
Lawrence American.
The serpent was the most subtle of
all the beasts of the field, but the army
trader is sutler. Huston Tranncripi.
While the English drum beat is heard
around the world the American dead
beat isn't far behind. Texas titliny.
Women rarely are great inventors,
though they are often the first to dis
cover new wrinkles. Terrt Jiaule Ax
pren$. When you truly and devotedly love
a girl who is as rich as she is 'pretty
it's bard to take no for an answer.
Epoch.
"It's a wise joke that knows its own
father after the religious pa-rs have
(noted it once or twice. SurvM
Journal.
Some women like a whispered tab of
love, but a belle prefers a declaration
made in ringing tones. Baltimore
Amfruxtn.
When a woman loves a man she goes
the whole ho 1, even to the wart on bis
nose. It isn't this way with man.
I'hiladetpliia Inquirer.
It Is very strange that among those
who set themselves up .as great guns
the ones of the smallest caliber are the
biggest bores. Boston Transcript.
"What is sweeter than to bare a
friend you can trust?" asked Saw kins.
"To have a friend who will trust you,"
replied Dawkina. llartford Time.
Minnie "And vou say you shed no
tears at the play fast night? I did. I
was so affected." Mamie '-O, of
course. You always are." Terre Haute
Express.
It's concentration of thought that
tells in our daily endeavor. Just watch
the face of the small boy wheu he is
taking aim at a tramp eaLttiiladel
phia inquirer.
Jaggs "Did von swear off the 1st?"
j Bajfjjs "Well, 1 did. yoa know, and
j this time it goes." "Come iu ami have
! oJ-e?" "Dou't care if 1 do." IttiUtdd-
pnia Inquirer.
First Man (excitedly) "Our board-Ing-house
is alire!" Second Man
(calmly) "Conie, then, hurry up, aod
perhaps we may be able to get some
thing hoU" Jury.
Bloodgood "Travis dresses well,
doesn't be? I wonder what gives such
toue to his costume?' De Smith "It
must be bis trousers. They are always
loud." Burlington Free' Brest.
Suitor "I love your youngest
daughter, sir." Fater "Ui'uiili! I
suppose you've heard that 1 have
settled a dowry 011 my eldest daughter?"
Suitor "lu that case, sir, I love ber."
Epoch.
In the mission clas: Teacher
"Can you tell me anything about the
man who went dowu from Jericho aud
fell among thieves?" The New Boy
(tentatively) "Wus it McUiuty?"
Boston Times.
j Mr. N. Feck (slapping his lnx-kM)
I "Here's a nice state of affairs!'" Wick
j wire "What's the matter? Forget
j your pocketlxtok?" Mr. X. Feck
j ""Yes; I forgot to leave it at home."
2'erre Jiaule Ejcprtss.
' Youug Set fast "Had a weal ad ten t-
tire the other day, Miss Sharpleigh.
ent Usiiiug ana a gweat oh ute 01 a
farm dog made me stay with htm thwee
hours." Miss Sharpleigh "Poor old
doggie." Vruke't Magazine,
An enthusiastic exchange refers to
the dresses of some actresses as "per
fect poems." It would be nearer the
mark to call them epigrams; because
well, there isn't much to an epigram,
you know." Philadelphia Press.
Mabel "Hal. dear, what makes vou
always call me your little lamb?" Hal
"Because ytu alwavs return to the
fold." and he opened bis arms with an
expectant and satisfied look upon his
smiling face. Kearney Enterprise.
Arthur (just lieginning his French)
"Pa pa, is the French word for money
of the feminine or masculine gentler?'
Father "Feminine.of course." "Why.
papa?" "Because, haven't you heard
that money talks?" Lowell Citizen.
Mother "You don't seem tired. Jen
nie, for a young lady who attended a
dancing party last night?" Jennie
'-It was a plumbers' ball, you know.and
everything went so slowly that one
could not get tired." Boston Herald.
Inquisitive Citizen "What's - the
matter with the man? Been run over
by a railroad train?" Ambulance Sur
geon "Worse than that. He was
caught among the women in a bargain
rush at Seller's." Philadelphia, In
quirer. Belinda "Dearest, what was the real
reason of your marrying me?" Al
phonzo "I think it was because I un
derstood you. And what was the rea
son of your marrying me?" Belinda
"I think it was because I did not un
derstand you." America.
Physician (to Mrs. CoL Blood of
Kentucky) "How did your husband
pass the night. Mrs. Blood?" Mrs.
Blood "He seemed quite comfortable,
sir, and asked for water several times."
Physician (with a grave look) "H" in
-still flighty." boston Beacon,
' Mrs. A. "I think Mrs. Smith's death
such a sad one. My heart fairly
aches for Mr. Smith." Mrs. B. "Yes,
and the poor little children. It is a
terrible visitatiou. Will you be at the
funeral?" Mrs. A. "O. yes." Mrs.
B. "What are you going to wear?"
Epoch.
"You shouldn't have taken 'No foi
an answer so readily, Charlie," said his
more experienced friend; don't you
understand that a girl's 'No' often
means 'Yes'?" "She didn't say No.
Jack." responded Charlie, utterly with
out hope; "she said "Naw."' Boston
Beacon.
Campaigning Mam ma (to confidential
friend of Mr. G.) "Really, young Mr.
Greenbacks is oe of the most cultivated
men 1 ever saw." C F. (desiring to
please 1 "Yes, and I honestly believe
your daughter Eva is succeeding at it
better than any of the rest." Memphis,
Avalanche
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marriage with Mr. Callowhlll has oeea
indefinitely postponed f" Miss Walnut
O, no. not indefinitely. Poor, dear
Fido, you kuow, was attacked with la
gr ppe and died, and of course 1 couldn't
think of marrying for a year." Phila
delphia Inquirer.
"You ought to be glad that you will
be electrified instead of hanged." said
a prison visitor to a convicted mur
derer. "Why?" asked the felon in sur
prise. "You suffer greatly from rheu
matism, don't you?'T "Yes." "Weil,
electricity is the best known remedy
for that. Epoch,
"Where is the place to find a good
talking parrot?" writes a subscriber.
In the newspapers, son; in the news
papers. You'll find wonderful parrot
saying things in the miscellaneous
column of the papers that are never,
never, never beard from the bill oi
living parrots anywhere e!.e. Go te
the same place for trained aud saga
cious dogs. Burdette,
Visitor "Do you like going to school,
tnv little dear?" Little Fauntleroy
"Yes, indeed.' Visitor "Of course.
You lore your school, don't you, my
pet? and you like vonr teacher, too,
don't you?" Littfe Fauntleroy "O,
ves.1 wouldn't want any other tcaclier."
Viaitor 'Of course not." Little
Fauntleroy "No, indeed. She's awful
nearsighted." Ar. '. Weekly.
Played Sucker for Purpose. '
There are any number of good story,
tellers In Congress. Everybody knows
of the fame of Allen, of Mississippi, and
Billy" Mason, of Chicago, in this re
gard, and now that Representative
Splnola and Flower, the one gray
bearded and the other rotund, sit close
together, thev are always aura of a
erowd around their desks to bear them
swap their varied and interesting ex
periences. General Spinola regaled
bis friends with a good poker story
recently. "I was comine down the
Hudson one night," he said, "io eom-
c
any with Cornelius Vanderbilt. Tbur-
ow Weed, Dean Richmond, and
George Law, when Weed proposed a
game of poker, and I was asked to
come in. I hesitated, for 1 had only
abont 44.00O io my pocket, and I knew
that it was to be a game without
limit. I mentioned the state of my
finances to Law. but he told me to take
a band, and said that be would back
me to any amount. I am willing to
lose 30.000 or 40.000 to-night be
said, 'and to-morrow I will tell you ray
reason.' So the game started and I
stayed In. bagging the shore pretty
close and getting startled every once
in a while when some one went 1 1.000
blind. When we quit at daybreak 1
had won about tt.oOO. but Law had
lost ten times that amount. The next
day I niet him. I will tell you. Frank.
be said. wfrv I lost that money. I
wanted Vanderbilt to think I was a
sucker, and so I played like orfe. The
result was that to-day I sold him a lot
of steamboats for nearly $600,000 more
than I ever expected to get from him.
Don't you think the money was well in
vested?" Washington Post.
Be Kind to Children.
Children should be taught obedience
and bad habits should be corrected.
But many a parent has remembered
with deep sorrow instances of undue
severity and unwise punishment when
too late to correct it or make amends.
"The following incident related by a
father illustrates this: "I shall never
forget, though 1 have wished a
thousand times that I could, bow 1
punished little Mamie for continuously
pronouncing a word wrong as 1
thonght willfully after I had tried
hard to make ber say it correctly. She
was quiet for a few minutes after I had
punished her, and then she looked up
with a quivering lip. and said:
"'Papa, you will have to whip mm
again. I can't say it.
"You can imagine bow I felt, aad
how 1 kept on remembering the look
on her face and the tone of the sad little
voice."
Little ones are often timid and grown
people do not sufficiently sympathize
with them. The following incident
illustrates th;s:
A well-meaning father once whipped
his little girl, attempting to overcome
in this way her whimsical terror of the
dark when left alone at night. The
poor little maid sobbed herself to aleep
that night.
But the next evening, five minutes
after she had been left alone with the.
to her, fearful dark, her terror over
came ber dread of punishment, and a
pitiful little voice waa heard at the
bead of the stairs.
"O, papa, please come up here and
whip mel I m so 'fraid of the dark!"
This convinced the father that the
child's terror was more than a whim,
aud he deeply regretted his hasty pun
irhment, which was never repeated.
Many Mocking Birds. " '
A writer who has recently visited the
Bridal Veil Falls in the Yosemite Val
ley thus describes the mocking birds la
that vicinity in the New York Press:
"Millions of brown-coated birds there
were everywhere, until the whole of
our very nature seemed perm- ated with
their music. Sometimes low and sweet,
again sad and plaintive, and then . full,
rich and triumphant, like a pan of
joy and gladness, while we looked at
each other in wondering silence. Just
as it seemed that the melody was un
supportably sweet, and that our hearts
could not contain mole without the re
lief of tears or shouts, the wind died
away aud the water again struck with
an awesome roar into its rocky hollow
with a fo.ue that made the earth trem
ble, and was again lashed to furious
foam and the song of the mocking birds
hushed. Thus it gos ou ever aud ever,
alternately, and has for ages, the song
of the birds ami the thunderous rever
beration ofthecataract
The" statement is made that more
than 65,000 elephants are killed in
Africa every year. Their ivory in tha
raw state is worth $1,000,000.