Lebanon Express.
FRIDAY, FEB. 10, IflM.
Additional locals or lirat wg(i.M
Win. Ghire Is again very sick.
Great clearance Bale at Read, Peacock
ft C.'a.
Dr. Lamberson liaa again offered 16
oi'iita fur Imps.
Unix, liny, limn, chop and all kind
of feed, ut Pceblcr's.
H 0. Wallai woe able to go to Al
lium this week.
J. E. Aden Ik now agent for the Al
bany Steam Laundry. ''
Dr. Lamberson haa received an order
tor 60 barrels of pitch,
Fresh pittt, oakva mid bread ut
Pcebler'B grocery store,
Mr. Hendricks and fumlly left yes
tterday for Denver, Colorado,
For gents' furnishing goods and gro
oerlea, go to Pugh & Wallace.
W. B Barrett and family will move
back to Lebanon In a few daya.
Every oustonier at Durum ft Kirk's
burlier shop gets a clean towel.
flcreiifli''' both barber shops will be
cloned at 12 oV'look, on Sutiday. ...
For tho ehnlnet groceries at hard
times prices, go to Pugh ft Wallace.
Atty. Slowe was In Albany and
Brownsville, tills week, on business.
Gruwm ft Mennes are doing a atrlet
ly cash business, and no use to talk.
J. B. Courtney M. D. Physician,
Surgeon and Accoucheur, 'Lebanon,
Or.
Mrs. Welch, of Wmidburn, Is in the
city, end Is a guest of Mrs. J. W Men
kes. ' ":v
Boyd, the photographer, would like
to trade photos for home-feed carrots,
oats or hay,
Mr. Press Marshall, one of Albany's
ciuiiollini n, wus an our streela last
Sulurdiiy.
Take your ensh or produce to Pugh
& WhIIiioh, anil get Its equivalent In
groceries
License has been Issued for the mar
riage of Mmorya J. Conselya and Mary
C Anion.
Huve yon tried Pugh ft Wallace for
gents' fiirnlshlntr winds mid groceries?
XT !- why "t?
J. E Adcox, agent for the Albany
tenm huiidrv, sends washings down
on Thursdays only.
Audit Bennett Informs us that here
after be will not receive any perishable
freight on Monthly,
Theivnifeellouer'sart, mukliigcream
eandles and other confectionery, la
taught nt Z.ilili's store. '
Eighty-two uppllciiuts are being ex
i Ined for teacher's certificates at the
court b .use in Albany.
The best qun'lty drugs, and great
cure li- used In eouisiuudiiig prescrip
ts. n nt Smith's drug store.
CAMH In the word. No ue to Buy
imyiliiiigi'lse tons.
Cruson ft MEN'ZIES.
J. F,. Adcox has Just received the
end news of the death of his brother
in-law, I. T. Llhby, at Minucipnlls.
If yon wont to gel value received for
your linrd-enrned money, cull at
Ba'ker's and buy your boots and shoes.
1 h.ive a few second-hand books that
I will c'.h'-e oui at a hingalii.
M. A. Mm.lek.
Anyone having any second hand
clothes to spare will please leave them
nt the ms tofflee for the Dnrois Society.
These hard times we want to save all
we can, but of course we have to eat,
still you will save some by getting your
groceries at Bucli'a.
Misses Ada Miller and Maud Aldrlch
returned home last Saturday from a
two weeks' visit to Portland. They re
port having had a One time.
Bend your name and address to
Bead Peacock ft Co,, Albany, Oregon,
and mention the Exi'wws, they will
mail you a fashion sheet free each
month.
Since the city marshal has left off
taking up stray horses some of ouroitl
aeus have been 111 the habit of turning
their horse out regularly. This should
be put a atop to.
C, A, Zoliu has just received a sup
ply of orange alder, from California,
part of which Is from blood oranges.
Try the blood orange older a delicious
drink.
Preaching at the Baptist churoj
every Sunday at 11 a. ru. and 7:30 p. or
Sundry school at 10 a . m. l'rayt
meeting Wednesday ut 7:80 p. m.
C. ft. Lamar, Pastor.
There will be Cervices lu the Cum-
berlund Presbytc.'lau Church on the
tecond and fourth Sundays In each
mouth, at 11 a. m. and 7:80 p. ni.
W. V. MoGkk, Pastor.
There will be a George and Martha
Washington entertainment given by
the ladies of the Belief Corps, at the
G. A. K. Hall (over post-oftioe) ou the
eve of Feb. 22nd Washington's birth
day. Admission 15 ots., Including
upper. Com.
Buy your groceries at Peeblor's, and
save money.
Dr. Hill, of Albany, was In uurelty
last Friday.
A great reduction In price of goods
at Read, Peseta k ft Co.'i.
Dr. Clara M. Davidson left for her
home in Salem, last Saturday.
Cash paid for produce at Peebler'i
grocery store; highest market price.
Dr. Courtney had a severe attack of
la grippe lost Saturday and Sunday.
Boyd guarantees the photos he
makes for 11.50 per dot. never to fade.
Pugh ft Wallace will sell you gro
ceries as cheap as any one In the city.
Try them and see.
The Albany Daily Democrat is still
running the insideof their paper under
the date of January.
N. W. Snilt h has J uttt started a circu
lating library, where you can find good,
reading very cheap,
Quite a numlier of Lebanon's young
pepe are in Albany, being examined
for teacher's certificates.
Bach is not selling his clothing at
cost, but still you can get a better suit
therefor less nimiiy than anywhere
else.
Prof. Wilkes has secured the South
Brownsville school, the one fr.im
which Prof. Muyberry recently re
signed.
Puy us the cash and get y.wr mon
ey" Worth, and ilonlt ok for lime,
we huve none in stock.
Cruson ft Menzihs.
We have iicooiuiiiodult'd you In (he
past and will do so in the future, by.
selling you hardware at reduced prices
for cash only. Ckuson ft Menzijs
Mrs J (i. Eaton returned to Lehif
non yesterday. She reports Mr Eaton's
health Improved. He and the clill-'
dreu will return to Oregon in the
spring.
There is a Blble-reudlng i ver , Fri
day evening ut 7:30, at the Baptist
church, conducted by the pastor. All
are Invited to come and bring their
Bibb's.
T. L. Wullaee, of Frisco, arrived In
Portland, Wednesdav, and will make
this city his home. Hi n presents the
firm of Schilling: ft ('"., wholesale
grisvrs. Mercury.
Ruil Hlatt and (lias. Smith have
bought a long tuaned horse of the Ore
gon Bauty stock. They will take It
t'. the Midwinter falrsbont Mutch 1-t,
aod place It on liii.tlnn,
Iscuc Bet Jcniin has p i ted F,d t'arr's
pr- perty, near the M. E. church, and
has moved his household good there.
He expects his wife up from Portland
this week, and they will go to house
keeping. You should remember that the best
place to buy pianos or organs is at
Will's miiBlc ntire, A'bany, Or. He
aoeiiTot take advantage f p ople's lg.
noranoe and ell n cheap made i lano
at the prln ' f a geod one.
A dime social will b g've b" the
ladies of the First Pre-bvtrrn Church,
at the residence of M''. r. B. Monta
gue, this evening (Tltusda). A
cordial ! vltHllon Is extended to all, to
come and have a gool time.
milt Hlatt rcently h we' u a
patent fastener for tru ks, which he
Intends to have on cxhll ltl .u at the
Midwinter fair. The paten' 1- simple
and can be manufactured cheaply, and
we predict Ruff will do well with It.
Bernard Hendricks, aged 17 years,
died at the home of his parent' lu this
city, litBt Friday, February 9. of ob-
at ruction of the bnweK The funeral
sermon was preach d Rev. Sum-
merville. The body was Interred In
the Lebanon cemetery
While M"s. Z-ihn, of thla place, was
In Halaey some time ago, teaching
candy making, Mr. H. Walk r U'eeine
in .ires"ed with the value of knowing
this a"'. Heeim.'t'i Lebanon Satur
day an I Is now taking a oo rse in
Zahn's candy manufacturing establish
ment.
In last week's issue we stated that
Mrs. G. F. Fglln was a daughter of W.
W. Parrlsb, of Sodaville, as ti which
we were misinformed. She is a daugh
ter of Mrs. Andrew Hltc. of Albany.
Mr. Eglln and family returned to Cor
vallla the first, of the week.
Mr. O. A. Krleg and Miss Lucia
Dow, both of San l lam, Or., were joined
In wedlock, Feb. 11, 1884, at the reel
dence of the bride's parents. Rev. J.
Schneider, pustor of the F. I. E.
Church, of Sweet Home, officiated.
Both are well known and have the
best wishes of many friends.
Mrs. Emily Thome, who resides nt
Toledo, Washington, says she has
never been able to procure any medl'
clue for rheumatism that relieves the
pain ao quickly and effectually as
Chamberlain's Pain Balm and that
she has also used it for lame back with
great success. For sale by N. W.
Smith, drugglBt.
Mrs. A. Cohen to-day was handed a
oheck for ,2,000 from the A. 0, U. W.
as the beneficiary ou the life of her
husband, recently deceased. This Is a
very prompt payment, and Mrs. Co
hen fcolB very grateful to the A. O. U.
W. for the manner lu which the mat
ter has been attended to, and extends
to them her thanks for the ame. Al
bany Democrat, Feb. 9.
Fl-Monool Supt. Itnasetl Ctnght,
Asaoon as It was learned that G, F.
Russell , t he school superintendent, had
tied, Sheriff Jackson begau working up
tlic case nun: since then has expended
over flO in telegraphing to eastern
points, among which was Busline!!,
II!., where Russell once resided for
awhile. Thursday night, abont 10
o'clock, the Sheriff received the follow.
Ing dispatch: "I have your man in
charge. What shall I do with him?
Answer quick." Signed by J. H.
Weaver, City Marshall.
Sheriff Jackson went at once to Sa
lem, got requisition papers, and left
for Illinois. He was expected to arrive
ut Bushiiell yesterday.
Russell employed an attorney at
Bushuell, who attempted to get him
out of juil ou a writ of habeas corpus,
but failed.
Every one here will be glad to know
of the arrest of Russell, and If he Is
gulliy us charged, hope to see him get
hlajusl punishment.
Sheriff Jackson certainly deserves
much credit for his promptness in se
curing Russell.
The A. O. U. W. have a fine lodge ut
this pluce. I s membership Is rapidly
increasing and Its ranks are filled with
our best citizens. The order is benev
olent and social. It provides an in
surance 01)12,000 on the death or' each
member, thus providing handsomely
for the widows and orphans of its
memliers It is peculiarly social in its
working Memliers have a good time
and their gatherings are beneficial,
spiritually and mentally. The princi
ples, radioes and teachings of the
irder are thoroughly christiun-like.
and no minister In the city can preach
purer und better sermon than is
heatd regularly ut the meetings of this
order not u prosy, sleep inspiring dis
course, but a beautifully illustrated
dl-c urse, uppculing with equal force
to the heart and intellect of its par icl-
pallia.
Last Tuesday night, the wives of
the memliers gave tliem a cenuine sur
prise by briin.'ing u sumptuous renust.
which was thoroughly enjoyed. After
supper, short addresses were made in
a nappy strain and the c naov dis
persed well pleased with the evening.
A Hdiukd Kye Found.
A human eye, freshly torn from Its
so-ket, with btsoffl.sh hanging li It
and a drop or two of undried blood
m irking the place where it luy, wus
found by the brukeman of the Southern
Puclflc north-bound overland passen
ger truin on the front platform of the
mall car, Just after she left Oregon
City. An examination showed It to I
a perfect human eye, ajd that, it had
been Inst by its owner but a short time
before, but there was nothing to shew
how It was lost nor who was its owner
The brukeman notified the conductor
and other trainmen, who examined
the eye, and united In pronouncing it
that of a human being, and at the L
street depot, on the East Side, a num
ber of passengers from tlu train in
spected It.
Noone could furnish an v explanation
of its peculiar local inn. The theory
was suggested that the engine might
have struck some person, crushing his
head, forcing the eye from its socket,
and throwing It onto the platform. The
mall ear was one car removed from the
engine, a fruit car being between It and
the tender. Several hobos were riding
the blind baggage last night, and there
are some who find an explanation of
the eye being there from the not im
nrobability of the hobos engaging in a
flirht and one gouging out an eye of
mother. Telegram.
Mr. F. 0. Stanard writing to the
Brownsville Times In u manly letter,
ti-lls of the immoral condition of soci
ety In that city. He eays, among
ulier things: "We heard It said, not
long since, by a rn-in who had lived In
-Ixleen different towns, that the moral
standard of. the young people of
Brownsville wus ut a lower ebb than
in any other town lu which he had
lived. But, iu my opinion, the young
people are not to blame, for when the
minds of their fathers and grandfathers
those to whom they look for exam
plerun in channels of immorality,
we can't expeot anything better from
the boys." The correspondent then
refers to the "Orieutal degree of hu
mility," which he took, believing it
to be nil right, but found, though
prominent men of the town had taken
the degree, that there was not the least
prlnoiple of virtue or morality in their
ceremonies, but which are mingled
throughout with vulgar and indecent
acts. Mr. Stanard pleads for purity of
thought, word and deed. Hood for
Mr. Stauaid, The above mentioned
degree was introduced iu a society lu
this town, some time since, but the
members of the society considered such
a degree altogether too degrading for
them to have anything to do with.
If you want to get nice fresh bread
gotoPeebler's.
Drugs and chemicals of every de
scription, at Smith's new drug store.
Please come in and pay up, as I need
tuy money, N. W. Smuu.
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Sak Fautotsco, Feb. 10M.
Nearly 200,000 people have passed th
turnstiles of th California Midwinter
Exposition during the first twowevka
of its existence. This fact estabhshsi
the sure suocess of the Exposition front
the Btandiwint of attendance, and the
verdict of the thousands who make up
this grand total has been unanimous in
favor of the success of the "Exposition
from every poia view.
Since tkr-V mg day, Jan. 27, no
special effort nas been made to draw the
crowds. It has been the aim of the Ex
position management to let the many
features of the Exposition speak for
themsolves, and exclamations of sur
prise and satisfaction have been heard
on every hand. The exhibits are now
practically all in position. There are no
holes in the floor, bo to Bpeak, and it is
noticeable by those who visited the
great Columbian Exposition that even
the exhibits which were seen there ap
pear to have taken on new form here in
San Francisco, and the exhibitors have
undoubtedly profited by the experience
gained on the shore of Lake Michigan.
The largest spaces in the center of the
great floor of the Manufactures and
Liberal Arts building are occupied by
Franco, Germany, Russia and Italy.
Each of these countries is represented
by a display of artistic and useful man
ufactures which has never before been
seen outside of the great Columbian Ex
position, and in most instances tho dis
plays brought from there have been
segmented by new supplies brought
aeioss the Atlantic and across tho conti
nent especially for this display. .
Eat In the midst of all this that Is
not new to everybody, there is so much
in the Midwinter Exposition that is uni
versally unique and novel that there is
nothing of the "old story" ahont it.
Tlie American section is particularly
prolific in novelty, and It occupies the
largest space assigned to any one coun
ty, so that the international character
of the Exposition by no means shuts out
the glorification of home industries in
this beautiful industrial fair.
The Palace of Fine Arts has already
proved to be a revelation. Such a dis
play of pictures has never before been
seen in this part of the world. This de
partment did not depend on Chicago for
its pictures, though it got a great many
of the best that were shown there, On
the walls of this building are hung later
pictures by well-known American,
French and German artists, and promi
nent among them are something like a
hundred of the works of the best artists
of the Pacific Coast. Connoisseurs say
that the Midwinter Art Palace is the
best arranged picture gallery that the
world has ever seen, and it certainly is
Well adapted for the purpose to which it
is put.
In the eysi of Eastern visitors the cit
rus display naturally attracts the most
attention. It seems to be good for East
ern eyes to encounter a pear as big as a
baby's head and peaches almost as large,
to say nothing of so many oranges in
heaps and piles and buildings that there
is a great gleam of yellow before them
all the while. The rivalry between the
Northern and the Southern Citrus Fairs,
both of which are held in the Exposi
tion grounds, has been happily produc
tive of the best displays in this line that
have ever been made, even in Califor
nia. The Northern Citrus Fair awarded
its premiums during the past week.
The Southern Citrus Fair does not open
until Feb. 20. The buildings devoted to
this class of displays are proving quite
as popular as some of the main Exposi
tion buildings, and California citrus
fruits are getting the best advertise
ment they have ever had.
One feature of the Exposition which
has emphasized itself since the opening
day is the excellence of the electric illu
minations. The system of arc lighting
is as complete as anyone could wish, and
the incandescent system is well calcu
lated to arouse the enthusiasm of tho
most latent soul. In these beautiful
midwinter evenings, whether the moon
shines or not, the entire Exposition
grounds areas light as day. Long lines
of incandescent lights stretch the entire
lens; h of each of the main bui d ngs and
outline all their architectural points.
The dome of the Administration build
ing is outlined against the deep
blue sky, the straight lines of the
Mechanic Arts building are dear
cut ' against the background of
the night, the classio outlines of the
Fine Arte palace enhance the effect that
structure always has, and the peculiarly
effective architecture of the great palace
of Manufacturers and Liberal Arts
seems never to be seen at better advant
age than when its thousands of incan
descent electric lights are lighted.
The Horticulture and Agriculture
building, however, is the one that seems
to attract most attention in this partic
ular. This is perhaps due to the fact
that its lines contain more curves and
more architectural eccentricities than
any other, but it is undoubtedly due in
a larger degree to the great flood of light
which pours through the big glass
dome that surmounts the building. Vis
itors seem at a loss to decide whether
the prettier picture is presented by day,
when the deep green of California's mid
winter foliage lends IU aid, or at night
when artificial light plays so prominent
a part. All are agreed, however, that
the California Midwinter International
Exposition is the prettiest World's Fair
that has ever been held upon God's foot
stool, and the. concessionaires, many of
whom have staked their all to cross the
continent and share the success of this
industrial venture, and who may be con
ceded to be good judges of the promise
of such an exposition, are united in the
opinio that this fair will be an immense
success, and that that success will be
readily recognized without cavil and
without the looal jealousies that have
too often surrounded similar enterprises.
Subscribe for the Express now.
WE'VE MET BEFORE,
Warsairtft8? Perchance WftlowB. "Who.
fit myrtta space, whew hniiosplrts strarlia
Can bathe in love, whose tslntlew rlrfir flow
SVom founts eternal, where there's no repny
tnir For glints of loy by debts of doubled ivoeg.
We've met teforel
I knew your voice, and something in me rose
And went straight out to meot and greet yon,
saying
"I've missed you long." Bach welcome almoit
shows
We've met before!
And now my life, which hitherto was prose,
Seems cast where poet s&lntsaregonea-May-lng.
for us each twin stemmed bud of thought that
blows
Expands beneath the truth that o'er It
glows
The truth 1 foel In sleeping, waiting, praying
We've met before!
London Gentleman,
A SPINSTER.
She became a spinster 27 years ago,
Thus fate decreed it.
Young men had become afflicted with
a passion for Caroline wartime gal
lants, three decades back. But before
their mouths had caught courage from
their eyes or their arms had acted out
the convictions of their silences, they had
received her unspoken "No." Her proud
bearing was part of nature's gift, and if
in part it was a screen for her timidity,
the mask was too deceptive, had Caro
line but known it, Her lovers fell away
one by one from a fortress that only
seemed invulnerable. ;
When this troop of cowards had yield
ed, there had stepped forward a man of
courage, of broad mintal compass.
Though young, he had served his coun
trynot alone passively, but actively,
in battle, a private at first. He hod
fought bravely, and when graduated
from the school of war had an ugly scar
on his left arm to show for it. He was
almost ashamed of it so slight. The
same bullet had killed a comrade near
by. He had ambitions noble, strong. He
had a will of iron, energies unfaltering.
He possessed, besides a fine physique, the
sufficient physical backing to uphold
him in his exploits. He was persistent
in love as in elbowing his way forward
among his fellowmen. He loved Caro
line. She had often analyzed her feelings
toward him. She knew his love was
honest. She approved his perseverence,
and yet, when he demanded an answer,
she had said "no". Later she had re
peated it "No." Still he was obstinate.
Then had come that farettell moment
when hiewas about departing for broader
fields to give, his ambitions play.
"Answer mel Answer me finally!" he
had demanded.
At that critical moment she had ad
mired his manner. He had given no in
dication of a, lack of hope. She had hes
itated an instant, A denser film had
overspread her eyes. And then, con
trolling her nerves, she had answered:
"Forever, Mr. Hadon, nol"
Her eyes had looked into his an in
stant, and then upon the ground. The
agony that they Buffered on the porch
there together had been of brief mo
ment. "I go now," he had said, and left her.
She had never called him by his given
name, .but, as he passed through the
gateway these words had almost es
caped her:
"I do love yon, Johnl Come back!"
The words were never spoken. That was
the instant in which Caroline became a
spinster.
When she reflected upon what she had
done, she was half regretful. After all,
that which had deterred her from ac
cepting him was only a whim of her
own. He was handsome? Yes. He was
manly. Without a doubt? He possess
ed for her a certain fascination, but
with a leap, that to the whole world ex
cept herself was unaccountable, her
thoughts went back to the ugly nurse
she had had in her infancy. She-shuddered
as she beheld then, as clearly as 20
years previous, the aged hag lowering at
her, ogling her through those wary spec
tacles. How she had wondered if she
appeared distorted in the distorted eyes
of Hannah!
But those were tiny cares, childish
compared to the worries of the present
moment to which her mind returned.
Undoubtedly another man would love
her exactly like him, excopt Caroline
had rested her elbows upon her knees,
her face in her hands and was weeping.
Her reverie had presently taken a more
practical turn. How could she tell her
father and mother that he had gone, gone
forever; that neither they nor she should
see him again? She dared not give the
real reason, the paltry objection that
had offset bis words of manliness,
Ten years ago Caroline found a white
hair in the midst of that cascade of
black. She drew it over in front of her
face, looked upward at it with a slight
cast of the eyes and petulantly pulled it
out, She was not old, Forty is not old
The following day she discovered au
other. It had root near the right temple.
Yesterday's gray hair had been upon the
left. If she must grow old a virgin
Providence at least intended that she
should grow old symmetrically, in per
fect form till the end. Then, as she
wept the long wisps of black around iu
front of her, she discerned another. This
nettled her, She carefully separated it
from the wealth of surrounding black
and fingered it to its source at the top
just at the very top of her well shaped
head. She pulled it out, exclaiming as
she did so, "Weeds!"
But she was now growing old, She
would not have minded these tokens had
t'aey been seasonable gifts from Father
Time. But 40 is not old.
The following day Caroline penned a
letter to a distant apothecary.
"I have a friend whose hair is becom
ing gray," she wrote. "Please send me"
the pen tilted a moment. She was
writing for what in her younger days
she had called "that horrid stuff!" And
yet it was only a dye, and for a friend.
She finished the epistle and posted it
herself.
A few days later a small parcel cap
through the mail addressed to Cnmlme,
shjYtoolt H to her room, and, although
there was no one intha house bnthor
self,, locked the door. She pondered, 1
sho should use tluV dy, wonld she be the
only one deceived? Would tho rest of
tbo world pieroe tho deception at onco? ,
She sat there awhile pensively listless in
her manner of thought, examining the
label. Then a sudden revulsion against
the deceit of the world overmastered her.
She arose from her chair and drew in a
long breath. She applied the Bpark of
self condemnation and shook at the ex
plosion. "Never!"
There was no danger now that she
would ever use the dye. She perused
the list of testimonials. "Mrs." was tho
abbreviation that prefixed each signa
ture. It would be no disgrace to grow
gray if she were married now. Surely
not. Not so much of a disgrace if she
were a widow now. Bo she thought.
But an unmarried woman I A spinster!
She drew the cork from the bottle and
poured the contents Out of the window.
With a penknife she scraped off the la- .
bel. She put these scrapings, the testi
monials, the wrappers and inner wrap
pers into her pocket. She would burn
them later.
'
Five years ago an oculist examined
Caroline's eyes and told her she was near
sighteda fact she had known for the
previous decade. He prescribed glasses,
and she purchased them. She concealed
them in that drawer of the bureau that
was always kept locked, except when it
was necessary to take out or put away
certain valuables and keepsakes. When
nobody was about, she would wear them.
She was reluctant to do so, but they add
ed to her comfort. And the newspapers
and Thacteray and Hawthorne and Bal
zac must be read, even at the expense of ;
personal vanity.
An unmarried woman, with no father,
ho mother, an income of a pittance, a
single servant, was excusable for doing
almost anything. So she wore them.
She did not dare to look at herself closely
in the mirror when she first put thein on.
She stood about 10 feet back, at which
distance she noticed that her hair had
an iron gray appearance. She gained
courage awhile later, and examined her
self in the hatid glass. That iron gray
shade was her optical illusion. There
were black hairs and white hairs a
slight predominance of white. Rarely
thereafter did she wear them when gaz
ing into the mirror. ' She turned her
head away when walking past it. Every
time she put them on she did it with a
wry face. Once she cried and was abont
to throw them away, but restrained her
self. .
A few weeks ago Caroline plucked the
last black hair from her snow white
head. Sho did it with the same petu
lance with which 10 years before she
had drawn out the first thread of white,
the one ray of light in the black dark
ness. She took from the bureau's secret
drawer a siU envelope, and from this
abstracted mat original curiosity. She
placed it by the side of this latter day
ourio, the black hair, the last remnant
of the cascade that had been the admira
tion of her school friends. She wound
them about her fingers and tied them,
then placed them in the envelope.
It was the spirit of the gambler in hia
moment of desperation with which she
had done this. The world should know
now that Caroline could grow old un
flinchingly. She pick ed up a volume of
"The Scarlet Letter," that was near at
hand, to steady the envelops while Bhe
wrote simply:
" 1 am a spinster. John loved me
and would have continued to love me.
Now he is the statesman upon whose
words depends the welfare of nations. I
have discovered that I loved him, but I
was prejudiced. Ho wore glasses"
She locked it in the bureau and tried
the drawer to make sure. Irving S. Un
derbill in Buffalo Illustrated.
AN AWFUL IMPOSSIBILITY.
The Boaklng rata la pouring down-.
How It would till your cup
With bitterness it Bomo day it
Should start to pouring up!
Umbrellas then would be no use.
And mull in rubber boots
Would have to go, while all the girls
Would put on bathing suits.
You'd have a fountain on your lawn
Beside each blade of grass.
To keep your cellar warm and dry
You'd need a iioor of glass.
If you were camping in a tent,
You'd have to sleep on top, 1
And all night you'd be praying that
The cursed rain might stop.
In fact, great inconveniences
Too numerous to state
Would follow if tho tolling rain
Should cease to gravitate.
Bo let ns hope there'll be no change,
At least in our town,
And that iosteud of pouring up
The rain will still pour down.
Somcrville Journal.
Buy boots and shoes of Rend, Peaeot It
4 Co.
When you want to buy a suit of cloth
ing yon will save money by getting;
it at Bach's.
Baker is yet in the lend In low prices
and good iroods. Prices niu,t onrrp- .
spond with what farmers huve to sell. Y
sewing iacnuies-;;
5 years. For further information call
on or write to E. U. Will's nmsio store,
Albany, Or,
The regular subscription price of the
ExPBEaS is $1.50 a yeur, and the rcgu-(
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Oregonian is $1.50. Any one subsorib-
tng tor tne i.xi'Kisss and paying one
year lu advance, can get both tho Fx--.
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