IN CLANKING CHAINS. The day was warm; tlie sun was shining; lbs rkles and the hills were soft with the mellow haze of autumn. But lor the purple on the grapes and the decadence of the flowers one would hare thought that It was still summer, so mild and balmy was the air. , All nature, save the winds, was In a drowse; and they, sleepily enough, too, were striving at playfulness. One moment the bracing sea breeze was blown eastward from the Bay of Biscay, and the next mo nent the dryer air of the eastern mountains prevailed; neither being siiflicient to scarce ly rustle the leafage on tree or vine. Ninette, a woman in graceful shapeliness, but a child In all else, sat swishing her bare feet through the clear water of s little Iso lated pool in a sheltering grove. Her brown ringers were weaving a wreath of leaves and half-dead flowers, and with closed Hps she was humming a little song which gurgled in her throat like bird music. It was one of those sweet, simple, pastoral airs which have become quite as much a part of the lives of the people of France as the love which they bear their children. Finally she finished her wreath. Then the song, no longer suppressed, bursts forth like a hymn of triumph and filled all the grove with its Joyous Intensity and flute-like sweetness. She sang with all her might, and few women, evon In France, where there is so much song and music, have Voices, Two men who were nearthe grove, though neither was aware of the other's presence. began advancing toward the singer. One of them was old and gray, with the dusky cheeks and poetic eyes of Italy. The other was a soldier, young, and with a vicious face. The old man apparently knew the voice he was hastening toward, and an ex pression of mingled dread and pleasure came upon his face, lie reached the girl first, and seeing him, the soldier paused. The girl gave the old man a smile of recognition and welcome as she hastily drew together the half opened front of her dress. "Child." said the old man, "are you doing wisely losing here by yourself? The country Is full of soldiers." "But they are French soldiers. Father An tonio; and my father Is a Frenchman. That " "No matter, they are also men ; and you might be harmed If they found you here alone." For a moment she was silent, and a slight frown came upon her face. Ho sighed and iliook his head. It seemed such a pity that with her 15 years she had gained no knowl edge of the dangers which ever threaten In nocence and beauty. And yet innocence Is woman's groatest, holiest charm, only the world does not re spect It "Are all mou so bad, thou?" she asked, al most pettishly. "Believe me, child, all men are bad," he answered, sadly. "But you are a man, and so is my father," the ro.torted. "1 tur father and I are old now. I have sinned unongh In my day, and so, likely, lias he. It la from the young that evil Is most likely to come to you, though you are lovely , tnoitgh to tempt anyone." "She was lying upon the ground, with one of her bare feet still In the pool. The gnarled and sloping roots of a tree, robbed by some tempest of their covering of earth, furnished a pillow for her head and should ers. She had thrust one of her bare arms through the wreath, and It lay against her round throat like a talisman given by a pro tecting god. There was a smile on her lips and In her yes. Lost In some purely childish reverie, he had already forgotten the old man's warning words and the momentary pain she had felt at the vague evil they seemed to portend. Watching her, he sighed again. Then, drawing some pencils and a simple album made of sheets of common paper, from a pouch at his side, he began making a sketch of her lithe, slender, hut exquisite figure. The soldier, who had drawn quite near un perceived, was watching them both with a cynical smile. "Ah, my boauty," he muttered, "but for this cursed war I'd win your love or carry you off without your love whichever wits easiest. I will wait until that sketch is done. Myrw the old fool will sell it to me. If he reiuses, I'll have It anyway, and kisn the maid besides I" And then, to avoid discovery, before ho was ready to be seen, he concealed himself behind some vines. She hail stripped some of the loaves in her wroath from the same vines. Htlll she mused, and still tho old man (kotched. The picture was ilouo boforo she was aroused from her reverie. "See, Ninette," he said, "I have sketched you; Imperfectly, true enough, but still It is a tolerably fair likeness." She sprang to her feet and hastened to his (lde. The picture was as faithful as ni t could be to such beauty as hers, and ho placed It In her hands with pardonable pride. Eagerly she scanned It and with varying color. A glow of excitement cume into her eyes. Some powerful emotion, too deep for his ken, moved her. "Truly, Father Antonio, am 1 like that? Ii It really a picture of ine?" she asked, al most breathlessly, as her cheeks reddened and her large eyos darkened. "You are better, far better than that," ho answered reverently. "It is quite like you, but still It is beyond the skill of any artist to catch the strange subtleness one sens in you an Indescribable something which I doubt If any other woman has." The excltemont In her face was rlisplacod by wonderment and that In turn by con tentment Then the dreamy look caiuo into her eyes again, and a single tear rolled down each of her chocks. The old man laid by his hat and bowed bis gray head before the rnre young creature a had Just transferred to his album. Ills pencils fell from his fingers and lay bet-v his feet unnoticed, "It is a very beautiful picture," she u mured softly. "Tou are a very beautiful woman," he an iwered In the same tone. A woman I A beautiful woman I Tire words sent a strange thrill through her. She bad never been called a woman before. The old man's picture and his word had opened a new second world to her. Suddenly and strangely her childhood eenied dead to her. The old life was rolled j Bp, like a scroll, and put away forever. flie ' was possessed of something which wu mingled Joy anil regret. Never again could h "he !)adu'en before; she wus aj woman now 1 Instinct, father" tTTair iva'.oii, told her what the word meant but instinct ' never talis oil'' half enough, soil she waft nil unarmed tor the truth which had been so cuddenly thrust upon her. Unarmed and un ready to meet what it might require i a 1 child one Instant and a woman the next! Such development Is dangerous. I Hhe glanced down at her bare feet with a sense of shame she had never known before. Her checks burned and her lashes drooped as the thought came that her arms and bosom were no better protected than her ; feet The old man saw her contusion, under-' stood and respected It. j "Von must be careful about the soldiers," he said softly. "1 will he very careful. Father Antonio," j she answered tremulously. Still, she but half understood. To her pure mind the only womanly shame In the 1 world was the shame of nakedness. An al-1 most stifling sense of pain came to the old man because of the dangers wliu h, sooner '. or later, she must meet and do battle against dangers of whloh she was so pitifully Iguor I ant ! Would God guard her, he wondered, ot j Would the dark one destroy her, as he had eo many Innocents before her? i For the Drat time he cursed himself be cause ot his poverty. . In sunny Italy, in the glad days of his boyhood, they had said he had genius. Per baps they were right; he believed they were, for he was artist enough to Judge by his own work Justly and to appreciate Its merits as j well as deplore Its faults. But he had no tact Other artists, who were In every oilier j tense Ulterior to him, could manage to sell the veriest daubs (or a hundred times the price he could get for a finished study which was the work of weeks of hunger, pain, and j patient toll. . He he had always been poor. Age had come upon him. and he was In nc way prepared fur it Forsaking Hair, he I ml waudared Into France, doiiuc olUiu. lor euie coarse meal, pieces ot art more won derful than those which had made many another famous throughout the world. It was years since he had been able to purchase colors, and he was so very poor that it was often impossible even to get paper and pen cils. Never before had his poverty made him bitter. Now if he but had the money his wasted work should have brought him, he could save this innocent one from the snares and pitfalls which were ever at the feet of such as slie- .... , She was only a peasant's daughter, only a thoughtless child, before his picture and his words had awakened her dormant woman hood; but to him she was the suprcinust mar vel since creation's dawn. He loved her a father loves his daughter when a course oi life is nearly run and she is all that earth holds for him. He glanced at her with a deep si'h of re gret at his inability to help her. She wa looking at the sketch, which she still held In her hands. "It is a very beautiful picture' she mur mured again, as if unconscious (hot she had said the same words before; and he repeated his former answer. "You are a very beautiful woman." That moment there was a crash In the Tines, ann tne soldier hciici1 fori. "You have , told the truth, old man," ht said, "she is certainly beautiful enough, bid 1 have no doubt she prefers hearing it from younger lips than yours." "What do you want?" demnmtcd Antonio. "What is that to ou?" "Nothing, perhaps; and perhaps every thing. If you are an honest man and worthy of your uniform, you will go away at once and leave this maid with me." . "No honest man would leave so lovely woman In the woods witli such a ra' vagabond as you." The old man frowned and drew himself Up proudly. "Let me tell you, sir soldier, It takes more than rags to make the vagabond, Just as it takes more than bright buttons and war col ors to make the 111311." The soldier laughed. "Really, If you were younger, and still so insolent, I'd run my sword through you un less you proved a better man witli tho blade than V "Try it," retorted Antonio. Again the soldier laughed. "You bluster well," he said. "Come, old man, 51111 but waste your rage 011 me; I am good nature's self. Besides, my purpose is an honest one. 1 doubt if you are lit com pany for this young woman. When 1 iind that you are 1 will most humbly beg your pardon. 1 am a soldier a true son of France, in this maid 1 see a countrywoman of mine, whom duty, at least, compels me to protect. Do not look sour. When in the history of Fiance did the brave ever desert the fair? Anyway, if It has happened, it Is not going to happen now. 1 shall take this maiden to her home you shall lead the way, If you know it. Once there, if her parents bid you welcome, you may slnpuiy faeo with your flat hand and 1 will not resent it." "Let him do It, Father Antonio," said Ni nette. "What he says sounds fair." "Yes, it sounds fair, but It's only a devil's trick. This villain wnnLs to And out your home." "Ho not believe him," said the soldier to Ninette. "Truly, 1 am sincere. It would be against my manhood to leave you with this old beggar unless I know he has a right." "But he has," she answered. "He lives with us In our poor home." "Ah I girl, that oxcusu has served many a maiden when danger threatened her lover. I cannot believe that the roof which honors Itself by sheltering you is also disgraced by litis ranged pauper, except that tho mischief has already been done, and that you are liv ing alone with him in shame." "Magged 1" she exclaimed, Impatiently, "why, 1 sin scarcely less so." "But your beauty Iiiealir.es yours, They are made invisible by your face, while this old vagabond is not so favored." He looked at her In rapt wonderment, en tirely failing to understand wiiy, in tier in nocence, she only saw insolence in her allu sion to the old man's rags. He doubted If she was fiill-witteii; to the grossly-minded there Is no innocence save In imbeciles and in babes. Willie he was staring at her, half in pity and half in contempt, old Antonio was more tctlve. He had crent noiselessly and unno ticed to the soldier's side, and his lingers Were reaching out for the Impudent fellow's sword. Suddenly the old artist clutched the hilt ami snatched tho coveted weapon from its sheath. "Now, sir soldier," he cried, "you ahull dance while I lidille." "(live me back my sword, old man," said the soldier. "Surely you will not take my Jesting so illy?" "Oil, no; why should 1? It was most ex cellent Jesting, and only puts me in humor for a Jest or two myself. Now, Ninette, hurry Inline, and I will keep this Jolly sold ier until you arc out of harm's way. If he does not stand still I'll run him through, and witli Ills own blade. That's another Jest and one which can be appreciated even by those who wear no uniforms." "1 think you are wrong, Father Antonio. 1 am sure he meant us no harm, though it was not respectful of him to speak as he did of your rags." Tho soldier's eyes moved from the nirl' face to the old man's. . Tell me," ho said, "If this woman la a fool. Her eyes seem bright enough, hut she talks 11s If her wits were dull." "So far as sinful knowledge is concerned she Is a child," said Antonio, "if you anil your fellow-soldiers tarry hero king, though. I've no doubt she will become as apt as tlifl other women you know." A look of compassion came over the sold ier's face. "What a pity to have her find out the truth I" he said, Willi a sigh. "Yes," said Antonio, ''and that is why took your sword," ''You were right," said the soldier. "1 never saw such 11 woman before. To be honest I did menu her harm, she is so beau tiful. Hut you could not make me Injure now even witli the point or that sword at my throat." "Do you mean It?" asked tho old man eagerly. "I swear it, on my honor as a soldier. Yot have a right to doubt me, though. I deserve that." "I believe yon," said Antonio. "I can see trul Ii in your eyes. Here is your Bword." "(live nto your hand tirst." The two men clasped hands first and then Antonio slid the sword back Into the sheath he had taken It from. .Nmettn watched them vaguely, as if she had Kiavo doiiin of their sanity. Then she picked up Ant. "tin's pencils and ulbinu and put them in his pouch. Tne sketch which lie had made of her could not ho found, though Antonio and the soldier helped liet look for it The soldier nimuoil and bewildered, sal down by the pool in alienee. Near his hand was the wrealli which N incite had made of the leaves ami dead lion ers. lie picked it up tenderly as if n had been a living thing, Willie reverent tears came into his eyes. Antonio and Hie girt moved quietly away. "France is worth lighting for, alter all." muttered the soldier. "One such woman is worth all the lives in the French army." When he aroused himself and arose to his feet Ninette and the old man were out of light It hurt the soldier for a moment to think that they had stolen away from him so, but at i 11 did not blame them. "it was wisest," he said, sadly; "such a ewel is not likely to be tito jealously guanl td." And then ho, too, walked slowly troiu Uie grove. As he was emerging from the shelter of the trees something rustled at his feet It was Antonio's sketch of Ninette. The wind had blown it there. Ho picked It up, carried it with him to his lent and concealed It. Hut some prying eye ipied out the secret of its hiding-place, and It was shown to the general, a rough, coarse brute, who respected neither Innocence nor virtue. The picture of the beautiful girl tiled him with a desire to see the girl her self. He at once had the soldier summoned, and plied luni with questions. The brave fellow had already resolved to shield Ninette with his lite, If any occasion demanded It and so he deliberately In formed the general that It was merely a fan cy picture which he had found in a shop In Farts. "Why did you bring It with you here, tten?" demanded the general, "liecause It is so beautiful." "Very well: 1 wilt keen It for the same reason, until 1 nmi inn original. nut m-ir ywn one thing; if 1 find hit: near this camp 1 yen go into chains." j The soldier trembled as he walked away, lie cared nothing about the chains. He would wear ttiem willingly, all his days, If that would only keep the girl safe from the gvneral. I He must find Antonio, if possible, and warn him to keep Ninette out of sight of the general and his minimis. That very day he saw the old man and told him of the general's unholy quest But 1 it brought about the very tiling lie was so anxious to avoid. A spy overheard them and followed Antonio straight to Ninette and her father. I That night the soldier was dragged from his tent, put in chains, and taken to his gen eral. Once in the general's tent he knew j what his arrest meant for there, under ; guard, and like him in chains, wero Antonio and Ninette's father. 1 "Here." said the ai.ry general as they also orougnt jxineire lorwarn, -tins is um woman whose picture you lied to me about 1 Will you tell me why you did so?" j The soldier bowed his head for an Instant, ' and then straightened himself up proudly. "It was the only way," he replied, "in which I could protect her from your lust" "That speech will cost you your life, and you can be sure that it will make matters none the easier for her," snarled the goner- ; al, witli an oath. j "if I could first end your life," retorted 1 the soldier, "1 should be little concerned I about my own." I "Ha! lia" laughed the general, liendlsh ! ly, "in tlii.t thought is sweet satisfaction for me. You die for nothing aiwoiuteiy noth ing. It will be sucli a puiposcloss, unseld-ler-like deatli ; without even 1011 nice in it to console you. You shall not die for France, nor fortlie woman you love. You area traitor 1 Your lying to me about this peas ant's daughter makes you such, and as such you shall be shot. These other men, her father and this old Italian are also worthy of death, because they resisted my troops. Three traitors to be shot at once 1 Oh. it will bo a rare sport 1 If you need something to encourage you to meet ucatn Diaveiy, re member that this woman for whom you hare destroyed yourself will be my toy until I find another who pleases me better. Hal ha I ha I There, take them away, all of them. Ha! hal ha!" Manhood slumbered, and the guard obeyed the general. Ninette was put in a tent by herself, and the others, with their chains clanking at their wrists and ankles, were taken to another part of the camp. All through the night the girl heard those awful chains. Her country's funeral dirge would have greeted her ears les.i mournfully. Just before daybreak slio dreamed that the chains had ben taken from her- three i friends, heated hot, and twisted about her ! own heart. 1 She uttered a cry of pain so shrill that It I readied the general's ear. He at once came I to her tent. Discovering the causa of hot alarm, he bade the guard retire while he talked witli her. The clanking of the chains slill sounded in her cars, and at the sight ot the general she began pleading for her con demned friends. "What would you do to save them?" he asked assuming a compassionate tone. "Do! I would do anything. 1 would be your servant, your dog whatever you chose if you would only spare them. This trouble all came upon them because of me, and do you think that I would shrink from anything which released them?" "Would you go to prison to sava tliem?" "Yes." "Anil always stay there?" "Yes." "1 believe you. You are a brave girl. H you will stay with me for a year and obey everything, 1 will spare their lives." "And when the year is over 1 can come back here again to my father?" "Certainly, if you wish." She opened her eyes In amazement What askud seemed a little thing only tone his servant for a year I "You do not answer," he said. 'What answer, save ono, could I makef he responded quietly. "You yon refuse, then?" "No, no; 1 accept. Do you think I'd let them die for such a little reason?" "Do you promise to go with 1110, and obey me. then?" "Yes." "Will you swear It?" he asked, eagerly. Shu laughed. "Why, what a stress you lay on a trifle," she answered Impatiently. "Yes, I swear it If you want me to." "(ioodl Then your father and the old Italian shall be set free at once." "And the soldier, too. You must not for gel him." "Very well, then; I'll forgive him, too. Hut lie mud. leave my ami)', though, for his disobedience." "That don't matter. He can live with my father until 1 conic homo again." One single qualm of conscience came over (lie villainous general, but when it was gone his brutality was even more relentless than before. "Your father will be angry," he said, fear ing that ho might get into trouble if he seemed to take Ninette away against her will. "You must tell him that you go with ine willingly, and Hint It is your own wish. ) i not siy. either, that )ou go to save their lives wait until you conv.i home, a year hence, before you let any of them know that" "I will olvy you," she said. An hour ialer she siooil beforo the gener al's tent when her three friends were brought up. The clunking of their chains still thrilled her wiih horror. How glad she was that they were to lie so quickly stricken orf. What a kind man the general was, after all, to par don them for her, and hew slight was the re turn he had asked her to make for itl The world seemed very beautiful to her that morning. "Heuiovo tlie chains," commanded the general. He was obeveil. "Now," he said, "these mt-u can go where they like. All linen of them are pardoned." "Come, Ninette," said her father, after tlie general had been thanked for his clem ency, "wo will go home." She shook her head. "I shall stay with the general," she said. "In a ear 1 will come home again." "What can ion 111. 'an, chiid?" he cried hi horror. Antonio anil the discharged soldier looked at cacti other 111 abs olute iHvwililcnuent "Do not ask me anything more," site said, displeased at his manner. I "Shall you suhiuil -to this man? Is thai I what you ni-.ui? Oil, tied I not lliutl .Coiiie I away at onee !" he begged. I She pushed hint hack. I "I have already submitted," she answered, half angrily, ami litlle thinking what her words seemed to imply. "Now. kiss me and I go away." 1 "Kiss you! After that? Never. I curse you Inst -ad? How could so pure a mother have ; brought forth so vile a whelp. I " i Hut at a iimnon Iroui Hi- geueial the three liberated men were seized a id uuiricil quick : ly out of tlie camp. "1 am glad i amgoing wilh you." said Ni ; lotto to tho general; "niv t.uher is so .Miigh." The three men went aw.iy with heavy hearts. j "All women are tlie same, muttered the ' disehuniod soldier. I "And I thought her so innocent !" moaned the old artist. I Niuette's lather weeping. ! A year had passed since ibev last saw her In the early morning ligtit te:ore tlie gener al's tent. The war was over, and all France i was t'rtv and at peace iimiin. I A beautiful woman, sad and stern-fared, left a IVrts salon, by heiielf, just at day break, and walked firmly and swiftly Uv j war.! Ihe Seine, it was Ninette. She had I kept her 0.1 ih, and now once more was the ; prisoner treed from tlie clanking chains. 1 Not chains of iron this time, but chains of 1 silver aud of gilt They were shaken for i ever f rom the brave ankles where Innocence j had suffered lust to bind them. 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C, Acton T with bar under it on left shoulder of horsed; cattle same on left In... (i:iy, H"nry-CAV on left shonldrr. (joblr, Kiui;kH(n-nos, 7 Fou left stifle; cattle Mimn on right hip. tiamiigc, A. L. Horses, 31 on right shonider. Hunsukor, B A Horses, l ou left bliou'der; cat Lie, H on h-ft hip Humphreys, J M Hardnmn HorBOs, H on left flank. Hayes. J M -Horses, wineglass on left hhou'der catt le. same on right hip. .Junkin, 8. M. Horses, horspnhoo J on left shoulder. CatCo, the sam;. Ku.ike on KWht Mile. Johnson, Felix Horses, circle T on loft hiifl cattle, same on right hip, under hulf crop iu ry and split in left ear. Kirk. J T Horses C9 on left shoulder; cutt m on loft hip. Kirk, J C Horses, 17 on either flank; cattle on right side. Larson, Hasmns Horses, It L oh left hip. Lewis. J It. Lena Horses. 1 with ovm It. left shoulder. Minor, Oscar. tattle, M Don right hip; horses M on left, shoulder. Miller. C. E. Horses C with M on in;da nr left shoulder. Mnrimn. M a Horses. M ) on loft khnM-,,. cattle, same on loft hip. Mm nmltor. .Ihs A. Atwoori ITnntnn M vitli bar over on right shoulder. Morgan. A lios Ho n-es. circle T on left nhn.ik der and left thigh; cattle, Z on right thigh. Mitchell, (.wear, rettysviue Horses, 17 on right hip; cattle. 77 on right side. Mason, Jos, Pettysville Cattle, JM connected uiipevcrnp in each ear. dulap on throat: horse JM on left shoulder. McWaren, D it Horses, r igure Son eaoh ahoul der: cattlo, M2on hip. McDouitalu, 11 Horses. 110 connected un lof. shoulder. Neol, Andrew, Lone Hock Horses AN con nected on left shoulder; cattle same on both hip Newman. W. H. Horses N with Ulf -ir.-l over it on left shoulder. Nordske. h Horses, circle 7 on left thiirh: ot tie. same ou left hip. Oiler. Terry, lone Kock r t) on left shou.der Vetuwn, OlnTp. Horses, circle thtold on left shoulder and 24 on left hip. Cattle, circle shield on left hip. Hative on Kight Mile Pearson, Jas., Pine City. Horses hli on left hi low down. Parker A Gleason, Hard man Horses IP on left shoulder. Pi pep. .1. H Acton -Horses, .TR connected left shoulder; cattle, same on left hip. under bi in each ear. Hood. Andrew, Hard man Horses, square enw Willi quarter-circle over it on left stifle. Hemr gor, Chris Horses. C K on leftshmild Hector. J W Horses, JO on left shou der. Cat tle inverted J under O ou rig.u hip. Hole. H. 8. Cattle brnnded K 8 on left hip. Horse same brand on left shoulde. Spray, J. F. Horses branded SF connected on right shoulder; cattle mime on both hips. Spray. J. C Horses branded 8 on riuht shoul dsr, cattle branded 8 ou the right hip and H smooth crop oft of the left ear. Straight V. K. Homes shaded J 8 on lef stifle; cattle J 8 on left hip, swallow fork in hull ear, undorbit in left. Saer, Kobt -Horses, H on right houldcr; cutt I lupiurvon right hip ami 8 on right shoulder. Swng;:arf, L, Alpine IL.rsea, as on righ boulder. Sapp. Tho. Horses, 8 A P on left hip; mul fame on left hip. Shobe, l)r A J -Horses. I8 mi on left hi p; cat tie. sumo on left side, wattle on left tide of neck ears cut sharp at point. Stcveiisiin, Mrs A J Cattle, 8 en right hip swallow-fork iu left ear, Mtelton A Hon Horse. 8 on its side w an on left shoulder; cattle, same on left hip, Sperry. F ii Cattle, W C on leff hip, enjp oft right and uuderbit iu Wft ear, dulap; horses, C on left shoulder. Swaggart, (i W Flopsce, 44 on left shoulder Stewart, Geo,, Hardman Horsen circle c oo left shoulder, cattle, 44 on left hip. ThomiMum. J A Horse. P. un lft ,.. i,:.... cattle, t on left shoulder. 1 ibbete. 8 1 Horse. C on left shoulder. Wade, Henry, lionsni bitndtii see of spadoe on left sh Milder and left hiu. Cattle bmadwd name on left side and left hijt. Walbrulge W K Horeea brai.tfed TJ L oa lft "houltler, cattle U L ou riat hip, lUh ou tlalm Fork. Welle, A 9-Hureea, en left shoulder, caul same. Wyland, J H, Hard man Circle C en lef thigk Woodward. John Horetw, CP eonuectcil ow left shoulder, Wallace, Charlee Cattle, W en right thigh, hole in left ear: horses, W on riht shoulder, some same on left shoulder. Wren, A A Cattle, running AA with bar aerote b riifht hip. Northern Paci G II! Ill III III II m in FOR 1889. Madam! Pee what 15 cents will do! It will brin(! yon a snmplo copy of Go dey'b Lady's Book, which w ill tell you how to get the seal-skin gacque, the silk dress, the gold watch and cottage oran and other valuables, without a dollar. YOU CANNOT GET A BETTER Two dollars wo th of magazine than hy subscribing for 'Godey," the beat family magazine in America. For 18.S9 it will contain: Fashions in colors, Fashions in black and white; latest from Europe. Original novelties in needle work and embroidery. Latest and most popular music. Plans for the house you are going to build. Directions for decorating your home. Cookery and household help, by Mrs. CharleB Hope, teacher in several fashionable New York academies, and selected by the Board of Education for the New York Public Schools. Literary enrichments by Nelly 131y. v'tio got herself locked vp in an insane asylum to find out how they treated the insane, Ella Hodman Church, Emily Lennox, Olivia Lovtll Wilson, Mrs. Hiestand, Edgar Faucett, David Lou-ry, etc. EVERY LADY HER OWN DRESSMAKER Who subscribes to Godey's Lady's Book. The coupon which you will find in each number .will entitle you to your selection of any cut paper pattern illustrated in Godey's Lady's Book. Y'our 15-cent sample oopy will contain one of these cou pons. The pattern shows you how to cut the garment you want. Bend 15 cents for sample, which will be allowed on your subscription when received. This is all we can say in this space. For the rest see your sample copv, for which send 15c. at once. Address "GODEY'S LADY'S BOOK," Philadelphia, Pa. In club with this paper, GODEY'S and the HEPPNER GAZETTE, per year $2.50 which should be sent to the office of this paper. The cash must accompany order." Only new subscribers, ovold subscribers who renew, will be allowed to take advantage of this offer. Godey's will not lie sent to any address for less thau $2.fW, cash, except as above stated. Heppner City Having purchased the latest Brewing Appuiatus aud utensils, I am enabled with my cold soft-water spring, my deep, cool stone cellar and the fresh, pure atmosphere of the Heppuer Hills, to offer my customers a SUPERIOR QUALITY OF BEER ! At reasonable wholesale and retail rates. Lunches of all Kinds AND THE Best Brands of Cigars. Parties in the country must return empty kegs, or $6 apiece will be charged. J. B. NATTER, Proprietor. -THSBSST mis ii AK3- Send for Catalogue and Price List pis. ish Bros. RAC.TNE. WIS. Gilliam & Coffey Agents at Heppner. TBI COW BBASD. TO DELICIOUS BISCUITS USE Dwight's Cow-Brand Soda-Saleratus. ABSOLUTELY PURE. ALWAYS UNIFORM AND FULL WEIGHT. Bt nr thM thtn to jiolnr, of ft Cow ' . SECHLER & CO. VA.I'...VB CAPITAL STOCK, 900,000, ci3srciz3sr-Aa:i, ohio. MANCFACTCEBRS MP Business and Pleasure Vehicles. Proprietors ind Sole Users of Sadler's Inprand Psrfectlei Fifti-Wieel. All Work Q umrmnt4 m Jl f4 BHITD FOR CATAIiOOTTH. THE MARCH OF PROGRESS! OUR. LATEST IMPROVEMENTS ! " CoMMltlo. I tha I.lfn f Tr4a," ulVrn km mm 017 UM tmprT4 arwdi oa MABnt lmaflno bow Uvrly trad Ik. or how hard onr competitor, har to work to keep within light or a. 35 ilrmillir f. U JAMta MEANS' 3 blioB. ot Um JAJ1R4 MEAN Ht SHOg McordlaMt to tout ndids. PsiiitlTeir none tnu(M sdIcm having' ear urns and tHi iUnpd plainly oa th solas. Tow pttailer will lupply you with thoea o mmMdlr you Imiu upon his doing bo; if yon do no Insist, asms ICiailfirl Will OOai JOU UkWO miiUg uuoam hnw uyw rt&MES MEANS' 3 5HU UNEXCELLED IN LST.YLE UNEprjALtXB 1 DURABILITY AND PERFECTION . FIT. ftnfk ha twwn Dim fMml proaraai tn oar hrstteh Jam Mtuti' $4 Shoa Is knavery raapect aqual ts tha stoat watetaonty fw yaarsago wara rataUad ai eight or ten dollars. If tou will try on a pair you will bo ooartaosd that wa do not axavg rata. Oars ara uas erUrtnal tS and si Shoos, and thoas who Uaitat our system of baaloaas era unabls to compsta with SS la araalHy ot factory products. In our una wa ara tna On of oar traroltnir saMsman who la now vittuaf Itottntaln Rojrloa writ from thor as follows : I an mfva than aatliflad with th raanlta af Baa Is tba hands of 'A No. 1' dealers is every rrion for ua to sell ahoaa In. beoanas Miall about douhla tna Drtcaa which the ahoaa havs ie woo wear are paying hi or trts aouui A th demand for them. in aamaaa iur kueui. Mm kind mamt luat ston an flmiiMw what i na tltkl If win V kr nn ttuvln abiMM hMJin a the soles, jnu cannot tell what you are get Lag and what yoor shoes have coat htm. Now, ess you afford sur name and th tied retail price upon the soles of Hhaea trass ear rlehratc4 factory sir tlsoaaatry. ve wuiptaee tncmeasuj wiu-a jvur U MEANS & CO., 41 j AnES MEANS ft) and 4 8 11 OEM. Our shoes with their very low retail prftnt staanpad on tbs sales of averr pair are breaking down the high prices waich har hitherto ruled in the retail markets her, and when a reialler pnu a full lia of goods tn his stock they atonos basis to go osT Ilka hot eahas, so great LADY'S BOOK Brewery, THE BEHT- -!H THE MARKET - Wagon Co., MAKE or WHOLESOME BREAD on yaw pulug MA 70a will itrt THE COW BRAKD. KDWICHf57l "mm yivut, JiHES WEANS' I S4 SHOE CANNOT FAIL TO S ATI S THE MOST . fastidiO; of htdnmtrv thai wa ara sow ante to affirm that th lary maaafacturara In Uta United Btaiaa, laa aaoa r rataUara of tn radSo Oosst sas Kocky mr trift. I hava thoa far auoeaadad ts alaolna' mat ran fp WAGOH ari 1 iu atl M M PI 11 paint I nava visited." caas oa to say, "This Is ft moat of tb retalMra ara eharaina than m cost at who tea ai. Th coaasouaaaa B) that th a pair lor saoas watea ara not worm as moea as our thaahnv efflratS) art far a vaa iMaiafla-lel an nuafiMiiNu1 Rm ar ItoH naufl wfaM airwul your retailer is probably making yoa pay doabts taso ibis whftr we are protecting yoa by stamping our shoes bafar loay ssftva ear faoSory as that jros el ay wlde-smak retailers Iw sll yarfs mi reach la any Stat or TsrrUory u you wui lares saw Lincoln St., Boston, Mass. The treatment of man? thousands of case of those chronio weaknesses aud diatroflsmfr ailments peculiar to females, at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y., has afforded a vast experience In nicely adapt ing and thoroughly testing remedies for tne cuntof woman's peculiar maladies. Dr. Pierce's Favorite rrescrlptlon ts the outgrowth, or reault, of this great and valuable experience. Thousands or testimo nials, received from patients and from physi cians who have tested It In the more aggra vated and obstinate cases whloh bad bafltcc their skill, prove it to be the most wonderfu remedy ever devised for the relief and cure o suffering women. It is not recommended as t "cure-all," but as a most perfect Speoltio fur woman's peculiar ailments. As a powerful. Invigorating tonic, it imparts strength to the whole system, and to the womb and its appendages In particular. For overworked, 4( worn-out," r run-down," debilitated teaohers, milliners, dressmakers, seamstresses, "shop-girls," house keepers, nursing mothers, and feeble women generally. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Is the greatest earthly boon, being unequaled as an appetizing cordial and restorative tonic. As a soothing and strengthening nerVKUvt iuvurii r icbuj iifhwu iu uiic- aualed and is invaluable In allaying and aub uing nervous excitability, irritability, ex haustion, prostration, hysteria, spasms and other distressing, nervous symptoms com monly atxenaant upon iuuuiiuimi suu urnuuiu disease of the womb. It induces refreshing sleep and relieves mental anxiety and de spondency. irr. rierce'i f avoriie rrwcripiiun Is a losrltlmate medicine, carefully enmnounded bv an exoerienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicate organization. It is purely vegetable in its composition and perfectly harmless in Its effects in any condition or the system. For morning sioKness, or nausea, rrom wnaiever nniiHA firiHinc. wmrIc fltoninoh- Indigestion, dys pepsia and kindred symptoms, its use, in small uuw-tj, win ijiuvo vvry Lmiicnutni. " t avorne rreicnpnun i m. iu tlve cure for the most comnlicated and ob stinate cases of leucorrhea, excessive flowing, palnrul menstruation, unnatural suppressions, nrotansua. or fnllinir of the womb, weak back. " female weakness, anteversion, retroversion, bearing-down sensations, chronio congestion, inflammation and ulceration of the womb, in flammation, pain and tenderness la ovaries, acenmnanied with " internal heat." As a regulator and promoter of func tional action, at that critical period of change rrom girlhood to womannooa, "favorite rre criDtion" is a nerfeetlr safe remedial aaent and can produce only good results. It is lauy emcncious ana vaiuame in its ueuu en taken for those disorders and derange ments incident to that later and most critical period, known as ' The Change of Life." Favorite Prescription" when tnkon in connection with the use of Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and small laxative doses of Dr. Pierce's Purgative Pellets (Little Liver fin), cures wver, money ana maaaer diseases. Their combined use also removes blood taints, and abolishes cancerous and scrofulous humors from the system. "laTonie jrrescripiioii" is tne omy medicine for women, sold by druggists, under a nositivo srnaraiites. from the manu facturers, tbat it will give satisfaction in every case, or money win oe rerunaea. xnis guaran tee has been printed on the bottle-wrapper, anrl fnlthfnll w narrifA nut for UlftrlT VearS Largo bottles H00 doses) $1.00, or ail. Iinttlna ffrtr flA.OO. For large, illustrated Treatise on Diseases of Women (100 pages, paper-covered), send ten uouui iu uuupa. iiuuicra, World's Dispensary Medical Association, eea main st, buffalo, n. s Report tofntriesTeorrtesfe, Tra ScrirJLftcoHorTS, TcWnfllfA c Ht&OQ, ,.lL VX IT JSvery tarHiSS33PPS.SrnUR'S GUIDE, 124 pp.l FrI:o n'.y 2Sc. .'"ostaje stamp PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM cleanses and beautifies the hair Nsver Fails to Restore Grayl ICureBBunlpdlPcnfloaand hair falling PARKER'S GSftGERTONIC Invaluable for Ckughs, Colds, Inward Palnsj Exhaustion Of Interest to ladies, V.'o will mmmI :i t'HEE FAtySPl.EoP our wonderful Rrwifit! fcr '. ma. cuDipliiMts to ouy.lndy who wiehet' to ttistitaef'ei'-yli'T pvrchnaina. Sond stamp fn pyaU9. Kf.Xf.rt RtMtliY (.O-UotlOl, I'uilalo. H "S- OH Sewlng-Mnchlnc' trade in sll parts, t placing our tnscbfm fuuui unfit ""i',g them, we will send t ree to one person In each locality ,the Trry beit ipwitip-roschitie made In world, with all the tlacturifntt. i will alio tend f ree a eoniuk-te line of our costly and valuable art snmplei. In return wc ask that you UOW wnai we aenn, iw iuu-o nuu may call at your home, and after 9 monini amnati unumt unu property. This grand machine Is mane aiter ino !(- 'hich hae run out : f1ore iatenii out It sold for wan witn me alstP'WAO. Best, atronrest, most uie Lllli larul machine in the world. All is S nLLirM. No capital required. Plain, brief iaitmctiona gireu. Those who writ to us at once can m ssrV frSfl - ths Best eewin-machine In th. world and ths Itaeit llneof worki of high .rt.Ter.bown together laAmeriai. VM.VU Se CO., Boa laO. AugusUa, MsOns. Rather than the Cheapest PORTLAND BUSINESS COLLEGE. Portland. Oregon. Pi'l'ICt r-QU'.Dlllt'll li instruction, o.si ah- z inularily. Business, nrthand. Com wot School and Penmanship Depart- nen's. Stud en :-. i ;it any time (ata mie nnd snc itc : s -.f j-cnnvii.shii vent free. J. i. WXM'O.Kef'y. A. C. AUUSlKONtie Trin. Oregon Railway and NAVIGATIONCO --TO SAN FRANCISCO DECKMBER, 1K88. LeaTing Steamship Whnrf, PoHlar.d, at 12 mid night. a follows: otwjier. Day. 3tit of California .iS'-iudny . .. 'wlunibia TtuinvlHj. -. . Wn V:'Pihiy t.itof California- I Friday Columbia -jTnesday (Jrecon Haturxifly Stxip of Culifontia. .'Wt'dnewlay .. Hohitnlii;! j Monday . Dec. TO PORTLAND. DKCE.V.liER .j3. beaTea Spear Street Wharf. Prii Fraucieco, at 10 A. M . as follows: Streamer. Pny. olnmbia j Sat rday . . . . Orwpon Wpdrewlay. State of (ltf or nia... j Sunday Col nm btu 11 Ku.-whty ... Orecon , . . j Monday Stat of Calif oraia. . Kridhy Columbia. ...... 'WpdnesdaT. Ungtm ..jSp.tarday.... The company rperritherifht to change Stram ara r tailing Days, RATKS OF PA8i0f!. INri.UDIXO MKALS AND BE1.TH8, Cabin. W (; Sleenwe, $.3.00; Rcond Trip, ra Umitetl, tS).tx. Baxmn mart fee chsclreri either at Ah atroet durina; the da, or hy thp U. C. A B. T. Co. No Dorheoked btifnfre will be receivee on the etamen. No freight will he repeied on nominir of w. inff, except fruit srd vevetablee, and theee will not he tnkn after 9 A. M. OFKIt'KH. San i'raneis.eo. General Offire. No. 10. Marki4 atreet: Tioket Oifieea. est Market asd 214 Montirnnry ,tr.vts. HtXtDAl.L. PK KrNSACO., Aaenfa. Portlnnd Ti.-kt Oflitfe, tirst and (Ink Sitmets W.H. HOUOVB. A.L.MAXWKIX, tj .-nerui M.magvr. li. P. T. A rTWV aJfal S 41 V 1 VLafS f SiSA iusfang Linianant Veiirm MnsTAsa LnrtsrEirrraras Pius. OLP Suasa. CAMMlt BaaaSTB, linXAJOaATSOS. w SI? X&S&Z. II Jinx TspatwWM wffJi "ion mmuiwvr 'uiiuri WMua aTuuaii aaSaSmSHaU CATARRH riv'tfk I Ely's Cream Balm Cloanses the TTasal Passages. Al lays Inflammation. Heals the Soros. Bestores the Senses of Taste, Smell and Hearing. A particle le applied littHekaMtril til fa a.ffrerablfl. PrlrsfiOc. at Draffflata y nail. ELY HBOTnEKS,ISB Warren St ,HW Tork. OF PURE COD LIVER OIL lN2 HYPOPHOSPHTTES Almost as Palatable as Milk. So dUgnlMd that it takk dlgeitad, and aslmllatd by th aoil aniltlTa tomaeb, wh th alala all cannot be tolerated; and by th blnatlon ot th oil with th hypaphaa. phite 1 mttoh mori effleaeloaa. Bemirktble u a Imb prodaeer. Fcnou gala npldlr wall. Uklig M SOOTT'S EMTJIiSIOK is aoknovltdMdl) Physicians to be the Finest and Bit prepa ration in the world for the relief and core ol CONSUMPTION. SCROFULA. CENERAL DEBILITY, WASTING DISEASES, EMACIATION, ' COLDS and CHRONIO COUGHS. Tht great remedy for Oonsumptian, and Wasting in Children, Sold by aU Axilla FDT TThea I eay Ctnt I de net mean merely te atop them for a time, and then he Jtaem re turn attain. UuHl RADICAL CUWt 1 have made the diaease ol FITS, EPILEPSY or FALLING SICKNESS, A life-long etndy. I warrant my remedy to tne t. U " . vnnng. cvob - failed ia no reason for not now receiving a cure. Send at once for a treatise and a Frei bottl ' Of my IHFALLIBLB llKMKDT. Give Expres and Post Office. It coBts yon nothing ler a trial, " J' " H.C. ROOT, M.C., l 3 "EARL st., m in Mt Pills ThUpopularremedy neTerfall to effectually cure Dyspepsia, Constipation, Sick.. Headache, Biliousness And all disease arising rrom a Torpid Liver and Bad Digestion. The nntnrnl result ie rood appe tite and solid flesh. I)oo small, elegantly suirar coated and eaay to swallow. Sold everywhere. Information for ihm Fartn, Houa hold, Workshop nnU Sickroom" unllH tent froeon application. TO SAN FRANCISCO, CAL, BY WAT Or THE Southern Pacific Company's Line. Tirr iriT nnnnTfi rnnTr iiil iiii. mm ruuiL. Quicker in Time thao Any Other Bonte Between . Portland AND - San Francisco. Leave Portland at 4 P. U., Daily. THROUGH TIME, 39 HOURS. PL' LLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS. "3 SI AST" 4&f -si cold m Hi10n".'yu. I HEAP-g yW Try the rej TOURIST SLEEPING CARS, For Accommodation of Seoond-Clase Passengers Attached to Express Trains. Fare fr.im Portland to Sacramento fid San F a i ciaco: rnliniile, fit. Li-nited Firt-Cla. SdO. " ' Meeeiid-CUa JS. Throagh Tickets to all Points Sooth and Kaat, VIA CAUPORXIA, TH'KET OFMCK8: Cits OOirc. No. lat. Corner Pint 4 Alder Streets e?opot 0"fice. Comer P and Proof Streete, POKTLAMO. OREGON. B. KDEHLEB. E. P. R00RB8. Haaacer. Aaac Q. F. and Psaa. As-