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2 I J H A STUDY IN SCARLET BY A. CONAN DOYLE. CHAPTER VI. ." Our prisoner's furious resistance did not apparently Indicate any fe rocity in his disposition toward" our selves, for on findng himself power less he smiled in an affsuie manner, and expressed his hopes that he had not hurt any of us In the (Mfuffle, "I guess you're going to take me to the police station," he remarked to Sherlock Holmes. "My cab's at the door. If you'll loose my legs I'll walk down to it. I'm not so light to lift as I used to be." He rose and stretched his legs, as though to assure himself that they were free once more. "If there's a vacant place for a chief of the police, I reckon you are the man for it," he said, gazing with undisguised admiration at my fellow lodger. "The way you kept on my trail was a caution." "you had better come with me," said Holmes to the two detectives. "I can drive you," said Lestrade. "Good! and Gregson can come in side with me. You, too, doctor; you have taken an interest in the case, and may as well stick to us." I assented gladly, and we all de scended together. Our prisoner made no attempt to escape, but stepped calmly into the cab which had been his. and we followed him Lestrade mounted the box, whipped up the horse and brought us in a very, short time to our destination. We were ushered Into a small chamber, .where a police inspector noted down our prisoner's name and the names of the men with whose murder he had been charged. The official was a white-faced, un- emotional man, who went through his duties In a dull, mechanical way. "The prisoner will be put before the magistrates In the course of the week," he said; "in .the meantime, Mr. Jefferson Hope, have you any thing that you wish to say? I must warn you that your words will be taken down and may be used against you." I ve got a good deal to say," our prisoner said, slowly. "I want to tell you gentlemen all about it "Hadn't you better reserve that for your trial?" asked the Inspector. "I may never be tried, he an swered. "You needn't look startled. It Isn't suicide I am thinking of. Are you a doctor?" He turned his fierce dark eyes upon me as he asked this last question, "Yes. I am," I answered. "Then put your hand here," he said, with a smile, motioning with his manaclod wrists toward his chest. I did so, and became at once con- sctous of an extraordinary throbbing and commotion which was going on Inside. In the silence of the room I could hear a dull humming and buzzing which proceeded from the same Source. "Why," I cried, "you have an aor tic aneurrsni' "That's what they call it," he said, placidly. "I went to a doctor last week about it, and he told me that it was bound to burst before many days passed. It has been getting worse for years. I got it from over-ex- posure and under-feeding in the Bait Lake mountains. I've done my work now, and I don't care how soon I go, but I should like to leave some account of the business behind me. I don't want to be re membered as a common cut-throat." The Inspector and the two. detec - ttves had a hurried discussion as to the advisability of allowing him to tell his story. "Do you consider, doctor, that there is Immediate danger?" the former asked. "Most certainly there is," I an swered. "In that case, It Is clearly our duty, In the interests of Justice, to take his statement," said the inspector. "You are at liberty, sir, to give your ac count, which I again warn you will be taken down." "I'll sit down, with your leave," the prisoner said, suiting the action to the word. "This aneurism of mine makes me easily tired, and the tus sle we had half an hour ago has not mended matters. I'm on the brink of the grave, and I am not likely to llo to you. Every word I say is the ab solute truth, and how you use It is a matter of no consequence to me." With these words, Jefferson Hope leaned back in his chair and began the following remarkable statement: I can vouch for the accuracy of the subjoined account, for I have had ac cess to Lestrade's notebook, in which the prisoner's words were tak en down exactly as they wore ut tered. "It doesn't much matter to yon why I hated these men," he said; "It's enough that they were guilty of the death of two human belngR a father and a danghter and that they had therefore, forfeited their own lives. After the lapse of time that has passed since their crime, it was Impossible for me to secure a convlo tlon against them in any court. "That girl that I spoke of was to have married me twenty years ago. Bhe was forced Into marrying that same Drebber, and broke her heart over It. "I took the marriage ring from her Head finger, and I vowed that his dy ing eyes should rest upon that very ring, and that his last thoughts should be of the crime for which he was pun ished. "I have carried It about with me, and have followed him and hU ac complice over two continents until I caught them. They thought to tire me out, but they could not do It. If I die tomorrow, as is likely enough, I die knowing that my work In this world is done, and well done. They have perished, and by my hand. There is nothing left for me to hope for or to desire. "They were rich and I was poor, so that it was no easy matter for me to follow them. When I got to Lon don my pocket was about empty, an I found that I must turn my hand to something for my living. "Driving and riding are as natural to ma as walking, so I applied at a cab owner's office, and soon got em ployment. I was to bring a certain sum a week to the owner, and what ever was over that I might keep for myself. "There was seldom much over, but I managed to scrape along somehow. The hardest Job was to learn my way about, for I reckon that of all the mazes that ever were contrived, this cltv in the moct confusing. "Tfcty were at a boarding house at ; . & & : t & Cumberland, over on the other side of the river. When once I found them out I knew that I had them at my mercy. "I had grown my beard, and there was no chance of their recognizing me. "I would dog them and follow them until I saw my opportunity. I was de termined that they should not escape me again. "Sometimes I followed them on my cab, and sometimes on foot, but the former was the best, for then they could not get away from me. "It was only early in the morning or late at night that I could earn any thing, so that I began to get behind hand with my employer. "During two weeks I drove behind them every day, and never once saw them separate. Drebber himself was drunk half the time, but Stangerson was not to be caught napping. "I watched them late and early, but never saw the ghost of a chance; but I was not discouraged, for something told me that the hour had almost come. My only fear was that this thing In my chest might burst a little too scon and leave my work undone. "At last one evening, I was driving up and down Torquay Terrace, as the street was called in which they board ed, when I saw a cab drlva up to their door. "Presently some luggage was brought out, and after a time Drebber and Stangerson followed it and drove off. I whipped up my horse and kept within sight of them, feeling ill at ease, for I feared that they were go ing to shift their quarters. "At Euston station they got out, and I left a boy to hold my horse and fol lowed them on to the platform. . I heard them ask for the Liverpool train, and tne guard answer that one had Just gone, and that there would not be another for some time. "Stangerson seemed to be put out at that, but Drebber was rathei pleased than otherwise. I got so close to them in the bustle that 1 could hear every word that passed be tween them. "Drebber said that he had a little business of his own to do, and that if the other would wait for him he would soon rejoin him. "His companion remonstrated with him, and reminded him that they had resolved to stick together. Dreb ber answered that the matter was a delicate one, and that he must go alone. "I could not catch what Stanger son said to that, but the other burst out swearing, and reminded him that he was nothing more than his paid servant, and that he must not pre sume to dictate to him. "On that the secretary gave It up as a bad Job, and simply bargained with him that if be missed the last train he should rejoin him at Halli- day's private hotel; to which Drebber answered that he would be back on the platform before eleven, and made his way out of the station. "The moment for which I had wait ed so long had at last come. I had my enemies within my power. To gether they could protect each other, but singly they were at my mercy. I did not act. however, with undue pre- cjpltation. My plans were already formed. "There Is no satisfaction In ven geance unless the offender has time to realize who It is that strikes mm, and why retribution had come upon him. I had my plans arranged by which I should have the opportunity of mak ing the man who had wronged me un derstand that his old sin had found him out. "It chanced that some days before a gentleman who bad been engaged in looking over some houses In the Brixton road had dropped the key of one of them In my carriage. It was claimed that same evening and re turned. But in the Interval I had tak en a molding of It, and had a dupli cate constructed. "By means of this I had access to at least one spot In this great city where I could rely upon being free from In terruption. How to get Drebber to that house was the difficult problem which I had how to solve. "He walked down the road and went into one or two liquor shops, staying for nearly half an hour In the last of them. "When he came out he staggered In his walTc, and was evidently pretty well on. There was a hansom Just in front of me and he hailed it. "I followed it so close that the nose of my horse was within a yard of his driver the whole way. "We rattled across Waterloo Bridge and through miles of streets until, to .my astonishment, we found ourselves back in the terrace in which he had boarded. "I could not Imagine what his inten tion was in returning there, but I went on and pulled up my cab a bunilre.1 yards or so from the house. He en tered it and his hansom drove away. Give me a glass of water, if you please; my mouth gets dry with the talking." 'That's better," he said. "Well, I waited for a quarter of an hour or more, when suddenly there came a noise like people struggling to enter the house. Next moment the door was nung open ana two .men ap peared, one of whom was Drebber and the other was a young chap whom I had never seen before. "This fellow had Drebber by the collar, and when they came to the head of the steps he gave him a shove and a kick which sent him half across the road. "You hound!' he cried, shaking his stick at him. 'I'll teach you to Insult an honest girl!' "He was so hot that I think he would have thrashed Drebber with his cudgel, only that the cur staggered away down the road as fast as his legs would carry him. He ran as far as the corner, and then, seeing my cab, he hailed me and Jumped in. "'Drive .me to Halllday's private hotel,' said fce. "When I had him fairly Inside my cab my heart Jumped so with Joy that I feared lest at this last moment my aneurism might go wrong. "I drove along slowly, weighing In my own mind what It was best to do. I might take him light out Into the country and there in some deserted lane have my last Interview with him. I had almost derided on this when be solved the problem for me. "The craie tor drink had seized him again and he ordered me to pull up outside a gin place. He went In, leav ing word that I should wait for him. There ht remained until closing Urns, nnrl wtitm he came out. he wag SB tar gone that I knew the game was In my own hands. o 0 "Don't imagine that I Intended to kill hlni in co'.d blood. It would only have been rigid Justice if I had done so, but I could not bring myself to do It. I had long determined that he should have a show for his life If he chose to take advantage of It. "Among the many billets which I have filled in America during uy wan dering life, I was once a Janitor and sweeper out or tne laboratory York College. "One day the professor was lectur ing on poisons, and he showed his stu dents some alkaloid, as he called it, which he had extracted from Bome South American arrow poison and which was so powerful tnat the least grain meant instant death. I spotted the bottle in which this preparation was kept, and when they were all gone I helped myself to a little of it. "I was a fairly good dispenser, so I worked this alkaloid Into small, soluble pills, and each pill I put In a box with a similar pill made without poison. I determined at the time that, when I had my chance, my gentlemen should each have & draw out of one of these boxes, while I eat the pill that remained. "It would be quite as deadly, and a good deal less noisy, than firing across a handkerchief. From that day I had always my pill boxes with me, and the time had now come when I wa to use them, "It was nearer one than twelve, and a wild, bleak night, blowing hard and raining In torrents. Dismal as it was outside, I was glad witain so glad that I could have shouted out from pure exultation. "If any of you gentlemen have ever pined for a thing and longed for it during twenty long years, and then suddenly found it within reach, you would understand my feelings. "I lighted a cigar and puffed at It to steady my nerves, but my hands were trembling and my temples throbbing with excitement. "As I drove I could see old John Ferrier and sweet Lucy looking at me out of the darkness and smiling at me, Just as plain as I see you all in this room. All the way they were ahead of me, and one on each side of the norse, until I pulled up at the house In the Brixton road. "Timro wna not n soul to be seen nor a sound to be heard, except the dripping of the rain. When I looitea In at the window, I found Drebber all hnririlnrl fne-pther In a drunken sleep. I Bhook him by the arm. 'It's time to go out,' I said. "All rierit. cnbbv.' Bald he. "I suppose he thought we had come tn the hotel that he naa mentioned, for he got out without another word nnd fnllnofpH me down the eardon. "I had to walk beside him to keep him steady, for he was sun a nuie tnn-henvv. When we came to the door I opened it and led him into the frnnt rnnrn I e-lve VOU mV WOrd that. all the way, the father and daughter were walking in tront or us. "'It's Infernally dark,' said he, stamping about. "We'll soon have a light," I said, striking a match and putting it to a wax-candle which I had brought with me. 'Now, Enoch Drebber,' I continu ed, turning to him and holding the light to my own face, 'who am I?' (To be continued.) ONE CROWN AT A TIME. Why King Edward Did Not Take Flying Ship Trip. King Edward VII, as Is well known, is much interested in all matters relat ing to flying ships, and especially is he interested in Santos-Dumont and his efforts. A few weeks before the coro nation it was extensively rumored that the king had quite made up his mind to accompany the clever young Brazil ian in one of his aerial Bights; that he had, in fact, made all arrangements for his travel through the air. A certain well known scientific peer asked his majesty one evening after dinner whether the rumor concerning the royal aerial voyage was really true. ' Now, Lord , answered King Ed ward, laughingly, "is it likely that I would take this flying ship trip? The coronation has not yet taken place, and I can assure that I wish to wear my earthly crown before I put on the other.!" Medicine of Dog Barks. . Little Ethel, aged 4, and her grand mother were great chums. One day (he old lady was taking a dose of medi cine and the child inquired: "Grandma, what's 'at?" "That is medicine, my dear." "What is it made of, grandma?" "Out of loaves and roots and barks," replied grandma. "Oh, grandma," said Ethel, as her big eyes opened in wonder, 'is it made of little dog btrks? ' A Funny Moon. One summer evening a little girl was out doors washing her feet. After a while ehe happened to look at the moon, jit under a cloud. Bhe jumped up and ran into the house as fast as she could, and said: "I'm not going to stay out there and that moon slipp'n' and elid'u' 'round like thai." Pa Knew. "Pa, what does 'absent-minded' mean?" "My bey, that's easy. Did you ever stop to thi. k?" "Yes." "And your thoughts ran on?" "Yes." "Well, that's it." Indianapolis Nows. Proof Positive. Lady You say yon were a soldier and a hero in the late war? Tramp Yes'm. Lady How can you prove yoor braverjT Tramp Give me a match and I'll light your gasoline stove for you. De troit Free Press. Takes It Out In Trade. A scum I notice that Mr. Kloseman has become a regular attendant at church. When did he get religion? Brownie He didn't. It's jutt busi ness with him. He loaned Rev. Mr. Gassairay f 10 some time ago, and he's had to take it out in pew rent. Phila delphia Press. Impossible. Brown Do yon think she is a clevei girl? Smith Um-ml Rather too good looking, don't 700 think? DECATUR'S FLAGSHIP PRESIDENT. juJL, ijl f Nothing In international relations more clearly illustrates the cameraderie between England and the United States than the fact that the famous war frigate President lies tenderly enred for and revered as a historic relic in a London dock. The President was Admiral Decatur's flagship, and hi the war of 1812 her guns were the lust of the American arms to be trained on a Britiah foe. Such a scourge hud she been to British shipping that the admiralty issued a special order that she must be taken at any hazard. But "orders" do not tnke American naval vessels, and the old President lived in freedom to witnesB peace, and now for nearly a century her dismantled hulk hns been slumbering at the India dock in London harbor. Tho President and the equally famous old Con stitution were twin ships, and the former was the first flagship on a European station flying the Stars and Stripes. It was of the President that Oliver Wen dell Holmes wrote: "Ay! Tear her tattered ensign downl Long hns it waved on' highl" CITY'S MARVELOUS GROWTH. Modern Town Where a Year Abo There Waa a Cornfield. The rapidity with which things are done in the West la strikingly shown in the case or AnadurUo, Ok., a little city which recently celebrated the first ; anniversary of its founding, says a writer In Leslie's Weekly. Marvelous has been its history, from the sale of ' the first lot In a cornfield, Aug. 0, 1901, to Its present metropolitan appearance. Large brick blocks have taken the place of the tents and shanties In use jthen. Graded streets aud broad side- walks displaced the corn-rows long ago, telephoue lines form a network at J some of the busy corners, and every- wuere may uw euu iiuyruveiiiums not si 11 -S. Y A CITY'S MARVELOUS GltOWTII. (Upper view shows the site of Anndnrko, Ok., In the full of lttoi; the lower represents the place as It Is to-day, a bustling, up-to-date community of 3,400 souls.) found often In cities of ten times its . age. A manitnotu ice pianc, wuu a capacity of seventy-five tons daily', not j only supplies the city but adjacent cities also. Contracts are now being let for . a $30,000 Court House, $5,000 jail, $'-!0,000 school buildings, $40,000 water works, etc. Electric light companies are mak- uiii iirouusiiiuna, o linn m.i, . will be thoroughly lighted, watered and equipped In all particulars. The , populntlon now Is about 3,500, and Is growing substantially all the time. Good homes are springing up through out the city. JEFFERSON DAVIS MEMORIAL. Arch Erected In Richmond by Daugh ters of Confederacy, A beautiful memorial arch Is being erected In Richmond, Va., to Jefferson Davis by the United Daughters of the Confederacy. It was designed by Lou- Is A. Gudebrod and the cost will be I fit' lilt--1 Li JEFFERSON DAVIS ABCH. about $75,000, which It has taken the daughters several years to get together. The site of the monument Is the choice of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, who, though opposed to the memorial' at first, finally consented, and the arch will be unveiled In Monroe Tark at Richmond hi the early spring. MODERN SLANG PHRASE IS OLD. "Nothing Doing" I an Anclant Ex pression Used in the Classics. Some of those who affect the pictur esque la their language. Interlarding their speech with what they suppose to be the latest slang phrases, eschew ing accepted and approved English for what they think Is the latest up to-date coinage of the purlieus, may be shock ed to lear$ that one of the latest and most frequently used phrases Is at least fifty years old, and possibly clas sic, writes the Brooklyn Eitgle. This phrase Is "nothing doing." Thomas De Qulncey, In writing his paper on the "Knocking at the Gate in Macbeth." all of fifty years ago, framed this sen tence: "AH other murders (referring to Macbeth') look pale by the deep etenn or -mc'enuiocnr Mr crimson of his, and, as an amateur once said to me In a querulous tone: "There has been absolutely nothing do ing since his time, or nothing that' worth speaking of.' " Here the phrase is used In precisely the same form and in the same meaning that It Is by the professor of slang In this day. Shakspeare uses It ns "nothing done," but .In the same sense, In ".Measure for Measure," "King Lear" and "Othello." Enough Is shown to prove that the latest slang Is, after alL old and of good use. Hitching this wogon of a slang phrase to the stars, De Qulucey and Shakspeare, It becomes classic. It is a fair deduction to be drawn from the De Qulncey quotation that the phrase "nothing doing" was slang In the day of bis writing, and was used il -il ' ''-' T ... -4 1 V as such. It will be noted that, the bril- nam master or style aid not use the phrase except as a quotation. From whom? An amateur murderer. This amateur laments that In the way of murders there has been "nothing do ing" since that done by Macbeth worth speaking of. It Is a fair conclusion that a man who tries his hand at mur der purely as an amateur with an cf- fort to attain that degrte of skill which he has set up as standard for himself is vi mat ciass anu manner of men who use slang as a habit of speech. And It, therefore, may be deduced that De Qulncej's amateur was using the current slang of his day. ONE HUNDRED-MILE COAST. v Sliding Down the Side of a Mountain in a Hand Car. Lord Ernest Hamilton dospi-nioa experience of a thrilling but perilous pastime, the descent In a small baud car of a wonderful mountain railway In Teru. "As a matter of fact," he writes, re ferring to the title of the article, "it Is 100; but, for the sake of a title, the extra six miles may go-100-are enough tired?" Is he 00 or 100? The records at any rate for purposes of Illustia- do not show aud Rear Admiral Sel tlon. These hundred odd miles are to fridge will not tell. He says It Is no be fouiid on the Terro Catil Central of body's business how old he is. But as Peru, commonly called the Oroya Rail- he entered the navy in 1818, and must way. and they are to be found no- have been at least 15 years old at that re, i tIme- the supposition Is that he Is be This Oroya Railway Is a very won- tween 00 and 100. The Admiral's old derful line, Indeed. It not only climbs est son, Rear Admiral Thomas O. Sel hlgher than any other.rallway In the fridge. Jr., owns to being 06 years. The world, u,uu6uui-j iwii iu o variety of other ways Incidentally re ferred to hereafter. But the accom plishment with which I am chiefly con cerned Is this, that it provides the only road In the world which a man ou wheels can travel over 100 miles by nis own momentum and practically at any pace to which the fleud of reck-'lng lessness may urge him. me ooject or wunt is here written not safe to ford the river." This recalls Is to trace the sensations born of a the famous finger post which Is said run down from the summit of the Oro-! to have been erected by order of a sur ya Railway. 15.G0G feet above sea level, veyor of roads In Kent: "This Is a to the verge of the raclflc. l'ou start bridle path to Faversham. If you under the eye of the eternal snows aud ' can't read this you had better keep the you flulsh among humming birds and ' main road." palms. You start back with tho un- speakable sickness pf soroche, and you ' French HPPT Home Broken Up. flulsh In the ecstacy of an exultation ' A Parisian lady has been compelled too great for words. . I by the police to break up her happy "The gods of Olympus were worms nome. consisting of 20 hens. 150 cocks, beside the man who has during the 39 P'gwns, a goat, 4 cats, 8 dogs, a par latt three hours controlled his car from rot nu a &ozea small birds. Her the -I'aso de Galera to Callao, for It Is neighbors objected to being kept awake In the control that lies the joy, as In ' a" nlgbt by the cats and dogs, and to other things apart from car running. being roused up at an unearthly hour To sit beside the brakeman Is good, but by the crowing of the cocks. to drop the nraketnan on a friendly siding and grasp the lever In your own firm but not too exacting hand Is to sup a liberal foretaste of the Joys of heaven. Pearson's Magazine. Many a man breaks bis uiilg down town, then growls because his wife wants a little of the small change. When justice aud love go baud In band It's a case of the blind leading the blind. FLOWERS FOR OUR RULERS. Bouquets Are Supplied Honntifally to Congressmen and Senator. Cut flowers are supplied gratuitously by Uncle Sam to a number of persons aud Institutions in the city of Wash ington and members of Congress have come to regard them as among the most desirable of their perquisites. The greenhouses from which tho flowers in question come are maintained prin cipally to supply the city parks with the pluiits which make them such a feature of the city's beauty throughout the greater part of the year. After the White House is supplied the hospitals and other public Institutions receive flowers. Many other worthy causes also share in the distribution. Fam ilies of members of the cabinet, the supreme court and legislative members come next. This custom, which has prevailed for years, of distributing the cut flowers Is still followed. Besides the greenhouses In charge of the Superintendent of Public Buildings and Ground, and the White House con servatory, other gardeners are those of the Agricultural Department and the botanical gardens. The latter are un der the direction of the Senate Com mittee on Library. The gardens of the Department of Agriculture are devoted largely to the growing oi plants other than floral. The flowers from the White House conservatory are used for dally decora tions of the executive mansion and It Is for state functions and all other or dinary occasions that the supply of the park greenhouses Is drawn upon. Through this source of supply not an inconsiderable amount that would oth erwise hnve to be spent for flowers for ninny state dinners runs well up Into the hundreds and sometimes even thou sands of dollars. The floral decorations for the Prince Henry dinner, which were most elaborate, would have cost $4,000 If purchased In the flower mar ket. As it was the real expenditure In the floral decorations was only a few hundred. I USE OF WATER AT MEALS. Dr. Felix L. Oswald Insists that the avoidance of water at meals Is a mere "sanitary superstition." It Is not possi ble for any normally constituted human being to eat his way to the first quarter Instalment of a modern dinner of over heated made dishes and greasy viands, without experiencing a distinct longing for a cooling diluent, and before the end of the second course that craving assumes the urgency of positive dis tress, but he sufferer Is warned to for bear. Has not Professor Orthodox enu merated five distinct sources of peril from Indulging that appetency, and proved that the water Instinct is wrong, and that nature knows nothing about It? The most specious of these arguments is the alleged risk that the introduction of cold water would coagulate the al bumen of the lngesta, and thus compli cate the labors of the digestive organs. But Is It not evident that those organs should be allowed a casting vote In the decision of that coutroversy? Dr. Schrodt, the author of "Natur- Heilkunde," holds, on the contrary, that our diet Is not half fluid enough, and demonstrates that organic warmth will soon reduce over-cold beverages to the right medium, and that a craving which nothing but fresh water will sat isfy Is a clear proof that the stomach Is BUfferlug from an excess of caloric and a deficiency of moisture. Just wait, and that distress will sub side, Insists Professor O x. Yes; the subtle chemistry of the organism will eventually find means to satisfy Its needs from Internal sources, Just ns the agony of a famished man will give way to a dull torpor; the system has made another forced loan on the . reserve stores of Its own tissues, and made the sufferer a little more comfortable, though also a little leaner. Even thus the disappointed stomach will make shift to lead moisture from some other part of the orgnnlsm where It Is less sorely needed and the distress subsides, though a feeling of vague discomfort re mains, suggesting that the sort of ,nolsture reabsorbed from the lower all nientary duct Is not exactly what the stomach wanted. What Age la He? The Navy Department Is trying to Answer the nueHtlnn: "Hnw nlri la Itenr Admiral Thomna O. Relfrlilm. ro. Ron or Selfrldtre was born In TTnK. bardston, Mass. Philadelphia Press. Singular Signs for Travelers. On the banks of a rivulet near Stra bane Is a stone with this singular In scription, which was no doubt Intended for the Information of straeers travel- by the road: "Take notice that when this stone Is out of sight it is StnnteJ. CItlman I hear the Topleys have moved out near you. Have you seen their baby? Isn't It a tiny little mite? Subbubs Yes, but you must remem ber It passed the first six months of Its life In a flat Philadelphia Press. A woman's idea of a bargain Is some thing she can't afford when she needs it and which Is offered at a reduction whin she has no use for it. GEO. P. CilOWELL, Fuocessor to E. L. Smith, Oldest Established Home in tlie vslk-yj DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Flour and Feed, etc. This old-estaVilisbed house will con tinue to pay cash for all its goods; it pays no rent; it employs a clerk, but does not have to divide with a partner. All dividends are made with customers in the way of reasonable prices. Lumber Wood, Posts, Etc. Davenport Bros. Lumber Co. Have opened &n oflice in Hood River. Call and got prices and leave orders, which will be promptly filled. - Regulator Line STEAMERS Regulator and Dalles City Between The Dalles and Portland Daily Except Sunday. Leave Dalles 7 A. M. Arrive Portland 4 P. M. Leave Portland ' 7 A. M. Arrive Dalles 5P.M. Leave Hood River (down) at 8:30 A. M. Arrivo Hood River (up) at 3:30 P.M. V. C ALLAWAY, General Agent. White Collar Line Portland -Astoria Route Str. "BAILEY GATZERT." Dally round trips except Bun-lay. TIMK CARD. I.,envci Portlan-.l ..7:00 A. M Leaves Aktoria 7:00 P. M Through Portland connection with Steamer Kahcotia from Ilwaco and Ixjng Beach point. White Collar Line tickets interchangeable) with O. K. Si N. Co. aud V. T. Co. ticket. TheDalles-Portland Route STEAMERS "TAHOMA" and "METLAKO" Daily trip except Bnnday. Str. "TAHOMA." I-eavci Portland, Mon., Wed., Frl TrflO A. M Leavi-I The Dalles, l ues., Thurs. SaL,7;W A. M Str. "METLAKO." leaves Portlond. Tiles.. Thu.. gat 7:00 A. M. Leaves The Dalle Mon., Wed., Fri 7 :U0 A. M. Landing and'otlice: Foot Alder Street. Bota Jhuues Main ail. Portland, Oregon. AGENTS. J. W. CMCriTON The Pnlles, Ore.. a. k. M-M.r.ti iiood Kiver, (ire. WOI.FOKK A W YKR8.... White Salmon, Wash.. HENRY (II..MHTKAD ( arson. Wash.. JOHN T. TOTTKN Ktevenmni, Wash.. J. ('. WYATT Vancouver, W ash. A. J. TAYLOR AHtoria, Ore.. E. W. CRICHTON, Portland, Oregon !.OI$! LINE - J a- ,T ... 1 LL U 1 V AND Union Pacific rliiraxo Fnlt Lake, Penrer, 4:30 p. nv Portland Ft. Worth.Omaha, Special Kna City, St. I.OUa. in. Iouis,ChicauoanJ via Fast. Huntington. At antic Walla Walla lwis. 8:10 a.m. Kxpress ton, Spokane, Min 8:00 p.m. iieapolis,St. I'aul, via Ilululh, Mlln-an- Huntington. kee.ChiraxoAKast St. r-aul jsalt Lake, Penver, 7:00a.m. Fast .Mail Ft. Worth. Omaha, 8:15 p. m. Kansas City, St. via I.oui,ChU:agoautl Epokans task OCEAN AND RIVER SCHEDULE KOM 1'OKTLANU. k.-tti p.m. All sailing dates subject to change 4:00 p. m. For Kan Francisco tail every day Pally Celumbl Rlxe 4 00 p.m. Fi. holiday Staantr. KtBuudar 8:Wid. m. Saturday To Astoria and Way )( u p. m. Lauding. :48a.m Wlllaiaatt aivw. 4:S0.m. lion.. Wed. Water permltllnfr. Ex. Sunda audFri. Orcsou city, Naw berg. Salem, In.le pc.idenre, Corvat li and War l-ud- InKa. 7:00 a. m. Wlllamtlt tog Taat- id.. Toe., 1 hur. kill Kiwi. jD wed. andBaL Water permitting. and Fri. Oregon City, Dy. too, A Way Laud iiiga. I'-N' LT.Ua-i.toB Daily e.ce'pt Ripari to Lewlston Dai pt T. j - Monday. A. L. CRAIQ, Central Pancnger Agent, Portland, O. , K. HOAR, tgnU BhI Kirar.