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MEN have fought and • lied for this Flag. — Wc do not ask you to light and die. but would be pleased to give you a re ceipt for the RanniNG * heath . or»n¡,u. McMinnville. Oregea. L< TELEPHONE REGISTER for one year. Price, |2. ' B est P aper in the C ounty . 1 Circulation Guaranteed Greater Than That of Any Other Paper Published in Yamhill County. TE l ÈV h ONE^E s I abHshed7une.’ 1836. M c M innville , Consolidated Feb. 1,1889. oreg - on , T hursday , july 17, i89o. VO. II. NO. 24. way. It gave him occupation. The theorists observe, one thing to fire, and weedy Corporal knew something of Gunpowder and Its Successors, two men had their cots side by side,and another to be fired at. Simmons’ weakness, and knew, too, Highest of all in Leavening Power.— U. S. Gov’t Report, Aug. 17, 1889. Says He will Avenge His J I ndgard Kipling is the lionized liter- would sometimes spend a long after Then the instinct of the chase flared the deadly guard for that kick. Bow So far perfection has not lx«en reached Father when He Be arg man of the hour. In England'he noon sweariug at each other; but Sim up. The news spread from barrack to ing forward and drawing up his right witli any of the smokelexx powders. comes a Man. has ncarlg succeeded Stanleg in the af mons was afraid of Losson and dared barrack, and the men doubled out, in leg till the heel of the right foot was They do not keep well, and have a ten fections of the people. His writings are not challenge him to a fight. He tent on the capture of Simmons, the set some three inches above the inside An officer of the French government dency to absorb moisture, the result be of the Bret Harte order, and possess thought over the words in the still, hot wild beast, who was heading for the of the left knee cap, he met the blow while visiting a school near Paris the ing a change in the rate of burning and more them ordinarg merit. The follow nights, and half the hate lie felt toward calvary parade ground, stopping now standing on one leg—exactly as Goods other day saw some bright-eyed black consequent pressure in the gun. In the Losson he vented on the w retched pun and again to send back a shot and a stands when they meditate—and ready boys among the pupils. He calle«I one course of experimenting, however, mar ing is a sample from his pen: kah coolie. curse in the direction of his pursuers. for the fall that would follow. There of them, a lad about thirteen years old vellous results are lieing obtained. In Hurrah ! hurrah!a «oldicr’s life for me! Losson bought a pairot in the bazar, “ I’ll learn you to spy on me!” he was an «with, the Corporal fell over to to him and asked him what he intend France a powder for small arms has Shout, boys, sliout! for it makes you j«‘Ilv and put it Into a little cage, and low shouted; " I’ll learn you to give me his own left as shinbone met shinbone, ed to do when he became a man. “j lieeu discovered which tx'haves in ex and free. ered the eage into the cool darkness of dorg's names! Come on, the ’ole lot o’ and the private collapsed, his right leg shall avenge the death of my father," actly the reverse manner from ordinary — 7'/ir Jlamrod Corps. was the quick response. People wlio have seen, state that one a well and sat on tlie curb shouting bad you! Colonel John Anthony Deever, broken an inch above the ankle gunpowder, tlie pvMaun lieing greater “ Pity you don’t know that guard, Tlie French government will doubt at the muzzle of the rifle than at the of the quaintest spectacles of human language down to the parrot. He taught C. B.!” he turned toward the Infantry frailty is an outbreak of hysteric« in a it to say, “Simmons, ye so-oor,” which Mess and shook his rifle, “ you think Sim,” said Slane, spitting out the dust less take good care, says the New York breech, and velocities of over 4090 feet H. BALLINGER, girl’s school. It starts without warn means swine, ami several things unfit yourself a devil of a man—but I’ll tell as lie rose. Then raising his voice— Sun, that tlie son of Mahmadu I .amine per second have leen obtained with the ing, generally on a hot afternoon among for publication. He was a big, gross you if you put your old ugly carcase “Come an’ take him orf. I’ve liruk never has an opportunity to avenge his bullets. A hundred years ago Baixhati HEALERS IN tlie elder pupils. A girl giggles till the man, and he shook like a jelly when outside ’o that door I’ll make you the 'is leg,” This was not strictly true, for father’s tragic death. They will not invented the explosive shell, in which A ttorney at L aw . giggle gets beyond control. Then she the parrot caught the sentence correcty. poorest lookin’ man in the army. Come the private had accomplished his own repeat the blunder they made five years powder was used, and now wc are in « Colonel John Anthony Deever, C. downfall, since it is the special merit of ago when Mahmadu Lamine ap]x*ared troducing more powerful explosives in Office in Fletcher building, Third Street. throws up her head and goes “Honk, Simmous, however shook with rage for out, honk, honk!” like a wild goose, and ail the room were laughing at him—the B.! Come out and see me prectice on that leg-guard that the harder the kick in Kayes, on the Senegal river, a sup the place of powder. Tor|iedoes, too, McMinnville. Oregon pliant for friendship and assistance, have come into existence, and up to the tears mingle witli tlie laughter. If the parrot was such a disreputable puff of the range. I'm the crack shot of the tlie greater the kicker’s discomfiture. mistress be wise, she will say some green feathers, and looked so human 'ole bloomin’ batallion,” In proof of Slane walked to Jerry Blazes ami and was treated by the French witli present day gunpowder has lieen used AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES. DIL J. C. MICIfAl X thing at this point to check matters. If when it chattered. Losson used to sit, which statement Simmons fired at the hung over him with exaggerated solici honor and dismissed with presents. in them; but hereafter we shall see ex tude; while Simmons, weeping with Three months later the humble suppli plosive gelatin, dynamite and gun-cot she be tender-hearted and send for a swinging his fat legs on tlie side of tlie lighted windows of the messhouse. Practicing Physician and Surgeon, “ Private Simmons, E Comp’ny, on pain, was carried away. “ ’Ope you ant was filling a great region between ton adopted most exclusively. The drink of water, the chances are largely cot, and ask the parrot wliat it thought in favor of another girl laughing at the of Simmons. The parrot would an the cavalry p’rade ground, sir, with ain’t 'urt badly, Sir,” said Slane. The the Senegal and tlie Gambia witli war, first is tlie most |xiwerful, the second LAFAYETTE, OREGON. 1 rounds,” said a Sergeant breath Major had fainted, and there was an burning French posts, killing French tlie cheapest, tind the third the most In building formerly occupied by Me afflicted one, anil herself collapsing. swer, “Simmons, ye so-oor.” “Good thirty Jan.'.’I. ’83. Minnville News Co Thus the trouble spreads, and may end boy,” Losson used to say scratching lessly to the Colonel. “ Shootin’ right ugly ragged hole through the top of his traders, lieheading chiefs who op]x*sed convenient to handle. In Italy and in half of what answers to the Lower the parrot’s head; “ye ’ear that Sim?” i and lef, sir. Shot Private Losson. arm. Slane knelt down and murmured: him, rallying all the tribes to his stan Germany 48 pounds of wet or jiaraffin- S, * YOUNG, M. D. “ S'elp me, I lielieve ’e’s dead. Well, dard, and it was not until two years nl gun-cotton have lieen thrown from Sixth of a boys’ school rocking and And Simmons used to turn over on his What's to be done, sir?” Colonel John Anthony Deever, ('. B., if that ain’t my blooming luck all later, and after two hard campaigns, mortars, amt in Fran«* more than 77 stomach and make answer: “I ’ear. whooping together. Given a week of Physician & Surgeon, that the French caught and lieheaded pounds of melinite, an explosive made warm weather, two stately promenades Take ’eed you don't ’ear something I sallied out, only to be saluted by a spirt over!” But the Major was destined to lead their energetic foe. M c M innville . ... O regon . < of dust at his feet. from picric acid, gun-cotton and gum- per diem, a heavy mutton and rice meal some of these days.” “ Pull up!” said the second in com his battery afield for many a long day In the restless nights after he had This chief, of mixed Arab and Negro arabic, and alxHit three times as strong Office and residence on D street All B. CLARK. PROPRIETOR. in the middle of the day, a certain with unshaken nerve. He was re ( alls promptly answered day or night. blixxi, was the last of tlie Mohamme as gunpowder. In this country we amount of nagging front the teachers, been asleep all day, fits of blind rage 1 mand; “ I don’t want my step in that anil a few other tilings, some really came upon Simmons and held liim till way, Colonel. He’s as dangerous as a moved, and nursed and petted into dan pretenders, who, like Ahniadu have thrown GOO pounds of dynamite E. K. GOUCHER. J. F. CALBREAT1I. convalescence, while tlie Battery dis north of Hie Senegal and Samory on ami explosive gelatin from tin* pneu Furniture of all the Latest Styles made to amazing effects can lx* secured, dog.” i At he trembled, while lie thought in how mad cussed the wisdom of capturing Sim the Upper Niger, inflamed the super matic gun. Tlie danger of premature order in Oak. Ash or any Wood “ Shoot him like one, then, ” said tlie many ways he would slay Losson. least, this is wliat folk say who have Calbreath & Goucher. desired. Sometimes lie would picture himself 1 Colonel bitterly, “ if he won’t take his mons and blowing him from a gun. stitious tribes by their religious preten explosion in the gun is much greater had experience. PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, Now, the mother superior of a con trampling the life out of the man with ' chance. Jfy regiment, too! If it had They idolized their Major, au<l his re sions and cost France many lives and when tlie weight of tliebursting charge FINE WORKMANSHIP A SPECIALTY! I the Towbeads I could have under appearance on parade resulted in a much treasure before they were finally is very great in projxirtion to the shell; M c M innville , - - - O regon . vent and the colonel of a British in heavy ammunition boots, and at others been scene nowhere provided for in the subdued, Mahmadu Lamine had made and tlie practice in Euro|«' is to use or ” ' fantry regiment would 1 «Justly shocked smashing in liis face witli the butt, at stood. (Office over Braly’s Bank.) Orders taken for all kinds of work and at any comparison being made I «'tween others jumping on his shoulders and Private Simmons hail occupied a Army Regulations. several pilgrimages to Mecca and many dinary guns and to deaden the explos satisfaction guaranteed. Call nt factory position near a well on the edge Great, too, was tlie glory that fell to thousands believed his story that he ive, as in armor-piercing sheila, only in dragging the head back till the neck- strong i their respective charges. But it is a and see specimens of furniture, 1 tlie parade ground, and was defying Slane’s share. The gunners would had been commissioned by Allah to this case it is deadened ;o get it safely fact that under certain circumstances, bone cracked. Then his mouth would of Do not buy without first seeing the furni Thomas in bulk can lie worked up into feel hot and fevered and then he would the regiment to come on. The regi have made him drunk thrice a day for found a new and powerfnl Mohamme out of the gun, a powerful explixier h«*- SURGEON AND HOMEOPATHIC ' ture manufactured here in your own state ditthering, rippling hysteria. He does reach out for another sup of beer in tlie ment was not anxious to comply with at least a fortnight. Even the Colonel dan empire and drive the French into ing inserteii to recover the energy at PHYSICIAN. and county 1 the request, for tliere is small honor in of his own regiment complimented him the sea. the end of it« flight. In this country not weep but he shows his trouble un pannikin. Office nt B F. Fuller’s drug store. Resi ti. CLARK. shot by a fellow-private. Only upon his coolness, and the local paper Few stories of Africa are more dra the opposite rourxe has lx*en pursued dence, first house south of Baptist church, But the fancy that came to him most being I mistakably, and the consequences get McMinnville. Or. Slane, rifle in hand, threw called him a hero. Which things did matic than that of tlie last few days of with the pneumatic gun, in which ■ 1 into the newspapers and all the good frequently and stayed with him long- Corporal Prices Consistent with Good Work himself down on the ground and not puff him up. When the Major this fanatical pretender, when he was regulnted pressure of air permits the est, was one connected with tlie great and virtuous people who hardly knew proffered him money and thanks, the hunted three years ago by thousands of us«‘ of any commercial explosive. The a Martini from a Snider say: “Take roll of fat under Losson's right ear. He wormed his way toward the well. noticed it first on a moonlight night, “ Don’t shoot,” said he to the men virtuous corporal took the one and put fix's and deserted by many a trilie that difference is radical, as tlie pressure in away the brute’s ammunition.” Thomas isn’t a brute, and his busi and .thereafter it was always before liis ; round liim; “ like as not you’ll ’it me. aside tlie other. But lie had a request a few weeks liefore would have followed a mortar is thirteen to fifteen tons |«*r Sample rooms in connection. to make, and prefaced it witli many a him to death. His reverses had des square inch, and is liable to vary a ton ness demands that he shall have his eyes. It was a fascinating roll of fat. I’ll catch the lieggar, livin’.” • o-------o “Beg y’ pardon, Sir.” Could the troyed his prestige and the followers of or two either way, while in tlie air-gun A man could get his hand upon it and Simmons ceased shouting for a while ammunition to his hand. He doesn’t ROOMED HOUSE AND TWO Major see his way to letting tlie Slane- the pretended prophet no longer had only about a thousand pounds a square A SIX ts now til teil up in first class order. Lots, 100x190 feet, price, $300; or with wear silk stockings and he really ought tear away one side of the neck; or he j and tlie noise of trap-wheels could be three lots. 100x150 feet, $t*lO; or four lots, to be supplied with a new adjective to could place the muzzle of a rifle on it ] heard across the plain. Major Oldyne, McKenna wedding lx* adorned by the faitli in him as the favorite of Allah. inch is used, and it can lx> regulated Accommodations as good as can be 100x200 feet, with barn, $1100. A good va and blow away all the head in a flash. commanding « the horse battery, was presence of four liattery horses to pull With tlie Senalgese cavalry almost at within three or four ixiunds, the range ound in the city. riety of fruit trees, new fence and sidewalk. help him express his opinion; but, for , 1 also have fourteen other good residence all that, he is a great man, If you call Lossing lia<l no right to lie sleek and coming back from a dinner in tlie civil a 1 hired barouche? Tlie Major could, his heel, village after village refused lx*ing changetl by altering the pressure. S. E. MESSINGER, Manager. so could the battery. Excessively him shelter, though he held tlie Koran This matter has <>|x'ne<l up a new field lots for sale at from $75 to $100 per lot. or a contented and well-to-do, when lie, ] was driving after his usual eus- and 1 good block for $700, or a half block for liim “the heroic defender of the nation Simmons, was the butt of tlie room, lines; so. It was a gorgeous wedding. i above his head, opened at tlie page for investigation, and the chemist will tom—that is to say, as fast as tlie horse 1 $:t50. < all or address me on the premi-es, al honor” one day, and “a brutal and M c M innville three blocks north of the courthouse, Mc licentious soldiery "the next you natur Some day, perhaps, lie would show could , where the faithful are enjoined to suc soon lx* call«.xl upon to disi-over a go. “ Wot did I do it for?” said Corporal cor all servitors of Allah. Some vil Minnville. Yamhill cotintv. Oregon. smokeless )iowder which will pnxiuce “A orfeer! A blooming spangled Slane. , ally bewilder him, and he looks upon those who laughed at tlie “Simmons [April lOrtf A. D SIMPSON. “ For tlie 'orses o’ course. lages that hail trembled at his name, ye so-oor” joke, that he was as good as oiTcer! < alxxilutel.y reliable pressures as low as ” shrieked Simmons. “ I'll ' you with suspicion. There is nobody t’ARI.IN A HIGH. Proprietors Jliansi ain’t a beauty to look at, but I fired volleys at the handful of men that 1,090 |xiunds ] xt square inch, and from ; a scarecrow of that oiTcer.” The to speak for Thomas except people who the rest’ and held a man's life in tlie make JESSE E1»W Goods of all descriptions moved ami care JOHN DERRY, wasn ’ t goin ’ to ’ avc a hired turnout. were still faithful to him. At length that to 5.000, but an air or steam gun have theories to work off on him; and crook of his forefinger. When Losson i trap stopped. ful handling guaranteed. Collections will Jerry Blazes! If I 'adn’t a wanted his jaded horse could carry him no far !«■ made monthly Hauling of a I kinds will always have the advantage oflie- nobody understands Thomas except snored Simmons hated liim more bit • “What’s this?" demanded the major something, Sim might ha’ biowed ther, and the pretender faced tlie ene done cheap _______ ---- -------------------------------------- Thomas, anil he does not know wliat is terly than ever. Why should Losson < of gunners. “You there, drop your ing able tiicliange the pressure at will Jerry Blazes’ blooming ’end into Ilir- my close upon him, and with no wea be able to sleep when Simmons had to ; rifle.” Proprietors of The McMinnville without reloading. Against atone, tlie matter with himself. M. D. I.. RHODES, B. F. RHODES, ish stew for aught I'd 'a cared.” pon in his hands calmly awaited the hrh'k or sand tli«' eflfect of large masses “Why, its Jerry Blazes! I ain’t got That is tlie prologue. This is the stay awake hour after hour, tossing ■ NOTARY.) TILE And they hanged Private Simmons- sword thrust that laid him lifeless. of high explosives is very marked, as and turning on the tapes, witli tlie dull i no quarrel witli Jerry Blazes. Pass, story: hanged liim as high as Haman in a The women in his big harem, who for TILE | would also lx* the ease on or over a ’, an’ all’s well!” Corporal Slane was engaged to be mar pain gnawing into his right side and frien hollow square of the regiment; and tlie But Jerry Blazes had not the faintest Colonel said it was drink; and the several days had Ixx'ti captives in the ship’s deck, or in th«' water alongside. Situated at the Southwest corner of the ried to Miss Jhansi McKenna, whose his head throbbing and aching after Fair Grounds. All sizes of history is well known in tlie regiment Canteen. He thought over this for j intention of passing a dangerous mur Chaplain was sure it was the devil; hands of the French, were distributed But against vertical armor of even mod and elsewhere. He had secured his many, many nights, and tlie world l>e- , derer. He was, as his adoring battery and Simmons fancied it was both, but among the bravest of tlie Senagalese erate thickness, their execution up to First-Class Drain Tile Real Estate. Insurance. Collection, soldiery, and two of ills little sons were tlie present time is roro. Ten jxiunds colonel ’s leave, and lieing popular with came unprofitable to him. He even ■ swore long and fervently, without kept constantly on hand at lowest living he didn’t know, and only hoped his taken to France to lx* edueatixl by the blunted his naturally tine appetite on of dynamite in a cigar l«ix, resting up knowledge of fear, anil they were sure the men, every arrangement had been prices EDWARDS A DERBY, fate would lie a warning to his com and Loan Brokers. on a four inch iron plate lying on the 41- McMi invitte, Oregon. made to give tlie wedding what Private beer and tobacco, and all tlie time the ly the best judges, for Jerry Blazes, it panions; ami half a dozen “ intelli government. parrot talked at ami made a mock of was notorious, had done liis possible to It is the eldest of these boys who says ground, will blow a hole through the Ortheris called “ eeklar. ” It fell in the McMinnville - - Oregon. gent publicists" wrote six beautiful his mission in life is to avenge his fath kill a man eaeli time tlie liattery went plate; but if the plate is vertical it will heart of the hot weather, and after the him. leading articles on “Tlie Prevalence of er. He was only ten years old when Ottico in old Post-office Buildin". wedding Slane was going up to the out. have no effect. The power was there The heat continued and the tempers 1 II. CLAY BVRi’II, Crime in the Army.” his father fell, but doubtless lie lias a What became of it? We must learn t«» He walked toward Sinnnons with tlie Hills with the bride. None the less, wore away more quickly than before But not a soul thought of comparing vivid recollection of tlie two years when Slane’s grievance was that the affair A sergeant's ’.vife died of heat apoplexy intention of rushing him and knocking direct thisenergy. Nitro-glycerine and the “ bloody-minded Simmons ” to the all the world he knew revered Mahma M c M innville national bank . Real Estate. Collection, Insurance would only be a hired carriage wed during the night, and the rumor ran him down. gun-«*otton an- th«* most inqsirtapt squawking, gaping school girl with du Lamine as Allah's chosen prophet, Corner Third and C street«, in Braly block. ding, and lie lelt that the “eeklar of abroad that it was cholera. AJen re “Don’t make me do it, sir,” said Sim high explosives. Both were discovered and Employment Agent. which this story opens. and when tribute and slaves ¡xiured in al«>ut 184<i, but neither was of practi«**! Miss McKenna did joiced openly, hoping that it would mons; “I ain't got nothing agin you. that was meager, MCMINNVILLE, OREGON. That would have lx*eu t<x> absurd! a never-ending stream into his father's value until ul«iut I860, when Nobel, a not care so much The sergeant’s wife spread and send them into camp. But All, you would?”—the major broke in big capital, which was laid in ashes af Swede, discovered a cheap method of Transacts a General Banking Business, to a run—“take that then!” was helping her to make her wedding that was a false alarm. Trade With Spanish America. ter the French had knocked its defens making nitro-glycerine and of making The major dropped with a bullet hole It was late oil Tuesday evening, and President...........................J. W. COWLS Aliy business entrusted to me will receive drees, and she was very busy. Slane We have reached a point in our na es to pieces with their cannon. He through his shoulder, and Simmons from it dynamite and explosive gelatin . was, just then, tlie only moderately the men were waiting in the deep prompt attention, and SATISFACTION Vice President......... LEE LAUGHLIN tional history in which expansion has was not t<x» young to hate the French GUARANTEED. Tlie chemical analysis of the products contented man in the barracks. All double verandas for “Last Posts,"when stood over him. He had lost the satis Cashier .... ...... J. L. STRATTON liecome not an incident but a necessity. the rest were more or less miserable. Simmons went to the box at the foot of faction of killing Losson in the desired We have filled up the basin and run for scattering tlie women of his father’s of combustion shows a wide diflerence O ffice with W T S iiurtleef . .Sells sight exchange and telegraphic household among the common soli l ien of results. Ordinary gun|xiw«ler has 68 way, but here was a helpless body to his lied, took out his pipe and slammed And they lia<l so much to make them transfers on Portland, San Franco and New ning over. Half a liemisherc is not York. happy, too! All their work was over the lid dow n with a bang that echoed his hand. Should he slip in another enough for our energies, money and of Senegal, and for bearing away the per cent, of solid residue while nitro head of the great chief as a trophy, glycerin not only lias no w.liti residue, Collections made on all accessible points. at 8 in tlie morning, and for the rest of through tlie deserted barrack like the cartridge and blow ofi'the head, or with productions. We have fallen in line while they left his body in the wilder Interest allowed on time deposits. the day they could lie on their backs and crack of a rifle. Ordinarily speaking, the butt smash in the white face? He but has a .surplus of oxygen—tiiat lx, 111 Office hours from f>a. in. to 4 p m. with the manufacturing nations of Eu ness for birds of prey. 100 |x>un<ls of gunpowder there is only smoke Canteen plug and swear at the the men would have taken no notice, stopped to consider, and a cry went up rope, and with such facilities and to It is quite certain tiiat this young enough oxygen to consume 32 |xiundx puiikali-coolies. They enjoyed a fine but their nerves were fretted to fiddle from tlie far side of the parade ground: such an extent that the world itself fellow has no career before liim in Afri of in it in a useful manner, and the ELSIA WRIGHT. full meal in tlie middle of the day, and strings. They jumped up and three or “He’s killed Jerry Blazes!” must lie our market, if we would avoid ca. He may some day laugh at his But in the shelter of the well pillars remainder, <>8 pounds, in converted in then threw themselves down on their four clattered into the barrack room to the disaster of producing more than we Carries the Largest Assortment of J S HIBBS, ... Proprietor. youthful threat as a child's folly, hut to solid chemicals of no expansive fore«« cots and sweated and slept till it was only find Simmons kneeling by his Simmons was safe, except when lie Harness and “addles and also the can sell give away or spare. The t rade the French will not trust him. His stepped out to fire. cool enough to go out with their box. which are blown out of the gun. In Fresh Meats of nil kinds constantly on of India, China, Africa, and the antipo father, whose only purpose was to spy hand. Highest price paid for Butcher’s LARGEST STOCK IN YAMHILL COUNTY. “towny,” whose vocabulary contained “I’ll blow your ’andson’e ’ead off, nitro-glycerin there is more than enough “ Ow! It's you, is it? ” they said, stock dal archipelagoes are already tinder the Harness of all kinds Made to Order. Re less than 6<<o words, ami the adjective, and laughed foolishly; “ we thought’t Jerry Blazes,” said Simmons reflective dominance of European nations, while out the strength of the enemy, deceived oxygen to burn all the other i«>mpn- pairing Neatly Done T hird S treet , M c M innville , O r . them once with ids crafty dissimulation nentx. Substances "ontainiiig oxidiza- ly; “six and three is nine an’ one is ten and whose views on every conceivable was---- ” Robes. Whips and all the Necessaries our unfortanate poverty in merchant and they will never give the son and an ’ that leaves me another nineteen, ble constitix'iits can therefore I«' a<id«*d question they had heard many months Simmons rose slowly. If tlie acci are Kept in Stock in Endless marine handicaps tlie Oriental devel TRIPLETT & BONI), Variety. liefore. dent had so shaken his fellows, what an’ one for myself.” He tugged at the opment of American commerce. Our heirofthe powerful pretender a chance. to it v ith advantage, and this has given Proprietors of the string of the second packet of ammuni rise to the numerous mixture« found in There was the Canteen, of course, would not the reality do? < all and See Stock. Store on Third Street, immediate relief lies next door. Our A Chinese Pirate Story. McMinnville. Oregon. and there was the temperance room th«-market. Gun-cotton mlx«*«l with “ You thought it was—did you? And tion. Corporal Slane crawled out of geographical cousins are fortunately witli the second-hand papers in it; but what makes you think?” he said, lash the shadow of a bank into the moon A short time ago a Chinese junk was nitro-glycerin utilizes the surplus oxy willing to be neighborly. They are not The neatest place in the citv Animals a man of any profession cannot read ing himself into madness as he went light. boarded by eight pirates near New- gen of th«' latter in the most efficient carefnlly selected for killing—insuring the the scarecrows we have imagined. The The Leaders In “I see you,” said Simmons; “come a finest meat Poultry, etc , bought and for eight hours a daj’ in a temperature on; “to hell with your thinking, ye chang, says the Shanghai Mercury ami manner, and pnxluces explosive gelatin sold Highest market price paid for every little bit furder on an’ I’ll do for you.” country is neither wilderness or ash the crew ^of the junk came frankly the most powerful practical explosive of 96 or 98 degrees in the shade, run dirty spies." thing. heap. Its resources are practically in “I’m cornin’,” said Corporal Slane, ning up sometimes to 103 degrees at “ Simmons, ye xo-oor,” chuckled the forward and told the robbers that there known. Nitro glycerin is also made exhaustible, and its ultimate destiny of midnight. Very few men even though parrot on the veranda, sleepily, recog briefly; “you done a bad day’s work, was nothing of any value on Ixiard, as into n «olid by mixing it with th«- pow- ix'ing populated with the English And all kinds of they get a pannikin of flat, stale beer nizing a well-known voice. And that Sim. Come out 'ere and come back the vessel was in ballast. The pirates densl silica, which will almorb 75 | xt speaking race places its commerce and with me.” and hide it under their cot can continue was absolutely all. being good humored fellows laughed cent., and tills constitutes dynamite. “Come to h---- 1,” laughed Simmons, importance on tlie top mil of the fence. at the fool's errand they had come on These changes of physical ««sidition drinking for six hours a day. One The tension snapped. Simmons fell Watchmakei’ The wisest and best men of this repub man tried but lie died, and nearly the back on tlie armrack deliberately, the sending a cartridge home with his and asked the lxiatmen could they have modify the susceptibility to slnx-k, and and Jeweler. lic are concerned ill the programme of whole regiment went to his funeral be men were at tlie fur end of the room, thumb. Not before I’ve settled you a meal at least, after their trouble. The oftentimes in an unexpected manner. Dealer All Kinds of Watches, Jewelry, Plated Ware treaty-unity witli the southern repub cause it gave them something to do. It and took out liis packet of ammunition. and Jerry Blazes.” lxiatmen, apparently delighted to get For instance, explosive gelatin ordinari Clocks and Spectacles. McMINNVILLE. OR. lics as enunciated at the Pan-American The corporal was lying at full length was too early for the mollified excite “Don’t go playing the goat, Sim!” off so easily, replied in the affirmative, ly requires six times as much as dyna convention. We, as a nation, tacitly ment of fever and eholora. The men said Losson; “ put it down,” but there in the dust of the parade ground, a rifle and uncovered the hatches leading to mite, but if frozen it requires less than acquiesce in our destiny to be tlie com could only wait and wait and wait, and was a quaver in his voice. Another under him. Some of the less cautious the hold, whither they told the dynamite. All explosiv«*« are liable to watch the shadow of tlie barrack creep man stooped, slipped his lxxit and men in the distance shouted: “Shoot mercial monarchy of Hie Western Hem pirates to descend IxTore them detonation by “influence”—that ia, the isphere, from tlie jiolar star to tlie stony ing across tlie blinding white dust. hurled it at Simmons’ head. The ’im, shoot 'im, Slane!” while the chow was in course of debilitation of one mass will explode ---- ON point of Cape Horn; and this union of “ You move ’ and or foot, Slane, ” said That was a gay life! prompt answer was a shot which, fired preparation. Tlie pirati-s never dreani- another of the same kind at a distance, Hot Water Boilers, They lounged about cantonments—It at random, found its billet in Losson’s Simmons, “and I’ll kick Jerry Blazes’ interests to be brought about by the ing of any trick from the harmless-look ami |x>ssihly masses of other kinds also. peaceful and permanent influences of Wash Basins. Etc. was to hot for any sort of game and al throat. Losson fell forward without a 'ead in, and shoot you after.” ing old boatmen, did as they were told The results of experiment are anoma On Short or Long Time in Sums to suit. “I ain’t movin’,” said the corporal, commerce. Tlie Pan-American con but they were no sooneer below than lous and umu-i-ountable. Whatever most too hot for Tice—and fuddled word, and the others scattered. Lowest Rates and no Commissions. WE CAN FIT YOUR HOUSE themselves in the evening and filled “ You thought it was!” yelled Sim raising his head. “You daren’t ’it a vention was the inaugural of a hemi- tlie lxiatmen fastened down the hatches may lx- the correct theory, we know WITH HOT AND COLD themselves to distention witli the mons. “ You’re drivln me to it! I tell man when ’e’s on his legs. Let go o’ sheric march to possibilities in trade again and eaught them fairly in a trap. that the fulminate of mercury produces WATER. healthy nitrogenous food provided them you you're drivin’ me to it! Get up Jerry Blazes and come out of that with and civilization hitherto without an Not content with having captured the a «hock to which all other xulixtantives Jail on or address: and tlie more they stoked the less exer Losson, an’ don't lie shammin’ there— your flstes. Come an’ ’it me. You example in our history. Some 40,000,- pirates, or else fearing to trust such cus are sensitive, and hence is ix-tter adapt 000 new customers will be added to the tomers, tlie lxiatmen straightway flrxxl- you and your blasted parrit that druv daren’t, you bloomin’ dog-shooter.” ed for exploders than any other. This W. T. SHURTLEFF, All work done in first class order, cise they took and the more explosive me national <er, and from $50,000,000 “I dare.” to it!” they grew. Then file tempers began to ed the hold with the intentiontion of is proliably due to its density. It 1« (live us a Call. At J. I. K 'iglit A Co.’x McMimivile. Dr. “Y’ou lie, you man-sticker, You to $100,Gx,,000 will annually lx1 ex drowning tlie pirates like rats. In their very heavy in pro|x>rtion to s|iace oc- wear away and the men fell a-brooding But there was an unaflected reality changed for our breadstuff« and pro GLENN A- GRIFFITH, over insults real or imaginary. They about Ixieson’s pose that showed Sim sneakin' Sheeny butcher, you lie .Sec alarm the pirates began to fire their j cupied, and its xh«xak is more intense Third St. McMinnville. had nothing else to think of. The tone mons what lie had done. The men there!” Slane kicked tlie rifle away visions, and numerous special articles gun's at one another. In a little time within a limited radius than that of of American manufacture.— Age gf of the “repartees” changed, and in were still clamoring in the veranda. and stood up in the peril of his life. however, ail was quiet in tlie hold, and any other explosive. Regarding tlie Steel. _______ ______ stead of saying light-heartedly, “I’ll Simmons appropriated two more pack “Come oq_ now.” I the lxiatmen concluded from the silence ' sensibility to influence of other explo The temptation was more than Sim Tlie value of dogs is better appreci [ that all wa-over. So they ran their sive^—and there are some three hundred knock your silly face in,” men grew la ets of ammunition and ran into the House, Sign, and Ornamental Painter boriously polite and hinted that the i moonlight, muttering, “ I’ll make a mons could resist, for the corporal in ated in Philadelphia than any other Junk inshore and communicated with and fifty of them—we are much in the The Only Sign Writer in the County. cantonments were not large enough night of it. Thirty roun’s, and the his white clothes offered a perfect tar American city. A firm in that city the authorities. A party of troo]>s came «lark.— F, .V. Ilftrher, in th> Firum for employs twelve wagons which go over Ion Ixiard, and when they raised the ' Job,. for themselves and their enemy, and last for myself. Take you that, you get. Homes fitted up in the Neatest and Most “ Don’t misname me," shouted Sim the city every day collecting dogs, and liatcltes discovered five of the eight pi that tliere would lx? more space for one dogs!” Artistic Style. of the two in a place which it is not po He dropped oil one knee and tired mons, firing as he spoke. The shot sometimes cats. A reporter has given rates dead and the other three in a dy A New York woman who is suing for Designs furnished for Decorations. into the brown of the men in the ver missed, and the shooter, blind with an account of the manner in which the ing condition. The survivors were a divorce because of failure to provide lite to mention. Remeinl>er Paper Hanging ami Inside Fur It may have been tfie devil who ar- anda, but the bullet flew high and rage, threw his rifle down and rushed faithful companions are converted into handl'd over to tlie justice and suflfered stated that when her eight children nishing a Specialty HflU E orothers.who wish to examin» gloves, candles, machine oil, etc., but HU 1 Cll I I vCnO this paper, or obtain estimates i ranged tlie thing, l»ut tlie fact of the landed in the brickwork with u vicious at Slane from the protection of the well. Work taken bv Contract or by the Day. Ex lie is reticent as to the manner in tile penalty of tlie law. The lxiatmen were in need of shoes her husliand sent on advertising space when in Chicago, will find it or fila at 1 case is that Losson had for a long time phicit that made some of tlie younger Within striking distance, lie kicked perienced men employed. which tlie flesh is disposed of.-— Forillo were suitably reward,si for th, ir bravery lier a basket of flowers and a lot of bls 45 to 49 Randolph St been worrying Simmon« in an aimless men turn paie. It Is, as musketry savagely at Slane’s stomach, but the limes-Union. and presence of mind. own poetry. Third Street, McMinnville, Oregon. the Ad Siting Agency of i ABSOLUTELY PURE HEWITT BROS. B ooks , stationery Musical Foods and Instrnmeuts of all Kinds. Furniture Factory, » I. ID. Baker M D., The St. Charles Hotel. Lots For Sale! TRUCK AND DRAY CO., Edwards & Derby, RHODES a RHODES, FACTORY Eurisko Market, PEOPLE’S MARKET. PLUMBING WM. HOLL, MONEY TO LOAN PIPE WORK. IS GLENN & GRIEFITH. Bath Tubs and Sinks. 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