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AN UNSUCCESSFUL WOOING. Pretty Girl’s Request That Crabbed Her Eu« hauled Admirer. Running The drummer was leaning up against the hotel counter talking to Q clerk. “You look worried about sonv thing,” said tiie clerk. "I am,” responmid the drummer promptly. “I saw the prettiest girl cn the tiain today 1 have seen iu a dozen yearj of travel.” “That oughtn’t to w«'rry you. ” “Pretty women have worried better Ken than I am, ” ventured the drum mer. “Who was she?” “Blamed if I knew.” “Didn't get acquainted with her?” “Of cours” not. Yon must think I get acquainted with every woman I tee. ” “You do, don't you?” “No, I don’t, nor do any of us. That’s a vile slander on th? profu sion. ” “Did you try to?” asked the clerk, with a smile of doubt. “No, I didn’t. ” “Then what’s worrying you?” “The way she treated me.” “What did she do?” The drummer fired his half smoked cigar at the cuspidor viciously. “Well,” he explained, “alter I had been gazing at her for an hour or so, I thought I’d try her with a newspaper. Sho declined it with thanks and a beau tiful smile. Then 1 tried her with a new novel, with the same result. Then I sent over some nice fresh fruit, and it came back. Then I wanted to fix the window for her, and agaitt the thanks and the declination. That lovely smile i is what broke me up, ” sighed the drum mer, “and I was sure if I had half a i chance I would get acquainted. About I 10 minutes after I hud made tho last of fer the train stopped at a station, and I she nodded for me to come over. By j George, I was sure 1 hail made a 10 I strike, and 1 fairly flew to her. “ ‘Will you do me a favor?’ she asked, with that same enchanting smile, as if I wouldn’t have done her a million,” and the drummer sighed again. “ ‘Certainly, with the greatest pleas ure,’ said I. “ ‘Well,’ says she, ‘suppose you get off at this station and take the train for Detroit that comes along this evening. You make me dead tired where you are.’ ” Tho clerk’s eyes tilleel with tears, and the drummer went out and stood in tho door gloomily.—Detroit Free Press. AN ARTICHOKE IDYL. AN UNFAMILIAR VEGETABLE OVER WHICH EPICURES RAVE. The ’«Jerusalem** li .n*I Is Not tUe True Ar ticle M'l x* t’sed to Lalteu Cattie—Mouth M at«;ring lteeipes I s«tl bv French and Creole Ch- fs. THE FIRST IDEALIST. A jellyfish swam in a tropical sea. And he said: “This world it consists of me. There’s nothing above and nothing below That a jellyfish ever can possibly know (Since we’ve got no sight or hearing or smell; Beyond what our single sense can tell. Now, ai. that 1 learn from the sense of touch Is the fact of my feelings viewed as such. But to think they have any external cause Is an inference clean against logical laws. Again to suppose, a.-v I’ve hitherto done. There are other jellyfish under the sun Is a pure «assumption that can’t be backed By a jot of proof or a single fact. In short, like Hume. I very much doubt If there’s anything c„e at all without. So I come at last to the plain conclusion. When the subject is fairly set free from con fusion. That the universe simply centers iu me. And if I were not then nothing would be.’* Just 58 years after Columbus discov ered America a gastronomic genius in ue south of France discovered the arti- t’aoke as a delicious dish of a saladic haract r. It was indeed a rather re markable find or guess, for the plant b-ars a strong resemblance to the this tle, and up to that date any man who 'CONTAGIOUS In all its stages completely That minute a shark, who was strolling by. ate it ran the risk of being classed with ■¡BLOOD POISON Htinate sores * and ulcersÀ Just gulped him down in the twink of an eye, that animal which enjoys thistles and JI *«*Mmam* yield to its healing powers'/) And lie died with a lew convulsive twists. Wit remo\ ea the poison and builds up the system ji| knows how to biay. A »aluab.e treatise oa the disease aud its tzeatmentl/f But somehow the universe still exists. The portion of the artichoke generally —Boston Globe. J SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga. eaten is the underside of tho head be fore the flower unfolds itself, or what in A Daring Trick. kitchen parlance is called tho artichoke “One of the most daring tricks I ever bottom. But the lower part of the leaves that join this base and contain about a came across, ” said H. F. Farrell, a New York attorney, “was iu the case of a fifth of a teaspoonful of edible and eas man who deliberately impersonated a ily digestible substance is equally prized lawyer's clerk and persuaded a very sick by the wise. A common way of eating man to sign a will without reading it, these bottoms after the head is removed and which disposed of his property in from the plant aud the body has been direct opposition to his wishes. It was well boiled, like a cabbage, is to pull a case of a family dispute, and the old off the leaves and then eat the remain gentleman, who was quite wealthy, had der soused in salt and butter. decided to disinherit his eldest son and But the French and the cieolcs of i(i's Picro^ ' leave the property to a younger one. New Orleans, where the artichoke is Being warned by his doctor that he had regarded with a kind of sentimental or only a day or two more to live, he sent affectionate appetite, frequently gather instructions to his attorney to draft his the heads when tho bottom is no larger will and send it down promptly for sig titan a silver dollar and cat the lower nature. end of the leaves raw, dipping them “While the lawyer was preparing the daintily in a sauce made of oil, red pep document a representative of the eldest per and red wine vinegar or occasional son arrived with a pajier, which he said ly in a queer sauce of butter and spice. ANO ALL was the will prepared by the sick man’s Another way the French and their attorney. The will was signed without kindred here have of embalming the hesitation and duly witnessed, and when artichoke in the memory of particular two hours later the lawyer’s clerk ar- stomachs is to bake the dried heads, for rived with the genuine will he was not which purpose the second crop or rowen irÆVts'ro allowed to enter the house, being warned of artichokes is preferred, in a meat pie off the premises by the housekeeper. On < ’ I ! 1 < Æ < 4 <> with mushrooms. This dish has not yet his return to the office his employer saw made its appearance in New York res at once that a fraud had been commit- taurants. ted, and he hastened to the house to The Quickest to Chica Neither has the artichoke patty, an have it set right. In the meantime, invention of the famous Parisian chef, however, tho sick man had become un yo and the East. Trisconi, now living in rich retirement conscious, and he died without being on his estate near New Orleans, aud able to execute a will after his own Guie* er tn Omaha ant cooking only occasionally on state occa wishes. The bogus will was upset, but Kansas City. sions or for gourmets whose praise de tho fraud could never be sufficiently lights his poet nature. At a dinnor given Pullman and Tourist Sleepers, proved to convict the man suspected of in 1884 by the New Orleans exposition Free Reclining Chair Caro, concocting it, and he inherited quite a management to somo editorial visitors, Dining Cars. large sum of tho money as next of kin. ” Trisconi presented some of these famous 8. H. H CLARK. ) —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. «»LIVER W MINK. '-Receivers j patties, and one editor, whose name is E ELLERY ANDERSON’,) Solojnou Might Have Hesitated. ( a household word, remarked that such Still Another Name. For Rates or general information call on or ad Solomon had to sit in judgment in : a dish could teach a man the art to choke Life would be simplified in some of dreu many difficult cases, but wise as he was himself to death without grieving, to W. II HI Ki.KI KT, even he might have hesitated before de which another replied that the art to its aspects if the same thing were al Asst. Gen. Pass. Agt. ciding tho simple case in which a lat ' joke in that way was an editorial func ways called by the same name. Such is 251 Washington St., Cor 3d. PORTLAND, Oh ter day justice pronounced a judgment. tion more honored in tho breach than in not the case, however, and perhaps it is A woman was summoned to answer a the observance, and in an awesome hush better so. If there were no mysteries charge of withholding a pitchfork the guests went on solacing their souls and surprises, the world would be less EAST AND SOUTH which had interesting. , been lent to her by a neigh with patties. VIA Colonel Philip Lee was passing boring gardener. She straightway de The composition of these culinary clared that the fork had been the prop wonders is a profound secret, which will through South Carolina thirty odd years erty of her late husband, and in proof probably die with its Columbus, but ago—it was in wartime—when he ac thereof showed the justice her hus there are many other ways—about 20 in costed an old negro with the question: OF THE “1 say, unde, are there any Hugue band’s initials, “M. W.,” cut in the all—of cooking tho artichoke, and some handle. The complainant demurred, and of these methods carry elaboration to nots about here?” The colored man looked surprised and turning the fork the other way asserted excess. Let a brief description of one answered the question by another: that the initials “ W. M. ” were his. way suffice. Express Trains Leave Portland Daily “Well, I declare, where be you uns The justice was. in a quandary and con You take about six or eight plants of fessed his inability to determine which medium size, remove the coarsest leaves, from?” LEAVE ~ ARRIVE “From way up in old Kentucky, ” said Portland.......... t> I P M I San FTanolK0..10 4 «V N way the fork w as to be held in reading trim them off straight on top, cut out San Francisco.'c'W 1* M i Portland........... 8120 A A the letters, but the woman ruined her the cores or chokes, wash and drain care Colonel Lee. “Well, I thought so. Why, in Ten case by interposing, unasked, that, al fully. Then fry the tips in oil, and for Above trains stop at all stations from Portland U though she knew the implement had dressing chop up very fine half a pound nessee they call ’em peanuts, in Georgia Albany liicluaive. Also Tangent, Shedd», Hal been her husband’s property, she they call ’em goobers, in Alabama they of fresh pork fat, with the same amount sit , IliirrhhurK. Junction City, lrvinx. Eugen, is penders, here in South Carolina we und all stations front Roseburg to Ashland inciu wouldn’t want to swear to it. of butter. Add 3 minced shallots, a largo sive. “Anyway,” she added, “my husband spoonful of chopped parsley, salt, pep call ’em ground peas, and now you fel Hoaeburg Mail DMlly. diod. Ho had a fork, aud lio didn’t take per, nutmeg, a pound of minced mush lows way off dere in Kentucky call ’em LEAVE: ARRIVE: hugonuts. Well.Idodeclare!”—Youth’s Portland.......... 8:80 AM | Roseburg.............. OP Ji it with him. If that isn’t it, where is rooms and a gill of madeira. After thor Companion. Roseburg......... 7:00 4 .30 Pb it?” 7:1 AM I Portland. .. ough mixing divide into os many por In the absence of better proof, judg tions as you have artichoke shells and Woinarii Was Made From an Elm Stick. DINING CARS ON OGDEN ROUTE. ment was given for the plaintiff.—New fill the hollow plants. in the Scandinavian myth of the ori PULLWRN • BUFFET York Herald. Cover these with bands of thick pork gin of woman, Odin, Vill and Ve, the SLEEPERS and tie around with strong string. Put three sons of Bor, were walking along Night Air. these imprisoned artichokes now into a the sealteach, when they found two “It always amuses me,” remarked SECOND CLASS SLEEPING CARS, Dr. T. L. Goodwin of Chicago, “when large saucepan, with more pork, chopped sticks of wood, one of ash and one of carrots, onions, parsley, etc. Moisten Attached to all Through Trains. I hear people say that they are afraid with medium stock and white wine and elm. Odin and his brothers were gods, of course, but the sight of the stick .West Side Division. to have their bedroom windows open at let boil. caused them to wish that they could What BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS night, owing to the night air. Then skin and cook in an oven for an Mail Train Daily, (Except Sunday.) other kind of air can wo breathe at hour. Drain off the stock and reduce it carve other gods from the inanimate night but night air? The choice is be with espagnole to a semiglazed state, wood. They forthwith set about the 7:30 A Nfi l.v Portland Ar tween pure air from without aud foul sprinkling in just a suspicion of lemon task, with the result that they made a lu t A M I Lv McMinnville l.v air from within. It has been proved juice now and then. Free the articokes living man out of the ash stick, and a fe 12 1 P M I Ar t’orvalll» Lv that a large number of the diseases we from their cord and bands and serve male, being in godlike form, equally as At Albany and Corvallis connect with suffer from are occasioned by people them, thinly covered, not drowned, in lively as the man, out of the elm billet. trains of Oregon Pacific Railroad, i —St Louis Republic. sleeping with (heir windows shut. An Expreaa Train Daily, (Except Sunday.) open window most nights in the year their accompanying sauce. The name of the dish is artiehauts entiere a la bari- Steamships Steered by a Finger. Ár 8 2 A M can never hurt any one. In large cities Portland ~4 4t) W iTv 3AM the night air is the best and purest to goule and is equal to a dinner of several Lv Ht. Joseph Marvelous progress has been made in 7:1 P M Lv i) A M Lv McMinnville courses. 7:2 P M |Ar marine architecture mid equipment bo hml in any of the 24 hours, and it By some persons this dainty vegetable within the past few years. There was a Through Tickets to all points in Eastern would be a great deal healthier to keep Staten, ('unHila and Europe can be obtained at tho windows closed during the day than has been confused with the so called time when the wheelhouse of a big ¡oweat rates from G. A \\ ilcox. Agent, McMiun- Jerusalem artichoke, which is also eat vHle. E P KOGERS, at night. The absence of smoke, etc., en, though chiefly by cattle. Tho Jeru I ocean steamer contained eight stalwart Ab>t G. F. A P A , Portland, Or. tends to make the night tho best time salem artichoke is not a true species at men, who, in rough weather, would find R KOEHLER. Manager. it almost a herculean task to manage for airing the rooms. ” all, but of a kind of wild sunflower the wheel. Nowadays the light touch [hence its Italian name girasole, turn Kinx of llelgluiu’s Bodyguard. 1 of an infant’s hand upon the wheel is ing to sun), with a tuberose root that of sufficient power to turn a vessel com Under the Belgian constitution tho resembles a potato «and tastes very like a pletely around. Huge boats are now king’s valet is responsible to parliament CHURCHES delicate turnip when well cooked. ' steered by a steam apparatus, which is for tlw safety of tho royal person. At B ahist —Services Sunday 11 a. nt. oud This plant is called iu some localities 1 as quick and effective as the touch upon 7 30 p. tn ; Suu.lay schoofo 30 a in.; the uigbt, therefore, when the Belgian mon prayer arch has retired to his “salle a cou the Canada potato, in others the Vir | the ordinary electric button.—Philadel young people’s society 6:15 p tn ginian. It was introduced into England phia Record. Covenant meeting Thursday 7 30 p. tn. cher,’’ the valet turns the key upon him ---- ------- ------ - —. meeting first Sat each month 2:0O p. tn. in 1(120, and its tops, when cured, were and locks himself in the antechamber, Ca.es L. B onham , Pastor. found to be good hay, five or six tons to The titles of Jewish rabbinical writ where he himself sleeps, by turning the MunopisT ErtscoPAL—Services every the acre, and its tuber was fed to cattle. ings are often fanciful. Ono comment key also of tho outer door, if, therefore, Sabbath 11 JW a. tn and 7 30 p. tn. Sunday It is not quite as nourishing as the po ary is called “The Heart of Aaron,” a miscreant had any designs upon the school 9:30 a lit. Prayer meeting 7 00 p tato, having 4 per cent more water, but the introduction to the Talmud is tlm tn. Thursday. S E. MrMUteiw. Pastor. person of tho king, he would iirst of all C cm h . PnM»YTEltiAN- Services every Sab have to force the door of the antecham it is very fair eating in spite of the prej ; “Bones of Joseph,” and other treatises bath 11 0Oa tn and 7 30 1>. tn. Sunday ber, overcome the armed resistance of udice against it. Once in a soil, it is are termed “Garden of Nuts” and school 9 30 a. tu. Y. P <’. Snndav 0 30 extremely difficult to extirpate, and it j “Golden Apples.” i> tn Prayer meeting Thursday, 7 30 p m. the valet and then unlock the door of has a curious gift of resisting cold, hav -------------- -------- the royal chamber.—Loudon Tit-Bits. W H. J ones . Pastor ing never been known to be killed or It is estimated that since the “con C hristia *»—Services every Sabbath II CO founding of languages” at Babel there spoiled by freezing. Swallowed Uer Dead Husband. a ui and 7:30 p. iu. Sunday school 10 It was also introduced in southern have been something like 5,000 different a iu. Young people's meeting at 8:3o p. ni. The only e.use on record of a discon JI. A. D enton , Tastor. solate widow swallowing the remains Europe at the same time it came to forms of speech. This estimate reckons Sr. J ames C atholic —First st., between of her dead husband is that of Arte- England, and in somo places its dried 1,500 distinct languages and 3,500 col G and H. Sunday school 2 30 p. u>. Ves mesia drinking a glass of wine in which fibers are transmitted into cordage and loquial». pers 7 .30. Seri ice;- out e a month. the ashes of Mausolus had been stirred coarso cloth. It got its odd name, Jeru W K. H ogan , Pastor Queen Victoria’s garden at Osborne tor that purpose. The parties to this re salem, in English, by a corruption of tho is only some three acres in extent, but SECRET ORDERS. Italian name, girasole, just as tomatoes KNOWLts chatter N o . 12, O E H—Meets a markable transaction were brother and got the name of love apples in French, is one blaze of color, with a background Masonic hall the fust Mild third Munday eeening sister and also busbautl and wife. Mau of undulating, close cut lawn and ex in each month Visiting member^ cordially tn- solus was king of Caria and reigned pornmes d’amores, by a French mistake tensive shrubberies. VHad MRS. <>. O HODSUN, see. of the Italian name poini di Mori, apple about 300 years before Christ. After MRS H L. HEATH. W. M. of the Moores, that vegetable having Cooking is in reality a partial diges Cl’sTtK R ust N o . »—Meets the eecomt ami fourth his death his remains were burned and come to Italy from Morocco traders. Saturday of each month lti I nlun hall nt ; SO the ashes disposed of as related.—St tion of food previous to its introduction l > ui. oil second Saturday and at 10 30 a. in. on It is a fact worthy of note that arti into the stomach. It is employed by man etti Saturday. All members oi the order are Louis Republic. choke flowers, like rennet, will curdle «ordially Invited to attend our meetings alone and distinguishes him from all H F. C lcsise , Commander. milk.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Flatiron. other creatures. J A F ktisham , Adjt. •The Chiuese ar<í a very ancient The literal meaning of “aurevoir” is According to federal law, each state is W. C T. U.—Meets on .everv Fri race. ’ ’ “till seeing you again,” but the phrase day, in Wright's hall at 3 o'clock p. ui. “Yes. You will discover in our Amer (a French one) really means “goodbyfor entitled to a duplicate of the brass troy L. T. L. at 3 p. tn. ican cities that they belong to the age pound measure which is in possession M bs . A. J. W hitmore , Pres. I the present ” of iron. ’ ’—Boston Gazette. □f the United States government. C lara G. E ssom , Sec'y. | the Serpent’s Sting K Tickets SALT LAKE. DENY , GMÄHA. KANSAS CITY. ST. LOUIS, CHICAGO. LÄSTERN CITIES. 1 2 The Shasta Route LOCAL DIRECTORY SHERIFF S SALE. THE TYPEWRITER’S WORK. Your Wife May Think She Is Only Orna- uif ntal, but She Is Not. is hereby given that the undersigned a> sheriff of Yamhill county. Oregon.by vir- N ’ j OTICE tue of an execution issued out of the circuit court Few people imagine the amount of la bor involved in a day’s typewriting or realize the distance tho hand travels in that length of time. The highest rate of speed ever attain- I ed is 200 words a minute. This is sup posed to be th.- result < f the most rapid movements the human hands are capa- : ble of. The person making this record maintained this speed for only four con- | lecutive mi.iutes and has never been able to exceed that limit Assuming tho words averaged six let ters apiece, 1,200 letters a minute were written. It. is estimated that to make each let ter tLe fingers are raised to a height of two inches from tho keyboard. Two inches added for the descending move ment make the fingers travel four inches before each letter is struck. So this ex pert's hand in writing these 200 words traveled 4,800 inches, 400 feet during the minute in which sho wrote the 200 words. i But this is unusual, of oourse. Very rapid writing is a speed of 75 words a minute, and this rate is too fast for com fort. Practical work is 10 pages of legal : paper an hour. Each page contains 300 words. Six hours’ steady writing can lie re garded as an entire day’s work. This is a speed of 50 words a minute, and the practical worker writes during the day 60 pages—18,000 words, or 108,000 let ters. If her fingc rs travel four inches to make each letter, during the day they > travel 432,000 inches. This provides for the perpendicular movement only, and it is fair to increase this distance by one-third to estimate the distance the hands travel over the keyboard in a horizontal direction. , The total sum in inches is 578,000. | This is equivalent to 48,000 feet, or a little over nine miles a day. i In a week the Cands can cover 54 | miles; in a year’s steady application to | business over 2,800 miles.—Bookkeeper. I | I ! ' for Infants and Children. HIRTY year»* obtervaticn a? Castor!» with th« patronage of T millions of persons, permit ns to «peak of it srithont gnessiag it is unquestionably the best remedy f«»r Infants aud Children the world has ever known. gives them health. It is harmless._ Children like it. It It will save their lives. In it Mothers have of the State of Oregon for Yamhill county,on the 17th day of May. A. D. 1894. upon and to enforce a judgment rendered by said court on the 2>th dav of September. 189.’>. in favor of Timothy <i<«id- ricb. plaintiff, and against M W Talhuau.de- lendant. fortbesumof fl4s3O5 with interest at the rate of eight per cent per annum from tlm .Ill .lay .,1's. pt. ailb-r. Is? and the sum of S:t. 7a .Mst>. «11.1 an order of sale «>i the iuterewt ot sa:d ilel.-udaiif. M. W Tallman, in and to the fol- losing real premises and attached in said action. tem it I-ot No. ;«iiu the tow n of Dayton, in the Countv of Yamhill, state of Omtron. as shown upon the duly recorded plat of said town now of record in the County R«-corder's office ot said county. , . N’ovr therefore bv virtue ot said writ of ereen- tion and order of sale. I will on the 16tb day <>f June, A. Ii. 1894, at the hour of one o’clock p. m of said .lav at the court house door in the city of McMinnville. Oregon, sell nt public auction to the highest bidder for cash in hand, said above describe«! real property to satisfy said execution, costs and accruing costs. __ Dated at McMinnville, Oregon. May 19th. 189t. W L. WARREN, Sheriff of Yanilull County, Oregon. something which is absolutely «afe and practically perfoot as a NOTICE OF SHERIFFS SALE. child’s medicine. Castoria destroys Worm OTICE is hereby given, that the undersigned, as sherirt of Yamhill county. Mate of Ore N ’ gon, under and by virtue of a writ of execution, Cabtoria allays Fcverishncns. Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd. Castoria curesJDiarrhcoa and^Vind_CoH^ Castoria relioves Teething Troubles. Castoria cures Constipation and Flatulency. Castoria neutralises the effects of carbonio aci1! gas or poisonous air. Castoria does not contain morphine, opinm, or other narcotic property. Castoria assimilates the food, regnlates the stomach and bowel., giving healthy nr.d natural sleep. Castoria is put up in one-site bottles only. It is not s«ild in hulk. Don’t allow any one to sell you anything else on the plea or promise that it is“jnst as good ” and “ will answer every purpose.” See that you got C-A-S-T-O-H-I-A. The fac-simHe ' y/jÇ V signature of to me direct««!, «lated the 12th day of June, 181*4, issued out of the circuit court of said county in that certain foreclosure suit w herein The Ameri can Mortgage Company of Scotland was plaintiff and Charles D. Chandler, Jennie E. Chandler, J. W Davis, Mrs. J W. Davis, bis wife, and Evert Sink wen- defendants lo.-nloieetlie decree made by saidc«Hirt in saiit suit on the 26th day of March. 1894. for the fon closure and sale of Un real premise» hereinafter described, will, on the 14th dav of July, 1894. at one o'clock p. m. of said day. at the court house door in McMinnville, iu said county, sell at public auction tor cash In fluted States gold coin, accotding I., law. the following uewril..«! real pienii«. s describid and decreed to be sold in aud by said decree, to-wii: The northwest quarter (1-41 of section fourteen (Ulin township five ... south range seven (7i west of the Willamette meridian iu Yamhill county, state Of Oregon, containing one hundred aud sixty acres, and that said lauds will be sold to obtain funds with which to Miti =fy the princi pal sum of (W2.49, with interest on said sum thorn the-I.ih day of March, I"?!, at the tate of eight percent perannum, un.l »-■><»• attorneys' fees and thecoats and disbursements of said suit taxed at jist.fo. and aci'ruii.g c..«ts, said uns having been found due th«' plaintitt Uy said decree. Dated June 12lb, 1894. W. 1. WARREN, Sheriff of said Yamhill County. Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE. OTICE is hereby given that the undersigned. sherifl’of Yamhill county, state of Ore N gon, under and by virtue of a writ of execution hs Aud She Never Seut Thein to School. Tin y say that the school attendance officer in a thriving provincial town, which shall be nameless, was recently tho victim of a practical joke. He received an anonymous letter in forming him that at a certain house were “two kids” who were not attend ing school. He at once started for the house indicated, and in reply to his of ficial knock came the good woman of the house. “You have two children who do not go to school, ” said the officer. “Children?” said the woman. “We’ve no children. ” “Oh, yes, you have!” said the officer. The woman stepped back and called her husabnd: “Here, John, here’s a man says ws have some children and they don’t go to school. ’ ’ John came forward. “You are mistaken, sir,” said he. “But read this,” persisted the officer. The man read, at first with a puzzled expression, and then a light broke over his face. "Yes,” he said at last, “I suppose I must admit. My kids don’t attend school, certainly, because I really don’t like to send them. ” “It doesn’t matter what you like. They will have to go,” said the officer. “Let me see them!” The man meekly led the way to an outhouse, where, calmly reposing by the side of an old nannygoat, were the two veritable “kids.”—London Tit-Bits. NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE- HOW GREEK LADIES DRESSED. tome directed, dated June 11th, ld94, Issued out of the circuit court of said count}, in that certain suit of fo:eclosure wherein Mary A. Shadden was plaintitl, and W. C. Arthur. Emma H. Arthur, P. M. Scroggin and Jacob Wortman, as partners un der the firm name of Scrogfiin A Wortma.«, were defendants, to enforce the decree of foreefosure and sale of the hereinaftei descrilied real prem ises, made by said court in said suit on the 23th dav of March, 1894, will, on the 14th day of July. 1894. at one o'clock p. m. of said day , at the court house do.a in McMinnville, in said county, s.-ll at public auction for cash in United States gold coin, according to law, the following described real premises ordered to be -old by uaid de< rce and therein described, to-uit An undivided one- seventh (1-7) part of, in and to the west half of the donation la id claim of Thomas J. Yocom and Elizabeth Yoconi, his wife, deceased, claim No 52, T. 5S. R. 5W., in Yamhill county, state of Or egon, containing 320 acres, together with all the interests of the defendants in rai<i west half of said claim, and that said landswill la* so sold to obtain funds with which to satisfy 9311.15. with interest on seid sum from the 2uh day of March. 1894, at the rate of ten per cent per annum and the sum of 950 00 as attorneys' fees, and costs and disbursements taxed at $ t9.45 ami accruing com » found due the plaintitl'from \V. < and E. H Ar thur, and the sum ofs l 'Oi. with interest on said sum from the date of said decree al the late of ten per cent per annum, owing from VV C. and E. H. Arthur to the defendant!», Scroggin A Wort- man, the amounts owing plaintiff'to be first paid out of the proceeds of said sale Dated June 1 'th, l.w94. W. I WARREN Sheriff of said Yamhill County. ’V OTICE is hereby given that the uiidersigtied, as «heiirt of Yamhill county, state of Ore- It Is Surprising to Learn That They Laced | gon. under and bv virtue ot a writ of execution to me directed,dated .lune 12th,lb'.G,issued out of the aud Wore Flounced Skirts. circuit court of said county, in that foreclosure Woiueu iu Homer embroider gar suit wherein Mary Schuch was plaintiff and l»an- Otis. Filaney Otis, H. Rummel and I.. H. Ba ments, and many of these are brought lel ker were defendants, upon and to enforce the de ' from Sidon. They wear veils, but on cree made by said court in said suit on the 29th the whole their dress, long smock and day of March, 1894, decreeing the foreclosure and sale of the real premises hereinafter described, girdle, was apparently much like that | wiil, on the Hth day of July. 1894, at teu o’clock I of later Greece. This is odd, for ou a a m. of said day, at the court house door in Mc- | [ Minnville, in said county, sell at public auction gold ring from Myceu®, very old, we for cash ii. U. S. gold coin, according to law. the following descrilxid real premises, td-uit: Situate see women with exuberant bu3ts, tight 1 m Yamhill county, state of Oregon, and bounded waists aud petticoats heavily beflounced. ns follows, to-wit: Beginning at h point 67 45 Chains south and 96 rods ami four feet east of the The same costume appears on a Myce- corner of the donation land claim of tiaiaii ring picked up by Furtwängler northwest E. G. Edson and wife, being known ufton the iu a curiosity shop. Two ladies are ca plats of the United States as notification No. 1200, and being parts of and situate in sections 32 and rousing out of champagne glasses. They 33, in T. 4 S. R. 4 W.. and sections 4 and 5 in T. 5 are very tightly laced. A lady ou a My S R.4. \V. of the Willamette meridian, amt run ning thence east 87.cl chains; thence south «5.97 cenaean gem from Vaplieio is laced to ex chains; thence west 3.12}u chains; theuee south tinction and has seven flounces. Thu 3328 ehatas; thence went 34 37k» riudas: them ** 9 chains to the place or beginning, con British museum owns a lentoid gem, north taining 33 and % acres, more or less, and also lots where Leto wears only a crinoline, with numbered 2, 7and 8< h Mock No. 4 of P. w. handler's second addition to the town of Mc no petticoat over it. Dipylou vases dis ( Minnville, Yamhill county, State oi Oregon, and play both men and women with tiny linn - i«d real pit’inbes will l.<- .‘M. ^uld to ODtain funds with which to satisfy the principal sum ot waists. Men, in Mycenman art, wear i 1,045.88 with interest on said sum at the rate of NOTICE OF SHERIFF S SALE. little but very short drawers and shields. ten per cent per annum from the 29th day ot [ March, 1694, and the sum of $100 00 as attorneys’ In Homer the chiefs, summoned ou a le.es, and costs taxed at 322.50 and a< cruing costs rOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned, night alarm, eomo out in dressing said sums having been found due the plaintitl as sheriff of \amhill county, state of Ore from said Daniel ami Filaney Olis by said decree. gowns, some of them in skins. gon, by virtue of a writ of execution, to me di Dated June 12th, 1394. rected, dated June 12lh. 1891, issued out of the Tho historical dress for ladies was a W L. WARREN. circuit court of suid count) , ii|»on and to enforce Sheriff of said Yamhill County. large piece of cloth a foot longer than the decree of foreclosure and sale of the herein after described real premia»-?», made by -..aid e«»urt the wearer was tall and as wide as her on the '.tith day »»1 Se|»tember, 1893, arms could stretch. When put on by a in the suit wherein Bernhard (troth plaintiff ami Adolph Diedrich fair Briton, it usually falls off again. A to marry a lady uf very good ¡jersonal was the Pacific Reni Estate and Investment Coni- belt partly kept it up, and safety pins appearance, American most preferred, and Iaiiq were defendants, onhTing the •sale of tha but who must have a dot worthy of the hereinafter described real premhtes. will, on the were used in very early times. By tak day of July, 1894, nt the hour of eleven o’clock ing a bath towel—a good, big one—aud princely rank of the advertiser. Anony 14th a. m. of said »lay. ut the » ouri house door in Mc trying what she can make of it us her mous letters will not be answered.”— Minnville in said county. sell at public au»*tiou A Hero. for cash, aecording to law, the following de- London Tit-Bits. H-iit>ed real premia's with the buildingsand ini “Last summer a man in my employ : full costume, a modern nymph may proveiiK-nls thereon, to-wit lot numbered three exhibited an act of presence of mind aud ! partly understand the toilet of her an Paying For Their Keep. (3) of block numbered six (?•> of the town of self control that might well be compared I cient sisters. When once she has got it Dimdee. in Yamhill»-onnty, stale of Oregon, with The proprietor of a chemical works the on, she stands with extended arms, and drugstore building thereon, aud everything to the deeds of daring on the field of j received from his shoemaker a pair of belonging thereto, ami that said property will be another lady fastens a girdle round her battle,” remarked John L. Nevins, a ’ sosolu funds with which to satisfy and watertight boots, which he was, how pay the to obtain sum ot 8114 00, with interest on said New York contractor. “Two workmen i waist; then she pulls up the superfluous ever, unable to wear, as they were a sum at the rate of eight per»ent per annum fi»»m were engaged in repairing the lightning ! length through tho girdle and lets it trifle too small, lie therefore gave them the 2oth day of September, 1*9;. until ¡»aid. and hang over, and there she is. But how $30 («»as attorneys ’ tees and coats ami disburse rod of the steeple of a church. To ac- | to one of his workmen to wear for a ments taxed at .u foinei due the plaintiff from complish this somewhat difficult aud [ long she will remain thus is an extreme few days and stretch them to the re- the defendaut, Adolph Diedrich, and the costs ou ly delicate question. Straps, like braces, this writ, and the costs on a previous w rit <»f ex» dangerous task it had become necessary ! quired dimensions. Several weeks passed cution which was returned by reason of said de- for one of the workmen to stand on the , were sometimes worn and crossed over over, and the employer had forgotten all ielHlaiit- liu\JU_’ a|.j>t ab I m-l CMMt io the shoulders of his companion. While iu i the breast, being fastened to the girdle. about the boots when he was suddenly preme court, but which appeal was abandoned. Dated June 13th, 1*594. Ladies had no bonnets—they muffled this position a sudden gust of wind ! W I. WARREN reminded of them in a curious fashion: their heads in a fold of tlieir cloaks or Sheriff of said Yamhill County. caused him to spill a quantity of molten lead, which fell on the hand and arm of his friend. Notwithstanding the sud- den and intense pain, the brave man never flinched and had the courage to remain motionless while the lead burn- ed its way into his flesh. He knew that a movement of his was liable to precipi- tate his companion from tli£ dizzy height into the street below, and he en- dured the pain rather than risk the life of his fellow worker. ’ ’—St. Louis Globe- Democrat. Government Time Signals. As the government’s time signals are not generally understood, it may be said that the United States time ball is drop ped from the top of a flagstaff on the dome of the Masonic temple as follows: The time ball is hoisted to the top of the staff, 350 feet above the level of the lake, five minutes before noon, central standard time, every day (Sunday ex cepted), remains mast headed five min utes and is dropped by electricity exact ly at the instant of noon. Should any accident occur by which the time ball is dropped before the exact instant of noon, it will be hoisted again imme diately and left up until five minutes after noon and then be slowly lowered, instead of being dropped. Similarly, should the time ball fail to drop exactly tit the proper instant, it will be kept up until five minutes after noon and then slowly lowered.—Chicago Tribune. Sisterly Sarcasm. “Have you a sistah?” said Willie Wishiugton. “No,” replied his friend. ‘ ’Then you cannot wealize what it is to be so humiliated. I was telling 'my sistah last night about a young woman I sometimes call upon. I wemahked | that she made me feel like a fool. ” “Aud what did your sister 6ay?” “She said that I was too eelf con- ! scions.”—Washington Star. N wore flat hats. They were all very beau 1 [ tiful and charming, as we see iu the Tanagra terra cotta. It must have been i delightful to live in Tanagra. It ap j pears, on the whole, that we cannot hope ! to revive Greek dress. The dress was de 1 signed for a warm climate and for a beautiful, shapely grace. It had its ad | vantages in the matter of health, as there was no tight lacing after the My- i censean age. The style was not extrava gant or costly, but it is impossible. JEs- theticisni cannot bring it back. An «es thete in a chiton and sandals on a cold and rainy day would be an unlovely ob ject. He would be wrapped in a blanket, thrust into a four wheeler and sent to a | hospital. Not for all the glory that was , Greece’s would rational men barter a pair of stockings and a pair of trousers. —New York World. The L»efulnesx of Titles. J Impecunious aristocrats know the value of a good name and are not averse to making a practical use of it. Not long ago tlft following advertisement appeared in a French paper: “The owner of a historical name, and belonging to a royal family, wishes, in oonsequence of pecuniary losses, to place his name at the disposal of a joint stock company or some other great com mercial or financial enterprise in return for adequate remuneration. ” Another impecunious aristocrat thus make« his plea: “A nobleman, married to a lady who is a member of a royal family, desires to meet with an appoint ment for himself and wife in one and the same house. He would prefer the post of manager of some estate or of a manufacturing concern, though the cou ple would not object to the situation of tutor and governess in a German fam ily. ” Still another is this: “A young, hand some German prince, of very ancient family, and related to several reigning houses and possessing no debts, desiies i On a certain pay day the workman in question, after drawing his wages, lin gered at the desk as if waiting for some thing. The manufacturer then said: “Well, Kruger, what is it?” ‘ ‘I want more money, * ’ was the reply. “Wha—what? Haven’t you got your full wages?” “Oh, aye!” answered Kruger, afto ward adding, with the greatest com posure: “But you’ve still got to pay me 3s. 6d. for getting your boots soled. They’ve been out of repair, you know!” —Humoristische Blatter. A Pious Wish. That Pie The eni purer once stood before the magnificent tomb of the Duke Rudolph of Swabia. Some of his courtiers were of the opinion that he ought not to al low his mortal enemy to have so splen did a monument, but that he should have his body exhumed and buried else where. “Oh, let him lie where he is,” said the emperor. “I only wish all my en emies Were as splendidly buried ’ ’—Alle Zeiten uud Landen. A Fortunate Selection. Mother—What are all these senseless trinkets for? Pretty Daughter—They are for the grabbag at the chnrch fair. “Mercy I There is not one thing that any human being could want.” “Yes; isn’t it fortunate? Everybody who draws a prize will put it back ia the bag. ”—New York Weekly. A Lost Purse. Kind Hearted Man—What are you crying about, little boy? City Aral»—I lost a purse. Kind Hearted Man—How much was in it? City Arab—I don’t know. That feller took it out of your pocket just as I was going to get it!—Liverpool Mercury. Thank* to COTrOLbNE, the uew w4 su£M»«tui ohorUDüií. ASK YOUR GROCER FOR IT. REFUSE ALL SUBSTITUTES. Genuine made only by N. K. 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