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0. R. & N. CO T1 a cjnn E. McNEILL, Receiver. TO THE _____ A GIVES THE CHOICE OF TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL ROUTES MT IE H, It must open its eyes. It must wink and blink and nap again. It must stretch and yawn and complain. It is as if a huge tortoise was trying to work loose from its shell. VI* Banks was getting ready for his move. SPOKANE DENVER Every report which Kenton received as he neared the front went to assure him Minneapolis OMAHA of the fact. He was on foot, dodging AND AND from forest to forest and from field to ST. PAUL KANSAS CY field and betraying himself only to a few whom he knew conld be trusted. LOW RATES.TO ALL After the first day out he became satis fied that he was being dogged by Reube EASTERN CITIES. Parker. The latter must also have been provided with a pass to take him OCEAN STEAMERS Leave Portland Every B Days through all Confederate lines, but though he bung to Kenton’s trail he • • FOR • • did not betray his presence except by accident. Everywhere along Banks’ front were evidences that a forward move was on the tapis, and before Ken ton’s work was finished he had secured For full detail» call on a pretty fair estimate of the Federal C. A. WAl.LAt E, McMinnville, Or. strength. Banka knew that Confederate Or Address scouts and spies would be seeking in W. If Hl Hl.Hl KT, Gen. Paas. Agt. formation, and he was guarding against PORTLAND, OH. them as much as possible by covering his front with scooting parties of cav EAST AND SOUTH alry. Just before sundown on the second VIA day of his scouting along the front Ken ton came very near crossing a highway op which a Federal scouting party were OF THE qnietly riding in hopes to come upon game of some sort. The rattle of a trooper’s saber put him on his guard, and he had just time to sink down in the bushes to escape observation. Not Express Trains Leave Portland Daily SAN + FRANCISCO The Shasta Route SOOTHEM HACinC X COMPAH LÈAVE. arrive Portland.......... 8 50 P M I San Francisco.. 10:45 A M San Francisco.6:00 P M I Portland............ 8:10 A M Above trains stop at East Portland, Oregon City, Woodburn, Salem. Turner, Marion. Jefferson, Albany,AlbanyJunction,Tangent,Sbedds, Halsey, Harrisburg. Junction City, Irving, Eugene, Cres well, Drains and all stations from Koseburg to Ashland inclusive. Koseburg .Hail Daily. LEAVE ARRIVE: Portland.......... 8:30 A M I Roseburg......... 5.30 P M Roseburg........ 8:00 A M | Portland..........4.40 P M Salem Passenger Daily. LEAVE ARRIVE Portland.......... 4:00 P M I Salem........... 6:15 P M Salem............... 8:00 A M | Portland .10:15 A M DINING CARS ON OGDEN ROUTE. PULLMAN * BUFFET SLEEPERS ANO SECOND CLASS SLEEPING CARS. Attached to all Through Trains. ;West Side Division. Just time to sink down in the bushes to escape observation. Mail Train Daily, (Except Sunday.) so with the man who had been dogging him. He was aiming to cross the road ni» A M' Lv Portland Ar 6:20 P M 10:15 A M Lv McMinnville Lv 3:40 P M lower down, and as he stepped out a 1X15 P M Ar Corvallis Lv 1:35 P M dozen carbines were leveled at him, and Ken At Albany and Corvallis connect with he was a prisoner in an instant. ton was too far away to hear what was trains of Or. Central & Eastern Ry. Express Train Daily, (Except Sunday.) said, but we can relate it. Reube Par ker no sooner found himself in the hands f<5 A Tv Ar 8:25 A M of the enemy than he asked for the cap Portland 7:15 P M Lv Lv 5 58 A M St. Joseph 7Í25 P M Ar McMinnville Lv 5 50 A M tain in command and said: “I don’t deny bein a scout, and yo’ Through Tickets to all points in Eastern see me yere in Confederate uniform States, Canada and Europe can be obtained at lowest rates from G. A. Wilcox. Agent, McMinn with a pass signed by Gineral Jackson. ville. E. P. ROGERS, Thar’s two of us, and I reckon yo’ Asst. G. F. & P. A., Portland, Or. might as well get the other one whilo R. KOEHLER, Manager. yo’r about it.” "Do you mean that you were in the company of another Confederate scout?’ ’ LOCAL DIRECTORY. asked the captain. “That’s what I mean.” “And where is he?” CHURCHES “Round yere sumwhar, I reckon. If B aptist —Services Sunday 11 a. m. and 7:30p. m ; Sunday school 9:50 a tn.; the yo’ll beat np the bushes purty lively, young people's society 6:15p m Prayer meeting Thursday 7:30 p. m. Covenant yo’ll be apt to uncover him.” “I’ll have the locality searched, of meeting first Sat each month 2:00 p. m. course,” said the captain after a long, E. B. P ack , Pastor. hard look at Reube, “but it strikes M ethodist E piscopal —Services every Sabbath 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday me you are a mighty mean man to give your comrade away.” school 9:30 a in. Prayer meeting 7:00 p in. Thursday. J ohn B betts , Pastor. “Yaas, I reckon it does,” imprudent C urb . P bksbytkria N— Services every Sab ly drawled Reube, “and mebbe I’d bet bath 11:00a m and 7:30 p. m. Sunday ter tell yo’ why. It’sbekase he un’san- school 9:30 a. m. Y. P. C. E.. Sunday 6:30 other of yo’—a reg’larbo’n Yank who’s p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday, 7:30 p. m. mean ’nuff to sell out both sides if he E E. T hompson , Pastor. C hristian —Preaching at 11 a. in. and at could! Reckon he’s got lots of news 7:3O p. in on the first and third Sundays; fur Gineral Jackson this time, and on the second and fourth Sundays at 7:30 yo’ll git a prize if yo’ git hold o’ him!” BSTWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS UUtil further notice At Carlton on sec ond and fourth Sundays at 11 a. m., and Saturday evening before at 7:30. At No. 8 at 3 p. m on second and fourth Sundays. J ames C ampbell , V. D. M.. Pastor S t . J ames E piscopal C hcrch —Lay-Ser vices every Sunday at 11 o’clock a. in. S t . J ames C atholic —First st., between O and H. Sunday school 2:30 p. m. Ves pers 7:30. Services once a month. T. B kiodv . Pastor. SECRET ORDERS. K nowles C hapter N o , 12, O. E. S.—Meets a Masonic hall the tirsi and third Monday evening in each month. Visiting members cordial lv in vited c. h mckinney , sec. MRS. C. W. TALMAGE, W. M. A. O. V. W — Charity Lodge No. 7 meets first and third Friday» of each month. 7:30 p. m. Lodge room in Union block. H. C. BURNS, M. W. J. D. BAK ER, Becorder. 10 Yambill Lodge No. 10 D. of H. meets in Union ball second and fourth Friday evenings of each month. C vster P ost N o . 9—Meets the second and fourth Saturday of each month in Union hall at 7:30 Ji. m. on second Saturday and at 10:30 a. m. on th Saturday. All members of the order are cordially invited to attend our meetings. J. B. S tilwell , Commander. B. F. C lubine . Adjt. W. C T. U.—Meets on every Fri day at 3 p. nt., in reading room. Union block C lara G. EssoN.Pres. J ennie G allentine , Sec’y Oregon Central & Eastern R. R. Co. YAQUINA BAY ROUTE Connecting at Yaquina Bay with the San Francisco and Yaquina Bay Steam ship Company. STEAMSHIP “FARALLON" A 1, and first-class in every respect. Sails from Yaquina for San Francisco about every eight days. Passenger ac commodations unsurpassed. Shortest route between the Willamette valley and California. Fare from Albany or points west to San Francisco: Cabin...................................... $12.00 Steerage ... 1........................... 8.00 Cabin, round trip, good 60 days 18.00 For sailing dates apply to, H. L. WALDEN, Agent, Albany, Or. EDWIN STONE, Manager, Corvaliis, Or. CHAS. CLARK, Supt,. Corvallis, Or. ARTHUR J. VIAL, M. D. Physieian and Surgeon, ROOMS IN UNION BLOCK M c M innville , O regon . CHAPTER XIV. Ike Baxter’s wife made her way to the Percy mansion to find eveiything in confusion. Every neighbor had fled, and such friends as remained were ex aggerating the results of Jackson’s de feat and retreat. Reports were brought in by this one aDd that one that Jack- son himself intended to burn the town and leave only desolation behind him as he fell back. As a consequence, though bravo enough during the early part of the day, night came to find Ma rian and her mother full of alarm. This was added to by Mrs. Baxter's appear ance. Her errand appeared to be to give information of the servants who had fled in terror, and in this way she gained admission to the presence of the ladies, though as she left the kitchen Uncle Ben shook his head and muttered to himself: “I nebber did like dem white trash folks 'tall, an I can’t a-bearto bev ’em around. I know dat man ob hers, an de twoob’em together hain’t worf shucks!” The Percys had heard a rumor that several of the guards had been killed or captured at Kernstown, but had no reliable information. Mrs. Baxter gave the number and their names. The last name on her list was that of Royal Ken ton, andshe added the information that it was believed by all the surviving guards that Kenton was to be held re sponsible. “I don’t see how,” quickly replied Marian as a look of pain and surprise came to hei face. “He braved danger with the rest, and he was also made prisoner.” “I’m sure I dunno, but I’m tellin yo’what they all say,” remarked the woman. “Didn’t know but Captain Wyle had told yo’ all how it hap pened. ” “No. He has not been here.” “Everybody’s cheerin and shakin hands with he qd , ’cause he un was so brave. He un killed 10 Yankees with his sword in that fout. Gineral Jack- son shook hands with him down at the tavern befo’ all the people. Reckon he un will be made a grand ossifer fur bein so brave.” She bad given Kenton a shot and Wyle a lift, as she thought, and satis fied for the time being she asked if she could be of assistance duiing the ab sence of the servants, adding that near ly the entire colored population of the town had fled, and that most of them would probably be picked up by the Federate and sent north. Under the circumstances her offer was eagerly ac cepted, and she had gained the point she was seeking. While Marian and her mother were nervous and upset over the situation, they had no thought of flight. It was certain that Jackson would re- treat up the valley, and that Shields would occupy Winchester, but they were too sensible to fear tnat the town would be given up to sack. They were preparing to retire when they were aroused by the call of a citizen acquaint ance who had made all preparations lor flight and felt it his duty to warn them of the penis of the situation. He re peated the story that the town was to be burned and the valley laid waste, and added that news had been received from the front to the effect that the advancing Federate were applying the torch and | dealing out death as they advanced. He advised them to lose no time in retreat ing up the valley. This information added the climax. In the Alleghany mountains to the west, 50 miles away, was a rough but comfortable house surrounded by a few acres of land which Senator Percy had owned for years before his death and occupied with his family for several weeks in summer. There he had found good shooting and fishing and rest. After receiving the latest "news” and sitting down to wonder what they should do, mother and daughter re membered the place and its quiet loca tion and soon determined that if flight was necessary it should be in that di rection. It was out of the track of the armies,and they would not be disturbed, and they might hope that after a few weeks the Confederates would either re gain permanent possession of the valley or that war would be at an end. The faith of the south in its soldiery was sublime, and it never wavered until the last gun was fired at Appomattox. To decide was to act. While the la dies set about packing whatever they might need, Uncle Ben was told to have a vehicle ready for a move at daylight. When Mrs. Baxter was informed of the contemplated move, she promptly vol unteered to go along, and her offer was as promptly accepted. It was not only a part of her plan to maintain an es pionage on Marian, but to be on hand whet) opportunity might offer to favor Captain Wyle’s cause. Such a flight would bring mistress and servant closer together. There was a grim determi nation about the woman worthy of a far better cause. She hated Royal Kenton simply because she believed he stood in the way of Ike’s advancement. She would be faithful to Captain Wyle sim ply because it would assist Ike. She had always fretted because Ike had no ambition to climb up. His excuse had always been: “Dod rot my infernal hide, but how’s a feller goin to start? Show me a way to climb, and 1’11 git tharordietryin!” The war had opened a way. No mat ter if Ike was regarded as the poorest soldier in his company and the last one who wonld deserve promotion, he had made her believe that he was on the road to military glory, and that on his “success depended her opportunity to become somebody.” She was ambitious even if poor and ignorant. In some way which she could not yet determine Kenton was to disappear, Captain Wyle was to wed Marian, and Ike was to be come “a great gineral and ride around on a critter.” There was no sleep for any of them during the remainder of the night. Uncle Ben got a wagon ready to carry provisions and clothing and a few ar ticles of furniture and the family car riage in which the women were to ride, and as dawn was breaking a start was made up the valley. They had company on the road. Four or five farmers below Winchester had set fire to their own houses and barns and come into town, and during the night artillery firing had created a new panic among the resi dents of the city. Marian had been made anxious by the story told by Mrs. Baxter the evening before—not that she put any faith in the report, because she had become aware that Kenton’s position was a painful one, but because she realized that the situation would become still more grave. She worried over his capture and feared he might have been wounded, and she couldn’t help but feel that, no matter how brave and loyal he was, he would become a victim of conspiracy and circumstance. She was somewhat consoled, however, when she went to the carriage house in the gray of morning to notify Uncle Ben that all was ready. His life service in the family had given him certain privileges, and on certain occasions be did not hestitate to express his opinions. “See yere, Miss Sunshine,” he began, “what’bout dat white woman in de kitchen?” “She’s to go with us,” was the reply. “Den let me tell yo’ to look out for her. Nose too sharp. Face too sharp. Eyes jest like snaik’s. Walks aroun jest like a cat!” “Why, how can she hurt us?” “Tellin lies.” “About what or whom?” “Look yere,” replied the old man, dropping his voice and looking around, "I’ze gettin purty ole, but I hain’t dun blind or deaf. I knows all ’bout dat Yankee Kenton an dat Captain Wyle. I knows dey boaf wants to marry yo’ 1 Dar now!” “Wbv, Uncle Ben!” she reproachful ly exclaimed. “It's jest like I tole yo’, leetle Sun shine. 'Member when dat Ike Baxter dun cum home on a furbelow ’bout six weeks ago?” “I believe I did hear be was home.” “An all de time he was home he dun ’bused Mars Kenton up hill an down. What fur? What he got to say ’bout ‘‘It's jest like I tole yo’, leetle Sunshine.” his betters? What his wife ’buse Mars Kenton fur? Why she mad at him? Yo’ know whar she libs?” “No.” “In dat house jest beyan de cooper shop. Yo' know who I dun saw go in dar yesterday?” I *•£«."- “Dat Captain Wyle! What he want dar, hey? I know! He want her to cum yere an tell yo’ whoppin big lies 'bout de Yankee lawyer an praise hisself up at de same time! I jest tell yo’ to look out fur dat woman!” Uncle Ben had taken a dislike to Mrs. Baxter at first sight and didn’t want her to go along. He had not devoted a minute to wondering if she bad a plan or seeking to discover what it was. He had fathomed it by that sense of intui tion which is often strongest in the most ignorant minds. More to qjiet him than for any ether reason Marian promised to be on her guard, but dur ing the day she decided in her own mind that there might be more in it than ap-. peared on the surface. On two or three occasions when Kenton's name was men tioned she noticed the hard look which came into Mrs. Baxter’s face and the tinge of bitterness in her tones, and these things had much to do with her decision. CHAPTER XV. We follow Jackson up and down the valley because his movements are threads of our story, and he must be driven away to introduce new charac ters. Shields had scarcely ceased pur suit when a Federal army under Banks was sent into the valley. No one sup posed Jackson had recovered fiom his defeat when be suddenly moved an army of 12,000 men down to New Maiket, crossed the Shenandoah river and the mountain range to the east and was in the Luray valley before an alarm was raised. There was a Federal force sta tioned at Front Royal, and he was mov ing to attack it. An army in the march is a monster serpent on the move. Far in advance are cavalry scouts. Then follows a body of troopers. After that comes the ad vance guard of infantry. Then artil lery, more infantry, more artillery, and finally the wagon train. The highway is packed with a living, moving mass for miles and miles. Infantry and cav alry overflow into the adjacent fields on the right and left. Where there is a bend in the road they cut across it. Horses fall lame or sick and are aban doned. Wagons break down and are unloaded and set on fire. Guns and caissons get mixed or upset in the ditches, and a hundred men lend their aid. Sore footed men stagger and limp and finally throw themselves down and declare they can go no farther. Here and there a musket is accidentally dis charged, followed by a shriek and a fall, and half an hour later the victim fills a grave by the roadside. The mass advances a quarter of a mile and halts. Another quarter of a mile and another halt. Only in the case of a single regi ment is there freedom to step out and march at the rate of three or four miles an hour. The trail of a marching army, even in a country of friends, is a trail of ruin and desolation. Every soldier is an en gine of destruction. He has a feeling that he must desolate and destroy. Trees are felled and fences pulled down to repair the roads, gardens are de spoiled, crops are trampled under foot, fruit trees denuded of their branches, stacks and barns fired by accident or design. It is as if a fierce cyclone had passed over the country, followed by a plague. So Jackson’s army swept forward to Front Royal. His command outnum bered the Federal force four to one, and his presence was not suspected until his artillery began to thunder. The Fed eral commander soon discovered the sit uation, but he did not retreat without a fight. He gathered his handful of men, posted them to cover the town, and for an hour they held Jackson at bay. It was only when they were al most surrounded that they gave way and sought shelter in the passes of the mountain. Jackson paused only long enough to burn such Federal stores as he could not handily carry away aud then swept down the Luray, bent to the left, and next day was before Winches ter. He attacked and recaptured the town and drove every Federal to the Potomac and across it before he halted again. Then the Federal government grasped, the situation, and three different armies, were dispatched to close in on Jackson and destroy him. The battles of Cross Keys and Port Republic followed, and Jackson fell back to join Lee and take part in the battle which was to sweep McClellan from the peninsula. The Shenandoah and the Luray were now in possession of the Federate, to be held till the close of the war, but only with desperate fighting at intervals. And now the gallant Custer, with his command, reached the Shenandoah with the army Gf occupation—a young man, fresh from West Point, on whom the volunteer officers looked with distrust, but only waiting to prove his worth. Custer belonged to Michigan. His first command was the First, Fifth. Sixth and Seventh cavalry regiments of that state, known as the Michigan cavalry brigade. While his fame was national, while his sad death years after the war in that terrible massacre touched the heart of every American, it is in Michi gan more than anywhere else that his memory’ is reverenced. It will live there until every soldier and soldier’s son and grandson sleeps beneath the sod. The plains of northern Virginia were given up to fierce battles between infantry, the valleys to desperate charges and bloody conflicts between the oppos ing cavalry forces. Jackson had looked his last upon the Shenandoah. He was to become Lee's right arm and fight elsewhere until his fall in the darkness on the bush lined highway at Chancellorsville. Another took his place, and the dead Ashby was replaced by Stuart to lead the cavalry. . Let us go back to Royal Kenton. We left him just as Reube Parker had been made prisoner by a Federal scouting party. Reube basely sought to betray him, but he failed of his purpose. The Federal captain beat up the neighbor hood as thoroughly as possible, but Ken ton slipped through his fingers and re turned to Jackson to make his report. It was his information, seconded no doubt by that of others, which decided Jackson’s move to Front Royal. While the general seemed pleased at Kenton’s success, the latter could not fail to per ceive that something was yet amiss. In bis own mind he felt sure that he was mistrusted, und it was easy to conclude why. Not that he had failed in any one particular to do his duty, but that the officers and men of his own company, for reasons already given, were seeking his downfall. When he had finished his report, he was ordered to his com pany, and again he found only one man to give him greeting. Steve Brayton chuckled with satisfaction as he extend ed bis hand and asked for particulars. The others only gave him looks of dis trust. When Kenton was asked regard ing Reube Parker and had made his ex planations, Steve grew thoughtful and serious and finally replied: “It’s a good joke on the captain, but J’pi troubled as to how it will end up. I jest reckon they ar’ mean ’nuff to charge yo’ with killin Reube. They can’t prove it, but it will get the gin eral down on yo’ and make things wuss. Dod blast the fules anyway! Why can’t they give vo’ a fa’r show even if yo’ be a Yank?” The crisis came nejt ¿ay, Parker had been carried into the Fed- | eral camps as a prisoner, but owing to the confusion and excitement was not strictly gua.'ded and managed to make his escape and arrive at Confederate headquarters less than 24 hours after Kenton. After a brief interview with Captain Wyle the pair proceeded to General Jackson's headquarters, aud when they left it Royal Kenton was sent for. General Jackson was a plain, blunt spoken man. Even while plan- i niDg the great campaign on which he was to enter within three or four days he had determined to give this matter attention. Reube Parker had charged i Kenton with bringing about his capture for revenge. Captain Wyle had stated I that he aud all his company distrusted his loyalty. The general asked the scout ' for a statement of facts, and Kenton gave it to him, concealing no occurrence I from the date of his enlistment. The ! general listened attentively and without interruption. Then Reube Parker, who had been sent fcr and was in waiting, was ushered in to confront Kenton. He was a bad man, but not a nervy one. In five minutes it was apparent that he had lied, and be was dismissed. Then Ken ton was asked to step out, and Steve i Brayton, whom he had several times re- i ferred to, was ushered in. He told a | straight 6tory, and it was greatly to the discredit of Captain Wyle. When Ken ton again returned to the general’s pres ence, the latter kindly said: “It is a matter I very much regret, and I do not see how I can mend it just yet. I will, however, do what I think is best for all. ” That “best” resulted in both Kenton and Brayton being detailed temporarily to the quartermaster’s department. When Jackson moved away for the Lu ray valley, all the guards were mount- “Dod rot ’em!” growled Steve. ed, having been transferred to the cav- I airy, but the pair were left behind in I disgrace. So they considered it, and they were further humiliated by the jeers and flings from comrades as they filed past. “Dod rot ’em, but this ’ere laughin [ match hain’t over yit!” growled Steve as he shook his fist at the backs of his comrades. “Yo’ ar’ doin the grinnin jest now, but it’ll be our turn bimeby! Befo’ this fuss Is over with the southern confederacy will be powerful glad ot every man it kin rake and scrape into the ranks!” Kenton had nothing to say. He was even secretly glad that the machinations of his enemies had resulted in nothing worse. In his pocket at that very hour he had a letter from Marian detailing the family flight from Winchester, in forming him of their destination and counseling him to do his duty as a sol dier and not be disturbed over the plots of bis enemies. She knew that he was being maligned and vilified for her sake, so she wrote, but she honed to be worthy of all the sacrifices he might be compelled to make. “Say, Kenton,” exclaimed Steve as he suddenly turned on him, “why don’t yo’ rip and cuss and tear an show yo’r feelin’s?” “We have both been wronged,” slow ly replied KeDton, “but time will make all things right if we do our duty loy ally and faithfully.” “I reckon so,” said Steve as he turn ed away, “but yo’ Yanks is a durned cur’us lot o’ critters jest the same!” CHAPTER XVI. While Jackson was pressing on to join Lee most of his cavalry was de tached and left in the valley. The Shen andoah guards, which had dropped the title when transferred to the cavalry, were a portion of Imboden’s command. The Federate poured into the Shenan doah and Luray from the north and re captured everything and pressed the Confederates slowly back to Staunton. Neither side was strong enough to pos sess and hold the valley. The Confed erate occupation defended one of the roads to Richmond. The Federal occu pation defended one of the roads to Washington. There were scouting and raiding and clashing of sabers, but noth ing like a general battle resulted. Both commanders had been instructed to avoid this and watch the mighty move ments developing elsewhere. What is a battle like—-a battle in which 10,000 men fall in their tracks to die with the roar of the guns still sounding in their ears and as many more lie there for hours cursing and groaning and praying with the pain of their wounds? McClellan was on both sides of the Chickahominy, with the spires of Richmond in view. His front was miles long and defended by rifle pits, earthworks, felled trees and nat ural obstructions. More than 100,000 Federate faced Lee along this line. Be hind them were campsand wagon trains and field hospitals and supplies cumber ing the ground for miles and miles. McClellan was about to attack. He was even writing his order when Lee fell upon his wing at Mechanicsville. That was a feint. The fight at Meadow Bridge, directly in front of his center, was a piece of strategy. The assault upon his wing at Cold Harbor was meant to annihilate him. The battle ground was made up of swamps, cleared fields, patches of forest, timber covered hills and old fields grown up to bushes and briers. McClellan had two and three lines of earthworks here, and here his guns were planted as thickly as men could work them. Longstreet and Hill attacked here. They knew the strength of the position; they had counted the odds. There was no skirmishing, no waiting. On a front three miles long the Confederates suddenly appeared and rushed forward to the attack. Had they numbered five times as many they would have been beaten back. They were repulsed again aud again by the fire which seemed to burn them off the face of the earth, but those who lived came back again more desperate than before. Only their leaders knew why this terrible sacrifice was being offered up to the god of war. Lee had planned with Jackson. Jackson had left the val ley by way ot Brown's gap to fall upon McClellan’s flank at Cold Harbor. The sacrifice in front was to give Jackson time and to mask bis movement, And so Longstreet and Hill advanced again and again to the sacrifice until their dead and wounded outnumbered the living. The afternoon sun was sink ing lower and lower. By and by it was only an hour high. Then the roar of battle along the front suddenly ceased. Had the remnants of regiments and brigades become panic stricken at the Rgabe awful waste of life and fled from the Some of the Strange and Startling Feat» That They Perform. WE ARE GREAT LITIGANTS. More Civil Lawsuits Here Than In A Ay Other Country In the World. A man of ingenious mind aud appar ently ample leisure has gone to the trouble of figuring out the number of lawsuits brought in each country in a year, and he has reached the conclusion that the United States is a better coun try for attorneys and counselors than any other civilzed land under the sun. He figures as lawsuits civil actions only, i taking into no account proceedings of a criminal character brought by the pub- ! lie authorities against individuals. He has ascertained that, taking the figures for the last ten years as a fair average, j there are 1,250,000 lawsuits brought in England every year, 750,000 in France, J 1,400,000 in Italy, 3,800,000 in Ger many and 5,500,000 in the United States. It is not to be inferred from this that the people of one country are much more prone to litigation than are the people of another, but the explanation is to be found in the fact that the conditions of ' litigation vary exceedingly. Going to law in England is very expensive busi ness, for it entails outlays in the form [ of costsand expenses so large that many of the courts are practically closed to persons of modest means, and a long litigation unsuccessfully pursued ends often in bankruptcy. In France the number of lawsuits is kept down through , the general practice of “arbitration,” ' as many as 100,000 cases in a year, especially those arising from disputes over wages, being settled by this agency without onerous cost to either party. In Germany a great majority of eases are petty ones, involving a small amount of money and due, many of them, to cus toms or usages which are not sufficiently defined to be, in all cases, similarly un derstood by both parties to an agree ment. This is especially the case in the farming districts of Germany, and there are many legal disputes in the manu facturing districts too. The number of cases credited to the United States seems enormous, but it is probably accurate. There are, for ex ample, 11 district courts for the disposal of civil cases in New York city. In one ' of these courts, by recent report, the number of actions brought in a year 1 was shown to be 9,100. These courts have before them each year, on tho average, 75,000 cases. The cases brought in the state courts of New York amount in a year to about 150,000, and of those brought in the federal courts New York furnishes a very large number. Taking the whole country through, it is seen that the average number of cases per thousand of population is in the neigh borhood of 75 to 85. The number of lawyers in the United States is material ly larger than in any other country in the world, and the amounts in dispute here are much greater than elsewhere. —New York Sun. BUENOS AYRES. ___________ Argentine's Capital Is the Queen of the Southern Hemisphere. The omniscient Whitaker, under the | heading “British Possessions In Aus- j tralasia,” states that Melbourne, with its suburbs, contained on Dec. 81, 1894, : an estimated population of 444,882 in habitants, “being the most populous i city in the southern hemisphere.” We have always understood Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Ayres to be also in the southern hemisphere,and, oddly enough, Whitaker himself gives larger figures for both of these cities than for Mel bourne. The remark is probably one that has been at some time true and has been carried on from year to year. In any case, the results of the census establish incontestably the claim of Buenos Ayres to be the greatest city of South America and of the southern hemisphere. With allowance for imper fections in the execution of the census, inseparable from the way in which it was carried out, the figure 655,688 may be taken as practically correct, and no other city in this half of the world can lay claim to possessing within 100,000 of this number of inhabitants. The population of Buenos Ayres is thus larger than that of any city of the United Kingdom, except London and Glasgow. It is considerably larger than j that of Liverpool or Birmingham, and it is only about 50,000 less than the combined populations of Manchester and Salford. Of the great cities of Europe only Paris, Berlin, Vienna, St. Peters burg, Constantinople and Moscow sur pass Buenos Ayres, and in North Amer ica only New York, Brooklyn, Chicago and Philadelphia. Our city is the second city of the Latin world, surpassing Mad rid, Naples and Rome in Europe and Rio Janeiro, Santiago, Lima and Mex ico in the new world. The rate of growth is no less remarkable than the actual size, for in the last eight years Buenos Ayres has increased about 50 per cent. —Buenos Ayres Review. New York’s Kiver Tunnel. There is a big hole under North river. Some day it will be a tunnel connect ing this city and Hoboken. No work has been done for four years, but the owners of the hole are now trying to raise money in London to complete their tunnel before a bridge can be built over North river. Only 1,230 feetremain to connect the two holes bored from either shore, each of which is now full of wa ter. This water has simply soaked I through since work was abandoned on ] the death of the principal backer. So far $3,000,000 has been poured into the hole, and only $500,000 will be required to complete it.—New York Letter. Make Clothing For Dogs. It is well known (hat there are den tists in London and in Paris whose specialty it is to fit lapdogs with a set of false teeth. It now appears from a Pa- risian monthly magazine of fashions that there are tailors and fashion plates for dogs. The list of garments includes mackintoshes, Jaeger vests, comforters and respirators, side pockets with a lace handkerchief inside, fur collars, small silk umhrellas, which dogs are taught to carry over the head.—Chicago Tribune. Thos. F. Oakes, Henry C. 1‘aj iie. Henry C. Rouse, Receiver». CHINESE JUGGLERS. field? Had they sullenly refused to obey orders to advance again? Had Lee given up all hope of success and with drawn from that front? For five min utes scarcely a musket was discharged. ! Then from the heavy forest directly on the flank of the position Jackson ap peared. The flank of an army is its weak spot. Even if attacked in the rear it can face about and fight with hope of success, but if the flank gives way I disaster follows. Jackson's coming was a surprise. His attack was as sudden as the stroke of a bell. It dumfounded and dismayed the Federal flank, but only for a few minutes. McClellan was not far away. He had fathomed Lee’s plans and discovered his true object. The flank gave back until it had a front of a mile long, and then it halted and battled to save that great army. What was to be done must be done right there. Re-enforcements were ordered up, guns advanced, and for an hour there was such fighting as war had never witnessed before. To be Continued. NORTHERN Chinese jugglers and Indian fakirs have pretty much the same “stock in | trade.” Here is an account of some tricks performed by a Chinese: When the conjurer asked the specta tors what they wanted to see, some one called for a pumpkin. “A pumpkin,” answered the conjur er; “that is impossible. Pumpkins are out of season.’' However, he was«onlv talking, for presently he took a pumpkin seed aud planted it in the earth. Then, having made his little son, 4 or 5 years old, lie down, he thrust a knife into his throat The blood poured out into a vessel, and with it the man moistened the spot where the seed had been planted. Next he covered the corpse with a cloth aud placed a wooden bell over the seed. In a few moments a sprout was seen rising from the soil. It grew and grew and burst into flower. The flower fell, the pumpkin showed itself and in creased in size with extraordinary ra pidity. As soon as it was ripe the man picked it from the stalk, showed it to the pub lic and took up a collection, after which, of course, he lifted the cloth and found the boy perfectly unharmed. The second feat, by a different per former, was even more startling. A peach was called for by one of the spec tators. “It is March,” said the magician. “The laud is still icebound. Peaches are not to be obtained uow except in paradise. ” “Oh, well,” answered the spectators, “you are a sorcerer and ought to be able to bring a peach down from heav en. ” The conjurer grumbled, but finally consented to see what he could do. He began by weaving a roll of ribbon, which he cast into the air. It took at once the shape of a ladder, which went np to a tremendous height. On it he placed a child, and the little fellow ran up the rungs like a monkey. Up, up he went till he vanished in the clouds. Some moments passed, then a peach dropped from the sky. The magician picked it up, cut it into slices and of fered it to the bystanders. It was a real peach. Then a horrible thing happened. The head of the child dropped out of the sky and was followed by the trunk and then the legs. With tears in his eyes the man picked them up and placed them in a box. But after much show of grief and after the sympathetic spectators had taken up a collection for his benefit he opened the box and said, “Come forth, my child, and thank these kind gentle men. ” At the word out leaped the child, alive and well.—Philadelphia Times. Pi dim: 111 Sleeping Cars Elegant IDining Cars Tourist Sleeping Cars TO THROUGH TICKETS TO CHICAGO WASHINGTON PHILADELPHIA NEW YORK BOSTON AND ALL POINTS EAST and SOUTH For information, time cards, maps or tickets, call on or write C. H. FLEMING. Agent. M c M innville . A.D.CHARLTON. Asst.Gen.Pas.Agt. 255 MORRISON S t .. COR Mexican Mustang Liniment for Burns, Caked & Inflamed Udders. Piles, Rheumatic Pains, Bruises and Strains, Running Sores, Inflammations, Stiff joints, Harness & Saddle Sores, Sciatica, Lumbago, Scalds, Blisters, Insect Bites, All Cattle Ailments, All Horse Ailments, All Sheep Ailments, A POINTER FOR THE CARELESS. Some men with valuable unused rail way tickets on their hands sell them to scalpers, while others go to the railway company that issued them and obtain their value in money. Most men, how ever, do neither, and accept the loss when the ticket is worth less than a dol lar. Indeed, many men do not realize that railway companies stand ready to redeem unnsed tickets even of small value, so that the companies must be richer by many thousands of dollars per year by reason of this neglect or ig norance. Every railway ticket bears the name of the general passenger agent of the road issuing the same. It is a simple matter to inclose the ticket with a let ter directed to the general passenger agent asking him to refund the money paid and explaining the reason why the ticket is left unused in the hands of the purchaser. It is courteous to inclose a stamped envelope in which the money may be returned. When all these things have been done the company usually acknowledges the receipt of the ticket holder’s communi cation and promises to investigate the matter. The investigation consists in the proper identification of the ticket and a little bookkeeping to set all right in the accounts. Then the purchaser re ceives from the company a check for the amount due, along with a letter request ing acknowledgment on the part ot the recipient. That closes the transaction and there is no material loss on either side.—New York Sun. Penetrates Muscle, Membrane and Tissue Quickly to the Very Seat of Pain and Ousts it in a Jiffy. Rub in Vigorously. Mustang Liniment conquer« Pain, Makes flan or Beast well again. A City Built In a Cherry Seed. At the time of the French Crystal Palace exposition a Nuremberg toy mak er exhibited a cherry stone within the cavity of which he had built a perfect plan of the city of Sevastopol, streets, railway approaches, bridges, etc. A powerful microscope was used in exhibiting this wonderful miniature city, and it is estimated that not less than 500,000 people took a peep at the results of the toymaker’s toil. Each of these 500,000 sightseers deposited a franc piece in the hands of the ingen ious workman, the total of the cash thus taken in netting him a snug little fortune. —St. Louis Republic. (/) Geo. Schonewald, Manager. □ 0 Luxury, Good Cheer, Hospitality, Delightful and Healthful Pastimes, Matchless Mountain Scenerv. SWEET BRIER CAMP. Established ia»t year in a romantic dell of the Sacramento Canyon, jubt below and in full view of grand old Shasta It wii a great hit, and promises even more en couraging results for the present vear T. J. L oftis , at Castella, is still in eliarge and will answer all inquiries. A new candidate for public favor this year is SHASTA VICINO CAMP She Knew Whit That Meant. Sally—Au after we are married will gou keep on lovin me? Rube—I’ll love you till—till the cows tome home, as the feller says. Sally—Yaas, an then go down to the grocery an let me do all the milkin. — indianapolis Journal (fl 0 z Beat the Law. I- D 0 Up at Hampden Park, in Springfield, when the Massachusetts antipool law was rigidly enforoed a few years ago, Uncle Ed Morse and other pool sellers cleverly evaded it by putting up for sale at “auction” cards having printed on them the picture of a horse. “How much am I offered for this picture of Prince Wilkes?” was the query. “Sold tor $100 to Mr. X. Prince Wilkes sold for $100, what do I hear for this pic ture of Patron?” It was easy enough. All the change was that the auctioneer bad to say a few more words.—Hart ford Times. Also in the Shasta region.about a mile and a half from Dunsmuir. It is a genuine paradise for huntera, fishers and seekers of health and pleasure. Easy to reach (near the railroad), sightly, and all the necessities of camp life easily procurable. All Inquiries about Shasta Vicino Camp, if addressed to W. C. Gray, box 4. Duns muir, Cal., will receive prompt attention. CAMPING IN THE SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS Alma, Wright«. Laurel, Glenwood, Felton, Ben Lomond, Boulder Creek. REDUCED RATES During the Camping season will be made by the SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. For full particulars address E. P. ROGERS, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent Portland, Oregon. notice of finae setticemì at . Waived Responsibility. The man who does not overcome ennni by occupying himself soon tries to fly from it by intemperance. The idle man is almost necessarily vicious. TAVERN OF 0 Castle Crags Z Opens June I, 1895 I- Homemade Mucilage. 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PAUL MINNEAPOLIS DULUTH FARGO_ _____ GRAND FORKS CROOKSTON WINNIPEG HEL1.ENA atid_ Bl’TTE ' I I 1 • Some one says that, although it is sad I The sound of a bell which car be heard 45,200 feet in the water can be to see family relics sold at auction, the most painful thing under the hammer is ’ heard only 456 feet in the air. generally ong’g thumb naiL __ In the matter of the estate ot J. R. .Sanders, rir., insolvent. J. J. Henderson, assignee, and the estate of A. M. Sanders, insolvent, J. J Hen derson, assignee, and the estate of F. J. Marlin, insolvent, J. J. Henderson, assignee, and of the estate of Martin A Sanders, partners, insolvent, J. J. Henderson, assignee. "VTOTICE is hereby given that the undersigned xl as the assignee of the above-named t states has filed in the circuit court of the state of Ore gon for Yambill county, his final account as such assignee of said several estates, and said final account will come up for hearing in said court at the hour of one o’clock p. in. of the 14th day of October, A. D. 1895, at the circuit court room at the court house at McMinnville, Yamhill coun ty, Oregon, together with any and all objections thereto, if any there be. Now, therefore,all persons interested in said estates are hereby notified and required to appear at said time and place and show cause, if any rhere be, why said final account should not be allowed, said estates finally settled, and said as signee discharged. 37^ Dated this the 4tb day of September, A. D. 1895. J. J HENDERSON, Assignee of said Estate«. RAMSEY A FENTON. Attorneys for said Assignee,