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0. R. & N. CO vided up the wicked work to be swiftly accomplished when the flying squadron turned a bend in the highway and was npon them. They turned to flee, but E. McNEILL, Receiver. half a dozen revclveis cracked, and they were dead men as the last set of fours ______ TO THE jumped over their bodies lyiDg on the highway. Not a trooper slackened his rein or a horse broke bis gallop. “Halt! Dismount! Fourth men hold horses! Deploy to the left! Forward GIVES THE CHOICE OF at will!” By (HAKjES B-ÛWI5 ( í M.QUAP.» I and It fire TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL was a complete surprise to the Con federates, who bad collected in a body to hear what answer might be made to the message sent in. They made a show ^OPYRiGuTLO A94 BY AMeRiCAN PRESS ASSOCIATIOH. of defense, but after a fight of five min Uncle Ben was given some rations to utes, during which they lost 10 or 12 make a breakfast of, provided with a men, they threw down their arms aud blanket by a kind hearted trooper and surrendered. This event was known in CHAPTER XXVII. instructed to wait for the force which the camp almost as soon as outside of it, Uncle Ben had started out bravely a would be sure to come up within two and the cheers which Steve Brayton ut- enough, but after he had traveled a mile VIA i tered as he perched himself on the rocks VIA or so he found himself growing faint or three hours. were plainly heard as far as Rest Haven. Let us anticipate their coming. As SPOKANE DENVER and weak. He was not only an old man, “Yank, old boy, we uns is on the top but the exciting scenes through which the fusillade had drawn no reply from Minneapolis OMAHA he bad passed in the last few hours, to the fort, the enemy at length concluded limb now, ” chuckled Steve as he leaped AND AND gether with the physical pain he had that its defenders had been disabled. down and shook Kenton's hand. “Bein also realized that the sounds of as I’ve got sorter used to the sight of ST. PAUL KANSAS CY endured, werequite sufficient to tax his They atrength to the utmost. He fought battle might reach Federal ears and Yankee uniforms, I reckon I'll drop over against the feeling until at length the bring up a force to the rescue, and it tliar and tell ’em about yo’ aud seu LOW RATE8.T0 ALL rocks and trees seemed to be whirling was therefore decided to advance upon what’s goin to be done.” EASTERN CITIES. “Blit, tell them of Miss Percy first,” round and round and the frozen high the camp without farther loss of time. As Brayton had predicted, they formed way to be sliding from under his feet, replied Kenton, whose anxiety was far OCEAN STEAMERS on the open ground to the south. The Leave Portland Every 8 Days and then he dropped to the eaith and entire force formed in two lines for greater than he had dared betray to his gasped: com rade. • • FOR • • “O Lawd, doan’ let it cum jest yit! a charge, and as a movement or two The prisoners were conducted to the Give de ole man strength ’nuff to reach showed that they were about ready to highway and surrounded by a guard, dem Yankees, an den yo’ kin take him advance Steve quietly remarked: and then the Benior captain accompanied “1 dunno whar Jeff Davis bought this Brayton back to the camp. They were away! I dun can’t stop yere, O Lawd! I’ze got to keep trabblin till I finds Mars yere carbine, but it was a mighty cute not long in deciding what should be For hill details call on Custer an tells him dat Miss Sunshine trick in him. She s good for seven shots done with Kenton. They would remove C. A. WALLACE, McMinnville, Or. as fast as I kin pull trigger, and that him to Rest Haven, temporarily at wants him!” Or Address After a rest of three or four minutes means that sumbody’s goin to git hurt. least, and the prisoners would be held W. H HI HLBI HT, he rose up and moved on. He slipped Yo’ un hold yo’r buckshot till they git there until the main column came up. Gen. Pass. Agt. and staggered as he advanced, but be on this side of that bush. How yo’ feel A rude litter was soon constructed, and POHTLnn, OK. shut bis teeth hard and would not yield in, Yank?” Kenton was placed thereon and borne right.” away. EAST AND SOUTH to the weakness seeking to pull him “ “All Of co’se yo’ar’. Yo’ar’lookin jest down. Two events happened to brace A feeling of dumb despair crept over VIA him up and restore a portion of his as natural as an ole hat! Yere they Marian Percy as she entered the heuse strength. He had gone a distance of cum!” alter Uncle Ben’s departure and looked With a chorus of yells that would upon her dead. The event was not en about two miles and was just passing the cabin of a “poor white” which had have done credit to a war party of Paw tirely unexpected, and yet it was a great OF THE been deserted for the last month when nees, the enemy broke cover and ad shock to her, surrounded as it was by Mrs. Baxter suddenly appealed. She vanced at a run. They were hardly in tach trying circumstances. The mother had traveled two miles toward the Yan the open before Steve began blazing dead, Mrs. Baxter gone, her lover kee lines after leaving Rest Haven in away. His fire was fast and deadly, ! j wounded and besieged by bloodthirsty Express Trains Leave Portland Dally stead of going the other way, but it was but it did not check them. It was only men, Uncle Ben gone after help, an al to strike a pass leading over the range when Kenton, who was coolly waiting most certain knowledge that the worst LEAVE ARRIVE Portland.......... 8:50 P M | San Francisco..10:45 A J! into the Shenandoah. She had been for them to pass the bush, let fly both, was yet to come—what wonder that the ban Pranclsco.SJXl P M I Portland............8:10 A M waiting there in hopes to hear from Ike, barrels into them at just the right range j girl was stricken and helpless? The re who had told her that he would return for buckshot to do its best that the' port of every musket reached her ears. Above train» Mop al East Portland, Oregon City. Woodburn. Salem. Turner. Marion. Jefferson, i ior his revenge. Uncle Ben was no charge was broken, and every man on, Albany, Albany Junction Tangent, Shedds, Halsey, doubt possessed of the information she his feet sought safety in precipitate re Harrisburg. Junction City, Irving, Eugene, Cres well, Drains and all stations from Roseburg to longed for, and though realizing his treat. Ashland Inclusive. feelings toward her she made bold to “That is awful!” whispered Kenton Hoaeburgr .Mall Daily. step out and accost him. as the smoke blew away and gave them LEAVE: ARRIVE: “What, yo’ yere!” shouted the old a clear sight of the ground. Portland........ 8:30 A M I Roseburg........ 5 20 P M Roseburg........ 8:00 A M | Portland......... 4 40 P M man at the top of his voice as soon as he “Lands, but we uns hev licked the set eyes on her. “Fo’ de Lawd, wom hall southern confederacy!” answered Salem Passenger Daily. an, but if I eber git hands on yo’ I’ll Steve. LEAVE ARRIVE Portland........... 4:00 P M I Salem............ 6:15 P M kill yo’ fur shore!” At first sight it seemed as if half the Salem............... 8:00 A M | Portland..... 1005 A M “Had Ike cum when yo’ left the charging force had been wiped out, place?” she asked, pretending not to no but after a moment some of those who DINING CARS ON OGDEN ROUTE. tice bis outburst of anger, but at the had fallen began to creep away to the same time preserving a respectful dis- shelter of the rocks and bashes. They PUL.LMRN * BUFFET j tance between them. were allowed to do this without moles “Yo’ole cat! Yo’jjle she debbil!” tation. Five remained there in plain SLEEPERS he exclaimed as he rushed at her. “Yo’ sight, however, and not one of them AND SECOND CLASS SLEEPING CARS urn de one who brung all dis trabble would ever stand on his feet again. to Miss Sunshine, an I’ll broke ebery There was no farther movement for half Attached to all Through Trains. an hour. The besiegers realized that bone in yo’r body!” .West Side Division. She retreated before him and held up they were not strong enough to carry BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS her hand as a caution to him to listen. that fort, even though it held only two Mail Train Daily, (Except Sunday.) The soldiers and guerrillas had begun firing on the camp. The distance was TSF a M i Lv- Portland Àr 10:15 A M 1 Lv Lv McMinnville two miles or more, but the morning 1ÎL15 P M 1 Ar Corvallis Lv wind was blowing from the south, and At Albany and Corvallis connect with the reports of the muskets came plainly trains of Or. Central & Eastern Ry. rhe report of every musket reached her to their ears. Both realized at once ears. Express Train Daily, (Except Sunday.) what was going on. The woman and now and then as the firing died laughed as she observed : 1:45 f M L» Portland away a little her heart stood still at the “Ike’s goin to git ’em fur shore! Ike 7:15 P M Lv St. Joseph thought that Kenton and his comrade T.26 P M Ar McMinnville will be an ossifer now and ride the best had been captured by those who thirsted critter in the company. Reckon yo ’ Through Tickets to all points in Eastern for their lives. She could only weep and Staten. Canada anil Europe can be obtained at must ’a’ bin bidin out when Ike got pray as the hours dragged away. Hope lowest rates front G. A. Wilcox. Agent, McMinn thar, or yo’ wouldn’t be yere now. He vllle. E. P. ROGERS, came to her only when she heard the was goin to burn yo ’ un alive. ” Asst. O. F.4P. A, Portland, Or. clatter of iron hoofs on the frozen road R KOEHLER, Manager. 'The reports of the guns told Uncle and looked out to behold the two com Ben that the two men in camp had been panies of Federal cavalry sweeping up attacked, and that he had not a mo the highway to the rescue. Uncle Ben Holding the fort. ment to waste with the woman. All hie LOCAL DIRECTORY strength and resolution had returned, defenders, and they resorted to strategy. had been in time, and she murmured, and without heeding her words he start A flag of truce finally appeared, and the “God bless him!” as she realized what ed off at a stout pace. She felt certain soldier who bore it was permitted to it meant. The dead guerrillas lry in CHURCHES of his mission, and she was determined approach within 30 feet of the rocks. plain sight as the troopers pushed on, B aptist —Services Sunday 11 a. m. and There he halted and said that 10 more and she shuddered as she realized what 7:30p. iu ; Sunday school 9.50 a iu.; the to detain him if possible. Mrs. Baxter young people’s sooiety 6:15 p tn Prayer was not only a fearless woman under men had come up; that Ike Baxter had might have been. The dead were for meeting Thursday 7:30 p. m. Covenant all circumstances, but in such a crisis been sent off to the Confederate liDes gotten for a moment in her anxiety for meeting first Sat each month 2:00 p. in. as this she was desperate. If Uncle Ben for artillery and more soldiers; that the the living. There had been no firing for E. B, P ack , Pastor. brought help, all that had been gained men then surrounding them had become the last 10 minutes. Had the camp been M ethodist E piscopal —Services every would be lost, and Ike might be killed so desperate that unless the twain sur captured? Had help come too late? She Sabbath 11:00 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sunday or captured with the rest of the gang. rendered within 10 minutes a squad stood in the open door and held herself school 9:30 a in. Prayer meeting 7:0U p would be detailed to go aud burn Rest on her feet while she listened. A sud m. Thursday. D. T. S ummerville , Pastor. She stepped aside to let the old slave Haven aud wreak reveuge on Marian den crash of musketry told her what she pass and then followed at his heels, C um b . P resbyterian —Services every Sab was yearning to know. The Federal bath 11:00a m and 7:30 p. xn. Sunday threatening, taunting and commanding Percy. It was a threat intended to strike troopers had attacked, and they were school 9:30 a. m. Y. P. C. E., Sunday 6:30 by turns and almost daring to lay hands p. m. Prayer meeting Thursday, 7:30 p. m. on him. If she had been armed with Royal Kenton a heavy blow, and it suc strong enough to beat off or annihilate E E. T hompson , Pastor. knife or pistol, she would have attacked ceeded. As he heard the words and re the besiegers. Half an hour later she C hristian — Preaching at 11 a. m. and at alized their import his face grew white was crying and sobbing and saying to 7 :30 p. in on the first and third Sundays; him at once. As she was not she con- as snow, and he whispered to Steve that the men who bore the litter: tinned to follow him in hopes of en on the second and fourth Sundays at 7:30 “Carefully now! Bring him right in . until further notice At Carlton on sec countering some one on the highway. the terms must be complied with. ond and fourth Sundays at 11 a. m., and If a white man, and she cried out to “Don’tyou believe it!” was the blunt this way! 1 am so glad! I was afraid Saturday evening before at 7:30. At No. 8 reply. “It’s simply a game to rattle us. that he was dead!” at 3 p. in on second and fourth Sundays. him that the black had dared to raise The prisoners were confined in the his hand against her, Uhcle Ben would Don’t yo’ remember that Uncle Ben was - J ames C ampbell , V. D. M.. Pastor. barn. Of the entire force not one had S t . J ames E piscopal C hurch —Lay-Ser be seized, if not shot down in his tracks. to start out the fust thing this mawnin vices every Sunday at 11 o’clock a. nt, Aggravated and annoyed by the pain to find the Yankees? He tin's had time, escaped except Ike Baxter, and that S t . J ames C atholic —First st., between of the blows inflicted by Ike Baxter, and it’s likely they are on the way. The only because he was absent. There were G and H Sunday school 2:30 p. in. Ves maddened by the woman’s words and gal is southern and loyal, and even a dozen or more dead men to bury, and pers 7 30. Services once a month. her continued presence and rendeied though sum of these chaps ar’ guerrillas after awhile a detail was sent back to T. B riody , Pastor. perform the work. A dozen dead, but desperate by the danger of the general they dasn’t go that fur.” no wounded. If yon were in the valley “ But suppose they dared to? ” pleaded situation, it was no wonder the old man SECRET ORDERS. that winter, you will recall the bitter K nowles C hapter N o , 12, O. E. 8.—Meets at suddenly turned at bay with the glare Kenton. Masonic ball the 2d and 4th Monday evening of a hunted wolf in his eyes. She was “Then they’d doit arter they had cut ness existing between the “irregulars,” lb each month. Visiting members cordially in too close to him to escape. Springing us to pieces, the same as befo’. Look at who were practically bushwhackers and vited. ('. H. McKINNEY, Sec. MRS. C. W. TALMAGE, W. M. forward, he seized her by the shoulders, them dead folks out tliar. D’ye reckon | guerrillas, and the Federal cavalry. No A. O. U. W.—Charity Lodge No. 7 meets first and lifted her from the ground, aud with they’ll spare us arter that? Hark! i prisoners were taken on either side. If third Fridays of each month, 7:30 p. m. Lodge a mighty effort he fluug her clear of the Whoopee! By the liviu jingo, but the a Federal detachment was cutoff, never room in Union block. a man returned to his lines. If a cou H. C. BURNS, M. W. road. At that jioiDt the ground sloped Yanks hev showed up at last!” J. D. BAKER, Beeorder 10 rier was captured, he was shot in bis sharply away toward a ravine, and as Yambill Lodge So. 10 D. of H. meets in Union tracks or hung to the limb of a roadside CHAPTER XXVIII. ball second ana fourth Friday evenings of each the woman struck the earth with stun The courier dispatched by the captain tree. There was no more mercy shown month. ning force she rolled over and over un C oster P ost No. 9—Meets the second and fourth til she finally brought up against a bush of the Federal troop reached the lines on the other side. The capture of an Saturday of each month in Union hall at 7:30 in due time and handed the message to armed man in citizen’s dress or half m. on second Saturday and at 10:30 a. m. on 50 feet away. th Saturday. All members of the order are “De Lawd furgive me, but I couldn’t General Custer, whose brigade was in uniform meant that he had only 15 min cordially invited to attend our meetings. dun help it!” groaned Uncle Ben as he winter quarters, but scouting and recon utes to live at the furthest. If he J. B. S tilwell , Commander. B. F. CLCBINE, Adjt. continued his way. "Dey’s arter Miss noitering almost daily. An order had claimed to belong to Mosby’s band, he courted death the sooner. Men who fell W. C T. U.—Meets on everv Fri Sunshine, an dey’s arter me, an dey’s been issued by the general in command day at 3 p. iu. in reading room, Union arter Mars Kenton, an de good ole mis of the army in the valley outlawing all in a fight went down to be buried there. Custer with his troopers found Uncle block C lara G. E ssos , Pres. sus am lyin dead in de house, an what’s Confederate irregulars and directing J essie G allestise , Sec’y Ben eagerly awaiting them. The old special attention to Mosby’s band. gwine to becum of us all I dunno!” Within half an hour after receiving man was given a seat in an ambulance, With eyes fastened on the pathway, with teeth hard shut, with words cf the courier Custer dispatched two com and within a few minutes the general prayer rising to his lips and a constant panies of the Sixth Michigan cavalry, had heard his story. The order was giv struggle against the feeling of despair with instructions to push forwatd at a en to push on at a faster pace, and the seeking a lodgment in his heart, the gallop, and 30 minutes later be fol command reached Rest Haven just as faithful old slave pressed on, mile lowed them with the First and Fifth the prisoners had been placed under after mile, and suddenly found himself regiments and a battery of artillery. guard. A surgeon accompanied the YAQUINA BAY ROUTE confronted by a party of horsemen in The flying column found old Uncle Ben column, and while he was busy dressing Connecting at Yaquina Bay with the San blue uniforms. The goal had been won, patiently waiting by the roadside and Kenton’s wounds General Custer was Fraucit»co and Yaquina Bay Steam and as he realized it up went went his stopped long enough to hear his story. holding an interview with Marian Per ship Company. arms, and he sank down on the icy road. He gave them the lay of the camp oc cy. The result of this was an order that “Runaway darky, but he isn’t pur cupied by Kenton and Brayton and was the dead woman and the wounded man STEAMSHIP “FARALLON” sued that I can see,” observed the cap left behind to wait for the main column. should be taken back to the Federal Perhaps the besieging force was in lines—the one for burial, the other for A 1, and first-class in every respect. tain of the troop as he ordeied a halt. proper medical treatment. Whatever Sails from Yaquina for San Francisco “Some of you men liven him up with earnest in making the statement which Marian wished to take away would be fell from the lips of the flag of truce about every eight days. Passenger ac a sip of whisky.” commodations unsurpassed. Shortest A sergeant dismounted and put a man as an alternative. They had suf transported for her, and the place would route between the Willamette valley and flask to Uncle Ben’s lips and forced fered too severely to try another charge be abandoned. Steve Brayton had come out of the California. some of the contents down his throat. up the narrow way, and the fusillade Fare from Albany or points west to In a couple of minutes the old man sat maintained for hours had been lead affair a greater hero than be had ever San Francisco: thrown away. Ike Baxter had indeed hoped to be. Although frankly ac up and looked around. Cabin....................................... $12.00 been sent away for re-enforcements aud knowledging himself an escaped pris "Were you running away?” asked Steerage.................................. 8.00 a piece of artillery, and the guerrilla oner and now again captured by the en the captain as be rode closer. Cabin, round trip, gxxxi 60 days 18.00 “Whar—whar’s Mars Custer?” gasp portion of the force was thirsting for re emies of bis cause, every Federal who venge and rife for the most desperate understood how he had fortified the ed Uncle Ben in reply. For sailing dates apply to, deed. The girl had defied them, aud camp and defended it to save a wounded “General Custer? Oh, he’s some H. L. WALDEN, her lover had killed two or three of and almost helpless fellow Confederate miles away. Did you want to see him? ” Agent, Albany, Or. “Miss Sunshine dun wants him, sah their number, and somebody must be insisted on taking him by the hand aDd EDWIN STONE, Manager, tendering him hearty congratulations. —wants him to cum quick! De gorril- made to suffer. Corvallis, Or. Even General Custer himself did not The sergeant in command of the squad las an de sojers am up dar tryin to burn CHAS. CLARK, Supt,. Corvallis, Or. of Confederate cavalry had no control withhold a word of praise after learn de house an kill eberybody!" Uncle Ben was so overcome that it over the guerrillas, but when, as they ing from Marian and Kenton of Bray took 10 minutes to get his story straight. waited to hear from the men behind ton’s bravery and self sacrifice. “Waal, gineral, I dunno about all ARTHUR J. VIAL, M. D. The troopers numbered only about half the rocks, he heaid them planning this, ’’repliedSteve, with a good deal of a company and had been sent out to in to wreak their vengeance on Rest Ha embarrassmnet. “Reckon I was the ven, he did all in his power to dissuade tercept a Confederate mail courier who Physieian and Surgeon, Was expected to enter that valley them. They seemed to abandon the means of gittin that Yank into the Con through Hempstead's gap, three miles idea, but under pretense of “having a federate service, and now it looks as if and ROOMS IN UNION BLOCK away. The captain wrote a note and talk” four or five of them slipped away I was the means of gittin him myself along with him. We u» hev sent it off to the Federal lines by cou- and started for the house. They were M c M innville , O regon riert but could do no more in the matter. within 20 rods of it and had already fli- 1 been driv outer the southern army by f A C*T ROUTES Pffl BY. SAN FRANCISCO The Shasta Route Oregon Central & Eastern R. R. Co. I that foot up at the camp, and if yo’ nos don’t take keer of us I reckon we uns will hev to hunt a cave sumwhar and hide away till the war is over.” The packing up had been accom plished, aud the dead woman was about to be carried out of the bouse when the burial party was driven in by a strong force of Confederates. Ike Baxter had galloped into the Confederate lines, only five or six miles away, with information that speedily sent two companies of cav alry down the road as a re-enfoicement. One of these was Captain Wyle’s, and he 6niiled grimly as he recalled the cir cumstances of his last ride over thia highway. Ike Baxter had come into camp on a previous occasion to report that Kenton and Brayton were hiding out near Rest Haven, and that he had been nearly killed by Uncle Ben while trying to fol low him to the biding place of the fugi tives. Captain Wyle would wash his hands of the affair, but a detachment was sent away with orders to bunt down and bring in the prisoners. Steve Bray ton might be brought in, but he very well knew that Kenton would not be, whether found wounded and helpless or not. After the detachment had accom plished its work he would seek a meet ing with Marian Percy, but not before. She could not hold him responsible for the action cf others. As the Confederates came down the road in pursuit of the burial party Cus ter ordered forward three or four com panies, and the pursuers became in turn the pursued. But not for long. A heavy force of troopers in gray were coming up, and even a child could have told what that look on General Custer’s face portrayed. For long weeks be had tried to bring on a cavalry fight. The hour had come! WHEN MARIA JANE IS MAYOR. When Maria Jane's elected to the mayoralty chair, There’ll be many wrongs corrected that are now apparent there. The sidewalks will be carpeted, the streets swept thrice a day, The alleys be as fragrant as fields of new mown hay. What with parties and receptions and occa sionally a bull, There will be a transformation around the city hall. And each ward in the city will be represented then By lovely aiderwomen and not horrid alder- * men. When Maria Jane Is mayor, none but ladies will, of course, Be appointed members of the city police force, And in their bloomer uniforms they’ll look so very sweet The gang to be arrested will consider it a treat. The stores will be compelled to have a bargain sale each day, And for chewing gum and soda you will not be nsked to pay. Oh, great reforms will be projected, all the wrongs will be corrected When Maria Jane’s elected to the mayoralty chair. —William West in Chicago Record. NEEDED NO LAWYER. Because He Did Not Want to Take Ad vantage of the State. Judge Jim Griggs was reminded of a story by the passing of an electric car and began: “One of the funniest things that ever happened during my connection with the Georgia judiciary was when I was first elected solicitor. “The demands of my position fre quently put me in the attitude of prose cuting a friend. It was hard, but I did it. “An ex-sheriff of a county in my cir cuit—a fellow that I had known and liked for a long while—was prosecuted for making away with some money. It was an ugly charge. The evidence was conclusive against him. ‘ * When I went down to court, he came staggering into my room about two- thirds drunk. ‘Jim,’ he said, ‘these in fernal scoundrels are trying to prosecute me—perfect outrage. I told ’em just wait till I saw Jim Griggs, and we’d fix it—I told ’em we’d let ’em know who to prosecute. And we will. Won’t we, Jim?’ x “I looked at him very gravely, and said: ‘Tom, I’ve got a dead case against you, I’m going to prosecute you, convict you and send yon to the penitentiary. You are guilty. You got the money, and I’ve got the evidence to prove it. ’ “He looked at me in perfect amaze ment. He was dumfounded. He said I didn’t mean it. I told him I did. He straightened himself up and marched out without a word. “His case was the first one called aft er dinner. The judge asked him if he had any counsel. He said no and didn’t want any. He spoke in a half drunken fashion. ‘But,’ said the judge, ‘you are charged here with a serious offense, aud if you have no money to employ a law yer I’ll appoint one for you. ’ “The defendant didn’t like it. He arose with difficulty. He steadied him self against a table, and speaking in a maudlin fashion said: “ ‘Yer honor, I said I don’t want no counsel, and I don’t want none. I meant what I said. I don’t want—hie—take no ’vantage of ze state. State ain’t got no counsel — what der I want with any?’ ”—Atlanta Constitution. Burmese Girls. In every household the daughter has her appointed work. Iu all but the rich er merchants’ houses the daughter’s duty is to bring the water from the well evening and morning. It is the gossip ing place of tho village, this well, and as the suu sets there come running down all the girls of the village. As they fill their jars they lean over the curb and talk, aud it is here that are told the lat est news, the latest flirtation, the latest marriage, the little scandal of the place. Very few men come. Water carrying is not their duty, and there is a proper time and place for flirtation. So the girls have the well almost to themselves. Almost every girl will weave. In ev ery house there will be a loom, where the girls weave their dresses and those of their parents. And very many girls will have stalls in the bazaar; but of this I will speak later. Other duties are the husking of the rice aud the mak ing of cheroots. Of course in the richer households there will be servants to do all this, but even in them the daughter will frequently weave, either for her self or for her parents. Almost every girl will do something, if it be only to pass the time.—Blackwood’s Magazine. What She Saw. Mme. De Cornuel weDt to Versailles to see the French court, when M. De Torcy and M. De Seignelay, both very young, had just been appointed minis ters. She saw them as well as Mme. De Maintenon, who had then grown old. When she returned to Paris, 6ome one asked her what remarkable things she had seen. “I have seen,” she said, “what I never expected to see there. I have seen love in its tomb and the min istry in its cradle.” Choosing a Wife. The plainest features become hand some unawares when associated only with kind, feelings, and the loveliest face disagreeable when linked with ill humor or caprice. People should re member this when they are selecting a face which they are to see every morn- I ing across the breakfast table for the remainder of their lives.—N. P. Willis. THE CRAMPED AND TORTURED FOOT NO LONGER THE IDEAL. Views of a Celebrated Anatomist—The Im portance of Wearing the Right Kind of Shoes—Somethiug About Corus aud How to Treat Them. Very few seem to realize the impor tance of giving the feet proper attention in order to secure better health as well as general comfort. It. is almost incon ceivable that in our civilized nation in the modern age there are still so many otherwise sensible women who are will ing to maim and cripple their feet aud suffer tortures for the sake of wearing shoes just a little too small, or which are, as they imagine falsely, pretty or more fashionable. We see the folly of the cramping process upon the feet of the Chinese women, but how much more inexcusable it is for women of this en lightened country. In former times it has been the fash ion for shoes to be made with high heels, narrow, pointed toes and all sorts of extravagant shapes contrary to ease and comfort, and as too many people have felt it incumbent upon them to bow to the demauds of the tyrant fash ion, no matter how unreasonable her demands, the result has been for suc ceeding generations untold suffering in the form of corns, bunions aud other deformities, until now it is comparative ly rare to see, except among savage na tions, a perfect, well shaped foot. But a more sensible fashion al lows the wear ing of various styles of sensible shoes that are adapted to the ease and com fort of the wearer, with thick soles, wide, low heels aud plenty of room for free expansion of the toes aud muscles, and the numerous corns, whioh are not only exceedingly painful, but often seri ous affairs, are gradually disappearing from the feet of the sensible ones and the ideal foot is no longer the cramped aud tortured foot. The celebrated anatomist, Professor Hyrti of Vienna university, opened one of his lectures to his class with the sin gular question, “Which is the most beau tiful foot, considered from the anatom ical standpoint?” aud then continued: “It is remarkable that there are so many divergent opinions on this subject. While the sons of men look upon a small, slender and graceful foot, a lady’s foot, as an ideal one, the anatomist ut terly rejects it as beautiful, and only the large, long and broad foot is the ideal one iu his eyes. Even the greatest classic writers of antiquity, Horace, Ca talins, and others, who had great appre ciation of the feminine beauty, never mentioued in the descriptions of their beloved—aud, as is well known, they had many—their small feet. “The people belonging to the Celtic race have small feet; the Hiudoos es pecially have such feet and hands that they may be envied by many European countesses. The native troops of the English army in India possess in Eng land their own armory where peculiar kinds of weapons are constructed for them, and the 6word hilts made for them are much too small for us to grasp with ease. The greatest beauties of Eu rope, the Italians, have really long and broad feet. ” But even if we do not care to be con vinced that the ideal foot is the foot that is long and broad, we can certainly realize the importance of care in select ing shoes of the proper size for comfort as well as beauty. The foot never looks pretty in a shoe too small for it, and such shoes soon become unshapely from undue pressure, giving anything but a pretty appearance. On the other hand, we should not fall into the error of buying shoos too large. These are quite as apt to cause corns as small ones by rubbing certain parts of the foot. If any one has the misfortune to full into this mistake, it can be reme died to a great extent by inserting a soft wad of cotton batting in the toe of the shoe or in the part that rubs against the foot. The same care is necessary iu buyiug shoes as in buying gloves. They will last much longer and have a better ap pearance when made of now, good skins. Old leather or kid is not soft and elastic and does not easily shape itself to the foot or the hand. This is not only a matter of comfort, but of economy. Iu this, as in many other things, “the best is the cheapest,” and as few women, or men either, for that matter, are good judges of leather it will be wise to buy only of honest, experienced dealers, in whom we can confide, for we canuot afford risks in a matter where so much is involved. An uncomfortable shoe is really a very serious matter when we take into consideration the pain and discomfort, the probable deformities in LOOK OUT FOR BREAKERS AHEAD the way of corns and bunions, the wear when pimples, on the nervous system and the unpleas eruptions, boils, and like manifes ant consequences of our irritable tem tations of impure pers because of personal discomfort. blood appear. They It scarcely seems necessary to speak wouldn’t appear if of the importance of frequent bathing your blood were pure and your sys of the feet and paring of the nails, and tem in the right yet many are surprisingly careless in condition. They this respect. Corns are simply composed show you what you need—a good blood- of a great number of layers of cuticle, purifier; that’s what or scarf skin, one above another, each you get when you successive layer being larger than the take Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical preceding, so that the whole assumes Discovery. the form of a grain of Indian corn; It carries health hence its name. This is constantly press with it. All Blood, ing its point upon the tender flesh when Skin and Scalp Dis the shoe presses or rubs against it, and eases, from a com- mon Blotch, or Eruption, to the worst as this cuticle is easily dissolved to a Scrofula, are cured by it. It invigorates great extent by the warm water and the liver and rouses every organ into soap we can see that bathing is the most healthful action. In the most stubborn ready and harmless remedy as well as forms of Skin Diseases, such as Salt rheum, Eczema, Tetter, Erysipelas, Boils preventive. —Exchange. and kindred ailments, and with Scrofula, Columbia River. The Columbia river was first called the Oregano, the Spanish name for the wild sage that grows on it.s banks. Whit ney says that the Spanish name was Ore- jon, “big ear” or “one that hath large ears,” an allusion to the custom of the Indians in that region of stretching their ears by boring them and crowding them with ornaments. Saved Hl. Whisky. A Greek fisherman recently decided to branch out a little in a business way, so opened a small saloon on the water front. He bought a barrel of whisky from a local dealer, paying 10 per cent down, and agreed to pay the balance when the whisky was delivered. He failed to keep his agreement, and the dealer commenced plaiming some way to get his whisky or the money. Every time he called on the fisherman he saw the barrel lying in the saloon, and he wanted it Finally the dealer commenced suit and attached the liquor. The saloon man pleaded poverty, hard times and everything else, but his creditor was ob durate. Au agreement was reached aft er much parleying that the dealer should take the whisky back, keep the 10 per cent that had been paid and give the saloon keeper a receipt in full and dis miss the suit. The Baloou keeper shed tears as he saw the barrel of whisky carted off and de clared he was a ruined man, but he did not close his saloon. The shrewd dealer found that the whisky had been drawn from the barrel and water substituted. He is still wondering how he can get his whisky or the money for it when his receipt is standing against his claim. — San Francisco Post. A Broad Bint. They were seated in the parlor con- vermug on the uncertainty of life. She—The future is a vast, unfathom able mystery to us, isn’t it? 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So 1 procured some and commenced using them and soon began to mend. In six months my sores were all healed up. I am forty-five years old and believe I am as stout as I ever was in my life. I used about one dozen bottles of the • Golden Medical Discovery' with the ' Pel lets,' and used nothing else after I began using your medicines " Titos. F. Oakes, Henry C. Payne, Heury C Koine, Receivers. NORTHERN PACIFIC Pullman Sleeping Cars Elegant ID ini ng Cars Tourist Sleeping Cars X TO Sergeant O’Keefe, who spent five years in the observatory on Pike’s peak, says that the lowest temperature observed was 50 degrees below zero, the highest 62 degrees above. ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS I DULUTH_______ FARtiO_______ GRAND FORK8_ CROOKSTON WINNIPEG____ HEL1.ENA and BUTTE I THROUGH TICKETS TO Some men do as much begrudge oth ers a good name as they want one them selves, aud perhaps that is the reason of CHICAGO it.—Penn. 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