To lie in the commission business is Tin: OHE AT considered an honorable calling, but it has come to pass that there are a class of commission men who are not only a nuisance to their employer*. but thi*y arc mi ulcer on the nose of honest deal­ I ing. quite offensive. ••It hapjans almost every week,” said a well-known butcher, “that I am ap­ proached by stewards either of private families, hotels, or steamboats, who 1 QUICKEST! give me to understand that for a quiet •tip’ once in a while they will turn their M^*M*******************°*******************)«»«„a employer’s trade to my market.” IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITHE dining car line / hmîwww / “What do you do?” and Money “If I think the trade is worth having THE DIRECT ROUTE! NO DEE AYS! FASTEST TKAINy I give the fee. Why not? Other» do It. and the only way I can tight ’em io T a . P.I a « T o CHICAGO and all points E ast at with their own weapons. Why, only LÛWÊS l XLZL w CS T lcket 8 801,1 to a 11 phorinent Ponk the other day I had the meat cook in MV VY Throughout the East and Southean. one of the largest and most fashion­ TO BAST BOUND-PASSENGERS! able boarding-houses in the city tell me F that if 1 would give her five per cent rr BE CAREFUL AND DO NOT MAKE A MISTAKE—BUT BE O commission she u bring me the trade ------ TO TAKE THE------ of the house, which probably amounts to <» • week THE “Anti you didn't take the bid?” “No; because 1 have reason to know that »he couldn’t till the contract.” are oil’ The reporter’s next visit was to one And see that your ticket reads via Portland and of the leading grocery »tores in the city, and when the object of his visit was LIKE HOT made known the proprietor remarked: “Yes, I hear of such things once in To avoid changes and serious delays occasioned by other routes. Throuk awhile. In fact, I kicked a great Emigrant Sleeping Cars are run on Regular Express Trains Full mealy-mouthed man out of my store Length of the Line. Berths Free. one uay last winter who had informed RATES! Al---------QUICKEST T1M11 And Time LOWEST me that unless 1 did the square thing -------- o----- -— GENERAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY, with him he would take his employer s trade to another store. I asked him for Bargains is No. 2 St., Portland, Oregon. what he thought would be square, and A. D. CHARI.TON, General Western Pavaenger Agent. ha replied that I ought to furnish him with what groceries and canned good» would be used by his family.” ailroad, naciflc OVERLAND TO CALIFORNIA OnT0 “That was modest enough.” ( ALL TO-DAY, popular oute. anges. icturesque VIA “Yea, jhat whs cheap, but I didn’t ver like the cheek of the fellow. Those The Oregon and California R. R. cases are rare, but I'll tell you a system For no man knoweth rast Time, Sure Coanection, New Equipment And Connections. not so rare. Cooks and stewards often TIME, 2| DAYS. 225 Miles Shortest make bargains with butchers and gro­ cer» through the drivers of the delivery Fare from Portland to San Franoisoo 20 Hours Less Time. to Sacramento, |30. carta and wagons. That’» common, Close connections made at Ashland wi Aocommooations unsurpassed for oomfort and I've even heard where the driver» and safety. Fares and Freights MUCH stager of the California, Oregon and Iddi make quite a little commission in thia LESS than by any other route between all stage oompany. wav.” in Willamette valley and San Franoisoo. (DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAYS.) Next a visit was made to a prosper­ W. REDMOND Earn slide Division. ous carriage lyiilder and repairer, who BETWEEN POKTl.ODA ASHLAM didn’t hesitate to say that coachmen Rail Train. and hostlers tapped him for tips. ••Only LEAVE. A KBIT!. Portland....8:00 a . m . Ashland... .W ai thia afternoon a hostler came in and Ashland.... 8:45 p . m . Portland.. M6r.l asked me for fifty cents. I know that DAILY PAN9EHUER TWAINS, Albany Express Train, !• he wanted it to get a drink, but I gave A KBTV B. LEAVE. it to hun without a question, because I (Except Sundays.) Portland....4:00 p. m . Lebanon....9:20 r l know ho has the placing of the horse­ Cleansing Lebanon.... 4:45 a . m . Portland... 1004 11 Leave Corvallis at 2 p. m. Leave Ya­ shoeing of a man who owns three Pullman Palace Sleeping Can horses ' ’ quina at 7:10 a. m. daily between Portland and Ashland. “How about coachmenP” Oregon and California, West side, trains The O. 425 11. C. NIANEE, Vlanufarturer and division from foot of F street. The Oregon Development Company's fur it. True, 1 made the sale somewhat Male Proprietor. West Side Division. through the influence of the coachman, FINE Al BET. PORTLAND AND CORVALUl McMinnville ... Oregon. and 1 would have been willing to pay Mail Train. This preparation is unequalled for oleans- him a alight commission.” ABBIVI. LEAVE. Yaqtdna Qity mg garments of all soiled spots. Paint, Tar, Portland... 7:80 a . m . MoM’nville. 10:12 a . I “What did he demand?" etc . eradicated instantly Give it a MoM’nville 10:13 a . m . Corvallis.. . 12--25P.» SAILS “He called around and said he want- Grease, trial. J-vf It may l«e had of your druggist, Corvallis. .. 1:30 p. m . MoM’nville. 3.-43 ». I From Yaqnina, ad 825 1 ottered him 810, and he ap­ looal agent, or by addressing the nudersign- From San Francisco, MoM ’ nville 3:44 p. m . Portland... 6:15 Lt Sunday .... .Oct. 101 Monday . ------- ' .... Got. 4 peared insulted. Then I got mad, «•d. Agents Wanted. IL C. MANEE, 44 44 Friday .... At Corvallis oonnect with trains of th» 22 Saturday. •••••• 16 words followed, and the meeting ended McMinnville, Oregon Wednesday Nov. Oregon Pacifio for 3 Thursday 28 by my saving I would smash his nose.” 44 Monday..., 15 Wednesdi lay... Noy. 10 V\iyuiaa Bay. 44 ••Served him right.” 44 Saturday... 27 Monday .. 22 ST CHARLES HOTEL, Express Train. "But that didn’t end it. Alxiut a LEAVE. I ABBTVE. The Company reserves the right to change month later the man who bought the sailing days. Fares, between Corvallis and Portland....4:50 p. m . MoM’nville..a* r MULTNER. Prop.. carriage came around and hinted that San Francisco. Rail and Cabin, *14: Rail MoM’nville .5:45 a . m . Portland ...9X>'Ai. 1 had cheated him, that the wheels Local tickets for sale and baggage cheekal and Steerage, |».88. Corner Third and B streets. wouldn't ‘track.’ and that it pulled a For information apply to at the company’s up-town office, oorner « Ereat deal harder than when he first »•< ’IINNV1I.I.E • < HAS. C. HOGUE, Pine and Seoond streets. Tickets for pn®" . . OREGON HOGUE. Aoting Gen. F. and Pass. Agent. oipal points in California oan only be p- ought it. i a*ked him to bring the New house! New furniture! Unsurpassed Corvallis, Oregon cured at company’s offioe. Corner r “ buggy around to the shop, and when he in the country, Rates—«1 to $2 per day ao Front streets Portland, Or. . did so I took the wheels ofl ami found cording to room. Mingle meals 25 oents. Frieght will not be received for ship® that the axletroe had liven wrenched, Lodging. 25 t > .50 cents according to room. after five o'clock p. m. on either the east and by main force, so that tie wheel Hoard and Lodging. |4 to $6. per week. Two E. P ROGERS. west ....................... side divisions. rine Sample Rooms for commercial men. G. F.A P. Mt*»1 did not sei squarely on it. In i; s way , Give R. KOEHLER. me a call and see for yourself. friction had ground the axletree just Manager. where the box hits the shoulder.” Thr Hl YKHM' Gl'IDK to “How do you know that it was done tuned Kept, »nd March, HENDERSON SAMUEL COÏT •> by mam force?” each year. Sd 314 pa«e«, Inrhn,with over “Kecatw. siuqieeting that. I told the Late of Independence, having purob»*^ t'1’ 3,600 illn*trntlon» - a employe) of the demand the coachman whole Pie tn re Gallery had made on me. Ind he taxes! the fel­ GIN KM M hulraale Prt, low with it, at th«- same time charging , TEAMS AND TRtTK» •Greet to eeM«M»trr« on all good» fv r him with having bent the axle, fheu prrvnnal or family «•«. Tells how to the man oonftMtaal. That's how 1 ' order, aud gtwea riset cost of every­ Of Logan Bros A Henderson, offers hn thin« yon use, eat. drink, wear, or know. Iklrwl f'rtt /Vrss. services in that line to the public, and TIME IS MONEY! fORTHEO1 ftACIFICf JAILHOAi . ............... .... r........... f Ç................. BEST! £ SHORES'!'! i I SAVE by Time calling' REDMONDS. W. Goods going St. PAUL or MINNEAPOLIS,=- CAKES short Washington R WHAT Conies to-morrow. F. Only Route via Yaquina Bay To San Franoisoo. Japanese CREAM Steamship City Stables. BROS O Il coats 88UO.COO.OQO a year to main­ tain the standing armies ol Europa. There will be an attraction for the children, in the shape of a fish pond at the Episcopal church fair. hare ftn> With Three ISVALIABI.1 BOOK« contain Information «lean« from th marh-ts of the world. XX will mail a «•»;«> VRI l' to any ad- dreas wpon m ij < of IU eta. to dr fra j • ■pensr of m .llu,. Ix-t us hear Trvi yoa. Reapu (fully, (¿uarantef MONT GOMERY WARD 4 CC **T A t '»I* abash Aveaae, Chicana, I IL ii Livery ny where in » ¿•'•»ville. iMHiablc Bair». i To all who favor him with their He will keep a wagon specially adapt delivery of parols, trunks the aocomouation of the pnblio. 6™, at the stable will be promptly attend*1 |t