ir I SISTER JONES’ CONFESSION. I thought the deacon liked me. ylt I warn't adzackly shore of it, Fer, mind ye, time and I me ag'ln When jiners ’ud be cumin in I'd seed him shakin hands as free With all the aistern as with me! But jurin last revival, where He called on me to lead in prayer An kneeled there with me, side by side, A-whisper’u “he felt sanctified Jes’ tetchin of my gyarment's hem.” That settled things as fur as them Thare other wimmin was concerned! And—well, I know I must ’a* turned A dozen colors! Flurried? La! No mortal sinner never saw A glauder widder than the one A-kneelin there and wonderun Who’d pray! So glad, upon my word. I railly couldn't thank the Lord! —James Whitcomb Riley. ONE DAY’S FISHING. f "Like a blooming idiot," eaid the ma­ jor, "I agreed to take the colonel fishing, f "Well, the next afternoon, which was Saturday, he came around with a tish- iug rod that I gave him, and when I got iuto the cab blame me if he didn't have a trunk. ‘Got my things in that,’ said he, and may I eternally fry if there I weren’t things enough in that trunk to stock a pawnshop. By ged, he had every- ■ thing from evening clothes to a patent I boot jack. But he hasn’t them any more,” and the major chuckled. ! "We started for Mud Run, out in Pennsylvania. I'd never been there be­ fore, but a man told me there was good fishing there. He was a liar, by the way. "About the time we got started the | colonel wanted to smoke, and by the hind hobs cf Gehenna if he hadn't packed all the cigars in that bloody trunk. When 1 cussed, he tried to get up in the baggage car and was nearly killed. Then he got Borne bad cigars from the porter and growled for an hour steady. Pretty soon he wanted a drink, and the whisky was in that confounded trunk. “The woman at the hotel where we got < ut said it was too late to get auytbing to eat, and the colonel got m ul and i ailed me a burbling chump for drag­ ging him out into the wilderness. "When the boy waked us inthe morn­ ing, the colonel kicked because he had to get up so early. He had the deuce of a time finding his things in that infernal trunk, and he kicked because I got im pa tie.it. "The woman at the hotel looked queer when we got down. 'Going fishing?' says she. 'You'd better look out for the con­ stable. It's against the law to fish round here Sundays.' "Then the colonel got suspicious and said lie didn't want to be locked up. 1 got him into the wagon, and the driver s lys: 'Better look out for the constable. It's against the law to ttz.i round here Sundays.' " 'Say.' says the colonel. 'I'm not going to get lo»-’e l up and bring i tem .1 dis grace up...i my family.' I clioke, l!ie colonel and I ran down the hill. 1 rueae we outdistanced the o«nm they lost ns. and when we got our wind we ♦track out for the railroad. "The nearest station was 10 mile» away, and the colonel was nearly dead before are got half way there. He eat loan oe a t n and swum that hr ri: dy­ TILLAMOOK'S HtKOtKCKS. market for all their produce right at home. Some ing. He was wet through aud about good sized tow us are sure to spring up on Tilla­ the moet miserable mau that ever cussed A Description of the County.—Ito Many mook bay aud on Nehalvui river as soon as the a streak of hard luck. lumbering business gets well started. Advantage». "The colonel got so bad that 1 got some The lumbering interests are by far the most chips and started a fire by the railroad ! About fifty milt*« south of the mouth of the important resource of the county, aud this re­ track. He lay down beside it and tried Columbia river is the entrance to Tillamook bay, source cannot possibly be exhausted within the to get dry. He was just beginning to and here is the center of a county rich in resour­ next huudrv»! years. The improvement of the harbors and the opening of the Nicaragua canal grunt, when there was a roar down the bring all the lumber produced ou thia coast road, and the train came puffing round ces, aud magnificient in its possibilities. Tilla­ will mook county extends for about ninety miles withiu reach of the Atlantic coast market, and the curve. there wiil also at that time be a greater demand "The first thing the engineer saw I north and south along the coast, and inland to for lumber on this coast as a general degree of guess was our fire, and then you should the Coast Range, an average distance of twenty ! prosperity will begiu on this coast as soon as have heard the racket. He just turned miles. there is a canal across the isthmus and the high | all his tteam into his old whistle and The county has an area of aooo square miles, trans-v outiuental rates broken. DAIRYING. tooted like a fiend possessed. The train and is larger than some of the smallest states, Next in importance to Tillamook's lumbering i came to a standstill by our fire, andtheu anossible to his produce all the year. Of course there is no got up to get into the car. The colonel convey an idea of the magnitude of this item by railroad yet, but the freight by the steamers is went first, but he hadn’t taken two steps any description. It is necessary to travel through low, besides there is a home market at present when he fell back with a gasp. our dense forests in order to even comprehend I for a great deal o produce. Barley aud oats “ ’What's the matter?' says I. the least idea of their extent and immensity. A grow here to perfection, making yields equal to " ‘Matter?’ says he. 'The constable's great portion of the county is covered with a , the richest sections of California or Oregon. growth of trees, the like of which can not be j Hay of various kinds does as well here as in any in that car.’ of the United States. Potatoes and garden "And sure enough he was. Then we seen iu any other portion of the United States. part vegetables of all kinds are at their best here, There may be a few larger trees in the redwood went out on the steps and sat in the and the y ield is simply enormous. Hops grow cold. The colonel shivered till he rocked forest of California, but the fir trees of this sec aud mature well wherever tried. There La tion will almost equal them in sise and they the car, and he more than lit into me. stand so thick that they are much taller: and large area of prairie and bottom laud in this Say, I’ve been sworn at in 15 different much more imposing in appearance. A man county, and it is capable of supplying a large languages, but the way the colonel sailed can rot enter into the gloomy shades of our population. The hill lauds are good for fruit into me was art. I sat there and groaned, dense woods without feeling a sense of awe, if aud tor grazing, and there is pleuty of this kiud and for about 20 miles the train left a not reverence, towards the giant monsters of the of land, with occasional patches of table land or forest. Trees ten and twelve feet in diameter bottom land, that can be obtained under the streak of blue behind. "We rode on the tail of that car for are often found, and the average size of the fir government land laws. Land much less pro- ' than this iu the eastern states is being ’ 50 miles, and the colouel swore all the trees is perhaps six feet in diameter. And many ductive farmed. In fact there is very little of this county ■ way. Every time we camo to a station of these trees are 250 and 300 feet in height. The but what can be made productive in some •.•ay. ; are very straight, and taper so slowly we got off and hid. An l after every sta­ trunks that it is hardly noticeable, and many of them The tide lands here are exceedingly rich, ami j tion the colonel was worse than ever. have no vestige of a limb for the first hundred much more of it could easily tie reclaimed from | "Finally it got so bad that I got des­ feet above the ground. Near Skookum lake, in the ti«lal overflow aud made to yield immense I perate and went into the car. The con­ this county, is a 1ree that is twenty-eight feet in crops. A great deal of the tide land is covered j stable was gone. I asked a red nosed diameter near the ground, thus almost equaling with a thick growth of nutritive grasses, and it j man in the back seat where the consta­ in sise the famous “Big Trees of California.“ is tbe most renumerative lam! that the county ble was. and he told me that the consta­ Once see the big trees in Tillamook county and has. Cattle are often allowed to roam in the ble had left the train an hour before. you will lose all desire to see the California hills, and even iu the woods, all winter without feed than the natural grasses, and come And there we two blooming chumps sat monsters. Here, it is possible to travel for miles other and miles through dense forests of big trees, any out in good condition in the spring. The hills on that platform all that time. that have been denuded of their timber by fire all of them being wonders in size to people "I let the colonel sit there for about and who are accustomed to the tooth pick timlier of make good sheep ranges. Fruits of all kinds an hour more before I went ont anil told Minnesota or Michigan. The largest specimens grow to per lection here, especially app’.es, pears, him. And then yon should have heard oi timber in the eastern or central states, are prunes and small fruits, such as blackberries, him curse. It '.. as awful, and I had to mere telegraph poles in comparison with the strawberries, raspberries, etc. are prolific bea- leave him. I haven't seen him since." stately fir of Oregon. In places were settlers re.il. The w oods are full of wild berries, there Just then a limp figure came slouch­ have tried to clear out a garden spot on their being almost a dozen distinct varieties of huckle­ ing around the corner. When it saw the homes, it is a common thing to see a large tree berries, besides salnionberrles, thimblrberries, major, there was a start of surprise. It that has been felled, used for a fence on one side and many other kinds, which goes to show that this is a natural fruit country. Bee-keeping is made a vain attempt to escape discovery. of a lot. Near this city, on the public road is a carried on in some localities, and the honey pro­ The major saw. and with a dash he se­ lo»j serving as a fence in this way that is twelve duced here always comma nd« the highest price cured the cringing form. It was the feet high as it lies, being higher han the top being of exceptionably fine flavor. A living can buggies which pass by. In fact a man would colonel. have to be on top of a load of hay to look over be made hereon a very small farm, and farmers "Colonel." soi.l the major, "let by­ into this particular field. These stories regard­ can always do well here. They are the class gones be bygones.” ing the immense size of the timber here are hard that is needed. Improved land here sell at ,20 U> "They are," said the colonel. "Let's for people to believe who have not seen it, and $40 per acre and unimproved land is worth from < take a drink." those who have read the fullest descriptions of fS to fao per acre. A farm of 160 acres can be I obtained from the government by residing on it I And they did.—New York World. them are surprised to find them so large. A Quaint Custom. A unique proceeding in connection with the distribution of the White Bread Meadow charity takes place annually dur.ng the first week in April at Bourne. Lincolnshire. By the will of Richard Clay, gentleman, dated July 2, 1770. some land was allotted to the inhabit­ ants for the time being residing in the east portion of the town, the rent lieing every year laid out in bread and dis­ tributed to the householders and com­ moners. The letting of the meadow 1< attended by a large concourse < f people, the bidding being regulate I by tae run­ ning of boys. The auctioneer starts the boys to run a fixed distance, whereupon he requests bids for renting the property one year. If a bid is made during the time the boys are running, they are immediately started off again and again until no bid shall have been made during the tim< the boys are running, when the l.ist bl 1- der is declared the lessee. The public afterward adjourn to an inn. where a spread of spnug onions, cheese and beer are supplied ad lib. to all who wish to partake, after which a committee for managing the charity for the following year is apjioiiited.—Million. Men and Hears. A man named Conn went hunting for bear near Creeds. Colo., i .e other day. He wanted to du a little killing just for fuu. Presently Le stirred np a she bear with two cuos. and lie banged away at the cube, wounding both. The luutber resented this Isiisterous humor and chased Mr. Conn np a tree and dallied with him awhile herself. Mr. Conn was burned by his friends next day, a victim of his own snperexuberaut lust for fun. The l>ear is a peaceable. inoffensive creature. It seeks a borne remote from the haunts of humanity. It certainly seems to have some rights which man­ kind should respect. We have no sym­ pathy with people who make a practice of going about slaughtering game in cold blood merely “for the fun of the thing." If man is so inhuman as not to enact and conferee laws for the protection of the bear, we certainly shall applaud the bear for |>rutecting ltseif —Chicago Rec­ ord. _ ________ Curioeitie« Atost Obuervatorte*. The first recur-e>l observatory was on the tup of the temple of Belua. the tomb of OsyuHsdiaa m Egypt was the secood This last i ontaineil a golden aatronosu leal circle 2UU feet in diameter. Another at Benares. India, is believed to be al­ most as ancient as either of the other two. The first in Europe was erected at Cassell in 15*1; that of Tycho Brahe at Crania burg waa built in 157*. Tbs Paris obs story dates from 1*67 aid that of Greenwich is two yean older. The one at Nuremlwrg waa erected in 1*7* and that at Berlin in 1711. The fa­ mous Bologna tower waa built in 171*. The Stockholm. I’ rscht, Copenhagen and Lisbon obsnu stories were built in 1740. IMO. 1*34 and 17J* reefs ctiTnly.— Philadel; hia Press Uhe Oregon Forest QroVe and Roseburg. For th Coro ol Liquor, Opium, Morphine, Cocaine, Chloral and Tobacco Habits. rçErçEDiEg TipTJ|E|iT Are just the same as at DWIGHT and are authorized by Dr. LESLIE E. KEELEY. Complete, Permanent Cures Assured. O ver 100,000 P ersons have been C ured and J no such thing as F ailure is K nown . BEWARE OF bakes and Imitators! CorriipondiRci and pirtml visit* it either Institute ir it the Portland consHltatios offlci, Third an Morrison {tracts, MM, F. L. T aylor . M edical D irector , F rank D avey , M anager FOREST GROVE. F. P L onergan , P hysicician in C harge . C. B. C ampbell , B usiness M anager . ROSEBURG. There are several kinds of timber here. The fir five years, or by residing on it fourteen months I is most abundant and is in the rough aud moun­ and paying the government <1.25 per acre. There ; tainous regions. The tide land spruce is plenti­ is yet much vacant timber land which can be j ful along the coast and on the rivers and the had on the same terms as above, or may be spruce attains as large a size as the fir. Cellar bought outright from the government without | is found in mauy localities also, and larch glows 1 residing thereon tor |2.5Oper acre. This land is on the summit of the coast range. These are all selling to tiinlier speculators at prices varying valuable timbers. The fir (propeily Douglas from ffioo to |ltoo per quarter seriion of tto acres spruce) is a very durable and strong wood, and and will soon be worth a great deal more. BTC. BTC. is manufactured into rough luint er for all pur­ Salmon fishing is carried on during the fishing poses, and is made into flooring end rustic season on Tillamook ba), on Nehalem bay, ami weather-boarding largely. A great deal of fir is sometimes on Nestucca bay. The output of J used for ship masts. Timbers. 150 feet long have canned salmon amount« in value to >50,000 t«> been sawed from it in many Instances. Fpruce >200,000 every year, and gives employment to a is a softer wood, is white and is used mostly for great many fishermen. There are canneries at finishing lumber and for boxes and barrels. each of the above named place« and the item of Being odorless, it is good for packing butter canned salmon amount* each year to much and fruits. The largest an a of spruce in the more than the wheat of some of the grain Northwest is found iu Tillamook county, and as producing counties. it is growing scarre elsewhere, it will be of great Coal is found ill abundance on the Nehalem 107 SAN wrv A NCIHOO.I value in a short time. Most of the lunil>er man­ and of good qualify. These deposits will be ufactured here now is made from spruce. The worked soou. Goal is also found in other locali Denici* In cedar takes an elegant finish, aud is the very ties, and other minerals are known to exist in best material for doors, sash and shingles. It various parts of the count). commands a high price at present. There 1« no better field f *r the Mportsmcn than Nearly all of the timber in this county is ad Tillamook. Tne hunter can find elk, deer, jacrut tostnams that will float logs, and with a watei fowl, I m ar and cougars here, the fisherman They keep on hand at their ntorr little labor all of it can I m * put in streams where can yank thousands of fine S|>eckled trout in I lolmon ville the largest h U m I c o ( the winter fresh» ts will bring it to the buy. The from the mountaiii streams. Trolling for sal­ in tliin county conaiHting of expense of logging here will always be small. mon in the laiy is an exhilarating sport The The county is a net work of rivers that cheapen salmon is a gamy fish, and sometimes it take* the cost of logging right at the staff Many of half an hour 1« bring in one of these lively these ri v< rs an- good sized st res ins on t heir lower fi»hes. and some of them weigh as much as fifty courses, but the Coa»t Range prevents their be pounds. There is no finer fish than the Royal mg very long, and dozens of creeks course down Chinook Salmon For those who like to lak the innumerable canyons of the range, uniting the world easy there is a fine fish which can I m - into one large stream. No less than five rirers caught more readily. We refer to the succulent empty iuto Til Is monk bar. The lower courses (dam. which grows in the sand bars and mud of these str, an • ar»- affected bv the tide and so flats every where on the bay or beach. A com f.»r as the tid-- water extetuls inland, steamboat mon farming utensil, a hue or a shovel, is all nav Igation is carried on. This makes the navig­ that is needed, or you can dig them out with able extent of Tiilauiock bay and its arms very your hand They are delicious in various ways ial attention given to filling great, and the facilities for rafting logs are much and there are several varieties of clams, oysters orders for gooda in jobbing lots. better than in most countries. There is al Hob and mussels. Crabs are plentiful also. Inthe Agents lor tbe fast sailing sonvilie, on Tillamook bay. a mill that cuts Im), flounder, sturgeon, porgy, «nd other fish are 40.000 fei t of spru**e luml«er per day for the Han found Deep >wa fish are plentiful. Francises» market Two vessels are employed Nrhslcm beach, Netarts beach and Nesluccs , in carrying the lumber there and it is all made beach are favorite resorts for campers, and they into box<*s, mostly for rai»ins and fruit At Bay are frequented l«y wagon loads of campers every Tillamook, Man Francioro, I’ortlarxl City is a small mi l that cut« algnit »a.o-o fret of year who amuse themselves by digging < isms »nd way Make« regular trip* lumlier per day. the produc: of which is mostly gathering shells and bathing There will soon every touweek», weather permitting. consume«! at horn«*. The < « m »perage works at lie better rowdstothese places, and they arc sure Bay City are capable of working a great amount to become popular resort* The fast sailing steamer Truckee has been specially of spruce into barrel «Urea and a large new mill The same general desert pt ioa is practically in partially built At Tillamook City there Is « good for every locality in the county, and as fitted up fo carrying passengers. The rates are: saw mi!) that runs steaddy, catting about »».aon lark of space will not permit a special review of Cabin I’aamge ..................... »15 00 feet of Inmlsrr per «fay, mostly for local use each valley or particular neighborhood, we men Steerage (one way, 19.00 Tin« mill has a planing attachment. At Wooda turn a few of the special features only of each «»n the Nestucca river, in the south end of the hs ality Nehalem is particularly noted bx Its Merchandise, Portland or San »»only in a saw and plait'ng mill that «applies vast resources of Umber ami fix its <-oal There Freight, General the local demand and there Is another local mill te. also, much flue bottoui laud on tbe Nehalem Francisco, Five Dollars per ton. ry. which work is done The Nehalem river 1» a very fine H obsonville , O re . is capable of w«»rking 40«0 feet of lornt»er per 1 If << 1 I mber are tn M*oa A k»ggiiing pros ided f«»t jaerwt Neet*»cra to a farming and stock raising by the gowemmeul will give a gvrat mpetu« country, the timber having been burnt away wbich iiMNMM am cesa every tune. to the lumbering business of this nnwnty A low years ago. The people in that sect km are pros .mimat* pets tbe s num nt U lumber In sur prrlsf M«mth of Nestucca I* the Mkti Indian vv fc.rr«te st msusauunm lort snd tbe wnrk sf kewrrvatum r wen ng o * m > third of the county cutting this mtw lumber with stl Ibe peril ml and eon tai ui ng much fine agricultural land Views of liie moet important nsry morh W umglwg will give a large p>«pula TV litdtons are disappearing fast ai»d the !a pl, S pecialty .