Talent news., August 15, 1893, Image 2

There is no doubt but that the well
of (’<•!. Robt.
know n militaryf y r reputation
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A. Miller interfered with his securing the
Turkirh mission.
The president well
knew the colonel's warlike disposition.
I le romeni I »cred that the mussulmen
have a hankering for foreign military
genius as command« ra in their own arm­
ies lie reasoned wisely that the soldier
spirit of the celom i would at once ignite
their inflamalde admiration and within
a few weeks at farthest the I’. S. minis­
terial chambers at'Constantino’de would
be deserted, and the country’s representa­
tive as Miller Pasha, or Pasha Miller,
would be at thè head of a horde of bloc al-
thirsty Turks and all Europe would l>e
scrambling pell-mell for a place of safety.
This explains why the colonel came
back to Oregon, where soldiers can do no
harm, ('orrallix Timex.
The wedding of the Duke of York and
Princess May last month was a gilt-edge
affair, all London turning out in a gener­
al par.ide in honor of the event. You see,
that l»oy d.ike or royal dude is a big
Injun. Bye ami bye when grandma
Victoria gets too old to queen 't over
Great Britian, this young scion of royal­
ty ami remote heir to the throne may
waltz in and take the regal chair and be
worshipped as the ruler of the proud and
mighty British nation. liis dissipated
father, the Prince of Wales, can hardly
I m ? counted in, for the snakes in his boots
are likely to snatch his highness into his
royal tomb h‘fore theol I la ly gives up-
Ja r lucrative job. Several cartloads of
presents were dumped into the lap of the
fair bride at her wedding, her mother a-
b»i e presenting her a few’ keep sakes in
thi shape of gems ami jewelry to tl.e a-
m< tint of $1,250,000. A pair of angels
from the golden shore could not com­
mand greater homage fr in religious
worshippers than did those two younji
persons from their future subject’.
Varily, when it com°a t > t »allying to
royalty, these English people are the big­
gest fools in the world except Ameri­
cans.
f
ity
of the
river noiiou-.
bottom ?«>u
soil m
in this
liv by
ny auv 01
uie ri\vi
uns
vaLey. About 12 acres are in timothy
which yields immensely.
I here is a’.-u
a field of grain sown on the 25th of \pr.|
which would vicid | erhaps ¡0 bushels to
the acre but it will be cut for hay. Sev­
eral hundred acres are inclosed most vf
which is us»‘d f<>r pasture. 1 he outlyin,-
stock range would seem to the general
view to be thickly covered with timber
and under-brush but there are numerou-
openings or glades which afford excellent
pasturage. One of the most attractive
features of the place is a mountain spring
of almost ice-cold water which is convey-
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ed in pipes to the house. “Emmette and
Lizzie,” as they are familiarly known, are
young and blessed with an abundance <ii
energy and it will not likely be many
years before they can laugh at the hard
times. But we should mention “Baby
Earl.” Jn fact he is one of the chief fea­ i
tures of the household. He is an excep I
tionally bright little fellow and unlike I »
most babies never cries for fun. Emmette
totes him around with an ease and grae». I I
that would doeredit to one who had had
20 years experience in the business.
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The only objection to this mountain
home is its isolation, but there would i
seem to be enough advantages to mor»- I I
than compensate for this. We returned
by the-way of Muller’s sawmill where v I
saw as fine a lot of fir and yellow-pine I
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lumber as can be • found in the county.
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The mill is doing a thriving business.
By the way the people about the mill
have been more or less mourning for a »
“lost soul’’ that seems to have been cast
away in that vicinity of late. But the I
•‘soul’’ is found. We are sure < f this foi f
we saw it hanging in a I crh with a (aid
pinned above on which was written:
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“LOST SOUL.”
We presume the owner can have th»
same by proving projerty and paving
charges of posting. Probably, too, th»-
owner will have a heart-rending tale t"
tell of terrible sufferings endured in mak
ing his way horn« ward with one bare and
bleeding foot fully exposed to the briar-
and brambles o’ the pathless forest.
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A mans refuge from home.
We paid a visit t » the Beeson
Church. A woman's refuge from I.on , I •
mountain ranch on Antelope creek a few
Gun. An instrument whi'h kill- I
days ng«» and were somewhat surpri.-ed
to find that the “mountain ranc h’ is in tore and which kicks behind.
reality a line farm. The soil for the
A Smart Little Woman. A young in. v-
most part is a deep Idack loam, not ex-
celled and perhaps not equalled in fertil- t ied woman in search of a husband.
hmihni ¡ruth.
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