FROM SA TURD AY'S DA ILY
A PTPD OIV WDPTTQ' consultation with the state officers,
ii-JJ LjU DlA If CiluixJJ decided to remove tbe office of the
' ' j board from Portland to this city, where
. ' 'h will be established at the state house.
Tnifin7ivnno0r. .vncrnrvma (Frank Davey. of this city, a member
CD51WAY BOUSE AHD BUGGY DI3- ot .board, was elected secretary
cuyehzd is the Biva.
The Outfit Was the Property of a
Brrtrend Gentleman Besid-
lug at Mefeam.
and will hare charge of the office.
The next meeting of -the- board, how-
eve r. wm oe nea in the onice ot me
present secretary, W. G. Steel, In Port
land, Friday, June 3d, at which time
the action pt the board at yesterday's
session will probably be ratified.
The officers of . the board as at -present
constituted, including the chancre
made yesterday, are: ' President. J. G
About noon on the lth of April tbe Cooper, of .MoMlnnvUle; . secretary.
CLAUDE BBANTOS'S C05FES3I05
MADE PUBLIC
Writtm a Couple of Days Previous
' to Bis Haagintf-Hls Life
Ttwed.
1 i
i
hrse of Rev, John Tonkins, pastor of 'Frank Davey, of this city: and treas
the Methodist church at Mehama, be- urer, Woo. Q. GossUn. ot Astoria,
came frightened while standing in front - - , .
of the residence of Rev. Royal, in South J .DISCHARGED.--W. : T. . Krlgbaum
feale.ii, and ranaway coming: north and we given an examination before Jus-
through the business portion of the itice H. A. Johnson yesterday afternoon
city thence through North Salem as on the charge of obtaining goods under
xar as me ladot jsxcaange ware no use false pretnses and was discharged. The
where he went over the bank of the j testimony of Mr. .Stinson, cashier, of
' river and was drowned; the buggy was, the New Tork Life Insurance company,
attached to him and was lost as welL ty whom Krigbaum was employed at
une whole ouUU went Into the deepest the iim -the alleged crime was com-
portion or me river, consequently could I ml Med.- was to the effect that Kris
not be recovered. baum had been permitted, to draw
On Thursday last, Walter I Mage, 'money by order in advance of his
who lives four miles north wjest of Sa- wages. On this statement, the charge
lem. in Folk county,-near the j Wallace 'against Krlgibautn iwas dismissed. C.
fa.;m. discovered the remains i of the I MeNary, acting prosecuting attor
horse and the vehicle on the Nice bar, oey. appeared -for tbe state, W. J.
about one mile below Kaiser landing. DArcy representing the defendant.
The buggy was caught on al snag, and) ,
it was recovered after considerable ,ef- j A BTJIT FILED. George Conner has
fort on the part of Mr. Magete, afsisted begun a foreclosure suit in department
by John Schlndler. The bbx of the No. 2. of the Marion county circuit
Duggy was badjy shattered! the seat court." in which Judgment is demanded
being entirely gone,- and tiSe I wheels .for ti.175. alleged to be due on two
greatly dished by reason of having been promlssary -notes of S600 and $575, re
in tb water such a long time.! One ef spectlvely, with g per cent Interest
tbe shafts was broken, but the gear from January 25. , 1833, and $150 at
svtus inutct. - " 'torneys fees. The foreclosure of a
The remains of the- horse were In a mortgage on 55.40 acres, in t s r 1 e.
.badly decomposed condition, and were is also asked by the plaintiff who is
cut loose from the vehicle and allowed .represented by .Weatherford A Wyatt.
to tVmA down the river. --i . I :, - x ' ' .. . . ; . ,
The account of the runaway, which I WILL WED. County Glerk W. W.
was -published in the Statesman the Hall, upon the affidavit of P. J. Schar-
ry-TJ'n TTVIT TTTHnTTT? nion warns us against, : I had loved settle at Euaw creek and go no fur-r ! though It 1? an Incomprehensible crisis
jLJLLJuj I i 1 i 1 '.' jtl 1 lLJJl!ilii mv friends and every lady with the f tber withi him. m Monro said he through which we all must pass, yet
j - , Uirirtnees of a brother. But I had bven wculd be sure to insist on it. When . it is not to be abhorred, for It Is a. n.
we get io s-ouaw vreea, ir. una w- cessary end. Without death In this
fered me a bill "of sal on half, his mortal world, the Innumerable and in
dorses and full partnership in all the ( describe ble haunts of sin would ren-
rtst of his belongings, and all Induce-, dcr It nndeslrable. Death brings us
men is possible to get me to stay, and closer in touch with the sptiltual world
men saia ic was urecn afej wig me I man any earthly thing. ' Our fore-
cimaea rrora a rooa start in lire, aiy tsi
promise to Mr. Monroe, together with
Jreen. and the iromle 1 had made
him.' proniptf me to absolutely refuse
rll of Mr. LInn'g nropOKitins. '- Fie mid
he was expecting to get me to take the
morning following. Is as follows:
"YeMerday moVning Rev. John Ton
JcJns, pastor of the 11. E. church , of
Mehama, accompanied by Mrs. ; Ton
klna, drove to this city for a short
vhiit with Rev. and .Mrs. T. F. Royal,
of South Salem. With the assistance
of Rev. Royal, the Mehama clergyman f
bach, yesterday Issued a marriage 11
cense to Paul Sows and Katie Schmidt.
TAQUINA BAT NOTES.
The News, of Newport, has the fol
lowing paragraphs this week: I
The delivery of milk at the Toledo
was urraitching the faithful equine at creamery last wek reached 2600 pounis
the parsonage adjoining the .church in daily, and Is still increasing.
Bouth Salem about IX o'clock : y ester- ( The ocean has ben very calm tor
day morning. Rev. Tonkins removed the past few days. ,
the bridle from the horse and ws In J Rapid prorreps is bcins made on th
the act of replacnJg it with the halter Abbey building, although there h.is
when the animal made a breik for been some dfelay caused by a shorUiee
liberty, which he achieved after a of lumber.
, brief atrugle. In starting, the horse
ran ino rv. Royal, who was fejsl
to t'e grouiMl by the unexpected col- j
Ustoji. The visiting clergyman and I
own tr of the horse, clung to the anl--nwln
neck in an effort to dissua-ie him
from embarking on what proved to toe ,
tils ata! run, but without success, and. the rear of the building formerly oc
aftur being dragged several fet, re- , cupied as a drug store, fell into the
taxed his hold and attempted to escape ; bay, the plllniprupon which the thatf
Crom ou-t the way. of the horse but heL was built having been eaten with the
Cell, the horse and light open buggy teredo or totted cff. The bull-llng is
passing over him. The fleeing animal ' left in very bad ehar and liable to go
(planted both feet upon his owner's down any moment. Part of the Win-
Mrs. Judge Bean and eon. of. Salem,
arlrved last evening. &nd are guests at
the Ocean House.
Itrge qitautities f our beautiful
rhcdodendions are l?ing shipred -all
cvr the state every day.
Tuesday. at i c'clock the whtrf in
tack very severely, though .not serl
ously, bruising him.
"Having secured a start, the horse
accelerated hX pace and proceeded to
increase the distance between himself
and master and; concluding that he
could travel more rapidly by following
a straight path he ran directly north
on Commercial street. He was not dis
turbed in his mad night until
ant wharf which adjoins it was carried
down with the falling structure.
MARRIED IN CALIFORNIA.
Well-Known Salem Tcung
Joined in Wedlock.
Lady
The following Is from the PI:ice
near Renresentative. af Rrvkiin : rarfomiB
Court street when some one attempted of May 20th, and refers to the murr!-
to Intercept his progress but he turned
to the left on that thro ugh fare which
tie followed to vFront street when he
again pursued his course northward.
2Ie did not change his route once after
leaving the cky, until he reached the
LeJor Exchange property north of
this cFty. Following tt,e road leading
cf & young woman well known In
Salem,: - s
'F. W. Quast nnd Miss Grcre Mc
Hargue were united In marriage last
Wednesday at the heme of Mr. Qui si's
cousin, Frank Edensrer, fn Sacramento.
Rev. S. J. Carroll of the Sixth street
M. E. Lhurch conducted the ceremony.
,il r! SlTTy; "" knoWn f a few Intimate friend.
" Slr f:X! 'ry he, pa8- were invited. Mr. Quast la a weU-
SLS waf an522 . i?.. i' known ulne m-n of Rockllr. and Is
uh w,. .1 k! " hsn esteem in this communliy
SrVJ VL Iff, w attachef- UK; The bride Is a niece cf Mrs. Bradford
o . J. to J'e am t0Z -Woodbridge and but recently nrriv-d
eaityh thl" r,ifrTh4 from Colorado Springs. She has made
rrt .M(n. to in tJV to many friends in the lime she ha b,n
JUSE WEATHER.
'A Record for the Month Covering
Period of Twenty-seven
Years,
short honeymoon in Colfax.
reside !n Hot kiln.1
They will
TRUCK FOR HANDLING BARREI.S
Tongllke D?v;cefor .Lifting and Car
I - rylng Bulky Packages, a
The following data for the month of ! A. tarrel Is an esceedlngly awkward
June, for twenty-seven years paet. have thig. to handle, and In establishments
teen compiled from the weather bureau where they ate moved in large num
records at Portland: j bcrs quite- a considerable amennt f
Temperature. Mean or normal tem- ia lt in placing them rn tho
gterture, 63 degrees; ithe warmest hand trucks cn which -.they - are con
morth was that ot 1S89, with an aver- teyed and In remf ving them there
mge. of degrees; the coldest month f-om. In or.ler to facilitate this load
vwas that of IMS, with an average of i" and unloading a unique truck has
68 degrees; the highest temperature bn invente.1 by Theodora T. Dlcker
(waa 83 degrees on the 17th, 1S7: the " of Trimble, Ala. It consists of
lowest temperature was 3 degrees on' the combination With the axle of
the th. 187S; average da.te on which curved gripping" Jaws, more like a
first killing"-, frost occurred In autumn, great pair of plumber's pincers than
November 2Sth; average date oft which anything el.-e. The levers operating
last killing" frost occurred In spring, the Jaws form the .hpndles ot the
lApril 11th. j ; truck. In practice 'the truck i. run
Precipitation (rain and melted snow.)- P to the ban els and the jaws clatnoed
lavexage for the month. 1.S5 i Inches; tround the bottem, and then raised,
average number of days with .4l of an the whole procedure consuming but
Inch or-tnore,; 10; the greatest monthly fw soconde The two levr arras
precipitation was 6.33 inches tn 183S; are held together by a linking clasp,
the least monthly precipitation record- with a spring-pressed ratchet. ; which
tm& in any twenty-four consecutive hours easily released for unshipping the
(km 1.85 inches on. the 17th, 1875.;.--,'. : barrel. j t .;;-.
Clouds and Weather. Average Hum" ' - .. 1 - 1 ! - f i
ler f tlear days. $; partly cloudy day. THE GENUINELY INDEPENDENT.
&0: cloudy days 12. - i 1 - - - - , ,.
Wind. The prevaUlng winds have -How rto the rea'ty Independent Oer
been from the northwest; the highest man thinkeis feel about this Idea at
sM.f ut m a w m . s i m . " , w
vi hip wiira wm m oiutn iruui mine a iced the Kals-jr.
the south on the Sd. ISM.
WILL US IS; SALE.
tate Immigration Board Decided
Remove Its Office to f 1
. iThlM Citv. -. :- '- --
f "The Independent thinkers?" echoed
the ffic a', vacantly.
"Tea, Th'.se who aren't In any way
: Influenced ty my l?se ma este threats
cr my ether faciU ies for assuming au
TO tccratlo power."
"I don't know how they- feel." your
Majesty. I haven't h?d from Cin-
cnntt cr St. Louts lately "Wathlng-
tencourageo.' by my iuis again si my
f mother's will and teaching to trifle
with the hearts "of women, and that
marriage was only . plant! r-g a tree of
trouble which : I must shun. X can
only speak thus of jny jssioa -which
thought It was marking out to me the
road to happiness, to warn other par
ents of this road to vainglory and des
truction, 'for her house inclineth unto
death and her path unto htU.-
"One year previous to this, hile I
wass twenty. I was preparing for future
comfozts where I was accounted most
worthy by ait, whem the news tame: to
me mat my parents naa separuiea.
which I laid to heart with grief for it
was the first sorrow I had ever known.
"I had friends everywhere excei-t at
my old nme.; one or my aearesi
friends at Condcn offered, roe. 2J00
bead of sheep to take me . where i X
wished and keep them . for him ou
shares. I also had other good offers.
Jly btoth-sr was so good and kind to
me and told cne Just anything I want
ed to do he would help met . If X want
ed the sheep he would help me and we
would do the best we could with them.
It seems now to me like my folks knew
I was not feeling Just, right - for th.y
did all they possibly could for me, but
I did not feel worthy of their, love for
what I had done before.
."Mr. Linn wanted me to bring him
a stallion from the . valley here ' and
take his band of horses cn the chares.,
I would not promire, but he gave me
$120 in gold and said; 'Go down and
get the terse. - This will pay your ex
penses; and I don't want ou to take
those sheep for I have something bet
ter for you. If ycu wont take Jt, I I
will pay you your price for the horse
I came down after him to February,
18&8. The reople trratc-d me with the
same coolness, r wrich went' to my
wounded heart, like smoke to the eyes
I le;f like I could - nver overcome
those fault-finding people by pure 11 v
ing For the past, three yeirsi I had
tried to atone fcr my conduct the two
years previous, but found the jeor.le
would, not allow me to, so I resolved to
end my miserable career, for I had
never ben sick or dependent In any
way: since I was vety young and was
under no obligations to live for any
one, not thinking my death would hurt
any one as much as I had disgraced
my people. I even thought my fami
ly wouia ue oeiier ore witnout sucn a
wretched member. I meditated on
my way of destruction and looked en
my open grave (I had not aught
against any person) I. aimed to write
a note stating I was sorry for my con
duct these two years and have tried
to atone for it the three succeeding
ones by living a pure life, and If I
can net be respected in my own neigh-
Domood I will bid you all farewell.
jay oieraing neart ytamea warm
companionship, when a friend, Court-
land Green, asked me if he could not
go with me over the mountains. He
raid he was my friend and showed It
in such a redeeming manner that he
galred my true . friendship, such as
never dies without great cause. I
picked up courage once more to try to
oattie with this dark, ,ad world.
Before leaving for Condon in March
I discovered nn invisible defect in my
hone. I had recommended ;- him to
Mr. Linn Just as one of the best farm
era In Lane county had recommended
him to me. I even laid awake - of
rights wondering what to do about it.
I thought X would sell the horse and
send Mr. Linn his money, but he was
depending on the horse and nothing
letnained for me but to go to him and
explain to him the defects, as I did.
I went to work for another man for
125 ier month and board, but Mr. IJnn
wanted me to go with him and run the
iiotwi and lie would buy a ranch and
we all would take up land: but I did
not want to have the man I was work
lng for. He stayed all night wl;h
me rnd said he could not get along
without me and be would pay me big
ger wages for my re vl es than I was
receiving. . I went es apick as I could
get a Giscnarge. ; j .
"Courtie Gieen was wrklng near
town and would come to my Lease
very Sunday, and g.ve my Uttle sis
ter candy to keep away from me so wa
could ia k. He w.uld try to eet me to
enter into inrtnrship with Mr. Linn
ar.d let hfm kill Linn and take his part
ci ine property. He always sa'u the
c.'d man would feel bvtter dead than
a lve anyway. One time, Just to please
Green. I said I Would not tell
anybody If he did kill him. but I can
not do what you say. The old man
had been my friend, and since I had
worked for him he treated me so mean
I did not like him any more, but hai
no Idea of helping to destroy him. He
wouian t settle with me. anyway, but
MANAGING MILCH COWS.
- The north-bound California overlanS ton Star.
fwas several hours late in reaching this ; -
c,'5 i morainf tint the mem- uenerai Miles has received an invl-
ters of the state board of immigration, tatlon to be present at the coming mil-m-he
were In session in this city Thurs- "ltary maneuvers at Windsor, England,
day and who contemplated, departing Thomas -Paine now has a monument
n the early train Friday, spent the on the old Paine farm. In New Berlin,
time very profitably. N. Y and It Is to be surmounted by a
The board convened in adjourned ees- viewly modeled bmm w
clM a f (a. . Jtt 1 M Mn. "
'The readers of the Statesman ar
conversant with the circumstances
which led up to the hanging of
C!aiKie Branton. -it Eugene, -. Lane
county, on tne 12th Inst., he hav
ing murdered Jobn A. IJr.n ' dur
ing tbe early part of I9&. Prior to
the execution Branton wrote ; a oa
fession which be directed should be
made public at a ceitals time after h-3
was hung it was given ut on Tues
day the 23d Inst, and appeared in the
Eugene: Guard, of the following day.
The yountr man. Court land ' Green,
mentioned by Btantbn, is now In tbe
slate' penitentiary serving a life sen
tence as tin erompli e In the murder, j
The full text of the confer Ion . Is
follows: ,
'Eugene, Orcgcr., May , 1899. Rev.
E. M. Patterson, dearly beloved broth
er in Christ:
"L by the will of GoL according to
the promise of life that is la Christ
Jesus put forth my strongest efforts In
an appeal to all wh are out of Christ,
by sketching a biicf history of my own
perilous, selfish, blasphemous, unholy
life, that by my d.iwnf in others may
be grratly benefited and flea from
those - things, and follow after right
eousness, .iodines, r.titn, love, pa
tience, me knesi, fight the good fight
cf f&ith and ' lay hold cn eternal life.
This is expedient for you for we are
all called but not compe'led.
"I wi.l undertake to anchor a buoy
In this nairow river of life and put a
1 fcht tf e eon to that othe:s may look
on it while traveling this dangerous
road and not come In my tracks, or
else th y te dashed against .the same
J Fged rock when least expected and
their cargo of hopes tt- sunken and
their soul left floating in Tuln over the
precipice cf evetiaitlrg destruction
the violent wave of Justice will sweep
them luta the death Jaws of the law
and thcre In sorrow, they will reap the
bltt r fruits of viola tint: man's laws.
snd in horrcr will be led to the gallows.
ihe e to s;eak their last words of wos
In sh me and disgrace. -
After reading my brief history they
will realize ihe reres t of Solomon's
prcverD, to -xeop the heart with all
dilirence fcr out cf it are the Issues of
lfe. ;
One accused of the law is universal-
ly and Individually looked down on as
being a brutal blood-thirsty murderer
belonging to ithe lower elements next
to the animal and Is spui-ned with
scorn and contempt. This Is mane
consider lest thyself fall In perdition
though you may be lorn of a mother
eo pure, i You all live In glass houses
and don't know it until they are brok
en In and like lightnine vour manv
mends nave fled and only one remains
to rta ue your aching h'a t from the
unceasirg haunts of despair. "
"I nm th:s ixth dav of May, J 899, 22
yenrs old. was born neat Wajterv'lle
In this county and lived my childhood
days as happy as ever a child " lived
amid luxui;ant plessure, thus prat
tllng and playing with my brother and
sist.r, cared for by - a dear loving
rrother's hand, strolling through or
chards end meadows green, among the
berutiful flower e; vt breew was
oc'or, every rose wt n'.ulc. Pure,
Innocent, loving children wh'Ung away
I nose hapry days of ct ilchot d that at e
gone forever.
"At the age of 11, I moved with my
parents to Camp Creek I found X
was fondly attached to my old home.
I soon made many friends at that
place, f I stood at the head of my
classs in school, and was well liked
by. all . of the scholars, r We moved
back to our old McKenxle home when
I wss 14. I felt the same regret of
leaving that place. - With he consent
of my parents I- satisfied my Imagin
ative mind by taking a tilp across the
Cascade piountalns alon over six feet
of snow. I returned wiser than I left
for I bod imagined any place was bt
tn than home fr tbe past year. My
father corrected me and I left home
the same year. ; Was gone a year but
all tbe time I wished I hid not left,
though I was well cared for at my
sistei'a I met my brother triarvnce.
he asked me tc gc home with him. I
went and fatrei asked me. to stiy.
It did not seem like home at firsU I
Uonged to be back at my sister's.. I
was soon settled and h ippy - at home
again until I was 1&. My brother
Clarence wanted to go to California.
With no object in view. but to be with
him I went along. We wre Innocent
and ignorant out to th- world alcne.
We exit-i-ienced many I nrdshlps. lone
lincss i and sorrow, but net despair.
Slcxness brought :is back. We pre
pared In cne yar to go again. Before
leaylng I met my heart's idol. We
went but I myself coulo not stay, and
would not let my brother stay. With
hard pleading X turned him homeward
again., though his prospects- were
bright.
"I spert two years of pure bliss and
happiness worshiping the idol of ty
heart. 5 The happiness unturpassed by
any. earthly Joy, even those days of
childhood. True love1 is rare., known
but once, and "never forgotte??; but
alas, my youthful Just for triClnr with
other girls ; and an occasional moon
shine buggy, ride with other men's
wive through, gossip of "btliers" scan
dalized my lover, and through Parent
al influence, she desired to dissolve
our vows, which we did through tears.
with mary a bitter sigh . She carried
away a neart I bad opened to her as
true as ever beat in any -nan's t roast
From that very day the clouds of dea.
I air began to gather around me. I
was slighted by old friends sb.t
spum-d by strangers. : I could - hear
people say, 'He has trifled with anoth
er heart. The- winds and ilpiling
brocks seemed to murmur against me.
All nature in hr " gay beauty wh's
pered loneliness in my ears "as I
roamed through forests t" und ' over
plains, ;"'-..-. r . - -
-I had just passed my twenty-first
birthday, and had lived free from to- !
bacco, whiskey and cards, and alt !
nasing habits save one- t . ' " " " " V w "n unn, tor he ; end if h. Mn , ' " . r .r .
r,t. ir. .v,- - ". ruan of n princinle. and so on .7 " " to oev ana to worst" means e
- . "v women scio- i renmu. i .. . - . .
: , . ,- , . ... tv-a ttiin mat a would
horses at least and run them myself.
So I told him I would run thwn myself
without bim. Then he kindly asked
my reasons . and I told him thai a
friend told me; then he bad to know
who it was, and if Green was not the
cause of It. Bo I told hJrr. who It was.
but denied Green having any thing to j
do with it. My heart sank within me
and X offered to take his horses back
for bim. though he had tame of his
own acecrd. He Refused to go back
or let me have Ihe horses either by
myself. Clarence suspected through
Courtie what wa up, and was Investi
gating and abusing him absurdly I
thought, and caylng he would go
straight and tell It: I told him not to
get excited and -make omethirg outj
of nothing, that I did not feel anrtheJ1
best toward the old. mam. myself, but
nothing serious tbould happen to him.
Rather than be too fast, he tried to end
all possible violent intention by ep
sraung- me irio. mm earnestness ana
nobility almost exacted a confession
from me, but the past two months of
laboring under the burden of deceit
had borne me unconsciously below tho
grasp of honor; like a dog followeth
his master I was following . my no
worthy Idol, ; . , -. . '. ;
Clarence went out with me and saw
Mr. Linn. Wo told him Just to soy
how he wanted to settle, we were not
particular how, but it must be done.'
Jle was generous In his settlement and
made me a present of two head more.
Then aaid he had no friends or money
and was away from home, and asked
if he could travel with me. Courtie
said: Tou have friends "while Claude
and I am here and can travel with
us. Clarence left us, charging us to
do the right thing, tc which we pro
mised..
1 "Tliat night Green ' seemed to be
more conscious of the awful deed than
I, and insisted on letting It go. But
I, in firmness of mind, and prompted
by the fact that' X had betrayed the
confidence . of my friend, Mr. Monroe,
and It would come to his ears, and I
would rathet confront death than be
found out to t-e a traitor; blinded from
the faintest glimpses of realization of
euch act, with Green's consent, I pull
ed the fatal trigger that .meant more
than mortal mind can realize.
"As the morning dawned it raised
the old gloom and temporary wave of
Insanity or despa r that vajn hopes and
evil imaginations had graven in me.
leaving me to realize the awful deed
in Innumerable depths of sorrow. Then
I Saw the world in all its gloiy, the air.
sweeter, ihe sky bluer, the foliage
prettier all Just to increase my unen
durable terror. To think. I had driven
a man out of this beautiful, bright
world forever Into eternity. Gtlef was
In my heart so abundantly I could not
have lied to save my life. My first
Impulse was to come back there at th
age of 4i (that was his age) and shoot
myself. I thought of ny mother and
lorged to be' at her feet, never to get
a - mile from her. ;- Borne divine power
was accusing me every minute. I had
to tell some friends who thought the
world was hard to live in, of the peace.
rest and purity of an innocent man
end the unutterable misery and vit-
lisny of the guilty, and of the bright
world and the blexsings for the inno
cent, which they should be thankful
for, over the sin-cursed guilty person.
everything murmured chame and
guilt in my ears.
When I left my folks for the last
time unawares to mv mother nnri
children. I slowly rod off with tears
In my eyes. Going over my old starao-
ing ground, the unceasingly . guilty
haunt never left me. In Aikanau I
conrnlted a ticket agent about a Jife
Fclicy for a .railroad tour, aiming to
fall oetween the wheels cf the train
but it Joked so plain I knew they would
not pay It (the policy). I came bek
to be of any . use I could to my fclks,
taking the chance of beinar
by my friend Gre-n, for there are no
successful criminals. They may live
and csr ape death at the hands f th
law, but there Is an infallible, nnc eas
ing naum worn than death, that will
um iinw to overcome to any deirre.
end say the least. My derlre to b at
nome anc live a pure life was rrreate-
than my fear of the gallows. -
x nave been wavered trnm
mors nave ued and warned u
Why should we not die for others?
We certainly are not "ere ted to dread
end tear fromcr birth to our death.
No! WehotilcT establish our hearts
In grace, and we will live In Dure bliss
and happiness, fearing' nothing. ,
- u . , jjic nrnei learn.
the way to peace and happiness, lhev
quarrel, fight, swicdle. war and etrlve
fn yain glory for the riches of this
world, and when they are gained they
are - tne most miserable of all men.
There Is a short, easy, quick Way to
htppiness. ; Dear friends, will you take
the right road?' Comet I. will show -you
how to go. It may look hard to
keep the way through this tall, denso
forest of sin you cannot m-e through,
but If yoa will start and keen eolnir
you will find that the road is smooth
ana easyr but If you go out in the for
ct of sin yoa will lose the road of vir
tue and get tangled In the briar or
temptation and. fall from, grace. 'Iit-t-tt
is it to be of a humble spirit with
the lowly than to divide the spoils
with the proud.' The fruit of the
spirit Is love, Joy, pence. long suffer- "
lng gentleness, goodness, faith '
temperance; against which there
Is no.law.'j Let us not be desirous of
vain glory, provoking one another,, but
help your destondent brother ilse.
Turn not away from him... You may be
driving hmi to his early grave. Treat
tht ; young ladle as tlftera with ail
puiity. Care for the Tittle ones Re
spect tho elderly women as mothers.
u wme wnn me. ioys. for 1 hive
been one with you. Now I know hnh
reads. Come take idvintmr ir mv
experience. Tou are cn the wrrm?
mad, for the road tomorrow or 'an
other time.' leads to the town of
never. There is a way that seerr.eih. !
rght to man. but the end thereof
death.
'In honor of my parents I will sav
of a truth. I was a bright and promts- '
ing little boy. in due Justice I ask you
to treat my brother. Clarence, like the
noble good fellow he Is, and the rest
of my family likewise.
"One more day and I will swing Into
etCrnitv; lh hnnlnir Ia moat
AT&ln, O t Irnl a Wam 1.1- . a
ness. Come, boys and girls, weke ur V?
to a lively hope. and. meet me in the
brighter world. Good-bye."
by
ht Just keDt trvinar to e-e w. r. -k, . lvrs:of advisers, nnd now lt her-
l" uoys or aeam tnankmg Gcd
that I have had the omorturiiv cf
learning Uls Word and not hid behind
the dark - gloom of desitlr, - but the
world is bright, with the roads plain
ly marked to me to life or destruction.
But for the desire to live and to ach
thte necessary doctrine of God t
would be more willing to go; in spite
of my pretended weakness I have ex
hibited through deceit to a purpose of
no avail,' i am at last In the hands of
a pure and Just God awaiting my hour
and . Judgment, wlilch, without great
mrrey, woow oe eternal damnation. -"I
have given you fcot a frail riimnn
of "my conscience-accused
pain, mitery and wretchedness, which
incessantly follows the guilty of such
Crimes, t : - X have nit-en : vau t k
sketch of my experience previous to
the deed, not for fame os clemency in
ths unworUuness of the grave crime,
for I have many dear tn
not believe me guUly of such a de.fd;
-mum Mrs: j oraajce ail
Into some kind rf partnershln busings
or take his horses on the t-hares. His
mistteating me ; so many times and
Green's winning talk soon cot mm t
consent to his destruction in a brutal
way, for he was a man apparently of
no nearw Me left me dying on the
tange once and when he saw 1 did get
In he seemed mad and said I gave you
due warning of that animal (the one
mat, kicked me). X told Courtie and
we swore vengeance against him Af.
ter all his good propositions were re
jected, he wanted to come with n
Crook county and go Into business..
He wanted to be mv bcnxfapinr r
know; but Green had my heart, and
lor .me promise X had made to him, X
did not want Linn to so. for I kn
he would, want me to keep it, and 1 did
not feel like siding him In committfni
such a horrible deed. .Clarence wanted
me to settle with IJnn Kim .
he went with me to him. but Linn in-
sisiea on coming to Crook county with
us nrst. Then If I would not acc.pt
his generous fTer. he - would settle. I
rejected my, noble brother's advice ana
accepted Courtie as my idoL ,DespUe
the sickening sensation, I allowed him
w Promi he wished from
me, thinking something would happen,
ao he could not carry out his resolu
tion. : -. . .' .. -
AfteraU preparation was made for
a start. Linn asked me to see Mr. Mon
roe and ask hfm lf he would pay a
personal note before it was due. Mr.
Monroe said he would pay It If I Just
would wait till the next day. and said
fcd something to say to me.; We
talked for a couple of hours. In the
uinsiunw ne toia me not to have any-
" "we w uo wiin Linn, for
I wish, to give you a few hints on
milking cows. The farm r hand who
kn.ws how to milk properly is more
valuable to the csrefu: dairyman th in
any othei help, writes G. B. Dillon in
the "National Rural." . To ini:k a cow
tejuire time and patience. Th milk
sliould be. drawn slowly and steadily. -
ome cows nave very ti ndr teats:
and If you want u good dispod cow,
be gentle In your treatment toward !
her, as f-he Is naturally imraticnt anl
does not like rough handling. A ith
constant irritation she will fall in
quantity' of milk. As the uddr be-
con-.es filled with mlik she Is anxi-iuu
to be relieved of its contents and will
seldom offer resin a nee without cus.
When a patient cw becomes fractloy
wc can always trace it to ihe mille r.
Note this: We fhould not allow cows
to stand 1 a l.ng lime walling to"
milked. It is very painful when the
udder ha filled to the utmost, t hero
fore cautdmr them to becom, e y
nervous and restless. To deliy fnllW
Ing at the propei time will do nicre to
caue a cow io go dry before her peri
od thai, any thing else. thehuN
alto be mi:ked to the last drop, if pos
sible, for the last portion of milk is
said to uq the richest. - -
Still another po-lnt: There are nviny
ways of conducting a dairy. Am on it
them bran, cotton seed neal. Always
be cateful to keep the cows w-cfl salt
ed, protecting them from bad weather,
giving kind handling, careful milking,
regular feeding, clenn stabling, g.od
vcotilatlc-n . and plenty of pure water.
In some sections we have what l
called bitter weed,, which cows are
fond of. t-aurlng the milk to become sov
much affocted that It is hardly fit for
use. 1 find, that by elvir.gr the ;-w
about two t.alespocnfuls oi'sugnr at
each meal for two or three days th
milk is entirely relieved of the bitter
taste. ,- -i ; :
1
UNPROFITABLE FOWLS.
come
Keeping a flock of hens on the prob
ability that they are "a be ui" to lay Is
great risk The nwst decelviujr
hens in that respect are thone that ar:
n appcuntly a uiy healthy anl
thrifty condition, but are too fat. . On
the piinr-lpie that "food makes eggs."
this clas of hens are fed liberally, and
while their Hppctitcs will ratisfy the
mofct sat.guine owner the bottom of the
egg basket is neei covcrc-d. Finally,
as the time flies on and the seusot it
well advanced, a little reflection points
to tho fact that fuch herv cannot then
pay for past favors, even thould tliey
begln laying, and the ttccounti take
place on the wrong tide cf the balance
the-t. -And later when the henn begin
to ' lay having been highly fed, the
moulting stage cornea on and it taknj
them three montlie more to she.1 their
od feathers and put on a new suit
all at thdr owner's expe-nso.
)
but
and follow .me,' -So l write thl. iHh
ffOid intent, that many may turn from
their wicked ways and walk ln( the
Paths of righteousness, and - to show
"r Kwon roay faU Into per
dition unawares. - s Wtch the heart
with an diligence," and never despise
the chastening cf the Lord. It Is pro
fitable for yott In this sin-cursed world.
If X had been chastened to obligation
byt the reproof-rod of - God.,,1 w.uld
have lived through that gloom of des
pair that settled on me from the high
wlnda of Imagination and come out in
.oo ongnt world happy, to never be "Tou best, a man when he gets the
o ragged flown again. If this world .worst of It " th- mw York Corn-
were pure we would have less need of me rclal Advertiser. "You worst him
L w r riiittite mercy when you get the best of It. That is to
rrst means ex-
One should not faint even at death, guaga and its developmenur
'The late apring rains have not been
good for young chickens being raised
in the old fashioned . waya But the
farmers who have brooders have not
complained -much. There are mors
brooders being put In. all the time, and
more Incubators. .There . is no danger
of overdoing-this business. The poul
try industry for the country surround
ing; eaiem is four times, as. extensive
as it was four , years . ago.- And yet
egga and chickens never were as high
in price. There are more people to ue
chickens and eggs, and there will be
still more. New and .increased mar
kets will be opened up faster than our
farmers can get ready to supply them.
They have only begun to make a reg
ular business of poultry raising. .
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