ORILLA'S BENT
By Ida Scofield rargo,
EILLA bad a microscope. It
was compound, moderately
perfect, ' had cost, her
month's wage good gold
coin paid into her hand by
one Peter Bright, sehool clerk, District
-No. 17 and many contentions With the
family circle, pa excepted. - Moreover,
0f all people, Orilla was among the last
one would suspect of possessing such an
instrument. . She was country born and
country bred, and her people were, no
body in particular. Furthermore, she
stood near the very base of the educa
tional ladder; that is, she did upon en
.fttisg Grayton Academy a year ago
tonsing next month.' .
Into this academy as; dining hall
Waitress,, maid-of -much-work, study
" filling the Incidental between .cracks,
perchance there were - any, the merest
, stray- flick of good luck domiciled her
that autumn, day." Like a tumbled leaf
from the frosted maples,, she lingered
. a moment at the foot of the great hall
- -watching the team drive on, then went
within. Here she remained two terms.
opened; the beginning of the' ending be-
"gan : The. ending is yet' to be recorded,
bat the beginning reads much after this
fashion: -
It was registration day; for Orilla it
was all confusion. ' Night brought
surety of but one thing, a little filted
out card listing her term studies. " Re
garding it with awe, accepting its dic
tum as gospel, she read it over and
over. It spoke to her as a seer, "proph
esying vast possibilities, strange things
and new. ;
Then came other days, days of grow
ing order in which Orilla slowly learned
to adjust herself to Grayton code of
life and living. From, the beginning
he worked ploddingly, her grades no
better, no worse than the general aver
age. Numerically she became one with
her class; individually she stood alone.
exotic, diffident, seldom b peaking' to
any one, scarcely ever spoken to.
In this way many , weeks passed
i October became November, and in turn
November ; drew back for December.
The autumn leaves lay trodden under
foot or blanketinz the floor of the for
tt. Winter Vskies hung low, and win
der's rains mi steadily and eold. Into
these days'the second term came, bring
ing to Orilla a new card, like unto the
first, much shorn of its visions, but
bearing on its face a' strange title-
Elementary Biology.
Kidmen tary anything else, so far as
Orilla was" concerned, ' it might have
been; that is, till work began. Then
Orilla woke up. Incidentally, Professor
Pen ell also woke up. Did he not pride
himself on . that subtle psycological
keenness enabling him to speedily pene
trate a student's possibilities f II ad-
he failed wth Orillaf Wonderlngly he
regarded her over his glasses. Uould it
be the same girl .who d oned through
Caesar, who madei,egregious blunders in
geometry, with impossible figures prov
ing impossible things? I'm growing
old," sighed Professor Fenell; "I'm a
' fogy; I've fallen into a rut, - vrhere
upon be became more alive than ejfex.
But Orilla! To her general biology
was life turned into wonderland. Did
they teach such things in books! She
had not known it. Why, she could see
the old pond in the Marsh Meadow, the
frogs happy chorus ground, where she
.had watched them hatch -and grow,
every stage egg, polywog,frog where
she had studied tteir Habits ana jearneu
their favorite haunts. Her eyes glowed
as she recited; she told of the things
she knew. And the class, listening in
iejntly they will ever listen when one
itcfts of the things one knows resolved
to visit somu marsh meadow, and many
did: but some forgot, as some always
will. , '.. . "
At each new phase in the work a
similar experience greeted Orilla.
Lichens she knew, and pondscnm and
ferns, as well as frogs. Ferns! they
hung by wagon loads- from the eracks
in the dripping dens www me sprung.
Occasionally, clinging to the Toot of. a
tiny one, OTilla had found semblence
of a ragged heart. Then she vaguely
wondered what is it f how came it
here f now she deftly traced its cer
tain history. Books and achool work
classified, systematized and supplement
ed her former work, random and in
guided in nature at large; and the mi
croscope Grayton was the proud pos
sessor of one such instrument did, pos
sibly, mostpfSall It revealed to Orilla
not only Jundlreamed of plants, micro
scopic infstrueture, but undreamed of
parts to the plants she knew. It-was
then that the idea came that possessed
her and Professor Pencil, helped to
ward its fulfillment. ' " - if ' ' r
The- third term -at Gray011 found
Orilla missing. In the little log school
house of District No. 17, ten mile from
home, she - had been installed supreme
authority. Every Friday night, how
ever, saw her back on the 'old farm
listening again to the renewed choruses
coming afresh. . from the jiank marsh
meadow.. - t, -; - : "
Bat at home it was not quite the
ame. Orilla bad mounted an unaccus
tomed pedestaL. ' Was she not now in
dependent "an a . "seholardl
James began: to regard v her ..daughter
with awakening pride. "Yes, Orilla'a
teaching" she was want to say, ' 'arn
ia a right lot an' payin her pa back
1
McMlnnville, Or.'
f what he gin to Grayton fur her. I call
thai some scrumptious, 7 I do say it, as
p'raps ortn't; but 'taint aU as u'd do
ijt. She H ; hey enough left to buy a
white leghorn; an' a pink sprigged
lawn too."; Ma James spoke with eom
plaeent satisfaction, for this last asser
tion mirrored a riew air-eastle yet trn
t umbled. 4 Yes, " she continued, Oril
la kin go to Crystal Springs and lev
asgood close as any on 'em I" To her
iihwaall settled. .:'."
"I ntposen. you kin start fur the
Springs in 'bout w weks," she said
to her daughter the next day after
sehool closed; "I low it H take tm
then to git .your Close fixed." ;
' "But, Ma, I'm not going to Crystal
Springs."
A, . moment Ma James stood non
plussed. That Orilla should think dif
ferently never - occurred to her. - Orilla
had not been in the habit of thinking
differently.
Ain't goin'! Orilla James! I guess
you air! I tol' Miss Peters all about
bow you're goin' "
4 Well, Ma, I 'm , not. ' Somehew
Orilla 's tone had a. decisive ring. Ma
James surveyed her critically.
'What be you savin' thet money fur
then! ; You been thet close you ain't
'lowed to git you a pocket hankerchief
all summer " .
f
Orilla .hesitated. She knew the senti
ments of" her family, and their ambi
tionsshe had not told them hrs. That
her mother visioned her shining at
Crystal Springs, as did the village
teachers, for some time she had vaguely
apprehended. To this idea, however,
her own plans ran counter; and she
dreaded the approaching conflict.
" Well, daughter,' it was her father
who spoke in his slow, quiet way.
"What be you goin to dot I reckon
it's your money you aimed it, an I
rppurtn vnn kin An. ia vAn'mnnnlif ISVtt "
Orilla drew a quick breatE; "I'm
going to buy a a microscope," she
said. :
A liomb turned loose in their midst
could scarce have created more conster
nation. Every member of the family
turned a full stare on Orilla.
"What may that be, daughter!" It
was again her father who spoke.
Orilla began to explain, minutely,
carefully. ' . She was glad to have 6the
thing over, though she saw the storm
thickening on her mother's faee. Its
loosened, foree fell before she had ceased
her expfination.
"Orilla James!" she exclaimed
wrathfully, " 'f you wa'n't a daughter
of mine, I'deay you'd gon' plum daftl
You might as well tb row your money
in the fire. I never in my hul life
heard tell o' sich doin's! I'll be
'shamed 'fore all the neighbors. An'
'me thin kin' yoo's eoin' to be some
body. An' there's thet sprigged lawn
as 'n'd just match ydur complectin'
goin' to waste down on Higg'e coun
ter. I saw it there when I tuk down
the eggs last week." .
"Ma," Orilla interrupted, "I'm not
going to buy a new lawn. I don't
want it. I don 't want to go to Crystal
Springs. I'd hate it. And I'd dispise
myself to cart around silly; aping the
village teachers, and ' have nothing to
show for my money at the end of the
summer ' but tagged-out finery. I
couldn't rig up to look like the town
girls, anyway. - No matter how I
dressed i Orilla James, Country' would
be written all over me thick as, flies on
a sweet water tumbler!" Orilla'a
cheeks flamed.
. But Ma James was not to be pacified
"Well then, why, don't you save up
an' git a orgln. Sally Lund hes one
an' I guess you air as good as she is
any day; or take ebina paint in' 'long
o' Mae Griggs. Miss Griggs showed
me hern when I was down las' week.
She said she hardly, bed plates enough
to eat offen,: 'tbout eatin' off a picter,
Mae wus thet ambitions. She said, las'
time she bed eomp'ny she et off a pie
tin." ! ... '
Well, ma, .you won't have to eat
off from a picture or a pie tin so far
as I'm? concerned. " I've no notion. t
take china painting. -As for music,
why, ms, when I tried to sing at Gray
ton the girls would stuff their hand
kerchiefs into their mouths and giggl,
and the boys on the front row would
cough and get red in the face," V
"Well now,! call thet real perlltel"
Ma' James bristled perceptibly. '
"I didn't mind mueh," said Orillaj
I quit trying. Professor Penell said
I had no ear for music"
"If thet don't beat all! I'd like to
see him:. talkin to me sol; '
"It's" all right, ma; I'm glad he did.
I've eome to thank the Lord every da
that the things I can't do are made so
plain I 'm obliged to know I can't do
them. I always pity, people who s;eep
trying to do things, and thinking they
cu, while all the time It isn 't in
them?i Orilla spoke emphatically,
Vell you-certainly air the queerest,
piece I eversawls.
l gue'ss' now ' its my . say." Pa
James looked, thoughtfuly into the
rings of smoke Je blew from his bps.
"Bemember the day X went to Gray
ton. arter OrUlaf " Pa paused meditatively.'!-5'
vuv ' i
'Yes; what oaHI" His wife spoae
shanlr. Her feelings bad Deen : con-:
siderably" ruffled and her airastles
considerably tumbled.,
Professor Pencil said-
I can't just
give his words, and 1 didn't right sense
It all, but he gin me to understand thet
my Orilla here had a bent, thet she'd
make somethin', . thet ' what he said,
make somethin o ' herself if she hed
a ehanet," : .. . ' . .
Orilla s cheeks burned. - Had Profes
sor ' Pencil really" said ; that I
"X diin't sense jest what kind of
a ehanet he meaat, and I ain't eenriPd
it yet," pa continued in slow tones;
'but I'm willing she should hev it if
she knows what it is. This here ma
chine she's 'talkin' 'bout hes somethin
to do with it; I low frum what Orilla
says, though I never seed one or hearn
tell o ' one afore ; but I'm willin she
should hev it, only I low she better
lam how to take keer on it. We don't
want none o' us hurt Tjy it. When do
you low to git it, chUdf" Pa turned
to" Orilla. His ' eyes! were kindly in
their, depths, and Orilla was grateful.
'Professor Penell is making the ar
rangements, she said. "He thought
it might eome the first of the month.
And he is going to send me some books
to study up things in." -
4 Well, I never!" Wrathful Indig
nation still toned ma's utterance, but
it was some what, modified. Perhaps she
might be proud of Orilla yet. Any way
she would have something Sally Lund
or Mae Griggs didn't have. She meant
to tell Miss Griggs that very evening
wben sue came down after Sadie's new
skirt pattern. - . , I f'
"Ma," there lurked a latent twinkle
in pa's eyes. "Ma, you reelect when
Orilla wus a tiny mite, no bigger 'n
Sadie 's doll here,' how you wus bound
to name her outten a book, 'stead o'
Jane Ellen, arter my aunt, as I wanted
to; an ' how I said you'd never know
where to look fur her with thet name
tacked on. But you would hev it so,
an' now see what she's comin to.- An'
I reckon it's all your doin's 'count 6'
the name.
Chuckling softly, pa leaafcd over and
carefully knocked the ashes from his
pipe into the fireplaee.
A fortnight later the village express
man curiously bandied a weighty
package marked for one Orilla James.
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CHABITY AND ' THE HAPPINESS
WHICH IT BBXNOS WITH IT.
There can be no holier sentiment at
tached to a gift-on Christmas day than
eharity for it combines all that is good
and tender in boman emotion.
There is a doubly joy in charir?, for
it blesses two.
t'harity not only gives' happiness in
the art itelf, but ft quickens and de
velops, for all after life, pure, precious
qualities of mind and heart that are an
everflowing wellspring of peac.
Charity comes nearer to spanning the
immeasurable space between-the-sin of
this lift and the holiness of heaven
than any othepblessing that man
knows, j-
If in the fall of -Adam there was any
quality that did not degenerate, if
there was anything saved from paradise
to remind humanity of what bad been
lost, it was charity.
There is much for us all in Christmas
if we but take it. In giving to friends
we must not overlook the richer mine
of joy that lies in the penny to the
poor.
'Christmas is not complete for us if
we fail to give comfort to the . needy
and cheer to the downcast.
It is a sacred duty "to ourselves, for
in it is the best joy that the day. can
give or that this life can know.
EMANCIPATION OP CHINESE WO
MEN. Western influence bids a air to eman
cipate the women of China - from the
cruel practice of foot binding, which
has so long followed and incapaciated
them, for there is an already wide
spread and growing movement against
the practice. There is an energetie
Anti-Foot bindia e Society in China, at
the head of which is Mrs. A. Little, the
wife of a commercial man of note. The
society has the aid of the American mis
sionaries and is even securing the co
operation of Chinese officials, for it has
jnst been reported that the District
Magistrate at Teng Chow, at the close
of a series of meetings conducted by
Mrs. Little, addressed a letter to local
representatives of the Presbyterian
Board of Foreign Missions and to Bap
tist missionaries, denouncing the cruel
practice and asking them to aid in the
formation of a local society. Mrs. Lit
tle's meetings were always crowded and
at one of them in Teng Chow there
were made addresses by the Perfect
and District Magistrate, and ,atx there
close there was a unanimous rising vote
denonncing the practice. Best ofall,
the .women in increasingly large num
bers are promising to discontinue ' the
practice, and it may well be prophesied
that before many years havje passed the
deformed feet of Chinese fwomen will
have given place to a natural growth.
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One small bottle is two months treat
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Send for testimonials. Sold by all drug
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READ THIS.
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and well; this I would cheerfully swear
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afflicted and -wishing to be permanent
ly cured, they , can obtain a bottle at
my house, located on West 11th street,
Yours truly,
J. J. SEALE,
' . . Medf ord. Or.
LITTLE STORIES
- - Hats Off in Court. - '
"Many years ago," relates a Bepre
sentative from Tennessee; ' it wa de
termined that - in ere ! should be more
dignity given the bench in our stata,
Acting on this the first effort was in
the direction of requiring justices to
remove their hats while eourt was in
The law. read i 'lats,' and as a
great many , men wore eoonskin caps in
those dava Judm Wolf took advantara
of this and continued to wear nis eoon
skZneap whle sitting on tae benchu
a nowi or protest was, made,, and
finally order - was promulgated
which read that the judge must furnisa
himself a new hat and burn the eoon
skin cap; 'that if the said Judge Wolf
did not burn the eoonskin cap, as pro
vided by; the order, that the -special
commissioners do tne job for him.
"The judge refused to) carry out in
structions; .the special commissioners
went to his cabin and earned out or
ders, making a torchlight of the cap.
mi s . . . -
mrir report reaa: . .
Your commissioners held Judge
Wolf and burned his old eoonskin cap
qnieke than bell eonli scoreh a feath
er.! " 1 -:-;V ...
Science vs. Sense.
V Everything in the line of disease is
now charged to perms an microbes,"
says a representative from Massachusetts.-'
: -
This fact brings ; to 'my mind a
story told on the late Dr. Fowler of
Boston, who was delivering a lecture
on his hobby, science. He closed his
remarks bv askinc. when doctors dif
fer, who shall decided'
4 4 A- wag . named Bill Strothers, who
stuttered badly, yelled out, L-e-a-v-e
l-t t-t-o m-m-en of a-s-e-nse.
She Was "Just Middling..
tpndincr the last rites of mpmhpr of I
his church down in Tennessee, says
representative from that state, and
after praising the virtues of the de-
ceased he turned to the bereaved hus
band and said:.
My good brother, you have been
called upon to part wifa one of the best
and loveliest of Wives." :
"Oh no, parson," said the husband,
interrupting the minister, 'not the best
but about middling."
BETXECTIONS OP A BACHELOR -When
a man is first with a woman
he is always next. -
A woman, can always comfort herself
over not having any money by going
shopping.
To save her life a woman can't under
stand why aa ermine boa doesn't keep
her knees from chapping.
After , a woman tells a: seeret some
body confided to her she waits to see
who will be the firetje betray her sae-j
reu conuuence.
A man is always worse for people
thinking he is better than he is, and aj
wuiiih.ii is mucn ueiier lor.oiDen loiBKataiM
ing she is worse than' she is. New York
Press.
BUSTED ROMANCE.
.Stranger (to driver Anything - re
markable aoout this mountain!
Driver There's ."nothing peculiar
about the. nut itself, but there's
queer story connected with it.
K StrangerWhat is thatf
Driver A young lady and gentleman
went for a walk on that hilL They as
eendeTl higher and higher, and never
came back a gam. '
Stranger Dear: dear me! 'How un
fortunate. : What, then, became of the
unhappy pair!
Driver Why, sir, they went down on
tae other side. Melbourne Leader.
Lucifer, the First Angler.
representative unggs or ueorgia is
fond of his rod and gun, but is not giv
en to spinning big yarns about his bags
and catches. He is responsible for the
assertion that the devil was -the first
angler and quotes as 'evidence:
When Eve and Adam lived in peace,
Without either brawls or jangling.
The serpent, from bis brimstone den,
Tiiutgh lio would go nn angling.
He baited. his hook with fiendish look:
Says he, "This will ; entangle ner;'!
And so, my friends,, you all may see
The devil was the first angler. :
A NEW BREAKFAST FOOD.
A little girl who was eating codfish
for breakfast- the other- morning i was
seen io stop and examine her plate with
deep interest. .
Mama,' : she? asked presently,
"what kind or fish t9 this. I've just
found a. hair in it."
lit m codfish, dear," was the an
swer. . . - ...".,'
"Oh," commented her daughter in a
disappointed tone,: "I thought prob
ably it was mermaid." narper's
Weekly. .1 - .
THE WRONG WAT.
fTYou are-an hour late this morning,
Sara." - v
" Yes, sah, I know it, ssTa.
"Well, what excuse have youl"
" I was kicked " by a mule on man
way here, sah."-
"That ought not to have detained
you an hour, Sam."
"Well, you Bee, boss, it jwonldn't tab
if he'd only kicked me in dis direction.
but he kicked me.de otiah way!"
Yonkers Statesman. 41
A BUCKEYE FDSHERMAN.
T Mrs. Game See here, Mr. Game, I
thought yon said you had been dnck
hunting. These ducks you brought
home are tame dueks.
My. Game Y-e-s, m'dear. I- tamed
'em after I (hie) shot 'em. Cincinnati
Commercial-Tribune.
HAVE TOUT ' '
"What did you do while vou were
away on your vacation t"
" Sat around while my wife was dress
ing for meals most of the tints. "
Brooklyn News. - ' "
4 - vaaaaMsSSBSHHiBSBaBsnMB '
'' HES DEPARTURE. . '
4 She took a train at Sunrise, i j
It was 5 o'clock jk' m. I- j
She'd a bird-cage and three satehels,
. And of eonrse .took aft of; them.
At Sunrise in " the evening
Do you ask. Jjow. that could bet ' :
She took a train" at Sunrise ... '
Down at Snntiee, Tennessee.
7 Phicaga BeCord-Herald.
' , - Tka'Old Tear and ta New.
From valley and plata and river ,r .
'V, The brave old year has fled; i
Jle 's . gone from our presence - forever,
To the eity.of the dead. : - .; - '
The;New Year's here to greet. ns,
And his presence with joy we behold;
We welcome with' pleasure.- the New
- 'Year,.:;;- ' -i ;
.With sorrow we part with the, old.'
( Still lies the snow on the highway,
And on each alley and street;
And 'sleigh bells are "merrily jingling,
'.With music so lovely and sweet;
- J The New Year happiness brings us,
j Tho' the days are dreary and eold,
j Though with pleasure we welcome the
New Year, ; --. ' ' " , V V-;
.With sorrow we part with the old.
What pleasure the old year brought us,
Though to many his bearing was
". i stern;
But those glad days have departed,
No more, alas 1 to return.
And another Sappy New Year
. Brings joy and pleasure anew;
Though sadly we part with the Old
. : . Year, .:
Gladly we welcome the new.
Ian Buchanan, Boseburg, Ore.
I- V A Dlll'JLNlTlON.
"Pa." asked little Johnny, "what
is a compromise f"
That, my son," replied the wise
father, "depends on whom it's made
with. For instance, if I make a com-
Eromise with a business man l go aoout
alf way. But if I make a compromise
with your mother, why I er I go all
the way. "Houston Chronicle.
JUST SO.
Nell I 'm so found of, music that I
just- want to play the piano awfully
every lime A w nuci .
Bess Yes; I've noticed you play It
altnat way when you play at alL-Chi
cago News.
THE "yVaY OF THE WOULD.
Tis not that she's contrary;
But now she 's rich and she '
Who onee wae Ellen Mary
Is now EJenore Marie.
. K'ew Orleans Times-Democrat.
NOT SO. '
'When you entered politics did you
set out to win at any eoetf '
"No," answered Senator Sorghum;
"I set out to win at as little expense
as possible. "Washington Star.
BOOM POB IMPROVEMENT. 1
Teas So Cholly is to marry Miss
Crabme. He 's entirely too young for
her, don't you think f '
Jess Oh! he'll age rapidly enough
after he's married to her. Philadelphia
Press.
WHEN THE TBAMP HAD
"Sure, onet I wuz conne
JOB.
ected wid de
"Aw, how' wuz datf"
1 wus hired by a actress by de
year fter steal her diamonds. "'San
Francisco "Examiner :
; TOO, MUCHOF A BLOW.
She Did yojt blow the lamp . out,
Henry fJ
He What do you take me for, a
eyclonef It was all I could do to
blow l out the light. .
LTBEttTY RETAINED.
Howell Eternal vigilance- is
pie
price of liberty. .
Powell Yes; many-a fellow would be
in jail if he didn't watch out. Jan
uary Smart Set. ' i ' .
TASTE.
Raw tui
"Well, what!"
"Why does that man in the band rui
the trombone down his throat 1" ' I)
"I suppose it is because he bas i
'taste for music.-" Town Topics. J
THET USUALLT DO.
THE
"So he's really dead. Well, he made What 111 be looking at is your nickels,
a hard fight. If ever a man had an Get your nickels ready for the great
iron will he had.' J FiveMrhute-Sale. V We shall sell a box
'Yes, but 111 bet the lawyer willjof 50 cent razor-edge shears for five
break it.-Philadelphia Public Ledger. J cents! " -
. , I A very far woman in - a bursting
i (purple gown clutched his arm.
IN REAL BOHEMIA. I A Wncle box of 'em for S cents t"
Mrs. Newlywed Artist Goodbye.
dearest, for a little while; but before
I go, tell mc, do you love me better
than your lifef
Mr. Newlywed Artist Certainly, my
dear.; Don't - I eat yonr biscnitsT
Judge.
CHANGED.
"How Mr. Gazzletool's expression
has hardened!'
"Yes," answered Miss Cayenne. He
used to have a mobile countenance but
not it is an automobile countenance."
Washington Star.
A TOAST.
Here's to the lying lips we meet,
For truthful lips are bores;
But lying lips are very swevt
When Tying close to yours! :
R. G. Smith in January Smart Set.
T.TTfF. A BOT.
While visiting in New York Cty, a
Ebly asked the little son of her friend,
"Johnnie, do yon like going to
school f?
"Yes ma'am," answered the truth'
ful urchin,," but I don't like staying
there betweentimes." Philadelphia
Ledger. --..
GENEBAIXT. - "
"Henpeek, what do yon think of a
man who marries for' monevf
Think he earns ere ry cent he get."
Detroit ee Press.
WOMEN SET GOOD EXAMPLE.
Women in a Massachusetts town' ac
tually hare compelled . the street rail
road' company to inereaee the number
or ears at the bony hours by -refusing
to pay fares when they could get no
seats. 'There are some things women
can de, better than men. Buffalo Ex-
WHY SHE THEEW UP HES JOB.
Hebe had just thrown ap her place
Ss cup bearer to the gods. ;
Would you . beUeve it 1 " cried the
celestial waitress. ' "those stingy old
men didn't tip a cent." "
Herewith sne departed to find a Job
in a dairy lunch. New York Sua. ' '
for Infants and Children.
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The TTtTiif Toa Have Always Bousrbf has homo tho tizva
tnre of Chas. H. Fletcher, and has been made under his
- personal surervi&Ion for orer SO years. Allow no one
to deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and
Just-as-good ' are but Experiments, and endanger the
health of ChUdren Experience against UxierInient.
The.Kind You Have Always Bought
Sears the
In
Use For
Tf eimwD eaiv,
The Macleay Masked Ball.
On Christmas eve the masked ball at
Macleay was attended by fifty couples
of that and other neighborhoods, rather
crowding the capacious naiL but' the
event proved to" be a very -sucossful af"-
fairas everything the people of tuat
vicinity undertake always docs.. ,
All sorts of. costumes and persona
tions were to be seen; but the judgt-s
awarded the first prize to Miss Frances
Lauterbach, of Pratnm, whose red ban
dana on her head, shawls, and red cali
co skirt, together with TTer mask, was a
perfect reproduction of the Southern
negro woman, and to Mr. Seymour ll-
pon, also of Macleay who represented in
detail tho full , costume with .which
Prof. J. K. Buff entertains the public
at the State Fair and other gala oc
casions.".' Mr. Wilson had the blue
eorset, gorgeously colored shirt waist,
white trousers, skin tight, with the
beatiful skull cap, and his impersona
tion was all that could have been ask
ed. ' ;..
The second prize was given, as a
"booby." to W. A. Taylor and Mrs.
Grace Wheeler, the former . appearing
a clown of course-and the latter
as a little, blaekfaced negro girl.
It was a very 'enjoyable affair, and,
with the supper served and splendid
decorum observed, was fully equal to
the reputation the cultured ' people of
Macleay have earned for themselves.
in the past.
. Avrepresentalive of the Statesman
and- bis wife were favored guests,
and ha1 their full share of the pleasure
which comes from a renewal of old
time acquaintances under such eirum-
stanes. In this connection a word is
due Mr. and Mrs. W. ST. Taylor and
daughters for their kind entertainment
on Christmas day in the way of a din
ner, turkey and all, whin was not out
classed any place in Oregon on that
day. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor nace eight
children, three of whom are marrUd,
and . they were all at home, save one
son and his wife who could not be
present. Most of the day was spent in
eating th generous breakfast and din
ner soon following, and the rest in re
gretting the lack of knowledge, always
conspicuously absent on such occasions,
as to when the point has been reached
where t'je appetite ignores the capacity
pf the stomach and trouble follows.
On that day, the writer gath'ered in.
Mr. Taylor's garden, a half pint of ripe
raspberries and a twig from a Logan
berry bush full of open in r blossoms. :
NOVEL WAT TO GET BARGAINS.
'Get your nickels Teady," warned
the voice. 4 ' Get your nickels ready,
ladles. At tnis Tive-Minute-Sale ' I'll
have no time to make change. Get your
nickels ready! 1 won't be looking at
your hands. . Ill be so "busy I couldn't
tell whether a band is pretty or ugly,
he gasped interrogatively.
"Madam,,, said the fioor walker,
"do you expect a miracle. One pair for
5 cents 50 cent shears at that! nurry
op . the center; right in front of tho
transfer office; and have your nickel
ready." i
The fat woman rushed blindly sp
the asile, and the floor walker, striding
to the back of tae wire-enclosed trans
fer office, suddenly mounted the clerk's
desk and appeared above the netting
like a jack-in-the-box, grinning down
at the excited women crowding frantic,
ally round him. -
As the seller held np the first pair of
shears the women massed madly toward
him. . Hats were knocked sideways, giv
ing their owners a decidedly tipsy ap
pearance, toes were trodden on vio
lenty, skirts were divorced from t'neir
vainly clasping belts, but 'the crowd
only surged up harder and held np
quivering fingers, flourishing the all
necessary nickel ; between forefinger
and thumb.
"The dominant human desire," mut
tered Weyman, "to get something for
nothing. No doubt they could duplicate
tnose shears for .a- dime - at ordinary
times. B Jove! the avoirdupois in
purple is wading in' for a second pair.
Confound her! she delberately knocked
Golden Locksrut of the way!"
Golden Locks, slender, gray-gowned,
her nickel -upheld in, a childishly small
hand, made a pitifully inadequate ef
fort to regain her lost advantage. She
was not strong enough, and wit a a ges
ture absolutely tragic, she turned away
from the crowd. As she faced Wey
man, lie saw, to his utter astonishment,
that unconscious ' tears were rolling
down her cheeks.
Then her eyes, violet, long lasflea,
despairing, met his. Something in tho
girl's glance moved Weyman to the
very thing he most objurgated in others
unreasoning impslse. ;
He sprang forward, Cf ted the girl as
though She were a rf eat her, and held
Wr over the heads the other women
just in 'time to exenange her nickel for
the last pair of shears.
Iegal Hlsnks, Statesmaa Job CIoe.
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