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was smitten with the charms of Miranda,
but that he woed in vain.
''She eZ the most durn Particular girl in
the hull of Cowlitz County," continued the
stage-driver, land the neighbors say that
nothing but a city chap will have any
chance with Mirandy."
Seems to me, Dick, you're doing more
Ginning than driving, ;" growled the sutton
of the obdurate Miranda from the other
side.
"You attend to your business, B;ll
Cousins, and I'll attend to NINE" retorted
the driver, showing that, giant or no giant,
he did not propose to have the high func-
tions of his office commented upon.
On through the drenching rain lum bered
the overweighted stage, and the darkness
of night so shut in the road that Ashton
wondered at the vision and intelligence
which could find the way through that
dense forest. He was wet, hungry and
uncomfortable, and he looked forward with
eager anticipation to suit of dry clothing,
blazing fire and plenty of anything
to eat.
brace up, young feller," said the driver
encouragingly, for Ashton's liberality with
his flask and cigars had completely won
his heart. 'Pomfreys is only two miles
further on, and | reckon when we get there
the old man will have a nice dinner of
trout and deer meat ready for US, a horn of
good whisky, good fire and Mirandy to
sing for us while we are smoking our pipes"
An inarticulate growl from Mr.. Cousins
gave expression to the disfavor with which
he heard his sweetheart's name mentioned
IN that Objectionable company. Presently
the sound of rushing water was heard.
That, said Dick, "is the Chehalis. We
shall cross it now about a few hundred
yards from here and then we'll be at Pom
frey's.'
Through the dripping branches Ashton
saw with feeling of intense qualification
a blaze of light on the other side of the
river. 1t was Pomfrey's custom to welcome
the Monticello stage by throwing his doors
WIDE open and letting the glow of the great
logs that blazed in the huge fireplace
stream across the river and deep into the
forest, thus, as 1t were, giving the travellers
a deIghtful lntlmation of the pleasures
that awaited them. Like all the men that
Ashton had seen on that side of the CO.
lumbla River, the host of this forest inn
was man OF unusual height, but had
broad, good-natured face.
"Youse fellows must be most froze to
death. he said as he hustled around the
stage and helped to unroll the rows of
blankets and comforts and Ashton's yalise
Hurry in and let's have some LIQUOR
The room they entered was evidently
bar, dining and living room in one. and
Ashton observed with a delicious thrill
some twenty pounds or so of yenison
steaks broiling on the Goals. On a long
redwood table without any p-etense re
cloth or cover of any kind the plates and
knives and forks were laid. The onIv
adornment was, grouped in tin basin in
the center, a cluster of redwood lilies
This" thought the correspondent. sis
certainly the work of the belle of the
Chehalis." 'o
The oil I,
teed. The version was juicy and tender
the trout broiled to nicely, and the LIQUOR
home-brewed cider, as good as any tray,
eler could desire. After supper, as Ashton
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country for the New York Tribune, one of
the guests at the farewell dinner at which
he was entertained said:
"My dear Howard, if you want to be-
come solid with these frontiersmen you
must throw that single glass overheard
and adopt spectacles. Even then unless
you are bald or gray they viii hardly for
give what they consider corrupt and eff
Terminate fashion,
They will have to endure my monocle,'
laughed Ashton. 1.-The compensation Of
fered for this job does not warrant an en-
tire change of habit"
''All right" replied the other; shut if
you will give truthful narrative of your
adventures on your return / will Eager
you dinner for this worshipful company,
just as we are now, that my words come true
and that the monocle will be to you in the
Northwest source of wrath and con-
tempt"
On the voyage from San Francisco to
Portland Ashton's monocle had an irri-
tating effect upon but one of the pas
sengers, an old Oregon settler, who, a few
about putting on airs, became violently
seaslck and the monocle was avenged.
From Portland Ashton took the steamer
to Monticello, then a very small settle
ment on the Columbia River. Here he
was to take stage for Olympia, thence
N1CLOIld
Fort Yale and Cariboo.
"Have cigar with me-" said Ashton,
genially, to his companion on the box,
who held the lines over four as rough
looking horses as were ever put in har-
ness.
81 don't care if do" said the driver
and then few minutes afterward, "What
do you wear that thing in your eye for?"
Ashton good-naturedly explained the
that llod 70
the monocle, and succeeded so far as to
obtain growl from that important func-
tiGnary, "that this was a free country, and
he guessed people could do as they
pleased"
This broad-minded and liberal remark
was not received with favor by a very
hard-looking citizen who sat on the other
side of the driver.
"No one has right to make blasted
fool of themselves in any country" snarled
the backwoodsman, for such he unmistak-
ably was.
AT this period railroad between Month
cello and Olympia was contemplated and
nothing more. The route lay through a
primeyal forest, and a large portion Of it
have travelled on corduroy road
on Washington coach can have
any idea of the impossibility of
maintaining any conversation or anything
indeed except ones seat as the wagon
bumps from log to log and the team strains
and tugs, and the driver curses, and the
scene has all the. characteristics and dis
comforts of small craft steering wild in a
big head sea.
Therefore Ashton who was about to make
sharp retort to the giants comment
upon the general philosophy of life as
applied to eyeglasses, held his peace and
his equilibrium at the same time. To make
the discomfort more intense the rain, which
had been threatening all morning, now
began to fall in torrents and the great red
woods swayed and groaned in the storm.
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was enjoying the grand blaze, he got his
first glimpse of the belle of the Chehalis.
Miranda Pomfrey would be pronounced
beautiful girl in any assemblage. She
was TALL but not gaunt. Her features were
a perfect oval, the eyes large and hazel,
her hair rich brown and wavy, and her
complexion as clear as the beautiful stream
of the forest. Mr.. Cousins was visibly
affected by her entrance, and went forward
with extended hand. But Miranda nodded
to him with cool self-possession and walked
toward the side of the fire where Ashton
sat.
You're from Frisco, l reckon" she
said. What are you doin' in this part of
the country, and why do you wear that
round thing on your eyer"
Much amused at her naivete, the cor
respondent explained to her why he wore
the monocle instead of spectacles, and
went into a comprehensive history OF de-
fective sight and its causes.
Then she asked him what the girls were
wearing in Frisco now, and in reply to this
enthusiastically feminine question he
brought her an illustrated paper from his
valise, which, fortunately, contained some
very elaborate fashion plates. With the
utmost simplicity this daughter of the for
est told The stranger all of her uneventful
history-how her mother had died when
she was little child in Missouri, and her
father had sold out and taken upithis land
in Washington.
She was beginning to feel awfully lone
some, and her father had promised to take
her some time to Portland, but he kept
putting it off all the time, and she was get
ting mighty tired of the old mans guile.
The men about here, too, were Fostering
her to get married, but she didn't fancy
any of them, and she wasn't going to
marry, not she, until she saw what other
men were like. Here she glanced mis-
/ chievously at Cousins, who was regarding
her friendly overtures to the Objectionable
city man with an expression of the most
deadly malignity.
81 feel as if l should have row with
that fellow before | leave" thought Ash
ton; "he is certainly most murderous-
looking rascal"
The belle of the Chehalis certainly
| showed him the most marked preference
and had he been a coxcomb ne would Nave
concluded that it was case of love at first
sight. But he understood that this was
but an imprisoned bird longing to spread
her wings and fly out to the great world
! She sang for him and showed him scrap
! book where she had preserved specimens
| of all the ferns and wild flowers that were
| found in the neighborhood.
YOU'D better stay a few days with us, u
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THE REAL TOM SAWYER.
Now Living in This City and Doing
Business on Mission
Sfraet

Kipiing had his Mulvaney and Haggard
had his Quartermain. Both of these char
acters existed and performed the feats and
diu the things which their immortalizers
gave them credit fer
Mark Twain had his Tom Sawyer, but
Tom, the real Tom, did nothing but meet
Mark when he was about 30 years old.
That Tom Sawyer, from which Mark
Twain's book derives its name, is at pres
ent in this City and has lived here for a
good many years. His boyhood days were
not mingled with those of the writer,
neither did he go to school with the hui
morist. The reason Twain called his book
''Tom Sawyer" was because he was fond
of the individual by that name, who keeps
a small saloon at 935 Mission street, and
decorates his walls with photographs and
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Cali aboard ~

Gall aboard! ~
''HoId on, Dick, you're short one"
"Well, hurry EN- up, then. We're twenty
minutes behind already and the weather
don't look any too pleasant. But here he
comes"
The dilatory passenger who climbed to
his seat behind the driver of the Monticello
stage was a good-looking young man of
broad athletic frame, frank kindly express
sion, with but one defect which, in the eyes
of the stalwart frontiersmen who lounged
in the little Monticello inn, was beyond all
conference.-the wore a monocle. He
might be as strong as Samson and as
valiant as Hercules, but with that single
glass in his eye he was nothing in their es-
timation but type of the effect of San
Francisco civilization, which from the bot
tom of their hearts they abominated and
despised.
A few nights before Howard Ashton's
departure to write up the Northwestern
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prints OF veteran firemen and old election
tickets. Just how it all occurred is best
told by Tom himself:
Me and Jack Mannix, who was after
wards bailiff in Judge Levy's court, was
walkin' down Montgomery street. We
drlfted into the Capitol saloon, where the
Mills building now stands, and Mark
caught sight of us from window across
the street in the Russ House. Well as
soon as he seen us he come down and we
all went in and had few jolts together.
The result was to be plain with you, we
got full. Mark was as much sprung as l
was, and in short time we owned the
City cobble-stones and all. Toward morn
III Mark sobered up bit ana we all got to
tellln' yarns. | dished up few, Mark
dlshed up few, but Mannix was speech
less.
THE next day / met Mark down by the
old CALL Office. He walks up to me and
puts both hands on my shoulders. Tom,
he says, II m goin' to write book about a
boy, and the kind / have in mind was Just
about the toughest boy in the world. Tom,
he was just such boy as you must have
been. l believe I'll call the book tom
SAWYER" How many copies will you take,
Tom, half cash?'
That's the way it came about, and you
can bet when Mark shows up here next
August he'll bear me out. Have drink"
Sawyer is now about &c years of age, and
speaks OF Twain with that feeling which
slgnlhes the invisible bond between the
old-tlmers and their comrades.
Ii estimated tbo+ in nav cop+ ~ nifxy
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Several times the passengers, who with
the exception OF the travelling CORE
spondent, were all expert with the ak, had
to get out and chop away some mighty
branch that lay across the road. The way
those brawny fellows made the chips fly
was revelation to Ashton, and he could
not but acknowledge that the sulky phil
osopher in the box was superior to all in
the deXterity and strength with which he
used that great implement of the forest.
II wonder how long it would take me 20
use that ak as cleverly as you do, my
friend" he said, pleasantly, with an at
tempt at Cancellation.
Never retorted the giant grufly,
"while you wear that thing in your eye"
This settled it, and Ashton confined his
conversation to the driver during the rest
of the journey. He found him a good
natured and communicative Missourian,
whose whole life had been passed on the
frontier. He told him that the first stage
of the journey would be at a big log house
on the Chehalis River, kept by man
named Pomfrey. This was the great rem
devious of all the settlers in the neighbor-
hood, for Pomfrey kept bar which, it was
whispered, was furnished from his own
still. He was also the father of very
beautiful daughter, who was known far
and wide as the belle of the Chehalis.
Beautiful women were not very numerous
in that locality, and "Mirandy" could have
her pick from among the eligible youths
around the county, but so far her young
affections were unconcentrated and
Mirandy was fancy free
AS the driver related this history he
winked knowingly at Ashton and ierked
his elbow toward the big woodsman, who
was addressed as Bill, thereby conveying
the intelligence to his companion that Bill
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OLIVES FOR THE TABLE-A. G., East Oakland,
Cal. To prepare olives for the table the berries
are gathered when fully grown, but still quite
green, STEPPED for twenty or twenty-four hours
in weak solution OF lye, of wood ashes or
lime wafer; then in fresh water, drained every
twelve or twenty-four hours for four or FIVE
days. or until they have lost their bitter favor.
They are then sailed or picked in salt brine in
which they are kept for use in closed vessels,
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EvANGELIcAL-R. c., City. The Evangelical
church is the abbreviation for German United
Evangelical Church, which is the name applied
to Protestant churches in Germany giving
prominence TO gospel doctrines and practices.
The Evangelical church is the largest of the
Protestant churches in Germany. LII is par
TALLY supported by the Government, which
appoints the cOnsistories or provincial
branches Evangelical is used in distinction
from Roman Catholic, Unitarian and the
UniYersallst system. ~
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PEANUTs-M. Cornwall, Contra Costa Cal.
Any soil that can be put in friable condition
and kept in that condition wi II produce pea
nuts, but that which is best adapted to their
The pods partake of the color of the soil, and
as the brightest always bring the best price the
gray land is preferred. Peanuts require clean
soil They will follow any hoed crop except
sweet potatoes to advantage. There is no oc-
casion for covering the blossom when it begins
to fade. When the vine dies the nut is mature
and may be pulled up.
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DOLLAR OF 1901. H., Sherwood Hall,
Menlo Park, CAL AS high as 1900 has been
offered for genuine dollar of 1904 issued out
OF the minis of the United States. The latest
quotation is $3.50. The numismatists OF to-
day are unanimously of the opinion that the
coins bearing that date are what is known as
'restrikes." A prominent collector says
THE dies for the dollar of 1904 are known to
have existed, and it is believed that about
twenty impressions were taken. do not
think that any dollars were struck in the year
the coins bear date QS04), hence they are
classed as restrikes. The dies were destroyed
in 1863"
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SIZE OF THE TANK.-A. J. P, City. The size
of the tank in the Lurline baths is 70x150 feet
and its capacity 100000 gallons.
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TEACHERS Observation-Disclosures, City. Some
of the San Francisco teachers were in Sacra-
mento in connection with the teachers pen
sion bill in the early part of the month OF
February this year. In THE CALL of the 9th of
that month there appears long article on the
subject OF pensions. What was done in the
matter at Sacramento will be found in the leg
islative correspondence thatappeared in issues
that followed the issue OF that date.
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FLYING AsHEs-F G. W., City. This CORE
spondent writes: son the night of the recent
large fire in the southern part of the City
number of cyclers who were in Oakland OBJ
served what TO them appeared to be ashes fly
ing III the air. An assertion that they were
ashes from the big fire was disputed on the
ground that they could not be carried that dis
lance by the wind. Could they be?" The con-
dition of the wind being favorable they could
be carried that far, and even farther. During
the big fire in this City on Brannan street in
1876 portions of commercial ledger that went
up in the flames Yves carried into the upper
currents and waited over the bay until they
fell in the streets of East Oakland. The pieces
of burned paper were identified as part of the
destroyed ledger by the writing on the charred
scraps, which was perfectly legible.
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THE CALLS, City. THE MORNING CALL was
first published in December. 1856, by party
of five practical printers. When they had de-
cided upon the publication, the subject of
name for the new paper came up for discussion
in prominent resort where they met. A
number OF names were suggested, when one of
the FIVE, looking at theatrical bill hanging
on the wall on which was announced g play
entitled ga Morning Call" exclaimed, THAT'S
the name we want-MoRNING CALL-for it will
be q morning call at the door of every sub
scriber," and so the name was adopted.
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!, 1t is estimated that in per cent Of city
houses the value OF the furniture and fit
tlngs equals that of the building.
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THE oPERA-HoUsE-J. c., City. The seating
capacity OF the Grand Opera-house in this City
is $500.
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Foss, THE sMUGGLER-s., City. Foss. the
smuggler, was sentenced on the 18th of las
May to pay fine of $1,000 and to be impris
oned in the State penitentiary at Folsom fol
fnurteen months
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SOUTH AFRIcA-D. c. j., orangevale, sacra
mento County, Cal. Information concerning
South Africa can be obtained in this City at the
office of the Consul for Great Britain.
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JOE KRUeER-W. B., Oakland, Cal. The best
authorities on bicycles on this coest are uhac-
quainted with "Joe Kruger, who won the BIZ
cycle race at Oakland July A." Spalding, the
acknowledged best informed man on cycling
and for that reason employed towrite cycling
news for THE CALL, when shown the CORE
spondents letter, said ''Who is Kruger?
Zimmerman is the acknowledged professional
worlds champion; f, C. Bald the United States
champion in class B; C. S Wells the coast
champion in class B, and Fl. F. Terrill the coast
champion in class A. Kruger is new lumi-
nary, surely"
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HATS.

Newest Blocks, Stiff Hats .................$1 90
Latest styles. FedoraS. on
All summer shades. ...............,.......... &C
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QUESTIONS OF LAVA. c., City The Query
Department is ever ready TO answer questions
as TO what the law of the State is, but it cannot
determine questions of law, that is for the
courts to do For that reason the Query De-
partment cannot give you advice as to your
rights in the case of a servant leaving YOU
without notice. A question of contract might
arise in your case, which only court of com
petent jurisdiction could determine.
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OFFICIAL TITLE-F w. B., City. In Writing
to the President of the United States or 10 Tue
Governor OF any State of the Union, 1t Is proper
to use ITO His Excellency," but many persons
now prefer to use 'To the President" or ITO
the Governor" for the reason that excel
leney' smacks too much Of European noblllIy.
In speaking to the chief executive / the "a
ton, it is proper to address him as "Mr. fresl-
dent" for that is his official title and It Is also
proper to say ''Mr Governor to the chief ex-
ecutive OF State. In writing to the wee
President, Cabinet officers, Justices OF the ou-
preme Court and members of Congress, eacn
should be addressed as "The Honorable. but
in every case the title of the Office held by the
party written to should follow the individual S
name. The Mayor OF city is also entitled TO
Honorable" and in being spoken to should
be addressed as "Mr. Mayor"
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The WHEEL-T L., City. In THE CALL of the
4th inst a three-quarter column advertisement
and a quarter-column notice in the local news
tell who won the wheel at guessing contest
the evening previous.
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Atwood Sweaters ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IS
Full finished all colors. so
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want 10 secure INV final papers, but want my
name to appear as it should be, s-In-i-t tn
VIII the s clerk to Whom apply make a,or the
change, or will he have me hauled up 6eiG Pind
Judge and punjshed?' In case OF dhis tote
the applicant would have to draw up $50
ment Of facts to present to the Judge pelo he
whom the application for final papers is 10 DC
made, and ii it should appear that there d dis.
wrong intent the Judge might, III NE nc Il
record amended so as to conform, with the
facts he might also refuse to issue the PapeIS
and compel the applicant 10 file new ueed ars
alton, wait two years longer for final papers,
and compel him to file an application 10 nav
his name changed from Smythe TO smith. =
Is not good policy 10 adopt name "ltnou'
authority of law.
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HANDKERCHIEFS.
VEILINGS.
SWEATERS,

The latest ideas, double width csc to SOC per yard
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BICYCLE CAPS.

Ladies and Cents.
Flexible Visors.
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HEAVY LocoMoTIvEs-H. R., City. 1t is
claimed that the two Seton locomotives owned
by the Southern Pacific Railroad Companv. and
used to haul freightears over the tracks OF the
Central Pacific line are the heaviest locomo-
tiyes in use at this time
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SWEDEN AND Norway. H, Menlo Park,
Cal. In time of peace the numerical strength
of the army of Norway and Sweden is 33 ,624
the strength of the navy is 1894, officers, sea.
men and marines. In case OF war the strength
of the army can be increased to 252, 069, and
the navy has naval reserve of 1880. The
country has a population capable of bearing
arms numbering 100000
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COPYRIGHT Question:" City. The original
term of copyright runs for twenty-eight years
Within six months before the end of that time
the author or designer, or his widow or chill
dren may secure a renewal for the further
term of fourteen years. A trademark runs for
all time, but it cannot be copyrighted.