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The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-12-18

litais blonde, with piquanr expires
sion. and q pair Of mischievous blut
eyes, shot half-laughing, half-defnni
look at the handsome young rector
who Redeemed slightly as he replied il
rather constrained tones: MANY
thanks, Miss Evelyn, but / won't trouble
you to that extent. I have arranged
to have one OF Mr.. Brcoke's curates
take the services for me, but he leaves
directly after the morning service, to
go to one of the mission churches, and
you see had promised to devote Christ
mas afternoon to the patients of the
Home for Incurablcs' and they have
counted on having some one read. to
them and make the afternoon little
bright; and I can't find anyone to take
my place; everyone wants to be at
home on Christmas day, so must tell
the poor things that I cannot keep my
promise
He broke off hesitatingly, and looked
entreatingly at the bevy Of fair dam
sells before him.
But they all began with one accord
to make excuse.
One was 80 sorry, but she had prom
ised months ago to go to matinee on
Christmas afternoon, and couldn't
break the engagement" another "felt
just awfully to refuse Mr.. Dayton any
thing" the last, with melting glance
from pair Of big brown eyes, "but
grandmamma was coming to spend the
day, and it would seem SO disrespect-
full to leave her."
A third twas taking part in con-
cert their guild was to give on New
Years eve, and she had promised Mr..
Trevor faithfully to practice his ac-
compartment with him on Christmas
he was SO anxious to be
well up in his part of the trio"
A fourth girl wished dear Mr.. Day
ton would ask her something else, for
she would just love to help him, but
really it made her SO dismal, seeing
those poor souls suffer, that mamma
had positively forbidden her to 60
again."
They were all so sorry, and SO re-
GREETED that they could not help him.
that the young rector felt sure that it
was not the will that was wanting.
and thanked them for their ready SYM
pathy as warmly as though it had been
practical help.
But in the midst Of the yolley Of ex-
cuses a bright thought struck one of
the fair defaulters, and she exclaimed:
"Why don't you ask Evelyn to take
your place, Mr.. Dayton? You would.
you, Eve, dear?"
The rector hesitated, then said, in
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-12-18
WHY. MIR. DAYTON, HOW you STARTLED s1Er'

she entered-so dark that she started,
when tall, shadowy figure doomed up
before her, and voice said: "Good
evening, Miss Gwynn." / think he must
have been waiting for her for some
time, for his eyes were evidently to
some extent used to the dim light; how
ever that may be he could not see we'll
enough, however hard he tried, to dis
Germ whether she looked pleased or
otherwise, as she said, naturally
enough: "Why, Mr.. Dayton, how you
startled mel 1 thought you were miles
away"
81 got back as early as couldl" he
replied, "and came around to see how
the home had Jared for its Christmas.
Let me help you into your jacket"
Well, it always is a terrible business
getting a jacket to go snugly over one
of our present enormous sleeved dress
es, but these two seemed TO make q
worse job of it than usual. At length,
when 1t was satisfactorily adjusted
and Eve was fastening monstrously
elongated fur animal Of some sort
around her throat. Rev. Edward broke
the awkward silence with rush.
Miss Gwynn. / want to beg your par
DON"
why. Mr.. Dsytonr
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-12-18

6ecn asked 10 take "a af1ernoon az
We 'incurables' siAce he came until
now. 50 he probably does not know
that + am ii the daabit of going there,
May, you are Eetting that ruff for her
majesty TOO high
And then th&y all plunged into the
mysteries Of dolls dressmaking again.
When Edward Dayton first came tc
st. Boniface he had been irresistibly
attracted by Evelyn Gwynn's pretty
face and saucy speeches. but lately his
manner had been much colder, for he
had arrived at the conclusion that Eve
Ign cared too little for serious things
to consent to become a clergyman's
wife, and be was too .unaccustomed to
women to divine that her fippant
speeches we're assumed, and that her
gay, careless manner concealed warm,
generous heart. The fact was that
Evelyn was so Disguised at the sudden
mania for parish work, which had seized
the young ladies of St. Boniface since
Mr.. Dayton's advent, that she had
taken particular pains to appear in
different, even frivolous, and had
on one on two occasions evaded doing
some church work which Mr.. Dayton
had asked her to attend to personally:
hence hisaremark about the ''incura-
bles" not being "in her line" Evelyn
felt sore and hurt at his opinion of her
and mentally resolved that for once she
would desert her invalids rather than
have Mr.. Dayton imagine she was in
fuenced by his wishes, but better coun-
sci came with the morning, and she con-
soled herself with the thought that Mr..
Dayton was out Of the city and would
probably never discover that she had
taken his place.
It was Christmas afternoon and Eve
was descending the staircase of the
"Home for Incurables" on her way to
the small ante-room where she had left
her coat and hat.
When she entered the house it had
been a bright, clear day, and as she had
passed from room to room she had
seemed to the poor sufferers to have
brought something of the vivid out
side brightness with her; now the sit
uation was reversed, the frosty sun
shine had given way to the sudden win
ter twilight, and, in sympathy with the
change, her heart was heavy with vica.
rious sorrow. Like many seemingly
volatile natures hers was quickly
sympathetic one, and she was sad with
the sight of SO many who were doomed
to spend the last years Of their life in
suffering.
The little ante room was dark when
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-12-18
because 1 hssyc
"Plense don't, snya
on n

"Because l hssyca
"Plense don't saya
| ton. X
"Bnt must. have
Judgment On you-as
know you know ii, and
here, and going from roc
found that you had been,
me. and had left such a trail O.
ness behind you, that your pa.
easy to follow The poor souls
are witnesses to qualities nyouYo
have been blind TO-" :,
"Please don't say any ,nore," pie &C
Evelyn. "You are going to the y g
extreme now. and really won't know
myself. Perhaps you did not give me
credit for some things, but after all
you know am very frivolous!"
But the laugh with which she said 10
was sat quite natural, and there was
really no reason for her to walk to the
winddW and look out, for tlrare was
nothing to be seen there but blur Of
light from The window opposite.
There was pause, and then voice
came from the shadowy Agure in the
center of the room.
Is miss Gwynn, you hav. Zone great
deal for these poor souls here; won't
you do something for me?"
"But you are not an 'incurable,'" said
Evelyn. The fur monstrosity had evil
IDENTIFY come unfastened &gain and re-
quired great deal of atscnt ton, also it
seemed that the blur ON the opposite
side OF the street had acquired fresh
interest, SO it was to the back OF dirn-
ly outlined figure in the window that
Rev. Edward spoke next.
II am an fncurable.' Miss Gwynn;
am suffering from something that
must carry with me the rest of my life,
and I don't want to be cured. Eve.
dear, listen to me moment-do not
speak, dear, until I have finished-aet
me have my say, even IL the answer is
NO I love you, dear, so dearly; j have
loved you, I think, ever since met you,
and like self-righteous Pharisee have
endeavored to put my love aside. I lad
not wit enough to see the best In you,
and have tortured myself by imagining
! was in love with thoroughly world.
IL woman. Eve, dear, I deserve moth
ing at your hands, but, darling, II you
will only establish a home of your own
for 'incurables' will try with all Che
love that is in me to make you happy.
Will you marry me, dear?"
The figure at the window turned
around, but it said nothing. Perhaps
it did not need to. Attitudes tell a
great deal sometimes, and then think
there was shadowy outline of little
outstretched hand. At any rate, Rev.
Edward took three long strides across
the room, and the next attitude that
showed against the dim window was
very confused one. But it did not That
ter; no one was there to see.
Was it dark? Well! Perhaps an or.
binary benighted mortal, loveless ami
unloving, might have thought SO, but
to these two the room was full of radi-
ance, for if one is supremely happy, one
carries ones atmosphere about with
one, and what the rest of the world
moves in matters very little.-Ethel
Longley, in Chicago Saturday Evening
Herald.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-12-18

= like magpies, when
he door opened and Rev. Edward
Dayton walked into the room.
Now Rev. Edward was tall, he
was young, he had a pair Of
well opened, honest blue eyes, his
fair hair showed decided symptoms OF
curling, when it was allowed to grow
beyond the orthodox clerical length,
bis features were distinctly Greek in
their outline, and bis figure would have
one credit to any young athlete; his
flerical garb was well cut, and of the
Finest cloth, and when to these attrac-
ions were added a particularly frank
Rnd charming manner, and most fas-
finating laugh, it can readily be under
food why the new rector of st. Boni-
|ace, Chicago, was so popular with his
congregation, and SO adored by the
feminine portion thereof.
| Consequently when he entered the
3ectory drawing-room on the afternoon
p question, where 16 pretty girls were
Employed in dressing dolls for the
christmas bazar, and, in an incidental
banner, enjoying the excellent tea and
ake dispensed by his maiden aunt, it
Ras not to be wondered at that his APP
Pearance caused a little thrill of excite
'hent to pass through the circle of fair
Forkers.
The rector had only been at st. Boni-
'hce nine months, but already he was
|n fairly intimate terms with the ladies
4 his congregation, especially the
'oung girls, SO without any preliminary
e stated his errand.
II am in fearful FIX he announced,
: q very boyish and unclericai man.
|er. "And l want one of you young
Pdies to help me out of it."
The offers of assistance were many
pa prompt, but the rector still looked
Fcrried and anxious.
you see it is just this way" he be-
hn, balancing his spoon across the
pge Of his cup, and gazing at it intent
q Il have suddenly been called away
p some errand for the bishop and it
[ill be impossible for me to get back
\ Chicago for Christmas day"
He paused here, and storm of ex-
amation and regrets was poured
<rth, in the midst of which a saucy
Pung voice was heard to exclaim:
|"And you want us to write your
bristmas sermon for your How per-
<ctly charming. have always fam
led it must be most delightful to stand
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-12-18
The Reason why.

Willie-Mamma, ifSanta CT
. good man, why does he gi
more presents to rich chill
the poor ones?
Mother-Because 1t t.
more to please q rich chill
= poor one. my son--Gold
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-12-18
THE CHRISTMAS BIRD.

The Horse-It's a fine turkey,
Jimmy?
Jim-Finef It's a dreamlI-Bs
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-12-18

manfelshelf their stockings in row.
Each laughing sprite in robe of white away
TO bed did 60
When hung up my stock,ng-rha 1918
was different then;
Unvexed the mind by things tn A. him, md
clog the souls of men; Z,
"a prayer hsped at mothers knee, a hope
TO only peep
II we were quick-and see st. Nick while
others lay asleep.
svhen hung up my stocking The gray
dawn came SO late h
Each little head in trundle bed grew WARY
with the wait; -
"A isreaithy rush of white-robed threevand
then the stockings split
1Their treasure out, to laugh and shout.
upon the patchwork quilt.
When hung up my stocking-rf now 7
could but feel
Such bubbling Joy without alloy as reach
ing to the heel
brought In the cold gray dawnings Of those
Christmas days gone by,
Not anyone beneath the sun would be 40
glad as I.
When / hung up my stocking-No mine
Of golden ore,
Or jewels rare, past all compare, as In
1 Aladdins store,
Could make me feel such wealth to-day as
once / used to know
When counting out. with laugh and shout,
the pennies In the toe.
When 4 hung up my stocking-If we could
IA always hold,
Throughout our days of devious ways, like
pictures framed in gold,
Close to our hearts such memories of child
hoods perfect bliss,
We'd bitten find what now, too blind, in life
we simply miss.
MARY G. Huntington, In N. z. Independ-
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-12-18
Second Heaviest Ben in the world.

The second bell in weight in the
world, that at Mingoon, in India, has
lately been raised from the ground and
arranged SO as to ring again, after a
lapse of nearly century. This bell
weighs between 90 and 100 tons. Il q
surpassed by the giant at Moscow in
weight, but the latter has lost lar.
piece out of it, and, as tits used as
chapel. cannot now be rung. Ther
however, another bell al Moscow,
is used, and is said to weigh
The Mingoon bell is 10 fen
about is feet in diameter
The immense wooden bear
it formerly hung have lc
broken down at the 81
recently been rehung
at height of 25 feet
is proposed to incs
)umns and girde
y Burmese dsys
lola over theF
Lat Pelzin,
world
only
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-12-18

To the ancients Arabian sea was
fraught with the grayest perils. As the
centuries went by thousands of treas
ure-laden ships were sunk along the
trade route in thescomparatively shall
low waters of that sea.
The moderns as well as the ancients
have found the navigation Of the Red
sea most perilous. 1t is long, narrow
trough, in many places less than 20
miles wide and nearly two miles deep
The Red Sea is 1000 miles long, but IT.
bottom is thiclly strewn with wrecks. d
It is always full Of craft at all times
and has been for centuries Until the
use of steam a considerable proportion
Of the craft that sailed there went.a
tile bottom. And not few of thes
were treasure ships.
The estimate that there were $4,000
100000 of treasure at the bottom Of tb
two seas is based upon the known
tsstrophes in historic time. The actl
records show that this sum has be
lost in that trade route. 1t is safe
say that this gigantic sum repTesen
only part of the treasure really the.
Buried under sand and shells
bones of ships as old as history an6
new as the latest disaster there lie
Of gold and silver, huge bags and !
Of diamonds and rubies and eme,
Every year of the history of the cir
world is represented there. wv
Ifgou could walk over these
plains you could see tall ship
well-greaved Greeks of who
sang, the gallant vessels of
obs lying under the pyram
1900 years, the galleys of Garth
merchants, of Roman senator's
not despise the gains of t
chooners Of the merchaT
hat period Of which Coli
chief figure and, last of
funneled steamships Oh
century.
Capt. Temple will try
low waters of the Aral
few years ago deep seas
possible. But, sciences
some rev modes which,
for divers to 60 down seSeralg
feet and work with ease. As the
sea is very shallow in some pl
rectly under the trade rout
Temple will send his divers doS
They will explore minutelys'
Of these tablelands which lie.
nearer the surface of the seal
nam bottom. AS the area is
and as the wrecks are so very
Gus, he has good hopes that hev
have something to show that
fidence in his theory was
placed.
With the experience he will
those attempts he hopes TOP
even the depths of the Red Sc
there that he expects to find Il
treasures. For even within tn
years many treasure ships ha . -pe
lost in those dangerous waters.
There is not the slightest doubt that
fabulous treasure, equal to the total
wealth of many great nation, lies in
the depths of that very narrow canyo
All that is needed, in Capt. Tempt
opinion, is patience and assiduity.
fully expects to pour in the stroI
boxes of the syndicate ten times
much gold as the mines of Amerit
have produced.-N. Y. World.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-12-18

HEY ere dressing
dolls; the whole 16,
and they were talk
ing-or chattering-
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ON a sturgeon Hook.

Walter Klindt met with an accident
while sturgeon fishing this morning.
that he can congratulate himself on not
being more serious. He was hauling in
his lines, on which were several large
sturgeon, when he slipped and tell.
One OF the big hooks caught in the mus
cIes of his leg, just about the bottom of
his pocket aud was pulled its full depth
into the flesh. With great presence OF
mind he seized a butcher knife lying
handy, and cut the hook from the line.
He came to town today about noon, and
DIR. Logan pinched the eye off the hook
and pulled it around and through the
flesh point foremost.
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EASTERN OFFTCE-2s0 to gs4 Tempt.
Court. ". Y. City. E. KATE, Agent

If the next legislature is as eco
nomical as the people seem to desire
it to be, there will be but few clerks
and when it adjourns there will be
no more commissioners left. The
railroad commission will probably be
the first to go, and it is possible the
term of the supreme court at Pendle-
ton may be discontinued. It was
only established there by the leglsla
ture to dodge the requirements of
the constitution and pay the supreme
judges $500 per year more than the
salary allowed them under the con-
stitution. The decision of the su-
preme court that all state institutions
must be located at Salem may posi-
bly, apply to the supreme court.
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Only three more days in which to
decide upon just what to swear off
on. 1t is one of the features of the
season that something must be
sworn off, and soon after sworn on
again. The cid pipe that has done
such yeoman service will be laid away
for two or three days, or perhaps a
week, but it need not fatter itself
that it is to retire from business. It's
wreaths of smoke will soon be seen
again, and the Samsonlan fragrance
of its bowl will perfume the air long
before the cherry blooms get their
work in. Its the same way with
other things, for good resolutions are
easy to make, and much more easy
to break.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-12-28

Rivera seems to- be a worthy sue
cessor to Macec, his first engage
ment with the Spaniards resulting in
a decisive victory. From present
indications the war will be prolonged
indefinitely, or at least until Spain
exhausts her resources, or this coun-
try intervenes. Spain, it is said,
will offer settlement on the basis of
giving Cuba autonomy, allowing her
to elect her own congress, Spain still
appointing the captain general. This
offer year ago might have been ac-
cepted, but it is not likely it will
meet with favor among Cubans now.
With them 1t is all or nothing.
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skamania county possesses some
very valuable mines, or at least the
people down at Stevenson think so.
There was quite an excitement last
fall over the discovery Of bear
ing quartz, an excitement that has
not died out yet, but which contin-
ues in spite of snow, rain and cold.
We hope our friends down that way
will not be disappointed, but we must
confess to lack of faith in Cascade
mountain quartz claims.
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General Weyler says that s'when
the Cubans begin to come in and
surrender in large crowds, then the
balance will soon come IN and sur
render all at once. If the cap
tain general had not given SO much
publicity to the fact that surrender
meant torture and murder, he might
have done something with the nom
combatants. Most people, though,
would as soon take their chance of
being hanged as to surrender and be
burned.
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1t is really too bad that such open
weather as we are having is being
allowed to pass by without dla-
mond drill being on its way down to
our coal beds. Let US get move
on and see what can be found.
With The Dalles at the head of nav
igation, and with good vein OF
two of coal, no city on the coast
would compare with her. She is
way yonder ahead of most OF them
now, but with good coal mines she
would be ''out of sight"
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The commander of one of Uncle
Sans warships is credited with the
following declaration: eff the United
States government will give me per-
mission to turn loose on Havana,
there won't be anything but Spanish
spoken in hell in the next two
months.
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Guardian Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed by the County Court
OF the State OF Oregon for Wasco county, guar
dian of the person and estate of Albert Lehman,
an insane person. All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby required to pre-
sent them to me at my residence in Dalles City,
Oregon, with proper voucher.
GEORGE A. LIEBE,
Guardian of the person and estate of Albert
Lehman, insane.
Dated this 26th day of September, 1896
sep26-6t-ii
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The people of some parts of New
Jersey, as well as those of the United
States, are ardent Cuban sympa.
thizers, and recently Weyler was
hanged in effigy.
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There is an epidemic of burglary in
Portland, said epidemic commencing
about the time the gang had burgled
its way across the1state from Cali
fornia. It is not probable the bold
gang will go around Eastern Oregon,
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it being much more probable it viii
go through it. In time of peace
prepare for war, and in times like
these prepare for a visit from the
bold burglar.
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Administrators Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
Of George II. Turner, deceased and m has duly duly
qualified such. All persons having claims
against said estate are therefore notified to pre-
sent the same to her, with proper vouchers,
within six months from the date hereof at the
office of the County Clerk of Wasco county, Ore
Eon, or at the Office OF her attorney, w. Y. Mas
ters, rooms to 4, Hamilton Building, Portland,
Oregon, within six months from this date
MARGARET E. SYKES,
Administrators of the estate of Geo. ". Turner,
deceased. oct3-ii
Dated october 2. 1896.
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The company's elegant steames give
daily service (Sundays excepted) between
The Dalles and Portland.
Steamer Regulator leaves The Dalles
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at
z 80 a. M, arriving in Portland at p.
m. Returning leaves Oak-street dock
on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at
6 80 a. M, arriving in The Dalles at
8 p. m.
Steamer .sDalles City, leaves The
Dalles on Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day at 80 a. M, arriving in Portland
at p. M. Returning leaves Oak-street
dock on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
at 6 80 a. M, arriving in The Dalles at
5 p. m.
PASSENGER RATES:
One way ..................... So 90
Round trip ...... .. 90
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For full details call on 0. R & Co. s Agent
Th9 Dalles, or address
w, H. HURLBURT, Gen. Pass. Agt.
Portland, Oregon
E. MNEILL President aud Manager.
New Schedule.
Train No. 1 arrives at The Dalles :45
q. M, and leaves 4 80 a. m.
Train No. 2 arrives at The DaIles 10 10
p. M, and leaves 10 20 p. m.
Train No. 8 arrives at The Dalles IL :55
p. M, and west-bound train No. z leaves
at / p. m.
Train % and "a will carry passengers
between The Dalles and Umatilla, leav-
ing The Dalles at p. m. daily and ar
irving at The Dalles p. m. daily, con-
Meeting with train Nos. s and from
Portland. E. f. LYrLE,
Agent.