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Orange County observer., 1897-09-23

Dire Failure-Th. Life Worth Living.
.IEx1- WHAT i yoay nt~:'-Jauez iv.. I
j Il
i we leave h the eyoiationists - guess +
vaere we cans fru1. adtothe theolosians
Rs frurhe-v 8her. wt. ara soin. to wn still /
haye l@tt far gns.s!er4ti.n the important I
Il { that W~ ar~ he-e. Thcre NAV y. eoYsl..
oanht asf1Gt where the river rises and some
r7utt about where the river eInpties hut >.
there can BE- douhI the fact that We ar,
sailing on Il. 50 | am not surprised that
eversbo1y asks the question, Is life worth
ITing<*
solomon, in his unhappy moments. says
u is not, vanity. "yexatlon OF spirit
mo good,' are his estimate. The fact is
i Tat solomon WAS at one time polyRAmisf
and that sourei his disposition. One wife
makes man happy; more than one makes
! him wretched. But Solomon was converted
from polygamy u monogany. and the last
| words H. ever wrote. a far as can read
them werethe words mountains Of spices /"
/ But Jere,njah says iif" j. worth living In
hook supposed 10 be doleful and lugu-
/ iri..- ANA -; ;tHIrtral and entitled 'Ianeu-
tations. h. T.ainlv intimat..s that the
blessings of nicely living i 50 great and
grand a blessing that though man have
plIel q hiu ali mlsfortunes and disasters
ha has no ri.At u complain The ancient
prophet cries out IN startling intoaatio, t.
all ian i and u All centuries. "Wherefore
doth q living man complain>"
\ diversity ~ opinion IL our tim" as we'll
a in 5ileu time Hare i young man u
Light hair amt tIue eyes and sound dice4-
tion and generous salary ana happily
aliiauted a:.d ~ II" wavto become a part
ncr III i commercial lirtn of which he is an
, important rierk Ask him whether life Is
worth living. II" wiII laugh in your face
: who has come to the fortics. He Is al the
, tiptop of tae hill u life Every step has
breI. stumble and a hruise. The people
Orange County observer., 1897-09-23
Mr.. Marshalls countenance changed
oddly. He made curious sound II
his throat as II he were swallow IL
something

oddly. he made curious sound II
his throat as If he were swairwing
something.
Miss Isiiora, ne sail. a g.
Can't repeated the lady
Nothing could induce me 70 eat
salt under this roof, SAID Mr. Mar
shall, incoherentlv
Bless and save us + the man
nal?' cried Miss Isidora Ives.
4 an, socially speaking, a fraud
said the stranger forgery
Miss Ives sat down on the sofa IN :
! helpless way and stared at him!
''B1t your sweet graciousness ANA
kindness have conquered me, +" added
Mr. Marshall
What do you mean?" said Miss
Ives
Just this" said the stranger, 81
am here on false pretenses. | an
your cousin, the plaintiff Ny name
isn't Marshall, but Gideon Marshall
Robinson"
"Maam." whispered the heartless
maid. who turned absolutely green on
hearing the name Of the family
enemy, "slall l bring the kettle Of
boiling water
..Rebecca. said Miss Ives, "hold
your tongue and 90 ont and feed the
young turkeys | am fully compe
tent to manage this matter myself,
And Rebecca, feeling herself put
down. departed.
4 came. here, Went on M. Rob
ineon. "to look into the facts OF the
Orange County observer., 1897-09-23

sl2Tlou tG- t&4siF kt4a
! famous fer Il, darkness vha aaF" IS
what i called high sa-'!al position. TIER
ara hundreds - uat and eQ: rakss~ Is.
American society whHEe names az. saass-
toned among the distinguished guests 3!
the great leyeeS. They hay*. annexed aIi
The known vices aud are longing t9r ether
worlds Of diabolisin - conquer Good
morals are not necessary In many Of the ex-
aiied circles of society.
Neither Ii intelligence necessary. Yon
ffd In that realm men who voaii not knay
an advert from an adjective ifthey met i
a hundred times In dav. and who eould
not write "A letter - acceptance or rrrret-
withou, the AID u "a secretary. TAey l.y
their libraries hy the square yard onIy
ANXIOUS 10 have the binding Russian. Thelr
ignorance i positively ~4hlilG", gs.ak nj.
English grammar almost li~r"Tntal7!r- Aa.l
Yet the hneSt Iariar- oi,"a h~t"re ta"ra.
Good morals ami Intelligence ar not g.er.s>-
-arv. hut wealth ar il saov ~ wealth II
! positively Indispensable. II ! oes uat saa@e
aav difference how vet4 : K your wealth H
| YOU onlv goi It, HE h..-t WHY for y.a 80
| get into social position + FIR yaa L lay
| large amount oH e~t lit than plt x.ur
/ property in Your wte.s na14e has u fev
| preferred creditors ana tAen maxi an a~
| eicnulent. Then disappear from tho +eas
uunitv until the breeze i aver AMI earAa
/ back ana start IN thr SAM la>in~~~ ~
/ you not see how beautifully taal viii i#tt
out all the peofie who ar" in eaW.utit.aa
| with you ana irving : 5 tnak- an h1s.--t ItV-
| inc2 How quickly il wiIl ct XoQ Afsta hitt
| social po-itionz What i tho E4-e of tailsH.-
forty or fifty year4 whom Nel can hy tvs or
three bright strokes make a great fortglur,
All, my friends, when you really iast Z
money how quickly thy Will lot yeu n q
and the higher you get the harder y.u Hll
drop.
There are thousands today III thatr@alfi,
who are anxious II Keep ia il. I1ere ar
Orange County observer., 1897-09-23
REV. IhLHAGE'S SERMON.
SOItD A>HfNGTO> DI\l\f'>
Il tNDAh DISCOURSE.

AHF Different Lives Men Iead-Whv Some
Are >ueee~-fgl AMI Others Taif-a Iif.
az Sin and Worldly Indulgence Is "A
b're tallur@-ih" Life Worth Living.
IaLE. N..t i vear llt..v-Iarla. "
The morning times., 1897-02-28

Fer companion. The next moment the door
was flung open so suddenly that Mrs. LIE wis
was startled and gave cry; but before
her husband had time to take a step into
the room Mrs. Abingdon had blown out the
lamp. leaving the room in complete dark
ness.
stand where you are!'' cried the ac-
tress in her assumed voice. Stand, or
by the Lord Harry I1lr run you through the
vitals!1
The rascal's impudence confounds Inc. .
said Lewis. Infamous scoundreli
have had my eye on you all night. 1 am
the husband of the lady whom you have
luredfrom herhome to be your companion"
"Oh, then, you are Lee Lewis, the ac-
tor?'' said Mrs. Abingdon pray, how
does it come, sir, that you are at vpux-
hall when you assured your poor wife that
you were going to the playhouse?''
What. The rascal has the audacity--''
What, sir, have you the effrontery TO
accuse her? You blame her for going with
me to the gardens? Can you say that you
have never made an appointment with
lady to meet you at the same gardens?
What truth is there in the report that you
are in. the train OF Mrs. AbingtOns ad-
mirers?"
:. 'Tis false, sir, I love my wife-alas.
should say that | did love her-better than
score of Mrs. Abingtons."
"Ah, husband, dear husbanGr' began his
wife, when Mrs Abingdon interrupted.
81 ush, child,'' she cried. ''Let me ask
him if he never in1plOred that woman Abing
ton to accompany him to VauXhaIl, while
tie Old you he was going TO the play house?
Let me ask him low often he Las whiled
away the hours in MIS- Abington's house,
assuring his wife that he was detained at
the playhouse. He is silent, you perceive.
That means that he Las still remnant of
what once was a conscience. Call for a
light, sir; we do not expect you 10 apollo
give in the dark"
THE fellows impudence astounds me-
nuttered Lewis. He then threw open the
coor, and shouted down the stairs for
light.
Coward! ScoUndrel, Now we shall see
what you are made off, said the man, as
servant appeared ON the landing with
lighted lamp.
Yes, that's Just what you will see"
said Mrs. Abingdon in her natural voice as
the light flooded the room
Great POwersr' whispered Lewis as he
found himself confronted by the fascinat-
ing face that he knew so well
Mrs. Abingdon had taken off her wig
in the darkness, and now her OWE hair
was flowing over her shoulders.
Yes, Mr.. Lewis, Mrs. Abingdon, who only
waits to hear very foolish fellow confess
that he has been a fool for letting
thought of any other woman come into
his mind when he is the husband of so
charming lady as took supper with me
tonight
Lee Lewis bowed his head ard, kneeling
before his wife, pressed her hand To his
lips PearsOn's Weekly.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

Perhaps nothing has done so much to
give brightness 10 the colony as the pres
ence of the childIen, and during this sum
mer the happy faces OF the little ones
who occupy the childrcn's cottage at tie
Birds Nest brought new interest and
happiness into the women's lives. The
little treats that they imagined for the
tiny visitors, the many kindly acts that
they Were able TO perform, the blessed
trust that the children themselves showed
TO the women, and the ringing sound OF
laughter and shouts of JOY, Were all of in
finite value in n olding the thought Of those
wfo, perhaps, had nothing TO look back
upon but sin and sorrow.
joy is a necessary part OF healthfnl
life, and it was a problem to Us how we
COULD bring it women isolated from
their families, and bur dened with bitter
past; but the children have answered this
question for US. They come to us from the
London slums for brief, biSsful summer
holiday, and we make a point OF taking
those who are so poor that they are incl
igible for the childrcns holiday fund
This home is cared for by Sister Kathleen
1T is singular how little trouble we have
had, considering how difficult have been
the cases with which we were called to
deal. or course, we have had failures, but
we expect them. On the other hand, we
have seen the women alter in the sunshine
Of the atmosphere that has been around
them, and we have cases today of lives
that we believe to be wholly changed,
and women whose outlook has been com
pletely altered by their residence in our
mid st.
Perhaps the saddeSt feature of the work
is the fact that We have been obliged to
refuse 1000 applications because our ac-
commodation is at present limited; we can
only take in forty-twn patients i'll the vii
lage itself. nd beds are bespoken months
before they are free"
The morning times., 1897-02-28

he would certainly be trampled to death
By the pursuing herd, and If he retained
his seat until the animal became tired
and sulky it was equally certain that the
brute would make a furious assault upon
him the moment he dismounted. SO all
he could do was TO cling to the animals
back and await an opportunity to escape
But it was not until the herd had run fully
two miles that he saw the least chance OF
leaving the back Of his novel steed and
escaping alive.
Fortune at last favored him, and the ami
mai ran for some distance along a deep,
narrow washout with almost perpendicular
sides reaching to a height of fully twenty
feet. Here Frank sprang from his seat
and Slid down the bank of the depression
The morning times., 1897-02-28

know for whnt l amindebted for the honor
Of this VISIT
You are Mrs. Abingtons wish hadnot
come to you. NowithatsI find myself face
no chance. You are Overwhelmingly beau
tiful."
Did you come here only to tell me that?
Faith. you might have saved yourself the
trouble. my dear. Il have known just how
beautiful l am for the past twenty years"
cried the actress.
81 did not come mere to tell you that"
said the visitor; ON the contrary, meant
to call you an ugly Jharridan-a vile
witch, who glories in seeing the ruin of
good men; but now-well, now ! am dumb
/ perceive that you are so beautiful it is
only natural that all men-my husband
The morning times., 1897-02-28
A COWGIRL MARRIED.
The Way in Which Her Interest
In Her Husband Was Aroused.

in Her Husband Was Aroused
The recent wedding of Myrtle Morrison,
the famous Nowlin county girl broncho
buster, and Frank Dupree, part-blood
Sioux, created quite sensation among the
aristocracy in the Sioux reservation, and
in the adjacent territory. Miss Morrison
is a handsome young cowgirl, noted far
and near for her proficiency in the art OF
horse training. She has had many adj
mirers among the frontier beauX, but al
ways declared that she would never marry
any man who could not ride, shoot and
throw lariat better than she could, and
as such men are extremely scarce, it ap-
peared probable that Miss Myrtle was
doomed to lead a life OF single blessed
ness
however, last fall, hay being scarce on
the upper Bad River range, her father
removed his family and stock to Big
Greek, a tributary of the Cheyenne River.
Here Myrtle first made the acquaintance
of the good looking, daring young half
breed, who has since become her husband.
Frank Dupree is a splendid korseman,
thorough cowhand, and apparently devoid
of fear. The Duprees are among the
wealthiest stockmen in the State, counting
their cattle by the thousand, and Frank
like many other half-bloods in that section,
has received a very fair education. Still,
Myrtle was not much attracted toward the
swarthy youth until one day they happened
to be riding together, and came in sight of
herd of sixty or seventy buffalo, which
the Dupree family have raised on their
own range from few calves caught
years ago when buffalo meat was the
principal article of diet for the entire
Sioux nation. Although this herd is kept
fIom straying far from the home ranch
by "Old Man. DupTec's cowboys, they are
fully as wild as their ancestors, who once
blackened the praiIies west of Chamber
lain
The young couple rode up quite close
to the herd before the animals were aware
of their presence, and Frank, in a spirit
of bravado, urged his broncho alongside
of huge bull buffalo and sprang from his
saddle to the animals back. In an instant
the herd was stampeding madly across the
prairie. with the old bull leading the van.
Dupree's foolhariiness had placed him in
an extremely dangerous predicament. If
he jumped OF fell from the buffalo's back
The morning times., 1897-02-28

driven homeward chartered about her hus-
bands fidelity.
When they reachedthe house they learned
that Mr.. Lewis had not yet come back, and
so Mrs. Abingdon went upstairs and seated
herself by the side of her friend in her
parlor.
Not many minutes had passed before
her quick ears became aware of the open
ing of the hall door and of the stealthy
steps of man upon the stairs.
The steps paused outside the room door,
and then, putting on her masculine voice,
the actress cried:
''Ah, my beloved creature, why will you
remain with a husband who cannot love you
as swear do? Why not fly with me to
happiness?'
Mrs. Lewis gave laugh while her cheek
was being kissed-yery audibly kissed-by
The morning times., 1897-02-28

just in time To escape being trampled upon
by the closely following herd
Meanwhile Myrtle had laSsoed her com.
panion's retreating broncho. She reached
the spot where Frank had dismounted
just as he was climbing, dirty and bedrag
gled, to the top of the ravine. Tie cowboy
did not feel very proud of his exploit but
nevertheless the little episode had touched
tender spotin the girls heart, and short
time ago the bells of the Cherry Greek Mis-
sion Church announced the wedding of this
typical frontier couple.-St. Louis Globe
Democr at.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
Lady Somerset and
Her New Women

Lady Henry Somerset is engaged in de-
veloping a class OF new women, likely
to have a marked effect on the part of the
world in which they reside. This fact is
clearly demonstrated by the report of
what has been accomplished during the
first year Of the Industrial Farm Colony
at Duxhursr, England, the only colony of
the sort in the world-the only farm colony
The morning times., 1897-02-28

ITO put in apple pie order is explained
by the history of certain Hepzibah Merton,
who lived N puritan times and was accus-
toned every Saturday To bake two or three
dozen apple pies, which were to last her
family through the week. These she placed
carefully OH her pantry shelves. labeled for
each day OF the week, so that Tuesdays
pies might not be confused with Thursdays
nor those presumably large or intended for
washing and sweeping days eaten when
household labors We're lighter. Aunt Hep
zibah's apple pie order is said TO ave
been known throughout the entire settle
ment and originated the well known sa wing.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

freedom seems to bring with it also the
first struggle against temptation; but
have strong conviction that this course
is mistake, and that the moral nature of
the woman should be strengthened by lie
erecs, i'll order that she may be prepared
to meet the trial which she must neces-
sarily face when she goes out from our
midst.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
ORIGIN OF PHRASES

A very readable book has lately been pub
lished dealing with the genesis and history
of popular phrases, many of which are
found to have SO lapsed in course Of time
from their original aIeanings tina the work
OF tracing them has immense interest and
excitement for the wordhunter.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

happened To come down 10 the yard and
stopped TO speak To a friend in front Of
the yardhOuse. CHIP heard his voice,
and with a cry that the men say wal
nothing in the world but what in a human
being would have been called a cry of
recognition, she jumped straight into
Reeves arms, and after liberal caressing.
at once proceeded to her task OF looking
for candy.
The morning times., 1897-02-28
set Tyne slxtr.flre Years.

siSty-five years ago Hiram Lukens en-
tered the Intelhgencer office, at Doyles<
town, tn learn printing. and he is there
yet, setting type as fast as anybody
aroIni the place. His record OF coutin-
uous service with one establishment ia
probably unaqGaIel in the business
The morning times., 1897-02-28

a "toad-eater' is one who does the most
nauseous things to please his patrons as
in olden times the mountebanks boys used
to eat toads in order to show the skill of
their masters in expelling poison.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

comes from the printing office, and lis due
to the similarity in form of the lower case
or small p and q in fcnt of Roman letter,
leading novice to mix them when distrib-
uting type into the cases"
The morning times., 1897-02-28

ITO sleep like top" is one of thephrases
lutely unmeaning- 1t is a corruption Of
the French proverb ''dOrmir comme une
taupe''-to sleep like a mole.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

Going the whole hog is nearly always
spoken Of as an American phrase, but is
said to be really of IIish origin. Before
1925 the Irish shilling was equal o thirteen
pence, one penny more than the English
shilling, and the IIish coin was called a
thirteen or hog" When an Irishman
spent a whole shilling ii was sometimes
facetiously said that he event the whole
hog"
The morning times., 1897-02-28

'Just the cheese is of oriental origin and
comes from the Hindcostanee " ord ''cheez''
meaning thing.
The morning times., 1897-02-28

"Adieu'' means ito God commend you"
and the familiar - sood-by'' is a contraction
Of God be with yOu.''
The morning times., 1897-02-28

The phrase "mind your P's and Q's''
The oasis., 1897-03-20
MINING NE ws.

1ldccu oH P'Nf -
 E ,ld Mining Company, in Big Bug
 a,strlct. The Annie mill. of the Pro
 x,deoce Company, is reported to be
 n'akIng very successful run.
 Silver Belt. D. R. Williamson, w.
 and II. II. McNelly and Al Sieber
 sre the owners of four excellent cop zner prospects on Pinto creek, and they
 Nave contracted with Con Crowley for
 tbeir development. Con is oDly await
 ing the return of Al Sieber from Del
 <hay with mining tools anG camp out Atit to 20 out to the claims and start
 he work. The claims will be cx-
 ploted by tunnels and drifts to the Extent of several hundred feet.
 desire to attest to the merits of
 lhamberlain's Cough Remedy as one
 of the most valuable and efficient pre-
 parations on the market It broke
 an exceedingly dangerous cough for sme in 23 hours, and in gratitude there
 for. desire to inform you that l will
 neyer be without it and you should
 fee proud of the high esteem in which
 -Four remedies are held by people in
 general It is the one remedy among
 Zen thousand. Success to ito. R. DowNEY, Editor Democrat, Albion,
 lnd. For sale by Chenoweth X Mix.
 Prescott Courier Notwithstanding
 the very inclement weather during
 the past month and the greater ex-
 pense involved in consequence. A. !.
 Dofan yesterday declared another N yderd 0f the usual amount, on N little Jessie mine. During
 tle past month development work VI unexplored property has been H ne, and iu the yayapa mine. on ss rfiing at l1-bNt level north four A of good ofe 9as been struck. The 'nlill will shortly start on ore from this new strike, which will mean the run bingo night shift in addition to the present day shift Hon. John $. Jones naturally feels highly elated at the prospects of the property this coming Season.
 3 The Sunset Limited Train which nasses Benson east and west bound twice week is by far the most mag hihcent tTanscontinental train in ex- istence. No expense has been spared to make it perfect in all it's equip nent. This wonderful train embodles the acme of human science and skill and combines beauty. strength, luxury and safety. Meteor like it spins across the continent, anihilating both time snd space. All who have had the pleasure of ride on this train unhesi- tallngly pronounce it the very first in 1 ln the land. It is unexcelled and un- tqualed A ticket on this train costs ] ho more than on the regular train. 8 Yuma Seminal: On the southern hmits of our village there is being de- l YelopeG what will probably be Ynma's l next bonanza. Two Los Angeles men gave located an old prospect hole that hany years ago old man Neahr locat. eu and started to develope, but after solhg down few feet abandoned the l elalm. The ledge as exposed on the snriace is fully IS inches in width and " the bottom of the shaft which is no" down sixteen feet, 1t has widened auV until it is more than four feet. ahe vein so far is perpendicular andl Wops outup the side of the mountain,l VI p'aces for SIX hundred feet. Five | aNsays have b9en made of the ore talk " out every few feet sunk on the nllne and resulted as follows: Nos. l I NV, v, SlSf. 2 0o-l. f ao-n ,,..l n,-.