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or." sVOL XII. $2.00 Per Year INDEPENDENCE POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. JUNE 22, ie94 Five Cents Per Copy. 31 SKCRKT SOCIETIIX 0. U. W. INDE1T.NI E.NCE Lode, Ko. 2'J, meet every .i..u-J iit. in I.. ".Of hall. All euiuMrif others are Invited to attend. A. J. tt, U.W.W.O Cook 1U cider, n Al.l l.Y LODGE, NO. 42. t. 0. 0. F. Mw In V( i(li. u t Imll every haidy evening, At. Odd follows ntr iidly invited lo meet with tin. V. tf, r .vi ii, N. U. Zed Hoiiil.n f, Secy. f YON UVwOE, NO. 2.t, A. F. A. Lw Stated ciiuiiuiwiiohIhmiii Satur My evening uu or boMie full moou ea.b south and two wwk thereafter, V. p. Connoway, V. M.- W. H. Patterson jSfOICtrr). ' . ffJOMEH LODGE, N0.4.VK. of l. 1 1 A Aleela every wettnesuuy evening. I Ail kuijhiH are cordially luvited, Lluir Miller, 0. tj U. II. Craven, K. I.. & S. l'llVslClANS-DKNTlSTHY- T"Mt 8. A. MUI.KEY. DENTIST, L r mo lives Hit protcioii In nil its liniiifliv!. StttiMnctum uuuruiiitHHl IHllee hour. 8 to 12 unit I t5. Office In tlieO'lMmifll brick, Independence. 01). UUTLEll. PHYSICIAN AND . Hiiruwm. Scy, U. S. I mo , I of icdiol Examiners. Gtlloe iu Opera iiotwe block. fr? L. liKTUlt'il, M. D. OFFICE JL. mid residence, corner Ibulruad lud Monmouth sU, luili'in. iuU uoi , Or, IMU. B. JOHNSON. UESIDENI iL Deutml. Ail murk warranted to Vive llm I 0t )f SUltsfatltion. ludepeU deace, Or W. E. Poole, J'HYSICIAN and SURGEON Office nsxt door to Anstlne's Furnl f ture store- MONMOUTH, OR. ATTORNEYS. GEO A. SMITH. ATTOKNEY AT Law. Will practice iu bit state kuil federal courts. Abstract of title fnriiHhed. Otlloe over Independence .National Hank. BONHAM A HOLMES. ATTOB nc) s ut Law. Otlloe iu Hush's block, between State uuJ Court, on Com niorciul ntrt, Hiilum, Or. SASH AND DOOIW. MITCHELL & I101IANN0X, M AN nfacturvrn of iti ud doom Ami, scroll MHWiiitf. Mniu Htrcwt, Iuilo pcudeuce, Or. VETiiRINAUY SURGEON. DR. E. J. YOUNG, lt of Ne vbere, Vetpriniiry Surjjenn and Ueulwt inw innvd to Iiidppudence, and opened fin ollitm over tli luilipundHiice NbUou- nl bunk. GEO. E. BREY, deam;k i.v Graia, Hop;?, Wool, l::,l: inJepsn Junes, - Of cgon. 48 G. L. HAWKINS, Proprietor of The Independence Mnrhlo Workn. sl,linnto on nit ceiiiHi-ry work. Kirt-rlB workman ihlp, latent clelgn!i, nnd lowest prlcen. , O. A. KRAMER, Vatchss and Clocks. HF SELLS y rj -i : n.wrti't.row'nihr. M r r I ( .vV. V. r- or Ceui.fi : . "'- jpii-.'.Uo .KMrenndofikn. re..wlifiiM . ii..nt- ru.l ! .Milieponefl'!. : s, ;t !-' tiU"' hli 1 ",R If. U O-m in 11 1. ! mniii n".f .1. i r.i : i:UU '. Cumplete, ml "' "r:wi'iu.nU...-i. be pot up by v' 't m-voru t of n" it, ro Kiw'rlii. t"" W W. P. Harrtwn Co., CiwK JO, ColumU 0. y- . A Little Daughter or a Church of England minister t'uml of ft dintrtMing nuh, by Aywr'a Sarsannrllla, Mr. Richakd UtitKs. tlto well-known DrugglVJW7 JIcGill at, Montreal, 1 Q., nays: i I hvo told Ayer Family Medlolnwi fur 40 ycunt, and lmv heard noililn but good Mid of tbeiu. I kuowof tuauy ; Wonderful Cures pertorniml by Ayar'a BunmparUla, om tit purtlcnlur Wing tlmt of a Uttlo tuliter of a Clmrt U of Enitland millili ter, Tha rblld waa II tr rally vovared from band to foot with a red and c,'tullnj:ly tronlileiome rann, from which alio had auffered f"T two or three yM. In aplta of tbn boat medical treatment axallnhl. Her father wai in grt dlntrraa about tlin roue, and, at my rneomuiendutlnn,' at Irntt began to od tntnltter Ayer'a RnnmpArlllii, two bot tlei of which effected a runipleta euro, much to her relief and her fwtlier'a tlellj;)it. I mil oi,Wnri lire to-tiny, he would ttl(y in the tronet triu a tn the merltH'f : ' ' Ayer'sSarcaparHfa FrrB'rl hy Ir J. f. A vrt ('ctorlt, M . Cures othoro,w!llcuroycu CHAS. STAATS, (Ktlecewior U) ItUIIHAIlU A HTAATt.) lU"PrUKTOK0r CityTruck and Transfer Co Hauling or (til Kimls Done at Junuionable luiteN. Agents for the 0. P. Boats. All bllla mtwt be twttlvd by the 10th ut eac'ti inontti. Independence, Oregon. Steamer Altona ! Salem and Independence To Portland Leaven IiiilciiciMlctice and Halcin Motnliiy, WwlneadHV and Friday, leav ing IiidfrwtHleiice at ():4r, Hnlciii at 7:30 a. iu., Htid arriving at 1'ori Innd at 2:15 p. ut. I.eiivcM rortlaitii l uiHdiiy, J hurwliiy aud Saturday ut 0:4 " u. lit.., Hultm for Uitlet'ilHleiioo at 4 v, m, Exwllent nitftila at-rvvd on bout at V centN ir nteul. Panst'iitn-rs save time nnd money by taking thin line to Portland. Htetmier will curry fiud throUKh freight and often Hpcclitl rates on I urge lota. , . . Uiiuxculktl punHonirer accotnniodu- tlniw. Alitehll, VViiiflil A Co , (.iener- al agenta, Ilolmaii block, Sulein, Or. The I'epular Hotel of I'lirllaml anil ' Free 'llm to anil I pii in ' all Train Hint Mtemoei ' Mont Centrally Located. , EQROPISAN PLAN olt.om M. D. KOCHE.Mfir. GRF EF, FOURTH HMO ALDIf ST., PORTLXNCi f J. R. MARKLEY, Proprietors if. It. HAYS, I I, itu, HE. BRICK YARD J R. COOPER, 30nn(leicijiliiH;o, liavittjra Htam iiL'ina a briclc tiiiiffhiuc tutil uevoral teres of finHt duy, la now prepared 0 kop on hand tt (trio tjiiauty of Irick. whicl will be Hold at reason: ihli pricoH Governor Markhain has appointed F. S. Cbadbourne of Sun Fraticiaco harbor commisBioner, and Puris Killmrn and W. H. Magee bank commissioners. - Bev. John Henry Barrows, historian of the World's Fair religious contfr&.s, is visiting in San Francisco. He was chairman of the committee which ar ranged for the religious congress, The The Bronze Medallion The people who drop Into my sfud'o and Mamlno tho various objects of art nnd virtu which long life aud a owi side rnblo Rttcmwa Iu my pniftvalon hare enabled Ui tocHillcct tottother would no doubt be Very timch anrpriand to limtr tliut of all uty treasures Ihere l noue i dear to tue as the bronse luralallton that lies t'liehrlnod within a crystal case an my niftiitnlidoce. Many of my visit era have ghtnml at It and turned away to examine a rare bit of carving or an almost prleelona example of sotne for gotten art. To them the bronmi modal lion suggeattnl nothing, Possibly they thoughtif they gave the matter any thought at all that It was some medal won in my atndcnt days and therefore treasured with caro. That It re nitwit- ed a whole life history and had the power to revive many strange memories they had no idea. Some people per naps, swing it in a place of honor uinong my knicknarka, may bitvv functiHl that It was something for wlilcb I had the same superstitious reverence that other men give to a horseshoe. The bronse medallion, however, Is neither a fetich our a memento of au early artistic sue cess. It la simply an innlKiitflcaiit ob ject, worth jwrhnps a few shtllinga, which has played no small part in my life and on one occasion saved me from sodden and violent death, Thirty years ago, when I waa a young man of DO and had fame and fortune still eluding rue, I was attached to the artistic staff of The Illustrated Weekly, a journal which was just then bcglmdng a career of great suoctws. Black aud white work was not then what it Is now, but peo ple thought highly of the illuitrntloiu we went able to give them for sixpence, and there waa no lack of encouragement for proprietor or artints. My own stie- did forte waa animal life, as it always has lawn. From the time when I could first hold a Mncil 1 bad spent my hap piest momenta iu drawing horses. To me a horse was a creature of infinite artistic possibilities. Iliad drawn him sitting Id the ring of a circus aud gal loping at express speed over a race course, and it nmttercd little to uie whether be was a high bred or aslitiggy Shetland pony, I had already boutin to paint him in oils, and my first plo-' ture, " Young Horses at Play," waa con sidered worthy of a place in the acad emy. It was this success In depicting horses that led the editor of Tho Illus trated Weekly to suggest that I should go down to Doncnstur aud make a sketch of the Ht. Lcger of that year. There was some famous horse running I for get his niitne for the moment nnd the public Interest In the race was greater than nsual. Consequently tho propri etors determined to give a double page illustration to the scene, and 1 trav eled to Ooncaster a day or two before the event and Wgun my work by getting an accurate idea of the race course and electing a favorable standpoint from which to focus my sketch. Tho day of tho great race came, and durtrg the morning 1 was busily occu pied in interviewing the various horses engaged and in Ailing my sketchbook with bita that seemed likely to In use ful. ' When the afternoon came round and the ruciug began, I made my way to a certain part of the course which bad seemed to me very well suited to my purposes, and there I took my stand. There were two rncis to be run before too St. L'gor, and while, these were being got through and dur ing tho intervuls between them 1 occu pied myself In watching the doings of the crowd which filled tint nniicr purt of the town moor. There must have been 200.000 tHOtdo tircst'iit on the stands aud in thv rings ami on the moor, aud from thorn camo a perfect hable of sound, above which the stentorian voices of the bookmakers blended with the shrill cries of catchpenny adventurers of all sorts. ' Here two or three mem bers of tho throe card trick frntcruity were endeavoring to gull a group of round faced rustics; there a similar gang were shouting the praises of a sort of ronlette table; yonder a betting man had screamed himself hoarse and was reduced to shuking .the money in his bag as a moans of attracting attention. Beyond the shouting, swaying, bustling crowd stretched a long line of vehicles of alldescriptiona, from tho lordly look ing coach to the farmer s light cart, and on these tnon nnd women were eating and drinking and dlsunasing tho prospects of the ftivorlto for the great raco. Across the course rose the long line of stands, thickly packed with fushiouable racegoers, and these made a durk backgrtmid to the picture I had In my mind's eye. ; ' I was noticing all these things and tak ing a sly sketch now and then of some face or figure that attracted my atten tion, when 1 cangbt sight of a little gon tlomnn, evidently a Frenchman, who seemed very much out of place among the rough crowd. He was very neatly dressed from top to toe, but as he passed mo I noticed that his black frock coat was somewhat shiny at the shoulders and that bin curofully brushed hut bad certainly seen butter days, He wont in and out among the crowd, staring ut the bookmakers and glancing curiously at the three curd fraternity. 1 thought there was something wistful about his eyes as he looked at the gold which those gentry displayed so lavishly.' Presently I lost sight of him in the crowd, but about 10 minutes before the St. Leger was to be run I saw him again, Me wus engaged In confidential conversation with an individual whom I sat down nt once as a ktliug man's tout nnd against whose wilcB and bland ishments I should have liked to warn tho evidently innocent foreigner. Pres ently, however, there was a groat cry of "They're oil!" and I bad to turn my attention to the race. However great the excitement and however long It may have existed prior to the event which rouses it, it takes but a few very brief moments to alluy it forever, Wuhiu four minutes oi the cry of ''They're otTI" the horses i a ii l. m i a. i .t .... a .... nun nasnea past me ami nasi ins win slug post, and the great race was ovsr. I strolled round tho crowd and amused myself by watching the faces of tho people who had lost tln ir money and the joyful manifestations of those who bud bet successfully, 1 passed beyond tho lino of carriitges aud carts and walked across the moor to ths slight hill at the bottom of tho course, from where there is an excelleut view of the crowds gathered before the stands. Yheto were very few people about tha bill or the furxe bushes which cover it, and things were quiet there after the roar aud bustle of the crowd. I turned sway to the left, intending to go into ths highroad and walk back to the town, but I suddenly paused and noal tated, fur there, close before ma, was the little French gentleman, evidently in distress, Ho sat on the ground behind one of the ftirxo bushes, with his hands bunging helplessly over his drawn op kuees and bis bead drooping forward in abject fatthlon. tt was evident that he had fallen anions thieves. 1 went nn to him mi l sisik', foollug that his distress warranted me In doing so. "I am afraid you are Iu trouble, sir," t said. Itu lifted his face from his hands and looked up. "Ah, in'sleur!" He spread bis little rat nanda auroau with a ges ture that was half pathetic, half com ical. , "llelnal I have been rob swin dledI have lose atl my money,' - "Do you mean that aome one has nicked your pocket," I asked. "If so, you should inform the police." "Ah, but it Is nut sat sey have peek my pocket! be answered quickly. "It Is sat I am one big fool, I bet I stake 1 gives my money to te mekor of books, aud, pbo! it is gone!" "Ah, yon have been betting!" . "Urinal in'sienr, yes. You see, I am ah, but 1 am txxtr, I am professor of languages nt aeexty pounds a year. It Is ver lectio for madam, my spouse, and for Jules and myself, and 1 often sink of bow I can make beeiu more. A young man say to me; 'You should bet, You should put your money on ae horses,' He talk to me, lis young man. of tens to one. of seex to one, and I lis- till. Zen yesterday comes, aud icy pay te salary at my school. Zey pay me 13, and I put boom in my pocket and say, 'Tomorrow I will go to te borse race and wiu much money,' Solar rive here at so course, m'sleur, and 1 walks round and see the tnakera of books, and I talk with a gentleman of port who knows what he calls 'a sure toep, and he tells me to put my 5 on Crocodile and takes me to a man who gives me a teeckot and lays me seexty to one against so horse Crocodile. Zen I say tat Crocodile will win me 800, and we will be happy, and my loot tie Jnles shall have a new coat, and ma dame, my spouse, will buy herself a new gown, aud I shall have great joy. And tea tey run, the horses, and when sey have Huish 1 go to my maker of books snd request my money, And he say Crocodile is nowhere at all, and my 8 is lust, snd se man tat gave me se 'sure teep' ts gone, and Ilelasl m'sleur now I have no salary to take home." And here the little man broke down and wept. Half amused as I was at his story, I felt sorry for him, for I could well imagine that the loss of 8 would mean a good deal to him snd to nimlumo, his spouse, and their boy Jules. When ho had recovered himself a little, I talked further with him and found that ho was a political rufngee aud that he taught French in a boys' school at Doncuster. Convinced that his tale was genuino, 1 determined to help him, I hud a 3 note iu my pocket for which I bad no immediate need, and I made up my mind that ho should have it. As I did not desire to pose as a benefactor, however, I resolved to adopt a little ruse, "Well, sir," said I, "those fellows have swindled you, of course, To begin with, you.shonld not have talked with the man who professed to know of a sure tip. All he wanted was your money" 'Items! in siour, I am great fool- yes," bo interrupted, smiting his fore head. "I have a head of wood. But it was tho desire to carry home much money to my spouse and to cry, 'Behold a fortune!' " "And have you really nothing to go on with, sir?" I inquired. . Ro blushed and hung his head. "Ah, m'sleur," ho said, "not a centime. It Is hard work to live on te 5 a month. And now I have gamble heoin away, my beautiful 5 note, and cere will be no money for se baker, snd to butcher, and madamo, my spouse, will weep, and all, wretched traitor tat I am!" "Come, come, sir," said Is "don't give way. Jlore, you stay there awhile, and I'll go and see if I can't recover yonr money, Which of the betting men was it that you gave your note to?" "The gortleinan called Old Toby from London, m 'siour. He tatt stands near the refreshments, with a wonder ful hat upon his head and a long white emit." "Well, stay there," said I, "and 1 will seo Old Toby aud try to get your money," and awuy 1 went back to the crowd. But I bad no intention of go ing near Old Toby from London, and ifter I had token h turn through the people I returned to tho furze bushes with my own n note in my hand. I held it out to the little Frenchman, who received it with extravagaut expressions of relief and delight. "There la your 5, sir," I said, "and I hope you'll never be tempted to bet again." "Ah, m'sleur, indeed not I promise yon on my sacred word, and I beseech you to accept my" Here he broke off and looked fixedly from me to the Dote,' which be bad smoothed out. He turned pale, then red, then pale again. "What's the matter, sir?" said I. "Isn't that right?" "M'sieur!" He drew his little figure to its full height. "Zis is not my note. bee, i tuao ze numoaire or neem it is i 1300817, And, see, te numbaire of lis uoto is 681608. Ah m'sieur, I tea how It lit Ygur goneroui heart wwjn tor my poor, loo tie Jules and forms' lame, my spouse, and you give me sis money oat or yonr own pockeet. An, beautiful sympsthy, tt makes me weep." And be began to shed more tears. I turned to go, feeling somewhat confused. "Good day, sir," 1 said, Ths little Frenchman seised my band, " 2 sank yon, m'sleur," he said simply, "I tank yon from my heart." "You are very welcome," said I and hastened to leave him. Before I bad proceeded many yards be rsn arts' me. "M'sleur," said be, "take sis leetle object as a memento. You will sink of Hector Mal m and his gratitude when you see tt. It Is noth inga leetle medal sst my son Jules win at se school, m'sleur, I tit ik yon agiin, sod 1 pray te good God to re ward you-" I took the little bronto nnd all Ion which he put into my bands and went on my way again. That uight on my way to town 1 looked at the memento of my somewhat amusing adventure. It was bror.r medal rather larger than a crown piece. One side bore a figure of Learning bestowing a isttrel wresth on a kneeling child i the other Informed me Ibat the medal had been presented to Vaster Jules Mafsn for his pro ficiency In mathematics. I put the little token In my purse and thought no more of It until some weeks later, when I hap pened to be dining with a fellow art ist st a restaurant and once more came aoross It smld a bandf u I of loose change, I handed it over to my friend and told blm ths story as we wslked swsy, "If that modal were mine," said be, "I should attach a sort of superstitions reverence to it. I should look on it ss species of Incky penny and always carry it about my person." I laughed at the idea, but 1 put tbe bronte medallion back into my purse, and there it staid, I attached no sort of value to it, but it seemed somehow to become a fixture and bad an Inner compartment of my purse all to itself. Some years went by. I worked bard at my profession and began to be known as a painter of animal lite snd especial ly of horses, A battle scene of mine, "Horses In Wsr," brought me an in vitation from my old friends, the pro prietors of Ths Illustrated Weekly, to go out as wsr artist during tbe Franco- Prussian campaign. 1 was disposed to go before the invitation reached me, 1 was unmarried, t had no ties, and there seemed no reason why 1 should not see something of wsr at first hand. Accordingly I accepted the Invitation, and within a week I was with the Prus sian forces near Saarbuck, I am not writing tho history ut that famous cam paign, and 1 shall therefore pass over the preliminary events of tbe war and go on to the time when, tbe Prussians, having easily recovered from their hrst reverses, poured over Alsace and Lor raine snd began to besiege Strttsburg and Mots. 1. In company with several other English war corrcsiiondeiits and artists, was with the sdvame corps of the attacking army and hud consider able difficulty in getting on at nil. The Prussian military authorities had small love tor special coi respondent 1, nnd we were indebted solely to ouiselves for whatever information we got. To me this official standoflishness did not so much matter as to my companions, the special correspondents. My business was to mako pictures: theirs to find news. Ncvertbelcfls I found It bard work sometimes to get materials for my sketches, and tbe risks I occasionally ran were greater tban those which I should have Incurred bad I mixed in tbe thick of tbe skirmishes, which wont on con tinually. It was a cold, damp afternoon in Oc tober, and we were lying half way be tween Bontonville and Or avulotto, about nine miles from Metx, The Prussians were slowly advancing upon that city, and the air was continually disturbed by tho. vibrations of their cannon. A regiment near which I bad remained all day was engaged In skirmishing operations witn a French battalion, and from the top of a alight eminence I was endeavoring to make an effective sketch of tbe scene. Suddenly a white fog rolled over tbe valley and wrapped both bodies of combatants in its thick folds. I endeavored to regain my quarters, but the fog incroased in density, and I soon found It Impossible to make headway against it,' For smiio time I remained motionless. The noise of cannon and musketry died away, and 1 beard thf bugles sounding u retreat on both sides. Then I determined to go slowly back to my quarters near tho village of Bon sonvillo. Unfortunately I found it im possible to decide which wss east and which west. I bud been statiouod on a round knoll or eminence, and I bad walked about ita crown so many times during my observations that I was now nnable to decide on the exact spot at wbioh I bad asconded it. At last, bow- ever, I came to a tree of which I seemed to have some recollection, and I de scended the hill and walked, as I thought, toward Bontonville, By that time the plain waa quiet, and I heard nothing save an occasional faroff bugle note. I walked on for an hour through the thick white fog, seeking for some familiar landmark. Noue came; I be gan to realize that I was lost. I stood and wondered what to do, Then I went forward again, A church clock struck the hour, 6, close by. Clearly I was near a village, I came to a road and hastened along it and presently fell Into the hands of a Frenoh picket. I had walked west instead of east. I was at Gravelotte. " The picket marched me into the vil lage and led me before their colonel, a fierce looking militaire, who glared at me from behind a table at which he was evidently writing dispatches. "Whst's this?" said he. "A spy?" Now, unfortunately for me, I cannot speak French, but my knowledge of German is extensive. I replied to the colonel's question in English, He shook hfs head, I then spoke in German, and his fact grew dark. A soldier Inter preted my answer. "Sol" said the colonel, "A pretty itory laftseAt Si ipeiki Urwu Ilka Highest of all In Leavening ABSQlEfiBLY P203 nntlve and proteases to bean English man. Everybody knows that an Eng lishman can speak no language other than hit own. An English artist, ehf Bee what papers be has." I drew all my papers from my breast pocket voluntarily and banded them over. As 111 luck would have it, I bad that morning made a plan of the sur rounding country in my sketchbook. Tbe French colonel looked at this nar rowly and nodded Lis head. "As I thought," said be. "Wbstls this but nispT Come, Mr. Spy, what have you to say I" . "Tell tbe colonel," aald I to the in terpreter, "that I aw no spy, but tbe special war correspondent of a great English newspaper, and that what I said before ts true. These are my credentials bid him look at them. " The colonel tossed the pspers aside contemptuously, "What of tbera?" ssld be. "They may have been stolen, forged bow do I know? He speaks German he looks like a Gorman be has maps, charts, drawings on him enfln, he is a spy. Take blm out and ahoothim." A corporal tapped me on the shoulder and motioned me toward the door. I was so surprised at tbe colonel's last words that I stood motionless, but when I realised their full meaning I sudden ly found tongue and rated the whole group in forcible English., The colonel shrugged bis shoulders and repeated his commands, and the file of soldiers began to bustle me out. Before we reached the door, however, be stopped us. Spy," said he, "wo will give yon a chance. Tell us all you know of tbe Prussian movements, and we will con- aider your sase." "I shall do no such thing," soldi. I am a English gentleman, and 1 will not do dirty work for either French or Prussian." "Take time," said be. "Think tt over. Corporal, call in a sous lieuten ant and two men." . A young officer aud two privates en tered tho room of tbe farmhouse in which we were standing and saluted. You sco this man?" said tbe old 'colonel," pointing to me. "Keep him safe till daybreak. Then bring blm to me." He turned to me again. "Think over my offer, Mr. Spy, If you accept it, well ; If you don't, you will be shot In the morning. " Tbe yuung officer and the two men marched ine out Into tbe fog again and took me to a cottage close by, I was placed In a room where a fire burned on the hearth and an oil lamp shed some little light on a plain deal table. My guardian signed to mo to sit down, and then one of the soldiers, after a whis pered colloquy with tbe lieutenant, left the cottage and presently returned with food and drink, which he set before me. Desperately placed as I was, I ate my supper and when I had finished filled and lighted my pipe, I thought things over snd could see no chance of escape. "Monsieur," said I, addressing tbe young oflker, who sat near me on tbe hearth. "I shall certainly have to die tomorrow morning if your colonel per sists in bis foolish conduct, and I should liko to write a last letter to my friends. Will you have the goodness to provide me with writina materials?" Continued. DUTY ON EGGS. Let us see to what extent the Mo Klnely Tariff, by putting a duly on eggs, has protected- the American farmer's egff basket, and whether or not it checked , the importation of foreign eggs. Here are the figures for eleven years: . ... : - - 1MPOKT8 OF KOftKIGN KOG8. Year ' ending June 3( Dozens. 15,270,0Gf l(J,487,ai 10,01)8, 4M 10,002.583 18,36,C64 lo,(l42,801 15,018,800 15,00J,7!) 8,03,043 4,188,402 1 8,205,812 Value, $2,007,604 2,077,030 2,470,672 2,173,454 1,000,300 2,812,478 2,418,976 2,074,912 l.Wi.Sri 622,240 ' 302,617 IRKS"1! 1884 1885 ISN6 1SS7 1888 1889 1890 1801 ,A 18113 j0$ Protected October 6, 1800, at 5 cents per dozen. This is a remarkable exhibit. We flud during the eight years, from 1833 to 1800, when we hud Free-Trade In eggs, that we 1 in ported on an average more than 15,500,000' dozen eggs every yoitf; over 124,515,000 dozen of foreign AWARDED. HlGHESt IfPf The only Pure Cream ofT.rt.tr Powder. No Ammouia; No Alum. Used in Millioas pf "nes 40 Years the Standard Power, Latest U. S. Gov't Report 0JW1 TV eggs, sold In this country In 8 years. What an enormous quantity! What did they oust? During the 8 years we paid away to forlegn farmers more tban 118,770,000 for eggs alone in good American money. We paid away over 2,5W,00o every year for foreign eggs! almost 930,000 every week of 8 years sent abroad to forkgu farmers! Tills was what Free-Trade did. Plymouth Boek to McKlnley. Tbe famous document entitled "Am erlclan Tariffs from Plyiconth Bock to McKlnley" (06 pages), published by the Amerlclan Protective Tariff League, has Just been revised and re Issued. It should be In the bands of every person who wishes complete and reliable Infor upon the Tariff. Sent to any address for 10 cents. Address Wilbur F. Wake- man, General Secretary, No. 135 West 23d Street, New York. The Hew Faculty. The faculty . of. the Oregon State Normal school as now organized is as follows: P, L. Campbell, A. B., president, history, philosophy of education and latin. W. B. Brown, of Kansas, mathemat ics, physics, in place of J. M. Powell. H. B. Buchanan, of Colorado, Psych ology, methods, geography, In place of P.A.Oetz. Miss Sarah Tnthlll, literature, elo cution. E. J. MoCaualand, of New York, history, mathematics, In place of J. 8. Dunn. '' Prof. Balcomb, chemistry, botany, physiology In place of W. J. Splllman. W.A. Wann, B. S. D., English, mathematics. Alice L. Priest, rhetoric, American blatoty. Miss Edith Cuasavant, M. E. D. critic teacher, model school. Miss Anna Bides, of Ypsllanta, Michigan, instrumental and vocal music; drawing and painting, In place of Miss Annettie V. Bruce, Miss Ayera, and Miss Smith. ADDITIONAL LOCALS. Have you a ticket for the prise at Clodfelter Bros. Mm Helen Griffith, of Sulem.ia visit lug Miss Savage. Grace Bosco, of Hillsboro, Is visiting Dr. Lee's family. .Children's Day services at the Con. gregaUoual church next Sunday night Someone is going to get a fine ac cordion free at Clodfelter Bros. In quire about it. , Bev. D.V. Poling will preach and bold communion servloes at Bickreall next Sunday. The Altona will make trips next Sun day leaving Independence at 1 and 6 p. in. and from Salem at 2 and 6 p.m. Fare, round trip, 50 cents. Miss Leona Claggett celebrated her 6th birthday by having a number of her little friends visit her at her home on B streeet, last Thursday. The steamer Altona will run all day of July 4th between Independence and Salem, and a great many persons will spend the day in Independence. The singers who have ben invited to participate in the choruses for the 4th of July will meet this (Saturday) even lug in the Congregational church. Asa Robertson passed his examina tion as a graduate In pharmacy before the state board of pharmacy at Port land last Tuesday. He Is now a full fledged druggist. Mesrs Smith & Co., of the Star gro cery ,on C street, report ' business very good, aud that the outlook Is encoui aglug for them. Tbey have put prices where they belong. Should you want to hny a knife, make sure that you get one that was made in this oountry. American knives are fully as good as those made elsewhere. They are cheaper, and they give employment to Americans, with whom you live and associate. - HONORS WORLD'S FAIR.'