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i t rliem o'er the rVlil ...ll....... .1... .ill, ' voud tlio gnruVa vkU; Wium all tb dally taska are tioiw, v AU natur calm and fair, 1 , ; My fancy nm thro' future lnya And castle lu tlie air. They may b a the pivaeut time, Monotonous and dull, r like the past, of broku dream aud Dlaappolntuuxnta full; But hov to trust Inn uenrta, 'tl wild Hot vlnkma always bomIs, And so I think the future tltuo will Soma way nuiko amends. And If my caatloa over stand on More milwtnntltil baas And all tho joy 1 dream of now Should meet mo face to face. Twill be an added tiaimlm, to know Thooe bulMIng fair Are but Uw tlntaluHl works, whoao Plans wore drawn In air. MAY HENRY. Salem, Or., Jan. 2d. A New Year Ball. j T w lndotd very ntntos. tale a well-known ftu-t, that out on th sunny meadows. ifJU when a ceiitlo brveso w tikes SI I the bkuwoms out of their i sVi dreams, they nod and bend to each other aud wlihuwr tarloua bits of nower-gMwIp Into ouch ether's dainty cars. Hut that after death they can come hack to lire, though undoubtedly true, Is letw wide ky knowu, and far more remarkable. Two days ajjo, In the far South, ou the other aide of the cloud-ptotvlutt Alps, aweot vlulets and snowdrops were blooming In the open air. Intox icated, as It were, with their own fragrance they were motionless lu the till, mild mornlwr, when suddenly steps were hoard anions the flower beds; they awoke and shivered appre hensively. A blade shone lu tho sun light, a sharp piercing sound came to them, a sound us of a death-knell; they must die. "But why!" is their last sigh, and all Is of er. Today, made Into a bouquet, they are held In tho dainty bauds of young Elfrlede, who, with the greatest do light, buries her pretty face In tho lovely blossoms, "Indeed, the Assessor 0 abler Is a very thoughtful man." she say a to her mother, who with a peculiarly oarehlng glance had Ixvu noticing her daughter's movements, ami after a moment Elfrlcde adds, "Ah! Charm ing! Delightful!" "Who?" "Oh, mamma! the bouquet, of ourso." It Is three hours later. "Walts.'" calls out Assessor 0 abler, the experienced manager of the ball which has been arranged by tlw Casino club for that New Year's eve, "Meln frauleln, may I have the pleasure?" Elfrlede lays her flowers en one of the chairs placed In a seml Ircle around the hall and floats away n tho assessor's arm. "I really believe I am not dead at all," murmurs one of the snowdrops In the bouquet as It feels a peculiar trembling and surging through its reins. Then It gently nudgiit Its elghbor violet, and whlsers: "Good evening, Violet, are you liv ing, too?" "It certainly nlmost seems so." "Then It Is Indeed true what a strange butterfly once said to me, that en New Year's eve dead flowers come lo life." "New Year's eve! What Is that?" asked the violet The violet as Is well known. Is very hy of the world, and does not know much of what la going on around It "My dear Miss Violet do yon not know what New Year's eve Is? When people have grown a year older, tliey have a celebration with music, wine and dancing. They meet together, nl! dressed In their best clothes, laugh, chat and Joke: and when the largest of their dreadful sounding dorks strikes twelve times, they reach wild ly about for glasses, out of which rises a little cloud with a peculiar, fragrant aromn. touch glasses, making a most frightful noise, and then drink the whole contents nt once, calling out to each other, 'Happy New Year! Happy New Year!' Then they shake hands, husbands kiss their wives, those who are betrothed do likewise; In short everything Is gay, Joyful and bright And Inter the glasses are again filled, and they eat little round cakes, one, two, three yes, I have even heard it said that some eat a dozen." "But It is very strange," replied the violet, "that these people are so happy when they are always growing older. They really ought to be sad and think about dying." "Indeed, they ought And when they do not, you see they show very plainly that they are not any better than the rest of us. To be sure, there are some among them called 'phllon ophers,' who, day In and day out do nothing else but 'be wise and have thought out this wisdom: that It would be better not to live at all; and they h'avo written big books about It. and with this solution they would make their lives happier. But the trost of people In their heart of hearts are Just as foolish as we, who every bright morning are glad and eagerly drink the dew, even though we know that in the next storm a hailstone may entirely crush us. And that is the right kind of 'lack of reason.' It Is also called 'Hope and Happiness.' It is that which gives these people rosy cheeks, which gives wings to dancing feet, and " , The waltz came to an end. It was indeed high time. The older gentlemen were already Impatiently looking at their watches; tho waiter wag carrying about a tray full of steaming glasses; suddenly everything was still, very still. "Why are they all staring so?" asked the violet of the snowdrop. "Has anything happened?" "Not exactly that, but " The flower spoke no more. Grand and solemn, a stroke sounded through the hall, and then another and an other. Already Tobias, the brave nlghtwatchman of the town, had en tered the room with his bright Inn tern: "Gentlemen, allow mo to say that tho clock has Just " He can get no farther. "Happy New Year! Happy New Year!" is called out by a hundred voices, glasses Jin gle, hearty greetings fly from lip to lip, warm glances flash from eye to eye and, see! there two are embrac ing each other, and there again two others. "Will not those two kiss each oth er?" whispered the violet, which dur ing all this excitement had opened Its eyes very wide, and now pointed to Elfrlede, who on the arm of the assessor is gazing at the watchman as though ho should foretell what the future bad In store for her. "I'erhap next year!" murmurs the snowdrop. Ah! the wise little flowers! THE MYSTERIOUS DOCUMENT. Euseblus Dollburn, tho burgomaster, had mislaid his spectacles. lie had hunted everywhere for them, but In vain, and now he sat down at his dk and looked helplessly at a letter which he had Just received. It was an official communication he knew, but he could not make out a single word of it without his glasses. The parish clerk had Just gone to the city, and there was absolutely no one within call . to help the mayor. It was very annoying. Suddenly there was a knock at the door and a shabby-looking man appeared. .ily'avXuajV'Mtt mfrt," was wuulok reti5pi.,,Thon aa lUn . ! (teffulnLI ln tlw suenker. "Come hwv tin added, 'Van you rend writ ing? Yes? Then I will give you ten peuco for reading this document. I liavo lost my sKctackt and cannot see a word. ' Tho beggar took the imwer from the burgotuuster, looked at th contents, started with surprUc, and exclalmod: " hat docs your worship think this says?" "I am waiting for you to tell me what It says," returned the mayor Impatiently, "It wines from th Imperial cabinet, your worship," said tho stranger lu a solemn tone, "and Informs you that. In recognition of your long and faith ful service, you are about to receive patent of nobility. Aud you are commanded to post this writing nt mee, In a conspicuous place, so thut weryoim may set It." Euseblus Uollbum was for a mv nent dumb with nmaxement. Then he handed twenty ponce to the Iteggnr, took Uio letter, and rushing to the narket-phice, fastened up the precious loeumeut with his own hands, Tlie he left It", aud before many minutes had passed, a gaping crowd had gnth red before It This Is what the ino le read: PRIVATE-OFFICIAL WS1NKSSS. To tho Worshipful Euseblus iKtllburn, Mayor of - You ure hereby contldently Informed that a general sareh Is to be organ ised for the mintoso of ridding the community of tho licggnrd and Kite viigalHUHls who mrest tne lowuwiuu. You are reouosted to give tho police all possible aid, and lu order to se cure the desired result, you are to consider It your duty to observe the HtrlctcMt secrecy lu the matter. IMt'KUUL DEPARTMENT OF PO UCH. There were many Idle vagabonds In tho market-place, but they disap peared as If by magic, and they tun. trlved to eoininuulente tho warning to all the members of their profession for miles around. Tho iiollee arrived, but they made no arrests. The worshipful Euseblus Dlllburn found his spevtnolos, and It was not very long Itofore he also discovered the rfnl contents of the document con cerning which he had been enjoined to "olmorve tho strictest secrecy," and which he had posted up lu tho market place. Since then he has never asked an Idle vogaboml to read a letter for hlm. SLANG IN SHAKESPEARE. Many So-Called Americanism Are Survivals of Shakespeare's Time, Issivlug legitimate words ami turn ing to the children of the street and tho market place, we It ml some curi ous examples not only of American slang but of slang which is regarded us extremely fresh and modern, suys Henry Cabot Iwlge In an article on "Shakespeare's Americanisms" In the January Harper's. Rramlner Mat thews. In his most Interesting article on that subject has already pointed out that a "dock of cards" Is Shake spearean. In "Henry VI." (third part, act 5, scene 1) tiloucester says: "But while he thought to steal the sin gle ten. The king was slyly fingered from the deck." Mr. Matthews has also cited a sllll more remarkable example of recent slang from the sonnets, of all plin-es In tho world, where "lire out" Is nsod In the exact colloquial sense of today. It occurs In the lllih sonnet "Yet this shall I ne'er know, but live lu doubt Till mv bad angel fire my good one out." "Square," In the sense of fjtlr or honest, and the verb "to be square," lu tho enso of to be fair or honest, are thought modern, anil are now so constantly nsod that they hnve well nigh passed beyond the boundaries of slang. If they do so It Is but a re turn to their old place, for Shake speare has this use of the word, and In serious passages. In "Tlmon of Athens," (act 5, scene 5) the first nc tor says: "All I hnve not offended; For those that were, It Is not square to take On those that are revenges." In "Antony and Cleopatra" (act 2, seeno 2) Mocnenns says: "She Is n most triumphant lady, If report bo square to her." "In tho soup," to express any Hs aster. Is apparently very recent, nnd yet It Is slngulnrly like the language of I'ompey In "Measure for Measure" (act 3, scene 2), when he says: "Troth, sir, she hath eaten tip all her beef, and she Is herself In the tub." Even mors recent than "In the soup" Is tho use of tho word "stuffed." to denote contemptuously what may be most nearly described as largo and Ineffective pretentiousness. But In ".Much Ado About Nothing" (net 1. scene 1), tho messenger says: "A lord to be a lord, n man to a man; stulTed with all honorable virtues." To which Beatrice replies: "It Is so Indeed; he Is no less than a stuffed man; but for the stiilllng well, we are nil mortal." Hers Beatrice uses the phrase "stuffed man" In contempt, catching up the woril of the messenger. "Flapjack" is perhaps hardly to bo called slang, but it Is certainly nn American phraso for a griddle cake. We must have brought It with us, however, from Shakespeare's England, for there It Is In "Pericles" (act 2, soono 1), where the Grecian very Grecian fisherman says: ''Come. Ihou shnlt go home, ami we'll have flesh for holidays, fish for fasting days, nnd moroo'er puddings and flapjacks; and thou shall bo welcome." ' VlOUN.)()luFfiolsI FIR. It Is not generally known that Ore gon possesses certain woods which nro better adapted to tho const ruct Ion of musical instruments than any else where. Professor J. A. Weseo, of Portland, says that for the tops of violins, guitars, etc., nnd for the sounding board of a piano, no wood Is superior to tho native llr of Oregon, which Is remarkable for Its straight grain nnd tho great size It attains. For piano sounding-boards It Is csjkjc lally valuable on account of Us size, ,is It Is Impossible to ilnd trees In the Hast sufficiently largo to furnish a board ns wido ns that required, and a soundlng-lsmrd made of two or more pieces of wood Is not productive of so lino a tono ns when It Is of a single piece. Professor Wesco Is an enthusiast on violins. He claims that there in not so much In tho old theory of violins Improving with long usage as Is gen erally supposed. He says that a good Instrument Is produced only by the expenditure of much mora time nnd labor and scientific knowledge than Is usually expended In tho manufac ture of violins. As an Illustration of this point, tho professor mentioned a Strndlvarlus In possession of Gulllot, the great pen manufacturer and mu sical amateur, which had been left in tho shop of tho maker, unvarnished anil untouched, for a period of sixty years; yet tho first time a bow was ever used on it, experts pronounced the tono equal to the best of tho great man's make. As the last gasp of a dying calf come the resolutions of Thomas N. Strong and seven others, posing as Potla.ncT Committee of One Hun dred, still advocating a change of text books. Oregon wants no change. Governor Pennoyer has been having things his own way for eight years now, but on Monday next the people will do unto him a he has been so frwly ioivg unt others psrdoa him. OVEU IN KLAMATH LANII A Sket ch Dealing with Early Settlement. Heroismof First Through Wagon Train. How Lindsay Applet ami Ills Three Sons Aided lu Wresting- That Section from the Indians. Away back In theO' when Ore gou was a wlUlorm and It owner-" ship dlsputo botweea tba UulUsl Stou aud Great Brttnln; when Mt Hood wait uutiamod and no permauout Amorkwn settlement bad yet been made on the Pacific eout; that is, In 1843, a grew migrant train, number ing soma Sin) Minis, mini, women and ohlhlreu, with tholr cattle, ltorsea aud wagvna aud household goods, left tit Missouri river early in the spring aim teachod the Willamette valley after the beginning of wuiU-r the first through wagou train. In UiUt train were tho threo ApplogiUw brothers, Charles, IJudsuy and Jesse, all nam conspicuous In the tilstwry of Oregou. Ltudsay wa the father of ho aub Joeta of this nkoU'h, Ivan, Luclen and Oliver Applegaus early pioneer of the Klamath bnslu. Ivan and Luclen, aged roaiHiotlvoly three and on ysars, were Junior member of the txpodl tion of 1843. Oliver was Iswn two years later, a untlv mm of Oregon. Having mode ptn-mnnent cMlouieut In tho Willamette valley, Lindsay and Jesse ApplegaUs la company with thirteen other courageous men, per formed tho historic feat of laying out Uio "iwuth road" to Oregon tn tho year 184U. Passing through tho Umpqna canon. Rogue river vallny, over tho Cascade, through the Klam ath basin and ou to the Humboldt river and to lNrt Hall they conducted an emigrant train to the Willamette by that route. Aa tlsy passed through tho Uwlo Khtmuth lake. Uwt river and Tulu lake country they noted tho extent ami Wiaraetor of tho great Klamath biwdn. Again, In the year 184S, lindsny Ajtplegate, with Tlsmias McKay and other again passed through Southern Oregon, en routo to California, and going southerly from the KiamuCh basin via tho Pitt river country, encountered Peter Lason at tho bond of an emigrant train and aslsUd hlm in exploring a route to the Suir.mooto volley. In lSttl, nt tho head of a company of forty voluntivt from Rogue river valley, ho again ctokwsI tho Cascades and proctxsUng to lUwtdy Point on Ttilo lake met there art emigrant train menace! by Modoc Indian. Anxious to more of the Klamath oouutry he divided his eounsiny. sending twenty men wbh tin trslu to Rogue rtver valley, while with the remaining twenty he trnvoled tip Urn fjst river valley, passed near the site of the present town of hlomntu Kails, on up the oast side of the I'ppor Klamath lake, crossed the Hood river volley and returned to lloguo river by way of tho Dead In dlan country. Ivan wa a member of this company. Seeing more of the extent, fertility and beauty of Uio Klamath country It was renolvod to take advantage of every opportunity offered for opening up the country for settlement. UikI say Applvgato wa enthusiastic lu hi desire to se t a military post estab lished In tho lake region for the two fold purwe of protecting travel on tho south ro.uI through Uio Modoc country aud to encourago settler. As a untiil of tho Oregon legisla ture In 18U2 ho advocated Uio pnmaigc of a memorial to congress praying for the establishment of Port Kuuu nth and tint negotiating of a treaty with tint Klaiimih and Modoc Indi mis. These measures proving sue- ctwsful the fort wa located in 1MI3 and the tronty wn made Oct, 11, 1H0I, ' at Council Grove, m-ar Fort Klamath, Lindsay Applegute assist ing Superintendent J. W. Perlt Hunt lugton In the negotiations. At Uits great coiir.cll which was attended by nearly all the Indians in Uio biulu, tiny asked Uio appointment of Apple- gate as Uiolr agent, which was done during tho summer of 18t3, and he repaired to Port Klaumlh In October of Unit year with Oliver as clerk and Interpreter, his only employe, and Usk churga of the Indians. The treaty had not yet been rati lied by tho U. S. senate and little could bo don for tho benefit of Uio pioplu. In May, lHtitl, tho agent with Luclen, Oliver, Sumuol I). Whlrmoro, now a resident of Langoll valley, in this county, and a man named Reed, with a wagon drawn by four yoke of oxen and laden wit'a various articles for tho beginning of agricultural opera tlons on tho reservation, enmo over the Cascades ou the old emigrant road. They crossed Link river where the boom now Is at the head of the river, swimming Uio outdo and horses and ferrying tho wagon and goods over la Indian canoe. Knowing no way up the big lake except tho rocky trull along the lake margin, they uiposod they would luivu to inako tho circuit around through Ijost river gap and down Spraguu river to reach the proposed silo of Klamath agency, but a Link rlvor Indian volunteered his services aud piloted them direcUy through the mouuUilns to Williamson river, the present road from Klamath Pulls to Naylox being exactly on the route traveled. At the "Point of Rocks," north of Naylox, they climbed to the Biimmlt of tho mountain, thence along tho summit aud down tho steep bluff to tlio ford on Williamson river, a few miles alwvo the site of the present bridge. They christened the Indian (ruble Moses, for obvious reasons, and Old Moses gaw wood lu Klamath Falls to this day. After establishing Klamath agency, this party pi-ooeeded up Spraguo river ami located Yalnax, as a sub-agency tntion for t'ho ben efit of the many Indians residing In tho k-autlful valley of that stream, being watched the entire distance by the wilder Snake and Pi-ute Indians of SUvor and Bummer lakes, their signal fires bolng many times observed on the summit of Uhe northern hills. The Klamath agency was first es tablished at Ko-wtts-to, at tho hood of Klamath lake, May 12, 1800. A log cabin was erected and plowing at ence began. Wheat, oats, rye and barley, with an assortment of tho hardier vegetables, wero successfully grown that season, aud the feasibility of field culture In the KlamatJh busln was demon straited. Tho Indians en tered Into tho tmlrlt of tho new pro ceedings with great t and tho field was fenced in a day with wil lows, sage brush and plno limbs, the Interpreter, with thirty stalwart war riors doing tba work. The next season rail were "made, mosUy by the Indians, and .several miles of substantial fence wore mado, rouoh of which still stands as a momorlul of those Initial days of enterprise and Improvement And long after the es tablishment of the agency Jit was menaced by the Snake Indians, then on the war path, and the little log buildings werjt hastily enclosed by a stockade and was for a portion of the time guarded by a detachment of troops from Port KlatnatJi. Vexatious delay attended tlw nWb flcatlon of tho KlamaUi and Modoc treaty, so that nwnt1on could not Ih coniniemid muter It until the year IStlT. lu Oetotier of thnt year BupL Huntington ipdcrtook with band of beef eattk for tho ludlaii, and ev eral Isuvy ox and horse teams laden with annuity goods, the first liurttll mout, to com from The Dalle to Khtmuth agency, via th Warm Hprlugt rMorvatlon. A tho Bunko war was yet lu progress there m no Utile danger of the great train falling into tho baud of Pau-nl-na, tho v.ar chief of the Oregon nomads. Mr. Huntington culled upon tlw agent for nsslstnnco nnd he v-rnl at once to timet hltu witli n eeort of live regular from Port Klamath and Oliver, with hi hastily organised company of KlitmaUi seouls. Two or tho princliMl olilef wtro hi lleuteu nut nut. iho ulHWnnit. cowlsted of tho iii'wt daring and active of the young warrior. This was called Uie "Axe and Klfio con psny," a these men guurdtsl tho tnln Uireugh Uio hoMtlle country and, going lu advance through tlm deuso black pine forests, iMitwecn lll.l DtK tiute Slid Klan Bill, cut out th way with Uielr axe for tho teams luostlj along the route of tho old liidluit trail. This great train In November oiicountered a snow atorui lu tlu Dcschulv count.')' and for a hundred mile progres wa dif ficult aud trying. i We auiaot lu our limited spue pursue tills hUtwry merit farther. It coiisImU or iiiuuj emortnuuiig ueinus and luturestlng adventure lu which tho subject of tlil ketch word prom inent actor, comprising the history of the Khinialh country, from It ear liest exploration, ou Uirougu Uio event of Urn Nnako aud Modoc war to the pi'iwcut ivlgn of peace and prosperity. Luclen 11. Applognto -took ohargu of the laud and tock IntoreaUt of Uio Appleguui brother nt Bwnn lake, aud In IKtli) removing to that thou Isolated phuco with hi young wire and little children, lu lHtiU Ivau a assistant mipcduloudcnt of Indian arfulr partlclpatoU lu tho grout peace council with Mouko and Pl uto Indian at Camp Harney, bad chorg of the traiwporuidou puwple to Camp Valuta, aud tholr locaUoti there. Until Uut summer of 1812, a U. 8. coiiuulssary, ho had charge of th varlou Uilx at Utat place. In that year ho retired from the service ami wo uoceehd by lit brother Oliver, who was tvmmliuiury at that Important station nt tho lime of the Modoc outbreak, aud through hut In limine, wa ablo not only to prevent hccosmIou to Uio boMtilo force from the Modoc on Uio reservation and from tlie dlscordnut element In other tribe, but collated a number of those ptniplo lu lutodlo prulioim enaiuM Captain Jock' band and lu defense of the ctUtiiuont. Tho Indian scout who were atuuimd to hi couipuuy t-f volunteers, opnUlug with Ueu, Whonton lu tho 1-ovn Hods, were picked men reprwumUng five different trlls'.-KlamaUi l.xpress. PORT (HtCIIARD'8 GltlUT DRV Tho Riilldliig on the Pacific Const Will lie Hisimd jirget In the World. Tho dry dm-k now building at Port (Mellaril. Uiixh.. will be the second largest In tin world. Its only iiHrlor Is one united by the Italian govern ment. 1'urt orchard Ih-s acres Ad mlrr.Iiy Inlet, an arm of I'uget sound, l.leeii mill' fn.iil KeftttLt. It U nil. preached by tortuous and easily de- felldml pllMMJlgen, so that the he!plcl war ship In Id up for repairs lu time of war will I mi nfo rretu the mmaitlt or the eiii'iny, When the fed,-nil government made rmdy to build th iirw dry dock, iiiii n v lullcs of water front nt Pott orchard and a oonslderahlo tract or land extending buck from the sound were iMiuuiit. AOer thnt bids were Invited fur tho building or it tlmlxr Hint cnlii'ivto liiH'k wiiimo It i it 1 1 1 itlinell. don wvro to be: outside length, '-." rt ami a f ruction; Krentest width, I.U rivt; ll'sir width, llr rn-t; depth, .it) rii't 3 Inches. This dock was to tlont mIiIs ft) feet drnuglit, The suc ci'Ksful bliblers, Ilriu nt Tacomn, uudiTtook the work nt a little over $i:i,niM). Tho contract was let two years ngo. with tho sllpiilntlou that the duck slioubl lie IIhWhmI In three years, lu view of th fact that com mercial steamship are bigger year by year, una that such snips win m umi for cruisers lu Hunt of war, the length of Him duck was nfterward Increased fifty fret. Other modification were mado thin venr. nnd tho con I nu t price, In view of these changes, wns Increased to nlmtit $ihih,ikki. The limn for the completion of tho work HH n I ml I'lli'inli'it mime iiiiiiiIIih The Port orchurd dry dock will be tint liiftMt liotublo public work of the government uimiu the Pacific roast. It In Ih'lllL' conxtriicted III uccorilaiiit with th latest knowledge iiud rxpe- rleiicu upon the subject of dry docks. Tho entrance Is to be closed by n unto that will be of Itself a notable feature. This gnte, or culwton ns It Is called, Is like nn Iron ship of some, what uiiiiMual proMirtlons, It Is a hull Willi a bow nt each end. It will bo 1)1 feet 10.1-8 inches 111 leliulh at top, 21 fii't III extreme 111011111111 breadth, 13 feet In breadth nt the top, and IIS feet J 11-4 Inches In height from bottom of keel to top of water way. Tho ibxk will lm filled through this gate, and to aid this nuriKtHo the cab Is pierced by twelve 20 Inch filling I'lihorlx nch (II led ullli 11 en In vnlvx In the upper portion of the gato there is n water chamber with two zo-inch sluices, one opening Into the sen, the outer into mo dock, water to sink tlio gate Is admitted through two '.fl inch valves, and In order to remove this wilier when tho gate Is to be lioateii, there is on the main deck a boiler mill an cnirliio (o iliive n ti 1111 11 contrifiiKal pump capable of delivering i;m gallons or water a minute, in order to fnellltnto tho handling of tho L'lilo. a suitable riitmtnn Ik nhicoil tit the cenlro of the upper deck ami worim by a vertical shart from the eriuinn on Iho tiinln deck. Powerful nnd complicated machin ery Is provided for emptying the dock. Three centrifugal pumps, each wilh Its own engine, nnd n fourth centri fugal drainage pump, will accomplish this work. Nix great steel tubular boilers will furnish the slenm to run tho machinery. With n boiler pres sure of 100 pounds to Iho sipinre Inch tliene pumps wUl dlschnrgo 110,000 gnllons of water per minute. This great piece of work Is going on more than a down miles from the nearest railway station or telegraph olllco. When It Is finished It will save many a ship of the navy the long Journey from the far Northwest to San Francisco, nnd doubtless will be used by vessels of tho Asiatic squad ron returning homo for overhauling. N. Y. gun, A DILEMMA. Several nsnoclntlons of ministers In Washington nnd Oregon have protest ed against the rnlslng of hops nnd barley, because thorn products ore used In tho manufacture of Intoxicat ing drinks, It la now stated thnt n very largo acrengo In Washington nt present devoted to hops will most likely to put to other uso next year. Ileonuso of tho success of experiments tobacco will bo grown on the land In future, Tlio ministers have not yet bwn hrd fi'on. Nivy Haven Jour nal. A' LARGE ATTENDANCE. rala Alto, Jan. 7. Stanford univers ity opened today. The registration of students is not complete, but th numbar will Ed 1400. , ONLY A WAX FIGURE Somo Genuine Sport at a Museum. A Young Woman Played Wax Figure. What She Heaid aud Saw, and How hhe Felt Uurlmr (lie Try Ills' Ordeal. There Is nothing lu this world that persons illxllka more than being made io npiM'iir ridiculous, and there 1 nothing easier than to fool jHroiis. 1 went to a musvuui twice hod Week and Mt down lu my ordinary street drcs on tlm setteo by the middle door of tho main hall, next to the wax figure of th idd limit reading a pro giiiiuiiie, t Nettled luto a comfiMtulile (mikHIiiii, kept perfectly still, ami Mull ed to N t now many person woum , mUtuko mo fur a wax llgure. Muii and women, catalogue lu hand, stopped aud looked nt inc. They would look lu the ciilaloguo mid nun tho dcNcrlptloii of the old man rending the programme, but not a line unom iho young woman sitting near hlm. Then the attendant would com up and explain that 1 wa a new figure Just miide and put out that afternoon, wiieretiHiu the visitors would rcuiiira that It wus a wonderful imitation end walk away. A long ns they made no personal etniiinuuts 1 could stand It vry well, but Tuesday was the day for the hay seed, and I had such a runny ex perience with I'm I Joiiiithnn and bis wire, ancr I hud lxn there soma Hum, that It nearly upset mo for the rest of the afternoon. THOSi: WONDICRFl'L KYK. I could eo them n they came lu tho door- tail, rugged man, about fifty year old, with big boot, loiieh hat and heavy ovrcmt faced with Itonrkklu, ami a llttlo, drled-up woman, drcMd lu liuory or some twenty year ago, with nlniip gray eye, and hiiud knotted from work it couple to attract ittieutloii uuy- where. They began nt tho vuiraiico mul mbuud iiothliig. Preieiiily they hIikm directly lu front or mo und Mt-reil curiously Into my race. I begun to 1st afraid of what was coming. 1 suppose 1 must have bs.ked at them with loo natural nn lutereiit, for finally t ucht Joiiatlian snld: "Say, Murle, do I look tck or any thing? l'o 1 look ns If 1 wa golu' in have a fever?" "Why, no, John. What you nskln' iim that fctT she answered, looking !inloiiiv nt hlm. "Notlilu', only I wUh you would look nl them eyes In that Agger' head and sen If they fuller you Ilk they do me." I aw what wa coming, nnd when die lookd straight Into my eyes oiH iid tin in wide mid put ns much expretedoii Into them n 1 could, Then wiili wonder In their face they walked buck nod forth In front of me. not taking their eye nfT for n moment, 1 did mt move, but let my u In nee fi'llow ilieiu without wavering. Prcwctitly Hit woman mild, turning to her hiiNlmiid. wlili a pnthetle little ipilver lu her voice: "I think, John, I'd like to go home. Them tlggcr I so lircllke, If aliiKmt uin-nuny. and I don't think I want to any iuor." ltv this time . several iennui hud gathered around the couple, their ac tion iiliriieilug more attention than 'iiiythlug else, wa so Interested In keeping up the deception that 1 round no grent dllllctilty In keeping an nn moved oottiiteiiniuv, HIS OR RAT t'Ol'RAOK. "Piiuf! Wliiiniln I nhvoy ofrald or things!" liicbt Jonathan retorted, with a gn at how or bravery. "I will lt nbow you how silly ! Is to Ik tenred or only a wax llgger. ' Ho took hold or my arm and started to put his hand uinl-r my chin wh. n, dill keiplng my eyes on his, I said Ui ns deep and mechanical a voice us I could tiHHiimc: 'iteiient and sin no more!" llo gave one bliMMl-curdllng howl mid started ou n dead mil for the door, his wife following with trem bling limbs. Other became very much excited and followed the couple to the door, and for a n-w moments pandemonium ndgued. When th ntleiiilaiit tried to stop the man lie ili'iipped on his knees nnd, lifting his rhiNped hands, said: "I'll never touch another drop as long as I llVit. M Inter, pleiltet let llle 'jo I Maria, there, she ll witness what I sny won't you, Maria? Oh. Ird, to think I ve got 'cm so bad I see wax tlifgcr talk." After considerable talk they com pimcd hlm n llttlo and then thenlteiid- uit told hlm I was only a mechanical niece that talked when I was touched. llo seemed relieved nt that nnd was finally pcrioiaded to go back iiud see tho rest, but ho would not look nt mo again no matter how uiatiy times ho stood near ine, and It was very 'iinny to see how persistently he ivoided my eyes. The wholo nffntr was so droll that i gave up for that afternoon, for 1ould not get tho man out of my mind, and every few moments I would find myself smiling broadly at Iho remembrance or It nil. HRARD A I.OVI0 STORY. I went down stairs Into the chain lnr of horrors the next day, and took a sent near the linker tragedy, where tho light Is a little dim. I had not been there long when a young girl and nu actor, who Is a member of a comic opera company, cunio along nnd seated themselves near me. They had paid llttlo attention to me, my fixed position giving them the Idea that I was a wax llgure, so I became the recipient of a very Interesting bit of conversation. "I don't care," she said. "Kveryono ran iuo that sh Is In lovo with you. livery night I am there I watch her In all her Insolent beauty mid feel us If I could ehoko her when she looks nt you so." "My dear child," he said, In drawl lug tones, "you mind not come to the theatre so often then. You know I lovo only you, but I must be pleasant to her, anyway. Don't worry your little head about her. Sho don't care for me." "Yes, she does; everyono says she does, and I can't stand It. Hlio has got a llguro like a bug of meal, any way even If her face Is bentillful." "That's very truo," ho haslened to assure her, with a gbineo nt, her own trim little figure, "nnd 1" i They moved away, nnd I could not catch Ilia rest of the sentence. OIIARLHfl AND JACK. I did not notice the approach of two "chappies" until I heard one of thoin say, leaning over and looking In my fiiee: "lty Jove! Charlie, if this wasn't n wax girl I'd bo tempted to kiss her. How wonderfully like llfo they mako these things." I looked straight nt l)m nip slowly winked ono eye, Ho looked at mo In a shamefaced mnnmni nnd then, without a word drew his companion to a further cor ner of the corridor, nnd I could see by their glances thnt I was the uh. Ject of conversation. They como to ward me again In a few moments and I heard the ono who had spoken first any: "I am going to sue, and If she is allv HI WT .topped up P" hi band oa my "' 1 ' . . 't . timhinired aronn . - as ilioiiiuer. i" - ml ho drop)s.d hi nauu. "Walt a mlunlrt, Jack, f mo what I ran do." m to Mb- er, making. 'H'' iLi''' I COUld SS Illiseiiiet w "", , nought It tlm to put a stop to their fun. witu a "" """' -r : COUIII "- , away, leaving them staring oftr me . t out no ami wnmou In cninplet bsioiii!"""".-.".. . ..-- aid. , . TUB PLAIN OF MARATHON. Vineyard Now Ammt Cujj Iho lllstorlo tlreclan Unttlo-Held. The l'lalu of Marathon are now .' . i:h viuevard. from ailliom ui"'"'" . , iu , , ono of which alone M) bogslind of -Clo Marathon' ar "") fo tlm Orand hobd, In Pari. In tho ordinary cour.s of cultttw a skull or a rw Isme are occasionally turiwd up. but on exposure to tho atmos phere, almost luvnrlnbly crumble to dust and g '"!'" V"! ,""f' . . Homo year since a slub of iimrbla wu dlstovered bearing an Inwript .n lu ancient Oreck, proving It to Iw tht mohimieiital stone ir a mighty bnnter or tlio is-rbsl. Anticipating our own . , ..... I,- I, ,i,l liild It Sl't Ollt plainly enough that th imm who d- faced or rellioveu mm f e......... Ihi airtirwd; hi vineyard should Iw t..ile, hi Wife Chlldle.. Ill snip stepis-d bv adveroe wlud. Rut lu eiiso the slab wo rH-lt nil tliew malcdlctloii siioiuu i t oeo. ,,.., It wn restored lid wniii'ti in uy tho owner of tho estate, though sn Utter lum-bellever lu omen sou mm ml.. Ho had been inarrl.-d two year, lu that very year a family begun to arrive; the vlnyard gtive nearly double yield and all hi other transaction were eoually fortunate, wtiiiin tlm nast fw month mere im Im-cii brought to light In a mound on his etttsto a pliN-e of marine, um ho Udleve will prove to be part of the tomb of MUhrldiile. the Atheliinn general i tho great buttio or tne plain. Tllli HTAR-flAJiKlL ii,-i..f ..i,.,n.,itl,,n tin tits horeseope of tho Pulled Htute. a mode by the Prognostic Hinr-tiawr" touch Halcm a tollown t Ill II .i Hint ftnlciii. Orecon. o'ymplu. Wash., nnd other t.luce n far Went, rather unravoraoio min f..m l.,..l,,... n,l l,u-nl IlltereMl. llior ,11, n .. " . " ' " ewpinlally niMtut Dfcemlier 2sth, 3mh, Jaeiiary .'hi. Jlih. and ih." Thewt olotervnllOll reiuio more n iMs-lntly to bintlnr condllUm nnd ,1 Inier.nK nnd In some renlitvl to the utal.t of the weather. We hnve mentioned, gcnoraiiy, tu pruiciimi plan along the Hue or olmervutloii; but In each liuduuco all pluc- In nearly tlw nme longitude a the meiitioiietl may lt tmsldered subject Io tho same Inlliieiicc. The worst condition npar to exist lu tlw West, ...,.i ,,t i.i,.a iy,ni ki im nnd 101 I II' ." H;- - - ilwuv and murine dls- iwtei ami marked dcprclin on the N. V. toca aiaikei, at ccrmiu sumh periods. A PPIdCAINH OAlXmE. Day or Martyrdom rr Mmlsr of the tregoii U'Klitlature at liana. K.iv tho Kugeiie titwrd: A the eiubllug of the legislature draw near member are Inliig mt conilnu ouly liiijMirtuiied ror clerkship that life I becoming burileiisome, nud ex citable ineiiilter are llnblo to t-oiwlgn ih nforewld eglliiture utid all In inini.-ctloti therewith to-heaven, lu rt lntloii to the clerk buslmn a Mnn coeniy iiieiiilH r I said to hnve an were'd nu overi'reHsliig liiiNtrtuulty In tho following strain: "Selo, Or. My Dear Ml: I will bo over to tin leiu nlHiiit January .Mb. prenred to endure a siege of applicants for clerk ship. The young lady who stH-unii my Indorsement for a wsltlon must lt very homely, frowwye or a wart oil the mm Will Hot dlxouttliry. She mtiitl not flirt with me. Thnt will not Ihi permitted. I II 111 Hot Stilting 111)'- wclf lu these requirements, by any mean. My wife Is the party to le Mulled, of course, it will bo nn awful cre to Itenr, but I must be brave, under the circumstances. I tnwt 1 liavo your syiupntliy In my cne." lUaMNTKIXIUBXCK. This has Wn a quiet week lu the hop market. What little business has li-i ii ilium was at the old price tl to lite. There Is a little inquiry for IKS' with 4c tbo top price nhrvlllc Tillies. I'alrly free buying ou foreign ac count ha given the market good sup port this week. Nhlptors have Itcen ready to take choice grades of elthor l'mitle coast or state hops nt lixullc, and have given comtldt-rnble atteii t Ion to medium quality Pacific nt say Ji.ifNKjo. These purchases would In liiiito that liiighiinl prefers our Imps to tlie (icrmniis. nnd onlers have been coming this way free enough to af ford considerable- encouragement. Kindness with brewers has been iiKht, owing pnrtly to tho holiday season; but while they have secured a good deal of stock so far this season It Is expected that they will wnnt a good deal more later. Dealers ure watching developments to take advantage of any favorable turn In tho market. Prices nt present are steady on about tbo IimmIh quoted for some weeks past. I'or s o very low grade stock ns low as (ku7e Is accepted, but fair to really piimo grades of both slate and Pa cifies rango from 7Wu'10o, nnd choice lots are linn nt lie, with occasional sales of fancy quality reaching lU(u Rie, though the outside figure Is cer tainly very extreme ns it quotation. A llttlo attention Is given yearlings at from .'P-Voitc, a to quality. In the Interior of this state the markets have been quiet but without material change. On tlio Pacific coast stocks are reducing rapidly, and the quantity remaining In Oregon nnd Washington seems to ns to bo much lighter than many or tho recently published esti mates, N. Y. Price Current, Duc.2tiih, A NKAlt-I IOmIToTiN ION. Kugeim has received appropriation from tho state In excess of the taxes she has paid Into the Oregon treasury. "Still the tax-payers" of the stale "have cheerfully contributed taxes for the benefit" of liugeiie, but "In these times of depression Hint pople of the" county sent "must not expect an Inor dinate proportion of the revenue" of the Stllte.liioi'elien fr .Dills n.tiliirvt it isn't va Tlio hop-grower may 1h Interested In this paragraphs "Tho nverngo hop grower has no need to give up be cause prices nro low. It come much harder on the old countries where land Is high priced and (1(H) pounds per ncro nn average crop limn to this new region where hind Is cheap nnd will produce l,.ri(K) to ",0(i0 pounds of hops to tlm acre, If somebody has to glvo up hop-growing It Isn't us." RAILROADS. TIMK TABLE, nleunmtnn(i nd Mitnmnuth Motor Liu bfSVPII Indepenilunoe. Leave Moumouih. 7:00 8:10 t):H0 11:16 1:M 8:40 6:00 7:M 8:2S limu 2:S 2:15 4:115 6:1ft GREAT CKATER Ono of the Wonders of the Continent. Famous Artist's Descrip tion of It. k rainier Tell of Jflre'i Handiwork in tbe Hrenle Klamath land. From th aceiik: standpoint Klamath county I a natural obwrvatory from wbloli wo guiw o'er tlw dlvemUbtd and picturesque. ! hiky regum and muMv imt. shruldty bill ami lofty font cla! immnialn dom mor npun tluw U horealloted to u. ll.se tlio nnmuitU! and Iho useful Join In Uw oconomy of puris, and th varied handiwork of tuttnr proffers It re-,oi-, m tlm builders of civilisation. On mout of It $nwf eiryauoo urn Kksl ami cliffs of Igneous visage anow iiiMiiliwkubly that unl uw rorma tlotut am of votiitula origin. 'Ilw lakwi of H'UttMtrn Oregon are all Interesting, but Uw queen or uwm tl u ihn Uiter Kuiiimth which ne- tle among tiw tliisre pcr oi uie lofiy CimwIw, one of which, on th wewt sld, reacht-sn auitmis oi omr iv n (no tlwawaml h4 abov the . rnni ttw uinmlt or uu looomuin looktnir wtniwukd Uw wrl cmild gnxn for out upon Uw otvan; a lltUe furuwr worth ami b muw uwiam Mt Pitt, a liaiidoB pyramidal peak of about ton thousand foot alUtutlw, ile up lit tlm nilot of tlw majestic wildcriMW. Ising souwiwsra t, Shasta and tlw Cjilfornia coat rauge wsr ronwrkably flltli"t awl Impos ing. Hoiiiheinttwsrd tlw HK-rrn e- vtuU uiowotaln' nowy .cionu were plainly visible diW lur gr-nt dl tiiiico, liuntward the cxpaiwtv pan orama, I eomiilcuj lu ono v Ufa the Ink In tlw foreground witn it oay, IMnliiiila aud l!ud sod It buad owy iMHiiiu-lik sttrroumllng jdotur' lug In grand perirtlv witu uio r coiling inbldlo ground Of a tiumlred mlb In xteot. repleto In PiMgraph. cil ftMiture and outline, until at Inst tlio vln ret utn tlw craggy jH-nki In Nevada thnt nark ilu itorixou mmrly two hundred ailln dwtant fraUT tako In (hi county 1 one or nature' mot stt.pefrlou prtslnctlons, It I one of Iho wonder or tho world and iwlClier painter lor pot ha Iwen able to do U full Justice. 'Uw view of Uta lake In ttw aecottipnnylng picture I nnrtvmnited a seen from a fore ground about a tulle west of tbo usual can iliig plnot, tlw principal vlsia Is'liig to Uw nitrthvfost. Wtxard Is land n hug cjilndit eono nearly on thotwund feet hlghmiids itr Uie iijHtMlU) slil of the bike, and Itiwiie iliitely iM-yoml I Mt. Jsi kmill, a high, irekn wall of nsk, from Uw top of wiihb a stone mny be thrown ovr two UsniMand fit't through space be fitro ivruhliig the wsttr, where It de wend nearly two thousand teet mure before renddug the bototti of th lake PurUier to th north Is n-eii an In Scfutililo bhuikh4lng tieak Mt. Thtelson tlw auiiimU of which I Ucnr ly ten thoi)aud feet above Uio sea level. To Uw west I see "Lalo rock," whU'Ji look like a gnst Itorned mou ier. grituacing over ttw gulf below. Tlio foreground 1 a uhim of rectao gular rock, burnt aud ashy from ttw forgo of ulcan, strewn about In fan instic order ou the brink or a one yavvulug lake of (ir. Tho artist wonder why the "regies and ambitious tourist wbo ha cntswtl eery sea ami visited every foreign realm lm not yet gaad upon this greutowt natural wonder where the weary eye may nt last rt and satiate human ambition for tlm marvelous," What a grand ectmi In mid win ter, when swirl ot trwl driven by qrellc storms howl through tbo splln- P. L. Klly. City Livery Stables. Stylish Turnouts Alwavs In Readiness. Having lately purchased the entire interest iu the 8tal)ea of Teter (ok, we are now better prt'iMtretl than ever to meet the demands oi the public iw we are now making and are preparing to make .many substantial, improvement, Teams bourded by the day or month. i raveling men n specumy. Independence Tailor Shop T. LAYTON JENKS, Proprietor. Gentlemen's ; Clothing SATISFACTION II. M, &TM. ESTES & ELKINS. INDEPENDENCE OREGON. Draying - and - Hauling; DONE TO ORDER. Charges Low and Prompt Service. You will find ou, u. on tho or lcilv, orJe ftt Hotd. FBrn It nnd I'limoi rrvnuiy moved. The WEST SIDE f Hitth. MottCompUt In Polk PRICES THE LOWEST A. W7 Docksteader, "-ritoi'niEToit or- Oily tack kd Independence, Oreeon. IT-..., . . ... tinuuus aon at Kaonabl iutei, lurtHi j . , . l,h siwtng th sturdy bmlock- itlflH of knot nd twlts-ibat bang ... ,.t i:MMiia mountain ana In tlw almost sum ln" v ........i -.inter This hardy specimen of ttw vegoiabw kingdom Is slousit liniiwrtul. for h Wl" w crest or inpiiii yiuHn..-T - " " i-ui beld Jntsrt only by tb network of risit Wlilco retier ii o f AvaIh It udkbt bn mii liniiiiw'Mw - . i. . i at tlw base of K.m 0iff belght from Which It IIS 0D norim miimrwii ... t.r.,,.li th mien sir. but till OJ I . . , - - r - - clutching som of It natlvs soil B It canccr-liks grasp, towibwi w grow ii...r,h tranitilsnted. SOd ItHt Bfllf enr comes forth from A srav of tn irontu s snow s tiw arbor rlta of our garden. ..n.1..a l.ark In fIMT td ttiM nmient Crater lk mountain and f.n- moment re! I handiwork of tlw furies as they paint th stormy pnnorsina inronsn um"j .- i ,.l,n,. rlllen nlv In til hbTOfflVMllIcl or crumbling wall and sunken moun- taln. Hut with a uanw snimiion to -H.u1 I ft HHIf Ii ist a irrror In fern may w ' through burning firmsnent dirfi-tid to tiw wsr oi prmtinTo umirs i,. i,iti,ii of vulhlnK creation linger for a monn nt then vanlli In th flerco litnleinrem or umiinineu oi. .......t. al lnt I hit flirle. their Wt ra ti) conipb-t. join hand In tiwlr wrutk and tb trouiiicn mnn nw o biki- i....u..4 r.li,inle thrnn of fir In light tho surrounding world but !, leillpln OI unit', n " im a rrnh thnt snsik a continent, to slum. br forever 'nestb Uw inko of Oltra. miirliw. Nature's wreck and man's glory, may you on ennvn and In poet' pt-a forevt-r llve.-W, K. Parrott In Klam ath P.xpr. TfM) PHKVIOl'H. It I now downier Ird, of Oregon. A happy. pMstperotM New Venr to him sod bl!--Kant Oregonlan, Jan. il. Walt Sllothfr week. Iimther. It will it Ooternor Irl with tlw con vening of tlw tegUlatnre next wk. East and South vis The SHASTA Route --of tbe Southern Pacific Co. CaltCornl n !.! train run (tally ,lop)lns al all .latum. U-(-ti furtlaad and Albany. South 'ona l4r. . f.v. Pr.rll.oil Ar, SO. . Ht-ar. m. I.. a iin v Ar. '& a. m. lit:!. . Af. Han rtmfto Lv. 7Uf. . R OS Surf M s II (tflly.) IV.rll.n4 .... I Rtwebura ....ItUr.s. IVwvOuts.... Ifki a, a. 1 1'urt laud ...,JB A. a. I'ULLMAX BI'iTot SLEEPERS and Ht-coiid-Clutai HlM'ping Cars sttscbed to a!l threugU t ruins. West Side Division. Sstwssn Portland snrf Corvsllls. Mall Irtiln dally jin-t MundaJ ?A m ll v IN.rtland Ar 11:1 a m j Ar...lttlrtcotlnenAr li:l( lit I Ar I t,railw l. Mpm iwpi At Albany and (Ytrvallla, omnwt with train tirr-tfi.ii 1'a. inc raliioad. Kxprt train u.ll (nerjil Munday) i w ji"m i t .mrmlan7l li T5 Upm Ar . i-innvil)f-.i. Uiiupm Oregenlsn Railway Division sits Portland nd Yamhill Ry. AtrUe malt Trl-wrt kly. :im I.v. Portland;... Ar 1 1-06 p a & pm I l.v Monmouth m t.v i 7hJ n Stfi p nt A r Alrll 1. 7iU0 n Through ttrkrU to all point In th KaaUrs Hlaln., ( ana.U and KumM, can m obtalnwt (Mint. M.bllVKlt, Afrot, ludrptndt-Brc. K.KOKIH..KR, , E. r. R(HlKr, Matiiww. Ami. . K. ft Pan. Aft. IMUTbAM). OHKOON. W.H.Roy- KELLEY & ROY Proprietors. Mado to order in any style. A perfect line of niuples always ou hand 8 select from. GUARANTEED. V B. KLK1S7 .!.!!, .... a County. WORK THE BEST. Transfer Do. Blab W'Md for ulf.