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'..- . .:: ' ' ' " -w iTifi mi uni m ! ' mm .ilwi.hu iIIBiwiIim i ii i i ' iwwniiaw in w .-unm ' ! ' "L ' ' ' " "'rr" ' "" I ' lit taiLOSOHiY. I alius ms that a man . Wh tit about tho lt he ran 1 nloiity rood wiouuh to null Tltla lower mundaiio tustlmus No matter et hit dally walk U iubjoct fr his ulKbbor'a talk, And critic mlmU of oT'rjr wuliu Joat gt up and go for him. It'a nacuurat enough, I guwa, When aouta geta more and iouio got loaa, Fer them that's on the allmeat UU To claim It ain't a fair dlvldo, And I've kuowed aouie to lay In watt And get up aoon and et up late To ktoh some fellow they wuld hate Fer gotu at a faater gait. The algna Is bad when folks eom- inetice A -flndln fault with Provldeuoe And balktn 'cause the world -don't shake At ev'ry praurtn step they take. No ntau la great till he can see How leaa tbnn little he would lie Kf stripped to self, and stark mid I Mi re lie hung his sign out everywhere. My doetrln Is to lay aside Contentious and be satisfied; Jest do your tost, and prala or Maine That fullers that eouut jest the same, I've alius noticed irrvat siim'ss la mixed with trouble, more or less, And It'a the man who does the best That gits more kicks than all the rest, Whlteomb Klley Tragedy of an Orffan-ffrinder. Isn't tduraUd. Ha re-s.t to the (tnl lery at tliu otere tho other nlKht-t liiivo liltit a ticket and tinfortttuatoly tliey wvre doing the 'Tristan nud Imihle.' He's very straight forward. And he said he'd never hoard such darned cattcrwallng In Ida life," That doesn't nooeasartly prove that he's musical," said I. "No. 1 wns ttolitg to tell you more alntut him. He has tho most luienso afTeetlon for hie organ, lie took the pledge, six month ago, and put by twopence a day until he had saved enough to buy the 'IntermcMo,' for It. it was for that rvaaou alone, for I know as soon ns he had got It he wasn't snler for a week, lie tried to pawn his blue rlblmn as remnants, but they wouldn't advance him any thing ou It, The man at the pawn shop told III in that the market was overstocked with blue ribbons. TJjrtt pawnbroker apienra to lw a llnlshed cynic 1 must make bis acquaint anee." "lld he get all his tnnea that wayr I asked. "I am afraid he stole the T.wt Chord,' ' said Jack, thoughtfully, "lie had Ion wanted It, and one day a brother grimier left his organ In the street, while he went Into a gin-palace. J I in had had his eye on that organ for a long time; It was just the same slae as his. And while tho brother grinder was drinking, he he attract ed the '1-ost chord' and went away. He nearly got Into trouble over It; but of course you can't awenr to the Identity of a 'Lost Chord," It would have been alwmrd to convict him "Yen; It sounds an Immaterial sort of charge,' Jack lit a cigarette, and sat silent for a moment. "It's perfectly true, as all your mor alists are alwoys Impressing on ns that a man never gets what he wants litry of expletives; but my man had HuIsIuhI and had begun agalu from the tiegluulug, He Is a aort of sav uko aud has only a few simple wonts. They wore both very much out of hrcutb. I went with Faulty to Ht, tleorge'a, Jim had Ttot been killed outright, but he died before morning, He left me the plauo-orguu." And Fanny T" 1 asked. "Fanny Is his executrix aud legatee, We went to the funeral together, aud I took care of her. She wurfc a large black ostrich feather In her hat, ami was very hysterical. Mhe gurgled ou my shoulder. Afterward she made me uu ofTer of marriage." In the silence that followed Jack walked to the window and looked out. The gas had just Iweit lit In the streets, aud the pavements were greasy and shining with a cold sleet which was driving down from the east. The room had grown dark dur ing his story, aud pale billions squares of light had sprung onto the celling from the gun-lamps outside, lie sbHsl there In silence for a little white, ami then turned back Into the room and lit the candles, A man came In to clear away the tea things, ami just as he was leaving the room, Jack spoke to him. "llrln in tho plano-rtrgan." he laid. And standing In the middle of the room, be played the "liitermcww" from "t'uvallorla Hustlcnna," all but the flint three bars, which 1 had played outside on the landing, and when it was finished we were both silent again, for It seemed to us that It was Jim's requiem. Then Jack turned to me, Toor old Jim." he snld. "Of course It was a devilish silly thing to do; hut It was a flue answer to Fanny's chaff. It would have Ix-en ilmst of all If ho could have made her liellove that be was able to do It without do- CAREER OF DOUGLASS 1NCIDKN1H IN TIIK MKK OF UIK SLAVIC SJAIK.SM AX. HU Irlump lu England and Ireland Graphically Mated by an Eye ( Wltutsl ami Friend. The Cleveland gentleman who was est acquainted with the Into Fred HouglaiM Is probably Itev. lr, (leorge W. l'cpper. lr. rpor llrst met Mr. Douglass abroad nearly llfty years ago, suys the Cleveland lleruld, and tells some very Intercut lug stories of the negro .statesman's career. "The llrst time 1 met Mr. Douglass," said Ir, l'cpper, "was 111 Ireland, In 1N47. lie had met with witiitisliistlu receptions in London ami throughout lCnglund, aud had arrived at Cork, tie was met at the landing by dlstlit. fulshed diUciis, and rode away lu a earrlagu seated between the lord tayor of Cork and Father Mathcw, the great lloman Catholic apostle of tcmporntice. Ho was dined by the eltv council, and was accorded es peclnl murks of attention by the most prominent jiooplo lu Cork. "llolng to Imhllti, he went to call upon Imnlel U'Ooimell, who was the rat t'nt hollo lorn mayor mat city had had for more than IMS! years. Mr. Douglass had a Idler of Introduction from Hon. Charles Hu inner, but when U'OoiiueU'a servant announced that there was a colored man at the door, the great Irishman rushed to tin ioor. and clasping lioughtss lu warm embratHt, said: 'fr'retf lmuglass, the American slave, needs no lettc f IntrtHluetlon to mo.' "Uu tho day following Ids arrival iin cinsiL or rainnr uu i : . -- i - - . . . . i ,,,...... ..11 i..t it,,.,.,!...,., i.. f hum avTNs Vi.Tn 1,7 nunkiiiTi wi,T -i. w thout wanting aoiurthtn he hasn't tig It. Hut Fanny is aoomuae-i nan " ',' 55S tlon of manklud which I " to tell her three times that 1 really where he IntrtMluced the fhr we are aecustom.M to call 7,' "'."V. ... I IT. , "" ' V.T .xliivo to the reiMalers. w ten he rfVMi'il-S lliilmm nil. la vol- i'..u..r. I I-"""" "" .......- . , ..n it .... , ,. w B . ,...- i, ,,,. i.., i,i l,. ,Uh,. l,t !,. i,niilli4il I umm im loininniH nmu. ally eomleuined fff Its . " " """Z'r'r.r?. : in t hui trt or In a aaiti tin ni. iiiMiiuiiniiniH'ii n imiu aite mr i supposed laxity and loose ness of living. That many Bohemians are lax aud loose cannot be denied, yet lu what class will you not dud Individuals who share such a falling 7 Hut lu eon sequence of this hasty generallxatlou the beauties of Bohemia are altogether overlooked or swaiuped In this sweep ing moral censuro. Now what Is not geuerally kuown Is that ou the fnm tier of that country there Is set what we may call the converse of a douaue. No importation of any sort Is Illegal; you may take In as many unbroken boxes of cigars as you please, but you and your luggage will not lie passed unless you have an unbroken box of kindliness toward your fellow creatures. You must be sympathetic; your willingness to coudone, or at any rate your refusal to condemn, must be beyond dispute. That ccr tain acts and modes of thought are altogether foreign to your nature, you must accent, lou must be wll ling to concede that the world is wide, and that there are many thlugs about which you are . not comiicteut to judge. You must be tohrant, and you must remember that you are a He's hecu walking out with that girl for two years," he continued, "and she won't make tip her mind to marry him. How odd It Is you should lie Ignorant of these things! People like you are supposed to bo looking fur material, aud yet you never go where It lies lu the streets, broadcast like manna." "Never mind aliout material. Tell me about Jim's young woman." "She can't go out Just at present." said Jack discursively, "she got a severe blto a couple of days ago." "A dogT I suggested. "I asked the same question, and she said to hip: 'O, no, It was another lady" what did that. Hhe Is very fresh ami frnuk. Anyhow, Jim Is worth half a dien of her, but she doesn't want to commit herself, 1 think. You vsee, In those clnssl don't know why I talk about classes young women sow their wild oats as well as young men." "And even the 'Int.'tiitefxo doesn't make Jim happy?" "No; I hotied It would. I expect she's been unkind to him today, for he spoke quite quite crossly to me hint now, (lootl heavens! its half her. Yet, after all, It la better to do a flue thing and die, than to continue not doing tine thlugs and live. I don't mean that Jim hud done any thing Due before, but, at any rate, he has clone one flue thing more than most of us ever will." HOW TO rilEVICNT Tit A IN HOB- 11 E HI KS, Meulennut Knight of the third cav airy contributes to I ho North Amer ican ltevlew an article on a simjeei u-llh la nt much liitcn-nt lo tho trav eling public, towlt: the prevention of OOonnell . may arise train robiierles. there the wamiM of the L'nroilims, a iitima being pant lug for freedom, let It be tiroc aimed to him that no lias friend In the otd Irish notion. My words shall travel across the winds and waves of the Atlantic; they shall roll tip the banks of the Mississippi and the Missouri, telling the slave holder that- tho time for his Injustice to cease has come, and that the H-rlud for the emancipation of the boudinan has arrived, according to the laws oi the living tlod; aud a prayer g forth from my heart that a blue in America pointing Ids linger at Douglass as he He says that the make up of trains spoke. The wiioie aimience arose ami tho Western country facilitates three hearty cheeta for Doug lass ana tne bmoihioiiinih. Daniel o'Conncll." continued Dr. Pepper, "was a fierce and uncomprmi (slug abolitionist. About tuai time check for a good many thousand dol lara arrived from New Orleans mill anil a hrothpr- nr. If von am not that It would tm liettcr If von u,ni past four. if von ran nnnmiv wiih i r..i.ir. "Where are you going tor ments, you may. if you will, wander ,l Fr',k far and wide thromrh Hohemla: vou rraiik larver an "organ mar. If vnn will ha natnmllxml. hut grlnderf without them von cannot be. As Is "N: why should be 1m7 Hnhomla an am llolinmlnna ami IIiiiv Hmlt Illy acquaintance to I maintain that they have many good points in their favor. Jack Stanley was the liest Bohe- Ian I ever knew, but as he had none of what are considered the cardinal vices of that nation, .be was never classed as ono. He waa only cousld ereti rattier odd. We were sitting together In tho win I don't orpin grinders. I don't really know how to deserllte him. He's a sort of agent." "Thnt sounds snttlclently vague." "Sutllclently Inclusive, I hope, Frank s' very broad in Ids views, Well, good-bye." ' This conversation tmk pi nee at the end of July, and a couple of ilnys afterwards I left Iinlon for the dow of a club one day late In July last country, and lost sight of Jack for year, looking out onto the hot, dusty some months. He bud tccn seen, so street The season was dying hard, I heard, at Alx lcs ltalns In AukiikI, but had been emitting sundry galvan- though what took him there I cannot 1c efforts to pretend It was quite frisky pretend to guess. He certainly did still, in the shape of rather sparsely not take the waters, and the rcimrt attended dances. Jack's Itohemlan- that reached me thnt he was going Ism did not cut him off from his own to marry a ltusslnn princess with a elasa, but he had been lamenting In hook nose and no roubles was quite want or originality compared to inemiiwe. nut in Deccmuer I was in what be called "second circles." London again, and passing one day The capital of Bohemia." he was up Jermyn street. I Inquired nt lacks saying, "Is London, and the season is lodgings whether he was In town, from September to December, of land receiving an answer tuntho waa course. May to July Is very lively, and In bis room, I went tip. i breakfasted on tlierricN this morn- On the landing oiitnlile Ills room ing In Covent Harden. Towzlcr gave thero stood propiied ngntnst the ban. me tnem. Do you know Towxler? isters a largo pltino-oriran. The He la one of the proper old Covent thought of Jim flashed across my Garden men, and drives his owu van mind, and I gave tho handle n turn, p every night. I don't' believe he and was not surprised when the Hint goes to sleep at all between April and two or threo bars of tho "Interme.xo" August My dear fellow, you should detached themselves, as it were, from know Towzler. I don t approve of the surrounding dusk, and clattered, kls morals, but he Is really orlglnnl," as Jack had said, on the floor. What s wrong with his morals?" Apparently the noise roused him, I asked. I for he came out from his room to see O, haven't you heard? He was had who I was. op for bigamy at Bow street. He got "Ah, come In," he said. "I nm do eff, but Towxler tells me it's CJod'i lighted to see you. Yes; Jim's piano- orgnn. And Is Jim having tea with you?" Iruth." "How did he get off? "That's Towzler's concern. They couldn't lay hands on the second wo man. He says he hasn't done her any barm; she's only on a visit to foreign parts, apparently. Poor old Towzler, he had a rough week of It But his methods, are always simple, ana simplicity is the secret of art." "But not a proof of It, though I don't doubt Towzler Is an artist What time did you get home this ornlng?" "About half-past five," sain Jack. "I left Lady Maslngberd's at three, and as it was a lovely morning I walked to Covent Garden, and breakfasted with Towzler, as I said. Three to four on a midsummer morn- I asked. "No; Jim Is dead. He left me hll piano-organ." I followed him Into tho room, and ho poured me out a cuu of tea. "Yes," he repented; "Jim Is dead. He committed suicide. Confounded fool poor old Join." "Tell me about It," I said. For a moment he looked at nm dis trustfully, as the donatio officials on the frontier of Bohemia might look at a traveler with scanty luggage. "ir you care to know, I will tell yon," he said. "I do care to kiiow." "I think I told you before thnt Jim had a young woman who wouldn't lu tho Western country such robberies. These trains are made uu In the following order: Ku glue, tender, express or baggage eais, second-class coaches, urai-clsss coaches and sleeping-car. The rob- hers board the forward platform of the car uoarcat the tender at some small stopplug place and lie quiet until the train has reached a trestle In the darkness; then they cmw! over tho teuder, cover the engineer and fireman aud compel them to stop the train. This done, they return to the express-car end either terrify the men- seuger Into osnlng tho lmr, or blow It opeu with ilynainlle, when the booty Is at their mercy. The oceu- imiits of the pusscugor-vttra are un aware of what Is hnppciilug until the affair is over. Lieutenant Knight suggests that the make up of tralus should lie altered by placing the engine and the express cur at the two ends of the train. If this were done, the robbers would have to traverse the whole length of the train after they had HtopMl the locomotive before they could reach the plunder they sought, ami In that long journey they would run no small rlk of resistance by the train crew. And If they let the loco motive run on, and attacked and uncoupled the express car at the rear end of the train, an automatic alarm bell would Immediately apprise every iicrson on the tralu of their enter prise. The tocsin would be a signal for the engineer to back down his train, and by the time It reached the cut-off express car there would lie a force of armed men on the renr plat form rendy to do buttle, J.leuteiiimt Knight supplements his plan with the suggestion tiint every car on the train should In provided with two repeating shotguns, each magnslno containing live buckshot cartridges. Tho plan Is worth the attention of railroad managers and express com panics. If tho chance of death in train robiierles Is made greater than the possible prospect of gain, the business will tie abandoned, It Is inly Itccnuse train robtiers geuerally escape soot free that the race con. tunics to flourish, Home day two or three gangs of highwaymen In rapid succession will encounter train crews brnve, resolute and keen-sighted, aud will lenve their corpses on the track That will put a stop to the Industry. When William III became king of England he found that all the great highroads leading out of Iondon were Infested with highwaymen, so that men traveled at the risk of their lives. Tho shrewd Dutchman de tailed a rcclmcnt of cavalry to attend to the business. They patrolled ev nry road from sunset to sunrise, aud being rough riders, with a brutal di rectness In their methods, they shot and killed In a few weeks eighty roll- new. i here were no trials-only a few brief coroner's Inquests. But the help the Irish cause. Mr. O'Conncll took the Mpcr and said, 'Send It back. Ireland Is poor, but mior ss she Is. she cannot accept the wagi of the unpaid negro,' Alsiut the snmc time O'Oounell wrote his jiowerful aniM'al. urging the Irish In America to Join forces with the abolitionists. "I'roliably the grundest moment lu Mr. Douglass' life," said Dr. 1'epiver. "was In Imdon, near tho time of tho events which 1 have Just related. He attended the world's universal jienec convention, at which Lord Slmftce bury, the famous philanthropist, pre sided. Douglass was liiirtxiiiccii the audience, which consisted mainly of dukes and lords, as 'The American Hlave.' At the conclusion of his a dress his hearers cheered for fully five minutes. "One of the most striking Incident occurred, however, when a promlnen New York clergyman went forward with the others aud extemlcil hi hand, which was proudly refused by the black man. 'No,' said be, 'y, would Hot do this If we were In New York, and I refuse to accept It here, Tho Incident was noted, and the New lurk clergy man did not have an op port unity to preach lu a single Iin don pulpit during his stay. i "Dining his stay with mo ho re ferred to his escnie from slavery. It was brought up by his rending au address of mliio In Ireland in which referred to the reception which was tendered to him there, and to the nl- hnrronco of the Irish people for sluv ery. no sain mat wnen a tsiy, on Colonel Lloyd's pliuitutton, alsiut tlf teen miles from Baltimore, be wn scUcd with a desire to see a ship, and obtained permission from bis mistress to go to that city. While nt tho dis ks he saw two Irishmen unloading the timbers from a vessel, and gave them tome assistance, "On taking leave of them, one of the men nuked him If he was a slave, and upon his replying nlllrmntlvely the other exclaimed: 'Why don't you run away? (Jod never miido a man to be a slave.' As ho walked back to his master's plantation the words of thnt Irishman rang In his ears, and the Idea resulted In his making his escape. Then, his sides shaking and his face wreathed In smiles, Douglass concluded: 'Mr. Poptior, when I get to heaven, I will search for those two Irishmen, and when I have found them I will take them liefore tho (ireat Master of nil, and will say 'There are the men who told me thnt I was never meant to be a slave.' "Then he talked for an hour about the celebrated men he saw and beard business of highway robbery fell Into 1,1 England and Ireland, and snld ho .,, . . . ' I il, ,.,,)., re'.... ..,.n ...... . illsreputo and was abandoned.-H, V, liullctln Ing is the loveliest hour In all the make up her mind whether to marry year, ho mankind snores then. I ara mm or not. well, one day last Oe a fool, I know, but I must say that tober, Jim coulilu't stand It any long- I have the sense to appreciate an or. He had taken her out for a walk early midsummer morning. Even on Sunday afternoon, and bo naked London looks washed." w her for a direct answer, yes or no. A piano-organ struck nn in the but alio wouldn't say either she Is street outside at this moment, and a most tiresome younir woman and Jack got up and went to the window It waa employed In cutting out the "intermezzo" from "Cavalleria Rus tlcana" with relentless accuracy. "I know that only ono piano-organ coma nave got that tune yet," mur mured Jack. "He'll play the 'Lost Chord' next Now and then I felt a little irritated with Jack. It Is excusable to feel Irrltntod with a man poor Jim got desperate. He told her that she was spoiling his life, that no (iiiln t care for his pluno-organ any more, that even the 'Intermezzo' was a burden and tho 'Lost Chord' had fulled, or words to thnt effect: and as for other young women well, his classification of them nppours to have been moHt-liow shall I say It? most peremptory. I'liiinv told mo who snys he all about it-her name Is Funny. They chance barrel- wore waiting at IfuniiiierHfiilth dis- CHINESK WEAKNESS Julian lliilph, in a letter relntlmr to tne miuntiou of affairs In the East, muiies a striking comparison to II uisirnte Chinese helplessness. Ho says; "in considering this or any other war in Clilna, the student iiiiihi un iicmuud that China is not a nut Ion, inn a people, ins end of be in n thought Mr. O'Conncll was the most natural and spontaneous orator he ever heard. He talked of Dlsreall Wendell Phillips, nnd went Into ran tures over Lincoln. Paid he: 'As the yoars roll on, yes, the centuries travel around, Lincoln's fame will continue to grow greater, nnd the colored race will never bo able to mention hla nnmo without emotion." A MEDAL PRESENTATION. great body, 'moving glacierlike noon r1"0 President of tho Commission lis enemy' (as an ex-dlplomnt In Pleaaantly Remembered. America Ignorantly doacrllios It). It Is a broken bug of shot rolling in all directions nwny from the object that has torn the bag. We have hero three sets or peopie-(l) the once warlike, now onervnieu Tartars or Manchoos, who rule tho country: (1! the irrent knnwa wlint tuna a - - w w.iuuyv R(.1W I , ... v n, , t nil. 111,;, nil, I 111 UIII- I. . ... . ' organ will piny next. trlct railway station for a train to my, true Chinese In the provinces "I bet you two to one he doasn't." take them home, nnd at lust .llm said l or mo ning-tHo river, and !l) said I. thnt If lllin umnhln't- nritftiascat film south of that river n number of Mm. "My dear fellow, it's not fair to way or tho other he'd throw himself !"'"""' provinces, speaking different Bet on certainties. It s Jim organ; I know Jim intimately, i told you so. 'Heated one the piano-organ!' How well music suits the words, nnd how hour- the heavy father somewhat. geols they both are! They are a sort "Of course Fanny lntnrheri. and wild of meat-tea-music." sho'd like to see him do It: nnd if He threw up 'the window. "That's thoro'8 one tlilnir Its unsafe to do to tne most determined piano-organ in a love-sick man, It is to laugh nt him, London," he continued. "It stnmns You may abuse lilni and insult him. inn uuiea oui iiko a steam-Tiuneh. nnu i o win nro in i v i uriit. vou. nm A few days ngo a beautiful cold mourn was presented to Hon. (Joo. T, Myers, president of tho late Oregon World's Fnlr commission, bv his fel low commissioners and tho ofllcers of tho commission. Tho mednl was for. mnlly presented to Mr. Myers bv XL 8. Senator Geo, W. Mcllrldo. who snld: -"Air. Myers on behalf of the Ore gon World's Fair commission, I have Planters down in front or the tra n. nnd s ha ", hiuk umerciu customs. Itlio honor to nrcsoht to vnn thin mmini , There; might go home alone, and be would n,id Rovorned for China In a manner as a token of tho personal esteem of day at never bo ablo to bother her nnv . B" ",B1 ,nill" "i the relics of those whoso names are thereon in- the more. In fact lie nmmrentlv nlaved lllB "'""'tit feudalism which not long scribed, and ns a teHtlnmniiii f mm I aimwclnilnn nf Hin 1,111,111, nlillli,. I II' " " "' '""-, I.....I..T, in .. l" " 1119 11,081 commie- and fidelity with which you have per iiiiim ration of a nation divided fnpinmi tu nn..,,.,,,,, ,in.,a ..i.i....t mm ,n, . 1. .....T.w.in ,iiiliv:ri ,11 !ll(?m.ll'IH llSCIl, J IIIIS. With ItH lid. (if tlia imtnmluuli.n .....a i 1 1 . I w ....... uu I Ul.,KUI".7 mm nice to hni'linrle mcllmdu f mm-. In,.. ,.,..,.,, ,i. w .,.,,. , ,nu mi.i.(7nn ,i uiu Wl-Ulll I,JI.I1I1I1L 111 and flings them down on the pave mentDang . There! 'What an ex ample of industry and punctuality. If there Is a single moment to spare, 11 sprints up to tne top of Its com- that will do him good; but it Is best not to laugh at him. He didn't sav iiuyiiung more, ana i'nnny went on cunning him, telling him It was a pretty thing to do to nsk her lo go ago was puro there and complete" ff mi ci.. 1.. n . . vu. UOI1H against here fare nnd its nntlnnthv to modern nlv. Illxatlou, It Is left weak and defenu... less beforo tho brave, enterprising iiioKiw.hivo nnu homogeneous Juimn. ess, notwithstanding Its enormous I superiority In numlK-ra.-Hiirpor's i-i-tii, pass ana aown again, and is always out walking with him. and then bo. in time for the next note. Good after- have like a stuffed Idol, or whatever noon, Jim. How is she goiug today?" their equivalent for a stuffed Idol 1m a tnicK, husky voice from outside a glass of flat half-nnd-hnlf, I growioa our: siiotuu think. Then Jim said sudden "Silly old" something I could not ly thnt ho was sorry sho hadn't en- eaicn wnat. "Hues got a wambling joyed herself that in ner innards today, I'm thinking." Jack ahut down the window. "Jim Is so colloquial," he he World's Columbian Exposition Is largely duo to tho ablo manner In which you met the trials and dllllctil- tlos .of your official position, wbllo wo must especially commend you for your personal sacrlllce of tlmo and money, in the Interest of our common WOl'k ill behalf Of our Stnfo. Accent n nine iiiiecooio auout Mttran Bern- "ion, mis meant ns nn evidence of our recognition of your valuublo servico to tho commission nnd to tho stato. and of our personal regard and eg-toom." Air. Myers responded with much hnrdt may throw some light on the manor or stniro k ss nir. or nt lentil demonstrate thnt there aro kisses on tho stngo ns well as off. This num. afternoon. And tlonnl actress was recent I nnrfnrmimr When the train came up. he stenned In a new nlnvTand at thn chm nt ti.a feollmr. Ravine that whiin na n ,,,. ouii-uy uu uiu iiiiuiorm onto tne l no '"m act sue litld to rimh iinnn tlm ter or necesaltv. thn dutv nf aminrvio. slt'hed. In front of it. I had Just como homo stairo. kneel down hv thn ulila nf linn I Inff tho irnnnrnl tirni b nf tlm ,,,.,,.... and of course Lord Anstruther passed from Alx, and was spending tho eve- dead lover, who Had been shot by "ton had devolved upon him na its at the moment. "That's the great nlng alone, when I'anny-or what was tho villain, aud passionately kiss his President, he had relied upon the ad- u,pUU,. w uu,, jou run wik imi: runny-mux ai inn uouse-ami loroneaa. it is said that French vice and assistance of the commission, to your friends from the window, domanded admittance. My man, on noblemen, poets, nuthors and artists whoso faithful and efliclent perform but your other friends caa hear what tho other hand, refused her admit- wrote to her nrrm-t tiff tn DnKirn na 4,t I anna nt rlniv tin1 litstu nltmif 41n i t I . m , , . , - ... I ' "n w ' v n mo l tvw f. uihj aiu uiuiikiji u uuui iiiw .7 ?' .... tonco' flnu ut'tween tnem tney Kicked corpse, and she, not wishing to of- signal success of Oregon's exhibit at lie threw himself into nn arm-1 tin such a row that I went down to fend onvono. imd f(nuh iw,,ikua I Hla irfnat AVr.ialflnn ITa I n 1 1 n '1 Otnf cnair. Ihoq what the matter was. Fanny a nvnrv nitrht Tim mi f iu li.n i,.,,i ,i,.nn nni i,ia ,i,., nn..n.n.. IITI - I , ... ,, I " " ml m v,. UK3 iiuiiiu i iiiu uuim viii 11 in Ullljr IIIIIK Jim has a real soul for mus c." I f rlnceless. dsheveled Fanny was I eat n brand tn in r n.a.,n,. 1,1. inj.nu.t .n,i ni,i ih, . nil 1141 . - ' ' f t t ' " V ...,UUIUV V& w M , juuguiVUl, HI1U DUIU llittl oi courw nm intne uoom nun wuy uirougii uer vocuou- ino nox omce, , , . , I the credit for the success of tho Ore gon oxblblt ihotild rightfully U sharod lu comiuou by the inemberi of the commlsNlou, who had together shared Its labors and responsibilities, lie returned his thanks to those who had Joined In presenting the medal, aud sold he should prls It highly, but not so highly as he prtxod their com mendation of his course as their pres. Ideiit aud the good will and personal regard which prompted their kind gift Mr, Myers closed by saying that he should gratefully remember his fellow members of the commis sion for their steadfast aid and sup port In the dlftlmilt lulsirs of his posi tion and for the bcaiillful memento nf their appreciation and esteem. The modal presented was of hand some design representing the ghilie, above which Is a plain gold bar, ou which Is engraved the words, "George T. Myers, President," On the face of ths mednl Die globe Is surrounded by the words, "Oregon World's Fair Commission," aud engraved on the obverse side of the glols are the names of the donors: Geo. W. Me Ilrtde, J. It. Cnrdwell, W. F. Matlock, Phil Mete, ban, 10. II. McKlroy, J. A. Wright, Mary Pnyton, 0. II. Irvlna, secretary. Jay Guy Lewis, general superintendent. ONI3 TullIU.ICII'8 LFCK. A party of horse racing followers wore standing In Wlllurd's lobby lust night when a lull, soldierly bsiklug man, with whits Imlr nnd snowy mus. tache and Imperial, strode In and ad vanced to the clerk's desk. "Keo that feller," sold one of the elderly men In the group. "That's Lucky Jack Holy. Never hear of him? Well, he's got a story that Is worth knowlu. Thirty years ago there wasn't a higher roller in the Mouth. His Hople had died out one by one iiutll only a sister was left, and Jack nnd her had loads of money and lots of negroes.- Him got religion the worst way, and all of a sudden went Into a convent. "As I said, Jack was a high roller, hut he'd kept within hounds up to that time. When the girl left the world, as they call It, Jack was crar.y. Ho was devoted to her, In spite of bis ninnln' around, aud h Just cut l"Ke and raised a fog. He played the limit, and It wasn't long before the brace players bad layouts fixed for bliu In very town he struck. Ills money went, sud his negroes, list, ami the time came wheu he didn't have the price of a shoestring. He drifted up to Memphis one night, broke and des peiate. He went Into a furrar bank and watched the game for awhile, but he didn't get a noil, where not long liefore the negrmts used to break their nocks to shove a chair up right In front of the layout for him. "Old man Galloway had a fever streak ou him that night, and was playlu' blues at a hundred a stack. Jm k sat down mar him and seemed to liustrate the old mini, because he Ix-t ID hli on a double seven and got split. Ho was madder'n a hornet, but he laughed Just the same and said to Jack, as ho handed over the split check to til 111 : " i reckon you wanted a stake and uiiido me bet mid chilis. Keo what vou can do with that.' "Jack imibltod the two and a half like a hucury man rnlehlii' a bun, nud stud It Into the square. The king won on the turn. Then tho due won twice. Jin k let the -H lay; the deuce won again: then the king won twice, and then the deuce won again. Neither the nuoeii nor ace had showed, but tho fti-H in blue chins were still tin touched. The dealer thought be bad a cinch and never spoke alsmt the IJisi limit The queen won on the turn. "'Draw down to itno,' said the deal r. and Jack tisk Hid away. Well the hist king and all the queens aud aces won, nud Jack had si on every one. He kept on playing and turnci! tho lsix down and carried off the f 7.tW bank roll with him along nlstut day break. He got the blue split he bad mailed on nnd had a hole Isircd lu It and put It on the chain of the watch he bought next day. He went to New Orleans and won tdiMSS) In five weeks. Then be went on a tank brenklug trip up the river, ami bo reached St. Iiuls In the spring of 'CD worth f-tx).OtiO In solid chslt. lie was coming out of a farrcr Imnk the day after he got there, when a little woman came up to bun. "'Jack,' she said, 'gimme that thing you've got ou your watch chain ami hang this Instead,' and she held out a little modal, jack saw It was bis sister. He broke the blue split off and took tho nnHlul nud put It on. There were twenty crooked games fixed for him nt Ht. Louis, but ho never played farrer again. He wears thnt little mednl yet" When Ioty came out a few minutes later a dosen pnlr of eyes senrcbed his vest. Hungllng from tho heavy gold chain thnt crossed It vns the little modal. Washington Star. ORIGIN OF FASTER. Tho Egyptian Osiris was probably the prototype of tho Jjitln goddess Aurora the dawn who was kuown to tho Germans ami 811x0111 us Ostnru. or F.astre. The, latter goddess was often worshipped with lire, prolmbly as an emblem of the dawu Oster- fotier. When Germany became Chris- llanlxed, the new church did its best to trample out nil the old pagan cus toms. Hut they could not do it. Tho hantro festivals In particular had takon a deep hold on tho hearts of tho people, and the heads of the new church wisely decided to make the best of them. 80 they turned them Into Christian observances Instead of heathen rites. The people held fast to their eggs. Let them e they would not. They kept on coloring and giving them ns presents quite us much 11s though they still worshiped the goddess Kustrc. One must go back to tho Persians for their ilrst observance of tho euir day, liefore their conversion to Mo hammedanism the Persians reckoned tho iN'glnnlng of their new year from tho day lu which tho sun enters Aries, which is in March, According to ono of tho ancient cosmogonies, all things were produced from a 11 egg. hence called the muudnne egg. This cos- mogany was received In Persia, nud on this account thero obtained among the people of that couutry a custom of presenting- each other with nn oirir. the symbol of a new beginning of tlino 011 every New Year's day thnt Is, on tho day when tho sun enters Aries. Among the Jews tho season of the ancient Now Year became that of the passovor, and among tho Christians tho season of tho passovor bus bo- come thnt of Kaster. In olden times tho fires were al ways quenched In all the churches nn Master eve and kindled nnew from tho Hint, and the new lire being hal lowed by the priest every ono could tako homo a brand to bo lighted, when needed, as a preservative against tempests. Less well observed la nn old custom of putting tho hoime in order on Kaster day, particularly the kitclion. In many parts of Ireland and Km. land In oldou days tho belief obtained that on Kaster morning tho sun dnncod In honor of tho resurrection. On tho evening of Holy Hnturdny great preparations were mndo for the lUilNhlng of Lent. Many a fat hen nnd dainty piece of bacon were put 111 me pot ny tne cotters wire, nnd woo to tho person who should taste uorore the stroko of 12. but nt thnt hour would bo heard tho chipping of hands and cries of "Out with tho Lontr All would be feasting and merrlmont for n few hours, when the good people would retire, to rise about 4 o'clock In ordor to soe tho sun danco. in England to 1( was au n . break tho Inteu fast by ea lug which the Jw w held f a'cusS opined in m.ny IH-, jf Eughtud In which, ss JSr-fW of the "r. VhoV. St J boys ran tout ; told I M f tJ woman or lrl ",M LE TUl il. street Slid scwsited them wihi Tn, Z' shoes. If fru P" st tho saine time sloping t tk they would do and enrrf the u ' off, living Ihe hapless female In her ,AMtk,TwlK,hm two great cake. JA to I J 1 divided n th. church on day anmng the ymt while In the Peak of Icrb)siiire c.So.,1 known . sugar wm; ; tallied The c h dren used to repair the "Dropping Tr." with . rug " one hand, a quarter of a poumi ot TthentV In their cups ss much desired from the dropping f tlw spring they dissolved the sugar In It "uiMlmcttomof German families on Faster eve to pin; sngar eggs, the former filled with sugar ptams. in a ttt. then to ' with dried leave In the garden. Ihat tho Joyous children may hunt for them on Faster morning. It Is a superstition all over the world Ihat one should wear new clothes on Raster day. Had luck wl l follow If there Is not at lst one arti cle which Is new. It was an article of fnlth with I he devout of Normandy that with the earliest chime of the church Mis of Kaster iimrn celestial visitants do scended aud at very house where there were llttll children left eggs for them as tokens of their visits: Hut Satan, ever on tho alert, sometime adroitly llped In sn egg of 111 omen. Many of the old Filler customs have gone like the wassail bowl and yule log of Christmas, but colored eggs, like Knots Chins, have firm hold on the childish heart. There Is a pretty legend to account for their origin -that a bird sung a sorrowful lay over Christ's tomb, and a a reward for Its devotion Its egg were ever after decorated. ,,M.M.CMl. .IUHL1N. p. I. DEi-E 1 OJ., Ti!i Ftstcrj FIRST-CLASS Drain Tile. fall ( GOOD HYK. ItlCHARIl. New York, Man2ft-!Uohard ( or, rim wvll known i-JltMon, will sail fur Kuriipo tisuorruw. 1, . 1 ' 1 . Prlees HARD TIMES. OrriCC AND FACTORY Independence. 0regn Uo to t C mr-i BLACKSMITH Ad4 hew CHEAP Yos m H yr Work 'Dono. Wagon Repairing ol Al Kinds, . I. FUllE Prtjrietcr. dor. tan W h th plat to g sd flnrt-clM f. ATH 25 CU 1 THE WILLIAMS HOUSE. A FIIIST-CLAHH HOTEL situated near the 8. 1'. depot, on Heeond street, lNDi:i'KNDKNCK.OUi:aON, ROOMS, light, clean and airy. TABLE supplied wiih the best in market. PATRONAGE of the public solicited. W. W. WILLIAMS, Prop. L. Kelley. W.H.Ray- City Livery Stables. Stylish Turnouts Alwavs in Readiness. Having lately iititrhnwHl the entire Intertut in the Rtalilm of IVtcr took, we are now Udtfr prepred than ver to tnwt the demaudaoi the public as we are now making ami are preparing to make many Traveling men ft sw!inlly. GIVB "CTS J. CALL. KELLEY & ROY Proprietors. II. U. KsTts. W. B. Eutm ESTES& ELKINS INDEPENDENCE OREGON. Draying - and - Hauling, DONE TO ORDER. Charges Low and Prompt Service. on will nnd our tcaiiu oa tut tUovt, or .Us lmv enle sna Ptstios csreftilly moved. Jem st to. I.ic Hotel. fumUa Nl LIMY STABLE. C. 0. Groves, Proprietor. East Sid Railroad street, near Little Palace Hotel First-Class Bigs, Boasonablo Charire Careful drivers ami teams furnished for Tr.v.11- b " ' Horses Ismrded by Hie day, ww,k or nioulh( TO SALEM DAILY The Steamer Alice A. Will loav, lds,Ka.dsn, every dy, ,ulltIay Balsa. on t., m"tna M .. Thm IAIPCT einp Has tha Most Ca,-i... . . . dOB .epriG PRICES THE LOWEST. OUlty. s WORK THg RFft-r A. W. Docksteadei' (SuocMor to Charl. H A Charle. HuuU) -MlOntlKTOU OF Independence, Oretrnn naming dona at Baau ' WrCS0n' Slab Ws ISAlLltOAI hI)mhiiUi ..4 IttdfMlltMIl., j I ! w 15 I. ' if, w L! kit) f East and So via The SHASTA pK ' nt lija . Southern Pacifia ; al .11 .Ulw. UHw. gffi ...BoMfciiff Mall fw,. Umm,, lu, . , j l-mli ti bs a t5f rt'LLMAN ut nm rlt and rniiHlaj hWjiinf Cut r to all lbr.aj(j5 intm, West Side Divis- ttwtaa Portland tt4 mu rat omiijr (ttttpMi llris. m Ar.jo4.4j; H.tiftt, I Af .... Iwmi.7i.IJ lFM j I t 1fj& vm 1 Ar. At AllMUtjr .ad l'iirtilu,inM. Ktprm Imlo oallf (rmai T.t fiiiM'' Ornlan Railway OMrin Portland and Ysmsilt ft,. Airli ai.il Trv4, p m I A r Airti.Zj,,). TtinMifb Ik-kM to all Mate IsihP HlaiMi, I n't. and t urm.m k. from T. M. KllVtlt, Arn, lafcpav R. K OKU f. Kit, tKaoiar MMt. AnLO.MlW HOME BUILC: Will ennsolt hf ir M a- j terfU lr; parrbac (Mr SASH AND DC! of I be rpha'.! atoiiftctwa, ' wi. t. cro: IiHli-jxTiiif iiiv, Orn 1 wr lo rYrguMin A VjbJIw ) 8ugTlnnd(WJef4wi 'j all on IisoiL ; SCREEN D00 CITY STABLE ELY JOHNSON, PiL Horses Fed by the I Week or Month, 'j Best of Attention Given . - i . Left in Charg. j IXDEPEN'PKXCE, OKT 4. lREMCOTT. i.A.tC Prescott & Venc: I"nlrletor of I MnufSrtarraof an4 DelwS ; FIR and HARDWOC Rouh and Drc:: T TT f DTD 11 v n r i JU J LJ M J. A. WHEELER, Mir ci::cmis Ifyou at the PMataa Others r wtin L" t , ... ki .1 r CaUlovKIU. 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