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"is if snuN'gEr Whea the day la atowly Aj-inu, - Ami the mars botstu to pw, While tho aummer flowora ar lylnit Uathod In dew mid kindly Khik By my door I stand ami Ukumi For a dear, loved au-p attain; It it atrann. th Wr ahould gllaum Whea I wait ao long In ralur la It strange th aob ahould gainer As a token of my paint Day by day (Ilea by without hlui, Ne'er a rueaaago of hi love, Shalt I, can I, dare to doubt lilm. Once aa true aa hMven above? Once ao eager I should llaton, Does he treat uio with dlmlatn? la It strange the teara will gluten Wheu 1 auk myaelf In vain, "la he false to tne, my Invert Will he never wine again r Every hope Is quenched In aadnosa, Kven life grow dark to im When a sudden talo of glndtieaa Cornea aoros the deep blue sea. Standing In the shadow dreary, Waiting with a wild unreat, la It strange a footstep near nte Tells of him I love bent? Ia It atrange I ahould be weenlug Wheu he rlnspa mo to his btvaatr --Chamber's Jourual. iMirpiivi v tr..ir..M.t was not at all modern or ' uy eise ue wouiu nave uiiuer- stood that to a girl 1ik Maud Seymour, who lm known Kverty In Ita imt trying forms all the day of her life, the rlumoe o catching a millionaire like Cecil lllg cilia was au altuoxt Irremstlhlo tenii tatlon. If Mr. lllgglns had not opon ly ahowu hla auuiirotluu for her nm pointedly expressed It to their hostes lady Solvn, who, of course, ua paased It on to Maud "In confluence. matters would have been different. Then ahe would have been eon tent to give her hand where alio had lc atowed her heart, and happiness might have followed the marriage. Hut now her mental vnulllbrluni bad been upset She dreamed of Jewel heapa and gold In atreatna-alie who had been obliged to acll lior one brace let of any real value In order to pro vide herself with aome ready money for her vlalt, and whose ornaiuonta were in consequence quite nnalest hi their ahunllclty. She knew that by alngle. word she could cover herself from head to foot with priceless tliu uiouda. Had not Mr. lligglua talked ' hourly and not perhaps with over much good taste of a certulu riviere of diamonds which he had Ixmght at a fabulous sum at the sale of aome Russian prlucesa, and which be In tended aa his tint present to his fu ture bride, when he had round nor And had not every fine but Jack llol ford at once looked at Maud Seymour aa much as to say, "Thou art tbu womaur It waa euough to turn the head of any trirl ; and so It la notour prising that, Maud Seymour's brain had not proved aupcrlor t the Intoxi eating Influent- to which she was ex posed. AU that ahe had to do was to aay "No" to Jack at the right moment and then Ves" to Mr. lllggln. Could anything be more easy? A little nitu ness. a little commou sense ami m thlmr was done. Then farewell for ever to poverty. Moreover, she wouh! nut the case so sensibly to Jack Unit he would quite understand and agree that she waa acting fur tiie best. But when the thing was dune, am Jack had not taken It sensibly hue gone away, on the contrary, with o anger ami despair minted mi his pul lid checks, leaving lchind him, more over, the smart of several hmiie truths, which he had planned In her self esteem the outlook did not seem ao decked with roseate hues as It had ap- neared In anticipating. Jack had said that ho should h ave the house at once, ami that he hoped be -would never see her again, and thla appeared to her little short o dreadful. So far aa ahe had content plated the possible conaequeuces of acr conduct which was not far she had intended that her rejection of him should make no difference In their friendship. lie would be angry, o course, aud horribly Jealous; but she would smooth him down, mid his de votton to her would eventually prove aim lord of ail. And what a com for a really faithful and disinterested friend would be when well, when she had accomplished her fatel It may be remarked that, If she line given her entire thought to It, she could scarcely have Invented a more dangerous program than this one, which seemed to her so full of the most Idyllic promise. On the following day two Important rents happened. Jack llolforil, who had been summoned suddenly to town on Important business so Lady Scivu aald, and as hostess, of course, she ought to know went away early In the morning so early that only one or two early rising men were about, and there was no general leave-tak Ing. In the afteruon Mr. Illgglns, who was a big man, with a great red face garnished with huge Handy whis kers, proposed to Miss Seymour In the library, where they found them elves "by accident," and waa ac cepted. So curiously constructed, however, la the feminine temperament that in the very hour of her triumph, a sense f indescribable loathing for her ac cented bridegroom came over he which not even the appearance of a agnlflcent diamond ring could re aaove. Therefore it was decidedly nfortunate that the happy fiance should have made overtures to seal the bargain with a kiss, though there waa certainly nothing unusual or out rageous In such a desire, under the circumstances. That, however, Maud felt that she could not endure, hlie was terrini.v afraid of offending him, but she knew that If he kissed her she must scream and struggle from pure physical re pulsion. Another day It would be dif ferent, of course her nerves would be more under control; and what was a kiss after all? Waa she not going to marry the man? She put hlra off how she could nev r remember and ns she did so she marveled that he did not understand. He grumbled a great deal, but did aot persist. The truth was that he did understand that she did not real ly 'love him; that she was marrying hlra for his money, and that, but for his money, she would not have al lowed him to touch even the tips of her fingers. But he wanted her, and he was prepared to nunior her so that he might obtain her. Of course, when 'they were securely married, lie would stand no more airs. But for the pres entwell, Le knew that girls were like skittish horses they would shy all across the road at anything or nothing. The party broke up the next day, and, as the engaged couple were both returning to London, It was Inevitable that they should return together. In evitable, too, waa it that he should klsa her at parting, and to promise to call the next day to be Introduced to her mother. She forced herself not to shudder when he kissed her. lie was most punctual to his word on the following day, and It must be allowed that he played the ardent lover to perfection. He showed nim aelf the very pink of politeness and respect to Mrs. Seymour, who was a little tow-haired woman, with big, doll-like eyes and an affected manner. She had been known as the pocket Venus once, and If thla 'circumstance waa ever forgotten or Ignored, It was certainly not her fault. Mr. Htggina brought a box of bon bons and a case containing the cele brated riviere. It was his view that no woman could resist the united se duction of sweats and diamonds. There, Uo doubt, he showed tome knowledge or the feminine character, but he would have exercised wise discretion Lf he hail not kissed his fiancee on his arrival. Nor waa he altogether wise tu his choice of topics of conversation. "lo you remember that young llol ford who waa slaying at Lady Sclva'a," he observed after awhile. "Yea," replied Maud Seymour very slowly and deliberately, marveling why ho had Introduced a name which It would have been bettor to avoid. "Well, It see ma that he has had an accident." continued lllgglim, quite uuconscloua of any danger. "Au accident!" gasped Maud, becom ing suddenly aa pale aa a sheet. "Yea. I road au account of It In the pacr. Ho waa In a railway collision and-" "Not dead!" cried Maud, with al most a shriek of ngony-ln total ob livion of her engagement. "Nm not dead," replied her fliinoee, staring at her curiously, "but very much mashed up. They aay his sight ia so Injured that It la probable that he will never" Put Maud had burst into wild, hys terical sobbing, and It waa long In fore she recovered even her appear ance of calm. All the vhlt Mr. lllgglim sat star ing at her with the hard, uupltylng expressions of a man who compas sionates himself too much to have any feeling for others. "Then It seems that this Is tin man you really love?" he aald at last, when the sobbing ivnsed. Maud did not answer, Iler allein'e and her bowed head were eloquent lu theuiNelVeS. "Well, end what are you going to do?" he continued. Maud did not reply. She did not know. She did not scorn to have auf lelont command of her faculties to 1st able to evolve a plan; she drew a long, quivering breath, and wiped her eyes miserably. "Of course," he said roughly, "you don't exsct that after this our en gagement is worth a straw?" "No, in, no!" she cried eagerly he had struck the right chord of her con sciousness at last, of course not. I have behaved very luidly, I know. You could never forgive mo, 1 nm sure-at least not nowhut I was thinking that It la so terrible that be should be alone wounded, helplesa. blind-dependent on any chance nurse, If I could only go to him-" "Then why lu benven's name, girl." Tied Illgglns, half wrathfiilly, half tenderly, "don't you go to him?" And that waa why, a pr Jack I lot ford lay moaning on his lied of anguish, he heard suddenly a voice which smnded In his ears like Hint of an angel of llglit, aud as he lis tened to her assuinnce that whatever liapieiied she was his now. If he would take her, vitality seemed to re vive tu him, and from that moment the case, as the doctor said, began to ;ake a favorable turn ami bis sight was laved after all. London World. AN OUEOON MIIlACLK. A Woman Who lias Not Walked for Kleven Years Now Sound and Well. Mrs. Klnia Wylle who resides on east 1,1th street, near the university In (Ids city, has a strange story to tell. For eleven years she hn liocn Jxir illy zed In her lower limbs so that she was not able to walk or even staiul alone upon her feet. Uist Tuesday at t o'clock site suddenly regained the use of her paralyzed limbs and arose from her sent and walked alsait the house a well woman. She has a strange story to tell and lieaiiug of this a Hoard reporter called at her home today for an Inter view. Entering the room he was greeted by the lady herself, who got up from a sofa and came forward with the usual activity of any person who U sound In mind ami body. In an swer to a question she said, "I feel that It U all for the glory of my Lord and Savior that 1 am healed." It s-smiH tlmt eleven J Mini ngo alio waa stricken with a disease which af fected the lower rtlon of her bsly. ami finally caused In to lose the uw of tlmsn lliiilw to such an extent that she could not walk. It was so coinpli e.itod that the physicians did not Mtf llolontly understand It to give her re llof. although all htm Is-en done that could to alTonl her such relief. Any attempt on her part U rise to In f-t would cause her great pain. She U a fine Christian lady and has great faith in prayer. Wbe has bn praying fr relief. leasts Sunday morning, shortly after midnight she awoke. A strangu feeling i--med to have taken possession of her and continued thus all day Sunday. She felt that she must nerve hersolf for a stronger faith. She hod an ordinary chair ! on small wheels with which she whoclod herself alsmt the room, (in Tuesday afternoon about 1 o'clock. aim was sitting In this chair cleaning a lamp, when Hhe was suddenly soUcd with tills strange feeling, and as she worked the thought entered In mind why not make an effort to rise anil walk and have fallli tluit It would be so. It forced Itself ttKn In mind so strongly that he yielded and reaching out, rose to her feot and walked acrows the nsiia; tho effort being awinpuold by no pain as bad previously Ixwn the ease when she trhsl to rise. A short time afterward she walked upstairs without asstsUince and lias since been iitilo to go alsmt the bonne performing duties as well u any one. She at tributes her cure to fait h and prayer, Maying "Christ alone Is my healer." lb case Is Indeed a is-cullar one and there Is no cause for doubting her story. Medicine could have had uoUi log to do with It as she ha not lieen treating the case, lkavlng long since given up all hope of relief from that source, Slio is a bright, Intelligent lady of alxut 40, and came here from Missouri with her IniMbund and fa-m- ily four years ago. They have a very pleasant home or East Thirteenth street Miss Llnnla Wylle. who lias been teaching school wet of this city, was sent Tor and came how as mxm as she heard the r.ews of her moLhcr'a recovery. Another pexsullar feature of die case is that -Mrs. Wyllo could not sing be fore het1 rewrvei-y but can now sing us well as anyone. Eugene Guard. THK BKANCH ASYLUM. Somebody Somewhere Sometime Has Misrepresented the Hoard. Last Saturday morning the state board of building commissioners, con sisting of Governor Lord, Secretary Klnculd and Treasurer Metschnn. arrived In I'nlon on business connect ed with the branch asylum. I'pon tneir arrival they were met by a num ber of I'nlon citizens who accom panied them over the magnificent body of hind consisting of W acres, recently purchased by tho slate for the usylum, Governor Lord and Secretary Kin. caid had not heretofore Inspected tho mini, nm were nigiuy piwiscd with the purchase. Tho board examined the lay of the land, Its drainage ad vantages, character of soil and In n general way mnde their plans for the location of the Institution and the ar rangement of tho grounds, so that ns soon as the case now pending In court is llnally disposed of there will be no delay In the erection of the buildings. Union Kepubllcun. There Is a wheat flurry on the Chi cago board of trade, but our farmer rnonxis are not so much concerned with the price of wheat In Chicago now, as they are with the price they are go ing to got next fall for their growing crops. , IPI1L AT HOME A Day With the Fam ous Agnostic. The Colonel's Home Life His Heaven. He Ha Caused TuousamU to 1'uuetu. aUlMr Krllgloui Kalth with aa Interrogation Point, A uiftHHlvoly-buIlt iman. wearing a black frock suit of no particular atyh'. with a ruddy, wlmleamtw Wean alnvvea, and with utreugth marked In every line, gray Im'r at tha aldea and bald at Uie top Wear gray eyea, with posltlva sticking out frmu avery bich t his six foet of manlwud. and you have a terse picture of llolsjrt Green Ingersoil aa he U tislay In Uie lxty-voud year f UU life. l'osltlva M tin ww worn wim-M tli story of the man- AnyuiniK, en- timbered W illi Uv simikw wi wmm giuls no frleml In mm. icveryiiunn which I luomtro-vertlbly true has i..vi ..iiLli- .if Klrwntrth Isixillh It In i..n,-.ll IN.mIUvo he l In all things Ho wills hluwlf a IMsJUvlst, and Hie mmlHr of his family cull Uni. Ives IVmII'IvMa The wrd agnosias ,iv,i..fol tu htm. oml to all of thotn. But this ury wis not imrh to do with wiuit Ingvnadl la, or Is not, for rlia world at largw w Wty won m fcienuHl iui that mtowiem. It will only show what that iwdqiio figure of the chislmr century doc In an average day. IkiW he aMnda hU. t4ui. what his nmtiMouteJtu atv. bjmI, In brief, what ui doMt fiMiu Uie timo "f aJ'Uliig In tlia morning until lietltbiw at night. IngenwIU bout in at No. m Fifth avoniie, a fine, iiuimmJy brown-alone mtinslon, revir ThlrQ'vecth atrext. a nt'l'iit s.tl'n rapidly li.ving ills slisttrtl by Uie wfiailiiwits of im- iieft'. To imdewtand the liouw life of tlw man it w ill Im nwary to any .imoUdng alsmt bU family. First, there Is Mrs. IngerHoll and two daugh tt. Eva ami Maial. Tho ridel ibiiiglitt la nnvv Mrs, HaUton Untwn, and aim has two children. Mrs. in g.-iMoll's moth. la a member of the family, aa U also her alstr, Mr. Far rell, Mr. and Mom Farrell. Thla makes a family ofeleven, and excis ing the twa UttV children who art not yet old enough to solve the priib' lams, they ar fullnwt.rs of the Inter till BliCl Mlglo h Idea. ltlifhc hi'iv It should be said Uiat Colon! higvixoll htm not fiMAvd hla extraolnary djclrlne iim any of Diem. HI two daughtrrs, hls"wlf and Uie othors Were given fre vp to bi-llve iir duu-iievp. and after ma cur coiiid.-r.ition ncxilod Ui latter. Of course tho InuthiuN- of dully aa s'liUUui with the wonderful magne tUm and vast nn-nt;lllty of Cooolrl ingel'Siill had llUS-ll to iht with their iklopiion of his views, but ns far as ho poHHlhly could ho rt-maliied uoMlve and allowid Uiem to Ami their own rollglons refng. Mom titan mce Ing.-iiill has aald that Uier was) no Nncrttlcc within Um soh of ItvltllimUt wllllly which hi? would not uiilnrv, mmld be Is II. -v a nhal Hut Bible teacJtea. It would give him gnmn joy to axitu Ita promt than Uie Imlulgenco of any known Moonum. It m right at this st tluil the abnormal di-vclup- uient or una iv ig tiiirst for tIUv Uut In Uio man's ueuitoi atruotuiM in- torveaea ami raJ Uie barriers. AN KAIILY KISKIt. (Vlonel Ingenwll u an early riser f.a- a New York, ami la generally up at 7 o'clock, lie shavea himself, and Uk a cold bath with th regularity of 'lnit wwk. The bn-nkfast hour Is S o clock, and usimlly the wtiole fain lly sit down at Uie table. There Is no end to the eimversathm nt that fain tly board. All of thorn are readers and rhliikorn. The colom-l enters Into all of tho ffl,iiilly tnlk. whether It In alsi.it politics, imwlc, th.. (ttago, whii. new actor, a nont Issik. a ipiitlon In flnatwe or law r the dolnpt of hl iinoy granili'Jilldren. Half an hour l.i iwiuilly given to th. morning nval, ami Uio next thlrtv inlniitea th colonel aponda In looking over his home mall and glancing over the ptis-r. Ha ts an astonishingly rapid remh, ami grnHa the new events of Um worhl with a perd only equalled by Mr. Liimw. " At l o'clock Uie colonel walks to Uie I hlrty-tlilrd street atiitltm of Uie Sixth avonim ."L" road, and In the twenty mlnutos rhlo to IUvtor sUret flnlsha cue woi'K or getting through the morn log jiapara Half-iswt 0 finds him In his law ollloo, at No. 4.T Wall stret-t, majiplng out the day'a work with Mr. linker, his private atrttary. A CURIOUS (JOMI'ACT. Mr. H,ik.r doservea nure than pnas Ing menUoa, aa bin reMSuslblllty In Um yearn to come will bo a heavy one. He Is a small, dark man, with a bhick nuwtaelhi, and liaiklug tmre French tlwin Amerlcnn. He K not only the private secretary of the col onel, but his tnwtl friend as well. Mr. Haktr has bi?en jji'lfh the colonel a grwit many years, and there Is an agreement between thorn that he will rcinaln until one or the other of thorn dies. Colonel Ingersull holds the lndlef that no man's life mImhiIiI be written while lie Is alive. It will b Mr. Hn.li. e-r's task U write Ingorsoll's biogra phy when the colonel is dead and gone.' A n-cord of UiB man's dailv Ufa lu kept by his private secretary, as well an um important utterance and writ ngs usn notable aubjucts. STIOIUTY CAltKD FOIL One of the eurloiw features of this Compact IS tlmt When Uib end Is nenr. Ing Mr. Ihiker Is to be conslantly on hand to rvnl the eventa no to t.)m orosslng of the dark river. The secre tary hits particular instr.tctUms about wuat tie is to do upon tho death of toe ootonei, and In every pofslblo wav iimmgomontd Jiavo beon nuide to make his rwtl life clear to poHtcrlty. There Is no egotism In this. Tneer. soil appreciates to the full the respon sibility of his life, and .what he has dono towards causing t'ho:uands of po)li) to punctuate thulr l.-llglmis faith wllh an Intwrrogallon mark. It is Hi imply a deslro U) perts'luato on lioncwt record of what ho wad at all times, Mr. Baker lifts nmnv bund, nu from the shoulder of the oolonol In his ntsiness offal rs. The djillv mill in tiho law otllce is a Htmpendoiw affahx and the number of cranks who call Is not small. The nuill Is carefullv sifted before tho colonel sees It, and :r,iMn.i lire iHMiiieiy (iNs(t or. .Hkiarcely a day gnus bv wlihom bringing to the surface someone who loHtres to omvert tills colonel. If the ;all(fr Is a gentleman or a lmlv th colonel Is always ready to be seen, and he listens politely. fa fa a (m. cult man to argtio with, thioiigh, and his acquaintance wltlh th Hible is so minute that few II nip cluimx) with Mm. TIMH IS VALUA.BLK. Many clients call durl ontMlde of court hours. The colonel tins the faculty of -extraicUnig what they want to sav in rKM-lod. He .has a liorror of wasting any tilino, and peoe wito are Inclined to tread mjion fill la preserve run Uie danger of ourt treatment Frequently tha colonel's biuHnesa culls him to r-ltto ail over the t'nUm, but he dlsllkea this class of wn k, ns It take him aiway from Ida limue. Ills home la Ills Ii.nivcii, and anyone wImi lias eXHrl'wid lis kindly honpl tatlly, th gonfte vulture of ln wtniien folk, ivin easily appreciate the col onel's dlslia'llnatlon to Ik nn) wlnro tlM. It la Usually 5 o'clock It (lie after noon wilwn Uie colonel sliirU for hoiiin, I'll dliittof IsMir la at t). and tlio two d.ioghtota an Invariably a ml rod In whit f Uils iimmI, I f Mm. Itruwn, It la said tluit ahe has only worn two oolora all of btr ltf-ivlnt in tha housM lad gray In tiki alreet. H),'l) OP Tl 1 13 Ol'I'MA. Two or thr tlntea In Hi wHk lb colonel ami amn f tho family go to the theatre, lhirlug the oieia season tliey are idar Bileiuhinis, IkiHi of the girls bolug miiielniis of excep tional ability. Th colonel Is a grit imislo lover, alUiough lie la mi tnii alclau lilusilf, W hen s)kii to once sliout his 1 1 k of musical ability, ho aald, tcrs-ly: "That la silly, It.stuuto you Ilk cake, It la no reason why you slsiuld Ik a Ois," 1118 ONH FAD, If the KVonlivg la 'iit At lnniie, (her lu alwaya music by lh d.tiigb trs, and vImIum-4 to ls entertatiiml. 'Ilia colonoI'M only fad la Khnkw sp, are. It haa Imwi rrrisl to Um after Hum as hla ltlble. lie has n col listlon of various eilllloiis of Shake siieuw'a works whlfh rtvid any rl vat on hi tit niimlry. Hugo nu 1 Mt'k.ut am hla favorlle novelists "Ia Mlwr;ilil.s" h ngiinU ns tb r.atesi novel -ver written, and "A Tal of Two 1'ttW Is second In hla affit'DloiMi Wagner Is his favorite comtNiat. Ingeinoll ha lwin geimmlly r,fret! to ns a sooffer. Asa thinker he U too slous to irwit nnytlilng lightly, am! tho frivolous h.imlllog of luiytlilng sactxl on end liliu diily, No liette p.'mplo of UiIm trull In this unwt h collar man can Im given limn a mil luiiulug at a Isimiilot In WtU tl ll had been JuUtmt. It wiis during Hie dtsiMiHslun of the aubjwt. "Is Marriage a rail ore 7' mel this was tho iinln auliject tu ls tatkist (ilmiit. Severn iiH-n madt HNei-ha In ulilch Hi Irmtml tlie iiwit t.r rllpisuiily, and trlr: to tin willy at tb expense of wtHitan Kimi, IngoiHill Ustennl with growing Iui patl.-mM, ami llimlly Ids turn to sissi mime. Ho waa terribly In i,iut timl what Im wild onud iisir Uhui on iiniii U wi. II atruek a tpnlei clhinl In many Immoiim when h wild "Th man wlw mya tluit marriage Is a failure luw never atissl with bis hn'Kl !iKkl lit the kiytU iinisp of a w ire ami mom at Uw aid of child's grave." Whatever hut fttiilw may b, Ingr iii inmioi io cnii.si a acoffer. THK UNICYCLK NOW. Tha Maeovcry of a Iteally l'ractlcal Machine. Tha discovery of a practical mil cycle has more than once lecn au nouneeii. iioulanger, formerly of springtield, but now or Ponton, at traded wide attention a few years ngo with his Invention In this line, but that particular tuilcyde lias yd to prove prncticauie. Mr. Ilouliingcr, However, la satisfied that h will v. pnaluca a wheel which will create a revolution m the eve Ing world. While Iioulanger lias Isi-n working over ma mislcl. another man. Illgb-y ny name, tins invented a tiulcycl... mar. m um opinion or exerts. Is de tinisi to prove amwssful. This mil cycle Is r a far different breed rent that of ltmdangcr'a, ami tins Ihhmi rid den through the streets of Huston, li omparlsou with the aarety of today un uiueyeie sifins large and tin wleldy, but tliiwo who have ridden It claim that It la as easy or nmtilinilii lion as any sarety. says the Hostou lU'rani or a week ngo. An Inspection shows on Immeiis.- wheel -of aluminum, fitted with tw Inch piieunintlc tires. The spokes are or steei, nut instead or running to n iiii.hi imii, they run to on Inner lr eiimfereiice forty-two Imhcs In dliitne. ter. In this Inner circle Is placed Ibe sear, which moves imckwanl or for warii, according to tho monnr ibe outer rim. The pedals im. nrranire as ou the Knngnroo bicycle of other niys, wiuin inn chains rim annuo wheels attached to the Inner clrciiin roretice to the aproket wheel, Tho evolving of the two wheels on the liner cireiimreroiice creates the file Hon liy which the machine Is pro pelled, Thi Inner circumference Is perfectly smooth, while the seat r..sl on ball bearings bs nted In the grooves or ine circumference. Aluminum has hwn used In all parts of the machine, but. It bavin erncaeu in me inner circumference through tho friction. It has elded to try wood. There are ninety- " "icci "ihikcb nixi sixteen wimhIcii spokes on this machine and the niiin- r or tun latter la to be Increased In i no next imieycles construcled. The wneei nseir la 7 fwt 3 Inches In dl uneier, weighs r4 itounds and enn ti gearwl as desired, V. O. Wllmot, known cverv where us nn cjS!ri incK rider, was the first man to mount aud ride this Innovation ami ne um it successfully, When turn Ing ho bent his body In the direction h. desired togonnd the wheel tiirn,i ensuy as any or the lower wheels. ino inventor, Mr. Illgley, In n New Hampshire man, who has inki n out somo fifty patents. Mr, Wllniot and ns nroiiier are iinving two of the wheels built and a nice between them is among the prolmbllllles of thy nenr i tu ore,- TUB NICARAGUA CANAL. Tho commission by congreRR to ex amine Into ami report upon the pres ent condition mid iirncllcuhly 0f Ibe Nharagim cnnal has been lu port se lected, and will shortly take passage on the cruiser Montgomery from Mo bile, Ala,, for Greytown, Nicaragua, Tho commission, ho far ns delected consists of Colonel William It, Crnlg hill, of tho United States engineers and Naval Civil Knglneer Mnnllcul t! Kndlcolt, These were Hclecled by Socrelarles Laiuont ntid Herherl, n spoetlvely. The select lou of tlit. ihin) inemlier, a clvlllnn, rests with the pri sld int. There Is plenty of tlmo for tills commission to inako lis In vestigations complete and to report to the next congress full details of the work done and to bo dono, wllh prob able costs. With full particulars bo fore It, that body, which will surely bo Inclined to nutliorho the comple tion of tho work, tuny net nrnmntlv nnd Intelligently. Our Oregon delega tion, In commou with every member from this const, nliould nmf nu doubt will work early and late for tho ad vancement of Cds most Important incdntire. Oregon needs her harbors and her rivers Improved, her seiiconst lighted, oud he;' various Interests un der govcrunici ml control conserved and protected-but, ubovo nil, sbo nocds the Nicaragua canal completed. This would, ns has been well said, ex tend tho mouth of tho Coltitnliln river nround to the Atlantic Bonboard, plac ing eastern nun European nmrkets ten thousand miles nearer to us-ond It would bring oil our vast resourcca at onco Into procesa of full develop ment. Tho Pacific coast atatci alone could afford to build the cnnnl. So could tho Southern stutos. The great project has been long enough doltiyed. If Secretary Kincald can only down the hold-over commissioners itntl keep them down the naomle will fpel Initnad to look upon htm aa ifclwir friend and Protector, mm Trip Down the Colum bia by Canoe. , Hon.Jno. 3Iinto's Pioneer Reminiscence. . .SlgLU ami Hcruea Alotif I be Ixiwrr Columbia Vtty and More Vm. Ago. . The writer waa oiief a crew of three to ni.iu a Wilms canoe to con voy the fumlly of tlsi late Cnpialu It. W. Morrison mid family, pioneers of 1MI, lo their chosen new lioinu on Clatsop plains, west of Astoria, one of the wild crew Mug Captalu Mor rison himself. The family left 1. Mill ion (then a town of t'ni only) alut ,i... uii, r .iinioiii'v. lHI.'i, They camped the first night on Um alto of the lost vitiligo of the Multnomah trllsMif Indians, then but recently ex tinct, sltual.Hl on Saiivte's Island. The second night they ciiuimmI on the iioiih side of the river, marly ol"; site St. Helens; the following night near where lliuib now Is and Ibe fourth night at Oak Point, where camp was set III one of (lie inosi drenching rain storms 1 have ever seen or felt In tin 'I he next night wos passed at Hunt's mill, the first bimlM mill built on the lower Columbia by American enterprise. The next night was passed on the east side of the low neck of Tongue i...i,.f ii tho weather Mug so ulofmw fiat i.i rondor rounding Ibe ai'"ini ' " - - - . . ..li iilih I ho lmhI. even Without ii... fmiillv. very dangerous. The day was occupied iiHiktug the portage Dm neck of Tongue Point wUli lh g.ssls, aud camp eiuipnge, where we hiy nearly two unys vxum- u. stiiKiimf storm of wind and rain. On the iifieriiisiu of fb second day, tho siorm hnvlng abatml we mauaged to get across the I'pl Astoria bay to the block house, then ow'ieii ny A. li. Wilson, where tho fnmlly was given the very Is-st entertainment and the first ih u ng In a house lliey nun eu joyed from the time they left their Missouri home lu April, 1KM, From Attlorltt wo crossed Young's bay Into and up the Hklpanoii creek to the lo cation of Um present village of that name, where we ctimticd for the tilgbl In the cellar of the first ln.:'se em-ted there. The next day we carried ttie good across the swamp west or Nhip- anon and nearly on the line of the prescut county road, to tho first sand ridge, whence they were hauled to the farm r the late Solomon II Smith, which Captain Morrison bad rented, together with the dairy cows, for one year. There were then settled on the plains, J. 1,. Pnrrlsli, In charge of the M. 10. mission station; Solomon S, Smith and Calvin Tlbls-is, the two latter gentlemen coining to (lie coini try wlili N. J. Wyeihe, (ieorgo Sum mors, John Hohsou nnd two sons. Messrs. Trnsk and Perry tsvame the first set tiers or Tillamook county. Tin. Owen, first sheriff elect, father of Mrs. Owens Adair, and matcrna grandfather of Mrs. C, W. Fulton. lolm Kobluson and Mr. Motily, Hen Wish), and Noun F.tsrmnu (yet llv tug), and Jeremtiih Fuller liH-ntml at skliHinou on n towuslte. Two broth' rs nniued O'ltrlcn had locateil Tan- ty Point as a towuslte, and II. Kin dred, Mr. Wirt, and Win. Hook located a claim hi IM." ou tha east side of Young's hay. Smith's Point was located by a man by that mime, and Col. John McCltue claimed lower Astoria. Joining hlui oil the east was Mr. Hhlvely, and east again was A. K, Wilson, where' lien oral John Adair, his successor, bs-atcd the first custom house. Hubert Short- ss made the next claim eastward, unl 'it of Tongue Point, Thoao Aero all the American settlers lu the county In January. Jlo. James Htirnle, chief trader of the Hudson Hay company, was In charge of Fort Ocorge, us that loaitlou was yet known to all but tho Americans, and ho was the most Imluouilnl isTsonage at the place, unless Indian tieoi-g, the pilot, be excepted. Mr, Huriile was the first II. It. officer I beard complain of the Americana for spoil- ing i no mine relations with the In. II nns. All passenger movement on the river was done In canoe and the Hudson Hay company had certain rates fixed for service. For a canoe with three pnddlcra to go to Vancou ver, the price was a hickory (coarse cotton) shirt. Mr. Htirnle declared that when a party of Americans want. etl to go anywhere they kept bidding op, till sometimes they would pay Iho blankets for much less service than be could command for three shirts be fore they spoiled the Indians, llo sMike of this ns reckless expenditure and a great fault with the American people, He left Hie service of the company, however, nnd located the place now known as Onthlamct. and loined Messrs. Hunt. Wood, nnd A. lii. Wilson In tho ownership or Hunt's mill, his stieicssor nt Fort (Ieorgo be In Alexander Lnttn, another Scotch, mini, who sometimes acted ns nlbit on the bar when Indian (Ieorgo wns yiias -nrraiii. Tim Indians nt this line were completely aublected to tti rule of the Hudson Hay comimnv, and rated the King Ocorge man (Hrltlsher) far above his Hostou brother (Amor, enn) ns a lighting man, They got. that don taken out or them when the One. uses -whom the lower river Indians icni m LTcat i rem -iiiurdei'iiii lie I Marcus Whitman ami bis noiilo wir' I "oiiih i wciii y outers, nnd the Hostoners Invaded their country In ISI7-H. This, however, Is nnother ...in. . .. . rory, ns Kipling won M sav. Mom ban half of tho natives at this date u uie lower Colunrb a. dressed in vholo or in pnrr, In woven fabrics. rocurcd ny trading with the liunim I'hey also used rubrics made of ti. nntlvo flax or the inner bark of the eiinr. The cedar treo and Its hiick wns tho most important nroiinot ,.t the land to the Indians of the lower river. From lis bark they made ropes, fish nets nnd clothing; they wrapped their dead, nnd from Its trunk thev ormed by nan of a firebrand nnd h. 'hlHol of sham stono or hoim hvm that beautiful and trnieiil'nl 1 1 lt wntcrcraft, tho famous Chinook canoe They were of nil nI.ch, from tho great war ennoa that would rarrV tu..,i warriors, down to tho one-man canoe used lu hunting wnterfowi! v..uui so light, though niailo of wood, not iiiiik, inni tuo niiutcr cutild pick It up and carry It from one channel f another. The solus used in tUhln. were about Kki feet long, the lines of men were or ceuar tinrk, and some- iocs uie net. There were twlue imi however, made of niutcrliil purchased oiu me wane trailer, anil some mnde ' native flax purchased of the hull. nns of tho Interior pear the Cascade nugo. , Tho most pretentious garmont worn y the women wus a abort nettlcoat formed of strings of twisted cedar mrk, or their native flax, which was referred, These were attached to io waist holt In such minntltv aa to form a garment of strings alsmt two Inches thick over the bins and reach ing to the knee. Wheu not able to buy (chum still) printed cotton, enough to make a gown llko that worn by tho white sister, the Indian women around Astoria In 1844-5 wore a petticoat of Wora inisi nsoi - -. life. Homo of tho chief fninli bl mis of stut, one or w.m worn with grent grace by ' I of the chb-f of the Call. lamels, II t aa a general statement Uw Indiana of the lower Columbia were a broken i." y"!! KStifcJi si aisiliig worn oj i" chlera mother wa simply I'"1,"".,'" those daya lo lllustrata the ldlan strtteoftlnm long isisi. The terriuie ppnieoo; -- -... . . i. i..b i.u.i jI..IihbIiuI the Hull- '.' . .1... lbllUlllS Is' WWCtl ll VI ion ,...,-... - IKVi 4.i, and what were ien wen tenlng to degradation and destruction by adopting tun white u.1,11., i.iirelinKlllir Ida enst-off liotlllllg. Tha old aud overgrown ecincterlca gttva anile eviueiicB umi m-w aim had ouc enreu wen ior dead, At the camp we inaoo i Snnvle'a Island, which was th site of the last village of Hie extinct Mult uomalis, there waa nu extensive burial place built of wide cedar alaba art upright In th ground, Into which shelves were fastened, and on which the dead, tightly wibpimhI In t'ibir bark, were placed. Lower down the river the method of burial was to place Um bodies wrapped III fiilur bork In enuoos. Their fish law sm!lfed of Ibe catching of aa many of the early run f salmon ns they could eat Mwitm Ul.ifull aud sunrise; none wns to Im left, and none ml. This was the first close season and lasted iiiiUI thn first rljM Is-rrles were found, which, lu this region, la tho large spts lea of raspls-rry, and rolled for that retisoii, the "Salmon berry." usually rls-nlng atsnit tho last of May. The Indiana were mode to Im lleve thol If they caught for eoniitior-.-tat puriKises Is-foro the rl lwrry apis-nnsl. the lth W"td go back to the sea for that wasoti, I have given you. Mr. Kdltor, 8 rather ih'sultory showing of the iwnna we had to travel on the lower Colum bia fifty years ago, and the eoudlihm of the unlive race here at that time. Ibrth Indiana aa nnvlgotors and Ibe II, H. Co'a siwer aa riders, passwl away forever within five year of I sin, the first at en titer coming Inio the river. I think, In lfOO. Mr. T. H, H. Morrison, Cnptiiln ltta'a youngest diuighter. Is Ibe sole surviv ing link resident here of Uie Hrlilsh tradn rule over the plai formerly known aa Fort (ieorgo, ami Aurla. one can now conio wltji luxiirl ma ena tu six ami one half hours na long a distance aa It took ns In those yonr THE WILLIAMS HOUSE, j A FlItHT-C'LAHH HOTEL altunted near tha H. 1. demt, on Heoond atrert. INI) K I'EN 1 ) KNCE. 0 1 1 EG ON. ROOMS, light, clean and airy. TABLE supplied with the best in market. PATRONAGE of the public solicited. W. W. WILLIAMS Prop. L Ktllay. City Livery Stables. Stylish Turnouts Alwavs In Readiness Having lately purchitml the outlre iiitcrcut in the fttalilea of Pctor l'4ok, wo aro now better jireiMtrtHl tho public an we are now making .iiiwntniiiii, improvcmetitH. 'jan l i-avciinj; men a i4cMlly. ii. u. utx ESTES & ELKINS. INDEPENDENCE OREGON. Draying - and - Hauling, DONE TO Charges Low and YouwnlnnduurU'am(wUirrt, or ! unit l'liincnnnilly umivpiI, If C. 0. Groves, Proprietor. East Side Railrcad street , lPi rs t-0 1 ass J I i tcs, inrcriii urivern and leania I lomea lioarded l.y the day, wwk or mouth. TO SALEM DAILY The Steamer Alice A. Geo. Skinnor, Prop. Will leav. lnde,H.denoa. every Hay, (Hundajr exW) al , ,n f)r ' tt'ftve 8lmim the return trip ut i;80p, m, ' FARE Socentseach way. For Freight and Passage apply on board. ' TWESTSIDE 0 f -f Haa tha Moat Compltt 4 dOB0rriGc in roiK .. I A. W. Docksteader (SuoofiMiir in nh..i ..... (8uocMor to -PBOPRIETOR OF- Cii? M and Independence, Oregon. uuuiui- ooua ai ""mniala Bata. TUKS' ANI NOW. i nnrner'B Weekly for Mtil 3. ittM I a very fine half l-ag-.H '""- iut'led KrtltB HZ of sparrow. t in ration ai uo is-r.. -..lence la made lo th next lag Tor Z:Zk Zu Ulr worms were . u he A ben-voleiit Individual 1 lntro.li.ced lb, Kngllshi W to rid us of the Biilaam. Not wurti wL known of ih- bablts of the pn- ty nnh. c'aiuri-s. It waa a aatlsfactb.ii ' ,-ara however that they are hardy, a h e, to our cllnnil ft- rapidly. The artldo concluded by ad. Wslug that tl birds should im auttimu as lu winter and early spring. AT '8AI.KM TO . A ixnniwrntlvrly w I-f J f:k hi th clory onward- at "! ty. It la a anaiU dark gray stausm. A di of (MUM will tiwk. th gr-mnd ' ,,-.s,- In a few " ' blr.1 U ainsiriily a mnv nm ta iwa .M-tlon, and our onJutr-llsta ahouM us vry effort Ui extnrmlnai tl. s U- Indiisfwb-ncw FJiU'nrt'1- QTY' STABLES. ELT JOHHSON, Prep. Horses Fed by the Day Week or Month. Beit of Attention Given Stock Left in Charge. tKDKrENDRXCE. 0HNf W. H. Ray- Uian ever to meet tne demanua ol aud are preparing to make many boardm by the Uay or month KELLEY & ROT Proprietors. W, 8. Eli i a ORDER. Prompt Service. lav ordn ai Uia faint llolt Kumfu LIVERY ME. near Little Palace Hotel. Ieasonablo Cliaiws. fUrulalied for Travel! nir : men. a county. UIADII .. Zlrsn ri t. BERT Charlci Btaau) ta Co. taiwmim. TIMK TAIiLE. Imvm l4cBaM)(. Ijvu I HI 11 in 110 IM IUI I a knit m n in East and South via The SHASTA nouti of Hie . Southern Pacific a". 1 1 ft ,m Im ili.rMa lit.M al all ttuumi iiwn iruma u4aS5 lie. a K a r. m. t a. a Raaabwff Mall Un,.) E::::te::::liS55 Ml Cis a lljJa h I'L'llman wnm HLttrta U ail Utnmtl lraii. West Side Division. twatav Pertlaaa ana Cnalik Mall IrtUn dally (mw aunoj "1. 1 l'urlUni "kiTTST Ar.lo.-,,4M,r,..A, tit! in lj.it p m Al KUay and mI!i.. tlttta. ' Unftt l-IK-lfle ttiumA Eipna tram aail (nni nuvhn ipm lXi... f'..ftlnj l: p hi I r rni,i, Oragenlaa Railway 0MalM ; Portland ana Yamhill R,, AirlliuilTn.(j, aam I l.v. IN.nl.tid .ZTArtlkltT op to 1 a r Aiii."i;i;; TbMUk tlrku u all (Hnu a Um ----Ml. I ti,t ul kairiw.nui fat oEI3 lu t. M. T1 V fc It, Afuli Indi IL K0KHI.KR, K. R ttiorim I1HU LAND i,HWk. "a HOME BUILDERS Will eonaalt their het . tereata by. purchwing tUt( SASH AND DOORS of the relm'ile oianurelarr, M. T. CROW I ndefietulence, ()r un or lo FergtiMin & VnMr BufcTir pi oe and eeeder doom aUaliea, on hand. SCREEN DOORS, 4. WUMCUTt! i. A. VKXHJ Prescott & Veness, rroprleton of 2HB SI 1 Unnunirtureraor and Ivalmla FIR and HARDWOOD, A!D Rou"h and D rested LUMBER. J. A. WHEELER, Mamgtf. P. H.MoCABE. S. MUHLMAN. PJ. licClBE 5 CO., Proprlatora of Independence Tile fact:, Manufaeturtra at FIRST-CLASS Drain Tile. of all alaaa. Prieta to Suit tha HARD TIMES. OFFICE AND FACTORY Independence, Oregon Ml BIER SP 1 tlie plm u get Hit nmt-clnu work. . BATH 25 Confa.4 ;Cvati, and Tmde-Markt oltainl and all Fat- C nt DuunMMil..n..j ... - - , iil wecaiiimurd paulti m Lu uiu uuui Uw"l i"'1' aniiytoa. J 1 . oa model, drawing or photo., with dcnf 'chT n u' " P""""1"' of twt, irt ' a PaMPHirr, ' How w OWaia Patenn," cct vt aania i tha U, S, aud loraja wuauwil " wiiuurvBajf C.A.SNOW&CO lO, atint Ornci. whinoton. O.C. j ClIlCICEn nzisi::QPAYS tfyoo uac Ibe Ptt.i..a FtVamTmi JfyouuaetbePtuin, Incokau HrMrf.r. Ihtri to0llJr while It ,an J deaertbea tvrrv Hii'l.n.l. i c . . 7 IltuattatM (.alalogut poultry bualaeu. a 1V aIaa-i mechanically tha I .wheel. rrrttlMtmodtU iwa ar paciae vw. 'imhi. Co....; rail" - ;, . waaaw lotie,maileUlt,gi" Mrniili Tj. I i a iojw w-. m n thla fasulou, aud a cIiouiIho of im- Blaa Wood Ut uii