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About The Independence west side. (Independence, Or.) 18??-1891 | View Entire Issue (May 16, 1895)
mm s Social Leaders in All Parts of the Country. Washington Quarters. Xn Stonewall Jackson's Quirt life in SorthCeJoItua-Mra. Jeff. Davta Mrs. U. W. Child in Retirement. The willow of ou of the beat known ami probably the best IovihI man In Ameriii, tSeorjfe V. Child, has at wy IihI such a quiet, n-tlnsl life that rhlUiklihlaiia as a rule know rery Utile of her, and the outside world utMhtutr at all Kuiuia Bouvler Child is a aleiuler, little, dark -eyed woman, whose main Interest In life seems to tie the well being ami care of her household. She has never been a so ciety woman, and ha rarely Ism'u een In aoeJeiy, the theatre ami oHra havlnjr no attrat-tiuii for her. She ha lived tu the great white tunr ble mansion during the winter for many year. golu aa noon a sprlng eauie to the country seat, Wootton. Mr. Child has left the I'hUadelpula mansion for good stnoe the death of her devoted husband, and ahe will soon build a bouse In Washington and make that city her home. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson, widow of the hero of the Coufetlvrary, live la Charlotte, X. O.. with her sister, the widow of General D. II. Hill She has leeen busily engaged for several year In wrltlnjt the life of her fatuous hus band, and haa almost rulneiL lh-r eye sight In her labor of love, vwo little ?$uulchftdren. Stonewall and JUIa Jackson Christian, the children of her only chllil Julia Jackson, who died Ave year ago, live with her, and are the Joy and comfort of her life. XI IIS. DAVIS A NEW YOKKER. Mra. Jefferson Davis has chosen Xew York as her abiding place, and him-iuI much of her time there In h-r pleas ant apartments at the Marlborough Hotel. In the spring she usually spends a month or more at West I'olnt. That place Is full of acla. tlona for her of her husband, who was a graduate of the Military school Her daughter, Miss Winnie Davit, Is her coustant companion. They are very popular socially, especially among the Southern colony, and Miss W innie has added literature to her many ac complishments and haa Just completed a novel which Is said to be very clever. Mrs. James G. Blaine has two homes, one in Washington, where so many sorrows crowded thick njon her. and the beautiful summer home at liar Hart hi r. Mrs. Itlalne Is a cold, re served woman, who has never is-en very popular socially. All her life and soul seemed to be centred In her dis tinguished husband, and without him she seems to be lost Indeed. She spend much of her time In traveling nnd the Washingtou bouse is rarely W'ned. Mrs. John A. Logan, with her imtrl clan face and snow white hair. Is probably the most picturesque of the military widows. She Is a very rich woman, and has made most of her fortune since the death of her hus band. She Is a shrewd busimns wo man acd an able financier. She has greatly at heart Just now the success of Bishop Hurst's l ulversity. She has promised to raise $1.mi.(poo fur this Institution, and it Is likely she will succeed. Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe, one of tne rew famous widows who made their fame for themselves, is alive and til5iA,0STs.oi Kwucificio.is.iTowt strong at the ripe old age of eighty three. Unfortunately from overwork, she has failed mentally to a great ex tent during the past five years. Every one has heard of Mrs. Eliza beth Cady Stanton, but not everybody j knows that she is eighty-two years. Uvea quietly In a pretty little apart ment on the West Side In New York, and that she has lately learned to write upon a typewriting machine. She Is particularly Interested in the . Woman's Version of the Bible, and hoes to live to see the completion of the work she and her colleagues have Ix'gun. Mrs. Isabella Beecher Hooker, a sis ter of Harriet Beecher Stowe. is past seventy-five, but she is a busy, ener getic woman still. Last winter Mrs. Hooker Journeyed to Southern Cali fornia, but will return in time to spend her summer at her beautiful home In Hartford, Conn. . HANDSOME MRS. SHERIDAN. Mrs. Phil. Sheridan has continued to live since the death of her husband In the house on Rhode Island avenue. Washington, which was presented to the general when he went to Wash ington to succeed General Sherman. Mrs. Sheridan leads a very exclusive, dignified life, only occasionally taking part in the social life of the capital She Is a young woman compared with the other generals' wives, and is very handsome and distinguished looking. She devotes much of her time to the education of her four children, Philip, who will enter West Point as soon as he is old enough, and her daughters, May, Irene and Louise. LIVELY MRS. DREW Mrs. John Drew at seventy-six is as active as a kitten. Her theatrical com pany owes almost all of its success to her clever dancing ana exquisite act lng. Mrs. Drew Is to the young actress the Inspiration which rare old Joe Jef ferson Is to the actor. Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher Is one of the most delightful of all of the fa mous widows. She Is eighty-four years of age, but so pleasing In fare and manner, so young in Heart and thought, that It Is hard to realize that she has passed so many mile-stones of a way sometimes weary and rough to tread. She lives in a pretty apartment surrounded by pictures, books, and all sorts of remembrances or her dlstin guished husband. AH of her faculties are unimpaired, and she is thoroughly informed on all the questions of the day, and prepared and delighted to dis cuss them Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnson was once the first lady of the land, when her uncle, ' James Buchanan, was presi dent, and she was charming, gracious Harriet Lane. After the death of her huslmnd, Henry "Elliott Johnson, she went back to Washington to live. She has one of the handsomest residences in the capital, and goes a great deal Into society. GENERAL GRANTS WIDOW, General Grant's widow, Mrs. Julia Dent Grant, divides her time between New York and Washington. She has not yet decided In which place she will buy her future home, Mrs. Grant realized almost $500,000 from the me morial of her husband, and the govern ment allows her a pension of $5,000 a year. So she Is quite well-to-do. She tiai four children and twelve grand-1 very full and plfUMtnt one. Mm.- NVIIle tirant Hartoris, the only rM f the tirant family, was a lrU of the While ll.ni twenty yciim ana She luarrknt young Englishman a ml IUIII ttSAST AMTOSU. went abroad to live. Since the death of her huslwnd the rich young widow has spent all of her time In Washing ton. She has a pretty home ou It street, and her two young daughters live with her. The ouly sou 1 at school In England. Mrs. William II. Vanderbllt Is In teresting, aside from her charming personality, by reason of Mug the widow of the richest man In America. No capitalist has yet come up to the f.MiUitsj.oui which Mr. Vanderbllt left st his death. She lives nearly all the ! year round In her palace u Fifth av I enne. All around her ou the ls-aullful ' avenue are her children, her trottid- children ami the little great -grandson. who Is now two years old. She em tertalns very little, but now and then throws ieu her doors for some great function. MRS. WARD M'AI.I.ISTER. Mrs. Ward McAllister, the widow of the late social arbiter, is positively uo known to the people of New York. Al though her name always appeared up on the lists of subscrtlM'rs to the As sembly Italia and other social fum-ilona ihe never apicared at one. re tired ha leen her life, that she did not even preside over the dinner par tics her husltand was so fond of giv ing. All of her social duties have lieeo relegated to her daughter. Miss Umlse McAllister, who has Inherited her father's fondness for society. Mrs. James A. Garfield Is said to he worth now f.W,oui, almost all the gift of the American cople. When General (iarfleld died his estate aggre gated only 3MXiu. Mrs. t Iarfleld lives In elegant but quiet style In Illinois, Mrs. Madeline Vinton Dahlgren, widow of the admiral, live In Wash ington. She spends much of her time In literary work, and writes for publi cation when she feels the Inclination. Two of her sons married Drexel girls, bringing with them fortunes of two or three millions each, and the Dahlgren were well provided for themselves. So the wotk Is merely a Inlmr of love, though Ok publisher are always glad to send a substantial check In return for It. Mrs, Joseph Drexel, the beautiful whlow of the great banker, lives in a magnificent house on Madison Square. She Is one of the ls-st amateur music ians In America, playing with equal skill on the harp and the piano, ller three daughters are alt accomplished musicians, having chosen different in struments. Frequently nt the music alt's Mrs. Drexel delights In giving all of the music Is furnished by the family quartet. Mrs. Iceland Stanford, one of the richest widows in America, has de serted Washington, where she used to spend so much of her time, and lives for most of the year In California. She Is greatly Interested In the great uni versity ou the I'nclllc slope, built as a memorial to her only son. Inland Stanford. Jr. ' Mrs. George Hearst, widow of the California senator, still keeps her old home In W nshlngtoii, but spends most of her time In traveling on the ( oiitl netit or In California. FORTUNATE MRS. CARNEGIE. Mrs. Lucy Carnegie, sister lu-law of Andrew Carnegie, probably has the inor-t enjoyable time of any widow in the world. She Is the only woman member of the New York Yacht club In her yacht Dungeness she sails all over the world at will. Ilef winter home In Florida, "Dungeness," has game preserves, stablest beautiful driveway and bHdlepaths, besides nit of the feminine belongings with which women love to surround them selves. Mrs. KIngdon. the mother of Mrs George Jay Gould, has found her lines cast In pleasant places. The Gould family are devoted to her, and she ha the satisfaction of seeing her charm ing daughter numbered among the leaders socially end personally as well as financially. It Is doubtful If any person gets the genuine pleasure and solid comfort out of the Gould millions that the handsome widow Mrs. King don does. ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS. Many fairly educated people violate every day of their lives a nice distinc tion in the use of adverbs nnd adjec tives. This occurs with such verbs as apis-ar. feel, look, and shine, which. according to their meaning, are either modified by one or completed by the other, w hen the verb expresses a quality in the subject It must be com pleted by an adjective; as, Dorothy is III and looks very bad; Marguerite looked beautiful Inst night; these were both qualities that marked their tip le.tniii"e, not manner of action; but, the little girl looked shyly around the room (manner of using her eyes). If von are sick you undoubtedly feel bad; but the diffident, overgrown boy feels .wound awkwardly for a chair, and you may feel a loss keenly. It is Just us correct to say you seemed confused ly as you felt badly. The sun shines bright, expresses a quality In Its Illuminating power; but it shines brightly down upon the tree tops, describes the manner in which the rays fall upon the tree. The vio lets smell very sweet; but perhaps the odor docs not penetrate to the ad joining room, and you may smell it faintly there. The first example ex presses a quality of sweetness in the violets; the last, your manner of ex ercising the sense of smell. Many people who, referring to a country they have passed through, say It appeared charming, will. In the next breath, speaking of a pretty girl, wiy she appeared charmingly. A reason for this Illogical blunder It Is Impossi ble to discover, but It Is a well-known fact that the really Ignorant do not misuse adverbs so frequently as those imperfectly educated persons who strive to speak correctly, and, not analyzing the construction, "strain at a gnat and swallow a camel." An In variable rule by which to test the use of an adjective or an adverb is this1 If the sentence will answer the ques tion "How?" the former Is needed; If "In what way?" the latter. Exam ples: How did she appear? She np peired charming. In what way did lie look at you ? He looked at me ap provingly. Demorcst, We are only Just beginning In the building of electric roads; and yet there are now said to be 8.7) railways of tills kind in operation In the United States, with a total of 0,000 miles of track, 23,00; cars and a capitalization or over wu.uxvkm). Eight years ago only thirteen of these roads were In operation with about 100 cars. "My fellow citizens," said Ohio's gov ernor In his recent speech at Hartford, "the way to sttfp loans Is to stop de ficiencies. The reserve Is sure to be drained If you cut off the supply. The outflow of gold will never trouble us when the Inflow of gold Is only large enough." British Columbia hop growers ship to Australia and realize handsome profits from their hops. children, who make tier life A M TI KIPPER. Renowned Monster a Mad House. in Was a Reputable Physic ian in London. How lie Was Finally CapturedTbroafh the Medium of Hubert Jatuea Lees. It has been whlered more than once that "Jack the ltlper" bail been captured and was confined In an Eng lish madhouse before Dr. Howard told the story In detail to William Greer Harrison In Sau Frauclsco. Alsiut three months ago The En quirer contained a most Interesting ac count which pointed directly to Itolwrt James ,ee a the man who had de tected the criminal, but rormhoratlve testimony ami detail were lacking uu- f 1U Dr. Howard told the 'startling story to Mr. Harrison. Dr. Howard was himself one of the doxcu london physicians who sat as a court of In quiry urnm a brother physician and found him guilty of the apiatlling crime which shocked the civilised world. Dr. Howard did not reveal the name of the monster. It Is true, but he disclosed fact which hsva unsealed other lip and the world now knows the history of Its most umnfiutjil criminal. JACK THE Rll'PER. The murderer wa a physician In good standing in lAtndon, an enthusl-. a stlc vtvtsectlonlst who, through some extraordinary perversion, came to look upon aln with pleasure, and to take keen delight In Inflicting suffering upon dumb animals. It Is said that one folds favorite pastime was to re move the eyelid from a rabbit and expose It for hour In a nxed position to a blinding sun. He would take a seat near It. totally forgetful of meals, of the passage of time and of every thing except the exquisite sensations he experienced In watching the agon Ixod victim. This strange and horrible passion grew upon him until he became au tin sieakahle monster, H'.s wife testified that he oix-e passed nearly -a whole night In slowly burning a cat to death over a lamp. He ws a creature of paradoxes, and once whipped tils own child severely for exhibiting cruel symptoms. While the whipping pro ceeds! the fiend rose in his own soul and what he began In proper tviitat correction he continued In flendlshnesa until his wife rescued the child from his barbarous clutch. HOW DETECTION CAME. Roliert James I.ees Is the proprietor of an Institution for the education of workmen at i'eckliam, a suburb Umdoii. Over i.mki workmen attend ms classes, nnd lie is reiMgnixeii a i philanthropic and advanced labor leader. He Is also au extraordinary clairvoyant, nnd the leader of the Christian Spiritualists of Gnat Brit aln. After the nrt three runnier were discovered Mr. !.ees, In cUrivoyant vision saw the fourth and dlscrlbed all Its details, He went to Scotland Yard and told his story, and was called lunatic for his pains. The murder had however, occurred Just as Ie tie serllxi! It, and then the police looked upon I.ces as an accessory, and gave him some trouble. One day, while riding lu su omnibus, the clarivoyatit stage again seized him, and looking up k recognised a ifiascngcr the murderer he had wen In hi nrevlou vision. When the man got out he fol lowed and tried to have him arrested. but the constable to whom he applied rerusea. That night he. bad Nnothe vision and hastened to Scotland Yard where he discrilied a murder yet to lie committed. In which the victim's ears were cut off. with a trembling hand and a face which plainly In-tokened the effect Mr. Lees's communication, the olllcer drew a postal card forth from his desk and laid It Is-fore his visitor. It was an ordinary postal card, writ ten In red ink. In addition It bore the mark of two bloody fingers, which had been pressed upon It by the writer, nnd which remained as a kind of bloody sign manual upon Its ral endered surface. This jmstal card wad as follows: Tomorrow night I shall again take my revenge, claiming, from a class of women who have made themselves most obnoxious to me, toy ninth vic tim. Jack the Ripper. r. S.-To prove that I am really .hick ine Kipper." I will cut off the ears of this ninth victim. Dr. i,ees was no sooner confronted with this awful confirmation of his ".i-cond vision than he fainted dead iway and remained as one absolutely luvetmliile. to what was going on Mi'oiilid him, THE VISION CONFIRMED. j ne muni munier came otr on schedule time and the ears of the victim were sliced off as described Mr. Lees was so moved by this event mat ne went to the continent. Whlh he was abroad, the Ripper scored his sixteenth victim. On his return to England, ho was dining one dav with Roland B. Shaw, a mining stock tiroker of New York, and Fred C Beckwith, of Broadhend, Wis., win was then the nminclnl promoter of in American syndicate In London. Mr. Jr'cs turned to Ids two comnan ons suddenly and exclaimed: "Great God! Mack the Itlnner' Inif committed another murder." Mr. Shaw looked at his watch and found It was 11 minutes to 8. At 8:l(i a policeman discovered the body of a woman in urown court, lu the W h to- chapel district, with her throat cut from ear to car nnd her bodv bearlna all the marks of the "Ripper's" hnndl- worK. I hen the police t rented Mr. Lees Seriously. His clairvoyant powers were utilized and he went out Into the streets o piny the bloodhound and track down the fiend. At o'clock In the tuoi nlng, with pale face ami iiioodshot eyes, he hulled at t it gates of a West End mniiHlon. gimti lng, with crackid nnd swollen lips as he pointed to au liiuier chamhc where a faint light yet itlcnmcd: mere is me iiMlideier-lhu mill. you are looking for." It Is Impossible," returned the In specfor. "That is the residence of out of the most celebrated tdivslclans li the West End." Then Lees described the Interior of lie doctors hall to the woiiderlne delegates. 'lhey waited then until 7 o'clock. the hour nt which the servants begin to stir in a rashionahle London resi dence. They then entered the house nnd learned thut the doctor was sill) in bed. They requested to be allowed to see his wife. The servant left them standing In the hall, and Mr, Lees called the Inspector's attention to the fact that there was no mastiff visible as he had described, though his description of the ball in all other respects tallied exactly. Upon ques tioning the servant as to the where abouts of the dog," she informed Mr. Lees that it generally slept at the foot of the stairs, and that she let it out into the back garden every morning. When the Inspector heard this he exclaimed: "Great heavens!" adding In an un dertone to his companlou: "It is the hand of God I" In the course of half an hour' smrclilng examination the doctor' wife, who was a lM-itnilful woman, confessed that she did not believe her husband wn of sound tuliid. There had been moment when he had threatened herself and her children. At aucb time she bad Pci-ii accus tomed to lock herself up. She bad noticed with heartbreaking dread that whenever a Wbltchapel murder occurred her husband was alweiit from benie. THE DOCTOR EXAMINED. An hour later the Inspector lid completed his arrangements for the exaiiiluatlou of the doctor, and ha I summoned tu bis aid two of the great est rxMrt ou Insanity lu the metrop olis. When accused, the doctor ad mitted that his mind had Iweu unlml sliced for Kiine years and that of late there had lavn Interval of time during which he had no recollcctlou of what lis had been doing. When told that they Is-llcviM lie had Is-cn guilty of the WhltecbaiM'l murders during these Intervals, be expressed the greatest repugnance and horror of such deeds, speaking aa If the mur derer wits quite a different person to himself, ami expressing great w illing tiesa to bring him to Justice, He told the physician that lie bad on one or two occasions found himself sitting lu his room as If suddenly aroused from a long sttiNr, and In one In stance he had found blond tion bis rhlrt front, which be attributed to tUKMt bleed, On another ts-cnsloii his face bad lsen alt scratched up. On hearing this the lnsHcior caused a thorough search of tho house la Is made, when ample ptif weie found that the dis-tor was the murderer. Among others, the detectives brought tu light the famous Hc-otch tweed suit and soft felt bat, together with the light oven-oat. When convinced of bla guilt the unfortunate physician begged them to kill III in at once, a be "could not live under the same roof with such a monster." An Investigation followed, the doe tor wa found guilty, and he was re moved to a luadhoust. Iu order to account for the disap pearance of the doctor from society a sham death and burial were gone through, and an empty coftln. which now repose in the family vaults at Ketisal Green, Is upmmmhI to contain the mortal remains of a great West End physician, who untimely death all Umdoii mourned. None of the keeper know that the ib'HH-rate maniac who fling himself from side to side In his udded cell and makes the long watches of the night bldeou with hta piercing cries Is the famous "Jack th ttlpis-r." To them and to the visiting Inspectors he Is simply known aa Thomas Ma son, alia No, v:t. AN ESSAY ON W "Tenny" Clafliii Writes Entertainingly. She Says Humanity Does Not Play Enough. Our School! Should lie Workshops and Playhouses Too Much Bote lud Cramming-. (By I-ady Csik, nee Tennessee 0, Clafilu.) The first conscious act of a human bclug 1 to play. No sooner doc (he babe observe and recogulae than It begiu to lie mirthful. A a It grow It develop till lunate proclivity by all sort of merry tricks and gambol. And It healtlif illness of mind ami body depends a much mu Its exer else of playfulness as tiMu Its dally food. Nor Is this peculiar to children alone. All animals are more or less gifted with the same instinct. The newly-horn gnat sporta at once In the sunlight. The young whale plays with Its mother. The fry of fishes hunt and frolic lu shoals. The fledged blrdllngs chase each other through their leafy Isiwers, and things of lower life that ultimately become fixed In one spot, like sponges, pass through a period of play and free roving. The most cruelly carnlveroii are as playful as those that live sok ly ou herb and fruits. Lions and tigers, bear and wolves, are sportive a lambs. la all, whatever time left after rest ami food procuring, Is devoted to play. For this Is nature's chief method of developing the facul ties ami bodies of all young creatures, and of utilising their pleasures for their interests. As they grow older their sport Is modified by tite dominant Instincts of their race or speclis. They begin to learn their life-work, but they do so playfully. Every animal Is schooled In Its own kindergarten, and learns to work through games. Man Is the ouly one who lullicts upon his pro geny bard and dreary work, dis associated from enjoyment. Those who lire not familiar with the ways of iiiluinls, sometimes think these pur ue their various courses from instinct alone without having been taught. Nothing of the sort. It is true that some of those low in the scale of be ing may do so, hut when we get to the birds mid mammals we shall find that they have lieeu carefully instructed by their parents, and by mock con tests with each other. Hinls teiuli their yoiti g to know their natural cue. idles, how to avoid danger, now to lly, and how to procure their food. If we take domestic poultry, with which we are, perhaps, most familiar, wo find the mother hen encouraging her little ones to romp over her, showing them how to peck up by placing small particles of food before them, and taking them Into all sorts f out-of-the-way places In search of seeds, worms ami Insects. She in structs them In the art of clcn using thcniKclvcs by dry earth bnths, and of securing themselves by roosting high up when their little limbs are strong enough, lu the meantime those of the same brood learn to use beak and spur by sparring with each other, at first playfully, and later with sav ige delight. Those who Imvo noticed a cut romping with her kittens know bow the feline family make the games if their young Instrumental in learn ing the right met hods of catching their prey. With all, play Is a means of nstructlou In the future duties of their lives. When they become adults, they In dulge In It as a recreation nnd as training for possible combats, Sheep play nt butting, oxen nt goring, hotr.es nt biting and kicking, and dogs at worrying, Turn ii few old worn-out cab horses to graze, and at the end of a week or so they will be tricky as colls, ami Hinging their heuiiiiitlc II in lis- In nil directions. Man Is a innny-slded an I mill, and re quires recreation to a greater degree than any other, His powers of re flection Induce 'despondency ns well as hojie. He is oppressed with cares, and often borne down by much labor. Uls nerves are too frequently over- itrung with work and worry. Leisure, consequently, Is necessary to health, and recrcntion during It that ho may restore his vigor. When these are not possessed, he becomes discon tented, sullen, morose, vicious; and loses elasticity of mind and body. Should we have no rational means of enjoyment, he flies from bard lalwr reckless dehauch. - The over strained mind and body crave for lid excitement, and lneiiierauee and Immorality are the readiest at hand. This unnatural tittle Hi1. n-riu-k till! Individual ami deteriorates his offspring, for It la UHHsslbl0 that hcnliny cmmreii should be produced by tho who h-ad bu .unwholesome existence. It I Idle ta preach godllus and morality ta th.iBK uhd r thus overwrought. Tbey want leisure, time for thought and enjoyment. Ana nnove an. want Instruction In the best nnsb- of recreation; leisure, to those who are ot used to It, and who do not know what to do with It, I a very doubtful privilege, and likely to lie lut to trll u it I necessary, then, that our nat ural love or play should have fuller and wiser development In youth, and that scIhmiI should be as composite a the pupils. The word "school" originally tucutt a state of ee, a place of leisure and retirement from work, and not a workshop for forcing young brain to their utmost powers. Our youth have so much to lesru In a brief js-riod that they have no time lo think. Bote and cramming take the place of reflection. Cometltlve ex amlnatlnns are destroying Individual ity, ami reducing all to the ssme dead level. No more tmphllosophlc mode was ever devised by educational quackery, sud lu time we may rival lite Chinese, w ho by long ages of com petltive examination have Ishiuiu i,,..i,iniiv ami iimriillv stuuted and siereotyiNst to the same dull pattern. tin scImhiI siiomu w v,n,v "n tday. ami for meutul and manual work combined. Itisllly exercises and games should be a careruiiy taugui as grammar, and the finger and brain trained together. Flay, work, ami book-learning might ' tuugm turn, and schools be made delightful and useful. A It Is, chlldreii attend them for year and team comimratlve ly nothing, because they ae pedantic prisons where they are liuiniir.nl without Interest or healthy excite ment. If we except cricket and fuel bolt, which do not suit everyone, can only lt played at certain times, ami are dangerous lu themselves, tls-re Is alstolutely nothing to interest the majority of children. Mauy of the rich school. It I true, have work shop, but the iiHU for the middle classes and poor should have them also. The power of observation Is so rare bemuse lit the training of the young it I so seldom exercised. If hoo included play and manual work aa luiMrtsut part of their cur riculum, oltservatlou and Intelligence would U' quickened ail around, and the pupils would soon Hud what they are most (it for. All this should ap ply equally to girls as well as boys. None should 1st excluded from want of fees, for the cost could le borne a that of the board s Ii.miI Is now. In a few years It would be returned to the nation forty-fold by an Increase of health, hopplne and prosperity. The adult who shall have been brought up t'tider till course of com pound Instruction will know bow make the Ix-st use of such leisure ihev tnnv Im ulilit to command, lu to iS the time for work they will Is more con tented nnd more Intelligent workers, and lu play time will enjoy more real mul r-ttliiiiiil iih.UKor,, We know all this will not be Just yer, uui u win come, uur sannary Improvements during the last re years have Increased Immensely. Ot cr must soon follow. It would In. ulisorit to uitoiutSM flint Itttt tm'Keiil Irrational and high pressure system or eiiiic.iiiini can couiiuue rorever. Wiuik diesis iiiihilinliiiln. and ernuiiitf tnaaulty. Will eak for themselves, and compel us to iwttcr methods, for, assuredly, education to tie complet must recogtijxe the wauls of a progrci siva humanity. I 't.it,,ii hii nnrlv fntlm tit the church, wrltlinr at ttie end of the L'n I ,iilititf antil "l.'nl u-lmt ,lhl itm ployment I seemly fira wise and per reel mini, man to sport ami ne giau the endurance of what Is good, and the administration of what Is goo Imlilli.ir rstU-sl u-lili II.ulV v tin see that recreation may ts sauctltlcd to wicn-o purposes as wen as to sect Itinl il iimv lu an a,-! ut Irii., u-n ship as well as of personal enjoyment It Is not for iiothltur Hint man is i laughing animal, imr Is wholesome mirth Inferior lo grave demeanor Work Is g(Ml. liny I g.Msl als. Both are necessary to complete tli would tie perfect man. Mt all our faculties, then, be fairly Indulged i.et there u a time for work and a time for play so that each le a help to each ami a foil to IIm evils of the oiuer. stahs of srmxc I. THE VAY SKY AFFORDS AX INTER ESI1.N0 STL'DV. Some Tknntfiti and Myths of All Aires iu Relation to Hie Brilliant Jewels of the My. These May evening present a fine display In the southern sky. especially nt au earlv hour after niiiiiIou.ii. Anil this Is particularly the case Just now, since mere ure no fewer than four platiets to Is' seen by the naked eye. ami iwo or uiese, Jupiter aud Mars, rapidly approaching a conjunction. With Venus low down In tlm u..ut and Ha turn Just rising, the sceno Is oeiiin ii tu ami impressive, lty u o clock III the even US' Xelitune and l iiinos ore both above the horizon, the for mer sotting within live degrees of Venus and the latter rlslm? mi li.o.r niter i fin it ni turn. ornm is admitted to be tho most wonderful spectacle among the slurry marvels Visible ill the heiii-eiiu It Is mentioned bv Job and liv Itonu.r In principal stars me llelelgucse. on the right shoulder; Belhltiix, on the left shoulder, and Ulgel, tho large red slar. in trie ion root. Across the centre if the group may be seen the three uars Known as the "licit ' or "girdle;' below these are several smaller slars forming the "sword:" smith of the girdle Is the great nebula of Orion. me story or Orion, as given In myth ology or fable, Is as follows: He was a luluhtv hunter, who iii-iiinimil,ul Olana to II base, but who, having miHiiehnvcd himself, tier shed bv the bile of a scorpion. Being a descend ant of the gods. .Imillee turned him Into a constellation. It is Intercstlnu- to Hole that Or Inn. thoinrli mw In lieinlnl. W'llS undoubtedly once In the zodiacal siun Taurus, which l silo to Scorpio. .Not far from Or on will be seen tlm twin stars Castor and Pollux, numln.r. ed 13 and 11 on tho map. Castor is suld In mythology to have been the son of Jupiter and Ledn. while Pollux was ms nairnrotiier. it Is related that Immortality was allematelv shim.d between them. The bright red Star Aldebarnn form one of the constellation of Taurus, or the lltlll; It s numbered 7 on IIia mnn and is a first liingnllitilo slar, known also as tiie "Kve of the Itoll " lnui above It Is the small cluster of stars 'ailed tlie Ilvades and ueup Unit iu tho liehldcs. or "Seven Sisters" though there are many more stars in mo group; one or these Is Alcyone, a double star, whoso eomnnnents nrn of the fourth and eighth magnitude INFLUENCE OF TOE PLEIADES. Tarns, In mythology, was tho bull under whoso form Jupiter concealed himself when he carried off Europa. The Pleiades were, according to the samo authority, the seven daughters of Atlas and Pleione, of whom six married Immortal gods, but the sev enth, Merope, married Slsypliys, a mor tal, wnlch caused her light as a star to be sometimes Invisible. In the book of Job, xxxvlli, 81, will be found the beautiful passage in which Qod qucs- tlona Job wit of the whirlwind: "Canst thou bind the sweet Influence of the l'lelades. or Iwse the bauds of Odour' The ' l'lelades were oed by mariner of ancient days to ier their course over the aea. ami their rising. In the spring, was considered a propltlou time for undertaking loug voyage. liet ween Orion and the Twins will tx atTtt I'rocyon, a first magnitude star In the constellation of the Utile Dog, ntimlcred In the map. Houtb and to the b-ft of Orion is Wrlu In the con stellotlon of the Great Iog, the bright est of all the fixed stars. The rising of the star eecomjMinled the rising of Nile, aud It was therefore of greet Importance to the Egyptians. It ws the representative of their god An nubls. Near tlie tetilth will I seen the bril liant star, lleguius. or Cor leotiis, the Lion's Heart lu the coustellatlon I-eo. This slar. with others, forms an al most perfect sickle. IteglllllS ladlig at the end of ttie handle. Further to th east, aud almost In Hue with Itegulus, Is the bright star Areturus, In the con stellntlou !liii, or the Herdsman, whose signification Is lost In the mist of antiquity, A little Im'Iow Areturus Is Hplca, the sheaf r car of com In the band of the virgin, or tb con siclhuioii Virgo. It Is a star of the first magnitude. Near to Klrlus. to the est. Cor Hydrae; It is almost di rectly below Itegulus, and Is the ttiost 1 1. rim,, ni ame in th constellation Hy dra, which umluhiies across a large Hii-e lu the heavens, extending be neath Cancer. l.eu aud Virgo. This constellation Hydra, or the Water Her- nt. l.i said to represent the l-croaeaa hydra, the destruction of which con siltuted one of the twelve taliora of Hercules. It Is also ssld to Is emble matic of the rising of the Nile, and even of the deluge. The exact conjunction of Japlter and Mars will take place April i'fl. at about 7 a. n. at New York In 2 degreea 'M minute of the sodlncal sign Cancer, but the close relation of Ihese tw planets will be very Interesting to ob serve on pleasant evening well las May. PHilVF.IvII HoinT.'t'LTUIlB. My rcmlulsceiise of tie growth of horticulture when Oregon wa young us a chillxetl eouiui'tTiliy revive memories of a Issly of men aud wom en of varloii nationalities, and of va rtouM age and conditions, aa to per sonal culture, yet having one desire In common, usincly. to establish mi iocs for themselves. Jf by a ramp fire of Immigrants, or the first fire kindled lu tlto newly constructed cab- i.. i,. ,1 I-in. .ii i on,, i.f a mirtv should give expression to an Ideal Hue of future action by singing to an ideal partner; "I'll twine the a bower by the clear sliver fountain. And cover It o'er with the flower from the mountain," The promise Implied, would ho re ceived with Joyous commendation, as to build tlie home Implied was the object of perhaps every Individual of tlie midii-iice, whatever their num ber. Dr. John Mctaughllu, chief factor of the Hudson Bay company, was the fattier of horticulture as wet) of agriculture In Oregon. From the time be tistk charge of Hie affairs of the Hudson Bay coiiqiany he was vlr luatly rub-r of the Northwest I'a ill.. He moved the chief trading sist from Fort tioonra (Astorlnl tu Van. couver lu iH't, and began farming there with planting potatoc In 1J3. The first potatoes were hromrht to tlm coast by an American trading cap tain, litmus Oregon Terrttorri hut wheat, oats. com. barlev and 1 1 mot hi lt rnss ami seed were received from Hudson bay in lfd. and planted lu Vancouver In I sau. In 1XIH Or. Me- iJinvidlll advised Ktterenno Kinder a retiring servant of the Hudson Bay company, to settle In the Willamette valley, and gave him one quart of wheat for seed, loaned him two cow ami two steers for milk and lenm Till was the beginning of a practice he followed with alt settlers he deem ed honest and Industrious for fifteen years, and the results as early as Ktl enabled him to send the first M. 1.. misf ioi'ttrlcs . ason ami Dnnlel I., to the rami of Joseph Ocrvala where they slept In tt tent lu " iranlen ..f cucumbers and melons." I have no means or knowing when the first grniHi vines and fruit tree i,!,,,,.. ed at Vancouver, but a vine of tho Mission grape covered the end of ti government house nt the fort In 1811. nun me apple tree must then have Ih-cii iirtecu years of uae. In oct.tiu,. f i tint year I received a present of half a doten apples, seedlings, from me ikiuh or ,urs. i ii. Burnett at her home lu what Is now Washington county, with the wise counsel "to save tne seeds and plant them on un cial in w hen I should select one." She had Ihh!i au honored and welcome auer.i at Vancouver, herself and fa-it-lly. for some time after their arrival in mvgnn in inn, nnd the friendship of the dis tor and his nthcera f,ill.,u-i,l her to her new home In the shape of Issiks and presents of fniir Tim ....- den was lu the care of a Scotchman nnmeu urine, who was very proud v., ,itn IOF,H full, III iHI.'l hl'llM'd Willi Ho, hnrv.l .... the farm of Jo. Cei-vnis ... on apple orchard of from ten to iweiye years of age. That same sea son I became owner, bv purchase, of the original M. I-:. ihIkhI i lit f tl ftil i tarn. miles above. Tlie first apple trees punned iy tne missionaries had Is-en taken up ii ml replanted on the present site of Salem; there were umm ,.. i, i... ..i.i . I" ... nil cigiu or ien yeors old. a en oi riiuiinrii tpte plant) and a rose bush, which Ims since lun ed widely ms the Mission rose, and there I yet none sweeter. That and the pie plant 1 removed tlw m.t spring iu. my chosen homo south of Miiem, ami Keep them yet. I was mnriieil In .in'tv iai-r , ,, . mill while out as a soldier in the first (lav use war of 18-17-8 I brought home some oo ilium nun wini grape roots from I inpflim vnllev. Two nf r..n..... soldiers, 'Walter and Thomas Montleth who fckicii at Alliany, had already dug up the water sprouts from the Nervals orchard and planted them on their claims. Mv ch home was well supplied with wild ii in, especially the low ground w-hortleberry, strawberry, and crabap pie. ihe first nnllvn fruit ,.u.o ... cept. the plum nnd grape which I oimi-ioiiiiirii io my garden was the native blackcap raspliorry. u nun me most or the early settlers in Oregon were thus muiwi tlie 111!.. by little to beautify their homes Hen derson Luclllng performed tlie won derful font of bribing a growing nur sery of from fiM to 7si .if n,r . . ' IXS II1PIL popular varieties of grafted fruits .1. i.ns uu. pmins nun mountains from Iowa to Oregon with ox teams. Ho lisnled and gave tho name of Mil- Wnilkio to hi lihien Imt .,., !..,!...., anil Oregon Cliy. planted and cultl- .U..-U ms pining with the devotion hat only great natures ran give, and had some of them u-iet in is t.. in is.-,,) iu, wlrt rfVw t," San tranclsoo for sale. At that time any woman, In the company of any man, needed only to look nt au apple or pear offered for sale with ii... to become the poscssor of it regard. i oi once. i,ater reports wore cur rent of single specimens of Gloria Mundl belnir sold for .f. a. in,.. - February, ISM, I nw average Eito pus Spltzenliergg sell at T5 cents each from tho retail stand of Luolllng & Mock, Sanaomo street, Snn Francisco. Many of the home bnlhlra nr w gon threw themselves into the fruit culture with Intense enthusiasm, buy ing their trees from 50 cents to $2 50 each; they read, they studied, they labored to select, to multiply and to' luiuvuiu, wuu sucu Bucceaa as to Justify tlie miners, amongst whom our IsMt market was, in cumns " "the land or big reii apple. ' .i n, . iu fruit culture ws general over the a tied portion of lias etate. Messrs. Ueer, Orlm, Wal do. Woodsld.-, KlniHMius. the fthannon Bro., T. T. Ayre buu a. rwu were moef conspicuous "is nwn;. tint all over the country horticulture received attention. It wa do uncom mon thing for a man io carry n i. ...... ..I a nr varirt In hi 1HN k- et to sive Interest to a sial unday afternoon with a neighbor. A Htanlon estauiisncu. a vrmm-u the Luelliiig nursery near Sslem, From him I larnI to graft. rom Johnson s dictionary of gardening by , Undrctb I gl mr Arst lessons of what kind of stocks different kinds of fruit trees can Is made to unite with, as the quince, the thorn and Ihe mountain ash will unite with tlx la-nr, 1 went to tlw thicket on my own land and dug op wild haw. thorn and had the pound pear and foil butler lerlng upon them as stock lie fine many of my Heights knew tlierw wa a wild thorn grew here. I wa awarded the first prlxe on fall butter sar at the first show of the 'Oregon Pouiologbal association, they were the product of thorn stock, which makes tlwiu grow larger and finer colored than the ur stock, but inclined to be. gritty st the core. I always understood the famous big ...... i..t ii iMiimdsi exhibited at Washington as a se1mett of Califor nia production wa grown by A. th Walling of Oswego. Clackamas county, j Tlie Intensity of our devotion to fruit culture U those days and our ' studies of book description may be Judged from this: I stmsl by Alfred Stanton as be took out of his basket iwenty-two varieties oi ppn- ir r blblilou at that first fruit show, and asking him tfee prtvlWge of doing so, I named twenty of thm a he Umk ih naia.r off nut having seen any of thnn Iwfore except in book. 1 sold my nri rrB oi appies snu pear on tlie tree at fourteen rent per pound, the buyer picked and packed in moss, ami hauled by mule team to Yreka, Cal. My second and third cn I sold to J. W. Strow brtdge at Portland at twelve and ten cents per poll ml. they were picked by hand and hauled by wagon In boxo containing forty-five pound each. It was rare to see a blemish on an apple or s-ar In those day. Peaches also did much better then than now. IVach and plum pit were brought scrims the plains iu Ihe early forties. Thomas Cox, who mine In THE WILLIAMS HOUSE. - A FII-STLAKS HOTKL " situated near the 8. I, depot, on Beooud street, INUKPENDENCE. OKEGON, ROOMS, light, clean and airy. TABLE supplied with the best in market PATRONAGE of the public solicited. W.W.WILLIAMS, Prop. L. Kalley. City Livery Stables, Stvlifth Tlipririiifei " S . . . . . mmm w WW 11 WW II. I IWWUIUVi Having lately parchaaed the entire interest in the stable of W Cook, we are now better prepared than ever to meet the demand! the public as we are now making aud are preparing to make mi sulwUintial, improvetuente. Teaoia boarded by tho day or mot? Traveling men specialty. j tfUKV 9 DM D,M.,.ftlJ . a at. Estss. ESTES & ELKIN&'i INDCPCNOENCE OREGON. Draying and - Hauling DONE TO ORDER. Charges Low and Prompt Service. You will nnd our tosras am tb sUsat, or snd Piano carofully moved. M LIVBEY STABLE. C. 0. Groves, Proprietor, East Side Railrcad street First Class Rigs, vsreiui tinvera aim tennis Horses boarded by tlie day, week or TO SALEM DAILY The Steamer Alice A. Geo. Skinner. Prop. Will lesve Intovnton,. every ,ry, (,, e,w,lM) t . m. torattWm, .A leave Bslem ou the return .trip at 1:30 p. m. FARE 5o cents each way. appiy on board. IhoWEST SIDE Haa the Meat Complata id0B erriGE In Polk E LOWEST. PRICES THE LOWEST. . . i r A.. W. Docksteader, (Suecemiior to -PBOPIUKI-OU OF- City Teuck and Transfer Co. Independence, Oregon. Hauling doaa at BeMtBahU Batea , Wt l ! '41, raised the fine variety, Cor, ( from seed so brought. From t . , ...... ........ . t UUSIiei oi -. pui'iutaeq lu 1h.',I. mainlr for Ihe nits enough flue ociucti n K4 fJ wife to make whst we calk-d a t I Iha Aral f u .... . meeting ever held in Oroa J a I I know. These aiin4aj seedling les than two yrr tho planting of the pits Is a tr early bearing that would not k lleved anywhere but ihi tlu i slope, I think, and It seem to uJ for some reason nnexplaiuaMiTij Ion have changed sines the Bf cane, wnen in tomato pisru ci volunteer grow in un ine rruit run down to me six or citerrl t he cm of the plum know Helm pit in was ' brougi.: fro lucky by Iter. Wm, lllin of K. chun h. a m-arly rouml, r-r; plum, reudlstt purple, having t i.f I hi. ed HIS tlllll Willie h A seedling plum often used n rnwa on ai-cotilil of It lemWj s.-i d up sprouts, oblong, dark. 3 SMir; rcu prrsrrTing Ut tiriiigbt from Missouri by , I'nrrr Mr.IJidd brought the seciwd ni ioi oi uutmtj pi. ironi Tery etock frota! y. He ItitrodticJ I'lppln by uilsiaf ton Plppln-a gwj to (M'egott city. Iti-d Cheeked i'l the Ureen Newton lake. The first curled leaf blifcht I et ib- was. I ts-lleve, In 1C3 Mluio In Paclfid Farmer. HPKAYINO THE COLDfcT Kxongresntn I, M. Rlbwf Pennaylvanla, the distinguished b'sder who Is mentioned a tbr able candidate of the new silver for nresldent in 11. will ta t)J Ashland on Siimlay evening' mil the north In all probability. Vrri M. I-:. Ken eston of the AihUiW metallic league wrote him asklii to stop off and speak at Ann ho Mr. sioiey repjwti mat ni tlm Inn limited on the roast. (In. ner, anotbrt' silver leader of not-, .... . . L ft . 4.1, peera io is- who r. iioiey trip uortb. Ashland Tiding. It 1 noted that fruit cult or Eastern states la dying out partlf ly a regard the productlol pearbea. In Delaware last year) were scarcely io,ij one-nair it lisftkets shlpM, as against ,aj pr slii ed years ago, owing to a di ealled "the yellow,' that Sa destri the treea. i W.H.J Alukntt ts D m 41 - rvLLui a nui nun cm 3 i w. B. lea v. order I ib. !.) Hotel. Ui , near Little Palace Hotel Reasonable Chavucs! furnished for TraveUng men. mouth. For Freight and Passage, County. WORK THE BEST. . i i i . . i Cnni lo wtult.)