HENRIK IBSEN.
The Great Norwegian Writer Wan 70
Years Old the Other Pny.
Ibsen clubs and various other literary
.end dramatic organizations the world
over recently celebrated the 70th birth
day), of Ileurik Ibsen, the great Nor
wegian writer. Few foreign men of
letters have attracted- such universal
attention as this retiring and frequently
almost Inaccessible Norwegian writer.
Of his works much Is known; of his
personality, little.
Ibs'en was born In the little town of
Sklea, in a mountainous region of Nor
wayand hls:early- life was passed, un
der restrictions that were far from hav
ing a tendency to develop the latent gen
ius of the boy. Ills education was re
ceived In a private school -under the
conduct of two theological students,
and later in the university of Christi
ana. Vhile at college, and even before,
he had done considerable writing,: and
his plays were so well received that, at
the cipse of his college career, he was
engaged as. dramatic manager of 'the
principal theater of the country. He
continued here until the Danes got Into
trouble with the Prussians in 1804,
Then he became disgusted at his own
countrymen for not Joining the Danes
and began to write caustic epigrams
criticising the spirit of the Norwegian
masses. His railings accomplished
nothing, but he himself became so dis
gusted that he left the country and
remained In Home and Dresden about
twenty-five' years. He wrote ' many
books,'- and for each there was "always
a ready sale. His writings have been
translated into several languages, and
when It becomes known that Ibsen has
a new book coming there Is a great stir
among all classes of people, and the
wonder is what the book is to be about.
This Is a secret that Is withheld even
from the members of his own family.
In his home life Ibsen is a bundle of
peculiarities. He has a wife and son,
who Is a doctor of philosophy, and la
Tnarrled into one of the most distin
guished families In the country. His
home Is bright and cheerful. His study
Is a cosy little corner, stored with a col-
Honor this morning, or all the days In
the year, for, sure, didn't I drame last
night that Her Ladyship gave me a
pound of tay and Yer Honor gave me a
pound of tobacco!"
"But, my good woman," said the
general, "do you not know that dreams
always go by the rules of contrary?"
"Do they so, plase Yer Honor?" re:
Joined the old woman. "Then It must
be Yer Honor that will give me the tay
and Her Ladyship that will give me
the tobacco." Chicago News.
EMBRYONIC TORNADO,
at
Slnirfclar Phenomenon Witnessed
' '.and Near New Orleans.
A singular phenomenon recently met,
the eyes of the good burghers of New
Orleans,, La. Some excitedly called out
that It was a cyclone, others called it a
waterspout, and still others dubbed It
whirlwind and tornado. Whatever It
k
IIBNRIK I118EK.
i? '-ws;-. a
TUB WONDEKFUL CLOUD.
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Syj (je'j oio'dpwo To f i-ftf '
5oon m soldiers ever skAiy tfcel
lon
He's got a. jaif jaji Ifne a. b'lkerrjAtj.too
firy soldier arW) S4Q' ... , .. ......
He 5&yj .yHI slw .folks wf)f W CAO'av
"He tfjignj it -il be Tag . i "-
'CAase sVs, AlrAKl,.! gaeu.- -
An- 50, uy QijQyne was ArcryiQ- 50 , . .
Wfjen Jirrj uid 1$X flrjless . .. .. curu ;
She'd WAnf to have a cowam for a si) .- .t
HeJ be to,o Anfight-,
TI)At se&rned- ji jl" like so j?;ne vet woo la gef rforje
Bsu erica ai) cried Ail Qion.-. :
lection of well-selected and well-mark
ed books, afl'ordlug ample conveniences
and comforts wltliln, and looking upon
a imuorama of magnificent scenery
without. Ho is a man of moods. If
you can catch him In the humor, you
can get from him readily one dny wliat
110 amount of persuasion could wring
from him the next. In the throes of
composition he Is absolutely Inaeees
Itle. He never goes to church, and does
not believe In church organizations. He
thinks well of Americans, and fre
quently talks of making an American
tour. ,
A Comparison of Sea mi I linnil.
The triviality of the sea compared
with the land Is the theme of a recent
article by John Holt. Schooling. A
bucket 7-i:i miles deep and 7-H miles
from sides to side would hold every
drop of the ocean. This bucket could
rest quite firmly on the lirltlsh Isles.
To fill the bucket one would need to
work 10,(1) Htenm pumps, each suck
ing up 1,000 tons of sea per second, for
4'J2 years. So If any one wants to be
rid of the sen, the way Is plain. Hut to
get rid of the earth would be 4..rr5 times
more dllllcult, requiring 2,(MX1 great
guns, each firing 1,000 projectiles a sec
ond, each- projectile consisting of 100,
000 tons of earth. ' At the end of 1,000
years this InuTuliino split-Ve would be all
shot away.
was, it was, at all events, very active
and menacing for a quarter of an hour,
and kept a large portion of the com
munity In painful suspense until it dis
appeared. The whatever-it-was ap
peared dramatically over Lake Tont
chartrain, darting down in a livid, sul
phurous haze, and hanging down like a
great blue black icicle from a heavy
black pall of cloud. Although a great
distance from the center of the city, it
could be seen that the cloud cylinder
was revolving at a terrible clip In space.
For a while It hung gracefully pen
dant, then by force the centrifugal ac
tion began to lift at the bottom until It
had assumed the shape of an enormous
sickle, thrust down angrily from
heaven, ready to mow away all be
fore It.
The next change was one of gradual
dissolution, the tail curling up and then
flying off at right angles to the east
ward In thin black vermiculate stream
ers like snakes. At one time In the
process of dissolution it looked as if it
were going to reform, but of a sudden
gave over the idea and melted away In
space, much as a cloudlet does in the
blue of a summer day.
As soon as the cloud had dissolved,
or drawn back into the big nimbus
from which it was born, heavy showers
of rain fell from opposite ends of the
mother cloud and soon clewed the atmosphere.
ML
r h tokf Jim fn if if jljey werjf Away
An' cried when Jim.uit t was.a
To ?rvo"w &r , we re gAn)e,''
iij lined Jin) inijiS sou Ar
J ThoaqhT she wodldrirc!
0 CA ai): so
bai sl)e Jbok on Ai)'crieJ'ja5T lite as tooagh,
tie's 50113' Tp die dowi)-njerei.
at cA yoa koow,Oe never, $Aif a word,
JJtr hKft h rniWnT TX K
Bar jajt soopk hds wittj JirQ.like tljij.re&l 5wd
Aq weot .10 like a waIK;
AO Dimeby 1 werjT oir To iry AO rQeer
Tbe kid$, yoa krjow.AO'do
Sometiog, Ai)' b waj WAlkig' ap irje jtreef
Arj'l)e waj tryirj' foo!
WHERE WATER IS SCARCE.
A Disastrous Drouth la Devastating!
South Africa.
A most disastrous drought Is devas
tating South Africa, the worst known
for many generations. Stock Is perish
ing In such vast numbers that farmers
are being ruined wholesale. The Illus
tration shows the process of boring for
Douglass' Compliment to Lincoln.
Fred Douglass, with nil his long ex
perience, never could entirely rid him
self of stage fright. "During tli'e first
llfteon minutes when I front an audi
ence," lie said, "my knees will knock
together." Hut when he got fairly go
ing this not uncommon nervousness,
which all speakers have sometimes felt,
would pass away. He puts Ids points
well In any argument, and his elo
quence was of a high order. Ills trib
ute, In one sentence, to Abraham Lin
coln, Is nn unsurpassed compliment.
Mr. Lincoln," he said, "is the ouly
white man Into whose presence I was
ever ushered who did not make me feel
that I was a negro." Harper's Magazine.
DrcuniM.
An English general and his wife, resi
dent In Ireland, were constantly iks
tered by n woman to whom they had
been very charitable. One morning,
at the usual hour when the lady was
getting Into her carriage, the old worn
un appeared, and began:
"Agh, my lady, success to Your La
dyslilp, and success to Your Honor's
Hiilroad Ituildlng in Chinn.
For more than a year work has been
going on on fourteen miles of railroad
from Shanghai to Woosung and the
grading has not yet been finished. Not
a tie or a rail has been laid. Only Chi
nese workmen are employed. Alnnit a
month or two ago the tlrst sod was
turned at Hankow for the Hankow
l'eklng Hallway, but Its further prose
cution depends Uhu the success of .the
ltelglan syndicate In Hunting a pro
posed loan for Its construction.
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same day at S p. m.
Returning, boats leave Portland name days
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J. C. MAYO, Supt. Elver Division,
Corvallis, Or.
EDWIN STONE, Mgr..
Is your coffin; Rory of the Hills." The
men who Issued the posters were hr
prisoned for their offenses, but the
country was placarded as daringly dur
lug their Imprisonment as before. Now
a copy of one of these posters Is us
scarce as hen's teeth, and, though not
a bit artistic, they are treasured by
poster collectors as if they were print
ed In letters of gold after a design by
some master draughtsman.
HOUSE WITH A HISTORY
BORINO FOlt WATKU.
water. At a little expense the Cape
uovernment provides an apparatus for
the use of the farming community and
drilling operations are In protrreas In
nearly all parts of the country. It Is
generally believed that there Is abund
ance of water at a depth of from fifty
to a hundred feet, but the finds are few
and weak. Unlike Australia there are
no subterranean rivers to tap. The
Iiojh! of the farmer lies In the conser
vation of the rainfall, which, if not
stored In dams, tjuicUly runs off Into
the "slults" and "spruits," and leavs
the parched earth but little refreshed.
In many places the drinking supplies
regularly fall short and the farmers
are reduced to the thick, opaque con
tents of a dam. In the remoter dis
tricts the IUk'I's experience this acute
ly. A lioer recently called at an En
glishman's house while on a journey
and asked for a drink. The English
man had a good supply and gave him a
sparkling draught. The IHitchinan was
greatly surprised and In his kitchen
"taal" expressed himself highly de
lighted with such n sweet drink, as
ho observed, "It had neither taste nor
smell."
MESSAGE THAT MEANT DEATH.
Structure Which Has More than Com
mon Interest for Masons.
In Canton, N. Y., stands a house
which has more than a common Inter
est for the masons of the country. It
shows, in the first place, "the royal
arch," which seems to be a shape of
mystic meaning to the order. And in
the second place, it was built to flaunt
the principles of its builder, Taul Hoyn-
ton, In the faces of his enemies, the
anti-Masons.
Boynton came to Canton In 18P,1 and
was prominently Identified with the
Masonic order. About that time a cru
sade against the organization started;
there were pamphlets published on
"Masonry Exposed" and the like. In
the excitement one prominent opponent
of the Masons disappeared and his
comrades alleged foul play. Roynton's
house was burned in the trouble that
followed.
lioynton forthwith built another
hotwe. It is the "royal arch house,"
noYMTON'S HOYAI. AHCH HOUSE.
Sampler l.t'J Years Old.
A Searsport Ole.) man has on old
time linen sampler, worked with silk,
which is InscrllK'd: "Illueblll llay, July
1711(1; I'hebe Turker." The sampler Is
of coarse linen, such as young ladles
used to work UUO years ago.
TWO VOICES.
A Pouthern Volunteer,
Yes, sir, I
His Northern Hrother.
The Fninnua " No Kent " Poster Which
Luiuled Many Irishmen in Prison.
Here Is a relic of a time made excit
ing by "agitation" In Ireland. It Is the
famous "No Kent" ister, which was
one of the features of the movement of
1SS1 that landed so many ardent Irish
men In prison.
The National League of Ireland, the
wllh Stimi'wtill,
Ami fuml the light
wllh
Hut If I hi here t'n
loll gmg to war,
Mnko inn' morv gun
for nit' I
L didn't shrink from
Shi'rumu
An ho giillopt'd to
the hoh;
Itut If this hero Un
ion Roes to war,
Mnki one more gun
for mol
1 was with Vm nt Mniinssiis
The Imllv boys In itray;
I heard I In- thimdeivr ronrln'
llouml Kloncwiill Jiu'kson's way,
And liuuiy a Hio this sword of mine
Has lilamd tlu roiiti' for l.w;
Hut If Hits "Id nation goes to wur,
Make on nioro sword for mol
I'm not so full o' flghtln',
Nor half so full o' fun,
As I was back In tin- sixth1
When 1 shouldered my old (tun;
It may be that my hair Is white
Sleh thluxs, you know, must he
Hut If this old Culon'alu for war,
Make, one more ifuu tut me!
I hain't frrot my rnlslu'
Nor how. In sixty-two
Or thereabouts, with battle shouts
1 charged Hie boys In blue;
And 1 say 1 fouht with Stonewall,
And biased the way with l.ee;
ltut If this old niton's In for war,
Make one more guu for uie!
Atluuta Coustltullou.
fought Just make It two, old
fellow
I want to stand
onee more
rtenciith the old Hag
with you,
As In the days of
yoro
Our fathers stood to
ireiher And fought on land
and sea
The battles fierce
that made us
A nut Ion of the
frot
,H1,S
I ill I"
I whipped you down at Vlcksburg,
You licked me at Hull Hun;
On many a Held w e si niggled,
When neither victory won.
You wore Hie gray of Southland,
1 wore the Northern blue;
I.Ike men we did our duty
When screaming bullets flew.
Konr vears we fought like devils,
Hut' when the war was done
Your hand met mine In friendly clasp,
Our two hearts beat as one.
And now when danger threatens,
No North, no South, we know,
Onei more we stand together
Tu light the couiinou foe.
My head, like yours. Is frosty
Old age Is creeping on;
Life's sun Is lower sinking,
My day will soon K gone.
Jtut If our country's honor
Needs once again her son,
I'm ready, too, old fellow
So get another gun.
Minneapolis Journal.
4n ii M inca-Hs taw
By Order tJ f e Executive
1
M.ikasl hauAt Han 5(4. nu
.V,. .v iLatV.lWt
Avhich Is still standing. Along the cor
nice over each arch there are charac'
ters carved unknown to any but royal
arch Masons.
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of the custodian of the foreign docu
ments department of the French Na
tional Library. The New York Time
Is authority for the anecdote.
During the visit of King Chulalong
koru, of Slam, a highly prized paper
that no one had been able to decipher
satisfactorily, because of the mixture
of Siamese and Chinese characters, waa
unearthed and shown to the Siamese
visitor.
The King glanced at the precious
paper and then laughed heartily, after
which -he went on to explain that this
carefully guarded and highly prized
document was merely a lire Insuraneo
policy drawn up fo a Chiuese company
by some Siamese firm, and that his own
signature, which it Imre, was such ns
nil similar documents contain. It was,
moreover, written by one of his secre
taries detailed for that work.
That document Is not so highly prized
as It was.
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KAMOl'S "XO KKXT'
executive committee of which Issued
and signed tills lvmarkahle document,
was oppslnB lainlloiHlism by ovrclug
the tenantry Into not paying rent. Such
tenants as were known to Intend to
defy the National League and to pay
hud these "no rent" posters nailed to
the doors. In the corners were certain
terrifying sentences. "Your fate Is cer
tain If you pay rent. Capt. Moon
light," was the sentiment In one, while
the other showed a coltitt bearing le
ueath it the cheerlug Inscription, "This
Definition f Kternity.
Here Is n schoolboy's definition of
eternity: "Wheu our ships all come in;
when the sea gives up her dead; when
l-'ather Time hangs up his scythe; when
the heavens are rolled up like a scroll;
when ("iiibrlel blows the ram's horn;
when the solar system collapses; when
we Hud the lost Charlie Koss aud the
man who struck Hilly Patterson; when
Johnny gets his gun; when society be
comes pure; and 'after the ball Is over'
then will be eternity." Xew Orleans
Times-Democrat.
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Leatherstockititf Tales.'" "I don't
think I want them," replied the shop
per. "Hasn't Mr. Cooper written any
Golf-Stocking Tales' yet?"-llarper's
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