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THE MOTTOXn OKFOONIAN. SATURDAY, JULY 21, 1900.
WITTER: 'BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS
(Copyright, 1000, by Seymour Eaton.)
THE ORfcGONIAN'S HOME STUDY CIRCLE: DIRECTED BY PROF. SEYMOUR EATON
LITERARY TALKS
AND REMINISCENCES
BY ELIZABETH STUART PHELPS.
VII.
Thirty years agro a girl -who had written
in the Atlantic Monthly Magazine a story
called ' The Tenth of January." came from
the postofllce up Andover Hill with a won
derful letter In her hand. This was penned
In the delicate, flowing script of the Qua
ker poet, and was signed with the great
name of John Q. "Whlttier. To the un
known writer the f. mous man sent a
few words, such as only he could have
written, saying In brief, "I have read thy
story," and spontaneously offering a kind
of encouragement to the young author
which a timid, self-distrustful girl must
have felt to the full.
Thit letter was the beginning sof a
friendship lasting over 20 years; and It is
from the depths of one of those strong
personal affections which Whlttier called
forth and sustained in all souls privileged
to know something of his real life that I
must speak of him. if at all. I could not
If I would, and would not If I could, play
cold critic to the work of John G. Whlt
tier. It and he both stand apart in my
thought from much of the critical ten
dency of our times, and are. In fact, abo-. c
it, like a great prophet and his strains
or tho poet David and his songs. I
would as soon act modern literary anat
omist to tho 23d psalm as to "Snow
bound." I should find- it as easy to dis
sect the 53d chapter of Isaiah as "At
Port Royal."
There Is, In fact, so positive a religious
character to the poetry of "Whlttier as to
partake of the nature of sacredness and
to call for the reverence due to sacred
things. Some of tho poems suggest In
spiration of a quality and a degree not to
be considered on a level with the expres
sion of a less dedicated genius.
A young student of his writings will
bear In mind that for this very reason a
certain class of critics will find It possi
ble to adopt a tone toward the poet and
his art which they would never be tempt
ed to use In treating the poetry of a man
equally genuine, but less devout.
It used to be the fashien among critics
not in sympathy with the religious nature
and alms of the Quaker poet to recognize
him reluctantly. His stately fame came
to him slowly. But it came firmly. It
belongs now to those things which cannot
be shaken, but remain. His position In
the great pentarchy of American poets is
as secure as that of any of these elect,
and second to none.
Partly because he was the poet of faith,
"Whlttier was pre-eminently the poet of
the people; for the people as a whole pos
sess religious faith, and respect It even
where they do not possess it. He was as
deeply beloved as he was widely honored,
and the two are not always synonymous
facts in the history of distinguished
minds.
It will be remembered that he was
forced to make a general acknowledge
ment of the loving solicitude with which
unknown admirers and adorers followed
his invalid life He could not command
strength or time to answer Jjis letters.
And thanks untraced to lips unknown
Shall greet me like the odors blown
From unseen meadows newly mown.
Or lilies floating: In some pond.
Wood fringed, tho wayside gaze beyond;
The traveler owns the grateful sense
Of sweetnesi near, he knows not whence.
And, pausing, takes with forehead bare
The benediction of the air.
I have always regarded these lines as
In purely poetic character among the
highest that he wrote. So pervasive was
the affectionate expression of his readers
that It was in truth like the air ho
breathed. His enormous mall came
freighted daily with grace, mercy and
peace. After an absence of a few days
from his home In Danvers he told me he
found over 200 letters from unknown writ
ers awaiting him. He had no secretary
or stenographer; and he was often ap
palled by the drift of unanswered
and unanswerable missives which
snowed him under. He might
well have called them "missiles," as
George Eliot did, for they hit heavily on
his weak body and strong sympathy. Yet
he took, as all writers do who command
the love of their readers, a definite
amount of comfort out of these personal
communications. He needed it, for his
was a lonely life, and his sensitive mod
estythe first and final characteristic of
genius his exquisite diffidence always
stood ready to underrate his own value.
A friend found him one day in his
library, listlessly sitting with his huge
morning mail scattered about him, partly
opened, half unread. She said:
"Mr. Whlttier, it must make you very
happy to know what you are to so many
thousands of souls."
"Ah, but," he answered, sadly, "they
say that Tennyson has written a perfect
poem." ,
It was seldom that he allowed himself
a bigh like this, and, perhaps because of
its rarity, it has been pplgnantly remem
bered by the little group that knew of It.
He was a sad man. But his personal at
mosphere was anything but sad. In con
versation he was more than cheerful; he
was vivacious even merry. His sense
of humor was very strong. A good story
gave, him more satisfaction than a som
ber thdlight. He brimmed with fun like
a boy. His hearty laugh pealed out
easily. He left sunshine behind him al
ways. I find, in my remembrance of
many long talks with him, an extraordi
nary mingling of the grave and the gay,
such as never failed at once to stimulate
the thought and to lighten the spirits.
Wo talked for hours. I see that I hare
recorded elsewhere: "We talked till our
heads ached, and our throats were sore,
and when we had finished we began
again." We ran from theology, philoso
phy, mysticism, spiritualism, philanthropy
and literature to the latest anecdote or
the choice reminiscence. The most au
thentic ghost would be crowded In be
tween the, last Joke and 'the newest poem.
I was quite disturbed one day at hearing
that Mr. Whlttier said I should never
go to heaven. On urging the reasons
for this discouraging opinion, I found
that he had not refused me admission to
the heavenly kingdom, but had stoutly
averred to a friend that I should not stav
there. (At this time, it should be said,
I happened to be occupied in the tem
perance work.)
"Elizabeth," he protested, gravely, but
tho stars In his eyes belled his solemn
demeanor, "thee will not stay there. Thee
will go straight down to hell to get the
drunkards out."
The story is so good that perhaps I may
be pardoned Its personal character. For
the true way to portray a great friend,
I think. Is to forget one's self In the
telling and "give the people of his best."
I never heard him relate an anecdote
of his own life with keener relish than
the one about "Hannah." It has been
told before, but so has almost everything
concerning Whlttier which the public
should hear.
Among the hordes of visitors who beset
his hermit life there called one day at
Amesbury a pompous, ponderous stranger,
who began:
"Mr. Whlttier, sir, I have long wished
to meet you. I am proud, sir to take by
the hand the author of 'Hannah binding
shoes.' "
With the scintillating fun in his eyes
which everybody remembers who knew
him, Mr. Whlttier. with his courtly bow.
turned to a lady who happened to be that
day his guest and who sat quietly at the
window:
"Allow me," ho said, with lmperturbablo
gravity, "to present thee to the author
of that beautiful poem, 'Miss .ucy Lar
com.' "
Soon after Mr. Whittier's death I pub
lished in the Century Magazine a paper
upon the life and work of thoioet, which
contained such memories of him as I
cared to share with the public that loved
him. The kind courtesy of the editors of
that periodical has allowed me to select
for the readers of these pages the Whlt
tier anecdotes herein related, and also
to quote from some of the poet's letters.
These were more fully given In the earlier
publication:
"I feel every change In temperature
with a sensitiveness that I am ashamed
of," he pleads as a reason for deferring
a certain visit. Then, hurrying on with
his vigorous cheerfulness, he writes:
"The Lord In his loving kindness has
hung his wonderful pictures on all our
hills and woods this Autumn. I never
saw such colors."
"I have Just been reading Canon Far
rar's sermons on the 'Eternal Hope.' And
I agree with him that life Is worth living,
even If one can't sleep the blggeot part of
It away. Thee and I get more out of
It after all than these sleek-headed folk
who sleep o ijIghL"
"I have been 111 ever since, but I went
(to the Holmes breakfast) for the good
doctor's sake. He and I arc very old
friends, not merely literary friends. We
love each other."
"I have suffered much from this Spring.
Our lawn is now green., the magnolia buds
WIIITTIER AS A YOUNG MAN.
are swelling and the hepatlcas and violets
begin to appear, and when" the golden
dandelion comes It will be really Spring.
I would rather see these flowers In thb
world beyond than the golden streets we
are told of."
"These November days of Indian Sum
mer make me happy that I have lived
to see them."
"I am glad to be permitted once more
to see the miracle of Spring.
'General Gordon my hero Is dead; an
unselfish enthusiast of humanity. No
more wonderful figure has for centuries
crossed the disk of our planet."
"I have Just been to see an old friend
a little advance of me In age. We talked
as men talk who listen the while for the
Inevitable summons, solemnly, and yet
not unhopeful. 1 am .not sure I am any
better for my long life any nearer to
God; but he seems nearer to me, and
that comforts me."
I see that I had summed my thoughts
of Whlttier for the. pages of the Century
in words upon which I could not now Im
prove if I tried, because they came warm
and fresh from the heart of grief and loss
Immediately after he was called from nis
friends and was not, for God took him.
Thus I wrote then, and otherwise I can
not write after the lapse of all these
years.
It remains only to say the shortest, sim
plest, truest word of all that can be said
for his dear and honored name. We shah
remember him longest because of the
largest thing which he did ?ar us, and
what that is It Is not possible to doubt.
Ho gave us the music of human free
dom, of human brotherhood, of passionate
human purity of an Intimacy with Nature
more widely comprehensible than that
of Wordsworth and scarcely surpassed
by that inspired pantheist. But he gave,
us something beyond all this; he gave
us faith in God.
In an age when doubt darkens the brav
est heart, when science and art' grope
for their author and find him not: when
genius (what we have left of It) deviates
Into little sketches of little subjects and
cuts crosspaths through mire and walks
blindfold under the stars this poet, being
dedicate, has done more to hold the faith
of the American people to the God of
their fathers .than any other one man
in our Nation.
TROUBLESOME TAKU.
Always Renrti Brant of Empire's For
eign Qnarrels.
London Dally News.
The Taku forts, which defend the mouth
of the muddy and shallow Pel Ho River,
have already in tho past, on three occa
sions, been the scene of fighting between
an Anglo-French force on the one hand
nnd the Chinese on the other. Twice they
were captured by their European assail
ants; once they withstood attack, and a
serious defeat was inflicted upon the "for
oign devils" by the Chinese soldiery.
The forts at the date of this fighting
were four in number, the north and
small north forts on the one side of the
river, and south and the small south
forts on the other. They were square
structures. In 185S, mounting about 300
guns of all pattens, with walls of sun
dried mud, surrounded by two wide
ditches full of water, and too deep to
bo crossed without swimming. En
tanglements of sharpened bamboo were
Just below the actual ramparts, and added
no little to the difficulty of a successful
attack. From the swampy nature o the
banks of the Pel Ho It was by no means
easy to approach the forts on land, whllo
the depth of water In the river was In
sufficient for anything larger than a
small gunboat to steam up under them.
In May, 1858, during our second war
with China a war in which England had
the alliance of France an Anglo-French
squadron, under Admirals Sir M. Sey
mour and Rigault de Genoully, appeared
off the mouth of the Pel Ho. Six French
and five British gunboats crossed the
awkward bar at the mouth of the river,
and on May 30 steamed up to the lower
paid of forts, the Cormorant opening
a way for the flotilla by gallantly ram
ming at full speed a formidable boom
which the Chinese had thrown across the
stream. The .vessels then directed a
tromendous fire upon the Chinese works,
after which storming parties were landed
both on the northern and southern banks,
who carried the forts with little trouble.
Thirty-four Frenchmen were, however,
killed or wounded by a magazine explo
sion in one of the forts. The flotilla of
gunboats proceeded up stream as Boon
Newton Center, Mass.
as the fighting was over, and on tho
26th reach Tien Tain, where the terrified
Chinese made peace.
The peace did not, however, lat long.
On June 20, 1S59, an Anglo-French squad
ron, under Admiral Hope, was refused
passage by tho Chinese commander of the.
forts, and determined to force a way.
Since 1S5S the works had been repaired
and much strengthened, the pick of tho
Chinese army had been placed in them,
and the rivehad been filled with ob
stacles of all kinds booms, strong rafts
anchored across the stream, and sharp
ened stakes placed so as to pierce tho
bottom of any vessel steaming up stream.
On June 25. Admiral Hope attempted
to force a passage, but with no success.
Of his 11 gunboats six were disabled or
i compelled to retire. In the Plover, one of
the vessels that suffered most, SI out of
a total crew of 40. were killed or wounded
in 30 minutes. The Admiral himself was
severely wounded, and the losses in offi
cers and men were exceedingly heavy. It
was on this occasion that Captain Tat
nall, the American officer who after
wards commanded tho Conferedate iron
clad Merrlmac In her famous encounter
with the Monitor, came to the aid of th
British with the cry. "Blood Is thicker
than water!" He rowed off to the British
Admiral In the very thick of the fight,
and offered to remove the wounded, an
offer which was not" declined. Some of
his men actually went to one of the
British guns, the crew of which .had fal
len, and fought It for some minutes.
Toward 7 P. M. Admiral Hope determined
to filng his last throw, and to put In a
landing party to' assault the forts. This
was done, but with the most disastrous
results. The storming party of English
and French was not strong enough, and
could not scale the walls of the forts;
It was beaten back with a loss of about
400 killed and wounded. In addition to the
casualties incurred in tho purely naval
attack.
To .repair this defeat, in the following
j year a force of 18,000 British and French
soldiers and a strong combined squadron
under Admirals Hope and Charner were
dispatched to the Pel Ho. The army was
landed to the north of the Taku
forts, and on August 20, 1S60, began to
bombard them in conjunction with the
fleet. On the following day the guns had
dono enough damage to permit of the
forts being stormed, an operation which
was accomplished In the teeth of a fierce
resistance, with a loss to the English of
SI killed and 184 wounded. That loss
would have been far heavier had the
Chinese amumnltlon been enly tolerable.
Sir R. Napier, "who was one of the officers
leading the stormers, was actually hit
at quite close quarters by five bullets,
each one of which should "have killed
him. As It was, he was merely bruised.
On this occasion 2000 prisoners and near
ly 1000 guns were captured by the allies,
whose victorious advance was not ar
rested till Pekln had been reached.
WHERE STORMS FORM.
Nine Klntlai of TTicm and They All
Aim nt Ncvr England.
Theodore Walters In Alnslee's.
United States storms, according to
Professor Blgelow. have nine average
places of generation. Tho greatest major
ity form In Alberta, north of Montana,
and after coming into the United States,
trael eastward. A few come In over the
North Pacific Coast. A third group forms
on the northern Rocky Mountain plateau.
A fourth forms In Colorado, being
born on the yery high mountainous eleva-i
tlons. A fifth rorms In the Texas low
lands, and catching the Gulf winds and
moisture moves eastward. West Indian
hurricanes form the sixth class. The
South Atlantic Coast storms make up the
seventh class. Storms which come In
from the Pacific on' the .southwest form
the eigth, and finally a class of minor
storms Is generated In our central val
leys. Some of these storms come acro?s
tho Pacific from the Asian coast, and af
ter sweeping across the country, go out
over tho Atlantic to Europe, and even
to Asia again, but there is no record of
a storm having circumnavigated the
globe. But no matter where these storms
are generated, they always converge to
ward New England. New England, In
fact, seems to be the stormiest spot In the
United States. A record of 10 years end
ing with 1893, shows 1143 storms, all of
which headed toward, and roost of which
reached. New England.
The forecaster must consider tho gen
eral configuration of the country In reck
oning for cold or hot waves, blizzards,
northers, and other manifestations pe
culiar to certain localities. An inexpe
rienced prophet might predict for instance
a long record for a peculiar class of Pa
cific stormwhereas many of them come
in over seaboard, whirl violently until
they strike the Rocky Mountains, when in
endeavoring to climb the Divide, they are
dried out and dissipated In the upper air
and are never heard of in the valley be
yond. Sometimes they break through and
head wildly for New England. But the
forecaster must know of these storm
gateways. He must reckon with the cli
matic properties of the "Cold Pole" of
temperate America, that peculiar region
surrounding Lake Wlnnepeg, where tho
rango of temperature Is 150 degrees, the
thermometer rising to 105 degrees above
In Summer and dropping to 45 degrees
below zero In Winter. As Professor
Blgelow puts it, the giants of heat and
cold stagger back and forth across the
country In perpetual contest, and tho
forecaster must be a good judge of the
staying power of each.
Made Up of Malcontents.
New York Tribune.
Tho "Boxer" Society'ls made up of mal
contents and extreme conservatives, op
posed to railroads and foreign Ideas In
grneraL The first we know of them they
were destroying property along some Ger
man railway lines In Shan Tung Prov
ince. Tho Empress hns allowed the out
break to get beyond her control. Her sol
diers win fight the "Boxers" with great
reluctance, if at all. She dismissed her
G'nerals. and that shows that she took
sides with the anti-foreign element. But
rhe is not bitter In, her opposition to foreigners.
TWO MILLS WERE BURNED
liOSS OF f 83,000 ENTAILED BY FIRE
AT SPOKANE.
Blase in McMlnnville Cost fSOOO and
Came Ker Sweeping; Much.
of the Town.
SPOKANE. Wash., July 20. Fire this
afternoon destroyed' the large lumber
plant of the Holland-Horr Mill Company
and caused a loss of 150,000; Insurance,
$13,000. It also destroyed the Crescent
Shingle Mill; loss. 8000; Insurance. $1000.
A spark from the engine of the Holland-Horr
mill was carried Into a dust
bin. The dust bin exploded and In a
minute flames wero sweeping through the
mill. Two workmen were knocked down
by the explosion and burned about the
face and hands. In an incredibly brief
period flames had extended to the lum
ber yards and soon acres of seasoned
lumber were aflame. It was the hottest
conflagration since the great Are of 1S8D.
Three firemen were overcome by the In
tense heat and smoke but recovered later.
?SOOO LOSS AT arailNNVILIiE.
Lack of 'Wind Enabled Firemen to
Stop It Quickly.
M'MTN-NVIL.LE, Or.. July 20. Firo
started this morning at 1 o'clock In Fred
Hlbbs bicycle shop, and spread rapidly
to the adjoining buildings. It was sub
dued by the Are department within '20
minutes after arrival. There was no
wind. The total loss was about $8000, di
vided as follows:
Hlbbs bicycle shop, loss S1G0O; insurance.
5300.
C. A. Wallace, dwelling, Iobs $S0O; Insur
ance $S00.
T. A. White, restaurant, loss. $1500; in
surance, $1000.
Wright & McDonald, building, loss J1C00;
Insurance $800.
Tom McCourt saloon, loss, $300; Insur
ance, $300.
D. Gaby, brick, loss $300; no Insurance.
Trlplett & Hendcrshott, confectionery,
loss $100; no insurance.
Wardle, barber, loss $30; no insurance.
C. Grissen. book store.. loss, $200 Insur
ance $200.
Welsner & Eckstein, loss $100; Insurance
$10). -
A. E. Foote. fanning mills, loss. $1000.
8000 ACRES BURNED OYER.
Fire Stopped by Plovrlnfr FurroTvs
AcrosH It Path.
THE DALLES, Or., July 20. Word was
received this morning that a large fire
started by sparks from the eastern
bound passenger train passing about
noon yesterday destroyed 3000 acres of
pasture on the hills this side of the Des
Chutes River. The greatest damage done
was to the Floyd ranch, now occupied
by John Dalrymple, where TOO acres of
Winter pasture for sheep wis ruined,
which will prove as great loss as though
the land had been covered with grain.
The fire started near the. willows on
the Seufert place, and ran rapidly over
the hill as far as the Cooper and Lin
ton ranches. Mr. Linton, by plowing
furrows, was able to save his place and
stop the flames from extending further
south. No buildings were destroyed.
"Wnlla "Wnlla "Wheat Burned.
WALLA WALLA, July 20. About 600
acres of wheat were burned late Monday
afternoon In Spring Valley, eight miles
north of this city. The fire was started
by a spark from a threshing englno on
the farm of John Spreltzer.
BENTON COUNTY SCHOOLS.
Report of Stntlnttcs for Pant Year
Note of Stnte .Capital.
SALEM, July 20. Superintendent Ack
erman today received the annual school
report from Benton County, of which the
following is a nummary compared with
las year's report:
General statistics 1S59. 190).
Number of persons of school age. 21(30 2500
Enrolled in the public schools.... 2112 14v9
Average dally attendance 13C3 lit 4
Number of teachers employed.... 91 &j
Children not attending any school 23 50
Enrolled In private schools 4
Av. length of school year, weeks. 23 21
Legal voters for school purposes.. 1250 13S4
Financial condition IStt. 1S00.
Value of schoolhouse3...$3S.oOO 00 $3S.4CO CO
Value of furniture 4.C0) 00 3.30 00
Value of apparatus 3,000 00 3,268 30
Average salary of male
teachers 41 51 33 59
Average salary of fe
male teachers 27 70 26 50
Total receipts 15.761 42 19.?33 34
Paid for teachers' wages 13.422 SO 13,650 51
Total disbursements .... 16,05) 43 16.953 31
Cash In hands of district
clerks, March 5 207 04 2,330 03
Governor T. T. Geer today received a
requisition from the Governor of the State
of Kentucky for the person of J. B.
BowJIn, a teacher in the Weston schoools,
who is wanted In Kentucky for the crime
of uttering and publishing a forged in
strument. The requisition was granted,
though BowJIn nnd his attorney appeared
before the Governor In opposition.
State Treasurer Moore today received
a remittance of $5000 from Yamhill Coun
ty to apply on Its 1S09 state tax.
John Sommers, aged 32 years, was re
ceived at the asylum last evening from
Washington County.
The County Court today made an order
admitting to probate the last will and
testament of Nancy M. Hepburn., de
ceased. John W. Reynolds was appointed
executor. In accordance with the terms of
tho will. About $3000 worth of personal
property la Involved.
A PLUCKY WOMAX.
Mrs. Fleetwood Treed a Bear nnd
Held Him Till He Wan Killed.
Dally Olympian.
Mrs. W. W. Fleetwood, residing six
miles east of Olympla, had an exciting
adventure Tuesday morning, and thanks
her lucky stars that she got through It
without Injury. While employed about
her house she heard the dogs setting up a
great howl, and. .going out to ascertain
the cause, saw they had a bear cornered
In the underbrush near by. Nothing
daunted, Mrs. Fleetwood seized a club and
went to assist the dogs in driving out
the bear. In a moment Bruin made a run
for a tree close by and was soon up In
Its branchep. The dogs scared the bear
in a very few moments so that down ho
came and made at them, and also at
Mrs. Fleetwood. But she old such effec
tive work with the club that she soon
drove him back Into the tree. About
this time a man named Wright came
along the 'road, and she sent him imme
diately to the Hicks place after a rifle.
When the gun was brought, Mr. Wright
took careful aim and brought down Bruin
in a heap nt their feet. Mrs. Fleet
wood and her dogs had held him In the
tree three-quarters of an hour before he
was killed. The bear was of the black
variety, and a big fellow.
Umatilla Indian School.
WASHINGTON. July 16. Special Indian
Agent John Hawley, who has Jurisdiction
over a large section of the West. Is now
in Washington conferring with the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs. A short
time before he left the West he visited
the Umatilla School, in Oregon, and
made himself -horoughly acquainted with
condition there, and studied the school
generally, with a view to making what
Improvements were considered necessary.
In talking with the Commissioner of In
dian Affairs, Mr. Hawley said that the
Umatilla School Is one of the best schools
under the control of the Indian Office.
He reports Its superintendent. Miss Mol
lie F. Davis, as. a lady of fine executive
f ability, who has established a reputation
Miraculous
Cure
Dr. Williams
Pin& Pills
for
Pale People
Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills hsre offeoted
cures in cases of Parnlj-sls, Locomotor
Ataxia, Rheumatism, Scrofula and other
icrtous diseases of tho Blood and Kerroi,
when all other means known to the medi
cal profession have been tried and failed;
they have saved many who were on the
brink of Consumption, and have restored
to the helpless invalid the full use of limbs
that had long been powerless. That inch
wonders have been performed by this
great life giving medicine Is the best guar
untea that it will not disappoint when
used for simpler allmonta.
At all druggists or direct from Dr. Williams
Medicine Co., Bchenectuty.N. V., postpaid on
receipt of pries CO as. per box, six boxes I2.S0.
second to none In the service. Mr. Haw
ley strongly recommends the erection of
an additional building and a new sewer
and water system for this plant. This
recommendation was submitted in writ
ing some weeks ago. and has been ap
proved by the Commissioner, plans and
specifications for these new works now
being In preparation. The work of con
struction will b tnken up as soon as
the plans are approved, and the contract
let. The new building will be used as
a girls' dormitory, and will be a two
story frame building of sufficient size
to meet the present demands.
At the Pocntello Convention.
Boise Statesman.
The Sliver Republican representation
shows up very much more scattering
even than was anticipated, and It Is go
ing to appear highly ridiculous In the
light of the claims that have been made.
Though the skeleton county committees
scoured the earth for delegates to re
appoint they did not make much headway
In securing men who would attend. It
Is known that quite a number of those
named are Republicans, nnd a large num
ber of the others. If they are not Re
publicans, do not take enough interest In
SilverTRepublican plans to come here. So
far as can be discovered there are only
30 Silver Republican delegates here this
evening. They are from the following
counties: Bingham S, Fremont 5. Custer 1.
Kootenai 5. Canyon 3, Latah 2, Nez
Perces 1, Idaho 2, Ada 2, Owyhee 1'.
After Forty-one Years.
Hood River Glacier.
H. L. Plttock; one of tho proprietors
of The Oregonlan. accompanied by Mrs.
Plttock and daughter, arrived in Hood
River. Friday, on their way for an out
ing at Trout Lake. While here, the
party visited W. P. Watson's fruit farm
and gardens near town, and w,ere treated
to his fine peaches. They Were all de
lighted with what they saw at Watson's
his flower and vegetable gardens and
fruit trees and grand scenery, and the
old Coe mansion. Mr. Pittock seemed
more Interested In the old house than
nnythlng else on the place. It was the
first time he had seen It since 1S59, when
he tarried for a night under its hospit
able roof. Ho pointed out the spot where
he sat and ate watermelons till he
couldn't rest.
Two Locomotives Collide.
ROSDBURG, Or., July 20. A collision
between two light engines occurred a lit
tle Tiorth of Riddles this afternoon. Con
ductor Fratcr's right arm was badly
crushed and had to be Immediately am
putated at the shoulder. Fireman Caven
der was badly scalded on the right side,
and his collar-bone broken. Lucas, Stan
ton and Sutherlln were slightly bruised.
The engines were badiy damaged. Trains
will be delayed several hours.
Wilson River Rood All Right.
FOREST GROVE, Or., July 20. There
Is considerable travel now over the Wil
son River road between Forest Grove
and Tillamook. Barring the muddy road
In the heavy timber, the road Is In splen
did condition, and the bridges are safe,
teams passing over dally heavily loaded.
A Tale of the Pnllmnn.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Brentwood had "lower 12" In the Phila
delphia sleeper, and he was weary.
"Porter," he raid, "make up my berth
as soon as possible. I want to go to
bed. You don't seem to have many peo
ple In this car tonight."
"No," tho porter answered, "rather
light. Nobody at all across from you."
It was along about 10 o'clock when
Brentwood wa3 aroused from a refresh
ing sleep. From "lower 11," across the
aisle, were issuing the most heartrending
sounds that he had ever heard. Noises
like the groans of departed spirits, the
moans of living people In torture and
the growls of savage beasts, all com
mingled, were causing the curtains to
bulge out and then go back as If on ac
count of some powerful suction within.
After he had listened" for a moment
Brentwod arrived at the conclusion that
the "champion snorer of America" was
In "lower U." He had never heard such
snoring before, and he sincerely hoped he
never would again.
High above the roar of tho train ho
could hear the awful racket that was
going on In "lower 1L" A dozen times
during tho night he was tempted to crawl
out of his berth and either get back the
money he had paid for the privilege of
riding in the sleeping car or have the
snoring stopped. But he judged from
the nature of it that the person who did
the snoring must be a big, able-bodied
man. Such sounds could come only from
one possessing a mighty physique and
lungs like a .blacksmith's bellows. Brent
wood was not a fighter. He didn't wish
to get mixed up in a row, therefore he
tossed in the stuffy berth and held his
peace until nearly daylight, when he fell
asleep.
It was about 9 o'clock when ho awoke
again, and. sticking his head out between
the curtains, saw that nearly all the
berths except his own were made up.
Across the aisle In No. 11 sat a beautiful
young woman with a pillow back of her
head. Her eyes were closed and her finely
curved lips were parted very slightly,
showing the tips of her white, even teeth.
"Great heavens!" Brentwood said to
himself. "If anybody had told me she
could have made those noises I never
would have believed It"
After breakfast he went into the library
car and was Induced to take part In a
game of cards. There he told the other
players of the girl who had snored. His
partner, a voung man. who was eon.j
through to Cape May, was especially in-
Richard D. Creech,
of 1062 Second Street,
Appleton, Wis., says:
" Our son Willar4 was
absolutely helpless. His
lower limbs were para
lyzed, and when we used
electricity he could not
feel it below his hips.
Finally my mother, who
lives in Canada, wrote ad
vising the use of Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills for Pale
People and I bought some.
This was when our boy
had been on a stretcher
for an entire year and
helpless for nine months.
In six weeks after taking
. the pills we noted signs of
vitality in his legs, and in
four months he was able
to go to school. It was
nothing else in the world
that saved the boy than
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
for Pale People." From
Hit Crescent, Appleton,
Wis.
terested. and when they returned to the
sleeper he asked to have the "snoring
girl" pointed out.
"There she Is." said Brentwood, look
ins townrd the lady in No. 11. "It's too
bad something can't be done for her.
I'd be inclined to fall In love with her
myself if I didn't know about this snor
ing business."
Then he went and sat down where he
belonged, nnd was horrified, a moment
later, to see the young man with whom
he had been talking take a seat beside
the girl and whisper something to her.
She blushed, flashed an angp- look at
Brentwood, and then turned her head.
Half an hour later Brentwood learned
from tho porter that tho man who had
occupied "lower 11' during the night got
off the train early In the morning, and
that the young lady and gentleman had
been riding only since about 8 o'clock.
Then there were apologies and explana
tions. The lady and her brother were
going to the seashore to visit their aunt,
and Just before he left the train Brent
wood was Invited to "run down from
Philadelphia on Sunday If he had noth
ing better to do."
He looked at the girl before answer
ing. It was her brother who had ex
tended the invitation. She blushed again
and opened her lips as If to say some
thing, but gave a little Imitation of a
snore, and he picked up his traveling
case.
As he hurried along the platform he
passed the open window at which she
rat, and looked up. There was some
thing In her 'nod and smile that made
him decide to "run down on Sunday" and
see what would happen.
In the Matter of Transport.
PORTLAND,. July 19. (To the Editor.)
To those who are familiar with the rea
son of the Government's not allowing
transports to come here, your article In
today's Issue is amusing. When four of
our esteemed citizens, elected to positions
of honor, hold up the Government by put
ting in a bid of $17 56 a ton for hay, while
actual hay-dealers bid $13 SO for the same
hay. and Seattle bids about the same
as the latter figure for Oregon hay, the
Government is not going to allow more
than one boat to come here, and that
was for policy's sake, owing to the prom
inence of the bidders. A Government offi
cial was recently quoted In your paper
as saying when Portland became reason
able in her figures she wou:d get busi
ness. One can understand the "lack of
Interest" among local hay-dealers, espe
cially when the Chamber of Commerce la
using "lt3 Influence."
R. W. ROBINSON.
Midget I wonder how the Circassian
girl ever got such long hair? Giant She
says that when a child her nurse told her
a halr-ralslng ghost story. Philadelphia
Record.
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