THE BUSPATT OBEGOKIAr POBTLAOT, JTTJDY 8, 1900.
GOING TO THE PARIS FAIR
PORTLAND YOUKG WOMAJf TELLS
OF FKLliOW-PASSENGEIlS.
Silas SopTaie Relnhart Finds Herself
Aboard Ship With Manr Inter-
eatlntr Foreigners.
AT SEA, Jun 16. (Social Correspond
ence.) A sea voyage Is too full of "ups
and downs" for life to be altogether "one
grand, sweet song" while It lasts. Like
love, It's "unalloyed sweetness long drawn
out," but no, we will expatiate no further
the experience Is too well known to re
quire elucidation. Yet, barring such lit
tle Inconveniences and drawbacks, life on
shipboard offers enough amusement and
variety to satisfy the most restless mind.
First of all, there are one's fellow pas
sengers, who furnish constant entertain
ment to an Investigating mind. The
Corinthian Is not an extra large steamer,
but it accommodates comfortably about
400. the crew included. Of these, two
flfths are French, two-flfths English, and
the other one-fifth represent a mixture
of Scotch, Americans, Norwegians, Irish
and Germans. Never was a more hetero
geneous mass of people gathered together
under one roof, and the study of Idio
syncrasies of the various nationalities is
thus much simplified. Of these, the
most conspicuous are the French. You
may not always see them-, but you can
always hear them. There Is a very hand
some specimen of the French gentll
homme on board, whose distinguished ap
pearance has given rise to much curios
ity and comment He has the air and
manners of a nobleman, the military
walk of an officer, and the se'f-assur-ance
of a diplomat, and the general con
clusion was that he must be one of the
three, or all. I Just learned, however,
that he was only a bicycle manufacturer
from Toronto.
I would hate to form any opinion of
the English by my fellow passengers on
this ship. It would hardly be to their
advantage, and I presume it would not
be a fair test. These are very conceited,
and lose no opportunity to run down the
Americans. There Is one man in particu
lara Congregational minister (who at
one time was a reporter on a London
daily) who Is always looking for a chance
to break loose. I happened to sit next
him one evening, and he turned the full
tide of his ministerial wrath upon me
"Cahn you tell me," said this wonderful
individual. In his strong English accent,
"why the Americans are such very poor
grahmmarlans ?"
"I have yet to learn that they are,"
I replied.
"Ah, but you must have observed It,
surely," continued he. "They all use
such abominable grahmmar, ye know;
their verbs have no relation whatever to
their subjects, and every other word is
'ain't.' "
"You must have associated with a very
uneducated class of people, such as one
finds among all nations," said I, drily.
"We usually form opinions from those
we associate with."
"Ah! you are pleased to be sarcastic,
Miss?"
"No," I said, laughing; "I am only an
American," and with a polite bow left
him. I am pleased to state this critical
individual has never opened his lips
against the Americans since; at least not
In my hearing. But I have learnt since
that he has the happy faculty of making
himself obnoxious wherever he goes, and
he barely escaped a fight with a young
American gentleman one day for daring
to criticise openly the latter's actions.
, But there are some "v ery nice English
people on board, notwithstanding their
general characteristic Is great reserve and
excluslveness. The Scotch, on the con
trary, are very communicative. One old
Scotchman In particular is the life of the
ship. He is vers loyal to the British flag
and one day got Into a discussion with a
Catholic priest over the Boer war. I felt
sorry for the priest before the dlrcusslon
was over. He was literally "knocked out.'
as the word goes. His arguments were
good, too (that Is, when he was given a
chance to express them), but, poor man.
he was too delicate for thl eontesL The
Scotchman towered above him like the
giant over Jack in the fairy tale, and Just
chopped his words off before they were
half out of his mouth. It was intensely
exciting. Nay, It was magnificent. The
passengers stood hypnotized in the ring
awu j. uuuuk nueuicr any 01 US WOUIO. J
have been surprised to see bullets flying '
ana piBiois in tne air. But, fortunately,
the words were not loaded; thv int
danced and flew and skirted all about us; I
the air trrew warm with thm riv 1
was literally covered with them, and ,
uniuiy, wuen we were an oeginnlng to
tremble for the result, the priest with a
disgusted look on his face, gave up the
fight and fled. Then turned the Scotch
man, and with the fire of victory in his
eye and his right hand stretched aloft,
dared any one else to enter the field.
Needless to say, no one dared.
Of COUrse. there lit not mnr'h illrimlnn
on shipboard except what the passengers I
Create for themmlvK mil en a rnni4 1il I
was lying dead drunk and could not b
aroused.
"Put a, tablespoonful of salt in his
mouth, hold his head under the pump
for 10 minutes, and then bring him to the
booth to read his vote," ordered the doc
tor. In a short time John Smith made hi
appearance, supported by two strong men
and locking more dead than alive. As he
came up to the Sheriff to record his vote,
the opposing candidate's agent promptly
called out: "Mr. Sheriff. I ask that the
bribery oath be put to this voter, and I
also object to his vote on the grounds
that the voter is not in a flt condition
to realize the responsibility of an oath."
"Mr. Sheriff," replied Dr. Tupper. "T
cannot agree with the honorable gentle
man, but I would suggest that you put
some Reading question to the voter, and
Judge by his answer whether he realizes
the responslbllty of an oath or not."
The Sheriff at once" fell In with Tup
per"s suggestion, and said to the voter:
MISS LOTTIE M. SLITER
THE GODDESS OF LIBERTY IN THE FOURTH OF JULY PROCESSIOX.
of time is spent In telling funny stories.
Here Is one that at the same time is
true. In the year 1S67. during an election
in the County of Cumberland, Nova Scp
tla, the issue was the confederation of the
different provinces, the candidates being
Dr. Tupper, now Sir Charles Tupper, ex
Premlcr of the Dominion of Canada, a
strong supporter of the confederation, and
the Hon. "William Annand, of Halifax,
Nova Scotia, ex-Promler of the Province
of Nova Scotia, for the opposition. The
contest was the most exciting one ever
held, It being the greatest issue ever
brought before the people of Nova Sco
tia, and a single voto might decide the
repeal of the contemplated union. 'How
ever, Dr. Tupper was elected by a ma
jority of 97.
On the day of the election. In the village
of Parsborro, about an hour after the
closing of the polls. It was found that
John Smith had not polled his vote, and
when this was brought before the atten
tion of Dr. Tupper. he at once gaie in
structions to hunt Smith up. Immediate
ly four willing hands were sont out as
scouts. In a few moments they returned
with the information that John Smith
"John Smith, can you tell me where
you would go If you took a false oath?"
Smith looked up at the speaker with
a glance of Indignation and contempt at
being asked such a question, and replied:
"Go to h V
The doctor Immediately took advantage
of the reply to say:
"Mr. Sheriff, a most Intelligent answer."
Thereat the oath was administered, and
John Smith called out, "I vote for Dr.
Tupper."
It Is quite amusing to walk the deck
and listen to the different conversation
In the various tongues. Thero arc a few
who do not talk English, and those ore
readily distinguished. One poor "Pole has
had a terrible time of it. Unable to
make himself understood. It seems he
came away from Montreal without his
luggage, his trunk checks still in his pos
session. Thore are no English
speaking Poles on board, but at last
they found a German who understood
Polish, and he managed to rotate his
woes. The next thing was to find some
one who understood German. This was
a young Swede, who also spoke Hungar
ian, &nd finally a. Hungarian was un
earthed who could talk. English, and the
combination was complete. The young
Pole will have to get tip early, though, to
make train connections If he does not
want to get left. I imagine it would be
rather amusing to stand beside the quar
tet and hear the password transmitted
down the line. '
Most of the passengers on board ara
bound for Paris, directly -or indirectly.
It is the center of attraction which no
one who values his peace of mind dares
miss. Like one young man remarked,
he had not the least desire to visit th
exposition, and wouli much prefer re
maining in London, but ho Judged It
would be much easier, 'to cross the chan
nel than to tell his f riehds, wny he didn't
so.
I must say a word fr the Corinthian,
which, though slow, IS the, steadiest ship"
on the ocean. The lLdays that we were
out she did not pitch once, and with the
exception of two days 6t rather heavy
swells, one could hardly notice the least
motion. In consequence the company's
rations gave out before, the end of the
trip, and the hungry naseeitgers had to
content themselves with, tho leavings. I
do not know whothef thW would have
happened had the Americans been In the
majority, for I noticed that the French
and English ate but onp meal a day, only
it lasted all day, and the noise of the
ocean was nearly drowned by the almost
ceaseless popping of coTks. Vive 1 Amer
ica! SOPHIE REINHART.
TO KEEP THE FLAGS. '
THREE GREAT STAKES
BEST RACES OJf RECORD PROMISED
AT THE STATE FAIR.
A Veteran Undertake ia Define G.
A. R.'s Position.
SALEM, Or.. July SjTo the Editor.)
Your editorial, "Why'Npt?" In a recent
Issue, Is deserving of on answer by an
old soldier. "Why Is the time not ripe
for the return of the Confederate Flags?"
First, there is no Confederacy to return
them to. Bx-ConfederAtes dying on the
United States Supreme Bench or sitting
In the Cabinets of President Hayes and
Cleveland Is no excuse!
It Is not admitted by the Union soldiers
of the Civil War to bo' the proper thing
to place Longstreet on the pension rolL
Ho was educated at the public expense
and turned his back on the country that
he had sworn to supjfort. There Is real
ly a great deal left "ttf remind us soldiers
that we. w ere other then one. people," not
only the vacant chairs, that were left
after the conflict, but empty sleeves, emp
ty pants legs and broken health that
still remain. ,
You say, "Nearly all te leading actors
on either side are gone," bujt many of tha
rank and file are left. They were the
ones who bore tho brunt of the battles.
You know that the common aoldler was
then counted as a great factor In a fight.
Then ought not they who captured the
flags have a voice as to inje and place,
if ever, in turning them back?
In this matter you remind me ot an ojd
maid giving advice about raising children.
You know nothing of the feelings of a pa
triot, who was willing to sacrifice his life
for country. You know ndthlng about
self-sacrificing patriotism. Do you know
anything of capturing a flag from tn
enemy at the cannon's mouth?
Even "If the ex-Coifedcrates do not
care a button whether these sad relics
are returned or not' why should you
take up the fight and attack the G. A. R.
for wishing to consider the proper time
to return the flags? Why do you In this
article attack congress ror passing pen
sion laws? And why In this article do
you attack the men who draw a pittance
as pension? It has n6thing whatever to
do with the return 6f the flags. You
ought to know that the Pension Depart
ment Is the best guanfcd of any depart
ment of the Government.
We all know, the only ones engaged
on the Union side that you have ever
had a decent word for are the ones who
died from disease or were killed on the
field of battle.
We admit that the sons of Union and
Confederate soldiers are now fighting side
by .side on foreign sol, and while this Is
being done, the sons and' daughters of
the Confederacy would not allow the
Stars and Stripes In. thcjr halls or In
their processions at home
And until the tlmo comes that the Stars
and Stripes are honored by the ex-Conftd-erates,
their sons and daughters, the time
is not ripe to return the flags.
I remain one who fought under Are.
VETERAN VOLUNTEER.
Parses of $1000 Each Hans; Up lor
2tl4 Facers, 2i20 Trot and 2ilS
Pacers The Entries.
If large fields of high-class horses count
for anything, the racing department at
the Oregon State Fair this year will cer
tainly be the best ever held in the state.
.The, purses too are of sufficient value to
encourage the owner of every horse en
tered to try for first money, which will
Insure hot contests In each event. The
Cris Simpson br. m. Alta N.orte, 2:154.
by Del Norte-Rockwood.
W. J. Bruce ch. g. Mack 2-S3H, by
Democrat-Thoroughbred.
T. D. Condon r. m. Ana J., 2:164, bJ
Conlfer-Dosher.
Van de Vanter, S. F. br: g. Deceiver.
2:15, by Altamont-KIsbar.
Thomas Clancy blk. h. Freddy C, by
Dlrect-Rosx C
E. B. Tongue b. g. Ben Bolt, 2:194, by
Alexis-Maggie.
L C Moshor, b. h. John A. Crawford,
217, by Coeur d'Alene-Nellle.
F. Rose ch. h. Barnacle, by Mox Mpx
Laura West.
Capital Cltr Pnnte, $1000, for 2i20
Trotters.
Cris Simpson b. g: Phil N 2-294", by
3onner N. B.-Gracle.
Joe Huber b. g. Colonel Turner, by St.
Patrick-Woodnut.
Jim Mlsner b. h. Vlnmont, 2"2L by Al-tamont-Venltla,
MISS MAMIE KIERNAN
ALASKA CIVIL CODE" BIB.
"WARNER, OF ILLINOIS, TALKS OF
ITS PROVISIONS.
"COLUMBIA" IN THE FOU RTH OF JULY PROCESSION.
entries In the Citizens' purse ot $1000, for
2:14- pacers, and the Capital City purse
of $1000 for 2:20 trotters, have Just closed
with a big list of well-known horses
tho best In the Northwest. The 2:14 paco
has 16 entries, the 2:20 trot 19, and the
Salem Chamber of Commerce stake for
2:13 pacers closed some time ago with 22
entries. Thus. It will be seen that the
three $1000 stakes are drawing cards. The
2:20 trot will be reserved for Portland day
at the State Fair, when a special train
will be run up and back the same day
giving the city people an opportunity to
sre all livestock and farm displays In the
forenoon and some spirited contest In tho
speed ring In the afternoon. Following
are the entries In the stakes Just closed:
Citizens Purse, $1000, 214 PncerH.
August Erlckson, blk. g. Bill Frazler,
2:14, by Pricemont-Adirondack.
W. H. Bradford, ch. m. Estella, 2:174
by Lemont-Nasby.
J. W. Karsteter, b. m., Alta Dell, 2:15,
by Holmdel-Altamont.
E. R. Clark, b. g. Kittitas Ranger,
J:15, breeding unknown.
Joe Huber b h. George W. Wakefield.
2:164. by Bozeman-Maxlm.
F. W. Baltes b. g. Altas, 2:154 by
Altamont-Adlrondack.
James McDonough b. m. Bell Air, 2:144.
by Pathmont-Sleepy Kate.
G. B. Perlnger b. h. Pathmark, by
Pathmont-Juliett.
George B. McAuley b. m. Kitty Caution,
2:25, by Cautlon-Bellfounder.
Van B. DeLashmutt b. m. Nettle Ham,
2:194. by Hambletonlan Mambrina-Alta-xnont.
E. B. Tongue b. h. Lovelace, 2:20, by
Egotist-Crepon.
I. C. Mosher, blk. m. Noonday Bell, by
Noonday-Belle H.
Van de Vanter, S. F b. g. Tickets,
2:20, by Conductor-CereaL
Van de Vanter, S. F., b. g. Altaho, by
Altao-Minnle M.
W. F. Watson ch. g. Ned Wilkes, by
Ebony Wllke5-Dolly.
William Frazler b. g. Twilight, by Daly
Gen. McCIeland.
J. A. Baddley, b. m. Oveto, 2:22. by
Caution-Golden Seal.
W. C Belknap b. m. Alteno, by Altago
Alta. W. H. Boyd b. h. Bitter Root, 2:25, by
Lord Byron-Easel.
B. P. Shawhan, blk. m. Lyla, by Alta-mont-Tecora.
,
Springer & Ormsby b. m. Lady Alfred,
2:1S4. by Alfred G.-Lady Salisbury.
W. G. Eaton b. g. Road Boy, 2:19, by
Roseman-unknown.
C W. Kahler br. g. Volo, 2:25, by Ante
Echo-Tybault.
August Erlckson, blk. h. Claymont, by
Altamont-Tecora.
Worth offering to your friend a Her
bert Spencer cigar.
Incidentally He Pays a. Left-Handed
Compliment to "Stradlal" Stev
enson. Bryan's Mate.
Hon. V. Warner, Congressman from
the Thirteenth district of Illinois, was
In Portland jesterday, accompanied by
bis wife and two children, on a pleas
ure tour ot the Northwest and Alaska.
Mr. Warner, as chairman of the Judi
ciary committee of the House of Repre
sentatives, had charge of the Alaska civil
code bill enacted last session of Con
gress, and also "sponsored" the criminal
code bill passed the preceding session.
Naturally he Is well Informed on. all
Alaskan subjects and takes especial In
terest in everything pertaining to this
section of tho country.
Of the long contest in the House over
various features of tho civil code bill
and proposed amendments by, conflicting
Interests Mr. Warner had little to say
yesterday when seen at the Hotel Port
land. The bill Is based on the Oregon,
statutes, which the- representatives of
other states excepted to In many In
stances, as- each thought the laws of his
own state models of brevity and thor
oughness. Chairman Warner held to tho
Oregon pattern despite amendments,
with the result that Alaska Is proud of
a system of Jurisprudence that has been
long satisfactory to the residents of this
state. Of taking mining claims by power
of attorney, rights of aliens and other
features brought to the front by the
Nome discoveries, Mr. Warner said tho
whole had been left on the same basis
as other mining questions in Oregon
and many other states of the Union.
An alien cannot take the land, but In
distant Alaska, by semblance of right
he can temporarily possess a placer
claim and before the question ot his right
can be determined through the channels
at Washington, all tho gold can be re
moved, leajving a gutted digging- for the
legitimate claimant. Mr. Warner en
deavored to havo provision made early
for the adjudication of such matters
nearer, but was opposed by various In
terests and did not succeed. Mining
claims may be taken by power of at
torney the" samo In Alaska as In Oregon.
Talks of "Strndlnl" Stevenson.
Mr. Warner comes from the same Con
gressional district as Adlol Stevenson,
the Democratic nominee for Vice-President.
He does not take the some opti
mistic view ot the far-reaching Influence
of Mr. Stevenson's nomination expressed
by some Democrats. "Illinois is safe for
the Republicans," said he, "Stevenson
is a good man. I know him personally,
and like him. He Is not regarded as a
spell-binder by any means in his home
district, and the effect of his nomina
tion on the political destiny "Of Illinois
this Fall is overestimated by his parti
sans. Stevenson will stand on the plat
form. He will stand on any platform, for
that matter. Whatever the platform says
do. will be law for him, even If it con
tained a sound money plank. His politi
cal antecedents are not good. During
the Civil War he was a copper-head, an
ardent one. Disintegration and destruc
tion were his efforts then. When tho
greenback question came up he hesitated
for some time and became known as
Stradlal' Stevenson, the tltta coming:
from his name and disposition to
stand anywhere. He Is a business man
of some success, but npt one of the
gigantic organizers and forceful execu
tors some picture him, I cannot believe
the nomination will bear In any appre
ciable degree towards taking Illinois out
of the ranks of Republicanism."
Mr. Warner has served three, torms in
Congress from hi3 district and is now
nominated for the fourth, w$th strong
indication of success. His estlrn&terr-of
tho new Vice-Presidential nonolne comes
from long acqualntenceshlp.
Why Not Indeed?
"Johnny, I don't like the Idea ot your
Idling In the parks on Sunday."
"Why not. Uncle George? Our preacher
Is on his vacation." Chicago Tribune.
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$7 and $ 8 Trousers tRoedu!!d $5
$8 and $ 9 Trousers tR0educed $6
$9 and $10 Trousers f0educed $7
$25 and $27 Suits tR0edu!!d $20
$28 and $30 Suits tR0ed.d $22
$32 and $35 Suits tR0ed!d $25
We want you to know tHat commencing tomor
row we shall inaugurate a JULY STOCK RE
DUCING SALE of Spring and Summer Wool
ens -The like of which Portland has not known.
A value-giving effort that will anchor your trade to us permanently in the future. Thousands of yards of this season's fabrics cut to your order at prices that are
indeed a temptation. It'sNicoIPs way of reducing a large stock at the close of the season. It's Nicoll's way of winning hundreds of new friends.
There's little profit in such prices buf it reduces the stock to where we want it cleans up hundreds of odds and ends and keeps our large force of tailors busy dur-
ing the summer months. See the fabrics and prices in our windows.
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