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Outing NO. 8.
days ago there came Into tha
oe jrouog tnan who wu getting
er lor photographlo views. A
r waa very much pleased w 1th a
Yoemlte Falls, fill pronuncle-
th nirn o( tbi Falls, Yo seuHte
ting the last syllable, was not ac
g to Uunler i.but I eicueed lilm on
round that he bid neither studld
lib nor visited tha Falls.
pruounclatiuu of till word rc-
led in of conservation Hint I bd
a friend just beiore 1 Itift Albany
o'a purpose ttirn fjrmed. 1 will
ow put Hut purpose into effect by inake
t urthoephy the theme o( (bit outing.
do nut don, Imcmxi 1 ley claim to
erfectne.s in orthoephy hot to tall at-
lion to its important, epfllaty on
rt ol tuduts and iboia wlio Jread
air in public. I need nut say thai
met pronunciation detracla from
deresUfan adders or a reading
i III other retprct it vary good . It
a rcadi a chapter from Daniel and
a A bed ii ego, A tied Ng'), I am
ua I and etnce ooncluda that b l
)t up to date In hi nrll o'phy. It he
ll KHmilltk. F.li M lick, I am puiu'ed
r a moment and wonder how I ml."l
liln the reading i,f the IS'blo. II
hi o( Bloion Idee, ba cause ma
a part of b'a a ruiin before I go'
ird out that ba mean rUinouidee.
herpeakeof aowethln that la vary
ar-atalng, my private opinion l,
hat bl pronunciation ta very
htraav'nu. If ba tilla m about
.vary Intaraitiog lecture llluatratad by
pbotograbig view of lha scenes descrlb
ad, I baa an luiprration that bit ec
count of tha lecture would bavo ban
mora Interesting, if It had beta ll'untret
ed in a higher degree bla wrcflclency in
orthoephy.
These ara only a fvw ot lha many
worda wbiob I baa beard pronounced
incorrect! by educated meat but tbay
are enongti totbow bow far om aia
rom baing up t data In thalr pronun
Cation. They are enough to tbow that
tbiaa man ara nallbar !o oherrera of
bo pronunciation of olhara bo: atodroti
ol orthoepby.
8oo aftar leavtog eotlaga 1 discovered!
that mv!pronoociatia wat not of Iba
highest oidr. Ilbeabegana practice
wblcb la dill la ua. Whenever I Laar
any ooa pronounce word differently
from what I do, I taka not of It and lat
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m
..eJ
H tbe dictionary decide woo right.
Wban tba proper pronunciation of i
1 weed la aattlad tbla way it la gaoarally
jT remembered.
, i win now give .the readers i tne
Jkmccbat a taat of thalr proficiency' to
orthoephy, aid ask tbam to read It, con
unit a'good diotiooary and report to tba
)kwockat lha nnmbar of worda mbsed
M Uat.
Teet lo orthoephy t
A sacrilegious aon of Itallal, who baa
auffartd from broncbitla, ha. log ex
Veusted bit flnaacai, in ordar to tnaka
good tba deficit, raaolvtd to ally blitraell
a comely, lenient and docile young
uy oi mo aiaiay cr laucaesiao race.
la accordingly pure hated a calliope and
coral necklace of chameleon bue and In
eecuriog auite of room at a piinclpal
otel be engaged Iba headjwalter aa bla
jtjutor. lie tben dispatched le'ter
the tnott aiceptlonal eallgraphy as
nt, Inviting tba young lady to a mali
ce. Bbe revolted at the idea, Jr futlng
eontider baraalf laorlflcable to bla da
f a, and aant a polita oott of rafutal.
Tl- reoalrlng wblcb bo procured a car
J bin and bow la knife, laid ba would
now forge lattera hymeneal wltb. tha
queen, went to an Itolato J tpot. aavared
bla jugular vin and diecharged tba
tontenta of tha carbine into hie abdorren.
jThedfbrlt wat removed by tha coroner.
' Cki.iiih.
I Rodavllie, Ore.,
July 10, 1801).
u tit ami owia are roojtmg in the big
tarcb factory at KJeoburg, Ind, Tbe
huge building once tilled with contented
men and women, Lapp In tbe opportun
Ity to toil, ;t given over to. silence and
decay. Tba cottages theae once busy la
porera tenanted are vacant and rotting
dowo. Toe merchant! from whom tbev
purchased topplles are without cuitom-
era. There i ao air of inactivity, denrer
lion aod bopeleisnen lo the thops and
along tbettreete.
Thle la tba picture ot wbat the trual
ayttem has dona for E Jenburg,
The Omaha Boe, a leading republican
paper, bas this paragraph. "John Bar
f I for Oriental conquest, ia a New Eogland-
f I ei by birth, an Oregonlan by retldinre
K and aa oinoe-eeeker by prufesalon. 11a
j I waa Out a republican, tben editor of a
) f allerdemocratio paper, became a gold-
wuK m wuibid oniue auring Cleveland t
teooud term, and ia now an e ipaneion
lit "
The ttk or 75,009 elephan'a, tayt an
exchange, are required every year to aup
tpiyineworm wuu piano aeye. billiard
'ball acd knife bardlet. That ueed to be
tbe e'er of the requirement before cellu-
i cam along and rivaled the featt of
eomargarine. j
The) All Pa-rvndlnj Toplo.
Tba only spirit wblcb ihould pervade
tha peop't la giving reception to li e
volunteeri on the their return from the
war in tba I'blllpplnea It one of pride for
their eplendld record, end periona! love
andteteatn, There ihould be not bine
lelditi In I', no datlre to make abow
that will bring a big crowd Into a town
for tha take of circulating money, but
juitaiuiply one lo do honor to whom
honor it due. The record of the Orgon
man at aolditra It ooa of the beet In tha
bittory ol warfare, and It ta only Juit
that there be a public exprotelon of an
euipbatlo order wlilub thall ehow our
appreciation of tha f4ct. h ihould not
be merely a demonetration that will ex
cite curioeity, but of a rharacler lo give
espreeelon lo the geiulncueii of our
feelinge, and a l.li li will fuller patriot leml
and koli our people together in clot
bondt of followthlp regndleti of parly,
It It a favorable opportunity to tench tba
young a leiton In loyalty to government
ana to broaden the mind in lha pet he f
true patrioliem nut engendered bv tel
Uthneee.
In connection with it the mattering
out of the m.'diert it nut merely a matter
ol locality, but there ia a epirit tf bual
neatrciMireted with It that cannot bt
ignore I. il.le from a financial ttandpclnt.
It It aleo well lo remember tba already
long octau ride the young it. en have tak
en and that wltb Ihem the great thing la
lo be at boine wild their teUtive and
f ilenda juet aa toon ae p ilt I. A elate
pride might dictate the demand that the
Oregon boye be brought home to their
own elate to be muttered out, but after
all that ia not an Important metier at
all. In the eaaf there waa no attention
paid lo the fact lo tba muttering out ol
the eoldiera taking part la the Cuban
campaign, nor U it reatooable to de
mand It.
Every day thre la additional evhleace
ol the fact that tha vblt of
tba tditora of the eaet to Oregon will
have a iplendld effect In the npbnllding
of our aula and the bringing of it to tbe
notkeof tbe world. It ia quite probable
l he par pie of the eaet will beat If ait in
formed of tbe fact that there la no dan
gar here from Indiana and wild animals
and Ibat we bave chorcbee and echoole.
In fact tome of tba vieltori have been ao
much charmed witb our Inetttotloot and
people aa to remark Ibat we are Joet
about tba moat enlightened and boipita
ble people on tbe face of tbe globe.
Over In tbe good county ot Dodge, In
village that adjoint Mower county la a
grave, over wbicb reeta aa Immenee
boulder. Under tbe rock reeta tha remain
of a woman. Tbe rock wbicb eervea for
monument, la aaid to have been erected
not bora love put bate. "Tfat will keep
her down," le aaid to bave been he re
mark of the boebaud when be paid about
1100 to have tbe Immeoie rock brought
from a dittance and rolled upon tbegrava
After that lie drove an Iron pipe down In
to the coffin, and on daya wban be feeli
ug'y.or la drunk, begoeato tbe grave and
tboutadown the Iron pipe all tbe mean
tbinga ho can think oft Tbia may teem
ineiedible but le nevertbeleta true -Aue-tia
Minn. Herald.
Roteburg Review : The irotta ara put
tiog up thw price of tbi If product day ty
day, to pay dividend upon their enorm
oua elock, onc-balf of wblcb la "watered'
and doee not repreeent a cer t of aj'ual
investment. Tbla they could not de were
there competition, but tbe blgb tariff
prevents all out-side competition, and
the general public, who must have theae
prod icle, a re thereby obbeit.
North weet-l'aclflo Farmer! It la aaid
Inat "reliable growera" can now contract
their hope, If tbay want to, at 12 centa a
pound and better. By reliable growera
la meottboee who will make deliveries at
tbe contract prlcea they might bave re
alised bad tbey refuaed to bind themselv
at. This is evidence that tba dealera In
me r.r.t ana in jvuope think iiops are
going to be high.
It li more bletted to give tban to re
ceive. Thote who appreciatj this fact
will be pocnlltily much b!ened thee
daya of maoy subscriptions paperr. It
Is a fact, too. It does a roan good lo
give of his aubitance for tba building np
of Lie town and for tboie things w bicb
will 1 ooor and reward bia fellow men.
The fact ibat a tilth of all tba Uacb
era from Oregon at the national meeting
of the teachers are from Albany, epeaka
for this city and tbe spirit that exi.ts
among the educational factora at work
sere. It la somewhat remarkable that
more teachers ara In attendance from
Albany tban from Portland.
Mr. Bryan continues to ba received
witb tbe same fervor that always char
acterlaes bis visits wherever he goes.
Ills integrity of obaracter, brilliant ad
dress aod pure life brings him oloea to
tbe maetet regardless of all the con
tumely heaped upon him by tbe oppt-ai
tioo preis of tbe country, incited by po
litical ambition.
Thla year tba November election will
fall on tbe 7th of tb emontb. Klectioni
will eccur In eleven States. In six, Gov
ernors will be chosen Mississippi. Ken
tucky, Maaaachusetts. Iowa. Otlo and
Maryland.
satuhday kicht thoughts.
Tbe tnott Important svent of tba past
waek was tba arrival of tbe Oregon vol
unteera at Man Francleco from Manila
after foor weeka ocean ride. Ibelr
reaching there In safety without the lose
of a life on the way ba been heralded
wlthj)y Mny;hearare Oilei wlUi
gladness at the return of a son, brother
or sweetheart. While they are safe on
this coaat It It not so material If they are
dla)edafew daya In reaching their
home, The rtlitf lufflce. In conner.
tlonwltbit the city of Portland bae
worked Iteeif up Into a white beat over
tba order for their being mns'.ered out
at 8n Francleco landed of at Portland,
and the people there judging from the
comments of tbe!r paper would have
been glad and willing fur tha boye to
bave rauiiiloed about thirty five uVUrt
apiece for the take tf y.vlog them a
abow. They are not a'tcr howt, but
bomo recvptiuns.
Tliespliitof selfiebnees pervedet tbe
land among big.and sn.a'1 bodie.
a.
Kinca last ti.turday nUht this valley
I ai been vuited by a crowd of
editore from all over ILo Uuited H ates,
three hundred atrong, a enial, intelli
gent body if inco, wilh their, wives, all
wltb eye and month wldecpen. Tbey
were grandly received everywhere in a
manlier to imprers them very forcibly
with the gigaut.c;hopiiallty of our peo
ple, nearly all the citie of the valley do
ing their there in making Ihem at home.
It it said, though, that at Hoseburg lha
butineie metr did nothing at all in tbe
way of entertainment, the Poitlandcom
mittee being oMlg -d to put up the mon
ey for tbel entertainment, which was
Brat promleed at 25 Cents a plate, raited
to SO centa atd an attempt made to go it
25 centa higher ao averacioui were the
Hoeeburg bolel mm. Tbe matter baa
leaked out to tbe diemdit of that city.
Our people wili not be diatapointed in
tbe good worda that w'll be raid t our
atale throngh tbe preae repreteoted, and
by tbe membere pereooelly.
Caet thy bread upon tbe wateia acd It
will be tetuioed to the ma..y fold.
Tbe Klondike gold flelde bave been
brought ctoae to our doore during tbe
wees bv tbe arrival home of our citiuos
treat tbat tecnooe camp of Daw eon,
bringing noggeia and egperiencca.
Dawson ia further from Albany tban Et.
Fanl, rnd tba region Is an tmmeme one,
a fact not generally appreciated by la
quirer after end. A sample of tbe
dlataocee la Illustrated in tbe fact that
Point Nome lor wbir-b there w.e euon a
slempeJe from many of tbe Kbodike
campa la further from there tban fiom
bere. the Yukon is one of tbe grealeet
rlvera of Iba world navigable a dietance
altnoet aa far aa aoroea Ibis continent.
Theietor the amount ot gold found aug
gertt that if it may be found aeywhe.e
in thla enormaue territory tbat there ara
billions to be ontartLed, and tbat there
may be enormous striata besides wbicb
thoe now reported are email affair.
And yet there are tboneaode of men in
tbe country leaving In diigutt because
they cannot find any of It. It is thus In
all iba avenues of life.
Water, water, everywhere and not a
drop to drink.
To boom in shipbuilding bat arrived
without any bcosl from Mark Ilannah'a
bounty bill.
Tbeatatement la made by the PLla
delpbla Record that tbe Navy Depart
ment's plan of new construction may be
delayed, so great la tbe pressure for new
merchant ships upon tbe firm which
sopp.y the American market.
Twenly-aix ship-builders eoncerns were
invited to submit bids for tbe ix unpro
tected cruisers authorised by tbe Fiftj
Qftb Congress. Only four of there bavo
applied to tbe ChltfCoostructor for plans
and specifications, and only two bave ac
knowledged tbe receipt of the depart
ment's comtnunicstion. No action what
sver baa been taken by tbe othere,
The reaeon given ia tbat the shipyards
ara busy with private contracta in wb'cb
there are larger profits, and lo wbicb
the requirement! are lese exacting tban
in tbe government work.
Captain Oberlin M. Carter, although I
bas beau proven that he Is guilty of rob
bing tbe govern me', of upwards ot C100.-
000 la at ill a free man. For some unac
countable reason President McKlnlev
stands between blm and punishment
Tba court martial that trlid him recom
mended tbat be be diamlesed from the
army; tbat be be I a prisoned for five
year ; that be be fined $5000 and tbe pub
lication of bla crime and dlegrace be made
In the newspapers ot bis own town tor
one year, More than a year bas passed
since this verdict was rendered aod yet
President McKinley refuses to allow this
mso to suffer the penalty of his c.lme.
Eg.
Secretaay Alger aeema to hare got hie
feet badly tangled in Uoroner Pingree's
potato vine, aod Qovoner Tingrejab
pears to bave barked hi shins going up
against Secretary Alger j 'Juuibur J pile
Ex. i 1
Biggs: "Is be an honest man T"'
Biggs: "Honed! Why he h been
known to retnrn a borrowed umbrel'a."
MISFITS.
It ia claimed that four man rot tOfl..
000 In four days at Cepe Nome. Ibis
sounds awfully big, but it ia well to re-membj-r
that these reports grow faat like
a muabroon,
The cane t,t Mra. Itinulim t T. .
man, Wolfe A Co., In Portland, )eeter
day was somewhat exciting at. lime.
Lawyer Cotton told Lawyer i-Uino that
be was a liar, always an eyeoperer in
a court of hie ho,
The ftalei,. Jcurrml ii after Suoetin
tendent Paine cf the aeylu-n red hot.
Arco'ding to the Journal it is run on the
rlilile flunk
, 7 eaaijariirsji w; t g a vb j"
anse.bmUIIng uparocial tnoliocracy that
is repu'tive, mv Ird Pair.e living on a
style tbat would make an Englith nolde
man quail, coating a big pay role for
piivate prandeur that the ttaie paya for.
If true Mr. Paine ehouhl be dronnerl
With pa.r riflll alacrii tln.n nn .,(TI-
cial snohocracy.
All hope is abandoned" veils tha
Telegram . Tlie oeooleof Orviron re
fuse to l.eromo reconciled." Tbe on!y
people In Oregon not reconciled are the
luhabitante if Portland ai,d cot all of
them. Outeide of Portland the situation
is accepted teneiblv anil nl.ilnanr.i.U.l.
ly. Tbe general eentlment ie that llm
boys have done tha orr tr n,ln tn n A urn
the circynuianiee, and iheir action is
generally tt.lor el lr the peop e ihe
same as it t bv Ciuv, (ieeranr Col.
ISuMimere.
fftort'S ahould ciwo caily during the
Dimmer vacbilon farp, giving iboee
unable to get away t have at k'at their
evening.
Already over 10,000 applicatira lor
pension hare U-en filed on account of the
Bpanieh a.d Plillippine war. Uncle
isam will have to twin? His hna mnr.
lively to meet all there additional ex
pense! for running the bou-ebold.
The repcrii thow tbat the eastern ed
itore were delighted with Oregon, her
climate and her people, including the
pretty glrle, who received many compli
ment, everv city in tbe tUte that enter
tained well having tbe finest looking
girls. The probability ia there will be a
good many line thing eaid of tbe land
where rolla the Oregon.
, - "v. w ..acuciiiiuuviicn iv waa i uv umutiw vaiiey, ao mat tney may
I reported that the transport bad been I Rttoth3irhoma without expanse, the
sighted near San Francleco. and that ihJ, r?lment wJI1 to brought to Port-
Oregen boye had arrived home. The re
joicing will be general when tbey reach
Lis "Ii L. .
tbia CltV. Tha anrk nf mit.i..ini.u.i
formality, ahould be done rapidly and
without any delay for the benefit ot cit
ies w iening to make a show.
One of the editors wrote the following
for the Salem Journal :
"This whole trip baa been a succession
of surprises. To many of tbe vteUora Ore
gon baa been a revelation. Herresourcee
are per h ape more varied than those of
any other atate in the Union. With
magnificent forests which the milla can
not manufacture into lumber aa faat aa
they grow ; with her mineral reeoureea
which are juat beginning to be devel
oped; with berfeitileand inexhaustible
valleya; with her wonderful fishing in-
icreaia ana ner vast area ol rich grazing
lands.ahe wrt.inly sUnds without a pee? ' S?m d nrfl2M ?gQU wUi H"
in tbe great sisterhood of statea. This ia . two PImtment8 among vol
not saia aimnlv in return for . fa- i ! . u"lew office"- ot the Oregon offi-
not said simply in return tor a few rail
road conrtesiea and aa an iliamr.l m
compenaate a people whose hoepitality
knowe no limit, but it ia the voice of a
conviction forced upon me. after having
traversed this great state from east to
weat and from north to south, and studied
with painatakuiK care her reeoureea and
bcr cjpabilitee."
An Albany boy was being sent around
to the different curgatnrea one dav tbia
week after white lampblack.
Gov. (Jeer in endowing tbe unanimous
request ol ihf Orcpon Nys in being
mustered out at au Francieco took a
eeosime course that comuieuda iUe'f to
the people.
Tbat was somewtat ol a jobe on tbe
aoldiera when it was staled that the
traneporte on account of their etopning
at tbe meridian for some ol the bovs to
get pieces of it to bung borne as relics
and curios were delayed reveral hours.
The Portland papers are acting very
foolish In condemning the Oregon vol
unteers for deciding to be mustered out
in Ban Francieco for a tew p illry dol
lar in view of the great prepaiationslor
a reception in Portland. Rjceptions ars
all right, but there are other things.
Tbe Walla Walla Statesman givea a
fine writeUD of Taaniua Bav. and Inri.
dentally remarks that tor those who can
not eiaaa tne strong sea oreese ot New
port there aieuice icquestered places up
around Toledo. In tliia pnnniailnn it i.
an interesting fact that tbe Colonel owns
a big (oat ranch up there. He says there
ara no better cooks in the country than
tbe women around there.
Miller & Stewart,
BIGYCLEBEPAIRING,
FORGING AND HACH1M 0BK
ALL WORK GUARANTEED.
For Bargains
In Farm T-anda. Timber Lands anrl
uuy rropeny, can on or write
S. N. STEELE & CO.
Albany, Oregon
r"
or uuraoor exercise
Scrsnsss Stiffoesi
sets in.
TELEGRAPHIC.
f cut iii Short Form.
Great Reception.
Hah FjuseriM'o. Jnlv 14 Vn .in.. n.
departure of die California volunteers for
trie l-tiinppines bave the streets of fcan
Francisco presented euch a acei.e of Ani
mation aa they did todav.
steam whietles and cannon created such
a rumpus, ana all this in honor of the
regiment of rrewn voliiH'wra ami tha
California eignai corps who returuned
fr' m foreign ihores after over 14 months
of bardahip and fighting. The reception
Tin immense.
Will Return Citizens.
W Hmvi.r',v .Till 1.1 Tl. .!
, . . ami; ..i
pertinent has l(t
1 - iinnuo UCIICI TI
bliaiter . commanflintf mt ha Kruu 1
ed riiuetered out at San Franoirco. It in
eai'l here that they will be paid off and
will return to Oregon asrcitiien. not as
aolniers.
Gorernor Gecr.
Pai.EM. Or . Jul i
today te eplioned lrom from 8n Fran
cntco that he would start for home to
morrow niirht. Ha aton tat1 lt,t
General Sliafter estimates that at elast
ri.ree weeka will be required for the mus
tering out of volunteers.
Important Chang j.
New York. Jnlr 1 1 At a meniii ,t
din c tore today, the Oregon Navigation
waa taken from the control of the Ureal
Northern and Northern Pacific by being
absorbed by the Oregon Short Line under
tbe control of the Union Pacific.
The Teac b tn.
Loe AxcM-E. Joly 14. Tbe National
Educat onal Aaarxialinn inn.iiiui ia
ended, but will live in memory aa one of
iuw moat nouoie events held and tbe
one moat numeroualy attended there
baying been over 12,000 visiting teachers
registered here.
A Big If.
Sa Fbaxcisco, July 13. If Ji he citi
tena of Oregon will supply aprcial t ain
from San Francisco to Portland and fur-
flt.ll I M. :nl,n.. AI A .
uMiin uwcHiwuig i conjpanieo oi
land in a bod v.
Tomo row will be a gala day for the
Oregon volunteers. There will firat be a
procession, then a review at Presidio,
later a supper at tbe avilion.and in the
evening, free theatrical performances for
all the men whoramM nn tha Vnnrt
and Ohio and are able to part 'ci pate.
Doesn't Agree V ltd Them
Sas Fbaxcisco, Julv 13. Advices re
ceived by tbe transport Newport, dated
Manila, July 1 1 are aa fo lows :
Tbe volunteers are debilitated in
consequence of their hard campaining
through three months ot tropic weather.
Since tbe middle of May no volunteer
regiment haa bad a sick bat of leaa tban
20 per cent. i.ost of them at the present
rate bave 25 percent i.l.
E titled to Two Men.
Washington, July 13. It ia stated at
cpra vera (-hnwn liv Han t. A
-J " . v.. . .v.. .no
regiment being raised in the Philippines
for the reason, it ia eaid tht none of the
Oregon men wanted to etay and tato
tbe places.
Rouah on Spokane,
b Spokas, July 13. Matt Schlott was
,eld up, robbed and mortally shot about
I iVIMtr (hi. .PAnini. . . I X" ... I.
rn Pacibc round bouse. He died half
bonr later.
About the aame time two fmasked and
arrneji4 highwaymen held up tbe proprie
tor, ill Meyers, in the New York Ex
cbs'e saloon. He showed fight, waa
horribly beaten by the robbers, who
took bia watch, robbed the till of the
day's receipt and escaped.
Will Be raid.
San Fbascisco, July 13 Next Satur
day the Oregon regiment wili receive pay
!or Alav and Jnnn at tlin Proail.r.
Paymaster Major Harry L. Rees announ
ced toilay, much to tbe boys gratifica
tion.
At San FrancUco.
San Francisco, July 12. The U. S.
transporta Newport and Ohio, bearing
me vregon voiun eer regiment trora lit
nils, arrived bereeariv this evenintr. '
Tbe vessels were sighted some miles
out at sea early in tbe afternoon.
Tbe aoldiera voted unanimously to be
mustered out in San Francisco, on ac-
ennnt nf ilia errant Mvirn
Gen. Summers has promised the Ore-
kou leirpuun commitiee mat ne will
keep tbe regiment together, and if tbe
atate will furnish a special train he will
bring the regiment home in a Lody.
Financial Legislation.
Washington, July 12. Following the
lead , of Senator Hansbrough, Senator
Thurston of Nebraska, comes out against
takinw ur tha oat atan,lar1 an. I finan
cial (legislation in the next congress.
inureion, like rome other Western poli
ticians, ia pandering to tbe silvtr senti
ment tlat stills nrevails in anma aartiiina
of the West.
Of CcurseNot.
WASniXGTON. Julv 12. Sec. AVer
made to a reporter of the Associated
Press his first personal statement con
cerning the reports that he ia about to
resitrn from tha cabinet. Whan aakcxt aa
to the truth of tbe rumors, the secretary
saiu: xoere is noimng in tneee reports
but air. I shall not retire tbia year cer
tainly and cannot say aa to the 'future.
Bryan in Cloorado.
Dknvr, July 12. W. J. Bryan pasa-d
Ihrnviyh Ilamrtar thi mAminii an nui.A
to Boulder whdre he delivered h-a lect -
ure on "iresent rrooiema ' this alter
noon, before Texas Colorado Cbautau-
I nn. At l:rinnlA I ;r.i.lr Air. Rrvan waa
presented with a loving-cup made of sil- j
ver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1.
I From hard work
St.' JiDois Gi!
will CURE It after a few
applications, and make
the muscles limber and
strong.
For Killing Dr.
RonrBrno, July 12 William Aaher, ol
W,at Fork, was convicted in the juHtie
court this morning of unlawfully killing:
deer, and was fined I10O. Being n li
able to pay his fine be waa committed to
the county jail.
More Klondike Gold.
fiBArri.i!. July 12-Tbc ateamer II um
boldt arrived from Alaska torJay with
150 rKercrer. from Daweon who added
oyer 100,000 to the gold receipts from.
Klondike.
OUR HEROES WELCOME
HOME.
Under ihe above title a song ie being
published by E.U.Will, of this city,,
sod will be ready for presentation fa
about len day. Tbe worda are by Rev. -
w. A. Bmick and tbe mntie by Prof. Z.
ii. Parvin.bolh oftbijeity. We givw
the song below by permiction of Mr
Will:
Our boye in Woe they sailed away,.
ni.u autuuiea in aianua Day,
Tben drove tbe fpAnieh aoldiers out -And
took poseecaion with a shout.
Old Spain, the tyrant, seated to reign
- er an i ue i niiippine domain,
f l.e atara anil atrinaa h rnA fs-ka K A a-M wav 4
- - ' aar-bW uu,y tUI WU W Wfl SaV V
O er Spsnieb Ules and Spanish (lave.
A routing gr.od cheer and trumpet blati,.
We welcome, welcome, welcome yoav
bom.
The Oregon boys have returned at laetr
n a ncituuio yon, weiceme you borne,
We welcome, welcome, welcome tbe Ore
. gon boye,
we welcome yon, welcome you home.
Tben Aqninaldo abowed bia band
For flings mail work as be Lad planned
But Uncle Bam didn't rhiok tbat way,
Our aoidier boys tbe price n ost pay.
On many a bard lougbt battle field
Tbey bared tbeir breaata to bullet aaaV
ateel,
And aaved tbeir country' honor frne.
AU bail yoo gtllant boya In blue.
A rinsing good cheer aod trumpet blasts
We welcome, welcome, welcome yow
home.
and Cborna.
But some also who went a war
Are not in rank anH Ilia tmi m
The Mauser bul'ett found ita mart,
Tbe ragioa feyer sped ita dart,
Tbe burning beat and deadly ecurge, .
xub lunmi marcn, me eoiemn dirge, .
Proclaim tbe troth to one and all
Let patriots weep when faeroea fall.
Chorus and
Our Oregon dead are tone above.
Are w Icomed, welcomed at home.--
Copyiighted by E. U. Will. .
C. E. Brownell
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2 ' freeb mackeral
Armonra Devilarl Ham.
25
25
6
7h
Gallon jug of ketchup
Tea Si'ungs. tine flavor
22
0ft
20
Starch, per lb
Minced Clams, (large cans).
Boetcn Baked Beana 12
18 OS. rana linrvt Rakina- Pniritar . It
6 cara Muatard Sardines 25
3 cane Sagar Corn..... 24?
These are alFfirst class goods and w
tuarantee eatisfaction.
C. E. BROWSELL
SECOND sr.
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The Albany
Insurance
Agency i;
Represents tbe leading Fire see
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Wholesale dealers in Wheat, Okli Att
end Wood.
Correspondence solicited.
M. SENDERS 4
HOUSES to rent. Inquire of H. F.
Merrill, Dkmocbat Building.
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