Chines Justice. Of Lt Hung Cbai g oatnberle's stories re told io Chinese ociety. Now and tben on teache this country tnrough our consult in Chin. Oa one occasion, says th Lltrraty Di gtst, when th pren-ier in having a bit ter fight wl'h tome of the tror eouter Tatlve member o! the tung-li-yam.n be received present a magnificent cake, which be had reaeon to expect con tained poison, lie pot the cake aside and eet a'l bis powerful machinery to work to Bud out bo was at the bottom of the plot. The invettlgaliou waa part y successful, the crime being traced, to three men, of bom at least, one was absolutely guii'y- bid the trio ar retted and brorght to lii yamea. When Ihey arrived they were ushered into his preeence ard were received in his court liest maocer. The take wa produced with the remark that "politeness forbade hi tasting it until the three generous donatora bad had an opportunity to en joy its excellence." Li cut the cake and one of hie eeivitore handed it to the un willing gueslt. Etch took a piece and ate or pretended to eat it. Oue crumb led tl. niece and Itt tbem fa' I on the floor, but the other two ate calnilv, with nnt manifesting- any emotion. Ten min utes and the two men began to show ymptooaot suffering. Li smiled bc nignantly, and said to the man who bad not eaten: "Your wudrm ie so great that I am compil ed to prteerve your bead as a souvenir to transcendent gen ius." The man wis removed and promptly decapitated To the other two the pre mier rematk.'d : "Ti e cake that yon are eating is not the one yen een, but one which I had my ccok imitate. Tt e poison from wbicu yon are ti. Bering ex iatt only in your imagination . I Know of bo way to corn your present pain ex cept by letting yon share the same fate as your friend who baa jutt It ft the roam. At tLty were led away the statwman tail to bi reticue 5 "It ie a pity that a man who ean eat a deadly corrosive poi son with an unmoved countenance should eo mieepply the Ulent wbtrewhb heaven has endowed htm." The question is otten asked. What is the rarest stamp among the itinei of the United States? The highest price ever paid for a single specimen of this country waa H.ttOf which cum waa given for the . innt (tamn nf Raltimore. ii tliuvui v r eutu uy tun poirmafterT'ThAr'cTiy'Tn" 1S45. TLe design shows the autograph of Preeident Buchanan, with tha value below. There are but few copies in ex- u : . mn imtw Kaaaift It ! tha. meet and most valuable pottage Is'amp n American. Prior to the aaleof this celebrated specimen the highett price paid waa $3, COO. This was far a fine copy cf the 20 cent '3. Lonis," which at the time ranged ae one (ftbe rareet American stamps. Shortly after it wie sold. how. ever, others were found and the price has cropped considerably. There are a great many United States stamps ranging in value from $500 to $2 000, a-nong while are the'Beaumont, Uniontown and Madison (conf -derte) pro visional, and the Bittlebore. Miilbury and New Haven poetmaetere' stamps all of"bicb are extreaely ecaree. Sncb rarities as these are seldom offered for eals and when by chance cue of them comes upon the market there are always many callectore ready and willing to pav fall va'ufor it. From tie St. Louis Republic. A dispatch eaye: "Mr. Vanderhilt will spring eurprieee by buying several more railroads." On, no, he won't. The on jy way for Van to surprise anybody is to give np a railroad . Newr paper men were not allowed to accompany tbe President on hie trip to Lake Champlain, This baugbty reeerve will probably be maintained nntil tbe campaign of 1909 has begun. A Chicago pick poc lit t tried to relieve -at Republican member of tbe Illiaoie legislature of Lis purse. That fellow doesn't know tbe first thing about pro fessional courtesy. There will probably be an anti-trust plana in tbe next republican national platform, but it will be need by tbe Hanna crowd merely as a good thing to wipe their feet on. IcTbe toy pistol lt responsible for nearly We hundred Fourth of July deaths. That device of amusement and destruc tion certainly bas proven a aosp for tbe I, ndertakers. John Brown's ton, Jasper Broa n, is ivinain poverty, almost want, near Ben Lomobd, SantaCrnacMinty.Cal. Jasper irown ie seventeen yeart old 'and is Torking for $1.25 a day at bar! labir on I mountain road which is being built iroagb Santa Ctcz county. He lives In little boardshanty in the mid lie of a ,irteen acre farm. He is'in debt for the c J which is worth 25 an acre. -He draws a ittle pension from tbe QQty.baa no family and liverquit alone e is industrious and ha set out a vine rd acd small orchard on hi farm. Portland Growth. To read an Astoria piper out would think that the only thing that can tart the total destruction of Oregon a t'ade, nJ tin knln of it away from tbe Sound it by mating of Astoria the sha ping point of tbe state instead of Port land at now. While It it true that th Sound It doing some very xempiary ruatlitia for the boeinets it it not true that Portland la entirely aeleep, nor that there it danger of ita losing ita foreign trade. So lar at Portland and Aetuia are concerned the Da cbat has no part to fake other than a suggest on to make in connection with the matter aa it past es by In discussion, which it the pro vince of the newspaper. At the present time Portland is practically the shipping center of the ttate, in fact nearly all ol it ie doce there. The more it It built up at tuch a center the more it will be to the advantage ol the ttate, and the tame might be aaid of Astoria were It aa niucn in the lead as a shipping point. But with its pietent prestige Portland is going to continue to hold its commer. cial advantage, and more than that, in crease tbem. It may lose the. Ahtka bualnees, but that is a inall part of tie trade ol the northwest. l is I rue that it needs to get some of the commendable kn.ii f uttia on. but it is not true that it ie go.ng backwards. O.i the con trary Its interests as a wholi are advanc ing, as tbe figures unquestionably enow, n ti n witi continue to do eo nntil it becomes a greater factor in the commer im&i .orlJ. The Dkwocrat likes to be honest acd it never fUhes for attention from either big or small papers, though it is pleasin t to have said something con sidered worth reading. Aitogtmer u ua- condemned Portland and some ol fcer selfish doiugs more than it bas praised them. But tl is is a matter in wticn little things play no part. While on the subject tf growth it it roll to remember that there ie bound to grow np an imp-riant city wuth ol Port land, one that will play n Important part in the business of western Oregon. Juet now there is no city wtta tbe ad vantages Albany hat lor this. At As toria bas a tpleddid opportunity for development into a fine city, the bett and biggeet on tbe Columola river, Al bmn haa for takiog the lead to tne staie tooth of Portland and it expecta to do eo witbont tearing Portland down. A ttate io which ool one city advancet will never amount to anything and if Oregon will prceper in tbe iotore it will be be cauee tbe entire euu " - aa it la be natural advantage! unsor patted in tbe world, eplendid soil for eereal and fruit raising and fr stock, ticrnntne.'ltexbaustib'e ior-sts ana tbe finest fiehing watert in the world. Daring the laat twenty yeart Portland bat grown from a city of lest than twenty j thousand people to about one hundred ( thousand end the population ol the en tire etate bat probably more iumo doubled, that is. tbey have gane along together. Albany bas bad its share, in creaaing from eighteen hundred in 18S0 to nearly five thoueand, a showing maae as welt by Astoria and most t the other cities of the ttate. Tbitieat tl snoow be. Oregon it tot a raushrooa my builder, and it it to be hoped it does not become one. In tbie great race for erowtb each city most rustle for itsell, as a business man bat to do, and wben it is done generally the whole state I'apt head. Letue not though any mora tbanroesible be everlastingly knifing our ne'gbborr. ThedULlbution of the 13.000.000 a mong tbe Cuban soldiers has hat). d moralizing effect Iostead of tbe men ie turning home to work and make proper use cf tbe money tbey are ganging aroond tbe pay stations spending money io doubt -ful ways aod clamoring for mo'e. Geo. Gomn expresses himself as Uisguistea with tbe eoldiers, ahoaresnppofedto be patriots. Men who. labor or bgm tor mocey consideration eoli-ly csnnot be expected to display any of the great vir tue. A people that can be bsught can not be trtvt;d. Tbe Statesman thiokt the tditorewho have criticised Sam Jonet are atmctea with "mock modesty." Indeed! The Statesman man probebly belotts to tbe crowd who delight to lieten to smutty storiee told ia public or private. Such people have unfortunate'y allowed their miudeffo become diseased, to thtt tbe more vulgar ly and conrteness exhibited by traveling fakirs like Sam Jones, the better tbey li ke it. Tbe letter claes it al wys expected to object to anything like a criticism of tbe unrefined and vulgar Independ- nt. A Methodist minister of tbt New Eog land conference is reported to have said ; "I do not believe tbat we are commanded logo into all the world and ehoot tbe gospel into every creator. "Will be be tried for treason ? Troth and Freedom. Tbe felloaa who hope to accomplish any result akaintt trutts by voting tbe republlctn ticket, because, forsooth, tbe platform will contain an acti-trnst plank have as much tense at tbf greenhorn who eeeicg etme sparrows in a tree, went beneath and ebook it, holding out bis hat to catch tbem as tbey fell. Bayonet. White Clover Honey, Acte. per lb. at C. E. EroaceH'e. SATURDAY MGUT THOUGHTS. Pr.i,iiinn for the reception to the Oregon tolunteert in Oregon ntxt wwt are beina made extensively an torougn tha ttate wherever there are any toldiett to be received. Nothing like it bat tver occurred In Oregjn. Thete ie a warm sentiment for the returning heroes that it universal. It it a loyal oue. Since time immemorial actdiert upon their re turn borne have been received with blast of trunipnta. The triumphal entry ol the Rjtvan soldiers into the ury with the teven kills was the most gorgeous af Uir nf ancient times. It wat tha tame in nihnr nines whose soldiers were for tunate enough to be conquerers, Tbtie it a tpirit today that demandt one, ona perhapa inspired by different mottvet, and yet at Intistaut io its natnrt. It is Droner. We are not clams aua enam, but imoultives. rustling human beings loving demonstration, and appreciating the open banded gait of ti e last dayt of the nineteenth century. 1 he crnei, crag ...win int.iller.nt sivle of the day a ol ihritti has naseed away, and there is a more civilian! form of expression ol commendation, but it continuee to re i. ;n u, 4th ni Julv characteristics ot tha receptions ol the past. Lit the baud play, the anvils ring, the flsgt wsve, the boys shout, the orators oraie aui m diehit clatter. A new thing thia week wat an exour tion houi this va'.ley to San Francisco, one that provtd a euccess. There is al ways tc on thing about an exeurcion that ,!r... nnt onlv in lh price, but In the generhl conditions that go aitb tbe cureion. It illustrates the trend of man sentiment, the clmnitbnets ot ex- hu the race as a whole. The eumroer retort eeacoo it now fully upon ut. It is i" me lor an ouuoa, whj women can rush off to the seaeid and mountains and occasionally a man. and recuperate, tbat ie, find tbe fountain of life. Th change ia wbat does it. mosi any kind tf a change give relaxation and brings rett. Tbe human frame needait. Tbe mind meJs lt. Eleven months in tbe year It enomh for a per- ton to woik whetbir man or woman. The Dkmocbat man gett hie ou'ing evct- ingt by dropping all I bought ol boiinet and eatling into all the swimming pools, knocking lawn tennis balls, etc., tnd thut he obuiot more ootingt In a year thao maty who go off to the mouniaine or ocean. It takrt long, hard pulli to row into a good reputation, ona that ahall ttand against tbe prejudices and ' jualouties of the wor d, but a man cr women can jump iuio disrepute at a biuod. It ia well for tbe young men and women o. Ihe world to cogitate with tbelr heads down on tbie laet. A pare life meane continued bappineseand prosperity, wild oats maa discon'ent and remorse in tbe end, and a trausitory pleasure as the world goes that offers nothing but chaff. Tbote who are giving uo to their pat tions and appetites had better pot on the biaks. A man paaeed through hire this wetk famous in railroad hietorv, one who came to the front by a display of finan ciering of a bigh order, ae such things go. Veiy few people raw him in tbie city though he spent eeverai hours here, but there will be tboosande ert to tee ti e boys bo plongeJ int? tbe Filipino at Malabon, rejoiclog st the opportunity of ehowing thfir appreciation o! thos who srrvfd their country eo falthf ally . Lots of Commissions. IfThis bssbeen In truth an administra tion of commissions, says a Washington correspondent of the Vbiladelpbia Led ger. While tbe war haa bven;iargely ac countable for tha President'! remarkable record In thit direction, be hat, aside from thie, gone far beyond the average in tbe appointment of special advisers. He ta appointed 21 separate commie sijnr, wiibsn aggregate membership of nearly lOO.and an aggrega'e expense of more than $2,OO3,OC0, divided up as fol lows: William J. Calbooo, special commis sion to Cuba, $10,000. Monetary commission, $50,000. Queen's jubilee commission, f-23,000. Special commission, Paris exposition, $10,000. Biciprocity commit ion, $20,C00. Commirsion to Japan in connection with seals $10,000. Cammiseion to Russia in connection ltb seals S10.000. Parlt peace commiuion $150,000. Cuban and Porto Kican ezacaation commission $50,000. War lovertigation com mist ion, $100, 000. Philippine commission, $150,000. Joint bigl) rommietion, $100,000. Commission toditarmament conference $25,000. Samoao commieeion, $25,000. Nicaragua canal commieeion, $250,000. Isthmain canal committioDl.OOO.OOO. Hawaiian commleston, $25,000, Paris exposition commfseion, $30,000. Tsrid commission to Cuba, $5,000. Iodutrial Z commission (per anum) $100,000. Insular commission, $25,000. Tot ., $2,190,000. . ()IE AND ABROAD. Refrigerator, . Ice cream frveaers. At Stewart A Sox Hardware) Co a. Call at the Sugar Bowl for fiesa rU Fiesb frultat Vlereck'eSugar Bowl per lore. CTOYKS and Tinware at Oli'.lng Hulburt't. Garden Hoee aud Lawtiuiowen at Ou ling A Hulburt't. Fresh Sodavllletoda-watcT a healthful summer drink, at Burkhart A Leo t. kv. .J. rtaritttinir. 33 cen'l per ward, by I. 8. Alciandcr, eaet end olSth ?r 'Lnmberson.ol Lbenon,hat bought 340 tont of chitttm berk thit jer. The Therein a,t the 0 E bat laid off all of lit liver bo it for the teuton. The Journal accuret Senator Mclliklt ot using all hi pull in putting thirteen relatives into omce. A Cuban ttudsnt hat applied for ad minimi tu the O A O. He wi!l be tent out from the etet if tent. Mr lln.lrli k t me new shopssys he Wa n.-.t rlalm the OIllV DOrCClain bth mbi n A ban but I lie reopieoi ai- hn wi:i rail at t.U shop lie will show them the finest bath tuba In the city. Twenty-three counties hsve paid their tava in full. Amuna tbtie no nave not is Linn coiutv, ahicii has paid 1.7 600, leaving, ll,48i.7 due. J. W. Iledilrk optned hit new shop opioeite '.he 1kioc.t olllce ihl morn tir m.iU ihreacliairs running. It UUUII- eiUere.1 oneol the bert equipped shop in the valley. Uodrrthe on sent prtgrin the ol- diera will a rive at Albany about 8 or tt o'clock lhursiUy mor..ing Aug. 10 of neat week and leave at 10 o clock. Ar rangemente have own made for hem 10 stop at Salem from H to I o'clock. Cottage Grove Leader: "Setb Mo AlUter and Webtter Kincaid cam Uon Ircm the minej. Saturday mor aing, on their wheele. leaving the Mustek at 6 a. m. and arriving al Cottage Grove at I p. m. Ti.ia Drhaus Is the quickest tme ever made over Ibo road." Ralrh E. Moody, the well-kt-own at torney, hae beeo honored with appoint ment to the olllce of district deputy graid exalted rutrr ot the Benevolent and Protective Order ol Elks lor lie state of Oregon. Mr. Moody is a men berot P rtland iodge. Ho. H.-, eni iur local bent ie a ell pleased with this re cognitiou shown thrro. Telegram. Mlnflta. It is a rare day nowadays when a sub scription pip' I Dnt presented. According to a Salem paper navigation ie liable to be impeded north of th it city on account of the formation of a new br tbe resu.'t of several newepapcr men bathing in the liver above It. Mr. Hammond told Astoria people to gc to work and quit howling calamity. It is to be hoped the Astoiian digeett the advice, tor it 's somewhat ol a calamity howler iteelf. What is in a name. A ship naaied William McKinley was stranded on the Alaska coast r.-ceotly, and a 'est dayt ago the Bryan navigating tbe Columbia loatitt load o. wood, lor e bich the Te.e gram is authority. From the fndependent: A Salem man with an eye to the bu morout at well as to the fiioeee of things, it may be, hae nick-named the Salem prets at f llowt: Independent Snsp sho'. Journal Evening Bladder. 8tteman Morning Fizs'e Sentinel Cold Storage. Mr. J. B. Wirt, of Lebanon, bas a card that contains tome very good eentenci t, deserving a plare in the Mm lit column: "Linn county, Or. No cyclones, no bli cards. Tho tieart of the beautiful Wil lamettoalley, the land of re apples and rain. No Ix-low zero weather. The moet delightful climate in the world. That baby t' ould be taken ere of and reared at carefully as if the son of a mil lionaire. Humanity demands it. It is in the world. Treat it welt. Tbe county should see that it receives the best cere to be obtained, untfl it parents can be found, which will probably never be. Over four thousand feet of matter written by the editors about Oregon bat been received at the editorial headquar ter! in Portland, pract cally all of a flat tering character. Entertaining those ed itors will prove teed well town, and well worth a million and more phamph lets mailed east. It wss the kind that telle. It hat been discovered that Edwin Markham, tbe author of the "Man with a Hoe," wat horn in Oregon. The dtte waa April 23,1852, the place Oregon City. Thie had to occur. It need not turpriee any one to learn eome day that Oregon wat the birth place of Shakespeare, whose infancy and youth have always been shrouded in mystery. Tbe Daily Paladiom ol Benton Harbor, Mich., says of tbe Oregon trip: Ia our experience in boepitallty, we never taw the equal of Oregon . The clatpt of our I pocket books are getting eo rnsty we leer WV will not be able to open tbem wben we get back to "tbe East " Rote are magnificent here. Tbey grow to a diam eter of teven Incbee and are mott per fect thape and exquieite uuet. Attoria people seem to expect Mr. Bemmond to make a big city there him self. Mr. Hammond in an interview .... ni.ini aatit thatthev must now get in and do some digging themselves, and as an exsmple cited what a big mill like the one Albany is to have will do lor . -;- Tha cif that deoendt on any m vi.jf - j w-- - i -n n..n nr an una thiol tO DOORl It will languish. TELEGRAPHIC Warmly Kccoived. Bah FiwNaaoo, Aug. S.Tho Petin tylvania rogiuient lauded from t bo train port Henator today and, eeotrted by the Nebraska troops, marched to the Presidio where thoy will camp until iiiuetered out. TIih rtKHtption nvcordm the eolulert from tho Keytlone ttute wa similar to that given to the Oregon, Nebraska and a.. k 1.1 at...... t'tan bo)t wnoprecwiBu iu-m. lhrvr. mi . .. ... Washinuton. Aug. B.-ine yenow iv er eiluation at uampion cwitiuure iWr- abio and encouraging, in iuw upiinuii the olllcUlsot the marine lioKpital tcrviue. According to ollU-lal reiwrta thero hue been nospread of tho cmitttgUm tlfce yesterday nor has any of tho cueo i w under tratiui'iit proved f.tal sliico ilmt time. It It hoped to confine the Iihc.u.u to tho Soldiers' liomt and l'hoebue. Pit nio lYcUUUd. . Bkkmn, At'u. 3 The Peutclie Taget Zeitiinu totl.iv imbtlshes a ' aensatloiial aiticla nmili. ilnir a bin nanio in the Gtr man money market. The paper mid that thirlMK Ilia laat ix month 1 .iUA (01,000 mark ot new aiiares werelmued, of which 6I8.000.0J0 were Indue rial se curities whiu i it i alii'timl exceed the whole in ua of IH'.m. A mas ot evU dunoo la quoted to proved the existent) ot unsound speculation. Hot Went her. Lincoln. Nb,, Aug. 3. Dr. W. It. Mtlburn, the blind chaplain of the Unit ed States senate, wa proslrnt! by min troke and (ell unconscious this after noon, whim delivering a lecture at tha Nebraska Kpworth aswuibly, at Lincoln i'ark. tlo waa brought to the cite and revived under the care of a physician. A Ooy Drowned. JrsoTtos City. Aug. 3. Vernon t'ttl-i- gtr, nvoil i:t,',tioii of 'Thomas ft linger. 1 was drowned in the Willamette river to- naj, n iiiiiv anl iir vi wi wiv tion City. He wa an I tnintr with n crowd of irtalt boy. Tho body w re covered by II. C Motion nd Mr. Gould. Will vontlmid to Hht. LtAt'KNwnirrii. Kan., Aug. 3, A Irlter from (ion. Fitiiston wa receivetl by Dr, it. Anthony, o! the Lavenworth Ttmea. toilay. The general announce ho will stay in the army until tho war In tha rliiiippine is at an end, and a 111 not mutter out with hi Mgiirient. Our Poya. Sam Francisco, Aug. 2. In speaking of the return home ot the Oregon volun teers, General Summers told: About 830 men will go on the special tralo starting on A uirtist V. The train wld met at the state lino by Governor Geer and his staff. Company lt will be dropped at Koecburg and company U at Kugene. Company K may ttopateaiem. The programme ia for the men to dine at Ashland, take luncheon at Grant' Pass, ami a late topper at Koeeburg. Breakfast on th -econd day will be (erved at Eugene: dinner at Salem, and the train will reach Portland at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Gorntan'a Ambltlou. IVaskimoton, Aug. 2. Tbe Maryland democratic convention wat characteristic of Gorman and a Gorman man waa nom inated for governor. In dodging the sil ver question and failing to take any de termined stand againtt expansion, lt wa Gormaneque all the way through. Wonderful Riding. Minsk iroua, Aug. 3. Bicyclist Han son rlnlili.d hit 900 mi!e at 4:56 lt evening, and then took a rest until o o'clock, when he started out on the last century of hi 1000-mile ride. Ho fin ished hi 1 000-mile ride at 2:51 thla morning; time, 02:45, Uatlng the record by 12 hours and 25 minute. A Town Destroyed. Taixahakkek, Flo., Ang. 2. The town of Barabelle. on the Gulf ot Mexico, southwest of this city ia reported almott destroyed bv a terriilo ind and rain I storm which passed through this section ' last night. Mi.ny boat which were in I the lia bor have teen wrecked, and most ( f the long a harf i gone, together with large quamie of naval stores. Killed While Hunting. Clatkb-akik, Or.. Aug. 2 David Whit tiir. tha 15-vear-old son of David Whit tig, a pioneer, was killed while hunting Willi James JOUCS in llio neiiaicui rauo near Mint, vesterdav. While Whittig waa crossins s loe. hi rifle caught In the brush and wa discharged. The hall en- tired Whittig' stomach. Prompt Justice Sakto Doiiixao. Auir. 2. Two of the aasass ns of President lieureaux have been captured and shot. The country it entirely miiet and no movement ol troop are in progress. B jb lngeraoll wrote the (ollowlng to an ett'e n paper s thoit time b-fore he died perbept th lat thing be wrote: J ipcloie s cllpi log Irom your paper. Of course, you ouisd it from , some ei cbaoge. Tbe words attributed to to ms I never ultertd or wrote. I have ont sen timent for soldiers : "t'hrers for tbe liv ing and tear far the dead" ThlJ is mine but all the rest is by son: e one else. It it true that I thick the treatment of ti e Filipinos it wrong aod foolish. It is alto true that I do not want the Filipino nn leu tbey want ui. I believe in ex bar. -sion, if It it boots!. 1 want Cuba if th Cubans want ut. At tbe same time think oar force should hi Immediately withdrawn from Cuba and tbe people of that island allowed to govtratbemrelvet. W waged the war agalntt Spain for lib erty and for right. And we nnt wear tbe laurels unttained. WaUheal Watches! Watchei I We bava just received direct from tbe factory a large dock of the celebrated Dueber-IIampdtn watche-, THE WORLDS BEST. Thete watches were bought for cash and we offer special bargaine F. M. Fbcnch, The Jeweier. Pat YocbTaxs. Arrangentsarenow beirg made to publish the 1608 tax list for the city ot Amany. Aenuqueuva mj .Mm h caliioa at the recorder's of- 'ficeand paying the same at once. .Hurry up. "Stand Up llobson." DtAa Euitobi " . The writer believes that llobson It tha most over estimated man ot thit day sod generation. Public leittliueut Is to mercurial now adaye that It cannot maintain Itt pi ope r level, . Some literary hack maket a discovery -' ol some very oidMiary Ivllo tnd th iiiHgaa nr oi ie con wry aie opru in in rS.,0(Ui,n, ,., alts to Oml liim Live tick nitlden M n,,.,., ,( n oo theme Ivta u kluu,1 r repeating his ningiu name. He becomes the style, Woniwii rpirard him tha aama aa a tiat- tern hat, That I what I th matter with Hob ton, tl 1 extolled a a sol Her by those who know nothing whatever ot toldlery. It never clearly appeared to ua juot why i note alio know the least about soldiery are intellectually Impudent enough lo arbitrarily tlx in statu ol th toullert. There sell-constituted judgr ol Ilia merits ol bravery laud liohaon to the skies. They say he l a toUlier ot g'and and inslxaiio sweep, grtal giatp, grand concept ion, a htro The g spel truth Is thtt he never rrached the foot-hills ol fame where our Or.gon boys scaled suminii. and be palee like a piece ot out glare In coin pail ton with th) diamond when coulronied by Capt. Philllpt. Let aho-so-evrr wil) sound die praise ol Dewey and llobson, bm my love it for the tmva Oregon boy who bore the burden In the heat ol the day, and mads hare their lueaslt lo the ri.lpioo't bull.t. Long may the honor of the Oregon hoy s live ! J. M. Mai.TtNtiAt.il. Scio. From tho Newt- Mr. Miks Bllyen, who live a till her husband near Jordan, It quite seriously 111, and all hope ol her recovery it di. paired of. Mr. and Mr. J. II. (loin, or Albany were in Stdoovrr Sunday visiting at the home ot Mr. and Mr. Frank Butcher. The Maeonio fraternity of this city had a tort ol a jubilee lat Saturday evening, the occasion being the cmlnrlng of the third degree upon K. E. Mnntey. Sev eral mem belt irom Albany were present. Tbe Southern Pacific company hat made a round trip pamenger rale from West Scioto Albany of $1 00. th tickets being limited to two days. TMsiiqnit) a redaction f ir round trip Hearts, a lb far on way it e& tent. A few wkt ago Otto Compton pur chased a fin aog from a coipi ol men who were passing through (own, and Wednesday s man from 6alem. who happened ie t In lido, claimed tlis dog w hi, having btea noleo Irom him on July 3. D. P. Maton, of Albany, was In Mo Saturday evn'n. A long time ago Mr. Maton waa ticio't druggist, and waa on of bar beet citlsent, and although tuany year have since com nd gone a visit lo our city seems a good dvl like re turning horn. I.lt of Patents. Granted to Nortbweat inventor this week. Reported by C. A. Snow A Co., Patent Attorney Washington, D. O.t J. U. Nagell, Everett, Wash., com blned cans umbrella W. Seckler,Corval lis. Oreg , rotary barrow. For copy of any ot the above patents leud 10 cents in post sue stamps with date ot this paper lo O. A. Snow A Co., Washington, I), v.. Wkxt Cat Fimiiisu. The Dkmocrat man last evening did bit first catilsblng io Oregon. II wt on of a parly of eight who cast their linee Into th mur kv watert ot a pond adjacent to tits Willamette Into which It eometlme runs. It 1 eat cnouuh. You out a worm on your hook, slam it Into the water and wa'ch for the cork to bobble. Then you pull tbe fish out. Our lawyer won in eighteen cases, our jeweler wound np sixteen, hie offspring four teen, our expert acco-jntant and hi sur veyor ton ktpt figuring a no drawing line nntil they had twenty two, our farmer forked out aeventeen, bit brother only a foot away but three, and the Dkmocsat men clmeed op eleven. One hundred and one altogether. Then we came home by the light of a lantern. It I lun, fliis I tbe only true fth story aver Inld aa nasrl as can be learniv1. Jobo Turner, of Albany, a fo tner cit izen ol Yaqulna, wa among the pleas ure seekere Saturday and Sunday, lis is ssid to have captnred first prize at the fancy ball and cake-walk at Newport. Mr. Turner I very beautiful and at graceful at a tpotted ftwn, Yaqulna Tug. Th main part of th big log drive It at Corvallit today. There ars about thirty men with It, and they have among their convenience s floating houtt and btrn. Logt ara passing Albany constantly and ell along tbe bank this siH of Corvallis Ihey have lodged. EJ Towen, the boarder t the poor farm Injured in tbe recent rnnaway ac cident I not a bad aa at firtt reported, probably not btlnir Injured internal y a at firtt thought. Bowen wa brought down from the mountain and I one oi th larm' bett hanat. John Smith, the pretcher, who at arretted and taken to Oregon City on the cbarseof twiodling people ol that city, plead gnilty of larcony from bailee ana was tentencea io tniny aaye in jau. lie was also charged with tbe larceny of some money from a Mr. Doll. Many Albany wheelmen were teen on tbe Corvallit ttreeti during ths hours ot Sunday, while many of our own tcorch en rone over there to tske a taste of tbelr let cream and soda. Wheeling thie teison on the Albsny path Is fine, at the path ia smooth and hard and nnrh better than laat year. Corvallit Union, K. H Moore, of Santism precinct wat committed to tbe ineane asylum thit fore noon and taken to Salem thit noon by Sheriff Munkert. Moore wai brought to tht city Tbursday evsnlng and kept la the St. Charlea hotel. Dunag the night be tucceeded in making hit escape and sklpprd for heme, vbre he wat gotten att night by the sheriff.