GOING HOME.
Heimgang! So the German people
Whisper, when they hear the bell
Tolling from some gray old steeple,
Death's familiar tale to tell;
When they hear the organ dirges
Swelling out from the chapel dome,
And the singers' chanting surges,
"Heimgang!" Always going home.
Heimgang! Quaint and tender saying,
In the grand old German tongue,
That hath shaped Melanchthon's pray
ing, And the hymn that Luther sung;
Blessed our loving Maker,
That is where our feet shall roam.
Still we Journey towards "God's Acre"
"Heimgang!" Always going home.
Heimgang! We are all so weary;
And the willows as they wave,
Softly sighing, sweetly dreary.
Woo us to the tranquil grava:
When the golden pitcher's broken,
With its dregs or with its foam,
And the tender words are spoken,
"Heimgang!" We are going home.
Harvest Home.
"Billy, come hurry up, I want you
to dig some potatoes for dinner," and
Mrs. Dodson, Billy's mother, gave a
vigorous final whisk to her broom as
she swept the last speck of dust from
the back steps that led into the kitch
en door, and herself retired withiu
that humble portal. It was a very
warm day in August and Billy was,
to draw it mildly, somewhat dlsin
cliued to any great exertion in the lino
of manual labor, yet, as his great
admirer and faithful chronicler, 1
am bound to state that I (irmly be
lieve that if Tommy Jones or Jim
my Smith had just then happened
along and suggested a swim iu the
river he would have shown much
greater alacrity. I don't think I
should have blamed him for it, either.
Well, he took the hoe and a basket
and proceeded to the vegetable gar
den, whore he fouud it warmer if
possible than at the house. I must
pause just long enough to give you
some Idea of my hero. Billy, while
a favorite of mine, is not handsome
He is freckled, sunburned, and has
light, straight, striped hair. He has
a frank smile, and, I might add,, a
large one, for, 6trictly speaking, his
mouth cannot be called either a "cu-
pid's bow" or "rosebud." His teeth
are all full grown, in fact large and
wide apart, which indicates good na
ture. As for dress, Billy can scarcely
be called a dude, though there is time
enough yet for that. He Just won t
wear a coat in warm weather, and
one suspender is nearly always shorter
than the other, which gives his clothes
a "hltched-up" appearance which is
quite comical. He does not use the
most correct language in speaking, as
will be apparent before this story is
done, but has a direct way of speak
ing which Is easily understood by the
most fastidious scholar. He does
naughty things sometimes. He robs
birds' nests, he dispises to go to Sun
day school, be will not learn Bible
verses, he says henever expects to
go to the young people's Christian
Endeavor society, he has never joined
a blue ribbon club, and, sad indeed to
relate, he has actually had a fight,
on his way home from Sunday school,
too. He whipped a boy larger than
himself for imposing upon a smaller
boy. I am sorry that Billy fought.
but I am glad that he whipped the
other boy. Yet with all these and
many other faults, the boys all like
him, and so do I. When I see him
going along the road whistling be is
an inveterate whistler (when boys
wnistie they are not Intent upon mis
chief) with his battered hat set square
on his head, 1 often think of the tin
told possibilities clustering around
that homely, good-hearted young un.
Possibilities and probabilities of im
port so great that wo may well
pause :and reflect the destinies of
home, church, state, yes, of a world,
hang upon the future of boys like
that. But I must not moralize, but
go on with this story. It was only
10 o'clock when Billy set his basket
down by a fine hill of potatoes; and
as he knew that there was plenty of
time, he leisurely stretched himself
in the shade under a tree for a short
respite.
There were all kinds of vegetables
In the garden. It was indeed a regu
lar "truck patch," as his father colled
It, and most of the vegetables were
large and fine. But there were quite
a number of weeds scattered here
and there, as there is apt to be late
in the season. Billy knowing that
his father was in the habit of taking
vegetables to the Oregon state fair,
looked around wondering how many
premiums would be his this year, anil
Just what particular vegetables would
be put on exhibition. Bordering
along the fence and in the corners
were 'several hollyhocks and sunflow
ers. What was his surprise to see a
large, tall sunflower bowing and nod
ding in a most astonishing manner.
while from its luminous face pro
ceeded as queer a voice as Billy had
ever neard. in .perfectly awful as
tonishment he hear! these words from
the great yellow sunflower: "Fellow
vegetables," (now Billy did not believe
for one moment that that sunflower
was a "fellow vegetable.") The sun
flower proceeded, "The hour having
arrived for us to discuss matters
relative to the future important po
sition which some of us will no doubt
hold at the Oregon state fair, I hope
tnat eacn one or you win, in a calm,
tHgnmed and impartial manner, dis
cuss his or her respective claims for a
premium. It is just barely possible
that the general public will not
agree with you, and it is almost abso
lutely certain that the committees will
not; nevertheless, I should like an ex
pression from you, and also irom some
of the the more thrifty weeds,, es
pecially those who are in the habit
of constant association " with iu. Of
course, they are not at all likely to
be placed upon exhibition, but believ
ing as we do in the science of evolu
tion, equal 'righu, eternal progress
and tne AicJviniey bill, we would
also like an expression from them.
for it is quite possible that future
generations will discover their virtues
and bring them before the public as
benefactors of the race." At this
there seemed to be general nodding
and waving of approval from all the
vegetables and weeds. A casual ob
server would have thought that a
breath of air stirred them, but Billy
well knew there was no air stirring
that hot August day. Then the state
ly sunflower explained how that
much against her will she bad been pre
vailed upon to accept the responsible
. position which she occupied.only upon
condition that all would express them
selves freely, and be sure to tran
sact business between the hours of 10
a. in. and 2 p. m., as the sun's heat
was so intense that even she could not
loook upon his face, and as it was
too warm to grow, and the vegetables 1
had more leisure during that time.
whiin in these remarks alll jrave re-'
spectf ul attention, the corn, who had f
. n.i,i, nil Ita onm atallrnri
along in dignified rows, and really
presented a hne appearance waving
its silky hair, and one who seemed
to be a leader, In a voice husky with
emotion, said: "Many of us boast
descent from King Phillip, yet nost
of us claim only Indian origin. I
should be amazed if we don't secure
premiums. We are better drilled than
most of you. And while by us men
are warned not to get corned, for we
nntr (rmro In ni'S but We CrOW
on toes-at this poetic effusion the
popcorn went off into expiosiuus ui
laughter, almost naviug ujaieuto,
.,,i,i,.i mnst nf the vegetables joined.
and the confusion was so great that
Billy could not hear tne rest or tne
remarks of the corn; but iu solid com
fort he loooked at his own brown,
bare toes and thought, "that corn
don't hit me." The sunflower prompt
ly called the popcorn to oruer anu
there was the most respectful atten
tion, when a representative r.auj
vwi.- f-iiilwio-e said: "We boast of
royal lineage. We are of the famous
house of York, and if gentility and
blue blood count for anything, we
are certainly entitled to premiums.
rvir " emitirmed he with such an
effort that his veins stood out all over
his face, "there are cabbages with
such blue blood that tnat -v. en,
don't get so excited that you burst,"
said a voice from somewhere, Just
where Billy could not tell, but he
firmly believes to this tiay tnat n was
the little, fat Dutch fairy Jeinimy
U'l-mit Him Mioke. but Billy won't
say sure as to this. It seemed to
come from the wiuter caDuages. ai
ti,io innrt-iii-o. O children! what do
you think happened? Those poor, fool
ish Early lork caDDages ueuu
actually bursted wide open, and there
were no brains in them either! Billy
got a never-to-be-forgotten lossou
from this. It is an awful thing to
boast. But even this incident, dread
ful as it was, did not put a stop to
the proceedings. Soon a tall, seedy
loooking representative of the onion
had the floor, (or grouna i suppose
I should have said.) He told them
Hmt onions were humble, meek and
lowly in appearance, but in appear-
auce only, let, tnat tney uoasieu oi
great antiquity. having originally
enmn from India. Said he. "We are
of that great Leek family of which
the Bible makes often and nouoraoie
mention. The Egyptians worshipped
ns. nnri T've no doubt whatever that
wo were used as part of the incense
offered to tneir goris, ana are prou
ably the herb of 'sweet smelling sa
vor of which sacred writers speak
so respectfully. Of course, as a per
fume we are" not the present 'fad,'
but I think we are entltiled to much
hnnnr nn1 wp nre strnnir in our wav."
As he ceased speaking Billy noticed
a set expression on many or tne on-
inna FYnm the pvps of all the old
maid raddishes and many other veg
etables the remarks of the onion drew
tears as they looked at him, and they
nudged teach other and said with
el-en t emotion. "Did VOU ever?"
Billy did not feel surprised at this
outburst of tears, for he could not
even ever so politely assist an onion
to take off his overcoat witnout weei
intr Ak the on ton referred to the an
cient Egyptians the peas and beans
fairly rattled in their pods, and tne
peas said: "We came from the south
of Europe ages ago, and have always
been considered a wonderfully whole-
snma verotnhle " "So von arp." re
plied the beans, "but just please re
member now a noted ureeK pnuoso-
pner regarded ns, even as tue soui
food for man " "Well." fsnid the snin
ach, "you will also remember that
the Egyptians and another equally as
great Greek philosopher despised and
condemned you," and the spinach
spun a long yarn of how it was of
greater antiquity, and also of Persian
origin. "Hum! that's nothing," said
- 'Inrar Ttrhn Tifld csimehnw trnt fnn Into
the garden. "I was endorsed by the
iiowiy saint I'aqricK nimseir: anu
used by him to explain the trinity to
his followers." "Yes, but" said the
sage, who was exceedingly wise,
"There Is no good luck about you nn
less you have four leaves, and you
seldom do." The sage, who had trav
eled from the north of Europe, seemed
to make quite an impression. Here
the gooseberry bush, who was quite
surly and seemed to want to scratch
every body's eyes out, declared that as
he came from the greatest of modem
nations, Hold Hingiand, he was en
titled to great honor, but he only suc
ceeded in making a goose of himself,
and was fined for giving expression
to mouldy sentiments. At this the
black caps, native Americans, doffed
their black caps in glee, and the black
berries laughed until they were black
in the face, while a little bush in the
corner with great complacency re
marked : "Weil, 1 am current every
where." The asparagus sympathized
with the gooseberry bush, as its na
tlve country was also England, and it
told how it had originally adofned the
wild sea coast region, and waved its
handsome green plumes to the music
of the waves long before the Roman
conquest, and it put on a lot of airs,
and acted just like it had originally
known, "what the wild waves were
saying," but lo! it didn't know any
more about it than the others did.
Suddenly a tall, lank plant who had
the air of being on his own native
heath, and who resembled Uncle
Sam somewhat remarked: "All the
garden truck that came over from
England has got to be subdued some
how." "Yes. Mr. Tobacco Plant, you
are a pretty fellow to talk of subduing
anybody; you ought never to be allowed
in decent society, and I propose to
squasn sucn sentiments from you at
once." replied a fine -specimen of the
Hubbard squash as one would wish
to see. At this a brilliant vellow
pumpkin became fairly radiant as he
said: "That's right, Sister Squash,
we will not allow Mr. Tobacco in
society, and will knock his senti
ments all into pi (pie)." Then sud
denly remembering that she was a
Yankee pumpkin, and Mr. Tobacco
an American, she said: "Wei will
make pie of English sentiments," and
there was a truly thanksgiving spirit
about her, and she spoke as one hav
ing authority with the great Ameri
can public. "Who said anything
about pie," s.ald the pieplant in the
corner. "Well, it does beat all," said
the beets. "We will go to the fair
even if we do have to go as dead
beats." This being a most profound
sentiment for them, they felt all beat
out There were some very sweep
ing assertions made by the broomeorn
but nobody seemed to pay much at
tention to them. The vegetable oys
ter, which Is a very worthy vegetable,
might have made brilliant remarks,
but gained a reputation for great
wisdom by keeping clos as an oys
ter. By this time the cowhorn car
rots were positively hooking and the
celery said, "they are selling ns out"
"Iet us have peace," said the lettuce
with dignity. Better order might have
prevailed if the cucumbers had not
kept slipping and creeping around
everywhere and trying to get every
one Into a pickle, while the peppers
and some mustard who really had no
business in there, were In a red-hot
argument as to which was the smart
est But it served them right when
a mtley despised smart weed fairly
divided the honors with them. The
sweet balm, which grew from under
the fence, tried to .give them the
balm of consolation, but succeeded
only tolerably well.
'If we are to choke. I'd like to
know of what use you are," said the
artichok to the watermelon. "O, cer
tainly, certainly," replied the water
melon "1 11 give you a drink of water, '
and the canteloupes also did their
part to refresh them, while the musk-
melons and mint sent a rare- fra
grance over the entire garden. "Let
us go to the root of the matter, said
the rootabagas "and to put the mat
ter fairly before the garden, I move
you, Mrs. Sunflower, that only those
who have real merit be allowed to go
to the fair." At this the parsley, who
Is an excellent grammarian, spoke,
telling them that he originally came
from Egypt and was especially hon
ored as having been used for the
garland for the brow of the Greek
Hercules, the first garland of which
mythology makes mention." At this
statement a laurel tree just over the
fence rustled its leaves in fierce pro
test, but the parsley proved the truth
of its assertion, and this gave it great
distinction. The turnips, who were
first imported from Rome, turned up
their noses on the sly at the claim
made by the parsley, but It being
popular, they seconded the motion af
ter all. And so the sunflower said:
"All those who favor this motion will
please vote yea." There was quite a
respectable vote at this; "all who are
opposed, nay," said Mrs. Sunflower.
Children, I almost blush to tell it!
that horrible horseradish actually
neighed! As might have been ex
pected.there was a grunt of disapproval
from the pigweed, who early In the
spring would have taken the whole
garden if it had not been for Billy's
hoe, and there was a growl and bow
wow from the dogweed and a very
modest little meow from the catnip.
Oli! how the tomatoes, who are na
tives of South America, blushing at
the audacity of the horseradish, I can
not tell you what red faces those to
matoes had, while the parsnips, poor
things, betrayed a great deal of agi
tation. Really, no ;one could have
answered for the consequences if Dr.
Castor Bean had not "poured oil over
the troubled waters," the oil of severe
dignified reproof. Then the holly
hock, which always minds Its own
business, and Is a very sensible posy,
said: "O, sily weed and foolish
vegetables, why do you boast of your
ancestry and position in life; you are
just where your maker placed you,
you all sprang from the same common
soil, some of you would amount to
nothing If you did not affiliate with
the common earth! and the more old
refuse and garbage that is in it the
better you seem to flourish. However,
be this said to your credit while the
golden sunshine and pure air calls
your roots strike into the soli; you
only attain perfection by comming
ling the higher and lower principle.
Don't try to be clouds, stars, or sun
beams, yours is a different sphere."
After this wise admonition by the
hollyhock the sunflower said, as she
looked toward the flower garden:
"I'll call-a-flower," at this the cauli
flower, foolish thing, thought that
she was wanted, and when she found
out her mistake she drew her green
hood closer around her pale face, feel
ing exceedingly mortified, and would
not speak another word. "It Is time
someliody moved an adjournment
said a bunch of sweet thyme (time)
while a cuto little four-o'clock, which
bordered the path where the vegeta
ble garden ended and the flower gar
den began, said, looking at his watcn,
"not yet." The more pretentious flow
ers did not pay much attention to
the vegetables. Well they were so
busy furnishing honey for the bees,
making sweet fragrance and adorning
all things with beauty that they really
had not much time outside of the
work of their own particular sphere.
But there were a few of the common,
old-fashioned varieties who were not
"too stuck up," as Billy said, to ex
change friendly greetings with their
more humble and more userui neign
bors. There were the dahlias, second
cousins of the artichokes and pota
toes, the sensible marigolds, the bril
liant nasturtiums.at home" everywhere,
and even the sweet peas, who were
very friendly, and also the sweet wil
liams, who looked "too killing" at the
dear, bright-faced pansies, whose
thoughts needed no interpreter, while
the johnnyjump-ups, country cousins
or tne pansies and vioiets, were pen
as they could be, and were continu
ally trying to jump up and put mo
tions and offer amendments. But af
ter all, few of the flowers had any
thing to say, but these few bright
ened things up a bit by their brilliant
color and cheerful ways.
AH of a sudden there was a queer
voice coming right out of the ground
at Billy's feet and the potatoes, who
had hitherto kept silence, began to
hustle each other in the hill and call
out, "Let us out"; bedad! let us out!
you're not going to forget the best
vegetable in the worruld. Here we
are crowded so that we can hardly
breathe. We've got as long a lolne of
ancesthors as ony of ye, and we're
as proud as auld Lucifer, so we are.
We were found in Para in the first
place; but och, Billy, me bye, it took
an Irishman to make our vartues
known to the worruld, and we'll get
a pramium, too." As this ludicrous
appeal struck Billy's ears a large,
portly grasshopper jumped right In
Billy's face. It startled him! He
rubbed his eyes; he looked around!
had he been dreaming? surely not,
there were the vegetables, weeds and
flowers. But somehow they seemed so
perfectly quiet in the August sunshine
that Billy suspected that he had had
a 'curious dream. Just then Billy
heard his .mother's voice, "Billy, Billy
Dodson, are you never coming with
those potatoes for dinner?" "Yes,
yes. I'll be there in a Jiffy," answered
Billy, and he-made the hoe fly-as he
freed the iotatoos from their earthy
prison house. As he put them in the
basket in a dazed sort of way, he was
astonished at the queer expression of
their little eyes and his own blue orbs
were exceedingly watchful lest more
unexpected things ' might happen.
"You would look better If your faces
were washed," Billy said to the pota
toes, but they spoke never a word
nor wunk an eye. When Billy handed
ihe basket to his mother he said:
"Mother, let's have mashed potatoes
for dinner, and be sure and cut the
eyes , all out For," thought Billy,
"I'll never eat another potato cooked
with its jacket on as long as I live. 1
am afraid they'd loook at me . and
I'd feel kinder skerry."
When "Billy told me about bis cur
ious dream he said: "It might all
have been a dream, but it don't seem
like it - It set me a thinkln' somehow,
and less thought we eat all sorts
of vegetables that come from all sorts
of countries, and if we grow on what
we eat we're liable to all sorts of senti
ments. We can't all be- Jew one way;
it ain't natural, we're kinder streaky
in our makeups." And I know that
Billy had to be a pretty wide awake
boy to dream such a dream as that
and I also knew that he had, without
suspecting it Imbibed about the same
sentiment that was revealed to the
apostle Peter in his remarkable dream
recorden in the new testament when
the sheet was let down from Heaven
in which were all manner of things.
Peter refused to eat what he called
unclean, but the voice from Heaven
toll i Iiiui not to Judge what God called
-lean. God was no respecter of per
w.iis. In all nations the workers of
righteousness were accepted.
11. Iy is wonderfully Inspired with a
desire to raise better vegetables than
ever next yar, and he asked me what
I thought about praying over the mat
ter. Well, I told him if he spaded
and hoed as he prayed he would prob
ably receive a bountiful harvest
Somehow since Billy's remarkable
dream his views of life seem to have
enlarged somehow. He still persists
that It is curious that a dream could
have so much in It I said, "O, Billy.
I sometime-: think that while we must
not indulge in dreams all the time,
even If they do enlarge the horizon of
common, humdrum life in a wonderful
and beautiful way, yet if were not
for dreams life might sometimes be
come a worthless and wearisome
thing."
Billy went to the state fair and when
he went to look at the vegetables his
eyes his whole face expressed un
utterable things but his lips were
mute to. all but me, whom be had
taken into his confidence. He looked,
seeing and understanding many things
about these vegetables that the general
public never even suspected. He knew
what he- knew, and how he knew it
He seemed especially fascinated with
one large, fine potato. The dark eyes
of that potato met his own blue ques
tioning ones frankly, but neither of
them spoke an audible ord, but wheth
er they understood each other or not
is not for me to say.
"STORYETTES.
An English traveler once asked p
Cavan laboring man how far It waf
to a place for which he was bound
"Two' miles, your reverence." "Two
miles and a little more?" said th
Englishman, knowing, by long experl
ence, that Irishmen do not like to dis
courage a traveler by letting hin.
know that ho has still a long walk be
fore him. "Well, your reverence,'
came the reply, "it's two miles strong
and rich, so to spake."
There Is a story told in the Colum
bus (Ga.) Enquirer-Sun, of a colored
girl who happened to meet a gentle
man going down the street and who
got on the same side of the narrow
walk;-then both started for the other
side, and another collision was Immi
nent They then danced back and
dodged again, when the colored girl
suddenly stopped and said: "See
heah, mister, what am dis gwine to
be, a schottische or a waltz?"
A very vain preacher having deliv
ered a sermon In the hearing of the
Rev. Robert Hall, pressed him to state
what ho thought of the sermon. Mr
Hall remained silent for some time.
but this only caused the question to
be pressed with greater earnestness.
At length Mr. Hall admitted: "There
was one very fine passage." "I am
rejoiced to hear you say so. Fray
sir, which was it?" "Why, sir, it was
the passage from the puipn to tne
vestry."
Vestris. the great dancing master.
died at 83, and it is said be would
have lived till a hundred but for a
stidden and mortal blow in the shape
of an advertisement One day he
asked for a newspaper probably for
the first time In his life. Scarcely
had he opened the sheet when his eyes
lighted upon the following: -wanted.
a professor of dancing at Calcutta.
Must be a skillful chiropodist at the
same time." He took to his bed and
never left It again alive.
DRINK LOTS OF WATER.
"A reason," says a physician, ' why
I often prescribe one of the mineral
waters for my patients an? have them
take it daily in considerable quanti
ties is simply to give them sufficient
water. It is an error committed by
many otherwise sensible and intilll
gent persons that drinking much va
ter interferes with digestion. One of
those perrors said to me lately: I
rarely drink a swallow of water; a
cup of tea or chocolate with my lunch
eon, and an efter-dlnrer cup of coffee
again with iny dinner,, that is practi
cally all the liquid I take,' (this with
an air of conscious rectitude). To be
gin with, tea, coffee, chocolate, or
beer, wine and the like are not sub
stitutes for water, which is one of the
most important of all substances re
quired for the nourishment of the
body. Don't drink a half a pint glass
Iced water just as you sit down to eat;
that is palpably injurious; but do
have a big glass of water that has
been boiled and cooled, brought to
you on waking, and by the time the
bath and toilet have been accom
plished and breikfast is to be taken,
the water will not be an interfering
agent About three pints of water a
day should be regularly taken; fully
this is needed by the si stem." New
York Times.
KELLY'S COXEY BRIGADE.
Oakland, Cal., Oct 35. "Gen." Chas.
T. Kelly, who led the Sai Francisco
regiment of the Coxey army to Wash
ington, has completed arrangements
for the new industrial march, but in
stead of going across the eor.l"ut,
he will this time direct his inviding
forces toward San Jose- and the pro
ductive regions that lie along that
route. The object of the march is to
secure signatures to a congressional
petition for the relief of unemployed
and incidentally to obtain contribu
tions of supplies for the army that is
rapi lly increasing in numbers at the
big tent, comer of Eighth and Frank
lin streete. Branches of the army will
be established in various parts of the
state with the intention of massing
forces at Sacramento during the next
setsion of the legislature.
GREAT IS OREGON.
THEY LIKE IT.
Th ninrlnnati Post sneaks In the
hfo-hoKt nrnfse of a car of prunes and
plums received In that city recently
from Oregon. This is tne nrsi iruit
ever sent to Cincinnati from this
tn0 Onr fruit is onlv beginning to
be known east of the Rockies. Every
Iiound of fruit put up in nrst-ciass
shape and sent cast will assist in cre
ating a demand ror more uae . iu
Albany Democrat
OREGON FOR FIGS.
Pmii Sehnnnn. has a variety of fies
on exhibition at The Dalles fair which
shows for what varied fruits our-climate
is adapted. The Dalles Chron
icle. . , ' ;:..-. -:- :.rV I A
THE NEXT LEGISLATDRE
Eoster of Senators and
Eepresentatives.
The Men from Whom
Much Is Expected.
The Names, Politics and Fostoffice
Addresses of Oregon's Ninety
Solons of 1895.
Following is a complete and authen
tic list of the members of the elgh
teenth biennial session of the legisla
tive assembly of the state of Oregon,
which convenes at Salem on Tuesday,
January 14, 1895:
SENATORS.
Alley, B. F. (Rep.), Florence, Lane
county.
Bancroft F. A. (Rep.), Portland,
Multnomah county.
Beckley, Henry (Dem-Peo.), Elkton,
Douglas county.
Brownell, Geo. C. (Rep.), Oregon
City, Clackamas county.
Butler, N. L. (Dem.), Monmouth,
Polk county.
Calbreath, J. F. (Rep.), McMinnville,
iamhill county.
Carter, Tolbert (Rep.),. Wells, Ben
ton county.
Cogswell, C. A. (Dem.) Lakeview,
Lake county.
Dawson, S. A. (Rep.) Albany, Linn
county.
Denny, O. N. (Rep.) Portland
Multnomah county.
Gesner, Alonzo (Rep.) Salem, Ma
rion county.
Gowan, A. W. (Rep.) Burns, Hai
ney county.
Hobson, W. H. (Rev.) Stayton, Mai
ion county.
Holt, S. H. (Pop.) Medford, Jackson
county.
Huston, S. B. (Dem.) Hlllsboro,
Washington county.
Johnson, A. J. (Rep.) Scio, Linn
county.
King, Will R. (Pop.) Baker City
Baiter county.
Maxwell, J. W. (Rep.) Tillamook
Tillamook county.
McAUster, D. A. (Dem.) La Grande,
Union county.
McCIung, J. H. (Rep.) Eugene, Lane
county.
McGinn, H. E. (Rep.) Portland,
Multnomah county.
Patterson, I. L. (Rep.) Salem, Ma
rion county.
Price, A. R. (Rep.) Weston, Uma
tilla county.
Raley, J. H. (Dem.) Pendleton
Umatilla county
Simon, Joseph (Rep.) Portland,
Midtnomah county.
Smith, J. A. (Dem.) Moro, Sherman
county.
Smith, John H. (Dem.) Astoria,
Clatsop county.
Steiwer, W. W. (Rep.) Fossil, Gil
nam county.
Vanderburg, W. S. (Peo.) Marsh
field, Coos county.
Woodard, C. H. (Rep.) Portland
Multnomah county.
Elected In 1892.
REPRESENTATIVES.
Baker, C. H. (Rep.) Waltervllle,
Lane county.
Barkley, Henry L. (Rep.) Wood-
burn, Marion county.
Beach, S. C. (Rep.) Portland, Mult
nomah county.
Blundell, J. E. (Rep.) Canyonville,
Douglas county.
Boothby, J. S. (Rep.) Lexington
Morrow county.
Bridges, J. T. (Rep.) Drain, Douglas
county.
Buckman, Thos. (Pop.) Marshfield
Coos county.
Burke, W. E. (Rep.) Portland, Mult
nomah county.
Burleigh, J. A. (Pop.) Joseph, Wal
lowa county.
Calvert J. L. (Rep.) Hubbard, Ma
rion county.
Cardwell, B. P. (Rep.) Portland
Multnomah county.
Cleeton, T. J. (Rep.) St Helens
Columbia county.
Cole, Clarence (Rep.) Portland, Mult
nomah county.
Conn, Virgil (Rep.) Paisley, Klam
ath county.
Coon, T. R. (Rep.) Hood River
Wasco county.
Cooper, T. H. (Rep.) Corvallis, Ben
ton county.
Craig; David (Rep.) Macleay, Ma
rion county.
Curtis, C. J. (Rep.) Astoria, Clatsop
couniy.
Daly, John D. (Rep.) Toledo, Lin
cln county.
David, J. E. (Rep.) Croy, Gilliam
county.
Davis, E. J. (Rep.) Milton, Umatilla
county.
Dunn, Geo. W. (Rep.) Ashland,
Jackson county.
Gates, H. V. (Rep.) HillsbOro, Wash
ington county.
Gowdy, J. T. (Rep.) Dayton, Yam
hill county.
Guild, H. G. (Rep.) Sheridan, Yam
hill county.
Gurdane, J. S. (Rep.) Ridge, Uma
tilla county.
Hillegas, M. J. (Rep.) Camp Creek,
Lane county.
Hofer, E. (Rep.) Salem, Marion
county.
Hope, I. W. (Rep.) Vale, Malheur
county.
Huffman, C. D. (Pop.) La Grande,
Union county.
Jeffrey, J. A. (Pop.) Herling, Jack
son county.
Keyt D. L. (Rep.) Perrydale, Polk
county.
Lester, C. F. (Rep.) Astoria, Clat
sop county.
Long, J. M. (Rep.) Portland, Mult
nomah county.
Lyle, A. R. (Rep.) Cross Keys.
Crook county.
McCraken, John (Rep.) Portland,
Multnomah county. .
McGreer, T. H. (Rep.) Antelope,
Wasco county.
Mintie, F. L. (Rep.) Oswego, Clack
amas county.
Moorhead, S. L. (Rep.) Junction
City, Lane county.
Moores, C. B. (Rep.) Salem, Marion
county.
Myers. Geo. T. (Rep.) Portland,
Multnomah county.
Nealon, S. M. (Pop.) Table Rock,
Jackson county. ,
Patterson, Grin L. (Rep.) Long
Creek, Grant county.
Paxton, O. F. (Rep.) Portland, Mult
nomah county.
- Rinearson, G. O. (Rep.) Oregon City,
Clackamas county.
Scott J- H. (Rep.) Tangent, Linn '
county.
9Jilbre (5, A j-) ftoseburg;
Douglas county.
Lhutmrn, Oeo. (Rep.) Pendleton,
Um:rilla cou -ty.
St uey, Cu'vin (Rep.) Newberg,
Yan hill county.
Si .nvart, Frank A. (Pop.) Ophir,
Cu; ry county.
Smith, C. B. (Rep.) Eagle Creek.
Clackamas county.
Smith, Ira S. (Rep.) Monmouth.
Polk county.
Smith, R. G. (Rep.) Giants Tass.
Josephine county.
Smith, T. Fleming (Rep.) Halsey.
Linn county.
Templetou, W. A (Rep.) Browns
ville, Linn county.
Thompson, E. H. (Rep.) Brower.
Multnomah county.
Tigard, Chas. F. (Rep.) Tigardville,
Washington county.
Wright J- A. (Rep.) Sparta, Union
county.
Yates, C. P.(Rep.) Manning, Wash
ington county.
Young, John C. (Pop.) Baker City.
Baker county.
PERSONA LIT Y OF LI HUNG.
John Young in Review of Reviews:
How far the career of Li Hung Chang
will justify the estimate of General
Grant history will show. But he is
undoubtedly one of the notable men
of the century. When I first saw
him in 1879 he was in the fullness of
activity, an alert, imposing person
age; tall, with a soldierly bearing, and
the touch of the poet in his glittering
eye. He had liss of the passive cri
ental manner than was common to
Eastern statesmen, the result, I pre
sume, of much contact with foreign
ers. He would give you the English
grasp of the hand, or more likely rest
his hand upon your arm in a gentle.
caressing way, when taking leave
He had an abrupt and at times turbu
lent manner with capacities, I was
told, for vehement anger, and there
were occasions when courtiers and
high ieople would seek safety in
flight, as was the custom in Berlin in
that era of flying bootjacks and im
minent cudgels when the father of
Frederick the Great was king. Li
was never vouchsafed to ine In this
condition, was always a stately, im
perative person, with a capacity for
asking questions, and given to mock
ery and banter and unique views of
Western affairs. He welcomed talk
running into narrative, did not dis
dain gossip, liked to hear of the cus
toms of other lands, relished anecdotes
of eminent men Lincoln, Grant and
others. He had read international
law, and I remember his handing me
a copy of Wheaton In Chinese, and
asking mo to point out the passages
in which Wheaton had laid it down
that a negro should have more privi
leges in America than a Chinaman.
The viceroy interded this criticism as
an offset to some demand I was pre
senting, for in his soul he cared no
moro for the emigration question than
the average American does for the
Digger Indians in Lower California,
and when I implied as much he turned
it off with a laugh It was the only
conversation I ever had with him on
the burning issue of emigration. He
called It "an English trade question,"
and cared nothing about it.
Li Hung Chang was princely in his
courtesy, considerate, strove to divine
some way of conferring a fav or, would
if possible, anticipate your wishes,
and do it off-hand. He would send
his steam yacht fifty miles to render
a service to the ladies of the lega
tions. His industry was incessant,
and he kept In touch with everything.
He would innocently read telegrams
passing to Pekin through Tien-Tsiu,
and if at all vague, would send in
quiry to the receiver as to their
meaning. I remember that a foreign
minister heard of the death of a mem
ber of his family through a message
of condolence from the viceroy, which
arrived before the dispatch containing
the news. The dispatch had been in
trusted to the viceroy and was be
lated in its delivery. This tendency
of the viceregal mind to keep in
formed by other people's telegram;!
was, if rumor were correct, utilized
by some of the embassies. It is said
that when negotiations came to a
hitch they would be advanced by n
confidential message of a warlike;
character addressed to an admiral
through the Tien-Tsin office, advising
him to prepare for serious business.
HOSPITALITY OF THE HAWAII
AN'S. "I know of no more hospitable peo
ple in the world." sa;d Captain A. C.
Alexander, of Washington, last night,
"than the common people of Hawaii.
If you ..sk for lodgings at nightfall
at a native hut, you are received as
if you were conferring a favor; fre
quently the whole house, which has-;
but one room, is set apart for you.
the people going elsewhere to sleep.
A chicken is slain in your honor and
for your exclusive supper, aud you
are served by the master of the hous;
himself. The native grassbouse,
where it has been well built is a very
comfortable structure. It has but
one room, calico curtains serving as
partitions by night At one end a
standing bed place, running across
the house, provides accommodations
for the entire family, no matter how
numerous. This bed consists of mats,
and the covers are either tappa cloth
(which is as though you were sleep
ing under newspapers) or of blankets.
The more prosperous people have of
ten, besides this, an enormous bed
stead curtained off and reserved for
strangers, and you may see the wo
men go to chests when you ask for
hospitality and- tak out blankets,
sheets and ary nuuibt:' of little pil
lows for the bed, and often a brilliant
silk coverlet The use of the dozen or
so pillows puzzled me, until I found
that they were Intended to tuck or
wedge me In, so that I should not roll
around in the big bed. On taking
your departure the next morning it is
not well to ask the cost of your ac
commodations, as the Hawaiian has
vague ideas of prices. He might tell
you $10 or $20, whereas If yor hand
him 73 cents for yourself and glide
he will be abundantly satifrteii."
PIONEERBHKERY:
COFFEE SALOON.
HODES & HALL,
Plain and Fancy Confections-lc- Cream.
CIGARS::
"OUR SILVER CHAMPION." "BELMONT." GENERAL ARTHUR," and
a full line of Smokers' Articles. Come in when hungry and get a lunch any
hour of th flay. , :
DRAWING THE . LINE.
Inventors Not to Be Allowed to Claim
Every Slight Improvement.
The recent decision of Judge Ache- .
son against one of the numerous
claims of Mr. Edison to be the only
original inventor of everything, em
bodies a definition of public policy in
the encouragement and protection of
invention that Is not new, but Is so
often obscured that its rcassertlon is
important This policy is well ex
plained in some observations of the
supreme court quoted by Judge ache
son. The process of development in
manufactures creates a corstant de
maud for new appliances which the
skill of ordinary workmen and en
gineers is generally adequate to de
vise and which indeed are the natural
and proper outgrowth of such devel
opment. Each step forward prepares
the way for the next and each is
usually taken by spontaneous trials
and attempts in a hundred different
places. "To grant a single party a
monopoly of evry slight advantage
made, except where the exercise of
invention somewhat above ordinary
mechanical or engineering skill is dis
tinctly shown, Is unjust in principle
and Injurious In its consequences."
It is not possible to define exactly
by a geiir-ial statute "the creative
work of that Inventive faculty which
it was the purpose of the constitution
and patent laws to encourage and re
ward." Even the officials of the pat
ent office cannot always discriminate
between what Is merely a step in
general development and what Is an
absolute exercise of invention. If an
improvement is such as can be exact
ly described and It is found on ex
amination that it is not covered by a
previous patent protection is granted,
to it as a matter of form, leaving to
the patentee the task of defending -or
enforcing his right Thus the actual
interpretation of the patent laws, or
rather the actual determination
whether an invention Is or is not such
as the patent laws are intended to
protect, necessarily falls upon the
courts, and while the personal discre
tion of individual judges may lead to
occasional contradictions, the general
policy of the United States courts Is
by this time fairly settled and com
plete. A practical invention, an exercise
of the creative faculty of actual serv
ice to mankind, the courts will always
protect, but they are less and less dis
posed to sanction the claims of profes
sional inventors to common Improve
ments and thus to grint to individ
uals a monopoly of that which be
longs to the public. Invention has be
come of late so much a matter of bus
iness that the patent laws, which were
designed for the protection of the in
dividual inventor, have been in count
less cases distorted to the mew pro
tection of corporate monopolies. Com
panies with large capital, controlling
a great I'limber of patents, are thus
enabled not oily to tax the public
unreasonably, but actually to discour
age and repress the exerolse of the in
ventive r'aculty in those who are -not
subservient to them. This is a mis
use of statutory protection for which
the courts are not entirely without re
sponsibility, and it is, therefore, the
mere significant that they have lately
shown a disposition to correct this
evil and to place the law of patents
upon a more equitable basis of public
policy.
WANTS AMERICAN SONG BIRDS
Ex-Lieut -Gov. Brockmyer, of Mis
souri, is the father of a scheme to
give America what it sadly lacks a
race of high-class singing birds. In
iv.i details it recalls the plan of the
first President Harrison to create a
market for American "corn in Europe
by sending at the government's ex
pense a large corps of experienced
cooks to initiate the peasantry of
England, France, Germany and Rus
sia into the mysterious delights of the
corn dodger, the hoe-cake, the genuine
llapjack, and, best of all, smoking
golden corn bread."
Discussing his plan at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel the other day, Mr.
Brockmyer said: "The home of the
sinking bird is Germany. There the
nightingale, the goldfinch and a dozen
other feathered musicians fill the for
ests with their melody. America haa
in the common mocking bird a bird
as plentiful in the forests of Texas
and the Gulf states as sparrows la
the city parks. The mocking bird has
a wonderful organ. He can imitate
any sound that ever came from a
feathered throat, and a trill or treble
once learned Is never forgotten.
"My plan is to trap a thousand or
so Southern mocking birds, place
them in cages, send them to Germany
and have them hung up in the forests
of the Hartz mountains, where they
can hear the notes of the nightingale
and the other sweet warblers of that
country. In six minutes they will
have learned all that the feathered
songsters of Germany have to teach.
Then bring them home and turn them
loose in their native woods. The les
sons learned abroad woulcl soon be
transmitted to their stay-at-home com
panions, and by them to the genera
tions of mocking birds unbatcbed.
The results, I am sure, will more than
pay for the outlay. Our government
has spent much larger sums in efforts
to achieve an aesthetic effect in other
lines, and then utterly failed."
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
The Pendleton Tribune claims the
author of "Two Little Girls in Blue"
and "Sweet Marie" as a former Pen
dletonian. The Salem woolen mills will pay
out ?3,000 for wood, $60,000 for wool
and $40,000 for labor the coming year.
Many exchanges.
James A. Campbell, a former Eu
gene man, is running for police judge
of San Francisco. L. R. Ellert, a for
mer Albany man, is running for re
election as mayor of San Francisco.
Congressman Binger Hermann will
remain in Oregon until the December
term of congress.
Four-fifths of Oregon farms are
worked by their owners. The aver
age value of cultivated farms is $4,359,
and the average encumbrance $1301.
Proprietors.