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rm 71 gen i ALJLL KSTIBLISUED FOR THE 01KSE1I1ATI0X OP DEIOCRATIC fKIMiriEMM TO 111 H HOXCtT L1V1N6 BT TOB SWEAT OP Ol'B BBOW VOL 23 EUGENE, OR., SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1891. NO, 29. TY G ARfl R 1 Ito (turn (it Guard. (PCHLISHED EVEBY SATURDAYS I. L. CAMPBELL, publisher and Proprietor. ..onirVCin ths East tide of Willamette iUvath and Eighth Streets, TEEMS OF 8UB3CBIPTI0N. O RA gi, Montht. M !V g""lthl OTJB ONL1 tA.TK3 ADVERTISING. AdsriUenets lnaerted M followi: One niun, n Mas or 1.M one Insertion 13: jNfm"rtiiriwlUb.chrgdt tt. ;ru'" IS 3.?.-riti tlx nwnthi, .? .nnum it) 1 !Ti win. -ill K. nnarterlv. AdVrWUK ww WM ""-- -, ' 5 iob work must b paid fob on dilivibt. 'CEO. B. DORRIS Attorney and Counsellor at-Law. Lttttt PRACTICE IN THE- COURTS SCOT'S rfv tun. -a Litter. In probate I, BILYEU, -Attorney' and Counsellor at Law,- EUGENE CITY", OBEGON. rRACTlCE3 IN ALL THE COURTS OF Piw. Htlu. Will iriva special "ttauUon looellections and probate matters. Orrici-Ovw H'ndritX SWM A, 0..WOOP0OOK, Attorncy-at-Law, ... r-iTV - - Uttwwn OFFICE-Roomi 7 ft 8 McCUren Building. arSoecW attention given to Collection! Mi Probate busineas. QEOBQE At PORBIS, Attoriicy-ai-Lav, EUGENE CITY, - - OREGON Omel-In Reglter Block. UWNH' J. J. W'ALTOH WALTON $ SKIPWWH, ' ATT0RSEY8-AT-UW, Eg... Ore80n- Will do a general law prsctlce U Courts of thit State. Seymour AV. Condon, ATTORNEY-ATLAW, DUNN'S BUILDING, Eugene, - - Oregon. ETTpOTTiR, Attorney-at-Law, OREGON. EUGENE, Omot- Boom In Conser's Block , ii j 1 -i- CEO. M. MILLER lttoney-and CcunseUor-atrLaw, and Ileal Estate Agent. KUGENE CITY, - 0B Ofliee-ln Mawnlo Temple. ket- . ...I. i .. - Kuykendall & Payton, Physicians and Surgeons, Rooms Over City Drug Store, a7 GALLAGHER, f AUorney-at-Lnw. j fcUGENB CITY - OBEGON. I Sr-cialatUntion given to TrobaU buaine- 5 ni a Ltnii of Title. J Qfrirs-Over Ln PfflptT DRS. PAINE & M MURTRY, Physicians & Surgeons, lK i. A PAIXB. K-ldeno. oor 10th Bt. between 9th and 10th, E agent. DE. J. 0. GRAY, QDENTST tractin of MOORE & LINN, UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS Coffin, and CkeU J..y .britrr inni and Eob.lni.ng Bod.e. a Specialty. Nigbt oalU propy atiended. BMdeoee, eeoond booae eonth rf MeUW diat Chaich, WiUametl ttreet. -BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 18 YEARS.- Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewel ry & Musical Instruments. The Most Select M M of Portland Special attention given to Repairing and Engraving by two first-class workmen. All work warranted. E. Luckey DEALERS J. DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES Toilet Articles, Paints, Oils, Brushes, Etc., Etc. Prescription Department in Competent hands. University Soone, McClarens Building, (Opposite F. M. Wilklni' Drugstore.) Ha an extensive Stock of STANDARD, MISCELLANEOUS, COLLEGE AND SCHOOL BOOKS, Mercantile, Fancy and School Station ery, Blank Books, Cutlery, Etc. t70rden for Books and Subscriptions to Newspapers nd Periodicals promptly at tended to. Bowel Troubles, snd Cramp, Colic, or any Internal or External Pain. Ask your druggist (or it j S, LUCKEY, SALIB 1H Clocks. Watches, Chains. Jewelry, Etc Reoa'rinir. Promptly Executed. II Work Warranta.jn J. 8. LUCKEY la, mm E. Schwarzschild, Prop. (Succeawr to Geo. Collier) BOOKS, STATIONERY, MAPS, GLOBES, SPECTACLES, WALL PAPER ft SCHOOL SUPPLIES. Orders by mail promptly attended to. Ad- , Lock Box 119. Cash, low Prices, AT GRESWELL From and after Feb. 1, 8ai, iny ItixA wfli be strictly casli. Prices Put Down to Bed " rock. I will Not b Tjnciersold. iligliest market price Paid for Produce. If not all traded out will pay balance in Ca3h. J. H. Whiteaker, Creswell, Or. Manufacturing at ar xjxxz au Jeweler. 53 FISHER & WATKINS, PROPRIETORS. Will keep constantly on hand a full supply of BEEF, MUTTON, PCRK AND VEAL wi !,.! ti. will ull it the lowsat market Bri- ce, A fa(r ihsre of the publlo patronage ao- licited, TO THB FARMERS i We will pay the hkheet market price for Fat Cattle, Hogs ana aneep. SHOP ON WILLAMETTE 8TREET. EUGENE CITY, OREQQUi MeaU delivered, (o any part of the city free of (Wye. Having purchased tlQ Matlock Grocery Store, we call the attention of the- public to the fact that we will keep pa hand a FIRST-CLASS stock of groceries,which will be sold to our pat rons at the lowest rates. FISHER BROS, B. F. DORRIS, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENT. I HAVE SOME VERY DESIRABLE Farm., Imprond and UnimBrored Towa property fur sale, on wy tmna. Property Edited and Eesti Oolleetei The Inraranoe CompaalM I repnaent are amont; tbe Oldert and soort KalUble, and la the Paosrr udK4iTTi.!.s adjoaUiMt af their OM Staso Ssoo.d to Noss. 4 diare of roar patrnaage is soUoiUd. Office-In City Hall. h. J. D0RRX1 II; II 1H Groceries Dr. Jennie S. Rarnard Regular Physician, EUGENE, OREOON Will specially treat all Diiteasee of WO MEN AND ClilLDKEN. Boom a, Dunn's Block. R. B. Cochran & Son, Real Estate Agents. Eugene City, Oregon. Will attend to general Real Estate busines such as buying, selling, leaaing and renting farms and city property, sto. Offlo on south sine oi mnin street. HOFFMAN HOUSE Eu$ene,brcfon. DuBoIs Bros., Proprietors. Sportsman's Eporium. HORN & PAINE, Practical Gunsmiths Dealers (n GUNS, RIFLEfl, Plthinr Tarkle and Soteriali, (iewlDK Wachlnen and Ndleal All Hinds For Male ! Repairing dons In the neateet style and war ranted. Guns Loaned & Ammunition Furnished Store ob Willamette street EAST AND SOUTH VIA Southern Pacific Route Shasta Line. EiprtM Trains Leave Portland Daily. South I TMruTtv Portland Nortji kt "9J5 AM Lv 14:44 A M Lv I 9:00 p M 12: ir-'P M Lr Htipine 1U:15a n I Ar San Francinco Above trains .ton only at following sta tion, north of Howbunr: Kat Portland. Ore goo City, Wooritrara, Salem, Albany, Tan gent, Sliedds, 1 1 altey, Harriiburg, Junction City, Irving, Eugene. EOSIBURO MAIL, DAUV 8.00amLv PortUad Ar;4.00pm S.05pmLy Kuimm Lv9.fi5am 5.40 p BAr KoMburg Lv6:'J0 a m almavt local, Dailt (Except Sunday). LEAVE: . AUKIVEi Portland 6.O0p. m. I Albany. .9.00 p. m. Albany &.0B a. ni. I Portland. 9.00 a. m. P0LLMA5 Borrin bleepeei TOURIST SLEEPING OARS, For accommodation of Seeoad Clan Paaues get., attached to Kxpras Trains. Wt Side Divlilna. BETW1EH POBTUHD AKD COEVALLIB- MAIl TEA1N DAILY (EXCEPT SUNDAY.) 7iS0amlLv Portland Ar 1 8:20 pm .n .a I . fy T I ... K X At Albany and Oonrallia connect with trains of Oregon 1 acino Railroad. EIPBEHS TRA1M PAII.Y (EICKPT SltWPAT.) 4:40 p m I Lv Portland Ar 6u0 a in 725pm I Ar MoMlwille Lv6:4Sam THROUGH TICKETS to all Points East and South Fer tickets snd full Information regarding rates, maps, etc., call on Company's agent at Eugene. R KOEHLKK, K. P KOUKKS, Manager. Aart. O. F. and Pm. Art. YAQUINA ROUTE. OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD AND OREGON DEVELOPMENT COS. STEAMSHIP LINE. (T.E. HOGG, Receiver.) 225 milks BHOBTIl, 2 Mouas us Tims Than by olur route. Firl class through Pwatogar and Freight liu. (Mm Port land aad all poInU In the WILLAMETTE VALLEY To and from San Francisco, Cal, For information apply to C. C. HoftUS, Act Ci.nl Frt V Agt Oregon Vaciic R R Co, BAILLNH lATliS. fxoa Vanuioa. WilWwetU Valley, May 16th WUUmatU Valley, ' ' " 2tth WUlwietU VaUey. " - From Saa Franclaou, WillametU Valley, ; May 12th WlllametU Valley, " lth Wil!am.tte Valley, " k ThU Company re.er.es the right W chaugs sailing dates without notioe. Pauengers from Portuvad and otker Wil lamette valley point, can make duw euaaee tinns with the train, of the Yauiua rout, at Albany and Corvallis, and if d.tiud to Han I'raociaco, should arrange to arrive at Yaquina the eyening before daU of sailiLg. Passenger and Freight rates the lowest W. B. Wumtih, Corvallis, Ore. Gen Frt & Pan Ag't, Oregon Development Co. 104 Montgomery St, Kan rranci.cn. GEO. F. CRAW, AGENT, EUOEXE- E. E, BURUNCAME'3 ISSiriFFICEVLW,., EaUbUilied la Coioimdo, VM, iftfk bf Mil of Attiesi, 1W 1 1TJI Um SU, Sesrw. fcls. F. M. WILKINS, Practical Oroipl 6 diemist, DRUGS, MEDICINES, Brashes, Palate, Claaa, Oils, Leads, Toilet Articls, Etc. PhysidaDs' PreecripUoM Compounded. The Pardon of Ilrown. Couceruiug tbe pardon recently imucd to one Ilrown, the Ashlsud Tidings ssys: Clint Brown, who was senUiuccd to lbs penlten lisry for life for lbs murder of Johnny Wslk. er, in Klsmsth county, was last week par doued by tbe governor and released from custody. Tbe Sslem Capital Journal sayst "A strong petition and recommendation of tbe district attorney caused the cessation of a sentencs which is now ssid should bars never been imposed." This is not true so far as the district attorney of the judioial district it concerned. Boms two yesrs ago sn attempt wss made to secure Brown's par. don, and, as required by law, the governor wrote to District Attorney Colvbi taking bit opinion as to tbe question of pardon. Tbe district attorney replied tbat "it would be an outrage on public justioe," and his answer is on flls In the sieoutive office. He has not changed his opinion since. It may be pos sible that T. B, Kent, who was district at torney at the time and oonducled tbe prose cutlon (snd who bas since been sent to tbs insane asylum) was induoed to recommend the pardon, but tbe district attorney bas not done so. Brown bsd a fair trial and was de fended by Cogswell, Henna nud Prim, and the idea tbat bis sentence should not have been imposed never entered the public mind. Many people who know Brown have express ed tbe opinion tbat this is a case of mistsken clemency on the psrt of the governor, and that Brown's liberty is a menace to the lives of persons sgsinxt whom be holds a grudge for their connection with the application of justice to bis case lu the past. Clokino Out My Bdhimimm. The greatest bsrgsins ever offered in Eugene. Ail per sons indebted to me by note or acoount are requested to call at onoe and settle. J. V. UATLOCX. Habuwais. Builders' materiel, tools of all kinds at bottom prices. r. Li. ouambebs. Geo. W. Kinney, Auctioneer. When yon wsnt your goods, household furniture or land sold at auction, call of Geo. W, Kinsey, the pioneer and most suo oessfnl auctioneer in Lane Connty. He will attend to all sales on a reasonable com mission. Don't Believe It When told tbat F. M. Wilkins, ths druggist, is not selling "Wisdom's Kobe-tine" for the conipk'xion, tbe most elegant and only really harmless preparation oi Its kind in me world, and giving a beautiful picture card with every bottle. Call a Halt Tbat tired languid feeling means tbat your system is in a state to in vite disease, and Wright's Compound Ex tract of Sarsanarilla is what you need at onoe to expi imparities of tbe blood and build yon up. bold by all druggists. Msdfosd Flovb. A. Goldsmith bss re ceived another car load of tbe celebrated Medford flour. He will keep this exoelltnt brand of flour in stock at all times hereafter. What Is It? Tbat produces that beautifully soft com plexion and leaves no traces of its applica tion or injurious effects? The answor, Wis dom's Robert ins accomplishes all this, and is pronounced by ladies of taste and refine ment to be the most delightful toilet article ever produced, warranted harmless ana matchless. F. M. Wilkins, agent, Luges City. I have a cousin who is a printer, says Ex- Mayor J. C. Loughran of North Det Moines, Is. Some yssrs ago he was employed in this city wbers they were printing circulars for Cbsmberlsia. lis hud a deep seated cold and terrible coogh, and while setting DP copy B nP " U'D - bay tot tW. It cured him and that was tbe first I ever knew of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I have been strongly lu Us Isvor ever sino. Mv own exDerionce and tbat of my family convinces ni. tbat this remedy is tbs best ia tbs world. Tbst nisy bs strosa language but that is what I think. Fot sals by F. M. Wilkins. Druggist. The Eugene Cigar Factory Keeps constantly on band tbs finest brsnds of horns uisde, domestic, and Key West cigars. Charges tbe lowest prices for chew ing sod smoking tobaoco. Bull at retail aad wholesale. Give Them a Cbaneel That is to ssy, your tungsi Also all your breathing machinery. Very wonderful machinery it is. Not only tbe larger air passages, but lb thousand, of little tubes and eavities leading from them. When tkess are ologgei and choked with matter which ought not to be there, your lungs can not do their work. And what they do, they eannot do weel. Call it cold, cough, croup, pneumonia, catarrh, consumption or any of the family of throat and nos and bead and lung obstructions, sll ar bad. All ongbt to be got rid of. There la just on sure wsy to get rid of tbesau Tbat is to Use Boa- cbee's German Syrup, which any druggist will sell yon at 7b cents a bottle, tveu u everything els bss failed yon, yon may do dena upon this lot certain. There is no danger of a cold resulting in pusumonis when Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is used aa directed "for a severs cold." It effectuslly counterscts snd arrest sny tendency of a cold to result in pneu monia. This fact was fully proven la tbons ands of o sites during tbe vvmie of infla ems lsst winter. For sab) by F. M. Wilkins, Druggist Tbe Melrated French Cure, WsrmntedU ft DUDnniTINC" or money to cur rx. ....WW. -- refundvd. Is Bold on A POSITIVE OUARANTEE tocurasny form ofnervouadlwaM or any dlMinlerof the generative or. g.ii.oiemiermx, Itotlier arl.liw lmrnlh..eflMlvii BEFORE wwof BiimuUuu, AFTER Tolaoni of Oplnin, or th-ouirb youthful IndlM-rs. IJumever lndul(eiio,4o ,.ueh a. Lf-Mol Urmia freer, Wake(iilut-w, Bearlngdown falnainlh Wk,MernlualWeaJnt-a,H)r.teria,Nwous Pro, ti.tlnn. Nocturnal Kmi-jloua, Loocorrbira. bis flneM,Wr.k Memory, Lmo( Power and Impo Irney.whlcbllneKleetedolten lead to prcni.lor old aire and Innanlty. prlr l.oo brn, (buaes tut I.viiO. Kent liy mall ou rreelnt of price" A WRITTEN UUAKANtEK Is (Iron In erery f'lUUorderreeelved, t refund ttiemuoey If a f.rm.n.ol eur la not efTWteA hav thouuwl.o! testimonial, from old and younf, of bnthaeie.,whoh.T &5jt permanently eured Ljr Ui.uMof Apurod4Une. Clrcalar f roc Addraa THE APHRO MEDICINE CO. WeaWtu DraiMih. Hum. V, fuaiijuiu, Oa. Sold by E. R. LUCKEY k CO.. Druggists Engen, Oregon. The McKlnlcy Dinner. From luo New York World. Tbe dinner would hsve been more success ful but for the unavoidable absence of many of tbe very beat protected ones. Among those who would have been very clad to attend and testify to the benefits of protec tion, but who really didn't fuel able to oouie, wore: The 10,000 Pennsylvania miners who have been on a strike since their wsges wore cut 10 per cent. The pottery woikers of Trenton whose wages bay been cut 22 per cent. The ribbon weavers of Patterson whose wsges have been cut 15 per cent. The spinners of Lowell whose wages have been out 15 per cent. Th coal miners of Illinois whose wages hsvs been rednoed from C9 to CO cents per ton. Tbe employes of the Buckeye Resper Works who hsve suffered a reduotion of 30 per cent. Th employes of tbe Otis Iron and Steel companies of Cleveland whose wsges hav been out 30 per oent. The Hopedale weavers whose income bas been reduced V, ceuts a yard. Th Cocheoo weavers whose wsges have been cut 4 per cent. The 2,500 employes of the Illinois Steel Company who are on a strike against a pro posed reduotion. Tbe employes of th Crsn Iron Company of Allentown whose wsges have been out 10 per oent. The COO Providence weavers who struck sgninst a proposed reduotion six weeks ago and are still oat. The Willimantio spoolers, whose wsges hav been cut $1.60 per week. The furnace workers of Cleveland whose wsgos have out 10 per oent. The ooal miners of Eysuaville, Ind., who arc still on a strike. The employes of the Jacksonville (III.) Underwear Co. who struck against a reduc tion of 3 per oent. The Lew Iston cotton worker who do not like even a reduction of 3 per oent. The hstmakers of Methnen, Mass., whose wsges hsve been cut 25 per cent. The Chattanooga steel workers whose wages hsve been cut 10 per oent. Tbe employes of ths Saxony Knitting Company of Little Falls, N. Y., whose re duction Is 20 per cent. The steel workers employed by Mr. Carne gie who lose 10 per cent. The Soranton iron workers who ar In tbe sains box. Th Steelton, Bethlehem and Potts. town iron-workers who lose respectively 7, 10 and 12 per cent. Th silk-workers of Warehouse Point, Conn., whos wsgos have been cat 27 per cent. The engravers and chaser employed by lb Middleton Plat Glass Company whose wsgos hav been ont 15 per oent. Th employes of th New Haven Rolling Mill who are still out on a strike against a 10 per cent red not Ion. ' All of th 50,000 or mors protected work- Ingmen appreciate tbe great boon conferred upoa them by the MoKinley bill. Bnt for the reduction in their wage deemed neces sary by their employer to maintain th "prinoiple" of protection, their sbsenoe need not have been regretted. Notwithstanding this unfortunate circumstance, however, they were not without representation. Most of their employer themselves kindly volan. teered to attend at their own expense, snd they were then Inst night hurrahing for pro tection with all their longs. Bo,' yon see, th dinner would hav been quite a success but for the dinner. Hanged Himself. Albany Democrat, May IS. Between 8 snd 9 o'clock to-day Mr; Wm. Newman, residing soross th river, two miles from Albany, oommitted suloid by hanging himself. About 0 o'clock Mr. Newman, missing him, went into the barn where his body was suspended, life evidently having just become extinct. A son wss called and hastily cot tbs rope. Mr, Newman was seen last about 830 0'olock. He had eaten breakfast as asnsl, doing nothing to indicate th deed at th present lime. Tying the rop to a beam be slipped off a sack of potatoes, on which he had been kneeling, with bit knees cnrled np, Wben found his feet were resting on ths floor, which b could hav reached with his fingers. In doing this deed b displsyed a will power tbat was remarkable. About four years sgo s cancer appeared on th face of th deceased. It grsdually spresd until it bad eaten his chin sntirely off, snd wss spresding toward bia eyes, ausing s continual pain and agony tbat can not b described. It wss only natnral tbat he should think of ending bis missry, and if sniclde isever joatiflable this was such a se. Mr. Newmsn was 70 yesrs of age. He earn to tbe coast in 1849, during th gold excitement, and slaes then resided in Jose phine county, nntil last November, wben he parcbased the farm of Mr. Mollheny and located oa it. For sometime Mrs. Newmsn and her son bad feared such an act, h hav ing at different time Indicated tbat be con templated it. A week ago be tried to knot aa artery and pnnotur it, but failtd, saying b would not attempt it again. Lieutenant Governor Jtoaesv Roswell P. Flower and Speaker Sbeebaa ar leading candidates for Governor of New York. Con gressman A. i- Commings of that state says if Flowst shall b nominated h will be si K ted. by 30,000 majority. John A. Dillon, who, lor ths last eight years, bas been managing editor of tbe 6t. Louis Dispatch, bas gone to Nsw York to sasamt editorial management of th New York World vice John A. Cockerel, rs- signed. Homily's Wake. Pendleton E. O., May 10. Th "dead feast" held Tuesday by tbe In dians in memory of Chief Homily was quit an entertaining spectacle to th fifty or six ty ladies and gentlemen who attended. Preparations for tbe feast began at about 9 o'clock in the morning, an Immense smountof food being cooked in th Indian fashion to satisfy the hunger of the mourn ers. After these preliminaries th election was held, and resulted in th choosing oi "No Shirt" as first chief to succeed th 1st lamented. "No Shirt" was not without that undergarment, however, as his nsme im plies, but wss attired as became bis dignity. Cmsplne was elected second Chief. Tbii solemn formality over, the feast com menced and the Indians assasged their grief by disposing of snormou quantities of salmon, meat, and other eatables. After the feast the Indians and visitors gathered in an immense tepee, about a hun dred yards in length, constructed with pole and matting. In the center was a oleared space for Chief Homily's effects, which were deposited therein and guard ed by Hank Vaughan, Speeches were mad by Peo, Young Chief, and th two chief elect, who eulogized th departed with nativ eloquenoe. Agent Moorehoas snd Df. McKay also made speeches. An adjourn, meat then took plsoe to allow th whit vis itor!, time to eat their lunches. About 2 p. m. commenced tbe distribution of th personal effects of Chief Homily among his relatives, in order that th relic may preserve his memory among his people. Tbey consisted of olotbing, fin blankets, war suits, trinkets and articles of every vari ety, which he had collected during his life time. A Vigorous Old Man. Albany Demoorat. We often read items about vigorous old men. Th following Is equal to any yet reported. In order to sdd to it interest an incident of forty-four year ago will be ap propriate. In the Cayas war of 1817-8, near Walla Walla, Mr. Green McDonald and Mr. Jason Wheeler were both shot on the same day Mr. Wheeler through one of bis thighs, while th Indian's ballet psssed into on of Mr. McDonald's lungs, first cat. ting a copper button In two, going clear through and lodglngjunder the skin, making a bunch nearly as big as a hen's egg. Mr. McDonald walked up to Mr. Wheeler snd remarked: "Well tbey's got me this time," thinking his time hsd come. Mr. Jos. Earl, residing in ths third ward, was present at the time A few dsys sgo Mr. Wheeler psid Mr. MoDonald a visit at his horn near Solo. Notwithstanding the ballet's trip through his lung be was alive yet, and mor, though 73 years of age, wss splitting nils with th energy of Linooln. H informed Mr. Wheeler, on being taken to task for a man of bis age to be in such sn occupation, aid s couple of day previoa he had cut tbs timber snd split 126 osk rails, equal to about twice the number of fir rails. He quit his rail splitting for the time snd th two friend talked of th events of by-gon days. Do th readors of th Democrs' know of sny more vigorous 73-year-old gen. tleman In Oregon, regardless of Indian bal lets? Lee's Unconsclons Bravery. N. Y. Ban. Her is sn story Illustrative of th consid eration General Lee always showed for oth ers while remaining sbsolutely Indifferent to wbst might befall himself. It wis in th v Wilderness fight, snd h snd General Wade Hampton were passing over th field. They cam to s narrow pass between woods, snd Lee noticed tbat the passags was covered by the northern sharpshooters, who were do ing very effective work. "Hsmpton," said th commanding general, "I reckon yoa bad better go 'round through th trees snd meet m on the other side, ss th flr of th sharpshooters is very dangerous here." That is sll there Is of the story. Of course, General Hampton eaid: "General Let, I guess if yon can walk there, I can follow yon." But not the unoonsoiousnessof per sonal danger snd the unselfishness of Lee. These were Incessant characteristics of bis. A Chicago man is out here In search of a stick of timber 110 feet square. He ha not been able to find such s stick in sny of ths lumber ysrds in Portland snd so bss gone down to tbe Nebalem to look for s Ire to make one. He is working in the interest of the Colombian Exposition, snd it Is sup posed tbat the stick is wanted forth center pole of th great circus In this cat it is likely tbst the stick will need to b four feet squsr on on end. Th Oregoniaa think if he succeed in finding such a stick and getting it out of th woods, without people knowing it h will bss daisy. After July 1, across th fao of every tamp leaned to liquor dealers by th inter nal revenue buresu, will b printed th following: Thi stamp is simply a receipt for a tax do th government, snd does not exempt tbe holder from sny penalty or pun labment provided tor by th law of sny atat for carrying on tbe said business within such state, and does not authorize the com mencement nor th continuance of soch bus iness contrary to the law of snch state or in plsoes prohibited by municipal law. Commissioner Baker is after th microb killer man. II says a gallon of th stuff woold tat np mor than two drachms oj zinc Those of as who hsve failed to get sine linings for oar stomachs woold do well to be moderate in onr effort to exterminst unknown snd undetermined microbes in onr system. An old remedy for fleas on s dog was to kill th dog and bury hlin, but it is ques tionable whether the sams remedy Is a good on for microbes, especially ss few of as hav yet got on speaking terms with oar microbe anyhow. Welcome. s i I ' 5' V"'i ' - f - ,