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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 30, 1897)
SATURDAY OCTOBER 23. Last ulglit wm a stormy ot.e Arthur Kelly, of Burn. It la E gene. Rev Father Daly went to Monroe tlil morn lug. F r Kenlston, of Los Angeles, Cal jala tL oily. OP Houston, of Juuotlon, arrived up tbli afternoon. Roy Crow, on of 13 J Crow, bat gone to Arizona ou a trip. J A Roach and C M llilemun, of Dallas spent lust night In Eugene. Secretary Klncald arrived up from Sslem this afternoon to spend Sunday, Edwin Badreau wenttoHalsey to- ,y, wbere be will preach tomorrow Miss Rosa Rees of Thurston is visit log ber friend Miss Alice Baldwin of tills city. Mrs Vina Leinley, came down to- , day from I'reswell wbere site is teach ing school. We learn that the hcultb of Viula Btraub, who Is In New Mexico, In Im proving. Sherwood Burr has moved his olllce to the Conner building up stalls, over Yorau & Ron's store. Miss Jessie Livermore left for Will ton this morning where she will coin uu nee a term of school Monday, A letter from Hon C K Wilkinson who is si ill In New York City, says his condition remains about the same. District Attorney w IS i ates ar rived up from (,'orvallls this af'ernoon to attend circuit court which convenes Monday. J D Matlock & Co are wiling the! stock of goods at auction this afternoon Generally speaking he articles bring low prices. Rev J R N Bell, formerly of Ashluud and Roseburg, who has been pastor of the Presbyterian church at Baker City bas resigned bis charge and will move to California. AurellUB Arniitage brings tli Guard a sample Burbank potato from his garden on the Mckenzie. It Is 12 iuches long, 10 lucbes around and weighs 3 pounds. Norrti Yamhill item: A good many bop growers have shipped to Loudon through the Corbett & Macleay Co aud received an advance of six cents per pound on the consignment. Street Commissioner Mummey is cleaning the sidewalks today. For the past two weeks he has been super intending the graveling force and has been compelled to neglect the side walks. Fred E Chambers, the prom)neut young hardware merchant of Inde pundonce, Is in the city visiting his parents, Mr and Mrs J B Chambers, and bis brother, F L Chambers, Eu gene's well-known hardware man. Hon Nat Langell and wife, of Jack sonville, are In the city visiting their daughter, Mrs W C Hale. Mr Langell was a member of the "late lamented farce" at Salem, but evidently regrets his connection with it. Today's Albany Herald: Mr Van Wilson, who bas been at Duluth, Minnesota, for a year or more, wai a passenger on last night's train for Eu ceue. where his family went a few days ago and where they will reside. The JNew York steamship trade with New Orleans and Oalvestin is about paralyzed I ecause of the prevalence ol yellow fever at those points. The Bteimahlns of the Morgan Hue, one - w from each port, are bound back to New York with cargoes of freight intended for distribution throughout Lousisiana, Misslssinol aud Texas, which tbt authorities declared would not be al lowed to pass the limits of the plague- stricken ports, IN IDAHO MINES. L W Gay, a Former Lane County Kan, Has Good Propped s. L W Gay, now of Kellogg, Idaho, but formerly a resident of this county, In writing to renew his subscription to the Guard sands a fuw general items of Interest. Mr Gay says that all tho mines in that section are running full blast. He also reports that a good deal of outside capital is coming in there at present, and taking bold of prospects that have been lying Idle for some lime. Mr Gray reports that himself and three other prospector owning adjoining claims have bonded the group for l-P,-000 with very good prospects of the sale being consummated. Will Consign Prunes. Norris Humphrey bas made arrangements to consign his 90,000 pounds or artea prunes to Phil F Keller, of Seattle, Washington, a commission merchaut. He will load them at Irving Monday in three cars. He received an advance of two cents per pound. Is P. M. Now. Perry Sherwood is now postmaster .at Cottage Grove, having taken possession yesterday. The retiring postmaster, J PCurriu, made a most excellent official and we trust that Mr Sherwood will be as gOOd ftODSl FRIDAY OCTOBER 22. Wheat I. 00 cent, .bushel here to- dance will be given at Coburg this A taste of Webfoot weather this afternoon. Today's southbound local was nilnutes late. 20 Thousand, of wild geese pawed over the city lost night. "Bulcher-'Weyler.of fuba, refuses to surrender bis command. Eugene had four delegates at the meeting of Baptists at McMlunvlll. this w ek. At Puyallup, Wash, knkivr. ., o!!erlug 13j cehts, but growers are hold- "i lor id cents. The semaphore et the S P station is 1U ' new position opposite the -ippm.uers window. Astoria bas a Push Club. It bas -ignem lor work, and uilirbt well -proud Itself out over the state. An Umpqna sportsman turned lome nepair wild turkeys on the head waters of the UmrKiua river the other -ay. Ernest Lee has beeu appointed aeni of the Oregon Telegraph & Telephone Coat Juiictlou, vice CP Houstou. re- sigtitu. J O Wulton, of Halsey who stooped over uere to visit his brother. L waltou, left for Roseburg on t.day's :u. local. Bowling alleys an I merry-go-rounds will hereafter be compelled to pay license ol flO per mouth or $25 per (juarter in iiaker City. The five months d baby of Wm Wallace died at Creswell Monday aud was burled In the Odd Fellows ceme tery at Cottage Grove yesterday. A iioston woman who died recently lert f4,000 in money stowed away In her bustle. It must have created quite a bustle among her relatives when the Mud was made. J B Huutly, who lives near La Grande, In Eastern Oregon, trapped a cinnamon bear in his orchard that weignea .u pounds. I tie bear was stealing apples. A few handlulls of decomposed granite from the walk at the depot will Ax a slippery sidewalk. The sharp groins of sand take hold pre venting sllpplug. Geo Yeriugtou, who is now at his Blue River mines, is expected to ar rive here ubout November 1 and will take a position In A Yerington's Ninth street pharmacy. The Oregon intercollegiate football association meets in the St Charles hotel, Albany, tonight The schedule for the season's games will be arranged and other business transacted. Nicholas B Slnnott, of The Dalle., for years landlord of the Umatilla House at that place, died in Portland yesterday from liver trouble and dropsy. He was 65 years of age. Hon M C George was yesterday ap pointed judge to fill tbe vacancy caus ed bv the death of Judge TA Stephens, of department No 4, of the circuit court for Multnomah county, by Governor Lord. It is likely a doorway will be cut be tween E R Sklpworth's law office and the front room in the adjoining Shel ton building. This will give Mr Skip- worth a fine suite of rooms, both front ing on the street. Mr J W Cook, owner of the Music mine in the Bohemia district, states that he cleaned up 30,000 in bullion and concentrated from the middle of May to Oct 1b., with a five stamp mill. He has put In wood and provisions for an all winter's run, Mlnto correspondent to Salem States- - . ... . m , i- . - man: Mr U-inns' ravorauie report in his tiip to Alaska lies caused the gold fever" to run high In this neigh - borhood airain. and some that had thought of going before and had given p the Idea now declare they will go in the spring. Th Dalles T-M: While In Baker City last Saturday Sheriff Driver at teuded the meeting or the rress Asso ciation, representing the TImes-Moun talneer. He says he had a splendid time, and was so favorably impressed Ith the newspaper fraternity that ne Is almost persuadea to turn eaiior himself. The Albany Herald of the 19'b Inst, has the following: "Lasselle & Sons, ho own a fine prune orchard near Albany, and built a large dryer this season, shipped to Portland Saturday (-ntv.fiva tons of dried prunes. JF pwhipp also shiDned eight tons. The price received af.er the fruit was grad ed Is 3 to 4J cents per pound." Honors continue to fall on Altamont and Tecora, the latest being the mile at La Grande, which put Umahailis in tbe 2:20 list. No other pair of hones living or dead bas produced such a re markable family of .descendants. Chehalls (2:071), Del Norte (2.08, Touchet(2:15), 'lenino (2:310), three sons and one daughter, In the 2:20 list, and Walter Q(2:18), by Del Norte, nd Umahailis (2:17., by Cbeball-, as A WI8H. Only to tie. bird In the primrose, dark of tha moraine - return, do past. Just s pnsant. with wing. Fur an luiiaal out On tin (rwn vers- of thine. Then tonwi without wurnlnf. -ll.lvn U. llullU la Lfcutur. THE UNDERSTUDY. There Is no more popular place of ontor telnment In London than tho Queen's thoaUar, In tho Strand, and tt seemed on that particular evening as tf tho entire theater going publlo bad fixed on It for Its mining's amusement. Jt was to bo a grout occasion. Old 0 uy Ashlyn, after a retirement of 13 -curs, bad boon rwrsuaded toappearfurone night as Haiulot, tho greatest of all his triumphs. Currtago aftur corrlugu rolled up to the box ofUou, and a crowd wultod at too pit eutranoe largo enough to bulllo tho good tuinperod polloeuion who bad charge, of It. Tho excitement behind the swum was almost as groat. Scarcely any of tho nres- ent company bad enjoyed tho honor it was an honor of acting with "door old Uuy." li success bad bcon that of the lust generation, but In spite of hla ..vent odd years, olmoit all incut inJiord work, tbo old follow Kill bud tho high spirits and alert figure of a young man. About half an hour before the doors weru to bo opened to tho publlo his brougham drove up to tbo stage entrance, and amid a lltllo chorus of welcome from tho orowd waiting for bl appearance bo prang to the pavement. Everybody was delighted to tee Mill full of vigor as he genially turned round to belp bis granddaughter alight. Then came bis pupil, young Allen Web ster, who bad undertaken to look after bis master and oven act as "dresser," for ho best understood his whims, and old Guy Ashlyn was apt to bo nervous and Irritable with stranger. Everything had been dono to study the oonvonlence of tho old trngedlun. Tbo groonroom had been temporarily converted Into a dressing room to savo hliu tho ne cessity of climbing stairs between tbe scenes, and with his own pupil to act as "droaacr" and strict orders glvon that no ono should disturb him his strength would bo sixired as much as possible fur tho most trying purt on tV English stage. Mr. Ashlyn led the way to his dressing room, closely followed by Orooo and Alien. "Do you feel at all nervous, dear?" ask ed his granddaughter. Not a bit, my luvo," answered the old man obuorlly. "I fcol Su years younger. and when I face the footlights I shall feel llko a boy." That's all right," said the girl. "uw, Allen," she oontluucd, turning to the young man, with a slight blush, "mind you look aftor blru. I shall hold you re sponsible. It strikes me," said tbe young fellow, with a- laugh, "that Mr. Ashlyu Is quite capable of taking care of himself and everybody else In tho theater." "Then I shall run away and dress. lie- membor. Rraudpapa, I shall keen quite oloso to you on tho stugo, and I know every line In Hamlet, so If you forgot anything I shall bo able to prompt." "Bother you and your prompting!" sum the old man testily. "I played Humlot before you woro born." Then, with a nod and a stullo, Oraoe, who was to bo ono of the crowd, so that If bor grandfather's strength failed hlru she would be close at band, dunoed awuy to her dressing room. "It soeins to mo, young Icllow, .sola Mr. Ashlyn as soon as ho and bla pupil were alone, "that you and Miss Grace have oonimoncod a llttlo swocthoarting.' Tho young man smiled consciously, "I hope you won't raise any objection, sir." ho said. "I wasn't going to say any thing about it Just yot, but you nre so sharp." "Bloss your soul, my dear boy," said the old man grimly, "I played lovor for nearly 60 years. I ought to unuorsutnu tbo part What docs sho say about ill "Well, she won't soy anything very dell ti l " ho answered. "Unto I your per mission, Mr. Ashlyn, to win bor if I eaat" "Oh. dear mo. yes!" said tne om uoior. 'Win hor by all meuns, but I won't bnvo any marrying until you havo shown us Whether you enn act. rcrsunuuy i you bavo a f uturo If you do what X toll . ii -uu- . . . ,. l. IA "I Intend to uo wen, ior hit hi--, aim a linn nnlntlv. "At any rata no man on the stugo bus been butter taught than I bavo." Tho old fellow's otos twinkled at tho compliment, but tho necessity for dressing nnd making up prcvenieu lunuur wuht antintl. At oxaotly a quarter past tueourtuin was rima un. and un eager house, crowded from lloor to colling, wultod to welcome tho nld favorite. The first sooua was 0n- nml in tho socood. a room nf slt ln Him k llff'S DUlaOS. liumics lun-ini ma Jlrst oppcaranoo. . n vm looounlzod at once, und It scorn ed as If one mighty shout of weloomo rose from every person present. It was a trying moment ior oh -tloman, who hud long since pusod tho or dinary years of humon life. Before him wore the footlights, whloh hehid not faced for 13 yours, and beyond them nearly U.000 people, shouting, yelling, appiauuiiig h'lle stood and bowed. 81111 tho applause continued, aud ho bowed sgiiln and nguin. Pooplo said that ho bowed a llttlo sillily and awkwordly, liko ono who Is not used a it Vaap him thou-h nono of tho nu- dionoe notioed hor stood a girl, with a sweet but anxious face. ho wus drossed .. nnnnf tho court ladles, and It might k... hAon nhiwrvcd that slis always Stood nin tn nld Qui as the business of tho stago would allow. Even as ho stood bowing, with a quoer, almost bewildered; look on his fuco, she was whispering reassuring words. The mouiont oanie for Humlet to sieuk, "A little moro than kin and loss than kind." , But the old mon seemed to bo almost eboked with emotion, aud not a syllable of bis first line oould bo bourd by the au dience. , ... That queer bush passed over tbo house wbloh signifies disappointment. What could It mean? Tho scono wont on, dui oaroely a word uttered by the oontral llg nre was board. The oudlenoo settled down . . m,nr ailenoo. straining Its ear paln- fuUytohcar Uuy Ashlyn, who had once been tho uest elocution m m ma Speak up, uoarle. 1 oon nun iuc can aulto hoar you," whispered his grunu- daudhtor uneasily. I am sj)aking up, no uiiswureu vlshly. "They can Hour me ai sue oac of tho gallery." Thninsnson the battlements with the nhost was olmost painful. Everything dopcads on tiamlut 1'raotloaiiy it U a ouo man sctuo. ktry eyo is rlveUd on the figure In black, every lies Is listened to with anxious, thrnhlilug Interest, bnt he.ru the old man's failure, was more no tlultlo than ever. lu addition to being mum or less Inaudible, he had the misfor tune to trip slightly as bo mn down some stops, following the ghost. It seemed to uput bis nerve. Perhaps it reminded hliu that be was un old muu, that his sight, volci and hearing Werv all tiuperfeot. But tho house treated hliu with groat rn poet In bis movumeiits thcru were still stimo traoosof the groat artist, but as scene sfter scene followed tho tedium became al most unbearable. Tbo old man had lost that Indescribable art, tho secret of all acting sympathy. Ho behoved be was Impressing the bousu, whereas In reality people were yawning. UU physical strength was unequal to the task, llomndo long and ridiculous pauses, and people thought he had forgotten his line. Ily degrees tbe audlenco became fidgety. At lust a voice In tho gullcry called out, nut unkindly: "Hurry up, Uuy. You are too long." Oddly enough, that seemed to break the 1M-11. It suddenly flushed across the poor old fellow that ho wus not a success, but a ter rible failure. Ho tried to keep his wits about li I in , but the shock wus too grout, lis began to forget his lines. At LiiHt tho curtain fell on act two amid tho sound of mingled applause and hissing. It was scarcely to bo wondered ut. Then were many In tho house who bud novor seen Guy Ashlyn before. To them ho wus a tradition, nut a rjnlliy, and they had no more respect for hi mi tliau any oth er actor. In vnln tho older iiiciiiIhts of the until -eneo cnllitl "Ord':rl" aud "Sihuiiie!" TboM could bo no doubt thut tho verdlrt was failure, and tho old man went buck to his dressing room leaning un Allen's una. Ills head was bowed on bis hroast, und he trembled in every limb. Uo know now that ho bud presumed too much on bis strength; that his teturn was a mistake. But the qucxtloii which torinuutod tho mnnuKer and his friends wus, How would tho evening end? At present only two acts hud been finished. Tbcro wore still three to follow. Would It end In a scone, In a Humor It Is not too much to any thut the entire audlenco suflerod agonies. They had come out to Im ninusod and exhilarated. They wero being tortured. Nothing but a feel ing of rcscct and sympathy kept them In their places, but tho evening still hud a surprise In store for them. In tho third act (luy Ashlyn seemed to recover himself. Ills Improvement wus scarcely noticeable at lint, but before tho dllUcult scene with Ophelia was over ho had settled down to his work with some sort of confldenoo. It was not the Uuy Ashlyn of old, as tho critics remarked sadly, but ut least be was audible, lie spoke his linos crisply and began to show something of hla old de cision. As tho play proceeded tho Improvement became moro marked. Knoounigcd by the uppluiisc, be begun to throw some of bis old lira Into It. What wus the secret nf Itf How wits It thut an old man of nearly bo, who had rhowu distinct signs of collapse, hud suddenly gathered up his strength so as to act ulmost with tho finish of his young duysr The contrast between this and his fee bleness In tho earlier pnrt of the play was so grout that tha public, scarcely knew how to show Its approval suululeutly. Kvery ono bad dreaded a fiusco. They were witnessing a triumph. Sumu half dozen old aotors, sitting In tho front row of the stalls, who had bcon friends of Guy Ashlyn In his youth, looked at ono another In nuzzled auiuzuiuont. At tho full of tho curtain on the fifth act, In rospouso to a torrlflo cry of "Ash lvnl" tho actor came slowly forwurd. But It seemed thut ho hud spent hla strength, for his acknowledgment was of tho briefest, nnd bo wns evidently glad to retire behind tho curtain, whore Gruoo was waiting for him. A number of friends were there eager to speak to him nnd full of curiosity, but tho olrl wavod them buck. "I'luuso don't speak to him," sho suld firmly. "Uo la qulto cxhuustod and must act homo as ou ekly as possiuia" Thon sho slipped hor arm tl.rough bis, and. with droonlnu bond and hesitating feet, ho ullowcd himself to bo conduoted to bis dtesslna: room. Thoro a scene presented Itself which would havo surprised everybody except ono or two of those who had pluyou loauing narta In tho iiorformonoe and a few mem bers of tho profession who had knowu the srent trailed a n personally. Ouy Ashlyu was sitting by tbo dressing room 11 ro In Ills ordinary clonics. Ills head was sunk on his breast, and two or three tears trickled down his cheeks and fell with a splash on to tho truiiiuiing, withered Imnd. Whon tho two young pooplo entered, no looked up with u faint smile. Qmne nt onco locked tnn lloor, anu, run nlug across to hliu, throw her arnisnroiind bis nock anil whispered words of loving comfort. It was Allen Webster who bud lliilslieu tlia rilav. ' It was not Ior iioining mas no nau studlod for three years under tbe greuUst actor of tho niro. lie knew his every mini norlsm and gesture by heart. It hnppenod that .there was a slight resombbinco be twinn the two In anijouriiiiou. Indeed It was tho resemblance to tho tragi'dlnn which hnil first suiruestcd to tho young mull the Ideo of Holm; on the stage. It wub a glgiintla tusk, nnd ho hud undertaken It to savo tho reputation ui nis om imisivr. As ho stood panting with excitement nml exhaust on. with ono ulnuw on tne mantelpiece, Grace suddenly left Her granu futhur, and B"ltf p tu bhn put her arms arouud hlui, too, and with hlusiiliig, tear stained face, whispered her thanks. Liloyu Williams In Now York Journul. An Invisible Monkey. There are many unlmuls, especially hirds and Insects, which luluilo In their colors and shapes the natural objects amid which they dwell, and thus frequently escape tho eyes of their enemies, but, as Dr. Lydekker suys in iwiowiougo, - until oulta recently no cuso wus Known wnere a monkey, for the sake of protection, resem bled In form or coloration either soma oth er animal or an Inanimate object." Hucb monkeys wero discovered by Dr. J. W. Gregory during his recent journey In oust Africa. Near relatives of tho monkeys seen by him bavo long been known to natural-its, and have excited surprlso by tho brilliant contrast of the black fur covering their body and limbs with tho snow white ninntloof long, silky bair hanging from their shoulders und the equally white pluraoson tbelr tails. This contrast, Dr. Gregory found, serves to render the ani mals practically Invlslblo, for the trees which they Inhabit have black stems ncd are draped with pendent masses of gray white lichen, amid whloh tbe monkeys can hardly be distinguish-. MILITARY ROAD WORK- llie IflUllljf AtltllGTltlt- M it 13 GOOll, Condition New Bribes anil Improved Crudes. aombaru Oregon Trasls. Daily Guard Oclo er Ji, From t'haa Williams, who left here today with tw wugous loaded Willi supplies for Silver Luke parties, in Klamath comity, we learn that the work (I Id by Lane county, and In proeeiwof completion. Is of a substau tial ami durable character MrfJiliiert, the superintendent, with a force of men have done splendid work at Crowbar and linulder grades, a few miles this si to of the summit, reducing the grades und leveling the road which had beuome sidling;. The wagmi bridges across tsininwin ami Swift creeks will be finished so that tiavel can get across them after this week. These bridges will bo great conveniences for travel as tho fords are mugh, ami a slight rise (if water makes fording dangerous. sir Wi'llauis says Klamath county people can make big wages by coming to Eugene for supplies, aud he expects to see far more tr.ivel lu the future across the Military road, now that it is being put in good condition. Our business men should reach out lor the Southeastern Oregou Hade. The Mil itary road has easy giades and when ranchers and stockmen know It will lie kept up, I bey will make arrangements to come to Eugene for their supplies. They will come but once a year, but w III take taek groceries aud nrv goods by wagon loads. As soon as the weather settles next spring this road should be looked after. For a number of miles there are no settlers and the publlo must bear the charge of It main tenance. RARE Al'lO.l ..1 kiH. A t'allertlon Which Merrelnry ofHIate Klnealil Una In Ilia IMmaea. alon. Oregon AVifesmcn, Oct. 20, 1807: Among tbe personal tteatures of State Secretary 11. K. Klncntd, and which he kindly exhibited to a Slates man representative yesterday afternoon, Is a superb collection of autographs ot tbe famous men of America, gathered by tbo secretary during bis thirteen years of service at the national cupl lot. Many of these celsbruled signatures are attached to letters and documents addressed personally to Mr. Klticiild, In a public or private capacity, and are highly valued by that gentleman, as well tbey may bo. Tlieio are certainly few collections of the sort containing so tunny Illustrious names and the fu.tihul many of tbeso distinguished people were uis colleagues ond irtends makes ice pososslon of their autographs doubly precious to nun. Among the great senators of tho na tloo In this group, uiav bo found tbe names of John T Morgan, Win Plnknrv White, 11 1( Anthony. A 11 (iurland, F M Coekrell, IsliamG Harris, SUMaxey, w lYindom, S I K. McMillan, Angus Cameron, a l raddock, J t Morrill, J J Ingalls, 11 W lilalr, Chandler, John A l.ogan, j ii Muter, M il Carpenter, ii n. isruce, ana w is Allison. Culled from a long list of dlstlnguiih- ed representative! are noted the fol- lowing: Thomas ltyan, J houiai to. dograii, r J Henderson, ueu uutler worth, DC Haskell, J It Kelchum.J A Garfield, Thomas II Stents, Win Aid' rich, It U llorr, Aoson O MrCook, Jo It llawley, .1 Warren Kelfcr, II 11 Hrlg. ham, O D Conger, L V Morton, wl Washburn, Uodlovo H Orlh. Wm Mo- Kiuley. Jr, John 1 Mitchell, CbasU'Nell, LU llouk, Frsuk Jllckock, Chus II Joyce aud K K Yalsutine. bllll another group contains the signs manual of such men as John M Clayton, of Delaware: Pierre Houle. of Loulsfnua: J It Doolittle, of Wisconsin; J W Nos- inlth, of Oregon; John P Hale, of New Hampshire; Jlunnlbal Hamlin, of Maine; Jefferson Davis; halmou P Chase; II W Gore, of Massachusetts; John W Forney, Charles Summer, Steph en It Mallory, (Simon Cameron, iSam Houston, John .Sherman, Schuyler Col far, Gerrct Davis, Lyman Trumbull, Daniel Webster, James llucniinan, Hen ry A Foster, W I. Dawson. James be tu ple, James Shields, W P Fessenden, Robert Toombs, James Harlan, Andrew Johnson, linn Fllzpatrtck, Wm II Ho ward V C Clay, Jr, a V I'omeroy, Jobu C Ten Kyck, W HaulsborvJSIilney Ilreese. JobnS Huuler,PrestonKlng,lou F Wade, lieu stark, ol Oregon, una others ol equal fame nnd honored memory. besides tho foregoing, 41 r. h mould possesses a book of autograpbi of par allel importance and a large number of letters signed by many ol tne brilliant leaders In nntlnna! affairs between tho years INUtl-is,"; but the matters of especial value to lilm in tne collection, are tbe autographs of tbe members of both houses of congress In 18i;7, signed to letters of endorsement and recom mendation to tbe president for his ap pointment toafoderslposltlon. These are signed by nearly all the members of both bouses in 1S7'J, irrespective ol party, and Including two members of the house wno nave since neea elected to tbe olllce of president of tha United States, namely, James A. Garlleld and vt m. AlcHlnley, Jr. Great as Is tne interest felt in review ing sueb a collection as this for Its own Inborant value and the rarity of tbe now famous specimens of chlrograpby, that Interest is palpably deepened by the running coinmeut by way of de scription or anecdote In connection with very many of these historic men, lu which Secretary Klncald Indulges as be shows forth the treasurer. There Is hardly a name in the collection the ut terance ol which does not Instantly recall Ibe blzh, and even glorious ca reer, for wblcb It stands and lulliiite pleasure is bad from simply looking over tbem for one's self, but when this Is supplemented by the pleasant recit als of a man who was close to these honored Americans, familiar with tbelr biblt and thought aud speech and ac tion, the privilege takes on a charm that Ii profoundly appreciated. A l)lHOMST PltESS. The press which is today attribut ing the prevalent price of wheat to tl. 1:.,1.. kill ; i... . . bo worthy of belief, and this baing tho case, it is very surprising that mud of average ability and polit ical acumen can be induced to train with such mendacity and utter dis regard of common sense. It is not corumou sense; it is not common decency or rear I for fact. No where in this broad land of ours is there a man senseless enough to believe bu.;1i rot, unlets he he in the isylum or a fit subject for incarcer ation. Of course, so far as Oregon is concerned, tbs better price for wheat has caused better times. What causod this better price, nat ural causes or the Dingley bill? Of oourse there is but one answer. It is a general belief that no modern Jew ever become, a furmer. A Jcwinh association, however, has organized tbe "National Farm School," at Uoykstewn, Ta, with obvious intention of creating some farmers irom young Jews. Of courfe tne school is open to all, but it is distinctly a Jewish enUrprise, avowedly intended for the benefit ot the Jewish people. The society has purchased a good farm and erected thereon suitable buildings, and is, ti course, out of debt. One would expect the financial arrange ments of a Jewish benevolent enter priee t.i be satisfactory, and they arc T i the extent of the means of the society pupils are admitted free. During tbe winter their time is mainly occupied in the so'iool; during the summer 'hoir principal duty is on the farm, It is a man ual-labor school at which the stu dent, so fir as possible, pays for hi. education by his labor. Whit is lacking is made up otherwise. A thousand business meu of Matt-Lester, Euglan I, have sign.d petition to tbe government asking it to curry out its pledges to do all possible to secure a siuble par ot exchange between gold andt-ilver and suggesting a compromise be tffeen the cxticme views of both purtii c It is a lioticablo fact th it the business men and tho newspa pers of Manchester, Birmingham, Shtfiield ani tho other greit i nil us trial centers of England are tuore favorable to a practical schem of bimetalism than ii London. The London imwHpnpers are always ac cepted, out!.do o( that country, as spoiling tho .emiments of the na tion, but it often happens that the Manchester and Birmiugh tu jour nals get nearer to the real mind of the Euglifh people. Here is a late ruling of the post odice depart uont: "Letter carriers are not required to subject the n selves to the rib); oi being devoured by vicious dogs in delivering mu 1 matter." One of the stunding reg ulations of the department h that owners ol vicious dogs must call at the postoilice and it their own mail unices in someway 'hey make it entirely safe for the carrier to deliver it. A craze for do keep ing seems at present to possess city dwellers in this country, and the postoffice department takes occa sion to inform owners of ugly tem pered ciuines that it does not pro pose to let us servants be lorn to pieces. Roseburg Review : Congressman Tongue Bays nickel will be placed on the dutiable list whenever con gress can bo assured that Douglas county bus deposits of the metal of any considerable importance. This is not likely to ever happen since the nickel monopoly want no tariff and this "protective" tariff is only placed where it will have the eilect of aiding some trust or corporation and induce a liberal subscription to a campaign fund. The adherents of Henry George in New York t, circulating the re port that Win J Bryan is support ing hi i uti(lid:i-y. Replying to a t-leg, am, lie Mi. ed that be would isisitivr-ly mke no part in the local light, lix-president Harrison de clii.i H lo d"oid Lptwe'n Lo and Tracy. Tho jam aign i warming up and meetings are held through out the city every night in numer ous places. grandchildren.