CM O
BACK FROM TOWN.
id friends alio rs the beet.
Hales like ami heartiest;
Kutred lift tlmt, and don't allow
VV e're so blame much better now!
They was staodm' at the bars
Wk we s-ratftjed "the kivrered kyanT
.And lit out for town, to make .
Money and that old mistake
W thought then the world we went
Into beat "The Settlement,"
A nd the f rWnda "at we'd make there
Would beat any anywhere!
' And they do fer that's there bis
They bt-at nil the friends they ia
""Cept the rnal old friends like too
"At staid home, like I'd ort tol
W'f, of all the good things ytt
1 ain't ohrt of. Is to quit
Bosines. and git back to sheer
TUeMe old comforts waitin' here
Tbese old friends: and these old hands
'At a feller understands;
These old winter nifrhta. and old
Young folks chased in out the coldl
- fing "Hard Time's 'II come ag'in
u More!" and neighbors all jine inl
Here's a feller come from town
Wants that air old fiddle down
From the cliimbleyl Uit tbe floor
Cleared fer one cowtillion morel
It's poke the'kitchen fire, says be.
And sbake a friendly lex with me!
-James Whiteomb Riley in Centory
Hank .Cars.
riew Zealand . has set an example
-which might axl van tttgeously be follow
- in certain parts 6 this country, In
he same way an we have "cathedral
jcars" it has -traveling banks." A clerk
xepresenting the bank travels up ami
down a railway line for the transaction
t her ordinary business of the bank
anth those who have not sufficient facil
ities for coming into the city. Laden
Uh a sachel containing his supply of
-oasn. ana provided with a teller s usual
precautions against robbery, the clerk
-makes the carriage his headquarters.
'..And there receives visits from customers
-t t ha way stations, changing checks or
Takii;g deposits as occasion may require
This plan is faid to prove profitable to
-tbe bank and a great convenience to the
t tiers, who are saved all the trouble of
journeying to town to relieve themselves
of turplus money or to procure change
-It if- not difficult, however, to see that
"the New Zealanders are not properly ed--nrotul
in the matter of train robbery.
-Nw York Commercial Advertiser
Mr. Bradlangh's Windfall,
An interesting incident in the life of
the late Mr. Bradlaugh, M. P.. has es
caped notice in the many biographical
ieU-hes. At a time when Mr. Brad
lanxh was most in need of money he
-narrowly escaped coming in for a wind-
"tall of over 20.000. A Barnstaple gentle
man named Tnbervilie a' brother of
Mr. R. D. Blackmore, the famous jrfKhor
of "Lorna Doone" had such an admira-
tion for the junior member for North
ampton that, after a very short acquaint-
juw, he executed a will in his favor.
Mr. Tnbervilie died shortly afterward
at Yeovil under circumstances which
oecewsitated an inquest, and it then
.traoNpired that another will in favor of
young lady had been made. The latter
Trill was disputed, and, eventually, as
"the result of a compromise, Mr. Brad
3augh obtained 3.000. London Tit-Bits
He Was Not to Blame,
One day on a railroad car a lady al-.-Jowed
her little' boy, who could barely
-pejik distinctly, to play about the car.
mead bye and bye, to the horror of all of
"ns, bhe discovered him complacently
.totting outside on the steps. She brought
hint in, and although the punishment
inflicted was mild his little heart seemed
to be completely broken. When, pres
ently, the train stopped at a station,
-great choking sobs could be beard dis-
'tinctly all over the car, and suddenly
we were all convulsed by a grievfng;"re-prosu-hful
and utterly desolate little
oice exclaiming, "Say, -mamma, when
naughty old trainman -leaves a
door wide open, hoyf' can a baby help
" going out?" West Shore.
Trumped Ills Partner's Ace.
At a social gathering a few evenings
go, the conversation turning upon luck,
r gentleman remarked;- "All this talk
alxnt thirteen being an unlucky uum
ber Is sheer nonsense. What, for in
stance, is iuekiei' than holding thirteen
truiops at whi9t ,
"Humpbi1" replied another gentleman.
"I held a thirteen trump hand once and
didn't make more than onVJ trick with
'How conld.that be?"
"Well, you see, my partner Was soine
what hot temieved. and when 1 trumped
liis ace he jumped r.p and threw me out
f the room." Boston Globe.
Karly Icehouses.
In America icehou.-es have been known
Tor at least 200 years. They were at
first very primitive affairs, being noth
iug more than deep cellars, the "flooring
suiiwie of. boards or stone,, upon which
was placed a layer of straw or sawdust.
The sides were liued with boards. set
about a foot, from the wall, and this
Ic..j was filled in with sawdust, tan bark
-or straw. A rough, thatched roof coin
jdeted the structure, - which was" then
filled with ice, between the layers of
which tanbark or sawdust was - strewed.
- Detroit Free Press.
No in. tbe Second Hand Business.
As Sheridan was entering oourt one
day carrying his books and briefs in a
-lren bag. According to the custom of
the time, some of his brother barristers,
"thinking to play a joke on him, urged
ome boys - to ask him if he had old
.adothes for sale iu his green bag. . "Oh.
aio!" instantly replied iSheridan, "they
are all new suite." San Francisco Ar
sonant. ; ,
' A Scotch student had a curious methoo
tf studying. He spread out his books
where the hearth rug would naturally
iutve been, and lay there at full length
. learning his task by the light of a fire
-xuade from roots of decayed trees which
lie had dug in a wood near Edinburgh
od carried to his lodgings.
It is easy enough to smile when yon
tread upon rose leaves: but try it when
a:h step leaves blood prints upon the
ihorns. Some of the lines in your face
4uy curve downward then.
THE CURSE OF SCOTLAND.
Then An Twenty-four Ileaaom Why the
Nlae or Diamonds Is Called tJnlneky.
Every reader has at some period of his
or her life heard of tbe nine of diamonds
referred to as "the curse of Scotland;
but why, perhaps, you have never taken
the time or trouble to ascertain.
In my "Repository of the Rare and the
Wonderful" I find no less than seventeen
explanations of the origin of the expres
sion, while South wick's "Quizzism and
Its Key" gives eleven, seven of which are
wholly different from the answers given
in the work above referred to. making in
all twenty-four different accounts of the
origin of the expression in the two works.
South wick traces it back to 1745, men
tioning a caricature of that date which
represents "the young chevalier" at
tempting to lead a herd of bulls laden
with papal curses across the Tweed river
with the nine of diamonds lying before
them.
- Perhaps the most satisfactory explana
tion of the enigma is that which refers
it to the massacre of Grlencoe. The 'or
der for that cruel deed was signed by
the Earl of Stair, John Dalrymple, sec
retary of state for Scotland. The coat
of arms of the Dalrymple family bears
nine lozenges, resembling diamonds, on
its shield.- Thus it appears to have been
with reference to them that the nine
spot of diamonds was called "the curse
of Scotland." The best and most likely
of the other reasons for the origin of the
expression are given below.
During the reign of Mary a thief at
tempted to steal the crown from Eliza
beth castle, and succeeded in abstract
ing nine valuable diamonds from it. To
replace these a eavy tax was laid on
the people of Scotland, which impover
ished them to such an extent that nine
diamonds, whether on cloth, cards or
real jewels, were spoken of as "Albion's
curse.'
In the game of Pope Joan the nine of
diamonds is the pope, whom the Scotch
Presbyterians consider a curse.
It is also said that the Duke of Cum
berland wrote his inhuman orders at
Culloden on the back of a card, the front
of which was marked with nine dia
monds. The "Oracle, or Resolver of Questions,"
printed in 1770, says that the crown of
Scotland had bnt nine diamonds, and
that the Scotch people were too poor to
add to the collection. St. Louis Re
public An Elevator Incident. '
In one of the elevators in a down town
building the other day an absent minded
man came near departing this life with
unbecoming haste. He had stood close
by the door when the car stopped at his
floor and had allowed two or three other
passengers .to brush by him. He had
made no signs of a desire to step out, but
when the elevator resumed its upward
course and the door was nearly closed he
gave a start and jumped forward until
his body projected out of- the car and
prevented the door from closing. Luck
fly the conductor understood his busi
ness. . With an instinctive movement he
stopped the car in a few inches. Then
he drew back the door and released the
venturesome passenger, who walked
away without even looking back or say
ing a word. The other passengers looked
on in silence.
Even the elevator man had nothing to
say for a minnte, but when the next floor
was reached the whole affair seemed to
strike him in u new light. He didn't
think of the horror of a life suddenly
taken away, of the sickening sight of a (
crushed and mangled body. "That's
what I call a mean man," quoth he with
severity. "Want to have me sent to the
Tombs, eh? Gad! A man like that
ought to get hurt, he had." New York
Times.
Noble Tree Planters.
I read a very interesting statement re
cently that the three late dukes of Athole
planted in their lifetime 14,000.000 larch
trees on their estates. The writer who
made this statement seemed to doubt the
fact on the ground that he imagined that
their graces did so with their own hands,
which would necessitate each of theni
planting 200 treea a day for sixty years.
When, however, a man is said to "plant"
an estate it does not any more mean thai
he does so personally than, when it is
said that a man "furnishes" a house, he
makes his own cabinets and tables, or
puts down his own carpets though our
grandfathers and grandmothers, as often
as not, actually did the latter, as well as
good souls! sewing the various strips
of carpets together.
If, however, it comes to planting trees
with one sown hands, there is 6till some
thing to be said. Charles II . planted
nearly all the trees in the avenue at
Windsor with his, and some that are
now. in St. James" park; and George 111
had a mania for planting his own trees,
as well as innumerable grape vines. Her
present majesty has planted over 5,000
trees in various places she has visited,
and the Prince of Wales cannot be very
far behind her in also doing so. Galig
nani's Messenger.
A Terrapin JParm.
Of late -years a number of terrapin
farms have been started along the Chesa
peake. The biggest farm is on tbe Patux
ent river, and it consists ofa large suit
water lake, which could accommodate
thousands of terrapin if they would
breed -as rapidly .as is desired. The
farmer has surropnded this lake with
board fences to keep out the muskrats
and foxes, which are the terrapin's ene
mies. He has made hatcheries of boxes
partly filled with sand, and so arranged
that when the females enter them they
cannot get out until they are taken out.
He has nurseries for young terrapin, and
he keeps the little ones in here until they
are ten months old. in order to preserve
them from their fathers. Frank G. Car
penter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
Faying the Piper.
Inquiring Boy (looking np from a book!
What does "paying the piper" mean? .
Worried Father (absently) Tell him
to call next week.
"I said 'the piper,' pa."
. "Well, if it's a plumber, he , needn't
call for a month." Good News.
A GRAVEYARD DANCE
GHOSTLY CEREMONY WITNESSED IN
A JAPANESE CEMETERY.
A Pssr Days Feast for Legendary Spirits.
Burying GroojMf Richly and Laxttri
onsly Dmrainl with. Garlands', sad
Tempting Viands.
Dr. 6. H. .OJton Salter, who for many
years was United States consul in Japan
and afterward entered the Chinese gov
ernment service, gazed thoughtfully into
the glowing embers in the grate and
after a short pause told the following
tale: -
The many stories published about
Indian ghost; dances and the Messiah
craze remind me of one of the most re
markable incidents. I have ever witnessed
during my long career in the Orient,
and I am sore there are but few Amer
cans or Europeans who have had the
opportunity to see the sights of which I
am going to tell.
The native religion of the Japanese is,
as you know, Buddhism, and there is no
creed which is as full of superstition.
Some of the ancient beliefs of the Bud
dhists are calculated to frighten the faith
ful and vividly portray the horrible pun
ishment that awaits the sinful man after
he closes his earthly career, while others,
with charming simplicity, show that the
greatest aim of the Hindoo religion is
the release from existence.
The doctrine of the transmigration of
souls and a hope for a better fate in a.
future life are the principal foundations
upon which Bnddhism rests. Nagasaki,
where I rsided for many years, was
famed for the splendid festivals in honor
of Buddah. or Gaatama, the founder of
the religion. Owing to the work of
missionaries and the consequent spread
of Christianity in Japan, many of the
religious fetes are no longer publicly ob
served, and the one of which I am about
to speak had iff last grand celebration in
1886, just before I left Nagasaki.
IrXl RATED GRAVEYARDS.
It is called the Matsidri and was held
during the last week -in August or the
first week in September, continuing four
days. These days were set aside for the
reception of the spirits of the dead, who,
according to a legendary belief, return
once a year to their old homes. For
many weeks previous to ...tbe festival
preparations had been in progress. The
houses of the believers had all been care
fully swept, cleaned and polished, and
the home altars, which are to be found
in every native house, had been redeco
rated and ref nmished. The interior of
all the buildings had been profusely
adorned with flowers, the streets had
been repaired and the whole city was
'clothed in holiday attire.
On the morning of tbe first day the
dead were rec ved with much ceremony
in the grawyard. which is in a beautiful
grove. Each mound was profusely dec
orated with lighted lanterns and gar
lands of many colored paper globes hung
from tree -to tree.' On the top of every
grave food of the daintiest kind was
spread in a teuiptingmanner and in quan
tities sufficient to appease the appetites
of an army of The hungriest kind of
ghosts. On mats spread about the
graves sat all the living descendants of
the person who had been buried in that
particular spot. . Not a single tomb was
neglected. If in the course of years the
family of any one of. the silent sleepers
had completely died out his grave had
been embellished and supplied by stran
gers. The Bpirlts were supposed to arriveand
depart by water from the sea, and for
four days and nights the living commune
with their dead and were, with them in
spirit. The sonls of the departed were
supposed to hover around the tombs like
substantial visible beings, and they were'
treated with every attention due to sacred
and distingnisbed visitors from the other
world. '
The night of the second dayt was de
voted to a grand terpsichorean entertain
ment or spirit dance, and the graveyard
was transformed for once into a ball
room, where ghostly dancers were sup
posed to hold revelry.
A SPLENDID SIGHT.
The scenes made a strong and ever
lasting impression on me. The night
was perfect, the moon was at its full and
the air was fragrant with the perfumes
of thonsands of - flowers. Myriads of
lights were flickering on the hillsides
which surround the city, and the colored
lanterns swayed nntly to and fro, keep
ing time to the chimes ;of the silvery
bells in the temple tower, which fur
nished the miwc for the' mystic enter
tainment. Around an artificial lake in
the center of the graveyard the people
knelt in silent devotion, worshiping on
the shrine of Buddha, whose emblem,
the lotus flower, rose from the middle of
the lake. . '
Every one of the four days and nights
brought new surprises and ceremonies,
many of the latter . being held in the
temple, the doors of which were closed
and guarded- against the entrance of
infidels. On the last night or the night
of nights, as it was called a grand pro
cession finished the festival. .. The people
marched in parade to escort their spirit
visitors to the water front, where they
were to depart. .
Boatmen carried on their shoulders a
gigantic craft built of wood aad straw,
in which the dead were supposed to be
seated, and which was to convey them
back to spirit land and to Ohata, the
great father beyond the sea. This boat,
which is called Fukuy, was a master?
piece of Japanese carpentry.' .It was
ninety feet long and had a stately mast
with a huge 'sail which bore in native
characters the inscription, "Naidinazna
widi," a word which is symbolic of
Gautama's greatness.
This boat, artistically and richly deco
rated, was launched with much cere
mony after tbe last spirit had been em
braced and, figuratively speaking, had
taken his seat on board. It was then
pushed out into the sea, and drifting
away was finally carried out of sight by
the tidr. And so ended the last festival
of Matsidri ever held publicly in Na
gasaki, and the roost splendid reiigioua
celebration I ever witnesBed-SnaFxaa-cisco
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The Grate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
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ITS TERRITORY.
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THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET.
The rich grazing country along the eastern slope
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of sheep, the -wool from which finds market here.
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point in America, about 5,000,000 pounds being
shipped last year.
ITS PRODUCTS.
The salmon fisheries are the finest on the Columbia,
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and -will be more than doubled in the near future.
The products of the beautiful Klickital valley find
market here, and the country south and east has this
year filled the warehouses, and all available storage -places
to overflowing, with their products.
ITS WEALTH
It is the richest city of its size on the coast, and its
money is scattered over and is being used to develop,
more farming country than is tributary to any other
city in Eastern Oregon.
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