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c .- - - r-ATl KDAY, J I'M 7, IHsi. It.lU.H ANII ltW I'l t K I'.llH. TUU tfl a Waraliouia Heaped with Pick ings ol All lUntlt flortori and Tlielr Daftna A Pile of Old ICul I) en and Arctic. Twm In my golden age of childhood that there lived. If, Indoed. sho docs not yot, a bent and withered woman, wrinklod as China crepa and nierrr as a lark's song Methlnks tls an far back as the third time the puiwr willows pur rod fnr mo when Drat I heard her shrill, cheery call, "ItakB, rakr From then till I was "qulto a blk gorl. mlnsey, " old Mary was a welcomo arrival upon the domestic nccno I was reminded of old Mary tho other day by seeing a woman walking briskly under a heavy sock of rsgs It was sunny, I was trolling Insensibly and followed her She entered a warehouse heaped with pickings of all kinds, after hesitating a moment 1 did the satno Things seemed novel, so when the proprietor looked at mo In rather aurpriMed manner, I explained I'd Ilka to add to my slim stock of Information re garding rags and rag pickers Whereat the clerk Inquired interestedly 'Aro you the woman who writes" and a rag peddler who had lust dropped In loaned up against tho wall and imzou at mo llxodly, and with Wlilitllng Jiirk of Pern, The sllvadors or muslral lug fonnd among tho burial places ol I " ti wn must ingenious secimuns ol handiwork A Silvio In tho William A Vans nillcctlon of Philadelphia consist il Iwu vanes, whose bodloa aro Jolued one to Hie other with a hole or opening iM'tueen them Tho nock of one of these vunen Is ( lu.ied, with tho exception of a small opening in which a clay pipe is Inserted leading to tho body of a whlstlo. When a liquid Is poured into tho open nocked vaso, tho air Is compressed In tho other, and, escap ing through tho narrow opening. Is forced Into tho whistle, tho vibrations producing sounds. Many of theso sounds represent tho notes of birds, ono In tho Clav collection of Philadelphia Imitates tho notes of tho room or sorao other member of tli thrush trlbo pocullar to Peru Tho closed nock of this double vaso Is modeled into a representation of a bird's head, which Is thrushllko In character Another water vaso In tho samo collection representing a llama, Imitates the disgusting hublt which this animal possesses of electing Its saliva when enraged Tho hissing sound which accompanies this action is aumir ably Imitated. A black tube of earthen waro, oruamoutod with a grotesnuo head In low relief, to which short arms aro nt tachod, pressing a three tubed syrinx to its lips (Clay collection), doserves especial mention, as it suggests tuu evolution o tbU instrument from a slnglo tubo to mora complicated forms Swiss Cross. Leezer & Kuebler, DRUGGISTS The largest an'1 rnot complete utock of Ire Yon Protected? m as In ho would the dime Kjra ladle much tho same expression wear in viewing a iroaic musouni "Oh, It's a great business," ho remarked I moan the proprlutor as ho glanced ovor some letters before conducting ma over the establishment, "If It weren't for rags thoru would bo no paper, you would have no lilble, no rouiauco. no lovo lot tern,'' he added In qulto a courtly mannor. Of all the queer plums, that wurohousol I clambered ovei the foot hills of rags, separated by valleys rich with old Iron, line sheets, leud piping, brass wlro. and my eye routed iiniii Arctic mountains In the background, Hirhups I should say mountains of urctlcn It seemed I touched rudely upon iirofonKional pride when 1 asked! I that Immense bulk uud the many bales far shipping were brought hi by rag pickers I was iiitoriiied that rag pickers are those that go about the streets and alleys oi beg rugs which thuy usually soil to small morchuiiltt Thou there aro nig peddlers who own wugoua and go about among houses buying what thuy wlsht merchants buying from both theso classes, and lilLinelf. buying mostly from them. I asked tho proprlutor what under tho canopy h does with all this truck, and . was told ho had contracts with largo fac tories all ovur tho country Old metals are returned to foundries, pajier and rags to papei uillls, aud also ropes, which are used for luiiullla paper, vinegar and oil barrels to bo refilled, bits of leather and old boots to soap factories, whoro tbo ratio Is extracted for soap for my elegant lies white hands, old bones to sugar refineries, where, calcined, they purify augur aud syrup, or bones may be ablpHd , for fertllitlng Old bottles are returned to brewers uto., new cloth rags from ' tailors back to cloth factories, and rubber, , "gums" as the Anglomauiaca term them, i to the fuelnry In MaHsachusetta. Thul pllu of rubbers and arctics reach' . lug to tho celling did look odd. There wore tiny baby arctics aud largo scows stranded mdo by sldo. those exasperating run-down at tho heel rubbers which poo pi had lost In the street and plenty which Lad sprung a leak and been abandoned. You'vo wulked from many directions, through many paths, upon feet shod In righteousness and thoity taking hold on hell, huven t you? They present a good Illustration of reincarnation doctrines. they will be rid of tho useless parts and 1 the Impurity and their best parts sent to , the factory whence they will shortly Is aue again, shining and uaw I always used to deprecate throwing , arctic, eto., Into the alleys, but now 1 shall do all In my (Kiwor to assist theso 1 rag pickers to a plentiful spring crop. They receive four cents a pound for them, 1 bouillon, qulto a tiinnU'i of hoys aud girl I i;ol employment In cutting oil the rubber t'n queer baling thuiu lllindrvdij of them are llimg Into a huge box lined with burlap Then n man on each sldo pumps ou a wludlitNs this may not bo clear euoiigh.but that's what It looks like When Uio box was oK'iusl, I saw the rubbers bail Usui pivssed out of all semblance Tho proprietor took me to another ware bouso where the ruga were being sorted A long room wns bordered with deep boxes. In hie and slio llko tablos, with bottoms of sieves for tho dirt to sift through On either sldo stood women rapidly sorting them, and unerringly dinging tho rugs Into various barrels round about They wore calico gowns reaching to their feet, aud kerchiefs on their heads, to protect thouiselveu from the dust They didn't seem to bo paying lliilliiiili for luvenlln l.lleriitiue. '.Vhen iliero aro no more red Indians lien those who continue to exist uiv I . iivilly respectable law abiding, 1. .'inn icniouiiges, what will tho boyiit iltiivdii for u.xuitliig literature? I'n-.t nee-l hardly bo pointed out, ure lie.-. j In theso Inlterduya ridiculously sun veil In their former happy hunti ' mil nds of! tho roasts of .Sumatra, lion, -id other ICant Imlluii Islands tnii! itIv meet with any of tho gentle i mnmrtaltzod by Marryat, Imw mid I, Mei'i'iiHou, aud a ftcure of other in.. ivellsts When we comw across ii t. miiti story In a boys book, wo lie, Iwuys find It written In tho post teiiM The mime Is becoming true of udv 'tires with redskins, but still there . purls of tho American continent where ' oiiiuncho or Apncho In Ills war pi may oven now bo encountered This I . it should bo Tho misery which will indicted on schoolboys when all the tie Islands of the world are Inhabited, w .. i pirate will bo as extinct us a pleslie ril:t und the few remaining rod Imli. Imi-oiiio waiters In New York restaur... IMs never been taken seriously or kv;. ultciilly Into account It is an nutnur iHiylnxid to deprive it of tho chief Held tin) expansion of Its Imaginative fuel)'. Uindnii Tolegraph. liiiHirtnca ol Owning Lanil. Tliero Is something worth tlilnl;!' iilMiut in the remarks of a Iluflalonlun i turned from California "Americans n live born have no Idea of tho Importuiii i ol owning land They havi let lorelgiic" come hero and buy hundreds of thoiiKiiiii. of acres of luud, and Just becausu It i. cheap the American citizen wouldn't dav it The result Is that when tho vali.n ri.io. as Ir many cases out west tli foreigner was the one to priflt by It Ii Sun i'runclsco you will find a great main very wealthy Chluamoii who own valim lil blocks of stores and Hats, and who ur powerful competitors of the Amerlrui merchants Tin rich Chlnsmun cat knock out tin rich American when I' comes to buying good In Clilnr for uxpori to this country, and so It goes Kverj ycuug native born American, of whatevei purelitagc, should acquire at leust boiiii real property If he expects to keep u with the 'bund wagon' In tho future Chicago Humid. any attention to whether rags were linen. woolen, mixed, what not I asked ono of them how she tells 'lly tho Wo scarcely ever stop to tear it fooling Wo get o scarcely ever slop to tear It wo get , . , , ao that we can tell anything by toucbfiig to ,kV,,lJ (1 It, even with our even shut 1 'f I'lll 'Kaay learnt? Well, for those as has where 470 the knack Nuuo girls pick It up In a couple of wvks somo never can learn It. Oh, It Inn t disagreeable work when you're usihI to H Most rags Is pretty clean. Monies ' she pointed to a bin. It gave uow meaning to uieu's rlghtoousuesa being like Ullhy rugs. H-"A, E. 1 " lu Tloaeox i'roaa l.ir Through Miiiplltllni;, "All tho way from $10,000 to fSO.000 a year," suld the detective, "are lost to pro prlotors of largo Mores through shop lifting, In somo of tho .Sixth avenue stores where mi detectives are employed threo, four, uud even live sealskin cloaks are htoleu lu u day, uud rarely do tho detectives in tho stores where thoy are employed search it xrun for stolen troods I that they do not Hud concealed about tliem articles belonging In other stores all along tho uveiuie In some of thesu stores a plumber Is regularly employed to keep tho ladies' toilet lu order, for into tho sinks are thrown ixickotbookg from which tho money ha been taken, small parcels, when the shoplifter finds sho Is being watched, cards md tags on goods, uud a whole piece uj lu v or embroidery is sometimes erouuisi .lown out or Bight leteetlon About IH) percent. Ilferers ure women. In a store prosecution are recorded for one year, only -Kt of tho culprits were men," Now York Sun. Dni& Manes, Tickets Tw, to nl King1 CHEMICALS, Elegant PullmariP Those who believe so thoroughly in protection should not Kmigrnntsieepingol Ha H Trala," mAlA Qriynnn Iinlnn go any longer without insurance on their property, of wluitso- 0MA"A, council bluffs, Toilet & Fancy Articles fe h . ever kind; and nearly everyone believes thatn policy in a good, ciosoamneciionsatfcaw InEnstorn Oregon. GIVE US A CALL. Despain Block Pendleton. Grain Bags. Calcutttiti and JJctrlck'M Celrln ti led i:. ir.v. Reliable Insurance Co. TWINES OfAII Kiiuls Teiils. I Cisco aj i-ogetSoVwhi Dartunt 11:00 n. n '""ilta Wet boiir.il frXi..n!"."l Paris m iiih n. tn. Wllo Walln and w.i,.. Leaves at 0:uo a, m. lor trJl rives ut 7,:p. m. Iron, W.iK'l To Nan Vrunrl.rn HUite, May 12 urciton, .May 10 uoiuilllilii, MnySO Kllllll. MnOoi OroKoti, Slay 18 Cpliimhl,i,Jmiol Htnte. J ii ne fi irexon,.luneO I ;oiumiifi,jutiolJ i:,t,'ITs worth every time what it costs, and procrastination should ot Oregon, j( tjjjsi rtiuie, Jiuioi-U Printed Flour Bags A Sjicclulty. AMES & DETRICK, 12.1 front Mt. jumiuw tr I'llllTI.AMI, OK. JUST OPENED I -tiu:- Eagle Hotel, FRANK DOWNEY, Propriotor lKC ill It till irut u irnml nipnl nt lhipnrnnr 1)1 W'IHMUH1 wiinn-ii tS. JlUMUW JiJ. J)i. Walker," IIKAI.KII IN Candies, Nuts, Fruits and Tobacco, Muo InM)rU'( und Iwnncstlo Citfarn aU'tij-n III KlUL'K. MhIii near tint tirldirn. lpmll(tMii. Oroonn 111! UtT SIGN OF THE GOLDEN BOOT. IMIACTIOAI. BOOT & SHOEMAKER Main ami WoubHtreeU. KiiHiern Ntnte an it HhoeM Ntork. I'erfect til Uuarunteeil. llootn AmV '" M THE O. K. DAIRY. 'ormvrlrruijbyJohn Knlrht, hu clmnKotl Who will kiipply Kth olil und new ciutoin. em with the Jlfst Mill; in tm Market, promptly anil ut iciuonable niton. Ju'.'il lm Estes & Guilds, be indulged in when it conies to takinir out a policy. In the llrst place, pick out competent and RELIABLE AGENTS, Ori-ROii, July 3 Leave utenmalil l.,l.f "Mi,irjn .M.., l.oiWO Hliear HL wharf.K.. t.. IU 111. -. .- ltatet of I'mip, manning mtaliuH unuin. . Htecniee, . . Hound Trip, Unllmltnl, r or runner nnri irni.r. i-uriiuiiu,urrfon. A, UXtll el II. Fl.t.IIJIIf, Ocucral Manlier. W. Al.ltUI.I rri.d:ui Witu whom to do your business those who represent none but GREAT OVERLAND the best insurance companies and go straightway and W linn tn unmvtli nl antli dfrntita lz-iii'f lnil tft fntui itniit 'tAni.i" r nun ia UWItl UK OUVill ttVlllO VIUII V Kill IU till 11 Jf'JUi in the direction of the oflice of Clopton & Jackson, Located m tho EAST OREGONIAN building, Pendleton, where you can have any kind of insurance, whether Fire, Ma nne, Accident or Lite insurance, dono up m insure. THE Northern Pacific I Pullman lilnce Hltrvlna timl Maanltlcrnt Ifay 0kW r.vo"i t.miiinnis IIVM JlrrVu nil From Oregon and WjiIIh to the Eut, Via HI. I'nul nml Mlnnnwlil lino runnuur i'iimr (Mvali 75 ffoul VaHtmt Tine Kvrr Mi cooMt over thr rt rarlfleHallrttfl To Hloux City, Council Bltlvl Mcninon. ivvrnwortb. (H Iturl liiRton, uulncr, KL VnXi nil liolntH throughout lUMl rant vluHt. I'aul nnJ Mining KMIOUANTSLEEPIMd Are hiiiilcd on regular ripmij ine enure icngin or mi .vrc Jiuiirouu, Ia'iivo Wnlluln.IunctlonfclOi. lionvo I'ortlanil S p. m.. si niicnno iu or m. ruiuj fnnrtli ilnv. ......... - - ,. . . Conner ion mnile atHL oim to nil poind Kiut.Houin isii PACIKI0WVIWI Trnln will Ipnvd I'lirtlind it'll m.,connectlnir wltliO. it.i.ii nil polnta on Tucet Sound. A. UlU" Oenernl Weitern 1'iM'Ditr I. .... U, tl...ln.l IVDSin APPLE-PIE ORDER! Great Rock ii Proprietor o the CITY LIVKltY FKKli STAllliE. .15 SALE (nilinit Mtovriiiin hi kpukii, A cniup following 'tourist" found hlnmelf caught In tho railway mutlon ut StHlan (luring tho enjpijreitieut." Of couoc lie coiiUl not pi out -Mvpt at tho lUk ol bin life So lie uiiumsl hlnelf within tho Innermost iloora o tho olllio. "Unik hero." ho Milil to n frleiiil iiflerwunl, ohu lug n miutll baff full of railway tickets, "I've (jut Koine MXivriilra of Seliui ' Thoy weivull luarkisl Sodan. Si'ptimiUii 1," ami liullrute! wn Initneinto nuuiliorol ilUlto lmiHu.klble jeuriu-jH, kiu h us that ti Matt, uh Iwvlng Usui uuuUt on that day While tho atorut waa ragiug nivuiul, h lull tIUHt llll tho tirkeU he lOlthl hl liumla on with the dale of the Utile the Ink (pxu out "The will K eur oio llo.' mlil ho. aililuitf . "uud I've m money out of the hh-Iu t of it iletul tioltiu r they iMiy It's liuli.v He bhowisl oiui allver of whleh ho had tvbUxl a cori4i. Tho Arirouaut. Von Moltko'a faco looks as though Un natural aklu had been rvplacod by a trvtch of ancient and yvllowUh parch nieut Tho lines are Innumerable aud they radiate regularly from the corners ol bU mouth when Ik amllea aa ripples from a Htone that U dropped through tht sur face of u placid hh)1 The amlles of the grUzleil ii nd wrinkled old Held uutnlinl aro Itvquent euoiijjh, too, when ho i abroad Tho umall army of little chil dren win. ure takei to tho war otlico every day by tho nurse to koo tho old com mandei ktump about ix though a man had just about reached his prime when wol. alotij? In hU Mlth yiur wave theli handi i delightedly at Count Von Xloltko- Non it them hat u more gonial, winning and i childllko btiiilo than tho licul of the I greatisst army lu the world Military I eritica asKert that not ono of the count loi ami masterly documents on army af I fairs that Von Moltke h.t given to the , world during hU Uiu; lite eomvarva In ' fonv cleunitta eogem v mid power with bin rojKirt of tho prvscut year - lilakel; uan a ixiier Balod Hoy and Grain. Nplemllil IIIxm, NliiKle or I) .utile, uni) Nuil die llorMCH uIwujh on liana, llorneH boarileil liy the Uay, Week or Jloiith. All Kn'i ol IVi.t r r sale, In Hmallor Uirwe 1Jtn. OHAKGES i h j SONABLE I LUMBER! At Wholosalo Pricos. Cascade Mills Lumber M'g Co. Yard and Ollico at the Kailroud Jkpot' jnlSUawlm Wood, woodI 'r niiikliiic youreontruct for next win. ter'K upply of woHl,e uuult Clnirle Kruzlt-r tli wixkl doctor, and obinln the lowe.t prices for the bet mouutalii wokI. j LARGS QUANTITY ON HAND, ! ALBERT LEA RC The direct and popular ll M Willi 1110 worinerM rw-i rrom Ht. Paul audainnM1!, To Clilraso unit the BMl. To Ht IaiuU anU laeMt" To UeHMolnm. f II'" A tchUon 4 u It IS Wfill tn rninomlmr tlmf tn Un . . i TO cLxuiu uii must insure m one of the Thirty Reliable Companies represented by The OnlTsR Clopton & Jackson, with a combined capital of more than $100,000,000! If you contemplate insurance, call on them and get posted A and it will cost you nothing. Kemembor their oflice is in tho EAST OK EG ONI AN building, or address at Council DlutTa, Laveowon uhv ror ciiiuauo anu Atv rol Pullman Palace Palace Dining t Accompany all throuf h Kifi inn nouie. I Tlibta tn- anlnliV ill COOIM anu conncctioni mj T. . I . . . I , . n ruriun linunuauvu .... j etc., apply toauy coupon 1 4 il. or Northern Jgl Daniei. nr ui . : m ' ituA.I iMBLUil ""pendliw-l einu uuilKUV. ' Kn 9 UTnililntnn RL. ' 1 E. A. HOliBnOOK, . .il Uen. TKt, anu raw. aij " uii Clopton & Jackson, - Jult in ilw Chnrlos Frnzior, Peudleton, Okkou, Pendleton, Oregon. ACCIDENTS ""'''ouweFeiaiureJi; TRAVELERS INSUhw1 . TrfHtK! I IIK JKVEI.I!na- nnv at once Hie inu "s., urn clilnm that even Krr jri'S II tJO.it acel.lenl ci ' Lllll.il, llll"uu receipt of a ttlnlartory VT provlvlon in all y"" Ton Mllllnne nf AdtfitS. I'M i ten ininiuii ui , nf surplus- PAID POUOV HOLBKR-S I"- RMl4l' Eiut Oreeonlan bulMl dim J. A- 1 J