THE INDEPENDENT
HAS TBK5 1 'A '
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IS POUGLA3 COUNTY.
CARDS, BILL REAMS, LEGAL BLANKS
Ana other pri&tlnx. lnclufilsj
targe and Heavy Pesters and Showy
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ROSEBURG, 6REGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 23. 1883.
NO. 11.
THE INDEPENDENT
IS ISSUED ;
aturclay Ttlornlrnrs,
-BY THE
DOUGLAS COUNTY PUBLISHING CO.
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sEB J.JASICULEK
, PRACTICAL .
WATCHMAKER, JEWELER, AND
OPTICIAN.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
Dealer
In Watches. Clucks. Jewelry.
. spectacles mm a K?ea;iaia,
And a Full Line of
, CI jars, Tobaccos and Fancy Goofs.
The only reliable Optometer in town for tbe
proper adjustment cf Ppeetaclea ; always on band.-
Depot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec
tacles and Eyeglasses. .
OFFICE -First door aourn of poet office, Boe
burg, Oregon.
IiANGENBEIlGS
, Boot and Shoe Store,,
ItOBEHUHG. OGN.,
On Jackson Street opposite tbe Postoffice. Keeps
ou band the largest and best assortment of
Castcrn aud San Fraaelico Foot and
Shoes, Gaiters, Slippers
And ererythlng In the Boot andSboe Line and
SELLS CHEAP for GASH.
Boots and Shoes Made to Order
Fit Guaranteed..
-Perfect
I use the Best of Leather and Warrant all
my woik.
IlEl'AIItllVC Neatly 13 one
On fchort Notice. I keep always on hand
TOYS
AND NOTIONS,
VMuilc&l Instruments and Violin Strings a Spe
cialty. I.O LIS 1.AAOUMI1KHG.
DR. M. W. DAVIS,
DENTIST.
R0SEBURG, OREGON.
OWICE-OS JACKSOtf STREET.
Up Stair?, over 8. Marks & Co. 'a New Store.
(VJAHOMEY'S SALOON
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland
Jhm. 31altouey, JProp'r.
Tha finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Dot
las county, and th Mat
BILLIARD TABLiB
la the BtaU kept in proper rapain
rt!u traveling on the railroad will find tUf
place very handy to visit daring the stop
ping of the train at the Oak
land Depot. Give ma a call.
Jab, if AnONEY.
JOHN FRASERf
mm m 11 I
HOIUS Mtl&9 UmitlirQi
WILBUR,
OREGON.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.',
Constantly on hand.
eilDMITIIDC have the best stock of
r Uliill I UnC. mrniture south of Portland
And all of my own manufacture.
No two Prices to Customers
Residents of Douglas county are requested to
give me a call before purchasing elsewhere.
XSr ALL WORK WARRANTED .-"a
DEPOT HOTEL
MKLAXD,
OKEUOJT.
Richard Thomas, Proper.
rpHIS HOTEL HAS BEET ESTABLISHED
- for a number ol years, nd has become very
popularwith the traveling public, r .rst-clasa
SLEEPING ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table suppliwl with the lt the market
afibrds. Hotel si tho ltpot of ;.he Kail road.
H. C. STANTON,
Dealer in
Staple Dry Coods !
Keeps constantly on hand
ment of
a general assort-
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW AND GLASSWARF,
ALSO
Crockerj" and Cordajye
A full stot k of
H C 1 1 O O L
BOO ItS
Such as required by the Public County Schools,
Ali kinds of STATIONERY, TOYS and
FANCY AKTICXE!,
To suit both Young' and Old.
BUYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS,
furnishes CTkecks on Portland, and procuree
Drafts on nn Francisco.
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SEEDS SEEDS!
!
ALL K1KDS OF BUST QUALITY
ALL ORDERS
Promptly attended to and Goods shipned
with care.
Address. Hachenej & Beno,
Portland. Oregon.
11 is reported irom tue Congo river
that Stanley has arrived at Brazzaville
with 1000 men. De Brazza has 200 men
and is making little progress.
At the greenback convention at Colum
bus, Ohio, the following ticket was
nominated: Governor, Charles Jenkins;
lieutenant governor, Wm. Baker;
supreme indge, short term, H. A. Cham
berlain; supreme jndge, long term, James
it. Urogan; cl.rk of tbe supreme court,
William Bentz; attorney general, Lloyd
Cf. Tuttlt): auditor of state. Colonel J. H.
Rhodes; treasurer of state, John Seitz;
commissioner of public schools, J, M.
Case; member of the board of publio
works, John J. scribner.
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
BY TELEOBAPH TO om '
: Parnell will1 visit America in the
autumn.
" The damage by the Long Island tor
nado was 850,000.
At Chattanooga A. C. Jordan died
June 14th, aged 107 years,
Win. Jones was hanged atLakeport,
Cal., on Saturday, Juna 16th.
Sir Charles Tapper's appointment as
high commissioner in Eogljnd for Canada
is gazetted.
It is stated that a party of natives in
Borneo killed the staff of the British
North Borneo company.
Dorsey, one of the prisoners acquitted
in the star route trial, intends suing the
New York Times for libel. -
Oith Stein was indicted June 15th" by
the grand jury at Kansas City for the
murder of Geo. Frediicks.
A large portion of the business part of
the town of Sterling, Ont., was burned
June 15th. Loss. $125,000.
It is understood that a general plan
for a reduction of internal revenue dis
tricts has been determined upon.
At Cheyenne, June 16th, a cloud
burst upon the place, flooding the streets
and destroying property to tbe amount
of $35,U00.
At Bernomrood. Wis., the sawmill of
York & Co. was blown to atoms recently
by a boiler explosion. George Hazen
was killed.
Business failures for the last seven
days ending June 15th, were 186, as
against 173 last year. New England 24,
middle states 22, western 53, southern
30, Pacific states 18, New York city 11,
and Canada 19.
J. H. L. Tuck of San Francisco, after
a labor of twenty years, has perfected a
a submarine torpedo boat made of steel,
and cigar shaped,- which it is claimed
will oarry three men and remain under
water an indefinite period of time. The
person operating the torpedo is clad in
diver's armor. - He steps into a compart
ment and opens a trap and walks about
in the usual manner. It is also claimed
that the boat will pass under a ship
without its presence being suspected. A
boat will be built in a short time and ex
hibitions of its powers will be given in
the bay.
A London dispatch of June 16th says:
A terrible calamity, involving the death
of 18b children, occurred in Sunderland,
county Durham, this evening. From
details received it appears that an enter-
tamment was given in Victoria Mall by
a conjurer,attended almost altogether by
children, several thousand, being in at
tendance. The accident occurred at the
end of the performance, the body of the
hall being entirely cleared of occupants,
wueu buiuo law in iuh tiiut) uuea uamt
rushing down stairs from the gallery.
when some 12UU of the little ones came
I At the ton of tbe hrst night 01 stairs was
a door which opened only twenty inches,
and thus but one child at a time could
get through. At this point, while the
mass of children were pushing forward,
one of them fell and was unable to rise,
owing to the others crowding. The re
sult was a great number was pushed
down, trampled on and suffocated. The
scene was terrible. Iso effort could stop
the mad rush of the affrighted children.
They came on pell mell, thongh strange
ly without much shouting, and soon lob
were knocked down and suffocated to
death by the others trampling on them.
The greater number of the bodies,which
were badly mangled from trampling.laid
seven or eight deep. Many of the vic
tims had the clothing torn from their
bodies, aud this, together with the bleed
ing bodies of the unfortunates, shows
the terrible nature of the struggle. The
ages of the 186 children known to have
been killed ranged from 4 to 11 years.
The excitement in town when the news
spread was intense. A great crowd
rushed to the scene, until 20,000 were
surrounding the hall. The work of get-'
ting out the bodies begun immediately.
They were laid out in tbe hall, and the
parents of those killed were admitted to
identify their children. Heartrending
soenes transpired while the identification
was in progress, mothers of the dead
children constantly uttering piercing
shrieks. Many fainted on the discover
ing of the bodies of their - little ones.
Those who went to the rescue of the suf
ferers found the work of removing the
heap of braised, crashed and suffocated
bodies was no easy task. Two hundred
children were rescued from the pile who
were uninjured, and many others were
found in an unconscious condition, but
of these a number were restored
to their homes. Those who had
perished, together with a number
whose friends thought were fatally in
jured, were laid out in the main hall,
when the local doctors in attendance
used every effort to restore those in
ffhoin a spark of life could be detected.
One eye-witness stated that he saw lying
on the flag-stones, a short distance from
the bottom of the stairs, the dead bodies
of seven children. Many of those who
came to asasist in removing: the dead.
and dress tbe living, were utterly over
come at the destressing sight of so many
dead and dying children. The stair case
from the gallery was a winding one, and
the audience and the effects in the hall
at the time of the disaster, were una
ware, for some time, of the terrible trag
edy being enacted at the door. They
were not informed until Graham, the
hall keeper, who was strolling near the
scene of the calamity, was attracted by
groans, and gave the alarm. Mr. Fay,
wbo gave tbe entertainment, -was busy
packing np his apparatus, to depart,
when a man rushed up to him and in
formed him of the disaster, and imme
diately fell down speechless in a fit.
Some of the families whose homes were
thus suddenly darkened lost three chil
dren. One man and wife pushed their
way to the hall in which lay the bodies
of the victims, and without betraying
any emotion, commenced to scan
the face of the dead. Recognizing
the face of one of his children, the
father, pointing, exclaimed: "That's
one." Passing on again, he recognized
another, and then the third. Staggering
in a fit of agony, he ciied, "My God?
all of my family are gone!" and over
whelmed with grief he sank to the floor.
In some houses there are five children
dead.
Davitt has rejoined the national league
at the request of Parnell. i
A large saw mill was destroyed by fire
recently at Havre de Grace, Md. Loss,
$25,000.
A landslide has occurred in Khez&nare,
Bukormow, by which eleven houses were
destroyed. .
Three thousand five hundred men are
now employed on the Oregon railroad
extension. " -
At Washington, on Jane 14th, the jury
in the star route trial gave a verdict of
"not guilty." s -
Tbe police of Philadelphia and Boston
are raiding the Chinese gambling houses
in their midst. . -
A boy named Beldin. was tilled and
eaten by $ bear In a wood at Annag&nce
N. B., recently.
There were 11,900 bales of New Zea
land and Port Phillip wool sold in Lon
don in one day recently.
The'Massachusetts Medical Society by
a vote of sixty-two to fifty-eight has de
clined to admit women to membership.
A dispatch from Mexico says the rich
ness of the new gold diggings in Lower
California has been officially confirmed.
The Michigan supreme court decides
that pool-selling cannot be punished un
der the Detroit city ordinance against
lotteries.
The Turks have expelled from the
district of Mataich many Armenian
families, whom they ' treated with the
greatest inhumanity.
Mr. Houston, president of the Pacific
Mail Steamship Company, reports the
earnings of that company for the past
year at 5 per cent on the capital stock.
Advices from the Arctic whaling fleet
to April; 22d, report the Orca with 360
barrels of sperm oil, Belvidere with 315,
Fleetwing with 300 and the Mabel with
80. !
At Kansas City, June 15th, Johri Ray
sen, a mechanic, aged 21, shot and killed
Ada Thorne, inmate of a bagnio on West
Third street, a handsome girl aged 18.
Jealousy the cause.
A fire broke out at San Mateo, Cal.,
June 15th. A lack of water prevented
the fire being got under control until the
loss reached $20,300; insurance, $1U,3UU.
Ten buildings burned.
The president appointed Henry Esher
son aa register of the land office at La
Crosse, Wisconsin, and Elisha W. Davis
as agent of the Uintah Indians in Utah
territory, vice Critchlow, whose term ex
pires J uly 1st. t
A London dispatch of Jnne 13th says:
At an explosion of a magazine of Scu
tari, caused by lightning, 150 persons
were killed and 53 wounded. Two nun
dred barrels of gunpower and bUUU car
tridges were exploded. -
The i first star route trial lasted three
months, the second six months, and the
government was engaged in tbe case
about two vears. The total cost of the
trials is estimated at half a million. Ex
peneea of witnesses, $200,000.
The attorney generals decided that
the question whether there are already
two or more members of one family in
the public service, as provided in the
civil Bervice act, is not to be con
sidered by the civil service commission.
Monroe, the dime novel publisher, has
sued Bennett, of the New. York Horald,
for libel. In his complaint he alleges
that his familv has been brokeu up and
his wife's affections alienated by commu
hicaiions in the "personal" column of
that paper.
Private advices from Vera uruz say
vellow fever is very bad. The authori
ties are trying to conceal tbe fact, and
physicians and newspapers there will
give no account of the number of deaths
occurring. The fever is reported to De
of the intensely malignant type.
All 1 that was mortal of Nicholas
Lyman Dukes, the man whose presence
caused family discord and disgrace and
bloodshed and who was shot by young
Nutt. son of the man whom Dukes mur
dered at Uniontown was hidden from
sight in Churchill cemetery June 17th.
At Mansfield. La., June 17ih, Rev.
Ben T. Jenkins shot and killed Rev. J.
Lane Borden, president of Mansfield
college. It is claimed that Borden
seduced a young lady friend of Jenkins,
and the latter gentleman resorted to the
pistol to avenge the unfortunate lady's
wrongs.
AtRockford, Coosa county, Ala., Jor
dan Corbin. a negro, entered the house
of a peaceful citizen, Benjamin Carden,
and shot him while lying on a bed. His
wife jumped up, and the negro shot her
down., A son started to give the alarm,
and he also was shot. All were instant
ly killed.
The German government has resolved
to purchase six railways, including the
upper- Suesian and 'Berlin and Ham
burg roads, at an estimated cost of 325,-
000,000 marks, excluding the Berlin and
Hamburg roads, for which special ar
rangements will be made. Possession of
these roads will enable the government
to control the whole system of railroads
in the kingdom.
Members of the Master Mason's Asso
ciation and their foremen are being
sworn in as special policemen in antioi
pation of trouble with disaffected mem
bers of tbe bricklayers union, it is
understood that these men are not satis
fied with the result of the recent strike
and are increasing the membership of
the union and laying plans for a removal
of the trouble early in July.
The eastern iron manufacturers have
called a meeting of all manufacturers of
bars, rods, bands, hoops, ovals, plates,
sheets and other shapes of extra iron,to be
held in the rooms of the American Iron
and Steel Association, Philadelphia, the
third Thursday in June, for tbe pur
pose of arranging if possible, a new
shcedale of prices to conform with the
changes made by the new tariff law.
The construction train aud first
locomotive of the Northern Pacific rail
road arrived at Helena, Montana, J une
12tB, amid the shouts and rejoicings of
the people, many of whom had never
seen a train or heard the screech of tbe
iron horse. The day was warm and
bright, and the great body of the citi
zens of Helena were out in carriages and
on horseback, viewing the track layers
as they pass in front of the town.
An. Irish;Heroine.
Chicago; almost of our readers prob
ably know, gets it? , drinking water from
Lake Michigan. About two miles out
in the lake is the "Crib," where the
water is taken into the great pipe under
the lake. Kalstrom is the name of a
gigantic Finn who had charge of this
rib. The Chicago Tribune tells the
following story of his1 wife's devotion:
'Kalstrom was 3 known about the
wharves as 'Big Charlie.4 His claim to
distinction is that he gommanded a
bark of a dousand duns in which, he
a 1 il . :
says, ne ssiiea tue norm seas, and in
which, viking like, he had carried off his
wife, a bright-faced Irish girl, from
Drogheda, one of . the tast ports of Ire
land ' T ' ' -" ".-' '
"fcihe was a womau with gray eyes and
long, black lashes. She had strongly
marked eyebrows, and a mass of waving,
black hair crept m little curls around
her temples and neck. She had the
piquant nose of her race, and a generous
mouth filled with strong, white teeth.
"It was in March, the sun shone
warmly, and the great lake seemed to
dream of springtime.
"His food was one day getting scarce;
and Kalstrom took his small boat and
rowed ashore, for the purpose of getting
some.
"In the few hours he spent among
the shops the wind changed; and, when
he reached the shore of the lake with his
stores, he found it churned up to the
fury peculiar to inland seas.
"He did not dare to venture upon it;
and, thongh somewhat worried, he
had such confidence in his little Irish
girl, as he called her, that he Bpent the
night in the city without serious anxiety.
The next day found tbe storm as
wild as ever; and he spent the hours of
daylight striding np and down the
shore, for by this time he knew the few
provisions had given out, and that his
wife was suflering for food. Twice be
launched his boat,and twice it swamped.
"At dark, the light gleamed out from
the crib-top, but to Kalstrom's eyes it
had a baleful glare; and morning found
him determined 'to go, ev I hev to swim
or it.'
"Fortunately, the wind was more
quiet; and, after hard work, he came
under tbe lee ot the crib wans.
"His wife had seen him, and cast him
a noosed rope from the top story of the
crib; for the waves were so high that all
the storm doors and shutters were bat
tened down, and the white caps spit at
tbe lanterns as thev drove before the
wind.
He caught the rope, and passed up
his bundle of supplies. She dropped it
the second time; and just as he got it
under his arms, a great .wave swamped
his boat, leaving him clinging to the
wall, blinded and bruised, and depend
ing on the little woman "up aloft for
his life.
'She began hauling on the rope, and
pulled at it until she had drawn him as
high as tbe window sill, be thrusting bis
fingers and toes into whatever crevicea
offered. .
"Ashe reached his right hand up, the
wind came around the corner with a
yell and tore him loose, dropping him
into the lake; but the heroic Irish girl
paid out the line as fast as she could
He caught it and found himself with a
chance of life still within Im reach.
'Up he came, hand over hand; and, as
he entered the wiudow, he saw a strange
discoloration of her lace, a black stain on
the bright rag-carpet, and the fact that
her dress was torn to rags in front.
"He qnicklv picked her up and found
the wedding finger of her left hand en
tirely gone, and the tendons actually
torn out up to the elbow.
"It had been caught between the rope
and the stone casing when he fell; and
his great weight, playing against the
wedding ring, had done the mischief.
But as she said 'It weren't a time for
fainting,' miss.' And she had hauled
him up with her right hand and the help
of her strong white teeth.
"The rugging of the" hemp had cut her
month cruelly, and she had ground her
knees against the walls so desperately
that the thick stuff-gown she. wore was
frayed through and through.
"That night the lake shrieked and
roared till the lake went mad with the
noise, and the waves threw their spray
among the pigeons under the eve3 of the
lantern roof : and the injured woman
moaned throught the house for the re
lief that could not come.
"Kalstrom signalled and signalled
for help, and four days after the acci
dent a boat got out. and Mrs. Kalstrom
was taken to the hospital, where the
wound was dressed, and where she lay
for many a weary day.
"When I first saw her, I noticed with
great satiafaction yhat a fall of pretty
lace covered her mained hand, and that
'Big Charlie' under his rough husk.held
a real reverence ana anecuon ior ner.
: "To these feelings, he bore witness
everywhere; and when his friends would
play upon him, and say half in jest and
half in earnest-
" 'Ah, Charlie, you are a fine fellow,
aan t your be would answer with naive
conceit and confidence
" 'Yase, I am, for I hef gommanded a
bark of a dousand duns; but dere s a
better one dan me at home. And ev any
body says.'Kalstrom s a vine veller, you
can dell him Yase, but Kalstrom's wife
is a vmer.
Trees Around Farm Buildings.
Many of the farm buildings of the
country have around them no trees nor
shrubs, and are thus exposed to the di
rect rays of the sun in summer, and the
cold winds in winter; giving a bare and
desolate look to the premises. - There
are exceptions, and these exceptions are
increasing ' and will multiply more
should the owners possess the requisite
skill of arrangement. But such may be
done without this Knowledge. All can
plant trees and shrubs; their mere pres
ence, however arranged, will be an im
provement, - affording protection and
adding to the view. If not systematic
ally displayed, there is the suggestion
of nature in her primitive form; onlj
do not plant so that the trees form a
dense mass, causing dampness and a lack
of free air, or crowd upon the buildings;
have in view what space the tree will
occupy when grown and there will be
no danger. The beauty of planting
trees is to have them stand clear whether
promiscuously scattered or in rows. A
variety of trees is an improvement and
there are plenty of the best sort for the
purpose, such as the elm, maple, bass
wood and walnut. One of the finest
trees in America is the tnlip. The but
ternut makes a beautiful meadow tree;
its natural form is graceful; so are some
of the forms of the willow which flour
ish best along moist places or streams,
or by a spring. Among evergreens are
the hemlock And the white cedar, the
hemlock standing at the head of the at
tractiveness in the fineness of its foliage
which can be secured admirably by a
little care in clipping :the branches; but
patience must be had with hia tree, as it
is a slow grower, doing better after it
has attafihhl its. size. Set out the trees
early in the spring, before the buds
push, with plenty of roots, selecting a
small rather than large trees, as more
roots in proportion to top can be secur
ed and tbe smaller will make the hand
somer trees, and do it sooner. Manure
the ground, if not sufficiently rich, and
if cultivated besides, all the better.
Thus treated, in five or six years, there
wm be an array of handsome, young
trees, improving each year, and adding
to the value and attractiveness of the
place, to say nothing of the comfort
which their shade and the protection
from storms afford. Not only the dwell
ings, but tbe barn also should have its
trees.
SHORT BITS.
In answer to the question, "What is
fame?" a Kentucky paper replies that it
is a word of four letlers.and that's about
all it is.
If you ask a bald-beaded man how he
would prefer to be upholstered, he'll
likely express a desire for mo'bair on the
top of his head. Yonk. Gaz.
Many New Yorkers who ohanged their
places of residence on the first of the
month have already discovered that they
May day mistake. Lew. Cour.
"The largest button house in New
York has suspended." Now, if the
largest suspender house had buttoned,
it would not have been so bad. Nor.
Her.
"Are you Owen Brown?" asked a
Harlem man of a gentleman he met yes-
teruay. "ies, 1 am owm
what business is it of yours
Brown, but
if lam?"
liar. Times.
A young Chicago lady read that ice
was four feet thick in Maine. Then she
glanced at her pedestals, and raising her
eyes to heaven, exclaimed, "How pre
posterous!"' Bos. Tran.
Bethel, Conn., claims a cat which eats
needles and pins, and doesn't seem to
mini it. The man who dared- to kick
that animal would be made a cripple for
lite. JN. x. Com.
When Carlyle said that everybody
should have an aim in life, he had no
reference to the fair sex. He had
doubtless often seen a woman trying to
throw a stone at a hen. N. Y. Com.
"Where are the springs of long ago?"
writes Judith M. Thomas, in sweetly
flowing verse. Give it up, Edith
Some of them may be hanging in that
old hoop skirt in the attic N. O. Pic.
The London police who investigated
the suspicious movements of an Amer
ican journalist, were obliged to attend
churches, prayer meetings and Sunday
schools coostantly. N. Y. Com
When a man is carrying home a dozen
eggs in a paper bag and one of them
slips out on tbe pavement, be never
stops to pick it up. In the hurly-burly
of this life one egg is a very small mat
ter.
It is a breach of etiquette never to be
forgiven to sneeze in the presence of
royalty, but royalty has never bothered
itself to tell a man what to do with his
nose when he feels a sneeze working
along up his suspenders. Detroit f ree
Press.
Those New Yorkers who applauded
Judas Iscariot when "The Passion Play"
was presented, have not yet baen.. for
given, though they explained that, being
totally ignorant of the history of tbe
affair, they merely thought he was a
shrewd business man. Bos. Post.
Literary market report: Short stories
are more lively and in fair demand; ed
itorials are hrm: essays dull; sermons
duller; French novels have a downward
tendency; poetry has suddenly advanced
from one cent and a half to three "cents a
yard. Phila. News.
Excavations at Athens.
The excavations of the Germans cover
an irregular area ot about ten acres.
Just to tte north of the excavations
rises a steep, conical hill, once sacred to
the God Kronos, from which a good,
comprehensive'view of the ruins can be
obtained. Pi ear the middle of the ex
cavated area is the Temple of Zeus, with
the remnants of its Doric columns, thir
teen on each long side and six across the
ends. North of that, not far from the
foot of the hill of Kronos, is the Heraion
or Temple of Hera, one of the most
ancient of the Olympic temples, and
just east of the Heraion is the Metroon,
or Temple of the Mother of the Gods
Along the northern edge of the excavated
area, just at the foot of the hill of
Kronos. are twelve treasure houses,
which were built by twelve Greek cities
to hold their dedicatory offerings. From
the northeast corner of the main ex
cavated area an arched passage leads out
into the S tad ion, or race course where
the foot races were run. Of the hippo
drome or horse-race course no remains
have been found. Shuth of the Temple
of Zeus was the Bouleuterion or council
house, and in the northwest corner of
the excavations are the foundations of
the great gymnasium. All the excavated
area is filled with the ruins of buildings,
some of which have been identified with
those mentioned by ancient writers,'
while in regard to others nothing is
known. Though little more than the
foundation of the various buildings is
now in position, the fragments lying on
the ground are sufficient to xnaae an
almost complete restoration of nearly all
the buildings possible. Tbe ground is
literally covered with the drums and
capitals of mighty collars, the great
.stones of massive walls and other arohi-
teetural remains. The mass of brown
ruins in the green, fertile valley is truly
an imposing sight. What must it have
been when those brown stones were bril
liant with bright colors and gilding,
when bronze and marble statues stood on
every wall and pedestal, and the paths
were crowded with the noblest and
greatest of the. Hellenic race.: Corr:
Springfield Republican.
Grand Fourth of July
Reunion of Old
Celebration
Soldiers.
and
The . committee appointed by the
Grand Army of the Republic to arrange
for a reunion of the old soldiers have
completed arrangements for a grand re
union and celebration to be held in
Portland, Oregon, July 3d, 4th and 5th.
General Morrow, commanding troops at
Vancouver Barracks, has accepted an in
vitation to be present with his troops
and go into camp with the Grand Army
boys. Morning guns, guard mount,
dress paiade and sham battles will be
indulged in by the soldiers and old vet
erans. There will he a brilliant display of fire
works in the evenings of each day,
specially prepared for the occasion.
General Nelson A. Miles, commanding
department of the Columbia, will de
liver the oration on the Fourth, and
other prominent men from different
parts of the North Pacific coast will have
a part in the exercises. Special rates
will be made 'by all the transportation
lines.
A. E. Brthwick, corresponding secre
tary, may be addressed or found at the
headquarters of the committee, No. 127
First street, and who will give all de
sired information relative to the reunion
or celebration.
Doc the World Miss Any One;
Not long. The best and most useful
of us will soon be forgotten. Those who
to-day are filling a large place in the
world's regard will . pass away from the
remembrance of men in a few months, or
at farthest in a few years after the grave
has closed upon their remains.
We are shedding tears above a new-
made grave and wildly crying out in our
grief that our loss is irreparable, yet in
a short time the tendrils of love have en
twined around -other supports, and we
no longer miss the one who has gone.
So passes the world. But there are
these to whom a loss is beyond repair.
There are men from whose memories no
woman's smile can chase recollections of
the sweet face that has given up all its
beanty at death's icy touch. There are
women whose plighted faith extends be
yond the grave, and drives away as pro
fane those. who would entice them from
a worship of their buried lovers.
Such loyalty, however, is hidden away
from the public gaze. The world sweeps
on beside and around them and cares
not to look in on this unobtrnding grief.
It carves a link and rears a stone over
tbe dead, and hastens away to rffer hom
age to the living. It cries out weeping
ly, "Le roi est mort," but with the next
breath exclaims joyously, "Vive le roi.
He Couldn't Stand Stick- Expenses.
An old chap from down east came into
Grand Union hotel restaurant the other
day and took a seat at one of the tables.
A polite waiter came forward and gave
him a bill of fare and awaited the custo
mer's commands. After scanning it
from top to bottom, he winked to the
waiter, and that worthy bent down ' to
hear what he had to say, and the follow
ing dialogue took place:
"I say, young mar, what do you
charge for a square meal?"
"This is after the regular dinner hour,
replied the knights of the plates, "but
vi u can order anything von like ou the
bill of fare and pay only for what you
order. You will find the prices opposite
the articles."
The greenhorn looked at tbe bill of
fare for some time and then laid it down
on the table, and, pushing his old, di
lapidated slouch hat on the back of his
head, rushed out into the street remark
ing as he passed out: "Not much, by
jeemmy ; it all comes to over $20.
The old lunatic had footed up every
article on the bill of fare. Hotel News.
Miseries of a Defective Memory.
The miseries of a poor verbal memory
are great. The Rev. Arthur Mursell of
England says that his own father was
one of the most impassioned and power
ful extempore orators he ever heard;
but he had a bad verbal memory, and
"after working us up with a splendid
passage of unprepared and impromptu
eloquence, he tried to close the sentence
with the text, 'Mercy and truth are met
together; righteousness and peace have
kissed each other.' But the words
escaped his recollection and he said:
'Mercy and truth are met together; and
and and two similar sentiments have
kissed each other!' " Bad as the verbal
memory may by nature be, it is capable
of great improvement. Ve have seen a
minister who, till he was 40, did not dare
to quote a verse of Scripture or a line of
poetry; when, hearing some one say that
the defect could be removed, made it a
matter of stndy, and soon attained the
power to quote what he would. Chistian
Advocate. .
A Reptile House. The new reptile
house in the zoological gardens, says the
London Graphic, will probably be
opened to the publio about July or
August next. This building stands in
the southeastern corner of the gardens,
ani is 120 feet long and 60 feet wide,
having a large porch in front and the
keepers' rooms at the back. Three sides
of the house will be occupied by fixed
cages for the pythons and large reptiles,
and the fourth will be kept for small
moveable cases, while in the center there
will be a large tank for crocodiles, and
two smaller ones for tortoises. Ths
zoological gardens, according to the
latest report, contained on December
last 2355 creatures, of which 750 were
mammals, 1361 birds, and 241 reptiles.
Last year 819.776 persons visited the
year Biy.no persons
gardens, the number of visitors being
I considerably larger than usual, owing to
the J umbo excitement.
Most women tremble at the discharge
of a gun, and yet they are perfectly fa
miliar with powdered puffs.
IS YE OLDEN TDIfi.
A most delightful article from the pea
of President Porter appears in 'the May
number of the New Er glander, the sub
ject being the "New England, Meeting
House," which the author considers to
be the symbol of much that is character
istic of New England life, rs it has been
the rallying point ior nearly everything
distinctive in the New England commu
nities. Ont of the church grew the
town, or, rather, the town was evolved
or developed along with, the- church.
The church was the germ and the meet
ing house the center of the self governed
commonwealth.- The name "meeting
house" is significant. The edifice was
used for religious and civio transactions,
and to the early New "Englander both
were equally solemn and sacred. There
was no warrant in Scripture for calling
an edifice a church. -
President Porter gives an extremely
interesting account of the way' in which
the original structures were built,and of
the gradual variations of the original
type as the years went on. .The erection
of the Old Soutn Church in 1729 30 was
the most important advance in the evo
lution of the New England . meeting
house, and became the typical model of
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an hucu pinues ui wuiautp iur ueanjr a
century. Among the best of the edifices
of this type which suryive are the 'sanc
tuaries in Farming ton and Westfleld.
(The latter has just now lost many of its
quaint old features by "restoration."
With the present century, and its ad
vance in wealth and culture, the meeting
house began to assume a form more like
that of Landon church architecture, and
of this sort of work we have admirable
specimens in Park street church, Boston,
the Center and North churches in New.
Haven, and those in Guilford, Spring
field and elsewhere.
The first steeple in Connecticut was
erected in Guilford in 1726.
The interior of the meeting houses
was bare and unattractive. Pews were
of slow growth. There were no means
of lighting them until singing schools
made it necessary to introduce candles
and rude chandeliers. Night meetings
in these sanctuaries were not Approved.
There were no stoves for a long time,and
at first no foot stones. The New England
meeting house was not artificially
warmed until from 1810 to 1820. Presi
dent Porter remembers such scenes as,
he says, "make us shiver to think of
them." Of a cold winter morning the
breath of the worshipers not unfre
quently would seem like smoke from an
hundred furnaces as it come in contact
with the frosty atmosphere. These se
verities were mitigated by the free hos-
gitality of the houses near the meeting
ouse. Enormous kitchen fires were
kept - blazing, around which scores of
people gathered to thaw themselves out
and eat their luncheons. At summer '
noons tbe farmers would gather in knots
here and there, and the women would
get together in groups, and they had a .
very cosy and gossipy time of it.
In some families there was a Sabbath
day, house erected near the sanctuary,
with ample fireplaces for the comfort of
worshipers.
The meeting house usually was the
central building in the village, as being
the most important. It stood within or
fronting the "green." Roads radiated
from it. - It was not until a later date
that the sanctuary was placed upon the
high hill, where it could be seen afar,
and so that several of these meeting
nouses were within range ; of vision,
guarding, like sentinels, the hill coun-s
try. President Porter gives . a faithful
and charming description of the spirit
ual churches that had their homes in
these plain meeting houses. They, at
first, had no written creed, though their
views of truth lacked neither definite
ness nor positiveness; Their pastors
were settled for life, and when a meeting
house was built and pastor was settled,
"a golden candlestick was set up" in that
place.
The meeting , house must needs be
"seated" places assigned to each mem
ber of the community. In New Haven's
first meeting house the sexes were sepa
rated, and the seating was according to -rank
and dignity. The1 doctrine of
equality in place, st&tioh,and honor in
church and state was no part of the Pur
itan creed. In the first generations at
tendance on ' worship was enforced.
There was then compulsory publio wor
ship as now we have compulsory ed a ca
tion of children. Until the year 1818, in
Connecticut, and till some years later in
Massachusetts, every citizen was com
pelled to support some religions organi
zation by a tax on his estate. Thus was
formed the excellent habit of regular at
tendance at the sanctuary on the Lord's
day. A graphic description is given of
the gathering of a country oongregatiou
from a wide-spread township on a pleas-
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ant ounaay morning, vv nai a variety 01
vehicles, of horses, of dress, of pace, of
demeanor! Then tho noonings, with va
rious gossip, with secret "swappings,"
with care of squealing horses, with
stealthy glances and flirtations of young
folks, and no end of news exchange.
Passing by the description1 of thanks
giving and fast days, the writer touches
the decorum and dignity which in theory
was exacted in the meeting house, but
which was not always maintained. Thera
were occasional outbreaks of lusty-blood
land the spirit of independence, -which
occasioned serious concern' and disturb
ance. It seems to us thai President
Porter touches this point very lightly, as
indeed he has thrown a kind of poetis
glamour over the whole theme. This
idyll of his was quite another, thing in its
prose reality.
He discusses with characteristic gen
tleness the old theology, and quite dis
arms all criticism as he sketches the one
old meeting house where five or six gen-
n tu t 1 n n u iiDva wiirKiiiiH.il ill t fr-. rxi :r. alii, ill
war, and asks what better have a half-
dozen other places of worship done
which divide the zeal of neighboring
commnnities. ' It is easy Jto see that
President Porter is thinking of the old
Farmington church where his godly
: father preached, and where he also
preached, and which has witnessed the
worship of an undivided community for
generations.
Mrs. S, J. Parker, of South Nashville,
has been working on a quilt for over
three years. It i "just 'iiSished. The
, quilt contains 14,833 pieces.