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CURRENT EVENTS OF THE WEEK Doings of the World at Large Told in Brief. Sanerai Resume o f Important Events Presented In Condensed Form for Our Busy Readers. Deposits in the Portland Postal Sav ings bank have reached $33,765. Mexican soldiers killed a number o f rebellious Indians near Chiapas. Canadians oppose reciprocity on the ground that it is a step towards an nexation. Latest official returns from the Maine election give the "w ets” a ma jority o f 26. Fire destroyed nine large oil storage tanks near Los Angeles, causing a loss o f $500,000. The State bank examiner o f Ohio has closed the Metropolitan Bank & Trust company o f Cincinnati. Premier Stolypin, o f Russia, died from a bullet wound inflicted by an assassin, and Russian revolutionists are becoming active. C. P. Rodgers, the aviator who is making the trip from the Atlantic to the Pacific in an aeroplane, struck a tree and smashed his machine, and has returned to New York. * A lioness at Lincoln Park, Chicago, gave birth to two cubs, and then re fused to care for them, and a Boston terrior whose eight puppies had been drowned has adopted the cubs. Dr. Inazo Nitobe, of the Imperial University o f Japan, says California’s need o f laborers will overcome her race prejudice against Japanese and she will be glad to have them come there. High officials o f the province of Sze- Chuen have been arrested as instiga tors o f the present Chinese rebellion. REVOLUTION THREATENS SPAIN General Strikes Called and Nation is Under Martial Law. Madrid— Spain is face to face with a crisis equal to that following the riots in Barcelona in 1909. The agi tation and the power of the agitators on the masses have increased in pro portion to the rigor of the repressive measures undertaken by the govern ment. What, at its origin, was purely a labor movement, now has developed into a revolutionary conflict, a com mune having actually been proclaimed at two.towns near Valencia and the authorities driven out. The affiliated trades unions have decided to call a general strike all over Spain, and the government has decided upon the drastic step of “ sus pending the constitutional guarantee” throughout the country. This virtu ally means martial law. Meetings have been forbidden. The military authorities, it is said offi cially, will not assume control except in extreme cases. At Bilboa troops fired on a crowd that was endeavoring to free prison ers, including strike leaders, who were being taken through the streets. Twenty-six persons were wounded. The situation is grave. King Alfonso has signed a decree suspending the constitutional guaran tee throughout Spain. This act, which had been under consideration for some days, was taken to give the government power to deal sharply and promptly with the revolutionary agi tation now fermenting in many parts o f Spain, especially in the cities and industrial districts, where republican and revolutionary plans are being furthered under cover_of workingmen’s strikes. The most serious situation is at Valencia, where a general strike was declared. The city was at once placed under martial law, and though there was more or less rioting throughout the day, the authorities had matters pretty well in hand until after dark, when the disturbers vented their fury in an attack on the officials in the adjacent township of Cullera. The rioters murdered a judge and wounded other officials o f the court which had been engaged in the trial of those arrested earlier in the day. The mob was finally dispersed by guards from the custom house. A Russian patrol boat arrested sev eral Japanese sailing schooners who CANADIANS SEE TAFT, were poaching seal skins on Russian islands. Many Cross Border to Hear Talk on Reciprocity. Premier Stolypin, o f Russia, is shot Sault Ste. Marie, Mich.— President and mortally wounded by an assassin. Taft turned from politics while here J. J. Hill says empty stomachs will and spent an enjoyable afternoon in soon be driving people back to the Sault Ste. Marie. He spoke from in farm. front o f the local armory, but confined The British consul at Ichang, China, himself to local topics. Hqwever, reciprocity, which the predicts the worst famine ever known president so heartily endorsed, and in that country. which is a red-hot election issue in Governors o f 24 states have written Canada, was spoken o f in the crowds to the U. S. Supreme court against which greeted Mr. Taft. This came the Minnesota rate decision, alleging from the fact that a noticeable ele it is a violation o f state rights. ment in the assemblage was the great Spokane brewers have raised the number o f Canadians who had crossed price of beer and it is believed brew from the other side o f the St. Marys river to see, as many of them humor ers everywhere will do the same. ously put it, “ the man who was going A Missouri stockman tried to kill to annex Canada.” the children o f one his neighbors by Mr. Taft produced a profound im giving them poisoned chewing gum. pression on them with his genial smile J. A. Shrimp and I. B. Crab occu and hearty handshake, as he said: pied a stateroom together on the “ A gentleman from Canada? Glad to steamer Rose City on her last trip meet you, sir.” In his address at the armory, Mr. from San Francisco to Portland. Taft promised the people of the “ lock A San Francisco judge has granted city” that he would give his attention an injunction stopping the pay o f to the waterpower situation here and about 800 city employes who are al would see that the long-disputed sub leged to be on the payroll illegally. ject was settled. PORTLAND MARKETS. CARROTS VIE WITH BEEF. Wheat — Track prices: Bluestem, 86m87c; club, 82m83c; red Russian, 81<Vu82c; valley, 82(483c; 40-fold, 83 (<()84c; fife, 82(<tj83e. Milistufls — Bran, $24.50m'25 per ton; middlings, $32; shorts, $25.50(4 26; rolled barley, $33.50(0.34.60. Corn--Whole, $33; cracked, $34 ton. Barley— New feed, $31(oj32 per ton; brewing, $36(o37. Oats—New white, $29 per ton. Hay—No. 1 Eastern Oregon, tim othy, $16ft)16; No. 1 valley, $14; al falfa, $12; clover, $8.50; grain ,hay, $9(0)11. Poultry— Hens, 16(o)17c; springs, 17c; ducks, young, 16c; geese, 11(0) 12c; turkeys, 18(o.T9c. Butter—Oregon creamery, solid pack, 81c; prints, extra. Eggs---Fresh Oregon ranch, candled, 27c dozen. Pork— Fancy, 104(41 lc pound. Veal— Fancy, 13(0)18$c pound. Fresh Fruita—Cantaloupes, 76c(«i $1.25 per crate; peaches, 60(u,76c box; watermelons, 76c(4$1.25 per hundred; plums, 76c crate; prunes. 76c box; pears, 65(o.90c b ox ; grapes, 75c(>i 1.26 box; apples, $l(o2.60. Vegetables— Beans, 6(n)10c; cab bages, $1.60(o2 per hundredweight; com, 25(0 30c dozen; cucumbers, $1(4 1.26 sack; eggplant, 16(0,18c pound; garlic, l(8n 12c pound; lettuce, 40(u: 60c dozen; hothouse lettuce, $1.25(4 1.75 box; peppers, 6(>(,6c pound; rad ishes, 124c dozen; tomatoes, 36(u.76c box; carrots, $1.60 per sack; turnips, $1; beets, $1.76. Potatoes—Oregon, lie pound; sweet potatoes, 2|c pound. Onions—California, $1.60 hundred. Hops — 1911 contracts, 36m.36c; 1909 crop, nominal, olds, nominal. Wool— Eastern Oregon, 9m 16c per pound, according to shrinkage; val ley, 16m.l7e; mohair, choice, 86<>t, 374c. Cattle— Choice steers, $5.50(i!.5.80; good, $5.25m:S.S0; fair, $5m.6.25; me dium, $4.75m.6; poor, $3.75f».4.60; choice cows, $4.25(44.70; fair, $3.85 (>04.10; common, $2.60(43; extra choice spayed heifers, $4.76m4.90; choice heifers, $4.60m4.76; choice bulls, $3m.3.26; good, $2.76(43; com mon, $2x2.60; choice calves, 200 pounds and under, $7.26m)7.60; good to choice, $6m.6.50; common. $4m5; choice stags, $4.60(44.76; good, $4.26 «4 .6 0 . Hogs- Choice light hogs, $8.26m. 8.60; good to choice $Hm.8.25; fair, $7.75x 8; common, $7(«7.26. Sheep — Choice yearling wethers, coarse wool, $3.36(0,3.66; choice yearling wethers, east o f mountains, $3.36m 3.66; Choice twos and threes, $3x3.26; choice mountain lambs, $4.60x 4.66; good to choice lambs, 94-Z&444.60; culls., $2.60f<iS. Brothers Walk Across Country to Test Vegetarian Theory. Chicago- -Because a Harvard pro fessor wants to show the relative val ue o f a meat diet as against a vege table diet for physical endurance, Jesse BufTum, 25 years old, and his brother, Warren, aged 23, are in Chi cago on a walk from Boston to Cali fornia. Jesse must subsist on meat and Warren on vegetables. Both must sleep on the roof when they stay at hotels. Each takes a turn at push ing a wheelbarrow which contains their baggage. They said they had spent one night in a field at Otis, Ind., in a heavy rainstorm. INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS OF OUR HOME STATE LOSS IN YAM HILL IS HEAVY. LANE CROPS IN GOOD SHAPE. Prunes, Hops and Grain Ruined by Continusd Rains. Newberg— While the apple and pear crops of this section [have not been in jured to any extent, scores o f acres of prunes are molding, and it is esti mated that not more than half a crop will be harvested. Hops have suffered severely and the early jubilation o f growers over good prices has in many instances been turned into disappointment over the partial or total loss o f their fields. In the vicinity o f Chehalem Center and in the direction of Lafayette many yards where picking was begun about September 1, have been aban doned. North o f Newberg and around Middleton and Sherwood many o f the yards are so moldy that little or no picking will be done. In grain the most general loss will be felt. Thousands of tons o f oats, vetch and wheat, soaked by the con tinual rains, are rotting in Backs or in the shock. It is estimated that in the valley not more than one-third of the grain has been threshed, while on Chehalem mountain and to the north in the direction o f Tualatin scarcely a wheel has been turned in the harvest fields. After the first downpour of ten days ago the sun came out bright and many farmers uncovered their stacks, only to be dismayed by a soak ing rain within another few hours The result is that many stacks which were at first only partially damaged became wholly exposed to the ele ments and are now total losses. Local grain dealers Bay that while Newberg storehouses are in ordinary falls filled to their capacity with oats and wheat, there will be more than room to spare this year. ’ Hops and Prunes Not Damaged, So Growers Report. Eugene— In spite o f the recent un precedented hail storm and the unus ually heavy rain of the last ten days, Lane county’s hop and prune crops have not suffered disastrous damage. In many o f the hop yards the storm blew down the poles and vines, but by quick picking the crop can be saved. The bail apparently shattered very few hops from the vines, more dam age resulting from the blowing down of the poles. The chief difficulty confronting the hopmen is to keep the pickers in the yards. Large numbers of them are breaking their camps and leaving for their homes because o f the .extremely disagreeable weather. Growers will probably have to offer bonuses to the pickets, as under the weather condi tions rapid picking is imperative. The amount of damage done in dif ferent yards varies. At the old Neis yard just above Springfield, the un picked crop is virtually ruined. At the Campbell & Walker yard, between Eugene and Springfield, the damage was heavy, the vines being blown down and badly damaged. A t the Seavy yard on the McKenzie, the lar gest in the county, the damage was slight. Seventy acres o f vines fell to the ground when the rain first began, but most o f the hops were saved. The Bushnell yard, just north o f town, has suffered little damage as yet, and the Thornsbury yard on Patterson island is only slightly injured. Prunes and peaches have so far been little damaged, owing largely to the fact that the season is very late and the crop has ripened slowly. UMATILLA AUTOS ¡ARE MANY Motors Popular With Farmers o County—4-00 in Use. Pendleton — Though commonly termed a sparsely settled section it is doubtful if any other county in the state can point to so great and rapid development o f the automobile indus try as Umatilla. Although the farm ers were slow to take up automobiles at first, the machines have rapidly sprung into favor on the farm in the last two years and at present by far the greatest number o f owners are growers o f grain. It is estimated that more than 400 machines are now owned in a county the largest town of which boasts a population o f a little more than 5,000. It is also especially true of farmer autoists as a class that the larger cars are the most popular. The best seema to be none too good for the growers of grain in this section o f the state. Their machinery, their horses, and every part o f their farm equipment, is the best that money can buy. Thus it happens that when a tiller of the soil comes to purchase a car he does not stop at the price, but picks out the car that seems to him to be the best fitted for his purpose. The one thing that he is particular about is to get the power necessary to take him up the hills and over the roads. The development o f automobiling has also resulted in the development o f better roads. A Good Roads asso ciation, composed almost exclusively of automobile owners, was organized two years ago and has done much to obtain improvement o f the county’s highways. Macadam roads have been constructed where this was possblie, straw has been used to great advant age in summer, permanent bridges have been built and steps have been taken to make all future road im provements permanent instead o f tem porary. BENTON CO U NTY WINS. Gets Prize for Best County Exhibit for Fourth Time. Salem — Benton county, for the fourth time in succession, walked off with the capital prize o f $300 for the best county exhibit at the State fair. The display was collected and arrang ed by W. F. Groves, and the exhibit was financed by the Corvallis Com mercial club. The other winners in the order o f award were: Clackamas, $250; Polk, $200; Columba, $150; Clatsop, $100, and Coos, $100. The display of the winning county is largely o f fruits and vegetables. Mr. Groves says that in considerable degree the award was the result o f the great care taken in arranging the fruits and vegetables so that the col ors harmonized, making it easy for the judges to pick out their good points. I. L. Smith, o f Spokane, judged the exhibits. MAY TALK TO 1,000,000. Oregon Will Have Chance Settlers From East. to Get Salem—Oregon is to have an oppor tunity to talk to at least 1,000,000 persons who desire to settle in the West. It is up to Oregon to prepare the prettiest speech possible and il lustrate it with the pictures which tell more plainly than words, the de lightful character of the climate, the wonderful brotherhood existing within the borders of the state, and the lux uriant crops which are to be gath ered from a minimum of work from horticultural land which may be pur chased new as cheap as agricultural land. This was the basis of a special mes sage conveyed to the public at the semi-centennial o f the Oregon State GOLD HILL PEACHES HUGE. Fair by William McMurray, general* passenger agent o f the Harriman lines Fruit From Sam's Valley Orchard« in Oregon. Weigh Three-Quarters of Pound LOSS AT LEBANON IS SIO.OOO. Gold Hill— Peaches weighing three- quarters o f a pound each have been shown in the local market lately. They Crops Injured, Gardens Wasted, Windows Broken By Hail. come from Sam’s valley orchards, and the varieties are Muirs and Chairs Lebanon — Lebanon and vicinity Choice. Shipments to the Portland were visited by the worst hail storm markets have already begun. ever seen here. The damage done in The Miller orchard of Sam’ s valley this city by the wind and hail will will ship its entire crop o f 1,000 boxes amount to at least $10,000. Hardly a to the Oregon metropolis. The price house in town escaped without broken in the local market for the best peach windows, and there are ten broken es has been as high as 5 cents a pound. panes in the home of Mayor Reeves Grapes from local vineyards have alone. just made their appearance here. Melons and tomatoes were just be While there will not be more than ginning to come into the market, and half a crop, the quality is high. all those that were in the line o f the storm were destroyed. The telephone To Judge Hops and Barley. lines are so badly crippled that it is Oregon Agricultural College, Cor hard to tell the extent o f the damage vallis— Prof. H. V. Tartar of the O. in the country. Girls’ Smokes Now Cost Ios Angeles — Cigar makers and other tobacco factory workers, includ ing girls, who have been accustomed to having all the "fr e e smokes” they want, must pay hereafter for the "makin’s” and for all the cigars they use, according to a ruling o f Claude I. Parker, collector o f internal revenue. “ The government is deprived annually of vast amounts o f revenue by this practice o f tobacco factory employes A. C. chemistry department is a mem taking cigars, cigarettes and and to ber o f the committee on awards for bacco from untaxed stocks," said the the big international barley and hop collector. exhibit to be held in Chicago, Oct. 12| 22, in connection with the American Gila Monster Bites Man. Isis Angeles — Prompt treatment exhibition of brewing machinery, ma with a vacuum pump saved the life of terials and products. Over $8,000 is Mathias E. Eigenherr, a miner from in the prize fund to be apportioned by Arizona, who was bitten by a Gila the comtpittee for the beat exhibits of monster while he was exhibiting the different varieties and strains o f the animal on the street here. He had crops shown by American farmers. the monster secured in a box. He met O. A. C. Boy in British Columbia some friends and tried to open the box Oregon Agricultural College. Cor to show the creature, when it fastened its teeth in his arm. Eigenherr was vallis— C. C. Clark, Portland, grad rushed to the receiving hospital, where uate of the Oregon Agricultural Col the surgeons succeeded in extracting lege in '70, is superintendent of the the poison from the wounds. The large holdings o f the British Columbia l.and A Water company, Kamloops, B. monster was shot by a policeman. C., 350 acres o f which is planted to fruit. After taking graduate work at Aviator Falls to Death. Dewitt, la.—John A. Rosenbaum, the college Mr. Clark became horti of Chicago, was killed here when his culturist for the department o f agri- aeroplane fell from a height o f 50 culturae, British Columbia, a position feet. He had been in the air only 20 which he resigned to go to Kamloops. minutes when he lost control o f the Orchard Land Brings SIS OOO. machine. Rotebaum was making a trial flight when he met death. Other Portland W. A. Bowers and asso aviators previously had failed to make ciates, o f Elwood, Ind., have pur successful flights in the same machine chased the 100-acre farm o f Lorenzo and Rosenbaum declared he would Sleepy, near Talent, in Jackson coun prove that the machine would fly. He ty, for $16,000. The tract is located had just started to descend. in a well known fruit district. It is the intention of the new owners to de Etna's Lava Bart Psoplo. velop the land and plant it to a com Catania. Italy — The eruption o f mercial orchard. Mount Etna again was renewed Wed Hops Nearly Alt Picked. nesday. Shots from guns o f people who have been shut off by the lava Brooks--Hope are nearly all picked were heard, but the people could not in this section, but a few yards are be rescued. still unpicked, and mold has appeared. Fruit Blown From Trees. Brownsville—A terrific wind, rain and hail storm that passed over this section Monday damaged telephone and electric light poles and wires and blew considerable fruit from the trees. Grain and hay in th e'fields not yet taken to shelter were thoroughly soaked and will undoubtedly suffer greater damage than from the preced ing rains. The storm, which was ac companied by a high wind lasted about 30 minutes and the rain fell in sheets, so that roads and streets were con verted into running torrents. Prune Crop Not Injurod. Albany —Prospects are good for an average prune crop in this part o f the state. The prunes have suffered slightly from the recent rains, but unless heavy rains continue the loss will not be great. Aside from the damage from the rain the hop crop in the few yards in this part o f the state is about 25 per cent short. What hops have been picked are said to be all right, but the rain may seriously damage those yet in the yards. Deed Grouse Penalty Big. Pendleton — The sum o f $87.50 is the price George Mottett, • prominent Walla Walla resident, was compelled to pay for the privilege o f killing a grouse in Umatilla county, Oregon, before the season opened. A few minutes before Tom Vaughan, a well- known Umatilla Indian, paid $78.90 for the privilege of killing a deer be fore the season opened. how many already have perished!4 Sadly hla face he averted, and strode up and down, and was thoughtful. Courtship °1 M iles Standish 1. W ith Illustrations by \ » , H ow ard Chandler Christy ( Copyright. Tho B obbs-M orriU Company) M iles Standish In the Old Colony days. In Plymouth, the land of the Pilgrims, To end fro In a room of his simple and primitive dwelling, Clad in doublet and hose, and boots of Cordovan leather. Strode, with a martial air, Miles Standlsh, the Puritan Captain. Buried In thought he seemed, with his hands behind him, and pausing Ever and anon to behold his glitter ing weapons of warfare. Hanging In Bhlning array along the wistfully gazed on the landscape. Washed with a cold gray mist, the vapory breath of the east wind, Forest and meadow and bill, and the steel-blue rim of the ocean. Lying silent and sad. In the afternoon shadows and sunshine. Over his countenance flitted a shadow like those on the landscape. Gloom intermingled with light; and his voice was subdued with emo tion, Tenderness, pity, regret, as after a pause he proceeded: "Yonder there, on the hill by the sea, lies buried Rose Standlsh; Beautiful rose of love, that bloomed Fixed to the opposite wall was a shelf of books, and among them Prominent three, distinguished alike for bulk and for binding; Bariffe’s Artillery Guide, and the Com mentaries of Caesar, Out of the Latin translated by Arthur Goldinge pf London, And, as If guarded by these, between them was standing the Bible. Musing a moment before them. Miles Standish paused, as if doubtful Which of the three he should choose for hiB consolation and comfort. Whether the wars of the Hebrews, the famous campaigns of the Romans, Or the Artillery practice, designed for belligerent Christians. Finally down from Its shelf he dragged the ponderous Roman, Seated himself at the window, and opened the book, and in silence Turned o’er the well-worn leaves, where thumb-marks thick on the margin, Like the trample of feet, proclaimed the battle was hottest Nothing was heard in the room but the hurrying pen of the stripling, Busily writing epistles Important, to go by the Mayflower, Ready to sail on the morrow, or next walls of the chamber— Cutlass and corselet of steel, and his trusty sword of Damascus, Curved at the point and Inscribed with Its mystical Arabic sentence. While underneath, In a corner, were fowling-piece, musket, and match lock. Short of stature he was, but strongly built and athletic. Broad In the shoulders, deep-chested, with muscles and sinews of Iron; Brown as a nut was his face, but his russet beard was already Flaked with patches of snow, as hedges sometimes In November. Near him was seated John Alden, bis friend and household companion. Writing with diligent speed at a table of pine by the window; Fair-haired, azure-eyed, with delicate Baxon complexion. Having the dew of youth, and the beauty thereof, as the captives Whom Saint Gregory saw, and ex claimed, “ Not Angles, but Angels.” Toungest of all was he of the men who came in the Mayflower. Suddenly breaking the silence, the diligent scribe interrupting, . Bpake, in the pride of his heart, Miles Standlsh, the Captain of Plymouth. “ Look at these arms,” he said, “ the warlike weapons that hang here Burnished and bright and clean, as if for parade or Inspection! This is the sword of Damascus I fought with in Flanders; this breastplate. Well I remember the day! once saved my life in a skirmish; Here in front you can see the very dint of the bullet Fired point-blank at my heart by a Spanish arcabucero. Had it not been of sheer steel, the for gotten boneB of Miles Standlsh Would at this moment be mold, In their grave in the Flemish morasses.” Thereupon answered John Alden, but looked not up from his writing: “Truly the breath of the Lord hath slackened the speed of the bullet; He in his mercy preserved you, to be our shield and our weapon!” Still the Captain continued, unheeding the words of the stripling: “ See, how bright they are burnished, as If In an arsenal hanging; That Is because I have done it my- - self, and not left it to others. ‘‘Look at These Arms,” He Said. day at latest, God willing! for me by the wayside! She was the first to die of all who Homeward bound with the tidings of all that terrible winter, came In the Mayflower! Green above her Is growing the field Letters written by Alden, and full of of wheat we have sown there, the name of Priscilla, Better to hide from the Indian scouts Full of the name and the fame of the the graves of our people. Puritan maiden Priscilla! 1 Lest they should count them and see (TO BE CONTINUED.) High Degree of Devotion Fidelity Shown by Virginia “Darky" That Annals of History M ty Be Searched to Match. The Puritan Malden, Priscilla. Serve yourself, would you be well served, is an excellent adage; Bo I take care of my arms, as you of your pens and your lnkhorn. Then, too, there are my soldiers, my great Invincible army. Twelve men, all equipped, having each his rest and his matchlock. Eighteen shilling a month, together with diet and pillage. And, like Caetar. I know the name of each of my soldiers!” This be said with a smile, that danced In his eyes, as the sunbeams Dance on the waves of the sea, and vanish again In a moment Alden laughed as he wrote, and still the Captain continued: “ Look! you can see from this window my brazen howitzer planted High on the roof of the church, a preacher who speaks to the pur pose. Steady, straightforward, and strong. with Irresistible logic. Orthodox, flashing conviction right into the hearts of the heathen. Now we are ready, I think, for any assault of the Indians; Let them come. If they like, and the sooner they try It the better— Let them come, tf they like, be It saga more. sachem, or powwow. AaplneL Sarocaet, Corbltant. Squanto. or Tokamahamon! ” Long at the window he stood, and —? Dick was a nigger, just a Virginia slave nigger. When a little boy, he was scullion in the kitchen. He car ried the wood and water for the cook, and scoured the pots and kettles, and turned the spit when the turkey was roasting, dipping and basting the gravy from the pan, and nodding in his work after the manner of all small darkles. When the war came the carriage rested in the carriage house, the horses were taken by the Yankees, and Dick became my servant in the army of the south—a gentleman's gen tleman, as he called himself. No man ever had a more faithful and devoted follower than 1 had In Dick. He was captured twice with me by Union forces, and each time re fused the freedom which his capture gave him. "I don't want to be no freer than I always has been,” he said on both of these occasions. Once 1 dis charged him for being drunk. Think of discharging a slave! It was at Chattanooga, and Dick hung around headquarters for several days and was very unhappy. Finally he came to me with a Bible In his hand and said: "I wants to swear on this that If you will take me back I will not drink a drop during the war." He took the oath and kept it faithfully to the end. at Appomattox. When I was captured at Rich Moun tain I was 111, and was sent to the Federal hospital, an Immense tenL I had not fully recovered when we evac uated our position, and wandering about the mountains In the rain for two days and two nights without food had brought on a relapse. And be sides enduring the exposure, we had forded the river nine times In the vain effort to avoid large bodies of the enemy's troops. The sand had got Into my boots, and when my socks were taken off, the skin came off with them. I was a pitiable object Dick stuck to me. He was free now to go where he pleased, but he never left me. He was by my cot all day. kept off the Alee from my raw and skinless feet, and did what he could to allevi ate my sufferings. At night he crept under my cot and took his only rest on the bare ground. When I was well enough to go north with Colonel Peg- ram. I asked Dick what he was going to do. now that he was free. He said that he would go with me. Wben I told him that was impossible, he said: "Well, If I can’t go with you, I will go back to Mis’ Llzie” (myj wife). When he was leaving I gave him $200 In Virginia Valley bank notes (it was before the days of Confederate money), and he walked 263 miles—by; way of Staunton 150, and down the valley, a hundred and thirteen—to my; home In the valley, and gave my wife 196 of the money.—Maj. A. R. H. Ran- son. Late Major of Artillery, C. S. A., In Harper's Magazine. Optimistic. Some time ago there was a flood In British Columbia. An old fellow who had lost nearly everything he possess ed was sitting on the roof of his bouse as It floated along, when a boat ap proached. ,- “ Hello. Jim.” / "Hello, Bill." "Are your fowls all washed away, Jim?" "Yes. but the ducks can swim,” rw- plied the old man. j "Apple trees gone?” “ Well, they said the crop would be a failure, anyhow." "I see the flood's away above your windows." "That's all righL B11L Them win- ders needed waahln', anyhow."—i Housekeeper. / Physical Limitations. There was a very stupid play prw sented early In the New York season, an "adaptation" It was called by the author. Even the best natured critics went away In disgust One newspaper representative turned to another and said: “If this jumble had been pre sented on the other side of the wateg it would have been hissed. As there were a lot of foreign visitors present 1 wonder that It was n o t” “I f really is a wonder." wae the other's reply. "I would like to have hissed myself, but—you can't yawn and bias at the same time.”—Metro politan Magazine True Sympathy. The thin man darted across the platform. "Will you hold the train a moment for my wife, conductor?" be gasped. "She la just crossing the street” “Can't do It" snorted the conductor as he raised his hand to signal the engineer. "B-buL conductor, she’s going away to stay six months." cried the thin man. "If she doesn't go now she may change her mind.” "1'U bold lt~ replied the conductor
