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