I HRId : 801018 SMALL BQDIES. HAVE-DEFEND. ED DESPERATE POSITIONS, t The Siege of the Alamo The Ancient World Had One! Thenn0pylae7 the 'Modern 'Has a Score. " The history I America shows more than one instance of the heroic defense of an isolated position by a small body of troops, often j ill trained" and poorly disciplined, but; inspired by the same military enthusiasm; that characterizes soldiers of the highest. mettle, says the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The de fense of Fort Stephenson in Lower Sandusky by .itajor George Croghan, in. 1813, .-with a small party of Ameri- in our national history., General Proc tor, the British commander, had a force of over 500 English regulars and an Indian contingent of more than 100. but the stoutest attempts at an assault proved futile in : the face of the determined defense made by the little garrison, and the baffled1 English were forced to withdraw. The defense of Fort ' Stephenson contributed no little to the solvation of the northwest, for had it failed the British would have ovenun a great deal of territory then Wing rapidly settled, and the develop ment of the lake region might have been seriously retarded. The defense made by Croghan was successful, buj there is another defense of an isolated post by a little band not the less heroic, not a -whit Jess ' glori ous, even though it failed. 'American history contains no bright er page than that of the siege of the Alamo. It was possible on the ap proach of Santa Ana's army for Travis and his little band to -retire in safety, but they calculated that Hie relieving force was elosier at hand than proved to be the case, and determined to make a stand in he oblong stone fortress that became immortalized by the most desperate defense in the history of wariare. Travis had. when the siege began, only 140 men. while the Mex ican army numbered over 4000. On February 23. : 1K36, the memorable siege began-by the erection of batter ies on both sides of the San Antonio river. 1 : A fierce bombardment ensued, shot arid shell bcink poured, into -the fort by hundreds. The terrific bombard ment, however seems. by all accounts to have 1ok little damage. It is said that not a mart of -the garrison was wounded, while the Texan sharpshoot ers on the ramparts of the fort returned a fire so deadly that some cf the Mex ican batteries ; Jost every officer and man. Travis; sent messenger after messenger fori assistance, the Texan scouts , easily I creeping through the Mexican lines. Thirty-two men suc ceeded in eluding the vigilance of the Mexican besiegers and joined the de voted garrison, but the relief jin force never came, and on the 6th of March the whole Mexican .awny combined in an assault on the Texan position. More than once the iMexicans -were driven back, but finally, worn out by oyer two weeks of constant watching and fighting, the Texans were over powered bv sheer weight of numbers, and after aH had perished but six, these surrendered. It had -been well -with them if they had diecf with their com panions, for the surrender gave them onlv an hour's life. They were taken to Santa Ana and hewed to pieces by the brutal Mexicans. The generosity with which a brave soldier treats even the body of an ene my wasT-ot shown by the victors at the Alamo. The slain Texans were shame lessly mutilated, their remains ;w-ere piled in the center of the little fort they had forai-cly defended and an at tempt was made to burn them. A month later the Alamo was -avenged at the battle of San Tacinto. When the terrible cry 'Remember ,, the Alamo! inspired the ! Texans ! to f take bloody vengeance for the cruel massacre. But the defenders of the little fortress had inflicted" -f.tich;-. terrible destruction on the Mexican force before the Alamo fell that they were practically their own avengers. Over ! 1500 of the best troop in the! Mexican army had been 'killed or wounded during the defense The annals of, warfare contain-very cw records of a siegciso disastrous to the investing force. ' ' The history of the -war and conquest is nil! of such deeds of valor. The anck-nt "world had one Thermopylae, the modern ha a score. The three vears' defense of the rock of Gibraltar by General Eliot against the-combined land and naval forces of France and Spain is worthy to rank with : that of Leonidas. At Liege -every soldier was inspired by the Spartan spirit. Ap: parently hope! less as is me situkk; an inferior. I even though , fortiliea, n armv. the meouality force against nerves the members of the lrttW band to .a fstouter 1 resistance, for they in stinctively feel hat they are making history, that I they are furnishing ex amples for the -men of future ages to copv.l Zutphc'n and Zurich. Ghent and 4-iege. Antwerp and Cracow. Strasburg and Plevna, Maestricht nd Ixndon dcrrv, at each and every one. the same spirt actuated the defenders- It was the spirit which inspired a company of Frenchmen to defend a village church Against the Pifisspans onul s walls bad been battered to pieces with artillery, that inspired thfr final order given to a party of British ldiers m the last South African waf: "Eix bay onets, men. and die' Uke soldiers; Military heroism is not (the exclusive possession of any nation,' race or age. The .Roman sentinel who.lforgotten by -bis officer, iet t bis post in Pompcw. !is a type. His like is to he found among the soldiers of evefy great mil itary nation, i The old guard' dying at Waterloo, the solitary French soldier who held a castle for day against an investing force, finally capitulated with the honor of war and marched out loaded with muskets; the Swiss ruoun- l,iLeter5J wlrot won " Sempacfu the bighlanders who perished at Culloden, they have their successors in the armies of today. THE DEADLY MICROBE. -With deadly microbes in a kiss, . And bacilli in ice cream, nat is . ever to become i ""Of Love's Sweet dream? . The latest hiding" place for microbes is in moustachea. - ThU (rt AU- covered by Professor Albert H. Ches- ter. who Jive& in Tr.,n...:..U M J- - . ...-in iv 1. A , . and who gave out the startling in ormationat the annual meeting of the w.igicgawon oi tne secona Ketormcd church in that town. The dispatch does noi state wnerner or not tne congrega tion was in need of sm-h la m-DT-nintr but the fact that the professor selected u fuller tain an occasion ; as tne an nual meetinc to rive it lrat resumption that it did. ; '5-.-; mere is also some docbt as to whether the professor referred to mous taches generally or only to New Jer sey moustaches- However, after a careful consideration of the dispatch, it would seem that he was speaking more particularly of New Jersey mous taches, wirti a special reference to the New Brunswick article. It is well known fact that Jersey moustaches are the most unwholesome on earth. A local physician who ave an inter view on the subject to The Times yes terday said: "Take, for instance, the Jersey sub urbanites -who do business in New York. What chance have .they to take care of their moustaches? They're lucky if they get a chance to brush their teeth occasionally.! Thejt irt their sleep and -dress on Wie -wy to the train. Of course, under these circumstances a moustache is sure to goUo the dogs. In the winter time it aBsorbs bacilli from every snow heap, and during the summer lawn mower tournaments the microbes arc always on the outlook for a chance to gambol in its unkept meshes. "It is a well-known -fact that there are more microbes in New Jersey than any other place in the "country. They ike the people because they have a peculiar wild flavor.. I have never lasted a Jerseyman. but I have heard it said that rh difference between the flavor of a person (from New Jersey and another state is as wide as the dif ference between wild ducks; and domes tic ducks. "Well, all this goes to prove that Jersey moustaches are subject to a jreat many conditions "which do not ipply in the case of Pennsylvania or Virginia moustaches, and that it is un 'ust to condemn all moustaches simply because Jersey moustaches are unwhole some." A dispatch received late last night !rom New Brunswick states that all :he young men of rhe Reformed church will be compelled to have smooth a-ces before next Sunday evening, as '.he girls of the congregation are on he verge of panic, Philadelphia Times. HOW TO D R I N KWATE R. To Get the Best Effects. It .Must Be Slowly Sipped. , Professor Silkham says there are few people who thoroughly realize the val ue of water as a beverage, or who know how to obtain the greatest ad vantage from it. The effects produced by the drinking of water vary with the manner in which it is- drunk. If, for instance, a pint of cold water be swal lowed as a large draught, or if it be taken in two portions with a short in terval between, certain definite results follow-effects which differ from those which would have followed tf the same quantity were taken by sipping. Sip ping is a powerful stimulant to the cir culation, a thing which ordinary drink ing is not During the action of sip ping, the action of the nerve which slows the 'beats of the heart is abol ished, and. as a consequence, that or gan contracts much more rapidly, the pulse beats more quickly,! and the cir culation in various parts of the body is increased. In addition to this, we find that the pressure under which the bile is secreted is raised by the sipping of fluid. : And here is a point which might well be noted by our readers: A glass of cokl water slowly sipped wi41 produce a greater acceleration of the pulse for a time than will a glass of wine or spirits taken at a draught. In this connection it may not be out of place to mention that siDoing cold water will often allay the craving for alcohol in those who nave been n the habit ot taking too much: of it,' and may be endeavoring to reform, the effect be ing probably due to the stimulant-action of the sipping. Hamilton Times. MAMMA ELEPHANT HELPS Til I E DOCTOR. The intelligence of rhe elephant is well known and is illustrated in an in teresting incident as follows: A young baby elephant had Teceived a severe wound in its head, the ;pain of which rendered it o frantic and ungoverna ble that it was found impossible to per suade the animal to have the part Jressed. Whenever any one approached it ran offtwith' fury and would suffer no person" to come within several yards of it. The man who had charge of it at length hit upon a contrivance for se curing it. By a few signs and words, he made the mother know what was wanted. The.! sensible creature seized ber young one with her trunk and held it firmly down, though groaning with agony, while the surgeon com pletely dressed the wound, and she continued to perform this service ev erv dav until the animal was perfectly recovered. NICE COUSIN. Jack You know when Mabel 're jected me last week I told you my troubles and you promised to help me. Well, she accepted me last eight. Am I to thank you for intercefling for me? Cousin Bell Not exactly, dear boy. I simply intimated to fabd that ! was after you myself. Philadelphia Press. Happiness is of a negative kind-r-no illness, no anxiety, no want, and no dependence. j OF MORISINFS MUSCLE BROUGHT ; ' TO HIM MILLIONS. Hermon Oelrich is Another Strong New Yorker .Who Was a Match for John L.' Sullivan in Has Best Days . .Dick Croker and Oom Paul Strong. Pr&fessional strong men have lost their vogue somewhat in New York since the days of -greatest popularity for Sandow, Atilla and the rest of them, but the vogue of the muscular man in private life is increasing. It is held William Blaike, of Harvard Coaege, who has divided his energies for - a century's fourth part bet ween, he law and physical culture, and there never were so many men of exceptional mus cular development in business and pro fessional circles as now. 1 Pndbably there is no mare in "New York whose muscular strength has been worth so much directly as that, of Giovanni P. iMorosnni, the banker, has been to him. Morosini must be past 65, but his appearance, still shows evidence of unusual muscular powers, even when he is sitting quietly at Saturday mati nees with his favorite daughter--the younger one. frimanly, Morosini owes everything to his muscle. He did not attain his splendid bodily develop ment by a course of training under taken fpr that purpose, as did Blaikie. Moros-ini is ltai-ian oom. lie fought with Garibaldi, and then became a sailor before the mast. It was his sea iaring life during which he had to work hard and live on simple food, that de veloped his muscle. After leaving the sea he came to America and got a job in the Erie Railway offices. Morosini came under Gould's eye when Gduid had reason to fear bodiH- assaults from certain quarters. Mr. Gould liked the young man's looks, being stroek par ticularly with his strength, and hirec him promptly. For years thereafter. wherever Gould was seen in public, there Morosini was also, gigantic in body," with swelling muscles to match his size, at once an ideal personal guard and a startling contrast in appearance to his' distinguished employer. There are many stones of fhe mus cular services 'Morosini performed in GotrM s behaM, though usually he on.y had to show himself when the little Wizard of Wall street wished to get rid of a crank or other objectionabk personage. On one occasion the big ex-sailor had to expend some of his physical strength. - Gould, being far from well at the time, had given strict orders -that no one should be admitted bo his private office, but a certain well known promoter managed to get past the door boy. Once in the millionaire's presence, the promoter was received politely, but without enthusiasm, Gould saying he had no time just then to look into the proposition advanced. But the promoter insisted, on the basis, prob ably, that he never would have another chance to talk with Gould. The million aire cast an inquiring glance in the direction of Morosini, who was present as usual, and gently requested the in truder to go away. This was too much, for the latter, who started to make an impertinent answer. Stepping quickly to the promoter's side, Morosini threw one arm about him, pinioning his arms to his side, caught him by the legs with the other arm as you would pick up a child, carried him to the door and dropped him outside in the corridor.!, "If you ever come back." said Morp- sini. "I'll drop you out of the window." 'Moros-.ni has boxed with John L. Sullivan and wrestled wkh "Muldoon, making a pretty good showing against bo'-hl - He attributes the preservation of his physical powers to steady exer cise and a diet almost as, simple as when -betore the mast. Herman Oelrichs. known for twenty years as one of the most muscular non-. professional strong men in America, though not exploited so much now as formerly, acquired his powers through me training he got at college. His specialty is swimming. His friendship with Matthew Webb, the swimming teacher with whom he swam on put occasion from Seabright, N. J., to the Samly Hook lightshrp and back to Monmouth," a distance of eighteen miles. lasted till Webb's death in thfc Niagara jforge. But Oelrichs, is. 6r has been, a bit of a boxer, too as Sul livan -discovered a few years ago. Daniel Webster and Abraham Lin coln were noted when boys as wrest lers, the speaker of the house of rep resentatives. D. B. Henderson, at 16 was champion wrestler of his own and two adjoining counties. Gladstone and Bismarck were powerful, and both at tributed their success in public life to their unusual phvsiaue. Gladstone in particular. His treechopping propens ity often was spoken of as an idiosyn crasy, but in reality it was his method of preserving his strength. J. t . Morgan, "the great consolida tor." is known by his friends to be an unusually powerful man. "Oom Paul" Kruger is said to have the physical strength of two or three men. and they teM a story of his killing fifteen muti neers with a sword when he was a young man in Holland. "William. J. Morse, son of S. F. B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph, is another New York Clubman of im mense strength. He is a great traveler, and has spent much time in the West. Once when a wild Western editor print ed something derogatory about Morse he went to the publishing office, where he drove the editor half, frantic by moving the imposing stones about the office, after which he swore he'y carry off the press unless a retraction were printed. The edkor retracted. Richard Croker is, or was a man of immense physic! strength, and so is Lawson N. Fuller. The latter was ki great a wrestler in his boyhood asiwas Lincoln, being champion for , years of all Northern Vermont at BackhokJ, "sidehold and "squarchold." At past 70 he has grip enough to crack the bones in the hand of an ordinary man. THE PLAGUE OF RATS IN PAR IS. r- the plague of rats ir fans is som thing more than a nuisance. It ap- mm pear that myriads' of the roden-s, dis torbedNhy "the excavations for the ex position buildings of this year, have deserted their former hauntr in the sew ers and have practically taken possess ion of the cellars of the district. It is said that there; are streets in which it is not safe for children to go- into gar dens or i court yards after dark, The neighboring markets are overrun 'A by such swarms' that all ordinary attempts to- subdue the vermin have been aban doned in despair. As for the cats, they no longer take any notice of a rat, either- from motives of fear or because they are too common to be I of any . interest to fhem. Hitherto there has been! an annual appropriation for the sustenance of cat in the military store houses, -;but now.that pussy , is neglecting her mis sion her; , rations have been cut ' off. The heroes d the day are two terriors. who, working in unison and ' with defatigable energy, . have cleared in all the rats out of the prefecture of poJ ice. So far the authorities are at a loss how to proceed against the rddent. The use of certain poisons which kill in stantly.and which mumify the body has been advocated, but rhe government hesitates"; to adopt a remedy which would make it so easy for v criminals to get possession of deadly drugs. N'ew York Post. . ' STUDIED IN THE CORN FIELD. Secretary Wilson Imbibed Wisdom from Cushing's 'Manual. 7 -. ; The present secretary of agriculture, when about 15 years of age, came to this cofintry with his parents, and set tled in Connecticut, but soon removed to Iowa.; Not long ago an old friend of ' Secretary AVilson wrote to him that in going over some old books a vol ume Jiad come tq Kght which bore uporithe fly-leaf the autograph of one lames' Wilson of Traer. Iowa. He forwarded the little 16 mo volume.' and the secretary recognized it as his old companion of thirty years ago. "I remember," said Mr. Wilson, in referring to it. "that when, I was first elected to the 'legislature in Iowa I did notj.know, so much about parliamentary procedure as I thought a representa tive should in order to be useful to his constituents and at ease on the floor of the house. It behooved me to learn something about the rules of order. nd to that end I sent for a copy oi Cushing's Manual, that . famous little book which has been indispensable to Fojwany state and federal legislators' This is the identical copy that I bought fully thirty years ago "The book reached me, as it hap pened, just when we were .busiest with ne corn narvcsi. it was tne custom n those days- and I suppose still js for three men to acconpany the wagon into which the ears of corn were hrovn ; when gathered. One mar walked on each side of the wagon and gatnered the ears from two, rows, while he tlhird man: went behind and gath ered the corn from whar was called the "down row.' otherwise the row which was pressed down, by the wagon body passing over t. In consideration of he fact that be. pad to stoop more or ess to do this work his one row was Uield 10 be, a fair third of the whole ffob. ; : u "I could not stop work to study Cushing's Manual, and I had very lit tle time to mister it before the meet ing of the legislature. I thought I could work arid study, perhaps, at the same time, the manual work being mechanical, so, I took to, myself the labor of the Idown row and found I had Some intervals! of leisure while the other men were doing their two rows apiece, i The bbok I fixed between the tail of the wiagon and the! iron rod which heM itk two sides together. I eould take an eyeful of Cushing and digest it mentally while gathering the corniprocess which seems unfavor able to close study, but which I found quite practicable. " I got a pretty good idea of the manual, and when the leg islature met my knowledge of the rules was quite invaluable to me." Phila delphia Saturday Evening Post. GENERAL LAWTON'S SONG. He Had a Tenor Solo From "Mari tana" Turned Into a March. During the early years of the civil war a party of young men walked out of a theatre in New York after the performance of an opera then popular, "Maritana." Standing head and shoul ders above his companions, Henry W. rLawton, then a captain of the Thir teenth Indiana, was perhaps Hie most conspicuous of the group. He had on ry recently been promoted from the first lieutenancy of the Ninth Indiana, and he was oa a short furlough to New York. : He grew enthusiastic, over the per formance. He had not been able in Indiana to see much of opera, and, to gether with his natural liking fofmusic, the martial spirit of Dan Cesar 'de Ba zan completely won him. The tenor on that occasion was an excellent one, and the young captain was taken with the famous . solo beginning: Yes, let me like a soldier fail ! Upon some open field. Al the conclusion of the many en cores Captain Lawton turned to' his friends and remarked that the song ex pressed bis sentiments in their entire ty ; As Lawton walked out of the the atre he tried to sing the words but beyond the first few he could remem ber Httle. When he returned to his regiment he went to .the bandmaster and asked hkn to .gift the music and to learn the piece upon which his fan cy had fallen.- When the selection ar rived, the bandmaster was dismayeil to find that it was almost strictly a tenor solo. 'Nevertheless, so j persist ent -was Captain Lawton .that he turn ed the solo into a inarch, which the band played as one -of jlhe favorite pieces of the regiment. -And. during the continuous rise of Captain Lawton through the various grades to that of colonel of the . regiment, he never lost his love for that bit of song. After the war his love for the piece continued, pntil, 1 among his friends, it i became almost known as Lawton" song. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. " e-K V 1! laid Yea H Knjt Ear HAS BEEN DOUBLED COCXClt. FECES ASTAL ACCTIOX-EER-l UCESfSK AT S40O. I : r - Vry Com prehcnslv Tb OrdlaMCT a Docwi rat Provide rtaos ; for All larnetlon. (From Daily, Feb. atst.) - he Salem ' city council last night fin ally disposed of the, auctioneer's license by enacting an ordinance placing the same at $400 pec year, no license to be granted for a less period than one year. This is double the license that has been exacted during the past year and is calculated to prevent' the unloading in this city ; of bankrupt and worthless stocks of goods. . The full text of the ordinance is as follows: j "A bill for an ordinance fixing the rate of auctioneers' licenses and regu lating the conduct of the business done thereunder, within thej city of Salem, Oregon. ' "Be it ordained by the common coun cil of the city of Salemj Oregon: " Sec 1 Anyone who shall Sell, or offer to sell, by out-cry or in the man ner of an auctioneer, either to the high est bidder. ! or for a fixed -sum, any goods, wares or merchandise or "other personal property, at 'Any store, stand or other place, in the; city of Salem. Oregon, for his own gain (or gratuit ously), or shall advertise or in any. oilier way hold himself out as an auctioneer for public patronage, or shall receive fees as a commission for his services, is hereby declared to be an auctioneer. "Sec. 2. Each auctioneer, before en tering upon business in the said citv, shall pay to the recorder thereof, in advance, an annual license fee of $400. rnd the payment of said sum shall en title the person so paving the same, to a certificate setting forth such pay ment, and license to maintain and con duct the business of an auctioneer' in id city, for a period pf one year frov the ?date of said payment. And no li crtne issued under the' term of this or dnance, shall be issued for a less sum. nor for a shorter period, than the sum and period named in this section. "Sec. 3. An auctioneer's licence un der the . provisions of this ordinance hall be made out in the name of on' nerson only, and no person other th" the one named in said license, sin" ell at Ruction thereunder, without express pehmission of the common "-nimcil of this city. 1 "'Sec. 4. Nothing in. this ord:nan hall be construed, in any manner. r operating against or interfering m'nh my executive officer, epcecutor. admin istrator, guardian, assignee, receiver, - 'Uher person or persons acting undr due process of law, or order of court and in the presecution of their leg.'' duties." . j - "Sec. 5 Each and every license issue' Mnder the terms of this ordinance, shal" state in .explicit terms, the location street and number. - in the; city of Sa lem, where the said business of auction eering is to be maintained and con ducted, and all auctioneering done un der, and during the period for which said .license is issued, shall be donela the place or location so specified, and at none other, unless with the permis sion of the common council. "Sec. 6. It is hereby made unlawfu' for any auctioneer operating under a Mcense from this city, ito ring, or cause to be rung, any bell,; or to create o cause to be created, any nndue noisr whatsoever, as a sign.j signal or means of attraction, either liefore, during or after, an auction sale conducted by him within the: limits of the city of Salem- "Sec. 7. All auctiori sales conducted under a license issued; under the term of this ordinance, shall be. conducted within doors and itjis hereby made unlawful for any auctioneer to 'cry an auction sale in or iijiori the pnbljc streets, alleys, parks or grounds of the city of Salem. Oregon, save and ex cept, that he may sell live-stock, horses mules and horned-animals, at public auction, in some regular liverystabje. or yard attached thereto, or public wan-on-yard or corral and this only, with the knowledge and written consent oj the recorder of said city: provided, that nothing in this section1 shall be. so con strued as to prohibit any auctioneer from selling, at public sale, the' live stock forming a partof the chattels of anv citizen of Salem.! who shall employ said auctioneer to sell out his house hold effects, in which case the said live-stock of said citizen may be sold upon the! same premises on which the rcmaindet of said chattels are sold. "Sec. 8 Any fef son violating any of the provisions o( this ordinance, shall, upon epnvictidn- thereof, before e recorderi'of said city. be. subject to one of the penaltie hereinafter set forth, f as said recorder shall impose: 1 Payment 0 the full license fee pre scribed in section 2, hereof, and a fine not less than $10 ; nor -more than $100: 2 Revocatioit of the license is sued, and existing, ia favor of t lie party so convicted, and denial of the issue of a new license, without the consent of the common council of the city of Salem. Oregon. , 3 A fine not Jess than $ro nor more than $ibo, or im prisonment in the cty jail for a period not less than five days nor more thar twenty days. - ' Sec o. Anyone obtaining a license must waive any and all claims for dam ages from the city of Salem, should his Hrense be revoked from any cause what ever. - . i.' "Sec. , 10. Whoever shall exhibit o offer for sale, , at auction, anr article, and induce its purchase by any bidder, and shall afterwardl secretly,' substitute any other article for the one .o . ex hibited and sold, with intent to deceive and defraud any bidder; or whoever while -engaged in oir about the making of any auction sale;, shall be guilty r-t any device, trick oti fraudulent practice wiith intent, thereby to deceive or de fraud any bidder, shall upon conviction thereof before the recorder of said city, be fined not less than $20 nor more than $100, or imprisoned in the city jail, for a period not Jess ' than ten days nor more than twenty days, and the liceny of such person shall be declared by iai? recorder to be forfeited and- the same shall be therewoon1 revoked. ' "Sec-i II. All ordinances and. parts of ordinances, in conflict with the terms of this ordinance, are hereby repealed." JUST FOR FU?J. Mamma If you eat any more of that pudding. Tommy, you will see the bogie man tonight. Tommy (after a moment's thought) Well, give me some more. I might as well settle my mind . about the truth of the story, once for all. Tir-Bits. New Yorker I understand the Union Elevated1 railroad in Brooklyn is using the block system. -How does it work? dJrooklynite Splendid- We have blocks every day and sometimes twice and three times a day. Crypt. "I don't know what Smith does with his money." "No?" "No. I don't. Yesterday he was short and he's short again. todav, "Did he want to borrow from you?" "No. hang it I wanted to borrow froth' him." Tit-Bits. Feminine Superiority "Leonidas. said Mrs. Meckton, sharply. "whom do you regard as the greatest general in history;?" But Leonidas was not to be cauglyt napping. , Without a mo ment's, hesitation,, he answered: "Joan of. Arc." Washington Star. ' No Cause to Worry "I suppose, he said as tHey undulated around the hall, "that my mother would be awful ly Worried if she knew I was here. She thinks it is a terrible sin to dance." "Oh. never mind." the girl said, "she wouldn't know. voti. were dancing even if she saw you. Chicago Times-Her aid- '- The Folderols have - recalled their invitations."1 ' "Anybody sick ?" 'No. Mrs. Folderol changcil her mindj and concluded that she would rather have the house painted." Chicago Record. At the office of the business man down town there was a sudden ring of the telephone. "Hello!" "Hellof "Ia that you. Henrv?" "Yes." "This is ngeiine. Say. Henry, there's a rough looking man with a wagon out in the alley-back of our house. I'm afraid he's trying to steal something, but I don't dare to. go outlto see." "It's the sarbaee man. dear. He comes around once every year, or two He won'j Ivnrm you. Ring off'--Chicago Trib une, i PERSONAL AND PERT INF NT. Bishop Whitaker says the condition of the streets in Havana is superior to hose of New York and Philadelphia. Even at that it is by no means sure the Havariese are entitled to congrat ulations, j . 1 I The opposition developing in France to the establishment 'there of bull fipht ing may be based on tlve theory that the Count de Caste'Jane win furnish sufneient amusement ,of that sTt when he return andmeets his various talk ative enemies. I i Nw York how has a lively water question of its own, the recent heavy freshet having mudded (the fluid to a noint when it rivals the Philadelphia Vand. Tlie metropo'is inist in be ing great in all wavs. but she will soon ire of that kind of water. ' The Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale, although about to retire froinv the pas torate of the South Congregational church, of Boston, has introduced a most pronounced change there by the substitution last Sunday of Watcf for wine in the Communion service.' j The grand march at the sixty-second mnual ba'l of tlie. Emerald Society, for Mic benefit of the Catholic orphans qf Long Island, at fthe -Academy of Music ;n BrooWyn recently was led jlijf Ad miral Dewey himself. His (partner was "Mfss Alice Marrin. Three (hun dred couples followed. I ' When General H- C. BurnUMn,a oaper he read at the dinner of the Loyal Legion wkNjcw York the other night referred to the gallant conduct f General iMoJincux while irt .the. Shenandoah Vfallcy during the) civil .war' he was interrupted by cheers and applause for the man whose son is hist now so prominently and unenvi ib1y before the public, and was not allowed to proceed tmtil he had reread-the sentence. General Molincux was-not at the banquet. ' L ' . ,.- THE BARGAIN CRAZE. "Oh. George. elephants j have dropped'in price ifrom $10,000 each to $1,500." r . 1 ';- . j . "Now, Cara, I warn you, f yo;u buy one you needn't expect me to iboard it' Indianapolis Journal. j DIED SUDDENLY. Alex. D. York, aged 7.vyearsJ iii Silverton, died very suddenly of heart disease about noon yesterday wliilc visiting with 'riends at Maelcay. Coroner A. M. Clbugh was sifmmoncd. He went io Macleay during the afternoon ami re turned in , the evening, bringijng the body, which is now at his undertaking parlors awaiting burial. After san in .estigation. Coroner Clough decided it was not necessary to conduct j an in luest. it beinff evident, that the man had died from natural caues. ) York was a native of Ohio. His first wife lied several year's ago and his 'second wife is an inmate-of ,the Oregon state Hospital for the insane. It lias not ecn decided w-hat disposition will be made of the remains. A SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT. T1e reader? of the .Statesman will find it to their advantage to read the big announcement of the Mitchell, Lewis & Stavcr Co., the leading deal ers in farming implememi, biggie, wagon, etc., in Salem. This j branch house was established here about three years ago as an -..xpenmcnt, and. so satisfactory has the busineraf ben. that it 'is now one of the-permane establishments of. Salem, where the armers are assured of courteous and straightforward treatnKnt. Iz is un ler the careful management tw F. F. Gary, who will be pleased to meet all persons calling at the establishment. ; 1 , , Purity is tike the opal; it seems in significant to those who do riot per ceive its fires. !, - H INFLAMMATION I? iorrttirtMU, Htdmnhm (S ninutmi). Tooth-1 o A n BorrtnrtMU, luaurnt ninum), jooin- r rh (1 minute), oW Ut rnJmUmt. ni-.n. I 'a "Conn," PortTlng revpri, grip, I CU Jk& AN Y In mn to takrtr nun ByT) . Tin um tijr mm lijoliiii OA Out I two, frown 1 . y. r