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MARIQ1 CQUHIY REPUBLIC H TICKET
BirEEHKVTATivts J. If . Poorman, of Wood
bum; Henry Keene, Sr., of Buy ton; C. D
llirtmu, of Scotts Jiilfc ; lr. S. N. Smith, of
8lem; Lot. L. l'erce. 0 fcalem.
Cocxrir Jc W5B John H. Scott, of Sklem t ,
8HEKier CbM. A. Murj.hj, ot Salem.;
BEcoftiE J. H. BoUod.of Jeffertoo.
TEiCkK8-A. L. DownioK, of Sublimity, j
AmENMOK Cbarlea Lembcke, of Battellle.
Bckvevoe-B. B. Herrtck, Jr., of Salem. ; j
Kci-ebi VTyDKT or BcHOfJi E. T. Moore,
ftiivertoo. .- .
.CosunwirosEH I.C. Keedham, of Sidney. )
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Coroner Dr. D. W, Lane, of Salem. j
Sale DiamtcT Justice of the Peace,! John
W. Reynolds; Conuable. D. C. Kioto, f
CITIZENS' TICKET, j j
Clerk Lieut. VV. E. rinxer. M i
There will be ajjreat iruit crop.! inyi
way, ' - ; - ' 1 ; j
Tim American people arc botit
through shedding Iarge,tot, scajlding
tears over the fate of the sugar and to
bacco speculators of 'Puerto Rico, who
were working up sympathy in the n-ame
of the "starving women and children';
of that country. ' .
This is nn important year in the po
litical affairs of the country. There is
a na.tional election in November. .We
hopei to see; the Marion coun'ty legis
lative ticket elected by a large majority;
and of the candidates for county ofilicei
on thai ticket, nearly all of them should
be successful, by large majorities, j
Tlverc arc other 3pp0.rm.ive offices,
beside that of Stare Food Com mis
nWt, winch sljouiT be made elective.
In 1'hia articular, . Oregon- needs sev
eral mooches of the mithitive and refer
ciwhim; thou gin the wh4e system,1 a'S
proted by the resolution of tlie last
I.egrskiltin, would prove buoglesome
ivtvl exp?nve, ami. we believe, j far
from sortie factory rn- operation's. !
Despite the late frosts, the prospects
for much the largest crops of fruit ever
.seen in Willamette valley districts
are still almost certain of realization.
One grower says he could lose sevem-ty-five
per ce.it. or more of the j fruit
buds ott his trees, and still havf the
biggest crop of fruit he ever picked,
lie thinks the thinning out of the fruit
by the frosts, where such has beenthe
effect, will be more of art advantage
than otherwise, imparting a thriftier
growth to the remainder, and resulting
in larger fruit and of. better quality.' So
t litre is no ocasion at all fur gloom in
the fruit districts, but every reason; for
cheerfulness. ' -
The new census will probably show a
falling off ir the Clvimse population of
Salem. This is "occasioned largely; by
the fact that the Chinese are going out
of the hop business here, though they
are. holding on still and cultivating their
yards in other parts of the. W'illamcUe
valley. Several of the Chines
renters of yards -hereabouts have
thrown up their contracts. This has so
reduced the Chinese population oi:Sa-j
lem autL vicinity, and consequently the
Chinese trade, that On Lee .one of the
'Chinese " merchants here, is going to
-leave." He is preparing to go to Port
land, where 'be has purchased a small
store. The competition thxTe, too. is
S3 brisk, that few Chinese business men
depending. upon the trade of their coun
trymen are making anything above ex
jcnss. If the present laws are con
tinued and enforced, it will not be very
many years until the . Japanese popu
lation of Oregon and the Northwest
will exceed the Chinese population.
There is some contracting of hops
going on in rbe Willamette. valley, for
the coming crop. Ooe dealer is claim
ing that his firm is -making a great
nany contracts " at eight 1 and a iralf
cents, a pound, nother lealer, how
ever, .tliiivks the firt one is talking
through his bead covering. Offers
Jtave betn made at" g .cems. and there
is record evidence that some comracts
1ave been closed at this price.; Con
tracting. tbp w-ay it has always been
carried on here, has proved a very one4
sided business, ar.d the grower. arejnoij
in a hnrry to take up. offers at this
price. They would not be anxious tcj
contract" on ai basis of a cent higler
though many of them w-ould be ; glad
. . - -vA their crops, or certain
parts of them at a "higber price, if they
wefd certain they would -have no trou
C)! mi making deliveries in case prices
should happen to rule lower at baling
time. It is notorious that hop I con
tracts go through very- smoothly iwhen
the market rs above the agreed price;
and that they go very haltingly when
it rules higlier. Hop buyers axe not
generally in business entirely for theic
health. , , . ' , ,
A REPORTED DEMOCRATIC
.MOVEMENT IN OPPOSI
TION TQ BRYAN.
It is reported by the Brooklyn EagTe
that a movement is about to be . got
nnder V way to briirg about union
among Gold Democrat in opposition
to the nomination of (Mr. Bryan and
that it is" to -start in that borough -of
New York. The inquiries of that pa-
per as to trie subject aauressea ; 10
tepresentatiyes ol such Brooklyn Dem
ocrats 'Mr. Edward M. Sheoard, for
nstance iiav'e received : evasive replies
only, but for that very reason they sug
gest that there is some substantial
foundation for? the story; and. more
over, it is intrinsically probable.
Such a movement, so started1 and
propelled, as it necessarily would be
propelled, by Democrats who ; had re
jected - Mr. Bryan and Ahc national
platform of their party in 1896, would
be likely, however, to increase rather
than diminish the chances ; of his re
nomination. Sot it would only tend to
exasperate the bitterness of the great
body of Democracy because of their
desertion at that time of trial. - It
would be rei?arded as ah insolent, at
tempt of a comparatively small minor
ty to resist the will of the party and
dictate to the Democrats who polled
for Mr. Bryan a million' more votes
than were ever before cast fora TVm
ocratic candidate for Presklii?l fStati-
ng n .New 1 ork, too. it would 'be
denounced as a conspiracy of the
money power" of the "gold bugs of
Wall street," the very, enemies against
horn the most passionate sentiment
of the present Democratic party is ar
rayed. .Moreover, this new Demo
cratic party has reason to be encour
aged by the outgivings of some of
hese prominent deserters of 1806 Jo
believe that Mr. Bryan's renewed can
didacy will at least be toierated in that
quarter and that therefore a comprom-
se. with a view to enticing back the
gold rebels is as unnecessary as it
would be dangerous. -
The only chance of preventing the
nomination of Mr. Bryan would be i.i
formidable opposition to it amonfc
his sympathizers of 1806, and it would
have to be started elsewhere than in
New York, the centre of the hated
money power." It would need to bo
revolutionary movement in the Bry-
uized Democracy itself, the results of
which would appear practically in the
election of opposing delegates to the
national convention from the states
where Mr. Bryan's support was most
mpassioned four years ago. That i.v
there is no possibility of preventing
his renomination by the convention of
1900 unless the very forces which rai
ted to his support most hotly in i8
hall turn about and -desert him. Of
uch a revolution there is no sign - in
the Democratic party. The! indications
are rather that his renomination, if
not acTually unanimous, will, be by a
majority which will far exceed the
ecessary two-thirds majority and be
much greater than that he obtained at
his -first nomination.
'So inevitable is this that Democrats
hoping for advancement in their party
and Democratic politicians and organ
izations desirous of retaining their
"regularity" are unlikely to give pub
lic support to an opposition to a pre
destined candidate. That would leye
the Brooklyn movement, -if it was
started, to be engineered and pushed
by Democrats with no regular follow
ingby philosophers and not practical
politicians. These might make much
noise, but they would1 corratl no dele
gates 'to the national convention. In
New York, Tammany, of course, will
support the ticket and the platform,
whatever they may be. and it may be
assumed that the delegates elected by
it will not oppose in the convention a
nomination upon which the great body
is resolved. Nor is it probable that
the delegates from the rest of this
state will do differently. They may
be all set down for Mr. Bryan if he is
the choice of the convention, as un
doubtedly he will be. The same is- true
of the Now England states and of all
the states from which came votes
against his nomination in 1806. Thei
Democratic organizations will be so
licitous, first of all. to secure the mark
of "regularity."
Accordingly, this alleged Brooklyn
movement in opposition to, Mr. Bryan
may be set down as of no practical pol
itical importance. Democratic po-ljti
cians will -fight shy of it, however at
tractive it may be to Democratic plvilo
sophers. '.;.; ;
THE CUBAN CENTRAL,
While s the politicians of the United
States: are laboring with great energy
and patience to give to Cuba : the de
gree ofdevelopment enjoyed by other
countries, another force, capital, is
soon to start working there In a man
ner that; will be more prompt in t its
effect than the efforts of Secretary
Root and Gen. Wood for the island's
benefit. ;
Tliere is soon to be a railroad run
ning from end- to end of Cuba, the en
tire amount of money necessary for it
having ust been subscribed; in this
city. This projected railroad will run
from the eastern extremity of the island
to some as yet 'unjdeterrnined point
in " the western end, and. as has often
been pointed out by persons familiar
with Cuba's topography, its immediate
effect will be to revolutionize the in
dustrial conditions of the whole island.
The new j company, which is to begin
its construction at once, has as yet no
name for the 800 miles of road it is to
build, but the capital has all been sub
scribed by the following t gentlemen:
William C. Whitney, Gen. G. II.
Dodge, Sir William tVTan Home, J. J.
Hill, ; Edward J. -iBerwind. George B.
Hopkins, ' George G. 'Haven. H. M.
Whitney," II. Walters. L.LP. Morton,
Gen. ,Sam. Thomas. Peter. tA. B. Wid
ener. Tliomas Dolan. and R. i H. EI
kins.-; - ; " 1 - L : -- . ' '
JOY ANDGIFTS. V
The closing hours of the late session
of the Maryland legislature were ex
ccedingly joyous. The general assem
bly in Annapolis includes 26 members
in the senate ami ninety-6n I in the
house of delegates. The Democratic
majority being forty-three. There wil
be no regular session of the legislature
until January, 1902, and in recognition
of that fact, perhaps, it appears to have
been deomed wise to "ind the wounds
caused by factional strife, personal acer
bities'; and geographical controversies.
by a general manifestation of cordially
in the form of souvenir gfts. Party
lines were disregarded and no discrim
ination was shown
While the senator from Hollywood
was speaking on the Bottlers bill he
was asked by a colleague to "suspend
his remarks." He acquisced and a mas
sive stiver punch bowl was brought in
It was the gift oi the Senators to the
presiding officer, from whose ruling no
appeal had been taken during the ses
sion. . As soon as he had accepted it a
large silver pitcher and salver were
brought in ami also presented to the
presiding officer, the preference of Mary
land legislators seeming to be for silver
ware souvenirs. While this was taking
place in the 'Senate, the Speaker of the
House of Delegates, the gentleman from
Pocomoke, Mr. Wilkinson, was "re
ceiving "a magniificenf silver service."
Congratulatory speeches followed and
then a! chair was presented to one en
grossing clerk and a traveling bjg to
anotner an apparent discrimination- the
significance of which is not explained.
The chief clerk of the Senate received
a silver service and tray, suitably in-
scfiod. and his deputy a handsome
Venetian clock and ornaments, nd the
clerk of the House an arm chair. Nor
were the amenities oi bi-partisa;i.diip
neglected. The leader of the Republic
an minority, in most appropriate con-
rast to the gilts of silver to the Dem
ocratic members, received a hanlsome
goM watch in token of his zeal and en
ergy. ! '
1
The j Journal o7 the United Service
Institution of djondon has just com
pleted a taWe giving the percentage of
loss per hour in a number of battles
as the -true measure of the tactics em
ployed. The remarkable -fact appears
that, in spite of improvements in fire
arms, the percentage (allowing for the
different quality of the troops engaged)
has gradually decreased. Thus, at
Lentihen.Jthe percentages of loss per
hour were: Prussians, 4.8; Austrians.
7; at Austerlitz, French, 2.6; Austrians,
.2; at; Waterloo, Allies. 2; French, 4;
t Sedan, Prussians, 0.5; French. 1.6.
Coming to the Boer -war we find the
percentages of the Brutish losses at
Modder River, Magersfontein and Co-
enso respectively, 0.7, 0.7 and 1, those
of the Boers being still unknown.
The ruling factors determining the
rate of loss appear to be wrar training,
national characteristics and the kind of
roops (whether raised by conscription
or by voluntary elnistments). It would
be interesting to add to this table data
rom our civil war and from the San
tiago fight.
When Congressman- Tongue gets up
to speak in the National House of. Rep
resentatives, he is listened lb. This can
be said of only forty or fifty of the
members of that body. Besides his abil-
ty as a speaker and debater Mr.
Tongue is a hard and persiVtent worker.
He is successful in securing legislation
or the; good of 'bis constituency, and lie
commands respect when hi makes re
quest "m t'lie various departments at the
national capital. 'He has justly earned
the renominatkn. which has just, been
given him, and he should be cltct'ed by
a large majority. We think he will be,
and that he will carry nearly every coun
ty of t lie sevemteen in the First Con
gressional district.
PECULIAR AND PERTINENT.
The heigh of ability consists in a
thorough knowledge of the real value
of things, and of the genius "of the age
we live inj Rochefoucauld. 1
There is a hospital for trees on the
banks of the Seine, in Paris. Trees
which grow weak alongthe boulevards
are taken 'there to recover.
A parent, named Jenkins, in an En
glish town. ha named the triplets Vhich
arrived the other day Roberts, 3uiler
and Tugela. The latter was a girl ba
by. :
Some one has calculated that the post
men, of London walk, together, some
thing like 48.360 miles per day a dist
ance equal to twice the circumference of
the globe.
The prosperity of the farmers in the
Northwest is indicated by the fact that
manyof them are making arraig "merits
to visit the Paris exposition this sum-men-
- r . ; .-? : .
Wiejden, a suburb I of AentJA, has the
largest dwelling house in the -rld, It
contains 1400 rooms divided ;nto 400
suites and affords shelter to ever 2000
persons. r - . .;
Switzeriard is cheerful over tl e Je
suits of its exports to the Unitd States
last year. 1 The total for the year was
$17,234,803.39, an increase of $3,375,
428.39. or 20 per cent over 1808.
There were no white inhabitmts ' in
Kansas in 1850; in 1856 ihere were less
than 10,00, and in i860 but 107.000. At
the lastr enumeration. March, 1800, her
population was 1425,119, . '
lhe seven provinces of Canada hiive
a total area of 1.087.000 square miles
the nine territories; 2.331,000 square
miles, while the great lakes of the Sjt.
Lawrence system have an area ni 47
000 square miles.
TWO BAIi Fis (lOOl NED ? ' f-AN'-i
They Soeak tb Each Other With
' Words Their .Parents Know Not.
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'In tlio Redwood forest of the moun
tains of the Coast range. in 'Mendo
cino county.1 six; miles east from Fort
Bragg.; stands a caoin ! witt neatly
fenced garden; and corrals. ; It 1s the
home ibf two children who have built
up1 a language, I They are children of
well-bred, educated parents, ftkiro have
been too busy hewing a hvehhood out
cf the jjOrest to give the little ones ewn
enougfr of their! society to teach them
to soeak.' ". - .
i Sixteen ; years aga George Hicks
and his,, pung wife came out from' fh
h.ast to hni a home where the new
West offered, as they tliought, wider
possibilities. lhey nad a. good smn
of money to invest, but like thousand".
of others, iMr.
Hicks was not sharp
e nou gh to keep
it. 'W ith two horses,
chickens,: the young
some cows and
couple went by j boat up the coast to
J-ort Bragg andlthence struck out into
the primeval forest to take up the near
est unlocated government land. The
Redwoods offereid thean i'hame and a
livelihood, but treat labor and little
profit. They were destitute of every
thing but love apd hope, and the hus
band's axe sangj out merrily and soon
thereas a cabin in place of the hol
'ow tree thev hid first sought shelter
tn. fie added stables and fences ami
a .garden, and hjs gun supplied plenty
Of venison and quail and grouse, and
they were able jto welcome their first
little son to a comfortable home. 1
When Frank was three years okl his
parents rejoiced) togive him a btby
sister, to be a tpmoanion for the boy.
wiho. before. playel alone and all da v
under the tree, i
The babv. 'Mollie. -wac ntarf-l atmnc
from her birth inj the boy's charge. Mrs.
Hicks isolated hier children from hV
rough contact with the Indians and as
they must all eaf at one table by the
laws of the Western Usaere. she
a little table at ojne corner of the porch
ano nere tne two children ate the meals
tney did not preter to carry off yito the
woods. , ' j
Almost lefore: the babv could w-nlk
Frank carried hfr beyond the r.rren
open oh which the house was biiilt and
to his favorite mboks in the forest, and
she slept her midday naps safe in a
great 'houselike hollow tree-
The rain in thie tree t6os. the smnl-p
of forest fires, the white fog floating
aimiy m irom tne ocean, the crav
w'hisk of a squirrel or the blue flnsh ni
the shattering jay. each had a meaning
how could he convey
the little sister? There
was not one to Cell them .the accented
word to exoressithe forest sounds and
ine, and, naturally enough, the little
ones invented a languane'of their own
from- the sounds .they knew, and that
language is a true language and has
nouns and pronouns and verbs and ad
jectives and adverbs. More chan that.
their words arelajmost identical with
the' root "words of our language. Take
foV instance, "oh-in" for fire or heat.
which is identical. Sin is fisr and on is
done, think is horse, boo is cow and
wawa to fly. Jahb! is the redwood, sava
thei fawn, mosa the doe; jawawa is the
rabbit. , 1
Their voices are soft and their lan
guage is the vocaiized type of the forest
where they have j grown like two little
Sefufirrelsl'healthv land hannv iaml trpnfl'
Thy are not saviges. They have dis
tinct ideas' Of right and thet is to them
the greatest conception ot wrong. They
learned ' it from jthe birds when they
saw a wicked thjhef help himself from
the hardly gathered store of the wood
pecker, which they had watched carried
nut by nut fromthe ground to a hol-
ow tree. !
Mrs. Hicks noticed that the children
didi not speak in; English, but thought
it was the usual, prattle of babyhood.
She tried at spare moments to keep the
little ones near her, but they spoke in a
language which neither she nor her
husband could understand. !
It worried herji and amused their
father, but when i a school was opened
at Fort . Bragg, iMr. Hicks presented
hrmseJf to the
tyoung schoolma'ani
with Master Franfk. who was to ride the
six miles to and from school on an an
cient "Mexican pciny.
The boy was eight years old, but he
had never seen any child but his sister
n his lite before! nor any woman ex
cept his mother, for his home was sep
arated from the world'by the sjlence of
the Redwoods.' '
The boy was impressed by the novel
ty, but could notj understand what was
said to him, nor could he make the chil
dren understand Diim. The teacher was
patient with himi for she could see he
was an unusually right hoy, but she
could not do anything with him, and
one Saturday rode through the; forest
to his home andj consulted witu his
mother. Little 'Mollie s devotion to
her brother and I his protection of her
sug4fsttdto the) teacher to make her
Time pupil at school as a balance
wheel to her brother.
Thev run away; occasionally and stnl
talk in their own! language When alone,
but they are rapidly becoming profi-
. n : -4- r
cient in L.ngiisn.-t-vvasnington t'ost.
MAN A -MASS )F PATCHES.
George Burns, i who hails from Phil
adelphia, at present visiting friends at
VVirrona. 'Minn., lis without doubt one
of the most patched; up pieces oi Hu
manity, to 1e fouirkl. ;says an exchange.
Burns is between 60 and 70 years ,pf
age an-d Jia a long aind interesting his
tory. 'In his eary days he 'was grad
uated, from the Ajnnapolis Naval School
and served his tlime he later became
chief , engineer lot Ian Atlantic liner.
While in the machinery of the ship, the
engines being shut down to nake re
pairs, an assistant, not seeing ' the po
sition of nis chiet turned 4he steam into
whe cylinder heads. The result was that
several of. Burns ribs were crushed.
his skull was fractured, his right kg
broken in several - places, his "eft arm
shattered and injurjes sustamed in his
chest. '
T !-.!-. Lt I rA ,rti-Vi t -Ti ' 4r
skin has .completely healed. He has
under the skin pf his chest a iieHuloid
plate 'extending . from the breit bo n
around ' to' the spine Three ribs arc
missing, and where a piece of anashir
is missing a piece) of silver connects, the
two' erads and ; makes the rib sail of
service." ! His. heart is out of pltrr. itml
palpkates on - the right jinstead of, the
left side. His 'right Teg is so deformed
that the knee is at the back 'trssceaQ of
the front.'1 'A portion is gone oat of the
elbow of the left arm; but he is still able
to use tne hrrrb.
i-AS 'tne rcsnii v me wufk tkiuir.i
New York surgeons. Biirns has silver
plate contalnin-s jseyen ouncss of metal
.tn his head, taking the place of a i art
-,!.. n nil i' tm nwi Tr'vvvy i' i1 y
,for Infants and Children.
Castoria is a Jmrmlcss Rnbstitute for Castor Oil, Par
jjoric, Drops and Kootliiuer Syrups. It Is Pleasant. It
" contains "neither Opium. Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. It destroys Worms and, allays Feverishness.
It cures Diarrhoea and "Wind Colic. It relieves Teeth
Inar Troubles and cures Constipation. It regulates t ho
Stomach and Dowels, frmns healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's lauaeca The .Mother Friend.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
In Use For
thc etw o comvMr, tt
CHINA RESISTS PROGRESS.
An Effort to Delay the Entry of For
eign Civilization.
Tlie d"i flic ah its in the way
u' sue
cess for the engineer and foreign cap-
itaiit in vnina are very consioerauie.
lu Mie lirst place it may be saiely j s-
scried that the authorities actually in
power do not want foreigners. The
statement one so often sees in articles
os the subject that the Japanese w ir has
opened tlie eyes of the Chinese and
sltown thtin that it they wish to. keep
up with other nations they -must r.dopt
a jnrore. enlightened policy, is incorrect.
oil at an events, misleading, - I'ecattfe
whatever truth there is in it depruds
upon the lact that the statement is
merely to the effect that the ehlighteae 1
policy. is necessary to enable the corn
try to progress on the same lines as the
rest" of the world, and it is misleading
ecatise it . suggests ' that, in the ipin-
im ot tne ruling classes, such proves
isa thing to- be 'desired. No such fet-I-
hsr exists in thc minds of the majority
or even of a considerable mi:i'irvy; but
it. Is the members of this minority who
are most likely to meet visitors H China
and who are more likely to be appoint
ed -to foreign misstons, and'wiiose v:- v
coisequcntly are more readily vnp-esscd
fu tile European public, and arc natur
ally taken as representative ot the vic-vs
of the majority. 1
Nothing would lease the b'llk ' the
mandarin class better than th u "or-.-ign
natijis should go away and leave. C hina
alone. She has done without -ail ways,
and steam cotton mills audln;nes--here
1000 tons of coal a day are raised by
steam intead of twenty tons, dragged
out by coolies, and she can do v. about
the in now.
The Chinese have, no doubt, begun
to realize the fact that foreign .-rs are
uVu ...
and also that tney are .100 weav 10 tut -
ccsstully resist tlKi:3ction, ami inp an.
tiieretore. reuucea- 10 . puwiiy
tions in everybody s way. In lomg
this; most 'of them are honestly con
vinced that they are doing their coun
try ; a service, and it they cannot keep
out? foreign civilization, they -should at
least delay its entry as lonsr as possible.
H. "Morrison, in -Cassicr's Msg
r.'me for Aprjh s
APPREHENSIONS OF AN AMA
TEUR. T arn not a "spoiled child of suc
cess," oh. no,; 'but ever since my ten
der; feet first patted the train between
our house: and that of the Kansas Pul
verizer, upon which I servedfmy devil-.-hip.
my mjind has ever and anon been
constrained1" to jump the yawning
chasm of coming experience that
seems -to tower like an- inverted section
of--the -'Rocky mountains "etwcen ijie
and a howling success, and I can see
myself on The summit of literary per
fection. Some of the present day aspirants
for literary honors may fail to sec the
rlose and temler relation between saw
ing wood, washing forms, pushing r.oll-
ers, pacnymg me concKy ojt spring ci
the elitor while his other hall returns
'ast week's calls, hoeing in the garden,
and all the minor dutios connected
with country, journalism, and success
as writers. I hey may get through
.vithout it. iMit it is safe to say. it they
do. while their productions may have a
faifltlemand. they will lack one of the
most consoling resources on earth for
retreat for shattered hopes, and the
best justification for thc cause of "re
pectfully returned.' matter, while to
all those at least wdio have had such
experience, their writing OiH be wh-j
fully lackirfg of one of the dearest fea
tures, and thereby oe aristocratic and
distant, cold and stiff.
If you can appreciate tfce sensation
that comes over a fellow when he i
promoted from devil on the Pulverizer
to foreman! on the Sunflower and
could-, follow the same to ' advanced
stages of 'development, you might be
able to form an idea how it feels to
have a call to go on the road for a
great Western dailv previo'us to which
you had been doing ten hours a day
over a case.' While the former soon
resolves itself into tme of those cases
of a "distinction without a difference.
though this is n-crt meant to reflect
cruelly on followers in the path, the
latter remains to be resolved. .
(As I look back over thc oaved road
cf experience. I do. in a certain sense-
find; relief from the feeling of seasick
ness which comes from looking into
he still gaping chasm .before mc.
These .tppTehensions which impel me
to write this article, are well" told in
the! following letter to my der wife,
who for five years has kept her p'om-
se to share my toys and sorrows for
better or worse, but who. if the worst
is, as usual, my tvortion. will have ar
rived; justly at that stage where for
bearanc? is hyi. longer virue. ' -:
My Dear Letha : This - is Saturday.
5:30 P- m.' I have npthinsr to do but
wait, which task I will industriously
Dr.?ue until .Mondav. as there are n
more trains out until that day. As I
wait I wilj visit the agent here and
spur him to renewed vigor fjr h
bn-fit of Mie only piper on earth.'
ndiiHi I will' have to do tomorrow art
he is express agent on train ''
and does rot pet in until laet. This
the terminus (end) of the road. and
he livq here.
"tll day yesterday I was engaged
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Signature of
Over 30 Years.
.iwnTtTntrt, mwtow errr.
in iwriting my article cm the harbor
improvements. I sent ' it by express-'
today, as the mail bags would n;t hol t
the bankrupt-real 'estate oontaimd in
the illustration, to say nothing of the.
size of the parchments containing the
u.me. . All lay I have fn-en in con
stant . anl almost breathless expe.efJi
tion of an accident to the train and
Cfnseiient jierislied hopes, but as eve
ping draws nea-r with no sucli nevv,
ipy I'hiuights begin to turn f o a consid
eration of the awful result that -might
accrue to the paper's reputation should
it handle the stuff, though I amit a
loss to imagine what ( that effect might
be. in fact, as you Van see. I don't
know what I do tTiink'. At tinies I '
fancy t see my MS rejxising tovvar j
the summit of the somewhat dysjMpt!.' "
waste basket; but again as a fu.ire 1
merciful fairy crosses thc threshold of
my upper room, my hearf plays leap
frog with my liver, as in my mind's
eye there appears a copy of the "great
est newpaper of the Northwest' with
i whole page hearing big headlines .
ibotit the harlor improvements, while
pillowing, a grand panorama of ' gorg-.'.
eons land-capes and seascapes.' inter
spersed with profiles" of the. town ro'im-.
cil anI reading matter to fill up the
nooks and crannies and help hold the
pictures iri place, appears the name of '
yours traiy.- !
II aim trying to nerve nw-,
si'f for the worst and if it comf-s I
iiviil laugih in Khfuilish trlee whln T'
jlieeklv but firmlv demand niv- i a
day. Should the- article apiH.ir in ail
its splendor well, you ni.'iv thnik me
fto!ish. but it -wouhl not be bevond
my thoughts to try to get a nomina
tion tor congress or courthouse jan
itor, while I could not think of render
ing my services' to the ratr for less
than $5 a day. '
5ociftl event of considerable pro
portions will lke place here tonight.
-"lis can. easy oum inc doorkeeper lor a
t; can easy bum thc doorkeeper ! tor
I proper recognition of the press. nnVM
wnte you nwre tomorrow it I
don't elope with, some.; maiden ot pri
meval nativity.- a goodly, amount of
which pervades this region. ;
"Lovingly, ; JASPER."
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JOHN FRANCIS DUNNE,
GLER.
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The Irish Boy of Whom England U
h Making a Hero.
One of the proudest boys in the Brit
ish empire is John . Francis Dunne, bit
gler of the First Battalion. Royal Dub- A
lin Fusiliers. He was wounded at the S
battle of Colenso on -Decemil)er is. but
-was one of the first to cross the Tugela
river, losing .his bugle in the fight On
las return to England he was. summon
t d to Osl!xrne, where -the.' qiieen p presented-
to him a silver bugle, inscribed:
"Presented to Bugler Jolin Francis
Dunne. P'irst Battalion. Roval DiVblin
Fusiliers, by Queen Victoria, to replace
iIk- bugle lost on the field of battle at
Colenso on December 15, 1800. when he
was wounded" -
tHis companions thought that he
wbuld probably be moTafraid to face
thje "queen than the enemy, but he stood
hirmly to his guns and came-off with fly
ing colors. ' : t .
The queen asked him about his heahli
and whether he -had' .fully recovered,
from his wound; and seemed to he
pleased with the frank and manly man
ner in which the little soldier acted, and
accepted with evident, pleasure . tlie
framed portrait of himself which he
presented to her. In the room where
the little fellow had to wait and, ac
cording to one account, this was in tne
basement of the palace he was sur
rounded bv servants from various; de
partments, who were all anxious to '-ee
aivd speak to the voune s'ddier. And
the ladies from all parts of the build
ing came and brought their , birthday
ixKiks, which the bugler was asked to
sign against the date of his. birth. July
14; and lefore the summons came to
appear before the queen he had. held a
levee in " the basement on his own ac
count. 1
OUR BOYS IN BLUE.
Has anylxxly heard that the
United
Stale is fitrhiintr in the Philippines
t? Is
it 'generally known that we have an
army o'f fcupation in Oiba a rul Puerto
Kfcor 'lias inc iruin ieaKer om "j j
away frcai home thnng army .service
in consequence of recent utile
nf Our rrxan anl likewise "' in conse-
quence, we have, many wives and.chi-
drert - of "LbsentMinded Ueggars
also our own. who . could kiiltless
profitably apply a few contributions.
nAs" against $40,000 we have coatno
uted to hedp British soldiers, not one
cent have we applied to neetly homes
of our soldiers -absent in thc tf11'"
pines. 'Will some one carry this tact
ti London, and give a tea. and while
otie band olavs "Dixie" anl arrr-ther
Tl-i tr-i-Cir.o.vo-1" .P.mncr" Will 3
fevv American ladies pass the hat for
several thousand boys in blue"?
;God save the Queen" to be stTre.
We respect-tier and her gray nairs
But "America, for thee, land of the
brave 'and free" that's thc song ot
men, women, and children suffering,
dying, on this side the 'Atlantic Let i
pass the hat for these, and "Pay, pay
pay!" Harper's 'Baza-. -
s However creat the dish that hold.'
the tnrbot. the turbot is still greater
than the dish. MartiaI, Epigrams.
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