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WEEKLY OREGON . STATESMAN, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 1900.
ARMYC
1
The Reorganization Elil Passed
tbe Senate Yesterday.
ENTIRE NEW SYSTEM IS PROVIDED
A a; Io-rr of One Hnadrcd Cleta for
; Went Folat ConawsBiIloe Grnrrat
Kank of Ueat. General. ;
.-'WASHINGTON, - May 4. Today's
session of the Senate was rendered es
pecially notable, by the passage, after
ta debate lasting only three hours, of
the army re-organization bilL In mili
tary circles the measure is regarded as
one of the most important of the present
. session. It practically reveSutionises
the present staff arrangements of the
army. It wroposes to change the pres
ent system of permanent appointments
4ii certain staff corps, to one of detail
by a gradual process, as the officers in
'those corps go out' of active service,
;As vacancies occur in the department
of the tAdjutrant-General, Inspector
jcnral. Quartermaster-General ; and
Commissary -General, they are to .be
filled by derails from the line, details
to be temporary and not to exceed four
years.. - ;
The new system is not applied to
Corps of ..Engineers, the Medical De
partment. Pay Department cr Judge
(Advocate Generals Department. The
4111 discontinues the regimental organ
izafion or artillery, and estabiif-hes an
artillery corps, of two branches, viz:
i.2f batteries of coast artillery 'and 18
tatteries 'of field artillery, w ith total of
17.448 men. .
It provides for an increase cf one
hundred in the corps of cadets at West 1
l'ofnt. two at large from each stale, and:
ten more to the present tuiinbeT r"f !
twenty from the United States at larire.
The rank of the commanding general
of the army is raised to that of lieutenant-general,
and that of the adjutant
general to major-general, the latter be
ing, during' the incumbency of the prcs-ent.Adiutant-Gencra!.
General Corbin.
The President is etnpwercd to place
on the retire! list any officer who lias
leen suspended from duty by the sen
tence of a court vn.irti.iI. or by legisla
tive order, in ; mitigation of such sen
tence for a period extending to or with
in one year of the time of this compul
sory retirement for age. - '
This i we.ll understood to apply to
Corrnni'ssaryGeneral Eagan. An
amendment, creating a Veterinary Corps,
for the army consisting of a colonel and
thirty-five other commissioned officers
was attached. to the bill. The fortifica
tions appropriation bill, carrying about
?7.50rOoo,' was passed.
A IvATE PAYMENT.
Washington. May 4. The Senat
passed the bill to may $-.)S to Kachac!
. U ilsou. of Harrison county. West VijJ
ginia. for the services of her? father
-J . ... t f : iir-i ... .
vi.mh.1 it iii.iiiiiii w uson. in the revon
iftioriary war. The beneficiary of th
Ml is one of twenty-nine children of
Colonel Wilson. '
IXOLK FOR GOVERNOR. I
Washington, May 4 The President
today sent the following nomination
to the. Senate. E. C. Bellows, of Wash,
ington, to be consul-general at Yoko
hama: Lieutenant-Commander Samuel
iC -Ixmly. U. S. N.. of North Cam-lire.'
to be judge advocate general of th
navy to rank as captain far a term of
four . years from he 4th of June, 1900;
.-.anioru . uole, ol Hawaii, to be gov
ernor of Hawaii; Henry E. Cooper, of
HaVaii, to In- secretary of Hawaii.
A NEW CONSUL.
.Vancouver. Wash., May 4 Hon. 1
C Hellows today received telegraphic
notification, from Washington, of hih
appointment to thei position of consul
general at olcihjma. Jaoan. to fill h'r-
vacancy caused by the death of John
. Ywey, ana rnat the amointnitn
s occn confirmed.
fort. The head of Lord Roberts col
umns have thus advanced thirty-twol
miles from Karee Siding, in two days.
or fifty-three miles north of Bloemfoa-I
tein. Little powder was spent. 1 he
British work was hard marching, the!
Boers retiring out of . reach of the Brit
ish in the hills.' As teener al Hutton,
with the first mounted infantry brigade
drew near Brandfort, he saw a khaki-
elad body of troops ahead, of him. He
was surprised, but thought they must
be British. Soon, however, they open
ed fire npon the British, who. replied
heavily. They, were the Irish-American
brigade from Lourenzo iMarquez, and!
u is reported that the Irish lost heavily.
Lord Kitchener arrived at Brandfort
at noon, and Lord Roberts at dusk.
General French's cavalry are sweeping!
the country northward. The news
greatly ; cheers London. " Nevertheless,
it has not been received with the hne
raDftre that attended the first successes
ol Lord Roberts. General Hunter's
crossing the Vaal. at Windsorton.
brings the relief if 'Mafeking. 195 miles
beyond, almost within a calculable in
terval. It is now regarded as quite
possible that 1 Mafeking. may be suc
cored before the Queen s wrthday.
1i SHIFTED THE GUNS.
! I-ady smith, I May 4. The Boers have
shitted their guns on the range of hills,
facing the British front at Eland;
I.aagte, and have posted a "Long Tom"!
on the hut iri the direction of Wessels
N'ck. . r ;
r.. .vaaaaaaa. m r
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FOX FARMS IN THE FAR NORTH
! CROSSED THE VET.
: London-. (May 4. The war office this
evening issued the following from Lord
Rrfoerts. dated 'Bloemfontein, Friday,
May 4th: "The mounted infantry have
gout on to Vet river. The rest of the
force will march there tomorrow. The
railway has been repaired, to this point.
Hunter reports very sa isfactory news,
that; the passage of the Vaal has been
rarri"d at Windsorton without opposi
tion. !
Alaskan Islands Devoted to Raising.
Furf Bearing Animals for Profit.
At Bed Time.
I take' a pleasant herb drink, the next
morning 1 feel bright and my com
p!exion is better. My doctor say
it acts gently on the stomach, livei
and kidneys, ;and is a pleasant laxa
live.. It is made form ; herbs and
is prepared as eisily. as tea. It is
called Lane's Medicine. All drug
gists sell it at 25c. and 50c! Lane's
Family Medicines moves the bowel
ech day. If you cannot get it. send
for a free sample. Address. Orator
F. Woodward. "Le Roy. N. Y. 5.
j DEWEY IN ST. LOUIS.
Uncle iSam has a considerable repu
tation as i: landlord, but few . persons
know that part of his rent-roll income
is derived from leasing islands for the
culture of foxes. This is the case,
however, on the coast of Alaska, where
such ; n island commands an annual
rental of $100. Fort this the govern
ment jjives the tenant a written con
tract securing him in the exclusive oc
cupant y 6f his island for this partic
ular purpose. . -
To the. farmer who has found it
necessary exercise all his ingenuity
in onier to get rid ot the toxes as a
pest, the idea of deliberately breeding
them, and even maintaining' a farm for
their qomfort. seems almost preposter
ous. The fox in these places where
his presence is most deplored seems to
have no difficulty in niakinc a living:
withoiit human aid. But the experi
ence pf breeders in Alaska has shown
that the fur foxes must be handled with
the utmost care in order not to wreck
there they are " obliged ri sell ' to the
North American Commercial Com
pany. The price paid is $5 a ' pelt.
The first systematic experiment in blue
fox breeding was made t with twenty-
two foxes taken from the PribiVof
Islands and landed on North Scmidi
Island, a barren and unknown waste.
Although no one knew the habits of
the foxes, and everything had to be
done tentatively, including the finding
of artificial means of feeding them, still,
from the progeny of these pioneer
foxes nearly twenty other islands1 have
been stocked. Son of the barren
islands of Alaska, indeed. ; show no sign
of "being Rood for any other use. The
method of cafing for the foxes is sub
stantially the same everywhere. Each
island has a keeper and one or two
native assistants. They put up "the
food for the animals during the sum
mer, consisting of unmarketable fUli.
blubber and oil, and corn meal. The
foxes come at a regular lioiir every day
to be fed. like ordinary idomcstic ani
mals, and soon learn .to know ; their
caretakers, but "continue , iuspicious and
wild in. the presence of jstrangers. 1
One -of the first probjejms which had
to be mastered was hoW to catch the
as
Hero otf -Manila Bay the Guest of the
j Queen City.
.! . . '. . . Igress
t, i,ouis. .May 4. I4ie principal I pract
erni rouay, in nonor 01 the visit oi I yet td
Attniral Uewey. took place at the, Lx- been
I the fortunes of the investor, for it takes
'not a little capital to go into the bus-I foxes without harming : their skins
iness on a large scale. On the finest it would not do to shoot them or use
fox farm in Alaska every pair of breed-. any kind of sharp instruments in their
position building. 'When the admiral
and party came into the buikling 10.000 I diturc
cnnl'sh voK-es started I he Ked. White
andBlue." the children at same- time
waving American flags. The song was
at once taken tip by nearly every per
son in tne building. evei the admiral
ing artimaK used at the start cost $150
to $-joo. The work has been in pro
for friteen years or jnore. yet
jrally the first dollar of profit has
show -itself. Good money has
jpoured after bad, running well
up intk the thousands, and this expen
diture is still going on. for the share
holders, believe they have a money-
makin
enoug
At ft rstj the plan was to propagate the
gr.iv tox, ot which the fur is
silver
standing and holding a small flag in four dr five times as valuable as that
ris nana, joining. :.' oanquet was ten
dered Admiral and Mrs. Dewey tonight,
and av magnificent silver punch-bowK
the gift of rhe citizens of St. Louis, was
presented to the admiral.
! or tn
cable.
the fc
which
The
Shake Into Yuur Shoes
Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder. It euro
painful, smarting, nervous feet and in
growing nails, and instantly takes the c the
ting out ot corns and bunions. It's
the j greatest comfort discovery of the
age.; nen s 1-oot-fc.ase makes tighi
or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain
cure for sweating, callous and hot, tired
aenmg iect. 1 rv it today. Sold by
it MiujiK'sis ana snoe stores, ay mail
i? l-c- stamps. Trial package
! vt-l. -aiiress,,AIlen S. Olmsted. Le
island
erabie
It u
g idea if they can only wait long
h.
blue fox. It proved iainracti
however, mainly on account of
focious character ot the animal.
refused to be domesticated.
slilve'r-gray fox is really more of
a wolf than a fox in instincts and dis
position. One of its pleasant traits is
3 hsbit of fighting its -companions and
destroying its own young. Ihe culture
silver-gray has now so general
ly been given up that on only one
can it be found in any consid-
n umbers.
on the Atu and Pribilof Islands
Roy, N. Y
that tie blue fox was first found, but
the supply is now nearly exhausted.
As tli s 'Phibilofs are a govern .nent
reseryition. no live animals can be tak
en away : without a special permit, and
all the skins which the natives c,bta:n
capture. AnoHher consideration r is the
necessity of leaving those animals un
injured which are to be continued in
use for breeding. Box traps only are
therefore used. But the chief Virtue
of these has its drawiiacks, for all the
foxes come into the traps, attracted by
the bait, and when those which are to
be kept for breeding find that no harm
comes to them, they betome not only
fearless but greedy, and' hurry to run
in and fpring the traps as soon : set.
to the great annoyance of the breeder
and the hindrance of the proper busi
ness. The foxes set apart for breeding
are marked by clipping the hair at the
tips of their tails,' so as to prevent con
fusion with the others. or recounting.
It is considered . probable that the
domestication 01 the fox will set
vogue for the domesticiJion of othe
fur-bearing lanimals, and; thus build u
a very valuable and permanent indu
try. The Russian sable is one of th
animals talked of in connection with
this idea. One enthusiast has aJreadv
evolved the notion that an island set
apart for raising bears; would be
1 i. : 1 r 1 , . 1 , , -
jS'.Jim iiuiig. 11c nas lanncuca 111s ex
periment, and has already a dozen o
more bears, but the market seems still
too well stocked to make much ol
demand for his special product. Bos
ton livening transcript
IS NOT JOS. WILSON
IDENTITY or PORTLAND'S DKOWNED
MAN ABOUT ESTABLISHED. .
Body Is Undoubtedly that of Crptaln Sam
uel L. Willlsma Formerly ot San
Franelnco.
THE UTAH DISASTER.
MOTT'S
KbLIEF FUND FOR SUFFERERS
; IS GROWING.
THE BRITISH ADVANCE.
LORD ROBERTS FORCES MARCI
TOWARD tMAFEKING. i
A
JJrush Betwjecn Hutton's Trwp
anu i.ruger s irish Ungade in
Brandfort Neighborhood.
LONDON. May 5. (Saturday
4:30 a. he mounted tnlantry
with'-Lord Roberts, along with which
are the Canadians, have picketed their
Horses on the south side 01 the Vet
river, eighteen miles north of Brand
TheGesf Food
for Infants
Nature planned that infants
should have only milk for at
I least the first year of life. -But
I thin milk, skimmed milk, Will
not nourish. It's the milk that
is rich in cream, or fat, that
f does the work. This is be-
I cause fat is positively neces- I
T f jl r J " ? T
sary ior ine srowins poay. r
sccirs Emulsion
contains the best fat. in the
I form of Cod-Liver Oil, for ail
delicate children.
They thrive greatly under its use. f
Soon they weich more, cat more. I
$ play better and look better. If s jest J
j the riht addition to their regular
4 food. The hypophosphUcs of lime
I and soda lit it are necessary to the
I growth and formation of bone and
. At all drocrista; oe. asd St.oo.
SOOTT & BOW N E, Chemau, Nw Tofk.
rirc uamp on a tinman
ueing Uescr;bed bv One rf th
Brave Rescuers.
Pe at kfcJ3
PENNYROYAL PILL
4
id for
SALT LAKE CITY. Utah; -May
1 he total amount of the relief ftmr
the j sufferers from the mining disaster
at Scoficld. is. now $36,805. '
One of the rescue party today said:
. t great many people have already
askt-d, if ihe men who were killed from
damp MifTercd much. I can say thai
they did not. and know that to be the
case, because I have gone through the
experience to the stage of unconscious
ness during the past ten days. Many
of 1V-4 in the re'irnf" nartirs u.-r rwr-
rmr bv damp, and were carried back LTTTT ' T
into nitrir air t,v nnr rr.mtnnn. Tl,;, I tiOldetl and S
r i' " J vviiir'aiiiii7i a ill?
damp contains carbon dioxide, and is
They (Overcome Weak
ness, J irregularity; and
omissions, increase vig
of menstruation.; They aro LIFE SAVI2KS" to gbrls at
Tvomanhoorl, aidinir doyelonrnent of orcans ar.A hHw tc.
v , known remedy for women equals thrra. Cannot do harm life
becomes a pleasure. 1.00 PEIt BOX 15 Y MAIL. Sold
y arucrjrists. DR. MOTT'S ch RM ICAL CO.. Cleveland. Ohio.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS. I
WW
. 7"-" Bianopr i"IIS "" ueca ra tne mew 9. ycn by the H the Mnrmoa
Owh "U lucit t.M.fc. Wut.y .ufe tw worst can in oM and j-oun? arising from ctfnts
ViT 17 " " "k- --Mine- ouri Lost manhood. Im
R?l?r5T' ;eAV't Hfsht-Loas, Bpermatorfhoaa Inwmnla, PalM
LTif??ci" cl" P.i.re. mlnat Emissions, warns ataeR, Nervous Os-
vous Twitching of fyolld
urgiui 3tfcnoltrr thi hnii aa4 awe center, wtim, in 3 n by mnil. 1 aSUtUJ a written w'umr,. to ran
KmMM. wt uoaea. cuutiars face. Addre&s Birhon Rnty co rraiciota ca
FOR SALE BY D. J. FRY, DRUGGIST, SALEM, OR.
nowy and red the flowers.
den andisnowy and red in vain-
very prisonous. - A whiff of it almost !'fs c?l' rc','ns through .sad showers;
to
paralyzes a man. and a good breath of
it renders him unconscious. Then he
falls as if in a sleep, and dies unless in
stantly carried into purer air. What
t truggle takes placa after that finst
breath are the struggles that nature
puts lorth automatically. I have seen
our men fall and struggle, but they
1 r. .,.. :
Th
Ap
OREGO.V DELEGATES.
II.
with
white dove's feet are wtt
rain.
"
For April sobs while these are so glad
fil weens while these am sr tav
BICH MARION COUNTY MINES.
Weejk like a tired child, who had,
Placing with flowers, lost its way.
Helen Hunt Jackn.
Incjrediility is the wisdom of a fooL
W't Shaw.
KepubUcatis Organize for Work in the
! ; National Convention. j
a-a-aawaa
riortland. Or , May 4 The dcleirates
to the National Republican Convention
mc( toniglit. in this city, and organized
with ! the following result: Chairman
of the delegation, Joseph Simon; secre
tary. John I). Daly; member of the na
tional committee. Geo. A. Steel, honor
ary! vice:presidcnt of the convention.
b. S. btanky; member of the commit
tee to notify the nominees, 11. E. An -
keny ; member oi the committee on per-
: . . : ii. i. t - .
111.un.iii jjij,4iw.auuii, 11. t ivuck; com
mittee on ruleSi I. B. David: commit
tee j on ? Credentials. Wallace McCan
mant; resolutions, John D. Daly. s
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j ! AT SHAW STATION.
Development Work in the Foothill:
Northeast of . Silvcrton.
Infant Buried Yesterday Heavy Re-
I I ; ceipts of Graan. r
Shaw (Or.) May 4. The infant son
of Mr. and Mrs-ijohn Smith was buried
in the. Butler cemetery, near this place,
at 2 p. m. today. The child died yes
terday, aged 9 days. !
The warehouse at this place has tak
en in more oats this spring, than for
thre years before.
A ' roind is not to be chanced! iW
place or time. Clinton. - - ,
s A Wonderful Medicine.
iPiLLSvX:-.-
wfT.'i5?'" 'f1 Nerrooa Dworden., asch as
f- ' . ,ne sick Headache.
n',Ze-??tl'""i S'" ideals:
'"'"7" " prowea. O.W Chill., Hh
of Appethe. Shortness of
iJ'IV B'wche. on the Skin, Di
. f--wT ; ireams,and all cvoas
JM 1 IremblintbeDsaton,etc These ail men tt
, r-'"' d denrd or .btttedcosditioa
d m,c" nd liver.
Bcecham's Pilla will qakklr restore Females
H-b'Vi!l- The, prompt!, rrrn.n
obstractioa or Jrrcgul.ritjrol the system, f or a
- Mt?!!m?MlJmmira tkm. Sick
n Hrsdachc. Disordered Uver, etcj
they act tike aiag ic a few doses ill work von.
dera apoa the Vital Organst Streatheaine the
Moscalar System, restoring the ton( loat Com
Plexma. brinrins hark th ki.. .r4M a
UwjModa, ia all cUaaes of society, aad one
rv-JV' .'" H the Nerroaa and
pebilitsted is that Bcecham's Pills have the
Largest Sale f any Patent Medicine ia the
world. This baa beca achieved -WitBMMrt
the paMicatioa of testimonials.
I BeeehamV l;tl. I. f .
. - ; inj Tears oces
r F?.r ""''y medicine wherever the
wkho iTStST poke mai tbcJ w Un
( 10 ceata and 25 cents, at an draa atom.
.mong . inc. varjous mining tiistricts
in Oregon, r.rnv 'being developed, there
is one which promises to see grat ac
tivity this sea-on. and it is in the foot
hills of the Cascade mWuntains, north
of Silvcrton; . Thtse hills arc rich in
mineral deposits, the prineipar ore be
ing copper. Th Miincr.al Harbor
Mining Company has a rich quartz lead
northeast of Silverfon, the sale of which
they arc negotiating to the Boston De
velopment Company, of Bonon, Mass.
whose representative i isj now at the
mine, and has accepted the proposition
of the owners, only awaiting orders
from the home othec to conimmate
the deal. The capital stock of the Bos
ton Development Company is $3,000,000
ana sit is organizea ior tjhe soiy purpose
of deyelopnunt work. '.
- Another valuable conber mine i that
of P. Fox. situated inn Rock creeks
about four miles cast off "Marquam. on
the road leading to Wilhoit Springs.
Mr. Fox is developing, ks. his time fwr
mits him from the other duties iof -his
farm work, and 1i now has a shaft sunk
about eight feeL I The base wall oi hu
lead is almost rftendicula.-. chwin
that at some earlier Hate th.' ro-k
have been rent by softie miirhtv im.
heaval. His ore; comes! to fh snrfr
of the ground, and considerable 5 native
copper is found in it. iHe as verv en
thusiastic about bis mine: a it
richer as development-increases.
About two miles- further m a hii:
lelrange, G. Wi Wylart has a Similar
clarm, upon which he is dointr ronsJir-
erable work, and "which, also shows- a
great deal of native coppers- ; These
ledges all abound in tliis 'val
and also a great Seal of it is assaying
a considerable' amount "of trold.i
i - . v - f :
(From Daily Statesman. 'May 5.)
It now; tevelops Lhat the remains of
the dead Siian, recently found in tlie Wil
lamette rjver at Portland, are not those
f Jos. Wilson, of this city. The body
is sivtxposed to be -that cf Captain Sam
uel L. Williams, who left San Fran
cisco for Portland about two months
ago. In many very material respects,
the description of the missing captain
and that of the dead man are identical.
Concerning the case the Portland
Telegram1 last evening .had the follow
ing: "Chief of Police McLauchlan is posi
tive that the identity of the drowned
man found in the river near the old O.
St C. ferry landing, has been established.
The body-is undoubtedly that of Captain
Samuel L. 'Williams, who is suijosed
to have left San Francisco for Portland
last March. ' '
"'Chief McLauchlan is in receipt of a
letter from Contra Costa. Cal., in which
the man found in the -WiKamette river
was accurately described. The letter
states that the man is 70 years of age.
but would easily pass for so. lit wore
a dark suit when last seen by the cor
respondent, and always wore a celluloid
Collar. He bad blue eves, one beincr
marred by a cataract. His mustache
was'gray and two front' teeth were fill
ed with gold. The Contra Cosia aiam
describes the souvenir key ring. He
says that Wiiliams was a carpenter, and
came North for the purpose of finding
uoric. ite owned a galvanized iron
trunk, which was filled with blankets
and tools. The correspondent thinks
that the trunk is probably in some hotel
or baggage-room 111 Portland.
taptain Williams was a widower, and
as far as known bad no relatives. His
wife is buried in Ione Mountain ceme
tery. He was a Mason and an Odd
Fellow, and should the man now lying
at the morgue prove to be him. the
iqdges will see that the remains
prqperly interred."
LAID IN 'RUINS
Sandon, B. C, Is Completely De
stroyed by fire.
All ITS CITIZENS ARC HOMELESS
The Vnmm Will Reach Nearly a Million -Th
Town the Secoad la Importance
in tlio Slocaa.
V SI'OKAN'E. Wash.. May 1. Ja
cial to the Spokesman Review, from
Kaslo, B. C, says: - j
k Sandon. the second niininir tii,n-;
wnportancc in the Slocan dis!r:4;, has
oecn completely destroyed by fire, and
neatly all of its I joo people are hwe
fess and ruined. Kalso is tweuty-d-ht
miles from Sandon. but about, midnight '
large clouds of smoke camt rri1n
over this town from Sandon. At once
Word .went out that Sandon was de
stroyed, but no news could be i3d
from the desojate town asj all the wires
had been burned. -
.t 4 p. m. a tram came tn troin San
don, bringing a number of those who
.ost all their property. They reported
that the total loss was between $;oo.x)o
and $1. 000.000, while the insjttr.t'tve
rpuht onlv have been about $J5.oov
I ht n hrm vi-w ckiinhiii thkrdt-
jmidiMght, and quickly the streets wire
filled with hundreds of men and- W 1 Heii.
Two strcams secmed to hold the ll
in check for a while. Then one Vt ream
gave out. and the tlaines spread", rapid-"
ly. After tKat it was,only a matter of
.1 " I : --. u- . .
ine nre nurnintr nscii our. i tie mm-
jers' hospital and the 'drug" store were
blown up in an effort to stop the il.iines.
;By '.his time all the lower part ot the
town was gone. Then the firemen 11 w
up the Echo hotel', one of the finest''
Buildings in the Kontenay country; the
'Canadian Pacific railroad station and
other buildings. '
The officials of Sandon donated $500.
and the mining men there cuuiriiiuted
$3000, while Kalso raised $1800. and
sent a special train loaded with larKC
supplies of food, tents and clothing,
Pacific Homestead, Salem. Or. Best
f.irtri n.incr Tssitrvl i-rL-lv i a mr
, I - - - ' . J " J...BI.
W. GILMOKE SLMMS LIBRARY.
In bis paper of reminiscences of
'ShcTmaii'.s March -to the Sea.' rial
before Wisconsin CmnnandiTy, Mi'f
ry )rder tf the L'.'yal Legkm. Ju Ic
P. . Ptttnev 1V11 senile I irwxl "iktvrii s
of tlvat noited- strategic nwncintnt, in
wbicli several Wionsnn Tegi.nenti,
were tmsraged. savs'lhc Milwaukee Sen
tinel. The fact that (he mas cinb'H t
are
,.THE MUSICAL 'MOUSE.
Ff6.ni Scribner's: Any cowboy on
the upland plains will tell you that at
night when sleeping out he has often
beard the jivost curious strains of birdy
music in his .half-awakened hours a
soft, sweet, twittering song, with trills
and de'eper notes, and if he thought
ahotrTit at all he et it down to so.ne
small bird singing in its dreams, or ac
cepted his comrade's imexplanatory
explanation that it was one of those
"prairie nightingales." But what that
wars he did hot trouble himself to know.
I .have often heard the 'stranjje night
song, but not being able to trace it
home. I set it down to some little bi-l
that was too happpy to express it all
in daylight hours.
Several times at night I overheard
Irom -my captive a lonir-drawn note.
iefore it dawned on me that this w.is
the same voice, as that that often sings
to. the rising nvtort. I did .not hear him
really sing, I jinl sorry to say. I have
nq final proof. : Mv cantivc was no
seeking to amuse me. Indeed, his at
titude toward me from first to last was
one of unbepding scorn. I can only
say 1 think (and hope) that it was the
same voice. lint iv allegiance is due
to cnt csciencc;. Oh! why lidn't
lake the other trailf-for tlirn I
have leen able o announce here, as
now 1 do net clarc to. that th .
nigfit singer of the nlains and he nSich.
clad fairy that nightly danced about iny
aic.iiie same.
loss moved like
We have lost
narrow jeal-
The; shadow of his
eclipse.
Darken in the world.
hini; he is eoner
We know him now: all
f ousies" i
Are silent, and we sec him as he moved
1 1 . 1 .... . 1 1 ... .
iijiivbi. au-accomn isitfd u-ic.
With w hat suhl im e r cr r e s ir. n ' f i, ; 'm
T - -sm Mini
sell,
And in what limits, and how tenderiy
'.Not making his high place the lawless
percti
Qf "winged ambitions, nor a
; ... ; ground
For;'pkasutc- but thro' all this tract of
; , years ' . ' . '
Wearing the white flower of a bla
:.. !.:-. less lite. .' '
.'"' ';. : ' No life :
Can be pnre in its, purpose and strong
in its strife
And all life not made purer and strong
j: :. cr thereby. .
vantage-
mie-
. , A VIOLENT STORM.
I Portland. Or., .May 4. -A violent
lighfninjgr and thunder storm, followed
by heavy rain, occurred in this city and
vicinity about 7:30 tonight. For a
short time the telegraph and telephone
wires were paralyzed.
-i.-'; ' --
The painful warrior famoused for fight.
After a ihonsaij'd victories once foiled.
Is from the book of honor razed quite.
And all the rest forgot for which he
t 5 toiled. J
i Shakespeare's Sonnet XXV. ;
1rotect teiiTjuorarily the library j Wil
liam (jilliwre Sinnn's frm 'd.e'triivtjon '
: . . : . t. ..1... 1:
Ii 'JIIIVIITUUK .rtiv. kt 1 1 1 r ,11 II -M
bnarv subseoueretlv slvared the '''fate fi "
fcither veocrable a-nl 1iistoric; Sotiili Car
old nan hrnnieis "that had - -1u !'er 1
Greene, or. Cnwallis. or? .'Tarlefr.m."
Judge Putney was a lienitenflrrt w the
Twelfctih Wisconsin' Infantfy tKirhig 1
Shorman is inarch. 'He says: .
"I was riding on ahead of the coIh-iih
with amther. staff officer, as our cus
tom re, for the purpose of getting to
the io.'tmjing ground bckrre nightfall,
so as to look it over by daylight and le
able to guitle the regimeirts -to tlieir
places, wheii I twticel i a ita-ii1atiin
Iousc near the road iwiilih all. its build
ings umharmed and its dooryard , 'free
froitu squad's of foragers. As we ca-iif
abreast vf the tlace a Kcmtreman f
iT.lVklle age anl of pool berinr oroite
hastily out t the rond ml befiMigV.t
iinc watti nmst appealing wjoks bii-i
word to give him a guard tor his
property. 1 answcred briefly, and
probably CiMl'y. that I .had 10. iiuard
to give liiin. ami that he Jwoukl have
to take Ks clvanceis. Uixwi this -lie re
newed li'is emtreaties nnore trrgen'lv,
and askel nie who was he general in
command and where he CjntM find hini.
He added tlnafc he was sure any jjcneril
would irotect his lilwary from de
struction, at tlvc same- time waving his
lia-ml tvward a drt achel Oik -story
frame IxiiWitTg neaT the rtouse. A sep
arate library building, twerrty-five or
inore feet square, on a remicyfe planti
tHn tiueI my curiosity, and I asked
Imiit 'lis name. j '
"Every man who is !! rrKugh to
remember the pleasures "which, in the
fifties. 'RikhaTd 'Hunls' and ' Border
IVcagles' aruV their auth"o.rs' rther sto
ries' gave to reading lwys. -ilI under-ta-trd
what a thrill of excitement arid
werest ran mrough my vein's as my
interioeuroT answered, with a .Nw:
' W6 Ilia ml Gill more Sinvms. sir,' ,( '
"AM nry imlifTercmce vanislul in
stantly, aml liia hope . rose percepM4lv
-1 .- T ,.T..1 1. . .1 ; r..t j . .1
. . ,"f. III 111 11I1T JiPJrlUl. U itll'l
tights which the creations of his pen ,
had1 bpouglrt tne in my faraway Wis- i-
eorrsMi nomc: i lis heroes kwI heen as
Teal to me ir my teens as are tlie great t
ca-prarins of the Wilderness and vNtlant '
to irlie yonth of today, and I told hin
that I orwed him a debt' of graiitn le
which I would be glad to try to pay. " I
"Very soon the head otf the ' . coliinwi'
came tip, awl I - went at once to Gen
eral Eiwing to reort the reason- of iny
delay on. the road ami to intercede for
'Mr.. Simms and bis- li(lrary. " n lcar-
: , , ... .
ruv -w-nose oiace was rri. tne naiure
of tlrcl owner's request, fhc general or
dered guards o be detailed and placed
'hra-' iint kt rrtmni mlv ,,ni1 tli trlf-
ade iid passiei. and. tbcrr retort to
their regimeirt.. The general then ex
pVained to Mr. Simfs that he would
have to seek a"le favor from the next
foIJowjng brjgai, ami so on nrrtil all
jwl passed. Hartrrg dooe iwJiad I could
tn return tor the many liainy irour.
given sorrre years before. I bade fr.
Simms good-bye aod rode rapiHy on
to, make up for tlve time 1 had wattefl
there. I coMes I did ot feel very
sarngiane that bis Iiook1 awl bifiWi-ngi .
(woukl escape tmscathed, and so when, ;
tc years after the iwar. I read tint
thev were aM burtwt. I was not sur-
, . . . . . ,: .1
pniseti. wn i was suwruiariy gnewu
that they were so imfortunate as tw
be tit: tlie pathway ofj war. i
O Or. WUllamn' lad lab t "
. AoiDtment will cure BUM.
'VuMin. and IlcbmC
PUeK. Itabtiorbslhetumora.
allaya the itching at once, acts
as ay noultlce, elves Instant. re
lief. Dr. Williams Indian rue oitil'
ment Is nrenared for Pi lea and Itch-
. . Inif of the private parta. Kvery bo w
warranted, fiv dniteists. b mall on re-
eipt of price. M cente and I.(M. WILL! I
MANUFaCTURIHG CO.. J'ropa.. CleveUnd, Ouio.
For sale by all druggists. ,
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