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APIOKEdlHAEESE to fa memory. qr jrnK late t. m. KICK, OF PBATTM. Laid to Best at Maclcay, July IS, I900 (From Daily Statesman, July 13.) Oregon I kising ber pioneers. , : ; The funeral of P.: M.-'Kice-was con ducted at the family home on llowell .IT;Urie-on Friday.Iast at 2 p. m3irs. Addie Short officiating. 'Tile address : given by Mrs. Short was full of com fort, to the sorrowing family. The singing of approprkite. stings by Mrs. and -jMr.ijOiarlev Short was rendered tenderly, ami the obsequies were most touching. -' ' J A large '.concourse of friends attend ed the retiialu to the Maclcay cem etery, and Mr, Rico wa' laid. at. rest by the-skle of his? ou Frank, wbo pre cedfd hint some four years ago. . ' Mr. liice was married to Miss Eliza-ls-th Stewart la 1834. Six, children were given Jhemj fire sous' and one daughter. Two wins, John and Frank, ba re. lieen called up higher, ami those remaining are Charles, Fred and Clyde O. Itk-e and" Mrs. C. W. Stege. Tbe .; mother is living and liears the afflic tion with '.Christian, courage. Mr. lUce was 1 torn in Tennessee 7l years ago last April,-and while a young man moved with ji'.s tatlurr's family to Missouri. He came to Jhcguu ""the plains across" J a, 18" 1. Returned to Missouri in 1K"1. giinir by st amer Via Cape Ilora, again I.Vavcd the" dangers andrlals oi ' tuober emigrant .trbj, eiira'tfiV to:Oreton in IS".;:. . ; - He located in Unn county .alwiitt two .miles south' of the 'present town n 'Scio. The writer rchitinbeH Weil tbe spot wliere- the old :blaekiiiitli 'shop Mood, built bvv Mtv I tie; in JUe early .fifties, the boj being on the ' 'coimfy road nearly opposite the pate b-adittg Into the -'Frauki!ri ltiilt? Cemetery. " Mr. Uhi prosecuted bis tnlc assid uously for h nu is itcr of yearn, rumi'tig blacksmith shops at : Sclo. Auinsviiie aud Salem. Some twelve years us' he purchased n farm on" 'Unwell prairie and residd tm the same, continuously since, leaving a line home a an .cart li ly, heritage and a reputation that in sures him a lieatriily 'home. The testimony tof all who knew and are familiar with1 lit? life work ca mint Ih oilier than that Mr. Klco was a cowl and tipriyl man.. Itelng a iucmler of the M. K. cbtircb. be livl n, consIsfeut'Vlirlslian life for more- than half n centursv ' . lIls.illiM'' was of siiort (duniMpn, i'eing trouKrd wiih, IJi" malady te heart disease, be realiz-l that at any trotiirut Hie ni'ssnger fidglit call him. its was;evideiicel by: a' word: hom Atiux on lawt Sunday. bo in -owpany witli Jits .wife' visited his son Frank's grave, be said: "I exMH-t souu to Is? laid at resl by Frank's side." ' l l-M ll -re. Heroic jTreatment. I don't .airree with voul . I set? no obligation , whatsoever. To, Im.jinUe frank --;" . , r . , . ; He iKiHscd abniptly.jr.- He. wasact iiii lly blushl ug4 bnt tin? faipt tinge radetl qukkly from his checks, and left them uutistialiy palll.l. "Yesr sahlj Lieutenant Winston, encouragingly nud quite uiiblusliing- iy. :V&r.: --'-' -' "'': "Oh, I don't know!' staiumercl the oflier man. "M you really serious? If s6,'you nmsjMjiiirdnn me for wiylngi so-U ltlief1 ihej most UVat'llesj ; lMggar I over aiel-of the iu -.st ali .unl Jy Kcnsltive.' U: ' ' :-:'.V".- " "In other word, a knave or a Mlth-! ering idiot -chalet fonl. oi l cliapV" j said Wiustou chorrlly 'lixactly! i inyM? it is. only a cri: of temiMi'raty lusanify " . . , i ' , lr. : liford w .vW the ablest of hc voitHC.-r1 plivsi !ans In tb West, end of Itiib-': but. beinrr nl-o omf of the most stupidly ml t f U'W -, HM ti. ' his profl swtenal dmn' ln lv sntliccit to pit yt Ike -rental nt bis rojai Jn Grower ttrcet. - Sie day be m iy dlseover that W Is jKVJ.t- t 1m- ovc--UMxlest ami thst inward sel r d -tr-cistlon leads to iH-iuiry, and tlwa lw will remove to llarb y Mre t n gin to make j progre.-:-. towar I "J- . dots ; - s ; - " ' ' .. Winston .Hit not fail to -observe t.w tinge of cdor - on- the d ror s face. rir m quic'x dis-ipptiniuc: but ju pave no slirn ! of iH-.snMioii. Ne'e iH-forc bad bo se.n bis r ol I c.dbg hnui'Jook half si bamN ;e when that fiiHting fbojv of.nsy cdor tint ed the man's! checks tmr half so pa thetically glum as whenjt vanishiM 1. -She saved j my life I blnk you will admit that, doctor? How many women would have taken the risks that she took? Would any other .woman tu .Hie world h:m sacriti".l berseir as sh did?" . "Any nuniU-r of themr declarefl the doctor, seiitetitloitsly.i althongh tt flitting smile r uiHu Ida face said. -Xoii of them, bless her. . Your mediiiU men ;af tter1 f Irearth- cynk-s' protest! Wlnstoit. shruifffiiig bis bmid hwdder ' "I tierl v," ndmlttiHl .MetfortU ow . I am so 'unroniantie as to attnlmi your recovery chiefly to your cast iron constitution, in r-ttllng gooil physi-eiau-mnst swnd my owm m,,I"," t if vou wont Mow -It for me-aml i Old Nick'a merciful tonsleration. utr cup of iniquity Is not yet quite brim ful: vour liver and all the rest of you. including your heart, are as sound a a Ih-11." "V i ,-i--'.. , - . ' "I know will what I owe you. Mft ford. old cbapr said the mmvalosccMf In a grateful tone, and with an affec tionate grasp of the biceps of tbe dn - tor' nearest arm. " ou don't apiear to be aware of it. but you're "a long way the cleverest - mcnu-ine man m Iondon. beal and shoulders alove all! tlie rest of 'cm. JT you wenii smn a -onfoundeilly mobst least -" - ' "Skittles:wJnterJeCte4t lds physfcian: In much confusion. "You -ant think Jiow I bate, that kind of talk T V. "Neyrlliclc.xs, .1 qwno It. old' cluip! Just voii tlibk'the matter over seri- ouilyiavellitii nrm-eed- LlU&5iL: war m f VI nertd-wh' ly the lolraiiiy poort stock ... ,. -. -tc .." "a Tefy different from the onlinary iSSSLl'UV M that- tiiose weeks when inr tt Wlieil IIIT Ton- mln,1ila soteTvis i0,,lf r ,1ir!ad- he ab" solutcly saerihced berself to save me. , , f.' ' ' "- vunieij miRrdevotioo. Not very complimeata- rT tO TOIL Wlf ' - - : . i ' "Mrs. Trevelyan Is modestv and t-. I crj oiner grace personiliedr decbirel T: -.7 far 38 1 'oul, but . .w:niiwii nerseii almost. If not iuive, as magryncentiy as as the the lWMl nurse. . . ' bat s it inav. tersistd wiri-lht ston, "I liave chatted "the matter over! ery wriousiy with my sister, and she says, imprimis, that. Mary Wethered I is, liartlng tbe.win-'s: an ahirel: m-c- ! omUy,. that; Ihe said ' angel t without wings would" make a Jewel of a wife. nrruiy ana Hiosi. trouHcsoui.-iy.irieU til year or so, I may let lier Into that I-;smll , ls..the most: Tiuznittf til wast pa .ea nil and the. ;stupint 'old ouhit ;ir. t Iout;KrraLhtway flet 'the uidy iknow r-tbmk.;so. Unfortnaarely. as i protesteri to my sister.: :iud lian admitted to you; I -an"t uiiejirlray itwit l am th least' bit in . love with Miss WethercfL I like her very much. j-ou know, anil all that sort of thing possiHy more than I like any other girl of my acquaintance and I : have reason to believe that she b not entire ly Indift'erent to" me, and that V If I only : ; . ' ' The doctor's lips curved scoriiTulIi'. Involunfarily, and a glow of color that was hardly a blush suffused bis face. And Jess tells me," continued the young oflicer S ImiK'rturbaldv. "'that 1 might do a very; much worse ! thing tb'an- marry Alary ;Vethen L ; You I fcftow, old cbap. I've led a devil of a I life In India a no elsewhere! Terrible lot of racketing We anirv men. voul I?hov-; So, you see, old fellow, I-cr-j oli-i-you know I well cr-love 4is for me a it ream or thin joyful l pat..--aml I pot i vision f the figure. Miss Weth-I cri-r knawleidiie cf nursiuff micht ! invaluable to jiio." . i v t ? v 5 Met ford grostnetl audibly. i v It niust not.lM-r be etclaiiiK'd.jn- dlcnnntly. fSliall iiot lMr lie muttcr ed itivardly.) "You ilon't love tlie cirl. 5'n ta-e ntlniittel It: you are not half as find 'of h?r ns of that newest mm of -onrs. il vi:iI1 iV.n to k.iv. iir half a leon; -nfs pa In. ''and I don't sninHise - - l fflrcs a sraw for me. he reflected bitterly,) I feel like kicking yonl? lie looktl like kicking, likewise. t -."K ick me. or tiiumn ute. or do what von wlil, old chap! My feeling is just this: I am a wortlde,s srt of fellow, have gone the pace, end. ilon't deserve tbe love of any woman in tis worid "Wlat ma a ever did?" growled Met- ford. Oli. but you haven't a notiun what l ti'orougn nan lot i vi is-cn; ionr lorV so nubelievingr prK-HHled tlie : kick worthy -oiivalcccnt. '! was eo- !ac t tell you -Koitietbing that Jess told me which. makes me .tolerably sure that Mis AethereM wit, Jon would only scoff. 1 never -knew such a fellow as y;ou nioi my word! : Mitford suiiletl illegibly. The tKsitouJs a. very simple one. b said. "Assuming that, from what 1 yourslster has lseu iarloii nu fori saying so .ouwlsely susrstin$r to you, Mary I. .mean Miss t Wethered-eares I cuoukIi for you to marry you. n worth ies , aud lietirtb'ss but tolerably gootl- looking chap like you. who, as you justly rtmark; don't leserve tbe love nf linr-wnnuiiL nnr. for that !matter. H " succession to one of tlie oldest and wen ii u'!i iiji roi wt-ii" iu ciii:ii uu-- 'He isihvihI, his' fa 'white' ami drawn, lines visible upon it tliat were not there when Ms debate began. "You haven't any love to offer ; ber, You don't know what love is. t You irMTiiv want to cancel a suiiosel debt of gratitude ty offering her your looks, your wealth-cvery thing you !ave except the only tiling tliat a wo man likt .Mary wvtiiereu Hungers for!"' - : Fie was becoming eloquent, ' too elo- qirent. rnd he xrceivel it. "Iaivo will come lat-rVi Winston an- cvcreil ccniidcntly: "vrmtitude is said to ! nfcin to love. Tbe girl is not quite :iy style, 1 admit; bur I like tier I ii-n.il r iki. Old chap: She is Missaiiy 'oolbok;iig. although. I supiNise, one .tmH hardly call her pretty Jleiford tf!irtil. ii 'vlics well-su Hi clentiy. well, that K Tnr drawing room purjH.wMs. TouI look lH-ast ly 'scori! rut. ri . course you i:Ut. aopriMiate " nnjliibig humbler '1-a ti. It alia n op-ra. She .plays the pi tf: bcarly as writ as .)f4 does, talks Vttne-Uugly, bas, I must sny, the rer't r't ' voJce I m:g j na bbv Whatever yTm'n ay ch)oe to ff.ijv" you obi, calvo-J fat'ns? i vnic. I am more inclinea. to irr.'ce with mv sUlcr Jess that, if I icturh to lud a 'Without asking .that T'rf i 1-e mv wife I si.all 1m tlie stu ru out and 1m the most .miserable "nr. ..:in on tliMl': eartlu You won't listen to my words ; of wisilom, lonrse: for of all the pig headed, stinate mules- " ; -A somewhat ; inlxinl metaphor lausheil Winston, unabashed.! "Mixed metaphor be bangetl! lie a ,it. ami a ircntleman? t.o away nude iin.il ami if. after roil liave bad six moniliK to think aliout If. SOU feel sonielhiiiR more than gratitiwie Stirrrnis within voir ' rnsoiii. jrei six iuou leave, return Jo Ingland. insert-, your hiad Into the matrlmotilal uoose-anu iniKtrixl to voU. ' v."-: . $ .1.1 rnir 'declarcil " the i.i ii..iV.i..int :I like yonr onfomsl in! iuipmkncejalklng alsutt lovel Why. I do not Isdieve you iosses even the rndlnn-nts ofva h.rtlTMtnnrtt gosl chip, air tlie same! Yo shall Jhj my liet man Tomorrow or the? next bty 1 shall Indite a byperl-dic epistle to M iss M a nr. aski ng whether she ca res enough for a fellow to wait for blm until be gets his captaincy. 'It may be yenrs. as tbe song says, but I flatter mvself I am well worth waitrng Jor, ami I don't propose to take the risk f anv otiKr fellow-a cold blooded cbap like yon. for Jnstam-e steopiDg !... !. lists durinsr my alnoc. Ar.ro.r.1 xvas sis-cs blcss with ron- n, Winston slKuiI nave : i . . . m t. . proved" himself such an unmitigated ..! v -' - it was that Miss m1o was takinc a brief rest . I inside, reeeive.1 two letters by .. " ,.iion friHi the "nil- .f thanking ber "ever lHMi;.ill'U p'dest mit uiigraterul and most coin- itoesn t mean a norse. cmptble' lieast cn cnrtlu" . I - plmh-ed It tbs-s," said Mary. I bare "t warn you." sa'd Mctford warmly, ailsmk at home tliat says, stf." '- H at I.' yini pTeteml to love Miss "Well." said the teacher, now thor- W-li creU .in t let her pledge herself oitpldy interested, "you may bring the o bne yuo. voa will m cut yourself l-oTto h1hh laud we 11 see almnt . It. . .....t iri ui fin.l The next day Mary broiurht tlw w'lijiii a u- ii- ..... iWEEKLY. ..OREGON.. STATESM AN, during bis protracted illiies; ' tb. eth- ler from the -beastlr oltl "T-ntf"J tlu . muti luu ail lifer Kiannr s lt 1. 1 XTI beastly old cynic, tlie reply to wkkh it UiAiS Si Print It " 1 -n t , seems almost like . . 1 T . . . v . . . . "ow -Iad "n lwt teU youM Lave loved you ?ver since the day that I inrsi met yon; nut i never tlarea to hoiH. that ' I should Is? honored with I -m- I imir r- tw k iwmir riiii i v vcT.'-riTt."t?vr ' ' And this is the letter that sister 3ess wrote a day or two thereafter to ber graceless brotlier: . My Darling Iky: You did It Is-an- Itfrullr. If I w-r. n-...i. vi K1Mit1 ilfii-tefl wltt a from , r. Rwt cdnsrsicuous cailautrr.' I know' lw fond of the irirl van had IwMi.nie. and wtof ii must have cost you to act as von lld. It wa tm hanl wm-k wasn't it. ioor boy? Mary Is over! oy- ctL Honw; tlav. M heii she 1ms teen inar- iiart of th secret - of our cnsniracv. Iut ;mumstne word for the present. The Sketch. . .("H SKJI1TS AT THE PAUIS' EXPOSITION. An automobile and bicycle palace. with an arvua for races and exhibi i tlo:is. ; F.lcctric bhips on the river Seine tliat will go at the rate of fifty ' miles au hour. . A JatKinese temple and Oriental gar dens, with dancing (Jeisba girls from Toklo. , . An American corn palace, with walls of cornstalks and tower made of corn- robs. I A reproduction of the city of Venice, with Its water streets, gondolas and ! ancient palaces. ? -. f i , The, biggest wine cask In the worbl, i 4." feet bish. with its top used r.s a i dancing pavilion. ' ' . I '"T f ; ; ; ; Th panorama of the world, which will irepr"seut a trip around the world j in sixty minutes. , ' . A restoration of the" burieil city of f IomtsMl.- with lCoiiinn men nml nia- i . ... trons In the costuims oi eigntecn uuu- tdnil years ago. IdGHTS AX1 SIOKIAGIITS. "Ills paper." remarked .Hungry Hawkes, "says: I)e great man is most rneonventional. His attire is always a quite ingenuous negligee. Iafs tto ilei for me. Well. repliel Harvard , Hasben, "that merely means lie's one of us. onlv he's cot money. Philadelphia Press. . , Forgive mo,'- my dear," said K ' tlie cossip. humbly, "but I thoughtleissly nientlonetl to Mrs. Brown the things Hint you told me In strict forifldetH-e.' 'There Is nothing to forgive, re plied the wise woman,' pleajantly.1"It was lor that very puriioHe that I toUI them to you in strict couOdetice. cidcago Post. - ' ; !. " Flaville There ate only two kinds of bachelors. " " Myrtilla And who are they? ' '"' Flavilla Those who are tisj timid to, inis)se. and -those who are too coura geous. Indiana polls Journal. ' ., LIGHTS AXI SIDELIGHTS. Hoax Is Ilanlluck the sort of fellow one could trust? " ' , Joax ell, if you trust mm once you'll ibnst him forever. Philadelphia KifortL w .... 3.- -. : ' .' -f ' '- MiKsJFaj-ilid I'm sorry to have to say nut. you nugnt nave reatt tlie h'fusal in my face. Mr. Fresh I in not good at reading tKdvveeu the lines. Lx. ' i"I ; always get a cook as soon as advertise lor one. saiu Airs, mjsiiick. "I wish you'd tell me bow to do it, ikIiIimI Mrs. Gazjcani. "I ailvertlse for a cfok for a small family; and so on, but get poor resuns "1 a 1 ways. advertise for a lady cook. explaining Mrs. Fosdick. Detroit Jour- os thf; rkatl Agnes Just look a t ' I Hdly's bathing roln. - - , ... i ' 'Mav-Iionn me 3-our "nuirine glass. dear. Ildladelphia North .American. !"What Is a furlough? asked' the teacher. "It means a borse, , was the reply of Marv. 1 "Ob. no." rrplkil the teacher. .Jt liook. and in some triumph opened to .1 twice where there was a picture of of I soldier riding a horse, llelow the pk-t- ..Vloro wer tbe words: "Goluir Home on i - . ... his furlough." Pearson v e-Kiy. Little Elmer- Pai, what Is a politi c-bin? Inifssor llroadhead A loIitlcian mv son. is a man wno nnncerw uu M m thirsts t sacrifice bisnsi'lf for Ids oountry in times of ieace. Summer IVwinler What Is tbe max imuui temneraturc here? ' i Farmer Itackwocls I can t say cx a-tly. but yon can bet It'a as maximum as it is anywhere: StMiie woinen exis'isl more" nervous energy? In getting a lot of ctotb to cethcr 'tor a ".two-week vacatton" at tlie seasliorcthan tliey ran regain our- ling twice that time. - - In Iarkest Africa. First Chief Tf.jit's a dandy new 'war club yon live Second ChiefIsn't it a Isaut? If I could soak some white man witu that, his burden wouuiu l twiner mm Puck. Aunt Mebitable treading the :!.police .....h n-s)WelL well! there's one ,i.n2 t',f ,u.Ver do. If I bad fifty rliil ,t,. 'A never same one of mem j A!iaH. ecms as if they're sure to'go wrong. J u Ige. M RrJ Yw fjm k'vm Zxgt Tinmn tW ' 4 TUESDAY, J ULY IO- Pr 'J A 'V Tl't finir'lTi1 stock Is well nigUxhausttxl by IVTEBESTIXO SERMON I1T EARL CBAXSTOX BISHOP ' : A tb rirl M. E. ChBlth oa SmmOMy- Cob- " ditlmw la' Amlmrrmmpt Action I'rseBtly K retired. - Phop Larl Cranston, of.tbe M. E. chfrro, who recently rtJurmil from an extended visit in' Japau. Cored and China; spoke o a large audience at the FIrstiM E. churi h Sumlay morning. bis subject leing: "China and the Work - of the Missionaries His iutb mae" knowblge of conditions at the' seat of; the pn-sent trouble In the Ori ent, together with bis splendid orator ical powers; securvu for blm the clos est attention of; bjs. bearcnC f i'v', Tlie Uishoi- cniiliaslzed tlie lmpXrt-i a nee of prompt action by the Govern ment In sending troops to the rescue of 'the missionaries and foreign resi dents in Prkin, and declared that be would nave cut all. the J-ed taje In the world to have delivenHl The Americans from tlie inieidittg danger. AVhile admit ting that to the aggressions of foreigners was -largely Vine the pre vailing conditions',: be said that the work of the missionaries was ut the cause of the troubk? and that their act tions were ill every way uefensible. Tpe iKiple know but little of the work the misstouark's are attempting t do,: because they do not study the question, but the church and those whose duty it Is to direct it, are more capable of ;spcaking lutelligenUy on the subject than anyone .else.". lie de scribed; Takii. as leiug,'sur'b,uuued Jy a vast plain sprinkled over With the grayes of the'deai JmOt up In mounds alxivejhe gneral;8urfae of the iaud Tbe action of the water and ruuulug water have torn down ma uy -of these and exposed tboli- occuiauts to view. In this same plain are dug out reser voirs in which salt water is conuueil, to be. evaporated: for. J he salt It will produce. This crude aud lilthy product is shipiMHi to various ports of China to supply tlie very necessary wauL TKre are no rua'ds-except In the north ern part of China", and militstry oiera- tioiis will is carried on. wit u extreme ditliculty. The cart wiTh a horse." cow or mule littcbcel was . the ordinary incuts of i road trausKrtlitiou and sometimes you fiud all three of these1 ntdinals hitched in a single team. The P. f sh op only saw one four wheeled ve-s bide while in China, and tliat Is'lnug ed to a uilssitmary. who bad imported Hip. wheels from San Francisco. The streets of IYkt'n are extreuiely crooked and na'rrow. and uihjh the nuiiu thor oughfare ypu niay find the meat render ouicnenng jus; nogs ami mieep in blaln view of the crowds thronging the ways. .The city has ioor sanitary, far cilities and every depression becomes a e-ess iiool. . Iors,. widcji are found In great, iiumuer, are me ,scy venders lor ute city. , i lie luuaintants r an classes are des-ribed as lielng jery suprstl- tious. and a number of Instauees are given to indicate' to what extent this Is true. A man supposed to be born on a , unlucky tbiy wears a ring iu Ids nose to keep oil evil. Iy omcial order a south wall, which bad been tainted red,,ly tlw missiouarii-s , was rden-d toru down, on the ground that a red south wall invitil lire 'to destroy the city. This south gate of the city Is closed to keen. off . heat and. the west jfate Is suposcd to 1r a Iwrrier against a Hood. A foreigner secured a right from tlie iKjverninent to sink a mine and when he began his work the people n the vicinity lsi-ame tcrrifh'd. claim ing that the shaft sunk would pierce the dragon's neck. The ieople paid tbe man JWU taels jo desist from his work. : ' ': '..,:'!'" . ..; '. ' : '': : ; Tlie oil ucat ion of tlie iHple consists of tearning lo,() chamcters. and to reiK-at from tiieiiiory the sayings of Confucius and other sjiges of the dls taut past, i The proi-ess of edm-atlon cl'nins China to tlie past, and under It tlie Chinese cannot .become, a progres sive people,-.. The struggle for bread begins very early .with the Chinese an Lists through life; this has made him very cunning, and no ilejiendenee can rsr'platjetl In anything be says In a bus iucss transaction, ' There is . no xuch thing as patriollHiu among them. The Official of . the go-emment live liy plunder from the pople ami Si jier cent of the ' taxes levied- go- to the official classes.;. : ' Tlie missionariH work Is not what it Is supposed to lie. They teach read Ing, arithmetic, geography and. history, Tle people must Je taught to think tefore they will tweak loose from thei old Jdea and fiierstltkni. lli-licfon is taught Incidentally, and the schools are the primary and most inqtortan part of the missionaries work, Tlie true Christian missionary has little of any responsibility for tlie troulde tliat now exists In China- It was said of this nation a few years ago that it could not live half slave and half free. !The Bishop declared that the? world was smaller than iflie nation was then, and that It cannot live half civilized and half luirlidrlan. The Irrepressible conflict lias extended Its line to include the world. The con test is on ami roust be (settled on the blooTy fields of War or through Cbris- tlan diplomacy.; , ' ' A Moasjer Devil Fish "' Dtstroying Its victinii'is a type -of Constipation. -1 he power oi this mur dcrous tnaudy iv kit on organ and nerve and muscles and brain. -There' na health till "it's overcome. Dut Dr. Kirnj' Ncw Uie Pills are a sale and certain curs. Be$t in the world for Stomach, Liver, Kidneys, and Bowels- Only 25 cents at DR.. STONE'S drug store;. ' - ENGLISH FLAGS FKOM US. Millions of the flags have been usetl in Iidnn"s ami natkm's rejoidng. bartlly yet over. Millions more, neatly liound ba ImiMlIes of a dozen or a gross. are In the. warehouses of the whole sale Imoorters. Otlier millions are stacked in. Hie depots at tlie docks, a tbev are unloaded f mm the trading lim'm ; Yet t ber .millions are on the Wav fnun Amerk-a , or in - course of manufacture at New York workshop, tbo recent demands. , representative found out all this lite by atx'idcnt when he- made the round of the dealers to ask whether, after the lavish purchases f lnntiug for celebrating tlie relief or Mareking, there was any left. Outside a shop - In Aldermaubtiry stood a vau lsing loaded with union Jacks liound like the old lioman fass of old. "Where do they come from? All AmprkflB,- said the merchant jMr. I Guitenuanl in reply to a query of tbe re!siter. ..v-: '':..' . , ... ; tSermany? T1k Gernmns can't make goods of this quality at the price. Tbe fact Is, tliat in America tlu-y are quite accustomed, what with elections, war fetes, and big ioi;ticl demoirstratkns. to maklug flags of all sorts marvclous ly quickly." " ; ."Put how dkl you get alt those la- fcu Jacks at so short notlct?" ''Welt the suites do a big Jmsiuess with C4inala. supplying ber with the national flag and the royal standard for great public occasions. So when we ordered they sent from what was prob ably?, large stock In band." " . All this whik our Inquirer was look ing at cute i a uk ee devices In calico and iwiper huge fans that fold up to a solid roll eighteen inches or so long, awl festooned yards of evergreens aud lKijHr flowers that you can carry in j-our waistcoat pocket. I Hwn in the Imwiucnt wtiere Mr. Guitcrnian totk tlie reiHrter,1 it is flags, flags, all sorts of .flags, front the slxe of a scrap of note pnicr to six fwt or' more square, -.There 'they an packed in rows' of enormous cases. with the words "New lork outside them, so tkat there shall .be 'tin mis take about the plait of tlieir torigiu, and Just as they came from tin docks, whpre rows of similar cases are wait ing to be fetched as soon as there ; is roolu to shelter them. 1 I'pstalrs Mr. Guiterman iwiintisl to Avails of ctirdlniaru lioxes alout ten liM-hes long.- ' " - "Kach of those contains a thousand tmttons." he remarks. TlHlMtxes limit ber several bnndreils at least, so tliat In this unc room then ure enunah tiny chiTlar- enamel ;tlev ices to provide Jsoinething like a million patriots with enisle or .tis rauious n.ri' or ixmi Itoln-rts. of her majesty, of the British lion holding the unfortunate Cronj suspended by the scat of the trousers. And of tiie same remarkable animal watching a cage where crouch '-.- two tijrures lals-led VKruKer"aud "Steyn Ml tastes jt an 1m suitcil. from tliat of the rabid seker of lloer blosl to tliat of the respectable citizen genuinely pleased at the success of British arms. "It is only by having machinery of the most absolute iH-rfct1on," lie said, "that the 'states' are able to turn out such neat little things at tlie prlci From a Birmingham manufacturer could jiot-get eveu an estimate Jor a supply of similar tilings. They haven't tbe-machines, and tlrty. wou't buy. or make tbeni. ."Why not?" . i '. Mr. tiuiteriuan. shrugged his shoul ders.. ",You can't change ihe habits of a natlou all at ouee;4, Ioudou Loader. IIUOTUEU DICKEY, ON POLITICS. r. ' ". 1 " ' 1 i. V ' ! From the.Atbinta Coustltutiou.- 'Pol itics" said Brotlier Iickey, "lie Ieeu de ruination er me! Iu de bis clectkm I. voted. fr two mens-r-wucMil -iilgHt erUbij', en de Lord sen. Sunday! Bofe er em couldii t git de oflice; one er em did. DCiOiie dat lambil say dat ho done sis-u' so much money In de rac dat now Iie'd batter eeotioiHize . wkl me, ci lie didn't have ti lit tin' .fer me; I )e one dat git Jx-at ax uie how- 1 hex de tfaee ter call vn : blm fer money w'eu be didn't have no place ter lay bis bead! Dat wint de ecu er It. Kn all I .got out er de whole business wuz le mis'ry in tny leF side, do rattliu' er de i'raiu ca de campaign cetcli. ' A "IIOODOO'VFLOWEU. In England the Lilac Is Considered Fatal to Love Affairs. . There are' many stiiieiWltlotts fancies alsiut the lilac. It Is the flower which is fatal to love affairs. Though tlie m-ent is ro awet and lilac tints are so fix-sh and lscoiiiiiig, country cirls rarely wear this flower as a buttonhole, "She who wears lilae will never wear a wedding ring. runs an old proverb. A Ismtonniere of lila'c Is pal for dearly by solitary spiiister hood. Tlie village maiden lets tbe lilac bush jw-vercly alone. 1 , For tiie Mime reason rustic wise 'wo menwith. " marriageable daughters neyer allow a jug of the sweet-smell ing blossom ihside tlie house. They de-o-rate the -dutside wimlowsill with It. Tat "there's no love luck alsiut tile bouw" which contains lilac. , Ixmdoners are -not suierstitions. and t boy gather the III.ks whk-li grow so profusely in city and suburban gar dens with a lightsome lgnoranv of tln unlucklncss in love tills' charniiug flow-r confers. Village i-ople cannot understand why "clever !ndon folk" know nothing or the traditions of 111 Irek about the lilae. ' To give -your sweetheart a sprig of this fliwer Is a sure way to break tin erlgagenient. White Iliac is said not to 1 so nn lucky in affairs of tbe heart as the nianve.t But .neither should lie presented to a lover. It is supposed to prove s fatal to love as an opal ring. It will comfort the wearers of lilae millinery and what I more lovely than a toque of these white and pur pie blossoms? to know j love laughs at artificial lilac. It is only tlx; real tree-grow u flower that comes between a lover and bis lass. Stony-learted bachelors have - Ieen known to sprt a, lilae buttonhole as a charm , against - feminine bbindisb ments. Lomkn Express. WHY SHE WENT TO. HOSPITAL, , ' ' - .. ' i .;, - MMSw Woman WIn Had Not Slept In a Ileal Bel for Ten Years. There is something positively iiathet le to tne in the words of a depart ment woman wvbont I ran across yesterday afternoon. I hadn't seen her for sev eral werks, and she told tne she'd leen taking a two weeks vacation. "Bffiiont of town?" I akeL No." slie answered; "I've tiecn iti a lopitaL Tlicre wasn't anything the matter with ' mo not even nervous ness; but 1 was tireil and wanted to go somewhere wliere I could sleep in a real led. You know I've l-cn in Washington ten mortal -years, ami In Jail mat time I we never slept iu a iwi. j My sister and I took a house when I 1 -' t came here on h tcoftt In l he i.-i IkSl 'IH of those s6fA that split in the mkliiie ami open out into an Imitation of a bed. it hadn't any footboard, so-there was not anv way of tnckJug Iu the covers at tlie lHttonu For Mve years J slept there, and six nights out of seven the covers pulled off my feet. When sister married I gave up the house and took a room in a big apart ment house. I bad only tbe one room. so I bad to 'make It look like a -ittiiig room during the day In order that I might have a idaee to rectdve my friends. I couldn't bear the Idea of a boarding-house parlor. -.Well. Urst I had a fvddiug ltl that looked tike a wanlmU. It fell on me once and near- 1r HII.hI me. so 1 trader! it off for a sofa. For two years I slept on that. It wasn't wide enough to stretch out " on. Iatir 1 Km cut n divan and hai . . . : 1 1 ...... . . . I .. ... .x-.. t. ii It XT Mill I'lltwn omi a - - hadn't aHy footboard, of course, ami It . badu't any sides tivbold tlie covers on. aud it hadut any leudlonrd to kin p tbe nillows from falling out at nl-rht and giviug my head jerks that nearly broke my neck. "For ten years I vo slept In a scrap- ... ... py way. .My wnoie existence mis oceu sham. The mnkedHllevo - mil lias lieen the sytntKd ot it. Two weeks ago J went to the hospital. I bad n Nil thaUlidn't try to le anything else. I bad a Ndster ami a wliite issispn-aa. I had a UhI wkk enough to slep cross wise in a led that was a ld by day . as well as by niht. I've le-ii to 1 1 springs, ami tne mountains. iiiijJr ine seashore, but I've never tm-cu any where where) I was so happy as In that hospital. 1 1 stayed -In-, l'ssl two whole weks doiug) nothing .bufgettliig solid cvnifort, out of, that UtF, 1 am -on-tcnt now to go lack to my divan ami my shams. I've bad twoSvecks of Un real thing, and my sou! Is made over new within me." Washington Post. THEN SHE MISSED IT. Wlggs PKr eld soul! She doesn't l-clievc as" much In the eflicaey of pi-avir as sue n.i.- ; : ' agss-t-lou surprise me. r-no nas al ways U-eli so cxtreusdy relii;ious.f Wisrcs-iYes. but the ol her day she gol ready to go Info the city, and 'then she -discovered that she had only ten minutes In which to catch the train. So slie knelt down In-fore she start oil. and for five minutes pn-d fervently that she might catcli it.. v ' AX ADVOCATE OF PEACE. C5lller's TTiH-kly says: "You ran at; the first i"e. did you?"' said the colo nel of a .'colored regiment that disiiu gulshcd' itself during tlie war of the relM'lliou. ' . -. Yes, ' sail. was. .the nnbluslilug re ply, "an I would have run Hisuiah If I bad kuowi-d It was comlu'." "But have you no regard for your imputation. Sam?" . "Ueputatlon Is utitlln to me, sab, by the side of life.". -"Well, if you lost your life you ,, . 1 ...l...t . 0 .. would nave-, tne saiisiacuou ot Know ing that you o led for your country." "What satisfaction would dat 1m to me, sab: when' br "power of fcllln' It was jroue?" ! ."Then patriotism Is nothing Jo j imi, Samr "Xufflln' whatels-r, sah.".' ' ' ' "If Our soldiers Were l Ike you. trail ers miglii have broken up the govern uicnt without resisiam-e.Vi- "Yes; sail, dat's so; dere would hah Ix-eii no ln-lp for it. J woudn't put my life lulO de scah-s Kalust any nulN-r-iiient that ls-r exlsteil for no guhcr lnent could replaei de loss lo jne. 1 'sM-'t. thoiieh, dat d- JrulM-rmciit would 1m safe 'mi IT if nil d soldiers were like me, as eu dere couldn't lo no tit 111'." , , ' FACTS A BO FT HONEY. It Is a notorious fact tliat pure while clover honey Is a scant commodity In the market. Much honey tliaj is sold as such Is a ireparatlon of glucose. -It is pmnouuci-d to Is as gisxl as honey, and in this way the si-nrcd coiiHcleiice Is salved over. But the conscience is not scared by the thought that as much is asked for cheap glucose as the honest tuau receive for tbe genu ine article, .in ssdl glu-os for Iioncy, at honey' prices. Is fraud. - .There are abundant laws against such frauds; but thereJa no provision made for exc cu tin tlie law. In. all large communi ties there should liej-stabllsln-d a. de part nient esSH-lally charg-d with the execution of laws. At present, liltle Is done soiih" cftizcns or orgaiilzall'in coinpliilns. It Costs n fortune, formally one M-rsoii to get Justice In! most cas-s. Mii'hans' Monthly for July. INFESTED BY VICIOUS A X I M A IS. A new species of animal, wfi'cli aje pears to la'-a Jiybrld Is-twii-n a dog a mi a won, um-sis tne soiiiin-rn sr tioii of WayiM' county, Missouri. Tin animals have Lirge claws and cllml tre'S as readily as a catamount. Several hunter have teen danger ously injured by tbe animals spring itig on tin-ni from the liiulm of Irccs. Yesterday a daughter of Jess Oslsirue was crossing a pasture when one of tin animals attacked tier, mangling ber so that dth resulted. The tieastrt lirk like n dog, run like a dH-r and show all the symptoms of a dog affected with hydnrphobia. They fairly overrun the wood.' NEW VAUIETIES OF CHAIN. A cable dlsiaitch to "the New York Sou notes as something wonderful that, on the ex"-riiiiciital farm of the Earl of Witichllsea, new varieties of grain liave Is-eti ralsil by crossing, liaising new varicln-s In this way Is not a novelty; But the Karl b--rves cretlit for doing "so miM ii In. the line he has done. It is one of the sur prises Jhatinore is not done in the way of raising new fruits, vegetable ami grains by crossing varie-s, than by the Usual easy-going . course of watching for accidental sjrt. When we reiiM-mls-r . the Wonderful results achieve! by I Sogers and Jacob Moore, iit'arly u generation ago, with the arti ficial crossing of the native and for eign grape, one might reasonably lmie for more Jatrer Ui this promising Geld. Medians' Monthly for July. His Little Joke. In waiiderlntr near the sea rocks of St. 'Helena Oeneral Ctonje pk-kl. ut a piei-e of broken glass. "Wba J this?" enn uircd the general. "It looks like a piece of i.-imp shade." resxnded hi wife. '"Il'in! per bntn it is tin shade of ."Sapob-oTi!" tine Hour later tin English guard saw tie; joke and grinned. Chicago News. an.( ft ntcf :t. . u the par ha- It