WEEKLYi ORCGOK STATE S 1IAN, TtmSDAT. JUNE 3, 1502.
ADDRESS BT
THE GOVERNOR
At the Memorial Services In
the Armory Last
Evening
ELOQUENT SPEECH ON TUB CIV
IL war; and the results op
it a bacward glance' over
the nation's, history.
': (From Saturday's . Statesman.)
Gov. T. T. Geer - delivered an eio--quent
address at . the city hall last
night, before thejGrand Army of the
Republic, as follows; - , ,
TBS great conflict of 18$I-5 has no
counterpart In ancient or modern his
tory, f Not only in the number of men
engaged but as to the great and vital
principle Involved It was , the most
nwmentousi contest ever waged toy
mankind.- I It Is easy , to Imagine one
' country rising in arms against anoth
er nd going to warr for the purpose
of avenging some fancied or . real
wrong and arousing all the energy and
t enthusiasm of Its people, , as they go
forward against a foreign fo with
whom they have norkindred ties. ; ;
But our j grea Civil - War waa dif
ferent from this Hera we had f&hers
against sons, and " brothers against
brothers, neighbors, who for half a life
time had been friends and associates
'were arrayed against each .other In a
'. bloody- conflict which involved not only
a trcsnendoup. loss .of life jand treasure,
but the life of a" Nation as well. Hu
man rights, civil liberty, freedom and
the perpetttfty of our form of govern
ment as handed down to j us by the
Fathers were thel great: considerations
behind the resistless forces that arous
ed the loyal hearts of the Nation when
Che' first gun at Suropter 'reverberated
over the land on the morning of April
. H, 181. i :'. -' i: v j; Mj;;
As we meet 'on each recurring Me-
morial Day to lay a trbuteof respect
on the grave of the ' departed heroes
who so nobly came to the rescue of
their country In' the hour of its peril,
and to mingle wrth . their comrades
whose presence reminds( us of our
grVet obligations to them, It is well to
recall the circumstance that the seeds
which finally led to open rebellion
were sown in our form of government
by our Revolutionary Fathers. Not
howover, without a warning voice hav
ing been raised by many of them and
dire predictions as to "the disastrous
consequences which , should surely re
sult from the Incorporation of African
slavery into our National Constitu
tion. r : "-'".
It almost seems . impossible' as we
. look backward, to believe that the in
stitution of slavery was deeply ground
ed in the minds and hearts of the peo-
i
' pie so lehg ago us the time of the Rev
olutlon, that lt was even Impossible to
eradicate Che privileges' of the African
slave trade fromr the: FederaT-Constitution
at thet time of its adoptions It
wa not only impossible to ellnviiSMe
slavery from the organic act, but the
stave holders succeeded In securing, a
provision that the right to' Import
slaves Into the country should not bej
prohibited for a period of twenty
yearsf'-f 1 ; . ;; ; x i- '-. "
Thus was the groun.d work .for the
Civil War deeply Imbedded in our gov
ernmental fabric at the beginning and
its effects were felt In more or less de
gree every year until the surrender at
Apjiomattox Court House in April,
ilS65, and even aftarward, and in fact,
even now.
As we -glance rapidly over our na
tional history and recall the stalwart
Statesmen and the many crises over
and through which their unfaltering
loyalty and constructive statesmanship
.carried the country. We can see that
practically every "difficulty that con
fronted them had its origin In the de
mands of the institution of human
slavery. The culmination of the cri
ses was gradual but teaayy and 'while
5od men hortl and prayed that some
m promise "or ooncewlon1 . might be
made that r would become ' permanently
satisfactory fo the contending forcas,
' yet there was never a. time when- the
famous declaration of Lincoln was not
true. i"A house divided against itself
cannot! stand. This nation cannot en
dure permanently half slave and half
free." t . j t . -.j. -' ,
In the vain efTort to avoid or evade
r prevent the armed conflict which
finally overwhelmed the country In a
fratricidal war, compromise measures
were passed, Dred " Scott decisions
were rendered.Fugitive Slave lawswere
enacted and he doctrlife, of "Squatter
.soverdgnty" was advocated, but it
was all fruitless, for the great truth
remained that a, house divided against
itself could not stand, ' The-"Irrepres-srbia
Conflict," as Seward called K
when with prophetic eye be saw the
stormy clouds rising, was upon the
country,! and Its further postponement
w made impossible . by the election
of Lincoln. ':: y-,-y'! r ',-; -
Abraham Lincoln was- the great fig
tire of the Civil War, a he waa of the
century that gave him. birth. Divest
ed of nil .uperstitioust coloring, ; h
seemed to be the specially choseh in
strument of Divine Proyldence-to pre
pare the national mind -for the awful
experience that awaited i it. Grant,
the'great General who led our armies
to f victories, had .given no special
thought: to the gigantic work that fell
to his lot, hut the military spirit and
genius ere his birthright, and he was
ready without preparation; for, the du
ties tha became his, but, Lincoln, for
full twenty years, was literally' ab
' sorbed in his study of the Immoral and
inhuman -aspects of slavery, ; ?To op-
lose the further extension of slavery
and to meet In. the forum those who
were Its companions, became bis life
work. I It- grew to be :a part of his
nature. ; His advocacy of the doctrine
that th further spread ofrj'slavery
must be met with a determined oppo
sition was. not -taken up for the pur
poses of a political campaign, neither
, was his appearance In the celebrated
debates "with Douglas in 1S58 uuex-
pected.tbut before thay in the Kansas
end Nebraska troubles his voice was
heard in dofense of . the territories
against the spread of skfyery.. .
J rnnember'of reading in one of the
earl y lives of Lincoln that, on one oo
caslon,, while in the midst of a speech
and seemingly, with a premonition as
to -what awaited him,, he said, speak
Ing of slavery. . , -r : i;.
"Broken by It, 1. too, -raay.beibow
to It, I " never wilL The proj&billty
XlZl 2??SJEgirT
I cause which we deem to be lust, and
it shall not deter us. If ever I feel
the soul within m elevate and ex
pand to those dimensions not wholly
unworthy ts Almighty architect. It is
when I contemplate the cause of my
country, deserted by ell the world be
sides, and X, standing boldly and alone.
hurling; defiance at her victorious' op
pressors."
More ' than forty years have passed
since that fateful morning- in April,
1861, when the signal was given that
the differences between the North and
South could -never ' be -settled except
by an appeal to, the sword, and while
many of the scars remain, the wounds
themselves have long ince healedV andJ " w"
Z "Zl ' " VrrrTTnof our great country , might be
we are now enjoying- the. blessings of
peace and reunited country. But the
service of. the ."Boys in Blue" in that
critical Juncture In our national his
tory will not be forgotten while we
have a national existence, : No coun
try has ever seen a more general and
spontaneous uprising in defense . of
human ilbcJrty than was witnessed here
In the spring of f The test of en
durance and stability of purpose came
later, when after the first general con
flict, it became painfully apparent that
our Southern brothers were in as
deadly earliest and were- as brave In
defense of what they thought were
their rights', as the people of the Nortlu
' After ; tha first summer's catmpalgn
was over, the serloua character of the
struggle dawned iupon the national
mind and the awful crisis that was at
band was apparent. There was no
way to escape it If escape had been
desired, i'. The outcome of the conflict
Involved the, very life of ;the great
western Republic, and whether the ex
periment ot a government by the. peo
ple must perish from, the earth." ' : To
succeed 1 required ' a lavish outpouring
of treasure and a sacrifice of life, the
extent of which no man could foresee.
But there was- never any: hesitancy on
the' part of the people to support .the
government, no '.matter what the cot.
" The younger ' generation, born since
that day, can know nothing of the
dreadful experiences . through which
the couhtry passed iri what are known
as "The! Dark Days of 'H," but the re
sults achieved were ..worth the cost a
thousand times over. t There was
scarcely; a ' family in the Northern
States that did not contribute one or
more sons and often the father of the
family left home and all his earthly
interests and offered himself on the
altar of his country's welfare." There
has never been In the world's history
a nobler example of 'unselfish patriot
ism than was exhibited bythe people
f this country dtirlng those perilous
years, i : ( I :: - . : -
Tou, my fellow citisens of the Grand
Army of the Republic, . know, what It
cost. You know from experience what
it Is to make forced marches with
Insufficient food many times, and often
with Insufficient clothing,-: in, fearful
heat or stinging cold, that the flag of
your country might not be lowered or
dishonored. fRr' a; brief moment let
us recall howat'the. termination of the
first season's fighting the . end . was
nowhere, in sight, though the first call
for troops was but for three mbnths,
and the; general opinion at the begin
ning was that Jhree months would see
the termination of tfe difficulty. ,,' In
the' spring, of 2 when hostilities were
recommenced It waa with a grim de
termination on both sides to spare no
sacrifice that-would contribute toward !
a final victory. -It had . settled down
to a struggle that Involved merely the
test of ! the . powers ; of resources and
endurance. It waa awful, and inde- j
scrlbable. i There have been several
wars In different parts of the world
since between great' and powerful na-1
tlonsbut as a rule, three months have
seen the surrender" of the weaker pow
er. Not so with the ; contending
forces In our Civit War . The second
year djd not see its' termination, nor
the third nor the fourth, and not until
the beginning of the fifth year, and the
resources of the South in" men and
treasure were actually exhausted, was
there a gleam-of hope for peace that
had inilt the elements ofreality. .
It isi pleasant to ;dwell on this era
of our Snajyonal life,; save as it teaches
us the! lesson or patriotism, wnicn is
the life blood of a Nation: It la doubt
ful If he time will ever come. wljen
nations will not go to war, and while
it max -sound a li ttle harsh. It Is doubt
ful If such time should ever come,.un
less. Indeed it were preceded by an
absolute regeneration of the human
Heart. There are national wrongs as
well as individual wrongs, ana wnue
the spirit of arbitration is growlnjr in
favor among nation in their diplomat
ic intercourse, yet there' are times;
when the "Adam" that Is, in man con-,-trois
the actions of a nation and. no
thins; but armed force will redress the
wrong Inflicted. ' . ;;
Scarcely a man or woman . In the
United States would have been satis-'
fled in the spring of 1898 with any
thing but a declaration of war against
Spain as a means of -punishing her for
the aeries of treacherous acts culminating-in
the destruction of the battle
ship Maine. ': T , ;
' This was one of the benefits of the
Spanish -American war, but they were
two-fold. It served to unite the North
and South as they had never been
cnited since the days of the Civil War
and prbvedto the world, and, even to
ourselves, -what indeed, we suspected,
but . were not aure of, that the love of
the old; flag and devotion to" our Insti
tutions is a firmly Imbedded in the
Southern heart today f as elsewhere.
While our latest war (was not to be
compared with that of 1, either as
to the number of mi engaged or the
momentous principle at stake. It serv
ed to Illustrate that our young men of
today are ready to take up arms In de
fense of their country's rights as were
their fathers forty years ago- The
sons of' the men In the, blue and tho
gray who felKIn mortal oombaj on the
bloody field of GeUysburg. marched
side by side, wearing the same colons
as they charged up San Juan hill-to
avenge a great national wrong., . Many
of you, my Grand Army friends; who
fought with gallantry mi Vicksburg or
who wrought with Grant at Donelson
or with Sheridan-1 In the Shenandoah
j Valley, had sons who reflected luster
JOn yoorown splendid records 85 they
carried the flags in ? honor across the
twampi and rivers and mountains of
the far away Philippines.
No better soldiers have ever honored
the flag' they fought "for than you who
compose the Grand Army of the Re
public but your sons who composed a
part of the famous Second Oregon
Regiment would have done Just as well
undeg the same circumstances, and I
know you will expect me to say, as 1
do, cheesf ully,- that while the Spanish
American war was not to be compared
with the war of .the Rebellion, in the
test of soldierly endurance, yet the rec
ord made not only by the Second Ore
gon but by the army generally has
shown that no nation on earth has
any business; undertaking to tnample
on the rights of the United States) with
the expectation of escaping a Just pun
ishment. : .- ,
The observance of this sacred day
In Oregon would not be entirely com
plete 'without a reference to our In
dian War Veterans who, in some ways
not less hazardous than ' your own,
i
saved to the Jurisdiction of the Amerl
can ' flag. Even yet, mariy of you
Grand Army men are scarcely: beyond
what might be called middle aged.; but
there are few. if any, middle aged
men among the Indian War Veterans.
Their, race is nearly rirfi and the In
gratitude of the national Government
in not providing them with liberal pen
sions long years ago cannot be too se
verely censured. ; The , men who, at
any time, take up arms In deXense of
their country's Interests' are -entitled
to the protecting care of that country
In their declining- years. ; God grant
that I may be the last man In this
country to grumble at the payment of
my share of the pension money td our
soldiers and sailors. ' '
The man who ' voluntarily makes
himself a target for the bullets of his
country; enemies for the email pay-
that is given our soldiers' is entitled
to the lasting gratitude' and assistance
f those who escape " such trying or-
Members of the Grand Army of the
Republic, I feel that I voice the senti
ment 'not only Sof the teople of Salem,
but of the entire State of Oregon;
when I greet you as surviving heroes
of Ahe most patriotic and sanguinary
conflict- known to history. ; Tou stand
before us today as comrades of Grant,
Sheman, Sheridan, Thomas, Garfield,
McKlniey and scores of. other great
leaders with .whom you shared the
hardships'" of ' Vicksburg, - Lookout
Mountain, Chickamauga and . Gettys
burg, With our great Leaden Lincoln,
you bear the first place-of honor on
that page of ' our national history
which tells of the momentous events
between Sumter and Appomattox. The
lapse of time is gradually thinning out
your ranks but the glory of your rec
ords .wiirhever.be dimmed while the
history of our country Is read and the
valor of patriotic .soldiers is appreci
ated. '
It waa through the efforts of your
selves and. comrades that slavery was
finally abolished, and ' we became ' a
house not divided against itself.. The
Grand Army . badge stands at the head
of the badges of honor. 4 Through you,
our nation had its second birth at Apr'
pomattox and took on a new life. .We.
were never so'great, and powerful and
jUat and prosperous, as today, and may j
me numoenesa cwunes wnrcn are
yet to come not fail to "see the United-
States of America, our own beloved'
country, the accepted teacher of man-'
kind, and its beautiful banner, "still
full high advanced, with, not . a stripe I
erased nor a star polluted," the un
challenged emblem "of National right
eousness, civic ' virtue, and'. material
prosperity.- .y-,is. f --O
PROTECTING , MAIL. BOXES
THE j GOVERNMENT , WILL. NOT
PERMIT; THEM TO BE RUIN-
ED IN RURAL. DISTRICTS.,
Postmaster Edward Hlrsch.ls in re
ceipt of a letter, from, the Postofllce
Department calling attention to the
law providing protection for the Rural
Delivery Mail boxes. ' The letter fol
lows:!'",
"The . following paragraph is taken
from the Postofllce Appropriation bill:
"Whoever shall hereafter willfully
or maliciously injure, tear- down, or
destroy any letter box or other recep
tacle established by order of the Postmaster-General
or approved oi deslg
natedj by him for the receipt or deliv
ery of mall matter" on any rural free
delivery roiste, or shall break open the
same, or willfully, or maliciously In
jure,' deface, or destroy any mall mat
ter deposited therein, or shall willfully
take or steal such matter from or out
of sueh letter box or ether receptacle,
or shall willfully aid or assist In any
of th .aforementioned offenses, shall
for every such offense be punished by
a fine of not more than one .thousand
dollars, or by Imprisonment : for !;, not
more than three years.' ' f v ,
' ThJs paragraph . . became effectlre
when the President signed the bill, and
it is how in full force. ' Please 'have
samef made public in j your locality
through the newspapers.,
psprjfdallons covered by," this .law
should pe promptly repored to r the
United States Attorney for the District
In which they .occur, - and the report
should be accompanied with Suoh posi
tive evidence as It "may be possible to
submit. Indicating, who are the guilty
parties.'": 'K y : '- '
"This ofSce should also be fmmedl
atelyj notified regarding the case.",
LETSON BALLET'S CASE
THE! ; GOVERNMENT RESTS ITS
. CASE, AGAINST THE OREGON
', 1 - MINING KING. '
DES MOINES, . Ia, June 2. The
Government rested Its case against
Letson Balliet today, and this after
noon the detense began the Introduc
tion of evidence! A number of wit
nesses were recalled by the. Govern
ment this 'morning, ..Including Miss
Toung, BaTtiet'a clerk in San Francis-,
oc. She , testified today that nalliet
told her he paid $150 for a f sealskin
cloak for Gertie Henderson a variety
actriss, and. also bought her rings and
a suhburst of diamonds. - ,
:-'V;J:.
Bear its
Sgastars
sf '
. cs o.' rri'sc Jst.
tm una m fca ixgt Bcrr
"When one wreaks his vengeance cn
another there Is apt to be sometalag. of
a wreciu . u , . , .
., You have the most convincing e-idence of this
fact every day. Otherwise beautiful faces marred with
black heads, blotches and pimples, muddy or sallow com
plexions, and red, rough or oily skins jare some of the
, most common and conspicuous symptoms of bad blood .
You can hide these ugly and humiliatiric: blemishes by
i powders and rouge, and the rough and discolored skin is made.
use oi cosmetics, dui uiese arunciai. complexions ana raise SKins oniy last ior a uay, v. iicii
the eruptions and spots stand out. as bare and brazen as ever. The natural beauty and
smoothness of the skin cannot be permanently restored by the use of external applications,
for the. reason that these skiri diseases are due to some poison'or humor in the blood that
must be antidoted and eliminated before the skin can pr
Under the purifying and tonic effects of S. S. S.
all impurities are expelled from' the blood, tjie
ceneral healtli is invifrorated'aiid'all'disfiortiriili'rr.
j . . .4 . w r toross out on ner neaa ana eosunnea j sproaa nsui
and annoying eruptions, promptlj' and penua- her wd wa. entirely -xwrmd. sh was treated by
nently disappear from the skin, and it becomes as svri go doctors, but grew worse, and tn dread.
l. ft. j ' it. - - 7 fn diseaso Spread to her face. She was taken to two
.SOtt and Smooth as ever. . . celebrated health springs, but received no benellt.
:.' ' Bad blood tells in man Other WayS. Itch- Many patent medicines were taken, but without result,
ing and burnin eruptions, rashes and sores, boils lt!r tLlitViZl
and CarbuncleS:shoW' the presence of SOnie irrita- dosen bottle cured her completely and left her skin
i txl ., 11 1 T i' - perfectly smooth. Sho is now twenty years old, and
tine poison or unhealthv matter in the blood, and il. . '4-t e Wot . r h.
J.1-. 1-1 'lt
uicoc tjiu.vti.iiJjj uuuwca twit
weak and sloy circulation
ana tne ctcicnoratca oiooa niaae ricn ana strong" i , . 1 !
again. ; Some aire bora with bad blood," and it begins to tell in! infancy; scrofulous affections
sore eyes, scalp diseases, nasal catarrh, stunted growtli, brittlebones and soft, flabby muscles
are ' some j of the early niaiiifestatiou bf bad blood ' by .iiihcritance.- These symptoms, if
neglected.1 riiaV'develon into some deeivseatd ind iscrioiis blood' trouble later on in life, but '
the timely use of JS. SJS.: will check the disease in its incipiency, remove alt taint fromUhe
circulation and the little sufferers grow into, healthy manhood and womanhood.-: 1 i ' !
Potash or other mineral, but
taken without fear of any hurtful effects, and with perfect assurance of a speedy and lasting
cure. ,..Qur- illustrated book ,011
miprmatioji auouL erupuve aiseases, inejr cause ana cure, now 10 laKe.care or uic sKin,
etc., that will be of inestimable value to iall sufferers. We will mail you a copy free. -
-,. O AVrite us about your case and duf physicians will gladlj'- furnish any information or
advice dired vnthout c ATLANTA. GA.
WILLAMETTE
UNIVERSITY
The Commencement E xer
i cises Will Begin This
-,:-.:- -"-Week:
A RECTAL BT THE UNDERGRAD
UATES OF TH E COLLEGE OP MU
SIC WILL. BE GIVEN IN THE
j FIRST METHODIST ' CHURCH
1 NEXT TUESDAY EVENING. '
At the First Methodist, church this
week Tuesday evening the first enter
tainment of the Commencement seas
on will be given, a recital by the. tin-
.w- Vn. xf-ii I
. .
Vocal and piano solos, ladles nuartets
and eight-hand " piano jnumbers will
occupy the evening, - ;
.Wednesday afternoon ' y at 4:30 the
program will contain principally : vio
lin seIectlons,Vaolo and en scmble, by
pupils f the violin department of the.
College ot Music. They will have the
assistance of a soprano soloist, a piano
(uartet and a reader. This recital oc
curs at the M. E. church, also the con
cert to be given t the evening of the
Usame day bythe Brahms fOctet, con
sisting - of th' following singers:
Sopranos. Mrs. Jordan Purvine, . Miss
Leona Lewis; altos, Mrs.- Ethel Hughes
Carter, Miss Leonora White; tenors,
Mr J. Frank Hughes, Mf. Francesco
Seley; Basses, Mr. W. P. Drew, Mr. W;
F.' Ketohum. The octet will be accom
panied by? Miss Florence Xillson and
Mr. Iliff C. Garrison, pianists. v
The principal work of : the evening Is
Brahm's ; "New Songs of Love," a
cycle- of JS songs, four other parts, and
for each-of the three other parts, and
eight ensemble numbers. , .
Bresides the song-cycle, the octet will
sing "Daybreak," by A. K. Taul;
hunting song, by Benedict; and?The
Stars : of - Heaven' by Rheinberger,
These Works are all beautiful and de
serving' of the earnest study1 given
Ihcm by these well known musicians.
Thursday evening is the OWse Club
bight. At this time, the ladies' chorus
f the W. U.wHl present a concert of
choice numbers."- The chorus contains
I he members of the Cecil ian and the
Ilgnon Quartets, both of which will
sing at this concert . The ladies will
Charge 10 cents admission. All other
musical programs are fre. - '
-v..1'-'-', " i ' '', x--r: '
' University Notes.
" Friday afternoon a'crowd of the Unl-
frsity students gathered at the 4:54
rain, to welcome home the five dele
gates to the Ca pi tola conference of the
Y. M. C. A-. held at Caoltola, Califor
nia. The girls. Misses Vs.n Wagner,
Swafford, Minnie Cornelius, Wlnnifred
Rlgdon, and Viva Gardner, report; a
most profitable and enjoyable tjrtp.
The delegates were tendered a recep
tion In the Society halls of, the Univer
sity, yesterday afternoon.,'' - -'.
- The school work for this year la. al-
f
- r i. .1 v a- vry " - A w SJ j i
ZISR.
When my
-i?.... -..ill 1.' -M .a..l 1
wvniiituv: tiiiui.xiic; """
lias been quickened! 3 sst rins
- When the blood is Healthy, and pure it tells a
different story, a smooth and flawless skin glowing with
health, a sound body and active brain, well nourished
fcj'stcm, good appetite and digestion, and restful and
refreshing sleep. S. S. S., combining both purifying and
tonic, properties, contains all that 3-ou need in tthc Vay of
a blood builder and skin beautificr. j
' . S. S, p. is Nature's Remedy. It contains no, Arsenic,
is strictly a vegetable blood
the Skin and its Diseases contains much plain and practical
most ended. The lait recitation will be
held tomorrow,- and examinations be
gin Tuesday morning.
The commencement exercises of the
University begin Tu ;sday of this week.
The program for :he week Is: June
S, recital of College of Music: June 4,
violin recital, concert by. Brahm's oc-;
tet; June 5. concert by Ladies' Chorus;
June 6, field' day; June 7, -dramatic re
cital by the College of .-Oratory, f v
All the programs of the commence
ment are free to fh; public except the
concert by the Ladi es' Chorus, and the
dramatic recital. The former will be
held in the M. tE. church. Thursday
evening; the latter : n the Grand opera
house Saturday evei Ing, and to these a
small fee will be ;harged. , Thea dra
matic recital is similar to the one giv
en last year to a crowded house, and
which received so much praise. A com
plete program is j lven elsewhere In
this morning's paper.
To all the programs this week and
next." more particular mention .of
which , will appear later, the public is
cordially Invited,
A er was received hy Dean w. u.
I'Hawley. Thursday. from President
Coleman, saying he would leave. New
York the 27th Inst, lie Is extetel to
arrive in this city early next week;
TEMPKRATURE FOR MAY.
The mead ternperature for th
month of May wa 65.9 degrees Fah
renheit ;. the mean maxlmant 65.8 de
grees, and the mesh mrnlmum 4 $.3" de
grees. The highest temperature was
on May 2lttu when the thermometer
registered 87. degree and the lowest
was on May 2d, when 37 degrees were
registered. The toial precipitaiUon for
the month was 3.SJ inches. The great
est precipitation during 24 hours was
1.3 Inches, - oh Miy 14th. and there
were sixteen days in the nionnh dur
ing which .01 of n inch on more of
rain "felt, ; Durlngj the morilh there
were five clear days: sixteen partly
cloudy, and twenty cloudy. r ""'
- The temperature for the 24. hours
previous. to 8 o'clock p. m. yesterday
was 0 degrees Fahrenheit, and the
minimum i47 degrees. '-
A WILD IRISH LEGENDS
" In his new book, "The Boer Fight for
Freedom" (Funk A. Wagnalla Com
pany, publishers), Michel Davltt refers
to a legend that. Incredible as It may
seem, has . gained! considerable' cur
rency.. This is, that the jrreat Boer
General, Christian I De Wet, is none
ofher1 than Charles Stewart Parrtell.
Mr. Davltt says: fThere - is a i trans
lent likeness to Mrl parnell In De Wet,
when the face is seen in profile, with
the bat on. and cohering the large head
and broad forehead which were not
conspicuous features in the physical
structure of the Irish leader. The head
and face are more powerful and mas
sive than' Mr. Parnell's, but possess
hone of the reflrJwnenr of handsome
lines which gavet
o the tatter's looks.
urevious to his Hlness in 1S87. their
well-remembered impress of dignified
attractiveness."
.What this country needs is
good moral lessons from the heathen.
Because several j paupers have wen
left fortunes lately should Wj ro" in
ducement to-go to the poor hous.
The law of entail generAlly " means
curtail so 'far asf some one's . r'uhts
ar concerned.
.1.:.:
L a fe'
: .... '.. ; !
glazing them over with fAcc
white and smooth bv a lavish
will, return to a healthy state.
BEAUTY RESTORED.
daughter was three months eld Ecsepna
1 .w i.
r"""t :
street, bu Louis, uo. i
purifier and tonic that can be
DR. PIERCE!
IS INJURED
Thrown Down ; and Dragged
By a Driving
Horse
tV niUCi AO9U3 JL lil M Ail Jl t i I J I l-r
UP THE ANIMAL .ON SUNDAY
MORNING HE IS RELIEVED TO
BE HURT INTERNALLY. AND
SUFFERING SEVERELY. " .
' Dr. E. A. Pierce met with nn nc l
dent on Sunday morning, -between S
and o'clock and sustained a fr,i--ture
of Ihe shouldef and firfernnl In
juries thfgravity or' nature of whUh
cannot be dcerralned a yet. He w;i'
assisting In hitching his driving horse,
a high SplHtcJlmntma!. and was sf.md
ing at 'his hpadj whi?h tho hore be
came frightened at he antics of a colt
In a barnyard nwtr'by. and gave a ikI
den lunge forwards The shaft cajgTit
In the doctor's long winter and he was
dragged ior a considerable distance,
Vh?n picked tip' it was found.'that
his shoulder had tcn fractured and
wa carried to his home at The Oaks"
where medical assistance was Imme
diately summond and he Injured
shoulder mule as'compirtablP! as pos
sible. Dr. Pierce was complaining of
suffering In the region of his bowli
apd his family was .considerably wor
ried over iiis condition. ...
; NEW LIST OP BOOKS
PLACED ON THE SHELVES OF
THE MASONIC LIBRARY IS
THIS CITY RECENTLY. '
The trustees of the Masonic Library
In this city have recently purrhan-!
an excellent line of new books, and
placed them on the shelves of their li
brary In the McCornack block. Among
the mare the following volumes:
"Tho Battleground," by Ellen GVs-
gow. " . :-. : . .. ,-, ' ; .
"Aliens." fit. Mary Tapiien. Wright.
"fleneral Forrewt." by Mathi.1 .
"Hohensoriern, by Cyrus Townsend
Brady- , . . ' j :
"Nploon," by Thos. E, Watson. ,;
fThe Master of Caxton," by Hil l"
gard .Brooks.
. "Quality Corner," by C, L. AntrnJu.
"The Blaxwl Trail," by Stewart IM
Ward White. .
y ."LlneOliC". by Ilwln- Markham.
The Hound of the BaskcrvlU'-K. by
A. Conan Doyle. ".-
RESULT OF BALLOTING.
-It will be known now. The excite
ment Is bver, hA they go right alon
giving the best meals to be had In this
part of the state at Strong's Restau
rant. That Is the popular plaee-'for
all vlaltors fn the Capital, City,
. Legal blanks at the Biatesman crr.ee,