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OVERCOMING ETIQUETTE.

The Spanish court is the most cere-
monious in Europe. It's reputation for
rigor of etiquette is traditional. Even
the minutest details of dress and be-
havior are prescribed by rules, which
are reverenced as if their observance
Was necessary to the existence Of the
State. Once, to the CONSERVATION Of
the Court Chamberlain, the rule in re-
lation to dress was relaxed in favor of
an American gentleman, Mr.. NJ. B.
Field, who tells the incident. He had
come to Madrid as a bearer of dis
patches to Mr.. Soule, the American
Minister. A few days after, the Minis
ter was notified that he would be re-
ceived by the Queen, Isabella, from
whom he had requested an audience to
present an autograph letter from Presi-
dent Pierce.
Mr.. Soule asked Mr.. Field to accom-
pany him. On being informed by that
gentleman that he had no uniform, he
replied that an ordinary evening suit,
with black gloves, as the court was IN
mourning, would answer.
The Minister himself wore the Benja-
min Franklin costume. 1t consisted of
black velvet coat, cut single-breasted,
and with a standing collar deliberately
embroidered with black silk; black vel
vet breeches, black silk stockings, shoes
with black buckles, a black crossword
and black chapeau without plume.
The guard on duty saluted the Minis
ter and his guest as they entered the
palace vestibule with the clang Of mus
kets. At the first landing halberdiers,
in the uniform of the sixteenth century,
rang their halberds upon the stone tiles.
A group of officials in the ante-room
bowed low to them, and as they entered
the Ambassadors waiting-room" they
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were saluted by Spanish grandses with

were saluted by Spanish grandses with
solemn. low and deferential bows.
A brisk, fdgety person, the "intro-
Queer Of Ambassadors" advanced to-
ward them. Tapping gold snuff-box,
he offered Mr.. Soule pinch, saying:
@Her Majesty is ready to receive you.
But, Mr.. Soule, you assuredly do not
expect this gentleman to accompany
you?"
81 beg your pardon, but certainly
do" answered Mr.. Soule. "This gen
tleman is Secretary of the United States
Legation at Paris. There are peculiar
reasons why I am anxious he should see
her Majesty on this occasion"
"Quite impossible, sir. No audience
has been requested for him, and he is
not in uniform" said the Chamberlain.
with polite emphasis.
II would not violate the etiquette of
her Majesty's court upon trifing pre-
text" answered Mr.. Soule. "This gen
tleman has no uniform only because he
left Paris in great haste and brought
none with him. Under the circum-
stances I must request you to take her
Majesty's personal commands upon the
subject"
The Chamberlain bowed, and with q
rueful countenance went to refer the
matter to the Queen. Presently he re-
turned, with look as if some misfort-
une had befallen the Spanish throne,
and said her Majesty would receive both
gentleman.
As they entered the reception-room
by one door, the Queen entered it by
another. The Minister bowed to the
floor, and her Majesty came down in the
way known as making cheese" Six
times was this ceremony repeated, until
they met at a marble table in the center
of the room.
After delivering the letter, Mr.. Soule
introduced Mr.. Field and apologized for
the absence of a court dress. The good
natured Queen smiled, and gave the
Secretary a friendly communication to
the President, and invited him to attend
q court-ball.
When they retired, the Chamberlain
met Mr.. Field with the air of an awe
struck man.
"Do you know, sir" he said, "that an
exception has been made in your favor
which I venture to say has never before
been made in the history of the Spanish
monarchy. am ronfident that no per-
son was ever before presented to a
Spanish sovereign without being in q
court-dress or in uniform"
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a moment. Then he opened his ewes,


looked astonished, raised up and felt of
the side of the valise and it was evident
he felt there was something stiff and
hard in that night shirt. He raised I'D
and opened the valise, unrolled the
night shirt, and there was toothbrush
handle that had been sticking into his
ear. He arranged the night shirt
again, and banked it up with a dirty
shirt, rolled soft, and some socks, and
shut it, and laid down again, and for five
minutes he seemed as contented as q
man who had just got letter from his
best girl, but suddenly he rose up, and
with cross expression, such as man
would have who had been sea sick. He
opened the valise again, and found that
hair brush and bottle of tooth med
icine had crawled around and got be-
hind the night shirt. He stopped and
looked as though he couldn't account
for it. He sat up straight for mo-
ment, got sleepy, took linen buster
and laid it on the window sill for q
pillow, and placed his feet out in the
aisle, under the arm of the seat, and
was just getting ready to snore, when a
woman who was going through the car
after drink of water ran her knees
against his feet and nearly broke them
off at the ankles. The Turk awoke.
That bright dream was his last. He
hauled in his feet and looked at the
woman as though he would like to
throw his valise at her head, and she
drank couple of quarts of water and
came back and he scowled at her. and
sat his valise up on end and laid his
head on it, and closed his eyes. By
that time the hair-brush and tooth
brush handle, and pocket flask had
got into the end of the valise to hold a
convention, and he changed ends with
the valise, when he found collar box
and button hook had got there before
him, and he got up. Then he leaned
his head on the back of the seat in front
of him, on his arms, and tried to sleep,
and just as he was feeling that he had
struck it at last, the man in the seat in
front raised his head and struck the
sleepy mans forehead, raising q bump
as big as hickory nut. Both were
mad, and each waited for the other to
apologize, but both looked out of the
window, with their hands on their
heads. The man sat up the rest of the
way, and tried to think of an invention
that would make valise combination
of q feather pillow, spring mattress
and blanket, as well as mosquito bar
and window screen. He has got it
down pretty fine, and some day such a
valise will be on the George
W. Peck. l. "a.
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that the man TO whom the oIuer nau
belonged in infancy was "only half
strainah"-a half-strainer being a man
not of full blood or social rank, an in
ferior person, kind of social half breed,
merely hanging on to the skirts of the
true aristocracy. This was a mortal in
suit, and it was answered by stab,
which was meant to be deathblow.
The wound was a serious one, and
things looked very dark for the cham
pion of his former masters dignity. But
the gentleman heard of it, and came
from distant part of the State to assist
the negro; and, by employing counsel
and exerting himself in many ways.
succeeded in having the culprit @let Off
with very moderate punishment.
It is almost impossible to meet with
a negro who will admit that he ever be-
longed to an unkind or cruel master.
They nearly always speak of their
former owners in most affectionate
terms. The virtues of obedience and
loyalty seem to be natural to the ne
groes, and it is easy to see that many of
them sadly miss and need the control of
somebody stronger than themselves.
They may rise to the height of their
freedom in the future, but at present it
is often an oppression to them. Many
of them, however, greatly enjoy doing
as they please. They like to spend
money, and "to have things like white
folks. "-Atla1atic Monthly.
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THE WASHINGTON MONUnENE.


1t takes exactly six minutes to ascend,
at present, as the height is now 302
feet. Two hundred and forty-eight feet
more are to be added to it, and will re-
quire about two years to complete, at
the present rate of progress. The blocks
of granite and marble weigh about three
tons each, and are two feet high, two
feet wide and about seven feet long.
They are accurately fitted to each other,
and united by English cement of the
finest quality. The cement is poured
in, in liquid state, and in course of
time hardens and becomes very strong:
From the upper row of blocks there are
extended heavy iron arms, to which is
attached very strong rope netting, in
tended to catch the workmen if they
should make a misstep and fall over
board.
asked the superintendent if any had
ever fallen over, to which he replied:
"Ohl yes; several have fallen over, but
they did not seem to mind it, knowing
the netting was strong enough to hold
them"
The view from the top is simply
grand. The city, with its beautiful
parks and public buildings, is spread
out before you. The whole of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and miles of the sur
rounding States, with their hills and
wales and winding streams, are plainly
seen. The Blue Ridge mountains are
seen like faint line above the horizon,
fully fifty miles away. The height is so
great that even the magnificent Capitol
dwindles into the size of an ordinary
building The Potomac river does not
appear to advantage from this point, for
all the shadows and turns and ugly
spots are plainly seen, and indeed seem
to stand out in bold relief.
Of the stones contributed to the mon
ument by the several States and Terri
tories, the first to be seen is from Della
ware, and bears the inscription "1949;"
the others are so obscured by dust and
darkness it is quite impossible to read
the inscriptions upon them. There are
no windows, and the interior is quite
dark. The old part is very much de-
faced by dust and dampness, and APP
pears to great disadvantage, compared,
with the new work. When all is done
no doubt, the old part will be cleaned
and painted up. and the whole interior
lighted with electric lights.
I think if the Father of His Country
could return to life and look upon this
obelisk reared in his honor he would be
both thrilled and panied by the sight
thrilled at the vastness of the undertak
ing and panied at the slowness with
which the work has been done; but if
all goes well it will be completed, no
doubt, before another President is inau-
gurated, and Washington will have
grand iollifcation over it.
When it is completed and stands 600
feet high it will be another exhibition
Of the prevailing American spirit, viz,
to be ahead of everything else in the
world. She already has the biggest
trees, the most wonderful cataract, the
greatest railroads, the most prosperous
people in the world; why should she
not have the highest monument? 1t is
to be hoped that it will not share the
fate Of the Tower of Babel Washiog-
ton letter.
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THE LONDON TIMES ON " AMERICAN
NOVELS"

The London Times, of Sept. % and
26, devotes five columns to review of
American novels, and processes to see
many signs that, at the present mo-
ment, new literature is coming into
being in America, and that American
novels are to rank, hereafter, as q fresh
source of imaginative pleasure. OF
Henry James, Jr., the reviewer says:
"His strong, analytic serne of character,
his contempt for the ordinary novelist's
machinery, his delicate feeling now for
the contrasts and now for the sympa-
thies of human life, have taught Eng
fish writer's valuable lessons, which are
already bearing fruit. But, as an
American novelist, he is less represent
ative, less prophetic of future develop
ment, than one or two of his contem-
poraries. The strangenesses
and crudities of American life, which in
the pages of Mr.. Howells have the sort
of charm which belongs to everything
young and half-grown, are rather re-
pellent than attractive in those of Mr..
James. The one writer (Howells) be-
longs to the world he describes; he is
of it, heart and soul, even when he is
laughing at it; the other is practically
outside of it. It is from Mr..
Howells, we believe, rather than from
Mr.. James, that this new school of
American writing will receive
its decisive and shaping in
fuence." Of "The Lady Of the
Aroostook" the reviewer says, there
are few more perfect stories" but he
thinks "a Foregone Conclusion" even
its superior, and says of A Modern In
stance" then incomplete: "We have
laid down the last number as confident
as ever in Mr.. Howells' future, and as
sensitive as ever to his peculiar charm"
The novels of Mr. Gable, the reviewer
says: Contain delightful promise that
before long American imagination will
spread itself over the comparatively
alien South, with its patches of French
and Spanish population, and will find
means of bringing home to us the gayer
colors and fercer incidents of Southern
life, with the same fidelity, the same
mastery of representation, which it has
already spent upon the tanner, chillier
North" On the whole, indeed, it
seems likely that wide and multiform
development is in store for the art of
novel-writing in America. There seems,
however, to our English friend, to be
still lacking in American novels high
er sense of seriousness, and the peculiar,
pathetic quality that so strongly i'm
presses one in the works George Eliot.
Life, however" he writes, "is full of
just such pathos, and writer like Mr..
Howells will scarcely reach the summit
of his art till he has added this note
also to his range, till, finally, he has
learned to move our heart as powerful
ly as he has long since charmed and
satisfied our taste"
Tn is O sncrat we'll known IN oil oroot
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WHY THE BILL DID NOT PASS.

The business man in politics" does
not do much talking, but his speeches
are often effective, as witness the one
speech of Congressman Starin, of New
York. A syndicate of politicians had
got up job to buy portion of the
Brooklyn navy yard for 100000.
While the bill authorizing the sale was
under discussion, Mr.. Starin rose, pale
with excitement, and said emphatically:
"Mr. Speaker, am not familiar with
all of your rules here, and I do not
know whether or not I am in order, but
you have property here which you are
going to sell for 5000, 200, and I will at
this moment draw my check for it for
$500,000." That killed the bill.
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SLorH makes all things difficult, but
industry all easy; and he that riseth
late must trot all day, and shall scarce
ovortake his business at night; while
business travels so slowly that poverty
soon overtahes him --Frankli3a.
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KEEPING UP HIS coRREsPONDENC

KEEPING UP HIS CORRESPONDENCE.
IN Austin business man was cleaning
ont his desk the other day, and tearing
up old letters, when the colored porter,
who was in the Office, spoke up and
said:
Boss, gimme one OBJ dem letters"
What do you want it for?"
Il promised to write letter to my
old nanny in Norf Car'lina, but, as I
hasn't larnel to write yit, I can jess
send her one oh dem letters you hain't
got no use for. Hit will make her feel
good, hit will"
The gentleman gave the affectionate
son a patent medicine, anti-fat circular,
which was duly mailed and addressed.
-TecGs SJtings.
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IT is secret, well known to all great
men. that by comforting an obligation
they do not always procure friend, but
are certain of creating many enemies
II Fielding.
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HERBERT SPENCER is nearly 60, and
wears fringe of dark hair and whis-
kers streaked with gray. His nose and
mouth are prominent, forehead high,
and his eyes bright. On the whole, his
face bears the marks of strong indi-
viduality. Late in life be inherited
money, and he no longer works dill
gently.
The world will never De IN any
manner of order or tranquility until
men are firmly convinced that con-
science, honor and credit are all in one
interest, and that with the conscience of
the former, the latter are but imposi-
tons upon ourselves and others
G+on1n
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1883-04-29
4 SPEECH FROM THE POPE
HE ReeePssoa or the MenSeps 81 . Famsus
Roman Catholic society.


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Ihc frince OF Nlano Is the President vi the so
ciety. He had a private audience with his
Holiness early In the morning At noon the
memhers of the sociatv md a ,pr,ti,,do ~
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o''onsoi" "o'o ouinhtcu W the pIcseHce oi
the pOpe In tho Sala Clementina Ketveen
soSeh huhuIeu anu cISht uCnureu persons were
present Lao XIII accommodated hv C.r
Hn.I. n,..o,, ni.,.; W
ulnaS Bartollna. Banchf md Lu5agni and his
court mountad tho tbrop. and d.Ii,.ra, ,hn
our' houhteu TIC tnfohe anu delivered inc
following address;
Wehhve always manifested desire for the prosperity
of societies intended to promote the interests Of the
Ca'hotic Church In Italy Animated by this desire
have cheerfuly admitted society orr mr.
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cey TOT we desire To encourage and bless them all IN
their good purposes
Hrs, Of all d..r chua,.n ,. hr,.r, ..,.... .,....
faction and gratitude for oil that you have done the
service Of the good cause here in Rom. W.
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uese wa" '"hoHc hte shoun IA the wants OF the pres
emit and this desire IL the intense where Rome is
concerned Rome il, III, c.ntr. OF C,,bo,.t.m II 4,
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IS 'r o'"sP'e"ous i"' Tvs sincere Iai'h ana to' KS
soou WORKS Catholics from all parts OF the world come
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sA.,e... Of L..a, C..r.e..- sad Dialect.

We have often wished that what Mr. Leland
did for the curiously Amcricanized German
spoken in parts Of Pennsylvania might
lie done for the equally quaint and laughable
Demanded English which is spoken by many
Of the jewellers on the east side OF Manhattan
Island. 1t is q well-planned and successful
venture in this direction which Mr.. JULIAN Z.
RALPH has made in the series Of diverting
sketches and stories collected and published
under the title OF The suns German Barber by
the New York News Company. The author
has caught with singular fidelity the tricks of
speech and imported idoms with which the dis
course OF many OF our German fellow citizens is
aZreeably garnished-the incorriGible tendency
to decompose n compound verb and banisk It's
prefix 10 the tail Of a sentence. and the pro-
psnsty to find equivalents for such particles
a. doch. which. although to outlanders they
often seem mere explosives. are for Teutonic
ear not whit less essential to the SAVIOR Of a
phrase than 10 q dash Of garlic in salad. Re-
garded merely as a study in dialect Mr.. Ralph's
book would be pronounced q msritorious yer
formance; but the anecdotes and incidents re-
counted are mirth- provoking in themselves,
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and would bear tho plainest dress. though thstr
humor Is OF course enhanced by the odd and
ludcrous medium OF expression. In brisf. We
find the German Barber one OF the most
genial and amusing companions with whom We
have foregathered for many day. NJ. ". II.
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A Golden Prescription.

The Russian medical journal Heupt recently
exposed costly trick played ny some s, Petersburg
physicians on their wealthy patients Il relate. So
called golden prescription. which Is 90 follows:
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-01-12
YoREsT cevE TTEHs
Forest Cove, Jan. 4, 1888.

Forest Cove, Jan. 4, 1888.
Editors Democrat
The snow Is six inches deep, and
Thermometer s degrees below zero, and
the wind is blowing very hard at pres
ent. From present indications We will
have hard winter in this valley, aud
feed is scarce. Barley and oats q cts.
per 10. Wheat, sl.30 cts. per bnshel.
Flour, Covo Mills, 80 per BbI. Sum-
merville Mills, $3.50 per Bbl.
Six wagon loads Of -four Left this
place las. week for Boise City. Flour
is scarce there at present, quoted at SIC
per Bbl. There is not enough wheat in
the valley 10 supply home consumption.
The Union Mills arc lille. The Orc
Dell Mills were washed out by tae re-
cent freshet and completely destroyed.
Loss TO Mr. w. j. Snodgrass, the own
er, abont $4,000. The Island City
Mills arc not doing much. This mill
Co. bought up all the wheat in the fall,
but will soon be through grinding. Then
the only show for flour il Walla Walla.
There was n great deal of blowing
done last fall, and if next spring in ia
vorable for spring sowing, there will be
more wheat raised in this valley than
ever known before.
r. X. sxeitement runs high. The
Short Line have one hundred teams
working in the vicinity of Old's Fer
ry, on Snake river.
At Masonic Hall, Dec. 23rd, 1882,
Grand Round Valley Lodge, No. SO,
A. +. & A. NJ, tho following officers
were elected
s. o. Swaekharer, w. NJ. o. +.
Bell, 8. w. George Wright, j. W..
William Hutchinson, Treas. w. +.
Wright, Sec. Geo. Starks, s. ID. VIM
Wilson, j. ID. william, Elmer Tyler, Ja-
cob Zuber and Jocob Block, Stewards !;
they were also installed the same even
ing.
Ths cutting affray between Pat. Bran
and Mr.. Carl in the Rlue mountains, q
short time ago, resulted in the former
loosing an eye, and the latter, 80 we are
informed, was found dead, not far from
Meacham's Station.
Stock is very scarce here. Mr.. Ellis
and Mr.. Arthur, from Yellow Stone,
say they can hardly find as many as
they want, at figures that will justify
them in buying. Fred. Nodine, of this
place, is buying up castle in Umatilla
county. Cattle seem TO be cheaper ia
Umatilla than here.
OCCASIONAL.
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Order to Show Cause.

In he County Court er L4ns County. stats Of
Oregon:
In the matter Of the co. o.partneTship estate
Of Houk q Meyer, Henry Meyer, decd.
TO .yrederiek Beetmaa, and he nezs of kin
efHeHry Meyer deeeaSed and all psrs0ns
EpvrA and uHla0lcn bsteTestedha said estate !.
I'm TIE NAME OF THE STATE OF
Oregon, you A-e hereby cited and re-
quired 70 DO and appear In the County
Court, OF the County or Linn, In the State
OF Oregon, NJ tho Court House, In tho city
Of Albany, In said County and State, on
Monday, the 9Th Of February, 1888, at the
hour Of ono o'clock In tho afternoon OF
said day, tho same being tho first day Of
the regular February Term, thereof, an d
tllen and there show cause, II any exist
why an order OF sale should not bo made
dlrectlng and licensing the admInlstrator
Of said estate 10 sell al the real property
OF said estate hereinafter described A.
prayed for Ia the petition ofJohn n. Craw-
ford, administrator OF said estate, which
petition 10 now ON nlo In the County Court
% Linn county, Oregon, which sAid real
property - described ~ follows, to-wIt !:
Lot No. 8, In block No. 2, In the city u Al
bAny, Linn county, Oregon: Also iot No
O, In block No. z, in the city Of Albany,
Linn county, Oregon. Also lot No. z, in
block No. 2, In tho city OF Albany, Linn
county, State Of Oregon. AIso lot No. 4,
Ia block No. 2, In the city of Albany, Linn
county. Oregon. Also Is feet of Of the
west side Of lot No. 1, I'm block no. 10 In
the city Of Albany, Linn comfy, Oregon.
Also the east half Of lot No. 3, In block
No. IL, In the city OF Albany Linn county,
Oregon, and all known and described on
No plats and surveys Of said city now on
Ala In iha offlno of tha County CLARK Of
Linn county, Oregon. Also lot No. z,
containing and 07-l00 acres known A.
Fair Grsund lot, surveyed of and plated
by Linn County Agricultural Association,
the same being purchased by J ~ NJ Me-
Connell aud originally a part OF tho n w
corner, Of tho Donation Land Claim Of
Isaac 1iutchina, In Linn County, Oregon.
by order Of the Court
Witness my hand and tho seal Of said
Court this 9Th day OF January, 1883.
LIS. &. IL. STEWART,
County Clerk.