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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1899-10-20

Mrs. L. E. Blain, Mrs, John Althouse,
MIe. G.. b. Haight and Miss Olga Hewitt
Went to Portland today to attend the
state convention w OF o, aud the
national convention to meet in Seattle.
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As anticipated in the dispatches oil
esterday war between England and the
oers was begun today by the Beers
ossing the border and taking the in
iative, attacking the English.
The Vanity Fair performance last
evening is we'll spoken Of. Those who
expected something very loud are said
TO hsve been disappointed.
The big yacht race was again declared
Of today. Cause, lack Of wind.
William Fliesiuger returned from a
visit to The exposition at Portland, this
noon, alone.
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ton programme, but would simply ad-
wise him to try it at home first The
truth of the matter is that Paris is the
worst place on earth in which to econo-
mtZe. Not only is everything very ex-
pensive, but there are temptations at
every turn. To pray lead us not into
temptation" and to continue to live in Pa
ris is ironical. Be your taste for culture,
for dress or for dainties of the cuisine you
Will find unlimited opportunities to spend
your money and your pangs will be great
If you have not the money to spend. Dur
ing the exposition these temptations will
be many times more frequent, for all the
world in this regard is eonspiring against
US.
How Paris will manage the crowds that
are expected l am curious to know. With
the primitive methods of transportation
that exist she is not successful in ham
ding an ordinary weekday crowd. At 5
or o'clock in the afternoon 1t is often
impossible to find place In an omnibus
even after waiting an hour or more at the
station 1t is nothing extraordinary to
wait that length of time and then be
compelled to take carriage to get home.
Fortunately the fiacres are not eXpen-
sive, the price being 35 cents trip. When
expended several times a day, however,
as is absolutely necessary If ones time
be valuable, it adds considerable to the
expense.
The visitor of next year will have trials
innumerable. He will be imposed upon
and cheated at every turn of the road and
his money will get away from him with
astonishing rapidity. The Frenchman is
so small in his cheats that the American
is not on the alert for them. The Amer
lean watches his dollars and thinks him
self very smart and secure, while the
Frenchman is contentedly gnawing away
at the sou end of the pocketbook. If one
cannot speak the language the difficult
ties will be greater. There will be ample
need for all ones reserve stock of pa
tience and amiabiity.
This Is a hint of the disagreeable side
Of life during the exposition. The delight
full side would take much longer to de-
scribe. With all Of the uncertain annoy
ance the exposition will be worth it-yes,
l have no doubt of 1t, a thousand times
worth It.
From the top of the Eiffel Tower the
exposition looks very unimportant, prob
ably as unimportant as this little ter
restrial globe with its microscopical in
habitants looks to the man in the moon.
1t seems study only for the entomolo-
gist. Thousands of animated dots. run
ming confusedly in all directions. crawling
up miniature columns, hanging to invis-
ible ropes, suggests nothing greater than
so many insects. One feels that a hand
full Of yellow powder could end instan-
taneously this Paris exposition, about
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we'll knowing that only her husband could
display such power, in proof of which,
when they failed, he re-won his wife, for,
bending his elbow:
THE whizzing arrow vanished from the
string,
Sung on direct and threaded every ring
The Romans were very skiIlful bowmen, /,
although they discarded the weapon in
warfare, trusting to the charge and to
hand-to-hand fighting. Many of the Ro-
man Emperors were famous archers. 1t
is said that Domitian would place boys
in the circus at considerable distance
from him, and as they held up their
hands, with their fingers outspread, he
would send his arrows between them with
such nicely and accuracy Of aim that he
never inflicted a wound.
The wicked Emperor Commodus boasted
that he never missed his aim or failed to
kill the wild beast that he shot at with
a single arrow. He would set shaft in
his bow, as some wild beast was set free
in the circus to devour a living criminal
condemned to die. Just when the furious
animal was springing on his prey the En-
peror would strike it dead at the mans
feet Sometimes one hundred lions were
let loose at once, in order that he, with
one hundred arrows, might kill them ALL
With arrows, the heads of which were
semi-crcular, he would sever the necks
of ostriches while at full flight
An archer named Aster, seeing Philip
of Macedon among his troops, is said to
have written on an arrow: "Aster sends
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permitting the visitor to look down on
fantastic fish and antedeluvian monsters
A great fairy tale this palace will be-
There will be no Midway Plaisance at
the Paris Exposition. But one may take
trip around the world and see the rep
resentatives of every nation in all their
characteristic attitudes. There will per-
haps be nothing more popular at the Ex-
position than this tour of the world The
building, of enormous proportions, is al
ready nearly completed. 1t is called a
panorama, but deserves a better name to
distinguish it from the stereotyped pano-
ramas of which we are all so weary.
The trip commences with a departure
from the port of Marseilles. The light
house, the Chateau diff, the entire spec
tacle exactly as it exists, pass before the
traveller. He will have every sensation
of being on a ship, let us hope minus the
seasickness. After several ports he ar
rives at Athens, where he may look to his
hearts content upon the Acropolis, with
the Parthenon and other monuments of
past glory. With this view there will be
no animated scenes. Why, do not know,
unless to suggest the mournful fact that
the Athens in which we are really in
terexted there are to-day no living repre-
sentatives. From Greece the traveller
crosses the Dardanelles and the Bosphor-
us to Constantinople, where he mingles
with real Turks.
From there to Egypt and India, enjoy
ing in the meantime the life Of the Suez
Canal and the characteristic dances of the
countries. At Ceylon he will witness the
power of the snake charmers over live
cobras, and in Hindostan the marvellous
feats of jugglery for which the natives
are famous. In China and Japan he will
drink tea at the teahouses, promenade
through rice fields and invoke Buddha if
he likes in the temples. Little Nine.
Chrysanthemes in flesh and blood will
smile and dance for him. Through
Oceanica, Africa and America he passes
before reaching Europe again. Arrived in
Spain he will hear the chink of castanets
and see scores of pretty dancing girls. He
will even witness a real bullfght.
1t will be very wonderful this trip
around the world, and quite as instruc--
tive, say the critics, as three years of
travel. GENEVIENE GREEN.
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inordinate appetite for food and liquor
proved his ruin, and I came out of the af-
fair a heavy loser. When 1 engaged the
prize fighter he promised me he would
never touch drop Of liquor during the
engagement, but unfortunately he did not
keep his word.
'The first words Sullivan uttered on the
stage in Australia did the whole business.
It was memorable speech, and cost me
many thousand dollars. We opened at the
Melbourne Opera-house, and the people
were so anxious to see Sullivan that we
had a record house and had to turn away
money.
Unfortunately, during the afternoon,
Sullivan got drinking with some Of his
friends, and when the curtain rang I'D
was nowhere~to be found. After securing
the city in cabs we a. last discovered him,
but the audience had long and tiresome
wait. The pugilist had to appear dressed
as a blacksmith, and bang away at an
anvil with a heavy hammer In his haste
Sullivan had no time to change, and
rushed on the stage attired in evening
dress, thousand-dollar diamond stud
sparkling in his shirt front, and round his
waist the rough leather working apron
Of a blacksmith. The gallery boys, who
are always demonstrative in Australia,
shouted and yelled themselves hoarse.
'Where've you been, Sullivan? they de-
risively cried. Where did you get them
clothes?
Instead of going on with the play, Sui
Ivan turned from his anvil, and swinging
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EVERYBODY has heard the story of
II William Tell, who shot an apple
from the head Of his son with bow
and arrow, and of the wonderful
feats of Robin Hood, who roamed the
green woods of "Merrie England and
could bring down a wild goose on the
wing or split an opponents arrow with
his own.
There are many other curious feats of
archery, however, that are not so well
known There was the famous William
of Cloudesley who could split hazel
wand with his shaft from distance Of
200 yards.
Going much further back, it is said that
some marvellous deeds were performed
by the Persians, who boasted descent
from the famous hero archer, Perses, and
the Scythians descendants of the great
archer Scythes 1t is related that the
Persians could DIR r'e one arrow out of the
hole it made with another, at less long
range, and repeat the feat with several
successive arrows at their sand butts.
They also skot from horseback, hitting
a mark while galloping at full speed.
One archer would gallop past butt and
send two arrows through one hole in
doing so.
Homer tells how Penelope promised her
many suitors that he only should be
who first Ulysses wondrous bow should
bend
And through twelve ringlets the feet
arrow send"
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his heavy hammer as If he meant to hurl
1t at the audience, shouted back, You
ducks, I'll put a tail on some of your
THE speech was fatal. The Australian
audiences, having discovered that Sulli-
van could not act, would not pay for the
mere pleasure of seeing him on the
boards All they wanted was to see him
fight, and Of course we could not have a
fistic combat every night on the stage
IL | had been in the pugilistic business
might have made barrels of money out
of Sullivan, but unfortunately l had hold
of the wrong end of the stick.
"Sullivans appetite, like his strength,
was enormous On one occasion l was
having supper with party of ladies in a
Sydney hotel, when the pugilist forced his
way into the ON. Don't be afraid of
me, ladies', he said as he seized a whole
turkey from the table, tore 1t apart with
his hands, and commenced crunching the
bones. Still, Sullivan's appearance was
not reassuring, and the ladies all fed.
"Only once did I receive a blow from
Sullivan, and then, though 1t was but a
mere playful tap, / felt the effects for
weeks. You know Slavin offered to come
to Australia expressly to meet Sullivan,
but the fight could not be arranged.
"One day when l was sitting alone with
the fighter he boastfully declared that he
was afraid of no man. 1 had the impu-
dence to retort What about Slavin p
John l.. just reached out his left. and
without any apparent effort, tapped me on
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sighs audibly and then expresses an
honest conviction that a girl who dresses
like that should pay more for her board.
she pays your price, doesn't she?" 1 said
one day after one of these demonstra-
tions. Yes. but she can afford to give
much more" was the lamenting response
The Americans who are coming to the
exposition must be prepared TO pay for
their whistles. 1t will be no cheap ex-
cursion. Already prices of living are on
the increase and there is no telling what
the limit will be. Every Frenchman in
Paris expects to make a fortune in 1900
Many Americans are possessed of the
idea that once arrived in Paris living is
next to nothing, but this notion is abso-
lutely a delusion and a snare.
A young art student from San Fran
cisco told me that he had expected to pay
not more than $25 month for his room
and board. Il don't believe that I could
mention my authority" he said ''but
somehow 1 had the impression that a
student could live decently for that
amount. Well, have hunted the town
over and am now paying $50 for a room
on the fourth floor with meals that are
none too good"
Perhaps this young man is a trifle luxu-
rious in his notions, as l am satisfied that
many students do live for less than $50 a
month. How they live is quite another
question. The enthusiast who has al
ways been well fed is apt to rush into
starvation without any terror whatever
He fancies that his body will be of no
consequence if he can only crafty the
longing of his "soul." But let him feel q
few times the real pangs of emptiness (;
let his head swim for want of proper
nourishment, and he will find his dreams
reverting from heaven to earth. 10th
though he may be to confess It, the win
dow of a patisserie will become more at
tractive than any picture in the Louvre,
and apparitions of savory roast beef will
intTude themselves persstently where all
had been "art for arts sake"
The exposition of next year is going to
be fabulously splendid affair. 1 am
watching its progress with a great deal
of interest, and am satisfied that it will
be worth almost any sacrifice 1 would
not even discourage the enthusiast who
feels that he could persevere in a starva-
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he will enjoy brilliant tournaments be-
tween knights glittering in armor from
head to foot. Here again he may mingle
with lords and ladies and gay cavaliers
clothed with scrupulous exactitude in the
costumes of the fifteenth century.
On the church which is being erected
the old mystery plays will be given eX-
actly as in 1900 In this inclosure the
street des files dieu will be reproduced
borde-ed with little stalls-wine shops,
the resorts of the vagrants and the beg
gars This street will be we'll remeM-
bered by all readers of Victor Hugo S
''Not1e Dame de Paris" Here the noun
tebanks, the charlatans and the trouncres
will hold undispUted sway.
Near the Eiffel Tower preparations are
being made for the construction of a
queer palace which will be built from the
summit to the ground. The laying of the
foundation will be its finishing touch.
This is the luminous palace Ponsin which
will be made entirely of glass. NJ. Pom
sin is an artist who has given much time
and attention to the study of glass there
in, producing unimaginable results. For
him glass possesses every possible quail
ity. 1t IS as transparent as air or as
opaque as metal; it is as delicate as lace
or as substantial as iron. In the lumi-
nous palace he has undertaken to show
the vast possibilities of his favorite sub
stance. 1t will be constructed of white
glass, ornamented with huge jewels fine
ly cut in various colors.
Inside there will be divans, exquisite
carpets and even beautiful pictures, all
made of glass. With these appointments
the glassmakers at Venice are now busily
occupied. The palace will be crowned by
a colossal statue of Electricity, which,
mounted on colorless glass, will appear to
be standing in air without support.
At night, brilliantly lighted by cleo
tricity, one may imagine how bewilder-
ingly beautiful will be the effect. To in
tensify it, the palace will be situated on a
lake, where electric fountains will play
and in which will swim glass fish and
aquatic birds, all luminous at night with
electricity. Under the palace will be a
wonderful grotto, hung with glass stalac-
tites, where the floor will be transparent,
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which all the world is dreaming. On the
second landing as one descends the in
sects become we'll defined midgets the
houses respectfully sized toys, one even
hears the faint sound of many hammers.
1t is only on the first landing from the
ground, however, that one appreciates the
splender and the magnitude of the enter
prise. One is high enough to escape all
obstructions and yet the men are still
men. One realizes that the scheme is a
human one and wonders If this gray old
world has ever looked upon a buster
scene. Near little bend in the Seine
the towers and the quaint roofs of "Old
Paris" are already near enough to COM
pletion to be picturesque and interesting.
l fancy that no other feature of the ex-
position will contribute so much to the
general effect. 1t is a real city that they
are building there When completed 1t
will be the history of Paris with all the
movement and charm of life.
The designers have not been too archaeo-
logical in their ideas, am told, but have
chosen to reconstruct the most curious
and the most historically important of the
old Partisan edifices
The visitor will enter "Old Paris by
the Porte Saint Michel, which will be
gayly decorated with flags, banners and
escutcheons, the supposed occasion being
the expected entree of a princely party.
From the galleries erected for the event
music will sound in honor of the ap-
preaching party, while near the door the
sheriffs of the city will harangue.
The musicians Of "old' Paris will an
nounce every morning that the city is
awake, while at night the chimes will
peal the retreat for visitors. Imposing
sentinels and guards clad in the military
costumes Of the times will parade at all
hours to keep in order the students, the
vagrants and the players or to lead the
guilty ones to the pillory. Near the
Porte Saint Michel one will see the mai
son aux PLIERS" famous as the house
of the Hanseatic League and the cradle
of Partisan commerce. Here commences
the street Of the old schools, which will
be filled with little shops and merchants
in picturesque costumes. The most at
tractive of all the shops will perhaps be
that of the tapissier Poquelin, where the
corner post is resplendent with carved
monkeys gathering fruits. From this
little shop went forth one day In the
arms of his godmother a tiny son of the
tapisser to be baptized in the neighbor-
ing church. This petit Poquelin was af-
terward known to the world as Moliere.
Near by is the house of Nicholas
Flannel, who is supposed to have discov-
cred the philosophers stone and who
after the popular belief of the times
possessed vast treasures buried In the
cellars of his house. After the death of
III. Flannel and his family the poor were
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allowed to live in the house free of
charge, only on condition of praying for
the souls of the deceased. Over the door
will be seen this inscriptions; I'VE men
and women, laborerS living in this house
which was built in the year of grace 1407,
are each held to say every day a Pater-
noster and an Ave Maria and to pray the
Grace Of God for all poor sinners. Amen" ="
In this street also is the house that might
be called the cradle of the press of
France. 1t was occupied by Theophraste
Renoudat, doctor and Journalist and the
founder of the French Gazette, the first
newspaper in the country. In this quarter
lived all the celebrated printers and en-
gravers of the time. During the exposi-
ton these industries will be conducted in
the primitive fashion.
In another street bordered on one side
by houses and on the other by shops will
be the 'Grenier aux poetes.' an establish
ment such as Francois Villon might have
conducted, where ballads and choruses,
| both joyous and satirical, will be recited
naturally to the music of the clinking of
glasses. The convent of the Jacobins,
famous during the Revolution, is not far
away, whence will issue religious
professions exactly as in the olden DAYS
AT the end of this street, by the side of
the cloister, the pillory will be erected
Here those who wish to contribute to the
viVidness of the scene may deride the poor
individuals who will submit during certain
hours to put their heads through the hole
of the pillory.
The church that is being erected in "old
Paris" will be one of its greatest attrac-
tions. 1t is a reconstruction of Saint
Julien des Menetriers, the church of the
jugglers and wandering musicians con-
structed by their brotherhood in the thir-
teenth century. Until the Revolution this
church was the property Of these strolling
players. Before it they crowned their
king, held their court and conducted all
manner of revelry. During the exposition
all of these characters will be resurrected.
Mnstrels, dancers, jugglers, players of all
musical instruments, will there be con-
gregated.
1t would take much time and space to
describe all the attractions of "old Paris"
Suffice it to say that every phase of life
as it existed through several centuries
will there be represented. The old palace
OF Saint Louis, of Philip lie Bel, of Charles
VI, of Louis XII, is being reconstructed.
Those who are ambitious may mingle in
court society, for lords and ladies will be
numerous in all their splendor.
Across the river a turreted rampant
bordered by O deep moat, is conspicuous.
Here, after passing through a gate with
medieval towers and a drawbridge, the
visitor will find himself on the famous
place de la coeur des Miracles" An ele-
CANT tribune will be erected, from which