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The Man Who Saw
Aaron Burr Cv
az e. !. EDWARDS.

A wear or two before the death in 1904.
of Parke Goodwin. distinguished journal
list. author and soninlaw of William Cullen
Bryant, 1 met him one morning, and in
the course OF our conversation some his
torical reference was made to Aaron
Burr. Al once MIR. Goodwin's eyes lighted
up with a new interest. .,-.=
Il Think he said, that l am the only
person now living who ever saw Aaron
Burr, and / am sure that 1 am the only
living person who ever talked with him.
That brings you very near to the revo-
%lutionary period of our government.
doesn't 1t?
II believe that there has been some
public reference to the fact that Burr.
when an old man, took me on his knee
and talked to me about my Latin school
books continued the venerable journal
list. then ncaring his S7th birthday. But
l do not recall any public reference to the
last time I saw him, and l will tell you
the anecdote.
1T was during my student days at
Princeton, where I graduated III 1884.
One afternoon, in the late autumn I went
with a fellow student for a stroll. and
finally, at his suggestion. we turned into
the town cemetery and walked among the
graves OF the distinguished men buried
there.
w ~ NheN ioh IA wv
cemetery In which the presidents OF
Princeton We're buried when 1 noticed ar
old man standing there perfectly still.
with his hat off, his head bent, and ap-
parently in deep meditation. Something
about the mans figure, and perhaps his
Colchester he wore the conventional gar
ments of an earlier .ime-led me to sus-
pect that it was Aaron Burr, up to whom
my father had led me. a bashful school,
boy. so many years before. 1 motioned
my companion to stop, and I moved a
little to one Side, so that 1 might see the
mans face in profile at least: and when 1
did that 1 knew for a certainty that it
W61 Aaron Burr.
His face was very grave, and it's
feeble owner, as he stood bowed over the
graves Of his father and Jonathan Ed
wards, his grandfather, who were both
presidents of Princeton, was oblivious ap-
parently to everything that was going on
about ! Silently, my companion and
l watched him, and I am sure that as we
strained our eyes. with q feeling of awe.
towards him, we beheld the tears course
down his withered cheeks and fall upon
the mounds before him. And at least
would be his last visit to the graves. and
that Burr himself realized it. 1 believe
that this turned out to be the case.
For perhaps 10 minutes he stood there,
just as we had first seen him. At last no
turned slowly-it seemed reluctantly
away. and with his head still bent. his
hands ciasped behind him, and his few
struggling gray locks all but sweeping his
coat collar. he walke with trembling
steps out of the cemetery, not having seen
US. or, II. he had, making no sign to that
effect.
Two years or so later Aaron Burr him
self was at rest at last beside his father
in that old burying ground
Copyright. 1909. by E. J. Edwards.)
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Loyal 60 His Drsdas.
From the Washington Post,

An army officer. who had been in Pam
ANA recently, tells this story: Laurent
Roquebert had been general foreman Of
dredging at the Pacific entrance to the
canal for % ycars.S He had gone to the
isthmus under the OLD French company
n had remained On the job ever since.
a short time ago he was badly crushed
In one OF the dredges. and lay In q critical
condition in the AncOn hospital. Ono OF
many yards?' said the injured man,
sfeebly, referring to the dredging record
for the month. Whengtol6 that they had
1Anken out more cubic yards thsn in any
previous month. he smiled and whispered:
And the Gopher, what did she do?" The
Gopher. like the dredgemaster. was hand
ed down to the Americans by the French.
This old dredges OF the Scotch ladder type
had bsen at work q the Pacific entrance
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face both darker and paler-for there
could De no u about the others
meaning-"I'm thinking this is a
strange liberty you're taking. And I
beg T Q say I don't understand the
meaning of IT."
you wish to know the meaning"
II do
1T means, sir" Colonel John replied.
that the sooner you start on your re-
turn journey the better!"
Asgill stared. "The better you will be
laughed harshly.
The better it will be for you. !
mean." Colonel John answered.
Asgill flushed darkly, but he COM
manded himself.
This is an odd tone" he said. Il
must ask you to explain yourself. I an,
here upon the invitation OF my friend.
The McMurrough"-
This is not his house"
Asgill started. DO you meant
Il mean what l say" the colonel
answered. This is not his house. as
you well know"
.'But'-
1T 10 mine, and I do not propose Ia
Ientertain you. Mr.. Asgill." Colonel John
continued. lis that sufficiently plain ~
The glove was down. The two men
looked at each other. Asgill was at q
disadvantage. He did not know pre-
cisely how things stood. Yet if the tail
lean man, serious and growing gray
represented n form of strength. the
shorter, stouter man, with the mobile
face and the quick brain, stood for an
other. Offhand he could think Of nc
weak spot on his side; and II he mus,
fight, he would fight.
He forced a laugh.
"Mora,pl In than hospitable, colonel
he said. Perhaps, after all. 1t will he
best SO, n we shall understand one
lanother."
Il am thinking So" Colonel Sullivan
answered. 1t was plain that he did no,
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1ss. BY stanley ]. weyman.,
CHAPTER xv-continued.

b did not ask him who had been
me life and soul Of the movement,
ssWhooe enthusiasm had set 1t going, and
WHORE steadfastness maintained It. She
I'D not tell him that the issue was a
hundred times more grevious to her
than to him. Her eyes were beginning
10 Be opened to his fatlings; but the
habit OF giving way to him was still
strong; and when. with another volley
- harsh, contemptuous words. he flung
10y from her. though her last inter-
1eets0n was a prayer. to- him to refrain.
9eAe blamed herself rather than him.
Nov that she was alone. too, the
pEtoetse safety weighed on her mind.
e Colonel John betrayed him. she
Wouldenever forgive herself. Certainly
~ va unlikely he would. for IN that
part priests moved freely, the authors
IT, wtnked at their presence, and 1t
49, only within sight Of the walls OF
I1atee oryof Galway that the law which
prescribed themswaS enforced. But her
$expericnce OF Colonel Sullivan-of his
4 celyity. his determination, his adroit-
ness made all things seem possible.
He Q been firm as fate in the remov-
also the Bishop and Cammock; he had
been turned no lot from his purpose
by her prayers, her Intellectual strug-
glese--she sfckened at the remembrance
o. sthAtsmOment. He was capable OF
everything. and IL he thought ft-but
at that. point her eyes alighted on a
man who was approaching along the
slaAeA g It wa Father O'Hara him-
sself.$ priest was advancing as
cAlmly and openly as IL no law made
nt1Epfesence q felony, or as If no
Protestant breathed the soft Irish air
oELaSd0xen leagues about.
Her brother's words had shaken
J 90VAae0 nAevo0 Cho .xsroc ~oo,,~
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sTsHE WILD GEESEA
By Stanley J. Meyman. ~

which were in his power. he heard two
days after the event, and in distant
Tralee, what had happened. In q mo-
ment, not only was the opportunity to
which he looked forward vanished be-
low the horizon, but news still less well
man whom he had distrusted from he
first had lone this. More. the man was
still at Morristown, If not honored. pro-
tected, and If not openly triumphant,
master in fact.
Luke Asgill swore horribly. Colonel
Sullivan had got the better Of him once,
but he was not to be duped again. He
examined the matter on many sides be-
fore he took horse to see things with
Morristown until he had made many q
resolution to be IN his guard.
He had reason to call these to mind
before his foot was we'll out of the stir
rup. for the first person he saw after
he had hidden his room take the
horses to the stable was Colonel Sulli-
van. Asgills had time to scan his face
he Judged that Colonel Johns triumph
did not go very deep. He was looking
graver, sadder. colder, finally-this he
saw as they saluted M another
sterner.
Asgill stepped aside courteously.
meaning to go by him. But the colonel
stepped aside also, and 80 barred his
way. MI. Asgill," he said-and there
was something of the martinez in his
tone-.'I will trouble you to give me a
word apart"
IA word apart" Asgill answered. He
was taken aback. and do what he could
the c%olonel's grave eyes discomposed
him. with all the pleasure in life,
colonel. But a little later, by your
leave"
81 think now were more convenient,
sir" the colonel answered, "by your
leave"
7 will lay my cloak in the house,
and then
1T will be more convenient to keep
your cloak, I'm thinking" the colonel
rejoined with dryness. And either be-
cause of h meaning in his voice or the
command in his eyes, Asgill gave way,
and the two walked gravely and step
for step through the gateway.
Outside the colonel beckoned to a rag
ged urchin who was playing ducks and
brakes with his naked toes. Go after
Mr.. Asgills horses" he said, and bid
the man bring them back"
Colonel Sullivan!"
The colonel did not heed his remon-
STRANGE. "And follow us!' he contin-
ued. Are o hearing. boy? Go,
then.
Colonel Sullivan, Asgill repeated, his
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Tie = here and HI will certainly give

III e. here and he will certainly give
y0u#up.".
Colonel s~uilivan??"
sMsssYeo. You were at the Carraghlin?
/ B osa haye heard what happened! He
viii surely give you up!!"
Are the soldiers here:?" the priest
esked,, With blanched face.
Me-. but hesis here! He is in the
h0uDe and may onne out at any mo-
meilt,,s FlayiA explained. Don't you
0~lsderstAnd ~
:n1:. IS 81 tell you''-
ssThat he would inform?.
o. Fiayia replied. thinking the
nm 2 duh. But you wouldn't
ssssThe priest looked around to assure
himself that the landscape held no
overt ealgns Of danger. Then he brought
Shacks his eyes to the girls face. and
sdectiVely. He recalled the scene In the
shog..sS Colonel Johns courage and his
sehouShfssf0r his sefvant. And at last,
~ nm net thinking he said coolly,
that hoSWtM betray me. I am sure
i thine am sure. he continued cor
sFectin9 himself, that he will MT. He
J6sasheretic. but. he is q good man.
bach. good man." she cried In q
sotcs audible half 2 hundred yards
sasSAather O.Hara looked a little
aeahelned Of himself. but e{sstood by
hl1sya6nrsx "a hereto. OF course he
eatd ssBut, I'm thinking. good man
y M rate. ImSnOt believing that he
against me-
asssA sSQulckly az II had come, the color
slBe6 from Flayia's face and left It cold
m hard. She looked at the priest as
ShaghadssieyersloOked at a priest OF hel
sD6urCh before. sYou must take you
SNnacoufse,,tilen she said. And witt
al3lsGVe.turssANhich heidi not understand
sGNesturned from him and. leaving hin
MI and disconcerted, she wen,
RI GtYISSiintO the house.
man! Heaven and earth anG
ssSSIiI% 6e1tdes!! good man! Father
;0ssHetIWas fool!
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Under the Holly souah.

Under the Holly souah.
Ye who have scorned each other.
Or injured friend or brother,
In this fast-fadtng wear,
Ye who. by word or deed,
Have made q kind heart bleed
Come gather here.
Let sinned against and SHINING
Forget their strife's beginning,
And Join In friendship now:
Be links no longer broken,
Be sweet forgiveness spoken
Under the holly bough.
Ye. who have loved each other,
Sister and friend and brother,
In this fast-fading year!
Mother and sire and child.
Young man and maiden mild
Come gather here:
And let your hearts grow fondet.
Is memory shalt ponder ].
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Samuel Rogers. the poet, is no doubt
a great wit. but he has a turn for
malice and even brutality. some one
once asked him why he y opened
his mouth except to speak ev,i of his
neighbors. He replied: ST hays z very
weak voice. and II l did not saw malt
cious things ! should never s. heayd.
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Each past unbroken vow;
Old loves and younger wooinr
Are sweet In the renewing.

Ye who have nourished sadness
Estranged from hope and gladness.
In this fast fading year;
Ye with o%'erburdened mind
Made aliens from your kind
Come gather here.
Let not the useless sorrow
Pursue you night and morrow:
II Ger you hoped, hope now
Take heart. uncloud your faces.
And join in our embraces.
An electrician in the Union Pac,nc
SHOPS at Omaha has equipped q loco.
motive with a wireless device, which
railroad men assert will enable train
olsPatcners n station agents to signej
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Epitaphs.

Epitaphs.
Here Is an epitaph or a last-maker, who
Is said to be buried at Llanfantwythyl:
stop. stranger. stop, and wipe a tear
For the Last man at last lies here,
Though everlasting he has been,
He has at last past llfe's last scene.
Famed for good works. much time his
passed.
In doing good-He has done his last.
Sheffield parish churchyard is said by
a correspondent TO contain "a stone with
the epitapf:
Here. underneath these stones.
Lies Billy Jones,
The bnitfff and the bum,
And when he died, the devil cried:
Come, Billy. come.
Here is another:
Poor Martha Smell has gone away.
Her would IL she could, but her ouldn
stay.
She had two sore legs and a badish cough.
But 1t we're her legs as carried her off.
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VERY DISAPPOINTING.
Percy-1 had perfectly awful Luck ON
my bear hunting trip.
bear?
Percy.,Graclous. yes! Wan wight into
thwee the first day
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Two Of a Kind.

FROM Inc ArSOnauC. tT
The. dean of a western university was
told by the students that the cook was
turning out food not '.ft to eat"
The dean summoned the delinquent, lee
tured him on his shortcomings. and
threatened him with dismissal unless con.
ditions were bettered.
Why. SIR" exclaimed the cook, You
oughtn't to place 40 much Importance in
what the young men say about my meals!
They come to me In just the. same way
about your lectures"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-11

DO the people of Salem know that
development along all lines has be-
gun in earnest. realize the coming
Importance of the district named
above? Il will require more than
Glance" to bring the future pos
sibilities of that region to their COM
prehension. In tS43 Daniel Waldo
came to Oregon with the company
that was led by the martyred mis-
sionary, Marcus Whitman. He set
tied on claim in the hills twelve
miles east of what is now Salem,
where he and his family made their
home until his death In 1880. Since
the time OF his settlement there the
region surrounding his home, quite
large In area, has been familiarly
known as The Waldo Hills. In a
scenic sense Il is one of the most
beautiful regions In the Willamette
valley And some of the most con-
tented and prosperous people OF our
ShNN' hAN AfoAhthAo VI Ahbnt hlilos
The east-side branch of the South
ern Pacific railway skirts along the
western margin OF this hill region,
and the stations at Pratum, Macleay
and Shaw are shipping points. This
western margin OF these hills is from
seven to eight miles from Salem and
the entire region is destined to be
a growing contributor to Salem bust
ness. That region has not yet been
exploited TO any great extent, nor
has it been brought to the attention
OF newcomers as nave the Red Hills
to the south and the more level farm
lands to the north aud east. Yet II
is as fine a region as any OF the
others for farms. orchards and gar
dens.
In the matter OF district schools It's
people are up to the times. Quite
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-11
Notice of street Assessment.

Notice is hereby given that the
Common Council OF the City Of Sa-
lem, Oregon, will at or about
o'clock p. m, on the 20th day OF
September, 1909. at the Common
Council chambers In said city pro-
ceed to assess upon each lot or par
eel OF land liable therefor its pro-
portIonate share OF the cost OF i'm
proving Asylum avenue, in the City
OF Salem, Oregon, between the East
line OF the bridge over North Mill
creek and the east city limits.
All persons interested In said es-
sessment shall appear at said time
and before said Common Council ani
present objections. II any they have.
to said assessment, or file the same
with the recorder within ave days OF
the making OF said assessment OF for
the privilege, II they so desire, 10
make their Improvement, in lieu OF
their assessment.
Date OF the frst publication OF this
notice, the 10th. day Of September.
1909.
BY order OF the Common Council.
w. A. MooRES,
9-10-3t City Recorder
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A GLANCE AT CON-
OITIONS IN THE
WALDO HILLS
FRUIT ORCHARD LANDS IN OREGON THAT
OUGHT To BECOME THE HOMES OF
THOUSANDS

a number OF their young people have
attended Corvallis college and other
high class institutions. In fact, 1t
would be hard to find anywhere a
finer class of young people than one
can meet In the Waldo Hills. They
seem to love their country life and
have the vim and fibre that country
life begets and needs,
Among many other good things
that may be said of these people Is
this: They do not "Forsake the as
sembling OF themselves together" ."
The little Congregational church at
willard, situated on the old Warren
Cranston place, often has a larger
congregation than some of the city
churches, though the atteuuants come
distances ranging from one to six
miles.
One man who has done a great deal
OF quiet and effective work for the
Waldo Hills district In the way OF
building up the home abd family in
fluences that go to make a whole
some community, is Rev. p. s. Knight
OF Salem. He is an Oregon pioneer
Congregational minister who has
given his life work TO the betterment
OF his fellowman He thinks moth
ing OF driving fifty or sixty miles TO
serve the country churches and con-
ducting a funeral or a marriage oere-
mony besides.
It is question whether the
strength and moral backbone OF so
ciety is not today found in this work
among the clean country communi-
ties, and the work OF the ministry
among these people Is under-esti-
mated by all religious organizations.
It is a pleasure TO render this slight
tribute to the development OF the
rural communities In our delightful
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-11
NEARLY A
THOUSAND
BUILDINGS
Beautiful Residences and Mag
nificent Steel and Brick
Business Blocks Tell
the Story.

IL is a trite saying but worth re-
porting over and over, that there are
more buildings going up at Salem
this year than ever before.
The number will run close to a
thousan~ new structures and recon
structions. What is more important
stylish in architecture and more nov
ell in finish and up-to-date in ap-
pearance.
Many are in the $4,000 class, with
outdoor enjoyment features -. the
double house to shelter from the
stormy weather and to permit enjoy
ment of the fine weather There are
even plans maturing for the 10000
class OF residences. or course there
are all kinds OF school buildings. state
buildings and federal buildings that
run up from $4,000 to 100000.
One OF the firms that has made
great strides of progress I'm building
better class OF bungalows is Voget
Bros, who are erecting a string of
eight of these charming dwellings on
one block on Fourteenth street that
cost from S25OO TO $4,000 each. They
manufacture the frames and odd sizes
OF sash and have their own planning
mills.
Take the block on South CONNER
cial street between Lincoln and La
felle-four new houses are going up.
The ground is broken for some fine
houses on the same street between
Miller and Myers-the old Amelia
Miller block that was all cut up and
sold off In week.
"a $4,000 improvement.
As a sample of the better class of
modern homes Il is pleasure to mo-
tice the one Just completed by DR..
II. C. Epley president OF the board
OF education, on North Winter street.
II has an ornamental porch exterior
with upper story built out and rest
Ing on artificial stone colums. j.
Frank Watson is the contractor and
S. r.. Peck has done a great deal OF
the carpenter work and Il is all very
oreditable. The whole interior finish
is in Oregon fir. with some of the
most beautiful veneer paneling in the
duh green bog-oak effects, from the
Hansen sash and door factory. one
of these panels in the hall entrance
is "a single sheet over four feet wide.
The ceilings are cored and the main
rooms beamed, The dining room is
paneled and has very pretty loaded
easement windows. The pass.
pantry, kitchen, store rooms, base
ment, bedrooms and closets are all
with the latest devices and
Of carpentry glazing
and electrical work The walls are
rough coated in cream and chocolate
tints The bathroom is finished IN
There is an open air sleep
ng room and den with fine fire
place. DR.. Epley also favors a first
'lass, hard surface pavement.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-11

store and music house, and does
shave people when they come to his
house. He has been here four years
f. HoFER.
~ B.-The poem written by Mr.
Nottage, the poet of the Siuslaw. in
honor of Buckskin. Bob and sung at
his birthday to the tune OF The
Stump-Tailed Dog" will appear in a
later issue of this paper. f. II.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-11
Il saved Hia Leg.

IAN thought I'd lose my Leg"
writes ]. A. Swenson, Watertown,
Wis Ten years Of eczema. that Is
doctors could not cure, had at last
laid me up. Then Bucklen's Arnica
Salve cured it sound and we'll" In
fallible for skin eruptions, eczema.
salt rheum, bolls, fever sores. burns.
scalds, cuts and piles. 25c ct J. O.
Perry's.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-11
Warning.

Do not be persuaded into taking
anything but Foley's Honey and Tar
for chronic coughs. bronchitis, hay
fever. asthma and lung trouble, as
Il stops the cough and heals the
lungs. j. G.. Perry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-11

and prosperous state and to welcome
anyone who wishes a country home
among ideal conditions to come to
this favored part of Oregon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1909-09-11

Very few enemies are worth watch
ing.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1909-02-27
WOLGAST FINISHES
LITTLE IN 4 ROUNDS
Milwaukee Feather w eight
Scores Easy Victory
Over Chicago Pug.

Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 27-Ad VOL
CAST of Milwaukee knocked out Walter
Little of Chicago in the fourth round
of their scheduled twenty-round bout
at the Vernon arena last night. The
result was a big surprise to the spec
tators, as it was thought the clever
Little would give AID a hard fight and
perhaps get the decision over the
Cream City boy.
The weight, 12S pounds at 3:45 in
the afternoon, gave Little the advant-
age. but it proved of no help against
the hard-hitting feather-weight.
wolgast fought a fast and vicious
battle. He tore into Little with the
opening bell and did not let up until
he had him stretched out for the count.
Wolgast was the stronger and the
harder hitter and Little never had a
chance Wolgast forced matters and
despite Littles attempts a defense
landed frequently and with telling eff
feet.
With rain of blows Wolgast slow
~ battered his man down and when
Little sank to the floor in the fourth
round every bit of fight had been ham
mered out of him.