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BATHS, 25 CENTS South side Main Street. CAPITAL STOCK, $ 0000 $21 ''0 Interest on time deposits. Proper attention given to collections. Deals in foreign and domestic exchange. Livsxy. Cashier, Athena, Oregon X 1 IK 1 75 8 Ct8 28 50 10 00 A COMPLETE FAUiDRE. Nesrroos la the West Indies Cannot Govern Themselves. For Mure Than Fifty Tears They Bare Enjoyed the Greatest Freedom, Bat .. Bare Made No Adranee Social . ly or Morally. In the last quarterly issue of the American Statistical association Fred eric L. IIolJ:-;Ki:i fives a series of statis tical tables bearing upon the social and moral development of the neprrocs in the West I Utiiea. As he points out tS the Btnilenta of the race problem in the United States, the West Indies offer an attractive field for observation and study, for the reason that for more than fifty years the negro has there en joyed those political and social oppor tunities which it is claimed ore denied him iu this country. Thus, says the Boston Herald, for more than half a century, he has had there presented the possibilities of progress and ad vancement ia civilization, and consid ering that in 1834 those who were in strumental in brinsmjr about emanci pation in the West Indian colonies of Great Britain felt confident that tho change ffo jlJ bo of immense benefit to the eolofeil -people and to the world at large, it is iuterestinjr to See how far thee hopes have been verified by ex perience. Mr. Hoffman's tables include the Leovard islands, the Bnrbsidoos, Ber muda, the Bahamas, Trinidad, Jamai ca, British . Honduras and British Guiana, lie also has race tables as to the population of Cuba and i'orto Bxeo. From these it appears that, while the negro race in the W est Indie.; does not, on the whole, greatly increase, the white population., is steadily diminish. inr. For example, a hundred years ago the white population' of Jamiaea was about 10 pvr cent, of the entire popula tion, while it is now a little less than 3 per cent, tn the Leeward islands the white population a hundred yenrs ago was about 8 per cent; it is no'V about 4 per cent.. In the Barbadoes tho white population a hundred years ago was about 20 per cent., while at the present time it is less tb.au 9 per cent. In some of ' the other colonies the relative de cline is not so great, but the tendency has been for the white race to disap pear, with the result that the colonies have fallen more under tho control of tho negro inhabitants. Contrasted with this change is that presented by Cuba, where the .white population in 1879 amounted to about 49 per cent., and in 1890 to approximate ly 70 per cent., and Porto Eico, where 'the white population in 1802 was 43 per cent., and in 1890 63 per cent. In other words, in the two Spanish colonies the - white race, as in the... United States, has tended to increase at a faster ratio than the colored race. This Mr. Hoffman holds to bo due to the de termined struggle that has been main tained in the Spanish colonies by the whites, for political, as well as social, supremacy, and that under such condi tions a race of inferior standing is not able to hold its) own. In the British West Indies, on the other hand, the struggle is a hopeless one. and hence no eitort was made to maintain it, as cs ndeney passing, with all that it im plied, into the hands of the colored pop ulation. The result, of this does not seem to have been specially advantageous. The .colored race has grown in tho West Indies at a rapid rate, Possibly the liis)1'fi,ms.of area and industrial op . .-. i'-i 'viiit may have something to do i this., but the birth rate has not . .- vi ialiy high, and, what is quite n ii'alwiiil a factor in determining the '. uwsii ia numbers of a community, the -.: . -.f mortality has been exceptionally !i U? : : . o that the population has tended i. cf the colonies to be some al stationary. In the group of Lee ward islands there are now fewer peo ple than there were a century ago, and Jamaica may be said to be about the only island which has shown a large in crease m population, the number there doubling in less than a century. In those instances, where a contrast is per missible it is found that the death rate is much larger among the colored in habitants of these colonies than it is with the white population, a state ment that also' holds truo of Cuba, where the death rate Is high with both races, but about 15 per cent, higher with the colored than with the white raee. . But the worst showing made in Mr. Hoffman's tables of statistics is found in those which relate to the moral con dition of the people, for while the statistiaal evidence shows that in thfl m:iUer of education there is a constant improvement, as, for example, in .Jamaica the number of those able to j read and write over 4 years of age has ' advanced in the last thirty years from '. oi to ds per cent, oi the population, a corresponding improvement does not appear to have taken place in the moral eondit' M of the people. In the Barba does, 70 p;,-r cent, of the population is n.T i i in Jamaiaa 77 per cent, and in Trini.iad, excluding coolies from the East Indies, nearly 82 per cent., while in all these colonies more than 60 per cent, of the births are of illegitimate children.' isHAKf.o MOVING TO FLOftiDA, FurctutMi of a IaK 'fract of Itiul fitf the Mount Lebanoa Colony. The Shakers of Mount Lebanon, who have for an age been a part of the pic turesque rural life of Kew York state, are soon to abandon their historical town in the Berkshire hills, to cast aside old-time tradition and custom, and remove to pastures new, Within few daysi tho Shake society of Mount Lebanon has purchased, through a real estate oroker, no less than eight thou sand, aires of land in Florida, ranging umrlhwerd froiq LaHo GkcceJjobcOt and. I'-untirLslng a Inrfre parte! O.eola and vertising rates are I)eSotr counties. The Shakers arc now cor. -.i'li-ring the purchase of eight thou !iin 1 r.:ijre a.;res, mrtking sixteen thou sand ia all, which will include an en tire township in Florida. Some time aj:o the ijhnkcrs purchased a small tract in California and another in northern Ohio, but neither has proved suitable for the establishment of a large colony, hence they turned their eyes to the Konth, and have concluded a satisfac tory purchase. As a result of the deal the Shakers will establish the largest settlement in this country, and, as tho land in Florida is rich and fertile, the settlement will begin with every natu ral advantage. The removal to Florida of this his toii;al sect, says the Florida Times Union, will mark an era in the history of iv; vevy rcnarkable society of Mount T..')amn. Originally these Mmint Leb-a;i.-;a Shakers were an oii'-iVcot from t ho so.ietyof Quakers or Friends. , In 17(7 some members of that society in Manchester, England, forme:! a distinct .iy.". i.-iatiou under the leadership of !.ii:es aud Jane Wardly. For several .wars the little company was only no-lict-able tlmmgh being more noisy than moat of tho assemblages of Quakers, ilanaic, t.houting, trembling, etc., un der the supposed influence of the spirit. But in 1T70 one of the members, Ann Lee, pi!,etjsed to receive sorns peculiar revolt; ilo.-w, testifying that the carnal nature of the flesh was the root of all human d-.'pvavity; and, second, that she h'ertv.if was Christ, or the incarnate deity, in the female form. Tho nesv sect W:ar.; 1 1. u oiighly infatuate ! v. -ith Ann LeeY.k.-a:?:.v:gs; they called her "Moth er Ann," a-.id declared their belief that no blesiiiug could descend to any per son except through her. But outside of their t -m ill circle the new doctrines were iv;:i-. led as blasphemous, and Anu Lve;: nd her worshipers were im priscmod an:1 flaed." . ; Iu 177 i. therefore, in obedience to an other of A. in Leo's revelations, she end i-ovei'.il of her followers emigrated- to Kew Voi-k and settled in Kiskayuna (now Wai-orvliet), about seven miles from Albany. The death of Mothe? Ann oeotirrud in 1847. She estab lished the community iu tho fnvmof a family, n;ul the general plan which she laid dawn has ever since been followed. In 1737 .Joseph Meacham, one. of Ann's first converts in this country, eolleeted her a Ihcr -'nta in a settlement in Mount Lebanon, Within a few year.. ilea jhara had f owned eleven other sotuViueuts in Naw Yorjj and otber states. No other Kqate'.ied weve formed until about fif teen years late, when some mission ariea were .sent to the west ami founded four communities in Ohio an 1 two in Kentucky. Part of these settlements are still in existence; others have been entirely dispersed. But ' the Mount Lebanon settlement has l-einaiued the "home," or original town of . the so ciety. .. ' - - - '' THE WATERMELON NET. A Convenient Contrivance for Carrying Home the Massive Fruit. The invention of the watermelon net was due primarily to a change in the shape of watermelons. Years ago the great majority of watermelons were much Jongcr than they were thick. Then when a man carried homo the watermelon which he had bought the dealer took a turn around 'one end of it with a stout cord," carried the cord along to the other end, and took an other turn there, and the connecting "ength of cord between the loops served as a handle, while the shape of the melon kept the loops from slipping off. But with the change of the melon to tho shorter, chubbier shape now prevailing this plan was no longer pos sible, and so the net came in six or eight years ago. The watermelon nets, says the New York Sun, are made of a jute twine called melon twine. They are of one size. They are big enough for any melon, and with a small melon in a net it is easy to take up the 6lack. They are made altogether by hand, at odd times, by people accustomed to net making. They are sold at wholesale at two dollars a hundred. The melon dealer used to charge five cents for a net, but now most dealers give the nets away. Notwithstanding their bulk many melons are carried home by the pur chaser. The suburban resident may spot a particularly fine melon and take it right along with him in a net; a man living in the city may do the same thing. Whatever the circumstances under which a man wants to take a melon with him the net is a great con venience; it beats, carrying the water melon under the arm out of sight. But while many melons are thus car ried in the course of the season, still the great majority of watermelons are sent home just like other things, and so after all the sale of watermelon nets amounts to only a few thousands an- nually. Young-eat Sous Favored. "If one looks about him almost any where in Maine," says. a.n, observing res. iden.t ot that state, ''he will find that in the matter of descent of property we have unconsciously put in force or have e-xecsea just me opposite oi the Eng lish rule of primogeniture. Where there are a number of children In a '.imily it is almost always the young- ;,tson that stays with thj p'd folks ud itjh.pj.its tho homestead" Where I nvelcaq point out dozens of such in tances In the families I know, and I .annot now recall a single instance where any other than the youngest was preferred. Of course this results from ' he disposition of the older boys to seek .heir fortunes away from the parental roof tree as soon p( l,ey are old enough, w hile the younger, with the others gone, finds room enough for his activities at home, and stays there. As distinguished from the old world method this may be called ultimogeni ture," within the reach of SCARCITY OF LEATHER, French Government Cannot Sup ply Its Army with Shoes. ; - Principal Causes of the '(ireat FaUlng 09 In tha Supply No Practical Sola-' -tlou of the Distressing Problem. Leather is so scanty and high of price just now In. -France that the min ister of war is greatly perplexed over the question of how to secure the nec essary footwear for the great num ber of men which that nation keeps continually in readiness for its defense. Not only this, says the New York World, but a sufficient supply of leather for the saddles, harness and other fur nishings of the cavalry and artillery is lacking. , , ' . " When the government invited bids recently for the equipment of the troops with shoes and horse furniture the only contractors who dared make an offer demanded so high a figure that their propositions were rejected, and those who have yet "contracts to fill for these articles are seeking every means possible to break them, fearing that ruin will be the result if they are, com pelled to carry out their agreements. llides have doubled in price since the beginning of the present year." This unusual state of affairs in the leather trade was thought at 'first to be the re sult of a corner in the market, but it has since become evident that the re markable scarcity in that commodity is produced by a variety of simple and natural causes.' " " . , Three of the principal reasons for this dearth of leather are: Tho war between China and Japan, the many revolutions and bloody confliots " in the South American republics and the scarcity of fodder and pasturage owing to the unfavorable weather of last year and the year before in the countries of the world from which the principal supply of hides comes. t ; The catastrophes of the climate and of war in South America, although serious enough in themselves, would not alone have been sufficient to bring about the present state of affairs. It is the war between China and Japau which is more directly responsible for the dearth which now prevails. When "war was declared Japan placed large contracts in the United States for the equipment of its infantry and cavalry with footwear and other furnishings. To fill these promptly the contractors In this country bought up nearly all the visible supply of leather suitable for that purpose. Since the war closed Janan hasaBnt new orders of equal importance to the merchants here for fresh supplies of shoes and military trapping and the markets have been swept bare to fill them. The price of "green" hides has therefore risen so high that the tanners are buying as little as they can, and a large percentage of the tanneries throughout the world are closed. In France especially the wholesale manufacture of shoes is in a deplora ble state. Generally the product of one season is made up to sell the next, but owing to the high prices prevailing this year for the necessary raw material a great number of the shoe factories are closing and throwing out of employ ment a large number of workmen. " - An immediate and practical solution of the question seems impossible. The crisis has not yet been reached, and the ultimate outcome will be interest ing to notice, WEALTH IN CIGAR STUBS. Remarkable Work of a Collector of the Refuse. The story told by Mr. Jonathan Pinchbeck at North London police court the other day is so remarkable as fully to deserve the prominence that has been given it in the press, says London Truth. Mr. Pinchbeck, among other striking statements, asserts that from January, 1870, to January, 1893, he Dicked un on Ms m tn nn.i ,.,,, work in the neighborhood of Clapton 600,000 cigar ends, which he valued at 1,800. lie estimates the distance cov ered in these Saily walks at 11,823 miles. Even allowing him a walk on Sundays, -this would mean that for seventeen years he picked up very nearly 100 cigar ends per day in the course of less than a two-mile walk. Each walk would not have taken him much over an hour. Further, in seven teen years he collected tobacco to the value of 1,800, which means a return of about 100 per annum, or over 40 shillings pr week, for an hour's work per day, If this can be done in the neighborhood of Clapton, the returns would be vastly greater in the West End, where cigar ends are presumably more plentiful. The vicar of All Souls', Clapton, has written to the papers to guarantee that Mr. Pinchbeck is a de serving man. If the vicar can also guarantee that he is a truthful one, ft new and lucrative industry has been discoveredi ' . BAfr-LES COUNTERFEITERS. The t'niacky Opal Deflee the Imitative Skill of the Hodern. One kind of opal, the hydropane of Mexico, loses its beauty and becomes dull and colorless when exposed to water The same stone, says the West minister Beview, It Is said, can be re stored to its color and beauty by sub jecting it to a certain degree of heat. A writer on the subject says that the opal is always much more brilliant on a warm day, and that a sharp dealer will always hold one in his, hand a short time before showing It a pur chaser. In ancient times the opal was most successfully Imitated by a glass paste, which could only be distin guished from the real gem by th.o most eareful) experts. The art has been en tirely lrft; for the best counterfeiters fail to produce a stone that in the ' least baffles the connoisseur. The finest opal of modern times, says King, was one which belonged to Empress all. THE" PRESS Josephine, and which was called" the "Burning of Troy," because of the in numerable red flames blazing upon its surface, while the reverse was perfect ly opaque. In the troublous times that followed the Napoleonic period the gem was lost sight of, and there is left no trace of it. There are two wonderful opals among the French crown jewels, one of which is Bet in tho clasp of the imperial cloak. Em press Eugenie is said to have a most, superstitious dread of them aad would not wear an Opal foe any "persuasion.! Queen Victoria does not share this feel ing with her. She, on the contrary, admires the gem very much, and has given to each of her daughters, or; their marriago day, various pieces oi r jewelry set with the iridescent gem. There are many varieties of opals coming from almost as many quarter! of the globe. The opal found in Hun gary was thought to be harder an more durable than those found in Mex ico and South America, but since the better development of the mines in those places stones have been found quite the equal of Hungarian gems, ;-" HUMORING. THE GREAT PETER. Bow the Sovereign or Wurtemberg Car ried Out His Little Joke. It seems that the czar,' who has de termined on retaining his Incognito fn traveling through Europe, absolutely declined to take up, his quarters at the royal palace at Stuttgart, but insisted on going to an inn. Having learned of this prior to his arrival, says the New York Home Journal, the Wurtemberg sovereign caused all the hotel and inn keepers to remove their signs." Over the principal doorway of his palace he had a huge sign hung out stating that within there was cheer for man and beast at cheap prices, and that the name of the hotel was the Konigsbau. On the zar's carriage and retinue en tering the city the postilions, previous ly instructed by the Wurtemburg offi cials, drove straight to the palace, and there, standing at the main entrance, was the sovereign, fat, burly and jovial, arrayed In the traditional cos tume of a boniface, with a white apron and cap, etc., while the various prin cesses, princes, nobles and dignitaries of his court were costumed as waiters and witresses, ostlers and other serv ants. Peter the Great, greatly amused by this witty and kindly manner , of humoring his wishes, entered thorough ly into the spirit of the joke, which was kept up until the following day, when ho, .proceeded on his journey. Noticing that the postilion mounted on the wheeler of his traveling carriage was a man of singularly unkempt ap pearance, his clothes ragged and cov ered with mud, he made a remark to one of his attendants that there was at least no mistake as to the social condi tion of that man, and. that there could be no danger of his being a nobleman in disguise. And yet, when at the end of the first stage, the postilion came to the carriage door to receive his gratuity and raised the cap from his head, the czar to his astonishment recognized in him the heir to tho Wurtemberg throne, who had assumed this disguise for the purpose of speeding his father's imperial guest. THEY SLEEP THROUGH SUMMER. Animals That Lie Dormant During the Heated TArm. : When the heat of a tropical or semi tropical summer dries' up every xiool and parches the ground to such an ex tent that it is difficult fo anal not endowed with great powers of locomo tion to obtain waier, they compromise with nature by sk-.eping oil the season of heat . and scarcity. Tho winter sleepers, says tho Brooklyn Eagle, are pretty well known, but, owing to the summer sleepers being for the most part inhabitants of tropical countries, far removed from the path of trained observers, we aV-e less acquainted with the species practicing that means of escaping the heat and drought of sum mer, Indeed, at present only one mammal, the tenec, a hedgehog-like beast of Madagascar, is known to do so. In South America and Africa va rious reptiles estivate. In the plains of Venezuela the alligator, the land and fresh water tortoise, the boa con strictor and several sorts of the smaller kinds of serpent lie motionless during the hottest period of the tropical sum mer. But their dormancy: is not so perfect as that of some hibernators. In ljrazu, Australia ana cape Colony liz ards, frogs, tortoises and insects pass months of the rainless season inclosed in hard earth, and in India many spe cies of fishes live during tho hot season In a torpid condition, embedded in the hardened clay. In countries where snow is common every winter there are ethics of snow balling, just as well as of any other sport or business. There the fun is only indulged in between friends and acquaintances who consent to liberties taken, while to strike a stranger or an unwilling person with a snowball is as much an assault as would be striking with a stone. Of course some allow ance must be made here for the ex traordinary excitement caused by so rurean occurrence as a snowfall, but even the maddest of the revelers ought to understand that a ball of ice or one mixed with mud, lumps of coal and oyster shells is capable of inflicting a serious wound upon the head and face, and the deliberate use of such missiles is more like an aet of malice than sport. ltroad-M laded Leo. When investigating the Vatican rec ords Pope Leo XIII. said to Dom Oas quet the librarian: "Publish every thing of interest everything, whether it tends to the discredit or credit of the ecclesiastical authorities, for you may be sure that if the gospels had been written in our day the treachery of S udas and the denial of St. Peter would have been suppressed for fear of scan dalizing weak consciences." So Lord Halifax told the English Church union the other day. "touches the spot." VTHE CUftFEW CEAZE. It Is Seizing- Upon the People of . : - . the Northwest. , In Minnesota and the Dakotaa Children Must Keep Off the Street at Night Revival of an Inquisitor ; lal Cutom. - - i In onr western states there ia so much , faith tx the mysterious power of legis- " lation that not morel v rommorcinl ml-'w vantage and political honesty are or dered bylaw, but even private morality , is often made the subjeet of legislation,. " This is done, says the New York Sun, " j as hopefully as if all the laws of tho -past had done what was expected of them. The latest of these experiments . is the Minnesota process for making children good. It is a revival of tho curfew custom, which does not seem - original usjtjl one considers that its an- plication to'tife on the edge of the. Mvuv4vvu vvuvutj jo in J.uctllbjr illtlrJL IJM a new tiling ot it This revival affects ' all persons under sixteen years of age, and is the.device of a Minnesota editor, who hit upon the discovery thatchil- ," dren of evil inclination will change their natures if they can be kept off tho ' streets. The plan was first put in oper-' ation in Stillwater last winter, and has : Dwcjju UB.V a mo uver uiu state until to day nearly twenty cities have passed ordinances reviving the old cover-fire law which was borrowed from or else gave rise to the military institution of the reveille. Only the largest towns, " like St. Paul, Minneapolis and Duluth, have held back and given reason for ., tho belief that parents are still entitled : - tn fill AYPI-n.iaA rt flinl 4r1mVvan l i l.u v v.w. jwugiacwi m Mil? . - ordering of their home governm?- jr.-3 Without considering the prerogative of parents the mass of the common councilmen, preachers and editors of the state declare the system an excel lent one, as itmndoubtedly is if the rights of tho parents and of the indi vidual generally are not worth con sideration. ( The , new practice has ' spread into South Dakota, where four or fve towns have already- adopted '.it,' and it is prophesied that by . next' Jan-" uary all the towns in both Dakotus (the ' . same that were carried for nmliihH.inti " by the strength of the Swedish vnt will put it into- effect.. Then, as' one ( ' cui.iiuBiaai.iu iinunt'sova ciutor predicts, "f Tin niiffaiu Itnll n.tll -Inn, i . J J things that shall, in the not far distant future, raise the standard of manhood and womanhood both morally ' and . physically and make better citizens of the rising generation." v ; r In some of the towns and cities the ' . church bells are rung at the curfew " . hour, and in all of them the ', towi boll, either in the fire tower 6r the town" hall, rings out the command for the ' ijiuuo tt uieur uie streets rr Then, where the law is ' ini,l-.Li,ii'STrw 1 enforced, a stern search and chase after children is begun. They are pur- "" 1 sued along the streets, and ,bani and ' '. oiicua uio rausacKeu lor wieiu,.. x lie police lurk near their haunts, and, no ' ' inatter how innocentlv thnv iurivUi' spending their time, they are caught, ., 1 and warned and dragged off to the stu tlon houses. The ordinances prescribe the ringing of the hour, which is nine o'clock - in some , towns , i and ten oMoi'k in others, but tho law is usually J.in.,, In i(o l.ulfif. ":'4-l.T. "1. - r' v. mi ... . v j uvvmi I.UU .bli(V VUw tLll , and not the notice of 'r its arrival, ; clio.ll . be heededJ -No boy or flirt' can. ;sedno j arrest by"Te9vam.oi 'deai uess or the lafe, assertion that hWat-she did not hear the alarm.- . "This eu3S5SOrii "VH nii;u..i iu lillio Wily witiwur. tFJt' t. eompaniinent of protest. Men have 'v declared in print . and . in emphatic speech that the curfew ordinance is not only unconstitutional, but that it productive of worse conditions than f thoso it seeks to enre. They have V shown that it is born of a population v wherein some other element whether . ' Scandinavian or whateveris stronger than tho Anglo-Saxon with its unalter able love of individual liberty. They have argued that it is as un-American as it is unprogressivo. The essence of - the new rule has been shown to bo this: That if a child roams the street at L night he is in danger of becoming a , criminal, and in order that this narrow view shall triumph the law slips iu and makes him a criminal by arresting hint and locking him up in tho company of , hardened characters and with a stain upon his reputation. But these proU'U "t have made, no impression upon ary ' ' 1 common council because the new i.K-.i , has been adopted with enthusiasm, .k' ' pecially by the half million foreipy- " V born persons in tho Minnesota popviU: " tion. "What if it is uneoiKt,itiitin,inK -. they ask (and this question is repeatI-4 r cuitoriaiiy in tne country press), "it is . not more unconstitutional than many ' another statute that graces tho law v books, and It is a good thing because it . : wm mane goon citizens or bad clul- dren." - V Paris has eighty thousand registered dogs, says the JGleveur, which means that there , is one '-liei-n-ed dog to every twenty-eight -.inhabitants. Granting that there are as many unlicensed dogs - as there are licensed ones, the canine popula tion of Paris is a very large one indeed. The largest number of dogs is found iu , the poorest quarters. The estimated ' . cost of feeding tho eighty thousand dogs is two million dollars per annum, ' and they in turn afford a living to twenty-five manufacturers of dog col larsand muzzles, four, bakers of dog's bread, five factories where dog biscuits, consisting of meat fiber, are made, three special dog pharmacies, a doz-rv In firmaries and two hospitals. Instead of paying taxes as ordinary mortals the eitizens.ol Klingt-nlier-r-on- the-Main, Germany, reem-id "cch three hundred marks froju t income from several factories owaud'tv the town. The division was mndtu, the expenses of , odminihlril ion hivi been paid bv mnnmr f... i - . source. $i.ro r ?r