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THE INDEPENDENCE oyer o c:?;es HE "17EST BF. Favors Equal Law tut Hqual Taxation. A Protective Tariff and Tariff Reform, an Alieu Lod Law Senator elected by the people ml til other needed reforms. Of the Wkst Kipk, art distrib i r"M uted monthly. Advertiser! will j V take not of the fact that we do not send oat "frre paper whlcb are not red." AN INDEPENDEPAPBR ""DEVOTED ESPECIALLY TO THE INTERESTS OF POLK COUNTY. 6 J .0.1 1 0 VOL VII.- THE WEST SIDE. R. C. PKXT!.AXt, in BI.ISHKK. R...irt t lh IMrt In lnlailaet, Oru, khhI Iw sisilef. SUUSCNltTflON KATK8. rAVARLK IN AlWANCK. OneYesr Six Month ' '-no Three Month J When uot paid iu advene 5 TO ADVERTISERS. luUMutooN l.tllMIll l III hWlt t ! Alum (Hi. must l lh yK. no th Wltlaweli Hvr, and 00 wln " or. . a I'sHdiriil Ktllnwt; mutant HtiilMIn l low ,,: U Hi irluiMl hl.iim imlnl lor enuuiy, whii'h h one l His Wii, " wealthy and. tltlekly pur-nlaled. In Uw Wlllaai The u'lill IncrNului elreiilalloa lli " Sim U suioyiu nlil 11 ui IW.IHI ( m Ui ol Advrli4ii Medium,, JOB PRINTING! ! Ill TH ! Latest and Best Styles, LOWEST !: UVING RAT15. rHYSlClANS-DKXTISTRY. LEK BUTU.R, Physicians & Surgeons. i IT. S. Ksumitiing Surgeon. Oftee: out tll of Mali, ISI'Kt'KNMNl'K, ORRQOH .i;irnk v n. K. U. KKtVHl'M, M. D. GRUWKI.I. & KBTCIIUM, Physicians nnd Surgeons. Offle; Ofixwlle first Nlll Huk. INPKCBSt'EXl'K. OWWON. DR. J. k I.OCKK, Physician nnd Surgeon. linen Vita, Oregon. J. E. DAVIDSON', M. I). Physician and Surgeon. D. 8. KCAMISINO SURGEON, Independence, Oregon. DR. J. B. JOHNSON", Resident Dentist, All work warrsnted to give the bent of Sulnfurtiou. IXDKPKNMCNCK, ATTORNEYS. Orkc.on. JOHN' J. DALY. Attorney and Counselor at Law. COI.I.KCTIONH MAHK. 0n- Vlll t, nppmlu C.irt llmim, DAI.I.A-I, POI.K i'OI'NTY, OhKllOS. A. M. HURLEY, Attorney ami Counselor at Uw. mre: Cur M iln mil Moiimonlh 91., lMiEPKNUKKcr, ftKKUON BANKS. first fjatiopal BarjH IMIF.I'KMIENCK, llRKdON. President J- 8. COOPER. Vice Presldont, L. W. ROBERTSON. Cashier W. H. HAWLEY. DIRttCTOHH: ll. P, Thompivn, J. . f'i, ,. W. RabrrltoH, W, Vntltn; . W. WhUeakrr. imiiwiiiiieiioiiii - - i nnd .ell expliie on ail ImpiirUnt xi!ut. Ippoli reeelvpd .ul-Ject to ehrfk or (in eerfipie ol dopm!!. Collodion, milc oil ll miIiiIi on lavurnlile term., TOmce hnnr:9 A. M. In 4 I'. M. Hll' burglar proof ,fo eerp(l Vle Tim, lwk THE IXDEPLNDEXCIi National .'.Bank CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000. H. HIRSCHBERO. - President. ABRAM NELSON, Vloe President. W. P. CONNAWAY, - Ceehler. A Mncra! bnklnit snrf exoh,ngo btnlnew trMiMU!tl;lru m'le:blll dlnfloiiuti-dimini-mercllcrelll (rmiuxl; doHll, rcmolveil on ciirriint iwcoiiiit ut.Ji(:t lo nheck: Inlerc.t pl'l on lime (1biw1H. DIRECTORS: Joshua MoDanlel, H. H. Jasperson, A. J. Goodman, H. Hlreohberg. Abram Nelson, T. J. Lee. I. A. Allen. KHtahlitilieil by National authority.) ' THE Capital : National : Bank ! Of SALEM, ORBQONi CAPITAL, PAID-UP, $5o,ooooo. SURPLUS, $16,000, H. 8. WAIXACK, W. W. MART1K, Prenldent, Vice Pruiliicmt, 3. It. ALIIEKT, Caililer, LOANS MADE. To Farmer, on wheat and other merchantable produce, eoimlKned or In atore, either In private Kranerlea or public warehouaea. Draft, drawn direct on Mew York, Chimin, Ran Vrannlaco, Portland, 1Oinlon, t'arlt, borlln, Uon, Kon( and Calcutta, ( $2.00 PEU Y EA I t. ) MKAT MARKKT8. JOHN ALLEN, HKAU IN CHOICE BEEF, Million, .mh, Vl. fork, Ham, Kaona, urii-q niMi. mmum, MP rmmrj ami nam. In Hvwuu. All hhI ilrlli rJ ItM ul elmrf A. i. GRIGGS, MEAT :MARKET, S. T. Irvine, ruttcr. Choice menu t-oimtniitly ou Imml, Jinvidmm' llruk. -PILES AND ALb SKIN DISEASES mm amamm nu mm. !. UilUtll teflknuMlKiD ud IrHtoitoa. wd Uk Mlf nnlnUu HktMte mk! uUnt THE t- iniclte Ileal Estate fo Of Indopendonce, Oregon. TruiiMi-U Knirral Rrnl Kslnte HiuinrM liny mul rll, I'miierty, 1M1 liixirmiie mlihiei;eiirnit Cenvry snt'V tuinc. I'artic haviuK l.ml for unle w ill liiiil It to their ttilvatilaue to LIST THEIR I'KOPKliTV! With tlii Company, they ar ilally uriiiliiiK lit of Inml runt, thu lr iiiK tWirWe proerty htfor the rei dent of the Kni.1, J AMI'S GIIISON. J. W. K1RKI.ANU, I'rcAi.lriil. Scereturv. G. V. SMINN, Houbb, Sign & Ornamental rwr IUntiti), CrniuiiiK. I'rwoiiiu. Ktr, l'nint room oiue Johiivm', Slutilm, linlv riiilciuc, OrrtiH. M. BEAMER, M4mifi tnrer of ; And IH'nlrr in All kinds of Harness & Saddlery Goodf. Cnrrine Trim iti i n k mul Repairing INDEPENDENCE FOUNDRY, It. HUXCE. Manager. la iw preparril to innke any kiml of Cnatiiig in BRASS OR IRON, On short notire, la now nt work mmiiifiii turiiig Bunco's Improved drain Crusher, Acknowlrdurd totie the bet ffraln crtuher In Amrrln,truhrrt, cltrp.l ami mol durable. A full lll ul thr cUo of work dune al Ihl f mo il ry will he publlnlird In till. pairr. Any pcriHin in want of a POHTAHI.K HAW Mil,!. Can lie upliril here. RclrliiK done fur all kimU of inmhliirry. Miiln utrrel, lmlririiilruce. Arcade Saloon J. It. COOPER, Proprietor. HKST HHANDS OK Wines, Liprs anil Cigars. l9d?per;de9oe, Oregoty. 1?ol Bounty Bani, MONMOUTH, OHEOON, Incorporated under the Law of Oregon. D, T. HTANLP.V, IRA C, I'OWKIX, PreeliJtuit. Canhlor. Tlna a nral hanlilne hnalnena. Sltrht draft. nn Mew York. Han Pranclacn and Portland for any amoiinl. Kecolve, dcpoult, aiibjnct to cheek or on certincatea 01 neiHiait. i;mieeuona receive prompt altunlliin liuarilod by double cnrolioinoier laieiiiueiwa. Mi Ada Jtidnon. Mr. WilliainH, JUDSON & WILLIAMS, DRESSMAKERS. Cutting Pithing A SPECIALTY. Esmoijd :-: jlotel, Front and Morrison Sts PORTLAND, OREGON. THOS. OUINEAN, Propr, iNIKlKNI)KNCE, E. E. Krengcl, IWSlllTIIINfi : AN : WAGON HK JDLMMIDIVn M.imifiicturrr of the BOSS CULTIVATOR :Aml:- Krengel's Iron Fence. HORSE SHOEING. Mr. Thomas J-Vimcl, lute f Chi ean, an rxn:ricn.tl hiirw shocr, makes a njwialty of that line. Circular and Crosscut Saw Gumming l MINK IIY K. II KRBNGEL J. A. lUiwntau. W.J. K ill land. :rrijnlrtir of the NEW BLACKSMITH AND WAGON SHOP. C Street - Opposite Post-Office. HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY W. GRUWELL & CO., INDEPENDENCE Citv Driiij Store. .; ,V full line of -: DIliGS GHBM1GALS, Urujigists' Sundrii'S, KINIC - CIGARS. C. W. Crtiwell. a runipeleiil preai-rip-tloii clerk, will !c in rhnrge. l'riret Renaonntile. INDEPENDENCE EE VM. JOXIiS, rropriutor. Tliia I'erry ia now in oierutloti, and prepared to transfer pavi'K'r and wag on to or from the City, It will pay persons ujarjtlrjq a View of Polk County. To rroaa the I'erry nnd go lo the top of Proapect Mill, Elkins & Co., I'KOI'KII'.TOKS 01' TIIK Hauling of all Kinds Done at Reasonable Rates. Will peed, OaH, tel? 0 pir Uood "Collections Made Monthly.-a INDEPENDENCE, OREGON CITY JHOTEb, C Street, Independence, Or, A. W. HOWELL, Prop. Firat-clnaa in every respect, Special attention (riven tratiaient cnatomera. A aample room for commercial traveler. Mitchell & Bohannon, : Manufacturers of -. SASH-DOORS. SCROLL SfWINQ AND WjGON REPAIRING. Main Street, Independence, Oregon, POLK COUNTY OKI'MOX. FRIDAY, FKHUUAHY. 28, 1890. SHELLEY AND VANDUYN, :Ar atlll al the front ltli: F AND lMl They lire rciuly to MEET (Ml PETITION IS l-VtKV UXUOF n :. mm : BARGAINS IN : Winter(k)0(ls,()vercoats and Clothinir. s C A. I'ARKKR, AKCIIITI'XT, riaua and Siin lfii aliuna fiirniohed on appltiatloii. hltiimlc mmle. OlTirc; Cor, Kaihoad and C Sla iNtiKrHNIiNNCK, tlam.u.S. fjeu; peed 5tore. II. M. LINK & CO, I Itavr o-ed np a 1'irat IVed Store i on the emit aide of Main atrert 'nnd ' ill keep roiiatuntty on hand HaW Hay and Straw, Oats, Chop. .Slums, Bran. and Wheat for chit ken feeil, or any and all other kind, of teed that the trade limy demand. Give Mi a rail. Iqdcpcndcijcc. GEO. E. BREY, Commission Merchant ANT) GRAIN' BKOKliK. IndBpBndBncB, Oregon. pKztmso.oott F. J. MORRIS, Prop. Pine Wines, Litjitors AND CIGARS. MIXED DRINKS A SIT.CIALTY. Whiteakcr Brick, Independence. J. H. ALEXANDER, .Iieiiler in: Drugsand Medicines, BEONA VISTA, OR. lrnvlnif nun linm-il the stock of Ilriiua formerly owned hy I,. W, Robertson, I am prepared to meet all the old cualo inera, and ninny more new one. 1'nlr nnd cotirteou treatment to all. FRANK BUTUiR, COUNTY SURVEYOR & LEVELER. Auctioneer and Appraiser. Kllmalea of all Con.lrncllve wovk made am! plllll. fllllll.llril, Atlrnil, Weitnraday and Thiirwlay III Coimly Court wcrk al Uallna, Ori-uiiii, Address, Dallas, Polk Co., Or. How to Keep Warm. It may not ha frmiwully known that, when expound to severe cold, a fee-ling of warmth U readily created by re peatedly tilling the lung to their ut most extent in tho following ninnnnr: Throw the shoulders well back and hold tha head well tip. Inflate the lung slowlv, the air entering entirely through the none. When tha lung are completely Mind, hold the breath for tea aocond or longer, and then expire It qulokly through the moulh. After repeating the exercise while one chilly a feeling of warmth will bo felt over the entire body, aud even In the feet and hand. It Is Important to practice till exorcise many times each day, snd especially when In tho open air. It tho htiblt ever becomes uni versal then consumption and many other diseases will rarely If ever be heard of, asserts the Northwest Mago tine. Not only while practicing the breathing exorolso must the clothing be loose over the chest, but beginners will do well to remember In having their clothing llttod to allow for the permanent expansion of one, two and even three inches which will follow. A Church Unlit by a Girl. Let no one inner at the hired trlrl. There is a church In this city wliioh was built and Is sustained out of hot savings. It belongs to one of tha evangelical sooletlu and Is located on e fashionable street, In a quiet atisto. cratlo neighborhood. It Is not named after any mint, but Is simply and etfect Ively known us the "L'luiich of the Hired UTrl." Detroit t'm Vrtu. A CHEAT H088-RACE IN ARKAN8AW, The lllaaalrtiu Kaet f One el tin tluilfxa Doubts, "Were you ever at the Hwampalmro, Arkf" aaked a drummer at the Dun ran yesterday, a he Joined a group of fiillow traveler. Jiutie of the crowd bad boon there. "I'm juat from there," continued the linker, as he paaaed the elgnrs and took a seat In tha elrcle," and while there 1 went to Moatjullo I'm k. the new rnce-coiu an, There was a Hood deal of excitement and much belting, the con teatlug horse btdng an ajrrd clnybnnk and an old flca-hlUen grayonly two entries. The regular Jwlgr were part owner of the Imrni ennred, and It was iliHMiiod iirndeiit to eall lu ait un biniuHl and diainlereaUid party to Indus the race. No Col. Wood of Hoar Itldge was requrated to scueptthst Imporinnt olllce, Willi the aaalatance of several Itiemlmrs of the a'irlnliuti the Colonel and hi lug mounted the aland. After several fiiUu start the flyer gut on" fairly well, ami the race wa eloaely eoiiU'loi as far a the hoineatrvteh,biil at that point the gray Imrse, In pitting thrmiKh a amp that had not been jniiM-rly drained, mired up to his knees In mud, The elavbatik was a little more fortunate, being on the in side track, where he struck firmer dirt, aud won enally, coming In al the fliiiah probably 3Mnla ahead. "The ely bank's backer were, of eoure, wlld'wlth Joy and they picked bun up bodily ana carriiil liliu siuuml on tiicir aiiouiiier. J heir Joy was toy fr only momentary, however, Gol. IHii.mi, staiiiiing up on a oap-tMix ami fliiiirUhliig a imlr of silver-mounted derringer, said: Gonllcinuii n( the bwamiwlHirO HIikkI llorae Association and fellow4Hiiiutrvmn: All Ms on the race what hev' Jut been run air do clnnd off!" "Now was the time for theold gray's backer to jell, and Von bet they never lo.l the oiiMirtiiull)( For full ten lulu tiles the shoiiu were deafening. In the meantime three men died unnatural death and two other were disabled for lire. "i don't mlud getttn' my r hltllngi Cilt out,' said a wounded man leaning etfttltiat the judge's alinii! and held til hat over hi abdomee; 'an' I ken uiau ai;e to L'it along with only one e,v, but t'iiliin' I'm a mil of a wolf if'l ken see how in the linllon you can declar' the bel off when the givy Wlis beatUoO yard.!' "tienllemeur roared the Colonel, a lie finished reloading hie derringer and look another pull at the jug. -Gmitle-men, my decUiuti was prompted by the rule, and regulation of all llrat-class race track, and that high nense of hiuiah ehsracii'i'intic of a Kentucky bred gentleman, bint. I am not Igno rant of the fad thai the grav were left 8U0 yard behind III yonder neigh boring aw Bib p. but my decision wus based on the fact that them two jailer run a dead heat, an' 1 am here lu de feud mr Judgment an' my hoiiah." AiMAt'uVe ytrnericrtii. Way of Hie Ihwiou Girl. A lloaton cirl alartiusr on a mlloo- ary trip to Japan twelved from a bevy j Of nr tcmiUlue inemi a wieraui emiehed in the following lyglot phraseology: l arlaaiuia Aniica! RelicHe asliita mua. 1'auset noli. Atlf iedemelien. Wlspah." W hich, according to the (n()irgt tioiiuhrt (and. by the way, we aie mt fectly willing to lake the word of tho Can'trryitlumntitl for it) liieana: Nloat Helmed Friend: We who are left salute you. Think of us till we meet Binilu. The Lord watch between ua." Now that's Juat like a gang of girl, lo Slav al home aud send a telegram to a friend which the recipient can't lead until she jrcl to her Journey's end and unpacks her trunk aud get out her dictionaries. If the traveler had len a man, aays the Kansas City Krrig AVh s. hi chum would have gone to the station with him, aud then the two would have sHut the Inst few minutes In the little refreshment parlor acroas the street until there was no time left for anything more than: "So'buig. old mini. Take cure of yourw'lf." And. after all, tho homely phrase of slangy leave-taking menus lust a much a the verbal decoration drawn from three dead and two living languages. The Color Mne. T .. Tl.llA.1ul..t.U M,l.t..ti l,,i. ft n.ilnmil J II S IIIKIUIIMIH,. , ,, x. , population of about thirty-five tlioii. .....I ll. .nln, lln. llHI ttllllllHl SlltlrillV nun, ,iiM w'twi .,,,.,,... disappeared, according to tlie N. I. Tnbutte. J Here are six inuuciiiiui gui niiiKa In f Im rile three colored lawyer and Ave colored physicians. t.' ,1.. ...I. ......I I ..nM l.n. n,.,iHB,l vno oi loo rumiTTii n.n swords with some of the nitxt brilllnnt lights of the bur, and one of the phy siciaus has a practice of $10,000 a year. Three colored dentists have a flourish ing practice, and one landscape and one portrait artist are doing good work. There nrn twenty-seven colored churches In Philadelphia, a brunch of the Young Men s Christian Association ui.,1 iltnm siiiiilniie drntniitln societies. There Is a colored worklngmeu's club, wllh a kindergarten attached, and two liillitmitlnl nice papers are puniisncii. Tl.nw. srn IwiiKn colored llllisotlin lodges, six colored lodges of the Knights of I'ytliias ami twemy coioreu ,i,l ril,iu .' Initi'na. Tluire Is a crnat deal of wealth and rellnement among ., , i i. in. it... i. .i. .i.t.. Hie COIOIIMI peupio in i iiinmi n'iiiM. Wliy Mountains Were Itullt, The Islands coinposlng Now Zealand ro 800 miles from tlm nenrost conti nent, aud the largest bout tl. intlvcs have is no biggerthan nn Iuiliiinciinoe. Thon they resemble neither Hie South American Indian nor the native of the Australian continent. Their own the ory Is that tho Great Spirit was llshlng one time and throw his lino down from the sky to hook a whale. The hook struck In the ground, and ho pulled and puffed until he drew a mountain tip to the sklos, which is now called Hangarirl. Ho flow along the clouds In a rage, and tried his luck 600 miles away, with no hotter success, for this time ho brought up Ml;. Kginont, a peak 10,000 feet above tho sea level, ltutli these snow-capped peaks may be seen to this day by mariners fur out at sea as proof of tuo correctness of the tradition., It it not easy to convert the Maori, but once converted ho Is a pious and In telligent christian. They all ride on horseback and are very fond of fine and bright-colored clothing and jowol ry. It is nothing uncommon to meet a Maori lady coming Into town in com plete riding habit astride of a linn horae pulling away at a black clay pipe un der her veil. AtCorry. Pa., when tho free delivery of malls wont Into operation, there were uuu applications tor tno tour post' tlons of loUur-eaiTlors. COAST NKWS. r Damage iu Powrroy by Freshi'Is Colon Paclllc Open, WTOIl.V MINKS YIKI.D IWMI TONS A DAY. Ueerge Kalliusm Attempts Hslride al Al kn) Mare I'ealoftlees KatabllahM. The Han Frsnclseo presbytery bo tiiu'ii auuiiiKi a revision oi me comesKiun of faith. ' J-elshJH, J. Hunt, proprietor of the rvnuiit i iwt iuielll)(i'iii-er, in hi vvasie liiKlon city. The clliMinsfsf IWoda are miaul uioiisly in favor ul liicorjHiratiog utidiT a wmn i iiaricr. The I 'nil hi PscilU' line which lias been lilin kttili'd bets ecu Portland, Or., and the I'ullrs by the slides, is opm. A, J, Klwk, atted-lil, from Stay tun, a native of New York, was brunhl to the asylum. He is iraay over nditfion. The Ituseian bishop of fan Francisco will Im recalled, lie will be siuitwlcd by theaictiimandrileol HI. PetemlHirg Fluy.l ItuMell, a young man who was severely liijunil by latliiiK on a broken siilrwitik l Milton, settled with the rily lurSUM. For waul of sure at least one-tliird of the cattle in the White lilufT ranw died diirina' the winter, sivurdliiK to a Kits villerveldetit. Not a true bill as returned against K. A. Jolmsun, tbs I'urtUiid barumder, it not bavin- been a eler aiwault upon toe aiueas woman. The Columbia river jetty lias Wn so fur esluiiile l luwahl the sea that Its outer cud I now two and three-tenth miles (rum Furt Hteveu. Connlilerabte damage was lune the sidewalk and streets of Pomemy by the recent freshets. In sums (duces sidi walk acre eompleluly uiulcritiim-d. The filly ()rtia, w Inner uf the two-year-uld siaki-e al Hants Itosa laet fall, 'dieil ut hsu Fraoeiset), Iter owner, Captain Harris, bad refused H,0o0 for lier. It Is estimateil that 2f00 bea-I of cattle have li-ii IimI In Ivmnliis ciunly tins winlor Imm biiimi thulr owuet were not able lo fe.nl them nr did not trt-licvu in feetlmg range stock. The cattleman of the Toie-bet, Harry Slisw, riirls that hi cattle wintered U-ttt-r than bis horses did. He lost only two out of '."ll bead of i utile. The lu ul borMs was aUnil 3 per cent, The ship Jlx I lowes arrival st Han Francisco, 170 days from New York. The Howes sturli-.! frnni New York to race wllh Ibe Charmer, which vessel I arrived more than a month ono. The (tucoda mine are now turnlnit out I ii tuna ut coal a day. This will soon tie im-reawd to 4ist. The land I owned by the company covers 3tS) ai-res I ami Ui supply is praclically unlimited. The brig John 1 Spreckels and the barkentine Marion came into collision outside ban Francisco hartwr. The brl)i a much daittHifed, but manal . to sail in. Uf pairs to the Munition will . cut f .mi. A peiitteman from Klleiisburvh slates that traM-e of Kold ran le found iu every portion of the klitius valley, and soon a great mining exeilemeiil will lie created there, as great as was ever known in Ne vada or California. Governor Witlorinan uruteala aminat the movement lo have the Yoeemiie valley revert to the care of the govern in, ml. ilu is bittt'r auiiihHt Kate Field. j. M. Hutcliins and Mr. Juhnson, of tlie ( enliiry, a instigatois of the scheme. Tl.a Ir.lul iiiti1uv nt tit.M. f all H.l tiiiiiulitiea In the Hawaiian kingdom iu I huh u 14 .'UM lit this nnu-.l.r H.U'ill are Huwaiians and are Portuguese. (l all other nalionalilies cointxned there are :'4"0, considerably less than one llfth. I'listiiHiitia Inivii liepn pHtulilisbed at Crestiin, Linn county, Or,, with Henry Vni forth Kit master; at Kichmond, King county, ash., with l..t. Adams iHiMtiiiastiir. and at Kiverside. Malheur county, Hi., with Teresa McKea Kit mletrt'se. Mr. Hunt tdaces the amount of w heat now stored in the Walla Walla district and along the line ol his Mads at from WHl.iHXI to tfiHI.OOO bushel. Including nai ley there are iu the neighborhood of 1 ,imki)0.H) bushels ol grain in tlie section referred to. (ieorge Saltmandi, who attempted su- ichle at Albany by shooting liimmdl in the bead with a revolver, is still alive. Part of bis braid wns blown out, and bis physician thinks be cannot recover. I I IM V, lit II tt if,,. U'llilMH Wlllltld lllltll'tilll by Iter husband is sligiit, him been bv I.L I-..!.,!.!.. TliomoH Y'elveilon, proprietor of a small lodging house in San Francisco, died from injuries received a 'week ago u l.il.. m,.r...r.,.l l u..,.lll u-lll. .I,.),n Carey, a hnlger at the lioitso. Before his ucain i civenou Hiaieii tnai ins injuries were caiiKcd by a kick in the stomach from Carey, The suits of iSjbnstlim Fisher and others against the estate of Charles Mc Laughlin, deceased, to enforce a contract calling for the transfer of ItHl.tXKl acres of land in tlie Moquelenios grant, was com promised in San Francisco, tlie estate purchasing the interests of the plaint ills and receiving a cancellation of tlie con tract. The terms of settlement are not made public. Secretary Itlaino has telegraphed United States Consul McMasters, at Carthage, Columbia, for a report regard ing the continued detention of the Amer ican schooner Julian for alleged viola tion of the customs laws. Robert Louis Stevenson, the novelist, has bought a plantation of 400 or 600 acres near Apia, whore he intends to make bis future home. He finds the climate of Samoa to be better for his health than any other place ho has vis ited. . Owing to the agitation In Ontario for the abolition of separate schools, Roman Catholic electors are required to sign a declaration, approved by tho bishops of Ontario, that they wore supporters of the separate schools and opposed to their abolition. The Opinlone of Rome declares that Russia is intriguing against tiie interests of Italy in Abyssinia and is seeking to obtain a harbor on tho east African coast at which forts will he built and other steps taken to establish a basis of Wiul'.ke operation. ( FIVE CENT8 l'EIt COPY. ) A MARVELOUS STORY. Has lb Ursa, Wnlls iraui, HrappmrsS rortsBdltig s Usosrsl Smaah-tlp. A story which wvors strongly of the marvelous come to u from the In terior of Asiatic Turkey. Three Musaulmea travelers were lately journeviiig to a point near Pimlank. On arriving nt a spot called Alil.it. on the Lake of Van, one of them ap proached the water and began hi morning ablutions. As he was dipping his feet for the last time he suddenly altered a scream and Itifortned hi companion that he was being dragged Into the lake by some uiiaeen murine monster that wa holding to tils leg. His friend rn-lied to hi assistance, and taking him by the hand and arm succeeded in bringing him ashore, but what wa their surprise to see the mon ster also emerge from the water firmly attached to the man's leg by Its teeth. It w a hort'id-liMiklug creature, with Ilia leg and body of sit alligator aud tlie head of. an alligator and the rest less, liilles eye of a seriicnt. lie- twecn It fore and hind leg, on either ide, were large, ribbed, leathery-look-lug wliiir. The tail was scalvd. but uot barbed like that in the picture of the typical dragon.- With the exeep I on of the under part of thethroat aud the tip of tire w ing", feet and tail, the creature w as a beautiful creamy white and Its akin soft a velvet. Knives, dick, stones, and everything else which were brought to bear Uin the monster proved unavailing, aud at last the liigeiilmis travelers bethought them selves of a heroic measure. They built a eood fire and pulled the neck aud belly of the beast, bird, or (Un across it, taking good care net to burn me leg of their comrade In the operation. Aflei thlie the aeorching bent aroused thf animal from its torpor. It began to move its body sad stretch out lu leathery wing after the manner of bat. and Kiiddmily uW into the air, Still holding the man bv the leg. Aftei arising to the height of about 200 feet look a "header'' downward toward lb lake, into which it plunged with t mighty splash, butying itself and victim out of sight. The native are greatly excited, believing that the great white dragon ha reapH-ared and thai tlie eud of tho world Is near st hand. ' A Wonderful Typewriting Machine. Wler's erytograpb is a small type writing apparutus lending iuelf admir ibly to the purposes of secret corres pondence. The apparatus is only about twelve inches long by three Inches wide and one and a half Inches high. It consist of a ty-carrler for ordinary letters and figures, which can be placed in any order that may bo desired. There Is also a moveable index plate on whlob tho tetter and figures appear in the order in w hich they are placed In the type-carrier. On a small tablet in the center of the machine are four white sec and a central black one, and opposite these specks is a movable pointer. Hy setting the pointer to the black space the machine can be used ss a simple, ordinary typewriter. To work it the index pluta is shifted to the right or left until each required letter is in front of a pointer connected with the printing key. llv adjusting tha plate and pressing the' key an ordinary type-writieu letter can "be preparetL for writing the movable pointer is set, say, to the tint white space, reading from left to right. A message can then be wrilteu In an unintelligible cipher, which can be varied iu its details as may le previously agreed iiki by tho panics corresponding. If so agreed the recipient of the message sets his movable iHiinler to the fourth white space and then reproduces, as it would miii, the jumble of letter and figure In the communication before him; but on removing the printed paer from the machine ho will lind that be has before him iu clear, Intelligible lan guage the precie Information the sender desired to convey. English AfccAiirtic. Misquotations. It Is a peculiar faculty of human memory to misquote proverbs and poe try, and almost invariably to place the credit where it does not belong. Nine men out of ten think that "Th Lord tempers the wind to the shorn lamb" is from the Bible, whereas Law rence Sterne Is tho author. 'Touring oil upon the troubled waters" is also ascribed to the sacred volume, whereas It 1 not there; In fact no one knows its origin. Again, we hear peoplo say: "The proof of the pudding is iu chewing t' e string." This is snaut nouseuse, as the proverb says: "The proof of th podding is in the eating thereof, aud not lu chewing tho string." Nothing is more common than to hear: A man convinced strains! his will la ol the same opinion sillL. This Is an impossible condition of the mind for no one can be convinced of an opinion and at the same time hold an opposite one. What Butler wrote was emltiontly sensible. He that compile atmlimt his will Is of. tils osra oulnlou aUU. A famous passage of Scripture Is often misquoted thus: "lie that is without sin among you, let him cast the first stono." It should be:' "Let him first cast a stone." Sometimes we are told: 'Behold how groat a fire a little matter kind leth, whereas St. James said: "Be hold how great a nintter a little tire klndleth," which is quite a different thing. We also hear that "a miss is as good as a mile," which Is not as sensible or forcible as the true proverb: "A miss of an inch is as good as a mile." "Look before you leap" should bo: "And look before you ere you leap." Pope is gonorally credited with hav iug written: Immodest word, admit of no defense, For want of tleovnoy is want of souse, though it would puzzle any one to find the verses In his writings. They were written by tho Karl of Uoscominon.who died before Pope was born. Franklin said! "Honesty is tho best policy," but the maxim is of Spanish origin, and may bo found iu "Don Quixote." A Cutting and Shocking Machine. Mr. Taylor Hoggs of Ross County has invented a machine that will do what uo othor mauliino ever invented can do cut and shock corn successful ly and do it qtilokly, surclv, and econ omically. In a test made on heavy land two horses pulM it easily. Tho Boggs mauliino "lays the corn buck against a powerful sicklobur, where it is out and then laid back upon a tab)' where it remains until enough corn to make a shock has accumulated, The shocks are tightly compressed and do posited on the ground, standing as erect as an Indian. " Vhillicothe (0.) Leader. . NO. 17. EASTERN - NEWS. Failure of a Large Fish Detling Firm lo New York, AX OLD MILVEB MISE WWD IM TEX AH. II ingirlM kif K.rsi-rrs-A freight Trail at Alteeia, Pai.,Wrrk4. Woodruff A Farnbam, fish dealers of New York, have failed. Liabilities be tween ;W),(si ami to0,0uo. Tlie PhlUuloipbla presbytery refused to agree to a revision uf the confession of faith by a vote of ti yeas to 42 nays. The presbytery of North Itiiladelphia voted against revision of tlie Westmin ster confession. Tlie vote was OS to tl. Several oyster sloops were sunk dur ing tlie storm ou tlie Atlantic and at least twenty lives are thought to have been Icet. The worst snow storm of the season has been raging in Colorado and Northern New Mexico. Traffic is almost entirely stissndd. The national conference of charities and correction will lie held earlier this year than usual, It I railed to meet in Baltimore May U 21. The widow and children of the late Conrad SeipP, the brewer, sent to seven teen different charitable institutions in Chicago 1 35,000 in cash. James B. Clary, a farmer near Colum bia, s. C, made an attempt to kill his entire family. He was overpowered alter mortally wounding tils wue. A secret meeting of flint glass table mnnufacurers was held in Pittsburg, st which it was devuled to form a trust, but definite action was deferred. A wagon eontainin" James Seals, bis, wife and their four children was swept" awsy by a flood near Burnsville, Miss., and all the children were drowned. Father Joeeiib Smith, pastor of a eliurch at Milford, Pa., was fined for cruelly and wantonly beating his twelve-year-old nephew, and has disappeared. The National Starch Manufacturing Company was incur xiraled in Covington under the Kentucky law. ll owns au the starch factories in the Crated States. W. A. Booth, secretary of tlie Fish Bros'. Wagon company at Racine, Wis., who. in October. 1hm. abscomled with over lO.OOO, has lieen located in a Cal ifornia town. is ,dinnil mifti Minhoxjelintf lfiO.QOO florins, the prorly ef the Austrian gov ernment, w ill have to go back to Austria to stand trial. William Karrwll a isi-mor tinwr Iron- ton, Ohio, was killed by bia son, lees than twenty years old, who was protect ing his mother in a dispute between her and his fattier. Tlie grand carnival pageant in New Orleans moved at noon February It. It was the most biilliant in tlie history of the carnival. The crowd of visitors was unusually large. I'll is V. Bard, cashier of the Lincoln National bank at Lincoln. Pa., is a de faulter for f,000, and was arrested. F. W. Hull, a wood and coal dealer, was arrested as an accomplice. A Fortress Monroe special printed in New York tells of a sensation caused by the alleged marriage by a negro preacher of a New Yora banker to Mrs. Alice Snell-MeCrea of Chicago. A freight train ran away while going down the mountain at Altoona, Pa., and was wrecked.' Two engines and a large nnmlier of cars were demolished and several trainmen badly injure"!. At Allendale. 8. C forty negro women dressed in male attire and nearly beat to leath an old negro woman who ex- nressed the opinion that the negroes re cently lynched in Bammcl! county got w hat they deserved. .Ti.lin k"rN'k (lie "Ilnnmu-ian Kins." who was supposed to have been kiiled in a runaway accident in vt Ukesoarre, Pa., was murdered. Stab wounds have been found on his head and neck. No clue to the mnrderer. The State of Missouri has lost its first suit in the effort! to forfeit charters of resident .corporations under the anti trust law, owmg to the fact that the companies had uot been ordered to make the required return. Six members of tlie committee of tlie Rochester, N. Y., presbytery have re ported favoring certain changes in the confession of faith, but the other two members projoee to await the action of the general assembly. T, h, KOiuv.i.l flint in nhl si Ivor mine aliout which marvelous stories were once told by the Indians, but which was lost years ago, and to And which many efforts have been made, has been found near Gainesville, lex. A geologist has discovered a mound builder's burying ground in which many alfi.t.iittiiu nf itniiiiuiHA siy.n wni-rt found. near Hamilton, Ohio. It is thought that tlie discovery will prove an important one in the arelueologiortl circles. TI.a (tida nmntntil-v ut. Sun Mari'nA. Tex., was burned recently. Three of the ..Ulu i.'ua fiA-mliulv hllrlioit. mill thirty others only escaped death by jumping 1 ... ...i..,!,.a a milium irUllt IIIIIU -IHUIJ niimuiin w K...111.1J, from which they escaped by ladders. Napoleon Laval, of Charleston, R. C, called at the store of IVmar & (Jo. and asked to see his wife, who is separated from him. When she appeared Laval fatally shot both her and Mr. F'eldman. Ho refuses to make any explanation. Mr. Charlton's motion for the appoint- ,unl ,f i. ttaliwf. omtimittaA tn inniitrA into the exodus of native-born Cana dians and immigrants from Canada to tho United States was defeated in tlie house of commons by a majority of twenty-one. Members 'of the Manufacturers' Asso ciation have decided to close every leather factory represented in tlie asso ciation, and to keep thorn closed until the men return to work at the factory of Boggs A Cobb. This means tlie enforced idleness of 1500 men. A warrant has been issued for the ar ms nf Mm. K. G. Lhmincott. an Atlan tic. City, N. J., hotel proprietress, who is charged witii torgmg tne name oi ner sister, Mrs. Haines, to three mortgage notes. She also stole all the deeds, bonds and other securities of Mrs. Haines contained in a Philadelphia safe deposit box, the amount being many rhousand dollars. Mrs. Lippincott is supposed to have gone South, 7 J I 1 1