THE INDEPBNDEDNCED j. TEE "VEST ET j j Favor Equal l.w mul Kqual Taxatlou. A Protective Tariff ami f Tariff Reform, an Alien Laud Law Senator elected hy the people, ami j at! other needed reform. 1 1 5500.000. i In Improvement should he i made in Independence and vicin i fly, during the next two years. AN INDEPENDENT PAPER DEVOTED ESPECIALLY TO THE INTERESTS OP POLK COUNTY, VOL Yll.: ( 12.00 l'EU YEAH.-) INDKPKNDKXCK. POLK COUNTY OHIXJOX, FKI DA Y. APUIU 4. 1890. ( FIVE CENTS PER COPY. ) NO. 22. J. Ii. STO CTO i OPERA Is pleased to announce Mohair, Seersuckers, For Fine Shoes, Men's and C THE WEST SIDE. K. C. PKXTLAXD, nHLlSIIKR. Hetibaenst t Ihe fnnl-orltw In Imtependeuee, t irou, an mnkmiU flan aiatier. tHHSCKtTlON HATKS, rAVAHt.K IX AtWASCIt. On Year Six Month ... I.oo Three Mirotha - ... jo Wheu uot paid In advance 50 "to"" advertisIers. Independence U tele4 l Ihe head ol aevl callott (iht ! nt the yearl, on the Willamette river. and w tl eaela line ( Ibe Orei aud ('alllorul Katlmad: nntatiu a tnl' "1 MM e,le; I. lh prlO. Il lllllln pital M lh MiU. Mi'h la u l Iht larl. I"l wealthy aud thickly Mumtatnl la lh tt Ulam til valley. . , Theiivadily laereliif rlreuteiloa the Hitt Ii tiilnyliii enablee II Ui bt.iutt ul Iht bl ui Adt-rlLlu Mrdtuma. JOB PRINTING I J. I Taa ! Latest and Best Styles, s- o at taa : LOWEST LIVING KATES. PHYSICIANS DKNTISTRY, i.i;k & SUTLER. Physicians & Surgeons. V. S. Examining Surgeons. 0ee: rl tide l Mala HI., INHKI'KNKKS K. ' ORKHOS W. c.arwau, I. K. U. Kartui-K. M. D. GRUWKIX & KKTCHUM, Physicians and Surgeons. Otltr. Opp"ii Ural National Bank, INPKMNUKNl'R. - OUKIMJN, DR. J. K. LOCK 15, Physician and Surgeon. Buena Vista, Oregon. J. K. DAVIDSON, M. D. " Physician and Surgeon. rj. 8. IXAMDHNO BUROEOK, Independence, Oregon. DR. J. B. JOHNSON, Resident Dentist, All work warranted to Ktve the best of Satisfaction. Inikvkni)RSCK, - Orw.ok. ATTORN KY8. JOHN J. DALY, Attorney and Counselor at Law. COM.KCTtON II APR. offief: Mill 81., t)iplle Court II.him, DALLAS, POLK COUNT V, OhKCION. A. M. HURLEY, Attorney and Counselor at Law. OHIm: Cor, Main and Monmnulli Bte., INDEPENDEKCR, OHEOOS BANKS. pirjtflatioijalBaijK IMIKFENIIKNCK, IlKKHON. President J. 8. COOPER. Vice President, L. W. ROBERTSON. Caehler W. H. HAWLEY. " UIRKCTOHS: II. f, Thnmptun, J. . Cimvr, ',. It". IlnbrrlKOIt, W. W, CMIn, U, W. trhilmhif. TmnctHt0ifiral 'banain. biilnef. Biiyn snrl Mil exchange oil all Important Ht. Depn.ll. rrflclved aiibleel to rheek or on ei-rlinraOi ol depoall. Collection, marlo on mi poluu on lnvorable tcrmii, -Office honra: A. M. to i P. M. Hall', burglar proof nafe wenrrd by Vat' Time Lock ' Mr THE INDEPENDENCE National .Bank! CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000. H. HIRSCHBERO, - Preeldent. ABRAM NELSON, Vice Preeldent. W. P. CONNAWAY, - Caehler, A Keimnl banking and exchange biulniwn trna!teililoii md:blll dlnfloiintort: com merclaleriHllta granted: depolu received on enrrent account eiiliject to check; Interest paid oil lima aeu'mive. DIRECTORS! Joshua MoDanlel, H. H. Jaepereon, A. J. Goodman, H. Hlreohberg, Abram Nelson, T. J. Lee, I. A, Allen. BLOCK, that he has Just received htfn and Domestic Sattee hildren's Clothing, Hats, J. L. ST0GKT . M It AT MARKKTS. A. B. QRIGGS, M HAT .JMARKET, 8. 1', Irvine, cutler, Choice meat constantly on hand. Davidson's Brick. -PILES AND Mali SKIN DISEASES KIM'S 01CBSATEDPQIS2N DAI BEMEDT. U 11011 iBaunawlMi tot trrltaltas. nd l Iht only tmm avmjmr vt MkMlM ul tUMt Hkia tkntlhn. I'm w prkse. 39 cnt So. - THE raa'ttclifalfclatcl'o., Of Independence, Oregon. TrnnMi ti a i;rtirml Real Folate Ituniiie bnya and arlla l"rierty, affetta liiiiTttiu nd doe a Knernl Convevniu'e Ilainc. ' I'nnic haviiif t.aiida fur mlc will find it to their advantage to arnding llt of laud eaut, tlnia, Jilai"- ! iiK deirahle proierty before the reni- j driita of the I!t. j JAM li t'.IRSON, ' . V. KIRK I. AND, rrwidcnl. ' J Secretary. j G. V. SI I INN, . Hauae, Sign & Drnamsnfal l'nrr IUn;iiii;. t'.rjiuiiiK, l'lrin (ilnu. Kir. Paint rooms oiitla JoluiMin'a Stables, Independence, t)reKn. ; M. BEAMER, :- MatmfiM'tiirer of :- And Dealer in- All kinds of Harness & Saddlery Goods Carriage Trimming ami KrpniriuK INDEPENDENCE FOUNDRY, J'. HUNCK, Manager. Ih now prepared to itialte any kind of Casting in BRASS OR IRON, On short notice. Ia now at work miimifiicturiiiK Bunce's Improved Grain Crusher. Acknowledged tone I lit lit it grain cnmhcr In America Mroogf.1, cnrapeni ano moi auraMr. A full U.I of Ihr claM of wurk done el till, foun dry will be pulllhed In thin pier. Any permit In want of a -PORTAtlLKSAW MILL Can lie auppllrd here, Repairing done ftir all kind of machinery. Main lreel, Indrpendrnce. Arcade Saloon J. It, COOPER, Proprietor. MUST B W A N DM OK s, Li li?d?perder;Ge, Oreoi. IOLK dOUmY BAUly MONMOUTH, OWICOON, Incorporated under the Laws of Oregon, n. T. STANLEY, IltA (!. I'OWRLL, I'realdent, ('aaliler. poea agenernl banking biiHlnnnn. Sight drafts nu New York, Bhii Krauclaco aud Porllnud lor any amount. Kncelven rieHwlts anbjenl lo check or on certlfWta. of dcionlt. (lollectlona receive prompt attention (liianled by double chronoineler Vale time lock. . Mia.l Adajuilson, Mrs. Williiims, JUDSON & WILLIAMS, DRSSSHHKERS. Cutting Pitting A SPECIALTY.. lllli;CTSil)l)!. much the Largest Stock ns, Ginghams, White Co Furnishing Goods, Etc. ON, . -E. E. Krengel, -MiiinifiU'turvr of the- BOSS CULTIVATOR :And:- Krengel's Iron Fence. HORSE SHOEING. Mr, Thonift I ciuu'l, lale of Clii cago, an exK'riciuv horse mIukt, tiidkcs a sjvniahy tf that line. Circular and Crosscut! Saw Gumming IHINK II V E E. KRENGEL. ' " 1 W. GRUWELL & CO., INDEPENDENCE Citv Driii Store. ! ; A full line of : jDIUGS GHBMIGALS, j Driiffuists' Sumliies, KINl CIGARS. J C. W. Cruwetl, a roniprlent preacrip. j lion clerk, will lie in charge, I'rlcra ; Reaaonable. WM. JONES, Proprietor. j Thia PVrry ia now in ojicration, and I prepared to trnnafcr paaaeiigera aud wag- ; on lo or from the Citv, I j It will pay persons uarjtlrja a View of Polk County. To criiwi the Perry and go to the j top of IWpect Hill. I HIkins h Co., I'ROI'RIKTOKS OV TIIK CilyTnhnilTriiifcrCo, Hauling of all Kinds hw at Reasonable Kates. Jnillpeed, OaH, 8b9 Fir Uood for 5al?. iMrCollccliouH Mmlc Mnutli1y."$ea INDEPENDENCE, EKCXJON eiTY HOTEL,, C Street, Independence, Or. A. W. HOWELL, Prop. I'irst-clnas in every respect. Special attention given transient customers, A sample room for commercial travelers, Mitchell & Bohannon, Manufacturers of -; SASH A DOORS. SCROLL SjWING AND WjGON IjEPllRING, Main Street, Independence, Oregon. J. H. ALEXANDER, :l)ealer In; , Drugs and Medicines, BEDNA VISTA, OR. Having purchftsed the stock of Drugs formerly owned by L. W. Robertson, I am prepared to meet all the old custo mers, end ninny more new ones, Fair and courteous treatment la all. ik'h 1 11r1 r i r, rr. uu m n lillIJI IJ,llIJ.ILIi I lilllll I 'I n I of Goods that he has ever ods, Silks, Plushes, Lace Please call and see him a GEO. li. BREY, Commission Merchant AND OAIN BROKER. Indipindinci, ngon. FRANK BUTI.KR, j COUHTY SURVEYOR A LEVEUR. Auollonaar and Appralaar. , KMimntr of all CmiMrudlvt work m4 Uui luiul.hnl. J Altrll.1. Wr.ll,rlav unit TllurwUy tllCuUIUV Cuuil Hk tt Ixllut, (.'. t Adtlrvaa, Dallas, Polk Co., Or.; wmaimeimitmMmm F. J. MORRIS, Prop. Pine Wines, Liquors AND CIGARS. MIXED. DRINKS A SMXIAL'I Y. Whitcaker Brick, Independence. (Kktaldlnhrd by National authority.) -'. THE : t'lipikl : National : hi ! OKBAUtM,OHKOUN, CAPITAL, PAID UP, $5o.ooooo. SURPLUS, IS.OOO. . v. , VC .. tf ! K. W AI I.A4 K, W. W. MAKTIN. ! j rrxhlenl. Vice mlltnl. t. It. Al.HKKT, Cuhler. . loans made. To Parnwra nn heal and elher aierebamabl j brncliiM, mnliinl ftf lit if.re.ellher lu nrivaia irenrrira or puhlle rehoii.r. Drada drawn' dirwl nn New York. Chicago, aau rranelwo, Cortland, London, Parte, Herllu, llong ko( aud Caleuna. JOHN ALLEN, )aler in CHOICE BEEF, Unllnn. Umli. Veal, Pirk, Item., P.c.in. Cnriird Heel, tongue. tie. Pnuitrr andil.me In aai. All IMid. delivered Ire ul eharge, Jasperson & Parker, liulcpeudriire, Oregon. Architects, Bnildera and Contractors. Alwar'ln Ihflr Huh aud linnr Faclme, and will ur Ibelr heat In pleam, all. Olve ilirm a trial aud I convinced Kiel Ihejr are ur'.hr ul 1 your winng. I IfilWnillODufWCB! THIS WEST SIDE JOB OFFICE, INDEPENDENCE, OR. Is prepared to print HORSR BILLS and HOP TICKl'.T.H at the lowest prices, PRINTING Of all kiiids executed on short notice by an experienced JOB PRINTER. A. WILSON, Propr. Kipresalre lleat. It does not seem ey to retili,e how cheaply you live in California until you i.va i li.il aiiiiia of t ho eiintei n notuis, sb) the San Kranuisco Vhftmiile. K. J. Baldwin went to a hotel in New York for a rest. He was only going to stay a fow hour In town. It wa about ii o'clock whim ho reglaterod. aud he wautod to take a liltlu sloop before he was called at 10. The p;mitltunaiily clerk lwogiilod the nntno and .the limn, and looked pleased to have a wliauk at the long purse of the Call fotuitt millionaire. Baldwin had his several hours' aleap, and waa culled at 10 o'clock as ordered. Ho went to the olllce and asked for Ids L II. It Wit bunded to hlm-130. Mr. Baldwin looked Its ... . "I am very much obliged to you for wukinir mo at 10 o'clock." WhyP" "If 1 hnd ilept a fow hour more It would have busted me." Anglomania Iu New York. Certainly there is a fresh outbreak of Anglomania In the speoch of modish Now York gills, says a letter from Oothatn to the Pittsburg Diapakh. The new influx of aotors aim actresses from London lias caused it. The worst symptom Is a lengthening and broad ening of the lettor A, "I'm sorry to part with you, roily," I heard a Fifth avontie maiden say to her beloved pet parrot, "but I limit have a bird with an English accent." "I'm a d'lsy I'm a d'lsy,"tlie parrot responded, pronouncing "daisy" in the way that happens to be like com mon to the Bowery and the Seven Dials. "That ia very good, but unfortunate ly you are altogether New Yorky Id everything else you say." "Polly wants a cracker." "How often have I told you that they don't have crackers nowadays in London. Say "Folly wunla a bis cuit.'" But the bird insisted thnt it was a cracker he wanted, and ao he wits doomed to banishment from the bou doir, while the girl set out to Hud a parrot with au English accent, 1 v 1 I carried: consisting of Pla s, Ties, Cotton, Zepher a nd he will Surprise you, a The Leading Dry G A IIIobi lurprlaa Vrlf. A gooil many writer have aHd that an Indian ta a born ilulo, anil that tlia raaaon ha dotun't lauich or cry or e lres urirU or atoiiliiliniiit lioa In the fact that nature did nut Ititwml hint in. That'a all nnneaiHiM, howovtr. 'i'lia Indian put It all on fur Affect, l'va hfard him IbiikH a hearty bj any wlilltt wan, ami l'va anen thxtii wlmn thry wera Kltlvuly lliiiiidtmtnirlc with ainaeiniMit, , In the lmatllt'i ppl to attacking on of the ajt miiti Into JuU-abui jt, and after they bad killed a down ((- j ula a part of hit eomnan waa tout out toplvallia red man a aet-bai-k. W rod a over a aeotlon of the route one dav, and toward availing aeoretml our-1 aelvea In a lonjr. dry ravine, to aea, The nrealivtery of Jeraey City haa do what would happen during the nljfht. (,, (-vur Jlh tr,1MMMM ,vahjii o( Ihe ata9 waa due thaw about 10 . Ui wiifeaaiwn ol laltli. o'eloek, and aoon after 9 we got a ur j prlae, A band of tweuty-thriHi Indiana ' Hiplin(tn'a I'laoe, a hamlet on the cama In from the Weal, atruok the trail ' MiKaiaippi In Arkanaaa. ia under waler, luat above ua, aud came down ami 1 1'"' ! have been loat. k . laid theniaelvea away almoat on top of ua. We had our horaea down around : The Kiciu-li Kowrnmeiit liaa deeidiNl a bend, with ttuanla to look after theni, ;totavupy Wbydab, a provimn of la and the ludlant had left their poitlea at huiuvy, on the alave coaat. ....... I I, I.. I S'lC,",,.:,:! while they wr at th mouth of the ra .. mm. ., ni.v.w ...... ..,! ..... vine aud every man of them showed against the aurlight aky. We kuear .. (. (J) . . .. ,j larea that wlat they were after and w. prepared ! J, Z7iUl to mak. ourselves awordlnjfly. Ihere were i.ww.o.giayear. Another blow at the Inch by Inch until, when we llnally heard Ihe ratlle of the stage roach, we j The city council of Toronto have de were uoi only over tweuty-Uve wt eidod to inviiet the Woman's congreaa of from the buuuh of niarandom. We ''' l!iHl Hates to huld its next meet eouhl bear and see them making ( TomiiIo. ready, aud Just aa Ihey were alK.ut lo ; T,(e M (Wk h )MiM ,0 deau out Oil the trail we gave them a ,m)rtne ,ie;,llmmvg . t,, north doitka ...fr . . . . . .1 ! at Liverpool. The iuiiirovemeiita will 1 alk alMiut an Indian not fmdlni; aur- r i.'m.ikKi. prised! Why, they yellwl out like aoj many old women seared by a row, and ! An advance of ten alidlinga a month two or three of them shouted to the ; has lieen made in Ihe wages of Uver- tireat Spirit to save them as they ran. ' l steauiebip firemen and seamen, and We killed nine and wounded four with Ihe men a ill not elrike, that one volley, and only one of the! ... , , , , , wounded lived beyond I wo days. The , A Hhortage of several thousand dollars survivor waa the middle-aged warrior, hw Iwn diatioverw in the a.-eounta of bearloir the scare of many battles. I f ' Twaaurar llanaher of U -orte, was aated to queailon him. and aa he lud , alio die.1 rei-enlly. aaw my purpose he shut hiiwwlf up like j Xhe fire In the Moraa ( Walia) colliery a clam. 1 started oil with! ; la spreading. There ia no hoa of recov. "lias my brother a ghuui lit which to ering the bodies. The l.tteat eatimate ia see his facer' ! that at least 10) were killed. "Why should 1 haver he unerled.lu- tereated at once. j The lowlands In Illinois, Kentucky "To aea that Jour hair has turned as , and Missouri along the Miaslasippl are white aa the snow," i all submerged, but no reports of snnVr- "Nol It eau't bet Gel me a jrliias, ' ing damage baa been reorll. quick!" j , At that the group around him burnt i A verdiH of munler in the first degree out laughing, am! the warrior looked has been found against Base Ball flayer up with rueful expression and said: Jmea J Hlmn.in. who mimlertd bis wife "I thought It was true. 1 waa so In New ork on New ear a eve. . , I al...a a. I..a.a .a .I I..... . I .. m ;' VaiCU lllflt HIT Ilt7l Ptl'l'innt lrTnilllt.1 l 11 " t Itegonlas aa Window Plant. ltegonlna to be grown at their best i ahonhl have porous rich soil, with the addition of a little leaf mold, be well drained, not allowed to get pot-bound. and have their roots kept moist, the ; air should be kept moist hy having a dish of water on the store, or radiator If you have sUmm heat, or the water- onn should bo kept full If you ftirnaee-heat. A large coarse sMiigo Illled wit i water and laid among the pots Is a help, f he Hex typo of lie- gonlas are a little dilllcult lo grow out of the given-house, but If you will give them ."little extra care , hey will repay yon. ihev are worth It. io u oaunot lind any plant wl h nrnrt .beautiful col - orlngsaud iiiiuklngs. Ihev mitnl bo kepi warm (not below 60 degree at night), but do not want the aim to shine directly on then, They will not thrive If dust gols on heir leave, aud do uot care lo have their leaves wet lliey win noi innvo 111 urv mi. iiio very boat pluoe for them is in tho fern ery under glass; tlieco they are wrfict ly at home. If you have no fernery, tha next Iwat thing Is a round glass globe with a lerra-cotta or ainu-miii. A good sized plaut will grow undor a globe twelve inches in diameter. Such au one litis lived for three years under a glolie of this slzo and shows no symp tom of dying yet The pan is well draiuud, soil largely leaf mold. It seta on a small table at the back of a buy window where It has no ill reel sou. Tho globe la raised every morning and the moffitiro wiH)d out. It needs water but eeldoin. They do uot like to bo turned, but lot the leaves grow in one position. One can be growu iu the open air of tho sitting-room, a good stand plant In a well drained nix-inoli ,Ulf. run, ll I. OI.IIWW. ,,,,, v 1 ilght-lnoh pot, after a brick 1 put In ! It, Keep tie brick moist all lh time pot. Hot It iu a saucer mauu lor an bv nulling water in the saucer. It will draw up 1)10 moisture just enough to keep tho roots moist. The water must be renewed every day so it will uot grow stalo. Oood Jltmfliet,piMj, What a Sea Cow la Like. On my first trip lip tho Manatee River I fully expected to see a mana tee, or sea cow, raise her big hornod head out of the black water and bellow a warning at us, writes a N. Y. 2Vme correspondent The name load one to look for a great creature with the hairy skin of a cow, with horn and a frisking tail, a terrible animal big enough to (wallow the boat and all its contents, wading along the shallow shore perhaps and nibbling at grass and bushes. But the sea 00 w of reality is a very dlfforent thins from the aea cow of Imagination. 'I here wag little danger of seeing one of any sort, for it Is years since the last one waa taken iu the Manatee River, except one solitary specimen thnt was considered rare enough to be taken out to the soml tropical exhibition at Jacksonville. 1 eaw it there, and now my idea of the tea cow is olearer. It doe not roam about the country bellowing and swallowing whole sheep; it has no hair and no horns, nor hoofs, nor angry tail. In appearanoo it ia no more like a cow than it Is like a chicken, and its name comes not from Its shape, but from Its habit of living on grass and green vegetables Instead of eatlug fish or flesh. Covington county (Miss.) folk In dulge Iu "goober-parohltig, and baby. Washing parties," , NDBPEN In and Fancy Lustres, nd Merino Underwear, T tthe amount of Goods an oods House of EASTERN NEWS. s, Kentucky and Missouri Low lands Submerged. Milium TAKO fltON JAIL AND 8IIOT. Wire Nail Milla Claae D.wa.-Threa rrr aaaa KIIM av I', . Trail. Ta o Ihoiiaantl irraln orUni em ployed on the dnrka at I4verwl have atrmk iu. i.iui,,,. nMtar..tl.to law ha. l-eo ' i,,,L.l l.u Dil- Inn, ul the circuit tuiirt, at Ht. Louia, a it t. I a t tl - plate glass In the front oil a jewelry store and ! made his paean with a tray containing r0K) worth of diamonds and rings, , , , ,'" Kalisbury baa notifieil Emperor WUm tha bo . M. to favor ! to the legal real riction of the hours of ; labor. " """ '" J i'T ""i l mMh; K ! m)W srr(,M , wilU mur. ,erol Itennell, baa Wn heard from in ArWMi T . t ., . y,.i,A J '1, have clod . U(,ir Rntl tllRt ,ev will : , oMr,0ni, BKnin until the ,241), 1Bt. 1 ,. ., j,, ......1:..., ow furmimra I JZl X trust in the South j ' J rf t ,,lt jf it 1 .j, ,e ,H tlllre win mme M V....MI.. II lt..Lt...lt -.l. . ... mpiirming. Bell Allen and Witherford Trying, two negna's charged with the munler of Con stable Retailor at Princeton, W. Va , were, taken from the jail by a mob and shot to death. ' NYtwitliKtamliiig denials it is stated that llorr Tiaxa, the Austrian prime min ister, has resigned and that Count Haa piiry has formed a cabinet, iu which he takes tho interior portfolio. Frank II. Tomkina ot, Ronton, an artist of liiyh repute, attempted suicide in the street by ahooting himself In the head with a revolver. Ilia chance for re covery are favorable. Philip teller of Loudonville, Ohio, . , . - ,. has confessed that he aan accomplice ' M; l'W. ' n was shot and killed by Parmer Justin V, rrongle near l roatliue, reh. ill. The Frankfort (Ky.) lottery is making a great effort to prevent the state legis lature iroin pulling angcrm 10 iw oiwrn Hons, It ia charged that its agenta have been attempting fo bribe legialatora. At Kansas City Revf David McOrew, pastor of the colored Baptist church at Armstrong, Mrs. Andrew Beyman and Will Jackson, all colored, were run over by a Union I'acillc train and killed. A, A. Courier, cashier of the Equitable Bank of New York, has been charged with forgery and with having received dcposlta after be knew that his bank was insol ,'ent. He pleaded not guilty. The alien labor law bill ha been post poned indefinitely in the Canadian house of commons. The cause wag that neico- tiatlons are going on at Washington for the settlement 01 international maltor. Ten Cretan refugee have been sen tenced to fifteen years' imprisonment at Retimo, Crete. A court martial at Canea ha confirmed the sentence. The news haa caused a sensution in Athens. me case against vv.r. Dickinson, a prominent operator thought to have been connected with the recent conspiracy to rob Mr. Hutchinson, has been dismissed by the Chicago board of trade directors, An unofficial trial of the dynamite guns of the cruiser Vesuvius was made at Philadelphia. Wooden bombs loaded with gunpowder were used, and the test is reported to be eminently satisfactory. DBNCB, Henriettas, Cashmeres, able Linen and Bed Cove d with his Prices. Polk County. TUaokeray'a Father. There ii a picture we used to look al a children in the nursery at homo, and which my own children look at now, as It bangs iion the wall. It is a water color sketch, delicately penciled and tinted, done in India some three-quarters of a eenlury ago by Chiucrr.a well known artist of those data, who went to Calcutta aud depicted the people there with charming skill. This picture represents a family group, father, mother, lufant child. subject which ha been popular with painter ever since Ihev tirst began their craft. Long before Raphael's wondrous art waa known, this patticn lar composition was a favorite with artists aud spectator, as I think It will ever be, from generation lo generation, while mothers continue to laap theit little one in their arms, t his special btouu of Tbackerav is almost the onlv glimpse we have ol my father' earliest childhood, but it give a vivid passing impression 01 ma 11 ml Home, w lilcli lasted for so short a time. My iong. lean, young grandfather sits at such ee-e as people allowed themselves in those classic days, propied in a stiff chair, in tight white ducks aud pumps, and with a kind, grave face, lie was Mr. Richmond Thackeray, of the Ben- (fa! Civil Service, the then revenue col ector of the districts called "the twen ty-four I'ergaoaa." My grandmother. a beautiful young woman of some two and twenty summers, stands, draped in white, with a certain nymph-like as- ftect, and beside her, perched upon ' talf a dozen big piled books, with hi j arm round his mother's neck, is her little son, William Makepeace Thack eray, a round-eyed boy of three years old, dresaed in a white muslin frock. He has curly, dark hair, an innoceut face, and a very sweet look and smile. This look was almost the same indeed after a lifetime; neither long years of wora sou trouble, nor pain, nor cinii winters of anxiety ever dimmed lis clear simplicity, though his spectacles may have sometimes come between his eyes and those who did not know him very well. He used to take his spectacles off when he looked at this old water-color. "It is a pretty drawing," he used to say; but it bis father, in the picture, could have risen from the chair be would have been about nine feet high, according to the length of the leg there depicted. My own father used to toll ua he could just re member our graudfutber, a very tall, thin man, rising out of a hath. Ha could also remember the crocodiles floating on the Ganges, and that waa almost all he ever described of India, though la Ids later writings there are mauy allusions to East Indian life. Iu "The Tremendous Adventures of Major Uahagan," for instauce.there Is enough meaning and intention in the names aud Uindustanee to show that he still retained something of bis early impres sions. A year after the sketch In question was painted, the peaceful home iu In dia was broken up forever. The poor young collector of the twenty-four rerganas died of a fever on board a shlii, where he had been carried from the shore for fresher air; this was about 1816, wlieu my father was live year old. Richmond Thackeray was himself little over thirty when he died. Ills young widow remained in India with her mother, and married a second time. Two years after her first husband's death, her little son came back to En gland with a cousin of the same age, both returning under the care of au Indian civilian, Mr. James MeNabb, who had promised to befrieud the children on the journey home, aud of whose kindness we were often told in our childhood. from Anne Tkacktray titumc.tu at, jsu-aouu. A M eek Too Late. A young man about 23 years of ago. ! dressed like a farmer, had his foot on the car seat in front of him and was reading a novel, says a N. Y". writer, when one of the boys went over to him and observed: "I've just made a bet of to n you." "On me? What is it?" "I've bet 5 that you will suicide within a week. I've been watching you very closely for tho last half hour, and all sigus indicate melancholy and despondency. Have you selected any particular line of killing yourself poison, the rope, drowning or hang ing?" "Did you actually bet fiP" auxlously asked the young man. "I did." "Pay if you lose?" "I have to." ' "That's too bad. I wish I could have seen you lust week." "Why?" "Because I then had tho ager every day right along two cows were sick on my hands 'my girl had gone buck on me, and I expected a windmill man was going to beat me out of f 400. I did kinder think of suicide" "But now?" "All is changed. Cows got well ager all gone gal has set the day for next Wednesday, aud the windmill man Is straightor than a board. Dtirn my hide if I hain't going to try aud live 6,000 years!" Iionltilana Creole. The usual Impression obtaining con cerning Creoles is that they are all of them possessed of dark and swarthy complexions, hair black as the raven's wing ami eves of "ebon darkness." A New Orleans acquaintance says that many have lily-white complexions, golden locks and eyes of "heaven's own blue." The creole girl Is usually re fined and dainty, sensitive ami sympa thetic, light hearted and sunny tem pered. She is usually brought up quietly and is content to remain at home. Of course the majority of Creoles are darkthey are nut-brown maidens. Denver A'cws. A man In Sierra county, California, who killed a neighbor's steer to save bis own family from starving, declined counsel, pleaded guilty, and was sentr euoad to one your iu the state prisou. OREGON. Nuns Veiling, Albatros, rs. Ladies' and Children's COAST NEWS. A Landslide Near Yaquina Unearths a Vein of foal. BAND IIC II0R8B THIKVES DIHCOVKBKD. Etlrtskarg, Carry C., Waits I Cksige Bark to field Beark. Snohomish Is soon to have a telephone system. Lexington wsnta and urobahlv will have a bank this summer. The Indications now rxiint to a snlen- did peach crop along the Snake rivet. Mndflat property on Coos bay is now sellin g at the rate of a little over $1100 an acre A larger amount than usual of snrine grain will Iw sown in Morrow county ui is season. The warm weather haa had (he effect of reducing the price of hay In the Pa loose country. ....... A four-masted schooner will be built on Coo hay this spring. It will lie used in the lumber trade. Kllenshnrgh will aoon have a new 126,000 school building, which will he erected in the public park. iw.,.!iu 1... :-.i . n 1 .i.ji.,,kt vi. j iiih, vrpaninCT, a, u.jnru w Trade, with A. W. McArtbur, president, A I Wl. I . ' ami a, . ciierwuuu, necrevnry. The total amount of taxes for the cur-' rent year in Baker countv is $5.1,000. In Union county the total is 78,000. Mr. II. B. Luce, of Ilillshoro. haa imnn : 111 ffin I niriiuind In bwM. nnMllt.m . I aaaistant editor of the Leader of that . place. A big land-slide two and a half miles from Yatinina City unearthed a vein of coat, wni; n experts pronounce to oe ex cellent in quality. TI.A A I) i. V U I. J iL. Pacific system last week paid 18300 in Union and (12,253 in Baker couuty aa taxes for the year. The people of Fairfield, a small ton n south of Rockford, have expressed them selves against the admisaion of Chinese into the community. Sheriffs of the various counties are busy now gathering in the taxes all over the state. On Saturday last Hieriff Birdaey collected $0500 at Ashland. Sixty men, ambitious for snch mili tary glory as may be achieved in time of peace, have signified their intention to organise a militia company at Kllens burgh. The progressive citixens of La Grande are actively pushing work on a large number of new buildings, the electric light plant, the artesian well and the new brickyard. Vancouver needs a new school build ing in the eastern section of the town. I'lie city building haa been so crowded that an additional room has been fitted up in the basement. The farmers of Crook county are con fident of raising sufficient wheat this year to supply all home needs. This ia an excellent idea, as it will retain in the domestic field at least $150,000. Frankfort, in Pacific county, almost opposite Astoria, Ib the latest in the way of new towns. Its projectors hope that it may be destined to become the metropolis of the lower Columbia. A number of capitalists contemplate the establishment, of a $50,000 brewery at Asldand. Tiie production of the nec essary raw material and employment of many men would prove a good thing for that locality. Stockmen have discovered a regularly organised hand of horsetliievesnear Pine City in the Big Bend country. One of the gang, a young cowboy, has been caught and confessed. A posse Is out after the others. The Harney Items, published at Burns, has been enlarged to a five-column quarto. It deserves its present prosierity for the relentless manner in which it has waged war upon swamp land-grubbers in that section. W. I Wright, the surveyor of Tolk county, has commenced Die work of put ting in mile posts between Salem and Dallas. This example should be fol lowed by every county surveyor in the state on'every public road that needs the same. The citixens of Kllensburg, Curry county, are very anxious to have the name ol ttieir town changed Hack to I3ftld Ranch. A nntitinn for makintr ttiM necessary changes in the postorlice has oeen lorwanieu 10 congressman ner mann. The Pasco Headlight informs the world that 180 emigrants from the Eoat arrived at Wallula one day recently, a few of whom were headed for the Sound, but the greater number were bound this way. sonio having the Palouse country for their destination. . A gentleman acquainted with the sheep industry of Lincoln county is re ported as having stated that before win ter set in there were 40,800 sheep within the bounds of that county, and that 10,875 perished during the winter, leav ing a remaining balance of 20,1)25. After careful inquiry among residents of every portion of the county, states the Wallowa Chieftain, we have concluded that stock losses in this county during the past winter will not be more than 2 per cent, of horses, 6 per cent, of Sheep and from 10 to 15 per cent, of cattle. . Th Times-Mountaineer states that a person attempting to plow his farm near iiutur was surprisea to see his horses sink in the soft ground almost to their shoulders. He manaeed to set them out, and returned to his house. He says the ground is so wet in plans that it ia impossible to plow and plant it.