THE INDEPENDENCE LEND US YOUR EARS VI LI. TKl.L YOU THAT INMCFKNtiKNCK la 'FAIHLY IS IT roll BKAVTY, KVHTI.R , AND 1MNKW, Ccino Hr anU Sot 'Olid Ye Agio' Now chlmei the "Wert Side" local belt, And newsy echoes rise and swell. VOL. VIII. $2.00 Per Year. INDEPENDENCE POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1(300. Five Cents Per Copy. NO. 2. THE WEST SIDE. 1 C rBSTLAXU, I'l ItLtSUSt. Urred Ot l'.l .n.p. lu ItidapeudtM, JrtfiM, eHit ?lM KIAIter, UHSCKIPTION MATHS, FAYAMLK in AUVANCS. On Ye . . . . li.ee Six Month ,oo Thrw Month . ... jo When uot paid lu advance 1.50 TO ADVERTISERS. ldriirtVttee I. located M IK head l attrt fallmt (Ik I ut the Mr, Ml the WlltUMII rirer, end ih m tt Hue iM lb tirea imI fellti.r.ile hat)rd. oouln e ttitulaii ol MN.iLU Ik rtlrl aklaalat unlnl tnl Ik e.w.tly, w'.i.S H n.i ( Ih ln.l, mini veeltkt n4 4Ul4 I III Wiltaav li efl!f. Tie-wadity llt re'tts"r be Weet HI t M Hl.hl. M tM he n, ln bl A l'i iul . Mvi4tk JOB PRINTING t Latest and Best Styles, LOWotVuYWG RATES. rUYSlCIAMS-DBHTimT. LBS & BUTLER, PhysicUni & Surgeon U. S. Examining Snrgeons. OAV: MtlMt ! St, INDiriWPMCt, OBBQOB hi. L, K.ETCHUM, Physician and Surgeon. OBc OfMtM rttdMtlloMl Beak, tJrMrBMDBMCI. OBBOON. DR. J. K. LOCKE, Physician and Surg son. Imu Vlata, Oregon. J. E. DAVIDSON, M. D. Physician and Surgeon. c. i. niMiroa floioioi, Independence, Oregon. DR. J. B. JOHNSON, Resident Dentist, All work warrant to five U bt oSdtctkM. jrBffPPHTf S, OlMMi ATTORNEYS, W. L. WILKIN, Attorney and Counwlor at Law. All ltn BiulnMnlnutr4 Umie will iwlvt Prompt AttrntluD, COLLECTIONS A SPECIALTY omr In ()r Houw. InilfndMir, O A. M. HURLEY, Attorney and Counselor at Lair. Oaa: C. Mala aa4 Maaawmlk tta, IXDIPBKDCHCB, OBMO Oressmakiag Parlors I MISS OEOIHJIA KlMOH, IMrir rmm Portland, baa open ml Irn maklac Parloni In the Nlnon bullUliif.on Main Ht, and I now pirpurml to do all wrk In her line. JaspersonA, Parker, INDCPENDCNCE.OR. Architects, Builders and Cont'rs. Alw.y. In their Ha.h and IVr I'a.'U'rjr. and III try in pleaw all. (Ilv thi.ni a trial and he c.nlnced that thoy are worthy ol your pal- r onK. I. FARMER, T0NS0RIAL AKT1ST Main Ml., Indciwndrni. ' Uhavlnic, lfi nt. Hair suiting, . Hliitin poolng S oenla. C. S. McNALLY. ArohlUot and OraughUmain, KOOM8 6AT BI'H-IKKVM AN HI.OCK, CUMMKIICIAL W., BAI.KM, OR. Durham Bros. CITY MEAT' MARKET. Cholt Bf, Mutum, Pork and Veal ulwayi on hand. Hhuiihiiu la aoaonn Rrndered lallow .Main Bt.. ndonee DR. JORDAN'S V CO'S. MUSEUM OF NNATOMT. 751 Market ML, Han Frtwelaoo, Adiuliwlon Ih oentii. (lo and lenrn how to avoid dnixaae. totiHtilUillon and truatment perwinally or hy lt teron aperinatorhea or Ki'nllal weitkneii and alldlwiiawiol nipn. Hend for book. Private offlce 11 1 Oeary BU Connul WUon fro. II. 11. PATTERSON, DRUGGIST DBALBB IM WATCHES, CLOCKS JEWELRY. ft INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. BANKS. pirstfJatiopalBaijK UDtf UDUCI, OEECUX. Preldnt ...........J, . COOPER. Vlo President, I. W. ROBERTSON. Cahlr W. H. HAWLBY. . DIKKOTOKSt a. JP. Jmpn, . f . Oeeper, X. W. J.lerleaw, W, W. Ceittiu, : . r. ira.4. TrenMcti teeeraj Vutlni bnatneea. Bsft 4 nil eiehaae l Imtwrteai auiai Peritt tpoaltt teeetM Krti Scale of ohmH, Osltwrtou d a .11 MM feTwreale MM, ilfO ao kSN: t A. K. to I P '. 'f!- niv tif,tr Nt m rr.f6 THE INDEPENDENCE NatioiaL'i CAPITAL 1 j1 4 H. KlRSCHBEt . Prl.1iM. ABRA4M NELSON. Vlo PrUInt w.p.goNM.fY, chir ratal trail IM fruiwl; tftanalu rwlf4 aa tmi ieniinl hiUIm, to ttiteki lunrt-t m!4 a urn doHMiu. DtRECTORSi Joahu MoDanlel, H. H. Jat.ron, A. J. Goodman, M. Hlrohbr Abram Nlon. T. J. I I. A. Allan (EtUbUahed by National authority.) -! THE - I: Bui! OF SALIC M, ORSOON, CAPITAL, PAID UP, $5o,ooo.oo. SURPLUS, S1S.OOO. tL S. WALLACE, W. W. MARTIN, fraaldeaL Vie Pntldeal I. H. AUBBT, Caahlar. LOANS MADE. Ta Panaeea aa wkeal and other nerrhanUhle rodaee. aaJirad or to ehir. either la ptltait ITmurlee ot puMIe rehonMa. Itrera, drawa dlna) ea Mew York, CMoro, lea rvewalene. PnUwd, Londoa, Peria, Deilla, Head ajw( aaa lAirwM. THE POLK COUNTY BANK MONXOtTll, OUBflOH. pwl 'fn', (l.rlti'i l) Vlll' 1'tv.l.ipot tunirr ..... ... . . I. A. MACRPM P. I- I'AMI'llKI l, ... I. C. I'UVtKU Capital Slock, fni Up, 150,000 25,000 DIRBCTOHSi I. a. Hrrvis, r. powKi.r, J. H. HI'ITHif. IHA AC M. 8IMIU0S J. V. H. Bl'TIKR, A. M, aUIUuS, f, I. CAMI'DKLU A f,.-i"al Unkind bnilneei tranearled. He- i...,i. r.-. ol vtl nubjwt laeherk.or on irllHrie i.l .l,.i..li. Im ile, bill illn'ounlwl. el lis- bought eiul tulil, luuirait paid on time lnpmn riltnd burUr proof tl, wrored by tale time Kik. liar-Office noun a. m. So 4 p. m, (fill! VEGETABLE PANACEA PRERARCO PROM ROOTS 4 HERBS; r on int. sum ur Mi?HTM.TTiT1A,f4V, AND ALL OTHER DISEASES ARISINO PROM A DISORDERED STATE OTThi STOMACH OR AN inactive: liver. ' POM SALE Vf ALL DRUGGISTS ft GENERAL DEALERS. The Golebrated French Sure Warranlrd OADUDnniTIMt" or mniic,. to cuie rclnniluil IH 8.11,11 ON A posiTive GUARANTEE to mire any loon ol unrvoiia rilMoiiMH. or any (llninliT ol the IfiHiiirutlvo or vnii. nf nltluir BEFORE lalnir from the AhTER axeewlve tiMOlHIiinulaiila, 'lolmcto or tiplura, or tlirniigli youthful luillm'riitlon, ovor Imlulr enw!, Ai.. mifli I-'1" "' Brain I'ower, Wiiknlul now, llfurliiii down pain In the Hack, Hunilunt Wiakiicn, llynlurlA.Nnivmn Hrontratlim Niicfiim el Hinlmlom. Iiicorrli'fa, l)l.zlnww, Wi'nk Mciri ory, liwiol I'nwerand InijioUVncy, which If lie- f'leuted ofli'U I'.'ncl to premalnre old ntrcimil lnB il ly. Price 11.00 a box, 6 boxen lor $.'i.v0 Uont u niall on rfclpt ol price. A WKITTKN ulf AHANTKK fornvnrylWK order, to rolimd (lie moiiHy If a I'orniaiien. cure In not eflentrd. Thoumindi ol tcmlinoiiinU lniinoldaiidyounK.nl both mixci, purmiiiionlly cured by Arn rohitinb, (,'lreular free. AiMren THE APHRO MEDICINE CO. WMUTKHM niUNCH, BOX 27, PORTLAND, OR. For sale by BiiBtor A Look", E In ' u' rM i.:if, 'I -(t-r ' '' 1 1 '' ' if m nit Your attention 1m culled to the fine line of pitriwols and iirabrellua, for mi by J. L. Stockton. The line In Bilk Ih purtlcularly mentioned. Cap 9 A M1 THK DKIIKIION Or INIIKIITKIINKM, AIIAIN, iNliKI'KNUHNtH, lOV. Ittll, lk), To fi K.litort ltttwiiia by llio rt-ply of tlm Wwr Hihk to my ttrtl?tu of NuvimiiIkt 7ili Hint nil of tlio tulviM'ttltw of llio Imlt'lit illit'iwolittay lutilir tnx IllW ulv t'lmrtfi'il with foiiiiffo (heir .WKiimi'iit upon thu u'wiiiiipiloii thtt all nit'ii ititt lioiiwl. Tim wry fitt't Unit wc art? iluw tuimbut- tlnt; tl-o Idi'ii Unit KroiiN ahoiild In (iiiihIIim1 to my tiui'a on projairiy thty ilo not own, ami Unit pomoua ahoitld ti t'xi'iupt truin tlio Miyiiit'iit of Inxce i " )u pniiwrly thoy tin own, laaiillloltint if tvinvlmv auy oiih (or uuuht lo U) mnl wo do uot holltwu In llio unlvonutl hoiittity of iiiunkliiil, Tim itrguiiiont aKiilnat tlit Imlt'lilt'd itiwa t'litiiMi In our tux luw 1 only I alf of tli urtfiiiiuMiU It la a initoilmm fuut tli'nt tlit vtry uii'ii who art! loinltwl lu tholr tliHiiinrlHttoita of tlio liuMitmtmwe cIiiiim art) nli iimkhitf nu uiitMinpro nilaliiK wnrfuru upon tlio iiiihIkuko tnx luw, kuowltiK Unit tluMiiiti I m) th'ptnia ut uptitt the oihor Hint tin rtM iil of ono iiiiviiia tlio ovoillirow tit llio ollior, It la nduilttoil in tho Wk-iT HlDK thut if a iiiiiii ootilil buy a tract of lutid for tliKKi and uty l.im down and glv a niortiiKv for thw bnlnint)- pm, II would ooriNliily wviii that lit) alioiild my only on tho .imi, and III limn lioltlliig the inoitKni Uly tlio Imliuiiiv Wa art atir prlaod at tlio adiillmlou, for tho Inataiio citnl U nut an Ixoltitml citms but, on llio ooulntry, bualuom trniiuotloii of tbl kind may bo euuuivruiod by llio bun droda or IhuuaiiiiiU, Thtt wrlloratill further i-xplulua tlml tho html bouitht for f ItNHt, ttiNloitil of U'ltijf Uixitl at f UK, ltet true vnluo, la tax ml at only ftim, und tho ownor, by laklliK out bla Itidoblt'dnt'Nt t'lvntiil by the iiioriKUtt", wiihh nut only llio tnx upon tlio JUKI, hla luterotit In auld prop orly, but ho hIwi twcaMn tnxitlion Uhhi ftuti worth of bia ollior pn.iK-rly. It l vviilunt Iht'i-o la a ron aoitiowlioro, ami It bottiim-a umNury to find mil whore tlio wmiik la lu ordortopriwrlla' llio Kinotly. It I a et-lf-ovldftil fttt't tin) w rnjt diatt not ctMinUt In taxing tho Iniiil ut lU Oio.li vuluo, but wllli tho Aaxowtur, and no ohooUi; fur whoti tht htiii amcMwd (,'lvw In tho true amount ut land on mil by Itliu, hla duty la com- plolo - lit! hua inthlti lo any about lla ritlilo. Tho fithiri of all liiinl uudoraltttuU' luw uiuat bo iK'loriiilniHl by.tho AHMir nlld until ho la oulliH'llod ludu hla duly, ami hie whole duly, we iiuty oxiuh'I a roM'tilluii of J tut atit'h t'irt'uiimtiiuiva im loliK aa one inweaninoiit nKiitiU mint her. Aa Umg m tho AaM-mura of tlio Hl.ilo 04111 w llb Impunity aaavaa real otitto at iiuivhalf of lla IntritiHln value, bank xtiM'k at forty otmta ou tho dolUr that would m'll for a prt'inlutil, and a atia k )f niorohlllldiM) III $oil0 lllilt CU"t JllMHI, at wholcMitle; im long aa primvly uiiiDxloiia und ii wily tlwolliiiira are tiNhttttsI ut n uioro iioinluitl vuluo, and money, note, ami ntvoiiuta racnpp lux- atluu by tho million, we need luok fur no remedy. Thorn la city proH'riy In Porilitml taxed fill ier aero Hint would nell fur $ "iiio per acre under the Imnrner, nod thia la truu to a limited extent of every prooroiiit towu In I bit Hlnlt. The lltt alep Unit la neeewinry to a more complete itwawmient and oipinhu Hon of tho tux, la-llrat Ui find the prui- erly, nud then iuw It ni lu true vuluo; hut thia eiuinot be aeeumpliiliLM by .Imply Htrikliitf out the liidoltttHliiewt clniiao. The InilrliletliioHH eliiuw lu our lux hiw iul(rlit be ropeuli'd, and thou inure tliitn oiio-tliird of the property nf the Slnto own pi' titxiitluu under the prtwiit liawe ayalom of ivMiKiinent . There vvem iittitekit uiiiile upon the iiiiirHiinc tux law Iiiiik before I here wan liny well delliied ojipiMitloii tu the hi IcIilc.liH'-M elitilm', liut aa the puuple did not iVHpuiiil tu the iliHlreaoi llie money lemler.-i mill tteO'ipt their m iney, nulea und in irlirujfeH from taxation, then, their next atop wuh to luuke an uttuek upon Mm ludobtednoHs eluuan; knowing the repeal of thla uluu.ie would uliiimt liiMluiilly bu followed by the overthrow, liiRoiue milliner, of the m irtgue tnx luw, for nu In c-jiilil lung cxImI thut would rc-iii tt lu the dou lie taxation of the Mini! iiroperty. There Ih nothing that the hum of tie land wulehea with a more .euloim eye than mi ell'ort upon the part of the Login Int ii re tu ileati'oy the uniruriiilty und e nullat Ion of tu x ut ion. Thet Joimtltutlonof the United .Suite lu wetloii eiglit of urtlelu aeven, pro. vldea that nil muniier of tuxittiou hIiiiII be uniform The CoiiHtltullou of thu Htule of Oi'egnn, article oiih, Moetiun thirty-two, pruvldeo thut nil luxation hIiiiII lie etpiul and uiiiforni. And, ngiiiii, in article nine, section one, "Tlio IioglHluture ahull provide by luw for u uniform und equal rate of uHHcsHinciit und tiixatlon." TIiIh ainiily incuiiH Hint wliutovcr prop erty the LcglHlutureHclccU for titxuliou mtiat ho iiMMOHHod ami taxed equally i throilKhullt the dlxtrlct. j Heo Article 1, Heel Ion 82, Conatltu-' Hon of Oregon und foot-notea. J The fiieU am admitted that tit anon li the luduutodiuMH clause la repealed, u large portion of tlio property of the State will he auhject to double taxation In the Hume cllsti lct, nud Is oontrary to the fundumunlul luw of the Nation, and a plain violation of the CotiHtitututlon , of the 8tulo of Oregon. Whenever the faut la legiilly and properly brought be fore tho courtH that the pemm who holdn the legal title to real eatute Ih taxed for Its full value, und the pcrHon who holds the equitable title Ih taxed at one half or tliroe-fourtliB of Ita vulue for what lutereHt ho luiBln It, thojitw would be declared uncoiiHtltutloiuil and become a dead letter upon the statutes, Thin would liumedliitely compel the repeal of the mortgage tax law, and then thoae purtle that have bo long and fulthfully luliored to exomiit from tax ation their money, notes und mortgages, would have fully occompllHhed their object, JSqUAMTV. EDI6 AND I. Mar and brother fur naay a year, Kdleaudi; Havlac bright veatker and failing the drear, mil and I. Beaa li oar lor aa a eaurd free front ruat, Time weld the ehaMr aur alwiluu trnat, ko ahall a be Ull w. both are but dual, KdleaudL Juat lo kno thla. that we never abaU ekanf, Killeaadli Meror grow formal aad dlataal and einwce, EUUiaiHlL ttear aiay fada like a asm!' brief fliuna, rrtaoilaliiti la oftaa but frteainililp la nanus (Xatte aat euwe may aa are alwuy. llie aaina, Iblle and L krother and eWlor and bearl altliln hMrt. Edle and ll CWm Dot dealb aaaa drlre ua iart, Kdla and I. Btaadfaai aa tknaa aba here died fiw a eraed, True to eaok hnr la wurd and la ilevd, Meeer lo faU la the hour of aeml, Kill and I. Kraa MdilafTay la Ctikfi Herald. ON APPROVAL "What on earth fl'y call that UvlnifT I aakad, polriiiff with my atlck at a bunch of grape put ami airily upon braa itauil. "That tiling," replied my eouain proud ly, "l Hi very lateat Fartaian faahlun In boimeta." 1 tank bark into Uia little loung that ran along the aid of the room you cuuldut intuit anytliiug ao dainty wild Uia nam of "ahop" and Rased upon It owner with an xeuuiiaUoii moro pro fan than ajiprtrpriat. It nitatt at one be coufeaaetl that li wa a charming object to giue at Ther wa an xpmation of wiekd arauaement In ber larg gray eye, and Ui black gown h still won In mourn ing for ber hueband poor Jack H wider un, who wa killed In the Boudan t off Ui Une of ber alender yonng flgura, and threw ber gulden hair and fair akin prettily Into relief. "Pull yotiraelf togotber, uiy dear boy, all continued, opoulttg the door of an old carved oak cabinet, "aud 1 will ehow yon ouiethiug that ven your erode male Intellect will appreciate. If ye tUnit say it' lovely I'll never let yon in side Uia sbnp again. You may flatten your none aitaiuat the window, or elroU dlaconaolatoiy up and down the street In valid No more chat, no more tea in the back room!" Ho saying, she lifted gingerly from th shelf a a large hat, and planting it upon her pretty bead turned triumphantly to ward mo. It waa lovely quite lovely ort of arritngouioiit in auiethyat vel vet and feather to match. Doing only a mlaerabl and Ignorant male of our I can't deacribo it, but it waa uncom monly becoming, and made Nina look like a OainalKn-oiigh picture. I told ber ao and gtiahcd over it itithYieatly hi sat- Ufy her. It my own Idea, hapa and ail, and there isn't another bke it In the world. I may posaibly copy it, but I'm not anr. It depend npon who buys it How 1 wish you were a woman, Ronald!" she igbed regretfully, "and 1 would make yon boy it for Ascot to-morrowT I wieu I were, my dear. Hut why don't yon go and wear it yotiraelf?" "(iraciotial and leave the ahop for a whole day at this early ilage of it ex laUuicvr You guardsmen have no more idea of buainoa than a baby. No, 1 can't go; but 1 hope you'll hav a Incky day and a good time, and Ronald dear, if yon were nice you'd Juat look In one day coon and tell me what sort of day yon bad. Oh, and lie sore you don't for got to notieo what hat and bonnet peo ple wore. I promised to do my beat, and took my leave reluctantly a a large and portly mntron, gorgeously arrayed, and whose feature unmistakably bet ray oil her Re niltio origin, sailed in and demanded small "flower bonnet," That woman In a flower bonnet! J hope, poor soul, that Nina saved her from herself. "What are you going to do this after noon, Ilonaldr asked my mother, three day later. "I wish you to come and call with uie on the Vunderdecliein," "Can't, my dear mother. Promised to go and sea Nina." Visions of Mia Vanderdecken, rich a Crceau, but oh I so deadly dull, hastened my movements, and 1 waa half way to Oxford street before my mother could call me back. I found Mine. Destrier, as my cousin calls herself, just parting with a customer. The hat wa in ber hand. "Pve sold it," die cried gleefully; "just old it to that nice girl fur five guineas." "Awfully glad, Im snre. But, my dear girl, I've a shock in store for yon. I saw the very model and marrow of tluit hat at Ascot the day before yester day." "You couldn't, you couldn't I Who was wearing it?" she cried sharply. "One of our reigning professional beau ties Lady Loddington." "Lndy LoddingUiul" gasped Nina, catching hold of the chair behind bur. "Ronald, are yon sure you aren't mak ing any mistake?"- "I swear I'm not. She hud on a frock tho color of tho hut, nnd she looked sim ply ripping. I paid her all the compli ments I could think of in the Ave min- ute I wua talking to her." "The cheat, the swindle of it!" cried , my cousin, white with anger. "My dear girl, culm yourtiolfl Tni orry for you, but great minds, as you know, will jump, and soma other clover Woman ha had the satno idea as you. I Nina waa past taking any notice of the insulting suggestion. She seemed thor oughly upset by the coincidence, and looked aa if she wore going to cry, "Why did 1 ever go into business?" , she cried miserably! "it's simply awful ! to get behind the soonos like this sr.cl i find out how mean women well bred women who ought to kuow better can be. Wo wore nil brought up with the old fashioned noblesse oblige ideiui. Ron you wore tooand it seems to me now that there is hardly any one in so ciety who ha a notion of honor and dig nity, aa we used to understand the terms. Society! After all I'm thankful I'm more or loss out of it. It's juat u herd of people, pushing, struggling, sell ing everything for notoriety aud money." "near, henr! Your sentiments, mud am, are mine. But I don't think Uioy should be wasted on tho more fact thut some other woman has made a hat like yours." "She hasn't!" cried Nina indignantly. "Lady Loddington was wearing this very hat! Linton, I'll tell you tho whole story. The same afternoon yon called a lady came in beautifully dressed and asked to see sonio hats. I saw who she was, though I've never mot her, I don't want to meet hor," savagely; "one sees qnite enough of her in all tho shop windows." "One does," I remarked, sotto voco. "She wanted a hut the color of this one; so I brought it out and showed itto ber and told her the pr'ce. and exuhUned wnyit wa w expemdve. 'Oh, Idontl mind giving that fur the hat, aiie wild, 'It I well worth It. I am qui to In lov with It, Mm, Deatrlur, but 1 daren't buy It without lotting my biwlxuid ae 1 It, He I au very parthnilar aliout what j i wear, iouiu i nave it noiti roium to night for him to look utf ' I would lt fou know noma Unto tj morrow whether would take It or not.' Of courae 1 wiid I should bo glad lo ind It, and alio guv in the ldreaa, and th but went round - i ... . -.I..,., . . K uaca aiiu aniu ana wan voiy ourry, out Lord Loddlngtun didn't think It uiUd bur. I thought It looked alitlle tumbled, but one ho to run thoae rlaka v. Ut a una toiida good on approval. Klie had do tennined to hav thut hat juat to wear fur tlio one day, and alia wun tuo moan to got it hiawatly," "Of eourae youll have it out wllh lmr you'll xpoe hnr?" 1 aaid. 1 wa a angry and dinguatod aa Nina, who stood opKwlt me, with her pretty ye and cheek (laming with honrat In dignaUon. "My dear boy, I would If I dared, but I can't afford to. It would drive half my cuaUmier away from me, and 1 muit I think of Hugo aud Uile. They don't t much whil. they are at.eb tlui, but 1 want to give them every advan- . tage, the darUnga, and I wa left an ba-l- y ... aim.. uun.IH w junt TKiunHi t pay so well. I damn't run the rink of xpuning Lady Loddlngton's liiranuw.n "liiUil figoiton your children. No, I see It wouldn't do. Trust uie tu who her a mauvais quart d'heure, If I get the chant. " l"roiiile you'll U) careful. Tldnk of tli boyat" "I won't Injure the dear little chap, yoo btial of mother," "Well, lu that caw, I ouly hope furt one may favor yon." rertmie did favor me at lat, but h kpt uie waiting till the autumn, like the BcJtle Jinle ill ajway la. My chance earn in this wiae: My uncle mM ma up to his plane In Scotland fur shooting, and 1 went, I ho old gentleman l a ' ' wnnobeieur of beauty, and every nrnttv woman of nuU U luminl t,i 1 asked up to D. sooner or laUtr. I got mere in time to ureaa nurneuiy ami up- pear In th drawing room just a my uncle was telling every one whom they were to mis in. i wn inirotineeu w anion urn-1 fiavi.il a nouuii who ene was, out i gav ner my arm ami too4 nemimu , tiuuu, iuuriuiii,K euu- nionplarw on the wsy. The truth Is, I waa half furnished with my journey nud my one Me was dinner. It was not till 1 was well on with the fish stage that 1 lookod at my left hand neighbor, It wn Laidy Lialilington herself. "1 haven't seen you elmro we met at Ascot," she remarked pleasantly. tjhe certainly la a moot lovely wouian, by tho way, I stared blankly, and she wont on, with an air of well acted re proach: "I believe you have forgotten we ever met there." Here wa my chance; I seized it. "Forgot ten I Why, I rerucuibrr every word you aald, Uie color of yonrgown, and even tho very hat you wore tlio lowlieet and moat becoming bat I ever saw In my life." The compliment told. "1 dotit believe you do," she pouted. "Upon my word 1 do. It waa a sort of big affair of amethyst velvet und feather lo match. 1 remember it wllh double force ts'caitso I made a cousin of mine qnile angry with Urn more descrip tion of it ' I don't knuw if you have over ruet her? She ha gone into millinery, like everybody else. She call herself 'Mine. Destrier.' " 1 looked Lady Loddington full in the fiie, aud laid a peculiar emphasis on Hie name. I tiever saw nny ono so thoroughly caught in my life, I knew in a moment Uiat she knew I know, aa Punch would put it. She turned perfectly scarlet to the roots of her hair, and then quite white, and didn't sneak for at least a eaoment. Then ah pulled hermJf to gether as only a woman run, and adroit ly changed the subject. But she has been monstrously civil to ' me ever since, much to tlio surprise of my friend, 1 am plain and miintorcst iug; I am not a personage; I haven't a farthing not even expectations -and they can't uiuko out where the attraction Hi They had lictter ask Mine. De strier, of Oxford street, to enlighten them. London World. Only Partial BaU.fai tl'.n. Another Incident of Uio wheelmen's excursion over to Eurox wo overheard one morning. They wore riding along through Germany wdien u Gorman boy tltrew a good nixed club out in the read ' to see them run over it. Unfortunately, the club struck a wheel, broke out four or five apoke aud caused a rider to take a header, They all dismounted and ( made for tho boy. Tho parent put in 1 an appearance. Between English and : Germuti It waa difficult tu mako them nnderatand what the boy hud done. Finally the affair waa illustruted by j the production of the club and the i wheel. Then the old man turned on the boy and gave him a terrible whipping. When ho got through tho wife con tinned on lu a second edition. Ail efforts to , induce payment for tho broken wheel were in vain. They wcro willing to pound the boy, but bad no money to re- ! pair damages. West Chester (Pu.) Hoc- I ord. ! 81 Things ii tiny Ought to ft now, First Thut a quiet voice, courtesy und kind urto lire im essential to tho part in the world of a gentleman its of a gentle woman. Second Thut roughness, blustering and even foolhardinena nro not niuiill lrt'99. Tlio most firm and courageous men have usually boon tho most gentle, en nuva usiiuiiy neon t no inosi pcmie, i Thlrd-Thnt muscular strength is not health, Fourth That a bruin crammed only with facta is not necessarily a wire ono. Fifth That the labor impossible to tho boy of H will be easy to the man of 20. Sixth That the boat capital for a boy is not money, but a lovo of work, simple tnstes and a heart loyal to his friends and his God. Youth's Companion. Keeping tho CI' leken llock. When the chicken incubator show was here, a young man infatanted with the idea pnrchased ono and placed therein about thirty eggs. According to the rulij they were to be hutched tho Sdof the month. But it appears that the young man's watchful wife observed a fine brown egg giving way under pressure, as it were, on the 1st of tho month, and thinking the chick wua ap pearing prematurely, she promptly panted eumo brown paper over the aper ture in tho egg and with ft self satisfied smile awaited the coming of her hus band. He declare now thut there is nolhinir lilro a woman for imronuirv. Lawrence Eagle. BRIEF MENTION. Coal la scarce at Pittabtiig, Pa. The blahop of Itto de Janeiro I dead. The t'riiaaian diet la In smedon again. The firat Wyoming legialatur U In Mwlon. Peru hna a new tariff and Mexico la preparing otin, A llrooklyn lc factory ha been d- Kobneika hits outatripped Kauaa in growth of jtopitlation. John Delllle, the AtnertuAn eonaul at j Itriatol, Kng., la dead. It I mild that Jay Oould has gained ' control of the Union Pacific. Lucy Iiidlcy, a colored woman living in New York, claim to be 117 year old. 1 he penltenilarie of Texa have eon- j triluilml 71,KX) to the slate treaaury th past yMir. The I'hihidelphla mint received mor bullion last month than at any time in 1 Ita history. I A tornado not euiiatrntitud of Inter- ; Kiting ateel rings la soon to b put to a ' pntctlnd tmt, I DOylu Cnrte, Uilbnrt and Bulllvan of 0jM,rillk, fmm, hive ,m((iH M(1 wW m,Ut cnr(ltB. , ,,,.,... p,.,,W!U will I. M, Iwteil by (he KuighU of Labor now In toieunn at Ih-nver. Wilson SlcC'iindiHsa, prealdent of tb Alloffluiny, Pa., Nationnl bank, died suddenly in Pari. IipitUhw from Valparaiso say th pnlileiit of llille hua refuaad to enter- tain tlio Uroyfua claiiiut. JuHtiee John (X llngan, bead of th In .ll land Colliuilaaion, la dead. II wa well known m a pool and author. The flour uillla of Oporto are closing ' in coiieqii"nee of the decree prohibiting llie importation or rurelgn wnettt. I A project la on foot to constrnct 1 ship railway which will give Chicago din.i t cuiininnictition with Europe, A row among (he heir of millionaire Huull, who u us murdered in Chicago, liiui liromrht to tlie surface much scan. dm, iturghira blew open the safe of A. B. j W(,vpr iu Nw mum Rml win twh ,, in j, ,,, jjut,, q Charle Ihirkhaller of Milford, Pa., is Ul.. I.....,l. . ..,.,..e,.rrt h. ' w hich sheepskins can be tunned in fifteen : minute. The seventy-second annual meeting of the general missionary committee of the Methodist Episcopal church is In session at Boston. Receiver White and Slocura of the siiirnr trust hnve taken posaewlon of all properties and affairs of the trust in New York. The hotel at Berlin are crowded with commnptive waiting their turn to be inoculated with the lymph manufactured by Dr. Koch. Judgments amounting to $."00,000 have been secured against the Kansas City Packing company by Snmual Leonard of Boalun. The English torpedo boat Serpent waa wrecked on the rucks off Cape Bncy, Spain. Only three of the 250 men on board got ashore. The laint, It is said, was never aw wort hy. William Pansier, one of the moat dar ing and desperate moonshiner of West Virginia, has lieen raptured by United States Marshal Miller. J The natiomil convention of the Worn :en's Christian Temperance Union Is in sessiuti at Atluntn, Oa. President Fran j els E. Willard is presiding. A revolt cropped out in Honduras last I week-and Prosident Borgnn evacuated ', the cnpilnl. Affairs were patched np, I and things are quiet again. The attorney itoneral of Illinnis has I filed a bill hi wind up the affairs of the Mutual I ire IiiMiviitice company of Chi cago on the ground of fraud. The romiiiiH of the lute Maj. Gen. Crook were taken to Washington and Interred with military honors In the na tional cemetery at Arlington. Prince Bismarck refnsed submit the proof sheets of his liook of memoirs to Emperor William, and the hitter threat ens to suppress it tn Germany. David Mctvean, ex-president of the Savannah, Mo., National bank, has been sentenced hi two year In th peniten tiary for defrauding depositors. The money market suffered a sharp short panic lt week, and but for timely ni 1 from the New York clearing house, would have resulted disastriously. Judge Vandorbnrgh of the snpreme court at St. Paul, hns decided that ticket Ixiught of a "scalper" is valid and must 1 accepted by the railroads. The proposed French tariff is causing more consternation in Aivro-IInngary than the American tariff bus, especially the section fixing the duty on timber. The grand jury nt Montreal has in dicted Correspondent O'Brien for libel in sonding abroad the story about Prince George participating In a street fight. The school board at Cherokee, la., an nounces thut hereafter every teacher will lie required to sign a contract not to get married during the school yenr. A young school Isiy at Vienna found grout difficulty in mustering the third declension in his Latin grammar, and it so worked on his mind that he took his life. The opening of a bank in Hardins burg, Ky brought to light a fnOO bill that a farmer living near there had had stored itway in bis house for twenty year. A new automatic machine used for , , , ,, , . , 'Pln' Itofflca will cancel, postmark, count and stuck Jotters and postal cards nt tho rnte ot M.000 per hour. The interest of tho Howards in the Louisiana lottery wns recently sold to a tiyndiciito for lf2,,W0,0C0. The wheel of fortune turns to lottery ownore when ever it revolves. The engineer of the Buja Gold Min ing company say that over $5,000,000 is in sight in one of the company's niluos in Lower California. Bruna Lab.tstido, a soldier who par ticipated in the murder eomo time ago of Limit. Cnlepix, was publicly shot at the City of Mexico. He met death in a cowardly manner. Tho temporary buildings on what re mained of Johnstown's, Pa., public square after the flood, and used since for business houses, are being torn down. They cost $111,000. The third unnniil convention of the American Agricultural Colleges and Ex perimental Stations is in session at Champaign, Bl with delegates from all over the country, A great sensation b been created at Akron, O., by th arrest of Charle A. Collin, x mayor of Akron and a prom inent manufacturer, for robbing tb till of A. QiUe' loon. Judg flnndel, associate justice of the uprem eourt of Arksnaaa I dead. II wa United State district attorney fur the western district f Arkansa nuder Cleveland ! dinlnlatrtlon. Tb Cronln prosecution at Chicago I reported to hav eenred a confession from Iceman O'Sulllvan, who lain the penitentiary, detailing th clrcn instance of th mnrdor of Dr. Cronln. Mlk Brennan, the champion heavy weight of Montana, defeated Jacx. Born of Jersey City in two round near Ja maica, L t The fight wa for $V a id and wa a vary tarn affair. At a mall ttatioa on the the Long Island railroad, th body of Jam 8. Goodwin, a cartoonutt on Puck, wa found beside the track. It 1 supposed b wa struck by a parning train. Tli board of manager of Adams' Ex pre company ba adopted a resolution making tb poatoflo department regu lation a to tb application of the anti lottery law applicable to 1U employe. Mr. Clark, a member of the New South Wale legislature, wa forcibly put ont of the seaembly, and his seat declared vacant lie bad an altercation with the chairman and defied him to enforce the role. The announcement I ruade at Chicago that Philip O. Arjnonr and Michael Cudany have dissolved partnership, Ar mour making over hi intercut in tb Omaha bonae in axenange for Cudany interest In th Chicago boa. Tb Prohibition!) tn th East are greatly pleased with Jostle Field' opinion in th Christenaen case at San Francisco, which uphold th right of local anthoritie fco exercis their discre tion in granting llqnor license. Th Denver and Rio Grande and Col orado Midland management ha an nounced th opening of the broad gang line for through business. Arrange ment are completed to run through cars between Denver and San Francisco. A bloody street tight occurred at Ann Arbor, Mich., between university tn dents and a company of militia. Th militia waa parading and the student fell in behind them, whereupon the mil itia charged the latter. One student was killed and a number on both side ser iously wonnded. James McSloy, a prominent mechanic of Erie, Pa., and S. Benson were acci dentally killed while moving some ma chinery. Henry Sntter, a naval veteran, vflio had been a warm friend of McSloy, on bearing of hla death went home and committed inlcid. Two Brazilian cruisers areexpected to arrive at New York th latter part of this month with tb special purpose of delivering to the president a medal and a letter of thank from the Brazilian government for the prompt recognition of the new republic. The treasury department ha decided that pure alcohol Is dutiable at 10 per cent ad valorem, withont regard for the use for which it Is Intended. Thi will prevent the importation, free of duty, of alcohol for the nse of scientific or edu cational Institutions. Arrangement are complete for laying two pnenmatio tnt-ea between Jersey ! City and Newark for the purpose of car rying small packages and mail matter between thee two and several intermed- lat points. Th robe will be twenty four Inches in diameter. Thousands of dollar worth of fine Havana cigar have been stolen from their case en the way from the factories in Havana to England Jn the laat few months, and the thieves have done their work so well that the detective have not fonnd a single clew. J. Reginold Bnrchell, who killed bis fellow countryman F. C Benwell, was hanged at Woodstock, Out. He left a statement denying that he had ever com mitted murder, and that if any con fession onrDortintr to come from him was published It wa bogus. A shortaire of 100,000 has been found In the defunct Hall Sc Willis hardware company at Kansas City, and Shelby Jones, treasurer, being charged with the responsibility of theshertage, committed suicide, leaving a note saying that he oould not stand the unjust accusation. A plot to exterminate the Dnpont family of powder fame at Wilmington, Del., has aroused the people 'ef look af ter their own safety, as the explosion of the mill so close to the city would cause great damage. The fourth one of the large barns of the company has been burned. Two negroes have been ar rested. The T7th anniversary of the birth of Allen G. Thnrman was made the occas ion of an ovation at Columbus, Ohio. Prominent Democrat from all over the country were present. Ex-Preeldent Clevand was the principal speaker. Mr. Tmmnaii is hale and hearty, but he will not run for office again, he say. The total value of Imports from the United States into New Zealand, during 1889 amounted to BlJls.lw, andln- creae over the preceding year of $96,835. The value of the exports to the United States during tb tame time was $1,796, 860, thus showing th balance of trade to be $5,830 in favor of tb United State. A Cat Tending- a Chicken. At a farm in tbe district of Forest Hall on of a brood of chickens was lamed. Unable to follow th hen In it search for food the chick waa soon half starved. The chick was missed, and next day wa found lying with three kitten, th mother of which gav th fledgling every attention. Every day the eat ha carried the bird In It mouth Into th farm yard, where It ha obtained foed, and aa regnlarly conveyed It in the same manner back to 11 with th klttena. Through th ear of pus th In jured limb I growing itronger and the chicken is thriving. Feathered World. A Charitable People. A man who had been swindled out of 13,000 good money whir trying to buy $6,000 worth of counterfeit arrived In Mil waukee tn a pennflea condition, and th people ao fait for htm that they raised purs of til to balp htm get horn in first elan shape, Detroit Free Pre. Holme Bualne College or Portland, Oregon will open Sept. 1st. J.A. Weseo. the londltifr Denmnn of the const, has become a partner In thla school and will raate ll the leading Business College. Houd for Catalogue. 'The Jeresy Lily." Anolkska CoTtaok, L. B., July 3. flentlemeni Altho' It Is very unusual for me to use any lotions or washes, etui. In an swer to your request, 1 huve tried W'lsrtem's Violet Oream aud Kohertlne. The former I consider esrwolully effloavloua In cases of rimirlineaa of the skin, and I have hecn uslnit it every day Sir the Iwt fortnight. I have found the Rouertlne an excellent prepar ation In nauca of tan. sunburn, etc., caused by .exposure to March winds and a JUiymin. loura inunniiiy, , I.ILUC LANOTKV, To Messrs . Wisdom Co, COAST NEWS. Butte, Mont lott $10,000 by fire. Snow 1 plentiful in th Sierra. The Fresno, Cal. Inquirer ba been burned ont. A Farmer Alliance I being formed at Petal u ma, CaL The skating rink craze at San Fran cisco la reviving. Spokane Falls plumbers have demand ed tb eight- hour day. Th Washington Furniture company at Spokane Fall ha assigned. Work will begin nxt week on the Monterey, CaL, street railway. Oregon want a space of ten acre for her exhibit at the world' fair. Fire at Tlburon, Cal., destroyed every tmaines house but two; lost $20,000. A aenaation ba been created by the discovery that Seattle' cenan return were padded. The Morning Journal of Seattle ha been old to The Morning Telegraph of tbe (am city. Th funeral of the late Alfred H. Es till of Sacramento waa largely attended by prominent people. J. E. R. OFarrell, a prominent Dem ocrat and county surveyor for ten year, died at Woodbind, CaL A patent brick work la to b erected on what remained of tb Green Brae ranch at San Rafael, CaL Tbe car, paint and blacksmith shop of the Atlantic and Pacific railroad at Bar stow, Cal,, have been burned. " Joseph Thompson of Australia has ar rived at San Francisco, H intend to establish a race track in California. Dr. Charle Ford, of-the Charle Ford company of Watsonville, CaL, is dead. He left over a half million of property. A. O. Smith Republican candidate for assemblyman in the Seventy-eighth California district, was elected by two majority. LX Beebtel, postmaster at BeUerue, Wash., wa crushed to death between two log at hi logging camp at Lake Washington. William M. Denny, a prominent broker on the Mining Exchange at Spo ken Falls, committed suicide because of financial losses. Capt. Isaac Thomas, a well known teamboat man of Portland, fell into a dralnag ditch whicthe waa superin tending and wa drowned. The second trial at Santa Crux, CaL, of Budd'Mann for the murderof Fred Blumhardt five months ago resulted in the acquittal of the defendant. The grain grower of Eastern Wash ington want redress. They say that tills year they will pay out over $1,000, 000 in exhorbitant freight rates. In the Farmer warehouse at Albany, Or,, there are now stored 180,000 bushels of wheat and oata. A train of forty cars la loading there for San Francisco. The Nevada county, CaL, grand jury ha found indictment against twelve saloonkeepers in Nevada City and Grass Valley for selling liquor on election day. The corner stone of tbe permanent building of the California Home for the Care and Training of Feeble Minded Children at El Verano wa laid Wednes- day. William Reay, a wealthy pioneer resi dent of Saanich, B. C died from tbe ef fect of a blow irom a aandbag in the hand of a burglar, received three months ago. A lady named Fevall living in Amador county, Cal., gave a tramp a upper, lodging and $1. Th tramp, whoee name wa John Bancroft, has just died at Portland and left her $15,000. James M. Damron, an ex-member of aasembly and a well known attorney of Lo Angeles county, Cal., ha been ao quitted on a charge of forgery. There are two more charges against him. Five persons were killed by an express train going through a trestle at Lake Lablsh. about five mile from Salem, Or. It is claimed by the Southern Pa cific officials that the accident was the work of train wreckers. The largest purchase of wool from any one sheep raiser in the Southwest took place at Albuquerque, N. M., George Osborne & Co., purchasing nearly 200, 000 pounds from William Molntosh at the hignest market price. The wool was merino of the finest textnre. Judgment for $288,822 ha been en tered at Portland against the Southern Pacific company, for note issued by tbe Portland and Willamette Valley rail road, now owned by the Southern Pa- ' cifio, in favor of tbe Pacifio Improve ment company of San Francisco. Charles L. Terry, ex-customs inspector at Seattle, who became notorious for smuggling oQiutn while performing his duties, and who ba been absent from the United States for several years by reason of indictments against him, has returned to Seat tle and given himself up. Mrs. Elraa Glover, secretary of the San Jose, Cal., Board of Trade, while siok in bed was awakened by crackling flames and found the adjoining room on fire. P'" got a far as the kitchen but there fu unconscious, and would have perished but for the opportune arrival of a neighbor. At the annnal meeting of the board of trustees of Princeton university Presi dent Paxton announced the gift of a new building by Mrs. Harriet Crocker Alexander, daughter of the late Charles Crocker of California, The new hall, whioh is to be used for commencement exercises, is to be a memorial of the Alexander family, fifteen of whom have been graduated from Princeton. The following have been appointed fourth olass portmasters for the Pacifio coait: California E. Blohuu, at Blanco, Monterey county, vice C Lewis, re signed; J. Smith, at Downer, Los An geles county, vice C. R. J. Chapman, removed; F. Wilkinson, Woodbridjre, San Joaquin county, vice L. C. Mo Murty, removed. Oregon William Vinson, at Winchester, Douglas county, vice C. Grubbe, declined. For Sale, Two lots In block 6 Henry Hill's ml ditton to Independence for $125 each, one-fifth down, balance next May with out Interest. This Is a bargalu. Ku qulre at West Side office. 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