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MRS. A. M. HURLEY,
MillmerjiFaaey Goods
Next to Independence National Bank.
Isosrssoasca, Okeoow.
I. FARMER,
TONSORIAL ARTIST
Mln 8l Independence.
having, 14 lMt 'tlri Hhm
Durham Bros.
CITY MEAT MARKET.
Choice Ieef, Mutton, Pork nd Vcnl lway
ton hand.
t . Bmwage In eam.
RMiitorvd lalloW
Muln t.. Independence
Dressmaking Parlors I
MISS GKOKUIA KlHOU,
Lately from Portland, linn opened Irc
making Parlora In the Nelwm building, on
Main HU, and la now prepared to do all worn
In her Vine.
Jasperson & Parker,
INDEPENDENCE, OR.
Architects, Builders and Cont'rs.
Alwayn in tlielr Hindi and Door Fnctory. and
will try to plea) all. (five them a trlnl and he
'convinced that they are worthy ut your pat
r onage.
DR. JORDAN'S eV CO'S.
MUSEUM OF ANATOMY.
751 Market Ht., Ban Krunclaoo.
Admlwilon 25centK.
Go and learn how to avoid
dlNeawe. CoriHUltaMon and
treatment perwinally or by let
ter on upermatorhea or gonlhtl
wnakneuan(lalldlKeaHen(irmen.
Hend for book. Private nDlee
211 Geary Ht. ConiiulUtlon free.
n. R. TATTERSON,
DRUGGIST
DEALEB IN
WATCHES, '
CLOCKS AND
JEWELRY.
INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
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' "' BANKS.
pirjtjlatioijalBaijH
INDETKNDBNCB, OREUON.
Praaldant ... ...J. 8. COOPER,
Vloa Praaldant, U. W. ROIKRtSON.
Caahlar W. H. HAWL1Y.
DIRKOTOH9I
O. r, IkewjMea, J. $, Cmpmf,
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Tran aeu a tenant tanking bnatneea. Bar
aad aelU iaubaufe ea all ImvotteM potato.
rulu miuImJ tmUaM a atiack ae
MHiKomie ot detMMtt. CuUevtteva atade aa all
Mto va teranVle torwa, ,
gW-oneakeanitA.ILta4P.il.
Hall'i burglar arael lafe teeared kt Tale
rieMUok.
THE INDEPLNDENCE
National Bank 1
CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000.
H. HIRSCHBBRQ, - Praeldent
A SRAM NILSON, Vloa Praaldant
W. P. CON NA WAV, - Caahlar.
A general basking and etebange Uutnaw
IranM.Mvd liiaua nU; bllU dUeountvd, euia
Merelai eradlu gnaiedi denulu real4 a
earrtoi aveovui tukjeet to etievki latertd said
ea lime depoall.
DIRECTORS!
Joahua MoDantal. H. H. Jaanoraon,
A, J. Goodman, H. Hlreohberg.
A Oram Naleon, T. i. Let
U A. Alio.
(Eatablitlied bjr National authority.)
THE -
Capital : National : Bank !
Or SAtBM, ORBOOK,
CAPITAL, PAID UP, $5o,ooo.oo.
SURPLUS, SI 8,000.
ft. a WAIXACI, W. W. MARTtR,
Praaideal. Vlea rtealdeak
J. S. ALBERT, CuMer.
LOANS MADE.
Te fmnw ea wheal aad other nerekanlaMe
awidaee. eoaalgaad at la etnr. eltner la prkvftte
f nuMTta oe publle warektHieee.
Orato dnwa dlieat aa Hew York, Ckteago,
Baa FWaalana, PeitleM. iMdoa, Parto, aertla,
Vwat K1 aad OHoeJaa.
THE POLK COUNTY BANK,
UONUUUTH, OKIMOM.
PfMen. (I'nrllaiid) ,.
Vlt-e PnnlCenl
1,'n.iiiur ,,
,. t. A. MAPRI'M
P. L. CAMPItCl.t.
... L C. POWItU
Cflpttl S!ock,
Till Up,
150,000
25,000
UlRtCOTOHS!
1. a. Mtrni'jt, r. a pnwpu.
J. h, Pl'I'M P. IHAAC M HIMPflOM
i, V. 11. IjUI'I R, A. B. OKtUus,
P. U CAMV1IK1J.
A rwwil hanklngnndneM Iramaeted. !
m ? r.'cvlin'l autijm l lurliei'k, or "H rertlllraie
.if ,t,iilt. lam male, bllla dlwoniited. e
rha g bought and eold, Intercut paid on time
iltHiiu.
Kln-nmnf vanll and burglar proof , teeared
by Yale lime Iwk.
fflromre h"iir I a. m. to p. m,
The Celebrated French Cure,
VSSH? "APHRODITINE"
U HI1I.P ON A
POSITIVK
OUARANTgg
lo cure any
form of iiflrrnm
dlieahe, or any
dlnonlor ol the
Ktmerntlve or
gans of either
III! Iroill t in Mr I EH
eirranWe me of Hltmiilauta, Tobacco or Opium,
or through ynmlilul lucllacrellou, over In. lull
eucc, Ac, tiii'k an I.om ol Hraln Power, Walteful
new. Hearing down i'alna III the llni k, Hemlnal
Weauueu, ll)lerla,Nervou Prmtrallon NiK luru
al KmlMloua, lui'orrhii'a, DIuliieH, Weak Mem
ory, Uma of Power am! Impntency, whleh If lie
fleeted oflen 1 'ail to premature old aw and luaan
ir. Prleell.uO a box,boea lor ti.uo Hunt uy
mall ou receipt ol erica,
A W It I TT K N (i 1) A It A N T E E for every WK
order, to refund the money If a I'ermniieii.
cure la not effeeted. Thnuaauda of teallinouliila
fnimiililaiHlyiiHiiK.nl Ixilli win, peruiatiently
cured by Ai'HHotiiTiKR. Circular free. A'Mreaa
THE APHRO MEDICINE CO.
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DOX 27, PORTLAND, OR.
For hhId by Hustnr Locke,
TAYLOR'S
Cash Grocery & Bakery
ON 0 STREKT.
Freali Ttrcud, Pie. and Cnkua on hand every day
exeeit Hiimlay.
.. hill and (rcali atock of canned goodn, flour,
lean, coll'-iu, auar, cuiiillea, clKan and tobacooi,
D. B. TAYLOR, Proprietor.
mil
VEGETABLE PANACEA
PREPARfD FROM
ROOTS & HERBS,
II Ml inn
AND ALL OTHER DISEASES
ARISING FROM A
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OR AN
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DRUGGISTS ft GENERAL DEALERS
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BEFORE
ONLY TEN YEARS,
0ty ten yean of Joyieadl
XI aaanw not Taary kwif
Ouly fan jnaare ol bopua and feaia
TbaA W my luaHwirf tbm(
And aa rea are alaadlag agaut at my atda,
Re fair aad aa yuatuy, my buany arkia,
New breaka frua toy heart IhU eoagi ,
Only tea yean el Jnya and lean.
lit amrry aad ohiody weaiker,
nave ukaaded our llraa tetraUier, nay laea,
Have wekM our beana tugeMaar.
a we'll draauu owe agata of the happy day
wbaa ,. ,
We timidly etood la tke aanrautg
With kearuruUaf leva, auk tke khw aklaa
above.
And rueea our garden adoralag,
Aad eow you an alaadlag again al aiy akta,
Me fair aad aa young, my bunny bride,
With roe our pathway adorahtg.
Only tea yean of Jnya and taan,
Aad tbe lean I Mo pnaria an turanag)
Oaly lea yean of hopaa and faan,
And eow a eweet Inceeee a burning
On the altar of Love, wheae dladew
Mow aktwawn and gllatoee wltk auwy a gwe
lif aanctMed aorruw aad yearaiag.
Only taa yean of ion and lean,
Of Bierry aad caoudy waaikw,
Bare bleadad our Uvea tageUMr, aiy lava, '
llaea wetdad our Iraem ketker. v ,
Only laai yean of bataaa aad faan I '!
Their paaatag waa Oeae,
' lail Uwir ttvtaa waa aweet
Xa rjKvry aad cloudy weather, my love,
Aa we've Journeyed along kayether.
Huaaua Otaka
THE CLERK'S STORY.
In Uia fall ot? INM I wag ruiloyoJ a a
eJerk In a fnrtoral gtora gt a oruat ruaUa
lnaoathrn luiHan. Tbe attire, a olinroh
ami a blat kamlth ahop, with two Teal
dmoca, mad up tHa baUtlintri, and tha
fainlllea of the merchant and Uta blav k
gmlth wora tha only mldrmta. The
country about waa thickly getllnl, how
evttr, iuhI tmln waa alwaya (ood. lie
ftira tha merchant rmgajred ma ha an
nounivil that I would have to slerp in
tha atora o' niKbta, and that unlrea I had
plack MiotiKh to Jofcnd tha ilao gjulnat
maraaditra ha did not want m at any
prioa.
He allowed we a aluiltiii, a povolror
and a apring gun, whk-h were ueed, or
ou hand to ba uaed, to tlcffud tha pbv,
and tho windowa were prutnrted with
tout blluda and tha diwra by double
lock. Tha tUm ot tli war had drifUtd
a bad population Into Imliana. Tha
liluliwnya wore full of tramp, ant) thorw
were hundred of men who had deter
mined to mnka a llvlitjr by goina other
inc tie than Intior. rveiiU attrtnpta
bad been nittilo to nib the .tore, aaJ It
had coma to that ptt that no elevk
waulvd to abfip thorn alona.
Tha nii-rrbaiit aewnird Httiafird with
nworg 1 tcava hlio, and on a certain
Monday morning I went to work. Tba
Ainu night a atore about four mllca
away wna broken Into and rubbed and
tha cltrk aorioiudy wounded. Two
Blhl lator three) horww were atolra in
our neitihlxirhood. At tlia and of a
wea-k a furtnor who waa on hla way
home from onr atora waa Mbbed on Uie
biKhway.
If I had not ben a light alerpnr from
habit tbceo oectirrencea wonld ' have
temued to preTent too lenirthy dnauna aa
I lay in my httla bedroom at tha front
of tba apoond atory. The revolver waa
alwayg placvd under my pillow, and tha
ghotffnn (4od within reach. The apring
Kun waa act about midway of tha lower
floor. It waa donbla barreled ahottfun,
each barrel containing a biff charge of
buckithot, and tha man who kicked tha
gtriiig and (linchivored Uie weapon wonld
never know what hurt him.
It did not aeein ponttible that any one
oould break into the atora without aroua
ingmo. Thoro waa no door to nay room,
and after tha people in the neighborhood
had Km to bed F oonld hear Die gllght
eat Molae in tbe atore. I had looked tbe
place over for a weak gpot and had
failed to lind it, but tuy own conOdence
came near proving my destruction. 1
ghoultl have told you in describing Die
gtora that jnat over the apot where we
aut tbe gpring gun waa an opening
through which we hofeted and lowered
mich giaidg aa wore atored for a time on
the gecoud floor. When not in nee tliii
opening wna civnred by a trap door.
Toward evening on the tnith day of
my clerluliip I hointcd npa lot of pailg
and tul, and had Juet flniahed when
trade became ao briak that I waa called
to wait upon cuHtomera. Lator on I aaw
that I had left the trap door open, and 1
gitid to myaelf that I would lot it go un
til I went to bod. The atore had the
only burglar proof gafe for milea
around, and it waa ouxtomary for the
former who had a hundred dollar or no
to leave it with n. He received an en
velope in which to endoee it, and be
could take out or put in a he liked. On
tliia evening four or Ave farmer came
in to deposit, and aa I afterward figured
op we had about $1,500 in the rnfe.
There wore two atrange faces in Uie
crowd that evening. One belonged to a
roughly drmwod, evil eyed man, who an
nounced himanlf aa a drover, and the
other as a pnifitwionul tramp. 1 gave
the bitter a piece of tobacco and aome
crackorg and cbeeae, and he goon went
away, aud wo were go bogy up to 9
o'clock that I did not give the drover
much Attention. Whon we catne to ghut
up the atore he had gone from my mind
altogether. We oountad up the caeh.
made gome chitrgca iu Uie day book, and
it wiui about 10 o'clock whea tbe mer
chant loft I wfia tired, and I took a
candle and mode tlie circuit of the gtnre,
But the Hinlng gun aud went to bed. 1
had to pntw within six foet of the trap
door n I went to my room, but I did not
soelt It waa a rather chilly night in
October, and we had no Arcs yot, and oa
got uml or the blankets the warmth
waa no grateful that I noon foil asleep.
It was the first night I had gone to bed
without thinking of robbers and won
dering how I should act in case they
came In. I did not know when I fell
asleep. I suddenly found myself half
upright in kid, and there was an echo m
the atore, aa if the fall of something bad
aroused me. It was 1 o'clock, and I had
been asleep almost three hours. Leaning
on my elbow I strained my ears to catch
the slightest aonnd, and after a mlnnt
I heard a movement down stair. While
I could not say what it was, a tort of in
stinct told me that it was made by tome
human beiug.
Everything on the street was as silent
as the grave. My window curtain wan
up, and I could see that the sky had
thickoned and was very black, I did not
wait for the noise to be repeated. I was
jnat as euro that some one was In the
store as if I had already seen him, and 1
crept softly out of bed, drew on my
trousers and moved out into the big
room, having tbe revolver in my hand.
There was no door at the head of the
ttalr. I intended to go there and listen
down the stairway. -
As I was moving across the room,
which was then pretty clear of good at
for as the trap door, I suddenly rtwoV
course to reach It It waa terribly dark
In tbe room, and ono unfamiliar with
tha plae wonld not have dared to wove
6 foot. Half way to Uie trap I got down
on hand and knoea, and a I reached the
opening I settled down on my stomach.
Thar waa a dim light down stulrt.
That aettlod tba fact that aome one wag
In tha store, After a tuinuto I hoard
whispers, than Um movement of foot,
then certain sound which located tha
intruders to a foot They were at Ut
aafe In Ui front of the store.
I drew myaslf forward and looked
down tha opening. I oould aoe a lighted
oandl and two or turn dark figures at
the safe, and I oould bear the combina
tion being worked, My first thought
was to drop my hand down and open lire
tn their direction, but I remembered that
we bad ao many article hanging up Uiat
no bullet had a ohanoa of bitting tha
man. I was wondering what to do, when
1 beard one of the men whiwpert
"1ft all d d nonsense, W might
work here a wank and not hit It"
"Dot I told you to bring the tools aud
yon wouldn't," probwtal another.
"Oh, dry apl" put In A third voice.
"Wbat wa want to do Is to go up and
bring that counter hopper down, and
make hint open tb box."
"I'll give the cosaed thing a few more
trials," said tha first man, and I beard
bint working away again. My eyes
oould not have told ma tba number of
Mlilwra, but my ear had. There were
three of them, and they war no doubt
desperate and determined men. They
sjKiks of bringing me down to open Uie
safn, as if no resistant waa antlrltwted
or taken Into aoconnt Indeed, they
might well reason that they had me at
their mercy. The rain waa now falling,
the night was very dark, and a pistol
aliot in tba store could not hart boon
board In either of the dwellings.
If they had reflected that I might be
armed they would have offset it with
Uie fact that I was a boy of 18, with a
f rl's face and probably a girl's nerve,
don't deny Utat I wa bit rattled, and
that my Up would quiver in spite of me,
but I wa at tb same time fully de
termined to protect Ut store If it cost
me aiy life. How to got at tha fellows
waa what bothered me, but that trouble
waa aoon solved.
"There," whiaired tbe man at the
combination a ha let go of it, "I won't
fool here another minute. That kid
knows Uie combination, and w can
make him work iL Com on." ,
They were coming up stairs. The bent
plane for me would be at tba hoad of the
stAirway. Tha stair bad a half turn in
tnera, and I would fire um the tret
man who cam within range. I heard
Uie men coming back to the stairway
and my nerve gave way, It wasn't from
cowardice, but the knowledge that I was
to kill a human being upaot me. 1 Av
oided to retreat to my room, and If they
persisted In coming that far I would
shout. Tb trio bad rubbers on tbvir
feet, but they cares up stairs without
trying very hard to prevent making a
nolae.
The one who came first had the candle,
and aa be got to tbe bead of the aUtr 1
saw a knife in hla other hand. Tbey
tuatle no delay in approaching my room,
and with a great effort I braced myself
for what I saw most happen. They
oould not aee me until within three or
fonr feet of tbe door, and their first inti
mation that I was out of bed was when
tbey beard me call out:
"Stop, or I'll thootr
I had them covered with the weapon,
and for fifteen seconds there waa a dead
llenoe. Then they got plan. The
man with tbe candle dashed It on the
Boor, and I suppose tbey meant to rush
in on me in Uie dark, but I checkmated
it by opening fire. Tbey then either
meant to retreat down stairs or toward
the rear of tbe floor, for I saw the three
together moving off, and fired at their
dim figures. Three seconds later there
wa a great shout of horror, followed by
tb tremendous report of Uie dotibje bar
reled spring gun, and then there was ab
solute silence.
I think I stood in Uie door shaking like
a leaf for fully three minutes before Uie
aUeno waa broken by a groan. Then it
came to me that the robber bad fallen
through Uie open door npon Uie cord
loading to tbe gun. I struck a match,
lighted my own candle, and going to
Uie opening aaw three bodies lying be
low. Running back to Uie bedroom to
recharge my revolver, I then went down
stairs to investigate.
It was as I luspected. The three bad
pitched down together. Tha top of one'
head had been blown off by the shot, a
second had a bole in bis chest aa big as
your flat, while the third, who was re
sponsible for the groans, was severely
wounded In both legs. It was three
months before he oould be put on trial,
and he then got four years in prison,
Tbe whole thing was a put np job. The
"drover" wa a Chicago burglar called
"Clawhammer Dick," aud he bad hiddeu
himself in the ttore that night, aud then
let his pals in by the bsok door. They
had a horse and wagon in the rear of
Uie bnilding, and tbe plan was to rob
Uie store of goods as well as to get at the
money in the safe. A bit of carelessness
on my part not only saved the store and
probably my life, bnt wiped out a very
dosperate gang. lloston Commercial
Bulletin.
Tie Ball flayee.
Bobby Do yon like your new house?
Little Johnnie Ye. It has a vacant
lot nAxt door. Epoch.
i
The Blggaat Apple Tree.
The largest sppls tree In New England,
and probably In the. world, is In the north
western part of Cheshire, Conn., standing
in Mr. Delos Hotchkias' door yard. Its
age osn b trsoed by a family tradition to
U0 years at least, and it may lie 80 or 85
years older. It Is at tha present time of
symmetrical shape; the trunk It nearly
round, without a tear or blemish on It;
there are 8 largs branohes; 6 of them have
been in the habit of bearing fruit one year
and the remaining 8 the next.
Mr. Hotcbklts hat gathered lu one year
from the 5 branohes 85 bushels of fruit,
and his prededessor had harveated a orop
of 110 bushels from the same 6 brauohes.
By oareful measurement theclroumferenoe
of the .trunk 1 foot above the ground,
above all enlargements of tb root, I 18
feet 8 Inches. The girth of the largest si n
gle limb is 6 feet 8 inches The height ot
the tree hss been carefully measured and
found to be 00 feet, and the spread of the
branohes at the applet fall is 100 feet, or 8
rods. The fruit is. rather small,, sweet,
and of moderate excellence, lloston Jour
naJ. - -
Making Brick Waterproof,
' Bricks impregnated with tar are said to
be hard, durable and perfectly waterproof.
The process of. Impregnation Is extremely
simple, ordinary brioka, or, still better,
machine brick, being boiled In coal tar (or
twenty-four- hours. Drleks thus treated
are claimed to b especially well adapted
(or paving workrooms, depots, etc. They
are alto recommended for the construction
of sewers, oeaspoolt, tht Insulation of foun
dation walls and similar purposes. Build
ers' Oagett.v ; i i i . w ,
FOUND DESERTED ON A STONE.
A Touehlaf Story wf ike Child of tke Ae
ther of "John Melius, tieatlatnea,"
Every woman In the land hss bowed
down before "John Halifax, Gentle
man," but how many know much of the
life of the woman whose brain child he
waa? There is in it a Utile romance that
I am sore many will Ilk to bear. Mar
ried to a gentleman who was a cripple,
Mr., Moloch Oralk lived an idyllic lifo
at a beautiful country home a few miles
front a county town. Hh heard one day,
nulls Incidentally, that n baby had been
found on a stone at the cross roads, that
It had been taken to Uie town hail, and
that all Uie gentry about were going to
look at It becansa it was such a sweet
llttl child. Ho, foUowing the example
of bar ueighlior, she went too. Looking
up into the sweet, sympathetic face of
the famed authored, the little baby
milled and pnt out it wee hand.
Dinah Mulocti Craik could not resist
this, and ao aba determined to take the
child for her very own. Quickly it wa
wrapped op, and it became her baby.
Devoted to It, she was yet determined a
It grsw older it should never havelta
heart) hnrt by being Wild the story of Its
birth and adoption; so a soon a Uie lit
tle girl was able to understand, It whs
lovitcly whispered to her that she had
been, found on tha large atone which
ttood in the oentor of the hall, and
which always wa decorated with flow
ers, and that Ood had put bar there that
her mother might find her. As aoon as
tit rrw old enough It became Iter
daily duty to cut the flowers aud ar
rant theut to make beautiful this great
rock that had I won dug np from the
crosi roads and brought there.
To her it represented the place whore
the nands of the angola had rcstod when
tbey laid her down. Curiously enough,
the IWld became very proud of tbe way
In Which she bad reached the dear
mother who cared for her as lovingly and
as tenderly a If she were really tier own
flush and blood. Her birthday was Uie
day on which she was found, and when
the tenth one came around aud a child't
party wa given her she was heard ask
ing one little girl, "How old are your
The other one answered, "I wss born
nine years ago." "Oh!" answered the
baby, "you were born Uke other chil
dren, but I am bettor than that; I wtw
found just where Ood had placed me,"
Tbe ehlldith pride was as amusing aa it
ws pathetic.
Tht year have gone by, the eye of
the good unit lmr are closed forever to the
sights of this world, but tbe child she
cared for live in the great town of Lon
don and remembers, and when the
mother of "John Halifax, Gentleman,"
and of this girl stands before Almighty
(M, don't yon think that he will say,
"At ye have done it unto the least of
the, so I will unto yon." Ladica
Home Journal
ttnai.a on Another Star.
Ill Catnille Flaiumorion't lost romance
of th start some quaint aud interesting
fancies are given regarding the planet
Mart. The poet-astronomer imagines
that in our next starry neighbor tbe
density 1 so slight that malt-rial sub
stances are very light, and that thin
tha living beings correeomling to our
selves are vaaUy more ethereal, delicate
and sensitive than the inhabitants o'
earth. Dwelling farther from the sun
than we, their optic nerve is more pow
erful, and that fact, together with su
perior maguctio and electric Influences,
creates senses unknown to us and un
imaginable by us. Everything is so
much less ponderable, so much more tin
sulittantial than with as, he goes on to
fancy, that the people there might be
called tiiiukiug and living wiuged flow
ers, for in the tenuous atmosphere wings
had tbe first chance at development,
rather than a more terrestrial method of
getting about, evolution having taken
place in a series of winged species, aud
the people living aa much on the air and
on aerial plants as on tbe ground.
Here also Uie donsity ot the body and
its weight beiug so slight, all organisms
are very light and delicate, no other
food being taken than that drawn from
Uie atmosphere; thus the female sex Is
the predominating one, living on the
alntof spring aud the perfuuie of flowers,
the absence of gross food preventing
gross Ideas and clarifying the intellect
to an immense power, while an unspeak
able, charm is exercised by these women
in the fluttering ot their wings and in
the kiss of a mouth that never has eaten.
Harper' Bazar.
Special Delivery Stamps,
He was a stamp fiend, young and pre
cocious, The plain American stamp had
no interest for him. He was making a
collection of foreign ones, and so when
Uiey tent him down to Uie poatofllce for
a packago bo did not pay much atten
tion, but brought it home and handed it
over, and skipied out to play tag, Next
day they showed him A new sister who
had arrived. He looked at her with
some curiosity.
"Say, whore did she come frouif"
"Oh, from heaven."
"From heaven! I know. That was
the package I brought from the poatofllce
yesterday, and I never knowed anything
about it."
"Yes."
"Oollyl why didn't you savo me the
gUnips?" San Francisco Chronicle.
A Sacrilegious llobber.
A stranger entered the Church of the
Assumption, Brooklyn, ono Saturday
morning, and, borrowing a rosary from
the sexton, knelt in apparent prayer.
When the sexton, who bud been out, re
turned a few minutes later the stranger
had vanished. 8o had two silvur chal
ices, two silken stoles and two prayer
books, Chose was given and the follow
was caught Upou bis person was
found the booty taken from the church,
as well as three silver coffin plates bear
ing the inscription, "Rest in Peace."
Philadelphia Ledger,
Merely Beeentrle.
Visitor Who is that crazy fool?
Host Ho is not a crazy fool, He is
morely eccontrio.
Visitor Rich, eh? Good News,
Wanted Soma Store Teeth,
The other day a waman not over 80,
but minus her teeth, called on a promi
nent dentist, and asked him if he oould
not rent hor a let of teeth to wear to a
party that evening. She told the dentist
that the tupposed that false teeth were
kept in stock and that people fitted
themselves. Watorbury American. '
Digestion would be greatly promoted
if rest could be taken for half an hour
after a meal. A gonUe walk with Uio
chest thrown out is excellent even in
door. When a walk is taken in the
house the hands should be tlusped at the
BWKP MENTION.
Peter Jackson has sailed for America.
New York state Is enjoying cold
imp.
Hovere front anil heavy taow prevail
throughout Euroe. '
The -yigr-old stallion Alls Wllke
wa recently sold for i!,(KH).
Bubear defeated Mutterson In a scull
ing race at Sydney, Australia,
The population of the United State
is O'J.flva.S.'M by the correct count
II, K. Iirot kiiiifton, merchant at Hills
borough, Tex., has oiutlgned withtH,000
liabilities.
The C'sndlan Pacific rullrosd la project
ing to Imild a line from Montreal to
New York.
Balfour has lntroduo4 his Irish land
bill in Parliament. The government's
policy Is the same ain 1MM0.
Lena Hollander, a domtwtlo at Phoe
nix, A, T, attempted to kindle a fir
with coal oil and was bunted to death.
The British ship Falcon, New York to
Glasgow, was hmt at sea. The crew wa
brought to Philadelphia by the steam
ship Pennsylvania.
The Canadian government intowl to
establish commercial agencies lu Central
and South America for tbe purpose of
cultivating reciprocal trade.
The body of a priest was disinterred at
Newark, N. J., and found to be petrified
from the nirk to the knee. The body
bad been Interred nine years.
Henry George has returned to New
York from a tour throngh the South.
He says that Cleveland is the popular
choice for the next president,
F. J. Kyle, who claims to be the head
of Kyle & 11)., fruit jobliere of Chicago,
has been arrested at Han Diego charged
with negotiating a bogus draft.
A man who claims to Its Henry Eld
ers, tbe eldest son of Lord Elders of the
Strand, London, is in jail at Trenton,
N. J., for passing bogus checks.
France has the largest public debt in
the world. It is estimated at 80.800,.
ftm.fifM frunos nominal capital and 22,
fc!4,0M,Bo frunt-s actual capital.
Henry Spiker, cashier of the Ht. Louis
Tribune, elojied with Mrs. Odell, a wid
ow, and look f.10,000 belonging to the
paper. lie recently sent hla wife to Eu
ro on a visit.
Dr. KfM-h ho refused to supply two
physicians, Drs. Levy and Deugal, with
any more lymph, because they charged
a ;patietit Ml marks for a single in
jection of the fluid.
Th reKrt of Attorney General John
Son of California has le?n submitted to
the governor. Among other things, the
at tiirney general euggents a revision of
the school and election laws. '
Father llyaclnthe of Paris advocated
that priests should lie allowed to wed, in
a sermon on the church and state. He
stated that his miuriage had been most
hitppy in its results to himself.
Lady Coiinemura was granted a di
vorce from her husband in London on
the ground of adultery. There was no
defense, and the scandal mongers were
cbootcd out of a dainty mowed.
A betrothel is being arranged betweon
10-year-old CJttecn Wilhelmina of Hol
land end the hereditary Prince of Nas
sau. William, heir to the duchy of Lux
enilionrg, who is now 81 yesrs old.
The steamboat T. P. Leathers wss
burned on the Mississippi near Fort
Adams, The cliauilx-rinaid and four
roustalMiuts, all colored, were lost. The
lioat and cargo of cotton are a total loss.
The French customs authorities re
fused to admit the vial of lymph sent
by Dr. Koch to Piistetir, on the ground
that imiKirtntion of medicines the con
tent of which are not known Is against
the law.
At Eastern Park, Brooklyn, 80,000 peo
ple witnessed the football game between
Yale and Prince colleges. During the
game one of the grand stands collapsed
with 8,000 people. Between fifty and
sixty people were seriously injured.
In bis letter of resignation President
Adams of the Union Pacific railroad
made some very caustic statements re
garding t he late railroad deal. Oould has
taken Adnmg to tusk, calling htm a the
orist and saying the his responsible for
the lack of dividends on Union Pacific
stock, .
George Weston and his wife of Atchi
son, Kits., fought over domestic affairs.
Weston used a hammer and his wife
need a hatchet, with which they rained
blows upon each other's heads aud shoul
ders. The wife is dead and Woston can
not recover.
A ukase has beeu issued from St. Pet
ersburg ordering that henceforth no He
brew shall lie permitted to enter the
Greek church unless his wife, children,
brothers and parents do the same. This
is to stop the Jews from sacrificing one
member of their family to the Russian
church, thus securing a right to earn a
livlibood for all.
John R. Cox, aged 73, an eccentric
character of Baltimore, is dead. He
was very wealthy and his object in life
was to supply everybody who was sick
with medicine. He suggested to Gen.
Garfield's physicians that they put an
onion poultice on the soles of the dying
president's feet to draw the poison out
of his system.
Tho German government has invited
Surgeon General Hamilton of the United
States army to send over one of his stall
to learn Dr. Koch's treatment for con
sumption. Dr. Hamilton sent a man
this week. He thinks that no lymph
will be sent to this country, as it will
lose its efhVieucy in transportation, but
the formula will soon lie given out and
it can 1h made hero.
James R. Robb, one the older pioneers
of Oregon, is dead. He was tbe business
partner of Governor Abernethy, fisst
provisional governor of Oregon, and ac
quired great wealth but lost it through
the failure of tlie firm. He built the
first Methodist church in the state at
Oregon City, His death leaves Civpt.
Crawford and F, X, Mattbieu the only
remaining ones of the vast immigration
of 1842, Mr. Robb was aged 74.
Rochester, N. Y., boot nnd shosmskert
are on a strike.
All the cattle have beeu driven from
the Cherokee strip.
The New York World is now In it
new and magnificent buildlug,
Genoral Booth's social Balvation fund
mounted to $300,000 at last accounts.
George Francis Train wants to star
with,Succi, the faster, at the world's fair.
A profitable business in New York is
that of shipping horse meat to Europe.
The salaries of the Brazilian govern
ment employes have been reduced 10 per
cent. 1
A pamphlet has boon issued in Russia
upholding the Czar's persecution of the
Over 300,000' was saved to tb govern
ment on postal card contract during
the past year.
Eight person were killed and 121 in
jured by th street railroads of New
York city last year.
The postmaster general In hit annual
report favor the postal telegraph and
the postal savings bank scheme,
Another yarn About the finding of tht
lost Charlie Rom in jail at Boston ha
been exploded by Inspector Byrne.
Th English Cotton Employers' Asso
ciation ha decided to raise wage 10 per
cent. This will affect 150,000 persons.
At Rylacsuga, Ala., W. L B. Hunter,
editor of weekly paper, shot and killed
Chariot Nifkeraon, the town constable.
Tbe preliminary examination of Au
gust Olsen for the murder of John Ivitt,
tht Merced, CaL, rancher, it on at Mer
ced. Fourteen thousand and teveuty-two
postmasters have been removed during
the past two year and 20,030 appointed
in the asm time.
Tbe executive departments, the senate
and th bouse and the postofflce at
Washington are to be connected by
pneumatic tube.
Yuen Kee, Chinese grocer in New
York city, has disappeared with 110,000
which wa deposited with him by hi
fellow countrymen,
A New York physician hat tnocessfuly
transplanted the brain of a cat into
dog. He think that the operation can
be applied to human beings.
One hundred and fifty employes in the
Uuion Pacific machine ahop at Omaha
have been discharged. Similar reduc
tion will be made in the ahop aU along
the Una.
Ecuador now hat 1177 schools for pri
mary instruction, of which 618 belong to
the municipalities, 31 to benevolent so
cieties, and the remainder to private in
dividual. Work ha been tagunonthe biggest
hotel in the World in New York. It is
beiug buUt by William Waldorf Aster.
It will be seventeen stories high, and will
cost l,0O0,0O0.
A J. Warner, chairman, and Lee
Crandal, secretary of the National Ex
ecutive Silver committe, give notice that
a meet of tbe committee will be hell at
Washington on Dec 10.
A Washington correspondent assert
that Census Superintendent was short
123,000 in his unofficial circular giving
the population of New. York city, which
the final calculation will show, . ,
Almost 5.000 new postoffloes, more
than any one year before, have been es
tablished the past year. The star route
mileage has increased over 8,000,000 'and
the railroad mileage over 11,000,000
miles.
The elegant stone residence patterned
after feudal castles of the Old World,
situated on the high hill at Newton,
Conn, and owned by P. Lorillard Rey
nolds, was burned with all IU contents.
Tbe loss is 100,000.
Rev. Mr. Brown of Middletown, N.
a, assaulted G. H. King, a divinity stu
dent, on the train because King sat on
his hat King's nose was broken and
both of bis eye blackened. - The -ear
floor wss covered with blood.
William M, Donahue, Boston post-
oflice clerk, was arrested In Uie Spring
field postofflce when he presented three
money orders for f 100 each, payable to
"George R Swett" He hod sent the
orders out from Boston and raised Uie
face value of $1 to fU 00.
Capt Taylor of the ordnance depart
ment, in charge of supplies to the militia,
In his annual report strongly urges the
pending bill to promote tbe efficiency of
the militia. He says steps should be
taken to encourage the formation of
cavalry organisations in the militia.
The surface and elevated roads of New
York city carried 408,008,266 passengers
who paid 5 cent fares during the year
ending last June, Of these nearly 190,
000,000 were carried by Uie elevated
roads. The gross earnings of th roads
were 20,448,104 and the expenses tl 3,
718,678. The new constitution of Wyoming
abolishes the office of probate judge.
Judge Bergman was ordered to turn
over the records of his office to the cir
cuit court He refused to obey the or
der and was sent to jail for contempt of
court This so worried him that he at
tempted to take his life.
Whon the Italians now under indict
ment for the murder of Chief Hennesy
of New Orleans were called before Uie
bar tluiir counsel moved to quash the in
dictment on the ground that an outsider,
not eneitled to be present was in the
grand jury room during the investiga
tion. The case was postponed.
The expert accountant who is investi
gating the affairs of Gardner Chase &
Co., brokers of Boston, found of the
scheduled bad accounts $657,000 repre
sents motley lost in speculation by Chase.
He also reports that the firm was insol
vent iu 1885, and since that time Chase
and his partner have drawn out upward
of 2GO,000.
' Parnell issued a manifesto in which he
arraigned Gladstone aud the Liberals,
and has been denounced therefor by all
his associates. It is now believed that
Parnell will be forced to resign. The
delegates now in America have also de
denounced him. Gladstone issued a
counter - manifesto denying ParneU's
charges.
"The Jeresy Lily."
Anui.ksea Cottage, I B,, July 2.
nentlemen: Altho1 It la very unusual for
tne hi use any lotions or washes, sttH, In an
swer to your mutest, I have tried Wisdom's
Violet rresin and Hobertlne. Tho former I
consider especially efficacious in catea of
rouithnessof the skin, nnd I have been using
It every day for the last fortnight. I have
found the Ihibertine an excellent prepar.
at Ion In cases of ton, sunburn, etc,
caused by exposure to March winds and a
J uly sun. Yours fait hfully,
1.IU.1KLANUTHY,
To Messrs. Wisdom a Co.
in? Kew!
hi Falsi
PHOTOGRAPHS
dummcd, ready to atlck fust to anything.
Cards, lockets, watches, pins, letters, euvelops,
autograph albnus, wedding cards, oto,
16 for $1.
Send A photograph (cabinet alio) of yourself
or frlcuds. All photographs sent to m will
be carefully handled, aud ret urned with the
order.
Address all orders to .
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Independence, Oregon.
COAST NEWS.
Buool will remain In California this
winter.
Seattle tnl Portland are now clear
anoe ports,
J. P. Hardy, a widely known Sacra
mento sioneer, is dead.
William Canfleld, who waa (hot by
Dnt Cons table Lant of Sanger, CaL,
Tne new court house at Whatcom,
Wash., width cost ftO.OOO is now ready
for occupancy.
; Frank D. Ltwls, Government agent,
waa held np and robbed by highway
man near Redding, Cal.
Thar wa a jail delivery at Whatcom,
Wash., recently. Tbe prisoner bored a
hole in th jail floor and ascaped.
Tht city couacil of Lo Angeles ha
rtfttaod to aoced to the mayor' propo
sition to reduct tbe saloon license.
By reason of tbe census Sacramento
county, Cat., it now rated In th third
elae. Her civil list will be increased by
,000.
No com missions whatever will b paid
oa tht sale of railroad ticket from Cali
fornia, Arizona and Nevada to Missouri
river point.
A Portland woman is charged with
poisoning her mother and titter in order
to obtain possession of all the property
in the family.
Governor-elect Markham has ap
pointed M. R. Higgint of Lot Abgelea,
hi Private Secretary. Mr. Higgins is
native of Ohio.
Tbe Grand Jury of Phoenix, A. T.,
ha indicted E. V, Sill, editor ot Tht
Republican, for criminnaliy libeling ex
Chief Justice J. H. Wright
John C Kemble, an editor on the Se
attle Journal, died in that city. Hi
father E. C. Kemble, was the founder of
tht San Francisco Alt.
Millions of fish are landlocked in
Washoe lake and art rapidly being de
stroyed by cranes and pelicans. They
ore mostly perch and whitefish.
Bottt CHy, Mont, it to have water
works capable of supplying 10,000,000
gallons daily. Eastern capitalist have
put 12,000,000 In the undertaldng.
Eugene Hugenia, well-known citixen
of East Portland, suddenly disappeared
from his' home and" riothing hat been
heard of him. Fool play is suspected.
li Paul Shuezer. the right-hand man of
Hairy Vlllsrd in Washington;-BAys Uie
OrVgJin Improvement Co)tIpany - was
rukied by the awbitionvbf its president.
AleitimW Bcbluiaifel.na Xew'Trork
NtYp'-A SSI
It is said tt f 'company has secured
the use ofVaterr)OWer'"inthe San Ga-"
briel:;curr; to, furnigh '
cheap elecf do light to Los Angeles, Pas
adena jd''tflat.V-.,1,T' v
Never before in the' history'of jWash-"'
ington was there" such a .'wheat crop as
there wselrs rtarwtjr- ti CWSiafte V
luuuuuuiin. i eeuuiawu toot tne pro
duct is over 15,000,000 bushels.
Seattle is working hard for sugar re
finery. The capital stock of the pro-
posed corporation is $500,000, of which
Seattle is to raise $200,000 and the peo
ple of Honolulu the remainder.
The directors of the Keweah Common
wealth Co-operative Colony were arres
ted at Visilia, Cal., by United States
Deputy Marshal tor tresspassing on the
government park lately reserved.
The Portland grand jury has been in
vestigating the Women's Refuge Home
in that city and its reiort charges Uie
management with gross and in tome
cases inhuman treatment of its inmates.
A. D. Barling of Fresno, CaL, who
packed 85,000 boxes of raisins with the
assistance ot white labor, has decided
never to employ Chinese labor again.
He aays that white labor is cheaper in
the long run.
Great extitement prevails in theCoeur
d'Alene mining district over a recent
gold discovery. A tramp walked into
the gulch, mode the discovery and sold
out for $20,000. Samples of ore assay
$35,000 ton.
The Supreme Court at Sacramento
last week affirmed the judgment of th
court below in the case of Hurling, de
fendant, vs. Abbott et al.. appellants.
The action was to quit tiUe to timber
lands in Plumas county valued $200,
000.
The total area of Nevada'is generally
given as 100,318,560 but Uie last report
of the General Land Office stated that
the state contained 73,037,613 acres of
surveyed and 28,965,027 cree of unsur
veyed land, making in all 100,992,640
acres.
R. McKittrick, at one time priest of
Burlington, la., committed suicide near
Seattle. Seven years ago he gave up his
holy calling without offering any reason,
and became a recluse, never leaving his
place and ovoiding his neighbors. He
took morphine.
Senator-elect Charles L. Pond of Butte
county, Cal., died at his home in Nord
of pneumonia. His sudden demise has
proved great shock to the entire com
munity. He was a native of Jefferson
county, N. Y., aged 59 years, and a
brother of Mayor Pond of San Francisco.
Ht was a Republican.
. The workmen who took the places of
the strikers on the exposition building
at Seattle in September, and who have
not received their pay, went to the big
building, tore up the floors and carried
way the lumber. The city ' officials
have received notice from the men
that they will burn the building if they
are not paid at once.
The operations of Stone and Hyde to
timber laud swindlers now in jail at
Portland, iu locating settlers on timber
lands by means of fraudulent oaths,
are believed to have been very extensive
throughout the Pacific coast. Both men
have masqueraded under different names
and various disguises of person and art
as cold-blooded a brace of speculators aa
ever were brought to Portland.
City Taxes
The tax roll of tbe city of Indepen
dence is now completed, and taxes be
come delinquent on tbe eleventh day of
December, 1890. Taxes are payable to
me, and I will receipt for the same.
Geo. Macaulay,
City Marshal. .
Exolttment
Runs high at the drag stores in this
place over System Builder as everybody .
is using it for ontarrh, of Btomaob, dys
pepsia. Constinatinn anil imnnrn blood.
and to buildup the system it certainly
possesses wonderful merit when all opank
so well Ot it,
repejstjvfjfbf j tht dr goods Arm of
ntislynSn .- Mayer ,& Co.'' in Portland,
CrJdMhlWyrfrt)ia heart faUur iu