THE INDEPEN DBKCB THE PUBLISH It Outpokn lu favor of th. Kxocllcno of the WEST SIDE at ft Family and Onrntl New k THIS PAPER I the beat ail v-rtilnif medium In Polk county, and constantly trowing ltlr. tey nr. VOL. VIII. Five Cents Per Copy. NO. iG. $2.00 lVr Year. INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1091. THE WEST SIDE (-1SMVK1) 11V Polk County Pulishin; Company WVf'H i .V.I 1 , BUIISi'KII" tlntf HATKS. r.VWHl.K IN AUVA.NCH. OueYear ..... ,.M Six Months . qc Tlmv Months ... When m l paid In advance . t tu TO ADVERTISERS. tudpp.'inVne. l )tl4 a th toed at ae4 latum iihv ni'ui ill iii tr), ua Ik Wlllaail river, tu t nn ihe mtln llu. ol Hm um. aaw) t'elli.ir.ii. hi.lir.U ; tsiat.tiM a aneulMt at l;iv -i-...!i. i Ui itln,-i.i.l hl',lui pnial aa lli r.iu.ilr, aliirh I. on nl th lariest, avaal :u.) .a ib ck r f iiii in ia. wuieaa .it. vell.r. Tl tIIW liuirvulnf elreql.tlow, Ml Wast Sinn U i) .iu ! ll lu b out ul th Ml I Ailrlllu Mediuau. JOB PRINTING! 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BANKS. pirjtlJatioijalBarjH DiriNOIMa, 0EM01 PrMttfwit J. . COOPIR. VIM PrMMtnt, L. W. ROItRTtON. 0thlr ....W. N. NAWLIV. DlMMTOIlaV . t. Oiayar, . IT. W. W. CMMaa. . W. WUfrnktr. Traaaadtoataaani Waktaf lailma, tan m atlU anHaaia all lig imai , Hiaa PiauKt taailtai aaafaat aaaat at aa lartilraw at liawii. CiIIimIim aaaaaaal I in 11 h until fa. irotn kMMi I A. M. at r. n Ralt't aartlar araaf aaaaaat) to fata tlaaaUaa, THE INDEPENDENCE National .".Bank 1 CAPITAL STOCK, $50,000. H. H1R8CHSBHQ, . Praaldant ABRAM NILION, Vto Praaldanl W. P. CONNAWaV, - Caihlar. A (aawal kaaklat and aioh.nta batta.n araaml . Inaui awd. hill. 4laaiil4: aralal rIIU r.awdi deaMll. Mralrad aa aarraat aramial atM a aol ; lataraM aald aa UaM .alH. DIRECTORS! ioahua MoOanlal, H. H. Jaenoraon. A. J. Ooodman, H. Hlraohbarf Abram Nation. T. . Law I. A. Allan. (BaUbllthtd by National aathartto.) -1 THE - Capital : National : Bank ! OK BALBM, ORBOOM, CAPITAL, PAID UP, $So.ooo.oo. UBPLUi, 1 0.OOO. Iv (. WitUCt, W. W. MAITW. rrwiant VtearraaMaai I. I. ALBERT, Caaklar. LOANS MADE. T VaraMfi aa vhaat aa4 ataar awkanlanla yradaaa, aa.iimd at la tara,alUti la yrlraM iraaMiaa or imWIH warvAoaMa. Imna draaa dlraal a N. Tnrt. Catoata, Baa fruaHMa, rnrtlaad. toa4u, rarta, Rartla. Boat lua aad Nuat. THE POLK COUNTY BANK, MOMNOirra, orioos. rferUaail) I. A. MACRP l a romtu. Oaaittl Meek, tso.ooo t9,00f D1HBOTOR9I A. MurRTrn, r. a. mwt,t, iT.V. RUl'l.nt, A. . ORIOue, A ftnarwal liaaMiif aarfiw lr.rwt1. Da aa.il. nci ibji to aback, or no rartlAroia oTuoeZ Uauiaada. kill, dlwoant. ai kaTtVoMfhlaadMid. Intarut aald oa Uaa aaotlla nraeronl mil and Burglar proo' Ml., Mcarad to Yal. Uata look, C4TTO0H Roan I a. B. la 4 a. a, BEAMER & CRAVEN, -Daalara In- HiSKESS- and SiDDLES, and- All kimlH ofHarnww and Snddlprt GoixIh. Carringi! Triuiing ml repairing. SPECIAL BARGAINS. Cnrry Comlw, tlnre bars, 5 rcntH. JIi iihIii'-s, 10 cr-nlH. Coinilct Het of Team IlarnMw. $14.00. TAYLOR'S Cash Grocery & Baker) ON 0 fTKKKT. rrMh Brrad. Pl and fake, oo hand arary da, ioh. Huuilar , call and traub Itork ol xanaad (oodi. Rimr laaa. , wu. aaadlaa, otir.ri and toba.-oo. . B. TAYLOR, rroiriror H. K. I'ATriciiwii. I), IM'Ari'KuauM, PATTtRSOlM Bros,. ' DRUGGIST DRALRR IM CLOCKS' AW- JEWELRY. INDEPENDENCE.' OREOON. W. O. 8HARMAN, MERCHANT TAILOR. Suits Made to Order and fit Guaran . teed. Cn.tnm Onodn lor MerohanU and otherii Ho ,iutandrriii.d. I will optin monthly ao coutuwlth Morohanta at Indeptindonco and Monmouth for Remitting. C. Htmet - - ' Opponlta P. O. Buy yonr tlokH Km' of rraatad. t'.llatth. THE FRUIT IS There is a Affairs of taken at leads to THE TIME HAS COME FOR ACTION. A; RAILROAD) TO FALLS CITY! It is needed. We must have it. We can build it. Who will make a start? The lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And departing leave behind us Footprints on the sands of time. Get in and Swim! The Water is not very cold, nor deep. Don't stand on the bank and shiver. You will never learn to swim in that way. Let us have the survey within four weeks. The grading done within tour months and trains running by December 1st, 1891, A Long Pull! A Strong Pull! RIFE ! PLUCK IT ! Tide in the Mien which the Flood Fortune A Pull AIL Together! ING I The Great Composite Novel, The Joint Work of l. T. IIAIINUM, JOHN U HUMilVAN. OILIj NYH, BI.I.A WIIKF.MCIl WILCOX, MaJ. ALrilKO a OAI.IIOVN, IIOWK HVMMKU INHI'KCTOH IIYHMKH, PAVUNK IIAI.I Ml. KAHTIjAHK, W. II. UAM)U, NKI.L NUIiMON and ALAN DALU. XJL-CONCLUSION. 1 BILL HTE. IllmtraUd by W. E BPBA0UL (Ouprrlalit. AD rlibia ruaarrad.l Acroaa the pvacnf ul boaou of the ffrt platne noaonnd dtaturbed the niglit lave row aad than when at long tiiUrral. tlie ahadoiry tgnto of a eoyoU croaaed an alala In the aaire bruali, and opening hit enappluf . drooling jawi gave forth that Juatly celebrated diatonic ecale of hll which la eo well calculated to call out the gone plmplee even on the death aaaak of Methuaelah. Xreti t)M wind trod aoftly over tlie acorohad and wtthvrod graaa, and the wall lubricated moon atole In and out amoag the tlouda wilhout a creak, with th eiception of Ditter crwk, of courae, wbish lavnd iU alkali ahormi In the eter nal eelittldM, and bleached .till whiter, a the yean went by, the anowjr bonea of thoae who onoa had aonght to Invade thla graat nndertaklng eatabliahnumt of aatarathia ptriud htiah of oeiitnriaa. Bat what aonnd la thla that gently baata npoo the U'iie drum tf the liatcn. raaar? Th dint an t juraud geutlo palpitatioua of a oonilug train from tha weatt Bcaroaly do wt hear thia and catch the yallow twinkle of a headlight when am othar muffled roar from the eiuit and a little crawling light growing rapidly out of th duak and diautitce awallow the Intervening mile, and lu a flaah tlie two creaming, inortlng, naming raoniU'rt have met like mull clad giauta In a Blighty tournament. Cutm InJIi. briilal rhinlr, rath I Onow lu'ii amUiar abaa alw ImU For Um (In Um. k Br bora'. bnwUi; Oma. bm th. hiit awl. I Wauti cM Ui iwmiImww r hn Aad crowttnd cilia, wall IU atnik.. Con. la CoMutiipUoa'a uliMily lorml Rm Mutluitulm'. tlwk, Hi. mvn mnn; CMna vhre th. hnirt lieau high and warn WIU haofliiiK. mf aad daiwe and wlaa, And Ihou art turnbl.. Th tear, Ta. (roao, tk. ku.ll, th. pall, Ui. Mm, Aad all as know or dmara or fir, CX arwj art tbloa ! But H Ik. bean, whw kn U dead, I Aad hop. I. karlluf o'er It. biw, Thy tae. with )or B) nMWiail, AadaoUnhuo itwIib boumttai Imul Tua wwl thai ualy aumiwad bera. When Iyna awoke with thia dull Hu In her head aim full certaiu that ahe waa dead, aud waa aluuwt tickled to duath Ui think tliat her aad heart would aorrow no mora and that Harry waa free; but abnoat at once came tha amell of hot vaniah and the alight auapicion of an overdone porUv who ought to lie turned over. "(Jreat Oawd," ahe aaid, aa her breath cam In brief junta, "tha car la on fir. 1 muat go away," To a anectator who might have aeen Ui oolllaion it would have aecuied im potaible that a bring thing amid come oat of thia terrible wreck and holocaust; but ere long a venerable apple worm crawled out of the cool aide of a nice eating apple, and aeeiug that ho could b of no further use on board the train, came out of the car and alnuk away In tha darkneaa. Soon th oheerful car stove begin to get In its work, and the chaos of broken woodwork begins to burn, at flint slow ly, then, as tho swift winds of the plains catch It, the ml blase lnai out and greets the frightened night with a cackling laugh. To go back to Mr. Crawford, at Chi cago, with the author is but the work of an Instant. DR. WATSON. When Dr, Watson returned after Bend ing his lying telegram to Edna he found th houao empty and the door locked, tha abutters drawn and everything de earted. The reader will ask how he knew that every one waa gone when the door wh locked and he could not get in, but we must remember that he woe in the hypnotism business, and could do tilings that other people might, consider difficult Mirny a time as a boy he had hypnotized a watermelon dog Bnd then helped himself to the luscious fruit. He aoon learned that Mr. Crawford had taken his whole household, and with light baggage had fled to tho depot, Ho followed rapidly, and fortunately caught up with the carriage containing the party, for they were "bridged," and had Veen for nearly nu hour. He tried to M. CRAWTOKD. hypnotise Mr. Crawford, but the old man had shrewdly had himself vaccinated, and so he was safe. Ther was nothing for the doctor to do but to 'follow the prooession, for Crow ford had' evidently heard that his daughter wan in California, and had re aphredtogotoheiv For tome time the doctor argued with the old man,' but without avail. He then Mad tn hmnntiin the ticket office into BtTtag Wm a low.er bertii, but the, agent ruut linen exposed when lie was young, and to wann't afraid of gntting It now. Therefore Dr. Wataon hnd to jump hurriedly on the rar platform at the train pulled out and sleep in tbeiinolrJug car with his front tenth mating heavily on hi knees nil the livelong night In th drawing room of a pleasant and airy sleeping car supplied with electric liella and a thnmiouietar was a buffet, the sandwiches In which stnelled like lower eight, while lower eight got even by smelling like a conied beef sandwich, and here ant Mr. Crawford and Mist Browu. Below is given a ii-tura of Miss Brown. Hi name was Cetia Brown, but her friends called her Ceil and Brown with au air of badinage which brought rosy fliiah and sweet bright smile to her fair face. The artist has happily caught this unite with hi little calch-M-catch-can camera. The picture was originally a full length figure, but owing to the prmuiure on our advertising space and a not just re ceived from the chief of police we have uVcided to condense the portrait a much as poaaibUt. Mitta rhowm. Briefly but truthfully and tearfully Miss Drown made a clean breast of her sorrowful slavery to Dr. Watson, the hypnotist, and on her knee she prom ised the old man that never again would ahe give him an opportunity to wteli hit Shouliah aud disagreeable influence over er. As the fair head of the beautiful girl rested on his knoe, and with trembling fingers he screwed up her foych knot a little tighter, so that it could not get muddy aa the spirited roadster sped along th track, he thought h bad never saw to fair a being, taken all around, at sho was. J Mr. Crawford always need th cboiceat English In his conversation, bnt occaaionally his thoughts were ungram inatical. "I also have a confuatiun to make, dear one," he said. "Prepare for a piece of information which you can hardly cred it, save that 1, who am, or is, or are, as the ce may be, tlie criminal, tell it to yon myself. "Would you believe that I, who am your comrade on this journey, whose face is so refined, so spiritneUe, could have taken the life of Dr. Cronin? "Could you believe that I, a professor of rvli rion and a worthy inside guard for two Uinus lu the Little Bethel Iude ptndunt Order of Uood Templars, No. US, 702, could have goue under the cover of darkness and with a bright new clasp knife cut into the nice warm vitals of a neighbor, and then, with his hot blood spurting tip my sleeve, hackod the dying man to pieces, put him in a shawl strap and carried him away to a sewer trap and concealed his dishevelled remains no that the police could not get on to my tpoorf "And yet for months this terrible se cret has been preying npon my soul. Yeeterilay while Dr. Wataon waa up town it occurred to me that possibly I did not kill Cronin, and to, picking up a paer, I read that another man did it Following up this germ of thonght, I toon also discovered that I was abroad all the year of the Cronin murder. I am now wondering if Dr. Wataon has not been wielding an unholy iufluenoe over me which the delightful climate of Cali fornia and some light stimulant like rye whisky and opium may overcome." A quick sob came from the bowed fonn before him. "Oh, Ephraim, thank trod. You may be able to prove yourself Innocent after all," she laid. She had never called him Ephraim before. He stooped and whisjietwl a few low, paturiouata words in her ear. "knry hrnrhaix. Her head bent lower and a quick flush of shrimp pink bathed face, neck am shoulders. It waa but the work of a moment for Ephraim to call np a sleepy but clerical looking man lu upper five, also in paja mas, who quietly slid down Into the drawing room and in the presence of the sleeping car conductor aud porter made tho two man and wife. And what of Henry Henshall, the hero and artistic ass of this story? Leaving his art to shirk for itself, and forgetting that he bad promised on that very day to paint two large barns for a party iu Oakland, he fought madly for a place on the train in order to follow an unknown flaxen haired fiddlor, who did not care a cent for him or his art. Henry HoushiUl was not a bad mau, but he needed some great calamity or severe concussion to jolt a little sense into him. That was nil, Life had been too srnooti with him. He had painted several portraits of Beatrice Cenci, which had boon accepted by the family and paid for, yet after all ho needed something that would almost kill him, but not quite. This would, the doctor thought, knock tho talents out of him, and give him an ambition to do as he agreed and pay his debts. Such an episode was in store for him. For, by a strange fatality, thia train he rode npon a few uights later (although Mr. Barnnm, by a Blight oversight, which is perfectly pardonable in a man AFTER THK WRECK. who has a large amount of stock to feed and water and bed down ana take care of nights, placet the accident on the first night out) erasjied Into thejraln which brought Mr. Crawford west 'In tcarch of his child. On that fatal night Edna placed her violin la Iter berth, whr It could not get overheated by th steam pipes, and then, letting down her angelio hair till it fell about her slight fignr like a halo of molawie candy, ah looked to tweet that th porter thoughtlessly swallowed a pillow which he waa holding in hit taeth at he watched her akin up the teep ladder and plunge into her conch with a glad cry. Hue toon stuck her head down into Mm. Heushall't berth, however, and said tenderlyi "My dear friend, I do not know why, but I think I am going to die," and she thoughtlessly quotad aom lines from th deathbed aeen in which Little Eva gen tly glides np th flume at $2 a week In an "Uncle Tom's Cabin" company, "I have saved quit a little fortuue from my popular appearances More th public, and I wish yon would give it to my father if I die." . A quick sob cam from the lower berth occupied by Mrs. Henshall, It was her. Bhe mad it herself. "Nay, nay, my dear," the said, "If yether dia, let it b I or me, If that sounds bettor. Oh, let me die!" With that the moaned piteonsly, like person who does not feel welL "Yet, dear lady," said Edna, handing ber a crocheted purse containing H. Tint will lift th mortgage on the old farm and wipe out the per sonal indebted nest of my fa ther. I am a poor, nersecuted mrk followed at all v.timea by either a of', wild eyed hyp notizerwhoitout rdra Crawford, of a job, or else a spit! whiskered artist who barely earns enough by kaltomining to fellow me about like a mutton headed Nemesis all the while. I thall die content, dear lady. Uood night." I cannot go on to any great length to describ that horrible night It was a wonder that one human being came forth MRS. II KN All ALL, " alive from the terrible wreck and awful hell, I was going to say. Henry Henshall was struck on the head by a fresh train fig, and for a time lay unconscious, but the amell of his burning trousers aroused him, and he got up and went ont of tlie car. Strangest of all, the blow had cleared his intellect and knocked the laudable pus out of hit mind, aa it were, and "Lena" waa the first word on his lip. The awful picture seemed to bewilder him a moment, and then he set to work. From the window of a burning car a white and beautiful arm extended through the broken window. On the fcand. thontrh snatted with brieht scarlet splotches, he recognited hit wife's wed ding ring. a a t With a cry of aony he dashed into th crushed and burning wreck, and just as the flames were beginning to creep upon her he jumped from the hun gry flames with hit fainting bnt happy wife In hit arms. Again and again he blessed the happy blow on bit head which had cleared hi vision and made him see how near he came to losing a good, true and desirable wife. Lena's hair turned snowy white, and is bo yet, bnt ahe makes a beautiful matron, a kind mother and a good wife to the cashier of her father's bank, Mr. Henry Henshall, who has a signature now worth WO,000 in his own indi vidual right Edna was never fully recovered. Asidr from the hinge of her violin case, hei remains were never found. I hated to write this, but I am not here to be senti mental. I must be truthful. Her money was used, or a portion of it at least, to relieve her father's indebtedness, and with the balance was founded a conserv atory of music in Boston. Dr. Wataon was pinned to the wreck by the ear and slowly scalded to death. Before he died he said he was sorry foi what he had done, bnt yet with his lasl breath he tried to bite a preacher whe was praying for him. He was a lo creature. He was a disagreeable per ton, and his death utterly failed to ciis a gloom over the community. Mr. Crawford and his bride returnee to Chicago and remained there quite awhile. They were very, very happy indeed. Mrs. Dr. Watson went on the stag and did well. She receives good wages and also got 133,000 insurance on hei husband, whose life she had insured the year before. With this money she bought two beautiful dresses, which she now wears on tjie stage and which make great hit Mr, and Mrs. Henshall are real happy all the time. Henry is a good provide! and Lena can construct a cake which will make one's hair curl. They have a good deal of company come to Bee them, and almost without exception each ont says on going away, "We have had t real good time." Croats, sad Trada-Mnrka obttlnad, and all Pat au! bu.lnsM conducted for Madmta Fms. Our Office Is Oepcsltc U.S.Ptttnt Office, tnd wc cad racnre patent In 1cm time than those remote from Washington. . Rend model, drawing or photo., with descrip tion, We adrl.a, It patentable or not, free of charge. Our tee not due till patent li eecured. A mhlet, "liow to Obtain Patent.," with Dame, of actual client. In your State, county, or town, sent free. Addreis, C.A.SNOW&CO. OtwssHe Patent OB. WtthMsa, D. 0. Yon can buy tickets East to any point direct from Independence to destination at Inweai rnrna n R. fl PlNTtiANn. . ill li Something for Old Halda. Undoubtedly marriage is the natural and appropriate condition of woman. She wants and needs a husband to love, and children to love, and a home to be attached to, as a female bird require a neat full of eggt or of young, and a proud and faithful mate on a contig uous branch of a tree to render her com pletely happy. Nor can it be denied that many old maids are sour aour is their disposition, at pickle fresh from tlie strongest vin egar. . Prdbably it U because they have to little to do rather, we should say, owing to the want of sufficient duties on which to expend all their vigor and force. They do seem, and it may a well be admitted, to take to scandal somewhat at ducks take to water, yet we look upon that as a minor point in considering their character and utility. W do doubt very mnch whether the world would be as well off if there were not old maids in it. In their bosoms dwell tome of the most benevolent hearts in the world. Was not Florence Nightingale an old maid? What married woman ever did at much, not only for the good of th soldiers of England, Hjut for the im provement of the world, at she? And yet, if she had had a stalwart husband, a luxurious home and a house full of babies, who would ever have heard of her outside of the walla of her own home, or, at most, the limits of her own visiting circle? New York Ledger Water aa Aid to Hard Wood.. "I notice one thing," says an observ ant manufacturer, "and that is that hard wood logs, especially oak, that have been Dlaced in the water immediately after cutting and allowed to thoroughly soak, make brighter lumber, with less tend--ncy to sap stain, than that from logs that are left on the ground for several months. I find, also, that in green logs. If tawed immediately after cutting, and the lumber is thoroughly steamed pre paratory to placing it in the dry kiln, the same result will be obtained, great ly enhancing the value of the lumber for fine finishing purposes. New Or leans Picayune. AX ANCIENT FARM HOUSE. TTaat tha F reach Hoetelriee Wan IAka During; tha Middle At;.. The houses of the farmers and the country people differed then at now, ac cording to their rank and prosperity, and also according to the district they Inhabited. The yeoman farmer, and rven th well to do husbandman, dwelt in a solid house of brick or stone, tiled or slated, with a paved yard separating it from the barn and outhouses, the dai ry and cattle pens. The farm house which in England was always construct ed with a southern aspect as invariably faced the east in Aquitame, while to the rear well open to the west was a long tiled veranda, where in winter after noons th hemp picking, tlie wool card ing, etc, were done. Within the vast kitchen glowed in the light of the fire almost aa nnextinguish able at the vestal virgin's peat, coal and wood were each abundantly employed, and for a trifling rent, generally paid in , kind, the lord of the manor would per- , mit the farmers on his land to cut their torft from his bog or their boughs from hit forest Fuel was not only actually but relatively cheaper in the middle . ages than today, for the bogs were not drained m those days, the forest covered great expanses, and the cost of carnage made it almost impossible to transport their produce. In almost every shire of France and .England the supply of fuel was in excess of the demand. This hospitable fire flared up a chim ney proportioned to its size, lighting the huge brick oven, the iron firedogs, the bellows, shovel, gridiron, ladles, cal drons, saucepans, mortar, tin pails aud other utensils that stood on the brackets of the hearth, and irradiating the brass and copper pots, the metal candlesticks, the lamp, the lantern, the not unfrequent silver beaker, and the glass drinking cups that were ranged on the chests and cupboards round the walls. Near this fire stood a high backed settle, the mas ter's corner, and under the great mantle of the chimney narrower benches were set in the brick. Within easy reach of the hearth a deep oak chest held the logs for burning. It was generally matched by a handsome wedding chest with carved or painted front, long enough to contain a grown person full length, but more usually filled, it must be admitted, with the best clothes, the trinkets and the savings of the house hold. The registers of tlie chatelet record no crime so common as the breaking open of such wedding cheats,- aud it is surpris ing how many clasps of jewels, girdles of pearls, golden headdresses and riugs, and purses full of gold were stolen from quite hunible households. Our fore fathers invested their capital in cups or trinkets of precious metal, pretty to look at, easy to hide, and readily con verted into cash when necessity demand ed a sacrifice. Fortnightly Beview. The near Girls. Maud Col. Soanso is n very polite man. Ethel What makes you say so? f Maud When he saw yon and your sister Clara at the ball last night he said "Which is the younger?" instead of "Which is the elder?" as other men do, Epoch. , He Was Cruel. She (thinking of ante-matrimonial days) What does this coffee remind youef? ' . He (tasting it critically) It reminds me' of coffee, but that is all.--Went Shore.