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THE INDEPENDENCE xi HIE PUBLiG 0 I ou(KHikm tu favor of the Kxovlletie of the WEST SIDE tin a faintly Hint licueim Nuwt- J THIS PAPERS Is the beat advertlilog medium lu Polk county, and constantly growing better. Tire- it. 7 L vlll. $2.00 IVr Year. INDEPENDKNCE, POLK COUNTV, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1301. Five Cents Per Copy. NO. 20. If t c i THS WEST SIDE. -KH'Ktl HV Polk County Pulistih; Company. ItesWleeml Hi ttn lui.mn Hi liidetwa dimoe, Oregon. nvomUMiuia mailer. SUBSCRIPTION RATCS rVHI, IM AttVARYft. Ou Vwr ..... ttto 8lx Month .... 1 ,00 iTIite Month JK j TO ADVERTISERS 1 tmletwitdpitt-e In liHMttrd at Hi h,d ofnavt' gallon iilio imi hi tliv wn, on in Willam- u river, mm on in noun 111101 in Onvoa tint i'Nlitirtit Kmlroitil; puutalu imputation lor in- .1 , , , . , ,.if., il weallbv 1 .. . i, , ,1, , Willamette Valley. I JOB PRINTING! I l Latest and Best Styles, '! .. AND AT Till 1 L0WIST h LIVING r' RATES. PUVSlCUNS-DBNTtSTRY. LEK & BUTLER, Ph.: icians & Surgeona -.A,.- J U, S. Examining Surgeon. utile. M. (Id al statu It, IM'ri'KM'kM K, . OHIO DU .J. Iv. I.OCKK, riiysicuin and Surgeon. Bum, Vlata, Oregon. DR. J. H. JOHNSON. Resident Dentist AU work warranted tol Utt bl n( MatUfavlluil. flndepende no, Oregon. tWUKT HK'lKTlrX K A (. l W.-ISIiKI'ENI'KNCK MUHIK j X. mi, , mmi every Monday nliht la 1 Manniur hall. All .Jrln bmlher Invited 1 i,.n.nil JA.MM OIHmuN, M. W. I K. V. HAI.TON, Itwir.ler. VAI.I.KV U'lKlE NO. a 1. 11 o. K., meet In Ma ..nil' null ever Thurd evening. All (Mil rllowi (unllnlly Invited 10 at- tS Uml. l . u, 11111.11, !. u. K. A. tHil'TV, Seeretary. I.YuN !.liH)K. No. . A. r A VI Mluti'il millMlUllllA' !..n. on or before mil minm I, m il month "d two 'ilieirnm-r. J. W. Hulr, W. M. K. I.. Krlubum.Heo, ATTOKXKVS. A. M. UUHLHY, Attorney and Counselor at Law. (Jinee: Next l Independent- Nat'l Bank. ( IndfiH'niliniT, nr. IC. S. McNALLY, S ArohiUot nel Dru(hUmn, ROOMS 1 IH ltll-HKKtMAN III.OrK. !' COMMKIU.'I.VL HI.. HAI.EM, OR. I Mitchell & Bohannon I , MunufmunTi of - tfJASII will DOORS, uImo HCKOLL I -HAWINO- I G. W. SHINN, I House. Sign and Ornamental I Tiiper Hiuikwk, rremolng. KUi. I'lnl I roonio.ioltJimeHMlble, Indi'pfndi'nc. I Mlm. Ada .hidw.ii. Mm. Willtaim. f JL'DSON & WILLIAMS, f DRESSMAKERS. Cutting and Fitting ' A SPECIALTY. MI;S. A. M. HURLEY, ' Milliaery Fancy Goods Next to ndepsndenc Ntllonal Rank. . IHDHPSNDKNCI, " 0bO0 Durham Bros. CITY FISH MARKET. fish of all Kinds in Season. Muln HI.,, IndHpendcno. ;CITY HOTEL, l C St., Independence. !.y.ffin01l,Fioprik FirHt oIft8 in evsry respcot. Rpeoial lttontiou (ivnn trawiifint cuHtumera, A mple room for comiueroml travelers. BRICK YARD. J. R. COOPER Of Independence, having a steam jngiue, a brick niachino and several Mires of finest clay, is now prepared Jo keep on hand a fine quality of: Brick, which will be sold at reason Able prices. RANKS. FIRST NATIONAL BANK. Aw a UtHrivl Hanking Rutin, Imltpendmce, Oregon. THE lMltl'liMiBXCK National Bank ! Capital' Stock,- $50,000.00. it. mum 11 nun). PmldMit. Vlv PmUlvnt. . I'Mt.ltr. AIIHAU NhXHON, W. V. WSMAWAV A farml banking and i?hang biitlneu IraauKladi loan mad, bill, dlmwutixl, cum il.rrlal vrvdll frantnl: dflu mvlttd oo rurraal amnio I ulOt,l tu i'h, liimrwl ld oa Um (hipoaiu. Jotbua MotlanM, H. II. jHnn, A. J. Ooodiuan, II. IIIrwhbrt, A. laun, T. i. I. A. A llo, iKatablUbml by Nallui al Autburlty.) THK Capital National Bank I Or SALEM OREGON. Capital paid up, (50,000.00. Surplus, $15,000, K. 8. WALLACE. W.W.VARTIN. PmliUttU VIM rrmldmt. J. II. Al.nKRT. ( Millar. LOANS MADE To rarmanoo wbaal and olhr mcrcbaalabl product, cuaalgiMHl or la lura, lllHr In pr. at granarlaa or public arhoua, Drafta draws dlrclou Nw VorM'htracn, Han rranataoo, PnrUaad, I en don, rrn, llur lla. Uaai Koag and Calrulla. THE POLK COUNTY BANK, MOHMOVTH. ORgUOII. i'-mi tit. (ivmlaudl . . i'i...liiai !.! l. a. mmi'u f. I- CAHI'MH I L a ruiku Oiptti Itoek, PiUUp, 150,000 25.000 ntRKOTONS! t v um r. a POW!,l. an'Mr re'" hi mini V II. HITI KR, A. . OMiUi.. r. L CAMI RKLU A rxnarvra1 banklaf biulnrw Irannrtad. P ., i. rw-aWad ,iltM In hi?li, r oa rrtlAra ilri.Mlt l an, naa. bill dlx-nunied a t bougbt and told. Inlarttt aald oa Um .rl-allA . irvnmnl anll aod burglar prool (. atearad i i ; Uma lock. MT"CHTIr buuri I a. at. to 4 a. a. Good and CHEAP. We have the largpt und IJI'ST Htock of Harness ever brought to I hi Section. Ill Our 0n Manufacture. Our Whijw are dire!t from the Factory and are the Inwt out of 160 Stylef. Triming at reasonale Prices. Beamerdb Craven. TAYLORS Lasti Grocery & Bakery ON 0 STREET. rmh Dread, flat and Cakai in kaad rrary da axoaid gundat, . nit aad Irtib Mnnk of aaaaag gaada, Inar. tat, aofba. augar, oandlaa, lf an aud tubaoooa. D. B. TAYL0B, rroprtavif. H.R.PATTIUiOK. I), P.I'ATTKaaon. PATTERSON Bros,. DRUGGIST .PIALII W- WdTCHES,, CLOCKS MD JEWELRY. WDEPBTOKHOB, OKEOON. W. Q. 8HARMAN, MERCHANT TAILOR. 8uitg Mad to Order and fit Guaran teed. r.,.iim nnodi (or Merchant! and other Re uut and Prennad. I wltT opa nmuUilJ ao- couU wltb Merchant at Independence ana Monmouth for Remitting. . C. Street . OopoilU P. 0. HARNESS W. H. WHEELER A'A'iVW TlWJtMT MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS,- -PIANOS and ORGANS - A'oiviiVg in Stntimfry, iMlrM in Fancy hkt of all (Wing, I'vnritu, Futhion Plain and I'rrioilleati. Tin: utkst ;.v am, atixaw of music. (hmlifH, Xuts and (Vjiu. IfJDEPEfJDEfJCE, HAS NOW, And Ma ny Ad va ntages. FIRST. A RAILROAD CENTER: Iiulepentluice to Corvallisby S. P. R. R. Independence to Portland by " " Independence to Falls City by Motor Line. Independence to Salem by " " Independence to Astoria by A. & S. C. R. R. Independence to Albany by " " A HOP The prwent aroa in Hops, tributary to Independence, will soon Im trebled. The amouut of income will reach in a few years ,at least one million dollars. The adaptability of our lands for special fruit-raising, such prunes, pears and apples; will employ hundreds of men; bring iuto the country thousands of dollars, and make our farming lands worth from two to three li und red dollars an aero. Fruit raising will bring canneries and fruit dryers. -Sugar Beet Raising- The rich bottom lands of this section are peculiarly well adapted to raiseug sugar beets, the profit, above cost of produc tion, being estimated at from thirty to forty dollars an acre. One sugar factory will call into usbover 3,000 acres of laud, in creasing its value half a million dollars, and employing labor. How does -it- S -SEWING MACHINES. Writing lper, Ink itanfa, Tablfta, ftulwiption lleeeitfd fur all Iipm. W. 11. WHKKLKH, Independence, Or. PROSPECTIVE, CE11TEK ft tr ike you JUDGE NOT. tMlft Hi) tafct wMnfl iMs tjntaV aad af Me bear lam eaaat eat Wbat ana lo aba dtm mym aula la Uod'a aura alctM mf oalr a A aw, briaaxbl fraai aunt Mil aa ixM, Wbaralaaa vauaMaaiy Aval aad tU. 1W leu. Ih air, Uiat rna ikj Uf b a t.Min ibat b-lw TV Baa baa kMi la ikwtlf bl WHb aua tofenial tmy ttm. WbiM (lano wuiiM iwl llir imibtta (ran. Aad MM Him abwUMTIne: ga uir lam! aad Judfw mm kni, but wall awl aaa, Willi auM'ul pur. KM dladabi: dfiib of lb aby uuy b til iaaurw W Ui alfflit ol pale Aad lur and gby ibat may raM Tail awd to Uud to afw dayal -A. A. rroctor DICK IIUYIa The writer own to Dirk Huyl a debt, ot rtai tly of Kratltoil. aa Um ttory will (leiiionntrat. which the, bjr writing hi biography, awkt V dledmrg-o, Dirk llayl'a lunlonr will nwvor be writtna bjr me, U'ir by any nun rim who knew blm, o ailurn a Similar e'hon lllrary; h wan nut tlittl klml or a boy. uick waeJ an Ap u In- l iiliuu, with all tliocliararli'r latka iu UiUl ili'prarlty that the word Apw U eoiivi'V or aiiK'ftwia We wpre t)hililrn toiti-llitv. ti a and 1. We lived, fotitflit und playml toMherfor twoyxarr lu the aHiutf army poet. On one nietnor able cx-ciu. Ihik. tnatitfalMl by Uir Ut-vll for I firmly twlier tu Uie devil. If only fi A pai-hea d nipped down the iHx k of my (ruck a lie toad It wat tiie cauaii of uiy Brut m of hyuUTin, and I detrrtninvd. If I evxr grew old enough, I would tell the whole world how bad a yonim Apei'lte could be. In 1M78. If I n-member rinbtly, (li-n Orouk had enctwiliHl, afuir yin ol bloody witrand the loeeof hundrmU of good mm, in aalximnK mixt of Hie bandt ouuialiig lite Aparb nation of New aWsinoaud Arlinna. Thoy had dwelt u the AironglioliUi of mountain aud deaert, fnim wltii-b they frequently nmnred to roh and murder all ml rum or ewiKTNUta that they oonld aiubunh, leaving noibuiR for the human mind to oonopive of in the) way of cruelty whim err a white man fell into tiieir power. At tile reaervatiou, altliougb they were well fed and ijuite decently troatud. It wai peoewary to wau-b tbea connUnt ly, and large bodlea of troopa war de tailed for Ibat purpoee. Nerertheloaa, acam-ly a wet'k iiaMacd but auiutll aquad of Apacba. unnnlly lvd by enme attract ire MUw, wonld alip quietly paat the Kuarua and eecape through Ue dnrkneea into their l-lovel ictiu pining and mounlain Urrena. Itull call nearly every morning developed tUixi alwnUx. and nritday would come newt of luurilor. rapine and homira gemirally. A favorite Apache uui-le of doioMng of the uunua prUU( freighter, miner or uuiixrant wiiia ramp llu-.v bail kiiitwIcJ lu raid ux, una to tie the victim by Hiu four limlie to aUki. and then to build a (Ire ou thai portion of bin body ileeipiaUni in the old faebioiHidaimaliacaaa "Virgo.'' There aeeined to be eomething ar Ucularly faacinatiiig to the A pec be tem perament iu tuia form of torture. Douth being long in coming, it gave theaqnowt and papiiouaee plenty of chance to invent nuall tormenta. on the tide, aj it wore. The women and children emigrant but enonjeh. Suffice it toaay that the atiaolute hatred enUTtained by theee In dian for the white waa fully recipro cated, eeperially by the auldiem. It waa no eaey matter to track and nortvufully follow the runaway through Uie cactus and meeuait thicket, over the barren dWrte and deaolate monnUin that make up the topotrraphy of Arirona. Uut In that parched oountry wabr it only to be fonnd at certain pring and "water holm." between which day of travel often intervene, but which are equally well known to (oldier and to Indiana. 8o when the morning report tbowed to Gun, Crook that so many warrior, quawt and iiappooee were mbadng, the grim old warrior would make no tign of parsuit, but on the night following, or perhapt the next one, a aqaadrou of mounted mcu would (Ue tilently out of the reservation bearing order to move at rapidly a possible to the water hole of i'alo ilnto, or to Agna Grande Spring, or to eouie other plaoe where the pnwvce of the preciom fluid favored a camping place for the renegade. The troop were alwayi positively iMtrucUxl to bring back no prieuner. all matter of detail being left to the oflloera in com mand. One June morning there wa re ported miming eight Iudiaus, eleven quaw and iappooea, including Wah nemo, than whom a more depraved and cruel Indian nover exixted, evan iu Ari gona Two night nfterward a xqnad of the Twenty-third infantry, Crook' own reg iment, under Lieut. Huyl, a Rplnudid young fellow, who hat tince left the tervioa, wan aent out ou a tcout with the UNUal orders. No trace of the renegado wa found, but a burned ranch and atuge station uud a cremated cowboy gave suf ficient evidence of Indiana at large. The next night, or rather just at dawn, after a long and fatiguing march, the scout reached a natural rock batiin at the foot of one of the stecptwt and most inacces sible knot) to be found in derolute Ari tona. Thi biwtn had ofton collected a gnpply of acrid watwr, which, however, wa drinkable enough in that oountry. A thin vapor of smoke from a nearly pent tire convinced the trooper that their night' march had not been in vain, and ou creeping up a close a possible the hoHtiles were outlined agiuuat the rocks, fast asleep. The little squiwlron silently deployed out so us to avoid missing a single shot, aud at the word of uommnnd tired, kill ing nearly every oue of the Indians. The others jumped up only to be cut down by the reserve tire, The only two unhurt were Wahncino and his 4-y oar old pappoose. (iraspiug the child, he sprang for the mountain side, scaling the rocks like a chamois, amid a shower of bullets, soou distancing his pursuers and getting out of range of their rifles. Halt ing ou a sholf of rock, he set the child down sud proceeded to indulge tn every exhibition of contempt and derision tlmt his imagination could invent to aggra vate the discomfited troopers, who gnashed their several sots of teeth in rage at the irooilta of the old heathen, They were relieved at last by the arrival of Liont. Huyl, who bore in his hand a new target riflo, received only the day before the scouts started. Thi wonderful gun was guaranteed to carry I forget 1,100 yard with ac curacy, and the lieutouunt, who was one of the beet fellow In the world in garri son, but quite oold hearted and blood thinity whero Apaches were concerned, announced that while he was doubtful of hi gun carrying near the Indian, yet he was going to try. The Apache, (elinjc aeonxb against their oaf bin ua, f omnniieil m taunt until Huyl, taking di-lilwrute aim, with sight raised fur 1,600 yards, Drnd. His iin wa true, and the gun all that It wa boasted. The old savage plunged fm forward over the ledgn, and crashed down the rocky mountain side at the very (net of til slayer. The attention of the soldier was now directed to Um mppooaeth subject of this sketch, That interesting infant still calmly occupied the ledge and wa evidently turning tb situation over In his mind. The trooiws, with Lieut Huyl at their bead, slowly aud painfully clttiriticred up the rocks and finally sp prmwlied the orphan, who, iusUtad of equalling a a cmliwd Christian child would have done, i'omm niied throwiag Umea at bis pursuers, bitting Lieut. Ilnyl qiiar-ly ou the mm with a half pound rock anddrawingbloodeopioaaly, 11 followed this smvwsa liy other good throws, causing as nearly a panic a pos sible. At liwt, by dunking hint, our Apache was knocked down by a blow from a wilier aud stunned, ill captor was now easy, but the lieutenant or der were to return no prisoner. "What ihall we do with th litU deviir askud one of the men. "Shout him or throw him over the dill after his father' The "little devil" bad re gained coasciuttatHwi by thi time, and deliberately set bis teeth into the calf of the soldier's ln. Lieut. Iluyl wiped hi bloody nose aud replied: "A baby woo rights tills way owhl nH to be killed in cold blood. Ily George, I'll take him back to Kan Carliai if it ooaU dm my eoinmlsHionr A gag was pnt Into the ynang orxia month to prevent any more biting, and with a soldiur boldiug each liand he wa lauded on the plain below. There be w as placed on horseback, a lariat tied to nnn fool, parsed under the horse and tied to the ollxir, and thus the trooper re turned to the resorvntion. Lieut. Huyl was a great favorite with Ueu. Crook, but lie bad disobeyed or ders and cxilijently expected to be pat ouder arrest, Uut the general had al ready heard something of th sum throwing sffair, and liad enjoyed a hearty laugh over Huyl' broken no. When the lioutnnajit in making hi re port reached lite point where Wahneino was kill.il the general interrupted with, "liy the way, I think you had butter not let me know officially any mora of this scout tluui ttu have already told." Then glancing at toe swollen bom ha burst into a roar of laughter, in which all the other officer joined. The young Indian was confined in the armory nntil bis first fright wa over come. I lie soldiers of Company A named him Dirk Huyl, and fitting him out with a uniform fashioned from tha lieutenants' old clothe regularly adapted hiru Into the service. In lee thsn a month the small recruit learned to express himself tolerably in Engllrh, and in a very short time bad accumulated all the accomplishmenta of tobacco chewing and profanity possess) by Die soldiers. He also picked up a wonderful knowledge of bugle calls and evolutions, always turning oat at roll call" aud talcing his placvat the extretae left of the couiuinv when in line. When I first knew him he bad been nnder the refining influence ot the I'nited States service two years. If that Indian had improved in that time I am very glnd 1 did not know him before. Ue whs not beautiful according to classic slandanU. The Apache flatten the beads of their babies between boards, and this, as much as anything tine, served to render Dick unattractive to us children. Then he bail such a predilection for carrying snake in hi pocket. The soldiers siHiiled him, of conroe, and ujiheld him in every villainy he chute to perpetrate. When he skit tbemnlesin an ambu lance tilled with women and children. causing a runaway aud a smashnp, one soldier UiN-hi-d him with a barrel slave. and a dor.cn more gave him five cent pieces to comfort bun. They alternate y pounded aud peltwl, but it waa all one to hi in. Ho seldom laughed and never cried; he was au Apache. 1 tuid be never cried. 1 will note an exception. Every Saturday afternoon the men took him out behind tha quar ters and gave him a buth. This process was very simple. They stripped off hi clothing and turned the hose on him. Ou tluve occasions the shneks of the lit tle savage could be heard all over the post. I have not seen Dick since I wa 9 years old, but I like to think that he crew up and 'regularly enlintad in the old regiment aud is uow an honor to the service. "Spusskerriwe" iu New York Tribune. ProapU Oood. "Florry, dear," faltered the Washing ton youth, "I I couldu't summon ooux- age to tell you what was iu my heart and 1 wrote it. iou got my letter, didu't you?" "Yea, George, I got it." "Aud you read It, didu't your "Yes, I read it. In fact, I I read it ovor twice." And uow, Florry," he said, growing bolder, "1 have come to learn my fate. "The best I can promise you, Uoorge, said the blushing daughter of the dis tinguished congressman, withdrawing her hand from the ardent clasp of the infatuated young man, "is that I will advance your letter to a third read, lug to-morrow." Chicago Tribune. The waltz had it begiuuing in Ger many, and thence was taken to France, shortly after which it was introduced iuto England. Hungary was tho birth place of the gidopwde or galop, and from Poland came the stalely polonaise or polacca aud maxourka. The little two storied house at Ansolo, Italy, where Robert Browuing aud his sinter lived when the poet' last book, Aaolando, was written, has been marked with a white marble slab bear ing a suitable inscription. CVf t, nd Trsds-M rk obtained, and sll J"t eut tmmlnniia conducted fur Moderate Feel. Our Offlot It Oppoalts U. 8. Palanl Offiot, snd w ran Hern re itnt In lean time than thott remote from Wnahlnitton. Bend model, drawing er photo., with descrip tion. We ailvlee, if patentable or uot, free of charge. Our foe not due till patent la aecurtd. A Pamphlet, "llow to Obtain Patenta," with namaa of actual client. In your State, county, or town, tent free. Addreaa, C.A.SNOW&CO. Oppotlt Pstast Ulflos. Wathlsfltot, 0. C. You onii buy tickets East to any oint direct from Independence to destination at lowest rate of E. 0. Pkntlanp. mm FLOWERS BRING MONEY. HERE 18 AN IN0U8TRY WOftTH WHILE FOR WOMEN TO PURSUE. A Taae WaaMafl Waaaaa Vails Akwat Mar aasseas la Cattltatia; taUts bf tUaalr aa4 BHa; larga Btatara. "Flower onltnr in a small way can b made to pay even by an amataor who chootwa to pursu It in a patuttaJong and intelligent way," aaid a young womaa. "Klva year ago I boogbt ft littia farm near Axiaoatia, called it 'Boa Acres,' and started in merely for atuoaecuenfi sake with fw rose boaba and aome other pLanU. I kar fiowr dearly, aod tha labor I expanded upon repaid by the pint sure of it, bat after a white I found that It would prod ace money also. So . I planted mar aad more, until at preatol I har three and four thousand rose boaba of tha choicest varieties. A akiQad gar dener told me th other day that my col lection of hybrid pupitHiaki la probably the finest tn Una ooaolry. On the day before Decoration Day I picked and sold 8,000 rues from my owa place. "I am extravagantly food of rosea, but violet are mora pmAubla. Oa Um day before Christmas I picked aod sold 8,200 violets at two cent apiece; that it ti worth. ' They were worth tho hi ch est prioe then, bat they never bring lea than one cent apiece. To raja them i quite easy. I bar 190 giaaa eaahe un der which the violet bloom all winter long. In May I have ft lot of fresh gronnd plowed and prepared, and in it I plant all my violate, taken from beneath the sashes for th pnrpoaa. Then I (im ply take up the geahe and cover the newly planted violet with them and the work it done. In October they be gin to bloom, and continue all through the winter, to that lean pick them every day and tend the flowers to market ALWATI A aUKXIT. AU of my violet plant oome from one little pot that I bought at the Center market five year ago. They are made to multiply by dividing the roote, ao that a single plant taken op in the spring will supply a (core or more. I sell my flower by tending them to Use florists in Washington or very often in New York. Prices are higher in New York, ao that it ocuaily pay to expreet them on. "There it alway market for flowers and there is never any difficulty in dis posing of them. Any florist is glad to buy them if they are good one and in prime condition. Those which I asnd to New York are delivered early the next morning. I expressed aom thith er originally on speculation and I got immediate replies praising their quality and asking for more. Tha violet moat bo picked alway In th afternoon, be cause otherwise they loee their perfume. Then they most be brought Into town tn the evening for shipment. "My greatest aoceas i wita sweet pease, which mart people do not get along very well with in thi latitude. 1 get the very finest possible eeed to begin with. From Jane to August I pick very nearly 4,000 iweet pea rinasiims daily, and they tell for fifty cent a hun dred, so that they are really the most profitable of my flower. They require bat lit Us care. I plant the aseds in the spring in open gronnd, about four inches deep, and as the plants grow the earth it kept hilled up around them. Then posts are stock in along the row with strings arranged so that the vine are trained upon them. I had one-sixteenth of an acre set ont with sweet pease, and it brought in a dear POO from the sale of the blooms. OROWINO DAHLIAS. . "Another flower I am very suoeessfal with is the single dahlia, which la very much handsomer than th double dahlia, you know. I plant th bulbs, which I propagate myself, the last of May, and the plants begin to flower about the last of August, keeping on until frost. I manage to keep them go ing for seme time later than would otherwise be possible by lighting fire on oold night at the ends of the row. In this way I get them over - th first frosty spell, after whioh there is usually a season of quite warm weather, ao that frequently my dahlia . are blooming beautifully up to the end of November. I try to make the flowers I grow alter nate, so that when one tort stop bloom ing another begins. My violet are flowering from the last of September to the end of April; then oome the rose through thesnminer, and the sweet pease, with dahlias id the fall and violets again nntil spring. You can perceive that my way of growing flower doe not make necessary any large investment in green house or otherwise. Of coarse there are tome expenses, I have two men to help me, though on of them I should have to keep anyway for other purposes. There is a great deal in the proper pack ing of flowers for market. "For example, violet must be placed in bnuche in pasteboard boxes, with waxed paper folded loosely around them. They must not be touched with water, because to do go will take away their weetnees. I oousiilor my. own flower growing enterprise a only begun thus far; some day I hope to become ft mill ionaire by selling violets and aweet pease. At all events there is money in the busi ness, properly pursued, and more women ought to go into it. "Washington Star.' l b fty Had taw Nerve. Allan Forman, the publisher of The New York Journalist, went out one day not loug ago to take lunch with a friend, This friend had a glass eye, a calamity Mr. Forman knew nothing about.' When they had finished their meal they walked up to the cashier' desk to settle. ' As the gentleman wa paying the checks the newspaper man noticed a fly calmly, coolly aud deliberately walking across the ball of his friends eye. That indi vidual seemed not in the least disturbed, and when Forman spoke to him about it he said, "Oh, that's nothing." Forman, naturally astonished, aaid in reply, "Well, by gracious, you must have a nerve." "Oh, no," answered his friend, "it's the fly that has the nerve." Arkan aaw Traveler. Th Cap and Hat Biota. These civil disturbances were in Sweden from 1788 to 1771. The Cape were the Russians and their sympa thizers; the Hats were the French. For a time the kingdom wa reduced almost to a state of anarchy by the two con tending factions, but order was restored by Gustavo IU in 1771, who, desirous of exoluding all foreign intervention in the affairs of Sweden, forbade the use of the names, and sternly repressed all dis order growing out of the political dis sension between tha factions. St, Louis aiobe-Democnt, A T.i'u rtjr. One of the moat euriou mttarai pro dor taocs of the Wast India a Um famed vegetable fly, ao tneect about tha t and color of dron bee, but without wing. In the month of May it burial Itself in the earth and begin to vegetate. By th beginning of June ft aproat has issued from the creatore's back and mad its appearanoe abov the surface of the ground. By the end of July th tiny tree, known on the islands a the fly tree, ha attained iu full rise, being then about three inches high, but perfect tree in every particular, much resem bung a delicate coral branch. Pod ap pear on its branch aa soon a it ar rive at it full growth; the ripen and dropoff in August. Instead of containing seeds, as on would naturaDy suppose, these pod hav from three to six small, hard worms upon their interior. The pod socio hrrrelj up In the hot son and bursts open oo about the third day after becoming; detached from the parent stem. Tbt littl worms roll oat and bury themselves in th asnd, and after undergoing th change inci dent to all caterpillar become flies, which, when the proper time oome, bury themselves in the ground to furniah nour ishment for soother miniature "fly tret." Dr. Marttnisque, of the Boyal institute, who ha received several boxes of then flie upon which he ha mad repeated experiments, give a long (dentine ex planation for the aeraingimpoasibtlitiet attributed to thi insect, which is, at best, wholly unsatisfactory to tha general reader, even though his coworkers in that branch of science may eonsider it explanatory and ooocitunve. Cor. St. Louis Republic. aoatvUtlac Aawwt Coat. It make the present gejoeratloo smile to read the account which hav come down to us concerning the prejudice which were formerly entertained against certain articles which are of very day consumption. For inetanoe, it is said that when eoej was first used in England the prejudice against it was so strong that the house of oommons petitioned the king to pro hibit tha use of the "noxious" fueL A royal proclamation having failed to abate the nuisance, a commission was issued to ascertain who burned coal within the city of London and its neigh borhood, to punish them by force for th first offense, and by the demolition of their furnaces if they persisted in trausgreseing. A law was finally pasted making H a capital offense to burn coal in the city, and only permitting it to be used by forge in the vicinity. It is stated that among the records in the tower of London a document waa found according to which a man was hanged in the time of Edward I for no other crime than having been caught burning coal It took three centuries to entirely efface th prejudice. Texas Sifting. Tha II aad KJae. The kiss of the hand is undoubtedly ancient, and therefore is not derived from that of the lips, but probably the oonverse is true. The hand kiss is loosely asserted to be developed from aarvile obeisances in which th earth, th foot and the garment were kissed, the hand and cheek succeeding in order of time and approach to equality of stnk. But it is doubtful if that was the actual order, and it is certain that at the time when hand kissing began there were lea numerous gradations of rank than at a later stage. - Kissing of the bands between men fe mentioned in the Old Testament, tine by Homer, Pliny and Locian. The lost was applied reverentially to sacred ob jects, such a statue of the gods, as it ahown by ancient works of art, aod also among numerous etymologies by that of the Latin word "adoro," and it was also metaphorically applied by the in ferior or worshiper kissing his own hand ftn throwing the salute to the superior or tatu, Popular Science Monthly. CaUfbrala's Gald Traasar. Never in any other eoun try has a change in the political dominion been followed to promptly by so marvelous an increase of wealth and population, of productive industry and general intelligence. Never did a province repay new masters more liberally for their trouble in its acauiia tioa, nor did any other conquered terri tory ever reoeiv greater benefit from conquest. The most notable instance in history of triumphant invasions re warded with great cams of precious metal were those of Babylonia by Cyrus, of Persia by Alexander, of Mexioo by Cortex, and of Peru by Pixarro U pop ulous empires, with wealth accumulated through centuries of prosperity. Yet not one of them yielded to its conquerors, within a generation, so much treasure aa did desolate California to the Americans. John S. Hindi in Century. H Got a HoUday. When I was about 11 years old I one day rebelled against going to school. I preferred the hook and line and the bab bling brook, and I said to father a farmer at the dinner table, "Cant I stay out of school this afternoon?" "Oh, yes," he answered promptly, to my no small surprise. I ate my dinner with keen anticipa tion of a jolly afternoon; but as we rose from the table father said, "Come with me.- I need a little help in picking up the fallow ground." When the trees of the forest were felled they were cut into logs, rolled to gether and burned, after which it wa necessary to pick up the charred sticks, and make smaller heaps for anot&er fire. When father said "Come with me" I knew what he meant, and I went At night I was black as ft negro and tour as a lemon, and the next inormng I aid, "Father, I think I would rather go to school today." "All right," be answered; "go ahead," and after that I wag careful not to ask for a holiday without some very good nason. Chicago Herald. Tha Joda Tra. The Judas tree is a native of the south ern countries of Europe, and is a hand some low bosh with flat, threading top. In tha spring it is profusely cov ered with purplish pink blossoms, which burst out before the leaves begin to un fold. The blossoms have aa agreeable acrid taste, and are made into salads and sometimes fried. There is an ancient tradition that Judas hanged himself from thi species of tree. A tree called the Judas tree is common to some parts of the American continent It differs some what from the oue described, but the blossoms are made into good pickles, and the young twigs are bought by dyer for the brownish pigment contained in them. The Judas tree draws great numbers of bees around to feed on the sweet con tained in its blossoma. Detroit Fre -... v