The Independence west side. (Independence, Or.) 18??-1891, November 25, 1892, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextThe Best NcwsjKtper It fa on that it'ty th mimI u reaAcst acir. Cowmics tht It A'al' JSIDA" rilA nnjf jxywr ' fnf eoMNfe. As an Advertising Medium THE WEST SIDE Takes the Lead In Polk County. VOL. X. 2.00 rer Year. INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25, I 92. Five Cents Per Copy. NO. 3 L KKCRKT WH'I K Tl 'X A O. IT. W.-ISIEJKMKSCK t, Lodtre, N 23. oieel every Men dny nit! lit in Mmmuiig ball All w lug brother are Invited to attend tilnir aiiller, M. VV. V. O. Cook. Recorder. A ALLEY LOIX1B. NO. 42. 1. O. O V F.-Me'a in Masunie hull every TUtireday evening. All Odd fellow cor dially invited hi atleud. O. W . iSlthitt, N. O, W. W. Williama, Weci?UryL1 f YON UHHiK, NO. , A. F. A A. 1 M. Misted ei.roninuiealioiie hlur day evening on or before dill tuoou eaeh mouth and I wo wee, lliereaner. It. W IJOMKR LOPOK, NO. 4 K. of I 1 1 Meet every ettneattay evemuir. All knlghta re eorjially invited. V. & LoiiKhary, tt 0. BUir Miller, K. H S 1MI V8ICI ANH-DKNTWTR Y- OR BUTLER, PHYSICIAN ANI , nrgeou. Secy, I. H. Roard of Medio) Eiaroiuero, Oftle in Opera UollWJ Mtttt. EL K ETC HUM, M. IX OFFICE , and wwMfuws corner Uailruad ami Monmouth at,, hidepeudcuee, Or. DR. J. a JOHNSON, RE81PEN1 Dentist. All wdrk warranted In give the beat of satisfaction. Indepen dence, Or. TJ. LEE, PHYSICIAN AND SCR , glMll. U. 8. XaUtlllilltf iUIk''O. Office over Independence National Hani. ATTUKNKY& GEO. A. SMITH. ATTORNEY AT lav Witt practice in all state and federal ninrt. Abstract of title furnished. t)tlifw over Independence Nwttuual Bask. DALY. SIBLEY k EAKtN, AT torueya at law. We hate th oiilj aet of atwtrect biMika in l'olk ooliuty. KeliallD abatracU fnrnilie.l. Money to loan; oo coromiiwKin cliartted on lnia. OtHo. looms 'i and 8 W iltx.o a bliwk, Dal laa, Oregon. AM. HURLEY, ATTORNEY AND . CSonnatilor at I-atr. Ollli-e. nest to InJepeD,leue Natioual Hank, Inde peodvnee, Or. BONHAM HOLM EX, ATTOR neya at Law. Offloa in Unah'a blick, betwern Sut and Court, on Uutu meroial atrvet, Sulero, Or. SASH AND DOOR8. MITCHELL A IIOHASNON. MAN nfai!turi.r of hIi and d.H.ra A!. aoroll awm. Main atreel. Inde pendence, Or. ARCHITECTS. Fll. MORRISON. ARCHITECT and HoiTiijleniIeiit. All elmrta KuiMioalile. and Brst-clada work KUiirmi teed. Dalliu', On?Kon. tfl'HNEYOR. Tli. BUTLER. COUNTY SIR , veor and Civil EiiKiiwcr. All calla promptly answered. Adilrei Die at Diillim, Or. BARI5E1W. ET. HENKLE. THE BARBER, , oppoaiM opera lioime, Indnpen dence, Oregon. WATCHMAKERS. AB. CHERRY, WATCHMAKER , and ,Jewfler,wilh I'utleraon Broa., IndepeudeiK", Or. AUCTIONEERING. EH. HOSNER. MONMOUTH OR., , in nlwnya remly In dn unctiun worl. either in the oit or crinntiy, nt reasonable rntea. TAILORS. WO. SHARMAN, MERCHANT . Tailor, 0 alreet, ueiir postolliee. Bnita in any atylfl made to order at ren onable rate. DRESSMAKING. MRS. H. O. HADEEY HAS LOCAT ed in Monmiiilh,wliere (die w.ll )" duct a dresciiliikiiiK i'Htalililm)' lit in the piilkwoiinty-lmnk liiiililini;, HiiiitliwiHt corner, up a'aira. LOAN B1MJKERH. MONEY TO LOAN .sriOUT TI M E lnuns iiftfodiited "n clnitli'l nml real-eatateaoiirity, Noica diacouuted. TLoiuhi & Jolirjaon, Hakm, Or, IlOlT.UH. ST. CHAIU.K8 HOTEL, POttT liinj, Orcein. 0, W, Knows., proprietor. The leading hotel of the north!. Firvfuiiof, Hydraulic ele vator. Newly furnished, Oood rttir- ani foiiueeuHi. inm riaim. ixir. f rom nd Morrisou atreeta. WELL PUILLKHS. C LOr EH ST A r LRTON, OF IN DE- pemienee, nave one of the latent un proved and bv ilnlliiitf planta, Hud ar iretwrHi iti wort arena, urill llirouun itK'k or oruvel. ami lmrt Ilia mtln alMam pmrer plant in I'ulk oiMiiily. Our prloe are renmiiiKine. HANKS. Commence Business March A, 1889. Kjllili,.lm,l by Nntkwa) Auilmrlly, -TIIIC- FIRST NATIONAL BANK. of lmtt)iiteiKt,Orwa Capital Stock, Surplua, $50,000.00 $14,000.00 J, , OKI. tt. U W, HoBKKTMOM, I'lnMtiletil, Vlif 1'rm.UenL W. II llAWt.KV,r.lilrr. OIRCCTOBS. i. S. tlwr. I- W. HolMrtikHi, tt llotniU'k 0, W, Wbltmtker, W. W. C'olllna. 4 k.bbiiL. .Mt,.iUM Im.... Hiiv iiii.l ph'IU r jrluuxo (in ll humirlMit k'liiim IW'll.Mllj, r,3iVttl (ll,lH.t Ilk t.n.'b IH ( MMK llll.-.ll. i. rolUnMlulia HUtito, IIIIKV II. V . III. U . lit. Till: INDLPK.NnkNCK National Bank ! Capital Stock, $0,000.00. 11. nufcvmiKuu, litlilcut. Vkw Hrwil.lenl. Cwhlr, Bll.VM NKti, f. I. (XINN.tWAY A (rurral ImiikliiK mt m-lmiln biulneM IrtuiMu-lfil: luiia ia., billa (tlmouiiltxl.nim mrrt ul ercttit intnlei il-lu rmitvnl on Mirrvm mvount nultj'trl to rliwk, Intermt ,li im tlm ttepwiu. PIKKiTlMtK Jmnua MolmnU'l, II. H, Jrwm, A. J. Uouttmitii, II. lllm-hlwra, A. Netaon, T.4. l.ee, I, A.Allen. COAPORmO UNDER THE UWS Of OREGON. POLK COUNTY BANK. MONMOUTH, OR. .A. MAi'ttrH fnwlilenl P. U(!AMI'HKI.I. VIw.ITm. IIIA C. l"uWKl.U.. (Wiler PAID CAPITAL, $25,000. DIRf CTORS. .A.Uaernm. I. Ufamphell, I.M.Wmtiaoa I. II. V, Hutlor, 3. II. Hiump, K, . Piiwelt Jihw.th Crttven, A (pitera! Ianklii ii'l n.'hn bualnem IrniKuu-Mot: liii mil.r, il.'mc received .ulijwi u ,'luvK r in pert I mute of t.xlt; ItiU'rvnt tuttd Itine ttfHMii. -Kliv ir( twmIi ami Unrvtlur mif Mfe, wcuntl liy Viilw lime ItH'k, oitl lliiuni: U u. 111. I I p. in. TILE FACTORY. THE- INDEPENDENCE IIE CO. ( Has now in block and is conliniiiilly 111:111 11 fuel uriiitf liliiifr of alt aiM'H for druiuH ami lraiiiu(,'o. C. G. A. I'KEHUOTT. 3. A. VENIH. PRESCOTT VENESS. - i'roprletom of iEPENDENCE 1 MILL. MiiiiiiriuiUireraof anil Oealem In FIR and HARDWOOD, AND . Rough and Dressed LUMBHK. 't J. A. WHEELER, - Manager. BRICK. BRICK YARD. J. R. COOPER Of Inl(firnloti(!fl, Itavinj? a uteam cniiii, a Ir1c1c macliiiioand Heveral .w ,.r ftiu.t-,i-lnv. is now nrcimrou to hicptMi hand a line quality ol Brick, which will be HU ttt rcuHou able priwH. 4 IK 1 If learance Owing to Ilia fael that In tlin near fittura wa lulend elmliitf out our entire atia'k of , Jewelry, Watches, Clocks. Silver and Silverplated Ware Ladiea' hreaal pina, waloti rliauia, braoa leta, ear and ftnirr rinira, iienta' on II and eollnr lniliom, and in fact everything in our liumene Nloek in tliia line will be ald . At W mean tinaineaa.and will eonvine you of tbia furl if yon will only call at our etoe. Everything Cme early and ae cure Hie otioioeat Bargains . Tli In la no fnke adverliaeiuent. Buster & Shelley, Independence. N.B. Please watch this space next week. H n L. H. MATTOON. PROP. Opportiinily is 11 jjihmI lliintr, nnd tioHoiiNiiilo person, not .even the Minull hoy, mer minM opood itliaiKui, Tliere are opjtor. ttiiiiliesexiHtiiinow for peopln who wunt to secure good hur- guiim in nil kniiln of GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS We are every diiy reoelvlnir, new rcmkIh, iKiiiKht lit the lowimt euali prioea, mid wo aeil tliem on a ainnlt inurKln. Ourgooda lire all flrtcliiHH, and our PRICES ARE AS LOW AS THE LOWEST Our clerka are napolltuHiKlHiullliiK an clrciiniBtiint'CH and the tnotliuohe will xrinlt, und we itra the inoxi accom modulus xople In town. DON'T FORGET When you wunt nnytliliiK real good, we've got it at the JU1 nl L. M. MATTOON, PROP. INDEPENDENCE, OR. rand ale. Cost Must Go. BAKERY. BAKE BY TRUE FREE TRADE What We are Coming to if Pro tection Has Failed. Labor against mohoi'Ly. Ftm Trad ataaae a Kaefcaaga of Valuable Labor laillvMaala, m4m HeMial lftt laHve Ifimn to Ahjnm. ' Protection haa been overthrown by tin American people, lu the recent elec tion, Juat aa It wa In England In 184(1, and we are to experiment on tariff for revwuue Juat aa Ktigland haa been do- lug tat 46 yean; but the Ulairlng man will not be benefited, and the end la not yet, Here re umie Ideaa on that eutijeet, wlileh we quote: "t.'.ane with me," aaid Richard Cob den, aa John Hright turned heart- airlekeu from a new-made grave "Then are In England women and children dying with hunger with hunger made by the laws, ttotue with me, and we will not real until we re- peal tbtwe lawa." la tula aplrit the free-trade movement waied and grew.aroualug au enthuelatu that no mere flaeal reform eould have arouavd. And Intrenched though It waa by reatrtcled auffrage and rotten bor- oughi and ariatoeratlc prlvllrgea.proteo. tlon waa overthrown In Great Mrltlan- And there la hunger In Great Brit ain atlll, and women and children yet die of It. IlulUiUlaBot thefallureof free trade. When protection bad been aboliabed and a revenue tariff eu!tltutd for a protective tariff, free trade had only won anoutpoat That women and chil dren atlll die of hunger lu Oreat Britain arliea from the failure of tlie refomtera to go on. Free trade baa not yet been tried In Oreat Britain Free trade In lu fullueaa ami entirety would Indeed ahollah hunger. Tbia we may now ace. Our luitilry haa ahown that the rea- aon why the almlltlon of protection, gri'atly aa It would lucrcaae tlie pro duilou of weultli, oau accompllab no permanent beueflt for tlie laboring olaM la, that wi long aatlie laud on which all muat live le made tne projierty of tune, Increaae of produotl ve power can only Increaae the tribute which tluaie w ho own the land can demand for lla um. Ho lojg aa land la held to be the Individual property of but a portion of Ita Inhabitant, no piamlble increaae of productive power, even It it went to the length of abollahluR the ucceaalty of labor, and 110 Imaginable Increaae of wealth, even though It poured down from heaven or guahed up from the bowelaof theearUi, eould improve the condition of tbine who powetwouly tlie power to labor. The greateat Imagina ble Increaae of wealth could only In- tenalfy In the greateiit Imaginable de gree the phenouieoa which we are fa miliar with aa "over-production" could ouly reduce the laboring claw to Utilveraal pauprrlaiu, Tbua It la, that to make either the abolition of protection or any other re form beneficial to the working-Han we muat abolbih the Imipiallty of legal right to laud, and realore to all their natural and equal right In the com mon heritage. How can th la be done? Oonaider for a moment preclaely what ll la that need to be done, for It la here that confutdon a- medium arlwn, To ae- cure to each of the people of a country hlaequal rlghta totlielund of that coun try doea nut nuitn to aecure to each an equal piece of land. Have in an ex tremely primitive eoclety, where popu lation waa aparee, the dlvlalon of latatr hail made little progreaa, and family group lived and worked In common, a dlvmlon of laud Into anything like equal pleeea would Indeed be Impract able. I n a atate of society audi aa exlata in elvlllted country It would be ex tremely dlflloul t,tf aot altogether Impoa- aible,to make an equal dlvlalon of land. Nor would one ettoh (llvialon auftlce. With the flrat dlvlalon the difficulty would only btgln. Where population la iuurcaalng and Iteoentreaare conatuut lyohunglngi where dlflerent vocatlona make different uaea of lands and require dlflireut qiiulltloa and anioiinta of it; Where Improvement and dlwovorlew and Invention are oouatantly bringing out new uaes, and changing rclutlve value, a dlvlalon that should tie equal to-day would aoon become very unequul aud to maintain equality a re-dlvlalou every year would be neceeeary. But to make a re dlvlalon every year, or to treat land aa a common, where no one could claim theexoluslvenae of any particular piece, would ouly be practic able where men live In movable tent and made no permanent Improvement, and would effectually prevent any ad vance beyond Mich a itato. No one would how a crop or build a Iiouhc, or oxm a mine, or plant an orchard, or cut a drain, ao long aa anyone elxc could come In nnd turn him out of the land In which, or on which, such Im provement niUMt be llxcd. Thim It la absolutely neoeHwiry to the proper use and Improvement of land Unit Hoclcty should secure to the user and Improver safe poMscfttdon, This point I constantly raised by those who resent any questioning of our present treatmeut of land. They seek to befog the Issue by persistently treating every proposition to secure equal rights to land as though It were a proposition to secure an equal divis ion of hind, and attempt to defend pri vate property In land by setting forth the necessity of securing safe possession to the Improver. But the two things are essentially different. In the first place equal right to land eould not be secured by the equal ui Vision Of land, and In the second place It Is not necessary to make land the private property of Individuals In or der to secure to Improver that safe possession of their Improvements that la needed to I inline men to make Im provement. On the contrary, private prnerty In land, aa aa we may see In any country where It exUts, enable mere doga-ln-thc-mangcr to levy block mall Umui Improver, It enable the mere owner of land to ooiniiel the Im pmver to ay him for the privilege of making Improvement, aud in many ca It eiiubli hlm to conflacnte the Improvemeiita, Here are two ilmple principle, Isilli of which are aelf-cvldeiit: I. That all men havecquat right to the use and enjoyment of the element provided by nature, I I. That each mint haa an exclusive right to the use aud enjoyment of what 1 produced by hi own lalsir. There I no conflict between thcee principle. On the contrary they are correlative. To fully ecure the Indi vidual right of proiierty In the produce of labor we miut treat the element of nature a common proi'rty. If any one could claim the wuullght a hi proMrty, and could coin)-! me to pay hlm ftir the agency of the aun In the growth of crop I had planted, It would ncoemarily Icascii my right of prorty In the produce of my lalsir. And conversely, where every one I ae cured the full right of proiorty lu tlie produce of hi labor, no one- can have any right of property In what I not the produce of labor. No matter how complex the Indus trial organization, nor how highly de veloied tlie elvllhtatloii, there I no real dittlculty lu carrying out these principle. All we have to do I to treat tlie laud aa the Joint property of the whole people, Just aa a railway I treated a the Joint pro.rty of many shareholder, or as a hlp 1 treated as the Joint property of several owner. Its other woriU, we can leave land now being used III the secure ixsisittxtDn of thoM using it, and fcave land now untiMcd to be taken hmncimIou of by j thorn who wish to make ue of It, on Cuiidition that those who thus hold land shall pay to the community a fair rent for the cxchmlve privilege iliey enjoy that la to nay, a relit lamed on the value of the privilege the Individ ual receive from the community In ling aiiiirdeil the exclusive um of this much of the common property, aud which should have no reference to any Improvement he had made In or on It, or to any pmllt due to the ue of hi hiUir aud capital. In thin way all would la pliuvd iism an equality lu regard to the uc and enjoyment of thiMe natural element which are ckarly the common heritage, and that value which attache to land, not (lo calise of what the Individual liner doen, but IweaiiHc of the growth of the com munity, would aivrue to the commun ity, and eould ! used for purpowe of common benefit. But to make land virtually the com mon proja-rty of the whole Hiple, and (appropriate ground rent for public use, there is a much simpler ami raider way than that of formally assuming the ownership of laud and proceeding to rent It out lu lots a way that In volve no shock, that will conform to present customs, ami that Instead of requiring a great Increase of govern mental machinery, will penult of a great slinplilli-ntiou of governmental machinery. In every we ll-devctopcd community large sum are needed for common pur poem, aud the Mini thus needed in- creiiNC with social growth, not mere ly In amount, but proportionately, lnie wm'IuI progrcM tends steadily to devolve ou the community a a whole function wWcli in a ruder stage are discharged by individuals. Now, while people are not tiacd to paying rent to government, they are used to paying taxes to government. Homo of these tuxes arc levied upon personal or movable proierty; some upon occupa tion or btiNlucss or person (n lu the case of income taxes, which are lu real ity taxes on persons according to In come;) some upon the transportation or exchange of commodities, lu which lost category fall the taxes imposed by tariffs; and sonny lu the United Slates at least, on real estate that Is to say, on the value of land aud of the Im provement upon It, taken together. That part of the tax on real estate which Is asacHHed ou tlie value of land Irrespective of Improvemeiita Is, in Its nature, uot a tax but a reut-a taking for the common use of the community of a part of the Income that properly belong to the community by reason of the equal right of all to the use of laud. Now It 1 evident that, in order to take for the use of tlie community the whole Income arising from land, Just a effectually aa it could be taken by formally appropriating and letting out the land, It Is ouly necessary to abolish, one after another, all other tuxes now levied, and to Increase the tax on land value till It reaches, a near as may be, the full annual value of the land. Whenever this point of theoretical perfection Is reached, the sidling value ofland will entirely disappear, and the charge made to the individual by the community for the use of the common property will become In form what It 1 in fact a rent. But until that point is reached, this rent may be collected by the simple Increase of a tax already levied In all our state, assessed (as di rect taxes are now assessed) upon the selling value of laud Irrespective of Im provements a value that can be ascer tained more easily and more accurately than any other value. In the first place, all taxes that now full uhiu the exertion of labor or use of capital would be abolished. No one would be taxed for building a house or Improving a farm or opening a mine, for bringing thiugs in from foreign countries, or from adding lu any way to the stock of thing that satisfy hu man want and constitute national wealth. Every one would be free to make and save wealth; to buy, sell give or exchange, without let or hlu drunce, any article pf human produc- Hlghett of all In Leavening wy, C7 ABSOLUTELY PUDB tlon the ue of which did not Involve any public Injury, All those luxe which Increase price a tiling pus from hand to hand, falling finally upon the consumer, would dlapMar. Build ing or other fi xed Improvement would be aa secure a now, and eould be nought and aold, as now, subject to tlie tax or ground rent due to the community for the ground on which they stood. House aud the ground they stand ou, or other Improvement and the laud they are made on, would alo be rented a now. But the ayiount the tenant would have to pay would be km than now, since the taxc now levied on building or Improvement fall ulti mately (aave In decaying communities; on the user, and the tenant would there fore get the benefit of their abolition. AndMn this reduced rent the tenant would pay all tlume taxes that lie now ha to pay In addition to hi rent-any remainder of what he paid on account of the ground going not to Increase the wealth of a landlord but to add to a fund In which the tenant himself would be an equal sharer. In the seoond place, a large and cou tantly increasing fund would be pro vided for common uses, without any tax on the earnings of labor or ou the return of capital -a fund which lu wvll Nettled countries would not only suffice for all of what are now cousldered nec canary expense of the government, but would leave a large surplus to be devot ed to purpose of general benefit. In the third place, and most Impor tant of all, the monopoly of laud would be abolished, and land would be thrown on aud kept osn to the use of lalxir, Mlucelt would be uiiprcllluhle for any one to hold laud without putting it to ita full use, aud Isilh the temptation and the power tosx'uIate in natural oppor tuuitio would be gone. The siccula live value of laud would be dcHlroycd as wmiu a It waa kuowu Hint, no matter whether laud was used or not, tlie tax would Increase a fast as the value In creased; aud no one would want to hold laud that he did not use. Witli the dlsapHaraiH of the capitalized or sell ing value of land, the premium which must now be paid as puruhsae money by those who wish to une land would dlupivar, differences lu the value of land Ix-ltig meoHured by what would have to be paid for it to the community, uomlmilly in taxes but really iu rent. So long as any unused land remained, thcee who wished to use It could ob tain It, uot only without the payment of any purchase prlue, but without the payment of any tux or rent. Nothing would be required for the use of land till lens advantageous laud came Into use, end poHcHiiii thus gave an advan tage over and above the return to the labor and capital expended upon it, and uo matter how much the growth of population and the progress of society lucreaHcd the value of land, this in crease would go to the whole communi ty, swelling that general fund In which tlie poorest would lie an equal sharer with the richest. Thus the great cause of the present unequal distribution of wealth would tie destroyed, and that one-aided compe tition would cease which uow deprives men who possetta nothing but power to labor of tlie benefit of advancing civili zation, and forces wages to a minimum, uo mutter what the increase of wealth. J Labor, free to tlie natural elemeuu of production, would no longer be Incapa ble of employing Itself, aud competi tion, acting as fully and freely between employer a between employed, would carry wage up to what is truly their natural rate the full value of tlie pro duce of labor and keep them there. HnniiekeiitiiK Ili'lp. A teaspoouful of borax added to cold starch will make olothes very stiff. A piece of chamois skin bound on the edge, shaped to fit the heel and keptlu place by a piace of eliistio rubber, worn over thestcoklng,will save much mending. According to the Medical Reoord custor oil hn not failed in any case to remove wart to which it was applied ouce a day, for from two to six weeks. Ituboffthe carpets with a sponge, dipped in water, in wbiohia a small proportion of turpentine. This will freshen colors, and tend to discourage moths. If Bheets or tablecloths are wrung by putting the selvage through the wringer, the edges will not ourl up, nnd they iron ranch moreensily. Out gins Bhoiild be first thoroughly washed and dried, then rubbed with pre pared chalk, using a soft brush, and being careful not to neglect any of the orevioos. This will give it a fine polish. To test a diamond. Here is an ensy method of determining whether a sup posed diamond is genuine or not : Pierce a hole in a card with a needle, and then look at the hole throuuh the stone. If false you will see two holes, but if you have a real dinmod only a single hole will nppenr. You tuny also make the test in another way; Tut your finger behind the atone . and look at it through the dia mond ns through a magnifying glass. It tbe stone is gennme you will be unable to distinguish the grain of the skin, but with a false stone this will be plaiuly visible, forthermore, looking through real diamond, the setting is never visible, whereas it Is with a false one. What tlie Ilaliy Can lhe It can wear out a pair of kid shot lu 24 hours. ; In can keep its father busy advertis Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Baking log In the newspapers for a nume. It can occupy both side of the largest manufactured bed simultaneously. It can make itself look like a fiend Just when It mamma want to show w hat a pretly baby she ha. It can make an old batchclor in the thit room adjoining umo language that, if inten d ou the street, would get him Into the penitentiary for two year. It can go from the farthest end of the room to the foot of the stair In the hull adjoining quicker than it mother can Jut step into the closet and out again. It can go (o sleep like a angel and just a mamma and papa are starting for the theater it can wake up and stay awake till the last act. These are some of the thing a baby can do. But there are other thing a well. A baby can make the comrnoiicet . home the brlghcst sjsit on earth. It can lighten tbe burden of a lov ing mother' life by adding to them. It can flatten it dirty little face against tbe window pane In such a way that tbe tired father can see It a a picture la-fore he round the corner. Ye, babies ure a great limtitution, particular ly ouc's ow n baby. rrull lUUIng Will VT. You can buy a lib' orchard of 400 trwa and neveral acre of land with it, and also house and outbuildings, very cheap, by railing and getting prices (if roik county 1.IIIH1 1 o., jr. a. raiter- soli, manager. IUMrn,U In Slli.rl. Silieria, coupled as it name I with dories of Russian barbarity, fa not the barren, terrible land of limitless desert which fiction and the drama have pic tured it. The building of the trans- Siberian railway and the extension of line along the northern frontier of China will greatly change the entire drama of civilisation. The railroad from Vladivostok to the Ural mountains will bring that great Russian naval station within fonrteeu days' journey of St." ' PcU'ixburg, and along this route atations will rapidly grow into towns and offer opportunities for new and striking de velopment. RuHsia's enterprise stimulates that of China, not only as a matter of com petitive ambition, but for strategic reasons. Tlie railway now being sur veyed and completed with the Celestial empire are numerous, and to this end many foreign engineers. are employed. Poldicra and convict are largely em ployed as workmen, thus cheapening the cost of labor at fur a possible. Hart ford Olobe. A Cak. Walk at Long Branch. The cake walk at Long Branch was attended by an appreciative lot of white people from the various hotels, who, in their anxiety to obtain good place, wait ed in crowds outside tlie door long be fore tlie polite person who had been de puted to gather in the shekels was able to escape from tlie duties of his regular po sition and attend to them. When they finnlly succeeded in getting inside they relioved the exuberance of their feelings by impartially applauding every man. woman or child who crossed the floor. regardless of age, color or previous con dition of servitude. The first prize a large rocking chair was awarded to Miss Jackson, a slim, dusky maiden in black satin, with a beantiful figure and a very dignified carriage. She neer al tered her expression one jot from the beginning of the walk to its end. A for tunate conuls succeeded in taking the cake, but the gold watch which had been promised as the first pnze for gentlemen failed to uiaterialisse. New York Her ald. During the past three months there were listed in Portland 826,671 live lob sters and 23,756 canned lobsters. When we consider the fact that it takes on an average the moat of fifty lobsters to fill one dozen cans, and that the above fig ures represent the importation of more than 1,500,000 lobsters in three months at this port alone, we get some idea of the enormous consumption of this article of food in this country, and the old inquiry as to how long this drain upon the rich resources of the coast can lie stood naturally suggests itself. Portland Press. A Maryland tourney. Fifteen stalwart knights participated in the tournament yesterday afternoon on My Lady' Manor, Baltimore county. The tourney was held on the farm of Mr. Jacob M. Pearco, about miles east of Monk ton, on the Northern Central railway. The contest waa one of expert horsemanship, and in this particular the tourneys of today are useful. It is only when they are likened to the chivalrous engagements of old or when they are merely for the value of the prizes offered that they become ridiculous. In yesterday's tourney prizes were given to the first four successful knights, and the next four had the honor of crowning the queen and maids of-houor, which were really the most coveted prizes. Tlie coronation took place at Manor hall, near the tourna ment grounds. The royal party, and others tin oujoyed a dance. The Last Bush ranger Gone. The last or one of the Inst of the old Australian bushrangers is dead. Forty years ago the name of Black Douglas was renowned in New South Wales. He waa a negro, and had been a prize fighter before he took to the ropes. His real name was RussoU, and he died in the hospital at Sandhurst the old Ben digo, the Victoria mining town. Bush rangers already seem almost as extinct as highwaymen. Mid-Ulster Mail. A firm of London furriers fonnd nse for a quantity of old quilted satin linings, which were still good, but of no further business value, in distributing them through a city micsionnry among the destitute and pauper inhabitants of Soho, a miserable Loqdon district. 1