The 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
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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.
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