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' ! ' is UNIVERSAL . . r rv r.:" '' M'v' . -J v SUFFRAGE "W '' this and tiiuliituim that fVA fWnty, (limmrwot'wy Jiwmuy nth, ism. VimiiV luhiif titunt fnnl;n wulih. INDEPHNDKNCE. l'OLK COUNTY, OUEGON, l-KIDAY, JANUARY O.H!03. l:ive Cents IVr Copy. VOL. A a IT. Wt INDEPENDKNCK T. tjodg, N Mi meets every Mon day nitfh in Masiitahall. All soionru iu brothers art hlit4 to attend, Mlair Miller, M. W. ). lHk. Keeonlor. NO. IS. I. O. O -MeeU Viomo hull every Thursday evening UliiHtd fellow oor dialty invited to ilkt, (kW.Shiuu, N. U. W. W. Wi'liatjj Seorotiry. LION LOME, V- U. r. A A M. Slated aimiiieakious 8atur dny evening oo or befoHfull noon each mttuitt ami l wo waft tteaner. tt. w Sumo, W. M. W. R t'Snaway, Pyv HOMER LODOB, ('. 48, K. of 1 Meet ovry Witstay evening. All kuhihts are nmliallyViied. V. S. Latibry, a a i BUr hn K. U S OIX BUTLEK. THYSUK AND surgeon, ,-8oy. U. tshmM of EL KETCHUM. M. D. OFtCE and reaideuoe, corner ItaiUd Mid MoumoUlb ttu, ludepeudcuea, O i J. R JOUS!iON. WS8WKNT l J Uentuil. Alt wiirk wrrn,l l ave the ht f tulwwi.HuB, Iud,u- douce, Or. TJ. LEE, PHYSICIAN ASD Sl'Jl gm. U. 8. MMiilnittir ur'i. OlHw oer lodKiwudeto Nnlioul 1m .. r, onviimv IMIYXtRI A 5' "Zl" u.J.. v-i. d'ieMl nJtum if fMtO. i AWiRSKYS.- GEO. A--NUTH, ATTORSI Y A I Ud. Will prttHio m 1. tt Dd ttHtond irtii, AlwtrnoU i f titlv taruialwd. Oflim over iDdeptnUono Nntiuukl Btwk. 1 DALY, HIBIEY! A EAKLN. AT lor oeyi at U. We liuTd tba otily el of alntrsot JtHiki In l'ulk omuily. IleliaLle alMtrecMfarBiabnl. Money tu loan; do cxiirnilMoa eknrKml no kn, OBlo. loomd '1 ai.3 ft llaun i bluok, DhU! Ia8,0reoo, ' AM. II VBL t '," atto kn e y and to Imleiwndoutw lnil Hk, Irnlo- pendeuo, (ir. T30NHAM AHOLMK-S. ATTOH J oey at U'. OtKee in Hnli I ck. betwtiru St anJ Conrt. on Coin- iercial trwt, t)nJ!, Or. SA.SII a:d IKIOIW. IV f ITCHELL AliOHANNON, MAN- I VI irnolnrxni if HID II HUH IK""" Al, fwroll anwioi. Mniu atreot, I pcii.luuc, Or. j l ALvCUUECTS. FH. MORRIS )N. AliUtiiirA-i . and Mnpm.f . ndoot. All chartfi-H reaaonablp. and flu -ola work uUHrau ted. Dalian, On-i n. buj'kyor. BUTM COUNTY HUR il Knttineer. All veyor 8tii chIIh pmmptly inhered. AddreaH at DftllBa, Or. 11 A I'l WW. T- T. HENKLt. THE BARBER, j. oppoaiw (ir bonae, Iudepeiv deuce, Oregon. 1 .AUCTICWEEIUNO. T- If. 1 HOHNER. r.KiN MOUTH, OR., lL. i alwny reli .6 lio unction ock, eithflr In reasouable rates. Hie mt) or ooiintiy, at TAIL0M i -, Ur O. 8HARMAN, MERCHANT VV.. Tailor, 0 atrset, near pnatollloe Hints in any atjle inline 10 ornr at rca tonuble rate. ; i HOTELS. OT. -CHARLES HOTEL, I'OttT O land, Oregon. O. W. InoW ML proprietor. Tbe IcBUinK ot. of tne nortbweat. Fin-proof. Myniilw ele vator. Newly fnrnwbed. Uonil rcatanr anl connected. 1H() room. (V. Front and Morriaon atreeta. . T T MTTI,KP,Y." MONVntlTH VV . own theOld Rlml'H-rooery and proviaion ator. l;om: our nrifMi and allilllty Ot oo(.K, ni ne UH- .,,ra tht. wa bpII aa cheap aa Minim eat, and will rlnlivy yor mUe m any part ot tne cny :'jnarg, l)ot fail to call on W. ) MuUm; $2,oo -P1! ill. s lommenced Uusits mrlty FIRST NAflONfBRNK. CDlUI StOOk, Surplu, f ,000.00 4.000.00 J, H. IWI'KU. 1 W. II H A M (,RYi I 7 DIRECTORS J, l. 1mp, U V. Koti'riiii,1 0. W. WtiHlir,N w'"" i mirul hank lit 14 nil hii.iruii! pltMUH. . lMk or on ivn ....t- lina(lrlr'k I'tilli the ixm-i National, Capital StiK-UI ,i)OO.t)0, IIIItHCIIMKHU. f illAMNKtM', tP. tVNSVWv fW I Ht s. hlltl I'1'1 (Ml V JlHMlll, , '"tii, 1.nit ki. A. r V I r V ftf i ii nil f-a PAID CAPlTAti$2P V0. n i airtilf. j. u. v.ttuii". i ''! -lv.'il IkMII. OitMlxunu - u. W ! m REAL ESl'ArK. Kilaltal Estittt, i. ;7 Trurisai lK turi'i nil IVjI 7M- hi"w, lm una l?ti ftrv i' IllHiirJltUV llbl ri'V l i ( 'ullVi'ViUri litre JiinlP ,4 i f 1 I.,t..lf nii.i(!i-t' I'lirtlin hnvln tliul Uli. ilutr ail List Their Pfc.f3rty Cf3ft ilTl lll With HiIh Ciiin.mne, nc tln-T" -im tn'litlluK HiU of lutl'l "' ' I""'" hilt ili'jilrulili" mK.'ity li' R'l lli'liU of till? htutl. JAM illl;N-, J. W. KIRKLAND. wlili-iil. : htiTi mr HAWJJIUH. a. riifxcorr. PRESGOTTji flESS, -I,riprlj'lr 1NDEPENDEKCE 11 MIL . i,) .MiiiiuriH'lurrriof Mill lim 111 FIR and HARW00D, Rough and Cessed LUMBR; j. A. WHEELER, Manager. TRUCK ANDiAY. IMtOl'IHI'IVfl.' Hauling of all & Done -i ltoiHOiinliliHi'H. : nt Ajrents for'! hep, Hpats. All billH niUMt h m!tfci,y (he 0lhi euch mi. Indcpendenci )rejr6n. nine BRICK MRU. j; ' R.iCOPER Of IiilPI''l('iimvinK si fttarn eiijcliMt, ln'k inin mid wvti-jI aorrti of fiini-(;!ii,M now y,.);i idd to kiicporij lininij,,,, 1(,aiii,y o( Brick, wliiut wil, h()jj M mu,ou able priced.! I: : '...i fMJLNU ! Bank ! f City Truck and lisfer Co This Space Is Reserved -for- . Buster (L Shelley, lbs Druggists. IS 'crafts r, Ait on TYPE. 50 FAMOUS NOVELS. 1!Y a-XKHUATKl) AUTUOHS. GIVEN FREE AS PREMIUMS TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS. READ OUR LIBERAL OFFERS BELOW. K t tin opjmrluulty at a lifetime to Hwureaiu-lvetlutt of mnailanl wor.'.Jt nmf an pjrni'f frut pcrlmllcnl at a nnmlnnl ctxl. No. Auitwr. Tliti". i Wllklp C'"llut Ymir fony r Yimr I.lfr, Walter litsttint 'lh liumblinir ot the Mem tilliH'". 3 niinlr T)rWn-"-l lie Miiitfnlf Paprrn. 4 Wilkin CiiIIiim-TIw W.it i-'lMn'Ui lm, Cluulotlrj M. Ilrucine A itriVe"' I .iv. 6 M. I'.. llniMml (.rnrKet.ilnl .cld'n J..urnv. 7 S. T. Culcriilge T In Kliyuia ot tin Aiinicnt Mariiipr. 8 nirnnlrrna fl)nfiiiiv- 'the Vctlillnif Mrih. 0 ll.'s.uit aiul Klto-'l liflTpii Vi-iin iintriuimnt. o Chjii'li ll l)li'kni Skrl hi'B of tjlinrf Cuuplcn, it Mrn. 1'i'frrsl. T In m Ci'miif IJutisu, la R. K. lrriiiiiilloli-l'.Mln:r'l!li)Vc. 13 Rmile Culi-irlmi Mi' ItlnrriHue. 14 t'lutili'ii (illihim In l'uttirt' (.rrcn. l. Tlirnui llor.ly U lint thf St)e)lirrtli SilW. 10 Mury t( il H;iv In '.he H(.lut;iv. 1 Ciit.irtln Mdriv-ii-'niiiTlii'i'ctiiiirm. 18 llclirn It, Miitlicri The l.nj ' (lie I.eal, No, A.ilhor. Tfllo. 10 MiaaM'tl'irk Tn a Hniie flniit, to Mm. Oliiihnnt liiirthb'.iin'l, tl ()uiilii-t.lillo (iriind unit llie Mnrflilnnr. ,3 F.VV. Kliinwn-Th Hnr-maMm HaUlriDii si Allri'il Lord Tennvwn The l.vr' Tlo, si Minn Tarktray ( Hit ot tlio World, j Amite Tliomni The Mytcry, and other Storlra. MIm Miiloclt-Tli Sel Seer. Mm. J. II. Ki.lilell Minn Mi.tlny Mishap. aS K.itinTino S. MociiiioiilPoiir Rnifrr. bi) The "llarliem" llnw Snonk (lot Out Of It go A Oman ln.yle My I'rlciul, The Murderer, 31 Chiirlra Dlrfcrna The (Tilmrn. 33 Charhme M. Hraeme-A (illdril Sin. 3i Ikmntand Kico -Shepherds all and Maldcni " Fair. 34 Helen It. MuthemA He Cometh Up Th SOME OF THE ABOVE BOOKS GIYEN 11 To tvery dellnquant aubtorlbar who will pay up btwn now and January 1, 1893. on book given for evary month ovar alx months , . in arrears. TEN BOOKS GIVEN FOR ONE NEW SUBSCRIBER. ' . Paying omfar In dvnq. f 0n thousand wolumss havo baan ordorad from pw York and will arrlwt hera about Dooombor 20, 1892. 1 PAUflUKT FOKM, at No. Aiitlmr, Title, 3j Amhuny Truilope Why Fran rrnhmnnn HiiIp tlrr l'rli:e, j(S fhiirlcuDltkena Three I letcrtive Anecdote! 3? Inlet Wythe - A Wavering limine. 38 Mra.. Furreaier The Turn o( fortune" Wheel. 39 T. rieWIlt Talimipe-Niglit Side of New York. 40 MIm Mulfiek III" Little Mothfr, 41 KiiihcrlneS, Mafiiuold -Tlio Awukenlnff, 49 Mury lei'll Iliiy- Renplnit Hie Wlilrlwlnil. 43 Mr. Korreater-Queen Kliialieth Garden. 44 ( linrlcl l)ii kom - Thr Rattle of l ife, 4 Wilkie C'olltn A SlwtkiiiK Story, 41S Oulila- Itlmhl, 47 Mln Mulouk The I.aat of the Rnthvena, ' 48 Maiy Cecil ItiiyA Little Avcnlon, 40 (iiilila-The Little Knrl, 30 Ikwint and Rice The Caaont Mr. I.iicrnft. Th Varuirre- Tlie Wiaii may nili "'"f Imifl "ml I'lio li.nl limy live rlilhl Mjralljr, Tim Miiiiittr rum hi iBMiifi mm iumn, "I'lie anllor roHOI o'lroH!n ivldo, lint llila, or Hint. wlintir IjiIiiII i'tin mriiii'l' li imil twit lliuinull, Til rllr lliliika, llie t lim, Tim mlitin'it lualil-m union. Ililnit., I lie dot'lnr hi'iilx, Hie inwyor tieii,iv, Tim nilMnf fnllowa lliu ("iiiii li-mt, Hut llil., 01 lliat, wlinliiVI' luuiiil Tlw Hirinerlie unlet fit tlii'ln all. Tlie niefi lmiil h limy Intv unit MI, 1'li triu'lier it" lii duly will t 11 1 imn mnv mil uinmiiii imy iiaya, I ir iniMi may alridl tlirnnali ilnnnn ,v. Khiiii klna Inlimuill wliiiii'Vr IhMiiII Tlie lorn. it he 111 ul fnol tliem all. Tlie rtinimr'a Irintp Umienf wurih, Id' imniiKr Willi uiaaay nno rnriii, II,.'. MtHimr Willi Hie anil ami mill, And tin liiall low for lil gnln. Anil loolt iiiny rlw and linol inuy full, lint Hi tinnier lie mual ffrn! Ihi.nl all. Unit hleaa the man who eowa the ttlimt, Wlm Hilda iib inlla ami null uiul timm .May In. punw I henvy lila hmirl Ik1 light, Ida eoh,alilt Mliont ull at, rlultl. I liul Idi'iM llll-aeellt Ilia lunula lot htft. r'nr Hie luniier he uil lliein an. THK CAt'SK OA' IIAKH TIMES. F.ntTt'U Wit Biii:. In your paper tif DeeciulMT JHHli jott nuketl Homo of your reader to exprc their opinion through your columns m to the eauati of nit rest and politi cal diHwttisfactioti now so strongly exiuwicd and felt by the fartii"i and produiHU-H of Oregon generally, tit am riuitti. The people of Oregon, while thank leg a munificent providence for ttn great, blessing In fertility of soil, abundance of wood, water power, mlns ml flshencH, but with n junt appreciat ion of their own lalwr and pritduction, deprmMU severely the unjust distribution of Ute prof ilsiw distrllniiod from their re sources under the prevailing rule lis fued by legislation, This feel lug of unreal on the part of Ihepco pie, is general, not Im-alj Is wide spread not only ' throiighuDd the mining ijiI agrknilttiial regions ot the United .State, but throughout the government, of lh world; be cause the governments are at Issu w ith the jaiiple ri prcsi'iiliiig the few and the creilitor clas, at the ex pense of labor. 'I he remwly lit ill liniitcial Icglrilalioti;' titiaticlal legislation for the iionplo is the nceessilj of the day, not. liiianclal contraction for the l ttelit of the creditor class as we have it at the prosent tiiniv We have tried tin two old political parties on this (Miint within the last twenty years, nd have found them guilty of mis represent ui ion and lirokenprotnis Each four yearn they have held to our bls the cup of hope, and broken it to our hearts in hiitcrness of ilmnppointitient. Within lit last twenty years we have mailt great progress, and have done great woik which has yielded great prof ils: the few hold the profits, the many, the lii-hls of labor. The yreat need of our nu;it i,v, is more money, jioinl in ney, inmiey of ulli. male rcdeiuplii'ii, gold and silver, thr rtf ffiif Urttitiiitt tt iiiiiKi.i itf nUrrr at the intioof Hi lo 1, that we may nave miillcient money" nielut upon wliicli to base our circuhitiiig me ditiiti, There is no! gold and silver enough in the world lo pay twenty five percent of the govcritteiilal in dchtcdiif ot the world, ntnt jt t silver was demonetized in IS7.'l when there were bill lew million aires. DKMU.NKTIZATION. Mince lite deinouelizalioti of silver it has been made possible for thirty ihmisiiud men in the United .Slates to represent more than one half of the assessed vidua of the Utillcd Hinlcs. OiM'S it not appear from this that our llnnitelal laws are at fault, and the people have cause for unrest ami tlisntisfetiou, with our mines shut ling down, wheat selling for 7 eta per bushel, cotton at 7 els per poiiud,aud oilier farm product in p'ropo tionf Thtre seems to be reason in this for dis satisfaction. Hl'liM.Y OF (iOI.IV There is In the world at the present- time, silver aggregat ing three billion six hundred and forty millions of dollars; "-old ag gregating three billion live hundred and illiy live million of dollars. Upon this iimoiinttill our monetary circulation' should be. based, but through the demonetization act of 1S73 by the United .Stales, closely followed by" Clermiuiy hud other counties, ami by "Kngland before that time, this largo volume of sil ver of ultimate' redemption was itiiulo a token money, thereby strikingdowu one-half the world's money. '; DF.imut vs, niiiniTou, This wns a sluewd thought on the pin t of the blinkers of the world to take from the debtor class fitly per cent of their power to pay niul double their necessities to be come borrowers. Ilesides greatly i down our mines and borrow money increasing the purchasing power j when we need it. For to produce of their accumulated wealth, it, is i more money would work, a hard easily seen that the increase in the I ship upon our biuikors, bondholders, tiurciiiwinir power of gold means aland agents for foreign capital, decrease in the price of everything els' excepting a debt. That law is ns fixed as the law of gravib.tion itself. Tlds robbery poriwtrted tilhiti lli jnnpl tliioiiKh the do iiidiii'tliilloii act of 1H73 luw Im'cii a vtiy jirnilliililo ono t) tho rmllUir OittNH. jliny iir Mini ttrL'ittii,i, Intv. hiiIihIiIIi'iI iiihhI (if tlioiin-HMtif llto Unltt'l Willi in orJcr that I hey mnv Intvn lii'lji in jMtiM't tinting thl wrtHiK iigiilimt the pooplo. ...Tim prcHM h tinttlfl to any Hint Hhotilt) we litivn fti'fl Ptiiniijje of nilvcr our (told wotiltl tiiko wlnitx, niul, liko wl lows, lly out of the country, and altioo wn huvu not froo folnmjo, ihriiuuh fi'itr tltitt wo might adopt litis dniililt) Htuiiilitni, foroiKii (H)un liitu aits ihiw wiling thoir wiMirl til mid Inking their gold from our ooii n try. That ihn trm of oilvpr ! govi't tit'd by h Hiipply mid do inuml for If, niid'Kltif it in a din witttit of fiirty-Mvoii and a mirth ci'iiIm pir oiuico, in ulititidiint proof f liut it will not clri'tilitto with gold at a mtlo of 1(1 to 1. Now, an a tiwtUirof fitcL when th iStirring Hint, fuili'd iii two ywtra ago. lliu ltritiih tmukf wold wrui ilioc In tln I'tiitMl Hlulw to the exlatil of ono tiillton two laiiiilicd utillloii dollarM. Thin wus done, not fwir lug their dividends or intemd, would m paid tu vr, butt" nave ilie Hank of Kuglutul from Hharing th fati' of the H in iiig Hroi. In (irimf of thin U the coiiiproiiiUe bill iutrodiieetl by Boimtor Bliertnan in the U, 8. Henute about tliin 1 1 mo, whirl! pro v Mill to liiiltier int!reiue the ptirehn.se of tllver bul lion by the government, from four million Ave hundred thousand, to nt million ounce, per mouth. Fi.nuiT tip twi t. The gold HeetiiH to 1h Mt lit leaving the I'niU'd Ktaten, an American He- ctiiitien are being aold iu order to Kl-tviiktheit the bank refM'rvt of (it-rut Hrilian, I-'rance, tiertnany, sini Atmlria, They art! wiling for the same reason that a fanner or ineiThatit who had a cerlaiii aiiioiitit of money to raie on a wr- tnin day and hour, would nell, and in toiler to reali. an wiling their lxt Hi-fiiiilii'H. It tdintild be plain U every thinking man that there are no better !ecurltHs titan our American securities and that the Kiipply of gold i Uh Hiiiall to do the btiHines of the world. Hence the iteceAsity of calling homo their capital t strengthen their reserves niiice they i' having very trouble- Home tiiuesi then just now. tint I.VrKKIWT t'tlKlF And, tigalu, we pay England an nually in intercut and dividend on nr itivcdtmeiiiH, two hutnlred and lilty million dollarM in gold. The American toitriHlM iiend aniiuully in Kutope aliout one hundred mil lion mure, in gold. Our trade bal ance wilh Kngland in about two h it ud red tt ml twenty-live million, and our gold product .does not ex ceed annually, forty two millions. So w ith or without free coinage of silver, our gold must eonliuuoto (jo. The level tie which we have long derived through the invest nieiitof foteigu capilal in railroad building w now greatly reduced, and one financial policy tnus4 be made to conform to our present and future tieiHHsitiea When silver was demonetized in 1873 it was sell ing at one and it half per cent pre mium above gold. It is well known that, the principle use of both gold and ailver is for money, and that money is a thing which by law, use, and custom, Is intended to 'measure values, conseijucnlly when a government w ithdraws its indorsement from either of these metals, the one or the other's func tions a money of ultimate re demption lias been removed, and it is made a commodity. If used as money ttflerwards it must be its a token money, ami us the greater preference is given to the metal Mipporledby (he . governments, it must follow that the tabooed metal in list depreciate us it possesses no royulity without law. The same might be said should a law in Ore gon be enacted against the use of wheat as Hour, it would necessarily follow that the price of corn would advance and the price of wheat fall. To say that legislation would not put silver at par, is to talk as the foolish talk, Hinco legislation makes our currency valuable. Trices must be governed by the volume of money in circulation, and the prosperity of a oountry,eointnunity, r an .individual, must bo estimated by the amount of money it or he represents- it or his liabilities by it or hl-t indebtedness. TUB IIANKINO I'Ul.tOY, Observe the policy its laid down by the subsidized pre-a which ad vocates the bunkers' policy to shut ISimetnllisiu or free coinage simply men ns giving us the money pro- videdby the consUtution of lhtJ. r , , , v. ,, . I United States, our1 fierce, and ted btutes, our TierIHge, and,or,tteywiit most Iliuhest of all in Leavening rower. Latent U. S. Gov't Report rV ABSOUUTELY PURE ightofwlf protection against the absorbents of the earth who have gathered to themselves within the last few yeam the wealth which has Uiken the musse gcncraUons w produce, and w ho now hold up their hands in horror, that the pto- ple should protest that their silver mines should not Iw closed, ami their debts mode perpetual. W. It. LtWI.i.tt. IndeiMUideuee, .Jan. 1st, 1WKJ. C000 R0A03 EDUCATE. ' Or eel I'rohlein. Will !) Solved Wfaea . Ilia KiiadmakhiK Kr lliiniiia, A wmntry rmtd. Ovnrliiiul tlio icray aiptlrrela chatter and a friKliti'tid linre seiulaawlftly aeroaa, like a ft) ini shiulow. The Iff1 about out Untg gruitt buii(?ha that knm-k off a iiinn'a hut tut he rfttea nnwiirily, or bruh liiut iu the fu' with thuir thick lifavea. Hete ami there a fallen trwolmtructa tboroinl.ttiid nmrkii of a (letonr nit the bank and through the broken nndcrbruab of the adjoining Wooil ar viaihlu, A lit t la t ream daahea .... .i i i.. ...... i..lii.. m.1 lt.lh.hii aa It eliilna .war. In dry i HKiiiifiiis there la an Iy and iuconveti lent furrow left by tt overflow. The road would awtn to have been left to ain b wnyfurt'm aa tfrny atiuirmls who after all choline the elevated railway of tree boiiKba and wihj ereatnrusof anrtir foot thnn mini. 'Hie raiaa have wafhed divpand rough giitlii-a: tho mek atnud up bare and almrp of tiHilli on one aide, and dmp timdliiilea en the oth-r entrap even the caution. If two vehicles meet, there U no room to pH. aHhoujjh mmwd bind on cither aide at retches to the edge of vlaiou. If the drivers are re pin- j tively man and womuti, the man, with i llmtiiictiv Kiillitntry, dra hi vehicle out of tho way, barking, turning and uliing all risks himwdf; if two men, ,,-y nettle the matter with much stroutr r IHSiD. l)tttte'd and broken vehicles tell (V -.lory, wt'.h thuir long sucmwsitin of ie mniidinae, the hnn tied together ith hits of rope or roughly patched, .1,.' norsea tinil and thin and melancholy with hmd pulling. Truly the jewy iiiirri?l have the beet of it. There are few bou.'.is along tho road. A wpultmn remains uparne mid scat tereil where there are no roads, and there, twi, are foinid thmw pathetic hotisvholda of the old and helpless. The young men ave, and often voting women aro J gone to the towna gone anywhere i there Is a chance for them. If they had raised good crops, fine fruita, how tratis port them to market? If they hud good horses, the bard wear and tear of the roads used them tip. If they were In genious or thrifty there were no neigh bors to give a word or two of wholesome priiiws, to kitep npa friendly competition, to trade the liarter ideas with; there was worn out thinking in the old grooves as well a worn out harness. And in the short winter day and long winter nii:hU the house was drearily iwhited from other houses by long stretches of muddy and rough ways, and the sight of a hamuli face at tho door wits startling. Ih you wonder that old auperstl tloits and prejudices mid old fends sur vive In lonely country district, and old despairs and fenrs cloud the brain? It has been said that the Salem madness of witch murder was greatly duo to the slow and Infrequent comimwiraiion be tween the towns of old days. There was time for unhealthy brooding. We don't bale our neighlsirs if there is a brisk Intercourse; if we have cried over their dead and rejoiced at their good luck and lieon bellied by them on days of worth s and hurries. We don't doubt the divine kindness when we see tt re vealed in tlio kindly faces of men and women aliont us. The loneliness and isolation of conn try place where no roads, or worse thau Hone, scpnvato not connect places, this Is the secret of human overflow into large towns, and when those who go are mentally and morally uneducated., of crowded slums and tenement honsea and even viler places.. Man needs man. The best part of education is not in na ture, not in txHiks it is in human inter course. The free shows of the streets and bulletin boards, word flushing to meet word, the continual presence where news is made, wliero life is acted, getting know ledge at first hand this is a part of the city training Uut yon will say truly tlmt it Is bnt poor stuff many of its scholars get pro fanity, vice, all manner of vileuess tunl that they ought not to need tocomo to town to get its better dements. Well, give them, then, a wholesome country tit Icreourso, neighborly talk set in clear air, the spectacular play of shower and sun set with others beside them to look, too a country with roads and they will stay content. A nation of roHilniiikors Is a nation of educators, of civilineis, ami the dny when ft hearty interest in roml making springs up in the country will he the day which marks the beginning of the solution of some of our most; seri ous social mid political problems. KUa F. Mosby in Kate Field's Washington. Maaaaeliiisetta t llsve fined Hiimla, , The preliminary neennutef the work now in hand by the Massachusetts state hltflnvav commission indicates that a fairly complete survey, bo far us find ing out wliitt ought to bo (lone, will be inado of tlio chief highways of the state before tho next legislature assembles, What has already been ascertained in regard to the deficiencies of these roads shows that tho comniiwioti wns not un dertaken too soon, Many roads bnvo been found which were lit a t. ilornbhi condition in certain sections, nnd which will be put in proper order tw tho result of tins iliniiuission. - Mora important thau this will bo tho Introduction of a system of roadmaliing that Is si-ientilia, nnd will he made uni versal for the whole stale. , If roads nro iii..do at the charge of tho st-ito, also they will be orolmhlv located 'whore .'".uive to ti.o larger iorestn of tho commonwealth and Whora they wiii most benefit ucBlecie. rmm we" ea-jatyr t portion of the cmrmitinlfy. Ifi any event the ff;t will he to Improve our common rivn-U ttit'l tn ninny j-arta of tlieatalnto rfHUfr ailiility. lioa tou lloralil. A Komt-fllou from Kaaaiu. A putr jmlihahwl by the Kanna Aifri cnltiiral ciillcifa inuki tbia auKKxalxm: "Fur a iriurwr, here b a wijk that will fiiiiinujiii a fairly Rood roatl at all tima of almost any tufrll eiw-ptlng-ipilrkaiinil or prairie itmd. First, (TiKle it ai) jKirfwrtly Hiut no water can remain on the aurfwtft eucotid, pike the bud placea." THE WAGON ROADS OF AMERICA. They Are N Heller Today Than They Were f ifty Yeara An. . While iiuproviiHi!nU in every other dl-rti-tiou are ta-insf mad and the frrm;ri everywhere aru biiildint Mint bonnel nmt Ixfttur bunw, have bittter bom and WBjjona, lMjfter tool and machiaery of nil aorts, and labor aaving appliaBi-i in the kitchen, the dairy and the field, the roudaliy which they goto market remain unchanged, Take the conn try over, they nro no ta tter t dy than they were fifty ym bko, and it in no Vxiiifgeration to llmt thw Wa""U A1Vof the worst in the civilized world. They j buve cost eiummras sums of money, spent on them in a from hand to mouth way, but they are little better now than when first laid out by the pioneers thai settled, tba country. . From 13,000.000 to $!,M0.o00 are spent ' annually on the roads of Illinois, which stun, if properly and judiciously nsed, would ultimately build in front of every farm in the state a good stone roml, bnt which is now simply thrown frito the mud. ThU is the sum exga-itded upon the reparation of roods wider the super intendence, such as it is, of the road ' supervisors, ixl yet It M ntwoimeiy thrown away, Ueuo the e.n?rviora have little or no engineering skill, ami ; the farmers work out their road taxes in the most desultory and incominU'ut wuv. Uut this va:;t Bum is not all that is lost nor indeed a fourth part of it U1 the po-ple. The fanners lose on their horses, their wagons ami their crops enough money yearly to inucadniuico the roads of tho eulirn state. A ROixl wngon costs about eighty-live. dollars. With good roads it will hist twenty j-ears, but with our roads as they are ft lnsia barely ten years, i no wear anu tiar on harneiis and on tho animals are eiiually great. On a good stone road a team win draw a ton at the rate of thrcomUes an hour. On a dirt read it takes twice as long, and at too end the - . team is exhausted. A recent- writer estimates the average life of, working horws at twelve years. but, Improved roads would and at least on venr to the average, thus ef- - til ting an immetiso saving in this one reMH-ct. Then when we thitik of the discount to the producer through not not being able to roach the markets at all sens-ens, so as to take advantage or the best prices, it is almost impassible to eomtmte the entire losses snffered solelv on account of the inferior roads. Whv is it that in some sections of the con ul ry every winter corn ha to be used t for ruel, while wheat is fed to tt uogsr r lhcinisi the fanner own reach the market, to exchange theM products for prop-r fuel. It -doc not pay Mm to , haul his crop to market. The wear and ' tear on his team and the dalays and ex IHisure owing to th state of the roads ' nre too much. But if he had good miu-iidaiu road he Could bowl merrily along in all weathers and keep himself propi'i ly protected as well, What, then, can lie more imixu Uint than good roads? Chicago Herald. A Southern I ilea. " Bock is the only thing, in my opinion, that will mitko a solid nwd iu this part y of Missouri. Our soil holds the water till the heat or cold dries it up. Now, boys, this is a good time to talk, bnt a piKir time to work; hence we ought to agree npou some plans and lie ready to execute them when we can work. My idea is to first grado the roads tip, probably raising and draining theseepy places with tiling, whero that is buUI- cienlly large 6 carry off the water. Then on these seepy, Vwd places put a thick covering t)f crushed rock. 1 think we would then lie on the right track for good roads. I would liko to hear from others. I will do s much as any other boy In the community to start this work along, mean if my system stands it If we only make one mtlo a year in this man ner', it's that much. Wo havo plenty of stone that is not fit for anything else to make at least tweniy-tive miles of good roads within two miles of Macon. Now I think that 1 would bo safo in saying that 1 could get all the rock hauled and spread free of charge that will bo crushed in or wit hin two miles of Macon within the next twelve months. I will furnish the first lOOyards at tiio quarry, ami coal and water to run the engine while thoyure being crushed, Those I will furnish free, : if everybody who travels the roads will do a litllo work in this way 1 think the good work will go on, At least I hope so,- Boys, we will never have good roads unless wo quit . talking so much and "chuck" np some thing. Ik W. Lawroneo in Macon (Qa.) Times. .1 Mutual Itegret. ' Lawyer I am very sorry Cor yon, ITertf Muller, tint Snip, the-tailor, hasttistruoteil ; me to collect that account you owe hiuv MulU'r-.Aud you expect to recover the money? Then I am really very sorry for you, Deutsche Weapon, , .,, ' THiit-stlatiiff, ; lie I beg your pardon might I ask your nunie? bite Smith, : . ' lie Would you not like to cliangts It? She Yes; what Is yours)1 Hc-Sitilth.-Ufo, .-. V rntheily Ailvleo. TouSsfy Pop, is it wrong tp call another boy names? """n " 1 liis la No, unless tho other liovjs hlg- Ber than vnoiwiWiU" av n siv 1 :-Vv A 2