VOL. X.
$2.00 Per Year
INDEPENDENCE," POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 31, W3.
Five Cents Per Copy.
20.
SECRET SOCIETIES.
A a U. W, INDEPENDENCE
fl, Led fa. No. 81 mmtto amy Mon
day alfbt la MaaonMBalL AU toW u-
rt Mouwra ar laviiad to aitaod. w.i
WUkloa, at. W. W, 0. Ooo. Kaeordar,
X 7 ILLKT LODGE. NO. tt. I. 0. 0
V F. HmM In Vtmdnya't hall arary
Tkartday avaalBff. All Odd tellowa aor
diaOly ranted to naat.vitbaa. fator
QMkH.Q. J. ' Irrma, baoratary.
I TON LODGE, NO. , A. P.
La M. Blatad onmmonteauoDa Hatur
aaj waaiag aaj or batore fall own ah
Booth aad two waaki loaraaftor. (1. W,
tuiaa, W. M. w. F. Uooaaway, Haey.
UOUR LODGE, NO. 45 K. of P.
1 1 Maato ararr Wadaatday aaaoioa,
All kali Ms ara aordlalb invited. W. H
Hialay, 0.0. C. K. Ofodfaltw, K. R. 8.
PHYSICIANS DENTI8TKY-
Ob. BOTLER. PHT8I0IAN AND
, aaraaon. Saay. U. B. Board or
Madiaal Eiaatiaara. Offloa la Opara
UeaaeMoc.
EL. KETCHOM, M. D. OFFICE
, aad raaidaoae, aoroar Bail road
aad Mooatoath sta., Iadtpaadaooa, Or.
Daaliat. All work a-arraaled to
Vf Iha baal of aatiafaotioa, Iodapao-
,Or.
T J. LEE. PHT8ICIAN AND HUB-
1 . aaoo. U. 8. aanrofoB aaraaoa
Otfoa otr Indapeadanea Natiooal Haok.
D
K.O.R. BOTNTON. FHTHICIAN
andBnrgaoo, fieaaa Varta, Ore-
ton.
JL dapeadanca, Ursfoa. Offloa la
Wbilaakarbaildiag oa "C" auael (op
aiaira. uoia work a speeiauy.
ATTORNEYS.
GEO. A SMITH, ATTORNEY AT
La. Will praetioa ib all atate
aud federal eoorta. Abatraota of title
rafaiabd. Offloa over Iadepandanoa
Katwoai uaat.
DALY, SIBLEY A EAKIN, AT
toroaya at Law. Wa hara tba ooljr
at of abatraot buokt In Polk county.
Baliatla abatraeta forDiibad. Money lo
loan; no ooduImiod charged on loana.
One, loema 9 and 8 Wilaoa't blook, Dal
laa, Oregon.
A i M. HURLEY, ATTORNEY AND
. Counselor al Law, Offloa. net!
to )udpndnea National Bank, Inda
aadtnoe, Or.
BONHAM A HOLMES. ATTOR
: naya at Law. Offiot In Bash's
blink, between Stata and Court, on Coro
aiaraial street, Salem, Or.
RASH AND DOORS.
M' ITCHELL k B69a'nN6N MAN
afaetnrerf of "aib and doore.
Aim, Mroll aawln;. Main street, Inde
pendence, Or.
VETERINARY SPR0EON,
dK. E. 0. YOUNO, late of N .berg,
Veterinary Burgeon and Dsntial
bM nwd o Independence, and opened
in oflloe over tba lodvpondenpe Nation
al bank.
BARBERS.
ET. HENKLE, THE BARBER,
, oppoaite h irtt National Bank, In
dependence, Oregon.
T? ! R. CASE, PROPRIETOR OF
C, , the Lft'le fnlHoe Barber IS b(ip,
Catrent, lndapandencw) Oregon. Bhnv
ing. Bdampoolng, Singeing, and Hair
anttlag. AUCTIONEERING.
? H. HOflNER. MONMOUTH, OR.,
CL. i alwaya ready to do anotiun
work, aither In tba oity or ooontiy, at
raaaaaabla rataa,
TAILORS.
JLT 0. SHARMAN, MERCHANT
IT , Tailor, U timet, near pnatoniae.
Baitaittanyatyiamadaioorutfr at rea'
aooauia rataa.
MILLINERS.
Mr. E. a VanMwr Mr. M, Callln
Mala ttnwL ImUiMUdoara. aaocwunn
to Mm. K. Wlunull. hitv rII.Mlwtml ilork
or Bit good, CiUI and atamlut U aud
HOTELS,
OT. CHARLES HOTEL. PORT
O land, Oregon. (1. W. Kuowlva,
proprietor, Tba leading hotel of the
Bortbwat. Fiivprmif. llvilraulio al
tator. Newly fiirnintim. 0hmI riwinur
aol connected. IN) room. I lor. Frout
BBd MorrwoB atrewta.
8CRVEI0R.
HP L. BUTLER. COUNTY BUR
1 . veyor and Ciril Kngiueer. All
.alii pmnptly aoiwered, Addreaa we
at iMiiaa, Ur.
BANKS.
THE INDEPENDENCE
ational Bank !
Capital Stock, $50,000.00.
H. HIKMCIIBRHO,
aBHAM MKUtON.
W. I. IX)NNA WAY
PlMldVOl.
Viva FrwUttnl.
. Uwhlvr,
A nnml bank Inn aad rhui bu.lnoM
trwiwotl; Itnut mm1, bill dlwuonUH, rtiui
mental emllta gran tedt ditiu wrelve.1 on
oarnat amxint lubjaot to ebwk, tnlomt paid
oa time dffmlia.
DIRKCTWIlh,
Joahua MePanM, H. 11. jMtwnon, A. J
Ooodman, H. Illrwhbcni, A, Nnlmn,
T. J. Is. I. A. Allra.
Commenced Bu si nasi March 4, 1889
Kttabllalwd by Nltoal AuUwriiy.
TUB
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
of Iodpndo, Orto.
Capital Stock
Sarplua,
180,000.00
$14,000.00
I. a COOPER, L W, UOIIKIITHON,
Praaldent, Vina I'rwldext.
W. H HAWLEV, CMhler.
DISCCTOPS.
J. 8. Cooper, L. W. Robvrlaon, lwli llelmlnk
Q. W. WbllMksr.W. W. Colllni.
A hanil banklna bnalnma Iranwwtfd
Buy. aud aalla aaoliaiiK OB all Important
puluU.
Papoalia rwvilviid anH'fit In oliwk or on ear
tlfliatanrdapMli, oIIihiUhii. made.
umoa miurn; a. iu. u t p. ru.
icoHfomno under the ms of Oregon.
MONMOUTH, OR.
H. H WI.KY PraaMmit
P,L.CAMI"IIKr.Ii Vloo-Hre..
IRA C. K1WKLL ,. ...;a.lilr
Paid Capital, S30.000.
. Dl HtCTOnS.
'. IT HawW, P. Ij.Cainphall, t.M.HImrMpn
I. a V. ButW, J. B. Htump, K. H. I'owoll
JcHuiph Craven,
A(nral bankliu and tiohanva bualniw
tranaaoted: loan, tuada: di'iioiiHa riu'ftlvad
lubjaot u chuck or on mrtincMieof dupualt;
mvermi paiu on tuna upH,ikQ, ,
-r iff. pnxn vauil and burglar proof aafo,
Mcurad by Yalo time Ux'k.
Offloa Houra: a, m. to i p. m.
HOME BUILDERS
Will conault their Ileal in
tereata by pnrehwiing tlielr
SASH AND DOORS
of the reliable mnnufnolnrer,
M.-T. CROW,
Independence, Or., moooa
aor to FerKDHou A Van Meer,
Hngar pine And cedar door,
all tizee, on bund. ,
SCREEN DOORS.
HUBBARD & STUTS.
PBOPBJETOllS OP
CityTrack and Transfer Co.
Hauling of all RIiuIh Done at
Koiwonablo Ifaitos.
Agents for the 0. P. Boats.
All blll imiwt be wl tlcd by the 10th 01
each month.
Independence, Oregon.
A. PHKHCOTT. J. A. VKMCr
PRESCOTT i VENESS.
Prnprlaiora of
17 CILl.
ManunMrtiiroraof and Uralcra lo
FIR and HARDWOOD,
Rough and Dressed
. LUMBER.
J. A. WHEELER, . Manager
The umttfralgiHMt would aav that we
are pniamt to do all It I tula or
BUCKSUiTHING.
AND
At tlm imt rmmiiable mtoa. (live o
a fall.
PITTS & HILLARD,
luc.wat. la K. B. Krang la
Independence, Ore.
The New
Holton House.
M. A. Dudley, Prop.
Cor. Fourth and Alder streets,
Ontrallj lopatrd. Nwly ftirnUhrd and r-
niivo. r it uu lo Mia rruia all train, aim
iNUiiara
D. H. Craven
THE
PHOTOGRAPHER
Can U foiind at Whltt ukor'a Old atnnd
ami willt'ita ymir mtniiinK, He turna
out only the
Best of Work.
Ulve liim a trlii! and you will Iw on
vlnotnl that IiIh work lallntUiliuui. Ilia
I'rloea ara very rtaaiiiialiU).
Ueaker's Old Stand.
Indepandenca
Or ego n
B1UCK.
BRICK YARD.
J. R. COOPER
Of Indoitondmicfl, liiivlmr a slwim
engin, a brick machine and Hveral
acres of llnoHtclay, la now prepared
bo keep on hand a fine quality of
Brink.,whir.U t()A at reason
able price.
TIMK TABLE.
u.iiaiMlu,iu and Monmuiitli Mnlor Tlni
Irfiavr.
Moiininutll.
Indtipandenoa.
7:00
H: 141
W:l
11:16
l:MI
Al4A
fi-.m
lli:UI
8:1ft
5:IA
Shoemaker
P. H. Murphy, rrnctlwl Hhoe
nmker. Main Htroot, Indepen
dnnw, oppoiilte the opura hoiiHe.
The tlnt'Mt of
Fxoncli Calf
iiHt'd in all the bettor Krudea of
a)oei. Hvcry pair warranted.
Mis. L. Campbell
Lata from K.n.a. City, Mo.
Ouiiniiiloon a good lit nni flrxt-claHK work,
Cor, Railroad and Monmouth atrniita,
Undapandenoa Oregon
'(1eelaii4 I Our l,rltleBt.M
The following library oddity can
lm rem! in upwards of 5,000 differ
ent way, byatartlng wlthtlio bold
I'ueed 0 lu the center and Uiklnj
ilioniOHt couraa to any ol
the Jour corners i :
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Kl) I HKKI'UUIM I HOI! Ul j:.H 1 UK
U I KKKI'UIHJH I i 18UI! HVhM 1 1
I HKIO'Kl'OMl UNI) I HOUUI'ltKM I
.1 KHI'KI'OHI DNANDl MUUkl'ltX
Kltl'lll'OH I DNA1.ANDI SOI ilfltK
KI'ltt'OH IDNAl.KliANM riUUKI'it
HRUOH I UN A V KL.A5 Ul Htif HY
RUtHIlNAi.KVKVrHrANllW)l!R
1'OHlllNAI.KVELKVKLANni HOU
OHI US ALKVKI.Cl.KVKLAN 1)1 HO
UOHIUNALKVKI.KVKLANUIHOU
HUOH 1DNAUCV KVKLAN lHt)UH
I'ltlHW I lN A LJCVKLA N III HOI It I
HPIU'OHIDNAl.Kl.ANUIHOUUI'U
KHI'Kt'OHIlJNAiiANUIHOl'lU'KK
HKIU'Ul'ONl D.N AN I) I HOUJtl'HKH
I HKIU'IU'OM 1 DNU 1 HOl'Hl'HKHI
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Kl I hKHI'UUOH I HOt'HI'.'tl- I DK
NKD 1 HKUI'Kl'OHOUiil'UrX IDK.N
TNKD 1 HKlll'HLOl'HI'RKH IDKM
InleMprrawe Ib Ireland.
A iipwaMjer rejwrt rrtxliU A rvh
blahop Wulhli, the faiuoua prelate
of Dulilin, with the nUitemoiit that
iuttiiiMraiie k lncmisiuir is Irt
laud, givluK aa a reamn for hia be
lief that nrreMta for (li unkeintw iu
1887 were 711,000 in number; were
87,000 in m 1)2,000 In ih.s, anil
100,000 in IWtl. The facta citwi,
merely mIiow tlmt there wim a more
efllelnut polloe adminiatration, and
a Htrtvter Kiiardiaiwhip over the
unfortunate vict im of the whixky
habit. It Ih not prolwblo that no
able a man aa Arcltblahop Walsh,
and no aMo a atudeut of social in
fluencea, would deduce from the
bu t that more druukartlti had Ihhu
art-fated a theory that au iuereiwd
numlwr exiatexl.
Wealth of Sallow.
The wcttlthieNt nation on the globe
lathe UniUil .State, which hita an
artMCMHcd valuation of 17,470,000,.
000, uoxtcoiuiin Grvat Britain with
HI, 000,000,000. Fntnit ranka third
with fto,:um,tH0,oOO; then Ger
many with .U.giKr.mNJ.OOO. KtiNHia
eomm next with 121,715,000,000;
AtiKtra follow with 1 18, 005,000,000
and iUly aumHMlH with 11,855,000,.
000. Kpaln la worth 7,5Mi5,O0O,0(Mt;
the Netherlands, f.,035,000,000;
IJelgium, 1,0:10,000,000. The an-
el valuation of Bweedou ia f3,
47fl,OO0,O(KI, of Canada, W.SrrO.tKMV
OtKI; of Mexiiso, W,150,000,tMHj of
Anatralia, 2,950,000,000; of For-
tujial, l,825,OO0,(H)0,- of Denmark,
l,aw,000,000; of the Argentine
Coufwleratloii, 1,00,OIK),000; of
Switzerland, 1,020,000,000; ol
Norway, l,410,OlH); of Greece, !,.
055,000,000.
Hard TIiim 1m Kan Franelaeo.
Meaaurea for the temporary re
lief ol' the poor and unemployed in
San Francisco have Ikwii tken by
men with meana and philanthropic
iiiHtiiioU; and iu thiH regard it may
bo . nieijtionetl that Mr. Adolph
Huln hna miido hiimtelf prominent,
iiwulni; tlioiisauds of meal tieketa,
made availublu for the hungry
thtough the agency of the offlelala
of the Salvation Army. Il'ggnr
are mimcrourj iu the atrecta, too.
Hall-grown boya and lusty young
men are not ashamed to lusk the
paaaer-by lor a' dime to get a cup
of cofl'ce, or to help toward) u
uight'H lodging. Mcndicuncy,Homc
yeain ago, wiw supposed to Im cou
linod to tlio bpni(l)t'J foreigner
from fturoas the Heiut, unci that an
American boy or young man would
scorn to auk for charity. Thiamin
no longer the cane. 8ijr,-Un!li8 ol
thoHo who aro now doing the beg
ging act on our strccta, and doing
it uubluHhiiigly, are tmtive Amert-
caim according to their own con
fivwion, and aro apt to be insolent
f their requeHta Hometimes they
sound like demands for money are
not complied with. .
Homed at (lie World's Fair,
There Is no reason why anyone
should be deterred from visiting the
World's fair by reason of possible
Inconvenience and uncertainty at-
touding the securing of satisfactory
hotel accommodations,
The Northern Pucillo railroad
In due time publish low excursion
rates to Chicago and return for this
occassion, while its doublo daily
passenger train service, including
through stooping oars of both classes
(standari and tourist), to Chicago,
will, as usual, be at the head of the
list in every particular.
To help you in fixing in advance
upoti your place of residence while
auemiing me world a Fair, we
have placed In the hands of our
agent at your slat Ion a hook com
piled by perfectly trustworthy par
th, called 'llome for Visitors lo
the World'a Fair." This little
book, which you run purchase for
tlfty cents, conl ul ns a lint of about
11,000 private muiilica who will sic
commodate visitors in Chicago dur
ing the time of the fair, viz: May
1st to OetoWr 30tb: gives their
names and addresses, and numls r
of rooms each will have to spare.
The book also given a list of the
hotels and their locations; has
twelve full pao large-st ale maps,
each representing a section of the
city, so Ih it with this inforumtioii
iM'fore him the intending visiUir
himself cau, at leisure, select the
tiuarh'r of the city in which he
would prefer to stop, correspond
lug in Htlv.inco with one or more
faiuilicH lu that locality with regard
to rates and the accommodations
desired. A. I), CllAKt.Tos,
N. i U. II
foaerof Ilia Air,
Few people reulie the vast and
almost wholly unused power of the
air, A quadrillion horse power is
beyond the conception of man, but
the mathematicians may easily
ligure it out The following figures
aiu given by R. JL Thurston in a
aMr on "Modem Uses of the
Windmill," iu the current iiiiiiiIht
of the Engiuccrlug Maga.iue:
"Taking the quantities roughly
and lu 'round numbers' the atmos
phere weighs about a tott to every
square foot of the earth's surface;
25,000,000 Ions per stjuaie utile or
5, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo, ooo tons ou the
tottd of 2,(mm), 000,000 square miles.
Its energy Is that due to the motion
of this inconceivable Mm, at veloo-
it tea varying all the way from the
giMlt lest zephyr to the hurricane and
the cyeloiie,rushiiig over the prairie
or along the surface of the sea at
more than loo miles au hour. A
ruble mile of air weighs about lo,
000,000,000 pounds, and, at the
rate of motion of the cyclone, de
velops 4,ooo, 000,000,000 'foot-tons'
of energy, and, if all employed at
this rate for the performance ot
work, useful or destructive, this
S, ooo, 000, 000,000, poo 'foot-pou mis'
would ho equivalent to more than
2,000,000,000,000, otH) horse-power.
Assuming the moderate velocity of
107 miles au hour for the whole at
mosphere of the globe, its energy
per mile Is ouo-lhirly-sixlh of that
just computed, and 5,ihh), 000,000,-
000,000 tons of atmosphere would
represent about 5o, 000,000,000,000,
000 'fM)t-tons' of energy, and not
far from 5o, ooo, 000, 000, 000 horse
mitter; certainly more than 5oo,ooo
limes as much power as have all t he
engines in the world combined.
Hach cubic mile would store 4o,
otM,ooo,ooo horse-power; and each
square mile, could loo feet of its
superincumbent atmosphere be mil
l.ed, would yield about Mo,ooo,oo
horsepower,' which is not far from
the aggregate of the existing steam
power of the world,
The Money Stringency!
A very common qiit-Htiou now in,
"What ban become of all the luoiH-y?"
The answers are tall unsatisfactory, bin
the geucral one is, "Don't know,"
Home men say there Is plenty of money
as much nimioy us there wr was.
Tlmt'11 rightj hut the people ain't got
It. Who bus? Why, the hankers. The
llmuiflnl slluntiou today cnu be
likened to a stud borso poker game
Unit hits been stiu-k to so Ioiik that the
playura n-ru uo'w all tiustod.
Tim dealer hits token out atich a
grtnidy percentttgo that the game is
ended and the money is all In the till.
Bo it is with the banks. They have
all the money; they have charged so
iiiuflh Interest that It bus eaten up the
principal, and the cry of hard 'times
has enabled them to tighten up the
cinch , Tils Is tba harvest time of un
scrupulous hankers. They are bleed
ing the borrower to death; they are
s((iiiic,lng moo out of their projierty
who need money; they have their stool
pigeons In ottUldo broken who aro em
powered to loan money on the sly, and
demtind exorbitant bonuses; they have
borrowed all the available coin at low
rates, and aro putting the seruwa un
mercifully to every man and woman
who must have nionev,
No wonder the people shout for paper
aud silver, They hava been cheated
Highest of all In Leavening
ABSQUTELY FIC3
and robbed by Umkers and politician!,
nml In their effort to And relief the
money kings are now trying to choke
them lo dwith. '
It is hlrih time that the government
abotild come to the relief of t he MKiple,
or the K"l(l btiK and the uaurera will
n it only huve all the money In the
country but the prtierly besides.
A Wnmaa Buying Stampa,
'How many atampa do you sell for
a quarter r she said to toe stomp
clerk at the postomm :
"Twenty-live 1-cent om or 13
f-cent oiiea, ma'am."
"Don't yon give back the odd cent
chantrer
"Certainly."
"Ara tln'V the Columbian atamptt
or the old kind I
"1 can give you either."
"Pou't the old style ones come a
little cheaper now r
"AO, ma am."
"I thought they would. They're
out or style, you know.
"The government receive them
tlio same as the new ones in payment
of iMitago, and many people prefer
tnem."
"lint their ml color doesn't match
lome styles of envelopes."
"leant help that.
"Couldn't you sell mo a dozen of
the old 2-eent ones for IB cents?"
"No, ma'am."
"Couldn't you on Friday P
"No, ma'am,"
"But that's bargain day in the
tore,"
"Possibly, but not at the jxistoffloe."
"When is your bargain dnyP
"We don't haw any."
"Not have any burimin day! Well,
I never I And my husliond told me
tho postofllcn wo run on business
principle. Why, you don't know the
first principle of business." Har
per s IJnyjir.
Funny Siarlaa af Indian Stndaata.
Euroiiean history and law appear
to tiffer Kitil stumbling blocks to the
native student- in the Indian colleges
and achoola. In one iwiier the ques
tion" was to explain the sentence,
"She (Queen alary) was not only his
wire, but lus fneud." The translator
made the passage to run, "She was
not only his w ife, but the wife f all
his friends!" Another student de
fined Salic law as "a law in France
by which no man descended from the
female sex was to get the French
crown. 1 lie Habeas corpus act was
described as a very imjxirtont act
pnsHod in lti'.'S. It declared, said one
student, "that the bread and wrine
token at the Lord's supper is the real
blood and body of Christ"
Another imagined the act of uni
formity to lo a law "that all soldiers
should dress alike." Asked to ex
plain tho expression "a sponging
house another ventured upon the
following wild guess, "In England
there are many people who live by
sponging on others, so there are
houses in which some who ore too
lazy to work depend on others." The
last example is that of an embryo
political economist who on being
asked to write a note on the poor
law said: "The poor laws in 1601
were passed In Elizabeth's reign.
They were that all fires in England
were to ho put out at 8 o'clock."
Decoan Budget.
liicrr In a Ilarber Shop,
It is clangorous to get shaved by
an Inexpert, clumsy handed, negli
gent or groggy barber. It Is danger
ous to get shaved in any barber' t
alioji in which tho lather is not per
fectly pure, or in which any of the
tonsovitU appliances are unclean.
The man who would guard against
danger ought to have a lather mug
and brush for himself, ought not to
lot his face lie touched by a sponge
that is iu general use and ought not
to patronize a barber who will use
the same towol for different custom
ers. We whisper theso words here, not
as knowledge for men of circumspec
tion, but as a warning to negligent
men, who throw away dull care when
they get into a barber's chair. We
assure them that there are doetore
who can toll of the perils that maybe
encountered under the raaor. New
York Sun,
Cars of tha Eyi).
Avoid all sudden changes between
light and darkness. Never begin to
read or write or sow for several min
utes after coming from darkness to a
bright light. Nevqr read by twilight
or moonlight or on a very cloudy
day. Never read or sew directly in
front of the light or window or door.
It is best to have the light fall from
above, obliquely over the left shoul
der, Never sleep so that on first
awaking the eyes shall open on the
light of a window. Do notusethi
eyesight by light to scant that it r
Tower .-
Lateit U. S. Gov't Report
quire an effort to discriminate. Na
tional Educator.
Wbaa Cktlng la to Dliuanv
Going in to dinuer the boat kadi
the way with the lady be desire most
to distinguish, and the hostess with
the gentleman whom she intend!
seating at her right hand. It has been
customary of late years for the gen
tlemen to find In their dressing room
tiny envelope oonUining card upon
which are written the name of the
ladies whom thev are exnected to take
in to dinner. It save some trouble uJ
the hostess, as each gentleman co-cm
erate with her in finding his way to
tno lady designed for hi special at-'
tonnon. tauiea Hoine Journal.
Bad Aaaoolatlona.
Of the aad and awful associations
that lurk in certain odors, who can
bear to speak! No one who has bent
in tearless agony above quiet hands
folded over fading white rosea. Or
who but there are some things even
momory dare not recall. Boston
Commonwealth.
Wonderful Work of Karthwaraaa.
Darwin, the groat naturalist, gava
it a hi opinion that earthworm
annually bring to the surface not
lea than 10 tons of dirt to every acre
the earth over. This they do through
swallowing earth for the take of the
vegetable matter it may contain, the
rejected "casting" being the portion
brought to tho surface, because It ia
rendered unfit for further use by the
action of the worm's digestive fluid.
Thus it will be seen that earthworm!
are the farmer's best friend, aiding in
agricultural work by rendering the
surface porous. Their work of con
stant perforating make the aoil
highly pervious to rain, the tender
stalks of plants, etc. They also covet
up decaying vegetable matter that
may be lying upon the Murface and
perform o titer service tiaat are ai
yet unexplainable,
The earth without worms would
be like dough without yeast, cold,
hard bound and void of fermenta
tion, and consequently sterile. Thii
has been the case in many instance
where the earthworms have been
accidentlyor intentionallydestroyed.
In all such cases the lost fertility of
the aoil has been again restored at
soon as the worms resumed their
work of fertilization. St Louis Re
public. '
A Rorae That Raaaoaad.
One very dark night a doctor w
driving along at a fust trot on a level
road, when he heard a wagon ap
proaching at a rapid pace from the
opposite direction. He could see
nothing, but as his light were burn
ing brightly and the highway was
broad one he was not alarmed. Sud
denly, however, his horse made a
violent jump to the left and crossed
the road just in time to let the ap
prooelung team, driven, as it ap
peored, by a drunken man, dash by
in the track which the doctor's buggy
hod that instant left
The intelligent creature had waited
till the lost minute, thinking that the
vehicle would keep to the right, and
then, when she knew a collision to
be inevitable, had sprung out of the
path of danger. Road, Track and
Stable.
- An Interaatlng Chang.
Students of natural history have
pointed out many instances of ani
mals and birds adapting themselvet
to changed conditions of life. A
somewhat interesting example ol
this is asserted to be taking place al
tlio present time in Australia. The
fleeces of the strains of English sheep
imported into that continent are said
to be growing decidedly lighter, ow
ing to the fact that the heavy fleece
is not necessary under a warmer sky.
New York Post
Hon. Furnlahlng.
A woman who was confiding to hei
street car companion that she in
tended to give her husband "a sofa
pillow for the sitting room lounge,'
her eldest son "a set of swinging
shelves for some china in the dining
room" and her daughter "a silvei
inkstand that can go on the hbrarj
table," glared very fiercely at a man
who remained to his companion that
iriany homes were furnished on the
"Christmas installment, plan." Ex
change. - l
A TUter. Candor.
A candid thief appeared the othea
day before the correctional tribunal
in Paris. The judg addressing hhn.
"Tell me now, why did you steal
this pair of old shoes?" The thief,"!
thought they were new." London
News. - '
The tower of Babel at Babylon wai
composed of eight square tower, one
upon the other, the pilo being 66C
feet high. Babylon was ft square,
IS miles on each side, tha walla 8
feet thick and 870 feat high, j