VOL. X. !?2.00 Per Year INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, 1-KIDAY, APRIL 14, 1!(3J Five Cents Per Copy. 22 8KCKKT 80C1KTHX AO. U. W.-lNDICl'l'.NDUNCK , IahI(!i, No i!2, meet evurj Mon day tiiiiiit in Mnifctuio linll. All sojourn ii brother nr limitsl 10 attend W.I.. Wilklus, M, W. W, IK Cook, lleeorder, A ALLEY 1.01X1 K. NO, i I. O. O V F. Moe in V in! n hull v,o tv 'Umrtu.i evening, All 0M feltu tui' dially invited to meet with ua. Peter Cook N. O. J. I Irvimt, Secret try. LYON I.ODOK, NO. 20. A. F. A M, Htated tiiimmiiiiM'ntKiMK Sattir day evening ou or before full mutiu -h Ulutith nn I lo 'k thereafter. (1, W, Stium, W. M, W, 1', C.ilunmiiy, Secy, x HOMKH LODOK, NO. 43 K. of P, Meets vry Wednesday evening, All kuiulit are cordially invited. V. II Hawley, U U, C. K. Olodfeller, K. H. S. 11 1 VSlCt A NS-mCNT 19 T H Y- r IX. 13UTLER. PUYSICIAN AND V. anrgmw. ftcoy t'. S, !hm vt Medical htiiiiiuiur. Oltlce lu Opera Mou) block. EL. KKt't HUM, M. D. Olfunc , nuil riiliiu', enroer Hmliotid mill Moumuiith t, independence, tlr. DH J. R. J0UN,SON, RllSlDl.Yt J -i.t tst. All rk warranted tn tt e l -at -f atifctin. Inilttti dene, Or. TJ. I.Eli, PHYSl JAN ASP SPR. , (win, U. S, "Siiiiiliiinif i!ii.'c..ti. OtIic met Independence .NuImjiihI Hnuk. DU. VM TATOM, F.N"TIST, IS-dVpo-'denae, Oregon. OBle in S hitcitk r building on "O" Slieet (Dp stairs. Urdd mirk awcmlty. ATTORN KYS. GEO. A. SMITH, ATTOUNKT AT Lbw Will iiriiHice in nil Ktnte and fpili'ral cimrtd, AlwlroU uf tillit f uruixtiif. Oflic over liiili'iiiilt'noo Anlioiiiil Xliiuk. rkAi-Y, Ii;LKr EAK1N. AT- ! i kiriicyii nl Law. We !m lli only pt of utwtrnol trtk Hi 1 ulk county, lU"iiul,ln hlwt.iM'ix fnniixlipil. Muiii.y tu loitti; no comiiilimiiiii rlifirumi nn loMiia. Ollkr. niiis 2 and 8 W ilmui'ii block, tiitl. Ills, Orrirou. AM. IirnLEY, ATTOHNEY AND . Coutici.r lit Liiw. tlllii'i-, nxt to I'liii prllill'llOl' Nllllnllal ItHIlk, Iiule- jieuilfticp. Or. I Q Nil AM HOLM EH, ATTOH- ti(iy At Law. Ollimi tu Ifimh'a blorfc, lx!wtvti Sliito hihI Court, on Coni- Oieroial mifpt, Mult-in, Or. SASH AND DOOJtH. TAr rn 'hell k uoiiannon, man 1V1 nfiirturi'in of i-.ihIi mid (Inorn. A Iw, w.-roli hiwiii((. iwbdeuce, Or. Main tri-et, Iiide- VETEKINAKY KUI10E0N. DU. E. 0. YOUNO, Inle of Nl.fr, Vtrilinry SurKWin anil Dantiat hn moved to Iiuli'iK-uili-nco, and opened nit ufllcf ovor tli Indiipenilcnca Nation al bunk, UAU1SEKH. ET. IIENKLE, THE DAKHEB, , oppiwiiH Mr lit Nallonul Hank, Io di'iK udunue, Orctfon. En, . Hi CKE, rUOI'UIETOB OF e Little J'nlwia Rurber Shop, (;tiiect, li dciioinlinpo, On-gon. Hhav im;, Htnimtiooliitf, HinueiUK, nud Hmr- ri'llillK. TAILOHH. W. (. Ml MM N. MEUn.lAN'1 T;,tlor, 0 Hiii'i'f. ni'iir ihIoI1Ibi Hniia in any atj i- nw-'n i tinier lit ten touiib'e ri'l-" MILLINERS. Mm. K. C VnnMocr Mm. M.Cntlln ttSIEUiMIlll! Main atrn-t, Ind-tw-ndaneo, aiti-wwnra 1ft Mm. K. Wliio'-ll, liae wi-luaiil ''IjuI nbxik i fine goods. Call uud eiumluo giodK and jjr.otM, HANKS. THII INDhPENDENCK National Hank Capital Stink, $50,000.00. H. miWOIIIIKIUi, VllltAM NKlJttiN, T. l. CONNAWAY llldIUt, Vt Pnwldmit, Cnliir. A gwuiral twnkluf Mid Meliao bu.lnr. trammeled; loam laatlts hill dlMmiuld, m umtt-tal i-rvUlu granted! dopuaUa rentvvd on mtiwul acomiut aubjwt to etatwkt, tutarwrt paid ta Urn dvpwlu. PIRKClttHM, liua McPanlvl, II, tl, JtwtwrwHi, A. Uuodmnn, II, lllrwlitwrtr, A. Nnlwn, T. 1 I 1. A. Alton, Commenced Business March 41889 KMubluiivd y NhUuiiiU AiiUiiully. -TIIK-- FIRST NATIONAL BANK at Inili'tiiliiD, Itngiin. Capital Stock Surplus, $80,000.00 $14,000.00 i.H.OOOPKII. U W. ItdUKItttHtN, rmhlrnt. Vloa l'rilitnt. W. It HAWI.KV, Cwttlcr. OIRCCTORS. H, t vh.r, U , lUilwrimu, lwli llnlmlck U. W. Wlilif.kor, W. W. Colllix. A ffvitnrnt txiuklittf IttiBlncM ImtiiMottwt llm mi J eii'lmni ou Ml lmnlmil Ih-HII wwlvnt lllij.f I In I'hn k or 00 Mil. ate tt Jf pi!t, I iilftvlUtus iniut. limw Itmim; . lu. to i p. III. 'CJR'JfUTtD UIDtH THE UWS Of OBEGOI ! MONMOUTH, OR tt, HWIKV ,. ... , l-rwil-lmil Vlro-fre. UCAMTHKLL. iiijV v. iv r.i.i. 1'iu.hiur Paid Capital, $30,000. DIRECTORS. I, H. Ilnwli-v, I. Ut'aiiiiMill, f.M.HImpmn J. B. v. minor, J. ii, mump, f. . liwil A mural Iwnklng Mot n.'lmnen biinlnnw trntiMai-tivIj lwn mailt dfiMMiiu rm-wlvt tililM-l to t-hi-ok nr on twrtillniUgnf dvptwltj Ullrml Mill nil Hill ili-ntu, -Hn ipmi( vault nial burglur proof taf, M-rurwi uy 1 Air inn nirii. tiitlm Hour: a. m, lo 4 p. m, HOME BUILDERS Will conmilt tlwir la hi-U-renta by purrhaamtj tln-lr SASH AND DOORS of tlia raluiblt. tnanufiiolnmr, M.T. CROW, ImlAptHliIf'DC, Or., lUI-OBI- or to t'ciiitmon A nn Meer. Hngnr iiii(i and cdr doom, all iw, on bund. SCREEN DOORS, HUBBARD & Ml, I'llOI'IUCTOltSOr City Truck and Transfer Go. Ifiiiilintr of all KIikIh Done ut Hoiiwoimlili ntcH. Agents for the 0. P. Boats. All bllla ttiiHtbe at-tlli-d by the 10th o1 each month, Independence, Oregon. -THE- :f nit IliiH now in Hfofik and Is continually iniimilitctni'ing tiling; of all Misse i fur drains and (In.iiiiige. C. 6. EIF1, Witt 9 J v"""" J, A. VKNkMk PERSGOTT J VENESS, PluurMom of , XE El .: Maanflwiturfa of aad bvalara In FIR and HARDWOOD ' -a , Rough and Drossod LUMBER. J. A. WHEELER, Manager m bid mi Tbi undpmliriMHl would rnv that wr arv want(l to do all kliula of mmwn 'nn, At the iiitutt rataODftblc rata. Ulvtua will. PITTS & HfLLARD tucMon to B. I. Krtaglt Independence, Ore. The New House, Oil M. A. Dudley, Prop. Cor. Fourth and Alder streets, Oiilrally Inmini, Kvwly flirnlhd and r. niou. nw tnu in and nuia all iraiiMand aUMunna D. H. Craven THt- PHOTOGRAPHER Can be found at Whlleakcr'iOld stand and atilHla your lmtroimto, IIo turn out only the Best of Work. Give buna trinl and you will Iw oon vlnoed that hi work la (Int-ola. II In Prhwa are vry rt-nnonulilu. WEiitcaker's Old Stand. Indapandanca Ora gon HUICK. BRICK YARD. J. R. COOPER Of IndcnotuloiiOfl, Imvinif a stnn engine, a brick machine untl wevonl! aoren of flnwt clay, 1h now prepared to ktwp on hand a fine quality ol Brick, wliict will 1)6 anld at reason able priceH. BAILU0AD8. TIME TAI1LE. iliipaiiileaoa and Muniiiuuth Molnr t.ln Lmvm IndapiiadiiDoa. Monmouth. 7:00 8:10 :M 11:111 l:MI : S:tX 7:1)0 :' 10:110 13:1111 2: III 4:t s-.ift Shoemaker P. H. Murphy. Practical Wine maker, Main Street, Indeptm denoe, nppnalte the opera hotiae, The lliicatof Froncli Calf , iiaed In nil the better (trades of iboea. Every pair wnrriinted. Mrs. Campbell Lte from Kaniai City, Mo. (limrnntrsR a good fit nl ttraUolaHi work, Oor. Railroad and MonniciutU atreeU, Indapandanc) Oragen A. PUKHOOTT. AN INTERESTING LETTER Describing a Few of the Cities . in the liast. WKITIKM nV BEV. J. R. S. III! 1,1, H Attended the Inauguration of Pres Ident Cleveland -VIhiU the Maionlo Temple. Ciiicauo, lit., April t, lMia. It la a aoiiri-eof (treat pli-m-un) to coin niuulml with your friend, alatly when you are very fur away and lone ly In UiemldMt of "mirHlnit tulllliina." Better be in a furntt aloua, for you iichI not fear the Im "aatnlliiMfKliiic" you, Chloairti 1 In inttn V nivU tin greav out city on earth. It la wwlly ahead of New York exiept In xiulutloit. The ClikiiKiii biwit a (treat deal, but they have that wvateru duah, and a touch of recklt-MtieM aUtut them, whlt-h imr- dona u aouio ili'uiw the blim-ltiR of their own horn. The World'a fair building ar tike a beautiful city, "emiiiHiet together," and their while neaa, and tall apirea and douiea, make. one, when aeeiiin them lu tliediataiiee, feel llkeenelalmliiK, "lk-bold the hall waa not told me." All will 1 ready by Uie find of May for the grand 0eu- lug. Chleago haa the loftlrat eoinuier- olat building tu the world. I thought that the New York World building waa grand, and It la, but the ningultlivnee of the Maaoule temple lu-regnea eteor beyond anything ever attempted by man, except nerliup the tower of Itatiel Thla building la m f.vt high from the iiiiwulc HiveiiH-iil to the tiwwiliiled bor der aurroundliig the a pel alx.v, The building haa a rotunda or Inner court from bae to turret. Ile-hlm the w ftt-t or twenty-three atorlea, there la a baaemeitt of tlflet-u fivt ami a ctiiola and flag atalftweuty feet, timklug Hie wonderful hellil of 31.1 fi-ct from tip to bottom. It haa a fruulagt of 170 fn t by 1 It deep The fl rat live atorlea are if atone andPyrenn imtrble, tliereniulu- lug atorlea are of premwl flrv-pnaif brick. The very topatory la a coinmrvatory, or the alm gnnh-na. It o much re- m-luhlca the Imaginary gadeti of IMec and ao fur on the rwd toward heaven, that it la aald that a man not loiigalucv when having aaoeuded to I his point, knocketl ou the Uar diairand luqulred If the Lord waa In, that he would like to ace. him.". Without a doubt thlala certainly the grcntet building ever put up by man. Tim Odd Fellow became jenloua of thia Mitaoulc tt niph. a few yean ago nud began the founda tion of a temple to be thirty atorlea high, and thla Ilkewlae begut a aplrlt of rivalry lu high bulldluga among the eommerulal men of Chicago, and the more level-headed cltlxeua aecltig tlie extent audi folly might lead to, painted mi ordinance agalnat any building be ing ovor ten auirli high. Ho thia bluated the hop of the Odd Eellowa and leavea the Maaouln temple the monarch of all. Tbeac high liuildliiga are exceedingly dnugoroua, and peraoua having pmperly near by cannot get good rent becaiiae of the duuger of higher bulldlliga fulling on them lu ctue of a cyclone or earlhiUitku, Already three high btilldinga have fallen, and they did much damage In the wny mentioned above. In cane of lire there la abaolutely no way of eeiipe. Hoatoti and New Orleaua eru two cltlca I do not like. The airocta In New Orleana are narrow, aome Udng not over forty feet wide, and some even narrower. The Ity la old and non-progreaHlve, aud heir only attraction la their brutal prize tight. Jlow glut) nil well-thinking peo ple ought to lie to know that our slater 4ate, California,' low wiped from her fair eacutuhenn the atolim of her former ptlr.e tighla. The world movea, and It movea In the tight dlivctioti, and the Devil can't atop It. I ahoiild rather have Wat of the Hookv nioiintniiia ban all on thU aide, even up, Bunion a a atiltcd city. The people are b(Kk- IhIi, becauae of Harvard lading an close BtippOBe, but they mc not practical. I'lierela a great deal of ceremony and etlcpuetto. ; There la a auperolllloUHUwa aud a mil" runnel imoiiloumit'HH. anl a ong faced neaa about them that mukea onedltillke the ciiatmua or doubt their iicerity. I urn truly aorry that Bun- Kcr Hill wua ever locaU-d lu Hoatou. It aa a great ndiduke, but cla-uiiiHtaiiwi. made It unavoidable. If ilie pilu-rlm Fatbcra biuUtuidetl at the Uolilou Oau- orut thtj oonlluciiee of the mighty Co- umbla, there never would have been any Etct lu the United HtnteBof Amer toi. All thi oountiy would htive been here, but Ita relation would have been like i bat of Alaska, The rlgora of cli mate on the AthinUo alope are dimply nbeurable, mil, bh the iicoulegel, uoinc- what the nature of tliu Kaipilmcuux. Well the liiaugui'iillnti went oil' all right on schedule lime The duy wua ' Himply well, 1 have no language to 1 tell It. Home s.iy that the Incandescent 1 and electric lights bin ned (or seemed ' to) all day, when la fuel the (Ivnumos ere not running. It was ho Ul the flume hud frown and remained ao all ; uay. i will noi vouch lor 1110 irimi 01 thla however. The opinion prevalla among the deinoeniU that when llro, Ulvvelaud get through apHilnilng re publican tu oftlee, that If there are any .(oflUiea left, he will Oil them with dem ocrat! who were not "active" in the lual campaign, and who are not "new- pater men," aud who "never held of line under him before," and who "live lu hi owu community," eta, etc. etc. Well, my opinion U, Orover'a lo ad I level. I have al waya had wnne uf tlx ate Idoaa myaulf, and for tlie life of me I could not tell where he got them utile he haa been reading the Went Hide the laat couple of yearn, or be may huv read the Kim-burg Review a few ytn ago wln n we were writing on that uh javl. It laveryeaay tobepartliuii, but lt reiulra quite a little moral courage to be a pat riot. The Tammany brain were at S aahlngton .11 full forw, Thar truth la, and waa 'apparent, that the hole i annually outr)i,lliludliig David It. Hill, waa isiuipelliil tocomti to time or how their color. To te 1 the whole i.'uth,I verily believe that iheTaiiimany orfciu, lotion hi New York city ia the moat corrupt orKaniuttlon on earth, w- lltically, wM'hilly, aud lu evary reHH-t that gaa to makeup a body-politic, Urovcr Cleveland did not ank Tammii. ny any odd, and la not catering that Wi.j now to burl anything, In other Wonl, Mr. Cleveland knew Jut what he waa doing, and Tauiimtuy knew Jiml aa well Air. Cleveland, delicti at Chicago at the ctinvculion lo June IHvi New York' ecventy.two vota were agitfiutt Mr. t'leveUuid mom than they were or Diivld II. Hill. Well I mut quit fortlie prvaelil, not, wlthataudliig It ia real plvawiut to write for your homo papvr. We uiuat not lrt-ipaiiauMili Hro. Peutlatid too much aud will auk Indulgence fur the publica tion of theae few Itiiea, We xhould have written a few 1 1 inn earlier but we have been on the dead Jump evarainou we left, and ho to get home by the flrat of May or plhly earlier. Allow me t aay In cloalug that I have heard aome eminent divine and atatemuen oil Dili trip aud I find that "dUtamw leilil wouilernil eiicluuiliuent," mme thuu you would think for. The dl vim whom I heard were Weil, of South Carolina, Southern Metlnallat, Dr. Hunderland. who married Mr. Cleve land, Dr. Holuiea, thke, In the Tut mage taberuaule, Krovklyn,' N. Y ItUhop Newman, Dr. Fredrick, iu Duu- d, N. Y., and yealerday the n-le- brated Prof, David Hwlng, who waa re moved from the l'rhyteriau nuuinlry for hi "progrealve view," "but," he aald to me ycatcrduy at the clone of the hauler acrvluc, "my Prwhytcrlun breth reu are now, aome of them at U-aat, ahead of me, and tlielr'pmgitwi'iH quite marked." Thla Prof. Swing la a very it rung mini and preached a newt excel lent sermon from thetext, "He i rliten, Helauot her." The Central iMuic hall waa crowded. We hoH to have tomethlng mure tu ay of tlnwi thing when we ee you fai to luce. J. R. N. Hki.L Wounul't Oaward Maroh. Thcro came a timo in the liiatory of my life whon I middonly roaliaod tliutlcan tell a briorwood from a mocrachimin while it i bemg ainoked. It waa boruo lu upon me that by year of subtle training I had come to know a "Perfecto" from a "two-for-a-nickel." It flashed upon my duful aoul tliat I, Sappho, the eoorner of nioolino, waa tnyaolf a oonnohmur of tlie delicate aud difficult art of dis tinguishing even from the next room the varying characteristic of niffering kbitla of Turkish tobacco. I fotiud, to my amazement, that I know the perfumed Turkish cigarettes lose thoir national characteristics coming over hind and ata to Boston, and that a Richmond cigaret te is more grate ful (vicariously) to my nostrils. I cau snioll this moment the peculiar peanut nuttiuetw of an old clay pipo and the almond nuttiness of a new 4fonry Clay cigar, find I Cf recall to a wmrr uie experimental odor of a corncob brimming with rank plug. Yet I never amokoa but onco In my life. Thon I choked on burning mul lein loaves recommended for a cold 1 It is one of the rcsulte of tlie open ing of modern occupations for wom en that I huvo become so learned in this way. I don't know yet whether or not I am proud of my wisdom, but it is certain that I have no vicarious amusement more charmingly altru istic than Minoklng.A . Woman in Boston Trausoript. : Th tla of Pontry, Nearly all the other arts have an oflleiiil standing. They are endowed, perpetuated, made part of the appa ratus of life. But we are as incredu lous of poetry as of the sea serpent, and the affidavits of those who havo seen the ( hiug Itself do not convince a sceptical world. Poetry's killing foe is wealth, and wealth of late has grown beyond the dreams of avarice, Money, which can call into exietonco many of the arta, which can ronr architectures, lay out gardens, give to household decoration a sumptuous beauty impossible to poor nges, which can even greatly help in the creation 01 music and paintingmoney litis 00 potency over the proud aud dis- aa",ro ""WO. .- mx "w mure r - P01? 19 irn' """'8U' l cuusow ien aomaiiraes op- C TSL w-vi mi wm 4vm mum UQW Highest of all in Leavening ABSCUWEUf FUIO we cry," all we need do ia to open our book and without struggle to par Uiku the atrifo. without effort to at tain the en, without putting off mortality to have part in the immor tality of those eole thing which show a aomblancoof otwnal life the crea tion of tlie divine porta. Ponce de Leon sailed fur for his fnblod foun tain of youth, but the wiser man is he who takes down hk Homer or his RhtikesM-are and discovers there in the spring the (Spaniard failod to find. Forum. A Stnuif Svlwilun. It is an cany and wry profitable business to smuggle rifle into Moroc co. A wttapon may lj lnju;rlit in Gibraltar for $10 and sold in tlio in terior for five or six times that sum. Fumxglers are continually running over in feluccas and beachfng thoe arms somewhere between Vum Kiiur- tol and Tangier, and curious are the devices by which they accomplish uii'ir transport . t)ne smuggler told a traveler that he ran his cargo into Tangier bay after dark and unloaded the rifh-s on the beach not a quarter of a mile twin Uie custom houao. "Who assists you in unloading!" asKoti tue traveler. "I generally employ the Dorters of the custom house," was the inno- oent reply. Tlicn, noting tlio surprise and amuwment of his hearers, lie added: "nicy are more skilled in onload- tng tban other laborers." It hail evidently neither occurred to him nor to the porters that they might tatray him, Youths Com pauion. " Hypnollam and HvnlUlrjr. For a quarter of a century I have been hoping that the prineinlea of hypnotism as now devclojic! might be applied so as to bring relief to pa tients durwgdental operations. It is with pleasure that I am able today to report a pronounced success in that di- rectum- a success that I believe will continue, and the methods will be so formulated that the art will be with in the reach of every intelligent op erator on tlio human teeth. I found thut it was the opinion of writers on hypnotism that jmin would always wake a patiwit from the hypnotic sleep unless such patient was In a somnambulistic condition. I felt it might be quite possible to derive dis tinct benefit in the lighter stain if they could lie kept continuous. I soon belle vel it possible, und after a uillgvut study of Bornhchn I com monoed to hypnotic, and my first effort proved a success. -Thomas Fillebrown, D. U. I)., in Dental Re view. (STOVES .NI Tl;!--:-,. , On ot tli AilvuniM: ,.i men! ii,,-,. One reiotin toi tu v i-!v!c;v2! fi ! :Ii.-.i it p .-mi., cooking stov 'A home with the largt teiicineut i . tlieehmitiHtiuii of the from etu-h liousluilik out a stove! Iiiipofwililt!" I hear many exclaim. Not in the lcst im possible -and something fortho very poor greatly to be desired. First, so far to heat is concerned, in a tene ment house holding fill or 150 families. beat may bo supplied from a oentrai source which would be far too ex pensive in a small tenement house of 8 or 10 families. The pooriisually buy fuel in small quantities at exceptionally high rates, and this nmoimt, if added to their rent, would In a large tenement sup-' ply them with beat by steam or hot water, which would be far prefer able for the fallowing reasons: The storing of fuel aud the carrying it up long flights of stairs by the hodful would lie done away with, and the sending children out to gather kin tiling from wharves, streets and va cant lots, with the dirt and sloveuli ness and weariness which always at tend such work, would lie abolished No one who has not worked long among the poor etui realize I he serious drawback to good temper, comfort aud cleanliness that the mere care of fuel, the cleaning of the stove, and tlie disposal of ashes involve with people who must cut. sleep, bathenud live around a coal stove three or four flights from tlie cellar or ash ham!, aa is the case in the majority of our tenements The waste in fuel is of ten appalling, due largely to igno ranee about drafts mid to lotting the tire go out during a morning a ab seuce from home and then rebuilding it to cook the dinner. I once saw a child of 10 tu a room strewed with shavings end ashes try to make a tire by placing the coal on the bottom of the grate und lighting from the top the kiudlnirf anil paper thnt were luid over it lu fiuiiilies that were receiving coal giveu in charity I have re icntodly seen red hot stove packed full of coal, the drafts ul) open and the bent going up the chimney. The doing away with the heat of a stove In the living room Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report during the summer month to no small contribution to the health and good temper of the inmate. Lad True Ames In New England Magtv ctne, ' ' Pip Snokan Paradlta. In Washington a man may place his good old brier pipe in bis shapely mouth and walk around town smok ing according to the dictate of hi own conscience, none daring to make him afraid. It ia not so in all part of the country. There are place where such conduct would bring his under police surveillance and cause him to be ostracized by sod sty. There haa long been a deep rooted prejudice against the pipe. A man might appear in public smoking a cigar that would cause horses to swoon three block away and nobody would say anytiiiug, but if he smoked a pipe on the streets his social doom was sealed. Reason, however, haa resumed ber majestic rway, leveled the barriers of superstition and con quered the armed hosts of prejudice, and as a result the man who smokes I happy. - - Washington New. A Conditional Karrtac Fm, The following is told by a pastor of a village church about eight mile from Boston. He was sitting in his library one evening recently when a knock 00 the door came. He an-. swered and found a couple who de sired to be united in matrimony. The pastor asked them into bis par lor and performed the marriage cere mony , after which the groom hand ed him a sealed envelope supposed to have contained the usual Compensa tion The happy couple departed, and the reverend gentleman opened the envelope and found the follow ing note: "If she turns out as well as I think she will. 1 will come back and pay you tor your snmoes. "-Boston Record- - Borrowing Fro Valgkbora. A little girl was sent into a neigh bor's bouse the other evening to bor row a copy of the paper. She depart ed with the treasure, but returned a few minutes later with the request that the man of the house should loan ber mother his spectacles. "Well, by Oeorgel" ejaculated the astonish ed citizen, "isn't that asking a little too much? No, indeed, answered the little girl, "mother say yon won't need your glasses a long as she has your newspaper; you can spare them just as well as not" He spared thorn. Richmond (Me.) Bee. Rot Cllmaua and Long SlghtodBOM. People who have lived long in hot climates like India become presby opic tour or nve years earlier than they would otherwise have done, for life in a hot climate naturally means excessive wear and tear to a Eu ropean. The ordinary., age for the adoption of spectacles for reading used to be DO, while it is now nearer 45. -New York Tribune. Babylon' Hanging Garden. The hanging gardens of Babylon were terraces on columns. The gar dens were 400 feet square and over 400 teet high. The ascent from ter race to terace was by flights of mar ble steps, and on the highest was a large reservoir. St Louis Globe Democrat Taut In Animal. Many experiments have been made In order to find out what and where - the organ of taste is in the lower creations; but it is easier to say where it is not Crayfish and worms seem to have very decided prefer ences in the matter of food, though no special taste organ has been found. Lobsters like decaying food: the crab is more dainty in its diet. Snails and slugs show a decided preference for certain kinds of food, as gtu len lovers know to their cost; peas and cabbages, dahlias and sun flowers are great favorites, but they will not touch the white mustard. Some prefer animal food, especially if rather high. Spiders have only a Blight souse of taste; flies soaked in paraffin seem quite palatable to them, though one species, the dia- . dema, is somewhat more particular and refuses to touch alcohol in any form whatever. Chambers' Journal Finding Their Wajr Homo. Who does not know that a cat, or even a half grown kitten, taken a loner WAV from homo in a hiitr. ncarl-v always finds ita way back! When living 111 nortnern Michigan, 1 bad a cat we tired of. I took her in a boat directly across the lake, about two miles, and turned her loose. Although it was about six miles around the end of the lake, a circuitous course and certainly unknown to her by sight, tlie next morning she was back at the old place. Another case is that of a cat that was taken by rail fully 20 miles In southwest Missouri, nud the next day he walked in all right at his, former home. Cor. Scioe, . . ,j