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Five Cents Per Copy." 33 VOL. X. INDEPENDENCE, POLK COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY," JULY. 7, U.03 HKCRKT BOOIKTIK8. AO. U. W.-IKDKPENDENOB , Lodga, No. 81 miwto r Mon day night In Momo hull. All anjniiro Jn brother art luviled to atleud .1.. Wtlklua, M. W. W. O. Ouuk. ltocotdar. "alley lodumkk'M; loo, F.-MW iu VmidnvB nail amy l'lmradic awutog. All Odd tallow cor dially tufrtett u meat vithna Pater Cok N. O. J. D' Irrin. 8orry. LYON LODGE, NO. 89, A. P. A. M. 8UMJ oomiuunHwiiotit tialur day wmti on or before full mm ah munth and uro ta tharoaftar. 0. . Hluito, W. M. W, P. Oonuaway, 8ey, H' IOMRH LODGB. NO. 45 K. of F. I Yluta aaarv Wttnda veitinir. Alt kniHhta eordtaiiv iiivutti. w . Uawl.y, a 0. G IVJlodMI, K. K PUYSICIAKS-DKJfTISTUY. OIX BCTLEU. PHYSICIAN AND , anrjreoa. Heey. U. 8. Board of Modical Examiner. Offle In Otrw Jious block. EL. KETCH DM, M. P. OFFICE . and reaideufla, eoroar Bailrad ad Moouiouto it, louepeutiaoo, ur. r-ML J. B. JOHNSON. KKMIDEN1 L Dwntitl. All work vnrrnnUxi to irira Ui heal of sstlafaeUon. Iut))n daaot, Or. DR, A. B. GILLIS, SPECIALIST Eye, Ear, Nixw, and Throat Of- Itc over llusli twuK, iniiviii, ur. o-s IIS. LKE BABBIT r, PHYSI elana mnl Hureeona. Hneolal at tentlou pnld to dlene of women . Of He over Independence National lUnk. T. J. I.e. M. I). W. Babbitt, M. I) C. M., Follow Trinity Medial Coll, DR. WM TATOM, HENTI3T, IN depidno, Offjon. Office In MbHeaker building on atieet (up lair. liald work a apeeialty. ATTORNEYS, GEO. A. SMITH, ATTORNEY AT Law. Will practice iu all auto and federal ennrla. Abelraela of till faroiabad. Offlo over Indepeudenoe National Baak. DALY, SIBLEY A EAKIN, AT toroeya at Law. Wa have tba only aet of abatract book In Polk oouuty. lUlialle abatracia fnrniabad. Money to loan; bo communion charged on loana. Office, loom 8 and 8 W ilaon block, Dal las, Oregon. AM. HURLEY, ATTOKNEY AND , Counselor at Law. (Mice, next to Independence National Bauk, Indc peodure, Or. BON'HAM A HOLMES. ATTOR ney at Law. Office In Hnh' block, bettreru State and Court, on Com mercial atrret, Hitlers, Or. SASH AND DOORS. MITCHELL A BOHANNON, MAN nrclurr of anb and door Also, aeroll (awing. Main alreat, Iude pendooce, Or. VETERINARY SURGEON, D R. E. G. YOUNG, lata of Ne bro, Veterinary Surgeon and Dentist bna moved In Independence, and opened an office over tlie Independence Nation al bank. TAILORS. WO. 8HARMAN, MERCHANT , Tailor, 0 atreet, nenr pontiflloe Suit in any style made to order at rea nb!e rule. World's "Fare" RESTAURANT, C fit., Independence, Oregon A wHI cooked nd nsrvart mel, cixid m ynu Mi gut anywhern, for JOcenli. Lunchfi, cor fM and breud, JO cent. MRS. M. DEATON, Prop HOME BUILDERS Will consult their beat in r tereata by purcbaamg their SASH AND DOORS . - of the reliable manufaolarar, M. T. CROW, '; ; Tndepnndence, Or., luccei- , tor toFeri(iiHon A Van Meer, Sugar pine and ocdar do.ir, , ''. - all lizoH, on band. SCREEN DOORS. -Learn Telegraphy- A TEADE it fays : : : Success Sues. ' AUdren-g. 0. HEY MuUH, Oregon ln Building. Portland, Oregon, ! BANKS. TUB INDEPENDENCE National Bank Capital Stuck, $50,000.00. H. tliHM'IIHKmi, IHRAM NKI.SON, W. P.CONNAWAY PtMldttll, Vie ihwldvul, I'anlitnr. A gnral banking and ttni lnuluwu, traiiMHlil; hana iU, lull dlwHimitml.iiuu. ttfrlal eriHtiu gmntwti ttpuun rtxUvd on Hirrol Kvunnl iihjM'l lo rliM'k, Inlonhil ld .m lm ditiH. , p mttKrrttitK. IV P, Hnilill, A, NIhi, 1. A. M1.-K, II. It jHurit, n. j.i.Kiiimn, i,, v, mmm, ii lllnM'lilwrg. . . Commenced Business March 4, 1889 KaUthlUttMl by Nm'o.ml Auiliurtiy. -Til 14 FIRST NATIONAL BANK. of ludt'ndiit,,Orvfin. CaalUIStaek $60,000.00 Sorpilu, $14,000.00 l,H,CWI'KH. L. W. RtlHKItTHK.H. traKtul. Vl rmldmk W. H MAWI.KV.CttthUsr. DIRECTORS. .1. H, Coowr, U , Hobvrlaim, lvU tlvliulfk U. W. Wbltmkr, W. W. Oullio. A Wltttral bAnkliiri lntaliiMUi tnaniuii,ld Huy antl wlln olini on all Important Klnu. lllt rnwlvvit auhjopt In oh-lt ur on tr- iim-ai "I d' h I mirt l(n nut. Oram luiurai a. m. Iu i M. m. J. J.IIAHKI.NH. T 1 1 W. K.NNKI.l. Harkins & Fennell BLACKSMITHING Muinatrtvt, IudtaMidelic. At the old atand ul K. K. KiviikvI, where you eau get your Wagon or Plow Repaired - - or other Iron work done. HORSESHOEING done In the uitwt approved manner. As a Horscshoer, Mr. Harkins Is Well Known Througout Polk County. A. rUKHOOTT. J. A. VKNKK8. PERSGOTT I VENE3S, Pnirltor of Manufacturer of and limlcriiln FIR and HARDWOOD, AUD Rough and Dressed LUMBER. J. A. WHEELER, . Manager MONMOUTH DAIRY . It. F. CHURCH, Prop. Will deliver milk In Mnninmith mid Indeeiidem-e every iiioruinif, fur 5 Cents a Quart Twenty ticket for one dolliir. Leave order at Walker Hnm., Inde- pendenee,or Mulkey & Hnle,Moutnoutli Sperlinj Brothers Meat Market DIALIK IN Choice Meats . Highfwt market price paid for fnt slock, lieef, mutton, veal, pork, etc. All bllln nuiMt lie willed monthly. OPEN SUNDAYS FROM 8 to Oa. m. Frss SeliTcry to all parts of te Cii?. Main atreet Independence Shoemaker P. IT. Murphy, 1'rnetlcul Shoe maker, Main Street, Indepen dence, nppf I te the opera lioiiwe. The flneatof F'roncli Calf UHed in all the butter Krudea l ahoea. livery pair wunuutud. "Only tho Scars Remain," Knyi II k.n it if lh'DKos', nf tlin Jitmri Sinltli WiMilen Muthliury Co., riiiudoipiiht, l'tt., who I'orlU Ilea na follow: M Anmii'i tlia many t"tlmniil. al wlili'li I i In nurd to wn tain niidl'iu p a r f o r in I n g otirea, ulaiiliuj the UUmmI, eliv, noun ImpiK in mora than my OWN Twenty yri awo, at tlia aga al IH yaara, I bad swnlliiiKa euui n my la, vrhleh limka and became run nla or. Our family pliy 1 - 1 ielan ould do tu no good, and It wan fvarrd tltal tlia bunra would Iw atlnetd. Al Ut, my good old Mother Urged Me totry Ayr'Harawrilla. I touk ilim botiliM, tli "! hvalvd, and I liav not bmn trtullml aluea. Only tha arara ramalu, and tba memory of tha )at, to remind in of the good Ayra Baraurllla baa dona ma, I now weigh two liiindrd and twnnly (HHimU, aud am In tlia bvat of hnaltti. I bar tm n on the Mad for tlia pail twitlve ycam, hava notlwd Ayer'a Bur. aaparllla advitrluMnl III all arla of I'liltol ttlnlna, and alwnjn tuka plia urti ia telling wliat g.xxl It did fr tu." Ayer's Sarsaparllla Piuunt by ir,J, 0. A jtM Co., U, MaM. Cures others, will our you THE INDEPENDENCE TILE CO. bKi l Ik' TV- :Vh ,. ;v if' fV"f' 'V 4 l.o V.i1, -. Hum iiow in aloek nml Ih eoiiliiiiml'y iir.iiiiir.it'turiiij; tiling of all ai.m for tlntlim and (Iralniip). ' C. G. Illtlf'K. BRICK YARD. J. R. COOPER Of liKlcpcmleiu'C, ImviiiiiKtiMiill f'liirtno. it liriek iiiiiehin,Hiiil Miivoml wireH of flmwt oluy, Ifi uov prein red to keep on hand it line quality ol Uriel;, w liiefi will Imi mild at leiiwm able )i i-a. Umki Is Sab :'i ForUir d -ON THE ELEGANT STR. EL1W0OD- Lenvea InileH'ndeiiee every Tueadiiy, Thuwdiiy, and Huturdiiy nioriiliiir tit ti tt. m , koIiik ihriniuh to I'oril nul (lie s.iine day, urrlvliiK there ul !i p. in. Fare $1. Meals 25c. Leav a Portlnnd fur Independence HiiiiduyH, Weiliieadnya, mid Frlduya. (Jia?a lo Alhimy Hiiiidnya und Wednea diiya fi'ulii Hulem tit 0 p, tn. HUIillAUl) A HTAATH, Indepi'iideiKM Frelnht Hulleitora. Al.Hkhhkn, I. V. lldl.MAN, Hnlem ArciiL J'lirthiuil Agent. D. H. Craven THE- PHOTOGRAPHER Cun he found at Whltouker'aOld sliuid mid aoll'illM your putroiutho. Ho turn out only the Best of Work. Give filial t. (rial and you will bo con vinced Unit 1 1 1m work laflrHt-eliiNH. , Jflu I'l'lcea nro very rciiHonnhle. WSsiteaker's Old Stand. Independence . .4 Oregon. I H Cfl t ORIGINAL AND SELECTED Interesting itenib Frm Every where-About Kverything. WHAT Till; EXCHANGES SAV AlwayHFreih and Bui ltd Down, and Sttrved up to Suit- .These ltams 4 Ar fswfully Stileeltd. LOVE PA88E0 BY. I waa bur with my alawlag , WB I Aim lauant y, "Coma." ilia arlart, Hfon th dnid(ia Ufa' aallha am faw aad armlalat. Wkat halta aw of aU hl alrivln. All Ida planalna aad iilrltn. llara txiwalh tbtakft Wbaa lb rar om lo rwalvt hln, Waalih aut wli and honor laavi blia- Itan aodurM tnr ayl" But I aiuwarwli "I am elnwtnic, W ban with Mraliht and va furrow All Uia Bld laeuvarad tbomtta. I wUt ftilhiw." Uiva Bd by. I waa buajr with uty aowlim Wltaa Unr paaatd by. Tom," aba orlwl, "l a'nr thy Utllltaj, Pur thy lull lima but but mailing. Fullaw dm wtr nwadowt farilla bkxxa ananwa with ruaa and wjrrtla, Uughln lo lltatkn lub fur Juy ibtlhnUMuid flowara, blnla and brwliaiii laofbliui hnur All unrolled Ur." Hut I aoawaradi "I an anwln. Whan my arraa all ar nlanied, II Imlly lo Ih raalin e, lianlod I will fnllow." Uivt (Mwaad by. t waa buay with my roanluc ' Whrn Ijom w"t by. "Otime," ah crlad, "Ihou plan tart (rtovtng. Klwnd KHowa art lliou harln. If lit haart II hollow, rata I Uarnamt Mora. Thy wnalihof fralabi 1m lhaa Lova'a laaat aliib. Ilaal Ihwfuf Ih bimra taal dwindle tr tha .ra ,l hooa abatl klndla In Ufa' wmivre -k)." But I aiuwaredi "I am maplnf. Whan with xin of youth and rnaida Itoio lha farm wicoitw full ladaa. I will flllll.w." IjOt naaaad by, ' I had taiband la my barvwM Wban Lova naaaad by. "fUayr-1 oaJM Iu bar, awlft toaadinf , Turning not my ory auhaadlng. ay. oh, Uivat t fain would follow, lay thy flight, oh. Boat wlngad awallow. Claavliig twilight akW I am old aud worn anil waary. Void my Orlda and harl-anii draary, W,lh tha I would Itr. 0rnard woa la all my narraaU Had ghuala ol my daatl hopaa hannl waa Flarm rvgraia, Ilk denmoa, I aunt ma uyl 1 follow!" Lova naaaad by, -Amualng Journal. Tfca Aga af tba Karth. The g of tiie earth is eat I ma ted from th tacretnetit la tmpertura aa wo pent'trttta It croat. The rate at which it ctxila, however, ran only U approiinmUdy detoniiined, owing to tiie coufeiwdly imperfect data which tmtat bo uml, there beinf nothing on which to bane calcula tiona. FViim a rureful auaJyaia of tho data at band. Sir William Thonipaon hua found that' between 100,0X1,000 and 200,000,000 ) oara ARo tho earth flrnt Ix gan to 1 mwtod over by ootid film of rocka; that 10, 000,000 year later it wna a till ao hot that the toinperature would have in creaaod S degree Fahrenheit for every foot vertically dewoiidod bo low the txine of ctmatnot tempera turo. The prevent rate of Increase averaKeo nbout LSI of a degree for every foot Philadelphia Preaa, Baaalng Train la Iratand. A well known railway man who had returned from a tour of inapeo lion in Europe ttvo that in Ireland the trttiiM woultl run fitat enough be tween atutioim, but would wait for 6 or 10 minute at each atop; At one long atop where tho driver took water and told him a 6 act atory, and the atoker oiled around, be heard an old fellow In the car next the engine any! "Tlia dhriver haa aliUijiped to bile tha waUier agin. I wonder phy they don't bile it runnin, like they do in England." Exchange. A Tart Aniwar. A Monroe (Mich.) young man bought a pair of overalla the other day, and in the pocket of them found a note from the young woman who made them, Baking him to write to her. He did ao, and wna much mir priaod to receive a reply saying "that ahe was sorry be had no finer blood than to wear such a poor quality of trousers." Philadelphia Ledger. Tha Column of Trajan. The famous column of Trajan ia 127 foot high, composed of 34 blocks of marble and sculptured from top to bottom. There are 2,500 human figures in the sculptures besides al most as many horses and several military engines. Its summit is reuched by a spiral Staircase of 184 steps. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. . A Cat Family. A teacher asked her class to name Ave different members of the "cat" family. ; Nobody answered till at last one little girl raised her hand. Well," said the teaehor encourag ingly, "Father Cat, Mother Cat and three little kittens I" Exchange. In India, up till the last few years, the wife, either according to her wishes or otherwise, was cremated on the same funeral pyre that con verted her dead husband s' remains into ashes. A confectioner being curious as to the weight of BOO pennies placed thorn In a paper bag on a confection' ex's scales and found that they weighed 8 pounds 5 ounces. The central chamber of the great pyramid is a room hewn out of the solid stone, 46 feet long, 16 w:'de and 20-high. It contains a sarooj bogus, probably of the builder. Of all the possible means of counter acting the effects of confinement In the office, or of other sedentary em ployments, walking ia one of the lumt and easiest , Uanaral llullar'i llialn By bis enemies dene nil Duller was called every vilo tianm under the nun except fool. Even tho hit ten-id liitioiig them gave hint the credit of k.viiig an extraordinary quality of Unit., Dialer's head, like Dutilel Wi t Jer a, iuoreuHod with hi years. Ilia bruin weighed four ounce niorotuim Web stiff's, which was one of tha l,ngt at on record. The brain of a uiui of averago Intelligence weighs from 4C to fia ounces, that of an idiot itlamt 13 ounces, that of a womuu from 41 to 47 omit. Tim aiso of tho brain was believed by the ancients to 1 1 ur a general relation to Ititellixduiil ui paeity of tho Individual. ' Cuvler'a brain weighed rather more Unit 01 ounces, that of Dr. AbenMiuMe li.'i ounces, and that of Dupuytii 11 r.' ounis, llieao were men of uuiimuhI tntelligenco, On the tit her hand, it Is well l. nowu that these weights have laen equaled by tlie brains of persona who i.cver displayed any reinarknblo liitfllect, Tliere was a mulatto In (Inciimali wbiaio brain weighed cW 3 .1 oul.ee. Ho bail been a alave and was never regarded as particularlf Intelligent, llo was illiUimte, but is said to have been reaerved, meditative aud eco nomical. The bruin of Curvy, tlie Irian informer, weighed 04 ouueet, New York Tribune. A Hog That RavognJaaa a Tun. All dogs, no more than all people, can dwUnguUh ouo tune from anoth er, but some dogs can, among them a fox terrier of birth, but it must I admitted of little breeding, culled Tug. Tliere is a family in town, liv lug in a fourth story tiwrtnii'iil, of which different member are apt to come home at mid hours of t he uight, and from one reason or another fro- Sueiitiy without a night key. It is ie custom In that en no for U10 uiomber outaltle to who, tie "Tho Warrior Buld." a tune that ditttai back from old courting day sigtiala The family ear is now ao attuned to this melody when whbdled that it will waken any member mt of Uie soundest sloop. This aenaitiveneas wsauot aupptaied to extend to the dog, but the other evening a belated member, coming borne just after tlie dimr waa clow) and aware of the pain It would give the janitor, ahe deftly whittled "The Warrior Bold." The family was re mo to, but Tug, sound aaUi-p on her chair, heard tlie tune in her aleep. jumped up and ran into the room where tho family waa and called their attention in the liveliest barks to the tuno outside. -Now York Evening Sun. , ' r.Utalar Couiiaclnk A few years ago every man in an elevator bared his head at the en trance of a woman. It is uot ao now, as every one who lias ottiiMon to en tor the largo "(lice buildings knows. In the country the courtesy is still continued. At leant that is the ex perience of a man who entoml the elevator in the Wauregau House, Norwich. Conn., wct-nlly. The hotel is five stories in height, and the gentleman's room was on the third floor. He did not object at all when the car had ascended to the second floor to have the boy return to tho ofllce floor to take on a lady. Ho did think it wna carry ingelcvator courtesy alnuayt too far, however, when upon reaching the third land ing the boy turned and aaitl : "I'll take this lady up to her floor tho fifth now and will let you out on the way down. You don't mind, do you?" Tho man did mind, but of course, while doing a grout deal of thinking, be said nothing. New York Herald. Art la Hurmalt, The workmen of Buritmh. although they have little idea of cotnixsuiion, are wonderfully fertile designers of details. They can all draw with free dom and grace. Their legends are full of stirring Incident aud deal with a varied range of characters, from tho puny human infant to the grotesque man fating monster. Their standards of masculine and feminine beanty differ from ours, but are nev ertheless quite possible. Wit hout the insight, the delicate refinement of tho Japanese, they are free from the extravagance of the Chinese, and there is nothing in their art so de based as tlie representation of Hiu doo gods. Magazine of Art Prahlatorla Trapannlug. One can understand how that if a piece of skull had boon regarded aa in contact with a demon or spirit it would bo reHixx'tod as an amulet, and Unit so the rondel les removed from the heads of men who had been sub ject to epileptic fits would acquire a virtue in the eyes of the ignorant and sutioratitious and bo employed as charms. And this seems to lie both the simplest and most intelligible ex planation of tlie phenomena of hole pierced heads and of tlie wearing of the portions removed from those howls by men and women who hnd not themsolves lieen trepiuinetl, Popular Scieuce Monthly, Mimical Dlrsctlona. The following good story Is told of tho secretary of a muNiou! society : A gentleman rang his doorbell one evening recently aud asked if 11 Mr. hved there. "No," said the Intensely musical Henry, pointing up tho street, "he lives about an octave I menu eight doors highor." - Exchange. Callulolil Tooth plrka, Tho lateHt toothpicks look precise ly like quill picks, but are modo of sheets of celluloid sharpened at one end and then rolhal up into a cylin der. Hotel keepers have their ad vertisomeuts printed ou them before they are rolled into quills. New York Sun. A little 5-yonrold, after shopping with her mother at loading drapery establishment, Raid, "Seems to me that there ai a good many boys named 'Cash.'" ' SPANIARDS AMD BUCCANURS. Row hl, Worn Rlggad Out In tha Itayt of tha Old Ttm Pin, Ira. , - A a rule, tho HpnnMi American merchantmen wwe formidable flout ing ciwilo, They might miry 150 of a crew, with a mn;ny or two of disciplined sottlleis. They tiiounM many gun of heavy metal. The "musketeers" were 'freely furnished with tluMo IhII mouthed truhucos which Mi-lied out bullet by the quarter bushel and were 1 xcesrdvvly dlsagremtlilo at close qurrtors, aud tliey weiti clothed In euiriiKnes of buff, which would turn it lw!l. The pimp and the fowi were solid fori, and the former wrs futnlshed with seniiilrtitlui' gallejioa, from which the ilefttmlera cuild fire with comnrttiiding pm isioti. 'fliero were txxtrtling uettings to lie triced to the rigging, und even at the wuist, where tho side were the ItweU, Ustrdiug must have lni n like acrHiuhling up tho side of a house. If wo turn, on the other huud, to the light buccaneering croft, it would soein tliere was no siiif of equality. They were gonerally schooner or brigniinesof small burden, with tall but tailoring sjiara, currying a tre mendous weight of canvas. Their guns were n!esnarily few, Ihough ouo or two were formidable. The men at the most could not be numer ous, although packet! away above and below like herrings In a barrel. While they excelled was in soa Biutiship am) dexU'Mim maneuvering. In certain light winds they hiul it all their own way. If their luck was good, tlie enemy's gunners would fire wide of the stimll and shifting murk. Their vory audacity often hived tin ur from disaster, for at the cloHst qiutr tr it was Imptafrfible to depress the ptnsao us to do them triou duuuige. When they did bmird, then wits no netd to give the watchword 4ltiU or victory. They were fighting not only with ropes around their necks, but with thiunlcrews and hot grid irons iu the mine remote prospective. That amuiiits for the antiiiuUou they tlirew into the attack, but wo confess we are still mystified by the triumph that crowned their audacity, fur even tho buccaneer never denied the Bpanish pluck, and (he Hpnniiinls were likewise llehting for existenoe. Ulmkwixxl's JliiunKiiie. Tha Art of Nrrclla Making. ' Tlio art of ntHnlle making wn kept tx;ret until alsmt li.V), when it was revealed by Christopher (ireening. In tlw little town of Itedditcb, a few miles from Birmingham, tho needle makers still ply their trade for all the world. Twenty thousand poo pie make over iwi.ci ti.iKXi nwlleo a year. From the ugly pig of Iron to the fairylike nwsllo ore manifold process, but prtdmblj' tho tlrilliftg of the eye is the most iulwstingof all. The expert can easily perforate a hair and thread it with its own end. Tho stool wire is cut into tho length of a brisde, and the needles are born as twins, bipods together, feet fartlnt apart In the old days the ends were sharp ened at a cost of life that made this Industry more deadly than war. The "grinder'' asthma," by which strong men's lungs were inwardly ground to piece by in huled particleoof steel, slew tens of thouaudof strongmen. Now a blunt of air awuy from the grindstone makes a grinder's life a first class risk for insurance com panics. TeniiHTiug, annealing and polishing ore all worth seeing iu tlie process.- Ha rpor's Bazar. . Why Horaaa Ara High In Tarla. One of the most prosperous indus hies in Paris is tho sale and tlisssitl of horseflesh for food. Tliere are in trio city of Paris 180 sliojis for the sale of horseflesh, and in tho course of tho ytw more than 21,000 homes, 61 uiulw and 275 donkeys have been killod and eatcu by the Parisians. Tho most singular point about this traffic, is that t he price of the rlimh is equal to that of good beef 20 cents a pound. It is only fair, however, to add that two-thirds of this meat has been converted into sausages, so that it is more than possible that the con sumers uie ignorant of the source of their toothsomo dish. It is now easy to understand bow it ia that good horse are so source in the Paris fiacres. At 20 cents a pound a fat horse would bo worth more when ho was dead than alive, Chicago News Record. ' Name of Two Chllilron. Trivial circumstance give names to children. A gallant Irish soldier was tho father of two girls, named reaiiectivoly Jano and Phtelie. Soma ono Bsked him why ho had selected tho latter name, aud ho re plied : "Well, orr, ye see our eldest was born in January, so we called her Jane, and the other was born iu Feb ruary, so we just called her Fay bio." The story would Iks bettor still if tliere had boon a thuxl daughter born in March and named, of course, Milf oil. Youth's Companion. A Oood Work. "I hear you've been cultivating the society of that pretty widow, Vau. What are you up to?" "I'm trying to kill the weeds." Kate Field's W uahingtou. A lluy ly. WinkB1 can't stop to talk, old boy. This is my busy day. Frank Fricud Got another note to pay, eh IfNew York Weekly. Homily and lla hnvk ot Itraltov Tho trained Arabs of Egypt, who seem to possess poor brains and of 1 course have 110 education, are often extraordinarily handsome," while in I UitiO the grandest head in Asia, a head which every nrtitd copied ns his ideal of Jove, belonged to un Arab horse denier, who outside of his trade knew nothing,-Million.- Cowpor IovimI puis, and hud at one time live rabbits, three hires, two liUiuca pirn, n uuvrmo, a jny.rtstar 1 ling, two canary birds, two dogs, a 1 "retired cat" and a squirrel. Highest of all In Leavening Power. Latest U. S. C jv't Report ADSOUTElaY FUID Mill a UBtllaV 'It i not singular how the term 'gentleman' is misapplied!" said a young clubman of this city recently. "Only the other night" ho con tinned, "as 1 waa walking down Fifth avenue a very decently dressed follow whose fac was quite familiar to me tmichiil me ou the arm, and calling me by name addressed a sim ple question to mo. "After speaking for a moment or 0 ho suid, "You don't remember mo. do you, Mr. Blank f , "I replied thut bit fuco was i;r tainly fuiniliur, but tluit I coul l uot recall his numo or moltoet where 1 hud met him. . " 'My name is June i.'be ousw h1. Don't you riMiietulsr me nowj I'm tlie 'gentleman' what you had scut up Ui the island for ono year. They let mo out yesterday. Won't you give mo a dollar I "Then I recollaitod him distinct ly," continued tho shaker; "as a waiter in a Isxtrding house who stole my clothes alsmt a year before and who was arrested and sent to Black well island ou iny complaint Hi unmitigated chwk in reference to himself as a 'geutleuiiiu' actually led tne Into giving him the dollar ho asked for." New York Herald. A U"',u Itoantlaa. Hie legislature of tho state of Muino bus again and again passed a law of fering a Ismiity for bear tbat have been killtsl aud repealed it every time. In tlie year 1S73 over 12,000 were add iu bounties by the state, and the next year a member from a shore town introduced a bill for the law's reix'ttl. Ho said that hunters would un doubtedly kill tlie bears for tlie sake of the meat and pelts without the extra inducement of tho bounty. Upon this a stalwart backwoods man rose in his might and said: "The gentleman don't rightly know what he's talkin about Most of the b'ars are kilhid when they're notliin but cool is, when- their meat aud jsdta are wuthless." "Lot them grow till they are of yalue, then," said the member from tho seatHsist sharply. "And I would like to ask tho gen tleman what them b'ars are to live on whilst they aro growinf" inquired tho backwootlsmnu in a tone ot with ering scorn. "Our sheep, I presume to say, and a baby now and then!" The bill for tho reis-al was not passed on that occasion. Youth's Companion. Joaa Carving. Josses carved from stone ore rare and dear. Great mandarin puy fab ulous priirca for si.iall ones m:ilc from jade; thoo made of tho p ie green and lurht blue shades are much more valuable than too white, yellow or brown. Liu, the former governor of Formosa, owns a joss cliout 8 inches high, v.'hich is said to lie 13 centuries old and to be worth f 10,000. Small uiim of I to 2 inches high sel dom cost less than fM) to $?:0. The difficulty of cutting the re fractory stone is grout, and is the chief reason for its high price. In Funclmu they make many josses out of steatite and aeleuite of various colors. These are rather neat and are very cheap. The softness of the atone allows the dealer to give a newly carved imago tlie appearance of great antiquity by rubbing it with a little flue siiud. An hour' work removes all shape lines aud produces that effect which marks all ancient Statues from tho sphinx downward. Philadelphia Press. Soma naflnltloni. Some humorous definition taken from tho examination jwpers of her scholars by Miss A. C. Graham are as follows: Phoeuicinns The inventors of Phoe nician blinds. Bacchanal A native of Bochunna, in South Africa, Chi nuiera A tiling used to take liko nesst with. Watershed A place in which boats uro stored iu winter. Gender Is the way we tell what sex a man is. Cynical A cynical luiui of BUgnr is ono pointed at the top Immaculate State of tho?o why liavt passed tlie entrance examination at Loudon university. Hydrostatics Is whon a mad dog bites you. It is Called hydrophobia when a dog is mad and hydrostatics when a man catches it, University Correspond ent. ' ' ' " . '" .-,. ltoal Kiijoynient. Most of tho enjoyments that we really have we find in those unre garded and unsought for Hours which we profess to consider the most tedi ous hours of quiet and useful ac tivity, when we are not thinking in tho least tif pleasure hour touched with the tenderness of friendship or domostio love, with spirits kindled to a crystal flame by the earnestness of quiet and undemonstrative converse. These aro the things that feci and succor tho soul and redeem tho mel ancholy of life. A. Lnmpman in Toronto Globe. A NeeiUaai Warning. A Biddof ovd express driver deliver ing parcels ouo night with tho mer cury below zero hnd a sudden start when he observed a great "warning" sign upon one which he feared he had disregarded. Taking it up, with his teeth fairly chattering with the cold, he saw written iu great letters this admonition, "Koop in a cool place," and tho atmosphere in his vi-; ciuity became torrid for a tima al least Bangor Commercial 4 n I Uoaniara Pot Waa tad. "No Valise Boarders Taken" is tba way a placard roads in tho hallway of a Jefferson street boarding bouse. "Will yon bo kind entaigh to tell me what that sign meauar asked tba seedy man with a cai petsack. . "It mean you," replied the red beaded landlord with a stout accent that amacked of the bog of the Em erald Isle. "That dressing case you ore lugging around with you wont weiirb four ounce.' It looks doss kin to a football with a handle to it, and surely it is not a blood relative of a decent trunk. No, sir, when a man come to board with Paddy O Khuy and Mmo. O'Shay be must have a trunk, and we will give him the best room in the bouse and clean shoots once a week, but valise board- m 1 .. a t . en uou 1 go nere, ana uie reason is they don't have a chance." -Louisville Courier Journal Papa' Raahfulnaaa, One day we were dining at a res taurant noted for its excellent cook ery and bail waiting. At the next table sat a middle aged gentleman and his little son, the latter endeav oring to assuage the pangs of hunger by devouring bread. At lout, his pa tience quite exhausted, tlie little fel low said: "Papa, why dont you kick up a jolly row, the same as you do at homef" Exchange. Among Uv Bulns Men.' Geo. A. Hti.ltii, the attorney, haa but ofllce in the Independence National Bauk building ' Italy Sibley A Eakln, at Dallas, have a complete aet of abstracts , J. It Cooper haa plenty of brick on hand at low price The Little Palace Hotel ia recognized bv IiuhIiipkh men to he the nmner nlara v , f to stay Mitchell A Bohamion have a very complete planing mill ou Main street- Messra Wheeler A Clodfelter, are the ouly exclusive dealers In toys, fancy goods, books aud stationary, In Indo pfiidenee. Bulwxriptiuu taken for periooicalo tho world over. Cigars, tobacco and fruits Dr. J. It. Johnson, the dentist, haa bin ofllce on the corner of Railroad and Monmouth streets Dr. E. G. Young, veterinary sur geon, at tends to t he diaettfees of horse and cattle Dr. T. J. Lee has his office up stairs iu the Independence National Bank building Dr. E. L. Ketchum has his office in bis own building, on Monmouth street near Ituilnaiu. Subscriber wauting help or any persons desiring employment can use the "Want'' column of this paper r BEE oue insertion, not to exceed ten words. Tacb additional word one cent - W. II. Craven A Co. are turning out some flue sets of harness which are warranted to give satisfaction Tho Independence Tile Co. ha faculties fur turuiug out, on short uot ice all sixes of tiling, from the smallest to the largest L, W. Me Adams is prepared to furuish you au. eleguut monument with which to mark the Inst resting place of your relatives O. A. Kramer still keeps the watches licking, aud has new ones for side Lumber of best quality and from mountain logs is sold by Present A Veness. D. H. Craven still turns out those bountiful photographs, rain or shine Hubbard & Stunts are busy doing all the drayiug here Five cents Is all it costs to travel on the motor to Monmouth and visit the Normal school P. H. Muiphy keeps pegglug away, .niii turus out boots aud shoes for his customers Iuteniew M. T. Crow when you wuut auytliiuu in the sash aud door due- There is 110 place Iu Oregon where a better meal Is served than at the res taurant of Westncott A Irwin, 271 Com mercial street, Salem, Courteous at teutlon, a tine naul, and the popular price of -." cents, have uinde this house the headquarters of everyone who" bna leeasioii lo dine in Salem. Mrs. ' M. ' Dcnten gives au elegant lihlckeu dinner every Sundav for 25 oents. ' .. Dr. 'Wm. Tutom, dentist, has neatly fitted offices In tho Whltouker building iu C street, upstairs . ii'iitteixon Bros, the Jewelers, are ooustanlly reeetviug the latest novelties Iu tin tr line. They also carry a com plete liue of drugs aud medicines , Loughao Bros, ou the Luvkiamute, have a large chicken farm, and have oirvTs of imported domestic fowls for sale A. M. Hurley, the attorney, has his olUeo adjoining tlie Independence National Baulj building Shelley Alexander fc Co. the drugg ists, have a complete stock of -drugs, paints, oils and glass; also a full line of school books and statiounry J, F. O' Bunnell carries a large stock of agileulturnl machinery, and his shelves are laden with the best grades of hardware; a tin storu nnd tiuniug 'lepurtment otitis to the advautn$e8 of tt, esutDiisuiucmr TTt i