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TJ.r.wmKj, Manager. V HU-I tyrrtM,0Mr. , V t SUBSCRIPTION RATES. Om Vim , 4 HU Mom ha f TurwUoaiaa . l.rt Alt man-laga and. nnttcee not exceed tna r)v Itne fca Warned free. All over Bv lln will b charai! ftva wW per tin, ftwlety obituary reaoIuUone will b ctonmed fctr M in rata of Hv oeuu vi una. Keglatered at tha INt-mc In tndepen deuce, ur-uua a MvtmtKMwn urniwr. FRIDAY, AUG. 4, (fecrrwiMj b to busiixm rW Hum poMtt it to machiiH-rfthe grant mo- ti jKMrer. JiictiMfiu, TArr it oal o HityttfoMaMiy but-wat-pMMtyt but oh w o oAuiw- "e want a currency lu the Unit k1 &tats so stable that one dollar will do the work of teu of an nu Btabl currcuey. Congress should give to every Btate itt the Union the right to adopt the system of initiative and referendum in pacing laws. J m people should govern this nation and not the peoples' represent When the money of a country is above suspicion, one dollar will tin fhA work often of actual coin. No matter whether the money of a cotiu try he gold silver or paper, it must never fluctuate iu value. What we need today is not more money. , but better mouey. Coxgrksw assembles next wck pledged to all sorts of action on the money question. Although the country is seeing such hunt times as it has not seen for thirty years yet the wild ideas of those who lie lieve money can be made out of nothing, and that "the stamp of the government is ouly necessary to make the people tuke it, finds lodgement in many a breast What the outcome will be no oue can tell. We hear some people say that the press of the United States is alltogether too free and that con gresa will be doing a good thing to appoint a protectorate, or a censor over the press. Yesit would be a good thing to suppress the facts in the case where the "change" which has been brought about in our gov ernment . will be too publicly brought to light Comparisons just now are extremely odious. Yes it would be the proper time to suppress free speech and free press. Some of our United States sena tors are said to have made a great deal of money In real estate specu lations. The people are beginning , to look with suspicion on these pro fits made by our representatives iu Washington. It is one of the easi est methods of bribery. A con gressman is needed to vote on an important measure. He is ap proached by interested parties, and told that if he will vote tor a cer tain measure ho can purchase a certain tract of land on very easy terms and at a low price. He casts his vote and is delivered a piece of property worth 20,000 for half that price. He buys on credit and sella for cash, and pockets a cool $10,000. He is above bribery but he knows bow to speculate in real estate. A very shrewd man is ho. In England all the hnds of the kingdom are owned by wealty lords The people are tenants. The ten ant pays the rental price demanded by the landlord and as a conse quence a few men in England are immensely wealthy and the maases are poor. A peice of land cannot be purchased at any price, because the lord cannot hc11 it, as it, is en tailed. That is the system which will come in vogue in these United States sooner or later, unless we as a people put a stop to the accumu lation of property. Our method, would be to limit the ownership ol real estate by any individual to some certain sum, and order all the rest sold to the highest bidder thus dividing the lands of the country anioni? the reonle. We do uot want a tenant population in - Amor ica. Syndidates such as railroads and telephone lines should be re stricted to lands for actual use and no more. I .... .. ! Congbehs convenes next Mon day. The great democratic senate and house of reptesentatives, being in complete control of the govern mentwill wrestle with the "money" and the tariff qneations. To judge from what we can learn from avail- oWo HnnwMi. no one knows what the democrats intend doing, and they do not know thtmselves, ' Orover Cleveland is trying to run the "machine" but it is extremely doubtful whether he can do so. Some people profess to answer for the democratic party Dy excusing the threats made in its plattorm in favor of free trade by Baying that free trade is a myth. If congress ... .... . .., were composed of northern demo- frata their, ppiuion would have some weight, but uuloi tuimtcly the South rules in congress Just now, and its policy has been and Is today to have free trade, at least in northern products, such as wool, lutulwr, barley, etc,, and no doubt it will have it. What does the South cure for the wages of 'the laboring man t Have they not no gro labor iu the South, which it the cheapest lu America, and think you that they are going to legislate iu favor of giving better wages to a class they despise! Not muc Low wages has no terrors to the resident of the South. The South is ruled by the white population, and if we are to believe the rest dents there, always will be, and any act of congress making the ne gro any loss dependent will meet with strong opposition. The re cent closing of manufuoturies over those United States is not the re .suit of chance, but of widespread distrust.. We may look forward to some very long and bitter de bates in congress, but ultimately the South will galu Its victory be cause it has the power. We only hope that they may wrangle and do nothing for the next three years and then the people will place iu power a party which can be trusted to work in the lutwest of the lalwr j man. Labor Is the only pro ducer of wealth, ami htlmr must Ih protected eveu If It includes the negro. ' Tub great cry of some jieople now is for more money. We say, not more money but better money is what we need. Our currency Is too much expanded already. We have UC, 000,001 in greenbacks, t-M,000,000 In teasury notes, 174, TSl.OOO in National bank notes, and nearly fl)0,000,000 In silver dollars and eertl Urates, at par with gold because of the policy of the government in exchanging gold for silver on de-maud. The United. States has therefore ouly f.1M,000,. 000 in gold with which to redeem paper, aggregating $1,000,000,000, or four" dollars of paper to one of gold. In purchasing stiver at the rate of 4,500,000 ounces each month we are, stilt further reducing the gold supply, and yet there are jhh) pie who say let the government issue more paper mouey. England has 135,000,000 in pacr money and 133,000,000 in gold to redeem it Germany has 15,000,000 in paper money and "-22O,O0O,OOO In gold. France has ;oo,000,000 of paper money secured by 310'000, 000 iu gold. Thus it will be itocu that the Uulted States to day has more paper money thau any other nation and has less gold in iwm tion to redeem It It would there fore appear that Instead of expand ing our cn rreucy we ueed to strength eu our credit ' Gold is acceptable in all parts of the civilized world as the standard of all values, but gold never fluctu ates for all values are based on gold We need more good money but not just something that Is culled mon ey. Silver, copjier and nickel can be made iuto money but it caunot be made a standard of valna also. There can be but one standard and just now that is gold. The stamp of our government does nothing u;ore than state the amount of gold in the coin, it dm not determine Its value. When a silver dollar caunot bo exchanged for gold at par then the stamp of the govern ment censes to make it pass at pur A paper dollar is just as good as a gold dollar as long as it can be ex changed for gold, and no longer, Paper money is the most conven ient of all money, but it must liave a gold basis or whatever is recog nizeil as the standard of all values. The reason silver is less valuable than it has bwiti is because there Is less demand for It than formerly. As a baiiis of value it is uot stable. It can perform a useful part as a culjsiiiiary coin and us such it will il wnvs b used. The sooner we get the idea that money is simply the promise to pay and not tin pay itself, the better fluanciul con dition will we be in. Ovkh 12,000,000 worth of orders for iroods were cancelled on the Pacific const alone last mouth, ow ing to the hard times and lesson ed demand. The effect is far reaching. Railroads are idle, fact ories are closing down, men are thrown out of employment We are havinir a "change" and the change does not scorn to bo accept able, but we must insist on con gress so defining its policy that the wheelH of progress may once moi e revolve. No one can deny that we have all the elements of pros perity, but we have voted at the ballot box for a ''change" and the anticipation of what that change will be falls with crushing cll'oct on all our industries. Hundreds of national banks have suHDcnded. Each of those batiks had paper money called national bank notes and each oue of those bank notes is still at par, and why! Because the gold to pay those notes is on deposit, not in the suspended national banks but in the United States trcasuiy. You can get gold f jt tile Imuk notes, therfore they do uot depreciate. Supposing we had state hanks, us we l a I itcfore the war, what would such paper lie worth! A moderate amount of a good mouey Is worth a Hood of poor eurreney. Thk war cloud hits blown over as far as war bstweeu Fiance ami Slain is concerned, but England Is uot yet entirely satltdlod. ! . mmm IK'kinu the past month the Southern rnclllo railroad has fulled to pay running expenses, a thing not known before lu Its history, We have uot far to look for the reason. All civil IihhI nations of the earth will be Interested iu the actions of the wugress of these UulUsl State which meets In Washington next week. The first Important quest lou of thn United States flint now Is a sound currency and then we want to know to a certainty what is to be done on the tariff question and then the land ownership question Is going to loom up. WllKBR Is all the gold and all ver ami gmuilmcka which were In circulation only a few months agot Thev have lieeu withdrawn from circulation and are being hoarded, confidence once restored and we will have pleuty of money lu etr. dilution. Thkkr Is some talk of Canada being annexed to the Uulted States. There Is no danger while the South Is in coutrol of this goveroiueut as It is now. If Canada was an nexed it would mean miiuy mil lion voters who would favor good Wiures for the laboring man. Then are no negros iu Cunuda. TllSRuspeusioit of jtcusioiiei Is still going on at a rapid rate by sec retury Hoke Smith, and it Is now estimated that at least 75,000 of those whose pensions were grunted under the net of lsoo will Im sun pended. As soon as a jMMisloner is dropped he is untitled to produce additional proof of his right to the pension he has lieen receiving within 00 days, or be pcrinanciily drop(Hxl from the roll. Lust some of our renders may mistinderNtand the position ofthi paper on the money tiuestion we do not want to le understood a favoring gold us the only money to be nacd by the people. We favor cold, silver, nickel, twist, etc, but gold being the stundard, th ethers must 1st so Issued as to be easily converted into gold. Mil lions of dollars are exchanged from hand to hand and not a dollar or gold used. While gold must 1m; the basis of money value, all money need uot he gold. As an example A. deposits $100 In iu a bank, and draws his check for it In favor of 11. It pusses the cheek to V. ami C. to 1). and I), to K. etc. and virtually it pays debts amounting to thousands ol dollars, and not a cent of metal mouey is panned. A's check is good money just as long as A. has gold to pay it. heu there is no gold to redeem the check it litis a lessened value. Ho w hen this gov eminent Li known to Im able to re deem all its paper, so long its paer remains at par and the stamp of the government makes the price of paper worth just as much as a peice of gold of equal value, Twenty peiees of silver, ifexchang ablu for gold, will pass ou a par with gold as long as they can be ex changed for gold. If the democrat ic party has the w isdom nceossary to formulate a system of finance wheriti all kinds of money aro re deemable in gold, that money can never fall below pur. A nation must be able to redeem iu promises to pay just us an individual mid whether that promise be stamped ou silver, nickel or on paper It ceases to have full value when it tiocouics known that the basis of the promise is not to be had on demand. The one hundred banks iu the United States which have suspended since lust January have plenty of securi ty for all they owe depositors, but they cannot collect from those ow ing them. Ho it would bo with the government without having the coin on hand to redeem its prom ises. A Tluiinlitful VVIilnw. , On a recent Saturday evening two women mot In a Huston market and uf tor exchanging the usual friendly greeting commenced to console each other for the doaths of their respect ive husbunds. Oue of the women was greatly af fected as she relutod the virtues of her departed spouse. Bursting into tears, she exclaimed : "Oh, but my Felix was a good man I" The other replied, "My husband was good to mo, and my loss was as great as yours." "I know all that," returned the flint, "but my Felix bud fulso tooth." "Well, what has that to do with it?" "I have his teeth at home, and I don't know what to do with them." "Why didn't you have thorn buried with him " The sorrowing widow, again burst ing into toars, cried, "I would, but I was afraid they might choke him." Boston Herald. Irttttl Any Time In the right time for everybody to distl wltli J. M. Vsuduyu, hut should Summer Underwear, Htmw Hum, OiitlntiHblH, etc , now In the time to buy. iVMlclllMtq VUsi In Light Hummer Hull, Jimt rlKht for the' hot sultry days. ('nil on ..,!. WIXHUYX unit Im oitvltHVil Hint there l no vli. Ilka the premwt to buy your VKttdlim outfit DOUTY & PADDOCK Dualart In GROCERIES Provisions, Crockery, Glassware, Flour, Feed, Fruit, Etc. 1 Large Stock of Fruit Jars We Buy all Kinds of Poultry and Farmers Produce. Givolls a Call. THE ORIOIN OF "PLUM DUFF." How OrMl llulliUjr I'Uh of llura If wll lu yupr Nam. Theew are many traditions reflect, lug tho origin of the name "plum duff," tho great holiday dih of sail ors. No feast on shipboard is con sidered perfeet without it. Accord ing to the story given in the history of tho British navy, an English brig in the south Pncilto was caught in a yeriesof awful hurricane. All on board wero anxious to reach a port in time for Christmas, but the holt day found them mill off the Naviga tor islands. Worst of all, they hail shlpicd a sea that carried away the hencoop containing a few chickens. When the cook saw the Christmas dinner floating In the lee scupper and in danger of going overboard, ho mode a gallant rhiirgo down the sllpjiery, sloping dis-k to recover It, but at that moment a great wave rose high over the bulwarks, broke with resistless fury on tho very spot whero he stoml, and when it subsided cook and chickens had both disap peared. This unfortunate accident left the crew not only without a Christmas dinner, but without any ono to pre pare an ordiiuiry meal. Tho sailors wore heartily sick of "hardtack" and remembered with longing the fa mous plum pudding of merry Eng land. They determined that some how they must have a Christmas pudding and drew lots as to who should m tho ciKik. The choice fell on the lsMitswain's mate, a brawny son of the Emerald Isle. In the gulley he found an old C(skl)ook. This he solemnly pored over in search of something promis ing, but for lack of nkill or materials found nothing ho dared venture upon. At lust ho HHttled uiwu a reo Ine which Is'itsin. "Make a stiff dough." When he reached tho word (lough, ho said to himself, "If rough spoils ruff, d o u g h spells duff." Ho ho made the pudding, putting in some fine Malaga raisins, and served it out with a generous quanti ty of rich suiteo. The sailors bailed it with delight and appreciation. "What d'ye cull it!" they asked. "Plum duff," said tho proud cook. And plum duff it has remained from that day to this. Manchester Times. ItliitnlHO In Two OnntltmnU. "It is said," remarked Henry O. Hoxtou, "that every man, woman and child in tho country uses on an average five mutches a day, and un der theso conditions it is perhaps not surprising that such a very poor grade or matches is turned out. The matches in common use iu the United Htatos today are very similar to those which are discarded in most Euro pean countries, excopt in the poorest neighborhoods, 10 or Is years ago, and it is strange that someof tho bet ter grades which have superseded them have not acquired any foothold in this country. -"Wax matches, which are consid orod aristocratic in Europe, are not much liked here, but a good trial has never been given someof tho best gradoof safety matches sold every day by the thousands in European coun tries, The two kinds generally on sale horeare either so loaded with sulphur as to be unpleasant or so explosive in character as to bo almost dangerous, and both .grades are manufactured with but very littlo regard to finish and appearance, whereas in France particularly they have matches of all kinds neatly finished and quite pleas ant to use. Ah a smoker 1 certainly think tho European idea the better." Bt. Louis Globe Democrat W. H. CRAVEN & CO. Carry a full lis "HARM Saddles, Robes, Oils, SACPAIRINQ PBOMPTLV AND NEATLY DONE. INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. HOP-MEM ATTEIITiOII ! to use urn the nine at last year ' to p Tifii saffinj bite! Are yon not running risk In using the sme iUtMw you lined lost yesr? Think It over and then come to the WkstHipk office anil mk our KEVI SAFETT KOP TICKET 1 lev tome in racKaires 01 too 4 Every tlektt -has a 'nirte nuiuU-r printed In rwlor purple. You know alwolutely how iimny bxe of hops ir ptutal, as I hew tleketi euiiuot Iw lost, mlHeouutcd or duplicated. Your imiiMJ i prlnUl on every tlnliwt You kei'l' tho stub of the ticket and inn (VUlil Uielll over at yuur leUtirw. You esniMil niiik s uilik In omit lug tlieiu. After lion nicking U ;rr you , can verify your aeoounts sad hsv no KiltwH work mIkiuI the nnmli'r of boxes. Yur employ" eannoi chrnt you. They r t Great Improvement On th old ityl, and our price! are very low. If you want tham WEST SIDE Job Office, Independence, Or. CITY STABLES. ELY JOHNSON. Prop. ' Horses Fed by the Day, , Week or Month. Best of Attention Given Stock Left in Charge. INDKPKNDRNTi; OKEGO.V. Mr, Larkltx Whole Family Helped 'Mrliuibimtwiwounfluoa to the houo, at moiit unable to walk, on itoonuntof an ulcurou kl l.tt log. lie took Hood'a Baraai irllla aid and at once thoro wnro lm of luipr'- ! Ilu wn. muud ulila t go to work ut.ln, y oldimt nou Wiu mrluki'n down wtlh ilirn nuttlo (nvor. Allor titklug Mooil't P,fujilll Hood'sCures a uliort tliiHi Ii i anon raoorarod lilt health. At- i.mlliig oltinrn. I hrrame nil run down. Ilonil'a 4ruprlllH did m much Kood." MltH, B. 8. .ahkim, Clilc, Hullo County, ChWoiiiIh. Hood'a Plllaaro prompt and rfllolent, jpt auyluaotlou. Bold bjr nil Urugulst. Soo. Purely out of mirliwlty, we hnve count ed the IlliiHlratlonit, nmno f tlicm full- pR, In the current iHsue of Th Cos mopolitan Kays the Motliodlut Record of London Knglaiul. They nmnbed 120; but If there were none' the literary eharauter of the nuMpuine would imply Inftifv Ita Imtnenne droulatlon. Borne of the best known nninca In Araorli'au literature appearln the list each month, besides EiiKllsh writers of aueh names, for exnmple, ms Hlr Kdwln Arnold From every point of view, we regard the niutiiwiliio as unique". . You can ret. the. Cosmopolitan and the Wnwr Hidk for f8 a year. Aro You Going B Whips Brushes, Etc. THE And (Ha. WEST SIDE for $3.01 a Tear. The irrcat Must rated monthlies have In the past sold for $4.00 a Year. The COSMOPOLITAN Is a monthly niKKiir.lne, with Us yearly WW of wttd na mailer by ihe greatest writer of Urn world, and I'Jm llhilmlloii by clever artists, and alsllds tha peer of UrH-rs, Llppeneotts, Etc., and yon Hnva willingly paid as high 14.00 a year for aueh luagnr.liie. Hie WEST SIDE, published every Friday, conlalus all the Iocs! uuwa aud lis TorM.no a ymr. The total is $6.00 a year. We Cut the Price in Two Parts You get both for Year. a Sethi in your SuWniitions this Month ayear WEST SIDE tin advanaa.) Webber 4. Fuller MITHING AND . C strict, Independent. Horseshoeing a Specialty All work wamiiited, Wood-work Done to Orde Wagons Repainted by Scott, the Painter. (llveua a Call. CITY RESTAURANT MRS. I.. A. Rl'CHANAN, J'rop, Meals, - 25 Cents KVKRYTHIXO FIRST CLASa FINE. JERSEY 2S-ST0CK Those Demoua who diwlro to hav Jersey stock In their herds are Invited to uiHpeet (lie thorouirlihred bull owned byT.R. 11UST1.KY, two miles south of town, on Rtieim v Ista mail. 1KHMH K NKRVU'K TWO IX11.I.AKS With I'rltlloH of Kturu, T. B. HUNTLEY Independence - - Oregon Hubbard k Staats, l'HOPHlCTtlltS" OK City Truck and Transfer Co. Hauling of all Kinds Done at Koiwonablu I!iits. Agents for the O. P. Boats. All bills niUHtbe settled by tho 10th 01 eneh month. Independence, Oregon. MAKER" All kinds of wood repairing done on WiiRona, Carriages, and Maelilnery with neatness and dlspntoh. ltnrklna A FenuoU'i blnokuniUli alwp, INDEPENDENt E. Tht Uatflnf r Im J. F. O'DOIKIELL Oaalar "Carrlaatha larfaatata af - Headers, Drills, Chilled and Ht-I flows, Hiding and Walking Culll vUrs, Planet Jr. Garden Drills. Mulki-y and Uaug Plowa.Apenwall Potato Planters, Dtan, I-ever, and Hprlng-touth narrows. , W RUSHFORD (iuarmiteed tha lt and flglileat- -running wagou made. Mr, Q'Don nell Is, by a recent rrsiimmiil the iimnufHcturer's agent, and wlllearry liio largest and most ooutpkrta Una of Implement ever brought to Polk county. SHELLEY, ni m The Druggists, They Have the Goods. They sen at low rnces. The Quality is Superior. They are Accommodating School Books and Stationery, They keep everything called for. They will fill orders by mail or by telephone. They keep pens, ink, writing paper, in iact, a full line in that rlrpirtmrnt iin REMEMBER That Shelley, Alexander &. Co. fill pre scriptions at all hours of the day or night and have an experienced pharmacist. Salem Ml DTEI3CG KDClUKIIfi h'0!B WALOEMAR NELSON, Proprietor. 1S3 Coi23.33n.xcial Stxeet- Ktiilillshel In KM with the mottt complete and expenaive plant in the state. Stenm cepHcity, twelve horwe-power. Ijtilim' and genia'clnthinft and fine fabrice of all kinds eb-aued and dye1. t'arvwta, Rlaokets, Flannels, Hllk Underwear, Iiadira' Hals Htraw Huts, and reallipre Ironed. Hilk Hats, Will" Hats, and Holt novated. " , teTLeave Order with Independence, Monmonth, and Falla City Stag Driv er. Or Send by Mail or Expre. OREGON STATE NORMAL SCHOOL Monmouth, Oregon. The Leading Normal School of the Northwest! Strong Proftawional and Academic C-ureee, and well organ ized Model ScIumjI for Practical Training of Teachers. Norma). Advanced Norm!. Rn.tnM.. Ui. 12 miles from the state, capital, eheerfully sent on applieAtlon. 7-21 2m P, L. CAMPBELL, Independence Stables. Stilish Turnouts Alwavs in Readiness. Having lately purchased the entire interest in the stables of J, N. J jut's, wo are now better prepared than ever to meet the demands ol tho public as we are now making and are preparing to make many substantial, improvements. Teams boarded by the day or month. Traveling men a specialty. SM.EM, STAGE' leave Valla Oily lor ImTein .-We operate a dally itage line bet ween Salem and Falla tit ewndeuotat4a.m.; leaves ludepetidehoe ftr Baletn at9a.ro , atase at 1 p.m.! leavea Independence for Falla city at 4 p.ui. Salem for Inileoenilenoe PETER COOK Prop. Independence Marble Works Marble and Granite Monuments Headstones, Tablets, and Curbing. A new and complete stook of Marble and Granite Monuments to arrive sooa which we will furnish at low prices and at short notice. We buy by ' , the carload and can Rive customers advantage of low freight. on Railroad St. 1. 1 IMdans, Prop. IIED1EE Oaalar v vleanetl, dyed and renovated, wim Hals Hata cleaned, dyed, blocked and re In nd Art mparuuitita. Biwuinul and hmlthflil Iwntlon. MkIu xpvniw. No H. Iikhi. The Normal Iia .iiioyed a itrad; mwtb durliif III uat wsr, mtehlnx an an. rolimwiti.f ov 4H0, the liyrl In lu hlniory. New nivmbeni have hreo added u the faculty new apiwraiu. anpidled and the eourw or uicly revlaed and atrenfthened. The gradu alM an In demand to rill good poalllrina. The dr)omaentltlea the holder to teach In any county without further examinations. TUITION: Normal, 6.85 per term of lu weeks; Sub-Normal, $A per term of ten weeks; RusineMi. fu 25 per term. Board at Ntnnial Dining Hall, 11.75 per week. Rooms from 50 eta. per wvek (unfurnlsheii), to$l ami $1.M furnish,d. Board and Iih1hIii"Ih private faud lea $3.50 to W.00 per week. Tuition, board, lod(liiK and book lews tbau $1.50 r year, v iiiieervaiory oi.nusiCUlorouKa courses are ollered In Voeal and Iuslru motrtal musle tuition, $10 per terra of .W.I . .. WM in itwona. moninouin is euniy acct'as ible from all parts of the atate, 00 mllea south of Portland. Catalogue Address, Pres., or S. SHEDD, Sec'y of Faculty. Stage Froia