THH UA.DY BAItBElU rwfor hi nvcr a bcan W thought th art tonnorlat IMorred by right to man from an Immemorial. But h ha com, with flaed Int. nt, To irov to all the nation That man I not preeminent In barbarous operation. Oh, ahavlnf l a tweet delight Sine h the rator wielded I Mr heart unto her charm so bright llaa altogether yielded. i And, though ha think HI only gush My teauele amas her; I hatl her queen of comb and bruh And fodde of the raaor. Born day. with lather on my check (Such Is the plan I harbor), t ahalt ccunigeouaty ak The hand of my fair barber. Put U he h alrcly found ' 8ume man to love and prala her. Her "No" would "cut" m, I II be bound More deeply than her rasor. National Darber. Honor at a Rope End. A1 T ws a frightful m.wnt V4Mjr irtood alone, her hand boiicj 8 behind her back, amid a (Ml irroup of and worn than aava banditti. Vwo of them had surpria! hr don beknr on the fan tit.l had dragfed her up t tht mare, a mall plateau anion c the CaJabrUn hlH-bov umrinj heltrht. above ditiy depth; no hope, no chanre of eeoape, no truth In the dark fac round her. Wa ah to be aMdgned to tJ chief, or gambled for, or fought for amon the tnfamou crew? Sh wa a beautiful girt, drained in me prciurahiue XKeaputttan pnnt arm; hut h wa re a contadlna. levtrlc wa a ctrcu rider and trap sl. an upright and hoitorahl girl leaatlnc. despite her perilous calllny, a bUmele Uf. She knew what fat awaited hr now, and even In the ray of uch dread and terror, a only a woman can kr.uw, her quick, keen bruin wa devUm some mean of ep to death. If not life. She couM fac death with unltlnchlng : h had only one fr nowthe fear of dishonor. There were six of the men. Includ ing h chief. They bad drawn apart and wer talking among thoniHvM, wtfh rrnny a glanc toward the mo tlonleaa ngur of the unfortunate cap tive. She would have prung over the preolpic. but her fee, too. were ahackJed, to prevent any such :- tempt. euoaenry. from behind a place of fikteiMd round Uil pice rf r?k." Hh tepMd to a erne rl to the ireclpice, nd o diftr-c. m a wge or rue n forty rtt below. Cavaaai sauntered up and lkn.l down, tos and then irlatvnl 1st the frtrl with an bial,o tmtlo on lit lln. 4'Ut a in, covmt uucntt.m In hi ywa. t She nnnwered the rjn.-iMlon mutely "V." The mlk gv her no ofrna; he undorMood It It w for the other. c for her. "The other end up here, hr An- are eJti. pointing to a piece o n mmm thirty fe. away, on a line with the other above the preolir, i that ft a trie would be looking dawn the tliaay holght. "L-t me e to it. amid." he added to hi wmiradi "I wa In the rope nutn.i year ag ami know thU 1 ni About." 'Tln-n vou make the rop feat t both nd,' mild llrmrii-e. "And da a dane ycuraelf, eh, twv air observed Avl.to. "Nay, ohlof; I h bern t-m long out of prunloe. but I know hm to mako the rope e.'ur. 1 don't want to lo my chnc of wlmdng her," h al l riie u he chief, who t Hnned and ttudded. Antlrwa, carried the rne to the lint boulder and lUMtrt-e followed. Ther w now no need, the ban d!t thought, to ken nj o:om to her. Andre w nar her; m mover, h w not likely to bmp over the pree Itdce, when ah ha l, a ah Ml.ved. a (hanc of vlii hervelf and mak ing a choice of n owner. Vet. not a word did Cvl uur to th woman he Wed. who about, with hi hlp. to nirg her llf. In the meal to v hotMr. He care lely. a U aeemed, but with d.-nign. a Itehtrivv knew, let the isoi. ti. cKo to tha etlge of the cIliT. while he proreded to h-ui- It rouml a jlit of rvek about the hwlgttt of hU own (tumlder. he hoi ling her bn-nth a r.e watched him. i-nw.-- ne mm. after a few mln utea, "that I evur." e turned td pick up hi knife. wiiton ne had In nt tonally dropped, mi w tnat wwnd lieatrio vImI the ropA wuig herwelf over clirr nd began to defend It, bnl over nana, wuh etn jrJlnanr ranlJliv The bandit yelled tr.d ruaned for ward; but Andre wt, A.tK at the Jge. with a cry of 'Trait renr Tft nirn girt Ud Ui let inem nre u them do what they wtuio nw--ner rte wa In her ow hAnd! "Stayr Cvtl cried; "I can follow mt bring her up llr j There wa a yell of laughter at lleatrk-o iene. In a necmd An THAT WkWm Twenty Years of Lit i- gation Over $5.' And the End Is Not Yet in Sight. CoU ana Jiutgnieut of the Junrt (auty Calf Ca Sow Aiuoutit to :0,(hmi. Tit "Jone county calf ree" will Ve the oul uf coming lllm kwtnne for a century. It I the "Jarndvc v. Jarmlyco" of AtnerU, and by coin Priv with It the Myr Clark Uaine -ae pale It it.pfrronml drv. The h-lm of Annek Jn would be happy could they dlvUU th mer court cot in the Jone county calf e. The map of Iowa ha been de , ' Jone county, and live nan become o uel to geltlng verdict that h wa almoet reconciled to no! getting anything elee, Th uprem court had becnin null Intermted in th Jone county calf raw by tht tlm. however, and It promptly et the vewut (Hide aliio. "Ther w a aound of revelry by main- in Waterloo ton afterward ft It wa formally announced that th Jone county calf cae wa to I tried HI over again. Mr. Johnnon g another verdict for ll.orxl, and the at antl-hr Ihteve again iMled t th lupreme Hurt. They didn't want to pay 17, worth of court cot if they could help It, but th auprem court wouldn't reverae th Judgmpnt Having been mulcted In this grlev ou manner th ala anti-bore thieve now cm Into tniurt one more nd akd If they couldn't hav H.omo kntH'ked oh th bill of coat they had to pay. Inaamuch a Harmon Kellar, who had been let oh: by the (Unto county Judge, ought to pay at leaat me-vnth of the coata for all the fun he had had. Judge Unehan over ruled the motion of th lx antl-hor thieve, but they war not dlaeoneerb ed by a little thing Ilk that, and they one tnor apealed to th auprem court or low, where th caae I no pending on tin point. Th t anil nor thieve are pretty well ruined by thl lime, and Johnaon, who ha Jutting rock, a evnth baimlit mad. r4" vr th cliff, aikl a hi appearance- talL handsome . B-trlc reachri th ledge of th low of S5 or !, a plctjr to dtf)lirlt n"1- tl leiow. he wa the artlaV ey. but probably a ruth- 4 "y m l'"11""; m lea villain a the reel. H tepped bove ,rMn" ohfrti.g him tai ciose to uentrire, and wa el- ' rr" terror, dently Ignorant until tben r her cap- a,Mw' b-od a huge bowlder: but lure, for he tared and half exrl. 'iv,!,, hld hi knife betw?m maaon escaped him. but he tajd no rutu,ry hi rlM heed to Beatrice' fDesiUrur ka.k ' U4n,, tnni ,h whn h wa whether b.ue the others were l.K.u. l"-hjn "ftetii fet of the gn.u -l Ing that wav or bcai hi. ... "n ho rop atout an nh be full of reveng ni bluemeo ahe!10 hl h",'" dr,Wng klghlly, with could not tell, but h feared the lat- pr M" Inm iftftt ter. and the momentary flah of h.l Twau.wer r.uig out , abova him, In her heart sank and DortahMi ' nl" " en carbin ww lev For this man wa Andrea voir I.! i,h1' na,f lopn bl,ll whlxaed cl'te once fellow perform. with Beatrice' by n,ra but h fl!ied on look of and paaatonat lover of her- hui w'rn doflance upward, an I aprttt ji'i he bo he had flirted too mrch with Tki Veron. and he. wUd with jealon arger. had declared that ahe would never apeak to him again. He left her. vowing that If ever they two met . again U would be hi turn; hd, Im piusiva calabrese a he wa. joined the brigand ao rumor had It and rumor ipoke truth, for here he was and Btfrice felt that h quondam lover" prophecy had come to pas. It wa hi turn: would take his revenge? am naa lurneu awiy from her mule appeal; she dare! make no other. The brigands were aim wt ignorant of An drea original calling; at any rate, certainly of the cauj of U aoc!a uon wttn them. Cavaxzl wa tlie lat man to make himself the but V. ... ... . vi vi umi jftn, ana ne would keep hi own coukI. Hi jr:n-d the other and talked with ibem. Bj:rl.-e heard him laugh care!tly; her h.-art sickened. He wa utterly hardened n meant to leave ber to her fate. Could he, who had one been ao gen tie, nave become o brutalized T The men approached her; the gi neia ner breath; Cavazzl. he noticed for nothing escaped her keft in th background. "Now, then." aid Avleto, the chief and dice were brought out. Th(y were going to play for her. Suddenly a tnoujfnt came to her. Eccelenza," she said to the chief. "Ubbene, Cariaelma?" th a look that was an Insult. "You are going to throw dice for me," she Mid, "Will you give me a chance to make a choice If I earn it?" They all laughed. "How can you earn It?" said Avleto with a sneer. I am not a peasant; 1 am a trap ezlst. I could walk the tight-rope across this chasm." It was 600 feet to the bottom. Here ahe wa lrtterruptd. All exclaimed. Those of t.he men who had eted themselves sprang to their feet "Ay, 'tU true," said Andrea, epeslc. ing for the nrat time. "I have n her at Naples dance the tight-rope, uj ie unpeze, nae to make one marvel." The wretches look3d at each other. "Let her tarn a choice," said three or four together. The glance Interchanged negatived' the word. Beatrice knew very well there wa no hope of good faith." She had Another scheme- desperate and daring one, but at the worst It wa death. Indeed, tlwre seem id little chance of life. "She might choose handsome Cav azzl, eh?" said one. "That's it!" chuckled the chief. Well, it was a good idea of the girl's. They would have a gratuitous exniDiiion of her skill and ehe would no more have her choice at the end than at the beginning. Maybe An area handsome features and anion did personality had cauirht her fancv she thought, anyway, that he would bo a less hateful mutter than any of wie orners. But none of them had the least idea of relinquishing hi ciaim least of all In favor of Cav. azzi, wno wa regarded as a half hearted robber, too merciful and scrupulous by far. "We can't tretch bt- rope over the cnam. aald Avk-to; "no one can got io me otner Bide." "I can find a plaje." said Beatrice eagerly, and Andrea was dispatched for the rope. He had to pass, or he managed to paa, dose by Beatrice on this errand, and as he did o he gave ner a look that set her heart OS dO(l UODnnS mi ftiunnnnii Plainly did that look say, "Trust me, win give no sign. ' For an Italian that was enough, aiai uie gin, who, In her heart, had always loved her harviaome auHor, knew that she could count on at leaat ene friend among her captors. If An drea could do nothing else for her he couia amy ner, t0 aave wnat dearer to her than life. A .1 . jiiiuira, ,rx. returned with a hi,-i coll of rop-t was fifty foot long, he DtMiKl the helter of the bwld-v, cu-tt Ik at rice In hi arm anJ klMtfd hr paattii'na'eiy. Saved! Saved:" he !mit dd-! a th clung to him franklully nice, you iruat mer 1 Will ak no rew4rd. Comn. wllh me; there '. way dinn the preclpke pHi only to ucn a we are. Be brav -tt III canxim-i; tne danger I ntH tiitt ovitr." And who wh brave braver thar. ever, now abe tMtd Andrea to cling to, knowing that he still loved her ami wmuM be true and faithful, The dtft,t aa prllou, even for the tmined arnot; lni(xi4lbV, a uavaxxl had said, for anyone .?le out it wa aoc ntlliied In fty. an1 while Avieto and W gang w.re rowing vtngeawe, If, Imleid. the traitors" whould ewape death in try ing to oe rnd frnn tha litty plattU. tavazzi ana Be.Urtce were on -hrlr wy b N'ftple. In wnlcb city they were manned, and f(r a tlm hft Italy and pursued thoir buslnee li. France and Spain. But the exter mination of the carablnlerl of Avlt j'a gang by and by allowed them to re turn to their native land, and thj ronmnitlc story of Boat rice's terrible adventure and escape liavlng got about, thionga were drawn to the clrtus, and Cavaitzl and hi wife grew rich. "But suppose, Bice." he hal said to her, during their night, when Mwy una toppd to rest, "aupp'jse I had not ben there, or some other man had fastened the rope." 'If I had failed to get h'dd of .he rope." sha ald. "I would have llunir myaoir over the cliff or Jumped from tne rope into the abyaa." He hudterel, and drew her clow to him. Put U wa long after thl before eitrer of them could bear to p.K or that frightful exocrine wrucn both. VHAtated by thl loel iiie ana otner boy nav grown to be men ami lawyer. , lnv 't began it infrwtlve career, ror mire of yen the reader of Amertcwn newpawr have been In th hbtt f seeing, here nd there, at Kir liu Interval nd In uul..ked Mr omrectlor , niyateriou lluhui to the grtt "Jone county calf caae," and aritHmeUcal iniue hav ever and anon blanched before It Involved aw.uni 4n I gone snivelling to hum lk ylum after lnly attempting to c-Miipu i H CvwU and cert4ln it reeuit. Kgg-rtiT By no mean. I hav taken palua to guher at Brat ha ml from the pUlnUrr, who la now the viriorioua party, fnn Joua county omclal and from other quarter, th ract of thl lngular story now net forth to th public for th nrat tlm. Ther la n tranger chapter In the annal of Amerkan law. Th plaintiff nimnejr write me; "om of the bet farina In Jone county lot all their property long ago In lawlng thla case, Then their children and friend took It tip and fought It a long a thry could. It I XIII pending!" And It ha long sine iMed from the condi tion of a neighborhood scandal to th magnificent proportion of a national curd salty. Thl I how It came about: ttoberl Johnaon, an Ohio by. of Virginia tork. went to farming In 14 In Jone count), low. In W7 Parmer IVtter. of Green county, an acquaintance of Johnaon. cam to Johnson and said h wanted to buy som clve, A man named Smith, a stranger there about, who haa sine succeeded In concealing hlrnaelf from observation, mtui nav nerd or thl; he went to Johnmn and ld hi in five small, dark calve, width on June , mi, John mm delivered to letter. Juet then Farm er Juhn Foreman, of Jone county. dlacovered that nv calve had illwap i-ieareu irom ni rarm. lie had seen Juhnn drive five calve away, to de liver to Totter, but made no Inuulry aoout in matter until afterward. rumor I'eter Onalolt saw Farmer Johnaon deliver th five email dark calvt to Drover potter. When Farm er Foreman mlaiwd hi calve he fol lowed lr.ver Potter to tlreen county, Iowa, and found hi mlmtlng property In Potter's herd. Potter said he had bought from Johnson the calve which Foreman now Identified a hi own. 8o Foreman went back to Jone coun ty and demanded from Johnson the value of hi miming calve, which Johnaon, though an innocent man, gav tit Foreman In Ihe hap of not for 43, Johnon then tried to find the my irrmue viinon pmim, intending, no doubt, to make Smith glv him (John on) a not for t5, but Umllh had anlahed. Determined to hav satis faction somehow, Johnson, who wa then enly thirty odd year of age, took a Jaunt out to Ureen county. and on being hwn by potter the calve which Farmer Foreman had claim. d a hla mlaxlng proiwrty.jiwore that he (Johnaon) had never old those calve to Potter and that he would not pay the 111 note he had given to Foreman. Mr. Foreman then concluded that It as time for him to take another hand In the game, lie was fairly pining for the excitement of a law suit. II sent word to Potter that If he (Potter) did t Institute criminal proceeding gainst Johnaon, he (viz.. Foreman), would Invok the majeaty of the crim inal law against him (Potter). Ha Pot ter went all the way to Jonea county gain, Joined the Antl-Honie Thief a soclatlon and succeeded In having the unfortunate Johnson Indicted for the larceny of $45 worth of calve. Th mysterious villain named Hmlth atlll remained In abeyance. Thl wua December, 1J74. Now come fun. The Indictment wa quashed In May mis. m December, 1875, new Indict mtmt wa found and a change of venue to Cedar county wa secured by Johnaon. In 1S76 ther wa a trial, dlou ll!tg:i, j near by In Cedar county, may even id other boy ' '"all e bark a part of th comfort In had vet brought ha,,in.;. , oy.J,,nnwm' m tner wa a acquitting Johnaon. Then there was another trial and Johnaon wa acault ted, Farmer Peter Ontott teatlfylng that the calvea Foreman claimed from Potter were not the calves Johnson had sold to Potter, and that Potter knew It, and had even admitted It Med or lt m.m'ku r. . oul nHa aaviacci f armer Onstott to wLthJ f TSh ,'! ,i',0y kl' mouih .hut. which Farmer earlier mim;! "r.V".' ln, r"t would under no circumstance. :: " io wait agree to do. tflMUIV fllimilPP Na RATDNAL DREH8 NOTION. Denver women have oravinla-ri them. r, 1 1 b l.t. M ji . , . . . ,,.., a uitm r.mo, wtllcn was to put its uniform In ocular -vldoncJ as aoon as JW women have signed the then ram enjoyeu tnlr dMneea snd thlr ciean HKirt.1. and wilt allow the sen urea! io re-jmmend itartf. Tht iojiowing was the pledgr. eiievinr that tne health, error.. " oomrcrt or women will bj Jn j i aioimon or more rational dres tot bUMinea (including housekeeping) purposes, j, -he undir- "Helghho." said Farmer Johnson to hlrnaelf after hearing Farmer Onstott tcatiry; "let us have more law." Bo he began on action for $10,000 damages In Anamofa, Linn county, agalnat seven prominent members of the Antl nors-9 Tbier association. A verdict for 13,000 was rendered in Johnson's favor, but the Judge, probably hating io ace a leading calf case sno ed. as lnnd in ij,., . " " " ivnuing i:it case spot ea, a y.ZT. 01 "9 othw 11 set the verdict aside. The do- aid. ..4 tbMt lt row." Boatrtce ,"he wa ""bound, a couple of fellows. keeping her to prevent any "treachepry." v 1 for the purpose. "One .rid can be women of the city of Den ver sf'Vf,rillv Pledging and binding themselves hv ftnlinls were antl-horae thieve, as follows: - K. V. Miller. Dnvtd Wall it! S!m:n'!t!,".ar 10 thU' d" J"hn rtreman. Abe Miller. Harmon ... , , uKrm. ivKimr snu b. u. cotter. They were " mysau wun a cos- real glad the Judge felt that he had iume as follows: A rational ilmu charired th lnr mrm. wi. .. 1,1m- - ...,, .7 - niicu nine vuii.tuitaoie niung iouee or was another trial the Jury disagreed waiHl, UHlnJT no Whalc-bona r.r (lir. All hnmla nnm un,l f .. i Jnjf , of an '!d whatevo. (whether W venue, and more Juries and more In the form of a ooraet. uniwa.i nrltrlula. Ho thev miwd ih ir,n urei-s waist), ana shoes with common- ty f case to the town of Clinton. senne heeds, "Z. To wear th, samo publicly In m uinton county, Iowa, and Io. the jury assessed J7.500 damoges In John the city of Denver, com nen.lttg at """' favor. The Clinton county Judge pomieri awnue and finally concluded that the verdict of the Jurv should have been against only six of the seven antl-horae thieves, as there was no evidence against the seventh, Har mon Kellar. 8o away goes the verdict and everybody said, "Bet 'em up again!" The Jones county calf case was now moved to Blackhawk Count V. Tftnn Judga Dagg got hold of the case, and wnen tne jury found a verdict of $5,000 In Johnson's favor, he (ft-ieg) nromoUv overruled a motion for a new trial and entered Judgments against the six re maining antl-horae thieves, 'u,:" "m arter 100 women shall have algnod this document, as may uo lonomimea by the Colorado Ia hwiiw UICSH ( IUD, 3. To coiUlnuo to wear the same as a working, bualness or street cos- mme ror tne period of at least the-, moiium arter said date. 4. To 11. my Influence in t,iA,. omen to Join the Colorado Rational uress club." Several women promliunt In Den er aocieiy are amonir the m(mh.r oi me duo, VERY" SAD DROWNING. bl little fortune h ha blown In on th 4i calve. Doseii of lawyer hav fattened on calf caa fee and lt juror hav heard It merit, tl.iverti or II .rare Ibde wa one of th law yer cud Couunellor C K. Wheeler, who began "a olTlc boy to an sttor ney' nrm" when Ih rae began, I now a ma grown limb of th law. Th plaintiff ha paid out . that h know of. "The cot." he av. "which stand against th defendant run up to .me thirty thousand dot lar. Of th eight trial Judge who hav heard the ca at on time or ttothr, two are dead," Two of the defendant, the antl-hor thieve- H . Miller and Abe Mlller-r dead Ana tne celt case I still very much anve. OTHKIt "CAl.F CASIX" Thr at number of "calf case.' curlouly enough, which have emptied up and been carried on since the Jone county calf began to kick Thorn McOlbben and Flward lied rori, ot Kentucky, began lawlng in I7 over a bull calf In which MeUlb ben had bought Itmlford'a Interest for W.ooo. Tit calf Dr..ve. worthless. McOihben got a $10,000 Judgment. which wa appealed to th utrcm court of Kentucky, where It alutiibered tranquilly for twelve yer. Then the judgment wa reversed and the 'rase retried In 1K1 t Veraallle. Ky and a $.Oiio verdict rendered for plaintiff, who bad pawed away In th mean- time. The prevent secretary of the treasury, John O. CarliRle. wa "of eounsel." Th state of Montana nmnweuted Rolert F-ngllnh last liwember for ateaimg a cow worth $40. lie wa ac quitted, but another charge wa brought agatiiat him. Two. of Ihe Juror g..t sick on the second trial, and by the time Ihe third trial wa nihd the coat footed Up $12,090, , The fmou "Wtnated bull raw" ended up In Connecticut not long ago, after a week trial to a Jury, before whom !iy witnesses testified, with court tot of $'m and heavy lawyers' fee over a gaudy little bull that wa old a few month ago for lost tin. Fanner Andrew Camp and William Zimmerman, of Lyman. Pa., went to law '.n lsw over a cherry tree on their boundary line. The court derided n ll that Zimmerman owned the tree. that the tree wa worth $4.JS and that Camp must pay $SV7 cost and his lawyer's fee of $:w, Zimmerman' law yer' bill wa tiZi. Mr. Luk M. Kmeron broiiaht over lackaase on the Taurlo and while they were In the custody of the fulled Htate government Sheriff Clancy seised them on tat court attach ment and th Jackaane at otic pasned Into legal history on a question of Juridlctlon, A Justice of th pear of llueneme. Cal., In 1K92, decldel the ownership ol a deputed hen. over which hundred of dollars of lawyers' fees and court coats had been squandered, by taking in fowl to a point half-way between th home of the claimant and turn Ing It loo. The hen ran to the one In whose favor lh Justice decided. David Uplro. a lawyer, wa tried In Newark. N. J In February, pen. for "teallng ten rem from th pocket of a court contatile." After .deliberating eighteen hour a Jury returned In hi favor a verdict of "not guilty." Th Uiat trial of Daniel Coughlln on th charge of helping to murder Dr. Patrick Cronln lasted four month and Involved th espendltur of $100,. 000. Thl U said to be Ihe longest trial. In continuous session, known In the United Blates. N. Y. Herald. though north of Orlltl Ih land 'ha been submerged and to a consld-rabl extent ttlll la, which ha bad n bad effect upon many yard, and only fair averag crop, rrom present aiqiear ance. can ronbly be expected, Th vine do not arm out well, and the h-ave geiu rally r of a l!owlh tlng-. Lie ar generally prrval 'nt to a iiiuiied extent, and that on th out Id of th yards, ttpraylng is belli carried on. but th prospect of a res soiiablo prlc r not good, and grow' r generally ar much discouraged at in outlook. "Th am axe tht yr. a compared with last, will h..w lmrt of snout 10 per cent,, but It Is doubtful if last year's yield will h much, If any, exceeded, Th tlreen river val ley i much in th same condition. "In th matter of sale or contract ing, nothing really ha been done Thirteen cent ba been bid and re ruJ, Far nor do not wm die Hoard to accept anything lea than 15 cent. iiuyer ar totally Indifferent and sen era I stagnation I th result, in consequent of th railroad strike Inconvenience ha been felt by in nrn-arrivai of ul chloa and oil for spraying purposes, and much ointismction 1 expressed at thl. nnouid im strike' continue tilt hot. picking time a great lox to thl county wouoi ne tn result, a Picker would hot b abl to get td th many yard sno in an probability considerable quantity of tne crop would be Umt. iisying ha Just commenced and generally apcaktng, th croo is llht but with the present fine weather It is iiaeiy to b Harvested IHM1 .ii, tlon. The meadow of th north end ami on in liuwam h ar In a ba-l condition, and a Isrg number of tn rarmer will b unable to rals anything Ilk a ufflclewy of hay for neir own use. itnd under rulili.il,.,. for IMtator. etc.. Is vhowln slsna ..f a mnnum crop, t,ut wherever the land I a few Inches l ow th normal level n a naa rotted, and not more than wo-thlrd of n ordinary crou on t. exiwcted, In many place wrier the. land las betn overflowed no croo of any moment will b raised." there I pructlcally none, Home con. timer buy very aparliittW for their lm- neointe requirement, but a f'e de ttMftd In the true sense of ih dm not cUH. tllotiKh 1 h,-r UhI been fair demand for old l,i ...! f. w parcels of yrnrlinirs hau b.uiiht for immediate uiu. Th result naturally follow, althotmh ih,, chant still report th n arket as firm- run bttrdly be slated with truth, that ttie totie of afralra Im . tea.'v a It tv.,. i:Ve,. ti.fe rettort or imott unlvoant and somewhat in. ere dug blight, which com In from II di.lilcu, herdly rrmt th alltrhteai lcu!attv tnuvemerl. Wo thtnk u may lie fairly assumed, t'tat Influenza outalde of th hop nierV. tg r m wora. wnt. n account for the present condition if thing therein, tleneral trade ihe not rally l u was IIMi. ed. (Capital Is ahundu t, but there 1 no employment for It, Then th actual consumer of beer re- trlct their pot, tlona, anil brewer ar conmjuc.iiv t.lv partially employed, and do not require o many hojHt.-RrialUh II.o, Irower. XIJMtF.MK rtKGKNT. Chill W. Hastard. Regent of Ih Royal Arcanum. Colonel Chill W. Ilaxzard, who was eletrted supreme regent of lb Royal Arcanum, at Detroit. In June, ha won distinction In many Important position both In and out of th brotherhood. II I now editor of th Monongahela, (Pa.) Daily Republican. It I a thirty-second drgre Mason and a Knight Tem plar. In Ih Grand Army of th Reoub- DIIIU.W, ihmahh ,) , t paflt (J,, parlmtnt commander for Pennsylva nia am hs had a long and honorable ra.ver. II entered th Royal Area- liu 111 In lfcio m charter member of Monongahida council. No. WT. and wa elected pant regent, and w soon made grand regent, th highest ofne In th gift of th slat grand council, lie was re elected In 1Wi3 and luX In lltt Mr. Ilaxxaid wa elected supreme vie resent, and at th expiration of hi oftlc In that laraclty. June II. 1M4. wa unanimously chosen suprern re- mm GGVKRNOR fiMTKK. P. H. M.CAM . MUMLMAN p. iKm i oj., rrprlUr f r".ini Tib febj Mntitaitirr 1 FIRST-CLASS Drain Tile. f all ili. Prlof t Suit th HARD TIMES. orncc and rACTony I5ANK8. THE INDEPENDENCE National Bank Capital Stock, $50.04 H. HIRMf'MBlCft'l, AIIKAM htiX'X, P,(XJfJIAw-AY Vle.IV general hanking n4 irhgi trawkacted; lo laade, bill diwusavg,, merrlat credits granted: d'prii tm. (tarrrnt senatnt nbji Io rheek, lat. oa Urn pilu. MHKfTt)HK R. f, Umllh, A. Nelwm, , A.' Alla a JmHirrmm, K, J, UratdMnaii, Jj, !J- II irmrauern, Hketch of fh Itepubltean N'omiie li California. M, M. K.tee, of Nairn, cal., I the republican t; :-ntln for gov -rrair ,.f th Ule. Mr. K te 1 an abl t, vig orous, liber k. aol broad-mlnd-d mtn, and ha held many public Office In I California. II wa district attorney and aaemblym til of Hacramento! county. I, iter b.f run far the asuetn bly of B.m Fran c4sco and v wis eieviwi, n,t y.ts ndcK.'ndence, Ortton, u fs y FARMS m SALE! imI with I'. O, HurgeM. the live real wiie seit, KlierKlHO, uregou. Head Ibl llrt 'A daalroble iurebaeai M MU K4Ttl&a honored by U-Ing mad iker t,t the hou. Hw wa a no-1 11 her of th em siiiuuuimi ct.nveorl in and bv virtue or hi UlehU assuiiied a udlng parJ n crraung tne orgaiJc law of th lalu, In is he wa nominated frj K 'V.-nior and dfKUo.i by well known tnllueitf,. Hi,- marked ability and ditlnguiheJ prxmliit'ttc In afUtr of '' have brought about hi being urged a a .-oielld ite f.r !h UnJl.v) ! Htato ett,i,tor-hln and fo: cabint position. WOtitiPUItr Of VBHMONT, II 1 The Republican "Xomlne f.t tloverstor. WIIITBUIVErt HOPS. The OutUxik Not Encouraging to the (Irower, Th rendition of the hop fields In the Whlto nd Oreen river valleys and Ihe prospect of the coming crop is given yetrday in an Interview with a Posi Intelllgnrer reporter by James Hart, the hop grower of the Bumnierllcld ranch at Christopher; Mr. Hart aald, "Generally In the Whlto river valley hop are looking In fair condition, nl- W have had an rureedlnslv dull Hfele trade again thla week, and hold er are trowlna- wearv of a-k so long with 110 uresent iri. Pct of an exirnhxloit of the demand The fact I that the crop proicia, th rid over, are so favnrabl that no clM of buyrr are willing to oneralM beyond the pretng n.d of the mo. ment. tt,d It Is simply lm-.ll,e to move any ouantlty of hnpa regardless of prices, Many dealer already have more fock than they wish they had brew-r ri.nt W Induced to buy other than small lots, and the foreign outt is certainly very disappointing. The very limited busln at present mak all value somewhat nominal. Waterville Time. 7th. The Pacific Insurance union announc e a reduction of J3 per cent, on hop hou It.surance for thla season, Cnltfornfa advice say that some tor tracing Is going on at Haeramenlo at 11 and I Jr. Around Hnntn Kos.t an In crease of r-o acre is rein.rted. and vine rll doing tll. Ho-n spirjlng Im been done In h Ptiyslltip dl trlct, but grower gener ftHy i'o not t on it.lrr it mcesiary a yet, Coming crop In the Puyallup district continue to progrea favorably. Th matter of reducing the nlcktns prlc to blta a box la causing consul era bl diitcuion. but If th price of hp will take a raise the old price of $1 a bog will be maintained. Nt'ltKMPEUa-itcport from the hop districts are still satisfactory on the wh e, although there is now a stli! greater need of warmer wefllher and sunshine, in the beginning of tho week the rain fell very heavily. The Uto of the hop market seem to get worse and worse. On Monday, being in. nrm maraei aay or the week, 0 hale were sold but the price ar get ting gradually lower. Cai'ialn I'rban Vudrlan Wmalbury, the republican lumtin.-e for gvortwr nt Vermont, la a viti-ran with g'KKl W.I.- rMH.td. He wa horn at Aowrth. S. II., fifty -six year ago, but has been a re Ideot of YVntumt ever sln-e he was i yer old. He re celv.il n common ikdiool education. ami Itttor as grad ucted fnn th medical depart- nuni of the uni versity itf Vermont. At the outbreak of th wvil war he ent.ml the service "f the Citi.:i. ar.d two mrha lat-r Umi an ar 11 at Hull Ituns bloody rout, wa taken prison-, paroled in O'tober of the same year and dU- our, mm) ,1(uy on aocouiit of dl. alallty two w-k at,.r, jjq nKMn etTllst,..! nihI s-rv-d ith crwllt to the cl-.e of th war. He ha served a proHldi-14 of the board Of alderman and mayor of Hurllngton, and became S'n I inn. ail r1ver.llnin land. 10 u roitlvalloa. well feneed.S'aerea to grain buyer of renpand m i tt llw rot of Ue land linniedtalelyi 1 miie frum Mtierldan on nouuty rd; prloe fit pr srr; Bu hop. garden r frOU Isiid. Jo,l IT aerea. all In eoltlvatkm. 1I 1erl well b-neml, i ar to Mhl and hurelt, HII mile from Hberldaa, level rawl to town. Tills la very reti erwrk bolloflt lrd; One bou land, and lit tHt ebl-kn raoe'i In 10 Male; !- $J7 tier acre. $ i rmb, ilane lu rina fear, llirra aswiuiiia m iwmuo m half miles of ttie plae, luintier I ft tltooaand tKPi. Thla pint will well frW peraitr befiir felt. -. No. . ftuafea. tSIn enlilvslU.n: ysrd 10 rle ml snd ebureO. Mill ereek lrtlo. Und. I'rtea iit per aero, one-balf caeh, Palani In on year. No. 4. V aeeea. all In enllivaikia with sum. titer fallow stml, buyer gu ou.lblcd crop. 1 wo sad blf ttillem to hberldan, a m inile to M-ltoot and ehnreh. Ijoirt all Iwel, No, I 1 oil (or frun or lioi: prh (at pet mtro, No. S. It acre, all level errok botbwn b.nd, I'. acre In eolllalon, 4 acres of ali tMnber Watered by Mill eraek; 'IK mllea to Kbert- dan: I'i mile to aetua.1 and ebureh. Iiuyer gU piMaKin lmnedlsiely;'prk 4.1O M-r ere. I hive other farm of all dearrltfli sale nd bouaht sod told for moi re!, dent, partle bavins land for uie will do well to In lh same will, tne If they wwil It idMlaaFlotsfprliiier' Ink and lei the people am wiiai 1 nave atr mie, C.O. BrariBM, Ileal lUlsla Agent Kliefidail, Or.-oo. Commenced Business March jtnlMbd by atWaal AaUwrtu of ladejwndeix, Orea. Capital 6tMk . Surpluf, S0,0CS; J. a WOITH, I-W. IPiHKKTaoi I Pnoidrftt. VierniH W. II 1IAWLKY, ( blM, (i. W. Wblleker, W. W, Catlha. I A general baa king biulneni traaaM Kay nd ll ehaog on all lain,. po.liU. liepiMlt rerte4 aobjeet to elirk Ilfl'-aiaoldepiai' i. t li"rlW,iia auvl. . itftit htmm a. tn. to 4 p. m. I CORPOMTEO UWl THE MIS If 1 Polk County Ban!.' MONMOUTH Or. J, H. fuwi.rv. . p. UCAMPhrXU. 1IU C. PVWKtL. -Vlav Paid Capital. $30,c:: DinECTOIW, I I. It. H.wler. P. L. Campbell, I. ll.tM.' J. H. V. Wilder. J.. Huin.p, K8.IVa, Joaapb (raven. A general ban 10 ana eirhsnc tiatw trwUMH-Wd; loans made; dejamiu rnaiM wiojMi io riH'k or mt ertiftiuf svwa la u ml nalit on tii depinlta. 1 -Kinpnia vault and burglar pawfiat wvu red by tale Ulu Pa-K. " Hours- a. to. to I p. u. I UAlLlttJADH. l?6inBER!l Mmm. aawaaaaaaaa- 1 lv TIME TABLE. a aad Mwaaaeata MorUa V.a.Woouapar. LUMBER. Leans Moon.ou,k, THE leaves Indrpeadenc. 10 9) II I l. lit 110 T-m 3 u kit Falls City East and South lieutenant IPivvrmtr of the state In A YOL'NO KCUt-lTOU. Numerous Inquiries among farmer from all parta of th county, seem to alretiglhcn the statements heretofore mad In this column: that the yard all over are vrry im ven and th.tt the crop In this comity will not be a large ontOtego Parmer. Three-year-old teera are being sold for $30 to $35 a head In Klamath coun ty to wholesale butchers from the dry districts of California. i."o joirnard Who Is Winning a Name for Hlmse'f, Oeoig O. Harnanl Is a young Amer ican sculptor who has become famous throughout all west ern Europe. He re cently returned from Psrl to New Tork and Is now prepar ing a atudlo In the American metropo lis. Mr. Karnard Is not yet 33 year old, and nine year ago wa an engraver's apprentice In Mum-a- lln,. T '.-. lfi. ...... Xj ure moments were oao. r. ARXAat. spent modeling in clay, and some of his creation led his friends to urge him to cultivate his tnlen. Accordingly he entered the Chicago Art Institute and then went to Paris. I'ntll a month or so ago he was only known as an earnest, hard-working artist. I.a8t April he sent to the salon, In th Champs de Mara, six works, among them a collosal group in marble upon which he had worked for fcur year. They created a aenaa. tlon never equaled and tho true genius of the artist wa recognised. Mr. Juirniird la soon to marry Mis Kdna Monroe, a wealthy Hoston young lady. HAW MILL I now running In full on, ration aad tnrnlnS out aa tin Umber as can be found In the Ul of Oregon. A good akldjvmd to moun taln timber and a FINE PLANER ha been added to the Plant, All orders filled on hort notice. via The SHASTA of the Southern Pacific Rout Cc California einrM train run H.llr omnia ; at all ialion between portlaud aud' AlLu & UUl :lVr77 iota r. . m.ii a. a. -4 .v. Portland Ar.,8JiA. l.V. Alhanv Ar ll-fiiH Ar. Ran Kraneinco Lv, I !.w r, , Proprltor. Roashue'j . 14V. tnruuit . m . Kowburg....IsluA.)l 1 foruaoJ Mall (Hail-.) j Arrlv. 1 . I Roaeburg ..,. r. ..:. A. I f 1 ' ti n PULLMAN BUFFrHT 8LEEPER 11,1 I Cars attachr io an ibroucli traina. West Side Division. 8twn Portland and Contain. Wall train dally (exeept Sutidayj J.1" '" I i-V P.rtlaloT...Ar t-uipml Ar. torv willi.. l.v i-Mf JLSSJL Ulcers Broke Out SLUGGISH LIVER. NEAR Thrna Hi,,,.. rr.,. - .. - ineir ueatn vvniie Bathing. ivansurno, u. c July 17. Nmvs hJB buen received fr.-n Albernl of the urownmg of three girl In Sprout lake, nve miiea rrom that place. Emma Faber, aged 20; Ma,ry Faber. aired ts and Dorothy, aged 4. The girls were naming. Dorothy got over her depth, when the other two went to her res cue and all three were drowned with in a few feet from shore, The bodlos "avc been recovered. The supreme court of Iowa now tnnu a hnnlr of 4I,A T.. . . .. I and VeVed Ih lLTLTJ 0'a'"'8 SHraparl!la and Grape Root Johnson, who had been worth mo-i than $10,000 when the calf caae began, waa now (1888) almost a nauner. and the conta taxed In Court, lndnnondan of enormous attorneys' fees and ex penses, were $3,336.42. 'Seventy wit nesses were held for eleven days in the town of Blackhawk. and th w.i had such a boom that it declared a quarterly dividend before the case wa half over. There wa another teit and another verdict for Johnson, who Cured by Using Dr. Grant's Sarsaparilla. Dear Sirs.' I wish to thank Dr. Giant by letter for the wonderful cure effected npon me by uning his Parpapiirillu and Grape Root. Last gumiiier I was taken sick witli what the doctors called la grippe. I did not oem to got any bettor. My liver was in a horrible condition, as I was constantly throwing tip bile. My legs commenced to swell und in a short time ulcers broke out all over them an 1 suffered terribly. A traveling man whom I knew adviaed me to try Dr. I did bo, and after taking seven bottivs I was completely cured, scars all healed up and I felt like a new man. I recommend Dr. Grant's Sarsaparilla Grape Root to alj afflicted. Yours truly, ' Reuben warner, Colfax, Wash, PrlrtA Rfhi. elmirajrecon; Do Yoa Enow Where It It ? MRS. W. T. KAYSER, Llroi There and tells in the Follow log Letter of the Wondurful Banefll Eeoeired from using Dr. Grant 's t Medioinei. Ei.mira, Oiikoon, April Oth, 1SD4. Dh. Paui, Grint, I'msiilent (). W. R. Mfg. (,'o , rortland, Oregon. Sir:-l wish to express mv heartfelt thanks Io you fur tho great lienelii I re ceived from tlKing your tnedicinca. I have beeh a coimtant sull'crer for Twelve Years with spinal trouble, mid the complaint so peculiar to women, I have doctored' with several different U'tor. and bom some of them I received temporary re- iBwtets, DEATH'S DOOR Congo Oil, from " particularly beneficial, a it inntant- SiESEr sr:r:;i Iffllfill Of 116 Illy very ftnilefiil for Hui n-li.if nl.i lin,.,! will do nil can to encoiira-e tho sale ni '"r I Cftn scarcely realize I your medicine. I have ned one mid a was so near death's door, the result of a women's dimiaWH. and that is ai? the J0' My U,'i,,e W88 Uoo1y tt,,a terri" medicine I have fulfil in PH'ns iww the spine. I tried several Six Months', . remedies, but got no relief. When I snd I am in Iretter h-ulth than I have Wa8 8u,Iorl,18 tt)rri V ly of your la-en fur the pant twelve years ivcIkIi Mwlieal Adviser was received by some more and can work wiihout feeling u one in our household. After reading though 1 should part of it I sent for a bottle of Dr. Grant's Drop Deid Kidney and Liver Cure, and after five every minute and it is duo to your med- d88 I felt relieved. I continued takina lln a i uTl'ilV;"1! Vi thi ; "."' 1 am ontil 1 hai taken threo attics, and was lla and willing that all who are alHiHod should comt.lehdv enrnd. American and KumpsuUH n. tte imimkil fete THOS. CUINCAN, ProprltUr, Seventh and WashlnrjUin Rt., Ms ..rOKTUXP, OKKO S. HOME BUILDERS Will couault their best in lereaU by purchaamg their At Atiauiy and n,rvalll. .nlim wltatraU nVu r Ulo ralhuad. l prm "" (except sundar) t to n m 1 1. . . rw.Trr.::i 11 j. I lr tiiiiduvinVTi.v sab wr9onism Railway Division ai Portland and Yamhill Ryi Airlle mall Trt-wwkly. tr.in a m & i p in ttUin in v iru.Mi,t Ar '. '.'V Monmouth iv i 7 Ar. Alrlla. I,v 7 Through thiti. i.. .. . ... .. : . 1 Ntalu li.. . i 2 Ia 111 III rK" f&uBSrW.B.1 K'l.cU be obtain """""S Ani, inaxpvndtiM. R. Ktu:ill,KR. K. ! RtM-n-MS. - .iu,i.,1, vinr.uoji. 3ASH AMD DOORS BRICK YARD of the reliable ninnufootnrer, M. T. CROW Independence, Or., sncoe or to J erKnson Van M eer. ngar pine and cedar doora. all iizes, on baud. SCREEN DOORS. J. R. COOPER Of Independence, havini? a steam engine, a brink machin nl s.veral acres of finest cly, is now prepared to keep on hand a fiue quality ol lnck, which will l cr.i.i or ,. oie prunes. Steamer Altona Salem and Independence To Portland . know of the wonderful results from your medicines. Kespeetfullv, MflS. W. T. KAYSKR. Sold EvKHvwiiKnK, , Congo Oil, price 50(. and $1.00. Discovery, price $1.00. Native completely cured. Gratefully yours, 3? A. ALEXANDER, 773 Hoyt Btreet, Portland, Oregon. rice $1 per Bottle H. ML LINES. Formerly Jumi,.of tllp ,, iilleiiKJifccaintin. 0 ,s notary Pubfic. Ccllectijn and INSURANCE BUSINESS lUara.r.Uliy'M'' PM CRFJ7 WW ,1 : I ':uu,.r,1UJ' ttt ,i:4r fejgl wUf WMlt OF JIKaKO Mwiulenw at 4 p. m. ttlal li"l7?',S"r'( o.Kxeellent meals served 1 aomltrt.."!. t, ,, . n.cl th In,,, Leaves Independence and Salem I 1,,.- . J ...... - . Jile. ueientiene. nt it-i. Malum at 7 10 a. ni.. ami an-;, -I.... ,i i.... i...i at -: l. ni. l-eavea I'ortliin.i T,..i.... rci...K.tnJ a., l , . "lli ucsnioj , aiuii"-,i a . Saturday at (1:45 a. m.. lleui H ' U liarn h, . ..ml ,1 Hioiwna. kr .. ' 'uT.ml"i with on boat si iwr meal. Ik , ." '"ww save time and moueyb; Him uue to Portland. i ifimicr h-iii ........ n...m rVi..i . i ... l'"ij IUIW. lot? - lHxM nUCS 0U lm .. Uuexwltod passenirer accomniodj' ' . Mitchell, WrlKlit & Co , Uenel ! hiri'itu. Hfiln,,.. i.i.". o.r" ii. .Or. j