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ROCK OP AGES.
"Rock of Arm cleft for m"
ThourhtlfMly tht maiden iun;
Kell th word unconsciously
From her girlish, gulleles tongue;
Bang little children linn;
; Sang at sin th birds In June;
FU th word a light leave down
On th current of the tune
"Rock of Age, cleft for me,
Let me hide mymlf In thee."
lt her oul io need to hide,
8weet the aongr a wit could b
And he had no thought beatdo;
All th word unheedlnitly
rell from ltl untouched by cure,
Dreaming not that each might be
On tome other ll a prayer
"Rock of Age, cleft for me,
Let me hid myaelf In thee."
Rook of Age, cleft for me"
'Twa a woman ung them now;
Sung them low and wearily
Wan hand on her aching brow.
Ro the song a torm-toaed bird
Beau with weary wing th air;
Every note with aorrow tlrrel,
Every iyllable a prayer
"Rock of Age, cleft for me,
JU me hUe myadf. In the."
'Rock of Age, cleft for me"
Up grow a aged eut.g the hymn
Trustingly and tendwly;
Vole grown weak and eye grown
dlm-
"Lei m hide myelf In thee,"
Trembling though th vole and low,
Ran the weet strain peacefully.
Like a river In It flow;
Sung a only they can sing
Who lite' thorny path ha v pressed ;
6ung a only they can alng
Who behold th promised reat
"Rock of Ago, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself In thee."
"Rock of Age, cleft for m"
Bung above a coffin lid;
Underneath all retfully
All life' joys and sorrow hid.
Never more from wind and tide.
Never more from billow' roll
Wilt thou ever need to hide.
Could the sightless, sunken eyes
Closed beneath the soft, whtte hair;
Could the mute and stiffened Up
Move gatn In pleading prayer.
Still, ay still, th words would be
"Let m hide myself In thee."
Crazy Ike.
strolled cut to th oldlor'
"y., horn again th other day,
y and asked th sergmnt:
"Can't you tell me rn9
thing mere about your ex
periences a a oout, ser
geant V
"Well, ird, I had Jut lots
of them. W ur call out-self
scouts, but we was spies. A ft or I
wew caught down to Fredericksburg
I thought I'd never want to go Itvto
the Johnnies' line no more, but In a
few days I felt jut like a-golng again.
"There were a teller In our regi
ment who were the furailejt euss you
ever ; he laid over all you ever
heard of for nonsense and nobody
oould git any duty out of him. I
uster tnlnk ha were crosy he'd do
tha most outlandish trick, and we
all called him Craxy Ike. Nobody
knowed where he come from, ami
sometimes he'd be gone for more'n a
month, and nobxly knowed where
he'd bx-n, and whtn he'd gvt back,
our captain would ram htm Into the
guard house, but he'd take his pun
ishment oheerful-l'.k an I be the life
of all about him. On a march, he'd
throw away his knapsack and piece
and come Into camp wttlh Just noth
ing at all, pard, but In a Uttle while
he'd gtt all the equipments some
where. He were smart enough; could
maki) out the muster-rolls and keep
the ojmp'ny's things all straight, but
he'd be drunk more'n half bis time
and yet nobody ever see him touch
a drop of liquor. One time when we
bad a big review after Hooker took
command, In January, '63, and
the old man and his staff come
a-ridlng down the line and the men
was all a-hurra wing, right behind the
staff Crazy Ike come a-galloping on
a mule, and he had an Iron camp
kettle on his heid, and the most out
landish uniform on, and he hurrawed
for General George Washington; and
the men when they presented arms
couldn't help It, pard, they bust right
out a-laughing, and our colonel and
adjutant dragged Ike oft of that there
mule and rammed him in the guard
housft to be bucked and gagged, but
bimeby an order come down from
headquarters to let up on Ike. One
night he got out a drum and beat the
long roll and we p.ll tumbled out and
fell in, and the colonel were the mad
dest man you ever see and orderl
blm to carry a log for a week; but
an order come down from headquar
ters again to let him go. Nobody in
derntood the cum. I went a-flshing
with him wunst when he was a-lay
lug down there, and when we got
back to camp he were drunk. I
knowed he hadn't had no liquor, And
I oouldn't git it through me what he
wanted to be playing drunk for.
"And then wa had a drummer
named Adams, the pootleet boy you
ever see. He wamt more'n about 15,
and everybody liked him. He were
as tender as a gal and wouldn't t's
ten to any hard yarns, and he always
tended service when th9 chaplain
preached and he utter say hid prayers
every night at taps. I ain't much on
religion myself,- pard, but It don't Tj
nobody no harm. I uster Jlwt love
that there boy, and he were mighty
thick with Crazy Ike all the time.
"Along about in March, '63, Old Joi
sent for me to report down to his
headquarters one day, and I went
down there and he were mighty glad
to see me. He asked me about my
being crpturid and tried whn I were
over there afore, and I told him all
about it, and he said he wanted
good man to go over there again, but
be wouldn't ask me to go because
they might know me. I tell you,
para, x aian't warrt to go; I .was
afeard, but I was efeard he'd jee I
were afenrd, and I says to him:
General, I'm a-going.'
"He told me I had better not, but
I stuck to going, and he got out a
map and told me I oould take thiU
along; but you kin Jlst bet your boots
that I didn't want that there map
about my clothes, so he sent his
orderly out for one of his young in-
glneer ofll it weren't Warren, pard,
but he were an ingineer end he
allowed me how the Rappahannock
and the Rapldan run and wbare
Chancellorsvllle were, and. Old Joe
told me there were a brigade of John
JniMs arlayfag round ChaniceltarviMle
end he waited me to hang around
there for a few days, and I'd fiml
something to bring him afore I
knowed it,
"Well, that night, I think it were,
or maybe It were the next night, I
ain't dead-mire which, I Hits up at
fihe old man's headquarters, and I
Jlst squeezed that there map Into my
head, .nd -the text day I gea to
General Patrick and glta a Jdhnny
pris'ner and I swopped clothes with
him, and then I got the general' bar
ber to shave me, and when, he were
done I hardly knowed mystff I were
, so changed. The next night 1 went
away up the river and crowd at a
ford, but I couldn't git their oourtler
elgn and I had :er crawl through their
pickets. It were mighty ticklish, I
tell you, pard, but it ware a-ralnilng
e-nd I got throug'h all right and 1
were covered with mud, and in the
morning I were the dirtiest cuss you
ever see. The next day I got to CTlmn
cellorvllln, and sure enough the brig
ade of Johnnies wen there and I
i
made out I wwe 'mm and hobbtod
rlirht Into civnuK I were such a U:k
looking run they mad lota of fit't
of me, and on of their officer -nkcnl
me wher I com from,
" 'I com up frnv th J me
through Richmond on thi keyvara,
and t wanter Mist kae th oon ierlp
trs are After we-una, but ttwy 'lowed
at Prederloksburjr I'm too lam. I
oan't tote a muklt, but I tint tor
cook fir daddy when mummy died,
and I was right smart of a cook, too,'
I any.
'"You'r aur you can cookf he
ay.
" 't wa Just gwine to ax yoti-un
to let m cook.'
" 'Well,' says, 'If you ctaoos to
cook for thl company, you can.
"And 1 wtr all right, jard. They
alt book a fumy to me and treated
me nrst-rwt, and I cooked pons for
'em and I got along all right,
"Two or thre day after that, whn
t were busy about th oook-ah.'d all
alone, on of their men oomo In and
says: 'Sarg.'
"I dropped th kittle I had In my
hand, pard, ami nay: 'What?
"'You're a sweet scout, you are,'
h says, Ho be taken unaware ilk
that. I)o you know m7
" 'No,' I aay, an of a tuko.
"'You donHf Now, try right hard
and s it you don't know m.'
"And I looked at him, pard, and
If It weren't Cry Ik!
"'Pick up that kUtle and be right
her at tp tonight. If going to
rain. You can get back through
thotr llnwi.
"I wvr so dunb-foundred, pnnl,
that I had to hak myajlf togoihw
to see that I wer all there, and al
tap I went there and Ike wr'ther?
and says: 'Take tlvi to aimral
Hooker ami tell folm I'll b over In
less than a wk.' and he giv m a
big wallop 'and tell him that Adivnw
ha been caught and tried on a drum
head, and I to be banged, do at
once ai;d got back a soon a you
can.'
"Well, pard. I scooted through their
line rgaln, and when I struck our
pickets, I told the oaptaln of the
guard to put me down at General
Hooker's headquarter right away,
and h tok It In and sent m with
some cavalry, and we Just went
a-b'lllng and w knocked the ' ld
man up. H lent out for me an I 1
went in and saluted him, and he
ripped open that ther wallop am!
In It wr as pooty a map as you
ever m of all the land about Fred
ericksburg and Chancellorsvllle.
'"Any verbal message, rgrnt?
says Old Joe.
" 'No, general' I says, 'but he told
me to tell you that Adam were
caught.'
"And th old man says with
nicker: 'And yet you say. sergmnt.
there I no verbal miga.'
'"Certainly not,' I any, 'only that
ther wallop.
"'How was Adams caught?'
" 'I don't know,' I says.
"'Well, well, wll. I'm sorry to
hear It. Why would he take ;lut
boy with him? Da you return?
" 'Right away, sir.'
"'Good luck to you. I there an
officer with that cavalry outaMe?'
" 'Yes. general
" 'Send him In here.
"And I went out and called "tlm
In, pard, and he saluted 01) Joe. an.1
Old Joe ays to him: 'Lieutenant, pu;
this man at the ford a quickly a
you can; never mind tho home.' And
then lie says to me: 'Let me hear
from you, sergeant, In lest tiun a
week,' and we went a-b'lllng for tli
ford agdln, pard, and I got back tc
Chancellors vlll afore daybmUi the
wust tired man you evir see. Ik
hung around the cook-shed, but dl I'm
my a bloody word to me that day,
but at night, after taps, he corn-
down. He w.re a-feellng mighty
blue, I tell you, about little Ahim,
and he t'M me they had been a-work-
Ing t igether m lnc the w r
opened. I Mt like a puddlng-h ad,
pard. when ha were a -telling me, to
think that I didn't know till Utn
that thy was a couple of scouts, and
I didn't see- through Iko's playing
cray. You ee he didn't want our
men to know what duty he were on.
I askeJ him how Adums were caught,
and he told me that he aaid some
thing kinder careless one day and
that told on him. He weren't to be
hung for three or four Uyi. and Ike
were mighty busy a-tihlnklng about
It, and you kin just bet that there
long heed of hU'n were a-hAtr-Jilttg
something.
' 'It's a bloody bad bunlne,' I
say.
" 'Indeed It Is,' says Ike, 'but he
Isn't hangad yet.'
'"Where Is he?'
" 'Just over hore, about two mllo.
under guard.'
" 'Can't we go for the guard?
" 'Nowen.H. That won't do. There
are too many of 'em.
" 'Nobody smell you?' I says.
" 'Lord, no, he say, 'why, I'm a
favorite with our captain here.'
" 'How long have you been over?'
" 'Ever slnt e the month after Fred
erlcknburg. I came up from Rich
mond with the last detachment of
recruits, ha think.'
" 'I bet yer,' I ay, 'Adams sent
for a chaplain.'
" 'Certainly,' he say. 'He did that
right away. Don't you ever speak to
me In the daytime.'
"'All right,' I says.
"When the day com around for
little Adams to iwing, our regimont
fell In and marched ever and I hob
bled along to see It, I kinder felt
Chat something were a-going to hap
pen, and I woitchod Ike In the ranks
with his muflkit, out he never no
tlced me. They brought the boy out
In a cart and a hollow square were
formed, and the prwoft-miAMhal went
to reading '.he sentence and the little
puns were a-lookln,? mighty sad, but
he were gune and he prayed with the
chaplain. I limped up clone to Ike
and he were a-broa'jhlng hard, but
he never looked ait me; he were Just
a-keeplng Ms eye on Adams. Well,
I when everything were ready, Ike
left the ranks, marched up to the
prevoet-niarhia;l, saluted him, and
whispered in his ear.
"'What!' says the lieutenant. 'How
do you know thajt?'
" 'I've known it a long time,' says
Jke.
"Well, pard, you never see such a
whlnpering and a-talklng among of
ficers. I couldn't git it through me
what were up, and the kurrwl of our
regiment said he'd asijume the au
thority to suHpend the proceedings
till he oould write to headquarters,
and the regiment irnrcfoed back to
camp, and after taps, that wight, Ike
come for me and ways: 'Come, Sarge;
we've gut to got away from here to
night.' " 'Well, I'm d-d If I do,' I says.
" 'You think not?'
"'No,' I says, "I ain't a-going till
I try to git Admma cut of his scrape.'
" 'Adams Is all right. I know the
Southern people well. We are art war
now, but a better people never lived.
When they And out what I dropped
in that lieutenant's ear, Adams will
be releasiJ,'
" That may be all hunky,' I says,
'but I don't leave here till I know It.'
" 'You leave with me tonight. Not
another word! When we arrive, at
General Hooker's headquarters, I'll
tell you what's What. Bealds, I
have their oounlterslgn and we can
erona without trouble. We will both
be suspected tomorrow and arrested.
Trust ime, I'd lay down my life for
Adams as willingly as you would
yours, but 'twould be a useless sac
rifice now. He's as safe now as he
oould be In our line. I'll trust him
to the Inherent nobility of the gal
lant Southern people.'
"Well, pard, wht could I do? Ike
wpm level-hea-' I knowed he
were gam nd ' r died for In
boy, so I told him I'd go, W got
through their llni all right, and
whon w got to th old man's hnid
quarter hi wer glad emult to ee
u and give u om commlanary, but
he were a-feettng mighty bad about
Adam and h asked u when h Wnr
executed.
" "Oh. h isn't executed, general'
ay Ike,
" 'I'm glml to hear H, I presume
thoy'll hang him mhortly. I've cent
a nut to Uenetwl L, under fit of
true, Interceding for him on account
of hi youth, but I fear It will not
sav tolm.'
'"Adam la not so young, general
you may think,' 'y Ik.
" 'Not over 15 or 16. 1 her
" 'Why, guneral, he' within two
year of my tig.'
" 'Pshaw,' aay Old Joe. 'lie's a
more boy. Why, you'r thirty. lUnw
long hv you known htm?1
"And lk brgtnntd to mll. pard,
In a curiou klialtr way and look
at Old J Just so and aay: 'I've
known Adam, genorr 1, sine 'K nine
year ago, and he ha been with m
ver lnc, I ttav always had to
support him, but h ha been A close
friend of mine, When I nlttd In
'61, h wa bound to coma, and h
cam. It wa th wildest kind of
freak, but argument and erdroaty
couldn't shak hi resolution, 1 have
saved him over th river. When I
told th provoat-nurshal, who duty
It wn to hnrg hi in, what Adam Is,
t knew that information would sav
his life.'
'"And what did you tell hlmf says
Old Joe.
" 'I told him Adam wa a woman.'
"Pard, Old Jo nvr said n word,
but h Juat looked at Ike, and 1
(lopped right down In a camp-chair
and says: 'Well, I'm d dl'
" 'Yea, general, Adam I my wlf.'
"'And you hav supported her for
nine year,' say Old Jo, 'which Is
entirely proper; in my opinion, n.i
man had a belt. light. Th con
federate won't hand a woman. This
I quit a tittle romance. When she
Is returned through our line lot mi
advli you tc ikt her home, fth
make the third woman In tht ranks
of th anny of th Ptonat'.'
'And flmt'a Juat all thir were
about tt, pard. It wer all a true bj
prat'hlug, and Jim ufter th flght at
Ch4ik,i'llor4v!ile thi Johniuos tvt her
through the linx. and she and !ko are
a-llvlng In IfriHiklyn today."
A HM OllSBItVATOIVY.
One Son to lie liullt to lUval the
K.rioou Uck.
An astronomical obaxrvatory which
will rival the famous Lick Institute on
Mount Hamilton
i to be enitvd on
Mount Lowo, in
Southern Calif r
nta, by r
lwl Swiff. Prof.
Hwifl' powerful
tlioopp, now en
FA'ho mountain will
be remove! to
Mount Lowe, and
the great natron
mer will be In
chargo of '.he In
Ultutlon. Dr. Ixw-
, LKwmwirT.
Is Hwlft W4 born
In Now York in U:o, lie wa the son
of a fanner, and worked hard en th
farm until, at th age of 1J, a frac
ture of the hip rendered him lame f it
Hfe. He than attended hool and
fitted hlmstlf for a teavher on soien
tlflo subject and followed that voca
tion for several y mm. He b- ime In
Urattod in astronomy, and mad his
first tnlcsoap with hi own hand
and through II vlowed th Donatl
comi't. In is2 he dlwovered thegrett
Swift comM, which made him famoun.
Dr. Swtfi now ha to hi oroJlt th
discovery of nine comet ami V60 neb
ulae. He has been twlc married.
THH ATTORNEY OENEHAL
Sir John Rlgby Who Succeed Bir
('has. Russell.
Sir John Rlgby. who succeeds filr
Charles Itusscll as attorney general
of Great Ilritaln, is
spoken of as one
of the most popular
men In the houne
of commons. Sir
John has had a
rather rough ex
perience. In the de
bates on tli home
rule bill the oppo
sition used to de-
V IlKlit In raising
knotty points sole
ly for the measure
wajoiiNHiouv. of caUlni on 8lr
John to settle them. His good humor
on these occasions made him a great
favorite with his political opponents,
who have hailed his present promo
tion with much cordiality. A less law
yer like personage to look at was
never seen In public life. He might be
taken for a well-to-do furmur, and
combine the genially of the ocean
Hklpper with the unction of a Metho
dlHt divine. He 1 a representative of
a Scotch constituency.
PRINCESS CLEMENTINE.
Though Old and Deaf She Is an Inter
esting Character.
Princess Clementine of Saxe-Coburg
and Gntha has long been regarded as
one of the clever
est stattswomcn In
Europe. Ever since
her son, Prince
Ferdinand, was
chosen to the
throne of Bulgla,
Princess Clemen
tine has been la
boring to have his
election recognized
by Russia, and It
Is likely, since ex
Premier Btambu
loff has resigned,
that he will receive
ramccwi CLKKEH
nam.
this recognition, Princess Clementine
Is 77 years of age, and in spite of her
ago and deafness which renders the
employment of an ear trumpet neces
sary, she Is In many ways an Inter
esting personnge. Her keen intelli
gence, her wit, her tact, and her never
falling fund of cheerfulness have done
much to assist Prince Ferdinand In
grappling with the many dlfilcultles
of his position.
A FOOLHARDYIST.
This Man Is to Cross the Atlantic In
a Tub.
Captain Adolph Freltsch of Milwau
kee Is preparing to cross the Atlantic
alone In a thirteen
ton flat-bottom
schooner, If he suc
ceeds, the feat will
be without preced
ent. Captain
Freltsch was born
in the city of Abo,
Finland, in I860,
and since child
hood has been ac
customed to boats.
For ten years ho
has been saillnsr on
ADOWU rWHTBOB. th Oreat InltBii
He hag a wife and four children who
will remain in Milwaukee until his
return, His boat, called the Nina, he
built himself last year, at a cost of
about 700. His approaching voyage
will In all be one of about 7,000 miles,
as he expects to vlBlt England, cross
the North sea, and follow the Baltllc
sea north to Stockholm.
OVER IN NEW ZEALAND
THEKK THK OOVKRNMENT OWNS
ALL KAIUIOADS.
How the Heliemn Operate, Re
portttl by a font meter from
that Couutry.
Th following artlol from th Den
ver New; being an Interview with 3.
Jay, a New Zealand railroad bulld.tr,
will prove Interesting an out the re
cent dlaeuislon relative to govern
mental ownnrhlp of railroad:
"Th government prwotloally own
all the land, owni the railroads, tel
egraph an. I teleph.m line. We have
universal auffrng, the women having
cured th privilege of th framchlsn
last AugU't. They partlolpnted! In
tit election lajt November. W
hav a magnificent free public ohool
yntetu, modeled somewhat After that
of th United Slates, but so arrange!
that pupil fhowlng Aptitude In th.ir
studies may lak -,ho entire wurs of
the college without cost to thalr par
ents." ,
"How do th govenwnent railway
plee th rople?"
"Ih govwninent ownership of rail
way I an established prlwlple which
will staitl In New Jloaland forevir.
Oovermnimt railway, managed an I
oprated by h law of New Z wlanl,
are a vaat hleMlng and give benefit
In nuny llrvotloiis whk'h could not
be securwl ctherwlne, Th tyiitem Is
uiMler tlu charge of a bount of thr
eommiNsloners, who hav power to
establish ntu for different district,
and thuA glv th farmer the advan
tage of low rates to th coast. It .'
true that private lliu are built, bat
they are absorbed by th government
at such time a It finance wilt ad
mit. I am now engaged In .instruct
ing a Mtvite lln across Middle In
land, connoting iht coal Held with
a market more than 1W mile away,
The money for the rotd wa raised
with the understanding that th guv-
ernmont wuKl tune the rovl at a
fair valuaU'm In the early future."
"Do you have tramp In N.w "leu-
Innl?" W4 4ked,
"Ym we have a few worthier men
who are kivwn a tramp, but the
I no exemw for their rit-u- In
such a country, Thoxe fellow nuke
th tour of the bland about once a
year, a it require a ywtr to com
J let lha circuit. The worklngttun
I better off In New Zealand thin any
where els tit the world. I notice thit
railroad construction men are pal4
II. SO a day in th West. I am In th
habit of paying :.W and never leis
thin 13. Any man who does an hon
est day' work can b sure of 4 2, mi,
A the o Mt of living I much ehepr
than In America. It can b readily
seen that New Zetland 1 a .ort . f
worklngmut'i parnttls. Of cour
Ittmr requiring skill draws a higher
rate of pa than 'hat Involving onl
th use st th pl.'k and shovel. I
should estimate tha t labor I paid 10
per cent higher In New Zealtivl than
the United State; not taking the
hard times into Consideration,"
"Then you hav lard time In you
oountry?"
"No; not thl yesr, although we did
have a depression affuctmg (IITerent
Iim- of buint live yar ag, when
th Australian boo in collapsed. Tim.
are good In New Zealand loUy. We
attribute it largely to th fct that
the wealth of the country I distribu
ted among the peiple and )) law
are mainly In the Interest of th pro
ducers. We have no arietocracy and
no tlas of millionaires such n n to
be son In Amnrlon: the givernmeiit
Is renlly nuliilaln.i-l In the Intereit
of tli people. CorriiptliHi in office U
so rare that if a parliamentary cat
dldatM wer to buy keg of beer In
order to Influence vote he would b
ummarlty expelled from th bo.ly."
The land sytjm of New Ziwilan,
according to Mr. Jay, I entirely dif
ferent from that of any olhr coun
try. Previous to the adoption of thi
new plan, a number of lw trac'a
of land had been gobbled up by pri
vate Individual and the country wis
In a fair way to pat Into trw handi
of landlords. Thj government has
adopted meiuiires which are unlui!'
ly driving the Urge landowner to
relivtue their holding to the govern
mont at price! set by the government
appraiser. Absentee landlord 'ire
luted twlc the rate . harged residents,
and the tat grow et a constantly In
creased ratio a the amount of land
In any individual' possession prcrvas-
es. Tho goveniment doe not sell It ,
land to anybody, and 3,00 acre I
the largest amount tt will lean t
any on person. If any of the old
larul-owner refu to pay taxes as
sessed, tho government buys the en
tire trttct at an Increase of ten pr
cent on aiiensed valuation. In time
the entlM area will pas Into the
hands of the government. The gov
ernment recently made a cajrt pay
ment of $1,200,000 for land formerly
owned by a rich mi griaie known a
"Reedy Monoy" Robinson.
Mr. Jay say a fworlt '.nitto In
Now Zealand Is "Eight hour' work,
eight hours' sleep and eight hours'
play." The government Is about to
NEAR
DEATH'S DOOR
FROM
Maiiti of i lififs
Dear Sirt: I can scarcely realize I
was bo near death' door, the result of a
bad attack of inflammation of the kid
ney. My urine waa bloody and t(jrrl
bl pains noar the Bplno. I tried several
remedios, but got no relief. When I
was suffering terrlMy a copy of your
Medical Adviser was received by some
one in our household. After reading
part of It I sent for a bottle of Dr. Grant's
Kidney and Liver Cure, and after five
doses I felt relieved. I continued taking
until I had taken three bottles, and wa
completely cured.
Gratefully yours,
J. A. ALEXANDER,
773 Hoyt street, Portland, Oregon.
Price $1 per Bottle
'
experiment on th co-operative '
torn of publlo works, doing awiy with
contractor and dividing th :urplu
among th workmen. Th plan Is lo
establish a price, select by 'lot the
number of workmon inquired, py the
workmen si rtaln sum per wek, ami
dlstiibut among them what 1 left
when th work la completed.
110P3 IN CALIFORNIA.
How Thoy Are OrowB and Wher an I
When Introduced.
Th center of th hop Industry in
California ! at Wheatland. Yuba
county, where Dr. Durst, tint "hop
king," lia 350 acre in Vine and
whore thitr ar many other smtller
yard.
For th" following fact In coiMtec
tktn wlttnhl dlMtrtot we draw tuwn
th "Springtime Special" dltlJi of
the Marysvlll Appeal of June 10th;
Th first hop plant brought to thl
Hal w In WIS, wul wr '.ond
by Wilson Flint from Vermont, and
txpertmontod with In Alameda and
thin In Sacramento countie. Hop
In thl stat? yield bountifully th first
yufcr, whertas in th ICa stern sitt It
take thr year from planting to
got a full nop of seven ir eight hun
dred poiinlj to th acre, concur! to
lti)0 to 2000 pouiwl to th sort, which
1 an avrog yield for th (list ear
In thl favored stale.
Th harvesting acnaon I free frwt
lain, wind or frost, which cu m;li
great loa Ir. otto-r lo.o.tlui. (VIfor
nla hop hnv te.'ii partlculirl free
from (I In taut thitt affwU them in
other stitt.ot, such r nuld, thtf, grubs,
mlhlow, red Hd,r and scaIb. They
are clean and bright, which Is muH
appiiM liilel by Knglfsh buyer, wht
ar very jwrtlal to Calif ornia hops,
Th chart er of land on whlrh ihey
are generally grnvr Is ihe Iwt'om
lund of rlvr and creek, whr there
Is plonty of moisture to mature them
without rain or Irrigation. Thi prin
cipal cotinie !n which th-y are
grown are Yuba. Sacramento, lonoma
and Membs-ino, Th (irst experimeiiii
with hopi In Yuba county wi made
Pi m by Dr. D. I', Durst, anil today
there are over 1nm acres in h lm
I umIIuIiI liilKhlHrblod of liei l.inl,
anl P'ich succeeding y ar jw It Hi
cresting, Tlvn ar variou witys of tpilnlnj
hops, On , by pol of lxtfn or
eighteen (hi, two lo the hl'l; another
I iltl It.'iKu eltfht feet )i,ig, one to
th fill, with Mrtmt or wlr,H ilrawn
horlsonully r jros m flna at right
angle lo ith ohr. f it -ned to top
of stake by rtapbi, Yoi another and
the most I- ;uUr. la (he ti-olll jlem.
This ryte a I the one g nerany ue-l
by lwrg hop-grower. U connl.r of
posts lmlitrto tolegcaph pol.t. about
twenty feet long; ihi outslds poles
ar sot lirmly in the ground, well
braced; a strong wire i tr',eh.1
ficrw the top of 'h pole each way,
and to these wlroa are tlmi .'.rung
lrin, ptgnd down to er"t hill of
hop. The variety f Hop grjwn in
thl sUte is the large American. The
hop-grower Is kept busy the er
ruinl, l'laiHlng Is generally dona In
January anl February, tying vine i.
pole In April and May; plckln be
gins In Auruttt. Pacific Rural Pres.
The above In rlat1on to CiJIfjrnla
hops Is tru In th main of th Ore
gon prtiduot. Our hop find re;tly do
mand In th foreign market, where
they are quoted among the bet. They
nr setond to none nt svon New
York hops, and In fact they were
lst year sought ahwl of New
Yorkers. s
TENANT HOl'SISJ ON FARMS.
Rvry large ftrm should have a
tenant hou4 conveniently lixnted on
the premise. Even for a nnallcr
fartn, wher the owner Is obliged to
depend upon hired help to some ex
tmut, a tenant house will prove a good
Investment, it is a permanent Invest
ment, and adds that amount to th
vmlue of the property. Th farm la
borer llvln therein can get hi meal
lit hmne, thus saving that much ex
tra work for the farmer' family. Pur
sonnl matters can then be discussed
with more fieedom than whon a mnn,
perlmp a trang:-r, I preont, which
Is a cnml I 'iMUon of no mli moment,
MPiHally men are unuilly hut a
yenr or two In a pluce. Many things
are said at meat time thst, If repent ml
otdKldn of the family, might cause
twMiWe. A tenant house would pre
vent all thl. A house sixteen by
thirty feet all! afford all thj neces
.ai7 room, or a house fourteen by
twenly-elght feet, two storK' high,
wtth a kitchen ten by twelve feet on
the rear, will give gixvl accoirmoda
tlons for a family of five or six, One
liedrooni will bo bHow, and two or
three above. The surrounding hlioiilil
be, made n.vit anil pleasant. A gartlen
tvnd sevenil fruit lm will be more
protllabln than shade tree. If a row
or two of small fruits and berries are
addled, two or three dollar more per
nr can be added to the rent, and
will bo wllllrg'ly paid. The tenant or
his family will usually give them good
wtlentlon, for It Is to their Intutest to
do so, If the well water be hard, a
chflern or some plan fr-r obtaining a
nwlwl supply of rainwater should bo
provided. Such '.hlnga cot but littlo
il make the property more desirable,
Inviting a better class of nvm than
when such accommodations are not
present,
ELMIRA, OREGON.
Do Ton Enow Where It Is?
MRS- W T. KAYSER,
Llres Thore and tells in the Follow
ing Letter of the Wonderful BonofH
Beoeired from using Dr. Grant's
lloJlolnei,
Ei.mira, OnicaoN, April 6ui, 1894.
Du. 1'AUh HitANr, Prohl.lunt 0. W. B.
Mfg. Co., l'ortlund, Oregon.
Sir," I wlfh to express mv heartfelt
thanks to you for the great bciitrtlt I re
ceived from uniiig your medicine. I
have been a constant sullercr for
Twelve Years
with spinal trouble and the complaint,
so peculiar to women. I have dwrored
with several dilfurent doctors, und from
some of them I received temporary re
lief, but from none of thorn linvo re
ceived the rolief I have from uHing your
remedies, The
Congo Oil,
was particularly beneficial, ns it Instant
ly relieves the pain and quiets the nerve,
and after UHina it I can go to deep ninl
not awaken until break of dnv. I nm
very grateful for the rellnf obtained and
will do all I can to ennonriure tlie sale of
your medicines. I have lined one and u
naif bottles of Congo Oil mid two and a
half bottles of your Native I1 c(ivory for
women's diduiiHoa. und iliac is ad tlie
medicine I have tukon In
Six Month3,
and I am In better health than I have
beon for tlie past twelve years weigh
more and can work without feeling as
though I should
Drop Da id
every minute, and It Ih duo to your med
icines that I feel this well; and I am
willing that nil who ere afflicted Hlmuld
know of the wonderful results from using
your medicines.
. Kesnoetfullv,
MRS. W.T. KAVSHR.
Sold Eveiiywiiickk.
Congo Oil, prloe 50o. and $1.00.
Dlsoovory, price $1.00.
Native
ALL AUOUT THlfl HOP.
How to Plant and Till th Soil for a
Uood Crop,
In planting hop alwsy hunt your
richest soil,
From on and one-half to two pounds
of sulphate Is used for every too
pound of hop drU'd,
Do not b afraid of plowing hop land
loo deep. The deeper the better and
thorough cultivation I the wrt of
suoces. ;
Seven f"t each way I about lh
distance hops should be planted to
ndmt of thorough cultivation and
easy working.
It Is a known fact that the arllr
th vlns. all thing being equal, th
poorer th crop, and th later thevln
th better the crop,
A Iwl of hop weigh a a general
thing 10 pounds, though some of thorn
ar less, but the general term "a bale
of hop" I supposed to b IW) pounds,
Oregon I tedlly Increasing her
acreage of hop, and an estimate of
th new yard put out thl season
place It at 3,000 acre, making total
of 111,000
Hop buyer hav commenced to so
licit and ar offering 11 to 12 cent per
Dound. and will furnUh money for
picking purpoees at th rl of per
cent. Albany Herald. ,
Canada export no mor hop; on the
contrary, she Is a buyer, her import
In UVi having been 7l,000 pound, of
which about one-eighth cam from
England, and th balanc from the
United States,
In planting a bop yard remember
ther should be a trial or tamlnat
Plant at least at one hill In every hun
dred. This Is for th purpose of per
feet fertilising pollen In order that a
perfect hop may b produced. N Y
Hop Journal.
Tho production of hop for th Pa-
cIDo count In 191 wa M.000 bale. In
1K0! th coast produced yft.OOO bale,
and In 193 th yield wa HS.OOO bales.
It I reasonable to suppose, under aver
age conditions, that the crop of 1X91
will reach nearly 200.000 bale.
It would be an excellent thing to
remember when th end of th vines
come together on twined yards, and
when th vln ha reached a - good
height on (Milled yard to pinch thi
end of the vln and thus throw the
increased strength In the lateral and
hops,
One of the most successful growers
of hop In Sonoma county, California
(which raise the finest hops on th
coast, th next being thos of North
rn Matlon county, Or., the so called
lluttevllle (llstrlrt) places the cost of
producing hops at UVfc rent a pound.
N. 1. Hop Journal,
Our hop growers are somewhat dis
couraged as to the probable output of
their crops. They speak of the arm
being very short on these and that
th hops are only clox to the main
vine, and that th outer ends hav
now commenced to dry up.-Harris
burg Cor. Albany Herald,
In England hops are baled and
pressed while they ar stilt warm, the
reason being for this, that If bated at
one they escape the dunger of ah
orbing damp from th atmosphere. In
America the hopa a. re piled too on
the door of cooling rooms and kept
ther until required for market, when
tney are baled.
Ungllsh growers are alarmed at the
fart that th United States lis ex
ported to that country during the past
season nearly twice a many bop as
during the previous year. Tli Eng
lish hop growers' have grant fears of
tho competition from Washington and
Oregon.
A high tariff, such as th English
grower desire, would mean ruination
to the Amerleun Industry. The actual
cost In England, of the hop when ready
for the market Is IS cents and as a
result the American hop Is crowding
the llrlibth grower out. N. Y. Hop
journal.
DAIRY PITH.
Take good care of .the young cows.
that they may continue profitable
wnen they are old.
Lead a cow rathor than diiv W
Oeiitlenr- should be the watchword
to the Uu try stable,
The dairyman with a irood welt .,t
a windmill can feel about as lo,)...
IHvnleirt as the one who has tunning
water on n's rarm.
When you strip a cow's teats to
the tat drop In milking, do Knot so
much for the Immediate gai.i as to
keop the udder of prolific habit In the
future.
The merciful dairyman when he
araws caiv.ts to market nu's them in
a comfortable crate, Instead of tying
tnoir icgs ana aouuiing them under
me wagon teat.
To make the cow truly profitable,
you mufrt maintain her milk yledd
aiong natural lines of feviJrir. in
dulgemce In freaks of food stimulation
aocs cows more harm than irood.
The wUe dairyman who dec not
turn his cows out to pasture in the
prlng till it Is of suffletent growth lo
Ulcers Broke Out
SLUGGISH LIVER.
Cured by Using Dr.
Grant's Sarsaparilla.
Dear Sirs: I wish to thank Drf Grant
by letter for the wonderful cure effected
upon me by using his Sarsaparilla und
Crape Root, Last summer I was taken
sick with what the doctors called la
grlppa. I did not seem to get any better.
My liver was In a horrible condition, as
I was constantly throwing up bile. My
legs commenced to swell and in a short
time ulcers broke.out all over them an l
I suffered terribly. A traveling man
whom I knew advised me to try Dr.
Grant's Sarsaparilla and Grape Root. I
did so, and after taking seven bottles I
was completely cured, scars all healed
up and I felt like a new man. I highly
recommend Dr. Grant's Sarsaparilla and
Grape Root to all afflicted.
Yours truly,
REUBEN WARNER,
Colfax, Wash.
Pries 50c; 6 bottles $2.50.
support them, "
til. which !. of much Important
o,ly half t,t th summer to iww
Phv-,i"y what -h. h i-t Wjn.
dlfferetrt kcpln Ihwufh h wirrir
Is not apt f em d""r
prfil for hr owiwr.
p. Mt MoCAiC MUHlMAN.
PJ.WEHJ.,
Prirltrfl
Independence lilt Factcry
MatHtaturrt f
FIRST-CLASS
Drain Tile.
of all
viom t Suit th
HARD TIMES
OrriCC AND FACTORY
nrlriiondcnce. Orison,
i . ,
U 1 SUE!
IMM Willi r. u. iiur"w.. - "-'
ssi-ni, nHli, Jmtm, Il4 i
desirable purcfassm:
I St
91
Ha. I. all rtvr.lium land. 8"r
In puiuvsmm, ""' '",nJ'v '" ,,
in:
lit
Wwrldan on iniy rioi prtw $U acri
...... fVltli lMtt.,1.
No.1. Taci,s!l m imvaiwo. w
w nrMl, Sun nl to whiml snd rharrii,
... .. - . . . . . . (.. ,.,.
H III UN. inilll nH.ri'liR, - -' -
m. , . u - i, u ., ...... i.ki n m ,
i tun w Twry i-m-m v.
hop Isnrt. 1 t biHiii rsticn in H
BUili pro pr sera.
iuimis iiw, i urn ,,. m - "
. ... ...1, ... ..iKMa M fli
lhnuint f-. TUI plso Will il tor HO
r sw woiv mih ;
Nn.S. is-rM,4Sln eulitvsttonj W yards to
rlima simI churvh. MIlli-rwH tsrtUMn Und
lm II prr cr,ou-tiif omIi, bslaai! In
ou j car.
No. 4 iff rs, si I In nililvmli.n with mm,
. ,.l I, , I.,,.' ..r ,.t,M lillCl ,.,1,1
Two sud imir mlti hi t4hrlda,on Mills
in wii una rnur u. i i so irwi, .-o, i
soil if fruilor hui; prUw lr si-r .
No. A. 1 sptos. sll lvl rriwk U.U.im lnd, 15
nvm in culllvaiinn. 4 wm ur iwli tlmitrr
wsterwl rv Mill crSi 2'mllwi Ui Mhcn
dsni I H milw U )hiol sud rinirrtt, Boyw
Su puwwMilun liuttjvditl)'j prhw aerr
ac.
Ihavsothor Atrms of al) drrlillon (r
Mia lnd buiuhl and void tr it") rrai.
drnl. I'nrtim CsvIuk land Itir mi will dn
oil to ll.i th none won hip If ihr want It
id as 1 um kit i.f prlntor a Ink sua tot Uis
pwiil ms witsi 1 nv air wie.
C. t), Ill'HIlUW.
IUnU Etl Agrnt Hlitriiiun.un rn.
l?6JnBER!
LUMBER.
; ' -THE
Falls City
SAW MILL,
H now ninntni in full or mtlon and tumln
outs find Uimbvr a ran. b tmuid in th
Slat of Ortifin. A txl iktdusd to mouo.
tain timber and a
FINE PLANER
has Ix-ou sddod to the llant, AU order filled
on nhiirt notlcs.
Rl &
f
PreprUtort.
HOME BUILDERS
Wilf consult their best in
terests by purchasing their
SASH AND DOORS
of the reliable manufacturer,
M.T. CROW
Independence, Or., supoes
or to Fergnson Van Meer.
Hngar pine and Mdar doors,
all sizes, on bund.
SCREEN DOORS.
Fine Jersey Stock !
Those person dwilrin. t i ....
parpow. a noting that "B'ry
BERT SIGNAL
H. R. N lit nnts
Iafiill,blixHtcd mnWiired Jew(.y,,i ...,,
d .ervlc may b hud tor tUs .eatiu or 5
$2.00.
AdllrOM OF nnll nn r U n.n..
H. M. LINES.
illengukodlmi,u
Ifotary Public. Collection and
INSURANCE BUiMr
Tluaih nit the Dublin ft.l .r . 5." t( h 'are.
Its a nPWu
GREAT MUSEUM OF AMtW
T 1 W5'te"rt
n A r (BrtW,,B ( W'U Jth 81)
. 1oii26om. "Jtfc Adiuu..
1051 IrknStX",,,l B"l
BAKK8,
THE INDEPENDENCE
National Bank!
Capital Stock, $5o,ooo.oa
AHKAM KKUm. Vkr
W. I.!1AWAY .
A taeral bnkln and nebsact t
transadMli loan Md, bills dlwuwuj
msrelal fdiu frnld: drpuniu m
urrmt MorHiot ubjt to enek, ii, "
on Urn dpMlt. .
DIUKCTOItH. I
. f . Mmltb, A. ttrimm. I, A,' All. :
Jlniii. A. 4. Uixxlmau, l. W. mlZ!
Hlrwbbcr.
Commenced Business March 4,
sUiilisltcd by atbiasi AstUrHy,
-THK-
FIIST UII0X1L Bia
of IoiHndow,Orvog.
Capital SUok. $60,000.1.
Surplus, $14,000
JMUXJUHElt, L. W, IfiliKBTStll,
ITmittknl. VkaPiwit
W. II HAW1.EY, Camf,
DlRKCTOItH,
l.H, (i"jxrr, I . JtjUruoo,iiaijj
U. W. Wbitakr, W. W. CoUlai,
A mrl bsnkiiif butlnca
Huv and sells srbanss tin U lunwna
IKitnta, I
ItanMlU rtwlvrd anblart In char matm.
Udrme ol drpiw',1. rullM-ltotM asdt,
UOinuii a. m. t 4 p. m.
C0XP0MTEO !I1K Hi lilt if tl&
Polk County Bank,
MONMOUTH Or.
j. h. h wi.tr .
P. UVAMI'HM.Ii
itiAcnwk.u
Paid Capital, $30,c::J
DIRECTORS,
U.IIkH l.L.Cnpbil, I.M.RIsrsai
J, U. V. Uiitlnr. 4. S. turnup, .. hM
JMtti craven.
A aers! bsaKui sud un ms
tranwwttxli Umu tumdtr, drpMU rrtMt
uiiji lu Him ur on rortiDcau of )
lairrMl (Mild 011 Ilia rtr(.lu.
BrVm (jn,l vault ad burglar proof ;
WGUrad by Vara tlm tuck.
Uoura- s. to. to 4 P. m.
KAlLKUADa.
TIME TABLE.
dp-Uae and taaoiath MMmtUsi
ty
lDdMBdOi.
ISVM
Munu,uuJb
East and South
i via
The SHASTA Route
of the
Southern Pacific Co,
(llftrniitr trslni mn duilr.nowlM
l all msUiin b-tat u tMrilsud aad ill.
8uum
n f. m.
lansi i. m.
IVr.ii A, .
Lv. JVrtlnd
Al.,fcA.E
Lv. Altwny Ar.
Ar. Ran ! rumlnco Lv.
i-sita
Tamr.i.
Rosolturf Mall diiM
rnrtlsnd .... . a. M. I RuMburi ....!
Hwl.urs .... 7.MI A. M. j IVrtlsud ....AMA.M.
.1 C:: a Cr
PULLMAN BUFFETT SLEEPERS
and
8mikI-C1imw Blevjiing Cars attached
to feu tbnnigU trains.
West Side Division.
Btwn Portland and Corvallls.
Mall train dally (sxcrpt tuadayj
7JWamL IVrtisnd Ar
JI:lS a m I Ar..lulf.tileu.v..Ar
Ulftpm r Ci,rvmll tv
IMt
At Albany and OwvallU, wmnert wlUWlu
urtn rsx'ino ralliuso.
Expra train aall (except 8undy)
4 p lu I U PTirtlaud Arlfcisa
?;ja p in j ar MCHinnvtii bt isswp
Orogonlan Railway Dlvlalon v4
Portland and Yamhill Ry-
Airll mull Trl.wpt'kly,
:biaiu
tv INirtland Ar'&
6:3) p in
6p m
Lt. Uon mouth .lt il
A r Alrlla hi 1 7u
Tlimilirh lllrtM in nil M..l.,t In ihtt fAtttff
Hlte, Canada, and Kimx, ran b obtsIB
..w.h a, n. Ol l tn, Agtiul, luaupvuuruvw
It. KOEMLKK, rV.ROOKRa,
. Mansorr. Asst. 0. K.d r".1
itmiUAND. OKKUON.
: ' in rrvti rr .
American and European Pl m.
THOS. GUINEAN, Proprietor,
Soveuth ana Woshlnguin 8t
SS i PORTLAND, OKEQl'fr
BRICK YARD
J. R. COOPER
Of Iudepeiulence, having a steam
engine, a brick machine and several'
acres of finest clay, is now prepared
to keep on hand a fine quality
Brick, which will be Bold at reason
able prices.
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