v wait
Ci t tint wonl. which through all
nwoki-d and Unnoted all who
dared to thiuk.1
Hxmo who from Wisdom's fount
would deeply drink
To qttwK'h their thirst uiulaked by
laru.'&f Taxi
Must coum unto that time, their ques
tions oat
Back la thilr teeth, ttuy pause
upon tha briuk
Ot Wlaiknu'a deetsst wvll, and
sadly think
Tlii baffling word must aver ba tho
laati
But then Faith whispers, MIu another
sphere
To questioning aoula aa answer
ahalt bo g-lveu
When all tho tangled threads of
Destiny
Vntanglod be; ail things that vex u
here
KxiU!uiyLM Ah Uso indeed will
l be UtK.Vt.ni,
Whet eyes loos blinded by earth
dust ahail aeet
MAY HENRI.
, Salem, Or., Nor. 14th.
Miarubber Buttonhole.
HERE were really two
John Stluipsou. Oue of
them alteed off tt.k and
cut up chopa all day loug
m the market, worrying
over tho rise In Chicago
beet and the unremitting
growth of Mm. Skliwut's
account But when this John SUmp
aoa had eaten hi supper, ut on his
slipper and Uirhtmi hla big-bowled
pipe, In some way he disappeared
aoowiwhore. Then It waa that the
other John Stimpaon came forth front
aonw other aoniewhere, and, watching
tho anioko through heii-opou eye,
began to think.
Tola latter faculty the first John
Stimpaon did not bare, but hla double
waa a perfect prodigy In that line.
He meditated by the hour, and then,
sensible unto, told hla wife of what he
had been thluklug. And the waa aa
much lntwwrtwl aa It It were a fairy
atory, a, indeed, It often waa. She
heraeif waa not a great thinker, but
knitted Industriously and counted
atltehea.
"Kath," aaid this second John Stimp
aon oue evening, "what do you sup
Pom I've been thinking about V
"Hm let mo guess," aald ahe.
"About that going to the North polo
la the big balloon r
"No, it Uu't that Fact la. that ha
entirely slipped my mind for a day
or two. U'e auuiethlng like that,
though." lie waited a moment for
hla wife to gues again.
She ahook her head. "I give It up."
ahe aald; "coine tell me.H She was
not a very good gwesw.
"Wall." aald he, smoking alowly,
"It la about a uew kind ot railroad.
You know penple nowaday are ail
the time talking about rapid transit.
The horse cant don't go fart euough
and tho train are too alow. They
can't run a train mora than 70 or so
mllea an hour and have It atay on the
track. And when you think If It. that
really la too alow. Here we can talk
over them lotuj-dlstaiHW telephone
600 mllea In lesa than no time; then
why shouldn't wo travel at something
like the tame rate?"
"Mercy.1" aald hla wife, "I should be
afraid I couldn't breathe."
"Oh, yea, you could," aald John
Stimpson. "The air would go right
along with the- car, Just aa It dot-s
now. The two things to think of are
how to make the car go fast euough
and bow to keep It on the track.
Now I'll tell you what I'd do.
"I'd lay out a atralght road from
New York to Chicago. For what
goes fast must gj atraight I'd fence
thla track In with a high board fence,
ao that no oue would be run over
unleaa he wanted to enough to take a
ladder and climb the fence. On the
sleepers, instead of regular rail, I'd
nave rail . a foot wide and a foot
thick,' hollowed out ao that there
would be a aort of big deep slot run
ning the whole length. The car
wouldn't run on wheels, for It takea
time for wheel to turn. It would
run on two steel skate, goii'g the
length of the car and fitting Into the
alota In tho rails. Make the akatea
and the alota smooth aa glass and oil
them well. Ilavo your skate-Irons
broaden out at the bottom and have
the slot shaped In the tamo way.
Then the akatea can't get out of the
slots, and consequently the car can't
run off the track."
"Yea," said his wife; "but bow la
your car going to skate? It hasn't
any legs.'
"That'a just what I waa coming to,"
continued John Stimpson. "It has
got to be pulled along, and by elec
tricity, of counw. Electricity Is the
essence of all creation. Now you
have seen these horseshoe magnets
work: bold one close to a piece of
steel, and It draws it up click. Well,
my Idea Is that you can draw a car
on the same principle. Have your car
made of steel: " Have a lot of big
magnets lying along between the
rails and connected by wires so that
you can keep the magrels full of
electricity; from stationary engine
every twenty miles. Fix each mag
ret with a little projecting finger so
that when the car is drawn up to it,
the electricity will be shut off from
that magnet and switched ahead to
the next magnet That one In turn
would pull the car up to It, and so
on. Run an overhead wire tho whole
length of the road with a steel rod
from the car touching It, and through
this the engineer can turn the elec
tricity on In the magnets, shut it off,
or reverse it In tills way be can
regulate the speed. And the speed,
whew! Why, he can travel as fast as
the electricity itself! But I think, on
the whole, about a thousand miles an
hour would bo safer."
"John Stimpson! Don't you think
I will ever ride on your car. What
if it ran off the track!"
"It can't r:ii M( t!i.' fi''k. T
you. But ev n . .. .... i , ., ..i ii l i 1
be any suffering such as we iv.nl
aoout now no people roasted alive or
aoalded to death. I think even that
is an improvement for their friends
wouldn't have anything to worry
over." And John Stimpson knocked
the ashes from his pipe and began to
shake down the stove.
Now, although this John Stimpson
was an ingenious sort of fellow, be
never thought of converting his In
gennltles Into cash. He did not sit up
nights trying to make working models,
nor did be run around days consult'
lug pate it inn vcs and strivli g to In
terotrt capitalists. With this prosaic
business he had nothing whatever to
do. Thus he bad the pleasure of In
venting without any of the pains,
which is not a bad thing.
Among the novelties In which the
second John Stimpson delighted was
the Idea of making newspapers with
out type. He was several evenings
evolving this, and bis wife became so
Interested that she was impatient to
have it finished. When he finally did
get It done that Is, In his bead It
was a rather complicated thing.
"I'm afraid, Kath, Unit I haven't
got the spreading clutch In the type
writer so that it will work, but that
is a mere matter of mechanism, after
all. The principle of the thing is
right. Make a typewriter copy of
each piece that Is to go into the paper.
Have each oue complete In Itself on a
leng strip of thick cardboard. Have
the typewriter so constructed with a
spreading clutch that It will print
each line Just even full every time.
Hanging against tho wall have a big
3??
fae-almlle of wnh pg of the paper,
blank all but the column rules and
the hendlug, with the dUtnuce bo
twwti the column rules Just the width
of the shoots of card Issird. Slide
thcte printed slips of cardboard iu
between Uie column rul wherever
you ward them to go, until (he page la
full. Then with a big camera take a
photograph of the whole page, make
a lnc plate reproduction, stereotype
It and there you are, You have aeeu
these little baby fuc-almlle of uew
papers; tills last part ot It Is done
Jist like that"
"But when the sun dtdu't ahlue w
wouldn't get any paper.'
"They take pictures now by elec
tric light Kath."
"I sum they do; they have to
have electricity la everything now.
And their wires are getting crossed
cery day or two, killing people and
tan-sea, till I'm almost afraid to go
down street 1 should think, John,
ou might tlx them somehow I"
Joltu said he would atteud to It the
ery next thing. The following night,
almost aa soon aa he began to think,
it came to htm.
"I have it, Katii; I have It the first
thing. Spun gtaaat Cover the wires
with spuu gliK. Weave It on the
wire when you make the wire. It
will bond and won't break: It will
never wear out and It will keep cleo
trMtv rli-lit aa tha wire. All the
wires on a street could be twisted
together into one cable, and not a bit
of electricity could get from one wire
to another."
And he pulled at hla pipe with ao
air of triumph.
"John Sampson." said hla wife sud
denly, holding up his butcher's Jump
er. "I do believe you are growing
stout The lower buttonhole In thla
Jumper Is torn clear to the binding
and the button la coming off. Stand
up a minute and try it on. I want to
o what I must do,"
So John Stimpson laid down his
pipe and put on bis jumper, and stood
holding up first one elbow and then
Uie other.
"Ihu-m," said bis wife; "that Jump
er wwu't las but a week or two, any
way; U'e all worn through ou tho
shouldet-s. A ud when the button Is
sewed on as It should be, you can't
make It meet, the buttonhole. Lot
me see."
She took from her work-basket a
little narrow India-rubber band, put
It through the b ttumhole, slipped one
end of the rubber baud through the
ether, and buttoaed tho loop over the
button.
"Thore aald she, "now you can
grow all you waut to; the rubber will
give."
Next dy at the shop a shrewd
clothing manufacturer caught sight
of John stlmpsou'a ludla rubber
buttonhole. To make a long story
short the butcher and the clothing
manufacturer had the buttonhole
patented, and thoughtful John Stimp
son and his wife are worth this day
a huudred thousand dollar.
NIGKGuTlX TIIEIr'eAKS.
A Chinaman boarded a Third ave
nun onble car ouo dny last week, ami
muting himself In a corner laiwed Into
the condition of Hum aim my rnar
vterlstlc of his race. Ills shoulders
sloped forward and Inward, his head
dropped.' and his hands rested oiMn-
palmed upon bis kuees. When the
eouductor came around with his
usual salutation of "Fare, pleas
the Celestial didn't make a move.
"Fare, please," repeated the con
ductor. "Come, wake up, there."
Solemnly the passenger looked up
at tho official. Then he put his hand
up and scratched bis ear meditatively.
When he brought It down his finger
chuqMl a nickel which ho handed
over to the conductor. The conductor
smiled and returned to the platform,
but an Inquisitive passenger was much
mystified as to where the nickel caxno
from. Presently another Oriental
boarded tho car, and still auothcr,
for there are many Chinamen about
Chatham square. The Inquisitive pas
senger watched them , closely when
the conductor entered, and saw both
of them scratch their ears before pay-
lug. He concluded Unit It must bo
a superstition and asked tho con
ductor about It
"Why, they carry flieir nickels In
their ears," said tho conductor. "When
a Chink starts to go on a car he al
ways sets a nlcklo In his ear. Per
haps It's for convenience. If It Isn't
I don't know why they do It; but
they always get the money with a
quick movement It Used to puxxlo
me at first, but I soon got onto them.
Now, when a Chink boards my car
and falls asleep In a corner, quite a
common performance with tliem, I
simply get his fare from the right
ear, for that's the one they carry
It In."
At this point a Cblnnmnn got on the
car, and the Inquisitive posMngcr
looked at bis right ear. Hiiro enough,
snugly fitted In, waa a nickol. N. Y.
Sun.
Handy baun pkoom.
Every f armor Bscs a broom about
the barn sometimes; and neat farmers
use ouo about horse stablua every
day, and the carriage-house as oftctu
as littered. An implement like the
house broom Is too expensive; they are
quickly used up about a stable; and
they are too frail to sweep rough
plank floors effectually. A Yankee
Invonted tho spUftt broom for rough
service; but It takes a pensm a day
to make one. Tho Germans In illus
tration of their proverbial economy,
make a broom for rough sweeping that
costs nothing but a half hour's tlmo
to make. They gather a sufficient
bundle of ajplo tree sprouts thr or
four font In length and straight These
are evened by standing the bunch on
tho tip ends. Three strong cords are
tied tightly around tho .bundle. The
butt ends are evened by cutting with
a knife. An old broom bandlo Is
sharpened at ouo end and driven Into
the center of tho bundle until the
Iiolnt extends two or three inches be
low the lowest band. This Is an ex
cellent broom to sweep barn and sta
b's floors, snow, walks about the
!. pi! !r,ym, Tin- p:-'m of nny
i. i. ., vv;u i n.,ii,.-r will iiiwrt ur Jiint
as well.-Jalen Wilson, In Tribune.
GOOD ROADS COMING.
The era of refonratlon In roads Is
upon us, says tho Hon. John Heming
way, of Iowa, The agitation has
reached every state in the Union and
nearly every county In the state. It
mo predict thd the next generatlA
will see all important points In this
county, yes, In this state, connected
by a system of smooth, hard roads
that will afford perfect footing
throughout the entire year, Tho ac
tive, Intelligent, aggressive energy of
this people will not for another full
generation tolorata a system of roads
which In spring and foil with unfail
ing regularity become beds of bottom
low filth, which bosiHi-ttcrs your velii
cle, yoar horse, your clothes, robs yoa
of your time and lmmhiem and dis
graces the very foe of God's foot
stool. No, my faith U too great In
tlio Industry, enterprise and inUsllI
gonce of Hha people to believe that
anotlMir twenty years will pass by
witjliout Sflolng a very largo proportion
of our main highways so made that
they will prewait to sunshine and
storm, to frost and heat, a clean and
unruffled faoo throughout tho year.
IUsllONORS GONE.
Copenhagen, Nov. 27. A cable dis
patch dated Shanghai has been re
ceived here, saying an Imperial decree
has Deen Issued, depriving IA Hung
Chang of all his honors, but allowing
him to retain bis present functions. '
WW
The English Bimetal
lists Interviewed.
Appreciation of Gold and
Business Values.
British WiuetalUU Art Agreed That
Silver Must Be Iwd M
Standard Monty.
While that eminent statist and lute
lary guardian nt British statistics.
Dr. Robert Glffen, alts In Whitehall
Garden and declares baukcr and
duauclul men of Kagland will nut
listen to bimetallism, the youuger and
more enterprising are taking the bit
lu their own mouth and Itstoulttg
with undisguised attention to college
profesora and statesmen who have
brokeu away from the obstinate, un
intelligent Inertia of the average Lon
don fluanelul leader writer. Today
I And-and In thla Professor Fox well,
professor of political economy In St
John' college, Cambridge, Eng.. en
tirely utfreos --supporting bimetallism
the lKtullua llvinir lirofeMsora of nollt-
! leal economy In Euglnnd and Europe,
Indian statesmen and fmanctt minis
ter, the principal exchange banker
and merchants, who have a profound
and a practical kuowhslge of these
subject. Member of parliament of
nil shad of politics, from A. J. Bal
four, Sir W. llouUU worth, and Mr.
Chaplin, to Jacob Bright George
Howard, Samuel Smith, Loonird
Courtney, It I Everett S. Montagu,
and Vesey Knox, some ISO In all;
three ex govi-nora and present di
rectors of the Bank of Kugland; the
finance ministers of nearly all the
ladlng nations In the world tGer
many and Austria are only awaiting
England' lead); the manufacturer
of Lancashire and Yorkshire, of Dun
dee. U'lth, and Glasgow; the most
enlightened agriculturists, like Mr.
lloiiengrt, Clare Sewell Bend, and Mr.
It I. Everett; aud hist, though not
leant, the leader of the trades union
In Lancashire and elsewhere, Bristol
Included. The Manchester Guardian,
the Manchester Courier, ths Financial
NVw. the editor of which under
stand the questlen, are among fit
lending organs In the press ou the
aide of allver.
The opouents are Lombard atreet
bnnknrs, the gold monopo'lsta and
monev lenders, end aome highly paid
or highly pensioned treasury and
board of trade omeial: the city ed.
tors of the Times, Standard, Daily
News, Economist, and Statist, won
purview of thl uhjtct I, aa Profes
sor Fox well nni, to me. limited to the
next settling dny on the Stock Ex
itianre, and whose Insignificant is
sheltirel under the ansnymoua edi
torial "we." but who. If they signed
their venomous artlcl, would be ap
praised at their true value against
such authorities a Professor Fox
well. Nicholson, and Sldgwlck. Sir
l.u Is Mallet. Sir D. Barbour. 11. It.
nii.h. Mr. Grenfall, and Sir William
tloutdsworth. ,
THE ENGLISH IDEA.
"Will you." I asked Professor Fot
well, "kindly define for American
traders the present attitude of the
English blmetaHtsts?"
"I may any that English btmetal
llsta find themselves In complete
aensmient with General Francis A.
Walker In regard to ths settlement of
existing monetary difficulties. I do
not know that Lean better describe
their position thsn by saying that
tho view of lesdlng blmetalllsts here,
whether In the world of business and
politics or at the universities, nre
practically the same as those of what
Is sometimes called ths 'gold' party
In the United States. Tbst Is to r-ay,
wo are opposed to all pnrebnse
schemt. ail mere manipulations of
allver, all partial and local attempt
at Its demonetlxntlon. Nothing less
than International free mintage of
both mntnls appnra to n calrulateil
to bring about a lasting and final set
tlement of all the very serious dlfficul
tU Into which the world's trade haa
Isi-n plungeil by the fateful demone
ttxatlon of 173. Wo can sympathise
of course, with the euffcringa and the
Injustice which have led to the ex
treme demnnd of your populist and
Western parties, but we do not be
lieve that anything less Uinn interna
tional bimetallism will give a g'-ncral
feeling of monetary security; and
tinls public confidence la restored
tomiiotary palllntlvea will not have
any very sensible effect They will
probably bo followed by mischievous
reactions and will prove, In the long
run, to have only resulted In position
Ing tho true and durable settlement."
"I biilieve one of our dlstlngulshe.
statesmen. Hon. W, C. Whitney, has
been In England Ibis summer making
some observation of bimetallism; did
you have the plcaaure of meeting
him?"
"Yes. I had the pleasure of routing
Mr, Whitney, and must say that I
liked him very much. He appears to
be an exceedingly clear-minded, con
aorvative man, anxious to obtain nil
the Information posblo In relation
to tho bimetallic movement In Europe
So far as I could gather, his views
on tho monetary question were very
much In agreement with tho cautious,
conservative views entertained by our
loading hlmetiilllsts. I think such
men as Mr. Balfour and Mr. Whitney
view the question from very similar
standpoints. When this question
again comes uuder consideration In
Europe I firmly believe wo shall find
such men as Balfour and Whitney
working together In general sym
nathy and agreement"
THE BIMETALLIC LEAGUE.
"Are there nny other of our public
men who take an Interest In the work
of the Bimetallic league In England?"
"Yes; we received tho following
cable at our International conference
this year:
"Wo desire to express our cordial
sympathy with tho movement to pro
mote the rcstorutlou of sllvnr by In
ternational agreement, In aid of which
we understand a meeting Is to be
hold tomorrow under your lordship's
presidency. Wo believe that tho free
coinage of both gold and sllvor by
International agreement at a fixed
ratio would secure to mankind the
blessing of a suftlcieut volume of me
tallic money, and. what la hardly less
Important, would socuro to tho world
of trade Immunity from violent ex
change fluctuations.
John Hhorman,
D. W, Voorhcos.
G. F. Hoar,
I). H. Hill,
C. Brlco,
A. 1). Gorman,
(5. K. Davis,
J. M. Carey,
William B. Allison, ,
II. C. Lodge,
N. W. Aldrlch, '
E. Murphy,
O. H. l'lntt,
W. P. Frye,
8. M. Cullom,
United States senators.
"This was greeted," continued Pio
fiwwor Foxwoll, "with deafening ap
plause." "Why are you a bimetallism Profes
sor Fox well?" was the next question
Tim
pa
put to the Cambridge professor.
"The current system known a bi
metallism," said Mr. Foxwcll, "do
ismds for Its explanation upon what,
isiyond doubt I ono of the mod
beautiful results of modern economic
theory of substitution, brought to my
notice by the late Professor J e volts,
that first attracted uie to the study
of the compound or bimetallic stand
ard. But the main Interest of the
subject dm not He lu these theoret
ical considerations, faclnatlitg aa tavy
always are to the expert
ECONOMIC BEAItlNGM.
"It I the economic and social bear
ing of monetary question that give
them their real human significance.
For myself, at all events, I was not
seriously luttted lu the proxvals
of the blmotalltst until, while Inves
tigating the causes of Irregularity nf
employment I began to realise how
Intimately they concerned our indus
trial and commercial pns.siiiy and
the condition of labor. Unless I am
entirely mistaken, tho present slate
of monetary chaos hits most Injurious
effects upon our foreign trade aud mir
productive Industries; and, lu any
case, It will not be denied that Inter
ests of iiHllmml Importation , sr In
volml In the monetary policy of the
near future. I doubt Indued-I sny
this with some deliberation whether
there haa been any economic contro
versy agitating thla country during
the last fifty years, except the con
troversy on freo trade, whoso practi
cal Issues were so grave and so wldu
reaching."
"I understood you to say that pro
fessora and tenchera of political econ
omy lu England are gem-rally favor
able to bimetallism, 1 th-tra any re
acrvo to that stalementr
"Fully a year ago I said they were
generally favorable to bimetallism,
and at any rate accented the theory
upon which the practical working of
that monetary system dermis, I inn
speak now with more confidence lu
regard to both points. It may he
portly owing to the natural develop
ment of opinion, partly to the vivid
light thrown on the situation by the
striking nionetarv events of last year;
but whatever tho cause, there can Iks
no doubt that economic opinion lm
distinctly advanced In the direction
of the views which we advocate, ami
there Is a greater dtstsMltlon to aid
In giving practical effect to those
views, Our rank have, reeolvod a
notable and weighty accession In the
person of Mr. I-conard Courtney,
whose recent apcecb In Cornwall you
may have seen.
"British eeonomlsls are practlrally
unanimous upon what Is really the
fundamental point, via: that the mon
etary dlltlculfy will never be settled
upou a permanent aud satisfactory
Imtl until sliver Is again brought
(hto use aa standard money iix.ii the
host of an International agreement.
There are difference of opinion
among them, naturally, a to the pro.
else rati between tho metals which
will give the best guaranty of stabil
ity, but I do not think these differ
ences will prove to bo serious when
ws come to the practical settlement
of the question."
"Mr. Courtney recently observed
that the appnvlstlon of gold had
more than ncutralltcd all your efforts
to pay off the national debt since
1873, even Including tho relief afford
ed by Mr. Goshen's conversatloii of
1HSJI, Da you remember thlsr
"I certainly do." replied Mr. Fox
well, "and more than that, the same
thing happen In the cose of every
private debt every advance and mort
gage It la for this reason that the
American nation, and rpclnll,v
American farmers, are In fnvor of
bimetallism. They are an actlv, In
dustrious, enterprising community,
and therefore a community of Imhttow
en Here your census statistics l
Mntlon to Individual mortgage In
debtedness Instruct us. There you
show a flted charge of f MNMXKMXU)
annually on the productive mwer of
the nation. It takes newly double
tho amount of grnln and form produce
It formerly did to meet this flsed
charge. Every farmer who has raised
money on hi little property finds that
the weight of the loan becomes In
eroaslngly oppressive a prices fall,
and he nnturally obleet to be made
the victim of an artificial contraction
of money. The manufacturer Is lit
tho same position, and I need not
point out that anything which In
cress the burden of the fixed charge
payable to capital cannot bo for the
advantage of lulmr."
OOLD AND BUSINESS.
"In fact If gold continues to appre
ciate business will become so ruinous
and hoarding so profitable that the
parable of the talents will have to
bo reversed. The really wise mnn
will bo the mnu who buries his talent
In tho earth."
"But you are a creditor country, so
nrgi Mr. Giffon, and, therefore, Inter
ested In everything which increase
the value of the gold due your cap
italists r
"I might reply uch falsification of
contract! Is base and Immoral. It
would bo unworthy of a great country
to n sike fraud the aim of Its monetary
policy. Even Shylock only pressed for
his pound of flesh. But, as generally
happens, the Immoral Is also the In
I'Xpodieut It his boon urged that It
Is not to the Interest of a creditor to
crdsh hla debtor, This Is undoubtedly
the sound as well as the generous
view, England's grouti'st Interests
rest on tho solvency of her debtor
and tlw prosperity of hnr customers,
both of them sapped and endangered
by tho Insidious process of the appre
ciation of gold."
And now I come to one of the most
Important and pertinent answers giv
en by rrofessor Foxwcll, becnuso
upon It to a very largo extent I re
gard hangs tho strongest argument
both In favor of bhnuilllam aud a
Judicious protective tariff."
"How do you answer Mr, Glad
stone's and Mr. Glffen'a continuous
statements that great progress has
boon mado unUor a gold monometal
lic policy?"
"Of course," was the prompt reply,
"progross bos been mado, for a bad
monetary system cannot neutralize
all the forces of civilization that are
Working for Improvement. But tho
rato of advance has very greatly
fallen off. I do not wish to be mis-
Cindonstood. Prosperity cannot
e brought about by monetary con
juring, But If vmi play tricks with
money you mny soriously retard pros
perity, for the simple rouson that you
discourage enterprise. .
THE CAUSE OF PROSPERITY.
"Tho real reason why wo prefer
toady or rising to falling prion Is
that tho former condition stimulate
and the latter contracts production.
The lucreased production Is, of course,
tho real cause of tha prosperity. All
classes ultimately gain by It and es
pecially tho working clas, who form
tho groat majority of consumers.
Even the creditor class will prollt In
tho long run. They will find compen
sation fir the full lu tho value of
monoy In tho greater demand for
tliulr capital caisod by tho goneral
prosperity. In aty coso it would bo
absurd to gocrlfloo tho Interest of tho
producer to that of tho investor. If
England lias becomo a great creditor
country It is because she has been a
great producing country. She must
make hor capltoU bofore she can
loud it"
I thought as tho earnest British
political economist uttered these
words, that if thoy could have only
twaxihod the American workmen In
tliulr full meaning what a blessing It
would have boon to our country In
those days of Increasing production
and prosperity which came to an end
In 1802, or if that grand statesman,
Wlluuu McKlnley, now concluding
bis rfluunrkablo campaign In America,
could nave hoard those words ssikeu
within tho sacred pnvtneu of British
learning bow ha would have rcjisecd
to find the greatest economic thinkers
of England thus recognising the force
of Nio argument of the greatest pine
lies! statesman of the New World.
Again ou (ill quest lou of ths full of
prices) Professor Foxwoll said: "Tho
recent coal strlkii and the demand
for a 'living wage' may serve to re
mind us of Hie serious nHul dllUniliy
luvolvott lu the full of prices. At first,
no iloubt, the loss Is borne by the
tmiiloyer; but the margin of profit
molu away trade bet-outi ilcpressed
nml eiuisoynii'iil contracted, aud
tisMiey wsgisi hsvo to fall. If prices
ure to full continuously no power ou
earth cau parent some fall lu money
wages,
WAGES AND P1UCE8.
"It Is all very well to my that wages
must govern prlcus, not price wugi
But prlci are guvorud by tho niou
elury s-ipply, and uuIomm the unions
can Indued parliament to remeily the
moimtary ciHiinieUon tboy will find
It vain to attempt to nuUutnJu prices.
It wlU bo said, perhai, that when
prlew am fnlllng the lower wago will
buy as much aa the old wage did
with higher price. This I true, but
It Is not easy to got uieu to uudemUiud
It Nothing Is UHro difficult lu prac
tice limit the ttdliiNijtvent tit
to a Tailing scalo of prices. Ecoiie
mlcaily It look alutide enough, polit
ically It may mean rovwltitlou, So if
we ltsk at the cry for a 'living wago.'
la oue sense this Is rensouahle
enough. There li a uiluimuiu of com
firt Utlow wliluh It Is tutliiher right
hor ocouomlcal to work human bo
lug." All honor to Prufeamr Foiwcll!
That a British Hltleiil economist
should so boldly vuuuclste this doc
trine. Is ludiH-d a slgo tut ths old
Maiu-histter r)uol of uiioiiil'i has
ioitt Its bst days, Tho CoUl.u chili
today die not numls among i
iiMmitMir single isdltlcal economist
of any consiHpienfe or ststndlug. lliij
men who. like rrofisisor Fox well, aro
up to date have loug since consigned
ttie old and atiUquated fiction which
Profmwr Sumttor and Dstvld A. Woll
preach at homo to tho a.puleher of
explislod tliroiH'S, comiiion errors, and
fallacies whlelt the credulity 'and su-istrloi-lrv
of timnklnd have penultwd
from iuo to time to flourish.
Politically It bit luttoed meant rev
olutlou lu (he Utilted Stutes. Oue
Miisixiueiico of the further apprecia
tion of gold lis been to Inteuslfy tlie
agricultural depft'sslon all over Uu
Mts. snd espivi.illy lu Kttglniul. Xlost
of the land chat-ires sea Hvi.,! mh.i
they wtlgh mure heavily uiwn the
luuuowners as gold rises In value.
THE BOOT OF EVIL.
So ag4lu reuts will become more
ouerous sua rurther reductions must
follow. In short, tlie active producer
in every brunch of tndustrv runs iin.
risk of finding himself, cruxhed by the
weignt or an evw incnsislng burden.
"In short." sold Pivrewsor Fuxweli,
"tlio root evil of the present n.otieuiry
situation Is th coiitiittUMi apprecia
tion of gold, detwuslrg. as It does, tlie
enterprise of tlio Industrial class, tlie
great borrower, wiUnmt rwally lm
proving the ptsutlon of the couqiara
lively Iniutlvo class, tlio leader of
capluU."
"Are you mnkliig much headway r
"Yes; we have done hotter thl year
than over bofore. You would be i
prhhsl to find tlie numlsr f promlneiil
soilii taking up tlie subjori and look
ing Into It carefully. Unco tlu-y do
this wo capture tiiem. Mr. Balfour
has lsen a tower of strength to us.
Mr. Courtney is likewise au acquisi
tion, ' .
Sir Henry James, ono of the most
popular men In Kugluud, Is now on
our side. Ixird llosi-lsry admits It Is
an Important qtawilou. stilt we don't
feci much like liriiL'-lii!. TIum u
tietlilng your busy until dislike so
mucu n u tie squarely faii-d by In
convenient facts whlcb tcmp) him
to rwitfislder a familiar course of ac
tion, p,chap well to grapple with an
unfamiliar Idea. It bus been some
what unfairly s.ild that It require a
surgical ttieratl'ia to iret a lok into
a SivU'hinaii, but anyone who has
tried ttii fcrtm will admit that this
Is child's play compared with an effort
ristilred to get a new Idea julo an
Englishman, The Englishman resists
likms a la otitnince, 1'hu tills clmr
lUMerlslle It Is easy t) piny. And our
oplxMieuts do liy nis.u It, as ynu
Amorlcttiis say. for nil It Is worth.
They ore trying to spmul the Idea
llmth it Is a U'IhIn complicated
question which tlio farmers of Kug
lund can never muster, aud that all
college professors and other nioneuiry
crsnks nm trying to Jolly them into
holMivliig. In a country nice England
tlie feeling Is most difficult to over
come. 1110M ECONOMICS TO MUSIC.
"And now." said Professor Foxwell,
taking out his watch, "wo Imve talked
enough bluHtalllsiu for on nftorisjon,
more, I fisir, tluiu your renders will
aire to rend. If you like good music
ooine with me to King's College chap
el, and lienr a pivtty oiiUmhii aud uu
organ, and singing that will make
you forget political eitmomy and ita
tlstlcs." Bism wo were seated lu one of tlio
rarest eccltwla-nlcal buildings lu
Chrlstoiidom, wlu'reiu tlio notiework,
woodwork, awl glasswork coutcml
which Khali dejqvu must admlratlou,
Tlie soft, rich tomsj of the organ,
standing Hourly in tho middle of tint
ulmis-l, ri'verlsTnUvJ through tlie
building. Tho chupel I still lighWd
by Innumorablo caiidlin. The day
light graudally fmled away and tho
peculiarly rich Inuwy of tlio windows
changed until It looked like a muss
of gems and then as darkness eu
volopml tho chniMl almost dlsapjieared
lu the siiiKrb vaulti-3 stono roof. An
hour of such music and singing with
tho shadowy surroundings wm well
calculated to bring calm to tho most
active mind. In tlie pnwuce of these
magnificent and uncqualed edifices of
bygone centuries oven upto-dato
political economists may well bow
with profound nupoct and roverence.
Latter-day aa-hicecla cry and linl
talo tin-so iiMirvelotis structui(s, but,
titillko tho thrones of K)HUcal ucouo
mists, they cannot bo knocked down
and pulvorlised by ea sucx-iMvlIng
milwKiil of enoink that flourishes
for a gonoi'intlon, only to bo sent kit
ing to Jupiter and Mars by tho next,
Thoso old sjieolniens of an art almort
lost stund like miglity giants amid
tho pigmies of modern awiblteoture,
Itobert P. Porter, iu Chicago Inter
Ocoan. OCEAN NEWSPAPERS.
They Were Common In tho Dnvs of
Clippers, and Ono Is StiUl Published.
Years ago, before tho big ocean
liners mndo a trip from Gila count)')'
to EuroM a mutter of only a few
days, n:id the ono way to got to
Europe was by clipper ship, and the
voyage occupied from four to six
weeks, It was the custom to publish
a weekly itcwspnpur on lioiud tho
larger ships for tho edification of the
passengers. Tho captain and offlcein
would store up news Items before
leaving port and these, enlurged and
greatly embellished, would bo mndo
the loading features of tho weekly
Issue Information from the captain's
cabin as to the weather prosiiects,
and other Interesting scraps of now
of the ship, together with whatever
contributions tho puwengers cared to
make, would help fill up tlio paper
and make It an exceedingly attractive
sheet for people a thousand mill
from land. The mldoccan newspaper
was always a curious-looking affair,
aud copies of all the Issues were
eagerly aought by collectors when
ever a ship touched port Uut since
the ocean sraybouitds have made the
trip so short the ocean newspaper baa
disappeared, A year or so ago, bow
over, tho American line began the
publication of newspapers on board
of the big steamer New York and
Paris. '
one pit per Is published Mich trip,
and Is usually run off of the press
win a the steamer Is four day out
and rolling In the Roaring Forties.
Ou the Paris the publication Is called
the Paris Guxctte, while it is the New
York Gaxctto on the sister ship. Tb
limited printing apparatus on tho
sieit mors makes It linposslliio to turn
out a very large paisr. The shisit la
nlMtit six lis'bm wide and trim Inches
long, and Is a four page affair printed
on mnullla paper. The first Item of
news that striki the eye is it descrip
tion of the ship, signed by the cap
tain. This Is a slock paragraph, and
Is printed In every Issue. Tho dally
runs of the steamer follow, and ths
distance still to go and tho probsbll
tlcs of doing It wttltlu a certain tints
are discussed In short paragraphs.
The second column of the first jsige
generally contain some paragraph
hisulml "Goueral Information," and
here tho pisciigcr find many icwfu1
lltllo bints as to ciihsi for seasick msr
the necessity of exercising by tskln,
regular walk around tho ibi ks, an
advlco as to Uie bundling of luggago
In fact, this column Is a mlu of val
uable Information for people makliu
their first . trip. . The paper contains
contributions of prose and terse, some
of them difldedly clever, and thert
Is also a column devutod t iierles,
the price of the Gaxctto Is sixpence
In English, or fifteen cent lu Amer
ican money, ami It tmsts with a
ready snlu In the second cabin and
steerage, as welt aa among the snlooo
passenger.
TUEdAME OF GOLF.
What the Popular Ssirt Is and How
It 1 Played.
Briefly stated. Uie game of golf
consists In driving a small gutta-
Muiiia ball around a course provided
with a number of boh, gems-ally
tilghteeti, from loo to .Vs) yards apart,
by means of variously sltiiMsl chilis,
However tame this statement may
seem, tho nul game Is biliumlng over
with life and Jollity and strong ex
citement Iho balls used lu snrluitt days were
mndo of leather, and stuffed with
feathers until they wiro as hard as
stone; but the golfing ball In use to
day Is of gutta iwha, painted white
so that It may Is seen easily, with a
corrugated surface, and Its weight
varies from ouo and Uircoftmrths to
two ctinces.
At the bidding of tho golfer, this
little Nil. sometimes called the
"guity." Hies over bridge and streams
and sand hills, through Uilckets of
gorso ami, alas! sometimes Into sand
pits, or even amid ciw bushes, from
which It Is recovered with greet dif
ficulty, for these rule an IncxornbK
and a ball must bo hit exactly where
It lies. When a hole Is "mado," how
ever, nml the ball has settled Into
the goat of the player's ambition, It
Is of course. lmssisililo to play It for
tho iii'it hole until It has been r
movisl. A tiuy pile of s.ni!l or earth,
called a ti-e, Is then made for It. Just
outside tho hole, and within certain
ftxiit limits called the teeing ground,
and tho little kill Is then rendy to
st out on Its next long Journey. The
player or side that wins the greatest
number of holes In the entire round
has the game; or, lu mcdul play, the
victor Is the side or the player making
tho round lu tho leant number of
strokes: and as certain conditions
cause tho loss of a stroke, one needs
to bo very careful how bo strikes.
Holes are puiirhiil out of the ground
with au Iron especially made fr this
purjMsio, am four or five Inches In
diameter, and lined with Iron. Tho
holes on tho outward Joumt-y are
usually designated ly white, flags,
and thoso coming In with nil flags.
The siwco In the Immediate vicinity
of a hole is a very Interesting part
of tho grounds, because, even If your
ball lies oulie near enough or fur bo
youd. and so give that hole to your
opponent. Thl space Is cilhil the
putting green, and tho process of
holing the ball from here Is culled
putting.
Perhnis you may suppose that the
goifliig ground or links has been care
fully prepared for tho convenience of
golfers, but no such consideration Is
shown, and Indeed the most Impor
tant feature of the game, and that
which adds Its grcattt Interest and
excitement. Is the overcoming of the
various obstacles In the way of knolls,
hillocks, thickets, and sandpits to be
avoided, called liy one general name.
haxards, which tax Uie player's skill
to too utmost
But we have not yet skoken of two
very Imitortaut matters conneetiMl
with gtilflitg-thc cluba and the "end
dies." Of el ubs there must bo a nen
erons variety, though tho tendency of
niter years is to discard ninny that
worn once considered Indispensable,
the ball Is capable of assuming so
many singular positions that tho nlav
or must consider carefully what club
win iMwt suit ins purpose at tho time.
A very Important personage on the
links Is the caddie, the mini or bov
who carries the stout hollnnd case or
bag In which are kept tho various
clubs, also balls to replace thoso which
may bo lost; who hnnds the clubs
whim needi-d, and who usually gives
advice whether It Is needed or not
Tho ground best suited to golf Is
a proud stretch of undulatlne hind
with sandy soil, covered with short
turf nml supplied with occasional
sand-holes and a fnlr amount of prow
Ing bushes. The links of St. Andrews
ty tho Sea, lu Scotland, Is the most
famous of all golllug grounds, and
tho town Is not bettor known for Its
ancient university than for Its golfing,
-St Nicholas.
STEADY WORK ON TUB FARM.
One nliiso of furmlnj imui ha
brought to one's attention during hard
times sucn aa these when so tunny
thousands nro out of work. It Is that
tliero aro no such tililinrs n Htrik,
on tlio farm, and the lack of work lie-
causo times are dull there always
steady work on the farm, and tho
farmer never has to worrv shou h.
Ing thrown out of a Job. Her is a
carpenter who Is busy on a paying
Job this month, but whon tlvnt Is fin
ished ho nuiHt bo In a state of anxiety
to know whore ho enn find anything
olso to do. The ammo Is true o a
painter, and all kinds of mechanics.
To a ateudy workman, and out who
has a family to supinint this uncer
tainty of his future incomo must
bring a greflt deal of worry and anx
iety. Generally when we foninnrn a
carpaiitor'a Income with that of a
armors wo multiply cue number of
working days In a year by two or
three, acoordlug to tho numlmr of
dollars a day tho mechanic receives,
and taka no account of tho days of
enforced idloutws when there Is no
Work or trostMJCtS Of work nlinml
This Is consequently an unfair com
parison.
Tho farmer never nwila to worrv
about work .to do. ..There Is
oinplOyniout for him on tho farm tlie
yoar arounu, noun tor hands atid
brains, If ho will but soo It and there
are endless lRtlo resources for mak
ing a llttlo more money veu during
wio umruosc tiiiiiw, UerWIWy has lot
Is by far ithe better dnrlnm i.-l,ula r.f
flnandal diiorosslon. lin mut
the same as ail other lalwrlng and
uiisuHss nicm. There will be less
money to buy his iroods. ami s niii.
or margin of profits. But tlio soil and
woathor aro not depressed by any
money panic or ousmess depression,
and thoy will often combine la such
times to produce larger crops than at
other awasoos. If th margin of
profit is) amsilor than the tucrrastsl
yield can psrtly compensato for Uie
Urn. OreaU a.Uvity lu cultivation
and study of crops lu sm-h years cm
coctaluly be wade to yield better rn
tui ns If the weathisr and soil do n t
cotis(4re to pretent
If we could impress upon Uie boy
of the farm the nU truth about farm
ing, and talk less about farming not
paying, w would have a less number
leaving ns to boooine terpen ters,
paii.ters and getitsai workmen. H'f
sides tills, on alas fsnn Uiey are In
diisndnt business moti; Uielr owu
lisistors sod everything disids upon
tha amount of airily tiny display,
but as a mMisnle or lalsiring man
they are stmpiy tlio tools ot others,
to give so much labor a day for his
wages. He dsi not direct his own
lulsw, or profit niik-h by nny extra
display of business uleo He Is al
ways subject to the call of another,
and never bis own master to do as he
SIMM By all odds the nobler life,
and tito morn enjoyable oue, Is on the
farm wiiere Uie air and sunshine
breathe Into one's II fo a new Indo
tieuibuicn and manh-ssl. If more of
Che foreigners who ormie ovi here
would take to farming w wmild have
less munis of hibor troubles and
atrlkts. and a bolter class) of citlxeus,
Gnrtnantown Toli-grayli.
OOCICKNTAL JOTTINGS.
"
Just ilnk of It otot $VM tK
week Is settt out of Baker City for
flour.
Tho Philistine la Uu name of a new
poMr Just started at Weston, Uma
tilla county.
Albany's city eletrtJon will occur
next Monday, There is no fight over
ksvU Issues.
Tlio Northwestern IU II road omii
pany Is still jMsmilog tlie extension
of Ms line Ao tlie ctwst
In WashlngUm Senator Shoup Is a
camllibito for re-electlod, all reiKnts
to die contrary uotwIUsstaiMllug.
Tha main question for Wasltiugton
aud Oregon and Idaho legislators Is
la shorten Uie alinou caUlili)g msison,
The Ongon Scout 1 lufonuod that
W. It Usher, of Dagle Valley, Union
county, raisitd eorn this yoar which
yielded over lot) bushels per acre.
A. T. WlUls pttt4Ud 2 j oumls of
potatoes on bis ranch In Fugle valley
lost sjsriug, aud as a result dug from
them tkSJ pomuls btsldi twelve fine
BUt,toii wlik-h i were sent East as
samples which he did not weigh.
Thore wUl be an effort matte during
Uie uext session of tho Oregon legis
lature to Itave a now county carved
out of Uio eosti-rn isirt of Crook, tlie
nocth end of Grant a portion of Gil
liam and Uw soutiu-rn corner of Wasco
oountlea, with Uie town of Mitchell
a Uie county seat
Tlie Corvallls Times gives the fol
lowing to show what can be dons In
applirs when the right variety is
grown and proper care taken of Uie
orchard: There Is a big applu tree In
D. I. Hornlng's yard lu this city, Uie
trunk of which Is nearly twenty
luche In dlamiiter. In the apple
house Uiero is a bin that holds Uilrty
eight biwliels, and It Is lumping full of
airplos, all picked from Uie big tree.
In addition ten bushels of a; -plea from
the sinno treo were ground luto elder,
making a total yield of forty-eight
bushels, worth at tlie present market
price 124. Tlie tree has been bearing
for a third of a century and thousands
of cutUngs have been taken from It
by nurserymen from all parts of Or
egon. Tim fruit Is big and red, and
Is known' aa Uie "Oregon Champion,"
an excellent wliifj-r apple.
City Livery Stables.
Stylish Turnouts Alwavs In Readiness.
Having lately imrcliiuMHl tbe entire interest in the sUliles of Peter
Cook, we aro now better prepansi than ever to meet the demands ot
the public m wo are now making and are prepivriiig to make many
suliatantiul, improvementa. Ttaimn boarded by tbe day or month.
Traveling men a specialty.
Independence TailoF Shop
T. LAYTON JENKS, Proprietor.
Uem s Clothing
SATISFACTION
B. Id. EST,
ESTES 6t ELKINS.
INDEPENDENCE OREGON.
Draying and - Hiauling,
DONE TO ORDER.
Charges Low and Prompt Service.
You will Hnd our teams on the street, or else leavs order st Uie Fsliwe Hotel. Forottn r
snd Pianos carefully moved.
X!i2WSTSI o o
Has th Most Compute 4r4
In Polk County.
PRICES THE LOWEST. WORK THE BEST.
F.L Kelley.
HElIf HARNESS SHOP
Fv E. SHAFER. Proprietor.
Manufacturer of and Dealer la
Saddles, Harness, Blankets,
Whips, Robes, Etc.
' -Rpnlrliigiioittlytuid promptly done
North .id. of C nnst, aesr" the post omoe. IdoHndono.
A. W. Docks tecader,
(Suoeessor to Chsrlo Htoate) -
-PUOruiKTOH OF-
fil.
Independence, Oregon.
Iiaullng Done at Reasonable Rates.
TALLEST BUILDING.
The tnMgniflctmt new office building
of the Matdrntmn life Insurance eom
pany, at til, W and m Bnstdway, rw
York, is not only Uie tsilest la th
world-iKO foot frsn Uio sblewsJk
bivol to huso of tim flagstaff but Is
.... I. ,a in rin,i V ntllS Wrf:'l nA
; stands uiMMtrpsussnd by any edifice of
. . . . . ... .. . . . . ,u . . . . .
: iu siua ever rnuin ana
worthy mooattMit to Urn ourm-ra ds
! ilgi-fs mm! msvtrurirs. lus roan.
ba.SfUS, SOUS vj n vi urn pu--
ui.itU- pnsws uced in sinking the
pl.i of tlie wrnvksg bridges, rest on
bodrock, wblcli occur at a depth of
alsMt 55 f Uifw Broadway. This
rrendora tlsa building entln-lj 1
poitdotit of any now slna-tun or tun
tiin wlilch la Uie future may be built
la dose proximity. New York World.
HAILItOADH.
TIME TABLE.
leSaOa StossiMtS Moiar i.la
Umim Usvss
Isdvpssdmes. at snwn.-.
im '
mo - y
i,.'.-' ya
tit u
ii : tit
. .,
East and South
via
The SHASTA Route
of the
Southern Pacific Co.
Csllfoml cxprM train run dsllyitoppinf
St sll UUofi dsiwam lurtlsad and Allau.
SoulU
'l&r.1T
Mil V. St.
w is a. M.
- North
SrWlTs.
?a a. m,
lMi r. m.
L. Krlsnd Ar.
tv. Altony Ar.
Ar. fim rrsuclseo 1,.
Roseborf Msll ("'if )
UHtY. Arri. ,
r-zs-ttsnd .... tt0 S.tf. I ftiMabunf ....IA) r. M.
K-iMtiurs.... TAl . M, 1 1'urUsud M A. M.
Ml li". zjphi
PULLMAN BUfTeTT SLEEPERS
' ; and ' '
Secoiid-Clsss Bleeping Cars attacbed
to all through trains.
West Side Division.
Sstwsen Pert) an. anal Cervallls.
Mall tndn dslly (sscapt 8uodsjr J
Tm m Lv.liiTid. ri p n
ll:ins in I Ar.lu(lti(uUMn..Ar j UAptu
lit- Ift p m I Ar ..... t fmli .. t. KBpw
At AllNUir snd t'urrsllls, connect itn trstss
Uresuu fHCIOq raliiuitd.
T.xpmm mitt dall (xoit Sunday)
S ni 1 U..J'.rl
TSrt p in A t. srsii
l,..J'rlJnd .Ar , : S in
novuis. LTlWpm
Oregenlan Railway
Olvlsion an.
Pertlanrf and Yamhill Ry.
Airlte mall TrUwetkljr.
thsiam I t.v
liipm l,v
.ISMrUsnd ...
Monitioulh.
Ar ' aH p m
..!. . 7-5 m
8j6pm sr.
Airily
u.i liri a m
Ttimusb tlrksls tn all ptttnts In th Ran'srs
HlalM, Canads. and Kump,ui b obialasd
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