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I .V I f s j in 4 i j ! Y 5 f ! ! ' ; ! " 1 i' a! ;li I'l X i 1 t '-ft!! If fir- .-r air. Lorty itlitht; Twinkling stars; - - in spirit trtght; Bashful man, Timid sushi; Both to lor, 1 Halt afraid; Bob tail na. Shining suow; "Git alougr Away they go; Narrow sled, CJoay rait; "Nicer sh Mid, Littl hug. Cawing back, . Laughing moon; Yum yum Smack! Wexldlug aoou. New York Krenlnf Suiv II R June sunahlu poured generously in at th wide . duora ot tho Merritt "imt lni " and th larg. vleauly room irtitloiid off for a earring hnw waa full of tha breath t aitmmitr. nmmstta tho door atood the family "surrey," wearing tho drapry pro ' Tided for Its houra of retirement, ami la one corner waa a lofty nil ot alutsha, of various pattern and si-. On the mo aldo of tho door si-sul lha gaunt fro mo of an old-fashioned hand-loom, and high In tat befor It was Bested tho nilstrv of the farm fcouao. Many happy solitary houw Mr. Morrttt spent there. She "loved to weave," ahe aaio, in . fccr gontlo, meditative voice. But this love waa not merely for the ' weaving. It waa more for the pleasant alcbta and sounds of tho summer weather, and for tho kludly leisure af life's afternoon. The peaceful task belonged to summer aa much as did the swaying of the daisies and tho k,.m th iwml In winter tho loom atood ntvioctcd and forgotten, but la the late daya of May. when tho grass waa already deep and green by the footpath, and th apple trees had shed their last lingering blossom, the long ing for the dreamy, delightful tak would awaken, and Mrs. Merritt ' would bestir herself to aot up a "web." The old loom had come to her by mhorltance. and she valued It a sh treasured th anewtral homwpim . linen, and the family traditions which " extended back even to the inevitable three brothers that came over from Ingland." She had often told her daughters of the remote grandmother who, when the men of the family had Inadver tently carried off the pick of tho house hold armament on au excursion to Tlconcleroga and Crown Point, de fended her home and babies with an axe. To such deed the Merritt sis- ters felt themselves quite adequate, had need arisen, but they could no rosaon why their mother should sit In the barn and weave rag-carpeting In the fact that tho loom had leen framed of oak timber cut when all the hillside beyond Hearing Itrook wn a wlldernes. But If "mother" pleased. It was all right And Miss Sarepta Toker even was welcome to bring her knlttlng-work and sit In tho doorway, and tell who was dead, and who was married, from Hearing Brook to the Nepasn. Kor Serepta potctessed married ulsters and oustnt In half tho towus of the coun ty, which gave her an Inimemse ad vantage as a purveyor of news. She was a meager little woman, who had never been credited with much , alertness of mind or body. It added a little brlchtness to ber existence even to look on from the outside at the Ufa and stir, and coming and go ing, at "the Merritt place." And In tho intervals when "S'repty" sat aud knitted, with her eyes shut to vlslblo things, she was no more hin drance to the placid musings of Mrs Merritt than would have been a cat. ' dozing in the sunshine. Back and forth moved the ahuttle. then followed tbo dull stroke of tlw batten. Occasionally tho weaver would descend from her seat to turn tho ratchet of the beam upon which tho fabric wa wound. "How nice you do bent up your weavln'j" exclaimed S'repty, rousing herself to admiration. "Mis' Minks don't do her'n, and Rosala has said, time and agln, sba wouldn't send any more rags to her; but then she's klnd'er sorry for her." "It's hard for her to struggle along, said Mrs. Merritt "If , ber children had lived, It would have been differ ' snf "Your loom got kind o' crowded out t th house, didn't it?" said S'repta. "The old furnltoor baa got to go. Ite minds me of what cousin Spencer Doo little said when Square Lane fugled round an got blm turned out of the gaftory to the Baptls' meeting-house. He'd played the bass viol to lead the inn' for forty year. There am t bo room left for the stable foundations sf order.' kz he. 'Folks mus keep andermlnla', an' countermlnln , an mnrnvln,., WS he." "It was my notion having the loom set np out here," said Mrs. Merritt. "He says It's my amusement for sum nor weather, that I have to have, Just as the girls play croquet and teu- nls." Another long, dreamy silence, ex mt for the shuttle that went on fid An There was a sound of wheels .and all semblance of slumber fled from Sarepta's eyes as there appeared at the front gate a very shiny top-buggy. And when in a few moments a slender shadow fell across the doorway, and , Lois Merritt entered, no detail of her appearance was unobserved, xno gin was tall, like ber mother, with the same lareo. serious cast of counte nance. "What awful llttlo bunntts they be a-wearin'l" said Sarepta, as If obey ing an Irresistible Inner prompting. Lois received placidly this Implied rtt!cliim of her new summer millinery, and her mother thought complacently: "Lois don't mind 8'repta. Emma ana Lucia ain't so even-tempered. They'd have flared up." Tt remilred but little urging to In duoe the visitor to stay until after tea. It had been one or the great treats of Sarepta's childhood to go home from school with Luclnda. "I don't see. mother." said Emma Merritt, as with a sigh of relief she watched Sarepta's departing foot- stops, "how you can like to have her oome here so much. It's Just to see and hear, and theu go and tell. Ana she doetn't miss anything that" s going on, for all that she keeps her eyes shut" "Thore Isn't any harm in S'repty," said Mrs.' Merritt "I've always ! known her, and It kind o' interests her to come here." "She takes too much Interest in my affairs," persisted Emma. "And every where she goes she tells about 'SI,' and 'Em,' and 'Luclndy,' and so oa, as if we belonged to her." "Never mind, Emma Jane," replied ;her mother, "I guess there's room enough in this world for you and S'repty, too." "Oh, mother, mother! you're too good. You make excuses for every body, and there's nobody you'd refuse to speak to. I do believe you would visit with a caterpillar, if you thought It would be pleased." This seemingly absurd conjecture was verified. The next dnv. as Mrs. Morrltt sat In solitary state at her loom, there came upon the wlndowslll a great fluted green caterpillar, mov ing with dignity, as became a creature ' whom splendid destiny was to trans form Into a still mora magnificent grwra moth. The shuttle lay Idle as for some minutes Mrs. Merritt watched, and admired, and even talked softly to bar guett AU this would have seomod i but fooiictzeti to Harepu. hud she been present ller mind nntst nnv been coutruQt4 on a larger scute, after all. for shs reserved her curios ity for the human specie. Within a fortnight she was again iendlng tho afternoon at Mrs. Mer rill's, but she did uot occupy her usual seat, commanding a vUw ot tho house, She had crowded her chair Into a narrow space beside the loom. Th window was above her head as she wit unobtrusively busy In darning a des perate rent in her brown alpaca dress. She had caught It upon a stake which was driven beside the path; oitu of several stakes which were vislblo from tho doorway. Though her place was uitmlo and retired, S'repty was full of loity Indignation, ller own special grievance of tlut torn gown only add ed to her wrath at what she deemed a great public wrong. For months there bad been talk of a protKMcd new rallroud. At Inst the Una had been surveyed, and It crossed the Merritt farm, running between the hotwo and tho "gmtt barn." S'repty had lost no time In going to condole with her friend. "Here I bo tt-settln', meudln' a dress on mo," fche remarked. "Its a sign somebody's gilu' to Udl a lie about ma, but I gtuw I can resk It If they can, 'a long's 'taln't tho truth. Wish I could make them railroad folks buy me a new dress! Hut yon ought- git big damages," sho went on. "It Jlst 1 spiles your posy garden. Its lucky the girls Is g rowed up big enough to keep otT'n tho track." Mr Morrltt assented. "An' to have 'em cotnln' Hong scrcochlu' In tho middle of the ulght, ahaktn' the very plllers undr your head! I know how 'tis to SUtr Church's, But tho wtist was wtMi they was dlggln' an' blast In', an' great stones a tl.vlu', an Ketury's fulks hud to live all cluttered up lu the ell-mrt an' all nerved up w hen a blast went off. An' when they went to meotln', the road was all blocked up In front of Elen Clay's house, an' they had to drive up over tho bank, expeotln' the kerrUlgo would slip off'n tho alga An ner b-iookuv out o- me front winder, crosr'n tint, because there was whcclmarks on the terrl, as she called It" "Tho road will be easier to build here," salt! Mrs. Merritt And now they've begun, they say they're going to rush It through." "But th emigrants will hav to come, them Eyetallaim," said S'repty. "An' tho shanties will be right under your" nose, an' there they'll Im cisklu' themselves, an llvlu' on black bread." Even this mixed statement, hinting at cannibalistic tendencies on the rt of the workmen, did not seem to shake the placid nerves of Mrs. Mer ritt "You're making a good, workman like job of that tear," she said kindly. 'There's very few can beat you at mending, S'repty." S'repty drew her thread with a steadier hand. . She was used to disinterested compliments than this; hints pointing directly to great bas kets full of tattered garments which had accumulated ready for her needle. "Mother," snld I-ols Merritt one morning some days Inter, "here If Bradford Toker. He says S'repty Is very sick and wants to e you." "Yessum." put In a small boy at the door. "S'repty aaye If you wanter s-e her alive again, to come noon's you can." "How long has S'repty been com plalnlngr Inquired Mrs. Merritt. "Oh, most a week an' las' night we was kep up with lnr 'bout all the forepart of the night," snld the amn'l boy, with a careworn nlr. "She was out of 'er head, an' took ou pretty bad" "I'll go over to your bouso as soon as I can," snld Mrs. Merritt. "Sim's been dretful flighty." snld Awirlah's wife, Iwfore she led the way to tho sick-room. "She's len goln' ou about belu1 took up. an' nlsitit your belli run over by the eiiglne. in' such like. She begun with a sort of Influential cold a day or two after ihe was over to your house. Monthly dm couldn't git tip. I hnd tny bands full, so I kep' Bradford home from school, an' that most killed him. But hu's a great hand to read. Bradford Is, an' he took the Inst Honrlng Brook Argus upstairs an rend It through to S'repty, advertisements and all. Some thin' In It seemed to excite her, and sho begun to act klnd'er wild then, he thoucht But of course we all know thnt the Intellox of S'reptyV mind ain't over keen at the best of times, an bavin so much read to her right out klnd'er dnxed her." It wai a very pnle. drawn face which Mrs. Merritt encountered a moment later, thnt of the supposed victim of too much learning, but there was In tho eyes a feverish brightness which Kiivo them more expression thnn itstml S'repty snld but little, and thnt In very feeble tones, until there came a call from below which her slster-lii-lnw was obliged to heed. Then the Invnlld started promptly Into a sitting posture and drew from under her pillow a newspaper, which she handed to Mrs. Merritt. "I got Bradford to bring It up here, an' say nothin'," she snld. "Now read that Itum." Mrs. Merritt read as follows: "A considerable number of the stakes which were driven by the of flctals engaged In surveying the pro posed route of the It. B. & 8. V. It. K. were surreptitiously removed during tho night of June Kith. We under stand there oro strong suspicions as to tlia Identity of the perpetrator of this outrage." "Now, how dew yew s'poso they round It out." sold S'rpntv. "Tin neWHpnper rolks is great hands to make up new words, but when I hoord my own name rend right out so, It did give me an awful start. Who could 'a' told 'em? "Oh, tho correspondent mnke It their business to find out about nil tb( llttlo happenings." "But what mudo 'em think I did It?" inrrslHttd S'repty, In a tremulous whisper. "You?" said her friend. "What did you have to do about It? We tir- mlsnd It was those Clancy boys did It for fun." "It was mo that pulled up them stakes. An I dunno but I'd dew it agin". P'r'aps it's Just as well I slm'u't git up ag'in. But that scu't ma so when Bradford rend It out so loud, 'Nropty-Hhufdy,' Just the sniuo as say- In' it was me." "Don't worry a mite about It," snld her friend soothingly. "Thnt's a real dictionary word, and didn't mean any thing about you. And I won't sny a word about It, even to Sllnr." S'ropty's eyes lost something of their dlKtraoted look. "Thnt's Just Ilko you, Luclndy," she said, feebly. "I should hute to have It In everybody's month, nrter I was gonn, how I Jus missed beln' took up. by dylu'." "But, S'repty, what In tho world did possess you, a wotnnn of your years, to rut np such a crnr.y enper?" "'Twns all on your account, Luclndy. Oomln' homo from your house, I got thlnkln' about tho railroad trnck run nln' between the house an the burn, nn' if I didn't run ng'lmrt another stnko an' tenr my dress wuss'n 'twns before. An' that night I dremp how you was goln' ncrost to tho barn to do soma wenvln', nn' the cars come along nn' run over you." "There, there, don't think anv more a6nnf it," snld her friend. But e-'ropty "So nex' night, when Azarlah an' his wife was gone to the strawb'ry festival, I cut asrost to your home-lot. I knew your folks was gone to the Center too, but I was afeared some- bodyd be round an', see me. Still, I hed t resk it. I'd no Idee how bard It would be git tin' them sticks up, but remembered how good you d alius ben to me, I tried to come home a shorter way, thlnkln' I heerd somebody follorla'; an' I got Into that springy i plies In the Lloyd lot, an' got my dress wet an my shoes," "You poor thing, rout" said the ob- Jeot of all this Ill-starred loyalty, "To think that you should have so much trouble on my aocount! The railroad folks hav acted real fair by us. And I wouldn't say anything about It yet, for you know how svery. thing goes, but we expert to move la th fall." "You don't say!" exokUmed S'repty with oonslderabl animation. "Yes, bee been thinking tor long time the place is too large for him to carry on, seein' the boys ain't ever going to take to fariuln.' And the crwunnry folks want It, and he had a fix d ohanc to buy the Ford place at the Center." "What! tho bouse with lbs pillars lu froutr Inquired 8'repty, much re vived, . "Yes, and so I gavt my constmt It's home to me where my folks are. The girls urged me real bard. 1 sup iHMM, If nothing happens, Kimua will live right next door to us" "What, has Emma Jane an' John Kllborn mads upT" queried S'repty, forgetting her feebleness and sit ting up, s "lea and I supposo users will hav to bo a docble wedding!" said air, Morrltt "Well, I never!" said S'repty. "Lola ain't goln' to be married, too?" "The girls wouldn't thank me for Mling, but you won t mention That's Uie plan now." It "Wlum you move, I can't go an' set with you an' so you weave, uveo If t should ever git up ag in," sighed S'repty, drooping on her pillow. "Oh, he says there's room enough In the house for my loom, and when w got moved, I want you to oome and make mo a good visit" The Invalid brlghtuued again, "Halu't you told anybody you was golu' to move? Not Mis' 1'eters, ner Vluy Smltur "Not yet" aald Mrs, Morrlti S'repta breathed a sigh of content "An' I know llosalla ain't heerd at It," she said. SEARCH FOU C11AKLIB ROSS. A Rascally New York Police Captain i'revented Success. So many years have passed since the child Charllo Boss was stolen from hi homo lu Uermantown that the crime 1 lost to the memory ot many people, but that bus not deterred some people from still mak ing th attempt to palm off a Itogus youth upon the afflicted family as the lost sou. Tho latest effort of this kind was made by a woman who rep resented herself as the widow of on of the two burglars who were killed at Bay ltlilge, u I., while trying to rob the house ot a Judge of the courts. The woman brought with ber a young man who, a relative of the boy says, was flat-headed and Utle- browed, aud could In no way have borne reacmblauc to what little Charlie would have been at manhood. She had the story of the dtsnppear anee pat enough how th two chil dren. Charllo aud Walter, were de coyed away from the lawn of the house, at Washington lane aud Chew street, by the two men In a wagon. Mosher and Douglas; bow they were) driven into the country, where alter, the elder, was dropped, aud li '"J"!,- wx) ransom had been offered M the recovery of the younger on. i-er facts she seemed familiar with I at ber scheme hnd uoihlng else lu it Many beller the boy to be rt.ii. There have hundreds or more alleged Charlies, but In no one Instance has tho father, who has traveled nil over tho country, had any hop after once seeing the alleged child or youth pro duced. The secret of his fate prob ably died with the Bay Ridge burg lars, one of whom expired Immediate ly after being shot, while the oilier hnd lived only long enough to say thnt bis companion had known where tho child was. that the lad was still alive, but that he himself knew noth ing of his location. In narrating some of the fact the relatives of the Ross family also shed more light upon the efforts to find the boy, and made tho Important statement that once when success seemed assured they were frustrated by ono of tho police captains of New York, a man who was charged nrore the I-xow committee with having ne quired wealth by the most corrupt twana. It was tnere, ne says, tno kidnappers had arranged to deliver their prisoner upon the payment of the S30.000. They nad exacted the condition that Mr. Ross and those helnlng til m should leave New York upon board of a pcela! train, a loco motive and one car. hound for Ainnny At one point along the mad a col ored lantern light was to lie waved and tho money, at this signal was to bo dropped by the side of the track" Further np the line there wn to no another light shown and there tn boy was to be delivered to them. According to tho relntlv' story, the rescuing party took along with them an expert rifleman, with the object of maiming the kldnnppcr, whoever be might be. and effecting hi capture. They made tho trip as directed, but nothing came of It. No lights were shown and no other clew was ob tained. The police eaptnfl! In oue tlon, the relntlves say, gave the tip to tho thieves thnt tho sharpshooter would be on board the car. Walter Ross, tho son who was dropped by tho country roadside, was married nlmut two months ago. Philadelphia Inquirer. HOP TRADK. nn is rraoy no cnange to note, enquiry for medium qunl- Itlcs Is maintained, and for such par eels 45 percent seems to bo about the prevalent price. Of the 80,000 cwts. which It Is estimated remain unsold out of 1804 crop, a considerable pro portion will, probably, never see the Inside of a brewery, owing to their Inferiority, as for these low bops thera is no saio. The values of sound and eoloury hops or still upheld, finest Qoldlngs being easily saleable at 1M) percent to o. percent with a Arm tendency. Tho continent Is sending us prnctl cally none, and there are compara tiveiy few racifics and state on offer. The American and continental markets are firm. Kngllsh Hop Orow ers. HOPS OROW FAST. As nn Instance of the way hops grow In the Puynllup vnlley a farmer hero has a hop yard tluit grows close to some tall fir trees. A vine ran off a polo and started up the tree. The farmer's boy climbed up the trco to ttiHcngngo tho vine, but, slipping. caught on the vine between tho top or tno polo and tho tree. He began changing hands rnpldly on tho vine, struggling and kicking until the farm cr called to him: "Why don't yon com down?" "Come down!" cried tho boy, "I'm trying to, but the darned vino grows so fast It's running me up raster thnn I enn como down ' They had to cut the vine close to the ground to stop its growth and let the poor toy bank to earth. FITZSIMMON8 IN A HOLE. Syracuoe, N. Y.. Jan. 20. The au thoritles are confident of convlotlng Robert Fltzslmmona Indicted for kill ing Con Itlordan. It is said that wit nesses will testify tbait Fltzslmmona announced before the sparring match that he Intended puntehinsr Rlordan for owning on the stage drunk every night CONSPIRACY HINTED AT. London. Jan. 2(1. A Chronicle from Vienna says the reln tlons between Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and AustrlaUre becoming worse. Rumors urn nflhnt tw I . - y - " , m m uuusyiracy to depose hi SNAPSHOTS AT SOLONS HOAMTIIK I.EUISLATl'UR WORKS TUB DEADLOCK. What t Little Pitcher Saw an I Heard from ller De.k In the House Viewed from th desk of a lady clerk, the Oregon legislature la a queer Institution. 1 am Just iuw engaged in drawing th princely MUsry of 1 a day in Hie service of the state, and my time Is fully occupied In watching our dignified brothers drawn up In battle arriy to prevent the election of an lr. 8. senator. The commute have all been ap pointed and their cltrks selected, but although more 4hsn one-third of the wm I. in la gun the committee hav done nothing b eon use it U.k all the time of eaoh member t see that no other member's vote ilis.ll euutrt any thlits) toward the election of a senator. My admiration fr the astounding fortitude with which our Ured brother grtsp and discharge fholr mighty In telleotueJ duties each Uy actually knows no bounds, and I am sure would be shared by everyone who might wit ness their dally tkm Ksxih snwilon Is oiwned by prayer. ' and s th minister Implores live assist- arte of the tSlver of all good to Inter pose hi dally assistant- th "tired fiHilIng" .which overspread th coun Irfnsmie' of the svermr tnn4x shows thtvt hs is fully ionclotis ot being able to cope with the situation ; without invoking the aid of any for eign power. Th true American clU n I nothing if not Indeiwndent, and esiKoslly If ho I an Oregon legislator, he pstiioUcsliy resents any Infringe ment on the time-honored ptincl(e f th Monro doetrin. The first thing f an exciting nature that oopura each day Is when s mess- It the author of It dioovor that a sin gle member Is absent, he Immediately moves a "co.ll of th house," the prop omonr Is direct to lock h door, the roll Is esJied, and th sersnsnt-st-arm ordered to pruoeed trt the commit U room where II. H. RH is being eon sldored and bring forth the delinquent statesman. Ilowevsr, before the of. floor gets out of the dour the gentle man who made ihe nvston at ome moves that "further proceeding un der th call of th hm.se be dlspen with." which motion alwsy esrrle unanimously sod the great work of Uw-msklng gtM on agUn with ac-el-erated alowm. Just why "a call of the house" Is always "dispensed with" before th object of tt has been at tained, seems strange to a lady clerk, but we know 11 I wise our pxr, Heed brother wouldn't do It, Too much cannot he said In pratso of our esteemed speaker of th house who takes every means of making it easy for the new mcmbcra Every time ho puts a motion to the Imiih he tells each member how to vote. There are so many new members that this of courso sot-ui to him to ho nc-e-sry. If the nwmber from .Morton moves that th rules be suspended, the speaker at one says: "The gen. tloman from Marlon moves that the rules be suspended; those who are In fsvor of th motion will my 'aye' as your names are called, and those op posed will answer 'no,' This make it easy for th country member who otherwise wouldn't know how to vote. Ordinarily If a member Is In favor of a measure- be knows enough to vote ay' without being told so bv the speaker, and thnt officer would only hav to say: Tho clerk will rail the roll on suspension of the rub-a" But there are so many new member this session who might favor a measure and still vote "no" utiles toi.i by th speaker that the way to kill a prop, altlon Is to vote Bgalnst It that the affable presiding officer deem It proper to look after all the details. There are those who have always thought the I-ano delegation could not rls above the back Alley of ward politics, but some Incidents ot this ses sion hav shown that even tho hor ticultural shade of Hood river do not furnish a more cunning Coon than the ever green slopes of the Slusluw; be sides this the I.nno county delegation contain the only mcuitxT of the house of w hom it can he snld that he Is Moorhead than anything else. It seems to ni that the charges of corrupt methods In the senatorial con test must be unfounded, because tho delegations from every county In the state are absolutely without Price, excepting that of t'mntllla and there la Hope for It a long as tho gentle man from Malheur come to lis res cue. There are those whs think the gen tleman from Baker Is too Young to accomplish anything, but when he unites his forces with the Burleigh getitlemnn from Wallowa his point Is alwny carried If an alliance with the member from Washington can be at feeted bemuse It makf a Irtumvlnit that the Gates ot bell cannot prevail against I notleo ono good-looking member from Multnomah who sometime talks so long ho almost Myers In the Bench. During one of hi oratorical displays be was Huston th verge of going down for good-ln fact was getting a black as a Colo, and was shouting Hofer help because he had burned bis Bridge behind him, when the senator from Mnlhour appeared, proclaimed himself King, and with the assistance of the senator from Jackson got a good Holt and Jerked him higher than a Keyt This was all, Dunn In the presnco of tho Butler who snld he was Informed thnt the gentleman from Lincoln was decidedly opened to such Daly occurrences. This brought the gontleman from Ktamnth and Lake to his feet, but his voice wns so low thnt I couldn't tell whether he was talking pro or Conn, tho speaker, however, seconded tho motion, and everybody said: "The Moore tho pity." While there aro ninny things that puzzle a little girl llko mo, I am enjoying the session hugely, and Ue vote all my time between meals nd miring th great display of Intellect that occurs every day. I don't seo how those ovor-worked men enn en dure such a mental strain "ull for threa dollars a any," but of course with them It Is patriotism first and mercenary considerations afterwards. I think the men are so nice to sacri fice so much for the good of the state. LADY CLERK. DIVERSIFIED FARMING. from a Woman's Point of Vlcw- What Is It?-Doe It Pny? Diversified farming from n won nn's point of view what is It' certtilnlv aot the opinions advanced by ngrlcul- mrai editors or cny newspnpers who are usually as capable of advising farmers as an Irish hod-cnrrler Is of Instructing a Jewish merchant. Farming Is a buslne thnt requires some capital and much Judgment, and not every inexperienced person who sntcrs it Is successful tho old wnvs are dispensed with and wo must pro gress in mat as in everything else, If we would prosper. We must bo satisfied with less profits, ralso n greater varloty of produce, and not Biake ventures that w take no In terest In, "For he who by the plow would thrive Must either hold himself or drive." If a farmer lives within his means and is a good manager, he Is a most inaependent man. The Oregioiilan some time since had an editorial on tho farmer and his hired mnn oatliiu China pheasants, while the cltv mnn could not buy It In the market-considered it unjust, and referred to rural poplo as "peasants." fWe aro all free-born Amerlesn elt. fyong and know do peasantry; that ; avors to much of lndlordl.m-snd a... .a e.t....r t.i Aflfntf Ills! gams on his own preserve than th aian WHO raises anu revus iv. uur forefather were a nation of farmers and their descendants constitute to day the backbone and strength of this grand country of oura Diversified fanning this fall setms to mean a groat many "Irons in tb Ore" at one and most of tbut burn lug your Angers, titer owns to be M little in anytuitig (armurs can raise no profitable market for pnim-s, hops, wheat, for buiter, bf or pork. Hill this Is not usually the case, and In these times of general prostration Hi remedy would scetu to b thst we must learn, on farms, to sell what we ran, and us ourselves what can ot be disposed of to advantage else where, Th day tor eicluslv wheat farming must b practiced If sun-ess Is attained. On trouble Is: Many undertake brinclie of farming they are not piepm-ed for raise sluep and go not provide shelter and food In Inclement wathr-buy expensive Biachluery and do not properly house It raise poultry and let vermin prey pon It and then sny: "There's uoih lng In sheep" "there's nothing In thickens" "ilwro's nothing lu farm ing r Some of the diverse work falls on the wife: It reads so easy In the pa pers how "A man and bis wife can Binks moliiy ou a few bit ot mini and lay something up! She dries fruit on iinres!" wKl I anow a farmer's wife who dries fruit every summer, lots of It-lshe's not far tut as I wrlte)nnd while her friends njoy th balmy air of th mountains r sea shore, and complain or nu and beat ah mounts her airy womi hed roof aud spreads her prerloit fruit thereon-ilmaglne her feelings when a shower comes! Imagine her taking It In when It rains and pulling It out again when the sun once more biases forth In alt hi glory, and heat Imagine, no, it's uo Imaglnntlou-Just hard reality. Th Imagination come In when sho takes It to tho village grocer aud he says there I not much but he will give her something for lfo she exchange It for beans, calico and clothespins, and goe home rejoicing. h raises chicken and they lay when gg are cheap, and Insist on silting r doing nothing when eggs aro ucnr, Diversified farming I th rule around Jefferson. It Is a great ship plug point for luiuieiiso quantities of isitatoea noiis, is-uuc, tiuuor aim grain. The Statesman advocates a cresm try at or near Salm. Hnletii Is sup plied with more gill -edge butler than the rity can assimilate, and a cream- ry isttalMlshed there at th present time would be a failure, working Bien generally take their lunch with them and thvy but the Nut quality ef butter. When "th dinner pall Bang on the wall" the butter market stiff rrsi hey go without or use henn article. If there Is nothing In farming. there's nothing In paying a board of equalisers to raise th taxes in Ma rlon county, and th present i-giia. toe, e oul t !o well to abolish all such utinmi-wary thing a thnt and the railroad commissioners, who ride around In Pullmans and diversify farming by running over live slock sue lu awhile. What shall w do when It costs more to produce an ar tlcln on a farm, as well aa elsewhere, than said article will bring In the market? Shall we create sen is In universities for men who bove al ready been well paid for their service by tho slate? It us abolish every nnecessary tliit.g aud bring all snl arle from stato to county officer down to a local commensurate wlih the times. Many farmer cannot sup port their families and pay their tax e. living In the plainest way, without mortgaging their farms. W pny dearly for our lndeMndence, and look anxiously to this present legisia tun to make crooked path straight, ami ho the new members from Marlon will mnke n good a record for economy and reform as hn Hon, Tllmon Ford when he has held a sent In tho leglslntur. HARRIET C. LOONEY JAPAN'S VICTORIES A BENEFIT. If the world hiul not moved forward In a wonderful railo of ptogremlon during the last thousand year, then might China hive hoped to maintain Nr conservatism a en Independent empire. But In the evolution of nn tlon H Is impossible for sny to stand silll. China tins been satisfied with her InslltutionM. Standing still death, and unless she entirely chsnges her policy, enifrge from her deadly conservatism, she must share the fate of empires ss rreet ss her own whose glories have pussed sway, or he over, wholmed by the great billow of pro' gresslon ever sweeping all things, laws. customs, religions, ntitlns snd em plro before their resistless wny. The orient hss always btxn consid ered the land of Imagination, of ro mance, of pootry. Whllo this Is ltHfly lure, fur-off Csthny, our antl odes, Is preeminently the laud of pros. Tim philosophy of (Vnfuclu w., matter of fact; he dealt not In ImoglnaUon; he Uught of temporal, not of eternal things, not even profess- ln a b-llef In the Immortality of the soul. Yet, alrango pnradox, ho and his noitlon have come nearer to found ing Immortal Institutions than any others In the world. But through China's conquest by Japan must come her awakening; Into a new and rm.ee useful tatlonnl life. Western olvllUatlnn permeated Japan and Corea, breaking down their eon servatlsm, which has surrounded the former Ilko her now useless but won derful great wall. China, the oldest existing nation of the world, has been oalled the type of permanence, Her Institution have outlived everytlilng. Kingdom and republics havo risen. flourished i-nd fallen, but China In her national lite has ever continued the sumo. While Japan formerly gained most of her Ideas of civilization from China and Cores, yet It now becomes her mission to reconstruct their laws, on a morj practical modern basis. It has generally proved true, that every great revolution has In the out como proved to be a great evolution This will be especially true of Corea, fertile but much oppressed country, whore the noble have been the only clas entitled to consideration, and the masses little more than slaves. But Invigorated with Occidental energy, t nlttrprlse, scientific Ideas, labor-raving machinery, railroads and the telegraph, sua win take ner place among the na- lions or tho world, borne forward upon the tldo of progression that Is sweeping eastward with a force that must create or destroy, while China Is not likely all at once to lose her pres tige as a great empire, yet In the evo lutlou of things she must either pro gross or eventually lose her national eximomco. in either case the world will be benefited. fiPATEMALA WEAKENS. New York. Jnn. 2il.A Ouatoinnla says: Seunr do Loon, the special envoy gent to Mexico to nego tiate nn adjustment of tho dimulHo over the toundary lino between the iwo countries,, telegraph thnt Mexico I making active preparations for war. Upon receipt of this news thn n lint A. mnlnn government wired to Senor do Leon, authorizing him to mnk slons if no furtlei; dclny ean be ob- wiie-iu, DOWN IT GOES. New York. Jan. 2tr-JI7!M.nnA am has been withdraw from the sub-trens-ury today, and $3,000,000 been ordered from tho Philadelphia mint. Tru amount of gold resem la now 150,. 128,009. j T1V THR LITTLE ONES I AAtsLf M v Those of our reader who remem ber a book that was published sums years ago, containing remnrkablo an swer given by aebool children will agro that tb following collection would form a valuable addition to It; hey are ell local, having been re. contly collected and compiled especial ly for tills dlUoo of th gtatesmsiii "Oromwell wa a man who, after iM.Ing deapltted fir times, said t Wollers 'If 11 served you as you've somsi mo, 1 wouldn't hav been hre." "Hydrophobia I when a mad dog bite you: If a man catches It, it Is call! 'hydrostatics. "Esau 1 the man wh sold his copy' right tor a bottle of potash. A trt I place to put meu tn wlum thiiV a war: a fortress la where women are put1' Teacher "Which of you ran name; a small animal tmu era wis; Johnnie: "A lllti worm Teacher: "Anyone elsef Ixittlo: "Another llul worm." Klndergnrlner: "Do you know whit a cuns-nier ir bJii Hmuii luiv! -it a man mat ai meat aud puts down carpe ts." j Teacher: "Can you tell nut whal i you ten tn wnai legacy lr Pupil! "I don't fcil-w softly what it U, but It's some-thug to a stocking." A little boy who was wrltlngjihe gender of nouns wroi: "Mascujlue, Duke, feminine, duck." ' Teacher, trying to Impress on the children th meaning of the word couple. "Johnnie, If you and Jrfinlo wer walking down the tret bleth er. Just you two alone, without any body else, what would you make?" Johnnie: "Tracks." Sunday school scholar: "If flod was m.id Ikx-uuso Adam and Eve et apples, they must of ft Vm b'lween muls." During a thunder storm-Llul girl. vry much awed: "Who make the thunder, (I'h-s God inakd li r Big boy, derisively: "Course Uod makes it, who'd you spose uiade It, John L. Sullivan?" A llttlo boy watcbod his mother tak a pumpkin pi out of the ovet bubbling aud sputtering with ti pnswod heat, looking at It ympath li-nily h asked: "Mamma, do yo 'spoisi It's suffcrluT Kdlth: "Mamma, must we alwayi thank Oml for everything, whet Is w wa.it to or not?" "Ye, dear, r tnuwt always thank God for every thing." An hour later: Kdlth: "Maa ma. Jinnk Ood I've broken your gla pitcher." A whaio's lionea, whitening on tto sands of Ing lu adi, cnusetl a plc among the cottagers' children, to ran up t camp with the aunonsfc ment that Ood wa dead. "What make you think so?" asked somestie. "'Ctauso we found a lot of bm on tho bench and they'r so big w think they must be Hod's," Small boy: "Who made thoso pig eons over tlier " Anwr: "Uod did." Small !oy: "Who made the clotnlsr "O.mI did," "Did Owl make everything?" Ye.M "Did be make tho world?" ." "I tlnre any other world hsld this r "Not Hint w know of," Small ly, triumphantly: Tlieii what did He stand on?" A little Salem boy has recently been ptvsoiited with nn engine and train of enrs; not long ago he brtird hU mother describing the gowns wont at an evening party, nud Innocently asked: "Mamma, did any of the ladles' train have engines to VinT HOP INTELLIGENCE All the country markets v been very slow this week, aud in most sec tions of tho itnte buyers hive beu able to pick up somu lots a tlitl clu-aper than heretofore; vjC now soems to i top price, ana uuik oi sales aro low grades going for liws. stiH'ks on the l'nclilc coast are reducing steadily, aud are now so wll cmtrillel thnt bolder aro not urging sule. especially of flue ffsnla Our hs-nl market has remnliie! very quiet, but has undergone no materia! change. Di alers have seen nothing In the sit uation, present or prospective, that ha encouraged them to add much to tlm stock already on hand, and brewers have been unwilling to buy at all largely. Export demand has been only moderate, and yet ahtpiicra wvro Interested whenever desirable samples of either state or Pacific coast hop were shown at a reasonable price. Ixmdnn cables nr steady, with fair business doing In best grade. Values here are a little Irregular and on some qualities somewhat nominal; 11c Is nn outside rate for choice to brewer on usual terms, and It Is doubtful that 10c could btt exceeded on the open market Much of the stock is of lower grades. There Is till a llttlo call from brewers for yenrllngs. Very few old olds In deal ers' hntids. N. Y. Producer Price Current THE FIRST SMILE,. Only a baby, fresh tma Owl Formed In Ilia Image, and nature's child, Flower that sprung from the sacred sod Warmed to life when It's maker smiled. Onr.lng back In the Father's face, Bonding o er it 111 perfect love. Catches tho dim, reflected grace Duly a baby smile can prove. Lenst of heaven, nnd best of earth Linked In a life so pur and swert Orny dawn breaks, at the baby's birth rnie wuere tno amk aud daylight meet. Rich with promise, tho morning grny Heart or tiie waiting world begu lea Rich with promise the happy day Dawns ana aus, when the baby smiles. Glad as a message from rnrndlse, Budding Wisdom nod Imhv wiles Come, when first In the tinsel eyes iugwor wukoi, and tno baby smllea MAY PROVE FATAL, Vallejo, Cail., Jan. 2aNavl Con structor S. W. Armlstead, In charge of the department of repairs at Mare lolftnd, was kiwoked down by a haw ser parting at It o'clock this morninB and may die fmm tho effects. Tho un fortunate man was taken to the- nnv.i hospital and Medical Director; Wuoda, assisted by other surgeons and Dr. Anderson of Vaii,., r, now at work on him. One Uucior exrrsivt h opinion that his kull Is fractured and the patient cannot recover. H Hn beon Insensible R,iCe tllQ ft(,oJ4eDjt, large force of nwm were hnuiino. . son from the front of the dtx-k after tha lsn bad been flooded for the Olympta. and to do so had a four-neh hawser leadlns fmm h the stern of th0 Monadnock north of tno flOCIt CntrnneA. Tho iwn.t.,,,).. and Foremnn Laborer Shenhan were the only ones n mngo. Tho heavy hawser flow bnrk ami trii,in constructor a terrific blow on the left i., lu nlra ln tho air and threw him Vlohmtlv rlnwn An V- nriir mnt- Shenhan hnd a piece brulBed Ut 0ff' Rnd WM othwlBe E a San Krancisco s . s Big ily Asked 1 sal ift for Or $iuv,vuij Lleged Libel. I'arllrl Institute the Mult :lte Vrnl i'aprr will Demur. iiv niir.O. Jan. sa-suit was in stituted Inise superior court today by Dr. i. CJ. rn of this city sgulnst M. It Del""'- profirietor. Bud J R. Bluut, ocflcorreioudent of th San Kraucisc Mroiilcle. on a charge of libel allegiglo bavs lieen romuillted on August iffth last been Bske M " ' H'XMSS . Th anl with rp-ct to which th rompligit Is Iliad, referred to th dlvorclif Dr. snd Mr. I lea rue and t iheiifg'teceilents, and tb pres ent detiisml kf damages Is hml on th allogattoi that the watte pub id wBTUlvslent to a charge that Ilearng kad ls-.-n a party to, or BcnMiry bitti murder of on A. J. miiwn i h former husband of Mr. Ilsiruo at lUunlbiil, Mo., six y-sr atp. jc, :jsvean'1 kndorsed. Aj Strict Partr Vol Dispose of th Washlna-toiilau. t.-Th Vt sub- slluts on th Hawaiian question In- rslng tho isrs of th administra tion and aansiiig non-interference -ss adopted i th senst by a vote at 24 to ZL iTIie resolution was of fvrd by Vw an aini iuliix iit to a ore v loo nsolKln on tb subject by Allen, pop., awl Is as follows: It. solved, that Me th ppl of tho l'till ritatttw eartMjy symiwinis with th effort to establish republican InsUtutlons whreever that effort Is made, they reuiSrm the pulley of non- liitrfernu als by agnemeiii with th affulai of other nations and reooguts to thohillcet extent the right of every pcopls to adopt and main tanln their owfirm of government inlawed and influence! by foreign dictation." That (he admlnistratlou ot President Clevtknd In maintaining this policy as tour forelsn relations deserve th aival and uport of the American psple. Th vote wa on party line with the rsoptkin of Pettlgrew, rep., iif South Dakota, w ho votd with the Byumcrata. Ry a sin gular eoineldeiieilhla one voto carriwl lh rtsudutlon. oltt would have failed ou a tl had the lot been ou strictly party line ThU action today prac tically dispose igthe Hawaiian ques tion In tb scnats Senator Rrlce, fialrman of tho sen at ctimmltte onmllroads, today pre sented a report fim that commit te coneerulrtg tlm IVlflc ratlnsul. The report Is not bs on any bill before coiigrews and mnk no direct recom mi'iulatlona but ttve th Importance of taking up tli question of I'a-lflc raod of lndebtidiit It say: "Tb fulled State mar at maturity of the debt proceed to forfeit the charter of the company and tlud up it business, and tak Its chawi of mnivery if whatever portion f debts it may be able to obtain. From what w have said above we think It sure thnt the amount would be vry small Imbed. It Is a question, however, on tbo whole. If It might not bo tlm best thing under the circumstance' tt do. We think It clear beyond question that a a finan cial Investment operation of the bond ed l'adflc roads hi tho government would bo a flat failure. In case of the failure ot these plana they suggest thnt tho only alternxtlvo would seem to l to refund the f nlon Pacific debt for a considerable period of time at a rat of lntent commensurate with thn earning capacity of the road. This." says tho rport "Is the plan which has tho mot favor wlih flimi clers antl those whs hav givon this F. L. Klly. CIII1IL City Livery Stables. Stylish Turnouts Alwavs in Readiness. Having lately porchaml the entire interest iu the stables of Teter Cook, we are now better prepared than ever to meet the demands ot me ptiDiic ua we ar now niaKing sulmtAiitial, improvements. Traveling men a specialty. Independence Tailor Shop T. LAYTON JENKS, Proprietor. WWs Clothing SATISFACTION B, M. Estss. ESTES & ELKINS. INDEPENDENCE OREGON. Draying - and - Hauling, DONE TO ORDER. Charges Low and Prompt Service. You will Hnd our teams on th .Ireet, or lae leave order at tha 1'alses Motel. Furnilur and risnua carefully moved, TheJVEST Has th Most CompUt UOB;:0FFIGD In Polk County. PRICES THE LOWEST. WORK THE BEST. A.. W. IDockstecacler, (Sutveinor to -rnoPUlETOR OF- City Independence, Oregon. Hamtas doM t Kw-abaW. jut. SUh wwl tr ul. fubject much Bttentlon,' In Oil Brrangefwtit tw plan have beta tlgesel; Flrst-Th rTOtlno. anc of tn sinking fund and tb pay. rocmt Into It of a larger shar of th not earnings tbao r st prestit psid to It suwrnd-Perlodlcal Wiy men's of flged anvmnt Into th Vnlisd Ktatssj treasury until th debt Is liquidated, Tli wmmltte de not for th prs nt offer any uggestton as t th relief be afforded th Central Pari flc. DEB8 OMTBIAI. mirag. Jsn. 2fS.Twelf Jurors la Didsf rmsjdrai-y Ulol wet sworn la today. Thomas O. MHcbrlst. sperl! counsel for th govtrnimnt. In his owning siswh claimed that th gov-m-nment would lrove a eonimey among th offlw-rs of tb Amerlcaq Railway onhm. For tb defetis Dnr row cmtenih-d that If then bad bc n any conspiracy It was by Ui nerl Managers' Anss-latlon, th "only Iswly of mn In th world that sympa thise with Mr. Pullman," DISMISSED IN 6IIAME, Ss FrsncJsco, Jan. idMkUM Mitchell, the postoffls newspaper sc. rouotuil, has been dismissed fr wn bessllng r;e1pi amounting to fVA Mitchell, who Is a young msn, cm from Vlssilta, snd was assistant clerk of th state senate several years sg BAILR0AD3. TIMK TABLE. eiHM4ee so Messseath MelorLls Imm . Lesvee ls!aileoe. Moan"!. io lilt li. I.0 l its East-and South via The SHASTA Route of tha - Southern Pacific Co. California eipnws trsltu nn dallytoeplng st U isltuus iMflseeo forusad so AltKUiy, Nouib I4r."57 K-a r. . lous.s. Sons I.v. Portland Ar. I.v, Alhany Ar. Ar. Has Francisco I.v. .-. s. i-a a. a. 7j r. s. Rosburf Mall tsHy. tasve. arrive. IVtrtlan .... s V a. a. I Roturg ,... r. a. ItuavOuig..,. 7,Oj . m, I -urtlauf ....4J0 A. a. ll 111 3 i PULLMAN BUFfETT SLEEPERS and Hecoiid-tTass rjlecplng Car attacbed to all through trains. West Side Division. Bstween Pertlang and Cenralli. Mail trxlo dally (tieept KundayJ TJs ni 11 :l in I v. Portland Ar A r.. I n l--n(lcnoe. . A r Ar orvailui 1, M&p n 1M p ta lm ji m At Albany and OorvaltKennoeH vlialralss Un.'0 fartae rallioad. F.xpreM train aall (except ttanday) ()pm I i.v 7:a p tn 1 A r Porljand.. .Arises m .MrsiuutUle- Orsgenian Rsllway Oivlsien Portland and Yamhill Ry. Airll wall Trtuseekly. and S:Mm I 6 p tn .Ar'tMiD .Lvi7-iSam .0 p m .Lv I TOO s m Tlinmith llekeu m all point In the Fantern Htau. ( miBilii and t.uniiw, ran be obtained fwiti I, M WTlYfcll, A(nt, lndepodeoae. It. K0K.lt t.Klt, F, P. RonrKS, .Unarr. Ami. (2. K. A Pa. Agt. HUlfLAND. OKKtHlN. W. H. Ry- and are preparing to make many learns oourura by the day or month. 0--T iT i. KELLEY & ROY Proprietors. a Made to order in any style. A perfoct line of amples always ou hand select from. GUARANTEED. W B. Elkis Ctiarlea Btauu) ai mm bo. X 1 .B