FRIOAY, FKIMUAUY 10, m OREGON ENTERl'KISE, Oregon City Enterprise. I'uOlinhed Kvery Friday. i,. i- roitrKK, r.TiiTo. CHAS. A. 1 ITC H. City Kmtok. HUBCHlITION RATKH. Oneye.r V His n.oiilhn J" Trial subscription, to months - A discount ol V) rents on all stihseriplloiti Jor nn year, cents lor si monies, u paiil in advance. Advertising rales Riven on application. recognize only the iiiloinnoy of might! The only way wo can innlco thrm loyal, euyn tho Kvoning Te'.o- gram, in to pursue almost t ho nairn course wo ilM with the American Indium. Bul.srrihera will fiiut the dale of expira tion stamped on their papers tollowinit their namr. H this date is no! chart! within laro weeks alter a pavment, kindly noiiiy ui and we a ill look alter it. Enter! at the postofrlre In OrfRon City, Or., at second class matter. A0KST9 FOR THE K.TIRPW.E. Beaver Creek.. I'anby Clackamas Milaauki I'nion Mills... , Mead.iW I'.r.H.k . New Kra Wilontille .... 1'ark place ptattonl Wiihno tarn Molalia Mariini Htllteville Aurora.. , Orville Ka-u t'reek.... laiiiav-iis Bandy Currinsville rhrrr)ville Alar mot pr. T. H. Thomas '. Geo. Knik'lit A. Mather Oscar inn:er li. J. TnilliitK'er (.'has. Holinan W. t. Neaherry Henrv Miley K. 1.. Unwell J.Q (iaw l T. lloasrd ... U. M. Cooper .Annie ttiibl ' K. M. llarlinan B. Jennirps Henry A. Snyder f J. Perdue 11. Wiihern " , J. ( Klliott K. O'l'tSCtl iieo. 3. I'urrin ....Mrs. M. J. Hammer Adulph Ascboil The Americanization of 1'ueito Kicots In an encouragingly progressive state. The inhabitants seem to welcome and ap preciate all measures designed lo further their social and civic well-being. It ia almost pathetically sungeslive that a people so long under the domination of Spanish law. in whose methods of jurisprudence halieaa corpus ial no place, and of whose graeioua meaning they weie practically ignorant, should request ita application throughout the island. Much to their rejoicing, the system of direct taxation ia to be abol ished. Under Spain!! rule, Ita work iiiKS were bitterly oppressive and the Visit of the tax-collector was the pre lude ol cruelty ami derailment. The Youth Companion. tXTThe way to lull J op Oregon City is to che Oregon City People jonr Patronage. 1.x counting up laurels won in the war Miss Helen Gould will In order to raUe the money to bnihl a railroad, the city of ruducah, Kentucky, iwrned munuijal Itonoa for ihe netve- rary amount. The iwsue waa properly uthoriied and promptly iuhscribed, but w hen the interest became due, the city attorney, having dievovered a technical error which made the londs legally worthies, ordered the city council not to pay it. The business men ol the city immediately took the matter up. "The good name of the city i our sood name," they aid. "When Taducah borrowed this money, he promised 'o pay for the use of it. We owe it to the city, and to I ourselves as well, to see that the promise is made good. A technical error does not lessen our moral resionsibiiity." A I meeting was therefore called, and a committee appointed to raise the money for the interest by public subscription. A city whose business men maintain so noble a standard oi civic honor and WHY NOT WEAR BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. FOU it LADIES or GENTLEMEN. McKittrick The Shoe Man Sole Agent, OREGON CITY. OR. lrr) rut Affair t:Uliieri. Incidentally it may be stated here that it ia therH ipiick tlring gutia which are ta a great extent rri-nwil'lo for the Orey fu cafe. At the time when, several year ajo, Fiance llrst revived upon adopting the tpuirk llriui: cannon, Kilt-flu anked for the plans and drawing. To deniuried. this reiuct France I acked l:uia lo wait until the hcrttcll hail completed tho equipment of her own anus with thece guns (it ban only just been completed; and then inUted thut liusaia should biml her-lf to order in France all the quick-tiring guns which she needed for the le ariuing of her artillery. Uussia replied that having dutv a this deserves to rank as one of come near ranking next to Pewey. Krt.at citie8 0( n,e country, no matter what the figures of the census report may say about the number of her popu- Two American daily newppapers re being publifh-tl at Manila, and the rival editors will soon be lead ing each other a merry chae for the county printing. Ution. The Youth's Companion. Tb Consent or Ihe Governed. Theke are rival revolutions in some of the Philippine and the northern and central provinces of I ment in the Luzon are against Aguinaldo. Anarchy would be established over the whole group but for the pres ence of the United States The inhabitants of the 1'hilippine Is lands have never been engaged, except in the inot rudimentary sense, in tasks of government. Time must be an ele- establishment there of The late senator Brice is the only man of very large means that has died since the war revenue tax went into effect. The tax on lega cies, under the law, will amount on the property left the Brice children to 111,220. The law exempts that portion of the estate left the widow. From all sections of the Union come reports that the blizzard of a few days ago, accompanied by an intensely cold snap, exceeds in severity anything of the kind had in several years, even in localities where cyclones and blizzards are incubated. But with all that there has been little loss of human life, resultant from this rigorous weather. From official sources it is gathered that the storm has epentita force in the sections it visited with the greatest severity, and as spring is about knocking at our doors there is no probability of a revisit of very bad weather this season. Acuinaldos' representative now at Washington certainly must have known that it was the pur pose of President McKinley to dis patch an emissary to the Philip pines to teach him what the real intent of the United States is with reference to the betterment of the condition of the Filipinos in every conceivable respect. This subject has for the past week been com mented upon by all the leading journals in the Union, and Agon cillo certainly had ample time to commuicate it to his chief ere the battle of Manila occurred. But it 'seems that this very Agoncillo is a mischief-maker, who maliciously misrepresents living facts because the administration declines accord ing him the recognition of a repre sentative of an established govern ment. Again, the president, after judging from what is written re garding the Filipino insurgent leaders, is acting ill-advisedly when he believes that he may win their loyalty on the same terms he gained that of the Cubans. The Filipinos are an inferior race who autonomous institutions, the people of the United States would not be in the least true to the principles of the Declar ation of Independence if Ihey rhould abandon the Philippine Islands under circumstances which would make it certain that political freedom would not (llow. On the other hand, the people of the United States will certainly not be guilty of violating tbe spirit of the Declaration of Independence if they re main in the Philippines for the porpose of training the people patiently up to the point of being able to govern them selves successfully. We believe in gov ernment by the content of the governed, and yet we exercise oppressive dominion over school children by depriving them of a measure of their liberty, and we ex elude them from the sacred privilege of the elective franchise. We oppress all inmates of asylums and penal institu tions by limiting their freedom and con trailing and governing them without their consent. In short, we insiHt every day in practical affairs upon refusing to abdicate our common sense. The peo ple of the United states in like manner will certainly refuse to abdicate their common sense when it comes to dealinir with the question of reconstructing the Philippines. The consent of the governed is a little maxim that has always heretofore been used with reference to peoples in a cer tain stage of political advancement, who, themselves insist npon employing such maxims on their own behalf. "The greatest good of the greatest number" is another maxim that has a certain appli cability. There are perhaps twelve million people in the Philippine Islands, and in so far as they are entitled to con sideration it is fair to suppose that they desire order, security, and justice. There is no reason to believe the people of the United States have any aims re specting the Philippines that would be in the least out of harmony with pre cisely what ail decent people in those itdands would declare that they desired, if it were at present possible to secure an expression of their wishes. On the other hand, it is true that Aguinaldo and his insurgents represent a consider able element of the population, and that eyery reasonable means should be taken to secure their good-will and cooperation. We should never for a moment think of ourselves as owners of the Philippines, but only as trustees charged with vari ous duties, the most important of which tnuet always be the promotion of the true welfare ot the native peoples, If we deal soundly with the strictly con temporary phases of the situation, we shall be ready for the future phases in due time. From "The Progress of the World." in the American Monthly Re view of Reviews for February. excellent gun factories other own, she did not see her way to spend abroad fiiO.0 10,000 or 70,000,lOO, which would stimulate and enrich her own Indus trie if expended at home, and there uiion set to work to obtain by means of secret agents the plans and drawing, of the gun. These attempts were successful, and it wan the knowledge that the plars and drawings had been obtained by It us-ia through underhand means that gave rise in I'aris to Ihe public charges of treacherv against the French war de partment. In order to satisfy public opinion it was necessary to find scrape-goat, and, as the anti-Semitic craze was then at its height, Dreyfus, as the only Hebrew meiulrer ol the ueneral stall, was selected (or the purpose and the evidence against, him fabricated. It is pretty generally known, however, that the person who lurnixhed Russia with the drawing and plans of the quick firing gun was no less a personage than General de UoisdefTie, then ciiief of the general staff, now dving in disgrace from cancer of the throat, while the Russian parties to this conspiracy were General Obrutcheff chief of the Russian general staff, and Uaron Mohrenheim, at that time Russian ambassador on (lie banks of the Seine. It is a significant fact that, although General Ohrutcheff, who is married to a friend of Ilniwleffre, was slated for the portfolio of minister of war, he was suddenly ami sensationally dismissed from office at the same time as Baron Mohrenheim anil General Boisdeffre, anil, like them, relented to dishonorable retirement, without any reason beinit given at the time for this sudden disgrace. It is because the French authorities know that the publication of the secret dossier containing evidence of the under hand attempts on the part ol Russia to obtain the drawings and working nlan of the new gun would bring about the rupture of the Franco-Russian alliance that they are so anxious to prevent the nature of these documents from becom ing known. N. Y. Times. STUCK IN THE SNOW. Oanavr -I Travelling hr Steda , Siberia In U Inter. Traveling by aledgo In Siberia In winter has Its perils, as tlm experience of Mr. Hubert U jcMVrnti and his friends gix to llhilnito. Tim Incident I la (old iu "KniixhliiK It MI"IU: S'i! We hud chattered six sorry lin king hiTM'S i drug lis on tn the next stage It was night when w started. Tim drtr er, inniidliii drunk, h id lo bo helped 1 1 his scut, and wo set nlT along tlm narrow roadway at the uti!il gallop which, however, mhiu dwindled Into u mere shunie through thesimw. Wo hud (tnno to sleep, and mine hour after our departure tiaskull wnku mu and said he HE COWED THE BULLY. Handkerchiefs of all description cot ton, linen, embroideiied Swiss, for ladies gents and children at the Racket store. Harold r'redrrle'a Knroanter With a l.ordlr Prussian Lieutenant. Harold Frederic's self confidence and power of dominating stranger stood him in good stead in one of bis first visits if not hi very first visit to Berlin. The incident as he related It seemed natural enough to an American not brought np in awe of a military caste, hut to those who knew Germany it was almost surprising that he came through it with his life. He had been paying some formal diplomatic calls, and iu the evening dropped in at the Cafe Baner iu the ouwontcd glory of a frock coat and a tall silk hat. This hot was can-fully hung on a hat Mund, and Fredurio mt down to read an English newspaper just arrived. Enter a particularly flrn specimen of the lieuteuunt, hunted and spurred and sworded and epnultirted. Ho brushed oguimt tho hut stand, knocked Frederic's bat over into tbu uvdjt and swag gered to his seat without so much as looking aronnd. The slight to tho lint was more than Frederic could end urn. In a toweriiig pulsion he went to tho lieutenant. Ktood over him and pointed to the object ou the floor. "Pick np that bat, sir!" he roared. Tbe officer stored amazed; tbe waiters wore par alyzed with terror at hcuring one so much more than human so addressed by a civilian. "Pick np thut hut I" re peated Fruderio in a tone more menuo iug than before. And tbu lieutenant did what be was told. IIo was as irresisti bly dominated by the courage and force of the man as a schoolboy before his master, or perhaps be thought Frederic carried the enstomury west American revolver. Saturdny Review. Money to loan Ueuoks & GuimTii. at lowest rates. HioiiKht aomethlug was wrong The sledgo wa at a t IHI1, and our shouts to tho yetimhik lirmitiht no reiponw. I! lurk darkness prevailed. 1 bundled oat of the lidg, so benumbed that I could scnroely move, I felt along i the sledge, siukiug to my knee iu tbe mow. The driver's perch wu empty, and jtiit then I stumbled over one of tlm horses, which wa lying burled np to it neck. It was clear that the driver bad falleu from bis seat, nd that the horses bad wandered from the track. Tho pr beast were stuck fast, and a closer Inspection showed otic of them to be dead, lit-rally frozen to death. If we would save ourselves from the same fato, prompt action wa necessary. The other borms were nearly suc cumbing. They lay flat on their stom ach and nibbled at the snow. We cot Ihe dead auiuiul adrift, and, using the pare rope as whip, we stood ou either side of the living and lashed them till our arms ached. At length they moved, and by pushing and polling we got the ledge turned. Then, step by itcp, with much floundering and many full, we began to retrace nor way. All this In pitch darkness In a raw, cold wiud and Iu niomeiitury expecta tion of ouo or all of tho borse dropping dead. It was a terrible experience, bnl we regained tho road and dually reached tho village. Dialect. FAST MAIIS FMMtT, IH CAI1IIIEO rilOM OCEAN TO OCtAN IN lit' J THAN I OUU OAY3. rn.lrr S.he.l..le Ihe " rr e.v lnrU rVnnrl.eo, il. MJ Mile.. I. Mmln In I'J ll"'a r .11. ne 'nllilllHe. According t lh w mall scheduln adopted by tlm riiithorille " Jnn I. Han Franclsw Is now III Imnr Hearer New York than It wa l'fnr tlmt Is to say. tlm rmiiiing tlnm of tlm various train which carry tlm trans continental mall baa 111 ahorleueit limro t hull half a day. Thl N tlm greatest achievement In long dnt.iuci rapid triiimlt for null matter thai the world ha ever m n It is not merely a spu-nusUi1 tot I U rtabllidicd schoduk dally raco aKaiud tium. Kvery iiIkIH at 19 p m It U luii axaiu At that tium there p"IU out of th Grand Central station In New York the famous white luiiil " It U mad np eichl'lvelvof mail and exprc car Thl train I know n to railroad men No. ll.V It destination UCIiIciikii, and it Mop" for n-ithiugt-vifpt coal and wa ter until it p-t there.. At t hli H.M th mall I traiitf rrl There I iio waitiurf. however Tlm mo ment tlm truiii st .. the door open and tin nir I full of thin mall !. Forty llvMiiiiiiit'i Is alsnit tlm tium r quired fit tlm rhalofe Kinahi I th iiet 'iiit wliciit n ihaiih'" I mad From there the I'iik' are laiili'l by the Union IVihV dear to Sun FmncUa Wit of CMeatfo tlm mall car are ni.eU np In tnum with throuxli piwwiitfr Com In For rlv thi run of H .H4 3 mile l twivii New York niid Hun Frum-ino wa made In 1 ';', hour. Now It Is in.i.lit in U.", hour. ProUI'lv the greateel gain I made by the 'whiti mail." It ilipn H1' hour from the diedtil. Not only b- tin train start out with tlm Important letter mail of the great rant, but four time a month It larrti '.'0 tu of Hrltlih Australian mail, which cnxe- the United iMuti and U hlilpped to Australia. New .euluinL China and Japan, from San Francisco. Taciuna and Vancouver (uca month It car riin six ton of this (ureiK'ii mail In the opHite diro-tioti It everyday load Is a big and valua ble on From the New York plofla voi nit ir. IfShlloh'a Condi and Consumption Cure, which I sold ,in "m" l,r'' d .'j reliH and M rents and f 1,1"), does Hot . i . il... I.. III.. I. ,1,1. mi, I ttll (till In. i llltt Hise io" t " - - v Inn. I your money. Hold for over llliy yen is oil llill U .Mliiee. I'''1'" r ""! mi l Oceiii. C. G. Huntley, tlm Drug- gist. MIM A III U It. Has turned wllh disgust Irotti an .iiherwlse. lovable idrl wllh an offensive breath. Kail's Clover Root Tea purifies ll.it breath by It action on tlm bowels, etc., a nothing ele will. Hold for year mi absolute gusraulee. I'lUw W rln. and Ml da. C. G. Huntley lh DiUirglsls. . ctl V i: HOI.ICI Ti HH WASTI'I U etrrt aliere lor "l li r""y ( II. Plillli ploen" liv Mural llllril. e.iinn.i,. Iiiuril I')' ! lloternnisel lllllelal II k. Ii.rlnn In Hie Wr I psrlnieiil Tlia Ixxik atllleii In B'luy imiH' at fi Irsn. (I.e.i. on ihe r-Hle 'a uii Iieneral Merrill, In Hi liiisflisla l lloiiuliilii, In ll'i. g.ili, hi ll.e , merit sit Irein lira at Mai, II. Ml llie Inami-riil ai" !' AlMliealilo, ml Hie iln l i'l II liUiei I wllh leev, n. In II, e o.ar ol I. all. ai Ida ll ol Manila. i Miliar i(ii't. lOlllllllI Ol tiritlnl '.it.irr lake. l-v . rf nii.n.l l...l,i. ! jMiJirra mi llie !"' I r l"'"k h.a l(..ie. . lull's. In I at ', t'ltilil j rive. i. I 'ii. all t . a 1 1 1 m iillleial r laNiat. null flii' Al.lmi I I I'.ti..., r-'f , i H'r Iihiihi.i IU U 'lo- ! ' t ... ... ... " '-'i A Ajj fjlacktrtiiiltlng, Horielioeieg, Wion Maktr. "' i' i 4'h ami Main at Oregon City, j-' ,'.' m' y vy i' w 'a-o' vy ; Critlr. rrT do rrjeet What I writ lo dialerl, F'r llie common x; le t Ihooichl Hh'iulil In common ! li be wrought And lb crude bat pungent word MmulJ lie written as It's heard. Wiiu) or fimlinh. If lis irua. That should lie enotiirh for yonl With man asisweh la aniiirihiiig blent ('audit from lila environment Htronif, rels'lllnua and thaa-hnol Only aoli h II with their rnlea itun n. ay fiwhion a ilii.fuian llufllmv to lila m-lkliliur' uya. Hut oxm hi t'.iiuue will U Hiamjied III truo identity. Tlmn-fore. erillea, irjr reject Notion writ In ilialwt Wine b in story or In rlini I a ro-inl of the limn. Vital, freih and (It In U Found in li'unl couipanj. . lturedith Nii buUnn in Nw Turk Ban. robust, manly mill a ciMiiiio; baby lirl nestling: in her bosom what more can any wom anly woman ask? It Is a boon that Heaven intended houlil be uranted to every woman. Thousand fail of tin lM-cause tliey nave aeKlccted to IikiW aflcr their health in a womanly vaey. The health of a womon n bahie l dependent upon iir.r own ncaun diirinirthe oeriod of nrosntclive niatcrnity. Tbe prospective mother cunnot be loo par ticular atiout ner pnysicai conuiuon. u he suffer from local weaknr, nervoii nrs or loss of vigor and virility, her chil dren will be weak, puny and sickly. Ir. Pierce' Favorite Prescription is the only unfailing; cure for all wrukneand disease of the delicate and important organs that bear the brunt of maternity, It make thrne organs stiong, healthy, vigorous, virile and elastic. It makes the prospective mother strong and cheerful. It robs maternity of it peril. It insure a buby constitution, ally strong. It is the invention of an emi nent and skillful specialist, who ha had thirty year' training in this particular branch, during which time he and his staff of phyhicians have prescribed for many thousand of women. Medicine dealers sell it and an honest dealer will not urge, unon vou an inferior substitute merely for tbe little added profit he may make thereon. " I am the mother of nice baby four and a half months old." writes Mr. J. II. Clough, (Hon o.v) of Lisbon, tiraftnn to., N. H. " I caffmil ive trio nine ii plume to m. fierce ravoru 'rewrijition." Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellet cure con- atipation. Conttipatton is the cause or many diseases. Cure the cau'e and you cure Ihe diacate. One "Pellet" ia a gentle laxative, and two a mild cathar tic. Pruggmt sell tuera, and nothing n "just a wood." A fine parlor oran for mile on easy terms at the Oregon City Auction House. r iir.Atv rott tiir r Asr tutu alone it tnkea 810.000 pound nf letter luuil to tlm voi. t mid 1 1 1 , tun nf ether chinMof mull matter, and it rnrrlca in addition ton of transfer matter tuniM over to it at the Grand Central statlun. Train No. 53 is not only a lunil car rier, but a money maker for the cor poration Operating It. Iti'tWifll New Y'ork and lluffulo tho New Y'ork Cen tral company earns and la allowed fur potital cars for nil mall on all trains be tween tho points. fl.447.H4U.41 n year. In Chicago tho mail I split up, part of it going by the Htirliugton and part by the Northwestern, both running into Omaha- . It must lie rctimmhercd thut this new itched n lo works both way, from west to east as well as from east to went. Not only dix-s it benefit New Y'ork and Run Francisco people, but it ahorU'ii tho timo between nil jHilnts lnteniling. As the flying train awing ner. the continent busy hands and trained eye are at work on tho tons of muiL While tho car rock and lurch along at a 70 or HO mllu an hour guit the railway JkUiI clerks sort tho letters, put them into bugs mid throw them off at the proper point Mail in abto caught on tho fly. Per haps yon have seen it done. A bag Is suspended from two linns at tho sldu of the truck, being first Hindu into the shape of an hourglass by having a rope tied around tho tuiddlo. A swinging crane on tho cur door suitchea tho sus pended bug ns neatly as if It were a grout human hand. No loos than U00 poxtiil clerks work on the fast innil ns it travels from ocean to ocean. Thirty years ago there were only 279 railway poHlul clerks in the country Thus do we progress. Hut tho limit litis by no moans been reached. Innido of two youra, a jMrntul clerk predicts, solid mail trains, with out chango of curs, will bo running from ocean to ocean. Thero aro now threo full transfers. Tho first is at Chi cago, tho. second is ut Oinuhu und the third is nt igden. Hero is one of the practical reunite of tho now Hi hodnlo: Jorum of New York posts a letter to Brown in Hun Fran cisco, IIo puts it in tho liox Monday evening no that It iscolloctod In time to' leave by tho 0:18. At 8:10 Tuesday morning tho letter has progressed as fur as Buffalo; by 8 :80 Tuesday night it li in Chicago; Wednesday moruiifr finds it in Omaha; Wednesday night it row bob Cheyenno; by Thtiraduy after noon it is bolug changed at Ogdcn, and Friday night at 8:15. if tho Kocky monutjiin weather docs not interfere, it is in Han Fruncisco. It bus taken thut letter loss than four days and four nighU to rcuch Brown, and wo unod to reckon tho time across the continout as a f nil week I UOWABD SN.CE SlNtXAIU, PUREST DRUCS AND MEDICINES. t -"t I'rfHc-riptiinin irr'ft ( "artfully S f ('oIhiUUiIcmI Fine Slaiionory ToiK t Artit h'H, 1 rti.t:ixti' .Sumlrii'it ami N'tivt ltii'S at (2. A. Iliinlins. A big yield of both profit ami Mtix-tlon will result if you plant FERRY5 Seeds Tliey ara alwara Ike Weal. hi ma a..rpl aa. aulall. luia-twf tmm Iwt r rrri'a. Hull h all 4rli. U ill fur Ina Annual-ria, D.M.FCaTC0..DnrH.Mkk. pAKMEKS . . . Your tea in will liuvethe Wst ' ofcaroand Full Measure of Feed At lho j City StublcH. j W.H. YOUNC, Prop., Huoc....,r. to V. H. CoOkts. Livi'ry RigH on Short Notico. Telephone No. 42. if : i; 1 1 0L ltuavi VW ml imrc fn ,cor Karl's Clover Root Tea lli-niitll'ie tlm Cmiplevlnn, Purifies tits r imil.KlvrsM l-reli,t'riirSkln. l iir.-sl'iin ""I'iiIIimi, linllK,.i,i, nnil all Kriinll'iiis "1 :,. "Kill, An SKrei-.ilile l.imiitlva Nervn liinlr, Hold mi nliHoluie Kiiariititoa liy all ilrumilNta at She, Bite, and I.OO. 8. C. WELLS 4 CO., LMOV, N. V. aoLC enoesitTosa bar h , sk tn , 1 Ha; ley' -i m