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THE CORVA LLIS GAZETTE, FRIDAY, MAY 1,1891. 2 I88UKD BVRRT FRIDAY J10RN1NO BY SUBSCRIPTION RATfcS Per Year Six Months Three Months iQinnta TAfuag ......... S2 00 1 00 fie I er Year (when not paid in advance). 2 50 After having several years of extremely low prices for grain, the tables have turned, and a good time is coming this harvest for the farmers. Wheat and other grains are higher than they have been for years, and the crop prospects all over the United States are most excellent. This state of things makes the farmers rejoice, and no- body is displeased except the dem- a.mn.-nl "nalamitv howlers." to"0 ' i who are trying to break into office because of the hard times the farmers have had. The prices of rrrain have been on the up grade -Rtanrlilv fcince the fact tart there u , oi.nrf. tha wheat crop of Europe, fore a larger amount would be re quired from this country. Twenty-one states in the union have now adopted the Australian ballot or some modification ot it. These states are taking them in the order ot contiguity, and beginning with the pioneer in the electoral reform movement, Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecti cut, New York, New Jersey, Mary land, West Virginia, Indiana!, Ten nessee, Michigan, Wisconsin, Mis souri, Arkansas, Minnesota, Ne braska, South and North Dakota, Montana, Oregon and Washington. More than a third of these adopt ed the ballot since the election last November. Bills to bring about the reform are also before the leg islatures ot several . other states, and some of them will undoubt edly be successful. In the City ot New York there are over 150,000 people who earn less than 60 cents a dav. Thous- ands of this number are poor girls who work from eleven to sixteen hours a day. Last year there were over 23,000 families forcibly evicted in that city owing to their inabilitv to Dav their rent. One Derson in everv ten who died in New York in Potter's field. 1889 was buried in Nothing makes a free trader so . mad as to show him a sheet of American-made tin plate. First, he invariably asserts it is not American; then, confronted with the proof, he says it is no good, anyliow; and when its merit is made manifest he says: "Of course; if anything is protected as tin plate is, it can be made here." Astorian. Senator Quay is said to favor holding a very early convention to nominate a republican presiden- middle of March, is rather monot tial ticket next year. He thinks the onous, but is more agreeable than weather entirely to warm in June the eastern winter, which begins At Tnlir "f rr -r otinn ol rvatlioinnnr and proposes instead that it shall he held in April or early in May The English press and English influence have consolidated against the Nicaragua canal project. That should be sufficient to show the United States that it is to our com mercial interests to push the pro ject to aecessful completion. Ex. juonbx is so scarce lust now says the Mercury, that Secre tary Foster has begun to coin half cent pieces, in order, we assume, to, make it go around. Editors ought certainly to come Sn now for a jingle at least. Geo-. Francis Trae writes that Ke lives solely upon coffee. Peo- pie who supposed that he lived Bolely upon notoriety will note their mistake. Astorian. Jay Gould is still reaching after more. He ean't get (he earth, But some day the earth him. Astonan will get The" city election comes 18th. See that progressive axe elected to the council.. May men . MUCH ADO. Iu arranging for the reception of President Harrison and party in this state the question arose as to the propriety of Governor Pen no.ver meeting the distinguished visitors at the state line. Gover- nor Pennoyer expressed the opin- ioii to a party including a gram reporter, that official Tele-etti- i . . -i . .... queue uoes not require mm to meet the visitors ;at the state line; that the proper place for him to receive the presiuent is at tne state capitol. These remarks were not intended for publicatien but they appeared in the Telegram and tli3 result is a very great hue ana cry which nas sounueu ami re sounded in the remotest parts ot the country, the governor's speech being construed as an expression . , , . OI disrespect 10 ine president llie subject has been enlarged up Pn as lfc rapidly spread abroad, and, although, as has been said, the gov i j ii i i ernor is not wregon, uie eiiecu nas ueeaio uiace me siate iu a ia.se position before the country. Mr Pennoyer expressed, as a citizen, his ideas on the subject to assist in determining the arrangements for the resident's reception and it is not more in justice to arraign him than many other citizens who hold similar views. It is not unlikely that the Port land Telegram set a trap for the newspapers, into which many of them at once stepped, and which local prida should have kept them out of.. The motive of the Tele- m is much more to be ques tionpd Mian thsir. nf the srovernor. There .g nQ doah however that receptiou which will be ex- teuded the president in this state will be such as to assure him oi the hospitality of our people and of their appreciation of the re spect due the chief executive of their country. The Oregonian, whether native born or not, is always enthusiastic over the climate of his state. His enthusiasm is so over-powerin that he is apt to be laughed at by those who never saw Oregon save in the rainy season ot winter or the smoky days of summer, when the forest fires make it a land of clounded skies. The truth is that while every climate has its drawbacks, that of Oregon the year around is as good if not better than that ot any section of the country save Southern Cali fornia. Oregon does not have the severe winters or JNew iingland, Minnesota, Wisconsin, or generally I of the Middle West. It escapes the spring east winds of Boston arid the June winds of San Fran cisco, it has no blizzards in win ter, no cyclones, or tornadoes, or thunder storms in summer; no hot nights from June to October. The Oregon "wet" season, from the in November and departs in April. The dry season from June to Oc tober would be perfect save for the smoke that hides our noble moun tains. The drawbacks to the Ore gon climate are that we miss that sudden rush and flush of spring and summer beauty that is found in New England. The New Eng land summer and autumn are splendid seasons and they ought to be to make up for her winter. Oregonian. Since the 1st of January 53 per- sons have been lyncnea in tnis couuir' U1 wmmi, UZ "cc" It i -i - At c-i il rL a1 I . a 4 r t l u lyncneu. in ine oouui. kji mese 44, 23 were negroes, 11 Italians, 9 white Americans and 1 Indian. ot this number Louisiana has lynched 11, Texas 9, Mississippi 6, Tennesee 5, Georgia 3, Alabama 3, West Virginia 2, Virginia 2, Florida 2 and Missouri 1. Mrs. King, the "cattle queen' of Corpus Christi, Texas, recently sold 15,000 head of 2-year-old steers for $82,000 probably the largest single order for cattle ever filled in Texas. WASHINGTON LETTER. From our regular correspondent. Washington, April 20, 1891. Senator Sherman is in town, and many are the ruses that have been tried for the purpose of get ting an authoritive statement from him as to his future political in tention, but no one has yet suc ceeded in drawing him out. A gentleman close to him personally and politically, and who probably knows if any one does, said to me: "Mr. Sherman isn't ready to talk yet and those acquainted with him know how useless it is for anybody to try to pursuade him to do so until he is. But you may be certain that when the proper time comes the people of Ohio will be told whether he wishes to be re elected to the senate; John Sherman never travels under false pretenses, and never hesitates to ask in a manly and open manner for the political support of his constituents when he desires it." It is the opinion of all the prom inent republicans with whom I have talked, among them several Ohio men, that Mr. Sherman will be a candidate for the re-election to the senate, and that also is my own impression. The success of our special en voy, ex-Alinister Foster, in negoti ating with Spain a reciprocity treaty between Cuba and the Uni ted States, along the lines of the MuKinley tariff act, gives great satisfaction in official circles, and most effectually disposes of all the democratic fairy tales about there being a hitch on account of the demand of Spain that we should place Cuban tobacco on the free list. The Spanish Government was very anxious that we should admit Cuba's tobacco free of duty, but it was far too sensible to de mand it, and wnen informed that it was impossible there was no more said about it. The subject of counterfeiting United States currency is assum ing grave proportions and the of ficials of the Treasury Department are just at present giving consider able time to studying it in the hope of discovering a remedy or preventative. The chief engraver of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, who is away up as an ex pert, spent an hour in two $2 silver certificates, one gen uine and the other counterfeit, with a.powertul magnifying glass and his verdict was that there was not the slightest difference be tween the two notes. New inven tions in photo-mechanical pro cesses have made it easy and cheap for the counterfeiters to reproduce on a metal plate every line of note and after a little etching it is an exact duplicate of the steel piate irom which the note was originally printed and which it had taken months to engrave. The color in the red seals and the green backs was once a protection, but late discoveries in photochromy makes it easy to reproduce the precise shades. The chief of the Secret Service in his last annua report says on this subject: "The genuine government notes now adays, especially the series of 1890 are marvels of the engraving art aided by the wonderful geometric laths. One would think it impos sible to successfully counterfeit such work upon looking over the complex area of. lines and pat terns; and yet at this moment counterfeiters are reproducing it so perfectly that the elaborate beauty of this paper money may be said to offer no protection to the public or defense against fraud." The only way the exper has of detecting these skillfully executed counterfeits is by the pa per and that has been so well imi tated that no one but an expert can tell it from the cenuine. So that really about the only protec tion the public has against coun terfeiting is the vigilance of the Treasury Secret Service. Representative Springer, of 111! nois, is now jocularly referred to the "talking candidate" for as Speaker of the House, . because of the number of his recent newspa per interviews. In his last, after painting his own prospects a deep roseate hue, which, by the way, is not visible to anyone else, he sails into New York politics, nominates for Governor and elects Repre sentative Roswell P. Flower, whose, "barrel" has so often been on tap to the "boys" of the demo cratic machine, and makes him the democratic presidential nom inee, just as if those other two gentlemen Cleveland and Hill were not in existence. Really this Speakership business is get- g decidedly interesting, and each of the would be democratic presidential candidates will soon have a candidate for speaker. Mr. Mills is the Cleveland candidate, Mr. Crisp the Hill candidate, with number of others to be heard from. The Italian business has again simmered down, and everybody here thinks that Rudini will find t extremely dificult to answer Mr. Blaine's last dispatch, which meets with commendation on all sides and from everybody. RAW AS BEEF-STEAK. Baby's .Fearful Suffering from Skin Disease Covering Entire Body Cured by Cuticura. Mv baby was taken very sick when tie was three mouths old, and in a few days be gan breaking out. Wa employed both of the home doctors, and they could do noth ing for him. Then we sent for the best doctor in Eaton Rapids, Mich., and he doc- ' jj. tored him for two weeks, and he got 'Alf&r'?s s worse an tne time; W and thfin T took him to Jackson to a doc tor who attends es pecially to skin dis eases, and then he got worse than ever. Then I told my hus band we bad better try the Cuticura Remedies any way; did not have any idea they would do any good, but in less than two months from the time we began giving them to him he was entirely well, and not a nnot on him. His hair began growing right o'ff. and we had thought he would always he bald-headed. 1 here was not a spoi on his whole body, face, and head, only his liosft and eves, but what was as raw as a heef-steak. 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