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LL .nrv in r in GENfe nir" uru AED. ESTABLISHED FOB THE OIMEimTIOS OF DEIOCtiTIC PRINCIPLES. AMD TB UU H lOSEITLITIM BT TDK SWEAT OF OUR BROW VOL 23 EUGENE, OR., SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1891. NO, 26. I Zlxt (gugtu (City Guard. ..PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAYS 1. L CAMPBELL, publisher nI Proprietor. nFFICE-Onth.Eaat sid. of Willamette ritreet, between Seventh end Eighth 8 tree u. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ,'f annum BJ Si Month. I hree months ' y l(JR ONLY KA.TKB OB ADVKHTI91NQ. Advertisement! Inserted is follows: On, square, ton lines or lew one Insertion $3: h lubioquontiMOrtiun L Cash required i0Tfmrd"ortUr.wUlUch.rgodt th ol- Km.nth. WOO On. square .ix month. tffii'w' - liae tor eoh Insertion. Advertislne- bills will be rendered quarterly, job work mmt be paid ro on dslivibi. CEO. B. DQRR1S Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, xrrlLh PRACTICE IN THE COURTS W o! th.VondJudicilDi.triot and in .utters in probate L. BILYEU, -Attorney and Counsellor at Law,- EUGENE CITY, OREGON. ORACTICES IN ALL THE COURTS OF P this State. WU1 Kivo ipocial attention to collection and probate matter Orrios-Over Hendriclc & Eakin'a bank. A. 0. WOODCOCK, Attorney-at-Law, KUvSKNK CITY, - - - ORE001" OKFICE-Rooms 7 k 8 McClaren Building. M-Speclal attention given to Collection! and Probate business. GEORGE A. DORRIS, Attorney-at-Law, EUGENE CITY, - - OREGON Orrioi-In Register Block. . K. BUPWOBTH. j. J. Walton WALTON & SKIPWOBTH, ATT0RSKY8-AT-LAW, Eng.., ' 0r,Bon- WIU do a general law practice In all the Court of thU Bute. ; . Seymour W. Condon, ATTORNEY-AT LAW. -DUNN'S BUILDING, Eugene, - Oregon. E. O.OTTBR Attorney-at-Law, OREGON. EUGENE, Ornoa- Room in Cower'. Block. CEO. M. MILLER attorney and Counsellor-at-Law, and Real Estate Agent. KUGENE CITY, - OREGON. Ofllce-ln Maaonio Tempi. Kuykendall & Payton, Physicians and Surgeons, Rooms Over City Drue Store. A. E. GALLAGHER, Attorney-at-Law. KUGENB CITY ' OREGON. Special atUntion gN.n to Probate buiine-e and Abrtracta of Title. Ornei Ovir Lane County Bank. " ORS. PAINE & M'MURTRY, Physicians & Surgeons, Offic 9th St, Opposite Hoffman Bouse. DR. D. A. PAINE, Residence corner 10th BL, between 9th and 10th, Eugent DR. J. 0. GEAT, QDENTIST- ArnCE UPSTAIRS IN YOUNG'S J block, oppoiiuGBAlD office All work "uhC n dmini.Uri for paile-i h-actioa at teeth. MOORE & LINN, UNDERTAKERS AND EMBALMERS Coffin, and CeakeU elw.ye band. Pre paring and Embalming Bodiee a Specialty. Night erJle prompty attended. Rdanoa, ieeond house aoath of Ketho tpt Church, Willamette street. BUSINESS ESTABLISHED 18 YEARS.. Diamonds, Watches, Clocks, Jewel ry & Musical Instruments. Ik Is Special attention given to Repairing and Engraving by two first-class workmen. All work warranted. I E. Luckey DEALERS W DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES, Toilet Articles, Paints, Oils, Brushes, Etc., Etc. Prescription Department in Competent hands. hrd:; huh McClaren s Building, (OpponiU F. M. WUkin.' Dru Store.) -Ha. an extenive Stock of STANDARD, MISCELLANEOUS, COLLEGE AND SCHOOL BOOKS, Mercantile, Fancy and School Station ery, Blank Books, Cutlery, Etc. tF-Ordera for Book, and Bnbacriptiona (o Newspaper, and Periodical, promptly at tended to. Bowel Troubles, and Cramp, Colic, or any Internal or External Pain. Aik your druggiBt for it J S. LUCKEY, CALEB IN Clocks. Watches, Chains. Jewelry, Etc Reoairing Promptly Executed. a-AIIWork Warranted..! J. 8. LUCKEY t. Schvvarzschild, Prop. (Sncceator to Geo. Collier) BOOKS, STATIONERY, MAPS, GLOBES, SPECTACLES, WALL PAPER 8CHOOL SUPPLIES. Order, by mail promptly attended to. Ad dm. Lock Box 119. AT CRESV7ELL. From and after Feb. 1, 1891, my terms will be strictly cash. Prices Put Down to Bed rock. I will Not be Undersold. Highest market price Paid for Produce. If not all traded out will pay balance in Cash. J. H. Whiteaker, Creswell, Or. En 1B1 Cash. k Pries:, Manufacturing at ;s 'ftiJE ar si ttsz ok HD I I P 1 acr.aLS.icKJC.KiE'jrjKJKS 53 FISHER & WATKINS, PROPRIETORS. WiU keep constantly on hand a fuU .upply of JE", MUTTON, PCRK AND VEAL, WVIA ihv will ull at the loweit market Pri ces, A fair ihare of the publio patronage to- haled. TO THB FARMERS i We wiU pay the hfeheit market price for Fat Cattle, iiogi and Sheep. 8HOP ON WILLAMETTE STREET. EUGENE CITY, OREGON. Meat, delivered to any part of the city free of charge. Having purchased the Matlock Grocery Stove, we call the attention of the public to the fact that we will keep on hand a FIItST-CLASS stock of grocerieswhich will be sold to our pat rons at the lowest rates. FISHER BROS. B. F. DORRIS, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE ACENT. I HAVE SOME VERY DESIRABLE Kanra, Improved and Unimproved Town property for aala, on eaey terma. Prcpsrty Bested and TLentt CbUected. The Inmrano Companie I r prea.pt are imnn( the Uldnt and Boat Reliable, and ia the FaowT andQorrBLi adjoatawnt of their oata. tfTD SaoovD to Nol. A than of yoor patmaxg i. aoUdted. Oftot-In City HaU. B. 7. DORRIS. Select Stock South ol Fortland Mo Groceries NEW YORK FACKEi Having Ita fountain hrait at &W, K'1 and M Bniailway aud 1JO, li.' and 1J1 Monvr .Irwl, Krw York City, the Utyrat VY boUwal Aucllon llouw In the United Hiau. We (i't the edvaiitaii ol IMrM iu all IIih. carried. Wht-ii rwrlvlna aud marking; Uowl. we do unt ak how ruui'h can we gft lor the arllole, but auk what ran we afford to tell the article (or, aud we have nrver vol marked an article al a prlre thai did not at-ll It quick. We do uot Mil good, at a hlKh price when they are In araaun and al or iini the cIom) of the at on make rvduotlou and ril'F.i l.l. uarKalti day. to clow out (tuck. Our good, are awrpt away wblle they are yet In acatou. The prlw dor. the bu.tncm. Krnii-mbvr our rimmI. are marked lu PLAIN F1UUKEH to aril for I'ASII, aud we can not have two price., one (or canh and the othtir. well, we will aay (oretrniity. It I. uy to acll good, whfti the right rig ure 1 on them. Well, we have the good, aud the right flgurea ou them. A (ew u( lha tl.urea: Ladle' Dongola Button, ... worth AiW ' 4.00 8. " 5.00 , l. " l.7 Hand aewed Flexible.. Slime. Uongola Kid Uulton... Ladle.' " lioat i.w " a.an Men.' Fine Shoe.,. . .l.x, 1.51, 1.H7. 2.0)1, 2,'JH, HI Men.' Enirlt.h Tic 1.1H, 2:.ti Hoi Tip Mvwl Shoe. $1.18, l.:U. I.W, l ti7.Hr. Men' Call Boota. worth H.OO H08IEKY. Fait Black Seamlew , , -, V Fancy blrtped 11. 12. 1W, Jil, W, ifJo Meu'i, 7, 9, 10. 11. 1, IK, 1!4, , 30, Sic Oat Meal Soap 7c ini Clocka H .heet. Note 1'aper . . . lMahn-ta LegaU'ap 8tchel Celluloid rlnap rollara.. S7c 11.07 ftc (HJ . .i3, , 47, 53, 08, 70, 87c 15.1HC Ulllll ... Window Shade, patent roller tic Thl. It only a .mall Hat of what we carry. Come and aee. We will be pleased to .how you our good, and matchlemi prices. Keinemlwrour place ol buntneM I. not ou Front itrwl; It t. Jut anmnd the corner, on Ninth itrvet. We thank you lor your generout patronage in the Da.t. and shall strive to merit a much larger share of your trade In the lulu re. very respeciiuny, P. FRANK & Son Ninth Street, Eugene, Or. Dr. Jennie S. Barnard Regular Physician, EUGENE, OREGON. Will apeoially treat all Disease, of WO MEN AND CHILDREN. Room 2, Dunn'i Block, R. B. Cochran & Son, Real Estate Agents. Eugene City, Oregon. Will attend to general Real Estate buiino. such a buying, selling, loaning and renting farm, and city property, eto. Office on aoutn aide of Ninth street. HOFFMAN HOUSE Eugene, Oregon. DuBoIs Bros., Proprietors. Sportsman's Eporium. HORN & PAINE, Practical Gunsmiths Dealer! in GUNS, ItlFLEfl, Flihini Tickle mil Materials, Mewing frhlns mad Needleioa All Klnu t or Haie I Repairing don. In tb. neatest style and war ranted. Guns Loaned & Ammunition Furnished Storaon Willamette street YAQUINA ROUTE. OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD AND OREGON DEVELOPMENT CO'S. STEAMSHIP LINL (T.E. HOGG, Receiver.) 225 mixw anoBTia, 20 boom una ran Than by other route, First-elae. through Faaaenger and Freight line from Port land and all point, in th. WILLAMETTE VALLEY To and from San Francisco, Cal, For information apply to C. C. Hooor, Act Genl Fit A Pan Art Oregon Pacific H K Co. BAILING TDATE3. From Yaquina. WillametU Valley, March 8th Willamette Valley, WUlimetuVaUey, , " !tb From San Fraaciaou. WllUmetU Valley, March 12th WlllametU Valley, ' 21rt Willamette Valley, ",80th Thl. nnnui reaerve. th. riyht to chang. aaillng date, without notice. Passenger from roruana ana omervtu lamette valley point can make clot, coonec tions with the trains of th. Yaquina route at Albany and Corvallia, and if deetiued to Han Vnnnin, ahmiM arranira to arrive at Yaoulna th. evening before date of sailiLf. Passenger and Freight rates the lowest W. B. WgWTgB, Corvallis, Ore. Gen Frt k Ttrn Ag't, Oregon Development Co. 804 Montiromery St. Hn rrancisco. GEO. F. CKAW, AGENT, EUGENE. F. M. WILKINS, Praclical D ruggist fi Chemist. DRUGS, MEDICINES, Braibew, Palais, Claew, Hi, Lea., Toilet Articls, Etc. Fhya!ciaoa, Prescription. Compounded. Yon iloltke Dead. The great PrnaHlan general Von Moltke died in Berlin, Saturday at the advanced age of 01. Detail, regarding the count', demise disclose the fact that duriug the Uat few days he worked with his wonted regu larity, lie bad nearly completed the plan for the fortification of Ileligolaud and had sent a report on the subject to Emperor William ou Tuesday last. Work that bad passed out of his band, showed no trace of auy abatement in constructing gen ius and mastery of detail. IIo walked to hi. borne yesterday after be bad finished bl. labor, at the relchiutg. He dined with the Swedish minister and duriug the evening was very animated. .Later white playing hi. evening game of wbist at home be wa. attacked with a slight aslhmatio tpaaiu aud left the room. It was supposed by other present that he would return in a short time, but a be did not come back bi. nephew went after him. Major Moltke fouud bi. unole in a sitting position, and gasping for breath. Oniielughis nephew, the count attempted to rise and fur a moment appeared to bave masteied hi weakness. Ue got op, and then fell into bi nephew arm, eemins to faint. In a few momenta be breathed bit last. The cause of but death wa lesion of the heart. He i not known to bave suffered from any pronounced oar- diao trouble. The clockwork of life had simply run down. Salem Jour mil: The jury in the Leonard daiuase suit cane returned a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for f :i,750. after bsiug out a few hours. W. A. Creek baa settled wlln the oonipanv aud left the state. There is one other case conducted by Attorney Ford, of thl oily, to be beard In tbi county, but it will not come np until the next term of the court. Tbe damage suit whloh were transferred to the United elate court at Portland, will probably come up come time next mouth. Geo. W. KInsey, Auctioneer. Wlian vnn want TOnr Dnodl. hOoSohold (iirniiiir.ni. land aold at auction, call of Geo. W. Kinney, the pioneer and most sue ceesful auctioneer in ijane uonmy. ue win attend to all late on reasonable com- uniwion. Don't Believe It When told that F. M. Wilkin., the druggist, la not aellinn "Wisdom'. Robertine" fur the complexion, tbe most elegaut and only really harmless prvparallun Ol it. mnu m urn world, and giving a beautiful picture card with every Cottle. Pall HaltThar tlrml lananid felins mean tbut your system I in a state to iu- .... . .IT . ... - I 1? vile disease, ana nngni . uuipuuuu tract of Sarsaparilla i what yon need at once to exnel impurities of the blood and build yon np. Sold by all druggist. MgnroBD Flour. A. Goldsmith has re ceived another car load of the celebrated Medford flour. Ue will keep this exoelUnt brand of floor in stock at all time hereafter. What I It? That produces that beautifully soft com plexion and leaves no traces of its applica tion or injurious effects ? Tbe answer, Wis dom's Robertine accomplishes all this, and is pronounced by ladies of taste and refine ment to be the most delightful toilet artiole ever produced. Warranted harmless and matchless. F. M. Wilkins, agent, Eugene City. I have a cousin who is a printer, says Ex Mayor J. 0. Loughran of North Des Moines, Ia. Some years ago h. was employed in this city where tbey were printing circulars for Chamberlain, He had deep seated cold and terrible cough, and while setting up copy be made np bis mind to buy bot tle. It cared him and that was tbe first I ever knew of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. I bave been strongly in its favor ever since. f n,n Tni,r(Afr.rMi and that of mv familv convinces me that this remedy is tbe best in tbe woria. inai may ue awing ibhkuk but that is what I thiuk. For sale by F. M. Wilkins, Druggist. The Eng-ene Cigar Factory Keep constantly on band the finest brands of home made, domestic, and Key West cigar.. Charges tbe lowest prices for chew ing and smoking tobacco. Bell at retail and wholesale. Give Them a Chancel That is to say, your lungsi Also all your breathing machinery. Very wonderful machinery It is. Not only the larger air passages, but the thousands of little tubes and cavities leading from them. When these are dogged anu choked with matter which ought not to be there, your lung can not do their work. And what they do, tbey cannot do weel. Call It cold, cough, croup, pneumonia, catarrh, consumption or any of tbe family of throat and nose and bead and lung obstructions, all are had. All ought to bigot rid of. There i. just one sure way to get rid of them. That is to take Boa obee's German Syrup, which any druggist will sell you at 75 cent a bottle. Even If everything else ha. failed you, you may ds denu upon this for certain. There is no danger of a cold resulting In pneumonia when Chamberlain's Cough HjuiiaH ia naad al directed "for a sever cold." It effectually counteracts and arrests any tendency ol e com to result in pneu monia. This fact was fully proven in thous ands of e sas during the epidemic of Influ enza last winter. Fur sale by F. M. Wilkins, Druggist Th- WratedFrencHnre, wtrurf"APHRODmNE,,r?(uZZ I. Solo o a poamvf OUARANTEE to cure any form of nervous d lseaae or any disorder of tbs generatlveor- gaus ol aiUMtrni whether ari.iiu fmmtheevnmi.iva BEFORE uaeof euinaUnu, AFTER Los. of Drain Power, W.kfdilnfM, Bearing down FalnslnUi ba'k,HernlualWeaaneM,Hxrtcrla,Nwou. Pros tration, Nocturnal Emlailona, LeacorrhTa, Iils sluens, Weak Memory, Loaaof fowerand Impo-b-nry.whlrhllneKlectedolten lead to premature old aire and inunlty. Frlca 11.00 a boi, (boxes or.'.'A Henthy mall ou rerlptol price A WRITTEN OUAKAMf EK Is given for every .iU) order received, to refund th. money If a Permanent eure Is not effected. W bar thouund. ol (Mrtlmonlala (mm old and young, of both aeiM, who hare been nrrmanently cnn-4 byUwuMofAphrodlUna. Ctrcalarfraa, iddrea THE APHRO MEDICINE CO. Vostera touch. 'x Uu27.1'(isiiajni,Oa, THE SUGAR BEET. The following ciroular ha been lsiued by tbe Oregon state board of commerce in re gard to tbe sugar beet seed which is being distributed throughout the country under tbe auspices of that organization: In the effort to bave experiments mad in various sections of the state, fur tbe purpose of ascertaining definitely whether sugar beets cau be produced in Oregon of a qual ity and quantity, and at a cost to warrant the establishing of beet sugar manufactor ies, the following directions for planting and cultivation of the beet has been ob tained from those who have had experience therein. Select a toll that will not beoome hard during the growing season. The sugar beet, if raised in proper soil, with proper culti vation, will grow all underground except a very small orown. If tbe ground becomes hard so that tbe beet cannot expand under ground, it will be forced above, and be worthless for sugar, a all that portion of the beet that projects above ground, contains no sugar bjt impurities that prevent the crystalization of sugar. Plow the (and not leu than 12 inches deep, the first plowing, a early in tbe sea son a practicable. Plow very shallow tbe teooud time, not over four or five Inches deep. Work the land well, after the last plowing, pulverize the surface thoroughly. Then If the rainy season is about over, lot it remain from 10 to 12 days, before sowing, in order to allow the moisture to rise to the surface. If tbe seed is sown on freshly pre pared ground, it will germinate immediate ly, and if the weather should be warm and dry, the moisture will retire from the sur face, the germs will die, and the seed be come worthless. Th. ground must be thoroughly pulver ized on lop, and tbe seeds planted in drills fifteen inches apart, not over one-hall iuch deep, and thinned oat so as to stand from three to five inches apart in the row. The thinning and first weeding should be done a soon a th young beet can be distinguished from the weed. After this, all that is nec essary is to keep tbem free from weeds. A light, aandy loam, or alluvial soil is best. However, th best land in th world, cultivated as 1 usually done ia raising beet for (tuck would b worthless for beets to manufacture into (ugar. And unless the farmer follows instruction in raising beets for tbi purpose, it will be no test. Beets grow side by side on the same land, one lot grown as direo ed for sugar, might (how by analysis from 11 to 20 per oeut. augar wblle tbe other lot, cultivated a is generally done for stock, and long distances apart, would grow large, mainly above ground, and eon tain very little sacharlne and be unfit for sugar. Tbs farmer will obtain fully as large a crop if cultivated for sugar, a be would tor (took In tbe usual way. Tbe beet would be smaller bat there wonld be more of them. A beet for (agar might weight from one-half to three pounds, and giown all under tbe ground exoepta (mall orown. It i there fore eesentialy in or dor that the test may be of value for the end desired thai the Instruc tion be followed strictly. When th beet are grown, in selecting samples for analysis take only those that bar grown all underground, of good shape, and do not weigh over two pounds. An analysis of beets raised In the ordinary way will give no teat of value. Your attention is called to tb follownlg extracts from the report of th comissioner of (grloalture, Washington, D. 0., for th year 1881, on the sugar beet, and quoted from the most reliable European authorities: "Experiments In elose planting, contin ued for a series of sight years, gave tbs fol lowing results: Id, rlober; 2d, better qual ity; 3d, of larger yield In weight; 4th, less exhausting to the (oil." Also "Beet at amaller distanoee will produoe more sugar and absorb less of tb saline matter. Now we know that tb constituent properties of sugar are furnished entirely by the atmosphere, and that tbe saline matter sr. furnished by tbe toll, and by cultivating tbe sugar beet at smaller distances from each other (that la closely planted) tbey are lei exhausting to th soil. Close culture Is more profitable at th asm. time to tb grower and tb manufacturer. Speaking of liar, th editor of th Mo. Cloud River (Cal.) Pioneer need not take a back seat. He says: "Boms days ago sbakemaker who was making shakes at Ulack Cox mountain, north of town cut down a big five-foot sugar pins; but after felling it discovered it to be hollow some forty feet above tbe butt. Gazing Into tbe cavity be found it to be chuck-full of bears five black, seven olnnamon and three grizzlies tbe animals having boled up for tbe winter. With great presence of mind the man split off some slabs, tawed off the hoi low part, nailed tbe slabs over th bole and started tb log down tbe steep mountain toward tbe place where It arrived safe and sound. Th bears can be seen through cracks In tbe slabs lying in a state of semi-torpor. Tbe Northern Pacific has awarded eon tract for forty mogul and eight consolidation locomotives. They are similar to engines of the same classes which havs been previously built for the road. Tbe elgbl consolidations sr. of tb "octopod" elaas. Tbey bave 22x28 inch cylinders, and weigh, In working order, about 150,000 pounds. The first engine of tbi class, for tbe Northern Pacific, were built In 1888, and since that time the compa ny has bad built twenty-four engine, of that type, or thirty-two with the eight now or dered. Tbe orders for tbem have been con tinued almost every year sinoe tbe company began nsing them. A lawsuit in Chicago involved th recov. ery of a cent and expenditure of $100 in court and counsel fees. The postmaster sold a stamp to an Englishman, who, after placing it on a letter, tendered a Canadian penny as part payment. An argument fol lowed, a row and an appeal to the eourta. The postmaster eventually got judgment and a genuine unadulterated U. 8, oent. A Neglected Corner. One of the neglected corners of Oregon it Alsea bay, 16 miles south of Yaquina, not, however, because it is not eontigions to a section rich in natural resources. The bay is lined with rich tide lands, and along tbe coast back of Waldport, a small village noar the month of the bay, is a long stretch of fertile bottom land. Beyond this, Inland, the country is billy and broken. This bot tom land is found for a number of mile southward along the ocean beach. But little farming Is being done, as it Is not easy to ship bulky articles to distant markets. Shipping enters the bay only once in a while, since (here is no commerce to speak of. Tbe entrance over the bar Is deep enough to admit coasting vessels, being as much as 17 feet at high tide. The settlers, who are found far up the valley of tbe Alsea river, and up the Yachat southward, give their attention to tbe raising of cattle and sheep, and two brothers, ten miles from tbe bay, have purchased a blooded stallion and are raising fine horses. Tbe out-range is green all summer, an advantage that ia sure to attract stockmen to the Alsea country. Some of the farmers have turned their at tention to butter making aud with good re sults, yet, (trange to say, not enough butter i produced to (upply the twenty-five families that compose the village of Waldport. The trouble is that many of tbe settlers tak life very easy. Enough can be made to bold soul and body together without much effort, and what more do they want? Can even a millionaire do any more for himself than fill his stomach and cover bis back? A bait dozen varieties of clams and huge crabs can be dug out of tbe sand at low tide; flounder and trout are abundant in the streams, and salmon in the bay, and bear, elk and deer, besides smaller gsme, can be shot in tb woods. Why should tbe settler work blisters in bis bands? Besides, the ollmate is mild aud healthful, malaria being unknown, and some are busy all day enjoying it, unless tbey are occupied in filling op, to which tbe Indians here before them gave most of their time, as the large shell beds near tb beach testify. There are some notable examples, however, of persevering industry, and the result Is meadows beautifully green and herds of sleek cattle. Tbe row or sail boat is the means of travel used by the settlers on Alsea bay and on the different alough. Ve hicles or horsemen travel on th beach, which affords an excellont road tbe year round. Tbe timber on tbe bay and up tbe river is sure to attract capitalists ere long. Fir and spruce are abundant and of excellent quali ty. In going through th wood your eye meets on every aide tree of majestlo proportions, free from knots and "as sound as a nut." A cap italist who would establish a large sawmill on the bay to out lumber for export, would bave to saw for a number of years before making serious inroads on the timber resources. Ths fruit pests have not as yet invaded this section, and the apples brought by set tlers to the store of Dr. Diven, at Waldport, are as sound now as when they were picked last full. Alsea bay is a delightful place In summer, and to attiact the attention of those who in tend to commune during the warm dayt with the moaning sea and the leafy forests these lines are written. It will remain a back woods country until the boomer gets there who will arouse the inhabitants by town site plats, or tbe thriek of the iron horse re echoes among the tree. Oat Seven Hundred Dollars. There is a report prevalent that several eltizena of Benton county have been " done up" to the tune of $700 by a oonfldenoe man, yet had the fellow done aa be agreed to, these men might have got themselves into serious trouble. Tbe story we have heird U thin In a certain looality of this county stranger had been banging around all winter and made a proposition to some parties to furnish them with counterfeit greenbacks, which, by boiling in ooffee and being rubbed up a little, could not be detected from genu ine paper money, and from what w have heard the proposition was accepted by sever, al citizens, who were to receive $7,000 for $700. On paying tbe confidence man the $700 one of the purchasers was, it is said, to accompany him to Fortland, where th 17,000 in worthless money was to be paid over; but on arriving in Corvallis it seems that be changed his mind, expeoting that the fellow would either send or bring the large amount back, but alas, be is gons, and so is the $700. If these reports are true, th parties who would go into such a business ar not to be pitted in the least, and it ia only too bad tbey did not lose all they bave got. Had the worthless stuff been received end sn attempt made to pass any of it, there is some one who would more than likely bave got themselves into serioui trouble. Tbes men can be thankful they did not get it. Benton Leader. Speaking of marriage Bill Ny syc Mar. riage, if not carried to excess, is a wise pro vision and a sacred obligation. Marry your opposite as far as possible, especially aa regards sex -you'll never regret it. If possi ble marry above your station botlt of you should do this. It I sure to advance your race. Do not marry a foreigner unlesa en dorsed by those in whom you have perfect oonfldenoe, or unless yen want to very much indeed. Do not encourage long engage ments ; it Is better to get weary of each other at your leisure after marriage than to fool around and do it beforehand. Courtship, however, is a most delightful industry, end it should not be rashly broken in upon by marriage. Bom people seem to be admira bly fitted at suitors, but fail in other occu pations. This ia very fortunate, indeed. No suitor cau be (are of a permanent situation. Tbe supply greatly exceeds the demand. Did you know that the average rainfall in Iowa or Illinois is greater than it ia in Ore gon? It is.