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HIE LOG LAW. Will Commeue Jaly 1st Diilf Ownars Take Notice viwh Guard: To your cor Mmuiitul of recent date, who do .u,.,lrd the eutorcemeut of tbe dog i.w and U) all others Interword, I tinuv: The provisions or our ,.w on that subject are ucti that all lleu-iseS OUUSl IM uateu nuiu July ill must be taken out for a full year. If we were to require license taken t now. they wouiu nav m n p for the whole year and would have to , ,,..uKd lu about a month. This Wlwv -.Bin. rather unjust, so we have de ..hied to give due notice to dog own r tbatafier July 1st the law will be ritfidlv euforced. Tlioe lulerested would do well to notice and eovern tuemselvea r.iiniflv. as the dog law rau aud Bit ' --n ' w ill be enforced. V Klykk.ndall, Mayor, i A.if Out fob Hut. K swindle of the very latest kind Is belt) m- fl.mwl unon the people of the Middle We I at tireeeut. It Is perpetrated by Individual calling theiui-elves adver tising agents for circus organizations and ne of these fellows, who seems to be especially well qualified lu his Ine, Is lu ailed for tbe I..c no dm I tie generally swoops dowti on a cnv like a cyclone aud rushes lu aud out of busiue houses with extravagant contract like a streak of greased liuh iiiiiif. The contracts are extra'a mini In the extreme, snd the fellow ii.Miun-t sauveaiid obliging man on earth. If he thinks a dealer is telling his iU too chesply he agrees in ay him s few more dollars on the ton or hu bfl than be really asked Just to h, w bat a K'wd fellow be Is. le fort-lit It-lives he usually tells a funny i rv and in the meantime secures louii mi the contrrct. The merchant Mi.i.rec-iHle tint Joke- fully when the irMiniiiiH advance ag'iil strikes town , d tell- linn be has b en taken lu. I'aliy OuarO, H t -J Tim Picnic Today a luruje nuuibei of i lie students ami town young people are at Meriau's par njo. itig a day's o ting. Anon 9o'cltK-k two tttlly-l)i enidies were culled into s rvice for the conveyance of those de irmjf logo thut way and svveial trips with tbe riL't were made. A larger number ier!nit went tlown on blcicleo end in linvitte riirs. All kiu i- ol amusements are Indulged lu, ihere being au excel lent chance for raciug sports on tbe truck as well us boating on tbe lake. Dancing also forms an attractive feu ttirenftlus day's sport. Dinner i.ud yuimerwill le served there aud the rowd will continue to (rip tbe ligh funtiistio until 9 or 10 o'clock before reluming to the city. Daily Uuard, May w To Portland. itev J II Black. who has been pastor of the Catholic churth of Eugene for the past year, Itll for Portland this morning to accep the iioaititui of nrivate secretary l Archbishop Gross, made yacaut by tut recent death of Father North. Father Iback during his residence in Eugene has made hosts of friends, both anting tbe members of bis church, and also atnoinr the neonle Kenerally. He is an able man, conservative and earnest Several of the pastors of our city wei among his friends. He disliked to leave Eugene, all bough tbe place he Is to fill Is one of importance and a step up tbe ladder of ambition. Father Dalv. late of It-seburg, will succeed hi in in this city, Visit Salkm. A social train ol five coaches containing besides Presi dent C P Huntington Oueral Mana- a er K rut sell mill, Manager H Kohhr and Division Supt Lit Field, of the Houtlieni Pacific, reached Salem about 6 o'clock lust evening Irom Portland. The party remained in Salem until 7 o'clock this morning when they lefi for I he south. Thepa'ty Is returnliiK to San Francisco alter the annual In spection lour. Tuknh Fakmkk. tiaieui Journa : Frank Davey, whom everybody In Oregon know, ha quit politics, Journ alism aud other doubtful nccupaliou and taken charge of a hundred acre bop yard uear Dei ry, Polk county. Un hands are. calloused with labor, hi fHceis lanned with the summer sun bis Hppt-lile is sharpened by honest In dustry and bis bltsid circulate uncoii tamiiiiileil by the uuwholesouie X citeiuetits of city life. Gvi'sv. Harriaburg Ueview: The Gypsy arrived up Sunday with freight for May 4 tenders and soma household goods and a cow lielonglng to Itev Leslie of Eugene. The cow was taken to the livery stable where she died during the night. The goods were forwarded in Eugene by team Tues day. The Monroe hrass band was on board and pltyed several pieces at the lauding in this city. A O U V. Th- Beneficiary certifi cate of Joeph Lane has been paid in full. Thus tbe sura of $2000 is vl ded to the $36,000 already disbursed In tlii community by that benevolent order. DiE.--At Junction City, Oregon, Mrs Nellie West, sged 29 years eb leaves a husband and four ohildrsa. o SMOKE DRIFT. Bring me nor frankincense nor myrrh lor uusia breathing of the !, J'ur ruses such a filled the air At toroe superb Pumpaliaa feast. Nor Imi tut to job minster old What time the buljr mass la said And clouds of Incense rnrw are rulled In fragrant wruaiba alwre my bewl. But lot mo stand on this gruen hill Onnnatb the chancel of tho ikies And hoar tha thrushes' anthem trlU Aai see the pals blue poat amoks rUe. And fill my noatrils with tha bmth Of fragrance thut tbs wwt wind brings As, twaeping aoftly o'r the heath, It fans my ch k with noiarlma wings, And summons from the fan-past years Of youth fair vision manifold And summer scenes of smiles and tears la that old homestead on the wold. -T- Brucs Dllki In Chambers' Journal. IX THE REDWOODS. It was the night of Nov. Si, lssu. Tho moon, half spent, rose over tbe long un broken rango of mountains that extends along tbe northern count of California from Bodega Inlet to Humboldt bay. Perhaps an hour before midnight a young girl stood In the doorway of a do scrtvd cabin far up Id the Russian river canyon, watching the east grow light and waiting fur the moon to rise. A trail, bait obliterated by tbs growth of underbrush and fallen trees, ran a few yards tn front of the cahlu and led on down the canyon tottiorauip. By the light of tho moon this trail would be plainly visible at tho plnco a quarter of a mile higher up tbe mountain, where It crossed a clearing In ths redwoods, and toward this spot the girl's fare was turned. She was alono and seemed Impatient for tne coming light, which lingered so long among the tall trees on the summit of the rango. A cloak, black and long, and from Its shape evidently a Kt'Otlmnan's, was thrown over her shoulders, and Its hood covered her head. Tbs monn had risen. Tbe trail which Mai had been straining ber eyes to see through the darkness now showed clearly where It cams from a thick growth of chaparrnl, and she watched Its stretch across tho clearing more earnestly than ever. She had not long to wait, for soon the mnn for whom she was looking Issued from the brush, lie wns on horseback, and s riderless horse followed hlra. At the renter of the clearing he stopped and discharged a small revolver. Mai's heart leaped. "All Is right," she said slowly to herself, but her conscience told h r all was wrong, and sbn hurst Into sobs. "Poor dad! He'll never take mo bock, an Hen mi Jim 1 Oh, I know he'll never do It. but If he don't," sho said between her teeth, "I've seen folks die, an an" Uut a p.iir of strong arms were round her, and that voire which had led her so far was calling her Ids Mai, bis sweet Mai, his little Mai, and nuking her If tears were all sho had for htm. Her nriiis sougM his neck, and she beg ged him not to ! angry. "I won't cry no more," she said Im ploringly. "Promise never to be angry with mo again." "And now, !.!." hn wild, "we must be getting out of ben-. Wo'll cross the river and stop at Jim's." 'rto, no, no! she begged. Not at Jim's. Jim would know something was wrong an au ho might kill you," she whlsMred. "Well, If you can stand It, wo'll cross tho range and stop lu one of tho old logglug camps tonight. Tomorrow we'll go on to Sonoma. "Oh, loan stand It," she said. "I'vo been thero with dnd lots of times. Only don't stop at Jim's." Ho lifted ber Into tbs saddle, and sho olung to his neck until ho had kissed bor ninny times and called her over and over again by all those swtrt names that love makes up fur Its ornaments. Then ho threw himself upon bis own horso, and lu single fllo, bo leading, don into ths depths of tho canyon they departed. Tho trail which they followed nod onoe been used as a lugwny. On each side ruse ho giant redwoods. Among those trees had boon her home. Their every souud ind look tn pleasant and fuarfu! woathor die knew, and now sho was leaving them. Was it furovorf Shortly thoy came to tho old cump where dio had spent so many happy hours watch ing tho huge lugs thin themselves out Into timber and seeing tbe great saw spin round and round. Perhaps somo of that very tlmlx-r which sho had seen cut had ,ouo to tho city to help build his house l be hunso which ho hod told her was to bo hers. Thus she thought on until, leaving ihocamp, they descended Into tho creek led and followed on down towaru tne river. They eould hear It rippling over the stones at tho crtslug. Then they passed Jim s. It was so -trange, sho thought, to go by Jim's with nit stomilnif Jim. who had rescued her irom drowning when sho hod attempted .o cross to his cabin during tho rising of ho river tho foil before; Jim, who was al iiost as dear as her own father and so much gentler; Jim who loved hor so. "Jim! she culled alouu. Her lover halted, startled at tho sudden ry, and came to her. "I didn't mean to do that," she said. 'It came out. I couldn't help It. I was liluklug so much of him an wishing I nlgbt just say goodby to him that It slip od out all of a sudden." A mile beyond Jim's they came into the rail again Just where it ooiumenoed its ipward ollmb Into the redwoods of tho oast range. An hour Inter, at tho edge f tho wuude of El Diablo, they reached be cabin where they were to spend tho light. Here thoy dlsmounieu, ana si s over led ths horses into ths brush whllo .h not In tho least afrain, pusnea open tun door of the dark and vacant hut. There was a olose and slining oaor was- 111 from the oia ana inusiy iver tho bunk tn the corner. A wlldoat lumped out through the window. Alal Bve a little start. She sat down on the .aim of the nrusn wnere sno wui lover loosening tho saddle girths. Once more she thought of hor horns far back at i.n,i of tho Russian river. That doer old river-how It pa"l leBT" "? soft ripple, and Itvoluo, clear waujrs, aou her dad, and Jim, and her brothenil Thoughts of them all come surging up from her heart. She bid her face In her handj and burst Into sobs. So long as he was w Ith her she was happy, but alone bow troubled she grew I Some strips had been torn rroiu vu nf tbe cabin, and through the opening a little moonlight Ml upon ner. -u.u . raised ber face, It was very white. The hood had partially fallen from her head. and one of her locks of ruddy hair naa .h.v.n it,lf louse from ths knot la kk,a is has asNSl Us) snd si upon hor shoulda. Hur lover klsmsl bit when ho came. Then all was changed, and ber heart leied with Joy. "You are not sorry, my sweet one, you cume, are your" ho said to her tenderly. She looked up at him. "Why do you nlwnys think I'm sorryf I ain't sorry. Only dad dod ll miss me, au I know he'll never take me bock," tho said, "an Jim Jlm'll miss mo too." "I'm of ndd you're getting tired of my love," he said. "Xo, no; I'm not. I won't speak of thorn again. I won t, I won't," sho cried cltug lug closer to Mm and trying to slop the heavy sobs which would come even when ho had told her all over again bow much she was to him. "An you'll marry tne when we get to the city, won't your' she asked. But ho turned his head away, and she could not see tho look that ranio luto his face. " My door Mai, why do you cry so? You know I love you. Rest your bead hero and go to sleep. I will wako you wlieu It's light." So, with a sigh, her head dropped upou his shoulder, and Mul went to alcop. Tho iniKin had risen a little higher. U shone full upon Mai's face, mid her lover kissed ber. "Ouo would almost toko her for a limn In this coat of mine," he said to himself, "but how sweet hurfaco is!" And another Caress told him how sweet indeed It wo. A cool breeze hod sprung up from the coast and was bringing a heavy fog with It. For some time Mai's lover watched It through a break In the trees as it came rolling In over the range and settled down lu a cloud over the Russian river valley. Then ho must have fallen osltvp, hut only for a moment. Ho awoke with a little start and under the Impression that he bad hoard voices. He listened. The wind was stirring tho dead leaves and moaning among the trees. Was It only the wind he had heardf Uetitly ho laid Mai down Upon the bunk and drew the hood around her head. He stepped to the window and listened again. Still thero wns only tbe sound of the wind. Yot ho was sure he hod heard other voices than those of the forest. Yes, he was right. Presently there came to him the sound of crackling brush. Some one was coming. Yes, now ho caught a glimpse of sums half duzeu horsemen on tho trail. "Heuvons! Hur father's horso and Jim's," he breathed. "They're after mo. They'll lynch mo If they catch mo." Ho glanced hastily at Mai, kissed her softly It must bo bis lost, ho knew then out through tho door Into the long gross, upon his horse and away. Tho men coming up tbe troll heanl him crash through tho brush in the distance, but thought It some deer startled at their approach. A little distance from the cabin the met; halted and dismounted. Their leader was Mai's father. He went softly to the win dow aud looked In. Tbe llgure In tbe blnck ooat caught his eye. Fury seized him at tho thought that it was the ab ductor of his child. It was all be cared fur to havo his vengeance upon him. Ho did not look to see if Mai was there tsi. He did not think of her. Ills passion for revenge had masten-d him. Ho beckoned to tho men. There were six of them. They crept stealthily through tho open door, Jim and Mai's father (k lit I lo In advanco of tho rest. For one moment tbey hesitated, then threw a heavy sack about the sleeping llgure iind drew it tight round the fiet and uork with ro-s. It wns quickly done. There was a holt smothered cry, a brief struggle, and then tho men bore their burden away lu tbe redwoods. A few yards from tho trail they stopped A rope was run up over the projecting limb of a hiign tree and lis noose passed to Jim to fasten. The others knelt upon the struggling prostrate figure to quiet it. With a quick Jerk Jim loosened the curds that hail held tho sock cloth about the shoulders aud neck aud slipped the muse over tn their stead. "AU ready," ho breathed. Tho mon got off tbe Iwdy. There was a sound as of a rope running over hard bark, and Jim and Mai's father lifted the figure to a standing posture. A moment tho mon hesitated. For nn Instant tho noose slackened its grip. Life and sense and thought rushed hock to Mai with that breath, and tbe stillness of the redwoods awoka to the shriek of her voloo calling: "Jim! Jim! Jim!" Tho figure In tho sock full heavily to tho ground. Tho terror of the woman's voice came over the men. They stissl spiouhless. Again Mol colled, but it was only a moon "Jim! Jim!" Now they bestirred themselves. They tore open the sack and freed Mai from the cloak and tho smothering howl. Jim knelt to hold hor. "And ho where Ishef He, your man!1" they shouted. Mai shook her hood. One of the men spoke up excitedly: "Tho crackling bush wo hoard! He sow us. He was off. Wo can" But without tho words tho fact bad communicated Itself to them. They were mounted In a moment and off down the trail, Jim alono remaining with Mai. Tho two listened to the mud clatter of hoofs over tho stony troll until they tlbsl away In tbe distance Jlmwosstlll kneel ing by tbe girl's side. Ho put bis band on hur shoulder. "Uo yo' love him so, glrlf" he said. But Mai only gTippi-d his arm more tightly and loaned forward to listen more Intently. "He may get away, girl; ho may. Do yo hope be wlllf" Mai looked at tbe man. "Jim," she said firmly, "they must get him. They must kill him. I halo him. He ran away I" But evon now Mai's lover lay in tho road a mils down the trail dead, though not by the vengeance of those who sought to kill him. Fast to his tssit Were a stir rup and a broken strap. Tbe saddle bo had hod no time to tighten hod turned lu his msd race for life, and bo hud boon dragged over tho rocks of El Diablo. Ex change. Engana Flald aad Miss Kellogg. Uh..n r'lnrn filllun k'.-lllitfif was In the uttith nt her fniim KiorntiH Field accom plished a feat which was attained by no other St. Louis reporter, In thut he gained at onoe ber friendship and an Interview. Miss Kellogg's mother aocompunlod her nn all her tours and religiously warded off newspaper men. One duy Fild oalled at the Lludell hotid and sent up his cord. Miss Kellogg s mother ont.-rwl the parlor and Informed the nonchalant young man that her daughter oould not be s-n. Fluid replied that he hud not oollcd as a newspa. per man, but as an amateur actor, hunt ing himself at the piano, bo sang two or three ballads and so charmed tbe old lady that she summoned hsr daughter, and thn two spent the afternoon together In music. Ever after that Miss Kollogg bevur vlsltwl St. Louis without reoolvlng a oall from Bogcas lMd A. LooUOraU DwiiOCxat. ur CROSS AND HEAUT. "So some people say thai all men ars not cowards by right of their sex For my art, 1 canuot entirely ngnvwith thli Cowards ore only folk w ho have n it s-.ieh a sense of ivrsotial diguily as their more fortunate fellows. " "Yet, for all that, women admire cour age more In a nun than any other qual ity." ' Precisely! They know how ridiculous ly stupid they are themselves and how It Is hardly mnl!U for Ihciu to llnd courage where it exists as It is lo Uiul a modiste with new Ideas." Then- wen- fotir or the of us amtcd In the Utile yellow tur.om, u:u! It was the time of tw ilight, the lamps wore, not lit, aud no candle Home was reft,vred In the Venetian girandoles. And the Htvllght flickered, nnd the scvM of the Mentoi.s roses in the big t"wl mingled with that of the slrong IVkoo. and we were hipped and dull and distraltcs and all the rest of It. "Yes," .ild our I'oiisUmv, the Con stance, l!u guide 1 don't ineoii profes sional lady irulde. but the amateur kind uf thlhir, which Is lint, after all, ulva) tho more pleasant the philosopher, for sho has read Conito and m-tually laughs over M. An met de Voltaire which Is very wrong of her. And. friend, sho never wants to rob any other wumati of any thing She bus K 'I 1 l-'iity of her own, g'ssl lo ks Included, nnd lias no invasion t Is- jealous llapl V eoiusisition! Hot ter tli. in il.A of any Mme liuchel to make Hie face l""'s. lo.iaant. "I once l.ncw a br.ive niau." I "Hot il..l vui ku '.v he was bravo when yon knew !.,iii or only until after?" 1 fan. y to t v hen tiiis quest Ion was ask ed our l 'nii-uin ! moved uneasily In her choir, for, i.ou-!i she Is o widow of not the l' ot m.irn.nroehlo tendency aud with the is-.1 of join;, Hi-,, she is not always, as 0 niatl.Tnf cout e, eomKsiiro lis very self. She put the liunuese band screen before her face, although she was not nearly near enoiurh 10 the lire to fivl tbe beat uncoiii- fortoMv. "Yes. 1 d i know o mail who was brave (Mice. It w. - a leu lime ago. How well In-mcuil -. i- t all He was ouoof those ro-v fa id .ol- li.ot i. iv such favonws with our friend llmlvud Kinllng." Here so-ne one must ueeds break lu with ( .1 the 11. 1 1 to Mitnibilny. . iv i in- M flotillu lay. Const.:;!.--- ke; 1 iiii"t for a few seconds. "No. lewis not hound for MaudoUy, though It .. at Slii'iihonrd's, ut Cairo, whole I tie-t I !mi l ist. We were taking ths journey e i-ilv. He was on the rush to join the One Hundred and Fiftieth up on the hill. "I think I m l:':ni now. Ho wos rathel thickset unwell as chubby faced, and ho hud a ku.-i.-!; of we iring gloves of which the huti-'iis e re burst olT. Tbey sold bo wiss..I.t well l:i tho competition, and Ihat lie was n l us! drill and all that sort of t .' 1 i -1 r II111. i.s 1 said Is'forv, he was chut l.v l.u-t I, he was thickset, and the but tons would i 'o ! 1 1 1 o!T bis gloves. Wliat girl of Is lould i-.s.jhtv submit to that)'" Tin- - v.. i, 11 chorus: "Of course not! Mii-h I ' 1 .ili-onl an idea nltogcthrr!" "Y. .. I -!; 1 1'ie Idea was tiKinbsiinl, but. .:i inv r::i. , f.-r a girl of IS. Besides, he l.l.i.:. d dreadfully, unit that of Itself was s ii-i. lent to rri.!e a revulsion of feol lug ! liiiuk 1 sis- blai now im I sat under one ol' il. liidis' is whllo iiiubnillaH, and tho i-ioi.ls moved to and fro, and the pllgU'.llieS fell down tilt lltlll It Hip I r tll lir.s'elo.s air. ""lam t""i'a'-1 oi-.-'atui'. ' ho said. 'May I call vmi I ' iist.-iin e, 11s It is tlm last time I may ss:il. " You lie. 01' 10 so without, asking,' I iins.ero,l. l is i.-.dU- t'Ki familiar, but as you are going on a ll;;htinu eHslitlon T bain I i:i-iv overlook It.' if course he unit (.'red siuielhl.ig .-: I huh loving me Is-IIer than Ids life, and nil that "rt of thing, but one 1 .x s t : tli.it wort of I Mng from the nwy faced su'i. " ' I'ei-.i.-ips this in iv l-e the l.tst tinio I may sc." you. 1 may In- shot 1 " "Oh," really, don't ho Ion sentimental! It will make such a dillerenee to your rel othes. Think of your parents or um-lus or ii 1 1 1 : i Th.-y won't have to make you an a)! i-.m:i; e r.'.y 1-.i "He .i :'n'.I and w.il .iil away. A year niter I tis.k up The Times one day and iv id u ti-l.-.-'t- lroi.i Afghsu. Ho luul Iss'ii seven 1 wo. in.! d, l ulling out and saving a bru-o of Hhoorkas hwl ljeon rwomiiioiid s! fir l!.e Vieteria cross. " ".ml s he ea :ie home a victorious hero?" "No, he lies lu that veiy d '.mp ivmetrry by Simhi. " " Hut 1 suppose some i f Ids siple were pleased lit his gt'ttitl.r tl " V. i'.t" "lie bmt no hsiio to be pleased. " "1 wonder what b s-aino of that Victoria cross!'" "lib, don't l so dismally sentimental Have a nice little pl.s e of music," anid Blanche Fil.roy, anil she sit herself down In the dark to the piano, laughed and struck up the "Man-he l-'unchro. " Const.-inee movisl In her chair and let the Burmese fan fall on tho ear't. "I wish you wouldn't do that." And tho pianist, who Is g..o I naturod If stupid, left off. Alsuit a month af!r I was I. Hiking through Constam-c'v jewel casn, and In one of the drawers I rami) across a Vlo torla rm-i, ugliest bit of bronze metal, and a f.ulud carte de vlsite of tbe chubby fmid sub, vbo bsil.ed half chokol with his collar "I do not like nny one playing with those. Put them down, my dear." After all. I think he hail tho woman's U'iim that should fall at "La Mort d'un Hems. " Ho bleeps lit Simla She cannot always sleep without the help of chloral. When she lies awake, iVs-sshe ever think of him? You e lifter all, he was a hero, though he did burst the buttons oif his gloves. Exchange. tuuthful Wisdom. "I am gl.nl lo not he, Willie," remarked the elilerly fi iend I the family, "thut you have not got into the habit of smoking those vile. M'hy, iilx'iulnalilc little clg How 1I1 I I. now y hi don't smoke thouil' I can .-iIw-its tell. If you did, you would have a veil "V stain on those two fingers near ti.e , -Mis of thelll." Not n.M li I wouldn't! If you hold 'em twis-n y our thuuili au linger and don't siiioko 'cm up loo short, Uiey don't louve no .lain "Chicago Tribune, Hie IMds In Small Compaaa. l'et.T Il.ile-, a 1 elcbnitisl cullgraiher of the tin." of 'Vuii n Klizuls.'th, wnt tbe whole of t!. liiblo 011 a pleco of vellum whirl, w.'h so "in ill tlutt It could lw hldduii In the shell of a hen's egg. I'eruilarltles of tha Trufrl. The iiei't wonderful vegetable In the wi.rld is thu trulllu. It has neither roots stem, isaves, flowsn nor ssads. n-iiow lowusiuan. O er. ODR FOBLIC GRODMDS. Need of Siiine Care anil Attention 'hn Should k Irimnunl ami .iras waicrcu. Public pllll cfded. Our hoiiorabli' coimuissioiier coin t slioiilii make arraugcmcnls for mowing tho grass ubout the court homo ami jail uiul public sijuaree. Hy thi' way would it not be a goiiil iilea to move the iinsighl ly fences thut inclose these public buiMinga. They ilo im g ) )1 us ib) stock runs at large in tlm city limits. The line intplo trees woo lil show to boiler ailvuutnge if trimmed. Tho iViv ilouil tries should bo taken out. Wliilu the court Imiise is an iintifjuutiil piece of iireh'Uvturouiul entirely unsuitcil for present nenils 01 the county, thu surrmnuli u! g ouii'ls are eapiihle ol lieinn l,ut in lino coi.dition wit i very little expense. Cut the gr.tsj, trim the tr es, take out tli ; ol.l it noes nnd tntike arrangements to water tin' grouml duri g tho tarly Huuitin r monii s. It noulit cost hut little ami he tnoro in kecpino, with the wealth, standing utid mitt i ul resources of our fair county. Just think of it! I. 10 county with an assessed valu ation of marly $7,UIH,IKX), mala r ,n V iluaW'.n of probably twice that amount, spends far less on her public grounds und buildings th in ninny of her private citizens. In fuel for years noUiini, h:n been ex pended to keep them in decent condition, and they lire u byword und the laughing stock of vieilors. Have one county spring cleaning ul Ifasi. We nssd more public spirit in this matter. Our people h ive got so used to seeing this counly hick yard in tho prt sent condition that timy d) in t realize what sin uld be done. Any oi.e who has set e the public (iuureH of counties lower down Ihe valley will appreciate the force of our remurk-. The grono'f, at Ic.i-t can lie beautified at small expense. Let this ho tiona and takeaway from strangers boiiih of t in opportuni'y itr making very uncoil) plinicntary remarks at our expense. A DKsEKV'r l TltlltLTK. During the six years Prof Keid has occupieil thu position nf iiu cipal of the Kugene I'uldic School their work anil standing iv shown constant improveinout in discipline ami scholarship. T e management of ft school systn n ot a large district like that of I'm J, ne where Ihe attcudanco reu'-b".- the Urgor part of a thousand, km ! the services of a large corps of teachers aro required, is no easy task, und that calls for no inwtn exo- cutire ability. That Prof Keid, by strict a n- I ance to duty, and faithful i.i vision of the work of the teachers, is entitled to great credit csnnot he gainsaid nor disputed. He Ins the rk well in hand and the general concensus of public opinion is that lis should he retained in thu po sition where he has uto-implished so much good. The work of the our publio schools are ii, - X'-' l ei t condition and a chiingo of the I -id-ing spirit is very liable to lie in. coinpanitd by weakonine of the discipline und gn'sl order for which the schools are jutly noted. I'tisonal n atters should have 110 place in the ech etion of the prin cipal. All w that entering wedg" and dciiioralizii'ioii will ninlv follow. The dirt dors it in the public, which entrusled the., with pnn er. to sec that the 1 Hi ' ' 10-1 of the schools aro maint lined Ti.i will him I. e ti e case if U cioni-s be understood that the prio- p l sliip is a shuttlecock to ton-eil hack and forth with every chang of directors. Let well eimngb aloM. Vi- I'an - hta biii.i.v 11- usual. A lasLNt:!.- l'K0r0SlTlON. A liuriiu es nun has the riiht Ki know what he is buying when Im phi- es an advertisement in a paper, und yet in nine case out of ten he in given somo fairy tale about circulation. The simplest way to ascertain the circulation of a paper is to ask lor the Post Ollice receipts for jMistage it is then a very easy matter to figure tho number of copies mailed Tne lit' Aim invites inquiry as lo tho amount of mtil that if reg ularly passing from its oftica through the Kugene post ollice. further than that our Daiu and Wkkki.y subscription lists are open for tho inspection ot ad vertisers, who may thus know to whom the announcements, for which they pay tln-ir good money, are carried. Holiness men take loo relitlle ca about tho circulation of a paper in which they advertise. If it hat no general circulation, or ilovs not circulate among tho people they seek to reach, their money is ah tut tho same as thrown uway, Then in many cases they will ask a pub lisher with a giHitl clean subscription lis', that fully covers the field they are working in, to take their adver tising at the s.inni rales as other papers, which hive hui a limited circulation and do not reach the people as inten led hy tho adver tisers and for which they pay their good money, Tho mer-'hint will not sell five ) aids of calico for the same price asked for one yard, yet when he is not postid in the advertising busi ness will ask the publisher, whose paper reaches live thousand prospective customers to do bis work ut tho same rale as the one whoso paper goes to only one ihosiaiid. Advertising' is a plain busi ness proposition, and too little attention is osually pa d to it by merchants and luis-incn men. hois ami imrRiuxi k. A SiIimi minister delivered a scorching sermon the other Sunday before the V C T U sgainst the "sin," 11s he termed it, of hop rais in.' and bop picking. The minis ter has abundant npHrtunily to extend his remarks on that line of thought, as whiskey and other intoxicating drinks are manufac tured from wheat, corn ami barley. As well prohibit the raising of Ihoso cere lis on account of the use to which they may m put. Then, too, the juice of tha hop used in licor und other malt liquors his 110 intoxicating effect, and is only ud to preserve it. Unprin ciphi i brewers, when hops are hif h, use Htibs'itului such as iish berries, which ar t poisonous of themselves, to pr ''-.re, in a measure, the re sult! 11 i tid ly the hop. No, Mr Preacher, the hop even vhon used in stimulating beverages is health- (ul. I:s absence, when displaced hy harmful substitutes that may ho I on. t cheaper, simply nukes the I ..nor more harmful. Looking at ih I o'ts in their true light tha imp er,i,,,-r has not the slightest hur l on his conscience by reason in 1 1 ilucing an article that is used in ilo) manufacture of malt liquors. Ah well condemn the grower ol the bnrlcy, the mill man who saws the lumlier for tho vats, or the water company tint pumps the pure sparkling water that is used to a-siat fermentation. 1 J0I1.1 HULL OiUKCIH. John l Rocker feller, the )il mag nate, whose fortune made in oil, oversteps the (lOO.UOO.UUO murk, is getting unmercifully roasted hy ihe London uespaers. Th y sav ti nt, hy his diie influence Hie Paris horrors are surpassed in Knghiiid. IL has gained ihsolulo control nf th" oil trade of Great llritain, and, by forcing the re tailers in sell the refue oil pro-liibii-d in .America, ,u is respon sible lor i!i- l'-r r IiIh series of lamp ex ol-.slnit- I tin ' lias slll eted Kllg hu ll nf I ill . .Men, Wi'llieil and ,-i i 1. 1 1 ; 1 '. a- :i fna-teil aliye in n ii 1 '0 1 1.1 o.Miiey Into Ihe pi cketa 1 il t Aitii-i ctiii O l Trust. Hut It .el.i fl, lli-r kt.'l eei just SS s-see-In! ' . -,i' hi- prayers as regularly, (ml i" nn ihe plait' ekery SuniNy n 1 1 1 1 eli. al every body dur-ng Ihe week j 1st as he always has done. 0 O o , cent ft U'altoM 1'rnnrletors. I er, Ncwin in Ihe shirt III