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V HE FARM AND HOME aTTERS OF INTEREST TO FARM. ER AND nuuscnirE. n'hou Insenaltr Saved rlr irk. !...... lUInu tin , 1uiic-" - - -r.rdc.l lX (iruln eea-l'aini on LirMe Gruftinu. V ClieP HorwPower. Tiie full "f 1 cut ftdl,l"r corn for y i1"" J ne wontu. o ml. ')l!e rt-t! ii nml "tottlnic wind." whs mi1 miiilyliiK-1 took htird wood " ipIh" iiiinK' a wlii't'l nine ft-et In ill- t',it-r. I'"' " rl,u on t'"1''1 li','L' Hn(' 1 I next got nn old tlmlicT, one r 1 -. .... ft ..1.1 mi tI(m fliuH ifllJllt lllHMT BCIIIIUIU VII IMIIU 1IWI, , (,e wliofl ou Hie uppor cud close ,t.rc !ilToll, morticed hole for sweep j guide polo. I 'it made a wheel ,rlv four feet In diameter, aud one ,.i imiL'. IkiHIiiS tliem together, went L iIip lilackKiiiltU'a and jrot un old bug- V ,tuli and boxing, and put the two ,,rt.ls upon center pout at sine ot uuru or. Two pulley fastened to nmin am (one with n weight attachment), , roe will run from the large. ue foot wheel under scuffolu, through iU- t 1,K' one-foot wheel on center ,i a belt from the four-foot wheel ii to the cutting box. I made a Huh hardwood wtieei, iwo inciies Irk, bored a hole In center Tor cutter .,ft then sawed It In two In the ceu- r. aud sawed one Inch off from one I,, lilted the wheel to the shaft iih bolt each Bide of the center, put 1 ...11. D'.po i. u n.,,1 1, m Over Ullia liltu ut.n.-, uuu i( :,irt "budged" for three years. With ...mhI walking horse, thin gives very lud motion: It litis always been ready r work. I put on a one-quarter-incn iI.Il- elm I ii this fall In place of the big Thp whole cost would hardly pay 'crest on a power purchased. One- ilf day Kr week cuts plenty of stalks r ten head of cattle. If this desert ou would help any one who I getting red of turning the cutter by band. til's well; It may last until I can decide bethcr I need a steam or gasoline tower. Hoard's Dairyman. Grain vs. I'uaturr. It used to be common for farmers ho had line pastures, especially ou id that was annually overflowed, to list that they could fatteu beeves ore cheaply on grass than on grain. 'ut that time has passed. The pas ure lias not been wholly superseded, .r the farmer who has good pasture lull has the advantage, provided he implements pasture with grain, lu pile of the fact that the iNtsture sup- k'les fo tl without labor, while the corn n, if grown aud harvested as it lliuult! be, requires much labor, the litter N much the cheaper feed. There Is comparatively little beef now grown kliicli comes from pasture alone. Even n the blue grass region of Kentucky iVestern grain Is largely used to sup ilenietit the feed of stock which are till fattened ou pasture. There Is ruk.M.v no richer grass In this world ww the Kentucky bine grass, which . however. Identical with the June rass In our .Northern States. Ilut for leap nutrition, and especially for tuck that Is being fattened. It Is no Iniitcli for Indian corn. The grain of a immI eoi u crop has more nutritive value han the grain of any of the smaller kirliK And there Is besides a great al of nutritive value. In the corn ilks. This Is now appreciated ny kVestern farmers more than It ever lias ea hef ore. lt Is the value of corn- Vialks as feed that has done as much s anything else to make corn super- fciile pasture as a means for fattening 'itttle. American Cultivator. drupe Grafting. An old Clinton vine stood at the cor- ii'ruf the, wood house which was so vlg- t irons that Its branches spread over .t-..r.'l.l... ii-ltl.li. i.n.i..ti l.ii, I....... .... I- ' n .1 l II I ll lllllllll I-tlll, lull IHlIf III. If rult. In April, lMHl, I cut both Ibraiiehes off close to the ground mid j-'iafled a Delaware grape Into out; finul an Iona Into the other. 1 used no Iwitx, simply wrapped carefully with strings of cloth, pasted a little mud jover the wound and covered all with jcart except the top buds of the grafts. Ilinsp grafts made a wonderful growth jtlie tlrst season, owing to the far-reach-Ins roots of the Clinton vine. At close of the tlrst season the Iona vine was tilxmt eighteen feet long and the fieht- wure about twelve. This season, with Hie vines one year old, the Delaware brunch Isjre twenty-four as tine bunch es of Delaware grapes as I ever saw. ilie bunches and berries were sllifhtlv larger than the' Delaware generally grows, and so' compact on the steins that they could not be picked off easily ..'Itiiout beginning at the end of the tsteni. The Iona branch bore about forty bunches of Iona grapes of the finest quality. This Is a quick way of get ting a grapevine Into bearing. I tried the same experiment ou a wild grape vine down In the pasture. It grew Jtut as vigorously, but nn Inquisitive Jer sey cow spoiled the experiment. Ag riculturist. How to Irrigate. A writer who has observed methods In California, Arizona, I tali, Wyom ing. Nebraska and other States has concluded (1) that the best method. Is tlie old and well known one of grnvltn Uon, taking the water from streams and conveying In ditches to the laud uere it Is to be used. Sublrrigatlon, where It Is practicable, elves cood re- Hits. Where water Is raised by pump "8 with a lift of ten to forty feet a ater wheel or turbine connected with centrifugal pump Is cheapest nnd "t satisfactory. Windmills for lift InK water for the ordinary farmer's ffardeti or small truck farmlnir are de- lrallo, provled wooden tanks are Used or the soil Is iin-li tlmt n water- llit reservoir can lie built. CeDtrU "Sal pumps, water elevators or other pumps when driven by steam or gaso line engines, horsepower or other ex- J""sive methods are Impracticable. "e tellg In the A morion n A ffrleiilturist tnt he does not regard any method Practicable for general farming except where water flows direct from streams In ditches at low cost. Ilelgian Hare. have been growing them about a Jfar, and find ready sale for all I can produce for breeding stock at $1 a pair. ' placed a pair of them In a store In "tick, and, as a result, I had a large number of visitors, and plenty of or ders. The hares are a new thing In this vicinity. As soon as I have a sur plus I Intend to sell them for men I A pair of them will weigh ten or fifteen poumbi, I keep them lu a pen of who netting, with a box house In one corner. The fence must be pretty high, us they will Jump uluiost us well as a chicken can tly. They have given me but little trouble lu digging out, as I give them plenty of room and move the coop often. I breed them only In summer, as hares lsiru lu winter are not likely to live. Their food Is like that of other rabbits, comprising grain aud vegeta bles and grass. When wanted f ir meat, 1 kill them by knocking ou the heaihnnd bleeding them. The meat Is first-rate. The demand for breeding has been ho good that 1 Intend to In crease my stock ns fast as Missible. Massachusetts riotighmau. - Keeping Hwect Potatoes. I will tell how we keep them until late In the spring, long after hot beds are inai.e. We got sand from the river and dried It thoroughly In oven In pans. The isitatoos are carefully dug and left until evening In the patch, are then placed upstairs In a cool room and lie until late In November (covering them up cool nights when danger of freezing). We have two large barrels, and tl couple of Inches of sand Is put In the bottom and the statMs careful ly put In not to touch, the largest and liest seliH-ted (no bruised onesi. Two Inches or more Is left all around the barrel to lie tilled with sand, then all covered with sand two Inches, and n layer of sand and mlaloes until bar rels are full, covering with three. Inches of sand ou top. Those barrels set on the stairs floor nlsive the kitchen lu a log house, wlta no floor nlsive. In severe weather a wagon sheet four-double or carpet Is thrown over the barrels, reaching the floor. They must be kept In a coo!, dry place, as too much heat or damp ness rots them. We have kept them thlH way for years. Kpltomist. IlreediiiK Wild Gecae. It Is usually ilittlciilt to mate geese that have Ik-cii captured alive, for most of them have already Is-eu mated and will not take on a new love. Itut some times young geese are secured, nnd If these are placed with domestic geese each one will select Its mate and re muln faithful during life. The cross with wild geese Improves the size and hardiness of the domestic goose. I'nt lt has the disadvantage of perpetuating some of the migratory tendencies of the wild half of the cross. All geese will respond to a flock of wild geese flying overhead, and they doubtless hear their cries much more quickly than do persons. Often In spring or full when ' : flock of geese is making a loud squawking, If one looks up Into the sky he will see a dock of wild geese fly ing overhead. It Is always best to clip one of the wings of nil geese, especially of those that have any wild blood In them. Wild geese that have lieon cap tured after attaining full growth arc especially liable to be led astray. They are probably looking for the old mate they had before they fell under mau's control. American Cultivator. I. Injec t vs. Cottonseed Meal. While fully grown animals with strong digestive organs can eat cotton seed meal, properly diluted with straw or hay, without serious Injury, It Is doubtful whether It Is advisable to make this part of their ration. Unseed meal can be purchased at about the same price as cottonseed meal, and has equal nutritive value. The new proc ess meal Is the kind generally used. It Is not so fattening as tbe old process meal, because more of Its oil has been expressed. Flaxseed whole Is very rich feed, and If Isjllcd so ns to swell it out all that hot water can do. It may be given to cattle, sheep or horses with safety. Only u very little should be given at a time, as the oil In It makes It very laxative, and a small amount dully Is lietter than more. There Is nothing better for an nulmal's hair than a little flaxseed dally. It will In sure the shiny coat, which, lu either cow or horse, Is a sign of thrift Amer ican Cultivator. What Hungry Hoks Will Do. The Agricultural Kpltomist says: "A bunch of hungry hogs will do n good Job turning and lining coarse straw manure If some grain Is sown tqion It. Occasionally their rooting propensities may be utilized In other ways." A Maine farmer Is said to re move stumps by fencing them In, mak ing holes under them with n crowbar, placing grain In the holes and turning hogs Into the enclosure. In rooting among the roots the hogs are siild to root the stumps out by the roots. I'ooltry Notes. Grit must be sharp. Feed before you wuter. Do not feed glass for grit. Feed a ninsh the year round. Good food Is jiosltlve economy. Clean out the feed troughs dally. Oyster shells are too soft for grit. Never throw soft feed on the ground. Do not feed corn during hot weather. Hound pebbles will not answer foi grit. Half starve your hens and they won't lay. In feeding grain In the runs, broad cast It. Millet seed Is a great egg-producing grain. Done dust is valuable for growing chicks. Always feed the mash crumbly, not sloppy. Do not allow the mash to sour In the troughs. Charred corn Is good for Indigestion In fowls. The noon meal Is not necessary dur ing BiimmVr. o Deans are exeellcut feed, being lilg'i ly nitrogenous. A quart of feed for twelve hens U a good measurement. No breeder ever gets old enough :o know everything. Milk can be fed In any form sweet, sour or buttermilk. Barley Is much used In Europe and Is valuable as a variety. Sorghum and broom corn seeds are excellent for a variety. WHAT CUBANS WANT. OtouM I.Iks to S. I . MI...I I'd I. . War VV H h ln. Washington, Jan. 21. All day long thu question of granting belligerent fights to the Cuban insurgents Was argued in the houi-e, but. us yesterday, the minority hurled itself against u Mono wall. On the only vote Waken today, a motion designed to overrule the decision of the speaker and direct :h committee on fort ign utT.iirs to re port without further delav the Cuban jreso'utiou passed by the senate ut the lust session, the Kepublicaiis stood solid and voted to nstain the chair. The galleries, us yesterday, were ! banked to tho doors ainl there was con siderable excitement throughout the early purl of the session, when the members of the minority were suect'ss- ivelv pressing their views bearing um the Cuban qii'tion, for the puroe of embarrassing the majority. During the debste, ciiariman llitt, of the foreign affairs committee, made in impressive speech of lets than an hour, explaining at length the situa tion which made action by congress inadvisable. He spoke with impas sioned words of the president's sympa : thy with the struggle of Culm for inde pendence and the achievements uf the , present administration. The release of American prisoners in Cuba, the recall !of Weylor, the abandonment of the ' iolicy of concentration niiil the union i umy scheme, be attributed to tlio linn ! attitude of the president, and contrasted these results with tho inaction of the lust administration. He averred that belligerent rights could not aid the in lurgent cause, and perhaps tho most drumatio portion of bis speech came when bo declared that tho insurgents inly wished for belligerent rights in the hope and belief that this country would bo embroiled in a war with pain, which would give them their freedom with our triumph, lie assert ed that tho president must assume tho responsibility of any action which might eventuate in war aud apis'iiled to both sides of the chamber to patriotic ally support thu executive if a crisis (hnll come. Dinstnore, the leading minority mem ber of the committee on foreign affairs, replied to llitt and Adams, lierry and Wheeler also addressed the liouso dur ing the general debate. Tho debate will close at 4 o'clock to morrow, under tho arrangement made today, and a final test will be made on a motion, of which Williams gave notice today, to recommit thu bill with instructions to report back the Cuban resolution a as rider. A spirited debate was precipitated in the senate today by the introduction of a resolution by Hour providing for an inquiry by the committee, on postofllces and postroads concerning the recent or der of the postmaster-general lediieing the force of letter-carriers in several cities of the country. Hoar declared that the order had hud the effect of n dynamite bomb in creating consterna tion among business men throughout the country, while apparently all that was needed by the Histoflice department was au appropriation of $160,000 to maintain the eflioiency of the currier service. The debate took a wide range, Wol cott, chairman of tbe committee ou postofllces and postroads, insisting that many New Kngland people represented by the eenator from Massachusetts, were responsible for deficiency in funds ol thu postofllco department, because they insisted that thu government should carry second-class mail at an enormous loss, and Allen charged that tho govern ment was annually defrauded out of millions of dollars through the under weight of mail matter. Tho icsolu tiou, in a modified form, is pending. Vest gave notice that lie would move tomorrow to take up for consideration thu Teller resolution, reported by the tinii'tce committee, providing that bonds ti thu United States be paid in standard silver dollars. Vest's notices were taken to indicate an intention on the pint of some ol tbe senators to dis place temporarily the Hawaiian an nexation treaty, as it is evident, as White said, that the consideration ol tho resolution would precipitate some slight discussion. THE GOLDEN JUBILEE. Olehratlnn Will llrglti In Han Frun-Hm-o .Womltiy. San FranclS'O, Jan. 21. Prepara tion for the golden jubilee of Califor nia, the fiOlh anniversary of thu dis covery of the yellow metal, aro making nipid headway. The celebration will begin oit Monday next and continue most of the week, embracing many en tirely novel features, nearly every county in the state contributing to ren der the affair a notable event in the annals of California. in connection with the jubilee a mining fair will bu held, which prom ises to bo the most complete exposition of tho kind ever known in the West. San Francisco is already gaily deco rated in anticipation of tho coming car nival week, and visitors are arriving in largo numbers. The governor bus declared the opening of the jubilee a legal holiday, and during tho week ol festivity the publio schools will be closed. Seldom before lias stute and civic pride been aroused to a greuter degree, ami it is evident that all former IKjpular demonstrations hero will bo equaled, if not eclipsed. I'oliimcd With Trichina. Niles, Mich., Jun. 20. Louis Wuck, of Clarenceville, killed a hog that was diseased and he ond bis wife and seven children were poisoned with trichinae. A 17-year-old daughter died last night and it is feared the entire family will die. Moscow, Jan. 21. A strike of 1,000 hands has been ordered in the province of Vladimir, in consequence of tho dis satisfaction growing out of the new government regulations for factories. Almka Itatra (io I p. Seattle, Jan. 21. The exiected ad vance in rates to Alaska was an nounced to-lav. The seven transpor tation companies, which control nearly all tiie business, have agreed on an in crease ol f 10 to the passenger rate bo tween Puget sound points and Dyea. Skagwa.Yi and a prosjrtioiiate incress to Juneau and other Southeastern Aluska points. The new rate to Dyea and Skagwsy, which goes into effect at once is: First-class, 30; second-class, $35. The rate on freight is advunoeJ from (10 to 1 13. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. I f rtili) iiimIICIimh III Hi I railing t hirl t I Iih Vt nrl.l. , The wheat traders are at sea ami am sat'iiing tli i to thiiiL's closely, as tin y have a directly oppwite lu aiii!.! on In line prices. One is the A'g'utiue prospects. The others, thu cash de mand and Inciter's position on the curb wheat that he holds. From thu newt Saturday bom Argentine, London and Paris, the prospects aio that there will , be a good exportable surplus in that country. A direct cable frmu Kusarii:' to parties in thu tradu here from one ol the best (suited men on tho Argent ine situation estimated tho exportable stir phut at 4(1, Odd, 000 bushels, or about two mouths' supplies for the lea. linn consuming countries of Kuropc. A number of characters have been ma le in lAHidi.il to load wheat in Argentine Hnd freights have advanced sharply, i Arrangements have been made to ship , t?, 500,000 in gold from London to Ar, gentine; also liftO.OOO from France. The Argentine wheat will be availalihi in the latter part of March, as it t.iket alsiut six weeks for freight steamers to make the trip. Argentine onVrings iu KuroH-au markets bad a depressing effect, Kuropean buyers using it us a cluli to break prices in this country. -On the weak spots they bought litT-' ally, export purchases for the week ug-' gregating nearly 2,000,000 bushels. So ! long as tiie Argentine prospects remain' gisid, it will be used as the bearish fac- j tor. St. Louis traders in close touch, with the foreign situation have been selling Mav and July on liberal, scale. Tiie latter is ubout lOo under j May. Were they to start to cover the difference might be reduced, as no one but the bears have been sidling the new ! crop futures. The situation in regard ' to supplies in Kuropc and afloat is not strikingly bullish, stock January l being 71,020,(100 bushels, or T.fi'i.OOO i bushels less than last year, which is about one week's supplies. Tho in crease during December was 1,120,000 bushels, while for the same month in lmiU thu decrease was 10,0110,000 bushels, lu thu United Slates and Canada the stocks, compiled by the D.iilv Trade Bulletin, aggregate K5, US!!, 000 bushels. The decrease in De cember was only (l'.'(l,000 bushels, a striking contrast with the reduction ol 7,712,001) bushels in December, lS'Jfl. The net increase in the world's avail aide supply during Deecmlier was 404,. 000 bushels, while for the sumo time in 1V.H1 there was a reduction of 17,712, 000 bushels. The world's available it 157,000,000 bushels, us compared with 1S4,01S,00 bushels January 1, 1SU0. rurtluml Market. Wheat Walla Walla, 70c; Val ley and Bluestem, 72(i(73u per bushel. Four Best grades, 3.75; graham, $3.30; BiiK'rfnic, $2.25 ht barrel. Oats Choico white, 85(j3t)c; choice 4 ray, 33tf 34c per bushel. Barley Feed barley, 119(120; brew ing, 20 per ton. Millstiffs Bran, f 18 per ton; mid dlings, 22; shorts, fit). Hay Timothy, f 13.G0; clover, fl0(ll; California wheat, $10; tic oat, $11; Oregon wild bay, $ it (it 10 (sji ton. Kgg 15(? 18c per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 65ifiOc; fair to good, 43(3 50e; dairy, 40 at 50c per roll. Cheese Oregon, 12'a'c; Young America, 12.lc; California, IK'ilOc per M)iind. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.75(4 3.00 per dozen; broilers, $2.00f 3.60; geese, $,"1.50(40.00: ducks, $4.50(4 S.0U per dozen; turkeys, live, 10(4 lie pel pound. Potatoes Oregon Biirhunks, 45(3 55c per sack; sweets, $1.25 mt cental. Onions Oregon, fl.75ya.00 (si lack. ' Hops 5(3; 16u per (ouiid for new crop; lSim crop, 4(?0o. Wool Valley, 14(iUflc per (toulld; Kiistern Oregon, 7(g8o; niohuir, 20 (it 22o per pound. Mutton (iross, best sheep, wethen and ewes, $3.60; dressed mutton, 6'cc; spring lambs, 6c per pound. lines Gross, choice heavy, $1.00; light and feeders, $3. OOdjt 4.00; dressed, $4..r)O(r5.00 per 100 pounds. Beef tiros, top steers, $3. 75 (3 3. 00; cows, $3.60; dressed beef, 4,'y tit tic pel pound. Veal Large, 45o; small, Ci(S Oo per pound. Hostile Markat. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick, 30c; ranch, KldUHc. Cheese Native Washington, 13o; California, O'jO. Kggs Fresh ranch, 22c. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hens, 10c; spring chickens, $3.60(g 8 00; ducks, $3. 60 3.75. Wheat Feed wheat, $22 per ton. Oats Choice, per ton, $ll)(i20. Corn Whole, $33; cracked, pur ton, $33; feed meal, $23 per ton. Barley Boiled or ground, por ton, $32; whole, $22. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, O''c; cows, 6',c; mutton sheep, 8c; pork, tic; veal, small, 7. Fresh Fish Halibut, 6(A6c; salmon, 3c; salmon trout, lOu; flounderi and sole, 3t4; ling cod, 4(35; rock coil, 6c; smelt, 2 'a Ct 4.:. Fresh Fruit Apples, 40(3 OOo pel box; pears, 20M75: per box; oranges navels, $2.25(l2.60 per box. Han Fraiirlaeo Markat. Wool Nevada 1 1 13cj Oregon, 13 Qi 14c; Northern "(d Ho per pound. Hops 12,'jM 1 tic per pound. Millstuffs-Middlings,$2224; Cal ifornia bran, $18. 50(4 10.60 per ton. Onions New red. 70(t80c; do new lilveiskin, $3.25(r2.50 per cental. Kggs Store, 20i22c; ranch, 28(9 25c; Kastern, 16(310; duck, 16c vi dozen. Cheese Fancy mild, new, lUjc; fair to gisid, 76? 8c per pound.. Citrus Fruit Oranges, navels, $1.25('2.50; Mexican limns, $4.00(4 4.50; California lemons, choice, $2.25 (ix2.C0; do common, 75c ( $1.25 per box. Hay Wheat, $13.50(4 16; wheat and oat, $13.60(U15; oat, $lt18; best barley, $12(tf 13.50; alfulfa, I10.60O 11.60; clover, $10. 5012. Fresh Fruit Apples, 60ce$1.85 per large box; grapes, 25i40o; Isabella, CO '4 75c; peuches, 60c(t$l; pears, 70a 1 ir box; plums, 20 (3 35a Butter Fancy creamery, 27c; do seconds, 25(3 2c; fancy dairy, 25c; good to choice, 23($24o pur pound, Potatoes New, in boxes, 45c3$l. ALTERNATIVE TO ANNEXATION Mr Mil. I 1il II mall or Iran II In .i,ii. oiitrr Sallmi. Pi t why, ..n e ;itc ashing, i it neoea. irv to ii!iiie Hawaii outright to this i n.iiii;'; V l.i nut , -uvn it us it is, an in '.i pci. '. nt i. .it mo, w ith w h icli no have f ivnr i! le tie it ic, an I in wbo-e It-it l-.ii a tun ciiiiii;c'cc i all have all tie nr. d fu ilttvi witliniit the grave re sp.eiS.liil. lies oi aeiiial ow uendiip? Tiim country and II iwaii have Is-eu get til g oil together Well for lliree-ijuaiteis of a century; w hy disturb those rela tions? Why not leave things us they ate? The anwcr supplies iHclf. piomptly and coii incingly, says the New Voik Tribune. We i .uiiiol leave things as they are, because they will pot stay as they are. Kven now they are not its they have been. Five years ago the ol I Hawaii in government looke domi. It lull htvnuio utterly torrilt, and col-lap-ed through lis tuMi rottenness. Tho islands were saved from savage anarchy milr by the piompt a tipn of a handful of men, mostly of I'nited States origin, who oiganied a piovi "ioual government and appealed to tin I'lliled Stales for help in tile for'ii of annexation. Tin help being denied, I hey undertook the dc-p'rato tak of maintaining the government they h.i I founded, in the face of overwhelming islds of f.ies both without and within. Thus far they have managed to bold their ground; but it is peife-ilv evi dent they cannot do so permanently. Them must bo a ra lie.il change in affairs, and it inu-t come soon. What is that change to be? Certainly there c m be no rctoiation of the old monarchy, with its cm i up turn and oppression un I its chep .ing uiachine, which her mije-'y w is so eager to apply t the necks of all who dillered from her views ut policy. Neither can the islands ln given up tit thy ma-ses of the kanakas. Ilo-vever traceable these may bu and however well they may make progress toward civilization under proper guidance, they are manifestly until for self g ivern nient. There can be no more ghastly mockery than to inveigh against the "half-breed" republics of South and Central America, and tho negro repub lics ot another such iu Cuba, and at the same time to favor the cieatiou of the kanaka republic in the Sandwich islands. No. To keep theso islands III for use as a port of call for P.inllo commerce, to say nothing of protecting tho capital already invested theie ami developing tho rcsoiiriV'i of one of the most productive regions on the face of the globe, it is uU-'olutely ueceS'iiry that some outside power should exercise authority there. Well, then, why should not the Vill ous porters that are interested in Paeillo commerce, and, therefore, in the right administration of Hawaiian affairs, unite in exercising sufficient moral ami material influence nsin tho inlands to insure il just and stable government and to keep them forever neutral, if not independent? Why, that would mean exactly such an entangling alli ance us it is the traditional policy of this country to avoid. Wo have already specifically refuse I to make such an uriuugciiiciit with (lre.it Britain and France over these very islands, as well as over Cuba. We were peisu.ided to make such an arrangement Willi Hreat Hritain and lieriuany over Samoa, and have got little from it but vexation of spirit. There can bo no serious con sideration of repeating that experiment in the case of Hawaii, where, instead of being in a triplo league, we should have to be in n partnership of ut least live. Why, it would lioas well to seek entranco into the dicih un 1 ut om eaud have done with lt. Then, as a final resort, why not es tablish a protectorate over tho islands? That would keep all other nations from interfering with them, and would give the Hawaiian government thu moral support of the United States, which ought' to insuio its stability. Why not try that? It is curious to hear such a proposition as this made by thosu who doubt tho constitutionality of an nexing thu islands. If there is no warrant for annexation, there is as suredly none, either in the constitution or elsewhere, for a protectorate. Snoli un arrangement would bo absolutely foreign to. tho spirit and practice of this government always excepting the case of Samoa, which may bo taken as a "horrible example" to warn us against its repetition. So funis merely moral protectorate or "sphere of in fluence" is concerned, that has been exercised over Hawaii for thu last 75 years, and bus now reached the end of its usefulness. This country has been warning ull others to keep their bands oil tho islands, us they are desired to enmu under the proprietorship uf tho United States. Tho time bus now come cither to fullill that destiny or to abandon it. Tho government of Ha waii the only government there. Is in tho islands, thu one which all the world recognises as legal declares that it does not want that system to continue longer. It wants thu United States either to annex the islands itself or relinquish all claim to them, as at least three others are ready ami anxious to do no. That, then, is tho case in a nutshell. This country must either take them or leave them alone. It can nn longer play the pnrt of tho dog in the manger. Hawaii means to be annexed to some other nation. It offers itself llrst to this one. If this one does not take it, and take it now, it will offer itself to another, which will tako it, and thus gain un advantage over us in the com merce of tho Pacini:, which we can never hope to overcome. The choico is now before the Washington govern ment. It must be madu at once, and forever. A cuso has been brought in Spokane to test the law passed by the last Wash ington legislature requiring children to attend school. Tho annuiil output of oysters on Puget sound, according to the resirt of Fish Commissioner Little, was 10,000 sacks, valued at $10,01)0. John B. Cleland has been appointed by (iovernor Lord iinyo of the Fourth Judicial district of Oregon, to succeed L. B. Htearns, who bus resigned. A committee lias been appointed by Baker's bay fishermen to ascertain from the cannerytneii what price will bs paid for fish this season. Kufting on the Neuskuh river, in Chehalis county, has about closed for the season, s nioit of the logs cut bars already gun down to tidewatsr. atB-waiz. At pvrrr motion uf his body or limbs hs .inl i. !. hit. " If be raited his arm or crooked hi rltsiw, or when begot up or sat down or bent over; if be brut his knee or turned his hrinl, he -nid "I ire w hi." tier whiz was hiK u.iv of epri'".in vexntioii innl trmiiilr. iieil lie b et Ins pn k ol it. 'I hnUs.iinl-do it" h" bad ilitut unj bate hii-liei ut it. He -imply Oi.l a very fooluh Ihlng. He toi'k oil his i ,.il at Ihe wruiis' lime .uul in the amen pl.t. . t he time n as lieu be w .is uverlieiiird and tbe pl.n c jii-l w here it cul l draft strut k him. lie uuke iu I In titiirmug ,w iih sureiie-s nnd st iltue- from brad to fisit. I the had I1 Ih. hi -hi him i if t lie right IblliK to tin. its ioul men du, be wuiild have gutteu a lt tle nt M. .lie i.h. Oil nnd ruMs-d It over In Isidy. I m' it i. n g. uiig lu bed ami vil li wake up. i. pen your ryes and say, "lire- hi. '. " I lu- miri iir-s nml stillness are gone. tioprcsciitativca of the Metluslist church are in session ut Washington for tbe pursue of effecting u union of the M. K. cluir.il North and South. II IWAII IMI .1 tr.t V IVM-ati-lirs (rein Wa-litnuiuti niate that thrre art nIm. in In If iniiirlalil ilrt,UiimMil ot the .Imcni tin hreallti a it li tltr K.orriunenl ( !'' Ilananall I.Uinll lleaei er Hit" may m err tain n ii thai ilie ilwtiirhain e el tin- iniai li iniiM-.l l.y iin,le lu.tia--ii.ii will I. no. tliiimli' ilv -ei'ii.ia loil'-ss eln-i Liiia'e.l at Ilie atari I he ll lie. I .miliar hit' la IliXli'tlrr Slnin a. Ii Hitter., ulilrll pruinplly rerlllles atne ItiHil'le ami lbs-, away mill Irrmiilaril) el Mm UiBt l. ami luer. 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