THE PLAINDEALEE ISXUID KTERY TUOKSDAY BT THEPLAINDEALER PUBLISHING COISPJLNY V. F. BEKJAMIN Editor, C.iV: BKXJAMlN, .... Manager. Subscription Uatc: O no Year payable in advance . Months, Month. " ' oo 50 JULY IS, 1S95. John Bull and Uncle Sam are each taking a hand in helping Spain against the Cuban filibusters and in- snrsrents. bnt even nsramst this com bination the Cubans seem to be mak ing headway. The roads are good now but when the rains descend and tho lloods come and your wagons begin to go down, you will see that you have not rock foundations. Yon will then perceive how foolish jon have been building on a sandy foundation. Onr minister to Guatemala reports that corn occasionally sells in that country at from $6 to S a bushel, We shall have to call in the maize missionaiies to concentrate their ef forts on onr own farmers and plant ers. The world has discovered the value of the great American plant A company has been organized in France to build & ship railway from Bordeaux to Narbonne, a distauce ol about 300 miles. Engineers have re ported that the cost will be less than that of a shiD canal, und the transit five times as rapid. The twentieth centnrv Dromises to be the era of wonderful internal improvements. The Manitoba school question is caosinc much uneasiness in the Canadian Government. Tbreo cabi net officials have tendered their re ignations. These threo are the only French Canadians in the cabinet and are backed up by twenty-seven French-Canadians in the house de manding remedial legislation for Manitoba. The Cornell crew at Henley, Eng land, were badly beaten by the Trin ity Hall crew at Cambridge. They rowed like chomps toward the latter part of the race, dropping their oars and fainting, and. getting rattled generally. Ihey bad better come home and take a few lessens in row inn before attempting to show off before the Britishers. He that provideth not for his own household is worse than an infidel. Bible. Apply this aphorism to the people and extend it to the people of the county, state and nation, and it sizes np thusly: Trade with your own citizens, patronize your own people, buy every needed article of use at home markets and thus pro vide for yonr own household. Bishop Potter will attempt work ? among the lowly of New York He ' will tackle a hard problem. He will have swarms of the lowest classes of -- foreign nations to work among. If he shall succeed it will be somewhat miraculous- The leopard may change his spots or the chamelion his skin, but the inborn propensities of a vicious class are bard to overcome. What are you doing to help on the improvement in trade? Are you pasning your cosiness lor all it is worth, or are you waiting for the tide to rise and carry you with it ? Is your stock well assorted, or have yon permitted it to ran down to a very low ebb on account of dull trade? Are yon prepared to take advantage of the opportunities as they occur? These are questions every dealer should nsk at the present time, and if they cannot be answered satisfac tonJy, it is time tor a cuange in business methods. An ad. in the Plundealee will.help you along, and don't you forget iL A Chicago paper in quest of more light on the political situation, re cently sent letters to leading repre sentatives of both parties inquiring iL in their opinion. President Cleve land was a candidate for a third term on the gold standard platform. The responses show tbet the tariff is still the leading issue, and that no man who, has declared himself against protection and whose administration has been arrayed against it can secure the support of the republi cans 01 tne country, inis i as might be expected. In the full tide of success, republicans will keep pro tec hod inscribed on tneir banner as they did in their hour of temporary disaster. The condition of the treat manil factoring plants throughout the country, and the advanco in wages that is taking place nre doing more to restore confidence and increase business than any amount of legisla tion could do. The improved condi tion of tho working people means a yery largo increase in tho con sumptive power of the country, as they spend freely of what they earn. The advances, too, have been made without the demands of employes, and this removes auother uncertainty in regard to tho future that existed, the fear of labor troubles. No donbt it will do much towards destroying the bad feeling that has existed and show the luboring clashes that tho interests of the employer and em ploye ere the same. With a better business there will be less desire to debate tho rolativo vauo of wlver nod gold, and the problom that is now puzzliug tho minds of business nien, as to which should bo the standard, will sol to 'itself, if left alone. The business mterests of the country will prove couclnBively that gold alone is a'ud uiuate the stand ard. The future is bright Tho growiug probability of the election of another republican cougress along with a re publican president in 189(5 causes re vival of confidence, and the money that has been locked up and idle for the past two years is coming out, to tho consequent stimulation of all branches of trade This result we should not have but for tho certainty of the success of the republican party in the coming national contest. In yiew of this, how absurd it is to con tend that the disappointments of a few prominent republicans here and there, are going to result in tho over throw of the republican party and the return of tho democracy to another tern of power. Tho repub- licanp arty is bound to triumph m next year's election. Coos county has taken up the good roads movement, and proposes to have some roads that are passable at all seasons of the) ear. Tho county has undertaken tho improvement of one of its maiu highways with coal nsbes, having an abundance of that material on hand. Tho ashes are to be put on eight feet in width and one foot deep, and cost by contract 75 cents per ton. These ashes are said to make a firm and lasting road bed, and in a cosl producing county like Coos is a comparatively cheap mater ial. The movement for good roads is growing all over the state, and be fore many years Oregon will have a system of highways equal to any state in the Union Oregon City Enteprriati. Koseburg's newsy little daily, tho PuuxpEAT.rn. is received regularly at this office. It has recently been en larged to a six column folio, is well patronized by advertiser?, and we are pleased to noto its success and ap parent prosperity. Kiddle Enter prise. Thanks, Brother Connor, your kind words are duly appreciated. The democrats of Kentucky put up a free-silver coinage man, Hardin, for governor, but declared empbat ically asjtunst free silver. East Ore- gonian. It is- said: Labor is good I for physic if not necessary for food. We have found it more necessity for food than for physic I he i LAUDEAixn is fast growing in fayor, and subscribers are increas ing, w e nave calls also lor extra copies every day. Care la Teaching. Children should be taught that life is not breathing, moving and sleeping, simply. Life is a battle. A bottle be tween good and evil from childhood. Midway wo stand between the divine and the brute. Children should be taosbt that they lead two lives, the life without and the lile within, and that the inside most be pure in the tight of God, as well as the outside in the night of man. There are five means of learning. These are observation, reading, conver sation, memory and reflection. Onr memory is one of the p-ost wonderful gifts God has bestowed upon us, and one of the most mysterious. Take a glass and pour water into it; by and by you can pour no more into it, it is fall. It is not so with the mind. You cannot fill it fall of knowlege in a life Ujie. Poor in all you please and it still thirsts for more. Remember this: knowledge is not what you leain, but what you remember, It is not what you study, but what you remember and reflect upon that makes you learned. A Rood library, literary societies, de bating dabs, are great aids in the educa tion of the young, and to the improve ment of their mental faculties. Let Boseborg take steps to seenring these for the youths of tho city, and yqu -will then have everything csceesary far rounding up a gooJ moral education, and your surrounding! will bo elevating and helpful, and the youths reared under such influences will be enboled in character, and will always find friends at home or abroad. New York, July 15. Delegates to the Brotherhood of Tailors froji 630 shops, one irom cacn auop, met last night in WalhalU ball to report the sentiments of their fellow workers regarding the pro posed general strike. All the delegates reported that their employers had de termined to resist the now agreement and that the workers were in lavor of Etriking. The meeting indorsed the strike, and voted unanimously to place the fall management in the bands of Meyer PtboeufelJ, and the executive committee from the brotherhood. Schoenfeld said : "We are pledged to reveal to no one the day on which the strike will begin, so that the bosses will not have any advantage. In fact the line wilt not be known until fire minutes before the strike Is ordered. While this strike is for a new agreement, with better wages and conditions, we shall make it the opportunity for wiping the sweat' shop system out of existence. Of the 8000 members of the union, about 1500 aro at present working in tho tenements under the sweat-shop system. Wo will on no account seltlo with the employers of these people. "Wo are tired of wailing for the factory inspectors to put an end to the system anil are uowt to do it ourselves at one blow?" Xlic return Water Motor Of capacities, varying from 1 to 23 horse power affords the most convenient, eco nomical and reliable power for all light service. One of theso may bo seen run ning at this office. Send for circulars Thel'elton Water Wheel Co., 121 Main St., San Francisco, Cal. BOOTS hAVE HAD THE.IR DAY. rho Trade Ttadly Affected by the Increased Wear of Shoes. Tho diminished uso of boots is n mat ter of concern to tho manufacturers of thorn nnd to tho producers of heavy leather nnd heavy calfskins. Twenty years ago tho calf boot Industry was n leading ouo in New England. Wholo towns woro studded with fac tories which produced calf boots exclu sively. For a decado tho salo has boon gradually falling off, and today It is of hardly any importance A few manufacturers of elioos includo boots as a specialty, but tho demand is too light to amount to much. WI1011 calf boots wero mora in vogue, manu facturers consulted tho partialities of tho cowboys, to whom prico was a sec ondary consideration. Tho legs wero frequently cordod with silk stitching. Tho star nnd croscent and other fanciful ornamentations wero inlaid on tho legs of tho boots. Tho soles wero inlaid with copper, zino nnd brass nails. Tho cowboys 110 longer pay f 15 or $20 for a pair of boots. They want sutatauco instead of show. But they wero not tho only wearers of calf boots. Thoy wero oxtcuslvely worn. Many wen prefer them today, though tho number is growing less. Tho old fashioned stoga hoots wero formerly sold in largo quantities. Thoy aro well nigh obsolete. Thcro followed a demand for a lighter and woro stylish article. A kip boot of lighter tostnro was pro duced about equal in nppcaranco to tho best calf boot, bnt this, too. has fallen somowhat into disuse. Whoro thcro wero SO factories producing boots ex clusively, thero is now but ouo. Even tho farmers aro using heavy shoes in stead of boots, and if is becomes a ne cessity to wear long legged boots they buy rubbers. Twenty years ago tho entire product of Salem and Peabody was heavy boots and brogau leather. Today thcro aro less than half a dozen tanners making it. Brogans and plowshares aro indis pensable in many sections of country, but thcro aro comparatively few exclu sive manufacturers of theso now. Tho Creedmorc Doni Pedro, English ties and Creole congress aro supplanting them. Tho declino in tho consumption of calf boots affects tho tanners of calf skins. It is a question what is to bo done with heavy skins. Tho tanners must necessarily bny more or less of them. Thoy cannot select light and mo dium weights exclusively, and if they tan them thoy feel no ccrtamtr of be ing able to dispose of them in tho fin ished state. There is nevertheless a nso in this world for whatever is good for anything, and thero will bo somo way of disposing of heavy calfskins, though for tho moment it appears difficult to point out the direction into which they will bo moved. Shoo and Leather Re porter. Flrht Betwrtn IXU1 mad Alligator. I heard an interesting story of a fight between an alligator and a big bull on the Eh ores of Lake Okeechobee. Alliga tors ore quito numerous in that lake, and it is little visited by white men, though Seminole Indians fish and bunt there. Herds of cattle roam about through that section of tho state, and the bull in question belonged to one of theso herds. It wa3 drinking at a small Inlet on this lake when its noeowas caught by an al ligator. The bull managed to frco itself by pulling tho 'gator partly out of the water. It then lowered its horns and caught the 'gator, throwing it on tho bank. When tho bull mado another at tack, the alligator struck tho bull with its tail and severely hurt it. The bull managed to tear a holo in the abdomen or soft Fpot of the 'gator, but on anoth er chargo tho 'gator broke ono of tho legs of tho bull by a blow from its taiL This disabled tho bull, and tho 'gator managed to break another leg in tho tamo way, but tho saurian soon bled to death, and tho bull, wheq found with its two broken legs, had to bo shot Florida Letter. Some Explanations c the Ocean'. Salt. The Pythagorean held that the sea was salt by rcsaoii of tho tears shed by Kronos, father of Zees. According to tho old Hebraic tradition, the ocean was originally a great body of fresh water. bnt which was made tall by tho abun dant tears of tho fallen angels. Ono sect of Buddhists belloTO that Lot's wife that is to say, the "pillar of salt" which was once tho wifo of tbo bumble eentlcman named above lies at tbo bottom 01 toe ocean in a certain narrow strait, and that onco each year tho wa ters of all oceans flow through that nar row channel. Tho Talmndio writers eay that it was never salt until Moses wept re pen tan co after breaking tho tables of stone. St Louis Republic. Votes "ot Worth llaring. Somo peoplo's notions of Hodge's Ideas of politics aro illustrated by the eoliloqny of a laborer on his way to the poll: "Yes, yes, Gladstone was a great man, bnt I main think ho was too cuto for us poor folk. When wotes was worth a fi'pun note, he kep tin all to hisself, and now, when they ain't wnth a far den, wo all has nn! Ab, ho was main too clever for nsl" So he marches in and rotes for tho squire. London Star. Arcldtd tha Subject, Wicks Did JJcKick have much to say on the subject of railroad monopoly while yon wero there? Minks Well, no. Yon see, just after I called, a cart man drovo up with n box for him. The railroad freight on it for 100 miles was a quarter; the cartman's ebargo for hauling it six blocks was 60 cents. ew York Weekly. "ScotF, Wha Hao, " was by Burns. It wa3 written on a. dark day whilo the author was on n journey. The tuno is "Hey'fnttio Taittie," an old march that is said by tradition to havo oul mated Bruco'a men at Bannookburn. Many towns in Europo have local hol idays commemorativo of some impor tant event in their history. A Housfiold Treasurer. D. W. Fuller, of Canoiohario, N. Y says that he always keeps Dr. King's New Discovery in tbo house and his family has always found tbo very best results follow its use ; that ho would not bo without it. 11 procurable. O. A. Dyke man. Drozeist. Catskili, N, Y., says that Dr. King's New Discovery is undoubt edly tbo best Cough remedy; that bo has used It in his family for eight ycare and it has never failed to do all that is claimed for it. Why not try a remedy so long tried and tested. Trial bottles free at A. O. Marstere & Co.'s Drug Store Regular size 50c. and J .00. Treasurer's Notice. Notice is hereby givon to all perilous holding Douglas county warrants, in dorsed prior to October 1, 1891, to pre sent tho Batno at the treasurer's oQice in tbo court houso for payment, as interest will ceaso thereon after llio dato of this notice. Dated this 8th day of July, A. D 1895, at Roeeburg, Douglas county, Oro- gon. Win. A. Fkatek, County Treasurer, Wood office. taken on subscription at this his is the Place to Buy Groceries. C. W. PARKS & M. JOSEPHSON'S New York ROSEBURG, THE THIRD BK00K51DE. The UoiVC Farm, ted aud is now on tlie market 3, 20, 30, and 40 acres, ranging in price from $25 to S100 per acre. Any one wanting a fruit, vegetable or chicken farm or a suburban lionie can tenns. All lots sold in First than doubled in value. The the future. More fortunes ing town or city tnau any tunity. For information or Estate Office, or on G T. Alexander & bTRoriG THE POPULAR HOME FURNISHERS.... 32o' and 323 Jackson St. Ret. Oak and Washington. t 1 r n I 1 T") n r-J T-1 Unrest an J Best Assortment eycr YV vL-L. I il J2l. brouRht to Southern Oiegon. and I A Large and Elegant Line of We call the attention of our friends to our beauti ful stock of Our Stock is Unexcelled by Any House South of Portland. ALEXANDER X STRONG HOBKI3URG. ORICGON, MANUFACTURER OF The Celebrated Eoseburg Beer, ALE AND PORTER. All Orders either at Home or Abroad, by Railroad or otherwise, Promptly Attended to. A full and complete assortment of all goods usually kept in a first class grocery. Everything offered for sale is'fresh; and sold at very reasonable prices. We have a very choice stock of canned goods, including both fruits and vegetables, to which we invite your special attention. Our line of Olives, Gherkins, Pick els, Sauces, etc., is also complete. We carry the largest stock of to baccos in Southern Oregon. 1 CO.. Grocers. I Cash Store, OREGON. ADDITION east of town, has been plat in Lots and Blocks containing now dc accommoaaiea on easy Brookside addition have more prospect is much better for are made in lands near a grow otiier way. aieze cue oppor couvevauce. call at onv Real BELDISItf, Prop?. CARPETS. Easy Rockers Bed Room Sets Parlor and Dining Chairs Rugs and Carpets And all Household Articles NO TROUBLE TO SHOW QOODS. THE POPULAR HOME FURNISHERS RESERVED FOR ros NEW GOODS The Davis. Ambler Merrell LIMBER Lode Timbers a Specialty. COMPANY MANUFACTURERS OP, AND FIR AND CEDAR LUMBER. CENTRAL HOTEL ! Board Lodging- MEALS, 15c. -.Ulre me a CalL TP MS. The Roseburg Lauadry, 202 Malu Street, opp. II At Reasonable Prices. J. BITZER,. Proprietor ol The City Meat Market, And Dealer in PRIME BACON, HAMS, LARD, AND FRESH MEATS OF ALL. KI.ND5. Onlers taken and Delivered Free to anr part ol the City. TflE MITUpELL, lM$ gTJp( (50. A FULL Plows, Harrows, AND HARVESTING MACHINERY. BEAN SPSAY PUflPS ARE THE BEST. AT IBMBER YARD NEAR DEPOT. WYLIE PILKINGTON, Successor to General Blacksmithing rROTTINQ AND RUNNING PLATES A SPECIALTY, REPAIRING OF ALL KINDS PROMPTLY DONE. Shop on Corner WasbluKton nnd Kane Sts., RosebnrK BOGARD Blacksmiths and Wheelwrights. HORSE SHOEING A SPECIALTY. AH Work Warranted and Cheaper than the Cheapest. OAKLAND, - OREGON. BOWEN ESTABROOE; GENEBAL Blacksmiths Stephen Street, between Oak and Cass, aiacblue "Work a Specialty ROSEBURG, OR. oss Ntope. JUST ARRIVED. Write for Prices. DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OP BEDS, 15c. 3KL JBXGCrXXI, EJCjrv. Hotel Van Hontcn. ALL WORK 8 GUARANTEED r-isncK dktah, fropneiors. Poultry. Fish and Game, in Season. Roseburg, Or. LINE OF Wagons & Buggies WAUKEGAN BARB WIRE. s HUNTER & HUME G. W. NOAU, & RAATHS and Machinists MRS. Iff. BOYD, DEALER IN CHOICE- Family Groceries, DISHES, Books and Children's Toys. -A FULL LINE OF- Fruits, Nuts, French Candies, Confectionery Canned Goods, Coffees, Teas, Etc IMPORTED KEI WEST CIGARS. CHOICE BRANDS OF CIGARS WOODWARD THE ROgEBURG Does Up ALL COMPETITORS ! We are always in the Lead, and mean to keop there. The Golden Harvest is upon as, and farm- era are smiling became Woodward loois to their interest. BUGG HARNESS Full Trimmed TEAM HARNESS .These are all Leather and Warranted. SADDLES At Bodaced Prices. Consult yonr pnrse and be sore and sec wood ward before baying. W. 6. WOODWARD EAST AND SOUTH VIA THE SHASTA ROUTE OF THE Southern Pacific Co. Eipreta trains Iearc Portland dailj. bonth I North fe:S0r.x. 5:25 A. Jf. Lv. - Portland - Ar. Lr. - Roseburj - Lv. Ar. - San Francisco Lr. 8:10 A. x. 11:10 p. x. 6:00 r. x. 10:15 X. X. Above trains stoo at East Portland. Ommn City. Woodbora. Salem. Turner. Marlon. Jeffer son, Albany, Albany Junction, Tangent: Shedds, Halscy, Harrisburg, Junction City, if tuig, x.uKcue, v itra tru, jsnuu, &nu &u stations Irom Roseburg- to Ashland inclusive IlOkebnr? rtrall Daily. 8:30a.m. I Lv. 520 r. x. I Ar. - Portland - Ar. 14:40 r. x. Eoseburg - Lv. r. 18:00 a. a. a. Salem Passenger Dally. 4:00 r.x. 6:15 p. x. Lv. - Portland Ar. - Salem Ar. 1 1005 A. x. Lv.l 8:00 A. X. DIXIXG CARS OX OGDO ROUTE. Pullman Buffet Sleepers AN1J SECOND-CLASS SLEEPING CABS Attached to all Throueh Trains. West Side Division. Uetween Portland and Corr&Ul. Hail train daily (except Sunday). 7:30 A. M. i Lv. - Portland - Ar. I Corvallis - Lv.l 5:40 r.x 1:00 p. x 12:15 r. X. I Ar. - At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains ol Oregon Central & Eastern railroad. Express train daily (except Sunday). 4:45 r.x. ILv. - Portland - Ar. 1 8S51.X. - Mcilinvfflc Lv. 1 5:50 A. x. 7:25 r.x. Ar. Throngh Ticket to all Point In tne Eastern States. Canada and Enrope can be obtained at low eat rates Irons George Ectca, Agent Rosebnnr. B. KOEHLEE, E. P. R OGEES, xanagcr. Asst. (i. t . & Pass. Agen PORTLAND OREGON. FROM TERMINAL 0B INTERIOR POINTS TiNoBTHEflM) Pacific) - is the Line to Tate To all Points East and South. It is the DIKING CAR ROUTE. It runs through VESTIBULED TRAINS EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR to ST. PAUL and CHICAGO (SO CHAh'CE Or CABS) Composed ot Dining Cars Unsurpassed. Pullman Drawing Room Sleepers, Ot Latest Equipment, TOUUIST SLEEPING CARS Best that can bo constructed and in which accommodations are both FREE and FURNISHED to holders of First or Second-class Ticiets, aud EI.EGAST DAY COUCHES A Continuous Line connecting with All Lints, afford Ins Direct and Uninterrupted Service. Pullman Sleeper reservations can be secured in advance through any agent ol the road. THROUGH TICKETS To and from all Points in America, England and Enrope can be purchased at any Ticket Oface of this Company. Full information concerning rates, time ot trains, routes and other details furnished on application to any agent, or A. D. CIIAHX.TON, Assistant General Passenger Agent, No. 121 First 8L, cor. Washington. PORTLAND. OREGON. Mineral, Railroad. Aricultural. H. G. POTTER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 1106 G St, N. Y. Washington, D. C. For many years in tho General Land Office. Examiner of Contests, Mineral vs. Mineral vs Railroad and Agricultural claims, and Late Chief of the Mlnera JDlvisIon. Corrcspondenco tted. TO THE UNFORTUNATE. Dr. Gibbon's DISPENSARY. R90 KHAltXTST., U-"J corner of Com mercial, San Francisco, CaL. Established in 1S54, for the treatment of Sexual and Seminal Diseases, such as Uen- orrnea, uteei, otrtcc wre, 3tfphUU,ln all Its forms, Seminal Weak' ness. Inuwltner. and Lost Manhood perma nently cured. The slcx and afflicted should not fail to call upon him. The Doctor has traveled extensively in Europe, and inspected thoroughly tho various hospitals there, obtaining a great deal ot valuable information, which he is com- ? stent to Impart to those in need of his services, ho Doctor cures when others fail. Try him. DR. GIBBON will maze no charge unless he ef fects a cure. Persons at a distance CURED AT HOME. All communications strictly conflden lal. All letters answered in plain envelopes. Charges reasonable. Call or write. Address DR. J. F. GIBBON. Box 1857. San Francisco. Cal