I II Vol. XXIX. ROSKUURG OREGON, THURSDAY, U1CCICMUI5R 22, 1898. No. 81. HI'. O, KI.Krt, RiiHKIH'H'l I.II'IK, NO. il.f.. hil J thalr rular Miuiniiiiili Kiiiina at ltu 1. O. 0. tVliail mi yv.tixl mi'l ' limi'liir tt Ii iflitnlh, All mlmta m'intxl In I Inuil r(iilrlr, aii'l nil veiling Imiilicrs cr- aunrhuloM..,, , u.KVi u tUi I). fclDDLK, Mucrvtary. DO0UIA4 VOIINVll S'. tt J. O I'. A. M ., miiia vry WM.liic,ijr vrnln at n'olurk tn lliu "II HU.'iiiU' llll. VUiUiik br"lliauarcirlluU) ImlU'l In an.ti't (J. II. I AKNi K, llao. W, CT, ( ..iim lior. tUxxirtlniK savrrtarr. f AtlHKL UtKOK, A. H. A A. M . Kk'II I.A ' inaaiiuya in il ami v'i ii.oli - ' ait mouth. 1 KKK JolIS-ns', V. . U. H.T. Jiwarr, Hry. fjllll.KTAKIAN Ul.ml' NO. r, I, o o K. ni.wM Hliifl ulihiK "I ' " " thalr hull III IMU folio n ' It"" Mamlriil liiiuilt In kOimI .minima iijhvi 4htatiM VS. n'l KANoK. N. X. i Jawirr. Hrr'y. ROSKIIIIHii I.OIM1K, NO. in. A O It. W m U ll wi iiii'l hiuitli MuhiIh). ,k mutiui all . . in MJ rV, !.... I. Meniiranl lb "Mm l '", 'Hi"ll"a rv rltad ui iunl. MKNOl'OMT, NO. .-, II A. It., MlcklH Till' Aral tlilrtl lliurOai ! l "i"'"'!', t P. m. . W' UMKN'M KKI.IKr I'OKl'H Nc. K MI.KIV Oral nt tlilnl rihUy In " -M-'ttili. t OHkBt'uo thai TKH, no. o. r. i.jim " ui nr.t ml lutnl ll 1 1 "!)' "I ""' ,""lh' MoM.lKMMAMIUlooK, w.M. HRUINA UAul, H..0 jr. TuaU.vcr, .ui..l M l " uii l)f. I I'MA IXIHOK. NO. 17. K . t'K I'. 1 MhKl Hall. VUlllu. kulkian l:i K-l .U'l l'l'H " iUllflDTlUKl to ttmul. IIOMI M. KUM r. tutii" ROWM A TUBTIN, Attorney s-at-Law, fconmi 1 1 f, A llnU lIl'K-k. Uii.mUIII KO. "H .VtUirney aiul Otunloriit Law. WUI .tlr IB .lt ! r .iirfuf tt. lwi Mt.uj. tuiuiitii;. iM.u.Ui K.uotr."" Q M. 1IAMUY, k ' . i DENTIST, Krvirw Dull tti. Tliiioue No. 4. ttohiU'HU, oKKdoN. 1 IU. B. RIDDLE, U " T.rioriovtitti fctur oJiiuilii'. ouboon F. Attorucy-:it-L;uv J7ll IfbKUl Ki. OKKOON VM. CRAWFORD, Attorney at Law, KoontlAI. MrU.r IH.Ik.. KosKHUUil. hi. 4WHii.IIIim lirlorK III. f.H. I .hii ! Ofli i' tluTii ru-w aiiiH-mlty. Ijiio Itwj.iViir V H. I--''I Oiln e. Northern Pacific ftailroaJ Company. Am ii'lliui lb kit" to nil -ii n'a F.i-l .n ball tba r'ualf r't. 1). S K. HrifK, Local Annul Nu. iMaiau'i iminlini;. SRA BROWN, M. D . it? oMlltC, HM Ji:km.li HIr. ot, at r. I'lnurvnl Mr. J. Illrcr. JtoMCKI'KO, Kit L.. IILLWH. M. L)., Sureim and Ilomooopathio PhyHician, Uamlhttru, llrrifUH. aJrVltlfHili 'tUaHi a inrtllv. STRICTLY PIRST-CLASS. f HOTEL .McCLALLEN. URB. D. C. M'lCI.Al.l.KN, J'rui. 'ft I BtADWAaiEBs roa tuveluts kss. Lrw, Fine SamptS Knolnn. ftes'Biu tn anil From Trains. R03EBUH3. Crockery and Glassware ! '.argot ami Flnfut Airtment ovc ilirnuKtit to wowlmrR Aim) a compli to llnuot choii'i i-, GROCERIES TOBACCOU AND CIO A US All kinds of Country Produce TORS. N. BOYD Balm of Figs. Any one winhing to piirchuuo "Ilului of figs" can do so by calling on or ml drsdelog , Mini. Anmis Uki ki k , 602 Chhb R., Knee-burg, Or. i New Store I c?Zil,es, A FULL Staple and Fancy GROCERIES Country Produce Bought and Sold TAYLOR & WILSON BLOCK Low Prices! Fall and Winter Goods Just Received and More Coming Call and Examine our Mammoth stock. SOMVnilXG NKW! NHW STORK I The People's Store I. ABRAHAM, Prop'r. A complete Hue of Dry Goods, Clothing, Boots & Shoes, PurnishinK Goods, Hats, Caps, Capes, Jackets, and a tine line of Millinery Goods. KverythiiiK New, purchased manufacturers, especially for the Fall Trade. Call and exaimiuc Goods and Prices. Health is Wealth ! akAAAAAAA THEN Pure Fresh Drugs SOLD BY A. C. MARSTERS & CO. Prescriptions Filled Accurately And With Dispatch. A Full Line of Patent fledicines and Toilet Preparations. SpecialSale Great Reduction in Prices of 1 $75 Bed Room J4;S " " zj-0 " " A Kiue Line of Chairs, formerly $1.50, now 1.00. Now is the time to get Big Values. Call, examine and be convinced. Alexander & Strong. New Qoodsl j (jrrocery STOCK OP Free Delivery WOLLENBERG BROS. NKW GOODS! KVKRYTHING NKW I for Cash direct from Eastern USE 14- Ul 1I1LU1 Suit for $35 " ' 2T.50 " " 2 5 A Flour Trust. Mr. Thoma A. Mclntyre viaiiad Li land recently for the pnrpoaa of rntiiiK tha all of forlRn Htockholilflra in atiltir g tliallini flour rnilta of llio United 8latalnto a traM. Tl.ii o.j-rt of tlio iroatla to control Ihn ou'put of braa atofTa anil rcgnlat ricca. Tin pfople of th Unllfl'l Htatr liava U-cn patitut on ler the control of manufactured yta docta dy a combioation of rapiial. An dvanco in tlio price of irnn and uteri, of Unpen oil, glucoae and of the inai.y other artlclee which bav fallen on''r the control of trutl ornni.jti inn liai len tolf ratfd, partly ber.aune of tliu difTicuIt ien in the Kay of the ubjclion of nil Ji c lou of audi omhiiiaiiooa to law, and partly in the hoe that trtinta would fall of tbeir own HflKht. Tiine baa aei-mfd t he aorne ground for '.r.e hno that the cnormoua capitHlizatlon involved in form inn a truot would piove too heavy a weight to carry. The pttiila that are gaihi'ird Into A Imai ornriz tion are in mont cases purchaHed at prict-a above their vuhie an separate In veatirii'iiU. The C'hicnKo News de scribe the method of f irin g trut as follows: ' A ajnilicAto bu)8 a num'.icr t(iluoKe pi. iiis, only one of hiih earns an tiling, tapitalizos thuiu tit tto and a half lin.es what they cost , ur.d tlio ajx It rocs booming. Acotbcr hyudiralo hnys op at liberal prices a n umber of imn, steel and railroad properties, only one ol whirh onrna a dividcnJ. It cpitdljcs the Towrtii lit twice what tb(-y Vst, and I In- stock ia eagerly tvjiight attnd yanciii prices. A lt of paBergir elu Tator fact'jiics, which have been liinj money for five year, are put into a Com bination, capitalized for twice what tbry coat, find the abx-k goes to a premium. The tin pinto trills combine lire capital ized for eotiietbing more tl.an tviiro tbe ibrl pi ices which the combiners pay for them, and people cti'l buy the shares ft euoiib. The Unseed Oil Truet.on the yerge of hankruptcr, buje up aonio indepenilent iniils, increaPus iu capital to IXI.OIM.OOO, a'id atnrlH o(T witn a boom." It would seem ceilain to onn not versed in the inys'.eriei of trust rain i uient that properties lioiibt at a bih price, and sold in the form ofstx-ltor scares at twice or three linis toa pur chasing price woui 1 fjil to piy dividend on the Innate 1 vaiuia. it n triut pro jector were to pUce In schutnn before a capitalist without examples of what has ' been done r.y other trusts it wool ! re ceive scant consideration. It ts not reasonable to suppoeo a sinlo manage ment could get dtvideudi out of proper ties that barely paid expenses urn.tr m dividusl msnagement sufficient to pay Interest on three times the capital act ually invented. Hut the demand for shares in Irosts indicates that there must lie money in them. Tho trust having control of the market for its product, au 1 also, t) an ex'etit the mar ket for raw material and labor, reduces cost of production and increspej receipts from the sale of products. The labor of I ho country elands the oss attending a reduction in w.ioj mi d n the labor foice, ai:i tho conennu r stands the loss retultiux fiun: tbe in creased price of the article produced by the trust. The 'orabiner" as the trust schemers arc called, mako enormous profits. It is hardly to the credit of the Fedcr- sl Ciovernment that uith a Uw to work with which the Supreme Court of the United States ha declared constitution. al no serious attempt has been made to bring these industrial trusts into court. The law which tha murt held to be sufficient to dissolve the railroad agree ment to maintain prices would reach other trusts if it were applied. The combination of the (lour mills of the country nnder ono management may prove the last straw to break the camel's back. The combination will fix the price of wboat and the price of tlour. The wheat grower will have no market for his wheat except the Flour Trust, and the consumer of Hour will have to pay the price for Hour tuo trust may de mand. There must be an end some where to this kind of squeeze. American Products. Assuming that American exports for the present mouth will not fall below average I'eceuiour expoiis, ute ew York Suu places American export of domestic inerclmuJUa for 18'JS at 1, 200,000,00a. The world's high-water murk for exports was made by Cheat Hritaiu in lS'.lO, when they reached 1, 20,757 ,0-13. Hritich exports for the present year are, with the month of i December to be henid from, placed at $1,140,000,000. Iu these eight years the United States has gone up from 8-15, 900.003 to II, 200,000,000, and tireat Dritain has gone down from 1,280,i58,' 045 to 11,140,000,000. Sudi results may not be a fair test of the relative merits of the respective commercial policies of the two nations, but they should at least suggest caution as to the abandonment ol a policy under which we have ac compllahed so much. Oreat Untaln is essentially a commercial nation. For fifty vears foreiun trudo has been the chief object of its legislation. Its agri cultural iutoresta have been sacrificed to the demands of its foreigu trade. In tho U cited btutcs the development of home industries has been kept S' peclullf In view. Trodaclog everything (hat Is necessary to comfortable e, list ener, foreign trade has been left to cars for itsflf. The present proportions of our export trade ars a natural growth. The time cams wbeo we prodursd mors than ws fjiild consume. After sopplr log our own wants, lbs balaoce ha beoo sent abroad. While war exports have Wo steadily increasing, oar iu ports have fallen off. The estimate, with one month yet ti hear from, Is that the exress of exports over imports will for this year he about $COO,OCO,(K0. , Some weeks ago Ivdward Atkinson said that l .nrope could not stand anoth er such J ear as 1H97. The large bslanre against Korops in 18'J7 was paid io Urys part with American locaritiee, hut this resource is being rapidly exhausted. What will be tho effect of soother cat for t'WO.OOO.OOO of gold T If foreign com merce were simply ao exchange of com modities, Europe would b tt' ing the better of the United States ) but as bal ances hare to bo paid In gold, and as the supply of gold Is limited, the United State is getting shout $000,000,030 a car of tbe article lo greatett demnd throughout the civilized world. More Chsrges Agslrut Filipinos. Manila, Nov. 12. via. Sao Francisco, Dec. l'J. Spanish refugees from the north say that sfter the surrender of tbe rown of Aparri tho insurgent formed a parade, the central feature of which wa a Spanish lieutenant, who was carried along the street suspended from a ham boo pole- On arrival at the plsza tbe pole was placed upon two forked sticks and a squad of rebels proreaded to terror ize their helpless victim or ehootlng as ilosa to his head as possible withoot wounding him. When the unforfoits man was unconicions ith terror the precession moved on again. Another story is told of a Spanish offi cer being confined in a cell with bis hatvig lied liehind b is back snd om pel'ed lo eat the portions of food allotted to liitn Iroin (he floor of the cell. S'lll another tefugte elates lhat be cause he threw corns papers, hcb he diJ not wish tbe rebels to hare, into a ce.Fpool, the natives, upon bearing of it, dropped him into the bole and compelled him to recover tha papers, after which he was paraded through the streets for hours. Tbe Spanish priests who were captured faied somewhat better. The natives indigoaotly deny thesi si- ezntions, and tbeir newspapers retaliates by printing horrible stories of atrocities practiced by the Spaniards before tbe surrender of Msnils. Senor Palermo, president of the I'ili pi assembly, is raid to have cabled a ong messa4 to Madrid a few days ago. to tbe efiest that if Spain would guaran tee autonomy and others reform mess ores tbe whole country would euppor Sptnieb tule in preference to any other form of foreign intervention. Aguinaldo has seen fit to remove the-et-mbsrgo upon Americans, and basis sued an order granting the light to trav el through the territory at prejeut held by tbe revolutionary government to all foreigner, excapt Spaniard, so long at they tie unaimtd. The present uoplenant watlm is having its effect upan the health ol the American troops, hundred ,of whom ore snllering from cramps a'id chill Mvnaioned bv the damrness of heir expurs. An oroer has beeu issued, uom-jelliug dical practitioners to report all caseem of smallpox under their notice t j ibe au thorities, iu order tnat they mao be promptly removed lo the pesthouse, ow- tothe continuance otoeaths which have occurred in private hovses through out the city. Press Comment. Kt. Helens Mist : Amend the rosd law 80 that one-half the amount now levied should be raised, and make that payable iu each. Then have all roads made and epaircd by contract, according to plans aud specifications, and let to tbe lowest responsible bidder. No other system will give so much for the money. No othei syeteni will insure good roads for all seasons of tbe year. Fendleton East Oregonian: What right have we to sell the rtmippinee with their 0,000,000 of people to Jspan or any other nation? It we sell the is lands the sale will inclnde tbe people of course. The American people are not in favor of selling tbe islands, now that they are under the American flag. Independence Enterprise: Vest, as usual, succeeded in making a fool of himnelf il ui in j the first days of the session. toria Hudet: Uucle Sam would rejoice if he could find a new sacretary of war in his Christmas stocking. Woodburn Independent: Brewers are iirotestioK sgaiust the war tax of a do.- lar a. barrel on beer. That should be the last tax abolished. Vlavl, Vlavl. Mrs. J. II. Shupe is local represents tivefor the popular Viavi remedies Auy ono desiring any of these remedies will please call on her at her home or ad drees her at Roseburg, Oregon. All our goods are new and ol tbe latest styles. No shopworn goods on band at the Boss Store. EVILS OP CHAIN LETT F.RS. Some of the Possible Con.rquencs Figured Out. The receipt not long'sloce of one of thoee ro-rallcd chain letters, rrinestiug the cotitrlhntion of 10 cents for the ts lief of the Seventr first volnnteers, start ed the grsy matter of my cerebral hemi sphere into activity, sajs letter to the Brooklyn Times, snd notwithstanding i the fact that inch a worthy object ought I lo enlist a prompt responso from every lo. American, yet I could not repress (!. .itiery, Doct thisIMiw UnrJcrblll, of w York ci'y, ho flgnres as the pro motor of tut scheme, realize the burden of woe and misery she is about to inflict on mankind? Bhe ill perhaps pardon ns if we are rude enough to inquire into the result of her plan. I suppose that even among this patriotic people there re. some who woold be unwilling to spend s hard-earned dime upon the Seventy-first TulanteeM, so let ui assume that of every fjur letters sent out, two of (hem eventually repose onsnswered st (he tottcm of the waste Laiket. Unde these circomstsuces the first reply would bring but two letters, tie lecond would bring four letters, the third, foorth fifth, and aittb would bring 8, 1C, 32, and 01 respectively, snd up to that time Miss Underbill would have received 120 letters. Uow many will receive if tbe series goes on uninterrupted to 100 terms? This is a case of geometrical proportion. If full this sum would be ,53o,4j4, OOO.OOO.OOO.OOO.OOO.OOO.OOO.COT. Truly a reepectable number. If each letter brings a dime, tbe Stventr-first volun teers will b able to live in opulence for the rest of their days. I fear it msy ho difficult to realize the significance of so large a number, so let us make a few comparisons. The popu lation of tbe world is said to be less than 1.400.000.000. so. dividing the above number by this, we find that each in habitant, man, woman and child, heath en, Mohammedan and Christian, will i have to contribute 18 multiplied by 10 raised to tbe 20th power number f f dimes for tbe relief ol the Seveuty-firet volunteers. Suppose Miss Underhi put her letters in one pile, as she re ceives them, how high would they reach? When pressed tight there would abont 45 letters to tbe inch, 540 pei foot, aud 2,851,200 per mile. Dividing the total number of letters by this we find the pile would reach abont 830 molt! plied by 10 raised to tbe 21st power mi lee. An express train going a mile a minute would travel 52o,bUU miles a year, yet to travel tbe length of oar col urn it would require in round num bers 17. multiplied by 10 ra'ned to tbe 17th pow er yeers. Light travels miles per second, or 5,870,125,000,000 per year, and dividing tbe length of our file of letters by this we see that 151,344 800,000 years would elapse after a ray of light ctarted from one end ere it re.cbed tbe other. ... Suppose 10J clerks were hired to count tbe dimes at tbe rate of four per second for 10 hours a day, and f 10 days a year. Together they would ouut 4.404,000,000 dimes a year, but it would Uke them 5508 multiplied by 10 raised to ths Ii.h power years to finish their task, and that is according to the eilimate ol astrono mers many times the entire probable duration ol '.ho solar syetem. Sjppose theaa letters, iustead of being placed in one pile should be packed as loeely as possible in the form ot a phere, how large a body would they make? Letters of ordinary note sua would average perhaps 42J0 par cubic feet or 023 multiplied by 10 raised to the 12th power per cubic mils, ins entire volume occupied would then by 4 multi plied oy 10 raise J to the llih power cubic miles. Jow the volume ol our earth is but 20 multiplied by 10 raised to the 10th power cubic miles, so this phere would be 15,0(53 times ai large as the earth. The volume of ail th9 plan ets combined is 2234 times that of the earth. Therefore, our package cf letters would make seven solar systems, exclu sive 01 tue SUn. vaue more, a;iyiJo;re be letters were burned as fist as receiv edto prevent accumulation, what would he the result? The ash of one letter would weigh about one-thirtieth of an ounce, so mat you.uw ieur uuiu . ... i i maVa one ton of ash. ben all the letters are burned there will have ac cumulated 2641 multiplied by 10 raised to the 2lst power torn of ash?s, offenug serious obstruction to uavigatiou in the harbor, for since the mass (quito a diftir eul thing from volume) of earth i but 0 multiplied bv 10 raised to the 21et power tone, this ash heap would be 440 timee the mass ot the entire earth, bince tue orabined mass of all the planets is 445.6 times that of the earth, our asli heap would make another solar system. The contemplation of our earth aud all the planets manufactured tuto paper au l again turned into an ash heap for us to live upon is not pleasant, ana it is com torling to think there are htill among us enough people witli sufficient common sense t ) throw chaiu letters iuto the fire ami aiva the world from such a direful destiny. "Here's an article iu the paper,", siid Mrs. Feck, indignantly, "that says that in Formosa a wifo costs i. " H. anewored Mr. Peck thoughtlully, "there mi. it ha wives that would be worth that." The Russian Closed Door. Mr. I'liirottt tho Aiin'riran ex minis ter tu.Siam, recently declared that un less the Unite I States should join Ureal Britain and Japan in forcing Kntiia, Franci and !"rmarv to nulntnifl the open door in the piovinces they have leased from China, tho greater part of China would r doted ugninst American trade. The action of tho Kusslnn gov- ' ernmei.t in placing onli-rs in this coun try for ma'erlals to he mod in the con struction of the Trans-Kiherinri railway does not indlcafo any pnrpoio on th part of the Uufnian government tn rlo its ports against American products. Mr. liarrctt's Oriental imaii ation has evidently been csnght by the phrase, 'open door." lit dots not recm to re alize that an open Uor may lead into aclosed rntrket. tireat I'ritain osten tatiously opns the door into her Asiatic market in full confidence that hrr cou trol of transportation routes will, with her facilities for manufacturing, enable ber to hold the nuriteU against all com petitors. Kusi. knowing tliat her fa cilities) for manufacturing are inferior to thos of Feveral other nations, imposes duties on the i ro.l ; t-i of .!! foreign na tions. It is not clear that oncj policy more uafulli-'li than tho other. Great I'ritain will close the door to her Asiatic trade preserves the moment she is convinced that it is to her interest lo do so. Uusia will open the dorr when she Gnds hf r industries in a conlition to compete aeiinst the wcr'd. Ex-Minis'er Barrett, 'in hi letters. from the Orient describing the (immense trade that invites American enterprise, J veils upon th importance of offering goods at low prices. He Fays truly that there is a large trade open to I he nations which cin, for oueca'ist or another, pi ice its i roilucta iu the Oriental market at prnes ht low those now prevailing. Mr. Birrett names the conditions upon which tho Oriental market can be gained, and leaves the tak of cheap production to the American miuufaclur- ...... . i t. .i ,: . ( er. itnoni uouoi iiicre are ni.ea ui goods in which Americans can undersell all competitors. We re producing iron aud steel at ra'cs which enable us to sell our product in tho British market. It ould seem our policy, with this growing power ot etiejp prouuciion, io ebtaMisli friendly relations with all na tious. Thin talk about a combination of nations to fores other natious to vdopt a certain commercial policy is silly. China and India may be subjugated by the force method, hut Russia, Fiance and Germany would only laiijh at the augtztsfilion. Now is the time. to save money by buying your good at th:i' Hoscbnrg Novelty ,. Cash Store. In bnvin? three pairs of shoes you can Sive eiioiish to buy anoth r pair, iia ciotinng we can suve vu from 2 to 4 on ;i euit. rail millinery, loJiks and capei-, all sold at closing out ... i ... . ii prices. .iis:uieiy csobioij ouu van nd be convinced. It wa? ol minutes before dinner when iittle Fred ir.ipiired: 'Mamma, have I he n bal.today?" Yes, Freddie, vny had in.lceJ." "Dj yen think yo M s rid me to bed without any scpjer'." "I have a great mind to." "Well, mammi1, 1 wUh you would let mo know now.sj tint I c.iu tell bow much dinuer to et." Piek M) Up. How comes it, Bridget, that I see you here drinking tha brandy that I had caved for the mince pies?" "I didn't know you was hre, mum," was the graceful apology. The 'omaff aqd ileSphinx- The mystery of woman-(,YW enigmas. V hood is tun unanswerable emeu Why should women tie compelled to suffer sim ply because mey aic U'hv is it that the source of their hiRlust joys is at the same time the cause of their greatest wretched ess? The very attributes which make it possible for women to be happy wives and fnothera also render them liable to the ut most physical misery and pain. The sufferings of body and mind caused by some weakness of the distinctly feminine organs are so almost universal among wo men that the question might well be asked: " Is this Nature's punishment for the cruna of being a woman?" The true answer is No! These sufferings re neither natural nor necessary. They would not exist if the organism w as healthy. No woman ought to endure such troubles. There is no need of it. Dr. Pierce's l-'avnr-ite Prescription is a perfect and positive cure for feminine weakness and i;sease. It gives health and strength to the spe cial organs and nerve-centres: heals inflam mation; stops weakening drains; promotes functional regularity, aud restores the nor. mal, vigorous and painless condition which Nature intended. . It is the ouly medicine of its kind In vented by an educated and experienced physician. It is the only medicine which make baby's coming safe and compara tively painless. Any woman who would like to know more about this medicine and about her own physicial make up should send 31 one cent stsmps to Dr. K. V. Tierce, Huflalo, N. Y., to pay the cost of mailiutr onv on an absolutely fiee copv of his thousand page initiated book. "The People's Common Sense Medical Advi -ei;" or, ,l stamps for cloth covertd. sure an'i permanent cute for tonstipa tion is Pr. Pierce Pellets, fine " Pellet" is gcntl laxative, two a mild cathartic. t