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About The Madras pioneer. (Madras, Crook County, Or.) 1904-current | View Entire Issue (Feb. 1, 1906)
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Haxtor. who waa W(B r.rniv superintendent of IUUI- I . 1... i n I'llllIlLV i i kavpiiiuui 'j - - .j fit Wlieeivr 1 , , j mmitv court npiwlntml wr to All the vnenncy. At Orewlord held thut the I VlfcMV . , I .,..1 inn iiini . .!)..(.. i il nOl IIOHI l nini-s." i..). mill nirftin n i fri.1. tt.no tlm attjmey ocnornl ii iKai nnii'fln iiuiui w . 111 . . a . t i Tim rnnri nuwiicii ivi Hi'" r .... prolate nw i'uliUV v w Mnv Men at Opp Mine. Grtnt Pes At the Opp nunc, near L....HL oi.it (t() iiioii nru at work cdiround the initio. All uio mn- ti,i. oaii'mt I. in ODornu'u i ..;.!!.. Tim minnnnv nwnn z4U flKUICUJ. vw..., j - - - - nitii timiu.r. mill nil liiu ii. 1..M.II..,. .iiirimaii nl ttll rr iui uu iuiiik I' -" I n, it.,il..im nil in till) 111 I Hit ,Mthvttie tawmi . Tills 18 the tMmill In tills nart of tho Btnte to . i t i t !.- Ill 4 1.. l 1 .I.Ui. a 4 tlwk Dnn irtre lighted hv electricity. Tho I t..Mi tfl.ttatwl tttnt ft 1 11 n art V1DT UttB IUD uineiiLu iiiutiMiittft frYrnnri'Mor ttnd Dower uriufl. Meat for New Rnilroad. liKnfflnn TTnnrv Ci TlllUfiV fill A AIIIUKIUM living VI . I . - . 1 . I .If I i . i 1. 4 t. - ..kMn4 shereirotn 0. C. Clnrk. Al unjuian urm loiurnmn inn ircen tor all the contrnctora of tho sruera 1'aciUc milrond now heinK Mm lhA nnn i linnlr nl flif I .n mining the meat for tho railroad in on :) m M MUt unil '2( inilin u'tNl nl ttoa. Several hundred dolhirR week come Into tlin rnff.irn nl tliltt i for mcatnlono. New IndtlXtr-V fnr Hrniliam Grabam - The Gredhnm Trndlnn A itkiogcumpiny han bfRtin work on a witortjje plant, which will coat bo- m and 5,000. Tho com- f IfiIah.I. t ... . . , ...... u vunu in in, UilUIIBIVU nuu nil! llt!IUIU T'J Id dre?ae(l meats of nil kindu tee (toratre of all porlnhnhlo nro- Ilia 41. 1.1 it . Y I A tuii..l..l . I t linn nnn .1 . . . . . ait in i ""K 1 ,u coming year, " m im iropareii lor Hot weather. t Contract Lot for Tlei. W-Another largo contract tor lor t in wii ..!.. . ... """" uxtuiiBion HIM "7 ' yj 11. iV N . tin. An ...""""i " OPOKltno. Air. Kil. H'i'ing iwo camps and h r- i,.t.. .""""'''hj worn ai onco. ,- caii8 lor 20,000 Ilea to bo TOW llV Jnnr. 11.1.. ... - wuiiu. in. ruin tin. wi.ii- m"-;jh.iK another contract for it ho bo dralrca. . , -v "uiiu itauway. wf - Artlclp. r '"WUIHI iy t , 41... u v ue un ti Wi.ii. ' . T'at0 are W. I). Larrabce. I w M llllll 1'iVIHl 11H .""mo run . ... . ntM.ii. bviiiiu iiiiiiii. in tl . . ii iiniiiiininn nniin. IDlrin i.i .. - -...nw., vvuii- k.raiBW 18 5.000. dlvld. 1'iares of $100. hrt" Rrnis DIlved. tA m vjllllin linrlntn lino MlX a,na"n. m nqalrod bv iik.i wmh u. iiiiii nnrnnvn. wi"on o Itl"01 co,"l,liu(l with tho Moitof ti,CO,pornUon llconBO tRX CSS t0 tl Umatilla mill.. -'tVllJll. 'llln.WM...4I ."'0 Dan i,.i ... . . "'"""vimiu o i... " ""i" ami a unml M. ,, ""warded to tho Bocrotary of, Si... .' " l!04' Ih mJ0ana. "mounting to CC7 0anol Wing. LAND TRADE IN DISPUTE. Doal Involving 4,000,000 Foot of Lumbor In Court. Bnkor Olty A land trado botwoon Stoddard JJron. and llonry Hewitt la occupying puullo attention. Jlewltt filed an action at law against tho Stod- janla, asking I.HO datnagoB, hocauso lie alleges the defendanto in that action cut aawloga on Ills proporty. Tho Htod- dnnl ltrothera bnve come back with a crossbill In equity, alleging that thoy traded Hewitt a quarter section of land for a 1.1 ko amount of property in this county. under tho agreotnont, thoy say, thny were to build a railroad spur onto tho land nnd cut tho timber thoreon, and Hewitt was also to cnt immediately tho timber on the land they traded him. Tho party securing more than $1,900,- 000 foot of good nawloga was to put up tho difforenco to tho other. Thoy auk that Hewitt bo forced to comply, as they havo been under expense in build ing tho railroad spur. Visit Excites Speculation. Hakor City It la reported on good authority that George L. Thayer, of Walla Walla, engineer for the North western Gas & Electric company, who has been in thift vicinity for the pant fow day, baa been investigating a pro ject for a mammoth reservoir at the Hock creek power plant, which at pres ent furnishes tho current for Baker City'a lights. This reservoir would bo used to furnish power for the plant during the dry season. Another report states a project is under consideration to cut JUkor City off tho Hock creek circuit, and that tho company will ue that plant for power for tho mines and IJonmo alone, and will ubo tho plant being installed in South linker to fur nish power for this city. Pays $35,000 for Store. Eugene Tho largest prico paid for any one piece of Eugene real estato in many yeara was whon F. E. Dunn, a dry goods merchant, purchased from J. II. McGlung the two story brick block and the lot on which it stands at Eighth and Willamette streets for 3C,000. Ti.o building i 70 by 120 feet and is occupied by a dry goods store, a book store and a drug storo on tho lower floor, and ollicea on tho upper floor. It was built about four years ago by Mr. McUlung. Mr. Dunn will move his stock of goods Into the building. Fruit Posts Must Qo. Albany Last week tho orchardists of Linn county mot at tho courthouse and listened to tho newly appointed fruit inspector explain the evils of tho various fruit peats, and the means of eradicating them. Those present took homo with thorn formulae for tho de struction of every pest that blights Linn county fruit, and the crusade against vermin will begin Immediately. Tho effort to rid Linn county of fruit pests will not atop with orchardists Sawmill Closes Down. Albnnv The hie sawmills of tho CnitUs Lumber company, at Mill City, on tho Corvallia & Eastern railroad, has shut down for a fow days. It was atatod tho mllla needed overhauling, and the deep Bnow In some portiona of tho Cascade mountains lma interfered somewhat with tho logging operations of tho company and a shortage is the result. This condition 1b not expecieu to prevail vory long. PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Club, 7071c; blucatem, 72 GUT. c: rod. 07GS0HC: valley, ac. Oata No. 1 white feed, $27.50 28.C0: Kray. 2728 per ton. Barley Feed. $21.60024 por ton; brewing, $23.60024; rolled, $24025 ItnnkwhniiU 12.60 tier cental. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, 13.50(ai4 00 ner ton: valloy timothy, UQ10; clovar, 7.5008; cheat, y$7.00 8 00; grain bay, $7S8. Prima - Appies, ocisti pr choice, $1 2501.50; fancy, $22.50; nonra. tl.26fal.50 nor box; cranber- rlnn. il3r13.50 nor barrel. Vegetablea Beans, 20c por pound ; cabbnffo. 2 Wo nor pound; cauu flower, $2 pdr crato; colery, $3 por crato; boll poppora, 35c per pound; niimnkinfl. Jl'ralo nor nonnd : sprouts. Oii07o por pound; squash, lK01Kc per pound; turnips, OOc0$l per sack; (nrrntfi. (550760 nor sack: ueoia, oocus 11 tier fiiick. Oniona Orogon, No. 1, $101.15 tinrRni.tr Nn. 2. 7Ofil80o. PotatocH Fancy graded Burbanks, 70075c per hundred; ordinary, 500 OOu: awoot potatoes, 202&C per nmitwl . Buttor Fancy creamery, 27032J6 nnr limiiul. Egga Oregon ranch, 27027 c por dozen. Pnnltrv voraoo old lions, 12,0 13o nor pound: eprlnga, 12013c; mll nhlnkona. 11CH12C! brollere, IStaiSo: dressed ehickons, 14015c; tnrlrnva itvn. iKmiflo! turkovs. dressed, fiholoo. 17r20o: koobo. livo, 0011: ilrfinHod. 126J140! duckB, 100 17 HopB Oregon, 1005, cho'.co, 10011c por pound; primo, Bfiuio; iu dlum, 708c; olds, 607o. Wool EaBtorn Oregon averapu uoov, mraaio nor nound: valloy, 24 020c; mohair, eholco. 30o. Boof Droaaed bulls, 2020 por pounl; cowa, 8' 0 Kci country steorB, 45u. , Veal Dressed, 3080 per pound. Mtton Dresaod, fancy, 7tJ08o; ordinary, 486c; lambs, 77tfo. Pork Dreeeed, 07i0 per pouad. Sho GIVEN FREE HAND. Franco Assures Unltnrl Rini. Rospocts Monroo Doctrlno. Washington, Jan. 23. Convinced of tho sincerity of the assurances received from Franco regarding her loyalty to tho Monroo doctrine and all that it in volves, tho Washington Kovornrnont as given tho Paria government a freo land In tho execution of the nrnfrmm for tho solution of tho Venezuelan prob lem. Tho conference on this phase of. tho question occurrod Borne tirrn ntn. and M. Jusserand, tho French ambas sador, has final assurances that tho efforts of Franco to obtain dl nlnmntln treatment for her chareo d'affalrea nt Caracas will not ho interrupted at Washington as in any violatlvo of tho Monrore doctrine. Tho first move In tho execution of tho French program mav bo expected at any time, but on this point the French government Is observing tho strictest secrecy. M. Talgny, the retiring French charge, who, it Is believed, is now at Curacoa, will como to thiB country pn his way homo, and on hia arrival at Now York ho will find an Invitation from tho French ambassador at Wash- ngton to spend several days hero In conference with M. Jussoraad, on whom tlie huruen of an important phase of tho Venezuelan negotiation naturally falls, that ho may havo tho benefit of tho facta about tho situation. It is not unlikely that M. Talgny will also see Secretary Root. Tho whereabouts of tho French shipB remain a myatery so far as tho officials of tho Btato department and French embassy are concerned, it la said. It is assumed, however, that thoy aro daily in touch with the ministry of marine at Paris, and are awaiting an opportunity to take such action as their instructions may provide for. Great interest ia felt in diplomatic circles here about the exact nature of a sentence found ohiectionable in tho note of President Castro to M. Taigny. NEWS OF THE WEEK EUROPEAN CROPS IN DANGER. Woather Is Unseasonably Warm and Excessively Humid. Washington, Jan. 23. Tho foreign crop report for December shows that over large areas of Europe the prevail ing characteristics wero nnseasonaoly warm weather and excessive humidity. Crops lightly sown have germinated finely and entered on the whiter in strong, healthy condition. Lato sowing of crops, in Europe, howover, were un usually extensive, and somo anxiety is folt concerning them. In Great Britain the winter wheat area haa been extended. The acreage however, ia still believed to be dimin ished, as compared with last year. Tho growing crops havo an improved ap pearanco. In Prance the wheat area is tno aver aco. In Germany weather conditions were unfavorable and there waa no marked improvement. In Roumania tho area under when is 25 ner cent short of last year. The 1005 crop Is now estimated at from 60, 000.000 to 55,000.000 buBhels. The bulk of it is said to bo out of condition, hence no important export movement to north of Europe points is expected until enrini;. No important definite nowa retarding tho condition of winter sown cereala in Russia are reaching tho outsido world. WHERE DID THE MONEY GO? Colorado Propounds Searching Ques tions to Insurance Companies. Donver. Jan. 23. All of tho 222 jn . 1.1 1 ' ! mirnnce companies doing ous.ueaa m this state havo been asked, through their head officials, to make oath to re plicB to a list of questions compiled by tho Colorado Insurance department Rnmn nf tho nuestions asked aro whether money has over been contrib uted to campag'n fundB, particularly during the last six years, and if so, whether or not it is proposed to con tinuo tho practico, and also If the item "Will nxnonses" in tho report of 1905 Included contribution to furidB for cam paign purposes or to influence legiala tion. . Trade with the Netherlands. Washington, Jan. 23. According a report of the bureau of statistics tho department of Agriculture exports for Mm flci.nl vnnr 1005 amounted to $73,000,000 and our importa $22,000, 000 from tho Nothorlanda. Our ox porta to Bolgium in tho samo year were $28 000,000 and our imports from that country $20,000,000. The Netherlands n.,.i Tinliilnm rank next to the United trtninlnni. Gerniiuiy and Franco in 1m pottanco aa markota for products of the TTninl fitntffl. Copper oxports to tho Nothorlaitds aggregated $20,000,000. Arms to Ovorthrow the Czar. Baltimore, Jan. 23. At a meeting of rriirnwn Imld ast n hiht in ceionration nf Min nnn ivnraarv of "Rod Sunday,' Jacob Paukon, of Now York, arouBod Mm inmo niulionco to great enthusiasm by hiB appeal for fundB with which to for the peasants and Russia. "Tho revo i,.nr. Lou iipnnn " sairkPaukon, "and IMVIU.I ...w ... Ill nnvnr Hton. It would bo nccom pllshlng moro now, but thopeoplo havo no giuiB." Drvdock Dewey Spoken Washington, Jan. 23. Tho drydock Dawov. on tho way to tho Philippines i,a OIrln lieen heard from. Tho com mandant of tho coaling station at San T.,n p n. rnnorts that tho Dowey was """"' . i- t. .t. iiriiinv nioni uy mo ui' spoken 27.62 north and longituuo io.u Maryland, Tho Dowoy was in lauiuue She was traveling four knota an All were well. hour a Condensed Form for Busy Readers. Oor IAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS Rosumo of tho Loss Important but Not Loss Interesting Events of tho Past Weok. Secretary Taft denies that the Philip pines will be sold to Japan. Tho discovery of 25 new stars ia an nounced by Harvard observatory. Thirty-seven persona wore saved from tho wreck of the Valencia, making the death roll 117. A revolutionary agitation ia now on looking to tho establishment of a. re public in China. Tho president has made public evi dence that tho beef trust has bribed re porters in Chicago. The Cuban Benate haa passed a bill appropriating $25,000 for the purchase of a wedding gift for Misa Alice Koose velt. Tho Canadian government will be asked to provide a life saving station near Capo Beale, where the Valencia went ashore. Tho largest telephone Bwitchboard in tho United States outsido of New York and Chicago will soon be installed in San Francisco. Chairman 8honts, of tho Canal com mission, haa admitted that he still holds his old position as president of tho Clover Leaf railroad and is drawing $12,000 a year Balary from that com pany. Tho Wyoming Woolgrowers' associa tion haa adopted resolutions against the leasing o( public lands, any reduc tion in tho tariff on wools and bides and opposing the present charges for grazing stock. General Joseph Wheeler ia dead. Tho revolt of Letta In RuBsia ia hard to suppress. Tho Chineee empress dowager ia busy selecting an heir to the throne. Japan has adopted a plan which will enablo her to pay tho war debt in comparatively short time. Forty moro Chinese commissioners are coming to trie uniteu tstatea to atudy American life and customs. Congress will be asked to pass a law giving the secretary of the navy power to dismiss midshipmen he nnos gunty of hazing. President and Mrs. Hoosevelt have sent out the invitations to the wedding of Misa Alice Roosevelt, which is to take place at noon February 17. A resolution has been introduced in the senate authorizing the payment of the funeral expensea. amounting to $547, of the late senator Mitchell. An earthquake has been felt in New Mexico and Arizona. Not a great deal of damage waa done, although build inga rocked and chimneys tumbled. Caatro sayB M. Taigny, the French charge d'affaires, violated diplomatic etiquette. He also claims Taigny waa not representative ot trance when ex polled. Franco Ib not quite ready to whip Caatro. Tho government ha8 opened ita case In tho trial of the packing trust at Chi cago. Serious anti-Jewish rioting occurred In Bessarabia during the celebration of Red Sunday. A shipment of 1,000,000 salmon eggs to Nhw Zealand has been made lrom Tehama, California. Tho Chinese commissioners in tho United States to learn our ways are making many friends. Tho prosecuting attorney of Missouri is actively engaged in taking testimony against tho Standard Oil company. rtnrton has renewed his pledge to do all In 1ub power to secure an appropria tion for tho mouth of the Columbia. PhvaicainB in attendance upon Gen eral Joseph Wheeler say hla attack of pneumonia ia Blight and they expect to havo him out soon. Tho United Mineworkera of America has voted for an increase in wages. A competitive examination will be held at Whitman college, Walla Walla, February 10, for aspirants for appoint mont as midshipmen. A bomb was thrown into a crowd t nolico at Odessa. Russia, injulng tw officers. Two bomb factories havo been discovered and many arrestfl followed Fresh trouble haa appeared in the Balkan states. Rockofollor baa given $1,450,000 to Chicago unlveraity. The government haa abandoned th iTnrnnv irrigation project and will let tho private company go ahead with th work. Representative French, of Idaho, haB Introduced a bill appropriating $10,000 for experimental dry farming in aom arid regiona. Tho Brazilian warship Aquidaban lilow un. killing all thd officera and crow excepting 60, Tho dead wl number 300. Senators Want Hand In tho Allotment of Reclamation Funds. Waahlngton, Jan. .22. Tho senate committee on Irrigation today discussed the proposition to amend tho national rrigation law by placing tho distribu tion of tho reclamation fund in the hands of congress, instead of the secre tary of tho Interior, aa at present. Strong sentiment in favor of the change developed. Several senators on tho committeo believo it unwise to permit tho secretary of tho interior to have ndisputed control of this fund, now ggregatlng $32,000,000. No bill for this purpose was pending, but probably such a bill will bo introduced and passed this session. The discussion today was Incident to debate on Heyburn'a townaite bill. which authorizes the withdrawal ef and for townaito purposes on govern ment irrigation tracta, and provided that money derived from the salu of town lots shall be turned into the re clamation fund for expenditure on town mprovementa. Thia bill waa referred to a sub-committee Jor report. The committeo also gave attention today to Fulton's bill authorizing the condemnation of land needed as part of national irrigation projects. No action was taken, but mem bora expressed the opinion that such a law would be un constitutional. This bill was drawn particularly with a view to enabling the government to acquire private land under tho Malheur irrigation project. It will be acted upon later. CONTROL THE CASH. SLAY WORKMEN IN THREES. How Soldiers Strike Terror Enraged Reds Plan Reprisals. St. Petersburg, Jan. 22. It ia be lieved that workmen employed in the government works are being shot after brief trials by courts martial. It is re ported that the victims selected for slaughter are led out three at a time and executed before the eyea of their confradea, who are awaiting their turn to face the soldiers. As soon as one batch haa been dispatched, three other prisoners are lined up in the same spot and shot. Firing haa been heard at the scenes of execution, continuing without cessation. Tho military has also resorted to bea.ing girla brutally as a means of punishment. Stories of the cruelties that arn being practiced have become noised about, and they havo entirely inflamed the - - revolutionists, who are planning re priaals. In the south of Russia there ib i great congestion of grain, as it haa been accumulated for some time, and there ia no means of transporting it, as the authoritiea are too busy with their campaign of repression against the re volutionists to think of the admimatra tion of every day affaire. Franclg Lewis, signer of tho Declara tion of Independence, waa born In Llandaff, Wales, and educated In tlio city of London. On coming of ago ho at onco em barked to tho American colonics, establishing him self In a commer cial business In New York. At tho timo when the colonics wero in a state of unrest and war seemed the Inevi table solution of FJtANCIS LEWIS. l"e Uliucuiuua uuu rongs of tho colonists, Lewis, al though aware of the fact that war was certain to wreck his business and to endanger his personal interests, at once threw his lot with that of tho revolutionists. He aided their deliber ations with his good business Judg ment He freely distributed his money to aid their cause. His own house at Whltestone, Long Island, was burned by the British and his wife imprisoned in the city. Lewis was ono of tho first to Join tho Sons of Liberty. He was a member of tho New York committee In the first Continental Congress and served on several advisory bodies. He was ono of the signers of tho Declaration of Independence. He was commissioner of the board of admiralty and held several Import ant and honorary offices under the new government He was a man whoso opinion was held in such value by his townsmen that to his Influence and example was due the loyalty of many a citizen of New York. BUDS SWELL IN CHICAGO. Warmest Winter Day in History May Injure Growing Things. Chicago, Jan. 22. Something has gone wrong with the weather machine All residents of this city are willing to Bwear to this lact. ine mercury reached 63 at 4 p. m. today, breaking all records since New Year'a day of 1876, when it stood at 65 above. Gar deners at the parka and along the boulevarda havo become greatly wor ried The mild raina, light snows and general springlike weathor of the past two weeks have brought the sap into motion and buds aro beginning to swell. Maple trees are said to be as far advanced as they should be on March 1, and many of the more or less delicate .vines are well along toward the Bpring rejuvenation. Now that a cold wave iB predicted for tomorrow, with a drop of nearly 40 degrees, great fears aro expressed lest all vegetation now Btarted may Buffer such a set-back aa will cause great loss In the floral and shrubbery display of the many miles of park and boulevards in the Bering. All States Should Act. Now York, Jan. 22. A general de . tit cision that insurance reiorms snouiu bo inaugurated immediately by state legislatures throughout the country was arrived at by the insuranco com missioners of several states who con ferred with the New York legislative committee which investigated tho mat ter. Conferences between this com mittee and the state commissioners have covered a period of two days Sonator ArmBtrong, chairman of the Now York committee, said that there would probably be no more conferencea Stevens for Lock Canal. Washington, Jan. 22. Secretary Taft called at tho white Iioubo tonight and furnished to the president tho mi nority report of tho board of consulting engineers of tho Isthmian Uanal com mission. This roport was prepared by Chief Engineer Stevena, who, it ie stated, is in favor of a lock canal. The secretary stated that hia visit had noth lug to do with the Venezuelan ques tion, which is entirely in tho hands of tho officials of the Stato department. Cruiser Denver to Watch Castro. Washington, Jan. 22. Tho protected cruiser Donver, which baa been tempo rarily detached from tho fifth division of the Atlantic fleet, baa Bailed from Culebra tor San Juan. The Denver will be dotajned in Weat Indian watera lor tno present, awaiting tuo turn events in Venezuela. A Little Lesson In Patriotism THE ST0EY OF SANTO DOMINGO. Area, 18,045 square miles. Population, 500,000; language, Span ish. Population, mixed race of white, In dian and African blood. Slavery Introduced in 1502; abolished In 1822. Chief cities, Santo Domingo, capital; population, 20,000; Puerto Plata, O.OOOj La Vega, 0,000; Santiago, 8,000; Sama- na, 1,500. Term of President and Vice President (according to the constitution), four years. Congress, a single house of twenty- four members. State religion, Roman Catholic. Municipal schools, 30; pupils, 8,000 newspapers, s. Debt, $32,000,000 gold; annual reve nues, about $2,000,000. Products, sugar, rum, cacao, tobacco. coffee, tropical fruits, fine woods. 1402 Island discovered by Columbus. 1490 Santo Domingo city founded. 1705 Spain transferred Island to French. 1801 French driven out by Toussalnt L'Ouverture. 1802 French reoccupied Island. , 1809 French driyen out by English and entire island of Santo Domingo giv en to Spanish. 1822 Revolt succeeded and the two island governments united under Presi dent Boyer of Hayti. 1844 Santo Domingo republic sepa rated from Hayti. 1801 Santo Domingo republic ceded by President Santana to fapain. 1865 Spaniards driven out. 1870 Treaty of cession to the United States rejected by the American Senate. 1886 Gen. Uhses Heureaux elected President. 1899 Heureaux assassinated by ua- mon Uaceras. 1899 to 1903 Presidents tlguero, Jlmlnez, Vasquez, os y uu ana mot rales. . no Wan't Afraid to Try. C. W. Raymond, Chief Justice of the United States Court or Appeals or In dian Territory,-was a factory hand at Onarga,,Ill., at 00 cents a day, twenty flvo years ago. He resolved to become a lawyer, and made application to Henry A. Butzow, the county clerk of his county, for employment. The clerk wrote hlra that at that time bo did not need nny further assistance, but that the future might bring a de mand for additional help. He closed his letter as follows: "Our work ia adding, adding, adding, all day long. Did you ever try It?" Young Raymond was equal to the oc casion, and answered the clerk on a postal card, as follows: ".No, i navo never tried adding, adding, adding, an day long, but I can try, try, try, and I won't fail." Success Magazine. Not u Horn Forer. Tho Indorsement of checks Is a very dlmplo thing, but, as tho following Btory will Bhow, it, too, haa Its diffi culties: A woman went Into a bank where eho had several times presented checks drawn to Mrs. Lucy B. Smith. This tlmo tho check was made to tho order of Mrs. M. J. Smith M. J. wero her husband's initials. Sho explulned this to tho paying teller, and asked what sho ahould do. "Oh, that Is all right," ho said. "Just indorse it as it is written thoro." Sho took tho check, and after much hesi tation, said, "I don't think I can mako an M llko that." Airy Fiction. MHo has wonderful Imagination, said Miss Cayenne "But he Is not an author." "No, Ho tells what he Ib going to do with tho money ho wlna at the. races." Washington Star.