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The OrcRoninn severely criticises Mr
Diggs, of Wasco county, becaueo ho in
troduced a bill to establish maximum'
freight rates thnt "would not permit tho
railroads to live." It questions tho good
senso nnd ability of that gontloman but
wo happen to know him nnd know thnt
hois iutclligont and disinterested nnd
rllrl crnod work as n mombor, nsl
ho has horotoforo when not n member.
Mr. BiRgs roproeonts a constituency
thnt workB ill n considorablo tllsndvan
logo in having to pay heavy freights
nnd yet soil their products ut a low
figure Tho pcoplo sco their sldo of this
freight busincsfl very plainly nnd when
thoy comparo tho prices paid horo to
those charged nt tho cast thoy bohovod
thoy woro nt n disadvantage Ho in
troduced this freight bill in tho Intorcst
of his Hcotion nnd proved hitnsolf in all
respects a zealous roprcHontatlvo. So
far as concerns tho ability of tho rail
roads to livo nt such rates, thoy woro
thcro to stnto thoir enso and givo tho
iogislaturo ncccssaryjinformation. Thoy
eeom to havo convincod tho houso nnd
tho bill did not pass. For all thnt, Mr.
Biggs only did his duty to his con
Utnonts in domnndlng reduced rates.
ing storms recorded in previous years.
I'o'tilcnco was predicted, but human
vigilanco now stamps out tho cntine and
prevents tho spread of contagion there
by, or tho cholera, that started in South
ern Europo and Spain might havo
sprond tho world ovor. It is interesting
to note these facts nnd study tho causes
nnd results in natures wonderful elabor
ations. About tho 23d of tho past month tho
vicinity of Gonoa and Niro including
tho southeast ohoro of Franco nnd tho
adjoining territory in Italy has boen
tho scono of fenrful earthquakes nnd
great destruction in life. Towns nnd
villngos havo bcon destroyed and a
thousand persons killed. In several in
stances tho frightened crowds havo
taken rofugo in churches and as they
woro thrown down tho loss of life was
groat. Ono church foil nud killed three
hundred people. 1'coplu wcro sioeping
out of doors, or in rnilrond trains, or on
vcssols at anchor. At tbo samo timo
theso occurrences took placo in South
ern Europo thp volcano Mauna Loa, in
tho Sandwich islands, commenced ono
of tho grandest irruptions over known,
sonding n stream of molten lava a milo
wido into tho sea.
THE rBBinEUOM CRISIS.
Early in tho prosont doendo thoro was
much said nnd written concerning tho
coming pcribolion, or conjunction of tho
planets, nnd many predictions woro
mndo as to results that would follow.
Tho theory given wnH that by tho pros
onco of tho grcnt placets on ouo hUIo of
our system tho prevailing iniluonccs
magnetic or otherwise would bo dis
turbed as to this earth, nud thnt great
convulsions of Nature would follow tlur
tho porihollon yoar. This pnriod ox
tended from 188IJ to 1883, if wo rccol-
loct aright and Its calumination would
bo nbout tho prosont timo. Tlio-o who
reasoned in this way wcro astronomers,
thongh wo do not understand that tho
grcnt professors of that scionco took
tho oxtrcmo viow. It was claimed thnt
whereas pcruholious only occur at inter
vals of centuries they had bcon accom
panied, always, by earthquakes, storms
find postilcuiT.
Wo do not hear anything nltout this
perihelion thuory of tho present timo
hut it lookH very muuh as if tho years
18807 woro fulfilling tho prophesies
thut woro made years ago. Look back for
centuries nnd wo cannot tlnd any rcoord
that such convulsions of Nature havo
occurred in tho samo brief timo. Tho
fearful irruptions in tho South Sens
nt and uour Java are almost without
parallel. Tho irruption last year in tho
Northern Ocoan, north of Alaska, was
very grand. Tho earthquakes ocouring
in Central Asia nnd tho fearful convul
sion thnt almost destroyed Charleston,
and tho present fearful carthqunken in
Bouthom EurojH), form a continuous
chain of convulsions occurring in n
briof period of timo and sufllcicnt to
justify tho belief thai tho poiihelion of
tho planets may havo produced serious
consoquoncea by disturbing tho equi
librium or harmony of tho magnotio
inlluoncos that prevail in our planetary
tryateni.
As to storms wo havo had a con
tinual rcourronco of terrible storms, cy
clones or tornadoes, in tho United States
for several years, and wo do not recol
lect that tho decade from 1870 to 18S0
kaow anything to equal them. To be
sure, during recent years tho area of tho
raid-continent, that was before compar
atively unknown, has been settled and it
may be that storms existed there prev
iously that were not observed; but
these recent cyclones havo not by any
laeans been confined to this newly de
veloped region but many time have
swept from the Gulf to the St, Lawrence
through the older States and exceed-,
COMPULSORY EDUCATION.
Wo havo horotoforo expressed an op
inion favornblo to compulsory educa
tion and for laws to onforco it. Tho Into
legislature passod an act that required
children of a sohool ago to attend
sohool twclvo weeks in each year, of
which eight should bo continuous. It
providod nlso that in caso parents may
prefer to send their children to n private
school, pormits to do so shall bo pro
currod from tho directors of thnt district
Gov. Ponnoyor hns vetoed this bill, and
very proporly, wo think, for tho renson
thnt it contains tho abovo stated clnusc.
Sohool directors hnvo not always super
ior minds nnd to put n citizen of stand
ing nt tho diotntion of n school board as
to how his family shall bo oducatcd is
not consistent with principles of pure
govornmont.
Somo requirement that privato schools
shall teach tho common branches may
to see if tho laborer is going down hill
and becoming a serf. It is no doubt
truo that many Bowing women in large
cities work for a mere pittance, but co
operation will in timo remedy that and
secure fairrownrds for such work. A
Into statement concorning wages paid a
quarter of a century or so ago and at
tho present time, shows that wages are
now actually higher than then nnd not
only so but tho purchasing power of a
dollar is sensibly increased in many re
spects, so thnt a worklngman now has a
perccntogo vory greatly abovo what ho
had nt tho period boforo tho civil war.
If wo recollect aright tho premium of
present wages is not loss than thirty per
cent, abovo wages paid in 18C0, taking
values of necessaries into tho account.
It is somo satisfaction to know this to
bo tho case, and to find tho laborer of
to-day enjoying much of llfo that wns
impossible thon. Tho luxuries of 18G0
nro tho necessities of common lifo nt
this timo, which is a proof that tho
world ndvancos. But wo may fairly ask
if tho workman may not bo sacrificing
tho future to tho present when ho por
mits hlmsolf to possess luxuries becauso
his wages pay for them. Tnko all in
moderate circumstances, farmers, me
chanics, merchants struggling to mako
a start and carefully comparo tho pros
ont with tho past nnd wo sco n grcnt
diflcrenco in lifo nnd in living. If wo
all practiced tho economies now that
thoso who lived in tho samo station in
lifo half a century rteo were forced to
practice, would not success bo tho re
ward of effort much moro certainly ?
KUBOMAH POLITICS.
DISBABES OF ANIMALS.
bo propor, but to require n permit in
tho mnnnor this bill prescribes h a triflo
tyranical in nature.
If wo understand tho Govornor ho
docs not favor compulsory education
though ho vdvocatcs froo schools. Wo
bollovo tho education of tho young is
noccssary as a correction of many exist
ing nnd many possiblo evils. If wo
havo permitted degraded and ignorant
pcoplo tocomohoru nnd havo lost stand
ing by it, wo must cducato their children
and mako thorn worthy of cittzenship,
Givo a man tho ability to read and write
and lot him possoss tho nbility to oxcel,
nnd ho willconquor tho rest nnd bocomo
whatever his intellect permits his energy
to ncbiove. Many of tho greatest nion
wo havo record of havo bcon self mndo.
Givo any boy or girl tho nbility to rend
nnd writo nnd thoy may riso far abovo
their birth nnd surroundings nnd be nn
honor to this country. Soul his fnto by
n lifo of ignoranco and n man may not
only remain in degrcdation but bo a
criminal on our hands.
TOE LABOR QUESTION.
Public orators deprocnto tho fato of
labor and much ado is mado ovor tho
tyranny of capital which thoy say is
degrading labor and building up in our
country nn diarchy of wealth thnt will
surely hold down tho laborer nnd his
children nnd keep thorn subsorvlont for
ever. Wo havo tho greatest desire to
sco tho laborer maintain his position as
an Amorican citiron; to sustain a freo
school system that will givo overy Am
ican child an education thnt will qualify
him to pursue his studies ond enter any
profession ho may choose, if ho hns tho
pluck nnd ability to nchiovo such suc
cess. Wo beliovo in compulsory educa
tion and that children should not work
In factories during a certain school' nge.
Wo rejoice becauso labor is making or
ganized demands for its rights and ask
for a govornmont labor bureau that
shall assist such organizations to secure
and maintain their just rights.
When wo occupy this broad ground
in favor of labor and the rights of work
ingmen and toiling women, wo also rec
ognize that there is a natural limit to
tho domands of labor, and a point
where capital cannot concced more with
out being itself extinguished. Tho
true system, and ono that benevolent
minds should foster and encourage, is
that of co-operative effort by which
every workman shall have a personal
interest in the success of tho factory or
work-ahop, ruino or production he or
she is helping to carry on.
Hut let us look for a moment at the
actual condition of 'abor in this country
Thcro aro somo facts that most should
know nnd act upon, who havo interest
in animals. Tho best of timothy hay
will kill ahcop, as it is too dry nnd
woody nnd indigcstiblo. Givo them
somoenrrotor turnips, or feed apples,
oven potatoes, nnd they will havo somo
thine to nld digestion. Wo hoar that
many horses aro dying from blind stag-
gors, botts nnd lung complaints. When
n horso's stomach is full of dry feed ha
hns blind staggers, unless you givo
somo moal or Vegetables or fruit to
holp tho digostion. All horses have
botts in tho stomach and in good, ordi
nary condition thoy novor or soldom in
jure. If there is no feed this worm can
livo on, whilo it is in tho stomach, it at
tacks that, cats through it, and your
horeo dies. Givo your horso carrots and
tho botts has something to livo on and
wont kill your horso.
Pneumonia is lung fovor, and your
horeo would probably kcop clear of it if
you gavo food and shelter it required.
Drv food may inllamo tho lungs aud
cnuso troublo there, ns woll as in tho
stomach. Animals nro much liko hu
man beings. Thoy ncod what is their
nature to hnvo, nnd if you understand
their requirements nnd givo thorn prop
er treatment thoy kcop well. It is very
doubtful if nny horso thnt has had good
treatment, propor sholter nnd care and
good food that could bo dlgostcd, with
regular supply of water and occasional
hand fulls of salt, hns died of pneumon
ia this winter. Thcro nro a fow facts
thnt can bo easily learned, nnd that
ovory man should Know, mat u prac
ticed will savo much troublo and loss.
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO CONSTITUTION.
Thoro nro now ponding thron nmond
monts for tho votos of Oregon to not
upon. Ono relates to prohibition and
a special election in Novcmlwr will do
cldo if or no tho pooplo of Oregon will
decide to prohibit tho salo of intoxicat
ing liquors. Another if ndopted will
chango tho timo of holding gonornl
elections from Juno to November and
wo hope it will pass. Tho third givoa
our Stnto legislative power to fix tho
salaries of Stnto officers and should cer
tainly pass. Tho best nnd most exper
ienced lawyer cannot afford to servo as
judges at tho salary of $2,000 becauso
thoy can averago $5,000 with an ordi
nary practice Tho salaries of all Stnto
officers nud mombors of tho legislature
should bo increased but not mado ex
orbitant. Men should rcceivo good pay
for sorving tho Stnto but there is reason
to fear thai having been very economi
cal hitherto wo may now go to tho
other extremes.
AstomUilat; laooHi.
It It the duty of every person who has used
Boechee'e German Syrup to Ut iU wooilerfd
qualities be known to their friends in ccring
Consumption, severe Cough, Croup, Asthma,
Pneumonia, and in feet all throat and lung
dleeaeee. No pereon eta oh it without im
mediate relief. 1 hree doeee will relieve any
case, end we comider it the doty of all Drug
giite to reoommend It to the poor dying, con
sumptive, at lent try one bottle, m W.OOO
docea bottlee were told laat yew, end no oae
case where it fail! was reported. Seen a
medicine at the t! rmo Syrup cannot be too
widely known. Ak your drajwUt about it.
Sample bottle to try, 10 oenle. Keu'ar tiae,
75 oeate. Sold ly ill dtuitgieta and Dealers,
in the United Suite and Canada.
When Germany conquered France in
1871, she exacted from tho conquered
nation the greatest subsidy any nation
over paid and tho French pcoplo paid
that thousand millions in a manner
that gurpriscd tho world. Franco is di
vided into n multltudo of small farms
and theso farmers loaned their govern
ment their lifetimo savings in this hour
of need, nnd tho prosperity of tho French
pcoplo in manifested by tho fact that
whilo Gwrmany mado Franco pay all
tho expenses of tho war over and again
and had tho difference of this immenso
redemption fund in hand, tbo cntorprise
Industry and frugality of tho French
nation soon mado Franco moro prosper
pcrous than hor conqueror.
As Nepoleon tho third plunged
Frunco into war without provocation
sympathy was genernlly with Germany.
An era of good will could havo boon re
stored, and permanent pcaco havo boon
maintained betweon tho two nations had
Bismarck been content to win this great
victory and lovy this great tax, but ho
was not, and when France lay helpless
and despoiled tho treaty of pcaco wrest
ed 'from Franco tho two famous Rhino
provinces, Alsaco and Lorraine. Gor-
many had somo claim to set up that
theso wcro original German States and
woro necessary to givo hor a frontier
that could bo easily detected, but whilo
tho pcoplo may havo nt somo remote
had affiliation with Germany that was
so long ngo thnt thoy had adopted tho
language and customs of Franco and nil
thoir nffiliatlons nnd sympathies wcro
entirely French.
All efforts to enlist tho sympathies of
these peoplo with thoir conquerors havo
utterly failed. Many citizons of thoso
provinces sold out nnd moved into
Franco, and at tho Into election to tho
Kolchstag their votos woro givon to
show thoir uttor want of sympathy
with tho government. Tho despoiling
of Frnnco by tnking hor rich territory
nway from her has bcon n causo of ill
feeling' that can novor bo allayed. It is
only a question of nbility to assert her
self with France, nnd sinco 1871 all tho
energy and forces of tho nation havo
been directed to mako tho army and
navy of Franco tho best in tho world.
Tho French pcoplo nro unanimous in
in thoir feeling of indignation and it is
cortain that war will como ns that
Franco can endure. And when it comos
it will not bo tbo offcto ompiro of tho
last Nopoloon that goes to war, but tho
finest nation of Europo, armod and dis
ciplined in tho highest dogrco nnd ncrvo
by a feeling of patriotism nnd loyalty
thut will bo invinciblo against ordinary
means and forces.
Tho world looks on nnd rends this
fact an plainly ns enn bo. Now tho
sympathy of tho world is with Franco
to n greater degrco than before, and wo
all feel that Bismark mado tho great
mistako of his lifo whon ho claimed for
Germany States whoso disloyalty can
novor bo ovorcomo nnd grafted on tho
mind of tho French nation a ha to that
ho may find is invinciblo. Already
Franco is linning tho German frontier
with impregnnblo fortresses, and plant
ing tinned camps nt every point. To-day
Franco is moro a military nation than
whon Napoleon led hor armios and tho
animus for war has a moro rational and
patriotio foundation than if had then.
Germany insured for herself a future
full of alarms when sho grasped Alsaco
and Lorraine If this war is inaugur
ated it will not bo finished in a singlo
campaign and will bo tho most tcrrifio
shock of arms tho world has ever
known.
majority against this tcrriblo and crimi
nal vice. Tho public mind is not yet
edcucatod to tho need of laws to stran
gle tho monster. If wo can cducato the
moral sentiment of tho world to con
demn tho manufacture and traffic in
liquors wo may hope to onforco Iowb
mado in accord with such Bontimont,
Withont n strong popular will back of
it all such legislation will bo worth
less. We doubt, sometimes, the good to bo
dorived from continual failure. ' Edu
cate and encourage tho workers and
carry into tho work strong convictions,
without cant or bigotry, nnd results
will follow. Many good minds aro dis
gusted at oxtrcmo and excited utter
ances nnd denunciations. These liquor
dealers nnd mnkcrs'nro often honest, in
thoir way, but it is an infornal highway
that thoy travel. Lot it becomo disre
putable to sell liquor; let its effects bo
kept in vlow; lot tho criminal results bo
shown, as well as tho financial losses to
individuals and tho Stnto ; koop up a
steady effort to educato a right, and wo
may hopo to see tho world reformed und
liquor dealing abolished.
It is hardly possiblo for us to estimate
tho good that will result if prohibition
can bo enforced. Wo shall need laws to
rcduco tho revenue, ns tho support of
criminnls, nnd the courts thnt try their
coses, forms tho most considerable item
of publio expense. It will bo a moral
and physical renovation and purifica
tion and will translato earth almost to
becomo olysium. Without tho stimulus
of intempcranco crimo will bo rare;
murdorcrs will bo fow and robbers and
thieves will loso their incitement. Yo
it will mako llfo worth living and earth
more liko tho original Eden Iloavon
gavo to man, but wo havo grcnt nnd
steady work to do to produco tho reform
ing power. It will como in timo but wo
cannot drivo man to his own boat good.
Ho is n stubborn creature and tho laws
of heredity aro such that only after
gromations pass can reform bo accom
plished. Let us work for tho desired
ond and havo faith in its coming.
Belnc More Pleasant
To the taste, more acceptable to the stomach
and more truly beneficial in it action, the
famous California liquid fruit remedy, Syrup
of Figa, is rapidly tuperseeding all other.
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J. fort and Safety. Fare aud Freight much l
than !') any other route between all point la the
YWIIamcttt ralley and San Fraocltco.
The ONLY rout via
YAQUINA BAY!
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SAN FRANCISCO.
Dally laengrr Train except Sunday.
Leave Yaqulni e:'.0 A. U Leave Albany, li.0 P.M
ArilvOoialU10:iA.M. rrlTCorTaflIi,lM P.M
Arrl e Albany 11:20 A. U Arrire Yaqulna, 6 45 P. U
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FROM TAQVIXA t MOM IAN rKARCUCO:
8anU Marie, Sat, Uarvh t
Yaaulne. Frldr.
HnU Marie. Tnurad
Yaquln. Wedneeday
anu Uaiie, Mend, Cab.
Yaqulna, 8unday, March a
Kant Marie, Saturday. It
Yaqluna, Friday 18
The Company reeeini the right to change lalling
day.
l".For farther Ulormatlen appli to
CHAS C. HOGUE,
A. O. P. and F. Agent.
Oorralll, Oregon.
TO PK0HIBITI0H ORH1QH LICENSE.
Tho lato legislature adopted & joint
resolution to submit tho question of pro
hibition to tho pooplo of Oregon at a
special election to bo held in November,
It was demanded, as a means to secure
a fall expression of popnlar opinion,
that tho matter should como before the
people as a special measure, unmixed
with the political issues that invariably
occur at a goneral election. It was
granted to permit no caviling voico to
complaiu that other issues had stifled
it.
As to the impoitanoe of this measure
there can Do no question, liquor man
ufacture demoralises thousands and
brings many to untimely graves. Worst
of all, thoso graves are seldom filled bo
fore the victim whose burial is solemn
ixed has brought untold evil to his fam
ily and often to the human race. All
the romance and pathos that human
nature may compass, cannot equal the
tragio effect that intemperance has pro
duced. Our people are not yet educated to
prohibition and a fall expreaeioa of the
popular mind will not ahow a decided
OVERLAND to CALIFORNIA.
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OREGON & CALIFORNIA R.R.
And Connections.
Far Irom Portland to San Fnnciaoo, tit; to Sam
meato, 130,
Ctoae connecUona mid at Aahland with atage of
the CaUtornU, Oregon and Idaho Stag Company.
K4ST HIHK "bTvISIONi
(DAILY EXCEPT SUN U A Yd)
Between ror'landand Atbland-Mall Train.
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Aahland 8.49PM
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Lebanon 9:10PM
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Portland, 10.-06AM
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Lebanon 4.43AM
talem S.4TAM
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and Aehland. The O. a C. K. K. Ferry make coo.
necUon alUi all the regular train on the Eatt Bid
DltUlon, from the root of F, etreet.
VfEST SUE BItI81N.
Between Portland and Cervalli.
MAIL TRAIN.
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ticket lor principal point In California can only be
procure 1 at company offlc, Cor. F. and rroot
treeta, Portland, Or.
freight will not be receiv! lor ahlpaaeat alur lee
o'clock P M on either th Kat or Watt Sid DitUiea.
B. KOKHUER, & P. ROOKRS,
Manager. O. P. Paaa. Aft.
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Within 4 to e mil el railroad and rlrar, near
Aikan, umum county; 40 tall troaa The
; no bum iron rwuaad.
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w HI fee ald m Veer rYral Tama.
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