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Oregonian.
WASHINGTON LETTER.
F u p t i MTI i i m i A B OoSKBSPONDXMT.
letter to Senator Wilson and resign and
it is supposed that he will do so us soon
as he gets the communication tent him,
but suppose he shouldn’t? There might
be no end ol trouble in Alaska before he
could be removed,
Literarv.
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(OKIGINAL AND SSLBCTED,
1 It is ft common opinion With tin»
w I k > arc well informed at to the strug­
Short absence quickens love, long
gle in Cuba that Spain will lie compelled 1
W ash ., D. C., Aug, 9, 1897.
ab«ence kills it.
; to aba nJon her efforts to quell the revo-
The return ol Secretary Sherman to
Hon. Benj. Bulterworth, commis-
' lution, and consequently will lose thia Washington and his resumption ol his , si oner of patents, has just issued an
Human judgement, like Luther s
greatest of her remaining colonial pos- duties as secretary of state, at tliie time, order requiring all patent attorneys to drunken peasant, when saved from i
sessions. European stater,lien are more when almost the entire administration be registered in the V. 8. patent office, falling on one side, topples over on tiie
chary of their opinions on such a subject is cn a vacation, has started tl.e rumor and g; a[ing tbe re,,uireulen't8 tor regis, other.
than ours; but the European press, and mill to working over time, although Mr. trationg> i t ¡8 considered to he One of
An apology in the original sense was
jin particular that of Great Britain, Sherman declares that his return has no tb(J
importartt order8 ever 1Bsued L pleading off from a charge or imputa-
J clearly.foreshadows the opinion that ( significance whatever; that he resumed L ,
of patent8> and to
, ion, by explaining principles or con-
W. H, WEATIIERSON!
JCditor
nnd
Proprietor.
T H F LUMBER TARIFF,
A more active demand for manufactured gooda and product«
of the farm is reported and at advanced rates.
An improvement
m
; Spain must give it up.
I work because he felt like it, and that he
,ong gtep tQwarJ |h# re(ormation of duct. It tb.efore amounted to a
j vindication.
Tiie democratic papers are revelling in | There hga been almost continual in- intends working right through the rest wlne oi llie , bu8e8 of
along the line will soon bo realized.
wliat tjipv indifferently call the inequal- I surrection in Cuba for nearly half a cen -, of the summer, unless a spell of warm
The contemporary mind may in rare
BETTER CONSIDER IT .
j ties and tiie iniquities of the Dingley tury. Spanish commanders have, in- weather should drive him away for an-
cases be taken by storm ; but posterity In order to keep pace with the times our STOCK OF GOODS
bill. Tl.cv and their kind have done !deed’ at ««««rent time. reported the other little rest. Most of the rumors are
w ill be increased to conform therewith.
never. Tiie tribunal of the present is
the same with regard to every tariff ' iel#nd ‘‘l'aui,ied 5” X «¡‘ ,iaa ¡*®'> * » » » connected in some way with Japan and
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tiie
accessible
to
influences;
that
H erald Disseminator.
since the beginning of the government, 'y Possible to tell where one rebellion Hawaii, but this may be because of the j
Those affected with tiie Alaskan gold future is incorrupt.
It will probably never be possible to ha8 ended and anothcr la,Kun- The - reported intention of Minister Bewail
fever would do well to look round, near-
Tiie soundest argument will produce
determine how equitable and ,n<qui. | present one ha. been very active for ; to declare a protectorate over Hawaii,
er home, and see if tiiere are not some no more convii tion in an empty head
table a tariff is, because ¡»will probably | about tbreo Tear8’ R i8
Possible to which was brought on one of last week’s
chances of prospecting for the sinning than the most superficial declama-
„ever be possible to make one that is bclieve ,hat the SI,ani’ h fwr<-€8 have 8U,an,er8’ or because of Secretary Sher-
metal without enduring all the hard- tjon . as a feather and guinea fall with
jt I been ably commanded, since more than man having officially notified Japan
absolutely equitable in all respects,
ships and trials incident to tiie far c,iua| velocity in a vacunm.
is made as nearly so as something 200,000 men have been sent over from that the United States would not northern land. In fact just as good
Though the knowledge the ancients
pver four hundred statesmen of different Spain, and large numbers have been re- guarantee the carrying out of the ver- mines in prospect, close at home, as will
liave left us be worth our study, yet
cruited,
or
pressed,
in
Cuba;
while
the
diet
of
the
arbitration
between
Japan
views, and representing diverse inter-
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be left for the poor struggling pros­ they exhausted not all its treasures;
ests can make it, and that is the best ¡»»urgent, never have nun.Ia»red more and Hawaii,
pector who gets into the Glondyke late they left a great deal for the industry
that can be done. f t. imperfections are i tlian tt ^ew tliousaiids, and these for
Some of tiie facts brought out in tiie
this fall or even next spring, after the
j-educcd to a minimum and the rest is ; tbe ,n08t Purt blIt indifferently armed.
hearing now going on before the patent known territory of rich placer diggings j and sagacity of after-ages.
The hours we pass with happy pros- I
left to time and experience for its ad-' The country, however presents great office, in which John Wedderburn & Co,
, has been occupied. Just as
the {
pects in view are more
pleasing
al,owed an opportunity
illustration or correction, If it is bad!‘lifficultie8U>military oporations both ar<J
to Chronicle puts it, “ the miner who pro- 1
jn any respect or in many respects it on account of its mountainous character show why they should not be disbarred poses leaving a steady job on the moth- than those crowned with fruition. In
pannot by any possibility be comparable and its tropical vegetation. Moreover, from practice before that oflice for er lode of California to go to tiie Cion- ’ the first instance we cook the dish to
active military operations have to be
jn badness with such free trade or
fraudulent practices, should greatly dyke this fall is taking chances with our own appetite; in the latter nature
1 discontinued during the rainy season, I interest the inventors of this
cooks it for us.
■•‘revenue only” laws as the democrats
country, luck, and certainties with expense and
from
the
end
of
April
to
the
end
of
Ocio-,
For
in,
Unee>
patent
offlee
Weak arguments are often thrust be- OUR TER M S are CASH or something convertible
liave forced us to experiment with. It
instance, patent oflice ollicials trouble which warrant his friends in
her,
ou
account
of
the
stale
of
the
roads
i
have
tegUfied
that
ot
the
mor„
than
it robe a f:iv by takipg front them a
using reasonable means of inducing j fore my path; but although they are
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1 rifle more than they ought to pay, it and the prevalence of fevers engender- 3>700 app,itation8 for patenlg fil)ed with. him to change his mind. The lure most unsubstantial, it is not easy to
t'ompensates them again with advantages ed by heat and dampness. The mn<Wy j in two year8 in tlie oflice o( Wedder- which tempts him is the prospect o ( ! destroy them. There is not a more
A CONTINUANCE OF YOUR VALUED PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED.
they coul.l nut liave without it. If it trails of the country become impassable ¡ burn & .. nioro tban 1800 have been either
getting
a claim of his difficult feat known than to cut through
for the considerable bodies of men and
compels them to pay, it gives them a
absolutely unpatentable, for lack of own or hiring out at high wages to a cushion with a sword.
material,
while small parties of insur­
phnnee to get something to pay with.
novelty, and tiie patentable points in a those who have claims. But is there
Architecture is the art which so dis­
The Wilsoi; law, our last experiment gents steal through tho mountain passes large number of tiie remainder have any real reason to hope that he can poses and adorns the edifices raised by
with u democratic measure, took every­ with which they are familisr and cut off been of such an insignificant nature as obtain a gold producing property? man, for whatsoever uses, that the
thing that everybody had, and gave detachments of government troops. In not to justify the inventor in paying the Tiiere are no placers to be had on the sight of them may contribute to his j
pothing in return. It was absolutely such a war there is no general battle; cost of obtaining a patent; and that the 1 Clondyke nor for 150 miles around mental health, power and pleasure.
nnd the skirmishes, though frequent,
without a redeeming feature.
firm has solicited and in many cases Dawson except for cash. All have been j We must never throw away a bushel
W ill Continue to Carry a W ell Selected Stock of
One of the chief criticisms of these liave no result but to wear and tire out secured additional fee. for applying for taken up. Whether there are other j of trllth becaU8e it happen8 to contain
the
Spanish
troops.
Yet
tiie
Spanish
democratic writers is aimed at tiie lum­
foreign patents for these unpatentable placer grounds is a problem which will a few grains of chaff; on the contrary,
times
stronger,
ber schedule. They consider it partic­ forces are many
devices, as well us sought and obtained be unsolvable until the spring floods
we may sometimes profitably receive a
numerically, than their opponents,
ularly iniquitous. They look only on
money for advertising the same for sale, supply water for washings. If tiiere
bushel of chaff for the few grains of
and
the
disparity
in
the
point
of
equip­
Which will be handled on the closest possible margin
flic side of the purchaser of lumber and
either knowingly or through ignorance are, half of them must go to the Do­ truth it may contain.
ment
is
still
greater.
While
the
inter­
of what any etlicient patent attorney minion government and the remainder
insist that lie must now pay $2 per
Consistent with the original cost and transportation.
Abuse is not so dangerous when there
thousand more than formerly because est of one party is to come to a pitched should have known.
will be heavily taxed, Tiie miner who
battle, it is equally the legitimate
is no vehicle of wit or delicacy, no
the tariff is $2 per thousand, but this is
If Mr. Preston, director of the U. S. is now making a living on the mother
jioliey
of
the
other
to
avoid
such
trial
¡
subtle
conveyance. The difference be- .
pot true. The price of lumber tins not
lode had better stay there and be
of strength. Tiie insurgents are notin mint, is a trustworthy prophet tiie de­
tween
coarse and refined abuse is as tlie
advanced that much, por will it, It will
cline in the price of silver is likely to thankful for his chance. Even as a
WILL BE THE BASIS; This we intend shall work
a
hurry;
they
are
not
straitened
for
difference
between being bruised by a
advance sufficiently to give our lumber
Clondyke prospector his case would be
continue
until
about
one-fourth
of
tiie
mills the benefit of our own market, time, and tho effect ol their warfare present price lias been chopped off. far from reassuring were the field club and wounded by a poisoned arrow. no hardship on our patrons; LOWER RATES MORE THAN
goes not so much against Spain’s actual
Some people have a foolish way of
and then competition will do the rest.
twice as attractive as it is. We have
COMPENSATING FOR PROMPT SETTLEMENTS.
und present military power as against Speaking of tiie matter Mr. Preston
not
minding or pretending not to mind,
There will be a benefit to ull iron) thus j
•aid: “ I see no future for silver what- already described the perils of the jour-
her financial credit. This is Spain’s
what they eat. For my part I mind
paving our own market supplied by our
vulnerable point. If she had m oney, ever, 56 cents an ounce is the current . i ney’ tlie «bortness of the days in winter, very studiously ; for I look upon it, that
manufacturers that these critics wluolly or could get it, she could yet put down | qUototion; II *8
1,one8t opinion > and tla! «"ormous cost of living No one
prd persistently overlook. They do not
that within six months silver will fall ou8'lt to go to Dawson City with less he who does not mind this, will hardly
the rebellion. But money she lias not,
mind anything else.
yealize how much of an clement lumber
and her credit is virtually at an end. to 40 cents an ounce. There is no de- than a ton of provisions. Saying noth­
manufacturing is it) our home business,
in and for it anywhere; China is not I ¡n8 “bout the first cost and the ocean
There are two things that grow
Every deficit in the revenue of Spain,
how many men jt employs, or how
buying any, Japun is out of the business I height, tiie expense of packing it over stronger in the breast of inan, in propor­
every full of tier securities, every un­
great an advantage it is to us to hare
and tiiere seems to be no demand for it the Ohijeoot mountains is $560. Then tion as lie advances in years: the love
paid bill for transportation, is a victory
these men continually employed a t ,
in any country to any extent, even to the high Canadian duties must be paid. of country and religion. Let them be
comfortable wages.
In the closing' for the insurgents. The policy of the
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Freight between Dawson City and the ever so much forgotten in youth, they
insurrection, therefore, is a deliberate use us subsidiary coinage.” Other men
debate on the hill Senator Burroughs,'
diggings costs about the same as over sooner or later present themselves to us
of
prominence
who
tiave
studied
tiie
one, and its purpose is to wear out the
(it Michigan, presented some figures on
silver question long and earnestly de­ the Cliilcoot, that is to say, a little less arrayed in all their charms, and excite
power of Spain.
this subject that are almost surprising.
eline
to put themselves on record as than $560 per ton. Clearly, therefore, in the recess of our hearts an attach­
It is curious to observe that the West
TheBc figures are from the census of
positively
us Mr. Preston does, but no poor man can bear the expense of ment justly due to their beauty.
Indian wars are all on the same pat­
1890, and show that in that year the
nearly
every
one questioned whose putting himself with enough supplies
What waste, what misery, what
tern, determined by climate and topog­
pupital investment in tiie lumber busi­
opinion
is
entitled
to weight expressed to save him from starvation upon tiie bankruptcy, come from all this ambi­
raphy. The French were as unable to
ness by 21,000 establishments, was $750,-
Clondyke ground. His food will then tion to dazzle others with tiie glare of
subdue San Domingo as the Spanish are grave doubts about the future of silver.
000,000; that they employed 600,000
liave cost him over $1 a pound. He apparent worldly success, we need not
to sulxlue Cuba; und the maroons in
The interior department is now wrest­
]>eoplc and pajd thorn $130,000,000 each
may get all the assurances to the con­ describe. The mischievous results show
Jamaica, in their rebellion against the ling with a new problem, which, while
.B LANK ETS FOR 65c. a PA IR ,
year. The effect pf the Wilson law on
trary from transportation ani outfitting themselves a thousand ways—in the
English, held mountain fastnesses from it does not involve any great or really
(his immense industry was disastrous.
companies, from syndicates that want rank frauds committed by men who
which they defied lhe British govern- important question is more or less in-
SHIRTS 25cts. TO $ 1 .5 0
In 1804 the failures numbered 314, with
to congest the labor market, and from | dare lxi dighonest> but do
not dare
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liabilities aggregating $5,897,000; in ment for 75 years. The headquarters of teresting, because in it are tangled up the rogues who prey upon the credulous,
to seem poor; and in the desperate
1895 the failures were 208, with liabili­ the Cuban insurgents is the top of a the official fortunes of two individuals but the facts as we state them will bear I da8,ieg at fortunC) in which the
pity is
ties o f $6,084,000; and in 1806, the mountain 25 miles from Puerto Principe, who have been nominated, and con- the test of the existing freight schedules
not so much for those who fail, as for the
It
is
extremely
difficult
of
access,
in
the
firmed
by
the
senate,
for
the
same
failures 493, with liabilities of $16,-
and of Canadian laws.”
hundreds of innocent families who are
face of even very slight opposition. For office, and who are both on their way,
314,532.
so often involved in their ruin.
a
considerable
distance
the
pathway
is
by
different
routes,
to
the
scene
of
their
It may be that there is some inequal­
AN TED—F A IT H F U L
MENi
,
for re-' Klc,iea lnay enable us to confer favors, E u . g e n e ,
ity or eycn iniquity, in a lumber tariff, a mere spiral trail winding round the future official labors; but the official
:
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;
O
r e g o n
but there can scarcely be any iniquity side of a steep mountain, and over- labor of one of them will be short lived, sponsible established house in Oregon, but to confer them witli propriety and
in it that u i|| compare with one that grown with tropical vegetation. Num- as his resignation will lie demanded us Salary $780 and expenses. Position with grace requires a something that
hers are of no avail in such a position, soon as the official papers can catch up Permanent. References. Enclose self- riches cannot give; eve,, trifles maybe!
destroys nt thia fearful rate.
stamped envelope.
The L u .
,
At the top of the mountain is a large with him. Tiie story ia not so com pi i- addressed
National, Star Insurance Bldg., Chicago. I M be’ t° Weda8 10 CBMe t0
trifle8’
space tolerably level, where corn, sweet cated m might be supposed. As soon
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The
citizens
of
Megara
offered
the
free- j
A h * x evidence of returning prosperity
potatoes and other island products are as the Sundry Civil appropriation hill,
|
dom
of
their
city
to
Alexander;
such
nn
is the (act tliat business ip railroad pas­
RESULT OF POSSIBLE WAR.
grown. Held by a small body of reso- which authorized the appointments of
j offer excited a smile in the countenance '
senger and freight traffic is greatly in­
lute men, the place is equally difficult additional U. 8. commissioners for
i of him who had conquered the world;
creasing, necessitating an increase in
to storm or to starve. One great care of Aluska, Itecame a law, Senator Wilson Sunday Welcome.
j but he received this tribute of their !
employes. There is a demand in rail­
the Spaniards naturally has been to of Washington, succeeded in getting W. It is not lieyond the . ranie 0 rea respect with complacency on being in-'
road hands ol all classes, caused ¡>y the
possibility that the United
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„
,
maintain a coast guard, so that military J. Jones, of his state, nominated for a sonable
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•. m .u _
formed that they had never offered it to
increase in business, and men who have
supplies, and especially arms and am- commissioner at St. Michael, and his '',l ,e8 " dl en'ar8® >ta Northwestern
any hut to Hercules and himself.
been discharged during the past few
munition, may not reach tiie insurgents nomination was promptly confirmed. l*°S9e8,,‘on
the lapse of many
yearn for vnrious causes are now asked
from without, but in spite of all vigi- Then Mr. Jones wrote to Senator Wilson Jcar’ ’ 11 wou'd l>e putting it too
to come back and go to »ork.— Jtrifiiter-
lance, this is not quite successful; and saying that he didn't want the place *,r<”,8'y t° predict war in the near
the insurgents often succeed in captur- and would resign and tiie senator noti- ' *ulore between the United States and
Tut ittdhnky - iikskh . u ., in an opinion ing small quantities of military supplies tied the secretary of the interior. In *,'n8lan’i ®r Lanada, yet such an event
to the secretary, lias decided that goods from their enemies,
, order to save time Mr. L. B. Shepherd j ma* ¡‘“PP0" a8a>n, “» it has happened
and productions of a foreign country
Secretary Sherman recently said it was nominated and conflriued, and ' twic# befor*- Any oPPrt‘"s>'e or illib- “ Cures talk ” In (avor
of Hood’s Sarsaparilla,
not contiguous to the United States, was certain that Cuba was lost to Spain, started for St. Michael, the Clondyke eral
on ,be Part
**ie Bomin- us for no other medi­
which are regularly imported into Thia judgement, which is that of many gold excitement having added much *°n F°vernn,e,d with respect to tiie cine. Its great cures recorded
orded in truthful,
w
w
™
Canada, and after exported tu the observers, is founded on Spain's flnnn- importance to the position. When the $<>'d"l,eld’ Wl11 »lmoet certainly result convincing language of grateful men and
United States, are subject to a diaerim- cial exhaustion. She it quite incapalrfe interior department heard from Mr in double, and it would need no very women, constitute its most effective ad­
vertising. Many of these cures are mar­
natiou of 10 per cent, provided fur in of further effective effort, through lack Jonee. instead of getting his resignation a8Krav»ted injuries or insults to Amer- velous. They have won the confidence of
the new tariff act, and also that the
the people; have given Hood’s Sarsapa­
of the sinews of war.
it got his bond, properly approved, and can miner, to lead to a declaration of rilla the largest tales In th . world, and
method of conveyance, whether by
tbs notification that lie bad taken the war. A president is necessarily a have made necessary for its mannfsctnra
water, rail or otherwise, is not material.
Tekarre Spit
Kaiake Tear IJfb Away.
oath ol office anil started for St. Michael, politician, and knows that war with the greatest laboratory on earth. Hood’s
T o q u it U 'la t-M easily and forever, be may
England on any reasonable provocation Sarsaparilla la known by the cures it has
neilc. fu ll of Uto. nerve and vl«or. ta ke No To- 1 Both men cannot hold the same offlee,
m ade-cures ol scrofula, salt rheum and
B ar. the wonder worker, th a t m ake* weak men and the department bat decided that would I* popular. The result of a war
eczema, cures of rheumatism, neuralgia
The world will keep on strong.
A ll drum rlsu, *0c or I t . C urefuarw n-
would be ths certain extension of our and weak nerves, cares of dyspepsia, liver
*.aed
B ooklet and turn pie free
Address
turning round if you con­ H ta r I lag K em adt ( ) a . CMtcwwo or Naw Y o rk Mr. Jones has got to live up to bis boundary lines, and the poeeible sc- trouble«, catarrh-cures which prove
qnitition of British Columbia and the
tinue to buy trash spices
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.
IwnlHxtr Say. »«.
Northwest Territory. Great Britain's
gnd flavoring extracts.
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I , Cascareta ('andv CaUiarUc, the most n o»
possessions
on the Pacific are
a constant
, ,
I aeifql mcdicwl diK-oierr of the age. p eas- -
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Tneoin« Ledger.
R a tes T h r o u g h o u t W ill b e Placed
A T B E D ROCK
Fresh Groceries and Provi­
sions by Each Boat. Impor­
tant Reductions Will be
Noticed in Footwear, Men’s
Hats and Suits.
“HURD & DAVENPORT”'
THE SEATON STORE
GENERAL 4 - MERCHANDISE.
C ash or A n y t h in g M ark etab le^
HURD & DAVENPORT
HAM PTON BEOS.,
FOB B
HOODS, (W H IG , GEMS’
All the Latest In
Dress Goods, Trimming Etc.
A
HAM PTON BROS.,
w
ENTERPRISING— -
LEADING —
s. H. FRIENDLY.
S. H. FRIENDLY.
progressive
merchant
Cures
iZik C A R M A N ’S
CHEAP CASH STORE!
Pry Coods, ★ Groceries * and * Notions*
FLORENCE MEAT MARKET.
Schilling's Best, however,
pre pure and money-back.
F o r aale by
A M
b
Hood's
a hall in heig.it. Also a good wood «lied
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_ try
_ a box lay them down till he has driven
> liiilou.
P>5*£- buy
and
on premises. For further pirtieulars • and
f C C. C today; 10. a \
centi rividi
uquire at Ibjs e ffie p ,
f uaraahMd to cure by ah dru,guts.
land from these shores,
Eng­
........ Just Opened.
la.rÄ iLa_ Goods as Represented.
1 Hood’, rh »
j, w, carmak
SROPmeToa