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- - y ' . . riii I 1 1 11 " i nrttn 'Jr THE INDEPENDENT. MNDEPMDENT. r FENBEMT W. L. JONES . . Editor and Proprietor. One square, or Iran, one inaertton fl.flO One square, each iilMqant Insertion, M Notioea of appointment and final Battle ment, $.'. Other leal advertisement, il.00 per square for the first insertion, and M oauts per square for each salmequetit inaertton. Hpecial business notioea In local oolumna SMI cent per line. Jugular business notioea 10 cent par linn, 1'rofeaNiotiMl enrda, tlj per year. -Hwcial rates for lare display "ads. t-af 1'bia paper may be found on file at Geo. P. Howell (Vs Newspaper Advertis ing Uareaa (lOHpruce atreet) where adver tiaing oontraets may be uiade for it in New . York. published EVERY THURSDAY EVENING. ppbmcatiow orrics: Main Street, : : Shute's New Brick 11ILLSHOKO. OREGON. "A GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE." TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: Per annum, in advance f 2.00 Six months, in advance 1.00 Three month, in advance HO Vol. XV. llillsboro, Waaliiiigtoii County, Oregon, Thursday. May 24, No. 51. iliiiLitidii INBE It 4 L ! fr I ! ! OFFICIAL IMItF.CTOKY. Iletrlet Offlrrrs. Judge Fifth District F. J. Taylor Prosecuting Attorney.. . T. A. Mc Bride Deputy for Washington Co . ,W. N. Barrett Legislative Officer. Btnte Senator ... W. D. Hare. 1 D GubHer, Representatives -D. Smith. ) Thoa. Paulsen. County Oflleera Judge It. Crandall Treasurer J. S. Waggener Clerk J. W. Morgan . ( T. G. Todd vUu.n.iMIOUs ...j Hickethier Sheriff B. P. Cornelius Surveyor... L. C. Walker Assessor T. J. Wilson Sehool Saperintendeut . . .T. T. Vincent Coroner..... C. W. Bansom ' Tew OMrrrr. Trnateea ........ 1 B. B. Hoaton G. T. Led ford I K. Crandall Treaanrer.... Geo. w". Patterson Recorder W. N. Barrett Marshal H. McMorren SOCIETY MEKTINGS. HILLSBOltO GItANOE, No. 7:5, P. or H. Meets in Good Templar Hall. second and fourth Saturday 4u each inotitn, at J O 01OCK p. M. BENJ. SCHOLFIELD, Master. J. A. Imbbie, Secretary. HILLSBORO LODGE, NO. 17, 1.O.G.T. Meets in Gkk1 Templars Hall, every Batarday evening, at 3 1. M. C. T. TOZIKlt, It WaAMisii, Sec'y- W. C. T. rpUAMTY LODGE. No. , A. F. A A. M. J. Meets on Satnrday on or after each full moon. Alt brethren in good HtAtidingare' ourdially invited to meet with us. F. A. BAILEY, K. Cbandalt , Sec. W. M. MONTEZUMA LODGE No. 50, I.O.O.F., Hillaboro Meets every Wednesday evening at 7 o'clock. Sojourning brethren cordially invittd to attend. M. COLLINS, ' K. Bkamih. Se. N. O. I0LODGK, No. 11. K. OF 1., HILLS BOKO Meets every Thursday evening at 7 o'clock, in Odd Fellows' Hall. Sojourn ing brethren in good standing cordially in vited to attend. 8. T. Linklatkb, C. C. T. S. WaATUieuBBD. K. of K. and B. C LENCOE LODGE No. 22, K. OF P. 31 Meets e'ery alternate Saturday at 7 o'clock p. m., at Glenooe. Sijmruing breth ren in good Btaudiug cordially invited to at tend. J. V. C'OUEY. . J. B. Jackson, K. of K. A S. C.C. II1 !LLSlU)KO LODGE No. I, A.O.U.W., Hillsbori) Meeta on the second and fourth Tuesday of each mouth at 7:: SO o'clock p. in. Sojourning brethren cordially invited tonttend. lLUKAnuAliii, W. L. H tag. nc. M. W. PH(ENIX GKANGE No. 'J02, P. op H. Meeta at (iastou, Or., on the third Friday of each month. li. H. PAKKEU, Master. Jqhw Wrm. Secretary. WAPATO LODGE No. 40, I. O. O. F. Meeta in Gaston on the first and third Batarday in each month. - . .. . JOHN.WKKE. N. G H. D. Butamt, Seoretary. (Ml A KIT Y LODGE No. 75, I. O. O. F j Tualatin MeeU Batarday evening, at 7 o'olock, on or before each new and full moon. Brethren in good standing invited to attend. J. C SMOCK. B. N. Poor,, See. N. O. BUTTE GKANGE, No. 118, P. op H. Meets the third Wednesday in each Month. C. F. T1GAKD, Master. B. M. Kniao, Sec'y. C. T. U., H 1 L LS BO 1 1 0 MEETS . on the first and third Wednesdays of each month, at 3 o'clock p. m., at the M. E. chureh. HAND OF HOPE, HILLSBORO MEETS every Sundav afternoon, at 4 o'clock at the M. E. church. CHURCH NOTICES. HILLSBORO METHODIST PASTOR'S Appointments. First Sabbath in each mouth: Beaverton, 11 a.m.; Wesley Chapel, 8 p.ui.; Mt. Harmony, 7ui0 p.m. Second Sab bath: Hillsboro, U a. m. and 7:: p. m., and at Faruiington 3 p.m. Third Sabbath, Wesley Chapel. II a.m.; Beaverton, 3 p.m.; Reedville, 7:.'?) p. m. Fourth Sabbath Htllsloro, 11 a.m. and 7-.:U) p.m.; and WeBt Union, 3 p. 'ii. C. M. BRYAN. Pastor in Charge. C CORNELIUS METHODIST PASTOR'S J Appointment. First and third Sab baths in eac h month, M. E. Church, Cor nells. Kt 11 a. m. and 7 p. m. Second and f.mrtlt Saliliaths in each month, Glencoe, at ii . u Kourtli Sabbath. ak Grove, at 3 r. M. Second Meacham's Sabbath, achool honaj, Bt 3 e. M. Saturday before the sec oiid Sabbath, Iieisv's schindhouse at 7 P. M. H. B. Elwoutht. Pastor in CharRe. CONGREGATIONAL PASTOR'S AP V I pointments. First Sabbath m each mouth, Gaston, at 11 a. w.; and on the hill, back of Gaston, 3 P. M. Second Sabbath At Hillside school-house. 11 a. m.; Green ville, 3 p. m. Fourth Sabbath Hillsl)oro, Christian church, at 11 A. m. A. S. VENEN, Watchmakerand Jeweler! T f AS PERMANENTLY LOCATED IN 11 Forest Grove, anu all kinds of Watch work Forest Grove, and is prepared to do jewelry repaireu n) mud its imod as new. 1 ine Watch Re pairing a specialty. Having had 14 years experience in the business, I au safe in civiutr a written (fuarantee with all work Sentont. lal.Vtfl A. S. VENEN. Money to loan. I will oim money in 8iims of 1000 slid upwards. Only real estate security ought. Time, three to five years: coin uiixsiou not to exceed per cent. w. ii. iti Kr.it. Jau7l? Land for Sale! rpHK UNDERSIGNED HAS FOR SALE 1. several Farm and a lare amount of first class, unimproved laud, lyin in Wash ington county, Oregon. IMMIGRANTS And other deeirinR to purchase land would lo well to give me a call. Now is the time to secure comfortable bocuea on easy terms. THOS. D. HUMPHREYS. riillaboro.lfune. '.".ttb, 1882. RESTAURANT, At Old Stand, -on Secoud Street. It on ! and Eodging. Excellent Accommodations GEO. SQUIRES, - - Prop. Ukl5-tf PBOFESSIONAL CAKDS. M. ROBINSON, M. D. Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur, Beavbbtox, .-- Obbook. Residence First House East of Fost- ofti nonf h uiile of street. rulO 3ni C. W. MILLER, Attorney at Law, Pobtlano, : : : Obkook. Offioe Rooma 12 and 13, Mulkey Building. Cor. Second and Morrison streets. Branch j Office at Foreat Grove, Or. nsriXtisiMoi J l Buain omralnlly SB. HUSTON, . Attorney at Law ami Notary Public, . HiLLHuono. : : : Obun. Office: Main Street, i Next Door to Baica Bioca j!2-tf i yiyr Nj BARRETT, Attorney at Law, ; ajid Deputy DM. l'roeeuling Attorney, H1I.LSHOUO ORKOON. OtHoe in Chenette Kow, Main street. a7 tf yyiLLIAM I. HARE, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Hills bo bo, OaaKM. a7 tf E. MILLER, M. IX, II03JCEOPA THIST, N. E. Corner First and Main Streets, PORTLANl. MEDICAL AND SURGICAL, jay Diseasea of Women a Secialt.y. Office Honrs-1 to 3 P. M. K-' tf p A. BAILEV, m.ij.. Physician, Surgeon and Accoucheur, I If II.I.SBOKO, OHBVJON. Office In Chennett'a Row. lUssldenoe blMkH south of dnw atore. Onlce hours From 8:30 to 11 a. ni., and 2 to 5 p.m. g T. LINK LATER, 11. B., C. M., Phyawian, Surgeon and Accoucheur, HILLSBORO, OHET.ON. Office At House. Residence, East of Court j7tf W ILSON BOWLHV. PJtyxician, Surgeon and Accoucheur, FOKEST fiUOVE, ORKOOX. Offioe At the dnig store. Jal tf rjMIOMAS II. TONGUE, Attorney at Laic, HIUJHOHO, WASHINGTON OVSTY, ORKOON. Mtf BAI.KIOII 8TOTT. JOHN B. WALDO, SBNKCA SMITH, SAM. R. BTOTT, W. L HOIHM. STOIT, WALDO, SMITH, STOTT & BOISE. Attorney at Law, Nos. r.. 0. 7, K and 1 Waldo Block, Cor. Second and Washington streets, PORTLAND, OREGON 'piIOS. I. HUMPHREYS, Notary Public and Conveyancer, III1.I.9HOUO, OUIflON. Office In New Court House. Iiegat pa- pers drawn ana collections made. Husmeai entrusted to my care promptly attended tow nihil tf W. H. Adams. U. B. Grant Mamo.cax DAMS A MARQUAM, Attorney at Imw, 7 and 8 Moliey Building, cor. Second' and Morrison streets, Ji-tf PoBTLAan, Ob. J. W. GILKEV, Physician and Surgeon, GREENVILLE, - - - OREGON. I lifers his services to the people of Green ville and vicinity. .n-.tm E. E. MILLER, 'Notary Public, Real Estate, Collection. Insurance and Loan Agent. Zf Promissory Notes Bought an 1 Sold. J-efMouey Ijoaned in any Sums desired. For r st Gaovc, - Obkoom II. TYSON, Notary Public and Conveyancer. Rkai. Estate Hoi'oht awd Solo. Residence, : : Smocks Station. PostotEce, : : : Middletoii. m-'d-tf WaahiBRton Co., Oregon It. NIXON, DENTIST OF FOREST GROVE, JS NOW MAKING TEETH FOR 5 00 and $7.SO per set; best of material end workmanship. Will compare with sets costing $25. Teeth extracted without pain. Filling at the lowest prices. All work warranted. Offioe. 3 doors north of Brick store. Omce hours: V A. M. to 4 .M. d-tf T. R. CORNELIUSJS. HUGHES & mi -DEALER IN- Dry Goods, Groceries, BOOTS, SHOES, HATS, HARDWARE. nWieT Agricultural Implements ZETO. Agent for the DUBUQUE -NORWEGIAN Plows Marrows The lest in the Market. Of all kinds taken at the hiheHt market price. Cornelius, Or., Nov. 1, lSrt. nH ly P. M. DENNIS, FIRE INSURANCE AGENT Successor to ('. T. To.ier), UILLSHOKO, - - OREGON. 1LMO, KKAIi F.STATK AI.KXT. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE pnrchaxe and sale of Farm Lauds and Town Proiierty Nora. H iviiix purchased of Mr. C. T Tozier his Insurance business, 1 mil con fident of bein able to ive satisfaction. sine 1 represent tb JjeatllUK Insurance Companies. J5i""Otlioe: thie dtsr South of Poetoffice. ni.u tt M. BROWN. G. E. JOHNSON. JOHNSON & BROWN, Contractors and Builders IIILLSROKO, OREGON. I LANS, SPECIFICATIONS, AND Estimates furnished upon application. fr any clasa of building. jl- ly GET YOUR TINWARE FROM Tom's Tins hop ! Roofing, Guttering and Spouting A SPECIALTY. fSf"Ytn can le aure of a Square Deal. Opposite Brick Block. HILLSBORO, OREGON. THOS. MADICAN. jl-'-ly D. S. STRYKER, D.D.S., THE LEADING DENTIST. i Eastern Prices. JoxlSetsj of Teet h, fc.1.00 to 15.0. T.x- tractui. cents. HUin, fi.w anu up ward. Electricity usd for the Painless Extraction of Teeth. Try it. All Opera tions First-Class. j4f"Sin of the Tooth ui first Street, over .Trent ice , SEWING ACHINE AGENCY, FOREST GROVE, OREGON. J. W. H. ADK1NS, ... Ascnt. DEALER IN AND REPAIRER OF ALL kinds of Sewing Machines. Domestic. Household, and all makes of Standard Sewiui; Machines kept constantly on hand and tor sale at lowest market prices. aoTM f H. SCHULMERICK. C KK?H CITY Market SECOND HILLSBORO, - STREET, - - OREGON -ALL KINDS OF Fresh Meats Kept constantly on hand and nold FOR t-HiKhest Market l'rice paid for AND . Glutton Sheep. Please give na a call. M( HI LMERU k KOC H. Proprietors olH-tf Hillsboro Oct. 13, 1887. FOREST GROVE. OKEtiOX, Dealers in SHELF and HEAVY H' ry I Harness CTOTT2SS and 4HMttfv nj: TIBTUtTARE 1 FARMERS! MECHANICS' TOOLS ! THE -AND FINE CUTLERY ! Such as Knives. Sciss-frs Hful Kaocri, of the Finest Hramls. We handle no S1i.h1.Iv nor 'heap Jol:n (ikhIs; but for jiilicli-s of l;k tpiality or rade, we tlet'y eoinp ti in in price. s. iii;nr.H A so ol'l tf 4i:i.i:itit ti:i JJ. J. PORTER, Tlan iir;iiir-r. 4. ASTON. oicf.;o. pHIS PLOW IMS NO Sl'PERTOIt 1 for all classes of work and in all kind of soil. Easy draft anil durable. For par ticulars, address me or call ami see the plow. Ii. J. PORTER. Gaston. Or., March '."J 17. tnJI-ii eeds! For Good and Reliable Seeds of all kinds, Send to Miller Bros. ao. Sroiil SlitM'f, PORTLAND. Also, Frnit Trees. 15e Siiplis, Hone Meal, (iarden Tols. etc., etc. a.Vlrn Till! f.ltKAT Hock island AND- ROUTES! The Direct and Popular Liue in connection with the NORTH F.RN PACIFIC RAII. WAY from St. 1'anl and Miuneailis To Chicago and the East. To St. Louis and the South. To Des Moines, Leavenworth, Atchison and Kansas City. The Only Line Connectintr with the OREGON SHORT LINE at Council liluffs, St. Joseph. Ieaven worth and KaiLsas t'ity for Chicago and all points East ! PULLMAN PALACE SLEEPING AND PALACE DININC CARS Accompany all Through Express Trains. Tickets for Sale by all Connecting Railways, and Connections made in Union Depots. For full information regarding Rates, Mapa, etc., apply to General Aent, No. 3 Washington Street, PORTLAND, OREGON K. A. IIOI.ItltHK, Genl. Tkt. and Pass. Agt. C, R. I. A P. R. R. CHICAGO, ILL H. V. UOVD, Genl. Tkt. and Pass. ArL M. ft St. I. R'y mm fapato Plow Albert M1NNEAPOUS, MINN WASIIISGTOX LETTER. (From our Regular Correspondent. i W'AsmsaTOJt. Maj 11, 1888. Nothing very ntartyng or verj new has occurred on Capitol bill since I last wrote jou. There i no lack of interesting work going on all the time, for the all-important tariff de bat goes on in the bouse day and mgnt; the great river and harbor bill has passed that body by a large majority; the senate has been dis cussing the laud forfeiture bill and the bill for the establishment of bureau of animal industry; has rat &itrVt4raty. but there has been no personal encounter in either end of the capitol during the week. Since lm famous episode with Serator Ingull, Senator Voorhees Las been terribly ulllictod with a carbuncle, and has been confined to his bed in consequence. He was able to be in his feat on Tuesday, however, when he arose and made a manly apology to the senate for having allowed his temper t over come his judgment under exasper ating provocation, he having used language contrary to the rules nud decorum of llio body l which he is a member. He sai.l that he re- pretted having used unparliamen tary language, and his high iesject for the dignity of the United States senate, as well as self respect, in. duced him to say so. trans gression of the rules of the (so- called) most dignified legislative l lv in the world was thus atoned for, with no sacrifice of principle or self-reaped, ami no doubt Hie Indi ana senator will stand all the let ter Wfi.re the country for his hand Mime nckiiowh'Jgeiiient. Mr. Yooi heps has so lug and invariably lsrne hinoelf villi marked dignity iu the senate, that it is but natural that he should regret his recent de parture fiom his own strict rule of conduct, and make due apology lor its violation. A new defalcation has just come to light. The first comptroller of lhv tieaaury tm Iwen overhauling the lstoks of fSeneral James Y Fining, the appointment ami dis bursing clerk of the department of justice, and, it, is claimed, has dis covered a shortage cf a little over $'.K)00. The attorneys-general order ed an investigation, (Jeneral Kwing ing was removed and his successor appointed, but it wdl take soveral weeks to investigate the accounts. General Kwing is an ex-Union sol dier with a good record, appointed from West Virginia about nix years ago. He says the discrepancies are caused by the comptroller disallow ing accounts of money paid out by order of the attorney-general, and the charging of requisitions against him which ho has not received. Tbe Texas senators have been i making arguments against the pleu-j ro-pueumonia bill as unconstitution al and inexpedient, ninljiii the inter est of the Chicago cattle syndicate. The river and harliordnll received .. , - m a -.r I. lts cniei support iroiu -ew xors, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Califor nia and the South. New Kngland cast nine vote-for and n'nc vo'cs against 'it. There were no votes for tho bill frm Khou'e aland, Vermont. New Jersey, Ne braska, Iowa, Colorado or Kansas. There were no vote against it from New Hampshire, Connecticut, Pela wure, Maryland, Michigan, Ken tucky, Minnesota. Arkansas. Louis- ana, Texas. Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, Virginia, Vest Virginia, Oregon, California or Nevada. Pennsylvania gave eight votes in favor of tho measure and twelve in the negative. xne nouso committee Having iu charge the bill providing for a con stitutional celebration in Washing toninlSSO, 1ms decided to report the same favorably. TSio bill has already passed the senate. It pro vides for the appointment of a coin mission of nine persons to h.ie chargo of the celebration, an 1 au thorizes the president to invito the chief executive and chief judicial officers of Mexico, Ouatem-tla, Nic aragua, Costa Ilica, .San Salvador, Honduras, United' States of Colom bia, Venezuela, Uolivia. I 'em, Chili, Uruguay, Paraguay, Ecuador, the Argentina Itenublic, the Euipire of Hra.il, the Dominion of Canada, Hay li and San Domingo to visit the United States aud participate. (n order that the presideut may enter tain these guests iu a suitable man ner, the bill nppropriatesA$300,000. There is little foundation for the reports to the effect that the confir mation of Mr. Fuller as chief justice of the United States is opposed by senators of both parties. Some democratic senators, friendly to Senator IJray, are said to resent the nomination of Mr. Fuller and wish to delay confirmation simply be cause Senator Gray was not the chosen man. Republican senators are said to be looking up Mr. Ful ler's record during the war, and are inclined to object to what they term extreme and dangerous states rights views. In reality the opposition is not of such a character as to seri ously delay his confirmation. As ha himself said: "The senate is right to be slow and careful in such matters." GENERAL NEWS The amount offered to Badcau by the Grant family to disclaim the authorship of Grant's memoirs is said to have been $HJ.O00. Col. Grant stated us his opinion that Badcau was pressing the suit Minjily to annoy his mother and to dra; hor into publicity. William T. Col in.iii eays that while he is in harmony with his parly, the democracy, ou ot.K.-al pimtious of re form, he thinks it is a mistake to put borax on the free lUt Marshal Atkins reports that there is a jv:it deal of prosjK-rity in Alaska and that the iiiinin outlook is good. There arc from 70 to S(K) men in the xukoii plaeers this reason and they will lrin out a 1-ire amount of ;o!d dust in the fall. Dr. Tanii'T, lli? k'reat f.Mer, now h:t a rain li of l.(M) acres in New M.exico. and wants to e.-t jl!i-li u toiiiilling hos pital there, and feed the children one meal a day. ol liht vegetable diet. He says the baser passions arc fed on ani mal flMwl. . T. Brown, lb. j-'pnlar Portland artist, leaves iliis w-ek on a 7lK(()-tnile oketchiug trip. He tird to Ml. Sliala. tli. ti to the Yoscmite Vulley, and llieiiif lo Monterey an 1 I.iLe Tahoe. Tiiriuug north, he will take in Yellow stone park, and thence o lo Al.k:(. Walhlll is n.hHl.-.l with als.ut (iOU idle nidi, who cannot find work and have no money. It n-vim lliut Con tractor Hni t Merit east lo an aireney for ir0 Italian lalioivrs, lo work on hii branch rid, and I hey M.11I Ii i hi (UK) iwen, Mr. Duiilai( a firuir on the Swino uiih flats, last year cut .1(10 tons of hay from 100 acres of land. He fold ibe whole yield at $20 r ton, dcdiictin;. $.1 jh r Ion for cutting, haling, Ht., which left It t nt a m l profit of StloOO. Fifteen eggs found on a Howell prai rie farm were hatched by a donutie lien and every 'gg tiiriuil out a beautiful Cliiin-se I'Ikuis ant. Mrs. Pars!'ll, of Alj-ine, has been ap M.intel a notary public. This is b lievtsl to be the first in-tanee in which a woman has b.-cn :ioiiiteI a notary public in Oregon. Carrie Hradley, the murderess par domnl from ihe Oreiroii iK-uiteiitiarv a tew years ago. was killed at Tucson, Ar izona, on the 9th inst., by her majii. He went to her house drunk""'! John Wadlcigh was the ii How's name) and bein refuse! admit lance, kicked in the I sir, and as she ran out In; caught hei and cut her throat. Patrick Mediums, a Joang man from the Slioofly country, was arrested last week on a charge of horse stealing, preferred by the late grand jury. He was placed under Imnds of $1(KK) for his appearance at the next term of cir cuit court, but the court reduwd the binds to fG00, but failing to give the same, he lingers in coiiCneinent dire. Canyon City News. Mrs. Grant has received $111,000 ai rier share in the profits of General Grant's Mcuioirn, of which 310,000 sets have been Nild. Charles Dickens's iiuis', Mary W'cl ler Gibson, was buried Ajail 2. She was generally regards! as the prototys of Mary, the pretty housemaid, in tin Pickwick Paper. She always upheld the theory that Micawler was rally Diekt ns'a father. An Ashland farmer cxjsvts to make 8'2i0 off nil acre of watermelons this xtimiiicr, and an Ashland doctor expects to make $20 off the same acre. A supplementary repit has b u made on the invlig3tion of State Treasurer Tate's office, and it idiown that I1N.0O0 in taxes paid by the Ken tueky Geiitral Kail road Co. have never I teen unlimited for. This swells the defalcation to $247,000. The run from Fort Vne, Indiana, to C 'hieago, 1411 miles, by railroad, ha been made in 17o iiiiniilcs. But this lime was b'titi n in t'anali from Am h rstburg to St. Thomas, 1 1 1 miles, iu OH minim-. There are now live bad breaks in Sny levee, and I he whole Ih.Moiii, reaching from opposite Ijouisiana, Missouri, to Haiiibal, Missouri, is imuilatetl. The flood covers an area of fifty miles long aud five miles wide, aud over 100,000 acres of crops will be injured or destroyed. The Hecret of Dynasitte. The following from ths Indian Engineer, published at Calcutta, gives the information which many are seeking to know: Dynamite consists of soma porous absorbent mineral saturated with nitro-glycer-ine. Several substances havn been tried as absorbents of tho glyeeriue. but the most satisfactory is the kjeselgubr, an infusorial earth, com posed of the silicivius shells of extremely small vegetable organisms, uud it is of this that Nobel's dyna mite is made. It absorbs about three times its' weight of the glycetioe, aud resembles putty in appearuuee. Thus, a given quantity will contain 75 per cent, of the real explosive, and its blasting power, compared with pure nitro-glycorine, is, of course, represented by the same ratio. Iu order to explode it, it is necessary to obtain the tem perature of 300 Fahrenheit. I' freezes in the same way as glycerine, and when in this stato must be care fully handled. Nitro-glyccrine ba an expansive force ten times that of an equal weight of powder. It is highly dangerous to placo dynamite on or near fire stoves, eteim pipes, or any highly-heated metal. Dyna mite must never bo put into warm water to thaw it, as the water would free the nitroglycerine, wlir-u it i most dangerous. It ouht always to lie put into a water-tight vessel, and then have the vessel put into warm water. It ehouhl never be ex posed to the direct rays of p tropical sun. wiien loading it, a wooden rod or squeezer should bo used to push home the cartridge, uever a metal one, and the charge should gently and firmly be pushed down, and not rammed or pounded. If lynainite has lo be loaded into tins. avoid smelling i', as it gives a sickly, nervous headache for several days. Never squeeze the primer containing the dotouator, but lower or push it gently till it rests on the charge, j In the event of a misfire, never at tempt to draw the tamping. It water.lampiug has been used, put a fresh piimer aud detonator on top of tho charge. If other than water t'imping has lecu used, lore a fresh hole. The detonator must be very carefully handled. If one explode u the hand, the hand would be shattered. When putting in the' fuse, cut tiff the end of it square, j and put it iu firm, but gently. Dy- J usmitecan ho burnt with safety, and simply fizzes up harmlessly. It ex ercises its force iu the direction of most resistance. A singlo cartridge attached ton rail will break it; a four-ounce cartridge will break a lo-pound rtilwsy in two. The barge vario from a few cartridges to as much as mty Is necessary. The U?tt ef Men. Tho great test iu life, says Gen. Thos. J. Morgan, in a paper o;i training as an tleui'Mit on education, is rather what a tuau can do than what h) knows. Cau lie use his e -a a a n V eyes.' uts no l'oji j'MJUieuir is he a man of common sense? Can ie think? Does lie reason correctly? Has he executive force? Is he prac tical? These are the kind of test questions that are put to the gradu ates of our common school. Can the "sweet girl graduato" cook a linner, sweep a rotn, or sttperin tend a houie? f) jes ahi havo an in telligent interest in passim; events? Has she robust halt'i, g) l hibils, self-reliance, energy an I pwerof endurance? Can tho yoang mm lay astdo his diploma and keep his father's accounts, write an niticlo for the newsnaoer. make a buinos trip to Chicago, give sn intelligent -fa-r. account of tho morning s news? Can ho lend a hand at home, and turn to some good account in the daily .duties of life some of tho ac cumulated stores of knowledge assumed in years of study? Does his education'.'t'ender hisn more in- distriotis, moro skillful and efficient, moro persistent, mora practically masterful in whatever he under takes? If he ha been trained to use his senses, to acquaint himself with natural phenomena at .first hand; if ho has been taught to think, to mako careful comparison, noting essential differences and sig nificant similarities, making patient inductions aud wise generalizations; if he has beeu led to form fixed habits of .thoughtfulness, relf-reli-ance, moral earnestness, inflexibility of purpose, persistent industry, promptness, punctuality, fidelity, unswerving devotion of duty; if, in short, as a result of his school life, his training has produced a well rounded character, he will lo able to meet nil the reasonable demands that society can make upon one who larks practical experience in actual buainess. He will readily acquire skill and efficiency in any calling for which his special tslenls have fitted him. Training gives potency to all tbe soul's possibilities. A I'ulverhMl Lauffuair. The question of a universal lan guage again excites attention. The convenience of a language which would !o tho means of communica tion all over the world has always been acknowledged. In medicine, certain forms of law and the re ligious services of tho Catholic church, Latin retains that function; but, although as tecently as the days of Bacon, Milton, Addison we might say of Johnson Latin was a written language; it steadily becomes obsolete. In China, where every province has its spoken dialect unintelligible in other provinces there is a "Mandarin" tongue used by officials and persons of education nil over the empire. Some such office is hoped fiom this proffered tongue called Volapuk. We are not f imilinr with its philosophy, but we have grave doubts as to the elas ticity or durability of any language m a Jo to order: There would bo certain advantages in everybody speaking English, although, not withstanding its strength and beauty, no such lawless, barbarous totiguo was ever invented. When we ccUHKler i no chunges iorced upon English by the influences of nature and the social customs to which it is subjected iu so many dif ferent parts of tho world, there is little hopo that it may be reclaimed into more sym metrical ways. If wa want n universal language, to be to the nations what the Mandarin dia lect. j to the diversified provinces of China, wo could take the ancient Greek or the modern Spanish, Laying aside the prejudices arising from ati'eetiou and association, there is no language ( logical, so beauli ful, ami at the same time so mathe matical in the simplicity of its laws as the Spanish. It has a wider range when wo take in tho American provinces from the Hio Grande to Cape Horn than would be supposed. It has left nu ineffaceable impress upon the Tinted States from Flor ida to Oregon. For every form of speech eloquence, devotion, poetry or conversation Spanish has no superior among living tongues, while in many respects it has excel lences which no living tongue cau rival. N. Y. Herald. Well Dressed. I onco heard a mother, who had been criticised for personal vanity by a somewhat gossipy neighbor, soy that she made it a duty and a pleas ure to keep well dressed, for she was likely at any hour to bo called upon to c utertain friends , whose good opinion was of such conse quence, that sIio could not afford to tun the risk of baring them fiud her in any but neat and presentable tiro. The friends were her husband and children, and she was fully com pensated for her care in this direc tion by their approval and apprecia tiou. To be 'well dressed" was not lo her mind an admission of extrav agance. Good taste and good planning often stand in place of dollars and cents., and the lady in question was able to dress well ou half tho cost of her neighbor's wardrobe. Johnnie Tied Him. Malono's fine dog was out in the yard polling tho clothes off the line and having so much fun that Mrs. M.tlonc' patience 'was entirely ei haud(id. "io out there, Johnnie," she called to her hopeful son, "and lie that dog." "What must I tie j him to, mother, asked Johnnie. "Oh, tio him to anything. I can't have him tearing everything lo pieces." Johnnie went out, and in about ten minutes returned. "Well," inquired tho mother, did you get him lied? You were long enough about it." "Yes'in," said Johnnie, exultingly, "I got him tied to a tin can and the way ho went down the street was beautiful to look at," and Johnnie's laugh ended iu howl as his mother reached for him. A Fne.Milllrn ( oi.'rad. (ienial Paul F. Mohr, chief en gineer of tho Seattle, Lake Shoie & Eastern Hail road, says the con tract for tho last 225 miles of tbe road had been let. It was tho largest contract ever let in Washing ton leiritoiy, and amounts to about $5,000,000. Fifty miles of the road from Seattle eastward is finished. Fifty miles from Spokane Falls westward is well under way, and is to bo finished by September 1st. The 225 miles just let is the gap between Uiese two sections and it will take two years to finish it. The total length of tho rosd is 32& miles. ft M. V X '-mm