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42V AGE OF ADVERTISING
' The advantages of newspaper adver
tising: is ably set forth by the Minne-
' apolis Journal in a recent editorial on
"Successful Advertising." The Jour
nal says:
"This might be called the ape of
advertising Certainly never before
was so much effort and money spent in
. trying to get the attention of the nub
ile and securest patronage by bus
iness enterorises of all kinds Adver
tising Is an art which few people
'' understand, and upon which a great
deal-of money is expended without
satisfactory results. But judlciou
1 advertising is one of Jthe most profit-
able investments that can be made.
. The advertiser is solicited from all
- sides by the propictors of all sorts of
advertising schemes, and he is a wise
man who knows how to pick out the
. best one and use it.
"Probably no advertisers are more
experienced and have tried more kinds
o? advertising, and spent more money
,v' for that purpose, than the managers of
railroads. Competition between rail
roads has- become very keen and the
ingenuity of the cleverest men in the
advertising business has been exhaust
ed in devising new and effective ways
of catching the public eye and. direct
ing the business of the country, and
: particularly the passenger business,
into the channels which will make it
profitable to the respective roads com
peting for it. Millions of railroad
money have been spent upon fancy
folders, startling .flyers, or handbills
, beautifully illustrated, books and
novelties of ever kind, and all sorts of
special publications gotten out
especially for advertising purposes,
and here is the result: The Joint
Treffic Association a recent meeting
adopted a set of resolutions in which
they condemn the use of programs,
catalogues, prospectuses, circulars or
other mediums of display advertising
gotten out by societies, theaters, base
ball associations, commercial com
panies,' etc., and resolve in favor of
advertising in regular standard news
papers and periodicals of general cir
culation, published at regular in
tervals. .
"The men who have adopted this
rule have not done it through any
motive of sentiment er to please any
body' but themselves, but they have
found, that avertising is most effective
when placed in those publications
which go regularly to the people on
paid subscription, and constitute
legitimate established mediums of in
formation for the public on all sub
jects, whether the news of the day or
such business informatiou as is con
veyed in the advertising of merchant?,
manufacturers and business peoole of
all kinds. The geueral advertising
agent of one of the largest railroad
systems in this country, who spends
on an average $100,000 a year in adver
tislng through his own department, is
authority for the statement to the
Journal recently that the most effective
advertising done by him was that ob
tained through the newspapers having
regular paid subscriptions and regular
dates of publication."
Duly legitimate facetious -f govprn
ment are to collect revtMi.cs and pro
tect life and property tbe osial savings
bank must still be regarded as a neces
sity. The obligation to protect prop
erty is sweeping in its extent. The
small accumulation of the poor man
must be safe from destruction as well
as the fortunes of the rich. No com
munity is fully civilized in which the
possessor of properly must bo in con
stant apprehension as to its safety,
whether from the violence uf the high
wayman or the schemes of unscrupu
lous rascals who work by defter
methods. That society is crude and
uncivilized in which every person
must be the constant guardian of his
own property. Yet how many persons
today keep their savings in stocking?
and secret hiding places, under their
own watcbfullness, because of the lack
of trustworthy places of deposit! Not
until postal saving batiks are estab
lisbed will the property of the poor as
represented in their savings be fully
protected. The demand .-for postal
savings banks is a demand for the bet
ter protection of prooerty, asd as such
it should receive the support of every
citizen, regardless of the theories of
government which he hold?.
AS VIEWED IN EUROPE
The possibility of the United States
interfering with Spain's butchery of
Cubans, and calling a halt in its so-
called warfare against the patriots,
calls for considerable comment from
the European press. German p ipers
do not view the situation kindly. The
Eruse Zeitung, in an editorial on the
Forum's article by ex-Secretary Her
bert, on the Cuban question, condemns
the policy outlined therein, at.d con
eludes:
"If more sober afterthought does
cot dam tho stream of American
cbauvanism, we Germans shall not
. feel sorry in the event that the Ameri
cans finally reached a sounder judg'
ment relative to their power, i. e., if
they get a drubbing to teach them
that nobody may disturb the peace
with impunity."
The Staatsberger Zeitung, another
leading organ, says:
"A coalition of ' all Europe is abso
lutely necessary to repulse the schemes
of American patriotism and jingoism,
as both are becoming more and more
insolent."
The English press, however, views
the situation more liberally. The
London Spectator accepting as a fact
that the United States has admonished
Spain, thinks it impossible that war
can be averted, saying:
"Apart from pride and ignorance of
the consequences, if Spain defies the
United States, war is probably con
sidered to be the best way out of the
difficulty. Were another government
to propose the abandonment of Cuba
in 'cold blood it would simply mean
handing over, the country to Don
Carlos, so the government proposes to
employ America as the surgeon to do
the necessarv amputation, which will
alone prevent the Cuban gangrene
" front spreading to the rest of the body
politic."
After detailing Spain's iniquities in
. Cuba the Spectator continues:
"To prolong the war would be a
crime and if America chooses to stop
these hideous cruelties, all English
men should applaud and refuse to in
quire too narrowly into the reason
which influenced her statesmen in
putting pressure upon Spain."
TO FORCE DOWN PRICES.
It is stated that a gigantic trust has
been organized to be Known as the
American Malting Company witu a
sufficient capital to control the malt
output of tho United States. The ob
jects of this concern are two-fold.
Tbey propose to limit the output of
malt so as to control the price, and
also to corral the barley market in a
-way to force' farmers to accept what
ever price the trust may be willing to
offe"". The product of the company
will be about 25.000,000 bushels of malt
annually, which will consume the
bulk of the barley raised in this
country, so the concern will virtually
have control of the barley market.
The promoters of the scheme claim
that through this combination com
petitive buying will be prevented,
and farmers will thereby be induced
to accept lower prices, which virtually
means whatever the trust is willing to
offer.
The manufacture of malt will bo con
fined to four cities, Chicago, Milwau
kee, St. Louis and Philadelphia ami all
other malting-bouaes the trust has
absorbed will be closed. By this ar
rangement, if the company does not
fall under the ban of tho aoti-trui-t
laws, there will be but one extensive
concern in the United States that is a
consumer of barley. The result will
bj disastrous for barley raisers,
since supply and demand will cut no
figure in prices, as they will be gov
erned exclusively by the trust, which
will have the farmors more completely
in its grasp than) any combination
that has yet been formed.
WE NEED THEM.
It has never been the policy of the
UnitedStates to acquire territory away
from the main land, or territory not
adjacent to the original s'ates, except
in the case of the purchase of Alaska;
but the time has come, or at least is
near at hand when for self protection,
and to keep out foreign countries, for
this policy to be changed. The time
has come when the United States
should secure possession of Hawaii,
and the time is not far distant when
Cuba also should become a part of
Uncle Sam's domain. We may have a
rupture at any time with Spain, and
Japan and England might easily find
an excuse to help Spain do us great
damage. We are not yet strong o
the sees, and would suffer severely i
a war with even old Spain alone. The
Hawaiian Islands might become
coaling station, a vantage point for an
enemy's ships, while in our possession
it would serve as a point from which
to protect in some degree our whol
Pacific coast. So with Cuba. - The
Cubans, when their freedom is gained
are not fit for self-government. Left
to themselves, Cuba would be the scene
of frequent insurrections and revolu
tions. It needs a stroog, capable gov
eminent, such as the United States
alone could give it. Taking geo
graphical and political considerations
together, the Unitt d States needs
Cuba and Hawaii, and will eventually
possess tbem.
A MERRY MESS.
Unfortunately nati --1 politics have
crawled into the. mui. - ;al election in
Greater New lork, that great
metropolis wiil have to deal with the
questions of finance and tariff besides
its local affairs. Henry Georgu has
been put up as the candidate for mayor
by what is termed the united democ
racy, and will represent the silver
element in the coining contest. Tans
many, which represents the regular
democratic ticket, will bave another
candidate, so the democratic forces
will be divided. However the re pub
lican forces are similarly divided
through the candidacy of Seth-Low,
who is in direct opposition to the
machine politicians who follow the
lead of Boss Piatt.
All parlies iu the great metropolis
are in a merry muddle, having been
dragged into a full discussion of every
conceivable issue that would be
brought into a national campaign, and
it now becomes a strife for spoils
rather than principle. But since pol
itics in the large cities are ordinarily
founded upon the basis of profit and
loss, the first election in Greater New
York will be no exception. Profes
sional politicians, those who are in
politics for revenue, will ride in front,
and after the strife is over, the taxpay
ers will foot the bill.
PROTECTION FOR PROPERTY.
" Mr. Bailey, of Texas, is opposed to
."postal savings banks. He admits they
would b9 a good thing for the people,
but he says he believes in the doctrine
-that the government is best which
' governs least. Thegovcrnment in his
opinion, should attempt to do nothing
but collect the revenues and protect
. life and property, says tho Independent.
- This is sacrificing a confessedly
-bsneficient institution upon the altar
-. of theoretical consistency. It is de
Jpriving the people of much-needed
-benefits in order that a certain theory
of government may be maintained, as
lifthe primary object for which go v-
'urstiiOuis were inttuted among men
was to exemplify certain theories
-rather than to benefit tho people, which
is in reality the single justification for
their existence.
But upon the assumption that the
LAME LAWS.
Unfortunately the U. S. statutes do
not provide any adequate penalty for
punishing such offenses as the at
tempted train robbery which took
place near Portland last Satuiday
night, except a fine of $100 for delaying
the mails, therefore the would-be high
waymen Jackson and Williams will
not be prosecuted by the federal au
thorities, but will be dealt with by the
state courts on the charges of highway
robbery and assault with intent to kill.
It is probably an oversight on tho part
of our law makers that neither the
federal nor state laws fix a punishment
for attempting to rob a train carrying
passengers and the mails. Such an of
fense is most descipable and should be
punished most severely, but the laws
are lame in this respect, and it will
not be surprising if the two rascals are
let off with a very short term of pun
ishment. "
Money is being drawn out of New
York banks to handle the immense
crops, and as a result the reserves
belu by the associated banks is lower
now than since last November. This
shows a healthy condition, for money
is much more useful in circulation
among the people than boarded in
banks.
. OUR EXPORT TRADE,
For pure demagogy and unblushing
misrepresentations the American
Economist has no equal. It, is one of
tho so-called ' prot.-etionist journals
that has the alfrontery to alt -ibute
present high prices of wheat and in
creased' exportations of breadstuff to
the enactment of the Dingley law.
It says:
"Farmer sare once more brought face
to face with old free trade falsehood
namely, that 'if we do not buy we can
not sell. The free-traders claim, in
fact it is one of their stock in trade
arguments, that we cannot sell our
farm products or our manufactured
fcoods to foreigners unless we buy pro
portionately from them in return.
Our statistics of commerce carry no
weight with a free trader. We prefer,
however, to accept their figures as a
refutation of the old argument of the
free-trade orators of the past and
present that 'if we do not buy we can
not sell."
The Economist then gives a table
showing the value of the exports of
breadstuffs for the month of Augu-t,
1895. was $9,661,629; 1S96, $14,411,407;
1897, $25,502,532. It proceeds to com
ment as follows:
"The Wilson-Gorman free trade
tariff had been in full force for one
year by August, 189-", and for two years
by August. 1896. During those two
months we exported $9,664,629 and $14,
411.407 worth of American grown
breadstuffs respectively. But last
month, August, 1S97, our exports of
precisely similar products aggregated
$25,502,5:12, beiDg $10,000,000 worth
more than in August, 1S95, and $11,
000.000 worth more than in Auust of
1396."
It fails, however, to comment upon
the fact that there were abundant
crops throughout the world in 1S95
and '06, and that there is a shortage
this year in nearly all tho grain pro
ducing countries that has paused the
price of breadstuffs to double in the
foreign markets. Neither does the
economist take into account that
England, tbe nation to which the bulk
of our breadstuffs go, is this year
forced to come to America for its sup
ply, not being able to fill its garners
from the storehouses of cations offer
ing freer facilities of exchange.
If the passage of the Dingley tariff
is far reaching enough to have caused
the shortage of crops throughout the
world, then protection has been a
lasting benefit to the farmers, and
would refute the argument of the al
leged freo-traders "that we cannot sell
where we do not but ;" though there
are few papers in the country except
the Economist that claims this much
for the new tariff law. However,
should there be a good crop raised
abroad next year, American farmers
will be brought face to face with a con
dition different from the ono that con
fronts them today. England will buy
ber breadstuffs where she can sell pro-
ducts.and instead of coming to America
and offering us one dollar a bushel for I
our wheat, she will go to Argentina and
India, where she can exchange her
products for what she needs to eat, for
the e will be less fine imposed for in
introducing English products. j
Further, if our foreign export trade i
in breadstuffs has been stimulated and
prices increased by tho enactment of a :
high protective policy, how is it that j
on receipt of encouraging crop reports
from Argentina and Russia the price
of Amer can wheat has dropped five
cents within the past week? If we can
lock our ports to thu products of the
rest of the world and still force our
farm products upon consumers abroad,
wheat should still keep up to a dollar,
regardless of conditions of crop9 any
where. If the Dingley law is the
cause of the increased exports during
the month of August, the wheat market !
should keep up now just the same as it
was before advices from Russia and
Argentina were received.
The Economist is a firm advocate of
reciprocity, yet belies that principle
when it insists that there is no neces
sity for us to buy abroad in order that
we may sell. If this is true then re
ciprocity is an utter failure, and the
world will come and buy our products
whether it needs them or not, just be
cause it likes us, TTacts, however, do
not bear tbe statements of the Econo
mist out. Statistics show that, taken
by periods of years, we have exported
most when we bave imported the most.
The world buys of us in proportion to
how we buy of the world. During the
year 1S9U we exported morein quantity
of all products than during any other
year except 1892, and during 1S92 and
1892 we imported more than
any other year in our history. Except
when we produce something that can
not be had elsewhere, wc cannot hope
t find market for our surplus in
countries where we do not buy. It is
a natural result in foreign as well as
domestic trade that people trade with
those who trade with them.
mills on tho Atlantic coast. If the
wool were manufactured here all this
would be saved. The Dalles being the
great wool center of Eastern Oregon
would give the manufacturer a wide
range of staples to stlect from, so that
he would be able to make any class of
cloths demanded. Besides theto is
abundant water power hero, and even
if steam power should be required,
there are few places in the State where
fuel for producing steam is cheaper
than here. Whenever matters adjust
themselves as natural facilities woulJ
dictate, The Dalles will have woolen
mills that will cansume 10.000 pounds
of wool daily and will employ from 300
to 509 operatives. Here is wher.i the
wool of Eastern Oregon should and
some day will he manufactured.
THE k7l1VK11ATTRADE.
Not much wheat is going to The
Dalles this year. Tbe sand this side
of the river makes the pulling of a
heavy load impossible; then, too, there
is the ferriage to pay. . Those that are
not hauling to Columbus ar going to
Lyle. Lylo is as near to Goldendale
as The Dalles. There is no sand or
boulders on this road and pricos are
the same for wheat a9 at The Dalles.
A farmer is very foolish to haul to The
Dalles, unless it is the nearest market.
If farmers will stay away from there,
our neighbors over the river will see
to it that the road through the sand is
made passable. Goldendale Sentinel.
No doubt the condition of the roads
between here and Goldendale cause
much of the wheat raised in Klickitat
county to go to either Columbus or
Lyle, but there is another influence
brought to bear that causes the wh-at
to be hauled to tho -jo places. A pas
sably good road was onca constructed
across the sand from the river to the
foot of tho mountain. This road
was built by donations from Dalies
merchants, and so long as the road was
maintained the greater portion of tto
Klickitat wheat and a considerable
amount of the trade came here. Gol
dendale merchants learned that they
could not compete with Dalles prices,
and to avoid competition set about to
turn tho wheat in another direction.
As a result the county court of Klicki
tat county has been induced to keep a
man working on the road toColuinb"?,
so that it has been kept in perfect re
pair, while the road to Tho Dalles ha-
been neglected, and the bulk of lb
wheat has gone to Columbus instead of
coming here. There is no probability
that Klickitatcouuty court willcbange
it? policy to turn trade this way. so the
only way to get it is for The Dalles to
improve the roads from the river to
tbe foot of the mountain.
speeches and incite riot and overthrow
of government. They will have to be
checked here 'as tbey have beeu iu
Europe.
German newspapers are somewhat
outspoken regarding the possible
trouble between the United Stales and
Spain, and by their expressions indi
cate that tho Gcrmaa government
might take the side of Spain in case of
war between the two couturier. It is
hardly probable the papers voice the
sentiment of the government, for Ger
many is not anxious to tako up tbe
quarrels of other nations. She likely
would co-operate with other powers to
maintain peace, hut she wiil hardly
'.ake up the cause of Spain to the ex
tent of lending her aid.
When tho assassin who attempted
the life of President Diaz was killed
it was thought to have been an out
burst of public condemnation and an
evidence of the esteem in which tho
president is held by the Mexican peo
ple. But it now appears to have been
a plot, on the part of agitators who
seek to overthrow tho government, by
creating riots. The men at the bot
tom of the plot are police in the City
of Mexico, and it is possible will for
feit their lives for inciting a conspiracy
against the government.
The request of a member of the Com
nercial club for a report from the com
mittee appointed to inquire into the
feasibility of a railroad from The
Dalles to the free bridge on Deschutes
is indeed timely. Ia justice to the
city, if it is practicable to build a road
from here loading into tho interior, it
should be known. The building of the
Coldmbia Sbuthern from Biggs to
Wasco will detract a considerable
amount of trade f 'om here, that will
forever be lost unless some better
means for transportation .can be of
fered the people cf Sherman county
and those ia the southern part of
Wasco. Should tho Columbia South
ern be extended 30 miles into tho in
terior, it will command all the trade
south and east of Deschutes river. If
the building of a road to the free
bridge will bring that trade here that
is what is needed. Let the committee
report.
TIMES CHANGE.
OREGON WOOLEN MILLS.
Every woolen mill in tho state of
Oregon is running full time, on orders,
and seyeral'of them are running day
night. The number of woolen mills in
this state is nine, and another one is
under construction at Union, the
county seat of Union county. They
employ about 2000 hands. Oregon af
fords more advantages for the manu
facture of blankets and woolen goods
than any other place. The climate is
an ideal one for producing good wools,
and manufacturers here are able to se
cure the pick of the clip. Water power
is available for operating mills nearly
everywhere, and tho best and purest of
water is to he had for dyeing, so that
manufacturers can guarantee their
colors to stand perfect. With all these
advantages, there is a bright prospect
ahead for the woolen manufacturing
business in Oregon, and, with the best
and cheapest of wools, unlimited water
power, and the purest of water for dye'
ing and cleansing purposes, there i
no reason why it should not become
the greatest woolen manufacturing
state in the Union, and before long
ought to have mills enough in opera
tion to furnish employment for 20,000
people instead of 2000. Oregonian.
Indeed Oregon should manufacture
woolens on an extensive scale. It is
contrary to all business principles for
state that raises 20,000,000 pounds
annually to ship tbe bulk of it across
the continent to have it manufactured
into articles of commerce. The freight
the dirt that is in the wool would
counterbalance all difference in wages
that exist between the Pacific and the
Atlantic coasts. And there is not a
location in the state that is better
adapted for woolen mills than Tbe
Dalles. Every year there are from
7,000,000 to 8,000,000 pounds of wool
brought here for shipment. This wool
ehrinks on an average' about -70 per
cent by scouringj so the wool raiser
pays freight ou 70 pounds of dirt in
order to get 30 pounds of clean wool
' acrcss tho continent to "tbe woolen
I Europe wants our beef and pork this
year as well as our wheat and cotter
; The microbe on American products is
; no longer in evidence.
I California and Colorado are running
a close race in gold production, but
! they will keep an eye on Alaska, the
I favorite dark horse in tho field.
; 1 De tuu aeau norses scattered along
the trail near Skaguay are a lamenla'
ble waste of provisions. A horse steak
wili be a great luxury in Alaska before
j the snow stops flying uext spring.
The deficit in the government's re'
ceipts and disbursements for the first
quarter of the fiscal year will be up
wards of $23,000,000. The Dingley law
should be granted more time in which
to redeem its promises.
It is said that in his cotuiDg message.
President McKinlev will recommend a
substantial increiiRe of tha navy
Probably he agrees with Secretary
Long that a strong navy is a guarantee
of peace and pleasant relations with
the world.
The terror with which the people cf
the South view the yellow fever plague
j wa9 shown a few days ago when a mob
in New Orleans attempted to. burn a
school building that was being con
verted into a hospital for yellow fever
patients. The people ia the neighbor
hood of the building were determined
that the disease should not l.e brougi.l
near them, and were ready to burn tbe
property to prevent it..
Hon. Ike Patterson, of a ilem, can-
uioate lor collector ot customs, i;
placed io an unenviable light by Dr.
Harry Lace, who accuses him ' oi
gross frauu in dealing with the state
when furnishing supplies for the
acylum and penitentiary. Unless Mr,
Patterson can clear up tlieae charges,
his application for appointment should
be withdrawn.
It is reported that Honduras is about
to hand over the administration of its
jgNublio affairs to a syndicate of Amer
ican business meu. Engaging a Yan
kee trust to run a nation is a novelty
in the science of govern m-jnt. Hjn
duras may now prepare to live on high
taxes and short rations, and to forego
the pleasures of an occasional rebellion,
for the American syndicate will per
mit do foolishness that will interfere
with their profits.
The coroner's jury that investigated
this .death of tbe strikers at LattiTier re
turned two verdicts. Four of tin jury
censure tho sheriff and deputies for
firing oa the strikers, and find tbe kill
ing was unnecessary, while two of the
i jurors try to smooth over the sheriffV
crime, ana rendered a sort of white-
' washing verdict. The verdict will
i however, have no effect upon th
courts, and Sheriff Martin anl hi?
j deputies will have to answer to the
J charge of murder.
I a little "anair oi nonor was cis-
posed of at Vienna last Saturday ly
: Count Badeni, Austrian premier. 8nd
I Dr. Wolff, a German national lrfader.
The latter had accused tin premier i i
rascality, and tbey determined to
settle "the dispute with smooth-bore
pistols ut 25 paces. - As- is usual in
European aueung, utile blood was
spilled. The couut caught the doctor's
first bullet in his right hand, and the
touch of cold lead was sufficient to
heal the pangs of his conscience, so
the affair closed.
Congressman Gunn, of Idaho, will
have to confront a serious charge. It
is claimed that after be had "panned"
the clover seed and alkali dust out of
bis bair in Washington, softened the
labor callouses in hU hands u; d
shook himself free from all granger
and populistis odors, he hied to New
York, high rolled with the million
aires of that ungodly city and organ
ized a tremendously wealthy mining
company. The middle of the roadsters
there have called a meeting to over
haul him."
The expulsion of anarchist leaders
from Belgium leaves only two
countries in Europe where the frater
nity of the' red flag is permitted to
how ilaelf in public Great Britain
and Switzerland. The United States,
however, is still a haves where they
may boll public meetings, though this
privilege will probably not long be ex
tended, for - even America with her
freedom of speech cannot allow this
class of agitators to make inoende try
Bha Thought the Case .Required HeroU
Treatment.
They had been married less than n
vear -when she noticed that her husband
stayed oat late at nights and when he
did come home was apt to be noisy and
demonstrative, says the Detroit Free
Tress. On his part William observed
that he could never find a knife to cut
a bite to cat, and that even the familj
shears were out of reach, while his raz
ors at such times were locked up and
the key hidden.
He did not say much, because he was
not in a condition to talk, and when he
was sober he did r ot care to refer to the
past.
But he grew worse instead of better,
and one night he- went home at a laic
hour and found the hall brilliantly
lighted and on the table under the gas
an assortment of all the cutlery in tho
house. Knives, scissors and razors al
luringly open met his unsteady gaze.
"M-M-Mary." he called, "w-w-what
d-does t-this mean ?'
"It means," she answered, from the
top of the staircase, "that ever since
you've been cutting up in this manner
I've been afraid you would do as you
threatened to do kill yourself with
some of those things."
"Y-y-yes, Ma-ry."
Aow I'm beginning to be ioor
afraid that you won't, 6 1 thought I'd
give you every possible chance."
There was a sound of cutlery by
night, mingled with forcible though
unsteady words, and William has re-
roained ai borne every evening up to
date.
THE BED OF BEDS.
Pleararea of the Couch Made of Bough
in Camps In the Woods.
There are beds and beds, but none
is so comfortable, so restful, or so in
t cresting as that which the hunter.
fisherman, or plain camper-out makes
for himiself from the boughs of ever
green trees in the forests of Maine,
Canada, or any of the other great hunt
ing regions along -the northern border.
This bc-d, made of short trimmings
of twigs form the spruce, cedar, hem
lock or balsam, or nil four together.
consists entirelv of the "feathers" of
the trees, the six-inch outshoots from
branches, with tho plume end up, laid
against a prostrate two-inch suppling.
so that the head may bave a pillow,
As the twigs stand nearly erect the
bed is four or five inches deep, and u
blanket spread over it yields and
snrinffs back as ono rolls over it. The
bed, wide in proportion to the number
of persona to use it, and seven feet long,
is as fluffy as a haymow, and gives
forth a scent that sooathes and heals
one's senses and body.
But the bough bed is getting less anq
less used. Hotels and fancy cottage
camoa with spring beds and linen
sheets are slowly superseding the old
style hunter's bed because of the dif
ficulty and bother of getting a new bed
every trip. It will be a long time, how
ever, before balsam bough pillows cease
to be usedn even the most aristocratic
f hunters' lodges.
TRUE TO PRINCIPLE 'mp'wiww'M'm
1 The Best for the Least Money f
Democrats Speak in Plain
Terms in Massachusetts.
A LEGACY OF DEBT
Brooklyn Brings Nothing' But an
Enormous DeBt to Saddle Upon
Greater New York.
Creek fodinns Consent to allotment of
LiHiids An Amorous Miner 81iot to
lieath Indian Mint Not Opened
to Silver.
Worcester, Mass., Sept. 2S. The
Massachusetts democratic state con
vention assembled in this city fi-.hiy to
nominate candidates for the various
state offices, from the governorship
down. A motion "that the democra
tic party of Massachusetts indorses the
platform adopted at the last conven
tion of the party held at Ch io m o, and
will welcome to its ranks all support
ers of that platform, and will huvo no
political fellowship with thoe who do
not support it," was passed unani
mously. The platform, which is a lengthy
document, opens with a reaffirmation
of allegiance to the principles enun
ciated by tho democratic national con
vention at Chicago in 1-SiMS, and ex
presses appreciation of tho cimpaiga
wajjed by Mr. Bryan. It says:
"Whether it is judicious to abandon
half of the money in the world U the
suoreine question. The demonetiza
tion of silver has been a potent and in
creasing factor in the disastrous de
pression of tbe last 20 years. Gold has
appreciated in purchasing power more
than 3 per cent a year, demoralizing
the producing- class with paralysis of
trade through falling price. and caus
ing cruel unemployment of labor and
roiuction of the wage fund.
"The destruction of s'lver money al
ready in process will, if complete!,
hfve doubled the demand for gold, its
price and its purchasing power, whilo
all other prices will h.ive suffered an
enormous decrease, with the burden of
debts doubled, debtors bankrupt and a
"ast share of tho world's wealth trans
ferred from debtors tT creditors by the
malignant appreciation of the standard
of values.
"The democratic party opposes the
attempt to fasten on the country gold
monometalism, and demands the ro
nonetization of silver at the ratio to
gold of 1G to 1. The demand for silver
woild be so enormous and tbe demand
for gold so reduced th.it the two would
me t and remain at a parity, and tbe
paralyzing battle of the standards
cease and the world enter upon a period
of assured prosperity."
AS INSOLVENT CI I I.
Brooklyn Brine a Legacy of Debt to
Greater New York.
NEW York, Sept. 23. The Herald
says:
The examination of the financial de
partments of the various muuicipuiitic
which will be consolidated into Great.-
er New York has developed a shortage
of from f 1.630,000 lo $2,000,000 in
Brooklyn. Unless special legislation,
is obtained at Albany to proveut it,
thid shortarre will he saddled upon the
taxinyers of the trrea'er city.
Under a clause of tins charter crest
ing Greater New. York, the controller
of the present city of New York was
required to examine and pass upon the
accounts of the financial officers of the
city and towns included in the different
boroughs. Two months ago Controller
Fitch appointed a number of expert
accountants to do this work.
The accountants selected to go
through tho books of Brooklyn foun
matters in bad shape. One of tho lirs
tilings encountered was a discrepancy
of $1,500,003 between the hooks of th
eontrolle- and those of the registrar of
accounts of taxes. This was found to
represent tho unpaid taxes of Brooklyn
which had been allowed to accumulate
year after yeir until the amount due
the city is estimated at from $1,500,000
to 82,000,000.
Nothing lius flace in our stock but what we know to be good, and when
you spend a dollar with us you get one hundred cents worth of the best.
Compare These Prices
With what you are now paying ami learn what LOW PRICES really mean
Prints
Standard dark colors
Indigo lilue mid IJlue and Cold
0:1 lied, Ed and White. Red and Black
Fancv Prints, Best Made :
Long" Cloth, Plain or Twilled
Muslins
Aurora C, uuMeachcd CO inch
Lawrence L, unbleached inch
Iron Clad, unble.iched .'(' inch
Cabot W, unbleached .( inch
Cibot A, unbleached 3 inch .
House Lining . . i . .
Bleached Muslins
. 4Jc per yard
. 5 c per yard
. 5 c per yard
. 6j c per yard
.124c per yard
41c per yard
f c per yard
(5 c per yard
G c per yard
fJc per yard
oc per yard
Brie-a-Brae XX, ."0 inch
lintledgo, 3(5 inch
Forrest Mills, 30 inch
Hope, 30 inch
Lonsdale, 30 inch
Fruit of Loom
OUTING FLANNEL, in dark colors. . .
CANTON FLANNEL
SIIIUTIXG
GINGIIAKS
LAI'IES HOSE
LADIES UNDEIIWEAU
, !i c per yard
'. . . . . 61c per yard
7 c per yard
Sc per yard
.) c per yard
5) c per yard
5 c per yard
s:l, 10, I2i and 15c per yard
. . .5, 8, 10 and 11c per yard
5c per yard
5c per pair
50c per suit
1 .... We Are Making It Hot For Hard Times ...
I I
ALL uood marked in.
PLAIN FiUURUS
PEASE & HAYS 1
mmumiiiiiuiiiiuuiuiiiiiiiiUiuuuuummuuuiiUUUiiuuuiuuuuuuiiiUiiuimiiuiiuiK
month in 1896, $44 i,:i5U 70; gain, $T0B,
008.93. Djringr the nino months from Janu
ary to Sapterabir tha receipts ag
grwgital $3,333, 033.'.ii, fir thi same
psriol of 13J3, $323,153.13; gain, $,2"0,
632 43.
Assayer Puekett predict thit tht
mint will MJ3ire $11,0JD,0J3 during the
year.
Tli Lands of tha Crk.
Mcsxogek, I. T., Sept. 23. The
Dawes and Crec-k commissions have
eoncludrtd a treaty whereby the Creek
I-idians airreo to allotment and a
change in the form of their govern
mrtnt. Townsites ara to be laid off
where tons now exis. and resident
can secure title to tbeir town property
by payment of 50 per cent of an as
sessed valuation of their lots, exclusive
of improvements. Allotments of H0
acres each are to be made to every
citizen, and all the re.-idue of Creek
l i'ids is to be held or sold aud th
! money held as a fund to equalize the
various allotments.
ANOTHER CONFLICT
Miners Punished by Strikeis
at Edwardsville, III.
Special Rates to foriuud exposition,
From Sept. 22d, until Oct. 1st, the
O. K. & N. Co. will sell special round
trip tickets, Dalles to Portland, good
until Oct. 3i'., ut tho rate of one fare
for the round trip, camel 53.45. Ad
mission to exposition free.
J. Ireland.
A(jeut.
Eternal Vigilance.
Eternal vigilance is the Drice of libertr."
it is me price ol efcrylinnjf worm having.
J r.f I if., itcir A
man needn't be
: always looking
tor danger.
afraid that
something will
happen to hiin;
but a wise- man
will form a habit
of care about the
important things of
lib.
It isn't half so
much trouble to take
care of yourself as it
i not to. - A man
who follows rc-jrtilar,
healthy habits, feels
good all the time.
Life is worth living
to hi in. But a man
who "don't want to
bother" with taking
cnie of -Jtrmself has
more pain and mis
ery crowded into one
day than a good
healthy, heart v man
who lives right
would ever know of
in a whole vear.
When a man's stomach is out of order
and his digestion don't work; when his liver
gets to be sluggish and won't clear the bile
out of his blood, it is time for him to look
out for himself. He gets no nourishment
out of his food. His blood gets thicker and
thicker with impurities. His nerves get irri
tated. He loses enenrv and fierhtimr'force.
He mar sav. " I ran stand r uriti rt
better to-morrow;" but .the chances are he
will feel worse to-morrow and worse still
next day. He ought to put hintwlf right at
once. He needs Dr. Pierce's Goldpu Mwliral
Discovery. It is made for iust thismmli Hon
It rouses up the digestive and nutritive
organs, ana gives them pow-r to extract
from the food all the nutritions
nd transform them into rich, nourishine
blood. It enables the liver to cleanse out all
bilious impurities and Dour into the ritpni.
tion an abundance of highly vitalized blood,
full of the life-giving red corpuscles which
blllld 1ID healthv flesh, tnilarnlar elr tltrt 1,
and nerve-energy. It dre not make Babbt
fesh. It is the only suitable tonic anil
strength-builder for corpulent people.
IK
r MK
Si.'- V
The Crisis Passed.
New York, Sept. 2'Jv A Herald
special from Washington says:
An official announcement of the. de
parture of the Japanese cruiser Naniwa
from Honolulu for Yokohama, with the
statement that the immigration ques
tion between Japan ana Hawaii is like
ly to be shorJy settled withoularbitra
tion, bas tbrown a peaceful aspect
around American questions in th
Pacific. This chceritij; news has been
communicated to the state department
by Minister Sewall at Honolulu, whose
mail report has just reached the de
partment.
The most important statement by
Mr. Sewall is that the Hawaiian-Japan
ese authorities have estimated that
$10). 000 in gold will settle the claims
of the latter against tho Dole govern
ment, for the rejection of immigrants
who came to tho island lasc spring
Heretofore Japan lias sheltered her
self behind the statement that Hawaii
must admit, first the "principle of
monetary liability," and when this ad
mission has been made, she would be
willing to discuss the amount that
should be paid to salve tbe wound ber
dipnity ha suffered.
Tbe fact that the mikado is now will-
ing to discuss the amount that she
claims is due her instead of the princi
pie means in the opinion of the state
department, officials that, if necessary,
tbe Dole authorities can rid themselves
of a troublesome question before con
gress convenes so that Hawaii may
present herself for admission to the
union free from foreign questions
which might be a stumbling block in
ber way to coalition with tbe United
Slates. Of course, it is optional with
Hawaii to pay this amount, and, as
President Dila has never admitted
Hawaii's liability to pay a monetary
indemnity as a result of the exclusion
of the Japanese immigrants, they may
feel that if tbey pay $100,030 in gold to
Japan such act! a may make them
liable to further payments shou'd in
the future othr immigrants be re
jected. This would be in especially
A HiiuuT-Horje Threw Her.
Sa ftAKAKU .Ctl., Sept. 29. A
novel suit has been brought by n. A.
Clark and Finny Clark, his wife,
against Jamas Hayduo, of Tiburon.
They waut $2,0JJ damages for in
juries sustained by Mrs. Clark while
ridinga hobby-horse at El Campo, a
summer resors. The horse, which wa
on a merry-go-round, owned by tho de
fendant, became unmanageable
through the collapse of'the machinery
The lady was thrown and so badly hurt
that she may be disabled for lifa.
Pliot by Ills luteuilnd Victim.
Victoria, Sept. 28. In the mining
village of Granite Creek, n.it far from
Nicola, oa tie famous old Cariboo
wagon road, Mrs. Thomas II;bbitt, tht
young wife of the leading merchant ol
the place, defended herself a fow day
ago and shot to death James Hamilton,
a mining man. It is alleged that he
forced his attentions upon ber and at
tempted to assault her, when she
seized her husband's rifle aud fired, in
flicting a fatal wound.
The Democratic Klslc.
New Yokk. Sept. 30. The Mail and
Express says leader John C. Sheehan
officially states that the following
ticket will be nominated at the demo
cratic city convention loaigiit: M-tyor
Justice Robert Van wick; controller,
Bird S. Coler, of Brooklyn. It is ex
pected a prominent German will be
uamei for president of the' council.
The liidiwn Miuta.
f.EW York, Sept. 25. The evening
Post's London cablegram today says:
However much tho home govern meat
may and probably does favor reopen
ing the Indian mints, the Indian, ex
ecutive is so strongly against it that
the event ia not probable for ut least
some time to come.
ALL QUIET ON YUKON
Miners at St. Michaels Are Not Dis
couraged and Are not Anxious
to Leave Alaska.
A Five Million Dollar Mining Deal The
Kol tone Hull b tonus llae
Put a Stop to Campaign
Iu Cuba.
First Sealing Vessel In.
VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. 28. The first
of the scaling fleet to return home was
the Casco. She brought 10G4 skins
taken off the Japanese coast and Cop
per islands. She reports that the Cal-
otta witt) 1M skins, and the Director
with 1000 skins, ars close behind her.
New Cases at hew Orleans.
New Oeleaxs, Sept. 23. Xooi.-
Four new cases of yellow fe"er have
been reported this morning at New
Orleans. T. E. Gill, proprietor of the
Biloxl Manufacturing Company, died
this morning at Biioxi.
St. Locis, Mo., Sept. 30. Eirly to
lay the miners in the employ of the
Madison Coal Company at Edwarcs
ville, 111., while going to work were at
tacked by strikers, including '111 or
more women sympathizers. Tbe strik
ers tiirew stones and red pepper and
neat tbeir opponents with clnlw.
"Spotty" McAllison had bis skull
crushed, aud numerous others werocut
ind bruised. -
The miners fought as best they coold
with their tin dinner pails, aud were
finally allowed to go to work. After
the attack the strikers and women
formed in lino and marched through
the streets of Edwardsville shouting
and singing. No arrests were made.
The strikers, more than .'100, with the
women, far outnumbers 1 the workers,
who were guardel by a force of deputy
sheriffs on the vay to tho mluo. I'.
W. .vicCune, a deputy xiieritr, iu the
escorting posjo, was disarmed and
dragged to one side, wber-j a crowd of
irate strikers beat bim until he was al
most unconscious. Tuougu heavily
armel the sheriff's officers took their
drubbing without making any attempt
to use their arms. They wore outnum
bered teu to one, but they ought with
their h'stj.
maffaiks in tu. north.
Oaldseekers at Sr. Michaels by no Means
Dicuura2d.
Port Townsen'd, Sept. 30. Captain
Cliugdr, ot thd lax Hulyoke, wuicti
left st. Michaels September 11, says:
"I judifa thero ure from 3.i0 to 400
men at a:. AIicuaoU wuue wo were i
there. All were cheerful. There j
I
iiyes and much property has been lo9t.
In addition to the misery caused by
the floods, all but the wealthier classes
suffer from the scarcity of food. Beef
costs SI a pound and other meats in
proportion Vegetables and bread
can be obtained in market only once a
week. Milk costs 50 cents a quart.
The Grists at Madrid.
Madrid, Sept. 30. As the result of
interviews, General Azcarraga, tho re
tiring premier, and General Polavieja
have had with the queen regent, her
majesty has become convinced that it
is impossible to reunite the conserva
tive in order to form a strong ministry.
Therefore, she ha9 accepted the resig
nations of the ministers.
The opinion is general that General
Sagasta, the liberal leader, will suc
ceed General Azcarragua. . Many of
the prefects, under-sooretaries and director-generals
of th6 department
have also resigned.
Oregon Pieparlog to Go to Baa.
San Francisco, Sept. 30. The
battleship Oregon is Oiling her bunk
ers with coal, and according to in
structions received by ber commander
a few days ago, will remain in the bay
ready to go to sea on a few hour
notico. It is thought by her officers
that If she is not ordered to proceed to
Honolulu she will be sent to.Pugci
sound.
-TO THE-
EHST
uivks the
Choice of Two Trinndnenlal Routes
GREA .
NOITHlRNRY.-f
VIA
SPOKANE
MINNEAPOLIS
ST. PAUL
AND
CHICAGO
0:
SI.03T
HIE
VIA
SALT LAKE
DENVER
OMAHA
AUD
KANSAS CITY
LOW RATES TO ALL
EASTERN CITIES : :
and not oae a.-tked tor '
. j,i '
mo. x uiu not see auy
were none I ran across who talked of
coming bck,
passage with
miners from Klondike at St. Michaels,
and do not belieyo there were uuy
there, for no steamer had come dou j
lately, though ono was expected any I Por MU oetalu ., on tha Q A ...
day. It was cold and bailing while we at THE DAU.es. or addreas
OCEAN -STEAMERS leave PortlandJ ere 17
live days lor
SHN PfcHNCISCO.
serious matter in case union with tbe
United States wero not accomplished.
THE DENVER BRANCH MINT.
Statement of Gol I Bullion Receipts for the
- Past Nino Month.
Denver, Sep,. 20. Denver's branch
mint gold bulli in receipts have just
been computed by Assayer W. J.
Puckett's force for the last nine
months, and the books for September
were closed. The figures represent
what is estimated to be a little over
one-half the slat ' production of the
yellow metal, be -ause only two out of
seven smelters send their bars to this
institution. The receipts in Seotem
ber aggregated $1,149,3Gj.59; the same
Gold Standard for Peru.
New York, Sspi. 29. A dispatch to
the Herald from Lima says: .
The chamber of deputies is debating
the question of the adoption of the
gold standard iu Peru. Tim proposi
tion is the result of demands of the
commercial interests, and it is believed
the new stand trd will bs adopted.
fteform Amendments Ileaten.
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 20. The
latest revised returns and estimates
this morning Indicated that the anti
gambling amendment to the state con
stitution has been beaten by from 500u
to 10,000. The amendment giving!
womeu the right to vote atschool elec
tions was also defeated.
were there, and snow fell the day
after we left."
The Alaska Commercial Company's
steamer Bertha brought to Unalaska
news from St. Michaels up to the 13th
inst. There were over 100 men on the
Upper Yukon waiting to come down
on the Portland, aud, according to
sailor gossip, tiey had "all kinds of
gold." But the officers of the Graut
say that according to their best infor
mation no vast aoiouit of treasure will
be brought down.
A IIIU MI.NIXli 1KAL ON.
W. H.
HUKLDURT, Oon. Paw. Act.,
Portland, Orest n
The New O. K. N. Tim Card.
Train No. 2 east via. the Union
Pacific and Oregon Short Line, arrives
here at 1:00 a. m., departs at 1:0a.
No. 4, east by Spokane and Great
XMortbern, arrives at 5:55 p. M., departs
6:00.
No. 1, west from U. P. and O. S. L.,
arrives at 3:55 a. m., and departs 4:00.
No. 3, west from Spokane and Great
Northern, arrives at 8:25 a. M. and de
parts at 8:30.
Freight trains Nos, 23 and 24, second
divisions, will carry passengers.' No. 23
arrives at 5 p. M. and No. 24 leaves at
1:45 p. u.
"The teulafor Line"
Fire'ew Cae of Yellow Jack.
New Orleans, Sept. 2"). The num
ber of red aud yellow flags, indicating
yellow fever, about tho city, are in
creasing, bat the disease is not crow
ing any more roalisrnant than it was
ten days ago. Five new cases and two
deaths were reportevlup to noon.
Le Kol About to lie Sold to an English
(Syndicate.
Boise, Idaho, Sept. 3J. Advices re
ceived here tend to confirm th," re
ported details of the sale to tbe Eng
lish syndicate of the famous Rossland
mine, the Lo Koi. Tbe represeuta
lives of tbe company at first pro
nounced tho story fl.-te, b it. it is uow
learned th it tli deal is really on, and
that the am ju.it Involvou is $ i.OOO.O.W.
Colonel I. X. Peyton, of Siuk ine, and
Senator Turner, of Washington, will
leave at one- for E'igl tud, It U said,
to close the deal.
Au examination of the property has
just beea completed by well-known
mining exports, and their report is PASSENGER RATE3
said to bo favorable. It is rumored j Cne way
that a number of smaller mines near ! Houndtrip!!!!!!!!i!ljij 3 qq
ma Lm ivoi will be included In the
The Dalies, Portland and Astoria
Navigation Co.
THROUGH
FitlattoierLiii3
deal.
8roit.w
IN 1VKSTKRN CUBA.
Campaign Operations Suspended Food
hliorwg in Havana.
New Yokk, Sept. 30. A dispatch to
the Elerald from Havana says:
Operations in the four western
provinces of Cuba bave boen abso
lutely suspended during the last few
days on account of a severe st rin that
An lusilvcut Town.
CnATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 29. A""
number of residents and property own
ers mala aoDiicat-ioa in tne coancerv i
court toliy for a racjiver for the town I ept over this end of the island. In
of Lookout Mountain. Tho applicants j the suburbs of Havana nearly 2J
charge insolvency and mismanagement j persons have beea drowned by the
and fraud on tbe part of officials. 1 Hoods, and in country districts many
Freight Rates Reduced
Th steamersor this line will leave
The Dalles at 7:30 a. m.
Shipments for Portland received at
any time, day or night. Shipment for
way landings must be delivered befor
5 p. m. Live stock shipments -Bolio
I ted. Call on or address,
loL' O HLLHJalHY,
General Aent
rHE - DALLES - (H
CON.
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