Heppner gazette. (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, June 08, 1897, Image 2

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The Pendleton TribaDe is now
the property of W. F. Furnish.
John Jack, who was here some
years ago, is now with Joe Jeffer
son's company.
F. J. Hallock has sold his in
terest m The Sumpter News to
J. Nat. Hudson.
SUCH A GOOD MEMORY.
Says The Dalles Chronicle: "We
have a distinct recollection that
many years ago the editor of the
Oregonian was appointed collector
of customs at Portland through
the efforts of Senator Mitchell."
Singular how distinct the recol
lection of some persons is, as to
imaginary facts, retorts the Ore
gonian. The real fact, however,
is that the editor of the Oregonian
was appointed collector of customs
at Portland, not through the
efforts of Mr. Mitchell, but upon
the recommendation of Senators
Williams and Corbett, two years
before Mr. Mitchell's first election
to the senate. Perhaps, however,
the misrepresentation of The
Dalles paper is not important
enough to be worth correction.
Siuce the memory of the editor
of the Oregonian is so good, the
editor of the Gazette would like
to enquire whether or not he was
removed from that position for
dishonesty indictable offenseB at
that and if it is not a fact that
Senator Mitchell interceded in his
behalf to prevent Scott being
prosecuted and punished by a
term in the penitentiary. The
Gazette desires to keep in touch
with the events of the past and
hopes that it may get some light
on the subject.
The Oregon Scout, of Union,
still continues to get out some ex
cellent illustrated editions.
Times are still picking up in
Eastern Oregon. They will be
better after the passage of the
tariff bill.
Senatou Mantle, of Montana,
made a red hot tariff speech a few
days ago in the interest of the
woolgrower.
Col. W. M. Ridpath, a brother
of the historian, has accepted
place on the state of Washington
board of audit and control.
Niagara Falls proposes to
have a new suspension bridge to
take the place of the old wagon
and foot bridge just below the
falls.
tbat some one will pay Mr. Bryan's ex
penses on a trip to Europe, it ia io order
to aek wbo paid Mr. Scott's expenses on
his recent trip South and East and to
Washington? Did eld Mr. Seeking-After-a-Seatin-the-Senate
do it? There
is as mnob reason to believe Mr. Scott's
expenses were paid by Mr. Corbett as
there is that the "Bimetallio league"
will pay Mr. Bryan's, as the Oregonian
sees fit to allege. There is an old say
ing: ''Those wbo live in glass bonses
should not throw stones." It applies in
this oonneotion. E. O.
'HE "SOUND MONEY"
Literature appearing in
these columns is published under
the direction of the "Sound Cnr
rency Committee of the Reform
Club" of 52 William street, New
York.
UNCLE SAM'S MILK CHECKS.
partisanship and a clear conception of
sound financial principles, nnobscnred
by shortsighted notions el immediate
In commenting upon the aotions of
the legislature, the Weston Leader says
io a recent issue: "To these men Bnd
others of similar stripe we owe the fail
ure of the senate to organize and
"fqntiuder" its money on educational
advancement. To them we owe the ap
pointment of the venerable but unvener
ated Corbett, who owes bis great wealtb
and eucoess in life to sleeping on count
ers and refraining from theatre tickets,
and wbo advises oar young men to
steep their souls in molten gold and bny
their way into the United States senate.
To them we owe the vast boarding of
state fnnds in the treaenry, wbioh will
not be expended on schools and such
like vanities, but used to swell the gen
erous incomes of those wbo are next to
themselves and Oregon's coffers.
"Verily, 'tis a great debt, and there
be some of us wbo will remember to
pay it."
1 be lust uregoniaij s sour-
scented editorials on the tariff
questions, and its general dog-in-the-manger
style, makes one's
spinal column pain very near the
south end of it.
The sentiment of the Trans-Mis
sissippi and International Exposi
tion management at Omaha, that
the mines and mining exhibit
should be one of the main fetitures
of the Exposition has been well
carried out by John J. Humphreys,
of Denver, who designs the build
ing in which the exhibit will ap
pear. He is planning a striking
structure of the Doric order, with
accented center and ends. The
mines building will be the largest
on the grounds, larger, even, than
the machinery buildinc. Mr.
Humphreys has been given a plot
of ground 400 feet long by 150 feet
wide on which to erect the build
ing, and according to his present
ideas this will be the dimensions,
It will be Bixty feet in height from
the ground to the cornices, while
the immense central dome will
tower 250 feet above the giound.
The building which will be finish
ed in stuff, will cost in round
figures $100,000.
The olaim of Hon. W. H. Corbett to a
seat id the TJ. S. senate becomes less
tangible every day, and the old gentle
man bad about as well give up hope
and return to Oregon. The senate com
mittee on privileges and eleotions re-
1 fnuod tha n t Vi u f I a it f n pannrf. " nun Vi i a
oase until all members should be pres
ent, which is virtually saying that a fav
orable report will never be made. T.-M.
W. H. Corbett iu bis senatorial fight,
must feel sort of lonesome with only one
paper in bis state (the Oregouian) boom
ing bis cause. We baveu't notioed a
single line in any other paper putting
n a good w rd for Mr. Corbett, and as
t is generally newspaper notoriety that
makes and eleots senators, Qov. Lord's
appointee bag undoubtedly an up-bill
fight on bis hands. Antelope Herald.
'It is believed by good observers that
in nineteeu oases out of twenty candi
dates tor federal offices injure their
chances for appointment by going to
Washington," says the Oregonian.. No
doubt. Wonder if the same rule applies
to senatorial claimants? Salem States
man.
TnE Fucifio University forty
third annual commencement will
occur at Portland, Or., June 12-10,
1807, inclusive. The Gazette ac
knowledges the receipt of an invi
tation to bo present
I'arnelmtes were pjectod from
the English house of commons
receutly because they protested
against the injustice being done
them. England will take not away
the heavy hand of oppression from
Ireland.
The fouith annual assembly
Willamette Valley Chautauqua
Association will be hold at Glad
stone Park, Oregon City, on July
13-21, 1SU7. The Gazette acknowl
edges the receipt of nu invitation
to attend.
Portland wool dealers say that
enough foreign wools have been
imported this spring under the
Wilson bill to stock this country
for IS months. The April 1st
clause of the Dingey should have
becu retained by the senate.
The Oregonian sayi Senator
Corbett will bo seated wlieu the
administration need his vote.
1 he Uregotnan is the only paper
in the state, that inninta that Mr.
Corlx'tt ot)lit to be seated and it
transforms a lingering lmpo into
a reality.
V. 8. CoMISHloNHt Sl.AKEN held
Charles H..1na pie, bail J?l,tXK,
Gi'orgo Watson, bail f(00, BUd
.1 ul inn K. l'pping, bail H at
Portland taut week, to await the
ne t 1 m of the federal grand jury on
the conspiracy to rb the Portland
jntU)fhoo.
TnE senate has made good prog
ress in considering the tariff bill
by paragraphs, and the rule adopt
ed by the republicons to have the
steering committee agree each
night upon the nature of the para
graphs that are to be voted upon
the next day is working like a
charm. The committee has been
sustained in every vote taken by
the solid republican vote and in
every instance has also been sup.
ported by some populist or demo
cratic votes. The tendency of the
steering committee has been to
raise the duties above what they
were in tho amended bill reporter
to the senate, and it now looks as
though the bill would not differ
very widely from the Pingley bill
as passed by the Iioubo when it
becomes a law.
Rei-rehentative Lewis, James
llamiltou Lewis ho writes it, of
the stato of Washington, the man
who had the temerity to attempt
to help Jerry Simpson get periodi
cally tumbled over by Speaker
Heed, is about as near to being
the "talking machine" he is called
as any man who ever sat in either
branch of congiess. Three hun
dred words a minute is atiout his
gait. The house stenographers
dread to see him start to talk,
writes a friend of tho Oizetto in
Washington.
John J. 1kI1aven has been ap
pointed by McKinley as U. H.
district judgo to fill tho vacancy
caused by the promotion of Judge
Morrow to tho circuit bench.
This is considered as a throw-down
for tho Southeru Pacific
iH'ltlusr' case lias bcou taken
up to tho U, H. supreme court
flt .a
I inn (li ters tno execution seven
months at leant, if the culprit is
ever hanged.
WHAT (it K l-XCIUM.M SAY.
In the event of the resignation of Hon
H.B. Miller, president of the State ag
ricultural oollege at Corvallis, we hope
that if a oolored man is appointed to the
place pains may be taken to find an hon
est and deoeut one, free from connection
with such nasty and disgraceful scaudals
as the holding up of the Oregon legisla
ture last winter. Salem Statesman.
Corbett should come borne. Hie
friends will soon forget he ever existed.
His experience certainly is not very bap
py. Wasoo News.
Credit For Farmers.
We have lately given some account at
tbe operation of agricultural banks in
Europe, which have done very much for
tbe farming class by making it possible
for it to secure loans on such security as
farmers can offer. The farmer is espe
cially in need of credit, for the interval
must always be considerable between
the preparation of the soil and the har
vesting of the crop. He must spend
money a long time before he can get
any back. As to most of his products, he
may be said to be carrying on a busi
ness where the stock is turned over but
once a year. Furthermore, as a crop
matures all over the country at the same
season, and generally within a period of
a few weeks, it is particularly impor
tant to tbe farmer that be should not be
compelled to realize on bis harvests im
mediately. He would break the market
if he were obliged to sell all his crops
as soon as gathered, and yet be must
sell a good deal, for he has been under
expense for months without any income.
While the farmer more than almost
any other producer needs credit, he can
not generally offer commercial security,
and real estate is not a good security for
ordinary banks of discount to take, and
it is unlawful for our national banks to
accept it The result is that the farmer
is usually compelled to sell his produce
at an unpropitious time or to get credit
of merchants and private bankers for
which usurious rates are obtained. In
this country there has been practically
no effort to supply this need for agricul
tural credits, although the brokers and
private bankers and factors who have
made a practice of lending to farmers
have made a great deal of money out of
it, for tbe absence of competition en
ables them to get a high rate for money,
and the farmer pretty generally pays his
debts.
It is singular that in out own country
no effort baa been made to afford agri'
culture in general the capital it needs
for the improving of land and for carry
ing on farm operations during the long
intervals between the annual marketing
of crops. The changed conditions of the
times make it imperative that farming
must be conducted upon more scientific
principles so as to get out of the land
more than it has heretofore produced,
and that necessity leaves no alternative
but either to afford the farmer enlarged
credit facilities or to leave the present
landholders to be frozen out by insolv
ency, with the result of transferring this
industry to a class possessing ampler
means and able to cultivate larger farms
unon improved methods. Journal of
Cgmmerce and Commercial Bulletin-
Gold Standard Barometer.
(Showing dutB where nearly all Important
civilized nations adopted tbe gold standard.)
A Story of s Dairy. Lead Mine, tead
Coins and at Some Queer People Who 1 hugjnegg expediency,
Wanted wc Reduced. . He vetoed the bill because in theory
There was once a dairyman who did jt wooij produce inflation." "The tbeo-
a large and prosperous ousiness. xio ry," he declared, 'in my Deiiei is a ue
was known and ' respected by a large riarture from the true principles of
community, and nearly all tbe people finaDCe, national interest, national obli-
who knew him did business with him. cations to creditors, congressional prom-
I do not know what his real name was, jsei patty pledges on tbe part of both
but they called him Uncle San. At the rjolitical parties and of personal. views
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early day wnen rnese inings nappeueu promises made ty me in every an
Japan . .
Russia
Chile
Kanto Domingo.
Honduras
Now that the tariff debate is launched
in oongress, Mr. Corbett just as well
come borne. Wasco News.'
It is bluted that Mr. Corbett has not
given op tho idea tbat be will, eventual
ly, be seated in the United State senate.
Like Ih other Corbett be does not know
when he is kuocked out. Brownsville
Times.
Click Mitchell, a negro brut
who criminally assaulted Mrs.
Eliza (iaurnrr at I'tbtna, U,
pleaded guilty jesterdsy and was
sentenced to twenty years, the
limit A largo tuob attempted to
lynch him, and the militia fired
into tha crowd, killing tao white
turn ami wounding seven. Later
cm tha negro lynched. (Ireat
eiriUiuuut ou4 LllUT fediug pre-Viil
Tbe Oregonian states tbat its editor
was not appointed through the reooin
mendatlon nor efforts of Henslor Mitch
ell; but that be received bis appoint
ment through tbe reoummendation of
Senators Williams and Corbett. In tbe
vast array of tbe Oregonian editor's
shortcomings, it is possible aud probable
that we were mistaken. One finite be
ing oaunot well be expected to keep
track of all of them, hence we oonolude
the Orrgonian is right aud we are
wrong with regard to bit appointment,
The "fleshy inoubns" letters and other
interesting matters occurring about tbat
time, probably misled us. We wish to
add that our heretofore good opiuioo
of Senator Mitchell bat been enhanced
by the Oregotnso correction, ana an
additional reason bas been advanced
why Corbett tboulJ not be seated. Tbe
lallet Cbroaiole.
Mr. Corbett is indigoaol. lie says
that Senator Mitchell ie opposing bis
being reriguiiid by the U. H. senate. I
is really lamentable. And to think tbat
rtenator Mitchell would so set after the
deep iutereet Corbett took in till can
didacy last winter!-Corvallis Omtte,
Corbett baa discovered that Senator
Mitchell it Mtftfer man among big
men than Corbottl and all his satellites.
Cor rail is Osteite.
Mr. Holt, or Mr. Carle, In their IVri
land Oretfoiiiau, tueullont the fact that
William J. Itryan le Contemplating a
trip arouiij the world and adds: "Nu
Amwieae oiliia eao be belter spared
but wbo will pay bis sinenses?'' This
le eooUuintible. Mr. llryaa will fay
bit own expanse. Mr. Sootl,
or Mr. Carle, knows this, bat one
or tbe other of them is dish oaest eooneh
Io give the opposite Impression treatise
Hi) au's Views o Its runoff qitiuaj are
contrary to the 0'r-oaiau's, Now,'
jtii.ee Mr, tVutl vt Mr. Carls lutnoslrij
Tbe tariff bill will be patted aud be
onus a law about July 1st, no less peo
ple hu ought to know are mistaken,
(tut there are many things that should
not t passed. It ia oo right or boat
neaa like to passgx)'! bargains which yna
will always fled at It U Wills' place
Mail orders solicited. Pou'l forget ibe
place, Blackmail's old store, tf
Hew le rare all eala Dlarae."
Himply apply "Heajos's Ointment
No Internal medicine required. Cures
tfller, eeieina, Itch, all eruptions on tbe
face, bands, aoee. Is., leavla Ike ski
elear, white aoJ healthy, tie great bead
log eoJ curative powere are poeeeeeed
by do other remedy. Ask your drag
gtsl tor Hwayne'a Ointment.
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Austria-Hungary 180-
Boumania ." 1890
Egypt 1886
Finland ' 1877
Holland 1877
Hwltzerland 1876
BelKlum 176
(irui'CB 1876
Bpaln 1H7I1
France 1HT6
Italy 11)76
Norway , 1878
Hwudvn lK7a
Di'iimurk 187U
Unltvd btates (adopU) .... 1871)
Germany..,. , 1871
PortiiRal 1RM
Unitiil Utatoa (accepts) ... 18611
Australia 18S1
Braiil 1840
Canada 1841
United Btates (practically) 18S4
Great Britain (absolutely!. 1816
Oreat Hritaln(protlrllyil7liM-li
u.iiriiaiBleiiwriuuintally) 1774
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A Movement For Currency Reform.
The Mussachnsctta Iti.form clnb of
tiostou has commenced a systematic
movement for practical curreuoy reform.
It bas recently passed formal resolutions
deniuuding that congress shall adopt
some sure plan "whereby our legal ten
der pnper and silver and our silver cer
tificates shall be slowly withdrawn, and
gold, gold certificates and bank notes
shall gradually take tboir places. " Tbey
further advocate "such legislation at
will encourage the establishment and
successful operation of small bsukt with
local cupital and knowledge of credits."
These resolutions aro being ennt
throughout the country, accompiuiied by
statement setting forth the views of
the club and requesting every friend
of currency reform to sign the resolu
tions and tend them to congress.
This movement is exactly iu liuo with
the action of the Indianapolis confer
ence, which was to impress cougreat
with the fact that there is an over
whelming publio sentiment in fuv( of
currency reform. Chicago Times-Herald.
Void and ailver Nuggets.
First. There is not a free coinage
country iu the world today that it not
on a silver (or paper) Wis.
rvond. There Is not gold stnndard
country that docs not use silver as
tnouey along w ith gold
Third. Thfre is not a silver standard
country that nrs gold along with silver.
Fourth. There It not a silver stand-
am country mat oat more timu one
third as much money in circulation per
capita at tbe United States.
Fifth. There Is not a silver ttandard
country in which the laboring man re
ceive fair pay fur hi day's labor,
Hlith. There Is not a ailver st.uidard
country in which interest rate are not
higher than In gold countries,
Seventh. Nearly all civilised coun
tries hare turned from a silver to a gold
standard daring tbe past century. Nona
ha tomed from gold " ailver.
Aa t'asafe Carre SM-y Haste.
Something should be don to place
tbe currency of to country cn a ool
fi rm basis. The constant reissue of lb
freeubsji ks as often M received I t the
Irrssury department It u ant nily In
floaaoe. Vksjfcun (Aits. )
there was very little money, and people
used bar lead, bullets and tobacco for
change. Finally Uncle Sam, who was a
rather nnnsnal character, read a pas
sage in one or Aristotle s worits in re
gard to the invention of money, that "it
was afterward determined in value by
men putting a stamp on it in order
tbat it may save them tbe trouble of
weighing it."
So Uncle Sam built a stamping ma
chine which would stamp out an Eng
lish penny's worth of lead and was worth
a pint of milk, as be was then sell
ing milk. These checks proved to be
quite convenient People fonnd them
all lull weight, and Uncle Sam's work
men and servants took their pay in
them. People also sold him their cows
for them, and Uncle Sam sold milk for
them. Sometimes the people used the
lead coins for bullets and for weights,
but Uncle Sam didn't care very much.
Although it did cost him something to
coin them, be had passed them at their
lead value. In fact, Uncle Sam would
exchange coins for bar lead at any time,
weight for weight, as a matter of pub
lio convenience. Some other people
made coins in a mold occasionally, but
people generally weighed them in order
to find whether they were as heavy as
Uncle Sam's coins. Uncle Sam said he
didn't care how many coins they made,
and he would take them himself if they
were full weight
A lead mine was discovered not very
far from Uncle Sam's, and lead went
down in price to about, half what it had
been. A great many people wbo had
some oi Uncle Ham's lead began to
wonder what he was going to do about
the matter. The checks were worth on
ly a halfpenny now. They discovered
that Uncle Sam was still receiving
them for a penny's worth of milk and
that he was continuing to pay them out
to his workmen just as before.
His business was enlarging, and he
was stamping out these checks in larger
numbers than ever. People sold him
hay and cows for them at the same rate,
for be had said that be intended to
maintain the parity of his checks and
the penny. People didn't use his checks
for bullets now, for bar lead cost only
half as much. And Uncle Sam request
ed his friends not to make any of these
checks out of bar lead, for he didn't
like to accept halfpenny checks for a
penny unless he bad passed them off on
the publio for a penny's worth of labor.
The next thing of note that happened
to Uncle Sam was this: The people who
owned tbe lead mine heard about his
scheme, and they got np a convention
in order to see if something conldn't be
done. for lead. They wanted to get the
good old prices. Tbey proposed that
Uncle Sam should coin the whole out
put of their mine free and let them cart
away the checks, since they owned the
lead. Tbey tried to make Uncle Sam be
lieve that this would double the price
of lead and he could go right on doing
business as if nothing had happened.
There was also some talk to the effect
that people couldn't pay their debts un
less they could get some cheap money
to pay with.
'Ibe working people were getting a
penny a day, and many oi them
thought these lead pennies they were
getting were too good and would buy
too much at tbe stores. They joined
the free coinage movement in order to
get a cheap penny which wonld bur on'
ly half as much as the present penny,
with a view of restoring lead to its old
price, so people could pay their debts in
cheap money. They said they would
trust to luck to get their wages doubled.
Some of the wiser one shook their
beads and said Uncle Sam certainly
couldn't carry the whole lead output at
twice its market value. Tbey were
confident that if he shonld attempt to
do so the lead coins would toon pass at
their junk value. This would upset
credits and business and ruin the whole
community
When I finish the translation of this
story and learn how tbe tangle was set
tied, I will write again. Francis EL
Niphcr in St Louis O lobe-Democrat
nual message sent to congress and in
each inaugural address."
So far from being a "settlement'
the bill invited agitation. bhouia
it fail to create tbe abundanoe of
circulation expected of it, the friends
of the measure, particularly those out
of congress, would clamor for such
inflation as would give the expect
ed relief." And he defined his general
principle in these pregnant words, "I
am not a believer in any artificial meth
od of making paper money equal to
coin when the coin is not owned or
held ready to redeem the promises to
pay, for paper money is nothing more
than promise to pay and is valuable ex
actly in proportion to the amount of
coin tbat it can' be converted into."
The monetary battles of this country
are not yet all fought Grant's words
and acts should inspire those engaged in
the present struggle.
Our Monetary Disease.
To safely and permanently maintain
tbe gold standard requires the remod
eling of our finances. The disease is the
character of the money in tbe treasury
and in the pockets of the people. It is
in a banking system which congests cur
rency in commercial centers while cre
ating a dearth in country districts,
which issues a currency which cannot
expand when it ought and can when
there is no necessity. It is in compel
ling the maintenance of 1100,000,000
gold reserve to float a vast volume of
paper money by the government, which
cannot regulate its issues to meet the
needs of commerce.
The disease cannot be cured by any
makeshift. Senator Donelson Caffery.
CLIMATE AND CHARACTER.
National Traits Often Molded by tha Na
ture of the Weather.
The civil war is said to have been
caused by a difference in climate, and
the question is now being discussed
whether a hot or cold climate has the
greatest effect on national character.
It has been widely believed that a se
vere climate produces the greatest ef
fect, because it compels effort and self
denial, and thus promotes energy and
inventiveness, says the New York Jour
r.al.
It would also seem that the influence
of climate upon the national character
has been greatly exaggerated. As
syria, Babylonia, Egypt and Carthage,
situated in hot latitudes, were among
the most masterful nations of antiq
uity. Mohammed and his conquering
legions issued from the burning wilder
ness of Arabia, and at a later period his
successors were able to beat back the
repeated attacks of the combined cru
sading nations from the north.
The greatness of a nation depends
mainly upon intellectual and moral
qualities, and' these have often been
conspicuously developed among the in
habitants of hot climates, it is im
portant, too, to remember that the
same, nation, occupying the same re
gion, may be great and powerful in one
age and weak and contemptible in an
other. The difference between the an
cient Greeks, Romans and Saracens, on
the one hand, and their modern de
scendants on the other, cannot havo
been due to climate.
bFrcCTivE MATorieflAKING.
Silverites Should Drop Jefferson.
It is in vain to invoke the authority
of Jefferson for the coinage of 60 cent
dollars or any other debasement of the
currency. Our ' neo - Democratic"
friends, if they wish to vindicate their
claim to the title of ' 'old line Dem
ocrats," who have Jefferson for their
father, will have to abandon their idea
of free coinage at the ratio of 16 to 1
or any other arbitrary rate, but if they
will have a double standard make it 83
to 1, in order to be honest in the pay
ment of debts and to conform to the ac
tual ratio in tbe value of the two met
als in the markets of the world, it be
ing, as Jefferson says, "a mercantile
problem altogether." Baltimore Sun.
The Wage Earner's Interest.
Appreciation of the dollar in which
wages are paid and consequent lower
prices are constantly and certainly to
the advantage of the wage earner. De
preciation of the dollar and consequent
higher prices are always and certainly
to his damage.
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ELY'S CREAM BALM Is positive cure.
Apply Into the nostrils. It Is quickly absorbed. BO
cents at Drutrglsui or by mail : samples 10c by mall.
KLY BUOTUKHS, M Warreo bu. hew York Utjr.
Simple ami Direct Method Employed by
the Nea Fercee Indians.
An old custom was revived by the
Nez Perces Indians and their visitors
during the celebration on the last
Fourth of July, says the Morning Ore
gonian. The natives of the local tribe
are very wealthy people, and there are
designing mothers among the aborig
ines as well ns in the different classes
of civilized society. The young bucks
of the Nez Perces tribe pre regarded
somewhat like the scions of royalty in
matrimonial circles. The maidens from
all visiting tribes were brought to Lap
wai to find husbands. The customs of
the tribes, which were revived for the
occasion, were more effective than the
Boston man's way.
The marriageable maidens were by
common accord quartered in a selected
spot in the valley of the Lnpw ui. At an
appointed hour the young men who
wanted wives to share their annuities,
their homesteads and the affections of
their hearts appeared in procession on
the hallowed camp ground. The hour
was midnight, and the scene was In a
grove of trees made fragrant b the
wild flowers, and every heart danced to
the music of the rippling waters. The
young men marched forth, and none
but candidates for matrimony joined
the march. They were dressed in their
lirifi-htest colors, and each earned n
white willow cane. As they nnprcnohed
the tents they chanted nn Indian eliorrs
that was ts doleful ai the Forg of t!i"
owl, and kept time by beal in?r upon tho
tents with their canes. The drumming
v.-ns deafening to thedir.fart ppcctatai
and must have been dist'-neting to tha
vttiiting maidens in trie tents. At Inst
the singing and the drumming hod thu
desired effect
The maidens came forth, nfter a delay
just long enough to satisfy thnt uni
versal paRfion of the mind of a wom
en to drive a lover reid with doubt.
There were more men thnn maidens.
The former kept up the march and the
music without. The maidens counter
marched on the line of tho same circle,
each selecting a husband from the line.
The chosen ones hastened to follow
their brides awey Into the darkness.
The unfortunate suitors were left to despair.
THIS:
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FOR
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FOlt
Fathers and Mothers,
FOR
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FOR
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recognizes the fact that the American people are now anxiotu to give
their time to home aod buBinesa interets. To meet this condition
politica will have far less apace and prominence, until another 8tat rr
I National occaaion demands a renewal of the ficht for the, r,rinc,V1 -
which THE TRIBUNE has labored from ita inceotion tn b Vrnt
day, and won its greatest victories.
Every possible effort will be pat forth, and money freelv srjent
to make THE WEEKLY TRIBUNE pre-eminently a
Nit Irvm I EZ- ! f . . M
muhvmiui i tunny newspaper,
A certain mun bad the good fortune
to possess a goose that laid him a gold
en egg every day. Hut, disappointed
with the lucerne and thinking to seise
the whole treuenre at ouce, be killed
the go., .nd cutting her open found interesting, instructive, entertaining and indispensable to each member
her just what any other goose would I r uicuiur r
tie I
Much wants more aud lorn? slL
Sliver Maadar4 I'rawbxk.
M. Lcrry-Dcaulien, tbe French econ
omist, writing to tbe Journal des De-
huts, says he considers Japan's adoption
of the gold standard to be a complete
refutatinu of the bimetallic throry that
depreciated monetary standard Rivet
a onuntry an advantage In international
trade.
Om t G rut's Ttrtortse.
One cf General Grant's ireateet vie-
twice was nt won In war, bat in times
of profound !- On April J8. 1874
hti vetoed an inflation bill which bad
P J both hooare of congr, by de
cided majeritKs, and back cf which
were many eminent Republican poli
ticians wbo Imagined tbat tbey taw
rare defeat ahead for their parly unless
tbey made ronceMiont to tboaw clamor.
Id( for "more money. " The pressor
for the bill as not ail political lisey
timid tosinrsa rum nrginl the irn.l ul
In ik tin" Kill In crd.-r ti "sirp sgita
II "li." In tb! trying itontton lreed-nt
Oram h',vLf 'i.!i'XliJl,tiir
We lurnlsh "The Gazette" and "N. y. Weekiu
i limine uiic year lur ao.UU.
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