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About The daily morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1883-1899 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1895)
........... ....... -- ' " kftsa TODAY'S WEATHER. For Washington and Ore- The Astorlan has tho largest LOCAL circulation; the largest GENERAL circulation, and the largest TOTAL circulation' of all papers published la Astoria. eon, flair weather, WPP I EXCLUSIVE TELEGRAPH IC PRESS REPORT. VOL. XUV, NO. 131. ASTORIA,. OREGON, ' THUUSDAY 310KN1NG, JUKE 0. 18J5. FKICE. FIVE CENTS. 1873 1895 Lubricating OILS A Specialty, Brothers, Sell ASTORIA Ship Chandelery, Hardware, Iron & Steel, Coal. Groceries & Provisions, Flour & Mill Feed, Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Loggers Supplies, Fairbank's Scales, Doors & Windows, Agricultural Implements Wagons & Vehicles. NEW GOODS B. F. ALLEN, 365 Commercial Street. New lines for 1895. Japanese Rugs and Matting Bamboo Furniture, etc. (Direct from Japan.) House Lining, Building Paper and Glass. Wall Paper of 1895 now In with a stock Japanese Leathers, Wholesale in Chicago from fo to $18 per roll of 12 yards. ll F. ALLEN'S, 365 Commercial Street. Snap A odak ut any mil') coming out ot our slo e and you'll get a iwlmit of a man brimming or witn pletsant thoughts. 8;:rh quality til- liquors we h ive to oflVr are t nougli to PLEASE ANY MAN. Corrje and Try Them. HUGHES St CO. IS THERE? -0 Is there a man with heart so co'.d, That from his family would withhold The comforts which they all could find In articles of FURNITURE of th right kind. And we would suggest at this season, nice Sideboard, Extension Table, or se of Dining Chairs. We have the larges and finest line ever shown !n the city and at prices that cannot fall to pleas the closest buyers. HEILBORN & SON. ASTORIA IRON WORKS Coni-omly St., foot of Jackson, Aitorl. General Machinists and Boiler Makers Land anil Marine Engines. Boiler work, Steam boat nJ Cannery Work a Specialty. Casting j of All Descriptions Made to Order or Short Notice. John Fox. President and Superintended A. L. Fox. ..Vice Presldeni 0. B. Prael Secretar They Lack Life There are twines sold to fishermen on the Columbia river that stand In the same relationship to Marshall' Twine as a wooden Image- does to thf human being they lack strength life evenness and lasting qualities. Don't fool yourself Into the belief that other twines besides Marshall's will do "Just ae well." They won't. They cannot Parties desiring Floral Designs and Choice Cut Roses and Carnations For Decoration Day, shou Call at Grunlund & Palmberg. Cor. 8th and Exchange sts. Kopp's Beer Hall. Choice Wines. Liquors and Cigar. KENTUCKY WHISKEY Only handed over the ear, The largest glass of N. P. Beer. Half-and-half, ju Fret Lunch. Chas. Wirkkala, Proprietor. Cor. Conromty and Lafayette St. Ti'lOMAS MOKKO, T'n Blacksmith whoso shop Is oppos tte Cutting's cannery, is now prepared to do such odd jobs as making new cannery coolers, repairing old one ini new fishln boat Irons, and re SSft? ozones, and all-other black smithing that requires flrtt-ciaas work manship. Carpenter Sfrop. f Tour mind is on repajrinaj'youp hous this spring; possibly on bulldin new one. Ifs remember we are carpen ?ers" and builders with a shop full of tools" ways willing to do such Job. and want your work. i MILLER & GO STi.ii. A. . Shop oa Hvao Sock) WHAT LOW TARIFF HAS DONE! I. JU. OSGOOD, The One Price Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher. 506 and 508 COMMERCIAL STREET, ASTORIA, OR. That there is YOU WlItLt FIND no other stock in the city so large as ours in the way of Fishing Tackle, ' -r qut Se's Linvn lenms Sets, Bird Oge-, Heather. Pustors ana all other Spring Goods. GRIFFIN SUITS. GIiOTJllMEfl-BOYS'. Our Sping Stock Has Arrived. . They Are Wonders For The Money. Look Through Our Stock. Men.s Suits Worth $10.00 for $6.50. Men's Suits at f 8.00 " ... " rt - - Worth nearly double the Men's Pants $1.00, $1.50, fc.oo, $2.50, $3.00 and I3.50. Large lines to select from. Big lines of Underwear, Hats, Shoes. Oil Clothing. Also full stock of Dry Goods. The Chapest House ' Oregon THREE LOTS. In a desirable locat'on, 2 blocks from IIih School. A BARGAIN. CHOICE LOTS IN HILLS FIUST ADDITION. Ou the new Pipe Line BjulevrJ Just the pliiee fur a cheap homo. A Block IN ALDER tf ROOK. STREET CAR LINE will he extended this summer to williiti 5 minute, alk of this property Will fell at deer led baricmo. VCREAGE. In 6 or 10 acre tracts inside thd city limits also adjoining Flavel. GEORGE HILU. 471 HondSt., Occident Block, - HILL'S REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE. The CASINO. M. ''""'""'sssWBMBrrTrTWFrTS'f If 'Iff 'filAJSV 7th & BOND New Novelties and ,1 Admission Free It has caustd a tumble in all lines of Men's and Boy's Clothing, Furnishing Goods. Hats Caps, Boots, Shoes, Trunks, Valises, etc. And with low rent, lowest insur ance in the city,' less salaries and other incidental expenses, and with no losses in my Cash and One-Price Business, and buying direct from the manufacturers, in good goods I ha 'e no fear of any compe tition on the Coast. A child buys as chnp as the most Kxper enced bnyt r. Our line of fishing rod start in with the common bamtoo poles for few cen s and lun up into the $.$ lor tho!e tha are lot Wtter So you fee we can suit every body & REED. PANTS. 0,75. 10.00 7-50. " " " I2.oo money. Come and see us. Suspelfflers, Socks, Rubber Boots and In The State. Trading Co, 600 Commercial Street. STREETS. Attractions THE WEEK. HILLS COAST VISIT Straws Which Show the Direc tion of the Wind. PREPONDERANCE OF EVIDENCE t I Indicates That He Will Have a Hand in Northern Pacific and 0. B. & N., Despite Denials. That Mr. Hill, president of the Great Northern, is contemplating some great move on the Pacific Coast Is well evi - denced by his recent visits in Portland o - ,, , . , lur spew ttjune, wniun now nas imie com- and Seattle. The following extracts lerclal value except f JP proftS8ional raee from interviews with him reported In track use. while the great city marke'.s the Portland papers, with the dispatch demand the coach horse Hyipe, wluh from Seattle' published in these-columns h!gh kn'e "l"0"- . The. tr,ottlns h,0Ta papers have tried In vain to cry down yesterday, are straws which show the dl-. the Introduction of coachers, Just as rectlon of the wind: they did the draft horse, which they pre- "Mr. Hill believes in steamships. He dlcte(i would 800n Play ou" Njw wa can has made the Great Northern a power not eet ha,t enoufn of t!iaa despised by the aid of ships he has built to ply draft horse8' and the "--oachers have to the waters of the gieat lakes. , Tho flea run the Sluntlet ot 'nrelKn oompatltion, ot vessels owrfed by the Great Northern There are EuroPenn buyers for more too, are models of naval -architecture. horses than w yet rale. ttnd a wonder They have a great carrying capacity, es. ,ful.hme cJty d,emand thnt buys wlth a peclally those that ply between Duiuth Iav-sh hani1 to keep tnem from the for and Buffalo, and make fast time. It has fl buyers that nil all our horse mar always been Mr. Hill's ambition to put k.ets- ' lhe Turf- FleM an(1 Farm- tne a line of ships on the Pacific to connect ' thoroughbred champion, recognizes the with the Western terminus of the road. 'u"-"on as follows: Then, with, water lines feeding both ends In, allf th? Jar? cltle ther 18 a of his great system of railroads, he Rr?wln demand for fine earrings horses, would be in a position to be satisfied, if anlmals possessing high action, fine con such a thing la possible for "J.m" Hill, formation suhity to move away at He said that the Pacific ocean has been a 8mart pafe' At a, 8ale ilL Chicago hist a sort of "boneyard" of old ships. . Arst-cmss carriage pa.rs sold up to "When vessels can't pay their oper- J2'' a"dvMr: John .1'upSo Pald . 'or ating expenses on the Atlantic, they are a hlfih B.pper that could show bet' sent to the Pacific," he said. "All the ter than, a three m nute gait. At the old vessels are sent out here. This is not 8Rm? sJle trotters lacking in requlre- rleht. When I put my line on, if I ment8,i?r. r???' ?oUl J.0T, ever do, I will have ships built especially from ,3o t0m-. When t5, thoughtful for the trade that any port of the world would be oroud of." Mr. Hill was told that a great many people have been predicting his financial downfall, and that a number of railroad men were always intimating that it would not be very long before the Great Nor thern would-be in the hands of a pt celver, like others of the Western lines. Trin ,h r,ont wi .,... t ,,,. h..J rumors concerning my financial condu tion that were not altogether compls mentary to me." replied Mr. Hill, slow, ly. "But the Great-. Norther hsa. no floatlmr debt: and has nald dlvldenda rlnr. Inir h hardeat Hm, vr lenown hv h. railroad world. The Great Northern is in good condition financially, and there is ao danger of a -ecelvershlp." "Do vou think tho eeneral business eon. dltlon of the country is improving?" "Yes! I know it is. There Is a most perceptible change for the better." "Has the free coinage of silver aglta. ... ..u.b ....a ..vu..v.; t "Decidedly. U has mpa red cred is. Z , u m , Y i. Y V -.u Our credits aro not very good now, and, JSZj"T'' FlM and Farm' 8ays if there is ever danger of a frea-colnage market d3man'3 bill being passed by congress, there will be a financial panic. FISHBR FOLKS OF SCOTLAND. "Don't you know, the silver mine own- - ers wlll-mffer as much as anyone else," From the Scottish Review, exclaimed Mr. Hill, "if they get free Ashore he is the laziest of operatives, coinage? All the gold in the country lolling aibout 4he wharves and harboi would be driven out of the market, and corners with his hands invariably deep silver would eventually be worth noth- down in hie "breeks" pocket, his women ing. The Great Northern Railroad sys- folk meanwhile doing nwit of the work tern would be boni-fltteJ more than any and tolling along bent nearly double un indlvldual or corporation in the country dor their heivy creel loads of fish. Well by free coinage. Our line runs through does Jenny, Otfbuck's serving wench, put the great silver belt, and wo would haul it: "As sune as the keel o' the coble most of the ore. Eut free coinage would touches the sawi dell a bit malr will the ruin the country, and I don' want it." flsheirlooos work, but the wives maun Mr. Hill was asked If it were true, as -. kilt their coaits and wade Into the surt had been published, that he was about to tak the fish ashore." Their method ol to assume control of the Northern Pa-1 baiting their lines wltih a multitude ot clflc. hooks Is very neat and pretty to watcn, "The Northern Pacific will be reorgan the whole being arranged so systemat ized," replied the president, slowly, "It . ically. In this branch of shore libor will be reorganized and placed on a sound the men do sometimes take a share, basis. This is about all I know about It." ! Some of the fishing villages along the "Will you have the management ot the road after its reorganization?" "I don' want to talk about, that; I will have nothing to say, further than the Northern Pacific will be reorganized and placed on a sound financial basis," r plied Mr. Hill, not evasively, but point, edly. "When the Northern Pacific Is reorgan ized," he continued, "it will be a great help to all the states between Oregon and Minnesota, along the lirre of the road. Foreign capital can't help looking with suspicion upon investments in a country through which a bankrupt railroad passes. Put the road on a sound finan cial basis ,and there will be renewed confidence in securities all along the line. The Northern Pacific Is a splendid piecs of property, and If properly managed will do wonders for this part of the country." Another Portland paper says that the most plausible rumor as to the object of Mr. Hill's visit to PortUnd Is that It was for the sole purpose of getting con. nectlon by traffic agreement or by the construction of an Independent line with some port nearer the""sea than Seattle. At present the Northern Pacific has con trol of- many of tha seaports of Oregon and Washington. It has Tacoma, on Puget Sound; Ocosta, on Gray's Harbor, and i South -Bend, on Shoalwater Bay. Through Bonner and Hammond, who are said to be its agents, it has gained con trol of the Oregon Pacific railroad, and Yaqulna and Newport, the ports of Ya quina bay, and Is now by the construc tion of a railroad from Gobla to Asto ria, about to get control of Astoria. It is said that Mr. Hilt is jealous of ths Northern Pacific supremacy in the North west, and came here to look over the coast with the object of capturing at least one seaport. Notwithstanding Mr Hill s statements, it is believed that he Intends to obtain control of the O. R. and N. Co. and Us trans-Paclflo line. The preponderance of evidence would show that Mr. Hill will have a controlU Ing voice in the reorganization of ths Northern Pacific, that he contemplates control of the o. R and N., and that he will establish an oriental line of steam ers on magnificent scale from the Col umbia river. The operation of such a line from the port of the Columbia would be a matter of great economy to ths Great Northern, as it would save build ing a tunnel through the Cascades, or the handling of traffic, as at present, over the expensive switchback. Ths comple- tlon of the Astorla-Goble road would fur nish the connecting, link with the best harbor to be found on the Oregon coast or Northwest coast and reduce to the lowest notch the cost of handllntf transpacific-transcontinental business. It ts not likely that Mr. Hill has overlooked these pertinent facts In his figuring, and hip well known connections with Mr. Hammond would lend color to the theory that he has consulted with him upon the construction of the Goble rend. THE HORSES IN DEMAND. Live Stock Journal. ' Coach and carriage, horse size, style and beauty is now the ruling market de mand. We have predicted it would be for years, while we have . been breeding xmilllons of little trotters for speed alone. The depression has developed the change so quickly that many cannot re alize the lost cause of the country crons road's trotter, while those wha read the stock Journals .and farm papirs or the city daily, or who visit the large cltls nnrl llfA rhA tvrtA nf Inrira htlpmiH hnrmi with- the elements of beauty In form ! and action one can better understand th mlF'alkes we have made In breeding "'"" '7 ,'"1' """" ha Probably will see the necessity of breeding for size and style as well as speed." The horse census of New York City shows 9,212 horses. When we consider that about 60,000 of these are work horses, heavy draft, light draft, chunks and ex press horse;, and about 10,000 are drlv- ig and coach horses, as horsis as horses ' "ry, we can readily tell what kind Iow'n,ff ,0"f or. El ytars for tne, av4rae irking life of the horse3 on the street pavements, we find that 10,000 to fc.000 new "rk "OrSeS have to bi bought In ?ew Vork every year. The city trade 18 e?"y W XTlrlns ""f6 ofk tn?se ,.T V""1 ' aim iney pay the big prices for the extra heavy horses The large coachers are also rapidly grow ing in .demand and would take twice as many as we have to sell, which should encourage farmers to breed up as fast nnB!UU . n a.,nnl.r (tin.. klnl. norm and east seaboard of Scotland are singularly quaint and picturesque. Netherlandish almost In their details, worthy studies for a Ruyadael or a Van de Velde. The rows of lltfle split flnh skewered on sticks or triangular lath frames nailed along the- cottage wills are quite distinctive features. Hj alBO are the cottages themselves, with their Vermillion, pan-tiled roofs and outlying stairways, but tlhese are fairt disappear ing and giving place to a modern stylo ot tenement, which makes one miss the old world forms and warm color. Weli were it, however, If primitive dirt ana archaic scavcngerlng couM in many oises make way for more modern sanitary im provements. The fisher folk of both sexos are very commonly of a serious, inscrutable cast of countenance, generated, I suppose, by the precarious nature and cons ent risks of the seafaring occupation. "It's no fish ye're buying," quote the maeiterrul Maggie to trne Monkbarns, "it's men'k lives." The men do, indeed, carry thecr lives in their hands, an'i it were strong if this did not give a certain solemnity and God-fearing set to their characters. The Eyemouth people will speak with bated breath of the terrible catastrophe which overlook them In the great storm or cyclone of some years back and turned well nigh every homestead into a bouse of mourning. The fisherman has a long memory for suoh visitations. THB NICAI6AGUAN CANAL. A writer in the Chicago Times-Herald, In forecasting the work of ths next con gress, says of the Nlcaraguan canal: Heretofore there has been some maneu vering and pranking for one purpose or another. Serious differences over de tails existed between the two houses ol congress, and these sufficed to insurt that nothing In. the end would be ac complished. But everybody sterns to mean business now. There is a general concession thnt the1 big ditch will be dug and everybody ts cheering on the tn. terprlse. Every fellow is reaching out for a spade, but the enterprise is so very Important and means so much to the whole world that great care will be necessary in the drafting of the -required legislation. Men of diplomatic,, at weli as men of business experience, will be looked to for suggestions. MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL. Portland, June 5. Xima Lota.ni and Held Back, recently convicted of con spiracy to ' land Chinese unlawfully, have filed a, motion for a new trial In tha United States district court, j k PANIC IN JEDDAII Turkish Sanitary Measures Not Liked by Pilgrims. THURSTON ON FRE SILVfcR He Supports the Party Declaration -Portland Club Eaces-Bnek Struck tho Blows. Constantinople, June 5. Advices from Arabia, the seaport of Mecca, and the scene of the recent murderous assault on the consular officers of Great Britain, Russia, and France, announce that a panic prevails there. It is feared that the Bedouins wUl attack the town. - Animosity has also been aroused by ths quarantine measures which the Turk ish government has been compelled to take at Mecca at the Instance of the powers, In order to prevent the introduc tion ot cholera into Northern ports by the return of Infected pilgrims from Mecca. In fact, It Is believed that the sanitary measures were the local cause of the attack upon the consuls. The measures referred to were recently ' tak en under severe pressure of the powers and at the lnctance of the Turkish Inter national councils of health for the pur pose of cleansing the' holy places fre quented annually by so many thousands ot pilgrims. . These sanitary Improve ments began In April last at Jeddah and nt other towns of the pilgrim district of Arabia, and they Include the building of hospitals, the frequent disinfection ot pUces resorted to by pilgrims, etc. To this new order of things the latter' have strongly objected, looking upon it as an unwarranted Interference on the part of Europeans in their religious customs, and .t .s feared that the so-called holy men are exciting the pilgrims against the Europeans, believing that their old time privileges and profits will be swept away if the march of sanitation is not stopped. SENATOR THURSTON SPEAKS. Salt Lake, June 6. Senator J, M. Thurs ton in an Interview today on the . silver question, said: "At the time I opposed Bryan for the United States senate; I took the position that the United States could not take care of all the silver In the world, but should take care of the American product under such conditions as would make tha silver dollar as good as a gold dollar anywhere. I believe ths Republican party will make a declaration substantially the same as that of the national platform of 1892. It binds Uhe party to take' care) of the American pro duct and I believe' the obligation- will: be recognized.' The large wing of the-1 Dem ocratic party which fused with the Pop u.lsts wi.l declare for the free and un limited coinage. I feel now that there will be two Democratic conventions, When the convention is held I believe the free sliver wing of the party will be in absolute control, though it may not be able to nominate on account of the two thirds rule. ' "I do not see how the Republicans can go any further than they did in 1892 without declaring for the free and unlim ited coinage of silver. The disposition of the sliver Republicans to bolt, Is only found to any great extent in Colorado, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Nevada. The Republicans of Oregon, California, wasnington ana- tne Dakota will sup port the party declarations," THE LOUISVILLE PLATFORM Louisville, June 8. Tha Republican Stute Convention, convened today. The usual committees'' were appointed, the one on resolutions Including all the Re publican congressmen-elect from - Ken tucky. Congressman Evans offered a strong resolution for ther gold standard. It was referred to the committee on reso lutions. An invitation to appoint dele gates to the free coinage convention at Memphis was tabled. At 3 p. in, the platform was reported, and unanimously adopted. Col. W. O. Bradley was then nominated for gover. nor by acclamation. - i The platform says: "We are opposed to the free and unlimited coinage of silver, believing it will Involve the country. In financial ruin, We believe in sound cur rency and in the use of both gold and slu ver for coinage, providing always that the dollar in one is made precisely as valuable is Hie dollar in the other. We favor a tariff so regulated as to pro. tect the Interests of all classes of citl. sens upon articles that may be suc cessfully manufactured or produced In this country." EXCITEMENT IN LONDON. London, June 8. There is much excite ment in London about the foreign office on the receipt of an official dispatch con firming the dispatches from Constantino ple announcing that the Turks had re fused to agree to the reform in Arme nia, which were demanded by represen tatives of Great Britain, France and Rois. la. The powers, It is asserted here, will now address a stronger note to the Porte, and in addition will back up this by a naval demonstration. The crisis In the East is already regarded , as being grave, and this feeling is intensified by the news from Constantinople today tell. Ing of the panic at Jeddah, the threat ened attack of the Bedouins, and the flight of Europeans, who are seeking safety aboard the vessels In the harbor. It Is freely predicted here that an out break is Inevitable. There Is no question of the powers abating their demands in any form, although there Is a growing belief that Russia is backing Turkey In the latter's refusal to agree to the reforms demanded ly the powers for Ar menia. , ' , ' Highest of all iu Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report IWVJI) (Q -- .w w Mil Jf hk BUCK STRUCK THE BLOWS. San Francisco, June 5. The Evening Post states that the entire detective fores of this city Is convinced that ex-Senator Buck struck the blows which killed Nellie Harrington In her flat last Satur. any, , duck uieu -yvaier uay xrum me ef fects sustained by being thrown from a can wmie Deing ariven 10 me ponce station. The chief of the local detec tives, says: "I don't wajit to talk about this, because I hate to fight dead men." The conclusions of the police are said to be based on the contents of 150 pri vate letters found In Miss Harrington's room .which are said to indicate that the murdered .woman and Buck had even greater intimacy than- appeared on ths surface. . f . ' SPANISH ARE SUSPICIOUS. Havanna, June 8. The authorities have information of- an expedition from Dauphin Island and other plaoes in the bay of- the Mississippi river, which is being fitted out. with s considerable armed force to aid the rebels here. The Spanish legation at Washington has been notified and informed of all the move ments of the expedition end the names ot the ships in use. The authorities have their- eyes upon some suspicious movements about Mobile, Ala. PABTOR GIBSON TO LECTURE. San Francisco, June 5. The Rev. Geo. Gibson, pastor of Emanuel church, an nounced that he is going to deliver lect ures on the murders committed in the church. The title will be "The Crime of a Century," . and his object Is to raise funds to pay the church debt. Gibson is once more using the study in the Eraan. uel church where Minnie Williams was murdered. . REMOVED FROM OFFICE. Washington, June 6. The president to- Aav ramflv.fl fmm Office C. B. Morton. Democrat, of M'aine, auditor in the treas ury for the navy department. The cause of the removal Is said to be due to a let ter of a highly improper character which Morton wrote to parties in his native state reflecting upon the president and Secretary Carlisle. . . ' - ' . SMALL FARMS. rtn. V. a. naiiHi nf fallnrji In atrrimil tural pursuits is the haste to get rich. ; This it is which leads many to seek larger farms than they acn successfully cultivate. It is a fatal m.siaKel ' instead of confining themselves to areas which they can profitably manage, they under take the cultivation of tracts -of lind which -demand the expenditure of labor ami money Deyona meir means. . iseea 1 abb rlnhlA And ira'.lina : mnp. n. ' Hft ... -. aTft. often the fruits ot this foolish' ambition.' Two' men oumi to Purfe-i- sound soma y&r ago-from a manufactory in a. dls- tant city to become farmers. Kach had. a wife. They settled on adjoining claims In a fertile valley. One believed .n "mak ing haste-slowly,' the other was In a nurry to . get . ricn. ,. rne rormer com menced by ' clearing . and planting half an acre, on which' he raised more vege table than he and his w.fe could com sume before another planting season. In the second and each succeeding year he added to the area under cu.t.vauon, until he had live or six acres fenced and planted In fruits and vegetables. He nlred a neighbor to do his plowing, which . he supplemented by a vigorous use of ths RfiRiio In his own hands. Cows.' ooultry and pigs, from a very small beginning, multiplied rapidly around him. He found' a ready sale at good prices for his pro. ducts of every kind. By combining fru gallty whh Industry he soon found him. se.f possessed not-only of surplus pro ducts, but also of surplus cash. In short, . it was not long before he had money to lend, and within ten years ceased to de pend upon his labor for a livelihood. Very different was the course pursued by his friend and neighbor. He did not believe in going slow. After exhausting the limited means with which he started, he Incurred a heavy Indebtedness for costly farming lmpllments, horses. wagons, etc., in a determination to bring the larger part of his l'JO acres under .iilHvaflttn th flrat .oairtn rThtM all ha. soon found, was a fatal error. His crops. when marketed, realized much less than his expenses, Interest on debt Included. U the end of the second year his pecun iary condition was worse. Having com menced wrong, his embarrassments in creased as the years rolled by. In five years he got to the end of his rope; then the sheriff stepped in and sold him out,. ThesQ two -cases, both of which came under the observation of the writer, can ' be multiplied many tlmts; they are but a sample of many like cases in this and i her states. All along the shores of Puget sound, on island and mainland, ire settlers who are living in comfort n n.d onnnmiilB Una" mnnov hv mil ttva t tna two or three acres of land. It Is only when they desire to grow large quanti ties of fruit apples, pears, plums, cher ries, etc., that they require or 'cultivate eight or ten acres. It is not good 'for men to live atone, as many do on large tracts of land. The man who avoid the society of his fellow creatures has already lost a portion of his moral health. The tendency of Isola tion is to degrade and degenerate; It not unfrequently leads to insanity. Hence the less spares ths agricultural popula tion, the more -closely they are brought Into contact with each other, "the less chance is there of its members degenerat ing. Social Intercourse tend to enlight enment, refinement and progress; its avoidance leads to opposite results. Thus everything favors the small farmer and close neighborly relation. There may be some glory in being "mon arch of all you survey." but there la little profit in it. CATERPILLARS. The ravages of the caterpillars In the orchards In vcrlous ports of Whatcom county is assuming alarming proportions. In the vicinity of Ferndale. Lummi and Fort Bellingham, Wash., whole orchards are stripped of their follake and trees ere dying. The Allen orchard at Marietta ha been, It 1 said, completely ruin?d. n Am e---.. i f f- t r '-f-r" mmt ttiit I