Feed your horse and cow woll-nml buy the feed at the Star Grocery
(Che (!5ntcvyvioe.
Enurprise Publishing Co., Publisher
i. T. "OUU. Editor.
I. U, MolUN, IliwInoM Munnirot
rCUtlmlKU TUl'UHDAY At INUKfltSOKNC
Ot'riCK- KAST kIDK MAIN KTUKET.
tttilyrwlal llm jMMinflW m JiiJ('.i.iii'., Or,
vt'Hricuii'rio.N:
$l.fiO TRK VK.M!
" TIlL'ItsDAV, KEN. 21, 1W'.
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WORDS OV W1SD03L
Wnn Thoma II. IIukWVi the cuiL
ent Eniflish physicist unil tliiukor, wan
viailUitf this wuntry in 1STG bo de
livered an nllro-ii before the John
Hopkins university in wbieli lie ej.ke
lis follow, in regard to the grout tooul
and politic! problem which eonfronte.1
th Auiwienn jhhijiIo and which they
piuit solve eithw for cood or for ill:
"Yon ro making a novel experiment
In politic on the greiitest si:ib which
ht world hm yet wn," said Mr.
JIuxley. "Forty millions at ;our tirxl
' centenary, it 5 ivnsonubio to be
Iwrtnl flint, lit theaeeond. tlie: Rt'ltO
i'-
.... . i i - . ... - i i i ... :t
Will ueocciipuM uy mo nunum iui-
)ions of English speaking ;eo;le, fmrend
over bq area us buys as that of Kurt;1,
and with climates ami interests s
diyjwse an those of, SjHiiiv r.r.d Soaiidi
. . i , i
flavin, rngia.'id ami i.usia. iou r.iiu
your descendants hava to ascertain
whether tliisjrreat moss will hold to
getlier under the forms of ft republic,
and tht) despotic reality of universal
' iiffrii;j whetlicr state rights wilt hald
out against centralization, without
' eeparatioo whether centralization will
get the better, without netual or diS'
uni.-ed monarchy; whether shifting or-
rnption ' is better than a permanent
bnreaucracy ; and as population thick-
ttiit In your great cities and the press'
nre of want is felt, the gaunt spectre
pf paoperi.sin will staik anion,' you, and
oommavism and socialism will claim to
tie heard. Truly America lias a great
future before her; great in toil, in care
ana in respoiisiuuuy ; great in imp
glory if she be guided in wisdom and
righteousness ; great in Miaine H she
fail, t cannot understand hy other
nations should envy you, or be blind to
' )he fact that it is for the highest in
terest or mantumi mat you snoum sue
. peed ; but the one condition of success,
your sole safeguard, is the moral worth
. una loieueciuai clearness oi me mui-
yiduai citizen." These words of the
jgreat Englishman sounded like the
warnings of a pessimistic prouhet
twenty years ago, but oetore we nave
fairly started on the road to our second
, centenary we find many of the evils
which he said would come up to em
barrass our Bocial and political iostitu
, tipnj right here upon us now. But in
" gpite of the fact that universal suffrage
Js in a certain sense tyranical and is per
haps a prolific cause of "shifting corrup
tion," we believe that "government by
the people, of the people, for the peo
ple" is the best, noblest and highest
jform pf government yet instituted
among men. The American jieople
"will yet solve the problem of free
jsovernniept to their own honor and
aggrandisement and the uplifting of all
Other peoples mid nations of the earth.
JTIiere is food for thought in Profussor
Huxley's warning.
tionof liv',tlieprrident should con
vene congress In extraordinary vx-'Um
immediately after th 4th of Match
next. It i hnply an act of pnmVmv
and liimmuity to call In mvond ilij si
clan wln the family practitioner ha"
not the skill to diagnose the lutlent's
diwaw.or tho courag to upply the
remedy,
I. i"i
A bill w.u d-tV itiKl in t i' honio yes.
u-inay tluit ought to Ui- Miie a law. It
aim to amend tht law of criminal lilvl
m that Wiort) an uutitin iM lie
against a newspaper for a li Vimx pub
lication, the party i-Uimtug injury
Urel- must notit'v the ptiblUUor,
pointing out the portion datmi-l to U
liU-lous, and if the publisher shall print
ltd pnlUli a retraction of thi cliarges
it shall be a bar to ptsteijtbu therefor.
This gives the newspapers a fair chaiuv,
An editor may, upon inforuiation he
consider trustworthy, publish an un
true report or statDiuent relative to a
citixen' chumetor and he certainly
ought to lie giveu an opjxirtnnity to re-tr.u-t
it In a manner as publlu a was i.s
iniiinli.'!iiion. before prosecution. In
, c- . -
all seiiH) of fairness the yoUiouht to Iv
rixuisidcroil nl the bill juved.
Paily Statesman, February H.
Ths above o duion does not appear
editorially, but occurs in the States
man's reportorial column of legislative
doings. In our opinion tlw legislature
acteil wisely in setting dovn uihjii this
paitieular bill. Such a law, if enacted,
would give unbridled license to mali
cious defamation of character. Xo per
son would bo exempt from libel, so far
as legal restraint is concerned, nndjr
such a statute, Of course no seif-ro-speeting
publisher or clitor would ;take
advautiigo of "a scape-gout" law,
but unfortunately the newsnapjr
profession has its ghouls and vampires
the same as other professions, and this
class would take a mean advantage to
vent their veuoin uiwii real or snpiwstitl
tious enemies, restrained possibly to
some extent through fear of personal
accountability, Civilized society has
uouse for a law that might bo the
means of forcing an honest man to use
the shotgun in vindication of the out
raged honor of himself or family. It Is
impossible to make a rotnwtion of libel
"as public as wa its promulgation,"
for "a lie will travel around the world"
to quote a traism from blunt old Ban
Johnson, "while truth is putting on
her boots."
.it,. M
5H0E SALE
At inuqu'iuu'iiri'.
Ivy Poisoning:
Elcht Years of Suffering
Perfect Cur by Hood'a trpnrllla
T 1 1loul A Co.. towoll. Mau.t
IH-ar Sir: - W tui trlsU UiWJ 8.vpa- :
rllUand nn.t It to b all you c)tm tt IW Uj :
U was wlioa Ij l y iU"i )ou l,:na, ,
and for clslit jcar was troublea ry '
Hood's'Curcs !
luith8br.akli'.X out "J WrrlMo Itchlncand ,
burnla;. 1 thouiM tiers wg M lvt eass a ,
anyone rb.t. rUm . til t!ili llstrlM
comilUou crry jfr until h to M
JIooU'sBraiarllUw!ilc!i na cwu-
foct cur, wluiout luavlat e: y soar, ami
oasbAJ
No Sign f the Poison Since,
goals well 8t b..irty. I UaT token Hood1.
8rwiparli: rtP ,U "lH"' n'M- ua
baro also g!vu It to our tour ehll.lren. Ws rs
all picture ut prfct hcr.llii aJ owe It to
ItooJf SarevparUU." J. C. FnsmAX.iia-
d.,lUU:in..l. Ui i,lKd'.Pr,l
rill Jo not U tuiluccJ to buy ay ollwr Imuaj.
I wish to close out
mv entire stock of Boots
and Shoes. 'minuKzvw
Any pair of goods In my stock
at first cost and frelq ht.
Goods are all new and bought
at lowest "rices. Now is
the time to buy.
Kood'S PHIS ro bnd BiaUe, aU io.-.'oot
lu proporlloa aJ appuiuaoe. SJo. per Uu-
It is indeed unfortunate for the peo
ple of this country that the jfoyerument
is forced to iesue bonds to replenish the
gold reserve. Not since the resumption
of specie payment has the United States
been in so" desperate a strait for
juoney of final redemption. The
financial condition of the treaaurv is
not only strained, it is critical. The
great banks of the country are hoard
ing gold and forcing bond issues for the
deliberate purpose of driving gold to a
premium. ' There can be no other satis
factory reason assigned for the unpre
cedented hoarding of gold nov going on.
' o sane person believes that the pre
sent bond purchase of $03,000,000 in
gold will afford the treasury only tem
porary relief. There will be another
gale of bonds within four months, unless
hereisan unexpected and improbable
increase in the revenues of the govern
ment. The "endless chain" process of
drawing gold out of the treasury will
continue with increased acceleration,
and the present congress appears to be
impotent as a newborn babe to give the
government any financial relief. It is a
sad commentary uon the statesman
ship of the democratic party that it ha
signaliy failed to develop a leader with
the ability to crystalize its disorganised 1
Tub people are anxiously asking
questions why the banks continue to
hoard gold. Tho J'uw York World, u
straight out gold standard organ, re
cen tly put the quoHtion of gold hoard
ing directly to the New York banks,
aud the following is its comment upon
their replies: "The World has asked
the banks why they aro hoarding $S1,-
000,000 of gold for which they have
absolutely no use whatever. Their re
plies are evaf-ive, shifty, insincere.
They have no obligation payable in
gold. Their notes are redeemable not
by themselves but by the government,
and not in gold but in greenbacks. The
checks drawn by their depositors nre
payable in paper alone, and in fact are
paid in nothing else. There is no pos
sible reason for them to hoard gold ex
cept that they expect a premium upon
it or that they wish to forco the govern
ment to borrow money which it does
not need. Their talk about country
banks occasionally demanding gold re
mittances .is folderol. They can go tt
the sub-treasury upon every such oc-
! rasion and exchange greenbacks for
gold in any quantity they please. The
banks stiil owe to the public an answer
to The World's questions."
T:is pre.-ent legislature has in-en dis
appointing in many particulars. 'l
ineiuUirs were elected upon a platform
that sounded the bUt-in of reform mi l
retrenchment in stato and municipal
government. If these men were sin
cere and honest when appealing to the
suffrage uf the people, and we do nut
question their good intentions, ti'
fierce senatorial brawl into which thev
have been precipitated has caused t'len.
to lose sight of the reai issues upon which
they were elected. Only a f.w ii-eni!
laws have been enacted mi 1 hardly a
single obnoxious law repealed. There
now remains only three more days of
legislation, including ti.;y, and it is
quite probable that us much harm us
good will be accomplished iu the mean
time.
It is folly to expect the present con-
iriYsa to vive the country any remedial
o n -
financial legislation. Tio democratic
party is completely at s:?a on the cur
rency qtieetion and it is too lata in the
day to harmonize the waning faction".
The extreme golditcs anil the, extreme
silverites are the real obrtructloni-t to
conservative legislation on tho money
question. Under existing c-.md'iior.s it
would 1x3 uiiwirfJ legislation for the
United States to attempt to carry any
more silver than the coinage of its oivn
product, and conservative men of both
parties reaii.e this .'act.
M H. PATTERSON.,
Two Questions
Are Junt now uglUttnK tU
ml nil of the im-oj-Io of In-di-piidono.
Tho flnt Us
Who will bo olected Senator!
Th nMXiixl t-ut'Htlon it
whwro to gt tho Unl
Bargains In Groceries
Tim future ulnii will h"
ciilu ho Hi st i-iirti'ii. The
wvniicl being daily dV
ridel! by
DOUTY & LOCKE!
The I'lirjialmt w nr i ll'i r
ing rll't it Ion k mh- ll' 1 id
xou'll llml miywluri', iiml
the g. ihIh cniinol le
nlh.l.
Mendquuru-rs for Strony's Uakery.
would have hiH" i" 1SS'-'.J W'liy don't T'llu cimiity rganiio!
vluii"Mr. Pol.h was first fl"ote.l, ,v iVuil -ivuci s ii-iciuthi It f
h;ul rot Sinator Mitchell, tin' , m eded, mid t-tt H rlitt:!l 1.- trn ,
choice ol rt I:ir;o nifj"" " i-""" in uiat uiici uoii iy uur j:ne.
forward mul iin lor.il the Uly if; ii.- pul.lio mIio.iI t.'iichetH
tlify o.i!d not licit him t. idi-ct !ii:.ilh,;il(.iin W(.rki Sll(,: i,,tlli-sotiicho-'iv.
Will Mr. n..l('!i return l!(M,M (iiVj( f . 0 ar..,.M
tho com I
V
.luner.t?
tlti'int;ur.)
! W. W.WII.LIAV.'.rrrp.
A I'n-l r!n lto'i t
III nil lis U i.nl
I, it-li In
When that coveted English gold
reaches the United States treusnry the
Wall street sharks will come down uiwn
it like the "Ayrian wolf upon tho fold."
Those lynx-eyed usurers are already
whetting tlicir insatiate appetites in
anticipation of the dainty mornd which
the president and his secretary of the
treasury are preparing for them.
Tho will of Clrand-'U H.itl km
read laul Sn! unuiy, Van Sear l'--in
made executor without UuuU.
Tho proHTty ;! '- t" liramlnm l'-iiil
iluriug In-r natural lif--. ti-ii b tl
luir, fhuro 4anl i-han uliki'. A
half ne;- was th t t'cd to U.e pn'oik-
lo- a buna! f:r.)Und .uid a lt nn-i
1
church htuMniv' t'1 tliu .-iMndci.-
Iwr-cil fttith. llall.slon for.
J. C. McFaruino, of Fall fits
has Uuijrht a nlnfty-arru f-tnu His
:nleit north of Sali-n:, tln'co!itidera
tioii hein- fS.OiKt. Ho will laoie
over uU.ut the lirjt of July.
The city ordinandi r-i tiiri: jt
Ikiv.h to bo off tho ctrii'U after S
oVIock ut night is uw U-in;; en
forcod. Tho .."SiWiiHTit roll l-e in
t:i" hands of the hln-ri.T f i the col
iection of taxes by I'ebr'iary '20.
DuriiiK January Dullas tncr
chants shij'-ieil l I'ortHi.d forty
c:i.-i' of v;.M of tli'.Iy i-ix doZ'i.
each or a total of 17,'-H).
KiiKi'.-y and a knuwhii!;;!1 of how
to deal with other nu n must "exist
or Uicto will ho hut little headway,
1! you win pi to wsi! K'i-i.-iaim- j I.,
halls and observe for a day, it "ill I ir13. 7-3 :f3Sf3
hecome evident thuHyomo of tin
leopleij' r'-presentatives are hut
little more than figure hea ls.
cJas-i-H that has been ln-furo him in
a Ion.- time; iihout ot it'j!icaiiti".
Mr. IHiihi Iks Inuld nvcral
loads of iri ;ght fri m the Iiidrj.cu1
dt uv wliarl to l'.:ll. merchant
this H'l't'k.
THEWiLLIAMSKOUbt
New Years rniclaiualion.
fpllK .eo,.U. ef I'ol
f tak" liotii'i' ttm
'Mir I rut lif fl.ifll'
tlllMlitl h,l Ut ti.lll
tiii'lclni turn. . ,
summiSt: Nr H. 1". I i-ia,
IN Dill' I ; N 1 K N ( ' K, 0 1 VX l N .
v
i'U ff I'olk n-iintv ill
ihI ilorint:
yrar ISV4 the HANNKK CAHlt
(itltH'KUV I'mI tlit priiici'i'ioii ith
liin" iiriH-erii ' iiml low irlcm.
Till year they iroiion to put i
ltill gri'utrr (liclnlii- IrlWl-rn lln-lii-()
v-t Mini nil roinpt'tiiot. 'I hi y
will sell (food Ht Udioiu j ricr.
J. P.
IRVINE j
GROCEi
M. T. CROW31
Jlmitefurlerrr of
-1 IV,
III I
Sash j
Doors
I.. ...-.nt
Everybody.!
PrlrM rrnoiiol)l fcinl work guiimuUi &
Tub San Francisco Examiner com
placently remarks: "The exemption
of this state from the icy storms that
have wrapped the rest of the Northern
world will turn hither millions of
capital and thousand of people."
While (the proud golden state has for
tunately escaped the terrible frosts
which recently devastated the citrous
fruit and vegetable crops of Florida, she
has suffered severely from flood and
storm. Oregon ha probably iiiflbred
less this winter from wind and flood
and rain than any other state in the
Union. An4 as for cold weather there
has not been any. The season has
been the niost equable within the
memory of the oldest inhabitant. This
is a good country to emigrate to and a
desirable place to live after you net
here. Oregon' climate is all right.
Th New York World says that "dur
ing January Eastern factories shipped
328,646 cases of boots and shoes, against
304,147 in the came month in IH'.iS.
The record is the largest ever made in
anv January, And this has been
Tiik contumacious quill driver of the
Dallas Observer tries to cover up his
poverty of ideas and utft of misrepre
sentation by the use of choice adjectives.
Nature is very kind in limiting this
editor's command of "the Queen's K112
lisll" to a few harmless expletives. We
!heerfully admit to going on a fool's er
rand whenever we pay attention to
anything that the Observer has to say.
(O! Hcrvcr.)
The Polk County Medical As
sociation met in Dallns on Friday
last. It was a goo 1 im'i-tinjz, and
the beet of feeling was exhibited
among its members'.
As we go to press we learn the
sad news that Squire W. S
is niah unto death.
Frin k
Mr. Frink'ti
illness has been of short duration,
and its seriousness was une.p"cted.
Mr. Frink is an old pioneer, ex-
county clerk, and has beon engaged !
in public busin(;S3 for many years
in Dallas.
"
DRESS rrlAKIKG
Miss Sophia Goff.
Has lately returned from Sun
FraneitM-o aixl In prepared to
jfive her pal roiis the hem-lit
:f a new syteni of
Dross OlHiiifr unci I'ittlrif;.
(.'or. Knilroud and I) Km,
I N LEI' KN i KN 1)1',. ) U I )(-.( ) X .
'rr-'trT
A pew
Pointers:
HAVE
tl.t;
t
AVE you ever to!initkrotl that.
npi't'iirancu of tho fta-
iioitorv lined I v a Ihihwh-m man
has a jrnat dial to lo with tho
opinion). fojiml of him by thocw
with whom ht 'orrcjowlH?
i
t trvlO
4.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
World's Fair Highest Med.il and Diploma.
THE POLK COUNTY PKKSS.
News Items anil ' I'd i tori al Expression''.
force into an intelligent and Iiarmon- J achieved in the face of an advance in
ion body and by wise legislation bring . prices. The January sale of wool in
financial order out of linpneial chaos,
The country needs a Jackson ut the
helm of the ship of state or a Hamil
ton at the head of the treasury depart
piut. If tlie present congrei-s foil to
the three principal markets amounted
to 23,157 J)fi5'pounds, Against ?'t,'Si,loQ
in which wa the record breaking
year. The sales of woolen goods are re
ported by the trade journal to have
ct, and there Is apjiardntly no more j been unusually lare, though exact
Lope fur it than there j fur the aalva- figure are not yet attainable."
(Transcript.)
Wild Btrawberries are in bloom
along the by-ways and hedges.
Clint Moore is out again on the
streets. ITj has had a long, tough
siege of sickness, and we are pleas
ed to see him able to be out. He
will leave for California soon, on a
trip for his health.
Isaac Call was a good citizen
and a liberal church supporter, be
ing charitable alike to all churches,
but was a member of the New Jeru
salem church. Political 1, he was
111 r tm
a i-tauncn ota democrat, in ail
relations of life his conduct was
honest and upright. He was the
father of twelve children of whom
five daughters. Mrs. Henry Black,
Mrs. V. B. Sears, .Mrs. P. C. Sears,
Mrs. Geo. Comeges, Mrs. Ym.
Comeges and libs wife still survive
him.
It seems hardly probable that
the legislature will adjorn without!
I
I
1 7 V-Mi
IT IN
City : Feed : Stable.
Km Johnson, l'roj.
Horse fed by the day,
week or month. Tran
sient htnefc left in our
cure will Iks Well at
tended to. (.'barge
reasonable.
2
if
Main St..
IndepeiKli-iiro.
Chronic Nervousness
Could Not Sleep, Nervous
Headaches.
Gentlemen: I have been taklnij
your liesLorati ve Nervine for the past
three months and I cannot say
enough in iu praise. It has
Saved ily Life,
for I had almost given up hope of
ever beinir well again. I was a
chronic sufferer from nervousness and
could not feft-ep. I was also troubled
with nervous headache, and had tried
doctors in vain, until I used your
Nervine, mus. M. wood. Kingwood. lit
Dr. Miles Nervine
Cures.
BLACKSMITHING
Promptly and
neatly done by
H. A. FULLER,
The Cash Blacksmith.
'Plorse.slioeiiig
A Specialty.
C STREET, - INDEPENDENCE.
You hnvedoubtlcss learned
lomj ago tb.at
Iji aiiis are lined
Dr. Mll Nrrvlnn fa koM on a po-itlv
ruaraniM! that tbe first UiUln will iH-nettL
All aruzirid,!i wll it at II, t bottlt for ts. or
tl Will t aent. rn.nniri .in rit-inL .if i.rir
electing a eenator; and yet this! b ' ' Meuicai c.. tubart. il
OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD COMI'AXV.
CIIAS. CLARK, Riceiver
ronneotlntr with fltminirr "HOMEH" lie
Vwjulna and Han Krani'liuro,
Hlcam.r Icbvc Hu Franot-i:
Mun h 4, H, Jllii.
""Hlcamcr leavra Yatilna:
Marrb , III, Sth.
RlKlita ri-wrvd to chang. aalllni datra
wlihfiut notice.
Kor ftf IkM or r"nfrr rat.' apply to any
AgeoU
ClfAS CLARK. Illv.r,
Corv allla, Urrfon
Chn Itndrv. K..n A 'o,
oJ U MarkrtSI.
fa a r'raut'lMV. 'l!f.
To niaki- a good joh j.rintinp.
'o i coiiscii'ino. A j' 1 iimih
willii iit t-ktll itiiu hmiotv ir' I"1
q Q Q
THE ENTERPRISE
Has tho lic.Ht (uij'i.'Cil oflice in
tlio ;ounty and cmjiloyg the mot-t
fkill(;l nriintx. Its reputation for
fino work ia heconting rapidly
known.
i ii
Remember that it Costs No More
To have your work done here
than it docs to have it done any
other place.
The Enterprise also carries tho
best line of Legal Blanks
In Polk county.
They aro correct in every partic
ular. We solicit a trial order.