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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (April 18, 1895)
SCHOOL DEPARTMENT. Managrd by th Polk County Taach.r'i At ocIbUoii, and drvotod to lb adYaucwuieill run fublh'Hcltoula. iKDlTEU t MK)K. T. A. HAYKS, : ludrpradcDC, Oregon. Alt communication rvlaUnc to ihl work biMt tw adUraaavd to tua editor ul ihlsda wrtmiit. ;: BEPOETS. KICK BR ALL PCBLIC SCHOOL. For the month ending April 12, Nun.btr dy attendance. absence... ? . tardy ...... enrolled Average number belonging .. ..,... -Itt " daily ntUMttlrtiictJ 44 Number neither absent nor tardy... IS ol visitor U I D. A. IIoao, Teacher. INDKPENDKXCK PfBLIC SCHOOL. For the month endiug April 12, 1895: - Number days attendance.... ' " beence.;..;.... r" ' UrdU : : . enrolled .. Average number belonging..... " daily attemUnce. sons S38 44 276 . StVI 251 '. 1)3 0 85 1 Per rent of attendant.......: ; " rastes rorioral piinishuieut Kuiribt-r of visitors rhetorical exercises t T. A. Hayes, Prin ll XEX TVBLIC SCHOOL. For the month ending March 29, 1895: Number davs attendance. - m ; . bMire..... " " tardy . n " enrolled Aver. ge daily attendance...... Visits by board - dumber neither alwent nor tardy.... , Addie Clark, Prin. THE POLK COUNTY PRESS. .News Item and Editorial Ex , prriHsions, (Itemircr.) OttoMessman csnieupfrom Port land tli other day, wbe re he has beeu attending medical lectures, lie has . two years more before graduation. ."' A liOO monument is to be erect ed over the grave of Isaac Ball. C. Keudtdl, .who many years a?o sold out bis tinware business here to Pave Coiper.'is here again and has started seound baud store in one of Dr. Kirkpalrick's buildings. At a republican meeting Wed needay evening VT, L. Wells, II. B. Plutntner, B. F. Mulkey, Wm. Faull, C G. Coa4 and D. P. Stouff er were chd?eridelegates to a stale club meeting in Portland May 22. Beti Simpson, a pioneer resident of this cdunty, writes from Selrna, Alabama,' to his son,1 John, post master at Sheridan, that times are distressingly 'hard in that country: "Aunt ; Mehama" Smith, who died at her residence on the San tiutn Monday, was ther the wife of James X. Smith, having , been united in wedlock with him on the 29th of, September, 1841. They nave been residents of Oregon since the '50s, and during the pioneer days of Salem were proprietors of the;' Mansion House on North Liberty street, which ranked then as one of the leading hotels of the valley., ,,, (Transcript.) James" Kirkpatrick has turned inventor. , lie has . lately devised a register for the heat in tli : hop house, which is bo arranged that a fireman can see how the heat is without going into the sulphur room. It is ran by electricity and will cost about $25. Frank Itowell and Elmer Rey nolds have about finished floating their wood. They lost about 15 cords, which went under the boom in the dam and on down the creek. The ;wood is piled down near the foundry and makes a pretty good siied pile. TLe Epworth League Convention of the Salem District, which was held at the M. E. church in this place, was one of those pleasant successes that people delight to dwell upon. Twenty-seven Chap ters ; from different points in this district were represented by live delegates, and the program that was' listened to with the closest at tention' by large and " interested audiences. Mr. Frank S. Hardin, McMinn villeV painstaking democratic post master and a printer by whose side the publisher of this paper has put in many n hour, attendtd the Epworth League last week, and was pleasant caller at this office. (Observer.) Th La Creole Academy closed on last Friday, atVr a term of six months. The school has been a parked ; success under the prin iripalehip of Titf. Sanders, and the Obskhvkh trusts the Academy will open up for the next seion by Trof. Sanders with renewed energy for good roeults. Mr. A. Ferlm will furnish the county with its next year's fire wood at 1.80 par cord delivered. Muir McDouald shipped about 20,000 pounds of leather from theii taunery to San Francisco this week. To-day County Treasurer Copper paid iuto the state treasury Polk county's tax for MM. The tax amounted to 112,104.24. We note that Montgomery a Co., of Falls City, will supply the lumber for the railroad bridge across the Luckiuuiute, on the Yamhill division. Dallas is now a cow town it is no unusual sight to see 30 or 40 cows roaming the city commons at any time of the day. Dallas could be mad a pretty littlo city, if her people would go out of :he cattle bustiuess and take advantage of the good weather and season to beautify their grounds by setting out tloners and shrubbery, cleaning up their premises, etc. Tits . C. T. U. Plan of Work We recommend that tho coming year be especially devoted to or ganization. 1. By increasing the member ship of our locil unions. 2. By organizing unions in nil unorganized plaaB in the county. 3. That in farming district? whe:i it is not possible to hold regular meeting?, ladies bi induced to join the Lady Somerset Union by signing our pledge and pay ment of thirty-five cents annually as state and county dues. 4. We also recommend local unions to appoint a committee to secure honorary members. Reading the fact that women are being bronght into public work more and more each year we urge the necessity of a better knowledge of parliamentary law and we recommei.d all unions to have at least once a month a drill in parliamentary usage, using Roberts rules and the helps pub lished by the Woman's Temper ance Publishing Association. We recommend that every union bo requested to eend to the county treasurer ten cents per member as a donation for county work to be paid any time during the year most convenient for the union. Mrs, Wiiitmobe, MUS. TCBSKft i Committee RnSOLCTIOXS. Resolved that we reaffirm one devotion to the temperance cause, the principle of total abstinence and prohibition and our loyalty to both state and national unions. Resolved that we greatly depre cate the Sabbath decoration so common in our state and the violation of law by saloons and we hail with joy the indications of a better sentiment for sabbath ob servance and "better enforcement of law in our municipalities. Resolved that a vote of thanks be tendered to the ladies of Inde pendence for their kindness to the delegates and members of the con vention. Also to the officers of the Christian church for the use of their church during the conven tion. , "Mbs.Stoseii, Committee Mrs Okk. WORSE THAN CHEWING GUM. Tka EU Ifnti of Naatiestlns; PPr Il lustrated br Old Story. In the time of Charles XII of Swe den the private secretary of Count Goertz, then minister to England, was strongly addicted to the habit of .shewing paper. Goertz had made the young man's acquaintance on a journey to Conrland. He was the son of a landed proprietor named Duehren. Count Goertz took him to Stockholm and gave him a place in the cabinet. At first the young sec retary chewed only white paper, but soon acquired a liking for paper even that had been written on. A peace treaty had been formulat ed between Russia and Sweden, which the members, of the assembly forced Charles XII to accept The basis of the latter was a treaty which both states had agreed upon with regard to Finland. The origi nal of this treaty was given by Count Goerta to his young secretary. When it was called for by the assembly, it could nowhere be found. The as sembly believed that it had been destroyed by Goertz tn order to over throw the peace policy and give Charles XH a chance to go to war. Goertz was arrested, when his secre tary came forward and confessed having masticated the document He was tried and sentenced to death. The king would gladly have pardoned him had he dared in the face of the angry assembly, but he gave him an opportunity to flee from the country. Baehren went to Courland with letter of recommendation to the duke from Minister Goerta. Tho latter, t lievtng that his severe punWimcut had entirely cured htm of tho bad habit of chewing up documents, ap pointed the young man secretary to nis superintendent. When the ilukvs who was very extravagant In hw c Yienditurea, was iioti.lod by hi an perintondont of the hopeless condi tion of his finance, he akel for statement of his affair, and the young secretary was intrusted vttu all the bills, etc.; to make up the statement. Ho again succumbed to hU evil habit and chewed up one or the most important receipts amoiur tho dukes papors. In his detour to sought mercy at tho bauds of the Itcautiful duchess, Anna Ivtmovna, the niece of lVter the Groat, and site interceded for him with tho duke. St Louis PvXst-DtsiKitch. A Siuurt Clilnamnu. "Wo have ouo of tho smartest Chi namen in tho country at Denver," said a pentlemnn at the Mansion ho tel "His name is Chinn Foo. Ho is very wealthy, but to jmljre fwm his clothes one would think htm a candidate for tho pooi-houso. I was in tho BinokittiJ room of n slwior ouo day coming from Omaha to Denver when Chinn camo in. Tho only other occupant was a real dudo, of the oue eyeglass, cigarette pattern. " ' 'Where nvo you gt.iag, John i stud the dudo beamingly tu China sat down. . " 'I am goiu;r to Denver, nr. hith er are you destined i' rvplied Chiuuia tho most p-acoful manner. Well, Kir, his dudelots collapswl, and r.ssoon r.s he could escaped. Tho fact is we, ta our bigotnetw, tliinlt every Chinaman j is an e"grcou3 idiot. The contrary w mostly true. They are cai-ableof titiasacting nlmost any business, and sometimes exhibit a power seldom possible in au Englishman." Fort Worth Gazetto. A Tricky SmugjlBr. "Sevend years ago," said a treasury agent, "we Busiwctod a m:ui was smucghng di:unouils from Canada. Wo called him iuto tho office as soon as ho left tho ferryboat, examined tha lining of his clothin.'i and his person, from tho rim of hU hat to his toenails every place oi coueenuneui we could think of but to no purposA We therefcro camo to tho coitelusion that we wero misiaformtd and on tho wrong scent. Ho went out of tho office nonchalantly sucking tut or ange, which ho had hud down while being inspected. A keen eyed lady detoetiver.ttaehed t this ih-;crt.r.ent wbUnpitvl toono cf our ofllcers, 'h'tip- poso you try that orange.' It was done, and tho man turned white with raeennd disappointment v.!uui:i it was found n srr.au nanuiui ui mo nnviniu cinii In livo iiiianto3 ir.ore we would" have lost him."- Nov.- York Time. njstrnio Car For the Kjrf. ' Bathe tho eyes every morning in v,1il vrntpr. keeniusr them closed. To put anything oa tho delicate eyeball without tho advice or a repuuioie oculist is madness. For nr.y disor 2er consult a physician at once. De lay may be fatal. For ordinary fa tigue or inflammation a cold cloth will ix soothing. Never work or read in too glaring or too weak a light. Rest tho eyes occasional ly oy lookinar at a dUtant object. Never Eleep facing a window. Many ir- sons do so, and too consequence is weak and lusterlesa eyes, early awakening and often morning head aches. New York Recorder PROFIT AND LOSS ON FARMS. Tlio Fundamental l'i lncl;!oj of a ConIt cot tuiil FroUtuula Farm I'rultce. Sir John B. Lawes Las Buid that the advantage American farmers bad in tlifi ; present competition in farm products j consisted in tho stored woaitli of their I soils, in connection with climatic con- ditions thtit enabled tliwn to crew in I perfection that king of tlio cereals, ! waizu or American corn. Admitting I this etaudpoint of advantage for the I American farmer, tho direction in j which fco should look in cirorta to itn ! prove his methods of practice is thus j defi-jod by Dr. Manly Jlih'S of Michigan through tho columns cf '1 no American Agriculturist. IJo says: Broadly speaking, the returns from his soil, and the outcome of his staple crop, maize, should receive prominent attention to enable him to retain tbo commanding position in the markets of tho world to which ho hi jnntly entitled from the conditions with which nature has favored him. The first consideration must be to conservo and make avail able in the production of useful crops tbo elements of fertility contained in the soil itself, which uhonld be supple mented with the home supplies of ma nure. Tbo largest returns from the soil can be obtained by growing a variety of crops in succession, among which corn should have a prominent place from its advantages as a cleaning crop, its large yield per aero of eatlle food, ' and tho value of the manure from the crop when fed out, in connection with its influence in conserving fertility dur ing its long period of growth by the appropriation of plant food. Thorough tillage, drainage, a judi cious rotation of crops and tho bomo supplies of manure ore the agencies that re-jnire attention in this prelimi nary process of crop growing. Having obtained from tho soil tho largest re turn in vegetable products nuder a ra tional pyeteui cf management, tbo next consideration is tho disposition to be made of field crops in order to secure the greatest profit from them. It is difficult to place a fair money value on these products, as they conld not all be sold if tin own npon the market in the form in which they are harvested. The coarsor Droducta would not pay tbo cost fof transportation from a glut of the markets, as there would be a demand for but a email proportion of them out side cf the farms where they are grown. It is evident that these products cannot all be sold to advantage without con verting them into more marketable forms on the farm itself, and as an in cident of this conversion should not be overlooked the lortber advantage of retaining the re idne of this process in the form cf manure to maintain or in crease the noil productiveness. If farm i iiiMm as lnm hliies allium -- -i that are needed for cunvcrtii unsal able mid crops iuto marketable prod vets of greater value, and nr widen there is a Urgi demand, tho t prin ciple of the feeding nd tann,!v.neut tf the live stock of !! form will l more readily uud.-ndood. Animal prod acta of the t quality, lust will com man.l Hie Hubert prices In the inarit, will usually bo tho most profitable. Tho nutritivo ratios ths fni im-r needs to consider to secure proflUl lo fecdlim depends upi.u tie relative amount of the w-vetal crops Is van prol'.tably grow. ud their apportionm!! to aeeure an appetising variety in the preacribod ra tions, so that nil cau to profitably util ised. This svstem will determine ths available variety of foods, ami the furtn should bo stocked with auiumla that are the best adapted to the work of manufacturing thou" all, without waste, into marketable products. Tbo Ultimate Interdependent relations of all depart ments of farm economy immt bo recog lilted aud receive duo attention, in planning the system of management, in order to obtain tho Urgi-st profit from tho aggregate results. Error Hint ariso from a too vaelualve attention to purely tVvrotieul detail of donbtful import will bo avoided by keeping prominently in view tluo fundamental principles ef u consistent and profitable farm practice. ' Valaf of Chaaibwl rl' Mora. At tho Ohio statiou work ha been carried oa toarcertain the real value of th so called t :ouiieal fertiliser, and after considerablo thought and exiH ri meiit it is summed np In bulletin 49 that they bou!d I umd only la con nection wWJi so"' nitrtig. n storing crop. Iu ether words, nitrogen Is toofspen sive an article to purchase for the anil, and that tlii t lemiiit inut be suj pli.d ly growing crops that produce- It, ami then tho commercial fertilisers can to used with profit. Clover and all cf the tegiimiiioiu croi supply the nitrogen, and tiny must ceino in finjiHutly lu tho rotation to olituin tho lett eHeet. Unless we supply Hie aoil I" this way with nitrogen tho commereliil fortb lizjrs will rob tho soil for a few years and grow gtxnl rropt, t'ut will nearly ruin the laud in lb end. Canada TtdaltM. A writer in Garden and Forest do scrih.n novel aud effective method for clearing some nel-tetl Und of tannda thistli. As an experiment be took a chid crusher, mule of 2 inch plank, luad.d it with Munich Ktoue as the l.nisis could draw and I n-ko t!ie tliis tlesdown I'l'.t nd thin plowtd tb.ln deeply under. The plan succeeded per fectly. It seem that thi ir entire vifcur, vitality and substance wero then in their tops, a tb y were ready for scat tering tbesitd. They wero tufirtdy dcstioycd. mid a marki t Kardi m r r.ii. cd vcL'tiableaon the laud the nut eaoH. KrRri" ond Spclla. The Bnpcrstitious fear of "cunj' rers" among southern negroes b more v.-ideprcad than most p'Mfl'lo know, or than tho believers will admit In tho eastern or coast counties this U greater thau clsewhcro. It U mid that this is dun to tho fact that tho hist slaves brought from Africa were taken to that section. Tbo bottle tnuvi witb dried toad, lizanls and f iliintrfi luiritxl iu the VUlVl ..'- - " , center of gatewuys or hi paths tiro j moro numerous than icopio ni t.u perstitions have any ideu of. Ctises have occurred where such things buried on a!l four sides of a house frequently left by its owner, t und tho fact was duly made Known to tho neighlK;rs, and the place was never eaten d nave by tho owner un til the latter removed the jx:tl. Of coureo the great mass of the negroes ere too iaU'lligeat to believe any of these -things, aud they are doing a vast deal, as they havodouo, to stamp out Lucti foolish Is'liefs. The belief in "do rabbit's foot" isquite generally known, and with not a few ixji-sons is most sincere. Persons who ofttimes would bo ashamed to confess it carry a rabbit's foot. -Washington Star. Tapculry Woll Ppr. The most expensive wall pajier is tapestry, some of tho older speci mens of which are worth thousands of dollars. Only a short while since some magnificent sjiccimens were discovered on tho walls of an office in Lisbon and sent to the National museum. They are valued at $33,000 and repiwent tho trial of Marcus Aurelius, the coronation of Marcus Aurclius, Marcus Aureliua rebuking Faustinian and one of his battles. Each has allegories on one side. The letters of the legends are yellow on a brown ground. No sign or mark to show cither age or maker can bo found, but they are believed to date from the reign of Don Juan V 170C to 1750. Now York Herald. Cblnaaa and Pigeon Knfllsh. There is no such thing as a Chinese language any more tlian there is a European language. A Canton man cannot understand' an Amoy man, and I have seen two Chinamen sit ting together with a third one acting as an interpreter. Pigeon English is the common tongue of com merce. It has a vocabulary of leaj than 1,000 words, but is sufficiently flexible to answer any purpose. Washington Post Only on two occasions has Eng land gone to war to aid a weaker na tion. The first waa when Elizabeth sent an expedition to the relief of the Dutch and Flemings to help them against the encroachments of Philip II of Spain. The Becond was tho war of Greek independence in 1827. " The Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals offers $20 for evidence which shall eonvict a boy for stealing family cats and $50 for evidence which will convict any medical student of prac ticing vivisection on any such cat P. Silvert of Dohlen, Saxony, pro poses the manufacture of glass pipes by rolling down molten glass in grooves or flutes and using a core to complete the formation of the pipe or tube. l St jrrff' ,,-,txA,.vxlVv3 for Infante ".UU.. o7p?r?.,j.orlt .J.JPJ.MJ?iLU?J. It ,.tionWt ksW .feJ-n..t;..vCUIldr. h, tT.-7VviLwni ,..v..rJlv.UJ!l-?'-'i rl.tld' jjSfi Cratorla jntwiTW i ra!i;!sj3!,Jr?-?' iy?-"h" CaatartajpwT"?-'--"' - Ca.torla crra Cnptlna l,ri"'"f! Ca"terta e nrMn merpV pjvi't'??r c,.ertair-Irj- "that It U " jnat A. IJLil""? SSLSLSSS hrt yon r" C - A - S - T - O Children Cry for E We Sell Bissell Chilled piQWS. J. I. Case Steel A Garden Cultivator Is nn imph incnt you cannot trl along ith .lit. They cost jnly a ttillo when lHuht at our btre. A Sweat Pad Will protect your borso nml e nable him b do letter service. We've just received a largo assortment. FRAZER & SON, Monmouth. Alexander-Cooper Drug Co Alivavs tiiin to i!easo IVrfnmes, Htaliotiery, Taints, Oil;', Yaniishefl, i:rti.dir, Cojiibn, Soaps, Syringes, Prescriptions :-: Carefully -:- Compounded Day or Night. Need Clear Henri Working people neeil clear Ik riIh, sound sleep anl good digestion; for if siekncBH conies, what then? It is cheaper to keep well. That "ijueer feeling" springs from in digestion. Firi-t you "pooh pooh!" Then you grow alarmed and send for the doctor. No need of that. A box of Ilipans Tahules will set you right and keep you right; so you can eat, sleep and work. Ak the druggist for them. Tired, Weak, Nervous Could Not Sleep. Prof. L. D. Edwards, of Preston, Idaho, says: ' I was all run down, weak, nervous and irritable through overwork. I suffered from brain fa tltrue, mental depression, etc I be came so weak and nervous that I could not sleep. I would arise tired, aiscouragca ana blue. 1 began taking Dr. 'Miles' Nervine and now everything Is changed 1 sleep soundly, J feel bright, active and ambitious. I can do more in on day now than I uuii to do in a w-lc For this B-reat irood I a-ive Ir. Miles' Restorative Jiervtae tne sole credit, It Cures." Dr. Miles' Nerrtne Is m,i oa s poaltfT rnaranu- thkt ttia Brt biitla will tvnrSu Ailonitlu.l li at tl. bottlna tor 6. or It will tmrni, pr-iia!l. on rw-fitt of prire by IM It. Miles UcUicai Co, LlKban. laa. end Children. - R - I -A Pitcher's Castorla. ami keep on haml Kuhbcr (lond, Siihiliur, l'ti I el it Mnlii ilii'S Cipars, Thertiu-nictor l!iok, Tons, . IV mils, KL, Kte. OK AU-KINDS I t'lilt HAI.K AT THIK OrTllT.. J2;--' M. T. CR0W: i Manti fticltirer of I . a-'oi- Everybody! J I'rlocn r.-imonuMe and work unurniilccd ip CITY LIVERY 8ALK and FEED STAllLES. KKLLEY & HOY, l'ropa. HurrcMnra to A. W, Ilorkaleadnr. Styl ish Turn outs At all Good turnouts for Commercial men Ilonse boarded by the week or mouth. I VttP.l'EN DKNCE, Oft. WAGONS & CARRIAGES Made or n'pairrd on short notice, and at lowest pos sible prices. -:Jobwork Neatly Dono:- Bappliesfor wajjotiinskers kept consUnlly iu hand. YOUR PATRONAGE IS SOLICITED if. i. Fonn, irop. Over Thoa. IVnnrU's (hop, IvbEPEMiKKCB, OrBOOM. li !! J! -'rXrrtt'-TT ILJViHf Oil I A -v-r T-v'J TL Doors I Tk.w, r, UU, M.mr 0. fain. r 0 Kw Northern - R u PACIFIC R. I o Pullmaii Sleeping Cars Elegant Dining Cars Tourist Sleeping Cars sir. vavl (Wir.v.VH.iHUlS iwt.vrn j .!"' .... t 'Wo t'Ii i'i 1 it a I TO 1 cttuuh'.sro.r H 7. v. 7 HKl.h'X.I nnl THROUGH TICKETS TO (10 tSllllTOX .vA'ir yolth' i f'OS O.V nml nV I I 01XTS f:.1STjl i'Ot'Tll I 'ir lnf..rtmillii. ttn.e mnU, ntp k. llrkrl-, Mill uii ir ill" v YY. II. II WI.FV, Arewl, I aiitlt HiiQutt d 1 a f A. 1. CII AKI.TON. A'l. 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