Hillsboro independent. (Hillsboro, Washington County, Or.) 189?-1932, August 04, 1893, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texta" "W A l.n Tiliaijr MOP-MEN. ATTENTION I QOOO JOaVPISINTINa I taraf.ala e-aarwevtaa, eaa) ! 44. -ortl t out. Vol. XXI IIII.I.SBORO, WASHINGTON' COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 4. l.vj;i. N.i 10. " ' iiH.1l oiafual diki:(tky, htatk oKnrj:iis. U..iiTnir Svl, (, ruiior fvs-ri-tur,' ol Milt dm Mobride lr-uUleC I'bllllp Mt'wtilrn iuu r.. 12. McKlroy Isiaie Fnuur Frank -' Baker i . W.C.I ord SHn.ia.e f'uQtt .- K sj. Mao A. Al.-.ra Jud.-a r iflb Diatriil ... I. A AluHrlde Aii tiwr ifib Jiatrn-t W. N. lsarr.il OFFICKKS. J u Jga t'oiuuiiai..urt 'lei Mii-ritf l;tirilr 1 rtmam 1 r .... Aaasor .... . . . . Sa-bool S'liirrilllrudrUt .-Mirv, vr . .... '-iriiiifP. . . . . . . K. t'rsudall L. M. htuir I U. I odd li. b. O.xxiiu It K lord I S. Wealbrlrd Win. foilllrr I', t. Ih-ii buiKn J. 11. Sinulry . ..J. I'.Jtlall . D. Wood t'llV OFF ICKlU-i. I J. u Merit man, I'lr J. t . Hare I .... irl tf uti ! N. 1. UnrritU Wiu. I'.uuter lirsj. Wilis, JaniM McCnlloch I Kr04rvtr . .. U. W. I'atteraon . . . .Thna. hinrick . . Wiu. il.xnlUii J. 1. kuigiit nisi ohick iMOKUno.N. I li mnila cIlnw Hi HilNtxiro l'ot ( llti-H', dull: ili-iier, WrPt L'nivn, Hf(Lnn and (Vdur Mill, nt II. Al . in. (iiiiiitf Kinih. d M a pi. tnnnn U Portland and wajr ortioea, ll .Vi a. lu. and 4 p. lu. l-ur I NriuiiiKtun and Laarrl. Wrdnendav and SuturdKva at I0::hj a. m. DKKUON I'lTV LAND OFKK'K. .1 . I. A'pirmn I'vtor I'MqHft... Kftfintor riltUCH AND SOCIETY hOlICiUS. A. K. tad A. M. flM'AI.I I Y I.OiKlK NO. 6. A. I'.iA. M.. 1 iui til uTiri riatcrdav uiMht uu ur aftrr full u.o o "t aaub uioulli. Jk. A. iMuril, Maatrr. It. CaiNiiii-L. ba'j. IUii.MX LODGK, NO. 3. K. fK V., 1 uitwta in Odd r allow' Hall on MondaT rvoniuu of aacb wk. tijoarDiutf bmtbraa wi-li-ouied to lod( niMtluiia. N. A. HmTT. C.C. illkMtM k'Hi'LMau , k. of it. A H. I. U. U. I MONTEZl'MA LODGE, NO. 60. uiaota W dnd afanuitia at o'clock, in I D. r . Hull. V laitora mad wpIooiu JOrt. KLlNtM AN. S. . !. II (HK)M.S, Koo. I M. C. 1UH.T. far. rieo. A. u. . A. tofKI' TIALAM.N NO. TaM. A. OF. of A., meat ry Toaaday rTeninx in OrxiikiM Hall al o'clock. L. A. W wiTcoxa, ' K. W W. McRiNNtT. K. 8. A. O. 1. M . II 1M.SIUIKO I'OIHIB NO. CI. A. O. V. L lurnia frT aoaond and fourtb '1 u.-hUt i vrmuv in It)" uiotilb. H. H. !N. M. W. W. K. liatMn, Kooordar. ourlb Iridaya of each mouth. M. H. Ili'MmiiTi, ('. I'. II. r.aaubman, S ribe. l. tr h. iid and 4tb Satardayaof eacb tnoiuli. Mru. honoriKUK, Jinw, ANNia laaaia, rwo. . P. h. ('. K. MKK1S rrrrr 8oiidae-Dingat 7 o'clock i in lb bnatlan clmroli. ou aiei cirdially invitrd to attend it nntiiiv. Hbmtoii ItowMtN, I'rrat. I ' AStll.NOrOS COL' MY KOU AND, Ouu 'lub lueata in Morgan ltli 1 i-vrrr aeHiid IhnradaT of aarb. niotilb, t " I ,. y J. t. 1-ONO. I 4. A.M. KOl'NDKY. Hw. 1 HI K'H. Hundat Sb.ail at 10 a. hi; prayur meetuia IburaunT e u- nii! at viMiimiAllONAL 4'HCKCH. oorner V. , Main and Filtb atresia. I'reauhinu ,vefy Snlibatb, niorninit and aeniu. Hnb, .:iiu s-b.l al ID o'clock a. iu. Prayer mwiiu I bnradaT evening. Y. 1'. S. ('. K. hnii'tay at ('. to p. ni. IsiK.Sf i'hriatian Cbnrcb. A. B. Wade, 4 pastor, llHaeliu aud Fifth, rreaobing fss,nd and Fourth Hnndava at 11 a.m. and T HI p.m. WmidaT School. 10 a. tu. I'rsy er ineelinif, Ibnraday, 710 p. in. Y. Y. S l... Suud.iy. CUW p. m. 1 K. CHIKCH. H. K. Elworth. paator. ill al'reachinuaTery Sabbath tunruins aud evf mug 10 a. y. 4 p. III. rvnliiiath achool Ter habbalb at l,eana meeting ety Honday Ml (klinral )raer meeting eery I l.iirs-lae evtBinii. ladi-r and huiward a tbeaeooud l ueaday eeningof eaob IliollJha I svanOKMCAL CHl'WH. .Semcasi l'j lat mid '-d r-undaT in aaoh immth at tlie Hs lit cburob at t o'cliiek r. al., KeT. Mr. i'rait. pastor. Monday Mi-hoo at '1 r. u. t'otlaga prater meeting ou W ednesday rv-lilllg of each week. I I II.iTmiOKO KF.ADINO KOOM, Her J 1 i.n.l airei-t, in old Maaonie ball, w M n daily fr-Mii a. ru. tos p. tu. Hundnya, In. 1. 1 U iu. to ft p. iu 7. R. CORNELIUS UFA! Fit IN Drt) Goods, Groceries, Hoots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS Hurdurnre, Lumber, Grain, Sec. Ap'tiU for the nrnnji'K-NoKWKoiAN 'IVS AND HAUP.OWS The Ut in the market. . -piOI3TjrC3! OF Al l. KINIm Taken at the Highest Market Triis?. KliiiiOXS AXD ... . . . CARB0. PAPER FOB TYPEWRITERS f AT IND CPS NDINT OrPICfi I' IU ) K KSh ION A L CAUDtt. a. mtiittt, l. i BtliKI l f ADAMS, ITtM.NKYS-AT-I.AW, HILI-SbuKO, OKEOoS. On. I'autrai biook, Kootu S to J I. . U. HlST0, loHNF-Y-AT-LAW ANI Noi'AKY PIBLIC. HI1.1.SBOKO, OREGON. A u v: K.ui No S, 1'nioa ttlook. THOU S II. 10.Mil E, TTolt.NKY-ATLAW, HII.1.SHOKO, OKKOON. ()Mi a: M.irynu Hl.M-k. MILkIS HKOS. usTn.vrnnis M SlHVKYOItS. IIII.LSHOKO. OKKOON. Afnti for Kar lk Tp Wnlcr. doom nurib of i'utul)io. Two ( . K. klMT, Y TT( MIX K Y. AT- LA V, HOKTLA.ND, OKkUON. K.m.m : No. :t, Port laud Havinita Batik Xuildintt, Sroond and WaMbiORtou Mreeta. 1IIOS. I. Ill MI'HKKVH. iMNYKYAXnvO ANl v AIlSTItA(TINfl 1F TITI.FX H1I.LHHOKU, )KK(MJN. LKal papnra drawu and Ixjaua oo Kaal KhikIx ii-uoIihih1. Biiainraa atlondcd to witb rouiplDa and diaatcb. (Irmi Main Nlrwet, oppoaita Uiai'oort Houaa. )ENTIST. KOI'.Khr O;o I . OKKOON. la unw tuakiim trtb for fVOO and iwr al : heat of nialsrial and soikiuanabip. S ill couiuara witb aeti ooatlns larlb vtraotHl witbout pain, rlliintf at tba lowrat prior. All ork wtrrautod. Oiri. : tbree doora uorth of Btu k I alotv. Offloa boura f rom U a. ut. to 4 p. tn. A. L. M KODF., J)i:ri TY COUNTY M'UVKYOU JUI.IJlrtoKO, OKKUON. (Illli I : llb J. ('. vrvor, at tba Conrt Hosi Hall, Coanlv Mur- W .M. BK.XSOK. JiUM TICAI. MACHINIST, HIIXShOKO. OKMION. All kinda of rriiairing on Staui Knuinea and IVnlKra, Mill Work, I brvabin UK MabiuM Mower. Kml Cnttvr Sewiuu Maebinaa, Va-ibiiii( Machine, Wrinirera. rampa, HcaIm, Soiaaora ground. Oun and Ijooka auiiihinu. haw urouna and nlnl: and bar it I arte lunulx-r of at-oondband anuina and I !ilrni tor nl. Ail work warranted. S. T. I lkl.TER, .V. U. t . H. J Ml YS I CI AN ANI SlHOKON, HU.UMIOHO, OHEM)N. Oirica: in Hillln. I'haruiaer. Kaai I ntsca: rsat of Court Honw. I lllioa hour 1 from ! a. tu. to p. iu. at I'haruiai'T, when ! ml viailinu: isiforr and afb-r tbat time at raidi-noe. W. I. W00l, M. J1I YsK'IAN A N 1 SLIKJKOX, HII.I.SIM)K ), OKKOON. Orrn r: iu Ch( l.nOe iwiw. corner Firal and Mnm atreet. KaeipiNci: V. A. IIAII.KY, M. IK, pilYsIl IAN A'l)SLHOi:oN, HILLSliOKO. OKKOON. Oirua- I'tnon Block. Main tilreet, Kooiu No. 2. firal floor F'harniaoe. Oflioa Lours. s-,u) tn 11 a. di. and I to 6 p. m. I l.SOX BOW LBV. PHYSICIAN, SVIMilXiN 1 AN1 .UXXilCHF.UK, FoKKSr OKOVK, OKKOON. ( irrica : at the Drugstore. It. II. KKkfrt, ,,i:ai I XT AT K AOKNT AN II MtiMIY I-OANKH HM.IHOKO, OKKOON. OFFFItS TO THIS ll"rlLir. Land in large or aroail tract, and will ercbarg iaoda in tba eountry for town or eily prop en.; in fact. If yoa bkTa anything to ai ohauge, tn any locality, me. J. t. TAMII.MF, V. II., P. K. K. SUIUIKON, llll.l.SIIOHO, okf:oon. So Omci i Ktaiixaci : eornar Third and Main htreeta. Ornca hour. (KM to 11 a. tu., 1 to & and 7 to & p. m. Telepbou to reaidono fnira Hmck A He I a' Drugstore at all boura. All call promptly attended, mgbt or day. FIRST NATIONAL ('F HII.I.0B0KO. HANK Trans' ta a .rnerl Banking? Business. 4. W. SHl'TK BEN4. 8CHOKIF.I.D t. D. MFKKYMAN Pampain . Vki TiniDiit ('! aa :sella aigbt Kicbange and Telegrapbi Tranefera. and iaaoea Letter ol Credit 1 aeaiiabla throughout tba I niled btataav ; Draw Mills of Kicbange on !.ondoa, Liveepool. Dublin. Fan, herlm. Frankfort-1 on the-Main. Htookholm, aad all principal eitiea of Karopo. j Oo'.loaiiooa oiado oa allaeaaaibUBUt. Baakitsf hoar froaa t a. - to I . . DR. ARNOLD'S ' WONDER SALVE; i tme m.iihtK Ua i rue ut sr hi hid . . f..r .''urna. sVu'..i-, V,i,n1-. n--, J'.rui-.--, uf.i.jn, Ac thf iiKnihi hum 1 ..r all lull lUjiuai'.ry and iriitatiug urti I .in. j l llit" 1 lr-h and "-kiii PfciCE 50 CENTS OBlil.U AuJ'NCY KKOt k A M I.S. FOOT AAARKS lndiiMic li e jv thr imtd U kmiix. tlu l he -'n yl ORHOON KIDM-Y THA NO OTHER REMEDY H Vit j(ien thr v'nr-al naui'c-iiun l hut ha bru oMjiiieii liuin lite U"-r ul' lUi. NATURE'S OWN CURE vr luck ahf lntbriF. lunauiniMtiii f K)4n- i )rmllr' ii.tltng l'in whf-a riinaliua. bruk Utul ilrpo.i b ul , iMaamax TRY IT HT OlSCe. FOREST GROVE-TILLAMOOK H. I. Jones, the lorest (irotr llrrrjman, N now raaala; a tluely-equlpped state Ha r the M IUa Khf r road to Till nook, leatlua; Forest trf Tuesday and Friday inornioKs, aud rrarhluf Tillamook name day. IhlaUthe nlrett rldetw the farltlc Coast nithla tke reach of thl valley, dood at couiuiodallon, beautiful area cry, aud a pleasant trlpetery nay. lor particular addresa II. D. JOM S, . loreat drove. MONEY TO LOAN la Mini of i4M and upwurd, on time (i suit Uirrnwer-i, nil improveil l';irnis. Xo (niiiinif-ion. THOS. I). HU.MPHUKYS, mil -j'jk". IlKKIK N'. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON - - ---- - ETTGEINTB, nl'l :. MONDAY.-fKITFMHF.lt Is. Just chsed the year in its history most jirosn'rous j Wide range of studies. Thorough instruction. JJu-i-ness eour-- addisl. Tuition frts, Kn Irance Its', in. Hoard and Imlging nt reasonable rates in the elegant new dormitory and Ismrding hall on the campus, w here students will nsv.jve iersonal siiM'rvisioo. John W. JoHNsON, 7-1 ." President. i WAGON AND WHEELWRIGHT SHOP. I have nisMitsI a ehop for the riair of t A II K I H. FX, 111 (it.lKS AX II Af.0S in. t nil kin.ln of wissl a. irk. iTISFCT0N CUMTtrD. Shop t tinr.lner'a old stand, half l.lork aoiith of tjreer'a alore. Ij. w. iiouhb, IIIU.saoK OKHX1S. V.'.l. HM ' TIMF TA RLE. FAST AND SOUTH . . THE SHASTA ROUTE or tm SOUTH KHN PAC. CO. Eteama lmsa PoarpiND DtiLt : j North Hoalb 7-0O i IA I I 1'ortland Una F'ranciaoo Ar I Lt 7 Ar 7XI i KfXSF.BrKQ MAIL DAILY t SiTii" X Fort laud Ar I 4 Ti r m Ar K.abnrg L 7O0 a Aibtny Local Duly (Etcept Sunday) As r h oo r i'ortland Albanv Arl Ll 10 .tu a m 6 :w Ar unnn cak ux nik.x f.oite. PULLMAN GUFFET SLEEPERS .. sn Necong-1 1 Meepiag fara Arraiaio To All Teaouoai Taaiat. Weet Hid DiTiajon. BETWEEN 1-OKII.AND A COBYAI4.18 Mail Train Daily ( Kioept Haofay). 7 .10 a 8 4A a W.i" t a l. l orilaod Ar i &. r J-' " L Hillahora L Ar Corradi lll2:5fni afAl Albany auJ rorralli aonnect with traiua of tba tregoa I'aeiAo Kail road. Kiprea Traia Daily, ( Eioept Monday 4 a: r a (M r 7 6 F M L Ar Fort! and H 1 1 laboro MeMinneillo Ar Lt I.t S M a 7.1 a ft 4A a sj THBOrOU TICKETS to all point in tba f aatern Htatea. Canada and Enrcpe. eaa b obtained at loweat rate from I. i. Morgan, ageot, tJillaboro. a. r. Buutno, EOEHLER. Manager, Aat. V atlkOi . . a P.Aa't. Peril aad as KtVS Hosr ItANtitKOIH. - Tli- Krii'-ii .M"fiilr, with ivnl in" turn-l. buill during the' tivil war ut ttif 1 aljiuatf r iroo works revolulivuiej the uavlet vf thf whiil.- worll. Sv.-ani-ly lu (Mjrtunt wa- the ram at a weapon of uttacW, aiut to the oiilWif rale uaval nfliifM the worhl iiwh this inveti tiull. The CYiU federate "iliUe, puor a-i thoy were, I'n-ateJ a shipyard ut jizi) ( ."it v eMiiul!y for the xin itruftlon of thee nasal (-hips of war. Id the current nuiuU-r of the Sea boar.1 Ir.t Hrtrrl, et-lieuterunt jts.iiunaiidir Unit.sl Slates navy, livesa ux-t intenMinu siiiimiury of lhe mill's history in iiuyhI laittli-s. I rroiii the clne of the civil war to j the priwnt time I. ut one buttle luut lieen lonht in w liich t.ie mm bus la-en iisal. in July li), ifi. the Itali.in llis-t under Admiral lVrsaiio lattatkisl the Austrian ths?t under i Ailmiral Tif-thotf. The Itnlinn ailmiral undouldovily exjits-tisi an easy victory, lu Kuns he w as n-.uiy suM-rior ami in num I Ix-r of shim and men ulxiut eiiial. hju'h side had ironclails, the Italians one or two the most. I here were I Imni twenty-five to thirty steniner on each side. The Italians ms-iii to have largely rliel on two sister ironclad frigate, the IU d'ltalia and tlie Uedi lNirtujful, built by Webb in New York. They had also a three turreted monitor of the Coles system. One of the two ironclad frigates was lVrsano's rlnKhi. The Austrlans had no sliijw that were ts(ual to the tw o larK) Italians. They liad five or six ironclads. The Ferd inand Max wits plated with from 4 to 4 3-4 Inches of iron. The battle began with a cannonade but the Austrians, whose batteries were inferior, closed in as rapidly as possible, and under cover of the smoke Isanti to use their ships tu rams. Several of the Italians were sunk. The lirachke rammed the Italian turret ship anil inflicted a wound which sent her out of action. She siustsrsled in reaching Annina and sunk at the harbor's mouth. Hut the mo-t refnnrkable feat wa-: ierformist by the old Kaiser Max, which ves.-el riimniiil no less thai' live of the Italians and sank tin ironclad frigate w hicli Isire 1'ersituoV Mag. The Austrian oftWrs sjaike V this event in the imst thrilling Ian guage. 1 lie great overhanging hi J of Itie line of luiUlivdiip was thro u iwross the ironclad, N-aringher down !'' ,,u' ,n"Mm'n,ul inUl, ,,,,r im- j mediately, of her crew of most ;no j were drowned. The Kaiser Max, a ugmer viv-s-i, was not seriously nun. This was the greatest naval comlsU sinis the inlnMluctiou if steambut I we know that the Austrians obtained the victory by the ram, and that the Italians fought with their batteries only. Many rams have own designed lietwis'ii the yimrs Istvi and 1M, but all, until the Kahtadin. were either rains and guntioHis or rams and tor- jsslo U.ats. It rcmainisl for Admir al A milieu, 1'. S. X., to dsign a vitws-l which should le a mm and and nothing but a mm. From this brief history certain de ductions can le made. Perhaps the facts most clearly shown is that two mms acting in i-ows-rt are more than a match for any one ship, even if ohe lie far Mi-rior to either of the two. This is demonstrated by the sinking of the Indianola by the William II. Webb and the usmi of the West, the remarkable sumsss of the two I'llett mms in fighting the eight Confederate rams, June ti, 1st!-, and by the sinking of the Yaruna by the (lovernor Moore and the Stonewall Jackson. Another fact demou.stretisj is that the relative effis't on the vessel struck and on the ram is in projMirtion to the sjsrssl of tl.it rain. Perhaps this netsjed no demonstration, lielng a plain principle of mechanics. Ppeed and rapidity of revolution are of course great consideration, and from this we-may conclude that great size is not essential, nt.r even desirable. Or to put It In another way : A million dollars spent in building two rains carrying loo men each is a let ter investment than if spent in the construction of one ram carrylnl" -00 men. A moderate ize with good pee is the ""t, aud in my opinion , the katahdin Is Just about right. In rnr.l Hirhtlntr the success Or fllil-l tiro is determined in so few minutes the rush and struggle being so ex citing and the danger apparently so terrible that only the coolest headed ofHoer are flttisl to command rams. Uverything that can le done to mask an attack or rams and cover their evolutions is as important as in torjssjo lioat attacks. Drilling in ram handling tan, in the nature of thing's little like real war, and so it apsstrswise to have rams which must depend on ramming only, for if they have guns or torpedoes and the crew is drilled to handle them they will in the excitement of battle depend 'instinctively on these weap ons instead of on the ram. The great eUvX-esa of the Queen of tba West and the Monarch ia larfely do nuu I Leir No better overhauling Ikimt cuuld ' deigned for a ram than the pooa low of lh "W halebudu." The British ironclad CamperduftD, which ramiueil the Victoria teloC to what La-t Un termed the Admlr al H-j of irouclaJ-i. Iuitgine a great cateueat rjattie- nhip attacked by twu woaJcbaek ram (under cover of ulKhL'tutr or tattle imoke. They could turn twice to the great ardp turnln onea?, aiul if they worked In concert there la little doubt but that one at least could get an ox-nlng for a rush at right angle either before or abaft the caseuiati iTiwiing inrougn uie light auper structtitss she. would hllde over the gentle slojw of the pnitectlve de k ; ;io mutter w hat punishment she her If might hutler, the great ship would undoubtedly lie sunk. If the overhanging bow of the Kaiser Max isHild do auch w ork steaming at auch an insignificant p,I, would not the "whalebacks" ntak formidable rams ? lu tsinclusion, it sisms to the writer that the financial ,utlon should lie carefully considered. A battle-ship, costs, perhaM, 4,00.0(i0 to eonstnict, and about A-IOOhmj a year to keep in commiasiou, or, al low iug the iutew-st to 1 4 sr cent., it costs the govcrumeut over tV.j)ituoo a year to o n a battle-ship. This 1'ioney would build a Kutuh dln or maintain a great fleet of "wbalebacks" subject to the neetts of the nation. lrtnat (biaeto. It nwkes the average citizen of the Paciflt di-gusted with th? eastern philanthropist when t vaporing ver the superior virtu-, of the Chi naman are heralded. Kven Hob In gersoll, whofu many Vgard as half heathen, goea into e?asi- when he prates of the tien.f feithfulDt-, honesty and sobriety of the Chine. (in the other side of if, picture read this report of the last- vrand Jury of Multnoiimh csiunty: J "Among the limfy evils iu this city we have uttei-i to iuvestl gale, we found one' entirely new to the jury, that or lottery dealers. It is most amazing ty leant the extent of this jiernicions Iusines4 in this ily. We found be t one w hite man, I . it,.. ptffnaiii,!..a fw.iiur t 'ftl-iosM. 1 We 'i ad wt e, i j ,( ,IU jand indive- .ls en gaged in it that We could Unci evi dence against. iVy were pio.aptly arrained for trial and contributed about? l,nou to the credit of the county, with three Chinamen still in Jail under t-WiO sentnces. While we do not expect this Will abolish the evil, it is a step in th right direction. All over Chinatown, many in-nocent-nppcrtring Cli'-p9 "tores we found by examination " ' ticket offices f,,r lotteries The worst feature about the busiues? " that the purchasers are mostly w hi,en,eond j w1 d'"irp hpr( ,0 t0 par em to iook wen to ine w'1 of their lioys of nights, for H w evening a inemlier of ttila jury, in his search through the Chin iuart en, found in a hack rxm of a simple-hHiVing More as many boya as could: gather around a gnuilng table taking part and watching a gambling game. They were all white boys, aged from 12 to i years, not hood lums, but members of respectable fiimili. Further comment on thin Miliject seems unnecessary, but we feel com-s-llel to call parent' attention to this new danger for their aon." Meaai aad F.lectrte Ballroad. A writer in the New York Nun noteslthe fact tbat notwithstanding all the assistance g-iven to corpora tions by lisgtslaturea, citle, counties and private individuals, railroad tsmstruction in thl country was very slow at first. In 130 there were bat 2-1 mlle lu operation; la 132, 2J miles; in lJi, in 140, '2,813; in isl'i, 4,033 ; and luUii, Vi7. In no aingle year was the increase in mileage, which now av erage 6,0)10 miles a year, a high as l.tNKj. Hut from IS49 to the begin ning of the civil war, in 1861, the extension was rapid, the total mile age in 161 reaching 31,000. Then fV-in at n ,,'f 1 tin l.mrnl.lia.1 ., M 1 1 1 1 .jjjj 7,000 mll were added, and nnw ... ... . ... . . ' i On the other hand, the electric rail ! roads have increased with marvrloua i rapidity throughout every section of the country.- At the beginning of lsW, when electric railroad building first N-gan ,0 popular, there were . " , ... 7 l 1 'III I nilllT III IBTIIIIIJII. iiivri HIK il'iii iniin il uai a aiai us.iim; a, oil ears. Today, so great has been t" multiplication of lines that there fe more than 7,i00 miles of eleirlc street railroads. Three years agr the mileage of home road was 6,', of electric roads 1,641, of steam iroads V)4, and of cable roads 527. Now the electric roads lead all othf. Perhaps Siam is going to,vak the place so long held by Turfey as the bone of contention araoni the great Euro pa.n nations. li their corumuuJeis Mug 4 jiumiwho -r etiliiUtiaMU lu lli i prof.-ion. (oaciic belatioxs ok the rtobUTlUX or W0KLIr4. a. a. aUTcaiLL. OeXilJuies w beu ouo star'. out on a iulslva be does not anticipate what hi I tor will U before he i through. The dl.Tetvnt branches of scitDi-e are to the mind what ill lines of trad-s, oivupatloni, virtues and vlctr !.. When one gets starttrd in a curse, and he pr streda, he li all the while finding new hopa, and the -xpectatlon of Joy aod gain there, iften Us-omes In bis mind an ungo -ernable deeire logo on. I be tludu g of a little ol its dust may lead to the discovery of porkeu tlll.sl x.itU pnsious metal. and the iliscovry of a little gold dust may bud I a worthl.-s pit in the digging of w hich one may ssmkI his fortune and waste a lifetime. Whether the efli.rts are crow nisi with succeiss or end iu ignouiiuoUs failure, one duly Mian kind owes to mankind that is to alig. The un known of yesterday is often the reality of today, oh. Mystery of Infinity! Man, the terrestrial mole cule, i a'jlo to sound thy depths; but tliiiti coni'iasscst him alsiut a' the a-ean swallows the grain of sand falling into its Uksom. The night is liautifiil, sisirkliug with a my'riaiTof bright auns; trans lucent space, reaching Into infinity, Is peopled wilh legions of worlds ; but all is silent, aud would forever remain o but for the lnterrognlions of astronomy. Orry by rare mono aylables does toe tnighty Sphinx respond to our questions. It U wonderfui to have our eyes open to Irrinensity, and to be able to throw a glance uhmg tlie avenues of space and LiiiiB. We are begluning to spell out the first page of tho grand volume of the unlver-e. There are other sunt and other lights in the Infinite; other days aud other ags betide our own, and the earth is but one Ulet in Iheois-Hh of spaiv. The chaos of yesterday may U- the COAiaia of today. How grand it is tu think of our Sun as the mother and father, sister and brother of all tlm movements In this wonderful system of ours. Away out yonder In etherial sjsuv, after uniiunitiored is-uturi' of growth is a bulk of chaotic matter partly solidified, millions of mih in diam eter which is to ls our Sun is flouting oil" under the infiiieiH-e of physical lawJ. He may have started on his fiery tmw millions of vearV before tlie world whs. Kirt starting upon his fire-eyed Journey with a long or short beard or tail, suited to his own caprice, he may have wandered for millions of yart through hypa-therial siwi-e in the most eccentric orbits imaginable, then as the years no, there could be no measure or duration of time rolled on his orbit Ixvanie .s eifen- tric until nt la-t he bus gathered into one solid mass all the sun dust and material nei-essary to constitute a M.-ii-illuminationg body, lleing sot large and in his myriad wanderings he hasgnthensl unto himself a lot of cometary visitors who view him from ad sides with their lire-eye, Who travel In hylierbolic, then jstrabolic orbits until finally they cone down to the clipticnl orbit and assume the position in the universe of a planet or a world if you please. Planetary formation in our view i Is dependent wholly uon ' two forces, 'centrifugalw-driving away from th; center, and" ivntriietal drawing toward the center. Al though the substance uic.'er end the laws of gravitation and repulsion seem infinite1 and co-ex tent, yet there must have been a period when attraction on substanoe-i natter pre ceded the reieiling aj-tion, fur a substance roast assume form, then axial rotation la order to develop the centrifugal force. The Sun exit-led no doubt in its cometary state with out axial rotation and as it glatv-ed here and there through the im menaity of space, gathering in the various chaotic substances in its path until it began to consolidate or harden; then it was that the resist ing medium iu space began to influence fu movements. And the nucleus cf the great comet began slowly tJ revolve, and the farther It moved through space the greater axial telocity it acquired until it becanr the electrical dynamo tbt furnUies the electrical currents to gui and control this universe. Tho cenirifugal force of the Sun Is not as It p-ems, infinite, but is capable of afompllahing a certain amount and a more. That is, it wi.I repel ubaUrvsas until the force has become Miaseminated urA weakemsl, when tue attraction of me sun win prevent .. m. a . the substance going farther. These force may have located or retained the planetary substance-matter In their earlier or original locations in belts or zones, after w hich the nuclei or centers f attraction were formed by ll.o Sun's agitation and then axial rotation and revolution around the Sun were acquired. My tale of a comet fn the Indk pen DrNT caused some comment and a certala '-pro has tried to poke a Utile fun at astronomara not my- stlf-becansv they do not know their comets when they (the cvuietio return. The 'prr' aay : "If astrouoinert can't tall certain when a comet Is to appear and w here It Is to appear, aol how it U to appear, then they don't know anything about them." Such talk- U foollshneas. If a farmer baa a pig, and that pig stray away for a few 'year, thou.b. he may Live marCed it wall and resurded such markings, after tke la use of time, he may not be abla to identify that pig should It happen to pavi hi premises where he cou! a good look at it. An astronomer can not mark a coruet, a a fanner may mark his pig, and he should not lie much blamed if, after the lapse of fifty or a thousand years, he fails (o recogtnr.e it. 1 luring thai lime li may have undergone many clianges in composition and bulk which would in use it to have the appear ance of a stranger or undiscovered coi nut, while at the same time, ther. changes in composition and bulk would cause its orbital motion to change, thereby obliterating every mark by which the astronomer ex ected to identify it. interim a i rater Plate. It was shown at the Indian Head proving grounds, July 11th, that the United Statu apparently leads the world in. He manufacture of the strongest arnmr plates. There were two plutee tested, which were to le utfacked by three projectiles each. The tlrst test, beside determining w hether the .'jo tons of armor plate should Is accepted, also determined whether the maker should receive i-io a ton In addition to the contract price of t57, a too. The first plute tested was a S inch nk'kel steel plate weigblug ten tons. The plate was 6J feet wide by 9 7-12 feet long, and was made by the Carnegie-Frick Company. Three Holtzer projectile weighing s' jO pounds each were fixed from an s-lnch rifle, the muxile leing 5s feet from the target. The results-of the three tests were as follows, 1. Vcl.city ,40(J feet per second, ikenet rated piste and backing to a depth of 11.7 Inches. 2.. Velocity l.tis.l feet, penetrated plate and lift ol oak tacking ; was lout in earth Uhind. .1. Velocity l,i3S feet, Miiotrated plate and backing to a depth of 14 Inches. No cracks wore jsTceptible in the plate, which it -tall the requl.t-. ynts for arrcpt. a. ice without premium, as the second shot lout the maker the premium. The second plate ass maile by the Itethlehem Comfiany, and wan aho mmle of nickel steel. It was HA feet high by 1-' feet 1 inch ia length, and wns 17 inches thick. The plate weighed 31 f tons. A 12-inch rifle was used at a distance of 319 fret, and threw Carpenter shells weighing sit) pound. The result of the tests was, as follows I.' Velocity 1,329 fis-t per wwnd.j penetratetl 18.B inches. 2. Vfloity 1. 10.1 fist, inetrated plate and 3 Inches of backing. a. Velocity l,iS feet, plate penetrated as well as M inches of backing, th embank ment; and disappearsd beyond, either in the woods or the river. The plate MVtired the acceptance of the contract lot of 000 to 700 tons, but earned no premium. The pro jectiles acted admirably, and were I . . . 1 1 . . t. . . a i, l iiuruiy mjunsi. miiuun vjni urowii, of the I'.ugllsh Ordinance, was sur prised to find no cracks in the large lariiette plate. Commodore Samp son said : "The texts today demon strate that the United Htatea makes the best armor in the world, and makes it cheaper than other nations are able to produce it. We pay for the addition of nickel to the steel plate half a cent a pound, or 111.20 a ton, while the French government pays 1140 for the addition of nickel to the steel plates." A CoatraaU an extreme summer styb a As New York house Is showing a very mannish looking outing shirt for a yachting or racing costume. It looks i use of machinery to produ litem precisely like those worn by men Inland the great cheapening of the the colored styles, and has a change pocket on the right aide. The only feminine ai'ce-ssory is the cord and tassel tie at neck. This style is in line with the new Knglish waistcoat which Is shown in dotted linen, low cut and doAibie-breasted, "witb sile i vest pockets, mis is worn with a shirt of plain linen, finished with standing collar and frill shirt sleeves. These severe styles are in sharp con trast to the fluffy lace collars and full jabots, which better please another clasw of women. Ft these dainty nisklets, as they re tailed, chifToii is in constant u tied Into a large soil bow, attached . l a folded stand- in voilau. How beneficial trusts are to the working men Ls show n by the cut of from -iTi to M) per cent. In the wages paid by the leading eompaay la Uie type-writer truat. Type-vnters have not been reduced in price. j Silver tongues will not be larking! at the Chicago M-metalllc con veutloo. Bob I&geraoll will to ooe of Uie psalter. I 1.0 10 OEABESt It Is a favorite plea of the allver luonomottdLis-M, and others who Cvor so-called "cheap money," that gold haW appelated, instead of iUvair dwlinlng lo value. Their argument U that cxiuiawaiitles are only cheaper w ben u-easurod in gold; tbat.tbwy, and sliver have remained really at about the ihdih price, while guld ban rLs-'U in value, and therefore 11 takos less gold to buy CorutuvAlitlei than it formerly did. A great many people K-cept this statement hastily, from the fact tbat the priies of many commodities are cheajs-r now than they were tLfty year ago. There Is a good deal of confusion in the pop ular mind, from not investigating the matter fully, and determining whether the statement iscarrhst out with regard to all couiiinaJiticia. Aihim Smith, in ids groat tgxt IsMik on political ts-oitoiuy -the -"Wraith of Nations" -refers Uie ultimate value of all i-ommoditlcs tu the labor standard. I Ii says : "Equal quantiths of labor, at ail times and plais-s, may lie .said to la of equal value to the laborer, lu his ordinary state of health, strength and spirits, in the ordinary degree of his skill and dexterity, he must always lay down the same iiortion of his ease, his liberty and bis happiness. The priis? which he pays must always be the same, whatever may Isj the quantity of goods which he receives In return for lt. Of these, Indeed, It may sometimes purchase a greater and sometimes a lesser quan tity, but it is their value which varied, not that of the labor which purchases them." Ijtlxr alone, therefore, never varying in it own value, Is alone the ultimate and real standard by which the value of all commodities and at all times and places be estimated and trom pared. It is their real price; money is their nominal price only. Now, it is clear that if gold haa become relatively dearer w lthln the ast half century, then a certain amount of labor will he paid now with less gold than It was flfty yeura ago. Or, to state the same fact in dilfcrent form, if guld has btssMiie doan-r, then a fixed aum will buy inoie lalior than the same sum would at that timo. And v. e may also nu-a.rc the prices of com modities farm products, manu factured articles, ele., In labor j and, if as is asaerfVsl, coriimrailtleH have not changed in actual value, a cer tain amount ol' labor will buv no more and no li--w of them than It did then. The treasury department ha an official report on this topic. Kxperu have made a painstaking investi.fi.- ' Hon of prices for the hut fifty years, and the rcults thereof enable us to establish the incorrect n ess of tlie proisjhition of the free ailver men. Here arc some facts : A fixed amount of labor earnest A.s7.T0 in gold iu II Hi; it earned 1100 in gold in Isikl; and il earuert siCO.TO in gold in the year lsttl. This show s that gold is today .'17 s-r ts-nt. chea;ier than it was in I860, and 4-'j per cent, cheaper than it was in 149, measured by a fixed amount of labor. Have tlie labor ing men leen "ground dow n under the heel of the money power, by the appreciation of gold," as has been wildly claimed? Hy no means ; in fact, quite the reverse. As to the value of commodities, measured by the labor standard, this report shows the position of the "cheap money" men, that they have not decreased in aleaolute value, "but only because guld ha appreciated," to be equally false. It slows the gold prices of 223 of the most impor tant articles of daily use to have declined 7.8 per cent, from ISfJO to 1191; while the decline, measured in terms of labor," is very much greater. In point of fact, there should le no discussion of the tact of their decline in absolute value, bemuse every one knows that the means of transtMirtnfion, have ren dered it possible to produce them cheaper. Now, to compare the decline la the prices of commodities since IsiX w ith the decline in ailver. As statist above, they have declined 7.M per cent, since that year, while ailver has decliinsl over 40 pr cent. So thl refute- the assertion that their prices and that of silvor have remained relatively the same. Hence it Ls cleur that gold has not appreciated in value; and further more, it follows that there Is enough of it for the purre of businesM. Wade. "Old Isd Uray," who died in New York the other day and who ls to liave engraved tin bis tombntone, "lie never had an enemy," should be read about and his career studied by some of the young chaps who think it an evuli-invof senseto make enemies. Will svimeNsly kindly explain how CorU-tt is to fight at Coney Island with Mitchell at Chicago, nniexs they are doubUts ?