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Vol. XXII.
HILLSE0R0, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 4,
No. 32.
"Off
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( i r.. era l i i rectory.
8TATK OFF1CKKS.
(ii.vonnir . , Svlve.tor Pennoyer
Secretary of State . "ten. W. McMride
Tr.-iallrer Phillip Metsrhen
i. B. .Mct'.iroy
. ..Frauk C. Flaker
... W. P. Uiril
. K. 8. Mean
F. A. Moore
r. A. MeHride
W. N. Karralt
PKOFF.SSIONAL CAKDB.
Supt. Publio In.t motion,
State Friutwr .
Supreme Court
JnAne Fifth District
Attorney Fifth District
COL N I V
Jaiitie. . . .
1'oiuiuissionera
OFFICERS.
1
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Clerk
rihentf
K.-uorder -
'1 rH-iir r
A-.eHor .... .......
School Superintendent
hurvewr
Coroner
...H. P. C-orneliu.
. 1. 11. Keaaoiier
I . O. Todd
H. II. Ooodiu
. . H. P. Ford
K 1.. McCoriuicW
J. W. Sappiugtuu
0. K. Deicliuia.i
W. A. Hoiid
I, . K. W dken
W. D. ood
C. E. KINDT,
YTTORNEY-AT-LAW,
PORTLAND. OREGON.
Room : No. 3, Portland Having Bank
Itaildlug, Seoonil and Washington btroele.
A
m. auaarrr, adams
BARRETT A ADAMS,
1 TORN EYS-AT-LA W,
H1LLSHOKO. OREGON.
Orrica: Central Block, Boomi 6 and 7.
CUV orllCKUS.
Hoard of Trustee
I
Recorder .
Treasurer
Marabul . . .
J. 0. Hare, I'm.
(loo. Wiloox
. . . N. A. barretl
. F. J. Halle
J. K. Adkiui
J.J. Morgau
..J. P. Tamieaie
. . U. W. Dobbiu.
O. W. Piitlerm
Frank Smith
'. Wni. MoWuillau
J. 1. Knight
jimtiitfHof peace j
POSl' Or'FK'H INFORMATION
Z7 ...,u cloae at tlia HilLboro Post
O,:!',:;,0al! W-t L'u.oo. Bethau, and Odar
Mill, at ll:'J '
;;:'"ltUnd:udy-omce..0:55..
or'Vunnmgton and Laurel. Wedneeday
and Saturday, ai lUj' . .
Tm KUON CnVlTAN""()FFtCK.
p.obert A. Miller
I'eler I'liijiiot....
Keiater
Knoaiver
of 1'
NO.
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r.irwiK NO. W), nioeta
vm,l'T. H. u()iinN. N.O.
Ht'o'y.
(. K. Hall.
1). M . OAHI.T
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....... i.'. klr . K. F. & A. M.
'rerV'yntono, after
full u.o ,n of eaoU ...i.h; ApK!)i( MBStor
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Dauiclitpr f Kebfkiili.
nltlSHOltO HF.HKKAH l.ODOK NO.
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Mas. K.xHtroN,H.oy.
11 " Kk'.j. H.1HOF.KLO. Maater,
AUNia iMBKia, See.
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Freaohititf
S. . HI STO,
iV AM) NOTARY PUBLIC.
HlLI.SHOK(J, OKEOON.
ltoooi No. H, Cuion Hlook.
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THOM AS H. T0SUI E,
TTOItN KY-AT-LAW,
H1I.I-SHOUO, OUEOON.
Orrioi: Morgan Block.
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WILKEM BK0H.
4 RSTRACTOIW AND
A SURVEYORS.
HILL8BOKO, OKEGON.
Agents for Bar Look Typa Wrltar. Two
iloora uortb of Poatollioa.
J. W. MEKRILL,
tTTO RX EY-AT-LA W,
HILLS BOKO, OKEOON.
0rij: oyer Orwr'a Orooery Btore, on
Mainatreet.
Driicuift-' i:i f.i'l'li'l
Vj I'o taken tiry or n :i. i . - ,i
The Klnr "f l l- r M. i.l.
H'or J. ml i'. 1 1 1 ,
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NORTH PACIFIC
. CLAY WORKS .
THUS. U. MLMl'UREYS.
f lOXVEYAXCINti AXL
AUSTRACT1NU OF TITLES.
IULL8BOKO, OKEOON.
Legal papera drawn and Loant on Kaal
wtt nuotiated. nuaineaii n""
with pro.uptneaa and d.apatcb.
0ic: Main Htreet, oppoa.te iue w
Hoaan.
It. MXON,
JJEXTIST,
FOKEST OKOVE, OKEOON.
. u.ih for 15.00 and
lanow . , nah,n
per aet : beat of material ana
Will compare with aeta coating l"b
extraotud without pain. riiiiuK.
loweat prioea. All wora warren.
OKrira: three doom norm
atoro. Olhoe boura irom
THE OlitCiOX PEMTEMIAKT.
Tlio Salem Ptulenman, from ad'
vanee tables of Superinteudent
Ltovvnin'n fortheornlDo; biennial re
port, notes some Interesting statistics.
Since the rejiort nmile January
lsM.l, there have hti-n at any time In
the prWim
For larceny of all k i nils, 419
vlct; munler in the wt-oiid tliyive,
!'; iniinsliiiihter, oO;', burglary, 80;
Mhliery ami assault to rob, 7; rape
and itwault tocoiiunit raie, 2"; for
L'ery, I'J : olitiiiiiinir money under
false preteiiseH, IS; selling lii(Uor to
Inilians, 2; walotny, 2; assault to kill
anil with danp'rnux ,veaj)Oiw, 34;
MiilH-zli'ineiit, .1; arson, 4; jierjury
iiml subordination, U; Hiding escape
nf pri-uiners, I; n-ceiviii"; stolen ffootlu,
; roliliiiiff I'nitetl Stati-s mails, 6;
lipiiny, three; counterfeiting and
pa-Miii same, 'J; mayhem, 2; robbing
poftodice, 2; uttering forged checks,
1; incest, 4; seniling obsi-ene matter
through the mails and oliseene writ
ing, 2; procuration, 2; defrauding the
government, 2; fornication, 1; seduc
tion, 2: abiliictinn, I; riot, 2: mali
cious injury to proerty, 2; adultery,
'.; other charges, 82; total, 800
The nationality of these Is given a-s
follows :
31
A Full atcK'k of
DRAIN TILE
Conatantli on band.
Orders Solicited.
Arizona I Pennsylvania .
Alabama 1 Rhode Island 1
Arkansas 2 Texas 5
Colorado I Tennessee 1
California 5.'J Utah
Connecticut X Vermont 2
lielaware 2 Virginia 8
North Carolina...;! West Virginia. ..2
South Carolina... 2 New Hampshire 2
North Dakota.. .4 Washington S
South Dakota 2 American, not sta
Florida
( ieorgia .....
Illinois
Iowa
Indiana
Kansas
2 Scotland..
2 Sweden....
45 Russia
22 Italy
2:1 Austria....
.ft Oermany
11
,..13
....5
...13
2
..42
...29
..'.21
Brick
to 4 p. ui.
WM. BENSON,
JRACTICAL MACHINIST,
HILLSItOKO, OUEOON.
a ii : .1 , .9 van a i ritr 0 Oil Hteatn Engine
.nd&. M,U Work.ThrKine.
Mowera, Feed tauiera, .w.
vu.o..;.... M.nhinea. Wringera, . Fnmia,
Scalea, Soiaaora ground. Our, a nd Lock,
amitbiug. Saw. ground and tiled; b
. iu,.. .......Iver of aecond band engine, ana
.o.lera for aale. All work warranted.
It US. I'. A.E. J.BAILET.
DIIYSICIAXS, SUR(F.OXS AXD
I ACCOUCHEURS.
HILLSItOKO. OKEOON.
..,. in 1'har.uacT. Union Blook. Oalla
attended to. n.gbt or day. K".
t.W,t. Biiiw Line and Seooud .treeta.
J. 1. TAMIENIE, M. !..
P. R. R. SUROEOX,
HILLS BOKO, OKEOON.
Orrio hd K...ca: corner Third
and Mam Street., umc. --""."r l'
all hours. All oana vv.;
uuiht or day.
s.
JAS. H. SEWELL,
Hlllsboro, Oregon.
Extraordinary!
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And the regular subscription
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and paying one year in
vance can get Ix.th The
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p. ui.
I'rav
Y. F. 8
" ... ii ii L'l... ..ilw. tadtur.
M i'"rV..hintf'every Sabbath morning and
1.,:. J. n :
evi'inng
10
4 r. in.
i i
I'i Fifth and Fir.
evenini! at s p
lirayer
F. J.
l.ea.'iie meeting o,
,..., T. tl.ea..d T..eaday eren.ngof ecn
l-reat'iniiK r.r. , -
aecond and fonrtb Sun-
, ii , : Miiniiii, m'liiM" - i
k' I (' F every Snmi.iv at 7 p n..;
..." ..'i,J . v. ry Wednesday evening
MriiMT. pastor.
" lOlIsH.irs fill KCIl-Service, ftrat
( ami thud Sunday at 7 - '
ami fourth Sunday at 11 . and 7 r. u.
ami tour s,,,,,, f CHrmtian Kmlea-
in.mtli at 11 a. h. ..,,. la,tor.
D. S.
I MUSI' lul l I'
Hlt.l.S-
Uiro ivirner I mru oi r -
iMirii. - ...i. Uill. ...h tiiiirmnD
,1 ami l.mri.i """.', "
SlindllV "On.mi rvni "
U.v. SCHOF1F.I.D. Tantor.
hihI evening
ut in X.
HTHOLW SF.KVICES WILL IK
( , l l at the re.ideii.-e of Mr. ll.
V,' bild at ''.. i. ,,... in ,.h
,iii. i.
I uternahn-r on
nioutli at hi v
Kv. K
D. DONNELLY. I'a.tor.
S. T. I.INKI.ATEK, M. B. f.
1IYSI(TAN AND SUROEOX,
HI LLSBOKO, OKEOON.
I)ri : in Hillalajro rharmacv. Kmt
. . . li. oriina hour.
P.nck: eaal oi lour. ------ ,
from . a. .... to t p .in. at 1 'barmaoy when
not visiting; Iwfore and after that time at
re.idenoe.
W. . HtlOB, M. u.,
JHYSICIAN AND SUROEOX,
1
HILLS BOKO, OKEOON.
Orrn : in Chenette Kow. BavlDWOl:
oorner First and Main street..
W. H. KICKER,
m-Al. I-STVTE AO EXT
' AND MONEY LOAXER
HILIBOKO. OKEOON.
nrraiH TO THE tTBLir. Land, in
1 ,i ri.M nr .in all tract., and will ercbange
land, in the country for town or city prop
ertv; in faot. If von have anything to el
change, in any lodality, aee me.
All old subscribers paying
their subscriptions for one
year in advance will be en
titled to the same ofTer.
HILL SBORO PUBLISHING COMPANY
Dr. Price's Cream linking Powder
Awardfel Gold MciUI Mulwintrr t-jir, ban rranctco.
BARGAINS
-IN-
FRUIT TREES.
APPLES. PEAKS. PliENFS,
('HKKH1KS mid other fruit
tree, for aale at
Bed-rock Prices
for Caab ormppruved note..
TH0S. D. HUMPHREYS.
2titf
I
f. B. BROWN,
)ENTIST.
IlILLSl)KO, OKEOON.
OOLD CKOWN and BRIDGE work
.peeialtv. All work Ounranteed.
ItiNim. I and 2 Morgan Block.
3 Orn-i liovas: From A. u. to 4 T. at.
J. (. HAM..
PURVEYOR.
Leave
louhtfiil sdi nlono. Tho lt
mm en-y to iri, hh-i im
in uro. Ak otir ticMifT tor
FERRY'S
SEEDS
s. !lO tl
f ver v iM'i v. I-Vrrr
A itn nit I lor !"'" I i i
Fwhal Iniw. iLiiti U liall In tiliti.l.
!. M. I I WWY A CO.- rv"
Ihrlroit, Mitti.
EAGLE MARBLE WORKS!
r- f
rn CX- T-T-A. JrOi--L-LN C3, Washington Street.
ait!,t'rcTvna of
MONUMENTS, HEADSTONES-
ar.l all kind, of .varwe nor. iu
TALIAN AND AMERICAN MARBLE.
Importer and dealer in
Ameican and Scotch Granite Monuments.
ore,i AD "
22,H-lmoSU PORTLAND, OK.
All partie. w.ahing anrveving done will
call upon me, a. I have bad miteen year.'
eirienee in anrveving in the county, and
will make mv charge, aa light aa poaaible
oonai.tetit with the ttraea.
Oirira: With Jmlga Hnmphreva, on
VI ., i .. ....... nn , I . ll,. I'..n.t ll.,nU
' I' I..I .c.
Krii.!,i-: S. E. oorner of Smh and -,,"r
A bicycle girl in Indiana got a
present from her laau. He wrote:
"Ry liearer, I semi yon a pair of
bloomers. If you'll wear tln-in tiv
night at church I'll consider it as n j
proof of your affection for me." She
fainted. The bloomers were roes
A prize of one guinea, offered for
the best definition of "life," has Iss-n
awarded for Ihe follow ing iletinilion :
A trial trip before the launch
'Into eternity."
. i ? OIL. 13 ibe
NEURALGIA
Without relafsc collapse, aushaps or perhaps
Kentucky 9 England
Louisiana 10 Ireland ..
Missouri IltJ West Indies 2
.Michigan 15 China 35
Maine 17 Franco 5
Montana (i Canada 34
Mississippi.. 2 Norway 3
Massachusetts ...19 Wall's 2
Maryland 2 lielgium 4
New York ts3 Switzerland 4
New Jersey 7 Japan 3
New Mexico 1 Spain 3
Nevada 3 Denmark 3
Nebraska 3 Argentine 1
Oregon 74 Holland 2
Ohio 35 Unknown 3
Total ' of nativities : American,
5iili; foreign born, 210; making the
grand total 800.
f this number 79 were under 20
years of age; 371 between 20 and 30
years; 21 S between 30 and 10 years;
M between 40 and 50 years; 17 be
tween 00 and so years; 1 over 80
years; the average age being 31 years,
Six per cent could neither read nor
write, and -4 per cent could read
only.
hixty-tlve per cent came of poor
parents, 20 jkt cent of comfortable
parents and 15 of well-to-door un
known parentage, Eighty-flve per
cent were city born and 50 per cent
in the country
Lighty kt cent acknowledged
having bten more or less addicted to
drink, and CO per cent attributed
their downfall to liipior.
Only 21 percent were married.
In religions 278 were nominally
Protestants; 320 Roman Catholics; 8
Jewish; 37 heathens; 157 nothing
arians.
The character of the offenses of 141
was against the person; GIG against
property ;' and 19 against public
morals.
On the 1st of January last the total
of the iiimats was 3tiG, and at the
present time it is 350.
To feed the average of about 340
convicts the commissariat depart
inent required in 1S93 a supply of
131,371 pounds of dressed lieef; in
1894, 130,955, an average of about
11,000 pounds a jnonth. Flour,
white, 151,000 anil 148,000 pounds
reflectively; other Hour, 3300 pounds
in ls!3 and 3500 in 1894. Of beans
there wen. usl, in is94, 25,974
Pork,90J3 and about 10,000 pound
respeeti vel v. Sime other items
of use which run within a few
pounds of the same from year to
year are: Suit, 10,500 (Kiunds; rice,
Goon; coffee, 2s92; sugar, 5225; pickles,
21 barrels; vinegar, 7 barrels; and
apples, sol boxes. Of farm produce.
Pot itoes, 271,30 pounds; siUi)shes,
H,G79; cabbages, 10,030; onions,
G5I7; string beans, 48 18; carrots, 4081;
turnips, :h;:i7; and tomatoes, 3550
pounds, l,e-ide minor supplies.
The stove foundry and machine
shois are now under the state's con
trol in connection wtth the peniten
tiary, and the follow ing tlguren will
give an idea of the magnitude of
the business done during the past
year, the estimates being closely ap
proximated to the exact figure:
No. freemen employed
Vagi, per year
Wood cf.t.stitned, value
Miscellani-otis supplies
Iron rmuired, tons
'oke required, tons
No. of i-ast iron stoves and
ranges, hinting atoves and
briket and stt-l ranges
manufactured
alue of same $12,000
No. piei-es of hollow ware 9,000
Value tit saiiiv $ l.SOU
Numlierof convicts employed In
rnge and tin shop, 6; warehouse and
shipping department, 4; nickel plat
ing, 12; miscellaneous, 19. Only the
finest quality and softest American
iron is used in tb foundry, and to
attain the requisite fluidity, the bast
imported Scotch iron in mixed there
with.
At its last session th legislature
appropriated 93,850 for the current
expenses of the penitentiary for the
ensuing two years, and In addition
thereto the sum of $52,500 for build
ing purposes. Of the amount appro
priated for maintenance $72,049.53
have been speut, and of the building
fund only $12,296 have been ex
pended.
BETH ANT.
The liaptLst congregation, alter a
long vacancy, have secured a new
pastor.
Dr. Von Orueningen and brother
have leased the Lonard farm for a
term of ten years.
All the churches were crowded on
Christmas eve and Christmas day.
The exercises of the Sunday school
were well received.
Mrs. John Ilamel and oldest
daughter, Caroline, have been very
low with lung fever, but are now
convalescent.
Mr. Jacob Wlsmer was very agree
ably surprised by an unexpected
visit from a brother, who resides in
Iowa, whom he had nut seen for
many years.
It Is rumored that a new church
will be built in the near future.
This will be the sixth church in
which the people of Bethany are
more or less Interested.
Hard times have not much In
terfered with Improvements. No
table among these are the splendid
uew residence of Mr. John Ilamel
and the addition Mr. Ulrieh Oarber
has made to his dwelling and store, j
Last Suuday night uninvited
guests visited the smoke house of
Claus Peterson and with them disap
peared about 400 pounds of fresh
meat. Catch them If you can, and
if you succeed in that, convict them.
Teachers and pupils enjoy this fine
weather duriug vacation week. Our
schools are over-crowded. Rock
ieek district has engaged a secoud
teacher ander the necessity of enlarg
ing the building. The accomoda
tions of other school houses are also
taxed to their limits.
P0TERNJ1ENT 10NTK0L or BAIL.
ROADS.
The recent report of the Interstate
Commerce Commission furnishes
some very interesting data concern
ing the economic stdv of placing rail
roads under government control.
According to these statistics, such
management by the government has
not in the majority of cases been
found successful. At present there
are in all eighteen countries partly
owning and operating the railroads
of their countries. The most impor
tant of these are France, Germany,
Russsa, Australia, Japan, Norway
and Sweden. In these countries the
government fixes the tariff ou all
traffic, has power to revise thene rates
at will, and is compelled by law to
reduce the rates' when ' the earnings
exceed a prescribed jiereoutage. In
the majority of cases this percentage
does not exceed 13 per cent. The
reault of ithis system may be seen in
part by the following significant fig
ures. The cost of transporting freight
in Oreat Britain is 2.8 cents per ton
per mile, in France 2.2, in Germany
l.t4, and in the United States 1 cent
In the case of the intercut paid on
the capital Invested, however, Eng
land pays 4.1 per cent, France 3
per cent, Germany 5.1 per cent, Kus-
sla fi.S per cent, Austria 1 per cent
Belgium 4.6 per cent and the United
States 3.1 per cent. The advantage,
it will be seen, is in favor of private
rather than of government control
Several states. Including Pennsvl
vania, Michigan, Indiana, Massachu
atts, and others, have attempted to
manage their railroads, but in every
case without financial success.
8
$G,(M0
120
5,4(H)
480
150
4.&IXJ
THE KIBBLE I'AKI V.
The bubble party promises to be
the especial fad for the holiday sea
son. Grown people are just finding
out the p'Msibility of soap bubbles.
A pipe is not the best thing for blow
lug them. A tin horn about 8 inches
long and li inches in diameter at the
big end will make bubbles much
bigger and make them much quicker
than any pipe. If you have the
horns faintly fluted for an inch up
ward from the base they will be im
proved, for the irregularities will
hold the fluid in small quantities and
the bubble will be easier to start and
better fed. Such horns can be made
by the dozen at any tin shop for a
few cents.
The strongest possible fluid for
producing bubbles is made In this
way: Take the fourth of an ounce
of white cast lie soap; cut it up into
small pieces and boil three-fourths of
a pint of water: when the soap is
melted and the water has cooled, add
three-fourths of an ounce of glycerine,
This makes enough of the mixture
for a bubble party. It is better made
the. day before it is used and kept
corked tightly; the bubbles are then
such visions of glorious violet, rose,
green, orange and blue as can not be
seen in any other way on this planet.
These bubbles will last half a min
ute or more, and one of the prettiest
sports in the world is to toss them
into the air like balls. All that Is
necessary fur this feat is a rough
woolen mitten and a little care. Don't
lift the hand to meet tbe bubbles in
the air, but on the contrary, sink the
hand a little as the bubble ap
proaches, so that it will settle on it
iu the gentlest possible way; then,
gently again, toss it up and it Will
rise time after time like a balloon.
A long table covered with an old
blanket Is a fine thing for showing
off bubbles, they can be formed from
one end of It to the other, and a prize
can be offered for the blower who
successfully forms the greatest num
ber of bubbles through the whole
journey. With a fan, too, bubbles
cau be kept in the air, and a great
variety of games invented with
them. A fine chance for showing
off a pretty figure this exercise gives.
Bubbles can be blown to rest on
the damp edges of cups, and they
last longer in this position than in
any other. If they are put under a
glass case so as to be quite protected
from currents of air the color in them
will settle into regular rainbow
bands, and the effect Is most curious,
as well as bewilderiagly beaatiful.
AMERICANISM l.N EM. LAND.
To begin with, the word which
most Inspires the sneers and jeers of
English scribblers, "guess" Is the old
Saxon word which is used in the
same sense in every page of Cbauct
and other ancient writers, and is
colloquial to this day. iu many part
oi ui is country, ills lar more con
else and correct than such words as
"fancy" "imagine," "suspect," etc.
used in England to avoid the derided
"Americanism," to say nothing of
"exect," which is positively un
grammatical unless relating to a fu
turn event. "Store" is manifestly
more, exact than "shop," which
means a place where things are
"shaped," and is proiierly used in
the sense of "workshop," as in "tit
ting shop," etc.
"Railroad" was the more common
expression in England also fifty years
ago, and is at least as correct as
"railway"; while "track" is obvious
ly so much more expressive and
handy than our roundabout denomi
nations that the engineer has decided
to adopt It. "Tramway," I admit,
is an excellent word that it is very
unfortunate the Americans do not
naturalize, though John Stephenson
A Co. and others are endeavoring to
make it current. '
"Shunt" is also a very useful word
which the Americans would be well
advised to adopt, as the meaning of
"switch" Is properly the mere action
of moving the handle which causes
the "shunting." "Sidewalk" is man
ifestly the right Word to use, as it
may or may not lie paved, the
'pavement" la-ing actual stone sur
face and not necessarily a sidewalk
at all. London Spectator.
As Chairman Springer said the
first Carlisle bill would pass, bis pre-
foundry, moulding-room and cupola, diction that the second one will be
5G; mounting and fitting, 44; steel enacted counts for very little.
Bearonsfield and His Wife.
Lord Beaconsfield's treatment of
his wife and the nature of the wife is
thus described in the memoirs of Sir
William McGregor, which were pub
lished lately: "One remarkable and
grand trait in his character was his
noble demeanor to his wife. From
the day of his marriage to the day of
her death he treated her with a chiv
alrous devotion. And yet. she was a
most repulsive woman flat, angular,
underbred, with a harsh, grating
voice; and though by no means a
tool, yet constantly saying stupid
things, most frequently about him,
which tended to make him ridicu
lous; as, for instance, when the con
versation turned on some man's fine
complexion, 'Ah,' she said, 'I wish
you could only see my Dizzy in
his bath; then you would know w hat
white skin is.' It was hideous the
tokens of affection and apparently
of admiration which he lavished on
'Marianne,' as we Irreverently called
her. One evening, on coming up
from dinner, he knelt down before
her and as they say in novels, de
voured both her hands with kisses,
saying at the same time, in the most
lackadaisical manner, 'is there any
thing I can do for my dear little
wife?' "
OVER THE STATE.
The Eugene Register w ill, on or
about January 1st. issue a daily
edition.
A grain warehouse at Monmouth,
Polk county, was burned last week
Loss, $3,000.
Icep snows on the Siskiyou moun
tains has delayed the California trains
during the past week.
The Oregonian Issued a forty page
edition January 1st, surpassing all
previous attempts on a great paper
Senator McAllister is said to have
come out for abolishing the office of
district attorney and substituting
county attorneys.
The tramps applying for aid at th
Salem Board of Charities wou't work
claiming that the board has no right
to demand labor for its charities.
Notwithstanding the dark outlook
for hops, one grower in Polk connty
has faith iu the industry, which he
shows by building a larger. bouse,
Mr. George Wright Is feeding 4800
head of mutton sheep at Olcx. He
will feed some 7000 or 8000 sacks of
wheat to them. He is also feeding
5000 head at Ellensburg.
The Dallas Transcript don't like
the ways adopted by the young men
of that town to attract attention.
The boys, perhaps, are not smart
enough to excel in a dignified way,
hence their rowdyisms.
Beeves too large to lie weighed in
any butcher shop are on exhibition
in Roseburg. The local papers don't
dare to guess how much they weigh,
which may be considered a curlou
incident.
A Polk county smoke house was
stripped of throe or four hu nd nil
Kunds of hams, shoulders and lard
last week, reports the Observer. No
tracks were left, hence it Is thought
to have lieen the act of an ex-iert.
William Shepherd, of Josephine
county, had on his hand what was
called a cani-er. Ho proposed heroic
treatment, and at once to end the
matter submitted to the amputation
of his arm at a point between the
wrist and elbow.
A flock of about 50 I)enny pheas
ants havo been seen on several occa
sions in the vicinity of Nehalem
City. These are about the first that
have been seen in that section, and if
not molested they will soon become
plentiful.
Skating tU gixxl at Perry, the I .a
Grande young folks going up there
again this winter ou Sundays and
holidays on special trains. They
make up an unpretentious but satis-
isfactory sscial at the railroad yards
with a caboose and switch engine
and a merry party climbs aboard.
At a stated meeting of the Corval-
lis council Thursday evening, it was
decided by a vote of five to three, to
withdraw until further notice the
advertisement soliciting bids for the
water bonds. The council re-aled
the ordinance authorizing the in
debtedness of $50,000, and also the
one authorizing the purchase of the
Corvallis water works.
From the hogs that are brought
Into this market and other soutces
the fact is gleaned that Or-gon is
capable of producing as solid porkers
as any section. Last Friday ('rider
i Wells received from Mr. Hastings,
at Airlle, a flue lot of hogs, one of
which weighed 515 pounds. On
Thursday last W. W. Miller and his
sou, V. P., near this place, butcher
ed. Three hogs weighed respectively
40G, i40G and 41G pounds. These
would be called big hogs in even the
Eastern markets. Polk county is all
right on the hog question. Dallas
Transcript.
On October 3, 190, George Divine
was dischargiil from the peniten
tiary, his sentence for coiii.nitting
larceny in Raker county having ex
pired and a few days ago he was
restored to citizenship by (inventor
Pennoyer granting him a full pardon.
Divine, says the Maker City iH-mo-crat,
is his assumed name. He is a
son of Joaquin Miller, the poet of
the Sierras, and now on a tour of the
Sandwich Islands. '
Food Commissioner Luce's prose
cution of Win, Ulrieh, the Meilford
pork packer, has failed, not because
he is innocent of the adulteration of
his lard, but becau Mitre is no law
to authorize such prosecutions. The
pretended act was not legally passed
by the legislature. The enrolling
and engrossing committees of the
legislature must hsvy been attending
other matters than legislative
business.
IN THE INTEREST OK THE HOYS.
A gtssl jstory is told of a lazy and
loquacious farmer whose farm lies
along the John Day river. He
called at a neighbor's house recently.
"Sit down; sit down," said the neigh
bor. "I don't know as I ought," re
piled the farmer, but nevertheless he
sat down. After some talk about
the crops and the value of an adjoin-
piece of ground, the farmer said,
slowly: "I don't know as I ought
to lie sitting here. I came over to
see if I could get a ladder; our house
is afire."
The work ol constructing new
ditches and deepening the old ones
in the Lake Labish drainage district,
north of Salem, which has been in
progress during (he part of two
months, under the contract made
i tli A. B. Smith by the drainage
commissioners, will lie completed
this week. Six miles of old and new
drain were operated on, an average
of thirty men having been employed,
under the supervision of Archie
Mason. The main line was d-ep-ened
from three to four feet, and four
new branches dug. Much new terri
tory is thereby made available for
cultivation that otherwise would
havo been too wet.
The abuses of the mortgage tax
law were not to lie com pare. 1 to the
evils of the present law, and we ls
lieve there will be enough honest
men in the legislature this winter to
rectify the blunder made when the
mortgage tax law was reisded. New
berg Independent.
The official vote on congressmen in
Texas gives ihe democrats a majority
of less than 15,000 over the aggregate
of other parties, a loss of about 75,000
in two year. I exas is getting into
shape for some much-needed political
evolution.
At .Silver Ijtke, a small town of
two or three hundred fieople, in Iike
county, the rejoicings of Christmas
time were turned to mourning on
the evening of Is-cemlier 24th. The
Kipulation, including old and young,
had assembled In the second story of
a building where spectacular exer
cises were to ne presented. There
was a Jam. Of course there was one
who bad to jump on a seat that he
might selfishly see more than the
more modest people, andin doing so
struck a lamp. Oil was spilled and
fired and in an attempt to remove
the burning lamp the entire contents
of the bowl was emptied on the floor,
and the lamp kick! to the only door
if the gentlemen of the Rial and
Gun Club are in earnest in their ef
fort to protect the game and song
birds of the state and such as may bo
introduced from foreign countries,
they should be careful and secure the
passage of such laws as w ill meet the
approval of at least the most inlelli.
gent of the rural districts.
In these districts the feathered
beauties those desirable as game
and for the table -almost universally
make their breeding grounds and
home; and laws for their protection
to be effective must receive the en
dorsement of at least a respectable
part of the rural population, or it
were better not to enact them at all.
It is very difficult to disabuse the
people generally of the conviction
that those, who for the last few years
have been active in passing these
laws, were actuated by no higher
motive than a desire to protect the
game birds, that they might have
the pleasure of hunting them.
This, in connection with the fact
that the Rod and Gun Club bears the
unenviable reputation of trespassers
and distiirlxTs of that quiet of the
Sabbath day that is still cherished by
the rural population, makes it dilli-
cult to secure the enforcement of laws
for the protection of game birds.
Of all classes whose co-operation
should be secured for this en lor ce
ment, the farmers' boys would be
the most available. But the sjh.i-Is-nmn
antagonized this class of the
rural population by their unreasona
ble proposition incorpis-atcd in the
law, making it unlawful to trap the
birds at any season. This was done
not to protect the birds, but to pre
serve them for the Sunday raiders
and their dogs. No one of average
Intelligence will say that trapping
birds in the proper season is more de
structive than hunting them with
dog and gun. Until the law provid
ing fines for trespassing on other peo
ple's land was passed, a hunter with
a good dog would kill and wound
more birds in one day than a boy
would trap In a week.
Boys under sixteen, as a general
thing, should not Isj permitted to
carry guns, as they are careless and
endanger not only themselves, but
others. It would be much la tter for
their safety if they could occasionally
trap a few birds, as this would satisfy
their murderous instincts with less
danger to themselves than to carry
guns.
Another reason why, In my opin
ion, the law prohibiting tranping in
the open seasons should Is- rc-M-uled,
is that the Denny pheasants, if caught
in traps, could lie tamed, and. if
projsrly domesticated, would be
Worth more to the people of Oregon
for the table than all the game birds
in the state. U-t the boys have a
chance to trap them and make the
season for trapping or shooting this
bird shorter than at present, and pro
hibit their sale in the market for loixl
for five years. This will give them
such a start in Oregon that hunting
them in the future during a reasona
bly short season will not stop their
in reuse materially. I think without
question this pheasant is the finet
game bird in Oregon, dive it pro
tection, and give tin las an i qual
show with sportsmen and pot huuierx
and they will I your mo-t cfl'u i- nt
assistants in enforcing the laws in
tended to protect these as well as all
other birds. 1 1.
The holidays find ljike Superior
and the Upper Missouri as free from
giving an outlet, thns cutting off re-1 li as in midsummer, but this is not
treat. The flames from them were: in the nature of bragging. Th
fierce. The loss of life was al-out great American climate can get up
thirty persons, besides many seriously all sorts of surpri-es in-i.le of three
wounded by fire and by crushing. or four days.