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Newspaper Page TextCh it H b nS fioT'TooTltaoT f Independent and Oregonian ii " '.. -4a. 2.001 12.0 I 12.00 I Indcpendent and Oregoniao ONI VIA POU Np. 32. Vol. XXIV. n I Two Dollara. J -T . .. .' H 'iU' 'l .'IVil,,' 1 . IIILLSDORO, WASIItNCTON COUNTY, 0RKGP(!4?CtV, J Af SiJtv ' '.i&MM GENERAL, WUKfrTOBY. STATE OFFICERS. " ' ...m.V.U"i Keoretary ol Stat. .. n rV.to,li Mtscban Treasurer . . ..' . i M. Irwtn Knot. Public w h. HUM Printer... ;; E Wolverton I K. B. I" Saurem. Court v. A. Moore . h Di;rtoi'::::::::T,A. mmm.. Attorney " UUK- - . . I-4.vm COUNTY OFFICERS. ' h y. Cornelius Judge i J 1!. Hessiiner niM 1 T. O. W'1 I A, i.ni.ri- Clerk "w. i). Bradford Sheriff '6 )Curmiok Iteoorder a. I, ''y Ttwionl George U. Wilooi Assessor V " V 'V'' Austin '''' School Superintendent , k. Wilkes Hone yor . , . C. L. LnrK" (joroner.... - OREGON CITY LAND OFFICE. - . "...Register Hubert A. Miller Keoeiver win. umiiow7 CITY OFFICERS. n B Ooodin. Mayor K. C. Brown J""- Downs Hoard of Trustee. W. H. Wehrung i. H. Stanley ....R. H. Ureer j. Y. Tamieaie ...Benton B-iwrnarj F. . Mitchell W. W. Annans W. D. Smith J. P. Hicks Recorder Treamrer Marshal Justios of Peso. J ;.' POST OFFICE INFORMATION. Th. -nil. elo. at th. Hillsboro Post "noZ'west Union, Betban, .nd Oedar Mill, atll:20a. ?- ""l.!?-- .nd Laurel. Wednesdays f of riiuiiK,' nd Saturday, at 10:30 a. m. unmttTH AND SOCIETY NOTICES. short bright. , "nd "e'P Kv.ryon. Pa-tor. SaH Hh- H. 1 Pratt, pastor. r-wiwT Chrlatian Church, K. Ij. Bhelley F"LTJTl inSand Tbir.l. .Preaching eery - ., i ii nuiiuny m. ana i- v- " ,. Vravcr meeting. HniidavBOb Sohool, iu Thursday. 8.00 p. m. i P. B. 0. K.. bn"- day, 7:00 p. m. IMHHT BAPTIST OHUJ&H OIT 11 ...i y l-llne pastor. M evening BKbV- ool.yeryr.Ku. 10 a. 6::tO r ueneral prar e.ina eyer. 1 harsday .yeninn. ""naof eaob nieetina the aenond Tneaday ereninK ' oiontb A. 0. t. W. m. A. O. V. and tbird II ILIJJBOUO LODOB N(. W.. meets every lirat JTiday H BAOllMAN. M. W. J. I. Kmioht, Keoorder. Daughters r Benekah. HILLBBUKir REBEKAH I OIGE NO M I. O. O. F., meets in Odd ellow Hall every Satnrday a . v w o Mas.NKVADA K.KI.8AY.N.O. Mas. K.i.if,AnaTH Wn.Ks.Heey. r. r H. f 1 ILLHBOKO GRANGE, NO. 73, meets l and and 4tn naturaaysoi Jtsnj. SouoriaLD, Mas'er, ANiiia Ini, Heo. VP. v. " l ONTEZtlM A LODGE. NO. M. meets m " a ,1 1 weuneeany niw- - F.H.11. Vl,,. ,.. D. M. 0. Gspi-t, Soo'y. - . ..n..! u..,l..nnlno at 7 o'clock M i t h. i'l.rilinn obnrcb. Yon are Mdi.il, invited Zx. Kiithlione Sinters. IJIKKNICIA TKMIM.K NO. 10, R. 1 meets every 2nd and 4th Friday ' month at 7: o cioca in i. . . Mas. HlIBIK arANI.KY. Mas. M. A. Hovsa, M. r- 1. M. ol R. and 0. . r. u,irNt UIIMIH. NO. M, K. OF P., 1 meets in Odd Fellows' Hall on Monday evening of eaob week. Bojouruiug brethren ..loomed to lodg. KU 0. a I A. Lowo, K. of B. 8. ; , ' '' A. P. aad A. 1. tMiiu iTV liinni NO. ft. A. F. 4A. M 1 meets .very Hatnnlsy night on or after fl.moonofnmomn.wi)oD w R. CatsnAM, Secretary. M. O. E. S. Iflffl M! ALATlNCHAFTF.lt, NO. Sl.O.K meets at Masonlo I empi. on m i.h 'r,MHi nf aaeh month. Mas. w. 1. ii nun. OaArs CaoMKiTB, Sretary. M. W. C. T. V. ,111(1111111(1 W.O.T. IT. MEETS IN J 1 th. Congregational Chnrelj " " 4th r rlday in Men moniu a v - - M. rpi'ALATIN PLAINS FREMBYTERIAN 1 i'hnrrb. Regular preaohing. Hnndava, l A. M; Snnda, 1'astor. K. 0. T. M. VIOLA TENT. NO. 1. K. . T. M., meets In (Mil Fallows' Hall, on seo- .i r..rih Thursday evsninirs of each n.nlh. L. A. LONO Has to Howmas, R. K. Com. WAHHISOTON ENCAMPMENT No. ?4, I. O. O. F., meet, on tirat and bird Tuexdaya of eaob month. ). M. C Oapi v, Hnribfc F.5. RAXSOM POST, HO. II. A. K. MEETS IN ODD FELLOWS HAIL OS the rirst and third Saturdays of earh month. j;.,al,t.LIN8. R.ClASPAmA. M.. P. Adiulant. HE. RASSOM TOST NO. 47. W. R. C. MEETS IN ODD FELLOWS IIAI.L Hlllshora, on lh. 1st. Ind 8.1. Fndaj s of txMih month at i:S0 p. m. MARY UUMPUREYO, Pmld.nt. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY r-ttor fcasiuNAIj CAUPo. THOMAS II. TOil'E, YTTORNEV-AT-LAW, UILlJSUOltO.OUEUON. Orri'.s: Morgan Blook. , BAKBSTT, BARKETT i. . ADAMS, TORNEYS-AT-LA HIUXIK)RO.()KE()N Orrin: Ceutrul Blink, Kooroa 6 and T. BUMTOM BOWMI. T"- Notary fnlilio. SMITH HOW MAS, TTORNEYS-AT-LAW. 1IILLSBOUO, OKEOON. . mm S. 1 L. Omui: Iloomi 6 and 7, uorean diuus. C. E. KIJiDT, YTTORN E Y-AT-JLA W , PORTLAND. OBEGON iLrww , Ko. 8. Portland Havinea Bank Bnildin, Beoond and Washington htreeta. E0. B. BAIJLET, YTTORNKY-AT-LAW, HII.L3BOKO, OKKUOH. Resident agent fof Koyal Insurance Co. Koon: No. 13, Morgan llloct. S. T. LISKLATEB, M. B. C. M. piIYSICIAN AND SURGEON, HILL8BOUO, OKEOON. Onici: at residence, east of Conrt Ilonse, where he will be lonud at ail uu hen not visiting patients. J. P. TAM1ES1E, M. I., SP. R. R. BUlttJiXMN, (tmom hd KsiTicra : corner Third and Main Streets. Office hours, HUM to U a. m., 1 to 6 and 7 to p. ni. leiepnone w residenoe from Brook i. Bels' Drugntore at all hours. All oalla promptly attendee;, night or day. W. 1). WOOD, M. I MIYSICIAN AND SURGEON, HILLSISOKO, OREGON. Officii: In Chenetto Row, UiaiMNcft norner First and Main streets. F. A. BA1LET, M. D. IMIYSJCIAK, SURGEON AND - ACCOUCHEUR. HILLS UORO, OREGON. Orvms: in Pharmacy, Vnion Block. Calls attended to, night or day. ltesidenoe, 8. W. Cor. lias. Liu. and Heoond streets. R. NIXON, IENTIST, FOP. KMT GROVE, OREGON. Is now making teeth for t.VOO and 7.M) per set ; best of material and woikmnnslnp. Will compare with aets oosting 26. Teeth extraoted witbnnt pain. Fillings at the luwest prioea. All work warranted. Own: three doors north of Briok ton. Offioa hours from 9 a. m. to 4 p. m. A. B. BAILEY, D. 1. S. JENTIST, HILLS BOKO, OREtlOX. Rooms 1 and 3, Morgan A Builey Blook. WILKES BROS. I5STRACTORS AND SURVEYORS. HI LL8BORO, OREGON. Agen for Bar Look Type Writer, doors of Postolhoe. Two . TIIOS. I). HUMPHREYS. CONVEYANCING AND ABSTRACTING OF TITLES. HILI.8BORO, OREGON. Legnl papers drawn and Ixrnns on Real Estate negotiated. Business attended to with promptness and dispatch. Omra: Main Btreet, opposite tb. Onnrt House. WM. BEXSOS, PRACTICAL MACHINIST HILLS BOH OREGON. All kinds of repairing on Steam Engines and Boilers. Mill Work, Threshing Machines Mowers, Feed Cutters, Sewing Machines Washing Machines, Wringers, Pnmr. Sealm, Hoisaora ground, Onn and I,orks smithing. Haws ground and filed; and have a large number of second band engine, and boilers for sals. AU work warranted. Dr. Price' Cream Baking Powder ' WrM't Fair rUclmt Avar. aiHilUlll MMIIIMMMMI assnnr Wind this. It makes no difference, RHEUMATISM ' Of the Muscles, Joints, and Bones Is rnreil br HIIMMMMMMIMMMMMMIMMI Hi It is a fisrti stjii iaimiKHblo law that to have H"! utul lienlth, one must Imvft mr, rii-li Bud abuntlanl bliHMl. There la uo Hhorter nor surer routo tlian liv n course of DoWitt's Surwaparillrt. V. K. UriKk. Wali your while eloihi-H with 8o Foam ami they ttijl not turn yellow i Karl's L'lovtr Hoot Tea Is a sure euro for headache and nervous dis- easi. Nothing relieves so quickly For sale ly the Delta Drug store. Soap, Foam ! ! ! Constipation causes more than hall the ills of women. Karl's Clover Root Tea is a pleasant cure for eonstl pation. For sale by the Delta Drug Store. To cure all old sores, to heal an indolent ulcer, or to speedily cure piles, you need simply apply le- Wtt's Witch Hazel Salve according to directions. Its magic-like action w ill surprise you. V. E. Drocfc. The liest CouL'h Cure is Shiloh's liest Cough Cure Cure. A neglected cough Is danger ous. Cure. Store Stop it at once with Shiloh's For side by the Delta Drug Save the Wrappers. They are worth a cent a piece it saved from Hoe Cake Soap. Bryan Laitllaw Co. The length of life may be increased by lessening its dangers. The ma ority of people die from lung troubles. These may be averted by promptly using One Minute Cough Cure. V. E. lirock. This Is an "Age of Soap." Why use any but the very best. Rest soap means Hoe Cake. Rryan-Laldlaw Co. For dysHpsiu and liver complaint you nave a printed guarantee on every bottle of Shiloh's Vitalizer It never fails to cure For sale by the Ix-lta Drug Store. Scaly eruptions on the head, chapped hands and lips, cuts, bruises, scalds, burns are quickly cured by DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. It is at present the article most used for piUw, and it always cures them. W. E. Ilrock. A compound that makes hands rough will rot clothes. Soap Foam. your Try "Excuse me," observed the roan in spectacles, "but I am a surgeon, and that Is not where the liver is." "Never you mind where his liver Is," retorted the other. "If it was in his big toe or his left ear DeWitt's Little Risers would reach it and shake it for him. On that you can liet your gig-lumps." V. E. Brock. Are you made miserable by indl petition, constipation, dizziness, lose of apK'tite, yellow skin? Shiloh's Vitalizer is a positive cure." For sale by the Delta Drug Store. Many lives of usefulness have been cut short by neglect to break up an ordinary cold. Pneumonia, bronchi tis and even consumption can lie averted by the prompt use of One Minute Cough Cure. W. E. Brock Thousands of cases ol consumption, asthma, coughs, colds and croup .are cured every day by Shiloh's Cure For sale by the Delta Drug Store. Absolutely pure, perfectly harm less and invariably reliable arc the qualites of One Minute Cough Cure, It never fails in colds, croup and lung troubles. Children like it lie cause it is pleasant to take and helps them. W. II Brock. Diseased blood, constipation, and Kidney, liver ami bowel troubles are cured by Karl's Clover Rixit Tea For sale by the Ivlta Drug Store. They are so little you hardly know you aro taking them. They cause no griping, yot they act quickly and most thoroughly. Such are the fa minis little pills known as Do Witt's Little Early Risers. Small in size, great in results. W. E. Brock. Ask your physician, your druggist and your friends about Shiloh's Cure for Consumption They will recom mend it. For sale by the Ivlta Drug The old lady was right when she said, the child might die if they waited for the doctor. She saved the little one's life w ith a few doses of One Minute Cough Cure. She had used it for croup In-fore. W. E. Brock For laundry, kitchen or bath noth equals Soap Foam. Bryan-taidlaw. Chronic, Acute, or Inflammatory t. ' 00lf jblADS, 'pjt'r: rtii'Vft :'lhe' 'mim( " ' BSK B tV ARD'S TAUT. As?!. . f .'.i Jwlilth lire tl. It U vntmhle that . uuuiHmwuiwNHitiW), WMip pa,H-rs on the IX.tl.lort v "' " the exception op srfo.fir- .. . ' . ... IHIon to nmft Awtewkkc :)v sible conservative remarks by Senator1 Dolph suggi4ing. praicarVyv amongst other- things that IrV-'&o improvement of public roadswV.otl wisely in making haslo slowly,'' It might as well have never met. . .J . Organizing committees to pri?H a roml bill to lie enacted at theijnl ing session of the Oregon leglnluturw is the sterotyped way of attempttiujr to influence legislation in (lirtiltv and, as a rule, has otinti? inure1' liitrui than good, as the usual result of like i-uui'U iinS U ell to furiiinfi a lot crude theories that take up the short session without any adequate re sults. The roads of Oregon are not good roads. All admit this, and the only question on which the wise as well as the unwise are divided, and to all appear n nee hopelessly divided is as to how their much needed improve ment can be effected. We must not, while admiting that such improvement is to bo desired, lose sight of the fact that the roads in Oregon are mainly located in a sparsely settled country, that they are as good as roads in other states of equal ability to improve euch thoroughfares, and that we in a new country cannot, until there is moie permanent wealth in the country, be expected to make public roads good enough to suit the comfort and con venience of those whose idea of good roads is determined by their fitness for a bicycle, or a coach, or a 3 min ute spin behind a pair of spankers, We must wait for luxuries until the necessaries are obtainable, and these can only be secured by patient efforts, and little by little. The agricultural properties of Oregon are at present spending large amounts for the building and improvement of roads from 1 to 2 er cent on the gross valuation of their property. This is expended in as judicious a manner as the circumstances permit; gradually the public roads are being Improved so that communication between the farms and the markets is easier and those who have spent the last half century in the state, and have known what is a bad road, are fully aware of the improvement already made. Can the people bear at present heavier taxation for such improve ment? I think not, and I fully be lieve that many of the suggestions proposed by the speakers at these road club's meeting, if enacted into laws, would increase. taxation to such a degree, nud be so useless when at tempted to bo enforced, that public opinion would insist on their repeal. The road laws of Oregon are the work of the last fifty years, the fruit of experience. Under these laws, I insist that a healthy progress has been made towards the desired end, and thai a radical change at the present time would check that prog ress Increase the burden of taxation, with no assurance of increased bcneT fits from such additional taxation. The suggestion of Senator Dolph that a change in the laws permitting counties under proper restrictions and careful guards to issue bonds of the county for 20 years at least, for he purpose of making permanent mprovements in the public roads deserves more consideration than any other proceeding In the good roads convention. In the present hard times it would bo folly to tax the people to bankruptcy for the ben efit of those coining into the country in the near future. If these neces sary improvements were laid in part as a change on the future it would bear on those who now or heareafter may receive the Is-netits. It would be usMlesss for' me to at tempt, in a communication of this nature, to point out all the necessary guards against mismanagement of the fund to lie raised by the sale of each bonds. This I am willing to leave to tho good, practical sense of the memln-rs of the legislature, but this suggestion I will make: Enforce with proper penalties Ihe execution of the law. Much com plaint U often and justly made at tho failure to execute important laws. When, upon the examination of such laws, we sec the lack of pen alties for their non-execution we are no longer surprised. Some allusion to the law attempt ed to be passed at the last legislature to enforce the use of wide tires needs a word. I have, in a communication to the Independent, some three years since, urged such encouragement, and the plan I prows -d was to tax wagons, except those having wide tires a certain amount, the same lo tie applied on the roads in the proper district. In a few years, with such a tax, narrow tires would be the excep tion. The amendment proposed in the bill held up in the last iegislaiure provided that the owner of a wide tire wagon t-hould have a rebate of one-fourth of road tax. This was unequal taxation on the same class of property, as the taxpayer whose road taxes amounted say to t20 would receive a rebate of $-1, while the oyi with a road lax of (I would have pivimlifwl th etfort' to eiieour age wide t.ires'. . . Much ftttnijteitiVjyiincvlany.' toy those in the citiea and w ho are not well advised m to th exer-ation of th prtit law U beard against that jWfoldm that ipermlU Ibe taxpayer Itf mtttK on! bu Uiea. ;Vi)i(irrwisrir at road ran ecnra 4jfKnl wnrk from these ta x pa ywrs as ..Mr. mi)l from hi perMMtal friend: whmft h wookt employ under the push .f-tew prA4Msed. If he will not perform his duties under the present law, w hich, if enforced, fully protects the public, such . neglect shows that it is the supervisor who is inefficient and not the taxpayer who works under his direction, and such supervi-or should, under proper pen alties, lie compelled to perform the duties of the office which he is usually so anxious to assume. He should lie impressed with the fact that it is an o Ulcer's duty to execute laws, not to make them. 1 have intended to urge in this communicatlod as I have heretofore done in the Independent, the possibility of so amending the road laws that a foot and bicycle path or road should be provided for on all public roads in the state.'the same to be laid on and occupy one-tenth of the public road on each sido thereof, but in no case to be less than six' feet in width, to be used for foot travelers and wheelmen, excluding, under heavy penalties, all wagons, buggies and carts, as well as horsemen. This would furnish a much needed accommodation to these two classes and would add much to the ap pearance of the public roads of the state. This article is, however, al ready longer than intended when commenced, and I will leave this particular question for a future article. Taxpayer, A COAL DEALER'S HEART. A coal dealer in the suburbs was called upon at his office by a poor, hard-working woman and requested to send a basket of coal to her home, "We do not deliver so small a quan tity," was the merchant's reply. "It is our inevitable rule never to deliver less than a quarter of a ton. "But I cannot pay for so much," was the pitiful confession, "and I have left my little children at horns in a fire- ninm. Vhut a m T rn i1n" "Well," returned the daler, a kind lier light beaming in his eye, "I can dot depart from my rules as to the quantity." Then turning to his clerk he continued: "John, have a quarter of a ton of coal sent to the woman's address as soon as pos sible." "But I cannot pay for so much,'V she expostulated. "I al ready understand that you can't, so I will charge it to the children. Give yourself no more uneasiness about the debt. Good morning." Boston Budget. ' A BRAVE MOTHER. As showing the force of maternal love among the lower animals, there are few more pathetic incidents than the following, which comes from Australia: The owner of a country station was sitting one evening on the balcony outside of his house, when he was surprised to notice a kangaroo tin gerlng about, alternately approach ing and retiring from the house, as though half in doubt and fear what to do. At length she approached the water-pain, and taking a young one from her pouch, held It to the water to drink. While her babe was satisfying its thirst the mother was quivering all over with excitement, for she was only a few feet from the balcony, on which one of her great foes was sit ting watching her. The little one having finished drinking, it was re placed In the pouch, and the old kangaroo started off at a rapid pace. When the natural timidity of the kangaroo Is taken into account, it will lie rcognized what astonishing bravery this affectionate mother be- trayed. It is apleasing ending to the story that the eye witness was so affi-cted by the scene that from that time forward he could never shoot a kangaroo. De Witt's Sarsaparilla is prepared for cleansing the blood. It builds up and strengthens constitutions im paired by disease. W. E. Brock. The old way of delivering mess ages by post-boys compared with the modern telephone, illustrates the old tedious methods of "breaking" colds compared with their almost in stantaneous cure by One Minute Cough Cure. W. E. Brqck. Did you notice how pure and white Soap Foam washing powder looks ? Soothing and not Irritating, strengthening and not weakening, small but effective euch are Ihe qualitie of DeWitt's Little Early' Risers, the famous little pills. W. E. Brock. MMt- mpw- ard a Christmas present are amusing. Most of them tes rvt harm In the proposal. tm think that It U a remarkable pmwwt tribute to pay lo a rvpresen. talivfl of government which had jat woo a signal diplomatic triumph Another eousiiler It a tostinnmiat of appreciation ol th ability with whirh Mr. Bayard ha octcd th prt of andorstody to the frinc of Wains. Ths Prince often (wind hi prwwncvt required at banquet and roror-teie layings when his personal jm-timtlMsi led him somewhere else. On such occasions Mr. Bayard was a welcome substitute- He could make a . butter speech on all occasions than the Prince, and, being a foreigner, the pleasant things such occasions per mit orators to say were even more gratifying than if the Prince had said them. So far as Mr. Bayard'a contribu tions to whatever diplomatic tri umphs there may heln thesettlement of the Venezuelan controversy arTi"cts the estimation in which he is hsld in England, the present proposition was no great strain upon their good nature. Tho American Minister had made no progress toward a settle ment when President Cleveland sent his somewhat brusque message to the American Congress. Tho resjionse which this message elided from the people called Premier Salisbury's at tention to the danger of permitting such controversies to slumber. The part assigned to Mr. Bayard was to keep the lion in good humor. S. F. Bulletin. There is surprise In store for the poor dupes, whoever they are," who are piftting up money to pay Bryan's lecture expenses and print his books. Bryan can neither talk nor write anything now which any except an Insignificant fragment of his fellow citizens care to hear, or will consent to listen to. It was ono thing for him to attract crowds of eople when he was a carAlidate and when the show which he gave was free. It will be another and quite a different thing for him to attract people now to hear him talk or to read his books when he is overwhelmingly defeated and discredited, and when the show which he offers, costs seventy-five cents or a dollar. His supporters were told during the canvass by re publicans and gold domocrnts that the tremendous crowds which greet ed him in New York, New England and the middle West were drawn by Idle curiosity, and the election re turns from the localities named showed those gullible persons that that was the fact. But that curiosi ty was sated during the canvaas, and nothing has happened since, or is ever likely to happen, to revive it, for nobody believes the elements which he led to crushing defeat will ever be mad enough to tempt fate again under his leadership. EC0S0M1CS RL'X MAD. President Cleveland, with the light and srraceful step for which he is so remarkable, waltzed in his message into the fairy regions of statistics in reference to the volume of our nation al commerce during the last fiscal year, control lea by tne v uison tariff. He there found the most convincing proof, in his esti mation of the soundness of his fiscal policy, though the measure in ques tion was not half as seirchlng as he thought it ouirht to have been. The wonderful result which he found consisted in an increased exchange of commodities with foreign nations. The great prosperity of a nation, in his opinion, depends upon tho num ber of ships and cargoes that are pas sing from one shore to the other. Perhaps in dealing with the subject it is to be regretted that he did not adopt the method of Charles II and propound his notions in the form of conundrum. The royal wag on one occasion asked his learned cour tiers to explain why it was that if a fish were placed in a bucketful of water there would lie no overflow. He received in due season a number of learned dissertations explaining the curious fact, and then called the able scientists to a meeting for a prac tical test. A bucket of water was, brought in and a fish was placed in if. , The water at once slopped over to the dismay of the fawning cour tiers. If Mr. Cleveland had proposed the conundrum that a reduction in the tariff would not increase impor tations we should have been treated to a number of admirable disserta tions in the democratic papers show ing that tariff reduction could Dot possibly increase importations, and then Mr. Cleveland could produce his figures to the contrary and enjoy his laugh at the expense of a press w ith which he never was on the best terms. Reducing the tariff could have had no other effect than the one to which the president refers to w ith so much glee. It was as certain as the shak ing of a tree of ripe apples would strew the ground w ith fruit. Mr , Baptist, but my horse Is an Epbico Cleveland has found and proudly pallan." q pfftii;'4iuit aiider the Wtftu t:inTV :tIiav:irt(ia,rUlilw laj Uk. tsst fiscal y;4 dixrvased by oftui,rjtt. If be. had his own way ttwjr would have nwelhii to te tlo that amount. But l fata Joyful comment on Ihe fatt stated h PjterlM. to wtaerve that tho Increaso la lmor fatloii Implied in that ntmwnf and "ore in l-rtao of Amrttasa in dustry. Tbrl.wd mill and mmmiI okho ' In tho tau-ft ground did 0t efftftt bb attention. Perhai ha lh"ught thai these fatalities came nrMiR us by some mysterious agency like Ute ptaetMt at Bombay or the cholera at Tokio. He seemed to re joice in the fact that to the extent set forth other people were doing work for us abroad that we should have done at home. No doubt Mr- Cleveland will be able in the im mediate future to enjoy more of this commercial phenomenon so pleasing to him, because as the prospect of return to more rational conditions grows stronger, more and more of these foreign goods which we should have manufactured ourselves will lie dumped upon us to escapn tho im pending rise in customes. The truths he supposes ho has presented may have a general recognition in the region of Buffalo, but tho area over which they spread cannot be much wider, except where a dyed-in-the- wool democrat of the old stylo can be found stumping about and laying down the formulas of an old and ex plodcd fiscal system. But the strangest subject of con gratulation which Mr.- Cleveland found in his incursion into the fig ures of foreign commerce was the circumstance that during the period slated our exports incrersad by $70,- 000,000. What the Wilson act had to do in increasing exports is only known to that opaque school of econ omics or which Mr. Cleveland pro- icsses to be an exponent. The Wil son bill did not do anything to facll itate exports. We have no export duties in this country, and Mr. Wit son could not reduce them. The no lion appears to be that, having closed up so many of our own workshops and factories for the benefit of foreign nations, we were In a better rondl tion to export than licfore. Perhaps we had to increase that branch of our commerce, even at a loss, to make up for the desolation at home. But it may be affirmed that the one war not the complement of the other. Globe Democrat. THEY ALL DO IT. The wanderer had returned after many years, and was inquiring about his old friends. "Brown," he said, "is in the whole sale clothing business, I believe.' "Wholesale clothing and bicycles," corrected the native. ''Tho firm carries a side line of bicycles, you know." j . "And Jones has a grocery store, I'm told." "Yes. Full line of groceries and Bull Run bicycles. He's the agent for the Bull Run wheel." "Smith went into the manufactur ing business, did'ent he?" "Oh, yes. He got interested in a sewing machine manufactory, and s little later they took up bicycles and are doing a rushing business.. I un derstand they have a capacity of over a hundred wheels a day."4 "And w hat's White doing?" "He's the agent of a famous gun maker, and is doing well. Sells all kinds of guns, pistols and bicycles" "And Johnson?" "On, he's a manufacturing jeweler, and he turns out a mighty good wheel, too." "Billings, I suppose, is still in the furniture business?" Yes; but I understand that he turns out a better bicycle than he does desk or bureau." The returned; traveler began lo lietray some surprise. Is is Wilson still in the livery business?" he asked with some hes itation. "Certainly, but he devotes most of his time to the little bicycle repair shop in the rear of his stable." "Ah, there goes old Bones, the sex-. ton. The old fellow Is" "Oh, he's agent for an automatic pump for inflating tires." "Is there any one who isn't in the bicycle business?" asked the return ed traveler sadly. "I don't think of any one just now," replied the native. Chicago Post. . It is told of an old Baptist parson, famous in Virginia, that - he once visited a plantation where the dark ey who met him at the gate asked which barn he would have his horse put in. "Have you' two : tarn?" asked the Doctor. "Yes, sah," re plied the darkey; dar's de ole barn, and Mas's Wales has jes built a new one. "Where do you usually put the horses of clergymen who come to sec your master?" Well, sah, if dry's Methodist or Baptist, we gen erally puts 'em in de ole barn, but If dey's 'Plscopals we puts 'em in de new one. "Well, Bob, you can put my horse In the new barn; I'm a THE STATE. Tbt bt twen holding a poultry tun at Eeoy .. TJw Iregon hi swwi. ti tm ptotiif ,.'f tlwe for I hfcv ai they at Uyifiir wtf ni letting the low ben tey ivn and lake the niar-kt-f, M)s the Solctn Statesman. t. W.'MrKlnney, of Brownsville, lM week butchered a hog that drvwd 022 Midnds, from which lie rrudereti .rfl pounds of lard, and the Brownsville Times asks if any Wil lamette farmer can beat tho record. Lmiis Gerber, who was In Klam ath Falls last week, buying cattle, said that 7000 head of beef cattle were driven out of Klamath county this season, which sold at prices averaging IIS er head. This rep resents to stockmen the sum of 1 120, 0(H). During the storm in November, Otto Kohler shipped 3500 sheep from The lalles to Columbus, Neb., and arrived there in due time, lomngonly four sheep on the trip. Mr. Kohler writes back that he is feeding his sheep at the farm of Nic Blazer, an uncle of John Blazer, of The Italics, near Columbus, w here he gets shell ed corn for 12 cents a bushel, and other feed at corresponding low prices. THE CARE OF LAMPS. In a certain household that I know, says a writer in the Boston Journal of Commerce, the lamps are a source of the greab-st delight and comfort, for they are always spotlessly clean -tnd they give a light that could not possibly- be better or brighter. The reason for this Is that the mistress, instead of depending upon any of her several servants to care for the lamps and clean them, herself be stows upon them the necessary at tention. When theso receive a ' thorough cleaning once every six weeks the reservoirs and burners are boiled in soda and water and dried before the fire, not on cloths, as these might have lint. The cloths that are used for the daily trimmings and dustings are frequent ly boiled to remove the oil. The" shades are polished and tho lamps filled every day. The wicks of lamps will absorb more oil if they are thoroughly dried before putting them in tho burners. To peveut the lamp from smoking, soak tho wick in vinegar and then dry thoroughly. Occasionally washing and boiling tho wicks in soap and water, rinsing and drying thoroughly, is also a good plan. Every day the charred portion should be rubbed off with a piece of paper or cloth, and onco a week tho edge of the wick should be trimmed with a sharp pair of scissors. The A'ick will burn with an even flame if it be cut straight across and slightly rounded at the sides. Tho reservoir if a lamp should be kept well filled but when not in use the wick should Im turned down to keep the oil from oozing up between 'burner and collar greasing the outsido and causing a disagree able odor. When a lamp is lighted. however, it is best to keep the wick turned up to its full extent to pre vent smoking. To render lamp chimneys less likely to crack, they should lie al lowed to slowly cool without remov ing from the water. Wash tho chimneys in ammonia water and wipe dry on soft towels that are free from lint; polish with tissue or news paper. Hub brown sots with salt or whiting. Kerosene has always an unpleas ant odor, therefore it is better lo use Ihe best astral nil for dining room and parlor lamps. Some house- keepers perfume theso oils, but this is altogether unnecessary. Never mix two kinds of oil, for tho light from such is bad. To make a lump burn brightly, drop In the reservoir a pinch of salt or camphor. Instinct or,, Reason. "A little Incident happened at Syr acuse N. Y., lately. An English mastilf had a cataract growing over one eye and was taken to an oculist who removed it. Some months later it was noticed that it was growing gain and ought to be attended to. Some days after, the dog came home With his head bandaged, and to the astonishment of the family, who inquired of the doctor who treated him before, it was found that the dog came to his office and that the doctor finding another operation necessary performed it without the least resis tance from the dog." A Rival sf "She." The "Revue de Paris" has lieen publishing the letters written by George Sand to Salnte Bcuve. The critic having showed a natural re serve at her garrulity concerning other men, Oeorge Hand attributed it to Salnte Beuve's fear of making another woman Jealous of these con fidences: "If that Is the case," wrote she, "pray reassure her by telling her that I am 300 years old nd that I abandoned the role of women before her grandmother wa born."