No. 44. Vol. XXV. HILLSBORO. WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 23. 1898. GENERAL DIRECTORY. M VI K nKUt KliM. ...... Wm. P. Lard 'o.veriior .... Harrison It. Kineaid l itMiurr ruuliD ntMODHn m..i. I'ul.lio luatrnatiiiD ti. M. IrwiD ntu- Printer W. H. Uwli ntnie muter supreme llourl .C'baa. K. WolrerVJO U. 8. tlMB . ...F. A. Moor Ji..U'b Kifth limine! ,T. A. Moltnda Mtornev Fi'lu District T J. tJumlon COtN'IY wfUCKKH. I.i.le. . I 't iiio:hii l',.-'k... ,-L. rirl ... 11' fiNlcr 1 n-asiiri r S."...l Sm .-kit vryor or.ieer.. H. P. Comolin i . . I). H. heaaoner j T. O. Todd I. A. InOirie W. 1. Hrad'ord B. L. Mi-t'oruiioa A. H. wit Ueorg H. Wtloui .rintnitellt Aiw'w ri L. K. WilkM ...... C L. Large OUHrON CI'I'V LAND OFFICE. CIi.ih. II. Muon-a .. A in. tiHiiy . . . . Keiater . . Heoatver 'l 1 V Or'Hl'KKH. I VV N UHFr-Mlt. Mayor J. M. tireear rlourd of Trustee W. H. WehruiiK It. WaiiKener J. t'uratana ..((. II. Wllnol UMiititu ltuwnia.ll ileoorder treasurer . Uamlinl IiintitMt of 1'eaue K. U. Mitchell . . ,'l lioa (iliaen W l Hmitta t. V. Hicka I'OHT OlKH'K INFORMATION. Tue ii.uils oloae at iba Hillsboro Voat iMfioe, dally: . Oleueoe, West L'nion. Iletbany and Cedar Mill, At 11:3) a. in. tloini Month, :.U) a tn. (iiiii to Horilmid and Wity-offioea, C:oi in. aud i. m. Kur KariuiiiKton and lianrel. Wedueadaya and Hiitiirduya at It):) a. m. Clil'HCIl ANI KOCIETY NOTICES. COMiRKOATIONAL CHl'KCH. oorner Jtm and Fifth streets. Freaohins nvorv hHhlmtli, iniiriiinti and euiul. Bab, tiHth acih.K.I at ID o'ol.K)k a. m. JW?? uimtinx Thnrwlay veiiinii. V. V. lunilHy at 6:M p. m. All 8rvia ' iliori, tiriKln, tiiter lints and hell'lui. Kv.TvmiP ror linlly wol oine. KVASr.HUtiHEC.Pa.f. I lVANtiEI.K'Al. t!HlHCH. -"er I'i Fifth and Fir l reachiu every Honclay ev..Ml,K at H p. in.; nd H"""1" at II a. in. I Biiuiliiy aohnol at 10 a. ui. liravi'r iiiwtinu t-viTy Wedneaday eTenm; (.anhera meetinil every Hauday eveum. II. A. Decli, 4tir. IIKMT Chriatmn tinroh, K. Ij. Hhflley A iHt..r. Huaeline and 1 hint, f roaobiuR ev.-rv Hnndiiv at 11a. ui. aud 7:H0 p. m. Hiiudayrwh.al. Ill a. ui. rrayef :. Ihurailay. H:(H) p.m. V. V. . 0. Han dily. 7:iK) p. ni. ME. f!IU Kt'll, K. A. Alklna, Ftof. .I'reulniievery Habhath nioruiuaud bviMiiuu H.il'-HiU m li.M.I every habbath at 10 t a l.'Mifna iiifeluiB every Hunday at ::) r . iLUieral prayer meetinii every I'hiirwlay eveiiiim. header' and Steward mawtiim 'the third Toxaday eveniu of aaoh uiuuth A. O. II. W. I Ill.l.SIIOUO MDlK NO. 61. A. (). V. 11 W., nieeta every lirai aud third Fri.lay evenin in the '"" ... u . w ltl. hl.INEMAN, M.IW. I'. H. HAUliilMAN. Ueoorder. Duuirhlrra of Kclwkah. ir lll.lHOUt) HEHKKAH LODGE NO. tl 1. 1). t). F.. nieeta in Odd reuowa Unit every Hiitimlny evi'iiinu. HAlt.VIl WILLIAMS N. O. r. or it. I I ll.LSUlilit liUANtlE, NO. W, meeU 1 1 Villi and 4tli Saturday of eaoh mouth. IIknj. StiHuriKLD, Maatw, Annik Imiikih, Meo. I. II. . t. MONTF.Zr.WA I.ODtlE, Nt). SO. meeU W.hIiwmiUv evHiiinuHBt rlo'olook.iu l.O. F. Hull. ViHil.irB made Wfloome KliMI Altl HEMISII. N. (I. ). M. ('. tiui i. H'o'y. P. . '. M EE IS very Hnnday eveninR at 7 o'olook in the t'liriHliau tthnroh. Von are oonlially invited to attt ndita meetinira, EDA ADAMS. PreaH. IN-a-ree of Honor. fllHK I'EtlltKi: F HONOK, A. t). V. w in l),l I Fellooa' hall every hrst nd ihird Fri.lnv ev. ninir of each in,. mli. M M. I'iiteniriT, t of II. MrH. It 'He ltrovn. Ki- order. KitllilHtllP Mstra. 1ll KN It IA IKMII.E NO. 10, R. H., iiu'etK I'vi'ry 'ind ami 4h F'rnlay inaui b in. mm ai 7: o'rlork n I. O. t. F. Hail. M a A M t'liri .le Josiw Solniliiipneh M. K. C. M. ol II. and ('. k. of I'. H(EMX LtlDtJE. Nt). 4, K. t)K P., 1 iiiiH-tx in M i' "in' Hall on Monday -veiunit of each wei k. Soi'Miruinn brethren eluoiiied to I.hIko ineetiui!. .. , K. ki'lao tl 11 (i.il-v, K ol II .V f A. F. a ml A. H. A I.I IV LOIXIF. Nt).ti, A. MA. M., I nit-eta neiv Saturday nmlit on or after nil moon of eaoh month. V. l. WOOD, W. M. 1!. t'aANnM.i, Stvretury. (I. K. S. fltl' AI.M IN fllAl l Kit. NO.Sl.tV K.S., iin-eK nl Marline l i'iiiple on the 'ind ml lh I'llea'lav ol ' h month. R. . D. HAKE, W. M. tiKi'K t'KiisaiTK, SfK'relary. v. i t. r. Ull.l.SHOKO. .tT. t'. MEETS IN tne t'oiiKreeitiionai t'hiirrh on the t.n Fri.lnv in ea.'h month at 8 o'clock M. k. 0. T. M. rDI. TEN T, NO. H. K. tl. T. M., mwK in Odd Fi ll' Hall, on aec and t.mrili riiurmiiiy evening "f each ii onili. L. A. HNt, lti.T.ri llo, t'om. K. K. ? AS1UNU ItIN FNt'AM I'MENT No. If4. I. .. F.. mwt. on linn and bird Tni'-d:iM of eaoh month. ). M. C Ut'i Swil. .:. KtNMiv rT. o. , w. i. . EKIS IN ODD FKI LOWS HAI.I.ON jl til' H'' and Hurl "eturdaya of ch niMiith, at?;in o'. UH k, I". M. J. I', llickn. U. t'randiill I. C. itui'ii"i i.i:. k vson ruiers o. 4;. t. r. MEETS IN ODD Fhl.l.t)WS H ALL HiIikIhuo, nn Hit- n. tnd 3-1. Friday ol raoh inon'li ' i J' t. n M'. II. V. Galea. Kliiabolb U.t'randall, Hecretar. f KOKtKHION A I. i RIS THOU. H.TOKUl'K, K. B. TONIit'C Notary t'ubliu. tii s ;;. & l. ;;. TuM.it, TTORN EYS-AT-LA W, HILLKHOUO, OliKKIN. Urnoi: K iiua3, 4, A 5, Moruan Mock w. . tuaitm. i a. autita BARRETT AIIAVH, ITOHN EYS-AT-LA W, HILLHHOttO, OKEOON Orrtca: Central Uluea, Hooma 8 aud 1. Manx mwats o. mine. Notary Fal.lio. NITH BOW MAS, ATTORNEYS-AT LAW. HlLliHUOKO, OKEOON. Orrioa: Itoowi 6 and 7. Morgan bhaik. j. a. aaowa. '. aulkt. UAfil.EY & IIKOMN, TTORNKYS-AT-LAW, HILLSUUKO, OKEOON. Kealdent aKnt for R iyal luaurance Co. Koomh: 1,2. and 3, Shuie Hiul lin. II. T. IIAlil.FV, ATTOKNF.Y AND tX)UNCi:U)R-AT-liAV, HILLSHOUO OKFXJOS. Deputy I)i"trii;t Attorney lor Washing ton County. Orrica: Km No. 13, MnrRan and llailey llluck. JOHN T. WUALLKr. LIIBI.Nll B. T1!WAKT. WHALLLV STEW AKT. YTTORNEYS-AT-I.AW, l'UKTLANl) OHEtiC.V. OrrirK: 415 t'liainbcr of Coninn'roe. S. T. Ll.NKI.ATEK, M. II. t'. M. IIYSICIAN AND iSUKOKON HILLSIIUUO, OKKGON. Umoi: at reaidenoe, eaat of (our I Houae, where be will be found at all nuui a when not viaitiuK patients. J. P. TA HIES IE, M. II., g P. R. R. 8UICOEON, H1LiL.bih)uJ, uur.uun. Orrioa tab Kbhidkmci s corner Third and Main Street. Ullioe houra, HUM) to 12 a. m.( 1 to 6 and 7 to 8 p. ni. leiephone to reaidenoe from Hroek A Sela' Uruiiatore at all boura. All oalls promptly alteuded, nwht or day. W. II. HOOD, M. !., piIYSICIAN AND HUHOEON, HlLIiHOUO, OUEOON. Omon: in Chen ette'Kow. KaeiMMca norner Firat and Main atreeta. t A. ItAlLEY, M. II. PHYSICIAN, SUKGKON AND L AixxwenvxR. HILLSItOUO. OKEOON. Ornna: In I'barmaoy, Cnion lilook. ('alia attended to, niuht or day. Keaidi'noe, H. W. Cor. Haae Line and Heoond atreeta. A. K. BAILEY, II. II. S. JKNTIST, HI LLSHOKO, )UEtiON. Kooma 1 and 2, Mo man A llailey Kloi k, t . E. KKH.KK, II OMKorATHIO I'll YSH'AN ANDSl'IMJKON, FOUE8T tiliOVE OKEtioX. Special attention paid to Mi-ilical and Surgical Diseases of Women and t liildrcn and ull chronic discuses. Olliice and residence. Ilowlhy house, I'ucilic. ave., west ol Forest liruvo Imtel. THUS. II. IIIMI'IIKEYS. KINVEYANCINO AND v A BST 1 1 ACT 1 N O OK riTl.KS. HILLbMOKO. OKEOON. Lesal paiera drawn and Loana nn heal rXate negotiate t. Hnauiem atumded to with proniptneaa and disnoth tlrrira 111 an btreet, nppoaite Court Honae. K. MX0, ENTIST, FOUFtT Q1M)VK. OllEOON la now rnakini teeth for .V0O and 7.) per net i heat of material and woikuiRnahip Will eompare with acta ootiu fH. 1",'h extraoted withont pain. Filling at the hiweat prior. All work warranted. Orrtcas three doora north of Uriek tore. OtBoa honra from 9 a. in. to 4 p. m. Kvervbody Kaya So. CaacareU Candv Cathartic, the mini won derful medical iliacoverv of the aire, pleas ant and refn-alnnir to the taie. act irently ml positively on kidney, liver and bowels, cleansiiur tho entire av.trm. dlicl roliK curt licadache, fever, iiaHtmil constipation and hiiioiisnc.a. Please buv and try a boa of CO. I' t.wlav; lt, i. .Mien!.. Sold and Cuarantued to cure by all druggists. hil Tokarre S"t . lisir . Iff r. To quit totiacco ea- ily ana fuiever. i-e mag netic, lull of life, nerve B.xl '..cor. tuke No To Uac. the ermder worker, thut n.iiUe wesk men atron(. All dmcai.la. ' or tl. Ci.rr iriiiiran aeed Ifcxililct aid sampo Iree A'klresa terllnc Kj-neuv Oa, con a-o or New York, JO PISTAKE.2r--h-" e levai i the kiajfceat ejrade kekief aM taew a. Actaal teata alMw it feeeeM Uure lertaer laea ear etker erea4. POWDER Absolutely Pur An exflmnife hukkhhIh that Mince (jHriimny Is flliti ik iliy of our hor som ami appli H, HTliapH we eould p'r- aiinilf them to tHke a few Kentucky mult ami a little apple "shhm, an a trentle hint of the pronenoiw of Americans to indulge In klckint; and liHi k talk. 4 huinlierlniu'H CvukIi Kruieily. Thin rcmetly la Intemleil especially for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough ami influenza. It has hecome famous for ila cures of these diseases, over a large part of the civilized world. The most Haltering testimon ials have been received, giving ac- counts of its good works; of the aggravating and crsisteiit coughs It has cured; of severe colds that have yielded promptly to its soothing effects, and of the dangerous attacks of croup it has cured, often saving the lift of the child. The extensive use of it for whooping cough has shown that it rolls that disease of all danger ous eonstMiuencen. Sold by The Delta Drugstore. I have often lieen alllicted with rheumatism tor fourteen years and nothing seemed to give any relief. I was able to lie around all the time, hut constantly suffering. I had tried everything I could hear of and at last was told to try Chamberlain's I'ain Dalai, which I did, and was immediately relieved and In short time cured. I am happy to say that it has not since returned. Josh Ed oak, (Jermantown, Cal. For sale by The Delta Drug Store. Uev. K. Edwards, pastor of the English Baptist Church at Miners ville, Tn., when suffering with rheu inatism, was advised to try Cham lierlain's I'iiiii Balm. He says: "A few applications of this liniment proved of greAt service to me. It subdued the inflammation and re lieved the pain. Should any sufferer profit by giving Pain Balm a trial it will please nie." For sale by The Delta Drugstore. 3Sak2n Powder r.ilnrate Vour IKiarll Vt llh f'a.rareta. Cunily rat liar' t cum constipation forever, inc. aw... If c. C C fail, ilniKitiatx refund money. CASTOniA, The Charles K, Kpatilding Logging Company has recently purchased a big engine which, with a mile of cable, w ill Is- used in drawing logs from the limber to the river, says the NewlHTg (iraphic. The engine will be stationed on a big scow which will tic towed to the point where the engine is to lie used. From a drum ("i the scow a wire cable will run (it into the timber, wh re it will be I, ni lied to the logs and the engine is supposed to do lis1 rest. The engine will also lie used in pulling logs from the sandburg when the big logs drive is being made In the summer. Others have ued the-e. The K 'publican party, in fact, has disi'la.ved a capacity and willingness to do things, and has exhibited an admirable understanding of the needs of the nstioti. It is not oen to criti cism mi the ,core of Indolence or timidity in the fulhlment of its pledge. It is in nn danger of being condemned for not doing enough. It might be in danger of losing a portion of ihe t)ple'sctintlilence if it should undertake to tlo too much, especially in directions beyond and outside of original intentions and platform promics. Chronicle-Telegraph. C ASTORIA For Infanta and Childrtn, WEYLER LAID MINES Mines tcerp. Laid for the Battle-ship Maine WEYLEK W KITES T X iKIESU Laluft. the American 'rresuoBilout had a close rail for his lire hut Saved Himself. The New York Journal which ha gained fame by puhllsiiing the most truthful reports from Cuba of B"y of j the big papers contained on the after noon of the 17th the following state ment written by Honore F. Laine, Ihe newspaper correspondent recent ly arrested Hearchinl by Spanish of ticials in Cu bunas prison, Havana, and expelled from the island. The statement follows: "On January 24 , at 10 o'clock at night, I met, in the Cafe Ingeterra, the headquarters of the retmrters in Havana, Francisco Diaz, a reporter ot the rabid Spanish paper La Union Constitutional, with whom I fre quently exchanged news. ' On asking him if he had anything to give me, he took from bis pocket a let it r anil handed it to me sayihg: "Weyler wrote this letter to Santos Guzman, who sent it to Nove (the editor of the Union Constitutional), for him tn read aud write an article on the ac ceptance by Weyler of the candidacy for deputy to the cortes for Havana. I took this copy, which you can keep." The following is tho alleged letter referred to above: "His excellency, Don Francisco de I os Santes Guzman, Havana My distinguished anil personal friend: Since the latest events I have chang ed my views about the attitude which our political party in Cuba out; lit to assume. If I have thought before that it wis more dignified for us to abstain from the electoral contest, I believe now that it is a patriotic duty for us to go to the polls. Our success cannot be doubted now. With the program of defense of national honor we will have side by side all these luke warm politicians who though Spaniards at heart, are deceived by the inside combinations of Moret aud Sagasta, and take as scientific solu tion of our K)litical problems what are really dishonorable humiliations of our country liefore the United States. Write on your flag, the flag of Spain, 'Defense of National Hon or' and I offer you my name as your candidate. After having command ed during two years 200,000 Spanish heroes in Cuba with a high title, I shall be more proud of thut than of deputy from Havana at the cortes of Spain. 'By the way, I have read that the Americans are pondering about send ing one of their warships to that city. During my command in Cuba, they did not even dare to dream about it. They knew the terrible punishment that awaited them. 1 had Havana harbor well prepared for that pur pose. I rapidly finished the work that Martinez Campos carelessly abandoned. If the insult is made, I hope that there will be a Spanish hand to punish it as terribly as it de serves. "Itomero is in letter health than his friends could have expected, and, notwithstanding how morally sick I leal, breathing this humilitating atmosphere, I am physically well. Your affectionate friend anil ser vant. "VALEKIAXO WEYLOK. "Madrid, January 8, 1898." Laine says that he read the lett r and pigeon-holed it. When the Maine blew up, he called at the office of the Union Constitutional to see Diaz In an effort to secure the origi nal ot the letter. Some days after the Maine disaster, Iaine met Diaz, whe asked if he rememlaretl the letter and what its contents were about the American warship. The American correspondent replied that he did, and he believed someone had folio weil Weyler's advice. Laine says that he has since found out that Diaz Informed thechief of police that he had a copy of a letter writlen by Weyler which might bring trouble to the Spanish government, especially as he was nn American newspaper correspondent who was associating with Captain Sigst. March 4. Liine was arrested by the chief of .o ic. His arrest was caused by a cabman. According to Laine Chief l'allier. said to him: "Well, sir, we have you here, and let me tell you that Ihewcret that I know you sssess will never Is? known through you by others, and no one will ever know what becomes of you." Laine replied: "If you think you can murder me as well as Asi.t and I'osa, the two young men w ho were taken from here and killed, you are mistaken." The chief replied in a calm but stern voice: "No, sir; I am not mis taken. "You may not ts? mistaken," said Laine, but I can tell you that at thisj moment the French, as well as the has been notified til! 1 atu here." This cl 4 nged Ihe chiefs attitude j some-whul, but he persisted in trying to secure information from Laine. "I know," he said, "all about a copy of a b tier of General Weyler, which yon hive, aud the trouble you intend to cause with it, but I do not care very much about that. What I want to know now, aud I ho e you will answer me in consideration of the good it may bring you, is what information you gave lo Consul Le on lh ) -1st of February, about your suspicions of a plot suggested by the letter aud the placing of dynamite mines in the harbor, with which fact you said you becu.oo ncquaiiit dur ing the period of your inc ireeratiou in Ihe time of Weyler?' " I'liis was really a surprise 1 1 me," I. aine's narrative continues. "It had refeience to my letter to General Lee, in which I had spoken about what I had seen during my imprisonment in Cabanas, which lasted for more than a year, during the most bloody periisl of the reign of Weyler. I had noticed for several nights mysterious work, which was being done in the fortress. On inquiring from a soldier, whom I knew, what it was, he in' formed me that they were carrying from the magazine to the fortress large quantities of dynamite, which was being laid in ttir turb ir. My investigations during the period of my Imprisonment were carried as far is a political prisoner could do a Spanish iortress, but it was sufficient for me to ascertain with certainty that a quantity of dynamite was placed in the harbor in different places, and the wires of the mines were connected with Ctbanas fortress and the Capitana Puerto or marine headquarters." KES0M TI0XS OF RESPECT. Passed by Gleneo lodge, No. 2i of P. at its regular convention K. on March 5, 1808. Whereas, This lodge as well as the order, did by death, on the 10th day of February 1898, loose a faithful ami true int'intier anil tirotner, ivioa Davis, and Whereas, The family of said de ceased did, by said death, loose a i rue husband and father and the community an upright, respectable and conscientious citizen, and Whereas, We reali.j that what is our Ions temporially is his gain spir itual, aud Whereas, We mourn the loss of a true brother Knight, we have the full assurance that the supreme lodge on High presided over by the Su preme C. C has added one more name to its roster, and Whereas, This lodge as well as the order sympathize with the be reaved family in this their day of affliction, therefore be It, Keaolved, By this lodge in regu lar convention assembled that a a mark of respect to the memliers here of, that the charter of this lodge be draed in mourning for the period of 3D days from this date, and be it fur ther Itcsolvpd, That the keepers of R. amis, of this lodge present to the widow of deceased a copy of these resolutions at the earliest possible date, and he it further Resolved, That these resolutions lie spreatl uon the records of this lodge, and lie it further Resolved, That a copy of these res olutions be furnished the Hii.Lhhoko Independent and the Hillsboro Argus for publication. Most resectfully submitted this March 6, 1898. B. P. CoKNELIl'8 ) J. C. Cakey Committee. A. Oorden ) ON THE DISSKCTINU TABLE. A student in a medical college thus writes to a friend In Eugene City. "Extra work at school during the past few weeks has deprived me of any leisure time. There Is an old man at the college that 'takes my time' but the poor old fellow is pret ty badly used up and looks like the tail of a cyclone had given him a gen tle brush that had deprived him of almost everything near and dear to him excepting the bones to which they were attached. But do not think I am making light of the poor old fellow who has had tosuffer the ignominious treatment on the dis secting table, for I am not, and for this reason I have all the more re- sjiect for hnu. Many times as i worked ovf his mangled body have I recalled the lines: Somebody's darling was born one day, SomebiMly's darling so young and br.ive, Somebody wafted his name above, Somebody wept when he marched away, Somebody's waiting and watching for him, Somebody's darling is slumping here." OABTOniA. Til fu- - ton A'ii rican consul, I DllPlf MAM'C IflCUlC lllll. UUlilAIIIHH 4 1IL1IJ On the Demorialization Public Libraries. of ANSrVCKEIi IX THE AFFIRMATIVE He Claims Public Libraries le prlves a MaN of the llelpfuluesi (iaiued From Owulug Itooka. This is rather startling question, and it appears at first sight rather ab surd; but Jamee Duck man maintains, with some show of Justice, in The Interior (Chicago), that It must Is? an swered in the affirmative. Mr. Biickmau say)-: "For ten years or more I have not bought, I dare say, a dozeu books, my excuse being that I have access to two of the largest and best-equipped public libraries in the county. I find the resources of these libraries adequ ate to alt my professional needs; aud, so far as mental pleasure is concerned, they are InexhaustiLle sources of en tertainment. Yet, when I look at my own slenderly furnished book shelves, and recall the days when, as a college boy, I used to count it a month's delight to save for, and buy and devour, and pencil, and reread some volume of my especial desire I can not help feeling that something good and helpful, something morally and intellectually stimulating, has gone out of my life. "Is it not true that ihere is some ethical significance in the right own ership of books? I say the right own ership, because to possess them as mere chattels, or furniture, or orna ments, is neither a moral nor an in tellectual benefit. The young person who has a strong desire to make a book his legal property will not ex haust this desire until the book has become his mental and spirltnal pro perty also. One of my old teachers used to say that boys are naturally misers, and if they put a penny into a thing, they will be sure to take two lnnles, worth of satisfaction out of it. As I look back upon my expe rience, I am conviuced that this is true at least of books. I am willing to confess that I have never got at the real, inmost sonl and essence of a bisik since I quit buying them. "If the public library deprives a person of the real moral helpfulness that comes from the ownership of hooks, it is, negatively at least, and in so far, a demoralizing institution. Anything that abates moral vigor and vitality is demoralizing. No matter bow negative or indirect the influence may be, it counts just as positively on the wrong side." But this is not all. Mr. Buckman is convinced that the libraries are open to still "more positive and ser ious charges," as follows: "The influence of the public library is distinctly demoralizing, it seems to me, In the license it affords, to young people especially, of unlimited indul gence in booksof light and ephemeral character chiefly, of coarse, fiction. Nine tenths of all the bojks taken from public libraries, by readers be tween the ages of fifteen and thirty, are stories, ine very opporiunuv for so much light reading which would be obtainable in no other way is immoral in its effect. It may be objected' and rightly, that it is outside the province and authority of a public library to regulate the read. ng habits of its patrons. I admit this, of course; but my charge lies back of it, namely, in the fact that the library provides the opportunity for excessive, and therefjre mentally and morally debilitating, light read ing. The fault lies in the library idea, not the library method. It is wrong in essence to allow young ieo pie to have unrestricted access to a great mass ot romantic, fictitious read ing. They never wjuld have this li cense were it not for the public lib rary. And the absorbing extent to which they avail themselves of it is acknowledged by the majority of par ents and teachers. 'I can scarcely keep my pupils' minds fixed upon their studies,' says a teacher in one of our large cities, 'so taken up are thry with the fad-books of the day, which they draw out of the public library, and pass from hand to hand, devouring them greedily even during study hours.' "Aside from the time wasted in this profitless devouring of fiction, the mental and moral enervation of read ing to excess that which leaves no real intellectual furnishing is very great. It Is like diet composed solely of liquid stimulant. What little quick ening the mind gets is through direct absorption. There is no substance to be digested and gradually assimi lated into new and healthful tissue. "Once more, and finally, I am In clined to think that th? public library has a demoralizing affect iin the community by rtn of th method of reading w hich It encourage. Any one who for any length of time pa tronizes a public library almost iuvari ably falls into the library habit of reading the superficial, skimming, skipping habit, that incapacitates the w really incorporating what i,rta,ls. but Hermits it to gratify a temporary curiosity by tasting a lit tie here and a little there, sipping like a butterfly from every bliwsom, but never once, like the honest bee, getting down into the flower, and draining its honey, and rubbing eager thighs in its pollen. The reader of library books never retains any of their vitality. "Now, this superficial careless, non appropriate, n-in-iiereeptive habit of mind encouraged by the library method itf reading has a moral ten dency, just like any other habit. It ttT.Jji to make a person superficial, slip-shod, ami lacking In thorough ness in other relations of life. The skimmer, the jaok-of-ali-books, the non-appropriate reader, is apt to lie a student lacking in grasp and thor oughness. Whatever his work may lie, wrong habits of reading will have a tendency to make him botch it." AMERICAN TIN PLATE. Last year 90,000 boxes of English tin plate were imported to the can neries at Astoiia, while for the pres ent season only 2000 boxes have been imported, the great bulk of Ihe tin now being used for making cans in preparation for the salmon season soon to open being of American make. Oue factory alone Is making 175,000 salmon cans tier day at Astor ia and this factory at Its various branches on the coast will .consume American tin plate to the value of 11,000,000 this year. These figures give some idea of the development of the tin plate industry in the United States, due solely to the protective tariff and contrary to the prophesiis of the tin plate liars. American tin is being used for two reasons it is cheaper than the im ported articles and is of superior quality. Even with the tariff added, Welsn tut plate Is cheaper now than it was a lew years ago, and this is due solely to the building up of the tin plate industry in this country by a protective tariff. Opponents of this policy made merry over Ameri can tin plate for a year or two, when Ihe industry was in its infancy. The first factories simply put the tin coating on black plates imported from England, not venturing to em bark in the business the capital nec essary to roll the plates until the question of protection for a sufficient length of time to assure the sruia nence of the business was settled This seemed to amuse the opponents of protection immensely, and led them to make the absurd assertion that the black plates could not be made in this country at all, not withstanding we had the materials and possessed mechanical skill unex celled in the world. There Is now no further oportunity for amuse ment of that kind. American man ufacturers are making tin plate in every process from the crude ore.to the finished article and of a quality super ior to that imported from the famous factories of Wales. The plates are more evenly rolled and the tin coat ing is thicker anil more uniform. For this reason it gives better satis faction and is handled more econom ically by the makers of cans and other articles of tin. The price to, has been brought down by the competition of our home factories with the foreign ones Protection has led to the development of the industry here, through the construction of plants more economi cally operated and the supplying of other facilities, to such a siint that, even with the duty added, the price of lin plates has oeen reduced. This is a fair illustration of the operation of a protective tariff, which should Is? Imposed only to achieve such re sults and should be adjusted to the requirements of each industry and 13 removed when no longer required for the purpose. A protective tarif! is not a permanent economic policy, to I applied lo all industries and at all times but a ss.i ial provision ti accomplish a sccific piirswe, the revenue and protective features of a tariff being distinct and to a degree hostile to each other. Portland Teli grain. JIAVilMi Sllll'S. Officers of the Northern Pacific steamship Victoria, which arrived last Sundaj from China and Japan, reMirt that the British government is massing a vry jstwerful fleet of war ships In Chinese waters, and that the British are buying all the coal coming to I hone waters for their men-of-war. So anxious are they to get It that they send vessels to sea and there hail the colliers and bargain for their cargoes, paying gilt-edge prices if ncessary. They are said to be buy ing all the available coal from the Suez to the northern coast of Siberia, they do not wnt to u Japanese coal. Purser McDonald sHys there re now .35 or 40 British warships on the China station, and the fleet has been considerably augmented in the past few weeks. Among the latest arrivals was the big marine fighter Powerful, one of the most destructive! war vemels afloat. OVER THE STATE ITEMS Items of Interest From All Parts of the State. SAWMILLS RISIIIII WITH VIORK Coul has bee a fonuJ in Murtun t'ouuty Vaqulun Buy t be Exam iued fur t'lsh. R. Suitor, the Dall is sawmill man is about to close a contract for li.ooo, tssi of lumber in oue hill for a rail road company, which if secured will keep his mill running night and day for the next six mouths in order to till the contract and keep up with the regular local demaud. Maud Miller who is visiting her uncle, Charles Hilborn, and wife in tVsw county, is a daughter of Joa quin Miller, the ptH-t, ami at one time attracted attention on the Am erican stage as an actress, which pro fession she followed for a nuinticr of years. Miss Miller will pronaoiy make Coos county her liermanent home. One or more of the agricultural college professors will attend the interstate mining and irrigation convention to be held in Baker City the first week in April. There will l present s?rhaps film representa tives of various industries from the states of Oregon, Mtntaua, Utah, Colorado and California. The Benton flouring mills in Cor- vallis are in receipt of a large order from Central America amounting to 100 tons of flour and the shipment will be made this week. These mills have been running on Central Amer ican demand almost all wintlr but heretofore the orders have tieen in 50 to 00 ton lots. These shipments aro made in gunny bags, each containing three 50-pound sacks. Professor F. L. Washburn, of the state university, and B.J. Brether ton, of Newport, have associated themselves together for the purpose of carrying on Investigations as to the fishing resources of Yaquina bay from an economic and scientific standpoint. The results of their in vestigations will be published aud distributed free by the state, univer sity and through the press. While Ernest Welgau, a bachelor, living near Peoria, was attending the convention in Albany last Wednes day, three men broke into his house and stole a new suit of clothes, a re volver aud some tools. The men were arrested near IndeiKndence last Saturday and one of them had on the stolen suit of clothes. They gave their names as Fred ('row, John Leu and John Doe. They are now in Jail in Albany. Some time ago some excitiuient was occasioned by the announcement that coal had been found nearScotl's mill in Marion county. A recent reixirt states that the prospect ing company has drilled a hole to the depth of 700 feet. At 280 feet la-low the surface a vein of coal, 4 feet 9 inches wide, was passed through. At a depth of 500 feet, a 7-foot strata of oil rock was found, and at 700 feet a 5 fixit strata of the same kind of rock, and Mr. Em met t exttects to continue the work until bedns-k is reached. Then he will Ix-gin drill ing in different places to determine the trend of the different veins dis covered. The coal passed through has la-en pronounced an excellent coking coal. The prostactors hnve not yet formed an estimate as to the value of the oil veins. Mr. Kmmett thinks It quite probable that more oil or coal will he struck Is tore licit- r ick is reached. The Oregon Land Co. is backing the enterprise. The experiment station at Corvallis has Just received a large lot of im ported sugar-beet seed for distribu tion to farmers who are willing to report results to the station. Here tofore the supply of seeds has been rather limited, but this season the United States department of ngricul ture has become more Interested; in the (KMsibilities of the state through the previous efforts of Chemist Shaw, and has sent for trial a sufficient large quantity of seed to supply ail farmers w ho are willing to experiment. This will probably be the last general distribution of beet seed that w ill be made by the Btation, and It is hoped that many farmers will enter Hie co ol s-rative work. At the close of the season samples are expected at the station from such farmers as grow ex perimental plats. The expenses of transtxtrting seed and samples will be borne by the station. Application for ed should he made at oni-e to Professor O. W. Shaw, chemist of ex(MTiment station, Corvallis, Or. A colony of about 50 I mini raits from Minniota passed over the ('. V E., Wednesday from Corval'is on their way to Lincoln county wiiere they exct to purchase land and go Into manufacturing enterprises. They came on represen tat ions of O. ). Cog- stead of tha Yaquina Mercantile. Company.