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JOB PRINTING
Oar Job Printing Department
Surpasses, any in th Cojuty
for neatness, quickness and
cheapness. Call and bs con
vinced.
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HILLSBORO, WASHINGTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 32 1900.
No. 5
Vol. XXVIII.
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GENERAL DIRECTORY'.
HTATB OFFICKKH,
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A. A. Morrill
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OHfcXrON OIT LAND OFF10K.
Cbaa. B. Moore
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1 (Ja. Wiloi.x . Mayor
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FOBT OFFK INFOliM ATION.
lb. ail olona Hillnboro foal
uUal!TW-l Oman.
Mill, at 7:30 a.m.
lioing Houtn, S-30 an. -.a,
Ooiug o fortland aud -y-ooaa,
. mISitoo and Lanral. " "
oacuoa and hucikit woncm.
JrfS.bb.ll,. morning S
bat aobool I" o'bh JV"
ouwunii lnoroday venimi. X-
tTObrrr 7"'S3
J7i i I buuda, "bool il 10 a. .
M J Balluiityii. piwlur-
Mg OHUUOU, H Obrir, pwlor.
5rhinKrV bbtl uiurnum ud
lb. .birf lodai '" wk
uaoutb.
"111 BIHTI AN I'tlU lUm. Fl"',M bi,,hKLl't U
( i Jnd b B.indyii i "lh "
Jr4.1'ry"r nin.g T..urlay ...ning,
CbrUti... ''"l rKOObE P.tor.
A. t). t. W.
W Mala aver, r.i and third
,id.y a-aauig ""kEKAR, M..W.
W. H. Wahrunn.Beoorder.
liaagkUira af Uebekah.
UILLHBOBO BKBKKAH LOIK1K NO.
M, I. O. O. a1.. nuU IB Odd .lkwa
Uut aar Baiurd.y mii(.
.k .iuiuiV kill TA
. . . . l. . - Ant aah tuontb.
0Horiiu, AlurWf
ONIKaDMA L01WK.NO. 60.
jl Wadoaad.yaaniniralo,olook,lDl.O.
r. Halt. ViBitoraiuadaWMOOBia
1. M.U. Oadlt. Heo'y.
llefree Haaai.
Mra. Nallia Hara, Kaoorder.
Katabaac KlHters.
IJH.KNICIA TKMHt-K NO. 10. R. 8.,
1 meatiaTwy iudand till VMmf '"ab
tuontb alTo'clork In Wiiruiil,iiil.
Mratt B.ppiiiKtou
Mra Nellia Hara M. K. ft
M. ol B, and O.
K. af V.
)HlNII LOIKIK, NO. M, r P..
I miMita la Monio Uatl o Mooday
,miK o( aaab waek. Kojoornlnn bratbraa
alMMl to lod meatium.
A. V, aad 1.
'IUALITV LOIKIK NO. 6. A. t. k A. M.,
1 dimU awry Hatordny nibl on or after
"""""'"BA.LKY. W. M.
R. Came Li, Baoratary.
0. K. M.
fill1 A LATIN I'H A PTKR, NO.Sl.O. R.8..
1 niMta at Mammlo Trinpla on lb
aud 4lb Tuaaday ol aacb month.
B. 0. T. a.
VIOLA TKNT, NO. la, K. O. T. M
maU in O.M Kallowa' Hall, on a
and fourth Tburaday ayanlnira of eanh
Haaroa RoauR,
R. kU
Com.
vv
AHHINUTON ENOAM PMKNT No. ,
I. O. O. r.. naata on ura auo
lid Tan'da: I of aaoh month.
0 K Uali-bman
UEi. RAXHOM COUPS NO. 7W R. C.
MERTtt IN ODD KSLI.OWS HALL
Hlllahom, on tha 1st. tnd S.I. Friday
f aaeh month at p. ni.
Mr. H. V. Oata.
EliaalMth OUrandall. Mralarr.
tlES. Kit) NOV I'OMT, SO. , . A. R.
MEKTM IN OPr rKLLOWM HA LI. ON
thr liral and thinl Saturday of aaoh
month, t:rtO o'clock, P. M.
J. P. Hick, R. t'randall V. ft
Adianin
Taar Far.
Show tha KUta of your fn-liiifr and lh
auta of your health aa well. Impura MihkI
niakmi ilwli apparrnt in a paia andaallow
complviion, 1'iiiiplt-a and Mkm Kruptiona
ICvon ara livliuir wrak and worn out and
do not bare a hraltliy paraiM- yon
ahould try Acker' Hloml Klitir. Itrurr
all blood diMw.ir a herarhrap tianwparillaa
and so rallrd puriflrra lail; knowing this
a aril rry buiilr ou a pvaitiv guaranlaa.
lb uitaLru( btora, t
PROFEMMOXAL t'AKHH.
Tito. M fuxui'i,
I. a. TolMIt'
N. lary Puldic.
THIM II. A I'. B. TOXUI K,
rr)RNEYS-AT-LA V,
UlliLKHOHU, ItKWKm.
Umoa: Uxmii i, 4, . 5, Murii.B hlok
W. K. BAKKK'IT,
'ITOKN EYH-AT-LA W,
H I LmBOW . I IB .'Ul IN
IIVFins: CeulriU Itlosa. Buou k Mid 7.
umtom luimi w. p. ITM.
Notary f ablw.
NVITH BOW MilH.
ATTORNEYS-AT LAW.
UlLLMHOIU. UKMH)N
Uvvioa: Booui nd 7. Moruau bluok.
H. T. BAI.I V,
ATTORNEY AND
Ct)UNCEUR.AT LAW.
HILLSBi'KO OlttUUN.
Daputy Uiitriot Aituruvy lur W.hIiIik
ton County. ....
orrici: Orer Unit. Drug Hlore
JOHH M. WALL,
jTTORNE Y-AT LAW,
1JILLSBOKO OREGON. '
Baily Morgan Blmk, Rmiiis 1 A 2.
8. T. USKUTEK, M. B. V. U.
pHYSICIAN AND HUROEON
HlLlJiBOBO. ORKOON.
Orrioai at reaideno. bI ol iouiI
Hooaa, whara ba will b fouud at all u"
when not iitui(i patient.
1. r. TAX I KM K, M. It..
P. R. R. 8URUEON,
UiLLhBOItO, ORKOON.
Or no NI RamunNoa : mirm-i Hi'"'
and Main Mtraeta. Ollioa bourn, n-w t"
a. ni., I to 6 and 7 to p. m. Talepbi-na t..
reaidanor from Broor UrOKKtori- ai
all konra. All oalla promptly atuwln!
oiifht or day.
r A. BtlLKl, M. I.
IJHY8ICIAN, HUROEON AND
AUXJUCHEUR.
HILLMBOKO, ORKOON.
Umuii in Pbariuauy, I'uion Blook. (lall
attaudad to, nitfbt of day. Usaidouoe, H. w.
Our. Baaa Lioa and Heoond atriwta.
M. H. HUM THRU VS.
CONVEYANCING AND
ABHTRACTING OK riTI.pK
HILIBOUO. ORKOON.
Leal papara d awn and Loan nn Ral
Katata naitotiata I. Buriuxa altvuded to
with prouptnaai and aiiU' n
jai.m Tuonnioii, noTAr rvhutc.
THOXI'MON SON.
20 year experience in Oltlce LevalalSiini
new. Oeiieial triuitHCiwuted. Properly
of Kstate and Individiiuls caied for.
Oltlce at tha Bazaar, Forvat Oroya, Or"Kon
f. E. WEIUFR,
UOMEOPATHIC
m PHY8ICAN and SURGEON.
FOREST GROVE OUKCION.
Special attention paid to Meilicul and
Burirical Iiaeae of Women and Children
and all chronic diaeaiiea.
OfHice and residence Bowihy honoe
Pacific are., went of Korent Oruva hotel.
R. NIX0H,
IJENTIST,
FOlikHT OROVK, ORKOON
Bent art. Mai teeth :.fm per et. Cement
and AinalKani bllinK" W ceniaeach tiold
tilling" from l up. Vitalized air for paiu
leaa eitraction.
Oriai three d.M.r north of Brink
Btora. Oltiea bone from a. ni tot p. m.
J. E. AlltilSH,
Dentist,
HILLS BKO, Ot!K
Orrira Holms: 9 a. ni. to 4:"0 p. ni.
Office in Union Mock over Pharmacy
Makl Tea positively cure Nirk Head
ache, indiK ation and roiiMtipntion. A
deliKhttiil herb drink. Heinoven all erup
tion of the akin, producing a pcrt.vt com
pleiion, or money refunded. "JA eta. and
iocta. The UelU lniK rtlore.
WIMI0XM KOKF.KTIXE
Wlmloni'a RolM-rtine etirnvla all
bleminhttt of I lie face anil niukea a
beautiful couiileiion. Ikdta Dm"
8lore.
NERVITA PILLS!
Rntam VITALITY,
LOST VIGOR
AND MANHOOD
Cure Impotemty, Night fcmiamonaand
waatinir dlaeasea, all effecta of oelf-
abuae, or exceas and India
cretlon. A nerve tonic and
blood builder, llrinira the
pink glow to pale cheeks and
rrtorc the fire of youth.
Hy mall BOe per box, U hoxea
for QiJiO; With writ ten (rnantn
tee. to rur or relnnil tlio money.
Send for circular. Address,
NERVITA MEDICAL CO.
Clinton A Jackson St, CHICACO, ILL.
for acccptabls Ideas.
Stats If patented, j
THE PATENT RtCORO,
BartlHiers. Md.
Subauipuua e of the Otrmrr Raeoa L4S ,
atraii
O4O04iO4OOOsO40sOs04O
PhotograpMc Test I
O O
OOI.KOtROIRIR AND RS)NO O
VA'll.ll HtTTKH OBTCCTMU
IKIIKH THIS (IlkHi,
04o4OOO4O4sOsO4O04OsO4
OUoiiinrgHiiue and renovated butter
have aeen their bnlcyun days If tha al
leut effort now IxMiig wade lh tha
liawmeiit of the Btate rapltol prove ef
fective, stir the 8t. Paul Pioneer
PreHH.. Stute ClieuilMt J. A. Huiuuiel la
etiKUKetl on varli'tiea of yellow atuff,
alleeeil butter, whli'h the inspector
are setuliiiif lilm from every portion of
the Htute.
Tha chemiNt Una lilt upon a new
scheme which ho thinks will surely
PUKK BUTTKH.
brine the butterlne dodgers to time. It
Is nut a case of spirit photography,
though equully mysterious and fully aa
graphic In lis resulla. Hy a combina
tion of nickel pi turns, microscopes and
a leiiHlesa canitru with a seUHltive
plnte Mr. Ilumuiel has developed a
plan which must uhow the differenr
betweeu biitters aud pneudo butters to
every anmteur eye at a moment's
glance. Thus, It Is lulled, the photo
graphs will carry weight with a Jury
where chemical formulas fall.
The real butter is smooth aud woolly
looking, but the renovated butter witb
Its various adulterants is full of ugly
blotches and blurs, while the "real
thing," the olco, looks like a drop of
coagulated blood Oiled with diphtheria
bncllll.
"Now, 'which do you waut to eat?"
asked Mr. Iliiiumel as he placed three
photos side by side. "To my eye tha
lirst sample look by far the most ap
IM'tlzliiK after we, or, rather, the photo
graphic pinto, has once caught a
glimpse of It under the microscope.
"Vet," he continued, taking some
samples of butter from an Ice cheat,
UKNOVATKD bUTTKH.
"the three grades look almost alike.
Bometliues a practiced eye cannot dis
tinguish thetu, while the tongue cannot
always discover any preference.
'Oleomargarine is generally detected
without much dlfllculty, but even tba
chemist, with bis liquids, his test tubes
and his minute apparatus, baa fouud
It dltlicult to draw the line between
creniuery and renovated butter. There
are so many different kinds aud grada
tions of the former, you know. Conse
quently, at times when we knew reno
vated butter bad been sold under the
wrong title, we have found It dltlicult
to convlcL Under the photographic
system we need only show the pic
tures, and he that runs may read.
"Now, all we ncrl to do la to place
a auiH of suspected butter In a glass
slide and then under the microscope.
We put one prism above aud one be
low In such a way that the light rays
cannot puss through, according tj a
law of physics. Now we push the tulie
of S camera directly over the head of
OLKOMAKOAHI.1l
the microscope and Insert a plate at tha
other end. No direct light, you see,
ran pass through that Is, as long as
those two prisms are properly placed.
But, according to the laws of light, as
soon as we get a third prism, such as
a crystal, which, yon know. Is of pris
matic shape, the light again finds Its
wsy through. Consequently, If the
butler Is free from crystals, no direct
rays and only a dull, translucent light
will pass through, while otherwise
bright and dark smjIs will come to
gether and form the peculiarly shaded
picture you see In the oleomargarine
sample. The proof la simple, absolute
and convincing."
MILK FROM SILO FED COWS.
Aarlrallaral li.Mrtnt af llllnala
I atersllr riaSs It la UmS.
The attnehes of he Illinois State
Agricultural college think they bare
settled the controversy which sprung
up between certain buyers of milk
and the uien who produced It, the for
mer refusing to buy the milk of cows
fel on si In go.
The college baa Just announced tha
result of a aeries of testa concerning
tM AA" &iuplcs of milk Ukaa
w rwq.. j,Mr,wi
from the cows on the agricultural
farm were sent first to a dou-u differ
ent professor of the college, then to a
number of student aud later ou to a
Dumber of women aud finally to sev
eral milk experts. In addition, the
samples were aeut to hotel. In Chicago
and HprtugtWld. In each case both
silage and uonsllage milk was sent,
and In no case was the object of the
undertaking disclosed. In each case a
person was aaked which sample was
preferred and whether there were any
objections to tha milk of a certain
designation, but which was the silage
product.
The result of this test, which cov
ered several weeks, was that 118 tests
favored the silage milk, U5 the nnn
iluge aud ST had no choice. To 3'
samples of silage milk there were no
objections. The tests were double in
character, milk from cows being taken
both before and after feeding the si
lage. Professor V. J. Fraser. under whose
direction the tests were made, say
that there can be no reasoiiulde objec
tion to silage aa a feed if the feeding
Is properly done,- This Is considered
a very luiportaut matter, as a vast
amount of money baa within the last
few years been speut by farmers iu
building silos.
The condeuser people claim that milk
from cows fed on silage takes ou an
undesirable taste. ' This the professors
claim comes from decayed silage.
When the milk Is exposed to Its odor
and If care Is taken not to penult any
feed of the kind to reach the barn,
there will be no trouble.
It has been proved that the quality
of cheese depends on the pasturage,
says the New York World. Cows, dai
ry maids and special iiictliods of mak
ing have been taken from Cheshire to
another part of Kughiud, and the re
sult was a product very dttlVrcnt from
the famous Cheshire cheese.
Cheddar, bio, which comes from a
tale In Somerset, has a flavor for
which there la no chemical counterfeit.
It smacks of the soil; it breuthes of
the pasture.
Brie comes from a small district near
Paris and Is a cream cheese of unrival
ed delicacy, but not easy to keep dur
ing warm weather.
Camembert, a cheese very similar,
though coarser In flavor, which is mado
In a large area lu Normaudle, has been
steadily pushlug Into favor.
Pout 1'Eveque comes from Normau
dle. It Is not, as some might supjuise,
merely a Caineniliert gone dry, but is
Intentionally made more solid mid
milder In taste and Is 10 per cent more
costly.
Port du Balut Is another cheese of the
same order, but superior In flavor to
all except true Brie. It costs about the
same as Brie, and It mny take rank
over that, as that has done over Roque
fort, and as Roquefort did over MwIsk,
which was the Ural foreign cheese that
ever really bad a hold on the affections
of the American stomach.
Roquefort, though Its price yet Is
high. Is a richer cheese, more fond of
lingering on the breath than the others.
It Is made of goats' milk, and the chi
aroscuro effects In It are caused not
by rusting it with Insertions of wire,
but by dropping Into It some lmndfuls
of peasant bread.
Uorgonxola, not French, -but Itnllan,
Is more expensive than Roquefort,
thougb Its base Is the same namely,
the milk of the goat This dices
comes from the Milanese district of
Italy, retains Its aristocratic rlchucss
unskilled by the democratic climate of
America and Is a good cheese to swear
by.
Parmesan, another Italian or Sicilian
variety, has been kept lTs) years and
found still delicious and full of life and
power.
Neufchatel is a French cheese, not a
Swiss, as many fancy from the name.
Milk Laws.
A Springfield milkman was recently
brongbt before the local court on the
complaint of the board of bealth, says
The New Kngland Farmer. The milk
was shown to contain 9.09 per cent of
solids. Tbe defendant, a man of good
character and good standing, testified
that be bad do personal knowledge of
tbe milk. It being given to his man by
tbe farmer from whom It was bought
Tbe suggestion was made that tbe ex
cessive amount of water In this samsle
might bav got Into the milk acciden
tally. Buch cases aa this, however, are
exceptional and are no argument for
letting the standard down or doing
away with It, wblcb would oen the
door to far greater evils than those
that would be remedied.
TROLLEYS A MENACE.
Thar Shaald Not Ba Allowed to Ob
atraet Hlikaari.
The people of many localities will,
some day, wake up to the fact that
their highways have been given over
to trolley companies In a haphazard,
wholesale way that must work much
trouble, says Elliott's Magazine. It Is
probable there la room enough In the
average rural or stiburlian highway to
accommodate a trolley line without woe
fully discommoding every other means
of travel. But there are many instances
when tbe trolley Hue should not be
permitted to gobble up the middle of
the road.
An unrestricted, open, public high
way should be the first consideration.
The trolley line should lie a secondary
matter. Wherever the mad commis
sioners, or those In authority, are giv
ing away the property of the public
without due consideration or recom
pense, a 'halt should lie called, by in
junction of otherwise, anil the merits
and demerits of the case brought to the
attention of all.
At Rlverton, N. 4., recently the peo
ple saw their new stone road Ning
torn up by a trolley company. The
rails were being laid directly in the
center of the road, to the detriment of
vehicles. Of course tills was pie for
tbe trolley comany, since It eliminated
ail tbe coat of grading, a big Item In
tbe construction account, but It gave no
return to tbe county or the property
owners for the heavy outlay for the
Improvement of the road. A protest
from pnMrty owners caused the mem
bers of the county Isinnl to refuse to
grant permission for the nse of the
center of the road and now the tracks
are to go down erg lit feet on one side
of tbe highway.
A MtiiH nmtse polio.
The intervention of I he United
States in iIih Chinese crixis, involving
i he re presentation already made by
Minhtcr C'iiiikit, Ingether with I he
id ion taken by Admiral Kempff,
IhpIi under I he discretion allowed
'hem by the Prfsi dent's lustrurlioim,
4re declared ofhVially to exhaust this
I overiiiiienl's resources, as far as
tney can lie applied at the piesei.t
t ine. Without a distinct change In
national policy, which la regarded as
uiont remote, and except under
,-rsvily coin pi lentil international
eoniiilionw, KlTti'ting not only the sta
bility of the Chiueae Empire but the
equilibrium of Europe, the ottlcea nf
American agencies at Peking aud
t ii-ii-Thiii, a-t well as iu future ceutres
of iliNlurliHiii-ea, will lie limited to
nu h i ff iris for the protection of
American interests is the participa
tion by M mister Conger In Ine iu--mtfiit
demands mate by all the
foreign repres mlativea upon Hie
I'sung Li Yameu aud the Dowager
EmprttM for affording security to the
iiitiaod property of aliuug, and ar the
landing of armed forces and the dis
patch of gunbotiti to furnish the nec
eMtry prulecliou in case of China's
failure to comply.
ilcyoiii) this, I la uow clearly un
derstiMMl in Washington, other na
tions iroHMe lo go, perhaps at once,
but Hit- Uuib'd Hlat.n, while entering
the concert up lo that point, will act
iiidt4ndfully, if at all, in proceed
ings which w ill probably lead lo a
change of dynai-ty, and perhaps a
revolution through the Empire. It
is promised, however, that, whatever
occurs, the commercial lnterets of
this country, umiu the basis etttb
lished iu the written "oien door"
ii impact, shall net lie uuslilled even
in case of all the retiming eoad line
and tlic extension of sphere) ol influ
ence bejon I their pnsent exceeding
ly elastic limits.
The contingency of permanent t T
ritorial encroachment is rtgarded as
too distant just now lo call for more
siecillc expression by Hie United
Slab s than bus already been given,
tor it is U lif-ved Hie extensive mili
tary operations by the foreign forcts
around Peking and Tieu-Tsiu in iy
involve only a brief campaign, rer.ull
iog in nuch a salutary Ii-sh-hi to the
utiprogressive f lemnl of China as to
(ii rioii prompt withdrawal after
order is restored. Theso oH'rxtioiis
upon rath r a large scale, it is now
feared, cannot tie avoided, but it is
unlikely that the United Stales will
contribute at hore more than I line
hundred marines and sailors to the
itomhiued forcea, litis number being
already at Tien-Tsin and on the way
there. This number is regarded as a
fair proportion for the United Slates
to supply, considering Die relative
numlHT and value ot Americana and
proerly requiring protection com
pared with the similar respousihill-tii-H
of Riiesia, England, Japan, Ger
many and France. If, aa now
apprehended, the anti-foreign rioting
is lo extend beyond the small district
of its pre-K'tit violence, and the wide
spread American missionary Interests
up to the Yang-Tse are endangered,
it is more than likely that Admiral
Kempff will have lo sp i- much of
his available force in .hat mnction.
TUB PARTY t I' PRO. P! lUIV.
The republican paity i repeating
lis history. It has not only brought
prosperity to the counlry, but it has
brought it to the government. The
house asknd Secretary Gage for some
information alsiul the condition of
the treasury, and the information
was promptly provided. The secre
tary lells the house that the treasury
will probably have a surplus of 70,-
OOO.niH) in the next fiscal year which
ends on June HO next, or about a
hair moi.th hence. As more than
tlirwe-qtmrters of this financial year
lias mssed these figures are likely to
lie found pretty nearly correct. For
tlie next flu-al year, Ihe one which
will close at the end of June, 1!M)1,
the secntiry estimates that there
Will lie a surplus ol f82,(HK),(iU0. As
the fndency is upward titers Is a
probability Hint Hie excess would be
still greater in Ihe following year if
the present reveuue 'aws were main
t lined.
This Is the old slory. The republi
can parly is the arty which fills the
treasury and reduces Ihe dell. Nec
essarily the debt was Increased on
si-count id the Spanish war of iMl'ri,
but a revenue law was devised which
would nol only meet Ihe running ex
I use of Ihe government but would
provide sunVienl money to allow the
government lo resume del t pay
ments. Wneti Cleveland In littles
t'i. second time Ihe treasury gold
fund was so low usually that large
amount of Isinds had lo be sol I In
order to replenish the fund and keep
the government from dropping to
t!ic silver basis. In all about $ll2,
IMK),IMHI of Ismds were sold, and the
debt increased lo thst extnt, to k"p
Ihe gold In the treasury above Ihe
danger line. Since the republican
parly got into power, however, there
h is la-en no difficulty alsiiil the gold
fund, except that bonds bad to be
sold in IH'JH to meet Ihe immediate
expenditures of Ihe war with Spain
The government has no trouble in
paying iu way these i ays. Tlie re
serve has always been high since the
republicans returned to iower. In
fact, the complaint w hich Ihe presei t
treasury ollicials have made is thai
'.he gold fund has been so I irge that
it has been emliarrasMlng. in Hie
general fund in Ihe treasury, tisi,
the Imlatice is licing kept on Ihe
right side of the account.
Some merriment was shown by
the denuiKTats lor a lime after the
Dingley law went on Ihe slalule
book. They prediit'Hl that it would
produce deficits constantly. The
democrat were so accustomed, under
the Wilaon-Goruian law, ti treasury
shortages that they thought Ihese
things were Ihe regular features of
treasury statements. Tbe Missibility
tbat Hie government would some
time or other lie paying its way
agaiu was somt thing which they
could not giasp. It hihiii became
evident that (lie Diugley act, when
it got fairly iu operation under nor
mal conditions, would more than
meet the regular outlay of the gov
ernmtnt, but Hie Spanish war came
on alxiul that time, and new sources
of taxation had lo be devised. These
met Hie ex peel at ions of their repub
lican framers and, of course, falsified
the prophecies of the democrats.
Thus the treasury has a handsome
surplus at tnis moment, although the
army Is up to the 100,000 line, and
large expenditures are being made
for the navy. A lilsral but wise
outlay is being made, yet the income
is so high that Ihe favorable balance
keeps on growing. Secretary Gage
is apparently in a jocund iniaid. He
likes to be questioned regarding Ihe
condition of the treasury. The re
publican party, which has started up
the idle mills and ad va need the
wages of the workers all over the
counlry, has also filled the treasury
of the government, and it will si sm
enable that government to resume
the old republican practice of reduc
ing its debt and diminishing the
burdens of Ihe people.
Will Remove Their Hats iu ( liarch.
At a recent meeting of the women
of Ihe Tabernacle Baptist church, of
Utica, they passed a resolution that,
beginning wilh the first Sunday in
June, they will remove their hat
during every regular church service.
There will be several thousand
tons more hay cut 'around Malheur
lake than last year, on account of the
water falling so rapidly, leaving the
land dry at the right season.'
Fire al Crate's Point, iu Wasco
county, destroyed ft'ilM) worth of new
hay belonging to A. Y. Marsh, Wed
nesday. The fire started from a lot
of wild mustard that had beet
ignited in a field close by, and got
beyond control.
ALL ABOUT I ALIFORM I.
California is the natural paradise of
the holy maker. Its resources are
inexhauslahle, its invitation univer
sal, and Its resorts and attractions
among the most noted of Ihe
world.
"Resorts and Attractions along the
Coast Line" is handsomely iliustra-b-d
folder, giving a description of the
health and pleasure resorts ou Ihe
coast between Bnu Francisco and Los
Angeles.
"Shasta Resorts," embelished with
beautiful halt-tone engravings, des
cribes the senic and outing attrac
tions of tbe vat aud wonderful
Shasta region, Ihe grandest of pleas
grounds. The Southern Pacific Company
publishes descriptive literature con
taining valuable information iilsiut
all of them. It is for free distribu
tion and may ttv obtained from any
Southern Pacific agent, or C. 11.
Markhaui, General Passenger Agent
at Portland, if you apply by mail
enclose a stamp for each publication
wanted.
California South of Tehachapi"
tells all about the charms of that
n-markably favored semi-lrropic
garden ssit ot the world In Knuth-rn
California.
A handsome map of California,
complete in detail, reliable, skillfully
indexed, and full of information
about the State's resources. It is
the only publication of kind folded
for (wicket use.
"Summer Outings" is a 32-page
folder devoted to Ihe camping retreats
in the Shasta Region and Santa Cruz
mountain: It speals more direct
ly lo that large and growing class of
reerealion seekers who prtfer this
popular form of outing.
"Pacific Grove" is the Chautauqua
of Ihe west, and this foM.-r not only
deacritM! the prelly place itself, but
gives a program of the religious and
educational meetings, conventions,
schools, etc., lo le held there this
summer.
Other publications are "Lake Ta
hoe," "Geysers and Lake county,"
"Yosemite," "Hob 1 del Monte,"
"Castle Crags," each brimful of In
foimatlon about the places named,
aud printed la Ihe highest stj!" of
the art." ,
I'l KM ISW UKASIVH POLICY.
The more serious the conditions
-row in China, Hie more decided and
It Unit becomes, the policy of this
government not to be drawn into
pna-eedings for the dismemberment
of the Chinese Empire. Grant's pol
icy is tie) guide of tbe present ad'
ministration. John Russell Young,
vi ho died a year ago, was Minister to
China. He accompanied Lien. Grant
on a journey around Ihe world. He
enjoyed Hie coufidenctNof the general,
uud was es-cially familiar with
Graul's views regarding China
views iu which there waa almost a
prcM-ieuoe of ihe situation which has
now ariseu. Home time ago Mr,
Young wrote his recollectious of tbe
perils! in w hich was formed tbe re
lationship of the Uuited Stales
toward China that baa beeu main
ttiucd until this time, and which it
is Hie pur(se of the president to
continue. Mr. Young said:
"The policy of Gen. Grant, which
governed the instructions tbat I re
ceived from Mr.. Frelinghuysen
vt hen I was in diplomatic icrvlce,
was based ou a careful study of the
Eaatern question amid advantages
such as uo olher foreigner ever en
joyed.. It 'was a.siliiy developed
alter careful rud Confidential conver
sations with the Prince Regent aud
ministers of China and the Emperor
and ministers ot Japan. What he
expressed in the freedom aud vivid
ness of personal intercouie 'was
spoken uo le-M lu public addresses,
where he weighed every word.
America,' he said In one speech, de
livered to a company cf Oriental
uobl men, aud memorable for tbe
impression it made at. the lime
'America has much to gain from the
East; no nation has greater interested
but America has nothing to gain ex
cept what comes from the cheerful
acquiescence of Hie Eislern people,
aud insures them as much benefit as
it does us. I should be ashamed of
my country il its relations to other
nations, and ecially with these
ancient and most interesting empires
of the East, were based on any other
idea.'
"It was my privilege to be present
at many interviews, aud to know
how deeply Gen. Grant was impress
ed by what he heard and saw.
'Y hat would I not give,' he said to
me one day, 'to have known ten
years ago what I know to-day!'
"What might not -America give
had the Just, intrepid policy toward
the Eastern nations which the genius
of Grant evolved from the political
conditions of the Pacific found frui
tion and encouragement or been gov
erned by his firm, enlightened will?
American isilicy toward China
should lie based on the same lines as
American policy toward England
and France. Out of the fullness of
our diplomacy, what have we not
done for Ihe American hog In Paris,
Vienna and Berlin? Fur that pr-dse
now aud always! But what might
we also have done for the American
man iu Pekin and Tokio? American
genius brought Clilua into the diplo
matic family of cations. Where now
li the (aiwer bequeathed to us by
liiirlingaine?
"We are the neighbors of these
empires. 1 he richest markets In the
world are nearei lo us than Li verpisjl
or Cjueenstowu were twenty years
ago. The de elopment of our Pacific
rai'way, now in its infancy, rests on
the commercial relations that should
exist in Asia. The commercial em-
pi re of tbe Est, if I may so call it,
la-longs to us by the ties of geogra
phy, enterprise and sympathy.
It is not easy to believe sometimes
that "Hie world does move." When
one reads of a "witch hunt," which
took pla e recently iu one of the
United States, it seems quite like the
story of Salem witchcraft days. The
actors in the mediaeval drama were
white men and women in the Kite
of Mississippi, and the witch hunt
was within thiity miles of a large
schocl for white people carried on by
the Women's Home Missionary Soci
ety. A woman woo became sudden
ly ill announced her belief that she
was la-witched, and her friends con
sulted an old negro "witch doctor"
iu the place. He investigated the
pi .ice with all soli mnlfy, and declared
that a dead tree In the yard was the
home of the evil spirit, and that if it
were burned the spirit would be
obliged to take refuge in the body of
the witch, who tiien might be discov
ered. By an unfortunate chance an
old woman in the neighborhood was
found t j la: ill, and It was ascertained
that she was the witch, so a party of
men a it'i dogs aud guns went t'j lur
house and drove hei before them to
the woman who was "bewitched."
Tiny kept the Mx.r old creature
tiiere without food or (.rink from
Monday until Thursday, trying to
make In-r cuhf. Finally she was
taken to Hie county poorhouse, after
the question of killing her had been
seriously discussed, as the "witch
doctor" decided Hot the evil spirit
would go wit i her lo Hie poorhouse.
The one ray of brightness lu the fact
that the persons engaged in the affair j
were indicted by a grand jury and
heavily fined for assault aud battery.1
WI1ATIIAS1IAPPENED
DURING THE WEEK
Ito.ms of General Interest
from all parts of the
state
WHITE FIB IN UKM AM)
Sagar-beet t'rsp la I'ulsa Cssnty will
be very Large
A camera club has been organised
at Roseburg.
Farm bands are In great demand
in Umatilla county.
A Rebekah lodge waa instituted at
Kings Valley last week.
A match factory on a small scale
has been established at Marshfield.
A new republican paper will make
its appearance at Condon next week.
The Coqullle cannery is manufac
turing 700 pounds of bultBi per day.
A factory for the manufacture of
white paper Is contemplated at
Albany.
Fred Whitby, of Corvallis, sheared
276 pounds of wool from 23 sheep
'sat week.
E. Smith sold 480 fleeces of wool at
Corvallis Tuesday, at 16 cents per
pound.
Alter a canvais for funds, Rose
burg decided not to celebrate the
4th of July.
A carload of ship knees wa ship,
ped from Coquille City to San Fran
cisco last week.
The Corvallis & Eastern Railroad
is extending its telegraph line from .
Mill City to Detroit.
A number of Michigan timber
men ate looking for claims on Lake
creek, In Lane county.
Wood but n citizens have subscribed
$1209 tor tbe erection of a (Catholic
church in that place.
M. S. Hubbel was run over by a
fire engine at Eugene Wednesday
and had his leg broken.
A special meeting ot the Oregon
Hopgrowers' Association will be held
In Woodburn Junr 20.
Mile posts and crossing marks
were placed on the Marshfiold-Myrtle
Point Railroad last week.
W. A. Howe, of Carlton, Yamhill
county, concluded a 20,000-but-hel
shipment of wheat this week.
By a vote of 801 to 1930. Douglas
county decided last week against
permitting hogs to run at large.
The Medford Free Press, a middle-
of-the-road journal, announces that
henceforth It is out of politics.
The new saw mill at CooK-r niouo
tain, in Washington county, will
begin cutting lumber next week.
The Hood River strawberry crop,
compared with that of last year, falls
short about 10,000 era let.
The local Young Men's Christian
Association Is flttinz up a public
reading-room at Marshfield.
The cherry crop of Wasco county
Is now being gathered, and it is the
largest crop that has ever been raised.
Rain this week has interfered with
haying in several parts of the state.
No great damage resulted however.
The Twickenham News has la?on
moved .to Mitchell. IL C. Irvine
has succeeded E. M. Shutt as propri
etor.
The new regimental band at Eu
gene has appointed a commitb-e to
select instruments, to be ordered at
once.
Six carloads of cattle, which were
fattened on sugar-beet pulp, were
sold at La Grande Wednesday to
Portland parties.
A Petite prune orchar J of 1 10 acres
in Benton county will turn out a full
crop, while apples In the sumo
orchard are much injured.
Robrt Mays A Son shipped 2000
head of sheep from The Dalles Thurs.
day to Cook's Landing, to lie sum
mered on the range back of that
place.
Haying in Harney county this
year will be about two weeks earlier
than usual, owing to the dryness of
the season. Tbe crop will be an
average one.
Fire destroyed the gramry of
Perry Eddy, in King's Valley, Sun
day. The building contained 300
bushels of wheat, besides a new
wheat-cleaner.
A large number of property
owners at The Dalles have asked for
an injunction restraining the city
from building the proposed new
sewer system, on the ground ol de
fective notice and unequal assessment
of tba cost.