TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OP INTER
E8TINQ ITEMS.
CoantiUtxt Crltlciaaia B4 Upaa
tha Hapyaaluga of taa Ia-Hiatori-
cat and Nidi No tea.
It Mfeiu tln-y prefer ttia caavasbsck
to tha stork on Fifth avenua.
A monument to I'ocationtas 1 to ba
rrecteU. Won't -mbuJy p!raa mt
oiiv to Indian summer?
Ou begins to suspect that J. P.
Morgan roult! learn a whole lot from
young George W. I'erklna.
Tha Kr. Dr. (ilndileu baa bn
beard from. II flnda that aven foot
ball l talntml with thuggery.
M utuallzation would be good
thing, but something more than that la
coining to the policy holders.
Physicians sHitcrt that tea taken In
(ii'rii will produce Inannlty and palsy.
Why omit delirium tremens?
A New York inlllloiinlre was sent to
jail In France for killing a child. No
wonder France Isn't a country of mill
ionaires. Hetty tJrecii IuhIhIs that Dr. Oaler'a
theory la like the Itihle's references to
augela In heaven. I.adJe are not In-
clmled.
It la
i.itiia.nmt.1 mrdi Hmt M P
Houglierty never again will have auch
uiMKiilflceiit opportunities for being
careless with money.
The New York dentist who charged
I'rlnce Foul $1,000 for filling four
teeth incidentally left an aching void
In the noble's pocketa.
Andrew Carnegie aaya that If the
puople wuut municipal ownership they
aliould have It. Andy la beginning to
talk like a ninn who Is broke.
Ctgnrette smokers need not be alarm
ed over the threat of an embargo on
'J'tirkUh product. The real Turkish
cigarette la made In Pltuburg.
The dentist who charged I'rlnce
I.onla fl.iXNt for a treatment to hi
teeth evidently la training to become
othYlnl dentist to an Iruurnnce coin
Jianjr. The Kmperor of (Jennany now owna
eight big touring cara, but In spite of
lila versatility and hla divine right
he can't acorch In more than one of
them at a time.
In hla search for rare worka of art
and tirlc-a brae, J. I'lerpont Morgan
aeema to have aecured a fine specimen
of railroad gold brick from Colonel
Zlinmerniau, of Cincinnati.
Mrs. Chad wick haa had ample time
to think It over, and ahe la unrepent
ant. She would do It over again If
ahe hail the chance, tint ahe would Im
prove on her methods next time.
When a high financier gets bunkoed
by hi associates, the public due 4 uot
demand that the offender he haled nt
once before the bur of legal Justice,
There Is a general suspicion that Jus
tice hat already been done.
llugles that "sounded the charge of
the Light Brigade, at Italakluva" are
a common In lCiigland aa the original
cherry trees that (Jooiga Washington
did not cut down are In America. Now
1ord Tredegar, who was one of the
all hundred, says the charge was not
Mounded; that the troopers were among
the guns before any one thought of a
bugle order.
Italian laborers In this country have
coined a word which may take the
place for variety's sake of the much
overworked word "'graft." Many of
thee laborers are under hire to a pa
drone, or "boss," who exacts from
them many kinds of tribute. Their
word for all "boss money Is a com
pound of Kiigllsh with an Italian ter
mination, "boNsatura." This word
might relieve the strain on the vocabu
lary of newspaper writers and politi
cians. President lioosevelt says In hi new
book that he Is Ion? past the stage
when the part of the hunt that con
sists In killing Is the Interesting part,
rnougli g.iiue to keep the camp sup
plied with food furnishes all the sport
necessary to give r.est and point to a
trip In the wood. Mr. Cleveland ha
about the same Idea of the true fish
erman's pleasure. It Is not the slaugh
ter of fish, but the fun of sitting on the
bank waiting for a bite that riiakes
the new "complete angler" happy.
Secretary Wilson knows as well a
another that to the average man mere
atatlstlca are unattractive and largely
meaningless. When he s.iys that "ev
ery sunset during the last five years
haa registered an Increase of f;l,4N),
tM In the value of American farms"
tha fact atlcka. When he states and
prove that "the mau with the hoe hat
become the man with the harvester
and the depositor and shareholder of
tha bank" he tell monumental truth
that will bear aome decorative detail.
Let tha good work go on. If tha pur
pose of a department report 1 to tell
tha people what It I doing for them It
should be aet forth In terms that can
be understood by the people snd re
membered by them. Figures alone will
not serve.
The niggle lantern has been used In.
ganlously In the campaign against tlra
yellow fever inos.iulto carried on dur
ing the epidemic In New Orleans. In
order to convince the skeptical that
pouring oil on standing wster would
kill the larvae In tt, iHx tor Kobnke,
head of the hoard of health, prepared
an Illustrated, lecture, which he deliv
ered to crowded houses all over tha
city. A vessel of water filled with tha
"wlggletalla" was projected upon tha
screen after tha larva bad bean stud
led In detail. Tba wlggletalla were
seen rising to tha top to breathe. A
film of ell was than poured over tha
water, and tba wlggletalla could ba
aa struggling vainly to thrust taalr
brs thing apparatus through tt Balk-1
eJ thera, they darted frantically about
la all dlraotlona, to slus at laat to the
bottom and dla of suffocation. It waa
a convincing Illustration.
With sll the enormous advance of
the world lu knowing promptly It own
condition and Its means of Intercom
munication of the people themselves
as well ss of knowledge of condltloua,
we are still long war from getting
ttia men who need and the means of
supplying their need together. Within
few weeks there have been at least
two of what they call "poverty
parades" lu I-ondou. Then are vast
processions of unemployed men and
some women, carrying banners pro
claiming that they do not desire char
ity but work. Home of their sealous
friends are calling attention to tba fact
that while these people have no work
there are many thousands of acres
that produce uothlng because kept for
game and pleasure grounds. If the
owners of all these lands were to pro
claim to-morrow that, all their acres
ware open to cultivating tenants I
there reason to believe that many of
them would be so taken up? Our own
experience In this country does uot
lead to an aftlrmatlve reply. F.vcn lu
this day of general prosperity our
large cities swarm with people who
live from hand to mouth, while be
tween the cities, all over the land from
ocean to ocean and from the lakes to
the gulf, are, first, lauds that they
might have for nothing or next to
nothing, and, secondly, hundreds of
thousands of land owner who do not
keep game preserves or parks, but are
eager to cultivate all their acres, who
do cultivate them as far as their
strength will go and are cut off from
using them all In production simply
by the fact that they can not hire the
labor necessary to that end. Hera we
have countless armies of English
speaking people In one country beg
ging for work and armies as large In
a kindred country owning the land
and begging for workers toVome and
do the work nt comfort earning wages.
Would those clamorers for work come
to the laud where the work Is to be
had If more directly Invited? It Is
doubtful at best. Is there not room
in this condition for a wider benefi
cence than Is Involved In all the pre
tentious socialistic scheme of the
whole modern world?
ON SIMPLE LIVING.
lion It May Rest Ha ftrrured In These
Harried .Modern liars.
A vegetarlun regime Is often a bug
bear to the majority of readers, who
regard It either a on unmitigated nul
aance or a harmless fad. says Uie
Queen. As a matter of fai t, however,
a diet from which flesh meats are ex
cluded may to day lie made so appetis
ing, so palatable and so satisfying that
Its adoption Is by no mean the morti
fication of the flesh that most people
would think who have not tried It. In
the first place, science has of Itete jvars
made so many strides In dietetics that
not only are there many new food sub
stances discovered or Invented, but
there are now so ninny preparations
of vegetable foodstufTs that an lirtltilte
variety of dishes and palatable food
can be put on the table, mid the al
itence of meat Is scarcely noticed or
its presence desired.
The science and art of cookery nre
now so well developed, and so much
facility has come with practice, that
there need tie little or no self denial In
restricting oneself to a vegetarian diet.
In fact, ao varied, so palatable and
profuse may a modern meatless meal
be that It Is open to the charge brought
against the ordinary regime of being
a long way off from the simple life
now advocated. In warm latitudes,
where Uie populations are densest, the
mass of the people subsist mainly on
cereals, fruit and legumes, with milk,
butter, cheese, flsh and condiments
according to locality and rank of life
"The Japanese, for Instance, are prno
tlcally a vegetarian race, and yet they
have proved themselves Infinitely su
perlor In physbjue, courage and endur
ance to the burly Russian soldier.
Moreover, the peasantry of many I'u-
ropean countries eat very little meat
because they are too poor to purchase
It. I'p to quite recent limes the Scot
tlsh and Irish peasantry lived very
largely upon oatmeal and potatoes.
Chemically considered, we know, of
course, that vegetable food contains
every element that Is found lu meat,
since all animals derive their suste
nance from the vegetable world, di
rectly or Indirectly. As the late Mat
tleu Williams used to say, In eating
beef we eat grass at second hand, and
what la now done for us by the ox
would aoon be done In the latoratory
of the chemist. This Is now In a fair
way of being done, and what was con
densed, preillgested and chemically
prepared food. Punch's dream of
tabloid meals would seem to be al
most caiable of realization. One thing
lu favor of the mealies diet will ap
peal atrongly to women, who are habit
ually more temperate In eating than
men a vegetarian diet Is undoubted
ly a great aid to a clear complexion.
Another and Incidental advantage
which will be appreciated In tha kltch
en 1 the fact that the plates and
dishes for the reformed diet are easier
to wash than those used for meats.
Really a He Sport.
Young Jay (Jreen I tell ye. Lester
Doollttla la a snort f r your life!
Abuer Appledry I ain't noticed It
nertlekerly.
Young Jay (Jrcen Ye ain't? Why,
whenever a drummer or anybody gives
him a lOcent cigar he saves the band
oCTm It and wears It as long as It
holds together on the fl'cent cigars be
buys himself. Puck.
War Shoala Ifcef
"She's the moat unconscious girl I
ever saw."
"Well, why shouldn't s'is be? Phe'a
pretty and knows It; nhe'i clever and
knows It. and she's good snd knows It.
What has she to be conscious of?"
luek.
la the Earlr Btaaaa.
"I tell you. Singleton, you don't
know tha joys and felicities of a con
tented married life, the happy flight of
years, the long, restful calm of
"How long bare you been married V
"Just a month."
is V3r .T jr"
1IM AltaraaieBt.
American agricultural Implements
re known the world over aa the beet
procurable, eseclelly for saving time.
This Is true both as to tba large appli
ances used on faruia and the amaller
garden Implement. A Texas farmer
la the Inventor of a hoe attachment
applicable to hand weeding or garden
hies of various forma aud slzea. The
attachment consist of cutting blade.
which la designed to be used lu detach
ing clinging vine and runner from
the growing plant. The Improved de
vice comprise a weeding blade of the
usual form, and connected to the han
dle by a shank which curves upward.
Kxtendlng from the shank Is a cutting
blade, curved away from the handle
and shank.
In using the Implement the cutting
blade Is forced forward or away from
the operator by a pushing motion,
and by Its peculiar form and position
la very convenient for severing vine,
runners, creepers and similar plunt
life from the stalks of the growing und
valuable plants. The Implement will
also be found very convenient for
chopping corn, or thinning cotton and
CUTS IKIWS THK WKKDS.
other plants, and will also be found
very useful In working corn and sim
ilar crops, upon which vines aud creep
ers are liable to be found, and whose
removal la generally atteuded with
much labor and annoyance. The cut
ting blade being made Integral with
the shank will not be a cumbersome
or objectionable addition to the boe.
Amateur Mushroom (irowlaa.
Hie Cornell experiment station haa
undertaken to tell amateur how they
may grow mushrooms for profit lu a
small way in old stables, available cel
lars and similar out-of the-way placea.
The fundamental requisite Is a dark
room of uniform temperature, that Is,
one that does not go below Bo degrees
or above S5 degrees, Fahrenheit. Con
siderable success was obtained In
growing mushrooms In boxes under
benches lu a greenhouse, and under
benches lu a basement of the college
buildings.
The beds, spawned Nov. 23, and cov
ered with dirt a week later, produced
the first of the crop Jan. 1, though the
regular pickings did not begin until a
week later. The boxes contained
about IK) square feet of surface and
yield at the rate of 2 pounds of mush
rooms for each square foot.
A word of warning 1 Included not
to attempt to grow mushrooms In the
ivlhir of a dwelling, as the odors aris
ing from the compost In the beds Is
sure to permeate the living apart
ments, despite the best efforts to pre
veut It.
Prnterllna the Harness.
F.very farmer appreciates that the
expense for harnesses and for harness
repairs Is considerable during the
year, hence should be pleased at the
suggestion of some plan which will
enable hi in to keep the harness In good,
condition. A harness should always
be hung up. Here Is a simple plan.
Make three letter T's of strong but
light lumber and especially making
the cross bar strong. Fasten these to
a Joint In a convenient place with the
cross bar at the bottom. Simply use
the arms on which to hang the differ
ent parts of the harness. If this ar
rangement Is not easy to put In opera
tion, then use hooks fastened to the
ends of stout ropes, but arranging
some way so that the ropes may be
looped back over a hook or nail during
the time they are not In use, ao there
will be no danger of any one being
Injured by them. The Illustration
shows both plans plainly. They are
entirely practical and the use of either
of them will add greatly to the long
Ufa of tha harness. Exchange.
(are af Poultry.
The domestic fowl Is very prolific,
and a flock ran be made to Increase
rapidly if care la given. To begin
with, 500 or l.tsJO hens require large
capital at tba start, as the fowls must
be purchased and suitable buildings
prepared, but It Is not difficult to se
cure large flocks on limited cspltal It
tba beginning la mad with a fsw and
tha number gradually increased, aa
tha Increase of tha flock Is also an In
crease of eiplUL A flock of kens ra
ta r&s aa Income daily, thus assisting
t prevWe capital at the atari
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FO HAMOl.tO THf HARNESS.
A a Ideal Stall.
When one ia financially able to have
the stalls wbhh combine all the con
venience they are very desirable, but
the average farmer must put up with
much less. The Ideal stall b.ia a space
between feed rack and gutter of elg'it
feet and I Ave feet wide. A feed rack
1 arranged so that the aulmal may
get at the hay or roughage easily, yet
not waste a great deal of It. At one
end or the feed rack la feed box
sutncleiitty large ao that the cow can
get her mouth to It without striking
her horns. The sides of this atall con
sist of fence with three wide Iwiards
and runs up four or five feet high, ac
cording to the Ideas of the owner. At
the rear there Is stapled to the floor
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STALL AMI KEr.D RACK.
a piece of 2x4 material to keep the
bedding in place and the animal from
stepping back Into the gutter. 1 he
Idea of the fencelike side Is to Insure
ventilation, and If any two animal are
Inclined to quarrel they can be separ
ated by having an empty stall be
tween or by building up higher the
dividing fence. The Illustration showa
the Idea perfectly.
Valae and I'sa of Pomace.
Hatch experiment station has been
experimenting with apple pomace to
determine Its value for feeding pur
poses, nml the opinion reached Is sum
marized as follows Apple pomace Is
a carbohydrate feed similar to corn
adage. It contains about the same
amount of water, rather less protein
and woody fiber and a larger propor
tion of non-nitrogenous matter. Ex
periments with six sheep have shown
It to be about ns digestible us the best
grades of silage. Experiment with
dairy animals show that twenty to
thirty pounds dally can be fed to dairy
aulmal with satisfactory results. It
Is not advisable to feed over ten
pounds at first per day, gradually in
creasing until the maximum amount Is
reached. Thu fed, danger of a sud
den milk shrinkage, or of animals get
ting "off feed" Is avoided. It Is be
lieved that four pounds of pomace
wheu fed In what has been termed a
"balanced ration" Is equivalent to one
pound of good cow hay, and to 3V4
to 8 pounds of well-eared corn
silage.
A Simple Saw 4 la tap.
This simple saw clamp can be made
by anyone, and does not need any
bolts or screws. The two clamps are
made of 1-Inch boards, 5 or tl Inches
wide, beveled on top and then dressed
down to nearly an edge at the bottom.
The saw Is placed In the clamps In
SIMTI.B SAW (LAMP.
your hands, aud then Inserted In the
beveled slot, and the hammer makes
It perfectly firm and rigid. The frame
can be made to stand on the ground
or floor, or can be made low to placs
on work bench.
Boiled Timber.
A new process has been discovered
for warring against white ants, the
pests of the tropical regions. These
termites as they are called destroy
the woodwork of the finest buildings
within six months. Their action Is In
sidious, says the London Mail, inas
much ns the outward appearance of
the wood docs not betray the rotten
ness within, nml their ravages. If not
discovered In time, lend to the total
collapse of the buildings. Some time
ago It was suggested experiments
should be carried out by a London
wood process syndicate. Specimens
were prepared and sent out to a num
ber of tropical countries. After a
somewhat protracted trial news has
been received from the Madras presi
dency that the specimens sent there
have successfully resisted the attacks
of the white ants. The process Im
proves, toughens and strengthens the
wood. This Is accomplished by boiling
the timber In saccharine solution, and
afterward drying It at a high tempera
ture. A revolution In the export tim
ber trade to tropical countries Is prob
able, as In places where termites
abound soft wood will be used Instead
of the more expensive varieties.
Klahtlaa Weed.
There Is nothing which hold to tha
soil with such pertinacity as weeds.
It Is probable that the Egyptians are
to-day fighting the same weed which
they were trying to exterminate by
the aid of the Israelites when they
were In bondage. We must always
bear this In mind, that we manure and
cultivate all the weeds we do not de
stroy. EternsI vigilance la the prlca
we psy for the extermination of
weeds.
Talaa Remeaskar.
Toor roads are the unhappteat type
of extravagance.
When a wagon Is worn out from use
on a good road Its owner usually bat
money enough to buy a new one.
Good roads suggest action, and mud
means sloth and Istlneas.
Some of tba winter resorts of tha
South are advertising good roads aa a
special attraction.
To polish Iron or brass bedsteads go
over them with a damp wash lest bar
aad than polish with a dry cloth.
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often takes a lifetime to appreciute their
value. You can greatly assit the child In
learning the worth of the dollar. How ?
lly having him open a savings account w ith
tills bank, and by encouraging him to add
to it. v
A single dollar is sunicient to start an
account. Smaller deposits may follow.
Savings department opens January 1, 1903.
J. W. SHUTE,
BANKER.
T. P. GOODIN,
CONTRACTOR
I am prepared to furnish plans and estimates on any kind of a build
ing in Washington County. 'Phone 28x4, or address
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When you reach Ogden you can go aboard a
through Standard or Tourist Pullman, running
via Rock Island System by way of the Scenic
Route through Colorado, thence to Kansas City,
St. Louis or Chicago.
Rock Island Tourist sleepers seem "like
home" in their completely comfortable and rest
ful atmosphere. They are as neat as wax, are
manned by Pullman conductors and porters and
in addition to this, they are in charge of a
Rock Island excursion manager.
The Rock Island has three Eastern gateways
Chicago, Kansas City and St. Louis. Direct
connection in Union Stations at all three, for all
important points in Eastern and Southern states.
Send for our folder "Across the Continent In a Tourist
Sleeping Car," and ask all the questions you like.
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140 Third Street, Portland, Ors.
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J It only needs a mere touch of the treadle to start the
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runs so smoothly.
J The new BOBBIN EJECTOR is a marvel of ingenuity.
No more annoyance no trouble. A simple pressure of the
finger on ejector instantly LIFTS THE BOBBIN within
easy reach.
I Of its many valuable and unique features. The AUTO
MATIC TENSION RELEASER commands notice. It is
a veritable boon. Raising the prcsser-foot automatically
releases the thread tension and allows the work to be
FREELY WITHDRAWN no breaking of needles pos
sible. Depressing it instantly restores correct tension,
t The ATTACHMENTS furnished with this machine
are so conveniently arranged in the center locking drawer
-A SEPARATE PLACE FOR EACH as to be easily
accessible. There is a full set, comprising the latest and
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bhop, is itw Pon for
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tiossible will lo dono for
our patrons; with prices
as follows. Saddlo horse,
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Nine Room CottaRe, Good Barn and
a Acres of Land for Sale.
A nine-rx)iu cottut;i cione In, includ
ing hath anil wanli rooms. The lioiiHe
I lutfl three txrclieB, stone pillars umlor it,
1 jjixk! woxl hoime, saw-diiHt lined, fruit
I hoime, good burn with wagon and butfey
bIiihIh, k ruin bins, haymow und room for
Jour hornes, together with Iwoanii
' one-half Hrre t Innri within
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venient payments. Cull on or address
this ollice.
R. F. D. Envelope.
K. F. D. envelopes printed at The In
dependent oflice at 75c wr 100. Kvery
patron of tlicHe routes rhould have a
supply with the addrexs and nutnlx-r of
bos printed thereon.
For Sale Nearly new Wheeler A Wil
son No. tt sewing machine, ime I very
little and is gixxi in everv rt'Hect aa
new. Keaon for selling : 'Wish to buy
a cabinet machine of the same make
Inquire at this otli'.e.
Grocery for Sale.
Having other biiHiness interest which
I winh to engHge in, I have for sale my
store in Hillsboro.
J. A. MF.SS1NUKK.
Firnt claas line of Hoys and Men's
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I injury worn Biiueis. nt niaui an auuia
of wear and tear.
J. C. tireer.
A Fearful Fate.
It is a fearful fate to have to endure
the terrible torture of Files. "I can
truthfully say," writes Harry Colaon, of
MuHonvllle, la., "that for Illind, llleed
ing, Itching and l'rotuding Files, liuck
len's Arnica Salve, is the best cure
made." A 1 ho best for cut., burns and
injuries. LTx; at all druggists.
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