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A Liberal Uncle Sm Io 1900 Ibe Governmental lite Ouliid States deeded iway over 13.8C0.00O acne Ol land; In 1901 these disposals reached a total of 1(1,000,000 acres, a finore whtib ttartled the country in Ub euo.innue proportions. In 1902, however, there ... o.ln oi 4.000.000 acree, and the rii.nneala made by the government reaobed the enormous aggregate of nearly 20,000,000 acres. At the rate which bah prevailed during the firet nix months ol th fl-.al vear of 1903, the dieposale wil probably amount to at least 25,000,000 acree, or fully a much ae was alienated at any time during ibe great rush of em fomtinn to the West. All this simply meanB that under (he homestead law, aa It stands today nnder the desert-land act, a measuie born in selQsbneBS and vblcanry, and under the timber and stone act, the people of tbe United States are beinii robbed of their land estate, wbicb, Lord Macanlay said, ie tbe only thing which stands between the people of tbifl coun try and the time when will come tbe real tent of republican institutions. Durintitbe paBt winter quiet, but ef- lective. work has been done by those who are aware of the pernlclone use to which the present land lawe are being put, and, as public sentiment has been aroused to the real situation, the de mand for a change ol method is Decom ing more general, Tbe situation is such today that it would practioaily be Impos sible to get any bill through Congress which violated tho now well-established principle of the conservation of the pub lic land for homeseekers no clearly eel forth by President Roosevelt in Mb two mesBageB te Congress. World, Reciprocity With a String. The Senate yesterday ratified tho Cu ban reciprocity treaty by a vote of 50 to 16 but only alter It had been amended in tbe Interest of the Sugar Trust and other favored interests, and with a proviBO that "this treaty ehall not take effect until the same shall have been ap proved by CongresB." This ie reciprocity with a string to it, for no one can tell what the next House will do with a treaty which some of the most powerful of the proteoted interests oppoBe. The Sugar Trust was able to force an amendment providing against any further reduction for a period of Ave years of the duty on sugar, fixed by the treaty at 20 per cent below the Dingley rates, while Senator Burton, represent ing our own farmers, secured an amend ment requiring the Cubana to grant a 30 per cent redaction in their tariff on our flour, wheat, corn and moal. This provisional ratification ie but tbe rjhadow of a victory for President Roose- valt and the McKlnley Republicans. It will afford no relief to Cuba for thi year's crops, and will retard the largo benefltB to our export trade to the is land certain to result from genuine reci procity, World. Grnfts. Contented labor digs tho grave of worry. The odds in favor ol marriages are trfo to one. Nothing saddens a man like being jol lied ttv n. woinau. A wise saw is presumably one that has out lie wisdom toeth, Never get between a dog and bis bono or between a man and his hobby. ThinuB that lormerly came to thoBe aha waited now so those who hustle Anv man cau gain time by stealing a watch the indue will give It to him Experts ate guided in their judgment nf Honors bv the smelt! thoss who taste are more or less misguided. An old bachelor enys that marriage dowry is a lump of sugar intended to mnllifv tho bitterness of the dose. A girl may oonsider Friday an unlucky day to be married on, and she may not It depends on hur ago. A jeweler says that diamonds are not worn ns much as lormerly. Ol course not; but just wait tin, II the baseball Bea- son opens. Moulton (la.) Sun: Attorney Genera; Knox eays the administration Is satisfied with tho anti-trust legltlntlou. Of course It is. President Roosevelt is b candl date lor ro-election and cannot be expect ed to do anything to injure the corpora tions to whom he looka lor next year's campaign lunds. Proi'ident Roosevelt was lolling a Irlend about his mail, which averages 500 or 000 lelte-s a day- "One nf the moat re markuble letteia I eve? roceived," lie Saul, "arrived on the morning the full accounts ol the Martinique disaster ere printed In th nspipof!i. Tne writer eaid he lie saw thai ilu v ni-i U-mi ronsul at Martinique li "I 1 en fir 1. ml to lira Hi, He applied (or t c vn ouiii up with this aenienc-i 'icu.-- 1 ,1 y application so as to gel m nm-.ni ! -i te loathsome oreatnree, the olliceeecki r .' " Down With Machine Politics. EniTon Democrat : The Republican County CoBventiou which nateta in Albany, Tbursd iy. Apr! 2ud, to Bend deleuates to tbe Distnc Convention which meets in Eogue Thursday, April 9th, has some serious matters to take into consideration ani settle. First: Is it worth while to consider a man a candidate for congreBB wbo bas formidable opposition in bis own party in bis own county? T it advisable for tbe County Convention to inBtrnct its delegates to the District Convention? Said delegates are supposed to be men i ,...nn H imlument. and tbey should go to the District Convention free to ex- arnian that reaBOn and judgment; go there for the purpose of exercie'iDg their hunt indffment for the highest interests ol state, and not go tied up in Borne corrupt mane' coat 'ail pocket to be traded off like a lot of cattle to further his aeinun No delegate, wbo ie a man imbued with munlv iBBhnffB. wants to DO piaceu iu .,v, hnmiiiatinir nosition : wants to be so lowered in his own estimation and the estimation ol the rank and Hie of his Oarty and the nubile generally. What is a man but part of a machine under such oircumstancss? Not allowed to think and act and reaBon for bimeolf, but agrees to let eome other fellow do his thinking lor him. Delegates bis manly Drivilenes away in order to be a delegate to a District Convention. Do men in the secular affairs ot life let eome other man A th.lr thinkine for tbem? Hardly I Then why in politics, when the right ol franchiee Is the highest uou-vcu right that a man can exercise. Let the convention down macnine pon tics once and for all.Let it set down solid ly on this one man power, on this oppor . i... t. , torn men to shape and con trol tbe deBtiny of the party, sell the party out to the highest Didder, io imiu . thai. ,, n.rannal ambitious Bcheme, ignoring the interests of the state, and reducing the bone and sinew oi m to a lot of emasculated, poweness no bodya. MANY KBPU1IUUD. Albany, Maroh 30th, 1903. Peculiar Death Facts. Tho ginui nf death are to a large ex- i.., .inr nf opnoranhv. dec'ares one of the latest reports ol the vjensus uu- ...... nt Wiiahiniff.nn. a m.n nl ihn United States has Deen prepared under the direction of William R, Merriam, Director ol the twelfth cen sus, in which the countiy Is divided in to twenty-one districts. These districts have been markei to show tbe diseases that are most fatal in different parte of the country. Vnr instance, the most tatal diseases in the district In whioh New York City is situated are consumption, pneumonia, Brighl's disease, apoplexy. broncbltiB and diphtheria. The most sensational deatns occur m the Pacific ooasl district region, in the Kti nf Washinnton. Tbie ie tbe only district iu which gunBhot wounds are re ported as a prevalent cause of deoth. Haart disease. Bulcide and apoplexy show there the largest number of vio- Um.. and the record iu held for tbe great est number of deaths from alcoholism. I.unn troubles appear to be most nu morons along the Atlantic coast from New York to Virginia and along tbe Mississippi River from New Orleans to tho Ohio River. Tnhnil tooor and malaria come lar down on the list in mountainous districts but appear at the top in Noith Carolina, 8outh Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, flues lssippi, Arkansas and Indian Territory. Although only three out of. every iuu die ol old age, there are a few fortunate districts where old age rlvalB consump tion and malaria as the cause of death. Among thosefavored epotB ere the Cat skills, Adirondacks, Green Mountains, parte ol Michigan and WisooiiBin, anu tho region on either side of tho Miss ouri Rivor. Childbirth, croup and whooping cough appoar to be most dangerous in the dis tricts which have the least population and where, presumably, medical aid iB moal difficult to obtain. Cancer, heart disease and apoplexy are mote to be expected in meuntainous parts ot the country than in the lovel districts. In eight of the twBiity-one districts rheumatism Irespa a large harvest of death, noticeably in the thinly eettled Statea'where the inhabitants are most exnani'd to the sudden changes 1 of th weather. Generally speaking, it appears that the majority ol deaths In the country are oauaed by climatlo conditions, while those In the cities are caused by BOiial conditions. The farmer on the Dakota prairie, for aiamule. needs to vuard aiainst rheu matism, but not against malaria or heart disease. The New Tomer may well dread lung disease, but need have little fear of tear lut fever or rhumtim. To Cure a CoM in One Day i'.iks Laxative Brouu Quinine Tablets. All druggists rctuh 1 tho money if it Ia,li to cure. K. W, Gr.ive's siguaturo is on 1 nch box. "6c. Any boy who reads this ad vertisement can start in business on his own ac count selling The " j Saturday j Evening Post No money re quired. He can beginnextweeK. Many boys m&Ke over $5 a weeK, Some are making $15. nHE work can be done after school hours and on Saturdays. Write to us at once and we will send full instructions and io copies of the maga zine free. These are sold at 5 cents a copy and provide the necessary money to order the next week's sup ply at the wholesale price. $225.00 In cash prizes next month. THE CURTIS PUBLISHING COMPANY ' 469 Arch Street, Philadelphia Milwaukee Journal. To be cheerful when ths world is going well with you is no great virtue. The thing is to be cheerful under disadvant ageous circumstances. If one has lost money, if business prospects fail, if enemies appear triumphant, if there is sickness of self or those dear to one, then is it indeed a virtne to be cbeerful. When poverty pinches day after day, month alter month or through the years bb tbey pass, and one has ever to deny self of every little longed-for luxury, and the puzzlo of bow to make one dollar do tbe work for two has to be solved, then the man who can still be cbeerlul is a hero. He is a greater horo than tbe Boldier who faces the cannon's mouth. Such cheerfulness is tbe kind that we need to cultivate . To acquire this self-command, we need to think of many things. We need to guard against giving way to irritation about litt'e things, if we can maintain self-contral in small matters, we shall have less difficulty in maintaining it when great matters are to be met, If we meet with irreparable loBseB we must re adjust our liyes to fit the new conditions. There is oo groat evil so bad but that it might have been worse. Let us con gratulate ourselveB that the worst is not yell There iB troth in the Baying that every cloud has a silver lining. Though it may for a time look so dark that we can eee no glint ol the eilver, yet we know it is there. Lebanon. From tbe E. A. : H. A. Shoiev came over from Albany yesterday to work on tbe Criterion. Mrs, Dumond returned to Albany yes terday after a visit with her daughter in this place. Mrs. S. V, Blodgett and Misses Hattie Canfield, May Bland and Myrtie Harris went to Albany this morning for Bhort visits. A few darkies are in town and they will give an ontertninmenttbis evening, Henry Morgan, formerly of Lebanon and Albany, is in the party. One of the most interesting things that is to take place this week will be the handkerchief biziar to beheld in the RalBton building on Friday after noon, April 8d, by the ladies of the Presbyterian church. Shedd. MiBB Mary Wilson has returned from Eugene, where she has been visiting for several weeks. Miss Marv Sutherland ot the O. A. O. came borne Friday tor a few days visit, with her parents. Mr. W. H. McConnel expects to start east next week for a visit to his old home and will attend tbe General Assembly of the U. P. church. Mr. John Sutherland has returned from WaBb. state where be has been at work the past month. ' Albany Market. Wheat 08 amts. Oats 80. Eggs 12 cents, Butter 20 to 25 cents, Potntoes 45 cents, flams 13 uouts. ' SiiiflB 13 cents Shoulders 10 cents. Hops 16 cenis. Pork, dressed, 7)4 cents, Hay, fo loose, il oaled, flour 95c per sack Beof, gross steers 8'c, cow 3e, Multon, gross, 2c. Veal, gross 4c. Wool 10 to 114. Mill fetd, bran $17. shorts '21i Poultry, 8 cents live weight. Lard 12c. Prunes, dried, 4c. A pplee, dried , 4c . Apples, green, 60o. MISFITS. April fool's day. The beet time to Sx a sidewalk is just before eome one falls through it. If the tool killer waB to appear in earnest be would find plenty of victims. The Eugene Journal says the nomina tion of Binger Hermann is well assured. Physical Culture says: WblBkey, ignorance and disease are boon compan ions." People are bein torn asunder at the conrt house this week. Sixteen divorce caess on tbe docket. The subject of keeping tbe Lewis and Clark fair open on Sunday has already begun to be a bone of contention . The city cannot afford to permit a bole in a sidewalk even for a day. Notices to property owners won't do it in many cases either . A labor commissioner will soon be ap pointed to bealn business May 21. The position is one that should be filled by a clean as well as able man. Hon. Joe Simon, of Portland, ia after tbe President. President Roosevelt will come to Oregon in May just tbe same. With a big body guard be will be safe. The papers and magazines are full of eating theories these days. Here is one man who says starched foods should never be eaten cooked but always raw. Wouldn't that jar a wheat held. The Tacoma newsboys have resolutions providing for a fine of $2.50 lor tne nrsc onense and $ 0 ior tne sec ond for riding on the street cars during the strike. Now, Btand from under. Portland military men and citizens did tbe fine thing by Admiral Schley, but be deserves all tne hue things done for him. No naval officer in the U. S. iB oloser to the hearts of the people. Tomorrow will be April Fool's Day. It will be well to keep your eyes open and your ears shut, and not looBe voir equilibrium. It is particularly well to have your senses about you early in tne day. The mail is now filled with spring and nnmmer cataloffuaa of biff wholesale mB" rder bouses. The Democrat's ad- Vluu is lu &uep yuur uiuuojr hi uuuid nuu consult the columns of the Democrat for bargains - Bids are asked for at Eugene for the conveying of one hundred people from Eugene to the Three Sisters and for the furnishing of the ComiBBary depart ment. The Three sisters are warned to be on their guard. Tho Willamette Valley according to all reports is growing together. Good reports come from every city in the val' ley of new buildings going up, with a larger demand lor. houses and rooms than tho supply. This is the way to go ahead. In the collection at one of the churches yesterday was a round piece nf brass, upon which were the words "Good for One Cigar" on one side and "J. G. Williams, Hasting, JNeb." on the other side, perhaps swept out here by a cy clone and placed on the plate by some mischievous aebraskan. Tbe Marion County delegates to the congressional convention will favor J. A. Jeffrey for congressman, Jeffrey ie an able young man and those who know him well declare him to be absolutely clean in bis personal character and up right in bis business anairs. Where a sidewalk is not fixed when- ordered St is the business of the street superintendent and streets committee to have it fixed at the expense of the prop erty owner at once. The trouble is that it has been the practice to notlty prop erty owners and if they do not attend to it let it go until tbey notify them again, which is a poor way to do. These Btories about the hardness of the headB of negroes will have to cease. Last week at Tacoma Miss Lou Storme, a young lady, attempted to commit suicide by leaping from a balcony eixty feet head firBt to the ground, striking on ber bead, making a hole three inches deep. She was not even unconscious, not a bone broken and was able to walk. The Eugene Register bas found eome deadly parallels and we may now expect another plagiaiiatic confab. Here tbey are: Thongh dead as a nation as we speak of nations they yet live. Vance. Though dead as a nation as we speak of nations yet they live. Orator Smith. The Jew is, beyond doubt, the most remarkable man of this world, past or present. Vance. Tbe Jew is tbe most remarkable man of this world. Orator Smith. A few days ago near Morristown, N, Y., some workmen found in tbe dry bed of a lake hibernating in an igneous rock a live trihamnuthegimarinm, eaid to be the only reptile of the cenotoic epoch ever found. It is the connecting link between tbe pterodactyl aro archaeop tervx and the animal it ie declared had been hibernating there lor 10,000,000 years. The animal is twelve feet long, fifty inches in circumlerence and has six legs. It ia probably a fake newspaper item. TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. H. W. CORBETT DEAD. Portland, March 81 Bon. H. W. Corbett died suddenly at 6 :45 this morn ing. Be was in bis usual health yester day. A Southern Oregon man may be given bis place on tbe lair board. (Mr. Corbett was Portland's leading oitizen for many years, a leader in every enterprise that want to tbe upbuilding of the city. He was born in Massa chusetts in Feb. 1827 and came to Port land in 1851, engaging in !b t;-J-vare business, developing a large wholesale bueineeB. Mr. Corbett became interest ed in many of the principal institutions of the city, the First National Bang, Oregonian, and other large properties ue was u. B. senator one term ana it recent years was again a candidate Mr. Corbett was at tbe bead of tbe Lewis and Clark exnosition until a few days ago when he resigned. His loss is a great one to Portland.) Lyons Burned. Salem. March 29 Roy Goodhue, who returned this morning from a visit to to Lyons, reports tnat on Dnday night all tbe business houses in that town were destroved bv fire. The principal property destroyed was as follows: Hotel, valued at about $1000, owned byJColonil Reed; a store valued at $500 and small stock of merchandise, owned by J. O.Lyon. A number of buildings owned Dy Henry Anyone and used afl warehouses, valued at $500. ibe hre is supoosed to have been set by an incendiary. Can't Agree. Seattle, March 29. After laboring all day the representative of the Seattle Electric uompany, - tne representatives of organized labor, and the committee of buainess men, wbo are striving to settle the Btreet-car Btrike, failed to reach an understanding, and another meeting will be held tomorrow alternoon at the Chamber of Commerce, to continue tbe efiorts to reach a peaceful solution of the matter. A Bryan Rumor. Washington", March 29. One of the curious rumors floating in the East is that Bryan's visit to Washington about the time Congress adjourned was for the purpose that he should be chairman of the demoratic national committee next year. The etory goes that Bryan thinks ne can manage tne campaign so as not to lose all trace of Biyanism and tbe Bryanism and tbe Chicago and KanBas City, platforms. Simon Scores Roosevelt. ! Fobland, March 29 Ex-United States Senator Joseph Simonsays that he ia not at all surprised that; President Roosevelt has appointed A. S. Dresser as Register of the Land Office at Oregon City. Not that Senator Simon io pleased with tbe President's action, for, on the contrary, he casts an unequivocal charge of broken promises "piecrust promises" was.tbe expression that Mr. Simon used at the occapant of the White House. Schley Appreciated. Gbant's Pabs, March 9. A grand ovation wa given Admiral Schley as they passed through Grant's Pass this evening on their way to Portland. Fully 2000 people were at the tr.iio, and it was amidst the ehouts and cheere of these. the mutic of the city baud and tbe en thusiasm of the multitude that the great hero found himself when he appeared on the rear platform of his Pullman. Under the Water. Gieenvillo, Mibs., March 29. The backwpter from the La Grange crevasse is rising slowly ana nearly all ot the city is submerged. Bui' ess is paralyzed, and people in the southern Bection of the city are moving about in skiffs. The rise in the last 24 hours has been two inches. Will Visit Ireland. London, March 30. It is officially an nounced that King Edwaru and Queen Alexandra will visit Ireland in July or August ot this year. Tbe announcement of their Majesties' intended visit haB been received with great satisfaction in Dublin and Belfast where tbe vieit will be a triumphant success, as they will see Ireland in a Lappier trame ot mind man she nas been for many years. Mitchell Better. Washington, March 30. Senator Mitchell expects to argue the Montgom ery dock case before the Supreme Court on April 8, On the following day he will leave for a month's rest and recrea tion and will not return to Washington again until next Fall. After bis rest he expects to visit his children in New York, St. Paul and ..Tacoma, reaching Portland just prior to President Roose velt's a rival. Terry Whipped. San Francisco, March 31, William Rotbwell, better known as "Young Cor bett" of Denver, tonight showed decis ively thot his victory over Terry McGov ern a year ago last Thanksgiving, was not a fluke, by defeating McGovern in the 11th round after a fight in .which there was not a second of idleness for either man. Systematic Kobbery. , Stevenson, WaBh.,.March 31. H. G. Roberts, a young man 20 yearB o. age, languishes in the county jail hero charcred with larceny. Accoridng to his own confession he and a pal by the name of Jim Connor have done a systematic business of stealing from the store of Ladd & Bourne at their logging camp on the WaBhougal River, in the western part of this county. Gatch Ahead. Salem. March 31. "Clana Gatch has carried Marion county in the republican primaries today," says i rank Davy who was Gatch's opponent. "Gatch bas a large majority of tbe delegates to the rnnnt.v convention. I ehall do all I can to givejhim a strong and solid delegation to the coneressional convention and I will be at Eugene with my coat off work ing for Gatch for the republican nomi nation ior uongreas. A Remarkable Shower. Wkishr. I.laho. AU.nl, sn A - w. . ri Ve"ttu ""PPened this afternoon During 8 heavy shower there was a fall of some white ikli D.,h.." 11 made white spits on everylhidg it touched, li haj a .sallv r..i "t..i previous a lama vnlln !, "u served in tbe neuven The Strike Fnded. Seattle. March SI Th- ...., ritki8.6e,UlfdV-T1)6 a,rikers decided at 3.30 o clock ibis afternoon to go back uWor n by, Praciioally a unanimous vote About 2o of the 600 men in El.' h.u wbere the closing scene was enacted' were sulky aud held out. ' The settlement was effWort h th. company and the str.kere aerennff tn arbitrate the question of seniority be tween the men who were on strike and the men who took their places. 1 he Presidential Traiu. Washington," March 81. The special train on which the President will leave h re tomorrow for his WeBtern trip will be furniBbed bv the Pennsylvania and will be one of the finest that ever ran out of Washington. It has been es pecially decorated and equipped for tbe trip. It will coneiBt of six care, manned by a picked crew with Conductor Will iam Johnson, who has been tho Presi dent on many trips, in charge. PeucellDid It. Buffalo, March 31. The verdiet ia the Burdick inquest, banded .1 by Judge Murphy today. Wtiiv ating that the identity of the murderer oi Ed ward L. Burdick haB has not b.-en nrov ' en, practically charges Arthur Pennell, tne ueaa lawyer wun tne crime. Pen nel bau a stronger motive than any one else for putting Burdick out. of the way, Judge Murphy Bays. Tired Out "l was" very poorly and could hardly get about the house. I was tired out all the time. Then I tried Ayer's Sarsaparilla, and it only took two bottles to make me feel perfectly well." Mrs. N. S. Swinney, Princeton, Mo. Tired when you go to bed,-tired when you get up. tired all the time. Why? Your blood is im pure. You are living on the border line of nerve exhaustion. You need Ayer's Sarsaparilla. SI.00 1 bottle. Alldnitilsii- Ask your doctor what he thinks of this grand otd family medicine Follow his advice and we will be satisiied. Take Ayer's Pills with the Sarsa parilla. They act on the liver, cure biliousness, headache, constipation. J. G. AVER CO., Lowell, Mass. Letter List. Following is thn list of letters remaining in the Postoffice at Albany, Linn county, Oregon, March 31, 1903. Persons calling for these letters must give the date on which advertised : Goals, Mr. Cooper, Mr M J Davie, A B Deitruk, Job F Kohn, Dora Marabon, Mr W J Mnrsbon, Mr Jasper Morin, John Miller, Mr Wayne Read, Mr A E Stickney, MrWmj Stormer, Pearl Reeves, Miss Bessie Sched, Mr and Mrs Henry s.s. main, P. M. Notice of Public School Examin ation. lyiOTIOE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT tbe final Eight grade examination for the public schools ot Linn county, will be held in complis nee with the rules of tbe State Board oi Education, on the following dates, April 7, S and 9, May 20, 21 and 22, June 17, 18 and 19. Teachers having pumls who have completed the flork of tbe Eight grade snonid make application for tbe ques tion thirty days prior to tbe examina tion. W, L. Jackson, Co, Stipt. "Reaping the Harvest." What is described as a common sense melodrama, bearing tbe above title is announced for the attraction at Albany Opera House Thursday April 2nd. "Reaping The Harvest" is considered tne best work of that rising young play wright, Tom Fitcb, It ia one of those beautiful stories of human emotions that appeal so strongly to our theatre going public to-day. All the principal Cities of tbe East and West have taken to its armB, as it were, this moBt charm ing play, and the result ia capacity busi ness everywhere. The Company to ap pear at tbe Opera House is the original and is beaded by the author, Mr. Fitch who portrays in bis customary skillful way the character of his own creation, Donald Stewart, tbe reckless youth who goes the pace that kills. No business man can well afford to miss seeing the first act of "Reaping Tbe Harvest," as it ie pronounced by critics everywhere to be the most laughable aud yet most natural stage picture of an insolvent firm trying to hold its head above water offered . A carload of beautiful scenery is nsed in this big production of the beet melodrama of tbe age. Fat Chickens Wanted At Schultz Bros. Market. We pay the highest cash price, The Great Cold Cdrh our Syrup ol White Pine Compound "with Tar" put up by U3 in 26 and 50c bottles. Your money cheerfully refunded by u( if it falls to cure your cough or cold. unce inea always used. Bobkuaet & Li2,