JOB PRINTING. (rn ITHT TuiDit ) J. H. 8T1NS A CO .....Publishers. 6T deaerip&ioa ot TERMS OF BUasCaUPHoK. O.. Yr M Joli PrintiEZ EeaeVMfttic r.i M.mtns i Hum liunUK ( Fjrbl. in .ilruice,) TF.R.M3 OF ADVEBTtSUtO. tfgl Blanks, Business Cards. Letter Heads, Bill Heads, ' Circulars, Posters, Etc. Executed la good ttjlt and at lowest Ufbt arises. Or, mtii.re. flrmt inMrttna , . .S3 00 Bach addt.ioaal insertion...... 10 I torAr. 1 - VOL. I. LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 1888. Local SotlcM, nrrllne ..15 Mills NO. 45. Kftular ad.rtteinnt liurtMl upon tihvral t. jEBANON BOCIETT NOTICES. lEBAWO- IODOB. NO 4, A. F A. M : MH at th.lr dw hall in Muumto Block, oa Satoiilar eunc, on or -Miuia im rau moon. jr WA8SON. w. ic UBAWOW tOTXJK. KO. 4T. I. O. O. V.: Mwrti 8i nrd.i. .renin, of a-h .ek. at Odd rll..w'. H1L Mia iuwi; fMUci fcrthru cniditillr tarttrd V HONOR NO. 88, I'ftU TV . L-Wwi. oren: Nea mtj nrrt um UilnJ Tiiurxlay .tea uu u um montn. r. n. nuevUfi ai. w. l. S. COURTNSY. M. D., PHYSICIAN AIsiD SURGEON, LEBAK05 OREGOIT. urnm In hrtek building, over M. A. Mil let V Iiisk Stl. F. M. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW N ta-y Public and General Insurance Agt UBAS05. OREOOIT. Crl!eeWno anil other btulnoM promptly attandrd to. una ua Aimia lum. DR. A. H. PETERSON, SURGICAL. DENTIST, Filling and Extracting Teeth a Specialty. LKBAHoH. OSEaOB. Office tn W. C. Peterson' jewelry atom. MTAB work warranted. Charges reasoaibl C. H. HARMON, BARBER & HAIRDRESSER, XJ3AJTOK. OK7EO01T. taavtng. Hair Catttac and Shampooing la tke BEST STYLES. MW Patronage lf tfnlljr aoUciteA. Gt. Charles Hotel. LEBANON. Oregon. ST. W.Okmi 3fin and Bhannaa Btreeta, tr Blocks Kartut R &. Iteeoa. H. E. PARRISH, Proprietor. Table Bapplied with the Best the Market Affoi ds. Biwai. Soom and tb. Trt Aaromoda1i.BS for -GENERAL STAGE OFFICE.- G.T. COTTON, DKALSB or Groceries and Provisions, TOBACCO & CIGARS. SMOKERS ARTICLES, Foreign and Domestic Fruits,- CONFECTIONERY. a)aeBiawmre) mad 2 1 umrr, laaap aa4 Laaaa Flxtarea. Mala nu, Ibaaea. Ore;. LEBANON IJea.t If a.iiset BUHL e EELLEXBEBCER, Praprlotara. Fresh and Salted Beef and Pork, ItfUTTOM, PORK, SAUSAGE, BOLOCNA and HAM. Bo an Lari always en Hani. Main Street, Lebanon, Or. lu tCWaJt, 3. 'V. lULcTCtT. J. W. Ct BJCK. BANK OF LEBANON Lebanon, Oregon. Transacts a General Banking Business. Aosoim't Kept SuVt,t to Check. EXCHAKQE SOLD OX 5i Tori, San Francisco, Portlani ani Alcany, CresiL bect. ".roduRij. ."liy.zar. "ade on Favor- Ch W. SHITE, Lebanon, Oregon . balm iar StomiiTroare,Iroi,Piis,&c. .MAituPAorrxu or. Tin, Copper, Sheet-Iron Ware, isvis sporri. Etc. AH kinds of Repairing , Also keep Tlio WOVKN S. GO AH. Undertateer, Dealer in BURYING ROBES & COFFINS CONSTANTLY ON HAND Also Doors, Windows and Blinds. El.. A. r.llLLER, DEALER IX Drugs. Medicines, Paints, Oils and Glass. ALSO A Complete Stock' of Stationery, AND Prescriptions a Specialty. Nxt Door to W. B. Donaca, Lebanon, Oregon. W. B. DONACA, DEALER Groceries and TOBACCO AND CICARS, Confectionery. Crockery, Gloss and Plated Ware, Pure Sugar and Maple Syrups. CENTS' FURNISHING GOODS. COUNTRY PRODUCE TAKEN "Goods at Reasonable Corner Brick Store, Gv IB IBAZtvlDir Watchmaker . and .Jeweler. ....DEALER WatcUcs, Clccts, Jewelry, Silrer . .aocxt ROCIClslFORD moos edsk-Trainl Repairing Specialty. S- NaTmlOb ra ta n m 'atorr .ey a o o o A eomotave , finetrt El Jiwajr un. la y tin tfror. ant othrr ALaO ASEITT I. F. & H. A. Singer Sewing LEBANON. 3.. . . Cl Done at Short Notice. in stock WIH.I5J BED. ontiscaoiv. Furniture. TOILET ARTICLES. IN Provisions ! IN EXCHANGE FOR GOODS. Prices," is my Motto. Main Street, Lebanon, Or. IX.... Plated Ware an! Optical Goods. fob ... o o o o A7ATCHES SERICS M WOrK BUT. Sold Ann. (iMdlnf . njtt. A o o FOB TBS. MacMnes & Machine Supplies. OREGON f WiLfiow hai betn returned to the Senate by the Iowa legislature. Jamrs D. Beck hn been re-elected to the Senate by the Kentucky leg islam re, Ih the United 8tates the average yield of wool is about tiz pounds per head. The decrease in the public debt of December amounted to 114,584,650; the deereae einee June 30, 1887, $53, 830,335. Till Colorado Cattle-growers' Asso ciation hs 534, member?, who own ver 1,200,000 head of c-ttle. and 50, 000 horse. reireH-min $50,000,000. The i eop'e of 8.lem hare Crtu-ed the introduction in both hous s of Congreof a bill appropriating $100. 000 Tor the construction of a pofctudlce building in tht ci'y. The Britich nhip The Uoolwh, fr an Penrith to San Francisco, was abau doned at sea Jinury 7, in latitude 48 north, longitude 10 went. All on board were fared. Ixvs $S0,000. Tfik New Yoik Trotluce Exchange rexrw the viable supply of grain, January 7.h, aa follows: Wheat, 43, 857,000 bushels ; com, 6,184,000; oats, 5,896000; rye, 300,000; barley, 3, 328,000. All reports seem to agree as to the excellence of the coming orange crop in southern California. The Tomona lYogmt names 2,200 to 2,500 carloads as the probab'e output, against 1,600 carloads last rear. A memorial asking that the Colrille I.dian reservation be rertoied to the public domain has been presented to Congress. The reservation contains 5,000 square miles and 80J Indian inhabitants. Thh trustees of Alameda, CaL, have passed an ordinance declaring euca lyptus trees to be a nuisance, because of their dtstructiveuesa to sewers and their obstruction to the electric light", and authorising the Superintendent Streets to remove them from the pub lie streets. For the fiscal year ending 1887 the deficiency bill that Burn, of Missouri, introduced in the House, provide for an appropriation of $5,000 for renewal of the signal service cable at the mouth of the Columbia river. No part of this money shall be used in laying new rabl until the Secretary of War shall be satisfied that the old one cannot be repairtd. Five hun dred doilars of the above sura is for repairs. A policeman in a Mexican town ha ben iirret-Ud fir pse;ng M-xioui dollars made or l-ad. Such a crime is rare in Mexico. The penalty i veiy severe, being the amputation of the right hand for the first offense, the left hand for the second offdnse, and for the third offense the prisoner is stood up in the cemetery and a de tail of twelve soldiers shoot through him at a wall. There are no blank cartridge. Of late years counter feiters som times get long imprison inert fur the first offense. Vabioui petitions were presented by Representative Hermann to the In terior Dt-panment, from settlers iu southern Oregon, aking for an early adjustment of the swamp land contro versies, for confirmation of their home stead and pre-emption proofs. The? represent that their homes are in volved, and that for years they have resided on and cultivated the same. and deny the claim of the State under the swampland act. The insufficiency of clerical aid is the usual excuse for delay in adjustment of long pending controversies from land districts. The annual report of the board of managers of the national home for disabled volunteef soldiers has been laid before Congress.- The avenge numlrer of inmates present during the last fiscal year was 9,718, an increase in five years of 2.980, or 44 per cent. Existing branches are now filled to their utmoct capacity, and in the opin ion of the board only one or at most iwo of them shoulJ be further en larged. The report says if it be the intention of Congress to care for all. disabled soldiers entitled to admission to the home under the existing laws, legislation will be required either to establish additional branches, materi ally enlarge existing branches, encour age States to establish State homes, or to make appropriations of outdoor relief for those soldiers who cannot be admitted to existing branches. Should Congress consider . that the present accommodations are sufficient, the maximum number of soldiers who shall receive the benefits of the home should be fued by law. "Can you spare a ta iflj for a poor blind manP" '-Why. hang it, you lo.k us if yon could Sao first-rat " ') certainly. I am nly begging in the p'ace of my blind friend, who has no imo far himself. a lib daughter is "citing married ti lay." . . . Papa -Why so pensive, my daughter". E.oise -Jack Buffington has'j.ist returned all my notes, and every thinir between ns is ended." Pna "Quite a coincidence, my dear. Ouo of his was returned this tuoruiug -.pretested." 2id-Uitx CONGRESSIONAL. Legislation Pertaining to the Interest of the Paciflo Coast EX ATE. Bills, memorials and resolu'ions were introduced as follows: By Jones A concurrent resolution n questing the Precident to negotiate with China a treaty containing a pro vision that no Chiueee t-hall enter the United States except amb!ador4 and others engaged in diplomatic service, and merchants engaged in trada be tween the United States and foreign countries. By Saulsbun A ioiut resolution declaring that no further effort can lie prop, rly made by the United States to obtain the co-ojierat ion of the Euro- lcin governments in ettibiiMiiin a common ratio of values between tilver and gold, as money. By Milliken A bill to take the tax off iohac4 and the duty off -ugr, witn a rebate or bounty to compensate producers of cane sugar in Louinxna ami Iteet and sorghum sugar in Illi nois, Kansas and elsewhere. This will ainouut to $10,000,000, and the re duction under the bill will reach nearlv $90 000,000. By Teller To itrant rights of way through Indian reservations to the Rio Uiaude & PnciBo and Denver and Rio Qrande railway companies. Aleo, to equdiie the allowancia for extra exi.en.-tts at presidential postoflk-es. By EdmundsTo incorporate the Maritime Ship Canal company of Nicaraugna. By Mitchell A memorial from the fourteenth legislative asembly of Ore gon, praying for modification of the treaty between the United States and the Chinese Empire so as to stop and prohibit immigration of Chinese and other Asiatic laborers altogether, and adopt such lawful measures as may be necessary to nu the countay of those already here. By Dawet A bill providing for the appointment of an inspector of Indian schools, who is to have direct super intendence of all schools now estah lished throughout the west The inspector is empowered to di-charge teachers, abolish schools and otherwise mauage the education of Indians. By Spooner A bill for the erection of a public building at Chevenne. Wyoming, to cot $80,000. Bv Cullom To pension, at the rate of $8 per month, ell surviving officers and enlisted men who actually served sixty days in the northwest in the Black Hawk Indian, or in the south in the Florida Seminole war. Pen sions are also granted to widows of deceased soldiers of these wars. A special provision declares that this act tiall not be ro construed as to grant a pension to Jefferson Davis. By Resgin To amend the bill in troduce! by him to regulate immigra lion, so that the right of immigrants 10 remain in t.ns country may be challenged at any time within twelve u out lis after their landing. By Bowen To establish a mint at lenvtY. The Committee on Territories in structed its chairman to report favor bly lor the division of Dakota, and tdmisi3n of South Dakota as a State. Senator Mitchell intends to insist. either by separate bill or amendment to the river and harbor bill, that fu ture work at the Cascadea te done by on tract. Senators Vest and Cockrtll and Oihers heartily join in this. HOUSE. Following bills and resolutions were iutrtiduced : j By Oite A resolution directing! the committee on judiciary to report what legislation is necessary to limit and remct the numbers of foreigners annually immigrating to the United Slates, and to secure better protection of the citizens of this corn try against the evils arising from indiscriminate admission to domicile and citisenship of paupers, outlaws and turbulent persons from other countries. By McKenna Authorising the pur chase of tools for the Mare Island navy yard. By Thompson For development of silk culture in the United States. By 8ynies For erection of a cua torn house at Denver. By 8pringer Proposing a constitu tional amendment prohibiting poly gamy. By Anderson A resolution that the land grants of the Pacific railroad com panies be forfeited. By O'Donnel To repeal the duty on sugar, and to provide for payment of a bounty of $2,000,000 a year for two years for cultivation of sugar in the United States. By Toole To dispose of the Fort Ellis military reservation. Delegate Caine, of Utah, presented the constitution of the proposed State of Utah, with a memorial asking for admission into the Union. Also a bill for that purpose, all of which were re feried. The chief points in the con stitution are these: Forbidding a union of church and state, domination of the state by any church, religious test for voters, office-holders or witnesses ; ex cessive bail laws, abridging freedom of speech, imprisonment for debt, dis crimination against foreigners as to rights of property, eto. By Phelan A joint resolution pro posing an amendment to the consti tution authorizing Congress to grant aid to the public schools of the several S'a'es to an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 annually. By Tillman Prohibiting the use of stoves or oil lamps on railway pascen ger trains. It poured for weeks toirehxsr, Twas the dolefule. or waather. Yet ta her eye. there beamed a happy light; And I pondered well the reaaon f her smile tn auob a aeaaon T&l soa said t "I see a rain beau every night V Harper1 $ Batar. Omaha Man "You make a pretty ;;ood profit out ot cotton-seed oil now, don't j-ouP" Southerner "Some do. but 1 don't." "Why not?" "Badly located." "Oh! Too far from a rail road, I suppose?" "No, I am on a niilroad; hut there isn't a manu facturer of leaf lard or creamery butter w.ifei$ fix hundred miles." BRAiZLETON'3 DEEDS. aV Mvmory of Arizona'. Hick Tarpia, Lone Ktaao HoMwr. . the Tucson had the honor of producing a man named Bill Brazzleton, who made a business of robbing stages ilnglo-handeti. and in all that goes to make up the wary, skillful and suc cessful hlghwnyman he took prece- uencn ol all his kind and yet holds it. Bill was nearly thirty years old be fore he went into the business of rob bing stage-coaches. His robberies were all jerpetrated in the most ap proved manner, and with little or no usnger to his victims, beyond the loss of their valuable Ha was the first and only man in Arizona who ever robbed a stage-coach alone, and in this particular he surpassed even tbe dar ing of the two men who "h-ld up" tbe train on the Southern Pacifie a few weeks ago. Brazzleton never had an assistant in any of his robberies, and, so far aa known, never made a confi dant of but one man. and this mai finally betrayed him to the posse ot law officers by whom he waa killed. Ho once robbed a stage containing seven passengers, all of whom were prepared for him. They knew of him and had started out of Tucson thor mighly armed. Brazzleton determined to give these seven men an opportunity to" defend themselves. He posted himself out oa the road about twenty miles from Tucs-in. and about eleven o'clock hr saw the eo.och coming. He was just ever the brow of a hill and could not Ho seen by the driver or passengers. Ho sit on his horse, leveled' his rifle, and as they came over the hill they saw both rider and gnn and they knew at onro who it waa and what it meant He - commanded them not to move a hand, and they Obeyed. .Their re volrrrs hung unused at their sides, and their rifles lay idle in the bottom of tin co ich. Tbey knew It waa death to somebody the moment a move was made, for Bill was the best shot in Arizona, and they sat transfixed with fear. He demanded them to get oat one try one. tar down their arms, stand in a row and direst then-uflres of aR their money and valuables. This they did. piling about $12,000 worth of treassre np in a heap before them. They were then told to go back in the ceach and drive on. Mr. Brazzleton taking possession of every thing that had boen left behind. ' Bnvizleton took particular delight in this style of robbery. It was a pas sion with him. and be seemed to in dulge it more for the pleasure it gave him tu an for tbe money he securrd. He cured nothing for money for its own sale and spent but little, as he neither drank nor gambled. It wa n uncommon thins lor mm to roe people and thn return part or all be had taken. He once ran font ot a newspaper man who had but ten dol-l.-trs. When Brazzleton learned his business he gave him back five dollars, with the remark that he wonld proba bly need it. He had a great regard for women and would never rob a tage coach where any of the pas sengers were women. U he -erer killed anybody I have not beard ef it, but he was, nevertheless, the terror of the country while he was at large, and he was hunted for months like a wild beast The sheriff of tho county in which Tucson is sltuaf.id resolved to destroy bim at .!' h.-iz uxl, for he was doing a great Jd J'iry bi the business of this part of the lerritDry. all travelers fearing l rome this way. Finally, after one of his robberies, he was traced by a peculiar shoe on his horse to a cer tain c able, where, it seems, he was in t-ie hibit of obtaining information re garding wealthy trarelers from his onlv confidant. The latter waa a zrooin. anil, to Induce him to betray Urazi;leton, he was hung op by the heels until he consented to talk. He agreed to conduct the sheriff's posse to Brc.zzleton s rendezvous, on condi tion Uiey would not take their prisoner alive, For, said he. "il you .c not kill him he will kill me." He sa," he wii to take Brazzleton something to eat that very night, and that i' I hey would accompany him, they could see him and kill him. Tli sheriff promised to hare the liiglMvayinan shot at sight, and ac cordingly the law officers were guided to a d.ep, precipitous mountain gorge where thcro was . a heavy growth of timber. Tho entire posse of six lay down beli'.nd the fallen tree and wait ed fo the coming of the great high wayman. By and by they saw him appro -ve in ug. . He rode out of the thick hruh into a little opening with a gleaming revolver in his right hani. which hung rather carelessly at his side. Thoo who were there at the timo havo told me they had never . be fore floeu so superb an equestrian as Brazzleton was at that fatal moment, lie looked like some wild animal that had just come from his lair, ready to leap en his prey. But the picture was to endure for but a moment for, at the word of command by the Sheriff, the entire party delivered their fire, and BraiMlctoii threw np his right hand in a vain attempt to shoot and rolled off his homo with six big holes through his body. Tweon Cor. X. Y. World. A Fraud Detroit Man "Hello buhl What', the Vxtra' out for base-ball gameP" Newsboy "Naw railroad accidentr-dozen people killed want a copy?" Detroit Man "Of i-ourso not This newspaper bnsiness is a fraud. They print an extra' on tho least provocation. It's shameful!" Tid-BiU. Tho late Richard Qnain left nearly 'lis eat! ro fortune, amounting to $375,. 000, to University College, London. "Maniiliu, say est tliou that papa labors to eet bread for ns?" Tea, my laughter." "And why does he not labor to got us caramels?" Two Re public. "What was Nero's greatest act of -rueltyP" asked the teacher of the ciass n history. "Playin the fiddle," was the prompt response; and the teacher let it go nt that. Washington Critic That Boy "My boy's at school," the mother cries, "And now I have some hoars ot peace," Alus," the teacher sadly sighs. "That urchin s pranks wol never cease.' CURIOSITIES IN CLOCKS. Tlme-Plecea fa1 I'p a Tarlona Odd and HHlllWIB. DMlflU. "The latest thing in clocks is the imi tation of machinerr of different kinds. said a salesman in a John street im porting lioiwe. "We have Just received some very odd designs in this line from Paris. Here is a clock that would make it fine present for a railroad man," and he exhibited a beautiful white bronze model of a steam boiler. It bad a steam-gauge, safety valve and speed regulator, and a thermometer took tbe place of the water gauge. On the furnace door waa tha dial of the clock and above It was a barometer. The whole apparatus was about ten inches high nnd was monnted on a plnsh platform. The clock waa run ning and pendant balls of the speed regulator were whirling around merri ly and doing the work of the pendu lum. "Now here Is something that wonld p!ea.K anybody, sain the clerk, and he showed a handsome windmill in bronze and gold, with a clock face let into the side of the tower. The arms of tht windmill were moving in such a natur al way that one eonld easily imagine that he felt the breese that propelled them. Another design was - a well, bnilt of tiles held in place bj a gilt frame, and an openwork well house overhead. ' In which a bnekot waa hanging snspended by a chain. The bucket served aa a pendn Inra and swnng in a circle most mys teriously; for it did not seem to fcsTe any connection with the worka of the clock, which were concealed io the well. "Here Is something unique, " said the clerk, drawing the reporter's at tention to an elaborate affair. "This is a perfect miniature of a boiler set in a brick foundation. There are all of the valves, gauges, steam-pipes and con nections complete. The end of the boiler serve as tL dial of the dock, and here at one side fa a steam hammer moving up and down with great regu larity and striking a bar of brass that Is held by a workman. That is de signed as a present for a mannfac tnrer. It costs sixty-fire dollars. Here Is a freak of the designer that is very neat It represents an old-fashioned vertical saw at work. A workman stnds at the bench pushing a board against the saw. On the front of the bench is the dial of the clock. The great beauty of these designs is the perfection to which the smallest details are carried. We can not turn ont such work in this country; it wonld be too expensive, as it is all handwork, and at the wages we pay our artisans these clwks would cost a small fortune," A". T. Ex; res. RHEUMATISM BUGS. Aa Altrrr! ftmim. 01juii OThlefe A tnniahes the Medical World. There is a little stir in medical cir cles here that may make Nagasaki known to all the world in this connec tion, and Fastenr and the hypnotizing Parisian will find themselves deposed as lions in medical society for a young peasant woman from a village neai hern who has a new theory and cur for rhenmatlsm. Rhenmatism. accord ing to her, is a growth of small para sites under the skin, a small insect that gnaws, and bites, and causes the nntold misery and all tbe twinges of that ailment. She has bad for one ai her patients here a grizzled and scep tical sea captain. The mariner was completely laid np with his ailing kneea and the Japanese woman was sent for. She claimed to see the move ment of the parasites under the skin, ordered foot baths of .bran and hot rice brandy, and enme another day with a little steel hook a oil nipped small white insects out by the . doseo. By the stories it mast be a large white flea, for one of them when brought ont to the surface made a spring and was lost to sight One of the bystander? felt a sting and tbe next day had a sore place on his arm. and cutting into it it was fonnd that the rhenmatism bug was there, bnrrowing like a tick. The rejtnlar practitioners are still sceptical about the new theory ol rheumatism. They put one of the in sects under a microscope and decided that by its organism it never could have lived under the surface of tht skin away from the air, and that she mnst have carried it nnder ber finger nail and prodnced it at the proper moment To this the sea captain enters a vigorous denial. He says that she ha taken the insects from his knees and ankles by the hundreds now, and that all have been killed In his sight and that he is growing better and can feel the relief after each treatment Cor. St. Louis Globe Democrat. Found Fault With Hia ZeaL "What do you want?" asked a theat rical manager in a Western town of a vigilance committee that bad waited on him. "We want that tragedian." waa the reply of the spokesman. "Bnt, gentlemen, remember that he hits been doing his best." "That's it mister; we want to keep him from trying so hard in the future." Merchant .Trtreler. Two bells cast in 1775 at Messilla, Mexico, for the Catholic Church, are to go to Milwaukee to be smelted. It is believed there .is at least one thou sand dollars in precious metals which became fused in when the laborers at the original casting dropped jewelry into the molten mass to propitiate patron saints. Achieving a Reputation. Hosband "Young Miliken seems to have made qnite a name for himself." Wife "You surprise me. I never thought that he would amount to any thing." Husband "Oh, yes. he ean hold an eyeglass on his eye longer than any member of the club." Drake's Trav elers1 Magazine. ' Last Monday, while out fishing, T. R, Hair, of Tampa, Fla-, caught a large catfish. He held it up near his right breast to break its back, when the fish gave a sudden " jump and finned him right over 'his heart, the fin entering about three-quarters of an inch and breaking off even with the flesh. Mr. Hair took out his pocket-knife and cut the fin out. and at last accounts was doing well DECADENCE OF DIAMONDS. VVhy Fronton. Atones Ara Wo 1 -tin Kent Coat alderetf tho PWuper Thine. The decadence of the diamond daily grows more marked. It has long been a badge of vulgarity when worn by men, and its indiscriminate use by their own sex has brought it Into disrepute with women who are really fastidious. VI ith any thing else except an object which confers distinction on its pos sessor, the irreater its noonlaritr t'. greater its triumph, but the diamond once the most princely of gems, and me possession ot which waa almost the unions privilesre of rovalrr has lot its ascendency through its Very popn- iarnj as an article or adornment. In our day it is in no sense nniqne, nor are its associates such as to give it dis tinction. It thrusts its rlitter on tha ye in the street, in the railroad car, in every public and unsuitable place, and nsnalJy with a background of fat ness and nsliness which it onlv serves to bring into unpleasant prominence. vvcen a human being makes one thin? an ambition and turn .rpr. . fort to the realization of that ambition ft is pretty certain of accomplishment. With many women the rmssAsnion at a pair of solitaire diamonds is the one Li a w . w . . ming in lire desired ana to be seen red. The realization of the ambition may come late, but, young or old, the woman who has compassed her object is so proud in that fact that she does not propose to niae tne ngnt 01 ner diamonds under bushel, with the result that she hrii- discredit on herself and on what she considers ber most valuable possession. The lore of the gem itself, although savoring of childishness and of ti barbarous tastes which still sorvrve in emliKK! horaanity, is one thing; the loveef disnlavinsr the diamond in nnh. lie another. There are women, and men, too, who have a mania for dia monds almost like that-cf the miser for gold. They lore the glitter and sparkle, and delight to feast their sigh and to rich on tbe precious banbles. Bnt these are not the people who flaunt their treasures in the gaze of the pub lic It is the better half of the lnck-r speculator, the matrimonially promoted snop-gin, me gambler s "lady," and the obese wife of the retired mvn. broker, who never feel entirely clothed unless somewhere on their person scintillates the ever-oresent diamnnit. The wemrer may be somewhat down at Ute oeel and out at flhnw. and ai thorough acquaintance with smtn an I water may have never been included in her experience, but the diamond atones for all. In our tine the hnrrfen nf vulgarity is too great for the queen ef a, . . .. . grms, ana in cuitnrea estimation she sinks beneath the weight Ckicag9 COST OFA COW. A a Karitnaate Which ta Entitled to Caiwfol ComidrraUa-av But very few statistics on the cost ei any thing lie along the road of dairy uiouguh tie uare wen a Esuon ox gnesows on pretty much every thing eoniweted with farm work. What does it cost to raise a cow? is a question that we have heard hundreds of men guess at but very few had facts and facts and figures to back their judg ment. Hon. Josiah Shall, secretary of the Hew York State Dairymen's As sociation, has been figuring on the problem, and. the following is the re sult at his hands: Frnjr Tear First five days sucking: She cow. no cost. Next twenty days. skim-milk after setting 13 hours. 8 quarts per day, 160 quarts 1 cent, $1.60. Next twenty days Skim after 24 hours, 150 quarts cent per qnar 80 cents. Then full skim for balance of season. $5-25- Pactnrage for tke season,- 12.00; 182 poucda of meal and shorts, tin one year old. equal to pound a day, $1.S2; S00 pounds of hay, $1.00. These estimates result In a total of $12.47. Secojtd Yeah Six months pastur age, f&OQ. Six months to hay, 1.609 ponnds, $&0Ql 183 pounds of meal. $1.83. Making a total cost at two years eld of $28.29. A ealf well reared should come in milk at two years old, and ber product should pay her way after that with a profit. From two to five years old, the . product shonld be as follows: Of milk. i mm a to o years oio. ponnc. from S to 4 years old, 4,500 pownds; from 4 to S years old, 6,500 pounds; making a total of 13.200. At one cent a pound, or about two cents a quart, we eet the value of the product. $132.00. Cost of keeping three to five years old: Three years to pasturage, $25. 50; S years to hay, 9,180 pounds, $45.90; 1,000 pounds meal, $10; to which add cost of heifer at 2 years old. $28.23, and we have a total cost, at 5 years old, of $109.69. We have got the value of tbe product, $132.00, from which we take $109.69, the cost of keeping, leavisg a balance to the credit of the cow, at 5 years old, of $22.SL- This is the estimate of the average cow. A well selected, improved ani mal will prodnce a much larger yield, if not a double amount which will proportionately increase the income in comparison with the cost Hoard's Dairyman. - The trustees of Cornell University have created a new professorship of horticulture in the department of agri culture. Church mnsio io New Tork City, a local journal states, employs not far from two. thousand organists and vocalists, whose annual salaries amount to at least $250,000. Honesty is , before " honor; and. though man must write his poems in sounding words, God's poems are printed best in the brave and silent duties of common life. Edmxtrd Qwr rtU. Thet nine churches iu Kansas that have come to self-support during the associational year make ft saving to the Home Missionary Society of $2,500. The number of self-supporting churches in Kansas is now forty three. The American Missionary Associa tion has buildinjrs and lands worth oo,uuu. endowment iuna.3 wona 000, and trust . funds amounting to $7O0O0l Its receipts last year were $333,761 sd Pa expenditures $2337-i. A y haj. , ... . 1 A, AA