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River Glacier. me VOL. 1. HOOD RIVKIi. OUKGON, SATURDAY. MARCH 25, 1803. NO. 43. m Hood 3food Iiver Glacier. i CI llUMIMI V(Hr HATIIIMUf MollNINII 11 r The Glacier MUsliIng Company. NfllNt HII'TION l'lll : On yr. .. i nr H IIHIItUl I W TIiiio in. nil tin. tii Niulc wip i (,.ril THE GLACIER Barber Shop Grant Evans, Propr. Refund Si., mill . . HimmI Itivrr, Or. HIjih i 1 1( ji ml Hair cutting nriitly done S.I t IX f lit 1 1 Ml t i Mm, I liter, I, MIAL AIIXAMjI: Warm Contest in Arizona's I ah is laturt' Over Iirinaii'ui. A MOTHER KILLS 1 1 E H INFANT BABE. SM'iu'iits of Winter VrtaMfS Yvm Siituh' in Ctllfonila to the li.ist in Ci ilit.nl Lots. Tim Southern Pa'-ille is to Inive ft now dip it ut ( i ant's Or. PIhcihx, A. T., report that ruin in fading, the lira in nearly one year. Fresno v t'''l against the is-ne of $75 (MO InukIh lo c mp ete it-t eewerag sys tt tit . British Columbia lias imposed n count of 29 per cent on Anunc:ui silver Coin. Portland's tine paseng'r station will tin c minified liy Augum, 1 u. It is to cost $ 10 1,000. Tim Binker II II ami Sullivui mines, tl 14 largest hivt producers in the Oeiir d'A.eine, haveshiu down. A traveling insurance unr him d me nil the inriii' r of It nh,im county, Idaho, by issuing spurious policies. Tim majority nt the- Indians on the Nee. Perees re-erv ttioii nave s gtnd i.n nun-emem lor tin) opening of the ih t vation. Sonirt of the pe iplo of Bona City, Idiho, are npp el to the railroad enter INK tli At town on account ol the smoke killing the tree-i. In Lower California enough rain has failii to instne good crops, thoiii:h the, d. ought was liegiiin ng to ho beverely fell ail over the peninsula. In the United States Iltri t Court Ht Portland Peter Grant, a sai.ors' Ismrd-ing-house runner, waH convicted of har boring deserting seamen, and was lined fii'iO. There is a warm content in the Arizona Legislature over the passage of an irri gation bill, whose leaturea are somewhat similar to the California lawa on the same subject. It 1h thought that the bed f the Eraser river in British Columbia ia rich with deposits ol gold, and an attempt will be made during the coming Bummer to se cure a portion of thin wealth. Governor MiConnell of Idaho openly Blaled in a letter to the District Attorney that members of the Legislature of thai Htate were bribed, and that information will bo furnished to secure convictions. Utah's total gold output for 1891 wan $31,014; for ISO.', $31,020; showing an increase ol $282. Tlie silver output for 1891 wan 8,7"0,3r ounces; lor 192 it was 7,762,259 ; showing an decrease of 088.095 ounces. The Nevada Legislature has adjourned, and a bill reducing the saliiries of State officers is found to le missing. The Htate Controller says the j mmals show it parsed and he thinks it. will hold (rood. It will he entered in the statute book, with certification that the original was lost. A C. Cleveland of Nevada, one of the original promoters of the Han Francisco and Great, Salt l.akeroud, has irreat faith in the enterprise, and secured live years' extension of the riirht of way across Ne vada and Utah to S ilt Lake and Ogden, and also thesame extension on the bonua offered ly the Slate o( Nevada of $3,k0 for everv mile of road completed, lie is now in Utah. The ra lroa l freight agents in session at Santa liar bat a, Cal., have ngreed to form an a ociation, to lw called the Transcontinental Freight Hate Commit tee, in wh'ch ail transcontinental lines except the Great Northern, the Norih ern Pacific and Canadian Pacific will be parties. A resolution to that effect was parsed, hut no written agreement has yet been drawn. The Grand Orange Lodge of British Columbia hadopte strung resolutions indorsing Dalton McCarthy, Q. 0 , VI. P.. and condemning Sir Jolin Tlminpt-on and h's fpvernment for lining public funds to as-Mi-t the Premier's co re igionists to fight the people of Manitoba in t ieir ef forts to throw off the separHte chool sy-tem, and urging upon the British Co lumbia member ot Pari anient at Ot tawa to support Mr. MeCarihv'srepoli tion to abolish French as an official lan guage and do away with separate Bchoo.B INDUSTRIAL BKEVIHES. The VV.ijj' S P.ilJ to Oiiii'se Lalmrcri In Chln.i-MiiKKy Willi I'leMiin itK I lied Hky.le Wheels. The four gnat ocean rou'es employ l.KHI Ht'lllllNbipll. All Ilia street cais of Toledo are pro pulled l y eleetrieity. l.i Hh tlmii 1 tent is the value of tlm raw material in a vlo'ln. Moie I linn L'i 0,(11(0 men nre eiiiployed in American journalism. A New York (.Mitral locomotive Is to P i-ihly-lwo mill h an In ur. There were (iiMl,ii(t(),MKl pii' fengers on Ann r run riiilroiuls lat y ur. Almut 4 (KM) inileN of iailroad track were la d dining the last year, A Maryland canning factory put up 4l0ilo,()t 0 cans of corn lasi K'humi. ChieiigoiuiH eipirt a fUl.t OO.IHHI Worl.i's Fair levenue from cash adinia sinus. The rout rni-t for tlm construction of Dm Smith (iila canal in Ari.ona has just men let. 1 im work wl.en completed will ct -',C0 l.OCO. An Miiglisli cojiipany hus been Incor pdr.iteil with fifi.iHh) capital to in.inii- lacture electric bicycle. The sturago hat lei y is to he used. An Kng'iNliiiian has invented ncunU nation folding lied billiard tahle, nettie, table and bureau all taking up i.o more room than an upright piano. Notwithstanding the fact that the Western Union Telegraph Company bus over 7:!lHKH) ur'es of wire and noarlv 1,010 nllices, it oieus ail average of (i 0 new Ulircn annually. The twin screw and triple-screw steam shipi witn improved engineH develop more power wnb le s coal tlift'i the sin-gle-scre ennines. The Ktniria Imrris ab-mt :UH) tons a day. Kngineers me discii"sing a w.ter--t')"-ngi pri'jrtct for a 'letter supply if wa'er to the F.r e canal, involving a dam l.'M eet in height scro-a the Genesee river at a coht ol 2 7 ',IH 0. It is stated that in Knland thoe parig of loi-oumtives which are liable to runt are Hindi) of g.ilvaiiied imn, and thai this niclii'lex the iiiNide of tender tanks and aluo the coal spaces. Nine ceo's a mile isthecost the Ninth iiveiiiie (New York) stnet cur line re cently ran a st.nrage-1 attery experiment ctr lor. The car Wnig ed six and nmi ha'f tons, and i arned l i t storsg cell. Acleik in a birvcle slor" in Kaiisa Citv li:is designed und is building a i ew nugiry wit'i pneuoiaMc tired bicvele wlnels niiil anuiiibrif imtirivemeniH cnlciiited 1 1 a id streng'h, I gtitness and (pei'd to the vehicle. Ci.rroll 1) Wright ch ef of the United Stte bureau of statist cs, reports that wg's in MaxHachuset's Hvernge l.7o to evry dol ar paid in England, w lme the cohi ot the same moile of liv n.'is II 17 here to f 1 in Kiulriii'l. An alkaloid r pared from atropine (an active principle of liellailoniia wtii. ii s used tiv optliahuic surventiH to t xpitnd the Hip;l of the eye, ix said to He 1 for $ !,!00 a pniiiiil. The ci st is ol itfeli eiio igh to make one open his eyes. PURELY PERSONAL. Young Men Mating ng Poli'ics In South Carolina President Harrios lias an American Wife. John L. Stevens, the United States Minis er to Hawaii, used to edit the Kennebec Journal with James G. Hlaine. Congressman New-lands of Nevada will be the only member of the next House who was elected on the straight-out silver question. Mrs. Langtry and the Duchess of Mon trose have joined John Strange Winter's no-crinoline league. The league now numbers over 11,(,00 members. George Wheatland, who died at Salem, Mass., the other day at the age of SO, was a contemporary at the bar of We li ster, Ciioate, Curtis and Jeremiah Ma son. President Barrios of Guatemala hnB nn American wile. It is said ttiat siie piactica ly rules the Kepuhlic. She is the leader of all woman movements in that country. Death has no terrors for Mrs. Annie Beeant. What the majority of mankind regard as a theory to he dreaded she de fines as "a choice relief from the burden of the flesh." Bishop E It. Ilendrix, one of the most el quent liishops of the Methodist Church (South), will preach the com mencement sermon at the Yanderbilt University in June. Madame O'Rorke, Mother Superior of the Convent oi the Sacred Heart, Provi dence. 11. 1., who died a few days ago, was the widow of Colonel O'Rorke, one of the niodt gallant heroes of Gettys burg. Dr. McCosh has sent $1,25!) to the con gregation of the Eiiht Free Church at Brechin, N. J., of which he was at one time minister, to he p anv deserving young man connected theiewith in his studies fur the ministry of the F"ree Church, Tiie waires paid ! Chinese laborers in Cnina are ahout 6 p nee per diem, with rations. The wooers are easily con tented, deni nd n only the plainest of lood, while lor bousing they are sat slied in winter to creep altogether under a long, low in nt shed with a solid back to the north wind. Within a six-mile ladius or Charing Cross, London, theie are 270 miles of lailwav and 255 tta'iono, and within a twe ve-mde radius "ver 4 miles of line and 301 staMons. The average number ot passengers carried on a week day by the public conveyances of London, in cluding omnibuses, is V.&HOO . The total for last year was 777,OoO,OUO. Tennessee Murderer Drops Dead on the Witness Stand. GENERAL BEAUREGARD'S ESTATE vv,. i v.kii.11 3 iai'iii'.i iuup isuii ui j.awjii-i3 With One lixcrjitlun Wuman Suffrage In Wyoming. 'Dm Kansas City car famine hat about ended. leaven worth, Kan., is to have an elec tric railro id. The Nebraska Isgislature is consider ing an uuli-l'inkerton bill. A woiiniri-iiullrage amendment will be subiiii' ted to Kaunas voters. A big migration of farmers from Illi nois to the Northwest is in progress. Ten carloads of beer were shipped to Wiiniiirgtoii for use during the inaugura tion. The West End electric sireet railroad of l o-ton talks of tunneling the dm iiton. A strike cf oil near Parkersburg, W, Ya , is creating a great deal of excite ment there. On the Hawaiian annexation question C.evelund's views, if he has any, are n i.k now n. E focretary Foster estimates that there will he f 1 7, IK 0,1,00 free gold in the treasury on July 1 next. L'tuisville street railway capitalists are preparing to gohtui- up the street railway system of SpringtlvJid, 111, Troops have gone to the Cherokea Strip, and will keep it clear unul the opmiing of the Inn 1 to settlement. The Cherokee newspapers are kicking V gorously at the prospect of being iiirown in with Oklahoma as a State. The New York Senate has passed the bih appropriating $3tNi,tHKt additional for the Mate exhibit at the World's Fair. The Brooklyn police authorities have decided that no more proiessional boxing matches will lie permitted in thntci'y. The prospects of a strike of switchmen on the Miciiigan Central are favoraoie A demand fur an increase of wages has b' en made. General Beauregird's e-tato in L- uisi ami is eaid to b w ortn nearly $J.O0it,0O.'. I'll is is exclusive of hm realty interet-ts in St. Loins. Dolly Johnson, Mr Harrison's colored cook, lemains in the White House un ier Mr. Cleveland. There is going to be au other era of civil service. There is a prospect of a compromise in the A' kanas L- g Nlutnre. by which an appropi intion of $20,0 4) will lie made or an exhibit at the World's Fair. The forty-sixth annual report of the Pennsylvania R.ii, road Company shows grosH esmings, nuin line and branches, in $-l;.V,)154.', and a net income of $10, 701 2W. The House of the Indiana Legislature has passed a bill prohibiting the working oi the train hands of any railroad in the State for more than twenty-four consec utive hours at a time. , 1 1 is reported from Chattanooga, Tenn., that the negroes of the southeast are preparing lor a general exodus to the West and Northwest, where they expect to sei ure small farms. The enormous rates demanded by the insurance companies for insuring hotels erected for World's F'air purposes have driven proprietors to form a mutual tire insurance company of their own. Somebody has called Mr. Cleve land's Cabinet a bar association, because every man in it except Dan Lamont is a lawyer. No other Cabinet in recent times has contained so many lawyers. It is reported irom Chicago thata syn dicate has been formed, having a capital of $4,500,0i)0, to purchase twenty eight Detroit breweries. The combine will be able, it ia said, to produce 825,000 bar rels of beer annually. The Senate of the Minnesota Legisla ture has passed a bill to amend the con stitution by providing for a tax of not more than 5 per cent on all inheritances above such sum as the Legis ature in its discretion may exempt. The New York case of Mrs. Violet Ward Vanderbilt against her father-in-law, Captain Jacob Vanderbilt, for alienation of her husband's affections to the extent of $100,001) has been settled out of court and finally dismissed. The Wyoming State Legislature has parsed a concurrent resolution of confi dence in woman suffrage and directed the Governor ot the State to send copies of the resolution t) every State and every legislative body in the world. The Supreme Court has refused the application of the Illinois Central Rail way Ceinpany lor a reopening oi the Chicago Luke-front case; also the case of the Southern Pac' tic, involving title to land grants m Southern California, which was recently decided. Under the new diplomatic and con sular bill jmt passed the President will have ihe power to designate as Ambas sadors all Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipotentiary to loreign courts, the new title being regarded as moie high sounding than the old. The cyclone in Georgia, Alabama, Mis sissippi and Louisiana did great damage, and more than 100 people were killed. It followed the track of what is known as the Huns countv track, which s nee lfc'04 has been visited periodically by de structive cyclones, aul thev have always left a trail of death behind. FROM WASHINGTON CITY. President ClevHanJ Srndi a Mssa?,e to the S hate WiiliJr.iwinjj the Hawaiian Treaty. The first postmaster given office under the new udmlrin-tration is Newton A. Hamilton, who was appointed pout mas ter a. Flora, Tenn. Si eretarv Morton has anno' nteil Don, hid Muf'ciiitiir t.t 'ilirubliu fitv uti cidef clerk of the Agricultural Depart- merit, vice jjenry Laiam resigned. AU the pr ifuinentofficialaof theTreas ury Department, including the Asdstant Secretary, CommiBiouern of Internal Revenue, Comptrollers and all the Aud itors, except Patterson and FiB'ier, have verbally tendered Secretary Carlisle their resignations. Secretary CartHe has accepted the propo-it'on of ttie Denver clearinghouse to ,et the government have $1,1X 0,0 X) in gold or a like amount of treasury notes He has taken no steps toward issu ng Ixjnds, and baa not indicated what pol icy he will purine. Secretary Carlisle has rece'ved offers from Chicago bankers to exchange $V 00 1,000 of gold for a like amount of small treasury notes, with intimation that probably $10,000,01X1 will be wanted on the aame terms. Carlisle will forward the small note nt once. Several other olf, rs of gold in exchange for small treasury notes have been made. Bank ers of Cincinnati offered $1,000,COJ, of which $i0,),i 00 was accepted. Ottier of fers of suiiiil quantities camo from bank ers in Kentucky, Illinois and Missouri. Treasurer Nehecker is much pleased with the turn stf.iirs have taken, and has de clared sufficient oilers of gold have been received to absorb all the small notes on hand. President Cleveland the other morn ing sent to the Sena'e a message with drawin.'the Hswai an treaty pendingin the Senate. The mes age was short, simply leqnesting the Senate to trans mit to the Executive the propostd treaty with Hawaii. . he mc ssavte wai rtceived without comment, on the lloor ot the S'th.te. The Repub.ican Senators re gard this act nn as in line wiih the course I ursued by Cleveland in withdrawing the Nicaraguan treaty, sent to the Senate hy President Arthur in the cloning dive of his administration. The Democratic Senators look njion the act fr in a two fold po-nt of view, some tak ng the ground that it shows C eveland is against annexation or AiiiiTu an domination of any sort in the Hawaiian Inlands, while others ho'd he will send in another ireaty more to his liking. In the case of Cantain Pharos B. Bru taker of North Dakota, imprisoned in Spanish Honduras, the President ha" transmits d to the Senate in compliance with its resolution of the 3d instant a report from Secretary Gretdiam giving all the information in the department relative to the case. The papers show that Secretary Foster September 30 teie-g-aphed Minister Pacheo to look into the matter. October 16 Pacheco for warded a telegram from Secretary of War Alvarado of Honduras, saying Brubaker was one of those who took up arms airainst the government and captured iruxilio June lio. When the uprising win diU down, Brubaker was captured and tried under the Honduras law s and sentenced to seven years' imprisonment, wtnen lie is now undergoing at Ouroa. Holraan, Chairman of t he House Com mittee, in the remarks which he is pre psrirg for publication in the Conqres- niuual Record concerning the appropria tions ot the p iity-second (Jongrpss shows the appropriations of the session just closed amount to $519,221,861. From this point of view the appropriations of the Fifty-nrst Congress aggregated $1, 035,686,021, and thofeof tne Fifty-second Congress amount to $1,025,822,020, or $S,802,870 less than those of the Fifty nrst Congress, llolman will present statements of the appropriations made by the Filty-second Congress as charged asiainst it under permanent appropria tions in accordance with the require ments of laws enacted by the Fifty-firBt Congress. These include sums aggre gate in all $154,172,040. Judge Hoi man states, if these appropriat'ons had not been made as required, the total ap propriation of the Fiity-s-jcond Congress would show a reduction of more than $103,0ii0,C00 than the appropriations of tho Fifty-first Congress. To guard against a deficit Henderson warns this administration to give closer attention to "moonshiners" and the "whisky ring" in the collecting of in ternal revenue than it did from 1885 to 1889, when it collected $51,01)0,628 less than President Arthur and $115,358,542 less than President Harrison. He eavs the retiring administration paid $296, 310,!3t on the public debt, saving in in terett $55,352,403 annually. He ouched on pensions, showing that the pens on bureau rolls will reach their lushest point December 31, 1S94, with 1,161,918 names on the rolls, including invalids, widows, orphans and dependent parents, the annual value ot the rods at that date being $155,865,094; that in lk9" there will be diopped from the rolls 44,9;i2 pensioners, with an increasing ratio thereafter. Referring to the complaint ngtinst widows' r"nsions, he shews, if a 1 the willows' claims yet undispo e I of were allowed, there would be 7t 9,834 dead soldiers unrepresented on the toils by widows, orphans or dependent par ents. He a so points cut the danger to the treasury from war claims, and pays Congress now has the data to t-how that wbout $6 0,0'HXOiK) may yet be drawn from it to satisfy their demands. Hen derson Tefers to the defeat of the bank rupt bill in the House, the turial of the pure-food bill, the slaughter of the anti option bill, Congress' inability to trap pi" with the money question, its silent adm ration of the McKinley bill, and predicts that the Fifty-second Congress will go down to history as the know nothing " and " do-nothing " CongreeB. The Pojie Hopes to See England a Catholic Country Soon. A NEW EIGHT-YEAR-OLD PRODIGY. Habitual Drunkenness on the Increase In Irtland Tippo Tib's Son Dc feated in Africa. Thousands of cotton spinners In Eng land are suffering for food and clothing. Cairo in the land of the Pharaohs is soon to be illuminated by the electric light. Lrd Salisbury will soon ttrjmp Eng land in opposition to Gladstone's home rule bill. The Spanish government ha i?saed orders lor the strictest sanitary precau tions at once. It is claimed that Ferdinand de Les seps still has a handsome income from his Suez canal stock. The French government has approved a proposition to lava cable het u-ppn aiv Cuiedonia aud Australia. Turkey ia levvinir a EtiUlonliot Jniinn all electric apparatus and machinery im- ji icu juiu titui uuuuiry. In many of the Flnglish country bouses there are now rooms set aside especially lor the ladies to Brnoke in. French newspapers will herf a'ter be nciu repuonsiuie ior nnanciai advertise ments published by them. There has been serious rint.imr in tViP town of Syobosylo, Hungary, over the imposition oi new market tolls. Madame Christina Ninon hi nlv'nn 5,i). 0 toward founding a hospital in rrame ior me cure oi tnroat diseases. In bidding the KngHeh pilgrims fare well Pore Leo Said be hrned tn in-in England once more a Catholic country. li e French Chamber has imposed a tax on 'eveies. It in eitimntpd fhot tht tax wili bring in l.lO t.OOj franca a year. An international fire brigade congress and exhibition is to he held in London Irom the 7th to the 12th ot next August. At V enna 15,t00 men, young and midd e-aced. have formpd a har.ha club, and have vowed never to wet mar. ried. The historic chateau at Cirey, France, has been sold to a r ch niannlactnrr in $5 O.Ooo. It was once the home of Vol taire. The second electric cable made in Franca ia nnxtr hoinrr iaiA V,,. ... , . un. w - -v i, mi', uchyccii .ii n I seines and Tunis, a distance of about 7l0 nines. r.ritain is among the lowest of civil ized contries in regard to tha tendop or.. at which it allows child labor in fac tones. During the year 1892 the number o foreigners naturalized in Fno-iunH ifql 42. including 14 Germnna 1" Unaslnne and 2 Americans. The London police now use electric bull's-ey9 lamps. These lamps weigh uve pouuuH, anu win give a continuous : . v i i , lgiit ior Beven nours. D Snatches from Hnnin Vraa Statu re ceived at Brussels state that Tippo Tib's ruu was ueieaiea oy me an ti-slavery force and 500 captives liberated. ine rsrazinan government nas ordered 70.000 small caliber rifles and as iH'ft i nno cartridges from the Lowe Small-arms t A t an.. aianuiaciuring company ot Berlin. If enough Viva plentinna (nr Parliament O i-.-v.. w ,t(..l. I take place, Gladptone will eoon have mfiinrir.v in tha ITnnaa r( PrtmmAr.. i J - - '"J A.vuw V VLUUlUllO 111" stead of between forty and fifty, as now. inirty miles ol underground electric railway, eimilar to the City and South London line, has been proposed for Ber lin at an estimated expense of 10 f!on . 000. . ' Several mill owners in Heywood, Eng land, have closed their fantnrioo an aa tit , - - . . - .hw.v.-VMBVCD fcVJ assist in bringing about the desired re- uucuon oi wages, xnousands of looms are idle. Consul Mason at Frankfort has made a report to the State Department show ing that the United States is the chief source of snnnlv from uhinti I3ormor,- draws her grain. Count Leo TolBtoi, who spent his time and fortune a year ago in alleviating the sufferings of the starving RuBsians, now aseerts that drunkenness was one of the great causes of the famine. The Bank of Rnfflnnd nnthnrittoo ara it is said, about to take proceedings against certain persons who for trading purposes have been issuing announc -ments on strips of paper resembling uniin iioiea. It ia stat.pd that Mr niaitatnna ;n. timated definitely his intentions to ap point a poet laureate in succession to Lra lennvson. rue attnculty in mak ing the selection has, however, not yet neen overcome. Pesth reioices in the honor of nnKliaVi. mg the first telephonic newspaper. fin henri hara reuit7a tha napa it lkn in the form of a verbal summary by tele phone sent daily between 8 in the morn ing and 9 in the evening. Jeanne Blancard is the nam nt a nan? eight- ear-old prodigy that has arisen in r ranee, wnere sne is amazing tne people hv the wav in which oho nlo f memory the most difficult works of the masters and improvise in any sc'iool especially if the teacher isn't present. Land in Great RritaJn snM ot nnnaM. erably higher prices last year than dtir- inir the twn vfo.ra nrovii na TV,a Attl . k . . . . i-. n tics of sales show that in England 63,254 acres were sold dnring 1892, realizing an avefaite price o- , per acre, an increase of 5 over 1891, which was in turn an increase of 3 over 1890. THE PRACTICAL POLITICIAN. Ha I Not Alw-ay an Hail Man an II In Often I-lctiircil to lie. Hy the ordinary citizen of the educated class the practical politician Is thought to be n man who, though sometime perhaps having good Intentions, i nevertheless led hy clllu motives, In the main, to do sel fluh, corrupt and disJionest deeds. In his own eyes the practical politician of the higher grade is a patriotic citizen working for the good of a purty upon the succesa of which depends the welfare of the country. He feels hi many canes that he is driven t acts which to him are unpleasant; which are perhaps on the whole unfortunate for the country, but which, under the circum stances, are still a stern necessity. To ba aure, among the "worker" will be found many who care neither for country nor party, nor even for leader, though that Is rare; hut in the higher ranks the propor tion of the consciously dishonest, although possibly larger than that of the same class among merchants or lawyers, la still small. Most of our officeholders in the higher legislative and executive positions are at bottom as honest, hardworking and self aacri (Icing as men of other classes. Tha "submerged tenth" have dragged the repu tations of their fellow politicians lower than truth would permit us to declare their characters to be. These differences of opinion with reference to the character of the practical politician come largely from lack of knowledge on the part of the public as to the circumstances in which the poli tician is placed and as to the pressure thai is brought to bear upon him as well aa from ignorance of the amount of excellent self sacrificing work that he really does. When the people really see things aa they are, know what ought to be done, and demand that action be taken, the politician will be ready and prompt to act. The politician cannot act until he feels that public opinion is with him; his business in fact, and in justice, too, in the main, is not to guide public opinion, hut to follow it. He may help to create and guide pub lic opinion, but that duty is equally in- cumbeut upon lawyers, preachers, teacher and all good and intelligent citizens. We need to distinguish in this regard the re former, and even the statesman, from tha politician. It is the business of the poli tician, and the business is a worthy one, to care for the interests of his party, and thereby, as it appears t l.im, for the in terests of the state, and his party interests cannot be cared for unless he follows pub lic opinion. To the politician also "the public" means not merely the educated or the good citizens, but all citizens who have votes. If then we expect the politician to change his methods of action, we must in some way bring it about that by thechange more votes will be gained to the party in power than will be lost. A politician knows very well that he does many things that are condemned by the most enlightened consciences; he does many things that are to himself disagreea ble and that trouble even his well trained conscience; but, as has been said, to him these acts are necessary, and he does them as other good people do necessary but un pleasant tasks. When he can be made to see that it will be better, not for himself personally, but for the success of the party which, let me repeat, to him means the good of the country to change the meth ods of conducting elections, nobody will be more ready to change than he. Indeed, as Tote buying is in reality a very unpleasant business for many of our most influential politicians so much so that many of them, while directing it, will never themselves take any part in it no one will work more actively to make this practice unnecessary than they will, if it can be clearly shown that a change to a better system of carry lag elections is practicable. Professor J. W. Jenks in Century. Rural Courting. On the shores of the Moray firth th spot need not be more specifically local izedthere is a flourishing little village of some 1,400 inhabitants, consisting chiefly of fisher folk. The young man and maiden do not court in the orthodox fashion. Their method is much more prosaic, and what is characteristic of one case may gen erally be accepted as characteristic of them all. There is of course an occasional in stance of genuine old fashioned courtship, but that is rather a rare exception. "Mother," said one young man on his return from a successful herring fishing, "I'm goan to get merrid." " Weel. Jeems. a' think ye sh'd just gang an ask yer cousin Marack." And as he had no partic ular preference, he went straight away to ask her. "Wull ye tak me, Marack?" was the brusque and businesslike query which he put to the young woman in the presence of her sister Bella. But Mary had promised her hand to an other that same evening. "I canna tak ye, Jeems," was her reply, and then, turn ing to her sister, "Tak ye 'im, Bellak." And the sister took him. Chambers' Jour nal. A Sporting Man with a Record. Mr. W. H. Grenfell. who coached thn Oxford eight iu their boat race, is a fine all round sportsman of varied experience. He was in the Harrow eleven, bowling with remarkable success, has rowed in the "eiirht" for Oxford, has swum the Xiatrara rapids, explored the Rocky mountains, been a war correspondent in the Soudan, and stroked an eight across the Channel. He lives at Tanlow Court, and is master of an excellent pack of harriers, Mr. Gren fell holds the amateur punting champion ship. London Tit-Bits. The Text Was Familiar. Three-vpar-nld A ttpB wpnt. with hr mm ents to church one Sunday, and alter the manner ot little children was restless, and found it hard to understand that she must not talk aloud. When the minister an nounced his text her attention was caught for the moment, and she astonished her mnt.hpr hv liilvinir T4nmnh I t.hnt 'a nntliini. new. I've heard that before!" New York Tribune. i In Iowa there are thirty-nine counties. each one of which has exactly 570 square miles. Such divisions were possible in tha newer west, where minor political divisions were made in advance of settlement In the older parts of the country the territorial arrangements were largely accidental. I