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Entered at the Postcffice in McMinnville, as Second-claw matter. VOL. XXIV. Royal SHOULD be used wher ever yeast has served heretofore. Yeast acts by fermentation and the destruction of part of the gluten of the flour to pro duce the leavening gas. Royal Baking Powder, through the action of its ingredients upon each other in the loaf while bakin g itself produces the necessary gas and leaves the wholesome properties of the flour unimpaired. It is not possible with any other leavening agent to make such wholesome and delicious bread, biscuit rolls, cake, pastry, griddle-cakes, doughnuts, etc. Baking Powder Absolutely Pure. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 106 WALL «T., NEW-YORK. Charity Work in New York. A l.«tu Bureau to Help tbe Oeierr. iUK Poor. So much is said in the public prints and in political speeches about the way the rich and well-to-do classes are oppressing the poor and driving them to starvation and degradation, that it is refreshing once in a while to catch a glimpse of what is being done on tbe other hand. While it is undoubtedly true that capital in the hands of meanness and avarice is directed against thecause of human ity, it is just as true that in the hands of tbe noble and generous- hearted it becomes the friend and ally of human progress and benevo lence. Never in the his tory of the world has so much been undertaken in the way of practical charities as has been witnessed in the centers of population in the past few years, and especially during the pressure of these hard times. Lodging and eat ing houses where the poor could ob tain the necessaries of life for a pit tance or the lowest possible cost, and states where fuel, provisions and clothing were supplied in the same manner, have been opened by scores. The latest great practical charity in the city of New York is described in Harper’s Weekly. When the Rev. Dr. David H. Greer, rector of St. Bartholomew’s Episcopal church, started out to raise a fund to lend money to the deserving poor, the burden of his plea was that credit and not charity was the demand of the hour. He knew that there were many in strait ened circumstances who would not know how to accept charity, and yet whoso needs were most pressing. The fund of 125,000 was raised in February last, and on the 12th day of that mouth the loan bureau was opened at the parish house, No. 209 East Forty-second Street. Applica tions for loans came upon the bureau like an avalanche. There were ac tually more of them in the first week than the bureau has been able to in vestigate up to the present time, and the average number per day since then has been not much below twen ty. For several weeks the output of the bureau was limited to 1500, but when Dr. Greer was satisfied that a large majority of the clients would pay promptly, the limit was gradu ally increased, until it is now $1000, which is divided into from twenty to thirty loans per week, the number depending on whether the loans are small or large, and the limit never being exceeded. Loans as small as $4 have been made, but the largest amount that can be secured by any client is $50. These figures were settled upon to keep the business of the office within the boundaries pro posed by Dr. Greer, the giving of prompt financial aid in a small wav to deserving people who are momen tarily embarrassed, and who have ample security in the way of house hold effects to mortgage for the amount borrowed. It was the policy from the start to investigate each case so carefully as to render fraud and imposition al most impossible. The result is that of the hundreds to whom loans have been made there are only a few units that have given the bureau any un due trouble. To make payment easy for the borrower, and to enable the bureau to readily keep track of clients, the system of monthly in stalments was adopted. The bor rower of $50 is allowed to pay a minimum of $5 per month, and the smaller loans range from $1 to $4 per month. In all cases the interest is six per cent., and this is paid with the monthly instalment, so that the calculation is made for each succeed ing month after deducting the in stalment paid. The kind of people who have pat ronized the loan bureau may be judged from the fact that fully nine ty-eight per cent of them have paid each month with religious regularity. The few delinquents are not less anxious to pay, but have been pre vented through sickness or other dis couraging circumstances, and great leniency has been shown them in the hope and belief that their affairs may soon improve. But in many trades there is scarcely any change for the better in the labor field. Vast num bers of the working people, who have always been busy at this season of the year, are suffering untold em barrassments through enforced idle ness, and are in consequence not only unable to meet their obligations to creditors, but find it difficult to supply their families with bread. Timely help from the loan bureau has been received by the occupants of mansions as well as those of ten ements. No distinction is made as to calling, race, color, or social standing. Dr. Greer simply wants to know that the applicant is of good repute and deserving, and that he or she can give ample security for the money advanced. The experience of the bureau has proved that a great many institutions of a similar kind should be in operation in this metrop olis. In hard times like the present, wage-earners who have been out of work for several months, with large families to support, are obliged to borrow a little money to tide them over. Thousands-who had sav ings in the banks have been forced to draw out their last cent. Work is still a few weeks or a month ahead, and the landlord is clamoring for his rent, with a dispossess warrant in one hand and the unpaid bill in the other. The citizen in desperation goes to a money-lender. He has al ready pawned the last trinket that the pawn shop will accept, and now he must give for security the little furniture of hi3 household. He thinks $50 will see him out”of his difficulty. The money-lender looks over his property, and says, “Yes, we can let you have $50 on it; but you know I am only the broker, and my commission will be $25.” In thousands of cases such terms are submitted to, and there is an or ganized gang of these sharks operat ing in all parts of the city, who manage to evade the law and plun der helpless people at discretion. Many of their vietims have come to Dr. Greer’s bureau to be helped out of their clutches, and we have pro ceeded in this way: A, for instance, has taken a loan from a shark of $50, and given his note at 90 days for $75, with a mortgage on his house hold effects for the amount. For six weeks he has made regular payments of over six dollars a week, and comes to a point where he cannot carry the burden any longer. Then the shark threatens to foreclose on his home, and he comes to Dr. Greer’s bureau to escape this fate. In many cases we have settled such accounts with these gentry at a considerable sav ing to their victims by insisting on a rebate. They all know that their operations are contrary to law and that prosecution might be hard on them, but there is good reason to believe that they, like other breakers and defiers of law, have contributed freely to the “Pantata” fund, and their system is so well organized that they rely upon it and their ‘ pull" to assure them immunity. The person of moderate means who has no bankable securities is driven to the necessity of patronizing these cormorants» whose business is prey ing upon the helpless. A single in stitution conducted in a fair and de cent way cannot seriously affect their business, but if a sufficient number of such offices were opened to meet the demands of small and honest borrowers, much grief and misery would be removed from the already overburdened poor. While the loan bureau is a strictly business enterprise, and its full suc cess cannot be assured until its first year’s operations are ended and the books balanced, it is also a benevo lent concern in tbe truest sense, and so must expect some experience with impostors. Ingratitude and deprav ity, like honor and fame, “from no condition rise,” but they often break out where least expected, and are the only reward for services which one would expect to render them im possible. One client of the bureau, a female with a husband as worth M’MINNVILLE, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1894. less as herself, was given a small loan, and then took the first oppor tunity to dispose of her belongings and leave the city. When the bu reau came to her relief during those bleak days of March she had neither fuel nor food in her miserable home, her husband was lying sick, and the corpse of her dead child was about to be removed to potter’s field. Who could think that any human being would forget kindness bestowed iD an hour like that? Cases now and then appear which make one think there are some peo ple who are utterly unworthy. An agent of the bureau called one day to see a man who had applied for a loan. He found the man with his wife weeping over their misfortunes, and contemplating self-destruction. Their effects were sufficient for a small loan, but the unfortunate man was so broken in spirit that the prospect of his ever paying was not inviting. He had been accustomed to clerical work, was past middle life, but said he would gladly do any thing to earn a living. A place was secured for him as conductor on a street railroad, and we made him a loan to purchase his outfit. In less than ten days he came and want ed to know if he could have an easier situation, as it blistered his hands to climb along the sides of the open cars ! It is not a part of the bureau’s business to secure work for people, but this incident served to show its benevolent side, and one class of per sons who have been helped by it. Clients of the bureau represent al most all trades, crafts and profes sions—painters, authors, mechanics of all kinds, lawyers, merchants, ac tors, singers, etc., and many of them are looking for employment and work- in their various lines. Artists and others engaged in work which is es sentially a luxury have been espe cially unfortunate during the hard times, and there are well-known por trait painters, for example, who have received goed prices for their ser vices in good times, who will paint fine portraits now at figures which the clothing men would label “panic prices.” The bureau would gladly give information to persons requir ing the services of any of these de serving people. It is impossible for the loan fund to accommodate all ap plicants, but its success thus far proves the principle which Dr. Greer advocates, viz., that it is safe, and may be made profitable to lend mon ey to the deserving poor at fair rates of interest. A vast majority of the bureau’s clients are sturdy citizens, who fully realize and appreciate their obliga tion to Dr. Greer’s enlightened be nevolence. Hundreds of them have said that the help came to them like a special providence when they knew not where to turn. It is a new ex periment in benevolence, and its pro moters are aware that it cannot fill the whole field. Its success will lead to the establishment of a great many other institutions of a similar kind. One is now being organized in Brook lyn, and Dr. Greer has received hun dreds of inquiries from cities throughout the Union which will lead to the extension of an enlight ened system of benevolent money- lending. On October 12th the bureau com pleted eight months of its career, with results which are far from un satisfactory to Dr. Greer and others who are particularly interested in the problem of lending money to the worthy at low rates. A total sum of $24,554.50 had been loaned up to that day, and the repayments amounted to nearly $8000. Loans were made to. 768 different families, embracing nearly all trades and pro fessions, many nationalities, and a great variety of religious belief. The losses sustained by the fund thus far have been extremely few and small, and no mortgages have been fore closed. The holders of outstanding loans are paying their monthly in stalments regularly, and over sixty loans have been paid off and can celled. To completely rid New York of the usurers and extortioners who prey upon helpless people it is only necessary to increase this fund, and to establish others of a similar char acter. J. A. M ac K night , Manager St. Bartholomew Loan Fund. Tile Best Plaster. Dampen a piece of flannel with Cham berlain’s Pain Balm and bind it on over the seat of pain. It is better than any plaster. WheD the lungs are sore such an application on the chest and another on the back, between the shoulder blades will often prevent pneumonia. There is nothing so good for a lame back or a pain in the side. A sore throat can nearly always be cured in one night by apply ing a flannel bandage dampened with Pain Balm. 50 cent bottles for sale by S. Howorth. Heavy earthquake shocks were ex perienced in Italy on the 17th. The village of Sao Procipo was almost en tirely destroyed and 60 people killed. Slight shocks were felt on the same day in parts of Nevada and Cali fornia. Cl’RIOl'S FACTS ABOUT ESKIMOS. Mrs Peary, the only lady to take part in any Arctic expedition, spent a year in Greenland. She has re cently published her journal, the contents of which are summarized in the Spectator, London. We quote: “The woodeu house which the ex ploration party built on the north coast of Inglefield Gulf, some miles due north of Whale Sound, was the base of operation for Mr. Peary’s ex pedition to the north coast of Green land, across the inland ice. The ex plorers sighted Greenland on June 24, 1892, and at the end of July landed and built the house. Mr. Peary, his leg having been broken by a blow from the ship’s tiller, was unable to take any active part in work, and it was not till the spring wa3 at hand that the broken limb recovered its real strength, just in time, indeed, for the ice journey. When the house was finished, sev eral men of the expedition were sent to search Herbert and Northumber land Islands for an Eskimo settle ment, and to induce a family to set tle down near the house and make themselves useful—the man to act as hunting guide and the women to do the sewing of the many skin gar ments. They returned with one family, and the first proof of his skill the Eskimo gave was to cut up a huge walrus with a six-inch pocket knife. “Of course the prevailing charac teristic of the Eskimos in Mrs. Peary’s estimation was their dirti ness, and it was a very great favor that she finally allowed the very best sewer to squat on the floor in her own room. Indeed the habits of the Eskimos never failed to excite her disgust, and she tells with horror how, when the Eskimo man having been given leave to bring home a cached seal, the most awful smell pervaded the place from the two- year-old corpse. Ikwa, the Eskimo, was most indignant at the refusal to allow it to be carried in the boat, de claring it to be ‘the finest kind of eating for himself and family.’ On November 23, Mrs. Peary notes that it was impossible to read ordinary print at noon, and henceforth the only difference between day and night at Redcliffe House was the ad dition of a ‘large Rochester lamp’ to the bracket lamps from 8 a. m. to 10 p. m., called by the Eskimos the ‘baby sun.’ A rule was made by the commander of the expedition that no man should occupy his bunk between 8 a. m. and 7 p. m., unless ill. The best sewer was a woman named M’gipsu, and she was Mrs. Peary’s favorite, having also the additional distinction of forming with her hus band and children the most northerly family on the globe. Mrs. Peary tells us the manner of preparing the clothes for the great ice journey. How the natives prepared the skin, let Mrs. Peary relate: “The native method of treating the skins of all animals intended for clothing is first to rid them of as much of the fat as can be got off by scraping with a knife; then they are stretched as tight as possible, and allowed to become perfectly dry. After this they are taken by the women and chewed and sucked all over in order to get out as much grease as possible; then they are again dried and scraped with a dull implement so as to break the fibres, making the skins pliable. Chewing the skins is very hard on the women, and all of it is done by them; they cannot chew more than two deer skins per day, and are obliged to rest their jaws every other day.’ “More Eskimos arrived, till the permanent camp of the expedition became an Eskimo village. Two of the men were reported to ‘swap’ wives every year; they were the only two men in the tribe who did so; and though the other men regarded it as reasonable, the women were not satisfied with it. One of the new comers, who had recently lost her husband, drowned by a seal, was asked by Mrs. Peary if the three children she had with her were all; she burst into tears and left the room. On questioning her favorite, M’gipsu explained, after much hesitation, that Klayuh, the widow, had just strangled her youngest child, about two years old. She could not sup port the child herself, and no man would take her to wife with a child in the hood, where the women carry their .nildren till they can get about themselves. M’gipsu, when asked if this was always done, said, ‘Oh, yes; the women are compelled to do it.’ When M’gipsu sat in Mrs. Peary's room, her husband, Annowkah, came in as often as he could find an excuse for doing so. ‘He frequently rubs his face against hers, and they sniffle at each other; this takes the place of kissing. I should think they could smell each other without doing this, but they are probably so accustomed to the (to me) terrible odor that they fail to notice it.’” Francis A. Teal, the original proof reader of Poe’s “Raven” and “The Bells,” and principal editor of the Century dictionary, died in New York City on the 16th. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE 12.00 PER YEAR One Dollar If paid In advance, Single number! five cent!. NO. 47. LOCAL NEWS. Silverware at Dielschneider’s The coming event is the ball—29th inst. C. N. Howard, of Amity, has become a McMinnville resident. C. E. Magers of Willamina has been commissioned a notary public. J. P. Lowe, the jeweler who opened a shop here a few weeks since, has re moved to Oregon City. Leave your subscriptions for any news paper or magazine at C. Griesen’s book store. tf U. S. Booth is filling a position as salesman with Chas. Griesen until after the approaching holidays. New styles in jewelry and holiday goods arriving daily at Wm. F. Diel- schneider’e, the jeweler. D. G. Stulte, lately from Iowa, has bought tbe W. M. Jones farm about three miles southeast of Amity. J. A. Campbell, formerly of this place, has settled for the winter at Winlock, Wash., and is engaged in barbering. Hear Prof. Toney’s orchestra at the opening of the coming grand ball. It will be a treat for intelligent people. A. J. Nelson’s condition of health has again grown worse, and he is confined to hie bed. His eon Ira of Corvallis wa6 down to see him Saturday. All persons indebted to R. Jacobson will please call and settle as we have waited patiently, and now are obliged to make collections to meet obligations. There will be Thanksgiving services at the Episcopal church on next Thursday, the 29th inst., at eleven o’clock a. m., conducted by Bishop Morris. All in vited D. O. Durham had to submit to the taking off of his entire thumb, from which the end was accidentally chopped a few weeks ago, because it began to mortify. Strictly eastern prices on books. C. Griesen has been receiving freight ship ments from the publishers and offers a long list of good books at 25 and 35 cents each. The Friends’ church at Newberg is re ceiving the brick veneering upon the outside. This is probably the finest church in the valley outside of Salem and Portland. Union thanksgiving services will be held in the Baptist church at 10:30 a. m., Thanksgiving day. Rev. E. E. Thomp son has been chosen to deliver the ser mon, and the music will be prepared by the different choirs of the city. All are invited. A citizen of Yamhill county, who is 27 years of age, three-fourths of whose life has been passed within its borders, visited the county court house last week for the first time. Oregon is one of the greatest places in the world for home stayers. The Presbyterian Sunday school has decided to observe Christmas eve with a unique and pleasing feature. It will be a snow house, with brownies to assist Santa Claus in the distribution of pres ents. A Christmas program will be rendered. The ladies of the Degree of Honor, who constitute the biggest part of the best women in town, gave the Workmen one of those alleged surprises in the way of a splendid supper, Friday night. While most of the men knew all about it, they are always willing to bow to the wish of the ladies and accept such favors as surprises. » p c- ®’ 8 »°- ce 5 ® r*- CD €*• « H Q tn O 2) W 3* O o c □ to Z n Q Z McMinnville Camp No. 128, Woodmen of the World, elected the following of ficers Monday evening for the ensuing year: F, M. York consul; N. S. Booth, adviser; T. B. Kay, banker; T. J. Bridge ford, clerk ; B. F. Wright, watchman; G. D. Flesher, escort; H. Gee, sentry; L. W. Parker, manager; J. F. Calbreatb, physician. g Mrs. F . H. Barnhart and children ar rived home Friday evening last from a six weeks visit with relatives and friends in Kansas. The elements behaved with remarkable docility during their stay and many things contributed to render the visit enjoyable, but they are glad to be back in Oregon, where the roses and chrysanthemums still smile across the garden fence and the green grase grows all round. The children of Mrs. P. W. Chandler arranged a -surprise party for her one evening recently at Forest Grove, and many pioneer friends attended. Mrs. Chandler and her husband, Dr. Chandler, who died several years ago, came to Oregon in an early day as missionaries, and were founders of the Baptist church in this state. A. C. Chandler and family of this city were present. The occasion celebrated the 80th birthday of Mrs. Chandler. There were fifteen Indian war veterans present at the meeting called last Satur day. Resolutions were passed, to be for warded to congress, asking that pensions might be granted to Indian war veterans on a basis similar to that employed for the survivors of the Mexican war, and that each might be given a land warrant for 160 acres. The names of all veterans of the Indian wars residing in the county, 36 in number, were forwarded. None of these veterans is under 55 years of age. The directors of the fair association met last Saturday and adjourned till to morrow to complete the business they have in hand. It is understood that a deed will be made to the directors who have been carrying the debt on the property, and in this event the said di rectors contemplate the holding of a fair next fall, believing that they can make it a success. An annual county fair properly conducted would certainly prove a benefit to Yamhill county and to McMinnville, and we believe a majority of the people would co-operate to make it win. Q Z n s tn 0 0 o c n o a z U 0* 0 0 s