Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1898-1899, December 29, 1899, Page 10, Image 10

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    FROM FRIDA Y'B DAILY
SEARCH FOH WEALTH
THE DEYELOPMESI OF MIMSO FBOF
; ERTIE8 IX THE STATE
bouse their conduct w;-.s so ' offensive
that It was necessary for 'the police to
take charge of them. -ily advice was
to them that they W cleansed from
their iniquities, and never, never do It
again, ad would recommend that they
I join the Salvation Army, and that they
(do -good and not evi all the balance
J of their days.
Our good friend, Jolly Frank Fel
lers. In speaking of. the "Salvation
Army says they do a great, deal of good
for he has .seen their work from across
the continent ' and all over the earth.
Unusual "efforts are being1 made Thanking you for your very favorable
lias Attracted Enonasu Amount of Cup.
- itml from the IlMt-frn ti Uht
trle I Neglected, j .
throughout the tat of Oregon to lo
cate -and develop '. mineral deposits,
and In .the district where the pre-cloua
metals are known to exist, the search
for these, especially for; gold-bearing
rock, goes on unabated. In fact, is con
stantly on the Increase. The mining;
mention and encouragement given to
the Oregon hop growers, and thanking
the pre In general,? I ; am, Sincerely
yours, '-'. l"' , 'T -f.'.i --'ir ?'--
- . : " 11. x,. - jones. '-
Pres, Oregon Hop Growers Association.
dU-of "to ura Oregon rj-THE TWENTIETH CENTURY, y
u&iter county, especially, appear to at- , . t r ' .
traot much attention at this time, and ' mina TbeiNew Tork Sui of Dee,
iota says it fir Is in the Boston Herald
Ing put into mining concern In these '.' fcl "frkablt calculation f concern-
two favored sections. j " " ;
: The best !niex to the volume' of capJ thf" nfw my W f thinking,
Hal flowing into these channels In Or- 1 , twe"tle ntury beglns-ne sec
egon to to be found la the department fji'? f,'' crD1f
of state at the capltol. where the mln-1SJ,a,V1' l9; marks
ing companies, organized for the our- the conclusion of the 190th year of the
Pose of operating In the mtnin Ai.. -n"luaB era 5
tricta r,f nrnn ! ti, -,.,J, understand, is different .from the year
year,; you
Incorooratlon. ftier. k. i.., wnen we write 1900 we
dreds of these V companies
:ACTS O FiOlHES
STATISTICS OK THE FTRLIC SCHOOLS
OF THE STATE .-'
Showing the Samber of Pupils Enrolled,
Trafhcn Employed, Talae of Prop
- erty and Vsrimi Other Dm tmj -
i
organized
during the past year, and they have
commenced operations, with the result
..15!. - T nr yea" iTlne' tVehat
....iv taiwcr io LUC
last twelve months than was. ever done
in ten years' ,tlm In the past. One
reason for this was the stimulus given
all business , in ; the "West by
the easy money markets of the East.
are not at the completion of the 1900
and nrst year, which we reach when
we write 1901. But; anything " beyond
midnight on the 1st of January of the
must be
reckoned In the 1901st year. The whole
difficulty It seems to me, is one' of
nomenclature The first year I Is a dif
ferent thing from the year 1. The year
1 cannot "be written until It Is com-
r- 1 A. -w. fa - J. A.. A - r o
Money seeking Investment, and the year i nlus "But w
Ulnwaf bu'rSurfrlnlt ' Tt
n vtor houM hi Lr tEaJern in that way. whateve? date we write-
tlllt tnd! twJtir , PlaC 1899- to nstance-lt is 1899 plus eleven
turns flrl ?m?J? t iTv ' moBth and twenty-eight days, - the
that rrZZ IZ fiL "? ."""I' "day that 1 am wrltlng.upon. But these
2.nf. rjf" fV lnve8t:i aaed months and days we do not
Soflt. Tn t?r hofdiL2111? n In ' ordinary usage until " the
S 1?,, M T5e faCt of , h0' year Is completed, when ' we
S Stteh ,brkira -t th. ume by years, an-d go Into
-,rt kI " . rr"'rr.rT.!,itlie next year, which Is 1900.
hown In th articles of Incorporation
filed, where frequently the names of
well-known Eastern capitalists appear
"CAROLINE HAZARD."
The Sun. says: "This slgnlture is
as the lncorooratora . Moat of these ,that of the President of Wellesley Col-
new concerns have ample .capital- ' one- OI lne nigne educational
scores of them beginning with $1,000,000 8hr,ne d1tedJ to women In' the
or more, while those having less thani ', , T""' nuwa wm
$100,000 are few rand far between. !" iL?a,nl het " i0? "w!
While these new firms
state that their object Is to develop
mines and .mining properties, they, also
i'ror. j. a. Ackerman has been at
work for some time past In compiling
the ' statlstlof f urnUhed, by the county
superlntendfnts of schools for theyear
1&39. ia their annual reports. This ne
cessitated a considerable amount of
correspondence, for if was found ' that
in many cases gross errors had crept
into the reports, and some of these
statements appeared to be in a hope
less tangle. After an, extended cor
respondence, and with infinite care and
patience, the tate superintendent &n-
aKy straightened,, out the tangle, and
at once set about com pit Ing the Statis
tics, with the result that they are now
complete, to be. Incorporated in the
report to the- 'next legislature. ; The
state's school census, and: the financial
statement, wiU, cover many pages and
contain a bewildering array of figures.
The statistics show the following facts
for. tha year 1S99;
Xo. districts 2061
A?. No. -days school.... : , 114
Av. salary male teachers...! 42 94
A v. salary female teachers. S8 81
Ami paid teachers for year 826,383 47
Received for district tax....
Received I of county tax....
Received state funds.......
Total receipts..;.. .. .. .....
Value school property.. 1,327,781 59
The same statistics 'for the year 1893,
Just before the panic, show the follow
ing-faets:, -
No. districts .... .... .. .... 1915
Ay. No. days school........ , 107
Av.:: salary male teachers...! - 51 11
Av. ; salary ; female teachers i 41 74
Amt. paid teactiers for year 731,869 48
Received for district tax.it.
Received for county tax.;..
Received state . funds.......
Total receipt
Value school property
254.536 60
617.061 28
139,423 72
139,529 27
429,664 21
576,147 58
175,504 68
,. 1.449,614 86
. . 2,649,081 S3
. receive authority, to erect and operate
telegraph and telephone lines, railroads
s and tramways,and In most cases they
aim to not only, develop their , awn
properties, but also build up the sec
tion of the country In which they are
located, and they thus become a great
factor: -In the development i of the
state's resources, to the end that they
tl-IM V. w I n m V. .... Jl , . - .
ity seldom equalled in the Northwest.
One, of the, best; of these mining dis
tricts to be -neglected thus far w the
Santiam section in Marion and Linn
counties. The finds of rich ores," matfe
from time to time by prospector?, have
proven beyond a doubt that gold ex
ists In the district in large quantities;
the district is easy of access, and there
is no reason why investors should not
sec
.1
; once
Ing
im freauentav tUI ,eel confident, that midnight of
is to develop ! ""L? .ZlLn6t maf k. tne.c!n-
ciuswb oi me jswm year or tne unris
tlan era, but of the 1899th year, v Nor
Is the 1900th year different from the
year 1900; nor do we reach the conclu-
J Hon of the 1901st year when we-write
1901; nor do we begin the 1901st year
next lstof January. Nor is the first
year a Ulfferent thing from the year 1.
-"If President Hazard 'had sat down
to write a note on the first day of the
first January of the Christian era she
would have headed the paper thus:
Jan. 1. A. ' D. 1." The Quaker of that
period would have written. l.; 1, 1 the
first day of the first month' of the first
year. Upon every day of the succeed
ing 364 ; the year wouPJ have : been
marked by the figure If although the
year 1 was not completed until mid
night of the first Dec 21st. If President
Hazard will institute! a new college
Journal next January 1st, she will put
rat
the
Un-
which
a stir, ami will he a nrontflhi """V """' a Kyi w
producers a. the Bohemia, Baker and j EiffA
eumpter districts; i take to be the 28th day of November,
cently Incorporated In the; state fortthe
oreratlons of new propertijes In the gold
districts, there are thre," articles for
which were .fled in the state deart
inent yesterday, as given In the fol
lowing: j i
The St. Anthony Gold Mining Com
pany, with headquarters at Milwaukee,
Wisconsin., will ojerate go'd mines In
Baker county arc.1 th - gurr-wnding
country. aa4 will ronstrucf anl oper
ate railroads, tramways aal other en
terprises, construct mill snd reduc
tiOri works, and do a genfral mining
and , mercantile . business. The corpor
ations begins opsrati- ni with a capi
tal stock of $.-.M,0io. "divided int shares
of th-? va.ue of $1 ach. L. O. "Wheeler,
K. S. McComas ' ntt.l Ma5ss PaokwcoiJ,
all wealthy residents' f WSsconsia. are
the Incorporators ; of the company.
The lia Jem QeM Miclnsr Company
will begin the dsvelopnaeht' of rich
The first Te port given in the state
educational department, te -that for the
year -1873, which snows -the following
statistics: .
No. districts 642
Av. No. Vlays school... 90
Av. salary male teachers...! ' 47 54
A v. salary female teachers 43 70
Amt. paid teacher for year 154,944 00
Received for district tax.... ; 71,152 00
Received for eounfy tax.,.. 80,437 00
Received state funds. . .'. . . .. 32,420 00
Total receipts ............... . 184.010 00
Value school property...... 322,440 00
The report shows the number of per
sons of school age residing In the vari
ous counties In. the state as given in1
the table below
County
Males. Females
Baker.. .. .. ........ 1,799
" ,mm " HVTH OUU a-.. ttl T " - S1 l
li Hfa fn aav fh9f when X mtawt 1. ""wr " 4Uln9Un
t " ' vnliima u-l'l nn - a uhtrl.tul
mill, thu ami tm an A n.lhhr. ...t..
mining' dlstrlcU .will show asgreat 'h T.JTSf' 'FXl
oroperMesf owned ; by its stockh ilders
n the Sumpter district, the headquar
trrs of the company oelng located in
tne boonCnff young metropolis of the
!me name. The i company has a cap
ital ftocic or ji,wo.eoo. divided into
snares of the par value of 1 each.
.Onas. S. "Warren, Joseph T. ParUee.and
James K. Pardee are the incorporators
.of recorct. j '-' - '' ' : .S
The rj--nevieve i Mining Company Is
oomixaratlvely a j small affair, organ
ized n Pend'.eton for purpvses of pros
pecting, with a view to becoming one
was a month aheaM of time then, as
i she was a year ahead of -time in clos
ing up the years. Kieven months and
twenty-eight days of the year had not
been concluded wlvwt- she - wrote, but
ten months and twenty-eight days orr
ly. If by Nov. 28th eleven months and
twenty-eight days had passed, as ap
parently, she said they had. then Dec.
1st - would have seen twelve months
completed and the year would have
thirteen "months'. In it.; ; , : ;
""As the first Jan. 1 belonged In. the
year 1, and at the beginning of the
year, ' not the end, so Jan. lst.'of ,1900
f alia, jri after the year J900, -but in it;
and at the beginning, not at the end.
The figures for toJay; written on Pres
fient Hazard's rr!nc'lp'e but; accurate
ly, Is year 1898, month eleven, day
fl'teeru Men used the sign of 1S99, as
of 4every year preceding, the day the
yei-r began. The year 1899 ; won't be
completed until midnight of next Dee.
3lKt. Next Jan. 1M wllf be the first
day of th? lCtfth year of n nineteenth
century. After Jan. let. 3l days more
will have to pass before he , twentieth
century begins.
"Ail, of which we respectfully sub
mit to the Wellesiey professor of math
ematics, provided she Is not President
Hazard."- ' ' t
In other woJs a child Is not a year
old the day It is bprn, though It be
gins its first year with that day. The
twentieth century does not begin until
Benton.. ..
Clackamas..
Clatsop..
Columbia.. ,
Coos.. ....
Crook.. ..
Curry..
Douglas ..
Grant.. .. ..
Gflliam.. .. .
Harney.. .. .
Jackson..
Josephine.. .
Klamath.. ..
Lake.. .. .. .
Lane.. .. .. .
Lincoln.. I, - .
Linn.. .. .. ,
Malheur.. ..
Marion.. .., .
Morrow. ,
Multnomah..
Poiict. .. '.. .
Sherman.. ..
Tills mook., .
Umatilla., ..
Union.. .. ..
Wftllowa.. ..
Wasco., i. ..
Washington..
TamhilJ. .. ,
Total.. ..' ;
The' number of pupils actually en
rolled Irt the schools fell far short; of
the total In the state, the enrollment
in the several counties being hereto
appended:
1,240
8.848'
1,900 '
1,152
L884:-'
612
- 382 .
... 2,653'f
... 1.002
' - 677 "
.. 620
. 2,512
.. 1,235
. . . 554
.. 505 t
".. 3,578 "
.. .643
.. 3,611
... 629
..-5.020 -
.. 780
..4t84B
.. 1,935 ;
...639
..809 k'
... 2,984
,'.. 2,925 i
:.. 1,059
.t. 2.177 '
.. 2.937 -
..66.529 f
1.724
1,220
4,040
1,972
1.031
c 1.852
620
- 824
2,630
' 974
764
; 450
2.364
1,157
553
434
3.532
661
3,574
622
4,813
805
12.539
1,952
666
i 863
2.869
2,650
927
2.129
Klamath.. .. ... ..
Lake.. ,. .. -.. ,,
T ADft
Lincoln.. .
Linn.. .. '. .. .. ..
Malheur..: .,
Marion.. .. .. '
Morrow.. ..
Multnomah..
Polk.. .. .. .. .. ..
Sherman.. .. .. ..
Tillamook,. ,.
Umatilla.
Union..
Wallowa....
Wasco..
Washington..
Yamhill., w.
Teta.,..-.
9
1
"- 72
11
'118
6
93
13
- 59
H 49:
13
8
64
43 '
17
25.
46
51
1
23 i
201
18
144
20
153
56
333
76
6
56
121
97
. 28
-90
126
114
I1IISI 1 DOERS
Lore Isolation and Care bat
r, Alsoat fzrminj. .
.2.538
1.117
The total value of the school proi-
erty in the state Is shown to be 3376,
993.53, on -which a fire insurance Is car
ried, amounting to $1,157,266.50. - The
total' receipts and disbursements for all
purposes during the school year, were
as hereunder:
County. Receipts.
Baker. r .. ... 34,260 09
After few hours of se:I jus Jump
ing about, the room his to te cleared,
f cir." the floor being of earth, a teniae
ust Is knocked up. and, as dcors and
windows are invariably clofel the at.
little inOSpher becom" thIk wi h floating
wuuu ausi.r r.very one g es out in
to the stoep and Is refresh d ly dop
ifBoer brandy), monad!e, cookies
cakes) and sweetmeats.
j. In !ne meantime the room Is swept,
and sometimes a c&labssh nt Kn i.-..ir-
ordlnately Fond of Dancing and In- blood Is brought In. with which tha
Baths Are- Xever Heard oftr-Are In
dulge In It on Slightest Pretexts.
A low, one-storied bungalows
i floor Is smearfj by the natives
From time to time fay every two
or three hours tbis !s xep ated, so
that intervals of danlnr i
OnCO Jnetta rftiTimAnt. .... w .
- vu- iu.' vtfana i
...
Benton.. .
Clackamas. ....
Clatsop.. ..
Columbia .. ...
Coos.- .. .. ....
Crook., .. .. .
Curry. v
Douglas.. .. ,r-
Grant....
Gilliam..
Harney..
Jackson...
Josephine
Klamath..
Lake.. ..
Lane..'
Lincoln.. .'. ...
Linn.. .. .. ...
Malheur.. ..
Marlon.,-
Morrow., , ...
Multnomah ....
Polk.. .. .. ....
Sherman.. .. ,.
Tillamook"
Umatilla.. ;,,
UnJon.. .", .. ..
Wallowa.. .. ..
Wash.. .. .. ..
Yamhill.. .. ...
16,741 42
66.161 46
.60,094 44
15.237 59
17.146 64
13,121 25
3.776 09
33.289 66
IQ.713 46
,13,543 53
1 11.839 25
39,692 51
18.041 47
11.593 17
9,415 99
65.942 07 '
5.967 16
57.497 00
10,282 93
81,921 44
17,992 53
398.528 Hi
29.156 26 j
11,871 30
10.709 00
62,708 82
35.537 79
9.777 49
57,453 14
44,623 24
63.113 26
Disburse.
$ 30.318 16
16,080 43
J 9 63.326 70
5879 50
14.562 83
16,797 86
11.513 72
3.756 79
61,680 71
, 9.543 21
i. 10,821 43
11.560 50
,' 36.495 98
17,396 14
,11,281 62
9.338 05
54.316 82
5,591 05
j 55.471 96
9.695 87
80,332 62
t. 16.421 36
; 395.221 04
) 27,656 28
11.064 65
9,894 91
67,452 98
35,036 07
- 9,470 47
55,168 24
41,335 62
42.242 29
whitewashed, now patchy with grey T. "V .1
and brown stains on the walTs; a"gal-r"" 1,.,,., e uc9eea o-
vanlze-J i roof; In front o
a veranda, or "stoeps- raised from the' J .1,1 1"?! 8 n ,r
ground by steps consisting Of three ' 8 .k !Vb. mrnlS 1
mpty soan boxes: on the vfrn.1a 'T. on gets a bit s eepy. A gener
dwn rin, nii."i ..,;;.. aajournment takes plce; the
amn uns such are the externals of a
Boer farm house. . .
It Is as inaccurate to speak of a Boer
"farm house" as It is to call a Boer a
"farmer." Literally he know nothing
about farmjng and! cares less. His
"farm Is an uafenced tract of 10.000
to 12,000 acres open 'to the four winds
of heaven, and only marked off from
beaconred V'uS ur"crner. t0t" VJST, t '
to establish the limits Of the farm. , ;a" ,ood, J ,fffln
The Boer loves Isolation, and con-1 UP -gainst the wail in
sider. himself crowded out by en-1 e5.of "v'f roo:n' Jb UmXl
croachlng civilization if from any point ' fets ! U,ed t0t "? 5"UC " mat
on his farm he can see the smoke from.!"0' CO"r,e that U haa ben toowrn
his neighbor's chimney. He wants to I " . moi ,proxan
wome.i
collect in the side rojm anl snatch a
few hou.rfc sleep and tie m n lie tlowa
In the wagon house or : under their
carts on the veldt to moke and rest.
aooui noon, alter a near t meal,
they bevln dancing again until latai.
In the afternoon. At 'ast they go, af
ter about 24 hours of it, and scatter
over the veldt to their far-distant
nomes, ...
Total.
.. .31,327,781 59 $1,259,125 38
SIBLEY STARTS THE AUTOMOBILE
HABIT IN WASHINGTON.
Representative Sibley of Pennsylva
nia, wll lbe responsible for starting
the automobile habit among the states
men at Washington. Tom Johnson of
Ohio and Jerry Simpson of Kansas.
were "responsible for the bicycle craze
among representatives and .senatbra
some years ago. Until they set; the
example it had been regarded as be
neath the dignity of the nation's law
givers to straddle a wheel, though they
were recognized experts in straddling
different tiuestionfe. But after - John
son, who was round . and fat, with
curly light hair,, and Simpson, - who
was lank and ungainly and; reported
to be sockless, appeared a few , times
on the avenue, wheeling at railroad
speed, to and from the capltol, without
attracting a curious crowd. It was1 con
cluded by other members of the house
that they - might make the venture.
Soon the use of the wheel became gener-
be up and trek off to some more
dude! spot, and this is one and not
the least of the causes which have
led to their constant restlessness and
nomad habits of their past history.
On the farm itself there Is little If
any evidence of , cultivation. Round
the house, or homestead, as Lt Is called,
there is no garden, no carriage drive,
no roaU even; one can approach It un
hindered from any point of the com
pass. Some distance away, 50 or per
haps' 100 yards. Is a smali grove or
wiigebooms (willows) down by the
spruit (stream), and there may be i a
dozen or two peach trees. 1
In the Transvaal the peach, crop Is
enormous, but owing to entire want of
care in cultivation and absolute lack
uses. Sometlmts It has shelves in lt
j the 1M put o.i hinges, and the Inside
used as a cupboard for cups and sau
cers. In at least one instance it servedt
j a 4. coal scuttle, and the farmer'a
j wife often keeps in it her best "kappie.
or black sunbonnet. which she uses)
when she goes to "NaohtmaaL
Every three months the quarterly
Nachtmaal takes place lrf the neaiWt
township, and all the Boer famines
trelc rnr mflea rrnm thlr fa tw v..-
..v... ... v.. w V UI3
present thereat. The Nachtmaal Is
practically our communion, and as the
Boer farms are too far apart for any
combined reguiar weekly service, this
la really the only opportunity for (hem
to attend church.
On such occasion the church square .
of grafting or tending the fruit, al- S.f..y. f. th.e "?r" l
al among members, and finally Speaker
Reed took up with it. After Reed took
to the wheel without loss of prestige,
senators began to consider the matter,
and finally a number of them became
great bicyclists. t,.
Among those who can afford the ex
pense the automobile Is apt to take the
place of both bicycle and carriage,
since someone has set the example.
Sibley has a reputation as a lover of
horses. On Sibley's arrival here a few
days ago he appeared, not behind " a
pair of fast trotters, but in a lowbullt
vehicle, and not the sign of a horse
to give it character. They have become
reconciled to him now, - and he will
probably soon have some Imitators
among' congressmen, who are already
2,767 i beginning to envy the ease with which
2,401 be shoots about -from one department
to another, to and from the capltol,
and all about town.;
63,879
as
. . . , . - . i i .
v"- .rf n;,ur n, . nineteenth Is TuP.y completed.
r"lZ : Z- a child doe not begin Its second year
faetorliy. The capital of the company aftM it hQr MrnritA it
I fixed at tl.'.0O4. divided Into shares
of the par vaiue of fl each. T. G.
Hailey, B. F. Pierce and W. G. Cole
are the Incorporators and stockhold
ers. . - ;! :!. :;
FUOM MR. JONES.
SsJem (Or.l Dec, 20, 1899. Editor
Statesman:-. Permit, me to corect an
erroneous im praj ion In one particular
that might tKxsvsEWy follow from your
report- of meeting of the Oregon
Hop Grow rs' Association, held In this
first. But what Is the . use arguing
such a alraple - thing? But : peoples do
and will keep on arguing nevertheless.
' ONE LICENSE. County Clerk IW.
W. Hall yesterday Issued a marriage
license to G.- W. Hunt and Mrs. Francis
Mason, . upon the application of C H.
Merryman. - .
The Englishmen who are saying they
need beter generals In South Africa
more than they do additional troops
hare aense on their side. When-Bona
city last Tueaday. and which I be? leave part said the British were an . rarmy
to say was-an excellent and good re
port for the hop growers of the state.
' The erroneous tmpreaslon might arise
from the quotation from the Rev. Sam.
Jones. You will remember his diagno
sis for the incorrigibles was to take
them out in the back yard and spit on
them and drown them; but our pro
position . to the ! agents : of the great
short -sellers, who have been making
their thousands : of dollars for their
employers at th. expense of the Ore
gon hop grower, '-and -wno indulged
in an expensive , wtne sapper, so that
-when they came into the presence of
of lions led by Jackasses' he was not
very far oaf Of the way.- The rank
and file of the British army have - al
ways twen as Intrepid fighters , as
were to -be bad anywhere ta the world,
but the proportion, of Incapable officers
among them has not been exceeded
even in the Australian army. , Aside
from Peterborough. Marlborough and
Wellington. England , has produced no
generals of the first class la the past
200 years.; unless an exception be- made
In the case of Comwallls.' The British
victories In all this time have usually
been won solely by the fierce fighting
Jadiea and gentlemen, sit Reed's opera of the privates and line officers.
County ,
Baker
Benton.. .. .
Clackamas..
Clatsop..-., .
Columbia . ..
Coos.. .. . .
CrookJ. .. ..
Curry,. -.. ..
Douglas.. .. ,
Grant.. ..
Gilliam.. .. .
Harney.. .. .
Jackson.. .. .
Josephine.,
Klamath.. ..
Lake.. .. .
Lane.; .. .. .
Lincoln.. . .
Linn.k! .. .. .
Malheur.;
Marion,. '.. ..
Morrow.. .. .
Multnomah..
Polk.. .. .. .
Sherman.. ..
Tillamook..
Umatilla.. .. .
Union.. ..
Wallowa..';..
Wasco..
Washington
Tamhlll.. .
Males. Females
.. 1,190 -..
S6S
.. 2,435
.. 1.099 '
.. 799 j
.. 1,271
.. 313
.. 232 -
... 2,290
. . 556
.. 431
.. 340
.. 1,715
.. 718
.. 333
.. 343 s
2.734 j
.. 421
.. 2.118 !
.. 406
. . 3,572 i
.. 617
.. 6,676
..1,368
.. 423
..588 :
.. L975 :
.. 1.797 .
.. 651
.. L461
2.068 v :
.. 1.630 ,
1.235
544
2,612
1,042
809
1.316
418
' 175
1.746
549
467
351
1.708
8J7
36.)
291
2,622
423
1.983
335
2.626
589
6,965
1.400
452
.652
2,088
L753
638
1.480
2,041
L663
DIFFICULT LOVE-MAKING.
"Professional nurses have no busi
ness being so confoundedly good-looking,'
said a young man who has re
cently spent several "weeks in a local
infirmary, ."The nurse who was dele
gated to attend t-i me while I was laid
up was a dtstractlngly handsome . girl,
with a pure Greek' profile, reddish
brown hair the Jcinl that seems full
of .little golden tendrils In the sun
light anM eyfs as liquid as a fawn's.
The first time, she put 3ier finger on
my' wrist my pulses ran up to at least
173.' and she took It for granted I had
a high fever and dosed me according
ly. '.I tried repeatedly to lure her into
conversation, but she wouldn't be lured.
She was strictly . business. When I
started to pay her compliments She
wouM ask roe to put out my tongue,
which was an Insurmountable obsta-
though looking . healthy and well, and
smeuing aeucious, has practically no
more flavor than a turnip.
In the summer Boer wagogs may be
met with in the towns loaUed with
peaches. The driver has a peach stuck
on a stick, to Indicate that they are for
sale, and he is usually willing to sell
them for 20 cents a hundred or less.
Careful housewives buy them for cook
ing, and they preserve well with lots
of sugar. T'Pesken comfyt," peach pre
serves. Is a . favorite delicacy among
the Boers.
The rest of the- farm Is entirely un
cultivated Just bare -veldt, in fact
save for a very few acres devoted to
the growing of mealies, or Indian corn.
which forms the staple fooU of the na
tives, fend from which- the Boer
"vrouw,Y or farmer's wife, makes a
dark, but not unpalatable, bread.
Mealy meal makes excellent porridge;
it Is sustaining and toothsome, and the
whole mealies roasted on a clear "fire,
and i anointed with butter, pepper and
salt.! are by no means to be despised.
.Ifa Boer farmer, is very, enterpris
ing he may grow tobacco. artJ in the
district of Magallesberg ' mountains,
near Rustenberg, there ae many hun
dreds of acres of the plant. - Boer to
bacco which is Invariably home-cured,
is very pleasant, cool smoking, and In
the Transvaal no one ever dreams of
smoking anything else. It costs from
20 to 40 cents a pound, and has a pe
culiar and not unpleasaat flavor, which
IS tinmiiif alrnhlA. - t
The Boer has no expensive "tastes,
requires no luxuries and Is content
for be has never been used to anything
else with the very simplest fare and
manner of living. Some might, indeed,
say that he carries his simplicity to
excess. - ' '
A Boer house usually contains two,
or at the utmost three, rooms. In the
center one. . which Is entered direct
from the stop, they eat. live, entertain
and dance. The men sleep here, and
Just He abo-U on the floor anyhow. The
women sleep In the other room, and
they think nothing of eight" or ten
occupying the male or female divis
ions. . ' . ' . . j s -
They do not undress to go to bed,
but Just take off their boots; and neith
er sex chSnes Its clothes for; weeks or
months together. Baths are entirely un
known. '
Inevitably they are not a healthy
race, especially the women. The men
are often big, burly, well-set-up fel
lows: but they never have other than
a sallow, yellowish-brown complexion,
which is partly caused by biliousness.
an-J partly by their open life on the
smallpox, which ha befo: e now acted aSk wilie. w4th the inare grin which
r n .orjr- Tk... v. 'he uses in soefcty.
likewisa an implicit te'kf In vaccina
tion.
curious sight. Dotted about "are 40 or
50 ox wagons, with their white can
vas hoods, and the trek gear, or ox'
harness, stretched out before i them.
The tented wsgons from tht dwelling
places of the families during the four
uuiixid w uii'u nicy . re- -main
in town. By the side of the wa
gon Is a rough tent, usually a tarpau
lin, spread on four whipstlcks. A big
Kaffir cooking pot Is suspended from a
tripod over a smouldering fire. Heref
the family cooking Is done, and visits
re lurwaiijr (lam irom onef wagon tO
another. '''".
4Thls jllttle sojourn In comparative
civilization Is taken advantage of by
the Boer women to Jo their, shoppings
for the next three months. They go ih 4
emnly to the "Goed Koop Wlnkel." or
general store, and spend half the day
In buying 10 shillings worth fit rub
bish. The vounir irh-la And h Virhl. .
maal a good opportunity, to make or
renew acqalntance with the young,
men, and all the accumulated weddings,
Christenings, betrothals and the like of
the past three months are properly
fixed up at (Nachtmaal time.
' The Boers are a cantankerous, bak-
biting, evU-tongued race"; ahrj are con
tinuously slandering one another on
the veriest trifle, or none at all. When
pressure Is brought to bear, and under
thrpal tf teiral Tirwil In trm 4Ytw an
be made to retract and apologize in
the humblest and most abject terms.
In such a case a public apology is al
most always Inserted In one of tho
Dutch papers, In the shape of an ad
vertisement, and they sometimes take
most peculiar forms. The following.
is a literal translation of one that ac
tually appeared not long ago, and
by no means unique in Its humility:
"1. Maria Be.ttlna Potgieter, of ElanMs
iviTtrr i1411 . L111 il l, i viiuriii usir'i,
do hereby retract any slanderous or
iJiaiiciMus woriin wnicn nave uii"r-i
agslnrt Mr?. Marile Terbrugge; and I
State that, I know 'nothing whl&h la
detrimental to her good name, 'and I
willleave her In peace In future. And
I strike my mouth with my hand, and"
exrnalm: "Mouth, thou are a liar, anl
a perjurer, an'I I am ashamed of you.'
Maria BetUna Poigleter,"
THOUGHT, HE HAD BKEN NOTIC-
- , VINO.' -.-.- 1 -
"Wllll-e AsWngton was trying to b '
conversatitTnal. but th young womar j
o Vgla?.5e i and looked severe an l -
her mfotlver surveyed the scene wit hi
ression of austere toleration.
(the Washington Star.' Willi'
ought to hay known bettor than to
cail on Irsnday afternoon. ;nyh'.
Havejyou read, any books lately?"
ner nton
an" expr
says m
The Boers are Inordinately fond of
dancing. On the smallest pretext, or
"Yes, answered the girl.
"Ben some pretty good on written
i lately, don't you think?"
I haven't read any recent toyels,"
she answered.
ToUI,. .. .43.158 ; -' 42,071
The number of teachers employed In
the( common schools of the state are
shown in the attached statement, giv
ing the numbers by counties: '
County ' Males. Females
Baker.
Benton.... .. .
Clackamas., ..
Clatsop.. .. .. .
Columbia..- -.. .,
Coos.. .. .. .
Crook. .. .. . .
Curry., .-. i..;,;
Douglas.. ..
Grant.. ..
Gilliam.. ....
Harney ......
Jackson..
Josephine. ..
- 24 . , -
- .'
104:
24
34
23
.58
13 ,
21
10
, 40 i.-10.
61
69
140
66
67
.60
. 44
' 11
147
11
40
IS
the
suppose.
cle to conversation. I -used to He there on non H. hy organize what they! -"Too ought to read some"
with my tongue hanging out . trying "a dance ball party." On the af- nnd ernpj. entertainment In
10 pui my wnoie soui into my eyes. 1 '"." L -rrangea uay tne classics." was the rejoinder, while I ter
but It was no go. No man can look JSv r misses, and the young mother looked on with an approrlng
romantic with half a foot of furry red men roll up from all the Surrounding miu, I .
tongue proiruaing irom nis counte- "-. 1 "dcti may ce, or 3V , "Oh, yes, Shakespeare
nar.ee. Another way 3je 'had of gag- m!levThey come In Cap carts, on ' He's a good old classtc.''
gins me was oy puing me mermom- ; 7" ." in "V'k2Tl re Rhakespearo pfoccatonally,
eter In my mouth. The last week I nf. room of the host has bten care-fe?hen I rea-1 Enrllsh. I also reai fr-
aa rlt!$L e Z I tiellte and Mollere and Goethe an.l
olanf oJ ? cT Wen foTn" or Bchlller. but only for diKsVsion. Phi
fhl 7 K n caw'.I,ut rouna losophlo studies aremySesriecI-U occu
the sides, and a couple of reflecting .. ' 7"
. . fIIVI l itWXZtlV,
lots of sounvl common sense, as was
evidenced by the ' fact that she gave
me no encouragement whatever. New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
v THE USE OF COSMETICS.
The cosmetic arts are older than any
other beautifying devices. The women
of biblical days laid great stress, upon
aH sorts of unguents, oils, pomades
aeJ perfumes; and no elegant persons
would go "out Into the streets unless
th were scented - therewith.. No odor
was there I proposed to her five1 times,
or,' rather. I tried to, but she Invarla- j
bly choked off my. declarations by!
thrusting a thermometer Into mv 1
mouuu i-got so excited onetime Z" - . I "By Jove!- exclaimed Willie, admfr-
ter worth several dollar She was a afternoon, to the music of a con- SSLiJcS, ltr-
. 11 . , . ' (rtlTl r,1., - "-. w ,. t . . I , . .
uii rvaug woman ana ou - j vayv wj, wuica
is to say a half-colored man. Every
no appears In the ordinary dress,
uacouch. untidy and slouchy In the
extreme. The women almost Invarla-
'' . ""-"- 1" wrampm m. oil OI , v0 r,lAJifIon
v:,k.W fea,fre ln fr" I Amelia, I am going to teU the ser
..." .v7L. . . ' ' 10 take m Uve clothfesune at
tiieir 'smasher" nitt mnA aluwl - in' ....
heavy." "veldtscboens or boots. ;
No "square dances are performed.
oui one uancs is uxe another a slow It Is estimated that the earth
jumpy, heavy, ? monotonous whirL ceivea ot mat than one-thnu
something between an eJephanOne' millionth part of te total radiation c
waits and s cumberrome polka. The the sun's rays. If any oonsiderabl
arlrls sometimes rla thir wm v , -t- . . c . ....
aMnvbf .... I .... . - v. duu yuruon u, ini neai. were cunccnir&itu
inn 1 " - - --..-... ivuiwri uiio. uie upon, uie earin 11 wouia become unm
lir l"!en"'. ,",an "" " n .! tb girl'm waists with their habltaide. but become sneedllv con-
"A what t" repeated tls young wom
an's riKrtlver, grimly, as she arose !to
her feet. !
. "Way a, bluo stocking you know-
that
are neces?
Hereafter neither of us will be at 1.
to Mr. Washington."
person u now the requirement.
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