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. v97u uuw iae rrfiuirpmMir . ... - ...... . - sumd. .. 1