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WEEKLY OKEoGN STATESMAN, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY s 1900. IEEffliy()MI8Iie.!i Published every - -Tuesday and - Friday - --br the STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO 266 Commercial St., Salem, Or. R. J. HENDRICKS Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year, in advance. ..........,$t 00 Six months, in advance..... 50 SUBSCItlBKRS OESlIUNd THE AT diets of their paper changed must itat the name of their former postoClee. . as well a of the offlce to which they wish the paper changed, i ' The Albany creamery . is, establish ing a skimming station at Tangent, The Salem' creamery, iT it is built, will have several such stations along, the railroad. Thus a wide ' territory wil receive substantial benefit. "The progressive - Oregon gricolt u rali st will hereafter run adiversificd farm in an intensified manner. That means success," says the Albany Dem ocrat. The -cry of the Statesman, con tinucd for a number of years, for our farmers to diversify and intensify, is growing popular of late much more so than when it was first made. The political affairs of Kentucky have assumed most vexing shape. It is unfortunate that some crack-brained fellow has made matters worse by rer sort to an attempt at assassination. It will tend to make a hero and martyr out of very poor material for the pur pose. Kentucky needs at this stage some cool headed leaders with comr mand and influence. She seems un fortunately lacking in this requirement We are inclined to think the school meeting actd wisely, on Monday eve ning, when it voted to reject the prop osition for a tenth grade for the Salem public schools. Not that, a tenth grade would not be a good rhing, if the dis trict were out of debt, or if the burdens of the taxpayers were not already heavy enough.- -But we have the Willamette University here, providing opporttmi- . ty for securiilfe training in the higher branches. It is a very good time to, be careful about adding to the burdens of the taxpayers. The question of adding more electric lights at municipal ex pense is anothef case in point. No doubt there are places where new. lights - ars needed. But this thing once started would prove a great annoyance, and it might add materially to the city's ex- . penses. f a start were made, there is no telling where it might en.JL ti '. . . 1 The nasty little scrub and monument al liar who is conducting the Roscburg Plaindcaler as the personal ocgin of Dinger Hermann in his candidacy for the United States senate, is 'devoting a good deal of his space to mendacity concerning the Statesman and its edit or. He has got the idea into his addled pate that the editor of the Statesman , claims to be or aspires to be a political b's. There is nothing further from the truth. . It doe's not reqaire a -political Ikks or seer to puncture the politi cal bubble oT. that, pretentious and ia sincere weather-cock,' Bingcr "'Her mann.' It is quite evident that the va Krings of this mendacious little scrub of the Plaindealer arc inspired by; his "bciicfirjary, Hermann, and that he is more than willing to; do the dirty work - of that perpetual aspirant. But, it is " fortunate that only such beneficiaries, even in Douglas county, are willing to so besmirch themselves and "crook the pregnant hinges of the knee that thrift may follow fawning." : ' . Weather observations have, been v taken by the - government authorities at Portland for twenty-eiKht years. During the month of February, in that time, the mean' temperature has been 41 degrees. The warmest month was in 1885. with an average of 47 degrees. The coldest , month was in t 97. with an average of 3a degrees. The highest temperature was 65 ' de grees, on the j&h, in 1884 The low est temperature was 7 degrees, in 1883, on the 5th. The average date on which . the first "killing frost occurred in autumn has been! November 26th. The same for the spring, April 11th. The average rainfall for the month has been 6.1 i inches. The greatest precip itation was 13.86 inches, in 1881, and the least precipitation was i.oi inches, lin 1895. The average number of clear days has been three; party cloudy days, 8; cloudy days, . 17. From the foregoing, residents ol theWillamette valley may glean conclusions of what they have a right to expect in the way of weather for the month upon which we are entering. Bu we have become used to remarkably favorable weather in the past few weeks, and in fact-during the whole of the season through which we have been passing. So we wil not be surprised to1 experience j a little better than average weather, and to get beyond the period of "killing frosts before theilth of April. - j A STATESMAN WANTED. It appears," according tofthe Oregq nian, that Oregon is feebly represented in the United States senate and that our great, pressing need is for the next legislature 'to choose as- a. success or to Senator McBride somedistin guisned citizen ot Oregon who pos sesses jail the attributes of statesman ship. ; So early in the battle, and : in order that, the voters of Oregon ; may act intelligently, it would jbe well to have "statesmanship personified.' Who is the - Baconian thinker I who will settle all questions of public pat ronage entirely upon their merits r and without regard to personal predilec-. tions or political service? Who is the austere negation " who will look down upon the applicant for place am? say: No my friend; you stood by me when I needed your; help; but that cuts no ice. A statesman should be above such petty considerations, and should - hold the balance even between friend j and enemy. If any such there be, v will the Oregonian please give it a name. It i is admitted that Senator ' McBride ship. He stands with his friends, and for this trait he has secured the hearty hatred of the Oregonian. But the op position of the Oregonian is not 1 a reason either for or against the re election of Senator McBride. i The on ly question for the legislature to de cide will be: "Docs the good of the state ; require the re-election of . the present senator or the substitution of some, other distinguished citizen." In order that this question may be ; de cided on its merits the people should send to' the legislature, men -ho will be something more than .mere faction ists or one-man .worshippers.' If lk,r, McBride is to be rejected there should be good reasons for such a course, and the people should have presented to them at Jhis time the name of the op position candidate. : Wliat' we want - to know s,f Who is the statesman?: j i What is statesmanship, and in which of its attributes., is, the senior senator lacking? The answer depends upon the point of view, but it is air to say that one whose ideas on great ques- Tfcfhs of national- interest af e well in ine with the advanced thought of the great leaders ot a party may be con IN THE "MORNING. sideredv from that party's standpoint, to be, possessed of a sufficient measure of statesmanship. Does the Oregonian judge Senator McBrtde by this rule, and if so, will it give the people the testimony from which it finds that he- is j lacking in Statesmanship? Is it of record, and where can republicans find t, in order that they may condemn the man for his acts of omission or commission, and not .merely to gratify the spite of ' a disappointed aspirant whose political footsteps are "echoing down the cor ridors of time," though it jdoes seem as if the echoes would never entirely die away but would mingle! their gol den cadences with the din of each suc ceeding legislative session. I Record evidence is the best of all. and when it can be obtained no mere . - : ; ' hearsay is entitled to any consideration, and the claim is here made that no fault whatever has leen or can.be found by the Oregonian or any other of Senator Mc Bride's t. party opponents with his recortt in the United States senate. Every vote he has'tast would have met the approval' of Senator )olph. j He is an, expansionist, a strong ad vocate of the single gold standard, a friend of. the Nicaragua canal and a rotcctionist. As to his ability, it is just 1 possible that the United States senate is fully as competent, to judge of that as is the editor of the Oregonian, and the fact that he has been signally favored in the matter of committee ap- pointments shows the estimation in which he is held' by the -distinguished president of that body. 'Lias! 'Lias! Bless de Lawd! Don Ryou know de' day's erbroad? Ef you don't git up, you scamp, -Dey'll be trouble in dis camp. Tink I gwine to let you sleep Wile I meks yo boa'd an keep? Dat's a p'ntty howdy-do Don't you hyeah me, 'Lias you? . - X .',-: -,v :" . Bet ef I come crost de flo Yon won't fin no time to sno. Daylight ;all a-shinin. in W'ile you sleep w'y hit's a sin! Ain't de can'le light enough To bun out without a snuff. . But you go de mo'nin thoo Bu'nin up de daylight too? i "-., - . 'i ::. i - i )" -. ; j ' :" . ! ,". -i-f 'IJas, don" you. hyeah me call? , No use tu'nin' to'ds de wall t- I kin hyeah dat mattns squeak; Don' you hyeah me w'en. I speak? Dis hyeah clock done struck off six- Caline, bring me dem ah sticks! Oh, you down, $ih; huh! you down Look hyeah, don t you daih to frown. Ma'ch yo'self an' wash yo face, Don't you splattah all de place; 1 got some'p'n else to do, 'Sides jes' cleanin' aftah you. , Tek dat comb an fix yo haid Look jest lak a feddah baid. Iook hyeah, boy, I let you see Vott shan't roll yo' eyes at me. Come hyeah: bring me dat ah strap! I Boy, I'll whup you 'twell you drap; Vou don felt yo sef too strong, And you sholy got me wrong. Sit down at dat table thaih; Jes you whimpah ef you daih! Evah mov'nin on dis place. Seem lak? I rails' lose rfiy grace. i ; - Fol" yo han'? an bow yq' haid , Wait ontwell de bless in' said; "Lawd, have mussy oh oar souls ( Don't you daih to touch dem rolls) t Bless de food we gwine to eat (You sit still I see yo feet; You jes' try dat trick agin!) . Give us peace an' joy. Amen!" I Paul Laurence Dunbar iir Truth. j- PRESIDENTIAL ELECTOR. -Roseburtr Plairidealer: ' - While down jthe; valley last week we heard, the name of JKudge; Jrullerton quite frequently mentioned as h a suita ble person--for presidential elector on the: republican " ticket, and if : "he should consent to allow the use of his name in that connection there is little doubt but that he would receive the nomina iion. NO FAMINE NOW. OLD AGE IN THE SOUTH., Good Sporting . Blood ' a Thrilling ' Standby Even in Declining 1. . . : r Years. We have had ccveral inquiries concerning the price of the Daily Cap- tal, of Topcka, Kansas, of which pa per Rev. Charles M. Sheldon is to assume charge, for one week, com mencing on .March, -3th.' We , notice that the price of the paper is 50 cents month, or $4 a year, and that it is delivered by carrier at 10 cents a week. n the announcement of the publishers of the paper, concerning the Sheldon edition, the following sentences ap pear: The press is the vanguard sof civilization. Tlie' daifyJ paper J$ Us vi tality. This is an age of government by newspaper. The press convenes law-making .bodies, marshals armies, builds navies. It declares wars and dic tates the.terms'of peace, fit js.thedie in which opinion is cast. It is . the force which makes . opinions effective This is quite a high idea of the influ ence of the daily press, or, rather, a high ideal of its m'ssion. ; Find out the case of this, effect, ? Or rther say,- the cause of this defect. For this v effect defective comes by ca'iie.. . - f Hamlet. ONE THINGf NEEDFUL. He Man has a perfect . organ , of speech. . 1 ; , She--Well, so. has woman. I He Oh, no, she isn't. Hers is made ithoti stops. f. ,; ' Twice-a-week Statesman, $1 a year. "Some one has aid," remarked Jack Tollifer, "that the closing years in the hie of a Southern gentleman are sad "and lonely; that the man who leads an outdoor lite, hunting and horse rac ing, has no resources left with which to enlighten his old age.- Well, it may be so, but it seems to me that that s a rather ! sweeping statement. Just take my Uncle Archie in Virginia, whom I visited during the holidays, three years ago. ; . . "-'Why, Jack,' he exclaimed, as he met me at the door of the square, old fashioned homestead. I am glad to see you. tome right in and make your self comfortable. "I followed him into the dining room, where the carved oaken legs of the old side table were almost bowed under the game and fruits and wines. 'Yes, Jack. my uncle said, .when we were seated, 'it certainly does seem good5 to see you. and I only wish you'd come ottener. But I suppose 1 m get ting to be poor company for a young chap like you. The boys have their huntin' and ridin", but we old fellows have to just sit around and think it all over.' ISiO'more foxes or coons when your knees get feelin' that stiff way. I gues there isn't much left in this world tor your uncle now JJut its a great comfort to sec you again, Jack; 'deed it is. "It did seem hard for the old widow-; er to be living that lonely life, too old to take part in the hunting that he was so fond of. with no one to talk to but old Joe and Aunt Sally. His one remaining interest seemed to center in his pet horse, who, like his master. was of good thoroughbred stock, but well on ;rt years. " 'Jack,' my uncle said on the morn ing of my departure, 'Robert L. and L may be well on past huntin' and racin days, but I'm going to drive you down to the station behind him, and. though there may be horses in the country that are faster now, I don t think well miss that train ; of yours by very much. Joe, just let that shovcllin' rest awhile and harness Rob ert L. to the light buggy. I slialldriyc Mr. Tollifer to the station.' "The old darkey touched his hat and hobbled off to the stable. Soon he re turned leading Robert L. with one hand and. dragging the clinking har ness with the other. In the road he stopped, threw the lines over the horse and hobbled back to fetch the buggy; Just then" wc heard a shouting and the sounds of galloping hoofs up the roaa. : j carer ana nearer it came up the road. Nearer and nearer it came until a small party of horsemen dashed into sight and did not stop until they arew rein in Iront of Uncle Archies. " 'Colonel Tolifcr,' the leader began breathlessly, 'have you seen er the boys er go by here lately? Just scared up a big red fox er biggest ever seen here started, up back of " 'What?' shouted , Uncle Archie, his eye sudenly snapping. 'Big red fox? First m twe years. No. Which way? I haven't seen 'em. Goodbv. Jack. God bless you my boy. Joe, he cried, "you drive Mr. Tollifer to the- station. 4 "Sweeping the harness, off, he scrambled excitedly to Robert L.'s j back 'and without saddle or stirrr.D flew on with the rest in their mad tear I down the road. Soon I could only catch glimpses between the clouds of ! dust of the, white whiskers blowing 1 oacic over nis shoulders an impressive reminder of that old age which, they say, so saddens the lives of gentlemen ot the bouth. New York Sun. This is the state of man; today he puts ' forth :: ' -.". The tender leaves of hope; tomorrow blossoms, -5 And bears his blushing honors thick noon him: The third day comes a frost, a killing , irost, And, when he thinks, good easy man, itrn surely ; His greatness is a-ripenmg, nips 1 his root.. And then he falls,' as I do. ( """- Astorian: ri V,-' The steamer Harrison arpved from Tillamook early ' yesterday morning with a big cargo of dairy products. As much of the cargo was composed of butter .the ' reported famine in that ar ticle in Portland; will now be tempor arily, relieved. ; , i : ; . , 1 -v- - IVORY IN COLD STQRAGE. The Tiisks of theu Mammoth. Replenish ' - l. the World's Supply. - i ''"-!" -rf':; ".'''.:-5-i . A new development im the., ivory trade is reported- With the opening tip of Central Africa the elephant will have- to go, and with, it the African ivory supply- It seems a strange sub version of popular association' of ideas in -connection with the ivory market that the supply of the-near future- wi.Il be derived, as travelers now maintain, not from , tropical. land,'k but from, the frozen regions of the ' North It is stated that, the amount of ivory that is hidden in the ice fields "of the Polar regions defiei estimate. The rapid de crease of the herds of elephants ;in Africa has turned the ' search of mer chants into other direction, .and tbe industry I is concentrating itself on special exploration for , the ' finding of the remains of mammoths," 'Reports are constantly coming "in of .finds of frozen carcasses of these huge, beasts, valuable, for the mass of ivory in their tusks, in the tundras s of , the North, mainly in Siberia. . How the giant ani mals were able to exist in the climate that has - preserved- their ' remains by freezing, 1 or how they chanced to be overwhelmed, j are problems, not -yet solved by science. Mammoth ivory, however,yjs not by any means a . mod fern discyvery. It. was known" "to" the ancients and for centuries it has been used . as Ian article of commerce and manufacture. Eighty .years ago the record.' of one year's f?'cs ofvivory. in the Yakutsk market ' exceeded 20,000 pounds, and the annual ' sales in that city from 1825-to, 1831 averaged over 60,000 pounds. In 1840 it was estimat- ed that the annual output of Siberian ivory reached It 0,000 pounds, repre senting at least 100 individual . mam- , r-. - moths, -and viri -i875L'it r was 1 estimated ' by . Baron Nordenskjold '"that the worldVivofy .market-had iljecfthrich-. ed by the remains of ,fuly 20,000 .Sibe-t rian mammoths since the conquest? of! Siberia : .. ' T'"" . " ' ..' t DID NOTSAY IT. ' British' Coasul -neral-IidatUKi . cize Senator. Mason. . I I Washington Jan. 30. The state de partment has anticipated the action by the senate, in the matter of the-alleged critisisms of the members of that body by Mr. Von Sietart, the British Consul general at New Orleans." The state depa.ment has made inquiries -into the matter, and the result was, a com plete .repudiation toy the consul of the sentiments attributed to him. i - A FIED VEDICT. "What is a metropolis, Uncle Chris tophcr'" . ' A metropolis is a . town so impor tant that it doesn't have to brajg about its' importinrm Poc-k. . ' t !' THOSE JOYING, GIRLS.- Maude Do you think . this ha t makes me look older? -' . t Clara Of course not, dear. I don't fcee how ijtpossibly -could. Wt tflmt M sir l JvAilvliJo Can motherhood be a crime under any circum stances ? Nature says,' Yes." By the sight of the thousand mothers living- in daily suffering; by the cries of the thousand children wailing in daily misery, motherhood can be a crime against 1 Nature. Nature never 1 permits ignorance of her ;. laws , to excuse guilt or mitigate punishment. i The father eats sour grapes and "the children's teeth are set on edge. The mother enters on maternal duties she is unfit to discharge and is punished in her own suffer ing and the weakness of her child. . The" greatest endowment any mother can give her child is a'sound healthy body. Every mother owes her child that body. It is a bitter thing for the tender mother heart to feel responsibility; for the shipwreck of a child's life, too weak to do battle with the gales which sweep across life's seal The mother cannot rive the child what she herself does not possess. The first step; toward happy motherhood is healfc. But now can a woman be healthy a, j will? - Let a woman answer. ' i' , . - A HAPPY EVENT. I take pleasure in in fonjiii(r you of the birth Of aboyin perfect health, on Jffay 18th, i899,'"vritea Mri U E. Corti, of Wal tontilla, Pa., Box 25. "I cannot find words suffi ciently strong to express to Vou my thanks, for iny delivery was; almost with oat paiu, and when ray husband arrived with, the doctor the child was already born. , .The neighbors who were with me, and my hus band and the . doctor .could not believe their eyes. Having suffered so much before I nerer believed myself able to be JeUVered of a living third. I tell everybody this happy ereat was due to the help of Gut and of your medicines. Oar hearts are full of gratitude to you for your medicines, which have given us the happiness of having a living child of our own. after so much suffering and dis appointment. ' I . recommend ; Doctor Pierce's Favorite. Pre scription to all young women who are in the same condition j that I was in ms one of the best remedies , in exist ence. I have used eight , bottles and find myself in perfect health. Ac cept my best wishes for. your welfare to the end of your days." Jn its substance Mrs. vCor ti's testimony to the lvalue and virtue of Dr. Pijfrce's Favorite Prescription is; iden tical with that of thousands of other women who have , been made well and hahby by this truly wonderful medicine. No two cases are exactly alike the details! vary but the general fact of suffering is always the same, fol lowed by the gerieiat result of a complete cure by the use of "Favorite Prescription. n ' ' WAS JUST WONDERFUL." , "During ray two years of I married life I hav; not had Rood health." writes Mrs. Daisy jStuddard, of 608 Suth Esplanade Avenue, ieavenwortn. Kan Ms. "I was all run down, and' my husband rot me to write to! Dr. Pierce and vxnlain mv ... i him and see if he could do me any good. So I wrote, and, thank tne ixwu, 1 got an eariy reply telling me what the trouble was. I commenced Uhing Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription and also the 'Pleasant Pellets, and now can say that I feel like a new woman, and can say also that we have a big baby, four months old. .When I was confined it was just wonderful how I got along, and now I do all my own work and do not feel tired out like I used to. I have taken eight bottles of the 'Favorite Pre scription.' It makes me feel well and strong." Nothing else could speak sb emphatically in praise of Dr. Pierce's Favoi&e Prescription, as do these - testimonials of weak women made strong and sick women made well. It seems to some women well nigh miraculous, that af tec years of suffering, and the failure of all medi cines and doctors to give relief, they .find a pefr-. feet and permanent cure in " "Favorite Prescrip-" tion." But from the medical standpoint the wonder would be if n Favorite Prescription " , failed, to cure. It is made to cure as a sewing machine is made to sew, and, it does perfectly what it was made to do. It is not a 'cure all." It is a medicine specially prepared to cure the ailments, peculiar, to woman. It regulates, the peri ods, dries unhealthy drains, heals inflam mation and ulceration and cures female'. weakness. It invigorates the womanly organs, increases womanly vigor and strengthens the nerves. Thus with' those who use'' Favorite. Prescription," the pre natal period is passed in peace and comfort, the birth -hour passes .with scarcely any pain, and the mother is made happy by . ; -having , a , bright, ; healthy, baby, and being abundantly able to nourish it herself. 7 ,. JHS?. .a?St,TaiBit-S5B: !V Why Stay Sic It 7 ? Women suffering from disease in its extreme or chronic form are invited to consult Dr. Pierce by let ter, absolutely with out charge 'or' fee. All correspondence is strictly private, and sacredly confi dential. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y- Do not confound Dr. Pierce's offer of free consulta tion by' letter with the offer of f ree medical advice," made by those in capable of giving medical advice, . be cause they are not medically educated. Whenever iin offer ot '.medicaldvip2' is made by man or woman, see first if the offer is made by a qualified and competent physi cian, before you risk your " health , and waste your money. In any s case there -is no other offer of free consultation - which has behind it a specialist in diseases of women, such as Is Dr. R. ,V. Pierce, chief consulting physician to the Invalids Hotel -j and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y,who, assisted by his, staff, of nearly a, icore of competent physicians, has, in- the past thirty years, and over treated and cured more ; than half a million wbmen. Write to the doctor. There is no alcohol, in Favprjte Prcscripr, tion " and it contains no opium, cocaine or other narcotic "It is a temperance medicine. 000" Qivee Away I I In the past year it has cost Dr. Pierce $25,000, exclusive of postage, to supply the demands of ' those who accept his gift offer of a copy of the " Medical Adviser" FREE. This book contains 1008 large pages and over 700 illustrations and is an authority on disease, hygiene, and reproductive physiology. It is. sent ' FREE, bound in paper covers, on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pay expense of mailing ONLY: For cloth binding send 31 stamps. - ,' ; V ; h Address: Y DR: R V. PIERCE, Buffalo; N.iY Henry. VIII, - Hi i
