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t ... Mill ,1 '1 m'mmImm MMMMMIIM MmMMmmM,MMMMM'IM,M"MM""M""'MMMMM"MMMMM' . , . J 31AXY H0P3 SOLD ! - . J E. C. HJCKRETf REPORTS OH DEALS MADE RECEXTXT. Several lrgm Crop Changed Bu OnUIda of th Okm Orowcrs' (From Daily, Feb. 24th ) E. C Herren. of the hop firm Of Herren & Levy, of this city, stated yes terday that the bops, purchased by his firm from Lewis Savage a few days ago, consisted of 54 bales.and if he coukl have secured samples of the lot a month ago, he would have paid S'i cents per pound for them. Mr. Herren further stated that between 600 and 700 bales of hops had been sold in the vicinity of, Independence- during- the past two weeks, none of fhem being controlled by the Oregon Growers Association. On last Tuesday, the O. D. Rider crop 7 miles from this city in Polk county, was sold at 1V2 cents j the John Holmes crop, near Eola, was sold at 6J4 cents per pound, and Seary Bros., of Eugene.; dis posed of 210 bales at 6A cents: all of these are said to have b?en sold out side the association. Mr. Herren says there is a little inquiry for hops but prices are no better than i they were, and those sold would -have brought equally as good figures a month ago. I- 'If . .. I Several offers for different lots! of hops are under consideration by the Sa lem agency of' the association. MJ L. Jones, of Brooks, president of the 'as sociation, yesterday stated that one deal er was telegraphing on a lot of 500 bales. ' i . The Statesman was misinformed a few days ago concerning the removal of the association's office from Woodburn to Portland. The head office at Wood 'urn will be maintained. IL L. Bents. t!.- secretary, having been transferred i Portland temporarily in: order; to inorf . c.onvi nient'y attend to the busi m ;' the : ar ..-iation . during- the ship linT season. The association had no iru-tniou f'c- discontinuing ils Wood fwrii niikT. , f j ' l-npiiUri. 'writing ...t thr marke; 4 i't the .St?ce-rtt v- of 4rrwerj:,D:ganu itt.. in tike jMarU' I-jn-r Repress . . ! ,miim'.! MrgV",- tvC -rt: -is3' s: ; "I miist ;'," tii it ; . iinii p. Ht r.iy -MKr.-l. .Ut ilits ;in nt"U: with rc-.-.:i-ct to.tij ls'i trjdv. .i'.5 Jt'wus'i it iiuv It .slid ; im; 1 .!-. !i:tV;e to allow tt :. iiiHrv' 'i! t.r-il !t '.! t (!'! p. 'it remarks. I !'n:iit'.l::i '" '. tl ,,i jrv;:.i:!v ',K'- .1! .iA'. .!-, ! - -J t. . "! al! : !;! I- -.r :' til-:!.,ir-.-f;! 1:1 h "... . ; ip arc i.i . t rutithc;. p..s 1 r bv 'vrhich aloti. - ..I1 : nU'cun t: K " vf:!! t -1 i (;-.-... f . .v r ur .xUit l., hut tt 1 at prict -thcit nw&t U- !' .iituc' t i iro-t s7,rcr.iti Why !?! : f." U n i-.M-fcr hrt'f :! i t-; ? v ri5u 1 si for tht Innelit of the . l.ir;'v.-,'n;' 4i'ii;.iJini;;. , ! TjjccM.y Ifxly'l !.;.. t-n-c-s..ee:s- dkt'aff tht ,:.. .() i:uri-:i:tns f thiT weal h pa .i.j cu.nprchn-.ion ' But a til. ic.priv astounding feature of the affair is - f '':nd 11 the apparent inili.fcrence with M.u li planters regard the position, and J: - it i along without 'making any effort t save themselves, and their industry from destruction. : "The warning voice cf : thei real friends is unheeded, while their ears ap pear to be open to eery 'wind of vain doctrine' set-in motion by those .whose interests are actually bound up in the acceptance by growers of ! these mis leading, tenets. My observation leads me to conclude that my English coun try friends are not alone in being the victims to grasping buyers. The same advantage is taken of their disunion by the capitalists in all eountfics- The power which always accompanies "cash in hand" is exercised against the weak' er element of need throughout the Con tinent and in America in like manner as in England. Our Yankee brethren, both on the East and Vestscoasts. have especially felt the pinch of! oppression, and have been thereby goaded into a movement for seH-protectkwn. Many of them are now engaged im organiia- tion, which, when completed, will en4 abe them to set their backs to the wall and fight the battle out;- - Can it be said that the English farmer has less grit than his competitor over tflie water? I should be disinclined to adjnk that such an accusation had any j true ; basis. Therefore, though my experience thus Tar does not give' me much encourage ment to hope for better things. L will .-i. UJiavv.r-to cast aside ny fears, f and -,q)wUI f ofttinue mjr exhortation in favor 1 ? lit termination not to be, beaten.f and if that "union which is strength.' j the thick n 1 i w'..ich is already established i:i nut- midst. - - ' J . . . ) ' d"0 come down ito present facts, a ibly; trade is being done, but th de i:5iiid 5 s' persistently directed towards rsccu ivtrcciS that there is njw no .v.k; o iinpn.ment n prices, though i; r ? !e : t4 tiut recent alues arc jnt tipht'ij At (he opening of last ll.l'lllil .!iurh1 IfOltl ii-K'd ! .t' ii' in :"! I sav (that ti:ve iv!'e ;ire. r iV i.;.'iieu !v I e tlirre 1. 'i wncr. ti:e t..r rvovery i :i:ul 1 tnsi th.rt i.v. y: rc ti l a.i- -.1 'I I b Ji. U'Vtrs f . . 'n h,ne lps in hi t r-p- : The "lov, ''jj e.ihir "ct" r Mf.iT-li' 1- i.-iied I'V Vale.:uc 1 x .1. t .e- I Hi I f4' York itu-rrJ:at:: : Keecpts jTm Sc;t. liMi! t . a .Kui"irtf uHiVieck MpT s 1 :u r; i. t ins i r ss e'K . .... i ...... 4 Jrir.iorts trni -Sep. t--....j ViUneo-. i 1.1 tli'1 rt(;ii ! r Ji ie I'uKviv l ij'.-f .t ( ! il f -u .'i;- tl.e p.a-4. t.'i .lj. ; eks :irt-t wrku;j 'V.rt ni "stwrr hiilv The. tranai t; r. n vtr.v Ntdcr rane- t pnet-s aco.tr ding to quilt tv. sa from 5c. for very cormnoup; to lie kr strictly prime, with two or three lots of exceptional quality- somewhat higher. We are advised that only 500 to 600 bales of hops remain unsold in Sonoma Co., California; the Sooomas and Eastern Washingtons have been given the preference over Sacramentos. Oregons and Western Washingtons and a fair quantity of the latter are still in growers' -hands. The interest that has recently been shown by buyers in this state has tended to give a little better tone to the market here, and while values have not materially . changed, slightly more confidence is left. This is especially true of the more desirable grades. An exporter bas paid i22l2 cents here for state stock, and would buy mere. The bulk of the offerings are of considerably lower qualities and these go "to our quotations. London mail and cable advices are firm, and the German' markets are reported strong. State, 1899, choice, per lb. -..12(2,13 State. 1809, good to prime, . . .10 ci2 State, 1899. Common to fair. 5 9 State, 1898...... .. .. ... - 5 9 Pacific coast, 1899. choice.. 13 ViyA Pa- coast, '99, good to prime 10 64.12 Pa. coast, 1899, com o fair.. 5 (V 9 Pacific coast, 1898......... 5 State and Pa, cosat, old olds. 2 5 RISK IN SHOOTING OIL WELLS .- . : Many Lives Are Lost in the Effort to Produce Gushers. - - Of the -thousands oi persorrs inter ested in the oil fields of Lrrdiana and Ohio, a very small proportion have only a faint idea of the dangers al most daily encountered by that hardy and glaring clas of men known" as "shooters." says the Indianapolis News. From the timeJ the "shooter" starts with -his wagon load cf nitro glycerine until tho shooting has been accomplished there is not a moment which is not fraught with danger. These Joads vary tfrom 80 to 240 quarts of nfy.oglycerine, and are? carried over roads that are fnone tor good with uVrh, a power in the vehicle Despite the care taken, much loss df life ha resulted from explosions during these trips. William Ulmer started one morning with 750 qmarts on his wagon, and when (but a few miles tfrom Blnff !on there wajs ( an' exp'osoon which shock the country fof 50 mVles. Al! that could be? If ound was a few f rag rueints of fle'sh.ftnrt whether these be onged to 4he man or his team wiH never be Known. At the point whert ih-- exp'osion toftk place the earth u-in bown away to the bedrock, a d:s taiij of 30 feet downward from tht H-ry Woods and George Hiscock lC"h experienced workers in thi ficU. 'wx-re bl6wn to atoms bv an explosion .K!(h tr-ok place at a maaanne near Monipel:e.r.' In : he Jay county fi Jd about it -:i from this city, a year a!?o, Jamei-Tit- - psOn and Gilbert Goodin wert u:w?cd in lowering a powe:al charg t'T :he purpose of shoitt ng a weM. r,!"e i the long torpedo caught on a ,jo"rtion. In the ren-'int cras wh h fol'oed both men were torn t j - es. the greatest portion; df , either . errg the trunk of Goodin, wbch wa ,nled to his Geneva home under the baggy seat of an undertaker. The hands of Tlonnpson's gold watch were -own into the dial. I"rirap his residence of ten years in rm!:na William Snedk"r has- sho .Jioo weMs, using, it is claimed, 400, 000 quarts of nitro-glyxrerine. Snede ker. as well as every other shd-'Ker hauls his load of nitro-grycerire in . wagon designed especially for such work. Under the .seat "of the waon : a square box of a--dozen1 cpmpaxt ntents. each padded heavily, and into one of these the separate caoa .of the molasses-like flurd is placed carefully, the lid of the box which contains so much danger thefn rbeing carefully fas tened kwo place. With, this done the shtoter starts for his destination. Ar riving at the well, the 'long, thim tubes, better known as torpedoes, are placet! in the casing, and the nitro-glycerine poirred nto the A. As one is fi'j!ed 'it is Jowered tx tbe bottom, and othe follow until the entire charge. for the well is thisjsunk. When a'l is'in read iness the 1go-devil," a p:ece of iron, is dropped into the hole, this often be ing 1.200 to 1500 Ffeet deep. . Ncrthin as heard for a moment or so, then a map and a crash, tfoMowed by a rum ble. Louder amd louder becomes the rumble, until a tall column of oil and water shoots high abo-ve the derrick sending clouds of spray to the wind wand, j . The explosion of the Empire Glyce rine Company's magazine near War ren a few .nights ago is ancher in stance of the terrific powev. of the ex plosive, the force from that being felt a distance of sb miles. Job Carru thers. nearly a half mile aw,ay, was prostrated '.by 1 fhe awful shock. LIFE IN THE TENEMENTS, ; j .5 5- ' pJ One half the world knows not how the other half rives, and each ha" thinks its wy is best. The New York Herald of recent date pictured a typ ical block of East Side tenements This is the city block bounded by Christie, Forsyth, Bayard and Cana' streets. ; It has 605 sets of apartments 2f. of two rooms each, 179 of three roon.s, and the " remainder of four ri'o'iis "thoi7jrh the tpierent i :.!U:tedby 2781 persons, there is not a bath room in the entire block. In it are 411 rooms without windows.! f The amazing thing is (hat the oecu -priu ol these tenements -ive there iroir: rsolee. rather than -from neces .vit. 'Iticy like the herding process; I are K.isornty happy in j the"Y -li'nmn.J nzs. To the farmer I upon thi v..srm prairies, and the miner - . I tl'f c'oriOus mountains, it is inJ, cncciab'e that men an! women; cM live in a tenement like that jus Ii -cr bed. and like iu The man of the net has nature's Joys around . him. His the glory of the sunrise and the Mcet sadness of evening; the ham of U... the song of birds, the rippling k-, hc Hrtwers.ard grrenirwf grass, tl;.- t fi-eis. the flying cloud upOr if e r. rtaln.- the soothing influence sit !.rkrfs. and; a thousand other - I.t and sounds of undefiled na-i-tsrt. !; -. , ; : ' s l"f in the othfr hand, the tenemen ti:c finds it as inconceivable that men and women should live from choice the lonely life of the prairie and Mhe mountains. He likes- the crash and rumble of the great city. Its myriad. WEEKLY OREGON STATESMrff. fights and cheap theatrical amaseh ments appeal to hi citified nature. Tn, fhe city, be says, "something is always going on;" in the country almost nev-, er. The city is (full of sensations. Al ways there 9 the crash of iwusic, and, the babble of a-million voices. As he expresses it, he can see more in New, York in a day than 4e cojikt see in a year in the country. Arid so he cart, imrri his point of vision. . li you could remove the 2781 per- sons who, inhabit the block described, by the Herald, and scatter them m, corrn'ortable iiomes over the prairies, tnd among the mountains, you would be railed at for your pirns. Oinly the, children would call you blessed. The, others would brood over the lack of. dry attractions, and long for the. 'old times' when they were "rushing the growler," and the children were, playing, on the pavement and taking ill sorts of lessons in all sorts of vice. Need we wonder ajt the f rightful' de-, velopmerrt of degenerates? Spokes-inan-Review. . ABORIGINES ARE DYING OUT. Natives of Tasmania Will Soon Be- ' come an Extinct Race- There was an interesting description yi the last days of the aboriginal, be fore he became f improved away" by he English settlers, in a lecture given y the agent general for Tasmania (Sir cilip Fysh) at the Whitehall rooms, -ays the Pall Mall Gazette. For the South Sea i islanders, he said, nature Tas provided, planting, cultivating and -ipening their foods so that "they toil :ot, neither do they spin nor gather nto barns." How different it. was in Tasmania! It could not in its prim iive 'state support a large papulation. fungus known as the bread fruit of he datives, and the kangaroo, walla y and wombat were there, and fish, ill to be had by the spear trap and the practice of amiphibious -habits, but the see was poor in physique, neglectful nd remorseless of infant female life. f!ach tribe was in perpetual war with :he next, between whom a river or a mountain was the only line of demarca ion. TJiey were exposed to the in lemency of the weather, an animal kin being their only, if only, clothing; stacked by catarrh and pneumonia, the iTtality must have been abnormally Htrh, and judging by the paucity of lumbers found there bv us they were i doomed race. Great efforts for: their protection vere put forth. Proclamations of hi? n.iiesty were made by rudefy painted iu-tnres fastened upon trees intended a explain that if white shot black thf -rner would be hanged, and if black eared white black would be hanged iany were docile, but the villainies of he bushranger drew upon the settlers vengeance without discrimination, u'sing an effort so early as 1830 to IVct all the tribes. The government unt 30.000 and engaged 3000 per- ns in a cordon stretched across the 3nd called the black line, or black ;ir.. but it was a complete failure, on? i in and one boy being the only cap ites, alid they by accident. , Among very many settlers- who were rrte friends of the black one man tands out with a history which is a. 'emorial' of good deeds. The black isn's -friend was G- A. Robinson. - a rick-layer by trade and a noble-soUled Jiilanthropist; he trusted them, he and :s wife lived with them for a time, and moral suasion he brou.ht them, trough many a "hairbreadth escape, :mself. to camp around his home in Tobart. Their counselor and pro ertor, his .ascendency became com !ete. Truganini. a native woman.; .as companion to Robinson in his urneys among the blacks. She had ved long enough at -peace with white eople to respect their purposes. Mr. 'onwick writes of her: "Her mind vas of no ordinary kind. Fertile in Tpedient, sagacious in council, cour teous in difficulty, she had the wis 'om and fascinations of the serpent,, he intrepidity and nobility of the royal nler of the desert." When collected they were fed, 'othed and protected in native quart Ts, and medically comforted "under he care of an imperial superintendent, "he remnant of their number in 1835 -as but 203 souls. -From a mortality -oint such paternal care seems to have een a failure, as their number in 1847 yas reduced to 47. The last male na :ve, called King Billy, became a whal ng hand among sailors, adopted their ices and succumbed to excesses in S69. Truganini, or Trucanini. lived o the fairly ripe old age for an abo iginal of 65; she was a constant visitor o my fruit garden and delighted in and dulged much in the freedom of many ither gardens until -she ended by her leath the last chapter of her race in he year r 1876. FOR TIRED EYES. Here is the rece for the wash for red or inflamed eyes, says the Boston tournal. It is a valuable one. and one vhich cannot be excelled. Take is traps of spirits of camphor and mix Hth one teaspoonful of powdered Soracic acid. Pour on two-thirds of a ap of boiling water. Strain, let cool, rd apply as needed. Sop into fhe ds and also put into the eyes with -a 'fr'vpper. Do not abuse the lamps na tirre gave, you by reading in bed or straining them with a poor light. TRAGEDY. "Heavens!" moaned the heroine. "It " awful to die aVone here in the dark!" But what couM be done? The lime lijrht. man at .that moment was en gaged in so fierce an argument w3th he heighboring barkeeper over the hort-change question that he had for gotten the lapse of time. Indianapolis Press. Water is the hardest of all substances fo heat, with the single exception, of hydrogen gas. The easiest two, are-mercery and lead, which stand in this re spect on' nearly the same -footing. Women suffer more from disappoint ment than men. because they have more of faith and are naturally more credulous. Marguerite de Valois." - i It is often easier to justify oneself to others than to respond to the secret doubts that arise in one's own bosom. Mrs. Olipbant. TUESDAY fBRUARY 27, ZZ3Reclpes of NORWEGIAN PUDDING. Soak half a pound of sago in cold water" for our hours. Then boil one ; pound of red currants and raspberries ' in. a. pint of water, sweeten ' to . taste ; and when quite soft pass through a1 hair , sieve and return to the saucepan with the sago. Stir over the fire until the sago is cleat, then pour into a mould. When set. turn . out carefully, and serve with whipped cream. SWISS, PUDDING. - Chop six ounces of beef suet very; fine and mix it wel? with, eight ounces! of bread crumbs, haK a pound of ap-, pies, pared, cored and finely, mfneed.;; eight ounces of powdered white sugar,; the juice and grated peel of one lemon, and a pinch of salt. Mix thoroughly and put it into a buttered mould; boil' and serve at once. FNDIAN HAM SANDWITCHES. Pound and mix well together one-; half cupful of chbpped ham, a table-' spoonful of soft butter and a dash fj tabasco or cayenne. To this , add a table sbonful of Iidian chutney and the same amount of chervil, chopped fine. Stir and mix 'all thoroughly and spread on thin, unbuitered bread. RUSSIAN CREAM. To one package of gelatine add one pint d? cOld water, and when dissolved add one pint of hot water, two cups of sugar and the juice of six lemons". Stir slowly mnliP well dissolved, then strain into moulds., filling them about haK "full. Cover - another .package of gelatine with cold water,-: and when dissolved , add one cup of . new WHAT ONE WOMAN THINKS. : A pretty woman is never clever. She is too wise. s The latest hiding place for microbes is in moustaches.- A boy never realizes- how good his mother isuntil he gets sick. 'Match peddlers are men of much 'ight and good understanding. ; The boy with a stern father thinks his 'principal affliction a parent. The average age of widowers when remarrying is 42; or widows 3t. The jailer is the only .person you can't blame for keeping bad company. You never know how good some rrten are until you read their obitua ries. A large part of Christianity consists 'n being good and amiable to every body. It is very hard for a wife to re-i member sometimes that Adam was' made first. The' small boy prondunces a meal first-rate when there is enough gravy 0 go, round. ' The smallest act rnhy be glorified. by, he kindly spirit thaTpromipfs its per-" iormance. . . , .This earth would again be an Eden' 1 men would only do'wha women hink they ought to do. The public schools of -Cuba are to be; furnished with first class American' clocks, another evidence of the good rme in store for the island. . Tlic woman who can put in her shoes without fitting on the floor is about as rare as 'the man who goes to bed without hanging his necktie on the gas ret. POLAR EXPLORING PXRTY. The expedition of Baron Toll, organ ized for the exploration of the New Siberian islands and Sannikoff land, will set out in June next from a. Nor wegian port, whence it will proceed to the mouth of the. Lena, on the banks of which,- at a point above the town of Yattusk, it will pass the winter. Dur ing the summer of 1001 the expedition will begin its explorations toward the north, picking up en route a detach ment which will be' sent forward from the main body during March With a sufficient supply of dogs. BACKACHE is a symptom. Something makes the backache and that something; requires attention or the backache can never be perma nently stopped. I suffered for years with a long list of troubles," writes Mrs. C. Klenk, of Wells, Minn. (Box 151), to .Mrs. Pinkham. "and I want to thank you for my complete re covery. LydiaE. HnkbAm's Vege table Compound is a wonderful medicine for women. ' j il had severe female complaints causing terrible Dackacne ana vous prostration; " was dizzy most the time, had headache and such a tired feeling. I now have taken seven bottles of your Compound and have also used the Sanative Wash and feel like a new woman. I must say I never had anything help me so much. I have better health than I ever had in my life. I sleep well at night, and can work all day without feeling. tired. I give Lydia E. Pinkham 's Vege frightened and sent for the doctor; and he said that it was for tunate for me that it came away. I got quite well after that and have your Compound alone to thank for my recovery. "j Multitudes of women suffer constantly with backache. Other grateful multitudes have been relieved of it by Mrs. Pinkhazn's advice and medicine. ! 1900. Many NatIonSsxzz. milk, . one , cup of 1 sugar and heat to a boiling point,, stir ring frequently. Then set away to cool. Whip one quart of thick cream until light, beat the whites of six eggs an add both to the mixture. When cool flavor with vanilla and pour into the jelly moulds. The jelly. must be cold when this mixture is poured on top, and the whole must be set before being turned out and cut into slices. JAPANESE BREAKFAST CAKES. A pint and a half of flour must be used with one pint of cold water, one egg, and salt. Bake in gem pans. The secret ot success is to have a hot oven. GERMAN L YON N A I S E POTA TOES. V j 'Fry one-half cuptful cf sl-iced onions in butter or drippings to a Hght brown, then add one and one-halt pints off sliced jor hashed cold boiled potatoes, season and fry to a. Hhter brown than the On ion i. Five minutes before serv ing 'add one table spoonful of parsley and three taTle9poonfuls of good vine gar. SCOTCH SCONES. Tox one pound of flour add two level teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar ai.d one level, tea spoonful1 of bicarbonate of soda; make a hollow in the center of the flour and pour in one pint otf but termilk; the dough should be of the consistency of biscuit dough; add one teaspoonful oi salt; toss out on a flour ed board and roll out to one inch thickness; cut in rounds and bake in a hot griddle; they must bake slowly, and when brown on the under side turn them and brown on the other1, j POSSIBILITIES OF I EXPLORATION More Dangerous in the Antarctic Than in the Arctic. f The Arctic and Antarctic are alike only in degrees of cold and in the quantities of ice. Even in this they differ and In every other respect there is no resemblance. From this it fal lows that an Antarctic explorer should be differently equipped fronr the man who travels in the far north. The hope less isolation and impossibility of re treat make a-, fixed outline a perma nent station, 'and two vessels impera tive, says a writer in Scribner's. 'Should an expedition risking their fortune as did the crew of the Belgica in a single vessel and. in the .unknown drift lose 1ht ship, which is always easy, the "disaster would mean nearly certain death for everybody. It is true that the Belgica experienced no great damage by pressure, but that they es caped with the vessel is a matter due quite as much to accident as to any wisely prompted construction of the ship. If a field of ice two miles in di ameter should press upon any vessel in the wrong situation, it would cer tainly crush her. j This is alwars to be expected in An tarctic navigation, and t makes ja companionship in-dispensable. The south, also, is a hard school for ex plorers. , Yoimg men who wish to en gage in .this work should take their schooling in the - more congenial Arc tic .regions. : It is with books as with men; a very small number play a great part;: the rest are confounded with the multi tude. Voltaire. i f Anger ventilated often hurries tow ard forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge. Bulwer-Lytton. In great straits, and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest. Livy. . Conversation is the vent of charac ter, as well as of thought. Emerson. ; Forty is the ae of youth 50 is the yoifth of old age. Victor Hugo. j. WEARINESS OF ' BACKACHE ner of table Compound all the credit, for I know it lias cured me of all my troubles. I would not do without your ret dies for anything. ; Mrs. E. Furton, of Meade, Mich., writes: Two years ago I was troubled with constant backache and headache iad was very nerv ous. I resolved to try your medi cine and took two bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham' Vegetable Com pound, andv on taking the third a tumor was ! excelled. I was a little CHEATED THE LAW - J. D. NEWMAN, AN KX-CONVICT. SCI tlbES BY HANGING, 7 la Ik ibwiK of Hop, SnbaUtated HU Smpadera Vrdlet of th Coronrs Jury. , (From Daily,, Feb. 25th.) John D. Newman, aged about . 46 years and a native of Swecden, who was under sentence of five years to the state penitentiary for iarceny in a house, com mitted suicide by hanging himself in the Marion county jail shortly before noon yesterday. ' - Newman was arrested about ten days ago for removing from a house some furniture belonging to Richard Carlson. He waived preliminary examination in the city police court and was held to the circuit court. When arraigned he pleaded guilty,, and 9 o'clock yesterday morning he was sentenced by -Circuit Judge Q: H. Burnett to serve five years in the penitentiary. At the noon hour Newman's lifeless form was found hang ing in a cell that had been used for storing wood. " The body was promptly cut down, but all signs of life had de parted. ' - Newman had taken a piece of oak stove wood which he inserted in the Ventilator in the cell. He fastened his suspenders around - the outer end and by means of a strip from his canvas cot. had made" a noose which he had adjusted about his neck and then by bearing his weight upon an improvis'-' ed rope he deliberately ended hjs life by strangulation, for his feet were in contact with a tier of oak wood. . Coroner A. M. dough was summon ed and took charge of the remains, which he removed . to: his undertaking parlors On State street. At 7:30 o'clock last evening, having empaneled .a jury, he proceded to hold an inquest. A number of witnesses were called and testified regarding the finding of the body and the facts surrounding the suicide. The deceased had left a let ter, addressed to his sister, Mrs. A. Anderson, cf Raymond. Minnesota. The 'etiter was written a number of days ago, in the Swedish language. It was interpreted to the jury and will be for warded to 4he sister of the deceased. In the letter, the suicide deplored his ill luck ,and alleged that he had been ill treated by a nephew named Adolph Anderson. When the letter was writ ten, Newman evidently did not con template suiciding for he said that, he fxpected'to receive a-sentence of one year but would serve his time and make the most of it. The five years sentence that he received was , doubtless more than he had bargained for and he doubtles concluded to end his miser able existence. Atfter hearing the testimony and visiting- the scene of- the suicide 'he, jury rendered the following verdict: "That the deceased was named J. D. Newman, was a native of Swedn. was about 40 years old: that he came to his death on the 24th day of February, igoo'of strangulation by hanging himself with a common sus pender attached to a .piece of wood placed in a ventilator of a dark cell; we herebv exonerate the sheriff from any and all blame for such action on the part of said J. D. Newman. S. A. Hughes, foreman: T. M. dlurd. A. W Veatch. T. P. Welch. J. B. Benoit. J. A. McCann. jurors: . ' Newman had served three sentences in the Oregon state penitentiary, from which he was released at the expiration of Shis third term less than six weeks ago. He has no relatives on th'e, coast and will be buried by the county today. THE MAN-WOMAN OF THE PE RIOD! r There is. quite a respectable minor ity of women (respectable from-a nu merical standpoint at . any rate) who,, seem tp regard it as a mistake on the Lord's part that they have been lim-i ited to such narrow vocations as ak-! ing care of the home, raising children, and initiating those children in the first principles of We, learning, and conduct. It is one .of the features of the day the number of women who are in revolt "against the destiny to which they are morally, mentally fand physiologically ordained. They are trying to do two things from which, they are by the very constitution1 of nature prohibited. First, they are try ing to cease to be women, and second, they are attempting to be men. It is good Scripture and good civili zation that a woman is entitled to be man's helpmeet It is an old-fashioned rdea, but tt- worked well so long as it obtained, and we shall not be willing to have .it replaced by the "new wo man" fad until there is evidence that the innovation issues in a better type of womanhood. The hope of the world is the family. ! and the hope of the famidy is the first of all in the distinct and exclusive wo manliness of the mother. If women want to continue to retain the natural admiration of the other sex they will haye to do it by taking cace-tjr be women and nothing but worrten. Also, if they wish to .preserve the distinctive quality .and inexpressible 'delicacy of. their sex, they win have to do it ry broadening, not by contracting,' nc distance that divdes their sex front the other. Chas. H. Park hurst in Spokesman-Review. EASILY EXPLAINED. 1 Watts Ever Tiotice? how kindly an audience takes to jokes about police men or women? That is; men do. 'I'm afraid it's a bad sign. Potts Don t you worry. It ts hu matv nature to enjoy seeing- one's bosses ' made fun off. Indianapolis Press.;. ' , - -h- t " y j-; "The office." said the theorist, "should seek the man." : 1 j . tPossibfy. cossibly." replied the prac tial po!it ciar, '"but it is my experience inai omces 00 mignty utile searcuuiK Chicago Post LA urs believe neither half "of the good people-tell us of ourselves, nor half the evil "the say of others. J. 1 etit-erm.