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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.
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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!
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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-
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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
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t .e-
I Hi
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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
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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
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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
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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.