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YEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, TUESDAY, -MARCH 13, --igoo. THE iVEEKLY W&'3 Published every Tuesday and Friday . by the . STATESMAN PUBLISHING' CO 266 Commercial St., ,Salem, Or. R. J. HENDRICKS, Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: -One year, in advance 00 Six months, in advance.. 5 SUBSCRIBKRS DESIBIXQ THE AD diets of their paper changed must stat the name of their former postofflce, well as of the office to which they wish the paper chansed. General Wheeler ought to be per milled to take his seat, rale or no rule, 'M Tiu fM American troops in Cui villi shortly be reduced to 500- Good warrants this' step toward stable elf it government, f ; "Puerto Rico pays- nothing irt t he wav f tariff dirties, that does not re turn to its schools, roads and other home interess" says an exchanger and till h the proposition now before con gress. ' - - ' I -. -r InnVnendence is to have a creamery The movement is growing. We hope to see it keep up. until every town 11 the WUIaniehe valley ha such an in sthution and Salem a half dozen or so larfee ones. I ; I'rof. "Scmirman says the govern ment of the Philippines will closely re semble that outlined by President Jef ferson fof the Louisiana purchase. Here is a point in which Bryan con siders himself immeasurably superior to Jefferson." . . 5 j : . I "The tariff has not yet touched Puerto Rico except to add to the funds for its own exclusive use," says the St. Louis Republic. And it will not touch IVerto Rico, except for this purpose, under the bill passed by the lower house of congress. . i 1 The Chinese -minister to the Unittd States, Wu Ting Fang, says, that the world needs a universal language, and lie intimates that the English, with some few variations and modifications, would meet that want. "It is spoken in the streets of Shanghai as well as in 'those of Hong Kong," he remarks. "It is taught in the schools of Yokohama as well as in those of Singapore. Chi nese, Japanese, Germans, Russians and Frenthnien alike use it in their busi ness offices, in their clubs and in their family circles. In short, it may be called the commercial language of the Orient. Signs point to its ultimate adoption as an international tongue." . Wu Ting Fang is not die. first foreign er of intelligence and prominence who ha made prediction of the eventual supremacy of the English tongue. Ger man and French philologists many de cides ago talked on this subject in the same strain a the Chinese minister docs now, but they could not give quite so many reasons for the faith that wa in them as rhis close observ er can furnish. It is known to every one who has followed up the discus sion of this question of a world's lan guage that the number of persons us ing English as a mother tongue lias increased marvelously in the past 100 or joa years. At the beginning of the present century only about 20.000,000 IKOple spoke rhi$ language, while to day it is used by ijo.ooo.ooo. A century ago French was spoken by more per sons than, English. Two centuries ago it ;was generally supposed that French w-u!d eventually be the univer sal languagel It had a vogue "at that time nch as no other two languages could command.-" i I Frolicking with her baby makes one of the prettiest spectacles ever seen in the home. But nothing is sadder to see than the unhofipy mother, weak and nervous, striving in rain to hush the cries of her weak and nervous babe. There can be no happiness for either mother or iild without health.. Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription " has done wonders" for many a . woman, by restoring her health i and open ing for her the way to happv mother hood. This really wonderful medi cine is not a cure- J all. It is a prepara- tion sroialtv rt- t signed to cure dis eases peculiar to women. It dries debilitating drains, heals inflammation and ulceration, cures fenujje weak ness, and 'removes the causes which generally make women nervous and sleepless. There is no alco hol ia "Favorite a Prescription and it contains no opium, cocaine or other narcotic. ' ; i : lira.- Jazae W. Blacker, of 639 Cather ine &tnct, Syracuse, N. Y.. write : Your lrn-f'icitK have done wonders for? me. For years my health wa verr poor; I had four imsretrriafre. bitt fcinee taking Or. Ticnx Fa vorite lTt-scriplioo and CoUVrn Vleuical Dis covery,' I feave much better health, and new I Uave a tue healthy baby." . . : - Tse Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets with Favorite Prescription' if the bowels axe inactive or irregular. . ; 4 hi UikWrfvi tin 1 '""t I cb . PRISON REFORM. There is a liale paper published monthly at the Oregon ; State Peni tentiary, called rne .rmon .Mission ary." It is published by Prisoner No 2409. 'V'e find in the current number of the paper the 'following: : "The Frederickstown tree fress in a recent ise says: "Prison labor and some form ' of legislation tor the relief of discharged prisoners is being much agitated at the present timet As is the case at pres entj a large amount of tfce work done by prisoners is put upon the market at so cheap a price as- to affect the labor or ts:de. - :A prisoner s family is in most cases supported by -some charitable or- eauizat;on or by onvate parties, mis ought hot to be. The" prisoner ought to receive the average wages 0 out sid labor engaged in the same nroduc tion. ,.. - ; "i'The wages ishould first. go to pay lor his own clothes and board- Then i there is any surplus, and there ought to be, it sfoould go to the support of hisi helpless wife and children outside thei prison. Simply because fie is criminal is no reason for his not sup porting hjs family. Then again some sort of legislation ought to he enacted whereby a discharged prisoner can get a hew start in life. As it is now he is discharged wifh a poor suit of clothes and $5- 'How long will this last him? In ia short time true is re-arrestetr for vasfrancy or suspicion ; and probably returned to prison to go through the a-ine process again. There ought to be Komc enactment whereby an appro priation for the relief of prisoners who haye f:ent three, hve, ten or ? more yeairs in prison on some contract from whjch the state derives large revenue. Of! course rhe prisoner should be made to earn all these amounts and in this way tlney mark given a start in life and be able to make themselves a ben efit to their community. This is putting the matter a little strong. It would be most ton much for' the state to support, the prisoner's family while he is confined. But a system of paying the prisoners a small amount daily for their work, or cred iting them for their tasks, and charg ing them for their clothing, board. careless work,aetc, etc. whidh system has been adopted by some of the best prisons in the East l(notably the El- mira, New - York, Reformatory), has worked well. Jt gives the provident and well behaved prisoners each a small sum of money on leaving the in stitution. Jt teaches them thrift and economy while confined. i It is the duty of the state to provide n some way for discharged pisoners. It lis nothing more than right. It is in the interest of economy, in the long run. The, constitution of Oregon de clares (Sec. 15 Art. I.) that, "Laws for the punishment of crime shall be founded on the principles of reforma tion, and not vindictive justice." The laws governing the- Oregon pen itentiary violate the spirit of the con stitution. They provide for "vindic tive justice, and there is no "princi ple of reformation" adhered to at all. Oregon should live up to its constitu-, tion. This- state should get jin line with he older commonwealths' in their efforts to reform men convicted - of crime, and not drive them further into criminal habits and thoughts, as at present. We should have the paTole system, and indeterminate sentences, and efforts dairmg penal servitude to train and teach the -unfortunates and direct them, towards fives nff law abid ing usefulness, -f- THE BO E RS AN D AM ER I CA N POLITICS. By all that ts reasonable, don't; let us get to quarreling among, ourseilves about other people's affairs. The 1 at tempt to mix the South African wir witii mericarr pontics is muaiy cnar acterized as impertient. It is properly subject of political discussion in Eng land, for it involves questions of gov ernmental policy that public opinion must ultimately decide. The English, while rightly united, for the time be- ng, in desiring the success of British arms, are by no means agreed, in their judgment either upon- the i acts that preceded the war. or upore what should follow' it. But we have 'j not to decide these questions and in the fight between Britons and Boers we are happily rot "called on to take sides. To the calm -observer this is a war that seems to justify the attitude of the i woman ' in the story in the fight between her husband and, the bear. Whether one's sympathies lean to ward the Britons or the Boers must depend largely upon personal temper ament, and affiliations. Theoretically, of course, we all sympathize with a republic that is supposed to be bat tling bravely for its Judependience. When we come to learn something of what' this so-called republic is, in which a majority of the white inhabit ants, wTio furnished nearly all the rev enue," not only are excluded from any representation in the state but ore not even protected in person or property by the small group of mediaeval peas ants who constitute the government, our theoretical sympathies very mate rially' cool. "..". V . .: '-; '- There are a good many parallels in the history of the Transvaal and , of Utah. The Mormons, feeling ; them selves persecuted, went out into the wilderness to found an independent state. They were a brave, frugal, in dustrious and devoted people, and all they asked was to be let aloneThey adopted every possible means, proper or improper to keep out the Gentiles, and to suppress their influence But they could not, and it became nec essary to send an army among them to compel them to let : the 'Gentiles alone. The Boers made their great Waste Not, . - ' . Want Not Little leaks Bring to want, and little., imparities of the blood, if not attended , to, bring a. 4 4 Want'' of health. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the one and only specific that will remove alt blood humors and impurities, thereby put ting you into a condition of perfect health, I Bad f Stomach " HeadJLches and tired feeling, bad condition of stomach. caused me to take Hood's jSarsaparSLi & stopped all faint trouble. Charles Bover, Glens Falls, N. Y. tl&odfo SaMafxVutta " i ii i ii ii i ii i i i nr Hood Hill ear Hrer Ilia ; tha non-irritating an4 only cathartic to tako with Hood'a SajaaparUla. trek into tine: wilderness in detense ot the right of every man "to . wallop his own rugger. it was over-questions of slavery and the treatment of the natives; that their ' troubles with the British began and were for a long time maintained. Later came the influx- of Otttlanders into their territory and the agitation- for political rights that led to the present rupture.' 'British official blunders and crimes may even up the moral account, but they cannot make the cairse of Boer civilization one that appeals strongly to the spirit of Amer ican liberty. Of cotirse the professional Anglo- phebe finds this a fitting occasion to abuse perfidious Albion, and no doubt antipathy to England has much more to do with expressions of sympathy with the Boers than any consideration of their merits or demerits. Everybody is free to think and feel and sympathize as he will, but public agitation on the one side invites counteragitation until we" find ourselves foolishly embroiled in matters that need not concern us, except as intelligent citizens of the world, j In our politics certainly it v is still essential, as Washington ob served,; "that permanent,, inveterate an tipathies against particular nations and passionate attachments for others should be excluded," since the nation that indulges them "is in some degree a slave." Ladysmith's death list from all causes during the siege was 605, or at the rate of 2420 a year in a population of 18,000, Think of the horrors of war, evert to the women and children not engaged in the grim part, of it! Deafness Cannot he Cored by local applications, as theyeannot reach the 4faAiul nortion of tha ear. There ia onlr ona way to care Deafneas, and that ia by conntitu tional remediea. Deafneaa ia caused by an in- fla:Hd conMton or the rnncous lining or too Eustachian Tube. When this tube etsiinaamed rou have a rumoiing loana or lmptneci near nr. and vKsn it is entirely closed Deafness is the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tnoe restored to its normal condition, hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh, which is nothinjr but an inflamed condition of tbe mocons surfaces. We will give One Hsadred Dollars for any eas of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can not ba cored by Bail's Catarrh Cure. Send fox Circulars, free. 9 r . J. t;rIE EI C UU., 'i'OieaO, U. iKaT Sold by Druggists. 75c. Hall's Family P1II3 are the best. PADEREWISKI'S OPINION. ' In my opinion, says Paderewski . in Harper's Bazar, every child should, be taught the piano. I know that it is considered an open question 1 nowadays as to whether it is worth white for ' a child to study music unless it shows special aptitude in that direction.. It is not now unusual to find young women in society totally ignorant of the piano; bnt, to my mind, general culture de mands that every civilized person should be acquainted with all the man ifestations of culture. The only Way ta comprehend art is t. have some knowledge of art. As the piano is the best instrument to show all species of music, every child should study it, THE BEST PRESCRIPTION JTOR MA I -i LABIA, t Chills and Biliousness is a bottle of GROVESS TASTELESS CHILL TONIC It is' simply : Iron and Qui nine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. Price 50 cents. . SWINBURNE WRITES A POEM . y j OF TRIUMPH. London, -March i.- Algeron Charles Swinburne has a poem in the Times this morning under the captron,-The Turning of- the Tide," of. which the last six lines are as follows: --j. ': The wrnter -day that withered liope and oridc . Shines now triumphant on the turning' title, : ' ' v That, seta once more our trust in free- : dom free; J. " That leaves . a ruthless and a truthless . foe, And all base hopes that hailed his ca-.se laid low, ; And England's name a light on land and sea. 1 ANXIOUS TO PLEASE. you've only 'done it a half a dav todav. the other half you spent coming down the ladder. , "Oi'll thry to be doin 4ether tomor ry, sor-THarlem Life. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tab lets. AH druggists refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signa ture is on each box. 25, cents. A strong central bank for India Is now a part of the program of the gov ernment. The managers of the ex change banks oppose it. . - . 44 'Pat, I thought I hired you to carry bricks up that ladder by the day." j 'Ye did,; sor." . .:: , ."Well. I've been watchine; vou. arf VaVaV-VaVaV-VAWAVAV-V;. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE J WASHINGTON; D. O, March 2. The ! enormous margin of profit in sales of typewriters has been, made plain by a recent government transaction in them.? Heretofore,!- every official of the irtivernment has been allowed to have, any kind of machine he preferred. These' were ourchased at reduced rates. whicm averaged about $7-2 for a $100 machine surely" a . considerable ! reduc- tion. But recently the navy depart ment failed, fpy iids for 250 machines with . he idea that! still tower, rates could be secured py using a uniform tvoe m the- deoartment. The result of the bads'; was somewhat startling. The Remiiartons offered machines! from $78 td $101.25, dependent orr style and rr-mbir ordereej; .he Franklin offered their nachines as low as $39,505 Man hattan:. Model A, .$59-75; Densmore, 64.84; Pittsburg,' Visible, $55; the Brooks, $45; the i-Columbkt Barlock ofTereil to furnish the; 250 miines rei qtiired for $14,245., an average price, of abotitl $57.00. , People who m the past itave Jpaid $100 for any of these ma chines ' would do well to study tlx '? figures. , I Representative Vincent lioreing oi Londian, Ky, . in ! the Eleventh Ken- tuckyf district, in- whfch nearly j all t he Kentucky feuds liave taken place and from twhich Governor Taylor's i moun tainefrs have come, is in this city, and nas entered a defense tor his constitu ents. 1 "London," jhe says, 'at' which The legislature has been directed to meet has been shamefully abused in tlie piapers of late, j It is not the resort oi asfcassins. There has not been an on-en, saloon nor a homicide in 1 towii for the last twenty-five years. It rs just as accessible by rail as Frank iorr. I It is the seat of a university, lias eife'iit churches, a ; national bank, and two hew-papers. It is not a republican stronghold hut is about ' equally', di vided between democrats and renubli cans, adtbdugh at tfie last election there was ia large majority against Goebel. The bill offering the thanks of con gre.s- to Miss Helen- Gould for her kindtiess to our soldiers during the war with! Spain, will almost certainly soon passf both houses ;of congress without ssny 'opposition, arid, will be the third measure of 'its kirid in the history of one (Jnited States. The hest was passed yeari ago, thanking "Dolly" Madison lor having returned; to the White House at ltnrnineni pern to nersert and re- movfd the original rtra.h of tht Vir- Jaration of Independence, j'ust! before thejBritish. reached the spot and : set fire jto the building; Later, in 1878, : similar honor was conferred upon 'Mrs Klizabeth Thompson for presenting to the inatron Frank tTarpenter's painting r :j - . 1 ui i;asiuwii l-uit'uiii-tigning ine eman cipation proclamation. ' Keports trom 'Alaska continue, to givAevidence of the great inconveni encfes arising there from the lack of courts. Recently (for instaure "a? par ty -h witnesses ani prisoners , were brought 2,000 mil-s away from j their horpes to attend , a session of court. When their testimony was taken they werje forced to iemain "where ; they were nntii next spring, when .travel opeiis again. 'By trie time they get ba.cfc again, many 1 01 them will have been away a year.! When a man Jias gprie to Alaska td dig gold, it seems hard that the United States r govern metit should sieze(him and take him away irora nis nome ana claim ;or a year, simply! because he has perhaps witnessed a murder. Congress should at jonce establish Some better system, Alaska now I has 40,000 white j inhabit ants, more than the state of 1 Nevada. and the number isilikely to, be doubled this year. Few people have any idea of the en ormous amount of special pension leg islation that congress is asked to trans act More than half of all the bills in- traduced in that body are bisis tor pepsrons to people! Who have been re fused by the pension bureau. Perhaps onsc in ten 15 valid. They take up the time of the committees and of !the two houses, and are a general fiuisance. A bin recently introduced by Senator Mason is designed to do away with tills. -It provides for the creation of a court of, pension appeals, to consist of fiVe members, of Which three, at. least. shalrbe lawyers ami one a member clo the G. A. R. The court will deter mine all claims for pensions, increases, restorations, and arrearages, and ' all applicants for arrears which do not c4me within any pension law. and canr not be adjudicated; by the commission er of pensions.- ' ITlie senate committee on crsmmerce hs -deckled to favorably report the bill for a new departrhent, to be known as the department of eommerce and indus tries. The bureaus; which it is propos ed to transf'er'fromi the old departments t the new one. aref the Iffe saving serv ice, the littiwhouse oard, the marine Iwjspitaf service, the bureau of steam lipection, the hurcau of navigation (ireasury), ' the United States shipping commissioner, the; bureau 01 emigra tion, the coast and; geodetic survey, bu- ri'a" of statistics of the treasury and tte departments,! the department of labor, the consular; bureau of tlie state, department, and all consular " offices. deluding consuls : general, consuls, commercial agents t heir deputies, and pjl ofhees of the government resident in foreign con trie charged with the duty ot facilitating and promoting ctmjmerce. A;stronc efTort! !s beinc made in iopen the army to dental surgeons, and bHl has oeen prepared for introduc tion in congress authorizing the ap pointment of dental surgeons with the rank of major, so, as to allow one for rach regimen!. , Legal blanks., Statesman Job Office. HAD 'MONEY TO INVEST. A few days ago the Emporia (Kans.1 Gaette printed his burlesque "ad." j watch might apoear in the Rev. Mr. Sheldon's Christian Daily: 4 Vantel A Christian, man wants money to invest. Will guarantee twen ty per cent.;per month. No chance to ose. everything "wrd be managed br Christians.: Address 'Bfother Bolton. th ofiice.! : I : : The editor had no idea thatanvbo Iv would take it seriously, but a widow sw it anrt anrsvere'I it. 'A reporter caiiea cm ner an0 tonnl -that.lie ac tually -had $1,000 to fend ti "a good Christian, who must have a certificate from h:s pastor that he attended church and prayer meetine reeularhr. Sh asked no other security. . r . ' -' ' ' - ' . ' ,a for Infants Castoria Is o harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic " pulstance. It lestroys Worms and allays Feverishness. It eures IJiarrhoea and Wind Colic. It relieves Teeth ing Troubles and cures Constipation. It retaliates tho Stomach and Bowels, firirinff healthy and natural sleep. The Children's Panacea The 3Iothers Friend. j The Kind You Have Always Bought Beara the In Use For Walter Morley IlOLli-IIIXj g E;- k.nrmvn RnnAi Ofllk SI j ! j : mm Chnrth Uitif Iimu tuiet ttie arortt Cii- in ulU nd yjum; artuiuf U wm trtsits- fcf ceir-sbose, lUiMUun. tvec-ci. or uratte-uaocia. . Curat LOftt ManhOOJ, lm potency, Lost Power, Wlcht-Vosses, 8ormatorrivjea Irnomma, Point in UaCK, Evil Oealres, aSmlnnl Emlnionju Lm dJCK, Hpnou t blhty. Hsadach,UnftneM to Mrfyb .pspf jr-Cfi Semen, Vartcoee't Of COns-palo, .tbp Qviicnors'of Ct- frtll pha,KO Stops or tout Twitching Of tyellde. louu. iie tiAS4 fmrt vot Tw.. ia rn f'nw li.iiL. rKj,r tet MXjid. i.t. a. euro t at ii-n.l. rJ i7.a Kcvtore uilll. unlevkK4 atwaoi. Stimulates the ur.uo ad nc tcatrrs. r,r. a teiubtiol, with Lous. Cm.ulars tree. ApdTOSSf BisnOP HR!eC9 WO, WTW'i'V, . FOR SALE BY D. J. FRY, DRUGGIST, SALEM, OR. SPRAYS AND We are now carrying Dunne's Solid Spray's, and have the best spray pump on Our slock of seed is complete and wholesale SAVAGE & REID, Seedmen 322 and 324 commercial Street, North of P. O. A NEW CHERRY. Prof. Van Deman describes in Rurkl New Yorker a cherry yhich he cans Freedom," the place near where it originated, which has the reni.irkab e peculiarity of hanging on the tree and drying just where it grew." He says further "One would naturally expect the drjed product to be poor in quality but after tasting some oi the speci mens in the raw state, and Jiaving thc rest cooked and served on the table, they have proved to be of excellent flavor. The tree is an accidental seea- ing. It is not as robust m habit as some ot tne sweet cnerries, io wuicpi type it belongs, but is said to be cx- ceedkigly productive and very reguar n beanng. , I CHANGEABLE. ! Iarry Norah (hung her Jersey uck et over the -stove an it wuz scorched. pid lye hear about it. Dinny? : Derwiv Oi did: an Oi also hur-nid thot it clianged fh jacket complately. i Iarry How pliwas thot? j Denny Well, ye sae, it phwas a jer sey jacket whin she hung it thor, but. laith, after it wuz scorclied it phwas a nioking jacket. Chicago Daily News. F ERFECT womanhood depends orr perfect health. j .iNiature s rarest gifts ,of Tain. : i .: Sweet dispositions turn inorbid and fretful. , The possessions that win good hus bands and keep their love should be guard edby women every moment of their lives. The greatest menace to woman's per manent happiness in life is the suffering that comes from derangement of the feminine organs. . Many thousands of women have realized this too late to save their beauty, barely in time to save their lives. Many other thousands have availed of the generous in vitation of -Mrs. Pinkham to counsel all suffering women free of charge. 1 , .-' . , Mrs. H. J. Garretsom, Bound Brook, N. J., writes: ''Dear the room without help. After giving up all hopes of recovery, I was advised to use Lydia, E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and wrote for special information. I began to improve from the first bottle, and am now fully restored to health." and Children. Signature of Over 30 Years. Dealer jn all kinds of . Woven Wire Fencing -end for circulars. jf .' SET QU3 PRICES CH HOP WfR NO. 59 STATE STREET. E SALEM. OREGON. J3 lux tccfl in uvw u vejre t.f ti.e koilcr, un.n Mrntda ' 6 I r J j f trr mail. A wriftrti en .nt-, to cura SPRAY PUMPS the market: - we can furnish any amount either or retail. - 1 . , NO LONGING. "Don't you-often long for the free die dom of your former life?" asked visitor at the prison. "Not much, replied the convict; , was sent here for having four wives. Philadelphia North American. Prunes are, without exception, the healthiest fruit known to mankind. Their medical properties act upon the nerve centers, soothing and curing 'all nrvous disorders. One cannot eat too many prunes. Because they are In expensive, the wealthy class have ban ished them from their table, giving: place to rich preserves. Prunes, must be washed and put to soak over night; in the morning put them. to cook, cov ered with cold water; stew slowly stor three or four hours; add a little sugar, if not s-weet' enough. - Let the children eat them twice a day. Exchange. Words are little things,; Tiut tlicy strike hard. AVc -wield them j so easily that we are apt to fprgct their hidden power. Fitly, spoken, they "fall like' sunshine, the dew, and soft sum liicr rain; but when unfitly, like the frost, the hail and the desolate tempest. physical beauty vanish before ' WOMAN Mrs. Pinkham I have been tak ing LydiafE. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound with the best results and can say from my heart that your medicines are wonderful. My physician called my trouble chronic" inflammation of the left ovary. For years. I suffered very much, -but thanks to Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound and kind advice, I am today "a well wo man. I would say to all suffering women, take Lydia E. Pinkham's medicine and your suf erings will vanish." , Mrs. Maggie Phh lippe, of Ladoga, Ind., writes : '. Dear Mrs. Pink ham For four years I suffered from ulcera tion of the. womb. I became so weak I could not walk across