OREGON STATESMA XT ' FKIDAY, JUNE 29. 1900. iEmnio:iffle:i Published every Tuesday and Friday by the . STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO 266 Commercial St., Salem, Or. R. J. JIENDRICKS, Manager. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year, in advance. .......... .$1 00 Six months, in advance......... .$ 50 Three months, in advance........ $ 25 One year, on time........i.,...$l 25 The Statesman " has ' been estab lished for nearly fifty years, and it has some subscribers who have received it nearly that long, and many who hive read it for a generation. Some ol these object Co having the paper dis continued at the time ot expiration o their subscriptions. For the benefit of these, and for other reasons, we have concluded to discontinue subscriptions only when notified to do so. All per sons paying when subscribing, or pay- a ing in advance, will have the benefit of the dollar rate, 'But if they do not pay for six months, the rate will be $1.25 a year. Hereafter we will serfd the pa per to all responsible persons who or der, it, though they may not send the money, with the understanding that they are to pay $1.25 a year, in case .they let the subscription accoun! run over six months. In order that there may be no misunderstanding, we will keep this notice standing at this place in the paper. SUBSCRIBERS DESIRING THE AD di es of their paper changed must stat the name of their former postofflce, as well as of the o.Uce to which they wish the paper changed. -v . Flax Kivd 1 uti. too. The districts of tlu Northwest thakjire raising, flax seed will Iv in luck this year. The acre age should much greater, nnu so sbntikl 4? that of the tickls tlev-;tcd to the cultivation of the plant for its fibre. - ; ; -' The Sal 'in Un-amery Oimpany I al ready paying out money here at ' the rate of alnnd $.r,.ooo a year, and grow ing fast.' If its present - growth con tinue for several months larger, it will lie the Jiggc-t institution of the klnl in Oregon. ; ' . ' All Bryan asks in his running mate J that he lie a man with no opinions not In accord with his- own. Tliere are men of this sort to be found in this country, but the tieopie of the Uiiited States have not I teen la the habit of making Vice Presidents out of tin 111. Oh. yes; it rains 1 11 iOrcgon. wlien it H needed, jand occasionally w kn .dry weather woiild le letter. Hut then Are many ier.pe wist jwould gladly ex change their" present iK-ation1 for a eoeptry liKv this. 1111 1 a kit of them live in the Dakota and Minuesota. , ! A host of his friends in Salem . art! hoping that J, M. Wallace, supe-iinlcnd-t lit of the Salem Water Company, niay , t.oon lie fully restored to health. r . Mrj Wallace Is a public spirited citizen and a generous and kind man. ' It l.-gener-j ally regretted tliat 1iis condition has not improved .within the past few days, j I reckon we've done expanded, ami I doii't svo I10 list of the iJft'i.liwrath? p.trty hangiu en to the coat tails progress and a-yeHin 'Whoa!" These were the words of. the late Judge Cul berson of Texas more than a year ag Tin Texas Democrats would have don? well had they retiKiiilered tliem 1 fir liaising thir "Pull down-the flag" res iilntioiu More good gray horse sense iti'd sturdy Americanism are contained In i Culberson's rough hewn sentence than' la a car load of. anti-expansion arguments, - T 1 i Says tlie XvW lorK sun: The St. Paul tJkilte Ls In convulsions over "this hll staiiRd, vletlm-strewn path of JmiH-rialisui." tlie "altars of Itelial, ti e "brazen image and "the hunted victim of rollery and lust. To the? shapes of terror must In added tlK! Hon. Ignatius Ionn'llys Trogloj yte, ?w!m is now, cracking bone In Xi "ilngtr every day. A match ltetwceu IVlial anl the Troyihwlyte wonld tic Im pressive, and "we should like to w to? editor of tho St.. Paul llkfl? stand up to Moloch for slxteeu rounds.' j Tlie Woo'lmen of the World and the rele-t Knights and Ladies of America are Well known soek'tlci with striking titles. But the niuft whimical and Iwiscarollian of natm's Ivlongs to the I'rudeut I'atrlcians of Pompeii, of which Prismatic I'riuiary Xo. o rueets r la iXashvlIle. The officer are all : I!"; Pri'inler. Past Premier, Prefect, Pilot, Prtmotary. I'lirstr, Pnphet, Prote-tor, " Phket, Patrol, Pres'rver, Prorot, Pro tm leK The great part of ikM-iet kY fe ctvt or oiew, in tlie tN-lal life of the United Stalex ha hardly -lteimtlkvl as it should 1. ; There are hurHlred of th in, and th mere catalogue jof their names would make a fat book. Xew York Sun. - i Some layt ago a couple of women alcove Siih'in. 011 tlie Margin eouiity lde f the river had a iuam,L and one f tlHMn threatened tlu other with Mime kind of a weaion; we U-l'eve It was a pistol. An arrest folIoweL and a trHl was had. Tie est 4 111 wre present 1 to th'. eoimty tvurt, arfl tlie who!e nmoaiit -fa ire to altent tifly dol lar. which the eoide wlh irmtribute , ia tacf i' keep up the county govern i' id must pay. This Is a painpl!; of the matter that lw!p to uiake tlie taxes hlsh. No g-xl purjxs? was ser-ve-l ia the arrest cf -th? woman. ' The jury thit; lrictl fci?r atii!tted her. TlKre ire Ulle from all ovr the comity eoniing lut'i tlie oomnilsloner court at ach term, that grow out of such ncJne qucutial matters. TIktc arc tany oth er aIusA that might and xIkuM cat off. Tlie exi-iisep of conducting the Marten county government .can tie ma terially reduced. We believe they. will le. '" . ; , ;- i ..." ,- -. . " i r ! There Is a controversy as to who really wrote the Kcpsliliacn platform at Philadelphia, and who finally re- ved it. It does not "matter a great deal.- Perhaps wmie of - the? declara tions should be wore pronounced, but the true platform of IDfW is the story cf tlw past three years; and the formal resolutions, regarded as a distinct an iiouncenMut of intentions, are admira I iy unr-plcnieuted tiy ; the spei'cb of Senators Wolcott and Foraker aVl i.overnor Roosevelt, and they will be given all the additional force necessary 5y the letter of acceptance, of Presi dent MeKinley and tlie campaign utter ances of tlic candidate for' Vice Presi dent and other party leaders. The people of the United States are paying a million dollars a lay for trop ical products ued In manufacturing, or foot! and driuk, nad motst of which are produced in greater or ; les degree, or can Ik? readily produced in the -islands which have cone Into jcloser rohitiou- ship with the United States through the events of the past two years. Tlie April Summary of Commerce and Fi nance, which has just been issued by the -Treasury Bureau of Statistics, hoi that in: the;tefl:Uontlw kwViijS with April, our import of trcj5cal pro ducts have "been, over $:ku,(iio,ou in! value, thus averaging fully a million dollars a day and indicating that for the full year they will reach ?J;.'i.XM),- V Iudia rulb'r. liliers. raw silk, cot ton, gums, cabinet woh1s indigo, ivory. dyvood and certain lln of elKmi- cals make up the hhare of tjiis vast sum which the manufacturers alone take lin i require in constantly iucreaslii.;i quantities. T3ie jH-ople of the 'WillaiiK'tte valley may form an Idea of the tort of weath er they may expect during the montjh i 4Uiy, trom tne average for 11k pist twenty-iiaht ye:trs, as winpllcj I13' the V. ; S. Weatlier Jtureau -at. 'Portland. The mean or normal temierature has tx'en at degrees. The warmest innnth was in lssa, with an average of .l.,The highest temperature was Vri degrees. tm the 'ZVX, 1S1. Tlie lowept tempera ture was 4.1. on the loth. ISM',.' The average rainfall for the month has Is-en h, iiK-h 's;. average numler of days' with .ol of an inch or more, 4. The greatest monthly precipitation was l.y Inches in iv I; I -a.st, O.Oo Inches. u lKi and 1SUI. The greatest amount of precipitation : teeordtdt in any 24 n,eutive hours was 1.10 inches, on the 11th, ISTy. Average nuiurlir of ch ar days. J."; partly cloudy, V; clouly days, 7. From the forego! ngi It will ' s--n that tliere have ibeen, but two fulj-s In the, past twenty-eight years in wUUh 110 rain at all fell; lnt the aver- ige hun.iHT of days on which any rain at all fell has beeu only four. It is to fl-e regretted that the free reral mail delivery will deprive some of the iwMdmastcrs 3t the sm-iH ortic;t of the. profits' they have lioen receiving fioin the snk's of stamps. But they must-gracefully give way Tor the general gotxl. Ami then the new sys tem will give steady employment to moie iKopie than are now engagi-d in I he work of nuil distribution for tho lenefit of tin rural pnpulation. Tl! great value of the iy.tem lies in the fact that it will give the farnicrH tlK'ir snail at their doors' regularly, allowing them one of the main advantages vjf living in a town or city. It Is gratify ing to know that the prosix-t are very gotsl for the establishment of the Ix orseven rural mail routes that 'lavefieeu ietitiomd for out of Salem. When thej' are oice estaWisliv3, . a.- W"o lielieve they will Ixr miou, the farn- ers accommodated by tlie routes --will woJ'der how tbey ever got aking with out them. There was talk, some time ago, f one 'of the rout es out of 'the Turner olHw lieing alioHshe!, where uion tlie patrons who had Ix-en receiv ing tlie advantages of the wrvlee got up a Huttscrlptlon, 1 proixjlng . to eon tribute to the'pay of the carrier out of their iirivate purses. ; f CHINA lKFKNCKIs.S AT SIi. ! China has no nary in the modern meaning of tlie woriL In a nhott war, ludev.l as tlK riilt of one indecisive actim, Japan was able to destroy her tattle fleet. Despite the 'efforts of n few Chinese tatsmen no real effoi t has since Nen made to recreate it. ,.. Ssive at Foocbow, which is ; under European supervision tlie cVickyard are wate i lae"!. All t lie other naval and -military arsenals, eiet-ttHl at an cnornion? outlay and frffnlslhxl with the best ain'baneesi. are in ; a depkwa l!e tate, mainly Ijecause the native tlieials weeiii- unequal to the task of Mrectlns thcru. At jVu-hang and Nanking tt pleidkl iiMcliinery, rx-ulit abroad, is msfrng unus-d or is enqloyel fir the manufacture of tlvose archaic' and eomkal bIutHlerbuss known as "Jingals." Sliu-e . tsitt eight crul.-frs have licen built, and tlie average displacement of fix of these is Ivlow 2,."s tons. Tlie only good ships are the protected e:ruis- ers Hal .hi ami llai Tien, built at Ei- wick. on the Tyne. ltoth have good ' Iuttcrlen ftui.I,l.-r;2..wTtid. i;'5r made a mean of knts during - dx hours' trial, and, what! ;is Jjetkr Ftill, readied & maximum of 21.1 knots as the mean of Jour nm under foreNl draught. ; ?. : . ; V :.. "; f : t , f;J : -.' In allition to these China own wo toipdo guttljoatv 'ven cruisers of 110 pa 1 lieu la r value, a u a infix of s ma U torpclo craft and four fine torpedo Irttt destroyers. Tlie la.t one, of 2S0 toa disilact meut, and - one of them, the Hal Lnng, attained in IGerman Va ter a roaxin-uni sjieed of 35.2 k3ti w itJi a load of -25 tons. With the ex-c-pt Ion, then, of about a dbien ieg-J-crn vessels China can put afloat noth ing for the defence of her ports nor for tlv.? fvratecfion. of the enoruous. inter ests with which ber -goveroxnient' ;is Intrusted. If It shall I)ecoraieSpeeesftry for the powers tlie Is offeiidingto ptin tali China for the acts. f hef. fanatical citizens, tlie dnibbing'cau'liei math? a very ' pevere one, ami . the judications are that If may mine to this. . ? I'olygamist Roberts of Utah was let off with a flue of ' ftwlt proposes to at'k for a new trial. If he siiould get it and a new convk-ttion with a scntonce of ten years In ; jail, there would lximething in Ibis talk of poetic justice. S. F. Bulletin. But Utah Is the wroug state from w'.liich to expect auythingiof tliis kiud. The surpris is that, a line of any amount was imposetL It may Ic stated as a certainty that the real eentlux"nt8 of the anen eocevrued in the judicial Oas- Were to give him :i reward and a hajidsome m,tlaL iii'l- HISTORY IlEPUvTS. In 17U5 Thomas. JeflTemon was uom- !iKttel for Vkv, President, 1 Before the iioiitinatiou, it was thought be would not accept t,ne ottne, but lie l; lu-ccpt U, was elected a n 1 afJerwards became I'resideut,? to the great iM-netit. of his cvu!itry. IVudleton East Oregonjan. Hiartory is rtieating ItSvIf. But Is not this quite an important admission for our Eastern Oregon democratic journalistic friend? The Xew York Sun works itself tip to the fallowing ecstarie "periods: "Tiie Hon. W. Dennis Oldham, tlie Xelras- ka statesman to whom has leeu as- slguetl the Jioiior of shaking the chief nomination speech, for Col. Bryan at tlie Kansas City convention, makes a nnignauimous andjliigh oi.1 Roman of ferl He will delegate the honor to the Hon. Day id Bennett Hill and to u man else." Here Is a chance for tlie age of Wolfert's Root to ishaw bis altrnisni. Also a cham-e for a glorious sltow: Mr. Hill In silver chains, ccle- Lrating the' peerless. ButMr. I Hdluiiu wastes his fbreath, for Sir. Hill wilt pot care to waste any in-climbing tiH-se lu ights of self-s icrifice. Yet what con- vulslye cSbings of a hundred M.souii brass bands, what screams of triumph. what multitudes of strong, ' medium anI w-ak men wtvping "tliere would be. We hear tlie tear. But it is too god to be true." ,N L j . The Oreoguian may' delude Rwlf with tlie idea that "a protective tariff for the pro-lucts of Oregou f(w-iol ex- ccpteil) !m a Jiuiubng,j but it will fail to so delude the iieoiile of this state; and more especially tlie fruit grower?; tlie s'tx-k men; tlie poultry 1leeders; the kiirymen and in (fact the farmers, generally. T1k nn-n of this tate wh: are engagn! in these Invested, th-ir money litH'S. who have therein and are giving their efforts th re to, kn.ow what uiey an- alut. Xo j newKjiapi r c can have any effect hi changing their otin Jkns, based upon thj-ir own observa tions and exielience. X"o uew.qaier has any. influence witjli lurelligeut men auy way, excepting wM'n! it conftues .it Self to the truth. TbcjOregonian would ibetter-go tell it to jthe; marinesi that the protective : tariff for tlie product of Oregon (wool excepte!) i a humbug. The Eugene Ouard man is slightly nixel In placing tlie Statesman in tlie cnhuiin with the newspai?!- that I an tler tlie protective tariff, tlie iol':cy iu which the H-opk of Oregon, and esie clally the farmers of this Hate, are ;mrn d more than any oilier 4'op!e in the whole 'tonntry, on account of the fact that nearly idl or our agricult ural prxluctH m-tSl jthci as,dstauce . of the ens-tom house duties in order to give tliem :iu advantage In th-j jiinr ket.t of this count ry j over the hii plus articles of like kin Is from other coun tiies, with clwap lauds and labor. The Statesman liiie that it may never. I e classed with tin iiewspair that would detract from the value of tliis polk-y a Kliiy that becomes anon m'jwn taut to us as divers-itied agricult ure H developed lien, f , During the time of the. I'htla Icq bfa convention tlw "New York tleraM Ex pended a great deal of fditorlal eneigy demanding the President. MeKkdey n rign his claim: to first place in favor of Roosevelt, and that liryaui utep aside, in defcreti'e-to Cleveland. TIk Ileratd really tOKikjitseir seriously. No oueeL-e la the whole country .did. however. nl the big New York iaier that iscdiusl in Paris mot of the lime apieared more ridJeukjus than ever 'f.jre,-.if possible, i 1 - j - A New Orleans, inmate of an asylum for the insane was diseharg'd us ennM H short time nee. i. few days hre after he kiilel two men and --hot down a third. . Unfortunately, the list of vic tims dkVttotviwelu&t the, men who let him go- v-' v - ( Knows No Law Bat 2l Ultv of Nature bonfs to the necessity of keeping the blood pare so that the. entire system shall be strong, healthy and vigorous j, To ijJte Kocxfs SrszprU the grtii Blood purifier, b therefore . lafOtofhejdlh and it is a necessity in nearty every house hold. M never disappoints, ; , Blood Disorders My tep dxaghter and I have both, been ttxxu bled greatly , vMh Hood disorders and stomach . troubles, and several bottles of Hood's SsrsapariHa have .been of great benefits r James K : Thompson, WSminoton, Ohh,' :'. . IIool nn euro Htt 11 1; th nop-lrritattet an4 only cttirtlo to tk with Hoo1 BraprUi, THE BOXERS. : Says the New York fun:( The Snn informs those whoJWek? for anjjnter pretation of "Boxers, the title of the Chinese bow trying to get rkl f th- foreigners that tlie i word is unex plained. .: ' -' j; - f-;t .; ' TiK Boxer sprang! inio proiirlinence so suddenly in China that it is ditllcult to learn just who they ore or t!xactly what they stand for. The Chinese minister at Washington" paid.' th other day, that lie had, never . heard ofj tiivuL There U no' nJlusioa tot theu 1 a-nj' of the Ktahdard txiok isnj ChinajVhHni the literati lire jro'ulim'nt in any, isoei- ety that titarts an iiiitl-forejgn agitation tlie fact ' 1 usually mate cohsii2ienouM, but nothing ha been ho$rd of tliewltt catcd class among thf ",f?r:,-: yf A missionary wrote tine time ag'i that the Boxers are als4:kufl(wnijai the Society of the llrt-at S'wfofd, but liow they came to ie cal'ed 'tioxers has not i)ion revealel. It Is orly witlwu the past fortnight that I there has Jnvn any reason to lielieve that the. organization existed outride of jSb iis,(ung ami IV- tbili provinces. If any Auicrlcan in ti'hina knows tlie ttre Inwardness of the Iloxersiliis re marks on the Mibjcct would fc Iiea rd wth interest. 1 I f The indications are tliat, Seattle Is going ,' to Sry to priave Hthe'jcensiH that it is Wgger than Portland. Thks ti' iy not Ie wholly r;'lialle. tint that city Is going to lie bigger thaii Port- laud, and a great .'deal biggetr, anl that bfirj- vejry lohg Ifwiucli' uiotx enterprise is not displajWd ly tbe'p o- ple of the Oregon! metrolwli!? than has Ijoeuj.fgiqwtt Jatfjyi iXallas", Polk comity,' Is to have a new iu9Kc scliooi building. The eou- M-lll 1 via lot lull- i :ifi TliA trtet lias :tht 2-year lnds4vith an oition of taking tlieni tip In "l(f years. ror yisnw".i negr iraw . ier cent. 111 terisr, ami comiiiaus.k'd a prenijuui of FRENCH iUisT i JwOSINO ti ROUND. Language of f tlie . IUinllic : 'Nojt as I'opular as It iuce Was. . Is French losing ; ground n broad that Is to say, 1st it txing lessi HiKiken and read by educate! jitvile bn the continent 'of I-Jntorx ?; and eiiewhere tliau wa formerly the case? Tills Is a intention .which has;' from time to time given mo tor Interesting: dkeus- Mm, and eertain laiik ntatioiw lately tittered by a?: Irisiaa- review have brought . it once I imne ratlierl promi- lu'iitly to the front, Hay? tli.. Imdon Telegraph. . ; .- . " i! TIktc is no;loubt that during recent year it has meti.wltlrformkIiibte'''t'lr- als.' The touguei of unit! Oermaiiy is mote studied that it was Inj tlie old days, and .various enterpri.ingi natioii ali ti's of; the snia Her kind a re, j be tow- lug more at tent kin 011 their, ctwn lan guage and literature than- .they ; -l,;id liad tlie opiKirt unity ojF doing ;br fent- tiiKif. -,AU tliw may rje reaoily tdinit tel. and not h tug, could Jk uinouaturr al. The iniim'nse facilities now given to traveling. I the! enormous expansion of Inlernatlonnl trale an 1 tlK? hnpulse which . the . iwitionarity nioveiiK'iit has tecelvtl were all lonud to k'nd to this result. i- I ' " ij ". IX LI VIN 'STONE'S MEMORY. Announcement I is uvide In the Eng lish paixrs that tlie sjt. Wh?re Dariil Llvinxslou died wmU expiring in A frica is to Hjii markitl by aj suitable liioriunwiit. It wfll fle rctikiiiile rtd t!;it lw died In a lit He grass but 011 tlie tliore of Iike Baogweolo. laud tli.lt at the foot of a great; tree near by hif lKrt was 'burled byjli: f jiiri faithful native follower Vpim this sisdth'T is to t)e eiHteI an ot'lisk of -i masonry 20 f-et high, i-rowiud w ith a cross an.1 tiearing ilfaVef ineioorial inter iiytxms ilit tabVtj of blackened bron. Tills is to Ik doiM-in fael is now ln-ing don- by, joint eoiamtttee repr?sen- Ing the" Royal I ;.-.grah!il Society and fonw. other -lioJIe-, Kir IItiry' Stanley toeing -HniM)terotw.-'.atonx". tur tromot en of t'lewcrk and oik of the nxint g Mir 1 on s outr;butori to the fnnr.L I A TRAVELIXS lUlMRArORY: Mt universities t nowaday ' bavie lalioratork1. but.erneirs department of geology, under Professor ; Ilarrls, . l uihisimI In baring a traveling l.i'. -oratory, jys the. New York Iress. It is a fftvi nt launch of the -'.torpedo loit tyix, T by ;k' fief lit dlmensihns. pr-- pi lled by a ix horsi iowey" engine. It is 3uilt to I10H lv persons. tvlHi in It may purxue tliefr g lozi -al lnvxstlga tkMij at nny i,ot from Cornell to New )r'eans at which tlie rofesj4ir deisirex. Tlie first trio will tak? his. i class to Iake Chaniplain. , He ..haw named his rapid, transit ' I:ljralory the Orfbo cetas. . 1 ' -1 " " iV.V.VtV.W.V.'AW.'- 'V WASHINGTON ' m . . . : ? CORRESPONDENCE $ :.'; : i " . V AX uVSTllNOTON, D. C, Jim: 2H.-The Xary PTartnient has discovered liow tbitigJi. are. KiiiK-tiineit done In Con gress. . 'WlM-n tb- naval apin-riatlou bill was ia-ed a year. a Z;u, provided for three tatt'ch;rs which! were to lie sheathed and eoppcrvd. Tlx Ikpart iRr'nt t'CdcavtoKd at the last m. ssion ' to have this? restrict Ion rmoye-J. : Both Houses cf Conre.-ii favored the remov al fcut. the clause in ttK Ifll to that effect lisapj?ared at tlie list moment thropgh ifome jugglery : in enrollment. Nobciy wiua to kiKMV .who d:l it. and no one is to.be punished for thus de lilnrately s iting at naugh the wishes of Cougrs and of tLe Nayy., Accord ing to the original desigii the fhtjis are vvercI with a coating of coiwk r on ut wooden baso ap:ditdto tbei steel skin of the Imnienel hull. w hich g:ves the veel.-r 13.0OO ton iKsplacviiiejtt. Tlie sheathing is , alout Jive inches thick and displaces 400 toes. Tlie un siieathed ships will each, tjhereforev Iv of jl4,(a0 tons: diiilaceniejnt, and, as the horsepower Is the samf in both iu staucea, the unsheathed sfiips will 1k faster and .vill steam a greater dis tance with the same coal capacity. .! President M.eKiriley,; accfiiiq):iuied by Secretary. Cwteiyoii. went' to a local Washington A photographer the other day and had ibis picture tjken for use in the coining campaign.; The Presi dent is beedniiug nxfx! dinocratic in his haWts, and this is th first time since his ocenpaney of the White House that he has gone to a plio ograjher. as they have always come do ltim. The I'ridde'nt has 'had. a great many pk-t-ntes ; 'taken within the Iast few years. ibut a4 the 'campaign is coiling on. and there ;tvlll.,le A a nvy ,"!etuand for iTe.ddeut McKlnI;y phQlngraphs,' be p!x,'ferred khave' a ' httr one used than was circulated Jn lSJJi.. ' The funding p rations of. the United States under' the gold law have lieen the .most" marvelous in history. ' The twxvks to'date f.lnw that almost exact hr $;MMHH vjoo wort h of londs:l-arlHg in terest at 4 andf Tj per ticikt. have, in three hi-Mtth. Ineu exch;ingHl for an tHiuji face v:tlue of 1 Hinds Inariug only 2 per cent. Alxmt J;s.():io,i were thrie ier cents. 1.ST.(mMJ'X) four per Ccnls., ami .?K..O0o,tto flv i; r cent. American corn Is enjoying a trl timihal progress at the Paris Exjxjs' iion, according toX. E. Cnrr, of Illinois, who Went there fo estalish a corn kitchen, and has just returned and re jioi ted to the.Sccr'.'tary of Agriculture. "From 400 tj Too inrsons areMsiiig i-vrvd free with corn dislies every day," he nays. 4 'They ' pre Englih, frenc'h, i.erman. Russians, Italians. K"hlnert, Japanese. -and, ih fact., ptople of all nations. I left the kitchen in tlmrougb working order sand with ar rangements Tir it to te otm-ii everv wCf k' da.V during the Exf osUioti. Most f lli. -food. Corn ineal. eoni, IbMir. ho'iii- iuy', htilIed'trorn:-9 nd grit are given by Anterkan nunpfacturersj. (the vmmis- siou only paying tlie exiieriho of ling the snpplies- to I'atis. 'We hae four cooks, while and 3iiick, ami tlMv fserVe delicious dlsheu of Vg reaf, bar- tvr cakes, and r riran l lKinilny ctxiked in a variety of vay. tlivat Interest js lnanifested in Paris in the corn foo-1 jlemohstral'onsi : The newspamT arc taking it up and' alvising tlie ptop.Ie to visit the unique exhibit.!. " The Agrlcultnrjil attKcljc of the- Oer maii Eml -assy lias given out o state- nsent deilaring th.-tt' the new Oerman meat Mil. will Teir only -j about v, or 7 pit cent! of the meat ciorts of the Uniled States. He says that the bill was not passed specially for the United Stat s, L-ur applies to all the world. Heretofore, '-each of th coiifidcrate states of tin? tlcrfnin Empiie has had Its own nieiit Ins(Mntioii laws, .whi h have l"sme more and mor an imp: diluent to tta-k-, and to do away Willi much disagreeable friction, thfy rewilved to mbeHsli all thesi loml laws and restric tions and to create one law and a uni form system forthe whole i-mpire. TIk newt. law repi;ies two separate inspec lions, tlrst. an iTisqMctian of the live stock Jx foie sbiughterlng, .then an In spection of the (daughtcrcd meat. For eign im-iits. bf conrse. Jnust also .lie inspected.. It.was--fi.-UjHiat.it would Ik lilipra.ctk'able t . . iasix'et caiuwxl meit:V.a Ik' ioeiiing of Jthe can would practically destroy tlie contents. , and fa-all I its of pi kU-i meats, and it was decided to exclude tliesei Sxeakbig of tho Withrawal of f lo. too.ooo from the government leosito ries and the promised withdrawal of $15,.oiio more in onkr 'to redeem 1 lie o!d " "j.er cent. boiMsv Secretary tjago saKl recently: Itiit not the Jn Icnfiou of -the iH'partineint to tak the uwiuey out of t lie d-j visitor hH ami place ! it iu the vaults of tlie Tleasury, where it will not do any oiuj any good. It will 1e left .'where U Js if needed. If tK-uditions demand, and it 5etnit;s nee-i issary. intire nioney will be )lacel in these Jn.stIiutionf during the fall.) when the movement of the ci'4ps igius. and -a great deal, of nroireyjls ueell to transKrt them. The money striii2;t n- has di:ip!'ared ami iiKHiey is p'eutiful in New York at IV2 jx-r nt T1k goveruiiK'nt ran spare iniauy of the war taxes, and I think1 that Cobgre whi -promptly ref-e.-u nan 01 tlieni wiieu it meits next fall." 1 - . A review of the 1'niled Statj-s for eign traIe In agricHlfural roiucls for! the ten nVeal years lKut to l.NiK. itmi- pilcd by Frank II. Hitchcock, ebkf pf the f.)rIgn markets celon of Ibe Ag tiuchtrral Deiwtrtuicnt, fKhowi tliat the average jinnual asrlcnltura! Unr-orrs for the c last decade am$untel td alout fr;x7.fMUiio. while the tal buibrts-f; all kinds averaged a'out f 7.s).ioo.ooi In the tirt half of this decade tlffr aver ag. of .agricultural imports wa4 :'".4I1, or over ."il pi r "nt. of jail Jm ivirbs; of iixrleultural exiorts. $tiZWU.-2-"Cl, rr r."2 Hr cent. For the r'main liii five years the annual a verize of agrk-u!4iir.tl Impirt was S.'!!M,'1.70M. or over r vnt. of the- while; of ngrhullhral exists ?.M;74.0jo, or over iS kt cent, of all domestic ex lit'ttr. . j I'ronv re-ent ixi-rlment niJHle ly the Agrictilturd Department,! it is sli-jnn that in, experimenting wilh wheat and corn as f.ittemrs.j 'iial ptirts cf lolh ate N'tter than fhe one kind. WJieat ii ;in nclt 1xtter for grow ing animal than eorrti admirable re mU lu tng obtained by grinding it in to a corme uk'sL - - f " - ; COSTLY MONUMENT FO A DOl. A monument costing Iv 1 to he erected, ovpr She gravej -Caesar; -4 tJrrat Dane' belonging do Mrs.- T. It, M. Card: za of tiermantown'. 1aJ !''- Caewar was nine years old and threo feet tall and waa a great ii among the Cardczas ; large .collection of aul-u-als. . Tlie dog was ImrUd in A fiuo eonin. with real silk dining and silver handles. ; . -' j. - - - i. - - On the nx-noment, wMeh Is now le- Ing const ructetL will be lncr)licd tlie following: Errctel to an -old and faith ful friend. . SILK CHEAPER THAN' A BRIDGE. "At Harper's Ferry on one occasion the kxsd in the I'otomae was so gresit that it ihrei;tenHl 1 the dcs-trix-tion of the, costly railrotul , lSildge, which was een to sliake in its Unsteadiness, jsaid former (.loveruor Thbiu-js ti. Jones, to a Birnrlugton Age-Herald ' reiKirier. caeli tiioiiien-ti to tsec. the In dge go down President 1 John W. irrctt of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad urrivc! tpm tlie scene. Apirtvlatin the ne cssity of Instant aetluu. he rave an a brunt order.' for a v loaded ir.iin r freight ears standing on a ?ik traik to -lie run with- the locomotive on tlie bridge and kept tliere. But, Mi. Oarrett. that Is a train load of silk, said the local superintend ent.' ; ir ':"('.--; I don't care; run out the cat r ccniian-led the great master t.f rail roads, 'it would lx -easier to pay for tlie silk tiwn to iMirt a new "The silk train' .was run biilge.' onto the ibrldge and " the - struct ure w 1 is a I. The -llk was lx-ing sent by m ail across the couritKEt from San Francisco. t which iKirt it had teen nv ved from Chtina and Japan.; O.irret w"; is a un-at man one of tlioe wih have ailel iu "Aimi'kM. the material development of In eniergeiK-ies he was very ful. as was demonstrated hi simll way by the Harper's tidcnt.,r re source MMhaps. a Ferry in- MEN AND WOMEN Ex-Secretary of State .lohti W. Fos ter has just completed the nhauiisciipt of a very ltnixiriaut work tlpell history of Ann'rican diplon ls ok will lie published next I'rofesMr Eliot Of Harvard aey. TIiif all. the otht-r .Harvard alinnnl now serving in th? 1,'hilippiiies :i l.-irire miil v.-ibl-lih. - il U i-l bin if in. five arms, ornaments and miiuuscripis Tor the uu.versnyiiiuseuiii. Six Presidents-jeffri.Mi -Madis4in. MourK. .lidin Ouincv 'Ada Ins. Van See was ibireii ami - Buchanan serve, tetary of State. !eiieral ! if as ant Si-.-rs-tjirv .if W.ti iiil InltTiii and ir- formiHt the '-duties of that Jlti- for nie mounts. , Sir Richard Welder, the hew Loi;- U.di master of rolls in suecJ ssion 4o iK.rn pi S;r Nathaniel l.i ml say. was 1S42, ami is the seiiil son Webster,-the fatuous lawyer f'liiirtft-rlioiwe .- hi inn us. :ind' f Th-nnas lie is n h.is Iseti Attoiiiey Oem-ral three times I here is a story 111 ine r iiatP that diessiug tlie Semite only 110. ' HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF,- , ,' ' 1 . .1 ! "Wliy it's 11 Diogenesr -rled Skhi iuf, as tlie atu-Ient philosoplier, Jlgfibul lantcru in hand, jplod'Ud slo wly 4vn: the street. " - j ., ' "Hullo. Diog." crhd Patr'nlii in ban tering tones 'found that bluest man yetV", '. , The sage staml up at tin m. ..Honest inanP" he griinrfibd. "I'm not looking for an honest nlan. I gave that up long ago." ',.-- ! -Ami (lie turned to hobble a way. "Then what are you looking forV cried young -Herclius. 1 Dlogemw pause!. . 1 i I'm ktokiie' for a hind, girl" he Towh-d: "ours left ye!terIay." :ievf- lai:l Plain Dealer. ! - ' IIID1NO PLACE FOR INDIANS. In the old cokmial "mansion known Ixnver Brandon. 011 the .lames "river, Virginia, a small' secret room was- dis covered a few lajs ao. It Is p-i:M I v liin-iii" In li v:iinii-liiiL' -iin! ils exlstenc" was unknown to the pi'estit :i-cuuuits of the h&usv. Tin; rswuii was filled with the dnt of many genera tions, .but nolhjig eh" w as toiiiki tnei;". lrilviMir li, rM,ltt ulf t i 11 CtfN 1 lo hUe valuables lit the day or Indian raids, as 1he Iiouse " was built inr t mi u 2-10 years ago. . i RUSSLVS NATIONAL TIPPLE. Vodka Is the' destroyer of .'national character and domestic happiness an Russia. This- deadly lrink i seen on oajevcry tanie. it, ts simply anoiimr liaaie for spirits ;if wine (very litth nwxliliiil. Thousands of Russia n.- ev ery year Iieeome vodka druiikanls. j SELIXTINti A I'ASTOR. The Mennonltes at OrofTlale. n ar Ephrata, Pa.,' selected a pas-tor in novel fashion l ist week. There wery lo e in itiates anl lo llibles were fi'd a table 'Is fore tliem. Due cilitaiiisi a flip of paiKT ami the ifeachcF"'whVSc Ktted this one duly chosen. ; O, SAW YE THE LASS? " ' O, saw ye the lass wl tin Txijiiiie blix - een? -: -. ' Her smile is the sweetest, that, ever was s;-en. I Her cheek like, the rose is but fn-sJir, I wteti; i -. - ! She's the loveliest lassf that trh, sv the green. ' ; i ' Tlie iKHiie of my love is below iu t lie Wliere Wild flowers welcome the wan--hringds-e; 1 - Bat ..the-fleetest of flowers in that iy.t that Is ser. - ' - j . Is the maiI that I love jwi the lsa nie bltK eea. ' .. ' ' ' When night over.-diadows !, her xrot iu tlf glen; " ' ' . She'll i-teal out to m-et ber lvel I0-"" And when the moon. whines on the val ley so greon, - I'll weleoiue tlie bisH wT the lsnm bltie ecu. - .s I lie dove that has wandered away, ( from bis nest . ' . ' '2 Retnms to the matd hi fond n"arr. .-. loves live liest, ' V I " I'll fly from the worhl's fal.-e andraa Iphing sivne, 1 To my dear one, tlie lass wl' the lion- nie -blue ecu. X Richard Ryaa. J Oemral 1 law ley,'. Speaking for or twelve' -minutes in a short sii-e.h ii(;e ypuke 22o words ia 'minute. The aver age sjKcd of "Senator 'in lijtating !f- .. ..nit- lfHt -1 nihiiil.' Jin 1. in :i1- &