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MANCHURIA IS DISTURBED The Chinese and i Russians Are Clashing freqnently. MONGOLS DESTROY THE RAILROAD Local Commander, Backed by Boxers, Has Sent an Ultimatum to the Russian Governor. ., ,: . . ..,-5...-....., LONDON'. July lM.-Tli.. of the Menohurla disturbances I nut re garded as jnstlf jiugithe serious view attributed by the Iniljr Mail ad vices. Amur In the lioundary terri-tH-.v iH'twwp eastern' SiU'iia ami ian chufhu The district haa boon the -oiie of local disttirbaiKTH for a long tun', owing to the (provocating eon taio Chinese em ploy ed in the coustnie t ion of the nusse-MaiKUUriau Bail wii.v. . fcj .-H,-ercn collision nave o-curred Is, tween the. Cossacks and "Chinese. noop. mho Happened several week ago when two Russian oflinTS and -sixteen men were killed.; Tito exten sion of the Boxer mWenieut to Man ohuria has resulted j in great dost rue lion .-along the railway, compelling the Russian to withdraw their officials. The Chi new tried to stop the Itus Mau steamer Mlchcal carrying am munition, and the steamer , Soldnga. with the Russian frontier commis sion on Ixiard, from passing up the Amur at Igun. They, fired 'on the steamers, wounding an officer and a few men. The local commander at Algon seems to have sent the Russians 11 sort of ultimatum to quit Manchuria. The Chinese, according to the Daily Mail's St. Petersburg coresHiideiit. bave tnrown up ) fortllh-ntions and placed forty guns at a ioint twelve miles from Algon. to dispute the pass aye of the Russians. ; OlIicLil Uussian advices leave-tlie Inference that Blago vschensk is still in Russian hands. The Russia u lossctc during the lsmi bnrdmciit Mert only three killed and tive Mounded, j The Amur military district was mo bilized a fortnight ago on a war foot ing, and it Is lielieyed tJiat the. Uus sian forces there ate .VMik men, and ii'Ji guns. , The Oovernor iJeueral lias t'v ordered the troops, on tin:. front ler to form a cordon. , . Can Yon Ti ll Why You liav constiiit hadaclHs' ore iH-rvoifs ntwl sleepless 'at night mid fi-el tired in tlx morning? Your blood Jrt carry iug , the right . iiwitoriai to yoor nerve and ofh r. organs.' Begin taking Hood's S.irs.ipariU.i. the great blood nrirhcr. Hud ymi will soon rcnl ir. a change. Yon, nil! fool Ixittet and stronger, will relish your fowl and en joy refreshing s!op. Nausea. Ittdigestiou - are Hood's Fill. 4 i cured by IN THREE SHORT HOURS. BUIKF -CONVENTION- 1IKKD BY KENTUCKY REPUBLICANS. A Federal -Officer Nomina ted for flov ernor Tlie Election This Year Will IU- a Siss ial One. KOCISVJLKK. Ky.. July 17. Tlie state Republican I convention tlay nominated for tioverimr, John W. Yerkos. of Danville, adopted a plat form declaring tin jssue of tin ehetiou to Is? the Ooeliel 'election law, and ad journed, within throe hours. There was no nomination to he'imide. by. the convention except,1 for tJovcittor this year. 'the election In Kentucky .Jie ing an extraordinary one to till the va cancy In the tiovernorship. made by the death of William ootid. Present Oovernor Beckham will hold office onlv until his successor Is elected, w hen lie will again lss-onie I.ieuten-iiiit-Onvernor. John W. Yerkes is a lawyer, and one o tin most prominent Republicans In Kentucky. . He is at present collector of Internal revenue. y SrKVERITE.S IX IDAHO, roeatello. Ida.. Uuly IT. The three silver parties met. In state cimventitui here today, exisH-ting to form n fusion ami run a single! ticket. Neither has progressed leyond a temiwraary r ganixatioiu in the lenKKratJc con- ventlon. II. l, ferKy, 01 nnuuir, wn cle tel temiHrary:clialrmnn. a commit tee on cr-lontlals was apiKintsl, and the convention uUurned until tomor row. The only contest lsfore the coin mitten is that from Shoshone cunty. This decision will pnlvbly deterniine the ooutrol of the convention. : The iMilstis men feel; contident they will seat tls delegation opissel to 5ovcrn or Steunenlergs tVer d'Alene is)liy but. the other wide seems to hold its forces well In line,-- - The Silver Republicans named J. 'J. llennett, of I da h, county, for tein israry chairmanJ ami adjounnit until tomorrow. i ' A. It. XIcKtnle. of Slsislone. is the temporary chairman of the ropulist convention. " ) - UUADY TO FK5IIT. . San FraneijM-o,' July 17. Ho. Tow. imierial consul 'general of tlve' Chhi ese empire, tklay said: "The Chinese in this state are, to a man, heart and soul, against the Boxers. At a' tneet ing of the leading Chlmse merchants of San Fnmclso. It w decfrlel that they would tminedieately close tlieir bnsiness here.f If nec'ss:ry. and offer their seiice to-the rnited States as volunteers, to pn to China and fight under l lie. United States Hag." " A BtY DAY. 4 " Ran Franclsw, July 17. Today was a busy day at the- Presidio. The nrtil asyu7 h was particularly affecte,! yJ 8be ready for foreign service as soon as possible." o'r-t tt,n. ma,fe tl,e own- . he Aus,raa, Zealandia, City Senator and City of Pucbla, and the SnT"- 8re tlw,t a11 of these vessels will Iks pressed into sTvice as soon a Tar?"'"'ll lrt tor tausiKirtation of an army to China. WILL RECALL THEM. New York. July 17.-The IwanI of uianagement of the Missionary Society of tlie M. E. chorch. at a mating to dar, passel a resolution giving full au inorlty to the Secretary with tlie China committee to recall all missionaries of the society now in China, if It should at any time deem it wise to do so. The resolution authorizes the expenditure of any sums necessary to effect this purisjse. i r TRADE SUFFERS. San Francisco. July 17.-The troub les ui China will cause the stispensiou of 4 our trade in floor, and other com moilities," said William Whiley, tlie Hong Kong representative of a big California milling comianv who ar rived from the. Orient, m ,!,. " nacks of flour were at IIong"Kou wmi couiu not ue Ucliverrti in the In terior, a great quantity of flour has gne forward since, and that is also held up. Iost of this Is from Oregon. SEVERAL PROMOTIONS. Washington, July 17. The death of CoL E. II. Liscutn, Ninth iilfantrv.' r sulted in tlie promotion, of LIoiit,-Coi-Chas. F. Ro1h, Seventeenth infantry, to lie. ColoUcI tif tho Vi and Major 1. W.. O'Brien, of the Ninth ii.niiij, . hi ue iieuieuaiit-oionel of the Seventeenth. Colonel Rolie Is now Ill tlie 1 UlliplHlU-K. TROOPS FOR CHINA.! SfMl KVlllwIv- Tulv 1TTI..f..a...i - - nir ( -iiueii Stafesarmy transport Suiuuen ismring a detachment of trooos. snrnxnw .i hospital assistants, sailed olay fur Nagasaki, where it is generally le licved tluit fnrHu.r coived dim-ting tlie vessid to proceed to Taku. China. ! BOTH RE-ELECTED. Guidon. July 17. Rev. Francis. E. Clark and John Willis Baer were tisiay re-elected. resieclively, world's presi dent and secretary of the Young Peo ple's Society of Christian Endeavor. BOUND FOR CHINA. Fish Kill Landing. X. Y., July 17. Companies C. and D., of the Engimi-r iinx.are under onlers to leiive for China next-Monday.' together with all eiigiiieers at West Point. ' f PROFITS OF ORE JON AL BANKS. NATION- Editor Statesman: As I promised in my last, w will now see-what are the proilts :of Orepon'sj na'fion'al banks, leaving others tot compare these protits with their own. In the report of the comptroller of tlie Vnrrenr-j- (1KS.TI I tind a "tamthifetl statement of their semi annual net earnings . and divi dends, for tho live years from 1.SS1 to liu-lnsive. Adding ' tog-tnr tlie semi annual net earnings . for . each year, We have tlie following yearly net earnings, on capital and surplus, f for t he yea rs tia mel : . 1 SMI , 5-1U per cent.; l.s-J. 35 4-Hi mt cent.; 1Sn3. ; I-r cent.; ixs. i(i;i-lo iht cent.; and 1SS 21.V10 is-r cent. Average net earnings for the live years :ti is-r cent. Total net income in tive years, 011 each dollar imested .(YZl- For the same years their dividends were: 1VN1. 44 Jht 4-ent.: INSJ. ;WI3-10 lHr cent.; I Vvl, 'lo-lO iht cent.: IHSl. ' BJH-IO is-r cent.; 1KS5. H4 1i -r cent. Averajro yeaiiy dividends 27 - lo ht cent. Thus these banks in live years returned to their stis-kholders Sl..'!; in profits for each dollar invested. Xow for tho csss-ial .benefit of your farm n-aIers let us llgnre n little. We have seeii alnive, that for the year IV-iJ the bauker's dollar earned him 1-lO jM-r i'iit. The )trfee if a bushel of the -farmer's 'wheat that year, in Oregon, was 4M cejits. The earnings of the banker's dollar, therefore, would purchase from the, farmer three iiks of wheat.The usual 3-early allowamv for liread is 4'a bushels per. capita.. But allowing the tmuker an average family ol flvv and f bushels for each he will require 'St bushels. Figuring it ' out we have this startling result- For the simple .'use of l-.'J of the linker's u'onev. .for one year, the larmer was (timiHlleil to give up 1 bushel of wh.-ati for the use of $(';2-.5. 7 bushels, the allowanc for one person; for $:V5..'Kl " bushels, surticieut for the bunker's whole family; for $U, 7T bushels, enough lor 3 families: ami for the nse of 1ik he must snrreiKler 7."i bushels, bread for a whole town, of ;' families, or l."si isople. for one vear!! Wlwt stupid donkeys "our farmers' that's wjiat they mil them "our farmers" must lie to stand that racket very long. Oh! But when they get a dollar they, kuow it s a souuu dollar, an 'honest" dollar, not a cent dollar, not a dollar that tliey can get for a bushel of wheat; out a i" eeut dollar, for which they must give two bushels: Then tliey are naiTereo by lsing told that they are the muscle and bone, of the country.: Why the mules are that. , v . Xow let us change riv siiglitiy. and note the contrast, supisise me farm pric- of wlest was miy a fair price, Insteaa 01 -ems; mni i liankcrs net earnings out . ier cent., instead of '. That Is 3 times what he theu laid the governnwnt for; his enrrenev; 1i times wnai ue pay o , and twice the rate -of Increase of the farmer's wealth sim-e lSiaJ TIkh the farmer could have pant ins uueresioii SI) with 1 bushel of wheat; 011 ?iw with vs and on !' w,l,V , , , saving on the ?H i'n o wiirm and on BNI loan 7W l.ushels: At even tti is-r cent, tho saving womu U ami iHisneis r-i- , "our farmers" see the poiui.- i ther empnasixe, ami Impress on the minds of your thinking reader, the almost Inconceivable absorbing power of such a high rate of Interest, and its destructive effect on pr I uctive indus try, let me illustrate by a problem in WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN. FRIDAY, JULY 20, An nnfailing specific for all diseases ajsing; from im pure or impoverished block! or from weakened nervous system. Most remarkable cures have been made in cases where physicians have failed and hope of recov ery was abandoned. ( ii At all drnnritt or durect from fr. Wtll!m Medicine Co., Hcheoectady, N. postpaid on. reoeipt of price, 60c. per box ; aLx boxea, t.Sti interest. We have sen alsivo that the. net earnings of those -oi-oratioiis for tho live years 1KM-.1, averagetl is-r cent, annually or lie jkt cent" smi-annwilly. Couioiiudcd at this rate money doubles every two and a half years. This government was established lu7-j years ago, and a dollar would have doubled 4; times. Xow, supposed Hrg Washington had lHrrow-t on-, y one dollar, and issinl tlierefor a United States I stud, at 1 ,; ier cent., icini animal interest, comitomiding cmi-anuually. how much would now 'io duo? oh! alKiut a tliousaml dollars! Ten thousand! A million! Ten! A tundred million! on. no. no. it could' lot lie that, much! Dear simple unsus-MH-ting reader! The finite mind cannot ciii to rnisi tho amount. I do not laini to-have tigurel it ihathematical y accurate, but ls-low, lather than iImivo. the actual amount. The amount luo OctolHT next would Js aliout fs..stiM,oMMNKMNio Eight trillion, eight iHindrol billion dollars!! And all tlo lroierty under our flag, estimated at :lout 75 billion dollars Including all 'al estate aud iinprtitt'iiients therooiit iinl all live stts-k oaWiKT-facttirii's, drips. sieainlHuits. railroads, iiierclimir lise, gold and silver altsolutcly all our , jirtiiHirty the acciuuulations ,f, eh roe hyndntl years of unpre-"d'jm'd, tn-iMliiction would pay k-ss , than inn 1st ceiit. of the debt!' And all file wealth of 'the world would probably' not pay lo per ciMit.!! ' Air. hord is credited with tins cj-pi-essive epigram: "Ten per cent. ls-ats full!" Whether this. is true or not. oil" dollar at .2-l. ih-i' cent; coiiiHinnd-d 'M ji'i-aniMiallv. will " ' alsrb all the wealth of the world in a ..little over-n hundred years. Ml us'ful things, xci-iitiiig only sueh as are tin- gracious jcif i if .our (-0111111011 Father, from a sowing thread to tho most eostly and enduring fahric: from tlie frail wigwam of our ances tors, to tho modem pala-e; and from the cams' of tho savage, tolls "-ean greyliouiid" tlr't threads the trackless seas each, and all. are the jhimIucis of la I Nr. Panks create none of those; for they create no wealth. They sim ply absorb the Health creatil by la lior. They create financial panics, a-rh-'iltoral depressions, and hard times, and nil! 1 splendid fortunes from the mi-foii tines of the industrious, but too con tiding, producers. . - But I. may :ire not How Is so told that their profits great as formerly. Measured in dollars, in is-r cent., this Is true. But in another sense rola lively compared with the general 1u creas of wealth it is not true. ThHr .rotits are still far aliovc the general averagi si far aliove that, they are still rapidly alisorbing tls products of til. orobablv as rannlly. u nt more ratddlv. than at any time iu t heir his- tory. ; This will apear by cousidi'ra: tlon of how falling valus enrich oreitors. " Tho custis figures for this decade are not yet available; but jHThaps 'an appitxiinately firre-t estimate may be attained from the state assess liients. From thes we lenrn that Ore gon's net taxable valuatiou In I'-CM was '$H.tHM: in ISitO only J1C. (M.HMHNt, a loss of JMi;.nmMl-y7i p r cent, in ten years, or 'iyA isr cnt. an nually. If the disliiie in the true val- .il tlii unnn mtitt ilir toss ----- . . . - . i of true wealth lias averageu -.y4 y.t. cent. annually, since INiio. During this period the earnings of the Oregon National Iwnks averaged 71- 1st cent, annually, a .marked'-decline' from the former peri.nl. How- . . . a . - . . ever. lHtwen mis t.eerntMii nin irur. and the annual loss of wealth. "4 iter cent- thcn is a most signifi- cant margin of over 1" pr ""- Now mark the result of the change, as illus trateil by the following example. A tm 11s a farm worth " f 4,t wes B. (Imuker) $1.' on mortgage. Tlie ir shares are cjnal; each owns half, or four-eighths of the farm. With A'h labor the farm .Increases in value 1 isT cent, annually. S'JiM yearly ami In ten rears. aiue to mnu v end'-of B years B fnteresr on mortgage is 15 per cent -SI. year ly and f l." in 1 years. Valw of lifortgace $iTi. Now B's interest In the fl" farm Is flve-eightbs, an in crease of one-eighth. A's Interest U $t.MV or three-eighths, n loss of om cighth. ltill A has more than at the Iieginnlng. His Interest Is not wholly alsirliel. , ,; . Now mark now rapidly-A Interest will be alsorrel l.y sw h a decline of value as Is indicated by Oregon's - as sessment since 1NV notwnnsianoinH i a reduction, by one-half in the rat of tlif decliu in Urn alue icterest. If 'fSnntns of A"s farm- is the same as iu Oregin since ltM, 'ZyA 1st cent., it will Is a loss in value of annually, jind $4to in S years, and the value of the farm' then but $l.."Wt. B"s ihortgngo increas ing at; 7V-j 1 st eclit, rthe neA earnings f the lanks f7?,tKT year Iu M years. The 11 mount duo thou would Ik ?l.a:.' J? io niore; than tho farm is wortii!'! As interest hi tho farm is ex-lingniisht-!. or -'rather ' abs4rliel;. and far more raiilly than whn bank profits were, apparently, much larger. Thus by fall of values producing debt ors lost, and non-prodiH-ing creditors gain. We cannot Justify this, nor even account for It, 011 the '-hypothesis if jUKrior lutolh-ctulil ability, vigilance, or indiitry of llus bankers, for thesi have already lieon richly paid for in liiunilleent ssihirii-s;. before tls-ir not arnfngs wre rei-kuul, and dividends declares!.' Two Words ex plain it class fogfslation. By;, which these . non-pro-, dti' iiig corpiwitsnis vixy gwntoil favors ilnUI to all producers. v'l'toadtT, did you eyT stop to seriously think that rbfs, great government, by. its law fiat creates ami loans money only to uoii -producing usurers? That It will not loan a dollar its ioplo who toil and produce weaJtli to- open mines, erect and oS'iate .fact o.ties, build incr cliatit ships, or improve farms? Yet much' Is the han). cruel, nnwetcomo indisputablo fact!, - . '""All coiH-tslo that agric4i1lhi-o is the liiisis nf tin natfon's .wealth, and all 1 'profess . the- most ' eariu-st solitinh; for tl'e Tanners prosjM'i-ity. let Congress treat 'with contempt .their' demand for loans at piadrnplo ihe rates paid b.v tinkers. They are tlM'rfOr'.ctnn pll? to Imrrow- of tlioso bankers at from ten tt twiri.v times tho rate the bankers pay the government. Are flu" farmers who produce and send abroad tlne-foui-ths of Ou'4xKirt. aii justly eutill.! to the favors of a common govern iiTeiit, as 11011-prcMliieiTs? Most assuredly. Then -why not? To put the farmers on lin equality with the Ismdholders I In? law wuhl liave to provide: ill That their farms should lie exempt from all taxation, state and national, just a the IkhhIs are: 7-f Thar on tho deposit, with the conitrolr h-r, acceptable deeds to tls'lr farm titat OfHcT should grant them a bank charter, authorizing tlwin to rs-ive deisisits. from the t'nitd Statesindfv idnals and eororations. to IojuiTikI' ey. discount notes, and do a getH-nil Imuking business; and then while the owners fs-ciiphil the farms, and r ceivisl the rents and profit. Just as tho banker gets -.t hi ayvf$ interest 011 ids dejMisifeil Ismds. issue to them guaranteed bank notes nut hori7.d to eire-ulate as moiuy. up 10 the full value of the farms, at an Interest charge of only' mi-half o one per i-etit. yearly; i.'b That the capital sUs-k only of, the bank-shall Is taxoU tJiat tue curren- v thev re-eiVc from tlie government, t the gold and silvr. promissory note I of ilebtors. lHnds of xtates. ' eonnties, j -Ities. school districts, or -oronitions. Ih'M iu iheitt safe and on which they .draw intenst. shall .h- exempt from assessment, and- the demands of the lax-gatherr. For these favors are all gran-fed to flii national bauker. Then proi'lwing farmers, as well as lnd-iMildei-s. couM start banks, receive de posits. loan money, and Improve tlieir farms. Can any sano.man doubt with tlns "greatly 'increased advantagis. there Wfinld Is great demand for land, and; farms rapidly enhance in value, 1. ur to :Ui r cent, aliove pnsent values.! jts.t a Ismds onhauco with every new oriiHege irrantcil to them? Bnt tho law pn iv ides no sijoh . genorow favors to farmer. Iletu-e fsrnis fair in . value aul arff- drug' on tlie market; and isnds go up like kites, ami flatter ourselves tnatf.lt Is solely because of the great credit of the government! J'sish! It is largely th rsult of valuat bhr Ss-lal iwiyileges grantol to this speeH-a of projMTtj- ami withheld from all ot hem And here Mr. Elitor is a sotHclent- answer to your interrogatory why I and niy farmer frfends tlon't sutrt -a Itsnk. J : -- 7 "Tin .wbjwt grow apace. Dan M Webster must wait for his answer. F.lack slavery' iwas treason In eniliryo. Whik slavery can not te less. .. 'lhe national Iwnkinz system is incltoate treason. (.' ' ' J ' JOHN P. KOBEKTHON. Kalem. Or, July .Kith. ISj'FFEnER. "It's great drawlmck to' a youn man to be loadeil down with debt- -I should si-y soL I'm awfully-load e down wltfc. w list other isople owe me." "bi-ago Ke,-onl. Fin printing. Statciraan Job Office 1900. f.'OT TO BE triroRCED TIME rOR PATMENT OF BICYCLE IX EXTENDED TO AVUrST lOTH. Mftrioa Ceanly Coart trill Await ReMlt of : FrmMmg Litlgrmtloa la Holttw V - mli Coanty. - , (From Daily Statesman. July. IS.) ' The annual bicycle tax In Marion county liccaiue delinquent on the loth lust., and It was generally reported that on Monday morning Sheriff Dnr- biu and tleputics would In'gln the six un of untagged whwls and eu force the payment of the tax with $1 costs in'each case. In the absence of Sheriff Durbiu from the city. lhputy Sheriff Coiliath Intended to Is-gin seizing all u1hh1s not leariug a 11 tax tag, but he was notitlod by County Judge Scott not to proceed with enforcing tlie col lection, a further extension i' time un lit August lotto, iicing grauted for the voluntary payment of the tax. Judge Scott assured the .officials In the sher iffs thiiartment that the. court would approve of their course in not enforc ing the collection of the tax and upou convening at the August term would ratify his action iu graining additional tluio for the aymont of the tax. The action of the court In extending the time until August loth, was taken lit save the county a bill of costs that would have Ihmii incurred in litiga tion that would doubtless have ousued had wheels licen seizetl and an attempt f-made to eufrct tin collection of tho tax. A suit is now ixuding in A7ult laimah county, testing the constitu tionality of the law creating the tax a lid Ihe court holds that it would Ik unwise. to -Involve Marion county iu a similar suit when the one suit will de termine the validity of the measure. The test bicycle cast was-argued and submitted before Judge Sears in Port ia ml. 011 Monday afternoon, ami a de rision as to the -otistitutionaIity of the law Is extHctod sHUi. Regarding the arguments in supimrt of and against the lull the Oregoulan had the follow ing: ' "District Attorney Chamlierlaiii de fended tlie law for Multnomah county. and IJoliert (J. Morrow apiieard as at torney for bicyclists iutcrcstcd in paths who desire to see tlie law upheld. Y. D. Fentoii made the arguments as at torney for tlie plaintiff. He assort d thsit the law Is contrary to no fwev than eight .different sections of the const it ut ion. all of which are set forth iu his complaint. The 'M.lnt is that the law is siiecfal, in its action and provisions, and it applies only to a few i-oiiniles in the state, and that it grants certain cithscus and classes of citiMns privileges and immuujt ies ' whivli do not Is'long to all citiy.ens. It is also contemlod t hut -tlie bill :riginalel in tho Senate, ami should have originated in the .House 'of Beiire'senta Mves. - "Judge Sears questioned at the out set of t no argument whether tin Taw was hot .unconstitutional lsHiiuso.it is local ami not. general,. in Its. churavter in-cording to thy desion of tho Su preme Court In ease of Manning vs. Klippcl. Mr. t.'hamls-iiain. in atiwer. sill 1 tliat wlsn tho csiso was first nre? sentisl to him he was of tls opinion, and Is-lievisl tlie law was unconstitu tional, not only iu theory, but 1 ocauso of this dis'isloii. But on examf nation ho dlseovensl' the opinion in Hie case of Manning vs. KHpsd has Imou over- ruhd, and reasoned out of existence by other ilecisions, not yet pulilislie! iu the Oregon rcinirts, but refiorteil in the Pacific lieiKirter. Mr. ('liamlsTlaiu wnt on to sav that In thought the Supreme Court had gone to uurcasoiuiblo lengths in sostainiug laws of this character;, in .hix judgmeiit they were clearly uneon stitiitioiial, but the Supremo Court had almost invariably milicld them, except in t lie case refernsl to by the court. and now it Imd practically; reversd It- st-ir even in 111.it -!is. Hence, in spite of his srsoiial Judgment and opinion as to the constitutionality of those spe cial laws, applying only to certain comities of tlie state, he would contend tliaHiy virtue of tlie dH isioii of tlie Supreme t'onrt this law- Is valid and Constitutional also.. Mr. Chainlnrlain held that the law oiizlit to In licld constitutional in com sequence of tlie decision of the Ore gon Supremo urt. and lie eifiil no tably tho wagon road ease. As to tin bill originating iu tlie Senate, Instead of the House, ho bowid that under the ths-isloiis of tho Supreme Court this was Hot 'a bill for raising revenue. in fittitcuiplatioii of fho constitution. That means only tlie general revenue law. Mr. Fen ton made a strong argument in favor of the compl.Tint. and submit ted numerous authorities sustaining his isisitioii. He also dissected the various decisions if the Oregon Su preme court, which, Ik asserti!, were not adverse to his on so." : Thus far this year the tax has lsen paid 011 only 711 wheels, i while on the same date last year 21-Sd had Isn-n fKiid. so it will Is seen that unless the wheelmen pny tlieir tax more prompt ly during the next month than they have in the- past, there will still re main many wheels liable to seizure by the sheriff. On Saturday last sixty- seven receipt were issued, twenty- seven on Monday ami only seven yes terday, r Some little Things Which - doced fortones. Pro- Creat! fortune have sometlne swung on very-small hinges. Many a man has made , a . .million noilar or more by aying attention to small things. Others have found out that what seemeI insignificant proved -to Is very Iniortant Indeed. A sely Individual called on Alomso B. Cornell, in his office on lower Bad way. New York, and exhibited a device which be claimed would do away with that Plague of tlie modern business man's life the office ly. He held In his hand a crude Instrument, a f suit 3 Inches square by 2 Inches deep, with a wire attached, ami a small key or lever to pull down. Mr. Cornell listened at tentively to what the inventor had to say, especially to his explanation how a company could be "organised with of fice at some central point In a city where messenger Imya could lie kept In waitfng to resjiond to calls; i how call boxes could be ldaeed In business Infuses, to 1h oieratel by this simple lever, and how the Ihijs could rim er rands, sweep out offices, and dti other things at a -st of so much ist hour. Mr. CorfiU was far from wealthy, but he saw t& merit of the lda and at omv cIovMlthe Imrgaln. lie paid the sum of rjtTfor it, and then he or ganized tlie American District Messen ger service, a business which enabled him to-clear 4rUU!tn from the" male of his surplus stock, and which nan earned millions of dollars "for him and for the telegraph couipanle. which suc ceeded him in Its control, lnousanus of boys have 1hcii given employment us a result, millions of messages have lssn added to the business or the groat telegraph lines, ami business men have saved. much time ami trouble by using these. liiBe sons of t Mcrcv. If Mr. sveral otltei-s liaa uone iue vmue-cn are that the . ' dlsctiiragil Inventor would have given up tin, attempt to interest people In his wheme, while It is certain that Mr. Coriiell wouiu nev er have reaiHHl niillUvns from It, and ernor of New York, s he did a fo yean later. In 1S7'.. Almost n similar exisTleiice was that ..f i-li-ii'l. il.ml.l n lui whs isillis'lor f the lsirt of Buffalo sixteen years ago. Mr. Oouhl Mas one of the aggressive men of his city, a bright business man and political leader., lie Mas not. how ever, wealthy. His foes as collector his term of office was four years, one; his term of office Mas four year. One ditv lie lwiught a patent oar coupler ....,., .uu.r ,.. i.. .rr.i-i.i it r,)t $."hh and a Job as foreman of the. fac tory which' should liiake It. Mr. tlould know that the Patent Office at 111111 M 1 T ' ! ,,,, .... .... Washington had giaubijl . 'patents on ..I different stylos of 'oar .couplers, and t Kit It is a standing Joke among tlie Washington officials that ovorr crank In llin I'nitixl Sillies sootier or later trio his' hand at Invent iug them. I'lsHi Inquiry. Mr. tSoiild learned that, while less than loo had lsn given patents, over 17" had Insmi re-eivcl up to that date atiout ' IKSTt. Not-one man In a thousand, under-such circum stance Mould have invcstoit n oonai. Bnt Mr. tiould did not eyre If there wore a million . ptiiems 111 exisiciice. If this mhs a g"M.l one. as good as any, he would litid a way to put it oil tho market: or. rather, on the cars of the nifiil Slates. He paid -the money. giving the Invonior a writing to tho of. -fis-t that, he Mould receive, a Hisltioii in tho event of a factory lsing usihI. Some idea of how successful Mr, Coultl has 1hih mHIi this IiivoiiIIoii may Is gathereil from the fact that it is in uk on so many railways that It requires oOOO men to make the couplers: ami .'ft" other men to ship thorn and put them 011. j no city of imhw, ,ew York, oms it existence' to It. a City or llinil IIOII7-.I lltj ' . PIIIHI l'l 1 'I 11 .on public schfsils. Us-'tric cars, theatres., waterworks n ml factories employing alsmt "ono hands In other bram hes of industry. Mr. Could is pfvsident of six other hirge maiiufa (oi lug 4'oinpaii- les, whieli have gnnvn oul .of. the eoiqi-. ler 'IiiisIim. One of these is devotinl . .t,-.ik. 111. ' il ,1. V . 1 1 1 Vf SI 1 llll Ijlllg 11 .11 IIS, mill ill! Ill- l.OK- llsh railways n1 recent -vitslomer; Mr.' tlould enjiiys an" liicomo of $:iiioi n day from those oaujiUiUw4.aM4Mts ncciim uhitiil a fortune of f lo.onn.ooil In. the. past ten years. To '-his credit, it must. In said t lili t hi kept his promise to the man .who 'furnished the coupler. Twenty iycars ago the great brown-' wi.au Lti haj Viae 1. 1 1 rr t u 11 a.'aBdA furnishing the -ilft-s of the ,llaiilie s.-alioard inllliohs of' fsf -of sawiil stone. In riawlng the stone, rough dia monds wore nd, fistnel jtecurely In the dge4 if gnat swing blades of stis'l, which wro t driven back nml forth by steam fiower across the giant Mocks brought front the quarries. But the oiaiiionds cost a great deal of moii- y. and More out in a fow Mis-ks, ow ing to the incessant friction on the staudstoiio. It was not jsissilih to split the ; stone nothing but a clean, smooth surface on the slabs would do. 1 III; 1 I II 01 I'll II llilltllll.o ri , r. Mere found to wear out Iu one day and ste! saw ost iminy ilollars each. The trade na rls for suiio genius who conld lcssin the cxsnso of the sawing, j . -.. Hi- niiticared in the person of Mr. rillmati. who had an idea that cliill.il: stifl would Im sufTiclently hard to J wear at least a long a diamond. Ilej fastejiisl t,el shot 111 tlie saw and j starter It. Tliey drop)H-d out lccaiise. j Ix-ing roliiid. they could not Is s-ui-- i ly ItiserUil tiear the dgo of tlie saw. i lie did not notice the mishap until some time n.ui eiapssi inen no suip-i hsI I lie saw and found that all the! tiny stool mulcts had ilroppeil out. But.; What ,'n hi astonishment to find! that the saw had done better" workj- than ever lMforoes1ng the 1 liilleil shot lu a detaclusl' way, rolling thfini back and forth In tlnvaperlurct. He cut; dis-isT Into the stone, having just as many shot loft as at the Is-glniilng. lb nitented his tlcovery, and wmii all the milts in New Kngland .were us-; iug his chllleil stsl shot .-t S u -cess. j PUICi: PKU BOX. Hop grower throughout ' the valley rare dlsoiisrliig the matter of fixing a price for picking hops this year." In the Butteville lielghlsrtiiood there I strong talk of organizing for lis purjsise of fixing the price at not to exc-d JV cnli lr lsx. Should an ffort lie, wade t'; do thJs. It Is likely, with the present spirit of organization a.Tiig the hoy growers, that an agreement Mill be made by all growers to pay that figure. WILL UK " APPKALKD. The rne of Mr. A. II. 1-a Croix vs. P. J. Sehar bach. which on Monday ms d-idet by Circuit Judge ti. IK -Burnett, ad versely to Mr. SoharbHoh. Mill Is ap pealed to the supreme court. The ease is an Interesting ami lmsrtaiit one in 4. t bat on the ultimate decision, will depend whether. or not a 1 01 tent I liable to execution to satisfy a judgment. "ANOTIIEIt WKDDINtJ. - County Clerk W.-W. Hall yesterday Issmsl a marriage license to B. W. Morgan and Minnie Simmons, 12, B. Fletcher wit hes. This make a total of nineteen marriage licenses that have lsen Is sued this month a against only nhie for the corresponding month lant year. - - . ; - ' - te Imi Yog m Kmn Bo:?