THE ALLIES
WflGilT
- , .
LI Hung Chang Asserts that the
Advance! on Pekin
WILL BE RESISTED BY CHINESE
KHorta to EllVct Compromise Have
Tlma Far Hfen Frultless-A.
Keijr Ru-wim Army.
LfNION An .In
case the
troupe advance i the Chinese must
. " - - " iu.li i 1 iv aiiom
should be Ifewii t; wtef" IVkin in
order to fswjrt the Ministers to Tien
'lsirj w absolutely impossible.
This i the dictum of U linn?
Chang. It wa transmitted 'last ere
ning to WUliaiit tpritchard Morgan, a
member of- Parliament; for Merthyr
Tf.lviU hy his j agent at Shanghai.
The agent Imh carried to Karl I J a
message from Morgan, urging that the
allhsl troop should not enter the cap
ital, and stating that a settlement
could le juade at Tien Tsin w-hertiy
the war of the ; world against China
would te averted; but even the opti
mistic Li failed to lud.l out the slight
est hope of it feasibility, althonsh he
reiterated to Mr. Morgan" :is nt hi
! dilation thaf the Minister had
h-ft Pcklu, fixing the date of their de
parture 'a August 2d. The agent
make this comment: -
'.The consuls are without Informa
Hon." ; - , j .
The. messages; hive leen sent to
Iord Sali:ury.' accompanied by the
.statement hy Morgan. urging that the
1 1 - i . . . . .. . . ,
omen toiooiu inKf no step io eiioaii.
ger the lves of the Minister.
A mesxaffe from the Relzian Minis
ter, dated Pekiu. Ahiui 2d. seems ef
fectually to dispose of the minors
that tin Minister have either left or
are intending to leave Pekln.
The Daily Mall' correspondent at
Che Foo. telegraphing; Monday, says:
'"The lighting; lasted seven hours,
and the allies. ! when my rep rt left,
were pursuing Ihe Chinese; but owing
to I he. Hmx1s their projrress was lif
l'u'Ult. TIuih the C-hSneKe will have
time to reform aiwl'tu m-over" from
the efTertH of the battle."
All the irrespmiilenls aprc-e in
in;r , th bravery and organiza
tion of the Japanese, but none of
tliein brims the story ninh lieyoud
i-iwral Cha(TtH report. The Seba
1ok1 eirrresiiMlndent of the laily
Jraphie uiyn the Uussian Govern
ment will end 12TMi additimial
troop from tlessa the far Kist
twfore the end of the year.
' TaWe Ilevd Will Surely Speed."
J'.e sure t hvvl the first smptoni5
.f imltcstion.inirvoitMiiss and imparc
. . . . .. -
;!.o.l. and ttuH .avoni enronic ipp
a. ntrvmii 'iTSN:f.fitiii anil ail tlic'evil?
;rdm-t.d by bid blood. Hood's Sar
saparHla is yaur saftRuard. It" fitiick-ly-Mt
tht'Min'aih right. strtngtluMis
am! pii t tlu'l ncrui. puritTts, inrii-fics
and vitalizes tht- hJood and kerps up
the health tone
. A!l Hvfr i'.H are cured by IIood"?
I'ills. 2$ cents.
KRIGER WILL SIRRENDER.
..' ';:.V I-
AXXtOl TO MAKE TERMS WITH
i Tiii; nniTTSH.
ir Some Assurance of Ilia Fate Will
lie t;iven4-Boer Are iu n I'if
iable Condition.
PRETORIA. Monday, Aug. ft It is
stated iwsit'l rely that Pretddent Km
ger is wdlling nnd anxious to surrei
d: r. pnvidel a s.itisfaetory promise
is giveu as to his ultimate destination.
MKLTIN'J AWAY.
New York. Aug. 7. A ilJspftteli to
the Herald ffoin London, says that a
Ionrrnoo MaTtpies eorvef iKndeiit of
the l)ai!y Mail states that a rrench
man Just ivturneil from the i;ier
frontier confirms the telegrams whieh
have lxHn received during the last
few days describing the pitlalde thar
aeter of tlve Hoer posltiou. tlenerai
litK"s coiuiuando originally 7-Vi.
now consists:' of only sixty-three, an t
dher commandos have ln-en reduced
In likt troportioit. owiug to desertions.
The remaining burghers have divid
el into two parts, one for peace and
the other for war. The peace party is
the stronger.
i
MOltn I'KHITIXC.
-Cape Town. Allg. l.-nna.i .w
munication; w ith the Natal has . Inn
re-4stahlishiHHy tieneral MaelHmaM
capture of llarrismitti.- -n
lle:frr tiahtlng at Kland s IJver
comnV-nml on Sunday and continnpl
Monday. No ih-tKilis are i.l.tainable.
but it i WHercil that Cetienil ar
rinstoii and t:eiwnil Lin Haiudtoa
retievsl the garrison at Hust.nbe'
which is Tetlriug to Seerust.
K- rrilLU! I XIUTANCB.
Tel,.Kniph "onipanies Restrainl front
Refusing to Transmit Quotati'Mis.
Kansas City, Mo4 Aug. 7.Jttteff
Henry, iu' the -ircuit etinrt tcslay.
granted the Christie-Street Commis
sion CHnpnny, aud the ltrkT:ige
Irain Company, Udh of tlds city.
permanent injnnctiou restraining tin
" Wi'steru ITuion anl the Postal" Tele
graidj Cot.i;uiies from liseoM inning
semllng gniin quotations to tin win
plainauts "; ' ; ,
Iu his decisin Julge Henry lud.t
that the , "quotations of the Chicago
lioard f Trade are impressed with
fuidk interest.'1' and that the teh
graph cinianies handling such quo
tations must deliver them to the
fonnmissiou companies that : desft-e
tlnem.. . : z : l
t aJ PRINCE'S CHOICK. J
San Franelscov Aug. 7. Prince Eni
Wha. seimd onf the King of Corea.
who I la this city, has" decided to re-
mam here indefinitely. . He came, to
this country Ir charge of Sin Ta
MtKn. w-n.n.1 ss-retary of the re:m
legation at Washington, who was to
take the young prince to Roanoke.
a., for the coiuidetion of Ids tnltiea:
tlori. Tlte prince, however, has de
cid.sl to stay la Californhi and attend
one oi .the American Universities la.
this Ktale.
A GOOD WORD fOR 0BFG0RL i f
i:xcrpt? from a ttcr. Writ tea by
the l-Iditor of mu Illinois pa- .
er While iit Oreguil. ;
' Jt W. Owen, editor of the Onarga,
Illinois, Leader and lteview, who re
eutly sjient several' weeks In Salem
and other nints In Oregon, visiting
friends and looking at the -onntrv. ia
a letter written home from; Portland.
sKaks a go h I word for Oregon, and
tells ia detail, of. the industrj' and
wilth at resources of this cuntrv.
His Salem visit h treati- at letiglU.
and the following excerpts are takeu
from the l?fttr, which wfi pnhlinbed
in his pajM-r undiT date of .Inly 27th:
"At Salem. Oregon. 1 had a pleasant
visit with Mr. J. II. 'At wood, former
teaHier in the nu;rga pi!dic s-iiMls
and for seventeen-years teacher in th.
commercial department of : the Semi
nary; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Lee. who
recently risitcd in Onarga. 'MrC lias.
AtvvoMl. who Is now uie of the piom
hieut young men of that eity. Mr.
Chas. Clark and family atnlMrs. Iim
initt and daughter. Capr. Lucas, also
a ' former Onarga man. resides 'there,
hot I did not get to see lihn. It will
interest Onarg.t ieople to 'ktiov,that
Miss Anna Atwissl was married. July
:td, to Rev. C. T. McPhers.n. '.Metho
dist minister at Jnnctioa t.'ity. Ore
gon, for -which place they took their
departure last Friday. Mrs. Atwoisl
and daughter Ifelen an visitiug in
the mountains. :
"Mr. Clark has large orchards a
short Iistaucfrom Sahsu, embraeiiijf
:.!i ap(de trees. l.tn plum tr:-"S
and l.XKt cherry trees, besides ' oi lieT
criis. wliich I had t lie pleasure of
visiting." ,
Ittl MOST fAMOUS AMERICANS.
Task for a Comu.iittis of Jttdgcsl Set
by the New Vrk t'ni versitj- -Judge
Vo.lverton on ttie i
(jommit !(:. :'
Hon. C. E. Wolverloii; ex-Cii'ief Jus
tice and at present Associate Justice
of the Supreme f!ourt of Oregon, ha
been selected as one nu'iidier or a ctn
itiiltc of toil to Select tile, names of
are to t c in.-'cribed : t.-tbh is placed
11 1 lie Ifatl OI rail'.e tor itreav .uiut-
wans. of. tin" New lurk; I niverxry.
aceordihg to Hie Jigreenu-ni efweeii
the rnivi-fsitv " forporat wur and the
donors of the Hall. Tl:i list of fa
je.otis Aitreri-.iiis will c.isist ot e:n:
nent authors an-l editoi-s. business
men. educators, inventors, mission
aries and explorers, philanti'! oi s!.
and reformers, preachers and theoli
uians, scientists, eitiioers a no ariiu
tects. Liivyers luidjudgef-.. musicians.
paiutiis itud sulpto.-s. puvsiciaii.-!
............ j -rt.fu ii 1 t u--;:i)cll So!-
diers. and dictinguisiied lmn :!:t i
woiocii in yithei- walU:.-; ia lite.
Oa: of "the eonditions is llit c t rh
on , Whose name is ci eieo . tor ....
honorahle place iu the .mill, sh.nl ti:te
Im'cii a native itorn American, ami
m'.'.iII have Ihii dead at l.as ten
yars. The UteiidKTs of the eonnn.:t-
tee of Judges to urine me m-htmihi
ire taken from every jsnt'.o.i o( tin'
TTnttjnt S!lteJ and the t hell Chief
Justice of tiregon was chosen as on:'
of them, when the appointments were
made last June.
A et of the rules governing tne se
lection has Im'CU received ty Mr. Jus
tice Wolver ton. together with a list
of possible candidates containing the
names of numerous famous Ameri
cans in all the classes enumerated
ahove. together witli some Hot so fa
nious. Judge Wolverton ttnds tliat
the selection ot the tifiy most distin
guished in American history Is not ns
easy a matter as it would appe-ar at
first jrlauee. and he Is bov.' o ciipylng
himself, during his leisure lioibs, with
studying tlie merits and claims t.
fame of the many noted js-rsonages
In the history of the Republic.
PFSINESS DEl'inSSHiNS FOl'ND
ED IN THE IRON TRADE.
I' the whole.: industrial system is
shaken, v hat. is more natural than to
look for the caii!e iu. tin fouiukilion of
that system? If anyone doitlo tnal
iron-is the foundation of all nnsleru
industries, let him imagine what the
'world would Is- today "Without it.
What it would le if we" depended trpoii
Wosl. stone, eopiwr and tin for our
Hop -incuts of agriculture. tMiSs. ma
chinery, vehicles of trausportutioii on
land ami i-a. the vast m-t work of
mils ou the surface and yf. pipes
which carry water, gas and sewerage
under the surface. What projtorlioii
of these could have existed wimout it?
It matters little what its price is. pro
vided that, price Is st;:ble. The iml.is
tnes of tlie worhl depetnl iqon the
actions of individuals. Whn carli.
Individual cousidtrs i an expenditure
Tor a . lM-rmam ut ln:prtvemi-nt and
tn-it jiii)rovci:mit will mst ,"
l-r i-ent. to RKf per cent, more than
It would have done a "year IhjI'oiv, or is
likely to a year later, he acts, ami
that act hn is almost invariably to
losipoue that improvcuu at. .
This. In a nut shell. Is the reasrti
that iuduxtritil h-pressions follow an
abuoi uial advance ia plg-iruu. ' '.
II.-Hull, iu The Er.gim-ering Magnz.ne
for August. ! s ?
LOCAL
TRANSPORTATION
ItMlTO RICO. '
IN
The thing which has imrvss'd most
rsapli front tlie states, on tirst ac
quaintance with IVrto. RHt. is tlw
lack of tninsMjrtatkni facibties. This
is apparent to the new arrival - just
oft tlK steamer as svsm as he makes
iiMjuiries as to the way to- reach this,
that, or the other 1own, and learn that
a em-he Is a luxurious express eiiip
age: and catreter.i; or ma-ailamied
road. Is the "lsst road" or route t.f
tl e .-"fast until" iii I'orto Rico. The
fan with such aettmuodations, for
a distance of 13 kiloiiK'tres t mliesi.
is Hsos t?l.S gol.li.i i nai is
than cents ier mile. If the tourist
desires to see any In-sid.-rt ;th princi
pal towns ou the i-slaml h will have
to he content to tide over a eaniino,
or unimproved country rotid For a
eo-le to go 32 kihrnietreS (19 miles,
half lv carretera ainl half Iy cam'ino.
the charge w ill be about 14 pcsoi. Tf
IhicV; it Will r 1H
lie lvanm.i" ......v ' ,
more. iat is only al-uit eentarot.
or 45 cents ier mile. Should no destre
WEEKLY OREGpN STATESM AN.
to ientrate furilier into the country,
he, must riIe a Porto Itican pouy. Tne
roails will ti nothing more tiiau oouii
taHi trails, ami would be luAh difficult
ami dangerous to travel on fot. Rut
the ismies art ustsl to then and are
Ierfectly afe. Alliert t W. Rut-I, ia
Tlte Engineering Magazine for Augusts
HOW BUSINESS DEPREs- i
XION MAY RE AVERTED.
. The ordy iHssnle way to hriug Iron
tinder proier Rtrol 1s to accumulate
In each of the Iron-producing couutrk-s
f the world., a sun k of jm iron tivuil
to s-veral mouths' iHMMluctiun. It will
not suffice to do this in one uutry
ouly. Tho demand front the others
wochl -arry Its prhe up with their.
EsiCh COUIrtrv must :iecmniilt an
equate reserve stuck of its own. If
mis ie uone turing the itext f.?w
ywtrs, there will h no m- neri.lsr
of 1miui and no more iteriod of in-
unsiriai uepresston, exi-ept sueli short
temporary interruptkms as nay come
fnmi tiniincial panics: in time, they
tot, may Is understood ami prevented.
If the mauufticturers t of liuilding
materials would, et this junctnr vol
tmtarilv : and iiruinnilT . nut .ii..u-n
prk-e to within IO er t-mt. of normal
figures, whW-h is as low, also, as they
should ever have' irom even tc. t
of depre.-den. It would revive a large
iiuiuiwr or tne builUiug euteririses
which are now . . .it. .
doned, ami a prolonged in lust rial de-
oression U'lgtit even at this 1U date
ls avertetl. If. on the other hnn.l.
prh-es are held up, until ; s.ales are
rorceu by tl a ecu m ulntion f excess
ive sts-ks, made at high cost, then
heavy losses and failures will-oeeur.
-llhh'm- Will Ie lost, arul no iiiiu.ntii
of reduction Will revive' the lost.:fiied
etHn'risKi. until tne Iion-pnxliicing
natjoiis have passed .through just suea
another industrial depression as has
iM-retofore followed ea-!i al.iioiin.il ad
aice in tiie )ri-e of iron.-Uo. II.
Hull, in The Engineering- Magazine
lor Autrust.
A FARMERS' OON'tJRESS.
Topeka. Kas.. Aug. 7. The Nation
al conference of farmers met here to-
Iday ami will nA adjourn until tin'
j evening of the Pth. The object of
j the -onfereii-e -is to form a 'oiiiiin:t
ftiori among the farmers throughout
'the country for tle establlshotent of
j warehoiis'S ami trading iKiints where
i their proaIu-ls -an Im iisoseil of at
more profjtabh prices aud wheie Uiey
cau bny the uecessjirU-P of life, faint
tools "aiid' machinery at a less' lignre
than they are now compelled to pay.
FIRST STEP, ..-"
"Vl::it wc want to do." aidne f
Ihe -benighted nation's wise ohl men.
"is to gei civilized."
"I know.", ausweied .the chi f; 'but
how shall we go about it 7"
'Well. I suppose-the first step is to
qnit killing people by hand and hiirii
b us4 machinery." Washiuglou Star.
CRIGON StROOL TOR HIE BllXD
Prof. J. L. Carier, the StiiK.'rin!eiKjeiit,
lias Mad;' His -openirg Aiinntuiivj
nicist ts I'ublie.
I From Daily Statesman. Aug. K)
Supt. .1. L Carter, of the tlregmt
S-.-Iiki for the I'.liiMl. has is.-uerl an
oH'iihig statvuieitt lo the parents and
gt'nrdia'ns !' lite blind children of lie
state, and the same is leing 'setit ut
ihioiejrho-.ii i he state. Tile sSal-innt
follows:
"To Parents atwl Juanl!ans of Youth
of DerelUe S'erht :
'The Oregon School for Rlind will
npea fi-v tli-. ri-cepj'ioii of ptipds u
Moiohiy, the twenty-fourth day oC Sep
tcmlier. Rum. and -lasses wiil he er
ganisced on the following day.
"The past year has been an-unusual
!y succes.vful one in tlu history of tle
s-iiM)L and it is the determination of
(tie executive lsird, and all eoiieernetl
in its ma aa ssmenl . that the coming
lea? shall .Ins even uioiv suceessful. It
j is tlie purHse to introdui-' some new
I fea t nr:s In the Hue of Industrial work.
which -'are exscted to lie of csecial
leiietit to the school." Some iinpi-ove-ieeiiis
have -In en made aliout the
j building arid premises which will add
i ro the pleasuiv and comfort of the iu-
leates. 1
"It' is -inqiortant ' that all pupils- nj
present on the opening day of the
sclKHd. in order that classes for the
tcim bo s i arranged as not to iuterfcM?
and tin liest results le se-urtsl to
each.
"Alsmt one week, or ten days, prior
to the cl uing of the term, parents or
guardians should notify the suiH-riu-leudent
uisui -what train or lsiat-tlic
oepil will arrive, that each may be nut
i'at the stat'on or U)cK.
"Each pupil should l supplhsl with
cttb, hair brush. i-loths bntsh. tooth
brush, aud two bath towels:, and all
articles w hicb go to the laundry honhl
x- pLiInly marked with name or iu-lir-ls.
"The school yearn will close on Maj
31, 11WL"
HEAVY LOAD OF II AY. A "Ray
train" f two large racks coupled loj
get her. heavily lojidel with tinioth.
hay. and drawn by two teams consti
tuted an unusual sight on Salem's
stre't.s shortly after noon yesterday.
The oultit ca mo from the farm of J. It-'
Sheiuinl neitr s-na and the net weight
of the double '.load was .H4:" pounds.
The hav was pur-tiasel by ItrewsferTfc
White. "the Court stm-t feed ami com
tuition merchants. '
Me Jigger Isn't it tiresitK the wy
pHHle talk alsuit the Weather 7" . ?!
Thingir.nlKlt Tin'mie? It's posi
tively dangerous. The niiunte yin
umke a remark alnutt the witlwr U
gives the other fellow a chance to say;
"Y"s, hut it'll 1h a cold day for the
one or the ' other next Novenilx-r,"
Then. first thtug yon know, you're
iiIxhI up In a tierce rsditU'al discits-sku.--PhiladeIpIia
I"ress. : f j
f Trust Tiiose Wlto JIave Triel. -? j s
I Muerel from catarrli of tlwv worst
kind and never hoied for cure, - U
EIv's Cream P.alm wnw to do even
that. Oscar Ostrom. 43 Warren Ave,
Chk-a go. III. :."'.. ; - V; r:
I ;nn"ertsl from catarrh; R got so
bad 1 cool.l not Work: I used Ely's
Cream Palm and ata' entirely welL
Ai C. ' Clarke,. "3-1 1 Sluiwmut Ave, Ros
ton, Mass. -s A :' '.,,;, .,.,.-!
Tlie Palm does not Irritate or cause
ncexlng. Sold ly droggists at rsl ets,
or mailed by Ely RnHliers, Ui Warren
St-Xew. York.': : .';.;:-'t :.:
" Fine job printing. Statesman OCiee.
FR I DAY; ' AUGUST
NEW WHEAT RECEIVED
TUE CEKKAL 9i TKSTIXO WE IX AND
I If TO THK mXllAKtl.
Yirhl Exceptionally l'oor, Roabrls IUUi
HU1 NelVctOmpled.
'la out Daily- Statesman, Aug. S.)
Several .wagon-loada ' of the Hurt
whet crop have Iteeu receivel by th
Salem Flouring Mills! Couuwuy at
their property on Xorth Frupt street.
Owing to tlie fact, however, that the
repairs to the mill race and the pro
viding of a. water supply have not
yet IxH'ii entirely consummated, the
mill; management is not able to oier
ate its cleaning-plant and elevate the
grain. As a consequence it Is inqtossi
hls?to accurately ascertain the qu.ility
of the grain. - This will have to be
determintsl when the plant is In o K-ration
w-hk-h will irotaldy lie. the lat
ter part of this week, j
Water wasijyesterday turned into
North- Mill Iiai-e, the: jstream from
trhk-h the mill eouqwiiy gets motive
Iower for thf ' operation of its plant,
biitit was necessary to shut the
water off to admit of 'the strengthen
lug and coiiipletion of 11m 'work In
soin places. :It Is oxpt-eted the work
will 1h tiually aul prutaneiitly a
oiuplished totlay so the water inay be
tuioit'd iuto that channel again to
morrow. . ! : ' j
Toe wheat ; yield ups year is mis
eraidy, isr kml this grain will tint
make half a crop. What ..the wheat
lacks in quantity thM year..-however,
is stippliHl in a nnnijire by the qual
ity. Some grain that; has been irreg
ularly tesi'd has loiie very well, test
ing up to standard. Some ticlds, how
ever, have produced n inferior qual
ity of gram. A sackj- of such, taken
from the thresher on a farm wstr S.i
rh in. was jsterday h'ft at the oflice
of the Sah-ni Flouring Mills Company.
An inspection of tie- coiiienls . dis
closed that .the grain was not mar
ketable for . milling -puriMises - and
isiuld only le utilized for chicken
feed. "Mr." Holland, as manager of the
Salem mills, is still located at the
Cwmmewial street olfite and will not
remove to the Front street property
until those ,luUdings are ready for
business. I
M. R. Moore, of the Red Hills, was
!ii tlie i-ity yesterday and reported an
averttge yhdd of 14 bushels from his
place south 'of ; this city. Mr. MMre
claims that i He redticed wheat yield
can bo traced to the rust that was so
general In nil of fhe wheat raising
fli'e Valley, lie does not
attribute the damage "to ffie .crop Io
tiie aphis for the reason that farmers
have I weit v!s-Usl li.v that pest tin
uually for several years while it has
been twenty years fi'iitee rust ap-s-arsr
so jfMier:ill lir?. the wheat
fields. , i"
'Mr. Miiiijr, who is one of Marion
-oiiutys must pfospehms f:irniers south
tf this if ity, brouybt in the first hsnl
of this year's wheat -hauled into S:H
lem. Mr. .Moore t4Mk his 'w.heat to
the liig warehouse on North . Front
street, but finding that grain was
yet being received for storage at that
ioint. delivered his wheat to .V. M:
nnmphrey's warehouse at the fit of
Fnlon strcet.Mr. Msire threshd 14
bushels per; acre, it 'being an uitiisual
ly light crop for him.
MILLIONS OF TIES REQUIRED.'
The Railroads Demand More Every
Year and the Supply Jetting
Shorter.
A probh hi of increasing srplexity
to the railroads of this country Ts the
lUcKtliHi of the tie -supply. In some
plaints' -it has already lieconie serious.
The main, sources of supply are far re
moved from the tc.'ar iioighliorh.od of
railroads. It was not long ago that
;ihe rsiU?;oads- were come; ning them
selves mainly, about tne price of ties,
!mt of recent years there has lieeii
'anxiety felt lest they shotdd Is' unable
to procure enough for thfir purpose' at
(any price. iAIl sorts of inore or less ex
periments with lies have lteeii triiil.
with as yet luit little or no success.
The itiist that has Ixs u dope Is probab
ly in the ttlie lioii of adapting means
of prsilonging the life of Ihe individual,
tie. Then; are a; gniit many clever
railroad inert and practical -chemists
engaged in the work of Invention, and
the. -man who discovers some . com
limi'l that may 1e cheaply - inanttfac
turett ami will serve the pnrjMise is
'sure to make- an enormous fortune.
Not only wouhl such an invention
le'ieve the anxiety regarding 11k
source of the tie supply, but it would
nuttriially ." reduce the cost of tra-k
making. There . is nearly a ton of
sts'l in every thirty feet of standard
ingle track railroad, but the cost of
lies in that distance Is even greati
than thatof the metal. A railroad such
.is -any of tte t,g t runs lines running
;nto NewYork. has to buy ties by the
hundreds of: tliousands each year, ami
the order to stop buying never goes
out of tlt ottiee. Tliey want all tliey
r-sn get, ami she limn .with a steamer
!il (if lies In New York would have
di.i sf as nady a market as-If it wmv
aihi with gold. Nothing lias cvt
lseu found that W'ill sitn-essfojly take
tlt place, of the haml-ln wu tie of
young, growing tiinls't, ' and at tlie
present r.-tU the; demand for ths ac
tually threatens tin.' extinction of tlte
fowjts f Anierh-a.
Only a few figvirks are ms-esfary to
demonstrate that this is not an exjig
gi rated view of tlw sitttiithia. A new
mile of Standard siiigictKick railroad,
will-cut taking into consideration the
w?th tracks athl side track, require
alut 4"k tiest The average life of
a railroad I'h' is alsoit five years. ; so
that in ten years a mitrouil will use
lies at tb' rate; of hIkhii Ii.imtt for
eVi-ry- tulle of ttack This means tliat
each and every j year the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company requins .two and a
ltalf mlliions if lies for that part of
their system .east of, Pittsburg; that
the N w York Central requires nearly
2.7IHU lietween New York and Rnf
fal.. aiil" that tls Erie Itailroad re-
ouires- in the m-lgliborhooil of , two
mi'liom every year lel ween Jersey
City; and Silamanea. tbese are fig-
pre that any may easily verify.
It is ho womler that thoughtful rail
rsiu men are asking themselves the
quest ton where the; jsupfdy is ciming
from iii a liundrl years or fifty or,
perhaps in thirty. It Is estimated
tl:at. under the best pnss3bie ein'uiu
stanees. and making no allowam-e for
fire and other accidents, it would re
quire a plot of ground 2.0iii acres iu
extent to grow a million railroad tk.
and it wouhl require a plot of ground
2."rt acres lu ejtSent Jo grow a million
railroad ties, and It . wmdd reiu'HV
fully thirty years to develop them.
In AuHHica lumlHritig lias always
keen a unre or hss haphazard busi
ness. The: ii iins rs ; found tinlirokeii
forests of maturtsl trwes. nnd. in tone
tliey simply devastated - them." Titelr
successors seized - uHif! the i m rts
which offered iudueviueut on account
of the agricultural iossiliUit5es. and
iqjon tin- remaimier was- aliowtsl to
grow a tangle of Lrush which was
eoitquiTCtl hi fitue hy "the irees of
stunlier and nion tvnacioiis gnrwth.
As often as these tns-s . attaimil a
ft'arkeialile siz. and the demaud for
man rial for huitdr7.s of new and
growitg tcwi:si;nt cities was felt, and
forests' were again invaded and again
given over to Nature's uudispotd
pKH-css of healing. lUit Nature was
never, or at least very rarely, trained
or 'a ided In her selection of t hings usi
ful for mill. In tiiosc countries where
tlie things of Nature and those of
civilization were on a more equal lutsis
tlnse' luatl'H-s w-re lookiil after more
v.ivIy and in to'iinany. for example,'
forestry has long lu'en a serious pro
fession and a profitable scioin-e.
Put in Am-, rh-a Nature was too pre
dominating and tint lavish: it was an
(HIHy-'.!i!i'tirT t be fought down
and sid'ducd. Aud nothing indicates
the eais-h-ssiMi's if American IiiiuIn t
htg methods more than a history of
tie trade in railroad ties. New rail;
roads found plenty of available mate
rial where the road was to lie laid out;
in a few years this supply tusume ex
hausted in places, and ties had to lie
transi silted from other places along
the route; still a few years and tlie
supply had to lie procured from, places,
unknown to the engine's 'whistle; and
nowadays he 'main supply conn's
from the most" inaccessible places. In
tlte early tfays of railroading it was
ln UlK-oltlliioll thing to reeeive great
quantities of ecdar and other woikIs
whiclt are regardtsl as almost pre-ious.
Om tf tlie New York railroads
bioiight a slppmeut'of tics in Virginia
several yt-ars ago, and among them
were actually we vera L, carlotids f
black walnut ties and this was at a
time when tliere was a distinct de
mand for black walnut in the New
lork markets. believer the oppor
tunity olfem! itself these surprising
railroad ties were stolen from the
road department by tlie caris'nters
and master mechanics and were used
for cabinet work and made into desks.
At present fhe 1hs wood available
for ties growing in this bulimic is the
whUw oak. and next iu value an some
of the s her oaks and the chestnut. In
Ihe West the -California redwood has
ls'Cii largely usisl. but the constant ly i
increasing m-maiul for this 'wood for:
line ns renders- it more and more;
exNiisive. In the last few years large:
quantifies o'f lies made from lh lohg.
pine hae1ss'ii inq orlfl from tiisirgia
and 'I he South, but it is too soft to
hold a rail without the use of st4l
tie-plates. Otherwise' it viands the'
wear and weather fairly well and
holds a spike firmly.- The yellow ine,;
however. Is not tough nough' to make
il -. adaptable for use on curves, sunl
Jther places where tl trattu; Is 'iej
dally sevejx?.
Several years ago a certain railroad
indnleil in (be experl aient of treating
ties of various wihmIs to a creosoti-ug
prK ess. Tlie 'XHrinn'iit was. siiccc.su.
fill iu sho vying that the life of ties
could lie increased, but if is r!j'
carried urn mi ai-coiiut if ihe gi'ivtt
exiM-iise iuylviMi. i lie IkiIIi nmt ne
Ir'paid carefully' and the tes soaked
for several hours, or even days, a fact,
which' would, compid r.r.Iroads to es
tablish, vast plants of their, own or
else deal directly with a trustworthy
firm of In
a inters. Tlie Chances "of
fra ud an
great, and tin slightly aq
vanced
pl-jit of tics til US Ilea Nil
WOlllll cn
on rage some tieaiers q
pns-ess. . IIoweviT, -if iio
slight tin
IK'W tiuleiial is
feasible for use
disco verod that Is
in ties, some such
ilevelopinont mi the part of railroad
coicqta-ith'H may simjii take place. -
Artiticial y niade ties have thus far
gewrally l rovel failun's. Cast iron Is
too brittle to stand the strain, and a
sts-l tie o" sufHcieiit strength Is to
i igid and um-lastlc, the latter tt very
iuqM'riant ptality if a good .roadls d.
Ties of this description have usually
Is'eii discnnhsl after a brief trial.
Tliey qiv.imt.no long-lived as Wood,
and tl'ir use require more care of
the rondlw d and i-sulsispieiit 'XiH'iis
The quest hill of forestry has In-i il
fondled u sin. It is doubtful whether,
at -the priesent prevailing prices of
ties, it wquld iwiy railroads to buy up
tracts of Ijind and raise their own ties.
It has tieer ln-en trhsl wrhmsly, and
men wls In the. -matter- have pro
nounced ijt impractialle; which proli
aldy imaiis, by the way. that rallrodds
aw In reality buying their" ties at i n
low. figure. It often happ"iirt. however,
fl at a railroad will buy-up a wsh1 lot
with tii's! on the slump .rather than
have tin m go to some eager coiiiiwll
tor. , . ." j ;
The prici-s paid for fie vary natural
ly according to location and qua hi. v.
For first grade white oak 115 ccnls
ajilt-e ss'ins to ln the preva iii ngHig
ine hcrialous ami this runs lown to
pi or lo ciiits apits-e for chestnut
culls. A f-taiidard tie Is Si:, fn-t long.
7 inches In thickness and .S'-jnch face.
A tree must lo mtirly, if iot -quite,
a foot lir di.uiK ter to cut a tie of this
size, and ran ly more than one first
class tie may lie taken from the Hatne
trunk of an oak ou aeiunt of the
spreading character of I lie growth. It
;s evident from this, fact that the
nunilier of ties to le profluceil on an
acre of ground is not large, and large
tree are Hot available Issa use there
! no market for split tk-s. At i the'
.'aioe time fhe sale of ties represents
a gre.it ileal of ini iiey lo the sptail
faniicr ftlrti simply lets his wissldot
rru wilil and takes out jtoine huhdreds
of l W s every few yi-ars.
. TI tle-choi.sr, w ho was once
known throughout rural "wvr York a
an -ijwrt with an axe, is also thrcat
enod 'v.ith ex tine; Ion.- Arunsl only
with this weaon. la ould trim a lie
in tlv woo.! i that would present
straight and level snrfrues. la fact,
so extert ilid wue of the craft tHi.fme
tl at tiHy couht ifitch up almost any
klnl ttf a tie by -plugging" and otlnr
he hiding its ik-feets. They were a
source of constant worriinoiit to the
railroad tie Htiss'tor, who was fre
quently fooled into putting the wrong
mark on ties, t lien-try cnshlerably in
craslng th profits of Jlie wily wooil
uia n. '
WILL NEED THEM ALL
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XCTT YORK KtWKR 8AXS TI1KKB
WILL UK AN IXCItKASKIl DEMAND
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AU llopa 1'rodae! Thl tSm
ISooka of the Awliton Art
Ketog xminl.
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(From Daily Statesman, 'CVug. 0.)
The hoji grxiwer of New "York stato
recently hidd a picnic at Watervilhs,
New York. The Convention of grow
ers was resol veil itrto at "exiHrHnce"
meeting, numerous addresses ami ex
periences iH'ing given ly th promi
nent growers, relative jto the eulturo
f the hop crop. . "
Janies Wlnstanley, of tills city, inati
ajoer of the Orgoii Hop CI rowers As-sK-iatliMi,
yesterday" recei vel from
Morris Terry, of Waterville, a letter
i-iitMvning the pictilc atul cxnjloslug a
clipping from ak.-al lnewsiwis'r. Mr.
Terry Is one. of the ohU'st ai-tive hop
growers in this Vuntry. ''fie is s:$
years of age ami manages a small
yarl iu New York state,
flu the report of 'the picnic- by the
lK-!ll p:lnr, coltshlonible Sllt is h
Vofisl to thq different addr'K4'S luit.
the. following summary of nie of the
piln. !p:il talks is'! hereto nppendisl for
the reason that It is particularly val
u.ibh' ti ml lnstnictive to growers en
gagil In the print net ion of hs in
any section. The cllppinraUuUeiItrt
Is as foilou s: f
I '-Ho:i. Charles E. iu-niick of Oneida,
than whom there Is no jo' more nq
lilar among the hop growers, was the
last si icaker. As usual he lalkisl bus-Im-ss
to the. hop gniweiK and was
iuost attentively listeitoil to. He saUl
lit pari :J The stis-ks of lV.'i, 5i7, ".
ttnd "Jit I are fully exhansiisl. The
large stinks oflyi and. P'lo, -which,
in this country' f alone it Is claiimsl
ivacheil 4tO.IMHI liclles. iM'ing of giMMl
quality, were plaj-sl in, cold storage i
a hedgo against higher prices In the
following yearsi, What. Iherv Is left
of this has lost Its flavor and value.
Receipts and esrts slum- that Amor
lean . browiM lusl so.ooo mote bales
of tlie "!. 'j-op tllian of any -crop since
IvtM. The plod in lion of malt li (iioj-s
has rapidly Im-retised. FnitisI State
revenue ret linns .: show that JKMrm.iim
barrels of I hit 'were made last.- year.
This year we.lKive eViMUtisI -i:f.MM
bales." The lirewers will want all the
Imps iildatnable thisl si-ason. They'
have exhaiistiil ihelr stis-k of old. ami
will If iiosslble replenish this year.
There. Is no use worrying about, the
Pacific coast. ' Nw "York' stale can
make and .maintain the price. The
P-ass -Company has usisl our hops for
thirty ears and-dare 'not change fhe
flavor: the name Is true of . some other
I'uglish aud o;ne tiernian brewers.
The stocks In flermatty and England
are short. A targe crop Ikis never yctt
lieen followeil by a large crop. -From
present estimates the crops nf IMfit
and Hunt may lie thus compared.:
1!NKI. . lH'.W.
Califonla. . . .'
Oregoni. ; . .
Washington. .
New York . . .
, . ..".42.Hirt."-.. oT.tMiq
. . .. .7U.IHIO Sil.tMirt
. . .. ..tmmmi ';. r.T.tMMi
. . . . .I.IUNI k"i.4MHI
"tl eisiulres .,Hl.Oim liali'd i.f 1S!I
pound each to make .lO.rttuMNMt bar
rels of beer. For tiie lirs ,'tlnte in
thirtisMi years there, is no oile si Ming
hop short this- summer. Voit have
therefore the first ray of sunlight I
have si'it In the hop busiin'ss for C f
teen years.
"Stop giving away, .mi tuples. You
have got them this year wh,'r4 they
have got to come to you. New -York
state hop will maintain the prlco.no
matter what Pachie slojn' hops do.
We have the finest flavored crop,
lye.l Hiere- he no cout raiding and no
scalping. Pick them cFcau. Don't go
anywhere, but stay at home. They
will ha ve to i-onie to: yoti. Ilojis will
go. to 2.) cents this year. Don't give
samples, don't contract wi.ih any one.
There are 2 h,ih hi bales wantisl Iu
Ei'gl.ind. and 'there are only o,ihk
bale they cam have.
"In coikIhsIou Mr. Remick retiirniHl
Ihe thanks of the .hop growers for Ids
oddress and said there were no drunk
ards among the hop growers.
"There is -mr diffefence . between
Democrat and Republicans when
they go to a -pop growers' picnic or
wh"ui they stand before a bar. (Ap
plause.)'; .' - ' ;, ' r:
Henry R. Thlelsen. secretary of the
Salem Chamber of Commerce, has Ih
giin exis-rtlng Ihe lsxiks -of 'the of
ficers of the Oivgou Hop 'rowers
AswK-latlon. an assignment he was
recently glvwi . -ly the lsiard of direc.tr
or of the association, and which can
hardly he completed lij less than a
Week. " '- ; .-i
THE COLLAR P.UTTON.
"In looking over. .a trunk full of old
truck the other day,' said the -middle-,-ig"l
man. "I; ca io' across a ht of old
shirt witli the buttons pewed ou, and
as 1 lookisl ut them I ralizil anew
what the collar button mean for hu
ic.init.v. There have Iks-ii greater In-
.--... I I... V., .1 ....1 l.,W' 11..I lll-l Itl' tlllll
1 t ill nil.-, -m. 'J i.ii .... .i..... ......
.'.'ve' conferred a more Uuuixs bless
ing nil mankind. The younger person
;f today, ucCiiMtoinisl to the collar Imt
.oiulwavs, cannot rcnllze what it was
10 l wiihoi'.t It. He can never know
what it was to have shirts, with -the
b.ittoiis ewcl oiir or itot.i OA the case
might !.", Not hi very ina hy years ago
Whn the collar. ImiIIoii was yet com
pajMtively n'W, Is-fore is-rsons had
co'in to kcp.' a every Issly commonly
ihw now, a lot of buttons on hand, a
man who Lad lost bis collar but ton
thought hituself einlili-d to tin sym
pathy of lik fellows; but wrung ns 1m
might le by; thaf !!'" loeould not even
gttcss at linr anguish that in the scwiil-
011 button tl.iy tilled tlie heart of. the
ui.'iii who, wlt'eii he itiine lo put on hi
last eh-an siiiirt, found that key btittoti,
tin- on ojt the collar band, most jm
Mirtairt oittj of-iill, gom; entirely or junt
luinglug by a thread! I knew a man
once wiio bad this hiipiwii to him and
eidii't swiijr, ....That was the only great
thing lu- erer.did; but I have always
thoeght. that that alone wa enough to
stamp hint us a most extraordinary
ma n.
PAINTINH TH E "A PITOL. Lem
on & Hiirt tlwe painters who have the
1 UJI Vft ft l-7 lllllin UIMM
corriihiTH of tin Capitol ou the ground
and tuaiii tloors, have begnu tlwlr
work, and, they are making rayid pno
greX '--: f ' :-
Wbrn di?zy or drowsy take
CHAM'S PILLS. -
BEE-