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WEEKLY OREGON STATESMAN, rniDAV, nrTCMnnu 2. 1000. Issued every Tuesday and Friday by the , STATESMAN PUBLISHING- COMPANY K. J. HEXDBICKS. Mrr. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. One year, in advance, $1; Six months, iii advance, 50 cents; Three months,' in advance, 25 cents; One yea on time, $1.25. - ,;'f ti The Statesman has been esub- liihed. for nearly fifty years, and it has - . . . - - a some subscribers who nave reeeivea u yean Hereafter we will send the pa hearly that long, and many who have . rtr- to all responsible persons who or read it Cor a generation. Some ol der.it, though, they may not send the these dliect to having the paper5 dis- money iith the understanding that continued at the time of expiration of. they arc to j pay $1.25. a year, in case their subscriptions.' For the benefit, of they lefthei subscription account run these, and for other reasons, we have over six months.. In order that there concluded to discontinue subscriptions may; be no misunderstanding. we will only wheq notified to do so. All per- keep this notice standing at this place sons paying when subscribing, or pay in the paper. ; ... The ton- engaged In diversified and intensitied agriculture are already at work get ting ready for "the ufxt Stiite Fair. " "' - Wonder. if auy of theprune growers of Oregon will role in Novenilier for the taking off of the 2 cents a pound protective duty? : ' A brick machinery hall for 'the State Fair could lw secured if the ieople of Salem would take the matter in ha ml. It 1 ui'eded. - :. , j The reelisvof the old darkey ifor making rabbit" soup applies to the nit tuition iu China; In the proposition to punish the royal , butchers, : via: "First eoteh de rabbit. More persons were killed and In jured in factories In 'the state of New York last year than fell iu Uncle Sam's army and : uavy during the Spanish-American war. .The figures 'were a follow: ''Killed in factories, 01M; Injured, 4O.0OO. .Killed in Span ish American war, i!08 wounded, 1 ..ViT. The sheriff of I'm ft county, Kan teeemly allowed n iran who had been Ainvieted of wiling, liquor without a . . . . i . . . I . i. 1.1. I .. iieuse 10 reuiaiu -wiiii 111s unuu.v in stead of serving his lime in jail. At the expiration of the term the prison er's wife sued the sher iff for the prler of lsiard and lodging for her spouse. Slie w-a awarded Judgment for ?'Jl.a, -but the sheriff ha appeah'd to the district court. ' Would not 1 hi name party (the 14c piihlicanl waky an empire of this re public ft it ever has the opportunity 'i Indianapolis Sentinel. Is there re- ally any man. woman or child In In diana outvie of the institution for Idiots and feHde-mlnded person, who call 1h made to believe that the He publican party wants on empire ? j New York Sun. Xn; not in Indiana or 'else where in. the I'nitetl States; Till is too silly t lie considered by ane liersons. It is ko silly that it Is aeiing as a liooiiierang blithe Bry aniies. , ' The fanners of .the Inland Empire, and all over the state, are complaining at the excessive freight rates charged by the foreign ship owners for taking grain to the I.lverjiool market. It amounts to VZ to UT'i wills a bushel for wheat. It Is high time work en tlie Nicaragua canal was commenced, and a lglniiiug made Iu the building up tit' an American merchant marine. 'J liese things will enable our rr.i!ii growers to get to the world's markets quicker and cheaper." and they Will ttiiiseqitctitly add . to , Hie price real Ixed oil the faun for nil bulky jn duct that are sold In foreign Mrts. A FECULIAIt, SITUATION. Twenty of the largest cotton mill In the Piedmont district of South Car olina are to he run on half-time for sometime In order to check production. The high price of cotton and the trouble in China are given a the ennse of this action. Of course, what these twenty mills produce is a drop in the bucket and will have uo intlueme on tlw price !of the product! trenerallv. but In the nieautlme the! lalum'r will have to live on half wajre. .nI a lieretoiore r.uroiK'nicqiai jiovemmeuis, n wiucu me 11a- will buy the raw product' in the South and continue to control the trade In tlie East. -While the stoppage of the; mill will not affect ;. the market, it will have the tendency to, check the Investment of capital In Southern cot ton mill, and this of Itself will be more farreaiehing than the mere non production of a few thousand bale of wt ton cloth. Mobile, Ala..'-Register, .; , There I u curious situation ;;preent- "hI In the politics of tbe Sontn. The tM-otle there are anxious for the oper ation of the "cot ton mill, and eager to Hecure more of them to le operated.. -They are over sensif ire concerning auy influence tending to dlseonrago the development that ha been wit nessed In tlwtt secilon in this lino Kince the oteulng of the McKInle Adniiulstratioii. Ami yet they an uportlng the candidate for the Pres idency, and the party, proposing t strike down the protect lyn and the prosierity that enable them to net-nre cot tou inill aud keep them in oiHTa- llon. They desire protection and projperity. aud yet they will go to the iuUa ami vote for tlte candidate op IiosihI to lxth. a " they well know. They do thi simply lcaus he goe lefore the omntry under the name of Iieinocracy, lief V a grat deal In name. In the.Kuth. Tliere is indu UUl sukldti in lu " ' inff In advance, will have the benefit. of the dollar rate . -But it they do not pay lor six months, the rat; will be $1.25 IUI 31 THE DISSOLUTION : OF ;'. ! :;:-. ; ' MKNT. rAui.iA- The narllament, " which was dis fiolrel yesterday has had the longest life of any but one that has formed a i uiri of the rehrn of Victoria, wherein it is the fourteenth. The third Parliament of her Sover eignty sa t when Kobert l'eel was Prime 31 in ister, and .was not only the longest but the niost "lmiortaut, ; as sliown by the acts, of any Jearlng her name. It met on the same wM-k the lrInce"of Wales was born. November, 1841, and t continued, till . 1847. Pet I s new 1 tariff bill was parsed, the -tir;l Iaw were repealed, the Chartists 'be Siio theiragitation arid were mot rwlli friendly laws, the-traetarian, or .Pns eyite, eon trovers lea sdirred up the un laid question of ehnreh and statQ.'nntt the railway acts, which, with sonie minor clianges still exist, were passed after a long and bitter struggle. These act are a monument to the third Vic toria that make the fourteenth apiear small and trltting-t. There has not bten any legislation of imiortance, and The government which It xupported lias leen engaged- hi brawls and war from the tirst. Tlie FashiHla imbrog I"n. the Venezuela boundary, claims, the relK'llion of the hill tr!lKsaIn India arid their repression, the famine in India, the South African war and the expedition to China are among the questions dealt with, but with the.cx ception of 'the ( Venezuela matter jiot one of them ha.iMii settled, and that one haw not been dlspoel ef in a wsiy that the average, English laud-rraTbr approre. . H ' , ',. . " - ,. . Altocet her this Parliament : has Jiy no means erijoyeil a distinguished ca reer, and It leaved the empire, whose affairs it attempted "to direct,; In em-ij UiiTassment: and doubt. J'or this iiu ) it m the- peculiar relations of the leaders is largely responsible. The e eewKlon 'of Chamlierlalu froin the I.il cral part)! disriiptwl that lody. arid bis admission to office in the Tory tlovertiment offended nany whose re sentment at his pri'sence there was bitter ami virulent, although not open and detiant His strength, has devel oNd h that he 'dominate English af fair as 110 one since Gladstone has done, and while he Is unpoJpubir to a degie he: still has th -mtideace of many who deem him the most cajable man in sight and the only available one to ln trusted. THE CJOVEI'XMENT r OF . PHILIPPINES. THE I The Administration policy for gov erning the. Philippines Is" explained -by ihese extract from .the President' better to tlie- Secretary of AVar. " iub tih4'd a few day ago. and Intended a iustmctloa for tin? Taf t Commlsr sion: , ' j 4 '.' ' ' ;-. ; , i, ; 4" : I A long as the Insurrection con tinue the! military arm must neces sarily le tipreme. . Itnt there Is. no reason why step should not 1k taken from time: to time to inaugurate gov-eihii!ent--eiitially topular In their form a fast as territory i held and controlled ly our troops' r . "Yon will Instruct the Commission to detote their attention in the first jlnstans - e to the establishment of mu- tlve of the Islands, 1xth in the citie. and In the mral communities, shall lie afforded the opiKirtunlty to manage tlM'Ir own lical affair to the fullest extent of wiil'ii they are caiuilde. ' "The Commission . shoulil liear in mind thiit i1m government which tliey are establishing i designeil not for our satisfaction, or for tin expression of. our theorethal views, but fOr the happiness, peace and prorerity of the peoph- of the Philippine Islands, and the measure adopted should lie mnde to ohform to their custom, their habit, and even their prejudice, to Ike. fullest extent consistent with the affoniplishment of the Indispcnwble reiinisitc of Just ana effective gov ernment. .'.: - . - ..; ." ""' ; V - these measure for the riltintitc eUvat!on of the Filipino Into a fa w ntUling anI nelf-goveming c-ommriiilty are foutMleI npou -the provisions of the Treaty of Parh and upon "tlie principle1 of onr, own v Go-erninenf. We therefore guarantee to the Filipino the weurity In hi person, property and occupation which is guar:intetl to tlie citixen of the United Stales tinder the Kill of Kijrhts a it 1 Tound in the .American Ctmstitution. . Tbi I wliat tlie Kryanifes.'ln their fcorvfeh for a mask for free silver, call iii.'perinlism. The mask I too tldu t .'conceal anything.' "Im perialism" tan hide neither the justice of the AdmSu&tiaUiiTCI.jr ,1a the 'Philippines ncr the enormity-of free silver. . ... ' . OPENIXt OF WILL.MKTTE. , . t 1 :- . ;'- Z . - ' - '' " The Hchool year for Willamette Vui veisity: wa formally oienel . yester day. The enrollment "of "stuIeut is large, and the old school start off with prosjMH-ts for one of the most prosperous and useful year. of all It long a ml ; honoralUe history. The fact that there Is tich; a condition' aud such an outlook at, this time I an ar gomeut in favor: of a continuance of the efforts tli.it have- been put forth to make the Institution larger and, . bet ter. ;' U;;.';, -j ;J .';."' It seem tofn that something still more substantial may 1m accomplished t hi yeartliat not . only uiay the fonndatious Ik laid for a still larger attendance next year, but' Uiat there maT le substantial additions to-i the eudowuient and building funds, if not -ome imitortant additions to the facil ities of the institution in the. way of new building. We ' would like to. see the ieople of Salein acknowledge sub stantially their' appreciation of the value of Willamette University to the Capital City., Wo would like to1 see them take the strong initiative in ; a movement to make a p'riod of great exbnnsion for the old schtiol. The burden . ueeil not fall heavily uikiu any, if ever)- one will do his or her part, according to resource and abili ties. - ' j , ' Ji ..-' i -r Let it be a red-lerter jear for 'old Willamette. f HUGO DENKINSPRUCT Relates One of ; flis Experiences as Justice off the Peace. : 1 . : r- -r ' i P.y William E. Anderson.) "Ye, you are right, Jonathan, Mr. Pryan will do gon! to hi own party talking aliout political equality, liberi tv ami the rights of man. for it was always hard for bis friends to make such thing i work in thi country among the America ndiora colored citi zens, liut it 1 a little late to do any good in those states" where Mr. Ilryan will get nearly all the votes cast. No. you are wrong. Jonathan. The very many kvotatious lie make from Washington.' Lincoln and other Isn't quite a ca of the IH'vil k voting scripture. It goes n long way -.ahead of that and just lit the case I am alNtut to tell yoiu ; , ; "lUiritig, my term as Justice of the fcVace in t.hi town we had a great deal of trouble with tramps. They - used to gel into the school" ltoiiss to sleoji and at . lat they; not. so hold. a. school house waiiu't sutxl cuoiikIi for theui Tliey Is'gan-tp profane the ' churches. Pig .lohanues'neighbor Smith's soti. was constable'aiul ho at hist arri'stcil a sang iu the -Methodist chur-h 4-here. He, had not 1111K h exiK'rh'nce, Jou see; and'a siii mart lawyer from the vi!4 Jagei wa up 'before me to defeud them. ' I hat ' man really Wa a :nn- pleader: ainf a' be knew the 1 Itllile kvotatious well,' he made a' -good' Im pression oil) the I'ourt. ' He said that hi friend, the lefendants. "went from Ihe school lwmses to the church to 'get' teliglOn: ami that the Lord was wiiere two or tbree were 'gat tiered together in Hi name.' and so on. Then he pulled out t lie notes of a" sermon which lie fro t from oue of the tramis and said hi clients were in -church to have divine; worship. I reniemlnf the text. It wa. i ye into all the. world aud preach the gospel to every Jmh- plc Wasn t that a coincidence to re mind me of llryan's pious remarks on the same text? "The lawyer got along so well that I 'a I tout made tip my mind to kvit the prisoners. "But the schmart young lawyer dhjln't know ICso he- bejran to go for Idg Johannes 'and cross-kves-lion him. Johannes was the only wit. lies, you see. and didn't have much exiHTienee.; Ity . i and by Johann' conld not staml so much fun at hi exiense. so lie got mad -and yelleit Out: 'That may -all be. Mr. lawyer what yon say. Yon.eem-to knofr that the note of the sermon you got front that big hols were hi own note; but I know what you don't know,' and that 1 that the gang you say ho was preaching to ore out of tlie pulpit P.lble all the look of -Oeuesi ? and Exoilu. including the ten command tneut to light their pipe with while they listened to'the sermon. Then I reversed, by decision. Jonathan, and stmt those: fellows to the calaboose." So you sjiy that catches yon. Jona than. Mr. IJryan's improveil . plan- of 4ttl.ing the Philippine krestion? Ye. I read it. ; He says he wouhl first es tablish a tsble ; government in the island. Next he would give the Filb Pino nn indeiMUident-foriu of govern meuti ; : 1 :' : Third, protect them with Ibo Mon ro doctrine while they work out their destiny. "Isn't that simple?" you say, Yes, that lijist nltout a simple a pIH'e of statesmanship as thi is an Intelligent piece of farming, nanniy, to-wJt: ; :, . ! -. ;-r -. Yon torn your colt out In the big meadow without a fence. Tlu-n you walk around and round the field and say to the colts: See;; where-1 walk 1 the fence." Then Ton co into the Jiou ami say to your wife: If those colt get In the neighbor's corn ami he complains. I raise h w.lth him with my mouth. v '; It makes me xmHe to think what an awful expansionist Bryan would have to 1 to make the Monroe doctrine tit the job he undertakes. lut j'rluips he would succeed. Initer at expanding a doctrine than In expanding the cur ieney. leei.ie lie can tlx any ratio lie like and noody will kick. If you tinker With iuflating currency some will win and more will lose, but busi ness in general will suffer. -4mt with doitrines there Is nothing losr Imt air ami ink.-. Mr. Eryan's proclamation iu Asia. lae.l on the Monroe -doctrine in America k would cut a big swath In eastern diplomacy. - Put it would not stand off Enrorean Ironclad if the Filipino should crnclude that to drive out, kill ; or ro European foreigner wa the chief privilege of ltciug Inde pendent. ; In thiit cae, which would a surely happen a the colts would lectin the corn, Mr. Pry an would have . . ...... .... I. r . t. , . m . m vj3c uii ins uaiiua oi a jiouroe tM- Water That's Pastl ' 9 A fagged out, tearful little woman said this in telling her cares and weaknesses. Her friend encouraged by teUing'cf a relative vha as ' cured of just such troubles by Hood's SrspaHUu The tittle fvomtn no-at us tews of Joy, for she took Hood's, which put her blood in order, snd she Uves on the strength of the present in stead of 'worrying about tfut of the past. Told Hr Friend "After tuning goitre on my neck 42 years Hood's Sars paruLa completely cured tne. was so gtad ltotd friends about it and ax lady in Wisconsin who read of my cure, told me she also took Hood's for the same trouble and coas cured. She thanked me," cZJrs, Anna Sutherland, Katamasoo, SWtch. : . -! J MA 'J 1 1 II . I . II ! J Hood'l yui mtrm Hwr tll ; th Da-trrttUg d4 ily ellmni to with Homl 8ryrUl. doctrine on a C big : scale, f No, 1 Jona than, no army and nary as a tlual i-e-sort tlutt would! ! iuiis'ilalisiu and too exjienstre-for tho iieople. "What then?" do" you eukvlre, Only one re sult, namely, the contempt of tlii? civ ilized world. .: NEW .USE FOR FOUNTAIN PEN. Two Strangers Introduced One iu a ."Clever Confidence tJame. fJeveral Chicago 'inisines men last WeeK U covered ; a. bra ml-ti( iv cou ti- dence game which cost them from n f.nF . piece." -iu manner or worKing, it fresenibie tdiu lock gaiiw,( .but hiticli snioj-e cleVer, If ully a ri "in if results, aud u in all, a trick that is likely to vatctu the .wises-t persons. A w-ell-ilressed, stranger walke fntn the ifoyee'bnflding buffet last )foud.iy aud exchanged a -quarter for 'a drink and cigar. Just a he turned to go out he stooiied to the floor and miliar entry picked up aohl-tipped fountain pen.-- It wa of fine workuumshlp and must have cost its ownef at least $10. "Something of a find." murmured the stranger, as hex placed the pen on the I uir; -guess we will have to have another one on that. Try it, and see. If it will write." The bartender reached for a sheet. of iaier, aud unscrewing tiie pen hohler found that it was tilled with black Ink and that the jien', i which was diamond )Miuted, wrote as smoothly as a quill. Several present trieil it in order to test It good qual ities. ':- .Just at this, point a second stranger entered who had lieen around earlier in tlie day, sieut a liMle inouey, an-1 had. departed. . ; , .' -. .'.;..; -v; "Say,-when I wa here a wh5le- ago I lost my -.gold pn. Any of you . fel lers seen anything of one?" he; said. "Whal kind of a fs n was it?" asked ;ouo tif the troiirhtorH.t .i -..' "!-; ,-' u'iJoRl i cap (.ami . lmad. diamonil tipiKl. gold pen. "limit tiro imiies Ions. Coreign, iimkc, .and .was , tilled with red (ink." , cW - ' "Iook , anything, like,., this one?" queried stranger No! '1, as be held up'he iM-ii" lie luid'pri-fended. to tiud Just previously. '' . v . "That's the ien, sure enough. Thanks.' Come up, lsiys!" was the answer."' - i . - ; ' ';''-i:: ': "Hut !you- said yours wa filleirwltii nil Ink." someone remirkwl. As this wa said the stranger traced several line on the paper lying on the bar. Tins ink was taek, even jet like in color. All saw this, except the claim ant of -the ieii. - - "Yes. I said red. ami I mean red- carmine red. a mt no mist:1ke. I know my lien when I see it. ami don't you forget It. : tmie, ha mi ft over.' . T3ie pe had reaclMsl the proiirie tor's hand.i. wiw tested it himself. There was nothing ml about Its con tents hat he could see.' The. ink was of the blackest lnie. s- One, word followed another le twi'en "the two straiisrers until th- man who ''claimed, tlie "pen offered to bet $loo the pen was his prop?rty and contained red iuk. s - Coolly the first stranger brought out his pocket -took.r lie had bitt $4t with him. "Loau me fifty, said he. ou thi ring, or come in halves, on the liet. It's a sure tblns:." j j AH thought so, and in less than a minute the money had been - placed; "Now try . the pen for yourself" said the stranger who was betting : oil black. - - - , i "jfJues I knowx my own icn," oli served the - rccoikJ stranger, as he" gave a quick jerk downward wMh th lioldcr, as If to; force ihe ink Into the peu. "Let's iwive a clean sheet of paper and, see What the mark will tie like." ' ..-.i I Throwing tlie ien hand iforward with dechleil Jerk ', once or . twice, the stranger took the paper and in a iHild. easy, running hand wrote: , ( "Sticker are lorn - every minute." The letters were plainly Iranserilied in red ink. In fact, tlie' pen would not writ In blacK. Tlie $2AHet was collected nml drinks were j liought. The gentleman having proveI owner ship of the pen placed It In hi pocket and went away. . Shortly afterward rhe-otlier left. : and" H wasn't inn'til Iv tectlve Jack Flynn of the central rie ta'4 came .In -that the boya; realized they hail parted with their money on another mns game. , ; ... . j. The reservoir of the; pen Is divided by n partition, each . side of. whkii connect with : the 'feellng ralve ? at the pn"s nnb. A small toint project on the lower side; of the lieoholder. The Inks are easily changcVifroniiOne color -la another fiy simply pushing tlie slhle. The trick- 1 a gcssl one. a many can testify to their sorrow. FOR THE REST. Sptte o growler. East an West. ' Still we're bonin' for the best! 'Jhl Is not. a world o' algh- Llsht is somewhere in the skies! -Still we liear the. sweet fdrds sing Still t.be.lieil in music ring. Spite o growler. East an West. ' Always hoj3u fer the lsst! Atlanta Coiistltntton. lie worl 1 so clost terMieaven lat de amrels kin lean f urn de winder en pull de roses. ; :v , Ef )o didn't tell some people. da t de trt er Jieaveii . wuz pavel whl gold you wouldn't ketch 'em . in ; ten mile ov it. Atlanta Confutation. ' , WHAT IT tXISTS. Tlie cost-of-living question Is one tha come tip for discussion ' at Iiir lerral in tlie majority of welT-regii-tateit American famil'iett. All otTier exienlhnres are so closely related to it and fruently regulated uy.lt that it may lie ri'garde! a the car dinal quest km of domestic life. The Woman' 1-ilucatlonal and.. Industrial union of Boston ha reeeutly cariel m an inrestig.nlou Wth Hh view of obtaining data 'which would serve Ihe purpose of establishing a liasis upon which there could lie a common iiiiderstaudittg of the pnllcnis lu volved and evitually a resisuuahle sidiiHon of them. " The invest igatJon TeJvel Itself, of conrse. into nu .inquiry Into hoitsHiold exiK'iisi' and the result, ami the priii cli;il source of information was the tabulated rtiort of the Massachitt sett bureau f statisth-s. Tlie sclieil ule of statistics of ivirt iuhir mouieni v:t tllliNl out by seventy families liv ing in the vicinity of Roston. Front a ,-oiKlen"satiii of tlie- reiort of the inquiry the followlng interesting facts are - ohtidneil: tine family of two ui mliers . wits representeil. n ml nw of? seven tiiu. but in general they rangel from three to twelve' The t iiiie for wlUch expenses, were reported covered I nine month,, and tlie items rejiorted 'upon were (II sulisistence. (21 fuel and light;'' (." rent, (41 taxes and Misurauce, t,") srvnnt ami serv jce. W) ..rurmture, nt tings, ana re pairs. Only two of the families kept n.j servant. Of the remainder twen ty-two emphiyeil one - servant while twenty-nine reported two, thirteen three, and four families reported four. One--half of the seventy families owned their houses, and tlie rents liaM by the remainder ranged from 1S a month to $235. i The total cxihhiss for the whole period of nine months showed -a wide t-anger-Froni .VS .for a. family of three,-to $.".412.tl for a family -of ten -The-.avtTage- total expense for. all the fauiiMe of live persons, was found to ! $1.477."24. For six peYonsit was $2.0."s.!ii. At one extreme was a fain Ily of eleven; pe.rsou averagiug Jr4,"4i8S."i amlf at. the; "Other a family' of twv pf-rso-is' with, a, total of ,$,n jSit. , In the families f five arid, six jH-r-Kons the ptoiKirtion.'expenled for.sub- sistence was "11.52 jier cent; for serv- aut.-i and service. 1!),1!S jHr cent-. In the whole., schedule the iiereeutajre silent for subsistence -varied from 'J0.44 for a famaly of eleven persons to ."i0.2 for one of seventeen, .Tlie pioisortion of expense for servants and service ranged from 1044 ier -ent for a family of two. persons to 2UY2 jier cent for a family of twelve. The total weekly cost of subsistence for families, of different sizes. ' ranged from f 7.2T , for a family of two to $r4.!5 for a family of twelve. Tlie it vet-age , cost of siilisisttMice jmt vk sr iiersou is found to Ik--from .52.IJO :il families of eight iersons to $4.rs in families of twelve. . The lowest fa A' of all .was $1.2!) a week for eaoh of the iuemiers of a housiiiold con sisting, of tight.". including one servant. In contrast w"jth ihese, , yas ji family; t t wo, with Two serva n t s, w hose food cost $8.0f.for each wi-ek in nine moiiilis. ' ' ' .. .: , . The Hfference tin the 'size fo' the familh, the difference -in the ' means at thivir disjiosal for wipplyhifr their various wants, 'render' these statistics worthlss. Thjy are of -iit 'value to people nt elMiec cud or in-fhe middle of the wale.' They simply sImuv1 that seventy families have livel in seventy diffe-reut ways, according to seventy different methods deisMwIing- practi cally upon seventy different kind and size of ln-ome.' Front seventy families of a ci-rtain class ordinary liousekii-jier if what might be called Ihe middle .class, living on ordinary incomes some information might lie gathered of value to all families of. that class throughout the country, but the differeni-e of opimrt unities are a wide as the differences of need in tin' families named, and the result obtaiiued could not 1st of any use to any particular class anywhere. ACHIEVEMENT ' OF I I THE PESSIMIST. He didn't like the world; "'Tis cruel, crOss" said he; "All nieii are bast; or t-oarse, . Unlit to stand with me! "I'll qnlt tthe crowded ways. 'I'll leave the -noise and strife; -,; 111 cek a hermit's cave And settle there for life. - v.; . . , . a ; r : , ' "My own companionship . I all that I shall claim It only may 1 hold ' Without a pang of shame." And so he found a cave, -And fibere he hid his face. And bade the world farewell The thoughtless world and base. At last men learned of this, And, with .becoming grace,' Adnilttinl that he'd made . Tlie World a better place. " Chicago Times-Herald. A fiUALMER ICE HOLE. Near Coudersnort. Totter conntr. Pa.. I a hole ih the mountain from whiHi flows freezing air. "A man waa sinking a weH formineral wealth. At the depth f 4wentr feet he was com- pelled to inlt or freeze. About May ice begins to form in It, and cimnmiesi to .freeze until October." There I no Ice In the bole In winter. 'The warm er theday.ihe more lee there i in the tirine. The a ir bccoine more frigid the closer one goes" -to- the cavern. There is no water In the liottotn of the shaft, " but the water dripping down from Its sides' freezes. The Ice U'gius to form les than a foot from the top and coat the side of' the sliaft several inche : thkk, .., Whaf cause the Intense old and where tin; air come from ' are nuestlon that ome from Ikwd In o r:h& mm have not been satisfactorily answersd. PhiladeHdiia Pre. ": ',; Oh! flal.r.ltii nlf rlfflil romnrkml the , man who never siMike ill of any oup, of course, he'g a trifle fond of converftition. but"- . Conversation' exclaimed tPepprey. Not at all. It's a mouolofrue or noth ing with htm. Philadelphia Time,. DAWSON'S WEALTH. Washington. Sept. 20 United States Consul MeCook. af Hawson City, re port that $l2..V0.nfid gold has teeu scut ont of Dawson thla season. It need a great nature to War the weight of a great gratitude. OtiiJa. LIVED THIIEEt YEA US . i -. : WlTlIiBUOKEN 'HACIv. Ca of Edwanl Knanff, a Fireman, ' I Uulque In Metlical lUtory. Philadelphia.? EI ward Knauff. a once famous i " isisi-bTill player. 1 dead of a broken back, after having Hugereil ina hospital liere for three years aud a half. - , ' Hi case wa unique In iiie.lical his tory. After retiring from the ImH-fleld-h lieeauie a llreman. and while on duty at a lire wa cnislu-d by a railing tieatn. From-that, day he lay on a cot In the hlspital, aud although many eminent suigeou Interested theins-h; in his care (!:iy could n.nd no relief for th sufferer. " Knauff wu uie of tlie liiteliers t.f the Atlethic ..club when thai .organiza tion won ' the ''American.. Association championship.- and was alsm a iiieiu-l-r of the P.altiuioie ami St. lu!s clubs of that association. , I LI j LUCIC OX. SUN I A Y. For centuries Friday has hi en. re garded ai the most unlucky day in tlte week.j but the tendency now is to regard Sunday as the most .-unfortunate .day, ; Aci-oniing to a ih.m1.th tistician. ;who has just publistied an luterosting iKiri.'pliIet on the subject.. Sunday I certainly more .. ' uiilnekv than Friday, so far as rulers aitl oth er pmniineut iM'rsou:ige. are con cerned. -The King or Italy, he point s out. was kllhil on Siuid.-iy, and it .was on Sunday that two previous attciupi against his ' life were made, itaniclv. .... lt.iiu.l. 1 " . ' flUKUI.l, .iUI II I. 1, (III Sunday, -March 115. l.stCl. -.other yscs cited by blni are those of tlie iMnt de Perry, who was stabls-d to death on Sunday. February, i:. lSUO; of v..-ir Alexander II.. who was killed by a honlb on; Sunday, March lssi- Mf President! Carnot, who was iissassiu ated by CastMio, on Sunday, June I't, 1M4. and f M. Cauova. who was killed on a Sunday in ISO?. NO PRESEUVATIOX FOR Hl.M. - LittleI'e.'ry suddenly -stopped in the middle of his NoW I lay me" autl' asked: ' ' ; ' "..'. '"Mamma, why must pHple always nravT i ' ' '"So that Cod will watch over Iheni and give them strength to be good and presei-Vie -them." He thought at tout It for a moment and then said, decisively:-' Y'Wvll. il don't want to tie preserved. It s nearfly as bad as getting pickled." Chicago Times-Herald. SCENTINO THE Cl'UTAIXS There is nothing like a set of new parlor enrtatn to make a woman feel sure her husband is unokiiig entirely, too much for his own gmsl New York Press. ' v LOCAL v-i -and -CLIMATIC ' -. .. . - h - 'i Nothiog but lool remedy oi! chneof Unia.te will enre ' ' CATARRH , j ' ; Th ipedfic is CATARRH pi i ' a n i P tiv s Lream HaifiM otbed.givei relief tt l-. ance. -opaiiM nl pleanMB Ui ; nutl . ' COLD 'n HEAD Allays' innamrcation.- neais ana pro tect tlie Membrane. Restores the Semtm tt Taste and FAnell. No Mer cury. 'No Ir jirloo drug:. Iteg-ular Size,' H) cest; ramqy fclz. $100 at DruggiMs or by inolh ' (ELY BR-yrilKItS, 14 Warren Street, New. York. . ' ' - - CITATION. ' Iu the fount y tTourt of the Slate of Oregon. for Ihe County of Marion. In the matter- of Hie guardianship. of Joseph S. lleck. and 1'oiia IW-k. in mors. Now bu this the twenty-fouiili Auy, of August, A. D. 1000, comes Margaret; l'.e-k. ill persiii and a thrf guardian.' of tlie person nud est it'-s of said Jo sejdi S.j IhM-k and leoua HcH-k, .nine:-, who presents to the said o'irt. her dulv vcrlliinl lM'tition praying for :i'i oi-deraad license of this eou.i, auihor. izing. i'tiipowering ami dirwthig 1 eti to sell all the light, title and Interest of said minors,, in their certain ienl estate,! the same being their undivided one-half Interest In fee. in and to the following descrilied premise lo-wit: j Tho north, . tbree-iinarter. 'of the j north half of lot nunils-rtHl seven, 7i. i in blopk niiinbeMHlrthirty-thre iV.'b. j situate in the, City of Sale-n, Muien ; County, Oregon. Toget her W.i the ; tenements, hereilitatwuts arid apperie- , uences, thereunto ls'longing jr in any wise appertaining tlier .'.u. Andj it appearing to the co'irt iioni said petition, that it would 's' beiiell clal to said minor therein mentioned, and i necessary and pmpe- :nar tneir said real estate therein desv-UMvl should lie sohL ' It. is tlK-refore ; ordered, adjndre.1. , and decreed . by . the : court, that on Saturday the twenty-wcond dav of September, 1000, "at ten HO), a't-Io In the forenoon of said day in 1M court, in 1 he court room i hereof. In the county court , bonse. in the City j of Salem, In the County of VsrWm. j and State of Oregon, . tie, and the same hereby, are fixed as the time and place for hearing any and all objec tions dobc granting of said order, and license of sale, and that a -opy or. thi -order. . be , served upon tho next of kin of said minor., and -npou Mi' rlce Klingw Louise Peck. Marr Ifk, Ilosn Beck. Catharine Beck, 3oel Beck. aml Ixule Beck, and mion, all other p'rson; interested . In mU i tate a !y law provided, by pUiba-tla-l ', thereof in The We ly ' reg. SUicsman, once each week for f i..e5 consecutive and successive week,. prlor to said date, said WJ'kly Ore gon Statesman belnz a woi'kly tiew' IMipcr, printed and published at H' tity of Salem. In Marion County. Oie gon. and lieing of general - circulats-n Iu said county and state, b . And each of said parti" And neii of kin of .aid ward and all jH-ri-on Interestel in said estate are hwW commanded to,, apiear liefore thi court at said time and place to thep and there show cause why a license should not bo grantiNl for the sale of. sahl real premise, as prayed for in said petition. , - - Done at Chambers, this August -i. l'HIO - - 's ' '! ' 'JOHN H. SCOTT.-. County Judge of -Marion County, Ore gon. . , - S31-5 tw.