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If the' campaign were to last longer,
a prize' 'might le safely offered for
any Rryanile seen on the streets of
Salem. They, are groirlug , to lie
, mighty ar. ;
John P. Robertson seems' to think
the Uarnegie and Standard Oil trust
are very 4ad ow. They are doiuin
ted by- Democrats. We has over
looked the fee "trust.
It la ald the Bryan nweting In New
York wait Rtu-li a. hot one that '" it
iiH'fted tln ice and watered the Htkk
of the Uf trust, but this 1 prolxtbly
MIakV: Mr. Croker ha not been
nearu to coiupuun.
. ---' . j
A gold standard di.Hfouras enter
lrle ami paralyze Industry," whoutiil
Mr. Ilryan when lm wa maklns; his
other home run for the Presidency,
n ml now he ooiiipLiinx leea use people
an not--nterprlsins enough to iome
oiit to ln-ar .talk just an oblihly
on other Kubjeet aiul the hum of a
rein vlgora ted Industry drownn the
pound of hi -lamor. .
Mr. Itryan' TJit here n.lde a
Rirat r-otuuiotion In Tauimauy Hall.
but warily torn lied Xew York. That
mem alont the sum f it. It wat a
moral fizzle." asiya the New York
Ftm. Hetting ha ii en: four to one
.and Ave to one in farcr of McKlnley.
It did not ehanse during 1 he demon
illation or after it, and the n;ortlus
I'l'iiKM-rati eould ut 1m found who
had any money to h!e, even at t bene
odd. , f
, Y Indieve there Is too. little atten-.
tioti fMiid iu Oregon and in Salem and
vh-lnlty to the laws for the preserva
aiou of put die health. There, should
Ik tuore disiufecting Ione. ami more
rigkl lnsiHetlon of 'the milk and 'food
"supply. This aiiplles tand we say it
not. iu a spirit of eniticlsm to the
pulflie iusiitutlous. There are ways
known to nioileru wieuc to preveiit
the spread of all sorts of contagion,'
and 4 his kuowledge should Im iiiik 11
more generally nseil. j
Jim Ham Iwis. the pulehritudi-
ltous iie:ch of the Kvergnn'ti State) j
app.'arel U-fore a Portlaud andiouce
of Bryanites on Monday and spok? a
ptef-e iu prabe of Aguinaldo aud de
nt' iu 'latory of the trusts and eorora
tloiis. But he sjtid not a wortl fn ex
planation of his connection with the
Hck aud oily scheme by whk'h be
ht Ipod the Northern Pacilic'Uailroad
to trade off .Its worthless Wi-diiJg-m
moiinlalu tops for valn-iWe tiaiher
lauds In Oregon, under the gn-xe of
ci eating the i::luUr t1mV.r ivs-ivn-tioii.
a purely" ioeal measure." Jim
Ham could make himself interesting
in Ptifh a roltV wlikh lie fails to do
an a denouncer of the trusts and cor
porations and booster of AguiuahloL
Four years ago Bryan ; mad j i
raud. stand play by refusing to' ea'
a five dollar dinner In New- York "and
ostentatiously amended a dolLtr-a-plate
supper 1ft .honor of Jefferson.
Dnrlug his last visit to New York; he
n U ended a JTd uuna ny ba n piet when,
tlie dinner was oervel by the Hoffnia'
'afe at $12 a plate. ; exclusive o
nv-Iiie, whkdi, having to be kept on
Tammany lee. ran tlie cost up much
hlglier. Mr. Bryan eouhl not; have
emphasized tl demagogy of his
whl.-ly advertbieil dollar supper more
lor pahl a higher tribute to McKlnley
prosperity than by thus admitting
that the times are gxl enough ' to
M-arrant ; hint in increasing tlie pri-e
.of n banquet plate eleven hnndred
per cent. , v i
OCtlllT TO REFUND. j ,
We suggest to Mr. Bryan o eon-
.... . 1 tli n.i.
KKier private., auu
of his Madison Square Garden ; Uis-
jcnssion of money: . ;
"We are not opposed o that wtalth
"Which i-otues as the rewaml of homt
toll, arid is enjoyed by those who give
to society something In return ?or
tlat which , society bestows, -upon
rl em." ." '; ' :'; v f ''.'"' " - '
It will trpuWe Mr. Bryan to show
anything that he has "given . to? soci-
i.v" dining .his last four prosperous
yivirs. extend ail-nalnr! iropheclcs
that turnel out wrong. To lve tip to
liis rentliuents on wealth he ; must
".ve back his money. New York Snn.
in? m mfi anr aril! hav the hrrM-fit of
the donar rate Kill d tby do not pay
tYl, fc it 'S ? 5
year. Hereatter we will send the pa-
,,er to all responsible persons who or-
iler It,' though they may not send the
money, with the understanding that
they are to pay $1.25 a year, in case
; they let the subscription account run
over six months. In order that there
n.ay be no misenderstanding. we will
? keep this notice standing at this place
in the paper. "'. .
WHEN'
BRYAN AND
' MET.
PHEPARD
New York Sun.
Peeaie of the ap4auw wld-h
greeted Mr. Bryan as lie advancwl to
th. front of the platform In Madison
Square lark-n on Tuesday night. It
was ImMiiilble to reort the little
eonrerHatlon that pasel lietween the
orator and the cliairtnan of the or-ea-jtion.
Mr. ldward M. SlH-iard of
Bioikyn. ,
j Mr. Sheitanl. as is well known, was
in 1S0; a iarticalarly high-bounding
antl-Rryac rtlold lemoerat," and Is a
;bigi,iy liahi agent in defendlus
and
establishing that colossal "trust," the
great American Siigar Company. If
IHm irritin-r if tliiKA 4'f ill at In-
euislKHl Democrats had been faithful !
1
io tlM rHK-asion, it would haveiK-eu.
in snlmtanee,. this:
j Mr. Bryan: "tJIad to see yon on
(his j phi t form. Mr. Shepard. The
HrwcJi I am aliout to deliver against
trusts willj s1mw yonr private life to
le fwcttpied with the most nefarious
and dishoiMt business known to thi
p1ttto-ratic age."
Mr. Shepard: "Prond to meet you.
Mr. Bryani. Allow me 10 say, sir. that
I am stipiwrt ing yon for President tier
est us i lielitrve that you are willing
to letray yur public life's pledge to
free silver, and that, if olherwi.se. the
Itepnblkan j party will be strong
enough to preserve the cotmtry from
damag"?." j . r.'
Brsan anil Shetard: "Three cheers
for AgninatdoS' 1
There w;vs iiore political eloqnenre
iu this short interchange tlmn la Br)
an's four fipVeches with Slepard"s
trown in. It was the real thing. It
expressed as completely as it ; ex
pressed truly thi Democratic cam
laign to put Bryan in control of the
United State Government.
i . I -lfa?LX !
CEitlS Of "IMPERIALISM."
WtllUm McKtoley. ,
No litical outcry can abrogttte our
treaty of peace with Spain, or ab
solve us front its soL-mu engagements.
Wherever tlie flag goes there go
,Tna"w' iuniou. .immrai jne.,,-
. a. f 1 1 1 I
Ameriesiu liiierty.
The lilvcrators will never lneome th
oppressors. A fMlf-governel iHople
will neverKTinit desiMtUsm,' iu an.v
goverumenj which they foster and de
fend. The harder the task the greater will
lie the result, the benefit and t he hor'
or. To doubt, our iiowur to aifom
plish it is to Uve fith in the sound
tH'ss and wtrength of our popular insti
tutions, f .
It Is for ns to guard the sacred trust
transmitted by the fathers and pass
on to those who follow this govern
ment of tin free, stronger in Its-prin
ctplcH and greater in Its ivower for the
execution of its leeueflcent mission.'
FOR ABSOLUTE FREE SILVER.
V When Bryan 'was speaking at Ann
Arlior,. Mich., Tuesday. Octotier 11 to.
some tine in the audieuce c-ali:rl- cut,
"How about free silver?" and iie re
plied asfidlows: -
I "We are- In favor of the free coin
aje of silver at the ratio of s!xt?n to
one without waiting for, th?; aid or
censentf any other nation on earth."
There It la free silver doVtiu .'n
all Its danger, recklessness and fsn.it-
Icism, 1 Not a syllable of ;n.ilica km
or caution. No hint of a safer ratio--
no suggestion of se-uring the co-oiier-atiou
of any otlier nation, ba: a reek
Us plnug 1y till wtiiu.v, ;ngi-
handed ami alone, In a itt?mpr to
ua!ntaiu silver, at doubL r actval
Aug: v men tell the tr at Ntled
j by the t'mely and pertinent qccstion.
- ,01
Ug. tnnK by the k-n r'ud-
e? lie' droptHHi bis eamrairn mi.k
and a towed the. full trutTi as men do
someMmes In their wrath" as iu theif
bp1 ... - '. . . t i"
The alert clt Izen who propoundetl
the ncestion at Ann Arbor did well.
He son,r"l Bryan ; in ;o declaring
tlie truth fully and plainly Uf on? be
coiintry. As the. Democratic ; candi
date had- Iwhmi -mtlle,! t, Jons et
ai.- to hide an;' dlssembls his lave f :u
fie. silver la a policy game to be
kept up . aatil. tlie .eml ..f the cam
paign, it only reqniretl the stiug and
sutp.ie of the snvlden question- to
ur'ug out the bnririg Inner 'nuh It
Rirsn devotion lo silver. ; . 1 '
Bryan loves his silver dog ua all the
more fanatically iii-canse lie ha had
to nurse It in sileace. 'The suipi.se
sprang on him at Ann .VHnif shows
bow the land lies. Believing in fuo
silver as absolutely and; as ntdently
as ever. Bryan' will -lo- a nothing
w!i-ii-ilie oyyortum'j ooi- . to in-
force thai ttolicy "n .!uj5t extreme
an I reckless for ni. : - ; -" . ' v
The Irish poet teds of. the" JM-ephet
of Klioressan ; Wlw , dissiised bis
f tight f ul visage f for a time, making
hi followers J think Ir on of ein see
ing b.-autyw but a-Uen tn liont came
to droit the iiuiHk lie . did v so.. with
frantic joy. ; exclaiming, , "Ye would
1 j. duiiex anil Victims, and je are:
K ft will le with Bry3ni victims If
he ever ir-t a eliauee so drop the
ma.ak and sive full vnt ta Li.- silver
What are the Iemoerats. talking
aliout? .Io they: not have faith 7 in
their Own proobeeies? To lie sure
most of Bryan'n' have proved to bo
tKTor stuff IndtL but there should
Iie ftom? faith on the part of the par
ty;' in -its; xolemn ami K-lilh?rate pre
dictions. Yet here they are again
milking cfiothfV desoera.te straggle
to prr.-ierve our popular lntitutljn
fully thirty year nfler they ww de-
Ktroyeil. Said the Cincinnati innur-
er' October 12. 1S72: "This may 1k,
arwl we 'think I, the list Mntggle
tliat;wlli Ih made to uverve ipu-,
iar.institutious in th United Ftaitrt.
If tlraut is re-ele-twl the iron bel oPJ
ihiiOfisin will not only Sh- -ontinm-d
tUNiu the Sonllu but will 1 eofomd
niKia the North and WVst as well.
T1k jKiwer of .paironage ;tnd tiMHioy,
the stealings through the national
treasury, which may lie so jjreat as
to re-IK-t lrant now and :ts often
thereafter as he might conclmle cn-
11 h ofliee Un-ame virtually
for
life. anl from that it is easy to have
a hereditary successor." Is it possible
the Iemoerats did not ldieve what
they said thep almnt militarism -' f ml
inp rialism. or Is it possilde they
were mistaken? In either case, is It
not possible that they do .not U.Iieve
it now or are again mistaken? Again
we ask, have tlwy no coniUk,ne in
their prwlictiou that tney needs
must keep on predict iug long after
tlie event should have Iijpin-d if
the proplieey were true? ;
We. have a very interns in.? com-,
municatioti in another column on flax
culture and treatment, from one who
understands the subject. We have1
the importalt assurance therein that
capital is organized and ready la de
velop tliis lield of industry, and -t!t.Tt;
farmers may rely upon the prospettj
that machinery will keep pac with.
the prodnctiou of raw material. The5
time is Imhiu 1 to come when llux
growing and manufacture will lie cue
oi Iho greatest lini's of work and
profit for Western Oregon. fTlu.' on-dU-Ious
are favorable liere for' sncit an
outcome, and where nature has mado
such an opiwi'tunlty It will not le
permanently negltv-tel. We have often
and persistently urged the Jencour-,
agement of these industries by the1
state, in order to demonstrate iior-.
tnighly their practicability and to pet
them well startetl.- We think the Ore
gon Legislature at its coming isesKwm
In January should take the matter in
hand. There Is nothing that can lie
done by the commonwealth law mak
ers that will add more to the perma
nent wealth and -thrift of the state.
Thousands of hands would be em
ployed In the manufactures of Saloru
if they were hea ted liere to make uji
the raw materials capable of beiug
produced in this section of the state.
We jesptft fully call -the attention of
the Marion county member to this
matter. But every memelier, f rom
each county, should.be interested in It.
O. W. Velder, of MeKee, the middle-of-the-road
Populist, iuits that t'nere
is Only one Populist ticket In the Held.
Barker and Donnelly; and all l,u
lists want itj ni$iUrstood now, hence
forth and forver, that all men who
are now drilling with the Democratic
party for the success of Bryan aud
Stevenson are classed with the Demo
crats; they are not regarded as Popu
lists by any means. Will all Bryan
ites please, take notice. -':
T4u tragedy at Jefferm is a sad
one. Two-families are east into sad
ness ami mourning by the impulsive
and Insane net of an abnormal youth;
but one who showed by ?iis act that
it was deliberative and 'premeditated,
a nd t hitvf ore not devoid of t Ive re
quisite of a guilty intent to make
it criminal and deserving of punish
ment. - ; ' ' -
The New York Heralu s forecast cf
the election gives ' Bryanism cold
comfort. The only : rinpleasaiit feat
ure about It Is the prediction of" a
fusion Leglslatnre in Nebraska and
tlie ejection of Bryan as Senator In
a close Snate, where he would do
everything possible -to block progress
ami create financial disorder. t :
Bryan avoids expressing-any opin
ion on the. Ice trusts by the lbppaut
remark that as Senator Ilanna says
there are no trusts, why. of course
there- is no I-e trust. Tlds Cipp&nt
evasion of a great t question, fiwen
from a man who aspires to, lp"l'res!
dent of the United States. ;
' "yswa
Onr free rural mail Adivery routes
are much overdue. They should have '
. V j
lK-cn establishel Otolier IsL ' , j
Will Be the "Fartln-st Sort." Call
From th? gny l!fe of New York to
the liarren.wastcs of the Iind of tlie
Midnight Sou in less titan, five min
utes Mmnds. like a drcatn. but ' uever
tbe!ess before rbe long Arctic winter
sets In ptople within a thousand miles
of the North Pde will be able to ar
ry on daily comtuunNatlon with any
point n the world whete there Is a
telegraph or i-abli otlice. This " was
made possilde wfcen the last Congress
parsed an approtiriation of $44.UiiO to
Im exit-nded in the coiiwirutf lion of a
telegraphic system extjnding by laud
line from; Skagrtay. Alaska, to St.
MU ha--ls. and" by submarine cable
from St.' Michael to tTapeCome, and
fioin St. Michaels to I'ualaklik. : ;
Two ImndjiHl and thirty ttiousand
dollars of, tlie appropriation lias lietn
apportion d" fOr the - eonslrnction of
the land line, which the I'nlu d States
government" will itself construct aud
operate, inen and material for which
are now en-route. This line will con
nect at Skaguay with the ielcgraTihie
system r.ow In process of construction
by the British government across 4h"e!
Klondike; this, an turn, to connect
with the Canadian Pacific system.
The lemainder of the sum appropri
ated goes to-the laying of the two
deep "sea -abIes across Norton Sound
one of 132 miles in length, extending
ftvm St. Mklidels. not th west wardly,
to C'a lie, Nome, and the otlier from St.
Michaels, easterly, to Kott I naiaKUK
a work.Whlcli wLen completetl will
bring the world into direct and in
stantaneous commentcat ion with a
point mote than sixly-four and a half
ibgrees north latitifde, and KZZ .' tl:
fiieis west longitude, or only seveuly
tive miles from tlie Arctic circle and
!3 miles from tlie Pole.
Recently ;" the first step toward .the
actual realizathm of this long cherish
ed lream was made, when eighteen
carloads of submarine en bl left the
Kirlte Works, at Symour. Coun.. en
route to St. Michaels. Tlie material
wiil je.ich San Fraiic:s;o by tlie Un
ion Pacific and Southern .Pacific rail
toads in time for shipment! on the
steamer Orizaba, having that fiort 011
August 22. Sixteen days thereafter
eab!e coimuunit-atiou will lie estab
lished letwHu Cap Nonte, St. Mltdi
aels. lnalalklik and tlie rest of the
world; It 1sIng estimated I hat twelve
day will lie consumed by 1 lie jfur
ney and three days by the laying of
tlie cable. The Onzab;
wjiicli lias
! en Especially charteml for the tin- (
dertaklng. vill arry liesides its
freight twchty-4wo men. six of wtiom
are to remain as operators of tlie uew
calde bistrtniients. ' ,
As the strliniarine iortIon of this iso
lated teletrranhie svstem will 1e laid
entirely in military territory, its con-
struetion comes under the jurisdiction
of the War Tiepartment. and will be
directly sufMrvisel by tjneral A. W.
!relv. ..Chief Signal Officer of . tlie
United .States Signal Corps. So im
portant does ;enjral Oreely regard
the undertaking that he will accom
pany W. R. Brlxey, to whom was
awarded the contract for the manu
facture' and laying of the cable. If
this venture proves successful it
means the Inauguration of a vast sys
tem of submarine telegraphy to what
are 'now practically inaccessible cor
ners of tlie earth. -
Besides reaching the furthest north
of any telegraphic sysiem in the
world, the Alaskan cable will have an
other distinguishing feature. It Is ihe
flrst deep sea cable to be made and
laid by an American manufacturer.
Thus far all the, submarine cables
havebceri erf tierniau or Englisli man
ufacture. When tlie Pacific cable bill
was up in the last Congress, some of
the members attacked tlie clause
wherein It was specified that It sliould
be of American manufacture on the
giound that the American manufact
urer cannot make and lay deep sa
cables of any considerable length.
For th? operation and manitenance of
the Alaskan cable there will have to
le a sjM?cl.tl equipment, ou account of
climatic conditions.
Huts are now being constructed Ty
ihe War Iiepartment at each of the
ierieinals. and when the ends of the
cable luive been secm-ed.at their" sev
eral destinations it will lie a matter
of only a half hour or more leforo
these rude cabins will lie fully equip
ped cable office, with two oiierators
each in charge thereof.
Tl'e instrnmental equipment for
each terminal will consist of an en
giue of , one horse power, to be oper
ated by kerosene oil. Tlie ordinary
feirgraphlc battery is practically an
impossibility, for the reason fliat to
increase the vonage with lotteries It
is iieHssary to inciease the numlicr of
cells, whertas with, the equipment
proposed auy voltage from 7.e o to JVK
may Ik obtaineil at an infinitely smal
ler cost than would le i;osib!e were
the yoltage' produte.1 by the ordinary
process.. Another and more Important
reason! why batteries could not lie
used is that the -eU would 1m- in con
stant danger of freezing aud breaking
the jars, and In this event the cable
would be out of service until naviga
tion oiieucd. with no supplies nearer
than three thousand miles.
NOT EXACTLY A COMPLIMENT.
Not long ago Senator Vest was seri
ously all. says the Saturday Evening
Post. At times lie was petulant, even
with his friends, but seldom was he
In a state of mind that a good story
was.not.fortlR-oming. One afternoon
In talking with 6 Major Dh-klnson. of
the recent -volnnteer army, lie fell to
discussing tlie vauifks of life.
"I once met a good old lady out
West." said he "who evinctd great
surprise of a not very complimentary
sort when she met me." .
"'And so rDTTre Senator Vest, tiic
great : senator?" sne asked-
j" "I'm Senator Vest,' I replied, bow
ing ll -.. ,r- ; ;.'
" 'Well, .welir slie ;exdaimet1 con
t em ptnously... 'After nil I've heard
about you. ; 1 never'd thought it" .i
"At another , tim I met a ; farmcf
from New: Madrid county. , - - r
1- i,m gLiI to see yon. Senator, he
said. ' You see. wx like you out oi?r
way. In fact, you're, gettin ml-ghty
notorious- in New Madrid county.' "
..: vv -''-. I. ... -...-..-j f-.'
Elizabeth Forster, the sister of the
ptrilosopber Nletzsche, has sent a pro
test to the Get man literary papers
against' the publication of any of her
iw outers letters, enoer in t loots or
tv hi u - V- - - writer iiermis-
skn of the nut hor or the present con-
nt of his literary represimtatives.
..1 x n v if .
f 'DoNot Grasp at the Shadow
- and Lose the Substance, ' '
Many, '.people are but
shadows of their former
selves ; due to J neglect - of
health; 'lkiout-'for', the
blood, the fountain of life,
the actual substance; keep
that pure by regular use of
Hood's Sirsaparilta and ro
bust health tvill be the resulU
Pyspepslz ueJthess. nd , other uor
ties nxriK. bi things of the ptst and lift
nvCt be tuotth timing. , ,"'
Hacking Cough "Ias troubled
with dry. tucking cough. One bottle of
Hood's SjusspjmlU helped' me and three
bottles cured me And made me strong."
George W.Bemum, Cocispring. DcL
Boae'n Tina nrm Btct 111, ; th non-1 rritmMBt a4
'wtlyMftartS mis WitM 1ImxI bmnfrUl.
TALKED HERSELF. TO DEATH.
Kalamazoo. Sept, 28. Mrs. Lney A
Rtvves. 4-oIored, agel til," wh6 was
sent to the insane asylum here ten
years ago from Lansing, died A
si ra use -and unusual death yesterday.
Sh. literally talked herself ' into the
grave. For ten years her vocal effu
sions have lieeti consJaiif. no matter
what time of day or night it was. A
stream of words constantly came
from her mouth, ami -her- shoutings
Is-came so disagreeable -to her hearers
that she was placed In a padded cell.
where tney could not ?k; heard. As
the woman grew older the habit seem-
to grow ou her. and her svstem
gradually wcakcuod. PJveii in her
sleip I he babble ciit!nu.t. Yesterday,
afteriiiKiii she liad a niore violent
talking lit aha n ever, and ber lungs
literally ran out of air. The over-used
vocal oijti.uis refiiseI ti fwrforin their
work, and site diel In a sp:ism trying
to articulate. Chicago; Tribuue.
DEATH IN AX AMATEUR MIXED
DRINIC
La grange., Me.. Sit. 20. Kvereft
Rk-lrard's and Llvwellvn t;re.-n. s
guide and quite a noted character i?
.4 he up-river, towns, conceived th.
plan of .making a mixed drink that
would stagger tlie strougest nerves
Whiskey, cider, Jser, Jamaica ginge?
and liniment were mixed In a bottl$
and of It lwtli C recti and Richard
took copious draughts. Bert Spencer,
a young man who lived with Richard-..
was enticed to partake of the liquor.
Thi three men were very sick and
011 Saturday. Rk-hards died from the
effects of the drink. Spencer is criti
cally ill. the fluid having effected his
eyesight and it Is Mild' it Is doubtful
If he ever has his sight again. Oreen
is able to lie about -Lewis-iou Even
ing Post.
RED MEN HAVE THEIR JOKE.
Clameniore. I. ,T.-Sept. .".rtA .par
ty of Ctimamche Indians p4aytd a
good joke on a crowd of United
States surveyors ami alloting agenCs
iu the Comanche reservation recently.
These men were surveying; establish
ing corner stones, and getting ever.v
thing ready to dividee the land in
quarter sections. Tlie. Indians have
not taken very kindly to the divisiou
nikl allotment of -their land, and, see
ing that the whites were seared, they
ih-cided to act. The surveyors are all
tendertcvt -recently from Washiugtoiu
SiKldcnlj-. without varu:ng, their
camp was Invaded by a yelling, hoot
ing band !of . otto Indians iu war paint
and; feathers. -The surveying party
coukl not stand the pressure. and
star.ted out for the settlenu-nts along
the Texas line, and kept up their
flight, pursued by the Indians, until
they crossed tlie stale line. Then ihey
telegraphed to Fort Sill, and the com
mander there s-nt out a large cavalry
force to protect-, the surveyors. Tlie
general supixtsitioii is that a lot of
cowboys" and- young bucks played a
IM-actk-al joke. Chicago Inter Ocean.
WHO IS 'AN ESQUIRE?
How Ihe British Postal Department
lias Disposed of the Ouestiou.
"When Adam delved, and Eve span.
who was then 'the- gent leinan?" The
iwictic interrogation. frepiently prd
ponnded. has never we Is-lieve. been
cjtpable of satisfaiclory "solution. At
the fag cud of the niueiiH-nth century,
however, a question of far gn-ater and,
more iiiimeiliate Uoisrtam e has bern
rr.isel by that or tate niuch-abu-cd
but invaluable institution, -the.-, posf
ollke. Pnt lrwflyi the problem which
theatiilioritlesat St. Martln's-le Cian.l
have set thi-mselves to decide Is as to
who is and who is not eiMilh'd to
the a!iH-HaUon "Esq." Here, in truth,
is a delicate question, the niceties aw
ramifications of which might well ap
pall anything .less hid -Mtound . than
ti e ofiici.il mind. But let there le,no
mi 'apprehension as to the intention
of the iKistal admiiristrators, Tlie dU
crelion or the Individual In the mat
ter of directing his letters Is u t to be
interfere! with or called Into ques
tion. He Is still to U at liisrty.
should he feel so dispoml. to give
his chimney sweep an "E.q." and
ignore his water-rate collector's title
to sofnnicli ns a plain "Mr." Tlie priv
ilege of d.!ffereiitiatlng is to lie left as
heietofore t his own sweet will and
fancy. lint. In Its personal communi
cations with tlie public, the postotllce.
it
would seem, intends henceforth to
oesTiin ; mind eertain hard and - fast
rules, from which no deviation is ta
be permitted.5 In other words, a de
partment order has gone forth to the
clerks that the appellation "Esq." I.?
"to tc? nsed in future in addressing
all mrde correspondents, unless - they
are evidently -laborers, personal serv
ants, or tradesmen writing from fueir
house of . business.)" Instinctively one
thinks of the old differentiation, "gen
tleman, apothecary, plo'itghlwy. thief."
and of the exquisite iterrogatiou. bv
way. of rejoinder, e Yes, but which is
the thief r. 7 , .
But ihe official edict does not end
"tradesmen -writing from their bouse
of business." - There is a reservation
clause which says: "In cases'of donbt;
Esq. is 40 lie used" a wise provlslc-n
. . . . ' . . -
j that lea vis a tolerably broad inarghv
for possible va rhit Ions iu the use.
abuse and misuse of the anaohron!-t'c
snfllx.' Tlie deflni'ion of gcntlem.t'ir
will furnish pabulnui for cit,rovcrsy
aud academiv discussion 110 the .ra k
01 ujiii. ami even .wr. . i'ickwicky
we recollect aright, found It 1nii-isi.
ble to coldest tii claim to that tl.-sic-u.ntWnR
,of one1 of his -oiipauiojis iu
tlie Fleet on the ground . tluit lie
"drank hUTmir and a half pint of
ale a day and never stopped sinnkiiig
ev n during , meals." But how comes
it. on? may well ask. that Im-sM-m
"laliorers. personal servants m.l
trrtd-sim,n" thi eonwnnnhy to lw ex
empt from the Iionor of n-elviug u
"Kk1." will iui-lude -de.koifrs hi 1I1 ,
Postolli. e S:ivings Bank?" A iiiillhi.i
alr of an eeeeutrk turn of mJud 'oiice
condvMl a curious fancy for deposit
lug su A II Klices of h's fortune 11 u lr
Mictitii;ases in various savin-; hank
throughout the country, . The idii.xyn
trasy might have entitled him to fie
rd aud lodging at ItilLim. but we
do not know that he forfeited bv these
IroeeliiiKs ids rlglit. to the title of
uiiiui 1n.11 iii 1 hi case or
trades people sngegst. as an inevita
ble, corollary to the veuerabl. leg. nd
t.t it takes nine tailors to make- a
lean, a tiolite proposition as to how"
many are really riuiii I to make an
esquire. But hi this democratic
wlu'U so'niany "ladies if Jiij, d. re7:
have lieen known t. endiark -ion
bnsiness enterprises, ami ., i,i.-mii,t
French name so often on:iU the
hlcutiiv Iu tlie. realms of modesty or
millinery of a society dam. or dam
sel, the decision of the jMisial autori
ties sii-ms to leiive an addiii iuviiU
Insiii'ss. Iu 1 lie circumstance., jt is ai
least Reassuring to lea rn tat it is 11 t
hi coiHeiiodatioii to drop the preliv'
"Mrs. ir "Miss' in addressing
corre-
s'xillilellls r the other sex
as to
whose precise status in sM-ietv
Si tut
Tele-
oftii-iai doubt exists. I xtndou
graph.
Not even the snow can-claim imnrin
Itv from the tax collector. The prince
of Palermo, the capital of Sicily. . owes"
his weal 1I1 chiefly to tlie 'snow', of
whk'h he has a monoNly. The snow is
brought in at Wight iu basket from
Ihe mountains of Italy and is shipiied
to the towns ami sold-for refrigerating
pui-poss. Thus the prince partly
ke'is up his establishment with tlie
show from heaven. ;
Stand not upon the order of your go
ing, lut go at once.
, . Macbeth.
NOTICE OF t.UARDIAX'S SALE OF
f REAL PROPERTY.
NoJice Is heteby git en. that in pur
suance of an order of sale made and
etitenil by the County Court of the;
County of Marlon. State of Oregon, on i.
the 11th day of October. A. D. 1!Mi. ;
In the matter of the estate of Arlinc J.
and Andrew M. Johnson, minors, the
undersigned, guardian of said minor's,
estate will sell at public auction. siit-r
jct to confirmation by said, court. I In
following ilescrilieil real prMHrly to
wit: Bgiiming at the center of sin'
tiou It!, townslifp . south of range- 1,
west of 1lie Willamette .Mifidiin in
Marion county, State of Oregon; thence
sol 'ih Mi degrees 25 minutes east on
the legaJ sulMlivlsioii line seven"! v-fi ve
and one-half 7.V-o retls to the middle
of the county road, leading to Mount
Angel: thence south thirty-six rod
CJi -.tlience west nineteen (1!) rmls;
thence north 00 degms. 14 minut's.
west eight (S) nsls; thence north 2
degrees. nineteen ' minutes, west (l it
fourteen rods; thence north 77 degrees,,
.'IS minutes", west forty-four aud ir-lit
(44.0 rods j thence( north nine tJb rods,
to the place of lMginning containing
10 4-10 acres more or less all In Marion
county. State of Oregon; said sale will
lie made on the 12th day of NovemlH r,
. D. lOtto. at one o'clock, p. m . at
the court house door, in Salem, Marion
Comtfy, State of Oregon. , ;
Terms of sale: Cash on the day oT
sale, to be relumed to the bidder in
case sale should not lie confirmed by
the County Court.
"MRS. ANNA JOHNSON'.
flttardian of tlie Estate of Arline J.
and Andrew M. Johnson, minors.
10:12-rtw.
:UARDIAN" SALE OF REAL
ES-
TATE.
Notice Is hereby given that, under
aud pursuant to an order, decree aiid
license, duly n-nderc-l and entered Iu
the Count y Court of tlie State .of Ore
gon for Clatsop county, 'on Jhe 2h
day of August, A. D., litoo. authoriz
ing ami coiniiiauding the undersigtied. .
gnardHu of the person and estate of
the following minors, each residing In
Clatsop county, Ory.gon, namely John
Xcnl tJcafhart, lklgar 5. Oca e hart,
Philip E. Ilearhart and Estln-r tJear
hart. to sell, at private sale, the fol
lowi.ig dtstTils-il r-al estate, situate
tn ihe County of Marlon, in the stilte
of Oregon towit: The southwst one
tjttarter of Sin-tlon No. 112 in -Township.
No. 7. south of Range No. 3, east of
tin Willaim-tte Meridian, fogellwT
With the tenements. liei'elit:iui nts
and appiirteiiaiices lslong or in any
wiso a-pis-rtaluing thereunto; the". un
dersigned as strch guardian as afore
said, will from and after the 22d 'daf
of November A. D UK 10. proceed! to
sell the said above dtcri1ied real es
tato and the -wliole thereof, for .he
ulgliest and Is-st price obtainable, .
cnh Ii hand at date of sale, subject
to the c-onfirnlation thereof by the.
said. Comity 'onrt of tlie State of Ore
gon for Clatsop county, j
Dated at "AslorhC Oregon.- Ibis the
lnCh day of Oetolier, A. D.." Iimo. I
V. A. CJEARIIART,
frtiardian of tls persons and eslafes
ofJotr.i Neal (lea rhart. Edgar CJ. tiear
hart. Philip E. C.carhart. and Esther
(Jew rha rf, 111 ir.ors. l'ostottice nddwss,
Astoria, Oregon. . 10:ll5tw.
NOTICE OF FINVL SETTLEMENT.
Notice Is hereby given that R.
Fleming, .administrator of the estate
of John C. EMing, deceaMiL has filetl
his 'fin:il account as such ndniinis'ra
tor in the office of. the Clerk of Ih
County -Court, of the State of Oregon,
for Marion county, and said court has
appointed Saturday the 17th Jay of
Noveii-ber, l'.sm. at ten o'clock in the
forenoon of said day at the comi.y
t-onrt rcim, In the county court house,
at the City of Salem, in Marlon coun
ts. Oregon, as the time and place for
bearing said final account and; all
objections thereto and the settienient
thereof. ' -" '. --v -.-r
Ione tills 18fh day of Octolier. 1000.
; R. J. FLEMING, ,
'. Administrator or said' Estate. 1
10:li5y. . j 7 I