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j lf RAILROADS. OREGON RAILWAY V AND NAVIGATION CO., "COLUMBIA RIVER ROUTS," Tnitui for, the Rt leav Portland t 9:30 P, M. aud 7:45 A. M. Ek'gaht' New Dining Palace Cars. Pre Family Sleeping Car run through on Kxpress Train to 0M.tftt,; ; 4 .'COUNCIL BLUFFS : and Kansas city. WITHOUT CHANQB. I CIom eoanrtllon M PoHlamt frit Baa Frane'eeo ' auu ru itouua pomu. All Iron' sVanihlntf l Portland ana Ban the trip In W hour. Cabin.,. . . .tl 00 Steer . Round Trip unlimited. . fur farina nartknlars luqiilr el my if" Ol Ut Cowpaay or ., A. L. MAXWELL, ; ... . : 0. H. T. A. C. J. SMITH, Oonaral Manas,". YAQUINA BAY ROUTE, f Oregon Pacific Railroad Oregon Derelopment Co.'b 8teuiers. Short Line to California. Fm'ght and Fares th Lowst ' " ITKAMRR SAU.1NO DATKA , WUlanettt Valley, Jan. . moM um aKCtco. ! 1 t Willamette Valley, Jan. t, t, I O t Th company aerves Uic right to change Mil lag dales without notice. Trains eonaect with the P. R. I. and rim botu at Corral and Albany. ' Thgitoltoi PmclBe Steamboat on Uie t Kiver invteion win reave Wthbound, Monday, Wedm;- hursdayand Katur- l orvallis. idv and Portland LtS:' nd vni.t-tickets read via the "Sorthern Paolflo R. R. and avoid ,.i--.: t 11 oa A M and Duo P.M. Paolflo DlvlilOrw-Tr.lnilFroM.nd u O atreet dally at 11:55 rlve at New facoma .(7:10 P.M. ami 4- A. 11 iLlo1Pi. Airent. Np. hi. Wr Portland, Oregon. u-naoot. Cor. First and 0 strt. OVERLAND TO CALIFORNIA VIA Southern, Pacific Company's Line, The Mount Shasta Route! ; TIM8 BBTWKKN Portland and San Francisco 39 Hours! .... ur. 1. Van aa Train tuna Dally - - between Portland and ttn Prancinco. South. I North. am p. in. Lr. Portland Ar. Ar. Lv. 10:45 a. m. 65 a. m. I:is in a. m l Ar. oan rintu.u 7:00 p. m. Local Passenger Daily, except Sunday. ' Leave. Arrive, n .t.. . M. Ruarene 1:40 P. M. Kuaene . . : A. M. Portland 3:45 P. M. TOURIST SLEEPING CARS. For accommodation of Second Clau paiaen The S. P. Ca'a Perry makea connection with all the regular train, on me nan emc mnwu from foot of P. Street. . J . . . ' - s : .- . West Side Division. ; ' Bet. Portland and Corvallis. 1 Mail Train Daily .except Sunday. ; ' f .KAVR. I Aaaivi. .,Vil..n.l . im A.M. Inde'dencc. 11:14 A. M. . Inde'dencc. . nde'dertce. .11:15 A. M. Corvallia 11:15 P. M. Corvallis ...1:30 P. M. j Inde'dence. . .1:30 P. M' Inde denca. . .4:31 P. M. Portland t: P. M' At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains fo Oregon Pacific R. R. Eipres Train Daily, except Sunday . um. 1 .Aiv, ; ortland ' . 4:50 r. M. I MCMinnvme :oor-. m. -Uontl 54 A. H, I Portland 9:00 A. M. ,'WCKBTOPFIcai! " , No. t.u. Comer Flrat and im 1. , Corner P and Front ate,. Portland mw. ' P. ROORRR t anager, Asst. 0. P. ft p. Ai't. lnw si Vtharge.) )Tng Cars, (rueata 7j cla.) rfrtftothe East. "-TljER . ...... 04, POWER OF A FLAG. The Manufacture of Turkish Kurs ; ; In New York. k Ql'KKR RESULT OP PAGUtNQ. A Dtetor'i Sua. 80 m ufoitle have nultonnd) con (I duoo In th prutvoUoit whioh their country's Mnif will eiva thotu uiulxr all clrvunistuniHt. It would b uiiimtrit ic. Ihoy perhnpa think, to nutation tha efilonoy of the national emblem. iWA'i CvmmiHioit tulls a story Ulna trotlnr this fact: Whttn the boumUry nrvrvors wero ruunlnff the line west ward throuirh Manitoba a roslduut of lVrablna eautloned X.aplnln Cnnioroq, the head of the Canadian survey, aptlnst the 8lns, who were then mus tering In the Wood Mountain district, and reoominuudod his taking lttrgor soon. "Oh, I am not afraid of thorn," re tilled the mtllant little hero! "I (halt just hoist the Drltlith ensign, and that wm De suiitdiMit," lathe course of the eouTersatlon Captain Cameron Inquired as to the best means of aavlnir hi tuen and ani mals from the annoyance of mosqui toes, which that year were peculiarly troublesome. There 1 no remedy for thorn," re- puea the American, "exoept wnan there la a alight breeae, befora whioh they disappear." Yea," said the jraHant ofllcer, 'but we must do somothlns;. Men ean't work and take oarcfuf obacrralioui with these infernal musquitov bimlng around them; can't you tio annniug w get rid of them, Mr. Lonuonf'' "Wal, ilr, we can't do anything herei we hare to put up with them. Perhaps If you were to hoist the British ensign you ipoke of awhile ago, that might scare em; 1 uou 1 enow noining eise they'd pare a cent for." i. Mow Tarklah Ilugn Are Made, An exact reproduction of how Turk ish rugs are made In the east is given In a show window on Broadway, near Twenty-second street, snvs limn, x, Sun. A genuine Turk attired in a pur ple tunlo reaohlng to his foot, and tied about the waist with a gaudy sash, with his head lucased In a maroon fet. Is giving the exhibition. The loom en whioh he work Is compoawd of two up right of undressed wood, livtwevn these upright at top and bottom rnn two rollers at right angle. Over those rollers is stretched a network of cord. - Two smaller sticks are Intro duced between the Interstices of the network, one half way down and the other a few inches above the lower roll er, which serve to keep the net-work taut and also acta as a guide for the eye. ' The operator sits, tuilor-fahlon, on a Turkish rug, and within hi reach are skeins of worsted of various color. Throe or four strands admit three Inches long are taken at a time.' These are twisted about a single cord, tied, and then cut off to mako the requisite length of the fur of the rug. The next cord is similarly treated, aud so on un til the width of the rug Is comH)ted. The worker carries tlio design i his head, aud produces his patterns by the use of different colored worsteds. The operation is a very slow one, and a skillful worker can not accomplish more than two Inches'on a rug of ordi nary width in a day. The spectacle is a most interesting one, and large crowds are continually about the window watching the rug maker's progress. Result of Fagging. There I a nneer comolalnt anions thifESyi ' at teP-lq. i;igliatvioiiw. owing 10 me ystem or. -'inggiuir, an the lower boys aud "llfth form" boy are mado to play cricket fourteen times a week in summer and foot-ball live time a week in the short days of win tor. Imagine an American school boy oomplnlning that he did not have time to read because ho was obliged to play game out-ol-uoorsl - A Ooo tor's ekin. Tboy toll a story in Pari of a doc tor's son, who, next to a clergyman's son, i about the ' most troublesome fellow that can be found. This worth less son was driven from his father's bouse, and the parent refused to re ceive him. , But the boy wo too much for the doctor. Whenever one of hi patient died the son attended the fun eral,. and consoled the mourners by suggesting that the defunct ought to have lived to bo 100, and then he add ed, "But you know my father attonded bim." "The doctor capitulated. Musical Centers. The scepter of mimical supremacy has moved about strangely from place to plaoe during the centuries that we have any record of music. In the earliest times we get glimpses of a musical conservatory in no less a place than ancient Thebes, and we can be lieve that this system of music had some influence upon that pursued at a lutot epoch in that musical center, Jeru salem. But it was Alexandria In Egypt that was the Mecca of the ancient musician from the tirst century of the Christian era. It was here that the great water organs were made for the Roman market, those mystical instru ments whioh were heard in all the anclont theaters; it was here that the origlnlal peace Jubilee was held, la which 800 skilled musicians took part. Of course, in the days of Pericles, Athens was the musical center, and in the early Christian times, or rather from the third century, after the Chris tian ohurch had formulated a ritual in which music had an important part, it was Borne. Then enme the Flomisb oities, and it was not until a compara tively late epoch that the cities ot Ger many booame the nurseries of the high er "branches of conipoHition. (Tim Herald. An Electrician's House. One of Edison's chiefs lives in New ark in a house which is all aimer with wires. : As one approaches the front gate it swings open and shuts auto. matlcally. The visitor's foot on the steps of the porch rings a bell in the kitchen and also one . in the manter'a study. By touching a button he opens the front door before the stranger has time to knock. An electrical music box plays during dinner. When the guest retires to his bedroom the folding-bed unfolds by electricity. When he puts out the cos a strain, mocklnc display of skeleton3ve-tone8,owls, and othor hide Niantasmafforia ucut BDoui onr ftt Ills root. 1 . M V. ... r'w""11 to " Mr) torci ny felt and sei THE IANANA. Haw the Fruit Is l'rtipa(Ud-SadlaM Iter Tboanil or xanrs. Bald a veteran importer of bananas tha other afternoon to a N. Y, Sun mant "In southern Asia and Central America, In tropical Africa and the equatorial Island ot the Athuitln and TacUla the banana Is cultivated. Mind ?'oo. I say cultivated; for there are bos who think It grows wild. In that connection let me say It Is probably th tint plant that ever wa cultivated. 'The aim ot horticulturists Is to rid fruit of seed. They have succeeded In doing this with the small grape, which In its dried state we call currants, The Tangier orange and the best among the pine-apples are seedless. The potato has been made seedless. However, this result Is usually brought about to tha Injury of the plant, which scums to lose wlln Its capacity to bear seed much of Us vitality, and this renders It subject to attacks tit luseot, bllglit.elo. But here I the banana that Im been needles thousands of years, yet It -pears to be as full of energy and life a wheu, according to the old legend, the eyes of Adam full upou it iu the gar deu of Kden." "If scullions, how Is It propagated" "Bv suckers which tha plant send up. Whenever the black of tropical Africa makes ready to sutllo In lite, he clear a small paoe ia the Jungle, ob tains thirty ar forty sucker from hi father or abler brother, and set them out. In nine mouth' time the fruit appeal's, and before the eleventh mouth ho can eat of It freely. The number of plant 1 have nnmctl can be grown In 1. 000 square feet, and will bear him at least 6.000 puuiuls of fruit anuually. Tbluk of It for a moment! It Is possi ble to grow as much as 179,000 pound ot bananas anmiutiy upon a single sere of ground. No wonder that Humboldt said nothing in the world would grow so luuon Iihmi to the acre a tne iiauana. "It true back to the earliest man, does thv banana. Alexander's soldiers. so Pliny said, found the sages of India seutetl In Its shade and purtaklng of its dollciou fruit. Hence th name sapleiitmn given the plant, which like wise Iwnrs the name or Jupiter rair daughter, Musa, When l'Uiii'ro landed In Peru the Aztecs brought blm gifts of the yellow fruit that yonder Italian you see from this window now sell at 10 cent a doion. Now It has been shown that the banana Is of Malayan origiu. How did It get to India, to South America, and Mexico The feet of birds have liorno seed a full 10,000 mlies, while the oocoanut Boated welbulgh tha world around in the great ocean currents. But, you see, tne imiiuita nas no seed nor nas 11 a cosing like the globular rocoanut to Boat It around over tne waters, men it must have been 'toted over the big troiiL'h' by man. It is siuullicaul that the Ajitecs have traditions of visit by people front ever the 'c, while there was to confirm it an admixture of the religion of the ttrahmans In their own theology. Would you have thought that the despised banana acliiully stooped forward lo prove that' More Columbus wo or I. lei Krlcmo ever had an existenee some swarthy dciilxcns of the old world had migrated across the waterf" That Is a bit queer, If true, aud queer any how f" i nat isu 1 an mere 1 in me uanana by any mean. You have heard of maullla rope, haven't you? Well, that 1 made In the Philippine Islands of the item ot the banana. The stalk, which usually grows to six Inches in diameter and from llfteen to twenty feet high, boa artery valuable tllicr, from which are woven ocailtliul textile Inline. Many of the finest India shawls and wrappers worn by ladies of fashion sro manufactured from this fabric. 80. too, au excellent article of paper is made from It.'' ' But are no varieties ot bananas wlldP" Yes, noma have been found In Coy- Ion, Cochin China, and the Plilliolmf i jiiuaf. vi maiw.v.'TafVii Ulll llioy are inWe'tr to the Jong-cultivated, va 101 in, louwiit uuuersiuim unit mi 1 V I.I 1 .1. ... .1. I- n.l I. l.,.l I,. .....V..r. Wll 1 his srt vm ii-iv ti v v euvnrini vi it sir, it is a (Kwitlve fact thai tu this way tliu literal plant lierpctualcs llsoll in ilotinltcly. In central Africa you might find thousand and thousands of pluuts that literally have In them tha life and srerm of 10. ooo ymrs' duration. And men speak derisively of this fruit! 1 have no putleuce with such people nol a bit." ' "To what family docs the banana belong0" "To the Illy family. It. is a devel oped tropical lily, from which, by ages of cultivation, 'the seeds have been eliminated, aud that for which It was cultivated greatly expanded the fruit I mean. In relation to the bearing properties of the lianauit IIiun1oldt,the sagacious traveler and scientist, who saw tho wonders of that plant, said that the ground that will grow thirty three pounds of wheat will also grow ninety-nine pounds of potatoes, out the samegrouml will grow 4, OOO pounds of bananas. The produce of bananas con seuuoutly to thitlnf wheat is 1!)3 to 1 anil potatoes 44 to 1." "But how about tho nulrltlousness of the frultP" "I have not seeu any estimate of comparison. I know, though, that it possesses all the essentials to tint sus tenance of life. The savage of the sea isles and of the Jungle owes what he has of physical strength to this food. Wheat alone, iKitatoes alone, will not do this." "But do tho people eat thein rawP" ''That depends. Of course when taken as a steady nrtlcla ot diet it is cooked baked dry in the green state, pulped and boiled In water as a soup, or la cut In slices and fried. The fruit that is designed to be cooked Is called tho plantain, while that to be eaten raw is culled tho banana, tho kind we see hero on the streets. The plantain is not unite so sweet as tho banana, but is equally nutritive." Grouping of Animal. The generally accepted terms of tho various groups of animals and birds are as follows, according to an English au thority! A herd ot swine, a skulk of foxes, a pack ot wolves, a drove ot oxen or cattle; a sounder of hogs, a troop of monkeys, a prido of Hons, a sleuth of boars, a band of horses-; a herd ot ponies, a oovy of partrldgos, a nldo of pheasants, a wisp of snipe, a school of whales, a shoal of herrings, a run of fish, a flight ot doves, a muster of peacocks, a slego of barons, a building of rooks, a brood of grouso, a swarm of bees, gnats, flies, etc., a stand of flowers, a watch of nightingales, a cast of hawks, a flock of geese, sheep, goats, etc., a bevy of girls a galary of stars, and a crowd of mon or boys. It Will 8 lay Tlicre. It Is estimated that the amount of gold and silver coin on tho bottom of the Atlantic ocean is about WO, 000, 000, and It is further estimated that most of it will stay right whore It is. Hungarian Hallways. ', .' paradise of rullwny traveling be lowcf -Hungary, where the les it planting hedges Of Vl UUSSIAN:N0B1LITV. What Came of Cuininoilorc Varnlcr- : bill's Obstinacy V AN 01,11 -PA8II0NKI) hlllllT, . , . A Wtuderlul Bog. A ocrtalu princely family In Kiissia, each member of which run stylo him self by the family title, has .propagated so rapidly lu the ooursu ot loo year that there ure a, 70S uiulus of the family now living. All these are equals by right of birth, but only twenty-two of them have anything in tho shape of high position. Of the rcraaludur 804 are In various grades of the- army, 400 aud odd are merchants aud shopkeep er, 1,1 27 are merged Into the lower rank and are stablemen, wallers, la borers, and servants; nineteen are In Jail for various olfunse, one Is uudur sentence of Imiiglng, throe are police sides, and two are in partnership as the keepers ot one of tho most notori ous houses of pleasure In Moscow. The rest sro occupied lu various ways, anioug them being several - butcher, bakers, and cab-drivers, and one who inscribes his slgu with his full princely title mid bis business, "corn doctor, underneath. All are Princes (labttxln. These statistics were, recently procured at the luslance of the exur, who Is de vising some mean for curtailing the limit of an aristocratic title. In Uussla there are over 8,000 uoblemeu ot the degree of prince, count, and baron lu receipt of parish relief Inscribed on the rolls Of the niuuU'lpnlllie a "pau per." l'hiltMphia tiwu ti. A Itloh Man' Obntlnaojr, ' One well-known peculiarity of Com modore Vittidcrbllt was his stubbornness that Is to any, v. lieu he took occasion to be slulilHiVn. When be knew a thing he knew It, and that ended it. Here Is a little elicumstanco Illustra tive of this peculiarity, which ha never been puhllnhcd: After tha completion of hi steam yacht, In which he and hi family took trip to Europe, aud by tho way, the pioneer trip lu transatlantic steain ywbt navigation, Im was advised to iikn a pilot on hoard till the yacht had pissed Sandy Hook. 'I'll be mv own pilot." wns his bluff way of settling It. ''There' danger of running on to a rock." suggested tha captain. "I know every ruck about this In.l bor," Insisted tlio commodore. "You steer as I toll you and it will be all right." The captain did steer as, ha was di rected, and sura enough tha yacht struck a rock and, what I more, stuck there. That piece of obstlnacv delayed the voyage several' days and cost 'the commodore several thousand dollars. "That's the only rock 1 didn't kuow about," the commodore said afterward, and with this positive knowledge on the subject he was still unyielding In the matter of pilot, ' He acted as his own pilot when tho yacht made it sec ond start, and thlstl'mu with success. Hero is another story told about the commodore which has never found It way into type: When the ferryboat 8tatcn Island only needed a few hn lull ing touches the commodore-told tho pain tor to put only tha initial of the beat on tlio nhnvl-iiousu. The puluter did so. "Are you such a' big blamed fool," the commodore asked tho painter, a he saw tha two Initials letters, "nut to know that St. stand for Mnteu, aud not S.P" i . l'u mm nt to the commodore's orders l tho required addilttiiiAt-'iiViVr'wa af II xoiLJUv tirst initial, and tha Initials "St I," still remain on the boat N. i: llcralU. . . . Tho Old-I'iililonoil Klilrl. A Troy shlrtman predict that lu loss than ton years there will bo a general return to Ihe uld-fiuihlouod shirt which buttoned lu front, and from which at lest ono button was missing after every wash. A Wonderful Dog. II. C. Wheatly, employed In an asy lum at Milledgevillo, Uu., bo a ' won derful dog. lie souds bliu on errands to any oue about tho institution, or to almost any place, the dog having learned the places by name aud obey ing every Instruction. Ho can count, spell, and invariably, before retiring for tlio night, kneels by tho side of Mr. Wheat ly's bed and say bis prayers, He oan climb a ladder from tlio under sldo, placed t an angle of 80 degrees, and perforins a nunihor of tricks that ro qulre'moro mental strength than is usually found lu the canine family. - Cured of Flirting. 'No mora fllrtiiig for mo, boys," re marked a drummer to some of his ac quaintances, ono of whom was are porter for tho Nebraska City fre.n. "I used to go without smoking when I was dying for a cigar, lust so I could go in the ladies' car. But I'm cured. On my last run into Lincoln I met a nlco young lady. . Slio was agreeable, and of course I mado myself as nearly so as possililc. - Had a pluasant.hair hour with her before wo reachod the station, and of course when we got off there I asked her if there were any par cols I could carry for her. She smiled buwltchingly and said I might halp her if I would bo so kind. Then she point ed to tha scut right behind where we were sitting, ami more wore mroe .Da bio, assorted sizes, asloop. She said they wore hers. Well, I was In for it, so I plckod up tho biggest ones, one on either arm, while" slio ' took tho.kld. We marched out and found a carriage, and I put her in and was about to say good day, when she Binlled again so bowltchliigly and nskod me to got in. i couiun t reiuso, you Know, so l went along. We drove out to somowhero near the capitol and stopped before a nice house A man came running out, lifted out the babies, kissed them, lifted out the young woman, klssod her two or thvoo times and told the driver he could go. .Would yod bollove it, she was so spoony on that husband of hors she nover said good-by to mo nor looked In my direction at all; and that ain't the worst ol it, I una to pay tne carriage hire myself aud lost halt a day's tune in tho bargain. That wo man cured me ot flirting so long ail "ve,"., . ,,, ,t . A Snake Industry. - Most people think that rattlesnakes aro onth'oly usoloss upon the earth, but the story told by tho Athens (U.) Ban tier will sot aside such a belief. ', Thore are places In south Georgia "whore men extract oil from' the rattlesnake and use it to cure rheumatism. These per sons wiU give a negro. $1 to point out a rattlesnake to thuin, and ' thou they kill it in a peculiar manner. . Thoy place a forked stick over the snake s head, then put a cord around it .and strangle tlio snake. This is done to keep the snake from biting Itself. The body of the reptile is then strung up and tho oil extracted from it. It soils at S2 per ounce, and tli's industry is '""a" profitable ono. ' - ' "iiMed a donke' a donkey for n," ENGLISH TABLE WAYS, Thar Ar Altngathar Ton Plnlrky for rw una of Uuod Sanaa, Theodore Child writes In ffurpn'i Viuan Tha Anglo-Saxon are afraid to uso their finger 'to eat with, es pecially the English. Thank to this hesitation, I have seen In the course of my travels In the old world many dis tressing sight. I have saen B lady at tempt to eat orawllsh with a knife and fork aud abandon the attempt In de spair. I have alio seen men in the same tlx. 1 have seeu oh, barbarous and cruel ' spectacle I Anglo-Saxon, otherwise apparently civilized, cut off the points of asparagus and eat these point only with a fork, thus leaving the best part of the vegetable on their plate. As for artichokes they generally utterly defeat the attack of those who trust only to the knife and fork. FlngVrs must be used for eating cer talu tiling notably asparagus, arti choke, fruit, olives, radishes, pastry, aud even small fried fish; In short every thing which will not dirty or grease the lingur may be eatcu with th linger. For my own part I prefer to cat lettuce salad with my linger ruther than a fork, aud Queen Mario Antoinette and other ladle of the eighteenth cen tury were of my way of thinking. If the ludies could only see how pretty Is their gesture wheu their diaphanous forefinger aud thumb grasp a leaf of delicate. green lettuce, and raise that leaf from the poreeleun plate to their May lips they would all ImmediuUdy take to eating salad a la Marie Antoin ette. Only bear In mind, good ladles, that If you do wish to cat lettuce salad with your fingers you must mix your salad with oil and vinegar, and not with that abominable rcaily-mada white "sulad dressing," to look upon which Is nauseating. - . May heaven preserve us from ex- ocsslve Anglomania lu matters ot table service and eating. The hnnllali tend to complicate the eating tools far too much. They have too many furk for comfort, and the form of them are too ottalut for practical utility. Certuililv silver dessert knlve and forks are very good In their way, because they are not susceptible to tho action of fruit sclds, but It I vain and clumsy to attempt to make too exclusive use tit the knife and fork In eating fruit. Don't Imitate, for instance, certalu ultra-correct Eugllsh damsels who eat cherries with a fork and swallow the stones because they uro too' modest, or ruther too sslnlne, to spit them out on to the plate. Eating Is not a thing to bo ashamed of. To thoroughly enjoy a peach you must blto It aud feel the juicy, perfumed flesh melt in your mouth. But let the Anglomauiuc say what they please, there I no uecesslty of sticking a fork into the pouch, and peeling it while so Impaled, ss if it were an ill-favored and foul object. A -teach is a beautiful to the touch a it is to the eye; a poach held between human fingers has it beuuty enhanced by tha beaut v of tho lingers. However dainty and ornate tha silver dessert knife and fork may be, it always Irritates ma to see people cut up their peaches, or pears, or apri cot, or what not. Into cube and par albdnpijieds, as If dessert were a branch of roulo section. Imitate Mario An toinette, ladies; use your lingers mora freely; eat decently, of course, but do not be the slaves of silly Anglomania or Newport cranio. To eat a pear or an apple conveniently, cut It luto quarters, and pcul each quarter In turn as you cat It. The peach, too, can be cut into quarters, If the eater Is timid. Apricot do not need peeling, nor plums cither. Who would bo bold enough to peel a fresh fig, or to touch such a delicate fruit even with tho purest silver Instrument? 1'retty Women of Washington. Surely there I not another citv in these United State VibJ.cA can'boast so Vnany pretty women as Washington. The stranger is Immediately struck with the prevalence ot female beauty hare, more especially if ho has just ar rived from Boston, whore one may walk the most crowded thoroughfare for hours without beholding a single Instance ot It, in tiits town youthful loveliness In petticoats 1 to bo saen everywhere. During the cooler hours of the summer afternoon the streets aro a parade-ground for troop of sweet young girls, liko so mauy bud ding roses in their dresses or snowy cam brio and muslin. Jo iindapialu oue among them would be diilicult in deed. . This style of dress, ot all cos tumes the most appropriate and be coming for maidenhood, is tabooed In the miH crn Athens, where It would be considered in bad taste for a lady to appear out-of-doors iu other than cloth gown. The beuuty of Washington w omen, too, is of a peculiarly delicious kind, iu type distinctively Soiflhern, with a soft roundness and delicate tinting of a raco not Indigenous to frigid New England. And, actually, they have figures! The Boston female figure is usually a zero in quality and a unit in quantity; In othor words, it is the sumo Bi.o all the way down and en tirely lacking in tho esscntlul element of curve. With tho young ladies of Washington It is quite otherwise Washington Letter to AV'W Orleans Pio ayune. " Servants In South America.' Servant aro as unmanageable Irf Buenos Ayres ss thoy nro everywhere elso and lii many respects more trying. General housoworkcrs are unknown. For tho smallest family one neods a cook, a housemaid ami, instead of a mald-of-all-work,' a boy ot any age from ton years and I have sccnevon younger, on duty in native households. Beshles these no washing can be done at home. There was, I am told, at one timo even a law against the drying of clothes in ono's own patio or on the roof. At any rate a latindross Is an almost impossible person to get and clothes are given out to tho Lavandaras who support themselves bv the pursuit of that profession alone. They wash in the river, which is vory wide, and very shallow on Its southern shore, and ris ing only when gales are blowing from the sen, leaves on- Its retiring groat pools of water in the hollows of the honch. These pools ore the wash-tubs for the'wholo city and flat stones are used as boards, tho clothes being rub bed between two such, so it ii not to.be wondered at that all kinds of wash goods want frequent replaolng. The sumo women who wash do not iron. Thoy aro thomsolves -employed by tho porsnn - engaged by ono's self, who usually . is the ironer and who rooelves the pay for the wholo. I found this arrangement very unsatisfactory, for thore was no ono person whosoemod to bo responsible for tho return of the thlnsrs and for tho manner 'in which thoy woro done. It is a fault found by every one, but thore seems to be no way or remedying it. some low iamiuoi bava, . succeeded In getting regular laundresses to join thoir retinue of servants, but it is still a hard thing to manage and the cooks objoot to it. Wages - are high.- Cooks got. from eighteen to thirty nacionale) or fifteen to twenty-live dollars; those are not re markable servants but only ordinary ones. Jvjen, French or .Italian eumntut are mqch belter paid. The merest slip of 4 housemaid trill get from fourteen to twenty naoionalcs (twelve to eighteen dollars) aild .ith., necessary,, munhacho fots nearly the same. wood House eeping. A Good Yielder. ; Thi Granite Mountain mine in Mon- tamfv yieldedf7,OW,ooo wortu M MARKET REPORTS. Ruling Prices of Poultry; Eggs and Diary Produce. , FKKO, FLOOR, GRAIN AND 8EKD8, Lumber, WmL Ele. DAIRY PRODUCE Butter. Oregon' Kncy creamery - Choice dairy . Common ,. I'lekled (Cal.) Eastern o.camery fancy, . , . Cal. fancy. . , . ., .i . . Choaet). .- Oregon full cream ; Oregon Skims and old , Swiss Cheese, domestic, ,. : Young America Or Oregon V dos. Eastern do............. . . ; lao HtoliS 18(0 ZU 26 26(827,4 IS 10 15 to I 14 40 nana PEED. Brim tier ton. . . . .. ,..,:ilo17 00 .. .. $16(418 00 ,'1226044 00 .... IU 420 00 Hay " " baled.. Or d Barley, er ton Mill Chop per ton. .. . Oil Cake Me ieai por ton .'IO2 60 Short per ton 2) 00 2260 FLOUR. Portland Pat. Boiler, Sulem do do Duyton do do Caseadia do do Country Brands McMiiiuville,, MuiHTllne White Mly Grulism ...... .... Kye Flour. , p.bbl 8 76 8 75 am 306 860 3 76 250 8 0J 3 26 BOO FRESH FRUITS. Apples , .lOOfltlM Bananas, p. buurb 8 50GM 00 Currants Urupe V box lemons, Cal. p. bx 4 505 00 do Sicily, p. bx. new . . 60(97 -0 Limes per bun 160 IJuiiice per box 1 001 25 fears ir box none. Peaches r box do Plums per lb v, do - Prunes per box do Watermelon V do do GRAIN. Barley, whole, p. ctl 80G90 Corn, per 100 lb 1 60 Oat, good, old, p. bu do, new, jwr bu. , 38A40 live, p. HH) lb nominal . .1 221 26 Wheat, Valley, p. 100 lbs. . 1 201 TlH do Eastern Ore ..112 (4 115 POULTRY. Chickens, large young V ds. 3 50 400 do broilers 2 &0(t3 00 do old 4 506 00 Duck f dot 8 00 50 Geese, young V d 11 0012 00 Turkey, young, V lb.. Grouse and I lieasant. 10 300 SEEDS. Cras Seeds. Timothy,... Orchard Gran Bed Top Blue Grass, English Bye Gross. . Italian do . . Australian do .. Mosquito. Millet '. Hungarian'' do ' .'. Mixed Lawn Grass. Clover Seed. a f ' ' ' Bed Clover While Clover ... llve Clover....'.. Alfalfa Miscellaneous. lb 1 6.l,' Hal2,S 7S I2tsJ4 7H(I 9H411 7Ha 710 . .6C 1 " fm , 12(315 10ttll) 1H1"4 15H17H BH10 Canary 4,5 Flax ; 4J 5 Hemp .' 65)tf Kae imKrted lu Bape California 3(34 LUMBER-ROUGH AND D3ESSED Bough... rer M10 00 Edged 12 00 T. A G. SboaUiing 13 00 No. 2 flooring 18 00 No. 2 ceiling 18 00 No. 2 rustic 18 OC Clearrough. 20 00 Clear P. 4S 22 50 No. 1 flooring 22 50 No. 1 ceiling ....... .... 250 No. 1 rustic 2250 Stepping 25 00 Over 12 inohes wide (extra). . . 1 00 Lengths 40 to 68 " ... , 2 00 Lengths;50 to 60 ,, " 4 0v ltf Lath .-' .2 25 lj Lath . 250 bingles, cedar, per 1000 2 25 " red cedar, 1000. .45 0050 00 WOOL. Eastern Oregon. According to shrinkage. ..... . . 10($14 Valley. Spring clip................ 1018 Uinpqua......' : 1920- " Lambs and fall 10(314' VEGETABLES (Freeh.) Asparagus lb I Bean f lb ; .... i.. Beets lb .'.'. . ' Cabbage lb .. Carrot por sack 1 25 do young lb dos. 15 Celery per dos 901 00 Cucumbers dos . . . . , . . . . Green Peas lb.. ' Lettuce dox. 2 Onions 100 lbs 1 031 25 Potatoes per 100 lbs 1 25 (5 1 50 do sweets, Mr lb. ... . 2! Radishes per dos , ', ' Spinach....... Turnips per sk. . t.J 26 Tmoatoes per bx. , -. ........ . DRIED FRUITS Apples, Peaches, etc Apples sun dried qrs .. .... 4 to 5 do ' factory sllced4Cal. .. 6 do evap. 50 Jb.bxs. .'...' 0 to 10 ' do unblea... 5toG Apricots......... '., . 13 to 14 Blackberries 50 lb bxs. . , . . . 11 13 Cherries pitted 40 Peaches blvsunpeeld new.. 8(3)10 do' i evaporated. . 1215 Pears macli dried fr 10 Plums pitted Oreg. , t. . f 34 '! factory,.,, 8tfti' Citron, Currant, o. Currents, In bxs : ' bbls.. ' 7M8t Datesinboxes ............. 10u a d Dates, 15 lb bxs...... '11 Prunes. : ; O'Ogon French Petite..,, do German, do Italian.... do Silver - 66 78 8(310 A MAMMOTH WHEEL. Th Urge ' " Ma4 ta oris. The greatest wheel of lu kind In the world, a very wom " ,Jr "rj stands In tho main shop of the Dickson 1 ...-I-, .nn, nanV In BCrStttOO. Pa. It was built for the Calumet and Hecla Mining eompany of Lake Su perlor, Mich., for the purpose of lift ing; and discharging the "tail ngs," wast from tho oopper mines, Into the lske, and Its diameter is 64 feet, wbllf Its weight in, active operation will bo 200 tons. It 1 called a flfty-foot sand wheel, but It extreme dimensions aro nftv-foor feet la diameter. Some idea nl Itm ta A- I I lei I nanltv ran be formed from the fact that it will receive and elevate sufficient sand every twenty four hours to cover an acre of ground foot deep, . ! - , , v . it u .rm.,1 nn It outer edtre witn 432 teeth. 4.71 Inches pitch and 18 inches face. - The gear segments, ylgh tan In number, are mad of 2UU iron, and the teeth ar machine-cut, enlcv cloidal In form. It took two of the most perfect machine In the world 100 day and nignt to out me wu iuu, ami the finish H a smooth gin. ' . Th whiwl la in be driven bv a pinion of sim Iron containing 88 teeth of equal pitch and face and will ran at a speed ol vuu leet per minute w- tu ner edge, where it win oe equipp-i avllh 4 KM atl htu-kftt that will lift tllO "tailings" a the machine revolves and discharge thera Into the lake., Th shaft of the wheel I of gun iron, and its journals are 22 Inche in diameter by 3 feet 4 inches long. The shaft is made In three sections and is 80 inches In illanmlur In tha outer center. At tirst glance the great wheel looks like an exaggerated bicycle wheel, and it Is constructed much on the ara urinclnie. with straluinsr rod that run to center cast on the outer sectioni'of the shaft. The steel buckets off either side of the gear are each 4 feet o 1-2 inches long and 21 inches aeep, snu th combined lifting CHPacltV of the 448, running at a speed of 600 feet per adnata, will be 800,000,000 gallons or water and 2,000 tons of sand every twenty-four hours. The mammoth wheel I tipported on two massiv pedestal of cast iron weighing twelv tons each, and it is estimated that its eost at the copper mine More mak ing a single revolution will not b less than 1100.000. ; . Young Chinese Oarswomen. I visited prisons, temples, pagodas, mills, shops, duck-hatohltigs, and every thing that wa of interest, says a Can ton letter. To see the duck I hired a boat, manaecd by three women, and pent over three hours on the river. I have had occasion to remark every where in my travels the decent behav ior of women. One hardly expects much In a country where little girl babies are sometimes killed or sold into any kind of slavery because of the pov erty of the mother. Here were three women who were corn on a coat ana whose whole life i spent on one. and yet they had as much decency and nat ural modesty as u vney naa reoeivea a Hunday-school education. A One, . strong girl of 16 sat on the deck of the bow vigorously pulling her oar in front of me and smiling through a beautiful set ot teeth. She wore wide trousers under a kind of sack or short gown; ber feet were bare. Every time a breath of air ruffled her sack or trousers she instinctively pulled tbera down lust a a well-bred American girl would hor frock, though there were not any mora exposure than a well-formed ankle. Most of the large junks, I learned, had women captains. - , Window Gardening. Rouse plant mast bare fresh air, suitable aoU, be well drained, judloiod- jy watered, and kept clean, U we would be successful and have well grown, bandrome plants in our window-garden. Plants need a full bath once a week. They should be taken to th kitchen. Make a weak soap-suds lust warm in a tub; tie a piece of cloth over me pot to seep tne earth tn, then with a small piece of sponge wash every leaf on both sides, not touching the flowers. When all ar done rinse off Irf clear tepid water, and wipe of th pot. When lry, carry back to th windo and see if they do not repay you for your trouble. If this is done weeklyyou will never ee an insect of any kml on your plant, for they will pot havi a chance W become estab lished. I have proved this by experi ence. 3ut just Jot them alone two or three wwks, and you will have more than yoi want Plantr like children, can not be negiectaj a day without showing It And nov I must say that I ought per haps to have said in the beginning. Don't tq'nk you can make your win-dow-garlen a success unless you are willing b work for it, and are -not afraid toput your hands right in th soil. A. ew moments' work each day perhaps, but it njust bcevery-day. And ft won't (o to let Bridget or Mary do it for you. , . . - . ' I said tiat plants must have a suita ble soil t grow in. ' Of course you can buy youl soil all prepared for your nlnnl. I... ... - v, un, j-ou can prepare it loryour self if yot bave a garden. If you want to use it lithe talfyou must begin In the spriig. . Grass sods cut in the pring aid piled together, grass side n, will aitke good soil. : It should fbe turned ow twice during tho summer w limp isuecny, and you can add all weeds (fore thoy seed), chambcr- siops, soajHums, and dish-water, if car lfj 4lrwl lnL. a -.ni;iiiiwoii irt'sn earth now au men b Keop the odor down. You will need nme well-rottod cow-manure tuever usBnorse-manure for plants In- uoo- or ott-doors); it should bo like rich blacliartlu When ready for use ..... ,ai ue mim throuirh coarse wire nottite to cot out t.h mr,ta itonos; thoi tho manure mixod with It -about om-third of the latter.' Mix well and Je it stand a few. days bofor m?' ,h,wiu anything vou ronnA.?)? prim- ,,7'r wmcmiKo, tustead ol so much mAiira. soma Una lf M liri . a i i ' " -V4 SMIM. " nat Kin 0f not, shllli wa Ma. T. . common uiiil.,, . Jlderod ..KrM ffj the plant. biin, iu.i -A ...1 .,,,. I ii ft u" 00 used luccessfu lly 4 tha house if the drainage H,r?l71rtt,,nUod te--0e thing; they look botm. .mi i j .. B' s botei vai mil in. i ' ""l U'J up as xerhaiia vL , , i - . - . r-im uiny Ul DI. '.U , man aro. not Ibi- w... . ue iu wm- -----.ii,, hid suiemmo and nnT "oy nave gone larthor anffa. , -" nio.se wno a I0"! UDltroubles- "ey ex hale a certain l.,.,t , Vannr kui. T"""" V"e and damnnei. u. ,' V",mv' .?eaUhy . . ' "iiwil DTIAllllnlna deaiinnii. a fr,r' ana oft8 des are mlZZ 01 T'lwobes which - pro- mSe heairhd T thin' ; The P'" Th. lndlords fn u. he White Mountain t season are said nave amount 2,000,000. . " ,: Powder, 'i. i Smokelei buiT trnrwatlnas PTOvea hn m ona BOt 4-B 'tS no Dinnan oo. , i . i s-llak j v" 18 'nnvoroict m orinanoe depaiment, . . iinvuiUlUb Ol uie SPORTING NOTES. Record of Frank Sluln, : " iraliaa Pugilist the Abs- JACKSON ON HIS WAT W AMERICA. Jack Dmpwglck. Harvard h declined to row CotmU University st Hew Loudon In June. t Jo Bowers and Billy Smith, Ui Ao .... tralian, are hard at work preparing for their light in th Occitlstutad Club on Us 27tb hint. Bower I at Bausalito and,, , Hmitb at Barney Farley'. ThemenwUl, tight at catch weight. The match arranged to Uk fdavc on February 12, cf th Uoldon Gal Club h- . tween Pete McCoy and Charlie Gleaeon, will be an Inteienting event, alranngh sorn doubt exist wlUacf both mew will ' ahow their best form, Jiaying been such . good friend. ' , . , . . Gallalln, six-year-old, ' carried 97 poumlain a rao t tb w iermy ; Jockey Club, on December 18. Th . bookiimker laid ow to I against mm, bin ha won In a nllou. Cal McCarthy, tbe champion 114-ponnd puglluit, had loii bim aud tdrared 8600. , - j The TuW, Held and farm, lif If Chrlat- as nnmber, putiiisitM a iik oi au liorno who have pasaod Ihe 2:20 mark, ' and from tbe list it is fonnd that Cavlifot- , nia sire are well repreeeiited. Th list show twenty-five California wed borae that have trotted In better than 2:20, Jimmy Carroll, tbe Gulden Gate Club, Ban Francisco, profenser, is excited over Mike Lucie's demand that Carroll shall 1 weiirh in on the 22d inst.. at th ring id at 158 pounds. Carroll can no longer safely got below 166 pounds, and a ther ww nothing in the articles of. agreement a'xiut weight, the Brooklyn man is not deposed to concede anything. - He aar caatically remarked on 'reading Loci' , last bulletin from little (spring, where be is training: "I guess I'll have to cut " off one of my arms to suit blm and give - liim the purse before we get Into th ring.".... ; ;. . - The question of the rowing champion- r . ship of the world is still unsettled. All the prominent oarsmen dim it, and it will take everal race to decide tbe mat ter. The proposed rao for the Thayer 86000 purse, to decide the championship, wiH, in the opinion of Teemer.take plat even if none but Teeroer, fettanabury and Kemp enter. . These three ar said to be sure to compete., . ,:, , Jackson will sail from ' Liverpool on - Wednesday the 15th inst. It is reported that Parson Davies, tbe astute manager, who has Jackson in band. . has adviwsd tbe antipodean to let his contract with the California Club rnn out before mak ing any definite arrangements with John L. rjulJivan. By doing this a larger win- . ning may be made and such a course would not neccessarily mean disloyalty to the club that has proved his sponsor from the time ot his arrival in : America .' -1 The new directors of the Kan VmnHnna Blood Horse Association have not held meeting yet. They are : Ariel Lathrop, Harry I. Thornton, V. A. Finigan, T. H. " Williams. J. B. Hattrin. K T Carroll and M. A. Gunst. It is to be hoped that when ther do meet soma nlan ma h .- devjsed to enhance tbe reputation pf the aeoociation and cause the meetings held under its auspices to be what the hith- ' - erto have not been -euccciwdul trom t .porting as well as a financial standpoint. George Zeiirler. mannirpr of tW Ram. mento Baseball Club, has returned from be East, where ho has hmn alimiii 1 player lor next meoii. .; Tlie club lif ' . now stands as follows: Zeigler and , Borcbers, pitchers; William Bowman of Wheeling, W. Va , catcher; Jack Baly ! of Cbk-ago, shortstop ; Ed bUpleton of '- Detroit, first base ; Uenrv P. Beits of Chicago, second Use ; John Godar of I incinnati, third base: Goodcnotigh, C center field ; BobcrU, left field. Another catcher is to be signed, o " " "' ' '.,'- - ;, ' Jack Dempsey is sick. The NonnriL. . has for the past ten, days suffered from a severe cold, which has etttd on hi ' - Iiings. It began to show a discouraging efrfect and Director BUI v Vice wa noti V tied of tbe fact. Since then, it is i said. . Uempsoy has been worrying consider- ' ably, and has feared that the cold has gradually developed into influent and . will probaWy cauee his fight with Mc- ' Carthy, which is set forth 29th of thi month, to be postpoMd. One of th di- . rectors js, however, responsibl for th statement that Dompoey's condition war- ' rant postponement of the tight tmla h . ralliessoon. The Washington Park riy." rki... . . Jenre"'fimenttohoia owner . . 81 10,000 to be com peted for in stake and purees tliirin the of th over-night pure and handicap will range, between 8600 and 8800, and tbe added money, wuich closed Janu ary I5th, range from $1000 to4000. -Thi latter amount ia offered for th ' Whee er handicap. , This contest is to b lor tliree-vear-olHfl nA . i I1AA ....1. K !. "7., - "'"". T-.vlren, wiin huuu added; the second Uo receive 8760 and the third 250 out of the stakes. A radical departnr has been made from the old-time form of " handicaps closed during tho winter sea son, for the starters : are to be named 8 tten,x -on FM'r, July, -18. The race will be run on the follow' mg day. xhe aUtance.to be on m v 5" 1 . 1uartr. This change wUl, no ; doubt, prove acceptable to the owners of. H1?P0,9,fotheentrif, will be i allotted weights on their forms of 1890 netead of J.B89. A really good horaa hat did not show his true 'fonT dS i. the past season will not be able to get "iS -1. atacatch.wf1ght,andthegood horee of tl past season will not be handicapped :: ontflf the race on the form shown in 1889. Owners will ho , doubt enter lib- -nlWfwthetakM, for the declare ;.' tion foe is only HO. - ' ; . . !" Fr"nk Slvin is almost certain" to' fight in San ancisco some of tbe'ehim i P n hevy weighta hi record will bHf ' interest. He beiran life nn . w.uk flmnli06' ibut lor80ok that businesBfor : tlio more adventurous one of a digger anrt ben flndihg slow work and We wegJth, turned hw attenUon to boxing! , , He Was born nf I!W. .... .?.'.;( land Now omh" Wales," 72." stands 6 feet 1 inches l, helgutTmiS V ur8 42 indies round the chest and'-' " weighs .210 - nonnrl. - i- i..;." VI9 .if Queensland in 1865, and during his resf :i dence Uiere knocked out Martin Power ntnirtoen minutes for 50; Tom Burke -n four rounds for 200 and . the 2, ' land chumnonRhin, ki-..i,.. 7.."." nev.he became an ini.a.A.,i'. riiIk i8ide 01 kWH'ked OHt Jvo' V XJllBh in one rrnn4 t.-- - Vt and fought a d .f.i: 7 L . I. ... i . - uaivuo. Again ," "tiook to - stop oMello oundsfor200. hnt iLnjV m 4ux Jackson, and he ta ,.n..j :' Steffi WavinbeatUinr '- Pion oi Now Zeala'ndTa'fd Sfifc; lhis last accomplishment staueT vin as Austrslia'a fTPAa lout A -.1.4. . .. decided lo itatTSajf" i Or. 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