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. -a OREGON COURIER. VOL. XI. OltKGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22. 1893. NO. 33. OCCIDENTAL NEWS. DiHcliarged Conductors Bring' Suit Against a Receiver. EXCELLENT CRANBERRY MARSH, Tille to llio Mining Properly of the Oregon (ioltl Mining Com pany Involved, The Fruit Exchange of Riverside, Cal., bus taken the place of private shipping lirniH, and none of the latter are in busi ness tlliH BOIITOI1. Charges are made against the present Commissioners of Ada comity, Idaho, and some of their predecessors for re ceiving fees illegally. A cranberry iiiiu'hIi near Kiimllclie, Wash., has yielded 2,500 gallons of berried this season. The yield is of excellent (jimlit y, the berries being large and of line flavor. The Northern l'acillc has announced that it will raise the one-way transconti nental passenger rate between I'uget Sound and St. 1'anl from $25 to (i0 for first cIuhsi and $40 for eecond class on Juiiunry 1. The Northern Pacific terminal shop employes and car builders at Tacoma have decided to accede to the 5 and 10 iter cent reduction in their wages, thei organisation no' ''ing thorough enougl to resist at piueuut. The breaking of the main shaft of the 1 1 o i h 1 1 1 u engine at the consolidated Vir ginia mine at V irgmia t'lty. fev., cause a temporary suspension of work in the " Kule" and WeHt Consolidated Virginia and Liuilornia Units. The Port Townsend Clmmber of Com inerce at lis last meeting adopted a m inoriul to Congress, urging that body to build a life-saving station on the coast at some- point between Flattery Hocks ami instruction island. Last week a deed was recorded at San Sail .lose, Cal., by which the Southern Piicilie ( "(jin puny became the purchaser of aliout six acres of land lying just north of Lenzen avenue, outside ot that city s hunts, and facing the narrow' gauge and broad-gauge tracks. The suit of F. N. Pauly, receiver of the California .National Uunk, vs. U. W Piiuly, assignee of the San Diego Cable Itaiiwav Company, which was com' menced in the Superior Court three weeks aao at San Deigo, has been de- cided by Judge Torrence in favor of the (leleniluiit. Articles of incorporation of tlie San Dieiro, Fort Yuma and Atlantic ltailroud Company have been filed in the County Clerk's office at San Uieiro. 1 lie coni' panv will build and operate a standard- gauge Toad from San Diego to a point near hurt Yuma, thence to connect with the railroad to be constructed to Pluenix, A. T. - At rark CilyTTjlftir, B Tiinerai proces sion was stampeded, resulting in two fatalities. A team in the procession ran away, and cuused every other team to stampede, including that drawing the beurse with tlie body of Mrs. Van Sell ack. Stanton UobandJohn Sprague were fatally injured, wheels were broken, i-itrriiures unset and men. women and children thrown into heaps with the struggling horses and splintering ve hicles. The hearse itself was disfigured and a half-dozen people seriously in jured. Nine passenger conductors on the Se attle, hake Shore and K.astern railway. who were discharged by Receiver Brown on the charge of "knocking down," have brought suit in tlie United States Court at Seattle to compel the receiver to prefer charges againBt them before the Grievance Committee oi tne croiner hood of Railway Trainmen, of which they are members. The claim is made that the Northern Pacific, of which tlie Luke Shore is a branch, had agreed that no one should be discharged without formal charges and an investigation. A daring attempt to escape from the Westminister penitentiary at Van couver, 11. C, was made tlie other night by three convicts, who with fifty others had been working all the afternoon in the grounds. When the men were ordered to form up to return to prison a number made a break for liberty. The attempt 4o escape was evidently prear ranged, as they threw stones at the guards and ran in the direction where onlv one guard was stationed. He fired over their heads to slop them, and all but three were scared and turned back. These three, however, kept on, but were tired at, by other guards. Kennedy, the ringleader, who was serving a life een tunT.p fur murder committed in the in terior, was hit in the leg, fell, and the two others then gave themselves up. It is believed a plan bad been arranged for a general revolt. Tim new cruiser Olvmnia on her trial test did not equal the expectations of her builders, but still far exceeded the requirements, and established a record for an 8(l-knot course of about 21.67. Much to tlie surprise of everyone, the day was nearly perfect. The ocean waB like a big mill poM, and was only milled bv the big cruiser herself as she sped through the water, sending a spray over her bow until the decks were arencnea. From (ioleta Point to Point Conception unite a sea was running, but not enoiiuh to retard headway to any extent. The reason why the cruiser did not equal her previous record is an unexplained mystery. Her machinery worked per fectly, and there was not the slighest break. The time of 2.l7 is liable to correction on account of the currents, which may result in the Olympiad favor. There was a draft four inches greater than the requirements which will also lie counted in the calculations, which will not be made for several days. The maxiuin speed is estimated at 22.05. Papers have been filed in the Circuit Court of Union county, On, which in volve the title of the extensive mining property of the Oregon Odd Mining Company at Cornucopia. There have been three issues of bonds on the prop erty for $40,000, $200,000 and $30,000 respectively, and mortgages isned to secure them. The suit is hronght by A. L. Schmidt as trustee for the bond holders, it lieing aliened that the cov enants of the mortgages have been broken and that the property should be turned over to the bondholders. They ak that a receiver be appointed pend ing the suit, and pray for judgment and decree: that the terms of the mort gage be declared broken ; that the trus tee is entitled to the property; that the amonnt of principal and interest due be fixed by the court, and for foreclosing the mortgage and directing the sale of the property ; for fixing priority of pay ment, and for declaring the same a lien np..n the property. T. IF. Crawford and T. C. If vde are the attorneys for plaint iffs. The mines have supended opera tions for the season. The mills have jnst completed the most prosperous run ever made. Heavy snow is given as the cause of the suspension. FROM WASHINUTON CITY. Southern Democratic Senators threat' on to defeat the tariir bill unless It is radically modified. The President has nominated C. II Dabncy, Jr., of lennessee Assistant Sec relury of Agriculture, The Senate Committee on Military At fairs has authorized a favorable report upon me uiu lor tno reilel ol tlie citi zens of Oregon, Idaho and Washington who served In the liamiock. rez Perces and Shoshone wars. It ifivus each il a day for the time in service, and entitles Uiohb wounded or disabled or the heirs of those killed to pensions. It Is tacitly understood that the Fed erai elections mil shall not be culled up for action until after the holidays, a! though any Senator may call it up at anytime for the purpose of making a xpeecu. j ne vote bv which the bill was reported was a strict party one. The unusual feature of the vote was that the absent members of the committee were voted by proxy. Senator Squire has introduced a hill to create the Washington National Park near .Mount itamier irom what is now known as the Pacific forest reserve. A petition from the Seattle Chamber of Commerce accompanies the bill. He also introduced a bill suggested by Judge nanioru regarding united Mates Courts in Washington: also a hi I for the pro- motion, of Lieutenant A. B. Wyckoh" to uie nuiK oi Lieutenant uommanuer. The Oregon delegation was very active in securing uie extension oi time lor set tlers on the forfeited railroad lands until ISI'7. Representative Ellis' bill went from the House to the Senate, and Sen ator Dolph had jt passed immediately without reference to a committee. Sen ator Dolnh had introduced and had re- Corted from his Committee on Public amis a bill of a similar character, and so the parliamentary status of the meas ure gave him an opportunity to put it through without any delay. Settlers on these lands will be greatly benefited by the extension granted, especially during these hard times. The bill for the admission of Utah was passed without division by the House at the conclusion of the debate. Newlands of Nevada made Ins maiden speech in support of admission. He thought Utah was fully prepared for Statehood, hut objected to leaving the allotment of lands in utan to inireau ollicers in Washing ton, who did not understand the condi tions there. The United States, he said should co-operate in the reclamation of the arid lands in that region. In de fending Nevada he said he was unable to understand why there should be so much aversion to a State which, when the country was in revolution, had poured $(100,000,000 into tlie Treasury. New- amis churned the cause of the present depression in utan was me result ot leg islation leveled at ner interests. Bowers ot California Intro duces a Proper Bill. EASTERN MELANGE. THE midwinter exposition The best news of the week In connec tion with the coming California Midwin ter International Exposition has been ,1. a f I: -i IMC OAI4JI1B1UII ui uio iiiiiu limit oi vxcur' sion tickets from the East to thirty days This means that those who so to (.''alitor nla to see the Midwinter Exposition will have a month In which to visit other parts of the State besides those contigU' ous to San Francisco, and that the bene' fits to be derived bv the entire Pacific Coast will be correspondingly multiplied. And fust here there ouirht to be a word 1,1 !.,. , I. i. .. i it. . ,r. i r t a . I viio iiuiuuer ui vimtuia turn. The Georgia Legislature Peclares may reasonably be expected to come out THIS SEASON'S SUGAR BOUNTY. for Free Coinage of Silver An Old Prison Sold. it is leared that the Missouri river will break its banks above Omaha. of the frozen East to hibernato in the country " Where the leaf never fades hi the (till bloom nib: Lower.. And the bee banquets on through a whole year ui uuwen. Those who have already arrived at San Francisco as the advance s-uard of the ffranil anil. F .ii.lu.lnt..B nnntinanf. Navigation on the Mississippi above crossers say that the influx of visitors Cairo, III., is practically suspended. will exceed the most sanguine expecta- A whole fleet of lake craft is stuck in tions of the friends of tno exposition, the ice floe at the head of Lake Erie. Eastern railway managers are constantly Miniami. I, n...,l . ti,, ii sending to the department of nublicitv substitutes for butter shall be colored snJ Promotlon for advertising matter in njnk. connection with tho fuir. Their patrons r I ...... 1... 1.. .1 .. An anti-cigarette crusade has been or- '"i "or""11'"" " ",B "u: ganized in the public schools of New ,i,V, I , . , i; Yq.Jj i mwtw uinu unr ui hit, t;rt-ly L1UIJK iiuro TT . ivw uccuicu urveftmiry iu prepare vnsir tonirrepmnn Uolman of Indiana has quantities of matter, based on the mate icceeded to tlie title of " Father of the rial furnished bv this department, with SUCC IJOUSe. I which tn luitinfv Mm nninlla- ,lumanilH Oklahoma lias now more population All this means that thousands of oeonle than any other Territory, except per- in the East are going to take advantage naps v lan. oi cneap rates ana the special attractions At Hip nruount rata tl,o TVo-a,.-, ,i,.n:i of the exposition as all excuse for mak- ny tne end oi uscal year will amount to , .",llK:u "'V l" "",u ul foU,UUU,0U0. i ouiiouiiiD. iruib ami now era. ii t- . . I Meanwhile tlie list of attractions con ff5,,1,"n.!f,S;:.w,th dttlly "P times during the next three weeks, tret- ui u,wv,wv KaiiuiiH I nt ,',: t 1 : i mug ah hid iriniueonuiiiB "l rtJtluiJltTBrJ jur tne openniK Uav. There is one feature of tlie contemplated attractions, how- FOREIGN FLASHES. The Brigands in the Caucasus Becoming Bolder. ANTWERP'S AIR CA8TLE. LIBERAL HOUSE OP ROTHSCHILD MlBslonaries of (he Russian Church Fail in Their Effort Among the Khingese Tribe. gallons. For the first time in years book-mak ing on horse races is carried on at present in Philadelphia An appropriation of 1. 000.000 will ue aiked ot Congress to improve the naruoroi imiutii, Aimn. Attorney-General A. G. Smith of In diana receives fees, it is said, to the amount ot f4U,uuu a year. The annual report of Prof. Menden- nail, clnet ot the coast geodetic Burvey, is interesting. The report savs that pre liminary surveys needed for the location of a northeaftern boundary line between the united Mates and Canada are near ing completion. The surveys have been begun for the location of the boundary me between California and .Nevada from officers of the survey have been sent to southeastern Alaska under instructions to co-operate with ollicers detailed by tne Dominion ot uanaua to locate the boundary line between Alaska and Brit mil Columbia, in accordance with re quests tho survey detailed an olllcer to act as a member of the board of engi neers to devise a system of seweraeeand grading of streets in San Francisco and to co-operate with the Harbor Line Com' mission of the Statu of Washington in tlie harbor surveys oi 1'uget sound. The Committee on Public Lands re. ported favorably Hepresentative Her mann s bill prescribing limitations for the completion of titles of lands in Ore gon and Washington claimed under the law commonly known as the donation act." The 1st day of January, 18H5, is xed as the period within which final proofs can be made, and thereafter all such lands under incomplete proof will be held abandoned and the lands will become part part of the public domain and subject to settlement. Such land as may have been claimed by purchase from the original claimant, or occupied and in undisturbed possession for twenty years by such purchasers and occupants, or heirs at law or devisees, shall have pref erence of right of title by purchase or payment oi i zo per acre wuuin ninety lays after Januarv 1, IbUB. the bill is recommended bv several Commissioners of tlie general land office and the pres ent Secretary of the Interior. The majority report on civil service for the present year is a document of about 15,000 words. The most interesting por- ion is that bearing on tlie extension of the classified service to free-delivery post- otlices, the subject on which (Jonimis sioner Johnston dissented and was aC' ordingly removed by tlie President i. . .1 mi . . , ort time ago, lira report condemns le removal of the salary list to a classi fied service in custom-houses, and recom mends classification by grade. In sup port of this view the satisfactory results ot classification in the railway mail serv ice are cited, the report savs that in the unclassified service, taken as a whole the government methods of the United States are so utterly indefensible from the standpoint of decency and morality that it is difficult tor a man of ordinary intelligence who wishes well to his coun try to discuss the arguments advanced in their favor with anything like toler ance. The report likens our system to those employed in Morocco and Turkey. The numlier of persons connected with civil set vice in the United States is about 200,000. The minority report of Com missioncr Johnston opposes the exten sion of the classified service to Iree-de- livery postoffices as ill-advised and barm fill to the cause of civil service reform. ever, for which no elaborate building has to be erected, and yet it is one In which a very wide-spread interest centers, and that is the Brand athletic tournament. This to'irnament is to cover the entire term of the exposition. The contests will not be on each succeeding dav's nro- TTmlpr tho n ,,.. 8 nme, uui tnere win ne several events i (.. , v v.i. i M""-n ween, anu every saturuay Will oe r.r:n"'" "r,"'u 'mv ulW)7 voted to this feature. There .v V..D vw yaav will hn cminiMI nf nnrnaao hfuan Urlf. A UU1 IB W UB IIUrUUUCHU III Llie IIIIO I mil V htm an atil AmAoUn ... . . ... .. I wj.iiiu mi fit niiu uivi nun uraiim legislature looking to the regulation, if thrn will ha ,iU ,t,.i,Ua u.n not the suppression oi football. swell society riders; there will be foot- Five hundred and twenty Mississippi ball games between colleire and univer- convicts were hired out to cotton-plant- U'ty teams; there will be races and all era at $7.60 per month per head. sorts of contests on the cindar path, and The Cleveland (0.) street-railwav ?ugh by no means least, a series authorities give $100 to all conductors ?' bse)'a11 games, in which the entire who serve a year without accident. ,. , . 18 lnvlleu. V "iKe Pan' The Savannah News expresses the fear " "i "1"7. """l arrange- that tliG larvn Bhinmnnta nf nmnirpa nnu lor ule lasi-menuoiieu leature in J 'Wl?T.!"?..?f "?.w this connection Colonel T. P. Itobinson g mouo ,,u .. umt city may glut me of Snn KranUl.n haJ wn fiB,BntB(, t . nitmfl I ho ifninaB nn tl.a rfiamnm riext snrinz a newlv organized com- Ln,i jn i,.. n. 1 .. .. K 'I 1 I I w 'taw viio .nifcat ,uboiuip ,'t.ii. hiwwvdvo w uium tm. uyoi nwj nil nillnnpr nl r una nai,i..ii.a a tl.a, nnt . l ortlcin trnllalf val ipau Winnan 1) . Ir.. I I ,. ..... 1 . n ""v- ""V ;, ' inan desires the addresses ot every uni niiu niurara ruin, . formed Imuol.ull l,,h nnf Revenues have come short of expendi- State of California, but in all the States tures about f.io.uuu.uuo thus far this ot the l'acillc Coast. These addresses fiscal year, and onlv five months of the should be sent to him at Room 32. apmnd year have expired. Hoor, Mills buildine. San Francisco, and President Cleveland has summarily uased upon the number of addresses of removed from office the Postmaster of intending participants which may bcL re- Republican letter carriers. baseball tournament as bus never before Boston's census of the unemoloved ucc" . or.u. AxM their number at. 40.000. nd W . J. .. . . Other attractions It is difficult to select one that is worthy of more special mention than the rest, but perhaps the latest added features may be the most interesting. The very latest leading citizens are moving toward some concerted action lor their relief. Ex-President Harrison has nearly completed the lecture he is to deliver at nd the most startlina of all the suincs- the Stanford University, lie will leave tions that have been forthcoming in the for California early in rebruary. form of concessional features of the fair Two new members of the Aster family is that which is to represent " Dante's have been discovered by New York s I Inferno," and which has already begun State Botanist. This swells the Four to be spoken of about town as " hell on Hundred to Four Hundred and Two. earth." This concession is to be located It in sathnotml Hint t noo nfm wnrth nf in a very prominent part of the exnosi- tlie Wisconson tobacco crop is "tied np"tlonBrounds, and the character of the in nahniiciai In that Ktata iinruriointi, entrance to the buildimz containing the as to the tariff making buyers conserv- exhibit is one that will attract inevitable ative. attention. A great dragon's head, 15 feet A movement is on foot at Chicago to Jn "eight, with bat-like wings protruding erect a monument to the memory of ,rom enner side, seems to crouch against Mayor Harrison on the Administration the ground and grin a welcome to the Dlaza. where the Columbian bell now passing crowds. The bat- like wings and stands. entire front, in fact, are gilded to look Rev. Mr. White of Brooklyn, known like burnished gold, and when the sun to fame as tlie "marrying minister," is reinjected irom it it presents as brilliant who never turned away a loving couple, n exterior as one can easily imagine. is dead. Fn his life he married 14,000 u,u 01 tlle center of the lower part of people. t,li8 figure-head, so to speak, projects a The "danse du ventre," which created Y' ?, ',c" P ue "1B ur"K"' a.nu 0,110 nnh .anoatinn at tho rliinann Kai, I HUB tllUBO WHO Care lO VentUTO in mUSt has been suppressed in JNew York on the ground that it is brutal and dis gusting. It is said that the University of Chi cago win publish a magazine intended to oe a rival of the Centurv and repre sentative of the thought and tendencies oi the West. step and walk between the teeth of the dragon's lower jaw into the very body of tne oeast. The interior arrangements of these infernal regions " are rendered remark ably effective bv the hiirhlv colored sta lactites which hang from the walls, and wmcn seem to extend lor miles, almost. away in the distance. This perspective Paris is to have a world's fair congress. The Socialist associations of Sii'ilv nAimt onn ruu i The Anrentine navv now mmnritoa fifty-four first-class vessels. Austria will tax all forei an lnflnrani.A low punico wituin ner borders, r inland is to h Ave n. Klntn t,.lnl,nno Una h, m J IM . ' ..no n, o, tuai ui iw,uw marks. the total mileaire of railwavn nnv ujjcii w uuiiiu ui japan is 1,17, Mr. Astor I I)ndon newsnanor ho a got him into a $400,000 libel suit. Princess Bi atrice has nresantad throA ngern to tne i,onuon zoological gardens. The Pitcairn Islanders b avn henn npo. sented with a lifeboat by Queen Victoria. The famine in Russia has made the condition of the peasants more deplor able. German troops are to be sent on long, forced winter marches to make them tough. A French Deputy, M. Ieygues, pro poses an increased duty on corn from tl to fl.tiO. A..n.u! 0....!, L ,1, . ji no u inn oocmusts win inaugurate a universal strike as a nrotpat aimiimt il, army bill. War between Ecuador and Peru over the boundary dispute seems to be abso lutely certain. Free trade ruins many farmers in Eng land. They wish they could move their farms to France. The influenza epidemic in Kiel spreads rapidly. Three hundred marines are under treatment. The Bavarian War Minister asserts that dueling cannot be abolished in civilized countries. The English government proposes to place a tax of 1 penny in the shilling on theater admissions. There are 3,000 cases of influenza at Hamburg, and the epidemic is spread ing all over Germany. Paris is trying the experiment of pav ing a street witli mahogany. It is cost ing only $9 a square yard. There is a report that Greece will eive Russia a Mediterranean port, or that France may give her Ajaccio. A royal decree has been issued at Brussels appointing a commission to investigate speculative stocks. After all the fuss the Bank of Eng- Dr, An Ambltlom I'rujuot For Ilia Nut Inter national Kipimltliin. The next international exhibition will be held In Antwerp and will be inaugurated May 5, 181M. It will be a small afTiilr as compared with the Columbian exposition, put strenuous efforts are being made to In. sura Its financial and artlxtlo success. All the bulldh.s wtll lie constructed of Iron, zinc and glara and will lie meritorious from an architectural standpoint. The exhibition will be located in one of the most beautiful parks In Kumpe. con. tabling about 200 acres and situated in the new quarter of the city, and vessels laden with exhibits can discharge their cargoes witnin sou yards of the buildings. In the matter of handling exhibits the officials promise great improvements on the systems anywhere previously adopted, and all pack' ages received before April IS, 18IH, not ex ceeding 8,800 pounds in weight will be ban. died free of charge. Ft is probable the State Department will soon enter upon negotiations looking to the adiustment ot our relations with China. The enactment of the Geary aw will be regarded as an infraction of the existing treaty, necessitating a new treaty. It is understood bresham de sires to make an extension of our trade relations and privileges with China the central feature of Ins administration. The Secretary is known to have little faith in the luture of our trade relations with the Spanish-American Republics, and his made no recommendation for an appropriation for the maintenance of the bureau of American Republics. It is known that Yung Yu, the recently ar rived Chinese envoy, comes expressly barged with negotiations for a new treaty. The Chinese government is sat isfied with the amendment to the Geary ai t, and is not anxious to extend the privilege of immigration for its people, but is solicitous for their protection and privileges. Chinese statesmen are said to regard with favor the extension of trade relations with the United States in preference to the governments haying s more aggressive policy. The coming ne gotiations will embrace a settlement of . .. ' ... . the question oi immigration, tue treat ment of the Chinese already here or who mav hereafter come legally, and the pro tection of American citizens residing in China. At the Cninee legation it is in timated the Minister is hopeiui oi change in the treaty, but is not disposed to pre maturely anticipate them. It is estimated that damage to the is produced bv means of mirrors. There extent of at least f4,000,000 has been are mirrors on every hand, and never caused to tne crops in the .northwest oetore has there been a better utihzation during the present year by a weed known of the looking-glass for illusionary pur- as the itussian tiusiie. poses, mcnien lights are made use oi Tho nlrl narioli nriann at. Vew Drlnana to add to the effects of the scene, and in- has been sold for $11,000. It was from tricacies of passage are also brought into this building that eleven Italians, P10' charged with killing Chief of Police Henneesy, were taken and lynched. The gross receipts of the Yale-Princeton football game at New York on Thanksgiving day were H1.000; ex penses, 14,000; leaving 27,0O0 to be equally divided between the colleges. Commissioner Miller estimates that $11,000,000 will be necessary to pay the bounty on this season's sugar crop. A California firm has filed a claim for bounty on 15,000,000 pounds of beet sugar. The Georgia legislature has declared for free coinage of silver and denied the right of the national government to interfere with, restrict or regulate the issue of paper currency by authority of the Mate legislature. Immigration returns for October show the number of aliens entered during that month to have been less than half the average for the season. Last year 30,708 were landed in October, but this year the number sank to 15,40u. A bill passed the House recently mak ing it compulsory for all steam vessels of 1,000 tons burttien to have, when under wav, one engineer and one helper in tlie engine-room, and all such vessels to carry two licensed engineers. This is not applicable to ferry-boats runninir less than ten hours a day. The New York Presbytery has adopted a resolution declaring that in loyal com pliance with the form of government and with the action of the General As sembly the Presbytery recommends that students for the ministry shall not pursue studies in any seminary disap proved by the General Assembly. The supervising architect of theTreas- ury has written a letter to Bankhead, Chairman of the House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, stating that it will cost 12,000 to pile the Seventh and Mission streets site in San Francisco in order to make it a solid foundation for a postoffice building. Representative Bowers of California has introduced a bill in the House to prohibit officers and emploves of na tional banks holding any office in any savings bank, and to prohibit the loca tion of any national bank or its con tinuance in business in any building in which the business ot any savings bank is conducted. In one large grotto a staee is erected. and half a dozen skeletoas, dancing gro- lesqueiy in tne loregrounu, are so re flected by mirrors that their numlier seems to be ' legion." At another point after traversing several tortuous avenues the visitor comes upon a clever construc tion of mirrors above and below and with lights so arranged that there reallyseems to be no top or bottom to the place, and hence the name of the "Bottomless Pit." Only a little farther away the visitor comes to the "Endless Cave," produced in the sameway and quite as interesting. As the visitor to this remarkable place progresses from point to point, he rises to a higher elevation, and by traversing an almost imperceptible grade he finally finds himself on the shores of a great lake, into which pours a fall of lava, and it is bore perhaps that he gets the best idea of this representation of the "in fernal regions." The effect is produced, of course, by colored lights playing upon the decorations of the structure and by divers and sundry devices for the en hancing of these effects. There is much that is grotesque aliout the dancing skel etons in the cave referred to, and there is considerable that is uncanny in every part of this arrangement, hut there is nothing that isHisgustingand terrifying, though there is much to amuse. When people turn to go out after having seen all the show they find themselves con fronted by numberless passages which seem to lead everywhere, but which really lead nowhere, for when you start to follow one you run plump against a a mirror, and the result is that before iou find the way out you are fully con vinced that thi particular typeof "hell" is a decidedly jolly place to be in. Siemer's report on Northern Pa cific securities has sent Berlin's Deut sche Bank securities up three points. The Bank of England destroys about n-AAfui . ou,wu oi its notes every week to re. place them with freshly printed ones, St. Petersburg newspapers are growi ine over the defeat of the recent French Cabinet as a treason to Kusso-French alliance. An attempt is being made under the auspicies of the Koyal Geographical society to renew interest in Antarctic ex pionwoii. Canon Farrar is about to erect in St, Margaret's Church, Loudon, a small but beautiful memorial to the late Dr. Phil lips Brooks. Drs. Libbertz and Laubenheimen, col leagues of Prof. Koch, are preparing an antiuote to uipntueria anu are connuun of its success. The Manchester canal, now finished, has cost the lives of 168 men. the periua nent injury of 180 and tlie temporary injury oi The house of Ftotschild has made its annual gtft of 100,000 francs to assist the tenants in raris who are id aimcuities over their rent. it is announced tnat r ranee and ring land hare agreed as to Siam. This means that there will soon be one less nation in the world. Brigands in the Caucasus are becom ing bolder than ever before. Extra ordinary stories of their recent outrages are coming to nanu. An outbreak of a most infectious type of influenza is the prevailing topic of personal concern not only In England but throughout Europe. Irish constables have been instructed not to interfere, directly or indirectly, with the collection of funds for the benefit of evicted tenants. The Mayor of Milan and other promi nent persons have issued a call for sub scriptions for erecting a monument in mat city in memory oi MacMahon. The SwisB government denies that it is about to expel hundreds of Anarchists from tlie Republic. They won't be molested as long as they keep quiet. the sales of sea skins have iust closed in London. Nearly 120.000 skins were disposed of for H.810.000. The prices have fallen off from 15 to 25 per cent. ANTWERP'S CASTLE IN THE AIR. Instead of an Eiffel tower or Ferris wheel. itfs proposed to have at Antwerp a verita ble castle in the air, the conception of an engineer named Toblansky. It will be con structed of steel and bamboo tubing, cov ered with silk and sheet Iron, and will be SO feet long and have a floor space of 200 square feet, it will be suspended from a captive balloon at a height varying from 600 to 1,500 feet, according to the strength of the wind. The weight of the entire structure, including the balloon and all ac cessories, with that of ISO persons, will be about 18 tons, and It can be lowered to the ground In about 30 minutes. The balloon will be anchored to the earth by four great vertical cables, and a large number of guy ropes are relied on to pre vent its escaping from control. It will consist of two hemispheres of triple silk, divided into three cylindrical compart ments. Its surface measurement will be 0,811 square meters and iu volume 74,07V cubio meters. The balloon elevators, each capable of ac commodating 10 or 15 persons, will connect the air castle with the ground. From the dizzy elevation ordinarily maintained hun dreds of miles of the flat Belgian country can be seen, and thousands of electric light will gayly scintillate from the balloon as it hovers amid the clouds by night. Compe tent engineers pronounce the scheme feas ible, and no doubt it will be liberally pat- -epJ uuzuni will be uu a deterrent. .4? -jy.apm. .t iiiuuceiueu PORTLAND MARKET. Walla Wmat Valley, 92j g05c j rraua, oifflszc per cental. HOPS, WOOL AMD HIPIS. Hops '93s, choice, 15016c por pound medium, 10ai2c: poor. 67c. Wooir Valley, 10lio per pound; Umpqua, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, 6 luc, according to quality and shrinkage. limns Dry selected prime, 6c j green, snlted, 00 pounds and over. 3'uc: under 60 pounds, 2(S 3c; sheep pelts, shearlings, 10$ 15c; medium, 20o35c: long wool, 30J0c; tallow, good to choice, 83 4c per pouno. UV AND DRIBHID II I AT. Bur Top steers. 2Ko per pound: fair, iu goou steers, zc: ad. I mwa. -if fair cows, lc; dressed beef, $3.50(36.00 per iuu poumis. Mutton Best sheep. $2.00: choice mutton, $1.75(42.00; lambs, $2.00(42.25. Hoos- Choice heavy. t4.IU)id)Min, ma. dium, $4.004.50; light and feeders, H.uv(94.ou; dressed, fu.pu. VIAL $3.00(35.00. provisions. Eastern Smoeio Meats anu Labd Hams, medium. W4,CdiVAa per nound: rains, large, izntijc; Hams, plinli, 11 (f 12c: breakfast bacon. 13(M4c: short clear sides. 11 (3 1.1c; dry salt sides, iu;4(siic; aned beel Dams, lZ'eJ 13c; lard, compound, in tins. tl()'..n tw pound; pure, in tins, 1113;c; pigs' eet, oop.fo.ou; pigs' leet, 4US, 3.0U. CORDAGE. Manilla rope. 1 M in. cir. and ud. lOic i manilla rope. 12-thread. K diam.. lln: manilla rope. 6 and 0-tbread. V. and ft. lit diam., lljic; manilla bail rope, in coib or on reeis, lO.'c; manilla lath yarn tarred, Be; manilla hawser-laid rope well boring, etc.. 13c; manilla transminKinn- of-power rope, 14c j manilla paper twine, lie; maniua spring twine, 14c; sisal rope, IU in. cir. and upward, 7c; lieal rope, 12-thread. H diam.. 7c: sisal rope, 6 and 9-thread. 1 and 5-16 diam.. 8c; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7c; hop-vine twine, tarrea, ic ; Bisai paper twine, floor, ri(D, arc. Fwdb Portland. 2.80: Salem. 2.0! Cascadia, $2.80; Dayton, $2.80; Walla Walla, $3.15; Albany, $2.90; Uraham, $2.60; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats 35(430c ner bushel: rolled. In bags, $0.256.60: barrela. $6.7607.00: cases, $3.75. MtixsTurrg Bran, $15.00; shorts, $16.00; ground barley, $18.00; chop feed, $15 per ton : whole feed, barlev. 70o per cental : miuu nirs. z.-icz ner ton chicken wheat, 80c$l.l5 per cental. hay uoou, iiooiz per ton. dairy pboduci. Butts a Oreron fancv creamery, ffllia 32'4c; fancy dairy, 2527o; fair to good, 20(u22jc; common, 15(S17ac per pounu. Ciike8 Oregon, 1012c; Califor nia, 13(14c; Young America, 15(iil0c; Swiss, imported. 8032c: domestic. 18 20c per pound. iGos Oregon, SOo per dozen: East ern, 2327Jc. r"fri.i.-,v .Nominal ; chickens, mixed, $2.o03.00; ducks, $3.60(5.50; geese, $9.00 per dozen; turkeyB, live, 12)c per puunu, ureoneu, idttjiio. VBQKTABLKS AND FRUITS. Vegetable's Cabbage, Id per pound; FAEM AND GARDEN. 4 Successful Farmer Makes Ills Plans Long In Advance. INTERESTING FARM BREVITIES. Save the Llqnld Manure by Using Some Absorbent Material for Bedding-How to Feed. ' potatoes, Oregon, 76c per sack: onions. Ml tf B8r.aackiaweetiiota.toeg, ljc per The fall is an excellent time for nnr- chasing pure-bred stock, as the prires are then lower than at any other season, for the reason that the breeders are re ducing stock before winter sets in and are willing to make a reduction in price. A little linseed oil is healthful as nu tritions food for any domestic animal during fall. For horses it ia used to ad- van tic: to tone no and keeDnna health digestion and consequent appetite. Tlie Delaware. Lackawanna and Wet. em railroad has started all its mines. The Vienna iron rinir has collapsed. it was formed in 1800. If the Bohemian and Moravian iron works would have remained in the ring, it would have been renewed. Germany has decided to paint the ves sels of her navy a dull yellowish brown. which would make it difficult for the enemy to distinguish them even at short distances.. Mr. Astor is said to have popularized bis Pall Mall Gazette by " a series of at tacks on public men." Most of these public men " happen to live in the United States. A dispatch from Cairo says that the Khedive on December 3 opened the railway connecting Fsmalia with F'ort iaiu. i ne iiriiiBti gunboat Dolphin eaiuivu uie iviieoive. Mme. Rodriguez, a noted Parisian dressmaker, died recently in a lunatic a-ryuim. tier lame was great, and she always refused to make dresses for women with poor figures. An important extension of the tele phone system of Germany is at present being carried out by the establishment of a double line between Berlin and Cologne, a distance of about 305 miles. F)epresion in the shipping trade is reflected in the return of Suez canal re ceipts for the first nine months of this year. They were $764,000 less than those fur the corresponding period of last year. j The missionaries of the Russian Church' are reported to have failed in ineirenon among tne nningese inne. Almost all the Steppe people classed under the name of heathens are flocking in a body to Mohammedans. Uncle Sam's Advartlalng Schema. in lgnth avenue there Is a recruiting of fice, for the United States arm v. In h,t or the premises during business hours h stationed an orderlv whom arenfc Hi ira bright new uniform and flue soldierly bear-' iiik are wen calculated to make a favorably impression on tne minds ot dlnotanted young men who may be taken wit h a sud den impulse to enter the service of their country. On the streets in the neighbor hood there are generally to be seen two or tnree robust and well fed young men in tne uniform or privates louuiflnii about In a contented sort of way, from whose leisure ly manner It might easily be inferred that. in time of peace at least, the soldier's lot was quite a happy one. "The whole scheme is a slick one." was the remark of an ex-private who only a few weeks ago received an honorable discharge from the regular army after six years of sen-ice iu the west. "The whole scheme is a slick one," be repeated, "and It catches lots oi fellows wuo are just as fresh and green as I was when I enlisted in Philadel- pbia nearly six years aim. Younx fellows who are out of work or who are dissatisfied with their positions, or who are in a desper ate frame of mind after a spree, or who are unhappy In their love affairs, acciden tally run across these recruiting officers, and the idea suddenly pops Into their beads that It would be a mighty nice thing to Join the army and thus run away from their troubles. They see the orderly and the private tn their neat bright uniforms, with apparently nothing in the world to do but keep their shoes and clothes well brushed, and what was at first merely a vagrant notion be comes a determined resolution. They ap ply for enlistment, pass the necessary ex amination and almost before they are aware of It hare surrendered a large share of their personal freedom and become subjects of military discipline. But tbe natty orderly on duty In front of tbe recruiting office and the well fed privates on the streets near by what of them, you askf Why, they run the scheme I spoke of in the first place. Uncle bam Is the shrewdest advertiser in the business. He places those fellows wear ing new uniforms on view to advertise what a royal, free for all picnic he has in store for those who join tbe regular army." Jew York Herald. First Lesson In the Art of Composing. Mile. Salle was, In the last century, tbe most accomplished and fascinating balle teuse at the French opera bouse, tn ad dition toiler other qualifications she played and sang with extraordinary artistic skill and depth of expression. She once confided to Kameau, the famous musician, that her ardent wish was to be able to coin nose, and asked him to give her a few lessons in the art. "Nothing easier in the world." Ea rn eau gallantly replied. He handed her a sheet of paper ruled for music and asked her to take ner valuable breastpin and prick holes in the lines wherever she thought proper. After the lady bad completed her task. Rameaa took the sheet of paper, turned each puncture into a note, determined iu length, selected a suitable key and the thing was done. This remarkable com po sition turned out a lively piece of dance music, which was afterward entitled, "I jet Bauragea dans les Indes galantes," and was popular in France for a Kreat number of years. Ijuidbotc. She Was All Klht. Well, of coarse I cannot contradict a lady," I heard a gentleman say to a lady the other day, and then I heard her retali ate with a vengeance. Tbey had been dis cussing some point relative to the de parture of trains I don't know what point and when be said In an heroically helpless way that be couldn't contradict her, she asked: "Wbynotf I know what I am talking about. I invite tbe discussion and promise not to get angry. I believe I am right, but desire to tad out U I am wrong. As it is, I hars proved my ease and now. Just at tbe interesting point, joa Bide behind my skirts and whine," I didn't wait to bear the rest of the argu ment because I didn't think it proper to i i in, . i .... , w mi i ii waer me woman waa nga. I -Tetitft Free Press. Oregon celery. 36(tt60c: t.nni. men, ti.zoioJi.ou per box. Fboits Kicily lomons, $5.005.50 per box: California new crop, $4.004.50 per box ; bananas, $1.50(33.00 per bunch : Honolulu, $1.502.50; California navelg, $8.75!J4.00 per box; seedlings, $3.00(o 3.50; Mexican. $3.50(88.75: $2.00 ; grapes, $1.001.26 per box ; apples ivuyuiic unco,, trreen. (tuiaon ner in- i. 66l)0e: cranberries, $9.00 per bar rel, peioon8i ! 50 per boXi - STAPLI vmKIK Corral Costa Rica. ZjuV a.i- lalira,l,,w O'h. Hf.w.l.a Oil I OUn: uniTwiui, ...v. , uiwua. U7 iu,ot: , XX I buckle's, Columbia and Lion. 100-pound cases, zo.suc per pound. Daian Fruits 1803 pack. Petite prunes, 810c; silver, 1012c; Italian 9$10c: German, 8Ml0c; plums, fl($10c; evaporated apples, 8(gl0c; evaporated apricots, ioisioo; peacues, w($lz;be pears, 7(?llc per pound. Salt Liverpool. 200s. $15.60: 100s. iio.wj ous, lo.oo ; stock, $8.&0(gu.ru Boqab D. 4 tic: Golden C. 4'vc: extra u, 4c; coniectioners' A.O'tjc; dry gran ulated, 6'4'c; cube, crushed and pow- uereu, o'Bo per pounu; o per pound discount on an grades lor prompt cash mapie sugar, 10(3100 per pound. CANNKD 000D8. C-ANNBn Gooos Table fruits, assorted. $1.752.00; peaches, $1.86(32.00; Bart- lett pears, $1.75(32.00; plums, $1.37S 1.60; strawberries, $2.26(32.46: cherries. $2.25(32.40; blackberries, $1.85(it2,(H); laspbernes, $2.40; pineapples, $Z.25(a Z.BO; apricots, $1.66. Pie fruits assorted. $1.20: peaches. $1.25: nluins. $1.00(31.20: blackberries. $1.25(dl.40 ner dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, f3.if(go.D0; peaches, $3.60(34.00; apri cots, $3.60 4.00; plums, $2.75(33.00: blackberries, $4.254.D0; tomatoes, $1.10 Meats Corned beef. la. $1.40: 2b. $2.10; chipped, $2.86; lunch tongue, Is $3.60; 2s. $6.75; deviled ham, $1.69(3 woperuozen. Fish Sardines, ks. 75c(32.25: W,s. $2.15(34.50: lobsters, $2.30(33.50: sal mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.26(31.60; flats, $1.76;2-lbs, $2.26(32.60; -barrel, $5.50. A Thlrteen-year-ohl Heroine. An English miss who has recently per formed the noble act of saving a human lite Is- Uwendolm Evans, of Binning ham, aged thirteen. Her opportunity came while bathing on the seushore and when Chalmondeloy Thompson, a Lon don youngster of ten years, overweight ed, perhaps, by his name, waa sinking in the heavy swell, she swam out and saved him. The Royal Humane society has given her a bronze medal. Miss Evans learned to swim at one of the Birminir- ham public baths and can swim a mile at a stretch. Chicago Post Mme. Mel ha, the operatic sinirer has red hair not red of tlie quality which Patti exhibited shortly after she came back to sing Lucia here a few years ago, but a lustrous and deep red. which is carried out in the general scheme of the eyebrows and the tint of Melba's dark eyes. Caroline Scott Harrison, the late wife of ex-President Harrison, is to be re membered by the Daughters of the merican Revolution, who are havinir a full-length portrait of Mrs. Harrison paint d, which is to be hung in tlie ex ecutive mansion at Washington. , " Ventilation " does not mean drafts onthesto k. So chink np the cracks. When pruning remember a low. mm. pact, vigorous tree will a-ive better ru. suits than a tall, slender one. Many insects will be killed If lan1 In. fected with plant lice, cut worms, etc., is plowed before freezing weather sets in. The 1800 butter product in this conn. try would require 1.000 freiirht trains nf thirty cars each and each car carrying twenty tons to transport it. The money expended for num-hred male animals is one of the best invest ments that can b made, and gains com pound interest in a short time. Sow some clover seed in autumn nn winter grain. This may do south of the latitude of Southern Kansas, but nnni. of that line better wait until April. The modern fruit grower must ,n. tantly use insecticides. Get all tha in. formation possible this winter so as to ntelligently combat fruit pests next sea son. One thousand Virginia farmer) within a radius of twentv miles of Nnrfnla- a said to have shipped 45,000,000 worth of eariyiruit ana vegetables to Northern cities last spring. If you have an old lot or abandoned road which is to be cropped next season, plow it this fall bo the fronts will have an opportunity to mellow the ground. Plow again In the spring. Save the liquid manure bv using some absorbent material for beddimr which can be spread over the fields. Straw, sawdust, old hay, leaves, etc., are good uu must oi ineiu ooiainaoie in all places. When green crops are plowed under for the purpose of enriching the soil an application of lime will often be of the greatest benefit. It holps to correct the acidity of the Boil that olten results from the too rapid fermentation of the green stuff. The fence law which works the great est good to the greatest number is that which compels a man to fence his own cattle in rather than to fence other peo ple's out. Where this is once tried it ia not easy to persuade people to go back to the old way. A heavy clay soil will bold water like a basin, and no crop can do its beat if the plants have wet feet. A subsoil plow that will break deeply without lifting . the under soil will make the cropping of such land much more profitable than it has been before .. In order to.be wholly successful farmer should make his plans a long time in advance of the day when they must be put in operation. The best way is to mature a plan of operations that will require Borne years for fully carrying -i"b uruigs oeiter results than the cnangeauie way that some have of t ing one way this year and another 1 next. WHAT AND HOW TO FIID, The daily feedini standard for milnh cows of 1,000 pounds weight should con tain two and a half pounds of protein, OTlSuildl, fat8' uelvs and a half four rHrondTiui'iSI?11 n,I twentv- are the the rations nmnerTHWjJUSTinS requited quantities by the Wisconsin ex periment station: Corn silage forty pounds, clover haV eight pounds, wheat bran six pounds, corn meal three pounds. Fodder corn twenty pounds, hay six pounds, oats four pounds, aborts four pounds, oilmeal two pounds. Corn silaae fifty pounds, corn stover nix poumis, oats six pounds, malt sprouts four pounds, co nmeal two pounds. Hay eleven pound', corn fodder eleven pounds, cornmeal four pounds, cotton- - seed meal four bounds, elnten meal una and a half pounds. Silage thirty pounds, hav ten pounds. cornmeal three pounds, cotton-seed meal three pounds, gluten meal two pounds. The bulletin savs it cannot assert too emphatically that heavy feeding pay, other conditions being given. A cow producing a full flow of milk should re ceive over 70 per cent more food ttian is requueu lor the maintenance of her IkmIv ; it ia the excess over maintenance that brings profit to the dairyman. Keen only cows that respond to good feeding, feed liberally, but not to waste. Select such feed aa will supply a fair quantity of protein. Raise mo'e ensilaire and clover; use bran, shorts and oilmeal whenever needed and when obtainable at a reasonable price. BKBTOKINO LAND. rthe A Western writer nives his exneriencn in restorimz land as follows : Fonr veara ago I bought a piece of land that had ust raised Its third crop of tobacco in ine, which had iust killed the toil. When I told old farmers what I was go ing to do they laushed at me: so I save the soil a light coat of manure and sowed it to wheat. The next harvest I shocked it In rows, turned the stubble under with three horses on July 2, rolled and dragged the soil, and put on a light coat of ma nure again. On the 4th I planted from five to seven grains of corn in bills two feet apart in rows four feet wide : plowed three times, and the horse could not get through any more. I cut it iust at frost. laid it in bunches for two days, and then put it in shocks. Resowed the land to wheat. Last harvest I cut my wheat aa high as I could. Had a big yield. Put on some more manure j planted in corn the same way ; only drilled the grain one foot apart. This year is still better, and several farmers that laughed at me now say it was the lareest crop they ever saw grow out of the earth, and one of them has rented the ground for tobacco next year. I cut the roasting ears and fodder both together in a fodder cutter. My horses and cows won't eat anything else while it laste. and it iust nonra tha milk and butter. My motto is this: Plow dero while ilnirirerds 1ep; You will hsve corn to sell ana plenty to keep. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. 0 flaking The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder.-No Ammonia; No Alum. Used ia Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard. m 1