Lincoln County Leader.
J. W. ITIWiRT, Publisher.
TOLEDO 0BEG05
OCCIDENTAL NEWS.
Oregon Takes the Bun in Her
Forestry Exhibit.
BUILDING AT LOS ANGELES, CAL
Prosecution of Work on the Sauta
Margarita Extension on the
Southern Pacific.
rpokane, W ash,., claim a population
. VI oo,to-t.
Tho State Wind Institute at Halt-in
opens September 11.
Building at Los Anuelcs is renortisl
active, with an improving real-estate
inarKci,
The in inert) on the Coinstock refuse to
accept the, proposed reduction of 26 per
vein, in wages.
Aiiren ii. iMelson, a former manager
oi llio ugden (Utah) Jiuiiding and Sav
ings Association, in short $13,000 in Iiih
account.
Tho Virginia and Truckoo Ititilroiul
Company haH reduced tho puy of all itH
employes, except locomotive engineers
26 per cent.
It in cliiimed that extensive frauds
were perpetrated in connection with the
attempt to raihO the Han Pedro in Vic
toria harbor.
Tlie depositors of the suspended sav
ings bunk at Portland want the stock
holders to guaruntce that the hank will
pay all dejsjsitors in full.
Eastern Washington's grain harvest
thin nenunn nminiu to lw the lienl, ever
Known, lliu average vielil from Hntiuli
Columbia to tho Oregon line will ho
tlnrty bushels to the aero.
Heott Morris of Kvbiih Creek, Jackson
county, Or., who Iiiih heen collecting urnl
Khipping Eust tlie bulb and seeds of the
wild flowers of Huiitliern Oregon, Iiiih
mint up o,uilo a business In that line.
Tho mini arrested in Hon them Oregon
for robbing the mail in Califoniu proved
not to ho tlio right mini and ho whh iHh-
cliurucd. Davidson, tlie iieWHinun. thus
fails to sccuru thu IiiiikIhoiiiu reward of
I 1,000.
Over 100 Spokane Chlhiiiiii-n aro pro'
pnring to Hlurt hack to Asia next month,
nearly all of them to remain. They
lmvo accumulated sums ranging from
$1,000 to (2,000 during their nitty in
America.
Tho Supreme Court of tho Htntu of
Citlifornin Iiiih decided tho Indiitn hond
case in favor of the Controller. TIiIh 1h
a very iiiiiiortimt enso to the Stale, in
volving hm it docs tlie validity of chums
against tho Mate nggregiitiiig between
$ouu,(Htu and 7u,ouo.
Advices from Joseph City in Bouver
county, L'tuh, tell of tlie largest and
most disastrous wuterHpout that ever
Visited Utah. It struck I lear Creek
Canyon, ami teamsters escaped with
iiiiiit'iiity mm only inter a last anil uni
ons drive for high ground.
Active pt'oM'ciitinn of tho work on the
Santa Margarita extension on thcSoiith-
ern l'acille has nut liccu diseoutinued as
report stated. Home (UK) men aro at
work, -10 per cent of tho force Is-lng
taken oil, mid it is believed tho tunnels
w ill bo through In tlie spring of IKUl.
Tiiis summer, it Is said, will see the
last of tlie famous Harney Valley (Or.)
crickets. They aro dving hy million
trout some disease, and have not yet de
posited their eggs. Those who have oh
served their hahits say tho disease which
has caused their destruction in other
places is tho same to all appearances u
that which is killing them there. They
have Im'cii in the valley in tiiimlierH ever
since It was tirst visited by tho whiles.
In the forestry building at the World's
Pair Oregon takes a hack seat for no
Htato or nation, her forestry exhibit be
ing a revelation oven to Orcgoiiians who
have spent their lives in tho forests. Hie
shows the largest block of wood in the
building. This is a cross section from
tho trunk of a tide-land spruce, and is
ten feet in diameter. This section was
cut twenty feet alsivo tho butt, which
was sixteen feet in diameter. Tho tree
of which it was a part was ittite a sprout
w hen Columbus started on his II rut voy
age, and beforo it was felled its topttnist
brunches towered more than 1100 feet
alsivo terra llrma, or high enough to af
ford ample shade for tho monster Ferris
w heel's curs on the upper level. Oregon
shows also a Is'iuitihil house constructed
wholly of Oregon woods. It is ten feet
square, nineteen leel high, and is sur
mounted hy an open ciihiIu. The build
ing throughout is finished in hard wood,
all liighlv Mlilicd, elegantly carved and
arranged in the most attractive fashion
possible to show the native wissls of the
State. Tho nsif is supported by (our
nicely carved lKirie columns of inuplc,
w hile a like number of similar columns
of oak snpiHirl the roof of the ciIhiIu,
Just now tho newspapers of Oregon
are having a great deal to say alsutt Or
egon (nut being shipped Kio-t, here it
in sold as a California product. There is
too much truth in the statement tomato
the thing funny. Hut a few duvs ago at
Chicago Koino Oigonians, desiron of
learning w bother or not there was any
sale lor Orvgou fruits, look occasion to
give tho matter a (air lift, and at the
saute lime "evened up" on California for
having ho, long sailed under false colors
by palming oil' as her own Oregon choicest
flints. Just outsidu thu World's Pair
grounds omit Ihivs were selling I'altlor
Ilia (genuine, not' Oregon-grown) penis,
caches, apricots and cherries, and tlie
little fellows worn loudly crying their
wares "Fresh California fruit !" "Cal
ifornia caches!" "California pears!"
The Oivgouiaus approached the hoys,
examined their fruits, and told the hoys
that it was iiotCalilornia fruit they were
soiling, and asamed them it was gionn
in Oregon. The buys said it might ho
from Oregon for all they know they
(aid it was from California Uvause that
made it sell belter. Thou the w ise men
from Oregon dug down in their jesus
and brought up some shining two-bit
piiovs, which they gave to the bo with
the understanding that they were to
shout "Oregon fruit." "Oregon is-ar,"
HO., during the remainder of 1 1 ml dav.
The Ixiys Hied their lungs on the now
iroMisition, and the rvioilu were axton
(idling. People who had visited I be fair
and seen Oregon's peerloe liorliciiltuinl
diplay oiened their eyes. " What," said
they, '"Oregon fruit ! Well, we uiii.t try
some of it it looked so Isiuililnl at the
fair." And tliev did try It. So many
tried it that the lsvs soon sol I out their
stocks and had to retorn to hcadquar-,
ten again and again for more, ami up to
last accounts tliiwo self-same boys were
crying, " Kigbt till wav lor your Oregon
pMrtl"
PCKELY PEES05AL.
Heneral Fitz John Porter has been ap
pointed cash ier of the Near Ynrlr nout-
olfice at a sa'arr of 2,000 s year.
Oovernor Kussell of Massachusetts
has long been noted aa an equestrian,
and now he is gaining renown ac an ex
pert bicycle rider.
Bishop Joseph Kademacher has been
transferred by the Io from Nashville,
Tenn., to Fort Wayne, Ind., which is
considered a more important position.
Having completed his " Prince of In
dia," General Wallace has plans for an
other story already taking shape, but it
will probably take him several years to
complete it.
Ho valuable are her jewels that Mrs.
Potter Palmer never attends a hall or
party of any kind to which she wears
them without a private detective to form
a part of her escort.
The monument erected over the grave
of the poet, James (iates I'ercival, at
Hazel Green, Wis., through the efforts
of tho faculty of Yale College and a few
others will soon be unveiled.
Miss Ongood of Brooklyn is the only
American woman who has been admit
ted to work in the Hevn-s factory at Ver
sailles. Hho worked there for a year,
and now reproduces the same work.
General Menotti Garibaldi, son of tho
Italian patriot, and his wife celebrated
their silver wedding a few days ago in
Koiiiii They received congratulations
from friends of tho family in ull parts of
Italy.
Mrs. Cleveland's tastes in jewelry am
very simple. Although she owns a num
ber of rings, she rarely wears any except
her wedding ring. A favorite ornament
on dress occasions is a Istautiful diamond
star, which was ono of her wedding gift.
Lady Wiuihotiriie, the brightest and
cleverest of all tho sisters of I.rd Ran
dolph Churchill, is considered the source
from which the erratic ilitician derives
his inspiration, as ho is not credited
with a great amount of brains of his
own.
Mary W. Lee, who was known through
out tho Second Corps of the Armv of tho
Potomac as " Mother I:o," died in Phil
adelphia recently. During tho war of
the Rebellion she was a volunteer field
nurse, serving at the front without pay,
and It was there that shu was affection
ately nicknamed by the soldiers "Alouior
lx-e."
Mrs. Pierre, tho sister of the poet
luiglellow, Iiiih presented to tlio Maine
Historical t(M:iety the bouse in which
her brother lived during his youth. It
is the olilest brick structure In' Portland.
Tho iiroperty is valued at f2i,000, and
Mrs. Pierce roiiiires that tlie rooms shall
Is) forever kept as " luigfiillow's Memo
rial Rooms."
Barnes Greeley, the only surviving
brother of Horace Orwilej , lives at the
ago of 71 years on tlio old Oreeley home
stead at Cliapiaiiii. Ho is described
by a recent lady visitor us tall, loosely
jointed, shambling of gait, with snowy
liairand heard, mild blue eyes, peaceful
visage and a tongue that Is tho matrcst
approach to perpetual motion yet dis
covered. Miss Lizzie Green of Detroit Hooms to
I mi the, sensational beauty of the Conti
nent just now. Thu story gxs that at
the wedding festivities tho Ouoon of It
aly had her nephew sent away on mili
tary service to keep him out of the way
of the pretty American. Tho Roman
nbopkeeperH display photographs of Miss
Green standing Wsldo tho young Count
of Turin.
Mr. Gladstone. Is to mako a progress
in Scotland during the autumn, and ho
will he the guest of Ixird Breads.! bane at
Tavmoiith Castle, of lxrd Kosohory at
Dalmeny and of Sir Charles Tennant at
the (den. Tho longest visit is to bo paid
to Gcorgtt Aruiistead. Mr. Gladstone
will also lie the guest of his nephew. Sir
John Gladstone, at Kusquo House, Kin
cardineshire, (or a (ew days' stay.
BUSINESS BREVITIES.
The world's supply of diamonds Is
twenty times greater than it was thirty
years ago.
It is estimated that this country pro
duces over 2,200 pounds of grain to each
inhabitant.
Tlie public debt of Prance Is In excess
of ;itl,KHl,IKXi,lX"l francs (in t'nitod States
money f7,aH),titX),tHH)j.
Twelve years ago one sailor in every
l()d who went to sea lost his life. Now
oulv one in "M is lot.
Bohemia has nearlv 1 10.000 senurnte
mauulaclurcs, more than there aro In
any other province in Austria.
In 1815 the Cliilcd States produced
mi.iHHI in silver; in 101, r.7,tU0,lKH), or
more than a thousand times as much
iiertuanv lias one postoinco to everv
1,774 Inhabitants. In proiMirtion to the
imputation the Cuitcd States has tw ice
as munv.
The Navy Department is experiment'
nil (or an American bituminous con
tied is free-burning, itou-cokinii and
smokeless.
A Western geologist savs that Kansas
can raise wheat for another 1.1HHI voars
before exhausting the necessary projier
ties of the soil.
Mexico sends tho I'nited States everv
year lll,lMtl,(HK) worth of "heniipien''
rope, the cordage out of which haul
hus ks are made.
An apple tree which is claimed to have
isirue 1 1 nit lor the last century and a
quarter is still in bloom in an orchard
near l.enoir, N. I .
The largest poultry farm in the I'nitisl
States is hs'iitcd on Long Island. It con
sists of I .:t00 acres of laud, with five
miles of water front.
It Is asserted that the Is'st, strongest
and moat llbrous material in the hac
of wissl new used as pulp (or paper is
made (mm spruce logs.
The annual manufacture in Europe at
the present tune according to the hi-d
statistics is something like l.tv'Ht.lHH)
Uare yards of looking glass.
In Now York city there are so many
railway lines steam, elevated, cable
and horse cam that one may ride for
six hours at a total cost of AO cents,
Americans are constantly gaining in
Mexican trade, and at present dominate
in both imports and exKirts, lioing the
largest buyers of Mexican product.
Kuroie' purchases of American wheal
these days are great bargains, and she is
showing an Intelligent appreciation of
this fact by making the purchase ex
tensive. There are sl.nit .V),lW,ftV in all of
the 4 per cent bond outstanding, or
ItUUnHUMI in ox. of- of tlnwo on.sl by
the banks, l lnw Umds do not mature
until lut'7.
The most active mcmtcro( the IUecher
family now living Is Key. Thoniaa K.
Bccchor, stor u( the Park Church in
Plmira. He is a tall, hroAd-shoitldercd
man, (Hi year old, w ith a plentiful brow n
Ivurd, now tingxvl with white, and is
fond of billiards, bow ling and tricycling.
Senator Joo Blackburn of Kentucky
apsanl at the oning of the Mwmoii
in a shirt of pinkifdi hue, tie of a doll
cat mauve, and the roal, tronwrs and
vost weie of a Isvautiful ice-oream color
that shon amid the black-coaled South
erner I -out hi in like a single star pinued
upon the uosutu of tit night.
EASTEEN MELANGE.
Anthrax Attacks Also Human
Beings in Illinois.
THE C0TT0X CRISIS IX TEXAS.
Chicago Bankers Import Gold Direct
From Europe Typhoid Fe
ver in St. LoniH.
Tho Bank of Commerce at Ilavana
has failed.
Georgia's cotton crop will probably be
the largest in her history.
A 12,0)0,000 drop in Georgia's valua
tion will cripple the State schools.
The Minneapolis and Dultitb stock of
wheat amounts to 12,542,506 bushels.
The newgovernmentlandsaliout ready
for statement comprise 14,:MO,000 acres.
Notable colored men at Philadelphia
have organized an anti-lynching league.
Cattle and sheep herders are fighting
over tho possession of ranges in Colo
re lu.
Tho ase of certified chocks Instead of
cash in being tried with success at Little
Rock.
A steady Increase In through and ex
port freight is noticeable on Eastern
roads.
Dick Roche, the noUvl gold-brick swin
dler, In jailed at Omaha for his usual
tricks.
Ht. Paul end Minneapolis publishers
are talking of reduced prices for type
setting. The agitation for tho removal of the
capital of Kansas from Tope k a has been
renewed.
The anthrax Is attacking not only all
kinds of live stock, but human beings,
in Illinois.
Senator Ptowart predicts the silver
question will be under discussion months
and months.
The Massachusetts Agricultural Soci
ety employs 100 men in fighting the
gypsy molli.
Governor Tillman will protect South
Carolina cocktails by securing a trade
mark on them.
The army worm has appeared In tho
cotton llelds of tlie Arkansas and Mis
sissippi river bottoms.
Tho wholesale grocers at Memphis
have issued notice that they will sell hog
product lor cash only herealler.
Tho loHMiis incurred by Insurance com
panics in Tennessee during the year 1812
amounted to tnl per cent ot tho preim
urns.
There is much agitation in South west
em Kansas over a iroiKscd irrigation
ditch, which would drain tho Arkansas
river.
A negro murderer, pardoned recently
hy Governor Altgeld ol Illinois, lias just
boon urrosted at Hushvillo for highway
rouoery.
A crisis exists in Texas In regard to
tho movement of the cotton crop. None
of tho hanks will advance money to move
the staple.
The Stato Railroad Commissioners of
Kansas liavo taken hold of the seed
wheat problem to handle it in a non
partisan way.
A Boston Judgo has decided that
newspaper may publish a biographical
sketch ot a man, but not Inn portrait,
against his will.
Tho resumption of operations In the
Iron and steel plant in the nttsburg
district lias returned to work between
12,000 and lft, 000 men.
The Government Industrial School at
Santa Fe, N. M., is to bo changed into a
training school to prepare Indians to lie-
come leacuers oi iiieir own people.
George A. Dalv, tho American hs'O'
motive who was inuirisoued attheCitv
of Mexico for having run over and killed
a mini lout toon months ago, has been re
leased.
A vein of coal has Ixmn discovered
near the mouth of Whiskv creek, ono
mile south of Atkinson, Kan. It
twenty-four Inches thick and of good
piallty.
There Is said to to less than half as
many Icelwrns in tho Atlantic Ocean
this year as there were last year. This
is supposed to indicate a severe winter in
Minnie.
The latest iroood ship canal is to
run from lolodo to t Inclnnall, making
Cincinnati a rival to Chicago fur lake
traffic. Tho government Is to bo asked
to assist.
The Impression In growing alsmt the
capitol at W ashiugloii mat tlie present
e&irmiiuiimry pernum m uiigivnB limy
come to an end atiotit the middle of Sep
temlier.
The silver delegates from the Chicago
Convention say that they will probably
oKn headquarter in New York, whicli
w ill I hi the initial point of all theircaui
paigning in the East.
The epidemic of tvphoid fever In St,
I .on is has reached alarming proportions,
and is not accounted for by tlie healtl
authorities, who report the city lu a
good, clean condition.
Several arrests have U-en made at In
diauaiMilis of leading business men, w ho
are cliarwixl with eiiiN'lilement and mis
appropriation of the funds of a bank of
which tliev had control.
The Now York Herald has boldlv
moved up to Tliirtv-third street and
Broadway, leaving Newspaiwr Row far
behind. The now building is two stories
high, of solid masonry and iron through
nut.
The delegstoa and sioakers to tho
Farmers' Alliance and Populist State
Convention at Sylvan Beach, N. Y.,havo
mood an appeal to the farmers of the
West, ask inn them to send supplies (or
the starving poor ol Aew lork.
The New Yo.k S. P. C. A. has wwrnod
Frtslerick W'rvnor. the lrofossional ver
min exterminator, who has undertaken
to rid Central Park (rum cats, dogs, mice
and sparrows, that lie must be morv
merciful in hi methods or go to jail.
Chicago Imnkorw have since Augut 1
imiHirtcd nearlv lil.000.000 in gold direct
from r'uroe, and now the banker think
that in the (uture a great deal of husi
nee will U done with F.uroiean centers
which have heretofore paid tribute to
New iota broker.
Bv mians of forged hills of lading
Leon M. Carrier ol vJueWv converted
n-ventv-nve carload of Hour to hi own
uh, and tied the country. Altogether
be i uHwel to have obtained IXt.Ono.
He ha been captuied in IVnver, and it
hold for extradition.
Warrant for the arret o( the Presi
dent and cashier ol the Kansa Citv
Safe IVposit and Haviugt Bank have
tocn owned, the men are charged wtifc
receiving dcpnit four day In-lore the
hank' failure, kuowmg the condition of
the Institution wa weak. A law in Mis
souri make the receiving of a driioait
l i... ...k .i . .. . '
FROM WASHIXGTOX CITY.
There is much hostility in the Senate
to the bill to increase the circulation of
the national banks to the par value of
the bonds deposited. It is not thought
it will ever reach a vote.
In view of the present peaceful condi
tion of affairs in Samoa Secretary Her
Ijert has decided not to send a naval ves
sel to Apia, at least for some time to
come, to represent the interests o' the
United States in the Samoa protectorate.
In a letter to Senator Voorhees, touch
ing the pending bill to extend the time
during which whisky mav lie in bond
before penalties accrue, Secretary Car
lisle declares it would atiord no relief to
owners, and savs the amount of penal
ties accrued and to accrue aro not suffi
cient to justify special legislation.
Representative Geary, author of the
Chinese exclusion act, called on Secre
tary Greeham the other day, and urged
him to enforce the law with the small
amount of money on hand for that pur
pose. It is understood Geary received
very little satisfaction, as Secretary
Gresham adhered in his views to the
present policy of the administration in
the matter.
fienator Carey has Introduced a hill
providing that all desert lands, whether
in or outside of a railroad grant, shall be
sold at $1.25 an acre, and that all per
sons who have paid more than that for
land shall have the amount reimbursed
to them from tho Treasury Department.
He also has a hill granting 5 per cent of
the net proceeds of the sale of public
lands in all States to be paid for common
schools.
Penator Mitchell of Oregon has been
early in pressing a hill to reduce letter
postage to 1 cent per ounce, and has in
troduced a bill for that purpose. The
trouble in securing legislation of this
kind heretofore has always been the op
position from the Postoflice Department,
because there was not sufficient revenue
from the postal system to carry on the
postal business of the country and Con
gress refused to appropriate larger sums.
There has been considerable corre
spondence concerning the forcible ex
pulsion of Italian miners from Cripple
Creek, Col., between Secretary Gresliam,
Governor Waite and Baron Fava, hut it
? i!;ly th" nynl-inQtifin offered MbiUtpr
Fava bv tho State Department and Gov-
ernor Waito will lie satisfactory to the
Italian government, and that the inci
dent will be declared closed. After the
corrcsxndcnce with Governor Waite
Secretnry Grosham wrote Baron Fava
Unit the attack was not due to race prej
udice, but tho feeling suuinst cheun la
bor. When the Americans found tliem
selvi(fl underbid by the Italians, they took
forcible measures of securing the' ends
tiioy desired, inn urn so Willi no feeling
agiitiist tho unpopular workmen as Ital
ians. Gresham expressed regret for the
occurrence, and honed it would not dis
turb the friendly relations between tho
two countries.
In response to a resolution of inquiry
on the subject of silver purchases under
tho act of lH'.H) Secretary Carlisle sent to
tho House of Representatives a letter
setting forth tho following facts: From
August 13, 1HIHJ, to August 111, 18113, the
department pun-hosed 101,521,000 fine
ounces, costing $lau,titili,46l). The high
est price paid was $1.20' an ounce, Au
gust 20, 181H1; tlio lowest (ill cents an
ounce, July 21, 1WI3. Treasury notes to
the amount of $150,115,985 have been is
sued in payment of the silver bullion, of
which t, H.tl.io lias been redeemed in
standard silver dollars and retired since
August 31, 1HSWI. Up to August 1, 1803,
$411,184, 100 in Treasury notes lias been
redeemed in gold; 3i',087,185 standard
dollars havo been coined from bullion
purchased under the act of of 1890. On
the I llh instant the imvenmient owned
of silver purchased under the act of 18!H)
133, 101,375 ounces, costing $121,217,677.
Secretary Iloko Smith has heard tho
argument of counsel upon the applica
tion of thoGilson Asphaltuin Company
for the restoration of tho two most east
erly tiers of townships now included in
ino I'licompuhgro Indian reservation in
I'tah. It was the contention of counsel
that these Indians hold the lands thev
occupy bv sufferance only, and therefore
neither they nor the Secretary of the In
terior have any riidit to lenun nov nnri
of them for mining or any other pur
pose, i ney argued mat me only wav in
which the asphalt desisits iu tho reser
vation can be rendered acressihln is bv
restoring tho lands to public domain, and
the power to restore lands by executive
proclamation is lwyond question. At
the conclusion of the argument the Sec
retary announced that he had serious
lotibts as to his authority, and in any
event lie would not do so. Ho thouxh't
it probable he would send a communica
tion to Congress on the question of open
ing the reservation or hart of it to set.
tlement.
Representative Hermann savs ho bus
some doubt as to w hat is necessary for
the improvement at The Dalles, hut
of the opinion that If the delegation
snouid unitedly support the proposition
for a canal not so lanre as that at the
Cascades, but sufficient for all vessels
that can navigate the upper Columbia,
lavornhie action mav result in the fu
lure. Meanwhile ho is of tho opinion
that it would he a irood thimr to havn a
Hirtage road built to accommodate the
trallic of the river. From his intimate
knowledge of the men who will comiose
the River and llarlsir Committee ho is
convinced that tliev will never agree to
a Wt railway. Thev have annusl the
luestiou many tunes with him, and sav
lhat they do not propose to commit the
government to a railway project of anr
Mini, ami esHviaiiy to one w hich must
be largely experimental and will cost
millions tsdore It is completed and ISO.
ilHI a year to operate. Representative
Hermann is of the opinion that in time
a canal can ho built, but tho same rea
sons which are presented for not build
ing a hoat railway, committing the gov
eminent io minding railways, operates
....in.l ,1... 1.1 f - ' -
'n,i,'i "' en-m cMiisiruciing a pori
age mail by Cn? government.
The statement was rwcentlv oiven onl
tor publication by Pension Commissioner
hren
cuven investigation. It savs in part
an l euven h.n (or many years done
largo is'tision business, havunr his of.
tic at I. line Sprung, la. His clientage
was drawn from all over Iowa and Mm-
nesola, even from remote parts of the
country. In June l,t as a result of a
preliminary Investigation he was ns-
vnde.1 by the secretary of the Interior
rom practice tvefure the department, li
was clearly shown that for years he sup-
iru-i nii wmcn ne prosecuted Ivy a
lighlv developed Slid successful vtii,
of dirhoncst practices, the purchase of
testimony, me iraudulent preparation of
affidavits, the brihimr of sworn otHcil
( the government and the w holosalo de
ception of applicant for pension, by
meansoi which thev were IndmiM to how
their gratitude by th
beyond the amounts allowed bv law. It
it apparent that all claims allowed upon
x parte evidetie furnishe.1 hr Van
Leuven mnt be lnvestigateL lVubt-
as uirw aro some case in which the
euiporary hwa of a pension will work
rdship to worthy men. but no tuin.
wilt I spare.! to ascertain uch caw
nd make the period of nnni,in
brial a poMtbl." ,
FOREIGN FLASHES.
The Immense Sentence of a
iJishonest City Official.
FEEXCH AGEICULTCBAL LOSSES.
South Africa Developing: a Fruit
Industry The Italian Silk
Crop A Xew Cable.
New Zealand has refused to join the
Australasian Confederation.
The Italian silk crop this vear is about
25 per cent above the average.
Great Britain has about 100,000 abso
lutely " homeless wanderers."
Spain will order that the payment of
all her customs duties be made' in gold.
A statue to Queen Christina, mother
of the ex-Quetn Isabella, is to be erected
at Madrid.
Every regiment of the British army in
India has been rearmed with the new
magazine rirles.
Last season the Carl Uosa Opera Com
pany made a profit of about t 10,000, the
first in several years.
Russia is feeling the pinch of the tariff
war w ith Germany. The prices for all
grains are rapidly falling.
The Queen of Italy has founded a so
ciety for the reform of street children by
teaching them some useful occupation.
A physician and sanitary corps will
scour every railway train between Na
ples and Rome as a precaution against
cholera.
Pibvl Sanderson, who m " PI, i
Saint Saens' new onera of that name, is
variously praised for her physique and
her voice.
In England this summer six persons
have been sentenced to terms of hard
labor as punishment for attempting to
commit suicide.
Don Jose Galindo, Mayor of Valencia,
i years each on 217 indictments for falsify-
nig puuuc uocuuients, or 3,038 veara in
all.
There was a net decrease in the Brit
ish revenue receipts durim? lh limt
quarter of the present financial year of
781,258 as compared with the samo pe
riod last year.
Mrs. I.anctrv was ono of the conspic
uous figures at tho Briirh ton racing meet..
ing, where she appeared attired on dav
in yellow and the next in black and
white striped silk.
I'aderewski has gone to his home in
Poland for rest and recreation. He will
remain in retirement until October,
wneii no is expected to make his reap,
pearance rh Paris.
The statement is made in Paris that
rrencii agriculture has lost as much
money this vear liecauhe of the ikiul.i
as the Germans received by way of war
inoeuiiuiy aiicr IU. "
South Africa is developing a fruit in
dnstry. Within a couple of years tho
Capo Colony has begun to ship peaches
nun oiner irons 10 ixmuon, getting theui
thero in tweutv-one days.
Reports from Lancashire announce
that South American orders for most
classes of goods have increased in uianv
quarters, the Argentine trade especially
in-iiiK iiiucu more saiisniciory.
Quito a lari!0 steamer, hnilt in Sent.
land especially for the purpose, taken to
pieces and transported to Peru, has just
ween rcunm aim lauticucu on l-ake Till
eaca, which is 12,500 feet above sea level
Thero is a leaning tower at Caerphilly,
Glamorganshire, England, whicli stands
ti ieet in height and is no less than 1!
feet out of the perpendicular. The well
Known lower of 1'isa leans 15 feet in 180
leei.
The border line lietween France and
uermany Is to bo remarked to avoid un
pleasant incidents. Lanre boumhirv
wts are to be set up, and neutral tract's
are to bo marked out in the forest re
gions
Dinizulii, tho son and heir of Ceta
wayo, the Zulu King, and I'ndabnke,
brother of the same monarch, are Napo-
iroii r successors in exile at St. Helena.
They have been there since the British
conquered .ululand.
A special committee recently appointed
by the Glasgow corporation to consider
the matter of municipal telephony has
unanimously decided to recommend the
lown council to apply to the Postmas
ter-Goneral for a telephone license.
South Australia's revenue receipts for
ine pasi twelve months were " 4oi 000
a decrease of $280,000 as compared with
uii uiu previous year. ictoria s re
ceipts were itt,IH3,00t), a decrease of
t,oo,uuu as compared with last vear,
King Humbert recently had sold at
public auction in one of the court yards
oi me nuinnal all tho old furniture,
porcelain, glass, etc.. that had gone out
of fashion since Victor Emmanuel's dav.
no mane it a veritable clearing-out eule
Should Christina, the Queen Regent
of Spain, fail to survive tho dangerous
operation which now constitutes the
ouiy cnance oi saving her life, the re
gency will devolve on her sister-in-law,
the Princess Isabella, widowof the Count
uirgvuu.
The new company that proposes to lnv
a cable Ivotween Australia and California
wm otitain a subsidy from the lermnn
governmout for three sections of the line
W'tween the Fiji and Samoiin Islands
aim potwecn the Samoan Islands and
uonoiuiii.
The announcement that Trine.! v..
v n.Mli, iici'liew Ol IllO IV1IU. hay
quiiieu the army to become a priest is
true according to the German papers.
The young man was born in 1870, and
recently served as a Lieutenant in a reg
iment of I'hlan.
China has "kindly consented" tn h..t.l
in abeyance all retaliatory ihmhi
iuggesti bv the onforcement in this
country of the Geary act until the regu
lar meeting of Congress, when it is sup
posed tho bill so obnoxious to the heath
ens will be repealed.
Intluenra is believed to l dvi,...
in Ixindon after In-ing more or less pri'v
alcnt since the first outbreak over the
world several vears anv For ,i.i....
ablo time the numlwr of deaths from the
inainov nave istui anout twenty a w.vk
During the second week of June only
six sn.-h deaths occurred.
Madame Melha. the Aiist
who is iiiung to America in the au
tumn, Is having crvat stnwss in Paris.
At the age of 4. it is said. h .
(ant prvxligy; at 10 she had mastere.1
the violin, the piano and the organ. Six
years ago she made her debut u
the next morning she awoke famous.
Apropos to the Leslie-Wiide din.K.
there I no more interesting personality
in Iondon than La.lv Wilde. She .
uiurh tine old la- and some rare irwels,
and alwavs nsire in a darkened room!
The warmth of her welcomw is mk.n.1
by the rower to creet rch n.,
French. Spanish. Italian. K
0nuaa in hr own lannag.
P0ETLAXD MABKET.
Whiat Vallev, 959"4c; Walla
Walla, 85c per cental.
FUDCR, TEED, ETC.
Flock Standard, J3.40; Walla Walla,
13.40; graham, f3.00; superfine, 2.50
per barrel.
Oats Old white, 40c per bushel ; old
grav, 36c; new white, 3-c; new gray, 33
35c; rolled, in bags, $6.25(26.50; 'bar
rels, $6.506.75; cases, 13.75.
MiLLoTcrrs Bran, 18.00; shorts,
21.00; ground barley, $22323; chop
feed, $18 per ton ; whole feed, barlev, 80
85c per cental; middlings, $23'28
per ton; chicken wheat, $1.22,431.25
per cental.
Hav Good, $10(313 per ton.
DAIHT PBOOCCI.
Bctteb Oregon fancy creamery, 22i
25c; fancy dairy, 20(&22,c; fair to
good, 16U7lic; common, 14(?16c per
pound; California, 35(2 44c per roll.
Cheese Oregon, LSc; California,
llg,13'3c; Young America, 15'SltJc per
pound.
Eous 15316c per dozen.
Pocltbt Chickens, old, $4.00;
broilers, $2.00(g;3.00 ; ducks, $4.00g5.00;
geese, $8.00 per dozen ; turkeys, live, 14c
per pound ; dressed, none in the market.
STAPLE 0BOCEBIE8.
Dbieu Facers Petite prunes, 10llc;
silver, H(sl2c; Italian, 13c; German,
lOigllc; plums, 8(d.9c; evaporated ap
ples, 10:? 11c; evaporated apricots, 12g
15c; peaches, 10u,12'$c; pears, 7gllc
per pound.
Honey Choice comb, 18c per pound;
new Oregon, 18ii20c; extract, 9(ai0c.
Salt Liverpool, 100s, $16.00; 60s,
$16.50; stock, $8.60itt9.50.
Coffee Costa Rica, 22c; Rio, 21c;
Salvador, 215ic ; Mocha, 20,'$ 30c ; Java,
241vf?30c; Arbuckle's and Lyon, 100
pound cases, 23.85c per pound ; Colum
bia, same, 23.85c.
Kice Island,$4.75(15.00; Japan, ;
New Orleans, $4.50 per cental.
Beans Small whites, 3)$c; pinks,
3?4'c; bayos, 3.'-4c; butter, 4c; lima, 3'iC
per pound.
UvuniIi'uat.rn In Vt.mila Atl7t&p
in half-barrels, 42i257c; in cases, 35
tfOc per gallon; $2.25 per keg; California,
in barrels, 20(i40c per gallon ; f 1.76 per
keg.
Suoab D, 5?8c; Golden C, 5a'c; extra
C, 5J,'c ; confectioners' A, 6,Sjc ; dry gran
ulated, 6c; cube, crushed and pow
dered, 7.'-4C per pound ; tc per pound
uiscounion an grades lor prompt cuoii
mapio sugar, lotgioc per pound.
CANNED GOODS.
Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted
11.75(2.00: peaches. $1.85(32.10: Bart
lett pears, $1.75g;2.uO; plums, $1.37i3
i.no: strawberries, $a.a(i42.45 ; cherries,
-K(ttZ.4o; blackberries, $1.85(a2.00
raspljernea, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25:-
2.80; apricots. $1.65a2.00. Pie fruits
assorted. $1.20; peaches. $1.25: nluins.
$1.00(31.20; blackberries, $1.25(1.40 per
uueu. no nuns, gallons, assorled
3.15ui3.50; peaches, $3.60(24.00; apri
cois, .ou.w; plums, $2.76(3.00
oiacKuernes, f-i.zbigi.w.
meats Corned beef. Is, $1.60;
2s.
$2.40; chipped, $2.56(2.4.00; lunch
tongue, Is, $4; 2s, $6.75; deviled ham,
$1.(5(32.15 per dozen.
Fish Sardines, Js, 75i-a!$2.25; s,
f-'.iOM4.&u; lobsters, $2.30ii3.50; sal
inn tin l-ll. nll 1 DE..l m. 11-...
$1.75;2-lbs, $2.262.60; -barrel, $5.50.
' VEGETABLES AND FRUITS.
Vegetables Cabbage, lc per pound
potutoea, Oregon. 75c per sack : new on
ions, c per pound; cucumbers, Ore
gon, (g;iuc per dozen; string beans, 5
c per pound ; tomatoes, $2.00 per box
green corn, lOia'c per dozen; sweet
potatoes, z, (a 3c per pound; egg plant,
$1-50 per box.
Fbuits .Sicily lemons, $6.00(98.60 per
box: California new crop, $5.60(6.00
per box; bananas, $1.50(2:3.00 per bunch
oranges, $3.00 per box ; pineapples, $6.00
per dozen ; California apples, $1.251.50
per bushel; Oregon, 60(2;76c; peaches,
On'gon, 50(it65c per box j freestone, 85
wc per box; clingstone, 7o80c per
lxx; Oregon peach plumB, 40(2 K)c per
oox; rsrausnaw plume, tiO(tt76c pe
liox ; Bartlett pears, $1.25Ctl.60" per box
blackberries, 4(25c per pound; water
melons. $2.00(23.00 per dozen: canta
loupes, $1.50(11.75 per dozen; nutmeg
melons, $1.50 per box; huckleberries,
15c per pound; grapes (Muscat and Rose
of Peru), $1.00 per box; Tokay, $1.60
ht uox ; nectarines, fi.zo per box
BAOS AND BAOOINO.
Burlaps, 8-onnco, 40-incii. net cash,
6c; bnrlaps, 10-ounco, 40-inch, net
casn, c; ouriaps, li -ounce, 45-inch
ic; ouriaps, ltt-ounce, 60-inch, 11c
burlaps, ltl-otince, 76-inch, 14c; wheat
Dags, Calcutta, 23x36, spot, 74c
2-hushel oat bags, 7,S,c ; No. 1 second
hand bags, 7c; Calcutta hop cloth, 24
ouoce, ioc
MISCELLANEOrjS.
Tin I. C. charcoal. 14x20. nrimnnnnl.
ity, $8.50trt9.00 ner box: for errwB2 o
extra per box ; 1. C. coke plates, 14x20,
prime ijuaiuy, j.ouiss.wper box; terne
plate, I. C, prime quality, $6.50(37.00.
. ails case auotations: imn 9K
steel, $2.35; wire, $2.60 per keg.
ciu ier pound, tuc.
Lead Per pound, awv- tir
NaVALStoREB Onlinm tl Kll K HO rm.
miej resin, t.wi(ito.lHJ per 480 pounds
irk .1.1.1 Air Jt i.
ai , CWAKIiUilll. K anil in d rur hae.
rel; pitch, 6 nor burrel: tnrnMitiiii
I'tri kiiuii in rar lots.
IRON Bar. 2VS nor nnnnH?
twRrv..' ' r '
V fiVl wit
PROVISIONS.
ElSTERN StiOKKn Mm ivn T .
Hams, medium. nncoverel. IRiSirt.. r.u
, winn., j-t-iiaio'vc; breakfast
bacon, uncovered, 16t217c; covered,
cdoc: short clear sides. l:t..riAn. ,i.
salt sides, lli,(ifl2S:Cj lard, compound,
Vi j ' per ponna; pure, in tins, 13
., virijuii iru, il'vtSlS've.
noes, WOOL 4-ND U1DES.
Hops 'y2s. 10utl6c ner nonn.f
ing to quality; new crop, 'P3s, 16,217c.
clip, 13(214c; Willamette vallev. 10,
wu un Hill YA ne u.rflfirt. r
I.c, according to quality: Eastern Ore.
gun, 6(2 14c per ponnd, according to
6(8c; preen, select, over 55 pc-mnls
4c; under 66 pounds, 3c; sheep pelts
short wool, 30 2 50c: medinm Ail.isix.
lone. tXV.21.25: .hrlin. io
w cnoice, ayroc per pound.
LIVE AND DRESSED MEAT.
tKP t rime steers. ' Sil.rfo 7t. i.
to nw.1 sbt-rs. I2.00ur2.50- nwh-L; '
i n,o . j- ,' 1 "w.uice
uresse.1 beef, $3.50;
MrrroN Cbni.-o mn,,
Irei.t nn. ri?'
mnltnn
i.w; lambs, $2.002
dn-s.l, $ti.00;
shearlings, 24c, Uve
weight,
liOOii Choir h-f ; An.it ia.
EALH.Wlit8.(X).
Looking Tor iBfornatUa.
A good brother who rwntlr orWt
rrayer at a prayer tneetiug started to
make a referenca to Xoah, hot got a
tittle flnstervd and fonmt th
tus patnarck After hemming and haw
lofi a few momenta he turned to a
cngkbor and aaked In a lond whisper,
VS ho was H built tU ark-WaabW
ton ewi,
ent wii received hr rvTX. c "i"' pm" i
Of San Francbkvv r.
toe other day he was hurted -nT0' .
FAEM AXD GARDEN.
Characteristic Traits of a Good
and Profitable Hen.
WETTI5G AXD C00KIXG MEAL.
Some Valuable Information Culled
in the Interest of the Intel
ligent Agriculturist.
How many poultrymen can pick out a
good laying lien from a strange flock? Not
many can do it ; yet it can easily be done
after a short study of make-up and char
acteristics, says a writer in Northwest
Farmer. There goes a hen with a thick
neck, large head, ill-shaped, walks list
lessly about, seemingly with no inten
tion or purpose in view. She does not
care to scratch ; she hangs around the
henhouse, evidently waiting for her next
feed. ilie gets up 'late in t he morning,
and goes to bed early in tho evening.
That hen may be put down as a verv
poor layer. The eggs of some of the
other hens go to help pay her keep.
Here comes another. She walks brisklr,
and there is an elasticity in her move
ments which shows she has something
in view. She is neat and natty in ap
pearance, small head, with a slim neck,
nicely arched or curved. She forages or
scratches all day long, and may be too
busy to come for her evening meal. She
is at the door in tlie morning waiting to
be let out. She snatches a few moitth
fnls of feed, and is off to tho meadow,
looking for insects. Before she gets out
in tlie morning she generally deposits
her daily egg in the nest, or returns
after a short forage. She is neat, clean
and tidy, with a brightness and a fresh
ness pleasant to the eye. That is the
hen that pavs for her feed anil cives a.
good proht all the year round. The wri
ter lias noticed these traits since bov
hood, and knows that they are infallible.
By studying these traits "any man may
in a few years have a fine flock of hens.
CARE OP HONK V.
After the honey is taken from the hive,
says the Kansas Farmer, a great many
people would permit it to spoil, because
they do not know how to care for it.
Many think it should be kept cool, and
so put it in the cellar. This is the worst
thing that could bo done with it. If
there is any dampness around, honey is
sure to absorb it. " But our cellar is
very dry, and is the only place we have
to keep it," lias been the remark of more
than one to the writer when he told
them not to put honey in the cellar. It
may be well to say once for all that there
is not a cellar in the United Slates dry
enough to keep honey in. Put vour
honey in tlie driest aiid wannest room
you have about the house. If there is
a fire in it, all the better, as honey
should not bo left where it will freeze in
winter. Dry and warm is the rule for
honey, if you want to retain its flavor
and richness. Honey, pioperly kept,
wiil improve with age', and the older it
is the better it will be. But, if kept in
a damp place, it will absorb moisture,
liecome thin and watery and soon lose
its rich flavor. As soon as it Is exposed
to cold when in this condition, it will
granulate in the cells, and then it is al
most worthless except to melt up and
feed to the bees in the spring. The
above instructions are for comb honey.
Extracted honey should be kept in a
dry, warm place. To keep the moth
worm out of the comb honev it is well
to fumigate it occasionally bv burning
sulphur in the room where it is stored.
wettino and cookino meal.
A swine feeder says: " I And that, if
I take ten bushels of meal and wet it in
cold water and feed twenty-five hos
with it, they eat it well ; but, if I take
the same quantity and cook it, it doub
les the bulk and will take the same num
ber of hogs twice as long to eat it, and I
think they fatten twice as fast in the
same length of time." Prof. Stewart in
commenting on this says he took two
lots of three pigs each "from the same
litter, weighing 225 pounds each lot. Lot
1 had cornmeal soaked twelen hnn i..
cold water. Lot 2 had cornmeal cooked.
Each had all they would eat, and each
had a cook of early cut clover every dav.
Ix)t 1 consumed "2.1 1 1 nnnmtu r( maul
and gained 520 rxnimls. or 140 nr,n,il
each. Lot 2 eained 600 rxinnda. nr am
pounds each. Or, figuring it another
way, he got eleven pounds of pork for a
bushel of meal soaked in mid ut,i..r
and 16.47 pounds for a bushel when
H?5 Kiaigain of nearl-v 6 Pounds to
w.d u,.ruci, geiuiig nan as much again
for his corn bv cooking if. irf e.
art further says that " by good manage
ment the general feeder mav reach with
raw corn eight pounds, with raw meal
ten pounds, and with boiled corn twelve
pounds, and with boiled meal fifteen
pounds of live pork per bushel."
GARLICKY MILK.
The writer has had no pxiri.n1un.iii.
garlicky milk. I do not have garlic in
iue pasture, but there are mnnv l,noro
seriously inconvenienced bv it. and for
their benefit the following is taken from
the American Creamery. We know of
no way to entirely remove this taint,
though it can be so modified that the
average consumer will not detect it.
l wice aerating will help it wondeifuilv.
W hen you churn the
milk always Brannlate to uimuu-hou
near the size of No. 8 shot. Draw off
the buttermilk, and cover the butter
with ice-cold water. Let it stand ten or
litteen minutes and draw off; then re
peat. This will free it from the taint as
much as you can by mechanical means,
lor a long time we have wanted to trv
to neutralize this taint nn.l n-iK i,.,
some of our readers who are troubled in
mis way would put about an ounce of
rose water to sixty gallons of cream be
fore chnrninc and remrt il...ir
ence with it. We believe it would work,
hut the lack of earlickv p.n, n. ,
our making the experiment at some fu-
cue nine.
NOTES.
It IS UOt Dossihlo tn f..l.,11 .. ,1...
weather will be at any particular time
during the harvest, hm ,, i.i i
stacked as soon as possible' after it is
III Cl,
Some who have trie.!
tor feed for Inws him m iL..
iui with it, and so condemn it in round
terms. The trouble dont.tlo.. . i,.
t was not well niatnrn.1 .n.r.n
sufficient feeding value. If the ensilage
sweei and well eared, hogs can be win
tered on it without trouble.
Ar Tanas Incandescent Lamp.
Some interesting tt K.m
eently made to decide the relative illu
minating power Of tha mm .n.l IK. i.
candescent lamp. One company which
haa 1M Incandescent lamps from 8 cau
dle power to 500 candle power and six
arc lamps of 3.000 nomln.,1
on it extensive nreimox n,t. th ....,
jrcUuip tested illuminates an area of
a.000 square yards and absorbs one horse-
Pwer' and that each 800 eandl. nntr-r
Incandescent lamn illnmln.f- .- .,.
J baorUonebeDower.
St. Louu Globe-Democrat