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ICLE," The Dalles, Oregon.
' A final effort will be made next Satur
day to formulate a plan whereby Oregon
-will be represented at the World's Fair.
A. call has been issued by fifty-four lead
ing business men, bankers and capital
ists of Portland, for a meeting at the
rooms of the Portland chamber of com
merce. The call is addressed to the
executive officers of the following
societies : State Agricultural society,
- Southern Oregon Agricultural associa
tion, Eastern Oregon Agricultural asso
ciation, State Horticultural society,
Portland Industrial Exposition, Portland
Chamber of Commerce and United
States Columbia Exposition commis
sioners. The different schemes now in
fruition in the various states where the
legislatures have failed to make appro
priations for the world's fair will be laid
before the meeting, and it is hoped that
among these plans there is certainly one
which can be adopted and followed to a
successful issue. ""
Two years ago what is now the second
congressional district of Oregon polled
total of $35,991 votes for congressman
of which Hermann received 20,635
Miller 14,455 and Bruce 901 . Hermann':
plurality was 6180 and his majority over
all 5,279. There is no reason to suppose
that the political views of the people
have materially changed since 1890, and
as Mr. Slater is the special champion
and representative of a party that be
lieves in free wool on the sheep's back.
and taxed woolens on the farmer's back
he is welcome to all the comfort he can
obtain by carefully conning over these
figures.
How many farmers are aware of the fact
that there were 62,411 head of horses im
ported and sold in the markets of the
United States in 18S8, and only 2,263
exported? This is depriving the farmers
of the United States of the sale of over
60,000 horses annually; and these fig'
xires will apply to each of the past five
or six years. Most of these horses came
- from Canada and under the bid law paid
a duty of 20 per cent, ad valorem on a
value of about $45 per head. Under the
McKinly law they will have to pay
duty of about $30 per head, which will
undoubtedly stop the traffic. The farm'
ers of the United States can raise their
own horses.
Two years ago the Oregon republican
state convention indorsed the free silver
falacy. Now it elects four delegates-at-
large to the republican national conven
tion who are unqualifldely opposed to
free coinage. Two years ago the demo
cratic state convention declared in favor
of free coinage. Now the party delega
tion to the national convention is headed
by Mr. Bush, a Salem banker, who will
support Mr. Cleveland for president.
This suggests how rapidly sentiment is
crystalizing in favor of honest money,
The Times-Mountaineer,, last week,
made one of its periodical attacks on the
"mossbacks" of this city, for not start'
ing a ' woolen factory or other industry'1
at this place. The truth is, the so-called
"mossbacks" have put all their surplus
capital into the new line of boats and
have been waiting expectantly for the
Times-Mountaineer and the anti-"mosS'
"backs," whom it represents, to build the
factories.
An exchange truthfully says : "There
is more joy in a printing office over one
sinner who pays in advance, and abuses
- the editor on every occasion, than over
90 and nine who borrow the paper ' and
sing its praises without contributing t
cent to keep it out of the poorhouse
Blessed are the meek, for they shall in
herit the earth, and obtain material for
fencing it on time, and without security,
Arrangements have been completed to
get a test case before ' the Washington
suprem court on the taxation of notes
and. accounts. The republican state
central committee has employed an at
torney to sue for a mandamus in the
superior court of Columbia county en
joining the assessor there to list' that
class of property The mattter will be
brought to an issue in time for this
year's assesment.
Free raw wool would not cheapen the
cost of manufactured cloth to any appre
ciable extent but it would lessen the
profits of wool growers to a degree that
would largely tend to wipe the industry
in the United States out of existence.
It is highly illustrative of California
enterprise, as compared with that of
Oregon, that this state should import
large quantities of tan bark from Cali
fornia, while Oregon forests could furnish
unlimited quantities for export.
The campaign liar is abroad in
Jand, -
the
RAILROAD RUMORS:
A paragraph in yesterday's Oregonian
refers to the trip taken last Sunday and
Monday by General Superintendent Mc
Neil and General Western Freight Agent
Campbell of the Union Pacific, ia com
pany with M. A. Moody of .this city
from The Dalles, by way of Dufur and
Kingsley to Sherar's Bridge, thence c-
rrHB the Deschutes and through part of
Sherman county back to The Dalles, and
intimates that these gentlemen were
"spying out the land" to ascertain what
inducements it offered for a branch line
or lines to connect with the Union Pa
cific. It is generally understood that
the Union Pacific has no money to put
into branch roads, but if that company
expects to control the traffic of the
country tributary to The Dalles, some
thing in the way suggested must be done
in the near future. If the Union Pacific
does not build one or more lines into the
interior some other company will and in
the latter event, with an open river to
Portland, the grain and wool traffic of
this great section, of country would be
lost to the Union Pacific, perhaps for
ever. While The Chronicle is not par
ticularly fascinated with anything that
the Union Pacific is likely to do, it will
hail with pleasure any movement likely
to give the interior railroad connection
with the Columbia river. Meanwhile
this "spying out the land," if it means
another railroad, affords a further proof,
if more were needed, that the Eegulator
has stirred up the dormant energies of
the Union Pacific more than anything
that ever happened since that company
got control of the old O. R. & N. Co.'s
line.
So far as the foreign market is con
cerned if all raw materials were free the
United States' manufacturer would not
be in one whit better position to captur
the markets of the world than' he is at
present. Under the drawback provisions
of the McKinley law all materials are
practically free when the manufactured
article is exported. Thus ninety-nine
per cent of the duty paid by the manu
facturer on the wool of which an article
is made in whole or in part, is paid back
to the manufacturer when the article is
exported. To this extent all raw mater-i
ials are free to the exporter. If in any
case American products cost more than
foreign ones, the higher price paid for
American labor is alone responsible.
Raw cotton is absolutely free, yet weim
port more manufactured cotton than we
export. The same is true of manufac
tures of silk, paper stock and hides, the
raw material of which is likewise abso
lutely free. To capture the markets of
the world on any extensive scale, it
not free raw materials that we need, but
lower wages for the American workman
A Paris contemporary states that dur
ing the past year no fewer than ninety'
seven thousand persons died in' France
of sheer hunger and that the number of
crimes adjudicated upon in the courts
was 247,000. If we add to this a state
ment pnt forward by M. Betham Ed
wards some time ago, that in Paris, one
out of every twenty deaths of adult
males is that of a suicide, and then re
member the cool bravado of the dyna
miter Ravaohol who gloried in the com
mission of the highest crime known to
the law while supported by an undoubted
wide-spread public sympathy, it will not
be difficult to arrive at the conclusion
that this hot-souled race is clearly ripe
for another scene of blood that may
rival the revolution of '98.
Is it possible that nothing can be
found to preserve the simplicity of the
rural American statesman. We were
told when Jerry Simpson entered upon
the high duties of his office as a national
legislator, that he was a sockle&s, one
suspender statesman, and tht the Eng
lish language wept when he used it.
Now he flashes out in a dude suit of
store clothes, eats with a fork, ' and
whoops it about Washington on a safety
Dicyie.
The house judiciary committee has
decided to report a resolution directing
an investigation to be made into the
Pinkerton system. The committee came
to this conclusion because of the alleged
use of Pinkerton men- by inter-state
commerce carriers and also because it
was alleged their employment resulted
in violence ro persons ana property.
The state military board has decided
that no encampment of the -Oregon
Rational Guard will be held this year,
The money will be saved to send the
boys to the world's fair.
Elder Jenkins, of North Dalles, and
Elder Eshelman, of Yakima city, will
commence a protracted meeting at the
Court house, Monday evening May 2d,
at 7:30 o'clock.- A cordial invitation is
extended to all.
Hearing of Horses.
It is well known that horses can hear
deep sounds which we cannot. For days
previous to the earthquake in the Riv
iera the horses there showed every symp
tom of abject fear, which continued
without any change of character till the
fury of the convulsion broke forth. But
not till a few seconds before the earth
began to quake did human beings hear
any sounds, while it ia extremely proba
ble that the horses heard the subterra
nean noises for two or three days previ
ously). Boston Globe. V -
NEVER SATISFIED.
-, -
DISCONTENT THE POWER THAT
PUSHES US UPWARD AND ONWARD.
One Step n Adraoce Encourages Man
kind to Try foi Orealer Aivane The
. Problem of Progress Into IVhich the
Thoughtful Man See Deeply.
Eager, enthusiastic- and sanguine
people always expect to feel unbounded
satisfaction in the actual possession of
that which they strive for. The boy
longs to be a man; the youth craves in'
aepenaence; one iooks rorwara to mar
riage as Lis ideal of bliss, another yearns
for wealth, one covets position, another
power; one hungers for knowledge, an
other for skill; one sighs for opportunity.
another for ability. Whatever be the
goal of their ambition, they believe that
to be the one thing without a flaw, the
one thing which is to insure their hap
piness and in the possession of which
their enthusiasm is never to grow cold
and their happiness never to "fade.
When this goal is reached, and it of
ten is, how are these sanguine expecta
tions realized? Is the mind content and
satisfied? Is the pleasure unsullied? Do
the glowing colors continue as bright as
before? Does their buoyancy receive no
check? They, have gamed their point.
they have secured what they desired.
out have they realized what they antici
pated? Has the success been so very
successful after all?
' Probably most of those who have had
these experiences will have to confess
that while in the first flush of posses
sion all was joyful excitement, yet in a
short time, that feeling gave way to a
calmer and more dispassionate view fit
its value. Certain flaws and defects
that would have been utterly scouted
became apparent; it grew to be a com
monplace and ordinary possession, and
however unwilling they might be to
part with it, yet it was no longer upon
that, but upon other things still out of
reach that their interest and enthusiasm
were centered.
Mr. Philip flamerton, speaking of the
present attitude of the French people
toward a republican form of govern
ment, gives an apt illustration of this
truth. He says. "The republican senti
ment, though resolute as to the preserva
tion of republican forms, has certainly
become wonderfully cooL The coolness
of the young men is especially remark
able and significant. They are mostly
republicans, it is true, and have no be
lief in the possibility of a monarchical
restoration, but the more intelligent Of
them see the difficulties and the defects
of a republican government very plain
ly and they have a tendency to dwell
upon those difficulties and defects in a
manner that would astonish the militant
republicans of the past. This composed
and rational temper is the state of mind
that comes upon all of us after the set-'
tied possession of an object and it is a
sign of possession." Most of us can cite
instances to match this both in publio
and private affairs nearer home.
The chief point to be considered, bow
ever, is whether this result is or is not to
be deplored. Some regard it among the
bitter experiences of life, showing mere
ly the transitory and shallow nature of
all happiness and the futility of all
hopes. "Of what, use is it," they say,
'to strive - and labor for that which,
when attained, loses its power of bless
ing and cheering us? Why encourage
an enthusiasm that must fade away
and hold up an ideal that is presently to
be trodden under foot?" Bo they sink
into pessimism and come to believe that
all is vanity and vexation of spirit But
the thoughtful and intelligent man sees
far deeper into the problem than this.
He has discovered that in this very
truth, held to be so mournful, lies the
Kernel of all progress.
All the rose colored hopes that we in
dulge, all the attractive future spread
out in such fair proportions to our im
agination, lure us on to energy and ef
fort. What does it matter that we ex
aggerate its importance, that we expect
impossible effects from it, that all its de
fects and disadvantages are entirely hid
den from our sight? Were it not so, how
much - of our striving would come to an
endl And when we attain these ob
jects, what more natural than that, the
excitement of 'pursuit being over and
the tension of mind relaxed, a calmness
of spirit should follow and an ability to
judge of its excellences and its disad
vantages more dispassionately and more
correctly
Suppose the enjoyment is less keen
and the satisfaction less complete than
we had anticipated. Should the mere
pleasure' felt in success be the main ob
ject of our striving? Satisfaction indeed
can only be a transient emotion to an
intelligent and advancing man or wom
an. Were it apermanent condition of
mind there could be no further progress.
Take, for example, the youth who
longs for a higher education and tries,
through many obstacles, to obtain it
At length the opportunity comes, and
bis wishes are crowned with success.
Yet his delight, at first very keen, grad
ually subsides into a calm serenity.
Be, comes by degrees to understand
the meaning of his opportunity; its diffi
culties, its sacrifices, its labor and the
new field of hope and aspiration which
it opens up. Be no longer rests satisfied
with the opportunity for which he longed;
his enthusiasm now takes another
form; his hopes are raised to a higher
level; bis energies are engaged in taking
advantage of the fortunate occasion,
and he now looks with equal earnestness
to the time when he shall have finished
his course and begun the life work
which be has planned.
And when that time comes he will go
through the same experience. Bis clad
enthusiasm will be transferred to a still
huzher altitude, and his new ideal will
draw him still onward and upward. Is
there anything sad or bitter in such an
experience? Is there any loss of real
nappiness in tnis . raaing away oi tem
porary pleasure? It is indeed the only
road to happiness that is worthy of a
noble man or woman -that happiness
which follows the vigorous use if the
faculties and the constant pressing up-,
ward to higher and higher attainments
AN ITALIAN OVEN
Contrivances Thai Prevent Dost, ftmake
and Other Annoyance.
,When the Italian cuoking apparatni ia.
used, neither dust. dirt. gas. smoke
heavy cake, soggy potatoes nor explo
sions ruffles tempers, it is neither range
nor simply stove. It looks like a tab
covered with shining tiles of bine and
white riorcelaiu. It is a trifle bigb. and
in order to operate it to the best advan
tage it is best to stand on a little foot
stool or platform Under the stove is a
semicircular closet reaching up to about
half its height and holding from one to
three sacks (about four bushels) of char
coal. On the top are one, two or three
openings little square, boxlike grates,
sinking perhaps four or five inches and
about eight inches square. ' Under the
grates are receptacles with doors for
ashes, and in the center is a larger re
ceptacle for beating dwhes.
Over the stove and about half way up
the wall is a canopy, shaped like the
stove at the bottom, but gradually nar
rowing to the top at the front and side
until it is almost tunnel shaped, where
it joins the chimney, is an opening into'
the chimney, about the size -of a very
small stovepipe, ihere is always a
good draft without dampers.
For boiling, a few bits of cane are put
in the square or grate over which the
kettle or the saucepan is to be placed;
then a shovelful of charcoal is put over
the canes, a light is applied and, if you
are m a hurry, over the hole is put a cu
rious . contrivance very like a stovepipe,
perhaps two feet high, with a funnel at
the top, a contrivance that is expressively
known in Italian as "il diavolo!" possibly
because it starts the fire in such a mar-
velonsly short time. .'
If the articles to be boiled are vegeta
bles, the kettle is placed directly over
the grate,. and "il diavolo is laid upon
the shelf above. If, however, some
thing more delicate is to be cooked, a
tripod about three inches high is put
over the grate and the boiler is placed on
that, so that there is not even a possi
bility of burning or scorching; then a
circle of coals . is put on the outside of
the stove about the boiler, which is
tightly covered. . It takes from twenty
minutes to half an hour to cook this
way, and everything cooked is cooked
all over.
For baking, the preliminary prepara
tions are the same, but the dish hold'
ing the mixture is placed in an outer
dish of block tin, and over it is put that
wonderful . magician, the "forno di
campagna, that looks like a peck or
a half bushel measure, according to its
size, made of sheet iron and inverted.
There is an opening at one side, up
which slips the handle of the baking tin
or the saucepan, and over which the
form slips, settling firmly down on the
stove.
Under the dish that contains the ma
terial to be baked is the charcoal fire in
the grate; about it glowing coals are put
and replenished before the glow dies out,
and on top of the "forno" more glowing
coals are placed and treated in the same
way. Everywhere there is an equal dif
fusion of heat Mince pies, sponge cake,
custards, bread and turkeys are browned
perfectly. The "forno" wasn't invented
by an Italian, but by a Frenchman, and
it would be quite possible to use it with
our charcoal stoves. New York Sun.
Scotland and the Thistle.
The thistle was selected as the national
emblem of Scotland in the year 1010. It
was during the reign of Malcolm 1 that
a notable invasion of. the country was
made by the Danes. They came in
thousands, and landing on the coast
swarmed over the inhabited districts
like locusts, destroying, burning and
plundering wherever, they went For
safety the inhabitants fled to the castles
and fortified towns, and among the most
notable of the fortresses of Aberdeen
shire was Staine's castle, where wore
collected a large number of people of
the neighborhood. The Danes projected
a surprise. Approaching the castle in
the darkness they planned to scale its
walls, and laid aside their shoes that the
greater secrecy might be observed when
drawing near to the fortifications. .
The surprise might have been success
ful had it not been for the fact that, on
descending into the dry . moat, they
found, to their great discomfiture and
mortification, it was filled with thistles,
by which their feet were so severely
pricked that several made an outcry,
which aroused the defenders of the castle
and brought them to the wall in time to
repel the onset Regarding their good
fortune-in repelling the Danes as due to
the thistles, these plants were immedi
ately placed in the arms of Scotland and
adopted as the emblem of the country.
St Louis Globe-Democrat
A Celebrated Dog.
Wordsworth and Scott both celebrated
in their poems the famous old Gelert
This dog, a deerhound, was given by
King John to his son-in-law Llewellyn,
who kept him at bis hunting lodge, in
the neighborhood of the Welsh moun
tain Snowdon, - vialert was missed one
morning from the hunt by his master.
Llewellyn, upon his return to the lodge,
saw the dog, and discovered that its
mouth was besmeared with blood. Con
cluding that the dog had devoured his
child, the infuriated master slew the
poor animal. Upon Investigation, he
discovered a dead wolf by the child's
cradle, while the child was safely and
soundly sleeping. The brave dog had
saved Llewellyn's heir from the wolf.
A monument was erected to the faithful
creature, which bears the name of Beth
Gelert Harper's Young People.
Bow Negroes Caleb a Scorpion.
In Jamaica the negroes believe that
scorpions know - their name; so they
never call out, "See, a scorpion, when
they meet with one on the ground or
watt, for fear of his escaping. They
thus indirectly recognize the scorpion's
delicate appreciation of sound; but if
you wish to stop a scorpion in his
flight, blow air on him from the mouth,
and he at once coils himself up. I have
repeatedly done this; but with a spider
it has a contrary effect London Spec
tator. - - - -
MARKET REVIEW.
Thk Dalles, April 28, 1892.
The city market is lifeless. Business
is fairly good in all lines, prices unchan
ged. The grocery market is in statu quo.
Sugar remains at former quotations, but
an advance may be expected soon as the
fruit season is near at hand. Coffee,
beans, and rice continue firm. '
The wool market is completely off.
ihere are no buyers, nor quotations to
mention. Receipts are becoming more
frequent, and is beginning to attract at
tention. Last years' prices will not be
realized, as stocks on hand are without
purchasers.
The wheat situation is clearly indicat
ed by the following dispatch
San Fbakcisco, April 28. There has
been no improvement whatever in the
local wheat situation, business during
the past week having been very slack
and prices unchanged to any appreciable
extent. Nearly all the trading has been
of a speculative character. The foreign
market has been without any partico
larly important changes, and offers little
or no encouragement for local exporters
to enter into new engagements. The
visible supply of wheat east of the Rocky
mountains showed a decrease of 2,904
000. bushels in the past week, and quan
titles of wheat and flour on passage
the United Kingdom have fallen off each
week since March 15th." During the
latter period, however, arrivals out for
the United Kingdom i and Continent
were quite liberal. India shipments of
wheat lately have attracted more atten
tion as comprising a somewhat impor
tant factor iu the situation of future
probabilities. These shipments have
been as follows for the given weeks in
April: Week ending the 4th, to the
United Kingdom 42,000 quarters to the
Continent 42,500 ; weekending the 11th
to the United Kingdom 55,000 to the
Continent 60,000; weekending 18th,
United Kingdom 40,000, to Continent
67,500; week ending 25th, to United
Kingdom 47,500, to Continent 75,000,
Figures of imports of the cereal product
into the United Kingdom during the
first thirty weeks of the current season
together with supplies available for con
sumption as compared with similar per
iods in other years, are instructive.
Imports of wheat and flour and sales of
home-grown wheat, together with aver
age prices oi waeat, were as ioiiows
Seasons. Cwt.
1891-92 72.857.587
A. v. Price Wheat
80s 7d
-32s 5d
2s lid
31s 6d
1890-91.. 63,822,018
1889-90.. .. 71,195,306
1888-89 66,734,242
Above quantities
represent supplies
available for consumption exclusive
of
stocks on September 1st, and show quite
an increase for the present season. The
present outlook does not appear favor
able for any marked improvement in
prices -in immediate future, though.
with a gradual diminution of wheat and
flour on passage to United Kingdom and
prospective decrease of .supplies avail
able for consumption, the English
market may rally after a time. It is
stated in the report that Russia's prohi
bition of the export of wheat will be
raised in May, which is not believed in
London. Official reports indicate that,
though India's crop is much below that
of last year it will not - be much below
the average. .
Produce and Merchandise Prices.
Wheat We quote 00 to 60 cents
per bushel. Corn in sacks (1.40(3(1.50
per 100 lbs.
Oats The oat market is in good sup
ply with a limited demand. We quote
1.20 cents to (i.Zo per cental.
Babley The barley supply is limited
food with a limited inquiry. Brewing
1.00 per cental. Feed barley at 80
to 90 cents per cental.
Floub Local brands wholesale, (4-15
(3(4.50 per barrel.
M1LL8TUFF8 we quote bran at su.w
per ton. Ketan si.uu per iuuns.
Shorts and middlings, (22.50(25.00
per ton. ' Chop corn at (28.00 to (30.00
per ton. Rolled barlay at (28.00 to
430.00 per ton.
Hay Timothy nay is in good supply
at quotations (14.00 to (15.00. Wheat
hay is quoted at 12.50(13.00 per ton,
and scarce, baled. Wild hav is ouo-
ted at (12.0013.00 per ton. Alfalfa
(12.00 baled. Oat hay (13.00.
Potatoes Abundant at 50 to GO
cents a sack and demand limited.
Butter We quote Al .406c. 65 cents
per roll, and very plentiful.
Eoos Are not coming in freely and the
market strong, we quote 13 to 10 cents.
Poultry Old fowls are in better sup
ply at (4.00 to (4.50 per dozen.
Apples l.7dsz.uu box and scarce.
Vegetables Cabbage, turnips, carrots
and onions, IJ4 cent per pound.
Hides Prime dry hides are quoted at
,06 per pound. Uulis.U4u&. ureen.tra.
.03. Salt .03.04. Sheep pelts
1.00 to (1.75 : butchered. 75 to cents :
bear skins (6 to (8; coyote .60; mink 50
cents each ; martin (1.00; beaver, (1.75
3.00 per lb. ; otter, (2.005.00 each
for Al ; coon, .30 each ; badger, .25 each ;
fisher, (2.50 to (4-00 each; Red Fox,
(10.00: Dilon gray, (25.00; Black Fox,
(25.00; Polecat, (.25; Wildcat, (.50;
JUedghog, (l.UU to (3.W.
Beef Beef on foot clean and prime
2c. for ordinary and 3c. for prime.
Mutton Choice weathers 44L
cents, and scarce per ffi in carcas.
Hogs 6c. Dressed, and quite scarce. -Veal
6 to 7 cents per . S.
Country bacon in round lota 10c
Lard 5H cans .12Kc; 101b
40B. 8Wc9Kc.
Lumber The supply is fairly good.
We auote No. 1 flooring and rustic
(26.00; No. 2 do.- (21.00. No. 3 do
(16.60. Rough lumber (9. to (12. No.
1 cedar shingles (2.502.60. Lath (2.85.
Lime (J.65(1.76 per bbl. Cement
(4.50 per bbl.
STAPLE GBOCEBIES.
Coffee- Costa Rica is quoted at 23
cents by the sack ;
Sugars Chinese in 1001b mats, Dry
Granulated, (6.J; Extra C, b cents
C, 5i cents. - I
American ""srr urv iiinnoUiteu in
barrels or sacks, 6 cents; Extra C, in
do., 6 cents; C, h cents.
' Sugars in 301b boxes are quoted :
Golden C (1.80; Extra C, (2.10; Dry
Granulated (2.25.
Sybuf (2.25 to (2.75 can, kegs 1.90
to (2.00 f. keg.
Rice Japan rice, 6J 6J cents ; Is
land rice, 7 cents.
Beans Small white,- 45 cents;'
Pink, 4X cents by the 100 lbs. TTv
Stock Salt Is quoted at (17.50 per
ton. Liverpool, 50 lb sack, 70 cents
100 Ibsack. (1.25; 2001b sack, (2.25.
Portland Live Stock Market.' .
Tobtland, April 28. The following
prices of live stock in this market are
furnished by A. Fargher & Co.: Cal.
steers, average 1,150 to 1,250 lbs., (4.00
(4.15 ; Grass fed steers, ayerage 1,000
to 1,200 lbs., (3.75 (4.00: Grass fed
cows, average 900 to 1,100 lbs., (3.00
(3.80; Hogs, block, average 125 to 200 lbs.
(6.006.25 ; Stock, average 80 to 125 lbs.
(5.75 6.00 ; Grass' fed sheep, average N
80 to 95 lbs., (4.75 4.90; ditto average
100 to 110 lbs. (5.00 (5.10; Grass fed
sheep, Eastern Oregon, average 95 to 110
lbs., (5.00 (5.10. The market is strong,
or good stock.. .
NORTHWEST NKW8.
Astorian. Senator Mitchell does well
to stipulate in his bill that the ship rail
way at the dalles shall be built by con
tract work. This would insure its com
pletion within a reasonable time. Con
tractors will take care not to forfeit pay
ments such as the bill contemplates.
Telegram. Some paragrapher says
that Ed. Pardridge, the famous Chicago
wheat gambler, is so ignorant that he
does not know how to spell his own
name. He don't need to know how, for
he has made money enough to ' hire a
college professor to spell it for him if he
wants to.
Astoria Herald. R. A. Biodie, an em
ploye of this office, while looking in the
cylinder of the Daily Herald's gas en
gine, to see if it was loaded, received the
benefit of an explosion in his face, which
now resembles the map of Sebastapol.
He is also satisfied that the gas exploded
in the engine.and that is what he looked
in there for.
Corvallis - Times. The first vehicle-
manufactured at the Corvallis wagon
and carriage factory ' was finished and
put together last Tuesday; There are
about 250 carts, buggies and carriages.
on the eve ot completion, and in a very
short time the company will be able to
supply the urgent demand of the Oregon -
market. Orders are coming in every
day, and it begins to look as though
they will be able to dispose ofvall the
vehicles they can manufacture.
Prineville News. We regard the nom
ination of Judge A. S. Bennett for judge-
of the supreme court as one of the wisest
acts of the democratic state convention.
Mr. Bennett is so well and favorably
known in this county that he needs no
Introduction ftom us. In fact the people
here are still wont to call him a Crook
county boy, and claim him as their own.
Mr. Bennett,, as all know, is an excep
tionally ably lawyer, and the majority
that the democrats of this county will .
roll up for him next June will make him
know he is in it, so far as this common
wealth is concerned.
Rev. Mr. Stauderland of Portland,
who spoke here three weeks ago, will
preach in the Scandinavian language
next Sunday at 4 :30 p. m. in the M. E.
church.
BORN.
At Yakima City, April 16th, to the
wife of Wallace Atherton, an eight and
one-half pound boy. Mrs. Atherton. is
former Dalles lady, being the daughter
of Mrs. Sheffield.
DIED.
On April 18th, at the residence of Dr.
, G. Barrett, Hood River, Velorus
Hodge, aged 92 year, three week and
two days. " ,
A LlghVstep.
Anybody can have a light step who
will be at the pains to set the foot down
right In that lies all the difference be
twixt a thumping, lumping gait and the
light tread that makes people call you
"velvet footed. The whole art and
mystery lies in a single sentence: Put
the ball of the feet down first, throwing
the weight noon it and letting the heel
come to the floor the hundredth parfsf
a second after. Treading flat footed. -over
all the sole at once the weignt
comes with a jar that is about equally
destructive to quiet, to grace and to
shoe leather. By stepping first on the
ball, just back of the toes, its cushiony
muscles act as a spring and make of
walking a double pleasure. Harper's
Young People.
A 'Clerical Bore Buyer.
There is a pastor in a midland town
whose reputation for honesty is so high
and his judgment of horses so good that
he is employed by the gentry in his
neighborhood to buy their hunters and
carriage horses, r or this purpose be
visits the principal Irish fairs. To so
great an extent has this calling been
forced upon . him that he has been com
pelled to become quite a dealer in
horses; and while he gives satisfaction
to his clients he faithfully fulfills the
duties of his more sacred office. London
Tit-Bita. .
Cinnamon Kills Disease Germs.
After prolonged research and experi
ment in Pasteur's laboratory, M, Cham
ber land is reported to have come to tho
conclusion that no living germ of disease
can resist the antiseptic power of essence
of cinnamon for more than a few hours.,
It destroys microbes as effectively if not' .
as rapidly as cnrraM v sublimate. New .
York .Innmol