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MIST.
VOL. 9.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1892.
NO. 44.
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q.ieiillnaertlun. COUJMUCA COUNTY DlUKOTOUY
County Ulcere.
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tin rtvr tlw.arl i'Iohd. at 4 p. y.
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a.m.
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PROFESSIONAL.
J Jit. II. tt. CI-IFr,
niYSICIANAND SURGEON
8t. Helena, Oregon
J JR. 1. K. II ALU
PHYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Clntiliuiile, CulumliU county, Or,
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It. W. C. HKI.T,
HIYSICIAN and SURGEON.
Relnler, Oregon.
i. KICK,
ATTORNEY-AT-L AW,
8T. IfKLENH, - OHKOON.
Deputy District Attorney fur Columbia Co,
T. A. Mi'Hhidi.
A. 8. Dhiurr
I. IIRIDE It UHK88ER,
ATTORNEYS-at-LAW,
Oregon Clly, Oregon. .
Prompt attention given Imul-offlce buelnen..,
B. I.IITI.K,
SURVEYOR and
CIVIL ENGINEER,
Ht. Helciin, Oregon.
Oottiity surveyor. Lund eurveylnir, town
plutling, and engineering work promptly
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W. T. Buiinky.
J. W. DbaI'KR.
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1LKNKY it DRAPER,
ATTORNEYS-at-LAW,
Oregon City, Oregon.
Twelve veare' experlcnee an Reglater of
the United Htatee limrt Otllce here, recom
oienila tin in ouu aneclalty of nil klntlH of
lin.lneaa lii-fore t lie liHixl Oltlne or the
Cniirte and involving the Uoneral Land
Oilloe.
JlKOOKENnROUdll it COWING,
ATTORNEY-at-LAW,
Oregon City, Oregon.
(l.ateapeelul agentoffleneralliindomce.)
IIotneHteiid, l're-emptlon, and Timber
Land oppliuatlona, mid "thor Land OHl
ImslnesH a epeoialty. Oflice. aecond liuor,
Lmul Olliie nuililiiiff.
JAPANESE
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CURB
A new and complete treatment, coiialatlng pi
Hnnniwltorli!., tllnlmenta In llaiamlee, aim In
Itox and I'llla: a Poalllvo Cure fur hxternal, In
l"rul, llllnd end Weeding, Itehlng, flironlc,
It."' nt or Hcrudltiiry I'llea. and many other
dlaoaaea and female wnnkmijaea: It alwayaa
gro.it bonellt to the onernl health. I he ral
aiw,ovry of a medical euro ren. lerlng a . opera
tion witli tne knlle uniiecea.ry herei " ';
Konio.lv hue never been known to fell. l f;f
iVx a (or lent by mail. Why suffer Iron, thla
IZ l"edleH.e when a wrll.en gnamjit '
given with boxea, to refund the money If not
imred. ttend aU.np for free amp e. "
iaaued bv Wooi.aiiI), (-1.ARKK t. ;. Wh eaale
and Retail DruggUta, Sole Agenn, Portland, or.
PACIFIC COAST.
Seattle Shippers Organize
Transportation Bureau.
MARRIAGES AND DIVORCES.
Chinaman Murders a Mexican Boy
. and Throws His Body in
a Cesspool.
Sacramento haa votnd II 00.000 In
bonda for levee iraprovementa.
Durlna the vear 1801 there were 2.110
marriagea and 458 divorces In Oregon.
The 01 tv and Oitixena' Water Com-
paniea at Lot Angelui have combined.
The Star erouD of mines at Hallev.
Idaho, have been told to Salt Lake capi-
taiiita.
The grain warehouse of the Paclflo
Milling Company at Tucaon, A. T., baa
been deatroyed by fire.
A mountain of cturbonate of I'nc haa
been diacovered near Hillaboro, N. H.,
the ore ol which la worth about 3o per
ton.
Silver aalmon are now very p'entlful
at Yaqnlna Bay, Or., and are being
caught with trolling linei in great num
bers. Dick Horn, alias "Fox," shot Joe
Lynch in the stomach at Wellington.
Nev. The trouble was over game of
cards.
The captain of the clipper sealer Agnes
MacDonald at Victoria, B. O., has Is
sued a challenge for race to the Sand
wich Islands and back for $3,000.
Professor Barnard at the L'ck Observ
atory haa discovered by the aid of
S holography a faint comet. This is the
rst discovery of a comet by this means.
Sotitag and Evans are bellsved to have
located near Watta Valley, fifteen miles
north ol Hampson Flat, where provisions
for the winter nave been sent into tnein.
The Supreme Court of Idaho has unan'
Imously sustained the oonstltuti nality
of the State test oalh law. This will
prevent the Mormons from voting this
year.
Milt owners In Washington and Ore
gon, outside of Portland, are organising
tor mutual oeoent ana protection.
They cla m they are making Hour with'
out a profit.
Chung Yang, the supposed murderer
of the Kpanlsn Doy, Fernando tjujtda.
at Los A'lireles. whose body was lound
in a cesspool, baa been captured and
placed in prison.
A. Ruts, a Mexican rancher at San
Diego, attempted to get possession of
his wife's property by swearing that site
was Insane, but he landed In jail on
charge of perjury.
The advance guard of Chief Engineer
Kennedy's orpa has arrived at Palermo,
C il., and will at once commence the pre
liminary survey for the San Francisco
and Ureat Salt Lake railroad.
The chief hoo buveri and the brewers
of the Northwest have formed a coml ine.
The o-rowars in Washington believe
nr'ces will reach 4) cents, an 1 those who
can are holding; for better p.icea tnan
they now receive.
About twenty shippers of Soil le hare
organised a transportation bureau to pro
tect each other against unjust atecri:u-
nation by transportation companies aja
for the protection and development of
the shipping interests of the city.
On opening the echoolhonse of the
Gallagher district, in Mason Valley,
Nev.. after the summer vacation it was
discovered the bees had taken possession
of the children's desks, and about 800
pounds of honey were taken from them
Northern Pacific railwav officials an
nounce that arrangements nave been ef
fected whereby the Atlantlo steamers
Alaska and Arizona will be brought to
Tacoma for service next season on the
Northern Pacific and Oriental steamship
line.
Charles F. Blum at Albuquerque, N.
M., while suffering from fever got np
from bed and, taking a razor from his
trunk, cat his throat, severing the jugu
lar vein, and then cut a horrible gash
across tne abdomen. He next got a pistol-
from his trunk, and shot himself
three times, twice in the mouth and
once in the razor wound in his neck.
The 400 Indiana on the Grande Bonde
reservation originally represented the
following tribes : Umpqua. Callapooias,
Oregon City, Molallas, Bogne Bivers,
Cow Creeks, Shaetaa, Kllckitats, Tnala
tins and a few Columbia Bivers, but
there is now no distinct tribe, owing to
Intermarriage. Several Indians claim to
be centenarians. The agency is well
conducted, and Agent Lamson ia a great
favorite with nls wards.
N. H. Dodson, a well-known attorney
of San Diego, haa been horsewhipped
bv Jennie Pane, a young lady. lis
Pane is a niece of Dodson, and trok
this method of resenting the insulting
remarks she claims were maae by mm
concerning her. The hirsewhipping
took place in iront oi tne y tattle o
flee, where Miss Page is employed as a
compositor. A large crowd witnessed
the scene, but no one Interfered until
the police arrived. Dodson bears marks
of a severe whipping. ,
In 1891 there were 397 acres in hops In
Polk county .and the yield was 2,934 bales.
This year, the acreage ia 030 acres and
the yield 8,339 bales. Thia increase in
acreage is nearly 100 per cent., while tte
increase in yield is only about 60 per
cent Two reasons are given for this:
First, the small yield of many of the new
yards, and the shortness of tne crop this
vear. In some olaces this shortsg
amounts to fully 60 per eent. less than
last year. The quality of the crop in the
county is better than ever before.
A German shoemaker named Ru
dolph Mans at Phmnix, A. T., during
the night broke a pitcher to pieces, and
with the jagged fragments cut his throat.
With the blood flowing from him in
streams he walked through the ball to
the poroh, and deliberately precipitated
himself to the ground, sixteen feet be
low. In spite of the added injuries from
striking a stump the man must have
han atlll conscious and intent on self-
destruction, for he reeled oil to a ditch,
wnere ,', " 7 . . T .
to have intentionally thrust and kept
his head until anoonsoloas or dead. '
where be was lonna, in wnien ne seems
PERSONAL MENTION.
The Oldest Living American Actresses
The Wintergr:n Club of Boston-Max
O'Rell.
Prof. W. O. Sumner of Yale, the well
known political economist, will not re
tarn to New Haven this fall, as he first
Intended, but will remain in Europe
until midwinter.
One of Boston's clubs, the Winter.
;reen, is composed of women all con
essedly over 80. Mrs. Mary A. Liver
more, who would donbtless own up to a
decade or two more, is one of its leading
spirits,
Robert M McLane, ex-Mlnlster to
France under President Cleveland, who
went abroad early In the summer in fee
ble health caused bv an attack of pneu
monia, has returned to Baltimore en
tirely recovered.
Col. Eli Ltllv. President' of the Com
mercial Club of Indianapolis, has con
sented to act as Chairmain ol the Gen
eral Committee to prepare for the na
tional encampment of the O. A. B.,
which meets in that city In 1893.
The oldest llvlna American actresses
are Clara Fisher Maeder, born in 1811,
and Mrs. John Drew, who is seven years
younger. Mrs. Drew appeared on the
stage a babe of 9 months, and haa acted
ever since. Mrs. Maeder was on the
stage from 1817 to 1889, and then went
into retirement.
Algernon Charles Swinburne, the most
prominent candidate for the poet laure
ate of Great Britain, was born in Lon
don April 6, 1837. He is an acknowledged
master of English rhythm ; but the fact
that his fame ia largely based on the
boldness with which he has trodden on
forbidden ground may stand In the way
of his selection for the position.
Max O'Rell. who is lecturing in Aus
tralia, announces his intention of return
ing home and "settling down" for life
after this last trip. Asked whether by
" home" be meant Paris, he replied in
the negative. " In Paris everything is
changed, we go mere every year to
look around, bat when one has formed a
circle of literary, social and artistic
friends, as I have in London well, that
la home."
' While rror. uaxiey was staying at
seaside resort in North Wales he was
approached by a Liverpool evangelist.
who thrust a tract into me band witrt
the inquiry, " 11 tve yon got your soul
saved 7" " I have sufficient respect for
genuine religion to be revolted by blas
phemous Impertinences," said the sci
entist in relating the anecdote afterward.
"So I answered somewhat sternly,
'That la my business," and tore np the
trsot."
BBUCATIONAL. .
Number of Teachers Employed In the
Public School of the United
States Golden Rod.
About 175 new studenta are registered
at Vassar College this year.
The golaeu rod has been adopted its
the flower of the Chicago University.
Of the students graduated at Yale Uni
versity since 1701, 7,6-'6 are dead ad
7.H20 living.
During the last year Harvard Univer
sity has received in gifts and bequests
over $500,000.
The Constitution of Louisiana permits
women to hold any office connected with
public education.
One hundred and two girls were en
rolled at the opening of the Ailentown
female uoiiege, r.
Baltimore proposes to open a school of
pedagogy, with a principal drawing a
salar of $3,5)0 at its head.
Thirty young women students have
entered Yaiethia fail. The Yale males
are said to be in quite a stew about it.
It is expected that 1.000 studenta will
attend the new Chicago University this
term, folly one-third of them being
women.
The enrollment this year at the Uni
versity of Illinois at Champaign ia 623,
compared with 498 on the opening day
last year.
England with ninety-four universities
has 2,723 more professors and 61,814
more students than the 800 universities
of the United States.
New York city ia to introduce the
kindergarten aa a part of the publio
school system. The appropriation for
the first year ia $30,000.
The name of Butherford B. Hayes
stands at the bead of the Chautauqua
class roll for 1894. General Hayea en
ters on the four years' course at the age
of 70 years.
Prussian education Is more thorough
than that of any other country. Every
child is in school from 6 to 14 years of
age. Parents must obey the law, pay
fine or go to prison. ,
An electrical laboratory that shall have
no equal in the college world is what Le-
nigh university propesea to build, it
will be 240 feet long by sixty feet wide,
and will be four stories high, with
basement, and will coat $200,000.
Education in private schools of high
class costs about $1,000- from October to
early June. For this sum young wom
an is housed in an elegant home in a
fashionable locality, ia fed on choice
fare, served by well-trained msids and
looked after morally, socially and phys
ically by refined and well-bred women.
The only college in Scotland for the
university education of woman is Queen
Margaret College, founded in 1883. The
buildings are the gilt of Mrs. Elder.
These and the endowments will be re
served for the exclusive education of
women, but the college will l e incorpor
ated with Glasgow University aa ita de
partment for women.
The number of schoolhonses in the
United States is 216,33 . The estimated
value of all pubile-FChool property is
$323,665,632. The totnl revenues of the
publio schools are: From permanent
endowment, $9,825,127: from taxes,
Btate. $25,177,067; local, $88,328,385
$113,506,412; from other sources, $8,
794,431. Total revenue, $135,125,010.
Three hundred and fifty-two thousand
two hundred and thirtv-oae teachers are
emploved in the publio schools of the
United States. This would give an av
erage of nearly thirty-five pupils to each
teacher. Deducting tor tjounty and Uity
Superintendents, say 50,000, would give
an average oi iorty pupus lor each
teacher. Uf these teacners 227,200 are
females, ana izo.oou are males. Ttieav
eragA are for males $42.43: for
females. $34.27 per month.
EASTERN ITEMS.
Western Missouri Overrun by
Grasshoppers.
INTERPRETER IN DISGRACE.
The Increase of Silk Manufature
Since 1880 in the Uni ed
Stales Bg Deal. .
The Virginia peanut crop ia mH.
The census of Oklahoma Territory
shows population of 133,100.
There has been a big registration all
through the State of New York.
Atlantlo City has voted to purchase
the present water works there for $200,
000. Indian Commissioner Morgan favors
compulsory education among the In
dians. General Miles is worried about the
restlessness of the Indians in his de
partment. There is to be a determined fight to
make Massachusetts) railroads provide
mileage ticicets.
New Jersey haa began nroceedlnga
against several railroads that have en
tered the coal combine. i
The Treasury Department has shipped
iio,ouu,ouu in amau notes Boatn ana
West to aid in moving crops.
Chow Tal and Hip Lung, Chicago Chi
nese merchants, are in the East looking
iter tne contest oi tne registry law.
V A large extent of territory in the
Nueces country In Texas haa been sub
merged by the severest rains ever known
in that section.
Francis H. Hewitt, City Weigher at
the New York custom house, is charged
with bribing his assistant to make false
returns on sugar.
Omaha. Neb., is flooded with counter
feit silver dollars dated 1892 and bearing
the New Orleans mint mark. The coins
are light and greasy. : .
The total Presidential rote In 1884 was
10,048,461, and in 1888, 11,3 8,033. It is
estimated that this year the vote will go
as high aa 14 00,000.
A certificate of organization has bsen
filed at Trenton. N. J., incorporating the
Melbourne Kubber Uompany. wits
capital of $15,000,000.
Millions of grasshoootts have made
their appearance in Western Missouri.
and the wheat crop threatens to be a t
tal failure in conseq lence.
The assessed valuation of Dillas, Tex.,
haa fallen off nearly $4,030,OJO in one
year. - Dallas la one ol tne many over-
boomed towns oi tne sou'.ti.
A big deal has last been consummated
in which the Pennsylvania Southwest
system has absorbed the Terre Haute
and Jfeoria road and its branches.
A record is kept at Ellis Iiland of all
the Jewish immigrants who arrive at
the nort of New York. Rinca Aniraat
last this record naa not been large. .
The Postmaster-General has signed
mail contracts with the International
Navigation Company, the terms of which
require the construction of five new ships.
Never before In the history of Chicago
with one exception was building so act
ive aa thia year. The exception was in
tne twelve months succeeding tne great
nre.
Oral arguments in the Indiana appor
tionment case have been postponed until
jMovemoer u. ruts decision removes
the case aa factor in the coming elec
tion.
The President's proclamation opening
rne Crow reservation to settlement is
causing a brisk rush. The land can eas
ily be made very productive by irriga
tion.
Tne Michigan Insane asvlvm la so
badly crowded that it has been found
necessary to refuse to admit any more
patients, jsvery nan ana room is crowd
ed with cots.
Ho Chen Shing, the interpreter of the
Chinese Minister at Washington, is in
disgrace. He has been selling informa
tion, and will be summarily dismissed
from his position.
The surface of the ground over the
Central mine at Scranton, Pa., has be-
Sun to sink, and the $100,000 Boman
atholic Church of St. Patrick is in dan
ger of being engulfed.
The University of Notre Dame, Ind.,
elnbrtft t1 fiftieth anniver
sary of its establishment. The founder.
Bev. Edward Soran, still hale and
hearty, though 80 years old, participated
in the ceremonies.
The increase in silk manufacture since
1880 in the United Sta es ia 112.77 per
cent, in value of its products. Ths cot
ton manufacture ranks second, being
29.61 per cent., and the wool manufact
ure third, being 26.39 per cent
In a fight at Wyandotte, Mich., be
tween the Salvationists and a party of
toughs Carrie Lowe, one of the Salva
tion Army Lieutenants, was fatally in-
fared ana three others of the army in
ured. Two bystanders were bit
A New York dentist says that the fin
ing of teeth with gold has grown to such
proportions that about $4,6uO,O0O of gold
la consumed in this way every year, and
that this consumption should enter into
all calculations as to the supply of the
precious metal.
Almost every onerator and station
gent on the Gulf, Colorado and Rants
Fe system baa struck. The company had
refused to comply with the demand for
$60 as the monthly minimum pay in
stead of $50, with twelve hours consti
tuting a day's work.
The Navy Department ia very mrjoh
displeased with the inadequate deliver
ies ot structural armor ana gun steel by
the two corporations holding the con
tracts to supply the metal for the con
struction of the new vessels, and will
bring tne contractors to time.
The Board of Directors of the Union
Theological Seminary haa voted that the
relations which had existed between it
and the General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church for the last twenty-two
years should be dissolved. The vote
stood nineteen for and one against This
is owing to the objection of the General
Assembly to the transferral of Prof.
Brlggs from one chair to another with
out its sanction,
NATIONAL CAPITAL
Dispatch Received Reciting the Troubles
Experienced by American Mer
chants on Gilbert Islands.
The Mexican government hits decided
to send delegates to the International
monetary Conference at Brussels.
A statement has been received at the
War Department from General Manager
Odell of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
way, which shows that In case of an in
vasion of the United Htatee four trnnk
lines leading to New York from the west
could land 850,000 troops within thirty
houre, with horses and all necessary
equipment, and at the same time move
enough commercial supplies to meet the
current neeas ot ttie country.
The chief of the revenue marine serv
ice in his annual report enumerates the
services rendered by the revenue cotters
Corwin, Bush and Bear and Fish Com
mission steamer Albatross, temporarily
detached, in patroling Behrlng Sea and
iniorcing tne modu$ Vivendi, lo Septem
ber 30 the Bear had cruised more than
10,000 miles in Alaskan waters, and with
the United States steamer Adams will
remain aa a guard in the vicinity of the
seal islands until December 1 next. The
entire revenue marine service has cost
daring the yearly $1,000,000.
The Board of Ordnance, which has bad
the duty of adjusting the smaller caliber
rins eights and other details of the new
magazine gun for the army, has handed
in an interesting report. The new
weapon, which is modification of the
K.rug-jorgensn gun, will be made at
Springfield, Mass., at the national ar
mory for the army and marine corps.
The navy will also change its rifle to
correspond, it is hoped to bave some
of the new weapons ready by January 1.
The caliber of the army rifle will be re
duced to thirty, the weight of the bullet
will be 220 grains, and the charge will
be from thirty-six to forty grains of
smokeless powder, or such less weight as
win give tne above bullet muzzle ve
locity of about 2,000 feet per second.
A dispatch reciting the troubles expe
rienced by American merchants on the
Gilbert Islands was shown to Secretary
Foster the other day. The United States
commercial agent in the islands has made
no such representations to the Depart
ment of State. The Secretary says that
early in the present year the department
receivea communication irom King
xeou tveino or tne uuoert islands pray
ing that the United States establish t
protectorate over. them. The depart
ment aid not act upon tne application
for the reason that it was the established
policy of the United States to decline to
extend its protection by such means.
Certain aspects of the case resembled
the Samoan controversy, and, although
the Department of State felt obliged to
decline the request for s protectorate, it
may be assumed that all legitimate
American interests in the islands will be
fully protected.
Domestic violence in some States has
rendered necessary the use of military
in support of the civil authorities, says
General Schofield in his report Idaho's
military organization had not reached
the strength necessary to cope with a
formidable insurrection involving de
struction of li'e and property, as in the
Cceur d'Alene mining region. Wyoming
also had to employ national troops to
prevent a conflict between armed parties
of citizens. Other special services ren
dered by troops in various parts of the
country are involving much labor, ex
posure ana hardsmp. uegardlng small
arms and field artillery he says when
troops are furnished with magazine
small arms they will be aa well equipped
as any troops in the world, and urged
mat no time be lost in supplying sucn
arms. The General speaks in approving
terms of the beginning made in fortify
ing our coasts, and recommends an ar
tillery reserve and other matters.
WORLD'S FAIR NOTES.
Louisville Newspaper Suggests That Ken
tucky Make No Exhibit at the
Columbian Exposition.
A hotel that will cover ten acres and
have 6,124 rooms is to be built near the
World's Fair. "
Companies 0 and G and Troop B of
the First Regiment, N. G. W., have
been drilling of late to prepare them
selves lor the Washington encampment
at the World's Fair in Chicago. The
start will be made in August next year.
Captains I. M. Howell, O. W. Billings
and J. M. Ash ton are very anxious to
carry away the honors for the State at
the fair, and are leaving nothing undone
to accompuao. tneir aim.
The Louisville Timet, in view of the
complications aa to the World's Fair ap
propriation and the fact that the hostile
attitude of the Chicago press forced
Congressman Breckinridge to give np
his position as orator of the day at the
dedication ceremonies, suggests that
Kentucky make no exhibit at the
World's Fair, and a' so calls on Ken
tucky members of the National Commis
sion to resign as protest
One of the most elaborate State mans
that will be exhibited at the World's
Fair, and one which has been executed
entirely by hand, will be that of the
Btate of Washington. The map was de
signed and is being made by W. J.
Woods, the mining engineer of the
Northern Pacific land department, who
is engaged upon the map at the present
time. It will require altogether six
mm ths' steady work to complete it.
This map is fifteen long, twelve feet
deep, and ia drawn on the heaviest and
finest grade of white muslin mounted
drawing paper, the cot of the paper in
this one map being $65 The map will
be done in colors, so that the visitors to
the fair who have only short time to
spare examining maps may tea at
glance the various topographical and
other special features of that State. But
to the one wno can spare tne time to
give It a more extended and careful ex
amination it will show to the minutest
detail all mining, agricultural, timber
and fruit lands, as well as all land grants,
church and school sections, military and
Indian reservations; also every rail and
wagon road and trail in the State of
Washington will be shown. It will show
the waterway of the navigable streams,
and every river and creek will be laid
down with the utmost fidelity to nature.
In fact, there has been nothing over
looked to make thia one the most valu
able reference maps ever made of the
State. The principal hills and mount
ains of the State will be Indicated, and
by means of different colors the various
olasses of timber, cereal and plant lands
will bs indicated.
FOREIGN LANDS.
Gold Found
berg,
Near Franken-
Prussia.
OLD GERMAN BANK FAILS.
Open Rupture Between President
Pena and General Roca
in Argentine. '
A crisis is
in Germany over
the military bill.
The Vienna Musical Exhibition has
closed with a deficit of $50,000. .
The London Times has an article pre
dicting return of the cholera in the
spring. . , ,
Hamburg is to have new sanitary laws
nd regulations, due to the visitation ol
cholera.
Some titled English women are to start
movement for the salvation of the bar
maids souls.
The olive crop in Spain has been much
damaged this year by the great heat and
severe storms.
The Saltan of Turkey haa lost Issued
revised edition of the Koran adapted
to his own views.
Queen Victoria has advised the Duke
of Cumberland to release his claim to
the Brunswick succession.
The first merchant steamer ever built
In Spain was recently launched at Cadis.
It la called the Joaquin Pielago.
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JbUO amuu WDjai j.u& ... juMiufuurg,
Lippe, founded 107 years ago, haa failed
with liabilities ot l.ouo.ooo marks.
Only citizens who are able to read and
write have the bower to vote in Bolivia
and several other South American Re
publics.
The Socialists pro-me to hold a srand
demonstration in Trafalgar Square, Lon
don, November 13 in spite of all prohibi
tion oy tne government.
Emin Pasha is now perfectly destitute
according to the latest news. He is liv
ing with an Arae at Tabora, and cannot
leave until he receives help.
While new cases of cholera are still
occurring in a number of European cit
ies, the epidemic is not considered to be
any longer oi a grave nature.
The sole act of Tennyson's legislative
career was to vote for ballot re'orm. But
he did better than make the laws for his
people. He made their songs.
Thirty miles of underground electric
railway, similar to the City and South
London line, have been proposed for Bsi
lin at an estimated cost of $10,000,000.
The King of the Belgians is said to
have granted a concession to an influen
tial English company to grow tobicco ia
tne Uoago and to trade In that article.
'Reviving an old protect, a French
company proposes that lightships con
nected by telegraph be stationed at in
tervals of ZOO miles across the Atlantis.
A French company haa been formed to
work the beds of lignite recently discov
ered on the Strait of Magellan. There
are two seams, only the upper one being
workable.
The German Minister of Education
has sent to the Geographical Society of
Berlin copies of two letters written by
Columbus, which were found recently in
an old oonvent in Guatemala.
The German Emperor's money mat
ters bave steadily grown harassing. He
is said to be so deeply involved with
money lenders that the court officials
have difficulty in getting their salaries.
French statisticians have elicited the
fact that of 1,000 children born of wom
en working in factories 195 die before at
taining 6 years of age, while of 1,000
born of women working at home only
152 die.
Notwithstanding that every year from
000 to 6.000 ship, go np and down the
river. Seine, carrying 2,500,000 tons of
goods, the English Consul at Bouen says
there is no map of this important
French stream in existence.
There is an open rapture between
President Pens and General Boca in Ar
gentine, and the dissatisfaction among
the higher army officers is mnch in
creased, owing to the elevation of Gen
eral Mitre to the chief command ot the
army. .
The enthusiasm over the military ride
between Vienna and Berlin has given
way to a feeling of moral disgust in Ger
many -and Austria. About half the
horses nsed are desd, and those that
survived the cruel treatment are dis
abled.
. At Montevideo a law has been passed
providing for the coinage of $3,000,000
of silver. It is feared that this exceeds
the needs of the country and may de
range business affaire. There is little
probability that a French loan will be
perfected.
Gold has been found nearFranken
berg, Hesse, Pruss'a, and it has been re
solved to make experiments with a view
of working the old gold mines in the vi
cinity, if metal can be found in paying
quantities. These mines were in opera
tion 1,000 years ago.
The Greek Minister and all other
Greek diplomates and Consuls are re
called from Boumania because of the
Boumanian government's seizures of the
enormous fortune left by a Greek mer
chant for the promotion oi husbandry
and manufacture in Greece.
.. Hamburg is almost herself again. The
refugees have returned, the streets are
once more alive with traffic, and the
theaters and schools are reopened. The
great Death has left terrible suffering as
well as grief in his track, but Hamburg
is one ot the wealthiest towns in the
world.
The latest market reports brought by
travelers from Morocco quote girls from
10 to 13 years of age at $30 to $160. This
is what thev " fetch " in open market
w'ien the bidding ia lively. The reports
add that " the slave merchants find the
females most profitable from 10 to 20
years of age."
Figures on the condition of the bread
stuff crops all over Europe, in nearly
every case from official reports made to
the government in every wheat-produo-ing
country in Europe, snow that except
in Great Britain and Italy the crop pros
pects average nearly 16 per eent better
tnan last year.
PORTLAND MARKET.
rrodoee. Iran. mta.
Whsat NominaL Valley. $1,263
1.26; Walla Walla, $1.17i1.20 per
cental. -
Flodb Standard, $3.66 J Walk Walla,
$3.66; Graham, $3.15; Superfine, $2.60
per barrel.
Oats New, 4043c per bushel ;
rolled, $6.506.75 per barrel: $6,600
6.75 per bag; $3.76 per case.
Hat $11(813 per ton.
Mounws Bran, $,6; shorts, $19:
ground barley, $22.60(325 ; chop feed, $21
22 per ton; wbolefeed barley, $1819;
mid dings, $2628 per ton: brewing
barley, $1.101.16 per cental; chicken
wheat, $L20 per cental. .
BonxB Oregon fancy creamery, 824
35c; fancy dairy, 3032o; fair to
good, 257c; common, 1620o per
pound.
Chibss Oregon, ll12c; Young
America, 12Jc per pound.
Eoos Oregon, 30c; Eastern, 27.c per
dozen.
Poultbt Old Chickens, $3.50(34.50;
broilers, $2.503.60; ducks, $3.00(S5.00;
geese, nominal, 8.O09.OO par dozen ;
turkeys, ll12c per pound. .
Vsoa-TABLM Cabbage. ll.0Tiai.60 per
cental ; Onions, 75c$l per cental ; pota
toes. 76(80c Der cental: Oregon en
cumbers, 1015c per dozen; tomatoes.
aoo per box ; Oregon turnips, loc per
dozen; young carrots, 15c per dozen;
beets, 15c per dozen; sweet potatoes,
$1.76 per cental ; Oregon cauliflower, 75o
1.00 per dozen ; celery, uoc per dozen.
JfaoTrs Oregon peaches, $1.251.60
Eur box; Sicily lemons, $9.50; Cali
rnia lemons. $7.0038.00 per box:
cantaloups, $1.60 1.75 per dozen ; water
melons, $1.251.60 per dozen ; California
grapes, $1.00 1.25 per box; Oregon
grapes, 4676e per box ; pineapples, $3
per dozen ; Oregon pears, $1.251.60 per
box; bananas, $9.uu4.ou per bunco;
quinces, $1.60 per. box; oranges. $3.00
per box; cranberries, $10.00 per barrel;
apples, 76c$1.60.
Staple. Qroearteev
IIojcst Choice comb, 15dl7e per
pound ; new Oregon, 1820c
Salt Liverpool, $14.60(417.00; stock,
$10.5011.60 per ton. -
Rica Island, $5.005.60 ; Japan, $4.85
percental.
Daiao Faints Petite prunes, 9c ; sil
ver, 10Uc; Italian, 10llc; German,
8c; plums, 66c; apples, 4)(g6).c;
evaporated apricots, 15 16c; peacnes,
12 16c ; pears, 78o per pound.
Coma Costs Rica, 21c ; Bio, 20c ;
Salvador. 20c; Mocha, 27g30c; Java.
27.30c; Arbackle's 100-pound cases,
23 17-20C per pound. , .
Bzaks Small white, 3c; pink, 8c;
bayos, 3c; batter, 3o; limas, 3c per
pound.
Hraur Eastern, in barrels, 40055c;
half-barrels. 42057Wc: in cases. 35ua
80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg. California
in barrels, 20O40o per gallon; $1.75 per
keg. . .
8ooab Net prices : D. 6c; Golden O.
5Jc; extra C, 6Vc; Magnolia A, bc;
granulated, 60; cube crushed and pow
dered, 6c; confectioners' A, 5c per
pound; maple sugar, lo(g inc per pound.
Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted
quoted $1.7502.00; peaches, $1.852.10;
Bart lett pears, $1.7502.00 ; plums, $1.37b
(glM); strawberries, sz.sxgz.w; cher
ries, $2.2692.40; blackberries, $1.85(3
Z; raspberries, $2.40; ptneapp es, $2,250
2.80; apricots, $1.65S2.0J. Pie fruits:
Assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums,
$1.1001.20: blackberries. S1.25O1.40 run
down. Pie fruits, gallons Assorted.'
13 2503.50; peaches. $3.5004.00: apri
cots, $3.5004.00; plums, $2.7603.00;
blackberries. $4.0004.50. Vegetables:
corn, $1.4001.85; tomatoes, 95cO$1.00;
sugar peas, uoczi.uu; string beans, U0O
96c per dozen. Meats: Corned beef , Is,
$1.25; 2s, $1.8502.00; chipped beef,
$2.10; lunch tongue, Is. $3.10; 2s, $5.0T p
deviled ham, $1.6002.76 per doet.
Fish: Sardines, 75c1.56j lobsters, $2.30
03.60; salmon, tin Mb. tails, $1.26(1
1.60; flats, $1.76; lbs., $2.2602.60;
bbL, $5.60.
Kl.ee 11 an eons. '
Nails Base quotations: Iron, $3.00;
steel, $3.00; wire, $30 per keg.
Ibon Bar. 2c per pound : nig; iron.
$24027 per ton.
Stsxl IOJ40 per pound.
Tra I. O. charcoal. 14x20, prime qual
ity, $8.2508.75 per box; for crosses, $2
extra per box; roofing, 14x20, prime
quality, $6.62.06.75 per box; I. C. coke -plates,
14x20, prime quality, $7.6008.00
per box.
ixsad icper pound; bar, 60.
Shot $1.80 per sack.
Hobssshobs $5.
Naval Stobbs Oaknm. $4.5005 Bar
bate; rosin, $4.8005 per 480 pounds; tar,
Stockholm, $13.00: Carolina, $9.00 per
barrel ; pitch, $6.00 per barrel ; turpen
tine, 65c per gallon in carload lots.
BldM, W-ol u4 Hepe,
Hidbs Dry hides, selected prime, 7f
8c: lKc less for culls: green, selected.
over 65 pounds. 4c; under 66 pounds, So;
sheep pelts, short wool, 30060c; me
dium, 60080c; king, 0ca$l.25; shear
ings, lotgzuc; tallow, good to ehoice, S
3c per pound.
Wool Umpqua Valley. lflOlflo: fall
clip, 13015).o; Willamette Valley, 15
18c, according to quality; Eastern Ore
gon, 10O loo per pound, according to
condition.
Hops 190210, according to condition.
. The meat Market,
Beef live, 1020; dressed.
(Boo.
Mutton Live. 803c: dressed. 8c:
lambs, live, 8)03)bC ; dressed, 8c .
JHoos-HUve, 6,c; dressed, 70.
Vial 46o per pound.
Shokbd Meats Large ham.' 13Wra
13c; medium ham,13014c ; breaklast
bacon, 1316o; dry salt sides, 10.e;
smoked sides, 12013c per pound.
Laid Compound, in tins, 9c; pare,
in tins. 1201301 Ores an. HWffliavn
per poand,
Leave Ceed for Faper. ,
Leaves of trees were Used for writing;
purposes very early by the Egyptians,
and probably by the Greeks. Ths Hin
doos continued the use of 'thla material
until within a '-few -centuries. " Evtfti at
the present time books of leavea are not
uncommon in the south of India and the
island of Ceylon. The leaves of some
Asiatic trees, from their size and smooi v
tiees, are admirably adapted for books.
If we may judge from the name "lerf
being still applied to the paper of books,
we should imagine these leavea to have
been formerly the principal materia, tit
been r
use.;
New York World.
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