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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1892.
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A Matter of Taste.
By F ANSTEY.
CHAPTER i
"Walk in, and you'll c nhat you than
see!"
It is, perhaps, a little singular that
upon an engagement becoming known
and being discussed by the friends and
acquaintances of the persons principally
concerned, by far the most usual tone of
comment should be a sorrowing wonder.
That particular alliance is generally the
very last that anybody ever expected:
"what made him choose her of air peo
ple?" and "what on earth she could see
in him" are declared insoluble problems.
It is confidently predicted that the en
gagement will never come to anything:
or that, if such a marriage ever does take
place, it is most unlikely to prove a suc
cess. Sometimes, in the case of female
friends, this tone is even perceptible un
der their warmest felicitations, and
through the smiling mask of compliment
shine eyes moist with compassion of the
most irritating quality. "So glad! so
delighted! but why why didn't you con
sult me?" this complicated expression
might be rendered "1 could have saved
yon from this I was so pleased to hear
ofitr
And yet, in the majority of cases,
these unions are not found to turn out
so very badly after all, and the mis
guided couple seem really to . have
gauged their own hearts and their possi
bilities of happiness together more ac
curately than the most clear sighted of
their acquaintances.
The announcement that Miss Ella Hyl
ton had accepted Mr. George Chapman
provoked the customary sensation and
surprise in their respective sets, and per
haps with rather more justification than
usual.
Miss Hylton had undeniably beauty of
a spiritual and rather exalted type, and
was generally understood to be highly
cultivated. She had spent a year at
Somerville. though she had gone down
without trying for a place in either
"mods" or "greats." thereby preserving,
if not increasing, her reputation for
superiority. She had lived all her life
among cultured people: she was devoted
to music, and regularly attended the
Richter concerts, though she could sel
dom be induced to play in public: she
had a feeling for art. though she neither
painted nor drew; a love for literature
strong enough to deter ber from all ama
teur efforts in that direction. In art.
music and literature she was impatient
of mediocrity: and. while she was as fond
as most girls of the pleasures which up
per middle class society can offer, she
reverenced intellect, and preferred the
conversation of the plainest celebrity to
the platitudes of the mere dancing man,
no matter how handsome of feature and
perfect of step he might be.
George Chapman was certainly not a
mere dancing man. his waltzing being
rather conscientious than dream like,
and he was only tolerably good looking.
On the other band, he was not celebrated
in any way and even his mother and sis
ters had never considered him brilliant.
He had been educated at Rugby and
Trinity. Cambridge, where he rowed a
fairly good oar, on principle, and took a
middle second in the moral science tri
pos. Now he was in a solicitor's office,
where he was receiving a good salary
and was valued as a steady, sensible
young fellow, who could be thoroughly
depended upon. He was fond of his
profession and had acquired a consider
able knowledge of its details; apart
from it he -had no very decided tastes.
He lived a quiet, regular life and dined
ont and went to dances in moderation:
his manner, though he was nearly 26.
was still rather boyishly blunt.
What there was in him that had found
favor in Ella Hylton's fastidious eyes the
narrator is not rash enough to attempt
to particularize. But it may be sug
gested that the most unlikely people may
possess their fairy rose and ring, which
render them irresistible to at least one
heart, if they could only have faith to
believe in. and .lock to perceive their
power.
So, early in the year, George had
plucked up courage to propose to Miss
Hylton, after meeting and secretly ador
ing her for some months past, and she.
to the general astonishment, had accept
ed him,
' He had a private income not a large
one of his own, and had saved out of it
She was entitled, nnder her grandmoth
er's will, to a sum which made her an
heiress in a modest way, and thus there
was no reason why the engagement
should be a long one: and though no date
had been definitely fixed for the mar
riage, it was understood that it should
take place at some time before the end
of the summer.
Soon after the engagement, however,
an invalid aunt, with whom Ella had
always been a 'great favorite, was or
dered to the south of France, and im
plored her to go with her; to which
Ella, who had a real affection for her
relative, as well as a strong sense of
duty, had consented.
This was a misfortune in one of two
ways: it either cnrtailed that most nec
essary and most delightful period during
which fiances discover one another's id
iosyncrasies and weaknesses, or it made
it necessary to postpone the marriage.
George naturally preferred the former
as the more endurable evil, but Ella's
letters from abroad began to hint more
and more plainly at delay. Her aunt
might remain on the continent all the
summer, and she could not pt ssibly
leave her; there was so much to be done
after her return that could not be done
in a hurry they had not even begun to
furnish the pretty little house on Camp
gen Hill that was to be their new home:
tt would be better to wait till November,
or even later.
The mere idea was alarming to George.
and he remonstrated its far as he dared;
but Ella remained firm, and he grew des
perate. He might have spared himself the
trouble. About the middle of June
Ella's aunt, who, of course, had had to
leave the Riviera, grew tired of travel
ing; and Ella, to George's intense satis
faction, returned to her mother's home
in Linden Gardens, Notting Hill
And now, when our story opens.
George, who had managed to get away
from ofhee work two hours before his
usual time, was hurrying toward Linden
Gardens as fast as a hansom could take
him, to see his betrothed for the first
time after their long separation.
He was eager, natural!, and a little
nervous. Would Ella still persist in her
wish for delay? Or would he be able to
persuade her that there were no obsta
cles in the way? He felt he had strong
arguments on his side, if only and here
was the real seat of his anxiety if only
her objections were not raised from some
other motive! She might have been try
ing to prepare him for a final rupture.
and then "Well,"heconcluded, with his
customary good sense, "no use meeting
trouble half way; in five minutes I shall
know for certain."
At the same moment Mrs. Hylton and
her. daughter Flossie, a vivacious girl in
the transitionary sixteen year old stage,
were in the drawing room at Linden
Gardens. It was the ordinary double
drawing room of a London house, but
everything in it was beautiful and har
monious: the eye was vaguely rested by
the delicate and subdued color of walls
and hangings; cabinets, antique Persian
pottery, rare bits of china, all occupied
the place in which their decorative value
was most felt. It was a room, in short,
marked by individuality and distinction.
Flossie w:ts standing at the window,
from which a glimpse could just be
caught of fresh green foliage and the
lodge gates, with the bustle of the traffic
in the High street beyond. Mrs. Hylton
was writing at a Flemish bureau in the
corner.
"1 suppose." said Flossie, meditatively,
as she fingered a piece of old stained
glass that was hanging in the window,
"we sluill have George here !hi after
noon." -
Mrs. Hylton raised her head. She had
a striking face, tinted a clear olive, with
a high wave of silver hair crowning the
forehead; her eyebrows were dark, and
so were the brilliant eyes: the nose was
aquiline, and the thin, well cut mouth a
little hard. She was a woman who had
been much admired in her time, and
who still retained a certain attraction,
though some were apt to find her some
what cold and unsympathetic Her
daughter Ella, for example, was always
secretly a little in awe of her mother,
who had no terrors for audacious, out
spoken Flossie,
"If he comes. Flossie, he will be very
welcome," she said: "but I hardly ex
pect him yet. George is not likely to
neglect his duties even for Ella."
Flossie pursed her mouth rather scorn
fully. "Oh, George is immaculate!" she mur
mured. "If he was. it would hardly be a re
proach," said her mother, catching the
word: "but, at all events, George has
thoroughly good principles, and is sure
to succeed in the world. I have every
reason to be pleased."
"Every reason ah, but are you pleased?
Mother, dear, you know he's as dull as
dull!"
"Ella does not find him so and, Flos
sie, I don't like to hear you say such
things, even in Ella's absence."
"Oh, I never abuse him to Ella it
wouldn't be any use. She's firmly con
vinced that he's perfection; at least she
was before she went away."
"Why, do yon mean that she has al
tered? Have you seen any sign of it,
Flossie?"
Mrs. Hylton made this inquiry sharply,
but not as if such a circumstance would
be altogether displeasing to her.
"Oh. no, only she hasn't seen him for
so long, you know; perhaps, when she
comes to look at him with fresh eyes,
shell notice things more. Ah, here is
George just getting out of a hansom so
he has played truant for once. There's
one thing I do think Ella might do per
suade him to shave off some of those
straggly whiskers. I wonder why he
never seems to get a hat or anything else
like other people's?"
Presently George was announced. He
was slightly above middle height, broad
shouldered and fresh colored; the obnox
ious whiskers did. indeed, cover more of
his cheeks than modem fashion pre
scribes for men of his age, and had evi
dently never known a razor. He wore a
turn down collar, and a necktie of a
rather crude red; his clothes were neat
and well brushed, but not remarkable
for their cut
"Well, my dear George," said Mrs,
Hylton, "we have seen very little of you
while Ella has been away."
"J know," he said awkwardly; "I've
had a lot of things to look after, in one
way and another."
"What! after j-our work at the office
was over?" cried Flossie incredulously.
"Yes, after that: it's taken up my time
a good deal."
"And so you couldn't spare any to call
here 1 see," said Flossie. "George,"
she added, with a sudden diversion, "1
wonder you aren't afraid of catching
cold; how can you go about in such ab
surdly thin boots as those?"
"These!" he said, inspecting thein
doubtfully. They were strong, sensible
boots, with notched and projecting soles
of ponderous thickness. "Why, what's
the matter with them, Flossie, eh? don't
you think they're strong enough for
walking in?"
"No, George; they're the very things
for an afternoon dance, and quite a lot
of couples could dance in them, you see;
but for walking-rah! I'm afraid you
sacrifice too much to appearances."
'.'I don't, really," George protested, in
11 good faith; "now do I, Mrs. Hylton?"
"Flossie is making fun of you, George;
you mustn't mind her impertinence."
"Oh, is that all? Do you know, 1
really thought for the moment that she
meant they were too small for me! You
like getting a rise out of me, Flossie,
don't you?" and he laughed with such
genuine and good natured amusement
that the young lady felt somehow a little
small, and almost ashamed, although it
took one form of suppressed irritation.
"He really ought not to come here in
such things," she said to herself; "and 1
don't believe that even now he sees what
I meant."
Just at this point Ella came in, with
the least touch of shyness, perhaps, at
meeting him before witnesses after so
long an absence, but she only looked the
more charming in consequence; and, de
mure as her greeting was, her pretty eyes
had a sparkle of pleasure that scattered
all George Chapman's fears to the winds.
Even Flossie felt instinctively that strag
gly whiskered, red necktied, thick booted
George had lost none of his divinity for
Ella.
They did not seem to have much to
say toone another, notwithstanding; pos
sibly because Ella was called upon to
dispense the tea which had just been
brought in. George sat nursing the hat
which Flossie found so objectionable,
while he balanced a teacup with the
anxious eye of a juggler out of practice,
and the conversation flagged. At last,
under pretense of renewing his tea, moat
of which he had squandered on a Per
sian rug, he crossed to Ella. i
"I say," he suggested, "don't you
think you could come out for a little
while? I've such a lot to tell you, and
and I want you to go somewhere with
me."
Mrs. Hylton made no objection, be
yond stipulating that Ella must not be
allowed to tire herself after her journey;
and so a few minutes later Miss Hylton
came down in her pretty summer hat
and light jacket and she and George
were allowed to set out
Once outside the house, he drew a
long breath of mingled relief and pleas
are. "By Jove, Ella, I am glad to get you
back again! I say, how jolly you do look
in that hat! Now, do you know where I
am going to take you?"
"It will be quietest in the gardens."
said Ella.
"Ah, but that's not where you're going
now," he said, with a delicious assump
tion of authority; "you're coming with
me to see a certain house on Campden
hill you may have heard of."
"That will be delightful I do want to
see our dear little house again very
much. And, George, we will go care
fully over all the rooms, and settle what
can be done with each of them then we
can begin directly, we haven't too much
time."
"Perhaps," he said, with a conscious
laugh, "it won't take so much time as
you think."
"Oh, but it must to do it properly.
And while I've been away, I've had some
splendid ideas for some of the rooms.
I've planned them out so beautifully.
You know that delightful little room at
the back? the one I said should be your
own den, with the windows all festooned
with creepers, and looking out on the
garden; well"
"Take my advice," he said, "and dont
make any plans till you see it And as
for plans, those furnishing fellows do all
that they don't care to be bothered
with plans."
"They will have to carry out ours,
though. I shall love settling how it is
all to be it will be such fun."
"You wouldn't call it fun if you knew
what it was like, I can tell you."
"But I do know. Mother and I rear
ranged most of the rooms at home only
last year so you see I have some experi
ence. And what experience can you
have had, if you please?"
Ella had a mental vision, as she spoke,
of the house in Dawson place where
George lived with his mother and sisters
a house in which furniture and every
thing else were commonplace and bour
geois to the last degree, and where noth
ing could have been altered since his
boyhood: indeed she had often secretly
pitied him for having to live in such
surroundings, and admired the filial pa
tience that had made him endure them
bo long.
"I've had my share. Ella, and I should
be very sorry for you to have all the
womr and bother I've been through
over it!"
"But when. George? How? I don't
understand."
"Ah, that's my secret !" he said, pro
volringly. "And you know, Ella, if we
began furnishing now it would take no
end of a time, with all these wonderful
plans of yours, and and I couldn't stand
having to wait till next November for
you I couldn't do it!"
"Mother thinks the marriage need not
be pnt off now," said Ella, simply, "and
we shall have six weeks till then. The
house can be quite ready for us by the
time we want it"
"Six weeks!" he said, impatiently.
'What's six weeks? You've no idea what
these chaps are, Ella! And then there
are all your own things to get, and they
would take up most of your time. No:
we should have to put it off. whatever
you may say. And that would mean an
other separation, for of course you would
go away in August, and I should have to
stay in town. The office wouldn't give
me my fortnight twice over, honeymoon
or no honeymoon."
(TO BE CONTINCED.
MY HARBINGER.
A friend whom I have missed for many months
Came back to me this morning. 1 was sure.
When first 1 waxened. someUilng good would
come:
The sky was full of promises. The earth
Seemed ready for what heaven might bestow.
And I. forewarned and watchful of each sign.
Was standing at my window when 1 heard
A coming, not of footsteps, but of wings.
And there he was, my dear red-breasted friend 1
Oh. how my heart and eyes went out to him!
My heart with Joy. my eyes to see if be
Looked travel-worn or weary with his flight:
But, with the same old Jaunty air I loved.
Be fluttered weariness from off his wings.
And tUrned and looked Inquiringly at me.
It was so sweet to welcome him once moral
To know that he was faithful, and that I
Might now look rot-ward to the certainly
Of seeing all the promises fulfilled I
Each leafless tree a halo wore of green :
Already flowery Mny had come, and June
Was waiting with her tratu o'er yondor hill;
I saw It all. while yet the earth was bare.
Because my little friend was here aud knew
It was all coming, and would have me know.
Then he became no glad he sang, and I
I bowed my head and shed somo happy tears.
Mary A. Mnson In Boston Transcript.
Ihe San in h Water.
They were father and son and evident
ly from the country. It was apparent,
also, that they were making their first
trip across the big bridge. T ie young
ster was all eye-) aud queries, the father
all attention and 1'itere-tt. Midway of
the bridge the boy descried a tramp
steamer ploughing the witters of the
East Biver nnl leaving a long and snowy
' wake" behind. "Oh, papa," he ex
claimed, "whnt is all that, white stuff on
the water? Look, it's just like soap
suds; what Is it?" And the father re
plied In all seriousness, "That, my boy,
is the salt In the witter."
A Good Chauoo lor Grave Robbers.
Within a few days past, at V.ctorla, B,
0., an Indian burial baa taken plaoe In
due and ancient form, and above ground
on the reserve. At the head on either
side were placed two white flags. Over
the top of the woo len cover Is spread a
gray blanket; on one Bid of It is a
cracked glass, and In front there Is a gilt
framed mirror, near It being disposed
handkerchiefs and pieces of gay-colored
chintz. ...
Woman's World.
A Wonderful Nail.
Everybody knows that Mrs. Potter
Palmer of Chicago will drive the last
nail used in the completion of the wo
man's building in the world's fair.
The nail has been so made, we are
told, as to form the back or crossbar
of a brooch, which js to be a shield
bearing the coat-of-arms of Montana,
reproduced in native gold without a
trace of alloy in its composition.
The shield may bo of gold, and the
symbolical figures will be made of the
same metal, but of different colors.
The waterfall in the foreground will
be of light-colored gold sunk into the
shield, and the plow and pick, stand
ing at the foot of the full?, will be of
a darker shade, as will be the back
ground of relief. The wreath sur
rounding the escutcheon will be of
native gold, and the figures of the
two men supporting .the whole on
either side will also be of the same
rich yellow gold. Underneath will be
the scroll bearing the motto of the
State, "Oro y Plata." In the two up
per portions of the. wreath two Mon
tana sapphires will be inserted. In
stead of merely engraving the figures
each will be wrought separately, and
then fastened together, makings the
task of shaping the brooch not Qnly
a delieute, but exceedingly difficult
one, und one that will require-'much
skill and patience.
This wonderful nail has been made
by the women of Montana. Not to
be outdone, the women of Nebraska
are going to contribute a hammer
which shall be worthy of contact with
the aristocratic nail; The hammer is
to be made of native Nebraska woods,
inlaid with gold, silver and pearl.
New York World.
Danger of Overmuch Discipline.
It has" frequently beea noted by
wise observers of men and things
that those children who are brought
up with little parental discipline de
velop Into more capable individuals
than those who are compelled at home
to obey the strict letter' of the law.
It is certainly true, says the New
York Tribune, that a child brought
up without any freedom of action
controlled at every turn he takes, Is
very apt to be enervated by the pro
cess. To use an old phrase, he has
all the spirit taken out of him. This
rigid home discipline is happily rare
in the present day. Only a strong in
tellect can survive without being
weakened by such an education.
Boys and girls should be allowed to
have an individuality of their own ; to
have a room and belongings sacred
to themselves alone, where they can
bring their friends; and 'while it is
necessary, or course, that the parents
should always exercise a supervision
over everything, it should be a gentle
supervision. The silly mother who
allows her maternal' love to control
her common sense, who does nt t con
trol her children when she set s evil
impulses and evil passions taking
possession of them, may be the de
struction of her child and bring upon
herself shame and confusion. The
overstrict mother who gives her chil
dren no experience and no life of
their own makes almost as bad a mis
take. The right course lies between
the two.
A Literary Exhibit.
An organization has been formed
called the "San Francisco Women's
California Book Exhibit for the
Worlds Fair." The object of the so
ciety is to collect a complete library
of book by California writers, flies
of papers, extinct and existing, scrap
books of scattered poems and sketches
worthy of preservation, and to pre
sent them as an exhibit at the world's
fair by the women of San Francisco.
After the fair the collection will be
presented to the Golden Gate park
museum as a monument of the la
bors of California writers.
Tho officers are: President, Mrs.
Alplieus Bull ; ' vice-president, Mrs.
Ella Sterling Cummins; tieasurer,
Mrs. Ariel Lathrop ; secretary. Mrs.
William H. Rodda; librarian, Mrs.
Warren B. Ewer; chairman of cata
logue committee, Mrs. George Levis
ton ; chairman of scrapbook com
mittee, Mrs. W. C. Morrow. Other
members of the board Mrs. R. F.
Bunker, Miss Earnestine Poole, Miss
Gladys May Code, Miss Ina D. Cool-
brlth.
The dues of the new society are
either $t or the donation of a book to
the value of $1.
Sausages for Two.
A writer in Good Housekeeping
prefers her own rule to those with
less fat Buy three pounds of nice
lean pork (tenderloin or from the ribs;
it must be three pounds of lean meat
without bones) and three pounds of
"clear" fat Do not be convinced if
the butcher tells you that ij is too
much fat ; it is not too much. ' Have
these chopped separately, or If the
amount of sausage is likely to war
rant It, buy a chopper and have it set
to chop coarsely. For the six pounds
of meat put on a clean paper three
tablespoonfuls of salt, two table
spoonfuls of black pepper, six tea
spoonfuls of powdered sage, three-
fourths of a teaspoonful of powdered
cloves and the same amount of all
spice ; mix these thoroughly and put
first, in a long pan, a layer of the lean
meat, a layer of the fat, and sprinkle
a portion of the 'seasoning on them ;
another layer of. each, and so on till
all Is used ; then, in a oool place, mix
all thoroughly with the hand.- Try
It, finally, by frying a small bit, and
make any addition that peculiar ta-te
may suggest.
Portugal is bankrupt.
Farm Notes.
Why Yon Fall.
The matter with your hen business,
and also with that of others who fall
to get eggs in winter,- Is just because
your 'hens or pullets, as the case may
be, are not of the right age to lay in
cold weather. The Leghorns, Ham
burgs, Houdans, and other non-Betting
breeds begin to lay at only from
four to six months ; Plymouth Rocks,
Langsbans, Dominlques and Wyan-
dottes, at from five to seven months,
and the Brahmas and Cochins at from
six to eight months. I say from "four
to six" and from "six to eight"
months because the way that pullets
have been fed and cared for from the
hell up makes a difference of from
one to two months in the time when
they commence laying. A leghorn
pullet that has been fed for eggs from
the beginning will lay from six weeks
to two months earlier than one that
never received anything extra in the
way of food and care ; and the same
is true of pullets of any breed, or of
no breed. Then, again, it makes a
difference, a decided one too, whether
the pullets come from a laying strain
or not Pullets that come irom a
strain that has been bred for eggs
will lay earlier In life than those from
a strain that has been bred chiefly
for fancy points rather than for -the
improvement of the laying qualities.
Dearly beloved, let me eay to you all,
that It takes something more than a
good house and; a "great variety of
food " to produce eggs in winter.
The variety of food, etc, are all nec
essary, but they must be "put where
they will do the most good ;" or, in
other words, bestowed on fowls which
are of the right age to lay, There
are other things besides housed and
feed Deeded if we would succeL in
Ibis hen business. Fanny Field, h
Orange J udd Farmer.
A Remarkable Cow.
G. Froelich has a cow which is en
titled to the medal for the numerical
strength of her progeny. In seven
years she has given birth to nineteen
calves. For the first four years she
had triplets ; the fifth year she had
only on?; last year she had twins;
and on Wednesday last she beat this
extraordinary record by giving birth
to four healthy calves. Of this nu
merous family she has only lost three
in the entire period of seven years.
One of ber calves has also, had twins.
The calves are not of the -puny kind,
but fair sized, robust stock. This is
the most remarkable instance of
rapid increase of bovine family we
have heard of, and if any of our co
temporaries can beat it let them speak
out Jackson Ledger.
Kill the Old Caw.
It is a common practice to feed
milch cows which have grown old and
ceased to be profitable as dairy ani
mals, and try to fit them for the but
cher. Few persons seem to count the
cost of doing this, or question the
success of accomplishing it. It seems
a waste and loss to kill a worn-out
cow, although in good condition, and
the feeling evidently prevails that an
effort must be made to turn the ani
mal Into beet and get something for
her. But does this "pay" as a rule?
Believing that such attempts gener
ally result in loss, a careful trial' was
made at the Maryland experiment
station the past year to obtain some
definite information on this point
The result goes to prove by figures
that an old dairy cow, which has
ceased to' be profitable as a milker, is
usually worth more for leather and
for fertilizer, than for any ether pur
pose. For profit alone; such an ani
mal should be killed just as soon as
her milk ceases to pay for her keep
ing, without wasting any more food
upon her, and the hide sold and the
carcass composted for manure.
Large or Small Hop?
Forty or fifty years ago our fathers
raised very large hogs, running from
150 to TOO pounds. But the fashion
has changed ; we find greater profit
and more saleable pigs at 175 to 250
pounds. Our aim should be to put
the greatest amount of flesh on in
the shortest time, and if properly
managed there Is no doubt they are
profitable. --
One of the most intelligent farmers
of the county, told me a few days
since that three years ago he fattened'
eight grade Berkshire and Chester at
seven months old ; on these he netted
over everything he fed except the
skim milk and waste apples $69 48 for
the lot .' "" . . '- -
. Lust year he fattened Six and charg
ing everything except the skim milk,
netted $46 08 clear profit - Numerous
other instances might Jxb givej."
have been aVour" farmers' inslitut
James S. Grinnell, Franklin, Mass.''
Lime should be' free from lumps
when it is applied to the soil' The
finer its condition die quicker' its ac
tion and chemical effect
To Insure a good supply of eggs
make the poultry house warm and
tree from draughts and vary the food
as much as may be. - v
The question of fostering and en
couraging the fast-walking horses, ar
as to gradually produce a breed oi
that class. Is being agitated. '
' Consumption is much ' more com
mon among cows in the north atu
east than in California. - The cause i
not far to seek. In the" former case
the animals are confined in stalls mos
of the time during the "ar ""iiiier,
deprived of exercise, fresh air or sun
shine. In California the cow-has the
free fresh air-of heaven to breathe
the year around, land . has no lack of
exerolse or sunshine. . ; -
One hour's delay 'in setting milk
mav cause' a loss oS one-sixth ot the
butter tat obtainable 'n the cnurm" 1
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General News.
The revenues surrendered by Brit
ish West Indian possessions under
the reciprocity treaties with the Uni
ted States are stated as fellows : Ja
maica, $145,600; Leeward islands, $50,
000; Windward island, $20,0u0;BaVbd
doea, $60,000; Trinidad,- $75,000; Brit
ish Guianti! $145,000. .. .
TbeJsuspensive claused the McKin
ley act has-been put' in" force against
Colombia, Venezuela' ad Kayti.
Secretary Foster threatens, if Can
ada persists in .encouraging seal
poaching in Behring sea, to rescind
the treasury rule by which freight be
tween American ports is allowed to
go through Canada in bond, thus
taking away $20,000,000 a year from
the earnings of the Canadian Pacific
and Grana Trunk roads.
There is a prospect of the United
States and Mexico agreeing on a plan
by which the water of the Bio Grande
will be utilized for- irrigatien-on both
banks.
The Canadian 'quarantine against
American cattle has been extended'to
include British Columbia, against 'the'
protest of that colony.
UNIT ED STATES.
The production - of ' cotton ex
ceeded the Consumption more than
1,500,000 bales, in 1890, and increased
the visible stock in 1891 l.fOD.OOO bales.
The price of middling u plains in Liv
erpool fell from 6 l-6d. it Januarv,
1890, to 4d. in Januao:;'l892'. This
country has produced an excess above
the normal requirements in two years
of more than 2,000,000 bales.
An attempt was made to open a sa
loon in De Ealb', Mo., which has had
prohibition under the local option
law for several years. Peter Bowen,
the saloonkeeper, and a number of
his accomplices were arrested. Their
friends armed themselves and took
possession of the town and held it
the terrorized citizeD3 not daring to
snow ineir neaas outside tneir Domes,
tiu a posse ox omoecs was sent from
St Joseph to subdue the roughs.
The an tf free-pass bill in Massa
chusetts has become a law.
A reporter' wrote' up" Mrs. "Maud
Drake- and a raanjpained Kimbgj
and they got him alone in a room
and beat him nearly to .death.
Typhus fever js being stamped out
in New York.
The Chicago dressed beef trust has
burned its books to be' ready for a
federal investigation. ' ' -
The mob 'wLfbh: lynched John
Bright near C-zarft,"Mo., for killing his
wife took , him; Jtftm -the courtroom
and killed a deputy sheriff to get him
and nine of them have been arrested.
Richard A. E,x(!ioebler, the Mon
tana Barber who was buncoed out'of
$20iX) in New YoM and then got ap
pointed a special policeman and ran
down and arresfed the swindlers, was
fatUly clubbed b'y unknown parties
in New York March 16.
Rnger Q. Mills of Texas is assured
another term in the federal senate.
So many negroes, are leaving south
ern Arkansas, some for Oklahoma and
some for Liberia, "that farmers there
are alarmed lest they be unable to se
eure needed hands tor farm work.
The sugar trust has got" control of
the Philadelphia refinery.
The ribbon makers are forming a
trust
Max Strakosh is'dead."
Policeman John Mergott was killevl
by three tramps whom he was trvihg
to' arrest ior burglary at Tamaqua,
Pa., Mrch 16. - - -
The city of New Orleans has granted
a private corporation the privilege of
constructing a - sewerafte svsiem
throughout the city. Householders
will be charged an annual fee for the
privilege of making connection with
ihe sewer. It is expected the' work
will be completed within three years.
Jim Calhoun, postmaster at Big
Pine, Wyo., has been arrested for em
bezzlement He bought drinks and
poker chips and paid in the govern
ment's postage' stamps. - -
D. S. Rider, convicted of violating
the interstate commerce . law, was
serving his sentence at Columbus, O.,
when the president pardoned him.
He wanted to stay, in prison .and the
warden had to call help" to "put him
out " . '. ,
All the collieries in- the Mahanov
City (Pa.) district have, shut down.
Lee Hefflin and Joseph Dye were to
have been hanged at Warreotou, Ya.,
March 18, for the murder of a family
named Kines.'bnt" they got a stav of
proceedings."' Then a mob took them
out of jail and hanged them.
.FOREIQN.
Thirty-five persons were killed in
the battle in which the governor of
Ceara, Brazil, was defeated and de
posed,. " .
The'Indian.rebellion "in Bolivia Kas,
been quelled. " . .
A bill providing for. a Scotch legis
lature has been introduced in parlia
ment -. .
Twenty-five mounted robbers killed
one guard, wounded another and got
Emperor William's Physicians now
admit that the" trouble in his ear is in
curable. The German consul at Quito, Ecua
dor, has been mobbed.
An attempt to "assassinate the sul
tan of Turkey- was discovered the
other day and the leaders arrested.
The barracks of. the Republican
.Guard in'. theheaVt of -Paris were
blown up.witg'dynamite March 15.
Jo
Current News.
Starving
Thousands of peasants in South
eastern Russia are making every ef
fort to emigrate to the United States;
but many of them are unable to sell
their belongings for enough to pay
their way. German peasants from
the Volga region are moving out in
great numbers. In this region 35 per
cent of the cows and oxen and one
third of the horses have died from
lack of food.
In Rowno the government has an
annual income of 100,000 rubles at its
disposal, -yet it is not doinga thing for
the starving poor In and around the
city. There was not a public relief
Cross society opened one with moneys -
sent from Zurich. '
Peasants in Southern Russia who
are too poor to move are beseechinj?
the district authorities for seed for
the spring plantingy-but have obtained
no response. The authorities say that
the peasants would eat the seed as
soon as they got it and then would
want more for the fields.
In Jelatomsk farm cattle have died
out almost completely, "bo that little
can be done toward raising crops.
Reports from Tomsk in Asiatic Rus
sia say that the whole city has been
turned into a hospital for typhus pa
tients, and that persons are dying by
the score without nurses or physi
cians. ...
The council of the empire has or
dered that in the future two. grain
depots be established to every 300
peasant huts, and that from -these
depots seed corn be distributed in the
spring to the peasants, who must re
turn it in the autumn. . Special bu
reaus shall be established to report
annually as to the condition of the
harvest, so as to enable the Govern-
rcentto adopt measures to avert fam-
Chile" New Cabinet. '
This is the composition of the new
Chilean cabinet: Minister of foreign
affairs, Juan Castellon; minister, of
the interior, Eduardo Matte ;-m inister
of justice, Caspar Tono; minister of
finance, Augustin Edwards ; minister
of war and navy, Lois Barros Borogo ;
minister of public works, Jorge
Riesco, late intetidenteof Valparaiso.
It is generally believed that these
ministers will hold office until con
cress meets in June, but should the
conservative or clerical party make a
fight over the new cabinet it will have
to be reorganized.
This is the first time that Mr. Torro
has been appointed to a ministerial
office, but the others have served in
the cabinet in the past- All are re
garded here as brighf and intelligent
men.
Matte, the, minister of the interior,
is the man who, as minister of foreign
affairswrote the circular note to for
eign goverments accusing President
Harrison of falsehood in his message
to congress, which note, the Chilean
government withdrew and disavowed
after ousting Matte from office.
Knasia Takes a Hand.
Russia has sent a note to the United
States protesting against the arbitra
tion of the question with. England
regarding the title of ' the United
States to Behring sea. - She says that
Russia stands ready to guarantee all
she conveyed to the United States and
make good her title in any manner
necessary. Russia feels that for the
United States to permit the title to
whal she had conveyed to be arbi
trated is to call that title in question,
and to intimate that there was lack of
authority to make such conveyance.
This, if persisted in, must inevitably
affect the standing of the empire
among treaty-making powers. To
this Russia will not submit Alexan
der, emperor and king, will not per
mit any proceeding of Russia to be
thus treated.
Omcreaa.
The project tor a deep water chan
nel through the connecting waters of
the great lakes has practically re
ceived the approval of a majority of
the house committee on rivers and
harbors.
The house committee on reform in
the civil service has agreed to report
favorally a bill to exclude political in
fluence in the employment of labor
ers under the authority of the United
Slates. " - "".; -- 7 "
There is a-probability, tha-the
house will refuse . any. appropriation
for the postal subsidy to steamship.
Labor Cntan Sotsawi
The conductors and brakemenon
the Winnipeg division of "nadlrn
racific struck "March. 17
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