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RAlLKGADrt. m avj j, s.i w ON CALG ' il&rmy DENVEi- Omalia, Kansas -fily, CLica?. ST PAUL. ST. LO'S. AND All OINTa Hast, North Surth For further partleulart Itwiuir of any s"itl ol tli Company or A. L. MAXWELL, - , U. 1. A T. A- C. J. SMITH, Qeuanu Nauator. Portland, Orviton. GREAT OVERLAND ROUTE. Northern Pacific R.R. TWO PAST TRAINS lAtl,Yt NO CKANOH Of CARS! SHORTEST LINE TO CHICAGO. And at points Kaat, via Bt Paul ind MinriBapalia. The Northern Paciflo Railroad la tht only Una running PllUMtr Trains. Second-Class Sleeper (lt of ehaiitt.) Luxurious uay UoAorte, Pullman Palace Slulnff Car, Palac Dining Car outulu ?jci-i From Portland to the East 8 that your ticket read via th Nortnarn paomo R. k. infl avoid ohansa of oar. I.eavt Portland at fcoo A. M and :.o P M daily arrive- al Miuncapoltaor .St Hull at 6s F. M. Paolf lo Dlvlalon. Trains Iraw Front and G strict daily at iijj A. M and S40 P. M ; ar rive at New f aeonia al 7:10 P. M, and A M-, connerting with Company boats fur all point ou Fimrt Sound. A. D. CHARLTON, Aut. l.MTl Puu. Agent, No. 111, Kind attrtt, I'ortlaud, Oregon. tarDopot, Cor. First and O street. YAQLTXA BAY ROUTE. Oregon Pacific Railroad Oregon Development Co.'s Steamers. Short Line to California, Sliolloy S Vaniluyii, DKSIRK to infonn the .uiMic that tluy are still on ltfk nt lite old PlONKIiR CORN I5R Unit lw tin unbroken word of TWKNTY-FOUR YRARS. While many changes liuve Ik-cii wrought ditriugtill tlw years, not only in our City, Init among their patrons, as well as upon the methods of business, yet with an unswerving policy long years ago established of keeping GOOD GOODS, giving GOOD VALUKS and always extending to its patrons, kind and courteous treatment, it has ever occupied a front seat among the Valley .Stores, and to-day Is a leading factor In the Commer cial Circles of Polk County. And while its present Managers, SHELLEY & VANDUYN, nre proud of the record of the old Comer, and thankful for the patronage THKY HAVK received during the past, they now desire to say to their friends and patrons that their SPRING STOCK is now Complete and wilt lie replenished almost daily with the Latest Styles of GKNKRAL MERCHANDISE, the items of which are too innumerable to mention, some of which however are as follows: DRESS 1 Freight and Fares the Lowest STKAMKRSAII.INC DATHS. raoM YAgt'tHA. , Willamette Valley, April 6, 14, a. raoM saa NtANCiaco, Willamette Valley, March, to, id, 37. -0-: The company renervea the right to change Kail Inj datea without notice. Train connect with the A P. R. R. and rive boat al Corvallln and Ahwny. The Oregon Pacific Steamboats on tin Willamette Kiver Division will leave Portland, southbound, Monday, Wednes day and Friday at 6" a. m. Arrive al Corvallia Tuesday, Thursday and Halur day at 3:30 p.' mv I,eave Corvallis. northbound, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 8 a. in. Arrive at Portland Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 8 :30 p. m On Monday, Wednesday and .Friday both north and south bound boat lie over night at Salem, leaving there at 6 a. m. C. H.Hoswell. Jr., C. C. Hogee, tten. H. P. ARt.IO. 0. Co. Art. G. P. ft P. A. 34 MotltKOinery.ftt, O. P. R. R. ban Francisco Corvsllla, Oregon. OVERLAND TO CALIFORNIA ; . via Southern Pacific Company's Line, The Mount Shasta Route! TIME BKTWKKN Portland and San Franelseo 39 Hours! California Kspresa Train mn Dally between Portland and ban Prancinco. CONSISTING OF Imported Henriettas, Serges, Almas, Sicilian Cloths, Cashmeres, 1 .road heads, Satteens, Challies, Ginghams, Outing Cloths, Lace Flouncings, Dotted Swiss And a FULL LINE of WHITE GOODS. FANCY GOODS SUCH AS KID GLOVES, SASH and NARROW RIBBONS, ORIENTAL, TOR HON, and the Famous fyUQVlWE POHIT MCEv BUCKLES AND SLIDES, SILK CORDS, ETC STAPLE DRY COODS, rtii. Portland Ar. 1 10:4s a. 111. Alliaiiy Ar. 6:45 a. m. San Franciwo I.v. 7:00 p. ui. tkiuth. I J:oo p. m. I Lv. :l p. m. I.V. im a. m. Ar. LocalcPasener Daily, except Sunday, Iave. Arrive. Portland ....8:00 A. M. Kmrene 140 ? M, Kngene.... . 9:00 A. M. I Portland ... 3:45 P. l, Pullman Buffet Sleepers. TOURIST SLEEPING CARS. For accommodation of Second Clasi pnwten gera attached to exureaa traina. 'rne jj, j. Co.'a Perry mnke connection with all the regular train ou the Kal Side IJivinioii from foot of P. Street. West Side Division. Bet. Portland and Corvallls. Mail Train Daily, except Sunday, ABHIVK. Inde'detice.. 11:34 A. M. Corvntlin l:35 P. M. hide di-nce . a:jo M' Portland ... 6:30 P. M' Leave. Portland ... 7:.V M nde'dence..li:3J A. M. Corvallia ...130.P. M. ' lnde'dence...3:ji P. M. Sheeting, Muslin, Scrim and Lace Curtains, Ladies Muslin Underwear, Shirting, Prints, Ladies' Mens' and Children's Hosiery, Harvest Gloves, Men's Furnishing Goods, Etc, Etc. ' ALSO ' Clothing, Hats and Caps, -AND BOOTS : and : SHOES In' endless variety for everybody. CLOTHING FROM HENRY W. KMC & CO., CHICAGO, At prices Unit cliallenge competition.' ' At Alhany and Corvallin connect with train of Oregon Pacific R.R Express Train Daily, Except Sunda Lkavb. I , ABklVIt. f Portland ... 4:50 P. M. McMinnville H:oo P. I, McMinnville 5:45 A. M, Portland ... 9:00 A. . ThroughjTleketsto all Point South and East "Via California TICKET OFFICE! j City office, No. 114. Corner Flint and Alder 1h. Depot office, Corner P and Front !., Portland. R. KOKHI.KR, P. ROC.K.KS, Manager Aunt. G. K. & I'.Ag't BECK & GATES HJasorjs, Plasterers, AND KALS0MINEE8. All kind of work done In hrlr-k and itnne All work guaraniafld. Leave nrdera at tlia Wkhi Bid OBIca. Cementing a tpeclalty. . Indipimdinci, . Onitnos. Mrs. E. J. Estes, DRESSMAKER. IHDIPINDISC, OtlOOM. WIthae to Inform her frlendii that ahe flan be fonnd at her hop ot)polte tha opera honae, pre pared to do all kind, of work In her Una in tht Boat careful nanner and at reasonable prloea, MRS. A M. HURLEY, Millinery and Faocy Goods. SHOES. Men's Ladies' Misses' Boys' and Children's. Sailer, Lerwin & (!o'h Factory fit - Pliiliuloljiliin, Hip nuwt r liiililo goods in Uiu Market. ALSO A LINE OF Staple -:- (J roperies. We are now on the eve of a New Era in Polk County and SHELLEY & VANDUYN are prepared for the rush which will certainly come this Hummer. They have purchased their imrnonsG stock in the lowest markets and have obtained the largest ciihIi discount possible; no walk right in and we will give you straight goods at bed rock prices, ; , helley $i Vanduyn D trm and Calm. m iii 111 - rron. 0rr Iho learlon lira ), wind lilowa alirlll, IIiiHIik Un lillliiwaini lli ll I In" .In'"' I !t hU!!d.ra wllh Mm Imttla'a lirnwi, roar, PHlim Um whvm in man an antiry ', The loniimiil halluwa win, a iiis,dlnel win. ! What inaln liariini' li lr,niiiw iour, In nlic,riiw thai lo tlw hmrem anor, 1 And all llinay will rmiiMlii liinmlt Oil I 1 White rarlallmi. ul HwiiiiUW"i wall 1 An Inli'rinlna-lml Willi Hie widdnit laami Of xitMliltiK inmktra on the aiuira ill nlRlit. j till! IH HI. limy IWI piw ni. .. Calmly, diillmitly Hie HHilhiniw limi. All luiloiia lu III wr.lu ol llvlnif liRht OAI.M, .. . 1 . I . .. II.m.wb flaw moniina nn ruin.'".-" ,;.. lu, whtt-wlii(td klaa, d lu Hit mil. of day 1 rtlMolviia tlia Pl draiwit of aprar. Wlilli- tl.a new ui' H, 11 lMHaili ll Ikiwiih ajtNia, It lilinmir ralntl It) Mm kindllii ni Of dawn llml ll'i'aa th wry aalaW fWJT A KKillilna iiilel aln'tolm fur aay That ain'inalhi' ImotHialUm of miihwii The tiinnlonf the - tlmt'a nuvurailll llroatha Itaimliwiial aiilrltnn llmmlin, l.lkua prvliidefroni the lida of Uep hill' the Hrl aiitilwNin. IrtmiMlinialr Oil Vn hlli' will that, apn'iid lor lla of palm, r H.'.la Ilk a dtty-dimuu ou tli. aliliilnaj 'irf Mimklitrlok In llanier'i Wwkly. BFJtXAttimOTER.; W vre all poor In our villaKe. but iiiin ol nil wot prmror than otlitiw--10 p(Mr Hint w hail not black lr'itil uoutfli to cat o ir tlmt, wliou tlio Imrtl wlnUT emm creepliiK uk u likn aom onwl, litniKry tljfor, w lunl 110 liranils wllh whU'lt to kcmn it off. In llKtllna' coiiiio, wlinr ilia at mid itpuii wlill dor clillilUli old itmml paiYiiU inulilml lu tlmlr chair l'll the lli'ilm'o. nil wan a oli'iin a it rmiiil liavo Iwcn lu a palacu; but aho had hiu-tt win k to till Uiii two old mouth mikI horown alo. . Titer wm nn on l to do It. 'J im ly nt tli gwnt boiiM boujflit hrllax and M wall (orlu Hut. adef all, lltlu lunl but br two hiiiiiln; ml two Htll brown baud can not do all lit world' work. "Wall pittUniily," lUitthm ld to mo winifltlmt -Wlmt (loot it nrnttcrP Wo Itivu ili oilifi'i wa tniat wn oihnrt lot u I oonumt." tint I could not b conlKiit. I folt If I would win llt'itina 1 mtixt lavo Savoy ami K" to Anwrloa. 1 told Mot tlua no, anotliounh aim wopt, nho aald, "tio go, Iti'ruard, and I will pray for you. It l nil a (fill can do." At last 1 had money for th voyajro. I Imil aavod It lllilt) by lltllo for two lonif jbhw. 11ml tiow Hit paitlnjr hour hailoouiei. "U la that w tuny b wllh ch oili er nlwavt ome day that we pari now," I Mid. . , Hur loara M over my neck. prenned each other lo a lonjc inliraH. At I at 1 tore mveoll wY. and blind el by my toare not off Uhiu toy Jour ney. W'e croiwod the In eafety. I ihkhI at lni In irnff laud and tinon) itrnujto people, A year paitatHt liy twelve lonfr monthi o loojf. counted by love rockonliijr, ud y et I Impe'l nd ktrove. One more year end he would 001110 lo 1110. The month would ll way like (he bead upon the rinrnry of one whoprarefor blt.liiK. Jehould feel her hand In mlim when they wi re all counted. 1 hold pre my lip to hem-all would be forgotten but our meeilnir, and while 1 lived Ihe old peo ple ahould har our happlne. With audi thoughi theaa In my mlml I euleietl the jfreat fitciory where I worked one dv. I ahl to uiynolf m I threw off my "Jacket, "At noontime 1 will write to lb'tiluiu" What do we know of noontime at dawnf What do we know of nljjltt at nilddayr Nolhlnjf. 1 remember Ihlnkluy; thl. I remem ber croHalng the Umg nmiu, I romem Iht a midden flah and crh, and the ontlia of men and a niii' oream. After thai a une of in awakened 111,'. ami I found niywlf U'wst lu tli dark, with my own IihimI, cold and ttUmmr, l)lii) In a ifient, warm ioft liniid il't at held it very tenderly.' t liii'd 10 i im'. 1 fi'iilil not. "Wi.etv urn t?" I "uhl, and my voice .oiiihIimI mid liimme lu mv own tar. "Who lathW "It la ihe dot-tor," alJ a volee. "Be calm my friend." U It nltrhtP" I asked. 'Ill nlnht" . "Why tlo you not lljrht a lamp" He made 110 anxwnr. "What ha hapMiiM)d?" " lh you noi i-omeinlHU ?" "1 renieinljer a liobfl." "It wtu an explosion," he nid. after a pause. "You were hurt. There were many killed mitrlcht." "Doctor," I eold, "i it nltlitP" "It I nlL'litl" he ulil aoleuinly. "Hut only for mel I know thitt I am imliten bllndt" "Try to be calm, my friend," he whispered, "It I hrd but try to bear III" What can we do but bear what Ood tends upon mt Hut I did not bear it well. Can you wonderf All waa gone all my hopo of life, and even all that I bad wou in the laat year. Some wretch had ttolon the little moleskin pouch from my bosom. I waa a bog Karand bllndt I prayed to die, bull lived and grew atrmig again. One day at I cat by the hoapltal win dow, I formed a resolution. 1 said to myself: "I oan be brave enough lo pure Bottlna lomethlug; and 1 will do it though my tullering should be in creased by the act. I know that If the knew the truth she would gi lnve bit terly and remain true to me. I know that If I were soot hoimt,and the doctor says I might be, she would even mar ry me, and try to food me as she does lior helpless ones. That shall never bol I will tend her word that I am dead, tnd then, when the has grieved awhile, youth will triumph; site will marry the young farmer who loves her to truly, and is good ts well as rich, and she will only remember poor lior nard tenderly at one who loved her In the past. And young Bernard Is real ly dead. The blind boggitr is not the tame man. The good doctor shall write me a letter, and so ns he passed I Culled to him and told him all. "It will be beat for her," I said. "I will set her free. She will grieve bit terly, 1 know, but the other lover will one day blot out my memory. Tell her I died with her mime on my lips I do. As I die, heart mid soul, his re be fore you, I have but one thoughtit is Uiittina. "And you think "ho docs not love you as wolIP" ho said. "She loves me even im I love her," I said. "Ah, doctor, It In becHii.se I love her so that I would spare her all I can. Vo will write." "I will write," he mild. "Slay come to my office. I have n nurse here now who oan break the news tenderly, 1 believe, if ny one can. Sim has walled on you for a day or two saying very little, I forbade that. Hut her hands are soft, her touch kind, I think." "Heaven bless horl She is gentle as a mother," I said. "Yes, let her write the letter." Ho took my hand in his and led me to the room he oulled his office. Then he left me a moment, and when he re turned I heard the rustle of a woman's garments following him. "This Is the uurse who will write Hit letter," he said. "I thank her," said I. "Bo gentle, madam j my Butt I mi hits a guutlt heart." "What shall I wilteP" she asked al most in a whisper, , "Write that I am dead," I said. "Write tlmt I love her to the Inst. Write that I bade you tell her when her grief had paused, to wed another, and be happy. , r "Happy, and you dondl" she tald. "Ami the loves you." , "Mudam." said I, "we have proverb In our country that 'the dead trouble It holler than living one.' A hllud beggar whom she loved mid who hope lonwly loved her, would Imi heavier on Koltlnii'it life thiiu Ihe mniiinry of her dtnid lli'iiiiii'd. 1 mil do linleiiow, hoi I cau do Ih!'. Wllle, mailauie." The im'U moved over the paper. Soou the aai'l: "1 have written, hlmll I read It to) our . 1 answeieili "Yc, If you will, madam." Hh begum "Die. unhappy f,r" Your Hiirnard lis pei lnhed. What Is life lo yon any longer He I dead. Hud he lived,' blind, or maimed, or helpless In nny wnv, there would be hope for yon. You could lly to htini you could c fort hlini you could loll for him; you could be hi aunllL'tit. AIiinI no such ley wait you. lie I no longer anywhere where you enn llnd him., , Lie down and die. That l all you can do. He I dead." Hhe ended lu ft flood of tear. I started to my feet, . . . , -Why do you write thus,?" I erled. "Who are you P Uow did you com by that rolimP Hpcakl" , Then 1 felt two Utile hand lenl tlMint my neck and a wet cheek touched mine, and a whlnporciunei "Hrnnl It I I. Did you not gueaaP Do you not know your own HeltluaP" She clasped me closer. 1 heard the door clone; the doctor wot gone. "I he good doctor!" hn said. "The first day of your Illness he found a let ter you had begun to mo and sent It wllh word of your misfortune; and letter to one who could bring me to you if J desired lo come. Ah, heaven Idem you, he knew woman' heart heller then you did! When ihe letter came my dear grandparent were lying dead. I only slaved to look iion their grave before 1 caino to you. You were no feeble that he dared not let me loll youwlio Iwiwattlrst. Tiwluy voti were to know. Ah, lioruard. Unlay, when you would have wrliluii to me that you wore dead, llornnrd, how could you do UP How could you tlo oP" "It would have been best for you," I tald. Hut she clasped me closer. My lite tin Ih'oii a dark one ever tlnee; hut liettina' hnnd ha led me day by day. and the good doctor' kind uess has been shown to us in teaching me such work a I can do. 1 shall never see Ihe tweet face that I remem ber o well. Hut 1 know lis beauty and It gooduemi, and the love-lighl lu the eyes, tim well to forget them. And 1 know that I am dearer to t.or for my misfortune, and I am hupp)'. A', )". EveniiHj H'oWif. MAKKKT KKPOliT. Ruling Prices of 1'ouliry, Es Diary Produce. m:i, KI.0I K, MAIN AMI Ll"M W eel, r M Clever Mm, Ml-'11 teens SeetJ, Ktc, El. DAIRY PBODUCB Butter. Ilieifoli Kn7 creamery ........ Choice dally ... Cuiiiiniin I'hkletl (11.)..... Kastern c.esmery fancy..., I'al. fivsh roll , Ch. New t;lifomi OrcKon Hkiin and cream , . Kwis I'liecw tlimiestie. . . . Young America Or ESD. Oregon y do Kaxteiu do. . , FLOUR. Portland Pat. Holler, p. bbl. Halem tlo do liaylon do lo ('amiwlia tlo do Country lliands, .... . ...... McMinnville ", Kin s'rll lie , White Lily llraham Kye lour, F.ISU Hran sr ton - Hay " " baleti..., tir'd Hsrlcy, cr ion . Mill t'hon ner ton. . i. . Oil Cake Meal per ton 2? JO HtoKI lh'd-0 MM Id to Ift U . 1,'iftin I4i((l-1 8 7ft 8 7D gun a ts) 'AM 3 7.rt .iU) B7A 3 '.ft 4 60 EXPEEIESCED C0D3TT CABYASEES To mekr -0" i"" '"' ihr ''vr ,"",'"r Ukcn the Ml- f D. L. PEHBLEE, f'm UUI I Hid uui $IJWS(I0 flrtocju .VI ;id is.) :i!ii'S no $7 imM 00 Miorterton IIKjaHjo FREsH FRUITo , I Mi 2 00 . 3 5ilfgt4 00 , 3 7ft(4H , b ollMll IKl I M 4 00 4 .'rtlitf 4 Vt 6 !' 3 00 None, do do do do IN A JAPANE3E THEATER. From "An Artist' loiters from Japan," written and pictured by John I.a Fargn, In Tit Vmlnry, we toiole as fnllous! "The tloclor took us on Sun dav aflernoon to hi club whose name I tli I ii k mean the perfume of the maple to see and to listen to some Japanese plays which are given In the chili llica tor'bullt for the purpose. We went there In the afternoon, passing by the Shlba temples, and our kurunms were drawn up at one end of the building. There evert thing wo Japanee,though I hear stories of (lie other club and it iilira-Kuropcan wavs brandies-mid-soda, single eyeglasses, elc. How ever that may bo, on this side we were in Japan without mistake. We snt on the !') and had our shoos taken oil, according to the Japanese fashion, so as mil to injure mat, and we could hear during the ocratioii long wait ings, high iioies,and Ihe plcrulng sound of llutoa ami stringed luslrumetils; the curiously sad rhythm mingled with background of h'igh, distinct declama tion. We walked In, wllh careful at lention to make no noise, " forgetting that in our stocking feet we could have made none had we wished, and we found tint doctor's place reserved for him ami us, ami marked with hi name, writ large. Other low boxes, with side no higher than our elbows as wo sal on the mats, divided theslop Ing floor down to the stage. The wage was a pretty little building pro jecting lulu the grout hall from its long tide. It had its own roof, and connected with a large gallery ot bridge, along which the actor moved as they Came on or disapiienrad, in a manner new to us, but which gave a certain natural sequence and mode a beginning and tn eud, a dramatic In troduction and conclusion, and added greiilly to the picture when the magul tk'Ciit dresses of st I If brocade dragged slowly along to the cadeuce of the m uslo. ... "A quiet, sleepy appreciation hover ed over the scene; even the devotee near us, many of them older people and belonging to the old regime, show ing their approval or disapproval with restrained criticism. I could see with out turning my head the expression of tho face of my neighbor, a former daiuiio, a man of position; a face a Japauese translation ot the universal well-known aristocratic tym immov able, fatigued, with the drooping under Up. Heliind him sat former retalticrs, 1 suppose deferential, insinuating re marks and judgments to which ho as sented with Inimitable brevity. iStill, 1 thought that I could distinguish, when he showed tlmt the youthful amateurs for most of the actor were nou-professlonal did not come up to a proper standard, that Ids memory went back to a long experience of good act ing, Ami so catching are the impres sions of a crowd that I myself nfter a time believed that 1 recognized, more or I ss distinctly, the tyro and the master.even though I only vaguely un derstood what it was all about. For I need not toil you that the libretto would have been still more dllllcult for mo than the pantomime before me; and very otleu It was but pantomime, the actor making gestures to the accom paniment of music, or the declamation of the ahoricgus, who told the poetic story. Occasionally these movements amounted to a dance, that is to say, to rhythmic movement heueu called the No dance to which emphasis was given by rising or falling ou cither foot, mid bringing down the sole with a sud den blow, , . . "We hnd tobacco to cheer us On our arrival the noiseless ser vants had brought to us the inevitable little tray containing the lire-box with hot charcoal and the little cylinder for ushes, anil tea unit little sugary bails; and then, besides, nothwithstaiiding the high-toned repo.su of the audience, there was enough to watch." For One Climate Only. Applet Huiutita, p. Iiuocli. ,....1. lmons,Cel. p. b. do Welly, p. bx. new. Lime per him Or. Olenites, Hi vendible. . . . " Heedless Navels Malta HIiHsl..... .. 1'ear Hir tins I'eaclies sr liox hums s-r Hi i'rune mr Isix , WuU'iiiie.oiis dot OHAIN. Hurley, whole, p. i ll . Corn, per 100 II - . j uets, K's'l. I'. b Hye, p. loo lb nominal .. j Wheal. Valh y, . JOO lbs. do KaMern ir ; POULTRY. Chii kens.lartre Vomm V n". &ftiltHlO I do broiler ! I , old.,... ftWUfillUO jlhi.ksVdo 7iO'eW i lieesc, VoilUK Vd UOOiillll Ikl ANIMAL LITE SUSPENOEO- ipawa " "" .iialitv or rasher atenL r orue. without how ng tctlnn. tat or y capable of being W" T else of the funetton of llf. MJ which will rem n dry end sterile r MuTpwM bb. M lg full activity t nr time by supplying Coming up w the higher form. -rf the mm phenomena e" freted in lii-K-t. w o! norrn coudlllon ol who Hf-t "'V. rohrvsallut-lt chrctrled b) of "During thta Vital procewe r temrei ot -a ' . " . i .., irk malnta on turn U) at ilh III cents and rtilt ten nainph-s that illiiikyoii more money in wk than anything ever otfftml frmiHhmt mw, durable ami olltable. rnd u unee to NoaTMwuettasi Hi'mv Co,, (,, 3;(k Fiot Miert, I'ortlaud, On-m, till llekl Di""r" "w ' 1 . . t ay enough are In effect W '" " lerely vegetable existence! vet to in ct it capable of slight motion when merei; not Is earn tubjecled to a hock or Psure. The duration of thl apparent death tarie. according to the jecle tnd to tx iernal condition There r .i.. M.nini two tear ol lneu!ation before gidugthroughlhelrmetamorpho I it. Olhert pas to the perfect tint) lo few day. Butternut uemaim -tain degree of heiU. below which they will not bum. Tht opening of tu chnsall taket place naturally when these atmospheric condition art real- 1 iseil. II the teason l ll nwcnioB ! It alw late. Hence we can prolong ! the duration ot the chrysalis it In i delluitoly by proiwrly tdlusting the mhaiK) . temiieraiure, delaying w inai exieni IM the melamorphosl of the Imprlaoued '-"'.4 ! niuiumv into the free and wiugmi 1o I 3oti 1 ! aeot. Reaumur, by putting chrytalide I LOW 1 ?: I u .n lo.toi. wa able to keen them s Mfvl"l of' Printers Keller c is, i- Attn 1 low 1 1J,S Tin keys, votiiiit, ' lb. i Otoime and I'lieenaiilM. . ; bfcfcPS. Grass Seen. jTimoiby r...... .. i Orvlitird lirai- j Heil lop blue Urnwi. , , , Kiin'.ish live (iruss Italian tlo ...... j Austral ian do ... .. . I Miwipuie. , j Millet llunMuriau do Mixed Latin I i rasa j Clover Seed. j Hed Clover i While Clover I lvske Clover I Alialla Miscellaneous. i Canary . , . , Flax .. ! Hemp.... I Kane. , I LUMBER HoukIi . .'. ....... Fd(ed. i T. iV ti, Hlieulliiim No. 2 ll'Hiriiitf, . . . No. t ceiluiK No. t rustic Clear rouxh Clear P. 4.1 ...... . No. I flooring No. 1 veiling .... No, 'I riiNlic tlive and retard their ooveiopmeai ! teveral year. ' Going np higher in the animal terie. j tgg. which are analogous to the eed i r.l i.inis. nreseut a ramrkaWo ex ample of rotanled life. Oue of the niiMt Interestlnff features about them it iO ! the indeiiendooce of their vitality. 3"0 ! whleh tM-mlsM even when the Individ ual that has nrodticed them, tnd with- lb B, whose organism they tre still con- li(illlj llo'lJ tallied, ha ceased lo ha beou reiHignixed live. This fact lu pisciculture, uV"'i! where ariillcial fecmulatlon hut been j tuccessful with egg taken irora oeo fish. The ierisieuee of life In frogs is : very long. Spallansani preserved ' tome frogs In mass of uow for two i year. Tney became dry, stiff, and al j most friable, but a gradual heat brought ' them back lo life. Toad have been i shut up in Mocks of nloster. ami Iheo, f having been deprived of all air except ! what may pciietr tto through the inn ! lerial, and at all source of food. ! n'suscltiited teveral years afterward. i This question presents one of Hie most I curious problems that biological science j has beou colled on to explu4n. The longevity nod vital resistance of toads tre turprlsing. Beside the expert mentt we have cited, nature sometime 12m U 7(.rtl II lat II " 7 (( 7m-10 fun II fjiall l.'nlfl lOitill lft(17 l.'K17 lUl'lIf 4l(!fi(5 4(iiiS ROUGH AND DREbSED. Per l i iki t to have prose uls some aircauy maoe, aim vat- fit) DO i ly more astonishing. taon IS 00 i MK); IS IMI- :o iki i Ti IH) i ii m , 'i'i 60 ' Ji M St Oil ; I Oil ! iMl 4 00 s t 1 U;.0 i-ih Weppmg ,. Over 2 inches mule (extra). Leuglh 4(1 to 00 " .. PemihtaOo " . . U4 Ulh Uth binules, cedar, perlikH)..., " nnli-edar, V IOK)..4r, IKliiiiVIOOj wnni . i Eastern OreBon. ! cavity seemed to correspoua exactly An-onlinu lo Klirinkain' Hint 14 ' wilh the dimensions and form of the Valley. Toads are said been fouud in rocks. Such eaaet are rare, but it would be a un reasonable to doubt them as to believe lu some of the miraculous explanations that have been made of the matter. The phenomenon is marvelous, it it true, but it is tuptwi'ted by evidence that we are not aide to contest; ami skepticism, which Is luoompatible with science, will have to disapjicar if rigor ous observation shall oouhrtu it. The toad wa observed lu one ca in the stone itself and before, recovering from lit long lethargy, It bad made any motiou. Oue of these toads wat pre sented to an academy, with the si one which had served it as a colli u or habi tation, and it was ascertained Hint the (I '5 HOI 2 00 jt, U 2s.,'t3 an Hpring clip.., Itl(dl8 Umptjiia . IStifttl " I.HIill and fall .... 10(it)4 VEGETABLES (Freeh.! Cauliflower per dox 1 40'1 DO Carrots per saek ....... 100 do young lb dox 15 Celery perdu 1 00 Cucumbers y dox .... Ureen i'eaa III ......... U'ltiue do Ouioim V 100 llm . .... I'otnl'S's per liM II do sweets, n't Ih . . , Asparagus V lb Beans V lb. Beets lb Cabbage V liiiilinlies ikt dox j Spinach , Turnips ier ek Toimttisis per box DRIED FRUIT3. Apples sun dried tirs do factory sliced Cel.; . . do evap. 60 lb boxes . . . do mihlca. . ........... Apricots Black ImtiIos W) lb boxes. , . Cbeiriea pitted. . ... I'eaclies hive, unp'l'd new. . do eviiKiratcd ..... ,. Pours much dried , Plums pitted Oreg. . , " factory Citron, Currants, . o. Currants, in bxs or bills. , Dates in Iioxch Far Dates, 15 lb bxs. ..... Prunes. Oregon Fremiti Petite do Herman. . ..... . . ... Proffered Assistance. "Look at this ooatl" he exclaimed, ts lie entered tho store of a dealer on Michigan avenue the other day. "My f remit, vhas something wrong with dot coatP" "I should remark! You warranlod It fast color, and sun how it has faded!" "Hem. I warranted It. did IP" -w. "You did." . . "How long go vhas dotP" "Four weeks ago the day before I went to Toledo.'" 1 "Ho, ho! You haf been to Toledo, fill!" - ' Ul: "Yes just got bnek." ' . . "Dot settles dcr oase uud lets mo nudt. Dot cont vhas warranted for Detroit climate, und if you go to Tole do you must take your siianccs ou shrinking und fiidlngl" icreii -Fret I'rean. A Qoodi drop. A large tract of tea land In the neigh borhood of Canton this year yielded per acre f 1,000 lu tea leaves of the finest quality. I animal. It is remarkable that these I lood-sinnes are very hard and not at all porous, and show no signs of fissure. I The mind, completely battled in the tireseuce of the fact, Is eipiallv em larrassed to explain how the toad could live In It singular prison, end how H j became shut up there. M. Charlet i Richet had occasion lo study this i question some months ago, and came to 1 tlio conclusion that the fact wa real, ' observing that even if, in the actual j condition of science, certain plie- noraena were still Inexplicable, we ! were not warranted In denying their j existence, for new discoveries might at eny time furnish an explanation of I them. "Tho true may sometime not i lie probable," Hut science takes o j counting of the truth, not of the proba ! hility. : . .. 1'nlna; Tho Teeth. 7(e 40 1O0T12 1.V15 IKn'iltjj ;i(ir4 'hlSt 7 Wj (if ft I, lOC'fll It im 7 Years ago Jeremiah Hacker was 1 tuccussful school teacher. Though 1 qunkor and strongly opposed to light lug, he had no reiiglous or conscien tious scruples against thrashing dis orderly pupils severely... An Irishman, half intoxicated, was one day digging s well near Hacker's school. Hearing a fearful howliug he made for the school house, pickax in. hand, and knocked loudly at the door. When asked hit errand ho ropliod: "I mane no harruiu, Mistlmr Schoolmaster, I thought ye were tryhyiu' to kill the IniUu' I come over to see If ye were waiitin' help," The pvollercd assistance was declined wllh thauks. LvwUtan Journal. Sheep Killed by Dogs. A Meadville (Pa.) paper estimates that dogs destroy annually lu Crawford eoiiutrv sheep to the value of nbout 4,000. At this rale they would kill in the state about $200, otH) wortb of sheep per year. Hotter linte Than Never. A former Marion county (W. Va.) mnn now residing In Iowa has returned to a Fairmout family a book he bor rowed over forty years ago. The law of deterioration trom disuse Oiihilns will, ii,,, ,,., I, ..1, .. . ... 11 ... 1.. I .. " , " """ won as wtin , ' I "'er things. I'he constant and remilar to 14 !'SOi n,'w""ibi)r hard food 11 n t inula tit ninliii I...... .. . i . . nL'( ;i , : " , "Km coiumtmiiy grow n,-vio' 10 harder nml aimmmi. 1 , . to resist he inilueiices that nmke for decay, whilo 011 the other hand. living on soft food and neglect of mastication makes them tender." soften the enamel ami renders thorn easily susceptible to corroding ellecls. This is sometime especially shown in the case of oeoole after a, long illuess.who find their t eetb tender ami sore when they bna to re turn to a diet of solid hard food. A dentist, speaking on this subject, savs Some men have healthy teeth all limit' lives because they were givou good peiiod to begm to save the . teeth. Moth on land nurses gve chiUlroa soft tood. utterly Ignorant in many CH(W,8 0 the result. Crusts and hnf ttuU' should be given to children aa soou aa ol0'1? ti,om' In M'"-wy the gradually harden will, tim H1fa' fl 1 ioer,fi,eJil ?um Sirl g'v r molars plenty of wholesome aud unwholesome exercise. But chewing gum U mo especially healthy becasge only pa of the teeth are used. It is Jaw exer. else more than anything else. But In JHt ng hard wholesome" food all the ?! i00!10. .col,,t,,ot, w! the tub! for stance. Tobaooo ohm! I- l the teeth. h;. , ,u"l""l,lny ta generally pUced in' on'e lotion iike chewing gum, and there renm uu! 11 thrown out. The Southern neirroes have better teeth than most any face, because they use them from ,! A flight of locusts believed lo '' .uiJ sipiare m las .1 .Z "DUU,,8,! trom tho African have receiitly The fornlu tl orange crop of southern Call. lorniu una st.allH , wliWftU.j t 000 boxes. PADDING CEiV.ENT ETC. Boiler Casting a Specialty. 1107 Fourth St.. Kant Portland, 0. A REMARKABLE CIRU th. Cau l Os thai I,ltrarf rrmtarllna. af tfca I'rwil lr. ' Tlwre U remarkable young girl tin town, av the W'oinn-Al)Otil-Town uf the liew York Kerning Hun. ought not t I to remarkable a sh I. tnd the very fact that her rvsdiiix habit ar worth chronicling i t ul comment on Ihe flie and rrl.s tiwte for lilerature that I. alas! tj clmracterMio of the young jwople ii alKiul . She was recently asked If she had red a o rtin ew ttx-leiy novel, of which everybody wa talking nd ovpt which young women particularly grew warmly enthusiastic (the looked a lilt' ehsmcfarwl a l repliinl "No; I tried to read it, bui I just couldn't, and so I pave It up. A discussion of lnwk and writers fx lowed In which It transpired that ih voting girl had never read one of Hot tluehtW novel, nor of Rhode Hrouh ton1, nor of Ouhta't, nor of any ol llml school of English writer whose he roine thrill, and throb.and clutch, ami hunger, a our dear old autocrat would tav. 'Nor Mis Alcott, nor Mi Mnrf,. nor Henry Hayes, nor Marion Craw ford?" wot asked. bh Iookel d 1st re sped, but shook her bead. 'Terhap It I Howella, then, or Aid rich, or even Henry James?" Still she thook her head. "Do tell me, iheu. what you are por ing over hour out of each day?" "I have no business living la this generation," the answered. "I belong to the past. I hardly know the name of all these author yon have been a-k-ing aUmt. 1 read what mv father and mother did Scott and Dickens, anil Thackeray, and Hnlwrr, and Addiwia. and Butler, and Macaulay. "And no modern writersP" "I've read George Flliot and Georyo Sand and a little of Balzac I've irtnl to reail the preseuwlay writers. I really have. But I rau'L It is like trying to drink vin onlinair with the flavor of Johannislwrger still on one lip. I would hear some book mo-t lavishly and enthusiastically praised. I would send for it and begiu tli first few pages. I seldom got further. It was loo much of a wreuch.and 1 would shut the volume and go back to deal old Thackeray, aud Lamb, anil Walter Savage I.audor, and the rest of tlx talma. The first books I ever read were of the old-fashioned kind; mr father used to read Dickens, and Ma caulay, and 'Don Quixote' aloud to ui every night after dinner, ami I grew up in the companionship of these writ ers. After that 1 waa never able to form a taste for anything less. I do sometimes feel ashamed wheu I hear people talking; so glibly about these new wriier. I know I ought to be up to d:ite,aml live in the century in which I was born, and all that, but I guess I never shall." Four Sleepless Veer. An Athens, Ga., special eavs: Four year without sleeping a wink. That sounds preposterous, but it is exactly the case of an old negro now living ia Athens, Charley Hayden is his name, and the snows of age iiave settled dowa upon him. In slavery time he belong ed to John White, who lived at that time in 'his county. Charlev was teca 00 the streetsyestenliiy talklug to sev eral of his friends aud tolling them of his curious condition, "For four year," said he. "I have not slept a wink. I hoar continually a buaaing sound, and it seems as if sev eral persoua were talking to mo all th time. At night I lie in my IhhI with my eyes wide open, and If I do sleep never close them, and always hear tli talking. It is an awful tiling to Is) talked lo for four vears, and through the long nights to liave to listen to tht nonsease." Charlie hat tried ''doctor for hi sleeplessness, and has found no remedy, and has given up all hoie of oversleep ing again. H, Ha a matter of necessi ty, sleeps, but his eyes never close, and all his menial faculties remain ever awake. His case is a curious oue, John Erlosaon'e Purpose. Setting aside minor inventions, tlmt distinct purposes are apparent i Lricsson't labors; first, to improve the team engine and exteud the scope of IU application; next, to discover som more economical and eflioieut method for changing the mode of motion w call heat into the mode of motiou we call power; third, to force the grel maritime nations into declaring tht ocean neutral ground, by uikig naval warfare too destructive a pastim to lie Indulged tn, and equalising th Conditions of the etruggle between the greater and the lesser states. On the accomplishment of this last purpose de pended, in Krlcsson't judgmeut, the future of his -native- Sweden, tay writer In Scritncr'. Too weak to hoi" her own in a contest with any grant power, under existing conditions, her ouly sure hopo of defense is in 11011 trallssing the dominating factors ! genius stimulated by patriotism. Lovt of country was with Ericsson a preme passion, In this controlling sentiment, in the traits of olmractot . derived from his sturdy Norse an cestry and in the training and exi rienoo acquired during the twenty three years spent in his Scandinavian home, we bud the secret of that ex ceptional development of specialised faculties which has placed him In the. very frout rauk of coustruotivs w Cumws,