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DKSIRR to inform the public that they ore still on deck at
the old PIONKKR CORNUR that has an unbroken
record of TWKNTV-FOUR YKARS.
While many changes have been wrought dui'lngnU these years,
not only in our City, but among their patrons, as well as upon
the methods of business, yet with an unswerving- policy long
years ago established of keeping GOOD 0.001)8, giving GOOD
VALUK8 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 leading factor in the Commer
cial Circles of folk County, And while its present Managers,
SHELLEY & VANDUYN,
are proud of the record of the old Conter, and thankful for the
patronage THEY HAVE received during the past, they now
desire to say to their friends and patrons that their SPRING
STOCK is now Complete and will be replenished almost daily
with the Latest Styles of GENERAL MERCHANDISE, the
items of which are too innuinerol.de to mention, some of which
however are as follows:
BUSS - GOODS
CONSISTING OF
Imported Henriettas, Herges, Almas,C.eilian
Cloths, Cashmeres, Broadheads, Satteens,
Challies, Ginghams, Outing Cloths,
Lace Flouncings, Dotted Swiss
And a FULL LINE of WHITE GOODS.
FANCY
SUCH AS
KID GLOVES, SASH and NARROW RIBBONS,
ORIENTAL, TORCHON, and the Famous
BUCKLES AND SLIDES, SILK CORDS, ETC.
STAPLE DRY flOODS , N-
Sheeting, Muslin, Scrim and Lace Curtains,
Ladies Muslin Underwear, Shirting, Prints,
Ladie3 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
CLOTHING
FROM
HENRY W. KING & CO., CHICAGO.
At prices that challenge- competition.
SHOES.
Men's Ladies' Misses' Boys'
and Children's.
Sailer, Lerwin & Go's Factory at Philadelphia, the niOHt re
liuhle grnd in the Market.
ALSO A LINE OF
Staple (j roperies.
We are now on the eve of a New Era in Polk County ""
and 8IIELLHY & VANDUYN are prepared for the rush
which will certainly come this Summer. They have
purchased their immense) stock in the lowest markets
and have obtained the largest cash discount possible; no :
walk right in and we will give you straight goods at bed
rock prices.
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Shelley tk Vanduyn.
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for everybody.
uanuuvi
GOODS
I Told Yo fto.
If m nmrqr at eiiiral who ten Ml maka I
Ami ullor tb hmwymaon, oh.
Plml iimrvl rtlin with nil It lutpltn
MomcmUif uiy toiling jruu to.
If ion try to nntahln your neighbor In style
Ami live (ill tli limitnir yoiiiiwo,
Ami ul lu Hi"" tMur-tioun min after- ewlill-
llniuuuibuf my toUliif Juu to,
U hr blowing nt bnwrliit you try to Impress
11i world with uur miiamiuauc. uh.
Ami show ynu lira ii hlnir ir iMwtllily
hviuvuiuw ihj wuuig jruu .
tf you think to B)k wwiils laiagln you're
wis
II y talking of thins you itnn't know,
Amlruw you'r th fuul Uisl yuu can nol
lllltmilMh
Itouiouilwr mjf tvlltiif you to,
If route Into twnlnw. minim lh rath .
Tlmt nmkiM tli mm mtrly so,
Ami -Iter lrti.uln wlml up with itniwh
Hoateaiber my U'lllug yuu so.
If you ry tab lminy without being food,
Ami II villi III ,lltt In tlnw,
Aua Unit nil your joyi become lull knit worm
wood KeuivuiUir niy tailing youio.
tf you try to be lieallliy by wllowln allta.
i. J,.1-"','. " i . !
Amlitml ion w vioiim f wii aud ttt Ilia ;
Mmuibr my telllua yuu m.
If you try to make love to a iwiwt little nilaa
who itiiirin'lim'ai, oli,
A ad end Uial you are Ufl lieu you aid fur a
kin,
lUiuiemVr my tallluf you an.
Hnmtniber my telling ynu an.
lhlmlt Froe PrnM.
THE HAUNTED N1KK0R.
It waa early morning, and Tliomaa,
Lord KoaeiHlale'a vtilot, Imd walled on
hla mwnter'a American guewt tu toe
what he deeireil him to do fur lilm.
Tliomiu wiu too well-bred lo ap)ear
to notice anything remiirknbli): but
there certainty wn aonintliliiK odd lu
the gentleumu'a uuiuner, and lie had
not ilia look of one who hud enjoyed
rud'oslilns almtiberA. Twice he aveined
on the I'olut of id iioumllnjr a oueatlon
twioo he cliiu'kod liliimolf. At Inxt,
uit aa the mun turned -to leave the
room, he okai
'rhonmat"
'Ye, air," Raid Tliomaa, turning to
wards him ajraln.
"Ha nmimr, Thoinaa."
"Vory well, air."
Tliomaa had hla hand on the lock of
the door thta time, but ayuln the geu
ttemau aHikei
'Thomiw, I have been awake all
night."
Mf Lord will regret lo hear It,"
laid 'homna, too rviieclful to iro
oriate the informiitlon.
"Somothlng very otld dbftnrlied me,"
oontlnued the piulmimn. "lluve you
any reuaon to believe tlmt any of the
women aorvanta have lml their
aeu
eaP"
-Any or uie n mimi. airr aam
Thomaa. 't)h, no, a r. My la.ly a own
maid ia a moat aeuslblo H-ruu. bo la
the young lady a, exlreiuely re.Nwt.
able and Httu.l, ludeed. A for the
ii. I umiI .. nil n kill! I Ulll IHKd MikOM
cuu . .
of the malda are tfiit of tholr auuna,
lrl"
"One of the maid kept me awake
all last night," said the Ainorit'itn.
"One of the mulda, ill t" cried
Thoiinu.
"Yea, Tliomaa," in Id the gentleman.
"She kept runuiug Into my room, nt
leant every half hour, to look lit the
glaaa and admire hoMelf.
"Sin! dime out of that door," and he
pointed lo ouo in acuruer,"and walked
tralght up to the mirror; the ll;lii
from the tgUl lamp full upon her fuoe
he eeeimid to catoli my eye in the gltwa
each time aud ainiled at me ait alio did
no. 1 only atiw hor once in Hie minor,
but It waa very pretty, tlioujfli very
pale. M10 wore a sliurt ipiilicii eklit, a
little uiat-k ooiiice am 11111 wime t Aa f.r the Amerlciiu, he slept else
aleevea. hhe had a gold tirtwa tied . w,rg ,10 wxX uij(UL t l(1 no
arouud her mick by a black ril.lMin.aud i mlratlou forglm-ia, even Hie family
wore a liulo cap ou her black braid 1 uf ,tobliuuu. aud he had no do-
j a very young girl. Willi a nH)tljr
Willi
French fa te, 'I lioinus. Do you kuow
Uerf"
"It I have the honor of understand
Ing you. air, the voting pomou came
through this doorr' he anted.
'Yea, "aald the American.
."More than once, sir."
"About once an hour from midnight
.. t .1 n
uuiu uwn.
"She waa vounz. nrettv and trench -
looking, and wore a quilled skirt, a !
bodice and a cap, air?" i
Exactly. Thomiut." i
"And amiled at ynu In the rIuss
where you aaw her facer 1 undcrlaud !
he did not look toward you a ahe
passed, alrP" ,
"Right. Thomas." j
May I bog you to do me ttie favor
of looking Into thla room, slrP" I
Tho gontleman followed Thomas to
the door through which . he assnttctl
that the young person hud passed and i
taw nothing but a aqunre closet about
twelve feet aquare, with no door aave
the one tlmt opened Into the lntye
room, and high in the oelllnj a little
window through which a bird could ,
carcely have flown. It contained no'
furniture whatever. 1
"You will acknowledge, lr," aald
Thomaa, very gravely, "Unit an onli-;
nary parson must have rimmlnml here ;
if the had enturod.as you think she did, j
lr, and tlmt we should now II ud her,
here, slrP"
"There must be a secret door or
or something!" cried the American.
"I am not mud, aud I waa wldo awake.
I-"
"Yes, sir," aald Thomas, still more
solomnly. "Aa I remarked, an ordi
nary young poison could not have con
trived to disappear;but lnm well aware
that the young poison you have seen is
not an ordinary persou, sir. She has
been aa apparition, for more than 200
years."
"An apparition!" crlod the American
gentleman.
"Yes, sir," replied Thomas; "an ap
parition, air. 1 think you have soon
Lady Uosondnle's gentlewoman,
Itosotte, sir. . It Is ten years since she
was seen before, to my knowledge, but
she has been seen vory often. Yes, sir,
It must have bnuu Hostitte."
"1 should like to hear more about
Eosntto," suld the grnllomnu.
"Yes, sir." said Hie valet. "This Is
a very old family, and they have Uvea
on tills estato for a long while since
the time of Quoen Elizabeth, I believe,
sir and about 200 years ago tliore was
a Lord Herbert my present muster Is
Lord Herbert, as you know; it is a
favorite name in the family who was
a very gay, wild young iioblomon, and
was a great admirer of the Indies, sir,
as gay young uoblcmon mostly are.
However, by the time he was 80 he
marrlod and setllod down, its 0110 might
suy; and having traveled with his wife
ou the Conliuent, came home, aud bo
gn ' to be very much thought of and
rerouted. So wus Ills lady, too, sir,
though she was not handsome, and was
very haughty.
"One thing, howover, the English
servants did not like; she brought a
foreign maid with her from Franco a
girl named Rosette, and as pretty as a
picture.
"My lady thought A mi
her, and would never let any other
woman be about her in hur room, and
of course the people were jealous and
talked against Itosotte, anil the women
began to say something about the way
iay lord looked nt her. Though, to be
sure, women will be suspicious. How
ever that may be, my lady loved her,
and I think she thought too much of
herself to be jealous of her maid, until
one day, sitting before her glass, Rosette
eombing hor hair for hor, she hoard her
husband coming into the room. Hor
back was towards him, aud Itosotte
was behind her, and they forgot the
mirror; and so, sir, she saw In it with
out stirring both their faces; and she
taw the girl smile ut bor husband and
ih ww Mm nulla back at hor, and tht
rilil lint, imail Iti Mitu in mnra l.tiilliul
Try qitlok. air, a we .11 know.
Shu understood everything, but slit
never stirred, una mm uever suhl any
tiling to hlinuo, tun' to (lit iikiIiI, nil',
j "This wa her loom. ilr. lu that
. little uliMH't Roclte hud her bed, to be
i ready If she culled. Hut oue morning my
i lady's bull rung fiiiluii.ly.uiiil lint maid
. f0 answered It wm told to tlo tuj
j ledy't heir, fur Rosotie had font beek
to ner nauvt country.
All tin tint she wm doing It tht
girl thought she heard a fiilut moan
ing sound end wm frlghtoued and weut
buck to the rest pale mid trembling!
and before night It was vary wull
Ituowo lu tho Iioiih that tlit Unit)
cloint thnra wm not oulje looked, but
Untied uu.
"Tliort wm coIiIiimi btwein my
lonl nd my Imly and tlmy knt ry
iihk'Ii tft; but kli hail told lu in nUo
that Romiito hud mUirned to France
and no one ever anw the girl apiln.
"Alter unit my low nmmieu w iiki
up i win wy asriun, in a iihhwii,
".j .i i. - .1....1 ...j
lived vii 17 nitioh alone, dlie never had
a regular muld and aha wu harah to
thrwe who wnltnd on her, Tm- never
were any olilldrtm, but they both lived
to be very old Indeed, and at lt ray
lady died In thla very room aud waa
burled In the ohuruli yonder. You may
see her tomb tliore Lady Muud Itonen-
l...,,. u
llimi; but aj aoon at the (uuertil waa
over he went Into my Indy'i room, and
loud a long while before the looked
and milled eloaet uoor,
'l lien he mid to liliun-lf, 'I ean not
din until 1 kuow," aud ordured It to bt
opened.
"They annt for the blnckintth to do
It, and all the while my lord mil In lilt
great arm-ohulr, ainrlug before him.
There wore hundruiU of nulla lu it.
I'tHiple imIiI afutrwatiU that all my Lady
Miiud'a llle tliore ii-nil now and then to
be a little aouiul of hammering lu her
room when alio waa alone, but they
were all out at latt, and tha look waa
forced, aud my lonl arose and tottered
luto the closet. ' . ',.
"A bed atomt there atlll and Home
gnwna hung on tho watt, and over tha
bed one waa lying, with oorda twlaled
almut It. Theu tliuy looked ulomir aud
the mania lioynn to eureain, and on
old woiiiuii, who rememlHired Koaette.
had callod out her uitme, and my lord
turned hla ale old eve upon them like
j a ghost ami aald, iod forgive me aud
j have merer ou both their aoulsl' aud
i held out hla hand to be helied buck to
j hit own room, which ha never left
BL'nln. :
1 ..1. w..ni nincli ther foil ml onlr a
; few bouna and an ornament or two, out
; t WM ,Hin that (lie girl ha.1 beeu tleil
j mml f(M,t tm fc ,0 M
j ml ft ,IBro to ,llw, wre not
mmUm outright by the Jnalona ldv.
Ki flir t.)8 my ,'ftly MwM uUtu,j
. . T. .
( m Wl,uivriiig klnu of way ou
hla diiiith-lwil. 811 il ciiiiki to be known.
j Hut ever alnce. air, whenever there ia
j going to be mUfortiiue in the (molly,
j whom'i r (deeps hiire lu thU room ewe
i Uonelle come out of her eloant and
mnlle lu the gUivi. No one ever uniaher
face, only Ita roflcollon.
"She wa aeou bclore one voitnir lady
! It la two goiiorntloua ago, air eloped
j with a very inferior person.
1 "Slie waa aeeu before my manter'a
: fattier died, and More my master's
brother waa killed at the Crimea. I
j hoe no trouble will follow now, air."
j "1 trust not," aald the American.
i "Pei'hup It would be boat not to lueu-
; tion this to any one."
j "Very well, air," aald Thomai, and
, left the room.
i ui tn-o lUm-tto amlle at lilm in the
i glass agaiu. The smile of a phantom
j uf X) year standing are more awe
i aouie than bowilclilnir. Kvtmna
WurUL
Ad-loan Kngllsh.
English aa alie la wrote by native
i noioiitalea on the west coast of Africa
1 L iliiiii,in. if not leianL A nrlvaia
polmiules on the west coast of Africa
mer M.lved here from the Freuob
Congo aaya tlmt his majesty King Monl
Miiclilnitu had boon stealing the wlvei
0 employes at tha white trading poata,
and otherwise milling up In an unsoeuv
y manner. The French administrator
mxi dim a atom and dictatorial me.
ange ordering him to trausfer hit royal
pemon to the French post for a palaver
anil accounting. Thereupon the king
look his pen in hand and produced the
following forcible and delimit answer:
"1 save Engliah, me nave l'ortuguiae,
me save German, me no aave French,
m Frenchmen lie king for Coango,
me be king for Mayumba. Suppose
them Frenchman get palaver for me,
he better him come for my town."
The Fienuhmau came for hla town
with a gun bout and a squad of soldiers,
and the king auddenly took to the
woods, with all hit people, looking
back now and then to tea the amoka
rising from hla burning village. At
last account Monl Maolundu had quit
letter-writing, and waa sadly rebuild
Inir his villaire, convinced that hla liter-
! ary attainments lu this Itiatnuoe had
been a positive detriment to him. iV.
Y. Hun.
Nimble Chinese lloporters.
The Chinese language as the natives
use It Inn grout force, fluency, and di
rection, ft is practical as the nation ia
practical, and those who use It are too
Independent to abandon the speech and
writing handed tlown to them through
so long a line of ancestor. It will be
made the medium of Instruction In
science and la very suitable for becom
ing so. They have contractions for all
their olmriictcrs which foreign students
do not trouble themselves to learn, but
the us of which in fact qualifies tho
Chinese to become shorthand reporters
of speeches in their own language.
They do not practice speech-making,
but if they did and, if the native news
papers formed a stuff of shorthand re
porters they would not need to learn
any foreign system. They can report
quite fast enough themselves with a
little practice, and they write the con
tractions with wonderful quickness.
Their hand muscles are pliable, their
lingers small, and the writing brush
they employ Is an Instrument superior
in speed to the steel pen or the quill.
The scribes at an Imperial audience
probably write all or nearly all that li
aid. Scribes who are paid by the
piece get through a large amount of
copying in a short time. Yet let no
one expect a teacher who Is paid by
the month to write fust. He has every
reason to be slow. But copyists, pniil
so much for a thousand characters, try
naturally to transcribe as ninny thous
ands in a week as they can. The rapid
work of such copyists, especially If they
are allowed to use contractions, favors
the conclusion that by using Chinese
oharaoters specialists could oaslly write
all that a good bpeaker suys. As to
whether they could compete with tha
quickest European stenographers may
perhaps soon be brought to trial in
Japan, where many thousands are now
learning to write in tha Roman char
actor. The new school will soon pro
ceed to add shorthand to Romaniza
tion, and then It will soon be decided
which is the best adapted for swift and
accurst reporting. A'orih China Her
aid. Londou Fog.
It Is proposed to light up horses'
heads with eleotrlo light during fogs 1st
Loudot,
MARKET REPORT.
Rullnir, Prices of Puultry, Kh and
Diary Produce.
mi), MM, UKAIN AND LUMBER
Wsel, Urass Heeds, Clever Herds, NlsrelU
arts Seeds, Ktc, Els.
DAIRY PRODUCB.
Butter. -
Uikoii
'miry creamery ........... !W '
Choice dairy ., -0
Common , Htoll)
Moiled (Cel.) Ud-V
Kuntcrn e.esniery fancy ,. .
Cat. free!" Mil 1HM.1
Che.
Nw California..." 1.. 1II3J
Oreuon Hkima and eream . . 1.114
HwiM Cheese, domestic, ... lo to in
Youii. America Or , li
Em.
Oregon V ;h. 1 20
FLOUR.
Portland l't. Holler, p. bbl. 8 75
Halem do do 3 75
Dayton do do Soft
Caacadi do do 3 06 ,
Country Brands, , H Ml
McMluuville..,,... 3 7ft
Hiipernii.,, . . M)
White Lily 7ft
UraJiam 8 .ft
Rye Flour 4 50
FEED.
Bran per ton $l7lu0
Hay " " baled .,lHtW60
Ur'd Itarley, tier ton .H00
Mill Chop tier ton :'2t.ftH0
Hit Cake Meal per ton . . . .'7 MK :H 00
Short per ton IIHSfc.llOO
FRESH FRUIT.
Apples.,,.,,
Hanane. p. bunch 2 MM 4 00
Cherries J 00(t I 2ft
Unions, Cal, p. bx . 8 7ftc4 00
do Sicily, p. bx, new., U2ft
Mines per bun I 60
Or. Orange, klvemlde., . , 4 00
" " Hoodie 4 50(t4 75
Navel.., 5 25
Mull lllod 500
fears per boa None.
1'eaclie per box do
Mum per lb do
Crimes per box do
Watermelons V doa do
Mrawbcrrle V 07 . ,'
GRAIN.
Barley, whole, u. ctl
Corn, per 100 II.. ...... I 50
(tat, good, p. hit 62(i(ft4
Rye, p. 100 lb nominal, . . I 20(1 22s'
Wheat, Valley, p. 100 lb. . 1 201 224
do F.axtern Ore 1 low II:'.1.
POULTRY.
Chickens, large young y da. 550
do broiler ,. 4 50(-5(XI
do old U ntKll25
Imi k V do OlKlw
lte, young da H iHKjitl 00
Turkey, young, V lb J",'.
SEEDS.
OraasSaods. lb tb
Timothy , H'tY-M.'
Orchard Ura 11 (ac 12
Rel 'lop.... ... uyHX
blue Or !2ttfl4
Knglish Rye lira 7 vl
Italian du lyHl '
Australian do . 7V"
Me(iiiie,.. 7t10
Millet 6tt
Hungarian do 5(t0
Mixed lawn time 120(15 ,
Clovar Bead. a
Rod Clover' lOVIl',,
White Clover I(17
ilvske Clover Kit? 1 7
Alilta... low II
Mlacallanaou.
Canary 4S i.
Flax 4 '.("tS
Hemp oiit.Vj
Rape S'.uM,
LUMBER -ROUOH AND DRESSED.
Rough Pet M 10 00
Kdgd 12 00
T. A O. Sheathing MOO
No. 2 flooring WOO
No. 2 ceiling 18 00
No. 2 rustm 1H 00
Clear rough 20 00
Clear V, 4S 22 50
No. 1 flooring 22 50
No, 1 ceiling 22 50
No. 2 rustic 22 50
Stepping., 25(H)
Over 12 Indies wide (extra). . . I 00
lengths 40 to 50 " ... 200
LnnghtaOft " ... 4 00
HiLat! 2 25
1 1, Lath 2 60
bingles, cedar, per 1000 2 25
red cedar, V 1000 , 45 00(350 00
WOOL.
Eaatarn Oraaon.
According to shrinkage..,. 17(320
Valley.
Spring clip 1(1(410
Umpqiia . lH(t20
Lamb and fall lucrtH
VEGETABLES (Fresh.)
Spinach
Turnips r sk 175
Tomatoes per box,
AHperagu )(H
Bean lb 10
Hoot V lb
Cabbage lb it'A
Cauliflower, tier dos 1 40(it I 50
Carrot er sk 1 (Ml
do young dos 15
Celery r ilox Wt I 00
CuciimUir V dim 75
(Ireen fcas f lb 0
lettuce dox 20
Onion f lb 2',i
Potatoes $ 100 lb 2 25
Hadislies 'f dox 15
khuhurp.. 6
Prune.
Oregon French l'etlto 7(8
DRIED FRUITS.
Apples sun dried or 7 W
do fuctory Hliced Cal.. ,. IMu lO
do evup. 60 lb boxes. , , , 11 to 12
do unblea.......... .... (I to 7
Apricot 1H lo 14
Blackberries Ml lb boxes... llti13
Cherries pitted 40
Peaches blvs, tmp'l'd new. . 10(412
do evaluated 12t15 -
Pear much dried UoW-i
Plum pitted Oreg 3(H
" factory ft0(J
nitron, Currants, o.
Currants, in bxs or bhl. , 7M(iR
Dates in boxes lOljHl
FardDate. 15 lb U
Could Only Speak Atrlllniself.
You have met the old man of the
country village who, having been all
his life a devoted church member, and
having been a deacon and a member of
the council of the church, and all that
tort of thing, has gradually grown Into
inch fnmiliar mini ions with the Creator
that he advises Him every morning
what to do about the weather, and
about the village, and about the Gov
ernment. There is a beauty, after all,
about his egotism. It Is at least honest,
and If he pcrhnns overrates his influ
ence with the Divine .Ruler ills bocausa
he Is conscious of having led an up
right life. He doubts the chance even
Df the minister in the mntterof Heaven,
but ho lias no doubt of his owu elec
tion. "Uncle," said his niece one day,
"are you quite sure you are going lo
llcuvmiP" "Sure! Why, my dear
jhikl, 1 am just us certain of It us that
I am silling here!" "Aud about atiutP"
"Well, well, my child, 1 hoiip so, but
I'm not at all sure about hor." Hun
t'rancmcu Vhruniete,
Afarmor living between Marooline
and Brookfleld, M6., found thirty-seven
bee trees during lust summer and full,
and as a consequence has on hud more
than a barrel af stralued liouey.
FAIIM NOTES.
Keep pieces of i halk where Uu yon8
animals can Ih k them.
Cotton seed meal l too nitrogenous
toljohiiuilhfulfoodforplg".
Tha shelter that hiiM out both pure
and cold air I uot proliublo struo
tore, Every animal mast Miak for lt"
and only Its pedlgre can wk for It
offspring.
Tlit coming farmer will trust less to
bis eyes and more to fool-rule tnu
pound-weight, jf
ThevAlueof pedigree Is imt In It
Touching for nntoslry. but lu lt vouch
ing for onVprlnf.
Rust and rot io more for the Imple
ment maker In wlntor thu wear aud
tear do lu sunnier,
The BnliemUn out swindle ha font
East to grow uji with the country. lit
played out In the West
Tht secret f largo yield alwsy
and evervwhrM aro i loh soil, good
seed, and thorough tillage.
The farmer who makes Ills own pork
and beef put another bond on health
and pys hlnt-mlf for o doing.
Whit elorer I smI'I lo I disappear
Ing In some of the Kaslurn Slate, but
It Is mott limn holding Its own In the
West. 1
Hoard estimates the annual consump
tion of butur lu this country to be 1,- j
000,000,000 ;pnuml-2.73'J.72U ioumU ;
par Day.
The Hesdan fly f snld to hve been !
Introduced iuto Kngbiod in the lr' j PM theaUjr of Uuiveraitjr CullftK. lxo
lu puckluf cases. It t a stand ; tfon rwe4)ty, u wlme the unrolling
against tli i English sparrow. j of n mum lrnm fjpix.r Egypt Thl
In making men out of boys, and wo- ! n,iniiiy, the London J'itttti says, "ha
men out f girl, consider that tha ; for iH)t a half century occupied a
charactorbfthemnlertal ha something. j .,flp, j the college museum, but It 1
to do wltb how lo cut to the best ad-, tml known how It came Into the poae
tatitnge. j lion of the auibol itie. It was at length
A good crop of both corn and weeds ! docldud to unroll It ol Mr. K. A.
cannot be grown on tho same ground ; Wallis Budge, M. A., of tht Urltlsu
at tha ssiiio time, any moi-e than tao Muum, waa nruell to uudrtakt
railway train can pass each other ou
the sunn track.
Running a dairy without a
il,.-.
. !.... i...- ;
ware on tonenra root, ine graiuug :
was done on one year old root.
i A healthv food for gtowlng pigs may
ke made of boiled potatoes, with corn
meal aud bran added, in proportion of ;
live pounds meat and ton pounds bran
lo a bushel of potatoes. The latter '
ahould be boiled to consistency of this
paste.
The estimated cost of hauling 100
bushels of gt-iln in a wa ;on over on in-
ary country roods is 00 cent a mile.
1 His Uot uustrau-s tno necessity ana
money value of good roads. The dif
ference in cost of hauling is immensely
in favor of the goou rou.l.
TZZti d w u , 5 ''"" lrplJ color, whloh bail formerly
rrtifcssor W otf. of Oornianr, as . f obatrValloot o.f Egyp-
demonsirate. by careful expi rimenU , lmmmUm pmmMy. He described
that elovcr obtains lis n Irog, n from . , rf , , ;lb(rf prvuirvlng
the amiosohere, and hat. u fact a 1 j fc , n,umlni,i,i00as tlirea
planw an. the soil obtnl their nilr -, , IIUm,M,r; -j',,, tim proC4!W mfalttA
Keu fiom that luexhuusuble source j lhll, lll8 lnteB., ibould be extracted
"IW' j ami ambaltued In four pots dedicated.
Professor Wiley regards sorghum j to four gods. Tha body was then
teed as second In food ml no lo wheat f waked lu natron for seventy days. At
aud superior lo corn and oats. It I the end of that time it was washed aud
being ground Into flour for breakfast then carefully bandaged In hundreds of
pancakes, lu which form it beats buck- : yard of linen. By the second process
wheat out of sight j the Intestines were simply dissolved
A Western Now York horticulturist j tut by means of nalrou aud then muiu
produced a vigorous growth of Dula- j milled. By the third process the body
ware grajie vines and a large amount was merely sailed and put Into a pit
of superior fruit by grafting the Dcla- : Sometime bitumen was ued with
... . rf " ...7 . i i. ...... - t itll k. .,1... I.
It is uot advisable to spread coarse odor. When a great part f tho linen
stable mauure, . full of bedding, on j had been removed, black ulniiis, caused
mowing-land In wiutor or any other j by the bilumen, became apparent, and
time ot year. Such nmtiuru as Hint is j m-iuvr to the body tho wrappings had
auitable only for plow-laud. Top-dross- iiiilei cd cousidorably from contact with
ing for meadows should always be in i this sulHiauce. Two small pieces of
line, well-rolled condition, and be j liucu w ith Irlugc wore discovered in
spread evenly-not loft lu heaps. j lhe course of the unrolling, and these
The SurthweM says tlmt any coin- j bore inscriptions more or less impaired
muniiy which raise good drufi horses i by the bilumen.
will bo found prosperous and progres- j "When at last the coverings had
siva. Whea a half dozeu or ten good ; been removed the Ixnjy was found to
teams are put po 'ha market and j be of a very dark browu color so dark,
bring Into Iho neighborhood from f.1-j indeed, as to be almost black. The
000 to lo 000, it helps everybody lz " i kin, where It remained, wm hard and
aud drives the wolf from niunv a door. ' shiny, the arms and hand lay lengtli-
D. W. Kurt. In the Colorado Fana-1 wise upon the abdomen. while the heart
r. computes that there I a loss of ! f1"! iulc w we' P' beneath the
flOO.OO0.0O0 per annum in the United J kno- lhe features when disclosed
State, caused by the horns of cattle, j tood out very clearly aud were those
In the death and damage of cuttle, i - rS ''""df person, but the sex
horses, sheep, audswino. and the loss ; fll dctenmned. Glass eyes
of food It takes to feed the horned n 'd been pluced in the head and there
excess of what it takes to feed the!"9 '" plug In the tar. Mr.
H.wi.i. thla iiu.,-. ; liuilge, at the conclusion of his task.
Is an average of 200 human beiup er j
annum killed directly by maddcued
horned animals.
There is a possibility that oaretess
readers seeing so much in the papers i
about abandoned farms just now, will
think that some sudden depression or
disaster has overtaken agriculture.
This Is not so. The abandonment of these
farms has been going on, in some oases,
or nan a century, ino general orta. ,
Ing out of so much newspaper talk j
does not Imply that the i onuws are re-
cent Agricol tire of 1889-90 is not
necessarily under a cloud because of ,
uruiB niai, woio nuuuiiwuou nujuiuuQ
from ten to fifty years ago. At. K,
Farmer.
Profossor Ladd, of the New York Ex
periment Stallon, says: 'Ouo half of
the money now expended for commer
cial fertilizers Is wasted, from a proper
lank of knowledge a to their use aud
the needs of one's soil. With the tons
of nitrogeu everywhere about us, con
stituting four-tilths of all the air, It
seems there should be no need of pur
chasing this most expensive of all tho
fcrtil'mlng constituents required in
plant growth, and I believe the time
will conio when by a proper system of
crop rotation aud cultivation we shall
be bh? to draw our needed nitrogen
from nature's bountiful supply."
The low price of beef and -dairy pro?.!
. .
ducts is causing
is causing more attention to be
paid to sheep, which in consequence
are growing scarcer. Thore Is another
reason in the great amount of luhor a
herd of rows make, whether their milk
be sold direct, or made into butter or
choese. The old English rulo was that
the keep of eight sheep equaled that of
one cow. Sheep lire, however, more
delicato feeders, ami will not. thrive ou
course stalks as well as cows will.
Thoy are also close f coders in summer,
ami on old pastures live where a herd
of cows would starve. On tha other
hand, sheep in winter will not eat the
butts of cornstalks as olosoly as will
cuttle American Cultivator.
Profossor Sanborn, at the Now York
FarmoiV Institute, snld: "Less than
a cent a ton a mile for freight, the
Suea Canal, the revolution of steam
ship transportation, and tha penetra
tion of the iron horse and of farm
tools into all quarters of the world
have made the earth competitors In
one market. It is not now the East
against the West, but Americans against
the world against ohenp labor, newer
fluids, and a lower order of living. Out
brainy farmers will hold their own j
order of living and free homos against
the world, but only by a greater appli
cation of their own intelligence, of
capital and labor, In a higher order of
farming ia extensive farming, each
acre being handled on the intensive
plan."
A practical dairyman writing to the
N. Y. Times says a mistake is oflen
made in tho use ot hot water lu clean
ing dairy utensils. Hot water makes
milk curd Insoluble and hard and
tough, so that when uteusils are scald
ed before they are thoroughly cleaned
from the romulus of tour milk, tht
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r.AHGEST
curdbMolldlMIn the porta of '
wood and become a pennant it agent
of mUbief. Any alkali "jj
of milk; and after Ural welt rmlng tht
ut. oslls and twolally Iht eburn. with
a illutlon'of oomnurn KHla
orsaleraius (carbonate of potash) may
Imi very usefully employed to ""nplett
the removal of all n of the war
milk. Then another rinsing llb cold
water and followed by c l In mWk
boiling wmraiidaUnishlngdhingoI
cld aalcr, alwuvs pure, wilt completo
the work. -,
UNROLLING A MUMMr.
Dftalls ef A ItrtlBf KsJiiMtlaa Whleh
Was WlinMMd la taa.
I . i .ll-iln.,,.:-!.,! mmmiif
-.,i?i1.niia ,eii.r,lcd in theboUtuf-
the Hoik.
1 "The mtimmv was ulaced on a table
on the floor of the theater and loosely
covered with a cloth of fine linen of
w niuc w ' :vv "
lie uooy uur mo luicuiue unu ueea
removed.
"At the conclusion of bis obena
tinns, Mr. Budge proceeded to unroll
! the iiiiiuimy, which was closely swathed
; , -I i. . .I.1..I i . r..
iii flcoru vi jarua vi inti.' yuiiuivibu
llucu of tine texture. The bauds of
linen varied In w idth from four or five
Ii,i4i..a t,, ulmnl a fiutt- KiiniA nt tlinm
wenj uKtlwiKe along the bodv.
iollt,,.. w,,re wra,,)ed round and routed
-IU
At the begiuuiugof the process of
: unrolling there was a very iwrveuiibla
sickly smell of aromatic, which, as the
work went on, gave place to a more
pronounced and decidedly disagreeable
saiu iliac ine mummy iwomoa to ueiong
to a period about 800 years before
Christ It was tilled with bitumen,
aud nearly all the flesh was destroyed
In consequence. Parts of the skin re
mained upon the breast and the bones
were still in fairly good roudltion. The
intestines, instead of belntr nut In Dots.
! , tllAV IWII.lltv t.i II... J....A nf luiM-
sons of high birth, were placed beueulu
the legs.
..The n, ,d not bava Wn o(
Tery 4ut imporUulce boinulae thore
wa neither tcaralwua nor ring upon
th(J Bn r Tlm im.ision ft
,Me was stm (oulK, am was oue of t,e
most interesting features lu the mum
my. The poison appeared lo have been
called Bck-Rah or Bok-Ranuf. The
only inscription decipherable was the
name of Osiris, folded over the part of
the stomach dedicated to tlmt god, and
a prayer for the heart of the deceased.
There was another pioce of linen bear
ing the dale, but the year has been
obliterated by the bitumen. From the
quality of the linen, its fineness of text
ure, aud the fringes to the inscriptions
the mn mm v must belong to the best
period of Thelnin mummifying, proba
bly the nineteenth dynasty. The in
scriptions were written in the hicrmr-
lyphics. The mummy was about live
feet three inches lu height, ami was that
of an Egyptian, probably one of the
t .i ,t . ....
0 1188 corresponding to the lower middle
wl? 01 moucru limes. i lie bony will
uuuurgo lurtuer examination by scieu
tilio exports."
An Exile In Jnpnu.
We were joined at table by a foreign
gentleman with high choek-boucs, yel
ow face, and slanting eyes, and dressed
in the latest European fashion with
high collar, four-iu-hund scarf, and
pointed shoes. He was very courteous,
and managed what little English he
used as skillfully as he dresses. And
ha gave mo a touph of the far East in
tho story of his being here; for he is
under a cloud, an amiable exile whose
return to his native land might Involve
his doing boiled In oil, or other ingeni
ous form of doaih. For well as he
figured nt luncheon with us, I hear that
he lias been obliged to leave because of
Ills having poisoned too many of his
guests one day at table, former
enemies, of his, and' because of hit
having despatched with the sword those
whose digestion had resisted his ort'orU
at conciliation. However this may be,
his extradition is demanded; to which
he objects, and invokes W.estern Ideas
of civilization, und protests that his
excesses have been merely poliliual.
John La i'nrgt, in Tlie Century.
A Dros Grievance.
. Queen Victoria's ladies-in-waitinc are
begmulng to murmur about a griev
ance. They only recoive 3007 and
aro expected to appear lu new costume
at every dinner. The maids aieoom
pollod to trim up thoh old gowns in all
possible ways, for the quoeu has an
eagle eye for old dresses aud hatea
them
A howling swell
boy'i uuuk.
-The boil out small
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A BOY'S EYES.
Whl Tbr a Ho Tjr Spy Oat
Ximom for 1U
The boy of horn I write I never at
lost to find fcomethiiig to observe,
ayi Furett and titntam. Jjut yeara
heavy ahower eaugbt him while be was
Halting. From hi retreat be kept hut
eye out to tie whatever there was to
be teen, and shortly obwrved the
dragon flies, great and lilllo. Mtlliug
in lhe brook grass for shelter from the
rain. Before the shower wa fairly
over he saw the cedar bird come and
drive the dragon flies from their covert,
.Hunting them down in all their luce
ringed finery. The great three-Inch
dragon flies, painted with black and
1 el low, were too strong for the birds
but the little slender fellows doue up
In fancy colors browu. green, blue,
and duiiky became meat for tbe hum
er.
This fall, when paddling up Canrom
gomac stream, we saw cedar bird sit
ting out on tbe rush bed near the mid
dle of the stream. This wa just after
a shower. Had they boon catching
dragon flics f Tbe boy waa not there
to tt-lt ns.
Some time ago I remonstrated with
him for throwing stones at a kingbird,
but I was told that he was doing it
only to please the bird. True enough
it did please the bird. From bis perch
ou a high tree the kingbird calculated
the curve of each stone, chattering his
deliauce as the missile whbtzed by, ris
ing a few feet when he saw that it
came U10 near, only to aettle again ia
Uie same place.
As it amused both bird and boy I al
lowed it lo continue, aud for several
days tbe kingbird returned daily to eu
joy the sport
One could not be even the best of
boys aud not sometime enjoy hector
ing other creature, but frequently the
most distress is caused by the most iu
nocent intention. The boy is always
bringing home "chippies" and you 11 g
robius, leaving the distracted parents
to mourn until their offspring i re
lumed. One poor song sparrow doubt
less denounced him a a murderer be
cause he choked one of her yellow
mouthed nestlings by feeding it with
strawberries against her e"xpre.ssed
wishes, although the jury Impaneled
on the case gave In an acquittal.
Once I knew hi 111 to catch in his
bands a full-grown yearling common
tern, perfectly able to fly. F rem baby
hood this boy s cry has been for "sum
sin live to pluy wtv." No matter what
the creature was a flog, a kitten (auy
stray kilteu was treated by him like a
priucesain disguise) a bird, ajouug
mouse, or even a toad.
The Algerian Women.
In Algeria every girl born of native
parents is tattooed on her forehead be
tween the eyebrow, and just on the
root of the nose, with a cross formed of
several straight lines of small start
running close together. These tattoo
marks are a dark blue color. Algerian
women are also considerably tattooed
on the back of their bauds, their fore
arms and chests, as well as on their
shoulders, their wrist being especially
adorned with drawings representing
bracelets and flowers strung together.
As a rulo, womeu are the operators,
and it is principally on children be
tween the ages of 7 and 8 that they
have to exercise their art. They use
sometimes a needle, but more frequent
ly a Barbary fig-tree thorn. Thev em
ploy kohl as a coloriug substance. It
is a kind of tine powdur made from
sulphur of antimony, whloh is also in
great request by the Algerian womeu
lor the purpose of face-painting.
Health Hlnta.
Don't shake a hornets' nest to tee if
any of the family are at home.
"Don't try to take the right ot way
from an express traiu at a railway
crossing.
Don't go near a draft If a draft
comes towards you, run away. A sight
draft Is the most dangerous.
Don't blow in the gun your grand
father carried in the war of 1812. It
Is more dangerous now than it was
then. .
Don't hold a wasp by the other end
while you thaw it out in frout of a
stove to see If It Is alive. It is generally
alive. J
Don'i try to persuade a bull dog to
give up a yard of which he is In pos
session. Possession to a bull dog Is teu
points of the law.
-.V00! K t0 1)011 with yr boots on. .
This Is oue of the most unhealthy
practices that a niau, especially a mar
ried man, can be addicted to. 1'extu
Sijlinys.
Paper and Steel Car-Wheola.
Talking with a well-known railroad
man receutly he told me that the papet
car-wheel "must go," and is goiug as
fust as possible. He characterised it
ns a "Pullman fad" whloh never had
anything like as much to recommeud it
as was claimed. The future car-wheel
will be steel-tired, as are the locomotive '
drivers, the central portlou iron a ol
yore. The tires will be run uuttl they
show signs of beoomiug grooved, whei
they will be .planed to evenness again,
as in the case of their larger congeners.
Auothor interesting thing about car
wheols (of course those used in tht
passenger servioe only are referred to)
is that the No. 6, or big wheel under
the Pullmans and Waguers, is to bt
replaced by the No. 8, or smaller size.
Various reasons are given for this
change, greater safety aud better re."
sistauce lo wear and tear being the prin
cipal ouea. at. i'uui i'ioMtr ftm,