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This Opace Reserved For SHELLEY & VANDUYN, id tob ISO Tear Old. Th oldest man la the world It eltisenot Bogota, in th Republlo of San Salvador. The new Methuselah deolare that he b 180 year old, and It would eera h flatten himself, for his neighbor girt th assurano that h la older thaa bt tars h la. Helta half-bred, named Michael Soils, whose existence waa revealed to Dr. Louis flernande by one of the old est planters in the locality, who as a child knew 8olls as a centenarian. They hare found In the year 1713 hit signature anion? those of persons who contributed to the building of a 'Fran ciscan convent which exists near 6a Sebastian. His ikink like parchment, his long balr, of the whiteness of now, envelop his head like aturban,and his look is so keen that It made a disagreeable Im pression on the Doctor. Interrogated br the Doctor, he answered compltlsantly that his great age was due to his regular mod of Hir ing, and to his never giving up to any exoeaa of any sort whatever. "I never eat but one a daj," said be, "but 1 never use any but th strongest and most nourishing food. My meals last a half hour; for 1 believe It Is Im possible to eat more In that time thaa th body can digest la twenty-four hour. I fast th brst and fifteenth day of each month, and on those day I drink as much wster as I can bear. I always let my food become cold before 1 touch lb It is to thus thing that I attribute my great age." Union Libsrais of Quebec. Lucca's Tender Heart. The following anecdot Is told by th Warsaw papers, demonstrating th rood heart of the celebrated aloger, Luce. As is well known, Bismarck waa on of the warmest admirer of her talent and often visited her. Once, when walking together along one of tb Berlin streets, they noticed th sad spectacle of a photographer's establish uient bein sold at auction. Tb busi ness had lift prospered and they were selling his property to pay som debts. "Uofortunute people!" said Lucca; "let us help them. Count." Willingly," repllod Bismarck, "but I did not take with me money enough for that." "AM how provoking it Is," exclaimed Lucca; "neither have I any money about me. . . . But here, let's help them in another way," quickly sug gested the singer; "let us go and have our pictures taken together at this photographer's." It was no sooner said than done, and th poor photo grapher, who realized great sums of money by selling the picture of Bis marck and Luoca.sli months sftcrward was already opening a luxurious estab lishment on "Unter don Liuden." SpreckeU, the Sugar King. "Claui Sprockets," said a friend of his, "looks so much Ilk th conven tional idea of Santa Claus, the Christ mas saint, that no on ought to be sur prised at his being named 'Claus.' The old sugar king has a full white beard, rosy cheeks and luxuriant snowv hair. He is even as benevolent lu a benevo lent way as his Christmas namesake is on a large scale, and his family and employes are devoted to him. Mr. Spreckels knows the sugar business from the cane field to th refined pro duct. When the refinery was being built at the foot of Reed street in Phil adelphia, at a cost of mors than a mil lion dollars, a quantity of th most ex pensive machinery in th plant was put in wrong, and when Mr. Spreckels saw it he recognized the error at a glance. As practical machinist h leaped into the exoavatlon, bad the whole mass of Iron and steel ranked out and personal ly superintended it proper erection. Few millionaire operator In any busi ness know its ins and out so thorough ly as he." A Famous Indian Chief. Chief Joseph, the famous chief of th NesPerces Indians, who defied the United States a few years ago, is fully six feet in bis moccasins, and weighs 200 pounds. Bis features are fine and denote decided character; bis forehead is broad and high, slightly sloping from a pair of heavy, beetling eyebrows, above pieroing black eyes. His hair, black and straight, is remarkably tin for an Indian's, and is glossy without any bear's grease. His hands and feet are small and well-shaped;of the former he is proud, and spends much time in manicuring them. His skin is of a light copper color, and in th sunlight taxes on a beautiful reddish hue. In (HanapQl.it Journal. A Cur for Inflnensa. The New York board of health furnishes the following prescription for the Russian influenzal Spray tb affected membrane with a lU-per-cent solution of quinine freely and frequent ly, and take four or five times a day a pill made as follows: Quinine, three grains, camphor, one-half grain; ex traot of belladonna, one-fourth jrrain. Souih African farmers are greatly annoyed by baboons. The animals kill their sheep, rob their bee-hives, and " tear dew fruit tree. Bargaining la Algiers, Ton select your good with (low de liberation, pile them together casual I v In a llttl heap, y them askanc with an Inquiring glance, and tak a eon tsmplalive pull or two st th Inspiring weed In solemn silence, save a writer In th Utntlrmtin's iiiutuin. Mo hammed All responds with a puff from bisolgarett lu grar concert. Then you walk once or twice up and down th plats alowly, and, jerking your head with earelca ease In th direction of your selected pile, you inmilr. as If (or abstract realms merely. In an off band ton, your Moslem mend's lowest cssh quotation for the lot as It stands. Two hundred francs Is th smallest price. Mohammed All paid far mors than that himself for them. II sells simply tor occupation It would seem. Look at th work, mousieur. All grvn bras, not mer repouss metal, or real old chaiu-etltch. alike on boih sides none of your wretched, common-place, modern, machiue-mad em broidery. You (rail Incredulously, and remark with a wis nod that your Moslem friend must surely be lu error. A mis take of th press, for liiJO franc read 60 franc. Mohammed All assume an expres sive attitude of virtuous Indignation and resumes his tobacco. Fifty francs fur all tb.it loll Mousieur Jests, II shows himself a very poor judge, lu deed, of values, Half an hour's debate and ten suo oesslv abatements reduce the lot at last to a fair average price of 70 francs. Mohammed All declares you have rob bud hiiu of his prolit, ana pocketa his ab with Inarticulate grumblings In the Arab tongue. Next day you se lu th Hue Bab-Axxoun that you bar paid him at least 80 franc too much fur your supposed bargain. Tb Men and Women of lira ill. The Flnmenense, as the people of Bio are called, are In soma ways pollt aud well bred, in oilier rude sud vul gar. The men have a coar habit of rudely staring at every lady who passes by, aud a crowd on a street corner will never give way to let ladles pass through. If two or mors Brazilians meet on the sidewalk and stop to talk they coolly obstruct the pavement and axneot passers-bv to take to the road way. The tram-cars are not lit for a lauy to rme in t lie men all siuoxe.sna usually villainous tobacco. The Brazilian women are not pretty, and in the presence of gentlemen are usually shy. At a reception or soiree the gentlemen gather in knots sod talk politics' si the lop of their voices, and the ladies sit about and talk 1 know not what, for if a gentleman eomes near they Instantly slop short. The men of native birth, as n rule, srs low of stature and slendor. But there are Brasillans of girth and com manding presence. The Brazilian wo men are dark and not comparable to our Northern beauties. Thev make good mothers, though rather jnuukent Cut social usages allow them no liberty and their days are monotonous and without excitement. Their daughters are taught French. Muslo is a natural gift. They can embroider a little, but the world and what goes on it Is s sealed book to them. Until they are married they are never alone In a gen tleman's company. A young man cud not call often anil manliest any particu lar preference for a young laily with out being asked if tils Intentions ar serious. The mother has scarcely mors liberty than the daughter. Her 1ace is at home, and, be it shUI to the raxilian' credit the husbands, a a rule, are domestic In their habit. Their evenings are spent at home or at places of amusement with their wive aud children. Jlio Janeiro Letter, A Noted Tiger. A tigress In the Nagpur district has a fondness for the employes of the Bengal-Nagpur railway, frequents a tract of country only about nine nuare miles In area, and is uossessed of extraordinary cunning and sagacity Last year, up to June, she hail killed' seven people, besule wounding others. She lives In a rocky and precipitous spur, in which there Is a heavy bain boo and othor jungle. Several springs of water rise at the foot of the scarps, and there is a cave which shows many signs of being used by her and her family. A big stone just outside of the entrance is scored deep and long with many semiotics of their claws. In February last in broad daylight she curred off one of a gang of peinmnent way men from under the eyes of his companions. She has been shot at many times and her cubs killed but she has got off scathless. Sometimes the man-eater traverses very lung dis tances. London Timet. Iceland. In Iceland there are no pisons and no oflieers answering to our policemen. In 1874 it celebrated th I.OUOlh anni versary of its colonization, and at th same time became independent of Den mark, though subject to the king of Denmark as the head of the Ieelunilio government. Iceland's new gover ment is thoroughly republican inspirit, all citizens having equal rights tad perfect religious liberty. NCW YORK'S PlUTOCBATt. rifle af the SN.rls-.ss at the Asters, lb YaatterbUl aa tht Lorlllar. John Jacob Astor had hi si or In Varsev street. In the building in which Dr. U'alleck lived. Fill Ureou Hal leek, th doctor's son, was on of As tor's clerks. Old Astor got his start hi Ufa by hiring out to a furrier to beat fur keeping th moths out of thein al a dollar a da. Ho was economical and saving, and presently began to buy oat fur and ninskrat fur, and whn h had accumulated a lot of them h took them to England and old them at a larg proili. Then h established his own business her and etteuded hi connections westward and northward until h becam th largest dealer In th country. Commodoro Vaudcrbllt waa at this tlm running a "rry-uger" (perl tgua-a small ferryboat, carrying two masts and ale board) between Qtiar iitln Station aud th city, and wa becoming verv popular with boatmen aud others who were thrown In his wav. Fulton A Llvhiirston owned an soluslv' charier to run steamboat between New York and Albany, and th monopoly was paying Immensely. Two old Jersevmen thcu started an opposition line, but as they eoirld not run direct between New York and Albany they got around the difficult by going from New York to Jersey Clly, and making that the starting point for Albany. They encountered all soil of difficulties, however, th monopo list going so far as to willfully run their Itoaia down and otherwise crip pling them, and they wer threatened with bankruptcy. On of th proprietor was at New. Dorp ons day. when be asked old Mr. Uuloo If he anew of a man comctcut to tak hold of their tin and make a success of IU "Yes," said Uulon. "I know such a man. Ills name Is Cor neel Vanderldlt, He'll tak your boat to th mouth of hell It you want him to." "That' Just lit man I went," wa th response, aud In a llttl whll th bargain wa concluded and Cor nelius Vanderbllt took charge of th II n. Th monopolist tried every possible meana to prevent ill line from doing business in New York, and at last put a Sheriff on hoard with In structions to arrest Yauderhlll If hs should silempt to mm (he steamer from the wharf. Vanderldlt got all ready to go and then stood by with an ax, and when the wheels had begun lo revolve aud there w a good strain on th hawser he up with an a and rut the hawser and siettiued away lo Al bany wllh the Sheriff nn hoard. A colli Inirnl ion of the vigorous policy finally broke up the Fullon & Living ston moniiHly aud established th op position line on a prohlslile basis. Yaiidorhllt's dnii;;hlcr were a wild kind of girls. They were erfeetly at horn every where on M.itcn Island and were very Mpular. 1 u-cd lo ee them lu a grocery mer there sluing on III counter swinging their feel and talk, lug lo the young fellows who wcr ehnflliig them. The Lot'illnrds had a snuff and to bacco btiliie. aud they made a good deal of money out of it. There were three brother of them -Jacob and I'eler and (ieorge, Jacob had a butcher shop up near the Itonery Theater, I'eler that was the Dutch of it; It came to lie 1'lerre after It had been transplanted into Fivuch soil a few mouths; I'eler and (ieorge were th null and tobacco dealers. Afler they got Wealthy, nothing would do but old Lorillard most have a carriage and a coat-oi-arms Uhiii it. lie chose for bl coal-of-ariiis, "Who'd tlioiight it sunt! boujjhl It," This made tlis people laii(.'h. and so he changed It afler a while, pulling on In place: yum rules," wnieii ineaust "At what lo was lu Chatham street. ,V, '. 7'iiik-. AYS CRAVITATION DOES IT. A R-aiarkshle ri.x-k that Is sll ! O Without H'lmlins;. ,T. 0. Fnrrer. watch maker ha In vented one of the most peculiar cluck of the nineteenth century. It consists of plate glass dial susieiided from th celling, and all the pails of it that ar visible are the two hands, the pivot upon which thev swing, and the dial. It Is marked "liravliation Clock." aud not one person In l.tXK) who passe It has the faintest Idea that It I the most IngnnloiK device of th century. Many clocks with glasa dials have the works of a watch as their ninth's power, but this clock bas no motive power that la visible. Mr. Farrer worked on the Invention for six year before he succeeded in perfcptfnj; It, He alleges thai the only motive (lower I the gravltatlnu of th earth, and that th clock will run on forever without winding. The only Imperfection I that It lose from four to five minutes a day by the friction of the hands on the pivot, and, therefore, the hands require to be regulated ouc in twenty-four hour. He showed reporter something shout the way the clock worked. When the hands pointed to a quarter past 1 Mr. Farrer caught bold of them together, and sent them twirling around tha dial, like the winder of a wheel of fortune. After oscillating un til the momentum had been overcom th hour hand and the mitiule hand re sumed their msHctlv aud pniwr po sitions, still marking the correct time. At 1:20 he dhl something still more re markable. He slipped the minute hand off the pivot aud laid It on the counter. At the end of six minute he re placed It and sent It whirling around the dial. When It came to rest it set tled at the rluht place, twenty-six min utes past 1 o'clock. The hands ara of tin and are hollow, and perfectly balanced on the pivot. Mr, Farrer says they are moved by the gravitation of the earth, but It ptixzlos the spectator to account for the power that nil es them after they reach 6:30. All kinds of theories are afloat to ao oouut for this. Some people say that the hollow hands are Oiled with fluids 6t different densities that overcome th gravitation of the earth when the hands reach that point. But Mr. Farrer keeps his secret, and rejoices over tha mystllleulloii of the beholder, lie In sists that electricity Is nok the motlv power. Fresno Republican. An Antarctic PostofHua. The smallest, simplest, and best pro tected postollluo lu the world Is In the Strait of Mugisllun and has been' there for many years. It consists of a small keg or ciuik and Is chained to the rocks of ihu extreme cape iu the straits op posite Tcitu del uogo. Each passing ship sends a boat to take letters out and put others in. The postolllce is solf-iutling and unprovided with a post master, and Is therefore under the pro tection of all the navies of the world. London's Kog Tower. Four hundred plans have already been received by the committee who offered prizes for the best and second best plan for tha proposed Watkln Tower the English Kill'ol. It will bs so high that all that need be done when fog comes ou will be to cuter th lift and in a few minutes be up lu th olear blue. An Old Ticket. A resident of Murfreesboro, Tenn., presented a ticket issued In 1866 on the Nashville & Chattanooga railroad th other day and rode In a palace-car on the same bit of pasteboard that would hav secured hi in passage In one of th lumsy oouchu of Luli'ty-fyurynarsago. GENERAL NEWS. Alaski imlUfr Vist Miners) Resources. KNtlUND'K CI8T0MS KKINU AlMlFTKD BY NKVY YUKKKRH. I IHvsrre Malleri 4 Beer Drlaklag Japan Cttitet With Aairrli. Tie llefai'i Trar. I Two hearts and (wo livers were faka ! from a chicken killed at Lock Haven, jhL - I Kmlu Bey has two relatives In this I country his father's sister, Mm. J. P. ! Kolscn. of Plttaburir, snd a cousin, her 1 lum v l.tt liittf hmi.vh.1 A Mi.Vi,p uf 'I'atrr Haute, Senor Velarde, Bolivian delegate to the fan-American Congress, favors a common American nilu. This would b great thing fur th slmpllllcallon of the (lot niaclilu. Th bell at a recent dog feast on an Indian reservation In Dakota wor i jacket trimmed with teeth from 150 ! elk, which she herself had slain. Sh i Is th grauddttughtcr of the chief of th trlb. By paying 9 In spot cash, yon can ret a divorce In four hour In Japan. But titer I a great deal of dissntlsfao lion at th length of tlm required, a ! It I generally felt that the business ! ought to m uoo lu mm hour. Th rise of th price of Ivory may b 'desurllied by th statement that th i cutlery llrm In Sheffield, Rodger Sons, used to pay A'doo Ion, but they have lately paid 1.3M0 and In Kim Hclal case as high a ,0U0. ! Th proclamation suppressing th Chines secret societies bas been pub llshed all through th straits settle ments. Th property of th societies may b di"Mscd of, though th gov ernment do not deslr to oonllsoat It, President Carnal of Franc ha learn ed to wait In th American fashion, ( He lias always been foud of dancing, snd his recent Intimacy wllh the Aiuer- lean colony In Tarls has led him to adopt our mod of tripping th light fantastic to. ' Beer ha beeom a very popular beverage In Jspau. Th Importations from (iei iosnv Wrested front BtHOin) hollies lu I Bud lo IfUit.m bottle la . IHNft, but since then lh lnirts bsv decreased, owing lo th establishment ' of oallv breweries. ! It I said that the first thing that th new irovernmeut of Braxil did wa to , seud a telegram to the Rothschilds ask- lug for their continued financial op ; port, and the reply received was favor slils and undoubtedly did much to ' ward solidifying th new government. ) A Greek paper report that a num ber of coffer containing 80.000. gold , and sliver Spanish piece of the year 1 ItiOtJ have been hauled out of th e ! near the Island of Andro. Six b rouse ' raunon wer also found, aud It I thought th article cam from th wreck of a Spaulsb war vessel. Gen. Roulangcr, a recent visitor to ' tha Iain of Jarsttv snvs. baa not sirnit. j On the contrary he lias a rested face. a (render color. Hi shoulders, bow , ever, hv weakened aud his call ha ' become (lightly heavier. HI eye, ' always bright, clear, and curious, bu . lost none uf iu expression, but tb j smile Is uncertain, Alfred N. Haaxnrd, seven! v-thre years old, turned up lu New llateu, j recently, much to tli surprise of bis son, Alfred N. Hassard. Mr, Hansard j deserted bb family In western York I Slate forty yearn aim. and afler wan dering about lu the West has beoom wealthy and returned lu hi sou. A he put ll, he ha come home lu die, James 8. T. Siranahan of Brooklyn seems likely to enjoy Ilia unique dis tinction uf living lo see a statue erect ed iu his honor. His nam I Intimate ly Identified with numerous Important public work, and a movement has be gun for the ercctiou of his statue in Prospect I'urk. Brooklyn's proximity to New York, however, may prov (a lal to the project. (1. V. DiiHiut of the great gunpow tier manufactory at Wilmington. 1M., declares that the so-called smokeless sud nuUelcwt Htwdcrs so far invented sim failures, lint lie proclaim hi be lief that In the neM live years a new powder for w aria in will lai Invented which w ill be smokeless, iiiiUoIh, uui iorm, and safe and free from poisonous gases when it Is consumed. Boms men are disastrously snjierstl tlous, say the Burlington r'rtt frtiu. : A Burlington swain came to the deter mitiatlnu to proviso on a certain even- liifr. Entering the parlor In consider able trepidation, he picked up a book and glanced at the title page. It wa a copy of "Don't." 11a didn't aud on the very next afternoon his girl con sented to be Mrs. Somebody Else. Sir Henry Aaron Isaacs, th new Lord Mayor of London, has two daughter who are (leaf and dumb, but they have been o dmlrahly educated In th oral system In Holland that they can by llp-rcadlng even understand what gne on at a theater. They have such bright, Intelligent faces that no on ootild possibly Inutglu them to b deprived of two of th best senses. Dr. Setli Pancoast, who died recent ly In Philadelphia, was a descendant of tli three Pancoast brothers who came to this country with William Peon. He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania lu 1862. He became Professor of Anatomy In the Philadel phia Female College In IMS, and In the following year was called to the chair In tb Pennsylvania Medical Col leg. Whll tha sealing Industry of Alaska holds a prominent place In .public at tention, and gold mining In southeast ern Alaska and at Unga Island to th westward is Inviting capital for grad ual and certain development, th coal deposits in the vicinity of Cook's Inlet aud at other points west of Sitka ar rapidly coming to the front Expert pronotinoe the coal of good quality and the beds extensive. Llzxle, polar bear In theClnolnnatl Zoological Garden, ha lately given birth to twins. The cubs are about the size of full grown rats. It Is four weeks before the young of the polar bear speoles open their eyes and fully six weeks before they venture out of their don. In their native haunts the mother remains with her young until spring, when, emaciated aud scarcely able to walk, sh crawls out Mrs. Youngbride "How does your breakfast stilt you this morning, dar ling?" Mr, Youngbride "Just rlghtl I tell you, Annie, it may be plebeian, but 1 am awfully fond of calf liver." Mrs. Younglirldu "So am I. Don't you think, George, it would be real nice and economical to keep a calf, then we can have calf s liver for break fast every mornlngl"' America. Belinda "I see that Clara has taken to sending liberal donations to the hos pitals and asylums." Annabel "Yes, you se shs has everything she could possibly want, she bas not a wish un S ratified, so she Is going in for self enlal and giving to the poor." Amor- A sportsman entered an Inn hTEn- f;land, his gun on UbltoKtsId. Dur ng bis absent! man named Bpeak wa picked It tip, cocked It lghtd It tad then laid it down again. Th wnettook it up afterward without aoilefnff that It had been cocked, and a and two other, Including tha man who had examined it waiaea ou. While they wer getting over a fence the gun went off silling th man who bad cocked It ' The Oathotio Revisit doesn't appear to be ssllsllod with Cathollo literature In this country. "W sigh," it says, "for a gllmps of a novel, a biography, a history anything written by a Cath olic Ameiicau with literary skill, taste and modesty. But w sigh la vain, French translations, German transla tions, English poppy pro, eeriuou dull aud meditation awful contluue to pour from the Cathollo p reuses la long drawn-out agony." At tbe Indian cemetery on Indian Hill, near Portland, Cniin., the other day, John K. Lewi dug up a redinan whose grave was lllauallv provided with culinary utensils. There wr several hollies, u Iron kettle wllh a copper ladle, a brass kettle and two Dutch mug. The human reuialua, which were a skull snd a doaeu very flu teeth, were evidently tho ol j a great chief: but what busluea th Uutoli mug baa iu in grave is a mys tery to very ou. Tb custom of putting housemaid Into livery, which 1 common enough In Engl 'd. I bexiunlug lo be adopted in New York. The costume, or uni form, constats of a skirt of dark livery cloth, blue, green or brown, with plain frout and Inoad pleats at th back; a waistcoat of the same cloth, with Un anuuMtliui Hun nl nil braid ami a ooat ; ent awav in front and covering the hips. Metal livery bullous ar used on the coal ami waUicoat A small while cap, stilt white collar ami cuds aud a white cravat rumpled! Iheattir. Why Warn Ar Pasclnatleg. Th power of fascination Inherent la woman may, moreover, be divided Into two kind, W atl, ssv th Brooklyn SoqU, hav seen th ofd Isdy, generally while haired, with kindly, pleasant featar, on which tlm has set do un friendly mirk, who sill! retain all her atiracilvenes. Not how th boy end girl ador her; they will go to her and oonfld their sorrows. I heir hopes, their ambitions, and when they would not breaths a word to their mother. Th kindly, loving Interest svluced la a lad's affair by such a on has time aud again first Implanted Ihs Impulse la th heart which eventually led blin on lo an honorable career. Quickly, almost by stealth, the good I dou by such, and III good seed sown which will ripen in after tlm Into a rich and ahuudaut crop. On th other bend, w hv most of u seen, perhaps In real Ufa, eertaluly on th stag, lb fascinating adventures who, by her umrsiiiug ixsuts ue aiabie, usiave meu' souls aud leads them (oo tn stage) to dar all for her aake. Such I directly opaised lo th tweel old lady In her old-fashioned chair, and these two form the opposite pole betwMn which the womea who fascl oat vary. Type differ, and any on yon may elect bas som position between these two opposltes. Tak. for Instance, a pretty and may be witty woman who, hardly of her own fre will, make every man fall In lovs with her to a greater or leas dewve, Sh may be In nocent of any evil Intention, but her position on th scale I not vastly r moved from that of th melodramatic so roe res. Or, sgaln.lsk th Iostano of tb pretty young matron who, while devoted lo home, husband, and chil dren, yet ha severs! lullmat friend of tb mat persuasion. Bulbar influ no I all for good. Her fascination la xrted In a worthy mum, and h ha found out a great truth that thr I no friendship so lasting, so true, and so pleasant ss on between persons of Opposite texe. wber true feeling of bono camaraderie exists sud ther la oo pretense to lov-mklng. Such a woman, if sh live long enough, bid fair to develop lulo a snowy-haired old lady on whose friendship th children will rely. Dreearoaker' Terms, Some of tha phrases used In dre making ar perfect Greek to th un kuowlug, sy she Ladies' Hums Jour nal. Au apron is any tort of a draped skirt front; a tablicr is a flat nndrajwd skirt front; a full back means a straight back to the skirt gathered lu two or more rows at the top; a panel Is a straight piece for the front or sides, set in between a trimming of som kind to convey th Idea of an inlay; a Spanish flounce la on reaching from th knees down and gathered to form an erect raffle. Knife-pleat ar very narrow side-pleat, and accordion pleats are still uarrower and pressed lo shape by machinery; kill-pleats aire those turned one way, aud box pleat hav a fold lo th riVht tide and ou to the left; double and triple box pleats have two or three folds on either side; a "kilt" means a skirt entirely of kilt pleats. ' A "drop" skirt Is on of "the dress material made up lmleendeht of the lining and then hung or dropied over it from the same belt A border I any trimming put ou the edge or just above it A r inure silk has a bird's eye or diaper weave; faille Francaiae has a soil cord, moire has water waves over Its surface, tricotlnels sometimes called armtire surah from its lines of bird's-eye weaving; surrah has almost luvlsllile cords aud is very soft Substitute ftr Coffee. A now substitute for coffee may turn up In a berry known as "gacrtuura." The llrltish consul at Reunion says that at one time he has received many let ters from merchants In England asking for Information respecting a shrub then called "mussai.nila, ' the discovery of which, It has been suld In some com mercial Journals, would deal a severe blow lo the cotfee and chicory trade. About two years ago a rumor was spread thai the berry of this shrub could bo advantageously employed as a substitute for entree and chicory. It grows to about ten fuet high, has very few leaves, and Its branches are wide apart The berrlos do not grow all along the brunches, as is the oitsa with coffee, but In buuohes st their extreme ties. At present It Is only mot with In the mountains, where it grows wild. It might lie produced on au extensive luale; but with its Inferiority In fra grance and color It 00 11 Id hardly com pel with uoll'uu. A New Battery-Cell. ' , Edison has Invented a new battery, cell for the use of telegraph companies. It Is desurllied as a simple cylinder ol ilno In whioh Is placed a thick sile.k ol uaustlo soda, and the cell Is then filled wltk water. It is suld lo possess marvelous potential energy, with 4 mluiiiuiiu of Internal resistance, aud a battery will work as well In wet weather as In dry. There is uo polari sation aud the sluos never require oleanlng. v ' ' Enough to Puaale Anybody. We beard a darky say recently that be owned a pig, aud one day gave It a bucket of miiNu. Said the narkyi "He eats de whole bucketful of mush, and den I put de darn little cuss In de bucket and he didn't fill It up half full," The question for philosophers to settle is, what becam of the uiuslir Afwiis- MARKET REPORT. Kolinx Prices of Poultry, Egfcs i4 Dliry Predace. rKKD, UOIR, MAIN AND UliBIB Wssl, tires Seeds, Clever a4s, MbM-ella seas Seeds, Ktc, Bit, DAIRY PAODUC8. utter. Oregon ; fancy creamery ........... Choice dairy Common Pickled (Cel.) Kaatern ceamery fancy. . Cel. 'resli roll ...... Chooea. New California . Oreifon Hkims and cream . . Ti lfttom. IstitUU n 'initio lUstttl'S In lo HI 14 IS IBS Ul, IHWIMHO Young America tr. ....... Ke. Oregon V do ' Eastern.,, FLOUR. Portland Pal. Holler, p. bid, Halem do do I ay ton do do Camailla do do Country Hratida ...... McMliiiiville.....,,.,...... HniwrHne White Lily....: Graham ....... ........... Ky Hour 20 4 8 76 8 7ft 1 Oft Sttft 8 no 3 7ft 2 AO 3 76 826 4 60 FEED. . ' Bran per Um , ' . . . . .. . . l6f I70 Hsv h, baled..... ,.lllWM0 lr'd Barley, per Um ..... 32 60 Mill Chop per ton t Hit Cake Meal -r Ion . . . f.'7 5fC.S0 00 MhorUjperton,... tl'igtlUOO FRESH FRUIT. Apple...,...,,.,........ Banana, . bunch Lemons, Cal. p. bx ,. do Hicily, p. bx. new, Limes per bun... , Pears per box I'rachce per box I'luuis per bx , IWe jsr box Watermelons V do. . . , GRAIN. Barley, whole, p, ell . .... Corn, per 100 II Kale, good, p. bu.. . . . ,, . Uye, p. loo lb nominal .. Wheal, Valley, p. KM lis. do Kasleru Ore , 76l 25 ,avi ooo 4A0 , 7 60Hsl I 60 12AUT2I0 76il 26 75 75 2 M M I 60 H4!S) i on 62.V4 I 20l 22 W I 2240I 23 120 POUtTRV. Chickens, large young f ds.3 00M 00 do broilers 4 5lit5no do old S006M I huks V dos . ... 4 505ll Uee, young V X "0U 00 Turkeys, young, lb ..... ltM2d LUMBER -ROUGH AND DRESSED. Hough.,... IVtf Kdged .. ..... T. A O. Khealhlmi ......... No. 2 flooring...... No. 2 wiling No. 2 rustic Clear rough ClearP. 4H, ......... . No. 1 flooring No. I celling No. 2 rustic..,,.... , "Hepplng Over 12 inches wide I extra) . , Length 40to50 " ... UmmtsOft - " ... M ltl is) 12 00 13 OU 1H00 IH 00 IX 00 20 00 22 60 22 60 2 2 'i0 22 60 25 00 1 OO 200 4 00 2 2i 260 2 26 OOiitftOOO H4 Uth IS Uth him gles, cedar, per 1000 , . . , red ceilar, f iisi. .! WOOL. Eastern Oroaon. Ai-conling to abrinkage ,. . . Valley. Spring clip Umispia '' UmlMand fall .... 10410 I7iil IHict20 tOot 14 VEOBTABtES (Frh.) Spinach Tumiii ier sk Touiatis er box ....... Aaperagiis B-ansyib 1 lleels V lh Cabbage V lb .... Cauliflower, per dos..... Carrots per sk do young dos , . . , Celery per do Cucunilrs V dos Urccn I'eas V lb..., .... Lettuce V doa Unions y ;lb .... l'otatoes UK) Itadishes V dos 150 . IKImlOO 10 3(45 24'3 I 40i4 1 60 1 OO 15 !Xt(!l (Ml 25 3 15 24 I OO14I 25 13 Kbiiltarb Prun. Oregon French Petit.. .... DRIED FRUITS). A pule sun dried ura.' , do factory sliced Oal.. , do evap. 60 lb boxes . , . da mdilea. ...... , 1. .1 AprltB ........ .v , . BlsckWrries 50 lb boxes, . Cherris pitted.. ' Pfsvidrtshlvs, unp'l'd new., do- Nevauorated s. ...... Pilars mai l) diied , Pluins pitted Umg.... , V factory. .,.-,.,..,,... Citron, Currante, t o. . ,v Currants. In bxa or bids.. 0ates In; boxes ,'. : 7(48 DuJIO II loU 8 to 7 11 to 14 40 ' 10ctl2 12(s)15 , tMO, 3(41 j ftcsea SEEDS.' Orass Seads. Ih lb Ilfl2 12(414 7(41 S'tl 7(40 7(410 6(4tt 5(40 12(416 10ffillJ- 15C17 15(417 10U 44(45 !Ariiifothv..;., ...... Ortdmrll Urea ; . Red Top liltie Urss , , . Kngllsh Kye Urass. : Italian do Australian do Mesquile Millet........;...'.. Hungarian do Mixed lwn Grass Clovar 8d. Red Clover White Clover tlvske Clover, h ... Alfalfa Mlsoallaneous. Canary . , . , . ,: Flax Hemp ,, Rape ............... , 44(315 5(46 3.44. , "Poor Rlohard." . Ben Franklin Is to blame for the sordid and very partial view of success that prevails in this oouutry. Frank lin, though himself not a paraimouious mau, dinned maxima of parsimony Into the ears of the Amuriouu people so per sistently, and did It In such a wonder fully forcible way, that hesucoceded In ingralnlug the thought of the Amer ican people with an eminently material philosophy. , The moral of It all Is -save, save, save tor a rainy day. By dint of everlasting repetition of the vision of the rainy day that has got to be laid up for, Ben Franklin has succeeded iu taking all the sunshine out of the days that are not rainy for hundreds of thousands of people. Hus ton Ubmoripl. Marie--."! am willing to mnrry you, Charles, even If you arc poor, but do you think you can tuke care of me, anyway F' Charles "0, darling, by this strong right arm raised to huaveu I swear that f will support you always, even if I have to take In washing for you to do," " Aud they were married. Mumetft H'tdWy, GfiQEr ft ftTt-UDJlO STOCK OOOtt. V DONT DILAV IN tECURINO TERRITORY, Fmtt Book on Earth for tho Farmr, Stockman and Blackomith LARGEST PROFITS I 0. U PEKDLEB, 37 6t)W $U ffapolMO.gal. WIT AND HUMOR Tb girl who bas tho strongest will Is tb girl wbo says lbtrongl won't, BotiurvtlU Journal It Uke more then a well-trch4 hlrt-front to mak a pollhed gsntlo ujsu. A'somty MnUryrus. W sometimes beer of tb spirit of hoe. but bop la 00 spirit; It's only an ex-specter. Uinyhamion Ltadtr. Oo the question of tb Introduction of the uropo Influent Into this country th eye and no will bar It lowtU Courier. Billing "I understand you are aa agmsitlo, Thompklns." Thorapklns (pollHol)-"uly before the grand Jury, my ly."-Zrr Unuls Fxyrtss. IU I a poor excuse of a man wbo cannot convince hi wlf Ibsl be Is a genius, befor mrrlge. Afterward but we'll let that pass. FhUadeliMa trtss. It l sld that "men ar th archi tect of thir owo fortuues." Thi ex plain why lo mny of tbem fall, for but few get Uyoud the nave. "A iUlMa IWts. Mr. II "Msggle, wber do yoa suppose vou will go to If you toll such falsehood as thlsl"' Maggie "Sure, ma'am, I don't care; I bat e frtuda la aytber place." "Look here," said th farmer to Ih tramp. "Let me jlst giv you a pi u tor " "Butldou't want a piuter." replied the tourist "I waut a quarter." isrr JJuuts Etprtss. Women and Wine are often classed together by the poets, but w bv never yet heard of a poet who claimed that bulb of them Improved with age. Bur tiny ton Frt Press. "Alon with God and her lead pen cil" I th only opportunity a woman bu to harpen it without being told sh doesn't know bow and never wllL UukJtinson (A'u.) Hews. ' Thar is a great difference In poker players. There's the man who can play poker and there's the man wbo thluks be csn. The latter is the ooo who has to write a check. TA Epoch. A good many people publicly thank the Lord for their prosperity who would be mad If someliody should suggest Ihst they were not mainly responsible for It themselves HomcrvUU Journal. Perhsps the advice of a certain dear old lady appllc to etiquette a well aa toother affaire of life. "Speak tho truth always," she was wont to say, "but speak It gently." l'oulk'i Com panion. "What makes the tea so weak, Mr. McKerrelF' asked Funny wit, th wag of our boarding-house. "It' been listening to your jokes about the hash, I reckon," replied Mr. McKerrcL HunUUs. Kind Lady (to drunken wayfarer) "Dear sir, the Good Book tells us not to look upon the wlue when It Is rod." Drunkard "Don't see bow I can blind (hlo) drunk now." Kearney A'sy tsrpriss. Poet "Have yon read my latest effusion f" Candid Friend "No, I have not We are friends, and 1 don't want to do anything that is likely to loweMiiyopluiou of you." IfinyAaw Griggs "Do you mean to tell ma there I no money in literature' Look at Dawson; he's worth his millions." Penman "Dawsonf What did he ever writer Griggs "Nothlugj he's a pub lisher." Bunion Pott. Florence (looking at some bonnets In the milliner's window) "O. Jeu'I aren't they lovelv!" Jcunle (looking across the street) "Yes. indeed! F.. peclally the one wllh the side w h inkers." 1,'wrcnce American. Adorer (after a rebuke bv the old ladv) "1 didu't kiss yon. 1 oiiIt pt tended I was going lo. Why did you Call to your mother?" Sweet Girl (re pentantly) "11 didn't know she waa la the bouse." N. Y. WtMu. "How will you have it boundr asked the binder of a man who had brought In a dictionary to hare new covers put on. "I think it would be appropriate to have it siclllfoiind," wss the reply. IWsburg Chronicle. Mabel "Let's play house; I'll be tha mother." George "Yes, and I'll be the father." Clara-"And I'll be th cook." Mabel and George (indignant ly) "Yes, that's Just you! You ul wyswant to be boss of everything." In Court 'Trlsoner, have you any thing to say lu your dcfenseF" "Your Honor, I beg you to consider, before pronouncing the sentence, that the only reason I steal is so as not to be loafing about the streets all day." Flitgtnds Blotter. Wlokar "If you don't let up on your drinking, Viokars, one of these daye you will be having anakes." Viokar "No, I won't I drink noth ing but imported Irish whisky, aud there can't be anv snakes in that you know." 2'err ilautt Htprtss. In Boston, a whll ago, a barber, while innocently looklug on at a street fight reoulved a pistol shot in his mouth. It was undoubtedly tired by some one to whom he had been In the habit of suggesting a hair out every time he shaved him. Lowell Citizen. First riiiimlolphlan (yawning)-. "I ve watched the girl across the way washing those doorsteps until I'm sick of It I guess. I'll go down to the prayer-meefing and have a little ex citement Will you comer" Soooud Philadelphia!! "Thanks, no. I've got some New York friends in towu aud I ve promised lo show them the sights. Guess I'll uke them down to the Baoruue." ioM'nw.v Amei ienn Von Boreall-"Dld you not under stand me, Miss Lucy f I go South to morrow. Have you nothing to sav?" miss iiitoy (coolly) "Yes, I can earnestly aud from my heart thai say vou o. c,aWe)-"Sweot girl, I knew shed be sorry." Miss Luoy "That my sympathies are entirely with the 8outh "-' UulUtin Old Ladv (reading paper) "Shock lug! ves, just horribly shocking! It does beat all how these uobility cree tcrs do carry on." Birds "How's that, grandmaP" Old Lady "Why, I Just read that an English Duke got a 'queen full' at a oard party, the other night'! Kearney KnkrprtH. Heavy Boss (to budding genius who never reaches tha olllee on time) "Young man, I owe all my sucoess In life to the fact that I was never late. I always got to business early.'' B. O 'Well.that's where wdlffer. What sue cess I've bad I owe to my head, not to wy feetrWitadtjA,a JnyutrsV. .5 feiT ,jr - EXPERIENCED CC33TT CAXYASERS flEl J1.1E FNCED To mak succeM when they hav under taken th alof M COMPOSITION CO. ; ' Msuisdarr st Piiijira' Mb, -J- A SID Ktilir cqsila PADDINQ CEMENT ETC. Rolltr Catting a Speciafty. 1 107 Fourth St, Kaxt Portland, Or. bishop scon ACADEUY. primabT" PREPARATORY JlCADIilC. for bifoiiNsllaa and rinku sdilrsss J. W.HILL, Principal, trsrv,ir . " rono, t 11 1 H PUWUIT Of SNAKES. 4 OIU-Ws Haat AfUr a Rathw Cflr Lswkln HrplH. There Is a popular prejudice against even the most harmless snakes, and few people would carry the collector's rag o far as to attempt the capture of ao ugly-looking reptile with the bare h nils. But the born naturalist like the bora sKtrtman, doe not mind any slight risk wheu hi blood is up. in Shermsn F. Denton's "Incidents of a Collector's Kambles" Is the following account of so Incident belonging to his slav in Australia: Snakes were rather numerous, and one dav, while walking In the thick scrub, I came serous a large, light brown one, coiled upon the ground. He was by far the largest secimen I had ever seen at large, and was proba bly leu or twelve feet long, aud a thick as a man's leg at tbe knee. I thought at first I would shoot him in the bead with a light charge of shot and carry home his skin. Then I con stdered that it taken alive, be would be worth five time as much. Feeling about in my posket and game bax.l at last found a leather strap with a buckle. I drew the strap through the buckle, making a noose, aud thus armed, started cautiously toward his snakeship, intending to put the noose over bis bead. As soon as I came near, he partly un coiled, opened bis mouth very wide, thereby diwlosiiig bis sharp teeth, ami. hissiug spitvfiilly, struck st me. 1 dodged behind a small tree, and, lean ing out as far a I durt-d, tried several limes 10 noose hint. He was very ssv. sge, and looked powerful enough to crush mo in his folds. At this juiiet ure my coiir-ige was at rather a low ebb. After I had teased him for som tiiue, be suddenly decided lo leave mv Cfttnany, aud started off at full svej. I caught up my guu and went after him. and, by bard running through the scrub, managed to head him off. He atopiHst, coiled up again, and again 1 tried the uoose. He was equal to the ofciudnn, putting his head under bis coils lu a very sulky, manner; but as soon as I reached out and caught him by the tall he pulled away with great force aud sui ted off ouc more. This time he took refuge under a fallen tree;and before 1 could head blm off, he was gliding down the hole of some wild beast which was psnly con cealed by the dead branches. I reached the spot just as the loat two or three feet were golug down, aud sei.!ng his tail with both hands, I bung ou desper ately. With mr feet braced against a limb of a tree, 1 pulled till the tail cracked and snapped, as If it would break asunder. Sometimes he pulled me within few inches of the hole, and then 1 would brace up ou the limb, aud drag him half way out At last I grew so tired that I had to lot go my hold. aud, w ith many regrets. I saw the last tew inches of the tail dispear beneath the ground. Likes and Dislike. Affluitles and repulsions are queer things. Sometimes they allow analysis or explanation, but just as often they don't Our likes ami dislikes do not appear to be under our control, auy more than that very powerful emotiou al impulse toward a particular one which is called love. It mav be said generally that where there 'is esteem there can't be any strong dislike, though there may be no attraction. Yet curiously euough, there may be love without esteem. Womeu have been known to love the most worthless characters, for whom they could uot possibly have any esteem. It is an enigma after all. 'lhe loss of faith in one might seem to shatter affection in one but it doesn't Affection survive conlidouee. People ar drawn together, whose tastes aud pursuit widely differ, b? some one atroug trait which they hold in com mon, and persons of wonderful identi ty of taste and psychological resem blances never contrive heartily to like each other by a collision revolvinir around some point of radical moral difference which makes all the jolut aud kludred qualities go for nothing. Aud so the queerest marriages aud the queerest friendships are contracted on the one baud and the apparently strongest antagonisms kludlcd on the other band. No Bulsao has ever sound ed this depth with his plummet There are Instiuctlve forces which allure, and repel, despite reason, philosophy, nd circumstance. It still remains true, however, that there are a fuw magnetic people whom all love. It seems as natural for them to be sovercb'us of hearts as for Ciesar or Namitcon to command the enthusiasm of legions. No ouc Inquire Into the secret of their witchery, aud all acknowledge it, young and old, men aud womeu alike. This is perhaps us great a ptuzle as II Ue rest httsbury Chronicle. Three-Kuirr Waguu. A three-story wagon was captured at Martinsville, Md., a few dav siuoa. 1 he first story under the runulug gear waa coop of live ohiokeus; the sec ond, sandwiched between the first and third and hidden from view, was de roted to "moouahine spirits; the third waa laden with tobacco aud tudder.