WHEN THE TOrS GET IN. "
There'll be Pullman for 'Wealers all
ready at band
At soon as the pope get In;
And la these 1b Urn future ihoy'll
march o'er the land,
At soon at the pop get In,
Fat Jobt for the jobless will surely
abound,
And offleos, too, enough to go around,
While tht air with pop peant will
, loudly resound,
At sooa M the pcttt get III.
There'll be Just euough wind to turn
everyone's mill.
At toon as the pops get In;
And rain can be called from the
heaven at will.
At soon aa the pupa sot In;
There'll be no more drought and
premature front
To cut off the harvest aud make a
: great toss. .
But Instesd milk, and honey will flow
without cost
At aoon aa the papa get In!
Philadelphia Pre.
Tricks in
. Every Trade.
"Ifa a Jolly old pine," mid Squire
MWz, nodding at the Are, at though
the fire wat personally interested ,n
the matter. "A fine Ancestral mau
slou, aa they any In the novel. Been
In the family a hundred yiara aud
shall be a hundred more, If 1 have
anything to any about It! And, Ber
th,, Td advlar ryoit fjieud, to
think seriously over uiy proportion;
It's a chance you won't come across
every day."
Herbert Sllex felf his moustache
perplexedly.
'But, uncle," he began, "the Idea
of having one'a fancies and partial
ties put In harness, as It were"
"Bother," unttTlmonkmaly luter
rupted his granduncle. "Who wants
to do anything of the aortr
"You, I should suppose,"
That's just where your supposi
tions are at fault AU I ask of you Is
to come down to the Cedars and sec
the girls your second cousins, you
know, and all that the most natural
thing In the world. Of count they
can't help beta? curious to see you.
after your long- absence In Europe;
and tf you like either of 'em, aud she
chauces to retain the f eeltug, w bj ,
) ou shall be my heir."
"And if not-"
"Then," said Squire Rllex, with a
curious contradiction of the upper
Hp. "you'll have to do as many a
better one has done before you work
your own wsy In the world."
Herbert was silent
"At all events," went oa his grand
uncle, "you can come down nut) we
me and your cousins. Call It next
week, on Saturday nno weather,
seasonable, and plenty of It No
place like the Cedar."
So Herbert Sllex promised, aud the
squire went exultantly home to Ml
his widowed slater of the pltiift be
had laid.
"Oh, Jared." said Mrs. Playfair.
"you've made a mistake."
"Made a mistake!" echoed the
quire. "How? I don't understand
you, Matty."
"If you wanted him to full In love
with one of the girls, you never
should have breathed a word of It;
lot a single word."
"But why notr
"Because of course he'll set himself
to work to Imagine all sorts of obsta
cles and hindrances. The very fact
that you want htm to marry his
cousin will be the very best of rea
sons why he shouldn't It's human
nature. Ten to one he'll take a dis
like to his cousins on the first meet
ing, and all because you were too
eager to carry your point"
He can do as he likes," sputtered
her brother
"Of course ho can, and probably
will."
"But what would yon have done?"
"Why, I should just have asked
him down for a pleasant little visit,
and left the girls' eyes to do the rest."
"Then -why didn't you say so!"
"Why didn't you ask me?"
"I wish I had-but it's too late
now.".;
"That doesn't follow by any
means."
And Mrs. Playfalr, In a mysterious
aeries of whispers, told her brother
what she meant
It was a glorious winter twilight
when Herbert Silex reached the
Cedars the sky belted with orange,
the moon Just steering her silver
crescent Into view above the western
woods, while evergreens, veiled In
whlteaew, kept guard around the old
mansion. It seemed scarcely an in-
tant from the time the old knocker
sounded a summons before he was
lfl the old hall, bis uncle stinking bis
hand, and four of the prettiest girls
he had ever seed gathered around
the fire. ' '
"Are all these my cousins?" said
Herbert, Internally congratulating
himself upon his new relatives.
"No such good luck, my boy! said
Uncle Sllex, chuckling. "Amy and
Clara come here and kiss your cousin.
Nonsense, nonsense; no shyness here!
We're all one family, remember.
These yellow-haired lassies are their
visitors. Llxzlo ana Lucy saxon."
And so Herbert became acquainted
all around.
Miss Amy Sllex was a tall, graceful
girl, with great dreamy eyes aud a
tremendous aptitude for poetical
quotations. Clara was a brunette,
altogether on a smaller pattern, who
laughed and danced about as If the
world were all an amusing joke.
Lizzie Saxon waa a llght-balred
beauty, with cherry cheeks and the
most bewitching of smiles; while
. Lucy well, Mr. Herbert Sllex came
a. 41.. T. t. T v..w .,ur,.
UJ tut) VUUVIUBIIU IUUI. uut nunu ,
pretty at all. Too pale, too slight,
too shy.
"My coTi?h Chrsj Is rcrtnlnly the
prettiest i ,t.rm tv-m two
"Helghht l Us .t pay . fel.o-v co.;i.
marry'm all. I'll do my best to tul.
In love with Clara."
But love and laughter do not al
ways harmonize. Pretty Clara was
the most charming of companions for
half an hour, but when Herbert came
to consider it as a life question, it
was quite another thing. And Amy
was a little tiresome with her poetry
and her reveries. Lizzie Buxton was
well enough, but Lizzie seemed to be
ore of those young ladles who are
made to look at only. And as for
. Lucy
"Tell me, Lucy, what's the reason
you woQ't go with us tomorrow f
Bertie Sllex had fulrly caught the
little shy damsel on the broad stairs,
where the bars of moonlight from the
Gothic window made the floor look
at if it were Inlaid with pearl.
"I would rather not Herbert."
"But why? You are fond of skat
ing?" "I like it sometimes," she answered,
hanging down her head like a lily of
the valley.
"Promise me that you will go." ;
But Lucy only shook her head.
"Lucy, have I said or done anything
to offend you?"
"You! Oh, Herbert, no."
"Then why are you so cold and shy
. , me?-.
'Am I?"
"You know that you are."
"I fllda't mean it," she hesitated;
"but-"
"Well, what Is the 'but?' Come,
- Lucy, you shall not escape me now.
X will penetrate into the mystery of
all this avoldancethl tpnarvut cold-ue-
toward me."
"I dm't want to Interfere with your
uncle's plana," said Lucy,
"Ills plans! I don't understand
you."
"He want to keep the Sllex prop
ecty in (hp family," went ou Lucy;
"ho he wsuts you to Ilk oue of the
girls"
"Lucy, if there wasn't another
woman on the surfacs of the globe 1
would uok mairy cither Clara or
Amy."
Hut why not? They ere beauti
ful" "Oranted; but you see I don't hap
pen to fancy them.
"Hut you could If you were to try."
"t don't believe I could, liv can
net be guided or controlled; It got
whiihorwocvcr It Is sent. At all
vvtitM, I dou't iiMnn to try."
"Hut your uncle?"
"I am very much obliged to hliu
for his kluilniM, aa a mutter of
tHMime but I can't U myself, vn
for the Cedars and hit wealth."
Liny wits silent.
"Moreover," went on Herbert,
"there's another reasou, mew cogrut
than all the rest why "I do uet fancy
cither oue of my nudeuluhly clmrni
Ing ctntslns."
"And Wlmt Is that?"
"!kcause I lovo Moliteone elw."
Sho lifted her bluo eyes to IiIh.
"Whom?" she ventured to nsk.
"Yourself. Lucy."
"Oh, lledtert!"
"It Is the truth, nothing htit tbo
truth. Did you think I was miuie of
tast-trou, or gtautti to live a whole
month iu tl' Siuu Xmm with you
and not km my heart? 1 Vu think
yorrcan 1 wirirwlovsr w writ pnwttsh
to iHH'onio my wife? We thall Ih
pMr at flrst, but I can work valiantly
for us tietli. snd I ahalt not he nfrntd
of anything the future Inn In store
for tw, If 1 can have you."
That wns Herbert Sllex's wtHtlug;
nud Lucy answered:
."If If your uuele coniii."
"Wilt you come to hltn with ie
now?"
"Yes."
So they went to I'uele Sllex, arm
in arm.
"Hey! what's this?" cried (ho old
gentleman.
"Ouly that I love- Lucy ftixon, and
want to marry her," mid Herbert,
bravely.
"What! aud km the Cetlars?"
"Lucy Is worth ft tliumwiml Cwlnns."
Aunt Matty wiped her ainviailo
Kill MM -ft.
"Didn't I tell you bow It would b.
Jard?" she whispered, beaming all
over.
"So you haven't told hhu)" ex
claimed the squlro.
Lucy shook her bend, bSusMutf aud
sintllug.
"It was your socrct, not mine."
"Hert" said tiio sqnlro gravely.
"Uwk here. Suppose I was to tell you
that If you tistk Lucy you would have
to take the Cedars too!"
"I don't ejuetly uuderstaud yon,
sir."
"Well, here It la. The glrln have
chnng(d naiues and Identities, for
'this occasion mfy, as Uw hatre bill
say, Lhute ami Lucy are my verttu
ble grandiltiuglitera. Clitra and Aiuy
are the true ownem of the name of
Miixou. And you'vo fallen In love
with your cousin, after all, Just a 1
wanted you to dor
And Squire Kllex laughed heartily,
although there were tear in bis
eyes. And Lucy's blue orbs, turmnt
to her cousin, ' appealed mutely for
the pardon that was already swarded.
"I couldn't help It," she said softly.
"Nor would I whth It otherwise."
answered Herbert tenderly, "so long
as I have you!"
And Aunt Matty'a Utile ruse d
guerre hud sueeeedoUVNew York
News. ..
CAN'T RESIST Ti UK1:n"(1(MDS.
The Easiest "Ouys" Those that Know
the Came aud Try to Beat It
John W. Goff asked one of the gang
of green-goods swindlers, who have
fallen Into his confidence recently,
whether It was possible, after all that
had lsHa printed lu the newspapers,
there were any considerable. uumlwr
of men still ready to believe the story
of "the stolen treasury plates" aud
the counterfeit money that will defy
detection.
"There used to bo those kind of
fellows, Mr. (ion," replied the green
goods man, "but I haven't had any
thing to do with one of them, not
for a long time now. For seventl
years we have been doing btwihes
with a lot of men who consider them
selves 'dead fly mugs," but they art
guys' ail the same. They have read
bow the trick is turned. They know
that we use a geuuine bank roil at
one stage of the proceedings, and
that Uio lux with the real stuff la
before them. They study the thing
out to their own satisfaction and
eorno down hero prepared, so they
think. If they once get Ihelr hands
on our money, not to let go without
a fight .
"It lias been found necessary in
late years to add nnother man to the
crew of the 'turning Joint,' whotte
sole business It is to prevent theso
smart guys from drawing their gtina.
They go up agalnat the game wltb
their eyes wide open. They know
that a shift of boxes Is to bo attempt
ed and they aro going to beat it It
is just the same thing as old, ex
perienced gamblers going tip agniiiHl
'three-card monto' or the 'shell game.'
Either of those sure things Is as good
a money maker today as ever, Just
because there are always people who
think that they know your business
better thnn you do. ,
"The best guys that have come to
New York recently have been hanky
panky gamblers from the West who
wore going to beat the shift of the
boxes. And have they beat it? Not
yet Mr. Goff. No, they as a rule be
lieve that th?y have beat the uhift,
and are In no hurry to open the box,
for fear that we will be after them.
They aro really better meat than the
wo! f ltd fn hi Hied giiV, who, after
. 11 ' ;.) .: tn hV Hi'Vbb'rs tint u re!
: ;ve in .New Yoi k lias died and left
him a large sum of money, comes
down here and pays $050 for a brick
wrapped up in' brown paper." New
York Herald.
MAN'S SHOKT-C0MIX0S.
Infidelity and Intemperance Ilia
Least Forgivable Faults.
"What shortcoming In niat' Is moHt
distasteful to a woman?", asks a
writer In Woman who professes to
take testimony from BrllMi wives
and daughter as to their preferences.
The result Is that the. majority quun
tloned hadn't objectlcna to the wick
edness of man as set forth In "Tim
Heavenly. Twins;" In fact, only four
teen looked upon Inconstancy.' as a
fatal flaw In masculine character.
Home of the replies to the query are
too flippant to deserve notice. Shy
ness, a lack of humor and the like
aro mentioned, all of which goes to
prove that the Engileh and American
woman hold widely different views
on this matter. , .
When, a twelvemonth ago, a ques
tion of somewhat similar nature enrne
up, and about it for a whole after
noon discusulon raged in a woman's
club, "UufalthfulueHS" was set down
as the most unforgivable weakness.
Intemperance was set next to It. Then
a woman arose to ask, apropos of a
remarkable Incident of wifely devo
tion then recently and publicly ex
emplified, whether a woman loved her .
husband less or more, for bla havmtr
defrauded or even murdered his fel-'
lowtnan. The verdict was quickly
returutHl that for auth crltues a true
wife would uot only not love her hus
band hws, but If bo bad always been
a faithful and affectionate consort
ahe certainly would love and comfort
him more aud remain truer In her
affection, for the very rcsain of his
errors and the puulahuieut he might
endure,
MH.LIONAIUK PArEIi TKARER8.
Visitors to Iho New York Stock Ex
change frequently comment on the
fact that the floor of the large board
room Is thickly strewn with tiny
pieces of paper. icn broker carries
a small memorandum pad, and as he
becomes excited he tears off a page
pud proceeds to oouvert It luto the
largest number i f iuftnttMMluial pieces
of which his lingers are capable.
Koine uncommonly nervous brokers
will destroy two or three pads a day
tu this maimer, Heury Clews Is a
Ui'elemi paper leurer. When he Is
talking business tu Ms office hit hands
are restlessly reducing paper to snow
flakes, whleh he throws luto Iho air
and watehes with apparent Interest
as they scatter over lbs floor and the
furniture. He probably tear up
more paper, and tears It finer, than
any other man on Wall street Jay
Oould was also somewhat addicted to
the habit of (taper tearing, although
like his friend Ituaaell tinge, he folded
It and twisted It and played with It
for quite s while before destroying
It John II. 1 mint n tears up a great
deal of paier while talking. Ueneral
Hnmuel Thomas not ouly tears It up,
but frequently puts It in bis mouth
aud chews it lu an absent-minded
way. i. PleijNiut Morgan will care
fully nuLkiLXIblKins out of a sheet of
not paper while meditating upon
some llnanclal problem. John 1.
Hoekefellor, when Interested In con-
vcrstmou, will innne ugurra, it'tiera i
and fantastic characters ou bis pad, I
When ho litis ft pas with characters I
ho will tear It off. crumple It up ana
throw It away aud then begin ou an
other page.
coMi'va rASHtoxit.
English corduroy and Bedford
curds are still very jiopular fabric.
Jet garnitures aro used In profusion
IhUj lu dress and lutillnery. They
ar conspicuous this season on ail
sorts of wraps aud gowns.
.Homo of the cadet and swallow-blue
costumes for young girls are made np
In Ihtwdan style with girdle and rape
collar edged with mink or beaver
fur. '
Itnilding In lntrlncato designs Is
used uisin natty coats for youthful
wearers, made of lUmctau green, mar
ine biiie, nutmru brown and pale tan
cloths severally.
Besides being used for entire gowns
ir imrta of the costume, the new per
forated cloth aro employed for trim
ming the hodleo and bordering tho
skirt hem or oversklrt.
ltcef niter crowns aro again fashion
able wtth elllier fl.it or rolled brim,
and. like the long poputar English
walking lists, are trimmed with a sim
plicity whhh should character! alt
hat Intended for utility purisise.
There I a great display of flowered
am' satin striped moire designed for
winter gown. Thrso fabric are far
more pliable thnn tbo old style moires,
for they are lighter in texture, and
thn usual henry stiff lilting hi now
omitted In the weaving.
Black velvet will lo much worn
tbl winter for cape and coat. Black
velvet Is capable of most artistic
treatment and effects, and now that
silk velvet is ovcrshndowiil by the
production of flue cotton velvets that
Imve the apis-nmneo of Lyons quid-,
tiles. I here will probably lie an eruji
tion of black velvet toilet.
Thn closely-woven but medium
weight wool an tbo very lst fabric
to select for utility gown for the
aubiiiin and winter. The greens,
browns anil grays present a wide
tnuiBO of shade this enm. The
lightest at.d dw-pest tones with Inter
mediate shade are alike popular, but
tlie new blue are immtly of the deep
et dye-some with a hnieh of plunk
color, others leaning towards Macock
d.vts. mid ngaln tlwn Is the pure mar
ine lunlo, which Is of all blue the
mt enduring.
V8ED Foil OLD 8TUKKT CAU8.
JVoplu Who Wonder How Tliey Once
Lived without One.
Hinre of articles have been written
telling what becomes of faithful,
worn-out street car horse, but never
yet ha a newspaper stated where the
old street car go to. Ask, Brighton
loopf. The back yards out there are
full of them, and every day their it u wi
lier Is Increasing. Mtrnnger cannot
understand how m many of the car
have got off the truck. It seems to
them a if there must have lsien a
tidal wave which washed all the
Cambridge cars Into the next town.
There the "Cambridge railroad" I
stranded, Its couches cast high and
dry nualiist side bills and Into hollows.
What was to be done with the old
cars? the street railroad companies
nsked themselves. It would cost
more to spilt them up than they would
fetch for kindling. But Cambridge
ha a blight man named Kliirtevuiit.
While the West Eud was wondering
if it would not be thn cheapest way
to take the cars out by the shipload
nud (lump them Into some place where
they would not Interfere wl!n naviga
tion, ho steppid In and bid for thirty
six of them. Ho got thirty-six. Then
he adroitly put one In the back yard
of a friend lu Brighton and told the
children they might use it for a play
house. The children were "tickled
nlmut to denth." They sat up nights
to two the car, and never did the ad
vance coach of Haruura's circus or
Huriih Hernhnrdt's car attract more
attention. The little folks came for
miles aud peered through the pickets
of the fence. Then they went homo
and teased for a street car, and kept
right on teasing. That first car was
like the first boy's bicycle in an out-of-the-way
town; It created a demand.
In a few day Mr. Mturtevant began
to make sales. It got so at last that
when pooplo ordered thorn Mr. Sturt
cvnnt would nsk, unconsciously,
"How many?" as if he were selling
eggs. , ..
People with a large number of chil
dren found Unit they must have sev
eral; and now one can toll about how
many young ones a Brighton man
has by counting the curs In his
yard and allowing three children to
each car. Mothers found they could
put their small children Inside, and
shutting the door, leave them with a
feeling of security. It was the cheap
est way, too, in many cases to provide
shade. The cars could be secured for
$5 apiece, wlillo not much stock wns
to bo bought from the nurseries for
that money, Then, also, it was nec
essary to wait for trees to grow, and
by the car method a whole nursery
wits forthcoming So the cars were
secured, dragged by horses into back
yards, and the trucks removed from
under, them, Then5 the brakes were
taken off, and flow there thoy llo like
dismantled ships, and like a ship
something of sentiment clusters.
At first they were thought of only as
play houses. One purchaser conclud
ed to .turn his luto a hen house. An
other is a contractor, and pays his
men every fiaturduy night from the
old car, Another, a Kondrlck street
man, hug fixed up bis ns a- carpenter
shop for his boy. One "woman in
Cambridgo wanted to buy ton cars,
and, wheeling them down to the tea
shore, convert them into cottages nhd
bath houses, shifting their position
with the tide. She thought that two
or more could be Joined together, one
to be used for a sleeping car, But
the owners of tiis beach worn,1, aut
sell her land .'or this purpose, ,
The contractor before mentioned Is
building a basement under one of hi
cars tud hi pnluag It He talks of
putting a ratlins- around the top and
buying a few flowers, so that be can
have a root garden. More than oue
tsr hi befit preempted for nocturnal
"lunch" purposes. The cat find them
A glorious place to snooxo, while the
wind pluyt fetitly with the quaint
old dimity curtains. Oue boy ha con
verted half his car Into a dove house.
The barbers aud Chinese laundry
men are now after cars, but the sup
ply is running short If they cannot
get any they My they may buy
watering carts and put windows In
them. Oue of the playhouses 1 used
during the evening a a club house
by children of a larger growth, The
lamHi are handy, and when A light Is
necessary the blinds are pulled up to
shut off the sight of card playing,
One, mother has rigged up a cord
running from the house to the belt
lu tlit car, and enn tell her offspring
without moving. Kevetnl mothers
have taken the straps out of the cars,
and are using them to excellent ad
vantage., Home of the car have col
ored glass, Gothic shaped window,
and it I rumored Hint the Nalvailon
Army want ouo for a chapel, Bos
ton Transcript
THIS HANTLVirMlNKH.
8tep Being Taken for Their lmine-,
din to Development.
The following from the Oregoiilun
moiiua a great debt for Halcm and the
Sautlain mtues;
it 1 announced that foreign capital
tin tveeu enlisted lu the development
of large mining Interests in the
gitartsvlllrt district Llun county,
comprising, In addition to a group of
eight gold bearing quarts mines, a
large field of placer ground, embrac
ing 4 it) acres, that for year past ha
been worked with more or less suc
cess. Mr. William It Lawler, of Suit
take City, well known a a mining
(iterator, 1 at the head of the enter
prise, and has speut t good deal of
his time perfecting hi plan and se
curing title to the property. Associ
ated with hint is Mr, Horace Hotrh
klss, a capitalist of New York City;
the French banking hoitw of Hourdis
Brother, of Paris; J, F. Medina, of
the Nicaragua bank. Purl snd Urn
don, and at one time representing the
government of Nicaragua at lbs
French capital, and Baron Almedn,
also living In Paris.
The preliminary step to secure the
property were made last May, when
Captain "Hank" Hmlth, lif Coiiwtock
fame, visited the tulues fur the pur
pose of making a report thereon, and
ascertaining the real value of the
prtpcrty. He was aeeemimnled by
Mr. Jesw Fox, a mluing engineer,
and Mr. lawler, and after uu ex
haustive examination, a favorable re
strt wa reached. With thl Mr.
I-awler visited London and Pari,
and laid the mult before hi associ
ate. ;
Not content with the ilaborate re
Mirt of CnptMlu Kiulth on the property
a a mining proMltlon, n, tni)
caution of careful Investors, the Hour
dis Brothers sought to verify Iho
statement made, and secured the
service of Mr. Alfred Itiekard. a
mining expert of prominence tiling
lu Colorado, who also vlsli.-d tht;
mine fur the purpose of making an
Independent report Mr. Itiekard
completed his work recently, and tint
rtqsirt he ha nwdo fully corroborate
lhat furnished by Captain Kiiilth re
garding the operutlon of the property
as a safe mining propos'tlon.
Thus assured, the syndicate l now
prepared to tqsrat the proHrty in
M legitimate manner aud thoroughly
lost Its merits during the lire of the
bond secured. -'-All the money neces
sary to conduct llm work ou a cone
preltouslve ptnn will tie furnished,
and, within a mouth, a force of iu u
will be employed to do the necessary
preliminary work fur the commence
mont of more extended operation
next spring.
The yunrtsvilJe mining district of
Linn county, has been known to
miners for the past thirty yt'ar. par
ticularly that portion detilgunted ns
district No. 3, where the White nud
Bed Bull claim ore located. The
While Bull company wa Incorporated
year ago With 'jrW capital. At
one time the stuck sold above par,
and ft dividend of $ro,XiO wns de
clared, PiKir management and lg
nornii'v of methods In conducting
mining In a sclentiflo way wrought
luitt to the proiiorty, until at last it
remained nn worked ami the exten
sive openings, not protected, caved
In. The adjoining mine, known ns
the Bed Bull, present an extraordi
nary amount of pity ore, and, since
the result of the exiMit examination,
tite work of taking out ore has been
continued.
The MHiph of Llun county will bo
largely benefited by the Introduction
of new capital by men fully aldo to
develop this most Important source of
mineral wealth. Mr. Lawler leaves
this evening for Halt Lake City, on a
brief vlsilt exiMvling to return within
two weeks and go to the mine for
the purpose of personally supervising
development work. .
FEKDlNalVnlcATTO HOQH.
Editor Rural World: I nin feeding
Wo hog for market Will it pay to
buy wheat for feed at 50 cents per
bushel, when 1 can get com at 40
cents? My hogs will now weigh about
J5o pound average.
Will you plouwo ask some of your
patrons to tell mo through your paper
how to make a good trough for feed
ing wheat? I have mlue made iu V
sliniK, but the hogs put their foot lu
and waste considerable. I ulso no
tice they pass considerable wheat
without digesting; Is there any rem
edy for tills? I soak my wheat from
24 to 30 hours. It you or some of
your readers can give me the desired
Information1 through your pai'r, I
will bo very thankful; our family
generally feed about 2,000 hogs find
from 1,200 to 1,500 cattle every year,
and I am anxious to know how to
save and ntllisse all the waste feed
and also avoid any waste In future.
B. II, llammett Iluudolpli county,
Mo., Oct. 13th.
BEPLY.-Conflntied Inquiries
among those who have fed wheat to
hog last year, hava elicited the fol
lowing: First: Whole wheat, cllbor dry or
soaked, docs not give the best re
sults. . .' ' V 1
Hoeond: Cooked, steamed or ground
wheat brings excellent returns;
ground, the best results, The feeding
of ground wheat soaked a short tlmo
bus s:hown ft feeding vnluo of from
75 centg to $1.25 per bushel, according
to the selling price of hogs.
Third: V-shaped troughs should havo
strips nailed across aud the ground
food should bo wet gufllclotitly to
make a thick slop. Observation will
determine the consistency. Hevornl
articles havo tppeared recently In
these columns, upon this subject and
the same will have still further at-.
tontlon In the next few weeks.-
Fourth: The ground wheat should
not be soaked long enough to become
sour. In all cases it should be fed
sweet
FOIIEIGN FANCIES. .
Tiny Jeweled side cot" are the
fashionable girl's lates fad. Some
awfully pretty Free, a conceits are
being shown in pearls and brilliants.
Magenta umbrellas are new, Their
brightness commends ; them 'for
gloomy, stormy days.
Oriental designs on colored gating
are made up in blouses,
THE STAR OF OREGON
Pioneer Sailing Vessel
of Oregon.
She Was Built Fifty-live
Years Ago.
Was Only About Forty-Klght Feet
Long, but Was a Trim
Little fittft.
Nearly fifty Ave years ago the 'pio
neer sailing tersel of Oregon was
constructed. That wa long before
Portland was thought of, and, at that
reuinta day, the entire site of Port
land wa covered with giant sous of
the forest and tangled, Impenetrable
thickets.
Mwtu Island was the siH selected
for laying the keel of the pioneer
vessel, and the name cuoscu was tbo
slguiilcnut and appropriate one of
"Wtnr of Oregon." A number of giant
oak stood at the lower end of the
Win ud, Just opposite the high, abrupt
bluff where the river makes a sudden
turn to the west aud It was under
their wide spreading branch- tli.it
(tie veuturesomo little craft was built
and took Its Initial plunge lute the
Willamette.
Work u the fttar of Oregon was
commenced erly lu 1H0, snd on the
loth of May, 141, she was launched
iuccurully. The Vessel wa lakeu to
Oregon City, where she was llntsUed
and equipped for ft sea vo)gb. The
comimuy owtilng the craft was com
posed of John Oman, llalph Kll
isiurn, Pleasmt Armtrong. Ueorge
IKivIs and Jacob tireeti. The work
was done principally by Felix Hath
away, Bnlpb Kiibnuru aud Captain
Joseph Oitle. From all ae-couuts there
was very strong opsitlon from
member of the Hildm Buy win
puny, many of whom were then
stationed at Vancouver, aud as u
iiiitnmi result of itiu Jealousy and
rivalry, many obstacle wete thrown
In the way. Thus the work pro
gressed slowly nud muter discourag
ing circumstance.
FUinlly "Jlnthiwuy became dls
heartened and. abandoned the work
befoiv the vessel was more than half
completed. The piece of timber which
was used for the keel wa cut from
a tnte on Kauvle's island. In those
day the Island went by the name of
Wnpnto. This stick of tiinlier was
found, on measurement, to be forty
eight feet aud eight luetics In length,
and so It was resolved to make the
new vessel that long. The tree was
cut aud roughly hewed, aud transport
ed to Bwuu Wand. After llutliaway
throw up iho Jb. (Sale and Kllbourn
went ou and completed it It was
not until the summer of LSI'.' that the
Htar of Oregon was placed In readl-i-.cs
for her voyage, Kooti after the
vessel wn completed, Captain Onbt
determined to take her down to where
San Francisco uow stands. It wa
then known a Verba liuetin tgisnl
herb), and consisted of a few rudo
ikIoIm) huts scattered about on the
wild sand hills which overlooked the
water of the bay. A voyage In those
pioneer days from where Portland
now Mtand down to Verba iiueiin,
rMctally in so small nud rudely con
structed a craft was considered a
great undertaking, mid fraight with
many peril. to thought Captain
Onle. All preparations were com
pleted, and the Hum craft stinted on
her passage not without ninny fear
and pilsglvlng.' On the 12th of Kep
totitbcr. iKi'J, the Htnr of Oregon left
linker' buy and eroded the bay out
ward .
(Ypinlu dale, who was In command
of the vessel, In u long letter written
soni" yea is ng. to the tale Colonel J.
VV. NcMithh, aires u detailed and very
Interesting history of how the vessel
was Imlif, .mil an account of the voy
nu from the mouth of the Columbia
.own tin cot to Verba, Buenn. In
his letter ho make very compllmen
turv reference to Commodore Clmrle
Wilkes, of the United State navy,
who made ft trip up the river during
the time the Htnr wa being built on
Hwan island. He mentions various
act of courtesy on the part of the
old commodore. Among other' things
(ho commodore presented Captain
(iiiie with a Immlsome itag, which the
Mtur of Oregon proudly unfurled nt
her mast head when she set sail.
Commodore Will;- had command sf
the United States warship Peacock,
which went ashore at the mouth of
the Columbia and wa lost In 1tl.
After Iho loss of the vessel, Wilkes
and others came up the river to pay
it visit to Itev. J. I Parrlsh and Oov
ermr Aberuethy, who then lived up
the Willamette valley near the pros
ent ulle of Hnlem. In that way Cap
lain dale came to meet the commo
dore, ,
The crew of the Star of Oregon con
sisted of John Cnnnn, Pleasant Arm
strong, Itnlph Kllbourn, Jacob Green.
Clmrle PfcffcnhnuHcr, and a Utile
Indian boy about 10 years of nge.
Captain dale In bis account makes
reference to the bite Captnln John H.
Couch, who enmo to Oregon in the
brig Cliennmus. While the Rlnr of
Oregon wns lying near the mouth of
the Columbia, Captnln Couch came
down In tite brig ou his wax 11,0
Sandwich Islands. Both vessel
came to anchor in Baker's liny, and
Captnln Cole accepted a cordial In
vitation from Captain Couch to come
over to his vessel and take ten. The
following day both vessels crossed
the. Columbia bar nud boro away.
Captain Gale's account of the voyage
Is very amusing In many respects.
There were many dllllcultles en
countered, such as fogs, head winds,
sen-slckmws, etc. At length, after
many perils, Yerba Buenn was
renched In safety on the morning of
September 17, 1812. Concluding tho
account of the voyage, Cuptaln Gale
says: , .
"Tho fog began to open, nud wo
mndo sail and ran down with a light
breexo until about 4 o'clock; the fog
commenced giving way, and In a few
inlntttes we looked up and saw the
high hinds Immediately soulkenst of
us. and In half an hour after the en
trance of the port of San Francisco
was opened to us. The breeze now
freshened to a whole-sail brecge; we
hauled lu to the eastward and dashed
through Its portals like an arrow,
and Just ns the sun went down we
dropped author abreast of tho old
Presidio.
"It was plenHlng to mo to see what
a difference there was in the aspect
of my companions. The gloom of tho
voyage had now given way to pleas
ure, and they we, i happy. As for
myself, Columbus fawself could not
iiave felt happier when first he solved
the great problem than I did at this
time." ,,-'.-'..-, - ..',' -
Scon after reaclilng San Francisco,
Captain Gale disposed of the vessel
to .Toso Y. Lamonture, a Frenchman,
for 350 cows. These cows were driv
en from California to the Willamette
valley in the spring of 1843. Tho
whole' country was then nn unbroken
wlldornes, filled with wild animals
and Indians. Seventy-five days were
required to moke the toilsome', jour
ney. Captain Gale reached tho val
ley with but comparatively littlo loss.
Captain Tom Mountain, who Is a
"way-backer" when tho question of a
pioneer Is considered, enjoys the
honor of having seen tho Star of Ore
gon before she wtt launched Cap
tain Mountain was on the sloop
Peacock wbta she was wrecked, ami
secompniiiwl Commodore Wilkes ou
his trip up the river. He was a mere
stripling then, but vividly retneilr
thn Incident Als.ut A year ago ap
tain Mountain constructed A minia
ture fan simile of the Star of Oregon,
which was ft very excellent and baud
some specimen of marine workman
ship. The model was about two feel
long, ftjd ft perfect reproduction of
the original criff In every point of
detail. After It was completed, the
model was photographed. The model
was so handsome that Captain Moun
tain wa requested to have it mounted
and to send it back to the bead ofllct
of the Union Pacific at Omaha, This
was done, and the iimmIcI of the pi
t.eer sailing vecs-l of Oregon occupies
a prominent place la the head oiftce
of that company. As may tie well
Imagined the model Is an object of
unfailing Interest and curiosity.
According to what I regards a
tellable authority, the first steamboat
that navigated the Lower Columbia
wn sblpiied In section from New
York, about the year 1TO, aud wa
owned by the Pacific Mall company.
At that tlmo Upper Astoria was the
cud of the ocean route from San
Francisco, and the boot brought there
from New York was put together and
thrhsumed the Willamette, This
steamer connected at Upper Astoria
-iii, ii.d ..l.l nlilcwheel steamship
Columbia that ran between San
Francisco and that port The Wil
lamette continued to run on the river
uutll the Paellle Mall company made
St Helen's the head of navigation,
when she wa scut to run on the
Macrnnicuio river about the year iw.-.
The first steamer built in Oregon was
at Upper Astoria. It was s side
wheel atoamer of about JWW ton
register, and made weekly trip be
tween Astoria and Portland. The
next steamer that ran on the Lower
Columbia was built np at Mllwaukle.
Till era ft was christened the Lot
Wuluwnb, After the name of one of
the owners, aud was placed on the
Astoria-Oregon City route during the
year lfC.2. The late Captnln J. C.
Alusworth was In command. Jacob
Kaiuiu was chief engineer and Dan
Well purser. Subsequently the Lot
Wltticoinb was sent to San Fran
elsen and ran for many year on the
Sacramento river. Portland Tele
gram. THH HOP MAUKKT.
Nureiiilsfg, (ierT'oct 11.-Arrival
and transactions are Increasing. The
amount of transaction for the week
ending Ocuds-r loih, wns luo,0n
bale, the highest of tho year, al
though yesterday there was A holiday,
which hindered the business. The
tendency is better for good qualities,
but owing to the rainy weather the
quality lu geiternl bus diminished.
Then were no piirehasj for expor
tation worth mentioning during the
laxt week. Today's quotations ;ire ns
follows, Hilulitly higher thin a year
ago: .Market hop 4 to pie pel
Sllll)(I. .
London. Oct 10,-Business lu the
new crop ha Im-cii quite brisk during
iho wivk, many liirg orders fnuu
brewers having been tilled and there
Is .1 decidedly miner tone. espi tally
In resjssi to the lst qualities. A
coiiHidcrulilo pn reel of ICast Kent
Moldings brought I? jwr pouud aud
today a similar offer for a growth of
Brtimbllngs of a very Hue color was
made and refused. Other 'sales .of
Bmmbllngs have been effe ted M
nlsejt I 'ic. A few isskets of very
choice Geldings required for ' complet
ing nn order real lied ns much s
IS'jc. but it I not fair to quote tint
a a gcnral selling price. It I prob
able that after the rush Is over tin
market will greatly Improve and
harden so that holder, who havo been
able to bold their bops, may realize
something oppnuuhliig What they
consider fair remunerative values, H
i quite certain now that the late
picked hops will give a large propor
tion of off-color samples, whllu many
will show evidence of disease. The
weather of lute ha not boon favora
ble and a a result, bops have deter
toratcd. Generally speaking, the hnr
vot ha Ih-cii brought to a close, but
In many places it will go on for an
other week. The price made ben?
for small lot of American bops raege
at le for New York state and 11c
for California hop.
Journal Bulletin: Neither export
nor Inline trade demand was sufllcleut
to enliven the market To the con
trary, buying Interest generally was
tame and the prices offered were
hardly up to the level of those that
were paid early In the week, except,
perhaps, for choice shipping quality.
As a whole, the market show rather
weak tone, lielng more or less ad
versely effected by the faulty quality
of considerable of the supply that ar
rives ns well as by light export In
quiry and Indifferent buying on the
part of home brewers.
A letter from Clin. Whitehead,
dated Maidstone, Oct 15th, says:
Hop-picking Is Just finished very
late. 1 think the crop harvested will
equal tHO.iHKI ewt to tKsl.tKK) cwt, and
;jo,Ki0 cwt left on the iwles not worth
picking. An unusual quantity In dis
eased and bad colored, and choice
hop will sooner or Inter bo relatively
dearer. Prices are slightly better the
last few days from 5 to 12 shillings
per cwt advance, especially for the
better kinds. The rouge Is 40 to 55
shillings for common sorts; 00 to 73
shillings for Goldlngs, Brambllngs,
and good colory, well conditioned
samples. As much as 80 to 85 shil
lings has been given for very fine
Fast Kent a. few lots. Diseased
Imps miiko 30 to 40 shillings. Much
of tho German growth is Injured by
disease, and wet weather, and ninny
of tho ho that come here ore a
quality that finds no sale. Evidently
there are too many low grades, nud
too few first-class samples both sides
of tho ocean.
Illfl .WAS NO IlOO.
A democratic editor out In Oregon,
after selling out his paper to a re
publican rival, breathed a parting
sigh as he snld: -
Our plant has been sold to a hated
rival and a putrid reminiscence of
republicanism acres the river; and
the faithful old typo that have
whooped it up so long for fat old
G rover, the stuffed prophet and un
rrownod king of the true democracy,
will hereafter do degraded service Iu
expounding the pernicious but prof
ltablo theories of protection to the
political sinners of the Evergreen
stale. We wauled a .democratic gov
ernment and we got It After nineteen
months' experience with G rover and
Hilly Wilson's congress we ar willing
to let go and give the republicans a
chance. We are.no hog. Craw ford s
vllle, Ind., Journal.
VIVID NKCKTIUS.
It has become a recognized fact
that, our fashions for men are taken
almost without change from London,
and on that account It may be stated
that there will be on outburst of bril
liantly hued neckties during the win
ter, very much In contrast with the
sober hues that have prevailed dur
ing tho past season. Tourists return
ing from Loudon say that never In
all their travels have they seen any
thing that quite equaled tho brilliancy
of the neckwear of tho contemporane
ous London swell. There is a color
craze there of unrestrained virulence,
Scarlet and; vivid blue ties predom
inate, and as the waistcoats are still
cut rather low, there Is a blaze of
color beneath the chin of every man
In London who aspires to anything
approaching swelldom. New York
Buu.
FACTS IN HYPNOTISM
How It
Murder
Has Caused
to Be Itoae.
The Act of a JIau Ci aod
By 'the Power. -
MoHinHurllnrTesU tud Kipcrltoeott
Keceutly Mode In Loudon -Leave
It Aloue.
The test of hypnotism wbkti A
Land of metaphysician meotly made
in Ixmdon have given fresh Impetus
to this cult, says the New York Ad
vertiser. It has been said that In the
approaching trial of Mrs. Meyer her
lawyers will advance the plea that
Dr. Meyer, convicted of poisoning
Brandt swayed his wife by Hypnotic
influence, It was only tlw oilier day
.1..., Mrs. lu-ntrliv Lnndeiiian, of
Minneapolis, in excusing herself for'
rubbing a man In a hotel, testified
that her husband, a hypnotic, bnl
Influenced her to commit the crime.
" Only a fortnight ago Europe was
startled by Uw news thatn young
woman f prominent family
iii,iifi tia.1 died In A trance produced
by Herr Neuokuun, hypnotic." He
put her into a trance In the presence
of a large sudleuee,. In About twelve
minutes site becsm greatly excited,
blw described the nature of an all
tiHiut she had, diagnosing II and using
terms which might have been export
td only from on experienced scien
tist Buddenly she fell back, utter
ing A piercing shriek. Hho Iweauw
senseless and died eight minutes
biter. ,
In Amsterdam, Hollund. tho city
ftielul who were trying to unravel
the mystery surrounding the dissp
poaranee of Mrs, De Jong dw-klea to
have He Jong, the woman's husband,
placed under hypnotic Infith-nee In
the hope of obtalulug Infer uistlou
from him while in that state that
would clear up the m)tery. The
Mwpapcis routed out that even
should He Jong confess that he killed
hi wife, as was strongly suspected,
ho could not ho couvlcted upon. -the
confession obtntt'ed in this manner,
Nevertheless ho was ttjpnoUsHl by
Or. Itontcrgueui. or Amsterdam, and
Or. He Jong, of The Hague. The
latter was not a kinsman of the prls
stwr. While In a trance he deseritied
the way he had killed two wives. Ills
narrative was circumstantial The
body of one was found where be said
he burled it, but trie other cor
wa. never discovered. Ktill, It was
not mitll the same fact were re
vealed from another source that the
authorities were able to convict blin
of murder. -,
Craxod by hypnotism, Michael Cur
tis took his life lu New York City
some week ago.
Curtis lived with ids family at 442
West Firty-llfth street and bunged
himself In the woodshed in the ivar.
In hi pockets were found several
paper. me of these headed "Hyp
notism snd Mconertem" said: "I be
ing a sufferer from hypnotism, for
tune taki-s this ir.cthod of getting rid
of it" Another document dated In
July said:
"if I am found Insane I've been
hypnotized by a man named Tlumip.
sou. I was hypt otlsed at Fourteenth
street and. Fourth avenue or Fifty
third street and Tenth avenue." ;
Some extraordinary exhibitions of
hypnotic power were given at the
Charlie hospital In Pari by Dr. Lnys
recently. Two women and three men
were the "subject.' After briefly
outlining hi plan and the theories
he proposed to explain, the professor
seated one of the women In an easy
chair. He held before her a ginger
bread figure of a woman, and, with
a few mystic slgus and phrases, trans
ferred, as ho said, the living sensi
bility of the woman in tho ciinlr to
the gingerbread. Then with great
deHberatl.m lie dlsmoniliered the cuke,
breaking off one baud after the other,
abbreviating tho arms, mutilating
the legs nud finally taking a' bite out
ef the head.
At every fresh assault upon the
gingerbread the subject hrlekd and
clutched at her own limbs. Aa the
gingerbread woman became, smaller
anil -mailer, the shrieking '.woman
hec-ama weaker and weaker, uitll her
final burst of agony was little more
than an Incipient shudder.
Of course the professor was not ln
spired by bloodthirsty Instincts and
ho spared the female to exert the
same Influence upon 'her later for the
mystification of other Inquirers Into
scientific wonders. He restored her
strength with a few word of gtblicr
ish, and ns she arose from her sent,
dnsed and evidently sufferlog from
thi Indistinct temembranee of some
Indefinite tortnre, the professor lu
vlted one of the men to take the chair.
A camera was wheeled -from' a cor
ner and pointed at a man, vvuo. mean
while had been suitably posed by nn
assistant, who now stood near by
ready to strike a flash-light when he
was directed to do so. The professor
allowed himself a , capable photog
rapher as well as n skillful scientist,
and after trifling with the locus and
oiherwiso prolonging the entertain
ment he gave the word that produced
the flash light and the negative wns
made. It required but a few momenta
to develop the likeness snd then was
soeu a fairly good reproduction of
the sitter's pictures. The sitter rec
ognised the picture nud conceded
that it looked like hint.
The professor made a few passes
with hjs hands above the head and
on the forehend of the man hi the
chair. A thing ns soulless as a cor
poration sat in tbo chair and another,
ns full of soul m a bride, was on the
negative. Standing with his back to
tho subject the professor, with greftt
deliberation, drew a plr.point . across
the face ou the negative, lining both
cheeks. At tho sdme Instant the tnnu
uttered an exclamation of. pulii,
raised his hand andTpnssed" H across
his face. But roost wonderful of nil,
a red mark appeared for a 'moment
on the cheeks of the man, following
exactly the course taken by. the vin,
Iu turn the sharp instrument waa
passed over the skin of the forehead,
the lips, the ears, and lu each "in
stance the accompanying shrinking
and pain of the subject were notice
able, as was likewise the red mark.
Pricking the negative with tho piu
polut even gnt)y, was foft by the
victim and indicnted by his nervous
action. The professor explalued that,
of course, no special virtue attached
to tho negative. The same transfer
ence of soul could be made to a print
from the negative to an engraving,
to an oil palutlng or any other pic
torial object " "
Tlie man was then placed upon the
scientific shelf and the secoud woman
called. She was a delicate subject,
readily susceptible to tho Influence
of .extorlorbuttlon and showing her
sympnthy with tlie nondescript dum
my that was supposed to represent
her in the. professor's bauds.
This was a rog baby, and, after go
ing through the usuul ceremony, the
professor plunged a knifo deep iuto
the cotton vltuls of the baby repeated
ly. With every stroke tho female In
ha tialf hrb-ked Slid looktfd elu.n
her In the most pathetic msn&er,
seeking some twaus of ese, br.
Ing no doubt la lbs ml ads of Ur su
dd ace that sis thought sli suffered
every agony the rag baby was being
subjected to. It was not until ths
cotton had been slashed luto hits snd
the woman bad shrunk Into her chair
a though expiring that the professor
ceased aud brought her back to her
souses.
OCCIDENTAL; JOTTINU8.
New of tin Northwest Gathered
from Various Hourees.
s John Henderson, of Yamhill county,
dog about tVS) bushel of poiuuss
from thirty-seven acre and says It
tstiis wbent all hollow at W) cents a
bushel.
Mongolian pheasants are gradually
Increasing: la numbers la Douglas
county.
Know fell to the depth of six Inches
00 October anb, thirty utile ast of
prlnevHIev
The first ton of coal from Coos bay
wss shipped to Ban Francisco Just
forty year Ago. -
The oldest Baptist church on ths
Pacific coast i the La Creole scar
Crowley station.
. Mrs. John ttedmond and two chil
dren, of McMlnnvllis, have ulpbtberlA
In A malignant form.
Thirty IP-OS, owned by James Hem-
enway's son st Eugene, between Jan
uary 1. 1-HU3. and August 1. IK) I, kid
3M Aimn egg, worth 7u.nu.
Drain will ship 'J,m pnnnd of
pniiu-s tht. year, as Against ZJO
found Inst year.
Three low 4 families arrived In Cot
tage Grove List week. .
The Multnomah county court has re
pealed tlie order authorizing the pay
ment of A bounty for the scalps of
wild animals.
Congressman Hern aim has returned
to Washington, after having spent
but A few days with hi friends and
nelghbirs at his old home. Mr. Her
mann luteuded wmr.lnlng longer, but
nls visit was cut short by the news
frooi Was'ilugfon at In tlie smart pox
epidemic now there, and as his fam
ily are there bo felt uneasy as to ihelr
safety. . -.:
' It. Washburn, of ftpriugflcld. Lane
county, will plant out mar Irving
tlii fall forty acre of prunes and
ten acre of m-br. -
Tlie new fish ladder at Oregon City
I snld to be A Added success. Hal
iisn will doubtle be plentiful In the
Wlllhnieto and Us tributaries cica
(Maon hereafter :
The Oregon Baptist State conven
Uoq stdistvd Eugene AS the point for
the next convention, which will be
held in October, vm, r
Tlie Msnxaulu hi still either bar
hot nd at some of the Southern Ore
gon Mirts, or ie out at sea looking
for the missing ship Ivani.
The state board of equalization will
meet In annual session at the capitol
in Kaleru on December 4th, conUnu
ing through thirty day.
lt year's assessment roll in Polk
county contained only 1.900 names,
but this time the list will run up to
almost 3.t.
The big log raft that went to piece
I a great menses to nsvigatiua. The
hs are m wit lug around In group
off the Orejron const
B, 8. Pugue bos established river
observing stations Along the Colum
bia and Knske rivers, under instruc
tion from the secretary of agricul
ture. Tlie Dalles Is the largest wool ship
ping puiut lu Oregon, and from Its
situation must remuiu so, aa long as
the mountain ranges are utilized as
iliwp pastures.
Cbiwtnuts will grow In Oregon. J.
11. Wood residiug a few miles from
Albuuy bus nearly fifty small trees,
some of which Are bearing. The Buts
are very pals table.
The Dalles, Portland & Astoria
Navigation company will rebuild the
state portage, at Cascade locks. The
Intention is to build the track on a
higher level and construct a steep
Incline with hoisting engines at the
top. The work must be done before
November loth, and will cost several
thousand dollars. Kiver traffic con
tinues so brisk that this outlay hi
Jtwtlned, i:-
Alt county Assessors of tlie state of
Oregon will meet in convention at Sa
lem on the 10th of December. The
meeting .is called for the purpose of
discussing matters of Interest to tax
payers And to formulate uniform
methods of making assessment rolls,
in fact all detail of the work .of the
assessor will come up for considera
tion, ana it Is expected that inucti
good will be accomplished by the
IMPORTING POTATOES.
American farmers do not pay
enough attention to a home market -cultivating
those products which find
ready sale at home. It Is a shame
that American farmers with such
vast resources at their very doors,
allow our markets to be filled with
foreign bay onions, potatoes and
other products, which rightly belong
to our home' producers, and It Is noth
ing to our credit that with our thou
sands upon thousands of acres of the.
best potato-producing lands In the
world, that we were compelled to Im
port from Scotland alone, from Oc
tober, mtiVto June, 1894, 31,745 tons
of potatoes, not . saying anything
about the vast amounts that were
shlpiied from Caunda. Ihe United
State stands fifth In the point of pro
duction "of potatoes: The country
being tho largest producer s is Ger
many, with a crop 6f 7S4,(H3,000
bushels. The ; crop- of the United
States. i$ about SW.OOO.OQu buslitfls.
Since. the duty has been reduced from
25 cents a bushel to 15 cents a bushel,
there will bo larger shipments of
Canadian potatoes; but this. does not
argue that our potato; raisers cannot
meet successfully foreign competition,
and urake-money out of their potato
crop. Tho early supplies for this
niiirkcLeome from the South, Ten
nessee and Georgia furnishing liberal
quantities.". The later tuppltee- come
f reiu ; Wisconsin, , Michigan, Minne
sota, and many car loads from Colo
rado, The varieties' of potatoes most
sought for 'n the market are the
"Burba uka," "Late Kosc" and "Beauty
of Hebron." Those varieties have
been used by housekeepers for years,
and they , have come to look upon
them as the standard ones. The old
Variety of "Peach Blow" has fallen
Into Dad repute, and this variety, as
now grown, lacks much of the good
quality that was found In It ten years
no, Proltio Ftirmof.
. DISCOVERED A BONANZA.
Gates,' Nov. 5th. Gatps has nn In
habitant . whoso very recent dis
covery may 'rival Mho Bonanza
King's famous Comstock lode.
James H. Collins yesterday waa lo
cating, a claim In the QuajrtavUle dis
trict,4 which from float rock seemed
to offer no very great -riches. Taking
his pick to looso a rock to make room
for his corner post, he turned up a
piece of quarts which fairly made his
eyes bulge. It wns covered with
lumps of free gold. Herbert Ames,
of Albany, was wtth hint, and quickly
UulshlnjA their task they started for
tho property of tlie Albany Milling
and Mining Co. Upon arriving there,
they were offered" $10,000 for the
claim from which the rock came. Ot
course the offer was refused and Col
lins enrne to dotes. The specimen la
about ten inches long by four wide,
covered with moss aud other magi
and freo gold to the amount . of at
least $50. Collins and a. party will
return tomorrow to the mine to be
gin operations. Albany Democrat,