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It is reported that nt last a machine has been mado
which saves all the gold in the black saml mines of the
ocean beach. It is the invention of Abe Rose, who is
working it at his mine at Randolph, and consists of a
set of Bluices containing peculiar devices on tho bottom
for bopuratiug tho wiuJ and gold. Tho uuichiucs can bo
cheaply constructed, and if they succeed everywhere aB
well as at Randolph, will come into general use.
Latest advices from tho East are to the effect that
the New York hop crop is practically ruined by lion and
honey dew. The importance of this fact can only le
realized by one who knows that New York produces
four-fifths of the entire orop of tho United States. If,
then, there is to be less than half as many hops put on
the market from this country as last year, tho prion,
which is now but from five to seven cents wr pound,
must advance materially, much to tho ndvantugo of
growers in Oregon, Washington and California, where a
good avorago yield iB exacted.
The Oregon raoifio Railroad and Oregon Develop.
mont Company have issued a circular stating the ar
rangements made for accommodating mnmliera of tho Q.
A. R. who desire to attend tho grand re-union in San
Francisco. Fare from Corvallis or Yaquina to Sau
Francisco and return will be tlO.OO, and if morn than
one hundred and twenty-five go, a rolmto of t'2.00 on
each full ticket will be given. Tliis offers a splendid
opportunity for momliers of the order in Western Ore
gon to attend conveniently and cheaply. These ratal
can be obtained at the company's oflice in Corvallis, on
presentation, of proper certificate from tho iost oom
mandor. It is desirable that names le placed on file as
early as posBiblo to avoid inconvenience at tho last mo
ment tm. .,ti, n,.,uil Piitjiliimio of the Oregon State Uui-
versity, located at Eugon City, has boon roceivod. It
is a neatly printed pamphlet of sixty-two pages, issued
from the offlco of the Eugeno City IlryMnr, biuI oon
tains a list of oflieors, faculty, students and graduates,
with calendar, course of instruction, and all information
in regard to government of the institution and its rela
tion to the state. Special attention is callod to the
statute giving each county one free scholarship in the
collegiate department, and one additional for each mom
ber of the legislature. Persons dosiring more informa
tion about free scholarships should apply to their county
superintendent of schools. Catalogues may be had by
addressing the secretary of the faculty, at Eugene City,
Oregon.
At a meeting of the Fruit and Vegetable Orowert'
Association of the United States, recently held at Col
umbus, Ohio, Ezra Arnold, of Illinois, presented ipeci.
fications and drawings of a cheap evaorster made by
himself, which he claimed to have nsed with letter suc
cess than tho more elaborate and Mimive one. It is
very sinfple and call I made by any one at a trilling
cost Mr. Arnold preBcutod to the association his title
to the evaporator on condition that it would appropriate
a suflloient sum to cover the expense of procuring illus
trated descriptions and directions for making and using
them. It was his idea that thousands of people would
avail themselves of this opportunity to dry fruit who or.
dinarily could not afford to do so. Any one desiring
one of these illustrated circulars should address W. Or
lando Smith, secretary of the association, Ir one hun
dred and four, Alliance, Ohio, and enclose stamp for ro
turn postage.
Work is progressing rapidly on tho Montana Central, ,
and will soon lie completed and rails laid if arrange,
ments for shipping them can lie made. Tho Montana
Northern, from Great Falls to Assinalioino, on tho inter
national boundary, has surveying parties at work from
both euds of the lino. Tho Can .dian raoifio will soon
liegin work ou a lino running south from Mapln Creek
to connect with Assinalioino, and before tho end of the
year tho entire .route from Helena, by way of Oreat
Falls anil Fort Denton, to tho Canadian Pacific nt Ma
plo Creek will lo under contract and partially construe
ted. This is an invasion of Montana by the Manitoba
system which tho Northern Paeiflo will probably couu
teract by running a branch to Fort llenton, from either
Helena, Livingston or Hillings. A company has lawn
organized to parallel the Montana Central's line from
Helena to Red Mountain, and It Is asserted mat tne
same will bo dona with the lino to llenton. The Maui
toba lino is being pushed westward from Devil's lake at
a rapid rate to meet the Montana Northern, and the ap.
poaranoos indicate that in another year Helena will have
two moro Eastern outlets, one by the Canadian Paeiflo
and one by the Manitobn.
NEW BALLOON.
A new dirigible balloon, of colossal dimensions, is
now in course of construction in lWlin. The inventor,
Herr Gaswindt, hopes to overcomo the grand dilllculty
in aronnutios-tho attainment of a sped greater than
tho average velocity of tho wind-by the enormous sixa
of the balloon. A aeries of meteorological observation
extending over several years, lias shown that near the
surface of the earth the velocity of the wind in the tern
perate Wine rarely exceed twelve meters ier second,
and Herr Gaswindt expect to attain a speed of not less
than fourteen to fifteen meter. A um of two hundred
thousand marks, it is said, has already been offered for
the patent The baloon is one hundred and fifty meter
in length and fifteen meter in diameter, with a capacity
of eighteen thousand cubio meter, aliout ten time a
great a that of the Ronard and Krelm balloon. The to
tal weight is aliout forty-three thousand smnds, the en
velope and netting alone representing ten thousand
pounds. The propelling machinery consist of two
Hti-iuil engines .;f fifty horeviwer each. ' The oust is wu
timated at mm hundred thousand marks (.'1,00I).