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J OREGON COURIER, f rJr- -j I VOL. XI. OREGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. AUGUST 25. 181)3. NO. 16. i i OCCIDENTAL NEWS. Copper Mines at Copperopolis Cal., Close Down. THE PORTLAND SAVINGS BANK. Idle Mou on tbe Street of Fresno Aid In tbe Agitation Against the Mongolians. Expert burglar are at work In the vicinity o( I'liuiiiix, A. T. Los Aniri'lt'S bus passed an ordinance against buiu entrances to saioona. All tlio tailors at N'anaimo, B. C, are on a strike nguiiiHt a reduction In wages, An Iutormitioniil Irrigation CongrosH mil 1)0 held at Lou Angeles in Uctober, The yard at Mare Island la gradually accumulating material lor a lino ship building plant..... Tliu statement of the assiKiiee of the Union Hank Company at Portland shows lifHets Uo,iKJ3, liabilities foZ.lHU. The estimates for tho cost to repair me nartlort are placed Z74.73 by tne .Washington investigating oincial. Work on San Diego' harbor has been allotted to Captain B. R. Hmith of Port lund, Or., and work will bo begun soon. The Sacramento chain-gang struck for eight hours a day. They hare been locked up, and will lie fed on bread and water lor awhile. Over $209,001) have been spent trying to ruiso the San Pedro from Brotchy ledge. Now the work will have to be abandoned. The Iron bottom la full of holes. A rich ttrike was made at the Oest initio at Silver City, Kev., Friday. The average assay value was $1,000 per ton. The output of the uiiue this month will exceed 120,000. It is operated by live men. . Charles Nickel, a dudish young man at Los Angeles, has been arrested for stealing letters addressed to hotel guests, and which contained monev. lie did not confine himself to any particular hotol. The citizens along the Southern Pacific Coast line are indignant at the cessa tion of work in the tunnels between Santa Margarita and Elwood and the consequent ilelav in giving them prom ised trailic relief. Orange growers in Southern California claim the past season has been unprofit able. They propose to form a co-operative association and handle most of the crop themselves hereafter. The ship ments were 6,000 carloads, 2,000 above the previous season. The receiver's inventory of the Port land ( Or.) Savings Bank shows that the batik holds notes aggregating (60, 000, dated July 27, while the bank closed its doors July 29. Most of the notes are against employes and officers of the bank and President Dekum's four son. , CHICAGO EXPOSITION. Negotiations are under way to allow the Washington State building to remain permanently alter the lair as a natural' history museum. Medals have been awarded by the jury selected to pass upon th paintings in oils and water at the fair to the artists of all countries except the United States, Mexico, Germany and Austria. It Is said the big diamond which Is the star oi me iinany einiuit at tne worms Fair has been bought by Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes, wife of the Chicago street railway king. The price paid is quoted at (100.000. The diamond la about the size of a small walnut. The Mahuraiah of Kanurthula. Klntr of Kings, owner of 200 elephants, liege lord of titty wives, having an annual In come of (10.000,000, spent an hour In the Oregon Horticultural exhibit view ing the various kinds of fruits, and was loud in his praise of their superior ex cellence. The names of some of the prominent nurserymen were given him. and he projioses to take with him to his kingdom some Oregon fruit trees. In the cnllerv of the liberal arts build ing at tlie World's Fair the central figure of a group in the educational exhibit of Oregon is a finely executed photograph of Governor Pennoyer. This likeness is shown in the space devoted by Oregon to the State Board of Education, of which tho Governor is President. This photograph Is tho subject of more re marks perhaps than any of Oregon's ex hibits. The multitude pass by to ad mire the likeness or to criticise the Gov ernor. 1 liev are attracted to the siiot, not because the Governor refused to meet President Harrison at the State line; not because he would not permit the State cannon to be fired upon Cleveland's re election ( not because he told Grover to mind his own business: not because he received and welcomed Adlal so pleas antly upon the Vice-President's recent visit to the capital, but because ho is to day the best advertised man in America, and the people want to see " what he looks like.." EASTERN MELANGE. The Kansas Coal Miners' Strike Nearlng an End. ACT OF A RELIGIOUS LUNATIC A Nebraska County Treasurer Skips With the Swag-Drought in New York State. FROM WASHINGTON CITY. Mr. Vest's bill annronrlatintr (300.000 for a site and building in Washington, to be known as the Hall of Records, has passed the Sonata. The Attorney-General has decided that the Secretary of the Treasury has no authority to extend the time of the wunurawai oi domestic whisky irom bonded warehouses. Consul-General Mason at Frankfort. Germany, has made a report to the State ueparitneut, in which he says that un der the new tariff not only will Germany cease to draw from Russia supplies of rye and petroleum, every year amount ing to millions of dollars; but, owing to the drought, Bhe will have a serious de ficit this year in her own crop of grain, which will call for a very large importa tion of breadstuffs from the United States. in In of i.,.,tn.-,bi. it, i. r,..,..uj.t, -i mine on the Uomstock nave been sus pended. Explorations in that mine have been in progress tor the last twenty years, and during that time assessments were levied on the property aggregating HJU.U00. Shareholders have at last re fused to pay assessments. A regularly organized band of chicken thieves has been at work for Borne time in the neichborhood of Sacramento, The fowls were carried to different points from Sacramento and shipped to ban J' ram-isco. Un oi the gang was cap' tured on the Placerville train, but his confederates are still at large. Tho copper mines at Copperopolis, Calaveras county, Cal., have closed down. The mines are owned bv Fred eriek Ames of the Union Pacific rail road, and were part of tho estate of Oliver Ames. Ahout iw men are lorced into idleness, many of whom have families and had built homes at Cop peropolis. The Lighthouse Board gives notice that on September 15 a red-lantern light will be established near the west end of the south Jetty In Unkland (Cal.) harbor, and that the red light just out side the north jetty, about three-quart era of a mile to the eastward of the Oakland harbor light, will be discontin ued on the same date. A circular issued at Astoria, Or, places the total salmon pack for the season of 181)3. which has just closed. at 875,500 cases of all grades, or about equal to that of 1801, and 00,000 cases short of last year's pack. Of these large proportion are flat cans and all have been sold to domestic dealers, and many cannors will be short in their deliveries. TTio Los Aneeles Chamber of Com' merce denounces the map which is pub lished with the State books, for which the Legislature voted (25,000, and 130,- UOU copies Ol wun-Hwen? itxeiuiv jiutr lished for circulation at the World's Fair, and asks Governor Markham, under whose name tho book is published to immediately suppress the circulation of "so inaccurate and misleading document." There are said to be many idle men on the streets at Fresno, who aid in the agitation against the Chinese, but who will not work when places are ready for them in the orchards and vineyards. Several gangs of Chinamen were driven from vineyards the other night, but no whites would go to work to fill the places made vaoant. This action is not general, for many whites of both sexes have lound and accepted needed em ployment. In illustration of what Oregon soil can do in the production of sugar beets Ore gon is exhibiting at the World's rair a magnificent 34-pound specimen of the sugar-beet family, ibis beet was grown as an experiment, but it demonstrates what can be done and what will be done when capital finds investment in sugar beet factories in this State. Oregon can grow these beets with profit, and the day is not far distant when they will be a egular crop. C. H. Finn, said to be an attorney at La Grande, Or., was recently criticised by Hon. James S. Fee, Judge of the Cir cuit Court, in the following terms: "Ho language is strong enough for the re pro val and condemnation of such con duct as has been indulged in in this case, and which is only indulged in by that class of attorneys 'who come to tbe bar withoat any legal qualification, self-respect, sense of decency or knowledge of the ethics of the profession to which they belong, and who, if they make a mistake themselves in the preparations of a cause or the presentation of the ev idence,, or are ignorant of the law gov erning the case, abuse and vilify the courts, the witnesses, jurors and report ers, charging them both publiclv and privatelr with corruption and dishon esty." "Charge bare also been filed Senator Dolph will make an earnest effort to have the limit of cost of Port land's public building increased from (750,000 to (1,000,000. He started the ball rolling by the introduction of a bill for that purpose the first day that bills were introduced in the -Senate. It is tokoM? are" passed at this session. There will he no trouble In getting it through the Senate. The stick will come in trying to have it pass the House. The Senator's bill for a public building at Baker City provides for an appropriation of (100,000, and the same amount is asked for a building at Salem. The bill of the Finance Committee of the Senate to allow national banks to issue currency to the par value of the bonds deposited by them in the Treas ury is sure to experience very stormy weather. One of the obstacles is Cock rell's amendment directing the Secretary of the Treasury to redeem the outstand ing 2 per cent oonds bv a new issue of greenbacks. Cockrell calculates that more than (20,000,000 of the (25,000,000 of these bonds will be presented for re demption, and that thus an issue of more than (20,000,000 in greenbacks will be put in circulation. It is understood that he has also in reserve several other propositions that will not be pleasing to the national banks nor their friends. In the Senate the new Democratic Senator from Nebraska (Allen) is also prepared to attack the bill with an amendment for the suspension of interest on bonds de posited hy tho national banks as the basis for increased circulation. Senator Puffer of Kansas has intro duced ( by request ) two financial bills. one of which provides for an issue of (000,000,000 of legal-tender money on sheets of aluminium or silk-threaded paper, as the people may prefer. The amount is to be covered into the Treas ury as "surplus monev." and a call for all the outstanding interest-bearing bonds is to lie made, and they are to be redeemed at par and paid for from the surplus tuna, ine second measure is headed the "New Silver Bill." and directs the Secretary of the Treasury to purrnase an ine gold, silver and sub sidiary coins offered at any price, less the cost ot transportation and mintage without regard to the price in any foreign country. The bullion purchased is to be coined into standard coins at the ratio of 18 to 1. No reserve is to be held, excent a sufficiency to meet thn general indebtedness ol the government, For every dollar of gold and silver coined the government is to issue (2 in greenbacks to supplv the place of the national bank notes. No special amount ol bullion is to be purchased monthly, but the purchase is to be so as to keep the mints running at their full capacity. In payments all three kinds ol currency are to be usd, and discrimination against any special class of it is prohibited. Commissioner Miller of the bureau of internal revenue, in response to an in quiry made recently, issues an official statement as to the'refusal of collectors of internal revenue to receive checks in pavment of taxes. Mr. Miller said: "The impression seems to be general throughout the pnnntrv that thn rafiiiul of collectors of internal revenue to ac cept checks in payment of internal revenue taxes is in accordance with in structions which have been issued by the Secretary of the Treasury. No such instructions hare been issued. The fact is that until recently tbe collectors have, at their own riskaccepted chwk. in payment of taxes, and the same have been received by the depositories as so much cash. The condition of things in the country being such at this time that the collectors cannot use these checks Seventeen-year locusts have put In an appearance in Missouri. An irrigation canal eighty-six miles long is to be dug in Colorado. General Fitz John Porter has become cashier of New York's postoflice. General Booth of the Salvation Army is coming to this country in October. The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul proposes to reduce wages 10 per cent. The late Thomas J. Morse of St. Louis carried (110,000 insurance on his life. The Health Officer of Florida declares there, is no yellow fever at Pensacola. Moberly, Mo., has two banks which are said to actually turn away depositors. At Lancaster, Ta., recently hundreds of acres of tobacco were ruined by hail. The Iron and steel mills in Pennsyl vania that were shut down are starting up. The New York Tribune declares that racing is going downward in public estimation. Nearlv (76,000 damage was done at Lynn, Mass., by floods following a re cent storm. Representatives of Egypt are studying Southern methods of cotton-raising near Atlanta, Ga. The New York Recorder (Rep.) advo cates the free coinage of silver at a rea sonable ratio. B. P. Hutchinson, or "Old Hutch," has sold his membership on the Chicago iioard ol Trade. Two of the 6,000-horse-power turbine wheels for the great Niagara power plant are nearly done. The Rock Island switchmen threaten to strike if an attempt is made to re duce their wages. Mining experts are actively at work Inspecting the gold region of the Rocky Mountain states. A fine quality ot coal in seeming In exhaustible quantity has been tounu Kerr county, lex. The New York banks will soon crease their circulation to the extent (8,000,000 or (10,000,000. Philadelphia Italians have been try ing to wreck cable cars, because their children were killed by them. A company has been formed to intro duce tho sliding railway system exhib ited at Chicago into this country, A movement is in progress to intro duce improved machinery in the gold districts ot Alabama and ueorgia, One thousand saloons have suspended knainpsa In rillTu Ulhf 1UUUIU. TDBy could not stand foou a year license. Galveston ia experiencing an excess of rainfall and New Orleans a drought. A year ago these conditions were reversed, The Kansas coal miners' strike is near- ins an end. The strikers are trying return to work on the best terms obtain able. There is great apprehension at Omaha lest the foundation ol the new retierai building Is not on ground stable enough to support it. A Chicago statistician figures that wheat at the price it is now selling (10 a ton is only to a ton more than timo thy hay is bringing. The employes of the bureau of en. graving and printing at Washington have been ordered to work till 6 o'clock every working day until further notice, At Philadelphia Rachel Boyle, 25 years . , : i i I : . : U age, uunng a periuu ui religious ex citement cut off a portion of her lips and then broiled it as an offering to God, The State officers of Kansas have de cided to Bend out a commissioner to so licit seed wheat for farmers of that State, taking notes from the farmers in pay ment. The women of Hiawatha, Kan., are raising funds to send alt of tbe drunk' arils of that town to the Keelev cure, and they expect to make money oy the operation. The American Bankers' Association Convention, announced to be held in Chicago September 6 and 7, will not take place because of the present finan cial situation. Barrett Scott, Holt county (Neb.) Treasurer, has disappeared, and an in. vestigation of his accounts shows a short age of ahout (00,000. It is thought that Scott lias gone to Mexico. Topolobampo colonists have reached Kansas, and have asked Congressman riroderick to investigate the methods pursued by the managers of the colony. the relugees say it is a swindle. Only Massachusetts, Virginia, Ohio, Wisconsin and Iowa will elect Governors this fall. Only three Legislatures to he chosen in Virginia, Kentucky and Iowa will elect united states senators. business brevities. FOREIGN FLASHES. Electric tramways and railways in Eu rope aggregate about 270 miles. Aiiigator'i i tail is one of the queer del- Final Estimate of the Hunea- Imclna much nriiiul lv Hniithnrn Creole . gourmands, PORTLAND MARKET. Local bankers at Mobile, Ala., ridicule Bradstreet's report of a probable crisis in the cotton region, owing to want of currency, w hen the time comes they say all tbe necessary tunds will be forthcoming. Chicago has been so overrun with car penters that the unions of that city have appealed to sister unions through out the country for financial aid to en able them to pay the fares ot some ot tne unempioyeo to ouier cities, Tbe round-trip fare from St. Louis to aew urieans a aisianceoi wmnes during the International Exposition in the Crescent City in 1885 was (15. and the round-trip fare from St. Louis to Chicago distance aw miles is now liu. There are 2,500 employes of the Fed eral government in New York city, ex clusive of the letter-carriers in the post- office department. Of these 1,600 have places covered by the civil-service law, and 1,000 are removable on demand or for cause. Reports from all sections of Ulster. Orange, Sullivan, Delaware and Greene counties, N. i ., show that the streams are drying np, and growing crops are t th A,: , i l. a amoontedna (m ti,m . . 'i suffering for moisture. Weill that were the Internal revenue tar-. lh never known to fail ta giving a tountiful compelled to exact payment in the i PP1? now UBeleaL manner provided by section 3473 R. 8., The commencement of th public which ia aa follows: 'Ami .n 1 -.l. -v.. .. n . and aU other debu and demands, than ' scene of unusual excitement. Fully uuuoi ou ji.ir, accruing OT becoming : 2,000 idle men were on band eager to due to tbe L nited States, shall be paid j find emplovment, and when a team drove in gold and silver coin, treasury notes, ' op hauling' a wagon loaded with tools, a United States notes or notes on national ' rush was made for picks and ebovels. banks. If the banks could pay car- j Those who were unable to secure tools rency on the checks drawn upon them went to work pulling np weeds, showing dt nartiea who have taxes to tmv '.,!. j..;.;.. .-j - . L thJLln Fr'"kiD r hi. cneck. would be received by thelle I F wo ttotahaTto t K "ui oTor" " " ' woM baM thV worW with hearty It is estimated that at least 1.000.000 pounds of rubber are annually nsed for bicycle tires. Twenty thousand people at Kedditch, England, make more than 100,000,000 needles a year. Tanning la done In this country In auout one-quarter the time usually ai' lowed in kurope. The largest knitting-needle plant In the world lias recently been enlarged at Manchester, si, il. The manufacture of a single noodle In eludes some twenty-one or twenty-two oiuerent processes. About 00 per cent of the copper pro duced In this country comes from the Lake Superior region. In 1880 the United States produced 103,000 tons of refined copper, nearly nan the world's yield. Thirty thousand tons of "staff" ma terial were used in the walls of the World's Fair building. By improvements in mining machinery one man in 1888 raised more ore than four men could in 1800, The great gold fields of South Africa were discovered in 180(1 by an elephant hunter named Hartley. During the past five years (10,500,000 worth ot ostrich leathers have been ex ported from Cape Colony. The consumption of naila in this coun try has increased from l,Z4,7ZV kegs in 18DU to 6,002,170 kegs In 18U1. The purchasing power of monev in the days of the Komau Emperors was about tn tunes what it is at present. Cakes of tea in India, pieces of silk in China, salt In Abyssinia and codfish in Ireland have all been used as money. For the week ended July 31 the Chat tanooga Tradesman rejiorts twenty-four now industries established or Incorpor ated. An immense foundry, covering six acres, is being built bvthe Carnegie firm near Pittsburg, to be operated entirely by electricity. Since the settlement of the Black Hills the sum of (44,000,000 has been produced in gold alone. The annual output ex ceeds (7,000,000. The latest use for aluminium Is for street-car tickets, and it must be con. ceded that the metal 1b singularly adapt ed tor tne purpose. rian Wheat Crop. GREAT ADVANCEMENT IN RUSSIA Ad Estimate of tbe Wheat Crop of Great Britain-Earthquakes on tbe Adriatic. Tobacco culture is prohibited In Egypt. The Stramboll volcano l In vlnlnnt eruption. ureat Urltaln received in nKT ann v. un irom America last year. The paternal French porta live bees through the malls for spiariHis, It Is estimated that tlia n llrUn gold mines will double their products Ids year, . In the lust thirty vears the Innx.rUnf ..it.. nH i... t...i!- - . . . .'. . muni i iniiin amounted to ahout II. IW,UW,WU, Italy's government w forbid all nil, griuiiigos to Koine in the event of clml era continuing abroad, Tho Austrian government has nmhih. ited the circulation in the country nf th ni.l.. U...-.- ..;.. Iimago nutuia &eiiung. Colombia has declared thn fnAmifni'ta ure of cigarettes and the sale of t tit to be national monopolies. Sunday dances are said to have tie- come a recognized Institution with thn " smart set in London. The International Medical Conuress. set for Rome September 24, has been postpones lo April, ism. - Repeated shocks of earthnuakn destroyed one-half the town of Matti- nata on tne Adriatic coast. Rocktown and Cavallv. on the wnat coast of Africa, are now blockaded bv . i. .. t ;i : . - me .iuvimu government. The Hungarian crop of wheat is finally estimated at 120,000,000 bushels, against ivi,vw,uuu uuoueis last year, It Is estimated that 500.000 nersnnn nave neon tnrown out of work through the British coal miners' strike. Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes and tli unem uiiAiure are loruiuuen irom enter ing New Zealand by parcel post, The daily total supply of water bv the I Paria ,..i . i London companies is 200,204,879 gallons eral strike October 1 because the govern for a population estimated at 6,003.107, ment clmuvt their Inhnr representing a daily, consumption per In En there . ta1fc haarl rt A I A era 1 1 stria Irw oil nil rrvkDu I WIW wv - 6"" " J'f-" about gnsshonnera as d t. dun in I ha The United States mints coined (34.- statements of Stanley and other African 787,uuu in gold last year, wnicn is explorers per cent of the total money circulation Diamoads to the value of over (5,000, in the f)untn Besidesi this our mints 000 were told In one lot recently by the uibiiuiik.i,uicu f,4ra,vv in gum um o i ue .Beers uotnpauy of south Africa to a inn jc-m. syndicate. the annual meat production of Aua- nu ntap (vntmi, in niiu ..i . i, . orvrt i - ; , , , . . . I P " " ' irana is ouu pounus per niiiauiwiii ; oi Argentina, 300; of the United States, 178; of Ireland. 100: of Denmark, 128: of Spain, 71; of France, 70; of Great Britain, 53; of Italy, 28. WntAT-Valley, B7tc(1.00; Walla Walla, 8790c per cental. ruiuk, riio, arc. FLOim-Standard, (3.40; Walla Walla, (3.40; graham, (3.00; superfine, (2.50 per barrel. Oats White,4042c per bushel ; gray, 40c : new crop, gray, 30c ; rolled, in bags, (0.25(016.60; barrels, (0.50&0.76; cases, (3.76. MiLLsrrjrrs Bran, (18.00; shorts, (21.00; ground barley, 22((23; chop feed, (18 per ton : whole feed, barley, 80 (aBoo pur cental; middlings, (23t28 per ton; chicken wheat, (1.22.Hj1.25 per cental, daibt raopcca. Btmsa Oregon fancy creamery, 22' (325c: fancy dairy. 20(222 c! fair to good, ltifttl'c; common, 14(?15o per pound; California, 3544c pur roll. Chkksb Oregon, 12,'c; California, notice; Young America, 14'a per pound. Kous 15(3 17c per doien. Podltry Chickens, old. (4.00: broilers, (2.00(33.00: ducks. (4.00(35.00: geese, (8.00 "er dozen ; turkeys, live, 14c per pound ; dressed, none in the market. VKOKTABI.BS AND fKCITB. Vu., u ri1, . ... I .U.I.BUH VBMMOgC.. 1U I'M I MJllllU j California potatoes, (1.00 per sack ; Ore gon, 76c; new onions, l,'cc per pound; rods, l.Sgc; cucumbers, Oregon, 8(5 10c per doztn; string beans, 5(7o per pound ; tomatoes, 7580c per box : green corn, 10($12'tc per dozen; sweet pota- wwb, z;j(g,ic per pounu. FauiTs Sicily lemons, (0.00(36.50 per box: California new crop, (5.50toO per box ; bananas, (1.60(33.00 per hunch : oranges, (3.00 per box; pineapples, (0.00 per dozen ; vaiuornia apples, (I.Z51.60 per bushel; Oregon. 60(t75c: peaches. 85c(1.00 per box; Oregon, 0C(05c per box; Oregon-peach plums, 40(g00c per uox uartieii pears, fi.zoigi.ou per box; blackberries, 46c per pound; water melons, (2.00(33.00 per dozen; canta loupes, (1.60(31.75 per dozen; huckle berries, 15c per pound: graooa (Muscat and Rose of Peru), (1.00 1.26. STAPLB OBOCSBIBH. Dbikd FatitTS Petite prunes. lOtailc: silver, 11 12c; Italian, 13.Sc; German, 10($llc; plums, 8(4 Dc; evaporated ap ples, 10(gllc; evaporated apricots, 12(oj 16c; peaches, 10(jsl2jc; pears, 7llc per pound. Honby Choice comb, 18c per pound; new Oregon. 1620c; extract, 0(gl0c. Saw Liverpool, 100s, (16.00; 60s, (16.50; stock, (8.60(89.50. Corrax Costa Kica. 22c: Kio. 21c: Salvador, 21Hc ; Mocha, 20, 30c ; Java, 2430c; Arbuckle's and Lyon, 100- pound cases, 24.85c per pound ; Colum bia, same, Z4.toc. Rica Island.(4.75a5.00 : Janan.(4.7S : New Orleans, (4.50 per cental. Bbans Small whites. S.c: Dinks. 3c; bayos, 3c; butter, 4c; lima, 4c per pound. Syrup Eastern, In barrels, 4056c; in half-barrels, 4267c; in cases, 36(3 80c per gallon ; (2.25 per keg ; California, in Parrels, zvtgwc per gallon; (1.70 per Highest of all in Leavening Power. Lateit U. S. Gov't Report ID Baiting iBS011rELY PUHB FARM AND GARDEN. Diversified Farming Recom mended by a Farmer. EFFECT OF P0DLTEY MANUBE. Tbe Spirit of Thrift and Largeness of Enterprise Seen on Every Hand in Iowa Etc. ooab D, 6c ; Golden C, PUEELY PERSONAL. '7s Justice Field is the Onlv Supreme Jus- uue reiuHinuig wuo sat in me lamouus Electoral Commission. Ex-Attorney-General Garland is pav- ins his annual visit to his summer home at Hominy Hill near Little Rock, Mr. Harris, the composer of the tomi lar song "After the Ball," will, it is said, realize over (1UU,UUU from its sale, Ex-Governor Richard J. Oirlesbv of II linois told a reporter the other day that just now he is more interested in pota toes than politics, Colonel John S. Mosbv. the famous ex-Confederate, is practicing law in San r rancisco. He is nearly OU years old, but stands straight as au arrow, and is full of vigor. Andrew Carnevle has rented besides Craig Castle in Scotland Craig-dhu House, two miles from the castle on the banks of Loch Ovie, near the rocky re. cesses where Prince Charlie took refuge alter ine oattie ot utmoden. Albert Snider, a erantlson of million1 uiiii uiiiA uaiunjuui l n , i i mill irt has enlisted as a private in the United States cavalrv. He sava he likes the army and means to study for a comtnis sion. His grandfather approves of his action. Governor Russell of Massachusetts ! ceived a few days ago In liis mail a box containing a cigar sixteen inches long and two inches In diameter. It had been sent by the Consul at Costa Rica, whose designs upon the Governor's health and comfort can only be surmised Count Crispl, ex-Premier of Italy, is again ill. for several weeks he has been a patient in his lovely villa, Lina, near Naples. The Countess and the states man's dnuehter are his duvntpd attend ants. He has been obliged to give np of the place is imperfect. All the house all attention to politics for the present, hold servants, including the head house keeper, will he put on board wages. Northern Hunaarv. and Breat damairei nave resulted, in many places the peasantry are Deggarea. Tbe duty which Germany is said have levxd upon Russia grata . is morel than 50 Mbr cent' hfoner than 6n bread stuffs frofn the United States. England will need millions of bushels oi American wheat probab v the bulk oi iw,wu,wu quarters uenclency will be urawn irom tne united states, Stonecutters in Germany are collect ins funds for their fellow-craftsmen al Bordeaux. France. 4.000 of whom are on strike against a reduction of wages, It is stated that a study of the census snows mat mere are in England 34 blind clergymen, 21 doctors. 2 barristers and 14 lawyers engaged In active work India has hoarded (135.000.000 worth of silver and half as much in gold, mostly in the shape of SiIoIb and orna ments bidden out of sight, in thirty years. It is said that William Waldorf Astor has set out to have the best racinir siaoie in r.ngiand. tie is ouying ever' tnorouguoreu oi reputation that offered to him. The New Zealand LaW Department prints a monthly iournal giving statistics of the labor market throughout the world. It is distributed among the workuien free of charge. Joseph Hessel. the Austrian, who said to have invented the marine screw propeller, died in abject poverty. But a monument was erected to his memory the other day in Vienna, The Mark Lane Express in its weekly review of the British grain trade says : The British wheat crop is now estimated at oo.uuu.uuu nusnets. rnis leaves lott.- uuu.uw DusheiB to he imported. The number of emigrants who durlnu the past half year sailed from the ports oi (.treat Britain reached the total of 170,088, as against a total of 178,814 the corresponding period of 1802, Buckingham Palace Is about to be closed for six months. The sanitation Is politics for the present Miss Mat Crim, the young novelist. was born in Ixiuisiana, but has spent most of her life in Georgia. At present she is living In 2ow York, and is en gaged on a novel and a play. In appear ance she is graceful and girlish. Mie is still quite young. Her first story was "An Unfortiinit Creetur," a sketch of power and pathos. The Raiah Ralagan is having a hltrh old time at Newport. He has dined with McAllister, and has seen Miss Lester, The Raiah 'a explanation that he has only two wives instead of six, a calumny inai was siarieu py some designing spanisii imke, has entirely relieved ewport society from any embarrass ment in receiving him. One of the most brilliant and brave officers of the Salvation Army is Major Susie M. Swift, who was a Vassar girl nine years ago, when sue decided to en. list in the armv with two college coin- She is tbe only native Ameri The Maories of New Zealand are de manding home rule. The British have "raised them from their savage state and educated them, and now they want to attend to their own anaira instead of being governed by the white settlers. The Pone has directed the Catholic Inhabitants at Naples not to fast on Fridays as long as the cholera prevails. as the physical weakness resulting from fasting might increase the danger of contagion. three women have been slaughtered in the open air ol London's suburbs t unknown assassins recently. In eacl case the victim was silently and swiftly killed with a knife, and the murderer vanished without leaving a trace of him, sen, In its efforts at retrenchment and re form the government of New South Wales has already effected a reduction In . V. n jvvnAnxlUH-A- . 1. I - f minions. M lie In the nn v n va Atnari. ""uu.vuic iwi una year wi can woman who holds the rank of Major ilff00 f' .comPared wilh '8t in General Booth's battalion, and will 0fflc,a alftr,e4 have been a probably achieve higher rank in the near future. I There are very persistent rumors cur- Rev, cus ev. Elijah Kellogg, whose " Sparta-1 rent in London, having every appear to the Gladiators '' has been so many ance of truth, to the effect that the schoolboys' favorite declamation for many years, is atill preaching on Sun days in his church at Harpawell, Me., although he has passed his 80th birth day. He has done a wonderful amount relations between the Prince and Princess of Wales have been strained of late to a greater extent than at any period since their marriage. There are 250 cases of cholera and 121 of good among the fishermen of Casco deaths in Naples from August Stotb Bay in his long career. He expects soon to retire from active service, but he can never cease doing good as long as life lasts. Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio ia a nephew of the late Hon. Lewis D. Camp bell, who was long a leader of first one and then the other of the great political parties in Uh;o and always popular. ew men could excel him upon the stump, lie waa a small man, but a brainy man and of great courage. It loth, according to the official figures, The disease is spreading to other coast towns, uunng the same period there were fourteen cases and three deaths on the island of Capey, twenty miles from maples. veau Temps of St. Petersburg-, was in terviewed by a Paris reporter tbe other day. "During the past thirty years," he said, " there has been an immense advancement in Russia on tbe part of waa L. D. Campbell who sent the short I the people. Factories and schools have message to "Billy" Brooks of South multiplied enormously: people's banks Carolina after Lis assault upon Charles have been established, and the Czar baa Sumner, " Meet me in Canada." But just founded an agricultural bureau for Brooks thought It wa " too far from I the purpose of aiding all thoM who lira anth Carolina" I MrmMU b fai-mlno v. o-c : uoiuen u. o-tic: exira C, 6Jic ; confectioners' A, 6c ; dry gran ulated, 6c; cube, crushed ana pow dered, 7c per pound ; c per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash ; mapie sugar, io(8ioc per pound. T- " - 0-NM-KDOOOM, Canneo Goooa Table fruits, assorted, (1.762.00; peaches, (1.852.10; Bart tett pears, (1.752.00; plums, (1.37)s I .tw; strawberries, (2.i!0(g2.4&; cherries, (2.25(32.40; blackberries, (1.85(32.00; raspberries, (2.40; pineapples, (2.25 z.w; apricots, (l.05z.uo. Fie fruits, assorted, (1.20; peaches, (1.25; plums. (1.00(31.20: blackberries. (1.25(21.40 per aozen. rie iruits, gallons, assorted, (3.1&3.50; peaches, (3.60(34.00: apri com, ro.outsi.uv; piuras, fZ.7o(g:j.OO oiacKuernes, s-).zo(4.&u. Mbats--Corned beef. Is. (1.60: (2.40; chipped, (2.654.00; lunch tongue. Is. (4: 2s. (6.75: deviled ham (I.oZ.15 per dozen. r imiNardines, his, 7fic(2.25; Ka .15(44.60: lobsters. (2.30(3.50: sal mon, tin 1-1 b talis, (1.25(tt(1.50; flats, (1.76; 2-lbs, (2.252.60 ; ,-barrel, (5.60, raovisioNS. Eastbkn Smokio Miat and' Laud Hams, medium, uncovered. 15rdl(lc per pound; covered, 14)(9150; breakfast hacon, uncovered, lU(rfl7c; covered, io$ Oflioc; snort clear stiles. I3(dl4c; dr salt sides. HX(312luc: lard, compound in tins, 10c per pound; pure, in tins, 13 14c; Oregon lard, HYtfiWi-c. BOPS, WOOL AMO BIDK8. Hops '02s, 10 10c per pound, accord ing to quality; new crop, 'ttts, 10(3 rc. Wool U in nana valley. 14(16c: fall clip, 1314c; Willamette valley, 10(3 12c, according to quality; Eastern Ore gon, 0I4c per pound, according to condition. IIiDxs Dry hides, selected prime. brf8c; green, selected, over 55 pounds, tc; under no pounds, itc: sheep pelts, short wool, 3050c; medium, 00 80c; long, uucii.zo; shearlings, lutgzuc: tal low, good to choice, 35c per pound. It pays to be thorough. An Iowa farmer In Prairie Farmer says: Three fourths of the oata that are thin on the ground are so because they have never been covered, and the lone-continued cold and wet weather has rotted all at the surface. It is difficult to kill the healthy germ of life when it is properly protected. The same may be said of timothy sown with the oata. My expe rience proves that grass seed needs har rowing in as thoroughly aa wheat or oats. If there ia one thing more mortifvimr than others in farming, it is to have a half stand, especially meadow. It is a waste of land and, what ia vet more pre cious, a waste of time postponing until nexi year wnai we should enjoy this year. Herein lies the secret of many tedious debts. A full crop will often lift the mortgage, which hangs like a hog at a root, so to speak. Besides the land has as good a right to yield its utmost as I have to expend my, strength and time. And the land in these parts at least will yield cheerfully if we but cultivate it properly. There is a bonanza in every quarter section of Iowa prairie for the owner if he but works his mine as he should. And the same land will "lan guish and pine" and manifest it the whole year round if its tilth, like its owner, is half-hearted and slipshod. The days of 15 and 20-cent corn are past, never to return, ror this we are thank ful. I have hauled oats twelve miles and sold them for 12 cents a bushel. But that will never occur again in Iowa. Hence the farmer who is wide-awake to his privileges will "push" things on his farm. His farming will be diversified. His farming will not be all corn any more. But he will raise oata and rye and other cereals and many tubers. The spirit of thrift and largeness of enter prise is seen on every hand among the farmenuFoddacol aUL-aarU hi-in. de Aiand al some lime in thu winter. Heiee the swales are now with us of this sec tion all mowed not only once but twice during the season the first time the lat ter part of June and later in September. This is as it should be with diversified farming; care in saving and looking after what are called little matters will soon make the farmers not only the most prosperous, but the happiest class of people in all the world. EXPERIMENTS IN PEBPINO DAIRY COWS. It now seems to be a eenerallv accented fact that the per rent of butter fat in mux is alwAVs a mnuAr nr hreariincr anri oi individual peculiarities, aavs a writer. and that it cannot be controlled in any considerable degree by the feeding or u eminent oi me cow. rrol. ramnirton oi ine Illinois station has made some experiments recently to test this point, and the results obtained are interesting. He finds that the butter fat was the most changeable constituent of the milk The per cent of solids not fat was quite unilorm. Both were higher in the last pari oi ine period oi lactation than in the first, when the cows were fresh and the maximum quantity of milk was pro duced. This was especially true of the fat. As the activitv of the milk elands j.. i. .... - ... :. 5 ... grauuaiiy uecune until tne now ot milk ceases, the formation of the fat seems to hold out better than the other constitu ents of the milk. A gradual increase of the grain feed from twelve to twenty four pounds per day per head and the change from stable to pasture feed each increased the yield of milk, but had very little effect on its quality. In some re spects the results obtained by Prof. Far rington are contrary to the generally ac cepted belief in regard to the production of butter fat, and will serve to reopen a question which has never been definitely settled. "NOW I LAY ME." Tb firs opoa the hearth Is low. And ther Is tlllnws i juawsi Uk troubled spirit her aa4 ther. The firelight ibadowa fluttering go. And a the bsdom round m creep, A ohlldlah treble break the gloona. And eofthr from Che farther room (tome. "Now I lajr m down to tloep." And, eomehow, irtth that little nrasw And that sweet treble la mf tut ily thought goes baek to dleteat Pear And linger with a dear one there. And u I hear th child's amea. My mother faith eome book to ma. Crouched at her eld I nem to be. Ana moiner noiat mjr nana UVI AND DBKSSSD MEAT. Bbip Prime steers, (2.50(92.76: fair In -... I alnAM1 . '1 ,WI ,V K1. 1 . I cows, l.oU(tfZ.w; dressed beef, (3.50 oo. Mutton Choice mutton. (2.75: dressed, fo.uu; lambs, (Z.002.50; dressed, (0.00; shearlings, 2Kc, live weight. Hoos Choice heavy. (6.00(35.50: me dium, (4-50(0(6.00; light and feeders, (4-50o.UU; dressed, (7.00. VAL (4.00a.OO. Aoa AND SAOOINO. Burlaps, 8-onnce. 40-inch, net cash. 6c; burlaps, 10,-ounce, 40-inch, net cash, 7c; burlaps, 12-ounce, 45-inch, 7c; burlaps, 15-ounce, 60-inch, 12 c; burlaps, zu-ounce, 7!nch, 14c; wheat bags. Calcutta. 23x30. spot. 6c: 2-bushel oat bags, 7c MISCILLANIODa. Tin I. C. charcoal. 14x20. prime Qual ity. (8.60(39.00 per box: for crosses. 12 extra per box; I. C. coke plates, 14x20, prime quality, (7.50(38.00 per box ; terne plate, 1. C, prime quality, (6.60(37.00. Nail) Base quotations: Iron. 12.2ft r steel, (2.35; wire, (2.76 per keg. Ibon Bar, 2fec per pound : nla-lron. (23(326 per ton. BTgtL r"er pound, 10gc. Liad Per pound, 4gc; bar, 6Vc Naval Store Oakum. 14 nOifi () bale; resin, (4.808.00 per 480 pounds; tar. Stockholm. (13: Carolina. ItwrUr. rel ; piU:h, (0 per barrel ; turpentine, 65c per gallon in car lota. The Inereaae la Crematloa. Tho practice of cremation instead of ordinary burial la making steady prog ress In Paris, in sjjite of opposition. At the new crematorium of the cemetery rere-ia-cnaise a furnace ia in operation Which will reduce a body to aabea in less than an hour, at a cost of about thirty cents for fueL Since the establinhmrat of this system in tbe French capital 1,200 unclaimed bodies of persona who have died in hospital have been thn diipoed of, beside the bodies of 800 of the well to do classes, whose wishes have Uea thu compliod with. Ciailfoacl Ohl for an boor In that dear placet Ohl for the peaoe of that dear timet Obi for that ohlldUh tout abumel Ohl for a gllmpee of mother faeel Vet, a the thedowi round m creep, I do not seem to be alone Sweet nuurlo of that treble to- And "Now I lay me down to sleep." -Eugene Field ia Chicago New A pee' Meet la Baraea. One of th moat notieearbla future ot the landscape of Borneo ia th Boats of oranga which ar scattered about thickly among the tall trees. From their number on might get a greatly exaggerated Im pression of th plentifoloeMof th .pedes, anlea it were understood how and for what purpoee the roosting place ar constructed. Th beast an araatlr an noyed by file, from whloh tbey ar able to protect th front part of their bodies with their hands, but tbey cannot keep th victou Insect from biting them la the rear, and so they gather a quantity of leave and branches and mak thtm Into ooucbe to repos agatnat among the bough. A protection of this ort rv very well for while, but presently It material be gin to decompose, and the decaying leave attract tb flies, which tb orang i so anx ious to get rid or. Then b I obliged to mak another nest of froth atuff, and so ha may requir dosn of them fa tb conn of a year. loaamuch a h do sot take th tronbl to remov th old mm tbey remain to aaorn tb trcaton la which ha swing about. Interview In Wasblngtm Star. A Chaae to Tee Hie glory. Brander Matthew tell this cbaractoria- tlo itory of tb late John Duff. It was In th day when Doff wa th financial back er of hi son-in-law, Auguatln Daly, and nsed to look after hi Interest in tb front of tb house. On evening, when Duff waa In hi most glacial mood, a person who had to raise hi voice in order to be aaard abov hi clothe charged upon th gat, and th following oon venation ananadi "Ssy, pass tb perteear" "What llnr" -nJghtmneUng"-: .'1 "Variety" "Naw. Lightnla chang ticket mmm with Barnnm'." "Ob, handle money qutokly." , "Yep." I "Can you prov Itr "Yep." "Then step down ther and Me how too you can work C.B0 on th boa office man." Tb statement remained unproved. New York Commercial Advertiser. ameer or pqcltby manor. The droppings from a flock of fifty fowls were saved during last winter, and last spring were spread thinly over a patch of strawberries and raspberries, says an exchange. Borne of the neigh bors thought that the dropplmrs would prove Injurious if applied without mix ing with anything else, but thev were not in furious in the least, and bothemns of berries showed in their thrifty growth and the large crop of fruit they bore the uenenciai enect oi tne manure applied. The new canes of the raspberries are of extra size, and of the strawberries it might be said that they have outdone themselves. Fifty fowls will produce a barrel of droppings every two weeks, or twenty-six barrels In a year; and these, if used on berries, will add Prion rh tn the crop to buy almost as much feed as the fowls would require on a farm. Counting th Cos. It I seldom that a witness aoknowkdg la court that he ha counted th cost of false a Well aa truthful testimony. A negro In a Georgia courtroom was re minded by the Judge that he most 111 the whole truth. "Well, yar see. boas." said th wttnau "I's skeered to jell a whole traf for fef I might tell a Ife.f Do you know tb natur of an oathf asked th judge. "Sahf" "Do you understand what von an to wear to" "Yes, sah; I'm to (wear to tell d trot'' "And what will bannen if von do not tall Itf "I 'spects our side'll win th a, sah." Boston Traveller. B Cnulda't Sell It, ' "Slgnor Console. I orav von tell m what thl is for?" exclaimed an Italian shop keeper, as he entered th American eon- sul's office, followed by a boy carrying patent clothe wringer. "I have had It In my establishment nearly a year, and I should so like to know what It I for." , "Why, that's for drying clothes." "Really, slgnorf Mosttrnlyf" 1 "What did you think It was" A shrug of tbe sbouldenawrvsd as the man's only response, but it afterward ap peared that he bad been trying to sail it to artiste, as a great Improvement in th an of photography. Youtb'a Companion. Be Csed is Bo a Walker. 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