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City Library OREGON COURIER OREGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 6. 1893. VOL. XI. NO. 22. I I own KHOYl what a comfort it in to have ready at hand a remedy that never fails to roliove Constipation, and that, without pain or discomfort; and almost immediately cures head aches, and dispels every symptom of Dyspepsia. Such a remedy is found in Simmons Liver Regu lator not a bwoctened compound to nauseate, or an intoxicating beverage to cultivate an alcoholic appetite, but a medicine pleasant to the taste, and . perfectly harmless when given to tho smallest child. S. L. R. never d isappoi n hi. It possesses the virtues and perfec tions of a reliable remedy of the kind endorsed by eminent physicians. , " It afford, nio nleaaure to add my testi mony to those you recelvt annually In rufiTi'iioe tn your valuable modlclne. 1 oonalilur Hlnimon. l.lver Regulator tlx hi'Kt family medicine on the market. I linve iprcHrrlheil It with excellent ruaultl. -W. f. I'auk, 31. 1)., Tracy City, Tenn. BUSINESS BREVITIES. OCCIDENTAL NEWS. Tlie Oregon Agricultural College ex liibit at the State Fair was turned over to tho World's Fair ComnueBion of the State, and is now displayed at Chicago's great show, Judge Roes at Los Angeles holds that a Uhinauiun to bo a merchant must be actively engaged in baying and Belling und other duties mat merchants are oc- cupied with. Forest fires In the Sound country in Washington have driven the cougars and bears out of their dens and into the val ley settlements, where they are seen in great numbers. The population of New Mexico has not materially changed during the past year. 1 he total Territorial indebtedness is 41)11,712, and the cash balance in the treasury is fm.UOO, Immense coal fields in Sonora, Mexico, are to be worked by can Diego parties who have obtained a lease from the gov ernment. Kailroad, Harbor and other concessions have been granted. There is a rumor at Victoria. B. C. founded upon private advices, that the governments of the United (States and Great Britain are negotiating to close Behring Sea and the Pacific for two years. It is reported at Chino that Claus Sprockets has bought 6,000 acres of the ' Bixby ranch near Westminster, Orange county, (Jul., and win plant it to oeets. If thi's be true, it meansanother sugar factory lor that region The Albatross has made the deepest sea sounding ever made, rliosphorus fish without eves wore secured at 2,800 fathoms. Fish and weeds sufficient to load four cars were secured in the neigh borhood oi iiehring bea. The Board of Directors of the Los An geles Chamber of Commerce has passed a resolution favoring the extension of the time of registering Chinamen under the Geary act tor three months and in' dorsing Geary's bill suspending all im migration for live years. The holders of scrip issued by the canneries at San Jose are alarmed over a notice from the government that this scrip is subject to a tax of 10 per cent, The scrip was issued because the can' neries could not borrow from the banks and merchants accepted it from the em ployes. In Sonoma county, Cal., there will be There are 00,000 telephones in London. Germany's first railroad was built in 1835. Russia has more horses than any other nation. Liberia yearly exports 1,000,000 pounds oi cotleo. The bog land of Ireland amounts to z.twu.uuu acres. California wines are said to be gaining favor in Lurope. Over 12,000 persons are employed in London theaters. Nearly 1,000,000 pianos are made an nually in England. The total cost of the Sues canal ex ceeded JEI'0,000,000. The capital invested in English rail roads exceeds $500,000,000. The little Kingdom of Greece finds employment for 27,000 sailors. The unicycle is expected by an In ventor to go a mile in twenty seconds. The hats worn out in this country an nually cost as much as 1:100,000,000. It is estimated that 6.000.000 women are earning wages in the British Isles. One of the largest barber shops in New York now employs girl barbers exclu sively. The price paid for cider apples at the big mill at Doylestown, Pa., is 10 cents per 100 pounds. Forty-seven years ago the patent for the first practical sewing machine was issued to Elias Howe. The State of Illinois will use this year more than 4,000,000 barrels of beer, or enough to float a navy. The national debt of Great Britain is 680,081,881 ($3,403,407,005); tho na tional debt of the United States is 1377,- 777,804.37. Greeley. Col., will ship about 5.000 carloads of potatoes to other States the present year. Many carloads of these potatoes go to Texas. The Waterbury Watch Company has resumed operations. The courts ought to have known that it was impossible to wind that concern up. A carpet loom has been devised which runs two sets of needles, and the in ventor claims that it will produce a square yard of carpet material in one minute. The consumption of beer in the United States is now half a barrel per capita, and is doubling about every eight years. At the beginning of the next century it promises to be a barrel a head. The Tribune states that the 1.103 mill ionaires of New York city alone could, if thev choose, buy up the whole real estate of the entire Southern States and evict the population by due process of law. According to the official report for the past twelve months the American peo ple drank only 8,383,720 barrels of beer in 1875, while last year we drank 31,374,- 519, and this year 33,870,406, an increase of 2,450,540 barrels. The nail machine was invented in 1775. At the present day it is estimated that 4,000,000,000 nails are annually made by machinery in Great Britain alone, and from a fourth to a half of this numlier in the United States. EASTERN MELANGE. A Firebug Conspiracy Discov ered in Chicago. FROM WASHINGTON CITY. HE LOVED A COLORED WIDOW. Destitute Farmers of Western Kan sag Appealing to Governor Lewelllng fur Aid. Of fifty-six Indian agencies twenty are now in charge of army officers. Massachusetts is credited with having 100,000 cyclists, including both sexes. The water supply is limited in New York, and the price of milk has gone up. Gold-mining In Colorado has been much stimulated by the decline in silver. The town of Perry In the Cherokee Strip is rapidly assuming city propor tions. There are said to be about five contest ants for every claim in the Cherokee Strip. There are about 750 hotels in Chicago, which have accommodations for 150,000 guests. Three billion cigarettes were smoked in this country during the fiscal year just ended. It is said good moonshine whisky can be bought in Eastern Tennessee for 60 cents a gallon. The clergymen of Kings county, N. Y., are denouncing the proposed Corbett Mitchell light. A syndicate of Populists, headed by State officials, is buying up newspapers in close counties in Kansas. Floods have done Immense damage to crops in Virginia and washed away four large mills on the Rapidan. The Federal grand jury at Birming ham, Ala., has indicted six Federal offi cers for corruption in office. Deer are more plentiful in the Adiron dacks this full than during any previous open season for a score of years. An organisation of Spiritualists re cently met at Liberal, Mo., and raised (100,000 for a Spiritualistic college. Captain H. D. Spore of Hudson is or ganizing a bicycle corns for the First Regiment of the Texas olunteer Guard. Kx-Kcpri'Hentativo George II. Durand of Michigan has been selected by the Attorney-General to assist in the prose cution of Federal otlicials and others implicated in the charges of opium and Chinese smuggling on l'uget Sound ami vicinity. It is intimated that tho Treasury De partment is actuated in ordering tho revenue steamers Grant and Perry to me racinc luasi more ny tne conuiuon of the Chinese and seal-fishery Questions than to aid in the prevention of the smuggling oi opium in rngot rounu. Tho Secretary of War has awarded i medal of honor to Captain Ernest A Cardington of the Seventh Cavalry " for distinguished gallantry at Wounded Knee creek, 8, I)., during the Sioux war of the winter of 1810-1.'' Captain Car- uington was badly wounded in tne uat- tie. The Committee on Ways and Means has begun consideration of the new tar ill" bill. There is an intimation that the Secretary of the Treasury favors an in crease in the internal-revenue tax on whisky, beer and tobacco as the best means of raising the additional revenue necessary to meet the increasing deficits oi the government. In consequence of the new restrictions for conducting the official trial trips of naval vessels contractors will find it more difficult in the future to earn pre miums for an excess of sieed. Begin ning with the Montgomery, soon to be tried, the contractors will not be permit ted to maintain a pressure above 5 per cent in excess of tlie standard pressure. Heretofore the contractors carried steam to a dangerously high pressure. It is highly prohablo that the Com mittee on Territories will report a bill for the admission of Utah to Statehood soon. Joseph, a member of that com mittee, said that such a bill will be re ported, and added that lM-fore the close of the present session bills for the ad mission of Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma will be reported favorably from his committee. He expressed great confidence that all four will become laws. In response to a resolution of inquiry the Secretary of the Interior sent to the nuance and consolidation of land offices, showing the following among the con solidations: California, Independence with Yisalia; Nevada, Eureka with Car son City; Wyoming, Lander with Buf falo. This statement said the reason for tlie consolidations was the inadequacy of the appropriation and to prevent a deficiency. The Postoffice Department has Eastern Switzerland manufactures an. nnallv nearly f20.000.000 worth of ma chine-made embroideries. The United States alone have imported as high $7,700,000 worth of these articles in single year, and tho business seems to be increasing. A movement has been started among cepted the oiler of the North American tlie A. O. U. W. of Kansas to secure eeed Navigation Company to carry mails for wheat for the destitute western farmers. I Mexico and Central America. The new The big dynamite guns for the defense 1 arrangement is not a contract, but a des of New York harbor are to be trained, I nation of the company as the official elevated and depressed by electric mo- : mail carrier i under the general laws. Ac lofg cording to the otter the steamers will The consolidation of electric railroads ca"? mails once in twenty days to those with the establishment of a truck sys-' Prts. ftt wll.luh th7 re compelled to tern in New England is one of tlie latest stop by provisions of the company 's con schemes I tracts with the Central American States, The Columbian Celebration Compa- leavim? tlie postmaster to fix the com- nv'B imiuuna at tne worura rair coai , t"""' FOREIGN FLASHES. fireat Progress in the Study of the Monkey Language. THE ABOLITION OF KN0UT1N0. PORTLAND MARKET. Wasp Plague In Sussex, Kngland- Assassinatlong in Italy The French Vintage. PURELY PERSONAL. by General Black holds his pension grace of a special act of Congress. Inspector Williams of the New York police was arrested the other day by one ot his men, who was convinced that tne Inspector was a confidence man. Mrs. Crook, the widow of the Indian fighting General, is a very tine-looking woman, with snowy-white hair that is in striking contrast to her youthful and vivacious spirits. Tennessee has seven living ex-Govern' ore. in the list of official succession iiivuin uuub v , vui.i miciq n lit u. nnj, xu ljih iibl Ul 10,000 or 11,000 bales of hops produced thev come as follows : Isham G. Harris, this year, against 8.400 last year. The D. W. C. Senter, James D. Porter, Alvin hops are of an excellent quality. Only G. Hawkins, William B. Bate, Robert white laborers were employed, and they L. Taylor and John P. Buchanan, were so, satisfactory that Chinese will lt is stated that a8 m aa the Arch. not oe given worn wnen wuue neip can dke Francjg Ferdinand d'Este returns from his journey round the world his betrothal will take place with Princess be secured, The Idaho Wool Growers' Association has offered a reward of $500 for the ar rest and conviction of the person or per sons who have been poisoning a large number of Bheep in Owyhee county. Hundreds of sheep have been killed by eating saltpeter or a mixture of salt and strychnine sprmkiea over tne ranges, Elizabeth of Bavaria, a granddaughter of the kmperor francis Joseph and of f mice Kegent IiUitpold of Havana. Don M. Dickinson of Michigan, ex Postmaster-General of the United States, has been retained by the Canadian Pa' cific to defend President Van Home and Sheepmen charge the cattlemen with the other officials of the road charged with wholesale poisoning. violation of the interstate commerce law. The Los Angeles Chamber of Com- The trial comes up in November at Ta- merce has been induced by the large in- soma. flux from the East to pass a resolution Captain Mahan, now of the United stating that " here, as in every other States steamer Chicago and the author section of tlie country, several men stand of the remarkable books on the influence ready to fill every vacancy for work that of sea power, is one of the most popular occurs, ine new-coming uay lauurers Americans in ungiano. He was a guest stand very little chance of securing work at the dinner given by the Queen to the at tlie present time, and are therefore German Emperor at Osborne the other urgently warned not to come uj mis evening, country. It is reported at San Diego that an In dian outbreak is imminent at Yuma, owing to the trouble between Chief Pas qual and ex-Chief Miguel. Telegraphic orders have been received by Colonel Kellogg in command of the local garri son of regular troops for aid. He has assigned Major Charles L. Davis to the commanu oi aaetacnmentoi uuriy men, Ex-Preoiilent Benjamin Harrison writes to a friend that he will arrive in San Francisco about the 1st of next Feb ruary. He will remain in California six weeks. His lectures at Stanford Uni versity will be largely historical, and will treat of colonial characters down through the confederation to the adoption of the United States constitution. Dr. Thomas Heazle Park, the physi who will leave at once for service at that cian who accompanied Stanley through point. the Central African forest in his search for mig rasna, is aeaa. xne explorer ti.. A. i ik knnJ l. mowea macn auecuon ior rars in ms that the body of the man found recently , , , u.:i .ni c..i. , near I-a Mesi was that of A. C, Warner; &J JE who disappeared from ban Diego some . . .7nrmB(I wrciwnugu aiici olciiuuk tuv ii 111" lm, fc, (l, n,.,'mk. ........ 1 1 ;.. B,J rawivui ov.ni ivt vt.uw .. ...... iwiuuiaic i id .' w ii ! u v. i , 1 1 m V U I . 1 . - rmB7 hv the Pai-ifiV Mail nt.in.P.rj&n. the expedition, tember 5 for Chili, and is understood to Lord Roberts was passed over recently have had $4,000 in Chilian scrip, having m favor of the Duke of Connaught, and stolen the American money to meet his the latter was given the important corn immediate requirements. mand at Aldershot. The incident has The sugar industry of California for causeoa great ueai oiuaa .eeiing in vue the past year has ben very successful, "S'1"11 a1Tlj0ra ? zi .i, . i v,. j .l " most English General, while the Duke is AJvrvu iuc iiunci Ul BUKai IRXU) mill me I . , .. j manufacturer of sugar therefrom have """P1? t?!80n .?!B Tthend ha no realized large profits. The refinery at mu 3 ' lJ "'" Watsonville is reported to be working at its full capacity. The yield of sugar beets this year is 70,000 tons, which at present rates is worth $77 per ton, ex clusive of the bounty, which is worth 40 per ton. Lost year the crop of ragar beets was 5,000 tons. It is expected the growing of sugar beets will become a loading agricultural industry. Thomas R. Sheridan, President of the Columbian Guard has. Contrary to the general belief, it is said that Li Hung Chang, the Viceroy and real ruler of China, is most kindly disposed toward the Christians. Two of his daughters were educated in Massa chusetts, and both were converted to Christianity. Subsequently one married a jrrenenman ana tne other an r.nelien man. Their influence has made their First National Bank of Rosebnrg and ;ther very tolerant of their coreligion one of the promoters ot the Loos Uay, I Koeeburg and r astern railroad, says the Dr. Stacker, the German clergyman remaining rixty-two miles of road has who has becoma nmmin.ni thnt, hi. been located from Myrtle Point to Rose- hostility to the Hebrews, preached his burg. v or is practically suspended first sermon in this country in Chicago iur me rainj ku. um -hi uc tuifieu wee w a email congregation. He in earnest early in the spring, and the made no reference to the Hehrpw. ,nH i : : l l 1 . . a i v i I -i . . . jrmu ni txmijiitTLcu uj i"ivriii ixzr i, 8'.4. Completion of this road will make accessible an immense timber area, and will render tributary to Portland a large and fertile section of the State, which has heretofore been in all but name part f California. said nothing sensational. At Mr. Moo dy's meeting the following day Dr. Starker spoke in English, saving that he was an anti-Semitic politically onlv, not personally or socially. He ia said'to h imu uiciwiiiiiii ipmci, wiui LUC XJOweT i vi my uiuiuRHva ui tkim vnnona. $400,000, and it was sold by the receiver for $2,5150. A Chinaman at Ottawa will test the constitutionality of Canada's law, which imposes a duty of $50 each on all Chi nese immigrants The Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers in Pennsylvania has agreed to concede a 10 percent reduction in the finishers' department. In Cincinnati there has recently been organized a rent guarantee company, the business of which is to insure land lords against loss by bad tenants. There have been recent developments tending to show that the Louisville and Nashville railroad will soon absorb the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern. A Chattanooga electrician proposes to perfect an arrangement by means of which train robbers will be electrocuted as soon as they touch the express com panv's safe. Two interesting reports on the manner of living and of saving by the working l Ml U . T11..J . I people will ue irauemiLLvu tu lAiuiena by Commissioner of Labor Wright within a few months. The Texas Penitentiary Board is con' sidering the purchase of the Rogers SU' gar plantation in Brazoria county. Con' victs have been working it on tlie shares for several years, Governor Lewelling of Kansas has re ceived hundreds of Tetters with appeal for aid from destitute farmers of Western Kansas. They say they must have help or starvation will follow, The Citizens' League of New Jersey aims at the defeat of those members of the Legislature who voted for the infa mous racetrack bills last winter, in case they are made candidates again. Louis Simmons, a white resident of Mascoutah, 111., 41 years old, was ducked in a pond the other day for presuming to want to marry Mrs. lunina jacKson 1 iv 1. 'l. nr , vcoioreu;, wuo weigus pouuun. The announcement that the Pennsyl vania Railroad Company will arm all its trainmen and that the express compa nies will supply their messengers with Winchesters and shotguns is timely A Zulu fraud, who has been operating in the West, was arrested in the Zion M. E. Church at New Haven, Conn., while delivering a sermon and placed in jail on a charge of swindling Chicago people, Already $5,000,000 have been spent upon the scheme to carry electric power tor illuminating and manufacturing pur poses from Niagara Falls over the State of Kew York. The first wires will prob ably be strung along the Erie canal. The statistics of the shipping of the world, iust published by Lloyds, show that there is no nation which has made so rapid an increase in the tonnage of steamers registered during tlie past twelve months as the united Mates Two hundred and one women availed themselves of the privilege of voting for i i - ii- i " t ! i 1 j : V- EMiuuui oiuuiais at ail eiectum ueiu iu iew Haven, Conn., on September 18. The ticket they supported was elected by a majority of 1,700 out of a vote ox 7,61(7. The reports of railroad earnings con tinue to show a decrease as compared with the earnings last year. There has been a decrease every week for some time, but the weekly decrease has been growing smaller since the middle of August. k water famine prevails in parti of Encinal and Duval counties, Tex. In the town of Aquilares there is much suf fering. Mexican women await the com ing of the trains, and with cans and pails catch the drippings under the ten der and engine. The House Committee on Banking has decided to report favorably on Mr. Springer's bill providing that before a loan can be made by a national bank to one of its officers consent must be grant ed by yea and nay vote of the directors. A great number of banks have come to grief because of the borrowing proclivi ties of their directors. A firebug conspiracy has been discov ered in Chicago, the scoundrels having their headquarters in that city. At leaet eight fires have been traced to these fire bugs in Illinois and two or three ether States, and during the last three years the gang bas succeeded in getting a clear $M,O00 from ths insurance compani. The annual report of Governor W. T. Thornton of New Mexico states that the population of the Territory lias not ma terially changed during the past year. The total Territorial indebtedness is $011,712, and cash balance in the treas ury $121,000. Stock-raising lias decreased as a result of the four years' drought. Many mines are closed on account of the decrease in silver value and the money market stringency. The annual product of precious stones is rapidly increasing. Governor Thornton recommends the approval bv Congress of a legislative ac of the Territory providing for a County tjourt in every county where tho county seat has a population of 2,000 or more, The report of the special agent on the production of tin and terne plates for the quarter ended June 30 shows an ag gregate output of 41,800,042 pounds, of which slightly more than 49 per cent was irom American diock plate. Mantitact ures during the fiscal vcar 18111 airsre. gated 13,040,710 pounds, of which 0,206, 533 were from American plate. During tne uscai year oi ibim more were l),81, 202 pounds manufactured, of which 43, 59i),24 were from American plate. The report on the imports and exports of piates indicates that the entire consump' tion by the United Stotes during the fis' cal year 1803 was 720,000,000 pounds, of which more than 15 por cont was of Amer.can manufacture. Secretary Herbert has given to the press the correspondence relating to the removal of Captain Higginson from the command of the Atlanta. The state' ments that Secretary Herbert apologized to Captain Higginson for removing him from duty and offered to restore him to his command on his own application are not borne out by the facts, and are espe cially denied. Captain Higginson is en titled to tlie credit of having disclosed to the department the condition of the At lanta when the vessel was ordered to sea. The letterB embrace the full his tory of this well-known case, and the conclusion of the matter is that Secre tary Herbert accepts the apology and explanation of Captain Higginson, and says his connection with the matter will not be permitted to prevent his being assigned to such duty as his rank enti tles him to perform, when the opportu nity offers. The compromise silver measure pre pared by Senator Jones of Arkansas has been introduced in the Senate bv its au thor. It provides that there ahall be a commission, comprised of three Senators to oe selected by the Senate, three Rep resentatives to be selected by the Sneaker oi nio nouse and three persons to be se- lectea oy tne president, subject to con firmation bv the Senate. The commis sion shall organize bv the HleWinn nf imp of their number as' President, and the President is to appoint a clerk. The commission is to hold its session in the capitol and in such other places as a ma jority shall direct, and employ necessary stenographers and employes, and may administeroaths and send for persons and papers. The commission is charged with an examination into the fiscal anil mon etary condition of the government and Another native war in Southern Africa now seems inevitable. Kneel, the faster, is Insane, and is now in an asylum near Paris. Harvesting operations in Ttniiinanln sliow satisfactory result. The revision ot the Belgian constitu tion has been accomplished at last. A caravan of 10,000 camels and 4.000 slaves left Timbuctoo for Morocco recently. The doctors to Chinese rovaltv were recently fined a year's salary each for incompetence. Train-robbing in Spain is iruanled against by stationing two soldiers in every railway car. Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria's latest project is the establishment of a med ical faculty in Sofia. Paris has a new storage-batturv street. car line that has been in successful op eration several months. Dr. Cornelius Hers of Panama canal notoriety is recovering his health at Bournemouth, England. The average number of assassinations and attempts at assassination in Italy is said to be fully 5,000 a year. France Is the only European country which has to-day fewer able-bodied men than it had thirty years ago. The Ubina volcano in the Peruvian Cordillera has become active after being in a quiescent state ior years. Kaiser William, Dr. Minuet savs. has taken for his motto. " Tho Emneror is the first servant of the people." The London section of the National Liberal Federation has declared for the abolition of the House of Lords. Tho wasp plague is still very bad In Sussex, England, and the destruction in the orchards has been very great. During the reign of Victoria the In dian government has coined 2,000,000 of gold and 200,000,000 of Bilver. Tho latest estimate of the Russian wheat crop is 272,000,000 bushels. Last year's crop was 250,000,000 bushels. A peasant living on one of the Greek isles recently dug up a Btatue, for which the British government lias paid $32,000. The tariff war between Germany and Russia will oree.ihe (former country to buy enormous quantities of grain in this country. Russia is said to be about to acquire a naval station in East Africa at which to repair and coal the vessels ot her Pacific quadron. The phylloxera has at last touched every wine-growing district in France, the Champagne vines being the last to be harmed. Christine Nilsson has her dining room papered with hotel bills which she has paid during her professional tours. The sum total is enormous. Tlie St. Petersburg correspondent of the .London uentral news says that an imperial ukase will shortly be issued aliolishing the practice of knouting by tne ponce. The recent army maneuvers of the Austro-Hungarian troops were not satis factory. Emperor William was not very favorably impressed with the work of the Generals. In Switzerland all the telegraph lines are controlled by the government. There are 1,411 ullices and 12,385 telegraph op erators. The annual profit derived above all expenses is $250,000. The Quantity of fruit in South Lincoln shire, England, this season exceeds all previous years. Uwing to the markets being glutted, growers have a difficulty in disposing of the crop. There has been so great an increase recently in the growth and exportation of Jaffa oranges that that town now stands next to Beyrout in importance among the ports on the Syrian coast. Mr. Gladstone has offended against tradition in appointing Sir Henry Nor man Governor-General of India to suc ceed Lord Lansdowne. The rule has been to appoint nobody but a peer to that post. The Duke of Edinburgh, although he has expatriated himself and has become a German princeling, does not propose to relinquish his right to the annuity of 25,000 which he draws from the Impe rial Treasury of Great Britain. In order to stay the cholera it is stated that two Jewish women, merchants' wives, are going from house to house in Gallicia with a pair of scissors cutting the women's hair, which many have al lowed to grow in unorthodox fashion. A letter from Prof. Garner, dated from his steel cage, which he has named Fort Gorilla, has been received in England from rernandez Vaz, Africa. The pro temor claims to have made great progress in his study of the monkey language, Mr. Burne-Jones, the English artist. is engaged upon the interesting task of painting a portrait of Mr. Gladstone's youngest granddaughter, Dorothy Drew. lhis little niue-eyed maiden of 3 years is ania to resemoie tne grandfather start-lingly. Dr. Buchwald of Leipsic discovered among some forgotten manuscripts in the University of Jena Martin Luther's political essay against the theoogica faculty of the University of Lou vain, Belgium, wnicn manuscript was sun posed to have been lost. The tailors have met in London " to WiiKAf Valley, 00i-$1.00; Walla Walla, 87 (300c per cental. - raoTisioNs. Eastern Smokid Miats and Labd Hams, medium, uncovered, H'jOUfi'ic tier pound; covered, 14'(915c; break fast bacon, uncovered, lliVn'ncj cov ered, lU'17u; short clear sides, 15 '.j dime; dry salt sides, HH'jc; lard, compound, in tins. 10'ie per pound; pure, in tins, 133I4'4'c ; Oregon lard, 11, 12c. AOS AND BAQOISO. Burlaps, 8-otince, 40-inch, net cash, 6c; burlaps, 10-ounce, 40-inch, net cash, (1 ! u c : burlaps, 11, Si -ounce, 45-inch, 'ic; burlaps, lU-ounce, 60-inch, 11c; burlaps, 10-ounce, 76-inch, 14c; wheat bags. Calcutta, 22x36, spot, 8c; 2-bushel oat bags, 7J4c; tio. I selected second hand bags, 7c; Calcutta hop cloth. 24 ounce, 10c HOPS, WOOL AND IIIDIS. Hops '02s. lOQIOo nor pound, accord' Ing to quality; new crop, '03s, lie for inferior to 17c for choice. Wool Prices nominal. Hidks Dry selected prime. 5c: green. salted, 60 pounds and over, 3,'gC, under ou pounds, Z3c ; Bheep pelts, shearlings, 10(il5c; medium, 2035c; long wool, 3000c; tallow, good to choice, SV4o per pound. PLOUR, FIKD, ETC. Floor Standard, 3.25; Walla Walla, $3.25; graham, $2.75; superfine, $2.50 per barrel. Oats New white, 33(335c per bushel ; new gray, 30032c; rolled, in bags, $6.25 (tfU.W; barrels, $B.757.00; cases, $3.75. MiiiLSTOrrs Bran. $17.00; shorts, $20.00; ground barley, 2223; chop feed, $18 per ton : whole feed, barley, 80 85c per cental; middlings, $23(328 per ton: chicken wheat. 11. 10(31.25 per cental. Hay Good, $1012 per ton. DAIBY PBOPUCI. Buttbr Oregon fancy creamery, 27J 330c; fancy dairy, 2225c; fair to good, 17b20c; common, 1516c per pound. Ciikkhi Oregon, 12'ac; California, 13($14c; Young America, 1616c per pound. Euos per dozen. Poultry Chickens, old. $3.00(33.50: broilers, $1.503.00; ducks, $3.00&4.00; geese, $8.000.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 14c per pound. LIVE AND DRKSSID Ml AT Bksp Prime steers, $2.502.75; fair . mwl .0 nnai Ril. t cows, $1.50(42.00; dressed beef, $3.50$ 8.00. Mutton Choice mutton, $2.00(82.50: dressed, $4.00(35.50; lambs, $2.002.50; dressed, $6.00; live weight, $2.00(32.50. Hoos Choice heavy. 6.00ffl5.60: me dium, $4.506.00; light and feeders, $4.60o.0U; dressed, $7.00.- .Val $4.0006.00. " VISOIMiANIOUS. Ttw I. C. charcoal, 14x20, prime qual ity, $8.509.00 per box; for crosses, $2 extra per box; f. U. coke plates, 14x20, Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOLUTELY FUTtE FARM AND GARDEN. , - t n - - utu illVS III JAyilU17ll MS the people of the United States, with a prepare for the abolition ot the sweating view to devising means for the better ment thereof, and is given full jurisdic tion. It is charged to specially examine and report upon by one or more bills the iouowing subjects: ltieitiu or partial remonetization of silver and a proper ratio between it and gold ; revision of legal-tender laws to prevent discrimina tion between various descriptions of money; State-bank tax repeal with nec essary revisions ; tne cause of the pres ent paralysis of trade and the necessity system and long hours and for the com ing battle of the tailors of the world." The 25,000 members of the organization are threatened by the master tailors with a destruction of their union. The present year of 1893 promises to be a great year for the French vintage. Chateau Laflte, which produced 320 hogs heads last year, has this year yielded 1,000, and the increase is general. There is such a demand for casks that certain of legislation to prevent nationol bank's ordinary sizes, nsually bringing 4 francs, from nhnaino tln.ir rviwpp Th uuvniH . " lun- nu prime quality, $7.508.00perbox; terne plate, l. v., prune quality, fll.oUftS7.lW, Nails Base quotations: Iron, $2.25 steel, $z.3d; wire, $2.50 per keg. Stbbl Per pound, 10ke. Lead Per pound. 44o: bar. fi'ic. Naval Storks Oakum, $4.5O5.O0 nei bale; resin, $4.80(56.00 per 480 pounds tar, Stockholm. $13 : Carolina. fl per bar rel ; pitch. $0 per barrol : turpentine. 65c per gallon in car tots. Iron Bar, 2Jfc per pound; pig-iron fzixgzo per ton. CANNED GOODS. Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted. $1.75(2.00; peaches, $1.852.00; Bart- lett pears, $1.75(32.00; plums, $1.37i l.DU; strawberries, f2.2blS2.46; cherries, sz.ztKgz.w; blackberries, fl.8oa2.00 raspberries, $2.40: pineann es. 12.25(3 z.tsu; apricots, $i.of(2.00. fie fruits, assorted. $1.20: peaches. 11.25: plums. $1.00(3 1.20 j blackberries, $1.251.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, aa.iotga.ou; peaches, f3.tU(44.ou; apri cots, fj.ouisi.uu; piums, iz.7o(33.uu: blackberries, $4.20(34. ou. Msatb Corned beef. Is. $1.60: 2s, $2.40; chipped, $2.654.00; lunch tongue, Is, $4; 2s, $6.75; deviled ham, iwoo.io per uozeu, Fish Sardines, lis. 75ca$2.25: &s. $2.164.50; lobsters, $2.30(43.50; sal mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.25$1.50; flats, $1.7t);z-lbs, $2.20(32.00; Ji -barrel, $5.50. STAPLE GROCERIES. Dried Fruits Petite prunes. lOftillc: silver, ll12c; Italian, 13c; German, 10(3 11c; plums, 80c; evaporated ap ples, 10(3 11c; evaporated apricots, 12(3 15c; peaches, 10(3l2.'c; pears, 7llc per pound. I ion by unolce comb, 18c per pound: new uregon, lozucj extract, BWIOc. Salt Liverpool, 100s, $16.00 : 60s, $16.50; stock, $8.50(39.50. UoprEE tJosta Kica, 23c; Kio, Z2c; Salvador, 23c; Mocha, 2l28c; Ar buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound cases, zo.auc per pound. Beans Small whites. Site: pinks, 3J4C; bayos, 8'c; butter, 4c; lima, 'i'ic per pound. kicb island, (o.vo(9o.uu; japan, ; New Orleans, $5.506.25 per cental. byrdp f -as tern, in barrels, 40(3 00c; !- 1.-1 V I AaKT. In - - UKA 111 AIM 1 Utkt I CIO, UfUIVi 111 UUWDt UV 80c per gallon : $2.25 per keg: California. in barrels, 20(3 40c per gallon; $1.75 per keg. Suoab D.5c; Golden C. 5c; extra C, &c ; confectioners' A, 6e ; dry gran- .. I 1.1 m.. . . 1 . 1. 1 I uittieu, ""8c; cuoe, crusiieu anu pow dered, 7!c per pound ; jc per pound discount on ail grades for prompt cash ; mapie sugar, 10(3 loc per pound. VEGETABLES AMD FRUITS. Vegetables Cabbage, lc per pound ; potatoes, Oregon, 75c per sack; new on ions, lc per pound; tomatoes, 35(3 40c per box; green corn, 15c per dozen; sweet potatoes, lVgUftc per pound; egg plant. 11.00 per box ; new California celery, 90c per dozen ; Oregon, 35a60c. t rbits Hiciiy lemons, o.uut.w per per oox : bananas, 11.60(43.00 per bunch ; oranges, market bare; Oregon, peaches, 75c per box ; California, 75(3 85c per box ; fall butter pears, 6580c per box, &c per pound; watermelons. 75cC$l. 00 per dozen ; nutmeg melons, $1.50 per box ; Casawvas, $2.00(32.60; grapes, 60(1 (K per box; Italian prnnes.OOftftOcperbox: apples, Baldwin, King and Gravenstein, Hoc$I.0U per box; waxen, 76 lJc. Necessity for Planting Timber for Present Use. WOMEN HAKE. BEST MILKERS. Sell Every Foot of Idle Land-Practical Suggestions for Pro gressive Farmers. power, section of the resolution instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to set apart and retain in the Treasury so much of the silver bullion now in the Treasury as will be necessary to redeem the outstand ing Treasury notes in compliance with the terms of the act of July 14, 1800, and provides that the remainder of the bullion shall be set apart to be coined. and the Secretary is required to coin it at the rate of not less than 4,000,000 standard silver dollars per month, which when coined shall be an asset in the Treasury, and while this coinage is in progress the purchases of silver bullion under the terms of ths Sherman act hail be suspended. Many of the bouses in Holland have a special door, which is never opened save on two occasions, when there is a mar riage or a death in the family. The bride and groom enter by this door; it is then nailed or barred up until a death occurs, when it is opened and the body is re moved by this exit. Tlie Chinese government in reply to the joint protest of foreign Ministers against the alleged barbarous treatment of foreigners in China, especially in Hu nan and Hufehe, of which Chang Tung is Viceroy, promised that Chang Tung should be degraded in rank in the event of further outrages happening in his provias. We often hear farmers urged to plant timber tor future use and profit, but I have never heard a word said about planting any for the present time, says a writer in Farm. Field and Fireside. There is a great deal said of what timber will amount to in fifty years, but nothing about what will be profitable in five or ten years. Would it not be very conve nient if a farmer could in five years raise all the fence posts he needed? It can be very easily done by simply planting one or two acres to an Osage-orange grove. I have cut them at four years old that were from one to two inches in diameter at the top of a six-foot post, and although cut green out of a hedge and set in the fence, they were quite sound at the end of twelve years, while some burr-oak posts in the same fence were entirely rotted off. Osage orange does best on land on which timber or hazel brush for merly grew. A two-inch Osage-orange post is much morn satisfactory than any iron post that I ever saw, anil, I believe, will last longer unless the latter was gal vanized. Of course, small posts will split at the top if staples are driven too near the end, but that is easily obviated by tying the top wires witli annealed wire around the top of the post. In the blue-grass region of Kentucky I saw black-locust posts sold for 40 cents apiece, while oak posts were not worth more than 5 cents each. Osage orange is a stronger and more durable post than lo cust, and if it were grown in groves, it would be straighter and better than if grown in hedges, and no stock would trouble an osagu-oraiige grove after the second year, and if well cultivated, not much after the first. Hedges are too much trouble, and exhaust too much land to be profitable ; but where durable, strong timber is needed there is nothing better than Osage orange. While it makes the hottest fire of any wood I ever saw burned, I never knew it to be troub led by insects or borers of any kind. think six feet apart would be about the right distance to plant a grove. This would give about 1,200 plants to the acre, COST OK COW-MfLKINO. Jaque in Country Gentleman says: Your correspondent asks what he .can alford to pay for having women do the miming, we nave several tunes had an arrangement with wives of our tenants ior iiuiKing morning anu evening, and have paid 10 cents for each service that IB, 2U cents per day. This is based upon an hour's service at each milking at tlie rate 01 xi ior a days work, in an hour's time a good milker ought to milk ten cows. Ihere are several reasons why women are to be preferred for milkers when they can be had, or when a por tion of the force can be women. Their natural manual dexterity is creator than that of men, and thev wilf milk with more rapidity and greater ease to the cows, which means that they will get mure uiuk, ana uie uuuers OI tne cows will be kept in better condition. The presence of women at milking time checks rude conversation and boisterous conduct, and the quieter the stable can be kept the better, especially if you have any nervous cows. The men are not apt to neglect the thorough cleaning of the stalls or brushing of the cows in occa sional absence of the proprietor if they nuu uibi. women are to am in tne mim ing. The average man, born or long res ident in this country, looks upon every woman as a ladv. and entertains for her a respectful courtesy which keeps him upon his good behavior in her presence. He will be making a good move to in troduce as many women as he can among his milkers. IDLE IiANP, If there is anv land unon the farm which is not earning anything, it is a di rect menace to tho prosperity of the rest of the farm. The taxes and the interest on its cost go on lust the same as if it were earning something, and this de tracts from the profit of tlie whole. Often these idle and waste Dlaees are but a har bor for vermin and weeds, or if they do not become so, it is because there is a constant expenditure of labor to keep it ciean, anu nun lauor mi gill tar better De eR'iRieu in me cultivation 01 some crop. It will pay better to clean such places up once ior an anu put tnem to some use. Most 01 tnem are capable of some good. aoi infrequently thev would serve admi rably for a timber tract. OEXKRAL fARH NOTES. It will pay to give cows corn until clover aftermath grows up. Do not allow dairy cows to fall off in quantity of milk from short pastures. Take only clean eggs to market: in order to do this have only clean nests. Do not be tempted by extra prices for early pullets which will soon be laying. Every hen over the number vou can well house and care for will be kept at a loss. A large quantity of the butter produced An CnnrcMry Coinage. Washington society last winter knew a very self sufficient bachelor, who waa a congrerjan. In certain lines he wan smart enough, but gen erally speaking he nr-eded about twice as much sense as he usually displayed. One evening be was talking to a sharp girl "I tell you what it w," he said. "I ahall introduce a bill for the coinage of half centu." "Why are you goiiie to do itf" ahe asked innocently. "That's what you kTv aJfeady." Detroit Free Pnm. , in this country Is spoiled by too much churning and working. Give chickens a change ot food fre quently ; they will keep in better health and produce more eggs. Generally fowls which feather and ma ture early are good egg producers, good setters and good mothers. First-class butter sells for a good price almost universally. It is only the infe rior grades which bring low prices. Do not hurry cows to and from the pasture. Dairy cows are sensHiyey and are much disturbed by harsh treatment. Get ready for winter work now. Build poultry-houses and arrange yards ; select the breeding stock and layers, and dis pose of all others. Raise more poultry on the farm for home consumption. Compared with pork, it costs less and is much more nourishing and healthful. It will often pay to sow winter rye and not allow it to mature. It makes good late-autumn and early-spring pasture, keeps the soil covered during the winter and furnishes a growth to turn under for green manure. Why Caklrs Tbrlva. The man who buys shoestrings and other small articles from street fakirs doesn't always do so because he gets them, or thinks he gets them, cheaper. It is chiefly because men engaged in business are usually so absentminded that trifles of everyday use are never thought of unless they are pushed right under the business nose. As a rule the staff boaght of street venders costs two to five times as much as it would in a legitimate store. But it is on this single weakness of mankind that the street fakir lives and thrives. A man will fool with a broken shoestring a dozen morn ings before he will remember to get a new pair. Then suddenly during busy day he runs against a shoestring peddler and buys a pair on the spot, paying double price for what his dealer would give him for nothing. The fakirs thrive best in the closest and most busy centers. Down in Wall and Broad and New and Nassau streets, among the bankers and brokers and law yers, who are too' busy to think of sus pender and shoestrings and lead pencils, etc., the street fakirs fare well, for amid the roar of clashing millions the absent minded man clutches hastily on what comes uppermost, knowing that other wise he'll forget all about it New York Herald. Tfea Oautt War Under tha Tabla. Sothern gave a dinner to Florence at a London club and invited him for half an hour later than any of the other guests. He said to his guests, who were eminent men in literature and politics and in the nobility: "When Florence comes suppose you all get nnder the table? He'll think his lateness has caused you to leave." So when Florence was announced all except Sothern got under the table, and the tablecloth hid them from sight. As Florence entered he saw Sothern alone and said: "Has nobody come yet?" "Oh, yes," said Sothern in a loud voice. "They've all come. And as soon as yon were announced they hid under the table, though why the deuce they did it I cau't imagine." One by one the guests crawled out, looking red and ashamed. New York 8un. Maikrat Sklua. The aoskrat is somewhat similar ht appearance to his dry land cousin, but is incomparably larger. The brown musk rat, which is larger than the black muskrat, when full grown will measure twelve to fourteen inches from the tip of his nose to tha root of his tail, and his ratlike caudal appendage sometimes at tains a length of eight inches. Muskrat skins are valuable for their soft, glossy fnr, and are bought by traders at from six cents to ten cents each and sold to furriers. The flesh of the muskrat is said to be quite palatable, and it is some times eaten. Baltimore Sun. Providing In Ttma. Lawyer (who has been called to draft will) Ready, sir? What is ths first bequest you wish to make? Dying Millionaire I bequeath all my property, real and personal, after the satisfaction of just claims against my es tate, to the foreign mission board of the church. Lawyer But you are not going to leave your wife and daughters unpro vided for? Dying Millionaire Certainly not I am merely trying to fix it so that when the courts reverse my decision in tha matter the money will go where I want it to by the way, I guess I'll have yon draw up the papers for the contest right now. Exchange. SlitrS" MHUoa Dollars aa A era. The other day the Southeastern Rail way company was asked no less a sum than 1,250,000 for a small and practi cally useless piece of ground in Ber- mondsey. The land is abont sixteen feet In depth, and comprises an area of 4.131 superficial feet, so that the claim is at the rate of 13,000,000 an acre. The com-- pany, it is scarcely necessary to add, did not clnae at the sum stated " Looking Backward. In the good old days of childhood what iplendid hot flaky biscuit nd delicious pastry our mothers gave us. You may enjoy as good now. The secret is in using Dr. Price'sCream Baking Powder. It has remained the standard for purity, excellence and whole torneness for more than forty years, and retained its supremacy among the practical cooks, in the great hotels, dubs, restaura&B and in the hornet of millions.