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City Ubnry OREGON COURIER VOL. XI. ORKGON CITV. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 10. 1893. NO. 27. OCCIDENTAL NEWS. BUSINESS BREVITIES. Pepper Is second only to rice and tea as the principal export from Slam. Tl. !1 I- 41. 1- - iM'llNUliuiiui miumg ou'i vuiii- to-day amounts to m.OOXM miles. tnpnrcd at BoiHe CitV. The State of Illinoia hai used this year w . ni(lrA riian a IHNl IVM1 hirm i nl liAap Trusts are a coining power In business, Tlioy already control over 12,000,000,000. It is estimated that the civilized na Hons pay annually for food 113.000,000. uuu. Now York has over 2.000 hack men The Consolidated Virginia Mine on Tokio in Japan has 20,000 Jinricksha EASTERN MELANGE. LIBERALS OF OGDEN DISBAND. the Comstock Lode Begins Active Operations. were Three Los Angeles mashers soundly whipped a few days ago. Two hundred families are reported to pcRted that the mint will coin 15,000, IillVO movcu awuy irom anvunu, un, uv y(jy q g0rt. Last year no less than 3,000,000,000 gallons of beer were imbibed in Europe aione. Nebraska has raised 100 bushels of corn for every human being in the State mis year, During the next seven weeks it'is ex punt two months. An overhauling of the Ranger's en giiius at Mare Island has led to a correc tion of the defect, ticnrirn P. Rovstcr. who sued the Pa& run.cnto liee for 120,000, charging libel, got a verdict for 1250, StrenuouB efforts are being made to have a fruit growers' convention asneni blc in hpokane in reuruary. Canada supplies nearly all the olunv bauo lined bv American manufacturers Ul IL'ttU peiiuiiH. More than 25,000 women areemplo' in me united Mates aionein tne decora tion of china and pottery. Manufactured gold is worth II a pen nyweiglit. and any value in excess of this represents workmanship. Tn r,an)av alnna .-..net t00 fWl iinmla Active oneraiions in uie vuiinoiiuuuju . vorv .rB mnrkHtod BVnrv snaniin from irguna liiino oil me wuiuniuMi uie tU8K9 oi iu,uuu eiepnants. inn omer uiiv wiui uie reuuira ui 1,110 mi.- . t... 1? . 1 -l.-fl.. TLonHwa lu .riitifultiiv tn tllilmra. -- 1 1 . " " UOlWeOU J-.urupe BHU -"" 6 it, North America carry on an average . i.. ...t 1 1 r Airta . . ' o t move 1H lieillK nmue b xjua niiKcico atmiit. 711 fl HI naaiinnirnra n mnntli. . . i i. xt i.. un,..i.- ...;!...., ' i 111 CAltfUtl UIO xuvitun rcuiinjvm inunn from its terminus at Vanderbilt to the cual uiul iron Held of Utah and Nevada. The Indian i vVlcd of burying a clnlil ahvo at lliu i'.uki-r Indian agency. A. T.. was sentenced to three years and seven months in the Territorial prison. The Liberals at Ogden, U. T have disbanded as a party. They were com posed of gentiles or non-Mormons, and J' V have long bitterly opposed the Latter- 10 The most useful insect Is the silkworm, It is estimated that 6,000,000 persons gain a livelihood by raising the wormsi Farms in interior New York are worth now little more than half their value in 1870, and no more than before the war, The property owned by New York city is estimated to have risen in value from 1277,000,000 in 1871 to 1569,000,000 in dav Saints, For the first six months of 1893 the I .liL. IT!i.J Cli.i.. ii ...... I 1 Din Ml.. who made a smalt fortune ""' ' uimeu o aies-mosuy gold Vi. . " i . ' Vi; V'..i,n ,io ,i and saver mines paid K,7UU,U0v In div- from the sale of the (joldbug mine and squandered it, attempted suiuide at King man, A. T., by shooting himself through the body with a pistol San Dieeo's latest sensation is a well' dressed, line-looking woman, who goes about the streets barefooted. Her name is Mrs. Mary Ailing Aber, a very Intelli' ircnti woman and well versed in mn guages. Captain Donaldson of the steamer Ar- idends British coach and carriage builders Import from America their choicest spokes, hubs and ribs for wheel manu Georgia is rapidly developing as a fruit-growing center. Within a few years thousands of peach and pear trees have Deen set out. The King of Portugal has the most ago on his lust trip reports that the bar costly crown in the world. The gold and at Loos Jiay is very uiucn improved. j--ncio m juinin cuiupurcu are vm- Tliis lie attributes largely to uie spien- did improvements being made by the United States authorities, There tire grave suspicions that the explosion on the collier San Mateo tiie other day, which ripped open her decks, It appears from a Treasury statement that there are 30,880 $10,000 bills, 14,805 $5,000 bills and 47,324 $1,000 bills in cir culation in this country. During the first nine months of the was not caused by coal gas, as was first year over 2,000 miles of railway were ivcn in explanation, it is proposed at built, and It is expected that poesiblv by ,'ictoritt, B. C, to have an othcial inves- January 1 the mileage will reach 3,00ti. tigatiun. Types are not used in printing Persian The clmrgo of arson against lrotter, newBDUDers. The "conv" is given to the owner of the dye works at Spokane, an expert penman, who writes it out has been dismissed, ihis is the case where an explosion killed Mrs. Beane and the works were set on lire, li was stated that Trotter had tired the build' ing in order to obtain the insurance. Charles Lundegger, who has been writ- last season neatly. Then the work is lithographed The world's hop crop this year is esti mated to be 7,000,000 pounds less than, last year, although tne United States crop is 4,000,000 pounds greater than Kansas Man Convicted Thirty-five Counts. on APPENDICITIS ON THE INCREASE Ad Effective Measure Beliif Taken to Close Gambling and Pool Rooms la St. Paul. . .. . a ( II. I ing crankv letters to jiayor aiaaon oi Portland and Governor Pennoyer for somo time, stating that Senator Mitchell and other persons ought to oe Kineu, ns arrested and sent to the asylum. After the news of the assassination of Mavor Harrison of Chicago it was The operatives in Japan mills work every day, there being no Sunday. The hours range from twelve to seventeen, but the pace is slow and there are fre quent holidays. Mrs. R. E. Willard has a barber shop in (Jhicago. She runs bix chairs, and A,.jw. - - - " , HuaKV. 13IIO 1U110 t homrlit best to put Lundegger where ne ....i, ., ; -hnroe nf a. woman WW. couldn't carry out Ins threats. Thev are paj,j $12 a weeiC) wjth a half of Tiptop lias heretotore been tne most what they take in over $Zd, prosperous mining camp in tne lerri- A bar of steel costing $1 may be worked tory of Arizona. It was i a chloride camp, up into m worth of needles ; made bUtyieiiieuiroiii?ou,uwiTiw,uvvic.- jnt0 knjfe Diade9i it , wortn f3,285j ly. a coiuijuiijr uiguuKu .wuij made into balance springs for watches, work the properties in the district on a tne game w wouia u,, wortn 250.0OO. large scale gave up the enterprise three months ago on account oi too low price of Bilver, and the camp has been totally Abandoned. Six months ago it was a prosperous little village with a school, store and the hum of industry. To-day nothing is left but two lonely individ uals, who remain to look after the prop' erty. C. J. Wetmore. Chief State Viticult- urist of California, reports that the vint age of the present season win De auout 18,000,000 gallons, or about 3,000,000 gal- (Cnn n, . ' Z i A.ut met at the door by his son 4 onn tnna of irranes will be used in the Lord Houghton, the Lord Lieutenant must factory at Healdsburg, the product of Ireland, has Celtic blood in his veins of which is in great demand abroad, (one of his ancestors was the fourtli Via- During the next ten years, nowever, u oiuuv wnuo io cnuureu io is expected that the State vintage will descended through their mother from show a decrease, owing to the ravages oi Kicnaru unnsiey onenuan phylloxera in various sections and also Whitelaw Reid has been entertaining to the recent check in tne planting oi Mr. and Mrs, Thomas .bailey Aldnch vineyards caused by the low prices that and General and Mrs. Lew VVallace at have generally prevailed aunng uie past fus country-seat, upnir larm, in vv est few Beacons, the growth of the industry Chester county. His visitors were fre- in the past having been too rapid, so quently seen at the county fair horse much so that the output in one year rose Bhow from 9,000,000 to 18,oou,uuu gallons. Masnenet told an interviewer theother A .nnuniinnnl mhiinff suit has been dav that he could play a Beethoven so- filed in the United States Court at Boise nata on the piano when only 4 years old. PURELY PERSONAL. Miss Dod, the best of the English' women tennis players, won the West of England championship when she was only 15 years old. "And how do you do, Mr. Justice Holmes?" was the greeting Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes gave his son, Judge Holmes, last week when the "Autocrat" visited the courthouse in Boston and was Large beds of porcelain clay have been discovered In the Cherokee strip. A war of extermination against oloo' margarine has begun in Pittsburg. Opposition to the electrio railroad at Gettysburg has apparently died out. Nearly $10,000 is paid for pension to uremcn in riew York city every month. The grand iurvof Baxter county. Ark., has indicted sixty persons for swearing. A. 0. Burnham of Champaign, 111., has given $10,000 to found a hospital in the town. New York is developing a bountiful harvest of cranks since the Harrison murder in Chicago. CroD failures and the onenins of the Cherokee Strip have almost depopulated Southwestern Kansas. Survivors of the recent floods in Lou isiana propose to establish a colony of 1,000 families In Colorado. The tobacco crop in the Housatonlc Valley, Conn., has an estimated value of $3,000,000, the highest on record. The exportation of coke has recently become a feature of Baltimore's trade, A large supply is dispatched every month to Mexico. The United Press has taken up its abode at Washington, D. C, in a suite of ten of the handsomest newspaper rooms in the country. A society has been formed in Balti more, the avowed object of which is to assist in perpetuating the memory of Christopher Columbus, There is talk of transporting the New Hampshire State building at the Chicago Exposition to Manchester, N. II., and turning it into a public museum. It has been suggested that the many duplicate volumes in the Congressional Library be made the nucleus of a free circulating library for Washington. C. O. BeardBley has been convicted on thirty-five counts of selling liquor ille gally at El Dorado, Kan. His tine will be $3,600 and his jail sentence 1,050 days. fter a careful investigation the New Orleans Times-Democrat states that the oyster industry of Louisiana was not se riously uijureu u(v me laie auvere siuruia. Encouraging results are said to be ob tained from the exploration of the Pie dras Negras coal mines of Mexico, which is being made for the C. P. Huntington Interests. Within twenty-four hours after the Battle Creek disaster on the Grand Trunk railroad fifty lawyers were on the ground looking for damage suits on the percentage plan. The Supreme Court of Massachusetts has decided that a man is lustined in stopping a dog fight, and if he gets bit ten while doing it, the master of the dog is liable for damages. The Medical Society of Now York has adopted a report calling attention to the uanger oi uruiKing water iroui uie aver age water tank, as found in railway cars and other public places. Most of Wisconsin's fine fish exhibit at the fair will be taken to foreign lands to further experiments In propagation. The Chicago public schools will receive a portion of the display. In view of the alarming spread of ap pendicitis a prominent life insurance company proposes to insert the ques tion : " Do you swallow grape seeds7" in its application blanks. Rev. Edward Bagley, pastor of the Christian Church at Washington, has been selected to be Chaplain of the House bv Democrats, to take the place of Rev. 8. W. Haddaway, deceased. FROM WASHINGTON CITY. The President has ordered a court' martial to meet at Fort Reno, O. T., to try Captain Daniel F. Stiles (retired) for charges arising out of the disitositlon of government property In which ho inane iilmseli benullciarr. Postmaster-General Blssell has tranS' tnitted to the Secretary of the Treasury estimates for the Postoflice Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, Invo The total amount is 190.300.485, as against $84,004,314 for the present fiscal year. Advices received at the Treasury Do partment state that the United State Immigration arrangement with Canada for Inswcting Immigrants at Quebec 1 working most satisfactorily. Every con venience and courtesy has been extended to the United States officials. The class of immigrants la said to be Improving, Brigadier-General D. W. Flagler, chief oi ordinanco, has made his annual report to Secretary Lamont, It show the amount of expenditures during the fiscal year 1803 was $3,702,202. Among the first matters treated in the report is that relating to the inadequacy oi the gen eral appropriation for arming and equip ping tlio mihtiaof the United Mates, Secretary Herbert says that there Is no truth whatever in the report that Brazil has been actively negotiating with the united states for the purchase of the new United States war ships Machias, Montgomery and Marblehead ; that the Navy Department ia utterly without power to sell the vessels, for only Congress could do that. No nego tiations to that end are pending. The Chinese extension bill, a it goes to the President for hi signature, re quires an uiiineso laborers in tne united States, entitled to remain before it passage, to secure their certificates of residence within six months of the time fixed by the Geary act. Chinamen fail ing to register within six month shall be deported under the former act, except that the requirement oi a white witness 1b removed. All proceedings for viola tions of the Geary act as originally en acted, except as to criminals, are sus pended. The word " laborers '' in the act is construed to mean skilled and un skilled manual laborers, and the term "merchant" is detlned to mean a per son engaged in buying and selling mer chandise at a fixed place of business, carried on under his name. It is pro vided that the certificate shall contain the photograph of the applicant, to gether witij hiB name, his local residence and his occupation. Senator Butler has introduced a bill which has for its object the establish ment of a government system of tele graph lines. The bill directs the organ ization of a board, to consist of the Sec retary of State, the Secretary of War and the Postmaster-General, who are directed to arrange a system of trunk line telesranhv connecting? the various sections of the country with the city of Washington, with connections along these lines at such cities as shall best serve the public good. The system is to be carried on as a part ot the postal sys tem of the country, and discrimination FOREIGN FLASHES. James Cordon Bennett Injured in a Coaching; Accident. THE BIO APPETITE OF LONDON. Chief Result of the General Election for tbe Lower House of the Diet In Sweden. Constantinople is to be lluhted bv " ' rirviriuujr. The Socialist movement la nuklnc rapm progress in Austria, Italy is making an earnest effort tn ex tirpato brigandage in Sicily, The German soldier's cnnklns iitnnll am uj ue maue oi aluminium. A new industry in France Is the aell. ing of milk frozen solid in cans. England received 10.000.000 letter from the United States last year. The Turkish cavalry ia generally ad mitted to bo the finest in all Europe. Belgian forces have cantnred Klrandn. an Arab stronghold near Stanley Fall. The Increased expense of the German army Is to be borne by a tax on wine and lODACCO. The Sultan of Morocco has fnrhldden the export of grain from his tnrritnri after December 0, 1803, Brazieres, tho Paria writer, claims to have discovered the identity of the "Man with the Iron Mask." ' Following the plague of wasos last summer, Europe is suffering from an un- usuhi quantity oi mollis. .iiarsiiai .tiaoianon s memoir are likely to be suppressed by his family be cause too critical of contemporary men. There are at the present moment eleven pretenders to the various thrones of Europe trying to make good their claims. The West Australian Parliament is dealing witli a measure of Chinese re striction on the legislation of the other colonies. Marquis dl Rudini says Italy's mili tary expenses should be reduced, as the taxpayers are now burdened to the limit of their strength. According to tbe Roumanian paper tho rumor that Queen Elizabeth contem plates an early return to Bucharest ha no foundation in fact. The chief result of the general election for the Lower House of the Swedish Diet has been to strengthen the Moderate Free Trade or Center party. According to statistics just Issued in England the condition of farm laborer PORTLAND MARKET. Walla Whiat Valley, 86H7,S,'cj vt ana, bowhc per cental, flour, rsso, (TO. Floub 8tandard,t2.90; Dayton, $2.00 walla Walla, $3.10; graham. $2.00: m pertine, $2.26 per barrel. Oats New white. 33:itiu per bushel new gray, 33(434c; rolled, in bags, $0.26 (ijo.ou; barrels, su.7D7.w; cases, m.o. MiLLHTtirrt Bran, $10.00; shorts, $18.00; ground barley, $22c23; chop feed, $18 per ton ; whole feed, barley, 70c percental; middlings, i-m& per ton; chicken wheat, II. 10(U. IB per cental, Hay Good, $10 12 per ton. DAISY FBObUCI. Buttib Oregon fancy creamery, 30 i332)bc: fancy dairy, 25(427 .Sic; fair to good, 20(5220; common, 18($20c per pound. CiiRist Oregon, 10(212c; Califor nia, 13(4l4c; Young America, 15(3) 16c; Swiss, imported, 80 32c; domestic, 18 (giUc per pound. Eoos Oregon, 30c per dozen: East ern, 2527Jc Poultry Nominal ; chickens, mixed, $2.253.S0; ducks, $3.00(34.50: geese, $7.60(48.60 per dozen; turkeys, live, 13c per pound ; dressed, loc. Y1GBTABLE8 AMD FBOiTS, Viobtablb Cabbage, Is per pound; potatoes, Oregon, 76c per sack ; new on ions, l''c per pound; tomatoes. 35(3 40c per box : green corn. 16c per dozen ; sweet potatoes, lglc per pound; Or egon celerv. 35 (d 60c. huits Sicily lemons, fo.wwo.oo per box: California new crop, $6.006.60 per box ; bananas, $1.60(43.00 per bunch ; oranges. (3.60 per box ; Oregon peaches. U5(g70c per box ; fall butter pears, 80S 00c per box: grapes, 6000c per box; new York uoncords, 4uc per basket; Italian prunes, 76c$l.O0 per box; ap ples, Baldwin, King, 85c$1.00 per box ; Waxen, 75300c: cranberries, $8.00(38.50 per barrel. STAPLB QBOCIH1I8. Coffeb Costa Rica, 23c; Rio, 22c; CI 1..- A1. Xf O.t 1 ') J,. . A . buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound cases, 26.80c per pound. Homby Choice comb, 18c per pound; new Oregon, 10(ft20c; extract, 9(3 10c. Dkied Fboith 1893 pack, Petite prunes, 810c; silver, 10(312o; Italian, 910c; German, 8(3 10c; plums, 010c: evaporated apples, 8(3 10c; evaporated apricots, 15(3 10c; peaches, 10(312c; pears, 7 (311c per pound. Salt Lherpool, 200s, $15.50; 100s, $16.00; 60s, $10.60: stock, $8.60(39.50. Bbans Small whites. 3(330; pinks, 8?4'c; bayos, 3SJc; butter, 4c; lima, 3I4C per pound. I Ricb Island, $5.75(30.00 ; Japan, none in market; New Orleans, $5.60(30.26 per cental. I Syrup Eastern, in barrels, 4065c; 'in half-barrels, 4257c: in cases. 36(3 80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg; California, in barrels, 20(340c per gallon; $1.76 per I oqab D.6c;GoldenO, 6Xc; extra , C, ; confectioners' A, 6ic ; dry gran ulated, oc ; cuue, crusiieu auu pow- in rates is prohibited, except thaU iesa. grea difficultjiheir annual report says in thirteen counties of Ireland is now dered. 70 per pound; Jie per pound better than at any previous tune. discount on all grades tor prompt cash j social Democrats in Germany and maple sugar. 16(3 10c per pound. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest V. S. Gov't Report 11 r7 Baking ABSOLUTELY PURE FAKM AND GARDEN. Appropriate Suggestions Careful Perusal. for PAYS TO USE GOOD SEED WHEAT What Influence the Quality of Seed Wheat Has Upon the Yield Experimental Result. Citv, Idaho, by Arthur Neal of Seattle against 1'reo rage-iusun anu a. r. l'urker of Seattle and several Boise peo ple interested in the Kldora Mining Company, operating in the JteaL district, about twenty miles from Boise. Neal sold two valuable mines to R. P. Plow man, a Boise capitalist, for $10,000, re- The composer is now but 51, and will soon celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of the production of " David Rizzio," his lirHt successiui hid lor lame. The Archbishop of Canterbury re ceives a salary of $75,000. Next to tbe Queen he occupies the position of head of the church. The Archbishop of York ceiving half in cash and the balance in and the Bishop of London receive $50, notes secured by mortgages. Neal al- 000 each, the Bishop of Winchester leges that Tustin and Parker got hold of nearly as much, and other salaries of the him in Seattle and kept him under their episcopal body range from $10,000 to influence for over two weeks by means $-J6,000. Prince Komatu, a near relative of the imperial family of Japan, with his wife is about to begin a journey to Europe to fay his respects to the various crowned leads there. In all probability be will country. The Prince is a - , .,, , - t . 1 juuuk lunn, uui. uiuic limn im ictiin urn, The Lldora Company was formed, ffi ' Jat)ane8e ' e of drugs. During that time he signed what he thinks is a power of attorney authorizing Tustin to forclose a mort gage. He "nays he might have signed a deed to everything he possessed. Tustin forclosed the mortgage in his own name , iBjt th-8 y. HI1U, Ik ! injlliti asiu v t tent. The Eldora Company was purchasing mines from Plowman, agree- wa8 forn,eriy attached to the Japanese ing to give him $15,000 and one-half of Embassy in tlin, the stock of the company. Neal axks ' . .. . , . fnr a receiver to take charge of the prop- .Dr.- w .endeU 0 ,ver Holmes, speaking . pu.n M.im. that no mon l his visit to the new courthouse in 1 i.i 1. u ti.o ,r,n Boston, said that perhaps the most in iiw ucc. , teresting object he saw was Judge Shaw' The indications are that there will be 0ld rocking chair, and that perhaps the iac& 01 op. i i uui"""b "" niu&b inLeremiuv tuing lie uiu was w Bit Francisco Midwinter Fair except the in it himself. Judge Shaw, he thought, agricultural and horticultural. It is not was the first Judge to use a rocking known lust now uihcu bjmm.-o mutgu cnair at nis amies on tne Dencn exhibitors in the various departments will want. Arrangements have been made with the Director-General and Viscount Corbely in Chicago. It is known, though, that the demand for space exceeds the amonnt the fair man- 1 , . rri f . According to foreign paper Prince Bismarck is allowing hi beard to grow. not being able to handle hi razor, and in the hope that it will help to prevent the pains in his face. Those who have .nut n. ... - , . fn, agers bave to g ve. The manufactures "T" , v." j "f . . . . tnkon with a beard in hia vonntrer Havn and mechanics buildings, large as they are, will be inadequate to hold all that has been offered, and it is already appar ent that the walls of the fine arts build ing will not hold the works of art and alleged art that will be offered. The will regret his decision, as the addition ia not an ornament to his handsome and powerful face. " Cousin Ben " Folsom, haying taken a wile, will prouaDiy settle down in acrricnltnral and horticultural building Omaha, where he is said to have consld is' the only one that gives promise now erable real estate. It is said that ofaccommodatingallcomers. Thiswould "Cousin Ben" has not visited the White be filled to the dome if it were not that House since be returned from the Con go manv of the counties have their own snlar pontion at Sheffield, England, and buildings. The managers have found it that his relations with the President necessary to exact agreement from the have been badly strained since last various county commissioner to eon- March, when he asked for a better place tribute toward the general horticultural and was refused. From that moment and agricultural display. There is fear political life lot its charm. He was al that the natural product of the State Wed to retain his Consulship at Sbef will be so distributed that the general field daring Mr. Harrison's term a an effect will be lost. II possible, this will act of "courtesy to the 000 sin of Mr. be prevented. Cieralaod." The exhibits at Chicago of grain and rice from Mexico. Liberia and Trinidad are to be disinfected, with the object of preventing the introduction in this coun try of insect pests not native to our soil. A Toronto capitalist is at Niagara Falls trying to organize a company w uuuu a bridge across the river for the exclusive use of trolley cars. He estimates that the structure could be constructed for $400,000. The Real Estate Congress at the World's Fair developed the fact that the site 01 Chicago was marked as a trading post on La Salle's map, made in in loOO, and that it was then designated " ene' kaw-gu." Albert Abbink at the St. Louis (Mo.) city hospital is suffering from a disease called anchvlostomum dodenale, the ef feet of which is to render him as white as marble. Even his tongue, gums and finger nails are devoid of all color. The Lighthouse Board has demon strated that telephone communication may be established from the shore to vessels near shore. The method will be put .into practical operation as soon as funds are available for the purpose. The murderer of the Wrattan family, Stone, who was before the grand jury at Washington, Ind., stated that Charles S. ilcuanerty, whose wne is neir to the Wrattan estate, and Robert Swanegan were among his accomplices in the mur der. Tbe opinion of the banker who were recently convened at Chicago seems to be that the perpetuation and extension of the national banking system without a bond basis is perfectly practicable by the application of the safety-fund method. The resolution authorizing the Com mittee on Agriculture and Forestry to continue uuring receeo uie luvemigmiuu of State agriculture, authorized by the resolutions adopted April 19, 1892, and March 3, 1893, was agreed to by the Sen ate. Tbe merchants of St. Paul have taken what promises to be an effective meas ure toward closing the gambling and pool rooms of that city by resolving to watch for and instantly discharge such of their employes as may frequent them. W. H. Riley, senior member of the large dry goods importing house of W. H. Riley 4 Co. of New York and Pari, has been arrested in the latter city and charged with entering imported goods at the custom-house by means of false in voices, by means of which the govern ment has been defrauded. News from Washington intimates that the naval force of Uie United States in Brazilian water is being reinforced to counteract tbe influence of Germany and England, which is exercised in favor of Mello and to tbe disadvantage of the trade relation between Brazil and this country. Minister Thompson has re ceived instructions to protest against any foreign interveatioa. I rale is allowed for press messages than for current business. The carrying on of the telegraph business by individuals or corporations is not prohibited. The bin is voluminous, and deals largely with the details of how the lines shall be constructed. An appropriation of $5,000,000 is made to begin the work. The House Committee on Territories has been busy several weeks perfecting a bill for the admission of Utah. Though the administration has not wished to see the admission of the Territories pressed just now, the fact that the men who will come to the Senate and House from all the proposed new States would be silver men has caused the promoters of the Statehood movement to pause. In order to get around any such difficulty as this Delegate Joseph of New Mexico has pro posed to have the bill admitting his Ter ritory changed so that admission will not become operative until 1895. For Utah, Arizona and New Mexico it is pro posed to grant them double the amount of land granted the last Territories to be admitted. The reason for this is there were grants made for the nurnose of es tablishing a fund for various institutions, and it is claimed the lands which the three Territories now knocking at the door will receive are mostly, if not en tirely, arid and fit for nothing until they have been made valuable by a costly syBtem of irrigation, The last six States admitted received as grants for various State institutions about 100,000 acres of land each. The three Territories asking for admission think they will need at least 1,000,000 acres. In a communication to Congress the secretary ot the treasury asks tor an appropriation of $15,000 for freight on bullion and coin between mints and as say offices for the current fiscal year. He says that, owing to the necessity of transporting a large amount of gold bull ion from the assay office at New York to Philadelphia for coinage and of gold and silver bullion from the mint at Carson City to the mint at San Francisco for coinage, as well as the increased deposits 01 gold bunion at the minor assay offices, it will be necessary to obtain an appro priation to supply a deficiency in the ap propriation for this purpose. This defi ciency grows out of the fact that for sev eral years past there has been no trans fer of bullion from New York to Phila delphia, and consequently no appropria tion therefor, and from the further fact that by reason of the suspension of coin age operations at Carson City it will be necessary to transport both the gold and silver bullion from that institution to San Francisco for coinage. The expense of transporting this bullion is less, how ever, than it would be to com it at Lar son Citv. At Carson City there is $900.- 000 of gold bullion and (000,000 silver. The amount of gold bullion in New York that is to be carried to Philadelphia ag gregates $20,000,000. Representative Hermann has been in consultation with the Postoflice Depart ment as to numerous applications from his State for contracts to carry the United States mails for the next four year and for the addition of many routes not included in the published proposals. In the course of the inter view Mr. Hermann represented to the department how in his State many con tractors nave heretofore bid so low for the mail service as to be rendered unable to comply with the law, and as a result the people have received wretched mail convenience. He stated to the depart ment officials that should such low bids again be accepted he proposes to see that the contract shall be complied with both as to the manner as well as the time con tracted for. He says the people also complain that contractors sublet at such low rates as to compel persons to nse ill fed, overworked and unsuitable horses and also cheap and exposed conveyances and are unable to deliver the mail on schedule time or in protected condition. He believes that the law should be fear lessly enforced in all cases of fine or otherwise, and that postmaster should be directed to report every violation or lanure 01 schedule, and they should be investigated in any case where thev should fail to make report. He thinks, u we law were more generally enforced, reckless and nn profitable bidding for mmu oumci woua fu TirbvuHng speakers, organizers and reading matter to meet the demand. Baron Rothschild has bought a large tract of land, the personal property of nl II.. Hull.. tl, T..l.. Il l . win "ui.au, ..cm but, uuiunui 110 .11- IZ.ZnilB 4 l.l 1 f .'I. , 1 . teii'ia iv luunu tuero a large uuwibu uoi- laspberries, CASIMSD GOODS, Cammip Goods Table fruits, assorted. $1.762.00; peaches, $1.862.00; Bart- lett pears, il.voigz.uu; piums, fi.iw.Mi (9 1.60; strawberries, $2.25(82.45; cherries, $2.25(5)2.40; blackberries, $1.85(42.00; $2.40; pineapples, $2.25(3 " 12.80; apricots, $1.66. Pie fruits, France is oalna to trv the nlun nf assorted. 1 1.20: peaches. $1.25: plums. printing postal cards in blocks, with $1.0001.20: blackberries, $1.25(81.40 per sin os, iiKe a cnecK oook, so mat tne writer can keep notes of his correspond ence. German financiers are disappointed over the Italian Premier's exposition of Italy's finance, and all chance of that country obtaining a loan In Berlin van ishes. An encounter between the police and the natives on the Ord river. West Aus tralia, resulted in one policeman being speared and twenty-three natives being shot dead. Irish railway carry a great many more first-class passengers than any other country In the United Kingdom, and r.ngianu heads the list in third-class passengers. London has a big appetite. It devours every vear over 400,000 oxen, 1,600,000 sheep, 600,000 calves, 700,000 hogs, fowls innumerable, and consumes 0,800,000 gallons or milk. The government of West Australia proposes to float a loan of 640,000, to be expended in railway construction and in the development of gold fields and other mineral resources. Maps for the use of farmers, describ ing the chemical Qualities of the land in various parts of the country and naming uie Di'st manures lor each section, have been proposed in r ranee. A small Bcandal has arisen in British church circles from the fact that there were 500 applicants for a place as chan lain on a yacht and only five for a curacy ot naro work in the slums. James Gordon Bennett, who has been confined to his room by the coaching ac cident in Paris, ia to be taken to the Riviera, but his friends are reported nopeiess tnat he will ever recover. An ex-chnnnev sweep, working on tribute at the White Cliffs (N. S. W.) opal fields, recently struck a pocket of gems which panned out X30.000. The finder's share amounted to 18,000. A patent has been granted in Auck land, New Zealand, for a net to catch whales, The mesh is big enough for a calf to pass through, and it is said to have been used already with great suc cess. A locomotive is being built at Glasgow which is expected to make 100 miles an hour. It is to have twelve-foot drivers. and the builders calculate that it will draw an express train eighty miles an hour witn ease. The Duke of Westminster, who owns a large number of houses in the fashion able district of Mayflower, London, has declined to lease or renew leases to any surgeon, physician, dentist or medical man in general. It appears that the experiments for some time past in France for obtaining a satisfactory method of color printing on leather have been so far successful as to open up a prospect of a new and at tractive industry. The contract for boring a tunnel through the Simplon has just been signed. It has been undertaken on behalf of the Jura Simplon Railway Company by MM. Brand, Brandau A Co. of Hamburg and ixx-ner a u. 01 Eurico, The monument which has been erected noon the battle field of ttolforinn la nn of the largest, if not the largest, of its kind in ail Europe, it consist of a tower seventy-four meters high, sur mounted by an electric lamp. The attempts made br a syndicate of Franco-Vieneae tailors to revive tbe bright raiment of the country noblemen of tbe last two centuries and of the dan die of the Directory have fallen through. r,vcuiDg ureas will remain aa it uj. Newspaper life appears to be very ex citing in Russia. An editor in Knrsb recently discharged a proof reader. Later in the day the man returned, killed the editor and then opened fire on the staiff. 1 iro were killed, and the other escaped by jumping oat of tbe window. dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.16(93.50 : Peaches, $3.604.00; apri cots, $3.604.00; plums, $2.76(33.00; blackberries, $4.25(84.60; tomatoes,$1.10, Mbato Corned beef, Is, $1.40; 2s, $2.10; chipped, $2.36; lunch tongue, Is, $3.50; 2s, $6.76; deviled ham, $1.50(3 2.76 per dozen. Fish Sardines, 75o$2.25; s, $2.154.60; lobsters, $2.30(33.60 ; sal mon, tin 1-lb tails, $1.2691.60; flats, $1.75;2-lbs, $2.262.60;)l-barrel, $6.60. provisions. Eastern Smokkd Msats and Laud Hams, medium, 1415c per pound; breakfast bacon, 18(gl9,c; short clear sides, 15 10c dry salt sides, 13 14c; lard, compound, in tins, 10 per pound ; pure, in tins, 13, 15c. BAOS AND BAOOINO. Burlaps, 8-ounce, 40-inch, net cash, 6c; burlaps, 10-ounce, 40-inch, net cash, OSiC; burlaps, 11-ounce, 46-Inch, 7jjc; burlaps, lfl-ounce, 60-inch, lie; burlaps, 19-ounce, 76-lnch, 14c; wheat bags. Calcutta, 22x36, spot, 8c; 2-bushel oat bags, 7c; No. 1 selected second hand bags, 7c; Calcutta hop cloth, 24 ounce, 10c. BOPS, WOOL AND BIDIS. Hops '92s, nominally at 1016c per pound, there being none in the market; new crop, '93s, 10c for choice; Inferior, 8c and upward. Woob Prices nominal. Hidbb Dry selected prime, 6c; green, salted. 60 pounds and over, 3c; under 60 pounds, 23c ; sheep pelts, shearlings, low loc: medium, wwnoc: long wool, 3060c; tallow, good to choice, 83.e per pound. LIVI AND DRBSSBD MB AT. Bsxr Prime steers, $2.602.76; fair to good steers. $2.002.60; good to choice cows. $1.602.00; dressed beef. $3.60(8 6.00 per 100 pounds. Mutton Choice mutton, sz.uuwz.ou; dressed, $4.00 5.60; Iambs, $2.00(82.60; dressed, $6.00; live weight, $2.00(82.60. Hogs Uholce heavy, Ib.uwaa.w ; me dium, $4-60(46.00; light and feeders, $4.505.00; dressed, $7.00. Vbal $4.000.00. miscbllanbods. Tin I. C. charcoal, 14x20, prime qual ity. $8.60(89.00 per box; for crosses, $2 extra per box; I. C. coke plates, 14x20, prime quality, s.tw(a.wper box; terne plate, I. C, prime quality, $0.60 7. 00. Nails Base quotations: Iron, $2.25: steel, $2.36; wire, $2.60 per keg. tiTsai, rer pound, loc. Lead Per pound, 4c; bar, 6!c NavalStorks Oakum, $4.60(85.00 per bale; resin, $4.80(86.00 per 480 pound; tar, Stockholm, $13 ; Carolina, $9 per bar rel : pitch, $6 per barrel ; turpentine, 66c per gallon in car lots. Ieok Bar, 23c per pound ; pig-iron, $23(826 per ton. Henry M. Stanley has made a collec tion of nineteen legends that were re lated to him during his African travels, and they are to be published by the Scribners nnder the title "My Dark Companions and Their Strange Stories." Henry' stock of legends i said to be in exhaustible. The Mongolian pheasant is being in troduced into, the Puyallup Valley, Wash. Admitted. Hr Father You wish to marry my laughter, I understand. Her Adorer I do, air. Her Father (aeverely) My wife tails m that joa are a 1 00L Hr Adorer Well, I suppoa I am. Brooklyn Ufa. Bit Oraat Xlrtaka, Rlggla What did Mias Dawion say when foa broke off your enxayement with barf Twaggle 6b didn't say anything. She WSA apaachlaM. Biggl Good gractoual What a wU JW'VBli4-TUrBU I Prof. C, C. Georgeson of the Kansas Agricultural College contributes tbe fol lowing for the benefit of farmers : Dur ing the past three years we have experi mented to ascertain what influence the quality of seed wheat had upon the yield. For this purpose the wheat has been divided into three grades, wnicn vara itnnnmlnaliul " li on irv ' ' Hmmmnii" and "light," These grades were obtained I ' . I , . . I L . uy running uie wiiem, tiiruugu h laumng mill. In the first place the wheat as it came irom the thresher was ran through the fanning mill to blow out the pieces of straw and chad which It contained. The wheat thus cleaned was denom inated the "common" grade. The "heavy" and "light" grades were obtained by running the "common" grade through tne mm so as to divide it into the heavi est and plumpest seed on the one hand and the small and more or less shriveled on the other. The former was called 'heavy" seed and the latter "light" seed. Each of these three grades were sown on five plats, each plat one-twentieth of an acre in extent, and the comparison of the yields was based upon the average of the five plats in each case. I may explain here that the reason I use five plats is that by that means it becomes possible to get a better average of the soil for each experiment. If only one plat is used in such experiments, there is a possibility that some of these single plats may be located on rich spots in the field and others in poor spot, as it is well nigh impossible to find fields which are of absolutely equal quality all over. But by multiplying the plats anu alter nating them with one another over the whole area under experiment and then basing the calculation on an average yield of each set of plats It Is possible to eliminate tne error due to inequality in the soil, which would otherwise arise. Now for the results of these experiments. The average yield for the three years they have been carried on are as follows : Light seed, 26.19 bushels grain and 1.38 tons straw per acre ; common seed, 26.57 bushels grain and 1.42 tons straw per acre; heavy seed, 27.07 bushels grain and 1.57 tons straw per acre. It will be seen from this that the better the seed l,o kot!. H... ,.:!,! It ol..,M l.n nntJ liMU UVb.fl VI1C J1C1U. All DI1UUIU W IIUHIUi however, that the grade here called "common" is better than the average seed wheat used by farmers generally. The majority of wheat grower sow the wheat just as it comes from the thresher. and consequently it contains more or less chaff and bits of straw and weed seeds, which were separated in our experiments by running the wheat through the fan ning mill. The wheat was seeded at the rate of a bushel and a peck per acre, put in with a press drill, and the variety used was the "Currell." But the influ ence of good seed can be traced far be yond the yield of the first year. It will be apparent in successive crops, owing to tne inexorable law of heredity, by which the offspring partakes of the char acter of the parent stock. This law Ib fully recognized by all breeders of im proved livestock, who exercise the great est care to select the best animals that they can get to breed from In order that the offspring may be of superior quality and sell at a good nrice. It is due to the operations of this law that ranchmen, who have only common cattle, are anx ious to obtain pure-bred males for their herds in order that the steers they raise may get better form, grow larger and feed better than the offspring of the scrub bull. This law holds equally true in seed-breeding. The grain raised from a superior quality of seed, which has been selected with due care, will be better seed and yield better crops when it is sown than grain raised from inferior quality of seed. Most of our Western farmers recognize this principle in the selection of their seed corn. At husking time they select the largest and best ears and hang them in the loft or some secure place, to be used for seed next spring. VVhy not apply the same principle to the selection of seed wheat? The experi ment I have quoted above proves that it is not an idle theory, but it is a fact which can be verified by any one who will go to the necessary trouble. If you have not been in the habit of cleaning your seed wheat heretofore, do it this fall. It will pay you, FACTS OP INTBRBST, A board floor in a poultry-house is much easier kept clean by covering with dry sand. Keep the poultry-house well cleaned, for there is where disease and vermin will breed if neglected. Give medicine to sick fowls in drink ing water. They will often refuse to eat, but will nearly always drink. Put the harvesting machinery nnder shelter. It is a needless waste to allow it to stand out in the weather when lum ber la o cheap. Fowls shut up and fed corn and water alone for a few days before being killed are very much better flavored than if killed off the range. Store away the sorghum seed, some millet and sunflower seed, a good bunch of clover hay as corn, oats and wheat to feed poultry during winter. Keep farm harness in good repair. It Is well to have a supply of rivets and buckles of assorted sizes and some leather on hand to use in case of an emergency. It is not good practice to sell clover hay, as too much fertility leaves the farm with it. You will have to buy It back In later years if the practice is con tinued. Increasing the production of a farm without adding to the acreage is in the line of progress. Gradually farmers are learning to increase the yield by adopt Ing more rational methods. Agriculture can be made more nearly an exact science by the application of irrigation to the soil than by any other means whatever. It prevents drought and makes crops certain, and thus fixes the earning power and value of the land. We shall see it much more extensively applied in the future than it has been in the past. Ko Jay. A certain baker In business In a small town In Normandy obtained his supply of butter from a farmer In tbe neighborhood. One day he discovered that the pats, which were supposed to Weigh three pounds each, were not up to the standard, and further examination revealed a steady diminution In the dally provision. A last the baker lodged a formal complaint against the farmer, and the affair was brought before the local court. "Havs you acalesr" Inquired the magis trate. "Yes, monsieur la Judge," was tbe reply. "And have you any weights?" continued th Judge. An answer this time in the negative was as promptly given. "But how did you manage to weigh your butterf " asked the magistrate. Then the farmer related that svar ilnca the baker had taken his butter he had re turned the compliment by buying bis bread. The baker supplied him with three pound loaves, and be had used tfcrtn weights for his butter, "it la his fault, not mine, if the weight is not correct," added the farmer, who was speedily acquitted and left the court In triumph with an ta cort ot friends and admirer. Since this trial the farmer is said to have been sup plied with more than his due provision of bread, but he haa taken good ear not to fall into the opposite error, and th baker has now hi three pound pats of butter full weight, but not an ounce more. London Telegraph. A Portiere Mad of Shall. A lady who spends her summers at the seaside has collected about a bushel, more or less, of small, almost flat, thin, yellow shells, which abound at so many points on the coast. With these she this year fashioned a portiere that is novel and pretty beyond description. Each shell is pierced with a hot wire and then strung on a delicate wiie so that the narrow end of one is next to the wide end of the other. A number of string were made in this way long enough to reach from the floor to the curtain pole, where they wore securely fastened to a strip of plantation cloth of the same shade as the shells. Through the fret work above this curtain is draped a length of sea green India silk, falling half way to the floor on the right side. A less ambitious woman has made a curious scarf by sewing these shells in artistic confusion on either end ef a length of nile green silk, putting here and there bits of golden green seaweed. A fringe is made for each end by string ing shells on green embroidery silk in stead of wire. New York Letter. Doomed to DUappolntmaat. "Is this the World's falrf" asked tbe portly provincial Englishman of the guard, "Yeaslr." "Well where are the highwaymen and pickpockets, and the cholera patient and the drinking water microbes?" "Don't know. Never heard of them." "I thought you said this was the World's fair," said tbe Englishman, turning dis appointedly on his heel and pulling a copy of his provincial weekly newspaper out of bis pocket to find further direction for Identifying the Columbian exposition. Chicago Record. A Man to Bo Conciliated. "I'd be ever so much obleeged, ma'am," began the grimy wanderer on th back porch tn a plaintive voice, "for a littl jag 0' cold victuals. I've walked" "I don't feed tramps," shrilly Interrupt ed th red faced woman, bending over the washtub. "Don't call no names, ma'am," said th dusty pilgrim warntngly, "and don't y ag geravate me or I'll spile yer washing day fur ye. I'm a perfessional rainmaker." Chicago Tribune. To make a good lotion for the face and hands grate a fresh cocoanut and put in a cloth and squeeze out tbe milk. Then wash the face in this milk and rob the skin briskly for quite a few momenta and wipe off with a soft flannel cloth. The Quickest, Purest end tb Best of all the Baking Powders is Or. Price's Cream Baking Powder While other brands have Deteriorated and will not Raise the old amount of flour Dr. Price' has been brought steadily up to greater perfec tion; is richer in Cream of Tartar, and higher in leavening power, hence does immeasurably better and finer work than any other Baking Powder known. The Purity of Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder ha never been questioned. Pure as the driven snow.