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OREGON COURIER. OREGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON. FRIDAY, JANUARY 5. 1894. NO. 35. VOL. A' I. OCCIDENTAL NEWS. First Case Under California's Inheritance Tax Law. FINE AZTKO RUINS DISCOVERED, Brigliam Young's Crazy Son f'reatt'8 Consternation In a Theater at Salt Lake Utfcli. A Marshlleld (Or.) man is filling an order lor 200 flugiiolcs (or tho Midwinter Fair. Sacramento is looking around lor a now city hall. The present accommoda tions are insufllciunt. A court division relieves Colorado of nil the liithility for the issue of $400,000 in Ixinds by San Diego. Twenty or thirty miles below Kildy, X. Jf., prospectors have come Borons Home tine Aztec ruins, ami excavations are to ho mime at once. The shingle manufacturer)! of tho IV c ilie Northwest are perfecting an organ! i.atioii. Signatures of 75 per cent of the manufacturers of Western Washington liave already been secured. It la stilted at San Diego that Mayor Carlson has obtained in the City of .Mexico a concession and large bonus lor building a ruilroad across Lower Califor nia from San DVc-i Yuma. All tho wav e..Hi, iio;ii Ooler. the now Kold district in Kern county, Cal., to the south end of Death Valley the country in being prospected. Hundreds of men are scattered all over the region. President LIHis of tho 1'uoiflo Coast Association of Fire Chiefs lias issued a call for the second annual meeting at San Francisco February It to II. Kx-Chief Kellogg of Seattle is listed to read a paper. Tho City Council and Trades' Council at Tacoiiia ridicule the proposition of the Chainlier of Commerce to reduce munic ipal salaries 50 per cent. Tho city's funds will run out on March 1 under the present rate of expenses, and additional mills will not le available till July. The Marshfield rnft went to nieces fif teen miles oil' the" coast of Humboldt Bay- About one-third of the raft wag under control. Passing vessels, as far as it could he done, were notified of the. dangerous floating objects, many of -.which have gone ashore. A Victoria (II. C.) dispatch says: Stories of various chai acter are current here as to tho object of Senator Fair's visit and his interview with Premier Davie. One rumor is that it is to talk over a contract to build the British Pa cific railway. Oscar B. Young, a crazy son of Brig bam Young, took exception to a Mormon character in tho plav of "A Trip to Chi natown," and rushing through the thea ter at Salt Lake to the property room, created quite a consternation before he w as seined and taken to the police sta tion. The late .1. D. Pembcrton of Victoria, B. C, remembered the school children and the Jubilee hospital of that city in his will, recently filed for probate. He bequeathed $3,000 to be used in fencing and improving the Central public-school grounds and erecting a gymnasium thereon and $2,000 to the hospital. An eieht-foot ledge of silver and gold quartz has been discovered under the citv of Tacoma, Wash., and there is a lively secret tight going on for possession An assay shows the quart, to carry $150 in bilver and $27 in gold per ton. It is located in the center of population, and was discovered by accident while a man -w as digging a cellar. Ex-Treasurer Bloomer of Jackson county, Or., defaulted for almut $8,000, and skinned tho country. His lands men are now making a strong legal fight to have the bonds sec asiue, claiming that Bloomer was a defaulter at the end of bis previous term as Treasurer, and that the County Court was cognizant of such shortage at that time. Bloomer lias never been apprehended. At San Jose, Cal., there has been filed in the Superior Court a petition by County Treasurer Joseph A. Lotz, ask ing that the trustees of the Leland Stan ford (Jr.) University, Mrs. Jane L. Stan ford, individually and as executrix of Leland Stanford's will and other legacies tinder said will, be cited to appear and show cause why the tax on the amounts of the collateral devises and bequests provided for in the will have not been paid. This is the first case brought un der the State inheritance tax law paseed last March. Arthur Dudley Vinton, attorney for the Prescott and Arizona Central rail road, has filed a petition for the appoint ment of a receiver for tho Atlantic and Pacific railroad. The petition is very voluminous, and consists mostly of a recital of the numerous suits which he has instituted against the Atlantic and Pacific Company on behalf of the road he represents, which quit business three montliB ago. The petitioner incorporated hia disapproval of the appointment of Heinhart and MeCook as receivers ot the Atchison Company. Beyond the filing no action was taken on tiie petition. The m-t earnings of the Oregon Rail way and Navigation according to the re ports of the Union Pacific have for sev eral years shown a deficiency after pay ing the 0 per cent stipulated in the lease on the Oregon Railway and Navigation stock, and it is not thought the deficiency can be overcome by the receivers of the Union Pacific, The bondholders want their interest, as is evidenced by tho pe tition of the Fanners' I-oun and Trust Company, the holder of a mortgage on all tne 'property securing the bonds. The question seems susceptible of three resolutions, either the stockholders will have to wait for their returns or thr conrt will have to order the deficiency made up out of the other funds of the Union Pacific or else set aside the lease. Should the lease be set aside, it is said the Oregon Railway and Navigation wonld go into the hands of a receiver. Railroad men say this would result in a revision of rates. The San Francisco Bridge Company has wade an assignment for the benefit of creditors. The failure was precipi tated by the loss of the big raft of piers which the company tried to bring down from Coos Bay. It broke no off the coast of Humboldt connty, and became a total loss. It is believed", however, that the company has assets sufficient to satisfy all creditors and resume business, and that the assignment is really to gain time. The assignment was made to Sheriff Mcf ade under the new law. He has placed a keeper in charge of the company's oftVe. He has nothing to do. however, but safely keep the property until an assignee can be elected by the creditors. An election must take place within ten days, by which time the com pany ex pecU to see its way clear to re sume business. The schedule of liabili ties tiled in the records office allows that the company owes $172,322.2S, nearly all of whu-b is "due to local banks and busi ness houses. FOREIGN NEWS. Fish are disappearing from the British coast. Russia has no foreign Insurance com' panles. Tho Retiring Sea arbitration tribunal cost France 10,000. Six anarchists have been expelled from Buenos Ayrea. Tho KuaiallHt associations of Sicily count 3U0,U00 members. The l.omlou Times says England must mlo the seas or cease to exist. Hundreds of poor are threatened witli starvation at i.rzeroiiin, Armenia. Liverpool is disturbed over the pros peas oi sharp rivalry iy Aiancnester. Captain O'Shea, the former husband of Airs. 1'arnell, is in financial straits. Germany and France are steadily stif fening and expanding their protoctional policy. Forty thousand francs have been sub' scrilcil for the tionnod memorial fund in Paris. Liverpool will reduce dock rates to meet the competition of the Manchester ship canal. Franco is disturbed by heavy Iinporta' tions of American corn, and will legia- lute against it. The Hungarian Prime Minister has succeeded in re-establishing a loyal court in Uiiua-l'estli. Mrs. Parncll is busily engaged in writ ing the life oi Uiarieg Stewart rarnoll, tier deceased husband. Esther Palliser, a young American cantatrice, will shortly start on a concert tour through Uermauy. Captain Longhridgo of Birmingham, bngland. has designed a deck keel as substitute for the center-board. During tho last twenty-five years the iterini Asyiiuu ior me iiesiituie nan !!. 1 ...1 . .1... 1 taken euro oi z,44,(u persons. A scheme has been prepared for the electric railway Detween Milan, Uonstan tine and Uued-Atmenla, Algeria. Permission has been granted for the establishment of a telephone system bo' tween frontier towns of France and Ger many. Vaillant. who dropped the bomb in tho French Chamber of Deputies, says if ho is acquitted he will " begin again within ten days." The London Westminster Gazette est! mates the recent loss of the Bank of Eu gland at not over 150,000. The Daily News places it at not over 300,000. The Presbyterian Church in Paris has emerged victorious from a protracted le gal conflict with the city authorities over the question ot a government grant. Of 200 veteran soldiers poisoned bv eating putrid meat recently at an annual bamiuet at St. Petersburg im are still in a serious condition, and thirty-six have died. There are now fifty-five towns and cities in England which destroy their garbage and solid retnse ny burning, and 50 furnaces are employed lor this pur nose. About 40,000 tramps, it is estimated, are traveling over Germany all the year round. This army consists mostly of mechanics, temporarily unemployed, who are looking lor work. Millions of trees have been felled to the ground in Scotland by the recent great storm which swept over the United Kingdom. Tho Duke of Sutherland lost about 500,000 trees of various kinds. The Burgomaster of Brussels has or dered the formation of a cvclist corps in connection with the local fire brigade for the purpose of carrying the first aid to the persons in danger through an out break. Probably the longest hquulution in history is that of Overend, Gurnev & Co. of London, who failed May 10, 1800, and which was only settled at the com mencement of this month. The concern owed $55,000,000. The Prussian Minister of the Interior, Count ztt Kulenburg, has sent a secret circular to tho Presidents of districts. warning them of the spread of Social ism and asking them to take all possible means to check it. Venice, where oysters were years ago cheap and plentiful, lias been compelled to offer a reward for the conviction of persons found dredging out of season. The oyster merchant of Venice has al most disappeared. The best report of the Pepe's health says that he has aged considerably and trembles ; but there is no more cause for alarm than when his physicians declared five or six years ago that the end might come suddenly at any moment. It is stated that Prince Bismarck has sold his memoirs to a South German publisher for $120,000. The work will probably appear shortly after the Prince's death, and will be published outside the Fatherland. A woman's journal is now published in Alexandria, Egypt, with articles in it written exclusively by women. It is called El Falat (" the young woman "), and is edited by a Syrian lady, Miss Hind Nonfal. Experiments just made at Munich have demonstrated the fact that bullets discharged from a rifle in the usual way can be rendered vehicles of infection, carrying microbes and infecting what ever they strike. The opening of the Manchester (Eu gland) ship canal marks the completion of one of the greatest of engineering en terprises. A city fifty miles inland is thereby made a seaport with a harbor of 114 acres and 5' miles of quay. Arrangements are being made by the British war office in connection with the colonial office for a military expedition, to be formed at Sierra Leone, to proceed against the stronghold of the Sofas, who have lately given some trouble to West African traders. The revival of the " cat " as a mode of punishing criminals in England has led to protests from some of the Liberal journals. Four persons sentenced in London recently to penal servitude were each ordered to receive twenty strokes with the cat-o'-nine-tails. M. Lockrov in L'Eclair savs th Frpnch coast is all but nndefended from Dunkirk to Cherbourg, and that 10.000,000 francs wdl be required to place Cherbourg in a state for defense. He adds that the tame statement holds good in the case of Cor sica, and that the British could easily get a looting at eimer piace. The famous strike of the Lawyers' Corporation of the city of Riora in Au vergne, France, is ended. One of these lawyers or advocates having been im- firoperly treated by a Judge, his col eagues sided with him, and for five months thev refused to plead before the court, whkh was practically closed. Although the year 1900 is still a good way off and nothing has vet ben decid ed even about the cite of the Universal Exposition, which it is proosed to hold then in Paiis, twenty-seven plans for buildings have been submitted, and in ventors are beginning to announce to the world some of the man-els and novelties they are preparing. San Diego is moving for a training school. EASTERN MELANGE. Commodore Stanton Restored ly Secretary Herbert. THE RECEPTION TO HARRISON. Colorado Almost Entirely Recovered From tie Effect or the Panic Roniier Dined. The Carlwnate camp of the Leadville district is producing $10,500 worth of gold a day. There is in preparation a history of the world's fair which will retail at f 1, 000 per copy. Four Duval (Tex.) train robbers have been sentenced to thirty-livo years in the penitentiary. It Is reported that John D. Rockefeller has made another gift of $ 1,000,000 to the Chicago University. It is believed the severance of the Gulf system from the Union Pacific was a mistake in the latter road. Edward S. Stokes has been appointed receiver of the Hotl'inan House and other property belonging to his estate. The creditors of the Kentucky Malt ing Company will get 25 cents on the dollar. Liabilities, 500,000; assets, $180,000. The Denver Jury in tho rase of John Shevnon against the estate of hi" daugh ter, the late Countess Cassell, returned a verdict for $28,000. It is asserted at the Treasury Depart ment that there will be an immediate and general shake-up of the officials of the Mew lork custom-house. Tho Boston Municipal Leaiue, a non partisan and non-sectarian Ixxly, which will opose bad nominations for munici pal offices, has been orgauisted. Superintendent Andrews of the insane asylum at Buffalo has declared Edward 31. field, son ot the late uyrus w. r ieid, sane, and he will be taken back to New lork to stand trial. Commissioner Thomas J. Dowling of New York bureau of labor statistics has sent out 10,000 circulars to manufactur ers with the intention of discovering the cause of hard times. Dr. F. A. Cook of Brooklyn, the eth nologist who accompanied Lieutenant Peary to Greenland in 1801-2, is prepar ing to explore the Antarctic continent or archipelago next fall. General Solicitor Thurston of the Union Pacific says there 's no truth in the re port that tho Union Pacific intends to take steps to bring the Gulf road back into the overland system. Congressman Ililborn has introduced a bill to pension Airs, toward junger- man of San Francisco, who, when 10 years of age, acted as nurse in General Hooker's army at Gettysburg. The Bourbon distillers of Kentucky believe the liquor tax will be increased, and are prepariag to take advantage of it. It will advance the price by lu cents a gallon ot the entire stock on nand The Canadian Pacific will not agree to restore transcontinental rates unless al lowed a differential. The other lines will not agree to this, and the prospect ot a war is growing stronger everyday. The annual report of the Lake Shore and Michigan .southern lor the year end ing De ember 31, 18!3, shows net earn ings oi in.u?.70W. a decrease ot ro.rai. The surplus is $280,770, a decrcaso of $15,232. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the University of Chicago it was de cided to locate tho l orkes Observatory at Lake Geneva. Wis., and the construc tion will commence as soon as the weather perm its. it has been decided that bond invest ment companies can no longer do busi ness legally in Texas, and State officials have taken Bteps to prevent the transac ts of business of such a character within the State. The grand iury at Dubuque, la., lias returned twenty-eight indictments against Van Leuven for pension frauds, and other indictments were returned against Drs. Pegg and Kissel, members of the examining board. An importing house at New York will place California wines on the market and sell them on their merits. Hereto fore it has not been an eaav thing to pur chase California clarets under their proper names of vintages in that market Mayor Terhune of Anderson, Ind.. owing to the number of recent train p outrages, has issued an order instructing the Chief of Police to furnish each night patrolman with a blacksnake whip. Every tramp will be whipp city and whipped again if I ped out of the he returns. The announcement that positions would be provided for all who wanted employment caused a mad scramble at Pittsburg, in which many men were in jured. About 2,000 besiged the city hall. The citizons have raised 20.000 to help beautify the park and streets and give the unemployed work. Secretary Herbert has restored Com modore Stanton todutv, and assigns him to the command of the North Atlantic squadron. The Secretary says the de partment never thought the Commodore did an intentional wrong when he saluted the flag of the insurgent De Mello at Rio de Janeiro. His offense was an error of judgment. The reception to ex-President Harri son at the Union League Club, Philadel phia, was a success in every way. rep resentatives of every class and both par ties attended, and United States Sena tors and Representatives, the Governor and his executive staff and members of the Legislature were among the 1,500 who paid their respects to the ex-Presi dent. The Business Men's Convention at Denver adopted a resolution that Colo rado had almost entirely recovered from the effect of the panic, and while the State iiad been grievously wounded bv the demonetization of silver, her other resources, such as gold, coal and agri culture, were developing wonderfully, and the calling together of the Legisla ture now would do more harm than good. Ex-Secretarv of the Navy Tracy savs that in two years from now France and Kussia wilt have titty modern battle ships of 440,0(4) tons displacement against thirtv-onc of 314,000 tons dis placement for England. Gladstone in Parliament spoke slurringly of Tracy's opinion, bnt Tracy reiterates it and says he believes the French battle ships su perior to the English both in guns and armor. A dinner was given to Robert Bonner at New York, which furnished an oppor nitv for the presentation to Mr. Bonner of a beautiful statuette of his mare Su- nol, which was bought with subscrip tions of a large number of representa tive breeders of trotting horses for pre sentation to .Mr. Bonner in token of their appreciation of his active effort in encouragement of breeding the highest tor ml oi trotting not a. FROM WASHINGTON CITY. Chairman Wilson of the Ways and Means Committee hag prepared a state ment showing the quantities and values of merchandise for 1802 and 18113. Senator John II. Mitchell of Oregon has succeeded in having the celebrated Valentine scrip cases of M. L. Baer vs. the Mornn Bros. Company, a corpora tion, and Jacob C. Mann vs. the North ern Pacific Railroad Company advanced on the docket of the Unitecf States Su preme Court at Washington City, to be argued and submitted March 5. 1804. This Valentine scrip holds lands adjacent to Seattie and Tacoma running up into millions of dollars In value, and tho de cision of the court of last resort will set tle the title of these lands forever. Gov ernor McGraw and Attorney-Genera! Jones joined with Senator Mit-liell in urging advancement of the cases. Senator Chandler of New Hampshire is about to come forward witli a scheme looking to tiie remonetizution of silver. The Senator proposes very radical meth ods of bringing this about. He contem plates the introduction in the Senate after tho reconvening of Congress of a resolution, which he will advocate, ask ing the United States to invite all the countries of the world Eastern, West ern and Southern to attend a monetary conference. A new feature of the pro posed conference is that it shall not be restricted to European gold-standard ceuntries, but shall include the South American an1' Oriental silver-standard countries. Moreover, the invitations to the conference are to contain a declara tion of the United States that the pur pose of the conference shall be establish ment and maintenance of an interna tional ratio, with a specific declaration added that if such ratio cannot be agree 1 upon it will be the purposed the United Stales to adopt a single standard, and that standard not gold, but silver. By taking this extreme position, not as yet advocated in Congress, Chandler thinks the hands of the gold-standard countries not now trading extensively with the Western World can be forced. Information has reached the Treasury Department from the Appraiser of Mer chandise at the port of Chicago that the transportation companies nave laiied to take away rapidly the portion ot mer- chandiso i at the Wi World's Fair intended for exportation ; consequently there are now at least 20,000 packages lying in the buildings, winch cannot be removed by December 31. The Collector has accord ingly asked that the time be extended for holding the buildings as a construct ive bonded warehouse, and the exposi tion officials have agreed to provide suit able police supervision for the customs interests during the period over which the customs control shall be maintained. In consideration of these facts the Treas ury Department has instructed tho Col lector to continue in control of the goods referred to until further instructions are given him. It is said this condition is the result ot bad luitli on the part oi the railroad companies, who promised to re turn the goods to the Beaboard free if the railroad charges were paid one way. .Now tbat the fair is over they are indifferent to the matter, and are using their own convenience and giving other freight preference. A suoieci wiiivu win receive nouie con. . i i.;..,. ;ii ! 1 sideration at the bands of the Committee on Appropriations of the House at this session of Congress is embodied in a bill introduced by Sayres, its Chairman, en titled " a bill to repeal certain laws re lating to permanent and indeflniteappro priations." Bills having this object in view have appeared perennially during the past tun years, but for various rea sons have failed of enactment. The ob ject of recalling these permanent appro priations and having Congress pass upon matters covered by them each year is that it will conduce to a more thorough and careful examination of the items of appropriation than are obtainable under the present system by which accounts are audited and passed upon by account ing officers, and where no opportunity is left for scrutiny by the Congressional ommittee. At the same time objection is made against the changes proposed by the bill because of the injustice that would result to claimants entitled to the amounts paid them under the present system without recourse to specific Con- ?;ressionai legislation. Tho bill now be ore the committee excludes from its provisions the various laws therein spec ified, including the sinking fund and other appropriations under which amounts to many million dollars, rough iy estimated at about one-third of the total permanent appropriations. The total annual permanent appropriations for the fiscal year 1811-4 were l 13.444 080, and it is estimated for 1805 at $101,074. (180. The committee has referred the bill to Secretary Carlisle for his views on the changes proposed, and accounting officers of the department will be asked to submit their opinions before any rec ommendation is made in the matter by the Secretary. I he air of mvstery assumed by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in its Hawaiian investigation gives the mpression that Morgan's resolution, under which the inquiry is held, is merely a cloak for a much more impor tant inquiry than any as to the alleged irregularity of our diplomatic relations with those islands. There is reason for believing that while presumably the present quest is for information hearing upon the conduct of Stevens and Blount there will be an effort at the same time to obtain any Information which will In the first place prove the capability of the islands lor sell-government, and in the second the desirability or otherwise of annexing these islands at some time in . the future. It is understood perfectly by members of the committee who might ' have these in view that there is no hope of annexing the islands nnder the pres-1 ent administration, but those who favor ; this disposition of the little kingdom do not intend to be swerved from their pur pose by the fact that one administration is opKHcd to this course. Senator Mor- , gan, Chairman ot the committee, has ; been scrupulously careful atiout express ing opinions upon the Hawaiian ques tion, or manifesting a disposition to do or say anything which would appear extra-judicial, but he is known to be a firm believer in the wisdom of attaching the islands to this country ai a part of it. just as Alaska is at present attached, and the fact that he has very recently introduced a bill in the Senate providing a lrm of government lor any acquired territory lends plausibility to the sup position that he is looking forward to possibilities far lievond anything in cluded in the resolution nnder which the committee is authorized to conduct the prei-ent bearing. As a plausible ex planation of the origin of the hill, and withont rime end like th acquisition of ii. ;. :u .i:,i:....i. ... iii.au, n in 1.(1111 vi iiii'i nuj i rnum for its existence. Those who know Mor gan best say be is not the man to attempt to secure legislation that wonld tit a sup position. It would appear that when the committee reports it will, so far as ! inM -n .1 : ... .1.. ..... ,.t i.. report, smooth over the events with 1 which thev are concerned. Meantime Minister Thurston, now in Hawaii, will have been heard from as to the rapacity of the present government for tempor-; Freno connty has completed arrange arily managing the affairs of the islands, i tamti to -rect a model of her court and the information, with thecorrobor- house to be nmstrncted of orange and ""? testimoay which the emumitU tw Intern visitors will sea will be able to get together in the mean-1 tin. n.av Have, an tmnrtcnt Kferittf nnnn ll.a fntnra of tbe mmi,,IIW. in. I vestigations. i MIDWINTER FAIR. V .Esthetic Ideas of the Manage ; inent Henring Frnit. MAIN lU'lLDlNliS ALL FINISHED. Oriiameutatioii of the Grand Central Court Receiving a Great Deal of Attention Now. IWeakly circular I.nttor -No. 7.J The work of preparation for the Ex position has uow reached a point where the awthettc ideas of the management are beginning to bear fruit. AH the main buildings are practically finished, so far as the detuils of construction are concerned, and now comes the mutter cf decoration. Charles Graham, the Well-known artist better known, per haps, in the Eu-it than in California on account of his extensive experience with the Harpers, and more recently with the Columbian Exposition lias been ap pointed as director of color for the Mid winter Exposition, and to him falls the duty of superintending the decoration of the Exposition buildings. There has been made no effort in this connection to pattern after the Columbian Exposi tion. The term "White City" will never be appropriately applied to this Exposition. Mr. Graham's idea has been to let delicate tints predominate, and to so di-tribute and arrange these that the peculiar atmospheric effects of the California climate shall be utilized to enhance their harmony and increase their beauty. Warm tones are not par ticularly necessary in the decoration of any group of buildings in this glorions cliiaite of California, and the darkness of background afforded by the almost black foliage is a magnificeut setting for the delicate tints which are to pre vail Some excellent effects have already been partially produced on the main buildings, although none of them are yet to be seen in the fullness of perfec tion. There will be a great deal of gold in the scheme of color, although not entiugh of it to give the architectural group the Hume of the "Golden City. The domes of the Administration build ing will be heavily gilded, and the west ern sun, striking full upon them, will undoubtedly play a very important part in the picturetsqueness of the pano rama. Mr. Graham says that several of the buildings of this Exposition sur- pass in nerfection of detail and architec (Wil.miiint the bnildinira of the Columbian Exposition, and that in the I line of opportunity offered for pictur- T en8C' "!e . ..... n. . never been eeen in any exposition, The ornamentation of the grand central court is also receiving a great deal of attention just now. The elec tilcul fountain is being installed in one end, the basin for the allegorical fount' ain is in place at the other, and the sculpture will soon be ready to be put iu position. The electrio tower has reached a third of its height, and two more weeks will see it completed. Eight or ten inches of rich loam has been Bpread over the entire surface of the grand plaza, and on it will be sown the seed of the flowers and foliage which are to make this the uu at beau tiful spot in all the beautiful Golden Gate Park. There has already beeu transplanted to this grand parallelo gram a large number of bamboo plants and date palms that have been artisti cally distributed, and have made a favorable impression on the publio, which warrants the assertion that the picture to be presented within the lines of the court,, around which the main buildings are situated, will be one of surpassing loveliness. The .Venetian masts, several hundred in number, which are to stand like a line of sol diery around this court, are already iu position. These are to bear the flags of all nations by day, and electric arc lights at night; and between them the sun will shine upon long lines of parti-colored streamers, while the darkness of each succeeding night will be relieved by long lines of incandescent lights and fancy lanterns in the development of the carnivul effects which have been contemplated in this connection. The work on the concessional build ings is proceeding satisfactorily. The exposition will be nearer ready on open ing day than has been the case of any large exposition in the history of the world The management of the Expo sition are to le particularly congratu lated on the fact that in the erection of the 70 odd structures within the Expo sition grounds, on which there has been an aggregate expenditure of nearly $1,000,000, there has, thus fur, occurred no labor trouble, no accidents, and not even an alarm of fire. The programme for opening day lias not yet been completed, but the cere monies will be of a character to war rant the nnbottling of all the enthusi asm which San Francisco and the ad joining cities and towns have lieeu get ing up for this occasion. It took the business men of San Francisco a long while to wake up to the iiiijrtuiu e of this Exposition, but there is no longer any room for criticism on this score, and it is safe to say that when opening day shall arrive the city will be more gaily decorated and its inhabitants will turn out more universally than on any other occasion that has marked the his tory of California. A feature of the Expuiitiuu which has now been fully developed is that which is to include the display of citrus fruit from different parts of the state. Thre are in the state two citrus fair aisncia tioiisthat i.f Southern California and thai of the North-ro citrus counties. Both tbeM fairs will be held thia year fit connection with the Midwinter Ex position, and it will be interesting tg Eastern people to know that these grand display, of oranges and Iriuous are made in the months of January and February. The management of the state citrus fiir northern district has announced its date, to befroaa .Jan. 10 . ,,u California will be on at the same time, In addition to these citrus displays more wonderful displays of the golden fnlit than wLare. ADVICE FOR THE FIANCE. toimible anygMlloii fur Vuung Ptupl Who Hava Hvfoiu Engaged. After you have placed the engagemant ring upon the band of your fiancee It is a q nest Ion whether you should continue to ihower valuable gifts upon the young lady. Flowers as costly as you can afford tljem can be sent as often us your purse will per mit, but parent should have a say as to the acceptance or refusal of Jewelry by the young lady; and iu this matter It Is best to alley the fath-r and mother, for you will moil have the young lady all to yourself, ml it is barely powlblt) that you will your If object as strenuously totlie Importuni ties for jewels which will undoubtedly tome from your young wife. i'ou should always Iw with your fiancee in public places to which you are Invited; at the opera, at theatres, at halls, at re ceptions where gent lemeu attend. If you are alone at the ball or at the opera the fashionable world will believe that you have quarreled, and the fashionable world knows, as a rule, what it Is talking about. Kight here it must lie said that the quar rel is unnecessary and vulgar, and usually ends in a broken engagement, or if de ferred until after marriage, In the divorce court. 1 use the word vulgar advisedly, for no gentleman will allow a petty and uncalled for jealousy to bring him to the point of a quarrel. No lady will give the gentleman actual cause for such action. It is a lady's privilege to fix the wedding day. On this point the edict of fashion is absolute, but there is no Instance on rec ord in fashionable society where the young lady who was really in love failed to take a suggestion in the matter from her pros pective husband. In other words, the gen tleman can suggest, but the lady Axes the day. If the parents of your prospective wife are inclined tobs religious, make it a point to go to church with the family every Sun day evening. The custom or coming early to toe borne of your fiancee and of staying late Is to be deplored. I do not mean to say that you can pos sibly become a bore to her, but 1 do insist that lor the convenience and comfort or other people in the house you should cut your visits almost as short as when you first began to incline favorably toward the young lady. Ten o'clock is a very pretty hour at which to leave, and you will nuu that a strict observance of this will make future welcomes much more hearty. Don't be enthusiastic over your fiancee to your friends. Don't make her the subject of your constant talk. Kverybody knows that It Is Interesting to you, but you are likely to be the only one who is apt not to know how unbearably tiresome you are. There is one delicate question that I have been asked to touch upon, and that Is, Should a man of fashion kiss his fiancee, and if so, on what occasions f There were times when it was not in fashion to kiss the young lady until after the ceremony, but happily that time is only dimly recol lected by the society men of today. The one regulation that I believe It incumbent on me to lay down is that when you kiss the young lady It should lie In her presence alone, because, while it Is very pleasant pastime to the young couple, it is bound to be ridiculed and laughed at, even by the sister or brother, nud smiled at as foolish by the mother, so don't show your intense affection in the presence of any one except the young lady herself. In the ultra fashionable set of all cities it is considered proper that the young lady should always be chaperoned wherever she goes with her prospective husband, and no matter what the conditions may be. The question of the propriety of a young lady's acceptance of invitations to her fiance's home is by no meanssettled. There are many worthy dowagers who would, under no circumstances, favor the accept ance by their daughters of ail invitation to visit the sisters of her fiance. Boston Herald. flow Tropical Fruits An Protected. It may have struck you that most trop ical fruits have thick or hard or nauseous rinds, which need to be torn off before the monkeys or birds for whose use they are intended can get at them and eat them. Our northern strawlierries, raspberries, cur rants and whortleberries, developed with a single eye to the pretty robins and finches of temperate climes, can be popped into the mouth whole and eaten as they stand; tbey are meant for small birds to devour, and to disperse the tiny undigested, nutlike seeds in return for the bribe of the soft pulp that surrounds them. But It is quite otherwise with oranges, shaddocks, ban anas, plantains, mangoes and pineapples; those great tropical fruits can only be eaten properly with a knife and fork, after strip ping off the hard and often acrid rind that guards and preserves them. They lay themselves out for dispersion by monkeys, toucans and other relatively large and powerful fruit eaters; and the rind is put there as a barrier against small thieves who would rob the sweet pulp, but be absolutely Incapable of carrying away and dispersing the large and richly stored seeds it covers. Cornhiil Magazine. Thackeray as a Hhowuiaa. In Thackeray's case the Justification of artificial names, if it lie right to speak of justification, lies in this, that with all the solid reality of. the life portrayed we are never allowed to lone sight of the author and his art In portraiture. He is ever at hand to underline the snobbery or laugh off the pat hos. There Is a strong strain of the sat irist in him, and satire Is akin to allegory; there is even a strain of the caricaturist ready to emerge iu the midst of his noblest art. He is especially fond of nutting on the airs and graces of the showman. His pref ace to "Vanity Fair" is headed "Before the Curtain," and this great novel of real life concludes with "Lome, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.' And we accept ihaelc- eray s snowman a nuinor. uiacawoou s Magazine. Polnls About a lood Hurt. There are some points which are valu able in horses of every description. The head should lie proMirtionately large and well 4-ton, the lower jawbone should be sufficiently far apart to enable the bead to form an angle with the neck, which gives It free motion and a graceful carriage, and prevents it bearing too heavily on the band. The eye should be large, a little prominent, and the eyelids fine and thin. The tar should be small and erect and quick in motion. The lop ear indicates dullness and stubbornness; when too far back there is a' disposition to mischief, lllder anil Driver. Crest ItelU r Ihe World. Tbe grat bell at Moscow weighs 500,000 pound. Next In weight are the liells of Protikoy, XO.OUO pounds; of Peking, l,0UI pounds; of St. Ivan, in Moscow. Ili.OUO pounds; of .Nankin, .70,000 pounds; of lis bon, 45,000 pounds, while the great bell at St. Peter's, in Home, weighs 40,000 pound. -New York Herald. Camel. "Which ft right. Mr. Railroad, 'a quar ter of six' or "a quarter to ixf " "I'm sura I do not know, Miaa lively. I always say 'five fortj flrs.' "Truth. HU Carta!! ArasMel. Mr. Newly wed What 1 this, my dearf lira. Newljwed Sponge cake, darling. "What was it you started out to maksl" -Brooklyn Life. Tbe kiod of religion that tells in the long rua is tbe kind that acrer howls aad growls because there is no pudding aa wash day. PORTLAND MARKET. Wbsat Valley, 9205c ; Walla vrana, MtgwiM per cental. HOPS, WOOL AMD BIDIS. Hors '03s, choice, 15(3 10c per pound ; medium, 1012c; poor, 5(oc7c. Wool. Valley, 10llc per pound; Umpqua, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, U 10c. according to quality and shrinkage. Hidks Dry selected prime, 6c; green, salted, (JO pounds and over, Ji.'ac; under 00 pounds. 2(3 Sc: sheep pelts, shearlings, 10(il5c: medium. 20(335c: long wool, 3000c; tallow, good to choice, 3.'t'uc per pound. UVi ANO PBISSIO MEAT, Bur Top steers, 20 per pound ; fair to good steers, 2c; No. 1 cows, 2c; fair cows, l)c; dressed beef, $3.605.00 per 100 pounds. i Mutton Best sheep, $2.00; choice mutton. $1.75(32.00; lambs, $2.00(32.25, Hoos Choice heavy, $4.555.00 ; me dium, $4.O04.5O; light and feeders, H-U04.!)0; dressed, fO.OU. ViAi-$3.00S5.00. fbovibions. Eastibn Smoked Miatb and Lard Hams, medium, 123413c per pound; hams, large, 1213c; bams, picnic, U12c; breakfast bacon, 13(gl5c; short clear sides. ll13c; dry salt sides, lOSOllc; dried beef hams, 12 S, 13c; lard, compound, in tins, 9(ai0,'.jO per pound; pure, in tins, lly (gia'.jC ; pigs' feet, 80s, $5.50 ; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.00. COKDAQK. Manilla rope, Wi in. cir. and op, 10'c ; mamua rope, lz-tureau, 7. uiam., 11c; manilla rope. 6 and O-thread. i and 5-10 diam., 11,4c; manilla bail rope, in coils or on reels, lOMc; manuia lam yarn, tarred, 9c : manilla hawser-laid rone well' boring, etc.. 13c; manilla transmission- of-power rope, 14c; manilla paper twine. lie; manuia spring twine, 14c; sisal rope, Hi in. cir. and upward, 7c; sisal rope, 12-thread, i diam.. 7'ij'c; sisal rope, 0 and 0-th read, 1 and 5-10 diam., 8c; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7c; hop-vine twine, tarred, 7c; sisal paper twine, Rc FLOUR, KID, arc. Floor Portland, $2.75; Salem, $2.75; Cascadia, $2.75; Dayton, $2.76; Walla Walla, $3.15; Snowflake, $2.90; Corval lis, $2.05; Pendleton, $2.05; Graham, $2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats White, 3334o per bushel; gray, 3132c; rolled, in bags, xo.Hxaj 6.60; barrels, $8.75(37.00; in cases, $3.75. MiLLsrcrra Bran, $13(310; shorts, $1516; ground barley, $10(?18; chop fowl ill nor ton! whole) feed barley. ttO(it 70c per cental; middlings, $2328 per ton: chicken wheat. ti5c$1.16 per cental. Hay Good, $1012 per ton. DAIRY PRODCCS. Buttir Oregon fancy creamery, 30 32,'c; fancy dairy, 2627c; fair to good,2022c; common, 10i(fl7.'c per pound. Ciikisi Oregon, 1013c; Califor nia, c; Young America, 12(n)15c; Swiss, imported, 3032c; domestic, 10 18c per pound. Eous Oregon, 25o per doten; East ern, 2327V Poultry Uhtckens, mixed, quoted at $2.50(33.00 per dozen; dressed, 80c per pound; ducks, $3.50(34.50 per dozen; geese. $8.00; turkeyB, livo, 12,c per pound; dressed, 1314u. vkgrtabi.es and itbuits. " Vmrtablrs Cabbage, Is per pound; potatoes, Oregon, 00(3 75c per sack ; on ions, $1.25 per sack ; sweet potatoes, 2'4'c wr iuuiiu , Virgil tciui j , wiuw , ai ii- chokes, 85c per dozen. Fruits Sicily lemons, $5.00(35.50 per box; California now crop, $4.00(34.50 per box ; bananas, $1.60(33.00 per bunch ; Honolulu, $1.50(82.50; California navels, $3.7534.00 per box; seedlings, $3.00(3 3.50; Mexican, $.'1.50(33.75; Japanese, $1.752.0O; grapes, $1.00(31.25 per box; apples(bnying price), green, 50(3(ifi per box; red, 6055c; cranberries, $0.00 per barrel ; persimmons, $1.50 per box. canned goods. Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted, $1.75(32.00; peaches, $1.852.00; Bart lett pears, $1.75(32.00; plums, $1.37s 1.50; strawberries, $2.25(2.45; cherries, $2.26(32.40; blackberries, $1.85(32.00; taspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25 2.80; apricots, $1.05. Pie fruits, assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, $1.0001.20: blackberries. $1.2531.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.153.50; peaches, $3.5004.00; apri cots, $3.60 4.00; plums, $2.75(83.00; blackberries, $4.254.50 ; tomatoeB,$1.10. Meats Corned beef, Is, $1.40; 2s, $2.10; chipped, $2.35; lunch tongue, Is, $3.50; 2s. $0.75; deviled ham, $1.50 2.75 per dozen. Fish Sardines. XA. 75c$2.25; 9, $2.15(34.50; lobsters, $2.30(33.50; sal mon, tin Mb tails, $1.25(31.60; flats, $1.76;2-lbs, $2.252.50; -barrel, $5.50, STAPLE GROCRBIBS. Corns Costa Rica, 23V; Rio, 22 4 . 1. . CI I .1 . , 1 . .. . . 1 . . 1,1 , I . 1 (S&jc; oaivauor, a,"ac, luuuna, io;sus 28c; Arbuckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound cases, 25.30c per pound. uaiED buits tsua pack, route prunes, o8c; silver, lutgizc; Italian, 810c; German. 0(8c; plums, otgioc: evaporated apples, 8(3 10c; evaporated apricots, 15(8 10c; peaches, 10(jsl2,'uc; pears, 7 (911c per pound. Salt Liverpool. 200s. $15.50; 100s. $16.00; 60s, $16.50; stock, $8.50(30.60. Sykiii Eastern, In barrels, wnoc; In half barrels, 42(357c ; In cases, W(3 80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg; California, in barrels, zu(g-wc per gauon ; si.io per keg- ..... ... Sugar i,4'ic; uoiuenu, 1'oc; extra 11.. I .lal A Kl. V, WlllCVVIUIIUia A, VTB, Ul, IjiMll- nlated. S'ic: cube, crushed and pow dered, 5 'Bc per pound; c per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash; maple sugar, lorgioo per pound. ItKANs Small white, No. 1, 2?4'c ; No. 2, 2'ic; large white, 24c; pea beans, 2?4c; pink, 2'c; bayon, 2v; butter, 3c; Lima, 3'c per ponnd. Kick No. 1 Sandwich Inland, $4.50(3 4.75; no Japan in market. Pick i.ks Barrels, No. 1, 28(3300 per gallon; No. 2, 20(?28c; kegs, 5s, 85c per keg ; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen ; quar ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen. Kaisins iondon layers, boxes, $1.75 (32.00; halves, $2.00C32.25; quarters, $2.25(32.75; eighths, $2.50(33.00. lxxse Muscatels, boxes, $1.50; fancy faced, $1.75; bags, 3 crown, 4'5c per pound; 4 crown, 5(35l.jc. Seedless Sultanas, boxes. $1.75(32.00; liags, 0(8c per ponnd. Bpk'BK Whole Allspice, 18w20e per pound: cassia. UW 18c; cinnamon, 22(3 40c; cloves, I8(:i0r; black pcp'r, 20(3 25c; nntmeg, 75ft. 80c. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. The ely Pare Craaai a'Tartu FARM AND GARDEN. Experience in Raising Chickens by Lamp Heat SEVERAL AGRICULTURAL NOTES. Wintering the Calf-Requlsltes of t Successful Farmer Market ing Feathers-Etc. Fewer eggs will be gathered if the heni are crowded. Fowls two years old are as a rule best for breeding purposes. Fowls like mustard seeds occasionally; also chopped onions in winter. Alum dissolved in water is recommend ed for diarrhiea in the early stages. . Medium-sized turkeys that are in a good condition bring tne best price. Now is the time to fatten and market all roosters not needed for breeding. If corn has been put in temporary cribs, put some sort oi roof over it be fore tbe heavy snows come. Remember that turkeys, being much larger, need more food than chickens. They also bring more money in market. Punctuality should be the motto of the dairyman. Regularity in feeding and milking is a prime factor in getting the highest results. Plan to farm so as to turn off crops that take little from the fertility of the farm and give good money returns for the bulk taken away. The continued dry weather offers splendid opportunity to those engaged in putting in tile. Keep at it untifdone or the weather stops further work. Young pullets notably lay small eggs. Moral : Breed only from eggs of hens of full growth and vigor. The same rule will apply to all domestic anlma's. iuvnv, imin, kilo loicw gimua, nib.. plenty of fresh bone, cut fine, will make good poultry if they are kept free from lice and nave otherwise comiortaoie quarters. A few days spent in filling the feed bins in the barn, in storing up bedding material and making thing convenient about the place will save time and ex- Dosure in doing chores when more dis agreeable weather arrives. WINTERING TIIE CALF. The first year of a calf's life determines to a great degree its value as an animal for profit, says Western Plowman. If it is permitted to run with the cows, steert and older cattle, where it will be jostled about and made to stand back from the feed until such a time as it can get to take up the refuse left after the stronger have had their choice, an unprofitable. stunted calf will be the result. The calf must have its own shed, its own feed lot, its own ration of grain and its own rack of hay; when supplied in this way with a proper amount oi teed ot good quality, it will grow through every month of the year and yield a profit to its owner. As the calf grows the feed must.be gradually increased. The tmiiortance 01 a change of feed at this time must not be-oiefc. looked. Give a little oats and barley occasionally. Shelled corn is a good feed for tbe calf, as are also commeai. bran and shorts ; but do not give one variety of grain food continuously. Give a change occasionally. The sooner the calf can grown up to cow or steer size the more profit there is in the business. Give the calf a chance. MARKBTIN'e) FEATIIKBS. Poultry raisers should always save the feathers, and in the shape that brings the highest prices. And dealers prefer to have the feathers from the goose, duck and hen picked dry. If they are scalded, dealers prefer to do their own dressing, as in many cases it is not thoroughly done by the poultry men and redressing is necessary. Bat always save them dry picked if possible. Scalded geese are worth from 5 to 10 cents per pound less than dry picked, ducks from 3 to 5 cents less, and chicken feathers are worth about half price. Turkey feathers are also unite valuable. In picking these save all the feathers that grow on the tail ; also in the two joints of the wing next the body. The pointed, one-side quills that grow on the outside or tip of the wing sell at a low price, and should be kept separate. In packing lay the feathers In straight in as light boxes as possible. Do not stuff them into bags, as it breaks them. Be fore packing weigh your boxes with the covers, marking the weight in plain fig ures on the side. , BKQUISITE8 or a successful farmbS. To be a most successful farmer a man' should be well posted and well educated. There are few branches of knowledge from which he cannot draw in every-day life. In the natural sciences the gradu ate of the highest institutions of learn ing in the land will find in the ordinary work of the farm a post-graduate course which will be more practical and thor ough than that prescribed in the curric ulum of any of our schools. The introduction of a line of study in in this direction given at our schools can be carried on indefinitely and to decided advantage. A knowledge of entomology will assist tbe farmer in determining among the insects which surround him his friends and his enemies, and being able to protect the one and destroy the other may be of great value. The same is true in regard to birds, beasts and reptiles. It is along this line that an education may be put to practical use. intelligent euort is always rewarded. RAISING CHICKENS BY LAMP HEAT. Mv experience has been so unusual In . bringing through a nest of deserted eggs that I send it for tbe benefit of the many readers of Farm and Home, says Mrs. Conrow of Erie county. Pa. Having a hen setting on twelve eggs, she left her nest, and not wishing to lose the eggs, I took a common cylinder and put some soft material in the bottom, then put in the egirs and covered them with woolen cloth. The cylinder was then bung nn der the hanging lamp and a lighted Tamp set nnder it on the table, pulling the cylinder down close and turning the lamp down so low as to get the required heat. After four days nine nice chickens crawled out, the other three eggs being infertile, in a lew days another hen left eleven eggs, which were treated in the same way, and after two days nine more chickens batched out. The chick ens are all doing nicely. Powder. Mo Ke Alam.