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J OREGON COURIER 1 VOL. XI. OREGON CITY. CLACKAMAS COUNTY. OREGON, FRIDAY. JANUARY 12. 1884. NO. 33. !v. ,f-P. OCCIDENTAL NEWS. Railway to be Constructed to California Coal Fields. KBOM WASHINGTON CITY. The pension office ha decided that In ew of the act of Congress of December 21, 18113, it no longer hag the right to view of the out of Congress of December 'I II K (10SKOKD (JOING TO PIECES. Allah's of the Pacific Bunk of San KraucUco Reported to be in a DiHcouraginir Way. V. II. Lowell, a fruit grower near I Angeles, luiH failed for $120,000, with as sets of $8,500. Yuma, A. T., hail elected a Republican municipal ticket for the first time in twenty years. The flood Hope mine in Riverside county, ('ill., has been Hold for $500,000 to Eastern mining men. The new gchedule of wages at Marc Island went into ellect January 1. The Kittnu reductions were made in the navy yanlH in trie f.anl. It now turns out that the story of the Miming to death ol a Mojave squaw by her tribe near Needles, Cul., because she gave birth to twins, was a hoax. The British ship Gosford, which was lowetl Into tojo a lew weeks ago' with licr cargo on lire, is going to pieces un der the Iniffetings of recent storms. Judge Zano at Salt Iake, Utah, lias given Mrs. In-m" a decree of divorce, and declared i., a i.m no that the killing o( .Montgomery by Irvine was a coward ly act. The Nanaimo (B. C.) miners have ac cepted a reduction equal to loft per cent, the management having made Blight concessions with regard to nan tiling drifts. Tho Santa Fe New Mexican has been purchased by a Democratic syndicate, and will become an administration or gan. It has been the leading Kepublican paper ol tlie Territory. It is definitely settled that the Olyra pia will shortly fly her commission pen mint, as orders have been received bj Oeuerai Storekeeper Bacon at Mare IhI and navy yard to prepare the Olympia's stores and supplies so as to nave tnem put on board the cruiser without delay on her arrival at Mare Island. It is stated from Albuquerque, N. M., that a few weeks ago John Glenn, an American sheepman who " unfortunate ly " bad a bunch of sheep belonging to a Mexican in his flock, was shot, and from this fact was originated the wild story sent abroad that a race war was in progress and that twenty-four men had been killed in open battle near Lagnpa IMgallo. The Fort Bragg Lumber Company will build a short railway line from Fort Bragg on the coast to the coal fields near Round Valley, Mendocino county, Cal. Thomas L. Johnson and General Russell A Iger of Michigan are behind the scheme. The coal fields "which are to be opened .were sold by James I Flood and John - W. Mackav to tlie lumber company for $400,000. Since Rogue river in Oregon has re gained its normal stage of water, a deep channel is being cut straight out to sea, while the north spit has moved out to tea lully halt a mile. At low tide a low spit caii be seen reaching out from the MuConnack rock in a semi-circle to the mouth of the river, half a mile farther out than tlie former spit, and where the mouth of the river formerly was is now dead water. The Scottish-American Investment Company has begun suit against the Portland Industrial Kxposition for $55, 000 on a promissory note, and the ap pointment of a receiver and foreclosure of a mortgage on the exposition grounds as security for payment of the note are asked for. The amount sued for was loaned to the exposition la9t February, and was due in seven years, but the com pany defaulted its interest, and the whole sum is now due. The exposition last full was a failure. Suit was brought at Portland to re cover $22,000 damages on account of G. V. Ilazen, cashier of the Portland Na tional B nk, having given letters of rec ommendation to the Ainslie Lumber Company, whereby it secured credit to that amount at the Bank of Nevada. This stun proved a total loss. It is al leged that at tho time tne letters were written the lumber company owed the Portland bank $1)0,000 and was insolvent, which fact was known to the defendant. Tlie defendant's demurrer was overruled by the Judge, who held the Nevada Bank hail caune for action. According to the report of the Bank Commissioners who are liquidating the affairs of the Pacific Bank of San Fran cisco the realization of tlie assets is like ly to prove a long and troublesome affair. The estimated amount of assets is slight ly over $1,000,000, against total liabilities due all classes of creditors of $1,592,000. Nearly all the huge assets of the bank are complicated with all manner of en tanglements, both legal and commercial and in manv instances are disputed. Kf forts toward realization on notes and overdrafts have so far yielded but little. although a formal demand for payment has been made upon all debtors, in re gard to the indebtedness of Mr. Gage, amounting to $100,000, and that of the John Brown Colony, which owes the bank $200,000, several actions have been instituted against the respective parlies, but it will require much time and many suits to unravel the matters. I he com missioners state that chances of a speedy dividend appear remote; that there is only a little more than $32,000 at pres ent'in their hands in addition to the $50,' 010 belli by the Sheriff to secure juilti inents, and that their attempts to realize uon assets have thus tar been most un satisfactory and will necessitate longand tedious litigation to avail anything. Charles Clark has been appointed re ceiver of the Oregon Pacific. He quali fied the other day, and a capable and economical management is assured. After the resignation of Receiver Had ley it was generally believed that F. J. Miller, who bad been named for the po sition by the employes, would be ap pointed.'bnt some opposition was made to his selection. Mr. Clark is a practical railroad man, and has been with this company several yean in the capacity oi train dispatcher and acting superintend ent in the absence of that official. As the position came to him unsolicited and without objections from any source, the appointment will no doubt meet with the approval of all interested in the road. No radical changes are anticipated. Many are of the opinion that an error was committed in asking for Mr. Had ley's removal. People are beginning to realize that whatever mistakes he may have made, if they conld be called mis takes, were made nnder the promises of certain Eastern capitalists in whom he had placed confidence, but whom he has since learned to distrust: that bis effort on behalf of the road were for what he sincerely believed to be for the best, and that they would have proved such had the promises of New ork parties been earned oat. EASTERN MELANGE. withhold the pension of Judge I-ong of Michigan, and has directed he be again placed on the pension rolls. The Secretary of the Treasury has sen a communication to Congress in which he estimates that an appropriation of ii ,zsu,uo3 win he necessary to defray the expenses of collecting the revenue from customs for the fiscal year ending June :u, ini io. At rort Townsend $oz,;!oo will be necessary to defray the expense of collection. The Pacific Mall Steamship Company after February 1 will form a once-a-week mail service between New York and Co lon Instead of thirty-six trips a year four years' contract with the government requires the company to make thirty-six trins a vir diirinff tlin flint two veari and fifty-two a year during tho fatter hall ol the period, Representative Maguire has introduced a K8tal telegraph bill providing for an Issue ol !24,K)0,U0O in bonds to be ex pended in the erection of telegraph lines, starting at thirty-two of the largest cit ies in the country. The tolls are fixed at 10 cents for ten words, and the Post master-General is authorized to arrange for a rate of 20 cents per 100 words for news dispatches. The report on the mining resources of the country, prepared by Chief Day of the division oi mining statistics ot the geological survey, shows that the high water mark in mineral production was reached in 1802, both in this and every other country. The total value of all the mineral products of that year was $084,778,708. This is $20,000,000 greater than lor any previous year, The monthly issue of a pilot chart of the racinc Ucean, similar in general Character to the chart ol the .North At lantic, is in contemplation by the naval hydrographic oflice. At present there are no means of distributing informa tion to mariners oi tne racinc ucean, and the demand has been so general not only among American mariners, but among foreigners, that the hydrographic officers believe there Is as much reason for publishing a Pacific pilot chart bb there is a chart of tlie Atlantic Ucean Congress will therefore be urged to an thorize the publication, which is attend' ed with very slight expense. Somo irossin Is beinir indulged in as to the probability of further immediate gold shipments, in view ol the fact that the average lossol gold to the Treas ury in January for the past twelve vcars has been $0,600,000 some Treasury offi cials do not believe there is any prospect of such shipment, while others hold the opinion that witli a stiffening of rates of exchange such exports are altogether probable, The belief is general, how ever, that, if such shipments are in dulged in, New York banks would not come to the relief of the Treasury to any considerable extent and thus prevent a depletion of the gold reserve. The United States Supreme Court has rendered a decision in the case of Annie vs. the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad against the com pany. The plaintiff, Mrs. Angle, a widow, sued for money due her husband for work he was ready to perform in Imildinz the Snnerior Air line. . The court holds that the company secured a land grant of 8,000,000 acres from the Superior Company by misrepresentation to the Wisconsin legislature, and sus tains the charges of fraud. Mrs. Angle's claim amounts to $00,000. The claims of the stockholders of the Superior Air Line are yet to be filed. The lands se cured by the OinahaCompanv are valued at millions of dollars. The Secretary of State and the British Ambassador are pursuing negotiations lor an agreement upon the regulations to police cell ring hea. It is important that these regulations shall be agreed upon before the opening of the sealing season. The formalities to be gone through between the two governments will consume much time. The Navy department is apprehending some em barrassment in supplying sufficient ves' eels of the small class required to do the work oi patrolling the territory desig nated by the tribunal at Paris. When found necessary to police Behrlng Sea before, the Treasury Department had to be called upon lor revenue cutters to aid in the work temporarily. They cannot well be spared for permanent use in that work. ISO active steps have as yet been taken toward the preparation of a patrol fleet. Secretary Morton has expressed sur- prise at the utter misapprehension on the part of the public of his position in regard to the agricultural experiment stations appropriations and ol the mo tive which indu'-ed him to omit this sum from the estimates of expense in his de partment for the ensuing fiscal year. He said : "As a matter of fact I have taken the same course in this respect as was adopted by my predecessor, General Ruek, and (as I understand from George William Hill, to whom Secretary Ruk expressed himself on the subject) on precisely the same grounds. Tlie read ing of the sixth page of my report to Ihe President shows clearly what the grounds for my action are. The fact is plain to any one who takes tlie pains to review the only official utterance 1 have ex pressed on the subject, that no sugges tion of the abolition of a State station was suggested by me." It is generally agreed among Demo cratic Senators that the financial ques tion will remain untouched in Congress till the tariff bill is disposed of. Voor hees said that no effort whatever would be made to press his silver bill until the tarid is out ot the way. When reached, however, he thought it would prove i solution of the problem. Bland also an nounces that he will not try to get his tree coinage up in the House till the tar iff bill is passer'. Carlisle's bond issue proposition will probably give way to the tariff, as the latter is considered a matter of primary importance, and its decision may put matters in such a condition as to make issuance of bonds unnecessary. Furthermore, it !b known that the silver men approve of bonds and are prepared to vote for their issue against any man who does not favor free silver. Hence there need be no cause for surprise if the tuning uu ui wiu iajiiu pruixmmon may be delayed so long as to render it impol itic to take it up at all. It has been decide I to increase the whisky tax 10 cents a gallon, from 90 cents to $1, to be levied against whisky in as well as out of Dond. Upon a rep resentation that this increase would work nndue hardship to the owners of whisky in bond it was decided to extend the bonded period from three to eight years. The tax on playing cards, at one time fixed at 6 cents a pack, was reducer! 2 cents and the contemplated tax on per fumes and cosmetics discarded. No in crease was mae in the tax on cigars, but the increase on cigarettes of 11 per 1,000 was allowed to stand. The committee estimates that the tax on incomes from corporations and individals (corporations being treated as individuals) win raise $30,000,000 revenue 12,000,000 from corporations and $18,000,0X10 from indi viduals. The increase in the whisky tax. it is estimated, will give an additional revenue of $10,000,000. The tax on in heritances, which was to be introduced in case the proposition for the individual income tax failed, is not deemed neces sary. Marshall Field's Grand Gift to the Columbian Museum. FOREIGN FLASHES. PILOT CHART OF NORTH PACIFIC Receipts and Expenses of the Land Department of tbe Northern Pacific for 18!i;i. Chicago has a deficit of over $3,000, UUO. Pittsburg'! relief fund amounts to $00,000. Chicago is now claiming a population oi z.uuu.uuu. . ; . Philadelphia is to try water-gas mak ing on Its own account. The Indians are costing the govern ment 17.000.000 per vear. Reports from the winter-wheat sections lone lnl8 year show a much smaller average than last England, it is said, will spend more year. man auuu.uw.uuu on tier navy within Another wonderfully rich streak of "ie ne nv" years gold quartz has been struck at Cripple Greece will probably be forced by the Creek, Col. creditor powers to reduce her army and The health department of New York nftvy ni PS ner aebt nronoses to make war arrainst the use of Morocco ouzht to pav Spain $12,000.' bituminous coal. 000 indemnity for the Melilla troubles, A famine prevails in Central Asia. Paris is to have a World's Cook Con gress. The Argentine navy now comprises nity-iour "rut-class vessels. It is confidently predicted that a Congi ooom is about to commence. A German company is said to be after tne Nicaragua canal iranchise. The drouth in the Argentine Republic is causing serious damage to crops. The annual cost of the British army is i7,ouu,uuu; oi the navy jE14,U0U,uuu, Tin-plate workers of Meath, Wales, have had their wages cut 10 per cent, It is reported that Italy is negotiating a loan oi ow.uou.uw lire in uermany. The Shah of Persia will visit Berlin St. Petersburg, Paris and Vienna next spring. The Kaiser has ordered that alumin ium cooking utensils be used in the Ger man army. The Barcelona 'police have hit upon another factory containing forty pear- shaped bombs. Two thousand new books will be put on the market by London publishers Sneaker CrisD savB that the Wilson bill will pass theHouBeof Represent' ... tives by January 31, The Colorado Farmers' Alliance wants Congress to issue legal-tender notes to the amount of $200,000,000. Bishon Coxe at Buffalo has Renin de nounced the position of the Catholic Uhurcli on the public-school question In this country Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan. Kansas and Missouri each reports a smaller acreage sown to winter wheat this season than in miz. The financial and commercial depres sion existing in Canada at the present time Is being more severely left than any depression since ist7. There is considerable force in the as sertion of Governor Fishback of Arkan sas that the Indian Territory is being rapidly converted into a school or crime A shooting scrape at a ball at Cedar, eight miles from Columbia, Tex., re sulted in the death of three, the fatal says a Madrid newspaper. ' t The Prussian government has demon strated that petroleum is a reliable scale preventer in steam boilers. It is announced that a charter for university for Wales has been signed by the Queen, and consequently has become law, A committee of the London Stock Ex change is at present elaborating a plan to abolish or at least cripple the bucket shop business. France intends to abandon her demand for the extradition of Dr. Herz, because it is alleged she is averse to reviving the ranaina scandal. The annual returns of the Clyde ship building industry show that the total output for 1395 was 208,000 tons, against 330,000 last year. Japanese feeling against foreigners continues to increase. The chaplain of tbe British legation was recently ass aulted in Tokio's streets. Seven persons have been arrested at wounding of four and slight injury to Odessa, Russia, charged witli having several. lormed a combine tor the purpose oi rob' A recent decision of the Indiana 8u- bingthe famine-stricken peasantry. preme Court admitted women to prac- A Buenos Ayres paper says that the tice before the Indiana bar. MiBS Stella agricultural products of Argentine have trebled in the last ten years. The value of this year's crop amounted to $87,000, 000. The Royal Commission reports that in Scotland, as elsewhere, the supply of ag ricultural laborers is much less than twenty years ago. They have gone to town The electric railway has penetrated even the fastnesses of the Tyrolese Mountains, a road twenty seven .miles long being projected between Kiva and rinzoio. Paris is to have a mahogany roadway, . . f Tl .. T - 1? I- J Colby was the first to take advantage of that decision. A pioiect is on foot in Mississippi and elsewhere in the South to purchase Jef ferson Davis house at Ueauvoir lor a home for indigent ex-Confederate sol- diers and widows of soldiers. It is a good sign of Mexico's credit in the markets of the world that Finance Minister Limantour has completed ne gotiations witii a Berlin house for a loan ol lo.uuu.uuu upon lavoraoie terms. The Iron Age thinks that the extreme ly easy money market and low cost of material will induce very considerable A part of Rue La Fayette is being paved extension of electric railways in various I witli that wood. It is only an experi- parts of the country during this year. rnent, dm it sounds like a very expen- Manv people living in Rochester. N. 8n e one' Y.. who would and could work, are do- The Cairo correspondent of the Ixn- barred from so doing because of insufH- don News says that the native Egyptian cient clothine. Children, too. are unable press is renewing its violent attacks on to go to school because they have no the Jintisli and inciting the people, to shoes. rebellion. The State Department is dissatisfied I-ord Salisbury's recent speech in the with the rejiortsol Minister Thompson upper House during the debate on in at Rio. It is thought he is enjoying him- dian finances is regarded as a definite self in the neighborhood and is not keep- pronouncement in Tavor of international inz himself well posted as to the condi- bimetalism. tion at Kio. His reports are direct v the l he Vienna publicans have started a opposite of Captain Picking, and favor boycott against Pilsener lieer on account the insurgents. oi a rise in tne price, and they are agi- The Sioux Citv. O'Neil and Western "nS throughout AiiBtria-Hungary tor Kailway Uompany in its answer to the i wi-hjiuuu. foreclosure suit of the Manhattan Trust A portion of an "Adventurer's share " Company, trustee for the funds, declares in the New River Company has been that its total capitalization was placed at sold, making the price of one share more nearly $0,000,000 on 1110 miles of road, or than 4oO,UOO. Tins is tlie highest Ug- three times Its cost. This being contrary ure ever reached. to the constitution and lawsof Nebraska, A significant sign of the hard times is me nireciors as iiiai an me siocn aim 8een m . ie ittc. .j... . ,a Scot and Yard MDWINTER FAIR. The Five Main Bnidings Are Practically Finished. A DARISfi FEAT ACCOMPLISHED. Quite a Number of the Concessional FeafnreH in Readiness One i of the SeusiitioiiH. i authorities have after much discussion voted to allow the London police to carry pistois lor tins winter only. The British government has decided to expend a lame sum on strengthening tbe defenses at Portland. Half a million bonds be declared void and the rood turned over to the assignee of the Union Loan and Trust Company for the benefit of the company's creditors, who ad vanced the money to build the road. The hydrographic office of the Navy wXt Pilot chart of the North Pacific Ocean " v",v for January. 1804. Its purpose is to il- Mr. Holinsworth has given to Bir- lustrate the character of the monthly mingham some rentable houses, simply nn ill ii-n tion which has been planned bv as an endowment for a citv. Tlie Town the hydrographic office for the benefit of Council accepted, with the hope that the maritime people of the Pacific Coast, this " will be the first of a lonir line of The estimates ol the secretary ot the Bucti guts." ?" """".f" In Ho and women nd irnn ol item of $10,000 for the publication of the . I .L. I ... - oh.rf H f fWrM. should orint this ?,u'" "e u."ue.r U,B m. a now. v, . . n - - - - orlilddtm tn hfvin vnrk enrlipr than A. h. or to continue work after 7 r. h., sum. it is proposed to issue the first day of each month an edition showing graph ical v such information of timely inter est and warning to mariners as can be collected from reports of incoming navigators. Of the 47.000.000 acres of land granted to the Northern Pacific railroad by the act of Congress July , 1HH4, only D,3bd, 423 acres had been patented to the com- nor can their work exceed eleven hours a day in all. A British old fogy laments that what was once "1 thank' you, Bir," long ago lost tne l ' and became Thank you sir." Then the sir " was dronned. and soon "Thank you" became "thanks." and then " Thanks, awfully," and finally pany at the close of the last fiscal year, has disappeared, Z rfrX.Tji b fin TeJL . MnZT The German War Minister, Von Asch, a ! ,0T.t,: ?545:42S,!S2!2f i1.!' has given a semi-sanction to dueling in ..:. loofl in inn ... .i. wo law. me speecii raised a storm oi grant located in Washington have also Priests in the Diet. been restored. Over 20,000,000 acres Captains White and Donovan, who more of government land have been cer- were in the Matalele country, have gone titled to the company, and it lias sold for each since the grant was first madedown to the present time 8,386,688 acres. The total cash receipts from all sales have amounted to $32,710,974, and there re mains outstanding on account ot tune sales 15.079.061. principal and interest. Tlie receipts of the land department of the northern racinc iompany tor ine past year were $l,bo0,224.bti and its ex penses $577,643.82. The indications are that the stock holders of the Columbian Exposition Company will soon receive 10 per cent dividend on their stock. According to the report of Auditor Harrington there I. 1 1 A, A Arm A.IA was ueceniurr i aiu,wu,uw iu i-t&piuti stork. Of this amount (3.000.000 was subscribed by the city of Chicago and the other $D,UUU,uuu by individuals, in the December reports there was an esti mate that the net assets of the exposi tion company would be about tl,7U,85H. Allowing for the closing up of the expo sition affairs, it would appear that not more than 10 cents on the dollar could be returned to tbe stockholders. One of the considerations which deterred the Finance Committee from making a rec ommendation was the fact that, if a div idend of any amount were paid now, it would interfere with the donations of stock to the Columbian Museum. In ccordance with the conditions of Mar- hall Field's gift of $1,000,000 to tbe mu seum there should be donated to the trustees of that institution $2,000 000 of exposition stock and $500,000 cash sub scriptions. Tbe condition is not fulfilled. to IaiimIoii. Thev have given a detailed account of the fighting. Captain White denies the story of immense slaughter of the Mataheles, and says not more than 1,500 or 2,000 warriors were killed in the whole campaign. Missionary Robert Ashe, who returned lately to London from Uganda, asserts that a dangerous Arab ferment threat ens to disturb the whole country. The Arabs are well armed and prepared with ammunition, he says, and unlimited material is being smuggled through Mombasa after having been openly ad mitted through German territory. Im mediate definite action is necessary, Mr. Ashe says, in order to avert another Sou dan experience. The pa-t year's output of the Frow-r river canneries ia valued at $2,500,0000. We have observed for many years that the blackberry is rarely ever abundant in anv of our Wire markets. Thin in a crop that rarely fails where it has proper attention, and will return a good profit upon the land and labor which it requires. When planting trees for the adorn ment of the home gronnds let ni counsel yon to give preference to the native for est growths. Do not waste money for fancy foreign growths that are not half o handsome nor well suited to the pnr- V- I 11 - M . puve. eriv Bii n our Dauve tree can be nsed to advantage for tbia purpose. (Weekly C1rcu'r Lettur-No. 8.1 "With tho single exception of the Ad- numsiratiou building, which needs a full week's work before it will be com pleted, the five maiu buildings of the California Midwinter International Ex position are practically finished. Still, it has been found impossible to open the Exposition in all its departments on Jan. I. ' When the projectors of this indus trial enterprise took advantage of the glorious midwinter weather in Califor nia they did not expect that the wintry hills on the shore of Lake Michigan, and the mountains of snow between that point and this, would array themselves In opposition to their plans. This, how ever, has proven to be the case, and hundreds of carloads of exhibits which were to come from the Columbian Ex position to stund on dress parade in Golden Gate pork have been seriously delayed by the weather. There has been great difficulty experienced in gutting cars to load goods on at Chicago as fast as they were ready, and when they hod once been started westward, a series of obstacles had to be overcome until, even though the buildinirs in Sun Francisco are practically reudy for their reception, the bulk of the exhibits which are to be made by foreign nations have not yet arrived. It has been found necessary, therefore. to postpone the formal ceremonies of opening the Exposition for a few days, or until everything is in place. On the first day of January, however, an infor mal opening occurs. The flags of all nations will fly from the Rag poles on the Exposition buildings and in the grounds, there will be mnsio and gen eral gala day effects, but the "day of days, " the day when San Francisco shall be a perfect sea of bunting, when her people shall turn out en masse, when an extra legal holiday shall be declared and when all California shall join in tlie great ceremony of the opening of this great midwinter festival that day will come a little Inter on. Quite a mimlHT of the concessional features of the Exposition are all in readiness and will be in full blast on Jan. 1. The great Firth wheel begins its revolutions with the New Year; the lions and tigers in the wild animal arena will roar to New Year audiences; the Sant.'i lifi-bara sea lionswill' toH anti- roar in the great tanks that have been provided for them; the forty-niner mining camp will receive calls in true frontier fashion; lieer und pleasure will w at tlie Heidellierg cant:e; the Ha waiian cycioninia will be open to the public; the curious ones can do down into the Colorado gold mine; aud even the great electric tower will be almost completed. But this word "almost will be changed into "quite'' in its appli cation to everything projected in con nection with tlie Exposition before the grand opening day comes on, and when that day comes there will be spread out before the visiting multitude the most complete and most pieturesyue exposi tion that the western sun has ever shone upon. Speaking of the great Firth wheel sng- mention of a very interesting in' teresting incident which took place in connection with its construction the other day. During a temporary lull in the work of putting up the spiderlike spokes of this wheel, a man was observed to clamber up in the mass of timbers surrounding the base of the superstruct ure. He was at first supposed to be a workman, and no special attention was paid him. Presently, however, he clam bered out on one of the lower spokes. The superintendent of construction, catching Bight of him, asked what he wanted up there. The adventurer made no response, but continued his as cent, working bis way inside the periphery with catlike agility. The superintendent ordered him down. The only answer he got was an invita tion to come and fetch him. He kept on climbing, and where the periphery has not been placed he had to slide down the big spokes until he reached the chan nel irons. Crossing on these to the next spoke, he worked out to the periphery, and proceeded as before. By this time quite a crowd had gathered, watching the progress of this daring fellow, 120 feet from the ground. He was repeatedly warned to look out for himself, but showed himself abund antly able to do so. Finally he reached the the highest point, and, standing at full length, gave an exulting yell, which was answered by a group of friends near tbe volcano building. Of course be came down the other way, and thus made the first revolution of the great Firth wheel. On reaching the ground he disclosed his identity, and was recog nized as a sailor and rigger. He said he had made the trip to rattle a bet that he would Make the first trip around this great rotary construction. One of the sensations of the Exposi tion will be the famous diver, Kohana Maka, whose record as a long-distance swimmer, deep diver and shark hunter surpasses that of all aquatic wonders of tbe great Pacific. It is Kohana Maka who baa kept alive the old shark-hunting "custom of the early kings of Hawaii. In former days it was the custom of royal sportsmen to go to sea in their war canoes or catamaran, taking along a large bowl of chopped enemies. This bowl was placed over the water, and fragments of hashed Kanaka were thrust throngh a hole in the bottom of the bowl, thus attracting schools of man- eating sharks. When the shark be came thick around the boat a native king would dive in auiomr them, knife in hand. and. coming no nnder the school, would stab one as he arose. TliU Is one of the thing that Kohana Maka does in them dam. There will be no harks in the little lake within the Hawaiian enclosure at the Midwinter Exposition, but there will be ample room for diving and for Kohana and other great swimmers to exercise. Four women and three men, all experts, form tbe little company of swimmers, headed by Kohana Maka. They will not only illnstrate the wonderful aqnatic feat .... .... .. . u. M.m.... an 'J ai,,uun, W". tbey announce themselves as ready to meet all comer in any form of aqnatic porta. A BOGUS BEAR STORY. Iln.ult of Lit I In l)lflrcnn ot Opinion Hvtween Two t'ltruiera. "Well, yes, matters are pretty rough out our way yet," admitted the old farmer frm Montana. "Still we've marie toler ably rapid advancement, too, all things considered. A large part of the state which, being outside of the mining dis trict, has long been considered worthies Is now devoted to farming and grazing. With tbe advent of school bouse and churches and such things the whole terri tory will assume a new aspect. But just bow every man looks out for number one. See that slash across my cheek here? That was one of t he terms of sett lenient of a dis pute about a ntimher of hog owned by a neighbor of mine a couple ot yean ago; What did itf A chunk of lead. "It was this way: 1 planted about half my farm to corn that year. Corn was lit tle more than an exierimental crop out there, and I took a great deal of pains to give mine a fair show. Keke Brown, whose farm was next to mine, was also experi menting a little, although In another line. He was trying to make bog raising pay. He contended that old Montana was good tor something beside mining and grazing, and added that if I raised corn he would raise hogs to eat ft. . . "And be did. Matter moved along smoothly enough until Brown' ahoat were alMVt two-thirds grown. Then every blamed hog developed an appetite several sizes too large for him, and Brown experi enced illrllculty In finding un adequate food supply. .Finally, In desperation, he turned the whole drove loose to 'root, hog, or die,' and the porkers promptly invaded my corn fields. It took three ot us nearly half a day to gel those hogs hack home again. zeke of course was surprised that bis live stock had broken out, and was profuse In his apologies for the trouble they bad caused. Hut the next week the perform ance was permitted without the variation of a single feature. I grew suspicious that Neighbor Brown had devised a scheme by which he hoped to give his hog at least one square meal a week. This In Itself waa quite commendable, but when my corn was invaded for the third time I sur mised who was expected to stand tbe ex pense of the weekly banquets. "1 didn't like to quarrel with Zeke, but I felt that I coi'Uln't afford to have my agri cultural experiments interfered with even to boom his. ho I determined to study the hog question a little on my own account. After a good deal of hard work my men and I succeeded in cornering one ot the shoats and carried him kicking and squeal ing to the house. The spring before one of the boys had shot a cub bear, and the half tanned bide was nailed against ashed. We tore the bearskin down and tied it upon tho hog, fastening It securely. When the job was ended that porker made a pretty fair imitation of a bear, and when we turned the animal loose he made a bee line for the com fields to again join his com panions. Well, you know the bear is tbe mortal enemy of the hog tribe and there Is nothing bruin likes better than a fat, juicy pig. "Perhaps you can imagiue Just what sort of reception that bogus bear received. The whole drove seemed to scent danger iu the air before he got near them, and scur ried out of tbe corn Held squealing in ter ror. The cause of all the disturbance ap parently was more excited than any ot the remainder of the drove a indeed be had good cause to be and as be was a good I runnmr tb ttlijLsaoit..bM)ani a writabl rout. It was tbe queerest sight 1 ever be held and I expect never to see Its equal. Imagine a drove of hogs in a stampede, snorting, plunging, squealing and acting as if all the devils in that Biblical story ac tually possessed them I Aud iu the midst of it all a lean, bedraggled, lopsided 'bear,' which half the time was ahead of the hogsl "That porcine regiment swept through Brown' farm like a cyclone and went tear ing out of sight in the distance. It took weeks to get the drove together again, and when this had been accomplished several were neither present nor accounted for. A couple ot months later the government em ployees In tbe Yellowstone park reported the discovery of several wild hogs in the geyser region. "Somehow or other Brown charged his losses to my account. He sent word by one of the boys that If he saw any more hears around his place he proposed to shoot 'em at sight. I understood what that meant, and in the interest of my health also 'loaded for lear.' We met one night just at sunset on the old Yellowstone trail. I saw him first and sung out, 'liood evening, Zeke.' " 'Uood evening, Bill.' "A he spoke his arm flew up, there was a flash, a crashing report and the blood was trickling irom a smarting furrow across my cheek. You can see the result of that argument yet. "Brown f Oh, I don't know anything about him now. His oldest boy is running the farm, though, and he manages hogs a great deal better than his father before him did."-Chicago Mall. PORTLAND MARKET. Wmat Valley, 92)ic; Walla Walla, ongsc per cental. HOPS, WOOI. AMD moss. Hops '03s, choice, 15 16c per pound; meuiuin, iodize; poor, o(S7o. Wool, Valley, 10llo per pound; Umpqua, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, 0(3 10c, according to quality and shrinkage. Hides Dry selected prime, 6c; green, salted, 60 pounds and over, She; under oo pounds, Z(33cj sheep pelts, shearlings, 10 15c j medium, 20(3 36c; long wool, 3060c; tallow, good to choice, 83'c per pound. UVl AMD DRIHSID MI AT. Bear Top steers, 2l$c per pound; fair to good steers, 2c; No. 1 cows, 2c; fair cows, l 'c; dressed beef, $3.60(36.00 per 100 pounds. Mutton Best sheep, $2.00; choice mutton, $1.7632.00; lambs, $2.00(32.25. Hoas Choice heavy, $4.65 5.00; me dium, $4-00(44.60; light and feeders, $4.0004.60; dressed, $0.60. VIAL $3.00 5.00. . PROVISIONS. EaSTIRM SmOKID MtATS AND LARD Hams, medium. 12itl3u Per nound: hams, large, ll)t12,4c; hams, picnic, llM'12c: breakfast bacon. 13il5c: short clear sides, ll(gl3c; dry salt sides, 10Uc; dried beef hams. 12 Sim 13c: lard, compound, in tins, H(tl0i,o per pound; pure, in tins, 1 1(0813,0; pigs' leet, ous.so.ou; pigs' leet, 4Us, $3.uu. COllDAGI. Manilla rope, Ik in. cir. and up. lOJc : manilla rope, 12-thread, H diara.. 11c: manilla rope. 6 and 9-thread. k and 6-16 uiam., usc; maniua ban rope, in coils or on reeis, 10 c; manilla lath yarn, tarred, Be ; manilla hawser-laid rope well- boring, etc., lac ; manilla transmission- of-power rope, 14c; manilla paper twine. lie; maniua spring twine, 14c; sisal rope, 1 in. cir. and upward, 7c; sisal rope, lz-tnread, H diam.. sisal rope, 6 and 9-thread. 1 and 6-10 diam.. 8c; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7c; hop-vine twine, tarrea, 7c; sisal paper twine, Hc. FLOUR, FEKD, (TO. Floor Portland, $2.75; Salem, $2.75: Cascadia, $2.76; Dayton, $2.76; Walla Walla, fa.OO; Hnowtiake, $2.80; Corval lis, $2.05; Pendleton, $2.65; Graham, $2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats White, 3334c per bushel; gray, 3132c; rolled, in bags, $6.25 o.W; barrels, $6.707.UO; in cases, $3.76. Mir.UBTurrs Bran, 13(16 : shorts. $15(316; ground barley. $16(ijl8; chop feed, $15 per ton; whole feed barley, 60 70o per cental; middlings, $2328 per ton; chicken wheat, 65c$1.15 per cemai. Hay Good, $1012 per ton. daisy produce. utter Oretron fancy creamery. 30(3 32,c; fancy dairy, 2527tc; fair to good, W(az4c; common, lUlrJlyc per pound. CiiRESi Oregon, 1013c; Califor- Young America, 1215o; FABM AND GARDEN. Practice Saving Money by the Proper Care of Tools. 0) 8TEE SHELLS GOOD FOB HEX8. Get tbe Soil In Thoroughly flood Tilth Before Sowing of the Seed Ol her Sotei. Manuscript File. For keeping manuscript sheets clean and flat, yet ready for Instant Inspection, make "flies," such as were formerly much used for docketing checks, folded bills, etc. For sheets 8 by 10 inches, cut two piece of heavy pasteboard each B by 1U'4 inches Across the back of one of thexe and 8 inches from it top, glue (not paste) a strip of strong muslin s'4 hy 8 Inches wide, hav ing each edge turned under a quarter of an inch, so that there remain visible strip '2 Inches wide, the top edge of which is 8 Inches from tbe ton of the pnHteboard. After thoroughly drying it under pressure turn it over and score nearly through the pasteboard 4 V Inches from it top, thus leaving a hinged flap by Inches. Put the sheets between the flapped paste board and the other, and secure with rub ber bands. The name of the manuscript or manuscript may lie written or pasted on the flap. Cor. Writer. The All Hmy "Lady." One of the small things that vex me," said a woman the other day, "is the per sistent 'huly'-ing I get at the hands of the tradeHmen. My hulcher and grocer and Ashman are no hopelessly committed to his form of addreiw 1 expect uo relief in heir coses, but why the clerk in tbe dry good shops are not taught better I cannot see. It is ao much mora pleaMng to be called 'madam.' The continued interpolat- ngof 'lady' a I am making a purchase Irritate me to the verge of exaHperation, and ha on a few occasions driven me from a counter wi'bout waiting to select the goods I wanted." New York Time. Beauty Is a Cure. Little Nell Mamura nay th' preacher say beauty is a curse. What doe that meanr Little Brother That mean if men anil women was all ugly thera'd never be an; more llnlitiii and qunrrelin. 'Why wouldn't there?" "Caune nobody ud ever marry any body." Good New. Swish, imported, 3b32c; domestic, 16 18c per pound. Eqqs Oregon, 22sc per dosen ; East ern, 22.(27Wc Poultry Chickens, mixed, quoted at $2.503.50 per dozen ; dressed, 8(g9c per pound; ducks, $3.60(34.50 per dozen; geeae.i7Jtjaa8,00;.. turkey,, liva, ..12)48 per pound; dressed, I3l4c. VEGETABLES AND FRUITS. Vegetables Cabbage, Is per pound; potatoes, Oregon, 60(g75o per sack ; on ions, $1.25 per sack ; sweet potatoes, 2Vc per pound ; Oregon celefy, 3550c ; arti chokes, 85c per dozen ; California lettuce, 2r($30c per dozen. Fruits Sicily lemons, $5.00(35.50 pei box: California new crop, $4.00(i$4.50 per box ; bananas, $1.60(3.00 per bunch ; Honolulu, $1.502.50; California navels, $3.75tg3.60 per box; seedlings, $2.00(a 2.75; Mexican, $3.50(33.75; Japanese, $1.75(32.00; grapes, $1.001.25 per box; apples(buying price), green, 50)6c per box; red, 00(i75c; crantrerries, $9.00 per barrel ; persimmons, $1.50 per box. CANNED GOODS. C ann id Goods Table fruits, assorted, tl.752.00; peaches, $1.86(2.00; Bart-, fett pears, $1.75(32.00; plums, $1.37X9 I. 50; strawberries, $2.25g2.45; cherries, $2.252.40; blackberries, $1.85(32.00; laspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25(3 2.80; apricots, $1.65. Pie fruits, assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, II. 00ai.20; blackberries, $1.26(31.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.16(93.50; peaches, $3.604.00; apri cots, $3.50(44.00; plums, $2.76(33.00; blackberries, $4.254.50; tomatoes, $1.10. jurats turned beef, is, $1.4U; zs, $2.10; chipped, $2.35; lunch tongue, Is, $3.60; 2s. $6.76; deviled ham, $1.60 2.76 per dozen. Fish Sardines, YK 76c$2.2S; kn, $2.16(34.60; lobsters, $2.303.50; sal mon, tin Mb tails, $1.25(1.60; flats, $1.75;2-lbs, $2.252.60 ; -barrel, $6.60. STAPLE GROCERIES. Corns Costa Rica, 23,l-c; Rio, 22,!$ 23c; Salvador, 23bc; Mocha, 26)i 28c; Arbuckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound cases, 25.30c per pound. Dried Fruits 1803 pack, Petite prunes, o8c; silver, TOtgiZc; Italian, 8 10c; German. 68c; plums, 6 10c; evaporated apples, 8(3 10c; evaporated apricots, 15 16c; peaches, 10(ajl2,'c; pears, 7(ffllc per pound. Salt Liverpool. 200s, $15.50; 100s. $160; 60s, $16.50; stock, $8.60(39-60. Syrup Eastern, in barrels, 40(355c; In half barrels, 42(257c; in cases, 35(3 80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg; California, in barrels, 2040c per gallon ; $1.76 per keg. Sugar D. 4c ; Golden 0. 4c ; extra C, 4.c ; confectioners' A, 6c ; dry gran ulated. 6Wc. cube, crushed and pow dered, 5c per pound ; o per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash ; maple sugar, 16(3 16c per pound. Beans Small white. No. 1. 2J'c ; No. 2, 2c: large white, 2Wc; pea beans, 2c; pink, 2'c; bayou, 2c; butter, 3c; Lima, 3c per pound. Rice No. 1 Sandwich Island. $4.50(3 4.75; no Japan in market. Pickles Barrels, No. 1, 28(330c per gallon; No. 2, 2fl28c; kegs, 5s, 85c per keg ; half gallons. $2.75 per dozen ; quar ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen. Raisins London lavers, boxes, $1.75 (32.00: halves. $2.00(32.25; quarters, $2.25(32.75; eighths, $2.50(33.00. Loose Muscatels, boxes, $1.60; fancy faced, $1.75; bags, 3 crown, 4X(35c per pound; 4 crown, 5r35!c. Seedless Sultanas, boxes, $1.75(32.00; bags, 0a 8c per pound. Spicks Whole Allspice. 18(220c per pound; cassia, lft318c; cinnamon, 22(3 40c; cloves, 18(S30c; black pepper, 20(3 26c; nutmeg, 75a80c. The maelstrom is not a whirlpool which sucks ships down into the depths of the ocean. It is an eddy which in fair weather can be crossed in safety by any vessel. The remarkable price of 300 was paid in London recently Un the fossil egg of tbe aepyomis, an extinct wingless bird that inhabited Madagascar in prehistoric times. A kind of lizard which grows to be seven feet in length is found in Siatn. It i known as the "he-ah," and its gall 1 highly prized as medicine. In a recent Issue of Farm News iu ed itor calls special attention to the prac tice of saving money by proper care of tools. He says that as the work of cul tivating the present crop ia finished im proper disposition of our farming Imple ment should at once be made fn order to avoid much worry and more exnensa at the opening of another season. He would not be a wise man who on laying aside his summer clothing would throw them into the ear.et or vulter: neither does the prudent farmer leave his farm ing implements, in which so many hard- earnwd dollars are invested, exposed lo toe neat oi ine sun to shrink and fail apart, nor in rain to be utterly ruined by the rust. When costly plows, boea, mowers and cultivators cease to lie uwd, an application of some good oil, ler the dirt baa been carefully cleaned away and they have been placed In some dry slie b-r or lumber-house, will wear twice as long as neglected tools of a superior quality. It is but little trouble to put awav a tool when von are done with it, and some nook, friendly and inviting, can always be found to afford shelter to disused im plements. Scattered around on turn rows in the fields to be broken by wagons and eaten by rust and worms and about the barnyard to frighten and cripple stock and be fouled by poultry, your im plements, which at all times should be bright, clean and inviting, become an eyesore to the careful farmer, and the deterioration in value and availability become a grievous draft upon the most plethoric purse. Wood and iron wrought Into their multitudes of useful articles demand food in the shape of oil and shelter to protect from moisture as much so as tbe bone and brawn that constitute the human body. Whatever proteot your " stock in trade " becomes a per manent improvement, and cannot be neglected without loss and aggravation. Then try sheltering your implements, and notice bow much longer they last and how much time is gained when tbe time comes to bring tnem from their hiding place and go forth to the fields again. Nothing occupies so little time and gives such big returns for the in vestment. . OYSTER SHELLS FOR LAYING HINB. During the past few years considerable discu88ion baa occurred among poultry- men in regard to tne question wnetner oyster shells were of any use to tbe hen as a source of material for the eggshell. it is generally known that tbe ordinary grains fed to poultry are very deficient uj.4isaa.-ann sums ! onr swppty - this deficiency, under the supposition that ovster sheila were insoluble, by rat lying solely upon some plaut foods rich in lime, such as the clovers. Crushed oyster shells have been extensively fed and with good results, hut it has been thought by many that thev were of value solely as grit. No satisfactory answer seems to have been made to the question, and in order to obtain some definite in formation several experiments have been made during the past two years at the New York agricultural experiment sta tion. Six one-year-old hens were used in these experiments, the results of which are summed up as follows: The feeding of oyster shells during the lay ing season, wbere they can be cheaply obtained, is recommended. One pound will contain lime enough for the shell of about seven dozen eggs. Fine gravel containing limestone will probably as well supply the deficiency of lime exist ing in most fowls, but the use of some sharper grit with it may be of advantage. Long or sharp splinters oi glass or dry bone should be avoided. The size of particleB of grit had for hens better be larger than tiiat of a kernel of wheat. and should be smaller than that of a kernel of corn. An unlimited supply of pounded glass has been "Mended with no bad results when the food and other grit available to the fowls contained an abundance of lime; but, when the food was deficient in lime and no other grit was obtainable, liens ate an injuriously large amount of glass. AGRICULTURAL NOTES. The next year's crop on many a farm will be improved if the owner of the farm will do some resiling and studying while Bitting about the stove these long evenings. Whether planting seeds or resetting plants or trees, take pains always to firm the soil about them. Many seeds fall to germinate and many roots to 'akea fresh start because this simple precaution ia not observed. If you are obliged to feed straw this winter, feed a little oilmeal as well. If yon have never used any, you will be surprised to see how well stock will come through on straw and oilmeal as their principal feed. There lenooneoperation in the cultiva tion of a crop that ia of so much impor tance as that of getting the soil in thor oughly good tilth before sowing of the seed. Neglect in this cannot be com- . pensated for by any other work. Do you know any way by which the corn land can be more thoroughly, easily and cheaply fertilized than by plowing under a good growth of rye? If so, we would like to nave your experience, aa we have never found a better method. Have you ever noticed what acute vi sion birds and fowls have? They can find minute scraps of food, distinguish ing tbem from what appears to us ex actly similar pieces of earth or gravel. They can also objects eidewise as well as in front. , There is as much need for the study of economy in the household aa upon the farm. It has alwavs been a matter for wonder with us that farmers will buy their table supplies in such small quan tities, when a good percentage could be saved by buying in larger lota. In par chasing almost all staples two or tnree families could loin together and ni goods at almost wholesale prices. Awarded Highest Honors World's Fair. 'Pi mm Tfc omly Pare Craaa of Tartar rowdss. I liosils; Xe i