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EAST, AND SOUTH VIA The Shasta Route or THC SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. Kipresi Trains leave Portland Daily. South. Norlih ..' :MP.M. t S.'P. M." --'10:!A.M. Lt It Ar Portland Oretou t.'llv A LT Lt SIO-a.W .7 :,. II 8:U0r. II 8u Kreftoiaeo . Ti above trains atop at East Portland, Oregon City, Woodburu, Salau, Turner, Marion, Jeller on, Albany, Albany J u notion, Taugtiil, Stiedda Halaey. tlarrliburx, Juuolluo CUT, Irving', augene, C'reewell, Drains. - ,-., KOH KB tl li(l il Al lj.jp A I IjY . 1 HW a.m. l, l-urlland I 'fll.n. il.r Oregon Oily t Wt.u. Ar Knauburg Ar 4:40r.M I.v :Mr.ll LtUiwa. SA'.RM PASSENGER DAILY 4 IU.P M 4 r m :I&PM Lt Lt Portland "I m J Ml 1:27 A Lt ,1:00 4 .ArLlQ:l.' A Oratnn City ' Salem Ar DINING CARS ON 0C1DEN BOUTS. PULLMAN BVFPBT 8LKRPKHS . . At:v. !r-' SECQND-CtASS ' SLEEPINt CARS ' Attached to all Through Tralni. I WeetSlde DIViaLoa, Between PIIKTl.AM) ami COKVALLIS -K A IITRAIH 6AII.YI B t( irTSUHPA V . 7:80 A. M.. I It Portland Ar llio P. M. Ii:l5 l'.-M. Ar .Coyalln . 1.t1:00P.M. . AtAlbenyand Cnrvalila connertlwlth train of Oregon Panlflo Ballroad, , rxfrrsi train daii.yirxcrptsdnpat.) 4 :4ft P. M. I 7.W.P.M. I I.V Ar Portland McMlnnvllle 8:2.1 A. M t:H A, M 4 , THROUGH TICKETS TO ALL rOITR IN THR EASTERN STATES, CANADA AND EDROPI . , Ce,n be obtained at the lowest rates Imm L. B. MOURE, Agent, Ongot City ft. KOEHLKR. E. P. ROGERS, Manaer. , Ht. 0. F.A P. Agent, Portland. Or. E, HcN El L, 'KeceUer. TO THE IE A T GIVES THE CHOICE OP TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL R, O UTB S VIA ' GREAT NORTHERN RY. SPOKANE MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL VIA UNION PACIFIC RY, DENVER OMAHA . AND KANSAS CITI LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES OCEAN STEAMERS LEAVE PORTLAND EVERY 8 FOR OAYS SAN FRANCISCO For full details call on or address . " W. H. HURLBURT, Gen'l Pass. Agent, . . Portland, Ok, Vtaoa. T Oakei Hanry C. Payne, Kacsivera Hanry 0, Rone 111 PACIFIC RY. R . N, Pullman Sleeping Cars. Elegant J)ining'Cars"; Tourist Sleeping-Cars 8T. -PAUL MINSEAPOU FAK4JO-' .. 4iRAN:?01iKS WIWNIPEO . BUTTK THROllfiH TICKETS. . TO- CHICAGO WASHIWQTOW -...-.S PHILADELPHIA ytw yikT i BOSTON and all POINTS EAST and BOTJTH-. For information Use tickets, call on at wrlte - earda, mapa and A. D.' CHARLTON, Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent. . -; Portland, Oregon -tBS Morrlaoo Street, torner Third.. iiniirrn VJ inCA WhocanthlnU wftniLu-ni'iuLn ot aome simple thing top hrinff vol thingtoptt PrwVbnTn?K BCHS A CO- . no Patrat Attorn 'vs. WaaUnswn, !. ior their JllUO prue oner, NORTHERN i A Danoer la Kardletaa, i The performers bad already drawn themselves op in line when I arrived, and a minute later the shrill notes of the pipe Rave the signul for the dancing to commence. Bums score of voting men and women stood shonlder to shoul der, clasping huuds, the line forming a crescent. At the given signal, 'the olup ping of bMliands by a youth, whpjtood in front of the semicircle of performers, the thince.Bommeuced, the entire line of uiou 4Utd women stepping slowly for ward mid thou buck ngiihi, each pace, teing tuken n little to the ritjht, so tbut t rotuting movement wus given to the string of duuoers. As the music quick ened' so did (ho pnce.'iind' at each step the body from Ciovuint upward was bent forward and drawn back. Nor were the steps themselves tho suine,-for tBe yonth who gave tlieii time ran tip and down- the libd chirping tof bunds and singing au,4 snouting v defections and changes. The prlncipnl feature., of . the dance seemed to he the bringing, down of -the . . . ' . t i .... rigllt I.OOt Hlllliruy opuu uiq kfuuuu intervals, when, bund in huud, the. whole couiputy renuiined with' tbuir bodies hout for a second, or .wo, to spring back into position aguiu Ufa freub brow of the pipes.' Meanwhile the slow rotat ing movemont wus niutntuiued) so that the entire body wits circling' round the. musicians. VVhut lauRhtei' aud fun there were! Men and girls giving them selves up to the -'enjoyment, of -.then na tional dance, which, grucefulnud exbii arating, bors -nor trace of fne sensual movements which usually mark the art of dancing in the east. Bluckwoods Mqgazine. TJTV ' ' A Tjcht,lnc t . . To remove a .tight ring' from the fin ger take a' long thread of silk and put one end under, the ring v and draw it thrpugh severai inches, hqlding it with the'-thumb in the palm of the band.' Tbpn wind the long end "of the-.sjlk tightly .rjiund the finger down to the hniL Take hold of thu.'short end of the silk, and, holding it tevjard, the finger end, unwind it, andyyie- silk pressing the ring wui witnoraw n Makea a Beaatlfol Iloaae Plant. People who enjoy a bit of green in the house when fields, and .flower gardens are wrapped-in the .solution of winter will find that a sweet potato, planted in moist loose earth or a jar of water, with the seed end projecting upward, will muke . a beautiful growth of vine in a very short time. It resembles the Eng lish ivy and rivals the glossy leaves of the Wandering Jew for house decora tion. Northwest Magazine. To COWOUMPTXTEO Tn ' underitened having been restored to health by almple meana, after aufTerinf for everal yeara with a aeTere lung affection, and that dread disease Cousumptlon, la anxloua lo make known to hla fellow sufferers the mean of cure. To thoie who dealre it, Jw will, cheer fully Bend (free of charge, a copy of thepreaofip tion uaed; which they will And a aure cure -for Conaumptlon, Aiinma, ranrrm p' tla and all throat and lung Muladiea. He hopea all auflerera will try hla remedy, aa It la invaluable. Those desiring the prescription, which will cost them nothing, and may prove bleating, will please address, Rev. Edward A. Wilson, Brooklyn, N.X. If is an indisputable (act mat for more than fifty years children, from the age of three months to ten years, have oeen benefited by Stefdmarra Soothing P6w ders. These Powders are termed soothing because they correct,: mitigate, and re move, disorders of he system incident to teething. Oregon Central & Eastern ,' R. R. Company. Connecting at Yaquina Bay with tne San Franc I wo and Yauulna Bay .Steamship Company. r Steamsliip. "Fdallon" A 1 and flrsl-clasir In every respect. Batla from Yainilna- for.,Sah .Francisco about every eight, days. -. Passenger accommodations unsurpassed. : Fare irom Franuisco; ' Albany ., or point west to San Cabin J .. . 12 00 .- . . -.,.i. SW' . Pteerage f-i.1.1.. aaniaiiif f-ln tTVi1 fllf. a. . ) For sailiriR dayt apply to H. L. WALDEN, Agent, Albany, Oregon. CHAD. CLARK, Supt., . ! v Cbctallis, Or. EDWIS STONE. Msr.. '" ' . .(. RIP-A-N-S : ' The modern st'and . . .-. ard Family Medi cine : Cures the ,commpn'., every-day ills of humanity. Sclenllfio, American Agency Tor CAVTATt. TStaner aaaoR-ej. rbtSION PATUTaV For Infnmiatfon an tree Hartdbook wpt to i MUSS CO.. 361 Bnr. M -?ntr ' Oldest bnraan f"f asennn petenta InAmfrlni. tba piiUlc by a notice given tree ot cbam la Urf f ricntific Jtaemnu . larvest etirnlatlnn of anr artentiae paper ra the wotiO. fcplendldlr lllurtraled. So Ullin man should be without It. Wettr, BJ.OOa rear: RiJu U month. Addrm. ML JT a CU, Vcauaaua, 31 iuuedwa, kcw lOrk City. Taf FT- .SaVaaTJtk. I THE PACIFIC STATES INTERESTING NEWS NOTES FROM VARIOUS PLACES. f ' - - . Tbe Great Northweat Furniahee Berne Newt of More thao Oeueral IdUN eat Development, and FritTreai i All Indoatriea-Oreaon. - The. Promised laprfjjJ Wliowa coun ty is fast filling ug with settlers from ontsiSe points. , ... So Hi, $28,000 in taxes have been' collected in' Lane. There is. yet - over f 10.a,000.to'c6neoi, ' . -" ' .The proposition to start pine-, rieedie,, lttotory 4n Uranf s ' Fasa' has' again taken or life. . ' Pendletoniss say that the O.' R. & N;' 41 'about to ron The Dalles local throtgh' to their'-town. .'' ' k Ceiullle rejoioes in the opening of a new-t -hotel, 'obmmensurate with the ton'j. new ambitions. .. - ' '' , t'gplj 380 men nave applied'fdr work on 'the state ' sewer at Salem, but the returns are not all -In yet ' 'Twenty -eighft young men and about i dbien yonngj women are said to be earning their wagr as they go at the state university. , Hopgrowers in the violnity of Cor vallis, undeterred by the unprofitable prioes of last year, are beginning to, pole their vines, says the Times. ' The Pendleton Salvation Army war riors deolare their loyaltv to the old oommander,: and will have nothing to do with the Amerioan organisation. Major' W or den., claims to have discovered- a mistake in the government survey which' boated about 4,600, aores of-good farming land in Klamath Lake.. - i - The .Coos Bay & Eastern has been settling up a lot of tight-of-way claims, and the speedy resumption of work be tween Myrtle- Points and Roseburg is looked for. ... ' ' The treasurer, of -ClatBop county has sent to' the state treasurer $7,500 and will this week send $10,000 more, com pleting the $17,500 due from Clatsop oounty for state taxes for 1895. A rich placer find has been reported on Paddy's oreek. It has been known for a long time, that there are deposits of plaoer on the oreek but no one has so far been able to find it in paying quan tities. ' , . -. A. Q. Hunter, erstwhile the official at the Chemawa Indian school, has left for his! new post of duty at Chilooo, Indian territory. Meanwhile the farming at Chemawa is superintended by one of the pupils. General John H.. Stevens, of La Grande, was 00 years old last week. The seneral is in excellent health,, and makes the round trip from his residence on First street to the business portion of the oity almost every day. ' . The move to prohibit stock from run ning ' at ' large in Benton county is awakening a storm of opposition in the outlying ' precincts, and a bitter fight over the question will be one of the in cidents, of the ooming oampaign. A meeting of the Marion County. Horticultural- Sooiety will be held't Salem April 26. The 'subject of ma, keting fruits will be handled by a gen tleman from the East, who has studied the marketing problem, and fruit growers are promised rauoh - benefit from attending the meeting.. . :'. Grandpa Niohols, living at Bonanza, Klamath oounty, will be 100 years old next January. When ne was 87 ne made homestead entry on a piece of land near Bonanza, - and seven years later proved up on it' Despite his 99 years of life he is .yet bale na nearty.. He has a son 70 years or age. Some money 'has been spent and much bad . blood has been engendered in Prineville by an effort to close up the saloons. under tha old -law of Ooto' ber 18, 1854. Two days were Spent in the first trial and ' the , jury disagreed, and. a aeoond1 'trial of the -sanie 'Base, lso resulted In a disagwemenfc-; v . D. R.- Cooper, of Mount Hood,' re cently sold in Portland 1 86 boxes-of ap ples, for which he received: . Baldwin, $1.87 per box; Spitzenberg, $1.75; Beq Davis; $1.60. He has about 500 bear ing apple trees, from which he pioked and sold last year 000 boxes, clearing $500. .From his nine-year-old Bald wins he pioked ten to twelve boxes. It is said that there will be a new smelter in operation at Linn ton, inside of six months. ' JL smelter was built there1 some six years ago, but Tor some reason it was a failure. The projectors sayi that the outlook for making a smelter pay there now is mnoh brighter than at the time the attempt was made before. They are counting on the out put of Baker oounty mines. WaahlDgton. Sheepsbearing has begun in Walla Walla oounty. Captain T. O. Jenkins is preparing three acres of ground near Goldondale for tobacco. The Asotin' Sentinel states that the daily output of the plaoer mines be tween A'sotin and Salmon river is $135 per day. .' . Waistborg will soon have electrio lights. The plant has been bought, is in the town, and work has begun on the surveys,) "Metropolitan Seattle there was a spelling bee recently between eight lawyers and an equal number of min biers' fend deacons. The lawyers were vanquished. ... - A merchants' and farmers organiza tion has been formed at Wenatcbee, for the purpose of securing the const ruc tion and operation of . two new indus triesa creamery and cannery. A syndicate of German capitalists is negotiating to secure mining properties in the St Helens district, and if (be deal is oulmlnated will spend at least $80,000 in development work this year. A party of Yakima yonug'ladies have under consideration a bicjplea -trip to The Dalles: Tbey propose to have a wagon aooompany thent loaded with creature oom forts and prepared to piok up the injured, says the Herald. George ' H. Newman, recently .con firmed .by the United States senate as Indian agent of the Colville and Cocar d'Alene reservatiosj(ent4tS thlpCoeur d'Ale'nfcreservation last wek, and will relieve the abting agent, Captain Bubb, .of the Oift'ed States army, as ' soon as an invoice of the prqpertycanbe made. The Spokane Street Railway Com, puny has., njade an order that ' nd em ploye of the road is, allowed to talk to a passenger. Neither the. conductor nor the motorman can enter into con versation .with a person on the oar . The bivil service commission of Seat tle ' has decided upon the order of ex aminations and the first examination will probably-take plaoe in about. flveJ weeks, this delay being 'necessitated by the course laid down in the' charter. .. .A skeleton was unearthed by work men at the O. R. & N. Co. 's stockyards id Spokane-, last week. : One of the workmen sent his piok through the top of the skull before he knew what it was. It is supposed that the skeleton ia that of a squaw. - The oommittee appointed by the Col ville Congregational church to solioit funds and a site for an academy is making a successful oanvass,' although the location for the aoademy has not yet been decided upon. The citizens are taking hold of the matter with a spirit that promises suooess. ' ' " ' ' The,;oasa of ex-Treasurer Krug, of Seattle, has . been ordered redooketed in the United States supreme court, upon payment ot costs. A motion to dismiss will be . made on the ground that no federal question is involved, and, if the motion is denied, the oase will be set for trial at the October term. The interior department at Washing ton has notified the superintendent of the Skokomish Indian boarding school, near Union City, Mason oounty, that the school will be discontinued, at the end of the., school year, June 30. The citizens of Mason oounty have sent re monstrances to Washington in the hope that they may induoe the department to reconsider its action. Charles Matson, who has a farm near, Edison, was burning grass in a neia near the house last week. ' He was fol lowed to the field by his little daugh ter, 4 years old, when, unobserved by the father, the ohild was surrounded by the fire and terribly burned before assilanoe oould reach ber. She diejlin four hours, after terrible suffering,. The ' mnoh . despised squirrel has proved a valuable discoverer jfejr , $he L X. L. Mining Company, of Cl'ugston oreei. on tne uoiviue reservaiiou. a few days', ago one of ;the company, while walkins over, one of the 'claims, observed the earth-.'xcavated,','by, the pests and disoojeredf pieoes;of iron jore in the heap, . He dug dQwJ ' two or three feet ,B.nd struok: "qnijte. ;. large body of ore:v, $:" ,'V.'iI-,V:''.V '" v-'Wditoajg'.if isaue in' othriTer;.cojmtry just nowi ' ;'the jieqple ae divided Into the nance, anq ap-aanoe Tapnons, ana ra bone of contention" is; 'tUe' sohoolhouse and the . -advisability of permitting danoes in it The anti-danoe party has at last prevailed, and the light fan tastio will no longer be tripped on the sohoolhouse floor. Nor will the voice of the .preaoher be -heard any more within its walls, as ohuroh services have been prohibited there as well '. Idaho. '' The. promoters of the Boise mining exohanseare planing an exourslb'ri of Eastern people to tnat section some time in May. ' The De Lamar Nugget has oompiled a most complete, map ot tne ' mining ailavinisbf DeXamaa jnountain which wJU be df great service to the mining publjo. ' '! ... -:. The state of Idaho during 1895 pro duced a. total of $10,110,495 In -min erals. This was an increase .of $816, 405 over, that of '1894. ' 8hoshone is the banner county, producing $3,676,813 It is estimated that the production ior 1986 will fully amotmt to $15,000,000 Artioles Of Incorporation of the Idaho Chflmioal Gold Mining Company, or tranized under the itfws of New York, have been filed wHb tne secretary pi state, tosetner witn a nonce oi appoini- merit of H. H. Armstead as agent for the company in this state. . The oom pany owns mining property in Lemhi. oounty. . vof -i- Squatters on the Ne Peroe reserva tion, who have been frigbteheof re ports that Indians would clainvrtfeejr holdings as unallotted lands, have been reassured byfSpecial Agent Xae, wno says there is small probability of land now occupied being given to tne In diana There are fuljy TOO ejquatters on this lana1, and the effort to dispossess them would end in serious complica tions. , : . . . Montana. The Castner Coal and Coke Com pany has just completed plans whereby its extensive system for making ooko will be increased in the very near fu ture. . t :. . The payroll at the San Coulee coal mines for last month amounted to $46,000. This wss for fifteen days and the output of ooaj for the same period was 80,000 tons. ; , The output of oosl and coke at Horr is increasing each month and when all the improvements contemplated by the company are complete, Horr will be one of the most prosperous camps in the state. fORTLANC MARKETS. San Francisco produce is being well received here, and finds a ready, market at firm figures, cabbage alone suffering a depression. Butter is much weaker, and-qu6tatlons are 6o lower. Eggs are pfiering. freely and quotations jange between 8 anao cents. -8agsr"a'dvanoed a fraction on all grades. Chickens are I firm with an upward JendsoflJ' ,!' ' -l Wfaatat Market. There, kJKMJhange, in the local' wheat market, -the Chibago fluptustions of the past few.days havfjjg but little effect here, where prioes are governened Ty the foreign marketl Prices, qf avheat' in Portland ..arer. WXlt Walla 551 to 60o; Valley, 6.8, to 69o per bushel ! ' Frodaoe MarAet. Fioo'a Portland.' galemi'Gascadia and Devvton, are quoted at $3.16 per barrel) Gqlddrop, $2.06; Snowflake, $3.20: Bep-., ton county, $3.16 ; graham, $2.96; Super fine, $2.25. '...'..' . -.iOats Oood white are Quoted weak; at' 36c.; . milling, 2830c; gray, 2324c Kolle4 oats are tfuoted as.iollors : Bagr, 4.26(6.25;. barrels;'$4.507.00; cases, $3.76.' , ... - H-A-f Timothy, $9.00 per ton ; cheat, $tt.00 ; clover, $(J7 ; oat, $66.6U; wheat; $6.50U.50. . ", Bablsy Feed barley, $13.60 per' ton; brewing, $15 16. . MiixsTurrs Bran, $13.00; shorts(, $15;. middlings, $18 20.00; rye, l2sc per cental, BrjTTsa Fancv. creamery is quotebT at in fanny rlairv. 1Fn fair tn ovvirl'' 20c ; common, 12c pet roll i'oTAToss New Oregon, 20 30c per sack; sweets, common, 6o; .Mercedj 84'per pound. - . ' -t lUNioiiB Oregon, 60c per sack. " Pooltey Chickens, hengn$3.60 pet (Joijeu ;. mixed. $3.50(4.00" per dozen; ducks, $4 60($t; geese, $5.00; turkeys, live, 14(al4,o per pound; dressed Itic. Eous Oregon, 8io per dozen.; ' Cuskbk Oregon mil cream, 1416ic per i.uuud; hall cream, 9)c; skim, 4(g 6c: iouuk America. 10llc Tbopioal FaoiT tJalitornis lemons, t3.OOi0ia.25: choice. $2.002.66; Jjicily, T6.60; bananas, $1.752.50 per bunch, Caliiornia navels. $2.603.00 per box; pineapples, $46.00 per dozen. Obauon Vkobtablbs Cabbage, lc per lb; garlic, new, 78o per pound; artichokes, 45c per dozen; sprouts. 6c per pound ; Cauliflower, $2.76 per crate, 00c 1 per dozen ; hothouse lettuce, 40c per uiu.en. ..... . Diiu-a r BuiTV-rears. winter nemo, $1.50 per box; cranberries, $9 per barrel : iancv SDDleS. Il(Z.w: common, 60(dj.7&c per box. Obiud r suits Apples, evaporaiea, blenched'. 44c: sun-dried, 3H4c; pears, sun and evaporated. 66c . plums, pillt-BB, StftlC ; prunes, oifto per pouuu. Wooiio-Vallev..' 10c, per pound; East ern Oregon, 6 8)c. Hops Choice. Oregon 23o per jiound; medium, neglected. jndts Aimonas, sou sneu, wigiito per bound; paper shell, 1012c; new crou ' California walnuts. Bolt shell, li(att2)6c; standard walnuts, 1213c; Italian cnesnuta, izw, pecans, I316e; Brasila, 12,13c; filberts, 12i14c; peanuts, raw, fancy, 67e; roBied, 10c; hickory -nuts, 810c; co coanuts, 90c per doaen, . , ' Pbovibiopb Eastern hams, medium, ll612c . per pound; hams,, picnic, 7.c: breakfast . bacon lOlOc; anort1 dear ' sides, 8,9c; ' dry salt sides, 7,8c; dried .beef. haans, 12 13c;, laVdi compound, in tins... 7; lard, pure, in tau,9aiQo; pigs' feet, 60b, '$3.50; ;piM'- feet, 40si $3.25; kite. $1.26.1 Otegbn smoked hams, 100 per pound ; pickled hams, 8c boneless name. .j$e; oacon, luc: ury naia muw, 6?jiard, o-ponndpaiis,75ie; 10s, 7c; 60s, 74c; tierces, 7c Country meats sell at prices according to grade. Hidbb. Dry bides. DUtcner, sounu, per pound, 11912c; dry kip and calf skin, 10llc; culls, 3o less; salted, 60 lbs and Over, 6c; 60 to 60 lbs, 44c; 40 and 60, 4c; kip and yeai suns. 10 to 30 lbs, 4c 'calfskin, sound, to '10 lbs, 6c;. . green, unsalted, lc least culls, l-2c less ; sheepskins, shear linge, W15c; short, wool, 2030c; medium, 30(g)40c; long wool, 6070c. Meroliaodlae Market. Saijios Columbia, river No. 1. tails, $1.2691.60; No. 2. -tabs, $2.2692.60; i K- 1 A... tl 7K(aiK. Alaska. No. 1, talis; $1.2091.30; No.2, talls,$1.90 Biaks Small white, No. yfi per ound; batter, 3c; bayou, lc; Lima, An. ' " '. - CoBDAos Manilla rope, ' 1-inch, is quoted at 8c, and Sisal, 6c per pound. Sdoab Uolden 0, 5c; extra C, 6c; dry granulated, oc; cube crushed and nowdered. 6Hc per pound : ic per ponnd discount on ail grades' for prompt cash; ball barrels, yAa more tnan Darrui, .nl.inM) IKrailAn runtttnnnA. - ' CovFBB-Costa Klca, 2023c ; Rio, 20 9 22c; Salvador, lg22c; Mocna, 2731c; PadangJaVa, 30c; Palem bang Java. 20fc628c: Labat Java. 23925c; Ar- bnckle's Moka&ka.-and Lion. $20.30 per 100-pound case;.. Columbia, ; $20.30 ,pw 100-pound case. Rica Island, $494.60 per sack; Ja : nan. 14.00(34.50. CoAi-Hteady;. domestic, $5.0097.60 per ton; foreign, $8.60911.00, Meat Market, . BiBr-rross, top steers, $3.25; cows, $2.2592.60; dressed beef, 46ic per pound. ' . Munos-Grosi. best'' sheep, wethers, $3.00; ewes, $1.5092.75; dressed mnU- Val Gross, small, 696c; large, Oiic ner no and. Hoos (iross. choice, heavy, $3.25(4 3.60: light and feeders, . $2.6092.76; dressed, 3K4c per pound, SAN FRANCI&CO MARKETS. Floob Net cash prices: Family ex' tras. I3.76S3.86 per barrel; bakers' ex tras. $3.663.66; superfine. $2.8593 00, Bablsy Feed, fair to gooa,' 70c choice, 71,'c; brewing, 86'c.j Whsat Shipping. No. 1, $1.07i choice. $1.10; milling-, $1.1791.22!. Ots Milling, 769H2c; surprise, 90(395; fancy feed, 82,985; good to choice, 70fC76c; poor to fair, 609 65c; aray. 759H2Jc Hops Quotable at 20,5c per pound. Potato fcwwsta, $2.7693.00; Bar banks, Oregon, 40 (g 65c. Oa-ioas 75986c per sack. BUHNG DIAMONDS. A STORY OF HOW WOMEN CONDUCT THE TRANSACTION.' ' A Jamlar Tall a Whv Ra Kafoead to Plaee) i -a Frlee on Gem Daalera Stand by Baeta Other In That Beapeet Error BermrdlaaT tM Standard' Value of DlamondeV -1 " To the private office of a prominenti wi ". iawAlnr. vaainrrlav nntered a middle affdd ' woman, richly caparisoned in flounce . -f and furbelow' apd evidently forming f part of the-ddogh ' that makes the upper orpst, . one nein in one nana a aiamoaa . -i-earring. The jewel was large and brit '.' ', linnt With entire coolness of demeanor . . ( she. said : "I lost the mate to this. Will yqu,be, kind4 enough to tell me what it" fwill oosl to ge another exaotly like it f," ' . -The jewel.creyed ber keenly and then said, " Madam, y here did yon lose your .. earring?" . s;;, ... . '' ' .The effect .Of 'this simple question " upon - the w)mqas surprising. She -was evidently upprppared for the qnery ' ' ' and there was certainly something in il '. that disturbed her...."It makes no differs. .. . enoe where I lost it," she answered in deo'dodly sharp' tone. "What will it mat ma tnfnhrAfn nnnrhnr Axnctlv 11M Yfv 1 , , this?" and. she held up the sparkling itobe. "Did yoTV'ttdyertlse for the one yon lost, 'madam?" persisted the Jeweler'. blandly. "What has.. t,hat. got to do witn 1111 matter?" ibe. replied in an angry tone. ; .''tW.0ih ihadam," was the smiling re-, .. fjlyi; 'rit'ydu advertise for the earring , whicjj vyou lost, you might recover it, aid then you would not be placed under the' 'necessity of- ascertaining what it would cost to replace it Advertise first, -madam, and if yon , do not recover the Jewel come ln again and I will answer your questions." Saying this thedia- .. moud dealer politely bowed the now fretting and fuming woman to the door. " "Why will women lie in such small affairs," said the jeweler wearily, "and why will newly every purchaser of diamond look upon the merchant with .whom he or she deals as a rascal? That woman hasn't lost an earring. She baa pnrohased a pair, perhaps on trial, and she will go to nearly every jeweler in town with that petty lie and endeavor . to set price upon that stone. It is one of the finest of diamonds and evidently came from one pf onr leading dealers, : whom she insists on believing is engaged in a scheme to rob her. The chanoea ars that she. will eventually get in the hands of some. unscrupulous merchant, whom she can find even in big stores, ue win tell her . that , the stone is 'off color' and contains a flaw. . He will-show her ' a poor diamond of the same size as the -' other, and fix upon it a price whioh he .knows- 1b less than the fine brilliant could he sold for. The result Will be that madam will send her fine brilliant back in a rage and buy. the inferior stone for. twice what .it. is worth." This, evil ha grown to such an extent that it is some times impossible to detect the fraudu lent character of the stories brought us. They, are all very ingenious. As a re sult, big houses, except in rare oases, re fuse' to plaoe prices upon jewels brought to -them." The jeweler continued : "People have theqneerest notions about diamonds and other jewels, and some of them give na much trouble.- The most general delu sion is that, diamonds have a standard value just as arbitrarily fixed as that of a double eagle. X ou will frequently hear v, people say, 'It is an exoellent invest ment to place your money, in fine dia monds, for they are worth Just so much a carat, and you can Always sell tliero for just what you paid for them.' My lady buys a handsome broocn ior f.7uu. and after wearing it a year or two en deavors to sell it to her jeweler, or,, per- . , haps, to his rival She is offered f 200 for it She then throws up her hands and lifts up her voioe and protests that she has been swindled. What nonsense is all this I With diamonds, as with oth er merchandise, a stone is worth exactly What it will bring. Were it otherwise) there oould be no profit in diamond'degU ing. How oould I make money in selling, double eagles when I would have to pay $20 for tbem and oould not sell them . for a penny more? .,, Here is a very fine Indian unmans - upon my finger. I bought it at a forced-' sale and paid nearly $800 for it Yea- ' terday I was offered $1,300 for.it, but I would not sell because I am in love with .', the stone. Yet I cannot say that the. , stone-is worth $1,800. It was worth it -at the time that sum was offered for if by one who wanted it, but if I were compelled to sell it next week, at 4 'Hours' notice I might not get $600 for- It Why should a woman expect to wear a brooch for two years and then obtalni for it the same money she paid for itr Last week I bought a new carriage andl paid $1,800 for it I said to a friend. Come and take an $800 drive with me.',.'. He looked at me as if he thought me in sane. 'I mean it,' I said. There is a car- '' riage that cost me $1,800. ..We will drive, in it through the park. Tomorrow I Will lot be able to obtain $1,000 for it' With Jewelry it ia much the Philadelphia Times. same way. Bicycle and Oetrloh. The Cape Times says that a peculiar experience befell a local cyclist, Donald Menzies, recently. He was riding along the main road from Cape Town to Som erset West Strand when an ostrich, at tracted apparently by what was in its eyes a novel vehicle, commenced to waits around the bicycle. After a few prelimit nary antics the bird took it into its head A to pace Mr. Menzies, and . so long as it abstained from using its wings' the cy clist and the ostrich managed a dead heat However, after covering about, half a mile in this wsy the ostrich util ized its stumpy wings as sails, and spurted sway at record breaking pace, leaving the cyclist far behind. After that the bird troubled Mr. Menzies na more. 1