LOCAL LORE
Miss Jennie King of Coeur D' Al
ene Is the guest of her uncle, John
Trrn
VYC11B.
Miss Snell entertained a number
of lady friends at Alpha Hall, Tues
day evening.
The Judge Moor house in this
tity has been sold to J E Cronk. The
price paid was 600.
-'11. a ivicutc uocaiuQ aiiivcu
Wednesday from Eureka Springs, Ar
kansas, in time tg attend the funeral
of her mother.
Governor Geer and wife passed
through town Wednesday en route
home from Sewpoit. They went to
the sea-side Monday.
"President Gatch went Wednes
day to Salem, where he was one of
the honorary pall bearers at the f uner
al of ex-Major G W Gray.
Eecent letters from him to Wil
liam Broders, announce that Ben
Woldt will leave "Vienna, Austria, to
morrow for the United States.
George B Keady and J B Horn
er, with tbtir families, left Thursday
for a camping trip to the Alsea coun
try. They expect to be absent a fort
Wilson Wright, son of Mrs
Wright of Corvaliis, now holds a po
sition as superintendent of a quick
silver mine in Northern California,
and commands a large salary.
Moses Craig is spending his sum
mer vacation at Orangeport, Xiagara
county New York. He holds a posi
tion as horticulturist at the agricultur
al college at Auburn, Alabama.
By express Wednesday,' Hector
Brothers north of town received a fine
Cotswold buck, lambed this spring.
The animal comes from theLadd farm
and the price paid for him was 20.
He is registered.
The horns of a big 6even- point
buck are to be seen at "Our House."
The specimen Is one of the finest that
ever surmounted a deer's head. The
animal was killed by Jesse Brown
near his home last Monday.
t
Jacksonville Times, July 24 Geo
A Houck, of Benton county, a broth
ther of Hon J J Houck, of Gold Hill,
arrived in this county lafct week with
over 1000 highbred Angoria goats,
which he purchased in California and
is driving home.
The hardwood factory at the saw
mill is now turning out telephone
cases for the Oregon Telephone com
pany. The cases are a sample lot
made of maple, balm, cotton wood,' and
pine. A large amount of additional,
work of the sort is expected at the
factory."
In the absence of the pastor, Rev
Shafer will occupy the pulpit of the
Evaneelical church tomorrow. Mr
Bhafer is an excellent speaker and an
earnest worker. He is a graduate of
the Moody Bible Institute at Chicago.
Christian Endeavor meets as 7pm
at which time a collectfon will be ta
ken for the relief of the sufferes cf the
famine districts of India. Come and
bring your offering.
A new window display at A Ho
des' attracts much notice. It repre
sents a camping scene. The camp fire
with its overhanging kettle is there.
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Jog with the hatchet etueK in it, the
empty cans, the egg shells and all
other things incident to a camp in
the woods. 1 tie display is seasonable,
and the arrangement artistic. Clem
Hodes is the decorator.
John Lenger's commission house
handled the R C Kiger crop of Early
Hale peaches. The yield of the orchard
was 1,100 boxes, and the whole product
has been picked and successfully mar
keted. Four hundred boxes were
sold in Corvaliis and 700 went, to
Portland. Mr Lenger will also handle
Mr Kiger's Early Crawfords, which
will be ready for picking in three
weeks. Of the 'latter there should
be 1,000 boxes. .
William Hamlin and family ar
rived Tuesday from Crawford, Neb
raska. They have leased a house, j
and expect to spend the winter in
this city. They came by team, hav
ing left their Nebraska home May 10
th. In the party were two famillies,
one of which settled in Grande Ronde,
while the other went into the
cti rf W oahinrrnn Tr TIamlin qteiq
formerly acquainted with Mr McHenry
and Carpenter Campbell, in Nebraska.
Neil Newhouse artived Wednes
day from Eugene, where he has been
Tpfit.Mnor the rirver in the nrune orch
ard of NorrisHumphery. The mod
el adopted in the new arrangement of .
the dryer is the same as ; is in
use at the big prune orchard, which is 1
understood to be a complete success
in curing fruit. In Mr, Humphrey's
orchard the Italian prunes are prac
tically a total failure. Of Petitea
there will be a yield of 2,500 bushels.
The orchard comprises 35 acres, halt
Italian and half Petite trees, and is
one of the finest in the state.
Mr Brunk regrets the departure
of F M Kaady, a late guest at the Oc
cidental, The latter is apparently a
dead beat. He' arrived in town, a
stranger, and put up at the Occiden
tal, He claimed to be an agent of the
Native Sons order. For a week jhe
continued as the guest of Mr Brunk.
Then, without at warning, suggestion
or an affectionate goodbye, he de
parted, The hour of his going was
early. It was, so-far a,s can be judged,
long before the landlord had arisen.
Where he went is not known. The
chief rememberance of him is, that
his board bill is still unsettled. .
Wheat 45.
Judge Mc Fadaen left for Califor
nia yesterday.
Mrs Jerry Nunan and children
of Portland are iu town, the guests of
relatives.
A wife, a lost 5 piece, a missing
dog and many other thiDgs are in
quired about in the "Lost and Found"
column tbis issue. '
George Davis, Samuel Whitesides
and W H Mc Bee have bought three
fourths of the Calloway -Hunter thresh
iug out-fit, and the latter has gone to
Muddy to operate. Joe Hunter re
tains a quarter interest.
: The following sheiiff's deeds have
been filed for record. Peter Eickard
te C E Robertson, 820 acres five miles
north of Philomath, 1,572 35; M P
Burnett to H S PitinaD, 40 acres two
miles south of Blodgett, $1.
After a rnonth spent in Umatilla"
county, A M Witham, who returned
Monday, says Willamette is not in it
for wheat. He saw one wheat field
that was four miles long. The crop
beyond the Cascades is excellent.
A drop in the price of wheat in
the local market occurred Thursday.
The decline is from 46 to 45. The
price still stands at the latter figure.
The change is on account of a decline
from 58 and 60 to 54 in Portland,
and weaker quotations in the Sau
Francisco ana Eastern maikete.
The ladies of the Christian church
gave a very pleasant lawn social in the
court house square Tursday night,
The maples were tastefully hung with
Chinese lanterns, and ice-cream and
cake were . served from a tent. A
laige crowd was in attendance. The
sum or S19.50 was realized.
A welcome change in the weath
er has transpired. For the intense
heat of the latter part of last week
the weather clerk has substituted
cool, temperate days and comfortable
nights, and the old inhabitant is him
self again. A threatening south wind
with apparent promise of a harvest
rain has been the only unwelcome
feature.
A number of her friends were en
tertained by Miss-- Leona Smith Wed.
nesday evening, in honor of the Misses
Cooper and Miss Hessel, of PortUud.
Those present were: Misses Julia
and Louise Cooper, Frances Hessel,
Mabel Withycombe Rosalie GreftVz,
Lulu Spangler, Leona Smith and Mrs
Rennie and Esther Avery. Messrs
Grant Elgin, Raymond Henkle, Wal
ter Keady, ArthurBier, Ernest Ar
nold, ElmerClark, and Mr Rennie. "
Guy Clark arrived in town Thurs
day, having come from Portland on
his wheel. He wore a fine $35 gold
medal, taken by him as first prize in
a half mile bicycle race at the cele
bration ofthe fourthat Baker City.
Businessin Baker at present is dull,
and Guy will spend the summer in
Portland where he has a position.
The members of the Clark family are
very well pleased with their new lo
cation. -
Mr and Mrs Cronk arrived Wed
nesday from a month's absence at
Coos Bay. They expected not to return,
but after looking around for awhile
they are back, and Mr Cronk has
purchased a dwelling into which they
moved Thursday, and which they
will occupy for an iadeflaite period.
At Coos bay Mr and Mrs Cronk visit
ed with Kriebels and found them
comfortably located, with Mr Kriebel
in an excellent position. At Coos bay
there is much activity in lumber, ship
building, coal and other lines.
The funeral of Mrs Haskina oc
curred from the Presbyterian church
at 2:30 Wednesday afternoon. Save
J H Haskin of St Louis, all of the sons
and daughters were present, Miss
Florence Haskins having arrived from
Eureaka Springs, Arkansas, just in
time to reach the church. The serv
ice was conducted by Dr Thompson.
The ch:ir was in attendance and ren
dered several selections. There was
an abundance of floral offerings, and
many old time citizens of the town
were present t'o pay a last tribute to
one who had beenfor nearly half a hun
dred years a resident - of Corvaliis.
The interment was in Crystal Lake
cemetery, . -
Ther exodus to the' mountains
and the sea has decimated Corvaliis'.
population. Save a few straggling
citizens, the streets are most of the
time deserted. The town, dog dozes
lazily on the, side walks, and only stirs
to snap at an offending fly. Farmers
only come to town for machinery ex
tras or a few supplies, and are gone
again within a short time of arrival.
For the next month to corae Main
street wilf not drive people into lun
acy with its bustling activity. The
only sounds to relieve the monoto.ny
will be the noise of hammers where
repairs of building are going on, the
distant buzz of the sawmill, or the
rattle of the machinery in the plan
ing mills. . ;
" The big log drive passed along the
riverfront Thursday forenoon. The
main jam began to pass at eight o'clock
in the morning, and by noon the river
in front of the O R&N dock was
practically clear of logs. Tha advance
guard of the drive has been passing
town for ten days. The drive com
prises six million feet, and is com
posed of white fir and balm logs for
the Oregon City paper mill. In mov
ing it forty men and eight horses are
employed. The men are paid $2.50
per day, and the daily expense is $150.
With the out fit are three scows, one
being the bunk house and eating es
tablishment for the men, and the oth
er two for the use of the horses. The
operators are Spalding Brothers, 'for
merly of Corvalli3. '
Pror Knisely, the new chemist at
the college, arrived - yesterday after
noon and has assumed charge of his
department. 'He has made a favor
able impression on -those . he has met.
With " commendable energy, J A
Carter has replaced his burned build
ings at Wells with new structures, and
is again in business. . His announce
ment is to be seen elsewhere in this
paper. - "
Heavy shipments of mail are now
regularly received each evening by
the new service on the C & E. The
arrangement is a great convenience.
A moriiing service for Portland would
still further accommodate. '
Beginnicg Monday evening, the
lobby oi the pott-office will be closed
at night. The change is in response
to orders isfcued by the post-cfHce de
partment at Washington. .-It is on
account of numerous post-effiee rob
beries that baAe ocenrred.
The Central Planing Mills and
Box Factory have arranged with the
City Lumber yards for a large supply
of Cascade Mountain sugar pine to be
manuiactured into fruit and other
boxes. The box factory proprietors
have tried the balm and river bottom
or bull pine, which has not given
satisfaction. In tjie future they will
use the sugar or white pine for box
es. This material is superior to spruce
lor this kind of work.
THE WHEAT YIELD.
Reports Frtm the Threshers. The
Average so far is Fim iue to
St. ven teen Bushels.
The uppermost question in Bent
on connty miud9 now is"Whatis
the wheat yield to be?" Much de
pend an how ths waving wheat fields
and the threshing machines an
swer the question. When farmers
do not prosper, merchants, . black
smiths and professional men do not
prosper. In this agricultural com
munity every line is dependent up
on the husbandman, and the weal
or the woe of one is locked up in
the success or failure of the other.
Next week threshing of the fall
sown grain begins The Smith
Whiteaker machine opens up at T
W Smith's place Wednesday. The
Davis McGee Whiteside Hunt
er machine starts at the W H Mc
Bee place Tuesday. The Taylor
and Tracer machine starts next
week, but the day has not yet been
fixed. The same is true of the
Gellatlv machine. Ahead of all
others is the Linderman Lock
Knot machine. Its "fall run began
last Tuesday. Tnere was. a day
and a half of threshing on the E W
Fisher fa"m. ,; From there the
machine went to Sol King's and
threshed until yesterday morning.
In the forenoon there was a remov
al from King's to Locke's, where
threshing is now in progress.
Across the Willamette in Linn
several threshers are said to be at
work. Among others is the Hoflake
outfit, which has already threshed
several fall crops.
The yields where threshing has
been done are not so discouraging
as might have been expected. The
crop, though much shortened, is in
no sense a failure. On the Fisher
farm wheat made an aver
age of 17 bushels. Those who Baw
the field, however, say that in an
ordinary year the average would
not have been less than 35. bushels.
On the Hoflake farm across the
Willamette from a large, fild of
summer fallow was only nine bush
els per acre. In the vicinity of
Oakville a similar field went ten
bushels. On the same' field last
year the average was 25 bushels.
On the Casper Zierolf farm four
acres of wheat threshed as an ex
periment Monday, made an aver
age of 15 bushels. Oats on the
same place averaged 22 bushels.
It Averaged F.fteeu Bushels.
The first grain threshed in Ben
ton this season was at the Casper
Zierolf farm Monday. Four acres
of wheat averaged fifteen bushels
per acre, and a small acreage of
oats made an average of 22 bushels.
A. farmer who saw it said that the
straw in the wheat was good enough
for a yield of thirty bushels. The
yield however, was not below what
Mr Zierolf expected.
The grain was threshed by the
new Taylor-Tracer outfit. The
threshing, in fact was only done
for trial of the machine. The out
fit was purchased of J R Smith &
Company of Corvaliis, and com
prised a 33-56 Garr-Scott separator
and an eighteen-hbrse Garr-Scott
compound enjine, with wind stack
er andautomatic band cutter and
feeder. . -.
A large crowd of interested
machine men were - on hand to
watch proceedings, and all ex
pressed delight at the smooth work
ing of the machinery. A machine
of the same kind- but of smaller
size, and belonging to the Lindar
man, Locke Knotts company,
was tried on the farm of E W Fish
er north of " town, Tuesday - with
equal satisfaction.. The cost of the
Taylor Tracer""-outfit was about
$3,000. -:: - - - ,. .
All summer dress goods at "cost.
Nolan & Callahan's.:
TOO MANY WIVES.
One in A'sra and- Another in the
' East That is the Chat ge against
Edwards. . .
A warrant is out for the arrest of
R. E. Edwards." Itehafges him with
bigamy and adultry,' The offensel
charged is that Edwards, while stil,
lawfully married to one woman
entered into the marriage relation
with another. '
Edwards lives in the Alsea
country, near the foot of Digger
mountain. The records in the
clerk's office show that Edwards
wa3 married to Miss E. S. Strake in
Corvaliis on the first of last Feb
ruary. The marriage was solem
nized in the law office of E Holgate,
Mr Holgate as justice of the peace
officiating. The witnesses to the
ceremony were John Burnett and
Mrs A Strake. The latter is the
mother of the young lady whom
Edwards took as hi3 bride. Miss
Strake was only seventeen years of
age at the time of the wedding, and
along with the application for the
license w.as filed the mother's writ
ten consent to the marriage.
At the time of the marriage,
Edwards was the husband of an
other woman, whose residence is
now in the East, and from whom
he has never been divorced. The
case is brought in the court of John
Edwards, justice of peace for Alsea
precinct. The warrant was sworn
out by District Attorney E it Bry
son, who went to Alsea to look up
evidence in the case Wednesday.
The proceeding is brought in the
Alsea court to save milage and
costs. The justice in the case is
not related to the defendant. The
defendant is to be arrested in Alsea
this morning, and his preliminary
examination wiil follow as soon as
arrangements are made. The case
is sp.id to be a very plain one, with
abundant evidence on the side of
the state. Prior to Edward's latest
marriage, the Strakes, mother and
daughter were, as they still are,
residents of Alsea. -
DEXXIS STOYALL'S LETTER.
Facts Abcnt Baker City and Sumpter
Where the Jloney Conies From.
Editor Timks: - I hear and read
a great deal of late regarding the
mines and -mineral lesources of
Oregon, more especially the district
surrounding Baker City and Sump
ter. For the edification of the interest
ed readers of the Timks, and as there
are several Benton county people
who have set their slakes here with
the many others, I as one who has
become quite well acquainted with
this country would beg leave to say
a few words.
There is no doubt whatever but
that the Baker and Sumpter min
ing district is booming; as Sumpter
has grown during the past three
yearfrom a village of 300 to a city of
nearly 5000 people. Baker City
now contains 10,000 people where
only a short time ago there were but
half that number. People are
flocking in here by the scores and
hundreds . r
But here comes the all-important
.question Do the resources of the
country justify this rapid growth?
If I should be asked the question
I would say, I believe" not.
In the first place there is no' agri
culture here; that is none to amount
to anything as the great host of
people require. The country sur
rounding Baker City is naught but
barren hills, where there i3 naught
to be seen but tufts of sage brush and
clouds of rolling sand. How ". it
makes the heart of the Webfooter
long for home, for the green mead
ows, the rippling streams and the
cool shades to look, across these
miles and miles of mountains with
out a single tree in sight, naught
but sage-brush - and sand, and sand
and sage-bru3b, with an occasional
jack rabbit that 'perhaps came in
here during the crusades,
But is there gold here?' Yes there
i3, just lots of it. -But I haven't got
it, neither has my neighbor -or the
the people living across the street.
There is mcgiey here too, just lots
of it, but it is that which I and my
neighbor and the people across the
street, together with others brought
here when we came. There are mines
here too, just lots of them,, and
thousands and thousands of dollars
are spent in working them. But
how many paying mines are there?
Very fewr But what makes Baker
boom? Well we have just lots of
mines and it takes money to run
them. So' if yoii will he kind
enough to take up another it will
mean that much more money for
the 'grafters." -
- - ; Dennis H Stovall. :
Deserted His Family ami His Farm.
: The queer behavior of John Lout
eenheiser of Alsea has come to puB
lic notice. For fifteen years he has
resided in Alsea, where he owned
160 acres of land. He formerly re
sided at Cameron, Missouri, where
an interesting family and a fine
farm were deserted by him when he
came to the Coast He received a
pension of $30 per month, and reg
ularly the moEt of this money was
sent to the family in Missouri. He
refused, absolutely," however, to go
back to his family, or to permit
members of the family to come out
to him, threatening, if they attenua
ted to do so, to go where he could
not be found. He was a past-master
of a Missouri lodge of A O U W,
and kept his dues promptly . paid.
Recently he went from Alsea to Al
bany. There his mental condition
grew worse, and members of the
workmen took charge of his cafe.
Last week, the Democrat says, a
daughter and son-in-law of the
strange man came out from Missouri,
and Wednesday they started with
him for his old home. The case is
unuually peculiar.
Stinginess That Did Not Pay.
The man did not live in Benton
county. He was a Kansan. He
was too stirgy to subscribe and pay
for the local paper. He sent his
little boy to borrow the copy taken
by his neighbor. In his haste ihe
boy ran over a $4 stand of bees and
in ten minutes looked like a warty
summer squash. -His cries reached
his father, who ran to his assistance,
and failing to notice a barbed wire
fence, ran into it, breaking it down,
cutting a handful of flesh from his
anatomy and ruining a . $4 pair of
pants. The old cow took advantage
of the gap in the fence and got into
the corn field and killed herself
eating green corn. Hearing the
racket the wife ran, upset a four
gallon churn of rich cream into a
basket of kittens drowning the
whole flock. In the hurry she
dropped a $7 set of false teeth.
The-baby left alone crawled through
the spilled cream into the parlor,
ruining a new $20 carpet. During
the excitement the oldest gfrl ran
away with the hired man; the dog
broke up eleven setting hens, and
the calves got out and chewed the
tails off four fine shirts.
LOST AND F0DXD.
Wanted
A man of 35 wishes to correspond
with lady with a view to marriage.
Address, P O Box 633, Portland Ore.
Boxes! Boxes!
Apple boxes, peach boxes," boxea of
all kind made. - Pine ' cotton-wood
and fir. All work guaranteed. Best
new planing mill just started at the
Corvaliis Saw Mill.
Lost.
White Setter dog, red spot on left
side, red ears. Named Bob Any
one finding such a dog notify Frank
Lilly and receive reward.
All goods at cost until Saturday
28th, at tha Ladies Bazaar.
Ladies, when you visit Nolan &
Callahan's don't forget looking over
their remnant counter: Choice Plums
All shirt waists and crash skirts at
cost. Nolan & Callahanls.
Buy your harvesting outfits at No
lan & Callahan's.
" Sweeping reductions in all summer
goods at Nolan & Callahan's.
Big Bargains in broken lines of
ladies' shoes at Nolan & Callahan's.
The favorite whiskey of famous
men is HARPER. Because of its
smooth, exqusite flavor; because of its
matchless purity; because of its mel
low age. No wonder its the favorite.
Every drop sterling. -HARPER
WHISKEY
SOLD BY
J G. WCEsTEFELD
; i . Corvaliis, Or.
Big Bargains in mens' and boys'
summer suits at Nolan "& Callahan's.
Complete stock of . harvesting out
fits at Nolan & Callahan's '
Cut prices in trimmed hats at Ful
lington & Ranney's.
For Sale
Cheap. Good buggy and harness.
Enquire of E P Greff -z,. the jeweler.
For .Sale. - "
84 head nannies and 55 head stock
sheep. Address or call on S Fisher,
Philomath, Oregon.
For Sale. '
-
A 14 Tray-Currin Fruit dryer.
Stcvea complete used one season.
Price $25. Will exchange. - R Fis
her, Corvaliis.
Sugar Pine Boxes.
. All kind of fruit boxes made from
sugar pine at Central Planing Mills
and Box Factory.
. .-' Personal. . .
"Will the person. to- whom, by mis
take, a $5 piece instead of a nickel
was given in change at the Ice Cream
social Thursday night kindly return
the amount due to Mrs Frank Elgin.
In making change, the $5 was given,
under the impression that it was a
nickel. An examination 'of bis or her
purse by the person receiving it
ehouid show proof of the error.
TOLD IS BRIEF.
Peoples Movements What They are
DoiDg aud Where They are Going.
Mrs Mae Irvine left yesterday
for Newport, for the season. v
- The Nolan family leave the first
ofthe week to occupy a cottage at
Newport.
For the weekLMrs J H Harris
is at Kings Valley the guest of Mrs
Alexander. - -
Mrs Bertha Greenbers. sons
and mother, returned yesterday to
San Franoisco. . .
Mrs Coopex and daughters and
Miss Hessel, left yesterday for their
homes in Portland.
Miss May me Crawford leaves
today to accept a position iu the tele
phone office at Salem.
Esther Reid,for the remainder
of the college vacation, is an assist
ant at Allen's drug store.
Prof McKellips left yesterday
for Conuor8ville, Indiana to be ab
sent until September 1st.
The Misses Simpson, guests of
their aunt, Mrs F L Miller, leava to
day for their home in Portland,
Thursday evening at the lodge
hall, the Degree of Honor gave a re
ception in honor of the birthday of
Taylor Porter.
Mr and Mrs Fulton, Miss Hel-.
en Holgate and Dr Bowen Letter
left yesterday morning for a two
weeks camping trip to Alsea.
DrTotten recently arrived from
Eastern Oregon and now a resident
of the vicinity, will hold service at
Oak Ridge tomorrow at three o
clock.
Dr Thompson leaves this af
ternoon for Newport where tomor
row he wjll hold servic-e in the Pies
byterian church. Ha returns to Cor
v i. i ; Monday.
- The condition of John Sta'
busch, who recently suffered a para
lytic stroke, is not improved. He
remains speechless, and his right
side is completely involved with the
paralysis.
Harrvand Robert A
properly armed and eq
with three ponies for tra
rtquirements lelt yesterday
ing tor the Cascades lor a mon
hunting and fishing trip.
Henry Franklin has designed
a drilling machine that promises to
become useful in rock and other
work. The machine strikes 120
blows a minute. The force of the
blow is from- 200' to 250 pounds.
The machine for blasting purposes
It weighs but bU Dounds. The
13 aloutlUU.
Miss Olive Smith.
acceptably and taithtulvJTrTTed the
position of organist at the Presby
terian church, dnriug the past two
years, returns to her home at Dallas
today. It is seldom that a church
is so fortunate to secure the services
of a competent and constant organ
ist for so long a period. The entire
church and congregation recognize
with gratitude the efficient service
and help, Miss Smith has rendered.
Whether or not Miss Smith wili
return to Corvaliis is uncertain.
' HEAP TLUBBLE."
A Chinaman's Distress. A letter From
His Hire. Hog-m?at High.
"In .China, muchee tlubble.
Chinamen no likee. Too muchee
fight, all sem Melican man." That
is what Chinamen Ti said yester
day. He had just received a letter
from his wife in China. The .mis
sive is supposed to have breathed
much love and affe ction, as well as
distress, for Ti was visibly affected.
The letter said that the prices of
everything in China had advanced
since the war began. Thu3, rice
before the war was a dollar per 100
pounds; now it was five dollars per
100. To get a small trunk through
the Chinese custom house before
the war cost $1; now it costs $10.
But here is where the shoe pinches.
Even as a lady loves a new spring
bonnet, the Chinese love pigs.
"Heap likee pig all time eatee,
heap good" was Ti's description of
the chinamens love of hog meat.
Before the war. to get a pig through
the custom bouse cost one cent par
pound; now it costs five cents per
pound. The consequent laceration
ofthe average Chinese bosom . is
easily understood.
Ti's letter was on tissue paper in
Chinese characters and was about a
yard long. It read up . and down
the page instead of across it, Ti
said the Chinese troubles were
caused by missionaries. "Chlist
ian makee heap tlubble Ketchum
China girl, makem Chlistian too;
Boxer no likee. Cut um Chlistian
head off. Chinaman no likee
Boxer all sem Injin." ;
; ' Piano Instruction. .
Mordaunt Goodnougb, teacher of
piano and organ. Method of Dr Ma
eon of New York. Terms reasonable.