the Mosmsra obegokias; ttjesbat, jaxttaks: s. im; THE BUSINESS WORLD GOOD IAQX'IRY FOR ALL IvI.XDS OP GREE PRODUCE. The "Wheat Trade Report lis Tele- crapb General Produce and Financial Advice". There as m&re business done In the vegtaol line yesterdaj than far ?veral weeks. In faet. about the only demand existing on rront street was for green produce The steamer brought up a. he.iv lot of California vegetables, and nearly everything received cleaned up promptly at firm priees. There are no changes In quota -nans for country produce, receipts th far this reek being light. Groceries provhne, etc. are steady at firmer rat" The Coffee Market. Ooffe, eepeciall high grades of at! kinds, ure exceedingly Arm. The crop of Javas and Mochas is the shortest on record for many 3 ears, and tilth extreme!) limited Ktoeka in this ountry prices are all ranging higher. Even low grades of. ooSea are .bringing full prices, al though at the beginning of the seaon all lidl catiens were that loner figures veuM prevail. Hunk. Statements. The ci-arings of the leading dtle of Uie X nited States yesterday wre as follows. Kxchanges Ralances. Portland .-. 5 7S.t)Sil ? 43,iS seattle UI.112 35,517 Tacoma 1S14S7 15 6T5 .e TerK vo.rcuou 4 SU!,0u4 lioxten 14 tan Mfl l.SHSS Kaltlmare 2,1 13.77 .C0 2O Puilad'ipbta s rsaMcVl 1 71S 4"0 &i. Lula .' iM.i.r.rj ais,7i; THE GRI MARKETS. Prices Paid for Av Iient lit Ilonie and hroad. The local grain inarlt is reported quiet .t unchanged quotations, TTVjC per e r.tal for Val ley and J7&fr"li ier cental fur "VValfci "alia being the range given for export value. At Ae lork. KV "iORK. Jan. 7 Hour Dull. stead Wheat KeceiptK SI 4V), exjo-t8, S23 001; tales, S,M.i,O00. future?. 700 lmhehs tpt mar ket, dull nd Jc lower, closing firm. Nt. 2 red More and el rater. UVAi,Vc. atleat. JtrC3c fob, (KCMjRI&c: ungraded red. rfrG.!c: .. 1 Xorthern, 70r7Ic. Options ojventd strung, anl advanced e,ra'hlc on firmer cables, decreased stocks, foielgu lMiing. local covering and ex pected large decrease In the visible: fell ViS'r" on the large Increase on passage and veaker Meet, closing stead at V-so under baiurdaj, with a fair trade May nKwt active Closing price: No S ed, Januarv, OlVJc: Tebruao. ulc; March, tXl'c Max, CUJic. June, fi2c; Jul, CSV. i Chicago. t'lllCACO Jan 7. Wheat Urau with i?n8 vf abatement in the demand, compared with that prevailing at the eh baturdav. The nu JiHltj lul Ma wheat for sale at Ss'-t when the market opened, and continued to press it for about So minute, at which time it had de clined to TiSh. It wa.1 the impression at the t me that the visible would sIkjvv a decri-at. of not to exceed S5 WM lupis VV hen Xew lork Mocks, which it bad been assumed would allow a decrease rf frfKIOOO husheK, proved to have fallen off nearl IKm) ui0 buslieH inc-e Mon la last, the businefw had more -plrlt in it, and the market recovered its earl loss The market hllffened, Mr advancing to r.S?,c. The viable nhowed a. decrease of o'O.OiW huMieW, but the xpeculators hoW heavilv, causing a jeactimi. May closed at She, and January at Tile. Liverpool Sjnt Market. 1 I "EHlOOL, Jan 7 heat Spot Jirm, d mand moderate. No. S red winter, -i lt)d, No S red spring, Tc Sd. No 1 hard Manitoba. Tii. No 1 California, ft S1! 1'utures openeil teadv, with near and dintant positions unchnnged to Sd hlghr businetti alKMit cquallv distrtbuicd. Januarv. 4 mivi, TeJiiuarv. 4s lOd, Manh, 4i 10d; April. 4k lid, Mav, 4-i ll,d Corn bpot, steailj , American mixed, new. 4s id 1'utures openetl firm. v ith near and distant 08ltions Sd higher, tlosetl steady and Sd higher, Januarv. 4s llid. rebruarv. 4x Sd. March and prll. 4b SHd, Mav. 4s Sd Flour Stead , demand moderate, it. Louis fancy winter, Ss 5td. VInIIiIc Supply of Grain. NKW lOUK, Jan. 7 The Aisible uppl uf grain on Januarv S, a- compilelt bv the Cew loik Produce Hxchange, is as follows; Husbfis, Decrease. Mheat b.ssO (HX r7. (x0 'urn ldbTJPiH) 1,IJO()0 Oats . . btCI. WK S:IHH) Kye 4iV).(K "JiOlXk) liarlej S.t.bl.XHt SIJ.WHI "lncreae. Ucerlioliiu) Grain Itcporl. LlVEltPOOL, Jan. 7. Yl heut Cargoes off oMist. nothing doing, on po.vae. ilrm, with less offeiing. Knglisli countrj marketv, firm; w heat and Hour in Pari", firm. American vomcn are j-ud to be Krow Ing: taller. The effect of good cooking prepared ith Dr. Price's Calcine; l'ow ilor. 1.HCAU Ql OTATIOAS. Price Current In the Produce Mar ket " eMterdn . Tour 1'ortlaad, Salem, Cascadla and Da ton are quoted at $J 40 ier barrel. Gold Drop, $J 0.'., Snow Hake. $J 35, Benton coun, ?S 40, graham, $S 1562 40, superfine. ?J. Oats Good white are quoted at S52Gc per lmsll; milling. STfrSOc; gra, S3e27c Rolled vats are quoted as follows: Bag. $A 70 Q C. barrels, ?0t) S5. cases, $3 75 Barley Peed Iwrlej. U50C74C per cental, brewing, bOgSJc per cental, according to the qualitj MIHsuifTh-Itran. jn ). middlings, $13 W); hop feed. Jlo 17. middlings, none in market, thicken wheat, 75c per cental. llav Good. $1C10 per to Uulter Plrm; farvc creamerj" Is quotetl at l&S274e. fancj- dalrv. SOffSS'tc; fair to good, l&i' 17Vjc, common. lSVaC Olieec Oregon, fair. J10c per iound; fanc, lUlSVsC. oung America. JlOc. bwiss, 1m-jHH-ted. SO'Jc. domestic. 14 lac. Potatoes Sob-IOc per tack Onlon Good Oregon. 7&6tHe per cental l'oultr' Chlekeno, .' WM M per dot. ducks, 54f4 SO, aeeve. ?ftgT. turkev. live. l-'14c per pound, dressed, choiee. lalbc Presh fruit California grapes are quoted at Vefe$l per crate; good Oregon apples bring $i Sfl S3 per b. Jersei cranberries. $14; pears. $101 15 per box, persimmons, $1 sifl its per box. Uggs Oregon, scarce and firm at Sac per dor.. Kastern. S5c Tropical fruit California lemons are quoted at $3 MHfC ). fc4Wlv ?0 50. bananas, $j wvf 3 30, Klotlda oranges, ?44f4 S5 per box; Cali fornia navels, $3 50 ier box. pineapples. Hon olulu. $3 50. "sHgar-loaf. $5. Figs-California black, boxes, quoted at $1 S3, sacks. 4trXc; lil lfornla white. 10-pound boxes, ?i logi 15; ;, pound boxes. $S 50. sacks. Otfbc Turkish, boxe, 146'16c: fancj, large, S0Slc. bags, 10c Oregon vegetables Cabbage, 1flc per pound. kiiuash. 05c per dosen. California vegetables liruete sprouts, 5ftuc per pound, string boons, iSflSa per pound, kreen lea, lS13c per pound; artichoke. 51 S3 per dosen; cauliflower. V0c ier dozen, sweet po tatoes. Jl 501 75 per cental, cucumbers, 73c per dozen, asparagus, lJc per pound. Nuts Almonds, soft shell. lS14c pec pound; paper shell. 10917c. new crop California wall nuts, soft sheik lSV-c, standard walnuts, lt4g lie. Ohio chestnuts, new crop. 14915c; pecans. ISifilCe. Braills. 12VslSc; IMberts. 14ri5c; pea nuts, raw. fancy. 5g7c; roasted. 10c; hickorj nuts, &&10c. oocoanuu. lKc per dosen. Mool Valley. "TtWc. aoeordtng to qualitv, mpqua. 7fctc. Eastern Orogon. 7c Hoes Quotable at 407c per pound, according to q&)Kv. 3ae Venlon. 5c per pound: bear 4$Cc; rabbtu. &8S 50 per doscn; ducks, teal, ?i ssi -n-idgoan. $1 75. mallard. ?S. geec. S. lrovisien Eastern hams, medium, quoted at 13H14c per pound, hams, picnics, lliSc, ureakfaK bacon. 14915c, short ciear sides, ll 33c. drj- salt sides. 10llc; dried beef hams. nei5c; lard, compound, in tins. KCM0c; pure, la ttes. lllSVuc, ptgs feet. 5ts, $S aS 53 S6. Wts, 51 25. The Merchandl.se Market. Sfthaon CotumWa river. No. 1 talte. $1 25 3 W. No. 2 talK 262 50; fnacj. No. 1 flats. 1 761 . Alaska. No. 1 tan. $1 SOU 1 30. N. 2 tails, fl J0S Si Coal-Stead . dsHnoMlc, f57 50 per ten. for elga. 5011 eans-hMlt wWte. No. 1. sfce jW pMtnd. butter. 3c. bayau. 3c: JAnta. 5e. Sugar U. 4He. C. 41; ra C, 4JSe; drj" gran., 5"J aibe, eruhed sad pw4crd. 4c per pound- Je per pound dtscount on all grades for prompt cash, h&f-barrels, c more than barrels; maple rugar. 15lGc per pound. Cordage Manilla rope. l-Inch. is quoted at DJc. and sisal. Cc per poand. Coffee Costa Rica, 2223c; R,o, SOgSSc: Salvador. 2lC21c: Mocha. SCSSc; Padang Java, Sic; Palembang Jara. SO & SSe; Lahat Java, S3S5: Arbuckle'a Mekoka and Lion. 822 30 per 100-pound case, Columbia, fSl SO per 100-pound case. The Meat Market. Bef Gross, top steers. 52 SSffS 35; fair to good steers,, $2. cows, f 1 73g2, dressed beef, 3S94Kc ptr pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers. SI 75; ewes. Jl 50a 55; lamb. 2c per pound; dressed mutton. 3&4e: lamb. 4c Veal Dresed, rniall, 5c; large. 3 4c pr pound. Regs Groe. choice heavj. S3 754. light and feeders, $2 73; dred. Se per poand AEU' TORK VTOCIC 3IRKCT. Another Decline Recorded in Oregon hort Line. NEW YORK. Jan. 7 The declaration of the regular qHarterlr dividend of ' per cent in Chicago Gas and 14 per cent in New Jerv Central were factors for strengthening these stocks, and helped to Mrengthen the general market. Another favorable Influence was the good market for Americans on the London ex change, which liad moved prices up so that arbitrage buing was possible at a profit, and a sharp covering demand in Chicago Gas tent that stock up S per cent to 76 In the late deal ings the entire market gave waj a fraction, and the market closed heavv. but In most in stance, at an advance on Satunlaj's final sales of fi' jjer cent, the latter in Northwestern preferred. Sugar and Manhattan gained per cent. Among Uie shares which showed declines are: MI-ouri Pacific, ?; National Starch. 1; O-egon SlHM-t Line & Utah Northern and Ten nessee Coal a Iron, g eaeh. Northern Pacific. Iowa Central preferred. Sugar preferred and Distilling. I per cent. The bond market ivas strong and nvoderatelv active througliout the laj. ales aggregated $l5."s300. Monej on call, easy at li-i per cent, closed at lt; prime mercantile paier. 246413 per cent: aterHng exchange, quiet but firm, with actual buisnes in banl crs- bills at $4 SS4 SS?4 for demand, and S4 7-iff4 ST for CO davt; posted rales. $4 kYtili f,: commercial bills, $4 JjUfc,; silver certiftcate, GOc bhl. Government bonds, firm, state bonds, dull; railroad bonds, strong. Petroleum btrong, Pennsvlvania oil sales, none; rebruarv option vales, OuOO; ctoed at bid. BONDS. Bonds ciood at New York jeiterdaj as fol lows. V S. 5s. reg HG$,,Erfe Sds r. do 5s. coup 117 'G. II. . S. A. 0s.. i7 do 4s. reg 113 1 do 7s.. 100 do 4s, coup .. ..lit IH SL T. Cent. 5s .101 do 2s. reg. 7 do s lOJC I'aclfic Cs of 'i)i..ltK) M. K. T. 1st 4s.. M)l Ala, class A 102 do Sd 4s 45't do B 104 iMuL. Union ls IDS do C tu iv. J. C. gen 3s....lll t do currem Sor. Pacific Ists ..114 La new enrols. . "131, i, js si Missouri .s kk) IVmthwest cons .. .14JSt N Carolina (. Utfe do K. deb 5s. lift do 4s y Rio Gr. AVesu Ihts 07 S Car. nan fund .. lriSt Paul cons . 7.1-S Term new set s .84, , do C. i. P. W. 5s.H0 lo 5s im) 3t. Louts & I. M. do old 0 1 gen. 5s 78'-. Va. Centuries S'tfjuSt. Louis & S P. o def l.:ii, Ken .s l(c: Atchion 4 04 iTet Pacific lsts... s4 do M A 17 do Sd 4 21 Can iouih. 2tN ..Ueji'p p. j,ts 0f 'MCS..104 C I'. lst of ", .looyju'est bhore 4s ...104S. Den & R. G. 7s..H5 (b0. R R. 5s 7! do 4 fcOtil Bid. STOCKS The cloning quotations for stocks on the New Yor.c Stock Exchange jesterda were as fol low Atchison 4 North Am. CV 3 Adams Exjuess 14U V. Y. Central 'KSH Alt. . Tar. Haute .JtA. N. "i. &. N. Eng... .rji, do pref. Ills lOntano . "Western IV Am. Express ... lit Oregon Imp IOV2 Bait. i. Ohio t.l Oregon Nav 1IV, Can Pacific . . 5C? Oregon Short Line Can Southern . -tm S. I tali Northern 5 Central Pacific ... 14 (Pacific Mail 21 Ches. &. Ohio .... rj, Peoria. IX &. Ev... J' Chicago & AltonMK. IPittsburg 157 Chi . Bur. 4 Q 71 .Pullman Palace ..153 Chicago Gas TalRendlng U'g Con Gas 1ST Rlch. Terminal .. 15 O C C & St. L.. .17t,I do pref 20 tol Coal . lion., l.llio Gr. extern . PP Cot. Oil Cert 23 do prer 4 5 Del. &. Hudson ..1JG iRock Island (llK lel . Ijck. 4 ..15b4t.t. Piul .MP,, Den 4 R. G. pref. 34 do pref 117 Disc A. C P. Co .. lOL P. 4 Omaha... 32 Erie W do pref 110 do pref 21Vi,Southern Pacific... 174 Fort Wavnc 157 Sugar Refiner. .. . 74 Gr. North. pref.,.10J Tenn Coal JC Iron . 144 till &. E I pref. US ITexas Pacific 'V4 Hocking Vallej .... ItitTol. . O C pref . Ti 111 Central S! ll'mon Pacific HVj St. l'nul &. Dul.. . SO P. S Express 4J Kjtn. .v Tex. pref.. SSVi Wah . St. L. &. P.. 5 Lake E &. . .. H.'t do pref TVS do pref 70 IWells-Pargo Ex...l(C Lake shore 1551m estern Union ... J7 l?ad Trust M', heeling JL L. E.. 10& LouK S. Nash .... 5JjKl do pref 40 touis. i New Al .. ( (Minn 4 St. Louis, ss Man. Con 105 Den t Rio Grande IOV4 Mem. S. Charlts.. 10 (General Electric .. 34 Mich Central .... T. (Vat, Linseed 1S Missouri lMcific. S3ViCol I'uel &. Iron . S". Mobile 4 Ohio 10 i do pref 70 Nash & Chat,... uT. ill & Te. Cent. . S'4 National Cordage. 7VToledo. A. A. & N. do pref 11U) Mich 1"4 N. J. Central SttTol . St Louis JC Nor. &. pref... 17141 Kansas Cltv 1 Northern Pacific :i do pref ; do pref 17MSo R- K li P. P.. D. &. Gulf., r.fc.1 do pref 3(P, Northvestern .... !i5Vm. Tobacco li7at do pref 143 do pref 107 Bid. Mining; Moekx. SAN riiANCISCO. Jan 7 Tlie ofbcial clos ing quotations for mining stocks toda were as follows: Alta $0 4:Hale 4 Norcross fO 00 Alpha Con lOfJusticc S3 ndes 34!Kentuck Con 7 Belcher t Ladv "Wash Con.. 7 Belle Isle 5Mexican HI Bet & Belcher... :7 Mono SO Bodle Con S3 ML Diablo 10 Bullion S Occidental Con ft Bulwer Con S Ophlr 1 03 Caledonia loOvcrman S3 Challenge Con .. 40lPotosl ;c Chollar 45!savage 52 Confidence .. .. N'ltScorplon ......... 4 Con Cal. 4 Va .. 3 C5Slerra Nevada C5 Con. Imperial . 1 Silver Hill 3 Crown Point ... CTR'nlon Con CI Gould & Currj... 4Jiellow Jacket 41 NEW "iORK. Jan 7. Mining stocks todav closed as follows. Bulwer 50 Oft Ontario S 50 Chollar 5ROphlr 1 50 Crown Point .... Plv mouth S3 Con Cal t Va .. 3 .V. Quicksllv er 1 50 Deadwood 40 do pref 15 00 Gonkl 4 Cu-rv.... 35 sierra Nevada ... 50 Hale & Norcross. 1 00tiandard 1 s4) Honiestahe ll 50 Union Chi . .. CO Mexican 73 ellow Jacket ... 43 lit the sunny South Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder is pre-eminently the household faonte. London Plnmicinl evvs. NEW "ORK. Jan. 7 The Evening Posf London cablegram savs: The markets "were un certain toda. The rumored retilgnatuin of Sir William Harcourt and of complications in the cabinet had no effect on stocks. Americans had a strong tspurt on small having in the bear mar ket on rumors about currency proposal.; i President Cleveland, and a poeitle Issue of United Stales 3 per cent bonds. Verj little stock changed hands, the buving being not in HunUal, and there was a set-back afterward. nnllion and Exchange. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 7. Follow Ing are the bank rates for bullion and exchange In this market: Drafts on sight. New York, per $100. Tfec. do telegraphic 10c: sterling bills on Lon don. CD-day bank. $1 &7i: do sight, $4 SO. da commercial, fl S5; silver barb, per ounce. 5seO0e. Mexican dollars. 500Glc. LONDON, Jan. 7 Bar silver. S7 7-10J. con soK lOJK. Bank of Engtaad discount rate. S per cent. SAX FRACISCO TRADE. Prices and Comment Front the Ila Cit 3Iarkelu. S.VN FRANCISCO Jan. 7 Flour Net casli prices for family extras. $3 40&3 53 per barrel: bakers' extras. J3 9998 40; superfine. ?2 S06 S 55 per barrel. "Wheat The market preserves a tadv- tone. OnTerings are not of liberal proportkms. -while a fairlv active demand ia reported. No 1 ship ping wheat is quotable at S7V,e per cental, with SSc for choiee. Milling grades are stead at ?7c. Walla Wane, wheat is quotable at 7Hc for fair averag-. MS5e for blue-stem, and 70r7M4e for damp stock. Barlew The market remains of a pasdve char acter. tnMtoacttons beinc of very light volume. Peed, fair to god TSfrblt . choice SSVc. Oate Arrivals of nearl 12.000 centals from the Harth uda rather dispelled the Improved feeMng. which developed last Satrda. MONng oats arc mwted at ?1J1 12 por eental, ur-nri- 51 "31 15 'ac feed $1 &lk 1 074; rood to choice. 92m?37,5c. poor to fair. S74tt)c black, 51 15ffl 30. red. St OT491 15. grav. tCHceSL Hops Quotable at 54JSc per pound. Potatoes Market Is well furnished. Volunteer new potatoes. Vja per lb.; Early Rose, 3537c, River Jteds. 30e33c, Burbanka. 35050c; Oregon Bin-banks. 50ff75c; Salinas Barbanks, 75c$l. sweets. 5(HJ73c per cental. Onions Quotable at 40805c pe- centaL- Wool Fall Free Northern. 7CS4C Northern defective, 567c; Southern ard San Joaquin, light and free, 5guc. do. defective. 3$4c Call board. Afternoon Wheat Quiet and steadv - Maj DIc asked. Barlej Weak. Jan uarj. S0,c. May yO4c. The produce receipts were Flour, packs. 1S.040. Oregon, 4441. "Washington, 274, wheat, centals. 53 4 VS. Oregon 744C, Washington. 22. 374. barlej. centals JOSS; Oregon 331, Wash ington. SU00, oats, centals, 100; Oregon, tt70i). Washington, lsM. corn, centals, 2170. beans, sacks. SftPS, potatoes sacks, 1033; Oregon, 047. OTUEIt MARKETS. Price Realised for LIveKtoek at Chi ciiro and Oninha. CHICAGO. Jan. 7. The number of choice fat steers in the market today was comparatively small and that sort sokl at about steadv prices, but ordinary to good steers and commoner grades of butchers and canners stocks -were weaker. For this time of the ear receipts were unusuallv large. Saks were reported all the waj from ?1 S31 50 for poor cows; ?5 40 5 73 for steers of extra qualit. In liogs, it was hard to get ?4 40 for anv thlng less tlwn St0 pounds, and the greater part of the light stunt sold at prices ranging down ward from 4 13 There were manv a!es of common light at $8 S563 75. hearv -veights at 54 U)fii 70 Shippers bought freelv. Slieep The cloe was $1 5033 40 for poor to choice, and $S S33 S3 for lambs. Cattl Receipts, 1S,000. calves, 00. hegs, 43,000; sheep, IS.Ooo Groeerien. Etc., lu the Eat. NEW Y'ORIC. Jan. 7 Hops Steadj . Wool Quiet. Pig iron Dull- Scotch, $1'.11JF20. American. $U 50813. Tin Steadj; straits, steadj, $13 53 33 4"; plates, quiet. Spelter Quiet; domestic, S3 S3. Lead Dull; exchange price. $3 05. Cop per Steadj ; exchange price. ? fc5fi) !W. Coffee Options closed dull at 5S0 points net decline, Januarj. $1 5 05; December, $1 1 UK Spot coffee Rio, quiet; No. 7, 15&c; mild, quiet. Sugar Raw, lirmlj held; refined steadj. CIIICVGO, Jan 7 Provisions were dull; Maj po-k closed unchanged; Maj lird closed Sttc lnglier, and Mav rlbh unchanged Mess pork Janunrv. Sll 53"; Mav, $11 S3 Lard Januarv , 50 wy. Mav. 57 074. Ribs Januarj, $5 SJ-; Mav, fC 0714 Ilopa tit London. LONDON, Jan 7. Hops Pacifies, u 13s. A $460,000 JACK-POT. Neither Times "Nor Poker Gnmex Are AVIuit They laed to He. "Ttmes out "West are not what they used to be. The bonanza farmers who threshed 10,000 and 13.000 actes of wheat, the ranch men v.ho thought they were poor unless thej had 100,000 bteers, and the miners who carted 63 and 70 tons of ore to the smelter when silver was worth $L20 are mighty scarce these daj&, I can tell yeu. I did not ee one here all last winter. They were staling at home and cutting their ov n firewood, while their wnes put new seats in their husband's last year's ttouEers." So to a Chicago reporter spoke an old timer who has known both slopes of the Rocky mountains utrce he was a boy. "There are a few of them left in Dener and Trisco, and some of them are living in Kansas Citv and Omaha, but I hae noticed that thej don't ride in, special cat any more, and plant whisky is good enough now for those whoa few j ears ago wouldn't drink anj thing but champagne and a little bitters on a lump of sugar. I recollect &eems a game of poker at the International hotel, in Chejenne, once when every chip represented a ster, and it wasn't uncommon to have 100 in the pot. The game got to running pretty high. "It was in the billiard-room, with a lot of people looking on, and the plaj ers w ere on their nerve. Tmally a jack-pot was opened for 10W steers cattle were then worth 520 a head on the range. The opener drew one card and the betting com menced, first 500 and then 1000 steers at a lick until two of the plajers got cold feet and dropped ouL Finally the opener called with S4G0.O00 on the table. The other man threw down four aces and raked in the pot. The opener, turning a little red in the face, remarked: 'It's all jours,' and then shoved five cards in the pack. Lots of people afterward asked him what he was betting on, but he never told. I think he had four king, which would have been good if there had only been an ace behind them." Western hospitality is proverbial and the food served is cooked w Ith Dr. Price's Baking Powder. De Les.s3eiH' Ph stent Grcatncsx. The phjsical heredity of De X.esseps w as, perhaps, more notable than his men tal inheritance. He would never have earned the name of le grand Francais if his body, in both nerve and muscle, had not belonged to that generation which swept Europe in the armies of Napoleon. The academies of medicine and sciences lately have occupied themselves with memoirs assigning the cause of the pres ent pljbical degeneracy to a century of agitated ancestry, culminating in the strain of the whole nation during the Franco-Prusstin war. The modern edu cation and the universal softness and dissipation of modern citified life are thought by manv to be a sufficient rea son. "When Ferdinand de Lesseps was a boy In the College Henri IV, at Paris, the use of fire in winter for the sleeping rooms, or even elsewhere to any extent, was unknown, and no one wore under clothing. He was the last of a generation whose only breakfast, while waiting for the noontide lunch, was a bit of dry bread, eaten in the schoolvard and washed down with cold water from the pump. V New AViteheraft. Indianapolis Journal. A man out in Kanbas who confessed to having committed a murder has been ac quitted, while the man under whose hyp notic Influence lie claims to haie acted was convicted of murder in the first de gree. At this rate belief in hpnotijm is In danget of producing results not unlike those of Salem witchcraft. Jutt as the mischievous Salemites declared that they were bewitched by certain neighbors, so any sort of rascal can declare that he was hjpnotized to the commission of crime bv an one whom his fancy sug Rests. Kansas juries seem especially gul lible. "W hither Are AVe Drifting-; Chicago Tribune. Lawjer (in 1?4) You want a divorce from our wife? On what ground? Husband (sobbing bitterlj Xon-sup-port, ma'ma. I have had to earn m liv ing for a whole ear. And I I was raised, O, so dclieatelv ! HOTEL VRIUAALS. THE PORTLAND. Geo D Dormn, S F M J Kinnej . Astoria L R Mead, S F J C Epperly. citv A L Reed. Boston G L Birkmun. S F B F Yreeland, Los Jos G Heins. South Angeles, Bend. Wash.. F K Jones, Los An- M B Hoxie, Tacoma geles J D GIIHIand. Oma. L A Varner, Los A B Calder, Tacoma Angeles B B Tuttle, city P L Gerould. citv V Stephenson. USA I K Carlisle, De- C Valentine, X Y troit Frank Ritchie. St PI S P Arnold. XT R J Franklin and K H Ellsworth Salt wife. Helena. Lake .Geo B Blanchard & M C Miller, St. Jos.1 wife. Tacoma B C Rlblet. Spokane Master Scott Blan S R Porter. Spokane chard, Tacoma S R Stern. Spokane Eugene L Lerunsky S Liebenhauer, S I San rran Rainier Grand Hotel. Seattle. Opened October 2?. American plan rates S3 to 15. De L. Harbaugh. Prop. Occidental hotel. Seattle, removed to "Tbir and Cherry &ts. A. A, Seagrayet prop. SHOfiT LffiE'S POLICY no.VDHOLBERS DISSATISFIED WITH rXIOX PACIFIC MANAGEMENT. The Osrden. Gateway Jlunt He 0end Before the Road Can. Be Pnt on a Satisfactory Basis. OilAHA, Jan. 7. From outside sources It is learned that all is not serene with the recelv ers of the Union Pacific relativ e to the fight to be made in resisting the application of the consolidated and mort gage trustees for a separate receiver for the Oregon Short Line &. Utah Xorthern. A. P. Boisevain, it is understood, has ex pressed himself as being In s mpathy w ith the movement of the loan and trust com pany on the ground that he would like to see the earung capacity of the Short Line & "Utah Xorthern separated from the Union Pacific. Another fruitful source of worriment to the receivers comes m the shape of a friendly interest of the blanket mortgage and the Utah Xorthern in the scheme of segregation, so that things are beginning to be quite compli cated. It is thought, however, if the Bois sevaln and Richardson interests unite 111 attempting to secure a separate receiver, that the application w ill likely prov e suc cessful. Freight Traffic Manager Monroe is on his way East to meet the receivers and talk over the freight situation In con junction with the application for a separ ate receiver. Just what action the re ceivers will take is not known, although it is definitely decided to fight the ap plication, but the grourds to be taken are the subject of considerable discussion. It stands to reason that the Union Pa cific receivers will make a strong fight against the granting of a separate re ceivership for the Oregon Short Line, as they have much to lose, and do not con sider that thej have anj thing to gain bj a separation of the two roads. If the Short Line is taken out of their hands, they will be left with practlcallj nothing but the main line from Omaha to Ogden. The Union Pacific needs an outlet to this coast, and it needs the Short Line badlj. It has been generallj' understood that there was a strong feeling among the bondholders of the Oregon Short Line against Union Pacific management of the road. It has been claimed that if the line were properlj maraged it would be a pajing investment, and it has been hinted even that the revenues of the road hae been used to bolster up the financial con dition of the main line. The principal fight in the coming contest will doubtless be on the question of widening the policj of the road. The action of the Union Pacific in closing the Ogden gate waj- to traffic from lines competing with the Union Pacific has necessarily reduced the earning power of the Short Line. It is deemed probable that if the Union Pa cific is allow ed to retain control of the Short Line, it will be on condition that it throws open the line to the roads de siring to make use of it. Such a policj would be satisfactorj to the bondholders, provided, of course, the revenues were not diverted to the main line. As to the receiver. It would not matter much to the bondholders who would be named. There would be one open course for him to pur sue, to pnt the road on a better pajing basis, and that would be to open the gate waj The general belief is that George "W. Ristine'wlll be named for the position, notwithstanding a report circulated jes terday that he is to be appointed general manager of the Merchants Dispatch line. Mr. Lee, who name has also been men tioned in connection with the receiver ship, is a first-class railroad man. He has built roads and operated them, but a receiver needs some experience In finan cial matters. While Mr. Lee may hae abilitj in this line, he has not as yet had the opportunity to develop it. The bond holders will certainly insist that the road be put in the hand3 of a practical finan ciet. Receiver McXelll, of the Oregon Railwaj &, Na"vigatlon Company, has shown what can be done in lifting a rail road out of the mire, and he has evidently set the pace for the Short Line people. Mr. McNeill is now in the East, or on his waj there, having quietlj slipped off while railroad men thought he was out inspecting his line. It is understood he has gone to St. Paul to see President Hill, of the Great Northern, before the latter leaves for Europe. It Is not known whether the conference has any connec tion with the Short Line case, but it prob ablj has, as railroad matters in this coun trj' seem to be circhrg around one central head which is shaping the destinj of the railroad world in the Northwest. A real cj clone of popularitj- Is being enjojed bv Dr. Price's Baking Powder among good cooks. TRVSCONTIXE"TAL RATESi. inionPncificDcruantlH Certain Things Before It Will Confer Further. OMAHA. Jan. 7. The Union Pacific will not be a factor in future discussions of transcontinental rates at Chicago unless a radical change is agreed to by the con tending interests. General Passenger Agent Lomat returned from Chicago to daj and made public his ultimatum on the subject. Ho said: "Just as soon as the differential rates are w ithdravv n, the Union Pacific is ready to raise rates. It occurs to me that the proposition made to the Union Pacific to arbitrate the bojeott was a one-sided sug gestion, and the Union Pacific cannot go into arbitration. The committee's report, which was signed jointlj bye"tle lines bojeotting the Union Pacific, as' well as the Union Pacific itself, shows clearlj the determination of the other lines to bring upon the Union Pacific the opening of its intermediate gatewajs on one-waj business. The report sajs that the other lines onlj want to do a one-wav business to Portland. This "only" covers the whole question of intermediate gatewajs, for one depends on the other, and every man conversant with the situation knows that it covers all business north and northwest of Ogden, on which the Xnion Pacific would allow the other lines and their connections to compete with it for the haul of this business from the Mis souri river to Ogden. which is a much longer haul for the Union Pacific than the haul bejond Ogden." Lomax asserts that while willing to join in the proposed increase in rates to proper tariffs, he cannot join an association for their maintenance unless the question of interchanging excursion business at Den er and Ogden be settled, and that ques tion he cannot settle on the basis of his changing one-wav tickets at Denver and Ogden to or from terntorj- bejond, or even to Portland alone; nor Is he willing to leave the question to arbitration foi settlement. OTHER R VILRO VD ZVEW. Caldwell in Montreal. MONTREAL, Jan. 7. Chairman Cald well, of the railwaj conference recentlj held in Chicago in connection with the formation of a transcontinental railroad association, is here for the purpose of reaching some agreement, if possible, with the Canadian Pacific and Grand Trunk rialroads that will assure perfect harmonj 111 the workings of the association. Cald well had an interview todaj with the Grand Trunk representatives and the matter was fullj discussed. He will meet the Canadian Pacific representatives to morrow and subsequentlj a joint confer ence will be held, at which it is expected that an agreement will be reached. Railroad Xotex. R. B. Wilson, tra ellng freight agent of the Xorthern Pacific, has returned from a trip up the vallej. E. C. Martin, general agent of the Ore gon Railwaj & Xavigation Companj- at Seattle, Is in the citj-. F. E. Draper, assistant auditor of the Great Xorthern, has been appointed audi tor of freight receipts, vice R. L. Gibbs, deceased. Superintendent O'Brien and T. W. Lee, of the Oregon Railwaj- & Xalgatlon Companj, hae returned from their in spection of the line. B. Campbell, general freight agent of the Oregon Railwaj- & Navigation Com panj. leaves for Chicago tomorrow to at tend the meeting of the transcontinental freight committee, which will be held the 13th Inst. FATAL QUARTZ CRAZE. Once It Lns Its Deadly Hand lima a. Man, All Hope Departs. "A man maj recover from a. crazy desire for gambling or give up whisky after he has been Its slave," said Robert Searles, of Denv er, at La Xormandle, to a Wash ington Star reporter, "but when he goes quartz-crazy there Is no further hope for him unless he strikes a bonanza. Then his insanltj vv 111 be none the less Intense, but it will not be so pronounced, because he will have the means to pursue his pas sion without undergoing discomfort er creating remark. What do I mean bj-quartz-crazj-? Well. It is evident jou have never been in the Western countrj". Out where the mountains are piled up on top of each other those lunatics abound. A man who is quartz-crazj is an indi vidual who catches the mining feer and becomes convinced that his mission on earth is to find the greatest vein of paj--ore ever discovered. In pursuit of his quest he suffers more hardships and over comes more obstacles than did all the knights that ever searched for the holy grail. He will leave home, famllj-, friends and comforts, and all alone, with a meager supplj of provisions and tools, he will plunge into unknow n w ildernesses, and when he finds a place that holds out mineral prospects, he will burrow in the treacherous mountain ide like a rabbit and dig from dajlignt to dark, expecting with every stroke of his pick to uncover his expected fortune. Xearlj- everj- pros pector in the West, or the rest of the world, for that matter, is afllicted with the malady I have described. Some of them keep up their ceaseless search with every recurring season, and sometimes sttike a good thing. In such case, some body else the partj- who has the money to develop the find reaps the profits. "There are some exceptions, however, and old Tom Cruse, of Helena, is one of them. Tom was and is a character. He reached Montana when Last Chance gulch, where Helena is now located, was jieldlng up the riches of its gravel to the hard j and desperate pioneers, who had struck the place when starvation seemed to Toe the next thing to contem plate. When the gulch gave out he began to travel through the mountains looking for his bonanza. He could neither read nor write, but his mineral knowledge was something wonderful. Every spring for j ears he started out with a grubstake, and everj fall he retrrned emptj'-handetl, but jet full of hope. Everj'bodj laughed at him and made him a butt for their jokes, but old Tom took It good-naturedly and invariablv found some one during the winter to fit him out for his Journej In the spring. At last, one August day several jears ago, Tom came Into Helena with several bags of specimens that opened people's ejes. They were from the lead which resulted in the discoverj of the world-famous Drum Lummon mine, at Marj sville, Mont. Tom's common-sense helped helped him to beat the monej'ed people who tried to beat him. He owns the biggest part of the Drum Lummon jet, and has a banking-house at Helena as a side issue. His life has had its ten der romance and pathetic tragedj, too. The winter previous to his strike a waiting-maid in one of the Helena hotels had been quite kind to the old man. When his fortune came he asked her to share It w ith him, and sne consented. They were a de voted couple, and old Tom's cup of hap piness was brimming full, when his wife died, after being a bride for a jear. Has Tie got over being quartz-crazy? Not a. bit of It. This summer he disappeared from Helena, and It was given out that he had gone East, but he hadn't. He w as out in the mountains with a prospector's outfit, reveling in the search for another Drum Lummon. Ah, no; a man never re covers from quartz-crazlness, and the malady has killed more brave, strong, en thusiastic men than a dozen epidemics of smallpox or j ellow fever." The president of France likes good living. Dr. Price's Baking Povv der is used b his chef. NOT IN SYMPATHY. Chinese Know Aothlng AVhatever of Patriotism. "The mass of Chinese are not in sj-m-pathy with the government," said Lee Yon, a prominent Chinaman of Pittsburg, to a Dispatch reporter, "and vhen jou find a feeling such as exists in the mind of the Chinaman toward his ruler jou can never expect anything good of anj concerted or attempt at concerted action the government makes. Patriotism is an unknown thing in China unknow n as we use the term here. They don't care whether their government is sustained or not; in fact, the majority would prefer to see it overthrown. For at present one of the hated Tartars who conquered China centuries ago sits on the throne. They think that if the Japanese conquered now they might have a chance in the shuf fle to hav e a real Chinaman as their ruler. The reports which we get of the war through our Chinese papers are verj dif ferent from those in the English papers. Naturallj- it is Chinese news, made alone for the elation of Chinamen. I have not jet seen a defeat recorded that amounted to anj'thing, while the victories are great ones. Now, todaj, for instance, I got two papers; one said that in a battle 40,000 Japs had been killed, while the other averred that 2000 were slain, but both agreed in the great victorj for the Chi- nese." "It is to the Tartars who conquered China several centuries ago that we are Indebted for this much discussed queue," said Wing Lock, another prominent Chi naman. "You hear a great deal about the laws of China relating to the wearing of queues; how a Chinaman cannot return to his countrj' without his queue, and all that. Well, it is all bosh. The wearing of a queue is no more required bj law than jour gentlemen wearing whiskers. It is a custom and a stjle, and a China man realizes some truth 111 the sajing that jou might as well be out of the earth as out of stjle. A Chinaman re tains his queue slmplj because if he should ever return to his native, land he would not care to go about among his friends and make himself conspicuous bj ( such a radical departure from the stjle of so manj millions of people. Strange, too, that the Chinaman should hold to his queue with such tenacity when it was originally imposed upon him as a mark of subjection. When the Tartars came over and set a ruler on our throne they decreed that everj- Chinaman should wear a queue such as they did. Of course, this w as at first galling to them, for thej' could not see or touch the plaited hair without being reminded of their conquest. But time heals all wounds, and it was not long before the Chinamen began to cher ish the mark of subjection as a good fashion, or stjle. This was also so about the stjle of dress the Chinamen now wear. It is In the queue that a Chinaman wears his badge of mourning. When a China man's father or mother dies, there is sent to hint, as to all the members of the fam ily, colored garters. These are not gar ters, aswe understand, but sort of ribbons, white, green or blue, which are "plaited in with the hair. White, green and blue are the colors of mourning, while the ribbon that is ordlnarilj- plaited in the queue is black. These blue or green garters are worn In the hair for one j ear after the death of a parent." jOESYER'SSTRANGLERl POLICE THJMC THIS TIME TIIEl HAA'E HW srRE. Detailed Statements of Crimes a A'avrabond French. Sailor Is Snld to Hav e Committed. DDNAER. Col, Jan. 7.-Alphone Le Malre. a vagabond French sailor, who ar rlved in this city last August, from Salt Lake Citj-. is now believed by many to be the "strangler," whose crimes caused such a sensation. Victor Monchanint, a carpenter, whom LeMalre accused of being the cnminul, this morning made a lengthj- sworn statement accusing Le Maire of being the fiend. The former goe3 into so manj- details and tells such a plain story, corroborated In part bj- a witness, that the police are inclined to believe the mjsterj- has at last been solved. The sole motive in each case was robberj-. Monchanint's statement Is n part as follows: "I met LeMaire August 4, in a Market street saloon. He said that he must have some monej-. He pointed out Lena Tap per's house, and said. I think she has lots of money.- I w ill kill her and get It.' I saw him tho next morning, and he told me h had done the job. He had money and was drunk, but cautioned me not to tell anj one who might inform. He then said he would do another job. October 27, meeting him, he pointed out to me Mane Contassott's place, and said, 'There Is from 5S0OO to $9000 in that house, I be lieve, and I will kell her to get that mon ej.' That night I was coming from mj carpenter shop opposite the allej-, when I met LeMalre coming from the backyard of the Contassoit house. He was ex cited and shaking, and dropped his skel eton kej- which I have here. He said to me, 'I have done another job,' and ran uo the allej-. The next morning he told me he secured onlj- a part of the monej. I met him again afterward, and he asked me if I thought the little Japanese had anj monej, and after that murder he in formed me he had done another job." Monchanint a HI be held as an accessorj. S 1CR VAIEATO'l R VGGED CREW. A .Number of Her Tramim to AVorlc on the Rock Pile. SACRAMENTO, Cal, Jan. 7 A large number of tramps appeared in the police court this morning to answer to the charge of v agrancv. They belonged to the ragged crew which liar been rounded up by the committee of safetj during the past few dajs-. Tha new Ij -elected police judge, who todaj- sat en the bench for the first time, after sentencing the prisoners to six months at the county -rock pile, informed them that if, after their terms expired, they did not immediately leave the city, he would repeat the dose. The committee made 10 more arrests todaj-. The trial of Kellj. Salsbury and Miller, industrial army leaders, has been post poned until tomorrow . The vigilance committee raided the head quarters of the Industrial army tonight, and after ordering the members to dis perse, and lose no time about it, ripped out the furniutre, threw it into the street, nailed up the doors and went home. The men, when ordered to leave, lost no time in going, and the vigilantes were but a few minutes In cleaning out the hall. Everj- chair, bench and table was taken from the floor, ev erj' banner, flag and pic ture from the walls, and, together with drums and trumpets, w ere all throw n into the street. Members of the industrial army, so-called, have been making speeches in which thej deprecated the rock-pile established here bj citizens for the pur pose of enabling anj man willing to work to earn a meal or bed. They have made speeches in which thej- advised members to beg at houses for what thej- wanted, and. if refused, to take it, and they have defied an ordinance prohibiting them from holding meetings. General Kellj- and his two lieutenants are now in jail here on a charge of v agrancj-. They have emploj-ai counsel to defend them, and, should they escape, It Is said openly on the streets that thej will be treated to a coat of tar and feathers. CRFilE OF AIEVICVrVS. Mrs. Doll Powder - Burned and Her Husband and Son Murdered. TUCSON, Arig , Jan. 7. Tonight's stage from Mammoth brought full particulars of the double murder at a small town near there, the victims being F. M. Doll and his son, who ran a stojre. Mrs. Doll was not wounded, although powder- burned. The familj- were at supper Fn- dij night, when a knock was heard at the door, and Mrs. Doll answered. When she opened the door tw o Mexicans shot at her, and she fell to the floor. Mr. Doll jumped to his feet, and was shot through the heart. The son ran out the back door, and was brought down as he was cross ing the road which passes the house. When the murderers left the room to kill her son, Mrs. Doll, who bj this time had regained consciousness, extinguished the lights and concealed herself in the brush near the building. The Mexicans searched an hour for her, and were scared off by an approaching wagon. Mrs. Doll walked several mules to the nearest ranch and gave the alarm. The throats of the mur dered men were cut from ear to ear and their bodies hacked terribly. At least 50 cowboys are now on the trail of the fiends who perpetrated the atrocitj-, and will make short work of the men if they catch them. THE B VRRETT SCOTT CASE. Search for Scott's Bodj Continues to Be Unsuccessful. O'NIELL, Neb.. Jan. 7. The latest de velopment in the Barrett Scott case is the abandonment of the theory that the missing man's body is in the old well on the prairie rorth of here. The partj' of earchers made additional effort todaj and satisfied themselves that there was nothing in the well. From there, a num ber of searchers rede to the Niobrara river and dragged that stream until even ing, without result. A farmer living near the bridge says he saw a number of men on the bridge the night Scott was ab ducted, and several shots were fired. Since then the nv er has been frozen over and the work of the searchers was Im peded. A report that is being circulated tonight is that a new vigilance commit tee is being organized to hunt down the supposed slajers of Scott. Moses Elliott, one of the men arrested last week, had his preliminary hearing today and was bound over in the sum of $1200. Highest honors at Chicago and Cali fornia midwinter fairs were received bj Dr. Priee's Baking Powder. Makers ot a New York powder supposed to contain ammonia falselj- Insinuate that thej got an award. LAW FOR THEMSELVES. .Vcgro Lj nulicd in Mississippi for His Crime. JACKSON, Miss , Jan. 7. Spencer Cos tello, a negro burglar and desperado, was ljnched today near Flora, SO miles from here. Last Saturdaj- night he entered the store of E. H. Green, at Green's crosing, and asked to see some articles. While a young man named Dewees was showing him the goods, Costello dealt him a terrible blow on the head with a hatch et. Costello then robbed Dewees' pocket of $", the drawer of J15, and left the store, believing Dew tes dead. When Dewees re covered, he crawled to a neighbor's and told what had happened, giving the best description possible of the negro. Costel lo was known In the neighborhood and i posse at once started in pursuit. The hunt was kept up all daj and late In the afternoon Costello was captured at Poca hontas, within a few miles of the scene of his crime. A close watch was placed over him, but In some manner he es caped. He was recaptured today near Flora, anfl hanged by the infuriated friends of Dewees. Costello was an ex convict, and guilty of many crimes. There Is no hope of Dewees recovering. GREW TIRED OF ABLSE. A Condnctor Shot in the HeaJ by aj Motonunn. SACRAMENTO. Jan. 7.-John Stafford. a street-car conductor, shot and danger ouslj wounded Jeff Yates, a motonnan, this afternoon. This story is told bj' the acquaintances of the two men: Yates, who is a verj- large man, was continually slapping Stafford and calling him names. The trouble is said to have been going on for several months, w tthout retaliation on Stafford's part. This afternoon the men. came together in the back jard of their boarding-house and, as usual, Yates started In to box Stafford's ears. The latter, after commanding him in vain to desist, drew his revolver and flred one shot, which struck his assailant In tho side of the head. The wounded man was taken into the house, when it was found that his wound, though dangerous. Is not necessarily fatal. Stafford was arrested. CVSHIVS CASE. His Bond Reduced, bnt He Is Ont of the Court's Jurisdiction. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. T. The bail of ex-Deputv Collector of Customs D'Arcy Cashing, on five indictments, charging him with malfeasance In office and con spiracy to commit offenses against the government, was reduced bj- District Judge Eddj to $5000 in each case. In tw o cases he is required to give an aggregate bond of $10,000, and in three cases he goes on his recognizance. The indictments w ere found bj- a federal grand jury in the spring of 1S92. Cashin is charged with defrauding the government in connection w ith Bernard Reiss, the Llebes, and others. Relss got oft upon pajment of a fine of $3000 and the Llebes are still under fine. Cashin escaped to British Columbia be fore the indictments were found and It la understood that he is now in Victoria. OTHER CRIME EAVS. The Jordan "Got It in the Neck." HARRODSBURG. Kj, Jan. 1 At Al visa vilage, 10 miles irom here, last night, in a fight between S Hester and Sejmour Jordan, brqthers, on one side, and Will Wright and Jim Crosby on the other, Sejmour Jordan's throat was cut from ear to ear and Sylvester Jordan was shot In the neck fatallj. More Tronlile llav Follow. SOUTH ENID, O T., Jan. 7. Chief of! Police Williams shot and killed James Brown and mortallj- wounded James Smith, who resisted arrest for creating a. disturbance last night. Excitement runs high, and more killings are feared. Date of Blixt's Trial Set. MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 7 The case off C. A. Blixt, the confessed murderer o Catherine Ging, was called today and re set for January 27, the date of Harrj Haj-ward's trial. THE CORSICAN VENDETTA, It Is the Cause of 7000 Murders lit it Third of a. Ccntarj. In the course of an article on this sub ject in "The Peoples of the World," it 13 related that the avengers of blood were not content with the pursuit and death of the murderer or the robber; his whole familj' became their lawful prej-, and in return everj- member of that famllj sought to avenge themselv cs on their pur suers. Children before thej- were born were doomed to the same unrelenting life of savage hate and bloodshed; and bojs of tender years were brought by their mothers that bore them before the bloody corpses of their father, and made to swear, with baby lips, undjing vengeance and murderous retribution, so soon as their hands should be strong enough to grasp a gun, and their skill sufficient to point it home at the heart of the foe. Thus the hand of everj- man was against his neighbor's, and this not for serious causes onlj-. Soon tjhe vendetta between different1 families began4 to rise for the most trivial causes. A man spoke slight ingly of another man's friend or rela tive; or, majbe, his dog; a dispute oc curred as to date, a measurement, the opinions of a third A hot word was spoken. Out came the readj- dagger, or the ever-loaded gun or pistol; a human heart ceased beating, and a murderer fled to the maquis, or the mountain side, or the caverns on the lonelj- rocks, and became thenceforth a parish, issuing only to commit fresh murders, supported se cretly by his relatives, but never more known to the world at large; until at length a retributive bullet laid him low, or his hiding pltce was betrajed and he miserably slain by the military police o his countrj. To such an extent had this hideous sjs tem grown that between the jears 1770 and 1SO0, when the vendetta was at its height, some 7000 murders were commit ted, all on its account. Even jet it is not unknown, though the "rigorous mea sures of the French gov eminent making it penal to carrj weapons xcept under certain conditions did cot Suppress the crime This law is now resinded, wiln the result that the number of murders is again on the increase. The women and children were invariably spared in a ven detta, though this compliment was not alvvdjs reciprocated, since women some times took an active part in .1 vendetta, and were, of course, the provoking cause ot many a masculine quarrel. To bridge the Atlantic? Might as well trj it as to equal the merits of Dr. Pnce'3 Cream Baking Powder. m Theft of a House. The stealing of a house in Ceres, Penn , is likelj- to get the perpetrator and his assistants into troublf. Anson Maxwell some j ears ago built a house on land that he supposed to be his, but which was afterward proved to elong to Charles Smith. Smith notified Maxwell to vacate, hut the latter did not1 relish the idea of abandoning the home that he had built, and the other night he .got some neigh bors together, and thej moved the house 10 feet. This carried it out of Potter countj, Pennsylvania, into Allegheny count j. New York. But; under Pennsjl vania law the house beipnged to Smith. Maxwell has the house, and Smith does not know how to recover t, bat he pro poses to arrest Maxwell Tor theft if he returns to Pennsjlvanla, here his busi ness is He is liable to arrest in New York for having stolen property in his possession. Smith also threatens to ar rest the neighbo'-s who assisted Maxwell in the act. Undoubtedlj Maxwell has a, good deal of sj mpathy In his predica ment, and the case maj- attract the at tention of the legislature to a law the justice of which might be improved by some provision for securing to a man his own rightful property. But Max well's achievement rather distances the stealing of a "red hot stove." which has hitherto been regarded as the climax of the iarcenist's skill m The Kitchen Cabinet. Camden Telegram. President Cleveland went gunning anl left Secretarj- Carlisle to engineer the financial bill all alone, and now the sec retarj sajs ne will have nothing further to do with it. The "Kitchen Cabinet" of the present administration doesn't seem to know whit sort of diet the country wants. But in the meantime the uneni plojed are hviig on bean soup. I 18 1 imiasiBvs w UWJ BANKERS, 163-165 Dearborn-st., Chicago. IS Vail-st., New York. 70 State-sL, Boston. crrr, couhty, SCH0OL.WATZR and OTHER HIGH GRADE Bought aad Sold. Correspcndeaca Solicited, j