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6T TEE MGHlsI3sGr OBEGOXIA, a?ETTRSIAT jTEBIcFiLiTT 21. 1S93. SAINT JAMES OF CUBA OLDEST CITY IV THE NEW "WORLD, AFTEH SANTO D03ILVGO. The "Ways of the Cuban The 'VJr- SjlniUB" Affair .V "Wreck of. the Spaninu. Armada. SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Spanish W. I., Jan. 3. (Special Correspondence.) This former capital of Cuba, which Diego Ve lasquez, Its founder, christened In honor of the patron saint of Spain, as far back as 1514, Is the oldest standing city In the New World, excepting: Santo Domingo, "which Columbus himself established only 18 years earlier. San Jago, San Diego, Santiago are really the same name, ren dered James In our language, and wher ever the Spaniards have been there are dozens of them. By the way, the harsh sounding word which we say for Cuba Is 3iot at all that which the discoverer be stowed upon the largest Island of the Antilles, but should be pronounced as if spelled Koo-bah. This particular city of St. James, GOO miles southeast of the pres ent capital, is still the chief city of the eastern department of Cuba, and ranks third In commercial Importance Havana "being first and llatanzas second. It 13 the archbishop's residence, and to it many people flock from all parts of the island during certain yearly religious festivals, -which are celebrated with remarkable pomp and ceremony. It is also the ter minus of two railway lines, one of which Is the outlet of Lomas de Cobre, the fa mous copper mines three leagues inland; the other, passing through the richest su gar district, affords transportation for that great staple. The exports of the port reach the handsome annual aggre gate of 5S.000.000. three-fourths of which 3s in sugar, the rest cocoa, rum, tobacco, honey and mahogany. Landing at the wharf, you are Instantly "beset by the drivers of the three or four "volantes and as many victorias that com prise the entire wheel transit of Santiago, for the steep streets are so atrociously bad that everybody "rides afoot or on horsi-back," and even the heaviest mer chandise Is transported on the bucks of mules and ponies. It Is well to remember, wherever you may be in Spanish America, that a bargain should be fully understood before getting Into any public vehicle, although the tariff therefor, usually con trolled by municipal regulations, is printed on a card and posted Inside. The drivers consider a day's labor utterly lost when they get only regular pay; and even after a. bargain has been made, they do not want to stick to it, but will bully or wheedle you out of more than the sum agreed upon if they can, gracefully drop ping from dollars to cents in their extor tion if you prove to be a sophisticated customer. We desired to go first to the American consulate, a drive of less than 30 minutes from the landing, and, think ing to avoid future controversy, we se lected the. most irnocent-looking Jehu of the lot, saw that hl? legalized tariff was 75 cents an hour, and offered him $1 for the 10 minutes pervlce. But when we alighted and proffered the dollar, the snan refused it with the greatest Indigna tion. "Dos pesos, senoras! Dos pesos; 3iada menos!" (Two dollars, ladies, noth ing less), he shouted. Being reminded of the bargain, and that it was much more than his rightful fare, he waxed loudly vehement, swinging his arms, and rolling his eyes as if in a fit, and calling upon till the saints in the calendar to defend ttilm from fraudulent foreigners. "Seno ras," he cried, "did you not ask me where is the American consulate? What is this "building; and this; and this? Did I not "bestow upon you, s.enoras, much valua ble information. Body of Christ! Shall 1 be a guide and city directory, as well as coohero, all for a paltry peso?" Placing the dollar upon the carriage seat, we turned, to go, whereupon he changed his tactics to humble supplication and be sought us by the beard of San Jago, by the love of the virgin, by the heart of tour mother, to make It a dollar and a lialf. "Distinguished strangers, conde scend to add dos reales (25 cents); beau tiful young ladies, only 10 cents more." But finding us quite Immovable, he sud denly showed all his white teeth in a Kood-natured grin, took off his battered 3iat, and bade us "buenos (lias" with the Exace of the Chesterfield, and rattled away, doubtless hoping for better success with the next verdant "gringo." The hills which enclose Santiago on three sides, rising rapidly from the bay to mountains of great height and beauty, tire lovely to look upon, and afford excel lent drainage to the city, but are no end tof a nuisance for daily climbing. Starting ut the shoie, the narrow streets run Eteeply up the hillsides 150 feet or more, and appear to have never been repaired Bince the days of Velazquez. Tropical rains have washed great gutters down them, in some places three or four feet eep, and the traffic of nearly 400 years has uprooted the original cobble-stones and worn dangerous pitfalls and man traps. The street in which the consul lives, one of the principal thoroughfares, 3s not jassable at all for vehicles, nor for horsemen after dark, and to walk through it at any time is almost at the risk of your neck. Most of the streets are lined with cemented sidewalks, from 10 to 15 Inches wide; but some of them have no Pidewalks, and pedestrians are obliged to take the road, where naked children are always plnying in the streams of offen sive water that percolate through the broken stones. It Is no wonder that this city has the reputatl'on of being the most unhealthy place In Cuba! Hemmed in by moun tains, with all this filth festering in the Eun, the surprise is not that yellow fever makes an annual visit and carries off many victims, but that it does not remain the year round. A more favorable field for the study of human anatomy could hardly be found than Santiago de Cuba, where "living pictures" abound in the streets, It being thought here that drap ery of any sort for boys and girls of the lower class under 10 years of age is en tirely superfluous. When the rains de scend, these almost perpendicular alleys are sometimes filled with torrents of such Impetuosity that no one can cross them vi foot, and even horsemen hesitate to climb them. The city might easily have an inexhaustible supply of pure cold water. If only there was sufficient enterprise among the citizens to cause it to be brought in pipes from the neighboring heights. But Santiago remains wretch edly deficient In this respect, though there Is much suffering and 111 health from lack of this prime necessity. Tho consul's street being impassable, we were obliged to leave our carriage a block away, and walk the rest of the dis tance. Arrived at the welcome sign cf the American eagle, with the stars and Ftrlpes floating above it. an unexpected barrier confronted us at the entrance nothing less than a saddle-horse tethered to the doorpost, and occupying the great er portion of the little stone porch that fronts the casa. This is another "eos tumbre" of the country, so common that nobody thinks anything about It. If a Santiago n pays you a visit, of course, he rides his steed up to the front porch and ties it with Its nose to the door, where it stands pawing and blocking the entrance until the owner chooses to depart. The consul's house, which is a fair sample of the majority of the better class residences In Santiago, looks as if it had been built to stand 1000 years, and had already weathered half that period: with Its 3-foot walls cemented hard as marble outside and In, Its solid rafters set close together, and foot-square window-frames and doorposts run down lato the ground M feet or more. The frequency of earth quakes and hurricanes soon taught the early builders the necessity of this sub stantial fashion. A brief visit will not give the traveler an adequate idea of Santiago. The first Impression gained from Its tumble-down buildings, many of which appear just ready to topple over and crush you, and its rough, neglected streets, abounding in filth, naked babies, lean curs and fright fully abused mules and horses. Is by no means favorable, even to lovers of the quaint and venerable. But after you be come better acquainted with It and its hospitable people, and have seen the in teriors of some of its antique casas, that were built 100 years before the first Dutch man had set up a house on Manhattan Island, you find yourself in love with, the rare old place, despite its many shortcom ings. The finest mansions are confined to no particular locality, but are as likely to be found next to negro shanties or sand wiched in among commercial warehouses as anywhere else. They are of the order of architecture which the Moors brought Into the Iberian peninsula, low and large, with enormous windows reaching from roof to pavement and having Iron bars before them, tiled or marble floors, and an Inner courtyard with limes and pomegran ates growing around Its central fountain. Dirty and toilsome though they are, the streets of Santiago never fail to interest; they have such curious signs stretched across them, or protruding over the nar row sidewalks, and the commodities ex posed for sale are (to us) so strange. The shop-fronts are all open, and inside are clerks in their shirt-sleeves, guiltless of vests and collars, coquetting with mu latto girls over gay calico prints and woolens. Ladies of the aristocracy never visit the stores, but do their shoping by proxy, through the sen-ants, or from sam ples brought around by the merchants. Fat and comfortable negresses, with enor mous earrings and turbans of indescrib able gorgeouness, beside which Joseph's coat would be a colorless affair, squat on the ground at the street corners, with baskets of dulces, fruits and boiled yams to sell. The town is Indifferently lighted with gas, by a failing company which dally threatens to suspend business be cause not paid according to contract by the eas3'-goIng municipality. There are al most no vehicles to be seen In the streets, but you are kept in a perpetual heart ache by the wretched condition of the beasts of burden, staggering unshod up the steep hills under heavy loads, every rib to be counted as far off as you can see. them, blows and abuse their only portion; for in Cuba, as in Spain, animals are the recipients of the most cruel treatment. Half way up the hill is the main plaza, adorned with statues and thickly sec around with trees and benches. A mili tary band plays here en certain evenings of the week, and, according to universal Spanish custom, everybody comes forth to see and be seen. The ladies iii their best clothes, mostly bareheaded and with bare necks and arms glittering with jewels, promenade in pairs, round and round, an hour or two, while gallants line the walk in triple rows, looking on in more or less silent admiration, and the less fashionable portion of the population observe the beauty show at a respectful distance. Above the plaza rises a great cathedral, the largest in Cuba, with its double towers and facade of porous stone, which gives it a singular mottled and crumbling ap pearance. It is of the usual Spanish arch itecture, with an esplanade in front, Its extremely simple interior adorned with paintings and paper flowers. The several other churches are all small and dilapi dated, and within their somber walls one seems to have stepped back Into the 15th century, for the air and musty odors in side seem like those of that far-away peri od, imprisoned 400 years. But If the sanc tuaries are somewhat behind the times, the saloons and clubhouses are certainly up to date, and unaccountably numerous for a population of only 45,000. There are r.o fewer than six clubhouses, some of. them fitted up with surprising magnifi cence, marble floors, cafes, salons de bll lare3, reading-rooms and all the accesso ries. No Spanish American city of any size is destitute of these anti-domestic in stitutions, whatever else it may lack, where the male population may pass the evenings and get rid of their surplus cash. There appear to be no skeletons concealed in their gilded closets, for the interior ar rangements of the swellest clubhouses are exposed to the passer-by, through the grated windows, extending from, floor to celling, entirely devoid of blinds, shades or screens of any sort. Passing along the principal streets one Is struck by the mul tiplicity and gaudiness of the drinking saloons, esp?cially at. the approach of evening, when they are dazzling to be hold with their lights and glasses and col ored liquids their marble tables crowded with domino and card players, each with a tumbler of his favorite tipple at his el bow. But one seldom sees a drunken man In Cuba. The natives drink very often, but lightly; and the gin to which they are universaly addicted must be exceptionally pure, or else the climate has something to do with its being non-intoxicating. The upper streets are even narrower than those near the landing, and to reach the crest of the hill on whose slopes the city is built, you must thread several blind lanes hedged in by the houses of the poorer and dirtier classes, where un clothed babies are held up to the window gratings, and youngsters, in precisely the Milts they were born In, get under your horses' feet. But when the crest Is reached near the long line of buildings belonging to the Beneficiencia hospital, there lies before you such a view as few are privileged to see twice in a lifetime. Beyond the far-sloping roofs of sun-burnt tiles, which stretch down to the water's edge, lies the bay. Its surface of heavenly blue encircled by emerald hills, all glori fied by tropical sunshine. It is difficult to say how the 45.000 peo ple of Santiago manage to make a living, for few of them appear to be doing any thing. The only industrial establishments of the place are a few sugar factories, a tanyard, a foundry and a soap manufac tory. Historically, It is memorable main ly for the French occupation and ransom In 1555, and the affair of the "Virginius," which occurred just 20 years ago, and re sulted in the Spanish government paying au indemnity to the United States for the murder of Captain Fry and his com panions. Santiago has also been the seat of most of Cuba's modern rebellions against the arbitrary and bitterly oppres sive rule of the home government, and a long line of patriots, shot on the ramparts of Moro castle overhanging the harbor, have furnished food for the waiting sharks. Although you may not go bathing in the tranquil harbor, because of the sharks, you may go rowing, with a trusty boat man who will guarantee not to upset you. We crossed the bay to an alluring cocoa grove, two miles away, and rowed up a winding creek, between mangrove trees to the landing place. Nothing to be seen there however, but a narrow path, lead ing to nowhere, lined with wild pineapple plants with long narrow leaves and hearts of crimson and gold. On the way back we visited the wreck of the old St. Paul, one of the ships of the Spanish Armada, which Philip II sent to England In the year IKS. It was one of the few of that famous flotilla that escaped destruction at the time in a tremenduous gale that tore the Armada to pieces. After a checkered career, in which the St. Paul breasted the waves of innumerable seas and withstood the storms of three cen turies, she was sent over to perform some government service for the Spanish colo nies in America. Being caught in a hur ricane somewhere off the coast of South Carolina, she was driven far southward and finally put In at Santiago in great dis tress. Here she was run ashore, and for manyyears afterwards figured as a guard ship, looking as trim as ever, until not long ago, some vandal set fire to her and she was burned to the water's edge. Now she Is partially visible only at low-tide, her ribs and stanchions still held together by the stout keel timbers and lower sheathing. What a story the old wreck, now covered with slime and barnacles, typical of the nation whose flag she once proudly bore, might tell, could she voice the experience of centuries! FANNIE B. WARD. Mamma You never see Tommy Jones playing about the trolley-car tracks, or running before the oars. Teddy 'Taln't no fun for him. Mamma Why isn't it? Ttey. Bis mamma never saldoemustn't. THE BUSINESS WORLD COOTTRY PRODUCE "WEAK t-VDER FULL RECEIPTS. The IVhent Trade Reports by Tele graph Genernl Produce and Finnncinl Advices. The green produce market is In good shape to receive a full supply from the California steam er this morning, almost all which came by the last steamer having cleaned up. Steady prices rated. Country produce is arriving freely. Eggs are again on the downward march. In the morning, sales were made at 14c, but after noon the quotation was 1c lower. The grocery list is unchanged. Eavt-Boand Shipments. Through East-bound shipments from Portland via the Southern Pacific In January were as fallows: Tons.! Tons. Flour & millstufts. 22iMachinery 50 Fruit, dried Miscellaneous til 6S 4 Green deciduous ... Hay Hops 51Salmon, canned 101 Woolen goods.. 4US 11 Total 12C0 Horses Lumber .... ... 390 Hank Statements. The following were the clearings of the leading cities of the Northwest yesterday: Exchanges. Balances. Portland $172,708 $50,704 Tjcoma 114.3711 22.269 Seattle 6S.177 10,411 THE GRAI.V MARKETS. Prices Pnid for AVhent nt Home and Abroad. The local wheat market is at a very low ebb, so far as trading is concerned, and the same will apply equally well to prices. There is scarcely any demand, and quotations are al most wholly nominal. For export purposes, Walla Walla wheat Is worth 40jc per bushel, and Valley 7577'c per cental. Oliver Dalrymple. one of the largest wheat growers in the world, declares without reserve in a letter to a Cincinnati paper that the day of high-priced wheat has gone by, except as. a world-wide failure of the crop may force it to an advanced figure until a good harvest re plenishes the supply. He thinks, however, that it struck bedrock when it dropped to 50c in Chicago last year, because It practxally reached the same price per pound as oats, corn and bar ley, "thus going into the great food bin of the world, which absorbs ten bushels for livestock where one Is consumed when eaten by the hu man family." He thinks that with intelligent farming wheat can be raised at a living profit, even at 50c a bushel. The situation should ad monish farmers to reduce the cost of produc tion to a minimum by the adoption of the most approved methods, and raising of a greater di versity of crops, and to keep expenses down by economy in public affairs so that the taxes will be as light as possible. Consul-General Mason, at Frankfort, has sent to the state department at Washington a report on the extent and origin of wheat Importations to Germany during the past three years. The imports in double centners (about 220 pounds) from the most Important centers are as follows: 1832. 1883. 1S94. United States 5,302,130 3.149.2S2 3,054,000 Argentine Repub.. 661.007 1,513,081 .1,106.11(0 Russia 2.572.091 210,362 2,354.459 British India 509.081 29.C91 87.732 Austria-Hungary .. 430.730 237,834 189.312 Bulgaria 434,727 179.751 42.778 Canada 117,100 32.208 2.907 Consul Mason says the salient features of the comparison are: "The clearness with which it shows the effect of the Russo-German tariff war of 1893-94 upon the imports of wheat from Rus sia and the promptness with which they recov ered their normal proportions since the tem porary restriction was removed, and, second, the steadily growing importance of the Argen tine Republic as a source of supply for the wheat markets of Europe." At Chicago. CHICAGO. Feb. 20. Foreign markets were about steady, and so was the opening of the wheat trade here. May wheat, which closed yesterday at 52Vc, opened at that price, and there were a few transactions at 1-lCc under that. During the first two hours the range was confined between the prices Just quoted and 52?ic The Northwestern receipts were not as heavy as yesterday's advices had predicted. Before the forenoon had gone the market com menced to improve. It ruled strong between 12 and 1 o'clock, and kept In the neighborhood of 53c, rather over than under that most of the time. The closing cables came firm. The prin cipal influence in the buying here which caused the advance was a rumor which claimed dam age to the French crop. May sold at W,ic at the close, and February at 508'50'5ic. At Xew York. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Flour Quiet, steady. Wheat Spot, quiet: prices higher. Options were fairly active and steady at Vj-)ic advance on firmer cables, local covering and report of damage to the French crop; May most active. Closing prices: No. 2 red, February, 5G;4c; March. 57c; May, 5814c: June, 5Sc; July, 5S?4c: August, 5S5ic; September, 59J4c; December, Civic. Liverpool Spot Market. LIVERPOOL Feb. 20. Wheat Spot, quiet; demand poor; No. 2 red winter! 4s Cd; No. 2 red spring. 4s 3d; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5s 'd; No. 1 California, 5s 2d. Futures closed firm; Feb ruary, 4s Cd; March. 4s O'Sd; April. 4s G&d; May, 4s 64d; June. 4s 7d; July, 4s 7'4d. Corn Spot, steady: American mixed, new, 4s 'id- Futures closed firm: February, 4s d; March, April. May, June and July. 4s Jd. Flour Steady; demand moderate; St. Louis fancy winter. 5s Cd. Hops Unchanged. Beerbolim'd Grain Report. LIVERPOOL. Feb. 20. Wheat Quiet, steady; cargoes on passage, per steamer. No. 2 red (480 pounds), 203 Od; cargoes, Walla Walla (500 pounds), 22s 9d; No. 1 standard California (500 pounds), 23a V&d. LOCAL QUOTATIOXS. Flour Portland. Salem, Cascadia and Dayton are quoted at $2 30 per barrel; Gold Drop, $2 50 per barrel: SnowflaUe. $2 30: Benton county, $2 30; graham, $2 1532 30; superfine, $1 90. Oats Good white are quoted firm at 272Sc per bushel: milling. 2930c; gray, 2027c Rolled oats are quoted as follows: Bags, $3 75 G; barrels. $666 25; cases. $3 75. Barley Feed barley. 63C5c per cental; brew ing. SOgSSc, according to quality. MillstufTs Bran. $12; middlings. $13 50: chop feed. $12 15; middlings, none in market? chicken wheat. G775c per cental. Hay-Cood. $910 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery Is quoted at 22;A25c per pound; fancy dairy. 17V6f20c; fair to good, 12'4!15e: common. SSflOc. Potatoes Quotations wholly nominal. Onions Good Oregon, S0c$l per sack. Poultry Chickens, old, quoted at $2 503 per dozen; young, $22 50 per dozen; ducks, $4 50 f5; geese, $66 50; turkeys, lie, Sc per pound: dressed, lOgllc per pound. Eggs Oregon were quoted weak at 13c per dozen. Tropical fruit California lemons. $3 504 50: Sicily. $4 508G; bananas. $2 50gS 50; California navels. $2 503 23 per box; pineapples, Hon olulu. $363 50; sugar-loaf, $3. Figs California black, boxes, quoted at $1 25: sacks, 4gSc; Cal ifornia white. 10-pound boxes, 90c$l; 25-pound boxes. $2 50: sacks. 6Sc; Turkish, boxes, 140 16c; fancy, large, 20g21c; bags, 10c. Fresh fruit Apples, good, $101 50 per box; common, 75ci$l. Oregon vegetables Cabbage, 14c per pound; squash, C5c per dozen. California vegetables Brussels sprouts, $1 23 per 30-pound box; string beans, 12 13c per pound; green peas. J2gl3c per pound; arti chokes, $1J1 10 per dozen: cauliflower. 85c per dozen, $2 50 per crate; sweet potatoes. $364 per cental: cucumbers, hothouse", $1 752; gar lic. H?7c per pound: lettuce, 25c per dozen, $1 per box. Nuts Almonds, soft-shell. 9llc per pound: paper-shell, 12&gl4c; new crop California wal nuts, soft-shell, llf?12Vc; standard walnuts, lOVigllc: Italian chestnuts. 12Vi14c: pecans, 13lCc: Brazils. 1213c: filberts. 14frl5c; pea nuts, raw. fancy. 37c: roasted, 10c; hickory nuts. S10c; coeoanuts, 90c per dozen. Wool Valley. S10c. according to quality: Umpqua. 7gc; fall clip. 5g6c; Eastern Oregon, 57c. Hops Choice, 7c; medium, 4 gGc; poor. 3c. Provisions Eastern hams, medium, quoted at !UsS12c per pound; hams, picnics, lOgllc; breakfast bacon. 1213c: short clear sides. 101? lie; dry salt sides, OglOc: dried beef bams, 13 14c; lard, compound, in tins. S0!c: pure. 1r tins. 7jllic: pigs' feet, 80s, $3 50; 40s. $S 25; kits. $1 23. The 3Ierchandie Market. ' Salcaca Columbia river, N. l tails, $1 23 I 1 GO; No. 2 taliSt .23ff2 50; fancy. No. 1. flats. It 75t 65: Alaska. No, 1 tails, $1 20 e 1 30; No. 2 tails. $1 9002 25. Coal Steady; domestic. $37 50 per ton; for eign. $S 5011. Beans Small white. No. 1. 3ic per pound; butter, 3HC: bayou, 3c; Lima. 5c Cordage Manilla rope, ltt-mcb. Is quoted at 9c. and sisal, Cc per pound. Sugar D. 4ic; C, 4c; extra C, 4Hc; dry gran ulated, 54,c: cube, crushed and powdered. Otic per pound; 14c per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash; half-barrels. &c more than barrels; maple sugar, 15616c per pound. Coffee Costa Rica. 223c; Rio. 20g22c; Salvador, 21 21 c; Mocha. 2CV5 2Sc: Padarig Java, 31c: Palembangt Java. 2 2Sc; Lahat Java. 2325c; Arbuckle's Mokoska and Lion. $23 30 per 100-pound case; Columbia, $22 SO pet 100-pound case. ' The Meat Market. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers, $2 f 2 10; ewes. $1 50gi 73; lambs, $2; dressed mut ton. 46,4Vic; lambs, 4'c per pound. Beef Gross, top steers. $2 50 2 SO; fair to good steers, $2 2 25; cows, $2 2 50; dressed beef, 46c per pound. Veal Dressed, small, 5g6c; large, 3S4c per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy. ?33 CO; light and feeders, $3 50; dressed, 4Uc per pound. XEW YORK STOCK MARKET. The Opening of Subscription Lists for the Xew Bonds the Feature. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. This was not an act ive day on the stock exchange, but specula tion in the main was firm In tone, and a ma jority of the issues dealt in closed higher than yesterday. The attraction was the opening of the subscription lists for the new 4 per cent government loan at the otlices of Belmont & Co. and Morgan & Co. Other than aubscrlbers were anxious about the result, for Vpon the success of the loan hung the vast commercial as well as great financial interests, the credit of the United States being on trial. The first news touching the subscriptions on the bonds came from London In the dispatches announcing that the loan had been subscribed for many times over, with subscriptions still comlns In. This was followed up by the announcement that the bondholders here had closed the subscription books within 20 minutes after they had been opened, the new Issue having been largely over sold. The figures are withheld until the allot ments are decided upon, which it is expected will be made public on Saturday. The rush of subscriptions brought the bonds into favor .in the opening market, and they were bid up to 118, which Is a premium of 5Va per cent on the syndicate prices. At the opening of the stock market a firm tone prevailed, but trading was light. A fairly good buying movement was, however, soon be gun, which resulted in a fractional improve ment in the more active stocks. Tho circula tion of reports unfavorable to Chicago Gas. led to free selling of that stock, and then a decline, a large, fraction of which was quickly recov ered. The rest of the list was withheld, and in a few cases slight gains were made. During the hour preceding noon the speculation was strong for the leading shares. In the early aft ernoon the market was stagnant, but about 1 o'clock an attack was made on Tobacco on the strength of a report that a lack of harmony ex isted in the board of directors, and the stock gave way 2V4 per cent, with a final rally of 4 per cent. New Jersey Central, Northwestern, Manhattan, Sugar and a few other shares gave way a fraction, but there was no general reac tion. The market was decidedly firm during the last hour of business, and closed in good tone. There was a brisk, demand In the railway and miscellaneous bond market, which resulted in a large volume of business being transacted, and some material appreciations were recorded. The total sales were $1,0S3,000. The total sales of stocks today were 120,077 shares, including: Am. Tobacco .... 2,900jLong Is. Traction. 3,700 Am. Sugar 13,000 Louis. & Nash.... 4,700 Burlington 4,300 N. J. Central 5,000 Chicago Gas ....14.000 Northwestern .... 5.C00 DIsU & C F. Co. 3.700 Rock Island 4,200 Erie 3.9O0 St. Paul 14.200 Gen. Electric 4,000iVestem Union ... 2.700 Money, easy at 1 per cent; closed at 1 per cent; prime mercantile paper, 3V45! per cent; sterling exchange, easier, with actual business in bankers' bills at $4 884 SS& for demand, and $4 SG?i4 87 for CO days; posted rates. $4 S7& 4 88 and $4 S9tf ; commercial bills, $4SGgl SGli; silver certificates, C0c Government bond?, strong, registered 5s being up 14, do coupons Vj, is, coupons, per cent higher than yesterjj&V State bonds, fnactlve," Rallroad bonds, fliiii.- Petroleum Steady; Pennsylvania oil sales, none; March option sales, none; closed at $1 04 bid. BONDS. Bonds closed at New York yesterday as follows: U. S. 5s, reg 115 do 5s, coup 110 do 4s, reg 112 do 4s, coup 112 do 2s, reg 93 Pacific Gs of '95...100 Ala., class A 105 do B 103 do C 9G do currency 9G La, new cons., 4s.. 92'. Mo. Gs 100 N. Car. G3 125 do 4s 90 S. Car. non-fund.. 1 Tenn. new set Gs. 84Vi do 5s 100 Erie 2ds 58 G. H. & S. A. Cs. 92 do 7s 100 II. & T. Cent. 5s. .105 do Gs 101 M. K. T. 1st 4s... 80Vs do 2d 4s 45'4 Mut. Union Gs 111 N. J. C. gen. 5s. ..111 North. Pacific lsts.113 do 2ds 85 Northwest cons.... 140 do S. F. deb. 5s.l0S Rio Gr. W. Ists... Gil St. P. cons., 7s....l2f. do a & P. W. 5S.109H St. Louis & I. M. gen. 5s u St. Louis & S. F. Ken. Gs 103 Tex. Pacific lsts... 83 do 2ds 23 U. P. lsts of '0G..103 West Shore 4s 104 So. R. R. 5s SG?j STOCKS. The following were the closing quotations for stocks on the New York exchange yesterday: Atchison 4 Adams Express ...142 Alt. & Ter. H.... 35 Am. Express 110 N. Y. Central N. Y. & N. Ens... 99 aoVs 1G',; 9 IS 4 22ti Ont. & Western.., Oregon Imp , Oregon Nav , Bait. & Ohio G2 can. l'acinc -is Can. Southern .... 48 Central Pacific ... 13 Ches. & Ohio lGi; O. S. L. & U. N... Pacific Mall P.. D. & E 2J4 Pittsburg 154 Pullman Palace ...154 Reading 9 Rio Gr. Western... lGs do nref 43 Chicago & Alton.. 143 fill., li. ic U '! Chicago Gas 73 Con. Gas 129! C U. U. & St. Li.. Col. Coal & Iron... WRock Island G2U 4 St, Paul 5514 Cotton Oil Cert.... 18 1 do pref li St. Paul & Om 3t Del. & Hudson. ...147V4! Del.. L. & W... .158 do pref 109 D. & R. G. pref... 35 Southern Pacific .. 17'.; DIst. & C. F. Co TC Sugar Refinery .... 92 Erie do pref.. Ft, Wayne Tenn. Coal & Iron. 13 17 Texas Pacific S 15G T. & O. C. pref.... 70 0 42 5 13 102 88 Gr. North, pref. ..100 Chi. & E. I. pref.. 00 Union Pacific U. S. Express Hocking Valley . 111. Central 19 Wab.. St. L. & P.. 8G?) do pref 20 Wells-Fargo Ex... St. P. & Dul.. Kan. & Tex. pref. 22W Western Union Lake E. & W 15 Wheeling & L. E.. 8 do pref... 71 I do prer .6 Lake Shore 13GiMInn. & St. Louis. 20 Lead Trust Louis. & Nash... Louis. & N. Alb. 2SD. & R, G 11 29 V 19-li 02-SiGen. Electric ClNat- Linseed Man. Con 10 ICol. Fuel &. Iron... 24 Mem. & Charles.. Mich. Central ... Mo. Pacific Mobile & Ohio... Nash. & Chat Nat. Cordage .... 10 I do pref GO 90 !H. & T. Central.... 2 21 ST.. A. A. & N. M. 1 14 T.. St, L. &K. C. 1 G4 1 do pret 7 4H4SO. R. R G?i! do pref 9 31; 8S ior 105 1 do prer N. J. Central Nor. &. W. prer... North Am. Co.... S3Am. Tobacco 11I do prer .Insist, P-. M. & M.. 2:. Northwestern . . . Northern Pacific do pref "U. P., D. &. G.. .. 15 do pref Mining; Stocku. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. The official ing quotations for mining stocks today as follows: clos were Alta ?0 32IHale & Norcross. Alpha Con GlJulia Andes 22!Junice Belcher SSlLady Wash. Con., Best & Belcher... 74IMexican Bodie Con 85lMono j, Bullion SIMt. Diablo Bulwer Con 12iOecidental Con.... Caledonia GjOphlr Challenge Con.... 20 Dverman , Chollar -ifejl'otosi Confidence 89Savage Con. Cal. & Va... 2 45'Sierra Nevada ... Coiu Imperial 1, Silver Hill Crown Point 3S:silver King Exchequer 2lUnlon Con , Gould & Curry.... 41(YelIow Jacket .... $0S7 20 10 1 40 12 45 NEW YORK. Feb, closed as follows: Bulwer $0 Chollar Crown Point Con. Cal. & Va... 2 Deadwood Gould & Curry... Hale & Norcross.. Homestake 17 Mexican 20. Mining stocks today OSIOntario 50'Ophir , 30,Plymouth ,.... 25!QulckslIver 40! do pref SSlSierra Nevada SOlStandard SOIUnion Con...., 70; Yellow Jacket . .$S 00 ?i? '. 2 50 .10 00 I 2 GO . 40 . 40 London Financial News. NEW YORK. Feb. 20. The Evening Post's London cablegram says: The markets were dull today. Foreign stocks were weak on the Egyp tian news. Prices on the Paris bourse were weak, but better at the close. Americans were dull, notwithstanding ' the success of the new do old Gs GO. Va. Centuries .... 58 do def G Atchison 4s C4V4 do 2d A 1714 Can, S. 2ds 103 C. P. lsts of 'D5..100 D. & R. G. 7s. ...114 do 4s 81 loan, but closed better. Silver stocks were weak. Bullion and Exchange. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. Followlngare the bank rates for bullion and exchange In this market: Drafts on sight. New York, per $100. 5c: do telegraphic, par; sterling bills on Lon don. 60-day bank. $4 STi; do sight, 54 SS?4; do commercial. $1 85; silver bars, per ounce. C0gC0c; Mexican dollars, 4SS49c LONDON. Feb. 20. Bar silver. 27 11-lGd; con sols. 104 11-1C; Bank of England discount rate, 2 per cent. SAX FRAXCISCO TRADE. Prices and Comment From the Bay City Markets. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 20. Flour Net cash prices for family extras, $3 253 33 per barrel; bakers' extras, $3 153 23; superfine. $2 lOff 2 40 per barrel. Wheat The movement continues of slow char acter, with but little variation in prices. No. 1 shipping wheat Is quotable at SlUc. with S2'.sc. and possibly 83tc, ror fancy offerings. Milling Is quotable at 8614600c per cental; Walla Walla. 54.c for fair average quality, 7Sj4Slc for blue-stem, and 7072c for damp. Barley Trade drags badly, buyers being wholly indifferent. Feed, fair to good, 72$? 73ftc for choice; brewing. S5g90c per cental. Oats Offerings are moderate, but the demand is equally so. and business Is of small volume in consequence: Milling. $1 021 13 per ctl.; fancy feed, $11 05; good to choice, 95cg$l; fair to good, 00S95c; poor to fair, 82S7c: Surprise. $1 051 15; black. $1 151 30; red, $1 051 17: gray. 9097c per cental. Potatoes Choice quality bring full figures. New quoted at l2c per pound: Early Rose. 4500c; River Reds, 20830c; Burbanks, 3045c; Oregon Burbanks, 4090c: Salinas Burbanks, 75c$l: sweets, 50c$l for Rivers, and $1 230 1 75 per cental for choice stock. Onions From 80c$l per cental Is the range for good to choice product, with some fancy Oregon selling up to a higher figure. Wool Fall Free Northern. 78c per pound; Northern defective, 57c; Southern and San Joaquin, light and free, 5Gc; do defective, 3 4c per pound. Hops Quotable at 4Sc per pound, as to quality. Butter The market still shows a declining tendency. Fancy creamery Is quoted at IS ltfc; seconds, 1718c; imitation, 15lCc; fancy dairy. 1415c; good to choice, 1214c; fair, 1012c; store lots, S9c. Eggs Another small decline in prices today. California, ranch, 10l"c; store lots, ll15c per dozen. Receipts: Flour, sacks, 6500; Oregon, 97SS; wheat, centals, 5923; Oregon, 1S37; barley, 1571; Oregon, 2S4; oats, centals, 155; Oregon, 13S3; corn, centals, 255; rye, sacks, 373; Oregon, 373; beans, sacks, 1749. Afternoon call board: Wheat Firm; May, S9c; December, 94y,c. Barley Steady; May, 74c; December, 74c. THE AVOOL TRADE. Review of the American. "Wool nnd Cotton Reporter. BOSTON, Feb. 20. The American Wool and Cotton Reporter will tomorrow say of the wool trade: At the close of the seventh week, the country is experiencing a fair volume of trade, and a very general demand, with fair prices. Sales the past week have been considerably larger than in the corresponding week of last year, while the amount of wool moved since January 1, 1893, exceeds that for the similar period last year by more than 7,000,000 pounds. There Is no doubt of a larger call for stock, especially for Australian. The demand for me dium domestic fleece is checked by the small ness In the supply. There Is more Inquiry for fine fleeces, principally for fine unwashed. A good Inquiry exists for fine and coarse pulled wools. Of course, business is being done on close margins, but everybody deems it impossi ble that wool values can go any lower. Manu facturers are well employed, and If dealers show no disposition to exceed their ordinary wants, it must be remembered that the extent of the market Is so vast that weekly require ments seldom fall much below 3,000,000 pounds. Sales of the week amount to 2,204,000 pounds domestic, and G26.000 foreign, making a total of 2.S30.C00 pounds, against a total or 3,114,600 for the previous weeek, and a total of 1,918,000 for the corresponding week last year. The sales since January 1, 1895, amount to 23,S0G,50O pounds, against 10,734,600 pounds a year ago. OTHER MARKETS. CHICAGO, Feb. 20. About 12,000 cattle com prised the supply on today's market. It was not quite a sufficient supply, and the feeling was firmer. Common to extra steers, $3 6005 60; stockera and feeders, $2 604 10; cows and bulls, $1 254 10; Texas cattle, ?23 05. The hog market got a. severe setback. After opening at yesterday's close. It had fallen 100 15c before U o'clock, and the feeling continued weak to the finish. The receipts were several thousand larger than expected. The greater part sold at $3 S04 15, or at $3 S03 93 for light, and $3 00 4 15 for averages of 200 pounds. There was comparative steadiness in the sheep market. So far this week the arrivals have been moderate and the demand good. The range of quotations was $2'754 15 for poor to extra sheep, and $3 505 50 for lambs. Sheep sold largely at $3 304 25, and $4 755 35 bought most of the lambs. Receipts Cattle, 12,000; hogs, 45,000; sheep, 12,000. OMAHA, Feb. 20. Cattle Receipts, 2000. Heavy cattle were slow sale, and thin, low grades ruled slow and generally lower. Cow stuff of all grades was in active demand and firm, and the same was true of veal calves and rough slock generally. Groceries, Etc., in the East. NEW YORK, Feb. 20. Hops Steady. Wool Steady. Pig iron Dull; Scotch, $19320; American, $9 5012. Copper Quiet: exchange price, $9 65. Lead Firm; exchange price, $3 10. Tin Steady: straits. $13 3513 55; plates, dull and weak. Spelter Dull; domestic, $3 10. Coffee Options closed steady at 510 points r.et advance; October, $14 SO; December, $14 10 14 15. Spot coffee Rio, firm; No. 7, 16c; mild, steady. Sugar Raw. steady; sales, COO bags centrifu gal, 00 test, to Canada, 2 3-lGc, in bond; 00000 bags centrifugal, 00 test, 21sc CHICAGO, Feb. 20. Hog receipts, which were estimated at 33,000. numbered 42,000, and the latter number is estimated for tomorrow. The produce market weakened as a consequence. Pork opened with a decline of 7c, lard 5c, and ribs 5c, and those were the losses established by the closing quotations. Mess pork May, $10 20. Lard May, $6 50. Short ribs May, $5 27. SNAKES IN CAPTIVITY. Most CaprlclonH nnd Fnstldlons of All Animal Crcntnrcs. Snakes In captivity are fairly healthy, though by no means a long-lived race, says Dr. Arthur Stradling. The largest and oldest spscimen in the London Zoo logical Gardens Is the great retlculed py thon, measuring about 2S feet, which has been In the collection since 1876. Of the life duration of serpents in the natural state, as of other animals, nothing is known. But snakes are comparatively de fenseless, exceading popular as food with a vast number of creatures, and but for their abundant fecundity broods of young varying from SO to 100 in number would doubtless soon be exterminated. Their dangerous diseases in captivity are few. They have common colds, flatulent dys pepsia and something akin to muscular rheumatism, but of their serious com plaints the deadly one resembling diph theriais "canker," which appears to originate from cold, in certain stages is contagious, and is almost Inevitably fatal. Yet, though pjlte free from disease, not a fiftieth of the specimens captured sur vive. The snake Is destitute, of hands, fingers and claws, and is one of the most shortsighted animals on earth (never see ing twice its length), yet it is most fastid ious and capricious in its food, and in the midst of plenty dies from voluntary starv ation. This is not a rapid process, as a snake may remain in perfect health for two years without any food whatever. Snakes shed their skins at Intervals of three to six weeks, and never eat for sev eral days before, but are hungry directly afterward. Dr. Stradling has very suc cessfully practiced a novel method of feed lng his perverse serptnts, his plan being to forcibly cram raw flesh of any kind available down their throats and into their stomach?. Soma hundreds have been so fed, even the most delicate species be ing kept alive and in better condition than those feeding voluntarily. CAST YOUR E OtfEH THIS COj4DEfiSEt HIST OF OLlr IERIl ESTATE These are all Barcalns, ana you. can. tuy out of tills llai wittx youreyes shut and hit it every time. WEST SIDE Bnsiness Property. $40,000-One block, between 15th and ICtb, Irv ing and Johnson. fS5,uOO 100 feet square. Second and Jefferson ts.: frame building. $70,000 100 feet square. First and Couch sts.; 3-story brick. $12,500100 feet square. 14th and Irving; store and dwelling. $1.600 One lot. Hood, between Wood and Gro- ver: frame building. $23,000-100 feet square. Sixth and Main; 4 .houses, all rented. -o.000 50x9S feet. cor. Second and Madison fXs,mU, frame buildings. $..00O Half Interest In 3-story brick, 100 feet 5?.U?5S: wlUun three blocks of Tho Dekum; ?10,000 down. nJrForiLer ,0t an house, two blocks from smooth.?,? ulldlnK: $6000 down. . "KO-Half lot and building, on North Third SlonaiV(1,?l dQwn- balance can run. .vr;?.?. fe,et iuare. oa 17th and Gllsan eta. a win trade. Residence. ll'?J5rlck h"Jse. Roblnson"s Hill. 5500No. 32S Fifth, between Clay and Mar- t JSU o-room house and barn. $r.uuo Jorthrup, between 23d and 24th; 8-room modern, two lots. I ?'5ST"2eventl nd Caruthers: 6 houses. 3 lots. fi,J:rooni' hard-finished. Grover's add. o 5J5r"l . room house, cor. Front and Curry. IT';""" r ce cottage. 21st and Upshur sts. ?l, 10O 5-room cottage. Corbett, between Ban croft and Lowell. i'29?-Front aQd Hood: 7-room house. S'A95rroom cottage. Caruthers add. f7920T-Two houses. Park and Hall sts. -,ooo Two houses, 21st, between Kearney Lovejoy sts. $4,500 Good house and 2 lots. Meade and South Water. $5,50013 rooms, half block. Kelly st. and Ham ilton ave. $4,G00 2 houses and 1 lot, Gibbs and Hood sts. $13.500 0-room house and 5 lots, on Portland Heights. $9,000 3 houses and 2 lots. North 14th and .Johnson sts.; $3000 down. $0.2o0 2 houses and 1 lot. Fourth st, 7 blocks from city hall: will sell separately. 50,100 1 lots and G-room house, 10th and Mill; well sell separately. $2,000 8-room house and 25x100. on Clay st., near IGth. $4.750 8-room modern house and corner, on Lane st.. In South Portland. EAST SIDE BapincsK Property. $11,500 2-story brick and 2-story frame, 1 lots. Delay and Knott sts. $4.500 Saloon and up stairs, 62xl00. Union ave. and Tillamook st. $2.500 Half lot and 2 stores. East Washington, between 0th and 10th. $0,5001 lot and frame building. Union ave, between Oak and Pine. $5,00040x100 and 2-story building, on Russell st.; rents for $50 per month. $3,20025x75 and 1-story building. East 20th and Morrison sts.; will trade equity for farm. Residences. 31,500 East 26th and Sandy road: C rooms, 2 lots. S900 3 lots and 1 house, Mt. Tabor; very cheap. 000 One lot and cheap house. East 24th and Ellsworth. $4,00O Two 8-room houses and corner lot, 13th and East Pine. $0,500 ll-room house and 3 lots, convenient to center of city. $2,000 7-room house and 1 lot, 32d and Haw thorne ave. $7.000 Large house and 100 feet square, Weld ler, near 17th. $3,000 G-room house and 2 lots, on Base Line road, near Mount Tabor. $5,500 Fine modern house and 1 lot. Stephens addition: $2000 down, balance can run. $2,300 7-room house and 2 lots, on Michigan ave.; SG00 down, balance In Installments. S4.0O0 7-room house and inside lot. on Larra bee st.; $1100 can run till 1807; will trade bal ance for fprm. 17,500 G-room house and 2 acres, on Hawthorne ave.: will divide. $l,10O Double bouse and 2 lots. In Montlcella addition. $2.000 5-room house and 2 lots. In Sellwood. $1,000 S-room house and 1 lot. in Klnzel Park. $3.800 8-room house and 100 feet square, on 2Sth and East Pine sto. $2,300 S-room house and 1 lot. Sellwood st.: easy terms. $1,500 13-room house and 1 lot, on East 26th St.. In Brush's addition. $1.500 5-room cottage, in Sunnyside: will trade. $1,800 S-room cottage arid 2 lots, in Portsmouth addition. $12,0005 houses and 3 lots, renting for $65, on East Ash st.; $3500 down, balance can run. $3.750 G-room house and 1 lot. East 8th st., near Stark. $2,000 7-room house and part of lot, at Sunny side. $1,500 5-room house and part of lot. at Sunny side. S2.000 5-room house and 1 lot. Woodlawn. $1,800 apiece 2 fine, roomy cottages, at Wood lawn. $1,300 5-room house and 1 lot, Woodlawn. $1,200 5-room house and 1 lot. Woodlawn. $5.000 7-room house and 2 lots, 11th and East $1,700 House and lot. Willamette; $350 down. $1,300 House and lot, Willamette; $325 down. $1,250 House and lot, Willamette; $325 down. $1.700 5-room. modern house and halt lot. Cherry st. and Vancouver ave. $3.150 9-room house and 1 lot, on 12th and Davis. $5,300 2-story house and 2 lots, on East 10th and Weldler. $7,500100 feet square and 2 houses, E. 13th and Belmont. $3,500 Modern. 8 rooms, and 1 lot. Clackamas. near East First. $2,000 6-room house and 100x133 1-3, on 35th, near Hawthorne a'e. $1.200 5-room cottage and 1 lot, Halght ave., between Skldmore and Mason sts. Unimproved Lota. $300 Portland Heights, 115x50. $2,000 Portland Heights, cor., 50x100. $8,500 16th and Kearney, cor., 100x100. $5.600 Two lots. Johnson, bet. 23d and 2ith. $100 Columbia Heights. 50x100. $100 Irvlngton Park, 50x100. $4 100 East Seventh and Harrison; 3 lots. $3 000 Inside lot, College, between West Park and 10th. ........ $1,2002 lots, Bancroft St., between Ohio and Illinois. , .... $300 Willamette addition: Inside lot. $500 Inside lot. Commercial, between Falling and Posts sts. $2,0001 lots. Monroe and Mitchell sts.; will sell separately. $3,0002 lots, cor. 10th and Weldler. $2,5002 lots. cor. 10th and Broadway. $1,000 apiece On Erbein st. and Vancouver ave., between Morris and Stanton. $000 apiece On Morris and Erbein sts. $3501 lot, on electric line, in Cloverdale add. $10,0002 lots, between 12th and 13th. Couch and Davis. $3 250100 feet square, cor. Third and Woods. $4,0001 lot, Gllsan, between 21st and 22d; will trade. $1,1002 lots, on Market-st, drive. $1,000 apiece 10 river-front lots, near Fulton Park; will trade. $1 000 apiece 2 lots, on Portland Heights. $1 250 apiece 2 lots, on Portland Heights. 5 00024 lota, on Portland Heights. $3500 100x120 feet, on Portland Heights. $500 apiece 3 lots, in South Portland, on rail road. $0,2502 lots, cor. 14th and Pettygrove sts. 51I3OO 1 lot, on McAdam st.. between Wood and Grover. $900 Next to cor. Knott st. and Rodney ave. $1 5001 lot. cor. 19th and East Oak. $3 0002 lots, on East Fifth and Taggart. 540002 lots, on East Eighth and Yamhill sts. $600 Missouri ave., between SchaeSer and Ma son sts.. 1 lot. ..... $1 o0 2 lots. In Central Alblna. $300 apiece Lots in Sellwood. $2,750 1 block, in King's; will trade for farm and assume some Indebtedness. 2.250 I lots. In Alblna Homestead. $5004 lots. In Mansfield addition. Just east of Mount Tabor. i "004 lo's. In Terminus addition; will trade for small farm and assume indebtedness. $4 500100 feet square. 12th and East Ankeny. 3001 lot, in Central Alblna, on St, John's $5,250100 feet square, on First and East Wasco $5!o00 100 feet square, on Eighth and East Hancock sts. $5501 lot. in Woodlawn. $650 lots. In block C. Chicago add. S350 1 lot. in Orchard Home. S125 Lots In City View Park. $1G 0005 lots, on College, between Second and Third; will sell separately. Magnificent building tracts. In Belmont Villa; Prices from $2500 to $3500. $125 apiece Lots in Tremont; easy terms. The above is a partial list of the prop- erty -we have for sale. For further particulars call on or address DeLASHMUTT & SON,. YE MISCELLANEOUS Farms. $4,00030 acres. In Lafayette. Or.; Improved; will trade. $40 per acre 320 acres. S miles from Albany: highly impiwed. $1.100 JO acres. Clackamas county; 15 acres cleared: will trade. $3- 50 per acre 327 acres, near Salem; 90 acres In cultivation. S1.000 7 acres, near Beavcrton: half cleared. $2,000166 acre, near Goldendale. Wash. $o0 per acre 100 acres, at Farmlngton. Wasa Ington county; ISO cultivated. $12 per acre 600 acres, at Viola. Clackamas county; 120 acres clear; will trade for city property. 56.000 160 acres, 50 In prunes, near Laurel. Washington county; will trade for city prop erty. $17,0001000 acres, Oakland. Or.; 450 In culti vation. $125 per acre 10 acres, on Sandy road; part la fruit. $15,0001520 acres, in Umatilla county; stock and grain ranch. $4,146-41 46-100 acres, in Grant's Pass; light timber. $65040 acres, 1& miles from Goble; 8 acres cultivated. $1,10061 acres. 114 miles from Galo's creek; 8 acres cultivated. $2,500163 acres. In Nebraska; highly culti vated; will trade. 21 farms In Yamhill county. For particulars call at office. $2,00011 acres. 1 mile west of Raleigh sta tion, on Scholl's Ferry road. $000 SO acres. 7 miles from Oregon City. $1.000 10 acres, 6 miles from Moscow; 5 acres clear. $12 per acre 570 acres. 5 miles from Medford; 50 or 75 acres in cultivation. $35 per acre J25 acres, 7 miles from Salem; 250 acres In cultivation. $3,50063 acrrs. 1 mile from Damascus; 30 acres in cultivation. $-5 per acre-35l acres, in Tillamook county: fine dairy ranch. $1,50027 acres. 4 miles from Damascus: 14 acres clear. $4,0710Jacre?- near Sclo nalf In cultivation: oWill divide or trade. T?. pe.r f cr( 120 ac3. near Sclo. one-third cul tivated. '''ilPr205 ncres- near Sclo. all In cultivation; divide or trade. 5S-,0007"200 acres- near ScIo. 50 acres hops; will divide or trade. $2,500-50 acre?, near Tlgardsvllle: somo clear. $8 per acre 5.0 acres, Sherman county, all clear. $1,50040 acres. In Benton county. 16 acres clear. $10,000450 acres. 5 miles from North Yam hill. 240 acres in cultivation. $2,500100 acres. miles from Albany, 30 acres In cultivation; good stone quarry. $35 per acre 250 acres, 2 miles from Wash- oiigal. 150 acres in cultivation. $1,20020 acres. 1 mile from Warren's. 11 acres in cultivation. $2,25036 acres. 6 miles from Forest Grove, one-half beaver-dam: cultivated. $2,500-100 acres, 9 miles from Goble. 23 acres clear: will rent. $15 per acre 103 acres, at junction of Cow litz and Cowhegan rivers: fine dairy ranch. $8 per acre 2720 acres, in Morrow county, all clear. $2.750 15 acres. C miles east of Woodburn. 30 acres In cultivation. $10 per acre Land on water ditch. In Umatilla county: nothing larger than 40 acres sold. $3,000120 acres, near Carrollton. Wash.; 33 acres cultivated. $1,000160 acres. In North Dakota; will trade. $10.500 IGO acres. In Douglas county; 70 acres In cultivation. $115 per acre 15 acres. 6 miles from Van couver; one-half In orchard. $75 per acre 20 acres. 6 miles from Vancouver: all clear. $S0 per acre 10 acres, 6 miles from Vancouver; all clear. 42 acres adjoining above, to rent. $60025 acres, 5 miles from Scappoose; 3 acres clear, and livestock. $6,40055 acres, 8 miles from Portland, on Powell Valley road; will cut up Into tracts; 40 acres In cultivation. $2,500 102 acres, in Douglas county: well stocked and improved; will trade for EasS Side property. $COO SO' Acres. -Jn Benton' county; 8 acre In, cultivation. ' f Timber nnd Wild Land. $650160 acres. Hood River. $2.850 ISO acres. Nehalem vallev. $950160 acres. Lewis county. Wash. $2,8S0 4S0 acres. Hood River. $30010 acres. Tlgardsvllle. Or. $1,000120 acres, G miles from Taylor's Land ing; timber down and easily cleared. $1,19093 acres, SV3 miles from Scappoose. $1,000 10 acres. lO miles from Hlllsboro. $1,600160 acres. 3 miles from mouth of Bull Run river; would trade. $960320 acres, in Linn county. $1.500 10 acres, Multnoman county, near Hol brook station. $1,100160 acres. In Clatsop county. $1,500 ICO acres, on Ynqulna bay. $C0O 160 acres. In Chehalls county. Wash. $650 JO acres, in Jackson county, , $S0O 100 acres, In Lewis county. Wash. $4,800320 acres, near Kalama. $400 S3 acres. In Clatsop county. $2,100320 acres. In Michigan; will trade. $3.000 ISO acres, in Chehalls county. Wash. $S0O 100 acres, in Columbia county. $32521 acres, near Llnnton. $1,500 tl acres, near Hlllsboro: timber down. $3.200 320 acres, in Tillamook county. $720 SO acres, near Llnnton. Also some large tracts, from 1000 to 10.000 acres. Small Trncts. $1.300 10-acre tract, near Bertha station. $4,0005 acres, all In fruK. Fruitvale. $4,0005 acres, fully Improved, Clackamas sta tion. $2,00010 acres, near Shattuck station. $1.000 3Vj acres, in Wlllshurg. $6502 acres, adjoining Wilisburg. $3,00012 acres, near Wilisburg. $6505 acres, in Hazelwood. $5,00010 acres, adjoining Kennedy's add. $2,20010 acres, Taylor's Ferry road. $G50 5 acres. DeLashmutt & Oatman Llttla Homes No. 2. $2,500 10-acre tracts, adjoining Carson Helghta. $4,000 iVt acres, adjoining Kenilworth. $200 per acre 5 and 10-acre tracts, at Beaver ton: all clear. $2,75015 acres. Mount Scott; partly cleared. $1,6002 acres, clear. Palatine Hill. $3.600 Prune orchard, near Vancouver; 2500 trees. jSOO Half acre and house, at Zlontown. $2,000 10 rods of ocean front, at Long Beach, near Stout's. 34 lots At Mount Tabor: 3 acres; price cheap. $S50 13 acres, on Base Line road; 3 acres clear; small house: 11 miles out. $1,150 10-acre tracts, S miles from Portland, on Powell Valley road. $1,10010 acres, in Hazelwood. 20 acres well improved, ZVt miles from Port land, for rent, $20 per month. $1,3505 acres, all in cultivation; near Mount Scott motor. Hnsincs.H Chnncex. $33 33 per month Store and 13-room dwelling, at Beaverton. $800 Drug store, stock and fixtures. In thriving country town. $3.000 Drug store, slock and fixtures. In tha city: good location. Fourth Interest in good-paying business. In city. $650 Furniture for 15-room lodging-house. $830 20-room lodging-house. $300 Restaurant. In city. $" 500 30-room lodging-house. $1 630 Good home and business. In thriving town down the Columbia. $6,500 Old-establlshel hotel, in city. $1.300 Banking fixtures and supplies, In a lively town on the Columbia. $1,600 Hotel business, established, at Dallas. Oregon. $2.200 50-room lodging-house; will trade for small farm nar city. $1.750 Good 33-room hotel. In thriving country town. $2,300 Good store and house and lot: also good physician's practice thrown In. in Washington county. $600 Photograph gallery, on East Side. $700 Furniture in 8-room house: cost $1200 two months ago. $2.500 Good boot and shoe business, on Ea3t Side. In Other Towna. VANCOUVER. WASH. $3,200 One-half block and fine residence, 10th and C sts. $2.250 Two lots and house. Eighth and West C S650 One lot. Ninth, between B and C $400 Four acres, uncleared. $10,000 Nine houses and 6 lots; prospectlvs business location. $3,000 Fine house and lot. In St. Helen's. $2,000120 feet river front and wharf, at St. Helen's. $2.030 8-room house and 1 lot. In Warenton, Oregon. 209 STARKJST., .PORTLAND, OR