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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XXXII. CORVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 1895. jNO. 1, TRANSPORTATION. EAST AND SOUTH VIA The Shasta Route OF THE Southern Pacific Co. EXPRESS TRAINS RUN DAILY. 6:15 pm I Leave Portland Arrive I 8:20 am 10:20pm Leave Albany Leave) 4:J3i 10 :4-i a m I Arrive B. Francisco Leave 7 :1X) v M Above trains stop at all stations from Port land to Albany, also at Tangent, Khedds, Hal Bey, Harrisbuig, Junction City, Irving, Eugene, Comstock, brain and all stations irom Kose burg to Ashland, inclusive. ROSEBURG MAIL, DAILY. HUSO A M I i-eave Portland Arrive I 4:30 pm 12 :45 p M j Leave Albany Leave 1 12 :3c p m 5:50 P M j Arrive Boseburg Leaxe 7; 0am Pullman Buffet sleepers and eecond-cla8 leaping cars attached to all through trains. WEST SIDE DIVISION. Between Portland 'and Corvallis. Mall train daily (except Sunday). 7 :30 a m I Leave 12;15 pm I Arrive Portland Corvallis Arrive 15:35 p M Leave 1 :00 p m At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains of the Oregon Pacific railroad. EXPRESS TRAINS DAILY (Except Sunday). 4 :40 p m I Leave Portland , Arrive I 8:26 a m 7:25 p m Arrive McMinnville Leave j 5:50 a m Through tickets to all points in the Eastern states, Canada and Europe can be obtained at lowest rate from A. K. Milner. aeent, Oorvallis. R. KOEHLER, E. P. ROGERS, Manager. A. G. F. & P. A. Portland, Oregon. E. MCNEILL. Receiver. TO THE EAST GIVING THE CHOICE OF ' TWO TRANSCONTINENTAL. ROUTES VIA VIA SPOKANE, DENVER, MINNEAPOLIS OMAHA AND AND ST. PAUL KANSAS CITY LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES. OCEAN STEAMERS LklAVE PORTLAND EVERY 5 DAYS - - -FOR- - - SAN FRANOISflfl Wl 111 I I For full details call on Geo. F. El gin, Corvallis, Or., or address , W. H. HURLBURT. G. P. A., Portland, Oregon. OREGON PACIFIC RAILROAD CO Charles Clark - - Superintendent- Connecting with Str. "HOMER" be tween Yaqudna and San Francisco. Str. leaves San Francisco and Ya qulna about every 9 days. Rights reserved to change sailing dates without notice. For freight and passenger rates ap ply to any agent CHAS. J. HENDRYS, SON & CO.. Nos. 2 and 8 Market et San Francisco, Calif. J. P. BERGIN, G. F. & P. A., Corvallis, Oregon. OHAS. CLARK, superintendent,. Corvallis, Oregon. - ' Farra & Wilson, Physicians, Surgeons, and Accoucheurs. -Office upstairs in Farra and Allen's fcvick. Office hours from 8 to 9 A. M. and from 1 to 2 and 7 to 8 P J4. Calls promptly attended to at all hours, euner aay or mgiu. DR, L. G. ALTMAN, HOMOEOPATHIST. Diseases of women and children and Office over Allen & "Wooward's drug Office hours S to 12 a. m., 2 to 5 and 7 to 8 p. m. At residence Fifth street, near the tourt house, after hours and, on Sun days. . BOWEN LESTER DENTIST. Office upstairs over First National bank. Strictly First-class Work Guaranteed. Corvallis. Oregon. F. M. JOHNSON. ATTORNEY AT LAW, CORVALLIS, OREGON. Does a general practice in all the tiourts. Also agent for all the first class insurance companies. NOTARY PUBLIC. JUSTICE PEACE. " E. B- WILSON . ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office In Zelroff building, opposite jtostofflce. M. O. WILKTNS. Stenographer and Notary Public, Court reporting and referee sittings made specialties, as well as type writing and other reporting, pfllce. opposite postoffice. CorvjEvllis, Or. JAS. FAIR'S MILLIONS Another Sensation De veloped. A New Will Is Produced in Court. By Its Provisions the Two Dangrhters and the Son Get tbe Big Estate. SAN FRANCISCO; Mar. 18. The contention in the courts over the mil liens left by James G. Fair developed another sensation this morning. When the case was called before Superior Judge Slack, a great stir was caused by the introduction of what purports to be a later holographic will twxitten in 'lead pencil on two sheets of legal cap paper. It was brought Into tourt securely framed between two plates of glass, by Reuben Lloyd, who has been retained in. the case by Virginia Fair and Mrs. Oelrichs, daughters of the deceased. This alleged . will divides the estate almost equally' between the two daughters and Charles Fair. It bequeaths a few thousand 'dollars to certain orphan asylums, and make no provision for such a trust as the estate is left In contlrol of under the will previously filed. Messrs. Angus and Crothers are two of the four executors named in the previously filed iwill. Referring to- thls alleged will, Attorney Lloyd In formed the court that the document, according Do its date, was executed, three days later than the will pre viously filed. He said he would prove. that the existence of this will had been known to several persons, and that it. had finally been foundi in the possess ion of an estimable old lady, whose name Lloyd did not divulge. Lloyd said the old lady had not produced it because she had read of the other will being offered for probate, and had sup posed it was a later document than, the one she held. The fact that this new alleged will has been presented in court by Attorney Lloyd would In BENTON COUNTY Abstract : Company COMPLETE SET OF ABSTRACTS OP BENTON COUNTY. Conveyancing and : Perfecting Titles a -,v" Specially, Money to Loan on Improved City and Country Property. J, B, MARKLEY & CO,, Proprietors, Main Street, Corvallis. E. HOLGATE, H. L. HOLGATE, Notary Public. Jtstlce of the Peace. HOLGATE & SON, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, Corvallis, Oregon W. E. YATES, THE LAWYER, CORVALLIS, OREGON. JOS. H. WILSON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, office over First National Bank. Cor- vallis Or. Will practice in all the state and federal courts. Abstracting, 1 collections. Notary public Convey ancing. PIONEER AND COFFEE SALOON. HODES & HALL, P ain and Fancy ConfectionsIce Cream. CIGARS:: "OUR SILVER CHAMPION," "BELMONT." GENERAL ARTHUR." and a full line of Smokers' Articles. Come in when hungry and get a lunch any hour of the day. THE NEW K&and O.RJ. CO'SLIS-The Short Route To points In WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MU.MaftA, uattuiao, oximcj SnTA and the East. ' ' TWvntrh tinkrfs on sale to and from TON, PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK. BOSTON, and ALL POINTS in the United States, Canada and Europe. The Great Northern j Railway is a new transcontinental line. Runs buffet-library observation cars, palace sleeping and dining cars, family tour ist sleeperas and first and second class coaohes. Haviiwr a rock ballast track the Great Northern Railway is free from dust, one of the chief annoyances of transcontinental travel. Round tickets with stop over privileges and choice of return routes. For further information call upon or write, C. S. SMITH, Occidental . Hotel, Corvallis, Oregon, or. C, C. DON AY AN Gen'l Agt, 122, Third Street Portland, Oregon dicate that Charlie Fair and his sis ters have joined forces to contest the will of their father. , The attorneys who represent the ex ecutors under the will previously filed, and of which- the original copy was stolen, intimated very strongly that they believed the alleged later will to be a forgery. The case was finally continued until April 2d. The alleged will produced today bequeaths to various brothers and sis ters of the deceased and their chil dren about Uhe same amounts as was left to them under the will previously filed. Under the first will the families of these brothers and sisters would ac quire a large proportion of the estate at the deatih of Fair's children, Cbas., Virginia, and Mrs. Oelrichs, 'but under the will filed today the brothers and sisters, and their families would re ceive only the amount of cash stated In the will and the balance of the $40 000,000 estate could be distributed at once among the three children of the deceased. DIDN'T OPEN. A Kansas City Bank Goes Down Again Assets and Liabilities. Kansas City, Mar. 18. The National bank of Kansas City failed to open this morning. In the panic of 1893 tile bank suspended, but through an arrangement between the depositors and stockholders it was permitted to resume business. The steady with drawal of deposits since that time has placed the - bank in an embar rassing position, and necessitated an other suspension. A statement given out shows assets to be $1,800,000; 11 albilSties, $1,050,000. , The Sqar this afternoon will say editorially: ' "'None of the other banks of the city hare been in any way affected." Washington, March 18. The" comp troller of the currency today received a telegram announcing the suspension of the National bank of Kansas City. Bank Examiner Galbreath was- ap pointed temporary receiver.' The cap ital stock is $1,000,000, with assets at face value amounting to nearly $2, 000,000, of which $170,000 Is cash on hand, and due from other banks. NEW YORK'S "EXTRAORDINARY." New York, March 18. The extraor dinary grand jury, which has been out since January 7th,- reported today. Foreman Leggett handed up twenty five indictments and presentments cen suring the police department. The court adjourned until 4 o'clock this afternoon. It is expected in the mean time several arrests will be made and Justice Ingraham will fix bail this afternoon. The grand jury was not discharged. The following passage occurs In the presentment: "Circumstances and the testimony offered have tended to show the financial consideration, ' and in some cases a tax, for administration. Indeed the publicity with which the law is violated" and ; , the immunity froin" arrest enjoyed by lawbreakers, Is inconsistent with the" law.". , MARKET QUOTATIONS. Liverpool, March 18. Wheat, spot, steady; demand poor;, No. 2 red win ter, 4s lOd; No.. 2 red spring, 5s id; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5s3d; No. 1 Cal ifornia, 5s ld. Hops dull; Pacific coast, 2 108. New York Hops dull. Portland Wheat, valley, 8081 per cental; Walla Walla,' 4545 per bushel. San Francisco No. 1 shipping wheat, 8Gc, with 87 as a full figure for choice offerings? milling grades ar less firm at range of 9095c. RACING AT 'FRISCO. San Francisco, Mar. 18. Following were the .racing events today: Five and a half furlongs Seraphim won in 1:11. Half mile, maidens, 2-year-old fil lies Ursula won In 0:514. - About six furlongs Lizzine Hamp ton colt won ini 1:10. One mile Oakland won In 1:47. Five and a half furlongs Ferrier won in 1:08. About six furlongs Tigress won In 1:15. APPOINTMENTS. Washington, March 18. The presi dent today announced the fpllowing appointments: Joseph R. Herod, of Indiana, secretary of the legation of the United : States to Japan; Henry A. Cemery, interpreter of the consulate at Ningpo, China; George F. Smith- ers, interpreter to consulate at Osaka and Hiogo, Japan. BHKERY Proprietors. WAY EAST I CHICAGO. ST. LOUIS, WASHING THE DEEPEST Surrounds the Spanish Negotiations. Bat No Serious Trouble Feared. Another Keport that an America Schooner Has Been Sank by a Spanish Ship. WASHINGTON, March 18. An lm penetrable mystery surrounds. ;the.jner gotiations between, tee state i .depart ment and the Spanish government' on the Allianca affair. President 'Cleve land conferred today with Secretaries Grosham and Carlisle. The Allianca affair was gone over and tine t state ment is made that the present aspect of the subject is such as to give as surance that there will be? nib trouble of a serious Character between the United States and Spain. HAPPILY: CLOSED. Washington, March 18. Baron Fava the Italian ambassador, expresses bis appreciation of the. promptness, and energy with which the federal author i'ties and those of Colorado have sought to give Italians the same pro tection as American citizens at Wal senburg. The incident Is closed, as far as . international complications are concerned. ; -: - a?. -Si-- - '? Jacksonville, Fla-, Mar. 18. A spe-' cial to the Florida! Citizen from .-Key West says: A letter has-, been re ceived from Cuba stating that the Spanish gunboat Alcedeo fired upon and sunk a supposed American schooner off Puerto Padre with six teen people aboad. It is rumored that the schooner from Key West was the Golden Hind of Key West, which left here several weeks ago for a cargo of irmt, winn a crew or sixteen men, had to pass Puerto Padre and may have been the vessel in question. The scnooners iiouis .Hastings and Lily also sailed for fruit several days ago. The latest news from Cuba Is that the government has captured a steamer wtm arms and ammunition at Havana which was to go; to Santiago de Cuba. At Santiago several rifles wera captured hidden away in the fit-Ida A CLEVER JAIL BREAK. SEATTLE, Marcll 18. A darinsr Vail delivery, headed by-the notorious Tom Blanek, twice aaurderer,- was -effected at the county iatt here at 7ian d'clocE. last-nighiQ whici; ten prison ers, including three convicted of mur der, made their escape. The delivery was accomplished by means of a dummy revolver made of wood. - ' There were twenty-two prisoners in the cage, Including Henry Creamer, Nordstrom, Jim Murphy and V. A. Wilcox, and of the twenty-two nine joined in the break for liberty. At the heels or Murderer Blanck were Levi3, Rutten, Willie Russell (colored), all convicted murderers. They were fol lowed by Frank Hart, sentenced - to seven years for grand larceny; C. W. Brown, a counterfeiter; R. H. Ford. sentenced last Saturday to three years ror Durgiary; Uhas. Williams, await ing trial for burglary; Frank Clie felter, a horse thief from Kent; Wil liam Cosgrove, a petty larcehist. q. SOME RECAPTURED. . -v.", Seattle, March 18. Up to 1 o'clock this afternoon two of the escaped con victs have been captured, Rutten and Cosgrove. Both were taken at Orll- lia, south of this city. Blanck; was in the company of Ruttetn and about twenty feet behind him, but before7 the officers could hold him he escaped into the thick underbrush. ; Neither Rutten nor Cosgrove offered any resistence. . ' .. ": The officers are scouring the country in every direction and it is ' believed the ultimate capture of the fugitives will be effected. 7 A liberal reward is offered for. their apprehension., ' . . : Blanck , and- Rutten, the Kitsap murderers, were making their-' wAy along the county road near ..Black River junction when they camejupon Kelly and Burknian, deputy sheriff s The latter two did not think it could be any of the escaped convicts, but ordered "hands up." The tall '. man, who proved to Jbe Rutten, threw -up his hands and walked directly up' to the muzzle of Burkman's shotgun, but his partner, Blanck, dodged - behind him and in the twinkling of -an eye, was gone in the bushes. Burkman said to Rutten: "Where do you conie from?" He - replied:' "The county jail." "And who is your companion?". "Blanck." iti v' TROUBLE AVERTED. The Work is Evenly Divided and Per formed Amicably. ''. ' New Orleans, March 18. A gang of negro laborers who crossed the tv.it! mnrnlniT tn unload the steam er Etolia were met on their arrival by a number of white men and tola they would not be allowed 'to work, and were comm!'"'1"l to return to this side of the river at once. ;Later, a company from the screwman's asfio-; niiititn nf .Tofferson came over and applied for work on the steamer.' ?.AfJ ter a brief conrerence n was- agreeu that work on the Etolia should be di vided, Jefferson Parish . men- taking one half and the negroes from tbis: 5ir vi nthpr. No further trouble is anticipated at that point . A HEAVY SENTENCE. ' San Francisco, March 18. John Wil son, the youthful highwayman who cursed and abused Superior Judge Wallace last week after having been sentenced to twenty years' imprison-,: fuent for participation In the Uoldjp of a street car, wasj brougL up ffor sentence this rnorniig on another charge ef robbery An additional twenty years' inipriimment 'im posed. Another yourfa was previously sentenced to forty ears for partlci iwitioa la theso two nuheries, - POWERFUL COMBINATION. Postal Employes May Injure Them ... v selves . Instead of Helping. Washington, Mar. 18. The post office ., department has Information of the formation of a powerful combi nation of postal employes, designed to bring a high pressure upon congress to overturn certain regulations and rules. of. ;;the department. Te depart mentt is now informed that since the failure .of legislation in the last con gress increasing the pay of these em ployes, a combination has been formed to - pass this legislation and also to overturn those rules of the department which are unsatisfactory to them. A high official of the department said to day: "This combination includes some thousands of employes in the railway mail service, -the letter carriers' serv ice and in postoffices. They are all in the classified service and protected from removal.' The effect of this com bination yWould be to create a senti ment against the civil service law which protects these employes." . AN UNLUCKY HULK. Port Townsend, Mar. 18. Archibald Anderson, third officer of the British ship Linlithgowshire, now in port, was today accidentally struck by a bal last bucket knocked down into v the hold and instantly killed. Within tbe last Dhree months three deaths oc curred aboard that vessel. Her cap tain died wdien the ship was entering Valparaiso and his successor just after leaving port; while temporarily Insane having jumped overboard. Just before reaching Cape Flattery the second officer fell down the hold and his in juries may prove fatal. SOME SLY SWINDLING. 0sf:--k.: -Carson Nev., March 18. Andrew 'MasonVC superintendent of the New Ko-rk nassay office fctnd government mint inspector, has been in town some time inspecting matters at the United States mint in this city. There are rumors of shortages which run up to something over $75,000 in the inelter and refiner's department. GOOD BILLS DEAD. J Olympla, Mar. 18. A bill making deductions on the terms of convicts in!;-the '. penitentiairy passed both houses, : but will not become a law be cause it was never enrolled. Four other bills met a like fate In the rush at '-the closing hours. Among them is Belknap's .bill prohibiting prize fight ing. . . ) .: t: :; cash account. Washington, March 18. Today's statement, of the treasury shows an available cash balance of $184,027,259; gold reserve, $90,460,908. - a BETWEEN' : JAKE," KILRAIV STEVE 0'BONNELL. AND Declared a Draw and John L. Sullivan . Anxious to Match the Winner 'Exciting: Scene. ' BOSTON, Mar. 18. In the presence of 3,000 people at tbe Suffolk Athletic club tonight Jake Kilraln of Balti more and'; Steve O'Donnell of Austral ia, Corbett's spairring partner, fought eight; rounds and . at the close Patsy Shepard, the referee, amid shouts of "Ktlrain,'? declared 'the contest a draw.; ! While the referee was making up- his mind .John L. Sullivan, who sat just , outside the ropes, close by Kilradn's ' corner, mounted a chair, and waving his tile, demanded a de cision.'.. When a draw was announced he;'sprang into the arena and rushed toward -O'Donnell's : corner. Two of the sjcorids. grabbed him by the arm and turned him aside, but he clasped hands twith -Kilrain -in apparent con gratulation and swinging his arms, showed the-latter how, the fight might have been won. He was ready, he said, to challenge the winner if the referee would only name one. The ex ehampion was fi.ially led off by his friends and tbe scene, which caused the wildest excitement, ended. It took the referee five minutes to make up his mind what decision to make. Kil rain had the best of the last round nnd at tin.es it looked as if he was going to "pat O'Donnell out. He had not Tthe force, however, but his old time" pluck asserted itself and with his wild xushes he dazed the Austral Ian boy. t' ' 'r . : WANTS MORE PAY. . Cincinnati, March 18. One hundred and -fifty colored" coal heavers at Ad dition struck today for an advance in pay,-' and.- armed with stones, clubs, etc., declared they would prevent oth ers from Staking their places. In con sequence Jof the strike the Additson piperand steel works will be crippled for ccaL 4 ; THE CANAL ALL RIGHT. Tacoma March - 18. Congressman W. . II. Doblittle arrived home today from. Washington. He was one of the strongest advocates of the Nicaragua canal' measure. Dpolittle had sound ed -.many I of.. the new members and say's they; are solid? for the canaL MAY RESIGN. '-"? 'iv Washington, March 18. It is under stood In j, supreme court circles that Justice Jackson will resign from the bench of jthe supreme court next fall if hts ;health does '' not permit him to resume active work. ,;, - - New Y6rk, March 18. The steam ship Lucania, from Liverpool, brought SllO.OOOi'igold to August Belmont & Co. The ,-steaniship La Gascogne, from Havre, brought 4,000,000 francs in gold. -J ; v-a; Resurrection. Boston, Mar. 16 John L. Sullivan will challenge the wiener of the Kil-raln-O'Oonnell gght here nex,t Monday-nAshV-' "- A ' '.'' '- ' ' . t - Highest of all in Leavening AZZ&OUUTEMX PURE BKIfAIN PLAYS BCLLY An Ultimatum Sent to Nicaragua. Bars Our Citizens from Arbitration. General Ezeta Living: in Hopes of a New Rebellion in His Interest. MANAGUA, Nicaragua, March 18. The British government, through its minister here, has submitted an ulti matum to Nicaragua. It demands a cash indemnity of 15,000 as smart money to pay for the expulsion Of Mr. Hatch, British consular agent, during the troubles of last year and also for the appointment of a com mission to investigate the damages sustained by persons and property of British subjects who were expelled from Mosquito reservation about .the same time. By the terms of the ulti matum Great Britain is to name one of the commissioners and Nicaragua another, and these two to choose a third, who shall not be a citizen of the United States. It was also made known that a British warship is now on her way to Nicaragua to enforce these demaiaids, which must be com plied with within seven weeks from the 25th of February, the last date of the ultimatum. MAY MAKE TROUBLE. Washington, March 18. It is impos sible to learn positively whether the state department has been advised officially of the demands upon Nica ragua by Ureat Britain, but it Is as sumed that our own government is fully posted in regard to the matter. It cannot be denied that hi new in cident, taken in connection with the hostile attitude of Great Britain to wards Venezuela, promises to lead to trouble of a character mfcch more serious., lhantlie incident, ef , th-At- lianca. There are questions of in demnity arising in Venezuela growing out of the claims preferred by other European nations. Many of the claims grew out of the failure of these re public to meet their obligations to for eign debtors under the stress of hard times and the influence of the world wide depression in trade. As Euro pean governments appear to be mov ing to collect these individual debts on their own account, it is a question that the United States must speedily settle as to how far it is prepared to permit this process to go on. Besides, there is a rather disagreeable reflec tion upon American citizens in the disputation that none such shall serve on the commission to adjudge the damage. On the whole, it is probable that the president will interfere to se cure at least an amelioration of the terms of the ultimatum by an appeal to the British government, represent ing the great hardship that ijt would work to Nicaragua under her present depressesd condition to prefer the demand for so large an indemnity. . GEN. EZETA'S HOPES. San Francisco, March 18. General Antonio Ezeta, who is safely housed in a comfortable hotel here, announces that a new rebellion in his interest has taken place in San Salvador. Last steamer from the south brought a letter to Ezeta stating that on Feb ruary 1st last President Gutierrez un earthed a conspiracy that had been hatched for the purpose of reinstating Ezeta as head of the government of San Salvador. Under Gulterrez' or ders all of the leading conspirators were shot. Among them were Colonels Barrios and Salgedo and Captain Man gandi. The letter adds that all pris oners who were In jail since the last uprising were ordered to be hanged. Colonel Vasquez, supposed leader of the plotterst had been banged by a mob of indignant citizens. COULD FEED THE WORLD. Rabbits Would Soon Populate Large Islands for a Meat Supply. With the constant increase of the population of the world, the disciples of Malthus have predicted an inade quate food supply for the future. The chemists have sought to reassure man kind with the prophecy of food man ufacture In the laboratory from the basic elements of the earth, air and water around ns. A new hope for the poor Is now held out by a Norwegian sociologist, who finds a sure salvation in the rabbit. Meek little "bunny," Is to keep the wolf from the door. "The rabbit," this new philosopher of diet declares, ."supplies in many ways the requirements of the poor man's food.' The poor can easily raise them, for they are cheap to keep, and their propagating power is most ex traordinary. Pennant has calculated that one pair will in four years' time, if all the young ones be kept alive, have multiplied Into 1,274,840. A female rabbit casts young ones eight times a year; If she casts seven, at the average, she bears fifty-six per year. Let us say she bears fifty per year, and estimate each ten pounds; she produces 500 pounds of meat in a year. As many poor people could get the rabbit's food free of cost, they could practically, get a few hundred pounds of meat for nothing. Then, too, the, rabbit skins are worth some thing, when prepared. Under various names 20,000,000 rabbit skins are ex ported, yearly from Australia to Lon Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report m it - TO7(2l(gI?, don. .London alone uses every week 500,000 rabbits, most of which come from Belgium. Belgium earns yearly $10,000,000 to $12,000,000 on rabbits, and France $80,000,000." The best breed for the purpose of food, in the opinion of this writer, is the Norman rabbit, bred in the neigh borhood of Cherbourg and Rouen. If the domestic raising of rabbits should be begun on a wholesale scale in the United States, the government would eventually be obliged to regulate the prolific rate of productivity or the woes of the farmers and of the South Carolina fruit raisers would over whelm the country. Philadelphia Record. . . ENDING IN SMOKE. (A Foreign Ralilway Sketch.) He had comforted himself down In the corner of a first-class railway com partment. He waa alone in tbe car riage, f The train, which waa just on the point of starting, would run for four nours without stopping. "Foir hours' quiet, iTMntjerrupted read," he told himself, "accompanied by a fat Cigar." And he purred alt Hhe prospect of reading and smoking and smoking un disturbed by the quibbles of chance acquaintances. And he did everything so easily, so elegantly he was a gen tleman. Ho placed a handful of pa pers toy his side. He produced a jew elled cigar-case from has breast pocket. He put a cigar betwen his lips. He closed the case with' a snap, and re turned it to its resting-place slowiy, calmly. From Ms trousers pocket he produced a pearl penknife, with wihicli he clipped the cigar, and then returned the knife ito its resting-place calmly, slowly. From his wiaiistcoat pocket what a host of pockets men have, to ba sure! he produced a silver match box and struck a light. The guard blew his whistfle. In dashed a young lady breathlessly. She scrambled Into the seat opposite !th)s yowmg genftaeman; Thje gentle man paused. The gentleman swore, but the young lady did not hear him. Tbe train glided out of the station. The young , lady arranged her skirts, and as she did so she saw the match burn to the end. She saw the cigar case produced, the cigar replaced among tts fragrant amaeammm the ease returned to tbe pddtet J e dhWckhyi almost t alowd.- Tw twp- almost .2oud, JHa, b- He looked over his paper.- And what did he see? He saw a lititle neatly gloved hand find Its way into a tailor- made skirt pocket He saw a cigar ette between the first and second fin gers of the left haind, and a match be tween the finger and thumb of the right And wihat did he hear? "I hope Monsieur does not object to smoke?" FEEDING WHEAT. J. B. Hoyt, Bird's Landing, Solano county, California, writes the S. F. Rural Press: "With a yield of twenty- five bushels per acre, wheat costs me $1.10 per 100 In sacks on ranch thirty bushels,95 1-3 cents. The land is valued at $G5 rer acre, and should yield, in order to make wheat-growing profitable at one cent per pound, thirty-five bushels per acre. A portion of Dixon, Rio Vista and Montzuma townships now yield this amount I, have fed rolled wheat to horses and mules three sack of barley to two of half wheat anid find it Is excellent At present prices I think it would be more profitable for growers to feed a large proportion of their wheat to cattle and swine If the prices do not decline. "I have just dressed thirteen pigs that were fed on rolled wheat They were a cross between pure Berkshire and Poland-OhiMfc. Their age varied from eight to twelve months- old. The last three months they were fed en- Urely on wheat, the thirteen eating ten snicks of rolled wheat in eight days, The elght-months-old dressed 225 to 240 pounds; the twelve-months-old dressed 340 to 380 pounds. "This is the first tfime I ever fed wheat and is the greatest gain in weight ever had on this ranch. I am slopping milch cows with wheat and, shorts and Ihey are doing finely. "Our soil is adobe loam, not of the. black character. It costs me $1.35 per ton to deliver wheat! at Port Costa from the ranch. The last two seasons we have averaged from thirty-five to thirty-eight bushels per acre some as high as fifty bushels. Twenty-five bushels woukl be a short crop in the Montzuma bills." EDITING IN CHINA. The following Is said to be an exact translation of the letter sent by a Chi nese editor to a would-be contributor, whose manuscript he found it neces sary to return: "Illustrious Brother of the Sun and Moon, beiiold thy servant prostrate be fore thy feet I kowtow to thee and blag that of toy graciousness thou mayst grant that I may speak Bind live. Thy honored manuscript has deigned to cast the light of its august countenance uon to. Wtoh rapture we have perused it By the bones of my ancestors never have I encountiered sucn wit, sucn pawou, huc-u iuhj thought. With fisar and trembling I return tha writing. Were I to pub lish tha treasura you sent me the em peror would order thait it) should b made the standard, and that non he published except such as equalled It Knowing Iitvratiure as I do, and that It oald be impossible in 1,000 years to equal what you have done, I send your writing back. Ten thousand tiroes 1 crave your pardon Behold my head at vour feet. Do what you will. Your; servant's servant, "THE, EDITOIV"