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I; b. J t r. ,A I I "t EUGENE CITY GUARD LATEST NEWS SUMMARY. HI TKIAMUAPH TO DATK. Itobt. Hartflcld, formerly of tho editor- Inl HtnII ortliullulldlo, 7ow York, Courier, hot liililHotron It In stated upon excellent authority that Htnle Kenutor Win. JI Kobliison 'of New York, will lie named for collector of tin) port of Mew York, ami that Chief .linlKO rolner accept uie Hccreuirysiiip 01 tlin trcuhiiry. Tim republican utile convention at Lansing, Micliiuun, nominated J Inn. Isaac Mara ton inrjinr.'o of the mipremn roiirl, ami llon.ja-i. I-. Joy, 01 umroit, aim ex (iov Austin lllair, of Jackson, f r re" gents of the slate university. It ia believed that tlie governor of Mln neaoiu will appoint eX-Mecretary iianifey to III! thn vacancy created in tho Senate by Window's resignation. Kirkwood's vacant aeat in tliu senate ia variously is- slinod by ncrxina faimlinr with lowu politics to James F. Wilson, (iov. (iiMir or Cotiim'HMiiiiN Undegrair. (Senator lilaine will of course ha succeeded by Congress man rryo. The grand jury' at London, Ohio, lias indicted Mm. Martha Duruley, and Iter daughter, Mm. KebeccaOrzaillius, for the murder of Armstrong, Mrs. (.'orz:dlliiis' late husband. The indictment wuh found on the confession of onn Henry White bead, a convict, that Mra. Duruley hud confessed to J i i in of having smothered Armstrong with charcoal fumes, and to cause suspicion had allot him in the head uilcr lie wasMcail. In the Whiltaker court martial at 3few York rudet Burnett, recently stationed In New Mexico, but who found Whittakcr when lie was bound, gave a iiuldic exhi bitionof tho manner In which lie wa lyinx, having a cadet jacket, bedstead, and tho whole outfit In thn court room. He tied himself n bo claimed Whiltaker was tied, and created quite n sensation under the coaching of the judge udvocato general. Tho triul of Col. Caah for tho murder of Col. Shannon in a duel ia in progress in Darlington, South Carolina. A jury wan formed without much trouble, composed exclusively of whites; the dolcnse dial lonuiinr every negro called. Kye-witnesses tcatilicil to the facta of tho uuul substan tially iih heretofore published. Hoverul swore tliat Cash waa urged by his Bon just before the priiiclpala took position, to be certain to kill Hhnnoii, and Caali re plied that bo would do it euro as there wua a world. A Kahta Fo dispatch of the 23d nays The first of the week n shooting u II ray occurred in a duiiiLiIiiik booth in n M6' eluded spot live miles from tliostaue road botweon Fort' Wingale and bacon's hpnngs. rour men entered a ealoun and called for drinkB. The proprietor slutod thut lie sold no whisky, but if the men wanted lo irauildu thoy could bo furnished with wlimk y. rcuir men then aat down with tho proprietor and after playing anuie time a row began, reaulting In the death of all of the card players, each being anot sovcrai times, wo ariosw. Tho Tost, a democrat iu organ, of Feb fitb says: Aa the senate bag no other exe cutive business that will consume much time, it might very properly proceed to consideration or the t luncHo treaties, which were laid before that body Home months auo. Henatora have thus fur given littluorno attention to anything connected with these treaties beyond in atltiitlutr a solemn liupiiro im to the man ner or tneir leaking out. President (oullcld sent tho names of the memliorHol Ina cabinet to the senate on the Uflh and Ihey weruull continued without opposition.' They are as follows: l'reaident (larlluld has seiitto the senate the following nominations: James (i. Maine, of Ma'iliu.secretarv of (date. Wil liam Windoin, of Minnesota, secretary of me ireasury. wayno fliev eugn, ol renii aylvania, attorney general. Tlionuis L, James, of New York, postmaster concral. Samuel J. Kirkwood, of Iowa, secretary of the Interior, Koucilr. Lincoln, of Illi nois, secretary of war. William II. Hunt, of Louisiana, secretary of the navy. A buffalo dispatch to tho New York Times relates the discovery of a gold and silver quarts lodge in the town of Ham burg, nine miles fro:n ltufl'alo. which an- pears well authenticated. Tho names of several prominent men of that station are given In connection with it. Thn lediro was discovered lust August. 1'ieces of rock subjected to careful assay, yielded $1160 to tho ton. Mining operations wcro commenced last October under the super intendence of Charles K lieevea, formerly of California, and excavations reveal a sunken ledge with an overhanging wall on one side. Tho latest assay from the lowest depth excavated, shows'St'i'd:! to$tKI0 to the ton, A company has been organ ised embracing Theodore 8. and James llusted, John Ausleths of the Hint of H. O. Itanium, Son & Co., Chas. A. Hupp, a prominent builder, and L. A. Hanks. The most surprising mid startling thing connected with this matter is I but gold and silver bearing qintrts should make ita appearance wherethe geological condition of the country would seem to contradict the possibility of lis existence. A Pnnvllle, IV, dispatch of March (ith aavs: The main building of the state hos pital fur the insane at this place caught tire last night in un unoccupied ward in the east wing, w hich wan being repainted. The condition of roads was such I bat as sistance from tins place, a mile and a half distant, could not be rendered until the lire bad gained great headway. A steam tire engine belonging to this borough was dragged through deep allow by six horses, but soon after going into service it Was rendered useless by breaking some of its machinery. 'Assistant waa telegraphed for from dlllerriit towns in the vicinity, but before it could be furnished the whole wing of the main building was destroyed, a portion o.'the latter having been blown up for the purpose of saving the west w ing. At about 0 o'clock this morning the (Ire waa thought tj be under control, but again broke out and this afternoon reached the west wing. The hospital was supplied with water from a large reser voir, but it was impossible to get a suffi cient force on to be of avail. Nearly live hundred patients were iu the institution, all of whom were removed without con fusion or loss of life to detached building in the rear of l be main budding. At tbe time the-ttre was discovered the inmates were in the hospital chapel at evening service, and this circumstance assisted in keeping the unfortunates under control and together. Most of them will be dis tributed to other state inatitutmns until some arrangements ran be nude for their rate here. The building was in process of recti'- for eleven ytars, and coat the Ute about Ki,000. Ex -Secretary of the nary, Nathan Goff, has been nominated by President (iartleld aa U. H. attorney for Woat Virginia. (Jen. Grant expre ases surprise that the imposed world's fair to be held In 1883 at New York ia not receiving much general attention. lion. Malt Carpenter, United States sen ator from Wisconsin, died at Washington city Feb. 2 Ith of lirights diaeaae ol the kidneys. t n In an interview, ex l'reaident Hayes said that he thought I reslilent (iarlicld would continue his (Mayes') policy iu his appointments, and expressed himself highly pleased with the new cabinet. A heavy snow atorrn accompanied by, stormy winds prevailed throughout thu northern elate from thu Missouri river to lint Atlantic coast from the H" ond to tho 5th of March, blockading all the railroads and cuusing a general ccs-alion of liusi ness. The United States Cabin Co. of New- York has begun suit to provent a consol idation of telegraph companies, claiming a compact in tlin nature ol a purtnersnip witli(bnA.& 1'. Co. made in 1874, by which the A. & 1'. Co. could not honestly consolidate with any o'lier company without the cable company consent. The board of trade at St. Louis, as in Chicago, has adopted u resolution dvclar ing that there is iioepidemicoruialignuiit ilihease among lings, ami mat sw ine lire freer from disease tins year than ever be fore, and that all reKrts to the contrary are unfounded. A statistical Committee wua appointed to inform the lirilish min ister ut wailiinguin. PIIKM COUMEftT OH TUB CADIMKT, The Chicago Tribune says: Tho com position of the cabinet wilfalford general satisfaction. It meets al I tbe requirements of locility; it baa a high averagoof ability, iir.oucslioueU integrity anil iu lis collec tlve capacity a orv unusual experience of public ull'alrs and knowledge of the duties pertaining to the aevoral ollices. Mr. lilaine is In one aenee a national chur acter. He is an eastern man with a west ern temperament. Mr. Windoin in point of ability ranks high and ia a sound and clear-bended thinker. Thu appointment of Mr. Maineand Mr. AVIndom may be accented as committing the new adminis tration thoroughly to the support of the double standard aim actively employed the influiience of tho republic to extend it over l'.urope and America. Mr. Lincoln possesses all thenuulilications for a good executive officer and is better titled for thownroflico than most of those who have held it. It was a graceful thing to General Uarlield to honor tho son of the great llllnoisian, and the people of Illi uols will thank him for it. Mr. James will bring to the postoflice department tho highest oider of titness. Ho will not delegate Ina duties to assistants, tie will rip open the rotten, foul and extravagant "star service, and repair the mischief tiiat Key, through gross negligence, per mitted to be done. On tbe whole, the cabinet should be regarded aa a lair com promise between all the various elements of the party. Tho New York Times says: That llluino's presence iu the cabinet will give lively satisfaction to a largo body of active and earnest republicans there can bo no possible doubt. Wiiidom'a selection as Secretary of tbe treasury will satisfy not only republicans but also numerous or- ..:..: ...I ti. ,.. .11.. I , gauir.iuions, wiuci' are gradually iiarueu ing into a purtv, and which, including greenbackors, republicans and democrats, nils lor lis princujles tlie platlorm or the anti-monopoly league. Of James, aa post master general, it is only necessary to say that ho ia the right man in the right place. The appointment of Wayne MuYeugh us attorney general hasdoublo merit, being evidence of the president's approval of thu best typo of political independence, and of his appreciation of genuine ability and force of character. Kirkwood has a very respectable record of clhciency, Judge Hunt represents the highest type of na tive southern republicanism. Ho ia fear less, honest and statesmanlike. Kobert Lincoln inherits a namo which tho Ameri can people can never cenao to roverence, and according to tho testimony of his IriendH hnsuumed ability which will do uo discredit to his father's memory. The Cincinnati Commercial says, that the formation of tho cabinet is a happy solution of u somewhat difficult problem. Leaving roster out waa wise, aa to select him would look too much like the presi dent was providing for a second term. Tho appointment of James as postmaster genera is strong. While the president has not asserted himsel! stronglv. lie has secured a llnely balanced cabinet and one with atrungtn enough lor nny probable emergency, the Cincinnati Inuuirer aays: Uarlield has shown ingratitude in failing to appoint roster, and that lilaine will be the controlling power in the cabi net. The Springfield Republican says: Gar field's cabinet is not as .good as his inau gural, it ia mediocre, spotty and lull 01 holes. Maine is an unlit man to dominate an administration. Windoin, for secre tary of the treasury, is a chock to tho bus iness men and interests ol tlie country. He has been wrong on all financial ques tions. Under (.iartleld he will do perhaps. Lincoln is a passenger, not an oar. James, for postmaster general, is the tint happy stroke and the best appointment. Mo- eagu, for attorney genera!, is almost equally good. Kirkwood, for thu interior, is also a good appointment, nut tlie cabi net aa a whole does not compare with that of Haves'. The New York World says: Tho presi leiitial mountain Iu labor has brought forth a titter of cabinet mico. Two men alone of positive strength and weight should be exempted from this verdict, Illume aud James. II we set aside lilaine, a representative of the most eneivetic and progressive element of the republican party, and James as a representative of administrative experience, the remaining oilicea are so tilled as to uulllby the value of the cabinet either for the republican parly or for public administration. The World considers the appointment of Windoin until and amsiiug. The New York Herald e.iva that the cabinet N a body of vigorous men, most of them young. Windoin, James. Lincoln, lilaine and Mcveagh are all in the prime and vigor of manhood. We ran not call it an able cabinet, by no means as able as Haves'. We should say that lilaine is the one man of genius Western Ckitioihm oh Eastkhn Tko- ruE.-A writer in the home department of an Illinois par baa been to Wash ington and aaja: "At the hotel table 1 saw at least a lialt-doten Lantern Con gressmen and their families eating meat slews, potatoes and pie with the sharp edge of a knife toward their months. I do not believe there is a family in the West fit to provide a Congressman that does cot know enough in eating to turn the dull back of the knife to the mouth." FIJA511AL A3D COSMEIKIAL. PoTLin. Fomiirv2s. lHHl, Legal tenders in 1'ortlsnd, buying, ar, and ftlliuff at rur. Hilverooin in Portland Unci quota at I par cent. iliKouut to par. Coin exchange ou New York, I jwr ant. pr" miiiin. Coin eeliani;e on Bun FruL 'j.co, pur U i r or ii I. premium. Ti'lgrailc transfers on New York, I s rwiiL premium. Hum FrMlu nrk). Tlie following ii',lalioi repnviit lue whoe" m rti from iiruluccri or timt ImirU: I Ult kSb.ii.uiJ Lrniila ia rji'.i 1 2J; l"t country btaiulii, M'j,l ij, ujrliiw :i 7,ioi.S.1 fin. WOI I h Valley 2J27Jr. Ki'tern Orepm 20f; W1IKAT O ssl Uielio:v, tl ijtn.il 27). 11 AY Timothy baled, buying al tbSf-ii'l I' Ion. l'flTTilPJ:.r.i ft r-r rtl MllibM.Wrf ?M('i,&llt brU$liuVI SIHfiiilj flue i)f'i'J7) bjii. Tlf! A V l,,l,l,ii.c .it n.-r b.n. Uf.i.lj. OATM Kwd, !! Hif'i-1 JO s.-r rental: fcsl el l(-'. I -M. BACOX hides, Hn haim, Oregon S f IJJfi I4: l.asU-rn, Mf'IAe; ihuiildcn, lOllJs. LAUU Iu V' jx. IJ l in luis, ll's: 11UTTKH We quote eliuiea diorV ut .'iU'il.'a! fpHXl liiain ion, .,,iu,ii uruiiiuiT, i J'y L'ir, whi-tli'-r brine or pill, DIM KM KIltTITri Apples, tun dried, Ha'i niwlihie dried, I2)c l'enrs, liiachii.i dred, llal.'i'. i'lum, muchinr driid, Italic. Applet, inarkt'tover'iUclic.l,ul 4o7'ie p.r box. EfiliS K.c is.r do PUL'LTIIY Hens aud roojters. fl'.o.Sl Tur keys I4nlc;r rsaiiid. (Iy, Jsnli p rdoj. fill KKHK Oregon, l.lialllel I ulllornei. I lift lloiirt l)reaed,iUnilic; on fis'l, 4ol..l)c. BKKK Live weight, 3e, gnus 2 per 81IKE11 Live Weight, 21cgro.. TA hLO W tjuolabto at fije. HIIiKS-The market it linn al lflfl for firit-cla3 dry; IirSJc for green; culls, one-third oil'. Uenetni nerclinodl!. RICG Market quoted at Cliini, ; Saud wieh Island, HT'i,!). COFFEK (.'"His Hica, 17(ij20c; Java, SsatOc; Kio. lr,W17c. TEAS We quola Jain in lanuercd boxef 50o 7nc ; MiKjr, J710471. SUUA1CS HaM(lwicli Island, 1 Of .,11c; (iolden C, in bids, lie; Ii(MiU,iU ; ( ruil.cl tbU, lljc, hr bull, 12c; l'alvenzwl bbls, 12c, lif bbls, i:i)e (iranulated bbls, ll)e, hi bbls I2c. RARHINKH lir boxes, $1 75 i hf boxes, $3 75. YKAST IHtWDEB Donaelly, IH ' gross. WINKS White, per doi ia case, $J &Ua4; icr gal,70cto(;l W, Hoiiouiu, rloliu canes, h bit U td; per gal, Hie In $1 &l Claret California per gal, 1 to 1 25; im ported per gal, $1 M lofl. Sherry t'nla (ier gal, $1 51) to f j fiO ; Span ish, $.1 toil); assortml brands, 12 to $18; iinjiorted wr gal, $2 50 to $7. port Various brands in qresks. $2 60 to $5; l Mi to $2; imported. W to7. 8PIKITM 'ino old faoiinmy Brandy In qr cks and octaves, $j 50 lo $7 50 per gal; bun ville's Irish Whisky ia rases nr dos, 12; James Stewart & Co.'s Seulrh Whisky in qr cks and octaves, $4 ; llcnnessy brandy iu case, per doi, very line 1 star $10, 2 star, $17 40,3 star $10; Holland Uni, largo cases, $18 to $20; OldToinliin incaees,$l2; live Whisky, per gal, $2 50 lo $.' : Bourbon, per gal, n 5U to $5 ; A Culter, $1 25 to $3 50 ; O K Cutler, $4 50 to $5 OILS Ordinary brands of coal, 30c, high grades; Downer A Co., 37ialOc j boiled linseed, 1 ; row linwed, t)5c; pure lard, Jlal 10; castor tl 50a$l 60; lurpeatine, , A Newspaper Subscriber's Address to a Carrier Uoy. Tho carriers' address is legondary with every newspaper, but no one evor hoars anything of "a "subscriber's ad dress?" Why not? He has a side to his story, and is entitled to a hearing. When he gets it his address will read soiuotUing as follows: "Say, you carrier boy, hold on a min ute! This is Now Years' day the begin ning of 1881. Tlioro are several new leaves I want you to turn over before tho sun goes down to-night. When you eomo spooking along horo at five o'clock in tho morning to louvo my paper I want you to remember that it is to bo shoved through tho opening in tlio side door, l have loft wrd at tho office' about fifty times, but yon insist on throwing it ou tho front steps. If you persist in this persistency I'll mako hash out of you some fine morning. "Thore's another triflo I wont to rofor to. Why on earth can't you come along hero without trying tor raise the dead? You are not hired to slum gates, stone, dogs, ehuse cuts or whistle. You aro not happy unless you walto up half your patrons, but I'm a patron who won't stand it auy longer. The very nest time you come along here with that infernal "Sally Walters," or whatever her cogno men is, I'm going to jump out of bed and take after yon, and fivo miuutes after I have got hold of your hair you'll take rauk with tho baldest bald head in America. "And, by the wav, how often are you going to ski mo this year? Your excus es are altogether too thin, l'on t try that on mo this year. I'm kind-hearted and long-sufl'criug, but tlioro is a limit to all things. Tho very first time 1 miss my daily I m going to biro a Ueld-piece, load it to the muzzle with powder, nails, glass and broken stones and tie you where you will get the full force of the discharge right between the eyes ! "And you want to leave that dog of yours at home. I'm laying for that cur 1 When you cun't set him ou our cat you manage to meet some carrier witn another canine aud get np a fight and raise a neighborhood hubbub, Oh! I've had my oyo on yon young man, and you've got to step high for tho next 305 days! Yes, I know it's cold, and its a long and lonesomo route, and you must also respect my feelings. Here's a dollar for you, aud I want you to brace np and drop your meau little tricks. No reason why you shouldn't some day be Tresi deut "if you begiu right. That's all, and when you waut a new pair of mittens vou know where to come for them. I Detroit Five Tress. During the hearing of a chargo against William Itarues in the Melbourne City Police Court, of robbery from tlie llov- ernmeut House, the prirouer handed a tin menial to Detective Jirown, on wuicn was inac riled in rather artistic style Presented to Detective J. Brown, from W. Harnes for overexertion. October 25, 1SS0." "Yes, sah," aaid the old colored man. "de firs' yeah when I giv S50 to the church, dey call me Mi stall Kiohard Johnson, Kaquiah; de second yeah timea waa bail an' I couldn't gir no more than $25 and dey call me Druddah Johnson; an' next yeah I couldn't giv nufflu' an' dey call me old nigger Johnson. Tbi girl who was conrted by a spruce young" lawyer said she liked to be pro tected by the strong arm of the law. Ex. Sort of a habeas corpus girl. She must have been a cate. Canned Good i. Tho American process of canning arti cles of food, and thus keeping thsm in BW condition for an indetlmte ,r.od, had like many other great ideas, a very " was first tried n the kitchen of a private house by man who was working on the theory that fruits could be preserved by hermetically seal Lig tlicm'.n air-tight cans. U.s calcula, tioiia were found to be correct and for .ue vears he kept bis Jo bwnse f ninassW thereby a largo fortune, until finally the process became genera ly known, nu.1 began to bo adopted n l through tho country. It was first intend ed only for the preservation of fruiw, but it was found that other articles could be kept equally as well, and so from this experiment lias grown one of the largest industries of the country, representing millions of dollars in capital and em ploying thousands of people of lioth sexes iu raising and pro paring the different articles to be thus preserved. The business is now not confined to nny particular locality, but is carried on in oil parts of the United States, as well as in tlio Jillerent countries of Europe. I would lie impos sible to go into minute detail concerning so extensive an induhtry; but a brief his tory of its origin and growth, together with something of its present nourishing condition, may servo to give our readers some idea of its mnguUudo and im portance. The business is entirely an American ideu, and origiuutcd in tho city of Balti more some forty-five years ago. The gold fever of 18W in California gave to ft its first impetus in the largo quanti ties of canned goods sent wcHt for tho uso of the miners. The wor of the rebellion largely increased the solo of these goods, but it is only within tho past four or five yiars that the bnsiness has extciidcd so lurgoly. Goods are now canned in almost every large city of the United States, though the bulk of the trade is confined to eight, Baltimore tak ing the lead. So extensive has this in dustry become that it would bo impos sible to give any estimate of the amount produced, but an idea may be formed concerning it from the fact that some 5,000,000 cans, to be used for this pur poso, were manufactured in Boston alone during the past year. Some establish ments, which can vegetables and the like employ thousands of both sexes in pro paring the difl'orent articles during the producing season, and in the winter are engaged in the manufacture of cans themselves. Probably no business has become as widespread in so short a period as that of canning frails, for it is now carried on all over the country, and is continually increasing. In tho past year, Baltiinoro, which seems to be so located as to obtuin the largest and readiest supply of fruits and vegetables at a less expense than other cities, put up last year some five million cans of peaches, tomatoes aud corn, ten million cans of fruit, and nine million cans of vegetables, besides immense quantities of fish, oysters, and othor shellfish, the season for these latter articles ending just as tlie vegetable time begins. The goods now canned are numberless, from tho primary idea of simply preserv ing fruit, almost every concoivable arti blo of food is treated in the same man ner. Oysters, clams, lobsters, soft and hard shelled crabs aro now universally cauned, while among the newer articles in the vegotablo line aro string beans, pumpkins, squashes, succotash, pincap Dies and the like which keep all thoir original flavors, and can scarcely be dis tinguished from the article taken freshly from the ground. Salmon and mack erel, chickens, turkeys and other fowls aro also kept for a long time in this man ner, though tboy are more pensnaoie than fruits. She'll fish canning has been in oporation for many years, aud is now carried on extensively, there being nearly 200 cstublishmonts in the city of Baltimore alone engaged exclusively in packing and bundling oysters, clams and tho like. In tho hue of fruits there are blueber ries, strawborrics, ra9pborries, blackber ries, cherries, damson plums, quinces, grupes, apricots, &c. Theso goods are Benerallv put up with two dozen cans in a case, and tlio number of different brands is surprising, lucre are Ctteen trademarks in peaches, threo of cherries four of tomatoes, threo of pears, five or six of corn, and so on. There is also an extensive sale ot Boston baked beans, which aro sent away in a semi-cooked state, and although inferior to tho genu ine New England orticlo, fresh from the oven, aro very palatable, and enormous quantities are sent west, and, in fact, to all parts of tho world. Besides those above mentioned are numerous fancy goods, such as plum-puddings, sar dines, shrimps, uanton ginger, salad dressing, soups, Ac, an assortment of which is found on the shelves of every largo grocery establishment. The prices of canned goods naturally fluc tuate with the supply and demand, but, nil things considered, they are compar atively low at cost. Some of the recent quotations show the price of peaches at tfl:20 per case for two-pound cans, each case containing two dozen caus; tomatoes To cents for the sumo weight cans; corn, $1 75, while dilTcrent kinds of fruit range in price from 90 cents to S3 per case. In tho vicinity of Boston there are nu merous establishments devoted to the canning of green corn, and, as this process is similar to that to which all articles of preserved food are subjected, a description of the method will serve as an example for the rest. Tho corn ia planted expressly for this purpose, and when it is in condition to can it is stripped of its husks, after which it is thoroughly wiped to remove the silks. It is then moved along to another set of hands, who, with knives used for this purpose, cut off .the kernels from the cob. This work is done over a large wooden hopper, there being generally four hands at work at one machine, and the corn is allowed to drop through into a tub. When this is full it is taken to another room, where it is weighed out iu small quantities, each amount just sutlicieut to fill a can, the corn being foiced into the press, which operates very rapidly. The cans are then taken to the soldering room, where each ia carefully wiped and the top is soldered on, a small hole being made in the cover to allow the escape of air. The next step is the cooking, which is done by placing the cans in wooden Tata, filled with water and kept al the boiling point by steam beat. After being cooked a wbUo, we can. opened, anu . h i i. a if am AfteVilii the corn is nun cooked. thHan "reVakd air-tight, and they are ready or market. All articles ore are riuj .:.;!, manner. With the of ooking process, HUH " , , ..ti.iillv imperial liable, b tney no tdlmate. All are ..i;,in will keep for years u ""J"'"""" l.mnch Massachusetts were are We vegetable canuiug establinmcui, ajj well as in other parts of New Lng Ld "nd within the past few months ho business has increased to a marked extent in tho Suite of Maine, especially ,nSoworld.wi.lo lias become tho reim fcdion of American canned goods, that !,. ia hardlv a nation on the glouo that docB not use them. They ore in valuable on the shipboard, ond for tlio supply of. armies aud in any locality where there is difilculty in procuring provisions, yet so delicate ond palata ble are they that no welL-regulated household is without its supply of canned goods, while even the royalty of Europe, Asia and Africa nro glud to partako of tho conteuta of tho Ameri can tin can. The business ib still on the increase, ond tho present state of the foreign ond homo markets indicates that tlio past year's business will ox ceed that of any of its predecessors. Tho foreign shipment of catned goods from the port of New York during one week of December last amounted to some 10,000 cases, each holding two dozen cans, ond these figures have been about the average of the exports for some time past. c' Calabash Sam. Three months ago, when '200 of the lead ing citizens of Gunuison City met in con vention on a street corner, there were seven or eight Michigan mon among tho crowd. When Col. l'arkor presontod the following resolution it was a Michigan man who supported it: ltesolved, That a committee of five be appointed to wait upon Calabash Sam, lnte of Dead wood, and inform him that after sunrise to-morrow morning this crowd will open tiro on him with the in tention of furnishing a corpse for our new graveyard. The committee of five went out to find Samuel and deliver their messago. Ho sat on a bench at the door of his shanty, a Bhotgun across his knees and a pipe in his mouth, and ho preserved silence while the chairman of the oommittee road tlie resolution, then he asked: "That means mo, does it?" "She docs." "Thoy don't like my style of carving and shooting, eh ?" "That's what thoy kickftn." "Well, I won't go! You haven't got 'null men in the whole valley to drive Calabash 8am a rod ! Return to tho con vention and report that I'm here for the season." "I forgot to menshun," continuod the chairman, in a careless voice, as he leaned on his gun "I forgot to menshun that the convenshun has adjourned. This committee thus finds itself in an embar rassing situation, and it sees onlyone way out of it. Onless you'll agree to pick up and travel this committee will feul called to to " "To begin shooting, yon mean?" "Eiactly, Samuel, exactly. Yon may have already observed that two of the committee have got tho drop on you?" "I see." "Corpses which are riddled with buck shot have a very unpleasant look," con tinued the chairman, as he rested his chin on the muzzle of his gun. "Yes, that's so." "And it's kinder lonesome, this being the first plant in a new burying ground." "Y-e-s, it may be." "And so, take it all around tho Com mittee kinder indulges in the hope that you'll see fit to carry your valuable soci ety back to the Black Hills. You may have observed that threo shotguns, each undor full cock, are now looking straight at ye. We don't want to bluff, but it's getting nigh supper time." "Well, after looking the matter over, I'm convinced that these diggings won't pan out lower grade ore, and I guess I'll take a walk." "Right ofl?" "Yes." "Rigiitup this trail?" "Yes." "Very well. While the Committee feels Borry to see you go, and wishes you all sorts of luck, it hasn't time to shake hands. Step off, now, and for fear you ain't used to walking, we'll keep these gnns pinted up the hill until you turn Hie half-mile bowlder. Trala march !" Detroit Free Press. Women ana Rats. When we pause to consider the fact that womon and rats have been more or less intimately associated upon this planet for a period of which the minimum estimate is six thousand years; when wo remember that through all these years they have lived together in the same houses and have eaten of the same food besides going to sea together from Mrs. Noah's time downward; when we stop for a few moments and think about these close relations between women and rats which have endured from the very foundation of the world, it does seem odd that a woman cannot to this day clap eyes on a rat without giving a scream tit to take the roof off. So tar as a man can see, there is nothing about a rat to justify the tempestuous outburst on the part of the woman that universally and invariably is caused by his appearance. He ia not a dangerous animal. On the contrary, he ia timid and retiring; and if but a single woman could be induced to take a temporary reef iu her hysterics she would find that the rat runs away at the very first scream all the rest of the screaming being de livered, so far as the rat is concerned, in a desert solitude. Ordinary men will run when a woman begins to go on like that; much more, then, an ignorant heathen ef a rat. Such a com motion ia enough to scare him out of a year's growth, or give him palpitation of We heart, or a fit; and, very likely, it does result in his becoming disordered in one or the other of these ways and dy ing miserably under the library floor where at least until he does actually "sleep in dust," he ia far from being a "sweet remembrance." But the trouble is that the woman has yet to b, t who will, as it were, save her fir , sue sees mo wuue ot me rat eyes, r dear wings go uouncing upon , 4 and off into hysterics at the first jjlTj of a rut on tho horizon, and so tjL Jf er know that tho rat clears ont Li quicker than the average flush su UmI olaeum nntn nf wnninnl m. - iliirsh Vulpol Luggi a man happens to bo around t&'l tures to tell the woman, when the 2 '. down off the chuir and fair weather k ' gins to set in again, that the cin, ' hor alarm did not wait to see whatit i that had broken loose but sciiuipZt away with an answering squeak tu! i iiloiitical niouiont thut the htm,.;... r ... --- .mug fcu gan; if a man ventures humbly this simple presentment of everhS tn.l l ! truth ho is snuuuod with a pronii,tK,ri I Iu. ll.nl Innvn. him nnwUn, 'IM... Q1 ujr uiun.v.-..,., iueiolHi just looks at bun in a withering sorti way ami iueu Biiuuen ner owns gmp as though she believed as, indeed ., ai i.le .1 ... . . 1 wav and then shakes her skirts ui,,.jH tiio ob though she believed as, indeed, ,d rather more than half does, sujh h'n superstition of her sex that the niu" sought refugo upon her person; jmi, though a rut in the possession of eve fraction of his sober senses would rtgi. hor very tempestuous petticoat am place to liido in! As to ucccpting , story that the man has to tell, thewonu: would rather dio first. If siio doet &( know annul, rais wiini; noes tue km, about? This question, being fohw witn a wituering weigm ot sarcn, naturally is a ciincnor. Vtiiatoverie, man may think, in simple politeueu kj can have nothing more to say. But it is odd, is it not, that women ui rats should be so hard to hanuonii And it is odd, too, that this auperstitiot' about rats hiding in skirts should kin gained such gonoral currency. lot obi . :i l ..... .1 in Eden: but it is more than proyj.l all the samo, that Eve used to make V grand old gardener's life somewhat of. burden to uim oy geiiing np on a stump und screaming whenever a rat cm, along. And what a condition of chronic explosivenoss must nave ouiainea ot board the Ark! It is strange, vert strange, . that through all the ages Ike rats and the womon should have lived side by side in the world and yet shoal; be just as much enemies now aa tin were at the start. Yet the strangeness this hatred that stretches out acrosjtii! a dozen milloniums does not at all lean its truth. We may marvel at its exist- euce. but we must admit that it exists recognizing, with dear old Secretin Seward, that "it is on irrepressible et Diet between opposing and endurim forces," that began with the beginning I and will end with the ending ol tbe world. THE LITTLE FOLKS. "If I punish you," said a mother to her naughty little girl, "do you think i , will be for my pleasure?" "For whoa , pleasure it is then; it isn't for miue?"re turned the child. Little Lottie to her friend : "I have so many cares. Yesterday a little baby sis ter arrived, and papa is on a journoy. It was but a piece of luck that mamma vat at homo to take care of it." "Say, boy. say!" exclaimed a hot-look ing man with a valise, "wbat is tbe quickest wav to got to the cars?" "Run," yelled the boy; and the hot-looking man was so pleased with the information Unit if he could have got near enough to tlie boy he would hove jjivon him some thing.' The 8-vear-old daughter of a family who has the decorative craze the worst way, was discovered the othor day with the big album, daubing the faces of the photographs of her parents, brothers and sisters with water colors. When the lit tle innocent was scolded, she replied that she was only decorating the family nings. Cause and effect The Uev. Mr. Dry- preach. "What are vou beating the poor donkey for, Johnny?" Johnny: '"Cos he s sleepy. He's often that way on Mondays. The Rev. Mr. D.: "How's that Johnny?,' Johnny: "Feyther says it's 'cos he's had to take old granny to the sarmin on Sundays. But dang it ! how can it be, when he had to stay out side ? The child of a very fashionable family was sick, and the colored servant was sent to the drug store with a prescrip tion. "If the child cannot keep the first powder on its stomach you must give it another one," remarked the clerk as he pasted on the label. "You don't reckon we would give him the same powder ober again, does yer ? We ain't no poor folks, we ain't." A Sunday school teacher said. ' Now children, if a boy should strike you on your way to school it would be your duty to forgive him, wouldn t it? i ma'am." from the whole clasB. "And you would really forgive him, wouldn't you r sue continued. One little icnow answered with calm deliberation: "Ye ma'am, I think I would, 'specially if h was bigger than I am." JI Peaceable Intruder. 'I am a peaceable man." said the in truder, grasping his club with both hands, "but if you don't oome down with $17 50 damages for my lacerated feelings, the bombardment will begin at once." The owner of the doe paid down the money, as he was afraid the other fellow might exasperate him if he hit him with a club of that size. The owner of the dog also said that he was sorry that the dog nad bitten the intruder son. Why. beam t mv son " said the in truder. "Whese son is he. then ?" asked tho astonished owner of the dog. tie is we son of a friend of mine woo owed me $17 50, but he is poor, and the only assets he has waa these dog bites on his boy, which he turned over to me for collection." "Well, I'll be blowed." "Oh, you needn't complain; you are getting off dog cheap. I ought to make you pay in advance for the next time that boy is going to be bit." Italy is losing ground. A great portio1! of the macarona used in this country is made in St. Louis. Little negro boys in this city almost monopolize the hand organ. The greatest number of Italian opera singers are Ameiicans, who are educated abroad and ffiven queer names to satisfy the cultured bearers. Louis iana cotton seed oil comes back very sweet in bottles from sunny Italy. Amer ican sculptors chisel most in Borne. New Orleans Picayune. 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