RONDEAU.
I,
Samuel Mluturn Feck.
f be toned to me kin! Twa night,
Vet every brooding care took flight,
The fountain leapt and laughed with glee,
And all the itant leant out to tee,
And wondered at my wild delight
Though fate my sweetest hope may blight
To crown with bliss a rival knlgbt,
One joy I have can never flee,
Sue touted to me a kiss I
Should fortune guide my lance aright
That I may win her in the fight,
Ob, I will guard her tenderly
And the will never be to me
Lew fuir than wnen in beauty bright
She tossed to nie a kiss!
RINGS FOR BRIDES.
The Style Mont Preferred Nowadays
A Caae of Economy.
. New York Jeweler.
"Are wodding rings expensive ? 'Well,
no; they vary in price, but the dearest
of thom would break a comparatively
poor man. This is the cheapest we
have, fourteen carats and not very
thick, and it only costs $L Thin again
is thu most expensive I have in stock,
weighs tolerably heavy, yon see ; is of
the finest gold used for manufacturing
purposes, twenty-two carats, and costs
$15. Seems almost too heavy to wear,
doesn't it ? But a ring that would gall
and weigh down a woman's finger
wouldn't be unsuitable to some mar
riages after all. Yes, I sell quite a few
of the cheaper ones. You would natur
ally think that as a man only buys one,
or at most two such article in the
course of his life, he would not mind
spending a few dollars on it. But that's
according to how they feel, too.
, "Homo men aren't overburdened
with sentiment. Why, a man bought a
ring in September lout, haggled over
the price, and chose one at $7. Day
before last Sunday he came in and
wanted tho size altered straight away.
He was dressed in mourning and
looked like a well-to-do clerk. He ex
plained that his first wife had died in
November, and he was going to be mar
ried again Christmas day, and as the
ring was 'hardly worn' he thought it
was no use buying another!
"Kings are broader and heavier than
they were thirty years ago, but as a rule
the purchaser's choice is guided pretty
much according to how the lady feels
about it. They say that in England
the thin, old-fashioned ring is coming
in again, but in New York, as I say,
the lailics mostly prefer a broad and
heavy one, and before marriage any
how a man generally is guided by his
future wife's inclinations, and every
thing is dono according to how she
feels about it"
tier. Sweet Revenge.
Detroit Free Press.
As the car stopped at the Opera house
crossing, several men got in, A lady
was seated at the front end. She had
on a light wrap, bonnet which covered
only four inches of her head, kid gloves,
and only a bit of lace at her neck. The
car windows were iced over, and every
breath spun out half way across the
car.
"Hanged if I aint frozen," said one
of the men in a big beaver overcoat and
fur-lined overshoes.
"Never felt the cold so in my life,"
added another whose clothing must
have weighed thirty pounds.
" "Bot you ten to one I've frozen my
ears," said a third as he lifted off his
seal-skin cap and removed a heavy
mufller from his neck.
" There were two other men, each hav
ing a heavy overcoat, mufller, overshoes
and warm gloves, and yet they stamped
their feet and blew on their lingers,
and declared that they were freezing.
The lady sat there as calm and serene
and as warm as toast. She saw the men
glaring at her, and wondering why on
earth the marrow in her bones didn't
turn to icicles, but she was not dis
turbed. As the last one settled back
with a shiver and a groan, she pleas
ant v asked:
"Will one of you gentlemen please
open the door? It is hot enough in
here to fry nsli.
A Tramp's Philosophy.
Tromp life, as actually enjoyed by a
man who was once a business man m
New York, was described to a Rocky
Mountain News reporter. The tramp's
father, a New York state farmor, sent the
boy to New Y'ork city, where he went into
business, home years later the y ung
man married his partner s wife s sister.
The partnor ohsconded with tlio firm s
means; the tramp that is fell in with
an actress, and ran away with her ; then
his wife and children died and his
father was bankrupt, and the son went
to Chicago, but could not get employ'
ment. He pushed on t) Loadville and
got a job, but lust it, and then tramped
to Denver, aud thero resolved to do no
more work, work being in his
view, slavery. He said: "I don't
ask for money; I've got clothes,
and I get my board; nobody gets
much more. My philosophy is : 'Don't
worry ; don't fret. What have I got to
below-spirited about? I get the air
that's free, and the water that's free,
and eating well, I live. I usually
carry about $20 in my po:ket. You
can't vag a man with $20 as a visible
means of support. I don't trouble any
body; I don't drink, aud never steal
anything. The police never trouble
me, and I usually find some place to
sleep."
The Corse of Poverty.
W. H. H. Murray.
Oh, cursed poverty 1 I know thee to
be of Satan, for I mvself have eaten at
thy scanty table, and slept in thy cold
bed. And never yet have I seen thee
bring one smile to human lips, or dry
one tear as it fell from a Human eve.
But I have seen thee sharpen the tongue
for biting speech and harden the tender
heart Ay, I've soen thee make even the
presence of love a burden, and cause the
mother to wish that the babe nursing
her scant breast had never been born.
Sever Did.
Exchange.
A writer, probably of the sealskin
Barque gender and unmarried, asks:
"Did you ever watch dear little baby
waking in the morning ?" We never dii
The dear little angel always awoke so
confounded early that we were not
ready to open our eyes.
HOW CIGAR BOXES ARE MADE.
Hawing the M ood Hew the allln
l lone-.Th Lumber I ed.
Chli aeo Herald.)
The reporter climho.1 n fli-a uu
of stairs in ono of the largest blocks in
uie manuittctunug district of tho city
whero the largest cigar box factory is
located. A part of the largo floor was
occupied by the strips of wood cut into
the requisite thickucss, one dimension
ior me bottom, sides and cover and an
other for the euds. The strips of wood
are run through tho rip-saw, sawed in
long strips, and cut into the required
lengths by a second machine. The ends
are then planed as smooth as the sides,
and the pieces are ready to be made
into boxes. Lids and sides have to pass
through printing presses, of the same
pattern as used in ordinary job-rooms,
but much heavier, to have the brand,
tradomark, eto., printed upon theia
witli indelible ink.
Then the pieces co to the nailer.
who uses a machine for his work.
The nailing machines aro some
what similar in appearance to type
setting machines, and require but littlo
experience to be quite dexterously
handled. The nails are fed into a hon-
per on tho top, passing through small
urass pines into little tubes ut the
proper distances for the Darts to bo
nailed together. Bv the l.ressure of
the foot on the foot-board of the ma
chine the operator forcos the nails out
of the tubes mto the wood, and accom
plishes with the aid of the machine six
times as much work as the nmst e.vpe-
enceu womman oonlU tlo with haud
and hammer; besides, the work is of
necessity done far more accurately.
The first operation is the nailing together
of an end and bead piece, which are
placed in large piles, and then two of
those pieces are nailed togethor, form
ing the sides of the box. Boys nail on
the bottoms and girls tack on the cover
temporarily, while other girls paste on
the cloth hinges. The hulf-comileted
boxes are then piled up until they are
perfectly dry. An experienced nailer
averages about 85U boxes per day, re
ceiving 25 centa for 100 boxes, while tho
boys and girls are paid by the week,
earning from $4 to $10 per week.
Alter ine boxes are dry tliey are
brought under a rapidly revolving
planer which removes all overhanging
wood-work, wliile whirling sand wheels
smooth off the edges. A large force of
girls is employed in putting on the fin
ishing touches, which means to paste on
the edgings, inside labels, lining and
flaps. 1 or this work the girls are paid
80 cents a hundred, and they earn from
?o to per week.
The lumber used in the monufacture
of cigar-boxes is, with few exceptions,
either bass-wood or red cedar. Bass
wood grows in almost unlimited quanti
ties in Michigan, Minnesota and tho
northern part ol Wisconsin, it is
shipped to this city in rough boards
which are re-cut, planed and stained
by a peculiar process, so that it closely
resembles cedar wood, from which it is
different in color and lacking in that
sharp, pungent odor which is deemed of
particular value for the packing of
cigars. Uasswood boxes are used for
the ordinary quality of cigars. The red
cedar grows in Mexico, Cuba aud Cen
tral America, and forms an important
article in the exports of these countries
Cedar costs in Chicago in the neighbor
hood of $40 a thousand lineal feet of
the ordinary lumber dimensions.
ArtorM and Itlelies,
Philadelphia Press.
Your great fellow-citizen, Forrest,
died rich, and, by the way, tho Forrest
homo, which he so thoughtfully pro
vuled and generously endowed, would
be a good subject for inside treatment,
if it was possible to photograph it faith'
fully. The great Booth died poor
Charlotte Cushmau left a fortune
Sothern died poor, and Edwin Adams
loft nothing. Of all tho actors living,
the list ol rich, among thorn is very
short. Mr. Jefferson has somo money,
not much;' Ldwin Booth was rich
became a bankrupt, and is now
making money fust; Lester Wallack
is ' not reputed wealthy; "Solon
Shingle" Owens had much money and
has some now; none of tho Thornes
have kept a dollar; Salvini's fortune is
very small; John X. Raymond spends
money faster than he gets it; Eobson
never saved a dollar until he found his
mascot in Billy Crane, but now I am
glad to understand tho ono supplo
mcnts the other so admirably that the
two are getting rich ; McKee Bankin
has a littlo farm in Canada, but noth
ing else ; the younger leading men and
women of the stago are receiving good
salaries, but there are not more than
three who are laying anything by. The
fact is that among the deaths might
very well be put the names of economy
and prudence.
A Important a Home Others.
New York Sun.
A new society was discovered by a
Williamsburg policeman yesterday. On
one of the dumps at the Wallabout
basin he noticed an excavation. As he
slipped down into it his curiosity was
excited by hearing voices. Reaching
the bottom he found a door in the em
bankment, and opening it he found
a cave in which were three men
seated about a stove, smoking and chat
ting. He thought they were tramps, and
on saluting them as such, he was iu
formed that they were the foremen of a
gang of pickers a class of men who
search the dumps for such articles as
may be carried there with the city ref
use. "We're hero to catch the first cart,"
they said, "and keep s'range pickers
away. This is our week on. There's
a little company of us, and we call it
our society. Every dump has its so
ciety. You just try and see if you can
pick anything off a dump without be
longing to the society that watches it."
A Hound Morlal Maxim.
Galveston (Tex.) News.
People who persist in stealing hogs
should be turned out of meeting aud
excluded from good society.
Rev. E. L. Magoon : It is not the
number of books one reads that counts,
it is their quality. A whole acre of
book -shelves might contain less good
than one or two volumes in a gripsack.
Shakespeare and the Modem Man
Mer.
Croffui't Letter.
Judge Barrett, author of "An Ameri
can W lfe," recently produced at Wal
laces, led off with a half-hour's speech,
very compact and artistic, in which ho
set forth that the main reason why tho
American drama languishes is that our
people are too busy to become cultured
experts in art. Moreover, he said, our
managers would rather have a poor
play from Paris, than a pood play from
New York. "I was recently asked," he
said, "If I thought Shake peare could
get liis plays produced if no lived to
day in somo town up the Hudson, and
should bring them t notice
for tho first time in this city."
Oh, yes, I really think he could. I
fancy his coming down bringing under
his arm a roll of manuscript, say, "The
Merchant of Venice," and submitting
it to a manager. Tho manager condo
scendingly says: "We have rafts of
plays all tho while, but I will havo
vours read as soon as we can gel to it.
'Good morning, sir.' Shakespeare calls
several times, aud in about
three years he learns that it
has been read. 'Mr. Shakespearo,
tho manager savs, 'there is some
merit in your play thore really is. sir,
some merit, I assure you. I had no
idea there was at first. I think we can
cut it down so as to mako it play. I'll
give it to my mun. You see its awfully
talky-talky. Why, it would put an au
dience to sleep as it is now. That ser
mon of what s-her-name s rortias
they wouldn't stand that. Shall hava
to cut it. Oh, ves, I know you like it,
and think it good. Its always so
with authors. Then you bear down
rather hard on Shylock. This
will have to be toned down.
A good manv of our best patrons
come from that race, and 'twont do to
offend them. Then the idea of leaving
Shylock out of the lust act! Why.no
respectable tragedian would take tho
part. No; 1 11 tell you what well do.
We'll have a missionary come into the
last act and convert old Shylock 1 See?
Capital idea I Then I'll have the mora
declamation the talky-talky stuff
struck out; and then, whon we got
through the plays at present under-
lined. I'll cive it a trial that is. if I
can't find a German, French or English
playl"
Beads and Their Manufacture.
Inter Ocean.
The use of beads is Again becoming
fashionable, and there is likely to be as
great a rage for that sort of ornamont
as there was twelve or niteen years ago,
Beads are made of a great variety
of materials, glass, stone, metals, coral,
bone, ivory, amber, etc., but glass is
generally understood when beads are
spoken of without special description.
And they are a very old institution.
Venice is the place of their
greatest production, whore their
manufacture has been a staple in
dustry for more than a thousand years.
Attempts have elsewhere been made to
compete with Venice in bead niakiug,
but living there is so cheap an artisan
is able to subsist on 5 cents a day, and
they possess socrots of glass-coloring
known nowhere else, so that opposition
has not been successful. They give
more than two hundred different tints
to single-colored beads, and when they
come to combinations the possibilities
are unlimited. Tho production is so
great that in Venice a bunch of
small beads of eighty strings, each
string six inches long, can be bought
for about 2 cents. Theso beads are
chiefly sold to the North American In
dians. It is a singular fact that fashion
in civilization and barbarism meet on &
level in the choice of beads, the inhabi
tants of the South Sea islands and the
ludies of New York city, in times of
bead crazes, showing preference for
about the samo article iu color, style,
and make. The most costly and host
glass beads are made in Boris. It is
there we get our Roman pearl, mirror
beads, etc. Bead manufacture has boon
tried disastrously iu this country. The
cost here is too great.
Growing Power or the Australian
Domiulon.
Chicago Tribune.
Mr. J. Henniker Heatou forwards
from Sydney a complete accmn.' of the
resources of ' which an Australian domin
ion would dispose. The seven colonies
now own 3,000,000 square miles of ter
ritory, or three times the surface of Eu
rope west of the Vistula, inhabited by
2,030,000 persons of European descent.
Theso 3,000,000 have placed 7,128,000
acres under tillugo. in addition, of
course, to their grass land ; and own
1,219,000 horses, 8,429,000 cattle, and
78,493,000 sheep. They have a trade
of 114,000,000 and a rcvenuo
of $110,000,000 a year; and al
though their debt exceods $500,000,000
the stato railways aro valued at moro
than this sum. 'They have placed G2,
000,000 sterling in Australian banks ns
fixed deposits bearing interest, and ex
clusive therefore of curront accounts;
and they spend 12 per cent of their en
tire revenue, heavy as the taxation is,
upon public education. In a very few
years, probably before 1900, tho domin
ion will be a powerful state of 5,000,000
of people, with a practically limitless
territory for settlement, with a revenue
of $185,000,000, and the power of train
ing a permanent militia force of 150,000
mn liv .irillinc only the voung men
.b:
from 19 to 22. Such a state, so isolated,
will dominate the South Pacific, what
ever Europe, or even America, may
have to say to the contrary.
KngliMh ToadyUm.
London Truth.
I hear from Florence that the Eng
lish in that city are making fools of
themselves anent the duke and duchess
of Teck, by insisting upon carrying out
all the strictest laws of court etiquetto
wherever the Tecklan highnesses go.
They never think of leaving before
them, and there is so wondrous an
amount of kissing of hands and of
prancing backward at evening parties
where they are present, that the Flor
entines, Rnssirns and Americans are
lost in amazement. These royal antics
may afford the Princess Mary and the
duke a certain amount of amusement,
but if persevered in they will render a
residence in Florence unendurable
both to them, and to all who are not
flunkeys,
roanoir telegraphic hewi.
Paris has a branch of the Gospel Army.
Hunt. I'nited States Minister to Russia.
Is quite 111.
The I'orte has resolved to protest against
Uie abandonment of Soudau.
Australian advices reDort 25.000.000
bushels of wheat ready for export.
Rev, Sningson. the famous revivalist. Is
slowly recovering from a long Mucks,
Tlrlgauds captured the judge and other
ollicials of Mouastlr, on the Allunian fron
tier. Miss Kllzulx'th Sargent, daughter of
Minister Sargent, is studying medicine iu
Zurich.
Hundreds of persons, suspected of lielng
Socialists, are being arrested at St. Peters
burg.
It is announced that King Humlert and
the Queen of Italy will visit the German
court iu .March.
Cardinal McCabc writes to the Dublin
branch of the Peace Society that he has no
hopes of its aims.
Mx warehouses in so-called Moscow,
Russia, were destroyed by lire recently.
The loss is enormous.
It Is stated there are 1,300 Infected farms
and ;t7,000 cattle suffering from foot and
mouth disease iu England.
A violent earthquake occered at Kittles,
Asiatic Turkey, recently. A number of
buildings were destroyed.
A serious riot has broken out in Crete'
The Porte has sent a huge force of troops
to suppress the disturbance.
A butterv of the first brigade of artillery
at Chatham has been placed on a full war
footing, for the foreign service,
The French ChainU-r of Deputies has
passed the bill for the suppression ot so
dition demonstrations In the streets.
During the races at the Montreal driving
park recently a pool box containing $1,500
was stolen, it Is belle veu oy Americans.
Matthew Arnold will soon publish Im
prcssions of America, along with lectures
lie delivered wnne in me mueii mai,
Louis Rlllo, Cardinal Bishop of Sabina,
died recently in theoxth year oi ms age.
He was the confidential friend of Leo XIII,
It. Is stated that the most extensive mea
sures are being taken on the east coast of
Africa to suppress the fnquitous slave
trade.
Gladstone stated In the House of Coni'
ninim tlint Knirland would defray all ex
peuses of the British expedition to the
Soudan.
The Key of Tunis has given M. Rttiidavie
authority to carry out nis scheme oi craus
forming the desert of Sahara into an in
land sea.
The original of Tom Levis, In Daudet's
play, "Hois en Exile," has absconded from
Paris. He Is a defaulter to the amount of
120,000.
Mr. Onderdonk Is alleged to be lobbying
at Ottawa, tan., for a further subsidy on
account of his railway contract In British
Columbia.
The Academy of Medicine. Paris, with
one dissenting vote, has pronounceu in in
vor of repealing the decree excluding Am
erican pork.
- William Menirle. an Important witness
In the Plmmix Park trial, claims that his
life is made misorable by continued perse-
tions aud assaults,
The Spanish government recently forbid
the citizens of Madrid to hold a public
meeting in commemoration of the procla
mation of the republic.
M. Do Lessens has been Invited to an
Wtjik the comnletioii of the canal which
is to make St. l'etersburg a a sea port anu
Independent of lonstudt,
A duel between M. Lauguerre and M,
rimnrlance. members of the Chamber of
Deputies, occurred recently. The former
was wounded In the knee.
S J P.ilin. n iewelerof Winnipeg. Can.
has lx'en arrested for smuggling dutiable
goods to the amount of $10,UK, which
were found in his possession
Every available steamer, lwirgc and Ixiat
on the Nile, controlled by Thomas Cook &
Co., have been engaged to convey troops,
stores, etc., to I pper l'.gypi.
: mm Heiiths from dinhthe
ria In the province of Khorkof, in the
southern Hurt or European iiussia, oe
tween the vears 1878 and 1882.
Admiral Hewitt is advancing his lines
four miles outside of the Suakcm zone.
His trenches are within reach of the guns
of the English fleet and the forts,
In on affray at Botna, Algeria, between
inili, nf Kimhis and Tiircos. three men
were killed and many wounded. French
garrison troops finally restored order.
Glndstone, while recently walking down
Bond street, London, was assaulted by an
unknown man. It is presumed that his
assailant made the attack on a wager.
General Gordon's parting words to Nubar
Piinlia were: "I will save tho honor of
l'Vvnt." Nubar Pasha replied: "Neve
mind Egypt; save the women and chil
dren.
Tlie press and people of Germany con
deinn the action of llisniarck Iu returning
to the House of Representatives of the
I'nited States the letter of condolence on
Hei r Lasker.
The Arabs gave no quarter to the panic
stricken and pleading troops of Baker
Pasha in the massacre near Tokar, either
deliberately cutting their throats or trans
fixing them with spears.
Sheik Monghanl and Colonel Messag
claim, sent from Suakem to stir up the
tribes iu that vicinity, report that they
only succeeded in securing a promise of
neutrality from the chiefs.
The Grand Trunk Railway has entered a
protest against the Canadian government
loaning any more money to the Canadian
Pacific Road, on the ground that it is used
to compete against private enterprises.
Nearly $15,000,000 worth of real estate,
belonging to Propagonda, will be sold and
Invested In Italian bonds in trust for Pro
pagonda, in accordance with the decision
lately passed by the Italian Supreme Court.
Three thousand supporters, In Paris, of
Prince Napoleon (I'lon Plon) have adopted
resolutions demanding revision of the con
stitution, and according to the people the
right of direct election of the chief of
state.
A meeting attended by about 15,000 peo
ple was held at Sheffield last week. The
mayor presided. Resolutions were adopt
ed denouncing the Egyptian policy of the
government asasacritice of national honor
and prestige.
Rev. W. G. Lane, of Halifax, N. S., mar
ried a soldier and his sweetheart without
a license, and after a few clays the bride
groom deserted bis wife bacause the union
was Illegal. The clergyman has been or
dered to pay a penalty of $200.
Great excitement was occasioned In
Cairo, Egvpt, by the action of English and
French officers seizing the Italian Hag,
which was unfurled at a circus by an
acroliat. The Italian Consul has de
manded satisfaction for the Insult.
The construction of an elevated railway
from France to England Is talked of. The
XtinlHterof Marine of France opposed the
project, saving that such a work would be
dnngerous'to shipping, and any way it was
necessary co ouiam r.nBiouu uum.
Between Montaiba and Cerneto, Italy,
four men fired at a carbineer guarding the
King's train. The carbineer fired at the
men, wounding one. He also made harm'
less a hottle of gunpowder, which, with a
lighted fuse, was thrown aboard the train,
EASTERN TELEGRAPHIC HEWS.
Congress Is investigating the Danville
riots.
Sleet has damaged the wheat crop In
Ohio.
Perrine & Co.. woolen dealers of New
York, have failed for $H5,(UI.
Tlionms KiiiHclla. editor of the Ilrooklvn
Eagle, died in New York last week.
The variable weather In Kansas Is said
to have killed a large area of wheat.
The Inst sale of a seat in the New Y'ork
Stock Exchange was made at $23,(KX.
The Denver Tribune has been purchased
by a New York synnlcate for $100,000.
Paul Hovnton. the swimmer, is soon to
marry Miss Maggy Connolly, of Chicago,
$I5,IKXI fire occurred in the business
portion of Chicago last week.
Six children were Imdlv burned at Belle-
fontaiue, Ohio, while playing near a car of
burning oil.
Ten persons were killed in Cincinnati by
A falling building, undermined by the late
Hood.
It Is reported that Sara Bernhardt will
travel America next season playing in
English.
Mrs. General Trevins, daughter of the
late General Ord, died at Fortress Monroe
recently.
A terrific tornado swent over the south
ern part of Texas recently, doing consider
able damage.
Sparta, Ga has only 1,000 inhabitants,
and yet two Iwirrooins there pay tfi,iV
each for license.
gasoline explosion at Alliance, Ohio,
demolished a block of brick buildings and
killed six persons.
The Northwestern road has paid Into the
Wisconsin Stale treasury $11(1,000 for
semi-annual taxes.
The steamer W. P. Hallldav.of the New
Orleans Anchor Line, was burned at St
Louis. Loss flUO.UXJ.
man and woman, while sleigh riding
upon the lAlleghauy river, were struck by
an ice gorge and drowned.
V number of leading citizens arc consid
ering the project of hnving nil operatic
festival in Lhlcago in two.
MaiorCadfleld Is in Washington with a
bill to promote the construction of a rail
road from Seattle to hatcom.
The police of Minncaiiolis rescued a lad
named John Nolan who had been strung
up in a barn by a gang of rutllans,
Mr. Shaffer, secretary of the Iowa Agrl
cultural Society, estimates the corn crop
of that State at 171,oUU,UIU bushels.
S. E. I). Morse, an art 1st and grandson of
Morse the telegraph inventor, has mys
teriously disappeared from St, Paul.
Miss Sprague, sister-in-law of Fred,
Douglass, has sued him for J,(l(K), claimed
to be due for services as housekeeper.
Hog cholera prevails so extensively In
Jersey county, Illinois, that a rendering
establishment has become a necessity.
Mrs. Stratton, widow of General Tom
Thumb, has applied to the Mayor of New
lork for permission to open a museum
An arch and inner wall of the Lincoln
monument at Springfield. III., have spread
but the lnjurv can be repaired with $2,000,
William E. Finch, postmaster of Ellen
dale, 1). T., has been arrested and charged
with robbing the mail of registered letters,
The citizens' relief committee of Charles'
ton, . a., passed resolutions to stop
soliciting aid for the flood sulteivrs for the
present.
An Illinois Central train was derailed
recently, killing the conductor and brake'
man and seriossly Injuring several pas
sengers.
Mrs. Bonanza Mackay is Mug sued by
Meissonier, tho French ortlst, for $15,000
for a picture of herself, which she refuses
to accept.
The will of Wendell Phillips makes 'no
beiiuests, his property of 8i"i0.UO0 value
being divided between his widow aud
adopted daughter.
The managers of the bank of Abilene,
which was attached last week, were forced
at the point of revolvers to pay over $:i,00U
to three clcpsltors.
Terre Haute, Ind., Is organizing a board
of trade, with a mcmticrship of Mi and an
until dues of $111, to advance the business
Interests of the city.
John I). Harrington and Dr. Peacock
have been arrested at Jersey City upon a
new charge of cnnspinicy to defraud the
American Legion of Honor.
Mrs. Marlon Leavarre. of New York
has offered a part of her mausoleum, at
Kastport, 1j. 1., as a resting place for the
body of l uhimamtc r Do Long.
The steamer Nottinghlll, lost at sea bv a
collision witli an iceberg, contained mi l'
chandise valued at SbiO.tKKI. 'Ihu vessel
value was $100,000: Ixitli insured.
George O. Cannon, chief aostle of the
Mormons, ImmisIs that he has the sculps of
all objectionable governors, and that he
will soon have Governor Murray's.
llenrv S. Church, for six vears chtttnlMr-
lain of Troy, N. Y., proves to be a defaulter
for $77,000. It s thought that most of the
money was lost In stock speculation.
A petition asking an appriation for con
tinuation of work on the Cascade locks
has been presented In the .Semite, signed
by Senators Dolph, Slater and others.
Kv the laws of Illinois, the close season
for fish commenced thu Hth of February.
1 lie State llsh commission requests the
public to aid in enforcing the statutes.
Five firemen were killed and elghtothers
in jured bv falling walls In a cuiillagrntion
at Allentown, Pa., recently. Two large
factories were burned, the loss being 1JH0,.
000.
Tho failures are reported of Pilklngton
1. . ! ... f II I 1 I 1..
V ()., dealers in agricultural iiiiihciiu'ium
St. Paul, with liabilities at ft'o.OOO, and
R. A. Sualflcld, a music publisher at New
iork.
A black valise containg $25,000 was
stolen from the New York Transfer Com
pany reciently, while It was lielng taken to
Dehrosscs street from me uruuu central
depot.
Fifty dealers, who last year handled
S.t 10.000.000 worth of cattle, have for
wurded a protest to Washington against
the bill to establish a bureau ot animal ln
dustry.
Gilbert & Sullivan's latest work. "Prin
cess Ida," founded on Tennyson's poem,
"The Princess, was produced in New
York recently. It was not a pronounced
success,
The new Iron ship Clara S. Dement, 1,000
tons, the first that the liorrlnge shipyard
has built, goes to Philadelphia to load with
railroad iron and material for Portland,
Oregon.
The aflalrs of the New Y'ork Metropoll
tan opera bouse show a deficit of $23M,74H,
for which an assessment of $:i,50U on each
stockholder is proosed, greatly to their
Indignation,
A dentist In Scranton. Pa., named W. II.
Heist, gave Mrs. James Stevenson three
doses of chloroform and extracted fifteen
teeth. On completing his task he found
bis patient a corpse,
The President has directed the promo
tion of Lieutenant Rhodes, of the revenue
cutter Dexter, for gallant conduct on the
occasion ( the wreck of the steamship
city oi loiummis,
Sixty-two criminal Indictments have
been filed In the United States Circuit
Court against M. A. Dauphin, manager of
the Louisiana State Lottery, also sixty -one
against Ms cierx muo.
POBTLAND XASXET REPORT.
RUTTER Fancy, fresh roll. If IT... AVS)
40c; Inferior, grade, 20(a25c; pickled, 26(9
30c-.
CHKESE-Callfornla. 17ai9c; Oregon
large, choice, UKA,20c. small, none.
I'iW'4. l. J HIS- (...
FISH Extra Paclllc codfish, whole. In
c, 7Jc, l)oneless, In bxs., Kjc p lb.: domeitic
salmon, bf bbls., $tl.00(a 7.00, bbis.. $11.00,
1-lti, cans, f dor., (fi.4ft; mackerel. .M), i, f
kit, 1.7.V2.00, No. , $l..MKViL75, No. 1,
hf bills.. 10.00. No. 2. $-i..Vl; herrings.
sailed, bf bids., , dried, 10-fli. bxs., Inc.
FLOL'R Fancy extra. Ij bbl, $:..00;
bakers' extra. : country, tl.OOYa4.50;
suiM-rllne, $:i.i5.
FKKI), ETt'.-Corn meal, t'WO fts., $2.73
(aM.IIO: buckwheat, $.V0; oat meal, $4.tmrd)
4.2.1; cracked wheat, $;i.!iV H.S0; bran, k
ton ?!.r.W17; shorts, 81H3; middlings.
Hue, $.o0ra:i0.00; hay, baled, SlU.UKu 20.00;
chop. ti.NiC2ft.(Ki.
FRL 1 IS Prunes. Hungarian, I'm., Vim
Iflc; raisins (now), f bx $2.SKifS!.75, bf
bxs., $-J.7.Vi.:i.O0, qr bxs., $ !.2.Vi3.35, Hth
bxs., $;l.irKa 3.SO; currants, ante, t tt.
In bxs.. Ilk-: citron. l It,, iiulrums, tike.
almonds, Marseilles, fc 11)., lHca'JOc, Lane,
20c; walnuts, Chill, ll(a.H)c, California,
lao l.
gekex FRurrs-Appies, ibx.. $i.av
1.75; leniotiN. California. $t.UKa:S.UL Sicily,
$12.00((J HUH); oranges, f bx., $1.00(2 4.50;
nines, f hio, ? i.ixiMS.uii.
lMIEIJ FHUnS-llleached. 14 13c;
apples, machine-cured, lb., l.Ki.lllc, sun
cured, ilia 10c; peaches, machine-cured, In'
boxes, IMq l ie; German, in boxes, V R., 10
(n 11c; plums, sun-cured, pitless, LYr 10c,
machine-cured, iik ine; pears, machine
cured, NXa-1'.Jc, sun-cured, lOfallc; figs,
California, 25-tb. bx., 0c: Smyrna, 20C2oc.
WHEAT Good to choice, k lm) lbs.,
t.:Xa 1.00, good valley; Walla Walla and
Eastern Oregon, $1.50(ii.l.f2).
OATS Choice milling, nominal: good
feed, Itfc; ordinary f eed, liote Ktc.
RARLEY Rrewlng. f lot) lbs., nominal;
feed, nominal.
1)1 CK WHEAT Nominal, $ I.80(a2.0U.
COHN No demand.
RYE Nominal. t 100 lbs., nominal
$1.50(V2.00
IIIUH..N A.u UAUS-iiides, ury, over
10 It... t lb.. 14c: Murrain hides, two-thirds
oil'; hide, wet salted, over 55 lbs., It)., 6
(U 7c (one-third less for light weights, dam
aged, cut grubby or dry salted); pelts,
shearling, ioe(i f l.oo; deer skins, winter,
12(a 15c, Eastern Oregon, 22c, summer, E.
O., lH(f 20e, valley, 25i30c; burlaps, 40 in.,
HJc, 45 Iu., lljc, 00 In., 15c; twine, flour, 35(4
40c, wheat, 35c, fleece, 12(tfl3c; gunnies,
le; wheat sacks, 7(;7tfc;
HONEY -In comb. It... 22 25c;
strained In 5 gal., 11c llb.; 1-gal. tins, tf
doz, $!4.00((i 15.00, half gal., ,7.50.
mil's v m., l&waic;
PROVlSIONS-llacon, HJ(f.l2ic; hams,
country, V lb., 13(jl5c, butcher, scarce;
shoulders, 10(fl 11c.
LARD Kegs. V ft.. 12c; Eastern,
nails, 12r I2Jc; Oregon, tins, 12a.l2Jc; Cali
fornia, 10-11.. tins, none.
I'HODUCK RECEIPTS.-
Receipts by leading lines of transporta
tion up to date, as compared to like period
of last year have been:
lfJ. inn.
Wheat, ctls 2.IWI.3K8 J.lltt.509
Klour. bbls 3I7.4.H 277.Z20
(Inn, ctls B2,0ti3 HV2K3
IMUtoes.sks ""a "M
Hurley ,S76 4.8a)
llran,ctls SI..VM SU35
MlllHtuiT. Ctls 2S.0I9
Wool, It l,0nS.Wl l,3t"9,07
Hides, It 072.371 724.B23
HaxBeed. sks 11.0ID Hl.SOt
Hops, It 1..WU7S RUMM
Krult,hxs JB.M3 30.273
llay.bli K,H7 8..W9
Lime, bbls fc!.l2 17,275
liutter, pkgs 2.114 X.400
Receipts for the past seven days have
been:
Valley. Eastern.
Wheat, ctls 3.2S2
Flour. 1.1.1 4.172
Oats, ctls 1.348
Ilran, ctls 72S
MlllHtutlKctls H7
l'otutocs, sks 213
Utiles, n.H 4,7t!2
ilulu-r, pkgs 27
lb.). Its 23,735
Fruit, bus 7IM
Vu4il,BiS io,-m
KiOfs.cs ISO
Lime, bbls 100
12
BAN FRANCISCO MARKETS,
RKCEIPTS-Wheat, 42,200 ctls.; flour,
12,000 qr. sks.; oats, 125 ctls.; potatoes, 15
sks.; eggs, 7,5(iO doz. ,
FLOUR San Francisco extra are lob
bing at 5.50(a 5.7ii; superfine $:!.7.V4.50:
inferior brands, $5.0Ka.5.50 for extra, and
$:i.50(n l.(X) for superfine.
WlilCAT Extra choice, tjf ctl., $1.77J
1.80. Hover season-ItOO, $1.8 100, $1.82;
300,$1.8'4; 200, $1.82.
DARLEY' Feed, t ctl., $L12.J(? 1.07J;
brewing No. 1, $1.12W 1.15, No. 2, $1.05(j)
1.10; bay chevalier, 1.30(u:L35;1 coast do,
$1.I.V 1.20.
DATS UIIICK, i..rK i.w; White, Bl.lXXca
1.(15; for common. $1.70(1,80 for fair to
good, and $1.75(Vi 1.77 J for extra choice.
CU1(. Choice ciry yellow, ei.oii; white,
choice dry, $1.40(i Lull; common, $1,374
(a 1.15; Nebraska, $1.4(Ku.45.
iwan unlet ana unchanged aisw.KU
a 18.00 t ton.
MIDDLINGS Steady at $20.00 22.00 t
ton.
HAY Wheat, $14.00fVi 15.00; wild oat.
$14.(KKi 15.00; barley, $11.00fn 14.00; stable,
$13.00di 14.00; cow, $10.00(ii2.00; alfalfa,
DII.OOC" lZ.oo l? ton.
M H A w - uuotanie at MKn.UUC v wile.
RUCK WHEAT -Quotable at 3.25(:1.50
pctl.
DULLSTUFFS Ground barley. $24.00
(Si'i.lKI fc ton; oilcake meal, old process,
$30.00, new process, $20.50: rye Hour. $0.00
V i.bl.; rye meal, $..ou; mick-wncat Hour,
t' K... 5c: pearl barley, 4f 5c; gruham flour,
:i'(e; oat meal, 5c; Eastern oat meal, t' bbl.,
IU.7S, net cash; cracked wheat, V in., ic.
i)KJEL PF.AS-Green, $2.50: uiles, $1.60;
blaekeye, $1.5(K$1.75 fell.
KKKSWAX-Quntable at Zltfdmc, VTb.
POTATOKS-New sell, according to
Duality, as follows: Small, 2c; medium,
V; large choice, 3Jc t It.. Sweets, $2.00(a)
2.2..; Cull'ey Coves, tl5e( $1.05; Jersey blues,
lKv75c; H umlsduts, micro $1.00; Pctalunias,
7.Va8!ic; Totnales, 70(a,U5c'; early good rich,
$l.!iVi'1.37i; early rose, SOfeUOc; river reds,
iv-7tc; peerless, $1.1L'J.
SEEDS Drown mustard, $3,00 (3j 3.50,
yellow. $3.00 Flax, $2.50Co 2.75, V ctl.; can
ary, oftfWe; alfalfa, (0c; rape, 3(S3Jc.
hemp. 3.Ji!lc; timothy, Kg 8c, lb. for im
ported. HITTER-Good to choice roll, ft..
32J(if :i5c; fair, 30Ca32c; firkin, 2225c; west
ern, Wn 20c.
OMONS-tioort to choice, p sk., fl.I.Ka
1.25.
CHEESE-Californio, I7lle; Eastern
creamery, Wq,Mc Western. lo(g,18c V lb.
POULTRY Dressed turkevs. 2.V?i!i7c.
live, 24fo 2llc, t ft., for hens, and 18a20c for
gobblers, geese $2.25C(i 2.75 V pair; ducks,
ill.fKKd.14.UI V doz.; hens, $t).50(a 8.UI;
roMsters, young, 8..rm(i lo.ou, old do, km.uko)
8.50; broilers, $5.WK 0,00,. according to
size.
SALMON Oregon, 1-ft cans, V aot.,
t. o. b., $1.20, $1.22.
EGGS f doz., 20J(o 27Jc.
AI'PLES-Oregon, bx., $1.50, $2.25.
HIDES Dry, $ ft., usual selection, 18c;
dry kip, 18c: dry calf, 18(ff21c; prime hair
goatskins, 62Jf70c.
LAUD Eastern refined, 3 to 10-ft. tins,
13c. 13Ap. Ot her provisions unchanged.
HON'EY-Extracted, c, 8c, ? ft.; extra
white comb, lk, 20c; white, 13c, 10c; dark,
0c l'ic.
WOOL Mendocino, 12c, 13c, t ft.;
Humboldt, 12c, 17c; San Joaquin, he, 10c;
coast, 8c, 11c; Red llluff and Colusa, etc.,
9c 14c.
TALLOW Good to choice rendered, 7i
fj7Jc; refined, 9Jc ? ft.