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WOMAN AND HOME. HmU for the Household . an4 Helps. -. for th Houae-Mothar. CUm Belle Concerning Courtship Charming WomenHemp Bags nd OU Papers A rina Complexion. . Dio Lewis' Monthly. To often and whiten the kin there I noth ing more beneficial than oatmeal, taken In ternally aud iweU externally. Ail have no wish to encroach upon the housewife do main, I'll simply give direction for iU ex ternal use. After a wann bath it may be used dry, or pour boiling water over a lew spoonful of it, and let itand a few hours. On going to bed, wash the handi and face freely in the starchy water, and dry without wiping. Bran and Indiau meal may be usod instead, with nearly theiame effect For the nin bath put the bran or oatmeal into small bag, otherwise the difficulty of remov ing the particle which adhere to the skin U considerable. . .Instead of poultice of bread and a1 milk which the Koman ladle found so effi cacious for softening and whitening the face, we may use a ma.sk of quilted cotton or chamois skin, wet In cold distilled water. This will not be the most comfortable in the world, but no great excellence Is ever at tained without labor and care. Many ladies, -whose complexions are the envy of all their friends, acknowledge that they owe it all to -distilled water, which they use for their face and bands. Queen Victoria is to be envied for one thing, If nothing else, for sho has the delightful comfort and luxury of having dis tilled water for all her baths. Ladies with oily or greasy skins may use, Iarliigly, a few drop of camphor in the bath. Borax and glycerine combined, are used with good effect by some people, while thoroughly disagreeing with others. Glycer ine alone softens and heals, but in time will darken the skiu and make it over-sensitive; the borax obviates this, and has a tendency to whiten. No toilot table is complete with out a bottle of ammonia. A few drops of this in the batii cleanses the skin and stimu lates it wonderfully. It Is especially valua ble in removing the odor from those who perspire fseely. To remove tan and sun-burn, cold cream, mutton tallow and lemon juice may be used ; lor freckles, apply the latter with a tiny amer-hair brush. The country girl, de prived of many things which her city cousin .finds indispensable, discovers that she can re move the tan from her face with a wash made of screen cucumbers sliced into skim milk, or,- failing in this, she makes a decoo ' tion of buttermilk and tansy. A well-known writer on feminine beauty recommends the use'of flualy-ground French charcoal for tho complexion. A teaspoonful of this, well mixed with water or honey, .should be taken for three consecutive nights, followed by a simple purgative, to remove it from the system. The aperient must not be omitted, or the charcoal will remain in the rsystem, a mass of festerin; poison, with all the impurities it absorbs. None of these things will bring about the desired result unless the foundation is firs 5 laid by proper food, exercise and bathing; above all things, do not neglect the bath. Cleanliness is one of the cardinal virtues, and a woman fresh from the bath feels a good deal like an angel "Clara Belle" Concerning; Courtship. Cor. Cincinnati Enquirer. Let us return for a moment to the subject ottrrarriage, for the sake of a little moralis ing. Ruskin is out with condemnation of what he calls mob courtship, and I agree with bim. It is greatly to be regretted that of paying court in the old-fashioned way to a lady, with expectancy that it will take time for acquaintance to blossom into friendship and friendship to ripen into love, there is not much in our days. Instead we have the mad ''falling in love," for which our novel are partially responsible, which have much mar rying in haste and repenting In leisure to an swer for because of their false teaching In ex .alting impetuous passion above calm, patient, intelligent love. Ruskin is of the opinion that if a youth is fully in love with a girl, and feels that he is wise in loving her, he should at once tell her .so plainly, and take his chance bravely with other suitors. No lover should have the inso lence to think of being accepted at once, nor .should any girl have the cruelty to refuse at once without severe reasons. If she simply doesn't like him she may send him away for seven years or so, he vowing to live on cresses and wear sackcloth meanwhile, or the like penance; if she likes him a little, or thinks she might come to like him in time, she may lot him stay near her, putting him always on sharp trial to see what stun ne is mauo or. and reouirimr. figuratively, as many lions' skins or giants' heads as she thinks herself worth.. The whole meaning" and power of true courtship is probation; and old man Ruskin thinks that it ought to be fixed at seven years. But tba precipitate process is now in vogue. "VVe learn our lessons of love and wedlock from the novel and the drama. Charming Women. - ' Atlantic Month.y. When it was all over, my friend said, "Now, that is a woman in earnest. Do you suppose it is her earnestness that makes her so unprepossessing?" That is my perplexity reduced to its last equation: Was it her earnestness My friend held that it was. "If you have observed," said she, "women with aims are always like that. They are too superior to condescend to make themselves agreeable. Besides, they haven't time. Then they never can see but one side of a question the side they are on. They are always dragging their own opinions to the front, and alway running full tilt against every one else'. That is where they differ most from women who haven't purposes and who have seen a good deal of the world. It is the business of a woman of the world to be agreeable. She spares no pains to mako her self just as good looking as possible and just as charming. And she is .always tolerant. She may think you a fool for your beliefs, but she doesn't tell you so brutally, or try to crush you with an avalanche of argument She tries to look at the matter from your point of view; in short, she feigns a sympathy if she has it not JVour women with a purpose think it wrong to feign anything. They won't pretend to be sympathetic any more than they will powder theiiWaes, or let their dress maker improve their figures. That's why they are so boring; they art too narrow to bo sympathetic and too conscientious to be polite. It is earnestness doe it, earnestness is , naturally narrowing. It i earnesV ness, too, set their serve In a quiver and makes them so restless. They can never sit still; they are alway twitching, don't you know I That' earnestness. It ha a kind of electrical effect Women in earnest have no repose of manner. But a woman of the world feigns that, just as she feign sympathy, because it make ber pleasant to other people. Oh, there' no doubt of it; women with a purpose are vastly better tha other women, but they are not nearly so My own experience corroborate . my ii i . ... charm. And I regret to say that the nobility of the purpose doe not in the least affect the quantity of charm. Very likely their busy lives and the hard fight they have had to wage with social prejudice and moral anachronisms may have omothing to do WHO It But after making all deductions, I wonder II my friend' theory. does not hit somewhere near we mark. An Epldemle of Merap-Bac. New York Post One of the fancies of the day is to have In numerable c rap-bag and work-bags scat tered through the house. This should, and probably will become something more than a fancy, for afUir one has become accustomed to the convenient practice of putting away thiugs in thorn it will be difficult to give them up. They are made in every style and of every kind of material If for bed-rooms, they should match In color with the other bright or sombre color used there. One very simnlo and pretty way to make them is to make the bag of white butchers' liuen; cut it square and have it about fifteen inches each way. Across the top and bottom put on a strip of Canton flau- nel three iuches wide; sew this to the linen with fancy stitches, then draw three circles at equal distances apart and about the size of a half-dollar. Work those, commencing at the centre and going up in straight lines to the circumference, with three or four shades of yellow embroidery silk. The bag is not gathered at the top, but ban two blue strings attached to the corners to hang it by. The bottom of the bag may be ornamented by a trip of butchers' linen fringed out, or by row of torchon across the bottom, slightly fulled on, or it may be left plain. Another way is to have the bottom of the bag of a band of silk, sateen or velvet, five Inches wide, and the rest of the bag, which should be ten iuches or more long, of one kind of material The top should be faced for about five inches and a shir be stitched there and ribbon run in. Aida canvas bags, made in the shape of the first one mentioned, are very pretty. Embroider some showy figure or pattern on the canvas, and have the upper part of silk with very narrow ribbon to hang it by. The canvas so extensively used by tailors in gentlemen's coats make nice and serviceable bags. This may be used in place of butchers' linen. Btill another style Is to take a piece of silk three-quarters of a yard long and twelve inches wide, line it with silesia, sew it up in a long and narrow bag, leaving an opening in the centre large enough to Insert your band, gather the ends and finish with a tassel, slip two small rings of bone or of brass over these ends up to each side of the opening. These are made up especially to bang over a rod or the knob of a door that is not used often, and made very ornamental. Outline work shows to good advantage on brown canvas, and cashmere is pretty for the upper part of the bag. . Chlhnahoan Women. Wheeling Register. Chihuahua is iunocent of sidewalks. Mud is scarcely known, as rain falls only suffi ciently to moisten the earth, except in the month of June, when as if to make up for Its feebleness at other times, it almost deluges the town, fulling to the depth of thirteen or fourteen inches. It rushes diwn the moun tains in a torrent, floating off carta, barrels, chairs and chicken-coops, if the latter are sufficiently modern to be made of wood. The coops are usually mud aud stone, hastily thrown together. The Mexican women are wonderfully graceful. . This is partly due to the mannei of carrying baskets or bundles, begun in early childhood. I watched a Mexican girl carry an immense basket of clothes home to be laundried. First she selected from the basket a towel,, and twisting it tightly wound it round and round until the circum ference was the size of her head, on which she placed it; then, helped by a companion, she lifted the basket, weighing at least thirty pounds, on top of the rolL She balanced it by touching it lightly, first with ono hand and then the other. After she bad gone a short distance she folded her hands in her shawl, walking with the greatest ease and unconsciousness. She looked back smilingly at me, showing her pretty white teeth, still amused at senora, who thought her task difficult Households Hints. "L. L. L." in Detroit Free Press. To keep knives and forks in good condition when not in use, dust the blades and prongs with finely powdered quicklime and keep them wrapped in flannel. To clean straw matting, boil three quarts of bran in oue gallon of water and wash the matting with the water, drying it well To wash castor bottles, put them one-third full of rice and fill up with water; shako thorouehly. To remove fruit stains from linen, dip in sour buttermillc ana ury in me sun; wasn in cold water aud dry two or three times a day. Mildew is easily removed by rubbing com mon yellow soap on the article and then a little salt and starch on that Rub all well on the article and put in the sunshine. To extract ink from wool, scour with sand wot with water aud ammonia. Then rinse with strong saleratus water. To clean door plates use a wet solution of ammonia in water applied with a wet ra Clothes pins boiled a few minutes and quickly dried once or twice a month become more durable. Nodes of Bread 'Raising.' Scientific American. Good cream tartar bread is perfectly whole some, but It lacks the alcohol, and can com monly be distinguished from yeast bread even bv the taste, and this mode of "raising" is used chiefly for those forms which we will so unwisely persist in eating hot For herein comes to light the most import- r.f. .lief ;?!.( im between the two modes of raising dough. As formerly remarked, hot bread, biscuit, etc., ought never to be eaten D... If ... . knnnJ . .IIVmIa oy any one. u. .- to oo n, mere nmu. B.w. Z ot the ;m "tal fTe bScuit ete. Zt -with it can within a very few minutes Knlf Inrr nnaa thronon all the chances BltOl Mini , e " pass which in the other case requires five or six linin-4. And until thesj molecular tronsfor- mtior.sh-vecaasNl,thobii3d isa fearful bur den to a weak stomajh. But where it is to be eateu cold, as it shoul . always be, yeast fermentation is what it hni iu all asi been, the one way to raise bread. Kjmrthlng Xfw and XIre. Inter Ocean. pan) iite are easier to pour when prepared hi ni kettle with a spout A small one can So-.TiiThascd for the purpose. When peeling onions place a pin tightly bo tween the front teeth. This prevents the tears from cominZ. A verr oalatable dish can be made of mashed potatoes and a little finely chopped meat of one or more kin is, mixed together, flavored with salt and pepper, and fried iu small Ant cake. It k niil bv a butter-maker, who ought to f-.uflv.rifT. that If rancid butter is worked ovsr thorouehly in sweet milk, every suspi menu s opinions, women with a purpose, women in earnest have a noticeable lack of cion even of unpleasant flavor will be re moved. The caution Is repeated that this must be thoroughly done. Beef balls are very nice fried In suet Round steak can be used for these. Chop the meat fine, season well with pepper and salt and any herb you may choose, shape them like flat ball with your bands, dip in agg and flnecracker or bread crumbs, and fry iu the not suet Flrtlea for Children. Harper's Bazar. Feed your child on pk'kles and sweetmeats, allow ber to wear paper-soled shoes and an Insufficiency of flannel, and we all know what the consequence will bo dyspepsia and hectic cough. Does it never occur to 'you that the analogy applies to her mental sus tenance and equipment? that it we feed hei unformed aud emotional nature with high-spiced, morbid, unreal -fiction she will become incapable of digesting better literature, and that by the time she is a woman anything solid will be rejected by the pampered appetite! Have you never seen this, you mothers) Uood fiction is truly a legitimate, healthful, and improving means of pleasure and prollt 'By the perusal of clever novels, of real and idealized pictur . of human life, our mental range, of vision u extended, the locus or. our intellectual glasses is truly adjusted, our sympathies enlarged, our prejudices driven away, our kuowledgo of aud regard for the just value of life iucreusod and verified; we are amused, improved, touched, warned, hcljied, and urged to help others. There it no bettor means of impressing on our mind the facts of history or the qualities and val ues of human nature than by the historical or critical novel. But such are not the re sults which usually follow from a perusal of "the light literature of the day," which library peonle prove voune girls devour yearly in unlimited quantities. Save the Old Paper. Iuter-Ocean. Never throw away old paiier. If you have no wish to 8,-U it use it in the house. Bonis housekeepers prefer it to cloth for cleaning many articles of furniture. For instance, a volume written by a lady says: "After a stove has been blackcnea it can be kept looking very well for a long time by rubbing it with paper every morning. Rubbing with paper is a much nicer way of keepiug a tea-kettle, coffee pot, and tea-pot bright and clean than the old way of wash ing them in suds Rubbing with paper is also the best way of polishing knives, tiu ware and spoons; they shine like new silver. "For polishing mirrors, lamp chimney, etc., paper is bettor than dry cloth. Pre serves and pickle keep much bettor if brown paper instead of cloth is tied over the jar. Canned fruit is not so apt to mold II a piece of writing paper, cut to fit the can, is laid directly on the fruit Paper is much better to put under a carpet than straw, it is warmer, thinner and makes less noise when oue walks over it .. Difficult and Dangerous. The Continent It is only a few years siuco the "fifteen puzzle" was the favorite jiastinie. It con fronted us on all sides, besieging the study, the home circle and drawing-room More lately a new enigma has been propounded, which novelists are bandying in every toriu. It is the enigma of the bumau heart, which, finding wedlock unsatisfactory, fixes its de votion on another than the legal husband or wife. Are the days of innocent young love fast passing away) It needs little reflection to show that the theme of cross-love between the married is not only difficult to manage but dangerous. It cannot possibly be wholesome as a topic either for idle amusement or close and fre quent study. For many reasons its habitual use as the motive of a story is something to be greatly deplored. Are we who have lifted our skirts at the prurience of French novels and plays, now to draggle them through American renderings of the same naughtiness) Blase and Miserable. St Louis Republican. There are women in our midst who have looked forward all their lives to t possible time when they might own a plain, lady like costume of elegant material say a good black silk. To have such a one would make them perfectly happy, while their neighbor are women who have worn nothing but silken gowns and velvet all their lives. But the first is the happier of the two. one hop s on still looks forward to the superb possession, while the other has nothing to look at through the len of futurity. The future, when the rosy curtain rolls away, can show her nothing she has not known in the past only newer silk gowns.others like what have gone before, and which have fallen to the lot of the poor relative, sue can mil reel an enthusiasm while looking at painted satin and brocaded velvets, but her expectancy is blunt at the point What can the woman know of the genuine happiness who does not remember the first day she wore a sealskin Dclisse. trimmed with natural otter) I he fortunate she, born to sealskin, is blase and miserable. The Workmanship of the I nl vernal Father. Cor. Philadelphia Journal A few days since, a learned physician, with much pride, told me how his reading of a costly work on the structure and functions of woman had been delayed. His daughter, 14 years of age, had got a glimpse of the volumes as soon as the express left them, and wished to read. He readily granted permis sion. "But father," added the witty girl, 'this is all about mother and me. May I also read of you and Charlie (a brother) r "Why, certainly," responded the doctor. "It is only an exposition of tne worxmansnip oi the Universal Father, whose will is perfect" His voice, he thinks, grew reverent Such truly was his state of mind. Dowy tears came into the eyes of this daughter, already noted for her grace, beauty and intellect, and she put her arms around her f other' neck, aud most tenderly itisseu nun. ' ' par,or i,.urntor.. New York World. Fashion requires that the modern parlor .T.Z lumiiuns. In a word, every piece is expected to have some characteristic not possessed by its neighbor. What is known nowadays to dealers and manufacturers as a "parlor suite' consists of one sofa, one arm-chair, and a side chair or two. These may be uniform in style and upholstery. The remainder of the furniture is contributed in odd pieces, differ ing in style, color, and upholstery, yet In harmony with the furniture proper. Coffee Caps. Ni two after-dinner coffoe cups should be the same, says au exchange, and this will en able china collectors to show what they have got that is old, new, odd, uniqua, exclusive, and pretty, Kauatlet i loves. The gauntlet glove is coming Into fashion for morning use in qui;t gray, tan, and wood shades. They are mode in four different lengths, and the longest cuffs reach nearly to the elbow. Don't strain your eyes by reodhg on aa - 1 empty stomach or when ill FOREIGN TELEGRAPHIC HEWI. Victor Hugo will soon publish another volume of poetry. In London In one year there were 133,050 births and K),57 deaths. The people of London, it Is said, pay $7,- 500,000 for water sold as milk. War material for six gunboats will be sent to Toiiquiu from Paris soon. The Peruvian government has taken steps to encourage the immigration of Chinese. The use of nut-Minn bottles for children Is strictly prohibited at the Paris Maternity Hospital. It Is reported Uuvt 900 Christian rate- chiMts have been murdered somewhere in Tonquin. Admiral Seymour has received a sum mons to be ready to set out for Egypt at an hour s notice. Jules Verne Is going tto the Southern seas in his own vessel to tlnd more matter for his stories. Thomas Clienorv. editor of the London Times since 1H77, a distinguished oriental scholar, is dead. The total numlier nearTokar, Egypt, was 1250. Includiim IHJ officer, of whom IB were stair officers. Advices from South Africa report the death of CVtewayo, the famouH Zulu chief tain of heart disease. Sanies Russell Iiwell has accepted the presidency of the Ilirminghnm and Mid laud Institute for l!W. Henry Montelth & Co., of Glasgow, tur key red dyers, have failed. Liabilities, l(U.00O; assetn, 110,0(10. Railroad comimntes In Austria have been forbidden to carry explosives without per mission of the government. Relatives of General Gordon, at Ply mouth, Eng., have a telegram from him, communicating that he Is safe. Henry George's pamphlet, "Social Prob lems," has lieen published in U)iidon and provokes much hostile criticism. While a wedding party was crossing the river ThlesH, near Ilomrad, Austria, the Ice broke and thirty-five were drowned. America has nurchased the Dundee whaler Thetis, of 000 ton.! burden, to Ik? used for the relief of the Greeley expedi tion. A letter has been received from James Kellv. EirvntinncorresDoiulontof the DaMy News, about whom much anxiety has been felt. rllnmnndt) from the Cane between August 1st and November Win, inclusive, amounted in value to less than $5,000. The Ice carnival at Montreal, Can., com mniipffd hint week. Larse numbers of vis itor arriving from all parts of the United States. Mi Fortesrue. late of the Savoy thea tcr, has brought suit for 50,01)0 damages Rrainst Lord Garnioyle for breach oi "n ' promise. v The English government have ordered as many marines as can be spared from the Mediterannean squadron to go to Egypt Immediately. The Pone has granted the title of count in tho If im Edward Dunne, late Chief Justice of Arizona, with reversion to male descendants The, Queen's new book. "Life in the HMitamlK." bt attracting considerable at tention in England. The first edition was 100.000 copies. Russia makes a formal demand that Tur Vov IniTiiefliiitelv nav the 250.000 still owing as indemnity exacted after the Tur- co-KiiHsian war, HerrNeve, formerly of Iondon, manager of the Socialist paper, Frclhclt, has been condemned to six months imprisonment for selling papers. Tho nnwirn are about to come to an agreement for carrying out the work of civilization, begun in Central Africa by the King of the Helgians. A land mortgage bank lias been estab lished in the north of Ireland, backed by the government, to assist occupiers of the soil to become owners. Lotta has gained a signal victory over Minnie Palmer in tonuon. i ne press now unite in saying she is an artist of rare ability and originality nni.U writing from Florence, describes the recent reports of her alleged change of faith to a malicious person wuo nau grossij abused her hospitality. China Is negotiating with an English firm for the construction of telegraph lines to connect Canton with places in Tonquin occupied by the Chinese. A Madrid dispatch reports that danger n ivmntnillH l)f rlisloVSltV HTO IliallifuSt Ing themselves in uie opainnu aimj, "u that another revolt is ieurt-u. Tho Khedive has a teletrram from Haker Pasha reporting his defeat, near Tokar, Kirvnt. His losses were 2,000 men, four Kurpp cannon and two galling guns, Tho-ixlltor of a newspaper of Poscn has been sentenced to a year s imprisonment for publishing an address congratulating Cardinal iiCUacnowsKi on ins uirwiuaj Tho r.iivornment of the Bernese Ober- land in Switzerland has refused to pro hii.it lUmnn niisHiniiarles to preach, a by so doing they are not within the pule of the law. nonarnl T.imrd. eommandcr-ln-chlcf of the Canadian militia, nas Deen recaueu w Wncrinmi He became very unpopular, owing to his bearing towards the oilicers of the militia. Tho r.ftir.tn.1 renort of the committee ap pointed to investigate the earthquake on the Island of Ischia, fixes the number of persons killed at 2,313 and the seriously wounded at 702. Tho roiimlnR of Lieutenant DcLong and comrades, of the Jeanette, left liainourg for America by the steamer rrisia, es nrtp.l hv Naval Officers G. B. Harbor and W. H. Scliwetz. ti.o vhaHlva nf F.crvntannears to be In j....i.i,i,. oniwlltlnn. Ho abors under the luv in.'."" - n. i mi - . . .1.. iw iin flint, there IS a Diot to doisimi mm and sends his wife to the kitchen daily to insnect his food Bermuda advices complain or tne inccn ,i:riu. i,f tha store of T. H. Pitt & Son Two steamers and the Trinity church were also burned. A large rewaru is ouureu The rtenaltv is death, Ten Invlnt ibles from Irish prisons, who were landed at Portamouui oy uie iriKaie have been taken, along with many others, to Chatham for confinement In the large prison there. Among the list of persons proscrilted for sentence of cleatn oy me v icinm outiou"" are Crown Prince Kuiiomn, thrown n n cess Stephanl and Baron Rothschild, also numerous ministers, banker and mer chants. Harrington, English Secretary of State for War, has obtained sanction to the scheme to Increase the effective army. In this scheme the recruiting system is modi lied and the standard of height made shorter. Tseng, Chinese Ambassador, denies that he is going to resume negotiations with the French government on the Tonquin question. I.at advices from Pekin in struct him to remain In Kngland till further ordwrs. The Emperor of Germany, renewing his efforts to affect a reconciliation between Prince Frederick and his wife, has ap l.ioi! r.,imt ltpmnltr on behalf of the trlnr. and Ceneral Hlumenthal, on behalf J of the Princess, to arrange a oasis. EASTE&ir TELEGRAPHIC NEWS. Patti will not visit the Pacific coast this year, as was reported. Kate Field Is In Salt Lake City studying the Mormon question. The Ohio river Is higher than for thirty years and is still rising. Mrs. I-anirtrv has slimed a contract to plav in San Francisco Iu May. The postmaster of Abilene, Texas, has Wen arrested. He was short f 1.500. Six naval cadets are Iielng rourtmnr- tialcd at Annapolis, Md., for hazing. It Is said that the peculations of Leo, the Cincinnati forger, amount to f 722,000. Frederick Billings declines to be the Re publican candidate for Governor of Ver mont. - General O. H. Palmer, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, died recently, aged 70. Dr. John R. Lee, who died In Hartford a few (lavs ago, was one of the tlrst explor ers of Syria. Six convicts, live colored and one white. were whipped at the Wilmington, Del., jail recently. A fence-cutting iwrly of twenty men, mounted, destroyed an enclosure of forty miles in Texas. The snow in Boston for the last four weeks cost the city $10,000 a week to keep tho streets clear, A child was recently poisoned In Texar kana, Texas, by putting a spool of green silk in its mouth. Five men were killed and fifteen wounded by a collision on the Chesapeake and Ohio rood in iennesHce. Eleven people broke leg or arms by fall ng on slippery pavements in Philadelphia one day last week. Mrs. Henry Ward Becchcr Is said to lie rapidly failing. She has not been out of the house lor mouths. A lady of Havana, III., though now 00 ears of aire, has worked 10,000 yards of ace In the last two years. Citizens of Christian county. Kentucky, claim to have lost $750,000 Iu tho Chicago grain market during the past winter. Advices Btate that the eifllro poach crop of the Mississippi valley w ill tw a lul lure All small fruits arc seriously injurcu. The Texas Senate has Indefinitely post poned the bill to justify the killing of fence cutters caught applying nippers. It Is reported that Congressman Oohil ree Is engaged to bo married to Miss Mac kay, daughter ot the bonzaua millionaire, Red Jacket's hones lies In the vault ot a savings bank in Buffalo, N. i. Red Jacket, a Seneca chief, was famous as an orator. St. Louis Is raising a 827.500 fund, and Cincinnati haH raised 12,000 for the pur pose of securing the Democratic National Convention. Two of Drigham Young's sons have died drunkards, two of his daughters arc mar ried to the same husband, and another son writes poetry. W. P. Dixon has been appointed by the President as District Attorney lor uian. The appointment gives universal satisfac tion to the Uentues. The president of the United States Cre matlon Society says that there are 6,000 persons m this country pieugeu to nave their bodies uurneu. There Is orreat suffering among the destl tuto in and around Cincinnati, caused by the floods, ltailroad traffic is stopped in some parts for miles. Sarah Bernhardt will probably come to America next Bcason. An American manager offered her $1,200 per night for herself and company. Mrs. Susan Canfield. of Nashua. N. H has a mania for collecting buttons of odd patterns. She has 1,100 buttons or uitle r- ent kinds on one string. Cantain Schnvler E. Wright, of the wrecked Bteamcr City of Columbus, Is con fined to his home In Boston with a low fe ver and nervous prostration. Rumors at the Nation's capital Indicate that Folger will become Attorney General. Morton Secretary of the Treasury, aud that Brewster is to go to I'arls. The Humane Society of Massachusetts has made awards of money and medals to all concerned in saving life at the wreck of the steamer City of Columbus. The steamer Yaauina. purchased by the Oregon Pacific Company, to run between Yaqulna Bay and San Francisco, was badly damaged by a collision in new lors. our- bor. Mavor Edson. in his annual message, says that the net bonded debt of New York city, on December 31, 1HK), was !)0,Mfl,:, oeing a uucrease aunng wio year oi U2S. In the libel suit of Joseph Hart, of the Truth, against George Alfred lownsend, "liath." to recover Bzu.miu uamages. a ver dict was rendered in favor of Mr. Hart for 855. Denredallons in oyster ocus in nesa- oeake bay have been renewed. A steamer and sloop, armed with rlllesand revolvers, have lieen ordered to procceu against in thieves. A desnerate fight took place near Con elm. Texas, between passengers on the da r stage and road agents, tne sncriii of the county was fatally wounded and one robber killed. Cannon, guns and other munitions of r.y intonflorl fnp the Hnvtlsn insurffcnts and seized on board the schooner E. G. Ir win, have been forfeited to the united States government. Th Verv Rev. J. B. Brlnlctt died re cently at the Providence hospital In Wash ington. 110 was a missionary biiioiik iu dians in Oregon and Vancouver's island for more than twenty years. A procession of "early closing" clerks In New York paraded the streets recently and smashed tne windows of merchants who refused to close their stores at 7 o'clock. The leaders were arrested. The steamship State of Nebraska arrived .1.. n X' V..lr f..t.i nifiurrnur hnv. Ing on lioard Captain Bennett and crew of the steamer Nottingniii, lxmuon to new York, which foundered at sea. Five thousand men are thrown out of work by the spinners' strike In Massa chusetts. The output of the in Ills in volved in the strike is 4:1,2(10 pieces of cloth weekly with a pay roll of 125,400. Judge Henry Cooper, formerly United States Senator from Tennessee, was killed near Cullcan. New Mexico. He was man ager of the famous Polk mine, where he was going with 830,000 to pay off debts. In an interview recently Vice President Oakes, of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, denied the report that the com pany s branch roads cost f10,000 per mile, and explained that they cost but $15,000. The funeral services of Wendell Phillips was heid at Faneull hall, Boston, last week. An autopsy showed the terrible na ture of the disease that had caused death. His sufferings must have been most acute. - lilwlfi nf nostal telesrranhv at Wash ington have received a set back by the published result of the experiment in Can ada, where the manager' report says line are being operated at a los of 60 per cent In New York 7.A05 signs. 1.103 signs on drop awiii'- 530 wooden Indians, 3,3113 . r. . , n.i , , ,., exhibits ' stands, f:i! were llccn' year. oos, i,i J snow rases, i.iui 1 boxes, and 1,325 awnings i obsruct.the streets last PORTLAND MAEKET RETORT. BUTTER- Fancy, fresh roll, ft., Xie, 40cj inferior, grade, 20(2.25c; pickled, JS5f 30c. CHEESE-Callfnrnla, 1710c; Oregon large, choice, l!M 20r, small, none. KGGS-tf do., 25f30c. FISi (-Extra Pacific codfish, whole, in c, 7Jc, boneless, In bxs., Hc f lb.; domestic salmon, hf bbls., t).00(u.7.Ui. bbls.. 111.00, 1-th. rans, dos., S1.45; mackerel, No. 1, tf kit, tl.75(2.00, No. 2, $1.NX 1.75, No. 1, hf bbls., 110.00, No. 2, fXN); herrings, salted, hf bbls., , dried. 10-th. bxs., 75c. FLOUR Fancy extra, bbl, tl.5tKu4.7fi; bakers' extra, ; country, $4.00(0,4.50; su peril ue, W.tlS. FEED, KTC.-Corn meal, f 100 tt.. $2.75 (a 3.00: buckwheat, $5.50; oat meal. 4.0u( 4.25; cracked wheat, 3.25.3.o0; bran, if ton tl.V(M7; shorts, Sitka 20: middlings, fins, t22.ftfr .10.u0; hay, baled, $18.0020.00; chop, a22.50(i 25.00. FRUITS-Prunes, Hungarian, tfft., 12J IV; raisins (new), bx., 12.50(0.2.75, hf bxs., S2.75(t3.00, qr bxs., f3.25(i.3.3o, 8th bxs., 3.25(a.,i.50; currants, ante, ft. In bxs., 10c: citron, ft. in drums, 22c; almonds, Marseilles,)? ft., 1HCi20c, I-anc, 20c; walnuts, Chill, llfeUlc, California, 12(t 13c. GREEN FRUITS-Apples. bx., 11.25 1.75; lemnns,California,$l.00(a5.00, 'Sicily, $12.00(! 13.00; oranges, bx., 8l.0Ofe4.5O; limes, 100, Bl.NKiiZ.llU. DRIED FUUITS-Hleached, H(ttloc; miles, niachlne-cured. ft.. ISttlfc. sun- cured, IMa 10c; peaches, machine-cured, in boxes, 13(0, 14c; German, in boxes, ft., 10 (o,U i", plums, sun-cured, pltlcss, 15(ilflc, machine-cured, KKalHc; pears, machine cured, HKi' 12c, suu-cured, KXcllc; figs, California, 25-ft. bx., Oc; Smyrna, 'Xii-25c. WHEAT-Good to choice, V 100 lbs., fl.WK? 1.70, good valley; Walla Walla and Eastern Oregon, $l.tMK l.tKlj. OATS-Cholce milling, nominal; good feed. 55c: ordinary feed, oIKa'Slc. uaklki- Hrewing, v iuuns., nominal; cd. nominal. BUCKWHEAT Nominal, $1.502.00. CORN No demand. RYE Nominal. 100 11., nominal tl.6tKn2.0U. HIDES AND BAGS-H des. dry. over 1(1 ll.. V) ft., lie: Murrain hides, two-thirds off; hides, wet salted, over 55 fts., If ft., 8 (3,7c (one-third less fur light weights, dam ped, cut gruiihy or dry sailed); pens, licarling, 10r(a $1.00; deer skins, winter. 10c. 15c. Eastern Oregon. '22c. summer. Ik O., l(a.20c, valley, 25(3ue; burlaps, 40 in., 8jc, 45 In., Die, 00 In., 15c; twine, flour, 350 40c, wheat, 35c, fleece, 12(t l3e; gunnies. lHc; wheat sacks, 7(?.7jc: HONEY Iu comb, ft., 22 25c; strained In 6 gal.. 11c t ft.; 1-gal. tins, T don, $!4.OO((i,l5.0O, llalf-gal., $7.50. HOPS-V m., liK" zoc; PROVISIONS-Hacon, llj(a 12Jc; hams, country, V ft., 13ft 15c, butcher, scarce; shoulders, 10(0 11c. LAUD Kegs. V IB., izc; eastern, palls, 13(a 13Jc: Oregon, tins, 1212Jc; Cali fornia, lfl-ft. tins, none. t'Cita, pr,r,ija, ivrc ueans, 4Jc, s. w., 6Je, Jg.'W., 4Jc, bayou, hJc, I linos, oc; peas, field, ik(a,i llVo 20c; timothy seed, lojft 12c, i PEAS, SKEDS, ETC. Means, f id., pea, on, 4c, pini, 3Jc, sweet, red clover, 22a'2.'ic, white clover, 4tK"50c, alfalfa, lfXi 20c, Hungarian grass, ftft.lOc, millet, Wo lO, orchard grass, ma zoc, rye grass, hao.zoc, red top, 15ft: 17c, blue gross, lHftiJOc, mes quite grass, 10ft 12ic. ruu ivut x t iiicKens, r uox., spring, 8l.0IKii5.0O. old. 85.00: ducks. 810.00(i 12.00; geese, $S.00ft.l0.00; turkeys, ft., 12ftll4c. RICE-Sandwlch Islands, No. 1, V ft., 5Jo; China mixed, 4:ift5c; China No. J, none: Rangoon. (He. SUGAHS-Golden C, in unis., r id., wc, In hf bbls., Vic; refined D, bbls., HJc, hf bbls., : dry granulutcd, bbls., lftjc, hf bbls., loie; crushed, bbls., 1; fine crushed, bbls., 111c, hf bbls;, 111c: cube, bbls., lie, hf bbls, lljej islands. No. 1, kgs., 81ftHie,hgH..Hic. UEANS e quote as ioiiows: i ca ana small white. $.'1.HX3.20 V ctl.; bayos. $3.75ft4.00; pinks, $3.8Kt.4.00; red jobbing at $4.25(i 4.50; linios, $3. 15ft3.20; butter, $3.2(Ka 2.25. " ........ A r 1 . 1 Biitui'S-taiirornia renncry isj, r gaj., bbls., 02jc. kgs., 07Jc, cs.. gal. tins, 774c; Eastern, mils., tr gal., o.c, Kgs, ooc, cs., ooc. VEGETABLES Potatoes. V bu.. 6004 5.1C, k (10c, according to variety; cabbage, If ft,. 2c; turnips, Brk., $1.25; carrots, $1.25; beets, $1.25; onions (new), ft., ljc; pars nips, J jo. WOOIj Valley, iws ic; Eastern ure- gon. HKa.WC Receipts for the past seven days have been: rRODCCK RKCKIITS. Valley. Eastern. , . 3,'M S.890 .. 4,17)1 4.3W . 1,M ,. TM . 076 297 SIS . 4,7t'2 7,960 27 . 23,73 7110 IS . io,:k ISO 10U Oats, ells.. limn, ells. Potatoes, sks- Hides, tt Kutter, pkgs. Krult, bx.,.. Wool, tl, Kkks. cs Lime, bbls..., BAN FRANCISCO MARKETS. RECEIPTS-Wheat, 8,500 ctls.; flour, 2.500 qr. sks.; oats, none; potatoes, 1,000 sks.: eggs, ii.uwdoz. FLOUK San Francisco extra are Job bing at $5.02to5.l)0; superfine $4.00ft;4.75: inferior brands, $5.0)5.60 for extra, and $3.MKb 4.00 for superllue. WHEAT-Extra choice, If ctl.. $1.77J 1.80. Buyer season-300, fl.KlJ; 100, $1.2; 300,tLH2l; 200. M. BARLEY Feed, t ctl., fl.121Osl.07i; brewing No. 1, f 1.171.20, No. 2, tl.lOft) 1.124; bay chevalier, $i.274ft;1.30; coast do, tl.121fel.17J. OATS-Black, tl.SOTa 1.00; white, tl.50a LAS' for common, $1.7lX;l,WI for fair to good, and $ 1.85(1. 00 for extra choice. CORN-Cholce dry yellow, fLflO: white, choice dry, $1.68: common, tL!lft)1.45; Nebraska, $ 1.40ft; 1.45. BRAN Quiet and unchanged at $17.80 ft,in.()0 V ton. M IDDLINCS Steady at $20.0022.00 If ton. HAY-Whcat, $14.00(5 .15.00; wild oat, $14.XKMS.00; barley, $ll.(KK 14.00; stable, $13.00a, 14.00; cow, $10.00fe 12.00; alfalfa, tlLOOTa 12.60 If ton. STHA W-Quotable at BOfeOOc If bale. BUCKWHEAT -Quotable at $3.00ft:3.25 t? ctl. MILLSTUFFS-Cround barley. $24.00 (25.00 ton; oil cake meal, old process, $30.00, new process, $20.50; rye flour. $0.00 if bbl.; rye meal, f. .; rmcit-wheat Hour, ft.. 5c: pearl barley. 4fc5c: graham flour. 3;(" oat meal, 6Jc; Eastern oat meal, If bbl., u.7.r. net raHii; cracKea wneat, r c. DRIED PEAS-Oreen, $2.50; nllcs, $1.60; blackeye. fl.BOft $1.75 f ctl. I,L101II1V I-i WICOOU lift. POTATOES-New sell, according to quality, as follows: Small. 2c; medium, 2ic" large choice, 3c v l. sweets, z.uun 2.2;i; Cull'ey Coves,floc(a "$1.05; Jersey blues, (Ka75c; Humboldts, Wc(n.$1.00; Petalumas, 75(a fic; Tomales, 70fo,95c; early good rich, $l.2-ml.:f7a; early rose, euft,ooc; river reds, 3.y "He: peerless, $1,124. SEEDS Brown mustard, $3,00 3.50, yellow, $3.00 Flax, $2.50(u.2.73, 1? ctl.; can ary, o(ffi mc; annua, (oc; rape, ixaJ.jc. hemp. 3J(a4c; timothy, 7&8c, ? ft. for Im ported. BUTTER-Good to choice roll, If ft., 32Jft 35c; fair, 3032c; firkin, 2225c; west ern, KKa20r. ONIONS Good to choice, If k $1.00 1.10. CHEESE-Califomla, 1710c; Eastern creamery, lWa,20c; Western, lSte lHc, If ft. PO U LT R Y Dressed turkeys, 22(,24c live., 20fe22c, If ft., for hens, and lft,20c for gobblers, geese, $2.25(o,2.75 If pair; ducks, jlO.fXKa 12.00 If dox.; hens, $fl.5GYa.K.00; roosters, young, $7.(MKJ9.00, old do. $6.50(4 7.00; broilers, $5.00ft,6.00, according to lie. t