MA SELLS. Coventry Fatmore. farewell, dear Heartl Biaoe need It most I gi peer heart, farewell I pin would I stay, but I lore thee to One kiss, ma Uellel IVbat hope lie In the land we do not know, Who, oxer, can tell! But thee I love, and let thy 'plaint be. "La, H loved roe well!" A SLEEPY GODDESS. A Theatrical Deity tioee te Mire ea the Mpeetaealar Mage. Leander Richardson in Detroit Tltnea In a scene of "Orpbeui and Eurydioe," a burlesque contemptible to listen to but be witching to look at, a large party of god and goddesses are disclosed asleep on Mount Olympus high. They are bestowed on fleecy cloud with jagged wooden edges, their poaec are as artfully unconven tional at the previous night's carousal on godly nectar is supposed to have left them, and their countenances in mimic slum ber are artistically computed. A score of chorus girls maintain their fast-asleep atti tudes during the singing of several numbers by principal characters. The other night the realistic aspect of one of them puzzled me. Toe tweet smile which prevailed among her companions gave way in her instance to per fect vacuity of expression; her eyes were shut tight, without any evidence of sjv peep ing, ber reddened mouth was dropjxxl open, with no affectation of pout or simper; and ber legs and arms bad the appearance of genuine laxity. At first 1 took all this for conscientious acting. Then she let her wand fall, and I doubted if she was awake. Next she wriggled and snuggled down, as though the roughness of the couch and the thinner of her clothes made her deplore the insuffi ciency of bedding, and I was sure she was asleep. Her failure to stir when the rest of the goddesses were awakened by the rise of the lime-light sun was entirely convincing. "Hist! histl" came a cautious voioe from the wings. She turned half over. Punch her; punch ber," was the prompter's command, quite audible in the forward rows of the parquetto. A poke of Jove's scepter brought ber to a sitting posture. For a moment she was dazed. The audience laughed, and she was thereby brought to her souses; but the merri ment was to most of the observers a result of what they supposed was the girl's acting, and ridicule was averted. A midnight supper of mortal reality bad doubtless caused that goddess' nap. How riles Ate an Iceberg and Lib erated a VesseL Philadelphia Press. "Don't think I ever mentioned it, did IP said the nautical cop. "Lt me see I think it was in the fall of 1SG5. Our vessel was ice bound on the coast of Liberia, and off to lee ward, and about 200 yards was an iceberg about thirty feot high. It was just about noon-time, and the sun was shining brightly. I bad taken my trick at the wheel, and was lying in the fo'castle, when the mate came running forrerd and woke me up. 'Turn out,' you lubber,' said be, 'if you waut to see the greatest thing you ever saw in your life. There is a big cloud of ice-flies comiug down from the north, and we'll be sure to get out of here inside the next hour.' I hadn't the least 1 lea what the mate meant, but I obeyed orders, and scrambled up on deck. I looked over the starboard bow, and away np north I could see what appeared to be a big black patch in the blue sky. As it came nearer I saw that the cloud was composed of millions and millions of little blue-bodied flies, with long wings and web feet 'I hope to goodness they don't skip the berg,' laid the captain.lookiug at the flock with bis glass, 'or we're good to stay another week, and if ' by Jove,' he continued, 'they've struck it' This remark was caused by the fact that tho cloud had settled on the iceberg. Now, sir, what do you think happened? Why, dog ne my buttons if that cloud of flies didn't ut up every speck of that borg inside of thirty-eight minutest Yes, sirl There wasn't euough left to make a glass of lemon ade. Eat it up closr and clean, and let u go without any trouble." "How was it pos sible for the flies to avoid being frozen to deatbP asked the listener. "I'm not a puzzle column," said the nautical cop. Ktching on Kunxt. . Milwaukee Wisconsin. A decided novelty iu the art line has boen placed on exhibition at the Woman's In dustrial exchange, a sories of etchings on fungi. This fuugi grows on the barks of trees in the great northern woods. It presents a surface of a delicate cream-like tint, under lying which is a rich bronze. Ily deftly and artistically removing this surface with a sharp-pointed instrument the bronze is ex poseJ In beautiful contrast to the natural sur face, and can be wrought into almost any effect by oue acquainted with tho work. The series ou exhibition at the Woman's exchange v ere made by Mrs, Btatiice Wilson, an artist of Florence, Wis. They are pretty novelties aud combin artistic merit and odJity. One sceue, a group of deer, and another, depicting a castle iu the distance and a terrace ap proach, are especially worthy of notice and are attracting a good deal of attention among tbo lovers of unique art. How to Injure the Chances. Arkansaw Traveler. Political (Jaueus "Let's s.-e, colonel, how can we injure the chances of the general! He Un'r. oTictl nf our strioe and we must down l. i., "Vh. 1 kuow. Say. I have P. Let us publish a u iwspaper article declaring that be is vigorous aid tliat ago has not affected him." "But that is a fact, for be is vigorous." i., ,i-fr,.r, nr-v The nublia would ...... . regard the statement as a lie, aud will take u. the liieo tuat ins irienos are uiu bolster him up. Don't you see?" An Editor's treasonable Doubt. nl Y,.i Oszette.! Alodr writes asking us to discontinue . .. . . ... sending the C3;y ol tali paper nereiurs iur ....... l. i tr, hav intsliaiid's address, as be bad new 1. w recently "left this world f x a happier coun try," As toe late lamented owed us for three rears' subscription, w'uich he stvidily de- dined to pay, -woagu oiwa ivnon, - .... u ninnml fur duubtinz. even from our staudp;int, wl Jtliar be weut directly to the New J erusa :em. A Wtranse Sect. rrh:n?o H'i-iild.1 A..nn.i!-tMM.'tl.iliMt)a hild that disrate is caused by the abs.-ncs of Go I from the Lody, and that it can be cured "jw passage of the d.viue auiuenc nvm wo - to the sick as tbeysit wi'.h their spina in contact . It is saU to nu.r.bir amo:ig it vo ..:.u.ni.nr l id liiuj aaJ urouimacj, an i some whosi names are sj familiar as household words. ("earthing the JIonnl-Bnilder. TEichamre-l n the suburbs of Houston, Tex., Is a lnrgs I .hfavi nntil recent! bad never b.-en explored. Upon examination, a few days 1130, a iity exporer iowvi , lr of skeletons, Indian reliw. eto. Ihe skeleUX s were found in all sorts of pojtures, sums sittiiiK, some standing, sou ly.ng down, ana owers wamui -- NEW YORK'S MASHERS. A Few-Distinctive Typas Selected from a Limitless Variety. The Brokea-Dewa bat Heir-Ua-plaeeat I)ade The Bold and Danger, the Keprsbate aad the Bossantle. "Duran-lal" In Cincinnati Enquirer. The variety in New York mashers is limit lets. In London the term "masher" is dis tinctive of one particular type. The London masher is a magnificent creature who wears half a dosen suits a day, frequents the green room of the theatres given up to comic opera and burlesque at night, patronizes the music balls, and drives his own horses in the park. He is dissipated to the last degree, aud an ln-1 veterats man-about-town. The London masher is magnificent He devotes all bis time with the girls, and goes to pieces with ex traordinary rapidity. New York cannot boast of a clam of mashers of this sort In all the city, however, there are not more than three men who are at all like the London plungers. These three, however, go far to make up in wild living for their poverty in numbers. They keep the town talking from morning to night, aud their freaks and esca pades are a source of incessant amusement to their cronies. After all, the youth who undertakes to mimic the London masher must suffer ac cordingly. He must, iu the rtrst place, give up all pretensions to decent society, for mothers here do not overlook wild living in young men as they do in London. The ambitious boy who starts in to sow bis wild oats in this prodigal manner must therefore forfeit all recognition from respectable women, be scowled at by fathers of families and generally shunned. The life is likely to pull him down rapidly, and in the end make him prematurely old. Whether it pays or not is an open question; everybody suys it doesn't But if it doesn't, why are there those who follow it) THE BROKKS-DOWN SWELt. Another type of masher, and one who is very prevaleut in Now York, is tho broken- down dude or swell. Ho may be seen every where, from Uie Battery to Harlem river. He is always abroad, and hence one must conclude that he has no home. He lives iu the street-cars, the stages and hotel corri dors, elevated railroad station and the side walk in frout of the great dry-goods houses are bis special uauuts. I saw a lypicn specimen of this class in the Sixth Avenue Elevated Railroad car this morning when 1 came down town. There was a drizzling rain, and the mud was half a foot deep, while the wind blew fitfully. When th trained stoped at Fourteenth street the masher drifted in. I should imagine from bis appearance that he had been standing in front of Mary's all night long. He wore a stamling collar, which was very much broken down at the sides, and a white sutiu tie, which bad evidently been rained upon several hours. His well-crowued Euglish beaver hat was dented aud disreput able-looking, an I his brick-colored gloves were all out at the fingers. His spire form was clod in a bob tailed coat which had once been a stylish drab, but bad become a mot tled gray, and a pair of light brown trousers were rolled up at the bottom, exposing a pair of pointed pateut-leuther boots, cracked on cither side. Ho carriod a cane with an enormous silver bead, and wore a haughty and reserved expression. He evidently hadn't been shaved for two days, and his eyes were bunced up. but bis solf-complaeeuey was un disturbed and be was apparently as satisfied and contented with himself as it was possible for bim to be. The man's appearance was absolutely gro tesque. It would have beeu pitiful if he were not so well satisfied with himself. Ho pulled a rumpled 1-cent morning pajier out of his pocket, and read it placidly until he came to Park place. The well-dressed and prosperous lookins men ou their way to business looked at the mash?r askance, or openly made fun of him, as he pranced through the car aud alighted at the station. He skipped rapidly down the stairs and went off toward Hroau way with his arms akimbo, his hat on one side of bis bead, and bis cuun swing ing jauntily in the air. Meanwhile the rain poured down ou him, the wind blew at him and the mud sploshed all over him, but his self-satisfl'ad air did not desert him for an instaut, and he Beemed utterly unconscious of the gibes of the street boys or the paternal advice of the passing truck drivel's. Does anybody know why be didn't carry an umbrella I Because this weather re minded him of "Dearole Lounon." 'lnedude masher, however, is rapidly drifting out of favor. Even the Bowery girls refuse to notice bim now, and he spends bis time in dreumiug of bis conquests of a year ago, when he enjoyed a short lived popularity. THE KF.ALLY DANGEROUS. Still another type of the man who are known as mashers is the rejuvenated "sport" of other days. He has lately appeared on up per Broadway in considerable numbers. Formerly be confined himself to the lower wards of the city or to Grand street and Third avenue. Gradually he crept up into Sixth avenue, and now he may bo seen on Broadway. I presume eventually he will stride into Fifth avenue. Among his inti mates he is known as one who "travels on his shape." As a rule he is square shouldered and athletio in build. He wears a high hat, big amethyst rings, and usually .he bos a huge mustache curled at the ends, oils his bair and smokes strong cigais. It is a popular impression among his kind that women love bim at first sight, and husbands and fathers are afraid of him becauA of his powerful proportions. This is a particularly aggravating type. He accosts women on the street baldly, insults them in cars aui stages, and makes their afternoon walks a source of annoyance and terror. He is persistent and fearless. If a woman gies him the slightest encourage ment be will follow ber for hours about town, dog her footsteps to the door of ber own bouse, and wait for her day after day. He Is by all odds the most dangerous of tue many different sorts of mashers in New York. THE OLD BEPBOBATE. A type which is growing alarmingly nu merous is composed of mashers who have nausea bo vears of aire. These are the most soulless, iniquitous and abandoaed mashers of them alL Tbey are usually rattier nne lwkinj old men, scrupulously neat and fashionably attired. They all tond toward ons style of dre, and a description of one describes them alL He wears a blue or black frock cost, buttoned high in the neck, a white collar, a bit of scarlet tie, light trousers, white over-gaiters, and patent leather boots. He is always well gloved, .mi ran-iM a resnectable-lojkine cane. He shaves every day, and his white mustache is carefully waxei U he nas any hair it is parted behind. This gentleman is always round-shouldered, always weak in the back, an 1 always has a mincing gait Ha leers into the faces of young girls es he makes his way along the more populous streets, and .-nPfnennLiuusllv. Every able-bodied man who comes along fairly aches with a desire to eus this particuar style ol rufflaa by us neck and toss him into the street He seems happy and contented. He is never seen at night, and does not venture forth unless the day is clear. Warm, sunshiny days bring out bonles of these vampires. Damp weather gives them the rheumatism and lumbago, and they are obliged to stay at boms and nurse their pains. THE HOV ANTIC HNF.AK. There is one other type that should not pass unnoticed, it is the romantic masher, who wears his hair long and effects stained glass attitudes, a weak voice, a sad smile and gentle manners. Not infrequently he is a dry-goals clerk, and hi only home is in a cheap boarding-bouse, but be talks with a weird aud romantic intonation and raves over the more fleshly poets. He Is, at a rule, a man of small Intelligence, but extraordi nary conceit He wanders pensively along the avenues in the afternoon, gazing soul fully at women. His hands are clasped be hind his back. He wears a soft felt hat and clinging frock coat He not infrequently attends Sunday-school, and be always has the confidence of the mothers. He seems pure and good. Look out for bim. He is a sneak, and in some respects the most danger ous of bis breed. HOVEL CORNET PLATI53. Aa Indiana Lad's Wall-Taper Irnlt. tlon of Levy and His Jluale. Chicago Times. Arias from "11 Trovetore" and "Boccac cio," rendereJ with the precision and jier fectness of a cornet on a simple piece of wall paper rolled in the shape of a cornucopia are not often heard, yet yesterday afternoon, at the Tremont bouse, two dozen men stood amazed and euchantod listening to such music The iieiformer was a boy about 14 years old. His instrument was a home or rather self-made affair. It consisted only of a square of wall-paper rolled in a circumscribed circle at one end, aud branch ing out towards the opposite end until the circumference ofjbat terminus was about six or eieht times creuter thau the mouthpiece. The boy stood at the door with the crude instrument in his mouth with his lelt hand, while with his riht he beat a species of basi on the panel of the portal He had the tie- culiar power of so souudinz the panel that it gave forth chords almostexactly imitative of a bass-viol, which chimed in with the wall- tiRper music rhythmically and musically. The wall-)oper comet itself was as good a counterfeit of a brass and silver instrument as anything not brass and silver could be. It was really quite a wonderful perform ance, and the youth showed that be posswscd a musical talent high above tue usual onier. When he had finished his renditions he doffed his cap and went around among the crowd of men w hom he had attracted by bis novel melanice. A shower of coins indicated the men's appreciation of the performance, and the boy left the liotel with a couple ol uoi- lars. Hs has been iu Chicago four days, and he says his name U Irving Hitter aud be re sides in North Manchester, Ind. He came to Chicago without money and only his musical novelty to earn him bread. He went about the streets ou the first day ol bis arrival here, playing his wall-puper in strument, and was gathering in a multitude of nickels, when a patent button fasteuer peddler discovered him. That worthy, who, to attract uttention to bis wares, goes about the streets covered with a thousand diff vren styles of buttons sewed to his coat vest pants and hat in fantastic shapes, thought he saw iu the bov a bettor card thau his manifold but tons. He therefore entered iuto partnership with him, and now the boy plays bis paper instrument on the streets while the button- fastener vender disposes of his patent to the crowd which the prodigy attracts. I he boy is a musical prodigy, and it is likely Unit ho will bo engaged by some showman or other before lone As to how be makes his novel music the vouth is reticent, but he shows that he has nothing iu his mouth, and the music is made by tho paper alone. Ho dis covered that p;iir folded in a certniu way made music of a cornet's volume and fine- uess, and hs practiced on it until he has now arrived nt very near jxirfection. CrltirUm of Our HcliooK fThe Current. I The English commissioner, sent to the ITn te.l Ktat.cs 10 inauire into our euucuuonai num. reoorts that our li iirb schools and Col leges tend rather to unlit pupils lorineacuve duties of America.! life. The accuracy of tliia conclusion cannot be successfully dis puted. There is an immense demand, yearly becoming strongor, that tne governing Doarus r.f tliA educational institutions of the land shall take stops to re-adapt them to the needs of the present age. Hold Ills .Medals. "An officer tells me," says Labouchere in The London Truth, "that when a private in his corps was tried the other day for selling his medals, aud was asHea by tne president ol the court-martial wbut excuse he had to make for such a disgraceful proceeding, tho man answered: 'Disgrace, sirl I have grown to think the medals almost a disgrace, hav ing been chaffed so much by my friendsabout mv picuic to Egypt 1 was tired or tne bud- ject, and, as I supposed the medals were my own, I sold tnein for hair a crown.' " A Wicked, Wicked Thief. Norristown Herald. A servant girl in New Haven stole ber mistress' false tooth. The woman told policeman that "She sbeeeh cosh shwensby shollarsb, nsh she shwa&h wosh shusha wresb ashdo shteesh fawshe slieesti "Wait till I find an interpreter," interrupted the policeman, thinking the women was a newly arrived Hungarian, but sne was an American, and when her teeth were in she could talk the head off him. Hewlnz-Haehine Motor. San Francisco Chronicle. An Ingenious English manufacturer has, by a simple and workable invention of coiled springs, succeeded in dispensing with the need of driving sewing machines by band or foot A few turns of a handle wind up suf ficient power to keep a machine going at full speed over an hour. It is completely under control as to the rate of stitching and stop ping, and can be applied to any existing mv chine at moderate cost Georgia's Water Power. Exchange. Experts say that Broad river, at Anthony shoals, Ga., has a volume of 19,000,01)0 cubic feet of water per minute and its velocity is 175 feet per minute, Its fall in a mile and a quarter bein; ninety -two feet The horse Xwer is calculated to be 87.KJ6, while Lowell, the finest developed water-power in the United States, has only 16,000 bone power. I'ndoubtedly. New York Ca n inircial Advertiser. "Can brut ta'.kl" was the question under debate. "I should siy they could my hus band talk'," was the answer given by a Flat- bush woman who owns no plush or fur mantle. Oil City Derrick;: A circus which cannot sp irt a sacred white elephant next tummer might as we 1 remain la winter quarters. Bow Bell-: Any quantity of work can bs crammed ii to a liteume, if there is only organization aud implication. rrj&UOH TELZOBAPHI0 HIW8. Mile. Nevada is eulovlna marvelous suc cess in Paris. Sir John A. McDonald, of Ottawa. Is re ported seriously ill. Four thousand barrels of oil were bnrnsd at Dublin last week. Mr. Gladstone will probably go to the south of France to rest It Is announced that Gladstone has re covered his usual health. The police have discovered a secret dy namite factory at Tulle, Francs. The French In Tonuuln are discussing lbs occupation of Ammox, China. The German Kelchstaz hat adjourned for the customary Kaster vacation. The AbvHslan troops were disbanded be- oausa the wers outlaws and robbers. Various friendly shleks ask that a Brit ish governor bs appointed for Tokar. It is now declared that the finances of Francs are not in an alarming condition. Tbs Maori Kins tailed from Auckland for England, via San Francisco, April 1st Minister Sarirent will resign the post at Berlin aad refuse the St Petersburg mis sion. General Graham telegraphs from F.KTPt to Iondou that the fighting campaign is euded. Talecrrsnhlr ronimunlratlsn between Berber and Sheudy, Egypt, has been re stored. Recent discoveries of police ciphers have created a great consternation among mis sian police. A dynamite school has boen established at Parts under ins airecuou ui insu Americans. t iiMt mdvlcea from Khartohm confirm the report that the city It almost turrouna ed by rebels. Th innnnd of Wlirirlns' twin storms was to have crossed the meridian at Hali fax Inst week. Berlin had 51H fires last year, that In volved the insurance offices in a payment of only lttt,UUU. It Is reported that Salvlnl and Mary Andersou will play an engagement to gether in Loudon. Prince I-eopold, fourth and youngest son ol uiieen v icwiria, uiou tiiiuueiur i Caunes last week. The British advanced on Tamanclb and burnsd the village. The Arabs Hod and the lighting ended. Mnrv Anderson, aftsr a provincial tour, will reopen at tho Princess Theater, Lou don, in tns autumn. Tim United States man-of-war Idincas- ter, flagship of the European section, has arrived at Alexandria. The German Government's proscription of Cardinal Lcdochewik, Archbishop ol l'osvn 1X79. is renewed. Mlli. Nevada has accented an offer at Italian Opera, I'aris, and will appear wun the new tenor, uuiinara. Drdira have been sont from London to Oenoral Graham for him to return Imme diately with all his troops. Several large warehouses at Lyons have lieon burned. Damage, oou.wu iranm. Thirteen horses were killed. U U thonorht In Montreal that a flood Is peuding. owing to the height aud constant ribu ic tie Si. Lawrence river. The report that tho Torte of Bula had demanded America to recall Aliulster Wallace is emphatically deuied. A Montreal man named Arpln, by the death of an uncle in Cleveland, Ohio, has fell heir to a fortune of $1,000,000. Tlin Milliliter nf Public Instruction at Paris presented Victor Hugo a gold modal on the occasion of his ftid birthday. Tbo Duke of Anrvle has an article in the Ninttrrnth Century on Henry Gcorgo en titled "The San Francisco Prophet' ThpTVnth Hussars of tho York and Lan caster regiment and the Irish Fusiliers have embarked from r-gypi ior nome. In nno Gorman town It Is asserted offi cially that 4011 persons died from eating raw pork from one and the same hog. The Mayor of Victoria, B. C, has an nounced his intention to suppress gam bling, and has so Instructed tho police. Ti, HrltlMli had a two hours' skirmish with the rebels near Tamaneib. Several rebels were killed. The ouemy retired. The land commissioners have reduced the rental of the Limerick property ol Lord Lonsdowne from 41,400 to 1,MXJ. V 1 1 1 nnn iiiimncrnnll. the exeat Italian violinist and modern Pagauini, died lust week in Macerata at the age ol in years. A prince of tho royal family of Annnm has lieon convicted of prompting the mas sacre of Christians, and has boen banged. n.,fp tho skirmish at Suakcm Colonel Stewart sent natives to tell Osmnn Disrma that if he would surrender ins inu woum bo spared. The Bey of Tunis has given M. Coudnlre authority to carry oui nis sciiemc m u aim forming the desert of Sahara into an inland sea. The English government has shipped from Glasgow 270 emlgants, taken from the workhouse of Swlneford, county Mayo, Ireland. A dispatch from Dublin states that the Orangemen and Liberals of Ulster have organized themselves against Pamell and the Parnellltes. The Canadian government will appoint acommlsfion to investigate tne question of Chinese immigration, now agitating British Columbia. One Berlin paper considers that America has conferred an honor upon Sargent which cannot be regarded as a victory of Bismarck policy. ci.iob. Ranmrnr. Danllots and Scosrah have come in and promised to assist in the capture of Osman Digma, whose prestige baa been aestroyeu. Tiltmarrk has directed the Senate of Tinman to U for admission into the Cus toms Union. The Senate Is unwilling to uoso, but must yield. At Tti.mnrrW'a dinner In honor of tho Emperor's birthday, he greeted Sargent with a courteous bow, but suook uauus with all the other diplomats. Buda-Pcsth police have delivered seven teen anarchists at Vienna for trhil. Ihey were In complicity with the assassin Steli, Macherand Kammerer. The steamer Bnlliec, bound from Liver pool for Havre, is ashore at Lands hud, and full of water. All on bourd worn saved by the rocket apparatus. The Pope In his last allocution to the cardinals denounced the Italian violatioir of the rights of the church and demanded the restoration of tcmioral power. Advices from Soudan sny that sevf ral shocks of earth inske occurred at Agram and throughout Sclavonia. A number of buildings in Dekover wen damagod. DOMESTIC TELEGRAPHIC TEWt. Platte river loo Is going out The whisky bill was defeated In the Senate. The Ilovt will contest Is skill itolnc on In New York. A terrible wind storm swopt over Den ver, Col., recently. Keeley. of Philadelphia, will Ust hit motor In a few days. The Democratic Protectionists refused to be bound In tbs caucus. Trains are now running between Kansas City and the City of Mexico. Mrs. Sherwood K. Stratton. mother ol the late Tom Thumb, It dead. The yield of sorghum Id this country In lfeft! was valued at 7,4tJ,KJu.04. Cox, of New York, cot In a free trade speech during the whisky debate. In the past five years oat Boston dog catcher has captured 4,002 animals. Failures last week In New York were 216, against iftf the preceding week. A bell telephone Is In perfect operation between Boston and New York city. The firs In the Rafferty coal ml us at Sharon, Pa., has been extinguished. Tbs American Devon Cattle Association was organised at Pittsburg recently. The Chinook salmon received quite a tribute In New York a day or two ago. MrKusIck, Superintendent of the Hall way Mall Service, has been exonerated. Horatio Seymour recognizes the de mauds of the West as worthy of attention. Louisiana State authorities are dally iu receipt of appeals from the Hood sutlerers. An appropriation for new steel orulsers has been recommended by the president California grapsa sell In Paris for IK) per cent more than grapes or rrenon produc tion. The Donnott-Maekav cable Is expected to reach Cape Ann about the middle, of April. The black mare Cathordsl sold for 9f,.ri0e to John Clins & hous, Itausalear, Mis souri. Memorial Hall in the Illinois State rapl tol. at Springfield, was dedicated lost week. During tho eight months of the present nscai year tue inveruai rrseipie were fin, ooo,:t. It will be four to six weeks before navi gation across the great lakes will be re aumed. Ilenry Sohursh, the defaulting treasurer . m .) r . 1 - . Y V . . 1- oi iroy, pi. I ., was arresieu at .wi i vim. recently. Throe thousand miners at Elizabeth, Pa., have accepted a reduction of a quarter ot a cent. The steamer Celtic which loft New York for Europe lost week took out $Jo0,00 in gold bars. i Dr. Ezra Abbot, noted for his great Bib Ileal and historical learning, died recently in Boston. The village of Sclplo. near the Ohio and Indiana line, was wanned out uy me re cent tornado. A nranii of flftocn bovs have been arrest ed at South Boston, charged with several small larcenies. Carl Sehuri has reauestcd his friends to abandon the project of raising him the sum of tlOO.OUU. William L. Bunn, of Phlladeliihlo, has been continued Governor of Idaho by the United QUtes beuate. Christian Keille was run over Inst week by the Denver Pacific train, in Uieyeune, and ternuiy inuiiiuiuu. Dried lizards Imported into tho United States by the Chinese, must pay a duty of 40 per ceut no valorem. All portly street car conductors In Phil must go, to give place to small uien weigh lug less thau 1.IU pounds. The Woman Suffrage bill, before the Connecticut Legislature, was defeated by an overwhelming majority. The committee on banking and currency are considering the proprietary of amend ing the national bank laws. Hamilton Walker. William Watson and David Fair were drowned last week In the Clarion river, Pennsylvania. All the New York Journals are high In their praisings ol president Artnur s ac tion in traiiHicrring aorgeut Reornlar business Interrupted' by the overflow has been resumed on the Mom phis and Little ltock Hallroad, Senator McMillan presented the petition of Minnesota women praying for a female suflrage sixteenth amendment. It. la rtnnrted from BiriiilnKhatn. Conn that Important revelations may bo ex pec ted In the Itose Ambler case. At Washington, in the rase of Kllbourn vs. Thompson, the Jury rendered a verdict In favor of Kllbourn ior ? .x.ouu. Plerrn Cotte. of VInccnnes. Inrt.. died recently, aged 1 15 yenrs, having resided in the same towiiHinp since ins uiriu. A brutal prlise light was rocently wit nessed by about 150 people In the court of thollocuuctuiuoinnew xorn cuy, Rccontly during a row In the Union Club, New York, James Livingston called Freddy Gubhart a coward and a liar. Peter Schmltz, held at Chicago on the charge of having choked his wife to death, committed suicide by hanging last week. The Pittsburg Chamber of Commerce Crotosts against the passage of any of the ostile patent bills now before Congress. M. Ohmcr, a prospector from Dayton, O., was captured by a band of Indians in Turtle mountains (Dakota) two weeks ago. The Newark, N. J Methodist Confer ence are Investigating charges of Immor ality agalusl Hcv. George IC Brelster, their pastor. Last week, near Wellsvllle, N. Y., an In sane woman shot her son and daughter, aged 8 and 12 respectively, and then killed herself. Buffalo Bill's bhU to recover sixty-one acres of land In Cleveland, valued at sev eral millions dollars, has been thrown out of court. Vandorbilt thinks that politics do not amount to anything, but is augcrod at having to pay duty on steel rails and pictures. The Treasury Department has purchased 34,000 ounces of silver for delivery at the New Orleans, Philadelphia and San I ran cisco mints. A train of Pullman car, bc.irlnit fifty (liHtiii'-'iilshed Americans mid Mexicans, left the City of Mexico last week direct for iiiicago. At Akron. O.. Charles Basford, 49 years old, was buried by the raving of six or seven tons of clay una crushed into a shapeless mass. A cowboy shot an Indian at the Tongue River Agency, M. T., and the red men re taliated by burning a ranch and threaten lug further trouble. PORTLAND MAKKET REPORT. BUTTER Fancy, fresh roll. )c; inferior, grade, ztX; pickled, 26(4 30c WIEESE-Callfornla. 1719c: Oreso large, choice, llK&&)c. small, none. nous r uos.. inc. FliiH-Extra Pacific codfish, whole, hs c, 74c, boneless, In bxs., Kjc tb. ; domestic salmon, hf bbls., ftf.OUlOU, bbis.. fll.UO. 1-rb. cans, If dot., 1 1.46; mackerel, xvo. l, r kit, 1.75CA2.0U, No. i, l.fi01.75. No. i, hf bbls.. 10.00. No. i. SS.50: herrings. salted, hf bbls., , dried, 10 lb. bxs., 75c FLUUH-raucy extra, bbi, ao-wi; bakers' extra, : country, i.mMMk superfine, i.i3. FEED, KTC.-Corn meal, 9 10U ns., fi (3.00: buckwheat, f5.60; oat meal. $4.00f( faij cracked wheat, fcl.sTi.&O; bran, 9 ton lH.(w!0; shorts, f&a.tt; middling. ... ivmLrf-im. h.v I..U.I SIMISvMMIin- chop. 8id.5iV.ffl.00. FKU ITS- Prunes. Hungarian, 1JW 15c: raisins (sew), tf bx., S150(z75, hf bxs., K7.VoJ.UO, qr bxs., ;I.25M.;J5, 81 bxs., t.(iiJ.50; currants, Zante, p D. in bxs., 10c; citron, V rt. in drums, iZftc; almonds, Marseilles, f tb., 1H(oiiMc, Lam; zUc; walnuts, Chill, lll2lc, California, WHKAT-Cood to choice, 4f 100 lbs.. il.50(gl.55, good valley; Walla Walla and Kastern Oregon, 1.40(aJl.47J. OATS Choice milling, nominal: gooa feed, 50t rdinary feed, 4'ty50c. U ABLE Y Brewing, tf 100 lbs., nsminal feed, nominal' BliCKWHKAT Nominal, 1.S02.00. COItN-No demand. HY K Nominal, tf 100 lbs., nominal ll.50iiui.00 HIDUS AMI UAUS-juoes, ary, aver 10 tb.. f lb., 14c: Murrain hides, two-thirds off; hides, wet salted, over 55 lbs., If tb., (g:7c (one-third less for light weights, dam aged, cut gruuny or ory saiieu;; peim, shearling, r0cCs.tl.00; deer skins, wiuUvc, liiMlSe, Eastern Oregon, 2Jc, summer, M (.. lSraiiOc. valley. zfra&Jc: burlaps. 40 in, 8Jc, 45 "in., , 00 in., loc; twine, flour, 35(d) 40c, wheat, 35e, tleece, LKgiUlc; gunnies. lc: wheat sacks, (Wile; HONKY-In comb, V lb., SSMBW strained In 5 gal., 11c V lb.; 1-gal. Una, f aoz, oz, $14.0lXa)I3.UU. half-gal., $7.50. HOPS-V tb., 15te20u; PKOVISIONS-llaron, lliOlliJc; hams, country, f lb., 13li)c, butcher, scares; shoulders, lOw-llc. LAUD Kegs, V lb., lzc; r-astera, pails, l&iciaic Oregon, tins, llc; Cali fornia, 10-Hi. tins, none Git KEN IHUITS-Applss, bx., $1.50(1 2.00; lemons, California, H05.(R, Sicily, l&00(s : 13.00; oranges, f bx., 11.00(4.50: limes, t 100, fl.6lKu.lS.0K VKGKTAHLKS Potatoes, r OU., wg 00c, according to variety; cablwge, V l!Jc; tursips, tf sck., f 1.25; carrots, f 1.25; bests, f l.tt; onions (new), lb., Uo; pars nips, 2c. WOOL Valley, I4(aiiuc; iuisiern ure- gon, l-lwioc. POULTRY -Chickens, doi., spring, f4.00(tfU5.fiO. old. 0.00: ducks. 810.00tal2.0s; , BS.oodciu.uu: lurKeys, r io., w. ;E-Sttiulwlch Islands, No. 1, ft.. BJc; China mixed, 4io,5c; China No. 1, none; ltangoon, tne PEAS, SEEDS, Etc. Beans, lb., pea, 4lc a. w.. :t)c. lir. w.. 4ic. buvou. 4k. Pink. 38, Hmas. rc; peas, field, 2.3ic, sweet, i',..!,.... .1... ..1... I llllW.. pIiavap ltHU.UCi Milium no:u, uju,-, v 22(ui25c, while clover, K50c, alfalfa, 10(4 iOc. hungarian grass, tK?.ioc, miiioi, owiun, orchard grass, lwsuc, rye grass, tmtaK, red top, I5(i!)17c, blue grass, lH2(tc, mes qulte irrass, UKl-c. SUUAltS uoiuen u in oois.. v in hf bbls., 0c; refined D, bbls., He, hf bbls., ; dry granulated, bbls., 10j(s, hf bbls.. 101c; crushed, bbls., 10c; Una crushed, bbls., lOjc, hf bbls.. Kfjc; cube, bbls. 104c, hf bbls, 10ic; Islands, ISO. l, Kgs, SKUUl'S California reiinery l"l v bbls., OJjc, kgs., 07Jc, cs., gal. tins, 774c; Eastern, bills.. V .. 65c, kgs, 05c cs.. Ufic, TALLOW Good to choice rendered, 7i 7k; refined, W llc lb. llOPS-yuotable at 17(10e, tb. for fair to medium, and SK.c ior good to choice, Al'i'J.ES-Oregoii, bx., 1.50, $2.25. HIDKS-Dry, V usual selection, 18c; dry kip, 18e; dry calf, lwa.2lc; priuio hair goateklns, OJCnVOa , LAIUJ-Easu-ro fnc.d. 8 to 10-ft. tins, 13c, l;ijc. Other provisions ui.v.!t '""ed. 1HJNEY-Extracted, 0c, rn r lb.; extra., white comb, lc, 20c; w hile, 13c, ltic; dark, . 0c, 12c. . DRIED FRUITS Bleached, 14l5c; apples, inaclilne-cured, If lb., 1510c, sun cured, tKmlOc; peaches, machine-cured, in boxes, 1314c; German, In boxes, lh.. 10 folic; plums, sun-cured, pitlcss, 15(ajlflc, machine-cured, lOtalHc; pears, machine cured, 10(3,12e. sun-cured, lOtallc; tigs, California, 25 n. bx.. c; Smyrna, 20(aiic BAH rBAKCISCO MARKETS. RECEIPTS Wheat, 18,000 ctls.; flcur, 38,000 qr. sks.: oats, 325 ells.; potatoesjl, 700 sks.; eggs, 18.000 doz. FLOUR Son Francisco extra are joo bing at 5.25(i,5.(l5; superfine $3.60(,4.50: Inferior brands, $5.Ka,5.60 for extra, and $3.6O(j4.00 for su pert! no WHEAT-Extra choice, V ctl., fl.OO. Buyer scoson-;)00, $1,831; 100, $1.82; 300. $1,921; 200. $1.82j. OATS-Black, $1.46(811.150; white. $1.50 1.05; for common, $l.0(?il,80 for fair to good, and 1.7lKajl.7o for extra choice CORN-Clioice ory yeliow, 1.00; white, choice dry, $1.40tel.50; common, $1.37$ (ail.45; Nebraska, $1.45. BRAN Quiet and unchanged at $17.80 18.00 tfton MIDDLINGS-Stcadyat $17.5020.00 If ton. HAY-Whcat, $12.0O14.50; wild oat. Ltl2.lKKA14.50; barley, $8.00fo 11.00; stable, VU0iK?)14.(K); cow, $10.00(a12.o0; alfalfa. t!).iKi li.oo V ton. STRAW-Quntable atfSOfllOOc If bale. BUCKWHEAT Quotable at $3.20($3.50 ctl MILLSTUFFS Ground barley, 25.00 V ton; oil cake meal, old projfcj $30.00, new process, $20.50; ry Imur,,, f If bbl.; rye meal, DUCT;,'el.iiinatkm. tb., 5c; pesrl barley, 46c; gfSwf?" . iut 'iOn not n wa I fiir luutti.rn nAt niear. Jtlilds of $U.i5, net cas'h: cracked wheat, t? Ib.. 4c.nn, J '.J. .... .n a. K.tl AO C UrllJtlJ 1'KAa urecn,f.o(iiuiei,9o.ov . blacseye. $3.50 cU ' HEbSWAX.-viuotaoie ai aotssoc, v io. POTATOES New sell, according to uallty, as follows: Small, 2c; medium, 4c: large choice, 34c If Vh Sweet. $2.75C .00: UUIley v;oves. loc; wemey uiuaa. 6rtfj75c: Ilumboldts, 7oc; Petalumas, 70c; Tomales, 70c; early goodrich. $1.26(?1.37; early rose, wc; river reas .c; peerless. 00c. SEEDS Brown mustard, $3,00 3.50, yellow, $3.00 Flax, $2.5W2.75, If ctl.; can ary, 6Tuk; alfalfa, STrtite; rape, 33i. hemp, 34(2i4c; timothy, 7 (4.8c, V u lor im ported. BUTTER Good to choice roll. Iff ft.. 321a,35c; fair, 3032c; firkin, 222oc; wssfr em, 1HW20C. ONIONS Good to choice, V 91.UW 1.26 CHEESE-Californla, 17(3)lRc; Eastern creamery. lOllte; Western. 1518c. tb. POULTRY Dressed turkeys, 242flc, live, 2:1(0,250, If tb., for hens, and 23ta25c for gobblers, geese $2.25ai2.75 If pair; ducks, $ll.(KKal4.U0 V doz.; hens, $8.00(1.50; roosters, young, $8..VK?9.50, old do, $7.50 8.0U;,' broilers, $5.00fefl.00, according to size WOOL-Mendocino. 13c, 15c, V ft.; Humboldt, 12e, 17c: San Joaquin, 8c, 10c; coast, 8c, 11c: Red Bluff and Colusa, etc.. BEANS We quote as follows: Pea and small white, $3.12) If ctl. J bayos, $4.50; pinks, $4.40; red jobbing at $4.50; hmas, $3.13.20; butter, $3.50x4 3.110 BARLEY Feed. If ctl., $1.12ffll.07; hrewlns No. 1. tl. 12W.1.1A No. 2. $1,051 1.10; tay chevalier, $1.9l)1.35; coast do fl.15ffil.20