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EUGENE CITY GUARD. frsprlrier. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. DWELLERS IN CAVES. LlTlflf T" "' I'r'lililor" ' Ml br Sfrlrna RiyllMM When Colonel (irnnt was descending the Nile from Victoria Sjfm 8 native, who had traveled fur, told him that hundred of mile southwest of the lake. In Kutunga, the great copper country, he hud won coven no high that from a camel's batf ho could not have touched their roofs with a apoar. no of them, he laid, wus four hundred yards wldo, and ho penetrated It from sunrise until noon, emerging at last on the other side of the mountain. No credence was given this story until Mr. ArnoL who returned from the Kauinga country awhile ago. said that he had seen these caves and the iioople who inhabited them. It Is to be regretted that his work In other directions pre vented him from thoroughly studying thoso remarkable Sombwo caves and their tenants, but he promised iiion his return next spring to make them the object of careful research. The mountain range where these caves are found Is about four hundred miles northwest of Lake Uangweolo. On the precipitous south faco of thoso mountain Arnot saw. at a distance holes hero nnd there, dotted like ralit warrens ovor the front of the range. Thoso are entrances to the caves, and Arnot was astonished by their large number. Ono cave he soys, has two entrances, the distance botnocn the openings being live milos. In some raves are streams of running water. Tho walls have the apxaranco of puinlco stone, and llinostono strata were nlso found. In tho caves and around their mouths llvo thousands of natives. They till their millet fields In front of thnlr subterranean homes, and store their food In Ihom. The explorer found Ihoiiiawlld but peace-loving ko ple. It was not known until recently how great Is tho number of pMpll whoso homes find their prototype In the lake dwellings of prehistoric times. For hundreds of mllos along tho south and cast coasts of New (iulnon, In many a sheltered Inlet and buy, are large vil lages, numbering sometime one hue dred huU, or more, built on piles In the water, and accessible from the shore only by canoes. Thus, like prehistoric man, they guard tlieir homes against sudden surprise. Cameron Introduced us to plclurosijuo Lake Mohrya In Cen tral Africa, and the large collection of huU raised high on stilts alxive Its placid surface. Tho tenants of these lake dwellings till their fields 00 shore, retiring when night comes on or dan ger threatens to the security of their lake huts. Voung discovered hundreds of natives living la the edge of the great Lake Nynssn and reproducing phases uf life that are thought to be Identical with thoso of tho ancient Swiss lake dwellers. Hut not until lone after these discoveries wero made was It known that probably hundreds of thousands of Africans i u canoes under their huts and reach tho rude BOOT nlsive by means of ladders. Along many of the Congo southern and northern Zambesi tributaries these villages built of piles ares i by scores. Not a few tribes build their houses on marshy and overflowed land to render their villages difficult of approach. Many other tribes, particularly along tho Congo tributaries, inhabit lauds that are subject to periodical Inunda tions, and they sensibly raise their gable-roofed cabins several feet above high Wn'er mark to keep out of the wet N. Y. Sun. " s The New Z aland Kiwi. Tho kiwi Is the sole remnant of the wonderful race of wingless birds that once roamed all over New Zealand, the gigantic skeletons of some of which have been found in such numbers that almost every museum in the world Hs sesses one or more ol llieui I he l.uvi Is oImuiI the sUo of a partridge, has a rather long neck and a curious bill about four Inches in length. Its wings are unite undeveloped, and Its feathers have a sort of uullulshed cluunelor, which may be supposed to represent nature's early efforts in thitt direction, before tlic close, rich plumage of the modern bird was "evolved." Want ing the mentis id Might the kiwi htu been almost exterminated, and with It also have j;i no. or nearly none, all t ho Other feathered deniens of the woods. The Invasion of their haunts by the whit, man Is not the sole cause of this, Kqually Htcnt. pei haw more so, has been tho Introduction of K.nglish birds. The linnet, the sparrow, the ehafsncli, and the thrush have driven away the more timid ami delicate native hlrds This Is the raae more or Km through out New Zealand, where the whit population has found iu win Hidden Days. o m A queer but true story comes from Neshanuock, eusl of Sharon, l'a. , vvhorv lived an old lady eighty-two. who wanted to goto Iowa, but was afraid tu because she had never H ave'., ,! by rail road. She remarked to a friend at Ills latloii tliat it would be her tlrsl and perhaps last ride on the cars. Iter friends in Iowa lately received word that she had actually died on the train. The noise and excitement hud hoon tot much for her. Dr. Campbell, of the Koval Instl tute for the lllind in London, aroused tbs greatest Interest in the world s me tropolis when last year he selected class of blind uuniU taught to ride on the bicycle, and thev iou, ruao iroin boil- don to Derby. Tho distance between tho two place Is IM mu, ssarkable fact In connection with tot feat was that no accident occurred oa the wajr. wit), him In I V.- 1 1 a- t more honesty a man has Uit Urn he affects the air of saint A great many men who start out to catena the world leave themaclve for uelast job. -Inquisitive people r,. the funoeh Of conversation; Uey don't take in aay nblng for their own use. hut merely to geyta it to soother. -Stool. THE PACIFIC COAST. BORING FOB WATER AND OAS IN CALIFORNIA. The Steamer Alaskan Ooea to Piece Off Cape Blanco The KltfbU of Hberlffs Steam r Launched -Ullver Discoveries The Park hotel at Cliico Is ready for guest. Santa Itoau has applied 'or a free mail delivery. Tlie Kleventh District Fair will he held at tjuiney. The land-jumping trouble at Fclton will lie amicalily settled. The building of a cannery at Ontario will receive ttfc"00 lionua. Five saloons at Santa Cruz id 1000 eaeli for license last week. Thetilcn Kllcn, Sonoma county, iost olliee is a money-order oflice. The wheelmen have a tournament at StH kton on Dm Fourth of July. Pasadena and Fresno will have free de livery K,Htul service from July 1st. Noted oarsmen are collecting at Tu roma, W. I.i '"r I'"' OCWlm regatta. Governor Waterman has lieoti to L'kiali to selut a sib! for the insane asylum Helena, M. T , smrting men won UI, (MM) on the result of the Kentucky lerby. J. M. Wallace, a mechanic at Seattle, was antidbauvsl and rolilssl at T.icouia last week. The probabilities are Unit K. rn county has voted to issue f.'.in.iNiO in Isjiule for improvements. The milium interest at Petulnma is to make a vigorous war against the Hitch license ordinance. Four I'owlsivs killed hair Ztini Indians mar Wingale, A. T., lust week. The cowlsiysarc in priHon. A limn supiiaed to M H. Linus of Oswcn, Or., was killed by the cars in South Portland last wis. The Fuirhnvcn, a simmer to run Is twis'ii Tui-onia and Bolllngham Hay, has Is en launched at lWotlali D. L Hacked, the missing editor of the Napa HtportW, is in St. U.uis. Ills mind is evidently unsound. The steamer Cilv of Salem at Portland has I B innletcd in the sum of HM for carrying tsi many passengers. vill,.r.lv ,, I. in t ! ( tremin Trans continental Kailroad deal is to obtain control of the Northern I'aeillc. Attorney! iciicral Johnson lias decided that the Oregon steuiners must pay llie ipiarantiiie ta at San Francisco. Quia thai was reported to be hi three diivs ago straightened up under the influence of the warm sunshine. A man mimed (Voles lost a team and load of good by trying to smuggle them into Mexico at Tin Jiuina, recently. The Norlliem I'aeillc will nSn n mad I lUntMl lo IlilliliL' M I' .wllicll will open I rich section of the Territory. Seattle is excited over the discevory of ...,l..,, ailuur on tin' line of the nitn --F. -- Seattle, Like Shore and Lustcm ruilruad. Charles Shts'iuakor was kilhil by Mi.liacl Laoroona, who wus carelessly hundling a pistol at Sa rametito last week. The farmers are now surveying the field alter the deluge of rain, and they think the boMflt is greutly in exceas of the loss. lloring for water ami pis is to lagin vcrv soon on tho asylum ground at Stockton, DCOPoaall for the work being advcrlisisl. Alsmt one thousand song birds from the Hurt Mountains sre on their wn to Portland, Or., buving left New York last week by ruil. Frank Cislv, who was rcisirtisl to have bean killed and roasted by Apache Indians in Arizona, it seems was killnl by three Mexicans. Miss Millie (juinn was thrown from a hllggv and dragged a blis k at Sun Jose, lust week. She was much bruised and it is (cared was injured internally. Two burglars were detected at work at Itutte, M. T., last woes, and one was killed, lb-fore daath be stated he was known in the West as Pittsburg Jack. John Wilson, stevedore at Portland, wants 110,0 DO damages from the Oregon Improvemcnl Companv for iiijurics re ivived wlnlc in the coniianv's employ. The inhonati Bnali Olaaa, whioh Wl Astoria on a halibut cruise in February, should have been heard Inun tlireeweeks ago, and fears are entertained of her loss The contractors lor building the lug dam at the mouth of the San F'eli Canon, S.ui Diego county, will have to go down 110 feet to get u solid ris'k founda tion. County Clerk W .1 Henley, of Ksmor itdii, Nev., has baan ramovad by the Coniinissioners for inalfeas im e in od'n e, ami s. d. Koaanlhal ippolntad to till the vacancy. The Stale's Attornev liencrul says that ihafUBi have no right to retain the fees lor ewxirting prisoner and insane patients prior to the passage of the law by the late b'gislulure. It was discovered at Fraano last week thai the wife and ehUdoi J. M. Wilcox, in attorney formerly of San Fran. i. were iu u starving conditio, having lasted no KmkI for three days. The MsriHa County SniN'rviaora have elvpted Surveyor Hams' Yoaiiuite short-line route, and nrdereil advertistsl nrapotall for the construction of the road and the budge spanning Men ,sl river. The steamer Alaskan, owinsl hv the (t It A N. Co., which saihsl from Portland oil the lOtb (or Sail Francisco (or rcnurs, went lO piises oir CaiS' BhUKX), OB the Kith inst. She had a full ixunpliment of otliitrs andcrew- forty-four in all. Fight .ire reported saved. Several women, the wives of lnlirerr en the ranch of K.J. Baldwin at Santa Anna Miighly hsndbl, rapture. I and drlivervd to thecouuiy olhcialaan ladian who had criminally anaaultisi one of the aaaaai while ahe was somg home after a visit a short distance awav. riieS.m Jonquil! Valley Union Veteran Association has las u orgauUed at Kreano. Over 1300 feet of brick fMntage ia under budding eoutracU at Klleuaburg, 1 vv I . Two bates-thieves were followed '.MO milee frvuu Apacbe countv, A. T., and UM. rervlelawe I: Wen. r Ttaee. DR FLINT'S KF.MF.DY is the onlv antiiiote against the influence of bduvo which tlie smoker or rliewer of the weei lias, and it sliould be taken regularly to prevent the heart from becoming dta eaaeil. IVcriptive treatise with each bottle . or addrvaa Mack Hrug Co., N. Y NMNnMI I MMUbb King Alexander to bs Crowned In June -Bmpotor WlUUm O tea Audience to the Cb neso UlnUter. The Shah of Persia has started for St. Peb-rsburg. The rejKjrt of the mplure of Khartoum by the Kgyptiam is untrue. TheOreek (iovemmeiit is concluding a loan of ii,0t",000 in Imdon. The attendance at the Paris Lxposition thus far bus averaged 71,000 ilaily. The cash deficiency of the Mellsiurne FxHjHition is over a million dollars. There is no improvement in the mental condition of the Kmpress of Austriu. The American delegates hnv arrived at JWlin U study the (iermun river system. Williiim O'llrien, M. P., has obtained a writ against lird Salisbury on a cliurge of lilwl. The newest word in lmdon is "omni Iswt." It deserils; the river steamers and is a success. An enormous landslide occurred at Spiesliack, Switzerland, destroying cattle, villages and forests. Duornovo, DifMtOf of Charities, will Hiiei eisl the late Count Tolstoi us Uussiun Minister of the Interior. Iord Iuisdale says that he saw in the Artie country a cataract -' bat high ami two and a half miles wide. At the York, Knglaml. spring BaWtlag King-master won the great northern Handicap and .'ski sovereigns. F.iiieror William gave audience last week to the Japan aM Minister of tlie Inferior w ho is making a tour of Furoe. The Joneses are at the head of the English darn list with 4.") representa tives, while the Smiths follow with HIS. Miss Sybil Sanderson appeared at the Paris ( )s ra Comiiple in Kaclurmondc lust week, and her friends predict great success. Enparot PntocU Joaaph has paid Omni Prince ltlldolph's debls. Thev olilv amounted to the trilling sum of MaVrOOOi lloiistholm, Jutland, has the world's biggest electric light. It is of :l,MM,(MM candle pttwaf, and has a range of twenty six miles. The Koths"liilds have urrungisl for a Russian conversion Iiniii of $J4il,(kl0,ls in conjunction with tlie lusconto QeaeUacnait It iimt the Knglish government $170,- s.: to keen the roval iiiiluces in order lost year, and 1446,068 for royal parks ami gardens. Some of (he lioiih'variliers are wearing BUM Tower wuisb'fsits, inverod with figures of the great lower a couple of inches high. It has ln-cn arranged that the young King Alexander of Servia shall I1 crownad at the monastery of Zissa in the month of June. Instead of encouraging emigration, aa hitherto, tho authorities ot Ireland are discounting il, the iHHiplo ure leaving the country so fust. The authorities in Holland have de creed that women cannot serve on u Schisil Botld. In Sweden it bus Is-cn divided that they can. Ten thousand weavers emploveil in the cotton factories at Tbi.y, Department of Rhone, are on a strike. It is feared the atrise will extend bi Lyons. T. P. O'Connor says that the Prince of Wales never pays a tailor bill, flic advertisement his patronage ultbriU is nil the remuneration i'oolc wants. In the Itrilish House of Commons a motion in favor of the disestablishment ol the Church of Wales was nvently lajaotad by a vote of K4 to -ill. A I read v u groat deal of diplomacy and intrigue is said to Is? on fool in order to get the iHt o( Port huireate when Ten nyson dies. The salary is 72 a year. A rich bod of pure coal, OOtnpntad to contain alsmt 180,000,000 isshIs, has baan found at a place called I'cndshakata, on the line of the Transcuspiau Kailway. Itoulanger, who has hitherto hccji mostly ignored bv lsmdou sis ielv, ilimsl recently with Itaroiiess Iturdett-Coutts, various dukes and duchesses mcctimg him. Nearly lOJjOOJJtX) have been appro priated from time lo time by the French U'gislalure for the Paris FxsHitiou, and the buildings and parks occupy a space of nearly two hundred acres. The death id King John of Abyssinia and the assumption of the throne bv his rival. King Meiieh k of Hhoa, promise to ls of advantage to Italy iu her ell'orb to His'iire tinner foothold on the Rod Sea littoral. The street-car drivers who have lssm on u strike in icniia, mid who have llnallv siiecumlssl, average alsmt liO cents iu wages for a day Is'giliniug at 7 in the morning and ending at midnight or 1 a. m. The London Times says: The Samoan Conference has come loan agreement iu regard to the 1 . md Commission question : also, regarding restriction on the sale of lire-arms and spirits bi the natives. The election A ii King is to Is- left to the lamoana. Promt nani clubs were raided in Loo don hint week and several F.arls and Lords ami Itarous were among those found at plav and arrested. The Field and the Adeiphi Cllllvs Were the principal places raidtsi, and the stake piayad tor were high. Young French pricats will Is-lore long ls liable to military service in Fram e ii tlie new Military bill gis s through, as it is thoathl it will. It is alleged that thousands oi young men enter the seminaries every year iu order to avoid tbv army. Men bants discovcns.1 during the recent Fair at Ulihaao HoTiorua, Oaalnl Batata, that the tunpioiscs olfrnil (or sale by Persian traders wen nearly all iidBs-. Tbtaa rogoei have hvn inising (vuste oaan aaaawian the iut Sb or seven years. RaUM Nevada ha Isvn detailing to aawapapai conaapandanf her apaaatk aaeeaaaaa, ami giving adriaa n her ixmntrv-vvoinen who intend to basaaM nnvfessional singers the nicsle of life to follow and the required ms-eeaariet lo enable lliein to do so. W. t r. St. CUir, au ueron.iul, at Hous ton, Texas, recently, lost his hold on the parachute, by means ol which he wus to reach the earth, and was crushed into a shapeless mass iu the prvevmv of the spectators. The greatest of the new English iron clads, the Nile, bail lol taken out ijf.lry itouk lascauae v( her stnuiural inability to support her armor. Tlie Nile rates a of ll.OOO tons, and tlie weight of her protis ting armor, exclusive of glacis plates ami steel ilcvks, is 4, '.': ton. M IV Itorack will vlelivcr the annnal address at the next State Fair at Sacramento. EASTERN ITEMS. AN AUEBICN BREWBRV SYNDICATE OROANUED. A Meeting of the Democratic National Commlttt-Woman'a Amateur Walking Match -Chinese Tneater In Chicago. Herretary of War Proctor is in Chicago. A lenver Scandinavian Club has 700 Mesbaii A Chinese theater ossned in Chicago on the Uth. The protnw-toil drought in Illinois 1ms baN broken. Ss,-rebirv Blaine's health has much improved lately. Cigarettes are wild to ladies in Flric confectionery stores. BttAlo Bill with his wild VYeat show bus arrived at Paris. Senator Brown of (in.rgia is recovering from a severe illness. The great cycling toiirna lit U'fiin at Chicago on the Lttli. The Delaware pear and paach crop promises to 1st large. A woman's walking match bagED in New York last week. (ieneral Simon Cameron hud a slight hemorrhage last work. Savannah is said b) Is' flissled with Bcnatariail silver dollars. Put Killen draws the color line on Peter Jackson, the slugger. Kx-Minisb-r IMiclisj is b) resume his duties as Professor at Yale. Kdward J. (lay, a Louisana Congress man, is reported lo be dying. An American llrewery Syiulicate has baN organized in New York. Bank-wrecker Fish bus ban released from the Auburn enitentiary. Cincinnati capitalist will erect a large cotton factory at lluntsville, Ala. The President and lmrty had u cruise in the ChesuiHiike Bay on the IJth. Sixteen Congressional districts will DC contested iu the coming (Jongross. St. louis nroisises liuving a six-weeks' electrical exhibition in Sepb'inlsr. Bamoal 0 Wright baa baan appointed iiis'rinlendent of the mint at Carson. New York paid for California cherries, lust waek,H b 8 for aanpoand Isixes. The new military s)Ht near Atlanta, I ia ., will be known as F'ort UoPheraon. There are live banks and six news papera in operation In Qnthrlc, Oklahoma, Anmb'ur oresinen will hold the annual regatta at Pnllman, 111., August Sth and 9th. The thirty-fourth session of the South ern Baptist convention bus Is-gun ut Memphis. A impend Fort Mvers, Flu., publishes i lutein Holid columns of tax sales for one county alone. A meeting of the Democratic National Committee in New York has ban culled for June l'.th. John Allen ami B, H. Piatt are going to ride on horseback trom New York to San Francisco. The amount of w heat stored in Western elevators is less by 19,000,000 bushels I han last year. The Michigan legislature lias refused to pass a bill providing for the inspection of Isn't on the hoof. The mystery attending the disapHar ance of Dr. Oronttt, at Chicago, has not yet ban cleared away. The eleven grain-elevators of St. Isiuis have formed a trust to put an cud to Competition in that city. Nathan Corwith, senior head of the lead house ut Chicago, which (ailed last full, is ut the point of dcatli. An explosion of tire-damp at the Toms Ran coal mines, near Pittsburg, killed four Hungarians on the 13th, Pittsburg, Penn., is enjoying a marriage bonti Sixty pflTtetll t'S'k oat marriage licenses in one day recently. Legal means have ban commenced to secure a nveiver for the Rtectrto Sugar Refining Company at New York. It is estimated flint full'- 780,000 was spent (or drinks at the New York bars each day during the celebration. Colonel Robert II. Taylor, one of the best known and oldest republicans of Texas, died near Bonhuui recently, F.. II. Jertlierg. of the New York Olympic Club, ran u mile in 4:39:16 last week. This is the Is'st ind'sir record. A party of Fjistern capitalists will exsnd (70,000 exploring for natural gas in Starke and Marshall counties, 1ml. Morris J. Illaine killed bis wife, S-vear-old daughter and himself at Cincinnati recently. Jealousy prompted the crime. Kobson and Cane appealed together iu New York (or the last time last week. Bach hud complimentary words tor the other. Judge llenrv A. Foster, of New York is dead, aged 1H) years. He was the oldest livina ex-Senator of the Cnit.sl States. The Italian government refuses to sur render two ol its stihitvts it I Mil nl having eoniinittcd a double murder in Pennsylvania. Then' is a sUmKsle from Dcadwood to new gold fields iu the Bla k Hilla, about fottv miles (roin Ik.iiIwishI. Thu 8M are said to Is' vcrv rich. The revenue ollicers have captured some fifteen persons and destroyed several stills among the BMOnahiMnia IfcDowaU Huinty, W. Ya. British Minister Panaivfote attendtsl a cin-us at Washington last wt-k vith the thermometer at nearly 100 deg. and seetniNi lo enjoy the show. The Mexican Seretary of State, Maris cal. bus Otdared investigations to lie made into the ram o( the tiir,t iVaiai liaae iav petaonad -M hedras Ncgras 'Pie .xittage oi Charles ti. Francklvn of New York, at Kllvron. in w hich Pn si di'nt tiarfield diisl, and the ixittage hotel known as the KIUtoii. will lie sold at )ublic auction. I'ale. lurdv-lookini' luitlor i emir.,).. out of fashion. The market demands butter with the isilden hue of Jnn il,.. year round. Theieare but two wavs oi uuikilu; it so. either to Iwn Mil fl.u, -or their butter the year round, or use artificial i-oloring. S.inie iHirticnlturists are now claiming that insects are ta-nrtVial lss-ause they lesneii provlui tion, which is a thmry that is sun- to end in the pr.n ti- of im lh,l more injurious tliao can ta- forseen at the anaaat Man. The war on inse. is should not vvase. It ia not easv to keep thorn within baaada vn witli the most per sistent work. BJ ! fAV. The Care of Home. Kel for Breedlna uows Fruit Outtuie ntHnni picture Pramee Note. April and May are the beet monthe for hutching. Cooked rice, fe.1 c-olil. is goo.1 for diar rlnva in chickens. Don't feed sulphur to young chickens il prod DOM leg weakness. The newer the butter the quicker the sale and the higher the price. The pigs should be fed to secure as nearlv ah Iheir droppings as poesible to the manure heap or liclds, and not to the wash of the striatum. F.vcrv woman anonld start a forinid uhle rcls'llioii aguinst opal setting o milk in pans, cither in water or air, and aguiust working butter three times. Clover bay, cut up aliout an eighth of an inch, mixed With bran, and scalded, makes u capital breakfast for the fowls, and one that will tell wonderfully on the egg oasket. Manure the ipiince tn-e more freimontlv and heavier than any other; keep the soil loose '.vitb an annual dressing ol ooal aahee and aalt, and give thorough, but shallow cultivation. A horse that is naturally courageous may oe made cowardly by abuse. If be often receives blows the fear of them is uppermost, and any unknown noise is imagined to Is' a coming hurt, to escape which is an luieontrollable impulse. The high winds shake young trees severely, uad if the ground is vory wet the trees are liable to Is? blown orer. A stake should Is- used lor holding young trees until the summer season opens, or ... .i . i r. l.. ,.. I """""" m" H IH "' , , Ohl pasture ticius are usuawy "i" ' weeds vv Inch liavccrovvileu tne grass oui. I To DtiliM such pastures turn sheep on 1 them. The sheep will cat the young I weeds as well as the grass, and greatly assist in destroying the M'sts. In the fall the ssl can Is' turned under and ireseedid with less danger of the weeds again appearing. Handsome niclure frames may he made at home, by gluing ears of rye or oats, tiny shells, lsans or acorns, upon a j simple wooden foundation. Then iiiut the frame and ornament with white : paint. When this is thoroughly dry, cover with metal paint, either gold or , bronze, and if well arranged the effect will Ik1 most satisfactory. Young bulls of the Improved breeds I are sold ut u very low figure compared j with their real value, and farmers who have dairy herds can grade up tlieir stock at a very low cost by securing the ! males when they are young. Heifers are I high, n they are in "greater demand by l hose who do not object to paying good prices for tuperior biock. It is common practice with many fanners to delay seeding till the ground ' is settled and frosts are over, when, un less the season Is' unite wet, the Seed , will not germinate; or, if it start, it is i very liable to Is' killed by drought in June, before the germ has sufficient strength to resist it, hence a failure, w hich early seeding would have avoided. Guineas d not usually commence laying until late, hut after they once begin will lay very steadily. Like turkeys, thev prefer to hide out their I nests, and will need to Is- looked uftor if tlie cgjs are s cured fresh. As with turkeys, ducks and geese, the first eggs should be set under bens. More eggs ami more poultry w ill be secured if this ! plan is followed, The Delaware grape succeeds in nearly all sections, hut is not us hardy as the Concord. Tin' latter is the favorite .I-..! ,-.iri..t,. I,,,t ilu ta . ... . 1 . Ininred bv Ihelvoa' eadlina. w hich is ' sent to market before it is riie, thus CWBtlng a distrust against the Concord, which is really an excellent nape, but Strongly resembling the Ives. The Clinton is an excellent late grape, and produces well in 'his section, It lias been found that a ton of hay absorbs in its growth thirty munds of nitrogen, worth $4 MX; forty pounds of pouuih, $2, and fourteen pounds of phos phoric aeid, worth $1 12. Therefore each ton of hay shipped from the farm takes with il $7 02 worth of these three ele ments, vv hiil most be replaced or the land will be weakened by just this sum. It does not pay to sell hay at $S er ton. itetter feed where grown and sell in the form ol beef, pork, butter or milk. l'liini cakes: Take one cuii of butter, two cups of brawn sugar, yolks of three eggs, white of two eggs, half a cup of milk, hali a cup of dark molasses, half a bJMpoonful of '! i half a isiund of raisins, -ton.. I amt cliopiM'il, halt """ '""I'l- ,,. u,.i I,., 1 1 ., ..., ipoonlnl oi cream ol tarlar, hall a pound of currants, two tablcspoonfiils of any fruit syrup, four cups of Hour, two ten- ipoonfnil of mixed spices. If not dark enough, add a little melted chocolate. Bake in small tins, and frost part of them with the remaining white of egg. v oorreapondent makes inquiries re garding millet and Hungarian grass. They arc very similar in appearance, but the millet grows higher and atTords but one cutting, while the Hungarian grass can Is' cut every live weeks if the soil is rich. Thev are summer crops, and are not usually sown until May. The hay from millet and Hungarian grass is highly relished by all classes of sbs'k, and the yield is usually heavy. The ground should be well manured, liarrowed tine and ten ipiarts of seed per acre sown, or even more if a thick growth is desired. r'ood for breeding sow s should lie care fully prepared. There is no K'tter food tor breeding sows than skim milk with wheat bran. There is very little fat in either, yet such is the apietite of a breeding sow that she will fatten rantdly if given all she can eat of either of these', lint the pigg thus nourished More birth will be strong and vigorous, and what tat flic sow has will not la; in anv dan ger of making her nervous or feverish, if a supply of beets and mangel wurtaels have liecn provided they will lie worth more than grain to feed to breeding sows as to Cooling diet for those disposed to lay on too much (at. No other kinds of n,i i eaten hyiiivrsof any age so greedily is are beets and mangels. Ass part of flic supply even for the fattening animals they are almost indis;iensable. The ex clusive grain feeding of fattening hogs is vcrv had for tlieir digestion, and if the pig is made sick while preparing for the butcher it is hardiv lo lie wonder. .1 ,i ttial , , this pork wd inve dvsneiMia te. those who cat it. but it will be found that the most con nwlard Oil Omnisny triM erect tented are those who are enjzaired in The the law t retin ry in the world at Whit ing, seven ocn nulesfronit'hicago. Lima oil, which is pipe,! to Chicago, will be etined. and will supply all the Western and Southern trade. Tlie srandilaivhter of Ju Ige Ned Strong, liviiur in Ureatht ivuiitv. Kv.. ran away with a negro. The party were plirsllisl, and Is'in ov rf cl-. n tic' n.-iw. ! bred at Judge Strong, the Imllet paaamg through his hand. Tlie negro was then slvss jssSs. o..s & ' sad sent a balat into S own head PORTLAND MARKET. THE OHEBBY AND STRAWBERRY CROP DAMAGED BY BAINS. Wheat Remains Dull and Inactive -Ftulta and Veaetables Meet With Beady Bait t Good Pr' .-es -Wool Very Dub. The heavv rains during the week have omved detrimental to the abundant crop of strawberries and cherries, but no com plaint are heard from the farmers down the valley. The local merchandise markeU are a trifle dull, and w heat makes no favorable signs to holders. In gro caries, sugars have advanced V, while coffees are very firm. Provisions ure sb-adv at ipiotations. There is BO change in dairv produce and isjultry. The wool and hop murket continue dull and in active. The wheat market is slightly lower. Former quotation for (cod and hay are fairly maintained. e quote ! UU'M'KSIKS. Sugars, Golden C .'. extra C , . drv gran.ilabil H'.,c, culs-, rmslii d and poWderad8Hc. Coffee: Cpeto Bica21 Blonac,T'J27o, Mocha 1W03IC, Arbucklw'e roasted i3.xi: FUOVISIONS. Oregon ham li'V Lie, breakfast ba con l:, sides 10'.., - lo'.,c. ihon dera h', i9c Kostern ham IbtBloXO, breakfast bacon WlStfc, sides 9)il0c. Laid 109 (c, fri'its. Navel oranges $."Ki(.').50, Riversides tst.i"). California lemons 13.60(14 -r Isix. Oregon strawlierries iL'.'a ier crate. Potatoea SOc, onion $1 M, rheubarb 3c, VKUK I ASI KN. tomatoes fl:i per lsx. DanD kbi its. Apples 405c, sliced tic, apricots tain 14c, peaches 8Sloe, pears 8c, Italian, he, silver 7c, German (Kiitl.'j'c, plums ii(C7c California figs 8c, raisins 1.75 2.28 per box. DAIRY PHOIllTC. Butter. Oregon fnncvL'Oc, dairy lSon'ile, common, 12(a.L2l oc, Eastern 2l'c, Califor nia lal-Oc. aooa. Eggs 18c. POI'l.TRV. Chickens $.'), broilers I, ducks !( 11 per doz., geese 18, turkeys zoc per . WOOL. Valley KiltflVc, Eastern Oregon 10$15r. uors. HOPS lU'.l-'c. OKAIN. Wheat, Valley 1.2.', Eastern Oregon 1.15 OatsUUc. rLot'B. SUunlard $4.25, other brands $3.iM). raao, Hav $13(314 per ton, bran 113(314, chop $18(420. shorts $l.r)(Clb, barley $22.50 24. KEESH MEATS. Beef, live. 3V, dressci, 7c ; mutton, live, 3 V, dressed 7c; lambs $2.50 each, hogs live tie, dresswl, 7(?71(fc ; veal 08e. UGLY FASHION LEADER3. Three Famous Women Mors N'oteil for In tellect Than lleautjr. Isn't It a bit odd that the women who more than any others have con troled the fashions within the post twenty-live years huve not been beau tiful women? There fire three of whom it may be said that they gave the cue to La Mode, and these arc the Prinoesoe de Hattaraioh, San Bern hardt and the Prinooai of Wales I raoffe them as they have control. Mmo. de Metternich hud an ugliness that. like u Jnpanose teapot of any value, wus so ugly it was unique tho ugli ness that haa more of a cachet than mere beauty, for merely beautiful WOlim can bo found every day, w hile absolutely ugly ones, blessed with wonderful wit and n peculiar charm of manner, are noted when found. Sara Bernhardt was never a beautiful wom an, at thu same time, even about her personal nppeurunce, there w :w some thing fascinating, and when she is acting tho lire of genius makes her dull skin look warm and (link, her al most colorless eyes burn brightly and her rumpled hair seem an artistic ar rangement. The Princess of Wales, with her sweet, lady-like, rcliued face, is charming, but that is all. Tho Lon don papers oau rave as they will about her beauty an hour s walk in any largo city in the United States will dis- I, 1.,J :,., , , ,, -" iourihK a"d wllh Clllul1 refinement of face. The first one of theso three women made black vory chic; before hnr timo it had been dedicated to the bourgooise; the second made frills of lace, loose-lltting-gloves, picturesque hats and all styles specialty suited to slender women the vogue, while the last gave to tho high military collar, the dainty little bon net, and simple arrangement of tho hair the seal of her npproval. Kuoh one of theso women was clever enough to make fashisnuble exactly the be longings that hid her defects, and to know how to hide a desoet or bring out a perfection ts the art of the modiste to-day. - Philadelphia Times. About nine tenths of nil tho clay pipes manufactured In the United States are made in Brooklyn, N. Y.. where three factories are located that turn out 15,00;) ron annually. The daj comes from f?OOd bridge, N. J.. and costs at the factory !i re dollars per ton. A special blessing is due the man Of true courage. He is not reckless, nor has he even tho appearance of bluster, but he looks difticultios In the faco, and then calmly moves to meet them. There is nothing that makes men more angry than the ylain truth. So long as we are lied about, we are really less concerned than when tho truth of vu, t,,, CUCCC9C3 emu ui uurevu Ile.lris . .... .. . AB .1,11 ..... . . t , 1 . uii.c.oM wine wo.lu.-h. s. Times. There are degrees of contentment; useful work of some kind, down into which thought flows and that the least contented arc those who are idle. Once a Week. The question is sometimes despair ingly as .ed: "Who will take tho place of the illustrious and mighty dead at iney retire from this world?" God in His providence has always so answered this question as to show that no one i. raSS - ilW ruin to tbe ra or the untry hi which be lives- Independent MR. BIXBY'S EXPERIENC Bow a i. ci, nl Mimi' Ardor lor "p Pseaas" Wae a 1,r,,.r'r,,,, Mr. and Mrs. Bixi.y hud boen rled ton years nnd tho blessing of dron had boon denied them, u fuel tbUi oaused them doop regret. Mrs. h i Often suld: "J "It must bo so awoot and Inherent!.,, to witness tho unfolding and develop? j( tho Infant mind." v t "Ah. yes," said lilxhy, "a child In .v. homo must indued be a wu 1 spring uy, a mil voi u i 'c i i 1 uai poem, it wu soon afior making thd, speeches tluit they wont to an orpin ii-yliim nnd adopted Httlo Jay an liilereaiiug youiii of about i- - uuig years. They hurried homo with their priM eager to Witness at once tho unfoldln if Ills juvenile mind. It begun to unfold and develop bi.f0r9 ho bud been Ittu minutes in the hoiue. uuantana nnauapectea, us well as uo. desired tendencies, beg.m t0 niani :est thomselvos ill Hixby's ")erpotini poem." Beore B wcok Blxby hud changed his mind about a child in the house be. Ing u "well spring of Joy." He isjj t wus more iiko u "sink holo of," (,u Mrs. llixby wouldn't lot him say p, j. io laid it sounded lo i much like swear ing. At the end of nix weeks Blxby h)aB forrod t.io boy nnd nil his right n hira to a ran oh owner out West who wan 0q the hunt for "perpetual poems" out 0( which ho might make g od oow-bon Blxby thought Jucky wus just the hoy tho ranch-man wanted Ho had formed this opinion from the "imlskl. iug" he had witne sed of JacUy's young mind nnd dovelopmontsof six weeki Iu summing up his losses . .'Icrvvtrd llixby said to a friend: "I wouldn't have ono of those things in the house again for Are hundred dol lars a week. If I thought I'd ever have one of my ow n now I'd go ami take a whole package of arsenic, and Mrs. llixby would drown herself. That lxy I L'ad for six weeks diih't lean a whole picco of furniture io the iiousu when he loft. He po'soned our splendid old M litem cat the second day; ho killed my Plymouth IWk rooster tho next day; he broke nine of the piano keys, and scratched his name on each of tho four legs with a nail 0 broke our pier glass with a lack hammer; tore all the engravings out si tsn costly books; tied my mother-in-law's wig or. the doS head and turned him loOM Then ho took her teeth and fixed them so he eou'd work them with a string and curried them oil to school where ho traded them for four glass marbles. "Ha set tiro to the bnrn twice nnd tided to paint all the white parts of my bone red. He broke or tore or nuish cd something every ten mi utes. He insulted every body who enmo to the house. He fought liken tiger when I tried lo take my revolver from him. I think he had two lights inlay every day foratxwnka. Next lime 1 want loses any t ing unfold itself I'll go off and get a half-grown hyena and turn it loosoln the house so I can have some peace during the unfolding process." Time. BRAINS ALWAYS VWN. An Katsirprtsias Peddlsc Who tjadsrstssf His Unships. Strancrer Bo pardon, ma lam, for culling you to tho door, but will you be kind enough to tell me who that igno rant, vulgar, commonplace woman Id the bouse across the way is? Mrs. Qabb That's Mrs. Stuckup. 'Stuokup. Thank you. 1 must ro membor tho nana so us not to waste any time on her in the future. How did such a hopelessly ignorant woman got on this very respoetablo street, I won der?" "I'm sure I don't know. I called on her once, but she never returned it. and thai ended our noQunlntanoe, you may be sure, IhoodlOUS thing." "1 should say so. Why, that woman wouldn't know u lady from U orang outang; she wouldn't know a bright spoon from u blue's; ono. It's an actual fact that it isn't live minutes since sh said she had never heard of theSkihigb silver polish; and when I even went tc the trouble lo brighten a spoon for he' she said it looked just the same. Never saw such Ignorance. I suppose you have always used the Skihigh polish, ol course. You huve the bright, cheery, beautiful appearann of ladles who do, but perhaps your supply is most out, and in that case " "I believe it Is. I'll take a package." "It comes in cans, mnduni. One dol lar, please. Thanks."- Philadelphia Record. A Change of Base, Fond Father -Julia, my dear, .vox know I refused young Sniggleby s re quest to inner you last ovening." "Yes, and it was real cruel." ' Well, don't cry. dear; I have recon sidered the mutter, and will be glad U have you marry him." "Oh. how good you are! How did you change your mind?" "I was at the base-ball grounds U see the exhibition game, and the young man who can stop a hot grounder at Sniggleby does haa a green future bo fore him.'' -Nebraska State Journal. Afraid of the Cooking. "Come up to tho house and have din ner with mo, Charley.'' "Wei, I don't cure if gracious what looking head! H as Homebodj hit you with a brick? "No, we were fooling, and my wifi hit ine with a biscuit " You'll have to exeu-c mo to-n;g!" Sam. Some olhe uicbt. narhjtpa"" a more glorious vie'.ory can not be gained ovor another man than this, that when tho injury begins on hi part the kindness should begin od ours. -We've got to get truth as we can in this world, just as miners dig gold oul of tho mines, w ith all the quarts, and dirt, and dross; but it pays. - Har riet U. .flier Stowo. From the nature of things. I am morally certain that a mind free from passion and prejudice is more fif pas a true judgment than ono biassed by itaetiuu and interest -Ilisnop Wii-kins.