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EUGENE CITY GUARD. i. u cAHraiLU Proprietor. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. SCIENTIFIO EXPERIMENTS. Sum. Tht Will A mux u Wll IMrfl ih (Inlnokm. An Interesting home-made method ol natural decoration consists simply In taking s glass or goblet and pliu-lriir In the Interior a little common alt and water. In a day or two a slight mUl will be neon upon the t'las. which hourly will Increase until in very short time the glass will present a very beautiful appearance, being enlarged to twice it. thickness and covered wilh beautiful aalt crystal, parked one uMin another like some peeulhW fUUfttl or animal growth. A dish should Is placed beneath the glass, an ttM OrW tills will run over. The color of the crystal may be chaiufod hy placing in Hie wilt and water some comu red Ink or a spoonful of bluing; thin will lie absorbed and the white urfao.t covered with exquisite tint. No more impl method of producing IflCiaMMlVC or beautiful ornament can le Imagined, and by using different haH of vaei and shade an endleaa variety of beau tiful forniH can be produced. The ftaM should he placed where there 1 plenty of warmth and sunlight. Another clontl He experiment whlclt may lntorel ome of the older u well at the younger member of the family may lie made hy iispcuding from the ceiling a thread which him prevlnualy been soaked In very null water and then dried. To ttiln Tauten a light ring anil announce that you are about U burn the thread without making the ring full. The thread will burn, it i hut the ashen it leaven are coin- piated of crystal of unit ami theli heslon Is strong enough to 111111111 the light weight of the ring attached to the thread. Another form of the mime experi ment I to muke a little hammock ol umslin to ln suspended by four thread, ami after having onked thi In alteil water and dried it a before direct, d, to place in it an empty egg-hell. hot the hummock on lire; the muliu will be consumed and the llHine reach the thread Which hold it without the egg fulling from it frail upHirt. Willi great cure you may succeed in er forming I he experiment with A full egg In place of an empty hell, taking the precaution, however, to have it previously hard ladled, tliut you may ecaH an omelet In cane of a failure. Another ourtom experiment in tlml of putting 1111 egg Into u bottle without breaking Hie nhcll. Soak the egg, which muni Imi frch, for neveral day in strong vinegar. The a'iil of the vinegur will cut the lime of the nhcll no thut while Ihe egg look the name it In really very soft Duly a little cure i reiulred to pre the egg into Hit) lx.lt I.-. When thi In done lill it half full of UnH wnlcr iiud let it sliind. ' The aliell will nhnorh the lime and be come hard tigiilu, and lifter the lime water in poured off you have the curl oil npectaclc of an egg the iihiiiiI ai.e in a small-necked bottle, which will be a great puzzle lo tho wlio do nut iiiidernland liow It 1 done. (hl.itgc time. HUNTING TARANTULA. Hon i Inn Uplilrr I. Csufht Hy Tour- 11. In I'alllornl. The imale of catching the larautula I novel, lie inhabit an exiuliU)ly coiintructcd upartm"nt, cloned out wardly by a circular, many-woblietl inonh. varying in diuiueter from two to four inche. To Hie accuntomed eye thin weh betray the. npider'n den UB' ininlakably. Directly underneath il one comen upon 11 tiny dvoulur door, generally 11 Utile larger tlian a silver dollar. Thi door 1 wonderfully made of iilken weaving, finished on Ihe outer ide wilh bit of bark and leaven, mid turning on it hinge whoso perfeel working an aceomplinhed mecliunic mighl envy, oienlnglnliia nllken llninl pannage about a fool In length, the lion I the gutter. Tarantula limit ing 1 the porl of the visitor at heiilth court near Teinploton, whence gayly uttired parlle nally (orlh, urmcd Willi long vtickn, lmirt I trimmed with knot of rlblaiu. They carrv lurge iHittbw of water. A tarantula hole reaehiMl, or a tarantula town, for Ihe 1 real uren are gregariou. Ilm weliaiid diair are town away and waler in pound down the hole. If the spiilcr la at liiime he will runh out a rant a bin clumsy legn can carry him. With dex terity and nerve, he muy Imi aoOOBM Into a can quickly covered, or may la allowed to fasten on Ihe end of the walking llck. whence he muni be tumbled lulo the trap before he tum ble for the caplor. 1 have it (rum a wcll-trave hd I'aliforiiia phynlcian llmt a muncularlaranliila can clear fourteen feet at a jump that he ban , 1, The (emine defetulanl ill a dixi.nf caiw done. Fortunately such agility i alto- I at Korkford, 111., a .lefcnd.nl bv a gelhor exceptional. Well cared for, I woman lawyer, probably the first 111 Ihe bite i not mnvnnarilv fatal Call- 1 stance ol the kind 011 record. J 1.. . . . 1 1 m. . loriiia Miter in .. I. r.veumg I'llnt. I A Pertinent SuiBltion. Il wa in the gnawy ur. "Ulve ' Bie a Miutid of i'hteae." said au elderly man with blue npei-laela on. Yt, sir," said Ihe MMr, and ha went In work with hi knife. Jut then a bOTM hitched in fiiml of the store tet'itme uuea-y. 'Whoa'" houted 'he grocer. "1 beg our pardon," said the man; with blue spectacles, who bad Ihsjo : giulug intnnlly at the cheee. 'Did ' you remark whoa?" "Yaa. sir; to Iha horse ouUlde." "O. lo the horse. WVIl, hadn't ou better say il aratn to tha cheesor"' Mrrvhaul Traveler. Tha dcooi) of ten goat and tbe work of several men for half a ear are raqulml Ui make a oashuiera ihawl a yard and a half wkte. "Will you vow lor my blnf in quired the lobbyist of Oie lgUlaUr. "No. sir," replied tha latter; your bill I. a swindle." -Why. man. you must have the wrong bill n mind. I maan thin fifty dollar bill" "Well, tela appears to be a food bill." d tha legislator, after examining it crit ically, i n yote for h" fnafc EASTERN ITEMS. A HKAVY YIELD OK KANHAH WHEAT IN A Dapoalt of Zinc lire Cut Rata on Fralabt-Murderera Lynched -Tbe Flooded DUMote -Lady Hall-Bearers. Baltimore ha 4000 huIooiii. Chris Buckley is in Chicago. One death from sunstroke reiorte at Chicago. Kittie Brown won the sla-days' bicycle race at Denver. John Oilbert, the great a. lor, died in Boston on the 1 7th. At the South this acaaon Iian Is-en the coldest for many year. The preaent iennanent tabulation of Oklahoma ia about NyOOO. The warm weather ia thinning out the office-seekers in Washington. Ninteed horse started in the American Derby, at Chicago, 1.1-1 Sun. lay. Berkeley Spring, W. V., DM recovered from the elici t of (lie lute flood. Tlie New York laaslle Aldemian case will l trieil at Suraloga July tub. Braditrcct's calculatea the entire Iohh by the I1oo1a at aliotit M',0tl,0K). The International TvgrBphlcul Union will meet at Atluuta, (ia., next year. Two murderers were hanged by a mob in Kcotl county, Tenneaaee, recently. rrohihilion in I'eiuinylvaiim wus do Icated hy an overwhelming majority. Trunk-I.ine Commissioner Kink, with headquarters al New York, baa rcaigned. The total llil 1ohch of tlie lVnnsyl vinia Railroad arc slated ut f i:t,UO0.OOO. OWI il talking alamt building a 100, (XXI soldiers' monument at De Moinea. Rose Coghlan and her IiuhIiuiuI, GUn teu J. folgcrly, have soiairated tcmir- The teat of the puematic gun carriage j at Aiuiapolia, ltd., recently, proved satis- lactory. The next conventinti of the order of the Myrtle Shrine will In' held in San Francisco. Ronton ia icportcd n leading America with il educational exhibit at tlie I'aris Kxposition. The schools 11 Wollaalon, Mam., have bfM flojnd, owing to the prevalence of diphtheria. The GOTtnunmt luia remuned opera tiona at KIihI Ki k iiiiprovi'inenlH, Hell (iale, N. Y. The hay crop of New York Slate thi year ia UQBCMd 'e almoat ulipnne denlly large. A deiniHil of lino ore of workable qual ity ha been discovered in Marion county, Ark. The debris at Ihe alone bridge btJOW JohnitOWn, IVnn., WM acton lire on the 1 tit It inrt. The Roard to gelcct a site for the navy yard on the Northwest coast, favors Porl Orchard, W. T. j It is said that an elfort is being made In form a trust of all the big dry goods stores in America. The battlelields of (icttysburg and AH t iotiiii . are now OODlMOted by the W estern I Maryland Railroad. The meiuln'ni of the American l'har- maceutical Convention, to la' lield at Sun ' iv 1....... a..i,..i . 1 4, 11, i 11.,,, . , 1 1 1 , 1 . The crops throughout Indiana, and also much riparian proTtv, was severely damuginl by nn ent rains. Missinniiry Nnlies are delighted wilh Hie WMUMKMBt of Mr. Huntington's Congo Railway enterprise. ,1. (. If Anion and R. M. Fowler tOOtfbl a street duel at Fayclle, Mo., on the lath, and Inith were fatally ahot. At the funeral of a young man mimed Rice, at Shamokiii, IVnn., lour young ' ladies wen' the pitll-liearers. The tliMnl in I'cnnslviinia kn.ak.nl the Prohibition campaign endwise and the Slate has gone "wet." The Trenton R.n k Oil Company, the oldest company in the Ohio ndd. has . bfM sold lo Ihe Standard. Howard ol HMtrk Sugar fume has been found guilty of .v iii l larceny in the llrst degree at New York. Ikiiiham, Texas, ii rejoicing over tlie discovery ol oil at a depth of SMI feet in the northern part of the city. Cut rates in freight are made between New York and St. I'aul. The war has lecn opened for the summer, Forty indictment were found hv tlie j Federal (iran.l Jury at UtdlMMpOUl (or violulion of the Motion laws. A gas well lias bttB drilhnl in at Fin.l lay, Ohio, with a cacily ol over seven teen million cubic feet ier day. Minnesota i ooMhMrini ihe proposi tion to put the ctiiivi. t to work making landing Iwim Trust. tocmiiuivcnt the Twine The Mormons who are (lin king into the northwest of Manitotia are said to claim that they have a right to practice polygamy if they want to. Attorney -lieneral Miller ha accepted the resignations ol the I'nit.nl State Marshals for Florida and South Carolina, and of Distri.t-Attornev Cetera, of Ctah. Sinvial Treasury Ai'cnt Crow lev and Mulkey have tieen ordcrtnl from San 1 Kranciwn to Cort Towns' ad to iuvimti-1 gate frauds in the customs service there. Kansas will harvest the largest wheat i crop, this mason, that haa Iwen produce., in that Stale lor vears. It ia rtmuUed j riv.nl 111 Kngland with a view to entering eLLt Hill . ," advisable to grow these crops whore that the yield will Is' (ull thirty million 1 the Women's Medical College, an.l pur- "L fro,,, KxTmrn In , I. n, i,,JJ dov" anl ot,l, r -r;1!- f' are more suit bushel., suing a omrse of study there winch will Zt luZ bma from the Li' 1'"t ""W Ias is Mrs. Haves, wife of ex l"reident Hayea, diml 'at t aV o'. l. k last Tuea.Uy morning, 2Mb inst., at her home, in Fre mont, Ohio, after an illnew ut sever..! MM. The convention ut the American In atilule of Mining Kngineers commenced at louver on the IWh There ia a prolwbilitv that the Indian apolis paatmsstei w ill ! clianginl at an early date. In the St. Unjll Cathedral at New Or leans, last wk, Hex. Father Thomas 1 1, si . in- iu consecrated Hiahop. An attempt it lieing made at New York to sttarh the insurance, $12R,iW, on Tuaklaa, Singerman A Co , of SratUe. T1m New York Kremng Coat haa hren HiraMeni 4 with a bid suit for .-.,'i NIIMI M.ANHKM. Mormon MlAsionans In LlvrPool-Th Proaecullon of Boulangar -Anarchy In Cret Kallroada Building In Africa. The King of Kpaiu ha jurt entered on hi fourth year. Corke, Ireland, has railed irJOO for the Johnrtown lufleren. The Spaniah war-ship i'ar liai fouud ered of! Ca Trafalgar. The French lenale adviaea the iinme diate prwocution ' Roiilaiiger. 1'riineaa Malteruich il revisiting I'arie, and great attention is paid to her. Russia threatens the Hhah of I'ersia if he makes concessions to Knglnnd. Complete anarchy prevails in Crete. Outrages and mur.len are frequent. A dog tax ol France gives the Stale an annual revenue af about $1 ,500,000. The sailors' strike at Knglish and Scot tish ports is 011 the eve of eollapiing. In England check MUM are now en tirely out of use, l'iiig forbidden by law. There are three leprosy easel on Cape Rrciiton, N. W.. two women utid one man. Smoking during service is said to lie customary in some of the rural chun liPo in Holland. BlMtttd and Ireland are overrun with Aiiiuricuiis traveling in parlies of from forty to 400. William Walter I'hclps has sailed from Kuril)' with the Suinoan Treaty in his uavsion. A plan to connect the Silierian rivera hy canals is projected hy the Russian (lovernmelit. Another woman bus h, , n murdered in one of the 1 ompurlmciits of an Knglish railroad train. Kaid McLean, 11 Scotchman, is Commander-in-Chief of the Army uf the Sul tan of Morocco. In rniHMia the State railroads make special con. essioiiB ill favor of poor hjo plc in ill-health. Rutl'alo Rill at I'aris, recently, gave a benefll (or Um OMMntntb offertM. and $L1XJ0 was rcaliml. Mr. Maybrick luiB been Committed li LrjodOD, for trial, 011 tlie charge of, mur dering her li'ishaod. Ollicial reiairts concerning tlie pros H'. ol the BuMUU) wheat crop this sea son are unfavorable. Tho niericans are suaiiected of rob bing a jewelry store at lcipzig of goods valued ut 7.1,1X10 mark. ikiwuger Ku.press Augusta of (iermany lias nbtctibtfi I'ssi marks in aid of the IVniisvlvaniil HiiU'erers. Cna'ti'diligs will la coufililied against tlie friends of Itolllaiiger, who were ar rcsbnl in Angotlleme, France. The CariH b' TenipH asserts that (ier many is negotiating with llclgiuin to lay a cable I rum (Intel to lortlun.l, Me. The great industrial exhibition at Ham burg, (iermany, which has te'en in pre paration since 18H7, will shortly be iiH'iie.l. Tlie policfl at Curia have seized a Bom ber of letters front Oenerul Boalanger to the Boulangiat National Committee in the hoUMOi Mine. Bonlnu. It has been dmidml in Kussiu tliat women muy In physiciuns ; hut they ntMt conlinu their services to children ami udults of their own sex. Tlie C.ar has la'stowed a dowry of 1,000,000 rubles on Crincess Militia of Monlencgro, who has l'en l3trothed to (iran.l Duke Ccterof Russia. 'I he watcr-imwer of the Rhine is alut to In-utilizinfto work electric dynamos, which will distribute electric-iniwer and light over a ru.hous of hfteen miles. In I'arin, the Saccharine, or sugar made from coal, has Uvn unaniniuunly con deinntnl by the iniHlicul profeesion, lie cause il seriously trouble digestion. Rents iu Scotland are getting lower and lower. Four farms recently relet in the South for the approaching term, brought lens than half their former rent. It is In'lieved that three uf Lieutenant Wissmnn's steamers have Uvn lost on the African coast. Four QORDU war ships have Ikvh diat. hml to look them up. The Russian army is to Is provided witli breech-loading ritles which will carry a distance ol (XXX) feet. Noiseless Ki.ler will also In' tiled in the future by the army. Four hundred Silesian lace-makers have Is'en at work (or live weeks on a magnificent veil for the Mister of the Her man RrnprOM, who is almut to marry Crim e Leopold ol Crussia. The Hclgradc correHHindent of tht LoPr dou Daily News upholds the accuracy of hil Statement that Russia bus proixised the imminliute conclusion of u miliUiry convention witli Servia. Mormon missionaries uv circulating broadcast from the Millennial BteT offlOC iu Lirorpool a summary of Congressman springer's reH.rt iu favor of tlie a.liuis sion.if I'tali to the Union as a State. Iu sunny Italy the Uoval Family suffer from chest diseases. Tlie King has never w holly got over the attack of congestion of the lungs to which h nearly succumb nl a few years ago, and the Crown Crim e has a tendency to consumption. ljirge subscriptions are reported to ward building a railroad In'tween Ixiwer Falls, on the Congo river in Africa, to Stanley Cool, almut two 1. undr.nl and sixty-two miles. There are almt three thoMMM miles of navigable water aUive Stanley 1k1. Tlie Uelgium (teveniuiont is adopting every means in its power to frighten the enlightened and wealthier class from sny dlapOOttioa to yield to the jnipular cUnior Ml universal suffrage. This was shown in the recent trial of men arrested for conspiracy at Mons. Hukhmalmi. the Indian la.lv whose re fusal to live with her husband, to whom I she had Iwn married when an infant, i cr.at.nl so mud. interest in India, haa ar-, eiuime nor 10 oniAin me in., saury .(tuHi- neat ions to practice iiHnticine. "U's Kuffalisldn in Cars now means Ihe fair dames w ho crowd so frequently ,,. to the great Hill. "Light or, lark blue, gray, brown, lot- ttegreon purp.e mid lilac1' dross coat are wining in rage in London, wilh metal or brass buttena. , Z ... The Can Kxpoailion is a peat siaj. 111 niimln r, at l.-a.t. Ret wmi three and lour hundred teoueaml ,.ple v,Unl it in one .lav rwvntlv. PR ri INTS KF.MKKV It lh only aatl.Wxr MklU.I 111, luflllrlKs f telaxss, whnh lh. BKSS S&3ZaCVmwtt r" I THE PACIFIC COAST. A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT VANCOU VER. W. T, Hhlpment of New Wheat A Wild BtMr Cores a Chinaman -Tha Datrt of Los Angeles A Desert r Droned. Tlie California honey crop is ihort. Lsj Angelei has rejs-ale.1 thedoghix. The Carson mint la-gins coining July 1. Spokane Falls il to have a paid lire de partment. Loa Angeles will haves kennel show this week. San Diego has arranged for a cheas tournament. Camping irtiea are numerous along Nile Valley. Id C. Wheeler, Mayor of Fust Cort land, Or., is dead. Wallu Walla, W. T., wants to get rid of the Cenitentiary. The Clatt Alger Alaska party has start ed from New York. The joint worm is injuring wheat iu the San Joaquin Valley. Spokane Falls' new water system was inaugurated on the loth. Everybody at (iranite, M. T., is jump ing land on the townsito. Firea in the griin fields on Roliert's Island have ! n r iorlcl. Several cases of diphtheria have been discovered in Virginia City. The creameries in Oregon and Wash ington ban proven failures. A wild steer gored a Chinaman ut Col usa, last week, and killed him. The walnut crop in Southern Califor nia promises to be very heavy. San Diego is raiding physicians who are practicing without licenses. The Rankers' Association of Washing ton has beta formed at Tacoaiu. A new Territorial University is almut to I A established at Moscow, 1. T. John Mover, ex-Recorder of Cla. er county, died from purulysis 011 the loth. Bernardo Ganatino was killed hy An sel mo Alexandre at San Jose on tho 1 0th, Ih nry Villard, while in Cortland last w. i k, would not talk to neweptper men. A forest (lie is reisirted neur the Yolo and Ijike county line in the mountains The entire business portion ol Vancou ver, VY. T., wus burned lust Friday night. The mole cricket lias apia-ared in the wtuto atclies at Burliauk, bs Angeles county. Cort Towusend sent fclOOO worth of provisions to Seattle the morning alter the lire. The ( iregon Cionoers held their seven- in nt: aiiiiUAl gathering at Cortland on I the lath. A oonti.letioe gang is reported to Is? working the trains tietween Fresno and Iis Angeles. (jeorge Winters, a highly esteemed citizen of Redding, died at Ked Bluff on the 1Mb inst. Charles Nelson, John Ceterson's bosom friend, has run away from Fresno witli .Mrs. Peterson. I '! .- Uoth is sning his wife for divorce at Los Angeles for deeerting him on liis wedding night. Smite Ana real ostete has much im proved in value since the election divid ing Lo Angeles county. I luring the recent hot sjn'll, the ther mometer at l'akima, V. T., registered 1 10 degreee iu tlie sluide. Fraiikljiutero.the indicted Los Angeles ex-Deputy Auditor, for forgeries while in ottice, lias (led to Mexico. To get clear of its debt, IxM Angeles county will rmpjire a tax of $40 for cadi person within its borders. Sacramento has prohibited the build ing of wooden sidewalks. They must be ui cement or patent stone. A stage upset while racing near War.l ner, l.laho, lust week, and several prom bMfl iktsoiis were injurtnl. I). Hakes of Sante Kosa, has hired tweniy-five girls to pick his mepberry ciop that covers MVMlteen acres. Herman Meyeis of Fresno, chnrge.1 with killing a boy named Hroiiuugh in February lust, has been acquitted. The llinn' days' shiHiting tournainent of the Bportemen'a Associuti.m of tlie Northwest, opened at laooma lust week. Paul Harry, an Indian murderer, bus boon cni.turcd on the C.i'ur d' Alone Hen ervntlon by sheriff Martin o( Rathdmm, l.laho. Thomas Edwards killed Hichard Qun dr at Candelaria, Nov., lust week. Kd- ......I ...,M .1,M. ...I.. ..1....J.I ....... mil, 10 nno o.i.'d.s,,,, iw.iwk-m iioiii I cuJtody. Tho old Citv Hall at Bammento I threatens to collapse and jurors n-fuse to j serve in tlie Police Court on u.wunt of the ilanger. San Joaquin county hay-growers find I it takes 40 per cent more Kastern-inadei roH' to bale a ton than it does with Cali-1 forniarois? ' . , Mother Alphonse ( osteite, Udy Stipe- j rioross M the I'rsuline Academy in Santa 1 Kosa, died 011 the ltlth after it long illness ! of consumption. j A Chinese leper was discovered in the S.ti fl'iii'llti 1 lull litut U in It uhm a.ml from Fokim for twenty .Uys for reluriag to pay poll tax. , Tencarloada of new wheat from tho Man'us.' ranch in Sutter county, Culifor- j ma, were shipped to Sun Fmnoiaco from . Maryavilleon tbe 14th. Untie Ui', aged l.'i, has obtaintnl iiskl aged l.'i, hosohtuin.nl IC'sXI in a damage suit against Oeorge Wash- ' "on Shcphenl, aginl isi, Ui are colored wple. A mtAtd llillhwilvll.1,n , , . . , ' . nul" M- lJr- : Hanling haa Wn found guilty L Z;. i' . v.v ..iiimihn ....-,11,1.1 iMSIOI Willow baskets which nave MMM oiM or diaeolore.1 may be made very ornamental again i.y l.ronung or gilding thm; Tlie rwwder niay 1? purohase.1 at d stow. It should I tiiixr.) with N"1 wh' varmah and he applied with . small an.l rather toft brush u' 1 , 1 "Y L Tn Z ol I i 'l"mm anouM 1 often examine! (or thin pUcnj uu.irrKmrun.nis . T-- , ni up with fine .Urning .tuin, tlie tame aa auvkinga and great rente pwvented. Una. Butte. One rammJ of white' agar, whites ol sii tm, and volk. of &ZrLX l:iTTZ Mining all Im Urn. ' HHM. Top-Drealng Wheat In Bprlnil and Hungarian Oraas Dairy urest-Earfy Umba Bee Culture-Farm Notea. Millet In- There is a time when it is safe to prune most vuriti.-s of deciduitis fruit ttces, and that time is when Ihe w.l is ri'and while the tree is iu 11 dormant condition. In removing crops from (he soil we hike away plant food. This is the duel cause of soil exhaustion. Uck of fertil ity is comiaonlv due in a large part or en tirely to lack of plant final. Cotton-seed meal will not do for hog feed, us the lint balls in the stomach, and cannot l voided. This objection to cotton-seed meal is not applicable to domes tic animals other than the hog. Bread for Soup: Cut slices of stale bread into small su.iares, throw in boil ing lard mid fry till brown. Skim out. Irani, ami put in soup inn-en isw.m. ingthe soup. For oyster oii crackers i-riHH-.l in tl veil arc nice. If the sMice In'tween rows of gnitf riOMM occupied by straw Is-rry plant currant bushes or weeds, do not wonder tliat the grain's do not riK'ii early. The Hull's ruvs 11. list reach the earth und keep it wurm'if early rfpninf is desired. If het-ts or carrots are not 1111 it may he that the ground was too cold when the seed wus put in. It is bettor to replant than to lOM the BTOD, They should be - -1 -ii nmucreo .oio-x-. - "'ii , grown a shs k f.xid, and as a large j iel.l Mato, Cos'a Rica 21 'aSic, can 1 secured ll.ey will pay well. I n.)., Arbuckle's roasteil L'5c. Old ewes may be sold if the lambs are , provisions. weun.nl. Only strong, vteorodl BWOfJ Oregon Imm l'tWl-, breakfast 1 shou'id Is- retained. Sclm t tliose that , con Lie, sides 1 1 'j,.', shoulders !k Flust yieldeil tilcntv of milk for (he lambs for ! cm ham 13(.13 V. breakfast Iwcon 13 bnedblg porpoeee, and sell oil' the rams in order to utilise new lilinni 111 me qdob. If you dissolve bones by Iniiling them In a atomic oof ash lye and then use dry earth or leiieiic.l ashes as an BJMOrbeflt, ; you get a fertilizer or compost, rich in botil ihosphoiicuci.l and potash. It will contain uixo most of the nitrogen which WM in Hie Ikiiics. The liquid manure is more valuable than the solids, and a liberal use of nb snrlamt materia! will aid in urn-sting its loM. Il ibould 1' saved carefully, and j a drain ut the rear of the stalls should 1 con.lui t it to Home kind of u receptacle from which it may be pumped over the I manure heap. The early lambs are now in demand. Feed tliose that are lint up to weight well and push them into market as soon 11s pOMrale. A daily ration of, two parts ground outs, one part corn meal, and A I 6nU proportion of linseed meal will I. excellent lor them. They should have a go.nl pan! arc There is as much nrt in the work of improving tlie drones of a hive us to en deuvor o stvure better .pieens. Some nrarma of bees are too Inbred to endure hard winters. In tlie natural condition Ini's are hnrdy, but when their cure is in the hands of the In'o-keeinT his judgment is iminirlaiit und he can do much to add vigor to the swurms Chocolate Meringue Cudding: Itoil one pint of rich milk, and u hull' tCACUJ ful of butter, one teacupful of sugar and ,,,,,,, .,u r ,rviiul ,.1,uv.lata la, il lmil,.n.l mh ,.,1 u.l.l ll. uldle- of Ibur eon I nmr this ii, a pudding dish lin.nl with slices ofsKiiige cake and bake ; cover with meringue mid let it brown. Kut with lemon sauce. The dairv interests of the United Btetea wpTeeent more than t8,0i,0fJ0,000. The number of milk cows is estiinated at 24,000,000, which give an aggrig.ite milk production of 7,35O,OO0,l00 gallons. Four billion gallons are used for butter; 700, 01)0,000 for cheese and the balance for various ptirHses. The annual prodbo tionof butter 1 ,350,000,OIK) pound, and 61600,000 iMJiind of cheos. This immense dairy herd requires 10O,H00,lHk) ucres of pasture land to supnjrl it. The uuiek germination and rapid growth ol millet and Hungarian grass permita the young plants to take posses- j sion ol the soil, appropriate the available plant food und starve out every weed that ippron. In fad, as treed destroyers bath crops are unexcelled, and should any chance weeds secure places the mow ing of the Hungarian grass cuts off the weeds and puts an end to them. For plowing under, as green tinir. uriitl crops,1 they are excellent, and tlie hav is usually clean and free bom weed. 1 grown for nor other piirisc than ridding a field of weeds Ihe Hungarian grass crops is alone Worth the lalnir bestowed upon it. Tnp-Dreseing Wheat in Sj.riin;: It is BOinetitucs 11 gisnl plan to top-dress win ter wheat in the spring. It is l'!ter still doubtless to do the work in the fall, but w eat i tl, 're ,1 'Z'JJl T ' la .. ., .1..... ... 1... I... I .... I II .1.- injsure it will pay to give il a further lift. Ch.niso a time when tlie ground is either frozen or has thoroughly dried so it will not poach. Then draw the manure in a wagon provided with wide tires. If the surface is .lrv the wheels will not sink in to hurt. The manure will greullv belli the clover us well as the wheat. V have known farmers to find I profit in dri'litiL' in l.'iO imiiiii.Is of HUlHTfll lOdli) 1 1 . .I.. ...1... i ! . .: O), III, H Ileal 111 Spring. 1 he drill WHS driven so that its teeth cut the ridges lie- fr60- My rowa.made In driUtog the eeed '"' previous full. In this ease probably ,,ri'1,k",lf tllt surface of tlie soil did nearly M 1:00,1 as the fertilizer, as is proven hy the benefit often received from dragging wheat fields in the spring, , . ,, , . 1( "'fP " lded.nd given attention, a crop of millet or Hungarian grass will lie invaluable to them. Mr Stewart, the well known authority on sheep, states that when the crop is "eight indies high sheep may 1 allowed to eat off four or five inches. Hurdles should lie need, aml "''f1 ,lail.v in or,,er to uvjid hav- nig tbe she.' eat Uxi close to the root " 1,118 wav 11 wul so anew, and cover e ground more completely than More. , It is estimated tliat a good crop will 111- .luce aln.ut ten tons of grien fcsldor'tWr aero, and inihture titty shei-p from one to two months. It is advisable, for slu-ep imsturc, to MM Hungarian grass, and to Imrdle the sleep in blocks of ulmut burdle the sleep in blocks of aliout twenty-five. Ce.is and horses are also at Sacramento, 'end ol green hio.1. and as the final cut 1 ting may in- made late, a succession is bad .luring tbe entire summer. It is not uiat 01 tn'ing sown Iale and growing I rapidly, making tbeir crops in a sinde season and during the warmest period of "",""""" "ey ieiignt in wsrmth an.l endure drought' well. 1 Private Kitasininons, at Miles City, M. uui ma eyes an.l throw one of ; ,hwi1 v while insane. The other eye remoyml from Ins cheek, whew it as hanging. 1 n.. a. ... 1 ., wirv out 11 s .V.T . ..' " "wner rom me Man- "" " !5f" eighteen mile r.llu,uret was.irowne.1 almut SSu'r. ! ,..,,,. 0 v oil. 1 iu ,shu r run. 1a.n1 or Vori Costa. i -1--. ,. . ..... mSTff dHLS ZZ Sft .... ,,f ."Ut. i1. ' K!!?- 1 1-i- . aiiswrnan wai they will , suo-wnl wittewtt SiUing Bull's i-ooaent. I PORTLAND MARKET. PROSPECTS NOT SO ASSURING AS A MONTH A OO. Provisions Flrm-Frulta of all Kind are Plentiful and Very Cneap-Very Llttlo Doing In Dried Fruit -Freeh Meats U Utter. It ii currently rojiorted thut in several sections east of the Cascades the exces sive heat has severely injured tlie crops, and that prosiHH'te of another bountiful harvest are not so reassuring as 11 month ago. The Colombia, rivir salmon pock down to June 1 is given ut tt900 easea less than last year; the run of salmon 011 the Sacramento has also bMfl short, so that Alaska cunnerymeii stand a good chance of making liun.lsonie profits. In 1 ti. (H.ui mcrchuiidise markets business generally continues sutisluctor) , ulthotigh in the midst of the usual summer lull. All kinds of fresh fruit are now to Ik found in the market ut cheap prices. tCutem meats have a stiller tendency, und provisions are linn. Tlie looal wheat murket is very dull and inuctive. nMOMOM. u.n,ra 1 ,id, a, (f 73 I 111,1 n, . ...... .. v . extra U ?o, lrv granulated i cula-, crushed und 1 ni'.. ' n.tr. . oxaw txiwdered Li'nc, sides Wlc. Ijird 9)fc for 10s. nom, Is Angeles oranges Il'.-T), Riversides 14.60) California lemons f4..r0(ii' jier liox. Apricots $1.26, cherries (iOc. VKOKTAHI.KS. Potatoes OOo, onions $1.75, rheubarb 8c, tomatoes per Iwx. DAIBT rnoniTB. Butter. Oregon fancy 20c, medium 15(t 17'.,c, common , 100120, Eastern 22c, California 1820e. oat. Eggs 171Hc. POUl.TKY. Chickens 0404.80, liroilers WMQ&t ducks font 7, geese 7(8, turkeys I ".c er B). WOOL. Valley 180)220, Eastern Oregon 813c. HOI'S. Hops 1015c. (IKA1N. ""t .VTr ,.- V Ti , ' 2i Oregon 1.0o(S 1.0 1 . Oata 30c. , . . . A, , -. , , , , , ., . n.oi a. Standard $4, other brands $8.6008.76. KRID. IIavfl3cUperton, bran $13(14, chop 118020, shorts 14Ci!l5, Ijarley $20(3 22.&0. ntHB MEATS. Heef, live. :tc, dressed, ti(t!(fio; mutton, live, 3 'Mc, dressed 6)Cj binibs 12.50 each ; hogs live 0c, dressed, 77)s'(' ; veal 808b. DHIKI) FKl ITS. Applee406c, sliced tic. pearl Be, Oregon plums 804, Italian f-, silver 7c, (ieruian tciii'c, plums nWic apricots 190 140, PcUdlCB S(t 1 Jl', Ullllorllia UgS ,0, raisins $1.75(.2.26 ht Iwx. FOREIGN GOSSIP. -In London tlie windows of private ouses arc washed by a limited liability 1 gompany ut the rate of eixht oeaM window. The discovery of n bit. of gold in ihe gfasard of n duck recently killed ui a farm in Forfarshire, Scollund, bus been followed by the tiniting of gold-bearing quart! in tho sumo neigli boihood. ..... me MM 1 nurcn ol Christ in Milford Conn , will celebrate its two hundred and fiftieth anniversary this year. Von Hulow says that every pianist should learn to sing and play the vio lin, "as th'dr onrs would then hear more critically tho sounds thoy pro duce, and thereby teach them how to phrase." Some pianist we have henrd should learn to cook and to make shoes and lei tho piano alona, -JNorristewa Herald. SUBSTANTIAL SHAKES. A Itory That Munt Ha 'Im-. It Is Voaehed For hjr a G00.I Ma. It was some years since, in the Ozark region, where 1 WM riding a circuit. . . " 1 " enjoy ii most sub StanUal handshaking. Shaking hands wus his peculiarity. He believed In tho potency of a cordial .rriisp to win men to the church. And though suc cessful in winning souls, ho wus very unfortunate in tlie mutter of getting dollars. In fact, poverty continually tired him in the face. He owned n little farm and mortgaged it its long us it would yield a dollar. The inort gagti were fulling due, but there was no prospect of paying them. Hut it did not bother him u bit. He shook Dandl more heartily thun ever. "I have unbounded faith in handshaking to bring everything out right." he often said, until bis penchant came to be the talk of town. At lust came the 'day when the mortgages must bo foreclosed tliat would deprive him of his little home that sheltered his family. On the eve of that day it knock at tho door of his house, which was n little way from town, culled him. When he opened the door u whole crowd rushed in ind i,n ,, ..:. j , , ' , tR, word' ""' K,,,,kl"- hanus. He feft something cold 1,1 t,u l"lllu of the nr"1 and when 'he hand was withdrawn it stuck to his own. "That in th m,ui Ma.i shake I ever oxnerioneod " k . I 1 S iiv I'l , oV he held up a to gld piece. But the next man stepjied up and a silver dol lar was left in the preacher's palm. No one would say a word in explana tion, hut pressed it on him as fast as he could stick the meliil and bill into his pockets. The house was not large enough for the visitors, each one of whom. leponitod from fl totlOin theout stretehed hand. E.vh left the moment his little errand was accomplished, and ""l "or" niiu oe Had in expluna- two. except the last one, who. as ho turned to go. remarked: "We wan teal to . .. . .. e wanted ? W t l,t,le Jok -vou aml we "ave. j ne veral "jokes ' netted lust 7nl. Mi, hom ... mmmt .j - -eat halaee u left beside. The m. 1 l8ter (aainhiined that he had eon- cted a habit that night that for a shook a hand prompted him to look ii hi. to se, a piece of .uere. -.,. a. Thomas, in St '-ouU (iloi Dentoerat CORN PLANT LtA,f, hrjr tre IIouI.iIm. ,,r rasaiaaUa or.v ' Oerwiional Inquiries ,. what time the corn plant topped, and also at what .0.. "", N gro,wth tho leaves ,Ilv jj""" from the stalk without iaJai 7 gjaii product on. That S? have a most bnportant oniee to form is onqueetlonable; f,.w however, would entlt,1Hte urea of the leaves o , plan as bigii as it i,us HM;n -t bo by actual measurement Hith"?1 cultural Kxperimeni s,u,.... souri. In regard to ih,. corn 11 may re siil.l ml .l , '""ill make Ihe heaviest growth (.... 1 pusn.d. an it were, tho ntuije o( .'"f tile existence, or rather :,ftcr h mudo during it ample pruvUi"?' subsequent development by b d " root growth, for which early pij?1! and 11 cool spring are tbe lutani dltions. As stated by Mr. .S'hwertzer ,J chemist of the station, the lest i corn iu vigorous plants iirearg( doubtless the chief sent of produrc of organic matter; their nm? rennhee in this etlmste to nlxtejn even eighteen, though under ,.'' conditions the lower ones die .iff 11 adtivity Is oonfined to perbapt 1,. only. An examination wu mjm!I July 9 of tho teal service of 1 plant believed to represent the av ago development of com. though r dor bvorable oircumstenoM Ihta, suits mny lie exceeded, aswaitbtaai with the general crop grown alii! station, whose leaf surface thiw u four weoks later hud ineasuntblt i creused. To make the measurement tht htm were removed from the plaatatte knots und after wilting spretaMta sheets of paper, on which the atfC wan marked by a bag of colored ehalk The area was then measured In u Instrument whoea accuracy hiui aw tested by meusiirements of irregiiljr surfaces of known extent The total surface 01 the twely,. jT. Ing leaves on one side was 1 Kir. square inches, which, doubled fur h., hides ami milling tlie urea of the out. side of the sheaths, makes tin. im.i external leaf surface of this ni,.. :t.4M0 square inches or twenty-font square feet, a larger value than hJ been anticipated, but one .'ertainlT that accounts for the wonderful pro. ductiveness of the pluut. which bear ing 11 thousandfold and more, is eanilr the peer of all the cereals. From the necessity of this km amount of foliage for the hct tewlu from the corn plant il may reuuilvbt concluded that the depriving it ..( auj considerable portion of ItsleaTWDN. maturely can hardly fall to linve at injurious effect.- N. V. World. MOUNT VERNON'S HISTORY. wn, ii- Washington's Favorite Htau US 1 in Name. The unfortunate Duke of M.mramith hud a private secretary naine.i Vernon, a prudent, sensible man of business who, after the Duke'- death, found favor in Influential quarter! and. under William III., became Seentay of Slate. Ho loft a son. Edward, burn in KWI, who, greatly ujjninnt his fnther's wishes, entered the navj anJ, serving with early distinction, km a the rank of Admiral Vernon. In 17S he wus returned to the House of Co mons, and having, iu .Inly, 17311. de clared there that Porto Belle niiytit ' reduced with six sail of the line, he would stake his life and reputation on the success of the expedition, he was sent off with a squadron to do it, succeeded, and gave his men fliM"'1 which had just arrived to pay the Spanish troops. On returning home he received the thanks of both b.m-'" and the freedom of the city ol bowk From that day. however, hisstvfc Olined. An expedition to CurthtgMI two years later signally failed. Il 1 1 in the land forces at Carthacenl that Lawrence Washington, the elder brother by twelve yours of GeMl Washington, had served, and so hiftlj did he esteem Admiral Vernon that hi gave his name to the Washington ancestral seat on the banks of the I'ot.iinue and procured a midshipman appointment for his brother (ieorp1. Mrs. Washington, who had it W given her consent to the acceptan.v. Anally und determinutely decided against it. Notwithstanding Vernon disgrace and unpopularity in li" life, 011 his death a handsome monu ment was erected to him in WM minster Abbey. It wus Admiral Vernon who intro duced the custom of mixing 'a"r with the ration of rum. which got IM name of grog from his hnhit ol wear ing a grograni waiscout andheUMM nickname of "Old Orog." There i story told by Agle Taylor, thai sonx1 one in John Adams' presence spoke Gaoage Washington and John A "Stop, my friend," InMrruptel the pompous Adums, "you should J John Adams and (ieorge Washtol for it was John Adams who ml (ieorge Washington." Washing estate was valued at S.tO.0"1 ' World. A young woman tried t" he cratic and did not look at the MMf he gave to the conductor of the llfl but he meekly pave her back the lozenge, on which was written:""1 never cease lo love thee," and said was au orphan, wilh live little broth ers tostipot't, and must lie eXCSM Mr. Younplove-"Why. Mfdg what makes you look so miepb'''. Is there uny bad news in tho par1, Mrs. Young!ove-"N-no, not esiM bad news; but oh, (ieorge. don't know of any of our relatives who1 in poor health? I never sa bargains in crape in ail my born dsf America. -Brown-"Where's that (Ivor II on the table a moment ago? Brown - You never expected to that again, did you? " Brown why not?" Mrs. Brown "I supf you understood enough of parliaw ary praeth-e to know that when a" waa laid on the Uble it wa heard of again. ' Harper - Weely-