EUGENE CITY GUARD.
I. I.. CAHFBKLU
Proprietor
EUGENE CITY. OREGON
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
You may iret lcarnln' at school, but
sense com nat'ral or not at all. De
troit Free I'ress.
Tho woman who cut her hair short
rarely applies the same process to her
speech. Terre Haute Ki press.
Kond Motbor "Sa the dvrllng
drink!" Vlsitor-"Yos, Indeed, tho little
cunning! How much be resembles hla
pr-Tlme.
A Minneapolis man claim to have
Invented a motor which will do all kinds
of kitchen work. It is understood to
have no cousins. lioston Transcript
"Hello, lltlly, said a traveling man, as
he hailed a friend, "You've changed
your residence." "Yea." Where are you
living now?" "I am not living any
where. 1 am dying by degrees at Mrs
Hashem's boarding bouse." Merchant
Traveler.
Ten well-known women are going to
write on the subject: "Nome Things
We Should I)o If We Were Men." One
Of tbe things they would do If they were
men would le to remove th"lr bats when
they go to the theater, or else get eject
ed. .Sorrlstowii Herald.
Jobklns and bis wife are pouting
after a domestic "scene, when their
aun Hob ruffles tbo treacherous calm
"Mamma, which is the king of the
lieasts the poor abused wife casts a
withering glance at. her spouse and re
piles: "Man. my dear."- Judge.
.tones "I hear that your cousin
cmuy, wno is sucti a bcuutltul young
girl, Is engaged to an ugly old man
who Is not very rich." Nuiith -"Well,
In one rcspoct he has a decided advant
age over hmlly." "In what respect Is
that?" "He has a great deal better
taste than she has." Texas Slftlngs
customer "111 have some more of
that brown sugar I bought last week."
(Jroccr-"Yoti like It then?" "Yes.
and so does the canary." "Why, tbe
bird doesn't eat sugar, does he?" "0,
no: I use the sugar to spread in the
bottom of the cage. Btoh sand Is a
little toosharp. you know." The Ameri
can. Sweet (llrl -Mother, Mr. Nlccfellow
la coming to take me out riding this
afternoon, t may go, mayn't I?" .Mother
"If he drives up with a span of spirited
borses, you may go; but If he comes with
that broken down old nag be had last
time, you shan't." "Why, mother, I
didn't suppose you would ever have
uch foolish pride." "My dear, a young
man who comes with a pair of spirited
horses expts'ls todrlvo with Isilb hands."
N. Y. Weekly.
Ilaldlioadnd (and very homely) old
gentleman, to photographer "Drat
uch pictures! Can't you make me look
any better than that, after live sittings?"
Photographer (thoroughly exasperatedi
"I think I can, sir, If you allow me to
take the back of your head It hasn't so
much oxprnstioii M the other side, but
It's a blame sight prettier."- Burlington
Free I'resa.
News of the Week
An English vindicate is trying to Imv
Hit- iuoeiu 'limine jTiuuiivai,, hum- , j
owned at St I., hi-. L. M. BtfflMT,
uieaident of the cotupanv, frankly a hull
ted thii when naked. 1I- said that 10 016
time ago he received a letter from a MW
York broker, asking if the mine oi a con
trolling intrreil could )e Isiiinht and re
plied that it probably oonlJ il enough
monev were offered! There w some
correspondence, and llna'ly the New York
broker made an offer of f4 lr share '"r
all or a controlling portion of the 4'J0,OOA
shares, placing the value of the mine At
118,000,000.
Discussing the Alaska seal fisheries MM
ofthe stockholders in the A larks sealeries,
aid : "The new lease of the seal islands
will be made for twenty years. I'arties
securing it will have to pay a royalty
the government of II more M-r ieit than
now, and will he limited to a csP-h of
HU.OOO scales per year, instead of 110,000,
as under the present lease.
Governor Mellette a-iys that Koutl
Dakota will he obliged to dose up aone
of her institutions. The receipt! of tin
Mate will fall so far short f '-vi DM
that there is apparently no other all!
native.
In North Dakota Governor Miller in
his message to the legislature estiinah
the deficiency for the first year at Dearly
fUilUIOII, unit calls attention to tin-i n
iterative need and imiMirtai.ee of tl
tstrictes economy in all departments; of
the new state. Nuhscqufntilcvclopuit-uts
show that the governor understood tin
h'flciency, and that the outlook is httl
Letter than bankruptcy il his advice
not followed.
The secretary of tbe navy has n loptft
a new design lor IDS OAS 01 toe navv
takeiffect July 4. It will he applied to
Istth II tg and union Jack of the navy, am
consists of a rectangular arrangement of
lorty-two star.
In view of the iierpet ration of various
1.-1 ..! i.. u I
oeiuituH crimes 111 .sew i iainpsiiire re-
ently, (iovernor i nndcll has just issued
a tuts hilnatloli attriliutlligtlu'in to hilluri
to enforce the prohihilorv laws, and en
ing on nil in nun inn I and other olhfersiiii'
law-tiuikiiig citizens to use their hot i
forU inward securing their enforcement
I he cit'zena' warehouse, containing
tsHK.I hales of cotton, turned at Yn."o
Miss., together with several freight tars
I he fire was the most disastrous i
this city during many years. The least
will aggr-gate fll.ill.OOil , insurrnco about
two-thirds.
Mrs. Delia I'arnell, mother of Charles
Stuart Tariiell, states Hint she bus n
ived only oiie-uuarler ol the toilou n
purled to have ls-en presented to her
ami Hint when all her obligation ar
met there will be hut a small margin left
lor tiit nr.- necesHiliei.
derailed. Firomtn Ldshton mo. Two sailor, ho were instantly
and Engineer Murray serl- k IM. are yet unrccov re I San rrun-
.is-o experts ere loosing at uie suii. u
vesel with a View rf seeing what can Im)
done with her, if am thing Meanwhile
tbe Oregon has gone to San Fiiincisco
where she wi I lie Uken into the dry
d s-k, and be supra-rded by the Siiutu
RttO
TRIALS OF AUTHORSHIP.
Wh it n i n. at.. t stake Oalewlatl on
Prostaets nr tin- ivh.
There Is by far too prevalent an Im
pression that literature Is a bed of roses,
w here all s I hears tlnwura. No calcu
lation is safe that Is made on prislucts of
the peu. I ham known of several In
stances where young authors have as
Mnod obligations based Uhmi the prob
able IttOOOM of their work. Disappoint
merit Invariably follows In such cases.
In few professions am there so many
uncertainties. Because a story la ac
cepted this week, Is no guarantee that
you will have another accepted next
week. Vet, again and again have I
heard rising young authors make such a
calculation. A young writer r Ives
$.V) for an accepted story which has proh
lily oost him a week's work. I ic-
dlaloly follows the multiplication of fso
by 5'J weeks. It apparently never tsvurs
to hi in that for weeks, and perhaw
months, he will receive only decllna
tlons. Literature makes a pns'arloiis
foundatliiii for lluauclal caleulatlons.
ml It would save much unhapplness
and disappointment If this was more
generally understood and credltml. As
In all callings, success In literature
means hard, steady work, plenty of it,
ml even then success may not come
There are ton, yea twenty and forty
failures to every sueoesa. The literari
market has never been so full as at the
preaetil day. with sharp couiH'tttion at
every turn. Never have there been more
people with neti In hand striving for a
livelllKMHt, each doltig their utmost to
outdistance the other. It will be well
for .young autliors, too ready to adopt
literature as a profession and t.si san
f utile of success, to consider and digest
some of the disadvantages of authorship
swell as the ro.se-eolorml Joys of faint,
and praise which are spread upon the
canvas oi their lucxpcrloiicisl visions
Edward W. Uok, lu Udles' llotue Jour
nal.
JrlT OsrU . rtonenr.
"The first saw-mill ever built In Wis
oonsln, sn.l 1 think the first lu the North
weal, was built by Jefferson Davis," was
the novel historical statement made to
mo recently by L M. Weston, ex-mayor
of Urate! Kapids. Msoh. Ills sUleunut
was louoweu ny inn explanation: "1
The iitimlMT of petsons in New York
ami HriMiklyn suHering from Influents II
very large, ami coiistanlly im reiiHing
While no llistancea of ileal b due directly
to inll.ien.a has been reported the D00I
her of deaths from imeuiiioiiia has in
reused so remarkably as to Indlcatt
son oiineclion ht'lwceii tint ciiidcitiii
no, ailed inlliieit.i mill iiiit'tntitti.ia
There is hanllv a biiniuess house oroQlci
own low n whtiae force of clerks luis it, it
en shortened more or less by the "Is
griisj." The same slate of allairseiiatl
in Brooklyn and JereeyOity, The heeltl
beards of all three cities claim there is in
lancer from tbt epidemic.
Secretary Wind. an luis tclcgrnpbed in
striictions to the various su'i-lrcssiirers
io poy opoa ptooonUtioo chi-cki for in.
tercst on the I per cent loan, due Janu
ary l, ami on the ivitlc railroad bonds,
a anting to nearly $s,(l 0,000. The
order also includes OOUpOO bonds.
A special from ('tlunibus, O., savs.
Isaac B, Hill, of Wusbii.gion, an inn
mate friend of Samuel J If iiidsll, reports
the latter very low, ami the chances are
that he will never resume his seal W the
house of represents! iv.
THE ACCIDENT BECORD.
in n
At Dallas, Texas, gas generated
mold roady In receive metal (or a 1 .t i
siiind csst'ng, and when the metal wits
poured in, exploded, burning nine work
men, some of them (.itallv, and nearlf itH
to such a degree that rccovi'ry is Uncer
tain. John Dobbins bad Ins body, le ad
ami nock fairly riddled with molten
metal ; one ear was burned off John
Hughes bail hla clothes burned off bit
body and both tyaa tnieii with nil hot
metal. (Charles Hurst received two ter
rible wound in the back, from which
the tleih fell in strips, ami blood OOaod
out as his clothing was torn from him.
A terrible railway accident rjOOUrTfdoD
the Chesapeake fl Ohio road at While
Sulphur Sptuig, West Virginia. The
killed were: H Kallka. i rant conniv
II. D. Edward llrown, (colored); Nation
Heath, (colored); f Wilson, Caldwell,
Kan. ; Hale Morrison, Ci.arleston, haV
gage master; . BsVUsUa, Pfofllt, Va ,
Newslsiy Thompson, Portsmouth, O ;
J. D We!t, llowsnlsville, Va. ; Thomas
Karesch, Hlackstone, Kan ; Kidder
Kind, Hannilml, Mo , and one other un
known. All the killed were in the smok
ing car, which was telcscoted by an
other car. The accident wai caused by
mils spreading mi an embankment where
the track has tan built up by earth to
the extraordinary height i f 1BQ feet.
train was
was killetl
OUslv .it:?.-1
A terrific explosion of gatl curred in
tMo-story brick building al the corner
of Ehman, Fields ami Victory street.
Ne a Orb-ans, ileinolishing two iniil liugs
.in d burning six pi rs'iii! larnealb the
tlrhris. Firemen Hntl .olii:emin sue
ciedetl in rest ning them without lerious
injuries.
THE OLD WORLD.
The trial of iiinety-on socialis's, ac
cused of llongina lo a secret society ami
conspiring hi disturb the public paaflt, is
ended at Ederteld, (lermany. li-puiiea
Hehel, Uriller.ht rg T and Sclxuniacher
and forty-four others were aOQlittod.
Deputy Ham was convicted nti'l sen
teticetl to sia months' imprisonment, A
niiriilMtr of citizens were convictetl and
sentenced to terms of imprisonment
ranging from fututeon tlays to live
months.
It is stated Hint the latest, illness of the
mar wai broogbt on b? the eacitemenl
tniised by siiililen extinction of "lectr-c
litli's in the Qataebfna palace. There
was a vi .lent ruh of bltssl to the lnng,
and a consequent twngestioii of tboM
organs,
Sirah Banhafdl Dami near meeting
with a atriooa aeoldonl diring the loitlal
iterfor-lance of ''Joan D'Aro"ln I'aris
The funeral pi r- BOtd in the play ba
tame ignitttl ard lleriihinlt (sinfad
Two a I'fie-rhiltcrs were stri.ju.iiy
hurnetl.
Berlin !tiitistlcs shown great increase
in all the maladlfl attendant DpOTI lnfln
en.a. Iist week there were .17 tl"atlni
from larwigitis, I".' from infjauimstion
of the lungs, ami l) from pleurisy.
Dabn, the author, is ill at Kreslau Half
the Mt!ico at Muveme are aUcete.l
There are thousatiils of cases al Slutt
gnrt, Aiigshiitg ami Cologne. There is
no abatement in the at-verily of the dis
ease at Vienna, where there have boen
inany deaths from pneumonia.
The death of Don Padro'fl wile was
unite pathetic. When it Is-came ev Jenl
that lite etui was rapidly approai hing,
tbe ex-empress was advised to siiiiiuioii
her confea or. Altlnuuh in great ag-
otiv, she r. . i ".-s, bnl we must
nwait the einperor; lit will give in-
struutloua." Htf hui vordawttti "I re
gret that my children and grandchild
ren aro not uroiiiul me that I might bless
them for tbe Inst time Ahv, llru.il !
nail I that baanllfoj country! 1 call
never return there.
PORTLAND MARKET.
CBIME AND 0EIMINAL8.
At LodlOW, Mass , John Bassellele, a
mill band, killetl his wii'n and sta'ibel
himself ix tunes and tannot. recover.
J.-ahnisy was the cause. He expresses
himself aa wed pleased with his work.
John A. Taylor ami a mar. named
Miller tried hi gain admittance to the
house rif John Roach, at Northville,
Mich. II.) find at them, kill. ng Taylor.
At Kaloma, Indiana, Tykle, a bath-
house keeper, I" t an ohl man natnetl
.lohii ( lark into a bath tub anil then
turned Um gal ou ondar the tank. He
DJOnMl buily lafl the rtKim. was invited
out to take a drink, and forgot about his
customer Tin-old man a powaHM
hi extri'ate himself, being a victim to
itarslvsis. He was literally li tiled to
death, while T)klo was painting the
totvu.
Al Havana ihotuands if people a VMM
bled on the ground nf tltt ("lull Alraen
ila'e! to witneaa a firemen's axhibiiio ,
the object of vhich wa ti raise fnnd
ior tin tlr- deoartment A tsrotory
wooden bili'.bng hail beOtl ere led,
s bit li was to be set on fire Aft" the
torch hud been applied end Ihe firemen
hstl taken their place' In different parts
of the horning structure, il iraadiscov
ared th t the water supply prepw d had
been tujperad with by a vile mlacroant.
Tie- lir.-Hieii were obliged to ec ijs Intn
the builtbug tpiickly as po"siitl", some
being c mpell'd lo throw themselves
from tin) rod. Twenty-two Were in
jured, three fatally.
Clu e Pong, a MongOhlneaa merchant
of New York, a. ' tis'd of sw indli ig a
number of Chinese, Jews, etc. OUI of
over 2 10,0 1 1 has lie"ii a-rested and held
without bail for examimtfl in. H is al
!eg. d to have need f irgery and other de
vices in bis operations. Fo"g tlittp-
peered several win ks ago. Tic police
traced lllm to Newark, but found he bad
left there before their arrival. Then
they found the white woman with whom
he had lived in Brooklyn, ami through
her traced him to ii Bal in Weal Fif
teenth street, where he was arrt ami.
The shadow of ihe coming yew Is be
couilnir moie plsluly reflected in the gen
eral condition of financial affairs, as Indi
cated by the deceasing volume o' trade, s
dispoidlloii tu d-daj. fresh u;eratloiis of
t'i.;...t t.i ee. and pretmratlons for closinu
up (he accounta of tbe old )ear; but the
ackenlng of business activity 1 not the
result of depression, the favorable fe
tnres of the situation outweighing tbe
muses of dissatisfaction, and lending
llbeeiflll asiiec-t to ihe prospects of re
Dewed energy when the New Year na
dawned.
WITH POTATOES.
v . i: i i 1. 1 1 .t a i IMrliBsUUTS.
Breaking Plow $3 tt-v.
Hroath-a-t S-dera 01 1"
Minding Twine.. Moerctdls IHc
Himllng Wire ... 'r " II c
(irnin Drills. 111)0.1(1 1
Mil I low. 1IJ0 ii ll.
Dslsirues Mowers Jlperctdis 7-'i
" Ketpers , " " WU
' OomstwredeBpra " " l'
" DroDpers . " " iso
" Steel-lrame self-
MndHarreoteei " " I
H ulroad Harrows, iron wills ftloi l'cVt
Railroad Harrows, wood wills'' M
Road Plow. 80'a)t
S i it! steel ncraners 'i o 1 1
3 .-I disk harrows f0WI
ii
Count Aloys Karolyi, former einbasa
lortolireat llritnin mid (ieruuuiv, died
suddenly while bunting on his estate ut
I renliiirg, Hungary. II" lunl been iiunt-
ing on noraeback, When fi.uml his
neck was broken. It is iinrertain
w Intlier he was attacked bv apoplexy
ami fell from his horse or whether he
wns thrown.
Serpa l'into is returning to Europe on
pica o( ill health. His dispatches' to
10 Portugese g tvernii t declare that
English olli cutis have wri'h ii him their
thanks fur bis services in Nvassa hind
There is a serious shortage of coal in
Bebdom, owing to labor troublea in the
uiiniiig rt -gioiis. .Maiiufaetiiriiig uiler-
ts ate beginning lo suffer, and even
thegoyernrntnl is unable too tain its
Usual supply of fuel. The singular spe.
Ilicle is likely to be w " m I of the gv
rnuieiit of a coal mishit iug country
sending abroad for its coal supply.
The eightieth annivernnrv of Glad
stones birth abaorbed so mnch atten-
on, ns to make of it a day of national
mambranoa, IVIegrama and lettataof
mgratul ilimi and iiliuiriition. inured
into Ihtwiir.lf it from not tir.lv all quarters
England, but literally from ah txtrti
( the world. All the inemhers of the
lailstone (atnily I .inches gathered !
Hawiinleii to meet uinl griiyt their em
inent kinsman
A well dressed ami apparently wealthy
man arrived at Ban Uateo a day or two
since, ami rushing into the presence of
Father OallagbaU threw himself on bis
know, crying: "Have me, aave me; I'm
going to die. Evil spirits are after me."
rim lather c ilmed bitn ami directed him
to a hotel. Tagart appeared again at the
evening service ami was very de Voted,
At the close be Calmly rone, drew u pen
knife and cut his throat three times. He
tied in live minUtea without Hp '.iking a
word. It is thought Ins mind was
alfectt d
James V Woodward a poomlnenl busi
ness man. died recently at Atlanta, Chi,
Wist ward was walking out Marietta
street when somebody stepped in from
of him, pushed a pistol to his breast and
finsl. Woodward walked lii his sister's
S tring g uis 1-5 17o
Su icy Plow 751s US
Walking plows MMB
Wag we, all makes UOfJglOO
BAeJal,
Itlirlaits. 10 In 7
B ir aiis. It in 74
llurlaps, tl-i In. 1H
i.nnnlus, 8x4 IB
Potato bags, not cash 6M
VYooHtn. "
Wool a rri, "
W'hu it sacus, snot, net e sh
Wneat sacks, extra, second. hand
OKr KKM
reeil.
Quatemala, t6v
-III VS. I? HI. 25 (ie
M iclta. ef
Ko, I 0 wta Bleat, a tb
Itio, tr tit
Salvador, f th
ReMted. in iiiis.
. a le's Ai i'lsa, ' It)
' ,v D.'n Columbia 1 ll prs
CoitaBioa
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 a
Hoa- ad Java
Boasted Mo ha
wool
aetera tini
A' . -oi- dug to shrinkage
Valley.
Spring clip.
limpQ,ua
I.'mptpia, I. mills and fall
egeiatile- iFrrxlil.
A-paragus, V lh ,
Means, tf tb
Beala, f Hi
Cabbage, f lh ij
i ' trrots per sk. l H
Oarrota, young, (fdoz 15
Celery, v diw 50
Let nice, IfdOl 1'
Onions, V ItNllhs . 1 0Ya,l :',)
I'titaioes, tf IUOITih .. Ii5al;it)
w is SI
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ALONO THE COAST.
be
found this fact In some old pamphlets I
waaoverhsikltig the other day Davis
WS l.leutensut in the t'n I ted States
army, aervlng umhw old lath Taylor,
whose daughter he afterward rn away
with and married. Taylor was In coin
mud of Korl Crawford, near l'rlrle du
Cbeln. It Iss-ame ms-esaary to build
other forU In tbe Northwest Tbe C.ov
ernment sent sawmill to Tarlor U
prepare the lumber. Davis was sent up
the Okdppawa river to Iocau the mill
and operate it That was the drat sw
mill In what la now one of the greatest
lumber sections of tbe counlrv. Ii
sounds nueer that Jeff Davis should thus
bo entitled to be classed as a pioneer
lumberman of tbe Northwest." N Y
fmt
tlruu(M Hin, to ,,,,,,
"Vou re not going UisUy down-tow n
uto to-night, are you, Johar
"Not very late. Marl. I h.ve to help
put man through the thlr.1 ..
the lodge. ID come strHghl home
soon . it Is over."
(Kindly, but flrmly)-"lf you can re
peat the password. 'Sle slim slick sap
lings.' distinctly when you come home
from the lodg,., jonlli Ue ouuW, w
ln will admit you. and if you cu t
you needn't ring so alarm at the outer
door. You'll stay on 'J outoid aii
night, my dear."
John cam, UoBl8 ewly.l Chloaax
Tribune.
T'te old Kt. Ignatius church building
at San Kranctwxi, used for coniu.ert ial
purpoees, was conitletely gntt,s bv tire
The lues is estimated at $4t),t tkl ' The
third tltsir was otvupied b roomers,
three oi whom burned to death. Main
gallant reecues were made bv llre:ii n
ami policemen from the burning builil
ing. A cave of Urge proportion! occurred at
Patina, suburb of Wdkestwrre, I'a.
Wit le ut warning the surface of Ihe earth
settled anil great holes iiresented them
selves, eome of them thirty Met deep
m. mm s vain.. in- ciiurcti, I lis- ismonnge
mid M-veral other buildings wen badlj
gggtJgJM Several at re! were tll'tvled.
A terrible accident t curred near Van
ivuver, B. C. A mrty oi six in a sleigh,
returning Irom a social evening on t't
Eraser river road, were strut k bv a Ul
ing tree wnl lou' persons and th." horses
were instantly killed. To uarrv.wlv sa
ceped.
Tlie three children ol Mrs lams
Schop. of Omaha, borne I to tlesth in her
dwelling in sight ol lo0 people. Sttine
mouths ago Mrs. Schop i bu.lund de
orrtod her, and she has eince ls-en
oblise.! to support the land v by doing
washing While ihe was alaWn! ou this
eirnd, the dwelling caught lire. The
t bildren were sard 7 year!. 4 veara and
o mi it. 1 1 is
Theodore tiroes, aged 37, ami his wife,
went home from dance at Uurontown,
Mich., at 2 o'clock in the mor-ing
They t ail both born drinking, and it is
supposed carelessly overturned limp
The house took Ore. end eleven person!
burned to death, tiroes, hie wile, eight
children and guest.
On the ChrearsMke A Ohio road st
Fort Oay, OrveBhrtw county, alr.ighl
rrariK i ion. sunn sc. to ie now in
I V rl In in I. is wanted at IV. i del. in for
Hung among girl astray by haying a
Imgtis marriage it" DV perforated
rbe girl will soon become a mother. Ud
to the time of his departure n few
weeki ago, it was tin leratood thai thet
bad lne i marsled hv a Instlea of tha
peace i t A. iims; bo' recently it was
dlaeovrred t ut n- lloenae haa evar been
giitnt.' i bi .he oennty ulerk,
llr'tlg" n pairs i:r constant', going
on over the imuei I acitic bridges
I'niss work Is being ipooially pualie
at present. I In p.- ar now thtrlv-four
miiee in all i f uulon l'a iilc railroad
hr tlges weed of Hillltingt in.
It is reHrt d by the Spring Valley
Water Co , the conipiny that mppdei
San PruclaOO with water tlint it luis
a supply of water on baud slltlh ient to
answer all damanda for three years ti)
come. The Capacity of the conipany'a
reservoirs is L'l.OiHJ.O rll.OOO galloUl,
M it l. initt, the thaatrioal manager,
said ukiii his return lo S n franoiaco
From aa Oregon and Washington tour:
"I was surjiristsl to diOCOVWJ luoh an
exhibition of thrill and imltist y in the
Norihern towns. They have no idea t
stolidity or rest. Ttey' go ahead witb
a bu'inaaa vim anunrs tly ?eatern.
That is going to lie a great country in
a lew yean, depend npoo it, and the
population is daily au;uie ting."
Work has bogUfl on the Astoria end
ol the Astoria A South Coast nta I.
Driving ot uies is going ou between
TrulUner's mill and Kluney'i oaonorv
Two driven are at work, ami au ad.h
tional one is to U employeil.
The lupetiiilemlent of the rts-ruiting
serve e has kwM dins-tisl to forward
forty rwmltl lo the department nl the
Oolamhia for assigniu-ut to the l'.iu-th
and Kourtcenth Infantry Also teli .ol-
ore.l re nuts to the IN nth cavalry in tha
dsjfaVtaMStt of Anions.
I lie who'e auiouiit ol taxes assessed
against r..lroad- hi Celt rum for 188U
waa 6 4,(44, oi whkb s was for
st .te pupos'S ami IS.'IMKM for the
counties UurOOgfa Which the ro-.ls run
(N the whole i mount but $j.t is debn
tpien', Isuitg du from tbo Pttlim m I'ai
at e t'ar luusiny.
Walter Nciistadt, the hilf-intercst
swiinller, convicted a year ago ks
swindling an OretM fanner u.m.sl
lVker, and eenlent ed to one year's iui
priMinmeiit a"d tl icd (9, has beN rv
Icascvl by t' e OaJJJorals supreme court
on a writ of habeas uirpus.
A lew days ago a stranger hailing from
1aejnH siie re.l at Walla Walla,
claiming to I mi hunt for a rnnawai
de anil child, exhibiting a photograph
of the man who .e supposed had uken
his wife free) l im. It was soon cia
tivered that the photograph was tha ol
Methtklist minister going I y the name
in noii.i, st tiouiHl ou the Dixie circuit
oiithow the ralwlalav ahejaiwoel word,
nd with the .lereh, t wife immediately
vanmhed. Bond had charge ot the cir
cuit named since September an I had
hej in ivery wav exemplary and successful
house, ii mile or more away
sor,. He treated the matter lightly
ami thought he would get well, but a re
lapse in two d iy brought d Mth.
Two telegraph operator! natnetl Am
brose and Davis quarrels! and then
fought, Divis being badly broiled up
alsinl the head by ki. ks and blows. The
Degt day they met and Ambrose aliot,
instantly killing Davis.
Oharlea Sohuelen. aSan .'one nloon
keeper, ihot Timothy Kane afew days
igo, ami was released on bonds. L iter
tha bondaon notified the sheriff thai
they surrendered him Officers Called ill
(tchuelen's honae for him, and he, sup-
positig tin t Kane was dead, shot himself
through the heart.
Charles w. Pierce, superintendent of
lamps ot the Broth Electric Light Com
pany, was indicted by the grand jury al
ch i TK i ir in nisi hi ( tiler, in can sing
the death of Heury Harrs by au electrii
r tatoee, sweets, q gi
Ka llslu-s, $ Una
Bolnach
Turnips, sk.
POULTKT.
; Chlckena, large young, If doz.
Chickens, broilers
I I Ihiekuna. old
and toM bis I thicks, f do
! Oeese, young, k' do
Turkeys, young v in
Qrouae ami Pheasants
Hi KM II KIM IT
' Applea,
Halt anas, is bunch
i .eittoas, California, if bv.
Lemons, Sicily, C bx, new.
Limes, ti owl
Quinces, if bx,
1 1 ranges, Rlveraldea
1 1 angea, Seedless
URAIS.
Hui lev, whole, V ell
Corn, ti' lmi Its
I its, gotsl, old, i- bushel
( l.its, new, "
Kye, f 100 Us, nominal
Wheat, Valley, t' 1 II gs
Wheat, Eastern Oregon
IHA1BV
Butter.
Iregon lanoy creamery
Choice dairy
I oiutiioil
24
12
'i 83
3 25 t:t 50
2 .iOrtr:) l
:i 5i
7 WKii 50
11 U0g2 110
lb
ii LMI
1 00A M
DUEL
Hon- Ihe Iteieretitl Mr. Iltiwuiuu Downed
a llesperatlu.
"This seems to he a year of duels,"
laid Dr. Morrison, of the First Meth
odist ChnfCb, "but I notloe there's far
more duels than blood. It reminds me
of a famous duel fought in Kentucky in
IMS.
"11111 How-man was a noted preacher
who lived m ar Millursburg. He was a
typical Ki-ntuckian, tall, angular and
muscular. Like Sum Jones, he always
Said what he thought. In the midst ot
revival meeting a well-known desper
ado came Into the church and begun
making a disturbance. With eyes flash
ing with indignation Uill liowman
rose and In a ringing voice publicly re
proved the tiesperudo, who at once re
tired from the church.
"The next morning the desperado
lent a challenge to Mow man to tight him
t duel, liowman accepted ihechallengn,
and there was no four-column newspaper
eorrespondence, no railroad trips to sn
adjoining State, nothing but two little
notes one a challenge and the other an
acceptance and then all was ready for
the light. The town was terribly ex
cited, for such a thing as a preacher
lighting a duel had never been heard of
before.
"Old Bill Boennan being the chal
lenged man had the choice of weapons.
Ho selected a half bushel of Irish pota
toes as big as bis list for each man and
tipiilated that his opponent must stand
fifteen paces distant and only one potato
St a tlin" to be taken from the measure.
The town was wild with delight, for
every hotly knew that Kill liowman
eould throw with his long muscular
arms as straight and almost as swift as
a rifle could send a bullet singing to
ward the target.
"The desperado was furious at being
thus freshly Insulted and made an in
dignant protest against such a fight, but
Kill liowman insisted that he was tho
challenged man and had a right to
choose his own weapons and threatened
to denounce the desperado as a coward
If he failed to 00HM to time. As there
was no way out of tho box but to fight,
tho desperado Anally consented to face
the preacher,
"The light, took placoon the out-skirts
of the town. Every body in Millersburg
was present to seo tho fun. Tho sec
onds arranged the two men in position,
by tho shle of each being a half bushel
measure filled with large Irish potatoes
as hard as a brick.
"Kill Bowman threw the first potato.
Itstruck his opponent a central shot and
flew Into a thousand pieces. A yell of
delight went up from tho crowd, which
rattled the tiesperudo and his potato flew
wide of the tall, bony preacher.
"Kill Bowman watched hi9 chance,
and every time his opponent stooped for
a potato another one hit him in the side.
leaving a wet spot on his clothes, and
then scattering itself to the four winds
of Heaven. Uld Kill hit tho desperado
about five times, und then the sixth po
tato struck htm in tbo short ribs, knock
ing the wind completely out of him, und
doubling him upon the grass.
"The people were almost crazy with
laughter, but Kill Kowman looked oa
sober as if he had just finished preach
ing a funeral sermon. The desperado
was taken home and put to bed. and
OAK FLAT'S POSTMASTER.
bofo
ain't
V '-, - w there he. stiiyed for more than a week be
1 u-.u w i , i. . . ...
iwid nu reeuereu iroill me OlieOlS OI UtS
Irish potato
"The old
talk about that
was tin
tl 5tKu7 tm
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pnonucB.
luel
men In Millersburg still
celebrated duel, but it
means of breaking nn dunlins;
In that section." Atlanta Journal.
A RUST-RED DADO.
shock irom an electric uunp Novembei Pickled, California
i Inst. Baste rn fancy creamery
I California choice
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
Pronto? 'i nw regalatlom governing
recruiting forth- arm) are reported al
operating well During the laal thro
inoiittis a net iln i f iim haa been made
in the itrengtn ol the array, i hough the
qUOtt ia still h- i short. All tb re.-ruits
present n.; tin ins lyes ar -ti e very lust
men The recrultluR officers are enforc
ing (ha six day probati inarv period on all
Cttecae,
Oregon lmi eream
Oren m sliims ami old
Swi -. Choc e domes: lc
V . g Ltnerioa, Or.
Cs.
Oregon, t' this
Baabum, ydux
n.oiK.
I'orl'nnd patent r tiler, y bbl
HaJem patent roller
1) ivtnii intent roller
reoruimnhnnl wh.th,.t.. wu. ;-.. imeii, roner
.: .. - 1 1 1 tin ti i rv in anils
t,on- j Mt-Minnvidc
General Vandevar has Introduoad his ' '',,,rll'l,,1,j,
pet measure again. It oontemptataa the lormham
sppoinlmenl ol a Joint oommlaaion by Bye Hour
.ur.Mi o null ine v iiiic.i M iles to tor. nil
late measures to bring aboul the closer
relations between tins country and Mex
ico It haa in direct view reform of ihe
customs service nn the border, and abao
lute itoppini of the sxteosive amurjlng
i ow going nn, including tbe wilv Ohina
men. Tb,. Ins.. tana is practically alsil
iabed by tbr hill, it is, in brief, a
aoheme to annex Lower (Jaldornia.
PatOaj
umum Heeda.
Tiiuothy
Oi-ehanl (Jrass
I Bed Ti p
Blue tirnss.
: KiiBlish Rye Qraaa,
I Italian K,e lira-".
austrwlfain iiyc Qraaa,
M squlta
-Vllllel
I I .... r.. Ml ..M il...
S a nitary Proctor, Senator Merrill, Mixed Uw ii tirass
and ..titers on M itnd.iv visited the; t'levwr atoeAss
Kitthlehem lr..n u,,rks Oompany at BedOlover.
Bethlehem, l'a , to inapect tbe plant of White Olover
tiiis oomnany. It b:-.s mntnui arith Alarka Uiovai
the waruepartmeul amounting to nearly
one and one-half nullum dollars for steel
lorgings for new guns.
Annul .- Congressman Herniann's bills
are the following: To provide lOTthl 0OO-
t rod ion of a public building in I'ortlan.i.
Oregon, which shall contain Ura-proH
vaults, and w i. b shall Is- dcsignetl for
lheiiseofa.iistiiiiihini.se. To provide
(or the porcfaaae oi a aita and the cnn
strtieiion of a wharf in Astoria, in Ort
g n, ior the use of the lighthouse den irt
nn iii. .mixing an appropriation lor the
iiiirc)iiisi of a sin. .it,. I rl MeMsUa J
atlrstordcr lighthouse at the mouth of I Im"5?
the I'.spiide river HiOreg.oi. Making au r t'l;
.i(.(.M.(.iiaii in ior me construe lion ot a
public lunl. Lug at Balem, Oregon, to Is
tor the accommodation ol a poatofflce,
the cost ol site ami building not to n
ts'isl I liVVuvi Making au tppropri ,ti,in
ror tbe conatructluB of a boal railway at
the Dtllea and Oalllo (alls, ami at time
and Ten Mile rapids on the Co'umbia
river, in the stateol Oregon. Makingan
appMprisLon for continuation of jetty
i-xlciision at BMMtk o Columbia river. '
Alialla
MIsasellMeeUi
Canary
i l'lax
Hemp
i!.iK California
run
Bran, y ton .
1 1 . ton. haled.
t. rand Barley, f ton.
Mill ( hop. r ton
i Oil Cake Meal, t' ton
Sliorm. ton
l.l ii in i; nut 4.il
Captain tierge A IVe. of Portland
ww pilot tat the Oregon the nigh-she
rau mio uie cn .vi. K,.ir new
The following ipfMUi 'aHOll have bang
mad.' lor Oregon tvtision examining
Issirls I)-s f, licarv, Bolaad Pry.v
aa t Joseph B Wan. for Medtord, .1 k
tvn county; )r. J. f. Bhombrook, K tsc
liurg, Doaailaa county; lr. J. Dvwaoi
s,svung'e, Ooanjlhj Ctty, Ooos oounty;
Dr, II. ivire, Arlbagton, Uillwn enunt .
l'r. I. X. CrimwoU. I'ni m. f . ,
OOnntl ; lr. L X. Wtssls. H 11 g
sed 1 L Bet iuim.Uiil.se, PoUteouuty;
W f N.iigr, Asblsml; Hr. I'lisil-d-us
J. Dun. Joseph, Wallow couutv;
IV K. W Van l, ke, Cirnf! IW
-liea; knur
RO, . II siring
So. 2 tei iug
N . t ntatJe
Clear rouuh.
Clear P. 4-;.
No. I llo .ring
Xo 1 ceiling . .
Xj 1 rustic
Strppiug.
II ow It Astonished an Amcrlcnn Visitor to
a Wretched Mhenan Prison.
Tho first thing that particularly at
tracted my attention after I entered the
kamera (of the convict quarters of Al
gacbl, Siberia), was a broad bandof dull
red Which I'Vti'tiitiiil nnnA lwi JI.m
, . .... 1 . . .lie
g gyat whitewashed walls, just above tho sleep-
18 'u2n I lnB pianorm. like a spotty dado of iron
rust. Noticing that I was looking at it
with curiosity, l.ietonant-Colonel Sult
stein (warden of the prison) remarked,
with a half-huniorous, half-cynical
smile, that the prisoner's had been "try
ing to paint their wall red."
"What is it, any way?" I inquired,
and, stepping to one end of the sleeping
platform, 1 made a closer examination.
Tho dull rod band at once resolved it
soU into a multitude of contiguous or
overlapping blood stains, with here and
there the dried and llattenisl body of a
bedbug sti.-king to tho whitewash. I
had no further difficulty in guessing the
nature ami signiticanco of tho discolor
ation. The tortured and sleepless pris
oners had been "trying to paint their
walls red'" by crushing bedbugs with
their hands as high up as they could
reach while lying on tho nares. and in
this way had so stained the dingy white
wash wit. i thelrown blood that at a little
distance there seemed to be a dado of
Iron rust around the three sides of the
kamera whore they slept. How many
years this had ls-en going on, how many
thousand convicts hud helped to "paint"
those -walls red," I do not know; but I
had suffered enough in Siberia myself
from Vermis fully to understand and
appreciate tbe significance of that dull
red hand.- George Kenan, in Century.
nUwwaheels Pace Vamirrbtit.
Quito a familiar figure on the streets
is a little old man who wears straw
hat that once had a band, but long since
parted company with it, and now
slouches dou r, . Ha i ..1. 1
m oogui so dBrs :;- -, : - v - -
i ids iii no i - i . , u" uiu ui tur'y
ittflnOtt mi sTay hair, lie is so round-shouldered
M Waiiti io that he appears to be hunchbacked, and
; iM;t2 SO his face i- -overed with straggling grav
IS ( s,l W ; whUkers. He earns meager wag.'s as .
iHKMt:i, Dollector and Uvea nobody knows where.
I'er M. lti Hi 1,1 lnl- poverty-stricken man is a first
12 im cousin of Mrv W. H. Vanderbilt, the
13 HI widow of the millionaire railroad mag-
! Z na:"- f-"' "id Mrs. Vaiui, rbilfs
j'K gj i father were htol hers. When in an ex
2ii oi tremity he ap(saled to his rich cousin
:2 so for aid. he received a very polite note
ti Se from her private sis-retaiy sutlng that
5i ': 1 MrS" VnJ, rnilt nJ o many clli for
cuarnv ia.ii i,o w as comtMlled Ul refill..
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How He MalntalnaO Hla Position I'bosi
v ! 1 1 -r ClrsumsUiQCM.
Tbe postmaster of Oak Flat, K ,
waa sitting od a stump Id front of hit
door when a well-dressed stranger
came up and asked if that were the
post-office.
"Yep," the postmaster answered,
placing his chin In his hand und squirt,
ing n yellow stream at a lizard.
"I nm r ipecting a letter and "
"Whut's yo' naiueP"
" James I len w ood. "
"Any kin to old Zeb lienwood that
lives down heyaut tho forks"
"So."
"Samo nnmo."
"Yes; but that mnkee no differ.
enco."
"It moot not to you but it does te
me."
"How so?"
"Wall, ef you nir nny kin to old Zeb
you Icnin't git no letter outon this
office."
"I tell you that I am no kin to him,
but oven if 1 wero that should make nn
difference.1
"But it do all the same. He pise nod
my pup last fall an' that settles it with
h;m."
"I don't car -any thing about thuL
I want to .know if there's lottei bore
'or mo?"
"Yus, thar is one: come daj
y is tidy.
"Let mo have it. plen.se."
.Mn mi yon prove mat you
no kin to old Zeb.
"I toll you that I am no kin to him
and I also toll you that it makes no
tl defence whether I am or not "
I know what you toll me; know
that n well as ou do, but you uin t
proved nothin' ylt"
"I don't have to provo any thing.
Yoo don't know who I am."
"And I don't koro, nuther."
"1 nm a United Status I'oit-ofllce In
spector." "That's till right"
"I kn iw it is. (Jive me that letter."
"Not till you prove what 1 want you
to prove."
"If you don't give me th.t letter at
once I'll havo you removod."
"Whai frum?"
"From this post-office."
"Who'll remove mo?"
"Tho Government
"rt nil. now, Limine toll
Is my post-office. I built
myse L
But us postmaster you are under
the Government."
No. I ain't. I ain't under nuthin'. "
Are yo' going to givo me that let
ter. '
Not till you prove."
"What is your numo?" the inspector
asked, taking out a note book.
"Hose Hicks."
"Well, Mr. Hicl.s. I'll seo that you
arc rcmov ed."
"All right"
"And mora than that I'll have you
aero-led."'
"All right."
"I'll teanh you what It is to keep
back a loiter."
"All rignt."
"I'll give you .mo morn chance "
"Bettor g mtno two."
"No, I won't givo you but one."
"Well, I'll shako you the dice for
tho other one."
"You lire a fool."
"All right."
"You haven't got the sense of a
monkey."
"Ain't conipar'd myse'f with you
ylt"
"If you wore to start out to look for
a river you couldn't flud a priDy
bnineh."
"All right"
"You give me thut letter
you'll have trouble."
"That's me."
"Give rao that letter, or PU whale
you right here.''
"I'm yo' man."
"Do you mean that you'll give me
'he letter or light?"
"Hatter fight. 1 reckon, under the
sarou mstanoee. "
Just about that time the inspector
knocked the old follow off the a ump.
Ho got up, rubbed himself, ayd said:
"You air a putty quick puson. Kf
thar's a thing I like it's a man that
ain't taay."
Ho went into the house and brought
out the le'ter Just as tha Inspector
was turning away the old fellow said:
"Thar's another letter here for
you."
"Hive it to me."
"No. not till you hit me ag'in."
The inspector hit him again and he
brought tho other letter. Arknnsaiv
Traveler.
you: This
this house
now, or
ALT.
it:,, e Mill-.
.IO t. tugs v ton . . .
It tin. Iias. i n
li round ILh-V. U lh Iwgs, r1 ton
v' I it)
I some. Milwaukee .News,
-A
IS oil
J? 'A' i dency is more of
11 W
The British ebip Durham was burnde
st I 'on Costa. The lose on the cargo ii
150,000, The veeeel itelf presented hut
lew trat es of having lieen on fire. The
hall ami cargo are Insured in English
: 'nee. The cargo was insured for
t .. 00. but only portion of it has
lieen ..li l.sl.
new mixed drink la called a
"business I race," but ita practical ton-
a business suspender
Tln re has lieen a hitch in the Chineee
transit lionds. The instruments were
California'. Itwvelir... t.Kil.i. u v.. ? '"". the
rt-i T. , . , ".: " v aiiiornia ut ieyii,in d
: : i " c.t i .sn i ing mere is
'v -is"1 iwpie. A' ?aii S-sntar.
Aiiunuo vm peopl, vlwieU uw Ci,g lu f.
iviujs.
leuiin.ling a hear
now doubt wh.lhor
Windotu will aptimva of th.
ie bonds calls for $.00 for each
Baltimore American.
Heart MWMWr,
Rel the hospital reporte. read the
m rtusry nporia, read tlie m-iic,il pub
licatione , read the daily uewspipers. and
learn Ie w wide-spread is heart disease,
iow d fficult ot detection it is to n.ost
people, how many and bow sudden re
the deaths it causes. Tnen read Ir.
Tint's Treaties on Hear? Disease, and
learn what it ia, what causee it, what
diseases it irivee rise to. what its svnip.
torn! are. and how it mav he attacked.
II you tind VM have heart disease
One of the pro.'essors of a Maine
college once had a pupil (now grown
to be the mayor of u Maine city) who
waedeoldodly skeptical and uncom
fortably inqiii-itive very often. He
was always a-king if a domonstr .tion
eou'd not be made in some other way.
or if there was not some different
method of performing a problem.
"Couldn't this bo done by a shorter
process? " he inquired one day up in
the recitation room. "Very likely."
said the mddiy-exusneratod professor.
"You know that if you wished lo go
down stairs you mi.-ht jump out of the
window. That would be the shortest
way but perhaps not the best way."
Iwiston Journal.
All is not joy und sweet content
even at the se iside resorU. Here lag
note Called from an Eastern paper:
' The saddest summer resort in Maine
this week is Higgins' Bcacb, where a
dead whale came without any invita
tion and occupies altogether oo muck
ot the air to suit other summer ls
r.or."
"A LITTLE NONSENSE."
--Jupkins ha purchased donkey for
his children. lie calls it "Mr.xwelton."
Kcu.e its brays are ltonnie. Puck.
"Xow. miss, jump in. please: train
poing on." Child--But 1 can't co he-t
fore I have kissed mamma." "Jump in.
miss: 1 11 see to that?" London Tid-Mtav
Dressmaker "
And how w'l rm
have the costume intij r t
SSK maSI . , w
vur druflriM for bottle of Dr. Kirn's 1" . , ""- fees yoa
elv. Tne tn-vise mav he U.I . "n "cunum mmmlns. I
'ppacauon to Mack Urtg Co.. N Y
j they tre all the rge now. "