EUGENE CITY GUARD.
L L. CAHPMRIiIm . . Proprietor.
EUOENE CITY. OREGON.
' A S0C4L PARASITE.
Women Who Live Out Their 111 la
Other I'wiplo' spare Moom.
"Whore Is her homo?" asked one of
the women, setting her crochet needlo
crosswise between her Hps, and stretch
lng her work straight across her knee,
' "In other people s apsro room, sn
awered the olhnr, laughing little; and
then the talk flowed around thU f
into now bend in the channel, and
no further comment was made, for both
knew thd type well. A rolling atone
that gather no more moss than will
comfortably fill one trunk, whlcu. win
comfortably fill a corner In any guest
chamber. It Is the woman who ha no
scnte of aequlsltivenoss, no fumlnine
ambition that vearn toward closet
filled with glossy linen, whence com
delicate odora from lavender bags, and
the edges of the ibolvea are fluffy with
towol fringes. Her heart la not moved
br desire at the sight of egg-shell oupa
and fat little cream jugs. Hho llkea all
these thing, but ahe baa no wish to
possess them borne f; ahe prefer that
other abould bavo tbo lalior of provld
lug them and the responsibility of car-
lnir for them, hbo U a human cui'koo,
greedy of the aweot order and peaeo of
home, fain of the warmth and comfort
of nests wifely bird have tolled and do
nlvd tbetiiHolve to create, but unwilling
for tbo sacrifices by whsch almost any
woman wltfi tho woman 'a instinct for
homo may make borsolf aome porsonal
alcove In the groat mansion of lire.
There aro a surprising number of
these women parasites who Uvo out
their live In othor people's houses, par-
taking of the bent, participating In all
their comforts and luxuries, aud render
ing no equivalent In return. A buy
woman aald, not long ago: "If I abould
accept all the Invitations I get, I
should need no borne at all," and tbe
euckoe And It, with a little manage
ment and a large olrulo of acquaint'
a nee, an easy thing to spend her entire
time very pleasantly In spare room.
Hlio Is not an oblnutioifablo person, at
least In an aggressive sense, cheerful,
loquacious, not too exigent, aha man
age to keep evory one in a good humor
with her, and get invitations, her
hostesses could not quite tell how.
Hlio Is a folr-woatlior bird, 4Vr when any
thing occurs to mar tho smoothness of
ber borrowed home whon tbo cook
leaves, or tho baby cornea down with
tho measles she explain, with sweet
consideration, that alio will not stay any
longer just now, she knows that sho is
in the way, but she will come back, If
you like, for another week In February;
upon which she takes wing, and flits
away to mora agreeable quarters. In
February she certulnly returns, If all Is
going happily with you, and tho strong
oak-tlbred woman yield ot their sub
stanco cheerfully to tho mlsllotoo.
llarjH'r's lliuar.
j FOUR ROBISONS SIGHED.
A Chararterlatla Story of tha Karly l))r
In th Oil fount r jr.
Grouped around a table In a well
known Fifth avenuo restaurant wero
Humuel I), lloblson, of Tltusvlllo, who
baa followed tho development sinco
18MI from Duller to Klvhburg; William
C. lloblson, mayor of Mononguhela City;
Charles W. lloblson, Assemblyman from
Allegheny, ( id the undo of the threo
gentlemen jiikt named, who, by the way
are brothers, Qulncy lloblson.
It wi the II rat time tho quartotto had
met for years, and good cheer and fel
lowship reigned supremo, whllo wit's
electric flamu dtspelud thoughts of the
day and It dull euro. As naturally hap
pen to friend who have not met tor
years, they were In a reminiscent mood,
and Qulney lloblson related an lnoldout
of the early history ot the oil regions
which may give tho children of tho pres
ent generation a vague idea ot tho mag
nitude of --the transaction which took
place when oil wa W and $U a barrel,
and poor people gained aoompcloncy by
scooping It off the aurfaoo of creeks, or
gathered It from pools around the tank
which had overflowed. The story, ai
told by Mr. lloblson, wa as follows:
"Within a month after Colonel Drake
had struck tha first petroleum evor
brought to the surface in America by
means of drilling, my father and the
father ot my relatives hero bought a
tract of laud comprising l.SttO acres, ad
joining the farm on which the Draka
well wa located, for MM, 000. Not long
afterward I was Bitting In their utiles
ono day I remember it as distinctly a
though It happened only yesterday
when an agent for an Eastern syndicate
walked In and offered 1500,000 for tha
1,S80 acres. Tho owners looked at Um
rather Incredulously for a moment, but
before they could speak be bad counted
out on the Uiblo .VK,000 In cash and
drafts, which ho offered for a deed ot the
tract. I was appalled by the sight of
the pile, but my father and tho father
of these gentlemen retired for consulta
tion and decided that It the property was
worth ,MHi,000 It was worth 11,000,000,
and the offer was refused. Their heir
still own the land, aud now it la valued
at about s.'O.OoO. Where they could hava
gotten dollars we could scarcely get
nickels. Thus you can see what see tn
lngly fairy stories could be told ot thoss
day. They are almost incomprehensible
to the present generation, but they wort
red-hot fact,"
And a sigh ot regret that tha offer
bad not been accepted went round th
circle. I'ituburgh Dispatch.
II Wu a failure With Hint,
i Mr. Mon Calrd. tha Inquisitive lad)
wbo first cast tha interrogatory bomb
shell Into a panic-stricken crowd, "If
Marriage a Failure?" baa lately beet
atudylng Hudhlsni. Hers la ona In
ttanee where she found an affirmative
answer. The matrimonial relations ol
tbe lluddha family were not as satis
factory as could bava been desired, eves
lor the stage of civilisation existing t,
S00 years ago Before this couple had
been married a year Gautama denerWsl
Mr, lluddha and took to the wood;
that la, be went afar oft and sat under a
bo tree until, by long reflection and
decpeonU'tnplatlon, ha discovered that
lifd was not worth living. Then h
came borne, and, like the young maa ol
ths nineteenth century, appeared par
fvctly willing to live on tba cbartty o
bl futhcr-ln-law. St. Paul lloaee
Press.
Strain surlsce csr or dummies ar
used by tbe street railroad companias of
p.iroiiiigham, aud but year they earned
I'.i.l l,wJ paaiengert with only two fatal
ajjd forty one minor accidents.
THE PACIFIC COAST.
Rich Strike of Gold Ore Reported
In Utah.
Mrs. Stanford Gives Orders to Pro
oeed with the Making or the
Memorial Window.
A rich strike ol gold ore it reported at
Tintic, Ulab.
Alanaon P. Hammond lias been nom
inated postmaster at Ashland, Oregon.
Sacramento will soon vote on tbe it-sue
of 1100,000 In city bouds for street im
provement!. Hetween 2,000 and 8,000 people visited
the cruiser Charleston in Han Francisco
Bay una day last week.
Tbe rortland rarpenttr strikers are
gaining in number. Other building
trades are supporting tliein.
Commiminneri are now looking for a
lite in Washington on which lo erect a
State reform school for incorrigible chil
dren. There will be no encampment of the
National Guard of California this year,
the State having made no provision for
tbe expenees.
A J'resbvterian theological seminary,
to cost H 0,000, and tbe building to be
completed w ithin a year, will be erected
at Pan Ansulino, Lai.
Mr. Mitchell lias presented in the Sen
ate acveral memorials from Oregon all
iens protesting against tbe Union and
Central refunding bills.
William Porter, who fell through a bole
in a sidewalk at Whatcom and broke bis
leg. wants the city to nay 1V000 in dam
ages, and line brought suit to enforce bis
claim.
The steamer Oregon lias been held lia
ble for tbe deaths of two colored sailois,
who were killed in the collision with the
ship Clan Mackenzie in tbe Columbia
river.
Camas Prairie (Idaho) farmer have
suffered much from Itst summer grass
homier raid and the Cold of the past win
ter, and subscriptions have been raised
for their relief.
A miniature Kflel tower. 125 feet high,
covered entirely with flowers and crowned
by a 76-cauille-power electric light, li
among the floral designs at tho sixth an'
nual flower festival at Loh Angeles.
Tbe Clan Mcl'herson. from Astoria,
Pecemlter 15, with 2.K00 tons of wheat,
has arrived at Qiieenstown. Tbe Duke
of Argyle, from Puget sound, February 3,
with UOtl.OOO feet of lumlier baa arrived
at Adelaide, Australia.
Members of tbe Swift A Courtney
Match Comnanv. which nrnclicallv con
trols the match industry of the United
States, are in San Francisco. The object
of their visit is to establish a match fac
tory to control the Pacific coast trade.
George II. Rice, general traffic mans
ger of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com
pany, denies that the miiiagemert Is
alKiut to transfer all its San Francisco
steamer to Tacoms. The statement
which be contradicts was never made
The suit instituted in Ran Francisco
by the representative of Knglish capital
ists for the recovery of payments made
to tho Agnsya Hrothors on Ilia MuluUs
mine, ami lor rescinding the sale is caus
ing great interest at the City of Mexico.
The will of tho late O. W. Child hsa
been filed for probate at ls Angeles. It
bequeaths one-half of the estate lo th
w idow and the residue tobisiixchildreu,
share and share alike. The widow is ap
pointed executrix and triictce for the
children. She Is to be under no bonds.
and shall nut !o held accountable to anv
court. The estate is worth aliout a mill
ion dollars.
Alvout 500 Italians, (irccts, etc ,are on
a striko at Marlines. Oil., In the salmon-
fishing business. Tho strike Is general
II up ami down the stmlta, tho csuse be
ing that the canneries will not pay more
than cent a pound for fish. Some
non-union men have tier n fishing, mid
the strikers use them very bard. One
Icon was t aught and 400 Halt thrown
overcoard.
Mrs. Lelitnd Stanford lias given a final
order to the IVitlc Arttilass Work to
proceed with work on the gram? meaio-
rial window for St. Paul's church. Sacra
incnto. This window, when completed
in stained gltss, will be an art work of
high character, and will, it is said, repre
sent the most costly memorial window In
this country or hurope, as no excuse
will be spared to noriect every fart.
The orange season In Southern Call
fom is la now alnnit to close. T date the
Santa Fe and Southern Pacltlo Kailroad
Companies have together bundled about
300 carloads. The Southern Pacillc hat
audit d at out 100 carloads to coast
point. The prh e realised lor the fruit
lias been very sat isfactory , and the season
has been a success both to commlasion
men and producers. Hundreds of acres
in the foothills are now being planted to
oranges, and the demand for young trees
Is nnprecedenUHl.
The members of tha California Shuet
sen CI h who intend to participate in the
great shroting festivals which will lie
held In llerlin and Switserlsnd tills sum
mer w ill leave San Francisco In June, so
ss to lie thoroughly rvi'iwerateU from
their long trip and in good trim to face
tha music on July 6 at lierlia. On the
20th of July the great shunting festival of
Switierlandwill iK-ginln Frauenfeld, and
will last several dsys. Tha California!!
will pull triggers on tba targets at both
places, and are very confident In their
ability as marksmen to bring l-sck with
them msny trophies of victories won
againal all comers.
It has been learned that a meeting be
tweeo 0. P. Huntington and some other
Southern IVillc olhcials and Alien Man
vel. president ol tbe Ssnta Fe company,
and Measr. M agouti and party of the
Santa Fa reorganiiatioo committee,
took place a few days ago In Ssn Fran
cisco, at tbe request of Manvel. The
Santa Fe lines in tha southern part of
Cal fornia have dona a very por busi
nrs in tba put two yesrs, and their an
nual dcllcits have had to lie made up out
of tha general receipts ot the at stent
Manvel entertala tha 1 ea that the
Southern Pacific ahou'd interchange bus
iness with his mad tba asine at it do
with Uie I'uion Pacillc en through busi
ness, and it waa this prop Mil ion that be
put to Huntington. Tbe new president
of tiie Southern Pacific refused to inter
change traltio whenever it wat possible
to get the long haul around bv w ay of
Ogdsn. whereupon, it ia said, President
Manvel Intimated that ttept might I
taken to force an interchange of busi
ness "All right, Mr. Manvel," Mr.
Huntington It reported a aayir-g "yon
doubtless reweuiWr tharata war of ISStt,
that tha Santa Fa wa responsible for.
Wa whipped you then; we'll whip von
trfain If yon start ia to cut ratee. the
last war cost both your road and onr a
great deal of money, and If another fight
is begun yon won t gat off any cheap
than wa will." Tbe conference then
broke op rather abruptly, 1
EASTERN ITEMS.
J. Wilkes Booth Again Said to
Be Living.
New York Senate Passes the Weekly
Payment of Wages Bill-Other
Interesting News.
There i a reduction of deserters in the
army the present year over those of last
year of 11 per cent.
The disiiutet of tbe building trades at
Philadelphia have Ixen settled by con
cesiioiiH of the master.
The mortslily of tbe Fifty-first Con
gress bai leen exceptionally large, Coti
gresitnan Kandall being the ninth.
No one enter Clam Spretkela' great
sugar refinery at Philadelphia without a
permit from the owner, and permiU arc
few.
Ed Prawn, a cowboy, at Cheyenne,
put a bullet through bis bead because a
pretty acJiool teacher wouldn't marry
him.
Tbe New York Senate list pasted the
Weekly Payment of Wages bill and the
bill making Abraham Lincoln's birthday
a legal holiday.
Kansas sends a solid delegation of
'Union soldiers to the lower branch of
Cangrest; Miss:sippl tends a solid Con
federate brigada.
New York banks have been socially
warned to looi out for a bogu bank in-
siector who is representing himself as
'i.:.. . it. .11
British, Scotch, Welsh and Canadian
societies in Chicago are active in forming
a (xjliticsl organization of friend of tho
public hool system.
The Northern Society of (icorgla, com
posed ot Northern men residing in that
State, has been organised with W. 11.
Mills, of Oh'o, as President.
Frank B. Loomis, for several yeart iiiat
Washington correspondent of the Cin
cinnati Times-Star, ha been appointed
consul at St. Ktienne, France.
The killing is reported in West Vir
ginia, near Pigeon Creek, of Smith Bum
den, John Paisden and Wi hani Paisden,
thrae brothers, noted desperadoes.
The talebra'cd Pan Klectric cuss of
Ilodgers vs. Ex-Attorn y-Usnoral Oar
land and others baa been dismissed at
Washington, each party to pay his own
cos's.
While Chicago people want ft Sunday
closing law New York people are asking
the Legmiature to relieve them of a Sun
day prohibitory law (hat does not pro-
Libit.
Twenty persons were imisoned at Man
hattan, Conn., by cake delivered to vuri-
ou houses by a baker who peddle in
!.:.. ..f .1.-
ma vieiuiiy. i-ive oi uie victims miv
likely to die.
Agents of tix great coal companies met
In New York recently and decided to re
strict the production for May to 2,60),-
000 tons. No action wa taken toward
advancing prices.
The resignation of John fl. Pell, chief
of the secret service bureau, has been
ssksd. There aro several candidnU's for
the place, with cx-IK'tectlve Furlong, of
Missouri, la the lead.
From appearances tho city of Pittsburg
t linblo to lose the tl,(MM),(KH) library
that Andrew Carmgie proposed tod onute
to that citv. Some trounle it experienced
in complying with the conditions.
Pierre Bayard Cox, a son of ex Cou-
f recsmsn Cox, of North Carolina, it dy
ug from the eflccta of a lall which frac
tured his skull. Ho was in the gradu
ating class of the New York Medical
College.
The United S ates iteamcr Philadel
phia, now at Cramp't yards, Philadel
phia, It practically completed, and will
le given a preliminary trial next week.
The date for her olliciul tr'al lint not yet
own nted.
By order of Governor Gordon, of
Georgia, General Commander of the
United Confederate veterans, there will
lie held in Clm'tsu'siga a general re
union of all ex-Coufcderatct on July 31,
4tli and 6th next.
Tho hearing on Gernihoim Co 's tiv
plication for an injunction to restrain re
organisation of the Houston and Texas
Central Railway Compuny bus been con
cluded in the New York Supreme Court.
Decision was reserved. ,
In the New York Stale Senate Mr.
Fassett list introduced a bill, which was
onli red to a third reading, fixing ralnritt
for the Mieritr and Under Sherill't of New
York, and ordering that all fees bo turned
over to the city treasury.
A special (miii Birmingham, Ala., nays
that 1Mii ho Worcester, confidante of J.
Wilket lUsith, the aaaasjin of President
Lincoln, declaret that Booth it not dead
sod that she received a letter from him
two years alter his alleged death.
In tbe caucus of tbo Republican mem
bers ot the House on the silver question
it wss developed during the discussion
that a majority of the mcmliers were op
posed to the Windom bill. The whole
subject bat been reteried to the Repub
lican Caucut Committee (or it action.
The total g-ost exchanges tor the past
wee l, at show n by riispatchei from the
leading clearing house of the United
State and Canada were $1,1 4 1, 140,000,
an increase ot 12.8 per cent ss compared
with the corresponding week of last year.
W. P. Johnson, Jr., a son ot the Rock
Island General Freight Agent at Chicago,
and wife, wero robbed at McFarland,
Kan. T' ey were en route to IVnver on
their bridal tour, and while absent from
their state room the theft w as committed.
flisliop Eshers' candidate, Ttey. John
Vitiler, demanded recognition at the
Evangelical Church at Humboldt Park,
Chicago, and all the people from
their seats and dragged him bodily frvm
the church. After this the service pro
ceeded.
Father Peter J. II. Kvan.of St. TeWa
Koman l atholic Church, at Lowvdle, N.
Y.. bat been tuepended from hit priestly
office on account of acta unlcoming a
priest it st nick a Isdv member ot the
congregation In the lae with a prayer
bk because she refuted to pay a cer
tain assessment.
Morrow will not, after all. introduce a
new Chinese bill. The Ejclus on bill
introduces! eaily in the sossion of the
present Congn sa it now being cons dervd
in committee, and be will omtent him
tell with pressing it. It be fails he will
try tome other plan.
John Charlton, the champion ol the
I'llrs-Protretant party in Canada, i ro-
poset to move a vote ol censure on
the
government, because
it submitbHl the!
Jeeuit question to two othVer of the!
Crown In nirland rrgaing its eonsti-j
tutionabty rather than lo tbe 8niremel
Cwrt ot C ana-la, and thereby fr.is.ly In-1 definite term ol years tbau any aompsrt the beauuful Countese Igoatieff. da'ngb
mltinc the bupreme Court . U tana,U Uial ejmlJ W eutercl into by the oonU- ter of the Russian Ambassador 1 to Tur
and the Canadian hidiciary at larse. 1 nenul power. I key
FOREIGN NEWS,
An Amphitheater Collapses at
Mexican Bull-Fight.
Bismarck BegreU His Enforced Re
tirement, and Lays Its Cause
to One He Befriended.
At CaiM the Greek gamblert are defy
i g tbe Uw.
President ttax favors a tystsm of lav
ing batiks throughout Mexico.
Report of diswutcut among tbe Bra
tiliun troop are jroWiiig numerous.
Work on the harbor of Vera Crux,
Mexico, is being pushed to the ntmost.
Genera! von C-iprivi, the new Chan
cellor of the German Empire, is unmar
ried. A newspaper and govcrsmental cam
paign agitimt drets tuittis iu progrett in
Japan.
The oiiantitv of wheat shipped from
Australia during February wai 608,000
bushels.
Tho Mexican Cabinet hat decided pos
itively to grant no more railrosd eon
cessiosit. The nse of electric lights is incressing
with great r p'diiy among the London
shopuitu.
The Tamnico branch of the Mexican
Central railway has been opened lor
regulur traffic.
Tbe Comte and Cointesse Maulmont
have bten arit-sUd in Paris for eiubez
r.ling charity funds.
Those proft sting to know all about it
say the oceau racers of two linet will for
sake Liverpool for IIolybed next year.
Extensive railway building operations
in Manitoba and tho Northwest are
mapped out for the comicg season.
It is riimorod that there are serious
dissension in tbe French Ministry and
an curly collupae of the Cabinet Is lo.red.
Lord Wo'seley it it the bead cf a move
ment for the financial relief of survivors
of the charge of the Light Brigade at Bul-
uklava.
A scheme is on foot toettublish a gi
gantic bank in Rome. Four German
bankers will soon go to Rome to take
steps in the matter.
The English Government has accepted
the invitation of the Government of Ger
many to rend a lleet to attend the Ger
man naval maneuvers which will take
place at Kiel on Septerntor 8.
Bennett's va'lit, the Namotiro, was
cinght in a violent storm in the China
sea and throe of tho crew were washed
ovei board. Bennett was on board.
It is opiulv announced that Mrs.
Lungtry and rrcJdie Gvbhardt are out,
and that the Jersey Lily is receiving the
attention of Lord Lurgun, nn Irish-English
peer.
English cus'oms officers the other day
dis ovttred 1!0,000 cigars secreted aboard
a troop ship, ready to le siiiuggUd ashore
at tho ll'st convenient opportunity, and
did nut su.H'eci in tracing the ownership
of them.
Bismarck is rcHrled to have expressed
regret at hit ento-ced retirement from
olllce. To the intrigues of one whom he
had Mrirmh d bo attribute the neces
sity for inch action.
Ciinninghim O aham, in the British
Commons, denied that ho had incited
starring laborers to violence, but said he
would ilo to the moment the worktrs be
en mo powerful enough.
The English nrereporloJtoho'd thous
and of coolie kidiuped from China In
bond.igo in Borneo on w hat is ca'led the
contract ltilair system, but which U really
scrviuulo ol 1 1 io most exacting character.
Ilsi ttches from Kotenau say that the
lAilioiniaii inivo advanced and occupied
a position ouly one kilometre from Porto
Novo. The w urahip Mcsange hat landed
fifty mon to re-enloreetho rench troops.
An object glus for the fortv-iuch tele
scope to bo mounted at the University of
Southern Cii'ifornia hat been taken to
Cambridge, Mas. Clark Bros, are ex
iMtcUd to spend two years on It before it
li ridy for use.
France and Holland have agreed ro
gurding tbe powers of the arbitrator In
delimiting the boundaries of th ir re
sHYtive territories iu Guiana, Holland
consenting that the arbitration eliall be
absolute. .
At tbe conclusion of a bullfight at
Guadalupe, Mexico, a section of the am
phitheater collapsed, precipitating thou
sands of spectator lo the ground. No
one was killed, but hundreds were
wounded, mid m.iii vt it it believed,
fatally.
Mr. Gladstone hat lately completed an
article which is to le published in Lloyd't
Weekly under the new management.
The article it described at a review of the
past, a study of tl e prt sent and a hope
ful anticipation of the futaro ot labor.
William U'Bricn's novel, which lie
wro'e while in prison, his just been
issued. The book, which is entitled
"When We Were Hoys," is a historical
stotv and deals with the Fenians. The
English criticisms are very favorable.
The Hamburg Nachrichtcn asserts
that the Kmpemr of Germany has pur
chated the private sUsrics of the late Em
peror Frederick from Frail Krus, widow
of the former Msj r IVimo of that sover
eign, paying her a large annui y tor life.
Five listen named Poinovieroir, the
youngett 19 years old, committed suichle
at Moscow. Ashct found iu their aia t
ment show that they burned a number
of papers In-fore taking their live. It it
believed the fear of arrest as Nihilists
led to commission of the deed.
It is stated that the Puke of Orleans
hat refused, the profler of liberty made
by the French liovernment, on account
of the condiliont imposed. It it expected
that the Duke will be married, while
nuderg mig imprisonment, to bis cousin.
Princess Marguerite, of Chattret.
Tha jour: eymca hatmnke-sof London
were recently aked to vote opon the
question of whether or not the museums
and art galleiirs sbonUl be opened on
Sundays, it having been alleged that
such an opening wat net favored by real
workingmen. The vote wa 532 in favor
t)52agn:nst.
The London Standard waxes enthnsi
astic over the cordiality ot the reception
of Queen V idoria at lVrmstadt, which,
it assumes, ib notes complete rstablish
ment of a fricudly alliance betwet u Kng
land anil liciusuy. Further tiian this.
the PtanUrd venture a hint tbalannlit.
bal all.ance tietweea the tao countriea
would be more eittx-tnsi as a means of
tei'nriui the iee-e of Kurooetor an in-
PORTLAND MARKET.
During tbe pait week beslneat ha been
brl-k, tbe fine weather brlnfng with It
country order with a rusu. ineouuoo.
Is most promising, and the general feeling
Is ona full of hope that this year's trans
action will exceed all other. An enor
mom Increase in the grain acre are east of
tbe Cascades Is reported, and a bountiful
rmn Is exnected. Competition among
hut buvers must be ooked for, how
ever, fr exporters on Puget sound are de
termined lht their groin fleet next s asou
shall compare favorably with that ol I on
land If possible.
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" Droppers... "
8i-l-fraine self binding
Harvester, r0 f ct di
Rulroad Barrow, Iron wh.el,
doxen
Railroad Harrow , wood wheel,
t dozen
Road Plow
bolld Steel Scraper
120
ro
i:io
180
30
. 307S3fi
Hteel Uisk narrow,
Spring Wagon
12,170
. 7Val
bulky flow
Waiting llow -26
Wag)u,allmakea 110100
BAOS.
Burlaps, 40 In 7
Hurlap,ln
Burlap, 80 In U:
fln.iniMt 'flitl IA
I'otato Bag, net cash S(S H
Wool. 4 lb, " hh
Wool. 3t th. " 30
Wheat Sacks, spot, net cash . . . . .
Wheat Sacks, extra, second hand
COFFERS.
3
Green
Guatemala, If D
Java, t lb
Mocha, lb fb
Nc. I Costa Hica.rni
Hio, V lb
Sahalor, If lb
..22
..sa &n
..S!H (if.M
. 21Jg2
Boasted, In bags -
Arbuckle's 4rloa if 27t'i'7
Closset & D.'s Columbia 1 lb prs
C'osUHlca 2. (c 0i
Guatemala. 25Jfi2H
lloasled Java 30 (pSi
lloatted Mocha 33 ft 37
VK'lKTAUI.Efl (rHBKir).
Asparagus, V tb
Cabtvige, at lb ,..
Cauliflower, s dot
Carrots, V sk
Carrots, younj, If dot
Celery, rdi
Green i'ea ,
Lettuce, if dos
Oniony 100 lb
Potatoes, f 11X1 n
I'otatoes, sweets, t lb
Kadishes, f dox
Spinach
Turnips, per sk
POULTRY.
0
1 oU
1 10
ll
1 00
7
90
121
o UU
1! 00
2
12
i as
Chickens, large young, f dox S nOQ 6 00
riorkeiis. broilers
thickens, old 5 SO 6 1)0
Ducks, 4 doi 7 0(Ka 8 30
(ieese, young, f dot U 00 s 10 00
Turkeys, young, V fb 20
G rouse aud Pheasants. 3 0U
FRKHli FRUITS.
Apples 1 SO 3 2 OH
llananas, If hunch 3 HVaA 0
lemons, California, Ir box .... 3 o$i On
lemons. bicllv. 9 Iwx. new .... 65'
Limes, fewt 1 SO
Oranses. Hlvernldes 3 2
Oranues. Seedle-i 4 50(24 7S
Oranges, Navels 4 50
GRAIN.
Barley, whole. If ctl 80 90
lorn. It 100 ft 1 60
(Kts, good, old, bushel
Oaw, new, 42 n 45
l(ve, r mi n, nominal 1 '.'J m Tl
Wheat. Valley. IT b lbs 1 2 ffil 21
Wheat, Eastern Oregon 1 15 (gl 17i
DAIRT PROIIUCK.
Butter-
Oregon fancy creamery- 28
Choice dairy JW
Common 8 10
Pickled, California lK'o.20
Eastern fancy creamery
California fresh roll 18121
Cheese-
New California n
uregon stuns and old lZ'gM
Swiss Cheese, domestto . 15 10
Y oun g A niurlca, Or. 14
Eggs
Oregon, If dot 18
Eastern, If dot 10
FLOUR.
Portland patent roller, f bbl 3 75
Salem patent roller 8 75
Dayton pateut roller 8 05
Caacadia patent roller 8 0
Country brands. 3 50
McMlnnvllle,....-. 3 75
Superfine 2 50
White Lily 8 75
Gralwn 8 25
Kye Hour 4 60
BKBOa.
Grats Seeds
Timothy
Orchard Graa
Bed Top
Blue Grass.
English Kye Grass.
Italian Kye Grass.
Australian llye Grass,. .
II W Vi
12 ($lt
7n(4 9
94'll
1W
Mesqulte 7 ("10
Millet B 6
1 1 miliarias Millet.
5 to 8
12415
io tan
15 ft 17
15 17
Id U
- 4iH S
.... 4vm 5
6 (4 54
Mixed Lawn Grass
Clover Seeds
Bed Clover
White Clover
Alsyke Clover
Alfalfa
Miscellaneous
Canary Flax
Hemp
Rape, California
FBKO.
Bran, f ton...
Hay, ton, baled.
Gremnd Barley, If ton.
Mill Chop, lon ...
Oil Cake Meal, ton....
Shorts, If ton
17 0O18 Ot
18 00(0(17 50
25 IO iM 00
18 ttHoifl) 00
27 50-430 at
20 00 21 00
Ll'MIIBR ROUOU AND DRBf-KO.
Rough PerM, 10 00
Edged u 00
T. & O. (heatktug 13 ai
No, 2 flooring 18 00
No, 2 ceiling 18 00
No. 2 rustic 18 on
Clear rough. a) 0"
Clear P. 4& M 5t-
No. 1 flooring a So
.''io. 1 celling a so
No. 1 rustic.
at so
Stepping
as on
SALT.
Coarse -Fine
av rhbag. rton .-.
17 00
n no
12 5
nu-lb ban. f ion
Ground Hock, 60-lb bags, f ton
woou
Eastern Oregon
According to shrinkage
Valley-
f'prngellp.
limpqua ,
I' nipq.ua, lambs and fall
10J14
MM?
I
KXgH
A "Congreat of Betuty" it to be held
in Rome in Mty. Only Roman ladiea of
"the strict lour grand branches. Tit.:
brunette, blonde, auburn-red and flaxen,"
ill be allowed lo compete, and they
lunst be between the aget of sixtten and
twenty-five. There will be only two
prixt-a, the first 12,000 aid tbe second
1,000.
The Csar oi Rneaia hat inst anaiwn.ferl
tha epgsgement between hi consin, the
Urand lhik Michael Mk-hielowiu-h, and
MONEY IN MOLARS.
v. fk nt Tnth and th Ineoins of
Houia Foimlar Dentists.
on,.tltr la not what It is cracked
op to be, and. although it payt big
proflU, many bills for work done are not
.luxit rlstalnp.
Tap this reason honest men and
rvtrrinilllfXl to UfTof fof
rTUlUOu ei ww... -
the transirresslon of 'dead boats." be
went on. "I have a friend who recent
ly sold a tet of teeth for S'.iS which cost
him exactly l.20. By a set of teeth 1
il, o nnnr-r and lower sets. 1 no
UlC.u -1 1 "II' -
fnth montloncd above were sot on
alluminum. Teeth set on rublier cost
tbe patient $-"0 and tho dentist 810.
Tha nrice given are average ones.
Some dentists who servo the 'best peo
ple,' ask even higher rates. "
All dontlsts. according to the Brook
lyn expert, claim to do their mechan
lul wnrlf on tlielr premises. This is
not so. Less than ono-half of the
dontlstry In Brooklyn do their own work
or emDlov mechanical mon by the week.
A larger part of tho work claimed to
be done bv local dentists is periormca
by half a dozen mechanical dontistswho
make a specialty of that branch of the
business.
"Wbat are ""mechanical dentists paid
for thoir sorvices?" was asked.
"Eight dollars per sot, which includes
uDDer and lowor. lhe acntist so con
trading for tho work Is obliged to fur
nish the teeth, which usually cost from
Si to 88 per double set Plain teeth are
worth 10 cents and gum teeth 15 cents
each. The best teeth are made In Phil
adelphla. Dentists try to convince their
patlonts that teeth are very expensive,"
he added, "and that to make an upper
and lower set takes two or three days.
This Is all humbug. A mechanical den
tist who Is a good workman can make
three set9 In twenty-four hours.
"Dentists who employ mechanical
men make a plaster of parls castof-tnolr
patient's law, so as to tret the articula
tion, or fitting of the teeth, correct.
Theso casts cost about 5 cents each, and
when mado aro sent to tho dontal labora
tories, w here the remainder of the work
is done.
"ITntil tho middle of September den
tists might as well close tboir ofllces
and go in the country, as little' or no
work Is done then. The months of
August and September are the dullest
In the year for the dontal profession."
"What are tho Incomos of Brooklyn
dentists?"
"Some dentists make as high as 813.
000 and 815,000 a year, while others
bardly earn tholr salt Ladles prefer to
patronize pleasant and agroeablo den
tists to men who aro surly and uncouth
In mannors. Dentists who are person
ally popular have the largest incomes.
rtomon dentists? Ob, yea. To my
knowledge there is one in Brooklyn.
This lady attends almost exclusively to
women and children. Occasionally she
has a man patient, but not often.
"Do ' omon make a tuccess of den
tistry?" "Not always. The feminine mind it
sometimes unable to grasp its intrica
cies. More women dentists practice
tholr profossion in Europe than in
America."
"How are twelve-dollar-a-sct teeth,
'mado whllo you wait,' manufactured?"
"In almost the same manner -that
fifty-dollar sets are made. A niechan
leal dontist would charge the same price
for making a twelve-dollar set of teeth
as be would for a higbor-prlced set
Dentists, however, who make teeth at
the rate named always do their own
work. In cheap uppor and lower sets
of teeth the teeth cost 83, whilo in the
higher-priced seU the teeth aro worth
but li mora. In cheap seta tbe only ad
ditional exponse is for rubber and plas
ter. The materials used in dentistry
cost but littlo. It is the work and skill
for which the patient is obliged to pay."
CONNECTICUT COINS.
MnmUinatlata Qclliited Over a Valuable
Find of Rare Old Specimens.
Odd coins have recently been un
earthed in S(ral parts of the State, in
such quantities that ew York numis
matists have bad their attention attract
ed this way. The soil ot this old State
seems to have a stratum of old copper
and silver money undor it In the cellar
ot tbe old Lester House In Ledyard has
been found an iron pot partlaily filled
with copper and silver pioces, all of last
century coinage, and worth no small
sum of money. They have been sent to
New York tor appraisal. It Is supposed
they wore buried in the collars more
than ono hundred years ago, James S.
Cook, ot Hartford, has found in the deep
and fortilo slto of the Connecticut river
which forms the north meadows a gen
uine old "pine tree shilling," coined in
1659. The coin was In the shelving,
crumbling bank not throe feet from
where the river ia nearly eating Into the
meadow. The spot is known locally as
"Cap'n Cook's fishing place," whore, in
old times, tho seiners used to draw In
loads ot bouncing shad and where the
colonists and later residents used to hold
the old-fashloncd "fish fries." Lonr-
bandled frying-pans, fish, sliced potatoes
and onions and Santa Crux rum were the
features of theso jolly feasts. The pres
ence ot tho shilling there shows that
these carousals must have been in vogue
two centuries ago.
fcdward Kennedy, of Windsor, baa
found another of the shillings in the
earth. Windsor was one of tho oldest
tettlements in the colonies. These
coins were struck by the Massachusetts
Colony to supply needed money, and
iney are very rare. It Is a fact of his
tory that tbo man who coined them was
allowed one In a hundred for bis pay,
and that he became very rich. When
his daughter was married hit wedding
present to her was her weight In shil
lings. The coins are now sought for by
fanciers, who pay large prices for thorn.
Kennedy's coin is a little battered. It
contains the abbreviated Latin legend.
me ruae pine tree and the "XIL"
(twelve pence 24 cents) that all these
pieces bad. with the date 1653. II. T.
Nearing has unearthed a perfect Snn.
ish quarter of 1776 on the Pond farm
in West Hartford. SU Louis Globe
Democrat The force of an fee ihn I. mnm.
trated by an incident related in a Mon
treal paper, when a house and family
were swept away: "The man and woman
and their two or three children war. i.
the house, which was an old French style
affair. Tbe bouse bad foundations and
walls three feet thick In nl.o. t ....
about 13 o'clock, and tbe family were at
their dinner, when tuddenlr the Ice
commenced to move, Tbe upper ice 4
iroca me nee ol store Ice and sent It
like a hugh knife op the bank, scraping
all before It Before the family had
time to escape tbe edge of tbe knife bad
Struck tha house. ' It cut It clean away
aad left not a soul alive of the entire
family. Hardly one atone remained up
on another, so heavy wat tba crash ot
the lea uoon tbe kouse,
DISTRIBUTING RICHES.
TU Ilriiianilliis; Thoughtful foiuij.
tlun for Many itriw.ni,
Tho pursuit of riches for tho &,, rf
richet goes on from year to yer ."J
century to century, much the same
though philosophors, from the daji IJ
Solomon down to the present time i,
not pointed out the vanity of richei!!
that they are the baggago or Iq,
menU of virtue, liacon observes, J
with much truth, that "of great rich)!
there Is no real uho, except it be n
distribution; the rest it conceit" "Jba
truth, at least Is now more generaii,
accepted than In any previous age. 1
with great riches have sometin,
sought to distribute their wealth foruj,
public good aftpr their deaths, holdin!
on to thoir riches out of vanity unlj
the last momont of life, but recentW
there bat been displayed a growing 4.
position on the part of rich men to
seek the pleasures of distribution l.
ing their own lives a much wiw
course in every way. It secures the use
of tholr money for the intended purposes
which a will sometimes falls to do, mj
obtains for the generous giver that re
ward ot satisfaction which Is his due
To this disposition must bo ascribed the
building of great public libraries,
schools, institutes and colleges and tbe
establishment of large, useful Indus
trios by rich men who have learned In
time the lessons of philosophy, it j,
Impossible for the very wealthy tospond
or use thoir incomes upon themselves.
Their capacity Is limited, and beyond
that they stand as custodians or trusteet
of a fund which they may squander or
donate to others or to charity, but can
not use for themselves. It is this view
of groat rlchos (over and boyond the
necessities of the Individual) as a kind
of trust fund that is beginning to bear
fruit in systematic efforts to distribute
fortunes for the benefit of the general
public. It is somewhat curious to ob
serve that even in the days of liacon
exactly the same view of men's duties
was taken that is now beginning to pre
vaiL That philosopher observed:
"Therefore measure not thine advance
ments by quantity, but frame them by
measure, and d.ofer not charities till
death; for certainly, if a man weigh
It rightly, he that doth so is rather
liberal ot another man's than of his
own. There is another suggestion by
Bacon that has a great deal ot force lo
our day and generation. Ho says: ".Men
leave thoir riches either to their kindred
or to the public, and moderate portions
prosper best in both. A great state
(estate) loft to an heir is as a luro to all
the birds of prey round about to seize
on him if be be not otlio better estab
lished in years and judgment Like
wise glorious gifts and foundations are
like sacrifices without salt and but the
painted sopulchers of alms which soon
will putrlfy and corrupt Inwardly."
Who has not observed tho general truth
ot this warning? The hoir to a great
estate coming to it unprepared by ex
perience for the enjoyment or manage
ment of great riches suffers it to fall
away from him or dissipates it in riot
ous living. So also tho church or chari
ty too richly endowed attracts to Its
control dishonest or easy-going people,
and falls to do the good that a struggling
congregation or company accomplishes
through the unsolfish zeal of Its
Individual members. But it there
is no real use of great rlcbes
except it be In distribution,
and it in that distribution
it bo wlso to divide the ostato in moder
ate portions, it follows that tbe phi
lanthropists who seek to found publio
institutions ought to consider well the
scope and needs of tholr charitable
foundations. This they can do with
certainty only whllo they are present
to direct the operations and observe the
effects of tbelr charltablo work. What
would have been a largo "foundation"
In Bacon's day would be very small in
ours. No limit can be drawn except
that which arises out of tbe amount of
good to be accomplished, but whatever
the endowment may bo, it is well to
keep within' the limit rather than over
step. An institution with a surplus of
revenue attracts vultures; an institution
barely able to continue its work invites
hojpers to join it Thus the distribu
tion ot acquired riches demands thought
ful consideration on moral grounds at
well as because upon the right deter
mination ot the question depends ths
good that may be accomplished by the
aid of great wealth. Baltimore Sun.
Understood Electricity.
This department gets its share ol
queer patrons. A fashionably dressed
and handsome woman sailed in. hers
recently and wanted "a permit to prac
tice electricity." She had been cured
of a feminine weakness by tbe use of
a small battery and she wanted to doc
tor other people. 1 asked her what
kind of a current she used, and she re
plied, "I use both kinds sometime!
the positive and sometimes the nega
tive kind, according to the case I'm
treating." "How long have you been
study injr electricity ?" "About a vear."
"And you know all about it?" ""Yes;
this battery of mine has six cells, ana
it has both kinds of currents, and"
I interrupted again to ask, "But do
you employ an alternating or continu
ous current?" "Say, mister, I guess you
don't know much about electricity
anyhow. Are you going to give me s
permit to practice or not?" I referred
her to Dr. Dudley, and be sent
her to the secretary of th
state board, not knowing any otbcf
way to get rid of her. , v lien I
asked her if she knew anytliing aboul
medicine meaning, of course, the
science she answered: "Oh; yes. 1
know about a good many kinds, es
pecially those that are good for wo
men and little hnhioe " RIia a-knowl-
odfrcd hnu-pvpi flint oha UaA neref
studied either medicine or midwifery.
becretary Board of Health in Globe-
j-rcuiocrji.
Tbe Seventh Son.
T V . .u J,-,I
A'taniu a eeveiuu sun iu unw
succession is called a marcou. In Or
leans, during the present century. th
following was written concerning the
marcou: "If a man is the seventh son
of Lis f:itliei- trii limit ano fomale in
tervening he is a marcou. He has on
some parts of his body the mark of
me neur ue lis, and, like the kings oi
France, he has the power of curing
the king's eviL All that is necessary
w v w , , a l u iu is inai me niart""
should breathe upon the part affected.
ur mm me suncrer suouiu toucn iu
mars oi uie neur de lis. Of all in
roarco'is of the Orleannais he of Ormes
is best known aud most celebrated.
Every year, from twenty, thirty and
forty leagues around, crowds of P'
tients come to visit him; but it is par
ticularly in ,Holy week that his pow
is mtiKt efficacious, and on the night of
Good Friday, from midnight uJtd
sunrise, the cure is certain. "St Lou
Tost I Hootch.