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EUGENE CITY GUARD. L. U CAMPBELL. . . Proprleter. EUGENE CITY. OREGON. THE PACIFIC COAST. Deaf Mutes of Portland Organize a Benevolent Society. The Demand for Gypsum From the Point Sal Mine Increases the Force About One-Fourth. Victoria, B. 0., is closing up sll it gambling places. The Lyon clothing house at Seattle Inn been seized by creditors. The Rocky Mountain ramivut at Og den is declared to be a success. ' Ttie trestle on the Union IViflc road near Mosier, Or., 60J feet long, has len burned. The carnentcrs at flan Jow demand 1'! for eight hours, and will enforce their demands it necessary. The Petaluma Water Company is to build a reservoir on Sonoma uiouiitain to bold 6i),0O0,0OU gallons of water. The Treasury Department lias ordered a thorough investigation into the smug gling of opium and Chinese from Vic toria. United States Inspector Kdwnrds lias seized the steamer Lillian lor plying be tween Va.piina bay and Hiuslaw without a proper license. The new Courthouse in fSan Diego will ha turned over to the county in two weeks. It has absorbed $120,000 of the taxpayers' money. Nevada City's population according to the lust centos is z.tiou. me population of the township is 4,001, a falling off of 2,760 within ten years. The Beventv-six Land and Water Coin panv has sold its canal and water rights to Uie irrigation u'Hinei in inu smiuiuiwi ern jwrtion of Fresno county, Cal. The atreut drill of the Seattle chain gang is one of the sights of the place. Forty stalwart men are in line duily cleaning the streets and public squares. The Astorian says : The deaf mutes of Portland are organizing a society for protective and beiiulli ent purposes, to be railed the Knights of Silt nee of Oregon. Sandy Olds, who shot Kmil Weber on the streets of Portland in May, IMS!), has been twice convicted atter three trials and has again been grunted another trial. Captain George II. Douglass of San Franc co, who bus been connected with the Hpreckels shipping firm for many years, and who was injured by being thrown out of his bugy a few days ago, lias died, ag d 53 years. The tasei against M.iJ r Joseph Wham and Major Alliert 8. lower, ut Tucson, lor violating an article of war, by ra-ising to be pjid exorbitant rentals forollicers jiave resulted in the acquittal of both of fleers by rourts-murtial. The striking Oakland carp'-nuirs have organized the Oakland Co-oemtive building Company, with a capital stork of ll'o.OOO in 6,00(1 ahares. Contractors claim they have all the men they want to employ, and can got more if they need them. The case of the Hartley heirs at Santa Ana lor $4(,IX0 damages against ttie C al ifornia Southern railroad for the killing of their sister at a crossing near the Santa Fe dcxt in December, W8, ter minated by the Court granting a motion for a aoiisuit. During May 4,3.'7,0:i0 pounds of do mestic wool wero shipjied Ksst from Sun Francisco. The total shipments for live mouths were IO.'.ThI.IHO pounds, an in -creaae of 5,lt)H,4H0 tiounds over the same time lust year. During May 6:U,0.")4 pounds were shipped by sea. W. E. Iae of San Francisco has broken the l'acillu Coast twenty four hour hi cycle record, with an hour ami one half to spare. His route waa from OakUnd to San Jose, back to Oakland, to liilroy via San Jose, to Irvington via San Jose and back to San Jose. The diabioce is 212 miles. The Santa Darlwra Press says : The demand (or gypsum from the Point Sal mine has lieeu so great that it has become necessary to Increase the force about one-lourth. There will be morn than 4,000 tons taken out during the present year. There is Wing more than forty tons a day mined now. The Yuma Sentinel says: The In dians this year have reaped a heavy har vest of wheat and corn from the moist lands adjacent to the " bottoms," which were overflowed lit) to a few days h:o The "children of the forest" have learned thut they can get three crops In ono year by moving to different parts of of the alluviul lands ut the proMr tiur . A number of Vinous have gniMj vines and pomegranates p'anted near the rirer, but alwve overflow, and they are doing n'cely and will be in full bearing noxtseasou. ' A new swindle Is retried from Santa Barbara county. It is (terpirated by means of a double fuuituiu pen, one end of which is filled with good substantial ink, the other with ink that fades away in a day or two. The sharper writes his agreement, contract or whatever particu lar tiling lie may nave chosen with ink that fades, and has his victim sign with the other end of the pen that hints. In a few days he hat a slip of paper with nothing on it hut a good signature, over w hich he writes any sort ot note that ho can easiest turn into cash. The Rush has received her orders and will leave Port Towusepd at once for the lieh ring Sea. The orders are said to I to proceed at once to Ouiia)aka and then to patrol Behriug Sea, seize all vessels found In the sea with sealskins aboard, or any other" prima facie evidence that the vessel had lieen poaching. The cut ters are then to take the paper and in struments and leave on board onlv a suf ficient quantity of food to keep the ciew until the vessel reaches the nearest port If any resistance is offered, the poachers re to be find upon aud compelled to submit. The San Francisco Chionlcle states that the Alaska Commercial Company, which until recently had the exclusive right to capture sea la in the Aim ri an jftaters ol liehring tea, has now secured contract with the Kossian (toverammt granting them the exclusive right to cap ture seals on the Siberian Coast. The number of seals to be taken is limiltd, but it is not known. It is believed to be Very Urge. The steamer Karluk, owned by the company, has recently sailed for PetroflVky to capture seals titers. The competition of the Alaska Commercial Company will be very severe for the North American Commercial Coii'pany, which was recently awarded by the United Slates the sealing privileges in Bf tiring sea, and it is believed the effect will be to greatly reduce the price ot fkins. EASTERN ITEMS. Rev. Father Mollinger Reported to be Dying. Philadelphia's Growth Retarded by Em Ignition to Suburban Towns to the Number of 75,000. Three hundred changes were made in the House tariff bill by the Senate. Several Kansas original-packae cases are to be taken to the Federal Supreme Court. The World's Fair Commissioners have decided to have a single head a Director General. St. Paul charges Minneapolis with pad ding the census to the extent of 50,000 to 0),000 names. By the will of Lawyer Charles M. de Costa of New York Columbia College will be 1100,000 richer. A monument to Alexander II. fit phens is at last to le erected over his grave at Orawlordsvuie, ua. The Missouri State Board 0! Eniializ lion has increased the valuation of nil- road property for taxation $2,500,000 over last year. At an ele tion at Cuyahoga Falls, O, it was decided by a vote of W to 271 to have open saloons. They have been closed lor two years. Last year there were 3,545 election dis trict In Pew York Htute. this year, under the operation of the new electoral law, there will be 0,000. The Postmaster-General of Japan and the PostmasterGonHral of Canada have signed a convention for the establishment ol a parcels post between the two coun- tries. Of the 150 applicants for admission to the Military Academy at West 1'oint twenty-four failed to pass the required examinations on account of physical de lects. Mr. Tracy, Secretary of the Navy, has issued an order to the Murine band wln-n it plays in public to alwavs "close the programme with one of our national airs." An order has been issued by the Gen erul Superintendent of the Railway Midi Service discontinuing the Sunday mora 11 g dispatcn Irom ban t rancigvo, to take effect on July U. The growth of Philadelphia in the past locado was apparently retarded by the emigration to the suburban towns of about 75,0' K), according to the railroad commutation table. If the reports of the money earned by Henry George during his Australian enuring tour are true, every inhabitant if the Antipodes has paid at least a "sin gle tax" to hear Mr. George speak. A number of owners of property on Michigan avenue, Chicago, have liln, I a 11 the Chancery Court to restrain the World's Columbian exposition from erect- ng any buildings on the lake front. The Pennsylvania Grand Lod.-e lias is- ued an edict requiring all Musnns who are memliors of toe hgyptian Matonio Kite of Memphis to renounce their alle giance to the body within niuety days. It is estimated at the Treasury Depart ment that there has been a decrease of about $L'0,0O0,0iKJ in the public debt since un I. The to'ni decrease lor the lineal year is $S7.H0il,(XM, at against 114,000, 000 for the previous tiscal year. On the great Pennsylvania road cer tain trains are supplied with stenograph ers and typewriters, for the use of pas sengers who wish to conduct their ror- resKindence on the wing. Ano'her idea is a bulletin ol the stock market. Siiervisor of the Census Wright esti mates the population of M tine's princi pal cities as follows: Portland, 54,500; L'wistnn, 21,000; Biddoford, 13,500; Au burn, 10,100. The gains in each case are very small. It is shown that on the basis of the imports of 1HHH the duties collected un der the McKinley tariff bill would be 206,344,1177. while the Senate amend ments would reduce the amount to .1)1, M),l 07, or 4,j55,070 less. It is reported that a mythical building and loan com par y of Philadelphia has lieen victimizing Western people. The name of the com ern, which is alleged to lie without legal existence, is the Eastern Building and Lean Asso -iatiou. It is proposed to eonstru :t sn air-line railroad from Toledo through Ohio. Indi ana, Illinois. Missouri, Arkansas, Indian Territory, Texas and Mexico, striking the Pacific at Mazatlau. The mad will be known as the Atlantic and Mexican- Pacific. The Investigation committee to exam ine into the 1 hargn against the West End railway of lobbying with infinite of the Massachusetts legislature finds that carriage and dinners and hotel hi1 is were paid for by the company, but no money for corrupt purposes was spnt to their knowledge. The House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds has decided to report favorably the bill providing for the purchase of the building south of the Capitol owned by Benjamin F. Butler, providing a good title he obtained and the coat does not exceed t276,0iJ. The convicts at a coaling camp sixteen miles eoiuhrof Kusk, Tex., assaulted aud killed the guard, then visited other camps ami liberated three squads. A lare force of olll.-era is in pursuit, and blood shed will follow, as the convicts obtained firearm from farmhoutea. The Second Comptroller of the Treas ury has made a ruling adverse to the claim of several bundled army ollieera, aggregating nearly .'50,000, for 'longevity pay for service either at the Military Academy or as enlisted men, baaed on the decision of the Supreme Court in the Wa'son case. Among the 82,084 immigrants into the United Mates during ttie month of May were 16,bi3 from Germany, 1 ,U4 from Ireland, 11,527 from Italv, 10,148 from Aus'ria, including Hungary and R.ihe uiij, I', Mil from Kussia snd Poland. 8,707 Irom Sweden and Norway and 7,118 I Mm England and Wales. The total from these countries was 7J,3"J8,or 01 percent, of the grand total. The House lottery bill in the Louisiana legislature will be passed by the Senate in the form of a constitutional amend ment, to he voted on at the next Hate election, but primary election will le held before, at which only whites shall vote on the question of accent iuv or re jecting the lottery proposition. If the vote ta against the lottery, the company will withdraw its offer and leave the Stats hen its charter expires. FOREIGN NEWS. Project on Foot to Connec Berlin With the Sea. Turkish Engineers Report That the RIvi Euphrates tan Be Made Naviga ble the Year Round. O'Connor will make no further rowing mutches in Australia. A nobleman is feeding daily 1,000 vic tims of the famine iu loklo, Japan. Soudanese soldiers are being recruited in Egypt for the Congo tree State. The cholera is increasing In Valencia Spain. Cases are reported at Oporto, I ortugal. Ilerr Miitnel. the new German Fi- nance Minister, favors an increase of the Income tax and corn duties. The British Cabinet has decided to drop the tithes bill snd after the sup ply votes adjourn rarliainent. Italy is trying to divert the flood of Unban emigration from America to tier newly acquired colonies in Africa. The reul sum which Mr. Stanley re ceded in cash for his latest book is said to le in the neighborhood of 170,000, Turkish engineers sav that the river htiphratcs might be made navigable the year .round by an expenditure 01 1100 000. Tripoli is being devastated by bruits The decompos d bodies of the insects fill the wells, rendering the water unfit ior ust. President Barillas of Guatemala wants to Interfere in the selection of President of San Salvador by choosing a person wlioin lie can control. The coal porters of Dublin, 2,000 in numlier, have struck in consequence ol the einp oyment by the masters of numlier of a non-union men. The highest military authorities have determined to build in the neighlmrhnud of St. Petersburg a lurge factory for the manufacture of smokeless powder. The distillery of Glenlivat, the oldest of all the distilleries ot the Scottish Highland whisky and the only one with a history, has recently been burned. The experimental telephone line be tween Pans and Culms has proved a sue cpMs. Another line will soon tie con struct d b.-twten Paris asd London. It appears thut the National Bank of Buenos Ayres has not suspended, as was telegraphs t. 1 lie bank only susiencitM payment of the quarterly dividend, which was approved at the last annual meeting The Italian Deputies raised such an uproar In the Ulmmber over tlio Alunici pal Council bill that an adjournment was necessitated. Picotti resigned his seat. Serious disturbances have occurred at Angocno, near Mozambique. The na- tives attacked (he Governor's residence but were repelled with great loss of life. Holland's action will lend to the disso lution of the anti-shivery conference, in which event the efforts to suppress s'ave trade will have been completely wasted. Dispatches from Chiinljui, Turkistan, say thut hundreds ot bales ot Afghan :otton have arrived there Irom Kehf fills is the first direct sale uiudo by the Afghans to the Kiissians. There is a decided sensation at Madrid over the statement of Senor Kohhdos hut during five yeurs the Lioeruls have been in power 4oO,iHKi,000 reals ol public money havo been stolen by olllciuls. General Ignucio Martinez of Lnredo is accused of mining the uprising alo'ig the borders of the Hio Grande. lie wns for merly of the Mexican army, but was dismissed and bus since edited a revolu tionary journal. It is slated that the French Ministr of Foreign Affairs bus addressed an inquiry lo its representatives abroad for informa tion as to the condition of labor in the respective countries to which they are accredited. Baron Wiseman was aba 'tit from the Colonial Society meeting at C logne, owing, it is said, to a hint from the Gov ernment that his presence would be em harrassing. The meeting did not favor the Anglo-German African agreement. The project to connect Berlin with the sea tiy nn an ol a canal is causing great excitement iu Germany. It is proposed to extend the canal as fur us Stettin. Frederick Scheck, Olllcial Commissioner of Buildings, is in 1 barge of the affair. It is reported that the Baroness Bnr- dett-Cotitts bus advanced Agnes Hunt inaton f l'Jo.OOO with whicti to lorm au opera company 01 her own. it is also repoitod thht the time held lor baraticru hardt next s iison in this country will bt filled by Miss Huntington's company. liOiidon merchants are pointing out to Salisbury the serious results of the ex tension of Gcrivmu territory north of Damara, and the establishment ot a Ger man barrier Ix'Ueen li s l.iianaland and the North ; also, the necessity of main taining English influence in Madagascar Lord Salisbury's solicitors threa'en to take action awiust Mr. O'Brien for tin recovery of the costs in the recent action for lii'ol and (be sub'cqtii nt proceeding tiiereou. If Lord Sal shury insis's on this inc. sure, be may drive Mr. 'I'Hrien into bankruptcy, the effect of which wib lie to prevent him from sitting and vot ing in the Hons.'. The hill recently More the British Parliament to regulate the rum tralli. has opened up a discussion that is (uter es' ing to all cias s of society. There an three clusses of licenses gran 'eel at pres cut: The publican's license, whiidi al io s the sale of all kinds of liquors, dis tilled or fermented ; the beer hcense, and the wine license, taken out by the keep eis of eating houses and hotels. The German Emperor ha summoned before him for invi stigntion a young ne gro Prince, known as Alfred Bell, Irom the Cameroon country, West Africa, who hud le n sent lo Bremen to learn the trade ot carjienter, and who is alleged to have joimtd a sang of Socialists and An archists. If Bell slu uld turn out to be really a S,vialit, he will not be allowed to return to the Canieroons for fear of torrupting the cativrs. ntrin hkatinu or tub heart. Whenever you fotd an un asints iu the region of the heart, a slinht pain in the shoulder, arm, or undt r ihe shouldei blade, or when you find yourself short of breath when eternising, or your heart has periods of beating; fast, you have heart discs', and should taks Iu. Flint's Kkxxov. Iiewriptive treatiis with each bottle; or sddrsag Mack lrux Co., New York. PORTLAND MARKET. WHEAT Th milling demand I light, sod then Is llttlt trading. QauM, com Ins Ij.fUlf lor Valley; ll.W to- WU Walla. OATS-lti market Is Arm. Quots: Mo per bmbel. MILUSTUFFS Th mark.it Is Arm. Quote: Brsn. Ilftan: Hliorli. I17l; Oroana Bsriej, UiKSXl Chos Feed, Mi Middling!, I'JllXXSa. tier ton. HAY-Themirkttt steady. Quota: uer bin. VEGETABLES The msrket Is Una. Csllfor iilif.hi,.hufileu 104 Aic a oeuUl. Then sre oo cbtuget Iu other vegetables. Quote: C UomlsCsbbK,2-liHi I' cental; O egoo, iWMt0c per doien; California uauiinowr,fi. uer duun: Oresou Ureeu feu, 60 put pouud rouua Ouloui aud Lettuce, lio per down buueues; new CallfnilaOuloD,iltfc per pound Btriua Beaiii.SC ixr pound; California Cucam' bers, Mc; Oregon, Wo per doien; California car rots, 11.26: Oregon, S1.1B per ack; caiiionn Aaparagui, per box; Oregon, In ba k, lOe per poaud; Ctlllonifa Beets, ll.ao per sack; ti iforula TurulD. H.M; Oregon, fl.'A per Cllforula Tomstoes. i per box; California Siuaib. 75ai per box; Wx Beans, sc per pound; new California Fotatoef, j(za; new Oregon, tl'lb per cental. KKUITB-C'sllfoiDla Kruiti nv advancea sue a box. Quule: ammue uMHii.-a, fi.s' fancy Navels, J pr box; California Lcmoiu, H fancy slcllv. per box; Oregon Cberrlei, ..... . ... .1 .... ruiK MaMe oer box: California Aprleoli. II per box Oregon Currant, 4c per pound; Pineapple 15.60 per doen; California I'esohef, ll.'i'i pet box: Oreaon Ranptx-rries, red, irSc; Mack, 8 lr pouud; Usiisnu, single, IS.7&; aom buiichei.m: California Apples, i2f per 50-pound box: CsllfornU Plums, soc per box. CIIKKHE-Qsote: Oregon, IMVl'ic; Callfoi ills, VUfttlOc ; Young A merles, litfttHc per pound HlIl l'KK The market li Arm. Quote: Ore gon fsacy dairy," 22!c: fsucy cresniery, 2.'w good to fair, 17'yr20c; common, r."ic; choke California, lHfljS cper poU"d. KOIIS The market remains the name. Quote Or.Kn, wiAtc; Easteni, 18c per dozen POI'LTRY The market coutluuei the name. Chickens are gradually going down in prle Yo ng Dacki sre bi ginning to come Iu. Quote Old Chickens, MM.H; large spring, I'lTgl; unal tprlug, M2.m; uld Ducks, f I SOoti; young, Via ; oM Oevae, fG; young, Wa9 per dozen; Tur keys, We p: ir pound. The Merchandise Market, The dlfnireut markets continue Arm, with no change in prices. Business In all line ii v ry good, snd dealers have all they can handle. SUGARS The market is steady and demand good. Quo'e: UoIdeuC, 5c; extia ( 5)jc; dry grsuiilstcd, 6f, cube cruahed aud powdered, 7c per pound. BEANS The market ts steady, Quote: Small Whitu, $3; Pink, H; Bsyos, (4.50; Butter, p Limn, (5.60 pnr 0 ntsl. DRIED KKUITH The market lute dy. Quote Flu rumor dried Pears, lOCallc; undrled and fse tory I'lumf, SVtWc; Peaches, sun dried, lolc evsporati-d Peaches, 16! 17c; Smyrna Flg4, lrj Hie; California Figs, 9c per pound. CANNED GOODS The market is steady, with the following quotations: Table Fruits, 'J' ,' Peaches, .; Bartlett Pears, Sl.lK); Plums, 11.66; Strawberries, ,.'.M;. Cherries, 2; Blackberries, M.K'V$1D5; Raipberrles, S'iS (32.50. Pie Frul Assorted, (3.50 per doseu; Peacies, $l.'iVtl..' lums f 1.25; Hlackberrles, $1.(5; Tomatoes, f 1.10 (g:.M; Sugar Peas, (1.400(1.60; String Beans, (1 RICE-Quote: 6c per pound, IIOPS-Tb market is stesdy, with nominal rices. Quote: 100 per pound. hides Tne market continues the same. Quote: Dry HMes, selected prime, Hfj'.'c, ac lest for culls; green, selected, over 65 pounds, 4c under 55 pouuds, 8c; Sheep Pelts, short wool, toiiI.'Oc; medium, DOTitsOc; long, Vucfttll.zri; Shear ugs, lOfiOc; Tallow, good to cbolce, :Ki.l',e. WOUI-Tbe market auclianged. Quote: Kl- ru On'gou, lOMlOc; Valley, KHalKc per miuiiiI NAII- Prices have S'lvsneed 10c. Bane quo Utlons; Iron, (.1.20; Steel, (-S.W; Wire, (X90 pe keg. The Meat Market. The market is Ann, and no change In prices. Qiiotullous: Beef Live, a'tfl'j'c; dressed, 7c. Muttou Live, ',m',c; dressed, 7c. Hogs Live, 5c; dressed; Sc. Veal fieJ7e per pouud. Spring Lambs-2 each. Receipts the past week were: Cattle, 448 Sheep, 1,672; Hugs, 6H0 head. SMOKID MRATS AND LARD. The market is Arm. Quotations: Eiuilern Hams. 12' jfWJ.t'ic; Ilreakfast Hacon, laSftlUSc: ides, tyeS-Vi fjird, !al0'je per pound. Trouble from the Now. A Dutch physician has recently de clared that a close connection exists be tween the exercise of our mental facul ties and disorders of the nose. The opinion Is expressed that if it were gen erolly known how many cases of cliron lo headache, of Inability to learn or per form montal work, were due to chronio diseases of the nose many of these would be easily cured, and the number of child victims of the so called over pressure In education would be notably reduced. According to the above men tioned authority, it would seem that breathing through the nose Is absolute ly Indispensable In order to secure the full value of the mental capacity. Ex change. New Method of Killing Rodents, A young electrician of Omaha has a very ingenious way of killing rats. The rodent is caught In an ordinary oval trap, the bottom of which Is covered with tin. One wire connected with a dynamo Is fastened to the tin lining of the trap, and another is thrust into the prisoner's cell The well known pro pensity of a caged rat to do battle as serts itself, and he seizes the wire be tween his teeth. In doing so he makes the mistake of his Ufa The circuit is com pleted, his jaws close on the wires with a death grip and without a squeak, and almost without a auiver he passes Into a state of eternal desuetude. Electri cal Review. Not Taag-hi Right. A somewhat nnpoliahed mother of a very charming daughter waa recently beard to sayi "1 don intend lettin' Eiuily go back to aim. Waring school. They donl teach ton right how, 1 donl know so very much myself, but I never would tell my child that IX spells nine. It's absolutely ridiculous." Harper' Magailn. Cruelty. Dentist "Well, how do the new teeth work I rstient Sot very welL Thsy team to out the others. Deutist-That Is perfectly natural Tbey belong to an entirely different set, 700 kaow. Ban Franciaoo 11 isntin. A rendition is threat ned in the wine trade. Some one has discovered s method of making wine from raisins, which, it is said, (rives better result than wines 111a !e from grapes. However mai may be. tin Froiu h () vernment have been so much influenced by the pro o.al a to impose a heavy excise duty on nia'.ns. A vendettats beinir instituted at Crete against the 1 orks. The Initiation of the movement resulted in the death of four Mussulman. A congress of wool spinners, sitting at Hanover, has decided lo Mure ttie pro duct of iheir mills 30 per cent for three months. Many operatives will be dismissed. CAftftYINfl fHE MAILS. i tt 17 the Railroads Well and Costs tli Oovernmeot S)40,000,000 Tear. The railroads carry the vast bulk of the malls nowadays. People want their letters quickly. 80 the railroads get the carrying wherever they reach. Of course considerable, mail goes by steamboat and by stage, "star route" and by penny port. The transportation of Uncle Sam's mails lssomethingenormous. Superintendent Burt, of the railway mail service, sum: "Yes. I imiudne that would be inter esting, for the transportation of mails covers a tremendous figure. 'In the first place the government has a monojioly of all mail transportation. There is no snch thing as a private car rier or a private delivery. Otherwise a man might set himself up in business and make money by carrying ana ueiiv-erins- for less than Uncle Sam could. For instance, suppose Procter & Gamble wanted to send out SDO.OOO circulars, it would cost them fl.OOO for postnge. 8omebody might offer to deliver those circulars for, say, (2,000. Well, he would be arrested very quickly. Business men can have their boxes at the postofllce and send their messengers for mail, but no business man or men can have a private route and pay a man for serving it. Everything must go through the post office. Envelops with 'B. R. B.' on them ('ruilroad business') go tlirougli without postage. You can employ a messenger boy to carry a letter for you, or you can hand a letter to n friend to deliver as a personal accommodation. "To get at the matter of transportation it were better to know at first what are post roads. Well, all waters of the United States, all railroads or part of railroads, all canals, all plank roads and the road on which the mail is carried to any court house or county seat. The mails must be carried on any train that tho post master general may select "Now as to the pay. I might say that land grant roods, that is, roads thut get help from the government, only receive 80 per cent, for transporting. The rail roads furnish all cars or parts of cars for the carrying of mails, and they shall be maintained, heated and lighted by the railroad companies. The government pays f.'5 per mild per annum for mail cars forty feet in length, $40 for a fifty foot car and f0 for a sixty-foot car. Tho government does not own anything about the equipment except, of course, its sacks and pouches for mail. "A good postal cur will cost from f 1,000 to j,000. Now you've got the figures for the cars. The government pays $50 per annum per mile for every 200 pounds; COO pounds, $75; 1,000 pounds, $100; 1,500 pounds, $125; 2,000 pounds, $150; 8,500 pounds, $175; 8,000 pounds, (COO, and $25 for every additional 2,000 pounds. The government paid about $JO,000,000 in 1889 for transporting the mails; for rental of postal cars, $S,300,000, and for pay of clerks, $5,600,000. This is for railroad service alone. "The steamboat service costs $500,000, and the stage coach and horseback serv ice, $950,000; the mail equipment, pouch es, locks, etc., $200,000. So you see the government pays nearly $10,000,000 for mail service." Cincinnati Times-Star. Be Concluded to Live. It is a strange fact that the average newspaper man is superstitious to a de gree. Why this should be so no one knows. One of the craft, who looks to be healthy enough, was around town on his work the other day and he ran across Frank Hill, Chicago's coffin king, who was at one time at the head of the ill fated Thirteen club. In the course of a chat with a few mutual friends the scribe ventured the opinion that he would not live long. Every one laughed at such a hallucination on his part and tried to cheer hnu up. Finally Mr. Hill came to tho rescue and took a hand iu the discussion. He regarded the matter from a business point of view. "Don't die bo soon, my boy," he urged. "You just wait until our new spring style of casket comes out and then 1 11 give you daisy at first cost." Hereupon the scribe gave up the idea of dying and concluded to live. He did not want a business matter made of it. Exchange. The Latest Trash Basket. The now trash basket is a bug. The willow baskets which well inteiitioned young women have dressed np in baby blue ribbons and worsted fruits and flowers, or huve gilded and decorated for church fairs, are stripied of their orna mentations and relegated to offices. The vide porche takes their place in the sit ting room and boudoir. This is a long, narrow bag alwut 9 by 18 inches in size. It is made of brocade, in anv rare old tint, and lined with a plain silk in har monizing color, which is turned down en revers" on one side; the basr is sus pended by a metal cord and tasel or rib bon. If the bag is made from a niece of our grandmother's .brocade gown it is so much the better, because it will show your grandjnother was educated enough to wear a gown of brocade. New York Tribune. The Hurrs-Are Obtuse. The Boers do not seem to have the slightest comprehension of the first prin ciples of finance. One of this class asked a bank what would be the terms for his proposed deposit of i'25,000. "We will give you Oper cent.," replied the clerk, not understanding the drift of the ques tion. "You pay me for taking care of my property?' said the Boer. "No, no: am not such a fool as to believe that You are up to some trick!" And he in tently broke, off the nearotiation. Blackwood's. According to The Medical Brief Dr Flint says: "1 have never known dys peptio to recover vigorous health who undertook to live after a strictly regu- uiieu uiei, anu 1 nave never known an instance of a healthy person living ac- cording to a dietetic system who did hot I become a dyspeptic." if lowers can be kept fresh for soma time if a pinch of soda or saltpeter ia added to the water. Wilted roses will regain their freshness if dipped a mo- mntit or two in hot xrt. Nothing to Show but Scan. Fred (to chunu tVhat luck. Charlevl Con. (ratulations in order! Charley (faintly) Fred, she told ma tW she loves another. Fred Stym pathetically) That Charley, after all your derotioa. ' Charley-Tough I WTiy, Fred, ta the past three months her father's dog has bitten me ao less than sarea timea. X.w Vnrk a... Tke Bric-a-Brae Craaa. Frleod-ri your daughter Jaaois as rood 1 brio-a-brae as evarl Mother FxleA P. -Indeed I Yea, She has faat mxrrft . 1 u.n pUcher. BojCounar. THI SIGNAL SERVICE. Reasons Presented to Slmw Why I Should He Nou-Mllltary. The condition of the United States signal service bureau, which prepares Uie weather predictions, has long been a source of anxiety lo those wlio' are interested in the sevoral department of our national science system. The predictions given by tho olllcers of this corps, though of much value, have not opjicarcd, to those entitled to criticise them, up to tne attainable u sree of nerfection. The cost of tl; bureau is great, though it is even less than the country would be willing to nav for a satisfactory service, ii United States spends probublo more for this work than all the stales of Europe, vet the weather prediction have on the whole been loss success ful than those in the old world. Al thouL'h this bureau has been in opera tion for nearly twenty years, it has failed to develop a set of able meteor ologistsconietciit lodcflnetlie laws of the weather on this continent, and to advance the science of meteorology Although the bureau bus gathered great body of fuel concerning tho at niosphericconditionsof this continent, it has not succeeded 111 doing any con siderable amount of investigation This, however, would have boon more pardonable if the practical work ol predictions had attained the desired end. The weather bureau developed from the signal service of the United States army. Ihe original object of llic corps, as its name indicates, was to serve for the purpose of commuuicut 111 c information between tho several parts of an army on tho march or i action. As a subordinate part of the machinery employed during our cm war, it did ndmirublo service. If, when it assumed its new duties as a meteor olotrical corps, the oflicers and me had been transferred to some one of the civilian divisions of the covcrn ment work, there can be hardly any doubt that the corps would now huv the foremost pluce among the scieu title institutions of the country. ino United btutes is singularly well placed for tho development of mete orological science, and the people- have o measure 01 intelligence which wcu tits them for the ready appreciation ol such aids to their life as this branch of learning can ati'ord. Unfortunately, however, the corps was retained 111 connection with the army. Noblous is the system of an efficient military organization, it is thoroughly evil when it is applied to work such hs 111 quirers are culled on to do. Even where, as in the weather bureau, cer tain parts of their acts must be nor formed with studious regularity, they can best bo done under II16 conditions of a civilian, and not of a military corps. The military influence is of a necessity iiciietrative and dominant. U men are soldiers at all, they must oe soiuiera tnrougti anu tnrougii. 111 order that the system may be reason oiy perfect. Under the present system of the sis- nal service, the observers are men en lltttpfl In till) ITnitful Khilna aimv. tli.iu are thereby essentially separated1 from -11 ,1 .1:.: .-.l.r-l. J ! : uii iiiuciiiiuiiions which prevuii 111 uie non-military work of the stale. Their first duty is not to prosecute natural inquiries, but to obey the commands of their superior oflicers. The life of an enlisted man in any army is not such as to be attractive to youths of character and ability, and it is there fore not surprising that few men of capacity nave sought service as ser geants in the weather service. Thus, while. Harvard university has setit more llian a score of men to the work of the national and state ceolotrical surveys of this country, none of iu graduates bus sought a place 111 the lower ranks of the signul service. Col lege oflicers have hesitated to advise a man to seek such a position, while if the corps was on a civilian basis these chances in life would be extremely al tractive lo young men of ability. Iherefore it seems that the best, if not the only, tiling to do, in order to give the desired quality to the signal ser vice, is to transfer it to soino non-mili tary division of tho government work. a. o. Biiaicr in boston Herald. Where the Crow lias Cone to Reu "Do you see those crows flying over head?" anked the ornithological sharp, pomtmg to the heavens. "They are coming Home to bel at their great roost in Arlington. That is one of the great percumg places fur crows in the coun try, you know. Another such is found near Baltimore, about four miles out from the city, and there are others still near St. Louis, at Lancaster, Ta., in Jessamine county, hy., and nt Iloody Island, on the Susquehanna. There are more in various parts of the coun try, though all are within the limits of a belt 100 miles north and 100 miles south of a line that might be drawn across the contmcnt tlirougli Washing ton and St. Louis." "How many crows roost at Arlinc ton?" "About 500,000, I suppose. You see it is rather difficult to count them. All sorts of methods have been tried, even to firing a cannon loaded with bird shot Into the roost with a view to Dickins up the dead within the range of fire, and basing a calculation upon the re sult. The Johns Hopkins expert who investigated the Baltimore roost a' while ago determined that there were between 250,000 and 500,000 crows there by counting small measured areas." Washington Star. Our Wealthiest BepresenUtlre. Beldeuissaid to be the richest man in the house of representatives. He is so rich that no one knows how much he is wortn, and probably he doesn't him !f L . owns ,n0 Wmlso'' hotel, New . w"' nd 00 en" of other biir things in the metropolis and throughout the country. He is noted as a mn ., w ,e Ml" many larre entororisea In New York simply because of ready money and plenty of counure and decLuveness to go with it HesriA-. ,:. L . this reputation has brought him mnN good things tlian bad ones, and that his investment risks, after being carefully selected by his own good Judgment and acuteness, have greatly enhanced his lorrune. cor. Pittsburg Press. Why Sha Kept It. Jobson-Wbat kind of an animal b that oue got there, Jepsonl Jepsoo-A hedgehog. It Is on of my wife's peta. - ' Jolx-Stranp kind of a pet, I should say. Vt hy does sha keeonirh (Kir,- .u.. " . r wumieooui JepWell, I sappoea It Is because he baa oy fine poita .bout him.-Bo.toa TOO MUCH FOR THE CANE A Han's Knowledge 0f tk. - Fists serve. II I, D , rjo Two gentlemen were i , nether about manv thin,- . to. One was a tall, well built man clilcf business in life it was to keen 1 OflA Wflft n tnll U-nll I... Mi. club. "t Dli!. sen in good form. admiring friend fromth. was listening to the former's tal metropolitan experiences. "Did yonder hear," asked tu , man, "about the 'cane racket p i'7 Well, then, I wiQ tell you al 4 the closest calls I suppose that I had. It waa 1 o'clock l i. . Ve' M, lu0 Hum, After the theatre I drom,,! t.. 7"" the club for an hour or two Wk left the club I had only a little Z cluxngo In my pocket. "It was a mild evening n ear, . tuiiin. and I wnlk nlnno ,,n ; . j ,. e wn si . ..-... .-, wastliroft open showing my dress suit, and in n, right hand I carsjed a fairly heai stick. I did not keep to the avenJ but to vary tlto monotony took xw sionuk'y a block on the cross streetTt woraing my way east. I noticed tLj there was a man following a short & uiuro ucuiiiu 1110 110 wiis very m, 1 n 1..., ... ' fr,"IU- anjr vtoi Mining 1110, utu 1 Ukl hot think mull ui iu iin i tunica into Thirtt sixth street he brushed by me, knock ing my cane out 01 my band. It f, n . .... .. t i linn ur mj in imilt.. 1 ..vvi incuse n,i It passed through my mind in a uiinut, unit ii wiia iiono imrjMisciy. 1 did wait for a second thought. I 141011 mm anu ivi mm nave a hlltlflnr rlirllt lit, r"ir tlin I...- r .. ...... JlllVi ew evidently taken by surprise and ofThj, guard, for he fell sprawling bitotU gurter. "Before lie had time to recover him. self I stood over liim with my ri-ht hand clinched and lifted. 'Crawl aW on your hands and knees,' said I, til you get opposite where that cane s lying,' Ho did so. 'Now,' said l 'while you beep your left hand on ground, reach out with your right, pk-k up that cane find hand it to me.' Ue did tnut, too. 'Once more,' I 'got on to your feet, clasp your Lamb, and hold thoui out in front of von.' He obeyed sheepishly. 'Sow,' I aiM 'walk straight nlong, and if you dam chango or miikoa movement moWs from the position which I have riven you I will brain you.' "A child could not have been mon obedient than was this supposed ruf fian. He walked along with his clasp, ca nanus neia in lront of linn, sIowIt, like n blind liinu feeling his way, while I walked behind him gripping with both bunds the upraised cane, in t! attitude of Ajax defying the lightning, ready to let it descend with all my strength and crack his skull, if ! showed the least disposition for funaj uusuiess. Wo advanced this av little more than a block when we met a policeman. To him I delivered or my captive. I accompanied tliein to the station house. Hello,' said the sergeant at tin desk, is that you, Jim ? What brought you here? "I told the sergeant my story, and lie seemed very much amused, lie began to poke fun at Jim for being so easily run in by a dude in a dress suit Jim'i reply was very complimentary, 'Me ain't no chump.' "When tho officers went through Jim's clothes they found a slungshot in one of his pockets, as well as a rend ver. Had I 6tooped to pick up that cane I should no doubt have received t playful tap on my head that would have left me sleeping on the sidewalk. Tho sergoiint warmly congratulated me on my escape mid on my rendering valuable service to the polico depart ment It seems that 'Jim,' otherwise known as 'Pimply Jim.' was a recent graduate of ging Sing. Ho celebrated his return to freedom by committing a house burglary, and the police were at that time hunting for him. In p'ing from one hiding place to another he had run neross me, and thought that he might utilize me, securing my wati-b and ready money. I had the pleasure of seeing him sent up for ten years. I tell you what it is, it is worth ant man's while to know how to bos, espe cially if he Is a man who knocks around more or less nt night." Epoch. An Ki-Muyor's Opinion of Success. "I did not suppose," said Mr. Hewitt sharply, in answer to the request for lis opinion upon the value of un education for the business man, "that the value of an education was open to contro versy. I most decidedly do not con sider that the chief aim of man is money getting." Do you think, Mr. Hewitt, tliat man who obtains a collcire education can reach success as readily and surely as a younar man who Dluiures uiiiueui- tely into business?" "What do you mean by successl Cer tainly I will not admit that mere weailj is success. In my own case I have tried all my life to do my duty. If in tin course of that I mudo money, I " loieed. If I lost nmi I Inst money frequently as I made it, I bore that witn equanimity. I have given my diildren the best possible educational advant ages. I am not trying to leave in- ealth. nor do I earo whether tliw education has aided or injured uVij ability to make money. I am satuBea to leave them thoroughly educate! Others may regard money getting. success. I do not, nor will I discuss tt matter upon that low plane. "If you ask my opinion upon tte value of an education, quote iu " saying this: If I were offered a fortu without education, or an educati without fortnne, I should unhes-itatiaf ly accept tho education." w Tdrt Tribune. Triplets In SJreece. Some inlcrejting data resiiectin? 'f frequency of rripleU in the h"n' race are bcingcollectea and elabora by Dr. a Orustien, late surjreon era! of the Greek army. WW on T inspection tour through Greece be discovered the fact "? triplets are more frequently fJ ther than in any other portion of W mgaom. ureal uiiilcuity u r enced, however, respecting info"1 tion as to the age reached by ewf . IT of the chlldren.-New ticaruaa. - "