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EUGENE CITY GUARD. I. I CAMPBELL. . . Proprietor, EUGENE CITY. OREGON. EATING YELLOW MUD. Tremendous Growth of the Adulterattotj of rood Of the If of Herrte. A St Louis gentleman wu met at one of the hoteli yesterday who itatei that in aeveral oountlei of Missouri wholesale business In an adulterant known as barytes ! carried on to an e tent wbloh baa become almost alarm' Inf. The name of the informant ia In possession of tbe News, but for reasons riven by blmself Is not given at pres ent In speaking of tbe unlawful traf- . Co be said; "Haryte la a cheap, white mineral substanoo, which is found prln olpally in the counties of Jeffor son, Washington. Franklin, Cooper . and Osago, and is mlnod and shipped broadcast all over the country at tho rate of thousands of tone a year. Al though there are hundreds of mines in operation the supply is always loss than tbe demand. Several large firms in St. Louis handle nothing else, and hare become Immonsoly wealthy with in the pant tow years. A strange feat ure about tbe nefarious buslnoss is that very few of tbe miners know the real use to which the mineral Is put. It passes through sovoral hands before it readies the consumer, which lathe poo plo therasolves. After being taken out of the earth it la broken up and pul verized Into a One powder so as to re semble flour or white load. It is mixed with many articles of food, auch as granulated sugar, powdored sugar, and Is also extensively used In ' adulterating white lead, which ia the basis of mineral paint. That is the prlnolpal reason the paints turn yellow much sooner now-a-daya than In former years. It la shipped In barrels, and the people where it la mined are told that It ia gypsum or la Intended for use in packing-houses for painting the canvas with which cured meat are covered in summer. "Tbe miners receive only SO or SO Cents a day, and many women are em ployed wbo receive 25 and SO oonts a day. Tbe owners of the land are paid a royalty of SO cents a ton. It Is found within three or four feet of the surface, and is sold In the market at W a ton. Tbe retailers receive a out 0 cents a pound. I do not exaggerate when I say that hundreds of thousands of tons of this mineral have been shipped out of Missouri, and tbe Industry la grow ing every day. It Is no secret that many of the loading men ot the State are In terested in tbe work, and have made investments in lands and crushing ma chinery. For many years Oormany bas been sending barvtes to this country as ballast In the holds of ocean steamers, and those Missouri men bavo become so bold in their operations as to adc that a duty ot four dollars a ton be plaood on tbe imported article. Tbe mineral is tasteless and actually dissolves on the tongue, but the extent to whloh It Is used demands that the publlo should be informed concerning Its presence In tbe market." The gentleman stated that he bad visited the mines and knew from per sonal observation whoreof he spoke. Denver (Col. ) News CALIFORNIA INDIANS. They were r'lowdlnuljr Indolent, Blag. (Uh and Htaptd. At first this fact seems totally at vari ance with the fltiioss of things; for, If California was not lltorally a land flow ing with milk and honey, it possosod every attribute to be desired by a bar barous people. Its climate was mild and equable; lu coast and inland waters teemed with fish and mullusks; while tbe land abounded with game and with nuts, root and seeds which were both nutritious and easily procured. With such advantages as those it might be supposed that tbe natlvoa would have far outstripped the dwellers of less fa vored seotlons. Human progress, how. ever, does not always follow the lines ot least resistance, and it ia probable that in their struggle toward civilisa tion tbe races ot the world owe less to tbelr advantages than to their dis advantages. To put this . seem ing paradox in other words, man's improvement bas been largely compulsory, and, when be la not too heavily handicapped, adverse sur roundings stimulate Instead of check ing his progress. Certain la it that the One climate and abundant natural products of California bad tbelr full ef fect In developing, or rather In retard ing the development, of the natives. Though not deficient physically, the Indians, especially of the warmer por tion ot tbe State, were exceedingly In dolent and atupld. As a rule they were not hunters but fishers, and hence their blood was not quickened and their muscles hardened by tbe exol lenient and toll of the chase; nor wero their wit sharpened to the same extent as those of the hunting tribes by the manifold and varied neoeasltlosof their calling, nor by the sterner duties of war; for the bunting tribes are In variably warlike. IL W. Ilenshaw, In l'opular Science Monthly. I Almnet Dlued with Tonnrtoa, Iloraoe E. Scudder, tbe new editor of tbe Atlantic, used to describe with glee tbe nearest he came while in London to dining with Tennyson. "I had been In vited by one of the young English writers," Scudder would explain, "to meet a few persons at dinner. As I wu chatting with him a fe minutes before we went to table he turned to bis brother and said as I understood him 'I wonder If ws are not going to have Tennyson? Ot course I was gratified t the prospect of meeting the great poet But we dined without him. And a I aat at the table It occurred to m that what my host really aald to his brother was: "I wonder if we are not going to have dinner soon? That's the nearest I came to dining with Tenor on." Boston Journal. , A Bui Theatrical lilaaaaad. Miss De Simper I want to buy a diamond necklace. Jeweler Something worth about ll.&OOT Mis De Simper Oh my! I am an actress and want something positively stunning. Jeweler I see. Here ia one with fifteen t-carat stones. I can sell yoy that for 111 -Jewelers' Weekly. Pr. Walfred Nelson, who ha spent a number of yearn at Tannine, has just re turned to New York City from Paris, where he completed a aerie of inveeti gtiuiia Cuiierniing the preeent status of tlie rsnal. Ir. Nelson say Die feel ing in Paris is one of profound despair. Socially, financially and eeientineally Ferdinand de Lesseps ii dead. THE PACIFIC COAST. An Opal Mine Discovered on a Farm Near Pullman. A Colony of Forty Wealthy Nationalists Formed In San Bernardino County, Cal. The George W. Elder Is to be repaired and put on the line between Portland and San Francisco as a freight boat. A colony of Nationalists, with forty members, has been formed at Highlands, Han Bernardino county, Lai. ineir in dividual bank accounts are worth 20iV 000. Another Pete Olsen lias been arrested at Kturkton, Cal. It is not believed that hu answers fully the description of the murderer of Mrs. Lyons in Napa a few years ago. The Bradstrcet Mercantile Agency re ports fifteen failures in Paeillc (oast States and Territories for last week, as against nine for the previous week and five for the corresponding week oi lffl). The Riverside Press fays: It Is ru mnrwl that " l.iu-U v " Halwln is tillkitltf of buildinir a biir hotel at Hear alley 11 lie siiouiii. the narrow-gauge roau win . . t i .. i 'n have to be built to insure the success of the hotel project. The State Viticultural Commission re- oorts the vintnire of California at Yi, iKH),000 gallons, or 4,uO0,UOJ gallon less than IiiHtjear, which was about 1 (1,000, (X)J. The fulling off is owing to the great amount of grape drying in progress. The first train of Washington hope has just left Puyallup for Hultiinore, to be shipjied thence to London. The train consists of twenty-live cars, and carries about 1K0 Urns of hops. At an average if iv cents a iwiinu tne train is worm about $72,000. The gross taxable property In Wa'lowa county, Oregon, Is f 1,3 4,620; indebted- ness, f-iM2,oi; exemptions, rio,uu, leaving net taxable property amounting to 1724.175. The county is in a prosper ous condition, and with an abundant harvest lias good prosiects lor tlie future. The steamer Rio de Janeiro has sailed from Hun Francisco for China and Japan, carrying back forty Chinese, who arrived on tier a week ago. and who were unable to land on writs of habeas corpus, rour ither Chinese, who were intercepted on the Mexican border in Arizona recently while endeavoring to enter the United States, were also returned on the same steamer. A Truckee genius has Invented a di- vining rod which heclaiim willdeteriuine the locality of gold or silver, mid the llrm of A. V. Chillis to. oi iruckee has shipped one of the instruments, to which the manufacture! has given the name of " Ring Solomon's magnet," to Anderson. Tex., in tho registered mail, and while tho mail clerks were at break fast it cxp'oded. An opal mine has been discovered on the farm of William I-eamire, five miles from Pullman, on Missouri Fiat, and 200 mining claims have been Btuked out. lhe opals are found twenty-six leet be low the surfuce of the ground in rock and gravel, and were first discovered while digging a well. As Leasure has made final proof on the farm, it is not thought that the locators can hold claims on his land. Vn.n f'.A la I., .1 jut i, rl.,1 1,.. by the news that the order of the Koynl Argosy, a popular endowment iiiHurance lodge, will dissolve. The membership n that city is 400, many ol whom are MXr people who have mortgaged their lomi'H to raise the money wherewith to pay assessments in this and similar or ders. There is a possibility that invest ors will get 75 cents on every dollar that they paid in. The First National bank ot Snohomish ha been victimized by n smooth forger, who succeeded In obtaining 4.r on a heck drawn on the order of it. k Mil ler A Co., blinkers of Seattle. There was little excuse for the Snohoininh bank to have lieen windl d, as the othYers must have known that the llrm of U K. Mil ler & Co. was no innuer in existence as a firm, it having been supernedod by the King County Hunk. President Woodruff of the Mormon Church denies the statement made in the reiHirt of the Utah Commission that plural marriages Have ieen soicmii'ted during the post year in Utah, and adds that there has been nothing in the teach ings of himself or his associates the past year that can be construed to inculcate or encourage polygamy, lie puinicly advises his following to atwtiun from any marriage loruiddcn by tne laws oi tlie land. The new United States cruiser San Francisco, which umde a record of 10.7111 knots in her olliciul trial trip in Santa ItarUira channel a few weeks ago, left the Union Iron Works and was towed to .Mure Island navy yeard, where she will be formally turned over to the govern ment. Tlie cruiser has been thoroughly cleaned and painted since her triul run, and it is understood that the work of placing her armament aboard and other wise lilting ner lor sea win De coin meiired at once. The Postofllce IVpartment has let the contract for the steamboat semi-monthly mail service between Port Townsend Wash., and Sitka, Alaska, and the fol lowing intermediate point: lmiw Fort Wraniwl. IKiuitla. Juneau and Kir lismoo, Alaska. Tlie distance between the extreme points is 1,060 miles, and during the months ot .oveniber, lVoem- her. January and rebruarv it is not to xceed ten davs for the trio each wav. nine davs each way to be allowed during the rent of the year. The British ship Gretna sailed from Ixuidon for San Francisco 202 day ago. Nothing was heard of her during that time, and forty day ago sue was given up for lost, and 05 per cent. wa ottered and refused for reinsurance. The other evening the liretna arrived at her desti nation. The captain report encounter ing heavy sea in the South Atlantic. The ship was thrown on her beam ends and much damaged. She was blown so far out of her course that the captain decided to finish the rovaire bv wav ot the Cape of Uood Hope and the ravine ocean. (ieneral Carr, in ramp at Albuquerque wmi me nxiii lavairy iroin ron v in' gate, has received a telegram from tiov' ernor Prince that Indians were on the warpath in the Black Kange mountains, and that two white men had been killed. No further part'oular have been re ceived. On receipt of the new Uencral Cm notified thedepartment at Washing ton and the commanding omcer at rort ltayard by telcgranh, ordering the Utter to j r iceed immediately wi h a company auldiers to the M-ene. The (ieneral thinks that " The Kid " and other rene gade Anache Indian are responsible for the killing. EASTERN ITEMS. House Committee Favors Selling Mormon Church Property. Minister MIzner's Conduct In the Barrundla Affair Upheld by the State Department. Detroit is building a boulevard. The World' Fair tower is to be 1,500 feet. Fall River's new City Hall will prob ably cost :tuo,ooo. Total cash in the United States TreaH ury i8)4,5or,401.07. The wheat screngc in Kansas this fall will be about 2,U0O,00J acres. The late census shows Boston to be entitled to 113 more saloons. There are are thirty-nine theosophical societies in the United States. Brooklyn druggists In meeting con demned the adulteration of drugs. Maine spcuUtors are offering $5 a barrel for winter apples on the tree. Knulir'hmen are planning to open np 1,000,000 acres of land in We t Virginia. Farmers are at the head of the Guber natorial ticket of both parties in In diana. The Prohibition candidate for Gov ernor of Pennsylvania has withdrawn from tlie contest. A reniarkaLly rich gold mine is re ported to have been discovered near Rapid City, 8. D. The death roll of the Grand' Army of the Republic last year was 5,470 out of a membership of 4O4,0T2. Physicians have condemned the water in Kiist Lake, from which Bridgeton, N. J., gets its water supply. It is estimated that fully 4,000 Penn- sylvaninns are in the employ of the United States Government. Over fifty thousand American tourists ure raid to have arrived home from Kurope since the 1st of August. The postofllce force at New Orleans ho been reduced on account of lhe de- creHse in miils, ow ing to the anti-lottery law. The bill nnnrnuriatimr 1100.000 to sur vey Alaska lias been favorably rejiorti-d by the House Committee on Foreign Af fairs. Secretary Windoin accounts for the stringent money market on the ground of the rise in the value of our principal crops. New York City is kicking against the Federal census because it will reduce its representation in Congress and in tlie Stute Legislature. The Canadian Government, it is understood, will shortly altoliHh the ex lort duty on Canadian logs shipped to the United States, A number of Jew recently arrived from Russia are negotiating for 700 acres of land near Centre Grove, N. J., on which to start a colony. The Southern Illinois Immigration and Improvement Association has decided to H'iil $700 in advertising the advan tages of Egypt. They want a boom. Late heavy rains have caused over $100,000 loss by the damage to crops along the (ieneseo river and its trib utaries in Western New York State. The United States Treasury, a the result of the measures adopted by Mr. Windoin, has been paying out 12,000,000 per day since the middle of August. A large emigration of negroes from Mississippi to Oklahoma is anticipated. Agents sent by them to "spy out the laud" have returned with a favorably Boucicnult's estate will be contested for by both his widows, Ague Robert s n and Louise Thorndvke. The old scandal 1 likely to be dished up again. The American Forestry ConitresH. at it recent meeting in Quhec. adopted resolutions recommending the sending ot young men to f.urope to atudy for estry. Friends of the late General Fremont In New ork are manifesting consider' ab'e interest in the condition of Mrs, Fremont, and doing so in a substantial manner. The subscriptions to Hie fund for the erection of a monument to the memory of the lute Henry W. Grady at Atlanta, (in., are being rapidly collected. About 20,000 were subscribed. It is reported in Washington that (ieneral Russel A. Alger wishes to pur chase a newsaper in isew York City ana to put ex-AHiani rostmaster (ien era! Clurkson at the head of it. By a vote of 5 to 4 the House Com mittee on Judiciary has ordered a fav orable report on the Senate bill provid ing for the disposition ot the personal property of the Church ot Litter Hay f UllllB III V Mill Canadian estimates are to the effect that the McKinley hill will reduce Canadian exKrts to the United States by at least d0,000,000. It will shut out Canadian hurley and enlarge the mar ket for California barley. When Ivpew read the story sent from San r ranciseo of the project of a new transcontinental line in which the Van- dcrmlts were combined with Senator Stanford to damage the Southern Pa' citte system he declared that it was non sense.' The rank of the States according to the amount of county bonded debt, is somewhat surprising. Kansas leads with a total county indebtedness of $14, 2211.000. Illinois is second with 111.407.. 000. Then come New 1 ork and Penn sylvania, with fH.000,000 and 8,500,000 respectively, while Ohio is fifth, with 7,007,000. Mixner's conduct in the Barmndia af fair is upheld by the State IVpartment, but the conduct of Captain ntt, the IVpartment says, demands investiga tion. The argument Is used that the Captain either should not have accepted Itarrundia a a passenger, or. having accepted him with a knowledge of his legal status, he should not have car ried him within the territorial limit of Guatemala. There 1 hardly a doubt but that the provision relating to the fortification ot sweet wine for domestic use will be re tained in the taiitf bill, though it seems hkelv that California will have to c- r rice that part of it relating to the for tification of sweet wine for foreign exportation, thereby imposing a duty on tortintHi wine wnicn nave been shipped abroad and imported into this country again, heavier than the present Internal revenue lax oi oo ceut per gal lo. I FOREIGN NEWS. The Sultan of Sokoto Sends Queen Victoiia a Lion. Experiments Being Made In the English Channel with a View of Building a Bridge Across It. The Anti-Slavery Conference bus ojiened at Paris. (ienoa is preparing for a Columbus anniversary in 1HH. The Porte has authorized the founding of a Russian school in Constantinople. Yeinnis ha positively decided to re sign a Prussian M nister of War. Purnell's health will not iK-rmit him to make a personal visit to this country, Tvphoid, in an epidemic form, ha broken out at several Doin's along the coast of Normandy. On the Riviera this season the bent has been greater than at any time for the past twenty years. A commerriul panic prevails in Lis bon, wherif Mix leading faults urd trein bling. A crisis is imminent. A stenograph; instrument in use by the Italian Purliament is capable of re cording 250 words er minute. The native of Vitu. Africa, have mas acred a German merchant named Ruen- xel and siven German employes. Portugal has ordered the suppression of all cablegrams referring to Mlitical disorders In the country. McMillan, the Colonial Treasurer, has withdrawn his resignation at the request of the Governor of New South Wales. Newfoundland fishermen a-e again complaining of the Fr nch, who, it is claimed, are tarrying tilings with high hand. The actress Marie Hock, who made her debut in New York, is dead at Ber lin. Her death is due to a mistake in prescription. Mr. Gladstone says he is confident that England will refuse to renew her costly supKrt of the Turkish system oi government. It is claimed that the reason the Ger man authorities in Africa countenance the traffic in slaves is to attract wealthy Arabs to the German coast line. The recent duels in France have brought out an appeal from Jules Simon, who calls upon his countrymen to abandon the absurd custom of dueling, Michael David's new paper will make some startling disclosures and he scnxii' tional. The origin of the dynamite plots will be given and conspirators shown up The w ire to be used for the telephone between Paris and London is miide of bronze. Enthusiasts believe that all the telegraphic communication will be super seded. The Brazilian Episcopacy has pub lished an energetic i rotest against the metsures which the Republican Govern ment proposes to aim at the Catholic Church. The German wine-growers ask Chan cellor von Caprivi to use diploma' ic m ans to prevent the exporting trade with America from being injured by tne AicMiuey uin. John Morley bus visited Dublin to make a personal survey of the agricul tural situation, and to confer with Mes srs. Dillon and O'Brien prior to their de parture tor America. Tlie Cointe de Paris is advising his friends to waste no tune in recrimination. hut to affirm clearly their faith in monnr chial principles and unit' for a continu ance ot tlie struggle in r ranee. Tlie stream of lava flowing down the southeastern side of Vesuvius advances slowly and majestically, and is said to be a beautiful spectacle from the observ- aiory ai rum pen. Arrangements are being made for sending out to Australia from London, toward tho end of November, a protected party, principally of single girls, under the cure of the Church Emigration So ciety's matron. Experiments are being conducted in the English channel near Folkestone with a view to the construction of a bridge across the channel. A gixnl foun dation is Wing sought. The bottom is found to be very hard. A. D. Bryce Douglass, managing di rector of the Naval Construction Com pany of llarrow-in-Furness, has sailed for America, where he will select a site on which to establish extensive ship yards. The Sultan of Sokoto, who rules over 12,000,000 people in West Africa, has presented, his fellow sovereign, Queen Victoria, with a magnificent lion. The animal has arrived in Liverpool, ami will probably lie taken care of at the "Zoo." The dredging of the bar at the mouth ot the Mersey, that has proven so seri ous an impediment to navigation, and whereon more than one of the greut transatlantic liners have received serious injury, has commenced. There 1 great rejoicing among the revolutionists in Ticini, Sitzerland. over the retort of the Federal Council to the National Assemb'y, whi h says the revolution wa not made by the ca naille, but by responsible, rich and intel ligent citizen's who risked their lives and fortune. This is t'ken a a national s met ion of the revolution. The postal savings bunks in Japan, which for several years received but little attention from tlie people, have lecoiiie a great success. Thev were established in 1K75, but at end ot the vear hud onlv $15,320 on deposit. In 1SS2, however, it amounted to $1,OT81000, and in 1889 to IM, Mi,UlV. A London dispatch says the Mc Aulitle Plavin fight will come' off at the Or mende Club as arranged, and for the same Cakes, but it will be for fifteen rounds Instead of thirty, and the gloves nrougiit from America will be made two ounce heavier, to comply with the law. The date is not yet fixed. Archbishop Walsh, representing the church of Ireland: Archbishop Ken- rick of St. Louis, representing the church ot America and Archbishop Kvre. representimr the church of Nxu- land, it is said, are to be elevated to the Sacred College. A disimtrh from Goa, India, savs a state ot si-ge has been proclaimed in conpetjm'nce of the Portugal lection riots. The strret are now patrolled by soldiers. Msnv resident have rl- d into the country. The portion of SaK'tte nnder Portugal' rule bas been pro claimed. PORTLAND MARKET, Wheat Foreign advice are not of an encouraging character, and there ia little or no demand for cargoes. The Liver pool market for both spot and future is again quoted lower. Locally the situa tion present the same feature that have characterized it for some time past. Shipper still give $1 25 for Valley and $1 1 7 il 1.20 for Walla Walla a their quotations. Fwii b Quote: Standard, $3.90(34.00; Walla Walla, $3.0:i.H0 per Imrrel. Oats Quote : 4447c per bushel. Mn-WTiKr Quote: Bran, $lM20j Shorts, $20W 27.50j Ground Barley, $:)2.50; Chop Feed, $25 per ton. Hay Quote: $1017 per ton. Vkortahlk The market 1 firm. Quote: CabUge, $1.76i2 per cental; Cauliflower, $1.25 per dozen; Onions, 2'-4c per Kund ; Corn, 8(3 10c per dozen ; Cucumbers, 10c per dozen; Carrots, $1 per sack; Beet, $1.50 per sack; Turnips, $1.25 per sack; Tomatoes, 60c per lxx; Potatoes, 80c(4(l per cental; Sweet Potatoes, 2'ic tier pound. Fhcit Quote : Tahiti Oranges, $4.25 per box; Sicily Lemons, $Dw10 per case; Italian Prune, lc per pound; rears, iSjC per pounu; appies, wiunou per box; Graes, 75c(3$l per box; Pine apples, $:i.50(44.UU per dozen; isananas, $4 per bunch: double, $0; Peaches, 90c $1.25 per box; Watermelons, $2ft2.b0 ar dozen; Cantaloupes, $1.50ftf2 per dozen; laiilornia Quinces, ft; uregon, $1.50 per box. Cuaniikhkiks: Quote : $3.85 per box Ciikksk Onote: Oregon, 11(3 l"iic; California, U'(310c; Young America, 14 15c per pound. Buttkk The market is firm. Quote Oregon fancy creamery, 35c ; tancy dairy, 32V; fod to fair. 27'iw3Jc; common, 22(0 25c; choice California, 2830c per pound. Eous Quote: 30c per dozen for Ore gon. i n. ...... . ill ri.t..bnna &. l uvli m uuic . jm im bcii.1. ,U young, if 3 "4 . old Ducks, 0(o 0.50 ; large voung, f7(?7.oO; lieese, $ per uozeii; Turkeys., 1 l($15c per pound. Mtis Ouoie: Walnuts, 13c; Peanuts, green, 12c; Almonds, 17c; Filberts, 14 (315c; Brazils, 13 14c per pound; Cocoa nitts, $1 per dozen. Honkv Fancy White, 1-pound can toons, 18c. Naii Base quotations: Iron, f 3.20; Steel, $3.30; Wire, $3.90 per keg. The Merchandise Market. BroAHH Quote: Golden C, fie; extra C, fi'c; dry granulated, 0J4c; culs crushed and powdered, 7c per pound. Bkans The market is firm. Quote: Small Whites, $3.25; Pink, $3.75; Havos, $4.50; Butter, $3.50; Limas, $5.60 per cental. Dhikd Fruits The market is firm. Quote: Raisins, 1 2.75 per box; Plum- mer-dried rears, lOdtllc; sun-dried and factory Plums, 8(3 10c; evaporated Peaches, 24c; Smyrna Figs, 14(3 16c; Cal ifornia Figs, 0c per pound. Canned Goods Market is firm. Quote : Table fruits, $2.25, 28 ; Peaches, $2.5J; Bartlett Pears. $2.25; Plums, $1.05; Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, $2; Black' berries, $2; Raspberries. $2.56. Pie fruit: Assorted, $3.76 per dozen ; Peaches, $1.40; Plums, $1.25; Blackberries, $1.05; Tomatoes. $1.20(3.3.50; Sugar Peas, $1.40 (tfWtu; string lieans, $1. IIidks The market is weak. Quota tions: Dry Hides, selected prime, 8(3 IV, We less for culls; green, selected, over 65 pounds, 4c; under 65 pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelts, short wool, 30(350c; me dium, 00(380c; long, 90c(3$1.25: shear lings, 10(3 20c; Tallow, good to choice. 3 (tf3'5c. Receipts the past week were if.'.uiD pounds. Wool The market is dull. Quota' tions: Eastern Oregon, 1010c; Valley. 10(3 18c per pound. Receipts the past ween were o'l.oou pounds. Hors Quote: 37 (340c per pound. Picklks Quote : $1.15c 3s; $1.26 5s. Salt Quote: Liverpool, $17, $18, f 19; mock, ruiuii pvr urn in canoHii lots. Coal Oil Quote : $2.20 per case. Rice Quote : 6?4C per pound. The Meat Market. The meat market is firm. Quote: Beef Live, 3(33'c ; dressed, 6c. Mutton Live, 8(34c: dressed, 6c. Hogs Live, 6(35S!c; dressed, 7o. Veul 0(8c per pound. Spring Laiiibe 2 each. SMOKED MEATS AND LAKD. The market is firm. Quotations : East ern IIlllllH. I :i I nf 1 4. - Uruuliluut I)... con, U(ifl4c; Sides, 9(3; 10c; Lard, 8,(u ruir rwimul ABOUT BIROS' NESTS. A Generally Aerepted Theory Corrected by a Noted Naturalist. The Talker does not think that all the things which the lower order ot an Imals does can be explained by what Is generally called their "Instinct" Con sequently, he is In full sympathy with the loiiowlng, by A. K. Wallace: "It is aid that birds do not learn to make their nests, as man does to build, for all birds will make exactly the same nest as the rest of their species, even if they have never seen one, and It is instinct alone that oan enable them to do this. No doubt thl would be Instinct it it were true, and I simply ask tor proof of tbe lact. ihis point, although so Im portant to tbe question at issue, 1 al ways assumed without proof, and even against proof, for what facta there are are opposed to It Birds brought up from the egg In cages do not make the characteristic nest ot their species, even though the proper materials are sup piled them, and often make no nest at all but rudely heap together a quan tity 01 materials; ana tbe experiment ha never been fairly tried of turning out pair of birds, so brought up, in an lnclosure covered with netting and watching the result of their untaught attempts at nest-making. With regard to the song of birds, however, which is thought to be equally Instinctive, the experiment hu been tried, and it la found that young bird never have the aong peculiar to their specie if they have not heard It, whereas, they acquire very easily the ong of almost any other Urd with which they are associated." Christian at Work. Theory ami t'ravilre. Mrs. Sprlffirlns Where's tnnrii.nA. ter. Mr. Wiggins? Kra. Wiggins She's gone to cooking acbooL And that reminds me, I must go Into the kitchen and get supper, for he'll be as hungry aa a bear when she ret hom.-N. Y. Weekly. A Macon, Ga., aaJetuuan while travel ing 00 a southern road waa greatly ur priaed when a woman occupying an ad joining seat whispered in hi ear that hi personal beauty had captured her uaeeptible heart She was a woman of 45 and by no mean beautiful He took another seat, but she followed him and continued to pour into hi ear her tale of passion until every person in the ear wa laughing. Finally it transpired that the woman waa crazy and wai then on her way to aa asylum. VENOMOUS 5PIDEH3. rtnacuitu 6DIT0R3, Th.y Have Mnet Kffictlve Apparatut for Injecting Ibelr Poleon. Mr. A. J. Field, in an article la Knowledge on"Venomou SplderOaya plder poison appear to have apeciai effect on certain lnsects,and the largest flies are not al war the least affected bv It Insect over which spider poison bai but little influence are usually left meshed In the web to struggle until ex hausted, before the spider attempt! to devour them. .When a fly is bitten by a spider, It whole body seem lexed by violent convulsive twltchlngs, and death gonerally occur after a few min utes. The spider' poison issue from a ao and duct at the base of Its mandible. It closely resemble the venomou mat ter secreted by scorpions, and 1 a trans parent fluid, containing traces or rormio acid and albumen. There seem to be nothing characteristic In its microscopic appearance. Whon It is collected from the poison glands of several spider and dried, it will retain Its physiological nrnnertliis for manv years, and even ' after It bas been aubjoctod to a boiling I temperature it Dropertle are not do- Itroyed. r-:- The spider 1 provided with a most effective annaratm for Injecting Its nolson. consisting of modified mandl bios, called "falces," the last joint of which has a hard curved fang, with a fissure near the point Tbe muscles used in closing the mandibles also press unon the poison gland, causing the poison to be expeled through the fissure into the wound, and thence into the circulation of the victim. The reider should watch a common bouse-splder spin it web. It seems to take pains, before beginning, to select a pot where there are chance of obtain ing plunder, and where it will be se cure. It then discharges a little drop of glutinous fluid, and creeps up the wall, joining tbe thread from one wall to the other. Tbe first thread thus formed la drawn tight and fixed at each end with other threads. It Is upon thla outer thro id that the durability of tbe whole fabrlo depends. The web' foun dation completed, the spider next make a number of threads parallel to the first and then crosses them with other threads, the sticky substance of which they are formed serving to bind them, when newly made, to each other. It now commences to double and treble the threads that border its web, secur ing the edges as it doe so. Lastly, it form a kind of tunnel with webbing; this is to serve as a retreat where it can conceal Itself from its enemlos and also from its prey, and is genorally placed in the angle ot tbe wall. When the spider's work la done, it often happens that the approach of lome large animal or tbe approach of the housemaid's broom will destroy in a minute the labor of days. In this case, as soon as the danger is passed away the spider patiently begins to re pair the web. Old spiders, which have neither web nor the material to make one, often hunt about to find out the webs of other spiders, younger and Weaker than themselves, with which they venture battle. The Invader generally succeeds, and the younger spider is driven out to make a new web, and the old spider re mains In possession until a stronger plder Invades the web and drives Jt out When thus dispossessed the spliAT eldom ventures another attack, but tries to subsist upon the few Insect that may full accidentally into its clutches, and eventually dies ot hunger. MICE IN HER HAIR. A Berlin Ilelle Who Mkei Sure- to Wear a Nlaiit Cap. Frauleln Elizabeth Meyer, belle of Berlin, has had an exoitlng, a marvel ous experience one that will shock (and therefore charm) all the fair sex. Upon rising betimes the other morning from her pillowy couch, and upon un loosing the coils of her splendid hair, preparatory to combing those golden tresses, lol there fell from ber am brosial ringlets a shower of micel It seoms that during the night a saga cious old dame mouse, hunting about for a habitation, came upon Frauleln Elizabeth's inviting wealth of soft hair spread over tbe downy pillow. "llere," thought this wise rodent "1 a comfortable shelter tor me and mine." "So In crept Mrs. Mouse and cud dled herself ud among the silky strands of hair. There were seven of them the next morning when, standing before her mirror, Frauleln Elizabeth rudely uncoiled her tresses, thus precipitating tbe blue-coated mother and her pink skin progeny to the floor. The parent mouse fled under a bureau and the six helpless babies lay rolling and squirming pathetically upon the floor. In this supreme crisis Frauleln Elizabeth's presence of mind did not desert her. Leaping into a chair she acreamed lustily for help, and presently every cbalr In the room bad a woman on it each In hysterics. The dignified pater famlllas finally made his appearance and removed the frightful creatures that had caused all the hubbub, but Frauleln Elizabeth was sick abed for a week In consequence ot mis awiut experience. lhe local journals got hold of thla story and told it eloquently, :sd now a panto has come upon, all the women folk in Germany. Night-caps have sud denly come into fashion again not the picturesque, frilled affair we have seen in prints, but a grotesque fabrication ol oiled silk, which li said to be properly cool for the head, and at the same time proof against depredatory rodenta. Cor. Chicago News. I Terra alba, or white earth. I used exclusively for adulterating candies, yet no less than 1,000 tons of this sub stance were recently Imported through " ur. lozenges made entirely of this earth are dipped in sirups flavored with peppermint and other essences. and then seld as genuine sugar lozen ge. When it is known that terra alba ia a mineral insoluble by tbe gastrig juice, tbe extent of the evil of thl adulteration may be understood. It means grave danger of incurable dis ease to thousand ot young children. Even after a new vari,tv ha Yn k tained in a scientific manner there ia a tendency to revert to one or both of the parents, and experience has proved that under the most favorable conditions three years of careful selection is needed to nx permanently the cross. Corn is an illustration of how readily varieties will rnw hnt ; 1 desire without fail to get a distinct va riety we must remove the spindle from one of the sort, otherwise we shall have no really new variety, but a greater or less admixture of the two, which it will take years to bring to purity. Dow the German Aulliorltle fanhh th Crime of Oltvtulv Opluua, ' German editor are so accuntomM to being arrested, fined and Imprison, that they usually accept tll,, hare of imperial discipline wlh0ll! protest or complaint Tho llcrnun lour, nallst aald the VosKlscho Zoitung contly, Is constantly doing an ejrg im.. between "gross misdemeanor" on on lde, and "Insult of majesty" or "di,. respect of State institutions" (,n ln, other. Two rase ot brutal abuse of editor imprisoned for political offenv.1 in Germany have, however, roused torm of Indignation in all the radical newspaper offices of Germany and Am. trla. Horr Boshart was edltor-ln-chlef 0f the Gotha Oazotto, a radical dally a Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha. Ho was a n and courageous writer, and consequently had no end of trouble with tho Hme princeling of his province. Some time ago he was condomned to Imprisonment for tbe fifth or sixth time, and was Incar cerated In the Ichtershauscn peniten tiary near Erfurt There ho was lar. barously maltreated. A fow weeks after the beginning of his confinement, hit wifo was admitted to him. Sho found blm with head and face close shaven and In the cast-off, patched and un washed prison suit of tho previous own,, pant of his cell. When he perceived the horror of bis wife on account ot his plti. able appearance he began to weep, sii begged him to dry his tears. 10 ttn. swered that he could not as the jailor bad taken away all his handkerchief. He bad also been deprived of all his lin en, underclothes and ovcrgarnients, as well aa of soap, towels, brushes and Uppers. Although he had an abund ance ot money, the privilege of all other prisoners to buy a place at the keeper's table was denied to him. Fran lloshart waa carefully watched throughout her visit in ber husband's cell In order that the might be prevented from leaving with him any article ot comfort The Eiberfelder Frele Presso tells tory ot similar abuses In the case of August Bolger, editor and proprietor of the Westphallan Worklngmen's Gazette, Bolger was Imprisoned last summer un der the drag-net press law, which con templates "gross misdemeanor." When bis terra was about to expire he was brought In chains to court in Dortmund to got another dose ef Imperial justice. The insulting of a policeman and disre spect ot State Institutions were the now charges against him. lie was found guilty and sentenced to one month more. Ilerr Uolger had been unahlo to tell any one outside of prison concerning his lifs in confinement, and so dospito the pro tests of the court he partly freed his mind- of the complaints that had been accumulating in it ever sinco ho bcan "doing time." Ho was shaved clean, ha said, his hair was cut close, and he was put into a convict's unwashed suit al though men in the same prison for fel onious assaults wore permitted to wear a beard and their own clothes. Ho was kept in solitary confinement without a word to read. When he complained tin turnkey would give him a pile of stock ings to darn. Letters that he wrote to his wife were overlooked by prison of?- clals, and evory line roforring to the maltreatment he was Buffering was stricken out The most aggravating feature of the maltreatment of Boshart and Iiolgcr was that it was unlawful, and could take place only with the connivance ot high officials who could have no Interest In aiding and approving such acts of bar barity unless they had been inspired by superior authority. Narrow r.avape ot Urent Men. The late Count Andrassy was con demned to death after the failure of the Hungarian insurrection of 1848. This did not prevent him from becoming the head ot the Austro-Hungarian Minis try. Signor Crispi, now Prima Minister ot Italy, was condemned to death after' bis first revolutionary attempt against the Bourbon King of Naples, Senor Eagasta, Prime Minister of Spain, waa twice proscribed, and would have been hot as an insurgent if he had been captured. France contains in MM. Bochefort and Bano two men wbo havt been condemned criminals and members of the government according to tbe turn ot the political tide. This bas been the situation, indeed, ot many French men. When M. de Poiignac, in 1830, Wat condemned to "imprisonment in perpetuity" the legal phrase for life imprisonment he exclaimed: "I am condemned to Imprisonment in per petuity, eh? Let me see; how long does perpetuity last in France?" In hi ease it lasted six years. Ho wu liberated in 18H8. London Standard. A historian who is compiling the letters, messages, speeches, etc., of President Lincoln for publication has finished a search of the records ot the executive office of Ohio. But one auto graph letter was found. It 1 dated April 23, 1804, and accepts the offer of the Governor of Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin to furnish 85,000 troops for one hundred days' service. Stanley, who Is a Welshman by birth, a United States citizen by affilia tion, and an African by exploration, has as temptations to become an English man a handsome, clever, and wealthy fiancee, a public subscription, a knight hood, and much honor from all men. Less than this would surely have changed even the famous "ruler t the Omwm's uavee.'l Montreal Gazette. immm WW! VEGETABLE PANACEA PREfiAJtED FROM ROOTS Be HERBS, rOSTNlCURC OF AND ALL OTHER DISEASES ARISING FROM A DISORDERED STATE or theSDMACH OR AN INACTIVE LIVER. Tfta BP T M I f B DRUGGISTS ft GENERAL DEALERS -t-"7 '