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EUGENE CITY GUARD. LkCAUPBRLU Proprietor, EUGENE CITY. OREGON. Iletfer (Ism of OImIIsI. Jlie coolies found in American cities running luimdrios or doing menial work .re taken us tviMs of the U'lintial race, whereas they are nil of clauses that ore not as elevated in tlii'ir own country as the lowest lalmicr found in Europe. They are descended from a long line of wave ancestors, and are favored with In telligence that is only one remove from the inferior uniinuls. On to San Fran- ciHco or New York, where you will see China merchants, unci, afur making their acquaintance, you will conioawny iurprised. Tliey Kcak a pure English and write in a clear business hand. Their countenances are oMn und frank, and their business relations ure maintained with scruiiulous exactness. The lxnt merchants are Cantonese, who wear silk garments of the linest texture and live in a style that very few Ameri cans can ulTord. They are very particu lar ntxuit their fol. which is prepared by ChiiHuo cooks, whoso reputations across the sea nro as famous as thoso of tho leading French chefs. If you hnvo the good foi l il no to Ix- invited to dine with one of those merchants you will find a display of still mid Hparkling wines that would ojien the heart or n aiiilerlulu They import all of their gixids. and in their residences you will find tables nnd chairs of a rose, colored iron wood so called on account of its great weight that are filled together without n.-iiN, screws or glue. The furniture is so skill fully mado that it will last to the end of time without warping, cracking or break ing. Globe-Democrat. A Jniirnuliat' Kcrcfilrlelly. Among the jioculiar men of the news paper fraternity of this city there is one who has a habit of unusual eccentricity. He has had occasion for many year to traverso daily nnd nightly, up to a very luto hour, that part of the city lietween tho jiostofllee and Cooper Union, along Chatham street and the llowery; and lie lias always made it a habit to give a sum of money, ranging from two cents to ten, to every beggar who accosted him ulong the route. "It must be n very exjieiiHive custom, a friend said to Mm ono night as lie handed n nickel ton gray beard in tho street. "Not nt all," he replied, "you will bo surprised when I tell you that after keeping count for a while, I found that it cot me less than (1 a week, ull told. I now put f 1 of change for char ity every Sunday in my vest iockct, and often hnvn to hunt up a beggar on Sat vrday night to givo him the quarter or half dollar that is left. Tho newspiicr man with this eccentric habit Rays ho has but two regrets in his past hfe, nnd they wero imiersonatcd in two street beggars to whom ho refused alms. It would bo easy to preach a sermon against such a habit, which, however, is not bo gener ally prevalent us t make the bcrinun worth our while. New York bun. Some Lurga Incomes. The largest income of any single man in England is said to be that of the Duko of Westminster, who has miles of tene ment houses und many square miles of agricultural land, lie is said to receive $30 a minute the year round, or f.1,000 an hour, or $72,001) a day. Queen Vic toria has also a nico income, and it is estimated t!i.:t s!ie lias received nearly 1100,000,000 since slio ascended tho throno. Tho Dukes of Devonshire and Norfolk and the Marquis of Unto have each rents nmoimting to $3,000,000 per year, mid the Duko of 1'ortlaud, after extravagances like those of JWonto Cristo, accumulated (10,0(10.0110 of unentailed proierty during his life. Mr. Crassy, a railroad contractor, acknowledged to having $110,000,000 personalty, and Mr. Morrison, a dry goods man, $.'0,000,000. Lord Dudley, one of the large owners of England' coal mines, had for yearn nn income of over $5,000,000 from this oil ico alone, and the, Duko of Uucclcuch gets $1,1:10,000 a year from his lauds. The Argonaut. Amateur l'luitiiciililiT In Knglnnd. Amateur photography is just as popu lar in England us it is in this country, and nearly evervliody has the craze. At little seaside resort lust summer a num ber of Americans, for their own amuse ment, xM'd in their bathing costumes against and li'n the black hulk of an old hulling boat. The photographer was the only member of tho party who had lieen left out. and ull the cullers wero full of regret that he could not on this occasion have a place in the picture. At this moment a gentleman stepped up to him, and placing his hand iqion the camera, (aid: "I am a dabbler in this sort of work, and if you like to placo yourself among your friends I will take tho photograph." The offer was accepted, and the picture taken, and when cards were exchanged the courteous amateur, who was a slightly built man with light mustache and fair complexion, proved to be Iml Walter Campiicll, tho brother-in-law of a daughter of the queen. Now York Press. KoTrlllti In Ulimcr Mvlng. Among accepted novelties in dinner giving in I'aris must Is? mentioned tho now general fashion of much silver bric-a-brac upon thu tables. To each guest a tiny silver salt cellar of a different shnpo to each cover. This is tho shnpo if a xnaruiite, this of a aticcau, that of a shell. Also ut small familiar dinners, to each guest a little buttir dish, ulso of silver, in a fanciful shape, and a tiny knifo thereto an excellent addition to the table when oysters nro served, and pretty withal, also npieting with the Ice singled pat of yellow butter in the ailver shell. Still at the "dinner time," in front of the liuit the mustard pot, the pepper mill. Yonder a silver plcklo jar. The table should resemble a children's feast. Lilliputian tidies everywhere. Candles are much used now, with tinted hades, in silver candlesticks. Home Journal. A "drill Anchor" for HnaU A "cable anchor" has lieen success fully tried in the Seme lor stopping boats. The apparatus i a cable, having on it a series of canvas cones, whit h ox-n out by the action of the water, and closo again when drawn the usual wny. A steamer running thirteen knots was stopped each time by the apparatus in thirteen sec onds, and in a space of from twenty U thirty feet Public Opinion. If you Lave no enemies mark yourself down as of no account. The new French tsriff is a heavier blow than the McKinley law atrninst the eiport trade of Austria, for while it doe not affect Germany, exixirtiition from Austria to France is almost entirely cheeked by the new taritr. Austrian newspapers are crying out agninst it. HIE PACIFIC COAST. A Tin Mine Discovered in theState of Montana. An Enterprising Citizen of Spokane Falls Will Expend His Own Money in Improving the Columbia. The Oregon Legislature will be asked to vote lijO.OOO for the World's Fair ex hibit. Tl... .Itu.ni'urv of OHlK'HtOS in tllC mountains opfiosite Lyman adds another source ol wealth to HKtigii couiuy. The contract to build the Presbyterian Theological Seminary near Han Kafael, t ill , has been awarded. The price is .J1,01MJ. i.nr ti.niiimiiil men nnd (123 teams are now employed in the construction of the Union l'acilic extension nciweeii lucuinn and Portland. The Harqna Ilala mines in Ariwma have changed Iwims, una extensive developments will undertaken by the new ownership. A tin mine has been discovered in the Barker district in Montana, ana ll it continues according to surface indica tions, it is one of the largest till mines in the world. Ki.iiflmrn Orvcron Illiliel'S are CXcitfcl over the strike in silver rock made by the San Francisco company In uieir mines on Anderson creek, and a lurge number of locations have been made re cently. ti... ii.il,., at V!,.loi-io turn declined to IHVUUlv ni i -' sentence six miners who una ueen con victed a month ago of interfering with men at work in tno Noiiuigioii iium-n. The men remain at liberty on their per sonal bond. Tl... ,,,i,t,tr Valley Railroad Coin- :n u i ..tiiim.m.'M tht erection pilllV Ituoxncii ---- ,)f their saw mill in miner vny. nu capacity of 100,000 feet of luinlier per dav. They will also erect a box factory and planing mills. Olympia is to hnve a penthouse for contagious diseases, rive nra 1. ...... lu, i.nri' IhihiwI hIhiiiI. a mill) ciiHt of the city limits, and $:i!W have been impropriated liv Hie council iur me ureu- I K ill oi iiie omuiing. nn... ..!. t ll........ T rimru lt T.ns An- I lie HUH Ol Ill-Ill , ....p. . - itelos against J. Downey and others WUH (N'CHUMl UVJUUtfU MlU'runiiKii mrttii i.: :.. r...... ,.f tU .l.tfutuInntH. Tho suit is of long stnnding, and involves a large amount oi ias Aiigcien mm Ihego realty. ml 1i II f !..1.t II.. .it oml l'ftu-ur l ne j uviiuup i.iui,, i.-v Coiiipanvliiis ln'cn ineororated with a capital stock of f.'lo.OiHI, divideil into .i . t oi,ui .,,...1, Tim uloi'l; holders Hinire in fen, i-ui.ii. are Fred K. Meeker, James II. Spencer, F. 0. Meeker, Kdwnrd M. Dunn, C. II. ... 1 . i mi... Koss ami l-zra M. nieeser. inu t-um-paiiy exH'cts to light Puyallup witn leelrlcliy iwiore me iiunuuja. A largo number of genuine Oregon I. . ,.l,t nv.it nn tilt! (lie pill'ltsilllin Hie niwiiiii. v.,. . itmi l'acilic train from Yaquina daily nnd shipped to Portland Out in the valley .1 i..... .t ...l,l,.1i imlv a (iiw venrs 1 liese Jineiirnnin, n un - ago were abundant, arc nenrlv extinct. It is siipi-osed that the Mongolian phens unts, which are getting plenty, have .i ..i,...iu,iiitu in Inn unveil me nuuto --. - mountains. Tl... ti...ui.-Mtiiiiliiiiti pnmiH nirninst the HIT, iini.n.1 -rn ...... B - - contractors for the Ureat Falls and Can ada railroad enmo to an end in me United Slates Court at Helena, Mont., after it very short trial. The defendants . - I !.l I ..II.. ...L!..n were charged wnn imam iimy hikuik timls-r valued lit $-J0,lHHJ fnnii govern ilm iirih aiuI South t'im- lilt ill, mini tv - yonsof the Teton Is'tween February 1.) ami April 17 ot tins year. During the thirty-four days that the iiuilfiiiiu fYimsition was onen fullvAD.OOO visitors from every State of the Union liehcld the products from the Northwest, Tim f..,,ii,tu m.iehed nlxlllt tl'6.000. enough to pay running expenses and a little more. Tho plant cost flOH.lKM, while tho capital stoeK is oniy mi,uoo, leaving a delicii-noy of about .'o,0U0 to In met bv the enterprising projectors. 1 lua vilu M Smith, who 1UhI at 1'ort Hunt f Jll.ntM) to tho llovs' and Girls Aid Society, f,0iK) each "to tho Women's niton, i.auies- ueuei (so ciety and tho Unitarian Church, nil of ii,..t ..iiu nlw.iit Odd to various ner- soiis, ami tho residue of her estate for the erection anil maintaining oi a muiu ingforthe use of the Portland Librarv This last lH-iiuest will amount to about to at least $1,"0,000. Iiiil'cntiiins are favorable for a boom in the John Dnv country. A person rep resenting the I'nion l'acilic has lately examined the coal Holds of that section '.Hid reimrted favorably tliereon. I he I 1'iii'iili' iiisiole have had an eve on that section for some time. Tho build ing of the Siimpter Valley railroad is generally supimsed to be backed by them, and it is leiKirted that the road will lie extended to the John Day at an early day. Allen Weir, Secretary of State of Washington, who is Insurance Commis sioner, lias issued an or ler providing that ulllocal insuranceeompames, which are required by law to maintain a fixed minimum of paid-up and unimpaired capital and allowed credit noon the same in approved securities, shall 1h required heieatter to keep such securities in a re sMinsible Imiiking or safe-deHisit insti tution, subject to order ot the Commis liiissioner. Tl... l..int iiiii-i.tiiiii.iiif uoiil from nnv Sill, lli, pi -...i - - one shreprniser in the Southwest took place nt Ainuquerque, m., one uy l.iMt u-iuili nnil consisted of nearlv L'OO.- iHhl HiundH,the product o! Merino sbi-ep and of the Hnest texture. Sixty-three wagons, drawn by four oxen to each in imimrlit tin K-inil in. and liefiire it was taken from the wagons the owner and purchasers panuteu mo principal thoroughfares of the city. The proces sion was a grand one and fully a mile long. Tho government appropriation of !(, IKHI for the purpose of making the upper Columbia river navigable is to be in creased bv a private appropriation from D. C. Corlun ot Spokane Falls. He ex pects to make the river navigable from the Little IHilles to Canadian Pacitic branch, a distance of about llfty-tlve miles. Mr. Corbin says he will soon have a daily line to Nelson and the Koo tenni lako mine. Mis own. engineers will make a survev from the Little Dalles to tho line this fall. The Canadian gov ernment lias made an appropriation for the purpose of rendering the river more easily navigable from a short distance above the line to Sproat'i landing. EASTERN ITEMS. The Potato Crop Reported Short in Massachusetts. Sister Rose Gertrude Has Not Abandoned Her Intention of Devoting Her Life to the Lepers, Canada has decided to reduce postage to 2 cents. L 'So far this year Chicago's real-estate sales foot up f.7i,uw,uw. Potatoes are now held at 1 a bushel in Massachusetts, and there is a short crop. Secretary Rusk says there is not a sin gle case of pleuro-pncumonia in this country. The Army Hoard will begin this week to look into the advantages of the Gulf Const for a gun factory. The cost of governing New York is two and a half times greater than the cost of governing Philadelphia. San Antonio, Tex., believes the board to establish a site for a gun factory will favor its establishment in that city. Prominent speculators aptly charac terize the present Hurry in the Sew York stock market as a rich man's panic. An English syndicate is negotiating for manufacturing property worth , 000,000 situiited near Toronto, Canada. Secretary Husk notified the Depart ment of State that the inspection of salt Kirk for exiort began on November 10. Uii..mt,irv nf tlm Tn.nuiirv U'indom has approved tho npiKiintincnt of llaladv malingers of the World's Columbian Ex position. ' lturchell, who was convicted of the ...nr.l.iy rx( tl.u vAtimt KmrtiMhllllin Hcn- well near Voodntock, Out., was hanged last I'Niiay. 1 l..tt.. minluml In Ttrrvililvn from Sis ter Hose Gertrude states that she ha not abandoned her intention ot devoting her life to the lepers. aiitntil luttur pni-i-iiirfl nt Xcw York have leen trapped in crooked work. rl 1 1....... I.. An..u..n u'llli 1'i.ninti. J lit V IH1VW UVi:il III tUIIUOiiu Hill. g.i-i.a goods " men in carrying letters. The Treasury Department has decided tl.nt i. nr.. oli'iiliol ill lllltillllle nt 10 TllT cent, ad valorem without regard to the use lor which u is inicnucu. Henry W. Sage has added L'!)0,'.10J to his previous gift of $00,01)0 for the estali lishmcnt of a department of philosophy in Cornell University. This makes over f I.OOO.OUO which he lias given to this in stitution. Sensational stories have come to the Ohio State Hoard of Agriculture of the slaughtering and shipping to Philadel phia of diseased hogs from several coun ties in the State where the hog cholera is prevalent. In the siunnl service the past yen", notwithstanding all the dillicultieg, there wero onlv fourteen occasions on which severe cofd waves were not predicted, iiS per cent, of nil tho important cold waves being predicted. C. Goodrum of Athens, Ga has in vented an improvement on the telephone which, it is claimed, would revolutionize telephonic communication. It is now announced that the Hell Telephone Com pany is lighting the granting of a patent by the authorities nt Washington. At the Methodist Missionary Conven tion held at Hoston a numlicr of appro priations were made as follows: For China, $108,000; Malaysia, $S,00J; Hul- gnria, $10,000. For the work in Italv $f0,000 was voted, the committee on Eu- roie recommending that sum in view ol tho work which had been doi.o in that country. Sneaking of tornadoes, General Grecly of tlie signal servuv savs it appears from the data on hand that in nn State may n destructive tornodo be expected oftener than on an average of once in two years, and that the area over which the total destruction can lie expected is exceeding small, even in the States most liable to these violent storms. Secretary Tracy has issued nn order increasing the numlier of Btars on the national ensign and I'nion jack to forty three. Five new stars are added one each for North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana. Washington and Idaho, 'the Btars are arranged in six rows, the sixth row containing eight stars and die other live rows containing seven stars each. Attachments have been served bv Samuel Leonard of Hoston and levied upon the plant and stock of tho Kansas City Packing Company for $ft(H),0iHt. similar attachments were issued against tho Kansas Citv Packing nnd Chase Re frigerator Company. The failure of the commission house of Samuel Hell A Co. is supposed to be ros)onsiblc for this. Acting Secretary of the Interior Chnn ller has decided that the mineral entry on the Piiichanan mine in the Stockton land district in California bv Milton S. Latham, having been made for the Lon don and San Francisco bank (limited), a forciiMi corporation, must lie canceled. as a mineral entry can not be made for foreign corimration. A patent can only issue iihii an entry made in accord ance w ith the law. I Late advices from Pine Ridge agency. South Dakota, nro to the ell'ect that ex ilement among the Indians on account of the New Messiah is rapidly increas ing. Some apprehension is felt. If act ive measures lire not taken More by the government, a serious outbreak may oc cur during the early spring, or even ls fore. It is said, however, that the gov ernment has the whole situation in band and will at once etlVvtuallycrush out the very lirst s;gns of an uprising. A vote of the nieinWrs of the Western Freight Association has showed every road, except the Hurlington, ready to back down and accept the terms of the Union Pacitic. The question as to whether action could lie taken without the unanimous consent of sll lines was referred to the chairmen. The Hurling ton people sav that, even if the I'nion Pacific succeeds in enforcing the new condition on its Omaha connection, it (the Hurlington) will continue to ex change traffic on the old basis. The joint committee of the Senate and House, which was authorized to make a trip to the Pacitic Coast to investigate violation of the Chinese immigration law, has started West. Representatives UdilWh and Stump go to Washington under the chnperonnge of iVtmty Ser-gesnt-at-Arms Charles R. Rende. 'They will l joined nt Chicago by Represent ative Owen and at Spokane by Senator Spiire. The last meeting of the com mittee will I held at Spokane; thence they will go to Ses'tle, San Francisco and los Angeles. Thev will return to Washington about the third week in De cember. The committee will be accom panied by a clerk aud stenographer, and will take testimeny. FOREIGN NEWS. France Reduces theTariff on Tour ists Visiting That Country. Slot Machines Increasing In the Dritlsh Empire Brazil Reduces txport Duty on Coffee. Houlanger has left the island of Jersey fur some unknown destination. The Bank of France lias consented to supply Madrid with 3o0,00J gold. The British troops will be armed with the new magazine rifles next year. Archdencon Fnrrnr has been npoiiited Chaplain of the House of Commons. Emile Zola through excessive reading at night has nearly lost his eyesight. Russia, following illustrious examples, is preparing to revise her tarill' laws. Stuttgart, Germany, bus a line of electric cabs in operation. Rioting ii feared at Brussels. The people are agitating in favor of universal suirrnge. Two thousand two hundred trains leave London ordinarily every twenty foar hours. Rritish navy officers have petitioned for the privilege of wearing tan-colored boots at sea. The Eiffel tower is closed for the w in ter. There was a great falling off in the receipts last summer. Nicaragua has sent congratulations to the canal company on the satisfactory condition of its work. Brazil has reduced the export duty on coffee from 11 to i per cent., to take ef fect after January 1 next. Valasquez, the famous Cuban bandit, hits been killed, nnd his band of thirty four surrendered to the government. The population of France remains stationary, while the surrounding na tions steadily increase in population. A new bunk, to I known as the Asi atic Bank, will shortly bo established in St. Petersburg with' a capital of 25, 000.000 rubles. Liverpool, England, has 2"0 miles of the best paved streets in the world, and it costs less than 40,000 a year to keep them in perfect repair. A slight reduction in the tax on tour ists visiting France from England, in cluded in the railway ticket, has been made by the government. Vienna's population by annexation of several suburban villages now amounts to 1,300,00 J. ranking as Ltirope'B fourth city in point of inhabitants. The St. Petersburg correspondent of tho london Daily News says the defeat of the bigh-taritl' party in" America hns depressed the Kussian tarill party. The fifty largest libraries in Germany IHisscss about 12,00,000 voIuiiips, against England with about 0,450,000 ami North America with about 0,100,000 volumes. Slot machines are increasing all over the British empire, tine of the newest turns out an accident Insurance ixiliev and time card to railway travelers for a sixpence. A company of Egyptian jugglers and nc-obats in Paris has created a seii'iition by the marvelous character of its per formance, which are given afternoon and evening. Iovt harbor is to be improved nt a cost ol 100.000, which is to include new- docks and a steel Moating bridge for pas sengers from the railway to the Calais steamers. The rush for Patti seats in St. Peters burg wat so much like a Nihilist out break that many were injured nnd the ambulances went flying. It is not re corded that the wily Czar was caught in the tumult. According to Captain Wissmunn of the African exploring party, the para dise of birds seems to have been found on the shores of lagoon communicnting with the eastern extremity of the Albert Nyanza. An immense numlier of applications from young indies in Dublin, and all over Ireland, has been forwimbd ti the au thorities in the Irish Capital for ap iointiiient as clerks on the forthcom ing census in Ireland. The silk manufactures of Germany have been completely crowded out of the European markets by thesugieriorchcnp ness and excellence of French Btulls. Tho German wares lire now chiefly ex ported to South America. Osninn Digmn, hearing of the nego tiations concerning Knssala, has in structed the inhabitants to build new forts, and has urgently impressed tip-Mi the trilies the necessity of collecting forces to defend the district. Of the 7;7,181 Austrians liable this year to military service, only 154, HO were found to be up to the jih'vs cal re quirements, 614,t)s8 were released on account of physical incapacity, and 0 ;,5M1 failed to upiiear for examination. Lieutenant Troop says that Assad Tar ron, the interpreter who made nllidavit to the storv of cannibalism to Stanley at Cairo, made a retraction in full over "his nunc in btmlon in the presence of Sir Francis do Winton and Burdrtts-Coutts. It lo ks as if the American colonies in Paris, Roma nnd Fireimi tho coming winter would lie larger and perhaps com posed of more distinguished people than lor several years. Austrian cities condemn tho intro duction of the lance ns the offensive weaiHiu of the German cavalry, a hobby of the Emperor. They think it is an absolutely useless weapon. Professor Koch of Berlin has dis missed as completely cured several of the patients whom lie has been treating for consumption. His method of treat ment will be made public within three weeks. Baron Nathaniel Rothschild of Vienna has lieen under the famous nerve cure of Father Kneipat the village of Waersho fen, near Munich. The cure, which lasts twenty-one days, consists of walking aliout barefooted, taking a daily bath in ice-cold water, and a diet of milk and vegetables. His health has been greatly benefited. "Tho Kreutier Sonata " was seized in Galicia by order of the Public Prose cutor. When the case was brought to trial the booksellers said that the novel contained no attack on public morals. The Judge onlevl thr work to lie read from beginning to end, and this being done, he decided against the lublic lYi ecutor and ordered the book to lx re stored to the owners. As a result French and German translations are told now freely, and others in Polish and Ruthe nian are in preparation. PORTLAND MARKET. Wiuat The markot is dull and easy in svmpathvwithother markets. Quote: Nominally "Law Lit" for Volley mid $l.l.V1.17,i for Walla Walla. English innrkets are cabled rather easier. Fiit'R The market is stead v. Quote: Standard, t U.1HIM 4.00 ; Walla alia, $3.00 (iU.HO per barrel. Oats The market is firm, nnd the de mand is very good. Farmers are hold ing buck in" prospects of higher prices. Shipments to Sim Francisco still con tinue large. Prices have advanced agon. Quote: White, BMjOOc; gray, 'otic per bushel, Mii.um'KFS The market is linn, with a free demand Bran and Shorts hnve advanced ngiiin. Quote: Bran, $2H22; Shorts, $24(f25; Ground Barley, $:)2.50j Chop Feed, $25 per ton. II v The market is Bteady. Quote: $10"! 1H per ton. Vkuktaiii.ks The market is firm. Onions are scarce. There nre plenty of other vegetables in tho market to supply the demand. Quote: Cabbage; $1.25(4 1.75 per cental; Cauliflower, $1 per dozen ; Celery, 5ic per dozen ; Onions, 2'..M 2 V per'KHind ; Carrots,$l per sack ; Beets, $1.60 per sack; Turnips, $1 per sack ; Tomatoes, 50c per Ihix ; Potatoes, $l(it 1.10 per cental ; Sweet Potatoes, 2,'tfc per pound. Fkcith The market is steady. Grnpcs are getting scarce. There are plenty of Ornnires. Lemons. Annies, Pears and Banaiias. Quote: Tahiti Oranges, $11.50 per liox; Sicily Lemons, $HmU per case; Pears, l'c pe'r pound; Apples, (J0ft5c per liox ; Graies, 75c(i$l perliox; Pine apples, $H. 50(44.00 per dozen; Bananas, $2.60(ii 3 60 ier bunch; double, $0.00; Quinces, $1.25 per box. Ciikbsk The market is steady. Quote: Oregon, 13tl4c; California, U!(jl0c; Young America. 14 15c per pound. Buttkh The market is firm. Quote: Oregon funcy creamery ,42'se; fancy dairy 37'tjc; good to fair. 27'..."iSlc; common. 22,' (a 25c; choice California, 37,'kC per pound. Eoos The market is firm. Quote: Oregon, 30c; Eastern, 27'...c per dozen. i'oi'LTKY Quote: Old Chickens. $4e 4.50; young, $2.5()'n4.00; old Ducks, 0 (0 50; voting, 7; Geese, $!(,? 10 per dozen; Turkeys, 13(ll4c per ound. Nurs Quote: California Walnuts, 17La'c; other varieties, 1 c ; Peanuts, 12c; Almonds, 17c; Fillierts, 14(315c; new Brazils, 20cper pound ; Cocoanuts, II per dozen Hops The market is steady, with nominal prices. Quote: 30ci3oc per pound. Hides Quote: Dry Hides, selected prime, 8;0c, He 'ess for culls; green, selected, over 55 pounds, 4c; under 55 pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelts, short wool. 30 ((l50o ; medium, 00(N(c; long, $1.25; shearlings, 10(s20ej Tallow, good to choice, 3(.a3!aC Wool, Quote: Eastern Oregon, 10 10c; Valley, 10(3 20c per pound. Nails Base quotations: Iron, $3.20; Steel, $.1.30; Wire, $3,110 per keg. Shot Quote : $1.85 per sack. The Mfrclntiiillne Market. Buoaks The market is firm. Quote: Golden C, 5'8C ; exira C, b3c ; dry gran ulated, tl'uc; ctilie crushed and pow dered, tl'jc per pound. Damn Fninrs The market is firm. Quote: Italian Prune, 12'(3 14c; Pe tite and German Prunes, 10c per pound; Riisins, $2.75 per box: Pluinmer-dried Pears, 11(3 li'-ju; sun-dried and factory Plums, 1 l.'rf 12c; evapirated Peaches. 2k:; Smyrna Fiirs, 14 i 16c; California Figs, 9c per pound. Beans The market is firm. Quote: Small Whites, S'aCnMc; Pink, 33.(c; Bayos, Vic; Butter, 3'ac; Linias, 5,'8c per pound. Cann kd Goons Market is firm. Quote : Table fruits. $2.25, 2's; Peaches, 2.5 l; Bartlett Pears, $2.25; Plums. $1.05; fSt raw berries, $2.50; Cherries, $2(8 2 60; Black lierries, z; Itnspiierries, $z.no; Pineapples, $2.75; Apricots, $1.85. Pie fruit: Assorted, $3.75 per dozen ; Peaches. $1.42'. ; Plums, $1.25 ; Blacklierries,$l.S per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.20 ml. 60. according to qnnlity; Tomatoes. $l.lo(3.50; Sugar Peas, $1.40eU.00; String Beans, $1 perdozen. Fish: Salmon $t.25('tl.50; sardines, 80ew$l.60; loli sters, $-'(3; oysters, $2(n2.75 per dozen. Condensed milk: Eagle brand, $8.25; Crown, $7; Highland, $0.75; Champion, $0 per case. 1'icki.ks Quote: $1.15c 3s; $1.25 5s. Salt Quote: Liverpool, I7, 18, fit); stock, $ll('il2 per ton in carload lots., Coal Oil Quote: $2.30 per case. Ckaniikkkiks Quote: Wisconsin, (9.50 ; Cape Cod, $12 iht barrel. Cokpkk Quote: Costa Rica, 22'.jC; Rio, 25c; Arbucklo's, roasted, 20-V per pound. Rice Quote: $0.25 per sack or 100 pOUIHlg. The Meitt Market. The meat market is firm. Quoto: Beef Live, 214i3c; dressed, ic. Mutton Live, S'n'e; dressed, He. Hoga Live, 4'11((I511)C; dressed, 6," ae Veal 5i!8c per pound. Lambs $2.50 each. KM OK It II MEATS AND LAKD. The market is firm. Quotations: East ern Hams, l.VtHe; Breaktat Ba con, llGHlfs'c; Sides, 9(S10c; Lard.S1 10'4'c per pound. Where tlnrll.l,! Hied. Elbcron has a romantic sound, nnd the word became known to everybody w hen President Garfield lay ill at Ellieron. They say in Long Branch that the famous shore place was named for L. B. Brown, a man who owned the land where El heron is built. Some ingenious word maker twisted the name L. B. Brown into El beron, and there you are. Boston Tran script. Strelictlielilng; Steel. Among the uicst valuable substances know n in tho a'.s are the metallic alloys. It has been recently discovered that strong as steel is it can be made yet stronger by an alloy of 3 to S per cent, of nickel This means that in the future weeau have larger bridges, higher towers and lighter machinery than ever. New York Sun. rapacity i f the Lung. Every adult, man has 1,400 square feet of lung sulfas; or, rather, the mucous membrane lining the air cells would, ii spread out on a smooth plain surface, coveran extent equal tothealiove figures. A man breathes eighteen time a min ute, and uses 3,000 cubic feet, or about 873 hogsheads, of air per hour. Pall Mall G alette. . vm-m iMtuvry. The Electrical World mentions a cheap and effective battery made by dissolving common soap in boiling water and adding to it small amounts of bran and caustic potash of soda. This mixture, while warm, is poured into a jar containing large carlion pole and an amalgamated tine rod. When cold the liattery -seis" after the manner of a jelly, and conse quently will not readily "evaporate or pill over. St. Louis Republican, Jim VJoieumu, a urincr living near Fort Dodge, Iowa, was arretted for fast dnviti. Afterwards it was dis covered that Coleman was hastening to town to get a doctor for his dying wife, aud be was released. When ha arrived home bis wife was dead. HABIT OF EATINti CANDY. It. Mlrwliio In Knalaml ' Europ Ailifilrin I'amiuela. Not only "throughout '' calit w,ierf indiilgcn -e in sw.rts Iiiih been a Kipulur ciMom from time immemorial, but in western and northern hinds as well, Las tl,,. Up lite for gisilies illumed formid able proba tions. Vast quantities of lion Isms are disKcd of annually on tho con tin nts of Enroll and America, chiefly by the fair sex. although German, Italian and Spanish men are great caters of 'pralines," chocolatma laereme, sugared almonds and crjulallized fruits. As New Year elrciiiies" and birthday offering bonljons are more in vogue than ever nhr.md and have Isvonio fashion nble on this side of the channel within the past decade, no gentleman of Lutm or Teutonic origin, being permitted to escort ladies to a theatre or concert, would iimiii nnv account fail to provide himself with an elegant bag or ilceorntivo packet of douceurs'' for their reflection during the (icrforniance, nnd gorgeous "sacs do Micrerics" constitute no insig nificant item in the budget of a Purwiui "golden vouth." In this' country the habit of nibbling chocolate creams and Bucking caramels, formerly confined to those who, as the good old toast says, "double our joys and halve our sorrowB, " has acquired a consid erable hold iikiii Englishmen of the upper ami middle classes. It canio in wlieu ut ter drinking of port, burgundy und claret went out of fashion. The well to do Briton of the present dav, ns a rule, is n champagne drinker, and the consumption of sweets, pro nounced by old world connoisseurs of "the wine when it is red" to bo fatal to anything like just appreciation of the flavor ami bouquet of Osrto und Bor deaux vintages, is not held to effect the taste for those of Rheinis nnd Eiiemay. He who restricts his prandial Mtationsto "sparkling" may, therefore, indulge in lolliKjps and cigarettes to bis heart's con tent, without fear of being denounced as an outward barbarian, 'which," ns Mac beth remarked Usm a memorable occa sion, "was not so before." Consequently men of good scx-ial sisition, whose fathers would have shuddered nt the mere sight of a stick of bailey sugar or a slab of taffee, may lie seen any day ut dessert time devoting an animated und persever ing attention to chunks of nougat and Raluit Lakoum "fondants" of a dozen different stages and colors, and candied "mandarins1' or "Tangerines." In a less luxurious stratum of society the demand for "butter scotch" and cakes of chocolate has become so eager that railway stations and other places of public r s rt Hhitively bristlo with me chanical appliances for conveying these 'lo lies" to tho fortunate possessor of one particular denomination of her majesty's bronze currency. Sweets, in a word, nro become a jiov.er in the state, nnd rule "the camp, the court, the grove." Even judges own their dulcet sway; soldiers suck almond rock while doing "sentry go;" the Mjliceman on his beat bus a bull's eye in his mouth as well as in his belt, and the British tar chews an Ameri can caramel instead of the quid of "pig tail" that used to distend his swarthy cheek in the good old days of England's "wooilen walls." London Telegraph. r.gg ot the Ostrich. The egg of the ostrich is equal in weight and nutrition to about a dozen hen's eggs, nnd ono often is found that will weigh four pound. The flavor is similar to that of th! ordinary hen's egg, and nn omelette made of them could not bo de tected. The Indian mode of cooking the egg is peculiar. The tip is broken oK'ii, a part of the white poured off, lu -i 1)3 fctirrcd in with the remainder and the shell is placed in live coals, where it is kept until the contents are cooked hard. One egg contains sufficient nourishment for two or three hearty men. The Indi ans bring quantities of them to Pucnta Arenas, where they are used by the citi zens and are sold to the stewards of pass ing ships for food or to the passengers to take home for curiosities. There is great risk in purchasing them, however, us the shells nre so thick ns to prevent a test of their condition. A foul egg will sink in water like a good egg of the ordinary lien, nnd when it is broken the stench is sufficient to destroy the peace of a wholo ship's company. Putagonia Cor. Phila delphia Times. Illilernry Said In He Increasing-. Statistics nnd school reports give us the startling fact that illiteracy, instead of decreasing, is actually increasing in the United States. The siiierintendent of the schools of New Y'ork state reports that imputation is increasing faster than the increase of school attendance. The numlier of children of school nge in that state is 1,703.11!!; but the total enroll ment of pupils is only 025,010. This is a bad showing, indeed. Compulsory education has not worked successfully with us in any part of the country, "a few of the cit iea excepted. Some remedy must lie devised or national degeneracy must inevitably ensue. Advocates of manual education nrge that when chil dren ure taught to do as well ns read, they will lie more anxious for schooling. It stands to common sense that if we wish the )ieople to love the schools, we must make it advantageous for them to do so. It is disastrous to create a public sentiment that looks on schooling ns an unpleasant requirement of the state. Globe-Democrat Colurril Iniliiitrlal School. The Colored Reformatory Industrial school, of Nashville, Tenn., is nearly completed, and will be oiened on April 1. It is being erected by nn organiza tion whose niuhiiious name is "The Uni versal Congregational Methodist church of the United States of America," and which lias for its object the betterment of the colored race spiritually and morally. It hopes to attain this object by having connected with each church a temper ance hell, a l)oiuo factory, or nn institu-vi-in of learning. The Nashville institu tion will oien with about 100 young col ored people of both sexes. New York Tribune. The Italit II rail of Japan. The noble army of bald heads is in creasing in northern Japan. The women of the hariest of all human races, the Anios, are fast marrying Japanese hus bands, or sharing their harems, and the result, as seen in the half breeds, is a brood that manifests untimely baldness, not only in the cuticle of body nnd limbs, but of face and skull. Bald pates will soon be as common in Yczo, it is feared, as in American audiences. The Anios have for centuries been famous for hav ing more hair and less brains than any other human beings, nor do they ap proach a Bostonian status of more brains and less hair. ll.nue Journ.iL Geo. IMke' Quill Tens. Gen. Albert Tike never uses any but quid pons, nnd he carefully prescrvea ; mem wiirn they are worn out lie bas j probably 10,000 old pens stored away is Lis cupboards: Eicliangflt Summer Literary l'ol,on. Almost every one starting off f,)r ta, mmmer takes some reading mutter n is a book out of the library, or oil th! bookstand, or bought of the boy lwwi. Ing books through the curs. I really u lieve there is more trtish rend among tl intelligent classes in July nnd Augt than in all the other ten months ofti,. yenr. Men nnd women who nt hm would not be satisfiiil with u bonk that wns not really sensible, I find sitting on hotel piazzas or under tho tn-t-H re,nlin liooks the index of which would make them blush if they knew thnt you kiicw what the book was. "Oh," they Kl. "you must have intellectual recreating" Yes, there is no need that you take nloni into a watering place Hamilton's Mct physics," or some ponderous discourse on tho eternal decrees, or "Far,id,i t Philosophy. " Thero nro many eiLvy hooks that nro good. Y'on might as well say, "I propose now ' to give a littlo rest to my digestive or guns, jind instead of enting heavy meat and vegetable I will, for a little while take lighter food a littlo strychnine and a few grains of ratsbane." Literary poison in August is as bud ns literary poison in December. Mark that. Do not lot the vermin of a corrupt printing press jump nnd crawl into your Sara toga trunk or White Mountain valise, Are there not good books that am easy to read books of entertaining travel, hooks of congenial history, books of pure fun, books of poetry, ringing with merry ennto; books of fine engruvin-r books Unit will rest tho mind us well as purify tho neart nnd elevate the whole life? Thero will not bo nn hour between this and tho day of your death when y can afford to rend a book lucking in moral principle. T. Do Witt Tuluiage in Ladies' Home Journal. Prince of Ilie Comoro. Another sublo personage is now visit ing Paris in tho person of Prince M:ml jane, of the Comoro Islands, which lie off the east coast of Africu near Mozam bique. He is here in order, it is said, to furnish tho government with informa tion concerning his country, but this would seem to lw a vague, semi-official explanation of his presence in Paris. Whatever mny be the object of the prince's coming he has neglected to pro vide himself with an interpreter, through whom lie could inako his business known; and when he und his secretary appeared ut tho ministry of marine not a singlo official could understand n word which either of the strangers uttered. After a weary waste of atrocious French on the one hand nnd of ubsurd Arabic on tho other nn interpreter was summoned hastily mid some light was at lust thrown on the wishes nnd inten tion of the distinguished black. , Prince Murdjune has had u perilous voyage from his native land, for ho was thip wrecked a few days after its shores re ceded from his view nnd, having boon picked up by an English vessel, ho wiis taken to the Cape. Paris Letter. Grew Old While IlrownliiR. Richard L. Edwards, 19 years old, was drowned while rowing on the Ohio. The body wns swept beneath some barges and could uot be recovered. Friday a corpse was found floating in tho river near Rising Sun, Ind. On the body was a watch and ring both bearing tho ini tinls R. L. E. Apparently tho body was thnt of a man nt least 60 years of age with snow white hnir. Edwards' brother positively identified the body from the jewelry nnd clothing. Whiqi the young man fell into the river hw hair wns coal black; that of the corpse was pure white. Fright doubt less made the chango while he was straggling for life. There has been great excitement along tho river over the mys terious case. It is the lirst instance ou record where a man was prematurely aged while drowning. Cincinnati Cur. Pittsburg Dispatch. Gift to nicliiunnd College. The family wifo nnd children-of T. C. Williams have given fW.OOO to en dow a law professorship in Richmond college. Some niontlis before his death Mr. Williums sent to Treasurer C. H. Ryland his check for f 10,000 to aid in endowing the college nnd nt the same time he offered to give $.",000 toward en dowing a chair of law, conditioned on the raising of $00,000 more in a given time. The condition was not complied with, nnd of course Mr. Williams' es tate was released from tho obligation to pny the f'.OOO. But now his wife nod children . p forward and pay the entire $23,000, nnd thus give to Richmond col lege tho T. C. Williams law professor ship. Richmond Herald. The Fashionable Fo Terrier. Every dog has his day, and the fashion able dog of just this present day is un questionably the fox terrier. Abundant evidence of this fact can Be picked tip any fine afternoon by n walk through s fashionable New York thoroughfare. The younger set of men ubout town, almost to a man, own fox terriers. Their sisters and tho other fellows' sisters of their acquaintance own them; blushing school girls own them, nnd, like certain kinds of patent medicine, children cry for them. Indeed, it may be truly said that there are few well to do families who have uot nt one time or another had one of these sprightly, intelligent und pugna cious little dogs. New York Tribune. If a stove ts'burned red nnd the black ing won't stick to it, put a little fat fried from salt pork into the water you dis solve' your blacking in. and try agai VEGETABLE PANACEA PREPARED FROM ROOTS 8c HERDS, rOSI THE CURE OF AND ALL OTHER DISEASES ARISINO FROM A DISORDERED STATE of the STDMACH OR AN inactive: liver. m t m ma all DRUGGISTS & GENERAL DEALER! t