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EUGENE CUT GUARD. I. J ;AJIfMKI.U froprlriar. ETTOENE CITY. OREGON. fHE PACIFIC COAST. Enstlah and Amrrlruo Women. English and American girls bear off tin pnlra among tlio nut inns of tlio world. There la, however, a difference between their respective qualities of beauty I have elsewhere sulDclcnlly portrayed the swwt and coy bcuuty of our Auicricuu girl not to tell tlit'Mi tlio wliolo trutli en this occaslo.i Tlio laigllsh girl U thor oughly active In Lor purBtilt of healthy exercise; tlio walks, and runs, and plays lawn tennis a great deal; riding, If alio Lave the means, is one of her moot favor ite amusements; whilo boating and trl cycling Is eagerly sought whenever op portunity occur. Our American "roso buds," on the contrary, have, a very trying climato to contend with; they taho too lltt la exercise and too much iced water. Tbo result is that Ijiglbdi glib uro nhlo to bring a ninre rocuto bloom to their chocks, to walk longer dlstunces and to Stand much nioro lutiguo; they aro, In fact, more robust ntid have belter devel oped figures: inul although there an-, tio doubt, in New York, or In anv other lurgo city of tlio I'nited Slates, u dozen women as perfectly bcunlifnl in form und faco us any chisilcl by the ;-utest artists, our American girls are l:i the i:ii;in less briglit 111 color, nioro d, li"a!ei,iid palo than would otherwise. Iio tbc cr-o If t bey more stead faslly resorted t t tint Invigorating means of health, outdoor cM-rclse, long blnco adopted by their Lii'di-h hlMers, ond to which, doubtless, tlio latter owe their cx quisito forms mid also the fact that lliev remain youthful in apicaranco much lougt r than our compatriots; in fact, an English v.omiii of M looks younger thiin au American woman of DO yearn; of courso I do not now refer to women of tlio work ing cluss.Iruuk Leslie. Yard and Diy Dock. The Artesian Wells Near Boise City Have a Flow Sufficient to Supply a City of 50,000, EASTERN ITEMS. Port Orchard Will Get the Navy Philadelphia is to Have a Vege tarian Church. RiimIu'h New Itullwuy Monte. Tlio Siberian Paclfio railroad has not yet been cnrimcnccd, and already a new Silicriuii railway l:i projected. It will bo called after thu river Obi. its connection with the bed of that stream and with a Btiitablo port to tho west of Wulgats Island will open o doublo new road to Kb boria by land und by water. It Is pro posed to "circumvent" tho mouth of tho river Obi, tho ciilnsulu of Valmal, and tho Kura si n. whlc h are dllllcultof access, owing to the masses of drilling Ico. Tho now route will only bo 4C0 vorsts Ion-;, taking a northwesterly direction from the mouth of tho river Obi to tho Wulgalz sea, lu a hay of which a harbor Is to bo built. Tbo site chosen for this harbor Is sheltered from the wind by tho l'ue-Chol mountains. Tho country being level and well stud ded wllli forests, the construction of tho lino will offer lilt lo dif.li ulty. Tho entire cost, Including tho harbor, Is estimated at 80.GuiM.Ui) rubles. Under existing con ditions tint transport of nierchandiso to Barnaul, via ilumon, Term and .St. Pe tersburg to London lakes tha-o months, whereas by tho now .lino two months will bo saved. V.'estern Kilxjriu produces annnully ilU.flfJO.O'JO Uus.in poods (. wheat. Tho opening of tlio Obi line will materially Increase commercial Inter course with tho west, and bo tho menus of supplying tho I'liropeau market wit li wheat nt a consideiul 1 lower prieo than that produced ut homo. l uris Cor. Lou don Telegraph. AH the (ramblintf games at Portland, Or., Iiuvu tciiiKriirily shut down. Tho street (Traders ut Port Angeles, Wash., have struck. They complain of having to submit to great hardships. It is currently reported at Washing i.... .1... n .....I i ..-I, ij Mill UOIL 1(111 VMIHlltl, "iflnii,, lo selected for a navy yard and dry dock. Tho urtesinn wells near 15 iso City have now a daily flow of pure water suffi cient to supply a city of 50,000 people. Tho Portland t'hamlicr of Commerce has declared in favor of consolidating Kust Portland und Albina with Portland. Tho inaugural bull at Sacramento, Ca!., will lie held on the Dili of January instead of the Kith, as originally in tended. The Lost Confidence mine of Iron Mountain, Shasta, has just shipped to Denver thiily-scven bars of silver bull ion, weighing one and three-quarter tons, the proceeds of one month s run. On I) -half of Huntington A Lille, con true to-s of Tacomn, a suit has been in stituted to compel the State to pay them f H,00() for wo k done in the construc tion of the Medical Lake Insane Asylum. Tho extortion and emlicjizlomont cases aifiiinst Ouincv A. lirooks, ex-Collector of Customs nt Port Townsend, and his chief deputy, John Ilarncd, have been dismissed by the United Mates District Court. Tho murderer of Mrs. Moss, near Port Angeles, Wash,, lias been captured, and he has confessed, lie is James Woods, alias ".Stubby Jim." and is aged twenty years. lie was enpturou three Indians. The dreat Northern railroad has nit ineroiis squads of surveyors running over the country Is-twccn the Idaho line uml the Cascade Mountains north of Snake river, looking fur the most feasible route to lucoiua and tide water. Plymouth Church Votes to Keep a Forger, Now in Sing Sing Prison, Within the Fold of the Church. The Wlmlk Art of Wat. Wo aro deposed to adopt tho customs of European iiullnin without taking Into consideration why t!:ey exist there, and the possibility tha't ( lie aro not necessary In our country. So lung ns tho I'tench nation was considered tiio lirst military power in i:u .i n,i, wo liseu lioncli lac tics and vice lYcneh uniforms. When tho Ovrimu;:4 mannered tho French we donned the hel;:: t. Wendhero to rigid lines in ranus aim m ills, uml to unneces sarily complicated systems, when every omcor oi experience knows Hint tliev bavo no value und uro not used lu actual warfare. A member of tlio lint tonal guard Is liable to think that ho knows tlio wliolo art of war If ho can tako tho prize at a - 1 I 1. 1 I ... . . , competitive uiiii or a target pnictico, on an armory lloor and with an unobstructed rango. lu act mil war ho would not be able to accomplish tho facings In a plowed field ony hotter than tho voluntecrof a few weeks, and tho uccurucy of his firo would be materially affected by tho unfamiliar ground and the knowledge that there was au enemy who m'ght lire lirst. Modern wufiiro Is Influenced In a greatly dimiu lshcd degree by what remains to us of tho tactics of Frederick tho lireit and his time. All that is ever Used of tho endless drilling, when lu uctual eumpalgn. Is tho passing from column Into line und from lino Into rolun.u by tho Blmplest methods, and no other movements, no matter how favorable the ground or how perfect the drill. lien. August V. Kuut In The Centurv. Ilctnil of Ilunu Meiwcni;rr. "It would be dincult to convince a person that there was a single walk of business life whic h was not overcrowded," aid the bookkeeper of a down town bun tc. "Lut In our bm iness there uro ulwuys places open lor ulert young men us mes sengers. Tho iyasoii why tlio dcniund Is always tft eater than tho Biipply Is on ac count of the largo security required by the bonk. Tho mes.-engers, who Imvo certain districts to cover und who handle largo sums of money every duv, are re quired lo fmii.di bonds for 10.000. Tho salary Is CO'UO per year, not counting tho bouus w hich every bunk pays all Its em ployes around tho Holiday's und which amounts lu their case to (".00. "There uro many honest young men who would look upon such u job as a god end, but they uro iinublo to furnish the bond, whllo those who run command tho security are uot to turn up their uoses nt lob paying less than IflJperday. The iU0 bonus, if collected lu u lump, would provo a nice httlo iiestci:ir to iniinv of these young men, but 1 urn sorry to have to say that such Is seldom t lie case. There Is sure to be a Shylock in every bank who makes a business of udvuncii.ir on this bonus at exorbitant rates of Interest." Kew York Lvenin' Sun. Robert Luula Stvvriwnn's MUtake. Tlio other day. when rending Mr. Sto. Teuson's churini'ng story, "Priueo Otto," 1 camo ucross tlio lollowing: "Tho night was warm und windless. A having of new nuxm had lately arisen; but It was still too small and too low down in heaven to contend with the Im mense host of lesser luminaries." Mr. Btcvensoii is commonly supposed to beau accurate observer of nature, und yet hero wo bavo him writing of tho now Boon as bavin-? U-en 'lately srlseu.' w hen In fact It must have U-cn just about si t ting. Uut ttiis is not ull. l'y a sort of double barreled blunder ho makes the time of this remurkuble rising to Itt 2 O'clock a. m., that is to say, when sue', moon as bo describes (suy two days ld must bare U-cn, not merely Invisible, Li I at Its very lowest point tx iowthe horizon, midway betweou setting and rising. V. T. Jones In lklford's Magazine. (iovernor Sboupof Idaho, in h'S nies Huge, savs : " l lie lemlers ol the Mormon body have iiiblicly pronounced against the p. Ivl'iiiiioiih system, slid while re joieing'in the declaration of a law abiding spirit 1 cannot advise at present nny inodihcution of the existing statutes." I. illie Campbell was arrested and lined in tho 1'olice Court at lacoina lorva L'l'iincv and drunkenness. She is i1 woman of nlsnit 50 years, of Spanish de scent, ami was one of the lirst settlers in Washington Territory. She once owned the property on what is now Pa eille avenue, uno of the principal streets ol laconia. Two men ami a woman are swindling the people in the north by pretending to tench the painting ol portraits, enliiri:- Ing photographs, etc., at HO a scholar, There were ulsilit fifty stillerers at Port land, mostly poor girls ami women, lhe trio call themselves tho " Darling Por trait Company." In a coal and timlier land entry case at Seattle, where three men were charged with perjury in proving up their eases Is foro a Notary Public, the court held that a Notary Public is not a competent ollicer to administer oaths, and that the laws of the United Stutes do not recognize n Notary. The Hoard of Trade of Yaquina Bay have forwarded resolutions to Represen tative Hermann, complaining that the contractor of mail service between Yaquina City and Newport, having taken the contract too low, has failed to carry the same, and it is asked that steuiner service be put on. The depart ment has made an onler directing the Yaii'iina pout master to provide special service that will make schedule time. It is reiHtrted that the irround owned by the recently incorsrated copper mining companies, the lleclu and Cop per King on the Dig Mashcll river, near tbo foot of Mount Rainier, in Pierce county, ash., has been bonded to a syndicate, who have an option on it long enough to organize and inspect the ground, ami that a $"J0,0iK) plant is to be put in to make a complete test ol the richness of tho ore. The amount of the bond is not given. A complaint has been tiled at San Francisco against the Oregon Improve ment Company by the Farmers' Ixmn ami Trust Company of New York, to foreclose 0,000 $1,000 first mortgages which bavo lieon in existence since tVcemlter, ISSO, with ti ier cent, annual interest. Only one payment of t'M has U-en made on' tho interest. There are already four similar suits (lending against the improvement I oinimnv. but the one in iiuestion is on first moi'tnancs unit will pro'ntbly swallow tho assets in toto. The Pomona (Cal.) Progress says : At the Chino ranch nurseries 30, O.HI Italian bestnut trees are to be started this season. Mr. Hanson, the proprietor, lio- lieves there will Ihj a largo demand for Italian chestnuts in a few years tnore. Several fruit growers near Anaheim have hearing trees of the mils, ami they inuke a good thing on the sule of the crops. Suit 1ms been begun in the United States District Court ut Sun Francisco by Charles llcritman against the Amer ican schooner Sophia Sutherland for l,ldl. Complainant shipped to go on the vessel on a seal hunt. He went oil' in a Uutt to shoot seals, but lie was un able to return to the vessel, lie sues to recover what he claims should be bis "lav" or share of the cargo, which, when sold, brought '.M,87.).7ti. Secretary Tracy is preparing plans for a vessel that will have very uesirucuve force. The Herman of Chicago aro protest ing against closing the World's Fair on Sundays. Tb reviibir Interest-hearing debt of the government now amounts to only about $(1:11,000,000. Thousands uiion thousands of crisp, new 10. ') and $1 notes are about to I sent out by the United States treasury. Dr. Kitsfinan, an Indian graduate of nisi year irom uosion nini-iru, in the very center of the alleged Indian re volt. A nartv of engineers ore now survey ing for a new bridgo over the Niagara river, supposed to be for the Canadian 1'acihc. IV.elr Ktnnrl convicted at TllC'on. A T., of train robliery, has ltocn pardoned by the President. Smart's innocence was proved. Pierre Thibaux, a wealthy Montana cattleman, is suintr Nelson Morris, the treat packer at Chicago, for f.M.OUO for breach of contract. Senator Stanford says ho is confident that Electioneer was not the sire of single horse which with proper training could not trot in 2;. 10. The President has appointed Roller I West Mcliride of Indiana to lie a inem Iter of the Puvalliin Indian Commission vice William (iumliuck, declined. It Is believed that the Roekhill Cath olic College property near Kltk-ott City, Md., will lie purchased for the proposed l'rexel Industrial School tor negroes. At the monthly meeting of Plymouth Church. New lork. resolutions were imssed which retain Albert 11. Smith the forirer ami now in Sing Sing, within the fold of the church. FOREIGN NEWS. Russia Has Decided to Build the Gebiriai Railroad. The Gradual Depopulation of France Said to be Due to the Immoderate I'se of Tobacco. Nine hundred and ninety-two women registered in Cheyenne, Wyo., for the recent elections. Miss Este'le Reel wus elected County Superintendent of Lara mie county by a largo majority. The schedules in tho assignment of Decker, Howell A Co., bankers at New York, show their liabilities to 1 1),4:!0, :i.0 anu their nominal assets .'!', 181, !lo2. 1 lie actual assets are $s,7d0,.!67. The New York and New Jersey Bridge Company has decided to construct a sus pension bridge over the Hudson river ithin three years from next Murdi. The estimated cost is if'iO.OOJ.t.OO. Secretary Blaine has been notified that trie Peruvian government bus imiiosed a duty of 1.) centuvos per kilogram on tor- eign lurd. 1 he new order goes into ci ted on February 17 of next year. The contract for dredgine the channels loading to lialtiuiire has lieen awarded to the American Dredging Company of Philadelphia, which expects to remove O.OOj.OOO cubic yards of bottom by lK!)j. The meeting of the Executive Com mittee of the I'nion Pacific held at Bos ton anitointed S. II. II. Chirk, now lien- eral Manager of the Missouri Pacitic, us General Manager of the Union Pacitic, Representative McKinlev has intro- luced a bill in the House similar to one presented in the Senate, providing that the present tariff law shall not a ect op eration of the Hawutian reciprocity treaty. Hiram II. Stratton had been refused a patent for a timlier claim in- the Walla W alia district, Oregon, on a technicality. The Secretary of the Interior has over ruled this decision and ordered the pat ent to issue. Senator Edmunds has written to each member of the California dcloi'ution, asking if there isany reason why Charles A. tmrter'g apMintmciit as Assistant District Attorney for California shoul I not be continued. United States Minister to Mexico Ryan has been summoned to Washington. Scotch home rule is to be made an issue in the United Kingdom. Rubinstein lias resigned the directory of the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music. A slave is sold for a single meal in the interior of the Soudan, where a famine prevails. A tunnel ltetween Scotland and Ireland is discussed, thirty miles long, to cost $W,000,CKH.i. The Herman army is the healthiest in Europe, the Belgian second and the English third. Great alarm bus lieon created at St Petersburg by the rapid spread of small pox in the capital. Sarah Bernhardt is so vexed at the at tention given to her snako that she is going to give him up. Tiiirtv-eiglit thousand pounds have been collected for General Booth's scheme to deal with Darkest England. The organ of the Salvation Army in Germany lias a circulation of 18,000. The army there is growing rapidly. Gaiubilng at Ostend thU last season has lieen so open and heavy as to excite general criticism on the Continent. It is proposed to change the uniform of the Berlin police, which is not martial enough to please the young Kaiser. Experiments with electricity for mo tive power are Udng made on the under ground railway in London with success. The force of men at Kjiipp's has had to lie again increased in order to hurry on the completion of orders for "great guns." Monte Carlo looks for the liveliest kind of a w inter, and has made plans for the accommodation of a "phenomenal crowd," It is nrtw the opportunity for the Lon- lon Times, and it is making the most of it, as Parnell is again the under dog in the fight. A medical authority in Fr.inc snvs the gradual depopulation of that coun try is arg. ly due to the immoderate use of tobacco. There is talk in Liverpool maritime circles of a new line of transatlantic steamships to begin otterations some time next summer. F"oot-bnll clubs are so popular and make so much money in Eiurlund now adays that many of tliem are converted into joint stock companies. It is lielicved that Osninii Digna. the reliel leader, is being furnished with grain and ammunition from Jcddah and other ports in exchange for slaves. Mr. Mapleson in behalf of Mr. Abliev is said to have offered Patti very high wages for a professional tour in the C mted States, beginning in tho full of Lsill. PORTLAND MARKET. YmtAT The market li altogether without life, and quotations nominal at fl.L'Uurl.iiL'ih for Valley and $1.10(21.12,4 for Wulla Walla. Receipts from east of the mountains are again large, the bulk of which is consigned to Sun Francisco. The English market continues steady, with cargoes in liirht request. Liverpool futures are steady for December and Jan uary and higher for following u onths. Pun'R IJuote: Standard, 3.!)0(i4.00; Walla Walla, 3.iH"(:i.hU per barrel. Oats The market is linn. Quote : White, (iOc; gray, dSc per biishol. Mii.ijtruKKS The market is firm. Quote: Bran, $L'l ; Shorts, $24; Ground Barley, $:i2.5; Chop Feed, $25 per ton. Hay The market is steady. Quote: $ltltlS per ton. Vkoktahi.ks The market is firm. Quote: Cabbage, $1.25(4 1.50 per cental; Cauliflower, $1 per dozen; Celery, 60c per dozen; Unions. i34(n.H' per ouii(i; Carrots. $1 per suck; Beets, $1.50 per sack ; Turnips, $1 per suck ; Tomatoes, oOc per Imjx; Potatoes, 1(.1.10 per cental ; Sweet Potatoes, 2c per pound ; squash, $2 per cental. Fhi-its The market is steady. Quote: Tahiti Oranges, $3 per box; Sicily Lem ons, $7.5Uii8 per case; Pears, l'...c per pound ; Apples, tlOMSoc per box ; (.trapes, $1.25 per box; Pineapples, $3.50(4.(X) per dozen; Bananas, $oM4 per bunch; Quinces, $1.25 per box. M'ts tuote: uaiiiomia walnuts, 17'ic; other varieties, Lie; Peanuts, 12c; Almonds. 17c; Filberts, 14(315c; new Brazils, 20c per pound; Cocoanuts, $1 per dozen. Ciikf.se The market is steady. Quote Oregon, 13(tl4c; Culiioriua, UV'ilOc loung America, I4W1&C per pound. Bt'TTKU Quote : Oregon fancy cream erv, 40(ir42'iic; fancy dairy, ;i7'..c; fair to g'M)d, 2711!(a3.)c; common. 22,1-ai25c choice California, Si l.,c per pound hous The market is linn. Quote Oregon. 32'..(S3. per dozen. 1'ofi.TBY Quote: Old thickens, $3.50 (34.00; young, 2.50"i4.00; old Duck 60.5o; voung, 7; Geese, $!I(110 per dozen ; Turkeys, 12; 3c per pound.' The .MttrclmmlUa Mnrkttt. Sugars The market is linn. Quote Golden C, n'iic; exira t, o'tc; dry gran united, 7Jjc; culs' crushed and pow lered, 7?c per pound. Dkiki) F'kiits The market is linn Quote: Italian Pi u lies. ll.U(ftI4c; Pe lite mid German Prunes, 10c iter pound Kaisins, $2.5 per box: Pluiiuuer-dried Pears, ll(d 12c ; sun-dried and factory Plums, Hail2c; evaporated Peaches, 24c; Smyrna Fits, 14(ilfic; California Figs, 9c per pound. Bkani The market is firm. Quote Small Whites, aioftrlc: Pink, 33;c Would It better if We, T!.t luLs.r sarin, W1J " bbA WoaUlin,..,, If wo could trace i . Ami ni m,.., u ""H M Im f rot! ilmti 'iwa.traiifi.-,,. iM we (h,l ,,.,..,. W,lut Withl:,i!.,i.7' .'-"H f-M-:,ieui: Of .ir,fs,l,,.st ' " "I0" Kwti;, THREE SORTS The Southern Tactile Company has completed its estimates of truits and vegetables shipped east over its lin from January 1 to DeceinlMT 1: I'unil d- giHslssh pinents were 3 533 carloads, or iiliout 42,4111 tons; raisins. 877 carloads. or ultout 10,,'hH tons; dried fruits, 1,5X1 carloads, or atsmt 1S,!M) tons; green ! fruits, 2.02S carloads, or 35,13d tons ; v g etubles, 1,2! Dears, or 14, 2,t toin; total i of California products, 10,137 carloads, or almot 121,l'44 tons, an increased from j 20 to 100 iter cent, in each branch over liis l year. There is a con) blockade, at the Black Diamond mines caused by the inability of the Columbia A Puget Sound Railroad follltlllliv til !,r.ifiilrt vt.llin.t rrofessor Freseiiiusof Wiesbaden after move the output of the mine. Last long series of chemi.nl an dvsis tie- month the company ship ed 21,000 tons Clares that un egg contains as much iiour-' of oul. Thus tar thin month but 3,W,i ishment as a pound and an oune of , tons have been moved. Asa result the cherries, a pound and a half of g.sw- bunkers at the mine are full, and 100 berrus and four pounds of pcar, ami , men have been idle several duvs during that 114 pounds of graH-, KM .iui.ls of the present month. With the' full force '"set ftpnlt. 1"2 sunds of m ars and ! employed, tho mine would yield l.WW 327 pounds of plums are equal in nour-jtous per day, if the railroad company Mnuient lo 100 jwunds of potatoes. I could provide cara to move it. Representative Ilanslirough of North Dakota has introduced a bill in the House providing for the disarmament of the Indians and making it a punishable offense for any person to sell arms or ammunition to them. It Is Btated at Vt ashington that ex (iovernor Pachee has secured the Cen tral American mission, und that Con gressinan Morrow will be apoiiited to succeed Judge Sawyer, who will retire from tho California Circuit Judgeship next spring. A vegetarian church is to 1)0 estab- l!l I ,11111, .v . iiHiieu 111 1 niiaoeipnia. uno oi me nin- ilHinentul principles of the church will iw that life is sacred, and that therefore the shedding of blood, even though it lie lor the sake of providing food for the imiiian race, is wrong. The present management of the Do mestic Sewing Machine Company at Newark, N.J. , hits discovered that svs teniHtic thefts have been going on by employes for fourteen veurs, and the company bus lost fully $50,000. Sensa tional developments are anticipated. Dean Bliinchard entered a timber chum at Oregon City, Or., but it was thrown out because of an alleged fraud, part ol the land ticing susceptible ol cul tivation agriculturally. Secretary Noble decides that the proof is not sufficient and Bliinchard will get the hind. New York State Engineer Bogiut re ports to the Commissioners of the Niaur aru reservation thut Horseshoe Falls have receded 104 ' feet since 1SI2, an average ol over two feet a year. The total recession oi mo American lulls is 32.t k) square feet, and the Horseshoe Falls 275.4.KI. Instruitions liove wen issued bv Si-c- retnry Noble regarding the Kuneho Pnnta do lu Laguna, which emiiower W. F:. Dargie of Oakland to m ike selections of indemnity lands for all the heneticiarics out of any non-mineral, unoccupied, un reserved, surveyed or unsurveyed public lands in California. Judge Richard J. Prendergast was lust week elected 1'resideut of the Chicago Drainage Commission. The commission has charge of the canal, for which funds estimated at $3.1,00.1,0 0 have been voted bv the city of Chi ago and the State of Illinois to connect Lake Michigan and the Mississippi river. In speaking of attorneys fees Secre tary NoUle says : " The Pension Bureau is now issuing between 14,000 and 15,000 certificates a week. This means the at torneys are receiving every week out of the moneys appropriated "to relieve the necessities of old soldiers an amount es timated at between $150,000 and $175,- 000. Against the ever-growing evil of usury the municipal councils of small towns of Russia have established p'lwnhouses. at which money is lent at u very low rate of interest. Owing to strikes mid one thine and unouicr, ii is not expected unit t lie re ports of the English railways attheclose I the veur will nil the shareholders with enthusiasm. In 1804 it will he 1,00,1 years since Hungary wus established us an inde pendent government. There is a move-' ment among the Hungarians to celebrate that anniversary with great pomp. Lord Wolselev has stated More a Pur- luentury committee that, if only 100,000 men could be landed in unv part of Eng land, ho would not be able to prevent uwir inpiuriug i.onuon. The government allows n generous subsidy to the theaters in the cities of Caucasus. Titlis alone will get 47,000 rubles during the next year. But Rus sian troupes are scarce in that region, and Italian, French and German actors draw the largest part of tho subsidy. Tho Young Women's Christian Asso ciation, founded in biudon in 1857, now lias H,i Dranciies, with a membership of 1 'el...... t ... !.. ..;.... . 1 k,wo. iiii-n-iiiu ioiiv institutes, even ng homes and boarding-houses where voung women from the country can be lodged and cured for at small charge. Since its inauguration tho Nicaragua Canal Company has expended for work and mnteri d $772,203 in cash and $2,000, 000 of full-paid capital stock, and is oli ligated for $tt.2!W,t.OO of its lirst-mortgage bonds. The liabilities of the company consist of amounts still under the con cessions granted it, $4,2i.S,000 bonds a'-ove mentioned and cash liabilities not exceeding $5.i,0.H). The new remedy for diphtheria which was discovered bv a peasant named Rie- ger, whose son is to lie allowed to exor- iinent witn it under the supervision of Koch, is stated to lie a fluid which is painted in the ulcers and causes them to Durst open. It also produces vomit ing, and tho patient becomes exceeding- thirsty, hut on no account is he al lowed to drink anv fluid for an hour after the thront has been painted. The Imperial Council bus sanctioned the plan of ImiMmg the liebinnn rai Mini. The work will liegin immediately. The entire cost of the enterprise is esti mated ut alHiut 4 M,.HU.0.M rubles. I he roan win unite r e interior oi Nteriu with the Pact lie ocean, a d will lie very advantageous for strategic purposes. News has Iven received at Madrid that the s-piinisli exitedition against the reb els in the Caroline Islands took the for tilled lHisition of Ket ns, on the island of Ponupi. During the attack one Span ish otliecr and twenlv-tive soldiers were killed and four ollieers ami fortv-seven men wounded. The Spaniards burned ,1 .1 . - .Ml . - .1 . If . A an too villages in me uisirict. Cardinal Ratnpolia, the Tapal Secre tary of State, says in reply to Cardinal laivigerie that thvcMirch applies itself before all else in the progr.-ss of religion and therefore thinks n is right for the faithful to participate in public atlaiis when tuvh action is demanded by the intcn sts of religion. Berlin is suffering from an epidemic of fires, and it is U-lieved that a gang of incendiaries is at work destroying the buildings for the sake of an opimrtunitv to plunder. The tire brigade has proved so inefficient that the public is aroused. and there is a very general demand for rtlorui of the service. Bavos, 43,;c; Butter, o'.,c: Limits, 6,'oc per iKMind. CannkdGoods Market is firm. Quote Table fruits. $2.25, 2's; Peaches, 2.7i Bartlott Pears, $2.25; Plums. $1.05 Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, $22.50 Blackberries, $2; Raspberries, 12.55 Pineapples, $2.75; Apricots, $2 00. Pie Iruit : Assorted, H-00 per dozen ; Peaches, $1.50; Plums, $1.25; Black liorries, $1.05 per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.20 ' 1.50. according to quality; Tomatoes, $1.15((i3.50; Sugar Peas, $1. ItKal.tiO String Beans, $1.10 per dozen. FihIi : Sal inon, $I.25iifl.50j sardines, 80o($l.(i0 lobsters, $-'i 3; oysters, $2(ii 2.75 per doz Condensed milk : Eagle brand. $8. Crown, $7; Highland, $0.75; Champio-i, ! per case. Picki.ks Quote: $1.15c 3s; $1.25 5s, Salt Quote: Liverpool, 17, 18, f 19 stock, $Il(u 12 per ton in carload lots. Coal Oil Quote: $2,155 per ease. Ckaniikuiuks Quote: Wisconsin. 0.50; Cape Cod, $10.50 ier barrel Cokkkb Quote: Costa Rica, 23t: Rio, 26lcj Arlmcklo's, roasted, 2(i34 Hr KJund. 1 Rick Quote:. $0.50 per sack of 100 itoumlg. Nails Base quotations: Iron, f:!,20; Steel, $3.30; Wire, $3.!M per keg. Shot Quote: $l.K.i per sack Hoes The market is firm, with nom inal prices. Quote: 25(rf 30c per pound. iiioks imoie: Dry Hides, selected prime, SdiS'.jC, fc less for culls; green. selected, over 6o pounds. 4c; under 55 pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelts, short wool. 31 ((tftOc; medium, OOiuKOc: long, tKieci $1.25, shearlings, 10(ii20e; Tttllow, good lo choice, d'(jd.''tC. Wool, The market is steady. Quote Valley, lti(20c; Flastern Oregon and alia alia, iun Kie per pound. The Ment Market. The meat market is firm. Quote: Beef Live, i.'t-'Sc; dressetl, ik: Mutton Live. 3'ac; dressed. b',;fir7i Hogs Live, 4lii(,5,1gc; dressed, 68c. v eai O'lrtsc per pound. Lambs 2.50 each. SMOKKl) MKATS AND LAKD. The market is firm. Quotations: East ern Hams, 13(iti 14c; Breaklast Ba con, llbtllc; Sides, Ilia; 10c; Lard, 8( 10'c per pound. He Itt-Tolta Against Cruelty. It Is rather In others and for others flint. tho modern civilized man drcadu pain. lie nnus ii uurucr to Know mat other men aro suffering tho pains of cold or hunger in Kansas or Ireland or India; or that "pris oners of poverty" aro working for pit tances lu tho great cities; or thut laboring men aro driven to work sixteen hours a day; or that criminals are tortured or mis treated in tho chain pang; or that "politi cals" aro driven to Insanity la tho Russian atate prisons. IIo resents tfhd punishes cruelty to animals where his reut-praud father, perhaps, thought nothing of Rend ing a slave to tho v hipping post. He re volts even against har!.hness In just punishment, and desires to alleviato some of the horrors of hanging. If lie Ignores caseofcruelty.lt ia from lark of ora nisciencc; let him know ubout it, and tho world shall know his feelings about it. Wilberforce und Copley might go on for years telling Englishmen of the horrors of the middlo passage and of all tho vil laiuiesof the tdavo trade; and still the slave ships sailed out from Liverpool, and tho slave trade was represented iu parlia mont. Cruelty in nioro recent times Uvea by stealth and blushes to find itself fa mous la the newspaper pillory. The Century. THE LONG EARED PEST3. Attempt to EftarmlitHt Raliblta ia tit AutttrwIUi. Culitnlm. It Is morally certain that Australia and New Zealand, those rabbit ridden conn tries, will be quick lo adopt the 'drive'' Idea, and probably the furmers nt those distant Islands will find the method more eflectlve In the matter of allaying the rabbit nuisance than all the theories of Inoculation A reporter met gentleman recently who had been largely Identified with pustonil Interests both iu Australia nnd New Zealand and from hlin some Inter esting facts were ascertained 111 connec Hon with the efforts of antiHsleun agil culturists lo combat the plugue of the long eured pests "The drive' Idea," said the gentleman. "Is not entirely new to Australians They have for yeurs employed a some what similar method of ridding pasioiul lands of the destructive kung From kangaroos the drifted bock to the rabbit question, and the gentleman from the autitodei related bis experience In the mutter together with the efforts of colonial governments to subdue the nests First of all, l suppose yon have heard thut valuable pustonil holdings, both In New Zealand and Australia, buve hud to be abandoned through the depredations of rabbits, and I assure you that the losses these harmless looking creatures have entailed have been very much under estimated The rabbits lu the colonies lie burrowers. and this makes them harder to get at A few years ago a system of fencing with wire netting was introduced there, out It only proved eflectlve on unl m .. I.., I, .1 I, l . ...t.rtl HJ lllilll US rift fl-l , torniiv .evei lauu luiuuus uo u n. as a , flouH di) to .Sixteenth 8TrofaUI ,,r l rule, burrow on flat places, but where the , K,,w i , .y ""J slrect andtC 1 I II ... I.MI .'lUim UM(l lit iiim. . " never sees a single woman of I part of town. """"Mim 'U-'Wta,B.. OF '.inur.. T.beKcci. Almo.t Ate it.. There are ,h,,edis, ncltS to be seen on ilruudwuv . i'? Itself Into three listi,. t . C Streams which How wfthi,, 1.7 h an, rnr.,li, , twunll. u. - ie destructive kunguroo" " konganKiS he conversation ! bcrs on i;n,adway it "ifltte street. "lwy at aliout p , w.. .. . - mr.ti.. 4 5 These women ll'r t! pur ct simple. On them 7 rk 13 tho Wound thut fjLshl,,,, 11 "lll I: . . . ' ' ti ma me ui.siiiicily Kew y for bints t to the sivi,... (Iluta 1 PI111IOI , pointed ban llml as satin nn,i .'74 tliat aro ,u.Ll" H , aro never. -.7 j never hnveahairoutofpiaL Wto very rich nnd very sim,, c ,,;,,llle)' fit und a UiilsUihutHJ Wwil don and the very l.UdrS' tailors of this cit v. Tliev nev " 0,5 eccentricities r dres;i, and n " COS nmed ti1.'ittl,eyco,,sidera&':-l each other and would rJ'2 bcaU'.il'lll SO moeli o .1.:. fence run over the slightest knoll or hill bunny would get his deadly work In by riddling the mound with holes and o-n lug up an avenue tc the liuiei pastures "On small holdings the owners, obvi ated the difficulty by sinking narrow trenches and inserting the wire uettlng below ground, but the cost this system would entail in making a lurgt run rabbit proof would constitute lotul uhnudoiiuieut of the place a pnilituble alternative It is only on these large runs that the dep redulions are fell severely as farms and tillage lunds the constant pies euce of plowmen and othel tulsircrs scares away the colonial rubbit which is as shy as It Is destructive I have often read of grosshoppei plugueS In this und other countries, but I dou t think there can he a more desolute sight than thai of s run which bus been abandoned to rabbits 1 believe thut out that way the furry de strovers breed four oi live times a year "The methods extierimenled with lu order to exterminate them have been as varied as they were etleclive Poisoned grain was tried, out a short experience I a Cmr-A ,i "long thai thorn,,,,,.,'"' At Fourteenth begins gers. All !S".:!r';,nrfti,oK u.,u, .-. i oi k, nun provinci;ili,m i marked them for its own -S. aro echoes of aro llamboymir. tliev mrnr e.., . 9 - i,,.. 7. '" m dows. Thpii. i.in.v.. nast r:il,in. "' snchels and cluster about n.. 1" At home ii--:iinsi n.i. ...:,r U,'P. 1 ground they are very att T ? "-'"'d , but against the radiant 5 giwming of the New York girl iCf not (itiilo well kept. wey look After turning tho Fourteenth Hm corner one begins to see tlie western southern girls, who wear mn.-i.Aw jrtalHthatnwUlmtatShK Tuts .minima one recognizes these Z by tho heliotrope gowns that.N'ew tS abandoned lust spring. They an . rule, extremely pretty In a pictured individual fashion. Particularly h t5 true of the middle nged women, who tain tbo beauty of their figures 0tw o...um,A,i ti.u f.... t 1....U. i iui,uuu uu ninnvor 1 1. v. Ltt unu a lvi iuc iati tiiai vaiiiutiin nun ii i i , , " "vi u.(. and cattle dogs were killed through eat , "" , .,' U"('K S';ay curlsarottui lug poisoned rabbits while slieei, were (K'casioually poisoued by eating the grain 1 lien on eiiteniisiiiL (jeriiian came uloiic and announced to the lone siiileiina co loniul stockmen that be bud an lnlallible remedy fur the curse His plan was to Inject some poisonous acids Into the bur rows, but as far as appeui-cd on the sur fuce the rabbits devoured bis patent medi cine and asked for more Then we begun to Introduce bu rets and kindred small but vindictive animals, which it was exoeeted would glide noiselessly Into the burrows and 111 time wipe the rabbits oil out sec tion of the globe The ferrets, bowevei after a whilo tired of an exclusive rabbit diet and turned. their attention lo poultry They huve also beeu known to attack children, there being one cose In particular wnere a clulu at Uauiara. ew Zealand hod its eyes nearly eateu out beloi-e as Istance arrived I have not beard any thing aneut the ferret question luieiy but I should not wonder it the colonists are not. In pursuance of the chum of de struct ion they have organised, looking around for some antidote to ferrets The only method that has been lu any manner effective in keeping the rabbits down in the colonies has been the employment of men known as rubbiters They uro as a rule, clever with the fowling piece and the run-holders supply them wild ammunition and tucker (Anclice. provisions) Tbev wage a steady and merciless war on the pests, and as rubbit skins properly cured nnd a ready sule, rabbiting Is a fairly lucrative calling The introduction o"f this method of meetiuc the dillicultv on tne isew Zealand Bide has beeu brought: about by the establishment of a rabbit de portment. the muinteniineeof which costs the government $100,000 a year. Sun rrancisco hxummor I tht-lr brows. They uro neither so fair dm ov lin unr i oi k women. I Below Eighth street tlio crown cbanrs , for a third time nnd are native ,( Yorkers ugain. These are- (lie won ! who work for their living, and BajU oeeu in groups of two and thru p I homo anywhere between 4 and 7 o'ekt These women have a good looking fpnet I ling of elderly, meager females in dba 1 black, with anxious faces and little bbek bags in which they carry their lunch to j tho olliccs where they work. Many d I them uro pretty and many young. Their j clothes lire evidently selected with wen I to wear, the purchases evidently tiCi I bnd in mind whether tho material would show Kpota nnd dust und whether It wu . tho same on both sides, so that it would "turn." Their general appearance shorn I that they huvo been hard at wjrk all diy and have hud mender toilet appliances to ; repair damages before coming out on the '' street. iMaiiyof them walk aru! Inarm, j with a little independent half masculine : air that they bavo insensibly picked ttf from their employers, and jostle tlirw ' tho hurrying thrones of ineu without w- ticing then). They arc pretty and lady. i.-c, ns n rule. Aew York World. him No lie. First Train Robber- What train did you top lust nightl Second Robber-Overland express, gom' west. First Robber - (jit mucUf ISeooud Robbcr-Naw, chock full o pettple comiu' home from the eastern summer resorts. Tho Cartoon. Not So llilloui as lie Was. Ben-Tutlull tells a rood Bturv on en in us. "I have a notion that beer gives ;y one a tendency to biliousness, and so thinking, 1 have acquired the habit of looking at my tongue whenever I uin in front of a mirror The other day In New York I stood chatting with a party of friends near the Fourteenth Street theatre We were lust In front of a littlR eliriir store with a very bright, clear, plute glass show window, and as wo chatted I caught my reflection on the polished surface and just as a mutter of hubit stepped up to it and put out my tongue, so. for a look It was all right and I turned back to my friends and weut on chatting In about a minute a man seven feet lono cmn nm of the door of the ciirar store and nim tralght up to me with his lists doubled up hays be You young cub. I'll teach von to run out your tongue and muke faces at me "I believe he would huve pounded ms Into a jelly If the party hud not Interfered 1 haven't been bilious since. "Minneapolis Journal ConipoHlte rhotocniphj. Composite nhotoiminhv Is ridiculous nonsense to which photography was ever applied It has neither coui mon sense nor truth t. ro,..,,i . The Idea of twenty or thirty faces being printed In a conglomeration and culled the average look of the rrowd is in jum plain Anglo Saxon nonsense One mi-ht , ":"""u m;y P"!-'rs of 0"e of Dickens works on top of one another and call It the average of the story It has always been laughed at by the most Intelligent photographers, and yet it seems to Interest many people. A. Bo 1 giiinuo ia new i org World. Ansvrcrcil nin Purpone. One of our attorneys tells astorroli money lender he once knew living in Den mark. Being approached on a certain ot casio'.i for money he told tlio borrower lo step into his room und ho would get it ott of his sale mid let him have the icn wanted. As tho borrower went in and took n scat ho saw no Eitfo there, but tho money lender went to an old Bible and, nftcr turning over tho leaves awhile, he found the amount needed.' "What, sir! do you call that s safe! asked tho borrower. "Wall, it nin't exactly safe again Jn, but it's Fafo ugalc tho family," said thi money lender. Lewiston Journal. Samples of Fulite Economy. It Is false economy to do part of to-morrow's work today; living cheaply w that you can dress well; going to luwobotit anything you can compromise; to employ a botch becauso he doesn't charge much; sitting iu the twilight doing notain?ii order to save oil; buying things youdonl want becauso they are cheap; marryin; your daughter to nn adventurer m as to have her oft your hands; to take your money out of tho bank and invest it in wildcat schemo; taking your boy tna school and ullowlng him togrownpin Ignorance for tho sake of the tjJ aweethi eun cum. Philadelphia Call. The DeecliMl CoiirliuiaOi A Family Coachman, who was Drivingtha Master and Mistress on his flrst trip, ito1 tho wheels off of two Private Carrias. rub bed a Grocer's horse, and cr ,wded seviw Vehicles to tlieCurbstono to Escaponiai W was about to run over a Polack with I0, feet of Lumber on bis back when a Poiicea Arrested him for Keck less Driving Master observod that it Served blm right- "But it is your Faulil" TroKswi W Driver. "Why, I bavo not Said a Word." "That is truo, but you failed to Iufonn as we started out, thut vou did not ob tJ Wholo F.arih. ami I have been Driras Ac cordingly." moral; It Is a Venn Triel; to Deceive s Coafbmtt In tint -'V.-m, piv A Natural Quntloo. Tramp (at Union aquajvi-Couldnt you pare me a dinie, tiri I've walked all tho way from California. Actor (sympatlietically)-What company did you jo out with I-1 be Cartoon. Br or IMrkpm-krU. Pedestrian (in a jam on Broadway to policeman) Can't you get me out of this without loss of time! Policeman (gaspingly) Be Jabbers, sor, yeTl be lucky if toime is the only tii ins ye low i.nmt Vnn,.n- A Nrgru' Momitr Ucad. Abner Dorsett. a negro living in Hickory Mountain Township. North Carolina, has the largest head of any person in the United States so far as heard from. It is thirty-two Inches in diameter, and gives Abn-r a decided "tot) heaw" n. pearance. St. Louis Republic Bfrllti-i Carved VToimI Intlttntry. Berlin It seems, has gradually become the headquarters of the carved wood in dustry supplanting Switzerland Sis hundred artists In wood carving, the same number of turners and 7U0 canwiiters are engaged In manufacturing such unit-Mas cigar cases, newspaper and picture frames ikiu ruurs. eio me value of the an nual export of these articles is civen tu 6 0UO.OW) i marks, and tils Is e,clu,ive of the costly carved wood furniture the manufacture and export of which are as suming large proportions. .New Virk tsun I'rrwrvlni; Milk. The latest idea f.tr tho preservat'on of milk has been made tho subject of a Patent. The air in a receiving vos.el bi purifled, and then the milk is drawn directly from the cow into the vessel it, such a way as to prevent tho atmos pheric nir from coining in contact with the iuiIk.Xew York Commercial AJ-vertiser. liiiiii VEGETABLE PANACEA PfilEHARED FROM ROOTStt HEBQS . rORTHE CJRC Or Apprnpriai. Borne tramp re,vntlv decorate,! fa the night, th rreit d,wr of King Sing (V pruon wub the legend, "Hair cat while SJa wik" Exchaait, AND ALL OTHER DISEASES ARISING FROM A u DISORDERED STATE ofmSDMACH on am inactive: live:r. run jut mr w. ri DHUCGISTS & c:keral dealer