EUGENE CITY GUARD.
LkCAirUUi. rrerleler.
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
DIMINUTIVE CAVE OWELUW.
Iibtunwu Lilllpellae. Wk erseU
All rouri Discovered.
THo discovery will likely awaken
mora wonder tlwn exUta today among
tb people of Murengo, Ind., by reason
of one accidentally made by tome boy
who entered the cave Sunday morning
with the Intention of upending the day
enjoying the scenery, but lost their
way In the labyrinth of the cave, and
did not find their way out till the end
of three day.
When they removed to the outer
world aftr three day' absence, and re
ported to have discovered new and ei
tensive addition to the already known
cave, and that parts of the cave were
Inhabited by a tribe or rane of dimlnu
tive beings, almost Lilliputians, the
young explorers were langhed at, bnt
their earnestness liognt eonlldcnoe la a
few, and after a short rest returned to
their search for the "eave dwellers."
After an absence of nearly four days
the band returned, and hundreds of
people are flocking to the spot to learn
the fact and making ready to organ
be for an exploration on a large
scale to verify the faith which they al
ready have in the second report
There is no doubt existing at this
moment as to the truth, and the excite
ment is at fever heat, while the crowd
Is momentarily increasing. These 'Sive
dwellers" appear to be the lowest type
of humanity, and may be what Darwin
would coll "the missing link." They
average less than three feet high and
weigh about forty pounds. It Is
claimed that they run upon all four
when they become tired of the erect
position, though this Is doubtless be
cause they were hastening or scrambling
over great heaps of stone when seen by
the boys.
They exhibited extreme fear of the
Intruders, and displayed a total absence
and Ignorance of the most remote ez
cuso for clothing -not even the time
honored waistband or breech clout be
ing called Into requisition to clothe
their persons. This gave the observers
full opportunity to note that the
no sign of caudal appendage, ''
form is not well developed, for, .-.
fore mentioned, the average we:
less than forty pounds. There
sign of hlrsutcnei about the I
of the males, as we And amor
more robust specimens of mankind,
and they are little, if any, physically
superior to tho females. The heads of
all male and female are well sup
plied with long hulr, so densely tangled
and muddy that the true color could
not be discerned.
There can be no question about the
food of these creatures. It can be
nothing but fish supplied from the
waters with which these caves abound.
If they InfoNted some of the Interior
apartment we might suppose that the
flesh of anlmiiN furnished part of their
sustenance, but long before their place
of aliode Is reached all veatlg Is lost of
those animals which haunt cave or
seek refuge therein. Time may develop
other entrances to this subterranean
world, and that somo of thorn ore near
er these beings than any yot discovered.
Littlo more ran 1 added at this
moment, but the discoveries of the next
few days may surprise the reading
world. Effort will I made to capture
Sieclmens, but their agility, coupled
wiUt their ability to see In the dark
bettor than their pursuers, may for a
time battle all attempt In till line.
Modes of life, eta, cannot be even sur
mised. Of course they have some form
of language, for when the explorers
were observed a babylike chatter arose
that would deafen a miller and almost
awakened the cave with It echoes,
which rung In response to a few at first
and thou to a united effort Cor, In
dianapoll Sentlnal
Tli Empress of Japea.
At exeesslvo height above all Jap
anese women the Invisible empress, till
within recent years, was enthroned like
a goddess, lint she, Die sovereign, lias
descended littlo by little from her em
pyrean; she shows herself at present,
the receives, she speaks, and she even
lunches with the tle of her lips, It Is
true. 8he ho abandoned her mag
nificent oamolls strewed with strange
blazons, her wide headdress that looked
like an idol's, and her enormous fans;
site sends, alas! to Paris or London for
her corsets, her dresses and her bonnet.
Five years have passed over the
chrysanthemums since, on one of those
very rare solemnities, where a few
privileged ones are admitted to her
presence, I hod the honor of seeing her
In her gardens. She wo Ideally eliann
hig, passing like a fairy among her
parterres, (lowered lu profusion with
the sad flowers of autumn; then com
ing to sit beneath her canopy of violet
erepon (the huMrlal color) In the Uie
ratio stiffness of her robes, tinted like
the wings of a humming bird.
All the deliolously quaint pageantry
with which she then surrounded her
self gave her the charm of an unreal
creature. Upon her painted lip hov
ered a ceremonial smile, disdainful and
vague. Beneath the powder her ex
quisite face preserved an Impenetrable
expression, and notwithstanding the
grace of her greeting, one felt her of
fended by our presence, which aceord
Ing to the new eustom she was forced
to tolerate she, the holy empress, In
visible of yore like a religious myth.
Pierre Lot! In Harper s.
- Utility.
Dealer Then carpet eant be beat,
mum.
Customer Huh! Catch me baying
earpeto that eant be beat What de
spot I keep a batima' fart Qood
I
Bishop Freppel. In a reception to the
clergy at 1'aris, declared thst the Csth
olic must organise, not as a party, but
under the direction of their lliahops.
and "wrest from the Free Masons and
Free Thinkers the right and liberties of
which they hsd been deprived."
FOREIGN NEWS.
An Epidemic of Typhus Fever
Raging in Florence.
Dispute Between the Turkish Govern
ment and Creek Patriarchs Has
Been Settled by the Sultan,
I o'f Jury bribing,' on ine peti-Jorty-seven
Assemblymen and
hty senators.
vin.nt Dm artist, who has
n'ore reputation as a (lower
i Iian sny other artist on uie i
. .it,died in Oakland. Hhe had
been In poor health a long time.
11, lultwlntil IM.nl 1 attended an In
dignation meeting at Kiverside, Cel..
called to protest against the action of
. ' . l ' I...! I.I! .... I 'I.I nnu
V. A. Ilayt, WHO IS umiiiuiK iiinv
quarters on the best street in the city.
ti. omiananf California lias been com
pleted and shows the white population
of the Mate to le 1.U1.BM; Chinese,
7I.WU ; ImliBiis, r.',:itx; coioreu. w.s.w ;
J iinanese. l.tmti. Total population, 1,-
!W8,i:il).
ti... I. nil!. liliiiimntii friini the Ta-
coma smelter for iKs-emlier aggregated
4, iH) liars ot million, vaiutu "i fit. "p
ti... t..tul vnliiii of the shinments for
OcIiiIht, November and Dueemlier was
pxt.im.
At a meeting of fruit-buyers in Kan
Jose arrangements were made for an
orgiiuisation of the buyers, driers and
fanner of Bunts Clara county, tho ob
ject Is'ing to tlx the standard grades for
fruit, by which they shall be bought and
sold.
The Chuinlier of Commerce of San
Francisco will again urge California's
representatives in Congress to use the
utmost endeavors in behalf of the ship
ping hills and an appropriation for a
preliminary survey of a Hun Francisco
Australian cable.
Tho steamer Danube, from Northern
ltrhiih Columbia ports, has arrived at
Victoria, It. U., with 1M.018 eases of
salmon. Mis reports the missionary
steamer (ilsd Tidings as having Is-en
driven tshore and badly damaged dur
t gale ut Hartley Hay.
The steamer Struan went ashore a few
davs ago at Sand lake, just below Caj
l.ookoiit. The settlers on tho lsach
will have all the luintier tliev wisli to
use for some time, as It will be Impos
sible to remove it to market. The ves
sel is badly broken up. A pocket Uiok
containing a draft for 1,000 was found
on the shore near the wreck.
(leorge llolden and Charles Reed, two
young men of ltullanl, Wash., say they
saw three wlmlt in the Hound about a
mile from the month of Salmon bay.
They heard them blowing and saw them
raise above the water and spout when
they were alsmt two miles away. The
hoys were In boat but did not venture
near them. They were going toward
Seattle,
K. II. Sutherland, a wealthy stock
owner of Whitman county, Wash., re
ports an organised band of horse thieves
111 thst section, and that horses have
U rn stolen by carload lots, driven to
Spokane Falls and shicd Fast. This
wholesale thievery was successfully
carried out from tlie fact thst in most
instances the thefts hsd been committed
from eight t ten days before the fact
was discovered, the horses being on the
range a long distance from the owners'
houses.
Tho biennial report ot the Oregon
Stale prison will show XII convicts at
the close of lKinl. During two years
there were in all 003. The average age
is twenty-seven, there having been two
under i and ten under 1ft, eighty under
M and over 15, IX! over 20 and under SO,
two over 70 and one over SO. F.very
State in the Union is represented except
eleven. New Yoik leads with 07, Ore
pin VS. In nationality 41S are American
burn, 48 Chinese, 21 'English, 31 (ier
mun, H Irish snd S.I Csnsdisn. There
sre LH life prisoners. In the classifica
tion of crime 314 are for larceny, and 20
for raie, sssault 20, burglary 68, second
Ucgree au, mausisugnter ..'.
Ilr Vrauftr t9 Tuiviiiia iklin Ima iimt
returned from Waiiiiington, brought
lark with him 300 slip of Italian wil
lows, such as are used for basket-making.
II will plant them In the 1'uvallup
river valley. Dr Frank while in Wash-
l,wl, liif a utlr a. ill, KA.rvtavv Hums
and other memliersof the Agricultural
lVpsrtment, and all of them thought
thst Italian willows could be grown in
such a c'iinate w ith such a soil as t.iat
vicinity hss. If the w illows crow w ell
there it w ill develop a Isrge and new in
dustry In tliis country. At present
seven-eighths of the w hols barket-w illow
pnxtnet bsi been Imported into the
United Ststes. 1
EASTERN ITEMS.
A Lofty ta Asked for by a
Colored .Colony.
Masked Men Kob a Chicago Saloon A
Preacher Charged With Heresy
Deathly Coal Oil Explosion,
tlie Cracker Trust is to erect an e'nor
is factory In New York.
he Prohibitionist polled 084 votes
he :W0,(XX) votes cast In Texas.
x tensi ve pu rchases of coal and ti mber
Is in West Virginia are reported.
iccessful experiment have been
le with iH'troleum for fuel at mills
Dwell, Muss.
te report that Mississippi negroes
preparing to emigrate to Africa are
tout foundation.
aluable deiosi'ts of tin oro have lieen
id on the Colorado river, 100 miles
liwest of San Antonio, Texas.
is ollicially announced that the
I government of Quebec will ask su
itv from the Legislature to borrow
)J0,(XHI, .
submarine boat, in which It is
ned that men w ill be able to remain
ity-four hours under water, Is being
t at Detroit.
onewall Jackson's grave In Lexing
Va., cemetery is found every day
ired with flowers, placed there by
nown hands.
iwa business men are preparing to
inize a State Mutual Insurance As
ation for the purpose of reducing
cost of insurance.
here are five thousand Indians liv
on reservations in New York State.
1 Senecas arc the largest tribe, having
thousand members.
(any white women are the wives of
I York Mongolians, says the Sun.
it of them are married at the rive
its Mission, where more queer
dies are made than anywhere else
own.
anadians are excited over the expul
1 of tho Northwestern Masonic Aid
Dcintion from doing business in the
nlnion. They have paid manydol
Into the organization, all of which
lost by this action.
uas wants to make Itself known to
world, and recognizes the World's
Fair as its opiiortunity. A convention
just held in that State wants an appro
priation of tl.OOO.OOO made by the Leg
islature to provide for a proper Texas
exhibit.
ti. t.iul nf n,,v 1 Inward It. McOuearv.
rector of the Episcopal church at Can
ton, t)., on a cliarge 01 iiereny, mm vevn
oiened. Charges that McQueary ex
presses heretical views on the birth and
resurrection of Christ were read. Mo
(jueary pleaded not guilty.
At Chicago two masked men entered
the saloon of James Murphy, in the stock
yard district, and tortured Murpliy un
til he divulged the safe combination.
They secured ''00 and escaied. Mur
phy recently fell heir to a huge sum of
money, wliich the robbers evidently
horeii to Unit in the safe. a
Abner Ilell Myer and E. T. Homier-
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son, liiuiiinore wnio iiiinnmu em
ployes, wero engaged In pumping coal
..ii f ....... ,ii iunlr tn Biinther. and when
they thought it was alsmt empty 0110 of
tliem carelessly inriiBi a njjiiieu um n
l.r, ll.u tuiilr in kiia luiw Itlllell oil
uunii iiiw ,' .mi. -
remained. The uas ignited instantly
and exploded with a reori tnai was
heard ten miles away. Both men were
blown llfty feet away and died within a
short time.
An unique, measure was introduced in
the senate in iho Bhape of a bill by Sen
tnr Teller at tho riniuist of some col
ored people' association In Washing
ton City. It directs the Secretary ol the
Treasury to nay to certain agents to ue
named hereafter .rS),OiH),000 to secure
land In Lower California for permanent
.it lenient bv colored people of the
United States who wish to establish a
colony there, the money to ue returned
to the government with interest in forty
years.
Mrs. Kdward Cooper and Commodore
(lorry headed the line at the opening of
tlie annual cnaruy ism ai i lumm
aid of the nursery children's hospital.
An unusually large quota of the fash-
iiiiuh e wor M were in attendance, ana
inaiiv exquisite toilets were seen. Tlie
sosenceol ueeoraiion 111 me mm wen
noticeable, except the gas net "Charity,"
w hich shone brightly on the scene. Hie
receipts amounted to 117,000. Tlie spec
tators' boxes were filled with the most
representative people in social and
llnancial circles of tho city.
Juan Hoalte, the Dutch Consul at
(ilaxcow, hus brought suit against James
(i. Maine, as Secretary of State of tlie
United States. Prior to July 28, 1808,
plaintiff liought 12:,0.H) of negotiable
coupon bonds, Issued by the Southern
States, as ftate and Confederate States
bonds iointlv. On the date named
above, Secretary of State Seward issued
a proclamation proclaiming that all
such obligations were void. Plaintiff
contends that this was an implied ad
mission that without such prohibit ion
the debt or obligation would bo good
and valid, lie alleges that Seward's
proclamation was an illetral Interference
w ith tlie ripditsof plaintiff as a citixen of
Ureat Britain and Holland. The caw
presents many curious points. Tlie
principal contention will be that as the
United States always held that none of
tho Southern States were out of the
Union, tlie Secretary of State had no
authority to issue the proclamation.
The Herald says for more tlnm twelve
years Sergius Slievitch,a Russian of
gentle birth and aristocratic education,
hss been one of the most interesting
Ntfiires in the Socialistic ramp in New
York. He was editor of the Yolks Zei
tung, the organ of the social democracy.
He was the only Socialist in the city
w ho could stem the mft of llerr.Most,
snd on several occasions talked him to a
"stsnd still." Shevitch wa wedded to
tlie "lt'd Countess," the celebrated
Countess Kakowits. with whom Ferdi
nand LsSallewasin love, and over whom
lie fought his fatal duel, being killed y
YanJ Kakowitxa. who afterwards be
came her huslisnd. Some six months
ago Shevitch resigned his editorial
emoluments and returned to Ktissia. It
was generally understood that he had
gone into a fortune of 100,000 rubles,
and as soon as he could convert this
into eh he would return to New York
and turn it all over to the trcaimry of
'.he "caue." Man v davs came and went.
but Shevitch never came. The Berliner
Yolks-Malt, the organ of the social
democracy, In its lat issue, announces
thst Shevitch is living in Kiga, on the
lUtltic. clothed like Solomon, and in the
sen-ice ot the Russian polii" secret service.
rilE PACIFIC COAST,
California's Governor Exercising
His Pardoning Prerogative.
An Attorney's Big Fee Postal Tele.
graph Stretching Out California s
Population is 1,308,130.
The Java coffee crop is an almost total
failure.
Kider Haggard and wife are on their
way to Mexico.
Siam is to have an electric railway
thirty miles long. ,
Russia Is to establish diplomatic re
lations with Mexico.
Dickens' "Old Curiosity Shop" of
London is to bo torn down.
A strike of nostal clerks in London has
already been determined on.
Charles (Jottfried William Taukrt,
the German composer, is dead.
The length of the Presidential term in
F'rance is nominally seven years.
Stevenson's "South Sea Ballads" have
not been kindly criticised In lmdon.
Russia Is flooding Servia with arms
and Germany is preparing to protest.
The Sultan has made Professor Koch
a tlrst-clvs member of the Osmanieh
Order. ' , ;
Germany says her policy Is to thor
oughly explore and carefully colonise
Africa.
Brazil Is to hold a World's Fair and
afterward send the exhibit to the Chi
cago F'air.
Ducret has challenged Ferry to a duel,
thereMiltof a letter which Ferry wrote
to Le Matin.
An unknown English vessel foundered
on the Sicilian Coast and twenty-four
people were drowned.
The French Grand Orient has declined
the overtures of the German Free Masons
for closer co-operation.
Medical circles are becoming much ir
ritated from tlie privilege grunted in
tlie tratlic of Koch's lymph. v
A dispatch from Montevideo says the
government of Uruguay will legin re
deeming paper currency in gold.
An insurrection at Lima. Peru, of
Pierola't followers ended with the death
of seventy-five of the revolutionists.
A settlement of the dicpute between
the Turkish government and Greek
patriarchs was effected by the Sultan.
A steam pipe exploded on the steam
torpedo ram Vesevins at Geneo, Italy.
Two engineers and live stokers were
badly injured.
The Sultan thinks tho Armenians are
in collusion witli the Russians, and that
is said to be why he is so severely per
secuting them.
The war Hon General I!ooth at Lon
don continues. He is now called an
egotist and a purloinerof Rev. Herbert
Mills' thunder.
Caledonian railway ollkiiils at Glasgow
attemp ed to evict strikers from their
homes, but the strikers Bhowed light
and eviction was abandoned.
The Shah of Persia has paid a visit to
the American missionary at Teheran,
and saw many tilings which elicited
from him commendatory remarks.
A St. lietersbug letter to a railway
olllcial at New York states that work on
the Russian railway through Siberia io
tlie Pacilic will be begun in the spring.
Tlie Indian government has decided
to amend the marriage code by raising
tlie age of consent from 10 to 12, but re
fuses to interfere further w ith existing
laws.
A basilica in Hie church of St. Syl
vester at Rome has been discovered,
containing tlie tomb of six Popes, in
cluding that of Sylvester, who occupied
tlie Papal chair from 314 to 320 A. D.
It is Btated at Mclluurne that the
Homo Government bus virtually con
ceded the rights of all Itritish colonies
to be included in any future treaties
between Knglnnd and foreign powers.
Tho new Verrugas briilse, on tho Or-
mvo Uailwav. in Peru, has been rebuilt
and successfully subjected to a severe
trial. Trnllic has now U'en resumed
after two years' suspension.
At Amsterdam, IHinoghue, the Ainer
iesii skater, won two more contests, tlie
mile race in three minutes and two
lifths seconds, and five-mile race in six
teen minutes, two andone-tmh Bceonds.
Prussian Railway Director Herr Mac
kenson has accepted an appointment to
plan tlie new system of railways w hich
the Argentine Republic is about to con
struct.
The Gorman opposition papers show
increasing hostility to the government.
They complain that nothing has Is'eti
done in tlie direction of promised ro
;orms. Count Dcvand Count de Lutzon fom?ht
a duel at Vienna. Tlie quarrel origi
nated over the social procedure of their
wives while they were 'in the Ixmdon
F.mlMissy, "
An epidemic of 'typhus fever is rag
ing Florence. Sixty deaths have occur
red within a week from this cause.
The prevalence of tho fever is attrib
uted to bad drainage and sanitary de
fects. William Hart IHirke, .Conservative
member of tlie English Parliament for
lhirtford. advises the legal Conservative
members of Ihirtford to lie in readiness
for the dissolution of Parliament in the
spring.
German recognition of the republican
government in Brazil is said to have
been delayed by the influence of .he Co
burg family, to whom the demist)
Kaiser and ex-Kmperur lVm Pedro are
both related.
A mutually satisfactory treaty of the
African dispute has been nearly con
cluded between England and Portugal.
It will be submitted to the Cortes before
being signed by representative of the
two governments.
Prince Nicholas, of Leuchtenlerg, w ho
has I en suffering from cancer for some
time, is dead, at the age of 47 years.
He was generally regarded as Russia's
candidate for the Bulgarian throne in
case of the deposition of Ferdinand.
Ow ing t the persistency of the Irre
dentist agitatiou in Southern Tyrol, the
Austrian government has appointed a
military governor for the district. Se
vere measures against sedition will st
once b enforced, snd it is expected thst
the outward manifestation of love for
Italy among the people will soon be ef
fectually discouraged. '
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PORTLAND MARKET.
WHiAT-The Improved condition of
foreign market continues. Cargoe on
pasrage are trong and in fair request.
Tb Liverpool spot market ba n up
ward tendency, nd future remain
iteady. Locally the feeling I rather
more buoyant, but no advance ha been
established. Shipper at present are so
well supplied that there i practically
no demand except for milling purposes,
and that is of quite a character.
Open quotations continue at V-'f'i
Valley and 1.12.', for Walla W a la.
Fuhib The market Is quiet ; demand
fair. Quote : Standard, 3.80; Walla
Walla, oC(tf3.80 per barrel.
Oats Tho market is firm and demand
steady for choice. Quote: White, 50(3
68c tier bushel. ... . .
Mu.uiri rrs -The market is iteady,
and stock and receipts are up to the
demand. Quote: Bran, 21: Shorts,
$22.50 ; Ground Barley. :a.ft0; Chop
Feed, 25 per ton; Barley, 1.25(jl.30
percental. ... n .
Hav The market ii steady. Quote:
lHrtJ18perton. , , , .
V so stables The market is firm, and
is well stocked with Cabbage, Cauiflower.
Onions and Potatoes, but Tomatoe and
8weet Potatoe are nearly out of the
market. Quote: Cabbage, f 1.25(3 1.50
percental; Cauliflower, fl per dozen;
Celery, 6Uc per dozen; Onions, 2,i3c
per pound j Carrots, $1 per sack; Beets,
1.60 per sack; Turnips, 1 per sack;
Potatoes, $1.00 per cental? Squash, 2
percental.
Fbuits The market I iteady, and is
well stocked with Oranges, Lemon, Ap
ples snd Pears. Grapes are done. Quote:
Riverside Oranges, 3&0; Laretos, $4;
Navels, o.00i5.6j per box; Sicily Lem
ons, I0.00ia6.50 per case; Pears, VAe pn
pound; Apples, HOotSoc per box; Pine
apples, $3.504.00 per dozen; Bananas,
tW84 per bunch; Quinces, 11.25 per box.
S uts - Quote : California Walnut,
17'ijc; other varieties, i:Jc; Peanut, 12c ;
Almonds, 17c; Filberts, 1415c; new
Brazi Is, 20c per pound ; Cocoanut, f 1 per
dozen. ' ' ,
Butter -The market Is steady. Quote:
Oregon fancy creamery, 4042&c ; iancy
dairV, 87c; fair to good, 27k30c;
common. 20fir25c: choice California,
S7Xcpe pound. - t"'
Ciikssk me marxei is uriu.
Oregon, 1314c; California, 9k310c;
Young America, mgioc per pvuuu.
Eoo Quote : Oregon, 80c per dozen.
PoULTBVQuote: Old Chickens, 4.50
soil. .mnr t.1.fi0'i4.00: old Ducks,
5(oi7; Geese, $10(12 per dozen; Ti
kevs, 16c per pounu.
ilors The market issteady.with nom
inal prices. Quote: 25(s35c per pound.
Woofc-The market is steady, and
trade UdulL Quote: Valley, 16 20c ;
Walla Walla.. KllrfltiC Dflr DOUud.
L Ilinss The market is very weak.
Quote t VJJ mues, seiecwu prime,
St8c, iC ices iot can-, kiwi.
selected, over 55 pound. 4c; under 55
pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelt, short wool. 30
a50e; medium, 6080c: long, 90c
$1.25; shearlings, 10it20c; Tallow, good
1 . o 1 . .1
IO cnoice, Olftoc per puuuu.
Nah Base quotation: Iron, $3.20;
8teel, $3.30; Wire, $3.90 per keg.
6hot Quote: $1.73 per sack.
Tha Merchandise Market.
The markets are firm, and business is
good. Sugars nave luiien.
Coal Oil Quote : $2.25 per case.
Rice Quote: $6.50 per cental.
Picklks Quote: $1.25 5s; $1.15o 3s.
Cbasbkkbiks Quote : Cape Cod, $11
per barrel
Salt Quote: Liverpool, $17, $18, $19;
stock, $llc$12 per ton in carload lot.
li.inta- rVwt Rica. 2tic:
Rio, 26c; Arbuckle's, roasted, 2bc
per pounu.
Bkanb The market Is firm. Quote:
Kn.i.11 Wliitaa. SUr34c: Pink. SVc:
Bayos, 4'.'c; Butter, 8c; Lima, bc
per pounu.
Knn.uM Tiia markat is firm.Ouote:
Golden C, 6tc ; extra 0, 6?gC ; dry gran-
.. I .. . .. 1 i'1 ' . Mi.lui n.,ulia.t ami rmvr.
u miii, u'gv, vuw vi uo..wu " r
dered, OnC per pound.
Dkikd Fsurrs The market is firm.
Quote: Italian Prunes, 12!14c; Pe
tite and German Prunes, 10c per pound:
Rai Bins, $2.60 per box: Pluraraer-dried
Pears, ll(12'c; un-dried and factory
Plums, ll(il2o: evaporated Peaches,
24c; Smyrna Figs, 20c; California Figs,
9c per pound.
Cannkd Goons Marketsteady. Quote:
Table fruits, $2.25, 2S,s; Peaches, $2.75;
Bartlett Pears, $2.25; Plums. $1.06;
Ktraclwiri-iia fin Cherries. 12(22.50:
Black berries, $2; Raspberries, $2.55;
Pineapples, $2.76; Apricot, $2 25. Pie
(mil . a aanrtnt 14.50 nor dozen : Peaches.
$1.50i Plums, $1.25; Blackberries, $1.65
per dozen. Yegeiaoies: vorn, fi.zo
(al.wi. accoraing 10 quaiuy; lomawwu,
$1.15c3.50; Sugar Peas, $1.40 1.00;
Ktri iter lloana 11 .10 nerdozen. Fish: Sal
mon, ,$1.25(rfl.60; sardines, 80c(2$1.60;
lobsters, $.'(!3; oysters, 1.50(t3.25 per
dor.en. Condensed milk : Eagle brand,
$8.25; Crown, $7; Highland, $0.75;
Uiampion, o per cams.
Tha Meat Market.
The market is firm. Quote:
Mutton Live, 84o; dressed, 7
8e.
Hogs Live, 4)5Hc; dressed, 5'vc.
Veal 5 (i 8c per pound.
8MOKID MEATS AND LARD.
Tlie market is firm. Quotations: East
ern Hams. 12M(313c; Breakfast Ba
con, lUiltc; Sides, 9( 10c; Lord,
11c per pound,
TuUtnt on Medlral Science.
Tolstoi does not believe In science, and
he thmks. in particular, that medical
science is progressing In on entirely wrong
directum
" Medical science." he says, "ts entirely
arranged for the wealthy classes and It
has adopted for Its task the healing of
the people who can obtain everything for
themselves, and It attempts to heal those
who possess no superfluity by tha same
mean The physician baa studied with
celebrities In the capitals, wbo only retain
patients wbo can be cured In the boe
pital. and who. In the course of their
cure, can purchase tbeappliances requisite
for healing and even go at once from the
north to the south to some bath or ether
Science I of such a nature that every
rural physician lament because there ore
no means of curing worklngmen. because
be ts so poor tbat be has not tb means to
place the sick man In the proper bygienle
eomttlona. and at t be same time this pby
sicisn complains tbat there are no bo
pitals and tbat be cannot get through
vrith bis work, tbat he needs assistant,
more doctors and practitioners. "New
York Medical Beoord.
The KlTala.
Richfello What a perfect complexion
Miss Beauty has!
Rival Belle ea. By the way. she is
w ith her brother tonight. Do yon know
him? He's a TeYy prominent importer
of drugs, chemicals and toilet article.
A.ew iork Weekly.
Hhe Had the Tine.
Elderly Coquette 1 have given many
man the sack.
Gns De Smith I suppose so. You
bive hod enough time. Tex Sifting.
FORCED TO DUO? '00 FEET'
four Workme's) le Pllt.hxrf VnmiWJ
IHt the nroaie ri.
na.i ...(.flit hnva
ou accident occurred to some workmen
nimged I" building the extension w
"u...!.i.n..i.i.rNwt iiriilin. While the
ine niiinii." , .
James G. Illnin wa Miswng under the
l.-t I . ..n I...I- un hrHiiiokettt!kl
came In contact with a plutfonn whlcli
swung from the bottom or ttie unuK".
Cunt. (Nick saw that the bout must strike '
the platform, ami cuutu io uw f"-
to sound the wnisne. ine i
hied their dangerous position, and got
off the plutfonn and caught hold of an
old Iron bar which runs from pier to
pier riot a moment too oon, a the
.mokestaek of the Hluine struck the
obstruction as the last mnn stepped off
the plutfonn. One of the steamer
l. .. LroWfln In two by the force
of the collision, and the swinging platr
fonn smipfied from it fastenings mm
fell to the water.
The four men remained hanging by
their hands, their only means of rescue
being to let go of the stringer and drop
1.. mrniftr rw.low. nearly 100 feet
Reveml men were attracted, and pushed
out skiffs to rescue thein.
Finally one of the four was com
pelled to relinquish hi hold through
exhaustion, fulling Into the wnter.
He disapieiired beneath the water,
arose agnin and tried to iwim to the
skiff, but before reaching it the little
strenirth which he retained gave out
and he sunk. lie arose for the second
tU.i anil rim necuDiints of tlie skill
iiimvdod In cutchlng hold of him and
pulling him into the boat
The poor fellow became unconscious,
but the rescuers could not give their
attention to him. n the other three
mrkinen were still hanirinc to the iron
bar. AU three held on for dear lite lor
fully ten minute, when they could no
longer retain their grasp, and one by
one they fell to the water and were
rescued by the men in the skiff, who
were by this time re-enforced by an
other boot from the shore. The first
mini who fell soon recovered, and was
taken ashore, where all three received
niedicul attention on the Brownsville
whnrfbout After resting awhile they
were sufllciently strong to resume work
again.
During the excitement a large crowd
gnthered on the shore and shouted at
the men to do different things, wliich
budly disconcerted them, and If they
could have held to their positions a few
moments longer they would have been
rescued without getting a ducking.
Tlie workmen would not give their
names, but say it is their own fault
they should not have blocked the chan
nel with the ladder. Pittsburg Dia
pnteli. Floated, bnt Died.
The story of the fat man who fell
overboard in New York harbor and
flouted around for an hour or two until
he wasmistuken for a whale and towed
to shore unhurt ha sot the old water
men and whnrfinen all agog with re
miniscent tulk. They tell peculiar
tales of happenings to fat men which
have occurred under their eye, and In
wliich they took a part
John McChdn, the veteran watchman
on the Thomas Clyde pier, above
Chestnut, told a number of Incidents
concerning the floating tendencies of
tat men.
During the war Mr. McCluin was a
night watchman on the piers at Wash
ington avenue. Ono dark night a gov
ernment receiving vessel came up the
river, and when It neared the Wasliing
ton pier two sailors jumped overboard
to make their escape. One was a
gigantic fellow and the other a man of
medium size.
Before jumping overboard the fat
man fastened $200 In double gold eagles
!n a leather belt which was strapped
around his waist He could not swim
a stroke. When they touched the
water he floundered around, but did
not sink. Shortly afterward a tre
mendous swell carried him under the
pier, where be was knocked senseless
by the piling. When the body was
found, several hours afterward, It was
not at the bottom of the stream, but
plump against the plunks of the pier,
with the head above the water. The
man never sank, but was drowned
while Insensible. Superstitious sailors
concluded that it was the gold that
kept liiiu on the top of the river.
Philadelphia Record.
Mark Twain's House.
You should see Mark Twain's house,
the most picturesque and most elegant
of all those Farmington avenue houses
on the road to West Hartford. It is a
dark, rich rod, with showy windows,
one of deep blue, surrounded by green;
hilly lawn, overlooking a meadow gay
and flowery, not foggy and froggy, as
is the manner of some meadows.
There's a cool, retired, covered plat
form at the back of the house where,
during the warm days, the children'
playthings and the tables and easy
chairs of older ones are brought The
kitchen is on the front ell, very near the
street, "so thut the kitchen folks can
see who is going by in the road without
having to go through oil the rooms In
the house." The elegance is suggest
ive of Mrs. Twain, but the kitchen joke
standing there always, to make us
laugh every time we pass there, was, of
course, made by Mark himself. Hart
ford Cor. Pnrini'flpld Homestead.
Care ui Mabj's food.
A visit to the buttery In the Babies'
hospital of New York, in East Fifty
fifth street shows the care with which
every mouthful of food is prepared.
There are great can of milk, bottle
of tlie bent of baby foods, rare beef
and its juices, delicious bread every
thing suitable for oil tlie different baby
needs. Out In the cold room there
is a large ease of "postoffjee boxes. "
Each baby has one, lubeled with it
name. In it is daily placed the food
he or she needs, e pportioned and chosen
with the greatest exactness, and la bot
tles queerly corked w ith baked cotton
batting. This is done because the doc
tors and wise men hav found out a
strange thing. The air we breathe la
full of floating bits germ of disease
and these cannot get through cotton
batting and poison the babies' milk.
New York World.
AT LAST.
HUmi ob mf day of lif tlie nt'lil Is fallls
And to tluiainds from tiie unsunned space
Mo'D ...
1 hrar far uler out of darkneos ealllnf
iSf frrt to olli unknown.
Thou lo but oa-k. my noineof life so please,
Uare oot lis trnam bc wllsdsvi
0 lore divine. O leli-r !"'.
tie tliou my strength and stay'
rnriewUrnalllls'roiuniedrifUn,
rrth. sky. b.. t s pleture, day. of shade and
ll"w. n.i
And simlly farw to my own uplirunf
The lore wlileh ansx ere Hiiue.
I bave but Hire, O fsthrrl UtUiy spirit
Be with me Ihrn U comfort and uphold;
No itste of rl, no hrnnch of palm I merit,
Nor nrrrt of eliininc If"'"
III ui. reckoned.
Bumc. ii u. - - - - . .: .
And both roivi uirouitu uij """-",
I And mysrlf ly nan.ls familiar beckoned
L'ntonijr fluinK pluoa
,.i .In,, amnnir OlV mallV I
bnnie Huiiiw- .-
Borne sheltering snauewuerw ow
erase, .
And flows forever through braves s free expan
sions The rlrerof thy peace.
m ,i,m mii.in miind about ma I
IIITW II MM, " " ...
I fain would learn the new aou no. "",
And And at last beneath thy trees of nealinj
The life for which I Ion.
-John Uieenleaf Wblttler io Cb.urtb.mao.
A M'lse riaii. .
Hinhsnd (with carving knife and fork)
Ami't t:ie eliihheu rrady for dinner.
H lfe Yes, dear, but as wo have ducks for
dinner, and the children have Just returned
from Sunday sebool, 1 thmiht It better tbat
they should lenmin uiUiini until you get
UiioutU witl. the carving. -New York Sun,
mm
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'It v'VAVv
Miss Gotham WbHt an elegant menu thsy
Miss Chienfco-Did theyt Well, now, I
didut notice it. You see, I was so busy siz
ing up the bill of fare. -1 in una.
A Late Mterary Event.
Tlie latest novel submitted to this office for
publiretimi is the product of an ambitious
boy, who, in tho excitement occasioned by
tliethrillinif adventures of his hero, forgets
that such a thing as a siielling book is iu ex
intenco. The story is written on ruggetl
ninnilla paier, in wkclierry ink, and the im
prnHiiou on tho mind of the gentle reader is
lurid in the extreme. We make no formal
aiinouiieciu'.'iit of the publication of this
literary sensation, but s,iring a siiecimen
chapter on our renders unaware:
ChApToIl Fitli.
"list!"
The liny Wunder of the Yellowstone sed to
the Dred Avenger. The Masked Terrer
histed.
"Do you smell bludT he asked, hoarsely.
"No," was the anser, "but I cent footsteps.
Down!"
The to fell forward on ther faces, as the
sound of footsteps seemed to be walking
nearer. It was an unfortunate move. The
Boy Wunder accidentally pullod the trigger
of his sixteen shootinj rifle, and the 10 shot
ran out in rapid secessieu.
Instantly thore was a wild yell from the
throats of the murdurus Bluckfeet, and they
sprung pel moll into the glade.
"Wo must kill," sed the Pred Avenger.
"There is not over ten, an' they shall dy be
cause they stole the butiful Rose blossum
from my ranch. I will reveel a grate secret
to you. Boy Wunder. I am the father of
that girl, an' if you will help me kill these
murdurus bord of dusky Blackfeet and res
cue her vou can marry her. What do you
savf
"I will," said the Boy Wunder of the Yel
lowstone, firmly. "These infumal scalp tak
ers shall dy. Wo shall shed ther blood."
"Bind hanged!" echoed the Masked Ter
rer, wbo we shall kuow in the future as tbe
father of the girl.
Then tho ten Indians was treated to a
deadly sui-prise. The two white men drew
ther knives au' pistols, an' the murdurus
worriers dropped deiL
This is the end of chapter V, snd we draw
ii; rrtv- !.:..!;;'; Tr,vlers' Magazine.
Cause and Effect.
Clubman Tlie Mormon men hav no
clubs, I suppose?
Suit Lake Man They bad not until
lately, but several clubs have been started
within a year.
Indoedr Then the report that ther
ore abandoning polygamy must be true.
Omaha World.
It Mukes a Difference,
Tlusband (all ready for the theatre) I
declare, dear, it's raining hard.
Wife (buttoning her gloves) Well,
.what's a little rain? One would think
fwtn your tone of voice that we were
about starting for -church. Harper'
B?r ; '
A Square Minister.
After ono or two gentle efforts on the
part of the collector to awaken Deacon
Jones, the minister suld from the pulpit:
'Never mind, Brother Layman, as
Deacon Jones has nut heard the sermon,
perhaps it would not be right to expect
him to p;:y anvthliii for It" The Epoch.
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FOR THE CURE OF
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AND ALL OTHER DISEASES
ARISINO FROM A
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inactive: live:r.
ror salc ar all
DRUGGISTS ft GENERAL DEALERS
Aftrr the Dinner.
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