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EUGENE CITY GUARD. fi-eerleler EUGENE CITT. OREGON. Coniuin jtlu In Hml Phthisis, or pulmonary consumption, cause wore ) albs than any other dis ease, more than many other terions dis eases combined. Bc-nii tlie list of its victim! tilt) ravages of such dreaded plagues am cholera, amallpoj and yellow fevor pale into couijariitive insignifi cance. If pbthiis could be eliminated as a factor hi the dost ruction of human life the mortality tubl. of the life insurance conipaniin would have to be reconstrnct ed, aud certainly everything going to throw light upon tin- cause of thin malaiiy or the means of iti prevention ii of in ternet from an insurance standpoint. Therefore a statement recently made by Professor Behrend, the eminent En gliah medical authority, who anticipated the famous discovery of Koch, ia of no little importance. He aays that in, the course of prac tice of thirty years, largely among lie brew patient, he has not met single case of phthinis in tho members of that faith. lie attribute their immuuity to the Jewish method of examining and slaughtering cattlo. Of course it is not aswrted that the Hebrew! never suffer from phthisis, but Professor Behrend's experience would eem to indicate that the disease is far less common among them than among the general population. It is known that Hebrew! are, as a race, long lived, and investigation may ahow that their strict sanitary dietary. customs protect them from many dan- gers to which other races are exposed. Tho germs of phthisis as well as of other 1 diseases liavo been found in abundance in unhealthy animals, and It is alto- gether in accord with the Litest scientific j doctrines that inch disease! should be, communicated to man by eating the flesh of diseortod animals. The whole ' subject deserves and wiU yet receive thorough investigation. -Philadelphia1 Underwriter. Stanley' Workroom In Cairo, It was in that part of tho hotel farthest removed from the street that Mr. Stan - ley took up his abode. Here he had a fino suite of rooms on tho ground floor, yery handsomely furnished In the ori ents style. A large, lofty reception room and an equally large and hand mo dining room. In these he received some of the most important or uioet per sistent of his many callers, but as a rule ho shut himself up in his liedroom, and thero he wroto from early morning till into at night, and woe betide any one who ventured unasked into this sanctum. Ho very rarely went out, even for a stroll round the garden. His whole heart and soul were cen tered on his work. Ho had set himself a certain bisk, and he had determined to complete it to thu exclusion of every Other object ill life. Ho said of himself: "I have so many pages to write. I know that if I do nut complete this work by a certain time, when other and imperative duties are imposed upon me, 1 shall iiever complete it all. When my work is comp'1 Md, then I will talk with you, laugh with you and play with you or ride with yi to your heart's content, but let me alone now, for Ileaven'l Hike."- Fdwnrd Maroton ie .-ribner's. lIUl'lliU InlHIrrlwHllly. Mr. KM .Tord, librarian of congress, is reported as saying that America has not produced during the hist twenty years "a single author of great genius like Nathaniel Hawthorne or Ralph Waldo Emerson." This Is quoted in a way to lead unthinking people to suppose that America is producing no eminent writ era. But 011 close! nssrtion it Is found that the statement is limited to authors "like" Hawthorne and Emerson. Even with this limitation it is not unlikely the statement is too broad, for hero in the single city of Philadelphia there ha been produced at least one author in works of the imagination whose book will live as long as Hawthorne's. Thii ia George H, linker. And In works of different but more scholarly character the writings of Henry Charles Lea, based upon the patriotic literature of the middle ages, wilt lie likely to survive when Hawthorne's are forgotten. Phil adelpbia Ledger. Onjr DLplarliig Marble. Onyx Is coming into general nse for decorative purposes. With the forma' tion of a syndicate to work the Mexican mines and with the discovery of onyx in other plucia its use has extended until it la becoming one of tho must fashionable decoration in New lork. Onyx is peculiar formation caused by dripping) mixed with mineral and earthy suit- stances under heat and pressure. This is not an exact geological definition of it, but it Mis what it is. Ouyx is nsu ally discovered iii caves or other natural ojienings and in a mineral neighborhood, The most Wutiful kind of onyx is form.nl by various kinds of minerals run ning through it in streaks aud tints. New York Sun. Hpved of rnUeotlle. A locomotive working under a press ure of 140 to lM pouiiils to the stjuar Inch may move a railway train at a Telocity of sixty miles per hour, which u apt to lm considered wouderful sneed Hut it is slow compared with the rate ol motion of tlm projectile from a modem great Kiin Such projectile flies at the rata of l.atrt miles p r hour, impelled by a pressure or .tt.ooo to 40.000 pounds per square inch. New York Telegram. (r Aurllmieen. The ways of auctioneers in different jiarts of the world vary greatly. In Eng land and America tho seller bears the expense tf the sale, but in Krauce tin. purchaser bear the ct, 6 per cent be ing added to his purchase, lu Holland it is still worse, tliebnyor being required to pay I ft 1- r cent, additional for the ex Jieu.--s ol the ssle.- I'lm'ter. 1' rTy-l.r girl, why so cruel I am aWilnU'ly ak and weary by reason of yonr nldur4s. Harriet-Wr.k? Weary? Then yonr circulation is defective and yon nets re-pnlsm-: -Pitulmrg Buliniq. HIIm W.rh. New Kejorter-Anytbing for me to do today? City Editor (New York dily-Notb-ing special Just walk np and down Broadway, and write op the parwnent explosions. Nw York Weekly. THE PACIFIC COAST. British Columbia Wants the Chi nese Head Tax Increased. A New Sugar Refinery is Started in San Francisco in Opposition to the Two Old Ones. Hop growers of Washington are soiling this season's crop at 15 cents a pound. Knokane's land olllce is crowded naiiy with men seeking to make homestead entries. c.,,,.....nr ata hv-ntinira telephone line from Kllensburgh to Mali, liurge and Yakima. Taooma people are building a fleam Ujat, which they claim will be the fast est on the Hon nil. n.l.-lirntinii nf t he diseoverv of (Jray's harbor in Kltt is proposed to be held at Uray'a Harbor city on July 4. Hrlt'sh Columbia wants an increase in the Chinese head Ux. It is now lAJ.snd Victoria wants it made flOO. Kiilwm Is Winnimf to realize the Jm- nArii nf th tact that she has a lirst- uIuhs stone quarry just outside her limits Twelve union miners at Wellington, B. C, are under arrest (or beating a non onion man until his lile was despaired of. The British tug Lorne has Iwn lelted tnd fined H44 at I'ort Angelosfor towing vessels from that port to oilier American PorU'- I . Aniti.,. vear for street railroa Tl.a T:-. MVI tile VIfn( the exieniiuires in m)roVeineiit! and buildings will reach iA.nuo.UUU. I k. Hnmaoon.a prominent cattle dealer ,t lune, convicted of cattle stealing, i,8H been sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The Attorney-iiencral of Washington has given an opinion that the census must be taken by counties this year as well as In 1810. Kast Oregon sheepmen are getting ready for shearing, I be wool clip will Mate this year Juilue Wood of Port Townsend has de cided that policemen have no right to 1 search a man for concealed weapons without a warrant. Tacoma has nearly sufficient money subscribed to finish the "Western Wash ington Industrial Exposition" building. Work will commence on It at once. Paul F. Blocker of Seattle and II. E. Parrish of Tacoma have been appointed assistant geologists to aid in prosecuting a survey of the State o( Washington. McClond trout that were put in the Truckee river years ago have increased and distributed themselves in the river from Truckee to Pyramid and Mud Lakes. The new lugar refinery company started to oppose the two San Francisco rett eries has tiled articles of incorporation at Han Francisco. It is called the Eldo rado Sugar Keflnery Company. The ordinance passed by the Tacoma City Council on April 11, cuinpellinir the powder storage una me riaminru on worki to locate outside of the city limits, has been reconsidered and killed. It is generally understood that most of the Eastern sheep buyers in Oregon this year will be compelled to return home with their contract! only partially tilled. The fact Is the sheep are not for sale. A bund of Indians has Just returned to Snohomish from the head waters ol the Pilchuck laden with fish, where ther sH'iit six weeks in lishlng lor salmon, which swarm that stream at this season of the year. The wagon road to the Seven Devils mines from Baker City is now an assured (act. Union county has appropriated $1,WX) (or this purpose, and an equal nmoiuiv, or mrp-cr 11 necessary, win ue turnietuHi tiy Kuker City. The Canadian Pacific will begin run ning into Seattle about May IA. They will enter Seattle over the Seattle, Lake Shore and Ka.-tern, and if an agreement can be made with the Northern Pacific, the services will be extended to Tacoma. The Superior Courat Marysville, Cal., In the county printing case decides that after Hoards of Supervisors have fixed the price lor such printing each county officer mav piocure such printing as his office by aw requires, at tho prices so fixed, from any person he may elect to deal with, and that such work will be IckiiI charge nilnst the county. At invent meeting ol the California Board of Health at Sacramento a resoftr tion was adopted declaring that heart failure, fever, dropsy, childbirth, etc., shall not hereafter lie recognized as satis factory causes of death when returned In the Huvsiciiins' certificates. It was the expression of the board that these terms meant no more than that death occurred (or want of brviith. The Oregon agricultural authorities. believing that acquaintance with the ap pearance o( our native animals on the p:rt of students is advantageous, desire that there should Ut represented in the college's usilogical museum typical ec iinens of Oregon birds, mammals and reptiles, (juitean interesting museum has iilrctiilv been established at the col lege, hich is Wing ndded to daily. President Fnlda retmrted at a ineetimi if the I i rectors of the California Ath letic Club at Sun Fiancisco the other nilit that he had visited Peter Jm'kson's luartcrs and (omul Peter feelimr well mi l able to walk alsmt without crutches nr even a cane. Jackson assured Presi- lent Fuldu that he would lie all rk'ht for his match with Orls-tt in due time. He is now suffering no pain from his recent ly iiijiinM leu, ana all Inflammation has lisapHnrtil. Oregon agricultural experiment station has issued ils April biilMiti, whicli will I of more than usual interest to fruit growers and farmers, as it contains an iiecoiint of practical work at the station in exx-riuieiiting on the nulling moth uitliparis gren and with a combined miik-iclde and insecticide; also an article mi the hop louse, giving a history of the wilinal, rvniedies (or it, eto. This bulle tin will be sent free to all residents of the State applying for it, and it Is worthy id peinsal by all who raise fruit or hops. A ineetinir of representatives from twenty irrigation districts of California 1 . . 1 . .... I m nriu one nay nisi weex 10 lake action toward promoting the sale of irrigation bonds. Isador Jacol presidi-d, an J said the San KrHneisoiChaiiils-r ol Voinnierce would assist ss far as pisiblt in aid of the cause of irrigation. He considered the hinds Issued under the Wright irriga tion law a good investment (or capitalists, they having been passed upon by the Su preme Court. Judge Ilaxen then read a paper holding the name o( these bonds should be msd as well known as those of other gilt-edge securities. Two hun dred thousand dollars' worth had been bought by San Francisco Unkers, and some o( them had been sold abroad. It was decided to persuade the San Fran ctsm bankers to indorse the Irrigation bonds, so that a market for them mixht be found in the East. EASTERN ITEMS. lrunk Lines Boycott the Chicago and Alton Railroad. Cornell Students Elect Colonel Ingersoll to Make the Annual Address, But the Fatuity Vetoes It A bath-tub combine is the latest. Sugar Is being smuggled inU Canada. Tenement-house inse rtion is now go ing on in Boston. The New York ilice have been or dered to " close the dives." A big soldiers' reunion will be held at New Y ork July 4 next. New Hamis-hire has adopted the Aus tralian ballot system of voting. A uholti family has been arrested at Topcka for mailing olwcene letters. Many horses have died at Ket Hunk, S. J., of a disease similar to the grip. Anna IHcklnson has written to Ueorge Francis Train, who sympathize! with her. The steamer Olvmnia from Palermo hss Just landed 4.j0' Sicilian! at New Or leans. At the cloe of ita first year of high license Baltimore pronounce! the eysteui a success. Mexico will send the finest specimens of various kinds of woods to the Chicago Exposition. A New Y'ork poolseller has been sen tenced to pay $1,000 Hue and spend three months in jail. Mayor-elect Kose of Cleveland is said to lie so annoyed by olllceseekers that he has fled the city. Archbishop Kyan of Philadelphia has forbidden Catholics to bury relatives or friends on Sunday. In nearly every instance the women candidates (or School oinmisaioners were defeated this spring 111 .Missouri. A tmrtv of 30i) impoverished Central Kansas settlers have left (or Topolobani po, the Socialist colon v on the west coast o( .Mexico. The Baltimore and Ohio road has se cured a nnmlM'r of new and powerful en gines, said to be the finest and iwilUst ever built. Tennessee is growing a little restless over the thought nun tier wgisiaiure an journal without appropriating for the World's hair. Five hundred immigrants have landed et Halifax, and are coming into the United States by rail to avoid tbe new mmigratlon law. Ivlaware's new tramp labor bill pro vides that all tramps in Delaware nicy beset to work for sixty duya breaking stones and mending roads. Thir is a bill slill neniline In the Leg islature at Springfield providing for ap propriation of 1"(M,(KX) for the Illinoif exhibit at the World's Fair. Treasury locks are to lie placed on Ca nadian goods in transit through tlx United States, and the use o( Consulai seals is to be done away with. President Harrison has appointed Ha (1. Parker (colored) of Missouri to be ar alternate Commissioner at largo to th World 1 Columbian Exposition. The new Constitution of Kentucky framed bv the convention which has jus adjourned, forbids meinliersof the Logis laiure from accepting railroad passes. A bill was reported in the Massitchu setts Senate one day last week authoriz ing the city ol rioston to borrow f.i,ouu, (XX) outside of debt limit as a park loan The officers of the Alton road profm to be cheerful In the face of the trunk line liovcott. but add that it may not he long before they will have to slash rates Petitions have been filed at Ottawa t unseat Sir Adolphe Caron, Minister ol Annua, anu ir lienor i.angevin, .111111s ter ol Public Works, for corrupt prac tices. The captains of the various fire-engine houses In Cincinnati have received sine orders to put a stop to the custom fol lowed by policemen of sleeping in en gine houses. A sensational article in a New York paoer bsts Mrs. Leslie Carter and Oavii! ltelasco have gone to Europe together It is claimed by others the trip is only n business one. The Committee on Territories w probably not visit Alaska, as authorize,' to do by Congress, I lie question of th proper government to give Alaska tin not yet been decided. The United States PlHtrict Court a' Omaha has decided that the South Ouiahs Live stock Exchange has the right ti prohibit parties not members of tlw ex change from selling stock at the yard. Advices from New Orleans annoine'i the settlement of the celebrated suit ol Mrs. Mvra Clark Uaines, and the suc cessful heirs in the will-probate struggle now going on In Brooklyn will be sonu $80U,000 richer thereby. The life-saving service along the New Jersey coast has been crippled by the Ill ness 01 many 01 the men on duty. The report along the entire shore front from Cape May to Sandy Hook shows that the grip and rheumatism are general. The great horse Tennv Is considered out ot all daiwr of a breakdown, an his lameness is last disappearing. Then la now little doubt that he will lm in racing condition this summer, and there is hope that he will be able to start in the suburban. The first official act of the new Mavor of Philadelphia, Mr. Stuart, was to give policemen ten days in which to withdraw from all campaign and Political commit tee! ol whicli they may lie member. Hereafter they are to keep out of politics on pain of instant dismissal. The Impeachment trial of Judge The odore liotkin of the Thirty-second Judi cial District of Kansas has begun by the Kansas State Senate. The charges are drunkenness, oppressive and malicious abuse of Judicial authority, willful and malicious partiality, corruption aud hiis conduct. The Mormons ol Utah under the lead ership of John W. Y'oung did not pur chase the 2,ihh.000 acres of land in the State of Chihuahua. Mexico. Young's follower! had an option on the land for three months, but at the expiration of that time failed to come forward with sufficient funds. The memWi of the senior class of the school of law at Cornell University are highly indignant over the recent action ol the faculty in vetoing decision of the class to Invite Colonel Robert G. In gersoll to deliver the annual addreea be fore the student! school of law during commencement week. Cuba seems destined to supplant Ber muda aa the truck garden for the Atlan tic Coast of this country. Her potatoes and onions have already taken prece dence oter those of Bermuda, and now her tomatoee are taking first prise. Tb.li market gardentni in Cuba ia being large ly directed from New York. FOREIGN NEWS. Miylloxera Devastating: Vineyards in Hungary. Owing to the Failure of the Wheat Crop, l-Yance Will Probably Suspend the Tariff on Cereals. The strike at Ksen, Germany, affecti fifteen collieries, employing 2,000 men. DiTPv publishes a letter appealing lor justice lor Mrs. Maybrick. Pettv thieves have Wn lately operat ing with much success at the hoU-li ol ramies. ment will consent to the burial of Prim Napoleon's body it Ajacclo. Welsh tinplatcri are obliged to shut "own lor a month on account of the Mc- Kiuley bill. All ld.,aof Ihn transatlantic steamer! landing at Milford haven appears to have been abandoned. An unusually lari?e number of the po tentates of Europe are on the sick lint at the present time. Queen Victoria has presented a richly aparismied Indian elephant to the Em peror of Morocco. Ireland Is onlv v sited now by people who are anxious for a fight or have lin- sirtant business w irausucu The much-talked-of Siberian railway will soon lie begun, the condemnation ol land (or the first suction having taken nlace. A petition against the employment of ' . . 1 ! I - I 1 wung girls as uarmaius nas uecu iic ented the King ol Sweden. The petition lias 1U.00J signatures. The Portuguese in Africa have fired HHjn the British steamer Agnes, convey in? the l ougliny expeuiuou, unu mixed the cargo of boats. Oon retrts from Hunzary say that phyl oxera is devastating the vineyard :here. The price of Hungarian wine has risen oue-thinl within a year. Revolutionary documents have been liscovered baked in rolls sold by a St Petersburg tmker, whoso customers are revolutionary. Iho baker has been ar rested. The first installation of electric trac tion in France is soon to take place at Marseilles, where a street railway com pany is about to introduce the overhead systom. ' A consignment of 183,000 frnnes in gold from the Hunk of Genoa to a Venice firm has been stolen in transit. The po lice are as vet without a clew to the guilty parties. The Chilian men-of-war Imperial. Lynch and Coiidell are starting for the north under orders to attack the squad ron commanded by the officers who re volted against the government. The Berlin Post says that assurances have been given In the most authorita tive nuurters that peace is less endan gered than ever, and that the relations ol Germany and Kussia are menuiy. Fifty thousand franca have recently Is-en given to the American charity fund in Paris. The management of the fund last year devoted 170,000 francs to Pend ing penniless American citizens home. The Baroness Alexanderissa is enter taining Berlin young men nightly at cafe chantant with abbreviated skirts and risky songs. She is the wife of one of the proudest of Hungarian magnates. The German government has deter mined to strongly fortify the important commercial city ol Osnahriiek, Hanover, Beside the defenses of the city itself three forts will be erected outside the lines. Denunciations sent to the German government., protesting against the ring in wheat and rye forcing prices to a ficti tious height, iiave caused the govern ment to open an official inquiry into the matter. The Madriil Ga:tlte publishes a wval decree ordering the appropriation of 6 ),- Oi'O pesos for the construction of a sepul clier in the Havana Cathedral, where the remains ol Christopher Columbus are preserved. A serious riot has lust occurred at Ceda, Sicily, growing out of the opsi tion to the poll tax. Two thousand peas ants took part, nnd released a comrade Irom prison, troops have been dis patched to the scene. Tho reputed successes of the insur gents in Chili come in such shape that it requires considerable credulity to believe them. One thing seems to lie assured, and that is there is much suffering for the want ol provisions. The British government has decided to strengthen the existing fortifications of the Thames and to erect a new heavy battery at Sheeruess, and all the river forts are to be supplied with new guns ol late and approved patterns. ' Signor Iinbriani has given notice in the Italian House of Deputies that he intends to question Premier di Rudiui in regn rd to the refusal of Inspector Bvruea of New York city to accept the decora tion sent to Iilui by King llumbo-t. A lively encounter has lust taken place between the gendarmes and brigunds in the province of Foggia, about 100 miles from Naples. The ttandits were dispersed after one had Wn killed ami a duiiiIht wounded. The leader of the outlaws was captured. Every telegraph pole in the remote country districts of Norway bus to le continually watched on account of the ears, which have a mania for climbing the poles ami sitting on the cross hiatus, uvaying imcRward and forward until the xile linally falls. The Asian and Australian mail steam ship line, which Is owned by the North German I.lovd and has received an an nual subsidy ot 4.500,000 marks from the government', loet nearly 2,000,000 marks on us last year s business, or 4 per ceni. on its immense capital. 1 be Kaiser will transfer his court to its. lain in May while the new p ila -e s Wi ng rebuilt and refitted Inside. The new lulaee is said to be in a very iiiincrfec; sanitary condition, to which 'the Kaiser partly attributes the rewit illuesa of his inlrirvii. All tins is to be remedied. Wvsc, who is negotiating with tbe Co lombian government to prolong the I"an ama camil co'timission, in his report to Liquidator Mauchicourt favors a canal ol six U-k with a single artificial lake in tbe center, and estimates that it won il take live years to execute the work at a cost of iV!,0tiO,000 franca. He says that the stories of the deadly climate of Pan ama are exaggerated. Ami ding to leading Marseilles pa per the French government in view of the prospective failure of the harvest of wheat and the dearnesa of bread will pnp,se in the Chamliera a temporary susHnsion of the tariff on cereals. That the report is trne is improbable, hit it it notable as an indication of difficulties that are awaiting the government during tariff debate! in the face of diminution of rrdps. FARM AND GARDEN. WEET POTATO! Dig as soon as the vinei are touched by frost, being careful not to bruise the tu ln. These to be kept ihould be dried for a day in the sun, and then lie packed in perfectly dry sand, cut ttrawor leaves. Keep in a dry place, where there ii about WT of heat. HAD MANAGEMENT. vnv a man has broken his back and lost his heart on a poor farm which be has suffered to run down iy oaa man ,.....ni Hh has soread his labor and capital over 100 acres, when by confining himseii 10 iweuiy-nvo ur m tj .n..- have become happy anu ricn. ine way in r.muir inrli an error is to bvgtn With riH and get that into good condi tion, and let the rest lie, and so go on l,minli thn farm. One rich field will then make it easy to enrich another or two; and while the beginning is siow, is down- hill work: and as the end ii nearly reached progress is fast and easy, l'LANTS. It is important to distinguish in plant! the difference between what may be vegetative and reproductive stages in plants, eays lliomai Meeham. It a brmch on an unfruitful tree be " ringed " or in some other way injured, that branch is at once brought to the Iruit-bearing or reproductive coudition. 80 far there is an antagonism between the vegetative and reproductive stages. When the re productive stage is reached there is an other subdivision. The part to which nutrition most freely .flow! produces bieflv female flowers, while the part to whicli nutrition Howe lesi freely yields ' chiefly male flowers. Any one can see this who examine! a larch, a spruce or a pine. KITCHEN UAKDEN8. No fanner can be a true husbandman, says the S'ew England Homestead, who does not have an ample, well-eared-for garden, it isn't necessary to go to a great t-xiense to secure this, but to just a lit tle forethought and care in planning the work. A rich, well-cultivated soil is necessary to push forward the vegetables. The land should also be well drained and have southern exposure. Unless one wants them it isn't necessary to have all the hotbeds and other appliances of the market gardener, but good seed is. As soon as the ground can lie worked, ma nure heavily. Plant radishes first, and follow with lettuce ten days later. At the same time plant the earliest peas. These can soon follow with the. laWr va rieties. Beets and onions can also be sown about this time. Cabbage and to mato plants are soon ready, but can be bought at some market gardener's cheaper than to raise them. Bush bean and sweet corn come a little luter. Noth ing is gained by planting them too early. Lima beans are among the lust things to be planted. Don't have more than three plants in a hill or more vines than beans will be ruised. One rule for a successful garden should be remembered: Don't plant all the vegetables of the same kind at once. Much greuter benefit will be derived by planting them at intervals of a week or ten duyi, so that when one lot is over a (resh one will be coming on. This is es pecially true of sweet corn, beans, peas, etc. Again, as fast as one crop is har vested, clear the ground and put in a inter 0110. Early peas can be out of the wav for tomatoes and turnips aftur sweet corn in many sections. Cultivation is a thing that does wonders with all ol these things, however. Kun the cultivator through the rows every week to stir up the roots and give a good digging be tween the hills. You will be surprised to see how fust the crops will grow. LKAVKS AS BEDDING ANU MANURE. The value of forest leaves and scrap ings from the bush generally as manure is well understood by the fruit growers. says the Prairie Farmer. There is per haps a loss in many instances In the method of its application. The verv general method of application is to spread it as a mulch over the surface of the ground, and while its application in this manner is no doubt productive of inucli beneilt, yet the lull beneht ol the leaves can scarcely be expected to be ob tained in this manner, as much of their substance is evaporated into the atmos phere. A preferable method ol applica tion in every respect is to compost the leaves witli lime and swamp muck, or in fact any stiff soil if swamp muck cannot be obtained, the compost heap should be formed bv spreading the leaves on a piece of higli and dry ground about one foot deep. Cover this with lime three or four inches deep, and on the too place a iieptn 01 say titteen inches ot earth. Un der this pressure and heat the leaves will speedily decay. The nitrogenous matter contained in the leaves will be absorbed by the earth and fixed there, and the earth will be mellowed and disintegrated by the gases riBing from the decaying moss ueiieain. tv nen the leaves are de cayed, turn the compost heap over bv trenching, and permit it to lie and decay and disintegrate for a couple of month's longer, when it mav lie spread on the soil, and will be found an excellent ma nure for orchards and nurseries. The autumn is obviously the best time to propare this heap, for then the leaves are most abundant and contain fertilix- ng ingredients in greatest abundance. The winter or early spring ia the prefer able time to apply the compost. Weeds, which form such a nuisance in inanv places, make an excellent compost; only care should tie taken that noxious weeks have not seeded before being composted. because the heat of the compost heap will not destroy the life germ iu many of me sceus, anu 11 sucn a compost is Placed on clean land a rich crop of weeds will be the result, and trouble will ensue. Leaves make good stable bedding. A German chemist, Breitenlahmer, found that 1.000 pounds of liedding absorbed the following weights of liquid : Straw, 3,000 pounds; sawdust, 3,571 pounds, and leaf rakings, 4,3;10 pounds. From this it seems that it is not good economy to tie straw as bedding while forest leaves can be hud. leaves answer well in the pig jen. They prevent all bad odors, and keep the pigs clean and healthy. The sanitary value of gum leaves ia now well understood all the world over. Before the bedding of this kind is applied to the soil it should be composted for a few weeks. There ia a mine of wealth in our decaying forest matter, limestone rocks ami sour, in tractable swamp muck, little understood by many, appreciated and utiliiol by f... ...... f ,. .. ' n ui our mriiu-rs ana Horticulturists. A Nrlcblwrhood He Did fiot VlalL Kansas Citixen (to commercial drum uicry-xes; Cashpay and his store ar gone. That last cyclone twitched him clean up to heaven. Commercial Drummer Well, I'm tor ry. He was a good customer, and he' ufT my route now. Munseys Weekly. The Paraeet lay their dead on da kh mas, or "towera of silence," where tht vulture clean the bones, which in a ru..nth are removed and deposited ii deep wells containing the dust of many genera tioua. PORTLAND MARKET, The market! are quiet ywrffj " amoked meat! have a n,len7B vance. Ground barley haa "Jvamed. Egge are still weak and lower. Navel orange! are .carce, probably on account of the shortage of crop! in bontl.e n Xal iforniaand fruitnien there not them to leave the warehouses. A kin of oranges have advanced -'''"' lemons have also gone n p. Chickens are till plentiful. Canned corn and stock alt have risen. Dried Italian prunes have fallen. California walnuts have advanced. There are no changes in the other markets. ,, , , , . WuKAT-There is very little doing in the local markets. Offerings are small and prices asked considerably aliove an exiiort basis, causing buyers to hold oil. targoeeare again cabled firmer and about fid higher, but the continental de mand ia checked. The Liverpool ipot market rules steady and future! irregu lar at the close. Eastern market! are '"t'Loua-Quote: 8tandard,4.75; Walla Walla, M 50 per barrol. iu-m U1111M! iU,(S05c per bUBhel, II llnnta tlKlS 17 Der ton. Mn f wrum Quote : Bran. Shorts. tSMM; Ground Barley, f:)l.&0 32.60: ChOD Feed. 10 per ton; inej $1.26 1.30 percental. ii- i inntit ! i ireiron fancy cream ... -in, fin,. ilairv. 'ZSc: fair to good 20a22c: common, K'c; California 22(3 24c per pound. CuitKSK (Juote: Oregon, 14 15c; Cal ifornia, 14(3 16c per pound. I'no i niniA iirsiTon. lie per uoich P.un.TBv Ouote: Chickens. o; small Broilers, $4.004.60; large Broilers, f5.00 (oft.50; Duck!, H01Z; ueese, nominal i'j nr doxn! Turkevs. 17c per pound is Ouote: Cabbage, f 1.60(4 1.76 percental; Cauliflower, 1 251.5J per uoten j ueiery, wjc jwr uuku , v inn. 4 We Der pound: Carrots, 11.00 per sack ; Beeis, 1 .50 per sack ; Turni ps, $ 1 .75 per sack; rotatoes, ooiflioc per ceuui, ...-.-, , w - . . . 'nmntiwD. ix.is (itz. u per uo ; an gus, 6tic per pounu ; ranmips, ti.w per sack; Lettuce, 2U(3ZOC per oozen; Kniiasb. 2'ffl2e per pound; Green IVhs. b ner pound: String Beans, 15c nnrnoiin d: Rhubarb. t2.00(2.2o per box Cncuinberi.tl.35 perdozen; Artichokes, 50c per dozen : Parsley. 26c per dozen Kadishes, 26c per dozen bunches; young Onions, 30c per dozen buncnes. Fbuits Quote : Los Angeles Oranges, 2.25(S2.50: Riverside. $3.00(3.25; Na vels, $5.50 per box ; Sicily Lemons, $0.50 (37.00; California, $4.ou(so.uu per oox Annies. I1.00rtt2.50 per box: Bananas $3.00(4.00 per bunch ; Pineapples, $5.00 (gs.ouper dozen; Btrawnerries, ouc pur peund. fllUTS yuote: uauioruia nuiuiiuj.iiu I2SiC; Hickory, 8,4c; Brazils, l-'c Almonds, ltiftJltSc; Filbert, 13Hc Pine Nuts. 17(318c; Pecans, 17felc Cocoanuts, 8c; Hazel, 8c; Peanuts, 8c per pound. Hops Ouote: Zoc per pounu j noun- nal prices. Wooi Quote: Willamette Valley, 18 20c : Eastern Oregon, 12(jl7c per pound. Uincs Ouote: Dry Hides, selucte Drime. Kw-'be.. Kc less for culls; green, selected, over 55 pounds, 4c; under 65 nottmia. 3c: Sheep relts. short woo.. (250c: medium,t(0(?80c: iong,H0c(2$1.25 shearlings, 10(420c; Tillow, good to choice. 3id3c per pound. NAas Base quotation!: iron, m.im: Steel, $3.10; Wire, $3.75 per keg. The Merchandise Market. Coal Oil Quote: 11 95 per case. Rica Quote: $0.00OJ0.75 per cental. HoNBY Quote: JOglSj. Salt Quote: Liveipool. $10, 16.50 $17; stock, $11 per ton in carload lots. CorrtK Quote: Costa K:ca, 22,: j Rio, 23c; Mocha, 31c; Java, 250; Ar- buckle s. roasted. 20 per pound, okans Quote: Small whites, 34c; Pink, 3c; Bajos, 44c; Butter, 4fjc; Lnnas. 4la' per pound 8UOAR8 uuote: Golden u,0'c; extra C. 6xc: dry granulated. 6hc: culie crushed and powdered, C?4c per pound, Dhikd Fruits The niaraei is nrin. Quote: Italian Prunes. 10(3 12c : Pe tite and German Prunes. 10c per pound ; Raisins, $2.25 per box : Plummer-dried Pears. 10(4 11c: lun-dried and factory Plume, 11 id 12c: evaporated Peaches. 18(3 20c; Smyrna Figs, 20c; California Figs, vc per pound. Cannkd Goods Market steady. Quote Table fruits, $2.25, 2s; Peaches, $2.50; bartlett Pears. $2.25: Plums. $l.r5. Straw berries, $2.60; Cherries, $22.50; Blackberries, $2.25; Raspberries, $2.75; Pineapple!, $2.76; Apricots, $2.40. Pie Iruit: Assorted, $1.60 per dozen: Peaches. $1.05: Plums, $1.25; Blackberries, $1.5 per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.35 Wl.os, according to quality; Tomatoes, $1.153.60; Sugar Peas, $1.401.0; btring beans, $I.10perdozen. Fish: Sal mon, $1.25(1.50; sardines, 85c$1.60; loostere, i.'C3; oysters, $1. 50(9 3. 25 pet dozen. Condensed milk : Eagle brand, 8.i5; Crown, $7; Highland, $0.75; Champion, $0 per case. Shot Quote: $1.75 per sack.- The Meat Market. Beef Live. 4c; dressed, 73c Mutton Live, 45c; dreswl, 10c. Hogs Live, 6(a5,Sc; dressed, 78c. Veal 68e per pound. BHOKIO MEATS AND LAKD. Quote: Eastern llama. 12V(aiac: Oregon, lO'uftJiaj-gc; Breakfast itacon, 12l3c: other var.eties. 8(Sllc: Lard. 9,,4I1,,4C per pound. Eleotrlo Kailwajr Signal. In order to avoid the risk run by rail way employes lu laying down fog sig nals in thick weather Messrs. Child & Emery buve lately devised a tot of ap pliances. A telesoopio spring box plat form la fixed in the four foot way. and an electric contact roller is carried un der the buffer bar of the locomotive. An electrio bell and diso are placed near the driver. When the locomotive passe! over the platform referred to It depresses the upper box, completing uie eleotrio circuit and causing the bell on the locomotive to ring, while at the same time the diso indicates danger. Simultaneously gong Is rung on a sig nal post nnd the arm indicates danger. oy puiung a cord everything la restored to Iti noruial condition. The system has been in use for a month or two at (.nth. and has given every satisfaction. inausmea. Of No V te Him. Count OfovitcluU (handing brakemaa hi opy of the St Petersburg Mail and Express) -Perhapsld you like to lookovitch at that, my friendot. Brakeman (glancing at It) Thanks, eol ooel, 1 don't read music Puck. Not Moeh to Kaow. "Do you really think Out knows hU own tjindr "Ofcoumhedoea, TThyr Oh,li'iall theauneif he does. I always aid he didn't know much. Lowell Cituwi. AhtUegirlwho had been told that he might take her choice between being tpanked and going to bed In the day time replied, "Bedneat k awfnL bt tpanking U worse, MOODS: A SONQ. As uixl Uie gl n of the sua tbt attar at wllb laughter, Aa, stlrmd by the joyous brwte, th follow It alUtr, """St Bo, trbn old Nature tiullra. my birt u , K Itfl ber glad""". "N Singing the while wltb the blnlt, Uiourtu tare or of wluma " 4 A unler the twlllglit'e ehailp, tbe wtlerhi,,.. Into quiet; Aj, 'Dmlb the midnight's touch, tbt bre . wblspi-r Dlgh It; So, when the moonlight coinee. mjioui , hushed Into drraming. "HI And Thought' white rust leatisa float lvt are luet In lur gleaming. ' "t -lhiMosTruucrtm Hint to the I'lifiirtunat,. A few Hiiggwitions. culled from counts in the dully press of c&aei n, "accldentul doath'' during the week, nmy prove of service to He, who are not ingenious enough to think of them for themselves: Mix some course Hour and strychnin, to kill the nits witli, then place y,, mixture in it Jar similar and an near possible to that containing the huxHj oatmeal. . 1 n-iiure in euuu im, nj0rti coll. Place tuiiiie luuduuuiu In an emtit. medicine Uittle mid atnnd it ulongsij, , bottle of physic on u table by your bed. side; take a doso from the ueorest bot tlo In the dark ; ten chances to one if, the laiiduiiiiin. Pour some carbolic ncid Into a beer bottle, cork it and put it aide in a cool spot; the next person who comes along with "a mouth on him" willllndh vast improvement on common or gin,, beer. Smear a piece of bread with plioe phorus piute (rough on ratal and leave it In a cupboard well within reach of maruuding youngsters, if their live, ere insured you will have 110 reason torn- grct the exM'riincnt. Hospital Giuetta Why She Wpt. It was one of the days when Uttb) Katie denied to be possi'ssed by , spirit of inisfliicl. and Ueiore the after uoon was over she hud tired herself and pretty well exhausted her mother's m- ticmce. At last she did something 10 uaughty that tier mother said: "Tliero, Kutie, I shall have to punlib you for that The child looked at hnr for a moment in silence, and then without warning burst Into tempestuous weeping. Jmt at this crisis her father came into the room, aud Katlo sobbed the louder. per ha 1 in order that he might tU more surely notlco her. "Why. little 0110. what Is thlsr be asked. "What ure you crying fori" Katie thought a moment, and then, remembering that the manner of bet punishment had not been announced. she answered amid her sobs: "1 don't know, pupa: mamma haunt told mo yet." Youth's Companion. Too Shy. nenry Cavendish, a distinguished philosopher of the Eighteenth century, was so shy that even his female dome tics were compelled to keep out of ha sight, and his housekeeper received her orders by notes placed on the bull tnbla 86 controlling was his consti tutional infirmity that the only way of conversing with him was not to look at him. but to talk, us it were. Into va cancy. Only thus could he be drawn Into conversatim. Once at u company of men of science an Austrian savant complimented Car eiidisu by declaring that his chief motive in visiting London hud been to convene witli the illustrious philoso pher to whom he bad Just been intro duced. Cavendish stood witli Lis eyes cast down, and uttered not a word. At length, seeing un opening In the circle, he darted through it ran down stain to his carriage, and drove borne. Extruorilluury Canine Derotloa, The residence of Enoch McMalian, u old and highly esteemed farmer, near Andetson, I nil., was burned. All the family, excopt the old man, were swa' at eintrinc school nt the time, and be perished in the flumes, his half consumed body being dragged from the burnin? building with poles by the first person! to arrive after the lire was discovered. It has been a question lis to whether of not the old mau was murdered aud tl house robbed and burned to conceal tbt crime. Leastwise, wlien Hie neiciiw" gathered thev found Uncle Enoch sdoj Mingo, howling dismally about Hk burning building, and from tliat day B this the faithful animal has never left the place. The house was never rebuin. and no one has since lived on the fara, yet "Mingo" lingers ubout the ruins awl until recently slept in ram ana sno" For months kind hearted people carnw him food and water, and they built bio a comfortable house on the spot when his master was burned, and like a hermit he stays there day and uijrht, desponded and melancholy, Indiannnolis rev.s, ! I'l-ex-lit Collision. A new invention to prevent collision nt sea, consisting of a small plate ni at the side of the vessel, has been su cessfully tried on tl-.e Thames. Klectn ity is the active anent. The iiiiracli1' another vessel within two miles causa bell to sound, and tin iiulicuting arm' .h.ura H iir.vt ,!,. .,,,, If ,fVTlP III Mil! VEGETABLE PANACEA PREPARED FR9M ROOTS Be HERBS, FOR THE CURE Of AND ALL OTHER DISEASES ADiciun ranu A DISOraffiEDSTATErTttSEDMAXH OR AN INACTIVE LIVEB. DRUGGISTS GENERAL DEAL mm