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
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