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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1891)
X. exp&bifnceT EUGENE CITT GUARD. LUCAMrBKLU freprleter. EUGENE CITY, OREGON. A SONO OF THE 6EA, Ht ...L .L. ... Inn nf II,a nrAan. of th beryl ouattxl or can, M it duffs a little wliiU rp In oauh pebbl on tli boarw BWlberaUlaand tb. pr.ttto of tb lovlnf wave wurua ipokoo. when the half niacu aut pebbl clatters uowu wiium . How I lie cluudblie flout above It, Aim uia uurwa " Wbo roulU fall l bwxl tbe loasoo tbi tueee foamy billowa teacb? Watch tbe motion of tbe ocean, of tbe eanuon- ... .....1. itKia wlilla but ttlta auicr Imp to trll tbe lUmpiu cloud; ... . . 1 iL. luw.n.li.irrr Mj'h nuvluK Hue uwiiiina " - " " ; - wall tif wawr, hurlwl axaluit tbe wall of fraulla wllb an ecuo lonuaim iouu. How tbe aoaicolU klm above It, Wbeu tbe wind Mil up tboae nuwdrtfU with ucb I rou itrcntftb euuowwn Watcb tba motion of tbe oroou, of tb erer cbaiiflnv ocean, limwd uy every irauniem aloruiwluil, rultlwi by a panelug breexe; . i i... f..vup it. f.j.jiM.l(Ma role BWUi UHTDIt w repeating, day by day, tbe self aaine ury lu aucb faucitH wuru an uirao. "Praia llliu, all ye buateiia adore Win, t ..,1. h..iw .Inwn .M'furH Uiui: n. .. fl,l Ha hatb unbared It. founded tl upon tbe wan." -Uaxry II. Moor In Good lluueleiiliig. It Hallway I'orler. Tbe avrleulturul districts are the re cruitinx (rounds for jiortcrs; pcrl)ajn it would U) mora correct to nay breed big grounds, for no couinriy ha any offlc ul to do the n'cruitinrf. A a ran way uow ruiw within wulking dintar.ee of everv villuiro throinliout tlio couu try, uien seeking employment on the ruilwuy whin Hud out ull purucuiurs necessary to get "" ',l0 service, it 1 not unusual toeome across half a dozen porters at our largo ttiniin, each plulnly showing by bin talk tho county become from; and it would bo highly iiiU-rettiiiK to get tliMii together and bear their conversation with one an other. Haw recruits from Yorkshire, Lanca shire, Northumberland, Norfolk, 8oui ersobdiiro und Cornwall on a London platform holding a serious conversation would lead a Londoner to think that be wua verily among stranger. They uiUHt go wherever they are sent, and before they are appointed must be ex mined by a doctor. All tilings diet) being satisfactory tliey are mipplied with their uniform and a book of rules and sent when- they tire wanted. The new hand can generally be told by the look of disc fort lieeunnot help show lug In oppearanco in corduroy und brans buttons for the flint time. Cham berg' Journal, "Kul'l dork" In Flnwrr. A luiMlogii'iil iicliicveiiient lu land caio gardening is that of 0110 of the florists lu charge of the Mora of the pub lie parks in Chicago. The flowerbed is laid out on the points of the comwisa in the form of a huge send circle, and foliage anil lluw era are grown In it in such it manner as to render It a perfect sun dial, or, as the classical inventor expresses it, "Sol's clock." A slab of stone of proper hape la set In the center of the dial and casts the shadow by which the time is read. The Idea is not strictly a novel one. Bun dials composed of growing Mowers and foliage huvo been made In l'.nrom, and It is not improbable that in the days of the greatest popularity of these tlmephve floral ones were of freijuciit occurrence. Jewelers' Weekly. And Mamma r'rowuril. He hadn't seen her for a long time, and of course they had an infinite deal of nothing to say to pitch other. Little sister, then-fore, wus very much do trop. "Hun ulong up stairs, dear," she said to the little one. "I'll give you some candy if you will." "1 doh't want to." "There's a good girl. Plea.se da" "Hut I'd rather stay here." "I won't let you come Into my room while I'm dressing if you don't." Hut even this direful threat bad no effect, and little sinter remained. Pre utly mamma cume in and the conver atlon lugged a trille, Huddeuly a thought struck little sister. "Say," she asked, "what did you want mo to go up stairs for a while agof Chicago Post Paoul Who ImI to Kat Bolder. The enjoyment of particular kinds of food is after ull a matter of custom, and the African who revels in white ants Is no more sculiur in his taste than the Kuropcan who eats cheese mites. A linly whom M. Hcaumur knew was accustomed to devour spiders as fimt as she could catch them, and a German lady gave it us her opinion that these creatures resembled In taste the most delicious nuts, A fellow couu try man of this lady was in the habit of regularly hunting spiders lu his own and bis friends' houses. Ho used to spread them on bread, Hotel tolls us, and vowed that they were far pleas anler to the palate than butter. Com bill Miigtuiiie. Crlllrl.m nf Tw t'ltlfM. A New York and a Huston girl were lately diwusning the comparative merit of their resMH'tive towns. "You love New York," said the IWon gir, "os the pianiitt loves bin piuno. There are jwrts of It that he doesn't think much about Hut wit love HuMon us a violin 1st loves his violin. He knows every grain in the mnI on he hugs it up un der bis arm, and feel it to In all a pari of himself." Hoot on Traveller. On 0ilulw. "I think." said Willie, looking up through the chimney Hue, "that iNiuta needed his elmm to gi4 up through there." Harper's Huiur. M Knjoymrat. "Did you enjoy t lie ploy. Ethel T "Ho, 1 didn't cry onoe." Judge. The I-onilon ami Coli.nial Kinsncisl Corporation bss butielittheChiestfuCol.l htnrsir Kxi'lisiiKe (Vmnv's building and plant, psying 4,5 W.nuu for them. The wheat vield in fiftr eoimtm in Kni along the line of the R. k Ilnd road la etlinU-d at 24,tiOO,OuO bushel. PERSONAL MENTION. A Woman Who Hervi-d Thrnuali lb War Aillrt for I'rualon. Bunion, the French playwright, writes a hand to line that It almost reipjnes a magnifying glass to read it. Wnlsclev entered the Ilritich army thirty. live years ago at the modest pay of 1.2')8 day, and out of that he was coin(Ulleu to puy tor in '"-'" " uuiforin. Cwirin Ken nun has consented to le- come editor of tlie paper called Frft ltuHin, provided Ki.fHW can be raii-ed to remove tlie puniicaiion uince irom don to New York. I'.uvm whs nut willing to trust the present. He wmte in hu will: "I'or my iiaiiie ami meiiiory 1 leave it to men's charitable BeeclieH, to foreign nations Hlld to the next ages." The purchaser of the log cabin built by (ieneral (irunt will move it only u short distance front its present site, the old (irant farm near Hi. Imis, but will not let it go to Chicago, he says. Mary V. Hewev of (ioslien, Intl.. served through the civil war, disguised its h man, in the Twenty-sixth Ohio Regi ment under the alius of Charles Pewey. She now appliea for a pension under her real nuiue. Huruh llernhiirdt Is-urs her mother's name. Iler first name wits originally Hosine, which she changed of her own accord, r'hu is a Catholic in religion, and until she wus Hi she was educated in a convent. Sir Henry Wntton, who lived and w rote in tlie seventeenth century, did not have much of un opinion of diplo niHtes. He said: "An Aiiibascador is an honest muii sent U lie abroad for the commonwealth." Gordon Cu ing will neither show his hand nor his teeth. The execlcd biururat exposure bus lieen suppressed. The reasons are siipised to Is- kept se cret, but this will not be reliably known till Lady llnsike is heard from. Kx-Senator Fvsrt's but is always worn on the back of his head, as if it wanted to hide from observation the met ol lis being old enough to have heard the first Kim at H ter liren. Air. r.van Hies fast, ami lias a ilecuieii stoop, inuicutiiig increasing weakness ami lack of vitality. hMwin Arnold in Hie days when, even thouy.li an active newspaper man lie wus brimful of Hindoo philosophy and liter ature and thoughts regarding them, was often known to say to people whom he met on the street, " My dear friend, I am glad to see you. but really you have taken me out of thu Himalaya Mount ains." Rev. Melttiicthon V. Jacobs of Oxford. I'u., who has been called to the chitir of New Testament theology in the Hartford Theological Seminary, preached for a number of venrs in the Central l'reshy lerian Cliurch of Pittsbiirg. lie is Hie author of several works on Hiblical aulc jeets, and is said to Iw a man of great learning. Dr. W. II. Ilgleof Harrisburg has been leetcd President ol tlie PcniiBvlvuniu (iermaii Society, un organization formed for the purpose of preserving tlie records of tlione hardy and worthy Germans who settled ill tlie State in an early day known to fume us " Pennsylvania Hutchmen." Dr. Kgle is a historian of national fume. Prince Bismarck doesn't write letters if he can help it, hut when it is inicni tive lie lias them written, and then adds his signature, at the same time inclosing his photograph. His object induing the hitter iirobablv is to in form his corre- HHiutlcnt that the real Itismarck and the liiNiitarck lie may know iroin tne cuts in the papers are two ilillereiit persons. Kiiima Ablsitt's ashes are to I hi sur mount) d by un $H.r,Oi)'i Gothic monu ment of Wu'sterlv granite, which is to be erected in Oak Grovo cemetery at Gloucester, Muss. It will ills i serve as tomb for the knlv td her IiiihIihiiiI, Miiirene Welhcrell. '1 he monument will I e tifty seven feet high, mid will resem ble the Prince AlU'i't memorial ut bm- loll. Dr. Thomas I'rancis (inilor, newlv elected Kpiscopul Pinhop of Georgia, ill- lliniU'li now only 30 years, has declined a Jf lO.tKH) oiler tolwcomc niiNtorof Triui'y t'limch, Chicago, thn chair of dogmatic theoloiiv in tlie General Seminary of New Yoi k and the hishnpi ic of .Michigiin, to which last, hnwevcr, he was not elected. His name was on the list of candidates, and he ls'gged to have it withdrawn. Mrs. Wunamaker'a chief object in vis iting Kurope this season is said to Is1 to see her grandchildren, thu little son and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hodman Wu- MHiiiiiker, w ho make their home in Paris. The little four-vear-old iriandiluiliditcr is nn especial favorite, and there is hardly steamer lenving New lork for the Ficnch ports during the season hut car ries among the mail a letter or prcscNt for the little maid from her grandmother. CRIME AND CRIMINALS. llnllini. On uMhr AlllaTnilu Itoliliera, A Hilll. l nt Ualln, ('Ml, James Mi't'itrirer, adjuster of the Flour City Life Insurance Company, has Ue:i arrested at Rochester, N. Y.,on a charge of forgery. Phil Green (colored) shot and killed Policeman Clayton, and was in turn killed by Policeman Nicdlingcr in a sa loon light in Savannah, Ga. An uttemiit was made to burn the Piatt bliH'k, the largest brick block in Yacaville, Cal. The tiro was extinguished Is'fore any iliiiniine w as done. News was received at Yic kahunr. Miss.. of the Ivnching un the Palmyre planta tion oi iienry tieinrv, a negro, lie was bunged for the mnrder of a colored com panion. A negro entered the store of an old mini named Whitaker at Whitaker station. Miss., clubU'd tlie old man. robls'd him and took to tlij;lit. He wag captured and hanged. SecehiiHii, who runs a restaurant in New York, ipiarreled with a woman ser vant. 1 1 h(hIIhh1 her in the back of the neck with a carvintr knife, and then stabbed himself. The jury in the case of Gratton Dal- ton at isalia, fal.. after tweiitv-lmur of deliU'ration returned a venlic't of not guilty. Palton was concerned in the Ahla train robU'ry, Kx-City Treasurer John Itardslev nf Philadelphia has N'cn ivnveved fnm the county prison to tin penitentiary, and began to serve his liflcen-yesr term for a misappropriation of public funds. A coninlete eomiterfei'inir outfit h.ia lieen captured at Sidney Flat, near An-tiiH-h,l'al. There was a lot of counter feit hlf dollars,n.narteniand dimes. W. II. Green, a saloonkeener. and Ksnnv Page were arn-sle.1. most of the stuir ing found in their HHH'saion. T. P. Stratton. J. J. Iwrv and J W Crawfoni have been arrested at Kansas City, suspected of being counterfeiter. in tlie tHH'kel ol each waa found an oath aetting lorth that if any one vio lated the seereta of tbe other he should lie killed br one of them. I'ruwford claim to t a physician of low. The other ar fsrmeia of Mercer county, Mo. FOREIGN NEWS. Tho Slave Trade Revived in Morocco. FANATICISM AMONG TURKS. Count Von Munster Denies the Report That the Late Emperor Intended to Fire Prince Bismarck. The Socialists of Hamburg, Germany, and vicinity are building an enormous co-operative bakery. Tlie French Chamlier of Deputies will lie asked for flsKI.KII to provide for Km lice's exhibit at Chicago. Germany is considering the abandon mt nt of her S)SHessions in New Guinea und tlie P.ismurck Archiclago. An exciting discussion in the French Chambers is anticipated over tlie pro mised statue to Dan ton at Puris, An Ingenious American proioe to build an elevator at Mount I'.lanc, which will I able to carry 210 persons ut once. The law passed in the House of Com mons prohibiting the employment of children under 11 years aH'ccts 2U0,0,KI little workers. Much anxiety hag lieen caused in In dia hv the discovery that Russian mer chant's have succeeded in getting a foot hold in Afghanistan. The llritish Parliament has lieen pro rogued to July :il in order to give the Commons a holiday and let everylssly join in tlie welcome to the German Km peror. On account of the disorganization of lalsir in Rriizil it is said the coll'ce crop lias lieen so seriously affected as to cause a reduction of severat million hags in the yield. Count von Minister has caused a de nial to Is published of the resirt that tlie late Kmcror William had ever in tended to dispense with the presence of Bismarck. Geriuany'a new income tax law, iust published, compels foreigners engaged in business in Germany for a year or more to pay the same tax as is imposed on Germans. The Herlin Social Democrats are so well pleased w ith their schools (or work ing iHfiple thnt ell'orta are being made to extend the system both in Herlin and other large citiea in Germany. The Pope has decided to create in Mexico three archbishoprics to 1 called I. inures. Oaxaca and Durango und live bishopries Cuernavaea, llaltillo, Te pico, Tchiiantepec and Chihuahua. The right of felling trees over no fewer thitn t;bV,0il0 snnare miles of the Keras sond forests and 4117,000 square miles of the Firelsill forests near Tiebizond lias la-en granted by the Turkish government to private speculators. A clever Frenchman hag just been taking the statistic of the charities of Paris, which are immense in volume, hiii he mils that three-fourths ol coin sal sum which they represent is ahsorla-d by professional Is-ggars. A steamer which arrived in London from Auckland recently brought a cargo consisting of -iil.iHU sheep ami Z.tHK) In-eves. all dressed and frozen. This is the largest siiutle cargo of dressed meat that Iihh ever lieen brought to Kngland The societies for the protection of ani mills in Sweden, Norway und Denmark have iietitioned the Queen of Italy to exert In r influence in protecting the northern birds which migrate to Italy in winter and are killed there in vast iiiitn-la-rs. Advices from Morocco report the re vival of the slave trade in (lie interior of Unit empire, where caravans from the Sahara are frequently bringing slaves of Isith sexes and young lads to slave deal ers in cities like Ft-., Mcquinez und Mo rocco. Writing by telegraph, now so much talked uImiiU, wug tried in France twenty vcars ago. Signatures were sent from Pun to Paris, and the exH-riment was considered entirely successful. After that tlie whole matter was sullered to full into alH-Mince. There is said to m a good deal of un easiness among Christiana in tlie Levant at tlie signs of increasing fanaticism among the Turks. Four Christian Imivs and a Christian nllicer in the Turkish army have lately Is-en found dead under circumstances leading to the belief that they were sacrificed to leligious bigotry. Five thousand (our hundred Italians, who left the jsirts of Naples and Genoa for llrszil week before last, were induced to go to Brazil by a company that was organized in Rio de Janeiro lust year. This incorporated company, which lias a nominal capital of fl.'fi.OOO.OOO, promises to i stablish large colonies un the Brazil ian public domain. The Italian government has already sou iuli d the leading Berlin bankers on the subject of a loan to redeem that country from its present almost hopeless liniinci'iil condition. The nsiH)nse, it is said, hut Is-en favorable. Tne imperial ttoverninent is earnestly desirous to see Italy put on a round basis llnuncially in order that Italy may remain free from French temptation.' It is stated that the Pope has written to Cardinal Gibbons that he will never concede the demands made by llerr Ctt hensley on behalf of St. Raphael Six-ie-ties for the protection of Catholic emi tcrants in so far as the appointment of national Bishops is concerned, and that the Pone bus ulso refused the petition of the Poles In the United States for the appointment of a Polish Bishop. Foreign Minister Ribot, speaking in the French Chatutiers regarding the kill ing of Riga ttd in llayti, said: "Rigand's enrollment as a French citizen was an error, and he was a Ilaytiiin subject, but the striking of his name otr the list had not been communicated to the lluytiuii government. France had demanded reparation, and llayti had entertained the demand, knowing that France would insist upon it." Claims for damages amounting in all to 2,000,000 franc have been tiled against the railway company on account of the recent terrible disaster caused by the collupe of Moenchestein bridge. The company hones to make Eitfel jointly answerable by showing that he did not follow the terms of the contract in con structing the bridge. The plans of the bridge: are strangely missing from tlie archives of the company. Dr. Lcihiu has raised a sensation Lv accusing Profs. IWgmann and llahn of experimenting with cancer inoculation since 1SS7 on hospital patients without their knowledge or consent. Dm. Bern niannnnd Uahn admit the truth of the charge, but claim in every esse patients have been past recovery. Thev add as an excuse that it is necessary to select human heinir for experiment, ss the lower animal are unsuitable. PORTLAND MARKET. A Ileum. f II. '"lltl..n t III " frrr.il leiarlun-iit- The markets continue fuirly active with the Kroeeries and commission mm, while the fruit dealers transact a heavy business. Fruit of every descnp ion is coming in in lurge quantities, U.th from California and local punts. Several car ina la of assorted fruits were receive, over the Southern Pacille, consisting ol peaches, oranges, plums, apricots, toma toes and lemons, and the market is now in better conditi-n than it bus been for the past two weeks. Vegetables of every description are plentiful, Oregon i supply- :...! i...; ntrnrv lilli. I'-kfkfHHI scarce, and the market is steacly. 1 he .t .... a... n.itily urn billU-r market is nrm, un ," u,i,.i.wl,it ii,.bi. Poultry is not as plen tiful as it was last week. I-ri.iliH''. f ruit, V.U: WiituT-Wulla Walla, fU!i; Valley, (jl.fw per cental. , ,,,. Ron Ijnote: Standard, H 00H Ho; Waiia Walla, 1 1 :'' 'M per barrel. Oats ynote: Mw'Miper bushel. Ha- yuole: l i ltl per ton. Mii,LMTms-0,uote: Bran, ii--'i.M Shorts, i'Jow L'ti ; Ground Bailey, :kio( 32; Chop Feed.fjriuiU'd per ton; Hur ley, l.,Jl." perceiitut. Bitikk tiiote: tregon fancy cream ery, 'It V; fancy dairy, Wc; fair U: gissl, aiwi'2'ej coiimioii. 15'v(iM lu'! California, V-lMc air pound. Ciibkbk iiuote: Oregon, UMI-'ve; Cttlilorma, l-'c per pound. Koos Oiinte: Oregon, '12 y'uiic r dozen; Faster... My. 1 OUI.TKV tliole: inn VIOcrciio, f.i.-'v (it. '1.60; young chit kens, fci.SOHi:!, Ducks, .fi nociT no? tieesc. iioiiiiniil. 110 per Ikmii! Tnrkeia. Ilk' ler lioilild. VmiirrAW.Ks tuote: Cabbage, 1.50 per cental; Canlillower, 1 25 r dozen; Onions, iy per jiouiid; Beets, $1.50 per saca; jur.ii.s, $1.76 per suck; Polatoes. 70i(8.ic per cental ; New Potatoes. 1. ' L10 ier rental; TomaUa'S, $1.:'" per Is.x; Asounigiis, Oregon, UHrfl-V per pound; Lettuce, l:",c per dozen; Green teas: :t rf4e ner tsmnd: Striiii! lU-aus, 7 d'uO ier pound; Rhubarb, 4c -r isiilnd; Artichokes, 4iK Vcrdxen; Rad islies, 10 s-r dozen bunches; young Onions, 10c p. r dozen bunches; Ciicuni liers, sl.CU er dozen; Carrots, I.-5 x-r suck ; Corn, b'ic per dozen. Fui'll's iMoU-: Riverside, H.jO; Sic- ilv Iiudiis. (7or7.AU: California, (4.fsl(.? 5M-rlsx: Apples, (l.'iO per Ihix; Bana nas. IXoO'X 4 per bunch; Pineapples, (..00(tii.n0 per dozen ; Strawberries, 10c s-r pound; Cherries, "SiuM-'w pi-r box; (iisiseU-rries, 4tt4',c per pound; Cur rants, 7c H-r pKiind ; Apricoi3,$1.00 u I. .'5 er box ; KasplK-rries, ( e -r poiuni ; IVuches. (l.(X)'ii 1.2.'. ner box; Blackber ries, I lie per pound; Plums, (1.6J er Ikjx. Mits Ouole: California aliiiits.ll 'o (312'ac; Hickory, 8'4c; liraxils, UMllc; Almonds. 10itl8t:; Fills-rts, lH(dl4u; Pine Nuts. 17(fl8c: Pecans, 17(fl8c; fjocoannts, 8c; Hazel, 8c; Peanuts, 8c per pound. Staple tlrorf rlen. Cokkkk Quote : Costa Rica, 21,.je; Rio, 2.'fc; Mocha, 30c; Java, 26'jC; Ar buckle's, 100-pound cases, 2(l4- r pound. StiOAKS Quote: Golden C'j'-; extra 0, 4'tfc; dry trranulateil, 67Be; culie crushed and powdereii, G''c ier (toiind; confectioners' A, 5J4'c per pound. Svhits Kastern, in barrels, 47(if55c; half barrels, 60(a58c; in rases, nSwHOr per gallon; Wl'itti'i.M M-r keg; Califor nia, in barrels, 40c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg. Bkans Quote: Small Whites, 3J4c; Pins, .syaliy-; Bayos, i'4c: BtitUsr, 4kc; l.inias, Atibc per pound. Diiikd Fkiuts Quote : Italian Prunes, 10'i,utl2c; Petite und (iernuin Prunes, 10c per pound; Raisins, 1.7.r)(2.L'.r per box; Plummer-dried Pears, 10(itllc; sun-ilried ami factory Plums, lltifl2c; evaporated Peaches, I8(a20c; Smyrua Fiirs, 2lk'; California Fiirs. Pc per pound. Rick Quote: f5.50intl.75 per cental. Howkv Quote: 18(it20c per pound. Salt Quote: Liverpool, flti, lti.50, (17; stis k, 1 1 per ton in carload lots. Cannko Goons Quot: Table fruits. $1.75. 2'V8: Peaches, $2.50; Uartlett Pears, (2.25; Plums. $1.05 Strawberries, $2.5(1; Cherries, $2(2.50, rdackU-rries, ?2.2oj K:u-plrnes, t2.7o Pineapples, $2.76; Aprn-ots, $2.40. Pie fruit: Assorted, (1.50 per dozen : Peaches, $1.(16: Plums, $1.25; Blacklieiries, $l.H6 per dozen. Yegetubies: Com, $1.35 (dl.t5, according to quality; Tomatoes. $1.15(i3.60; Sugar Peas, $1.251.50; StringKeans, $l.l(lperdozen. Fish : Sal mon, ; sardines, 85c((f$l.ll.); lobsters, $2:M(3.50; oysters. $1.50l 3.25 pet dozen Condensed milk : Eagle brand, Jh.10; Crown, $7; Highland. Hi. 75; Champion, $0.00; Monnie, $0.75 per rase. Tlia Mrat Market. Beef Live, 3; ; dressed, 5((le. Mutton Live, sheared -ni.ti- dresieu, 7c. . Hogs Live, (; dre., 8(A!e. Veat biab- pur poun L SMOKkU M KA IS ANll I.AKU. Ultole: Eiutein lluina. t'2i.'(,Til:l... Oregon, 10 la i l'se ; Hrea'a.t itscou, 12(o)l3e; other varieties, 8(ifllc; Ijtrd, 9.34 V$ 1 1 V P'1, Pou d. Stlm'ellaneiiUN. IIideh Quote: Dry Hides, selected prime, 8,ni!)e, t,c t.Sg for culls; green, selected, over 55 pounds, 4c; under 55 pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelts, short wool. (d50c; niediuin.WidSm-; long, UUcS $1.25; shearlings, lUiDo; Tallow, good t choice, airtS.'yo per iionnd. Wool Quote; Willamette Vallev, 17 10.-: Eastern Oregon, 10 'Sltiy' per poiiml, according to conditions and shrinkage. Hops Nominal, Quote: 20c per pound. Naiia Base quotations: Iron, '2 85 Steel, $2.85; Wire, $3.40 per keg. Shot Quote: $1.75 per sack. Coal Oil Quote : $1.90 per case. Quito Itlcld and InOrxihl. "Gentlemen," said the little man at the club as ho looked at his watch, rose, to his feet and took his Imt, "it is now:30.and I promised my wife I would be Lome at 10 In matters of this kind I am rigid and inflexible.. When my wife asks n.s to come homo at a certain hour, and I promise to do so, I am tirni as adamant in fultillini; that promise. Decision of char acter, gentlemen." he continued, "is in dispensable to any man wbo expects to hold his position unquestioned as too head of the faniilv. Gentlemen, good evening. "Chicago Ttibuue. A Literary Butcher. Visitor What a beautiful library you have! 1 really invy vou. Retired Butcher ies; and just look at the limlitig of them books. "I see; tliey are all bound In calf." "Just so. and 1 killed all them calves wysWf what furnished the leather." Tt'i Sifting Tli Ituaalan Rulrr'a MrmorUL. . Tlie czar, as a memorial to his lute pa rents, 1ms devoted I.OOO.IHX) rubles and an estate wnith ooO.tKKl roubles a year to tb foundation and niainteuanrof'au lustltu tion for the bliud at St. Petersburg, to b culled tlis Alexander Marieu liulituta. Chicago Ui-mld. Ifarmandgarden An Article on Curing Clover Hay. SOME AGRICULTURAL NOTES. Cooling by Evaporation Late Wheat Always Poor Overestimate of Night Soil. The thick stems of a rank growth of clover make it hard to cure by the ordi nary means of ex-osure to the sun. Ing before thme steins are dried through, the tender thin leaves will lie shriveled up and broken oil'. This ne cessitates curing clover by beating, and aitlius little stirring as possible, and that onlv when freshly cut. The best way is to follow thu mower with the bay ti'Itli nil V tlia L-hhL iiiUtrrimtion. U'lltlt'l n ivm j , a i ami then, while only the leaves have dried, rake tlie clover hiiu put u in cw. it ....... u.,..,,, ilrv lu-iMinse the leaves will lb lillif n.... -, rustle, but leave it twenty-four hours, or if need be, tinrty-sixorioriy-eigiii. in open, and it will lie found moist inside. TlilB moisture lias come iron, me un;iiin, ami when this has dried on the hay will i... .... .....I a,,iii,.;nllv in to intn tbe barn or stack. The slight heating which hay thus gets not only does not injure it, hut really makes itsmore palatable to stock The coarsest clover cured Hum will be eaten more greedily than that grow n so thin and tine that it can be cured with out heating. It is sweeter and more nu tritious, as well as more palatable, than clover that either does not go through tbe heating iirocess or that is put in large stacks without being previously put through the sweat, and thus is sub jected to more violent fermentation that blackens and ruins it. WJien clover turns b ack it is a sign that beating has changed to coal or carton much of the more valuable nitrogenous nutriment that it originally wssefsed. Aicrlrultilral Notes. The vounger and tenderer the Wt the liet ter its flavor. K veil t lie-coarse man gels are excellent when used young, tups and all, as greens, lieets always need thinuing, and if their use as greens does not remove the snrplii" fast enough, the beets will lie greedily eaten uncooked, if fed to hogs or pigs, and there is scarce ly a better feed possible for sows that are suckling young, especially if they were too fat when their pigs were dropped. COOl.tNO n v kvai-okation. In the hottest weather vessels of wa ter for drinking may lie kept cool by surrounding .them entirely with some porous sulistauce kept constantly wet. The evaporation from this will dissipate heat eo rapidly that only light changes of teniierttture of the liquid inside the vessel will be noted, it is dangerous, however, to keen one's self cool in this way, as the chilling of internal organs is scarcely ever done w ithout Berious in jury, often resulting in disease and death, SI'ITOIiTS FOK MKI.ON VINKH. Cucumber and melon vines need some thing for their tendrils to cling to, so as not to lie blown about' by the wind. Small pieces of brush stuck into the ground between the bills will allow the hoe to I H' used and keep the land free from weeds, and will insure tho vines against being torn and injured by winds. This is a great deal la-tter than the prac tice of allowing weeds to grow for this purpose, as some old-fashioned fanners used to do. I.ATK W1IKAT ALWAYS I'lhlll. About the time wheat begins to bead out is a giwd time to judge as toilsproli utile yield, though nil dangers are not past. If much of the crop is hit0, the yield will be poor. The same causes that retarded it will also lessen the crop. Time of sowing winter wheat has little to do with its lateness or earliness next season. There mar not be three days' dill'ereuce in ripening in pieces sown' a mouth or more apart, and the latest sown, if on very rich ground, may I eailier in ripening. KKAIlK'ATtNO SOKKKI., Wherever fields ure red with sorrel at this season of the year it Indicates some delect in the land, which prevents the seeding ol more valuable grasses and clover. Sorrel is easily kept in check where a good catch of clover is had, as the clover outgrows and smothers it. On sandy soil clover of'en fails from luck of mineral elements, lime pr potash, and application of one or both will insure its success. The sorrel does not need either lime or potash, and only comes in where more valuable plants cannot be grown. OVKRKHTIMATK Of NlflllT SOU,. The quite common belief that human excrement is the richest of ail manure is not borne out by practical experiment or by chemical analysis. It has greater value than the solid excrement oi horses or sheep, but much less than the liquid excrement of either, and has little more than half the value of fresh lien ma nure. It is possibly one indication of u. nil's superiority that ho ueta more nearly all the good out of the rich food he eats than do domestic animals. Nor is it certain that the food which men generally eat contains so much of the elements of either nutrition or fertility as most animals choose for themselves. AI.SIKK CI.OVKK ANll TIMOTHY. To secure a thrifty stand of timothy, which will remain good for two or three years, there is nothing better than seed ing it with the alsike clover on a w inter grain crop. The alsike does not smother down the timothy quite as badly as red clover does, and if cut in June, just as the blossoms begin to fade, the alsike will produce a full seed crop and then entirely die out. This leaves the soil entirely to the grass, and so stimulates its growth that often a second crop of timothy of a ton and a half per acre can lie cut the same season. With tlie com mon red clover the timothy does not do much until the second year. P.T. Barnnm after making his will in lS'tf summoned several prominent phy sicians to examine his mental condition and to make affidavits to Ids sanity, which thev did. Tbia was tn i,.rl against any possible contest on the plea of incapacity. Thread Sprn by tb Spider. Til ft ftiMMilli.it I immril. r mm. - ... mi u n vuuw m raja. 1 have often compared the site of the thrvad pun by full jrrowu spiders with a hair of niy beard. I or this purpose I placed the thickest part of th hair before the mi croscope, nd from the most accorata iudgment 1 could form, more than a nndredof such thread placed aide by side could not equal tbe diameter of one such hair. If. then, we suppose such a hair to bo of a round form, it follows that 10,000 of the thread apun by the full prown spider, when taken together, will not be equal in substance to the siae cf a aingl luiu." lWou Budget "1 u'Xr-red bui.di.ig r..f. but ope..olhcr.se I" This thev cal the lliurket Hie oiliiuuig Is .in norted by four great post, and la used' n " liable weather an auction tl. -l-kers' stand st uWta. burs for musician on fwdlve - the mid mi anmuu i. and fanner range ll.eir c, ,, j, .ji, butter blL'liaided wagons, and ull their Duller a id S within the enclo.ure; and founging . gainst lb. support ng timbers ZLt t dozen great, hulk Ing feUow . in smock frocks and hobnailed boots. LklnT their P-dock) the shade (It was about " : Otherwise the square was untenanted and there was scarcely a.lghtor aouiid of II e h. any of the seven atreets. one might as well have boeu In Pompeii, it wus so still. o dead . 1 asked an old man who kept a little watchmaker's shop war by-a slow spoken, tlow moving man. whose numo, Thomas llurry. was a strange coutradio tiou of his ech and his niovenients what those men were doing llioro l luff?" echoed the old man. "they re do ng nothing, don't you seer-they re wait ug for jobs. Come here any nioruiug at 0 . . mi 11. .1 it nwitta llptl o clock and you n Hi waiting to be hired. The farmers aud such as want men to do odd jobs come lu lir. and niro them, some for a day, wime for longer Von men you a hired this morning, and they're In hopes somebody will come along yet and want 'cm for somo little Job or other. There s twice as muny men in Whittlesea as are needed for the work that's to he dune about here ves, threo times as many. Time wus when no niun need stand Idle here for want of a Job of work; but that time's gone by long ago. 111 lam 1. Tiusley In Lyons Kepubllcan. James It. Reene Flint Investment. Kcene Is now about 48 years of age, so that ho is still voung eiiough to attempt the re-establishment of his fortuuea If fate affords him aiiv opportunities at all for catching on. lie was born In Eng land, but spent the es.'.v part of his lile on the 1'iicilio coast. During the '60 he was a small speculator In Sun rYanciiico, and never met with any considerable suc cess. A curious story Is told about the beginning of his fortunes. Ilia caicer bad been so harassing aud marked by so many disappointments that his health was completely broken down, and his physi cian told him tiiat he must abandon all further work aud take a long trip abroad. Just before his departure, and purely by accident, he Invested In a few hundred shares of mining stock which was thoa scllbig at a very low figure. So unim portant did the investment seem to him that duriug the year of his ubsouco he never once thought of It, and was very much surprised on his return homo to find that tho inlno had turned out to bo a bonanza, and the few hundred dollars' worth of stock which ho hod purchased hat! advanced so In price that It was now worth over fi'.'OO.OOO. With this comparatively ample fortune to operate on, Mr. Keene jumped Into the Ran Kraneisro market and 0!e rated with . I V.... n.nfl rnlt HA dillll t ITL't ..i boldness and success, lie soon became a millionaire. And wheu he came on here to New York lu 1877, prior to another t.rln to Kin-one. his name was rwrfectlv familiar in Wall street. What Koene saw of Wall street at this time attracted him to such an extent that ho determined to change the base of his operations, and It was shortly after this that his opera tions in company with Jay Gould com manded the attention of Wall street men. 1'lwHri phi Iv onenitions were all success ful, and at the end of two or throe years Keene was looked upon as the coming k M . tt .till ira-sus. Aew lorn uor. uostou uuraiu Sound Hlld Color geiuuttlnnt. - The phenomenon of color-audition was first brought to tlie attention or llio en entitle wo.-ld bv Dr. Nussbaumor, of VI enua, who, when a child, was engaged with his brother one day lu striking a fork airainst a class to hear the riug, wheu he discovered that he saw colors at the same timo that he perceived the sound; and so well did he perceive the color, that, when ho stopped his ears, he could divine by it bow loud a sound tho fork had produced. Dr. Nussbuuuier was afterward able to add to his own observa tions nearly identical ones mado by a medical student in Zurich. Later on, Id. Fedrono, an ophthalmologist of Kantes, observed the same peculiarities m a fricuu. Ia these cases musical sounds, irave sensa tions varying the color according to the Instrument played upon, thus showing tbe dependence of the phenomenon upon the timbre. For Instunce, the saxophone gave yellow sensations; the clarionet, red; tbe piauo. bluo. Henri do Purville, lu Popular Science Monthly, says: "Popular expressions ure often siguilicunt. 'I saw three dozen lights or all colors, or some such expression, may frequently bo heard from persons who have received violent blows ou tho ueud or face. Lnder tne In fluence of shocks of this kind, the eye seems to see Inhuite numbers of sparlts. Shocks of a certain cluss impressed upon the nervous system seem to have tho fac ulty of producing phenomena of light. There are persons endowed with such sensibility that thev cannot hear a souud without ut tho sume time perceiving colors, harh sound to tliem lias Its pecu liar color: this word corresponds with red, and that ouo with green; one noto is blue, and another is yellow. bcieuce. Ilellrr Left Inwild. ' A younc man from Omaha who made his debut in Washington society one evening last week wns chatting Willi a charming lady. when the theatre bc-cume the topic of conver sation, lie did not know much about the theatre, so lie cautiously mnintaiiieJ as much brilliant silence as the circumstance per mitted. "Did you know that I oiks appeared upon tbe stage in 0xrar the ladv akel. "N-n-no." He was not quite sure but it wa uncomplimentary to the lady to say be had never heard of it, but truth was mighty aud did prevail. "Yes," said the cheerily; "I once played Katisha in au amateur company, of course." Tbe young man fi-rt relieved. It could not be cijieeted that he hid beard of that half way across a continent. "1 should think you would plrjr Katisha capitally," wii.l he. There was silence for a spell. "Of course." said she, "I did not make up for it as tliey usually do; I wouldn't'' "Of course not," ho interrupted confMen tially and gallantly, "you didn't have to." After be had left the house he asked a friend what sort of a part Katisha Is, and what he learned explained lots of strange thing to hiiu, Vaaliinon Post. What the Sailor Men Eat. j Times are changed now on board ships. Wiien I was a boy before the mast I hud to take tin punuikin and pot to the galley, get a lump of tough salt horse, a pot of weak tea and mo lasses and eat wherever I had a show. Nowadays the sailors have a boy to wait on them, get canned roast beef aud spuds every oth;-r day and the best of salt beef and pork. If the coffee ain't strong enon;;h or sweet enough they growl at the cook. Interview with Capu bennetL A Clydesdale colt lias been sold for 3.000, the highest price erer paid for a draught bora. i Th world a made Vti i - ....... ..,.- a nim. If must lU) fur hluix-lf u19 (llfta""i II. can never take warul,,K fr,,m1 tlilntr. ft must Unlit aa a hojr, ha inn,, ,riK. II niunl Ulna, lis mum lute. m Ull Of tbe frieud of III ul; he nnut u, The hint of decrlt id a trnman, Tuat are clear aa the s.-ll. f psr And to he goea on till tlm m,r,i Till bis KHiKiie lioa rm'.li euuii:?0,- Till thu mule leavea bin inomUaui iusuiiiKh, Auuneaiiirit me bright lieadach. . to qualT " taetaj II grow formal wllb inru m,d ,, hie, uwllinK AnddlMtruMrul of bulliah.-u tlms. iKlit. Tben lie eat for bis paluU) ,j head, " U Aud love fur hla A-amire, tw wu were deud, w ' -Jobu Uoj lu O Itellly la Nebra,(gu( Swla limine and St,, Riimniltttl la a ui. I. ..!!. . i the typo of the Engadiue bom, ,5'! green eaves. Iron hulcoulesaud'a J of interior woodwork. MUHl h'1 built of stone, with walls as tliickV1.' or a fortress, and narrow winA, resemble the portliules of oM V,M ! ette. lu New York l,rl.. ,rI stable and burn form the sum. i 51 and all the folks and ui.luiul. lit7?S tbe saino roof in winter time i door otx-ns on a spacious vestibnuT enough for a wagon loud, , with lit pass Into tho burn at tho back. TV k mom la frmiiriitlv t, i. .1 . . tJ - o -v I'uin-uu With m which acquires a rich, durk coWwith and ill this room me the twu m, T able pieces of furniture. m p stone or tiled stove ami a colossal robe. Behind the stove a uarro iT way leads to the sleepiug roun winter the stable is, of course, for J! and horses, but hi summer time it f a spare room where visitors are twJ and bedded The kitchen has a large, open li replant, over tli hang links of sausages und hiitaofU The modern houses in Satnuden ire k . ou quite a difTereiik plan, mul Lave no (f fortesslike uppearanee us those of t ' auclcut architecture. I nliould ,? .i.i. ti.... ........ .1,,... 1...1. . and ventilution. Cur. New York Tiea A Curloui Fum-nil CerrmoeT One curious ceremony still gurTj,s and has puzzled the learned. wIkj, Parsee dies, a due (orii;iiiallt.j dog was demanded, but now a yelLw with white ears is orthodox) s bmorliij and made to look iikjii the body. Uu the significance of this is tbe mfe Parsis cannot explain, or ratbertUji contradictory cxplaiiutions. Perhaps it Is connected witktfurVs tradiliou of the dugs of Vitus, tbe limU death, who has two liotinUs wbien p through tho earth scenting out Uion, are marked for tho grave, aud tfteni escort their souls tu the place of Iti' ment, guarding them ou the way fan u, evil spirits. Possibly tho IriiMng lid the dog to look at tlie corpse baditior in the idea of securing tbe attentioti' the dogs of Yinia to tho justdrpuw spirit aud so insuring the due prutertu of tho latter on lis last perilous jour r v 1. nll:i 11 ,. 11 j ' new luia iriuuuu uoua iwview. Womo Than Pleuro-rneumonU. Continuing, Insjiector Devoe said: "il though we have almost stamped outfW pneumonia, wo liuve cas. every day of. discaso which, in my opinion, is more k gerous to twith tho human ami fcniUfix' that is tulierculosis, or cousumptioa lib it s more dangerous than pU-uro-pn-umoti its existence would not keep tlie district qua rant i ne. "Thero is no law which empowers astoi. stroy or condemn cattle afflicted with tote culiwis, and when we 11 ml it in aaaniTi;. wo can do is to advise its owner todestrou for his own goml and the g"d 0' " ar. for It Is not only coutn;;icus anioisti cattle, but can bo transmitted to the bra family tbrougli its milk ami in otbrr. To prove this assertion wu killed a co is week ulllieteU with it. aud, n au amy bcii g made, tubercles wore found in c udder, or mill: bag. In imrtiy cases it the inspectors find the dixu-e rcrj w. tliey take tbe law in theirown bandsaBi ktroy tho aiiininL"-l'biladtlpbia Time) it terview. ' Aluminum and Iron Alloj. Ten per cent of aluminum added toti weak metui copper gives n me iin nf steel. One atovo mailing coueen: Michigan uses about ouo tenth of If cent, or tue metal in an us mm wt with the result of diminishing ilMito ago, making It fill tho mold better, b proving tho skin, rendering the I vwiif,,Mlu nunn mul nrnvclltiuff fhi'U1' even turning whlto iron Into gray b addition of bilicon to cast iroa hu shown to turn white iron into gray The experiments with nltimlnum t. that while witU successive remcm" nlnnitniim I uiprtnipn ilclmsilcd UllJ t" ' loy loses its strength, it duessolesstl u-on or 1110 same kiuu uui'--subjected to tho same uumlicr of rst ? Ings under tlio sumo conditions, J Iron and aluminum alley w,"1 readily turned in the lailie, t'uo fmt ,n I!.,.. ..r,,l 'flu. llSt ll!T 01 uju uuu twaava v- ' i - -- -- . Iron Is increased. -St Ixmis IrfF . v... I'm nlnnrr. Wife I nm so interested in the rw7. tlon. It is such a great study. llusband-l tell you to drop it- 1 J terasted in it st Coney Island lost"" aud it cost me $10J.-Lowell Cm A decision 1ms leen rendereil HJ; the New York Central and ll1"1:''"" railroad in their claim to the w" on the Hudson river fnui A,,n- . Spuyten Dnvvil. The va ' ,ll'pr, erty involved is estimated ut OOO.IKXI. VEGETABLE PANACEA PREPARED FR;Jfi ROOTS & HERB5' I FOrtTHE CURE AND ALL OTHER DISEASE . AU JL DISORDEREDSTATEofTHESTCj OR AN inactive: liveb. rou sale "'A'-.i's'PS DRUGGISTS & GENERALIJ 'it-..-??-- 1kaJslMtf rjTiiinri.ns is i 3aUXs4d&v; W m I ii i sHJ llisl llssssia