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About The Eugene City guard. (Eugene City, Or.) 1870-1899 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 12, 1891)
EUGENE CITY GUARD. U La CAXFBBL1 freprleter, EUGENE CITY. OREGON. FOREIGN LANDS. Gold and Silver Scarce in Portugal. GERMAN CARPET-WEAVERS, Mr. Gladstone Denies That He Knew of Mr. Parnell's Secret Whereabouts. Prince Geoiye of Wales Is to be made a commander in the royal navy. Nordica will make a concert tour ol the United States on her own account, Gold and silver have almost entirely disappeared from circulation in 1'ortu lial. Rumiia kaa not prohibited the expor- tatlon of rye before since the Crimean war. Austria axoerts to reap a golden har vest out of the liussian rye prohibition with her abundant harvests. The Princess of Wales fund for the benellt of Mrs. Grim wood, the heroine of Manipur, amounts to $7,500. "The famous fievrea uorcelain manufac tory is likely to be closed, the demand lor Its wares Having iniien on. The Portuiruese are shamefully alius- Ing the natives In Southeastern Africa, especially In Mozambique, and seize the women as slaves. The English colonial olllce has just consented to the appointment of a Chi nese Consul at Hongkong for one year as an experiment. An Odessa Jew named Kaplan has se cured the punishment of a police event for assault, having paid the Chief of Po lice for protection. Everything is quiet at Nankin, where the Viceroy is sottlimt claims. His an swer to the foreign Ministers' demands is eminently evasive. The Manipur Regent In power Rt tlie time of the recent massacre in India and Prince Angao Kena have been exiled for life, the death sentence iiaving been commuted. A mine of mercury, said to be exceed ingly rich, has been' recently discovered in firasil. This is the only Ilra.ilian mine of that kind of which we have any knowledge. The Catholic papers at Treves urge the pilgrims not to buy relics from the Prot estants, as thev ridicule the holy coat now on exhibition there, although glad to prollt by the exhibition. Despite oflk-lul dunial it Is still as serted that a government order has been dispatched to all KtiBsian and Polish railways forbidding them to ex port any more wheat, rye or Hour. loud complaints continue to lie made of the management of the llnyreuth mu sical festival. It is alleged that the Di rectors reduced everything to a commer cial basis, and a very sordid one at that. The English government will call the attention ol the United States govern ment to the improer parking of cotton cargoes for England, which endangers the loss of the vessel while the cargo is In transit. Spiln has given Great Britain forma notice ot its intention to terminate July I next the treaty by which the pro-'ueta ol Uaiia-la are admitted Into the Spanish West Indies under the ''favored-nation" treatment. No prima donna of English birth, it is m d, tins appeared this reason at tovent Garden In bunion. AHul was liorn in ('Hiiada, Media in Melbourne, Nordica, Emma Kain-s and rybil Sanderson in the United States. In the Rreslan districts In Germany cotton-weavers are in a comliton bor dering on starvation. Eight of the largest mills have been closed, and some of the former employes have been glad to accept work breaking stone at 10 pence a day. Premier Rndinl of Italy has informed Germany, England and France that Italy would co-operate with those nations If combined action was necessary in China, but, if the powers declined to act, Italy herself would send a fleet to act inde pendently and immediately to protect Italian subjects. Twenty thousand men are required for the ships of the lirltish navy now build ing, and no one ran tell whence they are to come. The navy has so lost popular ity that the iuiitd Service Oatdlt sug gests that prizes Bhould be oll'ered for the best suggestions as to how it can be re stored to popular favor. Gladstone has written a letter for pub lication denying that he knew of Mr. Parnell's secret whercaliouU. lie says he never communicated with him by letter except at his ollicial address the House of Commons. He was comiiolled last November to write to Justin McCar thy as the only means of reaching Mr. Parnell. MISCELLANEOUS. Elactrie Ralltt.r. Continue to Multiply With Surprising Kapldltr. There were 6,988 deaths In Boston this year np to August 1. The ooenimr of the new electric-car lines in Ik ton before snow flies is prom ised. Three of the Georgia train robbers have been captured aiii all but $1,6U0 of the money recovered Prairie Ores have Iran started by homeieekers to drive off cattlemen and herds on the Cherokee Strip. The Patriotic Order of the Sons of America in seraion a Philadelphia are wrestling with the color question. Fully 2 1.000,000 feet of lumber are re ported to have len stolen by Canadians irom American loresis in rue last wree years, Mrs. Jackson, widow of the famous Confi derate leader, ai-ki for a pension on account of her husband's services in the Mexican war. It Is announced that President Moffat of thel'enver and Kio Grande railway has forwarded his resignation to the liuard of Directors at New York, British Columbia sealers have sent a protest in the shape of a memorial against the prohibition of seal-hunting in the lleli ring Sea to the authorities at Uttawa. Electric railways continue to multiply with surprising rapidity. An estimate published in the Railway Ajt gives 400 ines now in operation and under con tract, representing 3,000 miles, with 6,000 cars. (Jneen Victoria has telegraphed her FARMANDGARDEN Truck Farming Near Large ' Cities. HOW IT PAYS BIG MONEY. Where Lmd is Plowed in Summer ft Drag Should Follow Closely After the Plow. "If I could only get a corner on the truck 'arms of this country," said a New York marketman with a turn for statis tics. "1 wouldn't trade jobs with Van .Icrbilt or Gould If they'd roll both their inlm iiitn mil. What do vou tli irk the truck farmers pulled out of us dealers i.runn, tlivra ahout the country and carried home with them the last year? Onlv a little more than seventy-six mil Him and a half. That's all) Out of that they had to pay their heir, of course, which cost 'em someining line .ow,- O X), for they hire ziz.ouo men, iosHy nothing ot the 1U,UW women ana io,to liovs that help out witti ttie work. Aim their seeds knocked about a million and a half more out of the proceeds, and thoy had to. put up a trine ol iio.ouo.ouo Itnr. nftrn-tilkinff all that condolence to tiie President on the death ,i, i,0, . round ISO.OOO.OOO to ; ... . --J .i.i. i- ... Iw. .1.. ' "... " . . - ' i ' .i oi air. ixiwen, nu uiaiiiuwwii nut away in tlie sock lor a rainy uny, F0RTLAND MARKET. A Ke.un.. of tht. Condition f lis ! far.ut llepartiuviils. Business has been very active this week, esiwcinlly In the vegetable and fruit line. The am -unt of truding was in excels of anv previous week this year, fn other lines trade has lieen very good. The local demand for llour issicB.iy.nii.. the export demand for China and mm rrancisco is larger man mo vi"7 ceipls from the Valley and Eastern Ore gon were very light. Prices have ad- v.mced. and dealer look for higher quo- intiona. Outs are more steady, oing to lighr receip's and a la-ge demand ,IUC ,.,n-i. '1 he demand lol ,iliiin,iiu-T miu c,...-. - , iHitatoea is fair and the supply very l.ti Vegctahles and fruits are in lurue sup ply. The butter and cheese market u-e linn. Eggsnre steady and in air de mand. r..i.its twin light. Chickens r. w.il-tf n tl?ll 1 . IIUl Illl'l Very little is doing in dried iruirs. i ue local demand (or wool is fair, holders are lirm, and buvers are not very willing to purchase. The hide market is weaa. WIIKAT. Telegraphic odvi'vs re,mrt all markets lull ami tHHUr. En.'lish cargo market i neglec ted and Is! per quarter cneaper. Iaik Lane sisit imirKni isoun ic ini; lower: UverrKKd spot is weaker, and ftt ti ria a t i-love Khotved a decline ol l''Gjl.V percental. TOINTS ON SH00TINO. FOR THE GUIDE OF SPORTSMEN. FALL flrat time England has so conspicuonsly recognized an American man ol letters. The Kansas State Board of Railroad Commissioners have addresced a letter to the Manager of the Union Pacific railroad, informing him that the entire Yr vnn ifive me a corner on the true fur, nl rim country and von can have all that Gould and Vanderbilt make, vfiii wAnt it. "Kneiikiiiir about truck farming and by the way, there are over half a million . , .1 , ,1 . 4 . line of tlie Kansas Central railroad must acres of good land in the country that don't do anything else out raise garaen nd led truck lor markets witn a capi tal invested of over $100,000,000, and rail on 70.000 horses and mules, am alioiit $!),000,000 worth of implements to help do the work where do you sup- jxitie all ol tnese nice, origin, green be rebuilt without delay with a new steel track. The cattle disease which broke out In and around Emmuttsburg, la., ahout five weeks ago still continues unabated, and veterinarians there are at a loss to find either a name, canae or remedy for ied. and they are still dying at the rate of four or five a day. Twenty-five locomotives on the Haiti-1 fruit-store windows in the spring, before the snow is gone, and for which you have to put down a good half dollar be- .. . more and Ohio road nave been cquipiou . yol, can Kct one where do you sup with smoke consumers, an invention of '... ,OT,11H froinT I knew von'd say ie superintendent of the motive power on tlie liuiuinore anuuiuo, which issaui to lie showing excellent results so far as it has been tested The Hudson River Tunnel Company is reported to have notified railwaycoin nanies having terminals in New York that the first track of the tunnel will he completed within a few months, and the innel company is ready to negotiate ilh them lor bringing trains to .ew ork. Although cars have been generally dis tributed by the railroads in Illinois, but very little wheat is nowing eastward Irom that State. Alliance leaders at tribute this to the circular sent out from ashington advising the farmers to hold icir grain. In the southern part ol the State, where the vield was the greatest, onlv enough wheat has been threshed and sold to pay pressing debts, while the bulk ot It has been put in storehouses to await higher prices. At a recent session of tlie National rewers Association Held at St. Louis the report of the committee on griev ances was to the effect that the members the local unions of the Pncilic Coast umld loin the National branches of the order In San Francisco and Port land without initiation fee, but paying the pro-rata tax Irom the date ol admis ion. I lie rresldent ol the American eileralionof Labor and the Executive Committee of that liody were censured for failing to carry out th instructions given at the meeting in Detroit in De cember last to settle the troubles be tween the Pacific Slope and the National organization. l-rani'ls Hcott ol Calihrrnla and Charles II. and Frank L Cramp, the ship build ers, have jiiHt returned from Europe, where thev have been inspecting. C. II. Cramp said: " 1 do not think the new subnidy bill will help American ship builders to any great extent. It is too narrow In its scope. The bill as origi nally drawn mlu-lit ImiB nMiMtml AniHri- can builders, but the bill as passed does not mean much to benefit them. Ship im liners in r.ngiand do not seem to think the new subsidy bill worth their while troubling about. Builders are rather premature In talking about ships which will cross the Atlantic from harbor to harbor in Ave days. I do not think that we can look for over twentv knots an hour for the next ten vears. The average sneed now Is hardly nineteen. I do not think that the ocean express service, if it ever somes, will mean large boats. This means simply a question of crowd ing all but first class passengers oil' these last vessels to make room for bigger en gines and more coal." A sensation has been caused by the diapcarance of the Registrar-General of lterlin, Germany, Herr Kannevses sera. He had been gambling heavi'lv of late, and in one instance won 24lXH) marks in a lottery. It is believed that his looses on the tm-f exceed his win nings elsewhere, and that, finding him self unable to pay his debts, he has com mitted suicide. An old woman died In tlie south of France, aged 83, and in " grateful recog nition of the Intelligent and devoted care of Dr. X., which had enabled her to reach a ripe old age," she left him every thing in her cabinet. After her death the executor on locked the cabinet, and found in It, unopened, unsealed and un corked, all the pills and potions pre scribed for the deceased by Dr. X. dur ing the past ten years. Is the will a forgery T The ukae prohibiting the exportation ol rye from Russia has gone into effect. The government is taking a number of other measures intended to protect the peop e from distress on account of bad harvests. Inland transportation rates on grain have bwen reduced, and fri SPORTING NOTES. mm-lien Ac-roina t'orlielt's Chnllenga to tight ror 40,000. Alike Kelly has shmed a contrm-t to play with the Boston League Club the remainder ol this season and all of next season. This contract calls for a salary of $3,1X10 per annum and an additional sum tn case ol the success of the club. In the tennis match for the champion ship played at Newport, R. I., between Hobart and Campbell the flrst set was won by Hobart to 7. Campbell won the scond set 7 to 5 : aNo the third set 0 to 7 and likewise the fourth set t to I thus retaining the championship. The report that Jack MeAuliffe has malaria and would not make a final de posit in his match with Austin Gibbons has been disproved by the depositing of tlie money $500 at the I'olirt Ua:ttlt office. The men are to be in the ring at l i'. M. on September 11, the Granite Ciuo giving a purse of $4,000. Gibbons' money was also deposited. Through the London lftmhl Mit,-l,n1l formally takes up Corhett's challenge to ngiu ior ;a,miu. lie is ready to deposit tlie money as soon as CorlVtt bv cable announces his acceptance. Mitchell says he hat English friends willing to back him (or $100,000 against Corbett. It must be a fight to a tinish, and Corliett can decide whether the fight is to be in nuicuva ur r.iigiHim, Backers of Henry Peterson, the San Francisco oarsman, and Charles Dutch, the Australian sculler, who wenl lit Kan Francisco to row him, met the other nigin to make the much-tal ked-of match. pose they come from 7 1 knew you'd say Bermuda, or some other place down South. But you're way off. These early cucumbers come Irom a climate about as near like Bermuda as Califor nia is like Minnesota. These cucum hers, come from New England, from the dd and storm-tossed coast of Maine and M-iaofii, hiiwtts. and even Irom isew llaimiHli ra. The growers ol cucumbers in New England get more out of an acre of land than the growers ol any otner cron in this or any other country, lhey think nothing of netting $2,000 for an acre of cucumbers, but they also Kiivb '1TI acres that thev grow them on Of course you will understand thtt these cucumbers are not grown outdoors. Tl.mr are the products of the oropn.hoiiHes. and New England is the only truck-growing district where the 'itiHing ol cucumuers in this way fins iecn nude a successful and BMndard inmcli of the business. In other parts I ti.e country the cueumlier crop aver- ges a net prollt of from $.U to $5 an -re, the latter figure being made in fexas, Arkansas, Missouri and Kansas: Out we never get any of tlieircucuniliers here. New England heads all other vegetahh'-growing districts in return for nil ol Iht truck products, tlie least she makes being $100 an acre on watermel- iih, which is $20 more an sore than the lijliest price Southern watermelon- nnvers receive for their crop. As a natter of fact, the Southern water- lelon-grower thinks he is doing very ell if he can get a net price of $100 a nrioad for his crop, and a car will hold 'ie yield of three acres. New England ts ir-arly $100 more an acre for her celery crop than the crack Michigan celery-.riwers get for theirs. In the matter of tomatoes New England finds no difficulty in selling her crop for $J100 n acre, the nxt highest price being oiiil to New Jersey and Long Island, tvlwse tomato farmers get an average of Mtli an acre for their crop. But it is uriong that cold New England should lead the country on early vegetables. inn't it 7" Earl. Hti-lng lltmns. There are some croua which farmers At a distance from market can grow with profit if thev have rich, ear v and. can- able of bringing tlie crop forward rapid ly. Beans to be used green require ricd land. It can hardly be made too rich for them, the warmth from heavy ma nuring carrying them along while the weather is still much too cold for beans mt thus cared for to make any growth. i ne nrst string bans In market this year are a ready sale at $4 per bushel, or more commonly $2 for a market basket ful. The best variety is Golden Wax, it being productive, and its golden-colored pods being always salable. Two or n pickings can be made, and the Ian I cleared in time to Dlant turning or Inte cabbage. After the price gets low. as It does later in the season, it is too uuiky a crop to bear long carnage. lmtlln( Aftvr IMowlnr. Ill all cases where the land is plowed in summer a drag or harrow should fol low closely after the plow to smooth the surface. Early In spring an excess of moisture in the soil is common, and t lien to have rough furrows to drv out the superfluous moisture more quickly is an advantage. But even then har rowing the furrows down should be done More they get very dry. In summer, wnere urn especially is plowed under, the heated air under the furrow often retards fermentation, and if the plowed land is left long without dragging it may become Uh dry for seeds to germinate in it. A very light rain soaks down better into a smooth surface, because it does n t give bulk enough to spread it out, so hat it cannot soak inside the hard lumps. Tut llarlvr Whll. Grn. One of the secrets of barlev-vrowina la to cut it before the straw turns bite. a little white at the nnner cart is enough. All the s-p that will ever come to the berrr ii then in the plant, and separating it from the root appears to concentrate it there where most needed. Early-cut barley is also lean likely to stain than thatallnwml in Ka. come dead ripe. uiipoesui luri win oe provided In riw I lutr,n . .. ...ki. i . . of nsitv. To carry out this intention j he can Thi M . ot ri d finit" S," "hether ; he can obtain: necessary number ot trers to be felled in the crown lorwis to produce fuel uffl cient for the destitute during the entire winter. The Governors 0f the twentr provinces likely to suffer mot have hem inuuctea to set to work at ihe construe new shell in time for the race to take place in Octotier. He expects a decisive answer soon fiom Ruddick. the famous rvjston builder. If, as expected, the boat can he finished hy the first week in tionnf newels and the improvement propo-i'lion that "the tiki pi." 0.n:f!n.or',er 0 ,ur.nih ah.. the middle of th. rVme numtb U """i "if I"" eeaunirv. A sum i.f is. : .i;.,i . : OOO.ftOU roubles has been approp. i.ted dr.. nn th. .Vti,i . T ""J ! tndlcd 11 nJ 300 " hT acquired pro- lor th. purpose. 1 " . jCS.! M i SLU Z' The Word "VoUpuk." Charles E. Sprazue lectured before th. Ijngui.-e club, at Columbia college, on Volapuk, the new universal ' laugunge. Professor Sprague said the proper pro nunciation of the word was Tou-hih-peek, Biting the sound of "o" as in old. The new language does not aspire to displace national vernacular, but to facilitate In ternational correspondence. It will be mot useful in commercial correspond ence. Already l.SoO.000 peron bar studied It and 300.000 have acquired pro- nciency. n Da '.'U.uoo i Commercial Advertiser, I'miliim. fruit. Ktr. Wno.-r vl!iv. 1 52'.i 1.5 ii Walla U'ull.i i 47 1. .hi 150 per cental. Ki.ouH-Stan.lard. $.i.C0; Walla Walla, Si liil ner hxrrel. Oats Old. 45fjOc: new, 4Jdf42,8'c per bushel. llivIL14 per ton. M11.1.STIHS liran, $22(22.'!; shorts, nominal, $25i 20; ground bai ley, $ 0 32; chop feed, $22' 20 per ton; barley, $1.2 ii 1 25 percental. lii riKii Oregon fancy creamery, 30 M'tc; fancy dairy, 27 '(; fair to good, 2oc; common, lj(420c; California, 22 lf (a 24c p'r jiouiid. CimnsK Oregon, 1212Jj'c; Califor nia, 12c per pound. Eons Oregon, iOc per dozen. Poll, iiiv Old chickens, $.r).!30; young chickens, $2.50iA4.00; ducks, $ita) ti; geese, nominal, 8Hjr dozen; turkeys, Vr. per pound. Vi:oi:taiii.ks Cabbage, $1.00 per cental; caulillower, $101 zo per uozen; Onions, 1 U'c per pound ; tieets, fl.Jo per sack ; turnips, $1.00 per sack ; new pota toes, OOMlioc per cental; tomatoes, tWej 67c per box; lettuce, 12'sc ier uozen; green peas, 3(ii4c per iiound; Ftring beans, Zlif.ic per pounu; niuoaru, m per pound; cucumbers, 10c cr Uo.en; car rots, $l(1.2j ier sack; corn, 10c per dozen; tweet potatoes, 2,V.jo per jiouiul. Fhuith Sicily lemons, $78; Califor nia, $.')((! pe' box ; apples, ""( $1.L'5 per box; bar.c.na"", f.i..m.i a ouncn; pineap ples, $')'.tf7 per dozen; apricots, 8c(fl per Ikx ; peaches, 00( STic per box ; black berries, 0i7c per pound; plums, 2"iit(i0c ner box: wniernieions, ai.oiiui.-.oii per dozen ; cantaloupcs,$1.5ll(i 1.75 perdoxen. $2 per crate; grapes, joaay, i..iu per box, $1.1:0(31 10 per crate; muscat and black. $1-5 per crate; pears, $1.25; Bartlett, l("1.2i por Ikix; nei'ta-ines, $1.2,") per crc.te; crab apples, Jc per pound; $l.uu per uozeu. Ni"r Caliiornia walnuts. 1 1 li'-jc. hickory, (i.c; Brazils, 10illc; ai monds, UKulSc; hllx-rts, l;l(S14c; pirn- nuts, 1i(B1Kc; pecans, w(lac; cocnt, nuts, 8c; hazel, 8c; peanuts, 8c pei pound. Mnple Orocerlea. Coki-kh Costa Rica. 21 ie; Rio ,23c t Moclia, 30c; Java, 25,'aC; Arbuckle's, 100-pound cases. 25'ic per pound. StOAH Golden C,4,c; extra C, 4c; granulated, 08c; cube crushed and pow dered, (i.'jc ; confectioners' A, bc per pound. Beanh Small white, 3','c; pink, 34 (i? ic; bnyos, 4'jc; butter, 4,'jc; limas, aMoc per pound. I Ionky 18( L'Oc per pound. Salt LiveriHMil, $lo,$lii.50(217 ; stock, $11 di 12 per ton in carlond lots. Cannki) Goops lable fruits, $l.oo ,.s; peaches, $2.00; Bartlett wars. I.Ko;pluni8.$l 37 ' : strawberries, $2.2; cherries, $2..Mhit:'.0'l; blackberries, $I.IKI; raspia-rries, $2.4ii; pincapph-v. MMHtt'A; pr cots,$l.,6. egelables : Coin, $l..lo(ii ,iu, according to qualitv; tomntoes. $l.l0(u.3.2.); sugar peas, $1.25; stiiii).- beans, $1.10 per dozen. Pie fruit: As sorted, $1.50; peaches, $1.05; plums, $1 2j; blackberries, $1 ti." per dozen Fi"h: Sardines, 85ciiict.(3; lobsters, $2.oti (3.50; oysters, $l.5J(i'3.2o per dozen. Salmon, standard No. 1, $1.2,")(iil.,ri0 per case; ro. z, $1'.S.j. Condensed milk: Eagle brnud, $8.10; Crown, $7; High land, $0.75; Champion, $0; Monroe, u.7o per case. SvRfP Eastern, in barrels, 47ifioc; ilf-barrel-", ft0ci58c; in cases, SodiHO- per gallon; $2.V5(,i2.50 per keg. Culi iriua, in barrels, 3.ic per gallon; $1.7o per keg. Kick $5 2" per cental. DuikuFiu itm Italian prunes, 10(S 11c; Petite and Gevnian, ut 10c per pound ; raisins, $l.75'''2.:'j pr Iwx; plummei dried pears, M(n He; sun-dried and fac tory plums, ll(i!'l2c;evaxirated peaches. 18(if20c; Smyrna tigs, 20c; California, fig.j, I),: per pound. lllitea, Wunl and linn. Hums Pry hides, selected prime, 8'., (ii'.lc; J-j less for culls; green, selected, over 55 pounds. 4c ; under 55 pounds, 3c; sheep iH'lts, short wool, 3:)iii50o; me di'.im, li0(.(S0c; long, i);k-(i (tl.'J5 ; sliear lincs, 10(,.'0c; tallow, good to choice, 3 ((3'c per pound. Wool Willamette Valley, 17(riin,!; Eastern Oregon, 10,i Hi'..c 'per pound, aci-onling to conditions and shrinkage. Hoi' Nominal; 'JOdfi.V er pound. The Meat Market. Bnnr Live, 3c; dressed, 50c. Mutton Live, sheared, 3(33Vc: dressed, 7c. Ilims-Live, 0c; dressed, 8(S0c. Viai. OuiSc per pound r?.MOKKn Mkats Kastern ham, IS'., '(ft F II. Clllman FuriiUhe. Timely Lellar on Ibe Ma""" Qua .....j ... . drd Forecast lor RUUUIU Ibe kea.ou. "port. Let me tell you how to learn to aim a Miotgun. It is af ery simple thing w en once vou hav.nasU'reu li. i u, mm Ala both hands, the rl-ht c'asplng the ato.-k Just be low the guurd. tlie lelt aupj)oruii(r mo barrels. Look with both eyes at the object to be shot at, and at th: same tiiM hrlng the mhl-rib of the barrels htruight under the line of vision of the right eve. Pull the trigger instantly. When you are ready to go into the field to shoot gume you must keep well WAc; other varieties, 10( U'.-; breakfast bacon, 12'jCrf l:!c; smoked bacon, I0i UI4C per pound. l.AHi Compound, 0V( ll5 ? 12(12V; Oregon, lCVjoUL" pound. pure. : pel lleaullfnl tiun.at fbenomeuon. Following the disappearance of the upper limb of the aim', disk at unset, there has been observed the phenomenon of a beautiful green ray, it ttiisb being u rapid a tbut of lightning, .ud only visible under rare con dition of clew-new of the sky. The exploit. tioa offered for its appearance la that of the aiuiultineoui pontre-st of colors, the theory proKcniUd originally by M. Chevrwul Globe-Democrat. A Confrilemta Capper Cent. A copper cent in the putuasiou of Cho luata, Flo., citizen i a&id to be more than worth its weight in gold, brxauae it was coined for the Confederate government dur ing tbt rviwllinii, from a die which wa. cap tuml by the United Ktate aulboritiee after the forty-ercond pie-e had been struck off, It ia thought that only about twenty of thete coma are now in existuucei Chicago Herald, A Streak of Lark. Mr Portly Pompous Oh, Bridget, yon have broken that magni¢ Japan ese va.se. Bridget Sure, mum, Isnt it Incky that there was nothing in it Texas Sifting. In m'nd the following1 rules for hand ing your gun: I. Aever let tlie muz.ie 01 your pioco point at any person. 2. Always carry your (fun with the mu..le pointing uway from you. 3. W hen climbing a icnce pui your (run over nrst, utter iuKin(f out, 00111 shells. 4. Never drag a jrun towurds yon. Nearly half the accidents that have happened to bovs fr.:m the handling of g-uns have been owing to the neglcctof the fourth of the ubove rules. .Most bovs know that it is considered unsportsmanlike to shoot at any bird when it is not ilvinjr, or at any hare or rabbit that is not running. It is the uv of "polite shooting" that tho game must have a fair chance, to escape, ca pe ially when the Khotgun ia used. lartret practi e w well enougn to train the shooter in aiming, but there is no way of learninir to shoot game save going into the field ami bunging way at it. Even after you have learned to con trol your nerves you will find it very hard at first to hit vour bird, because you will forget to aim ahead of it if Hying across your Imeof sight, or u Dove if rising, or below it if hying downward. In hare shooting it ia necessary to "allow for running by aiming a trine above the game when it is running straight away from you. This is be came yorr line of sight is above it as you stand. The shotgun requires the very hest of care in order to do good work. It must be kept perfectly clean and must always be loaded to suit it . "habit,"aa I call it. liy this 1 mean that each gun has a ca pacity or quality for shooting a certain load best, and any other load will ley-en its effectiveness. By a little experi- menting you can find out the load that best suits your piei e. Carry your gun on your shoulder with the imi..lc elevated and the hammers down, save when you are expecting game to rise, then you nuiy hold it at "ready," which is as follows": Cock both buvrels, grasp thu stock with the right hand, aa in tiring, and sustain the bar rels at an upward angle, in the left bund, just in front of and ucross the breast, tlie breech-heel a little below the right elbow. This gives perfect freedom of action when the game rises. Moreover, it is the safest position in which to carry the gun both for ,)ur self and your companions, if you have any. Never be in a hurry with a gun, no matter what the apparent emergency ; it is the deliberate and cool sportsman that is quicki s'. and surest. Kemember what is done as a habit is done perfect ly, and all that you have to do to make a crack shot of yourself is to learn to tire habitually by the most approved rule. E. H. Uilmas. BOOK COLLECTING MANIA. .u II. r. Old Hooks and lonieiiiiiiff , . - h. I iillecliirs of 1 hem. , ..Rare book collecting is coming more ml more Into favor among Americans, "There are comparatively few stores in Ixioks are sotu, lie sure, lu- Tliere are compn Vnuf York where scarce iiinmli the trade hii", to creased Eitly " 1"B,t.te" 'c'r,, S-?T-.if. m can find anold book dealer Mew QueaUon Haloed. The umpire on the Boston league baseball grounds made a bad mistuke the other day. The question came np whether Anson of the Chicago players should be permitted to move from one batter's box into another after the pitcher had begun to pitch the ball. The case seems too clear that be should not be allowed it to be possible for an error of judgment to be made; yet we have no doubt the um pire meant well, for he was generally fair, and by no means inclined atrainst the Boston club, lied cided wrongly In any event by sending Anson to his base, Anson should either have been declared out for refusing to bat proper ly, ur me game snouia nave been for feited to the t hica-'os on the ground that the Boston Ditcher had refused tn pitch. Also, ni( Hilla. Ur. Dingbat Milliner's bill again, eh I When will you ever learn to practice econ omy? Ton ought to remember that floe feathers don't make fine bird. Mrs. Dingbat (arranging her bonnet) No, Ezra, but they make flue hats, Lawrence American. Gassy Footwear. Father Ernest made an awful racket when he went out but uight. He must wear bis ahoes. Clara You're mistaken, papa. Be bad very light shoes on last night. I think he said they were lace one.. Boston Herald. dnZtevVrymherh,.k, ami little ob- .,.,. nnd dark stores aro wmu'iit out, s m ..i..a.ii' tm r nil 1 izi-d bv everybody, Americans, though, have always been a Z businesslike and practical race tospend 1. in hunting around alter " inme. or to sit under their lamps during the evening and pore over Ciut cnlK-rg Bibles or tonus from the press of Caxton. If they have ever been ncllncd to the formation of a library, it has generally hecn toward the piirchas ng of standard sets, while your real b hllo ......i.., ivnnld not touch these. If he Is collecting the works of Washington ii..,r r,,r Instance, he must have each separate work In Its originality, so to speak. It must be a first edition. Of course these arc of various dates, and, if you look at his book shelf, you will at once think to yourself that they form a very uneven and heterogeneous niasa of printing and uiimiiiK- , , .Pniii-Mora ere particular nlioiit po scsslng onlv a first edition, principally be cause It is ihe only trno production of the author's thoughts when he wrote tho hook, and when they were ncituerauccieu '. .. 1... :i..n. A,,.tl,it nor inlinencc 1 vy i-riin.-ii.iu. thing that is of the utmost Importance to the bibliophile Is the binding. He would rut her a thousand times have a book with adirty cloth or hoard cover tiinn 0110 en r.iiKii'lii ihe most 'costly Levant morocco. Here Is a book which, ns you see, nns n.iiL'h eikes: it was published with Ihe leaves unopened by the binder, mid con sequently is known us an 'uncut' copy. An uncut copy is usually worm uuuui, double the price of u 'cut' or smootn edged one, kimply because of its lurger margin." "Where do rare books come from?" "If you refer to IsKiks printed ill this country, I may say that nicy turn up at auction about 11s frequently ns from any other source. English and other foreign books, however, have, of course, to be im ported, unit I myself receive nn invoice of alsiut four cases every week by steam ship. 'I'hcre is no custom house duty on books unless they are twenty years old, and even that should bo taken off. Thero are thousands of rare hook sellers in Great Britain and the continent, and many send catalogue every month to men in this country whom they know to be col lectors, nnd it yon nre ever down in tho custom house department of the postofflce you will lie surprised at the quantity of volumes that each trniisallaiitic steamship hriuirs in Tho maiil'i for lxxik collecting Is cer tainly a very serious one, and buyers nre constantly contending among themselves for the possession of rarities. 1 0 see men buying a liook yon would never think they wanted it, for they express no en thusiasm and invariably try to bent a dealer down on his price. The very thought of another imsscsslng it, however, will soon bring them to terms. To give vou some idea of prices, Just look nt this copy of the 'Pickwick Papers.' It is in the original monthly pnrts, with vellow covers as issued, which arc mighty dirty, without doubi. The plates, how ever, by H. K. Browne, are line impres sions, and as it is i first edition, I con sider it worth $100. All of Dickens', Thackeray's or Lever's hooks, with illus trations by George Cnilkshank and Leech, are greatly in . demand. In America Hawthorne, Longfellow and Poe bring the highest prices. A first edition of PoeVTismerlur.e" Is worth, if you can get It, $ -100." New York Evening Sun. Antliultjr of I'nllh Cures, The power of mind over body for dis ease or for health Is 110 pew notion. Tho medicine man has practiced for ages among savage trilies. In the temples or nncicut paganism cures wcro wrought by reatment which suggests nn early form of mesmerism. A disease, which is nn il lusion, may be cured by a remedy which is an illusion. Imagination which cures imaginative diseases, may uld iu curing most actual disease. Every physician knows the Importance of mental states In curative processes. Even a broken bono will knit better under thu liilliieuco of 11 happy mind. Cancer may bo removable only by a knife, but the best plaster after ward Is nn easy mind. Cholera germs are most net mil physical forces, but they Hud no condition for a,.. Ion iu the man whose nerves aro braced by fearlessness. Tho mind cure bus systematized common sense concerning mental influences 011 the body. The philosophy of the power of mind over matter is as old as Plato and the Hindoos. It Is exaggerated ami sometimes curicn- ured In the metaphysics of this new sys tem. Kev. H. Heber Newton. Ilud Air In the Cities. Large parts of our town populations never have sufllclent oxygen; their Uvea are feeble and full of suffering, and num bers die before their time, biich facts uro daiuful to contemplate, but a knowledge of them puts the wise man on his guard, and he may do much for himself. In the choice of o house ho will remember the advantage of a great ulr space around it, nnd of plenty of space within It, so that bedrooms may not be overcrowded. Or, if n largo house is beyond his means, he will take care Unit tho rooms nre not crowded with furniture, for every piece of furniture excludes r.n equal bulk of nir. When he enters the house he will see thnt at all times ns much fresh air from the outsido is admitted, by means of ojicn doors and windows, as can bo allowed without inconvenience from cold; and as often ns possible he will have a blow through, to clear out all odd corners where foul air may linger. Pure atr and goixl food make pure blood, nnd only pure blood will givo good health. Chambers' Journal. Now! I'm) fur nulliwt. A novel suggestion has been made with a view to utilizing the great masses of lead which aro carried ns ballast by some vessels. It is thought thnt they may an swer the purpose of electrical accumula tors, which could bo made to carry severul horso power, and this force, by tho inter vention of a motor, could lie applied to the working of tho windlass, hauling in the main sheet, as well as furnishing light. Although startling in its novelty, tho plan is thought to be practicable. Globe -Democrat. 1? REMEMBER OTHER FAMILY ANNiy, E BIRtuk. The Iioctrlne "f Heron. " Moil, Frult-TI.. Co,k,achw Hugt-estlon Tired M S ... .... . - )!.. " ""-I'M llre,tr A u a rwuti .Lk to'bIrTh,mr,''-'iUk Too llllll-h rami,,,) l. 1 V tractive, so that our U,y, for It to all other pl, J M " it kl "This h.u be..,. . ' knew," said a boy hi,,, lfc! "The bird. have, I.C JS sun has .hone ev,ry ,ilmW has N10 lovely JlM fJ mamma, and I'm , ,-ur',"f V sized his gladn.. uitu .V1 kiss. For weeks tlu buy forward to this duy. ii,,i, little biithdaygirJl', the time came his H hi ,?.? making hi. mother lmppy, " "But it's so iimci. .J.,,,. . birthdays ; complain large faimll.n they oo,,le w i , is mine iroume; ,ut how na " ' children coiiteutod and lm,mvv.h, cut taking troublof AnilZ the trouble when she i"T t giinling their home us the verr tjN Try to iLiw... ..''i days one year, and w-e if it N iu the enjoyment of the Wuoh " wrthk JUli, tlie whole world, days one year, an iu the enjoyment , no one be forgotten, fr.,,.. and try to have em-h o,. UittrW i , otl.eri.,pluimiug,ifK,)el day gift. Xonuitter I,,.- .i",m1 it may bo, the love and thimui! go with it will make it ptve,, "- There aro many pleasant , I IllT bil l iilnvu ,,. ' '"k year, the location of tlm b'i amount of tima u l,i.-l 1... ." times a drive iu the country, , .:,, r l.iwl..i.w J aP"Tut,a, than prewnts. l'erliupn tlie family' go to some concert or cnteruiuuL j 1 evening. Iu some families tl J' all placed on thu plute at the breatiuT and the honored one ei,s tt M,'l fl 11,1,1 tl, 1,11..... .....I, .. 1' - - "i uu toe rrtrfi boiiselinliL In others the favored ,w 1 irifta lit (.!.. u l... I 1. . "Si! " " .it- n v aK( in ( ing. Bometiiues all presents art g' until evening, when tho husinMrf.; Is over. It is always pleasant to h.. m,,.t 1 w,', owiiiu i.iiuriie articleu wbilo a prettily decorated birtbdaj ck aliiiosl-. nlttfivH ntii,rwi.,,,l little can bo done, let each numbs:,;, boj-chold have some sjieeial trtstosik nUersiu-y of his birth, which ibi them' days anticipated with plcasm meniliered with cratituile. Tbm n. simplu things which children can ujJ parents and enih other, Tims Utds, hi planning and contriving tho loi,p which bring happiness to both giver uiJ ceivcr. Ainericuu Agrii-ulturist The Doctrine ol llrrrtllly, "My child's moral developmnt la! when I was 6 years old," a mother &J marked to a visitor whose face ot surprise at the child's disobediencs, '-tj astellish as it was iiossibleforimoitilt and IiikI tho siiuiu uncontrolliiblt which you have just a-oit my little p J Ullnt, un l.iv six! n birtliday 1 had at', citing contest with my grandmother, r. brought mo up, a dear old lady byste was petted to the last degree. Idta rememixT an uio circumsiancri, m sj r t ,i,., .1,.. ul; crisis in my exiK-rience. I felt ittet that if I could succeed In pitting bit way that time I could get it forever 6 My inference proved a correct one, udh that tune on my lioor grandmother & herself to bear my ugliness as best (bet making very little further attempt ka trol me. Ilcro is my little Amy, tmn older than I was at that time, with tktu selfishness nnd irritability, wliichlanfe' to believe she inherited directly frotaai declai-o I sometimes feel as if Icouhlnljsi hlanie the child." "How," usks Kmerson, "shall imum from his ancestors, or draw off fits 4 veins tho black drop which he drew fns father's or his mothers life! Ills psmi aeierinines 11.. jicii inv nui, iuru p, make them;' a feurful tlioii'lit for j if it can be proved to be true, "Tkef is," truly, "father to tho man,"nd te no more beginning of cdui-ationthaitW Of beginning totlieinateriuluniverne. fcf thiiicr has conspired from the couiibtoj. of time to make us what wear. "infant crying in the iiilit, and m language but a cry," may piwelo governing power and influence of iukib future lives. Every impulse of WorJn. "irrowinr bov" muv show its remM "J; characters of his children to the thir.o, fourth generation. It is only ai weW'i ativelvatsuch matters that we canilV' any limit or definition, and the first quo, which a womun should ask, concern! education of her children is onewhi"; precede marriage, not be delayea uu ri,,. A. I lit to he the mot'! children f Caroline ii. Lt'llow la , A Very Senidlile KiiWtli J There is many a futhcrof sfaniilj"; while doing his utmost for tiucniwra. ho isin health, and making the rxs ho can for them in anticipant otw-T-. death, wholly neglects to put such prow in a tangible shnio where it can r' understood and manipulated by tM , or other guardian in case of hiadeatl(; suddenly. A case recent ly came to o where property of considerable vaim s tied up with legal restrirtuw.! to lack of a few rormaiiuw ' U-en attended to in a day's wort, -j widow and children were kepi i i year deiiendent upon the p friends U-fore money couiu """4 n....,l, 1. ,,r. ordinarily I making preparations for M 'J suouia not oe avomeu ---"-- pleasant cnaraca-r. itie-tH Many a iiukici nusoanu ni business methods are of tlie ni" and strictly honorable kind, wouia 11 i,i,,-lf forDf? pio ocaision 10 uiunic u . j "? bo wouia consiiier ior ---confusion his family would JrL,& day should prove his hist. Agwni make at least om-e a yearaniw5,: ment of one's affairs at that time. .v in an envelope with tho wife" In a particular place wnicn - - t one other person shall know of, u own custody. Such memoranUu contain description of "fTr or similar documents, ami state ,( If any. is to be found; Membra i kind should be noted; i tions should be oneny "'"Tfrt f, status may be fully understoca,",, -.J. .t-whatever. American Ilonse IH-coralloo. According to the description of a .1,, elj,t no property whatever tn.lel.tnf ilmnlU II.. li.I 1 IV- there eXISU no propt" ij ,,,-ueflf, . ...v ....v..w. l lu statement to that eu """".- American house seems to belong to all avoid ncedloss inquiry ""f nations. The hall is English, the tearoom caseone-, business offairs wereo' is Japanese, tho .lining room Spanish or, w jtuxe, which could not aJ.: Flemish, ond the drawing room Louis . JfloWed by th. wife or fully P i (JninTA aaJ .Ills' rtn Timna - her. 1 JT-.n r nTnrr f-iMrtniMi.i Pnrlfles the DLOOD, Cures DXSTIPATIO., I'D,(;VniDi niLIOLsSESS,M?EK rOUI'l.tlMS.MI'K HEADACHE, CO PISl'LES, all SK1X AFr ECTIt).S, and DISEASES I&ISM 0DIS0BDEKED SfOMACU. lTvr$ The Oenuint IIAXB CRQ TEA i Vt vp in YELL0 IT VKAf rtfA FactimiU Signature of EMIL FKESt. n BEOINQTON a CO. Accnts, 8am FRANOSca OLD BY ALL DBICC18TS1 A.D UBOCEB8.