EUGENE CITY GUARD.
L CAHPBEI.U
Prwprieter,
EUGENE CITY. OREGON.
MISCELLANEOUS.
It .n... MathodUU Art After H.nator
PeOar With HHarp Dtlck.
Heavy and frequent rains are reported
to have seriously injured the Virginia
tobacco crop.
A building costing 0'i,000 will I de
voted to the electrical exhibitor! at the
World' Fair.
Kamberg, 8. 0., li the latest town
claiming to have captured Tasoott, the
Chicago murderer.
Ex-Senator Talor ban sold the Poor
man mine at Caribou to Leonard Gow of
Glasgow for $(i'0,(KKJ. .
Superintendent Porter say. the most
efficient clerks In tabulating the census
returni were women.
The glucose trust, with plant" worth
$1(1,000,000, hai passed into the hand of
an English syndicate.
Tezaa fever haa broken out among the
cattle at Leavenworth, Kan., and itiar
antine has been established.
The governnment at Washington la
Ignorant of the reported escape of Hal
niaceda to the San Francisco.
Gideon W. Marsh, the Keystone Na
tional Bank wrecker of Philadelphia,
has been located. He ia in Canada.
Tim citizens nosse and the Texas
Rangers have discontinued their pursuit
of the Southern l'acllic tram roooers.
Tha tirlfB nf alielhtn has wine UP. OW
Inir in the loss bv lire in New York of
7,000 casoe and unfavorable-weather re
ports.
The youngest eon of General Grant,
Jesse u. urarit, naa accepieu me man
agement of group of silver mines in
Mexico.
The number of deaths In Boston from
January 1 to September 1 was .55, as
against 7,103 for the corresponding pe-
. nod of last year.
Tim Product) Kxchanve has posted
I let In announcing that vessels at Bal
timore are loadinn over 200,000 bushels
of wheat for export.
A train on the New York Central made
Wl.'f miles, Including a stop of V 't min-
utes, In 440 minutes, hub mi puts an
former railroad records.
Frederick II. Seward, son of the late
William II. Seward, haa llnlsl.ed tne m
ography of his father. He has been en'
gsged upon the work a long time.
New York has elected only two Repub
lican Governor Uix in 1872 and Lor
nell in 1879 in the past quarter of a
century.
The Kansas Methodists are after Sen
ator Peller with sharp slick for a blas
phemous comparison of a secret political
organization with the Christian religion.
In all parts of the South farmers are
reported as less in debt for years, many
reports saying that their indebtedness is
smaller than at any time since the war.
Judge Rainey at Waxahatche, Tex.,
has declared the charter of the Texas
Tunnel railroad forfeited to the State,
and has named John II. Gaston receiver.
The Trunk is now without a charter, and
haa three receivers.
An effort Is to be made to suppress
McKee Rankin's new play, "Abraham
Lincoln." It consists of a series of pict
ures from the inauguration to the assas
sination, and Is somewhat realistic. It
is now playing at Chicago.
The headquarters and four companies
of the Ninth Regiment of infantry are
to be transferred from the Department
of Arizona to Madison Barrack, N. Y.
The remaining companies will continue
in Arizona until further orders.
A man calling himself II. Koohlcr ol
140 Worth street, Ne York, has adver
tised for several hundred strong men,
who are guaranteed t.'i per dav, to join a
Chinese expedition, presumably of a fil
ibustering nature. Fifty men have al
ready been engaged.
Judge Green at Guthrie, 0. T., has de
cided that there is no law under which
Indian children could be placed
in government schools without the con
sent of their parents. If this decision
should be sustained by the higher court,
it will take two-thirds of the scholars
out of all tlio Indian schools.
" Fact Worth Money " Is the heading
of newcircular in relation to the wheat
question now being sent out from St.
Paul. In it the arguments contained in
the famous " Hold Your Wheat" supple
ment of six weeks ago are reviewed.
Every farmer is urged to hold buck his
crop, as better prices await him in the
next few weeks.
SPORTING NOTES.
Blavln Bars That II la Willing to Flahl
John L. Kulllvau.
Slosson has accepted Sehaefer'. offer
to plav billiard within thirty days in
New York for IflOO aide or upward, the
championship emblem barred.
Special cable dispatches from New
South Wale say that Goddard bus chal
lenged Sullivan to light ten rounds for
110,000 a side. The Melbourne and Syd
ney Athletic Club have offered $10,000
if the tight is held. The dispatch says
that Stausburv haa Issued a challenge to
row any man In the world on the Para
matta for fl',500 a aide.
Frank Slavin has written a New York
weekly paper, expressing hiswillinirnesa
to meet John L. Sullivan tor 2R,(W" a
side and the championship of the world
He say he will toss for choice of battle
grounds, which will be either in America
or England. K he secures a favorable
reply to this, be will forward articles at
once and post a reasonable amount.
Arrangement have been completed
for an interstate cocking main U'tween
California and Maryland for flt.OOO and
f 100 each battle. The contracting par
ties are Anthony Greeno of Sncramento
and A. B. Suite of Suitlan, Md. Both
are prominent breeders of the game fowl.
F.acn side is to show seventeen cocks,
the light weight to be 4 II. H os. and
the heavy weight IU. 4 oz. The main
is to be fought in New York or New Jer
sey 8epU'tnlr 7, 1802, and Arthur B.
Suite's stakeholder I to select the battle
ground. Each aide has detosited '
and the final deposit will be posted Jan
uary 4, 1802, making the total $5,0,0.
At Grand Rapid. Mich., in the pres
ence of 10.000 people Nelson lowered his
record to it ;10. He was in the pink of
condition, and the track, which wat fust
completed, was fast. It is 4 feet 4 Inches
over a mile. The first attempt was made
in 2:14. Mr. Nelson, the owner of the
horse, said to the crowd that the second
attempt would be made in a hall hour. In
a short time the stallion again appeared
Withnllt amrlnir tha Imttur .. aiwaw
and Nelson kept up his unprecedented
pare vo tne nniin witiiout a skip, each
quarter being mails in SJ' and the
mile in t :10 tint. Amid the cheering of
the crowd the judge presented the stall
ion' owner with a fine silver water set.
The tinier caught the time in 2:10, the
judges in 2:tH''4. and a dozen watches in
the paddock made it 2:0H','. Mr. Nelson
himself caught it in 2:W4.
NEW YORK'S WINTER GARDEN.
Bermuda's (Iraat I'rolll In Raising Earl)
Vraalal'lM tor tha Matropolls.
Bermuda, the winter pnull4 of tit guMa
books, immmwi a deep. Internal for the uiu
i ulty of New Yorkvrs limn a pleasure
rexort alone. It supplies lus wealthy with
fren T g Uill in winter. There are
UioiiHund who eat JJermuila potatoes, Ber
muda union ud JfcTimiila bw-U to one who
got to htuk In the gmilul climate of the
Wand. Altboagb the uvrmudus are la about
tlxi same latitude a Cuorluiton, tbs prox
imity of tbe (iulf Stream gives taenia warm,
imlt climate that woutlurfully stimulate
vegetation, Tha soli Is very ric-b, aud all
conditions combine to make the islands the
Rimt perfect gardvn spot in tbe world. The
tiitlntict of the production of the Bermuda
am something sturtling.
The pnui'll Inland of the group Is shaped
somewhat Ilka the Hter H, and 1 only
twenty-two mllus long, following Its curves,
or eighteen mine a the crow Hies, At if
wlilust part the distance across the Inland Is
only ono and a half mile. The toUl ares is
ecru, of which not orer 1,400 acres
are cultivate!. Tha remainder is made up
1'dL'iieU hillsldi-s and timlxir land. The
toil suitable for gardening lie la pockeU
and basins, and the largest plots cultivated
do not exceed four aero each. Bo prolific
are the 1,400 acres that the wants of the
population of 15,000 people are supplied, and
iu one year produce valued at over $300,000
was exiKirted.
The bland is divided into small farms or
from twenty to thirty acres each. The land
Is valued at from $150 to 1350 per acre, and
farm of twenty Ave acres with a good dwell
ing and outbuilding rent for sjOO a year. A
little over half of the population are pegroes.
The whites first came to the island from
Virginia, but have been largoly Increased
br Kucllsbsnttler lu recent roars. Fruits
and (train are raised for borne consumption,
but tbe chief occupation Is vegetable grow
ing. The Bermuda onions, which are celo-
brated for their mild flavor, large size and
handsome appearance, are planted in hot
beds in October. In December tboy are
transplanted in the oxn fluid', and the first
hullo are shipped to this market about the
middle of March. The potatoes and beet
are planted in December and January. Some
of the root are pulled and snipped as early
as tbe first of March, and by the end of the
luontb these vegetables are at their best. Tbe
tomato crop is planted in Dooember, set out
In January, and ripens from the middle of
March until June. The largest production
in any one year was in 1W The average
value of the crop exported is $100,000. Ninety
per cent of all the produce iliipiied comes to
Now York Plow Yorlc Alan ana fcxpres.
How to Handle IlTiisnille Safely.
Dynamite, when handled with ordinary
care, is not nearly so dangerous an explosive
as ordinary gunpowder. In fact, dynamite
duos not explode easily, but require a sharp
dctonution to cause it to exhibits it immense
strength. To fire dynamite fulminate cap
it employed, which is itself exploded by an
sloctrio current from what ia known as a
ratchet machine Theelectrio current in its
piuwage through a small portion of platinum
wire In the cap raises tb temperature of the
platinum to a white boat. Tbl ignite the
fulminate, which detonates, striking the
dynamite cartrldgie with a blow of about
7u0 K)unds, and exploding them. An ordi
nary blow with a pick or iron drill will not ex
plode a dynamite cartrido, but will explode
the cap.
The whole source or danger lice In the fact
that the men using the explosive do not un
derstand that it is the cap and firing macbluo
they must handle with cure, A properly
preiared and electrically connected charge
will seldom If ever fail to explode, Caroloss-
nts in connecting the wires rromuie cajis
aud in giving the firing machine more work
than it can do, often results in leaving a por
tion of the charge unexplodod to the immi
nent dungor of the men on resuming work.
The employment of dynamite in all rock
work has been carried to such an extent in
recent years that ordinary miners, men who
from tlio uatiiruof thoir education are totally
uunblo to comprehend the requirement for
almoin to safety, and allowed to place ami fire
charges. This is all wrong and should be
prohibited by law. No one unfamiliar with
the reqiiircmeute should be allowed to under
take such work, rutting ignorant and Caro
le men la a position to handle any of the
modern high explosive is almost curtain to
result in a disastrous explosion and the con
sequent killing or maiming of a number of
lueu too ignorant to protect tbemwlves.
George II. Benjamin iu New York Tribune,
New Anecdotes of Grant.
AroiHjs of reminiscence concerning Oen.
Grant is this, which euuiue from his old
home in Ouluua.
lieu. Smith, ouo of the old residents of tbe
place, was at dinner one day, before the war
was fairly inaugurated, wuou servant an
nounced!
"Home one to see you, sir.
"A gentleman, Jauiosf"
"Well, no, sir; bo's just a common man. I
gave him a chair In the hall."
Tbe "common man" was the tanner Grant,
Ui future commander iu chief of the army
of America.
A few years later two gentlemen called on
a young man who was located in a Chicago
boiu'ding house, 1 wo piece of pasteboard
wcro scut to his room; on one was written in
pencil tlio name. U. 8. Grant The other
bore tlio coguouwu of (Jen. (J rant's frieud
siul chum, J. Bussull Jones.
Tho young man on whom Oen. Grant was
calling was Eugene (smith, the sou of Geu.
Biuith, of Galena. The "canon man's"
name was theu foremost iu the world.
At ono time the ladies of a certain church
Iu Galena gave a series of tea iMU'tios for
sonio charltablo organization. Mi's. U. 8.
Grant belonged to tho church circle, but
would uot give the tea party.
I haven t a whole set of china iu the
house," she said iu okcuso, "and I will not
ask company to oat oil broken or nicked
dishes." Detroit Free l'nws.
A Banarkabl Epidemic.
During the reign of Lyslmachu, 280
B. C, eo Luchin toll us, the people of
Alxlora wereaHUcted with a remarkable
nrwl MnnwinritAble fever. "It was al
ways at the crisis on the seventh day,
and then it left thorn, but with their
imaginations so distracted that they
funclod thwnsel ves players. After they
Lad apparently regained their boaltli
they were continually repeating the
vem of some tragedy, as if they bad
been on the stage. Those particularly
suIooUmI were from the 'Andromeda' of
Euripides, It was a remarkable and
curlou shdit to see many of these pale,
meager actors upon the street at one
time, each pouring forth bis traglo ex
clamations. This delirium continued
until the winter following, which was a
very cold one, well calculated to re
move It"
Modem writers, in attempting to ac
count for the provUlonce of this unicjue
species of disease, declare that it was
brouirht about by one Arehelau, an
excellent player, who appeared before
the Abdcrites In tho heut of summer.
Many of the people were taken sick
while at the play, and as tlieir imagina
tions wore full of tragedy the delirium
which the fever raised perpetually rep
resented Andromeda, Perseus, Medusa,
a . ... .J
etc. How the same coum nave spreao.
bv Infection to those who bad never
seen or even heard ol Arcneiaus anu
his wonderful acting has never been
made clear. St Louis Republic
FOREIGN, LANDS.
Theosophy Fad Widely
Infects Lpndon.
THE JAPANESE CREMATORIES
The Workingmen's Union of Halle,
Germany, is Dissolved by
the Polioe.
Leather Spectacle.
Among the figures forming part of
the architectural decorations ol tne in
terior of the chapel of Henry VII is one
of a saint reading a book and wearing
a pair of spectacles without side strips,
and of the form that used to be aimin
diiidied bv the name goggles. Such
early eyeglasses were circular in form,
and were fixed in rims of leather, con
nected by a waist or curved piece of
the same material. Iiatlior lias elas
ticity enough to hold tho glasses in po
sition on the nose.
Such a pair, probably not later than
tho time of Charles II of England, Is
preserved in the British Museum. These
leather rimmed goggles appear to have
been succeedinl by gluwies of the same
sliajie, with rims of tortoise shell and a
steel waiht. An example of the early
part of the bust century, in tho original
bhLck flishskin cuse. shows that there
was difficulty In attaching the waist to
tho rim with the requisite firmness.
Hence arose the rims with a rigid
waist and sldo pieces for keeping tho
spectacles In position. But they were
heavy and clumsy, whether in tortoise
shell or horn, and tho difllculty re
inalnod of making a reliablo hinge in
such brittle umtenal. This seems to
have brought Into existence tho heavy
gold, silver and steel spectacles of our
grandfathers. Jewelers Weekly.
Tba Owl Id Poetry.
Much nnnntural history has been
written of the owls, nnd unfortunately
most jieople have tlieir ideas of them
from the poets The owl is not moping,
nor mourning, nor melancholy, neither
Is lie dolorous nor mournful. He is
neither grave monk, nor anchorite, nor
pillared saint Poets write by day and
owls fly by night, and doubtless Mr.
Qruy and his school have their opinion
of owls from staring at stuffed speci
mens in glass ciLsett, or at the birds of
wisdom surprised in the full light of
day, when they will be seen blinking,
ogling, nodding and hissing at each
other, very unlike representatives of
Minerva.
"Christopher North" is the only
author who has done justice to the
owls, or Justice to the poets, for the
mutter of that, by lus denunciation of
their epithets and fulse images. Ho
know well that the white owl never
uiopes, but holds its revels through the
livelong night, when all else is hushed
nnd still. Cornhill Magazine.
No Longer Dependant cn Nature.
One thing to be bume in mind in reflec
tions u 1 Km our future is that modern cities
are to an unprecedented extent artitlcial prod
ucts, the work of men's genius and euurgy.
Formerly nature decided where a great city
could grow up, and a high civilisation was
pomihleonly on tho sea coast or on the banks
of great rivers. Now nmu has subjugated
nature to such an extent that be is, compara
tively Hvtking, iudejiendent of her whim
aud caprice, if li&turul waterway fail,
he may construct artificial waterways, and
even without the aid of navigation at all a
city may spriugupin the heart of a continent.
Iicrlin, nearly tbe site of New York, is In
th ceuter of a great oiien plaiu on the con
tinent of Europe, aud may ba regarded as a
work of art. Only by canals can navigable
rivers be reached, while tbe modern iron
highway, tlio railroad, it ill more an artificial
product, is a far mora important element in
developing Berlin, which bos become an im
portant railroad center. It is th will of man
w hicb has niado Berlin mora Important loan
tin porta Uremen aud Hamburg. BalU
more Sua.
Kangaroo versus Sheep.
A curious fact in connection with the
effect of the progress of civilization
conies from Australia. It appears that
in the older parts of that country the
kangaroo Is practically exterminated.
In Victoria the kangaroos formerly out
numbered the sheep in the proportion
of two to one, and old shepherds state
that it was not an uncommon thing to
sco the sheep and the kangaroo feeding
together upon tho plains, as many
as two or three thousand kangaroos
frequently accompanying a Hock of a
thousand sheep. The reduction in the
number of kangaroos lias materially af
fected the possibilities of profit on sheep
farms, as will be seen from the fact
that a "station" which in 1850 could
barely graze 5,000 sheep can now be
made to carry 40,000 without any dan
ger of being overstocked. New York
Commercial Advertiser.
How Mall Thieves Detect Money Latter.
"Do you know," said & sian who
sends and receives a great many letters
through tho postolllce, "that sending
paper money through the mails un
registered Is a very foolish tiling? Why,
of course it is, as I can prove to you in an
instant Here's this live dollar bill. I'll
put it in an envelope. Now smell it
There you have it There Is nothing
on earth that smells like paper money,
and an expert thief with good olfactory
nerves con tell the presence of money
lu nn envelope at any stage of the
game. "Albany Express.
In the
Biuple loua.
Father What' that noise
next room!
Mother It' bobby singing "I want
to be an angel," dear little fellow.
Father Well, you'd better go and
see what he 1 up to. Exchange.
About Itmik ltevlewtnf.
An expert lxuk reviewer doe not need
to read a book thoroughly iu order to de
M-ritie it aufflciently for hi purpose.
Most newspaper book reviews are mere
description and not criticisms, and such
notices can be written quickly by one
who has had experience and has the
necessary ability. When a publisher
send in a book of sufficient Importance
to deserve a careful criticism, either tx
editor takes time to read it or he dele
gate the work to eomebody else. There
are a few paper that always give care-
In France the government still levies
tax on doors and windows. To the
peasant in bis small hut this tea
amounts to a little more than three
francs a year, but in the towns it rises
to seventeen francs annually for each
family.
That one of the greatest of all tbe
cities built by the Buddhist in tbe east
should Lave been forgotten and lost In
the d-nith of a trackless forest for
f ui reviews of th books they notice, but 1.000 years is a curiou fact that takes
I their number ia very emalL-Writer. i a powerful bold on the Imagination.
The Prince of Wales is insured for
$800,000.
There is a newspaper In London which
is printed with scented ink.
Th i.tl loss to life in Martinique
from the recent hurricane was jw.
Berlin is to have an elevated railroad
Electricity is to be the power used.
The proposed ship canal between the
Firth of Forth and the Clyde is revived.
An underground cable is being laid to
connect important uerman ioruucuu..o.
The Prince ol Wales Is ambitious to
race his new vacht in American waters.
Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria has or
dered 1,000,000 worth of cannon from
Kruno.
Kussian newspapers say the Czar fears
no war on accouut of tne uaruunoiiea
incident.
Active supporters of Bulmaceda are
likely to lose all their property by con
fiscation. The theosophy fad Is infecting London
society widely, and a mission to America
is talked of.
The pol'6" ' 1,18 Chilian Junta are
still seeking for Bahnaceda among the
monasteries.
Kiarail Pasha, who was removed from
tha Turkish Ministry, it is said, will be
appointed Governor of Syria.
The Munich papers say William did
not receive a very enthusiastic welcome
on his visit to the Bavarian capital.
A co-operative home for single women
is to be started in Vienna, Austria. Each
will have a share in the housekeeping.
M. Ader of Paris after expending more
than $100,000 on a flying machine has
produced one in which he flew about 100
yards.
A great outcry is being raised in Fin
land against the recent introduction of
the Russian language into the schools of
that country.
Kussian merchants want their govern
ment to abolish its free ports on the
Black river in Asia and remove an ele
ment of foreign competition.
Favorable results are Bliown in the
school attendance in England under the
free-education act. Manchester had an
increased attendance of 2,000.
The principal article of export from
Russia into Servia is coal oil. There are
at present 3,000,000 kilograms of kero
sene in the port of Odessa ready for ex
port.
Since the Pasteur Institute for the
cure of hydrophobia was established in
Paris in 18H0 there have been 0,4:K pa
tients treated, of whom eixty-four have
died.
In the province of Orel, Russia, bands
of peasants are roving over the highway,
attacking the convoys of grain and food,
even where the convoys are escorted by
soldiers.
Oueen Victoria's health is not good,
and the physicians regulate her diet
more strictly than ever. Visitors find a
notable increase in the Queen's aspect
n respect to age.
Tile International Agricultural Con
gress at The Hague has pronounced in
favor of a State indemnity to owners of
animals condemned to death for tuber
culosis or pleuro-pneumoiiia.
1 lie stories of destitution among the
peasants in Russia, owing to the failure
of the crops, are somewhat terrible. In
some of the alllicted provinces the peo
ple have not eaten bread lor days.
Sally, the interesting chimpanzee of
the zoological gardens, London, has de
parted this life. She could count up to
seven, had a large acquaintance and had
often been interviewed by Darwin.
The strictest orders have 'been issued
at Vienna that every foreign paper con
taining the slightest reference to the
tory of Prince Rudolph and Marie et-
sera's love romance shall be immediately
seized and confiscated.
Cremation is verv economically con
ducted in Japan, and in consequence is
very popular. In Tokio there are six
crematories, in which one-third of the
dead are burned. The highest price for
burning a body is 1, and the lowest 5
hillings.
The earthquake panic at Pan Salvador
has now nearly subsided, although fami
lies are sleeping in tents in their yards,
or houses, in public parks or in the
streets. Earthquakes, by turn feeble
and violent, continue at irregular in
tervals.
The Workinnmen's Union of Halle.
Germany, has been dissolved by the po
lice, and its funds were confiscated, be
cause at several meetings the suffrage
question and women's political rights
were discussed, in Germany it is against
the law for women to discuss politics.
The Princess of Monaco, who has lonit
striven to have the notorious gambling
establishments in her husband's domain
closed, is reported to have succeeded at
last. The Prince is said to have agreed
to convert the " Casino " into a home for
consumptives as soon as the lease ex
pires. The Liverpool Elevated railroad, rnn
ning along the line of docks, is rapidly
nearing completion. Two miles of tho
road have been built in the past six
months, and it is expected the line will
be open for traffic next spring. The line,
when completed, will be between five
and six miles in length.
The natives in East Africa have terri
bly defeated the Germans. Three hun
dred blacks under the German com
mander were killed and a large quantity
of guns and munitions of war lost to the
enemy. The victorious natives followed
up their success without mercy, killing
all they got in their power.
A scientific expedition to Spitzbergen,
organized by HerrSanglin of Stuttgart,
has just left Bremen. Among those tak
ing part in it are Pr. Zeppelin, Prof.
Baur and Prince Karl von Urach. The
object is to make a thorough study of
the geology of Spitsbergen and to exam
ine the fishing grounds of the Northern
waters.
The collapse of a swindling banking
concern rnn by one Sehuls at Luben,
Germany, hi caused widespread ruin
to the people who had been Induced to
Invest their funds with the Institution.
Laborer and other poor person were
led by S-hnli specious promises to de
posit their scanty aavinp w ith him, and
the result is that hundreds of families
are now mourning the loss of all their
Possession.
FOUND HER IDEAU
Tb luunte- dl MoPreeL, W4
. Net.p"r llepori.r.
Virgin Knox. Utter knoto
American as r,)Ilmlltla
n:;,nhd
New Vork Pre Hi" "' Jolm
i. MchWo, and I Ix-tter known a.
Pro Id i Hill." n.n de plume, over
h "l i h I.M written s charmmg
m vVi aUr articles. Thev met m. rand
View l ouse l a , recently, and fell n
love Urst sit-ht. The marriage Uto
X-phiceliithe full. The approach
5 n tills of course recall he flrs
marHage of Miss Knox to , Count dl
" ntercnle, an Italian -noble" who is
u n-M-ut quartered in the house of
correction at Philadelphia. Discount
ihin i brca'ting atones and swearing
a li cruei filllf In improved Sicilian.
He Is the individual who thumped i his
lovely American wife at the Hotel
IlL-l evue, Puris, and who later en
llelievue, iu , brochure
Ui-avoreu io - --- .
attacking his bride to a number of
w Vork and Pitt burg editors. For
tunutelv. the editors were made of
nobler stuff and the Count was forced
1 content himself with distributing
-:.ii....i,tlr..niurB about hiH-wifo ou
the streets of rbiludelphla.
It was In r lorence inn "rBu
metthemun who shortly afterwards
married her in Pittsburg. A fete of
a In nrntriVKK liml MIkS K DOX S
carriuge wus garlanded with the beau-
tiful Ueur oe no. u i "
and 'fell rapturously In love, lie
. . t . . ll..iuiimu.li.limiir
crossed U) America uu mc ""-
n which she came. The wedding was
m ray
VmOlXIA K50X.
the crack society event of the season
in the Smoky City. The hnppy couple
embarked for Europe and then the
fun beiran. It is a romuntlo
story of peculiar charm w hen told by
the ripo lips of the pretty heroine.
They journeyed to the Count's
"castle," which lies In some remote
post in Italy, ten miles from the nearest
villuge. On arriving there the Count
demanded money from his brldo. He
wanted to scatter coins upon his vassals.
On the Countess' refusing to shell out
the Count waxed mail and barred all
the iloor-j and windows.
A letter tells ol tne uuntess- nppeal
for protection to a Consul und tne sub
sequent proceedings for divorce.
Thus is disclosed a very pretty nine
romance. A newspaper man on ior ins
summer vacation meets a beautiful
heiress who is also an Italian countess;
they wander about the charming moun
tain glades; they fall in love and their
engagement follows.
A Hallway Sprinkler.
The opening of the new Inter-Urban
line, between St. Paul and Minneapo
lis, hus discovered the fact that out
side the cities and while traversing
some six miles or more of the distance
which is beyond the pale of the water
mains, on certain favorable days the
dust is found to be a no smull and de
cidedly unpleasant feature of an other
wise delightful ride. To remedy this
evil there is almost finished at the shops
of the Minneapolis City Railway a giant
tank made of one-eighth inch boiler
iron, aud mounted on a flat car
curried on four 3ti-inch wheels. A
piece of four-inch steam pipe capped at
each end, and suitably perforated with
small drill holes, rests across the rear
platform. The connecting pipes, of
the same dlumeter as the cross pipe,
connect it with the tank and insure a
bountiful supply of water. It is in
tended to draw the tank cur behind a
motor car, and by making a trip every
two hours, the entire length of the
line will be sprinkled in a round trip
of eighty minutes.
Newnpaper Statistics.
The statistics which have been gath
ered for the 1891 edition of the American
Newspaper Directory show a remarkable
increase in the number of newspapers
published. According to this standard
authority there are now 10,373 publica
tions of different classes in the United
States and Canada a net gain of 1,013
over last year's record. At no time since
the publication of the book was begun
bos the increase been so large. Last year
it was only 653, and the figures for the
present year even exceed those of 1884,
when the net increase was 1,500.
As regards geographical distribution,
New York state still holds the lead, now
having 1,058 papers as against 1,778 for
lost year. Illinois, Pennsylvania and
Ohio follow in the order named. The
fifth and sixth places are now held by
Iowa and Missouri, whose gain in new
newspapers has been large enough to put
them ahead of the Dominion of Canada
and Kansas, which held these positions
last year. The end of the list is brought
np by Alaska, with only three publica
tions. Printer's Ink.
Feevlah.
Fretfuluess may be excusable in sick
people, but it isn't pleasant to encoun
ter. "My dear," said a sick man to his
wife, "this room is dreadfully warm."
"There is no heat coming from the
register," answers the wife.
"Well, see if the dampers are right
at once. Do you want a man to stay
here and freeze to death V Youth's
Companion.
-
Ab Eaay Solution.
"I'll have to get rid of Matilda," said
Mrs. Yerser to her husband.
"During the week she does not get
through her work until dark; but on
Sundays, when she wants to get out,
she manages to get through by 3! o'clock
In the afternoon."
"Well, the way to get even with her
Is to let her go out every day." Ex
change. The blackened teeth of the Malays
and Siamese are not produced, as bos
been supposed heretofore, by coating
tbem with a mixture of betel and lime,
but by rubbing the teeth with a paste
made from charred cocoanut kernels.
This is carefully applied to the teeth
again and again, until a black varnish
hides the natural white.
PORTLAND MARKET.
A . h ConatOo of It. PI
f.rt Department.
The fall eon Is backward about ietr
ting in bufwhenitdoci come I must
eonie with a rush, for the wholesale com
unity have made preparation, for a
nnusuillv large, flf"1:
lettsare becoming icnrce.and tlie eason
or plum, i .bout over. Prune are ar
riving freely, and are cheap. There I. a
fair supply of late peache on hand, and
enon grapes to eatisfy the demand.
m 1 soon le the lea.fing article in the
market. The vegetable market is well
Zoned, and price, are kept firm by a
demand. The market for dairy pro
duce .hows no change except in butter,
which has advanced Vi cents per pound.
Poultry is scarce ami lirm, and eggs are
in the same condition.
WIIKAT.
Valley I. offering freely, but price,
asked are alwve the market and few
transactions are reported. The tone of
the market is slightly ttriner n sympa
thy with foreign advices. Cables report
csgocs firmer and 3d higher. Liverpoo
spot Wliettl 1 -
higher, and options are firmer through
out, later month, showing a marked
advance.
Produce, Fruit. Kte.
WiiBAi-Valley, fl.62,' ; Walla Wall.,
it 45 oer cental.
Rota-Standard, $1.00; Walla Walla,
4.70 per barrel.
0ATfrNt)W, 3440c per bushel.
JlAV-12al4perton.
Mii.lstui'ks Bran, 1216? 22; shorts, f24
(22); ground barley, $ 032; chop feed,
22(23 per ton; barley, fl.2J(i l 25 per
cental.
Huttkb Oregon fancy creamery, Z2K
35c; fancy dairy, 3 c; fair to good, 2o
27vc; common, 15(3220; Eastern, 25
(a31 cper pound.
Ciikkse Oregon, 1212c; Eastern,
13c per pound.
Eon s Oregon, 30c per dozen.
PotiLTRY-Old chickens, 5.50i?8.00:
young chickens, $2.50(1(4.50; ducks, $5.00
(i8.00; geese, nominal, 8.00(n;9.00 per
dozen; turkeys, ltifa 17c per pound.
Vkoktabi.ks Cabbage, 75c(1.00 per
cental; cauliflower, fli 1.25 per dozen;
Onions,80cC$l percental ;beets,1.25 per
sack ; turnips, $1.00 per sack ; new pota
toes, 45fS00c )er cental; tomatoes, 40
60c per box; lettuce, 12!ic per dozen;
green peas, 3w4c per pound; string
beans. 2(3c per pound; rhubarb, 3c per
pound ; cucumbers, 10c per dozen ; car
rots, 7oc per sack ; corn, 78c per doxen ;
sweet potatoes, 22'' per pound.
Knurrs Sicily lemons, $7.0O8.00;
California, $4.50(ieil.U0 per box ; apples,
60(8ic per box: banana", $3.50(4.00 a
bunch ; pineapples, $5.00a7.tH) per dozen ;
peaches, OOteOOc per box ; pi tuns, 25(5; (iUc
per box; watermelons, $l.nUf2.00 per
dozen; cantaloupes, $1.00(0; 1.50 per
dozen, $2.00 per crate; grapes, Tokav,
$1.00 per box; muscat and black,
7fc$1.00 per crate, boxes 7 :c; pears,
75c; llartlett, $l.iH) per box; nectar
ines, 00(27')C per crate; crab apples, 3c
per pound; pumpkins, $1.50 per dozen;
prunes, Ztgc PBr pound.
Nuts L'a'ilornia walnuts. 11 K(a2fa ;
hickory, 8!(jc; Iirazils, 10(lle; al
monds, l(i(18c; tillierts, l;i(tl4c; pine
nuts, 17(3 18c; pecans, 17(gl8c; cocoa
nuts, 8c; hazel, 8c ; peanuts, 8c par
pom d.
Staple Groceries.
IIoxuv 17)b(51Hc per pound.
Kick Japan, $5.00; Island, $5.75 per
cental.
Salt Liverpool, $14.00, 15.r0(i? 16.00 ;
stcx-k, $11 (f 12 per ton.
IIicans Small white, 35,;c; pink, 3c;
bayos, 4c; buttir, t?4c; limns, 4c per
pound.
Uokkek Costa Rica, 2i'.:B21o; Rio,
23c; Mocha, S0c; Java, Ift1.:';; Ar
buckle's, 100-ponud cases, 24J4c per
pound.
Suoah tiolden C,4?uc; extra C, 41,'c;
white extra (', 47,c; granulated, 578c;
cube crushed and powdered, G.''c ; con
fectioners' A, 5'.,c per pound.
Syiii'H Kastern, in barrels, 47(T'f5c;
hiilf-barreis, 6l)ia.'8c; in cases, 65(80c
per gallon; $2.'A"(( 2.50 per keg. Cali
fornia, in barrels, 3Jc per gallon; $1.75
per keg.
Duux Fitrrrs Italian (.runes, fie;
Petite and ticrmnn, 7c per pound;
raisins, $1.20071.75 per box; plummer
dried pears, 8(u0c; sun-diicd and fac
tory plums, 9c; evaporated peaches,
9ca He; Smyrna llgs, 2,lc; California,
figo, 7c per pound.
Cannkd Goons Table fruits, $1.(15(3
180, 2,Sj.; peaches, $l.80(u2.i:0; Bart
lett pears, $1.8j(if 1 115; plums, $1 37(3
1.50; strawberries, $2.25; cherries, $2.25
(32.40; blackberries, $1 (S5(ai.(W); rasp
berries, $2.40; pineapples. $2.2 (2.8il;
apricote,$l.tS0(j?1.70. l'ie fruit: AFsortcd,
1.10(nl.2(); peHches, $1.(15; plums, $1.0C
1.10; blacklierrivs, H 25 per dozen. Veg
etables: Corn, $1.2501.05; tomatoes.
$1.003.e0; sugnr peas, $1.10c.il.25.
string beans, Hca$I.0i) per dozen.
Fish: Sardines, 75c.(iil.(5; lobsters, $2.30
(83.50; oysters, 1.5X3.25 per dozen.
Salmon, standard No. 1, $1.2o(l.C0 per
case; No. 2, $2.55. Condensed milk:
Eagle brand, $8.10; Crown. $7; High
land, $6.75; Champion, $5.f0; Monroe,
$0.75 per case. Meats: Corned lieef.
$2.00; chipped beef, $2.15; lunch
tongue, $3.10 Is, $0.0J 2s; deviled ham,
f1.35(t2.(i5 per dozen.
AGRICULTUr
The Meat Market.
Bkef Live, 2 3c ; dressed, 5r?(ie.
Mutton Live, sheared, SisSc;
dressed, 7c.
lions Live, b.ic dressed, 8c.
Veal 5(S7c per pound.
Smokso Meats Kastern ham, 13'.,'
13?ic; other varieties, 10(tfl'c; brenkfast
bacon, 12,14c; smoked boeon, 10$
lltC per ponnd.
Lard Compound, 10c; pure, 11'4'
12cj Oregon, 10$12,V per pound.
Bides, Wool and Hop.
Hides Dry hides, selected prime, Si
9e; 2'c less for culls; green, selected"
over 55 pounds, 4c ; under 65 pounds, 3c ;
sheep pelts, short wool, 30(Ti0c; me
dium, 6080c; long, 90c(3$1.25; 8llear.
lings, 1020c; tallow, good to choice, 3
(830 per pound.
Woou Willamette Valley, 17(S10c;
Eastern Oregon. IOIOc per pound,
according to conditions and shrinkage.
Hops Nominal; 10 15c per pound.
make
The Tennessee Legislature will
prize-fighting a misdemeanor.
Additional rich gold and silver strikes
are reported at Pine Nut, Nev., via Car
son City.
White Clover
Any Kind of Stoc
TO RENOVATE OLD
The Acreage of Rye ,,Rtp
j M
All Of Europe
In our
white turn
among potatoes than k
sain as potato tops die. th, ,:1
expeiience th,
n,V KTOrall, Z.
UUOtir
all tl.e M.il from ;i,i,h..
are rather benelited bv t . ' -
tha uiM r..l-...l i.. .UJ.U Mr.
no turnips can Is, g7wr
necessarily upturns the (
eluding turnips or wliatevw.iL :
growing on it.
Drinking the whole mill
fat calves, but calve, raij4'
milk and oatmeal and biT ?
s eeic at eigt.t month, old.U
start in luneand iiiuscis f'
pampered calf at two yea'ni. '
a waste of cash product to Z' '
whole milk after th. J?.?1'
changes so as to cull for mS I
itisanii8laketosofee.il. JLT'
days old. Wsrm skim milk.i
oatmeal are much bet.o. "4
There s no sweeter or mor
herbage for anv k.ml ol,totkl
clover. It is Imrdy. too. an.1
laud comes in from i lriaTi.
ground without sowirnr.
some farmers mean by savint ik
is "natural " to certain t
usually such as either from a
or fuilure of seed do not t is
omer grasses. We suspect ti
iici bu i us n unci iuvt:r B01II f av
- - - s'wpiuvei,
In all Northern climatM
best when planted on nilsjik,.
apt to be a moist soil, md moj,n'
vents the deep freezing thiisi.
stroys trees when they get into -
ii.ese kiiiub oi sous are niuillth
sheltered from winds-anothn'iM
vantage when the country iii,.
original forests. What U the r
growing fruits on hillside, to.,
blown oil' as it begins to ripen?
Many fanners think that Auras
September are the (.roper moiiUsv
rye. Sown at theBe times, it
tings for soiling in the I1L lie
tins been neglected, it ii renrj.;
some good farmers as tan idnco;
sow rye in the full, even u ln.
vember or as long as the ground
worked. 1 lie grain sown tlmiln.
not sprout in the fall, bat m
enrlv in spring, and the crook 4
earlier than from any spring mi J
In passing any piece of lotedrr
in the growing season it ii fur,
what will and what will not raiic
feed. That which has been thick j.
especially on poor soil, ia t lifct--color,
tasteless and nearly voidof
tive value. That sown in drill. u
tivnted once or twice ii km,"
stemmed and darn green in coin, j
it, and yon find the sweetnea tbr
a little more room and time woe.
transformed into the starch till,
fectcd grain.
Prof. E W. Stewart tells tbe t
of the Country deathman botloi
vate old animals. He says: "Ci: 1
hay short, say half su inch; Ulr
molnsses and dissolve one pint s
trillion of water, and sprinkle thin
three pounds of the cuteioveris
pounds of buckwheat floor Wf
pounds of wheat bran. Feedthins;
to each horse or animal three tr-f
day, commencing with t little lj
dnv for two days." Msrvewo
are claimed for such feeding.
The acreace of rye is steadil; s
decline in all Europe, lnfaft-,
has almost entirely disappeWi
Belgium it has lost much giwt
Germany and Russia it only km
own on the poorer lands, his
other countries of Europe it j
decreasing in importance. fii:
the same marked diminution
ticed. Barley is also on the
But oats are steadily incrwmp,
portance, and are taking the l.
was formerly given over to r?
barley. '
Green pickles will keep
strong brine. No water u ;
merely place a layer of cutm.
other vegetables in the bottom"1'
crjar, and cover them with 1
cessive lavers of the yegelbw
are added from time to time ,
vessel is tilled. The juice oli
tables will draw out, and m .
solving salt will form a brine.
with a few holesrjoredinitw4
with a heavy stone, must heKf 1
of the pickles to hold then i
they Hunt and come in contWH
air, speedy decay follows. j
Moss litter and sawdust art
so generally used forsUhling "
that many of the Una Aw1 J
farmers are unanie w j
They recently held a meeting
tins sut.icct, ai win
that, if the present state o. t
tinue, straw will be Klln? yJ
liefore tho end ol ne r
lan.llnnla nnd corporations w
it profitable to buy the 'i'l
sell their straw, which stW
to the glut. The iarnr
not to buv any manure.
. . fr Mill
sunn nap uavv. .w ,
"Will potatoes and Kf
mix?" Well, this depen,
mix very frequently
j:,r. I ...tica are tU ;
oftener still in the eel toj ,
l kin .,o into the"
from one bin get into the J
but in the Held, where dtfferM,
are growing low?'j5j
is simplv impossible .ior
mixed, the only way m
varieties can become J01
ia bv fertilizing a variety "
r .M.ii and from tne"" .
tb
duecd new varieties
,o!o0,l -.ith nnssi .IV SOB
IOICC.I, TV fca
acteristics of both parents.
Pnrlflea the BLOOD, fores CONSTIPATION, IA1?"'
BILIOL'SSESS, LITER COMPLAOTS.MPK HEpAln",6(
PIMPLES, all SKIN AFFECTIONS, and DISEASES A" :
a DISOUDEBED STOMACH. u?f
The Genuine HAMB URQ TEA upui up in YELLO "
triih FacrimiU Signature of EMIL FRESL.
. REtMNQTON OO. AOEMTS. 8an F""o,0rrtta.
OLD BY A IX DBCGIST Al iBM