EUGEHE CITY GUARD.
EUGENE CITY. OKttQrUiM.
The ICwuaror u an After Winner Speaker.
A en after dinner ipeaker Uie em
peror ha no r'iierior in (Jermany. U
ipeiilu readily without note, express
hlnuolf with vigor, never descend to
conventional commonplaces, and, above
all, give the rery beat assurance tbat
hi word are not prepared for bira. I
bar beard conspicnou speakers in Eng
land and in our own country, and, if
comparison are not in this case iuvidi
on, I ibould Bay that the Qennnn em
peror need not fear to meet ucb an au
dience u even a New England society
dinner assemble. One of the prettiest
pcecbes 1 have listened to was delivered
by the emperor in answering the toast to
hi wife in the province where he wa
born. It wa during the great combined
naval and military maneuver of 1890, at
which the United State was represented
by Commander Ward, and Great Britain
by Admiral llornby
The emperor' word were: "I dusire
to express to you, my dearest ir, the
jrratitude felt by the empress aud myself
for the kind words we have Just heard.
At the same time our thank to the
whole for the day we have passed and
for the reception which the province ha
prepared for lis. This day was. bow
ever, not needed In order to assure n
of the warm friendship we have found
here.
"The bond that nnite me to this prov
ince and chain me to her in a manner
different from all other of my empire i
the jewel that sparkle at my tide, her
majesty the empress. Sprung from thl
oil, the type of the various virtue of a
Oerman prince, it is to her that I owe
it if I am able to meet the severe lubor
of my office with a happy spirit and
make bead against them."
The word of the emperor were unex
pected, and to no one more so than to
hi wife, whose face beamed with hiippi
nes at the compliment he so publicly
received. Nor did any one who listened
to the speaker at tbat dinner think to
question the spontaneity and bonesty of
the language. Poultney Bigelow in
Century.
Two Remarkable Marriages.
Among the romance of the last cen
tury is handed down one of a certain
Doblemau wlio was making ready for his
wedding ceremony with the lady of hit
choice when lie learned from a frighten
ed messenger that the lady had eloped
with another lover. Not at all discon
certed, be coolly continued hi toilet,
and when it was completed he asked hit
housekeeper which one of his servants
wa without that excellent thiug in life
a lover. Learning that the kitchen
maid wa the only one, he lent for her,
bade her don her Sunday frock, per
(tiaded ber to accompany him to the
the chnrcb at the time appointed for
hit wedding, and brought the simple
country maiden back a peeress of the
realm.
The marriage turned out very hap
pily, like the more recent mnriiigo of an
English gentleman In New York, who
fonnd a young emigrant girl of bis ewn
nationality who bad missed her friends
and was alone fn the street lie asked her
after a few moments conversation if she
bad come to America to find a husband,
and when the answered coyly in the af
firmative he took her to the nearest
church, and they were wedded, and are,
according to the latest rcorts, happy
together. New York Sun.
A Ma Who Palm Things.
Two gentlemen shook hand In the
treet a day or two ago, and as they un-
clased their band a mull wad of pa
per fell to the sidewalk. "What is thisT
aid one of the men, stooping to pick np
the wad. "Oh, tliut is my live dollar hill,"
aid the other man. "1 made a ball of
It and palmed It when I left the bouse
in order that I would uot forget to atop
In at my grocer' and pay a bill. Dut 1
forgot all about the coufouuded thing."
"Do you mean to say that you have
carried that wad in the palm of your
band for an hour or two without realis
ing that it was there?"
"Certainly; I frequently carry imall
article In the palm of my hand for sev
eral hour. They never fall out, aud
they don't bother inu. 1 learned the
trick of palming when I was a boy, aud
1 have practiced it ever since. I can
palm half a doten coin nt the tame
time and retain them concealed In my
baud all day if I want to
"lean eat my diuuer, unokeaclgar,
read a pnper, and do almost everything,
except shake bunds, without disturbing
the palmed coin. I find the palming
knack very useful Hometimoa, particu
larly when I waut to conceal any small
article temporarily." New York Time.
Why Ire rivals.
Did you ever wonder why it it that
Ice, being formed of congealed water,
float? And why, on wine still lakes, it
begint to form at the bottom before it
doe on the surface? Scientists explain
these eulgina this wise: Ice is specifical
ly lighter than water just about to
freete. and therefore float la it This
it one reason why the formation of ice
usually begint at the surface.
Another it itt peculiar law of expan
sion. The general law it that cold In
duce expansion, this law bold good
with water ouly to a certain point
When water bat cooled down to within
14 dega. of f reetmg it cease to contract
a before with increase of cold and be
gins to expand till it fraxe.
Thlt expansion causes the colder por
tion of the water to rise to the surface.
The formation of "ground ice" or
"anchor ice," at it it sometimes called,
I th only exception to the rule given
above. tit Louis Republic.
Ha llu.
"Br pardon, ash," observed the tough
looking waiter wioreaUvelT. "lionta at
this table usually er renieuibsr me, amk"
"1 don't wooiler," said tht customer
cordially. "That mug of jour weald t
bard to forgH."
And be picked up hi eherk and etrollea
Maundy la tbt direction of lb cm Mar.
Chicago Tribune
Ma Cm Saaadlag Mara Meaey m It.
There ia on thing that wa onght ta
V." said Mrs. HUpaoo. "and thai la ta
task UriilK step lighting tb ttra wlia
keraaens."
"Yes, I (una wa may aa wail. If It was
fotoK to blow her up It would bat dona it
long sgo, and ktroarne ooau moory."
WaaUutjion INt
Tea Delibwrala.
"Jlmpaoo is very deliberate to his stove
meets. "
"; it takes him an hour to gat s ks
"""" w4a uaxpar awiaay.
Thar Could Count Ulas.
A lot of yonng traveling men tempo
rarily located at a coxy Wisconsin hotel
Sunday got up a coiwpiracy against the
landlord. Everything about the hotel
was ierf. ction iUelf. The cookery wa
uerl. the service first class, the ap
poiiitments of the hostelry all that could
li ilekirnd. an d the charge reasonable,
but these wild young men, in secret con
cluve assembled, resolved to make the
proprietor' life miserable for oue day
bv kicking individually and collectlvtly
against everything,
li.fnm thnv proceeded to carry the plot
Into execution the ringleader of the con
spirator decided to take into their conn
.!..,.. vnutiu mini of imposing exterior
aud much griiack. who had just ar
rived and wa in the act or registering.
"You're a traveling man, aren t your
be asked In a low tone.
"Yes."
"Well, there's about a dozen of nt
here, and we're putting up a Job on the
Wa are coinii to kick at
every blessed thing today- coffee, steak,
biscuit, pastry, fruits, vegetal wait
ers, scenery, rooms, general accommo
dations and all. We'll be glad to have
you take a band in it, if you are in for a
little fun."
If I'm in for a little fuur echoed the
tiAiv Arrival. "Thunder! I'm traveling
for a London house, with headquarter
In N'Yawk. I alway kick." uucago
Tribune.
How lha Parrot Was Reformed.
The wickedness a canal parrot is Ig
norant of is not worth learning. Not
niany canal parrot reform; but one did.
tiis cage bung in front of a canal store;
aud a a consequence the bird could
iwear In a manner to make an ordinary
parrot' feather stand up with borror.
And a (wearing i or nsod to be the
chief part of a canal driver language,
nobody could tell whether the parrot or
s driver wa talking.
One day a boat stoped at the (tore
and the entire crew, including the driver,
went into the building aud staid a long
time. Thi wa the parrot' opportunity.
The tired horse were left unattended;
so be proceeded to attend to them.
"Bockr he commanded, wltn mucn
swearing.
The horaea promptly obeyed the fa
miliar order.
"Back I" he screamed again, much en
couraged.
They obeyed again, and yet again. And
he kept on (wearing and yelling "Buck!"
until at butt the horses tnmhled Into the
canal and were drowned.
The parrot laughed a little, but not
much, over the success of hi efforts.
And it was noticed that ho never swore
after that melancholy affair.
The reason wan that the driver wrung
his neck. Brooklyn Life,
Remarkable Htnry of a Mlnwraway.
The Loudon Lancet records a remark
able case, which illustrates what human
beings are driven to do when suffering
the agonies of starvation. The body of
an Arab was found In the hold of a ship,
and was couveyed to the Seatueu's hos
pital, Greenwich, where a ost mortem
examination was made by order 'of the
coroner. The body was much emaciated,
and the following extraordinary list of
materials was found in the intestinee:
Twenty trousers buttons, throe cog
wheels apparently out of a watch, one
I inch steel screw bent double, one 1-inch
screw, six pieces or a lock, tne biggeat
being inches long anil ono-hulf inch
broad, a circular piece of brass, several
piece of iron wire, brass, lead, an!
two key tallies ou a ring one inch In
length.
Tlio weight of tho nrtlclea amounted
to almost half a pound. The unfortunate
man had evidently secreted himself In
the vessel, and hud remained undiscov
ered by tho crew during the whole of the
voyage from some distant port, aud bad
swallowed these articles to relieve the
pangs of hunger.
Per ii 1 1 nr llereiaea lu KnglUh Churolies.
There i an Item that ia rarely met
with that would be, probably, a puzzle
to most person who looked at it with
out a key of explanation as to its use.
This i a tall, long, narrow recesa in the
wall, low dowu toward the ground, neat
the altar. It i (upposed to be intended
tor the reception of a processional stall,
too long to be placed with other treas
ure iu the aiimhrey or elsewhere. An
other square recess has been observed, iu
a few Instances, near the ground, to the
east of the piscina, the use of which ha
not been banded down.
There are at least three churches, too,
that have a peculiar niche or recess, par
taking icmewhat of the character of
two piscina), one above the other, the
meaning of which ha also passed out of
knowledge. These cliurclut are at
Bouthwtck, in Sussex, and Burston and
Bletchingley. in Surrey. Uentleman't
Magazine.
Lira Mads Comfortable.
Borein Still living lu Jersey, eW
Hustler Yes; I have uo thomrht of
coming back to the city.
Uoretu But it uiuat bo very Incon
venient, forty minutes by train aud fif
teen by boat every day, aud you've got
to catch both right on the minute.
Hustler That what 1 like about it
You see when people buttonhole me ana
get to talking, all 1 bare to do is to jerk
out my watch, mutter something about
train time, and 1 get away without giv
ing offense. See?
Boreiu-Ila, hat That' good. Tbat
remind me of a little thing Saphead
wa telling last
llustler-By the way, If train time
now. T UI-New York Weekly.
Tba tlullne, ruuloa.
A wouiau in a telegraph office
most a much out of her elemeut
el
i h
asa
U st a teller window In a bank,
or
man ia in a ,lrv i.,.-! a
- . j o iwin n j
lady of this town tried to tend a
young
tele-
gram to a friend whom the expected
to
visit uer. ana on I tie plank wrote, "
Com
tin wee ture, and ttay a long
CSD." Sin (Mtrefiill iin.l.r...
yon
tho
- j . . i ... .......
word ah wanted emphasised aud
eo ro
I'lavriuiy uaU'leU III tlie 111
to
ths
iFj-ciawi. 13UUNIO courier.
found Onllp,U In liar Strawberries
As Mrs. W. N. Furey. of Paris, wa
preparing some strawberries for dinner
she had a Very bad (care. The berries
were iu a Urge vessel of water, into
which Mrs. Furey dipped her hands, and
on taking the in out was horrified to see
ahtrgecenlipedeclingiugtooueof them.
A vigorous sliake only served to niaks it
cluu h ber baud still stronger, and it was
I only by a hard blow she succeeded ia
I dislodging it Very fortunately it was
so chilled by the wster it did not bit
bar and she escaped uninjured. Dallas
News
FOREIGN LANDS.
Pi ague of Frogs Follows
Locusts in Bolivia.
THE INHALATION OF OZONE,
Emperor William Turns Out to Be
the Most Severe Oppressor
of Labor Unions.
The Czar of Hussia ha a salary
amounting to IO,ihjo,(HJO a year.
A camera to take .'lOx.'tU plates has
been niBile for a manufacturing firm in
Manchester.
One of the Anarchists captured by
the Iindon police at Walsall I said to
be a Cbuagoan.
At (ilBeimw during the year 202 new
steamers and loU new sailing shipB huve
la.avn launched.
A I'eerage lias la-en conferred upon
Kir William TiiMiiixon, the eminent
Scotch electrician.
Tarls ha surface electric bars for a
distance oi lour nines neiween me op
era and St. Pennis.
A plague of Irogs is following in the
wske of the locum s in Bolivia. The in
habitants are in great distress.
Hundreds of fish are still alive in the
Koyul Aquarium in St. I'eterslmrg that
were placed there more than loU years
ago.
The American Legation st Berlin is
busy with the military case of (ierman
Americnns who have got into trouble by
returning.
Izaire Michel, the French agitator
and demonstrationist, is in London, and
sH-nds much of her time reading in the
British .Museum.
According to the Paris L'l'.etnir a plot
atraiiiHt theNultnii of Turkey ha Iwen
discovered in Htaiiihotil, and :W0 persons
have wen arrested.
The first overhead trolley electric
street railroad in Kngland i under con
struction in the tuluirb of 1-eeda by an
American company.
The Ceylon and Cape government
have apHiinted special Commissioners
to represent their respective countries at
the Chicago Kxhibition.
It i stated that over 40,001) persons
laud at Joppa every year in order to
make a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and
other spots celebrated in sacred history.
It It said that Lord Randolph Clinrch
II la not lust now overburdened with
chhIi, ami mat tie wants a proiitauie uo-
onial Governorship. He is likely to gut
it.
The Iuc d'l'ze is going toJuimn.it
being the way now iu France to tend
young fellows who have dropped tlieir
fortunes to the farthest part of the
earth.
1 ei bier, the famous French execu
tioner who has otliciiitcd at so many le
heatlinxfl in various parts of the country
in the paet few years, hat just resigned
is post.
By the law of Prussia no Prince of the
ronl family is allowed to borrow money,
nor is any one permitted to lend him
money. 11 any one does lend, be can
not recover,
(treat frauds have leen discovered lu
the purchase of materials for the public
works iu the Argentine. It ia Pin ted
that President Pulligriui is alleged to be
Involved in ttie Irauds.
There will soon lie general re-election
of the lyower House of the Hungarian
Parliament, the Premier, Count Szapary,
having hnd recourse to a dissolution as
the only way out of his dillieulties.
Alter,, the olllcial notice of the acces
sion of Abbas lVlia has been given to
the power tliu new Khedive will make
h tonr abroad, visiting Constantinople,
Odeeoa, St. Petersburg, Vienna and
Paris.
Insurance companies are suffering se
verely from the influenza epidemic not
only from the "unprecedented number
d death claims, " but also from the total
difnlilement of many of their principal
ollicials.
Kngliuiil will undertake another mili
tary expedition next summer from Sua
Kim against Berlier and Oinduriimn.
The campaign will lie. led by Major-lien-eral
(ircnfcll, the L'nglish Commander
in chief of the Fgyptian troops.
The Portuguese financial crisis is be
coming more acute, Senor Carvulho,
Minister of Finance, has resigned in
consequence of his having been accused
of advancing thirty millions to save a
tottering railway, o'f which hewasClmlr
man. The Paris 7Vmj announces that the
Swiss government has assented to tem
porary arrangement with France, bv
which Switzerland concedes the lowest
arid' on Frcmji imports in return for
French minimum tariff on Swiss im
port. A dispatch from Warsaw (tale that
the police of that city surprised a meet
ing of Anarchists or Nihilists. The con
spirators tefused to surrender, and boldly
resisted the police. The latter killed
two of the conspirators, and took off five
others as prisoners.
The Herman Kaiser is turning out to
le the mot revere oppressor of striker.
The tiennan Printers' Union, which is
striking fur nine hour a day and n ceiv
ing licit) (rem other countries, has had
liW.ntH) of the l-enelit fund seized bv
tlie (leriiian authorities, and it meet
ings and propaganda have been forbid
den. Hie "founder of French journalism."
riicophraste Kenaudot. is to be com
memorated by a statue. He was by pro
(ession a physician, and started tlie ri
:Kt fe r'riii.cr, the llist French newspa
per, in IrVU. He also started the first
.Von ifr I'ittf, anil died poor.
It is reported that the French govern
ment ha warned the Sultan of Morocco
to abstain from coercing the Khaby e
trilies on the Algerian frontier. It' is
also caid that the Sultan has tent an en
rgetic protest to the power against
French violation of hi territory.
The F.mpreas of Austria In the pursu
ance of her lireek fad is to build a thes
ter near her wonderful villa in Corfu,
where the statue of Heine standi sur
rounded bv thousands of rof treea, and
will have lireek plays given in the orig
it tl language and in the old ttyle.
ttyle
A tierce contest will W wsged with the
Vatican on the appointment of a suc
cessor to Cardinal Manning. The F.ng
lish Catholics deire the appointment o"
Bishop Vsiuhan, who is a Unionist, but
the Irish part-oppose him, preferring
the Bishop of Portsmouth.
Kxperiments on a large tcjle for the
cure ol consumption bv the inhalation
of otone are about to be made at St. Rs
phsel, a point on the Mediterranean
coast where the air is supposed to be pe
cnhsrlv well adapt,! to a aaiitfactorj
trial of the treatment.
PORTLAND MARKET.
I'roduca. t-ruJt, Ula.
Wiiiat Nominal, Valley. 1.603
M'H Walla Walia, tl,67,ygLW per
Fi-oi'H-Ktandard, 15.00; Walla Walla,
I4.K0; (iraham, HW; Superfine, $3.0
per barrel.
Oats New, 42,'1('rtH5c per bushel.
Htv $11'13 per ton.
MiLiJrrurrs Bran, $:"0; Port, m i
ground barley, IW.&MiS; chop feed,
IHifflD per ton; feed bsrley, 20; mid
dlings, 'M per ton; brewing barley,
ll.llMl.lo per cental.
Bi'ttxr Oregon fancy creamery, 37H
40cj fancy dairy, 3'J''(S3.c; fair to
good, 25(427,c; common, lrigZic;
Kastern, 2iM'Alv per pound.
Chicssk Oregon, 16c ; Eastern,
15 17c per pound.
Eoos Oregon, 30c j Eautorns'S"01'
per dozen.
Poultry Chicken. I3.5O03 75;
duck, t7.00l).00j geene, $11 per doxen;
turkeyt, 14c per pound.
Veustamlss Cabbage, nominal, $1(4
$1 .60 percental j caiilillower, $1 (a l.i5 per
dot; Ouions, 76cm $1 percental ; potatoes,
)il(60c er Back; tweet potatoes,
4c "per pound; carrots, 76c per sack;
beets, 76c per sack ; parsnips, $1.00 per
sack; asparagus, l'6c per pound; pump
kin, 2c per pound.
Fklits Sicily lemon, $3.50(ot0.60;
California, $2.0U"4.i O per Ihx; oranges,
$4.&J46.5J; apples, 75cw.$l.! per box;
bananas, $3.oUi4.UO a bunch; pine
spples, $l(c0 per.doren; cranberries,
$i0.60 per barrel ; Smyrna tigs, 17w22.'nC
per iMjunJ; citrons, 27c j ludy apple, $1
per Itox.
Ncth California walnut,! Hi fir I2!n'c;
hickory, 10c; liraxila, 10rlle; al
monds, lliitfl:; filbert, 14rl5c; pine
nut, 17rflSc; pecans, 17(4 lc; cocoa
nuts, be; peanuts, 7fftc per pound.
Hlapla GriM-arlaa.
HoNk-v 17,SMlHc per pound.
Salt -Li veriwul, f 16.50i? $ 10.73 ; stock,
$H(dl2 per ton.
Cor k k Cos ta Rica,. 21c; Uio, 21c;
Salvador, 21c; Mocha, 30c; Java,
26c; Arhuckle', 100-pound cases, 20J4c
per found.
Rica Japan, $5.00; Island, $-'.503
6.76 per cental.
Ukash Small white, 3c; pink, 2,'jC;
lyos, 2SCJ butter, 3jac; lima, 3'SC
per pound
Suuah D, 4'kc;
Golden C,
4'4'c,
extra C, 4 VI K"nuiaieu, o.'hc;
cut crushed and powdered, 6 SiC; con
fectioners' A, 6c; maple sugar, 15(4
1 c ier pound.
Sviti'P Kastern, in barrel, 42fS45c;
half-barrels, 44t47c; in cases. 3oftfH0c
per gallon ; $2.25 per keg. California, in
barrels, 3c per gallon; $1.76 per keg.
Damn Fkuits Italian prunes, 8(8 'ac;
Petite and Herman. tM7c per pound;
raisins, $1.2U((1.IH) per box; apple,
Pliimmer-dried, H'B(ri)c; evaporated
peaches, 9(tllc; Smyrna tigs, 17ij22.S;c:
California figs, 7c per pound.
Cannku liooo.s Table fruits, $1.00(3
1.80, 2Si; Iieache. $1.802.00; Bart
lett pears, $l.H0(.r I.IH); plums, $1.37Si(9
1.60; BtrawlH-rries, $2.26; cherries, $2.25
M2.40; black berriei, $l.t46(ftl.lK); rasp
berries, $2.40: pineapples, $2.2o(it2.80;
apricot8,$1.00(rfl.70. Pie fruit: Assorted,
$l.l0(i' 1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, $1(4
1.10; blackberries, $1.25il.40 ir dozen.
Vegetables: Corn, $1.10(1.75; tomatoes,
06cy$l.00; ugar pea, Jl'icC $1.00;
string lieans, !Hlc(a$l.lK) Per dosen.
Fish :Sardine, 76c(tl.06 ; lobster, $2.30
(ir3.60. Condenseil milk: Eagle brand,
$S.10; Crown, $7.00; Highland, $0.60;
Champion, $5.20; Monroe, $0.75 per case.
Meat : Corned heel, $1.IHI ; chippe I beef,
12.10; lunch tonuue, $3 0 ) la, ?5 5 '.'s:
deviled ham, $1.60 e2.0ft pr or.eu
Mlaenllniiaous
Nails lliise quotation: Iron. !.-
(teel, $3.00; wire, $3.50 per keg
Ikon liar, 3'c per pound.
Stkki l0'c per pound.
Tin I. C. charcoal, 14x20, prime qual
ity, $S.00(dN.50 per box; for crosses, $2
extra per box; rooting, 14x20, prime
quality, $0.75 per box ; I. C. coke plates,
I4x2t(, prime quality, $7.75 per lox.
Lkap i5ac per pound ; bar, OSjC
Solpku 13St(lti.SC per pound, ac
cording to grade.
Shot $1.85 per Back.
IIoki-kwiokr $5.
Naval Stohkh Oakum, $5 per bale;
rosin, $4.80(ir5.iii) per 2S0 pounds ; tar,
Stockholm, $12. W); Carolina, $7.00 per
barrel ; pitch, $0.00 per barrel ; turpen
tine, 05c per gallon iu carload lota.
Mules, Wool and llnpn.
IIiiiks Dry hides, selected prime, 7'
tfc; S,c less for cuIIb; green, (elected,
over 65 pounds, 4c ; under 66 pounds, 3c ;
sheep elts, Bhort wool, 30(t50c; me
dium, 00(itS0c; long, lHK'iif$l.26: shear
lings, 10(i(20c; tallow, good to choice, I
(i?3SiC wr lion nd.
Wool Willamette Valley, 17i419c
Eastern Oregon, 10(3 17c per jmjuihI
according to condition and age.
Hoes Nominal; 10il0c per pound.
The Meat Marital.
Pkkp Live. 2'dc; dressed, 5 ( 0c.
Mutton Live, sliearcl, 3'vc; dressed.
7otSc.
Hooh Live, 4S)'c; dressel, 6c
Vkal Icif'.ic H-r pound.
S.MOkKD Mkats Kastern ham, 11(8
I2i ; other varieties, 12Sic; breakfast
Imcon, ll'v((12Sjc; Bides, thif 10c; smoke
d liacoii, ll'.iitllc per pound.
Lahi .iiiiponnd, 0(10c; pure, 10S
witSjc; Oregon, iu(itti;'tc per pound.
llagl anil HaKKlii.
Rurlnp, S-ox., 40-inch, net cash, fic;
burlaps, lil'-ox., 40-inch, net cash, 7c;
burlaps, 12-ot., 46-inch, net cash, 7kc;
burlaps, 10-oz.,00-inch, 11c; burlaps, 20
ox., 70-inch, Lie. Wheat bags, Calcutta,
22x20, spot, 0c; tbree-busliel oat bags,
Kc. Centals (Becond hand wheat
bag), 8c.
IiiKwlla' OddlUoa.
At the olwimies of the late Senator
Deck the picturesque lngalls, of Kansas,
attracted wide comment and geueral
teutiou by appearing in the procession of
senatorial mourners with a high white
bat and a mackintosh. Every other sen
ator wa attired in severe black. Cue.
Philadelphia Uulletiu.
round a Kkrleton In lha Uullar.
An official boiler inspector in Pierre,
8. I)., found the bleached skeleton of
man in the mammoth boiler in the gat
works. The boiler has been in constant
nse since Jan. 1, and the identity of the
man and how he came there is a mystery
mat notxxly seems able to soIt. St.
Panl Globe,
Aa Ufllr Worth Having.
Gossip I wish 1 could be a
census
taker.
Companion Why?
Gossip Because the law would compel
every woman in town to tell ta her ag
Chicago Times.
Mr. Kerr, of Yakima county. Wash.,
has tent to Japan for a large quantity of
tea cutting. He intend to tee what
can be done with that plant in hi own
country.
A man to St Augustine, FT., hearin
a (traruje noise in hi nreless store Ufted
the lid, when an owl hopped eat II k4
aorae oowa ine cUmiMV.
AGRICULTURAL.
Hens in Small Quarters
Need Exercise.
MODEL HOME CHEESE DAIRY.
George E Hewell in the "American
Cultivator" Gives Another
Man's Experience.
Mr. D milked forty cow, and had a
farm of some 250 acre in extent. He
raised some grain and vegetables, and
kept a flock of sheep, and raised a little
stuck and a few colt. Hi main mon
eyed dependence, however, waof course
his dairy. Away back In the '5 , when
cheese making wa in the labor of birth
m America, Mr. 1). turned from butter
to cheese, and he alway (tayed there.
He made lull-cream stock, although lie
wa not loath to take off a little cream
for household use, rightly believing that
excess butter fat had better be in his
colfee than in the whey tub. Mr. D.
ledicated a rear wing of Ins dwelling
house for a manufactory, one room of
which contained an under-heater vat ol
1,5 K) pounds capacity, a pree and need
lul utensils, and the other apartment
was tilted with sbelvea for curing the
cheese.
Durinir the cheese-making eaon the
night'( milk was placed in this vat and
its temperature reduced bv aerating. In
the morning the bulk of the cream which
had arisen wag worked back into tne
miik by washing through a cloth strain
er, and men me morning mna was
added. In aversire warm weather the
milk would be sullicientlv matured with
the admixture of new with the old, but
in cool weather the milk was judiciously
helil a period of time at a warm temper
ature, acquiring a degree of acidity be
fore infusion ol rennet.
Through tho process of manufacture
Mr. I), followed precisely the mode ad
hered to bv the best factory makers. Of
course he produced just as good stock,
and as dealers always regard quality and
not the place where the cheese is made,
lie ot just as much and oftentimes a
fraction of a rent more on a pound than
nelithlioring lactones. He kept swine
enough to con"time the whey eliminated,
and having it right at hi door, he was
caved the la'ior of going dally two miles
to a factory and fighting for his share ol
the swill with hoggish patrons.
A dairyman who make- up hia butter
or cheese at home, provided he get no
more for the product than is realized by
faclorie, is sure of saving to his own
purse the price charged for associated
niukinu. When he has g large dairy and
is far from a factory this may become a
prime object to tit it.
Modairrmau, however, ought to launch
into private cheese making without some
experience in the art. ,
Cite the Urn. Exeraia,
IA. K. Hauler hi New KimUml Kitrmer.l
One of the prime requisite lor hens
in small quarter is exercise, and thi
we induce by putting scratching mate
;.. ,t... .1... ti.,.. i. i,
chalf from a threshing mill, chopped
Iini 111 luc in-ir. Allir llinw irtrvii icmcn.
Btraw, swale or meadow hav or w hole
cornstalks. Our material is chopped
hay or straw, two or three baskets tn
each pen; but a farmer in Heading,
Mass., whom we recently visited, is us
ing cornstalk, and like them. He savs
the hen have to pull and haul to rind
the kernel of urain scattered in it, and
that they tear the leave into ehredB;
then thev tear the stalks Into nieces and
eat nut the pith.
It is an object lesson to watch a pen ol
fowls working tor their dinner or supper,
hvery observing man know that when
he (its or lies still the circulation is slug
gish, digestion retarded, health im
paired. Apply the same Idea to the hen.
and it i easy to see that making her
scratch for her grain quickens the cin-u
lation of her blood, promote the diges
tion and assimilation of food eaten and
gives her an appetite for more. It has
tlie additional merit ol iieing nature's
wav, the intention being that she should
work for every grain, seed, worm or bHg
she eata. A fowl's food is chewed, as
well as digested, by muscular action
within the body; hence the activity ol
the Ixidy ia positively e aentiul to the
1 i .1; i: t I .1
inamicauou ana uigesuon 01 uer ioou
Kveiy farmer knows the value of phye
leal exercise in cold weather how it
eends the blood dancing and puts him
all in a glow. Add to that the niastica
tion of the food, a in the fowl' case.
and one can see the paramount necessity
of making her work for her living.
the roost platforms are cleaned daily,
except Sunday, and then sprinkled with
plaster (ground gypsum). The houses
are well aired every day. The most im
portant factor, however, is keeping them
busy, making them scratch and work
for their grain ration. We consider that
without scratching, like St. Paul's char
ity, all the rest is a nothing.
DAIRY" NOTKS.
One of the liest after-dinner cheeses ie
the Btrong, rich Kdam, which ia now-
made in America.
The live-Btock and dairy business, and
even farming, ia now carried on by com
binations of proprietors.
Two billion dollars are invested in tl e
dairy business of this country. This 11
almost twice a much money as i in
vested in manufacturing and commercial
Interests.
The dairyman who does not breed his
own cows, but merely buy fresh oner
and sens them when they go dry, buy
ing other fresh ones in their place, will
need to lie a good judge of a dairy cow.
The story is going the rounds again
about a large snake which was found
milking a cow. What was the cow doing
when tlie snake wa( milking her, and
how did the snake reach tne cow a od
der? Did ii (tand upon its tail?
Urns That Lar White K(a.
In the opinion of the Amtricnn Agrv
cuuunu me liens that lay white egg, as
a class, lay as many a those thai lay
egirs of other color within the year, but
not a many in the late fall and winter
months without special care: and in
cold weather eggs alway bring higher
re-ice, when the proht' are much greater.
Most white-skinned fowl lay white-
meiteu eggs.
That the lottery question doe not con
cern the State of Louisiana merelv n
clear from the introduction at Frankfort
of a bill to prohibit Kentucky lotteries
iinner criminal penalty.
Tlie insurance on the Missouri Stat
University building, which wa burned
wa l&l.tWo. The number of volume
destroyed in the library wa about 22.1XX
book and 18,000 pamphlet.
Senator Peffer of Kanaa make hssb
to apologue for hi bill to lend (1 m,000.
oiv to me farmer ot Indiana. He ey
ha lntr.l.,.1 ,V.. Kill I . J :
h..vuuvvi uiv uiti uf irurai, auu t
1 in no wise respontioie lor 11.
A NEW JERSEY MH.M.IAIJ.
ha Waart a Hclurraque Coatame T
Uar l.i(Dln.
m. nrr v Siiwr nt Lodl. Saddle
lleriren county. IN. J., I
untied to a premium a champion milk
maid. She Uvea on a Ming nine larm win.
k... -...i, 1,. 1. 1 fin her and duis iu a part
of her time iu looking after a blooded Jer
tey cow
She U quite fond ol mix annual, ami us
tide milking and feeding ber give ber a
daily bath and a bn.k going over wllb a
currycomb Sua
found that to per
form these dune
while wearing or
Ihodox feminine
garments was
rather difficult, so
he has deigned
nd wean, a suit tu
1 I, m I nni'hl 'to I
all picturesque
....1 ...mi,.
IIU JJifcL. .'J,
maid There is a -M
broad brimmed
bat. a hlouxe of
blue flannel and a
kill skirt reaching
t.. I hit ll 111! Kt
MIBS (OI'EK
low the akin a pair of trouser display
themselves for a brief dlotuiice, aad then
are lost to view lu the tops of a dainty pair
of ruhlwr boots
ti.. iir her ft. 40. uolcountluutn
hinn.u Imitnii which are of solid silver
and adorned a quaint greeu overcoat woru
by her father yearn ago wnen ne wan a
young man of fashion.
Mis Soier like her costume, and her
neighbor like to talk about it. so every
one is satisfied.
6HE'S A MILLIONAIRE'S DAUGHTER.
The Strange Story of Mlaa I'otlar'a Wad-
dlnga and tilnga Kiparlciica.
A stnuige, eventful history is that of
Gertrude Whiting I'otier, the twenty one
vear old daughter of O Vt Pol ter, a Chi
cago millionaire She Hint came Into
prominence a the sweetheart or luigen
iMinulvaiit, a newsooy. wnose courumip
as cut abort by his arrest, convicliou of
felony aud lodgmeul iu the Illinois pen!
teutiary On his release he liegau suit
ausiust Gertrude's father for IU0,OOUdam
ages, claiming that he bad been made the
victim of a conspiracy In order to oreaa
up the attachment between him and the
girl Meanwhile .Mix I'otier bad at
traded attention In another way by ap
pearimt as an amateur act ran, clad in
tighut, ou the stage of a Chicago theater
I .ant summer her eiiKagemeiit was an
noil need to K. Ie Itust, a lad but nine
teeu years of age. A few week ago the
r. LKK KUST EKTItllUK PoTTKR.
fact came out that lee and Gertrude wert
man and wife, having been married at lie
toil, Wis. Thehriileurooiu'H father brought
suit the other day and col the union an
nulled on the ground that hia sou was a
minor. Hiiliton tlie heels of this followed
the announcement of the wedding of Miss
Potter to young .lulins Clarke Daniels, of
New ork city, coupled with the state
nient that this was their .second esxay at
matrimony.
Julius and Gertrude were first united
Jan. I, 1S1KJ, under assumed names. They
parted, ami Juliet), KWI, without the pre
liminary of a divorce, the young woman
became Mrs. Itust Nun- she is free from
Kust, fast bound to D.fiiicl. and it is to la-
hoped that henceforward her career may
be marked ouly by humdrum domestic
bappinesH. So far she has taken marital
vows la-fore au Kpiscopal rector, a C'atb
ollc priest ami a Fi-exhyteriau clergyman
A Tyriil Valley In l)anjer.
The beautiful valley of the Drove
threatened with disaster. A landslide.
which Is assuming gigantic proportions, is
taking placeon one of the mountains which
inclose the famous l.ieuxer Clause, the
narrow ravine through which the IJrave
forces Its way, and which was the scene of
one of the most gallant stands of the Tyrol
ese In their light for freedom in ISU0. The
commencement of the landslide was sig
naled In xood time, and the people living
ou the mountain slopes and in the valley
were able to escape, hut danger now threat
ens the whole Drave valley.
Ilia Fun 'it Mini Money.
It doesn't always pay for a practical
Joker to he "too funny. At a ball in Liv
erpool a gentleman removed a chair Jilsl
a a male guest was about to alt down
The victim fell to the ground and injured
his spine. He brought an action in the
Liverpool county court, and the joker was
ordered to pay the plaintiff's claim (forty
six pounds), with costs
Killed Before Har Kjea.
Rnglueer James Donaldson sat In the
cab of bis locomotive waitiug for the sig
nal to pull out from the station of Oyster
Bay, L L A few hundred feel away, at
the door of their pleasant cottage, bis wife
lingered to wave him an affectionate fare
well, as won her daily custom. One iu
stant they smiled at each other the next
the saw a mighty burst of flame and smoke
and steam, and heard a roar like that of a
dosen caunon. The boiler had exploded.
THE IXGIXK AFTER THE EXPLOSION.
ForasitiKle moment of supreme agony
Mrs. Donaldson kept her place at the
door and viewed her husband's form a it
was burled hitch into the air and then fell
to the ground a 111 mm led corpse. Then
he wooued, recovered and ran to bis
hie. She fell on the body, cried piteutisly
and became hysterical, rrietids led he
home, where she mingled her tears with
those of three fatherless children and the
engineer's aired mother
Two other men tieside Donaldson the
brakeman and the liretnan were instantly
killed, and the conductor and a passenger
received painful injuries. The locomotive.
which weighed forty-six tons, wa com
plttely wrecked. What was the Immedi
ate cause of th catastrophe will probably
.Tr ha knows
1 1 h'
I I a) '-. 1
usl 1 j 1 m 1
Pnrlflea th. BLOOD. Cum CONSTIPATION, I DIGESTION,
BILIOUSNESS, LITER COHPLAIMS.MCI HEADACHE, COLDS,
PIMl'LES, til SHIN AFFECTIONS, tad DISEASES ARISING froa
DISORDERED ST0XACH.
TS Gtnrint II Ail B VKQ TEA ii puf up in YELLOW WRAPPERS
rtlA Sin(Wr EMIL FRESt.
1 REOrNOTON CO. Aomts. tan Fautciaco.
MUD BY A IX BB1766IaVr ASD (.BOCEBaV.'
SPONGING liN liAUAMl
THE METHOD OF GATHERING ANrj
PREPARING FOR MARKET.
The ProDla of Ibe Work The Laborer.
Are Chiefly Hlacka and Must i( Th.u,
Earn Pretty Small Pay The lip.,,,,.,
ell at a (lonil I'rli-e However.
Consul Thoinus J Mcl,ain of tin
United State constilute at Nassau, u
the Bahama Island, in response to the
direction of the state department. h;W
uniished an intero-tintf pajier on the
iponge trade of the Bahamas, In which
tlievalneof the Industry and the uietb.
nds of catching the sKimes are given.
The vessels employed in the trade are
iiiuill. varying from five to twenty-live
tons, sloop or schooner ringed, and are
built in tlie local shipyards The con-
strtiction and repair of these versels con.
ttitntean important industry In itself
They have small cabins for sleeping pur
poses, me cooKing is uone on deck.
A bout fi(K) of these vesst-ls are engaged
in gathering sponges
The number of person gathering
iponges in tlie Halmmas, handling them
and preparing them iu various stages for
market. Is from G.INIO to 0,000, Hll of
whom, except the shiiHiwners, brokers
and shippers, are Idack jieople Hands
employed in clipping, wiishing, packing
and preparing hnully for shipment
abroad get from fifty to seventy-five
cents per day of ten hour The amount
earned by the men who go fishing v.
pciids entirely ou the number of spon;;es
obtained.
The owner of the vessel fits her out at
his own expense, und the proht of the
voyage are divided up in shares among
the owner, the muster and the men.
They are never hired by the month, nor
do they ever get specified wages. The
most that can be Kiid i that the men
make a tolerable living, nnd the sponre
fisherman who earns over 100 a year is
the exception
HOW 8FOSOKS AKP. OATMKIU'.D.
The method of gathering sponges is by
means of iron hook attached to long
pole. By using a waierglas the fisher
man can readily discover the sponge at
the bottom, ami then by the pole und
hook can bring np those he may select,
leaving the smaller one untouched.
Some sponges adhere firmly to the bed
of the sea, while other are not attached
at all, these latter being known as "roll
er." About ten year aero an attempt wa
made to iutrodnce dredges, bnt it wa
found that their use was likely to ruin
the beds, because in passing over the
bottom they dislodged ami brought up
not only the (food sponges, hut the
young and unsalable ones aa well, kill
ing the spawu and working great mis
chief. Such an outcry was raised against
dredging that an act was passed forbid
ding it.
When brought to the vessel the
sponge are at once spread upon the deck
and left exposed to the sun for several
days, during which time the animal
matter that covers the upongc gradually
dies. This is a black, gelatinous sub
stance of a very low order of marine life.
which, during the process of decay.
emits a most objectionable odor.
The vessels visit what is called the
kraal once a week to land the loud from
the deck. The kraal is an inclosed pen,
fenced in by sticks of wood so as to al
low a fre3 circulation of water through
it, usually built in a sheltered and shal
low buy or cove, on one of the cays near
by
THK CHOP OF 1SU0.
The sponges are placed in the kraal
and left to be soaked and washed by the
action of the water from lour to six days.
when they are taken out and beaten
with stick until tfhe decayed covering
is entirely removed. Having been sub
jected to this course of exposure, soak
ing, beating and washing, the sponge
are quite clean und ure takeu ou board
the vessel, packed in the hold, conveyed
to Nassau, aud Tn this condition are sold
in the local market.
Uf the larger sponge a catch of 5,000
or of the smaller ones 7.500, would be
considered a fair lot. Occasionally a
cargo of from 12,000 to 15,000 large
sponges has beeu brought in, but this
success ia exceptional.
The principal varieties gathered in the
Bahama are us follows: Bout, grass,
glove, hardhead, reef (white and dark),
velvet (abuco and cay), sheep wool, and
yellow, of which the most valuable is
sheep wool. The total export in lS'Jl)
reached over 900.000 Kiumls, valued at
106,896. The crop of that year wa
above the average, being really the most
valuable one in many years.
Of that crop there were shipped to the
fjnitod State 708,000, valued ut $236,000.
Bahama spoi';e9 are not considered very
good, but a ready market is found for
all that can be obtained, and at con
stantly improving prices. There are no
indication of any failure of tlie supply.
Philadelphia Ledger.
An AertibaMe Kitten.
A pet kitten follows its mistress aH
over the bouse when she is at work. Re
cently she was in un attic chamber, the
blind of the window being shut but un
fastened. The playful kitten ran across
the room aud leaped against the blind,
which opened, and the kitten disap
peared, but came crawling back, having
turned in the air and caught the edge of
the gutter with it forepaws. It was
feat of remarkable quickness and pres
ence of mind, as the little animal bad a
very short time to recover from its sur
prise at being launched suddenly into
space. Portland (Me.) Transcript
Very True.
There is much in knowing how to see
sights. The discreet and skillful person,
when confronted with a variety of at
tractions, will carefully select those that
are for biru the best, and then will de
vise means to see them with the least
wear and tear. Bnt there are excitable
people who set out to see everything,
tire themselves ont, see only half of any
thing, and are dissatisfied in the end.
.