FRIDAY NOVEMBER 10. Mr McQueeu, returned this after oood from Junction. Douglas county calls iu warrants U sued prior to Feb 1803. uovernor ru rem tea lo commute tbt sentence of Keleay Porter, of death J P Wager, formerly editor of the Pendleton East Oregoniau, la now editor of the Portland Dally Tribune, Eugene Journal: 'The marriage le tween a young clerk and the daughter of an attorney, bolu or thii city la n the tapis." Tbe Cottage Grove Messenger haa enlarged to Ove column quarto. It lsn excellent paper and la deserving or ancceaa. Professor UUroiil Nash went to Cor vallla todav, where he will attend concert to be given by hla ulster and will return here tomorrow afternoon Col J P Eddy, railroad coimuiatloner and editor of tbe RoseburgPlalndealer gave the Guard ofllce a pleasant call today. He returned home on the afternoon train. Tbe coaatlng (learner Truckee la in a perilous position on the Umpqua river bar. She was carried by the storm on the north spit there anions the break era. Bhe may go to pieces. Cottage urove Messenger: Orrln Boblnaoii Infoims us that he ha closed a contractjwlth Brumbaugh & Spong, to furnlah 8.000,000 feet of log for tneir new mill on Moaby Creek. Clif fltavrr, of Pendleton, la la Eu cene viaitlog relatives urd f e ids. He reports businwa excellent In Eastern Oregon. His firm, t haver Bros, Is doing the largest boot and shoe busi ness of aay firm In that section. J II Dixon left for Eaxteru Oregon this forenoon on the local train, where he expects to purchase 400 or COO bead of horses, be says, for tbe Eastern lit. a a . . . iraue. ins wue ana cnnaren will re main In Eugene until uext spring. a T . w . . . oiaie ireaaurer jHetsonan's account with tbe several counties of the state shows that Baker, Benton, Columbia, Coos, Curry, Graut, Jackson, Klamath, Lincoln, Umatilla, and Wallowa coun ties have pnld tht lr taxes aud Interest In full for 1S06. Dallas Observer: Elder B F Bon- uell, left Saturday for California where he has been engaged as state evangelist In tbe Christian church. His home will be at Santa Rota, and his family will soon leave for there. H W Gleasnn representing Cham berlain & Co's popular medicines, gave this office a call this forenoon and renewed the firm's contract for ad vertising In tbe Guard during the next year. He went north on this forenoon's local train. Cottage G rove Messenger: 8u perl u tendent Murray of the Noonday, came dowu Friday last and tpent Sunday with his family. He reports consider able snow at tbe mines and that tbe big 20-stamp mill was now running full blast night and day on good grade of ore. Punctures Football. Grandpa Fletcher, of the Salem Independent, thus punotures football: "There is this, too, to be oflered in favor of prize flghtlnp, when contrasted wltbSfoot ball. There Is great skill, if not sci ence, in the art of boxing. There is also some fair-play and decency. If one fighter knocks another down, he Is not allowed to lump on top of him, and knook bis wind out and some times his life. Iu football it is all, a brutal struggle. Skill and science play but a small part. In other words, the greatest brutes win". A Smaller Price. One year ago today buyers were offorlng 70 cents per bushel for wheat in Eugene and tbe market waa strong with a sure upward tendency. Today wheat Is worth 63 cents and weak. Vassar college ia an institution for the training of girls, not only in educational branches, but in prao ticU details of home life, house keeping, cooking etc Confidence in the thoroughness of its educa tional lacilities is somewhat im paired by the news that sixty of the girls are dangarously ill through eating improperly cooked meats. Montana miners captured a delinquent mining com pany 'president the other day and held him prisoner until their wogeB were paid. A swifter procedure than that of tbe courts and far more certain. That president here after will conduct his business at Ion; range. A pigeon fancier proposes -to send carrier pigeons to the Alaska mining regions acclimatize them then use t'em for conveying mes sages from tbe isolated camps. If they can endure the intense cold he will make small fortune off his venture. i SATURDAY NOVEMBER 20. Quite a frost this morning. Portland baa live Inches of snow. Itoseburg bad a snow storm last Sun. day. Z M Brown, of Portland, Is lr. the city, Salem bad one luen of anow yeater day. Eugene escaped the auow that fill north. Miss Clara 1'engra Is reported Mter today. Tbe sidewalks morning. were slippery tbla Miss Helen Holgate, ot Corvallls, la in Eugene. Attorney Woodcock has lutunxd from Salem. Clif Cleaver went to Cottaire Urove this afternoon. Attorney J M Williams return. J from Salem last night. Mies Georgia Wallace, of Goshen. Is seriously ill with hemorrhage of the lungs. J W Kay received a carload of furniture by the freight traiu this morning. iiarry iveeney was a passellirer ou if ir the afte'noou traiu on a visit to friend at Goshen. rresident Thomas M Gulch and wife of the O AC were among today's arrivals rrom Corvallls. itobt Johnson, postmaster at Cor vallls and one of the handsomest meu in Oregon, Is in Eugene. Street Commissioner Mummy had a ga-ig of five tramps out on the streets today cleaning sidewalks. Hermau Bangs, at one time resident of Eugene, died in Missouri recently from consumption. Telegrapn wires are reported down in several places in tbe valley owing to strong winds of the past 24 hours. Claude Pengra arrived from Lamar, Colo, by today's 2:C4 local, being called heie by the illuetts of his sister, Miss Clara. Condon Globe: John Surivuer and family departed last week for Eugeur, where they will visit Mr Scrlvner'a futher. B W Johiisou and wife of the Cor vallls Gazette, are la the city. Mrs Johnson was formerly Miss Lillian Hamilton. Mrs S H Friendly and daughter, Miss Carrie, leave Sunday night for San Francisco, wehre they will spend mouth or two. London, England, had a f 15,000,000 re yesterday. It Is the worst confla gration that city has had tlnce the great fire of I8GG. Postmasters are now Instructed to hold letters for thirty days unless a no tice on the euvelojie asks for them to be returned sooner. "Rocky Mountain" Smith, oueof the oldest and best known printer on the coast, died recently In Portland. He at one time resided In Eugene. From a letter from Prof J P Hol land, dated at Piineville Nov 15, it is learned the weather was quito cold, with two inches of snow and more falling. Those Wisconsin football playeis are game. After Wisconsin universuy defeated Chicago that university ofler ed them $5000 Just to plsy another game, and they refused with scorn. Such is the football spirit of the day. Harvey and Pres. McPherson, of Springfield, while out bunting last Sunday between the Mohawk and Mc- Keozie valleys bectme lost and slept out Sunday night without fire or food, getting back Into the settlement Mon day evening. MedfordMail. "Til Huosakerhaa nurcbBHed a half Interest In J R 11- son's blacksmlthing business and tbe two able bodied aud genial smlthera are working shoulder to shoulder, tun Incr nut a Mod bit of eood work." Mr Hunsaker formerly resided at Dexter this county. Corvallls Gazette: "Circuit court meet next Mouday to hear and act upon the report of Referee Woodcock, relative to the money In tbe court's hands, resulting from the sale of the O P steamer at 'Frisco. The mouey is claimed bv the purchasers of the road nrt hv the creditors of the defunct company." Tim Rlirn. published at the deaf ,mi ...hnnl at Salem savs: "On tbe first of the present mouth Mr N W Kellawsv wan appointed assistant en gineer at the Reform school and Mr S M Garrison orEugene, was appointor tohisplace In the school as assistant engineer and teacher of printing. Mr Garrison knows how to handle the 'stick' and tbe office boy and glrla seem tolikebim. W J Brvan has offered a large sum of money t Ewlng collfge, Benton, 111, to bi known as tne wary beth Bryan fund. Tbe income Is to be used annually during commencement week In cash prizes for the best essaya a? sv-n marit 1 on the science m aunu. -- Bryan's mother was a student at Ew lng college. She was principal of tbe Young Ladles college and resigned oo acoount of 111 health. 1 TOLD BY MRS. DllEW. INCIDENTS IN THE CAREER OF THE GREAT ACTRESS. Kceratrlcltlr of Soma of th ruuu As tort With Whom Sh Was AaucUUd. Tba TheaUr and Iu Patroas Early la tlx Cantor?. Hero are somo quotations of an enro lutlral cluiracUT taken from Interviews With Mrs. Drew in 18U5: "How did jeu contrlvo to obtain an edu tntlon, conHlclcrtngthat you acted so much is a glrlr" "Bless you, I never was educated that la, I never oltfalned what Is usually eon- uw-n-u a ayiteiuatio education, for iny ichnol hns been human nature and my books were the people I mot. I bellnva I was sent to school for one quarter In Lon- aun, ami i remember being sent to a aohool In Baltimore for awhile. The rtt of iu education I picked up myself by reading and listening to tho conversation of clever people." hhe was speaking of Mac ready and Ed win Booth. "How did you like acting with these trnffodinnar" she waa asked. "Well, Manvady waa dtaaKreeablo and difficult to Work with. Forrest was not a particularly pleasant nian, but easy enough to got along with. Junius Brutus llooth didn't care who you were or any thing about you, so that association with him was not especially pleasant nor espe cially unpleasant. Bis eccentricities at times were very trying and sometimes very laughable. Edwin Uooth waa dignified anu ueiightrully courteous." "Do you recall any of the eccentricities of the elder Boothf" "I shall never forpet one night when I played Ophelia to his Hamlet. He had finlfthed the scene In the fourth act and the curtain was lowered. When the time came to ring It up on the fifth act, which llomlet was to open, the Prince of Den mark was not forthcoming. Attendants rushed hither and thither in search of him, but ho waa not to be found. When we had almost given up In despair, some one discovered Hamlet perched away up on top of one of the wings ot the scenery among the rafters, crowing lustily. I don't know, I am sure, whether he Imag ined himself the crowing cock which crew when It was time for tho ghost to depart or whether it was simply a practical Joke. At all events, we got Hamlet oil hla perch and tho play went on. On another occa sion the play was "Orinoco," and the eld er Booth had to appear with darkened skin. Just before the lost act he came be fore us with hla bare feet and legs all blackened and Insisted upon going on that way. His mood did not strike me as particularly encouraging, so I refused to Lgo on, and tho act had to bo presented without me. She was asked, "What do you think of modern playsf" "I don't approve of up to dato plays of an humoral nature. Hut I think that, llko almost everything else, tho drama la steadily advancing. It has undoubtedly a great future In this country." Her personality waa alwaya Interesting. Frcdrica Barret thus described a visit to hor rooms In Now York In November, 1895, Mrs. Brow being 75: When I went to call on Mrs. John Draw, I hod the Impression that I was to see an old lndy, but this Idea wits quickly dis pelled when I. met hor. In years Mrs. Draw may havo outlived many of hor own generation. She has contributed toward a second generation In the raising and training of her own ohlldron, and she la now hopeful and watchful over tho careers of a third generation her grandchildren. Mrs. Drew has retained a great part of her youthfulness in activity and general appearance, and this Is due no doubt to a large endowment of natural humor and to a hopeful disposition which makes her manner at once spontaneous and cheerful, and duo In a great measure, too, let us assume, to her intimate and loving asso ciation with tho younger members of the family of Drew. Of her early days in America Mrs. Drew loved to speak. Louisville in 1820 sha remembered as "an exquisite ploco, with elegant society, noted for tho beauty of Its women. "Conditions were crudo everywhere, a Now York hotel tavern, as it was then called sending up a plo that was ordered for lunch with a tallow candlo reposing sleekly on its surface, tho messenger not being blessed with two pairs of hands and having his ono pair o'orf ulL "Whon tho dining room doors were opened, there was a mad rush, tho stout est securing tho seats, whllo tho unsuccess ful ones formed Into lino to wait their sec ond chance But this mothod of conduct Is not unknown at tho present day, when wo are pleased to think tho world very much civilized," says Mrs. Drew, recall big tho actions of certain travelers of this year whom it has been her lot to see. "Tho curtain wont up at 7, and often did not fall finally until half an hour be fore midnight; but nobody was in a hurry U "Soats wore reserved only until tho end of tho first act, and thon anybody took them who wanted thorn. Shamotothoman who sat in tho front row of tho houso if a woman sat behind him, for people all around would shout, 'Front seat for tho lady, front scot for the la-a-dyl' and she always got It. "Speaking of crudo stago settings, per haps tho funniest experience I over had 1 ... . . 1 T ' -' Til... wosonco in uarnsuurg, nuo " v-j lng Juliet to Mr. Fredericks' Romeo. "The balcony was a big toblo surround ed by a painted canvas, which a small col ored boy was stationed in the wings to hold. In the progress of the scene Homeo and I heard a suppressed titter, and then another and another, and upon furtively looking about to see what was wrong we discovered that the darky boy had become to much interested in what was going on he had forgotten what he was set to do and had got out In view of the audlenoe to watch the progress of affairs." Boston journal. On oa tha Dentists. A man, evidently In agony, caino down on a Third avonuo clovatod train a few dors ago. Ho was holding one sldo of his face In his hands when a friend espied him and took a seat besldo him. 'Smatter 'th youf" asked the friend. "You seem lo bo In trouble." "I've Just been having threo teeth ex tracted, and I don't know when I've suf- fC"Whdldn't you go to a dentist who understood his business?" "Well this one had a sign out, 'Teotb ....i itiuint tmlii.' How waa I to UUUtWU v - m knOh they all do that," said his friend vmDothlngly. "I reckon they moan wSt pah? to the dentlrt.' -New York Commercial. ASTHMA. Th Principal t'aiuM of Iba UUIrarlluj la lb HruacliUI Tube. In a recent article concerning the treat ment of asthma a prominent authority on diseases of tbe chest enumerates as fillowa the principal cause of the obstruction In the bronchial tube to which the pnrux ysmal difficulty In breathing Is duo: Flrnt. A previous dlaenanl condition of the lung, which renders them susceptible to attack. Not Infrequently cases of Mthma resist treatment simply from the physician a failure to recngnlan Iheextht- nee of an antecedent trouble. Weak lungs are always open to the Influence of the various excitants to asthmatlcol parox ysms. Second. Direct Irritation of the lining membrane of the bronchial tubes may ratabllsh the dlwose by exciting the lungs to successive paroxysms. Tba Inhalation of varloua dusta and powders, llko thimt arising from tluwers, marble and coal, and Irritating fume of metal are often the starting point or occasion of a severe at tack of asthma, which, In fact, imunlly lasts as long as there Is any additional source of Irritation. Exerlno must teach the sufferer what kinds of Irritants aro especially to be avoided In hla Individ nal case. Feather beds, anlnuUa, kcro sene lamps and arsenical wall paper are among tho mors common of direct lrri tan to. Third. In Indirect Irritation of the lungs the source of the trouble may bu lo cated at some distance from the lung-", as Is tho case In digestive dcrangementa. At tacks of asthma may be provoked by the pressure of tumor or enlarged glumU tit on the nerves which control the proce i.f breathing. Since the extension of spivlal surgery many case of asthma arising from irritations and obstructions In the noe have been discovered and cured. Knlai getl tonsils may aim be a source of irritation. Fourth. Not the leant frequent among the agents concerned In the production of paroxysms of. asthma are what aro called toxlo causes that is to say, causes which produce systemic poisoning. The unite, common of thene are of gouty or nmlarlid origin. 8igns of lead and arsenical poi soning should bo searched for. In looking for the caum of a given cata of asthma we should take Into conaldera tlon the fact that the disease may be duo to one condition alone or to sevoral con ditions combined. Whatever means are taken for tho im mediate relief of the paroxysm, It Is ob vious that a cure of the disease Itself can not be expected until the underlying trou bio has been remedied. Youth's Compan ion. IS A THRIVING INDUSTRY. Msnafketar of Panama. Hats rarnUhet Employment For Thoumada, The manifucturo of the so called Pana ma straw bats from straw motlo of palm leaves is very Interesting, and, although Central America Is furnishing a great many of these expensive hats, the great majority of them are mado elsewhere, prln cllly at Malaga, Spain. Throughout Andalusia a palm grows almost wild and furnishes a great doul of wealth to this country. Tho fruit and tho root serve for nourishment; tho kernel of the fruit, which Is extremely hard, furnishes but tons, and tho leaf Is also very valuablo In many respects. Roofs aro thatched with theso loaves; tho fiber which la extracted from them serves as a stuffing for furni ture and mattresses; tho stems are peeled and employed in basket making, and tho fiber la also used ror brooms and ropes, and finally for the imitation panama bats mentioned above. Tho last named Industry Is of much Im portance, since not less than 0,000,000 hats are exported from tho Malaga district, most of tho number going to Now York city, htlll, their manufacture Is entirely carried on by hand For centuries past those hats have been mado in tho some way, tho qualities varying from tho ordi nary bats worn by tho Spanish peasants and costing but a few cents up to the fin est qualities, which como high oven thoro. More than 10,000 persons live exclusively by braiding hats. They are mainly wom en and children, tho men helping only when they havo no other occupation. A clover girl can mako from five to six urge hats a day, and for tho braiding ol ordi nary hats 2n to 80 cents Is tho wages usu ally paid. The finely woven panama can bo mado only by skilled hands, who at tho best can turn out two per wock. They re- col vo on an average 13 and 14 for each hat, according to sUo. Baltimore Sun. Th Onion's Virtues, ni.Lm. mm Mxitltv iwmiteneni nf thu breath after tho local effects have passed ..v. itin litjirii.tfl iliufair. Thev nnr .nujp wy. ' 1 - j root stomach disorders and carry off tho . . I. . tv I. SOCUmularoO. poison oi mu nim-m. mi- provide a blood purifier that all may free ly use As a vermifuge tho onion cannot bo surpassed and mten raw will often check a violent cold in tho head. Ono small onbm eaten every night lieforo re tiring Is this well known doctor's proscrip- ti.. .... a itfTiwI l,na i it t.l,n hnn1 bit II I iur HUllluiviia ' - . . and Is hlghlv recommended for sleepless ness. It aetun the nerves In a soothing wkv. without tho Injurious etiocis or tne drugs often applied- Tho heart of tho on ion beuteu and plareu in me ear win ouen t....n ,... iv ,f iuiru?tiA- whlli thn I VI IU 1 U yiu nfluiij sirup produced from sprinkling a sliced onion with sugar and luked In the oven Is Sold to worn wonoera iur cnjuji. ntw York Tribune, Daxgur In th Tea CoJ. There is danger to tho health in tho oozy used to prewrvo tho heat of tho aft ernoon teapot- Tho menace, soys a writer, Ilea In tho ill effects ol tho overdrawn tea. It should be i.'iulu fresh often with freshly boiled water and poured off Into a second, previously heated, teapot. A thorough stir with a silver spoon should be given when tho tea Is Urst made. Two small tcaspoonfuls of some scented tea may no added, if liked, as It usually Is, to four of that generally used. The addition does not lend much strength, but it varies the flavor and Imparts a pleasant perfume. Oood Pronation. a Wllkins was leaving his office along with Jawkina he waa topped on tho ahoul or by a business acquaintance of shady reputation. llo shoos; nanus niun warmiy, nuu tut? parted. i "What, shake bands with a scoundrel Uketuat!" said Jawklns. ( Well" said Wllkins. "ho couldn't put bis hand Into my pockets whllo I w aa abaklng It." London Tlt-BlU. birds swallows and rooks in- toad of "flying about remain at home when a storm Is brewing and robins hide th shelter of ohlmncirs. A bee is never caught in the rain and ants, wasps and spiders will be found to prepare their nesU against the oomlng of a itera many hours u advaao. BLOWN INTO TH BAY. Tbe Cus'oui House at Yaquin Wreckd and Records Lost. Wars! blorut Known In 1'rars. Albany, Or., Nov 18. A mem-ana from Yaqulna says a heavy storm is raging there. The custom house was blown down and part of the records of the o fTlce lost In the bay. I he ifllee of the eolle.tor of customs has for ymrs been located iu a oue story wooden building, owned by Win M lloag, situated near tho water front at Yaulua, for which a reut of flu per mouth was paid to the government. The building had an lu-ecure founda tion, which gave away Iu the severe gale, cadslng the collapse. Collector J YV Hall resides at New port, and no oiiu was Iu the office when the crash came. The pstrs aud docuiueulsof the ' filce weie borne away In the gale, being scattered and blown luto the bay. Tart of them were recovered. Aalde from the loss of the records, the damage will not ex ceed a few bundled dollars. Telephone wires are all down. Considerable damage has beeu done to small craft on tbe bay. AT ASTORIA. The wind has been blowing 74 to 84 miles per hour. Tbe electric light wires are down aud the city lain daik uena. Two ah I pa dragged their an chors aud are ou the aauds. OREGON CITY. Storm havy. Several treea woie blowu acioss tbe 8 P It It truck. BALE-. A dstu was washed out acroas Mill creek. Social News. COMPANY CSMOKKK. Company C, Second leglment of this city, last night entertained a number of friends at a smoker, aud through tbe "clouds" arose bright talks, clever witticisms aud catchy music that made the event oue that will long be remembered with pleasure. Capialn Moou and bis company have every reason to feel proud of Its unquestioned success. - The program waa Impromptu, de cidedly so, yet brought out many Interesting short talks, storks, and music. - Captain Moon in a few words, open ed the program aud acted as chairman.1' He extended to the guests a cordial welcome. Col Yoran followed with a short talk on the efllclences of the leg lment, followed by Lieut Huston In a clever deonrlptlon of Camp Jucksou. Lieut Currle also made an appreciated talk. From the guests Hon J H McClung aud Hon S It Friendly made addresses appreciative of the iu terest they alwaya niaulfest In the Na tional Guard. Short s tor let aud anecdotes without .number kept the audience on the qui vlve. Iu the musical Hue a quartet composed of Messrs Roberta, ilrunley, Mummy and Lakln, rendered seveial choice selections, and Messrs Roberta and Crumley with banjo and guitar, re sponded to the encore to their number. GleoKrezlersuugasolo and Mr Miller rei.dered a solo ou the fife. The dls cussiou of sandwiches, "wursts" and Ooffee proved to be Interesting. At tne close Captain Mom made a short talk, showing that company C, waa In excellent condition, and ex tended a general Invitation to people to witness the various Inspections and drills of tho company. He spoke with pride ol the excecllent showing made by the company at the encampment aud assured tbe guests they were llirloe welcome. LAUREAN NOTES. The Laurean society met last even ing with Vice President Holbrook In tbe cbalr; being compelled to leave he called Mr Kuykendall to take his place for the evening. After the usual pre llraluary business the question, "Re solved, That a single tax on land would be better than the present sys tem," was choken for two weeks hence, wlih Messrs H Hooker and O Beuedlit as leaders. After recess Mr M Scaiborougli de livered a very Interesting extern pora- Leous address on the Klondike. He spoke of tbe perils of a trip to that country at tbe preseut time, .the con templated Improvements 1 1 transpor tation, aud the richness of tbe country lugold. Mr B B Richards then gave au admirable prepared address on "Civilization." The question, "Resolved, That the English lorm of government represents tbe wishes of tbe people more truly than that of the United Btalea," waa then discussed In au able manner by Messrs Grimes, Richards, Benedict, and Dlllard, and on the negative i y Messrs Boone, Campbell, Edmutison and Hooker. Many Interesting points were., brought out mi both sides. President Kuykendall decided for tba negative. The society then ad Journed. (JR'JVEK DICKIE THE PKESBY TERIANS. The Coiougj Times-Herald of November 13th prints tbj follow ing: "Phinceto.n, N J, Nov 13. "To the Editor I do not care if all tho synods aud Pre&byieriaus in the couutry were to ofler an ad vcrv decision, it would be no good reason why I should alter my opin ion. I am very sorry that Dr Shields hai been bothered over the matter, as he is an old and very dear friend of mine. Otherwise the action of the Presbyter! tns does not ofl'cct me in the least. When I signed the petition for the liquor license for the Princeton Ion I in no sense committed a wrong, and if the sitae proposition came up for my consideration again I would do the same thing. I am very sorry that Dr Shields has been botlmed over this matter, as be is a good friend of mine. "G hover Cleveland." HONEY 0 THE MISSES. The learned financier of tbe Ore gonian would have the i eople be lieve that because financial transac tions oi great magnitude can be carried out without actual transfer f the money, that silver it not needed as a medium of exchange in the every day business transactions of life. In other words that mil lions of dollars of gild piled up in the publiu treasury answer all purposes. The Oregonian says: "Those timorous individual! who lost sleep in 1896 wondering where the gold is to come from to pay tbe debts of the country should study the transactions in the Union Pa cific sale described this morning. This deal, involving 158,000,000, is going to be carried through with out creating a rtppl in the money market, and almost without dis turbing any of the stacks of eagles in the vaults of New York and Washington. If the tree coinage cf silver is necessary to the proper conduct ot finan ial transactions, some embarrassment from its ab sence should have a: peared on this occasion." Yet if farmer Scott or laborer Jones wants a sack of flour or a piece of beefsteak or bioon, he must go down in bis jean and dig up soun of those useful pieces of money inscribed ' Quarter Dolltr" or "Half Dollar." Those ' stacks of eagles" that are piled up in the vaults ol Washington and New York nre no better than to much lead so far as their public utility as a circulating medium is concerned, except where treasury notes circu late iu their stead. The "o.iibirrissment"on aojouat ofkjkof silver is not among the buiks and millionaires. Their trausau'iins runainginto millions may be carried on with mere slips of paper, representa ive of value. Not so with the common i eople. They uiuet have money tb it an be used in the common every day transactions of life. They do not pos sess a bink acoiunt, mutt pay as they go, and silver is the money metal tint kindly nature has made convenient for that purpose. Like gold it is a scarce and valuable metal, a recognized money of the world, and is t ho medium that can le circulated among the masses without question as to its value and honesty as a debt paying money. A year ago the Jewiih Publica tion Society of America oflered a prize of 11,000 for the beet story relating to a Jewish subject suited to young readers. The competi tion was not limited to Jews, and although twenty-seven stories weie submitted, tbe committee has de cide not to award the prize, be cause no story of Jewish interest ulted o young readers and satis- tictory to the judges was found among the number. i The Sunday Welcome notes that many women of Portland aro mauiftsting good sense by adopting short sk'rtsfur wiuter wear and adds: "Tlil- is th-i proper thing to do in a cliiuule like ours. There isn't u r deeming element in the ultri-nl eness that prompts some women to trail their skirts in the lush of our streets in tbe winter time."