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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1894)
Lincoln County Leader. J. F. STEWART, Publisher. ' TOLEDO OREGON A PFCUUAH CASF. A Tlraln Tran.f. r That Uesnlleil In Auto! rid lliittery. The city editor of a iiewmnper which em ploys tin- services of mi chic i-prising young man a fii'tiid of mini ton small amount one any to investigate a strange ioi j wuiuu nan come flown over the tele- pnone trom the ionrt.-mtb Ward boHpital, lie gave the young man an order on the ctisnier lor Ills car fare. Having exchanged that for 10 centi," worth of malt extract with a pentP-miin on William street, my friend walked up to the Fourteenth ward. He passed lib credential In to the chief surgeon at the hospital and was admitted. "What is this ease you told us nU.iitt" he asked. borrowing the chief surgeon's Kiirie losniirpi'ii ins pencil. "Vou haven't mum; a successful operation, have your" Worse than that," replied the chief sitr- nam. minutely worse. A young man iiumeu JHIIW1I WHS "Got his first porter. nnincf" queried the re "No. lie was". "A Kef" "Didn't leain. a week ago" lic wits brought In here "Addreis?" w.... i, . . . v-nii t, iic ;,H Drought, III here a wei-K aKi, vvui, a had wound in his head, lie had been struck by a brick which had lanen rrom a passing building, and" "A passing whiclif" "A building which he was passliig, and a punui nis Drain was missing. It looked like a pretty serious matter, and so I took bold of the case myself. We found that II would be necessary to supply the deficiency ... wi.uiin. ,Y a Uave i,ono , SUHru i1(jr0 K"t thntr" "Yes." ho wo sent out. After awhile wo found an Irishman who had been mortally wound ed in n prize light, and who bail no further use for bis brains. We operated on him mm union me transfer. Our patient wasan American, and ho seemed to get along first rate until yesterday. Then he got iipout of ...mi nun assmi i u'li ins physicians, throw ing """" "mrs. JlertiK-sii'tj-.cA ulze bis wife and claims that be. alone aiifl unassisted, can lay out any seven men in me Hospital ir ho Is not molested by the po lice Ho also speaks Willi a strong Irish accent mid baa gone back on his politics. He claims bis nanie Is Dohiu." The chief surgeon reached bi-hlnd him forhis handkerchief and wiped the perspi ration on his face, with tho air of a mini whoso conlldetico bad been abused. "How do you account for the change?" the reporter asked, recrosslng his legs on tbo window sill. "Wo don't account for It at all," tbo chief surgeon answered. "We find nothing In history like It, anil only an autopsy will reveal llio secret. I regret t hat wo cannot perforin an autopsy now. Will yon bavo a clgarf" "Thank yonl lint how Is It that" A tremendous fall and a wild whoop of defiance from above stairs Interrupted the reporter mid caused tl. chief surgeon to rise ami remove his cuni, "That's him," bo said. "Voti'll bavo to excuse me for a few mlniiles. If I callyou, I wish you'd come up to assist me; I some times" An tbo chief surgeon disappeared, Jim Bound of a amnio came from above, accom panied by the words,- "Tak' yer corner, ye bald bended mlck tiilt' yer corner, erdl'll basto thn face off yezl" l'uck. Ill I'llhltll. 8hn looked upon Hie pale, slender youth kneeling bcfoio her n,,.; ,'.ns moved to oily. There was t ler ayiupniliy In her bearing as shotold him she could never bo bis w ife. Ho heard her answer with it bowed he-nil. ".May 1," bo asked simply, when she had lipoken, "propound to you onu other tjues lion before I rise from my knees?" "Yes." Jlis glittering eyes were fastened upon her face now. "Have you" Ho was terribly earnest, "any corns, btiulotis or Inverted mills?" Hho shrieked as It dawned upon her that be was, after all, a chiropodist. When bo strode away forever, tbo snow crushed beneath bis feet with a merry, mocking sound. Detroit News-Tribune, Npolleil Ills Ciileuliitliiiis. "Don't you liko the room I gave you?" said the hotel clerk tu the drummer (rum Cincinnati. "Yes, the room's all right. What made you ask? Do I look worried?" "To be dank, you do." "Well, I am feeling rather uncomfort able. You sis, I eamo over on I lie S. I O. aud W. mad." "lint III late, I suppose." "No, we got iu ou time, and now 1 have about si, hours on my hands that 1 don't know what to do with," WasblngUiu IS tar. liuiniMaltilt, t'urv. Bodkins Doctor, how can Insomnia be cured? Doctor-Well, the patient should count lowly and In a meditative manner fttill, ami then HodkliiK-That's all very well, doctor, but our baby can't count,- Life, Au Olillglng Creature. Hb The other night at the dance 1 took the same girl dowu to supper three- times. Shi She w as very aecomiiUHbiting.w asii't bef Truth. lie Whs Not to lllnme. Ho-You must think 1 am a blamed fool I Hie (kindly) No, I don't think anybody ever blamed )on. Detroit Free l'n-xa. .11) .Matrimonii Views. 1 will not wed a Mower, to hsve my lispey lite Toriiietueil by the virtues of Ids "1st, lament ed wife," I will not wed s bachelor, with heart of solid tone. To h-iii1 his evenings at Ihe rlub and leave in all alone. I will nut wed millionaire, to be accused of crime. If be should rhnnre to rww sway a bit to-for bis lime. A poor ins u's wlte I'll never be, to bake and tew ami broil. With Lalf a doM-u ttitle om. to add to all uir loll. I will not w rd a hand-Sim ouui, a "sport" would not ruft me--Tbey're Wmnd to hsv anutlirr wife, aud some- times two or three. A homely in nil It not uiy style-, "dude" I w oo Id detest I eoald not love a selrniti nun or one who's proa to Jest. I will Dot wed the man who treks for year my love to uslit; Tht eery tin iit-tt of tits tult would always bring ui pjilu. 1 will Dot wed the man who oltlmt to love iu at first iilanre la (art, 1 wiU uol wed at all, uuUl I ft a euaure. -llrooklyn Uft, A Warning e F.leclrtcel Men. An electrical workman. Iu Iter I In died from the rlToets of copK-r poisoning formed by holding the two ends of lb battery connections In bis mouth. This should be a warning to the majority of construction men who continually us this method of It-stlug small curivuta Nw York World. FOREIGN FLASHES. , A $40,000,000 Bhip canal across Ireland is mooteo. It iB said Unit there are 30,000 Budd Hints in I'arie. Cholera is reported at Constantinople, chiefly in the barracks. A congress of doctors from all over the world will be held in Koine next month. William Aetor Chanter, the American explorer, is at Mombasa in good health. It has been definitely settled that Eng land is to buy the trunk-line telephones. I'aris hag borrowed 140,000,000 for the preliminary expenditures of the World's Fair of 1000. Kossuth is reported to have become totally blind as a result of his recent at tack of influenza. Beloochistati is now British. England holdM most of the mountain country on the Indian frontier. The report that the British Parliament would be dissolved in thirty davg is pos itively dauicd at London. An international mining and metal lurgical exhibition will he held at San tiago, Chili, this September. There have been immense imports of wheat into Franco recently in view of the increase in import duties. The weather in Australia during the present antipodean Hummer has been unusually hot anil oppressive. The iniM)rls of hay into Great Britain from the United States were 101,1.12 tons in 1803 against 11,58 tons in 182. Empress Frederick of Germany bus arrived at the Isle of Wight for a long mii vi iicr iiioiucr, iicen ictoria. It is stated that M. Cleinem can Lo calise of his attacks on the administni tion of the French navv is to be nro.i-. ctttcd. 1 lie stntement Unit t ie IV iici-ku ,.f w ales lias retired from society iu conse- lucnce oi iiieiuui troubled is vigorously lenied. Russian journals comment verv hit. terly on the French xlicy of increasing the duty on wheat, which is. prejudicial to the Russian grain trade. Milan. Italy, will hold a national nv. hibition of wines and oliveoils this year. The exposition will be opened in'Mav and remain open until October. The Russian railroads, owned hv tbo government, in 1HH1) and lKIK) paid the interest on their cost and the Stat and paid up a surplus of $,'15,000,0(10. ' The Russian orthodox IliiHsiotmi-iou have so failed in their proselytizing ef lorts among the Khirgese that thn in is. aiona will probably be shortly withdrawn. White horses are to bo barred mm military service in Germany. The Em peror has ordered that no morn b i,.m. chased for the army, and those now in use aro to tie soul 1'oor health mav comncl Mr. Mellon. aid, United Slates Minister to Persia, to resign, and t ho American missionaries will ask the reappointment of ox-. Min ister 'I'm x ton Itealo. Australian refrigerated meat has been put on tbo Vienna market, where it can compete iu price with thn domestic prod uct., aiiiioiigii .Austria-Hungary ts a large meat-producing country. Paris has gone daft over things Rits Sinn; the latest manifestation of the crime is the gift by a French woman to tne women's iosiii a s of St. Peters hnr ..f O Anil ,- ,., , oi n,uou smelling ihiiiics. It is said to be of in liomlon for proprietors of nublii houses to hold life-insurance policies on inebriates, so as to protect tbemselvi.H against the loss of patrons. The London Dailv News declares tlmt ihe dihcluirgu In bankruptcy grunted -iiiciiuei wavill DV llio Apnea t'oltrt in i'ooiiii win noi remove i ih ii siiun iiii- lion for a Purliamentary sent. The conitiiituilcrs of the llra.iliau war vessels liiadeutes. Santos and Hulmi suspected of disloyalty, have been de- u-iveti oi tneir commands, and others lave neen uppoluted in their places. RusMia piivs no Hitlarv to the (".nr. but as ho has about 1,(HH),IK)0 sitiare miles of larms, mines ami othor property, with an income oi si,utai,utiua mui.Mi, bewiir- net along lineoniplainingly. Elijah llallol'd. who now wears otuui. lets iu the regular army, is also taking n hand ill newspaper work. He is cinrinrod us editorial correspondent of the Omaha Lliristinn Advocate, n Methodist publi atlon. Alexander III has just alllxed his siir nature to a protect of aw now hcino- eliilwrnted by lliu Council of the Russian Empire, which is destined to render in alienable the landed allotments of the peasants. A syndicate proHes a Pan-American (icgrapn line to extend along the Pu elllc Coast from Victoria. II. V.. In Sun Diego, Chill, passing through the United States, Mexico, Central American States anil Tactile I oust countries of South America. The death is announced of General Maltell', the richest, though not the largest, lauded proprietor iu Russia. Among his possessions were twenty-nine mines, of which llftceii were of II rut im portance and gavo employment to some 6ft,000 workmen. Ir. Maty Pierson Eddy, a young grad uate iu medicine of a Massachusetts col lege, has U'en anthorucd to practice her mofession among the women of Syria. The Grand Vizier accorded her a "tier. tonal Interview, and apokeetuviirnglngly as to nor proiessiouai career. Returns of the Manchester shin canal for a riven t week show that "twenty nine vessels were berthed at Manchester and Salford docks. They carried about 17,000 tons ol merchandise. There were also many passenger trips. Tne locks, sluices aud other machinery worked wall." Egypt is alsntt to submit to the Euro pean powers the project of forming a reservoir for storing the water of the Nile and during the season when ti n river is at its lowest utiliiiiig the water . i,.,,, ,,,,,, im)I lilt' H HUT , for irrigation, thus adding etiortuoulv to the wealth of the land bv extending it cultivable area. ' i ti .1 i . c . r - The other day at Saratoir. Russia, a ' xasant woman walking near the villsire I was surrounded and devoured bv a im.-k I ot nine wolves. Another easant going to market was set upon bv a puck of wolves and torn to shreds. Nothing w as ion oi i ne man aim m Horse but a lew Isutvs and lulls of hair. I i M. Poussot. founder of the fatuous brasseries in Paris, died some w eeks ami. leaxing a huge fortune. uinaMd throiudi tho mnves of the U-or hull, lie ho Htlrathed over $200,000 to h divided, among twelve old customers of hi first establishment, whose potation started him on tht highway to prosperity. Report from the far East art to the fleet that the silver crisis it Uvomiikg more and more acute, There is a scar- lOitvol currency in Shanghai, Hongkong ami Singapore, aim a committee of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce re cently passed a unanimous resolution iu favor ol the coinage- of British dollars either in India or England. The Time corrtMpondeut avors thm t), leading ChliiM favor a British dollar. EASTERN MELANGE. Xortliern Pacific Receiver the Employes Agree. and IMMIGRATION TO NEW YORK. A Common Pleas Judge at Kansas City Naturalizes a Chinamen, But It Doesn't Go. The government of Chicago cost near ly $10,000,000 last year. All the leading papers in Chicago are now members of the Associated Press. St. Ixuis will again allow married women to teach in her public schools. Ex-Governor Campbell of Ohio pro poses to try for the Governorship next year. The new gas comnanv lies been iriven the right to supply the people of Chi cago. inmates of the State nrison at I rnvi- dence, li. I., are making boots for thn Brazilian soldiers. Boston lias succeeded in iMittimr mom than SO per cent of its telephone wireB pluced under ground. It is proposed in Kansas Citv to issue $200,000 in bonds and with the proceeds erect, a ptioiic-iiorary ouilding. ' Chicago is now asking itself the oues- tioti whether to reduce the salariea of the police or school teachers first. There is said to be a scheme afoot to produce the Passion Play at a summer resort near New York this summer. The I-oiiiuiuiia lottery is seeking to set up its ring in Florida, hut Governor .Mitchell will probably knock it out. Tbo "tickle" winter weather in tho peach-growing section of Kentucky has left little hope of any crop of tbo fruit. The passenger-rate war will make it possible at an early data for a $5 rate iioiii tiiu Missouri river to the Pacific Coast. Three millions of greenbacks were among the deposits made at tho New York Kuhtreastiry by subscribers for bonds. The shortage of John W. Love, the Watkins (N. Y.) bank cashier, is $U0, 000. It. is believed Ixive has sailed for foreign parts. New York city will at once extiend $'.'20,000 on park improvements to pro vide work for the unemployed and $250, 0U0 soon afterward. Two aluminium boats are being con structed at Baltimore for an Arctic ex pedition, which is to start northward early this coming spring. Dr. Henner, the Commissioner of Im migration, says that tho immigration to New York iu January lias been lower than for any month since 1847. The city of Philadelphia expended $irl),0(K) for election booths, and the most of them were wrecked after three elections had been held in them. Shall habitual inebriates try the Keo ley cure at the expense of the State? That is the novel proposition of some petitioners in Cayuga county, N. Y. The Common Council of Emtioria, Kan., passed a hill placing a tax of $500 a year on dealers in cigarettes, anil the Mayor, a tobacconist, vetoed the bill. John W. Mackay has tho practical ad ministration of the all'airs of the Com meivial Cable Company, which early in the spring will lay two more cables to l.urope. Eleven of the twelve thirteen-inch guns to be made have now been jacketed and are gradually Hearing completion. nicy are lor the ships Indiana, -Mussu chiiHctts and Oregon. As a step tow ard "saving the count rv the citizens of Westerville, Columbus (utility, O., suggest biennial sessions of Congress, and oiler to subscribe $25 apiece to tide over tho present financial distress. An article In tho Now York Herald as sorts that there are strong reasons for thinking that the Pennsylvania Railroad (A)tnpany la Interested in the propose trolley line between New York and Phil adelphia. A recent reception at the White House demonstrated that the house is much too small to hold the crowds that attend every reception given iu it. The coun try has outgrow n the Chief Executive's place ol residence. Common Pleas Judge Andrews at Kan sas City naturalized a Chinaman, aud l upturn llogartv, treasury Insnector. threatened to proceed against him if the papers were not recalled, as they were issued in violation of the law. The Judge recalled tbein. George N . Chtlds two days before he was taken ill received letter's from Canon Farrar and the daughter of Charles Dickens, iu which Isjth thanked the 1 hiladeliihian for checks for 100 each which they had received from him to lie used among the poor, The Trustees of St. Patrick's Cathe Iral at New York have prepared, and in I few days will present to Josenb A. lmolioe, the millionaire banker of San rranctsco. a milium and niUL-niiicentlv illuminated album, containing resolu tions of tluinks for the IdL'.OOO altar re cently presented by Mr. Douohoe to the riituctiral. The receiver of the Northern Pacific and the employes have reached an agree ment. The demand of the trainmen to lie paid for overtime caused bv wrecks was cancelled. It was agreed that the standard run should he 100 miles and the time allowed to make it ton hours. Shorter rims should lie paid in pttMr tion to the number o( miles. Great excitement has been caused at Lincoln, 111., by the discovery of an un successful plot to blow up the jail of Uv nan rountv. located ut l.iiosil,, f..r it... , .' l'l"'lHM, liberating a notorious local '"'inal under sentence of six years at Juliet prison. Tho parties implicated in 1110 I1'0' nr0 Arthur tioodpasturo, Ida Shells .,.) t win; J ' ... A scheme has boon mooted bv the Ni- " '"' '' aim Mvor railroad to construct a bridge from the Canadian side ol the Niagara river to Navy Island nou uieiice 10 tne i nnoei states slum. The new bridge Is to be of steel and to rest on two ris-k ledges midwav Mwccn the top of the banks and the water's edge, it will Um'sHI f.vt long, and it is estimated to cost $200,000. The work will lsgin in the spring. The House Committee on Public I .!. ha voted to favorably report the bill of llartman of Montana for determining' the title to mineral lands in Montana ' and Idaho within the limit of the land grants ol the Northern Pacific railroad , , .,, . . I ndcr the bill commiiisioncrs are to bo ' piKiiiiteu oy tne i rvsnient to examine and classify ss noon as possible all lands within these grants with regard to their mineral character and to reject all claims on behalf of the Xorthem 1'acitio on mineral lands exclusive of coal aud iron property. The action of the coniuiis loiicti i to be linal. BEATING RESTAURANTS, rbe Latest Schemes Worked by Hnnrrt Confidence Men. A well dressed men approached the des.k in one of the largest restaurants in thi city a few eveniogs ago and laid his check on the counu-r. His left band dove into! the Inside pocket of his coat, and a it rested then n mnmi-nr tnr.lr nt .timrifi. ! stole over bis face. "Welll" be exclaimed. Then he began to search through all the other pockets in bit garments, but he et j "I know nothing more curious or inter dently was not successful in finding the esting in nature than the development of tnuch sought object his pocketbook. the dragon fly," the profew.r said. "Any What was worse, even, the contents of bis one who, in' the early summer or late thange pocket amounted to only fifteen spring, will look down into the depths of With an apologetic smile, the well dressed stranger leaned on the desk and said: "I have just discovered that I have left my pocketbook in my office coat, and all the money I have is fifteen cents. The book contains all my cards or I would give you one. I'll step in tomorrow and nay vou. .or, if you m desire, I will leave some piece ui jeweiry nere as a surety." The cashier gazed critically at the man for a moment, and then said: , "Just leave us your name and ndrlresjc That will do, I guess. No, don't think of leaving your watch. Accidents will hap pen." The man was profuse in his apologies for having to make them wait, but he wrote the name of Philip Raymond ,n a small slip and then departed. The ad lress be gave was in Fifty-seventh street west, and the amount of the check he left was ninety-five cents. A Recorder reporter who witnessed this called at the restaurant the following evening and asked the proprietor if the check had been paid during the day. "Of course the check has not been paid," he said, "and what's more, it never will he. I waited until noon for him to show up with his money and then sent a boy to the address he gave. The lad found that no one of that name lived in the house, or even in the block. He was a splendid actor." The better class of restaurants on the west side have lately been subjected to a unique game, perpetrated by two well dressed young men. One enters the dining room and picksout a table where some customer is about to finish eating or where no one is sitting. After H perOMnl nf tho Ml) rf f;lj-,. .c out a long order. He begins at once to lie very talkative to the waiter, ami when, a moment later, his pal sits, down opposite him ho strikes up an acquaintance in the presence of the white aproned attendant. The second man in the meantime has ordered some light thing, like toast and tea, and while he is masticating the brittle crusts No. I asks him in a friendly manner to partake of his bounteous repast, which is really too much for him to eat nlono. No. U gladly accepts, ami the waiter is Instructed by No. 1 to bring extra plates, etc., and serve for two. After that the men eat anil talk pleasantly until No. I suddenly remember an engagement. He excuses himself ami hurries away, taking with him the fifteen cent check, which he pays nt the desk. No. 2 quickly finishes eating and then asks for his check. The waiter picks up the remaining check and finds it is the one he gave to No. I. He at oneo guesses pact of the truth and goes to tl)c proprietor. Tho latter comes to No. 9, who says lie doesn't know anything about the swindler except that he invited him to cat. The waiter substantiates the story, nnd No. 2 also leaves the place after paying for the ten and toast. It has cost the meu just thirty cents for a comfortahledinner wort h eight or ten times the amount. New York Recorder. Umbrellas and Their llundles. "Moot f t, expense In the umbrella of the present my," said a well known man ufacttirer of these rain protectors in the city, "Is spent on the handles. You could scarcely give one of the old fashioned, plain, Seoich umbrellas away if you want ed to. People will pick out of an assort ment of several hundred, the fanciest gold, Bllver or natural wood ornamented ban died umbrella and pay a square price for it and be satisfied, nnd the more elaborate and novel the handle the Isjtter Is the sale, "Tho cxpcnso.upnn the handle, makes the material of the covering suffer in quality. The sticks break easily because the handle Is a separate piece glued and fitted on. The old, roomy, solid, crooked handled, blue and green Scotch gingham uinnreiias that Urccley and Franklin car rled Iu their day are seldom If ever seen. Miwnud then a stand by from tbecoitu try brings along the family heirloom on rainy day." Philadelphia Press. A Pointer for Young Men. A man who was married alsiut four weeks ago, and is consequent! still bask Ing In the light of the honeymoon, told reporter that he round it to be of the great est possible importance to "get on the right Bide of tho girl's mother." Ho said if the girl is disinclined to favor your suit, if you w ill enlist tho services of her mother, you have no idea what an ally she will prove nerseii. .ow, tins Is a tangible idea. It Is a diagramed plan of action. Find out what the girl's mother likes, lie attentive to her-in fact, court the mother in a thou sand little ways. Listen to her when shf talks to you, even if she bores you to death. Laugh at her jokes, defer to her judgment, ilsk nor advice, confide in her your busiiies plans, tell her aliout your mother and your childhood, see that her daughter wears rubliers when she goes out and go tc church. ion can nearly always score a strong point with her if you go to church and casually mention tho text. Iu short, be sou to her. You have not the least idea liow she can assist you. She w ill noint out your lovely traits to her daughter in yout absence. She will Invito you to dinnei often, and prepare for vou. tx. what it more, lliiuk of it w hat an opportunity: Hut have a care lest the mother misinte'r pret your Intentions and appropriate them to norscll.-.New lork, Kecunkr. Needles Alurnt. Dangerous things look safe, and saft things lisik dangerous. The trouble it all In Ihe lK holder t eye, as the common ex prcssion is. An hngiisliman was ou a voy age to Spain. Ships were living by, of varying thane. rig and color. One, the Englishman no ticed, was hearing slowly down toward him, with her cargo piled on deck hall way up the masts! What could she he I How could sbo hone, laden In this wav. tc live out the faintest suspicion of gale? 1 lie I'.nglisli traveler was considerably exercised alsiut her. Something surelv ought to Is- done to make such rascal I v "deck loading ' Illegal and impossible. He scanned the vessel with bis glasa. The breeie wits light, but she issle buoyantly. At Inst sailor cleared up the mystery. v tiy, sir, he said bluntly, "she touly a coaster loaded with cork. Youth' Compauion. Some (lid Yerc on Ktnga. So utiscientitic a thin v.- as the old f...h. loncd posy ring ha been the them oi a lecture before a tcientiflc assembly. Tost, It teems, originally meant verse presented with flowers, and Nourished when houqtictt were called nosegays. Later the word wa applied to the llowert themselvis but nr. terward altered lis meaning to the tvaM- - ., muug it mnt or motto Inn-rihed upon a iimttfiitA. tion ring. It was In tht- dara that th. evmnionpUrv wishes, "You never knew a ' heart mor true" and others survived, but I one worth quoting was that of the groom who put on his bride's ring. "Lov him ho gives this ring of jrold, 'tis ht tiiuii kUs th whan thou'rt old."-Xw York Ttuica. FROM LA ii V A TU 1 LV. EVOLUTION OF AN INTERESTING AN IMAL THAT IS COMMON. The Prftty Creature That It Seen Every, where In Ihe Saminer Time end Is Known as "Ihe Devil's Darning Needle" Looked Ooce Like a Hnrrl.1 Centipede. i Mine quiet ool or reedy pond, where he can see the bottom, will see many curious forms of insect life creeping things, dart- ing things, swimming things; big beetles, armored like ships of war; fierce looking wornilike creatures, and othera so closely resembling the frightful centipede as to startle one v. ho sees them for the first time. Many of these hideous looking things are the larva? of what lateron lax-ome familiar j and hiBtifiil winged creatures, some that delight the eye nil summer ' long, and others that sport ill the sunlieams only a few hours. j "One among the formidable memliers of that subaqueous insect community will I particularly attract the eye of theohserver. It is a broad shouldered creature an inch or so in length, and with a big, angular head, with a big, brilliant, bulging eye at ' each tipjier corner of the head. From the two j lower corners project a pairof strong jaws, incurving like an elephant's tusks. The face is covered by a singular contrivance which resernhli-HM mask, and which, how ever curious it may seem, is actually a part of the creature's under lip, the other part being folded up and put out of the way agai list its stomach. Six active legs, three on a side, hang from tho shoulders. The hoily tapers in eight short segments to a point, and to the edge of each segment is attached a short, sharp spike. From the tail project in a cluster five needle pointed spikes llaring apart at the points, the bases meeting around an aperture no larger than the point of n pin. "It has inside of itself a pair of oxygen extracting gills, not on the outside as the commonplace fishes wear theirs. It has also stoweil away among Its machinery a suction pump and un ejecting valve. The insect is constantly pumping fresh water Into lt;:r!f through the ipiku iia.i.diJ aperture in its tail, extracting the oxygen by its interior gills, and then ejecting tho exhausted water through the same aper ture, in other words, the creature breathes through his tail. If it lie a mo ment at rest in the pond this inspiration and expiration may be seen in the gentle work Ing of the ejector as it forces the water out, r ngiuen tne creature, or let it see some prey he covets, and it shoots the stream of water from its body with such force that it impels the insect forward like a flash, sometimes a foot or more. When this in sect makes a rush of that kind rest sure that whatever it has aimed at It gets its up on. I hat s right; get's his lipon. Amazing as are the other iippuitpnances of this unique sulmiucan prow ler, they are but or dinary mechanism compared with that UIKlernp or his. It Is folded up against his stomach something as the carpenter might fold his rule. On its extremity is a pair oi nippers, sharp and strong. "As lime passes some startling changes come over tins aggressive water denizen. His head begins to swell and his hack 1 hump itself. The more his head swells and the higher bis back is elevated, the harder he works, for his appetite increases with his. apparent importance. ISy and by, if jou which inai closely, you can't help noticing mat ne has evidently struck a bad streak of health. Physicaldistressof some kind Is getting ils clutch on him. "Any one who has ever had the asthm or seen some one else have it w ill lie struck with the fact that if anything ails this erstwhile stalwart despoiler of iiis fellows It is the asthma.. When he exerts himself It is easy to see that be can scarcely catch his breath. His eyes bulge more than ever, ami ne lanors hard tor the lusii indent oxy gen he manages to pull in. You can almost imagine that you hear him wheeze. He knows that his only hope is change of climate, ami at last he seeks it. He climbs the stalk of some convenient rush or reed or water plant and haves his native ele ment for the air. He ascends the stalk few inches above the surface of the pond. tie seems to have taken the third degree oi mat tired lei-ling. He clutches the reed with his six legs as with the grasp of death, lie rolls his head and sways his uooy nun struggles tor liroath. Keep your eyes on him and presently you will see him hump himself as if for one .iiipreme and linal effort, and crackl goes something, n ever any one was ripped up the back he Is. Hut he did it himself, and by tl has conquered relief. 1 1 is clot lies had become too small for hiin and he Is emancipating himself from their elasp. There is a glistening sheen at the Head ami shoulders be now rears aloft, and the big eyes ureas brilliant as diamonds. It was a bard struggle, hut be bleat lies again. His gills have given place to hum power, aud he will never have to separate ox gen irom water again in order to live. lie rests awhile, and then vou see that there is still something of moment ou his mind. Pretty s.xui lie tugs at himself again, and you can scarcely believe your eyeswneti irom that chunky, segiueuted thing that a few momenta liefore was prow bug ou t lie pond bottom only an inch length is developed a slender trunk more than two inches long, gleaming in brilliant lines. It resembles nothing so much as a humped back mosquito wrig gler, enlarged many times. "But that big humped back has its duty to perform. The great cluhlike Insect still clings to the reed stalk, and Its mind is still agitated by a vague unrest. Present ly from each side of the rounded hump something slowly moves outward, until at last it has unfolded gradually Into two pairs of long, slender, delicate, quivering gossamer wings. For a moment longer this strangely transformed creature rests upon the stidk, and then sails away In er ratic flight among the reeds anil rushes and out tho waters of the poul the dreaded devil's darning needle of your childhood, whose sole mission you thought was 10 pounce upon you and sew up your ears. In reality the harmless aud useful dragon fly. most wonderfully and beautifully transformed, and going forth to prey upon and destroy Its millions of noxious insi.t pests, which but for the dragon fly's j ersisteut and tireless pursuit would make iUv life of man cam-lr worth the living."- New York Sun. Hate Has Limit. He Do you stiil reel angry with mef She I desi.lse you! I abiinr vou! 1 bat you! He Then perhaps you'd better break your engageuu nt to accompany me to the opera. hue Oh, I don't hnte vou to much a thai-New York Wceklv. Dickens tba Hr.t w r,,r fr (.hlldrru. I draw attention to the iinMln.,, i children lu Dickens not so mnch Iu order umii ins success or railure in this de partment as to emphasue the fact that ht was on of th firt nf tb great writers at fiction who rccognixrd the charm and Interest which children, give to a book -Xatiotial K.-viotv. tost uf an Orn Steamer's Trip. A big steamship burns about 300 tons ol coal daily, and t!,e average cxprnsc of voyage to Liverpool and return is TJ 0OC for a vessel hk th Tutonlc.-Xw York Advertiser. IHE P0RTLAXD MARKETS. Whiat Valley, 85c; 77gil80c per cental. PROVISIONS. Walla Walla, Easter Smoked Meats ako Labo Hams, medium, 12(gl2,'s'c per pound; hams, large, lljfgiasc; hams, picnic, 11 k 12c; breakiast bacon. 13(3 16c: i, .. - . . ; enort clear sides, lOlZc; dry salt sides, : 8'1i10,'sc; dried beef hams, lS'oCftlSe; lard, coin pound, in tins, tug 10c per i linnnil- niiu in tin. 11191 n- t,,,m' , - - - , ... '""-, V9A...gV, l-S.O i tei-t Mils tHRll- nir-n' f--t Jila 1 Kits, fl.-O. BOPS, WOOL AND BIDES. Hops 'Wos, choice, Vita 14c per pound ; medium, 9iailc; poor, no demand. Wool Valley, 10(gllc per pound; Cinpqua, ll(al2c; Eastern Oregon, b(g 10V, according to quality and shrinkage. Hides Dry selected prime, 5c; green, salted, CO pounds and over, 3,'2c; under 00 pounds, 2 3c; sheep pelts, shearlings, 10oJ15c; medium, 20(i3oc; long wool, 30ra60c; tallow, good to choice, 33c per pound. LITE AND DBESSED MEAT. Beef Top steers, $2.50(a3.00; fair to good steers, $2.00(o2.25; cows, $2.25; dressed beef, 4(25)c per pound. Mutton Best sheep, $2.50; ewes, $2.25. Hoas Choice heavy, $4.00(34.25; me dium, $4.00; light and feeders, $3.00 4.00; dressed, 6,l67c per pound. Veal Small choice, 0c; large, 4c per pound. COilDAGE. Manilla rope, l in. cir. and up, 10c; manilla rope, 12-thread, diaui., 10ac; manilla rope, 6 and 9-thread. V. and 5-lti diam., 11c; manilla bail rope, in coils or on reels, 10c; manilla lath varn. tarred, 9c ; manilla hawser-laid rope well boring, etc., 13c: manilla transmission- of-power rope, 14c ; manilla paper twine, lie; manilla spring twine, 14c; sisal rope, 1 in. cir. and upw ard, 7ic; sieal rope, 12-thread, diam., 7c; sisal rope, 6 and 9-thread, 1 and 6-10 diam., 84'c; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 74c; hop vine twine, tarred, 7c: sisal oaner twine. 8,'sC FLOUR, FEED, ETC. Floor Portland, $2.05; Salem, $2.05; Cascadia, $2.05; Dayton, $2.05; Walla Walla, $3.00; Snow Hake, $2.75; Corval lis, $2.05; Pendleton, $2.05; Graham, l.v; snr-ernne, ?L'..D per Harrcl. Oats lute, 3334c per bushel ; gray, 3132c; rolled, in bags, $5.75 6.00; barrels, $0.00(36.25; in cases, $3.75. Millstoffs Bran, $13(316; shorts, $15(316; ground barley, $16(a,18; chop feed, $15 per ton ; whole feed barley, 60(3 7Uc per cental; middlings, $23(328 per ton; chicken wheat, 05c$1.15 per cental. Hay Good, $1012 per ton. DAIRY PRODUCE. Butter Oregon fancy creamery, 27'i 30c; fancy dairy, 22,ls25c; fair to good, 15(317)ac; common, ll(312c per pound ; Californi i, 45c per roll. Cheese Oregon, 1013c; Califor nia, c; Young America, 1215c; Swiss, imported, 30(332c; domestic, 16 (3 18c per pound. Eoos Oregon, fgenerally 15(gl6c per dozen; Eastern, nominally the same. Poultry Chickens, mixed, quoted at $3.00(33.50 per dozen; ducks, $4.50 5.50; geese, $8.00; turkeys, live, 12'ac per pound ; dressed, 14c. vegetables and fruits. Vegetables California cabbage, lc per pound ; potatoes, Oregon, 60(375c per sack; onions (buying price), $LO01.10 per sack ; sweet potatoes,2sc per pound ; California celery, 85J0c; artichokes, $1.00 per dozen; California lettuce, 2l)35e per dozen ; Oregon hothouse let tuce, 40(3 50c ; cauliflower, $2.75 perorate, !0c per dozen ; parsley, 25c per dozen ; sprouts, $1.00(81.28 per box; string beans, 15(3 18c per pound; asparagus, 12'oH per pound. Fruits Sicily lemons, $4.00(34.50 per box; California fancv, $3.50(34.00; com mon, $2.50(3)3.00; bananas, $1.503.00 per bunch; Honolulu, $l.5O2.50; Cali fornia navels, $2.25 3 2.75 per box; seed lings, $1.25(u2.00; Japanese, $1.75(32.00; sunflower, $2.75; apples (buying price), green, 5065c per box; red, 5075c; late winter pears, 6580c per box. CANNED GOODS. Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted, $1.752.00; peaches, $1.852.00; Bart lett pears, $1.752.00; plums, $1.37, 1.50; strawberries, $2.25 2.45 ; cherries, $2.25(32.40; blackberries, $1.85(32.00; raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25 2.80; apricota. $1.65. Fie fruits assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums, $1.00 1.20; blacklrries, $1.251.40per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.163.50; peaches, $3.50 4.00; apri cots, $3.604.00; plums, $2.753.00: blackberries, $4.254.50; toinatoes,$1.10. Meats Corned beef. la. 1 fin- 9 $2.25; chipped. $2.40: lunch $3.50; 2s, $6.757.00; deviled ham, $1.50 (32.75 per dozen; roast beef, Is, $1.50: 2s, $2.25. . Fisu Sardines, ifs, 75e$2.25 $2.15 4.50; lobsters, $2.30 3.60; sal mon, tin 1-lb tails. 1.25(l .. iW $1.75;2-lbs, $2.252.50; -barrel, $5.6o! STAPLE groceries. Coffee Costa Rica. 23c: kin !,a-,.. Salvador !,. . M o,;i .io... . ' buckle's, Columbia and Lion. li)t)-inn,,,l cases, $24 80 uried 1-buits 1893 nack. P-tit prunes, outtsc; Sliver. 10(312c: Italian M3 10c; German, 68c; plums, 6 10c; evaixmited apples, 8 10c; evaporated apricots, 15(tl6c; peaches, I012'c- pears, 7llc per pound. Salt Liverpool. 200s. 15.50: inn.. $16.00; 60s, $16.50: stock. lS.50r3u.5n. ' PYRirKastern, in barrels, 40 55c; in half barrels, 42i367c; in cases, 35 80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg; California, in barrels. 20(3 40e keg. ' -v.- rc. SUOAR D. 43.c: Golden f! C, 6c; confectioners' A.6V; drvgran ulated, 5'uc: cube, rrusbtxl n.l dered, 6Bc per pound; L4c per pnUnU uiDcouui on an graues lor prompt cash uiapie otigar, iodine per pound. Kk e Xo. 1 Sandwich Ulan.) J tk,.-. 5.00: no Japan in market. Beans Small white, Xo. 1, 2J4'c; No -, 2SjC; large white, 2S,c; pea beans, - 4 . .iim, -.-..c; oayou, L'c; butter, 3c; Luna, 3'4'c per pound. IVki.kk Harreln. Xo. 1. o,jtn.. r. gallon ; Xo. 2, 2ti28e; kegs, 5s, 85c per keg; half gallons. $2.75 per dozen ; quar ter gallons, $1.75 per down. Spicks Whole Allspice, 18T20c per pound; cassia. 10(3 18c: cim, ., . 40c; cloves, LSiifSOo; black pepper,' 20 Kaisixk IxHidon lavers. boxes, $1 75 f.WL i!"1"', -'-0Oi2.25; quarters, $-.2o((2.75: eiirbt ha no i 1 uscateis. hexes, tl.fio- fan-,, $1.75; bags, 3 crown, 4i,5o per pound; 4 crown. 6(S5t-c. ananas, i.ioisi.w; nags, U(iio per A Coml t iinl Fur Wagner. I'olicctiiau- And arc not the folks at horn. Biddy? Didrty-Xo, iudade, .Mr. Roundsman. They have all gone to th theayter. and it s on of Wsgut-i-'s i.perns, 1 bear. God bliss the man. lie wrote such large pieces that 1 niall nltme iu the house for the next three hours. Texas Siftins. As Ha rnderatood It.- "I lave no objection. Tommr, to your playing with the rich banker's "sen." said the poor widow, "if he is a good bo). But yon dou't toady to hloi, do youf" "Yp," answered Tommy. "Ms aad him plajrs leapfrog "-Chicago Tribune. FAB3I AND GARDEN. The Sorghum Plant -Makes Excellent Forage Crop. an AMMONIA IX THE MAXURE PILE The Financial Stringency Does Xot Affect the Dairymen as It Does Other People. gefclXd.'16 PigS farrWed D0W do n Moist earth is said to be nature's cure for wasp stings. re . Holding stuff that is for sale too Ion is just as disastrous as selling too vJJ In filling the icehouse set the block of ice on edge. It will not melt so fast and is easier to get out. ' A plentiful supply of straw for bed. ding increases the comfort of the animal and the size of the manure pile these The ammonia wbicb in the manure pile, and which can eailv be detected bv thn , ; ' : ", J omen, ia vaiuanie Prevent the waste by occasionally aD plying drv earth OriTVIlflllm in tU face. 6ur' Do not disDose of tbo l,;r... from your good cows. Those coming notv will, if kept thriftv. be read t grass in May or June, and will then jus shoot ahead if given a little milk or grain. r If a piece of land is tn iu -i....i.i cropped next season, fertilize it freelv and plant crops which mature ouicklv such as wheat followed by millet or sweet corn followed bv buck-liB.J . turnips. Dairymen don't have to borrmw money ; so financial strengency does not aflect them as it does other people. The reason is that tbev am nu, " t . job and receive their monev at fvor,nort Go down to the " slough," and after cutting a hole in the ice get down and drink, and you will learn enough to real ize that, if you make your cows face wintry winds tramping after ice water you are not much of a man after all. ' Tiles of decaying matter about the house or barn are a menace to health, as well as a breeding place for insects. Even heaps of rotting wood had better be got rid of by burning in the stove or in the open air if not needed for fuel. In some of the great cattle-producinz sections, where once nothing was thought of but stock, land owners are now com bining farming with their stock-growing This combination is true agriculture.' Either branch by itself lacks something of completeness. Do not think that the winter is a sea son for leisure only ujion the farm. When it is so regarded leisure becomes only another name for loallng. Study, read plan, think and tit yourself to be a bet ter farmer next year than you have ever been. There is room for improvement. The sorghum plant makes an excellent forage crop, and is especially relished by the cattle. It is cut and dried somewhat like hay. If syrup is to be made from the plant, the blades are removed and used for stock and the stalks run through the mill. The refuse from the syrup mill makes an excellent grade of jmper. Go away from home a little during the winter if you can, and learn what the farmers are doing elsewhere. When you are in new places visit the markets, and see what products are in demand and what prices are heing obtained. Every sort of information that at all relates to your business is of value, and you should neglect no opportunity to procure the same. It has been demonstrated that 100 pounds of sand will absorb 25 pounds of water; 100 pounds of loam, 40 pounds; 100 pounds of clay loam, 50 pounds; 100 pounds of clay, 70 pounds. This ex plains why some soils always appear drier than others and whyafler a shower some soils become like a thick paste, while others are nnlv , .....: i.. , " - -' - wuluuiQ.i,,;!, ....... . What sort of a walk bovo fm the house to the barn? Some who read this doubtless have only such as nature made, and nature dnoa nnt ...... good ones for wet ami muddy weather. It would be wise to take the job in vour own hands before the season has "pro- f"7" "mci aim nave at least a solid board walk that will liwn .1 and your boots clean. BREEDING POULTRY. Farmers' Monthly says: The selection of the finest individuals of a breed is of as much or of more importance than the choice of a breed. Pure breeds have as strong an impulse to perpetuate their inferior characteristics n tlui 0n-;- qualities. Breed only from the best males that can be procured. Avoid those showing the slightest trace of sickness or the effects of disease. Disease or a tendency to disease is transmitted. Weakness reproduces weakness; vigor begets vigor. Hereditary unsoundness or a predisposition to disease mav be made the dominant characteristic "of a strain. The offspring of stock that is very young or immature, or imperfectly developed, or that is constitutionally unpaired by privation or neglect, wiil inherit a condition of the system that readily becomes diseased from slight ex citing causes, llardiners, vitality and vigor ol constitution are of more impor tance in jioultry for profit than all other qualities combined. Only the most vig orous should be bred from. Birds hav ing a strong, bright eye, that are cheer ful and active and are not much above the average of the breed in size, are the most desirable. A dull and sunken eve shows defective nutritive power and lack of constitution and vigor. The progeny of two-year-old fowls grow larger, ma ture earlier and feather more rapidly than that from younger stock. A cock erel mated to mature hens usually gives large and vigorous chickens. If the hens are few in number, there is generally a preponderance of cockerels, especially from the earliest generally more efficient early in the sea son than cocks. If pullets are to be bred from, thev should be mated to a mature cock. The earlier eggs will produce more cockerels than the later ones. As a rule, other thi fewer the number of hens allowed to a male the greater the number of cocker els produced. Tit For Tat. Watta-I never buy from peddlers, be cause most of them are foreigners. Potts-I don't see any reason for that do, because I know If I was telling to a foreigner myself what sort of truck I would stick him with if I could. See? Indianapolis Journal. A Lesson From the "Arabian Xlchte." Mamma-Did yon he- me whsn I called you to come In? Tommy Yes'm. Msmina Then why didn't yon obeyf Tommy-That book Santa Claus brought m says, "To hear Is to obey. "-Puck.