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About Lincoln County leader. (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1894)
Lincoln County Leader. J. F. 8TKWAKT, Pnbll.her. 1018:1)0 OREGON WARNED BY HIS DEAD WIFE. ATolce That Came In the Night mod Saved Girl's Lira. 'NTW,,.my frlend Mr- So-and-so had entirely different experiences that convert ed him," continued the gentleman. "One night, many years ago, he and big family retired, fchortly after miduight be was awakened by the voice of his dead wife, who said, 'Gas, quick.' He thought it was imagination and lay awake thinking about It for some time. As he was dozing off the voice came again, 'Gas, quick, quick,' with more imperativeness. 'Well ' thought my friend, as ho sat up in bed, that surely was my wife's voice, but I was Just dozing oil to sleep, and I may have imagined it. I will stay awake, now so that just then the voice came again with greater sternness, saying in an imperative way, 'Gas, quick, quick, quickl' My Wend waited no longer, but jumped from his bed and rushed to the rooms on the second floor where big daughters were sleeping. There was no gas there. Down stairs he hurried, looked into the cellar and all about, but no gag was to be round. He suddenly remembered a newly arrived Swede girl who came that day t do housework, who was sleeping on the third floor. Up stairs bo sprang with a bound, and as be nearcd the door he de tected the gns. He broke into the room and found it filled with gas. In the still ness he could hear the heavy, labored breathing of the girl on the bed. "Ho saw no time was to bo lost. Down on his knees be got, and keeping his face as close to the floor as possible, he crawl ed to the window which be opened. He then reached for the girl, and catching her arm, which was hanging over the side of the bod, pulled her to the floor and through the opeu door to the next room, where restoratives were applied. The girl was asphyxiated and in 15 minutes more would have been dead. It took several dnys for her to recover. She had tried the old experiment of blowing out the gas with almost fatal results. My friend tells me that frequently in times of danger the uiuiuji mice oi nig Wiio comes to his res cue." i'lttsburg Dispatch. Ellon Terry's Characters. Miss Terry thinks ami rliht.lir tw that a dress should do much to indicate the character of the woman who is wear ing it, as witness the dress she wears as iauy Macbeth, which looks like a colling nnako. "I could have gone mad," she nam, -as upnciia, much more com fort a bly In black than in white. Hut, oh I the little ins and outs of which the publio know nothing. Hamlet and Othello muni bo black, then Ophelia and Desdemona must be whito." Then on t lie question of studying a part. Any schoolgirl can learn the words of a part, but that is a very different thing to knowing nml growing up, as it were, with mu diameter you nro called upon to con coive ana create. To study means to know, to know means to be. I saw one of her books. Its leaves were Interspersed with almost as many notes as there was typo noteg on the character of the wo man, period, costume, surroundings, in lluences. One little nolo realist "Charac ter Undemonstrative Kinging vole About 85. Hho ouuht to ho nine looking for the king of Franco took her without any dower. Kvery servant in the court loves her Indeed, the court fool pines . away when she goes to Franco." Borne half dozen Imoks, all for the same character, nro full of notes) of this kind. Bhe loveg Ih-ntrluo. nnd Onholia tlin limit. and tho shortest and smallest part she ever played was onltf a year or two ago, when Hho went on at nil amateur performance and the npplauso which greeted her would scarcely allow her to give her one and ouiy lino, "Please, ma'am, are you hln or are you noutr" Strand Magazine. A Watermelon Kator'i I'llglit. Al Winn, a 00-vear-old colored mim llv. ing ut 0500 South Hroadway, submitted 10 a peculiar operation at the City hos pital for a peculiar ailment. It was the cutting out of 2,000 watermelon seeds rrom his internal mechanism. The old man had been iu a watermelon imiL-u over in E.asi ec. Liotiis. Jio was en joying himself finely, when ho was dis turbed by tho approach of some one. Seiz ing a lnrgo, fine green melon, ho "lit out." Ho soon realized, though, it would be im possible to carry that melon very much longer. It it was only on tho inside, how ever, it would ho all right. With this thought in his tiilml he began to throw nuge cuunks of melon down his throat. till running llko a door. Ho didn't stop to chow. He didn't even stop to spit out tho seeds. Winn has a mouth llko tho opening of a coal mine, and "everything went" into its black depths. When the old man concluded ho was out of dan ger he stopped running nuitfoiind that the entire big melon was gone. He did not experience any particular inconvenience from ins glgantio meal for a ooupleof anyg. miiou ho Had the " worst out ' stom ach ache ho ever had. He was doublet) up with horrible cramps for a day and ' then came to the hospital. Dr. Markscut Wlun open and got a quart of seeds. St. Louis Ulobo-Democrat. Mary the M.xt Popular Name. According to statistics, Mary is the most popular of Christian names, follow ed in order by William, John, Elizabeth, Thomas, George, Snruh, James, Charles, Henry, Alice, Joseph, Ann, Jane, KUen, Knilly,Frmhirlck, Annie, Miirgarct.Emma, Kliza, ltobert, Arthur, Alfred, Kdward. Home people oliji-ct to being called by a Very common Inline, but It is Inllnttvly bet ter ao than being known as "Green Iaf," "Shooting Gallery," "Lucky Day," "Gid dy Kdward," "Talithi Cuml," "Holy Duvles," "Choice Pickerel," "Sing Song," "TepmpeHtumia Stinger," and other choice ones, every one of which Is a bona fide name cnl led from a lwnt English direc tory. lMttwburg Dispatch. l'rattjr lnva. A dainty novelty for hanging btwldetho bureau to hold tho buttonhook and other small articles is made of one of the wood en eggs used lu stocking darning. At equal distances around tho center screw in four of the small brass hooks such as are used on bungle boards. Then palut tho egg white ami decorate it with flow ers. Attach a ribbon to two opioslte hooks by which it may lie hung on a brass nail iu the wall. The eg may be gilded or covered with satin, if preferred, and may be finished according to one's fancy. Calorie. "During your Arctic expedition," some one asked an explorer, "how did you get warm when your fuel gave out t" "Simplest thing in the world," answer ed the explorer. "Two of us were Hcpub llcans and two Democrats, and whenever the thermometer in the hut went belo the freezing mlut we talked politics." Youth's Conii'tnlon. Uulm and Choirs. Arithmetic Teacher Now, Tommln, you have llutshed the tables SO quires make whatf Hobble I know; they would make an twful fuss if they are all like the one at our church. Springfield Union. WASHINGTON CITY NEWS. Secretary Smith has approved the ap plication of " Pawnee Bill " for a loan of thirty-five Sioux Indians to be exhibited at the Antwerp Exhibition. Senator Call of the Senate Committee Appropriations "a" reported the for tifications bill to the Senate as amended. The committee increases total House ap propriation to the extent of 82!),405, the bill aa reported carrying $3,604,104. It is intimated upon good authority that the President is strongly disposed to use a portion of the fund placed at his disposal for the establishment of a naval coaling station in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It is asserted that the actual occupation of Pearl Harbor will amount to assuming a protectorate over the isl ands, and that Hawaiiang would have no cause to fear interference in their affairs by other powers. The President lias transmitted to the Senate all information in his possession regarding the Uluellelds (Nicaragua) in cident and the landing of British troops. There is nothing startling in the corre spondence. Among the letters attached iBone from Ambassador liayard, in which Bayard says he was informed by the British government that the landing of troops at iiluelields was taken for the sole purpose of protecting the lives and property of the residents and with no intention of violating treaty rights. Estimates of the amount of revenue under the new tariff bill reported to the Senate will probably show the total amount to he almost f 381,000.000. This is a reduction of $13,000,000 from the estimates in the first bill reported to the committee. The principal reduction is made through the restoration of the present tax rate on domestic cigars and cigarettes, which amounts to a loss t.f over 110,000,000. As the bill stands, if the estimate is correct, it will produce 30",000,OUO more revenue than is needed. The Secretary of the Interior lias sent to Congress for approval two agreements made with Indian tribes. One was made with the Yuma Indians in California, by which the Yumas will take allotments in severalty. The remainder of the lands that can be irrigated will be appraised and wild for the benefit of the tribe. Secretary Smith recommended an appro priation oi k,uuu tor an investigation to detcrmiiio whether to construe. levee along the hanks of the Colorado river to protect the reservation lands. The other agreement is with the Yaki inas in Washington for a cession of land known as Wenatowahapan fishery. It is proposed to pay $2,000 for those lands. Delegate Joseph of New Mexico will make a move, as soon as the appropria tion bills are out of the way, to secure a special rule by which the New Mexico Statehood bill will be given the right of way and block all other business in the House until a quorum makes its appear ance and passes the bill. As party lineB are drawn on the hill, he can hone for no help from the Republicans, I'he lat ter want Oklahoma admitted at the same date in order to secure two Republican Senators to offset the Democratic Sena tors from New Mexico. It is urged also that the Utuh and Arizona bills, already bussed by the House, give a prospect of four Democratic Senators, so that fair ness urges the admission of Oklahoma as well as the other three territories. Loud of California made a strong speech that attracted much attention in the House the other day during consid eration of the river and' harbor items in the sundry civil bill. He showed that the Southern States had received up to IH1I0 $00,000,000 for river and harlior im provements. While tho ValllH of their shipping was only $18,000,000. During mm nine nie i aci uc least, wit i . 000,000 value in Hllilinimr. hiul nnlv r- ceived $10,000,000, and of this amount wregon non received the lion's share 40,000,000. Ixmd made such a good showing for California that Hermann of Oregon attempted a reply. Ixud niolli- ueu tne Oregon Kepresentative by say ing that Oregon fared so well because of the ability of Senators Mitchell and Doliih and Representative Hermann whoso fitness forConuresBional work the urcgon people appreciated. lhe appointment of General Catch- ings to the Chairmaiishin of the It hiiu nuroor committee to succeed Itlunchard. appointed Senator, lea, la members of the Douse to bono flint .1 Ml I . '. . . uicru win ue some verv material in. creases made in the river and harbor ap iruriuuiiH, mr i atciungs :s a more iinerai-inliiiled man than his predecessor. Kepresentative Camuiotti as a member of the committee is daily in consultation with his colleagues in an endeavor to se cure more money for the Sacramento ami fan Joaquin rivers, while Repre sentatives Loud and Wilson of Washing ton made a gallant light for the entire Pacific Coast on the House Moor during iiib coiiHiiierauon oi tne sundry civil bill. i nti river ami uaroor bill wnen reported will show some clmmrcs all'ectinu Pm-iilo Coast rivers and harbors since tho first statement was telegraphed. What cnanges these are will probably be in uiu uituirc oi increases. Further corrcsnondmu'n lu.i u4im Wll. lis and IHile has Wen submitted to Con gress. It is mostly explanatory. Ikilo acknowledges the receipt of "a letter tinted January 18 from Willis, and savs uini. in ii v una snows a desire tliut no interpretation should lie iilaced mum rl I'vcnm reierreu to unit would be incon sistent with a friendly attitude on the part of himself and the United States toward Hawaii. February 14 ll.il.i a, I. dressed a letter to Willis, m which he is mucii pleased at illis' explanation as to whv the American naval fir,i ,...r.. deprived of their liberty and prohibited ironi wearing uniforms on shore after the arrival of the Corwin. Dole savs further that it has not been hi il,.ir., i. charge the Tinted States with intending t A ...... I I. ....! . . . . . " i unu nine, inn miner to snow that the Hiiiiiioiiung oi iniormation on the point had produced an unfortunate stutuof af. fairs, and to which Willis' attention was i-aucu at me tuno. Ikile closed by disa vowing on the part of his government any unfriendliness toward the United Mutes. Representative Hermann has had m- Mirtcd from the Commitliw on Indian Allaire his bill to ratify and confirm the agreement wnn tne Alsea and other anils of Indians located Ukiii the Siletz imiaii reservation and to make annm. priation for carrying it intoellii t. Th. are 2-.'o,(Ki0 acres in the reserve, of which 175.000 acres, not allotted to the Indians, are to be subject to settlement. The In- Hans are to lie paid $14'J,000 for their . vsniiMi. a ue i rvsHicni. is to issiin a proclamation within twenty davs after tne passage oi the lull fixing a time not later than forty days thereafter when no surplus lands are lo tie opened to entry. Judge llolinan, the Chairman of the coinuiitlee, argued for a reduction to 4 per cent from the 6 per cent interest provided by tho bill to lie paid the In dians on the deferred payments, but ho was voted down and Ins amendment d. feated. Ho. however. buccmhIimI with amendment requiring actual residence on tho land for not less than three years, whereas under the homestead law pnHr commutation could be made after four teen months. An additional amendment reouire that at time of entry AO cent of tliel.(S0 payable per acre shall U pain, tne balance payable when final proof is made at the end of three or live jvttrs. I M. CASIMIR-PEKIER. HE SWAYS THE FRENCH SENATE AND PREVENTS A CRISIS. Irish National League of Great Britain Calls the Irish Leaders Hard Name International Salvation Army Con Breu Belgian Cabinet Keslgns. Bbukhelb. King Leopold has been notified by telegraph that his Cabinet nas resigned. Gladntone In the Commons. London. The Westminster GazetteH says Gladstone will occasionally make ins appearance in tne commons and will retain his old seat on the treasury bench. A High Estimate. London. The estimated government expenditures for the coming year, which will be required to be met bv the budget. amount to 95,o82,66. This is the Highest estimate ever submitted. The United Ntates Ahead. London. Replying to a question in the Commons, the Secretary to the Ad miraltysaid that in 1893 France lnum-hrd battle ships of an aggregate tonnage of 4i,uiu, ivuseia iz.mu ana tne United Btates 3U,ouo. Fired on by Kim. Melilla. A party of Riffs on the coast three miles from this town fired on a transport which was conveying Span ish troops to Malaga. They wounded one man. The Governor of Melilla is inquiring into the affair. No comnlica. tions are expected to result from the sitooiing. One of William's Freaks. Bkui.in. At noon to-day the Emperor surprised everybody by summoning the entire Berlin garrison to assemble in the jempie Hot lor maneuvers. The sum mons was responded to witli amazing promptness, anu tne sudden appearance and rapid pace of the troops through the streets created a good deal of excitement. Tr K.llm.l., Too ir.'gh. Romk. Baron Sienna, Minister of Fi nance, has refused to modify his propos als for the new taxes to the amount of 100,000,000 lire. There is such a stromr sentiment among the Deputies in favor of decreasing the amount in question that it will be difficult to effect an un derstanding between the Chamber and the Cabinet. Trucklers and Cowards. London. The Irish National League of Great Britain has issued a manifesto to the Irish people concerning Lord Rosebery'a explanation of his attitude toward home rule. The manifesto de clares that tlieexplanation is insufficient, and that the Irish members of Parlia ment who accept it are trucklers, cow ards and traitors, who ought to be driven out of public life. Salvation Army Jubilee. London. An appeal has been issued for the purpose of raising a fund of 50, 000 in order to celebrate the jubilee of tho Salvation Army. In connection with the jubilee General Booth proposes to inaugurate a four months' Salvation Army campaign in the United States next autumn. The General also pro poses an International Salvation Army Congress in June and expeditions to Ja pan, Java and Demerara. (Hailstone's Ileaiioiiae. London. Gladstone in a letter to the Chairman of the Midlothian Liberals, thanks liiiu for the generous desire that he (Gladstone) shall not cease to repre sent Midlothian. He refers to his career. anil says it has certainly been chargeuble with many errors of judgment, but he hopes it has been governed by a desire (or strict justice, lie says he rejoices to tuiiiK mat .-H-ouuna nas uone battle for the right. The masses, he declares, owe their present political elevation to the principles, "Ixve of liberty for all, with out distinction of class, creed or coun try." Gladstone laments " the discrep ancy ot sentiment" between the two Houses of Parliament, and concludes by saying he feels convinced that until the iiiBt demands of Irelund are satisfied the Kmpire will not have attained the max imum of its union and power. "Nor will British honor be etfectiially cleared of the deepest historic stain ever attached to it." MINISTRY OF OI.OMKS. . M. Casliiilr-l'erler, the Freneh Premier, Hwaya the Renate. Paris. The crisis which was threat ened by the action of the Senate in re fusing to take action on the measure which had previously passed the Cham ber of Deputies, creating a Ministry of Colonics instead of leaving that depart ment directed, as has been the case up to the present, has been averted, and Premier Caaimir-Porior is again victori ous. hen the Premier learned of the failure to act upon tho matter referred to, he promptly called smvial session of the Senate and allowed it to become Known that lie would not remain in power without a vote of confidence on the part of the Senate. In the Senate after a conciliatory speech from the Premier the Chamber of IVnuties hill creating a Ministry of the Colonies was approved by a vote of 225 to 32, and later the Senate agreed to the grant asked for in reganl to the creation of tins new ministry by a vote of 3ltl to 81. The Premier was warmlv congratulated by friends upon the result of the affair. mSASTKtl AT HANTANOKR. The Hurled Cargo of the Cabo Machlt-apo Htrurk by Ulven. M ADiiiu, A dispatch received from Santander says that ten men were killed and thirty injured by an explosion of dynamite in the harbor. The dynamite was In one of the nianv cases of Tnl.w sives which went down last November with tho wreck of the steamer Cabo Ma chieaco. Kver since the steamer waa blown to pieces divers have worked in termittently upon the wreck, and have raised a considerable quantity of miscel laneous cargo, which was "brought to Santander. Recently the divers reported that they were gettins Inear tb dvn. mite, but it was supposed that the ex plosive had lost its power after so many weeks in water. Three divers were down when the explosion came. Ten men were out in a boat over the spot where the divers were at work. Some fifty men were at work at the docks. Tb'.-ii.o of the explosion is not known exactly. The report shook Mendei Nunex street, which skirts the quay, alons ita wholw ongth. The small boat just otr the spot iv as splintered, and killed. The three divers were also kilUI and thirty men along the quay were in jured seriously. The mangled and black cneii corpse of the dead were scattered all along the nuav. and the H n . era- one that defied description. Among t'ie dead are Don Manuel de Lapena, Pro vincial Governor, and a nuuihor of other official.. THE PORTLAND MARKETS. Wheat Valley, 85c; Walla Walla, 75 76c per cental. provisions. Eastkbk Smokkd Meats and Lard Hams, medium, 12(124C per pound; hams, large, llj12c; hams, picnic, 11(12c; breakfast bacon, 13ltic; short clear sides, 1012c; dry salt sides, )i10c; dried beef hams, 12jrftl3c; lard, compound, in tins, 93 10c per pound; pure, in tins, ll12'c; pigs' feet, 80s. $5.60; pigs' feet, 40s, $3.25; kits, $1.25. HOPS, WOOL AND HIDES. Hops '93s, choice, 12)413.!c per pound; medium, 1012c; poor, neg lected. Wool Valley, 10llc per pound; Umpqua, ll12c; Eastern Oregon, 0 10c, according to quality and shrinkage. Hidkb Dry selected prune, 6c; green, salted, (30 pounds and over, 3ic; under 60 pounds, 23c ; sheep pelts, shearlings, 10(gl5c; medium, 2035c; long wool, 30ao0cj tallow, good to choice, 334C per pound. LIVE AND DREHSKD HEATS. Beef Top steers, $2.60i53.00; fair to good steers, 2.00(ft2.25; cows, $2.25; dressed beef, 4(ahxAc per pound. Mutton Best sheep, $2.50; ewes, $2.25. Hoos Choice heavy, $4.004.25; me dium, $4.00; light and feeders, $3.90 4.00; dressed, 67c per pound. Veal Small choice, 0c j large, 4c per pound. FI.OLR, FEED, ETC. Flode Portland, $2.65; Salem, $2.55; Cascadia, $2.65; Dayton, $2.55; Walla Walla, $2.90; Snowiiake, $2.05; Corval lis, $2.05; Pendleton, $2.05; Graham, $2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel. Oats White, 3334c per bushel; gray, 3032c; rolled, in bags, $5.76 6.00; barrels, $0.006.25 ; in cases, $3.75. MiLLSTUrrs Bran, $13(816; shorts, $15 10; ground barley, $10(sl8; chop feed, $15 per ton ; whole feed barley, 60 70c per cental; middlings, $2328 per ton; chicken wheat, 65c$1.15 per cental. Hay Good, $1012 per ton. DAIRY PRODUCE. Butter Oregon fancy creamery, 27)s 30c; fancy dairy, 2225c; fair to good, 1617c; common, ll12c per pouuJ.; Clifuiiiia, ioc per lull. Cheese Oregon, c; Young America, 1216c; California flat, 14jfj' 15fc; Swiss, imported, 30(g32c ; domes tic, lu(glsc per pound. Eaos Oregon, 1213c per dozen. Poultry Chickens, mixed, quoted at m.oumo.uu per dozen; ducks. 5.tH)ft8 6.00; geese, $9.00 10.00; turkeys, live, 14c per pound ; uressed, luc. vegetables and fruit. Vegetables California cabbage, llc per pound; potatoes, Oregon (buying price), 4050c per sack; onions (buying price;, ?i.ow2.ou per buck; sweet pota toes, $1.75(2.50 per box; California cel ery, 8590c: artichokes. 75c per dozen': California lettuce, 25c per dozen; Ore gon hothouse lettuce, outsouc ; cauliflow er, $2.75 per crate, $1.00 per dozen ; pars ley, 25c per dozen; sprouts, $1.40 per uox; Btnng oeuns, sue per pound ; as- Caragns, lbl7c per pound; rhu arb, 10llsc per pound; peas, 10 ll-dC. Fruits California fancy lemons, $3.50 !?i.uu; common, fz.avwa.w ; bananas. $1.752.50 per bunch; Honolulu. 3.00a 3.50; California navels, $2.25is2.76 per ihx; seeunngs, fi.zotgz.uu; sunflower, $2.50; apples (buying price), green, 75c $1.00 per box; red, $1.00(81.25; late win ter pears, 6580c per box. canned goods. Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted. $1.76(82.00; peaches, $1.75(8.2.00; Bart lett pears, $1.76(g2.0O; plums, $1.37)4 1.50; strawberries. $2.25(82.45: cherries. $2.25(82.40; blackberries, $1.85(82.00; taspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25( 2.80; apricots, $1.65. Pie fruits, assorted, $1.20;' peaches, $1.25; plums, $1.001.20; blackberries, $1.25(8.1.40 per dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted, $3.15 3.60; peaches, $3.60(84.00; apri cots, $3.60 4.00; plums, $2.753.00; blackberries, $4.25 4.60; tomatoes,$1.10. Meats Corned beef, Is, $1.60; 2s, $2.25; chipped. 2.40: lunch tomme. Is. $3.50; 2s, $6.76(87.00; deviled ham, $1.50 &.io per dozen; roast beef, Is, $1.50: 2s, $2.25. Fish Sardines, J4S, 76c$2.25; )s, $2.164.50; lobsters, $2.303.50; sal mon, tin 1-lb talis, $1.251.50; flats, $1.75;2-lbs, $2.25 2.50; -barrel, $5.60. bTAI'LK GROC'EKIES. Coffee Costa Rica, 23c ; Kio,2223c; Salvador, 22c; Mocha, 26,'28c; Ar buckle's, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound cases, $24.80 Dried Fruits 1893 pack, Petite prunes, 08e; silver, 10 12c j Italian, 810c; German. 68c; plums, 610c: evaporated apples, 8 10c; evaporated apricots, 1516c; peaches, 1012lgc; pears, 7llc per pound. Salt Liverpool, 200b, $15.50; 100s, $16.00; 60s, $16.50; stock, $8.509.60. Syrup Eastern, in barrels, 4055c; in half barrels, 42(8 57c; in cases, 35 80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg; California, in barrels, 2040c per gallon ; $1.75 per keg. Suoar D, 4''c; Golden 0, 5c ; extra C, 6'ic ; confectioners' A, 658c ; dry gran ulated, 534c; cube, crushed anu pow dered, 638o per pound ; Jc per pound discount on all grades for prompt cash ; maple sugar, 15 16c per pound. Rice No. 1 Sandwich Island, $4.60 4.75; no Japan, $5.005.25. Beans tUnull white, No. 1, 234'c; No. 2, 2ac; large white, 2,c; pea beans, 234c; pink. 2'ttc; bayou, 234c; butter, 3c; Lima, S'c per pound. Pickles Barrels, No. 1, 2830c per gallon; No. 2, 2ti(828c; kegs, 5s, 85c per keg ; half gallons, $2.75 per dozen ; quar ter gallons, $1.75 per dozen. Spices Whole Allspice, 18ff20c per pound; cassia, Kl(818e; cinnamon, 22 40c; cloves, 18(830c; black pepper, 20 26c; nutmeg, 75(880c. Raisins liOiidon lavers, boxes, $1.75 2.00; halves, $2.00(82.25; quarters, $2.25(82.75; eighths, $2.503.00. Ixwse Muscatels, boxes, $1.60; fancy faced, $1.75; bags, 3 crown, 4'5c per pound; 4 crown, 5rtr5i,;c. Seedless Sultanas, boxes, $1.752.00; bags, 6 8c per mound. coudage. Manilla rojie, lt4' in. cir. and up, 10c; manilla rope, 12-threud. ? diam., lOc; nianilla rope, 6 and 9-thread, l4 and 6-16 diam., 11c; manilla bail rope, in coils or on reels. Ilk-; manilla lath varn, tarred, 9c ; manilla hawser-laid rope'well horing, etc., 13c; manilla transmission-of-power rope, 14c; manilla paper twine, 11c; nianilla spring twine, 14c; sisal rope, IV, in. cir. and upward, "i4e; sisal rope, 12-thread, f diam., 734c; sisal rope, 6 and 9-thread, 1 and 5-10 diam., S'4c; sisal lath yarn, tarred, 7'4c; hop vine twine, tarred, "c; sisal paper twine, .V. . Fluanvlai. Tk funny man with a beard of a week's ruwxh came and leaned heavily against the railing In front of the payiug teller. Jt m bitter chid, aud the world withont hi vend. "Maaer Is close." hoarselv whlsm-ivd tha Amny tnau as he glanced siguiftcautly at cue tmh, The tale clerk with large glasses paused eurv 1t1r.au liisiaut, "Not close as it was. however." ha n. joined. ile had thrown the fellow Into the fn Jlieat corner and was now jumping upon lira with Vith feet. I'rvwntly the janitor Interfered, and all a tUl Uetruit Tribune. ADVANCE IN FARMING THE AVERAGE FARMER THE BAL ANCE WHEEL OF SOCIETY. The Varying Estimate Placed on What is Known aa the "Average Farmer' ' A Patriot, the Bone and Sinew of the Country, Etc. It is curious to note the varying esti mates that seem to be placed by the other professions on what is known as the "average farmer." Just prior to election he is a patriot, the bone and sinew of the country, the great conserv ative force that keeps the government from going to wreck and ruin. The rest of the season he is regarded as a growler, whom nothing seemB to suit. The weath er is too hot or too cold, the season too wet or too dry ; either the prices are too low or the crops too small, and soon un til the next campaign opens. It is always safe, however, to judge a class of men by the work which it per forms, and judged from this standpoint, the average farmer averages up quite well. In the last fifty years the average farmer has transformed an empire of waste land into a moderately well-tilled country. He has made railroads possi ble and done much toward building them, for which contributions, voluntary or involuntary, he has never yet received a cent of pay or even thanks. He has. in fact, in many cases been paying divi dends on interest on his own benefac tions to these public enterprises. In the last fifty years the average farmer has furnished more than four fifths of the exports of the United States, while the manufacturing and mining in terests combined have furnished less than one-fifth. The average farmer has made the great cities of the West pos sible. Were it not for him the village would have no existence, the county seat would have no excuse for its being, and the cities would be what thev were before the settlement of the Great AVrest. merely trading posts or crovernmen garrisons. The average farmer has made 111s impression on his flocks and herd maue, in iact, more than an imnresamn These flocks and herds are wholly what ue nas maue uiem. They are the measure and expression of his actual efforts. Thev do not bv any means show what the average farmer can uo, uut, wiiac ne nas clone so lar. Some of them furnish an admirable les son ot what be can do when he tries. lhe average farmer has taken the aver at?e ho?. aS lie Pviato.1 HFttr vhoh aim and made him so entirely different from what he was that he does not even rec ognize the picture of his ancestor as any near relation and scarcely recognizes his species. What the average farmer has done for the average hog he can do for all the other breeds of live Btock when he sets himself to do it, which he will whenever he sees clearly that it will pay him to do it. In certain sections of the West the farmer who is above the average has taken the average cow and doubled her uairy capacity, making her for this mir- pose about three times as good a cow as before. In other sections the farmer above the average has taken the beef cow and made such an improvement that the two cows are scarcely on visiting lei-ma 111 me same pasture. The average farmer looks on the farm er above the average awhile and predicts failure in his breeding operations, then tries it and fails perhaps, and finally eujsio iiimsuii: 1 see it now; it oniy uy oeing more man an average farmer that I can grow stock above the average." hen the average farmer sees this Point elearlvthe avernvn u-i 1 1 advance very rapidly and bring with it uieviiaoiy an advance m the average cow. horse, pig, sheep, in the average crops, in me average oi borne comfort, society, intelligence and influence at borne and abroad. The average farmer has done well in the past. He is the peer of the average man in any other ciass. He has it in him to do far better by advancing the average standard. What is needed is not ability, but the stern and resolute I will." In point of fact the standard of the average farmer is advancing all l. m : 1 . p. . hid nine, mure is scarceiv a tarm neigli uuiuuuu in i ue nest in w 1111:11 there is not a very apparent advance in farming as compared with past years, the result ot advancing intelligence among farm ers. i'lie average farmer is reading more papers and better and doing more ex perimenting in a small wav himself. He is developing a leadersly'p of which he iiinv uv pruuu. His judgment on national affairs is given greater weight than at any time in ino (mm is, in met, regarded as more valuable than the average judgment of any other class of men. The average farmer is to-day the great conservative iuh-o in nocieiy tne naiance wheel, so to speak, of the social and political sys tem. If all this be true of the average farmer, what or who can measure the possibilities of the farm when the aver age farmer becomes the equal of what is now regarded as the best class of farm ers? Po not stint the yearlings so that it win take all summer for them to make up wnai tney lost during the winter. The averaize Droduet of n nivi unit fed, properly-handled dairy cow in Scot land is estimated at f 176 per annum rating milk at 17 cents a gallon. Did it ever occur to you that the man who will not properly bed his cows is the last one to brush off the tilth that may get on the udder from such neglect? If there were better dairvmen, there would be less delusion and 'disappoint ment in dairying. The man and thecow must both be "good" to make dairying T 1 1 r.l ava . . . ) . . 1 1 . "V mites ored lor no i-i-rciuc purjs.se and adapted to no prof itable use. These are not worth raising, and ought to die young. Good calves properly raised, always pay. ' Farniere and gardeners of New Jersey ". ' "'ii.-i"ni uuncuity in getting a Btand of melons, sweet pota toes and corn last season, owing to the severity of the attacks of cutworms. Kvery bad habit developed bv a cow is but the reflex of bad management All animals are what w mnlo !,... w you see clubs lying outside the stable you can make up your mind the kickers inside of it. The cow and hoc are m ..1.. connected on well-arranged dairy farms that provistons made for the best results from the cow go a considerable way in providing for the most i.r.i!tKu .1..:. , opmeut of the hog. When an animal is sold vou know whn '"" lt for t. Know vbn what it costs? M hv not keep an account? Then you would know whetl.or ..:.. mn you would know whether farming paVs I t-uesBing at it settles nothing.8 1 I men would De contented if they knew w. w. j.iyui juey niau. M'hen stock i ready for market it will mint 11 n nil tu.tt.t UI " "X liri II Ml II thn ... ... .1 appearance Than if a 't,v "J hetter to bunch or divide th. hV. ! mll..rnMf " lo- 'ntO the whole; Tlb;TOinn,Z poorest animal in the lot. ' THE MIDWINTER EXPOSITION It alwars happens in connection with expositions of every sort that there are a few laggards m the line or prepay tion who postpone tne possiouny oi , .... . . iL. ..ff fliof ha innniui siuteiueuc to ciicf : exposition is perfectly complete and ready for the inspection of the public. ' So it has been in the case ot tne juiu- j winter Exposition, wnen n "'- mally opened on the 27th of January it was nearer ready than any large exposi- 1 tion ever was in the history, of the world, and great haste was made in pushing the preparations forwari In two big bnildings, however, vacant spaces remained for a long time nnoccu- pied, and it is only during the past week that these have been open to the public, The largest of all the SDaces set aside lhe largest of all the spaces sei as o for any one nation was that ass gned to Russia, in the department of Slanutac- tures and Liberal Arts, and it was this space the filling of which was so long delayed. The canvas screens which separated it from the completed and busy portions of this great building were cheerless to look upon, asd had a eampening effect on the rest of the ex- ,',""8':ucw . ... . hibitors. But now all that is a thing of the past, and on this grand space under the Liberal Arts roof is perhaps the . finest of all the national exhibits. So it was also under the big glass dome of the Horticultural and Agricul- tural building. The largest of all loca- tions had been reserved fct Fresno county, one of the leading counties of t 4 tn i-t -o n the state of California. For some reason the srond nponln nf Fresno county were 1 unable to complete their exhibit until within a few days past And here, too, the best wine, so to speak, had been kept until the last. The great Fresno county's exhibit is placed in a fac simile to the Fresno county courthouse. This architectural counterpart has been made very beautiful, and in it has been placed such heaps of oranges and raisins and prunes and every other conceivable product of some of the richest soil of California that the display is voted on every hand to have been worth waiting for. II limy he U uiui'uiiy said, there fore, that the Midwinter Exposition is now complete, and for four months more this remarkable display of the wonderful things from all over the world in general, and the products of the empire state of California in partic ular, will attract world-wide attention. That the uttention thus far paid to this exposition may be advisedly re ferred to as world-wide is made evident by the registers which are kept in many of the exposition buildirfgs, and in con cessional structures. Visitors are asked to register on the top of the great elec tric tower, which continues to be per haps the most attractive architectural feature of the exposition. They may register also in the Southern California building and in ot'.ier California county buildings. There is also a public reg ister at what has come to bo known as "thd corner of the road." From all these registers an idea of the number of people who come to the exposition from abroad enn be accurately obtained, and it is snrprisinir, even to the Exposition management, now many strangers are continually cpming to the city. Parties of 15 and 20 have been made up in the far eastern sections of the United States, and have come on here for a Btay of a month or six weeks. One party of 80 was made up in Cheshire, England, and came across the A'tlantic on purpose to visit an exposition which seemed to them all the more remarkable in that it should lo held out of doors in mid winter. Personally conducted parties have arrived from Franco, from Gor mnny and from Austria, and parties of colonists of India and Australia also register in groups. The influx of East ern people has been large, as a matter of course, since the railroad rate war has been on, and for fear that a truce would be patched tip, the number of those who wish to take advantage of cheap rates are multiplying every day. Boone, the lion tamer, is projecting a special feature in the form of a wrest ling match between the great man-eating lion Pnrnell and a grizzly bear. Tickets for this entertainment are read ily selling at $20 each. The greatest of all the recently added attractions to the exposition is the ap pearance of Sousa's great band. This band has been secured by the exposition management for a period of five weeka. It could not be secured for a longer time owing to its engagements in the East but it bids fair to be one of the sensations of the exposition during its stay here. Ita first concert was given on Sunday evening in the music pavilion near the Administration building, and an im mense crowd stood within earshot of the bandstand during the entire programme. The experiment of a 25 cent admission was tried on St. Patrick's day, but un der circumstances which can hardly be accepted as a fair test. The St. Pat rick's day committee paid the exposition management a bonus for the sake of having the rate reduced to 25 cents on that occasion. It was Saturday, and it was, perhaps, the most beautiful St Patrick's day ever seen in America; Undoubtedly there would have been a large crowd nt the regular rate of 50 cents, or even at $1, end as it was the crowd numbered almost 70,000 On Washington's Birthday there we're 85 -000 in attendance at the 50-cent rate and the concefsionnire's say they made a great deal more money on the national holiday than they did on St. Patrick's day. Their argument is that very many of thofe who came to the exposi tion on a 25-cent day have little or nothing beyond the bare mice nTM.'mi-. o 4 4 ... sions, or at least, not much mo ,. enough to pay their way into one or two concessions. The result is. that n-m. there is a great crowd on th 1. there is not much business done. The concessionairw are almost unanimous in favor of maintaining the admission price at 50 cents. Thev liiro ho nn 4 crowd best and it maybe authorita tively stated that the exposition m Saient will not consent to a reduction The Demand! of Destiny. Vamoose Did rou ever iro tinfnri.,.. teller!- ' Van Aruih Ves; but I had to b Mm'J. lied. Kate Field's Washington. ashlngtou. A Queer Inarrlptlon. The following inscriotlnn Venn MAn.t. n on the hn-nst nf . i V "H,lve laJi Bentremen on an "'rti,a.e human being who TaXlhi. . Wl oy machinery and who 'refore now obliged to hold out his hamls for alms. "Paris Journal. . ....... ll'11 lin"'ion of societyVr- i .1 ?'.nlhii?it?'.Mthe'w VorkTinW Sraed. -W upon 8 07 r?.1'8 whkl i..i,i 1 v" "ueptionai. h s also a frequent one, rolls up a u of nearer 6,000. v totl ANINTEPiESTING H0LI k A qiqanTIC BREAK IN THE EARTHV CRUST CAUSES WONDER. . - " ' '1 it Wai supponed That a Meteor struck There, hut a GeoioEist B Ad! Tance, . Theory That an Kxpiain ,ry the ce Ae nart Through the Surfi'v, f To the sheep herders, the hunters, the ln dians and the frontiersmen the iKoon ntt rr Great Hole, as they sometimes call it, 14 i mply a strange hole in the crust of tW. ruth. Some sheep herders tending tlieii rocks on the arid plains of southeastern. Arizona picked up here and there little1 hits of iron ore It was a most pure irou,. j nuggctlike in shape, and the sheep henlers I becaIlie enthusiastic, liecnuse they believe(i 1 mJ digcovere(, in tllat coun. try nn iron mille. go,1 in some excitement,: ? tjey went to Albuquerque, which is the i;lrgest town in the vicinity, and going to;. 1 some of the officers of the railroad they if held out in their hands some of these nug-H pets of iron and said: "See, isn't this iron? f If it is, we know where there is amine of, t very far from here, and we are will- ing to sell or make arrangements with you I fc find n ,. ril;i)t .ff ihvre happened to be in Albuquerque at that time two mining experts, Dr. Foote, jp of Philadelphia, and Mr. Barry, anil they f"l pronounced the specimens magnetic iron j; of the finest quality, with every indication r f that it was of meteoric origin. They were s j therefore, instructed to go to the place in- dicated by these men and make a thor- 4 01 h expforatioD. H .. 31.1 aj ? s uue me exneris uiu uui iiuu hiiv iron r mine, they did see something which most greatly interested them, and that was Kooa Butte or Great Hole. They spent some little time in examining it, and were satis- i fled that it was a natural curiosity worthy f the attention of the ablest scientists. - Mr. G. K. Gilbert, a scientist of wide re- ';. pute and great ability, who is connected ' with the geological survey, gave much thought to the reports, and it occurred to him that possibly the great hole in the earth's surface might have been caused by a gigantic meteor. The theory or sug- ' gestiun came to him on account of a coin- I ciJuiicc w Lich in laie, if uut uuprec- ? edented. In the first place there was a meteoric iron iu small fragments, and in : the next place a gigantic cruterlike exca- ' vation in the earth's surface, the two con- : ditions existing side by side. If Mr. Gil- ' bert's theory or idea was correct he be- lieved it could be easily determined. Mr. Gilbert determined to visit in com- ' pany with scientific experts the great hole, to mako experiments and investi gations that he might ascertain if pos sible whether his idea was correct, and if . not, what the cause of the immense curl osity of deformity, so to speak, was. He '. took delicate scientific instruments, among ' others compasses which would be sure to reveal the presence of meteoric iron even at considerable distance. When he reached the Koon Butte he made some measure ments. He found that the crater or hole was three-fourths of a riiile across, and the bottom of the hole was 600 feet below the rim or topmost part of the crust, and 400 feet below the plain or level of the earth's surface. Therefore, whatever caused this enormous disturbance of the earth's crust had forced or squeezed or blown out of the hole rock and earth sufficient to rim the circumference about 200 feet above the sur face of the earth. The first experiments were made with the compass. The compasses had been tested in the navy yard in Washington, so that it was well known how nefcr a piec1 of magnetic iron would have to be td"3hf " turb the needle. The tests were exhaust ive, and not the slightest deflection of the needle was observed. Mr. Gilbert then reasoned that if a piece of magnetic or me teoric iron big enough to make that enor mous hole was beneath the surface it must be at least fifty miles below the crust, or the needle would have given some indica tion of it. It of course was absurd to sup pose that any object could have struck the earth with a velocity sufficient to pene trate the crust to a distance of fifty miles, and Mr. Gilbert therefore abandoned the idea of meteoric origin of this hole and be gan investigations looking to other expla nations. He considered many theories, all of which, on Investigation, with one excep tion, proved to bo unsatisfactory. He measured carefully the amount of earth and rock which composed the rim of the hole or crater, and then also measured the space bounded by the hole itself. And lie found that if the earth and rock which composed the rim were shoveled back iuto the hole it would almost exactly All It. That indicated to a certainty that no for eign substance was beneath the bottom of the hole, for if there was the material of which the rim was composed would more than fill the hole. This also showed that the earth and rock had been forced out by some violent suhterreanean force. After making some very careful and delicate experiments Mr. Gilbert reached this conclusion: He decided that far be neath the surface of the earth at this point, perhaps a thousand feet, was a body of water resting upon primitive rock. The water from some cause became greatly heated in a prehistoric age. The amount of heat must have been enormous, for at that depth and under that pressure water does not change to steam until a far higher degree of heat is reached than 212 degs., which is the temperature that converts water to steam on the surface. Whatever the degree of heat, it was sufficient to con vert the body of water into steam ot enormous extensive power. The force was sufficient at last to cause an explosion, to speak without technical accuracy, or, in other words, the power of the steam was so great that the earth's crust even 1,000 feet in t Ickness, was not ab e to resist it. The pr ssure blew that hole in the earth's surface, carrying with It earth and rock, and the force of this ex plosion was so directed that It made a ver itable hole almost exactly circular Ex actly the same thing happened that occurs when a steam boiler is bursted by the pow er of steam. Having satisfied himself as to the cause. Mr. Gdbert undertook to decide if possible on the time when the reniarkabuTand probably unequaled explosion occurred His investigation led him to believe that it occurred probably during the ice age, when the whole northern nnrt nf ti.. v-fii. American continent was covered with Hin ders. -New y0rk Suflv Sues Canal S.ooo Venr. 'A-o. The Idea of a canal along the present K.0f.,the fnat 8n " consider practicable and excavations were actuallr fommenced upward of 2,000 year7ago a d In the time of th. e-i Li n..i 3"a "elphua. 273 yearsforeChr . Tf.r? ! l?vJ TaVmfT r". Vrfecu- The canal uan a small iifT:iir nf . ,.. or C "'"V"?. " wm ufflclent for the war galleys of the time. It is a t ium'trl T' that ClePatra' Hum, tried to escape by that route, but Heartleu Relatl.. Mistress Did vou lenrn lm xr- rr.. w as? wt.io Servant PIpaiw mum T ..11 1 . dnnrh.ll k-l 1. ' PUlfO. 81 I lie aooroell half an hour aud couldn't make I think the beJl had beea M,stre-The ideal How 1. the poor In ihd to know that her fri.n.i. about her if her heaieTla vc, ha , f7 -ouffled tuedoorbeUfew York Welly! .