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Lincoln County Leader.
J. F. 8TKWAKT, Publisher.
TOLEDO.......' OREGON
Gladstone failing fast.
The Grand Old Man Hiu Aged Many Venn
la the Past Tliree Months.
Those who feured that hiB retirement
from public life would bring upon Mr.
Gladstone just those evils which he de
signed to avoid are beginning to find
their judgment justified. The Grand
Old Man has aged many years in the
past three months. The picture he mado
at the Dr. Andrew Clark memorial meet
ing was a pitiful one. Ho was a feeble,
bent octogenarian, who leaned upon a
utout stick even when addressing the
audience from his chair. His words
Were brave, polished, well chosen and
appropriate. Not a shadow has yet cross
ed his shining intellect, but both flesh
and spirit are breaking. He is not ill.
No specific malady is undermining his
marvelous vitality, but a great change,
which his grieving friends cannot fail
to rocognizo, is making rapid progress.
He has lost interest in life. That is
ominous. For CO years he found rest in
other forms of activity and peace in new
struggles. Work has been his only rec
reation. Fresh responsibilities never
failed to renew his vigor. His friends
are beginning to underhand now what
fciir Andrew Clark saw cleurly that for
such a man to fold his hands nieauB do
Hpair and death.
Every effort will be made now to pro.
vido the warrior statesman with tasks
and ambitions sufHciently important to
keep alive that energy which craves and
reeds upon what in most mou would
destroy it If his enthusiasm can bo
revived, he may remain many days a
ligure of which tlio nation will be most
proud. If not, then nothing can long
delay the end.
The most remarkable effect of Mr.
Gladstone's retirement has been clearly
jV24 in conucctiuu. wiiu lu Juai
publio appearance. His enemies have
already become his friends. He has com
pletoly ceased to be a partisan figure in
English politics. London Cor. New
York Hmi.
SHE FOOLED THE BAILIFF.
llora Duiirgnn Cilves an Eihllilttun of Her
Dexterity as a Thief.
DoraDonegau,oneof tho most skillful
thieves known to tho police, gave an ex
hibitlon of her art Monday morning at
tho Harrison Street police station, which
gave Mm 1 iff Vogol a Btill greater opin.
ion of her dexterity. Sho had boon ur
rested in ptirsuanoo of a standing order
given by Chief Dronnau to look her up
on sight and was arraigned before Jus
lice rosier. Blio was discharged, as
there was no evidouce against her. Bo
foro li aving the courtroom slio stoppod
to C'mt with tho bailiff.
"You aro protty clever, Dora, " snid
Vogol, "but if all mou were us hard to
rob as I would bo you'd have to do
something olso for a living."
"Oh, somu day somo one will fool
yon, too," said Dora.
Tho two stood talking for a few min
utes, and then the woman left tho room.
Shortly afterward Bailiff Vogol found
that his diamond Kcarfpiu was missing.
In an excited manner ho called the at
tention of several officers to his loss,
and tlioy bogan to search tho room, as
tho bailiff thought it had dropped from
bin scarf to the floor somewhere. While
they were engaged in tho search tho
Donegal) woman approachod Vogol and
said:
"Have you found your pin?"
"No," repliod Vogol.
"Well, hero it is," said tho woman.
"Be careful next timo when you brag
about yourself. I juBt wanted to bIiow
you that you would be an easy mark,"
and she went away laughing. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
SILVER DOLLARS SCARCE.
A Bet Which Proved an Unexpected Slate
or Amilra lu Washington.
A party of gentlemen were discussing
tho llnancial conditions a couple of days
ago when one of them remarked upon
tho unusual searolty of silver dollars in
circulation in Washington. Ho stated
that it was diflleult to meet a person
who had a silver dollar in his pocket,
whereas a few months ago tho cart
wheels were more plentiful than tho pa
per securities. His assertion was ques
tioned byono of his companions, where
upon he remarked that ho would be
willing to make a wager of tho cigars
to prove it.
"I will bet," ho remarked, "that you
cannot within one hour meet a man
whom you know who has a silver dol
lar iu his pocket."
The other, who had au extremely largo
acquaintance, eagerly accepted the gage
and took up a position down at the cor
ner of Fifteenth mid F streets. Evory
friend and acquaintance who came along
was requested to exchange a silvor dol
lar for four quartern. Scores of $1 bills
were pulled out of pedestrians' pockota,
but the man with tho chango wanted
only the dollar of his daddies. At tho
end of tho hour ho paid for tho cigars,
because lie found not a man in his quest
who had a hard dollar in his pocket. I
don't know the reason for tho scarcity
of such coin, but its existence is be
yond doubt. Washington Btar.
Declined Her Rvrvlre.
Since the death of M. Bontquin the
dapper Old gentleman who invariably
Woro a silk hat and carried an umbrella
When discharging his ofllclal duties,
Brussels has been deprived of tho serv
ices of a public executioner. M. do
Liego has kindly acted as a stopgap dur
ing tho interregnum. Last week bis co
operation was requested by tho author!
tie. At the iipMlnted hour a stout,
i liddlo ugod lady presented herself and
quietly remarked to the assembled func
tionaries: "I've como for tho execution. My
husband is not well this morning and
asked mo to take his place. Please lot
us got to business. "
The general stupefaction was Intensi
fied when she added in a reassuring
tone, "This is not by any means tho
first time."
Howevor, the authorities refused to
avail themselves of her offer and mean
ly declined to pay her expenses. Brus.
A prisoner in the Manchester jail
amused himself by writing verses iu
microscopic characters on small pieces
of paper, which ho pasted on the backs
of the roaches that infested his cell
Tho poetry eventually killed all tho in
sects that carried it, uot because it was
bad. but because the baste fermented.
A LUDICROUS DUEL.
the Preacher ('hone the Weapon! and Tan
qulshed Ills Bullying Opponent.
One way of combating an evil prac
tice is to make it ridiculous. It was by
this means that dueling was stopped in
a certain district of Kentucky some 40
years ago. At that time a traveling
preacher named Bowman, a strong, mus
cular man, was conducting a series of
religious meetings in Kentucky. Atone
of them a well known desperate charac
ter created a disturbance, and being
publicly rebuked by Bowman sent him
a challenge to fight
The preacher's first thought was to
treat the matter with silent contempt
Then he reflected that dueling was all
too common in that region, and he de
cided to accept the challenge.
As the challenged party, Bowman
had the choico of weapons. He selected
a half bushel of large Irish potatoes and
stipulated that his opponent must stand
1 5 paces distant, and that only one po
tato at a time should be taken from the
measura
The desperado was furious, but Bow
man insisted upon his rights aB the chal
lenged party and threatened to denounce
the fellow as a coward if he made fur
ther objections. Seeing no way out of
tho scrape, tho desperado at last consent
ed. Tho contest took place on the out
skirts of the town, and almost everybody
in the place turned out to see the fun.
Tho seconds arranged the two men iu
position, by the side of each being a
half bushel measure filled with good
sized potatoes".
Bowman threw the first one. It Htruck
his opponent in a central spot and fell
in piece A shout of delight Went np
from the crowd which flurried the des
perado, anil his potato flew wide of the
mark.
, Bowman watched his chance, and ev
ery timo his oponcnt stooped for a po
tato another one hit him iu tho side,
leaving a wet spot on his clothes and
then scattering on all sides. Tho follow
wua hit in tins way five times. Then
tho sixth potato struck him in the short
ribs, and he lay on the grass doubled up
with pain and groaning, "Enoughl"
Tho bystanders went wild with de
light, but Mr. Bowman looked very so
ber. Tho desperado was taken homo
and put to bed, and thoro ho staid for
more than a wsck, and when he again
appeared ho was greeted with so many
jokes that lifo was almost a burden to
him.
That was tho end of duoling in that
region. Family Herald.
The ltahamans.
A most curious utensil of a Bahaman
dwelling is a big cement oven, like a
cono, at tho back of tho house Iu this
the family bread is baked. Bahamans
are physiologically starved, and their
thin, attenuated forms show it An un
varying diot of fish and fruit is not
nourishing enough, nnd tho fact speaks
lor Itself in these islanders. Tho white
BaliamaiiH are homely and sallow unless
burned so that oomplexiou is a thing of
the past They rarely somo nover
wear shoes; hence foot in theso lati
tudes are foot and not merely the cuds
or legs. I used to gazo.in admiration at
tho foot that daily and nightly visited
our schooner. The owners of tho append
ages could walk where a shod foot
could not bear to trod. Tho skin bo
oomos tougher than leather. Black Ba
hamans are the finest specimens of tho
negro raco to be scon outside of Africa
strapping fellows with magnificent
arms and chests, but they aro dreadful
beggars and dreadful liars.
It is inconceivable how simple the
Bahamans are. I saw old men in Span
ish Wells who had never seen a horse,
or a cow, or a wheeled vehicle, Nassau
is their Mecca. "Why, boy," said Joe
Pindar to mo (everybody down hero is
either a Pindar or a Johnson), "NaBsau
his a city. Hit 'as 0,000 people, hand
the streets aro so wide carriages kin go
along hand leavo room for persons to
walk hou heueh side." Californian Il
lustrated Magazine.
The Muu of the Moment.
From tho modern girl's point of view
tho man of tho moment is not of much
account, Bays Sarah Grand. The instinct
of natural selection which inclined her
first of all to set him aside for his flab
biuoss is strengthened now by her
knowledge of his character. She knows
him better than her parents do, and iu
proportion as she knows him she finds
less and less reason to respect him. Tho
girls discuss him with each other and
with younger married women, and out
or their discussion is arising a strong
(iisiasto ior nun.
"I'm not going to marrv a man I
can't respect, " "I shan't marry unless
i cau iiiui a mail of lienor with no hor
rm past," and "Don't offer mo tho
mutilated remains of a man, " coupled
With the names of Tom Jones and Rod
oriole Random, are the commonest ex
pressions of it And it is in vain for tho
man of tho moment when ho marries to
hope to conceal tho consequences of tho
past from his wife by assuming a high
ly refined objection to "allowing" her
to road any book that would open her
eyes. Manners of the new woman are
perfect She in never aggressive, never
argumentative, but she understands tho
art of Bolf defense and reads what she
pleases.
r Different Types.
Tho drummer for a Chicago house
handling New England trade, who had
not soon his good old mother for a lunii
time, recently spent Suuday with hor,
and when ho started away sho laid her
hand tenderly on his head.
"Uoodhy, my boy, " sho said. "Put
your trust in IVovidenoe, and you will
come out all right."
Pshaw, mamma." ho renliod: "von
don't know that country. Providence is
the hardest town to work in tho whole
of Now Eiurlaml. " and tho mvl ld
was greatly shocked until thev had
come to a mutual understanding as to
what each one was thinking about
Detroit Free Press.
A rouible Coudltlon.
Maud Frauk Plutus has ririmomvl tn
Carrie, but sho says ho has more money
i mm ui limit
Edith Carle doesn't seem to consid
er that if ho had more brains than
, niouoy it Is uot likely he would ever
have proposed to hor. Bostou Trau-
script
I A medical man has found out that dis
mal weather has a bud effect upon the
reasoning powers as well as upon the
pirits. H UT his deductions made on
cloudy days often prove to be fuulty.
DICTATOR EZETA.
Rosebery's Prophecy When at
College Fulfilled.
SILVER QUESTION IN GERMANY
The engagement of John W. Mackay,
Jr., and Mlul Virginia Fair DUenased
by London Society.
London. The story that Miss Virginia
Fair, the younger daughter of Senator
Fair and sister of Mrs. Herman Oelrichs,
and who is now on this side, is to be
married to Maitland Kersey, the hand
some agent of the White Star line, seems
not to be borne out by the facts as stated
here. The report now states distinctly
that John W. Mackay, Jr., is to be the
lucky man. He it is who is said be en
gaged to the California beauty, and those
who take a sentimental interest in such
things find it much more suggestive of a
firetty romance than a union with the
tandsome Englishman would be.
Whether the reported matrimonial ex
periences of Mr. Kersey had anything to
do with the breaking-off of the engage
ment reported to exist a short time ago
cannot tie affirmed. Five-o'clock tea
chat prefers to look on it as a sudden
revelation to young Mr. Mackay of his
affection for Miss Fair, it needed, in
fact, the intervention of a third party to
show Mr. Mackay where his happiness
really lay. MisB Virginia has had many
suitors, and young Mr. Mackay and Miss
Fair have known each other from child
hood. Their respective fathers were
comrades in earlv struggling days and
always allies and friends through the
greater fortunes of later years. A mar
riage between the two children would
therefore round out the romance of the
great gold and silver eras of the West in
a manner most approved by the novelist,
men means uy every man or woman
woo loves a lover.
KNfiLANIVS I'ICKMIKIt.
The Destiny l'rophenled Out for Hlnim-lf
Whon at College Fullllled.
London. Prime Minister Kosebery's
Ladas won the Derby, with Matchbox
second and Reminder third. It is doubt'
ful if so much interest has ever before
been taken in the Derby. There were
several causes for this state of affairs.
In the first place many thousands of
people were anxious to see the Derbv,
because it is the irreat event of the turf.
In the second place Ladas, who is owned
by the Prime Minister, was looked upon
as being the horse of tho year, his pre
vious victories having won him hosts of
friends, who longed to see once more the
primrose and- rose hoops with rose-colored
cap (lxrd Kosebery's colors) flying
to the front of everything else in the
field. Thus it was that the special trains
at London Bridge and Victoria stations,
run every live minutes, were packed to
tho utmost with the usual crowd of
racegoers, augmented by many people
who had never before ventured to Ep
som, but who went thero in order to Beo
Koseliery win tho third event."
TIIK SCHOOLBOY'S l'HOPIIKCV.
The destiny which Lord Kosebery
prophesied out lor himself when at col
lege was fulfilled, lie married the rich
est girl in r.nifland. Hannah de Moths.
child : he is Prime Minister of Kiivlnml.
and he has won the Derby with his colt
Ladas, the winner of the 2,000 guineas
und the winner of the Newmarket stake
May 23.
FROM HONOLULU.
'resident Dole Outlines the Work for
the CoiiMtltutlonal Convention.
Honolulu. The Constitutional Con
vention met May 30. The ceremonies
were very brief. 001181811112 main v of nn
address by President Dole outlining very
tuny ine work it has to do and stating
clearly the reasons which had impelled
a change of plans by the President and
A :i ..
nuviouiy vuiiiicu inim annexation to the
United States to the creation of an in
dependent Republic. He gave utterance
also tn thin aiirtiilliuit anmi:..i. . ti 4 l
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though the establishment of a funda
mental iuw which snail as luras possible
llrovilltl for Dim anfo Anil n.t.M.ni.....l .l
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til III lut.riit.li in nf nll'iiim n,u.n 4I.0 .:.....
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pies of a republican form of government
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..... .v. w.u 'ci,uiiimiiiii UOJCCb Ol your
delils-rations, the original purpose of the
fiiimiiiiini Kuvvriiiueiii. w negotiate a
treaty of political union with the great
and friendly nation that lies nearest to
us must, 1 respectfully submit, lie as
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...... . ... w. 11..1.1 juii no a vn.ai policy
of the new Hepublic as it has been ol
uie provisional government.
Nllver Question In tieriiiany,
Hkhi.i.n. Iii a speech closing the meet
ings of the Imperial Silver CominisHinn
Count von Posadowsky, the Imperial
rosemary ol the 1 ressurv, said he be
lieved the members were agreed that the
fluctuations and depreciated value of
silver liml imtail.wl nmul l..uu..a . .
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(lOrinllll fiireiirn au.l U..n . it...
. imiiHT mhud, IIIHl
viuriiiituy biuiio was wweriess to raise
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cahle to do so either by the creation of a
iin.iiu(ruii uy iiiiernaiionai agreement or
bv the ri'Lmfiitifm nf tlm n...).. ..;,.. n..
added that the members of Hie commis
sion wouni render a public service bv
helmm, I., ui.t.u.1 1... .1 '.
i-'.-e " mid i-uuYicuuil mat
serious ditliculty attended the solution
uu uiiivr urBiiuu.
r:ierlmrnu Willi Cholera latleiila.
1.0NDON. A disuatch to the Tim
from Calcutta bsvs that TV Huiil,..,
from Pasteur's laboratory in Paris made
a course of experiments there and inoc
ulated 117 out of 200 persons ooeupving
a uroup of huts and subject to cholera.
Sunn after lin liml i.mitiluul i.
the disease broke out among the people.
vii ui inviii nuiu aiuu'seu, ami seven
iliml. Allnf Din i.tiuim .x. I
I . ; ""mini nuiung
those who had not been inoculated with
the preventive.
Klein, IUi Fled to ranauia.
La I.iiiicht ai. Exota's flitrht (mm n.o
country is not yet known to his forces,
which are now massed near San Salva
dor. La Libertad is practically In con
trol of the American sailors, who were
landed from the gunboat Bennington to
protect the American Consulate and
American interests. F.ieta arrived here
the other day, and with ten companions
Immediately went aboard the steamer
alyria and sailed for Panama.
To Colonlie Jew.
St. P-tTk-KSBi-KO.-The Ministers of
the Interior and of Husbandry have ad
vanced a scheme to organiie a Jewish
colony In South Africa. It is proposed
,.',' ""' ".y,,ew""ootonv, in
which all the Jewish farmers now scat
tered over South Kussiaaretobefwused
tirantsof land and agricultural Imple
meiits are to l given them.
THE PORTLAND MARKET.
Whkat Export valuea are nominal at
77c per cental for Valley and 7275c
per cental for Walla Walla.
rLOUE, FEED, ETC.
Floob Portland, i2.55j Salem, f2.65;
Cascadia, $2.65; Dayton, $2.55; Walla
Walla, $2.90; Snowflake, $2.05; Corval
lis, $2.65; Pendleton, $2.65; Graham,
$2.40; superfine, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats White,37 (238c per buahel; gray,
3536c; rolled, in bags, $5.76(36.00; in
barrels, $6.006.25; in cases, $3.75.
MiLLSTurrs Bran, $1618; shorts,
$1618; ground barley, $20.00; chop
feed, $1516 per ton ; whole feed barley,
$17 per ton ; middlings, $23(428 per ton;
chicken wheat, U5c$1.00 per cental.
Hay Good, $1012 per ton.
DAIBY PBODUCE.
Butteb Oregon fancy creamery, 17j
20c; fancy dairy, 1516c; fair to good,
10ai26c per pound.
Ciieehb Young America, 1215c;
California flat, ll12c; Swiss, im
ported, 30 32c; domestic, 1618c per
pound.
Eoos Oregon, 1518c per dozen.
Poultry -Chickens, old, $4.60 per doz;
broilere, $3.004.00; ducks, $3.504.50
per dozen ; geese, $6.008.00 per dozen ;
turkeys, live, 10c per pound; dressed,
12c.
VEGETABLES AND FBUIT.
Vegetables Cabbage, U4C per
pound; new California, l'ic; potatoes,
Oregon (buying price), 4045c per sack ;
new potatoes, l2c per pound ; onions
(buying price), 4c per pound; new
onions, $1.50 per sack; sweet po
tatoes, $1.752per box; California cel
ery, 8590c ; artichokes, 35c per dozen ;
California lettuce, 25c per dozen; Ore
gon hothouse lettuce, 3040c; cauliflow
er, $2.75 per crate, $1.00 per dozen ; pars
ley, 25c jier dozen; string beans, 7c
per pound; asparagus, $1.50 per box;
rhubarb, l2c per pound; peas, $1.60
per box; cucumbers, $1.25 per dozen;
Oregonhothouse, $1.25 per dozen ; new
California tomatoes, $4.00 per 25-pound
crate.
FituiTS California fancy lemons, $3.25
013.50; common, $2.003.00; bicily,$4.00
(ii4.75 per box; Mediterranean Sweets,
$3.003.25 ; St. Michael, $3.25(43.50 per
Ixix; bananas, $1.752.60 per bunch;
Honolulu. s:t nnr3 Ni; Cnlifomia nave!
oranges (Washington), $3.754.00 per
box; seedlings, $2.252.75; Oregon
strawberries, 1012'c per pound; cher
ries, $1.00 per 10-pound crate for black,
$1.101.25 for Royal Ann ; gooseberries,
34c per pound ; apricots, $1.00 per 10
pound box ; new cooking apples, 75c per
25-pound bo.
canned goods.
Canned Goods Table fruits, assorted,
$1.752.00; peaches, fl.752.00; Bart
lett pears, fl.752.00; plums, 1.37$
1.50; strawberries, $2.252.45; cherries,
$2.252.40; blackberries, $1.852.00;
aspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25(3
2.80; apricots, $1.65. Pie fruits,
assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums,
$1.001.20; blackberries, $1.261.40 per
dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted,
$3.153.50; peaches, $3.504.00; apri
cots, $3.604.00; plums, $2.763.00;
blackberries, $4.254.60.
Vegetables Tomatoes, $1.10 per
dozen; ganons, ta.uug3.;:o; asparagus,
$2.252.75 per dozen; string beans,
$1.00(81.10; sugar peas, $1.001.10;
corn, Western, $1.00(1.25j Eastern,
$l.251.70.
Meats Corned beef, Is, $1.50; 2s,
$2.25; chipped, $2.40: lunch tonene. 1b.
$3.50; 2s, $6.757.00; deviled ham, $1.50
(S.o per dozen; roast beef, Is, $1.50;
n An Ac
s, e.o.
Fish Sardines, ks. 75ca2.2R; W.
$2.154.50; lobsters, $2.30(33.50; sal
mon, tin 1-10 tans, fi.axgi.so; nats,
$1.76;2-lbs, $2.252.50; J-barrel, $5.50.
STAPLE GROCERIES.
Coffee Costa Rica. 23c; Rio. 22 (323c:
Salvador, 22c; Mocha, 2628c; Ar
buckle'B, Columbia and Lion, 100-pound
Dbied Fruits 1893 pack, Petite
Drunes. (!( Her silver lOrai'V. Tinlian
810c; German. 68c; plums, 610c:
evapurauxi appies, Btgiuc; evaporated
apricots, 15 16c; peaches, 12 14c;
pears, 7llc per pound.
Sooar D,4c; Golden C,4Jnc; extra
C, 6'fjc; confectioners' A, dry gran-
frll till U I .n.l nnn.-
'"I (J I " ""l W Hill. Jflll,-
dered,-U,'o per pound; Ho per pound
uiseuunii 011 an grades ior prompt cash ;
maple sugar, 15 16c per pound.
Bkanh Small whita Kn 1 Qln. Vn
2, ,3c; large white, 3'c; pea beans, 3'c;
mm, oc, uayou, o-4c; uutter, o,'c;
Lima, 4ic per pound.
Rice Island, $4.75(85.00 per sack.
Salt Liverpool, 200s, $15.50; 100s.
$16.00; 60s, $10.50; stock, $8.50 9.60.
RVRITP Kafltnrn in harpala AitarKn.
in half barrels, 4257c; In cases, 35
tiOc per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California,
in barrels, 2040c per gallon ; $1.75 per
keir.
Pickles Barrels, No. 1, 28 30c per
kuiioii; no. z, zuigiL'oc; Kegs. 5s, 85c per
B F f v aw UUAVII UUttr
tfr ira.1 mm. it ,7R nnp ilnvnn
aru - iirm.il vhiiiiiih ms: in ruip ttniwan a ma n .
ot-K KH v note Allspice, lo)c per
IWHn.il nAnn:A 1HAIO.. -! .1 . -
t-wuu, iimbiu, juibiou; cinnamon, zzm
40c: cloven 1 Hi:ll).. l.lanl, wn. ir.,.
-TVic; white pepper, 2025c; nutmeif.
mv-ciwi.
Raisins London lavers Wm tl tr
02.00; halves, $2.002.25; quarters.
$2.26 2.76; eighths, $2.50 3.00. Loose
MUReRLHlH. ImiM 11 fill- fnni.n f 1
- 1 , -I J l(M,Cl,
1.7o: hairs. 3 crown. 4'.Ac.V nr nnnn.l .
4 crown. SfciftWr. KmxIIooo Ki,H.,'
poum! l,"52,0' h8 68 Per
HOI'S, WOOL AND HIDES.
Hops '03s, choice, 12'13's'c per
'1; meilium, 10 12c; poor, neg-
Wool Valley, 1010'ic per pound;
Umpqua, 10l0c; Eastern Oregon, 4
7c, according to qualitv and shrinkage.
Hides Drv ala,tj.i
J iniuu,w KIWU,
suited. 60 nou in
. " VIUI, KM, BV UUUC(
60 pounds, 23c; sheep pelts, shearlings,
lOdilSc: nimliniK 9ii,'K. I T
3060c; tallow, good to choice, 3 3o
yvr puuuu.
LIVC AND DRESSED HEATS.
Bkkk Ton alnora KO.0 R.
- r "t ..,uuv..iU iir m
TJ.outsra.zo; cows, $1.75
2.00 ; dressed beef, 4 5c per pound.
Mutton Hunt iKimn to k.
$2.00. "
IIoqs Choice heavy, $4.00; light and
leeders. Kt.75- droaaoH ... i
. 1 . , vv,lv j,, LIUI11IU.
Val Small choice, 6c; large, 34o
PROVISIONS.
EASTKRit Sunvn f - . . .
Hams, medium, 1212SC per pound;
hams large, UWstl2S,c; hams, picnic
U(ltl2l': lirnBlrfiaQl l...n M.JIt.' I .
Clear Sides. UUnMI. ,U u -: i
iii.ua,. jLi . ' ?"
.v-.v, uuru oeei nsiiis. laiirfi'L.
inn) i i . --"-
v,. vx-i iiniiii,, 11,(51Jo;
lanl, compound, in tins, 8i0c per
fT JJttI?' in WSiSHStC; pegs'
Feet. 80s. sA fin i... i.v: '.( .rJ
po
fe
kits, $1.25. " " fd-io:
Tulklu, Throu(h HU Tile.
Oeonrn t Pi.n...n.. -..i.t. -
" - - Miiiiii.ii n rail II f jo,-
000,000 told a newspaper reporter, "I
believe thnt I i. -
, , : - ""iniu'r in uie
ditys when I hadn't a dollar than I am
now." Tkuf .ii . . .
... .o uue, out lr He
was happier Orii, why not go back to
those halcvon tni .,ii...i 1 . m.
- - uuwiuivrn uaysr ine
tllSlKMitlnil of Ilia .r.if , .
bother hinu The fact that George M.
Pullman t -,,-fci., j . . .
. i.i . t i . . -"ij mm iaie u
add to his -burden" of wealth and re
sponsibilities is evidence that the palace
CrDw!lg,i?Vtalkinthron8h ht."
Philadelphia Press.
FRUIT TREE PESTS.
The Beetles Which Produce
Destructive Borers.
PACKING FRUIT WITH CARE.
Much Better Batter Can Be Made With
the Box or Barrel Churn Than With
the Old Duh Churn.
"How many boys and girls on the
farm have had an old apron tied around
their waists and been told to churn until
the butter will hold upthedasher? Such
instructions are fatal to good butter,"
says the Iowa Homestead. " In the 8 ret
place the dash churn is ten years behind
the times, and ought to be thrown out
of every farm, even if no more butter is
made than to supply the family table.
The box or barrel churn is cheap, and it
is so much more convenient and so much
better butter can be made with it that
there ehould be no hesitation in discard
ing the old dash churn in its favor. But,
no matter w hat kind of a churn is used
never churn until the butter is gathered
in chunks large enough to hold up the
dasher. There are several reasons why
this should not be done, une of them
is that the grain is destroyed. Good
butter has a fine, distinct grain, and
when broken shows a distinct fracture
like cast iron. If this grain is destroyed
by overchurning or overworking, the
butter becomes a greasy mixture like
lard, and has a greasy taste. Again it ie
necessary that the buttermilk be well
washed out, or the butter will become
strong and rancid in a short time. This
cannot be done when the butter is
1 ; ... l BA : i. l .. nnnn
tiiuiiicu mi; luuipa, mj iii viio iati.c7i wee
the grain, navor and keeping quality are
all injured. The churn should always
be stopped when the butter is in the
form ol small granules, ranging in size
from a red-cluvoi seed U a itraiu oi
wheat; then the buttermilk can well be
washed out, and the grain will be unin-
i'nred if the working is properly done,
'here is no reason why the farmer should
not make just as fine butter as anv one.
provided he will take the trouble to do
it riolil '
KEMKDIISS FOR BOHEKS.
Description of the Two Kind That In
fest Fruit Trees.
There are two borers that work in fruit
trees, says Farm and Fireside. One has
a flat head and the other a round head.
They both come from eggs laid by bee
tles. The beetle of the round-headed
borer is about three-fourths of an inch
long, and has two broad, creamv-white
stripes running the whole length of its
body. The beetle of the flat-headed
borer is of a shining greenish-black color,
with its under Bide of a shining coppery
color. This borer attacks the whole
trunk and often the larger branches,
while the former confines its attacks to
the base of the trunk almost entirely.
The beetles lay their eggs in the South
in May and at the North in Juno and
July. The beetle of the round-headed
borer generally lays its eggs at dusk, and
is hidden during the dav. The beetle of
the flat-headed borer is a lively fellow,
He likes the hot sunshine, and runs
verv ranidlv UD and down the hark in
bright days, but instantly takes wing if
an attempt is made to capture bun.
Nothing can be done to kill the eggs, but
a pooa preventive is to coat the trees
with Boft soap, plaster of naris and Daris
green during the time the beetles are
abundant. The soap is distasteful to
the beetles ; the plaster of paris makes
i, a, .i.l. .. .! . I. ' Ml I
in duiuh., mi li biiu -jaria green win poison
any young that may hatch from the eees.
lhe only way to kill the insects after
they are in the tree is by cutting them
out or runnine a wire into their burrows.
All trees should be looked over in the
fall and spring and have the borers re.
moved.
I'ACKINO FKUIT.
One ol the Moat Important Problems lie
fore the Growers of To-day.
It often happens that of two fruit
growers whose places loin and who raise
fruit that is every way similar the one
will get good prices that will pay him i
round profit, while the other will scarce
ly cover the cost of gathering and trans
portation, says Colman's Rural World
The difference lies in the matter nf lan.
dling. The one grower carefully studies
the markets, grades his fruits, rejects
all t.llA pulls nr linnnpfiml DnmijinnHn .. .
' ."iiivii, of-wuiicus, mill
then packs the fruit in an attractive
niniiiier, wmie uie oinor simpiv dumps
it into boxes, good, bad and indifferent.
all mixed together. It is not surprising
.nut uiiucr mien conoiuons money n
often lost, on nhinmonla ! a..t,f t
depd ha Bllrnrtainc if tkia ... ...... Mni.
x n .. .11 ... nciQ J1UL DU.
Many a reputation has been made by
inicuu uLiciuiou to tne grades and pack
ing of fruit, and all shippers agree that
this is one of the most important prob-
icuio uciure ine growers oi lo-uav. it ii
a nrohlpm which
tant from year to year, as the production
increases, and consequently the compe
tition increases also. As between two
snippers oi iruit ot equal quality it is
the question of attractive packing that
.. . ...v u . v. uufciciiu-o iii prices
Good UrainiivM.
There Is something about a drain that
me most obtuse farmer couldn't fail I
remark for years Dast. savs Col mm,
Rural orld, and it is strange that the
esson taught has not been utilized ear
lier. Every one has observed that the
rrHun oi a common tile drain or " blind
ditch was to ntnlnnl fnr i;..,;i I I:
. , i - -v. inuiicvi ins
tance on either Bide of the ditch a most
prolific crop of plump and well-developed
grain. It never occurred to them, how
ever, that, if a system of drainage per-
. "oiiib siiiiiuieniiy close
to allow the influence of the drains
cover the whole field or farm, that field
ur lami wuuui ne ricii iievoiul compari
son and practicallv fn- f'mm ftiwi ...j
drouth alike. Of late a few progressive
"V. . ' "" " niea, ami are now
rejoicing in plentiful crops, orchards an
nually bending with fruit and every ail
vantage of a luxurious and opulent soil,
while neighbors with better farm,
eouallv well t UI 1-m in, . '
" i i. .. iMimii uraimng,
are grumbling over their losses ami
. , " 0111 ""d move to
Pacific Coast.
the
Cure for Hi.-,, f-..i-
..wi.rci-aiiii-.- uocior, wnose author
ity is vouched for, has been recommend
ing a very simple cure for cattle that
hlllWn 111 Ka "liln.n l
burgh Farming World. He pours from
three to four ilmn f ii.- i. .. .
dilution of colchicnm into a table glass
ui iiivu a email Dome with
a wide nek. The animal i, to be seized
by the horns, and when the head is in 1
the air pour the solution into the nos-1
trils. whon tmnii K...n i ....... I
ten in nates and without recurring to a
. ,,,uuiiiiiK win collapse.
EARNINGS OF BEGGARS.
The ProfcMlonals In London ana i-ri .
Pick To a Good Living. I
The professional beggar is not a mod
ern innovation by any means. Readers
mav recall Scarecrow, the famous Lon
don begzar. who, having disabled him
celf in Ins right leg, asked alms all day
iu order to get a warm supper at night.
Accordin2 to John Timbs, the Rufflers,
of whom we often find mention in the
literature of the seventeenth century,
were troops of idle vagrants who infest
ed Lincoln's inn fields.
Thev assumed the characters ol
maimed soldiers who had suffered in the
great rebellion and found a ready prey
in the people or lasmon and quamy who
drove by. Indeed it is made clear by
contemporary allusion in comedies that
this square was the regular haunt ol do
gus cripples who lived by mendicancy,
which they carried on in the most bare
faced and even intimidating manner. It
is related that George IV, when prince of
Wales, once attended a beggars carnival
in London incognito. He had not been
there long when the chairman, address
ing the company and pointing to the
prince, said:
"I call upon that 'ere gemman witn a
shirt for a song." The prince, as well as
he could, got excused, upon a friend, who
accompanied him, promising to sing in
stead, which the latter did amid great
applause. The health of the prince and
his friend having been drunk and duly
responded to, they departed in order to
afford the company an opportunity to
fix their different routes for the ensuing
day's business, for at that time the pro
fessional beggars of London used to have
a general meeting several times during
the year, at which they were divided
into companies, each company having
its particular walk.
In those days their earnings varied,
some getting as much as 5 shillings a
day. Most of the professional beggars
in London today and their name is le
gion emanate from two or tliree com'
mon lodging houses. The most populous
of these, which is kuowu as The Dis
pensary, supports an individual known
as a "scriver," who earns a living by
manufacturing the pathetic signboards
which the sham cripples and the bogus
blind men carry round their necks. In
Paris, as is well known, the professional
beggars hold regular weekly meetings,
at which the routes to be followed by
the members of the guild are mapped
out by a standing committee.
They have an organ of their own,
called The Journal des Mendicants,
which appears twice a week. From a
recent issue the following advertisement
is taken: "Wanted To engage a cripple
tor a seaside resort, uood references and
a small deposit required."
This queer announcement is explained
by the fact that the proprietors of hotels
and boarding houses of fashionable
French watering places assume that vis
itors would be disposed to give alms if
an opportunity were afforded them, and
as they cannot very well do the begging
themselves they engage professional beg
gars to whom they grant permission to
solicit alms on their premises, and the
beggars in return pay them one-half of
their daily receipts. North American
Review.
Frank Confession.
Robert Chambers, the Wm tienrfoit
and honest publisher, one night appeared
ai ms ciud atier a snort absence, and
there delighted at least one member J.
C. Jeaffreson bv a delicioiinlir fmnV -r.
pression of opinion. Jeaffreson began
the conversation by asking:
"What have you been doing since I
saw vou last?'
"I have joost been spending the time
in Scotland with mv ain iwmln u n ii f .li
my diversion I have been reading yet
again cou s novels, i went deliberate
ly through the whole lot o them. What
uo you imna o a mon o my years spend
ing ine greater part or tne long holiday
in sic a wav?"
"It was in that way that I first made
acquaintance witn tne Waverly novels,"
was the enthusiastic reply, "in a broiling
hot summer and autumn. How you
must have enjoyed yourself 1"
"Weel, weel, I canna say," returned
the Scottish publisher and man of let
ters. Then he looked warily up and
down the room to make sure of not being
nard oy any Drotner Scotsman and con
tinueu:
"I canna say I enjoyed the buiks so
much as I did in my younger time. I
would not say it aloud in Adinbro, but
weel you believe me when I say that Sir
Walter isn't what he used to be to me?
To tale you the truth," he added, lower
ing his voice almost to a whisper "to
tale you the truth, I found him rather
prosy! Ayo, but dinna be laughing, or
the lads there will be asking what I said
to you. It is the truth that I tale you.
I moost conface I fund hira at times a
leetle prosy!" Youth's Companion.
Figuring- It Out.
A schoolmaster had been severely cor
recting one of his boys and finished by
saying: "Now sit down and write a let
ter to your parents telling them how
much you are taught here and how lit
tle you profit therefrom. I should be
ashamed to tell them." The boy cried a
good deal and then wrote:
Deab Fatreb-1 am very stupid, though
there is more to be learnt here than anywhere.
Twice two's four-four boys go to one bed-six
beds make one attic, anil four attics make one
well ventilated and appointed sleeping dormi
tory. One round of bread and butter makes
one breakfast, and every tea makes its own
supper.
"This time," said the master, "we will
er overlook your conduct, and ygp
needn't send that note." (He had been
overlooking.) London Tit-Bits.
The Making of Shakespeare.
"All old crippled woman whom I knew
iu Leamington, England," writes a cor
respondent, "used often to amuse me bv
her original ideas and speeches. Speak
ing of Shakespeare one dav, I said I
would like much to visit Stra'tford-upon-Avon.
'Law!' said she, with much
scorn, 'who was he? On'y a plowbov,
and he was never thought nothin of till
them Americans came and took him
no." "Boston Transcript.
A Remarkable Swan.
One nf tlia tnif ha.1 M.m
i i " nv.ci neuuing pres
ents which Princess Marie of Edinburgh
is to recniva u-ill K. t ai . .
.. ... w i uui me poetical
queen of Roumania-Carmen Sylva
and will be a pleasure barge in the form
of an immense swan. It will not only
be built to illlilato a I i i. i
. ... -"u, uui ii IS 10
swim like a swan and be like a swan in
every particular of motion. The feet
are to be so contrived as to take the i
plac of oars. The neck and head will
rise to a height of eighteen feet and the
body will form a cabin large enough to
aum ten persons. tic hangs, J
ODD THINGS IN TAXES
GOVERNMENT DUES DERIVED Fl
MANY QUEER IMPOSTS,
Matrimony Taxed In Some Porte of Chum,
Kren Bread and Meat Hare Had to Cos,
tribute to the Revenues Peter the On
Levied a Tax on Beards.
In times past it was deemed warrant.
ble to tax salt, candles, leather, brick
U I i .. tarn . .
and meat. Peter the Great of Rusav j
ied a tax on beards, with the landab,
jectof makinghis subjects wash their heg
and shave. Brass tokens are still to
bought in that country bearing the won.
"Horaao pignaia tiRgoia, wnicn meam
"the beard tax has been paid." Mr.
O. C. l.UDdy, in "The Fiscal Philateliit
gives particulars of the British hat tajgj
1 784, requiring nailers to lane out ncenaej
and imposing an ad valorem stamp duty
on every hat sold. In those days revenj,
officials meeting a man with an nnlt
censed hat used to inquire, in the worth
of the comlo spng, "Where did you
tnat nat?" in oin times, too, me scotch
sacramental certificates used to bear a six
penny stamp. A tax on religious alms,
nacs, glass, stone bottles and advertise,
ments was among the fiscal duties of thi
past.
There was also a tax on tne"liehtof
heaven" in the shape of an imposton win
dows until far In the present century.
This odious and insanitary burden caused
architects and builders to erect housa
with as few windows as possible, and to
escape the tax the windows of many housa
were blocked up. some of these dark and
dismal abodes are still in existence in Eng
land. 1 lie nussian government a lew yean
ago decided to tax kerosene oil and mateh.
es virtually a tax on light.
In some parts of China a tax Is imposed
on all women entering the bonds of matri
mony. Travelers to those parts are obliged
to take a wife, and when they leave the
ladies take fresh husbands, to the benefit
of the revenue. Those who follow the ad
vice of the late Adah Isaacs Menken and
"marry young nnd often" are an acquisi
tion to such a state. In Bervia vanity Ii
taxed in the shape of ladies' bustles. In
Mpllmiirno Chr'tm!ts carda nro taxed ou.
fifth per cent. Christmas, New Year, Eas-
ier bhu uinuuuy enrus wuuui oouDuess
produce an appreciable revenue in Eng
land. It has been stated that in Weimar
the authorities levied a duty on musical
parties. The regulations were not given,
but doubtless solos, duets, trios and quar
tets are subject to proportionate rates. Vi
olins, cornets and the flute should incur
special charges. Quite lately an annual
tax of 10 francs has been imposed on pi
anos in France. Music has paid tribute to
taxation in other ways. A musical troop
recently crossing the frontier of Saxony
carried with them a crown of laureis
awarded them at a triumphal performance.
The custom house officers taxed the laurels
as spice. Massenet, the composer, it is re
lated, was also charged duty on a crown
of laurels on the Gorman frontier. In his
case the wreath of fame was deemed to be
woven of "medicinal plants." In Mon
treal organ grinders pay a license of fit
and are only allowed to play at stated
times. In Vienna they are also licensed
and regulated as to hours. In France a
certificate of character, a distinctive badge
and limitation of hours are insisted upon.
No licenses for street musicians have been
issued for nine years in Germany.
In St. Petersburg no outdoor musical
performers are permitted, but in romantic
itaiy were is a very practical regulation
excluding those under 18 years of. age
from the privileges of a license. Ir ew
York wandering minstrels contribute to
the revenue tl each and are prohibited
from playing within a certain distance ot
specified buildings or dwellings and out
side fixed hours. Barrel music in the open
is not allowed to exist in sunny Spain, but
"gayly the troubadour twangs his gui
tar," for which, however, a license is re
quired. The state finances in Russia are recruited
by a graduated income tax, commencing at
1 per cent on incomes between 1,000 and
2,000 rubles a ruble equals 8s. 2d. and
increasing at the rate of one-tenth per cent
on every additional 1,000 or fraction of
1,000 rubles. A duty of a quarter kopeck
about one-tenth of a penny is also im
posed on the eggs of all kinds of poultry,
which tax on food realizes several millions
of rubles. Cycles are subject to a tax of
S shillings in France and of a similar
amount in Brabant.
"They do these things better in France"
or worse. Advertisements in the form
of posters and placards are required to
bear a tax stamp in France, which is dis
tinctly a tax on trade and publicity. Iu
Italy, where the people complain that the
taxes are exorbitant, the voluntary taxes
paid by the poorer classes in the form of
lottery amounts in a year to over 3,000,
000. At Laterza the Italians recently
broke out in open revolt against the mu
nicipality, which had increased the hearth
tax and took thecivio buildings by as
sault, wounding the syndic, but they do
not agitate against the lottery tax. "In
old Madrid" in 1893 there was a terribli
and fatal rioting among the men and wo
men who hawk vegetables, fruit and other
articles In the streets and markets, owing
to the imposition of a tax on Spanish
hawkers.
In 1889 M. Dunajewski, the Austrian
minister of finance, who was described as
"the nimblest politician in the world for
Inventing new taxes," decided to tax the
totalisateurs, or betting agencies. Total
isateurs are established on all German and
Austrian race courses. The system is to
divide all the money invested on the los
ing horses among those who backed the
winner after deflucting 8 per cent commis
sion for the agency. There Is no cheating
or welshing possible in the plan. A 10 per
cent duty on winnings was decreed. In
France the parlmutual, a similar system
of betting, is taxed 7 per cent, 5 per cent
of which is devoted to the relief of the
poor. Bookmakers are also taxed. There
is also a municipal tax of 10 per cent de
ducted from the receipts of theatrical and
public entertainments, which is also as
signed for the benefit of the unfortunate.
This revenue is principally distributed Id
the shape of grants to public charities and
hospitals, thus making pleasure come to
the rescue of poverty and the relief of pain.
In Sweden commercial travelers visiting
thl country have to pay 100 kroner-10-
5 Us. for every month or part
the" of they may remain for the privilege
of transacting their business. Tempi
Bar.
If the Lesson lie Learned.
If thn n (rmuU ....... a. '
retu"'D vuui.raei5 Ol qiittmj
in the buildings of the exposition should
serva nn Innlm ...... .i w
, 1'" i iiuw turn! as an vir
Ject lesson to our legislators, teachinf -them
that their responsibilities in respect '
to ournational architecture are not prop
rly discharged by maintaining a costly
architectural factory in Washington,
the nnsubstantial pageant of Jackson
park will not have been in vain. Cen-
ury.
Electricity In Drowning Cases.
An Dr 1..1 r, , .1 i. II.
- -wwwui ui eiewinciiy as a
aver comes from Scotland, whert
man, while bathing, was seized with
oranip and sank, being two minutes be
low water. When rescued be was
1 linn V - 1 J , . .. . ,1
w i ueau, out alter two app"
oatloua of the electric current aniB
Uan was restored. The carreer,
passed between the napa of Pit smE
lb heart Exchange,
i
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