Lincoln County Leader.
J. V. BTEWtKT, Publisher.
Toledo orego.n
TOLD cV JOSEPH JEFf-FflSON.
Sme Vru 11 recently Span at th Ao
than' Clan.
"Our chnirmnn Raid something tonight
about the lovely lack of jealousy among au
thors and Its prevalence arnonit my and al
Hid profwsiom. I mast dissent from the
Idea. Why. have you na all observed the
harmony which prcvaili-d among tbeoper
atic nn whose season recently closed at
the Metropolitan Opera House? Laugh
ter. And then take it in my own profea
ion. If an actor Is dischnrzed from a com
pany, are there not always plenty of his fel
low actors ready to take bis part? After a
silence, laughter
"Preparation, to return to my text. It
most essential in the players' profession. If
we are not prepared, we cannot retrace, re
tract nor repair, '(be speech once delivered
cannot be recalled. You am bom may cor
rect and revise, the painter can scratch out
and paint over, hut how would it seem in
me to pause after a speech on the stage,
scratch my chin and say: 'That inflection
was not quite right. I will deliver that
line again?'
"Possibly I may have paid too much at
tention to preparation in my profession.
One critic has abused me frequently for
that, and he laments that I leave nothing
to cbnnce. That worries him. but I assure
him he is right. I never leave anything to
chance.
"I will confess between ourselves that I
dd needlessly prepare for one occasion. Mr.
Florence and I bad been playing together
in comedy, and when the time approached
for our final appearance together Mr. Flor
ence said, and it seemed reasonable to me,
that as the audience would doubtless call
us out and demand speeches at the conclu
sion of our last performance we should pre
pare something. So we did. We rehearsed
it all very carefully. Mr. Florence was to
be first taken by surprise, and overcoming
bis emotions make a farewell address, in
which be was to refer to me. Then I was
to be tnken by surprise, but suppressing
my swelling feelings I was to answer Mr.
Florence and wind up the Impromptu
scene. ;
Mr. Jefferson paused, lifted his wineglass,
put it back on the table and added:
"But tbeaudiencedid not call us out after
that performance. Laugbtir.J But that
was no excuse fur a mistake Florence made
afterward, llewnsplaying in what we call
the New England circuit Hartford, New
Haven, etc. One night be was called out
after the performance and said:
"This is a mark of approbation which
peculiarly touches me. I know many of
the men In-fore me knowthem personally.
I played marbles with them under the
shadow of the Hartford Baptist thurch,
ihnred their boyhood Joys and sorrows, and
( assure you that I shall never forget this
Inst act of kindness which you people of
Hart ford'
"Just then a voice from the gallery In
terra pted him:
"'This is New Haven, Mr. Florence.'
Laughter. I
"Preparation Is essential. Once a man
ager was obliged to apologize to an audience
tor the nonappearance of the h ading man,
who bail btt-n suddenly called to auothei
city by the d-nth of bis mother.
"It happened that the manager that even
ing was suffering Irom a tired feeling. He
whs a trifle unsteady as to voire and legs,
but bis dignity stood firm on both feet. IU
said:
"'The leading man, gentlemen and la
dles, is this is first time excuse has to b
made this theater, but well, anyway,
man's mother Is deid. Never before oc
curred this theater disappoint audience,
and you see man's moth' is dead. I regret
thai after 3D ycurs' experience manager,
theater, nudieiice :which I mean to say
mans mother Is dead, but shall never oc
cur again.' "
Mr. Ji tlersnn told the storv in a voice sc
richly aliened by tbu disability the man
ager sutu red troin that all his hearers reach
d for their glasses. New York Suu.
I tear tie 31 arrlage.
"Helpl"
The girl ho wasdrownlng shrieked wild
ly. Her voice was borne across the wavei
to the man on the beach.
"Helpl Helpl"
llu shook bis bead.
"lint ossihlc," l.eiiiiswcred,ninhihsjil
for a m...iu.i. ii.iiiii.lL "Cobaimr
parity in our ages, and, besides, what would
tour folks mi r'
Presently all was still save the murium
of the water a It rippled against the straud.
Detroit iribiiue.
Ily Merest Clianee.
It was a narrow escape.
The strong man shuddered and wiped tlx
Deads or perspiration from bla brow.
"(iood heavens!" hu said. "Allot her mo
nieiit and then"
It was several moments la-fore lie recover
ed sullleieiilly to resume his task.
Fur once again he bad come within an
ace of dipping the mucilage brush in tht
ink. Truth.
lUtre Milllg.
"Great Scott, man, what are you doing
with tour alarm clocks in your room?"
"I w ant to try and get a little sleep."
"How can that help you?"
"My wife and baby have gone for a visit,
and everything is so hlahicd quiet 1 cau'l
close ui y eyes." Chicago Inter Ocean.
Una Pur Knob Year.
Uncle Treetoi That heifer is 2 years old
City Niece How do you know?
"By her horns."
"Oh, to be sure. She bas only two."
Llfe. Their Knd.
Old Woman I am sorry to hear llttli
boys uso such bad language. Havo jroi
thought whut btvoniea of little boys v. hi
Use bad language?
tstrcct L'n-hln Yes. I)ey become boa
tar drivers. Brooklyn Llfu.
A Half Learned Lesson,
Teacher Why was Lot's wife turned inti
s pillar of salt?
Boy For looking back.
"Yes, but why did she look back?"
"I I guess soma other woman pasaet
her." Good News.
a How Mia Eiplatned IU
Mr. Sappy Yaas, I cau drink lots of wbla
ijr and not feol it,
She It in if I go to your head Truth.
A Cm at KuMilly.
Tha Stop Gap Hostess (to Brown, wba
baa bseo suddenly iutltad at the last m i
ment to make fourteenth) Oh, lta a '
good of you to oomsl Y should oara
bara asked r on U wt hadn't batn nlillasal 1
Puocb.
DECIDING A BET.
Difficulties That an Editor Is Occasion'
ally Called Upon to Answer.
"We've got a little Ut,'' said two ex
cited callers, addressing an editor in the
sanctum, "and wa hare I. ve ' l rto
decide it. We want to knu wneiun .i.. -was
ever a regular United States ship of
war that came up the Mississippi river."
"Cruiser, you remember," put in the
other man. "Ocean vessel. Belonging to
the regular United States navy. That's
what we're betting on."
"Certainly. Straight United States na
tal rsssel. Ship of war. That's the bet.
I say there was."
"And I say there wasn't. Regular Unit
ed States cruiser, now. That's tut point
we want settled."
Tbey had raised their voices to a high
pitch already, and the man in the chair re
ferred them to the files, and said that if
they would consult the papers printed
about the middle of May, when the great
Memphis bridge was dedicated, they would
see that some kiDd of naval vessel bad
gone up the Mississippi river as far as
Memphis anyhow.
They pounced on the files with the eager
ness of a boy digging fisbworms.
"Here it I-,!" exclaimed, after some
search, the one who bad spoken first. "It's
In the paper of May 3. Memphis' Great
Bridge.' That's the headline. Urn let's
see. Here it is! I knew it! 'TheConcord,
gayly bedecked with stars and stripes,
moved down the stream.' That's the name
of the ship. TheConcord! I remember it
perfec tly. Satisfied now? I'll trouble you
for that five dollars."
"Hold on!" exclaimed the other, begin
ning now an Investigation on his own ac
count. "Iet's look a little further. Ah!
Here's a little more about It in the paper
of May 10. 'The United States steammip
Concord' that doesn't say it was an o-.-ean
cruiser, does it? 'may visit Cairo and St.
Louis.' Iel's see 'draws seventeen feet'
do you call that a great war steamship?
'This will be the first naval vessel of any
description that has visited the upper
Mississippi since the war. See? Nothing
but an old tub. Do you suppose"
"Going to get out of it that way, are
you?"
"Get out of what? Didn't we agree to
abide by"
"Do yon mean to say I haven't proved
that a United States war vessel rame up
the Mississippi? Hand over that"
"!Iar.J il ocr uurseitl Didn't i bet
that no regular ocean cruiser"
"Isn't a cruiser a war vessel?"
"Yes, but a war vessel isn't necessar.ly
a cruiser. Just you stick to the bet!"
ion bet that no regular United States
hip of war ever came"
"And it draws seventeen feet! Call that
angular United States shin of war? I
tell you no great ocean cruiser could get
over tbe liar at the mouth of the Missis
sippi. There's less than twenty-two feet of
water"
"If I'd lost a bet I'd own it."
"So would I. If I bad bet that a govern
ment cruiser came up the river and it
turned out to lie an old mud scow I think
1'rt"
"Well, I'll leave it to this man here."
"So will I. Only I want him to nnder
stand that 1 bet il was a"
"And I want him to remember that"
"Gentlemen." said the innn in the chair.
"I think I understand fully the term of
your wager. ill you abide by what
have to sav!"
"We will."
"Well, one of the rules of this office Is
never to answer a question in order to de
cide a net."
And they left the room nnd went down
the elevator still wrangling. Chicago
iriuuue.
LlghliilnR Stroke.
The possibilities of lightning stroke are
aoiiiiuiiii Buiiiiiit-ii up oy nr. J. I4. Sulli
van, of Maiden, III a paper before the
.ui-uico-i-cgai society, in these- words
"l.lihtnlnir mnv lu-iil m m-,.11 ho.... i
may abolish sight, hearing and the power
vuiuiiiury iiioiiun, or it may restore the
lllSt BWIKert flllfl fllrn tin fn 1 f-iu I -.
- -. UI J nt-l. b lllllj
strip the body naked and consume the
1.1 ....
iiumiiiH, niuiu in- wearer escapes un
hurt, or It mnv r-niutiitiw, tl.u I ...1 1 1.1 .... I
j ...........u ,,,,,, , muni
and leave bis garments untouched. One
person wuo is rululiy struck may be
1 . , . I t l..l I .
"iui'-iiii in n uisimice, Willie fall
ntlierU l..fr in fl.n t...,.;L-A ..,,!....!.. i
. ... .... ... . ftllll'llltj Hllfl
spot 111 w hich death surprised him. One
case may present extensive anatomical
ciiaiiges, such a amputation of limbs,
iiijmiiu ui me ncari, iraciureoi me bones,
while in another case 110 Injury will be do
tected.
"One autopsy will reveal softening of
buuy structures, collapse of the lungs,
etc., w hile another will present precisely
opposite conditions. One thunder stricken
iuiprc hu.., uiiuergu rapiii puircliiction
while another will
cliuiiKid. There may he biulilvn Lurtiint;
i" r it may oo consumed Kluwly,
a.4 If tiV PliniltlilinmiH rnnilmdlnn .....I
gradually lie reduced to ashes. I justly, the
uumi-iiiiue iiisapprarauce 01 llie stricken
prriHiii may occur wiinoui leaving a trace
of his laslv or anv of its mini ti.,,u
marily relh vlng the medical examiner of
ui,i- iiBroiSuilliy,
Thackeray's Facial Appearance.
In 184(1 or IS'iOChnrloite Ilronte wrote of
Thackeray: "To tue the broad brow seins
to express Intellect. Certain lines alxut
the nose and cheek betray the satirist and
I lie cynic; the mouth Indicates a childlike
simplicity perhapseven adegreeof invso
luteness in consistency weakness, in short,
but a weakness not iinainlable." And .Mr.
Motley, writing to bis wife in lsvs. s. !
"I belice you have never seen Thackeray.
no niu ine appearance of a colossal infant,
smooth, white, shining, ringlety hair,
llaxin, alasl with advancing years; n
roundish face with a little dab of a ims..
upon which it is a perpetual wonder how
He keeps Ins spectacles."
This broken nose was always a source of
amusement to I liackeray himself; he enri
atureil it in his drawings, ho frequently
alluded lo it In bis speech and In his ! i
ters, and he was fond of repealing Douglas
Jrrrold's remark to blin when he was to
stand as godfather to a friend's son
"Lord, Thackeray, 1 hope you won't pre
sent me ciuiu witn your own mug! Har
per's, A flentle Hint.
Colonel II. W. Fuller, genernl passenger
agentof the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad,
has an acquaintance ill Washington win
strikes li 1 in every uow and then (or a loan
and nlsiut half the lime forgets to return
U The only day tha man met Colonel F
on the street.
"Ity the way, Harry," he said familiarly,
"cau you let me have tcu dullars to keen
me uoinu for a nn-L r"
The coloutl waau't feeling geulal nr
juviai,
"No." be rvsnnnit.i.1 "1 .-,ii' !., I ......
i ..... .. a i. in
let you have a railroad pass that will ke p
you going mat long ir you will agree tu
use It," Slid the borrower took the gentle
biut, but nut the p iss -Detroit Free Press.
Tha ullrKe of Canliimls.
No fewer than ten in. inU rsi.f H,-
lege of cardinals have died during the
last nine months, a Itllll a......
. . -..v .!V, UVVI
meuium Imw Wvn civutTil within that
time, t he colWe hnn l,.u-
ship than it lias lmd for a long period.
When complete it lias seventy nieiUitm;
at present the number is tifty-oue. Aus
tria Germany and Poluud have six car
dinals between them. Fr.io,-. ,. ...
Spain four, Portugal two, aud the United
Stages, Belgium, Australia and Canada
on each. All the other cardiuals are
Italians, Italy thus haviug large ma
loritr In the college. Loudon Tit-Bit.
'ARM'S SUCCESSOR.
Casimir-Perier Chosen Presi
dent of France.
FULL TEEM OF 8EVE5 YEARS.
Challemel Laeonr Delivers aa Eloquent
Oration In Officially Notifying Cast-mlr-Prler
of Bis Eleetlon-Tbe B
ply at tha President.
Versailles. The National Congress
to elect a President of the French Re
public for the full term of seven years
met at the palace. M. Challemel Laeonr
announced the death of Carnot, and de
clared the Congress open. M. Michelin
1 (Socialist) at once eprang to his feet aod
shouted: "I demand the suppression
'of the Presidency of the Republic!" A
tnmaltrjons scene ensued, the uproar
, being to great that the President could
' oot make himself heard. Socialist cries
of " Vive la revolution !" could be heard
all over the hall. Order was finally re
stored, and the balloting began amid
considerable discuseion between the ben-
' ators and Deputies. No speeches were
made. The members of the National
Assembly deposited their ballots in the
urn, and the tellers took the urn to the
' committee room, after which the tellers
reported the result of the vote to the
President of the Assembly, whereupon
Challemel Laeonr said: '"' M. Caaimir
I'erier having obtained an absolute ma
jority, I proclaim him President of the
French Republic." The following is the
complete reeult of the poll :
Csslmlr-Perler ...... .....45i
BriMon ... i'ii
liupny- w
lieneral Fevrier , frt
Armto . '7
Scattering.-. ... 82
Total .... ..... 863
In officially notifying Casimir-Perier
of his election Lacour delivered an elo
quent oration, and in reply C2"?in;:r
Perier said: "I can scarcely restrain
the emotion I now feel. The National
Assembly bestows upon me the greatest
honor a citizen can ever receive by im
posing upon me the heaviest moral re
sponsibilities a man ran bear. I shall
give my country all that is in me of en
ergy and patriotism. I shall give the
Republic all the warmth of my convic
tions, which have never varied. I shall
give the democracy all my devotion, all
my heart, as did he whose loss we now
deplore. Finally I shall endeavor to do
all my duty." The new President re
ceived the congratulations of Premier
Dupuy, the Cabinet Ministers and a
large number of Senators and Deputies
in the room set apart for the use of the
Cabinet. Afterward he received the
congratulations of the correspondents of
the various newspapers present at Ver
sailles upon this occasion. Replying to
the newspaper men, Casimir-Perier said:
" I have only one word to say. Yon may
discuss me. I belong to you ; but never
forget France and the Republic."
CANADIAN POLITICS.
Tha Basalt of the General Elections for
the Ontario Legislature.
Toronto. The general elections for
the Ontario Legislature took place one
day last week throughout Ontario. The
elections were the most exciting ever
held in the Province, but dispatches
received from all points say that every
thing passed off quietly. "The Liberal
government with feir Oliver Mowat as
Premier has been sustained. At the
close of the polls the vote stood as fol
lows: Fifty Liberals elected, 28 Con
servatives, 13 Patrons of Husbandry, 1
Independent and 1 member of the Prot
estant Protective Association. Sir Oliver
Mowat's majority over the Conservatives
is thus 24 and over the Conservatives,
Patrons, Independents and combines 8.
There are 08 members in the House, and
np to the present time 1)5 have been re
turned. Four places are yet to hear from,
but they will not materially change the
result. Judge Hullnntine, ex-Speaker,
has lieen defeated. W. Harty, Minister
of Public Works, who was running for
Kingston, has also been defeated. Sir
Oliver hiniBclf was re-elected for South
Oxford by over 600 majority. A. 8.
Hardy, Commissioner of Crown Lands,
was re-elected by 100 majority. The
other Cabinet Ministers received large
-t . ,
iiittjiinuc. me envoi loronto returneo
four straight Conservatives. The cities
of Hamilton and Ottawa returned two
Liberals. The leader of the opposition,
W. R. Meredith, was re-elected for Lon
don by a comparatively small majority.
The Patrons, most of whom are Liberals
and are in tune with the nohev of Sii
Oliver's government, will vote with it or
all leading and important questions,
Samuel White of Windsor, who fotti
years ago was elected as an avowed an
nexationirt. was defeated. JntWn Hal
lantine, ex-Speaker, was defeated bj
Aioeai (uoeral) of Industry.
ENGLAND CHECKED.
Campelleil to tilts up the Strip af Land
Awarded by llelglum.
Paris. The event of the week is the
chock Kngland's influence has met with
In the Congo. It is the first time in co
lonial Questions, in which until now
Kngland seemed to have the monopolv,
that Kurope has united in saying to
Kngland: "Go no farther. You have
no right to trample under foot the inter
ests of Kurope in order to protect onlv
your own interests;" It is needless to
try and discover whether this result was
obtained by the energetic action of
Franco or through family ties existing
between theOrinnn Kmperoram Queen
Victoria. It is certain, however, that
the Hritish foreign office announced that
Kngland had abandoned the strip of ter
ritory which the Congo Free State had
ceded to her by the Anglo-Belgian treaty
In violation of all existing treaties relat
ing to Africa. The blow is severe on
Ixird RosolHry and the l iberal partv.
The persona! influence of the King of
the ltelgiaus is also diminished by it,
drain Ships Snre4.
LoNnox. The bark Cnpica has arrived
at Liverpool from Oregon. She had her
bulwarks and stanchions smashed, and
lost a seaman overlioard on the vovage.
The British ship Durham has arrived at
Dublin from Taeonia. She encountered
'wo sever hurricanes off Cape Horn.
The r I'resMellt Crltlel-pd.
I osimw Henri liovliefort ill an in
terview said he considered the choice of
Cnimii-!Vrier for President to lie the
worst that could isissildv mi. I.. Ti
ne President won d try to revive the
wrsonai government of the late Marshal
MilcMahon. and lik. ilm I
have to surrender or n-si.-n
said : " His Presidencv means civil u-
He wouM seek t he at 1 1 tn tl i :.,r ,,.u ..
----- .... ... unlit
in order to sell the dinners his coal, us
lie is tin t'lnel stockholder in the Aniein
mine, the richest in France. He lias al
ready announced his intention of dis
solving the Chamber, and it will not be
long before a contlict occurs,"
THE PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Market.
Foreign markets, wbich for the past
twoor three weeks showed some strength
ening signs, have again fallen back to
their former level, and quotations are
hovering about the low-water mark.
The local situation is not affected by the
slight fluctuations on the other side, as
there is practically no market here at
present. Walla Walla wheat for export
is still worth about 75c per eental, with
none being exported. Valley wheat is
quoted nominally at 7"ic. .So far as
can lie learned but little forward busi
ness is being transacted in grain or
freights. The first ship of the new sea
son is at hand, but she is disengaged.
Three charters only, it is said, have
been written in the paet fortnight. Crop
conditions throughout the .State are on
the whole considered very good. The
grain aphis which has made its appear
ance in the valley threatens damage,
but as vet has done none. The pest is
confined to a comparatively small
section in the central Willamette Valley,
pnd has not been reported in any part of
the Inland Empire.
I'roduee Market.
Fioib Quotations are as follows:
Portland, 12.50; Corvallis, $2.50; gra
ham, T2.-W; superfine, T2.25.
Oati Weak at 38c per bushel for
white and Sic for gray. Rolled oats are
quoted as follows: Bag?, 5.75'!j6.lH.i;
barrels, So.OOioij 25; cases, 3 75.
MiLMtTi-rrs Bran, $1517; shorts,
1'i nlS; ground barley, $20; chop feed,
15' Hi; whole feed barlev, $17 per ton ;
middlings, t23'u2 per "ton; chicken
wheat, Uoc(tI per cental.
Il.vv (jood $10 ? 12 per ton.
Bi'tteb Piices are nominally un
changed. Oregon fancy creamery, Id's
17'jc; fancy dairy, 14 a "15c; fair to good,
11 12'jc; common, 7..di 10c.
CHEKhE Oregon "ll,'aftl2l..c per
pound; young America, 13lj 14'4c;
.Swiss, imported, 30'i32c; domestic,
Ki' Hie.
Logs Firm at 12,'2'c.
PofLTBY Old chickens, $3.00; voung,
plentiful, $2.00(?3.UO, according to size.
There is no demand for old ducks or
Yottng docks aro Huo;cd i o.0u
4.60, and young geeee, 0.00'8.00.
Turkeys are sfow at 8'allc.
Potatoes Weak. Old, 75c per sack;
new, 1 'jo per pound.
Onions New California, $1.25 per
sack.
Vegetables Oregon cabbage, 40ra(iUc
per dozen; California cabbage, $1.60 per
cental ; cauliflower, $2.15 per crate, $1.00
per dozen ; pan-lev, 40e per dozen ; string
beans, $2.00 per box; wax beans, $1.50
per box: asparagus, 00io5c per dozen;
rhubarb, l.'grt.2c per pound; peas, 3,'j(ii
5e per pound ; cucumbers, $1.(hj per box ;
California tomatoes, $1.00 1.50 per 25
pound crate.
Bekkies Strawberries are quoted
from 3'4o per pound ; raspberries, 8 !c
per pound ; blackberries, 10c per pound ;
gooselierries, 2'jC per pound.
Tkoi'Kai. Fat-it California fancv
lemons, $3.5n4.00; common, $2.o0;a
3.00; Sicilv, H.0uitS.25; Mediterranean
weets, $3".00 3.2o; St. Michael, :i.25tt
3.50 per box; bananas, $1.75 S 2 50 per
bunch ; Honolulu, T1.75'i2.5; California
naval oranges (Washington) if3.75r4.00
per box; seedlings, $2.25f5 2.75.
I'iiemi Fki it Oregon cherries, 50ft
8"c per box ; California cliei ries. OO m'.iOc
per 10-pound crate for black, l0c(n 1.10
for Royal Ann; apricots, $1.0 per 10
pound ixx ; California apples, $1 50 a 2.00
jier 00-pound box; 75c per 25-pound
Ikjx; new cooking apples, 75c per 25
pound lxx; Australian apples, $2 r2.25
per liox; peach plums, 1.50.1.75 er
Lkjx ; peaches, $1.00 per Ikjx.
IUiieu Fbuits 18H3 pack, Petite
primes, 0i8c; silver, 10 12c; Italian,
SmlOc; Oerman, 0Sc; plums, OijjlOc;
evsporated apples, 8:;il0c; evaporated
apricots, 15il0c; peaches, 12m 14c;
pears, 7"' lie per pound.
Hoes Price-i nominal, ns follows:
Choice, 10 11c; medium, 7i 8c.
Wool. Hull. Vttih-y, 10 .1 10.4c per
Ioitnd; ruipqua, lOiulO'nc; Kastern
Oregon, 4 7c, according to quality and
shiinkage.
Piiovibions Kastern hams, medium,
14c per pound; large 13'ac; hams,
picnic, 11 i.i 12c: breakfast bacon, 13' 15c:
short clear sides, ti'.jccillc; drv salt
sides, i 10c; dried beel hums, 12'-eVi 13c:
lard, compound, in tins, 8'an 10c ; lard,
pure, in tins, lO.'ji" H'ac: pigs' feet, st.is,
$5.50; pigs' feet, 40. $3.25; kits, $1.25.
.Merchandise Market.
Si iiab 1, 4,c; golilen C. 47Kc: extra
C, 6lBc; confectioners' A, 5'acj drv
gittiinlated, Sac; cube, crushed and
(Kiwdered, ti'.,c per pound ; '4c per pound
iiiscouni on an grades lor prompt cash;
maple sugar, 15 Mc per Kjtind.
Beans Small w hite, No. 1, 3's'e per
pound; No. 2, 3''Bc; large white, :i'..c;
iea, 3'...c; butter, 3'sc; bavou, o'c;
Lima, 4'sc.
I'ii f k v. e Cos t a Rica, 23c : Rio, 22w 2:1c j
Salvador, 2'.V; Mocha. 2lill.i2N-; Ar
buckle's Columbia and Lion, 521.50 per
lttl-pouiid case.
lilt e Island, $4.75 5.00 per sack.
CoitiiAiiE Manilla roe, l-incli, is
quoted at HJ4c, and Sisal, 7J4c per
IHiuiid.
Coal Sales are slow and prices steadv,
iKunestic, $5.00oi7.50 er ton; foreigii.
$.S.rK),.. 11.00.
Meat Market.
I'.eek Top steers, $2.50i 2.75; fair to
giasl steeis, $2.00n2.25: cows, $1.75.'
2.00; dressed, 4 " 5c kt oiind.
M i tton Best sheep, $1.75 .'2.00;
ewes, $l.it0',i 1.76.
Hook Choice, heavy, $3.00; light and
feeders, $3.75; dressed, 6c per pound.
Ykl Small, choice, 5c; large 3.4c
per Kitind. I
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.
Hons Quotations nominal at !inii2t!
per pound. .
I'umtuk- In lils'ral receipt. Quota
ble ut 25 .i7V- per cental, as to qn.ilitv.
Omovs loot able ut "4 :1Sp n..r ...,.'.. I I
for reds and 4tKMi0c for white. ' i
Morn Family extras, $3 40 ..3.50; I
bakers' extras, $3.30..i 3.40; superfine''
$2.50i.i2.75. M
WllKVT-!Kl .iO'J'c for ifivot in ..I,..;...,'
shinniiiL?. uith n.v r.i..i,..,. .... -
of lower cable puces. Milling, $i.im '
l.l.r. '
I. ,. , . . I
li Kl r ceil mlikl.it i.itw ...... V
ntvwini! is litl'litiir some litile imniirt r,..
I"1"1 account. .ew, M' MJjC ; old,
K!'iii5o: brew inu, new, S7'B i.i isV.
Ms I'lichaiiired. (Iit'i-rings free.
Milling, $l.20.i 1.30; surprise. $l.;lW
1.40: fancy feed, $1.27'?i.i 1.30; good to
choice, $1.15.il.25: potir to fair, 1.00 r
1.10; black, nominal; red, iioui.nal:
it ruy, $1.20.
An Lipllclt Itrsponw.
"1'id you nil the hired girl that row
jou.dn't put up with her work?" asked
Air. Mimtuins at the dinner table.
"Yes."
"What did she sayf"
"She said that there was nothing keeping
me hi re if I didu't like the place."-Wasa!
union Star.
Th Only One,
Mrs Vi.rrl- :i. I . .
..--i i uiii ueeu Qlarrlsd I
Vf v r " Wl"h ""aTxtlfled.
..... , .-.i,iu wnst is mat, ut drarf
PRACTICAL POULTERER
New Blood Must be Infused
Into the Flocks.
THE EFFECT OF IXBBEEDIN'G.
While Inbreeding Has Its Purposes It
Certainly Cannot be Beeommsnded
to tha Practical Poultry Ralsar In
teresting Agricultural Hatter.
If w e would keep up the vigor and fe-
cunditv of our flocks of poultry, we must
infuse new blood into them. Inbreeding
, is very good for every one to a limited
j extent, but inbreeding is more for the
! fancier than for the practical poulterer.
Inbreeding produces fine exhibition
birds, where feathers, size and shape are
nearly all alike almost perfect from the
judge's point of view. As a rule thes
true-to-a-feather birds show a wonderful
amonDt of stupidity and lack of vitality
at the exhibitions. They are generally
slow to move, slow to lay and slow to
develop. While inbreeding has its pur
poses it certainlv cannot be recommend
ed to the practical poultry raiser. We
need inbred fowls to be crossed with
other birds. In other words, new blood
must be constantly introduced into the
flock if the profit is to be gained thereby.
The fowls that we want for our use must
show activitv, strength and vitality.
Everv move o"f their body, legs and head
should indicate alertness, power and
quickness. How different from the stu
pid, inactive birds of the exhibitions
that have been inbred to death. There
is probably a point beyond which even
the fancier would not care to go in close
inbreeding. His own flocks would then
deteriorate so in size, quality and anima
tion that be would gain nothing by it.
But as a general rule the average fancier
inbreeds too close to make the birds of
nop to the pror-ticsl ponltprpr( prnpnt fti
a strain to introduce among the more
practical birds of the farmyard. In or
der to hare plenty of fresh eggs freBh
blood should be introduced into the
flocks every year. Get as good blood as
possible to introduce, but even a mon
grel bird will help the high-bred birds
better than none at all. In fact, some
times the mongrel bird will bring points
of hardness and endurance into the
flocks that cannot be obtained from
those that have been so carefully reared
for generations past. The rooster should
be obtained from good stock, and very
often of a different breed from the hens j
and if a new one is obtained each season,
enough fresh blood will be brought into
the flock to make the standard of the
birds high. There is little chance of
deterioration, and more eggs will be ob
tained than from a flock that has been
closely inbred for years. The very ac
tions of the birds will tell whether fresh
blood is needed. If the roosters show
attention to the hens, courting them in
every way possible and giving them the
choice bits, it is safe to say they have
sufficient vigor and vitality. But if the
rooster is a dulrard and laggard, not fol
lowing in the chase after insects and
worms, and the hens are ouiet and dis
inclined to exercise much, it is about
time to seek new blood.
A SIMPLE Tf AT
To Paatenrlie Milk for Those Who Da-
sire It for Family Use.
A simple method of pasteurizing milk
for those who desire it for family use is
as follows: The milk should be placed
in a clean bottle, which is put inside any
convenient metal vessel, into which cold
water should be poured nntil it reaches
the level of the milk in the bottle. The
month of the bottle should be closed
with a plug of clean white cotton. It
win te tound more convenient in prac
tice to raise the bottle containing the
milk about half an inch from the bottom
of the outer vessel by any convenient
means, as this facilitcte? the circulation
of the hot water rout i t ie bottle. The
outer vessel should then be placed on a
stove and slowly heated until the tem
perature of the water reaches 155 degrees
Fahrenheit. The vessel should then be
taken from the fire and covered closelv
witn a piece of woolen cloth. It should
remain covered half an hour, at the ex
piration of which time the bottle should
le taken out and nut in a mnl nTfwp
The milk may be used at any time within
twentv-tour hours. The cotton, however,
should not be removed, as it nrevents
the entrance of dust or germs of any
kind. The explanation of the process is
very simple. A temperature of 150 de
grees maintained for half an honr is suf
ficient to destroy anv germs likelv to be
present in milk, ami bv raising the tem
perature of the outer water five deerees
in excess and then allowing the milk to
stanu in the heated water for half an
hour the proper temperature is insured
for the required period of time. If the
temperature is allowed to rise above 165
decrees, the taste and qualitv of the
milk are affected, though not to the
same extent as if it were boiled. Where
a quantity of pasteurized milk is re
quired, several bottles mav be placed in
the same vessel, all beine' filled to the
same height with the milk.
Tha Black Knot.
We call the attention of our readers
once more to the black knot. The dis
ease is carried across fields by the winds,
and one affected tree may in a short time
spread the disease thronnh a whole neieh
borhood. As soon as the first signs of
the disease show in an orchard, everv
branch that is anVted should be cut off
ami burned, and if anv tree or trees are
ba. lv affected, they should be cut down
and burned at the earliest possible mo
ment. No man ought to wait a dav or
an hour if he finds that his trees are
diseased, for the onlv wav to destrov the
spores is to destroy them' bv fire. Black
knot is the worst disease that growers of
stone fruit have to contend with in the
Midwest, and they should not spare ef.
'traltoge'th.Ue """'y destroy
Never Kick.
It may seem foolish to go and kick
the barn door everv ; ii, .
--- ww smcki
you or kicks the milk pail, but it Is
nc as foolish u it would W to kick 1th.
The Mangy,
In order to free the stable from this
rotiblesonie parasite a thorough cleans
Ing of all harness, halters, stable uten
sils, clothing and every particle of wood
work is essentially mvessarv. In
to arcoinnlish this tk iw, i. -.1
chloride of Inn,, and dissolve it in four
gallons of boilin water. Then wash
everything with it. making enough to
go over the whole stable, harness, etc.
After this dru-s n-e the following in like
manner: Corrosive sublimate, 1 ounce
crude cartxj ic acid 10 onnce; hot wa-
i , , luurvniiuiv and
Pp ywith a whitewash brush. 'Thor-'
iu tue wor is tue care.
WORK OF DEVOTED WOMAN.
D..w SIlss Mann Founded the Famous
Intel IieU 111 1011.
The following romantic story was told
by Dr. W. H. Kingston, of Montreal, m
addressing the international medical
conirres:-:
W hen Jacques Cartier returned to
France after his discovery of Canada the
news of his exploit traveled over France
as quickly as was tnen po!
si hie.
i rrtn.-ii "in. vonne aim uroui..,
became impressed with the thought that
the nwlv found country should be the
cf-ne of lVr labors. She succeeded after
a lime in fitting out a small bark with
I money furnished by a Mme. bullion,
trnd with twelve sailors crosseu me At
lantic in the spring of 1041.
The sea voyage to Quebec occupied
three months' It can now lje accom-
i j. .i. .r l...t titi.j
iished in oue-niieemu ui l.....
I The joumev from Quebec to Montreal
j by the St. Lawrence, which can now be
performed in a night, then occupied
ei'ht days. Mis Mance's bark came to
' un anchor at ajirojectingpoint off the Is
land of Montreal, then called Hochelaga.
HYifhelatra was at that time the chef-
lieu of the warlike Hurons. They looked
with amazement at the advent of pale
faced men and one palefaced woman
for she was ulone of her sex. They soon
recovered from their surprise, however,
and it was necessary for the colonists to
throw up for their protection, as quickly
as possible, wooden palisades on the land
or rear approach; the big canoe, as the
bark was styled, was a sufficiently im
posing defense iu front. If a colonist
ventured beyond the palisades to gather
fruit or berries, or to cut wood, he ran
the risk of being pierced with arrows.
Half of the first colonists perished in
this manner, and Miss Mance was obliged
to return to Fiance in 1C49, bringing
back with her other recruits, and again
in 105S, leaving France with twenty
male and female recruits, half of whom
died on the voyage of a form of plague.
In their attacks on this small force some
of the red men wore wounded in return,
and when decc-re'l by their comrades
they were brought within the palisades
to what they and their tribe considered
certain death according to their own
custom in warfare.
They soon found the hospital to be a
place of woman's tenderest solicitude.
When the red man's wounds were
healed a repast of dog's meat was pre
pared for him, und he was permitted to
rejoin his tribe to tell what the pale
faced maiden had done for him. It
need not surprise us to be told that, in
the presenco of such devotion, the war
like Huron soon forgot his ferocity.
A few years later it was necessary for
the small colony to move a few hundred
yards inland. Word went throughout
the Huron camp, and before the hour of
departure the aborigines had strewn the
ground with leaves and the branches of
trees nnd with wild flowers, saying the
earth was not fit to receive the tread of
these women.
In this way our first hospital was es
tablished, and in this way the light f
Christianity was brought to the Island
of Montreal. Here is how the hospital
has been sustained. Miss Mance had
obtained from the French king a deed
of gift in perpetuity of the small piece
of land where she landed, which at that
time was valueless. It became, how
ever, in the course of years the center
ot the village of Montreal, and eventu
ally the commercial city clustered
around it.
A century and a third ago, when
Canada passed from the rule of France
to that of Great Britaiu, respect was
paid by the conqueror to the rights orig
inally conferred by the French king,
and the hospital, which at first had but
the aborigines for inmates, continued to
receive within its walls, as colonization
went on, persons of every succeeding
nationality. Fur upward of 150 years
after its foundation it alone afforded
asylum to the sick and wounded of Mon
treal and westward.
How many from these shores when
sick and disabled have there received
maternal care! How many of your
children, iu that then faroff land," had
the pillow of death smoothed for them
there, nnd without fee or pecuniary re
ward! And the same continues to' this
day, for the property preserved to those
religious ladies by a wise conqueror has,
without municipal aid or government
patronage, but with economy, sufficed
for the wants of the institution. British
Medical Journal.
Queen Victoria's Cows.
Xot a gentleman fni-nmr in r,.in
is fonder of taking prizes at county fairs
than is Queen Victoria. Of late "years
this has been her mnic-stv's chief c'.nma
of pleasure, and she treasures the med
als won by her butter and cheese and
the premiums carried off l.v bar
above the gorgeous tributes "of her east
ern subjects or her German royal rela
tions. When she is nr rbilmr.,-",.! nr.i ..
day passes that she does not personally
insider, tne Home farm, as it is called,
and now and then mlvUt ns in ii.ui,
..u .v mu
ter and cheese making, in which she is
e-p.-ci.iiiy interested, tier dairies are
allllOSt Dlltcll ill their erniiiaita .Uoll
ness. the box stalls being tiled in blue
ouu uue cuina, anu tue milking done
by maids.
It is said that the rirorlneo r.t ti,.,c
model farms is sold in London, and that
her thrifty maiestv turns mum- i,
est penny in this way. Well, if she
does, what matter? It adds to the in
terest of farming no doubt to make it
profitable, nnd she is to be congratu
lated upon her success. At Windsor a
herd of American br.ffak.es is kept, and
recently nn attempt was made to cross
m"Y,11 NV,,h s;",ne s?cotch cattle.-Jennes.
Miller Monthlv.
Feminine IlMmpt,
Feminine Lishmts
which Sir ilfred Lawson. of conserva
tive England, suggests for why not,
smce there is no fighting to bedone? -It
is nn intellectual, spiritual nnd theolog
joal affa:.'. nnd surely women are as good
n the, things as men," he adds, and
hopes to live to see the woman bishop
consecrated, as she may do more good
tliau the men. B
To l-.igojr m I'rlehnitloa.
Binks Yes. my family took in the
whole Colnmbus celebration, and it
about half killed us. Such crowds! I
thought sometimes we'd never get out
alive.
Minks My family enjoyed theColum
bus celebration immensely.
"I don't see how,"
"We staid at home and read about it "
Sew York Weel-tvx
.Requestor was a Roman found
fStM ,X "1 dfPnients. In on. he
E thi o b' 1' J pUbllc Pator;
WTn8. 1 cW,of h Public
A RACE DYING OUx
IT 13 PEHISHING OF MELANChc,
AND HEARTBREAK. f
The Story of Ills People as Told bjsj
Zealand t IiiefUIn The Maori of
the SaTage of Yesterday, Pollth
Draped In Kiiellsli Finery.
A strange, pathetic swan song of ,;.
ing people, sung by its chief, is the pJ I
made to the civilized world l yApir,.'
l'urupii Xgata, head of the Maori natv'l
In a series of es-ays lately printed la'
Xew Zealand paper. The chief is a
educnted man, a graduate of a color
university, theeqtiul iu culture of the
class of white people who occupy ltu
tive land. Hut he is n native at heart
Maori iu feeling, sympathies and tsi
rations, nnd all bis t-ouybtg are tbo'c
Lis people.
At the advent of the white man in Xe
Zealand the Maoris, a heroic race, tit
sole owners ot the country, were a none
ous people, j weniy years ngo, nlthoc:
even then much diminished by diaw-
brought by their conqueror--, they numi,
ed lnO.OOO. Today but few more tbj-'
40,0!J0 of the race remain. Outwardly
is n much changed people, too, for
adopted the w hite man's clothes, hisct.
tonis, most of his vices nnd ostensibly
religion. Iiut lit heart the Maori isasai
aae yet.
In bis series of essays on bis people ft,
chief tells much that is interesting of thf .
History, tucir meas, tueir nanus uud tk.
feelings, but ever and anon be comes lw.
and dwells on the one theme that is flllit;
his niindann searing ins Heart thedtcat
Ina and approaching extinction of his rat-1
His language is remarkably eloquent c '
full of lofty metaphor and ;.- ' -'Ui
and a somherness overspreads mi i,j,i
thoughts, and sorrow echoes iu all hesaji
Ho writes bitterly, yet not vensefully,!
the woes the white man has brought!)!.
bis people, not alone ot wrongs i u t icteri
but of the suflerings and defeats that in
evitably must come of the contact o i
weaker and h stronger race. The Maoris,
be says, ure (lying of contact with the
white man, and nothing but a miraclecaa
save them, and a miracle there will notbt.
He gives nn interesting nernnnt r.f
Impression made by Christianity on tht
Maoris. His countrymen, the chi.-f sats
were attracted to the white man's creel
almost wholly because of the miraculous
career ascribed to Christ. They hate i
great eravintj for the supernatural, and
the doings of Christ took great hold on
their imaginations. But the native priesh,
taking advnntngeof the lesson, have large
ly turned tneir people irom even a sem
blance of adhesion to Christianity by feed
ing their craving for the miraculous, acj
in the lines of the old beliefs, or rather bt
formulating a new creed called Hanhaa.
ism, which has spread greatly.
"The feelings and motives that influent!
the Maori's inner and more private lid
today," says Chief Apirann, "are thesami
that influenced him ages ngo, though
tamed and relined by conformity to Euro
pean customs, by contact with Kurepeaj
civilization and by the farreaching influ
ence of Christianity. Your Maori of today
is but the savnge of vesterdav, polished
and draped in Knglish finery. Within him
there are raging the fierce passions thai
nut awhile ngo made bun revel in slaugh
ter and cannibalism. His hands are hound
with the nianai-U-s of civilization and hu
manity, but they are restless to grasp once
more the spear, the taiaha and mere. Out
wardly he accepts the truth of Christian
teaching nnd worships the Pakiha's god
most reverently, but his mind is govcrmd
by superstition, nnd his secret huiKini
and natural tendencies are toward the to
hungns, the only visible monuments of his
old priestly regime."
The Maori, says the chief, bates the Pa
kehn, the w hite man, and yet is irresisti
bly drawn to his F"?ileineiits and compell
ed toa degrading imitation of theworstol
his ways of life, which eventually kill oj
the pure race and leave only the degener
ate, half caste people, nuninst whom Chief
Apirann is specially bitter. "Illicit inter
course, vice aud immorality have alnndj
destroyed the purity of the race," hesnys,
"have stunted a race once famous for its
physique, have rooted cut w hatever indus
trial tendencies survived other pernicious
influences and degrail.d the characteris
tics it once possessed of hospitality, liber
ality, bravery and manliness." The only
hope of improvement l,e see? is in the de
portation of all the lower white"", nnd this
he bim?lf declared to be impossible. Ed
ucation only renders the Maori unfit to
tnke part in the struggle for life iu which
his race is engaged. Taking nway the
outer show of their savagery, it takesawny
nt the same time their stamina. Xotahls
Maori men and women there have been,
educated and eulightened to a high degree,
but in the majority of cases there has
eventually been a total relapse of tbeos
tensibly educated Maoris into the ways of
their forefathers. And now this once pow
erful people is on the verge of extinction.
Explanations to account for the fading
out of existence of the Maoris are not hard
to find, nnd one seems to be near thetrnth
that is, that the race is perishing of mel
ancholy and heartbreak. There is in all
the Polynesian and Melaiiesian races 8
strange anil strong liability to despair.
Entire independence nnd unhampered im
agination seem esseutial to their vitality,
aud when these attributes nre subdued
aud cowed by thewobvinus superiority of
an Intruding race, as by the white ninn,
they seem to give np the wish to live, to
lose even the capacity for living. This
hopelessness has been clearly traced in all
the Australian tribes nnd is akin to that
felt by conscript soldiers encaged in ex
peditions for which they have had no
heart. It seems to have been especially
strong In the Maoris, who In their prime
were a proud, Imaginative people, full of
the love of poetry and story nnd of pride
in the achievements of theirtribes. Hope
lessness and heartbreak, one must con
clude from the remarkable cssnys by Chief
Apirann Turupu Xgata, are the melan
choly explanation of the fading out of ex
istence of theonce powerful nnd numeroui
Maori rnce St. I.otiis Globe-Democrat.
In Greenland,
Hnppy Greenlnudl There nre no lawyeti
in that region of Ire and snow. If oneman
injures another, he Is summoned to a drum
dance, nnd there the nccusir strives to
make blin ludicrous by singing somrsin
bis dispraise. Should the Recuse r provet
better poet or vocalist nnd gnin tbeap
plause of the nudieuco the matter Is then
decided, nnd the litigants shake hands nnd
swear eteruil friendship. Loudon Mil
lion. Jewelry Found In a Well.
While cleaning out a well n mile anil
a half northeast of Nevada, Ma., Rich
ard Easten found about a pock of jew-
mostly gold, uver a humireu
rings, a lot of chains, cuff buttons, lock
ets and other trinkets were picked ont
of the mud. The well is near a b.'use
that has been vacant for rears. It 1
supposed tramps who had lodged iu lu"
house hid the rnluubles iu the well.
Kunsus City Times.
A Woman of the World.
Mr. Verarich Do not do not ans
hastily. I w ill give you time to reflect U
you wish.
Miss Beaut 1 It won't take long. Ho
fcnny clubs do you belong tof
"Well-arfive or six, but"
"Then I will be your wife. I probsbl
will not see you often enough to matter. "-
aw York Weekly.