.- vl NDENT A- VOL. XVII. IIILLSBORO, OREGON, THURSDAY JANUARY 2, 1890. NO. 31. H E "i Ni'DS- EASTERN NEWS. Operatives of Boot and Shoe Fac tories Locked Out. THE AMERICAN SULADRON l LISBON. (Jus Works Explode. The American squadron of evolution ha arrived at Lisbon. The number of persons in Berlin who are aufieri.ig from influenza it) placed at 15,00J. Edward E. Waite, son of Chief Justice Waite, and a Toledo law yer, is dead, in -Washington. Tlie president nominated Milton Weid ler to be collector of internal revenue for the district of Oregon. William O'Brien's motion for a new trial in the suit against Lord Salisbury lor slander has been denied. The Bulgarian budget shows a defici ency of f l,tV30,000. but I here will lie no reduction in military expenditures. The president lias approved the joint resolution for repairing damages caused by Hoods in the Sacramento and Feather rivers. Two thousand colliers in the marquis of Londonderry's Seaham coal mines in Durham have struck, owing to a cut in wages. The gasometer of the Asheville, N. C, gas works exploded and was totally de stroyed. Two men were instantly killed and two wounded. Representative Wilson, of Washing ton state, has been entertaining Horace Butler and wife of Spokane Falls at the national capital. . The proprietors of the boot and shoe factories in Bristol have locked out their operatives. By this step WOOO Hrsong were thown out of employment. The three men, Nicolet, Darbelav and Hensi, w ho were arrested on a charge of issuing an anarchist manifesto, have been acquitted, at Berne, Switzerland. The bodies of five of the missint; thir teen iierson belonging to the steamef Cleridy. which was sunk off the Isle of Wight, have been washed ashore. The pope and Emperor Francis Joseph have sent autograph letters to ls pre sented to Dom Carlos wn the occasion of the formal acclaiming of him as king. Qneen Victoria visited the tomb of her bus hand, IVince Albert, who died Dee. 14, ltfll. The Prince of Wales and other members of the family were present. The earl of Zetland, the new viceroy of Ireland, received a royal salute on land ing at Kingstown and on entering Dub lin. The crowd attracted by his arrival was not large. An English syndicate with a capital of ten millions has been formed to buy out the business of British carpet manufac turers ami wo: it ineir esiaDlisnments on American patents. An important combination lias been formed among the .manufacturers of dynamite and powder throughout Ger many. Most of the larger concerns are 8id to buve joined the pool. Flames fi m a wreck on the Fox River division t-f the Chicago. Burlington A (Juiney railroad set fire to a grain ware house at Waldron Station, 111., entirely destroying it. Loss, $24,000. Dr. Damaschino, a leading physician of Paris, is dead. His death is dn to influenza and weakness of the heart. This is the fifth death from influenza since the outbreak of the epidemic. The British ironclad Sultan, which in March last struck a rock and sunk in the channel near Malta, and which was sub sequently raised, has arrived at Spit head, England, under her own steam. The Swiss council has insisted that the St. Got hard Tunnel company shall build tike railroad itetween Goldau and Zug, which the council claims formed a part of the original tunnel concession and .contract. J At Baltimore the jury in the Navassa case as to the murder of N. Foster, have rendered a verdict of guilty of murder in tlie first degree against Henry Jones and C:esar Fisher, fjeven others were found guilty of manslaughter. London papers are replete with rem in ecences of Kobert Browning, whose greatness a a piet is just heing revealed to many. writers who formerly regarded his works as inscrutable, vapid or tire some as the humor sie.ed them. The English government has decided to strengthen the fortresses at the mouth of the Thames by placing therein a nnin er of heavy guns, and adding several other improvements to bring the wot Us np to modern requirements. Xavier Francois Pleanez. a French burglar and murderer, who tied to this country four years ago, was arrested in the Pardee coal mines, Pennsylvania, nearly a mile underground, by a detec tive, and is now held for extradition. Three magazines containing ten tons of nitro-glveerine exploded near North Clarendon, Pa.,' setting fire to 25,000 barrels of oil, destroying three oil der ricks: No cause for the explosion is assigned. The loss will probably reach $7t,ooo. Several tort ions of human bodies, in cluding one head, have been found on the beach lietween Sandy Hook and Seabright, N. J. They are probably parts of the bodies of the crew of the bark Germania. wrecked at Long Branch a short time ago. , The failure is announced of the Ne braska State bank, at Pawnee City. The liabilities are unknown. K. F. Hemr stead, president of the bank, who is also the president of ths Electric Light Com pany, tamed over to the creditors all of his property, amounting to almut $40,000. The Westmoreland county constable who went to Scranton to arrest General Master Workman Powderly failed. On examination the warrant was found to contain no specif c all -gation, making a general charge of conspiracy, and local officers refused to indorse it. The business portion and nany resi dences of the little town of Patrolia, Pa., burned recently. The fire pings were filled with mud and no water could be had. The loss is estimated at Itetween $fB,000 and $100,000. The merchants carried little, if any insurance. Buffalo, N. Y.. was visited by a singu lar phenomenon, a midwinter thunder storm. The thunder peals were terrific and the lightening almost continuous. The wind blew at the rate of sixty miles per hour.' Several small buildings par tially collapsed and other slight damage was done. For many lays now the attention of the foreign offlce has been centered up on the developments in Brazil and the threatened ccmter coup in Portngal. Long daily dispatches from Lisbon and Madrid h-rve confirmed the intelligence recently given in this letter, that Portu gal is likely to follow the example set by Brazil. A BROKER'S CONSCIENCE. If. Beautiful, bat Momrtirur It lOddi Spring- Should be Closely Kumlaml. i A broker of this town hail some min ing stock which he had long regarded as worthless, and one day. when he I found an opportunity to get rid of it at ! pretty fair consideration, he was very happy. That very night, however, I after he went home, he received a tele- j gram announcing that this mine, of, which he had sold the stock, had i developed a lead of extraordinary rich- ' ness. An hour afterward the purchaser j of the stock received a telegram from j the broker, who desired to see him iiu- : mediately ii)mc a subject of great im- j lrortance. Tin hover .villcil unit hm 1 told bv the servant that the broker was ill anil could not be seen. "But I must see him; I have been aeut for by him not half an hour ago." The servaut went upstairs and brought back word that the visitor might go up. The broker was in bed, moaning with pain. The lights were turned low. When the visitor entered the broker began: My dear Jones, I have had to-day another of the dreadful attacks 1 am subject to, and I am afraid this hist one is going to 'do me up. I sent for 3011 to confess that I have taken ail vantage of you in a business transaction, and I want to make reparation before I die. 'Tliuf nnninir et.,L- f u,.lit t-tii .v,l.n- " ... . .. . . . - I was really worthless, ami it troubles me that 1 took advantage of you." "Oh, nonsense; that is all" right. . I didn't pay you much for it. and 1 can easily sell it to somebody else." " No, that w ill not do. 1 w ant to take it back and pay you buck your money. I can't rest until I have made this right." "Oh, well, if you feel that way, of course I will give you it back." "Very well, aiuf while I am able to sign a check I w ill prepare one, and.iu the meanwhile, you can bring back the stock." The visitor went home, got the stock, and, returning it. received the check which the now utterly exhausted broker had tilled out for him. He vfeut away musing uxn the vicissitudes of human life and tilled with profound sympathy for the sorrow ing family of the rapidly siuking broker. Aud the broker? The moment his customer w as out of the house he leaped out of bed and gleefully danced around the room in a manner that would have aroused the envy of Canneiicita could she have seen it". But the customer, next day. when he learned of the rise in the value of the stock, metaphorical ly kicked himse'f for his stupidity in being taken in by a broker's con sc ie nee. " Min neaMtfis 'J 'ribtt n c. Warmth and Coolness of Clothing. Clothing; jms.sesses no warmth in it Self, but, as it is more or less a or ' conductor of heat.it prevents the escaje of the bodily warmth. Woolen fabrics contain a large quantity of air entang-l led in their meshes which. - !eiiig a poor conductor of heat, adds consider- j ably to the warmth of clothing made ; rrom mom. in not weather we wear light cotton or linen clothing so as to allow as much of the 1km lily heat to escape as possible. There "is a pre judice in favor of light-colored clothing for summer wear, but it is hardly based on scientific grounds. Dark-colored cloth is the best radiator; allowing the bodily heat to escajie freely, while white clothing absorbs less of the heat radiated directly from the sun. There fore, to dress scientifically in summer, one should wear dark clothing in the shade and light clothing when exposed to'the sun's ray's. Practically, the matter of appearance is the only one to be considered, as the warmth or coolness of clothing is not apparently affected by its color. A ROMANCE OF CHINA. How m Pumpkin-Kaiser in tha Land of tha Sun Kose to loyalty. China in its slow, shy way is enjoy ing just now a little romance. Years ago when the last Ming Emperor ended his earthly troubles in a coal-mound in Pekin. his heir was made a Manors, and the Manchu dynasty succeeded to the rule of the Land of the Sun. Dur ing the reign of the last Emperor but one the then holder of the Marqiiisate died without sons and with no direct heir to succeed to the titles and estates. References to the family records showed that the rightful heir was an obscure personage, w ho had lieen com pletely lost sight of, and search was made for him everywhere by the offi cials of the banner under which the marquis was enrolled. High and low. in byway aud highway, the gallant knights of the banner sought for the missing heir, and no trace could any where be found of him. Nevertheless he was close at baud all the time. Day by day, for a goodly iiumls-r of years, there had stood outside one of the gates of Pekin a man with a barrow crying pumpkins for sale a sort of celestial costermonger. very rough, very rustic, and totally uneducated. Beneath his ragged ro!e, although he dil not know it, there Ireat the heart of a marquis, and those who had sought the lost heir had passed him a hundred times without knowing how close they were to the object of their search. Ac cident revealed it at last, and the coster monger, bewildered and alarmed, was conveyed, barrow and all, to the oflice of the banner under the shadow of the palace wall. With much difficulty the idea was hammered iuto him that he was no longer a pumpkin-seller that he was a marquis and the descendant of kings. When at length he under stood, he permitted the banner to wash and shave him and atix up his hair in approved marqiiisate style, and clothe him in costly garments which he looked at, it is recorded, with a waver ing and a doubtful eye. Then began a painful period of polishing up, for be fore he could be presented to the Em peror the ex-coster had to Is taught such elements of etiquette as his orig inal profession had uot proved favor able to, and had to learn also the few Manchu phrases necessary for a presen tation at court. When this was all done his succession was allowed, ami he went to his palace and took jrosses sion. Report speaks of him as an honest and kind-hearted man, who has done his best to educate himself aud fulfill the duties of his high Ksition. He is about 54 years of age and still re tains his rustic apjH'arance. The birth of sons has secured the succession, so that the family is now in as strong a position as ever. It is his duty to offer a sacrifice each Anlumn at the Ming tombs. His palace is near one of the gates of the imperial city, and he is popularly known as the pumpkin Mar quis. And in course of time a Celestial novelist will arise, ami with a camel hair pencil and a box' of paints, w ill chronicle his romantic life under the title of "Costermonger and Ccrouet;or, from the Pumpkins to the Palace." MARKET REPORTS. General Redaction in the Poultry Market. OREGON EUtiS ARE DECLINING. 0a:in Higher. DAIRY PRODUCE. ! Butter. I Oiegon I F-Miey creamery 3- i Choice dairy 27 Common 8tol2 Pickled (Cat.) JH(i.6 Eastern e eamerv fancy.... 25 Cal. fancy 20(425 : Cheese. I Oiegon full cream 15 i Oregon Skims and old 10 I Swiss Cheese domestic... 15 to lri : Younjf America Or. 14 I Eggs. , Oregon dox. 35 Eastern do. FEED. Brun s-r ton Hay " " baled Or'd Barley, er ton Mill Chop jier ton Oil Cake Meal per tori . horts er ton ... ... . .. $15015 50 . . $15(uu00 $22 50(24 00 .. $18(420 00 . . $:i0ti 32 50 .$1 OOIUOO FLOUR. Portland Pat. Roller, Salem do ilo Dayton t do Cascadia do do Country Brands McMinnville SuH-rIine White Lily iralum .... Kye Kjlour p.bbl. 35 r 3 85 3 70 3 70 3 75 4 01 250 4 00 3 25 0 0) FRESH FRUITS. Apples . HaiiaMs, p. bu.ich Currants Orajs'S box Lemons, Cal. p bx do Sicily, p. bx. new Limes er bun Ooinces er Imx Pears ht box Peaches per Isjx Plums er lb IVunes per box W4terme'ons f doz. GRAIN. Bailey, whole, p. ctl Corn, pr 100 lbs Oats, good, old, p. bu do, iu' , er bu Kye, p IOO lb nominal. . . Wheat, Valley, p. 10 lbs do Eastern Ore . I 00(4 1 .".0 3 50(4 0O 4 5015 00 tifiO'; o 1 50 1 03(31 25 None, do do do do K0(ii ! 1 50 44V.J41 22l-.rl 25 1 L1(1 I 1240i 1 15 POULTRY. Chickens, larjre youn V d..3 25(5 350 4; 50(j3 HO 3 50 7C0(rt850 ...II 00(al2 00 15 ilo hroilers do old Ducks p dox tieese, young dz Turkeys, young, lb. . . Grouse and Pheasants. . SEEDS. Grass Seeds. Timothy Orchard Grass Red Top blue Grass English Kye Grass .... Italian do Australian do Mesquite Millet... Hungarian do Mixed Itwn Grass 3 00 lb B. 6'a'ft7 12il3 OOt 1 1 11 (a 13 Mi 10 lovll!s Sdi 10 7( ! 4i5 4(5 15 Clover Seeds. Red Clover . . . White Clover. . . lvke Clover. . Alfalfa l'.,(alS., 15.,rt 17'a ll(ttl' Miscellaneous. Canary 4i0?5 Flax ". 4sa5 Hemp Sfe'S's Rae imported 10 Rape California . 304 LUMBER-ROUGH AND DRESSED Rough .. PerM$10(0 Edged T. it i. Sheathimr No. 2 floering No. 2 eeYling No. 2 rustic Clear rough Clear P. 4S No. 1 flooring No. 1 ceiling . . No. 1 rustic Stepping Over 12 inches wide (extra) lengths 40 to 5(3 LengthsVH) to 00 " li Lath I's Lath bingles, cedar, ier 1000. 12 0O ; 13 00 I 18 001 Irt CO j 18 00j 20 00 22 50 ! 22 50 j so ; :-2 50 ; 25 00 j 1 00 , 2 00 4 00 ' . . . 2 25 1 2 f0 j 2 25 t .45 00hi5O 00 ! red cedar, V 10 H) WOOL. Eastern Oregon. According to shrinkage. 0i 14 Valley. Spring clip lUO'lS lniMpia . l,.M"t20 Lamia and fall 10014 VCEETABLES (Fresh.) Asparagus f lb (Vans lb Beets f lb Cabbage V lb . IJ4 Carrots per Hack 1 25 do young lb do. 15 Celery er doz .V) CucnmU'rs f. do. 10 Green Peas lb ti Itln.-e V ,,,"! 12,'s Onions y 100 ll 1 00 Potatoes r l' ls 1 M.ii 1 :;i do sweets, js-r lb 14' Radishes s?r dox 12, Spinach Turnips ir sk 1 25 Tmoatoes per hx 7501 0.) DRIED FRUITS. Apptos, Peaches, etc. Apples sun dried qrs 4 io 5 do factory sliced Cal ... J do evap. 50 lbbxs ft to 10 do unblea 5 to !j Apricots 13 to 14 Blackberries 50 lb bxs.. . ... Iljil3 Cherries pitted 40 Peaches hlvsunpeelJ new. . H(a0 do evaporated 12 15 WHAT A REAL BATTLE IS. LIUl Opportunity for IH.play of Heroic or Poetic Cilorjr. A battle does not consist, as many imagine, in a granti ailvance of vic torious lines of attack, sweeping every thing before them, or the helter-skelter flight of the unfortunate defeateiL The historian must so present it in his de scriptions, the artist in his paintings. Even the writer of an official account must limit himself to the presentation of such moments as demand gecial treatment, or to such episodes as in volve important and instructive tactical movements. All those events which are less strik ing, which pass more quietly, but which nevertheless, contribute 'to the final result cannot le reproduced with out too much expansion. Those in cidents which no account of the battle, official or unofficial, takes auy jiote of the thousand and one eveuts ol served only by the participants, the in numerable cases in which the direction aud control of affairs glide out of the hands of the officers these are the little drops of water that make the mighty ocean of battle and determine victory or defeat. The opening of the day of a great battle is generally very prosaie. After an uncomfortable night passe I in a wet or cold bivouac, where the men. wrapped in their great overcoats, have been gathered shiverinr about the camp fire, trying iu vain to get warm: j after the simplest of breakfasts, of which the dratiirht of ooor cold water was me only palatable constitu ent, the soldier gies forth to battle; in deed, unusually long halts, uncom fortable standing still under schrapuel lire, or apparently useless camping iu mud and under "small-arm lire await him. The feeling of being eHsed to the invisible missiles of the enemy, mingled with the uncertainty as to what is going on to the right and left. often produces in the liest of troops ; great depression and a consequent fall- i racy, was I. until from St. Dominic's ; off in offensive strength, even when the 1 Catholic church, the funeral lsing large . battte in general is making splendid ' attended. I progress. In such moments tactics are i exhausted, and it is only a question ot grit aud sense of duty. .Sheridan tells us: "Indeed, the battle of Chickainaiiga was something like that of Stone Itiver, victory rest ing with the side that had the grit to defer longest its relinquishment of the hehl. Mill more I'lcssuijr is ine an - Hial to the moraleof the trisps when au uniortunate termination or the battle, forces an anny which has done its duty to retire. Exhausted to its last gasp'. its resistance. Hlshed to the highest pitch, gives way, and with frightful r"-' action the resistless mass plunges to the rear. I his is to-day no longer an u...u.y-o irumi, i xsnion io iuiuuu, ..Ti urn jMcut-.-cssois lauiii and practised, but an uncontrolable current, like the mountain torrent, which fraught with havoc and disaster, overflows its hanks. W'oe to tie land that can oppose 110 other dams to this stream than strategy, tactics, and the instruction of the iroops. These will le washed away like sand heaps hy the roaring waters. 1'nifnl Sirrice' Re view. Crazes of the Moment. Ornamental liook-covers are among the fancy-work "crazes" of the mo ment. Much of the choice litera ture of the day comes in inferior bind ings, and it is truly valuable to know that with a little ingenuity the same can be made tasteful enough to orna ment the drawing-room table. Of! course it must be prefaced that these ! lsok-coverings are bits of economy, j They are not for those who can afford j to purchase choice literature in appro-1 priate clothing, but they are for those . who covet the reading matter first and ! then seek to make it dulv oresen table. I Very pretty covers are made of paste board covered with line French satine or cretonne, with a free-hand decora tion of leaves or flowers. lXep-shaded chrysanthemums with olive foliage figure well on a pale-blue ground, or azure-tinted forget-me-not sprays ai ear well on violet-hued surfaces. Coverings of white felt are also dura ble, as are those of chamois skin and kid, on which various designs more or less elaltorate are executed. Those outlined with fine cut-glass beads are highly effective under the library lamp. Tahle Talk: Ilamletl in by Slug Nine. When I think of the towel, the old fashioned towel, that used lo hang up by the printing-house door, I think that nolssly in these days of shoddy can hammer out iron to wear as , it "wore. The tramp w ho abused 4t'the devil w ho used it, the coin p. who got at it when these two were gone;the make up and foreman, 1 he editor.-1 sr man. each rubbed some griu'w off while they put a heap on. In. over, and umler, 'twas blacker than thunder, 'twas harder than Miverty. rougher than sin; from the roller su-iwiulcd, it nev er w as Is-nded. and it t1appMil on i the wall like a banner of (ill. It grew ! thicker and rougher, aud harder and tougher, and daily put 011 a more ink ier hue. until one w indy morning, w ith-i out any warning, it fell to the floor! and was Itrokeu iu two. linnfitte in j lirtMikhfn h'ufff. j Military Siewta. Ill the Italian armv the system of siesta prevail, under which all trooti III 1 ne neiu 11c now 11 10 swep ior a couple of hours during the heat of the j lav. The practice is so universallv ae- .........1 .1.... .t... 1 - : : 1 ; ' ' " ,"L orders. Tin Holtliera. j Great artistic excellence lias Ireen j reached in Europe in the manufacture I of tin soldiers. A German military i officer has found it ossihlc to. repre sent military operations on a large j scale by their means. He has collect ed 35.U00 tin soldiers Isdoiiging to ( every branch of the service and com pletely equip)ed. and has di-plaved ! them on a platform iu the Kempton , barracks, to illustrate a siege conduct : ed in accordance with theliest teaching ol mislerii tactics. J he scenery and other appurtenances have all been sui- ! plied bv tovs in common use, and the 1 picture is said to be marvelously ,H.r. feet- A trench garrison, of course oc cupies the fortress, and naturally is compelled to surrender. London undertakers are advertising reform funerals." ; German Army Kqaipmenta. Tlie first small-bore rifles for theGer- man army were issued recently to a rec"",v. eompieieu tenisrarv or sinfirle battalion of imard. an.l tl. i. ! gniation. It was decide.t to retain the till of their being practically , tested Was regarded as satisfactory. It is said that Germany has already- sufficient smokeless liowder in stock to last for the first few months of a general war. COAST XKWS. Incorporation of the Baker. Buililinx Association. (iiy PRESSED BRICK ON PKiET Sol Ml. Wyoming Stage Rubbed. The unfinished bI,,od hoiHe race at ' San F anc sco have been declared oti'f ir j the reason. A rich silver strike twenty miles from ! Orotirande, Southern California, causes , great excitement in mining circles. j Wong Ah Hing, a Chinaman who mur-! dered his uncle, has leen sentenced to I he hanged at San Francisco February i 14, lSi. 7 j James Douglass, fireman of Steamer 1 .lut into on the Sacramento liver, dropd ' dead of heart disease, w nile working on ' the boat. The lUwlins and White Itiver stage.! in Wyoming, was held up by two masked men, who took $150 from the passengers and all the registered ni4il. The license for sellimr i,,t...;.Mit;.. liquors in Kittitas county, exclunive of ! corKrated cities and twns, has lee!i placed at $10(0 ier annum. touring me past year the real estate sales in Spokan Kails amounted to over $17,0O).0iH), a larger record than that of any 1 ily in the Northwest. At Los Angeles the jury in the case of ivooen v.ampiii m lus second trial fori killing Boyd at Acton, returned a verdict of manslaughter, with recommendations to mercy. Mrs. Christopher Buckley, late wffe of the leader of the San Francisco demoe- laist year the Moxee company bad in less than tiftit-n acres of tobacco, but the business has been so successful that they are now preparing fifty acres to be de voted to this object. The second annual meeting of the State Teachers' association of Washing-! ton will Is held at Ellensburi? .Urmurv : 1, - ana ... iso i. n ii.tc.c... ; gramme has leen prepare) I. p t Frank Williams, who was arrested on a charge f iaving roblied sfa"es in Not t hern California, una v(imi..7..l . fore I'nifed States Comniis.iiir Saw- yer and committed for trial. , Agent Newman, w ho for lie irly twelve , years pasl : has represented the Alaska , oui iiUTi'iiil t 0111 pany , at St. Michael s, I a tne mouth of the Yukon speniiing the winter in San Francisco, i Captain Thoinson, of the Challenger. I was in Tacoma six rears ago, and bitigbt some pr0srtv on an island in Gig harrier, ib-could now et twice as many thousands for it as le paid hun dreds. ; John B. Davis, aired 50 ye.irs, a prac- ' tit loner of medicine, lormerlv of Battle! Creek, Mich., but considered insat e from the excessive use of morphine, a total stronger in the state, was taken to ! the asylum from Wasco county. Several of the residents of the lTma- ' tilla reservation have presented claims f to Sfiecial Agent Bishop at Pendleton. They are the children of the Hudson bav ' traders w ho siiffer.il from Indian depre dations in the way of 1855-50. The town of Allvn, on Noith bav clai ins the banner as the most entei pris ing newpaer town in Washington. In just two months from the time it was surveyed, a weekly new HaM'r, pub lished in the town, made its lost apiear-aiH-e. The Tacoma Li-de h:is: "The new O. R. Sc N. Meamer Sehome, not Iwing fast etioiiL'b for the Ta-oma-Victoria route, Mill U put on the Olvmpia route, leavinir here at 7 o'clock eveiy morning. me ol tins com pan v's steamers will stop at IVs Moines. A Seattle 1 ice ju Ige ha fixisl the price of jaw teeth at $7 50 each. He put the quotation on when be fined a man $15 for knockimr out two ol another fel low's molars. The ju.l'e also declared that there would ! no reduction on !rge jols. Pomona gramre, of Salem, has passed resolutions asking the state Isiard of agriculture to increase the premiums on cereals aud vegetables: onoot-iinr n i-uuiiiv appropriation lor tlie Srmorv, . and opNsing an appropriation br opeti : ing highways. ' Chief of Police Lee has received a let ; ter from the Chief of Police of Vincennes, j Ind., in w hich a confident belief is ex ! pressed that Tom Ijiwton, the Tullis i murderer, is in that city. The Vin j cen nes officer says he has received bis I information from a man who formerly , lived in Sacramento. j The burning of the first kiln of pressed brick on Puget sound will Is begun on i Vasbon island by the New York and Ta- coma Pressed Brick Works. The kiln j contains over 100,00.) brick and w ill la a ; test kiln. The indications ate that there i win te plenty of pressed brick on the local market next year. . The Walla Walla Board of Trade has memorial izeil congress for an apro-i ation of $10,000 to treutify and improve the military reservation at that place and to make Fort Walla Walla a arma nent full regiment cavalry iwrst. The movement is bearfilv approved by the ' tMople therealioot Articles of inorKration have lieen I lileil in the secretary of state's office by the B iker it v I'.uililini and Ian AM4- iciation. With J. II. Parker. G. W. Jett. tiaties r . Ilvde. J P. Faul!. C A.ll. r i J. F. Mtirpby'and 4. W. Windom in-w- porjiors; capital stia k, f 1 ,() m.OOO, in sban's of $p0 each. Principal ollice. Baker City. Senator Stanford is going to New Eng-1 land to attend a conference w ith lealing educator there with a view of selecting a president for bis university. This miIn ". to rest the report that these'natnr intend-' ed to occupy this ssition himself. City Engineer C. O. Bean and Street Commissioner J. P. Hoilans, of Tacoma, have gone to San Francisco to inspect and study avement for the U-nefit of Tacoma. Tbev will call on Citv S11 -' veyor Smith. Vben they get c Ung facts Ibere they will Angeles and San Diego. throuj.li visit Los oc i.T-i uiiiiijin 01 me t emrai 1 aci-; fie for the month of tK-tober were $74.- i HH2, making I be total net carnitine! from ' January 1 to November 1 M.M4i :t:t' ! ti. ... : r . 1 , . T''e net earnings of the Northern Prciric ! tor November were $1 010,000; net earn- ings for the first live months of the fiscal 1 'r, $1,731,734. The ws u-ty of California pioneers met J temporary chairman, Dr. J. Ward Klli, as ptesioent of the society until January 1st, on which date the first annual ban quet will he held and permanent officers elected. It is proposed to admit sons of pioneers to membership. ONE PARK. BLACK NICHT. The Light Went Out la Tim to Naro tha Nlorjr from Het-oniiNg- Trag-ir. Along silence had fallen on the1,. , .... ... group around the little stove iu the . Meeting !('. W CC1I Sullll J n H nd Jil ( lv hack of the Oklahoma dry gool store, j Each of the roii-rli citizens had told his story or related some experience which once befel him, and -the silence that followed an incredible yarn of the Hon. Jim Jenks was intense. The stranger from the East had list ened throughout in a listless, wander lug manner, and yawned exceedingly when the others laughed. The silence thickened w ith the smoke, and as they looked at one another in the growing darkness for encouragement to break it Mr. Mike Swipes, with a slight .hem, said : "Wal, now, we've all hiil our say. Let the stranger say anthiii.'" All eyes were turned toward the stranger, who had come from the East. He pleaded ignorance of a good story, but they persisted. They weren't par ticular. After a moment's ddils ra tion. during w hich all snugly placed themselves in their favorite attitudes, the stranger consented, and legan in a monotonous and sing-song voice, a follows: Due dark, black night a band of robbers gathered around a camp lire in the5 heart of the Han Mountains, in j (Jerraany. They had hist returned ; from a plundering ejnslitiou. and were' resting themseltua. The camp tire threw a flickering light on the weird scene. The captain of the baud was ; standing in the shadow, leaning agaiut a tree, his hands resting on his irun. His eyes were lent on the ground, and Iim face I sue a troubled c ImiI'c a I rontiIil m ! Suddenly he turned, and w alking to w here his lieutenant nIimmI, said to him: Scinldy, my boy, tell me a thrilling story.' "Scliddy settled himself on a log seat, and told the following thrilling tale One dark, black night a band of roblsTs gathered around a camp lire in the heart of the Harz Mountains, in Germany. They had just returned from a plundering exMilitiou, and were resting themslves. The ramp tire threw a bickering light oil the weird scene. The captain of the band was standing in the shadow, leaning against a tree his hands resting on his gun. His eyes wen ls-nt on the ground ami his face bore a troubled expres sion. Suddenly he turned, and walk- ing to where his lieutenant stood, said to hi:n: "Scinldy. my Isiy, tell me a thrilling story.' SriuMy settlcil him self on a log Heat and told the follow ing thrilling tale: One dark. black night a band of nl Imts gathered around a camp tire iu the heart of the Harz Mountains, in Ger many. They had just . A sudden click was heard in the store, followed in quick succession by two more clicks, Silence again leu 011 the group. J he little oil lamp which hud hitherto lighted the scene went out, and all was dark. Somebody struck a light, and iu the glare it was found that the stranger had disapjteared. Huh," muttered the Hon. Jim Jenks, as he jiockcted his shooting-iron. "He saved his skin this Yre time." Caught by a Monkey, A monkey recently brought a erim inaj to justice at Siiiga,sirc. A native, with a little Ixiy.a Is-ar, and a monkey, traveled through the Straits Kelt le nient and made a croodly sum of money iy in animals tricks. he boy w tree. w W a man in the crowd, seized his leg and would not let go. The man proved (o be one of the murderers. At Ukiah. Cal.. a man of fi lias 1n.1t ried a widow with several children. Oue of her sons is older than her hus band. Mrs. Gladstone. Her figure Is tall. shasdy. and pressive; her carriage is it little rapid to lie entirely grai-eful: her ini too COS- turning is is English, . which retmires no elucidation. Despite deficiencies in externals, which a French misliste would have 110 difficulty in abolishing for Mrs. Gladstone would Is a charm ing subject for a dressmaker of taste -she would lie singled out in any com pany as if most distinguished woman. I'he face is uncommonly long, even in England, very high in the forehead, and very strong and gentle, equally devoid of romance and of jsilaiitrv. The eyes are large, liquid, well shaped, dark filue, and meditative. The silver ing hair is parted in the usual way, ami combed in natural waves down either cheek, as in the familiar s.rtrait of noted women of forty years ago. Her mouth is well proportioned to the other dimension of her face, and her voice is low and vibrant with cordiality to ward those she addresses. Iu the Par nell commission she w as generally ac companied by her daughter Helen. The latter carried ' a small plain black sachet, out of which when they "' large j on ; seated the mother took a fairly 1; note Itook, which she placed for use ner lap. Airs, tiiaustone took copious note, enrn-ctly omitting the redudati l ies and inessential of the testimony. These, w hen the day w as over, she i(i gested into a connected narrative for Mr. Gladstone. Familiar with his pur pose and method, she thus MrforiiMil for him an Inestimable service. She saved him the time that would other wise have to Ire )etit reading yards of small print or attending the court, and the days thus supplied wen devoted by him to national interests. Thus, not only without sacriticing a jot of wo manhood, but pmving herself the truest of friends ami heljs to her hus band, site, too, served the highest in terest of her country. K par row Iajr. A Pennsylvania farmer wauls the . . ... . governor to set apart a aparrow oay. when a wholesale on-slaught made on the obnoxious bird. may b) Gold and Hilver. The director of the mint has prepared a statement of the gold and silver coin in the United States at presenS w hich shows in round numbers f617,O0O,OOO in gold coin. $340,000,000 in silver dob lars, aud f76.O00.U3i iu subsidiary sil ver coin, besides fti4.000.000 of gold bullion held in the cotters of the treas ury as security for its equivalent in pa per ceitilicale. The gold dollar, though twice as great iu nnmlier and value a the silver, can Is piled in one, tenth the siace required for the latter. Our vaseline is used In Japan Lo soothe stings of tattooing. I Ittas d it rri j was found wifli his throat cut. the i .1 .iU lfi ,:iW, ' " . i';";, )';' -'Ki .. . i.on., . . . 1 .1... 1 1.1 .1 1 ..1... 1.. . ". . . - . . 1 nlii 111 a rcl 1 lo t lie sea is fil f m iluek. aiei me ik-;ii mil- tieau close i, !t(s klins ol I iiicinnaf 1. 111 Iso't inl ., . ' ... . . . . bile the monkey had escais...! up a twenty Vears Hiro. . v W.M.t wa '" v 'at let- imig s to . Me n.i.na.l l.i- ThelKHlies. with the monkev. the ma.er .l . .. .., .1.7. ........ lalll, IIIC jurist II lllg lime (if IlielC ere being taken to the Klite station The eastern men h i I no tn.nl ' in de- '-. b'l' they are exjH.sed to the at hen the monkey suddenly rushed at feating the ball dozen club th.-v met at K-'if bird of prey and otherilieinles. SI'OHTIXfi X0TKS. son Assured in San 1'iancisco. RASE !U,L FOR IV.I0 ROOMING What Manias Snvs. The once famous pitcher, ; Sweeney, Ims opene I a saloon Charley in San 1 Francisco. ! The Akron Base Bali Club was incor ; srated in Columbttw tcc, II, with u capital stock of (lot 0. I President Young says tha. somn of the young men looking ir places in the ix'ague watd 'tar walaiie. j Pitcher lieorge Xcfglcr will iiiered ; Manager (1 leasou as ui:in.iger of next 1 year's Sacramento learn. I toh !adlcy has Is-en re-engaged , manager of the Detroit team, which as be handleil so well last ccason. The Indianapolis Club is tctottcd to ls neijot ialing with lirt tiasemati pi-ek- alsui" Ve;ich, of the Sacramento Club. r Of the Cum iniiiiti players M I'hee is 1 stated to Is wotth aloot $1,0 O. Id illy $70 0 or fsoio, Keeiiau aMjiit f.'iO 0 and : Milllane f.fciOO. A meeting lietween Sullivan and Ink son, at the California Athletic Cluli, within five months for a purse of l 't, 0 Ml, is now iinMiired. The first and only base ball team that California ever sent Ea-t, was uiiiiiageil by Andrew Piercy, and Men! caf as far as Philadelphia 111 Isjti. In base ball no man knows who bin friends are until the leM is made. And nils is wnv mere is so miu ii everv-mun- foMiiiiiseU N.licy ulsMit the game. The Occidental Club will Wohahtv match Pete McCoy next week witbt bar ley Gleason, who recently fought I lie Montana Kid ten lounds. The new club-room of t he Ios Ange les Athletic Club Were ojiened Dec, l',. 1 be rooms are fitted up in a bio 11 stone building, css-, iallv for them, at a cost of $5,(00. Slaviu has challenged John L, Sulli van to light lor $2500 or ".0 Ml a side and the championship, in , battle to Im either iu six mouths, the America or Aus tralia. Jake Kilrain ami Felix Vuquelin, a New Orleans heavy-weight have Is'en matched to liidit for $0(M; fl.VKl to go to w inner and f.'SI I to the loser, under -Marquis of (Jueemdierry rules. The light will 1 ome off January I'J. The Washington Club, t liaumions of the Brooklyn Amateur Association, has decided to have a championship pennant ieei long ami 1 lect wi'le; lo Is ol a white centte, with a blue border and the name "Washington" in lilue letters. The Boston Athletic Club will have in the field next season one of the strongest amateur nines in the country, and one that will make matters very iiitero-ting for all comers. Preparation) are already making to secure the very liest talent that can In obtained. Tue refusal of Jack McAiiliffe to fight in February will cause some obanges to Is-made in the California Club pro gramme.' It is on the cards for Weir and Murphy to tight on January LJfli, but Weir's wounded ban I will scarcely . . I., .1 . . - is? wen ny inai lime. fan Francisco. William O'Connor, champion scull r of America, ha depo-itcd '',) with the Empire .ewa-r Piitititig company to make good a cbalUyige to row uuv man in the world for the championship slid $2,500 a sid; The challenge is to re main om-u three months. O'Connor makes r-i lal m-uti 11 of Teemer and stansbury, , Steve Curran and lack Dully engaged in a pri-Ugbt eight mila from Chicago, in a barn, just over the Illinois State line. Over Mil special.. r w cie present, t'utran weighed US muii.U and Duffy .';i un. Is. In the fourth round Duffy said I he crowd was aca 11st him and gave up the ti.ht. He was badly pmisbed Curran was badly used up in the find and second rounds The li,dil was for :'IOa siile and tbv'ga'ie receipts, Queens la'try rules. Since the I'ane ;t formed in '70. twenty-one "ities h.io Im'cii represeiiti'd, via: Boston, ( Imago, Fh la h li.hia, New Voik. Providence, Wor.eMcr, Troy, Syracuse, St. Imi, lmisvil!e, Cincin nati, Milwaukee, I nd iauaol is, Detroit, imiuio, I'liui.urg, Wasbinvtofi, ll.nl- ford. New Haven and Kans i , . In- diatisN.liH. Itnsiklyii. Philadelphia, M, liiiand Cincinnati have It. town np tlie s,nge an.r alter a rest returned Ifultaln. riltsl.unr. asluiik-tori. I ail again. Preided Vising, of the Nat jnnal Pas Ball league, ha promult'iited the follow ing contracts of pi a vers for next season; With Pit tabu, g, J. P. Reck Icy, G. F. Miller and Fred Scbmitl ; with Phila delphia, John F. Smith; with Washiiiir- ton, John II. Riddle; wild lndianHilis, IVter Wei klsi ker and Wiilimu George; witii Cincinnati, O. P. I 'surd and Tony J. Milllane; with Baltimore, ,locpn Werri. k. Kcleased;v Baltimore, C, B. Miller. The California Club has heard noth ing further f torn Jack McAiiliffe sImmiI i sitting up the $50 I forfeit w hich I'tesi- dent Fulda teleifrsphed him to d. sit nt 'once, and thus hii.d I he man h with Jim inyCarn lJ The hitler put up hi for , feit two weeks Sgo to secure a mutch I with McAiiliffe in February. Now it ap , iears that date floea not siut Mc tulile, w ho want the fight lo comeoll in March, -and will not deMsj hi fmfcjt money till the change is made, Edward Haitian, the ex-champion oarsman, is in Hoslou, having . ome on 1 to attend the testimonial to I ieorg llos uier. He says he has tot yet reined ; from the rank of the active ojrsmeii, nor diss be intend doing mi id present. Next season," said be, "I will Is . prepared to row ami have a'ready cabled to Australia that I w ill meet any oars 1 man in that country, on the TI ame river in lltudand next sprint for Vni a si lc ami allow fair exs-ti-es asked what be tlioliL'lit of " When Teemer's 1 prosition for the settle mei.t of the pro- If MSiolial I'liampiorit-lnp jiestloti, llati Ian said: "That was my propot.it ion. , laliev the cb.impioiisbi question should tie decided bv a swe. tstuke race. i l'tescli man w ho desires to contest put ! in $1,000 and the winner take it all. I Is-lieie if giMi inducement were offered , it Wtsild liring the la'st if the Au-trjilinn ot'Hiiif 11 In litis iieinlry. ?y giMsl in , ducemeet I mean a purse of (,tO,Oi 0, uch as C. II, Thayer offers, to Is rowed I r ami f.tir exis-nses for coming. I j shall tie iu town for a day or two, and in I the meantime something will 110 doubt ; turn up that w ill brin tl... hampion : ship question to an early settlement." 1 1 DM II rHT fVUfU !iiU b:i fi 1 li In nut' i 1 . . . I " . . w EIDER-DOWN, How Kliler lliK'k Malt Noal, ul What tlrDia f It, The wonderfully soft ami warm mil, stance which wo call eider-down, says L. B. Fletcher in the N. V. llm, Journal, U produced by the elder duck, and Inhabitant of the Arctic ocean., It 1 is proper to call tliesn birds iiihahilants i of the ocean, for they puss a grester ( part of their lives far nut at sea, only loiulng lo land for a little while in fprlng for the purjHise of Jaylnjf and ; hatching Ihelr eggs. They are very aw kwnrd on hind, but tire wonderful swimmers and divers. ; descending twelve fathoms below the nil-face of l lie water and lemalnlngnuh merged as long as five minutes at a time. Their IkI consists principally of molliikM, w hich we pick up from the bed of the sea. Their favorite laying places me cer tain small, low llauU oil the const if Norway, which al e called "cider-holm." The birds Lit these l-i-rln pi"-l which pns Mit 11 slrikb Vrniui'' " , pcarance, tl. drakes (fTelng br.Jhaiu colored iu bbick, -white, niirl green, while the fetuAles are of a dull reddUli brow n, matching the color of the scanty tegetatioii so H'feclv that even a practiced hunter can luinlly discover them w hen they crouch down Hliioliir the reeds. On coming iishore the duck proceed Very ih-lilM iiitcl v to choose a place for a nest, while tiie drake follows and occasionally gives winning of teal or fancied danger. The duck I very hard to uit, and it is not an iiiiiimiiiI thing for her, after examining all likely spot out of door, to march boldly Into a house and coolly select what she con sider a suitable place for her nest, such 11 (he oven if il hiipiNMis to be II mixed at the time. The human inmate of the house welcome her gladly, supply her with food, and cheerfully submit to any small Inconvenience like the teni jMitary loss of their oven, for they know that their guest w ill pay it goo! I price for her board and lodging, VI1e11 I he duck ha elected it place she gather gta and sticks and build her not. Tlu n she pluck the soft down from her breast and makes a wonder, ful mat, which not only covers the IhiIIoiii of (In nest but rises so far iilsive the edge that It can be folded iner the egg when tlie duck h aves the liesl in search of food. When the iv or eight 'egg are laid they are seized, together with the valu able eidel'ilow 11 mill, by-tH lieople of I lie house, and the duck gocV oll'-'-soiTow to her mute, w ho nw ult,' the hliorc, a lii coiii'itge tieyiy l iv, J such a pitch a lo l ;nd him i l"tej th hs iionse, i The din k, somewhat wiser flinn 1e- fore, procee I In build allot lielncst 01 , , of door, and a her ow n dowiiV,,l.'J,''. are ehaiised he calmly pliufV lint drake's breast ti bare as her wivn, After tlii outrageous treatment lie goes ' otr iu disgttit and rejoins hi com panion tit sea. Thl t hue the duck is allowed to hatch her brood without hu man Interference, But whenever f-ne J leaves the nest two or three egg n re liable to Ih stoleir by some other duck w ho ha a nest near by. The pmruiuler carefully fold the down covSi over the robbed net agaili ami n'jjs stolen egg to her oM nest. Vfc way the eggs, nrc ch.jieiL,, a duck may tifinlTytolialcli out oiitaining not, a 'single one of'-" offspring. As toon a llm ' are all hvlcheifont the mothei ll! 1 II mot tier, it tindistiirbed. etu. I'siially the isl.indcr Interfere a gain at tin point, but now their interference benefit the ducks as well a tlirlil sehe. They gather the down nnd carry the iliicLliugs'ln basket to -the shore, the old ducks following theiu Very cnnteiitedlv . When the shore I reached the basket are empt ied Inti the wnler. The old duck plunge in, and utter a good deal of commotion sw im out to sea, each fol lowed by a flock of duckling, some of which she hu never seen before. The duck does not alway make her lirl lu st iu a house, of cokrsix.'iud if the first nest I not dislurbetfi hc will Hiuply hatch le r brood and plit to sea wllll iliclil. Mild the dllike wiljl lint be IoIiIsmI of hi feather. But tjie Ishiiid cr are very watchful, and tli lirl m -t rarely escitpi-, no matter w hl re it i I. uili.' - 1 Sometime the duck's dowulLC., sutll cictii to supply a second net, and iiUnSis c ise the drake reinaiiiM with his family. Thl nest i then robbed also, and the poor duck I forced to begin a ts'illd, with the help of the drake's down , - - -a ,'owll' ,'1"".,, r; r"U V'l'V. Hest until M ilnike s feathers, which diner luff ,'"'"r f,'"1m ' l'"MJ ,U n1"!"'' "PI"'"!-1 "' ' l,,w " NM'U this occurs U f icaiiicr. j ne ruio among tne elder- i know 11 that the pall' will I. nil IIU mom that ynv, and so are allowed to hatch In ordc serve the species. A single ncsl will furnish n ounce of down, which I snot about 25 cent of on : I lie bird visit the island bci the collection 11ml ai' mala I nu iuiMirtaul soul, to the InhabilsiitH. Tlie I'niMitlcroy I'ol the : III 'irgs pi e- I 'X .Mu" One of the cm Ion fcaluic of the " present ciae among women to hate I ls"lr oiiug male ollnpriug resiniil.h' iu outwiild apM-ariilice the giHsl 'Lit- , tie Lord Faillillet'oy" i I heir i' 'lerildll ill ion to make the sor child have blonde hair. It I line that nearly 50 )Mr cent of the lillle ones have thia at- ,. .1 I ..I..... a. ...I .1 . t . . .. 1 1 nt 1 m - s-is.iimi ciiiii ncierisi ie, n(ui 1 nii ptojMiiiion of them w ho wear long nfff very small. A fashionable liair- nresser iniormeii a A. 1. Jtmrn rco' ler that he had recently received quite hu In ict 11 to his business by fashiona ble women, w ho bring their children to hint to have, their hair bleached. "These ladies are very particular, too." said lie, "They stand over the chair at each dressing, and see that we make no mistake 1 11 the shade. 'c have prepared, in consequence, a csrd ...I I. I I . .1 ...! .. . S t S S.VWV M. w men are samples 01 11111 various WB ,a" "btain ill the bleaching 01 (ice. 11 cosis irotn fs.) to fin 10 have the hair colored to the desired shade. The proce Is very simple. Two ounces of peroxide of hydrogen, , applied with a slitr brush, will turn 1 cry dark hair into the most beautiful Titian red, and repented spplicullon make the color so that one may gradu ate the shade very accurately. The use of this chemical is not injurious. On the contrary, it Is rather benelicjil to tho hair, for it clears swsy tliedaiul I'litr and makes the driest treses h sar glossy and very beautiful. Tw o ' or three applications are sufliclent Iu 4 laost cases, and we use up as much as 1 25 cents' worth of the chemical." s 1 Y