Corvallis gazette., September 07, 1900, Image 4

! SOME BIG WESTERN "AUTOMOBILES."
The "automobile" of the California
wheat fields Is a wonderful engine,
used to harvest the crops upon the Im
mense farms, which in some instances
cover thousands of acres. The traction
engines used for plowing, cultivating,
seeding and harvesting these enormous
crops are the largest ever built. They
are of fifty-horse power, with driving
MAMMOTH HARVESTER CUTTKK,
HEADED, THRASHED, CLEANED
TION.
TRACTION TRAIN, WITH FIFTY-HORSE TOWER ENGINES.
wheels sixty inches in diameter and
flanges sixty inches in width.
They draw over the fields sixteen ten
inch plows, four six-foot harrows, and
NOTED RAILWAY MAN
CAREER OF THE LATE COLLIS
P. HUNTINGTON.
Great Financier Started in Life Pen
nilessand Rose to Be a Multi-Million-eire
Chiefly Instrumental in Build
ing the Central Pacific Road.
The death of Collis P. Huntington,
president of the Southern Pacific Rail
road, which occurred at his camp, Pine
Knot Ledge, in the Adirondack moun
tains, removed one of the most power
ful figures in railway and financial cir
cles in this country. Collis P. Hunting
ton sprang from the ranks of the com
mon people. He was born in the little
town of Harwinton, Litchfield County,
Conn., 78 years ago. He passed the
first fourteen years of his life on his
father's farm and then his school days
ended and he was given his freedom.
He was at this time nearly six feet in
height and of tremendous muscular de
velopment. In his first year of self
support he earned $84, his board and
clothes being Included in the contract,
and he saved every cent of It. The
business years of Mr. Huntington's mi
nority were spent in the South, where
he added to his store of knowledge in
the school of experience and gained a
deep insight into human character. At
21 he formed a partnership with his
brother In a general merchandise store
at Oneonta, N. Y., and remained there
uutil 1848, when the gold fever broke
out and he started for the Pacifc coast.
He left the East with $1,200, but had
Increased this amount to $5,000 before
reaching California, He was detained
for three months on the isthmus and
devoted this time to buying and selling
merchandise. He opened a general
store in San Francisco, and there
branched into the hardware business.
He took into- partnership with him
-Mark Hopkins and It was not long be
fore they became rich.
The importance of a railroad to con
nect the East with California was a
theme of discussion in and out of Con
gress in the early '60s. Mr. Hunting-
CSLLta !. HUNTINGTON.
ton had long before seen the need of
such a road and he succeded in Inter
esting three other men of means who
were not afraid to invest their money
in the gigantic undertaking. His asso
ciates were Leland Stanford, Charles
Crocker and Mark Hopkins. In spite of
the physical obstacles, apparently In
surmountable, that confronted them
and the timidity of capital these bold
men. who were laughed at for their
hair-brained scheme, pushed ahead,
eank their money, time, energy and
faith into the undertaking. On May 10,
1809, a historic gathering of sturdy men
on the plains of Utah witnessed the last
spike which completed the Central Pa
cific Railway, joined the East with the
. est, and heralded the dawn of a vast
empire. Mr. Huntington's fame as a
railroad builder became world-wide.
Next he and his associates constructed
the Southern Pacific Railroad from San
Francisco eastward through Los An
geles. Arizona, New Mexico and Texas
and did not stop until they had a con
tinuous line from Portland, Ore., to
fiew Orleans, a durance of 3,200 mites.
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26 FEET WIDE; CAPACITY, 75 A
AND SACKED BY THIS MACHIN
a press drill to match, plowing, harrow
ing and seeding from forty-five to seventy-five
acres at one operation each
day. Their use explains why the vast
Innumerable branches were built from
time to time and other lines in Texas, !
in old Mexico and in Guatemala were j
constructed until at the end of 1890 a
total of over 9,000 miles of track had
been built and twenty-six corporations
had been merged in one great parent
organization known as the Southern
Pacific Company.
While these huge enterprises were be
ing carried through iu the West, Mr.
Huntington was evolving a vast scheme
in the East, independently of his asso
ciates. The State of Virginia had been
trying to finish the Chesapeake and
Ohio Road and several sets of contract
ors had been ruined in the attempt. Mr.
Huntington completed it and then went
on building westward through West
HUNTINGTON S NEW TORS PALACE.
Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee and
Mississippi, until at last be had the
unique satisfaction of riding in his pri
vate car over his own tracks from the
gateway of the old Dominion on the
Atlantic to the Golden Gate on the Pa
cific coast. He was also the founder
of the city of Newport News.Va., and
the owner and builder of a huge ship
yard there which employs nearly 4,000
men, likewise the Huntington Indus
trial Works at Hampton, Va.
Mr. Huntington was a man of wide
philanthropy and did much to benefit
the condition of his worklngmen. He
impressed upon them the importance of
owning their own homes and erected
school houses for the instruction of
their children. His tastes were quiet
and simple and he cared little for so
ciety, although his daughter married a
prince. He had crossed the country
more times than any other man and
none were better acquainted with its
topography. His wealth is estimated at
$25,000,000. He built a magnificent
mansion on Fifth avenue, New York
City, a few years ago, but it is said he
neer cared to live in it.
LORD PLAYFAIR'S ASSURANCE.
Induced Prince of Wales to Ladle
Molten Lead with His Hani.
One of the most honored and conspic
uous figures In the public life of Great
Britain during the last half century
was Lord Playfair. The vast sanitary
improvements which have taken place
in England within thirty years and the
evolution of the whole system of scien
tific and technical instruction are due
to Playfair more than to any other man,
says the North American Review. He
originally suggested the adoption of
open half-penny letters, now known as
post cards, and hewas largely instru
mental in suggesting the basis of an
equitable agreement betwen Great
Britain and America when President
Clevela-d's Venezuelan message had
brought the two countries into danger
ous antagonism. Among Playfair's
students at the University of Edin
burgh was the Prince of Wales, of
whom a curious anecdote is told.
"It was while the Prince of Wales
was living in Edinburgh, as Playfair's
pupil In the application of science to
industry, that an interesting Incident
occurred. The two were standing near
a caldron containing lead, which was
boiling at a white heat. 'Has your
royal highness,' asked Playfair, 'any
faith in science?' 'Certainly,' was the
reply. Playfair then carefully washed
the Prince's hands with ammonia to
get rid of any grease that might be on
them. 'Will you now place. your hand
CRES PER DAY. THE WHEAT IS
E IN ONE CONTINUOUS OPERA-
I crop of California, covering millions ol
acres, can be planted and cultivated In
a country where the supply of labor it
not great enough to plant a crop one
tenth part as large. In the harvest time,
by the aid of one of those enormous
harvesters, whose cutters are twenty-si j
feet wide, the wheat is at once headed,
thrashed, cleaned and sacked, ready for
market, the machine In one day gath
ering the crop of seveuty-five acres.
To observe one of these enoromus ma
chines traveling over the uneven sur
face of these fields, crossing wids
ditches, or crawling along the side hilhj,
surmounting every obstacle with the
most perfect ease, and automaticajly
rm flii.i-ln rr ! .1 1 . . -1" ........ rrwi. in 1-1
ready for market. Is a sight of the
rarest description.
These mechanical prodigies ar
adapted only for countries like Cali
fornia, with seasons of wet and dry,
well defined, where cereals ripened by
hot suns esaily fall from the husks. Foi
the moist lands of the great North these
harvesters have not proved an entire
success.
in this boiling metal and ladle out i
portion of it 7' said Playfair. 'Do you
tell me to do this?' asked the Prince.
T do,' was the answer. The Prince In
stantly put his hand into the caldron
and ladled out some of the boiling lead
without sustaining any injury. It is a
well-known scientific fact that the hu
man hand, if perfectly cleaned, may be
placed uninjured in ead boiling al
white heat, the moisture of the skin
protecting it under these conditions
from any Injury. Should the lead be
at a temperature perceptibly lower the
effect would be, of course, very differ
ent." MEN THE CHEAPEST.
Animal Hire in Russia Exceeds That
Paid for Human Labor.
In Russia the wages of a horse are
higher than those of a man, and hence,
of course, very much higher than the
wages of women. Thus, in the Nishni
Volga section, we find the average pay
of man and horse to be about 72 cents
per day; of man alone, 34 cents; that Is,
38 cents for a horse, and 34 cents for
man. The women receive from 10 to
20 cents. In the central agricultural
region the average is: Horse, 23 cents;
man, 29 cents; woman, 13 cents. In the
southern steppe: Horse, 36 cents; man,
25 cents; woman, 16 cents.
This is an interesting commentary on
the standard of living of Russian agri
cultural laborers. Its meaning is sim
ply that human beings are cheaper than
draught animals. In other words, it
costs less to keep them alive. In the
southern steppe five women can be em
ployed more cheaply than two horses.
Is It difficult to imagine the condition
of home life, the dearth of refining in
fluences, the sodden, hopeless stagna
tion that such a state of affairs reflects?
Is it any wonder that the products of
such a wage status as this are individ
ual degradation, social barrenness,
meager education, political despotism,
religious intolerance, and, generally, a
type of civilization scarcely above bar
barianism? Treaty Rights of Missionaries.
Apropos of current events in China,
it may not be inopportune to recall the
various steps by which the position of
English missionaries In the Yellow Em
pire was secured. First came clauses
in the English treaty of Tien tsin, in
1858, guaranteeing the personal safety
of missionaries, and declaring that if
they acquired land at the treaty porta
and certain other places the agreement
should be made "without exactions on
either side." The French treaty of 1858
protected French missionaries travel
ing peaceably and with duly authenti
cated passports In the interior, and also
by a clause said to have been surrep
titiously interpolated permitted them
to purchase land and erect buildings "In
the provinces." Of this clause English
missionaries came in time fo get the
conventional benefit, and the imperial
seal to their status and that of the
missionaries of other countries was
given by an edict in 1891, which, after
declaring "the right of foreign mission
aries to promulgate their religion in
China," directed the authorities undei
the strongest sanctions to protect them
and their converts. Law Journal.
The Eclipse in India.
When the Hindoos along the Ganges
began to notice the recent eclipse ol
the sun they watched with terror what
they supposed to be the overpowering
of their beloved dignity by the demon
of darkness. Besides fasting and pray
ing the native population along the
shores bathed In the sacred river In
thousands. The people at the top of
the bank knelt down and prayed,
shouting: "Hori boh!" (God, I cry!)
Some covered themselves with dust
and others washed themselves in the
river. They were all mixed together
men, women and children and all
were in a frantic, excited state lest the
sun should be altogether swallowed by
the demon and never shine any more.
A baby is a rose without thorns. The
thorns gradually appear as it reaches
maturity.
WHEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
'.hone Receiving the Electric Bolt Majr
Frequently Be Resuscitated.
It Is a popular belief that death from
lightning is caused by internal burns
or by the rupture of some vital organ,
such as the heart, the lungs or stom
ach; but, though severe lesions may
sometimes occur, post-mortem examin
ations seldom reveal any serious affec
tions of the viscera, or, for that matter,
anything abnormal in the physiological
conditions of the stricken person. The
same also applies to people killed by
contact with live wires. In cases of
lightning stroke and electric shock
some of the chief nerve centers are in
tensely stimulated. One of these, the
medulla oblongata, situated at the head
of the spinal cord, exercises considera
ble control over the movement of res
piration: while the nerve which it sends
out and which is called from its wan
derings the vagus, has a similar power
over the action of the heart; so that
when these nerve masses are subjected
to any undue excitement the functions
of respiration and circulation are at
once interfered with.
For this reason, in all cases, whether
of lightning stroke or e!ectrlc shock, the
sufferer Is to be placed without delay
in the most favorable position for
breathing, so that by energetically rub
bing all parts of the body and especial
ly by regular traction of the tongue,
respiration may be restored If at aL'
possible. Such attentions have recalled
animation more than once when all
hopes of recovery were given up. In
one case forty-five minutes elapsed be
fore the patient gave signs of returning
animation, and at the end of two hours
he was able to speak. He experienced
no other injury than burns on the hands
and thigh. Engineering.
HAS AN ANOMALOUS CLIMATE.
Island on the Coast of Liberia that Has
a Varied Meteorology.
Saghalien, off the eastern coast of
Siberia, presents a very curious anom
aly of climate. The island is bathed by
two cold ocean currents and in winter
nothing protects it against the icy
northwest winds coming from Siberia.
At the sea level the snow falls contin
ually and stays on the ground till the
end of May, and the seashore is very
cold. Further inland, however, espe
cially as we go higher up, the climate is
modified just the opposite to What is
observed elsewhere. It has often been
observed in Siberia and in Centra Eu
rope that in winter the cold is greater
in the plains and the villages and that
the highlands have a sensibly milder
temperature; it is as if the denser coif
air accumulated In the lowlands.
The cold air accumulates in the low
regions of the island aud on the coast
the higher regions have a more elevated
temperature. ' So It happens that the i
lower parts have an arctic vegetation, I
while the intermediate altitudes have
the vegetation of a temperate zone, !
sometimes subtropical. The birch, the
ash, the pine, the fir abound in the low
regions and form often impenetrable
forests, but toward the center of the
island appear bamboos, hydrangeas,
azalias and other plants that one is
greatly surprised to meet, and whose
presence can be explained only by the
altogether abnormal climatic condi
tions of the island. Newcastle Chron
icle. Sleight-of-Hand for the Pastor.
Many years ago, when Hon. Joseph
Marsden lived in Hawaii, he attended
church on Sunday morning in Hilo. Mr.
Marsden was then noted for his skill in
legerdemain. When Dr. - passed
around the contribution bag at a Sun
day service Mr. Marsden held up a ten-
dollar gold piece between his thumb j
and forefinger so that Dr.
could
plainly see it. He then placed his hand
over the bag, palmed the gold piece,
and dropped in a silver quarter. Dr.
returned to the table with his collec
tion. After the service he emptied the
bag on a table, but could not find the
ten-dollar gold piec. He shook the bag
repeatedly, turned ever the small pile
of contributions, got down on the floor
aud looked under the table, walked
down the aisle, looking closely at the
cracks in the floor, felt in bis own pock
ets, and then went home wondering at
the strange loss of the gold piece.
Some time afterward the deceiver
quietly sent the gold piece to the
church. Pacific Commercial Adver
tiser. Finally Decided It Was Urgent.
Recently, while several cyclists were
enjoying a rest by the wayside in a cer
tain part of Scotland, a rustic came up
to them and said:
"I've coupit ma cairt. Div ye think
that ye could come and gie me a hand
up wi' It?"
"Oh, yes," was the reply, "after we
get a rest Where is your cart, and
what was on It?"
"It was a cairt of hay," replied the
countryman, "an' it's lying doon the
road there."
He stood staring and scratching his
heart for a while, and then added:
I "I wud liket for ye tae come the noo,
for the hangit thing is ma faither's be
neath it!" Answers.
Glass Railway Ties.
By means of a valuable toughening
process, recently discovered, glass may
now be moulded into lengths and used
! as railway ties. Glass rails are also
j produced by this toughening process.
It is therefore possible to have a com
! plete glass railway. The glass rails are
1 riitiu1 nuf In clvno anil chamw cim Mai
ILHUCU UUl 1" muu wsuaa.
to those of the ordinary steel rails.
They are far tougher, and resist the ac
tion of the elements more successfully
than steel.
The Ostrich a Good Fighter.
Although the ostrich has powerful
legs and can kick like a mule, his limbs
are very brittle and are easily broken.
He has two toes on each foot, one be-
1 Ing armed with a horny nail, which he
! uses as his principal weapon of war
fare. When an unarmed man Is at
tacked by one of these birds the
chances are very much against the man
unless he can climb a tree or jump over
a five-foot wall.
A Patriotic Hibernian. .
Conductor Why didii't you wave
that red flag instead of the green when
1 sent you down the track? You could
have saved this train.
Pat For no man will Oi wave a red
flag when Ol have a grane wan I Life.
OUft BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO
INGS HERE AND THERE.
Jokes and Jokelets that Are Supposed
to Have Been Recently Born-Say lags
and Doings that Are Old, Curious and
Laughable-The Week's Humor.
"My man," said an old lddy, a noto
rious busybody, to a pitman whose dog
was trotting on before him with lolling
tongue, "your dog is not safe, and
ought not to be at large. His tongue
hanging out so is a sure sign of rabies."
"Nae, ma'am," replied the pitman,
"Its tongue's owre big for its mooth,
same as some old ladies' tongues."
English aa She la Writ.
The following notice was lately af
fixed to a church door In Hertfordshire,
and read In the church:
"This Is to give notice that no person
Is to be buried in this churchyard but
those living In the parish; and those
who wish to be buried are desired to
apply to the parish clerk."
Sural Sarcasm Wasted.
"Hey, mister, yer orter enter that
hoss in the races. There's a crazy -man
here that'll bet on 'im."
The Substitute.
Mr. Jones Is your wife ever at a loss
for a word to express her feelings?
Mr. Smith Oh, yes; especially when
arguing with me.
Mr. Jones Ah! And how does she
get around it?
Mr. Smith Oh, she simply throws
something. J udge.
Off at Last.
"Have you ever loved before?" she
asked, gazing at him tenderly.
"Oh, yes," replied the racing young
man. "I've had four false starts. But
this is a sure go now." Philadelphia
North American.
There Are Many Fuch.
Little Elmer Papa, what is a politi
cian? Prof. Broadhead A politician, my
son, is a man who hungers and thirsts
to sacrifice himselffor his country in
times of peace.
Fortunate.
Census Man Are you married?
Happy Dad You bet!
Census Man Have you a family?
Happy Dad Yes, slree! And, say!
It's awful lucky you came to-day in
stead of yesterday!
Census Man Eh? Why?
Happy Dad 'Cause I hadn't any yes
terday. Puck.
Hla Need.
Friend The doctors don't seem to be
able to do anything for you?
Dyspeptic (gloomily) No; I guess I
need a constitutional amendment.
Puck.
At $1 Per.
"What was the trouble at that house
where the complaint came from yester
day?" asked the superintendent of the
gas company.
"Nothing much," replied the Inspec
tor. "I found a centipede in one of the
pipes."
"Ah! an extra hundred feet. See that
they're charged for that." Philadel
phia Press.
An unpleasant surprise.
A Generous Boy.
"Johnny, you must give little sister
part of your doughnut."
"Yes, ma. I'm jest goin' t' eat th'
edge off an' then give her th' hole of
It" Philadelphia Bulletin.
What He Was After.
"He Is aman after my own heart,
pa," said Julia, reverting to her Charles
Augustus.
"Nonsense," said Old Practical; "he
is a man after the mtiney your uncle
left you."
And then all was quiet . , fc .
More Practical.
MayDon't you think a girl looks
graceful holding a guitar?
Tom Yes, but a man looking for a
wife would rather see a girl holding a
bread pan.
Judged by Her Deeds.
"That slender Miss Simpson looks
like a very delicate girl."
"Oh, I don't know; she must have a
good deal of strength to squeeze her
waist in like that." Chicago Record.
Census Pleasantry.
Census Taker You live here, do you?
Well, what relation are you to the head
of the house?
Citizen See here, now, don't get too
funny or I'll go aud call her In. Indian
apolis Journal.
Where the Mistake Was.
"What's the meaning of this?" asked
the farmer's wife. "You say you went
to town on business, and here in this
very paper 1 see you were fined in a
police court for being drunk."
"It is a reporter's mistake."
"The prisoner bore your name, Henry
Adolpuus."
"Yes, that's the mistake. I gave an
other name.- -
Two Farmers.
"This," said the city man who had j
taken up farming, "this is my herbar
ium." "Your what?" asked the farmer born
to the business.
"My herbarium collection of herbs,
you know."
"Oh! And ain't you goin' to build no
hogarium, too?" Indianapolis Press.
Congratulated Himself, Too.
Employer I congratulate you on that
new baby of yours, Higgins.
Higgins Thank you, sir.
Employer And I have no doubt that
hereafter you will be waked up early
enough mornings to get to the' office
every day on time. Somerville Journal.
Preliminary Inquiry. '
Citizen Off'shere! can you (hie) tell
me where I (hie) live? I'm (hie) Coun
cilman Bigboddy, you know.
Officer What's yer cook's name?
Citizen Mary Ann (hie) O'Brady.
Officer Four streets down and two
doors to yer right.
Not His Fault.
Jack's Mamma There were three
slices of cake in the cupboard, Jack,
and now there are only two. How does
that happen?
Jack It was so dark In there, mam
ma, that I didn't see the others.
A Kindly Act.
Farmer Greene They say a bunko
steerer has run oft with Josh Medders
wife!
Farmer Browne Ya-as! Josh says
he always knew them bunko-steerers
wuz good fellers at heart Judge.
Quite a Difference.
Mamma (to daughter) You should
not play with your brother's toy sol
diers; besides, you are getting too old
to play with such toys.
Daughter I am not playing with the
common soldiers, mamma. I am play
ing with the officers.
Had Heard of Them Beforo.
Teacher Yes; the Constitution wa
adopted in 1789. Now, Johnny, can you
tell us anything about the principles
of American liberty?
Johnny Gee! I should say I could!
Pap's been running fer office ever since
I kin remember.
Another Week's Wait
Bingo I went Into the antique furni
ture dealer's to-day to get that Chip
pendale chair you admired so much,
and he had just sold it.
Mrs. Bingo How unfortunate!
Bingo Yes. V? said it would be at
least a week before he could turn ouf
another like It.
Rooster Say, old man, let's kick; I'm
getting tired of being henpecked my
self. Their Use.
Little Enoch Paw, what are fools
good for, anyhow?
Farmer Flintrock To teach us the
results of blowin' into unloaded shot
guns, btiyln' gold bricks,' guzzlfn' pat
ent medicines, lightin' the fire with coal
oil, goin' up in balloons, skatin' on thin
ice, tryin' to beat other people at their
own games, Indorsin' our friends' notes,
thinkin' we know it all, flirtin with
grass widows, and so on and so forth,
my son! Puck.
Good Definition.
"What Is a sanguine disposition, Un
cle Christopher?"
"Sanguine disposition? Well, it's
your mSther, Bobby, thinking she can
drive a picture nail into the wail with a
banana."
Too Well Known.
Bill I understand Gayboy Is one of
the best known men in your tow-n?
Jack Why, he's so well known that
he has to go out of town to borrow
money.
It's an 111 Wind, Etc
Mae Little brothers are a nuisance.
They are always about when they are
not wanted.
Ethel Yes, but then they sometimes
come in very handy as witnesses In
breach of promise suits. San Francis
co Examiner.
Getting at the Facts.
He How I envy that man who Just
sang the solo!
She Why, I thought he had an ex
ceptionally poor voice!
He Oh, it isn't his volaa I envy; it's
bis nerve! Chicago News.
Mean Hnman Nature.
"Jones always wants his vacation the
last man in the office."
"What's that for?"
"He gets a keen relish out of the fact
that we are all working with nothing
to look forward to while he Is joyously
idle."
A Rural Bargain.
"You say them shoes is wuth $1, but
you'll take 75c ef I pay cash, won't
you?"
"Yes."
"Then you'll fling In a pah: of woolen
sox, I guess?"
"Rekin so."
"Hold on; them shoes hain't got no
strings, have they?"
"I'll give you a pair."
"Better make hit two pair; one will
soon wear out."
"All right, here they are."
"Looks like you might gimme a pair
of suspenders fer good measure."
"Well, rather than miss a trade I'll
do It. What else?"
"When a feller buys a bill you alius
set 'em up, don't you?"
"Yes, what'll you take?"
"Two segars an' a pound o' cheese."
The safest person to confide In Is one
who has troubles of his own and, con
sequently, seldom takes enough inter
est in other people's troubles to talk
them over.
A Touch of Sympathy.
! FALL TRADE IS IMPROVING,
A. Better Tone to Dun's and Bradstreet's
Weekly ltevlew.
Brastreet's says: Distributive
trade, that from jobbers particularly,
increases as the vacation season wanes.
Reports from leading Western centers
are more favorable and a large aggre
gate of business in dry goods, clothing,
shoes, hats and hardware are features
noted this week. The iron and steel
trade, too, notes a decided gain in tone
and volume of sales, though prices ex
cept in a few instances harden but
slowly. Clearings, reflecting past busi
ness and dormant speculation, are very
small, but railroad earnings, reflecting
the really heavy actual movement into
consumption, maintain their old gains.
Relatively, the most quiet and least
satisfactory conditions rule in the pri
mary textile markets of the East, re
flecting the backward state of next
spring's business. Corn crop advances
are viewed as rather better because of
the ending of the late dry, hot spell at
the West. Cotton crop conditions are
still, however, only partially defined,
and leading state authorities are quoted
as predicting a short crop. The stead
iness of staple prices is a feature in
present quietness of trade.
To disappointing foreign advices and
the backward state of the demand fox
cotton goods are to be attributed the
shading in raw cotton this week. The
season in men's wear, woolens, has
been rather disappointing so far, while
the jobbing demand for dress goods is
quite favorable. Manufacturers are
buying only enough raw wool to cover
orders for goods and prices are weak at
the lowest point reached.
Wheat, including flour, shipments
for the week aggregate 3,248,313 bush
els, against 2,605,168 bushels last
week.
Failures aggregate 165 for the week
as against 135 last week.
Canadian failures number 32, against
29 last week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Markets.
Onions, new, lJic.
Lettuce, hot house, $1 per crate.
Potatoes, new. $15.
Beets, per sack, 85c$l.
Turnips, per sack, 75c.
Squash 4c.
Carrots, per sack, $1.00
Parsnips, per sack, $1.25.
Cauliflower, native, 75c.
Cucum bers 10 20e.
Cabbage, native and California,
Sc per pounds.
Tomatoes 40 50".
Butter Creamery, 25c; Eastern 22c;
dairy, 15 1 8c; ranch, 14c pound.
Eggs 24c.
Cheese 12c.
Poultry 12c; dressed, 14c; spring,
13 15c.
Hay Paget Sound timothy, $11.00
12.00; choice Eastern Washington
timothy, $16.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $25;
feed meal, $25.
'BaxleVrlolied or ground, per ton.
Flow? Patent, tier barrel. $3.50;
I bien7led straights, $3.25; California,
$3.85; buckwheat flour, $6.00; era
ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat
flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.804.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $12.00;
shorts, per ton, $14.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal,
per ton, $30.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef
steers, price 7c; cows, 7 c; mutton
7; pork, 8c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 9
11c.
Hams Large, 13c; small, 13X;
breakfast bacon, 12c; dry salt sides,
ojc.
Portland Market
Wheat Walla Walla. 56 56 a
Valley,67 c; Bluestem,60c per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.10; graham,
$2.50.
Oats Choice Jwhite, 42c; choice
gray, 40c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $15.00 15.50;
brewing, $17.00 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $13.00 ton; mid
dlings, $20; shorts, $15; chop, $15 per
ton.
Hay Timothy, $1112; clover,$7
7.60; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 pertm.
Butter Fancy creamery, 40 50c;
store, 27 He.
Eggs 19c per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c;
Young America, 14c; uew cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.00(8
4.00 per dozen; hens, $4.60; springs,
$2.003.00; geese, $6.00 7.00 per
ducks, $3.004.00 per dozen; turkeys,
live. 14 16c per pound.
Potatoes 40 50c per sack; Bweets,
2 2 Jc per pouna.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, $1;
per sack; garlic, 7c per pound; cab
bage, 2c per pound; parsnips, $1;
onions, l'c'per pound; carrots, $1.
Hops 28c per pound:
Wool Valley, 15 16c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 1516c; mohair, 25
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 3c; dressed mutton, 7
7 i2c per pound; lambs, 5 '2c.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $6.00;
light and feeders, $4.50; dressed,
$5.006.50 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $4. 00 4. 60;
cows, $3.50 4.00; dressed beef, 6'.2
7c per pound.
Veal Large, 6Tc small, 8
8 ,'ac per pound.
San Franeiseo Market.
Wool Spring Nevada, 11 13c per
pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 14c; Val
ley, 16 18c; Northern, 9 10c.
Hops 1899 crop, 8lSc; new
crop, 1900, 1012c.
Butter Fancy creamery 23c;
do seconds, 21 22c; fancy dairy,
20c; do seconds, 19c per pound.
Eggs Store, 17c; fancy ranch,
22c.
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00
20.00; bran, $12.50 13.50.
Hay Wheat $8 12; wheat and
oat $8.00 10.50; best barley $8.50
alfalfa, $6.00 7.50 per ton; sraw,
25 37, "4c per bale.
Potatoes Early Rose, 30 75c; Ore
gon Burbanks, 90c$l; river Bur
banks, S565c; new. 1 Js2c.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia,
$2.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00
5.00; California lemons 75c$1.50;
do choice $1.752.00 per box.
Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50
2.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom
inal; Persian dates, 66c pez
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