SNAKE AND BIRD.
A Itemakable Contest Between a Partridge
and a Black Snake.
M-n . t . . fx a. & 11 .
norn or j-tT nnr ir. to gp mhi r ii v i run
that snakes ever charm birds, it is true
that birds sometimes attack and kill
snakes. An account is given in the In
dianapolis People of an exciting contest
of this kind, in which a partridge was
the victor. It happened in Preston,
Wayne County, Pa- A traveling sales
man, while trout-fishing in a creek
near that place, heard a commotion in
the bushes near the creek, and cries
such as are made by young chickens
when they are lost. lie peered through
the bushes, and saw a hen partridge
and a large black snake engaged in a
combat. -Huddled
together a short distance
away was the partridge's brood, peep
ing in. terror.' The partridge attacked
the snake with her beak and feet, and
struck also below with her wings. She
moved with such rapidity about the
snake, that, in spite of the quickness
with which the reptile is enabled to
throw it fnM nhntir, anrt.hfno it, nr.
tacks, the snake was foiled in afl its at
tempts to encircle the; bird, which
seemed to be seeking to blind the ser
pent by striking at its eyes. .
In its efforts to get the bird within its
coil the snake seemed to glide over and
under her like a flash, but, no matter
what course it took, the partridge
never failed to slip away from it and
deliver a telling blow upon it.
Once the snake retreated several feet
as if Hying from the bird, and the latter
followed it closely. Suddenly the
snake turned ana rusnea DacK at ; toe
partridge with its head raised more
than a foot in the air. The bird dashed
- forward to meet the serpent, and deliv
ered a blow with its beak which struck
the snake square in one of its eyes,
This was apparent to the witness, who
stood within ten feet of the contestant',
by the snake's instantly dropping its
head to the grouud and rolling it from
side to "side as if iu great pain.
The bird did not Toe a second in fol
lowing up her advantage, but pounced
on the snake close to its head, and, with
strokes delivered with surprising rapid
itv, inflicted wounds with her beak
which seemed to daze the snake and it
glided first in One direction and then in
another, making no further effort to
defend itself, and yet apparently unable
to tma a way to escape. . v
The partridge kept up its effective
striking on the neck of the snake until
the head was almost separated from the
body and the reptile ceased to move.
xne man, auvanceu at tnis point in
the battle, but the bird continued to
tear at the flesh of the' snake until he
was near enough to touch her, when
she beeame aware of his nresenee for
the first time. She retreated hurriedly
to the spot where her terror-stricken
after her with a few clucks, led them
away into uie unuerurusu.
i- A-1 1 I 1 "
On examing the snake, it was found
that besides the fatal wounds it had re
ceived in its neck, both of its eyes had
been put out by the partridge. The
snake was nearly five feet in length,
and had in its stomach the partially
digested remains of a large rattle
snake.
DEMPSEY'S DOG.
A. Gothic Canine Which Smiled With Italic
Eyes.
There is a far-away cloud, no bigger
than a man's hand, idea forming in
my mind that Dempsey's dog ; don't
like me, for although I have only met
him twice, he has taken particular
pains to hurt my feelings; still I am
bound to conquer him in the end as he
has conquered me. I started out
few days after our first meeting to see
Dempsev and learn something of the
dog's character. As I approached the
house I beheld, seated on the front
steps, the Gothic canine and fancied
that her smiled when hi3 italic eyes
ested upon me, and perhaps a remem
brance of our last interview-crossed h's
mind, but no wag of reeognition dis
turbed the serene ,composure ;of hi
parenthetical tail. 1 attempted to re
new our acquaintance by observing:
'loggy, : doggy; good doggy; don't
you know me?r' but as I received no
answer save a suburban growl, I con
cluded hf had not Durdened his
brain with a remembrance of
so insignificant a personage as
myself, and that he did not care to
make my acquaintance. I was mis
taken, for when I passed by him he
rose up and was about to escort mo
about the premises when Dompsey ap
peared to take the responsibility of en
tertaining me off his hands, or, more
, properly, out of his teeth. I asked
Dempsey where 'he got the dog, but he
said he would not like to say, and, to
tell the truth, I don't know that I blame
him; he, however, said that the dog
was very smart and caught on quickly.
I told him I had noticed that. I al-o
learned that his name was "Grip."
. Now, whether the dog had told Demp
sey anything about our first meeting I
do not know; so I .observed that the
name was appropriate and let the mat
ter rest there. On being questioned as
to the dog's hunting abilities, Dempsey
said he was out of practice on every
thing except fleas, but if I liked I-could
take him out some day and try him.
Having discussed the good points of
, Dempsey'8 dog some little time longer,
I took my leave, but it must have been
that the dog did not think I had prop
erly made" my adieu to him, for he over
took me a short distance from the gate
and rem'nded me of my negligence in
a verv biting manner. When.' however,
I had smoothed over the dog's wrath
and the place he had inserted his argu
ment, I passed through the gate, and,
on turning to look back, baheld him
pointing for a fl?a which had pre-empted
a claim on the equator of his spinel
which leads ma to think thatDempsey's
dog is by nature a pointer. Boston
Post.
The Way Meals arc Served in New
Orleans.
Few set tables. You are served in
the morning before you get out of bed
with a cup of coffee as good as can be
found anywhere in tiie world, and some
. bread or little Creole pie crust cakes.
There is no trouble about your meals.
There is a 'restaurant on every corner
or so, or you can have your meals served
hot, and at the most reasonable rates.
As a general thing, however, they do
not "go in heavy" for breakfast here.
Your coffee is supposed ' to satisfy yon
until midday, when you take a slight
lunch at some saloon. About six in the
evening you sit down to the big meal of
the day. Snppcrthere.is none, unless
you drop in at the theater, after - which
you eat something light Thus, at least,
you will find tho natives doing, and
those who have been visiting New Or
leans each winter for years will tell you
that it is the most comfortable way to
live here and best suited to climate.
REPTILES. AND INSECTS.
Experience and Observations In India The
Important Agency of Dogs In - Giving
Timely Warning oa Cobra's Presence. V
Tt is during the rainy season, begin-
ing with July and ending with Septem
ber, that the insect and reptilo life in
ndia is in full force; when the steam
ing heat has evoked a sudden burst of
vegetation which the scorching drought
of the previous three months has kept
dormant. Then, also, these lower
orms of the animal creation, as if
hitherto dormant from the same cause,
burst into sudden and redoubled life.
Each patch of the almost visibly grow
ing grass teems with multitudes of in
sects, whose ephemeral life seems to
begin and end with the season, or may
conceal reptiles harmlis or noxious to
man. Each footstep has now mors
than ever to be watched against the
chance of lighting at any t.me upon a
dangerous reptile. Chief
among reptiles oi India, as elsewhere
is the snake, and among the snakes of
India the cobra is most dreaded r and
deadly. Third in order of virulcnoe is
is the krait, and as this and the
cobra are most commonly to be met
with of the poisonous varieties I will
chiefly allmle to them. Of these two
the cobra, by reason of its nature to
bite from pure love of attacking, is by
far the most dreaded and fatal. They
are both partial to dry places, such as
hollows of trees, &c, and also find
suitable quarters in the mud and thatch
houses ot the bulk, of the native pop
ulation. The cobra reaches a length
of five feet and is of a light brown
shade, which alone distinguishes it
from other snakes, but added to - this
is the ominous fan-shaped hood, with
its black horse shoe mark, which it dis
tends from its neck when angry, 1 and
which singles it out from every variety.
It has beside a fierce and Tcnoraons look
peculiarly its own, as"- if indicating at
once its nature and its own conscious
ness of power. The krait, on the other
hand, is jet black, with pure white
bands and attains even a greater length.
but does not possess cither the venom
ous look of the cobra or its destructive
propensity. The eggs of the krait I
have repeatedly come across in old cel-
ars or beneath masses of lumber, as
arge as big hen's eggs, white and soft,
but never have I found those of the
cobra. The European is not . long in
the country without making acquaint
ance with one or the other of these
snakes, and generally when least ex
pected or desired. Indeed, the marvel
of most Anglo Indians after leaving the
country is how they have weathered !o
many hairbreadth escapes and are still
extant to tell the tale, especially so
when they recall the very familiar re
membrance of the numbers of their
darker brethren who succumbed all
around them to snake bite. This im
munity they attribute a good deal to
the constant presence in their bunga
lows of one or more pet dogs who are
generally to be found beside their mas
ter's beds at night, sharing along with
them the cooling breeze of the punkas
My first acquaintance with a cobra was
one night when, awoke by a loud bark
ing, rising half up in bed, I saw through
the open door of the adjoining bath
room where the night light burned, my
two terriers barking furiously in full bat
tle front of alarge cobra that was reared
on its tail and facing them in turn. It was
motionless, except for a slow swaying
of the head, its hood was distended to a
complete circle, its tongue darted in
and out, while every now and again it
emitted a loud hissing sound (which at
first made me think of jungle cats) but
never once did it show trace of fear or
remove from the dogs the fierce, fas-
cinating stare that seemed to rouse
them to frenzy as they kept advancing
and retreating, but still carefully out
side the danger line. Fearing their
wrath-might get the better of the'r dis
cretion, J leaped hastily up and dis
patched the reptile with a stick, when
the dogs, no longer dreading their ene
my, vented their rage on his inanimate
body. I remembered that during the
day I had been surprised v; while taking
mv bath at the dogs silently and per
sistently snuffing around an old trunk
in the bath room, and that not in their
usual way when a rat or mou'C was in
the question, but took little notice of it
at the time, though it was in front of
this trunk the snake was reared, and, I
have no doubt it was him they scented
I had to thank them in this instance at
least for. the timely warning. Dogs
however, will never attack a' cobra at
bay. Their instinct seems to apprise
them of the risk. During the drv
months preceding the rains the cobra
and krait often make their haunts
among the numerous rabb't burrows.
where they find temporary headquar
ters and a food supply in the intercept
ed rats. From mistaking the occupant
of a burrow, the lower castes of Hin
doos, who, like the .Chinese, are very
partial to field rats as n occasional
delicacy, sometimes get bitten
An instance of the kind came with
in my own notice. The ground around a
large tamarind tree fronting my minga
low, where the horses were wont to
get their daily food of oats a custom
to prevent the bulk of it going to the
bazar for . the syce's benefit had got
verv much cut up by rats, which had
ben attracted there by the stray grains,
ahd were extending their raids to the
bungalow; so I sent word to the nooncas
who bad long cast wis tin 1 eves on
the spot. After digging but some five
or six nests and unearthing about
thirty rats - the terriers finding de
lightful sport in accounting for them
as quickl5T as they appeared they
were digging out another burrow.
and had come hear the end by the m-
d'eation of signs famaliar to them,
when, as usual, one of them inserted
a hand to bring out the rats" single
hie. and so nrevent therr emerpin?
m a body and some perhaps, escaping.
In an instant the man, with a terrible
i C3 O
yell, drew back his hand with a cobra
clinging to it. The reptile had seized
his finger, but was dispatched imme
diately and a rapid incision with a pen
knife and cautery with a hot iron in
the bitten part, along with a tight
ligature above that, saved the man s
life. Beyond a heavy drowsiness as
from a strong dose of opium, owing
no doubt to the very minute particle .of
the poison that had permeat.d his sys
tern, from the moment s delay, he ex
perienced no further . ill effects, A
source of great annoyance occurs
when a cobra gets into a fowl house,
where it makes terrible havoc, seeming
to destroy from the pure love f de
stroying, and coming back again and
again to swell the number of its vic
tims. It is not an uncommon thing to
find half a dozen fowls lying dead
each morning.' All the Tear Bound.
Fourteen persons were killed at Ivrea,
itaiy, py snow siiaea. '
; If the water In your Washing is hard or
alkali, use the Standard Soap Co. 's Petro
leum Bleaching Soap. . Its effect will
surprise you.
DOMESTIC TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Pittsbunr fears an outbreak of Social
ists.
The Senate has passed the inter-state
commerce bill.
Friends of the Bankruntrv hill ata hnrw-
ful of its success.
R. P. Moore & Son's elavatnr nrwl flour
ing mill atTolono, 111., were burned; loss,
Dr. J. B. Marehisi. who was in thearmv
of the First Napoleon, died at Utica, New
York, aged 96.
The tin can works of M. C. Beardsley &
Co., Cleveland, Ohio, were destroyed by
fire; loss, $2000.
TheJellerson murderers were hanged
at Andubon, Iowa, Wednesday, by . a
crowd of citizens.
General Grant is suffering from a sore
tongue and throat, and has not smoked a
cigar since November 20th. "
"W. P. Chisholm, Superintendent of the
Waukegan (III.) Mill Company, was caught
in the machinery and killed.
The building and stock of J. SBurdsal
& Co., wholesale druggist, Cincinnati,
were damaged $45,000 by fire.
Patterson, Paddy Ryan's backer, has ie
sued a challenge to Sullivan to fight for
any amount and at any date.
Mitchell & Kinbeler, proprietors of the
Hotel Brunswick, have fai.ed. Liabili
ties, $"tU),r00. Assets, nominal. -
Ex-Vi e President Colfax waa honored
by having no less than nine railway sta
tions in this country named for him.
At Strabane. P. T.. Mrs. C. G. Snell and
her six-year-old boy were found murdered,
an ax and fcnire being used by tne fiends.
The Secretary of the Nary has author
ized Lieutenant Gtorge M. Stoney to
make a furtlur exploration o Alaskan
waters.
Mr. John B. SdhciTel and -Mrs. A ernes
Booth were married at Boston the other
day. Mrs. Scht ffd will not retire from
the stage.. .y-:.
William J. Cliffs, a villaore blacksmith
at Stockton, Maryland, has fallen heir to
an English earldom and an estate worth
$2,000,000.
A resolution for an invest! cat ion of the
imprisonment of voters on election day at
Cincinnati, unio, nas been introduced in
the State Legislature.
Charles McKean & Son. soari manufac
turers of Philadelphia, have failed. Lia
bilities are estimated at $165,000. The as
sets exceed the liabilities.
Mrs. Dudley savs Ttossa is a doomed
man. Ihe quicker he recovers the sooner
he will be ready for another shot. Lots of
people are willing to fire it.
Edward Arnott. the actor who made
several ineffectual attempts at sucide in
New York, cut his throat in a boarding
house on Ilalstead street, Chicago, last
wees.
Chittenden Roerers. an exnert bicvcliat
and polo player, while engaged in a game
of polo at BinsrhamPton. N. Y.. fell with
such force that he was almost Jnstantly
Western Union Teleerranh rates from St..
Paul to New York, Pennsylvania, New
Jersey, Maryland. Delaware. West Vlr
ginia, and the District of Columbia have
been reduced from 75 to 60 cents, and to
Chicago, from B0 to 40 cents.
Porter C. Bliss, well known as a ioural-
ist, traveler and diplomatist, died in St,
u u iv o .vayi.att lien XUlki ills UCtVLII
was the remote result of iniuriea inflicted
Dy mctator Lopez, of Paraguay, who tor
tureu mm 10 extract state secrets. ;
The Baltimore and Ohio road has hun
dreds of men at work in the Bristol tun
nel, wkich was fired br incendiaries
water is taken to the scene bv trains
from both sides. It will require a month
w lengtnen tne northern approach, on
account of a fall of rocks.
The District Court of Cincinnati has
modified its order in the case of disbar
ment ot Thomas C. Campbell by striking
uui. vnai pare oi tne sentence which sua
E ended him for ten days. The entry to
e made will be simply that he shall pay
costs oi xne proceedings.
A terrible explosion of gas occurred re
cently in a coal mine near Savannah. Ind
Ter..There were 100 miners in the mine
at the time of the explosion. Three are
reported killed outright, eight or nine se
nousiy burned and forty-two slightlv
onrnea or oi nerwise injured.
Fritz Kramer, a Hollander, 28 years old
and conductor on the California-street
Kailway, San Francisco, committed sui
cide recentlv in his room. He tore the eras
fixtures from their fas tenlngs in order to
let the gas escape easilv. laid down in bed
and was asphyxiated. Disappointment in
love is said to be the cause.
The editor of the Easton, Pa., Sunday
Gull, J- Poter Corrall, has been found
guilty of libelling Robert Rolling, by pub
Ihdiinft an article to the effect that Rol
ling's father was living at th poorhouse,
while Rolling was able to keep him. The
arbitrators awarded Rolling six cents
damage, and put the costs on Corrall.
Senator Hawley has proposed an amend
ment to the Indian appropriation bill pro
poning an apprnpriaiion of from $50,000 to
$150,(00 as a reserve fund to be expended
at the discretion of the President to sup-
Jly food and otr.pr necessaries in case of
istress among Indians arising from un
seen emergencies, where no other money
is available for the purpose.
The Poe memorial, provided by the act
ors of the United States, has been set up
in the Museum of Art, New York, but will
remain veiled until the public ceremonies
of unveiling take place. The statue repre
sents the Muse crowning a medallion like
ness of Poe. It is the work of W. II. Park,
an Araeriran artist at, Florence, from which
city the memorial arrived a few days ago.
F0BEIGK TELEGBAPHIC NEWS.
Portugal has annexed both banks of the
Congo river. .-
The Sultan of Tnrkey spends several
hours a day at the piano.
The Turkish government has recently
ordered several new Krupp guns for its
navy. ;
During a single week recently thirty
murders were committed in Paris and
vicinity. "
An Italian priest affiliated with a
mendicant, order has won 300,000 francs
in a lottery at Turin.
Th Canadian House of Commons I
considering a bill restricting Chinese im
migration to the Dominion.
A rich widow at St, Roches, Canada,
aged 71 years recently married her coach
man, a youth 19 years of age.
In the sculling -match between Ilanlan
and Clifford, at Sydney, Australia, Hanlan
was victorious, coming in six lengths
ahead.
The Italian expedition, consisting of
1,500 men, has been ordered to proceed to
Suakem. It is reported 12,000 more troops
are being mobilized for service in Egypt.
A marriage has been arranged between
Princess Clementine, daughter of King
Leopold of Belgium, and Prince Albert
Victor, eldest son of the Prince of Wales.
Michael Davitt, on arriving at Rome,
went to a hotel chiefly jpatronized by
English travelers The English guests
refused to sit at the table with him, and
Davitt left the hotel, f.
A London dispatch says: Emigration
agent in England and Germany complain
of a large decrease in the number of emi
grants going to America. The falling off
is attributed to gloomy reports spread by
returning emigrants. -
Reinsdorf and Kuechler, the leaders of
the plot to blow up the Emperor on the
occasion of the dedication of the Nieder
wald monument, were beheaded, on the
7th Inst., at Berlin. Rupoeh, who turned
state's evidence, was pardoned. :
Commercia!,
SAN rSAKCISCO MARKET REPOET.
BAGS Calcutta wheat bags, 5fc.
FLOUR Best city extra, $US745.00;
medium, 3.754.-5; shipping superfine,
2.7-v 3.75.
WHEAT No. 1 grades, $1.30; choice
milling parcels, $1.35 $ ctl.
BARLEY No. 1 quality, 90 92ic;
brewing, 1.02.' 1.10.
OAJLo burprise ana milling, $i..dc
1.45: No. 1, $1.201.25: No- if, Sl1.10: off
grades, 75c&$l; black, $11.10 ctl.
CORN Large yellow, $1.151.20; small
yellow, $1.151.20; white, $1.1U1.20 ctl.
CRACKED CORN Per ton, $tf.&0z&
CORN ME A Li Feed, Stf.niTOzS V ton:
fine kinds for table, 2 ;(d 3c 1? R.
SEEDS Mustard, $2.3 lor orown,
and $2f2.25 for yellow; canary, oc;
hemp. 3i&3c: rape, 2i3c; timothy, 5h&
6c: alfalfa, 15c ft; flax, Si.z52.50 ctl.
MIDDLINGS -Per ton, $1618.
HAY Alfalfa, $8.5012.50; wheat, $12
!M 6; oat, 8915: barley, $r!12; mixed,
7s0.
STRAW Per bale, 6070.
HOPS-Per lb, 10,12c.
BRAN Per ton, $1314.
RYE Per ctl, $1.101.15.
BUCKWHEAT Per ctl, $1.701.80..
GROUND BARLEY Per ton, $21.50
23.50. - . :
POTATOES-Early rose, 7075c; river
reds, 6070c; Petalumas, 90c$t; garnet
chile, 7 i00c; peerless, $1151.50; Hum
boldt kidney, $1.1 do red, $1.001.10 p
ctl: new, 2fe2tc V B
ON IONS Per ctl. S1.75 21.87i.
DRIED PEAS-Green, $2.75: niles, 2;
blackeye, 2.05 W ctl.
liEANS Havos. sa.suwa; butter, jsi.iu
1.40; pink. $1.60 1.05; red, $2.232,37;
lima, S1.752; sma.l white, $1.25t.50;
pea, $1.)1.75 t'ctl.
VEGETABLES Green peas, 5c lb:
carrots, 30-0c; turnips, 50&60c; beets, 40
(g&.'c; parsnips, $1; cabbage, 5000c $ ctl.
FRU I i Apples, 3o7oc; pears, I(,z;
lemons, California, $lait.50: limes, Mexi
can, $1012; oranges, California, $1.25
1.75 box.
DRIED FRUIT Sun-dried apples, 2
zc; apricots, 9c; blackberries, vc: ngs,
4c: peaches, 14Vl5c; pears, 4c; plums,
9c; prunes, German, 5; do, a rench, bcu
6Jc, $ fb; raisins, new crop Layers, $1.75
fez i? box.
tllDES Drv. 1? lb. usual selection. 16
lOjc;, drv kip. 1616c; dry calf, 19(a20r!:
silted steers. oO to on lbs, 7(gj7jC
WOOL - Mendocino. MaZOc. & t!
Humboldt, 13U0e; San Joaquin, 68c;
eastern Oregon, 14(3: 10c
LARD Eastern, U1U for tierces, and
Hi e 1 1 c for paiis; California, I0-Ib,Hfe:8'rC.
HONEY tomb. 7c; extracted, 45c
PIT).
BEESWAX-QuotableJat 24'i6cJ lb.
BUTTER Fancy, 28jc; choice, 'J728c;
fair to good, 'I 26c; ordinary, 20a22sc;
mixed store shipments, dull at I2417c;
pickied roll, ".riJJ 25c firkin, 19:alc for
good to choice, and 5iSc for ordinary to
fair EasU-rn. L;15c ? lb.
EGGS fc? dozen, 27c.
POULTRY Turkeys, cobblers, 1720c;
hens, 176?2')e; dressed do. 2tK'2ic 0 lb;
roosters,j$4.75(a5',for old and $5r506.50 for
young: hens, $B.007 00; broilers, $5:5.A0,
as to size; ducks, $7.5J;a9. 0 doz; geese,
$2.25.a 2.50 pair.
TALLOW Urease, 34; crude, 5J(6c:
refined. 7K47Ac ? lb.
CHEESE California, 12.113c.
SALT Per ton, $lfi.
RICE Hawaiian, 41; China, 3f 6c.
SUGAR Dry granulated, 7ic: extra
fine cubes, 7e; fine crushed, 7?c; powder
ed, 7c; extra fine -powdered, 9c; extra
golden C, 6; golden C, 6c.
P0BTLAND MARKET EEP0ET.
WHEAT Per ctl, valley,
$1.171.20;
Walla walla, $l.lU'-0i.iZ4.
FLOUR Per bbl, standard
brands,
$4.25; superfine, $ i.00; country brands,
?3.75.
BEANS Per ctl, small whites, $2,25;
bavos, $3; pinks, $2 50; butter, $2.50.
BUTTER Per Ib.choice dairy, a!32c;
country store, 12j(15c; Eastern, 22i25c.
CHEESE Per ft, choice local, 15c; im
ported. 12.f 14c.
DRIED FRUITS-Per lb, apples, 50 8c;
plums, OWSc; prunes, 88ic; peaches, 13c:
raisins, $2.25 W bx.
EGGS Per doz, 20c.
LARD Per ft, pails, 12c; tins, Eastern,
12c; tins, Oregon, llc.
OAT MEAL Common, $3.50 ctl.'
CORN MEAL Per ctl. $3.
HOMINY Per ctt, $3.75.
CRACKED WHEAT Per ctl, $3.
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR-Per ctl, $.75
5.50. "
RYE FLOUR-Per ctl, $4.
RICE Per ft, China No. 1, EJc; mixed,
4Jc; Hawaiian Islands, 5Jc.
VEGETABLES Cabbage, ljc; onions,
ljc 1? ft; carrots, $lfr 1.50 $ sack; turnips,
$11.50; beets, $1 1.50.
CANNED GOODS Tomatoes, 2$-ft cans
Iff doz, $1.10, gallons, $3.50; pie fruits, as
sorted, $1.50, gallons, $4; green corn, $1.25
l.(50; oysters, $1.25 2.25; lobsters, $1.75
(W2.75; jams and jellies, $2.50.
COFFEE $ ft, Guatemala, green, 11J
124c; Costa Rica, 12JC; old Government
X&v& 2(m? -'
POTATOES Irish, $ bu, 2530c; sweets
$ ft, 12o. v
POULTRY Chickens, & doz, $3? 4.50;
ducks, $7(8; geese, $910; turkeys, 1? ft,
lOfifllc
PllC VISIONS Haras, ft, 1316c; ba
con. Iltol2c.
nnOHERIES Pickpls. Iff kecr. Sl.lO'ri
1.25; starch, fc? ft, 7 9k:; codfish, 6c; mac
kcael, No. 1, kit, $2, No. 2, $1.75; herring,
dried, $ 10 ft bx, 75c.
SUGARS Quote bbls: (A) patent cube;
8Jc; (A) crushed, 8 jo; drv granulated, 7c;
golden C, 61c; extra powdered, 8ic
SEEDS Wholesale to farmers tf ctl, red
clover, $ 5; alfalfa, $16; white clover, $35;
alsike, $32; timothy, prime. $7.50; Ken
tncky blue grass, extra clean, $1 ; peren
neial ryegrass, $15; red top, $12; orchard
gras, $1; rye black, $2; bone meal,
ton, $3h; bone phosphates. $45.
SPICES ft, pepper, lSfaiic: mustaid,
18c: ginger, 18c; cinnamon, 27Jc; nutmeg,
80c: saare, 30c.
TROPICAL FRUIT Lemons, $6.50(7
1? case; bananas, $3 75; cocoanuts, 8c; or
ansre, $1 50 3 H0.
BR AN -Pr ton. $1316.
M IDnMNGS Per t.n. 820(5 25.
GROUND BARLEY Pr tou $2 25.
OATS Choice milling, 30c; choice feed.
30 . 33c, - - -
HAY Per ton. timothy, baled, $11:
loose, $12.
HOPS Pt ft." 10 - 12c.
WOOL Valley, 13(ff 15c; eastern Ore
gon, 12 ' !5c.
GRAIX BAGS Per ft, Cdcutta, 22C&
30c, 7)C?c.
HIDES -Per ft, green, 5J6; dry,
16c; one-third off for culls; deer. $125 -i
25c; bear, black, $1055; bucksbin, In
dian, dressea, oOWVc; elk, 10c.
BROOMS Per doz, $2.25 a 6.50.
-me jsxuwauivee ocnurttt sao tna
St. Paul's Episcopal Church in that
city, "contains the finest window in the
woria a criumpn oi arc in siainea
glass, such as can be found nowhere
else." The central panel of the window
is a reproduction of Dores great paint
ing, Christ Leaving the Pre tori um. The
entire window, will cost about four
thousand dollars.
"You were , asleep last nignt,
weren't you, my dear, when I came
in?1' he asked. "Yes, and it was a
great blessing toyou that I was asleep."
"I hardly think," he returned mildly,
"that it was a great blessing. It was
owing to the fact that you were asleep
that I escaped a great blessing." N.
T. Sun.
"Well, I declare!" exclaimed an
editor, as he inspected the baby of an
old newspaper friend. "If he isn't a
marked copy of the old gentleman!"
N. Y, Independent.
CATHOLIC COLLEGE.
J. D. Kingsley, Secretary Holy
College Gymnasium, Worcester,
writes: Every member of our club
Mr.
Cross
Mass
frarkly admits that St, Jacobs Oil, the
conqueror of pain, is the best cure they
have ever used, and all speak of it in terms
of the highest approbation. Fifty cents a
bottle.
AN OTEETASKED E3AXN.
A clergyman in Iowa, after a few weeks'
use of our Treatment, says: ' .
" Your Compound Oxygen has worked
like a charm. I have ' no special ailment
except from an overtasked brain. Wake
fulness, nervous irritability, and tendency
to paralysis were the most marked trou
bles. Now, after! three weeks' use. in
crease of tceiaht. clear mental horizon.
freedom from incipient paralytic at
tacks, ana good rest. What more could 1
ask?"
Our "Treatise on Compound Oxvoen."
containing a history of the discovery amd
mode ot action ot this remarkable cura
tive agent, and a larere record of surorisintr
cures in Consumption. Catarrh. Neuralgia.
tfroncnms, Astnma, etc., and a wide range
of chronic diseases, will be sent free. Ad
dress Drs. Starket & Palen, 1109 and
Hii uirara Btreet. i'miadelphia.
All orders for . the Compound Oxygen
Home Treatment directed to II. E.Ma
thews, 606 Montgomery street, San Fran
cisco, will be filled on the same terms as if
sent directlv to us in Philadelphia.
Youth discounts the future, but age of
fers a premium for the past.
0. H. D.
Walking down Broadway is very pleas
ant when you feel well, and T K
aever felt better than when his friend
asked , him how he got over that severe
cough of his so speedilv. "Ah, my boy,"
said T , -G. M. -D. did it!" And his
friend wondered what G. M. D. meant.
He knew it did not mean a Good Many
Doctors, for T K had tried a dozen
in vain. "I have it," said he, just hitting
the nail on the - head, "you mean Dr.
Pierce's 'Golden Medical Discovery," or
Gold Medal Deserved, as my friend J
S- always dubs it." Sold by druggists.
Some rise, before the lark, other fall af
ter the lark.
Coughs. "Brown's Bronchial Troches'
are not new and untried, but, having been
tested bv constant use for an entire sren
eration. thev have attained well-merited
rank among the few staple remedies of
the age. ;' - ' ',.
Those who desire the strongest and abso
lutely the best should buy the Giant 13ak
ingPow'DER. There is no mistake about it
A SHREWD
MASTIFF.
Foregoing: an
Old Grudge to Gain an
Ally
In a Fitjflit.
A gentleman in the County of Fife
possessed a fine mastiff, Vh:ch he was
in the pract:ce of sending every morn
ing with a basket in his teeth to a
neiarhborinor villacre, with a letter ad-
dressed to his tradesman, who ex
ecuted the commission contained in the
note, and returned the basket filled
with provisions by the faithful messen
erer. As Jfompev was one morninsr
leaving the village,' his
basket laden
with warm rolls and a nice leg of
mat
ton, he was set upon by a host of
little
curs, who, after a desperate
ensraire-
ment, forced him to seek his safety in
icnoble flizht,' leavinz ,' the well-con
tested basket a prev to his victors
But he was too proud to go home.
Now, Pompcv had long been the
mortal foe of Caesar, a hero of the
same, race, attached to u neighboring
gentleman. Many a bloody encounter
increased their deadly ha'e;'yet victory
still remained in suspense. On the
morning af the defeat of Pompey that
hero was seen taking his way to Caesar's
abode. Utcsar appeared on the lawn,
earer to meet his foe, when, to the
amazement of the spectators, Pom
pey, as he approached his rival, held
out an olive Dranen, oy every means in
his power imploring a reconciliation
Ca;sar met his advance. "From that
moment their animosity ceased. Pom
pey had previously provided for his
friend', a feast of carrion. After a
heartv repast, he led him against the
assembled hot of little curs, and be
fove thacliampions-left the village every
foe had bit the dust. After many mu
tual congratulations, no -doubt, and ex
changing vows of "eternal friendship.
the co Kjuerors separated, and Pom
pov now returned in triumph to his
master's house. Dublin Irish Times.
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
The Legislatures of
Georgia
and
North Carolina are both
moving: to
establish tecffnological schools. ho uis
viile Courier-Journal.
- -The State Board of Health of Indi
ana strongly reoemmends that the firs
principles of sanitary science be taught
in the public schools.
The University of Pennsylvania will
soon found a school for nurses, the
Hannah Long legacv of $300,000 for
that purpose becoming available. Phil
adelphia Press.
The faculty of Yale College has de
cidod to make Saturday of each week,
beginning with next term, a whole holi
day, and to hold recitations on Wednes
day afternoons instead
The Baptists of Iowa have .$ 216,000
invested m buildings and endowments
...... r .
ana thirtv-ono instructors are engaged
in teaching 345 students in tho four in
stitutioas under their patronage
Mrs. Bishop Warren a?3 $100,000
for the endowment of the Denrer Uni
versify on condition that $50,000 should
be raised in addition from other sources
itecentiy a largo meeting was held in
the r irst liaptut Churca m Denver, at
which $20,000 were subscribed to the
University fund. (Viicaqo Ti'iics.
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The Greatest Medical Triumph of the Age!
Indorsed all over the Worldt
symptoms of a
TORPID LIVER.
Loss of appetite, Nausea, bowels cos
tivet Pain in the Head, with a dull sen-
satioa in the back part. Pain nnder
the snoulder-blade, fullness after eat-
lngt with a disinclination to exertion
of body ormingU Irritability of temp
er, Low spirits,Los30jmqry,with
a feeling of having neglected some
dnty weariness. Dizziness, Flutter
ing ot tne Heart, uots before the eyes.
Yellow Skin.Hea3LachetRestles3ne,S3
at nignij mgniy coiorea urine.
IP THESE "WARNINGS ABE UNHEEDED,
E22I0IT3 EISEAS23 WILL SSSH S3 SSVELCPI0.
TO" ITS FILLS are especially adapted to
such cases, one dose effects such a caange
of feeling as to astonish the sufferer.
Tbey Increase the Appetite, and cause
the body to Take on 1 lh, thus the sys
tem is nouriaHed, and by their Tonic
Action oil the Digestive Organs, Rcfru
lr Stool are produced. Price 85 teati.
Yorra um m.
Gkax IT aTH or Whiskers changed to a
GtossT Black byaeingle application of
this Drs. It imparts ft natural color, acts
Instantaneously. Sold by JDrngeists, or
sent by express on receipt of $1.
Office, 44 Murray S., New York.
N. P. N. U. Nc. 2.-8. ft N. V. No. 139.
M0H ! CAST THAT SHADOW THY
You can't do it if you have liver com
plaint or dyspepsia. The darkened coun
tenance tells the story of inward commo
tion and woe. Clear your stomach.
strengthen your digestion, regulate your
liver, tone your nerves, and then away
goes the shadow from your brow, and you
are happy because you are well.. Mrs. M.
J. Alston, of Littleton, N. C, says: "I
recommend Brown's Iron Bitters to the
nervous and debilitated. It greatly ben
efited me."
Old Maderia is the popular wine of
Washinton tables.
We accidentally overheard the following
dialogue on the street yesterday:
Jones Smith, why don t you stop that
disgusting hawking and spitting? , -Smitfi
How can II You know I am a
martyr to catarrk.
J. Do as l did. l had the disease in its
worst form but I am well now.
S. What did you do for it?
J. I used Dr.Sage's Catarrh Remedy,
t cured ma and it will cure you.
S. I've heard of it, and by Jove Til try iu
J. Do so. You'll find it at all the dr
trug
stores in town. .
Only one in twenty-nine of the people of
taly subscrib for a newspaper.
CATARRH A New Treatment whereby
a permanent cure, is effected in from one to
three applications. Particulars and trea
tise free on receipt of stamp. A. H. Dixon
& Son, 305 King street west. Toronto, Can.
A CA R IK To ail who are amfertntr from er
rors and indiscretions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss of manhood, etc., 1 will
send a recipe that will cure von, FREE OF
CHAltGE. This great remedy was discovered
by a missionary in South America. Send self-
addressed envelope to Rev. Joseph Tm Inman.
Station D. New York. . ."..,
TO NEWSPAPER MEN.
Palmer & Rev. Type Founders and Press
Dealers, make special quotations on Type
and Printing Material to Purchasers in
the Aortnwest. Nos.liz and 114 f ront
street, Portland, Or-p:on.
Try Germea for breakfast.
A father who has put his boy into a law
office, speaks of him as his son-in-law.
Colds, fevers and inflamations broken
up by Dr. Pierces Extract of Smart-Weed.
Electric lightning trains are proposed in
England. -
I00W5
BU
THE g
CESTTOIIIC. ?
This medleine, comeining Iron with pure
vegetable tonics, ouicitly and completely
Cnres Dyspepsia Indigestion Weakness,
Impure Dloed, fiIalaria,CbUls and Fevers,
and Nenralifln.
It is an unfaiiinsr remedy for Diseases of the
Kidneys and IJver.
Wt is invaluable for Diseases pecnliar to
omen, and all who lead sedentary lives.
It does not lnjnre the teeth, cause beadache.or
produce constipation olher Iron medicinet do.
It snriches and purifies the blood, stimulates
the appetite, aids the assimilation of food, re
lieves Heartburn and Belching, and strength-,
ens the muscles and nerves.
For Intermittent Fevers. Lassitude. Lack of
Energy, &c., it has no equal.
jO- The genuine has above trade mark arid
crossed red lines on wrapper. Take no other
Had only by PROnH rnFSII'!. CO.. tUl.TIHOBF, V
13IPOItTIiI
NOBMM ..'fiOBSSS.
H? T. FAIRBANKS & H. WILSEY, THE ONLY
direct imporlers of Norman Stallions from
France to California. Every one is recorded in the
National Register of Norman Horses, and those in.
want of thia class of Horses, if rfesired, can purchase
them on one or two years" time, at reasonable inter
est? with satisfactory security. We will sell cheaper
than the same class of Stallions can be bought any
where else in the United States. sjT'Sead for Cat
alogue. '
Petalnma, Konoma Co., Cal.
osumPTiorj.
t hare a noslti ve re mi r for the abora dlM : br 1(4
use thoas&nris of eases oftlis worst kind and of tone
stsndlnir hTO boen enred. inde""!
10 strong is iDTfftUh
in ltsefflcacr.timt 1 wl 1 send TWO ROTTLB3 FRBK,
I BOTTLBS FKB
ISB on thisdiMm
logetner wun v a i.iaii.i iiiuii:is on inn o
to any ufirer. GiToernresssnd P O.sddr ss.
PH. T. A. SLOCUM, 181 Pearl St.. h ew York."
Antisell Goll leial
Save halt; iArsreet
Factory In tne State
PIMOS
4, SO, MS juiiis at.
vim
13 CfjaiiKESSca 6 AND 5.
Bars enri wTlhoui o,.rt!ou tfrcol; an-i '"J 'T1
PRINTERS
1 c
iU51 11 11 11
If you are going to, start a Paper
or Job Office. TTrito to Palmer l
Rey for figures before purcbasing
elsewhere. We sell , lower than
any bouse on tbe Coast and beep
the only stock in the Northwest.
Remember, no house can undersell
112 and 114 Front.
i V
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to a pf7 n rf !
nrfH!d
Absolutely Pure.
This powder never varies. A marvel cf purltr,
strength and wholesomentKs. Jlore economLul tian
the wdinary kinds, and cwnnot be sold in competi
tion with the multitude of low test, short weiitfit,
jtfum or phosphate poolers. So!d enly in cans.
Kot&i IiAKLvo Powder Co.. iu6 Vail street, N. Y.
PIAXOH. OlMiAKS.
KOIIIiKK A CI1AHU. sHn Francisco ana Pork
land, Agents for Decker Proa., Fischer, Behning Behr,
Bros, and the Emerson I'laiiOS. Also for Mason
Hamblin and the Ctauw Organ. These agenrfe are
selected for merit, and represent tne best in the Market.
Write for description and tet prices. Headquarters
for Band Instrnments and Baua Supplies.
eTCiiniiaV kkaxicji & BACH
U I tl il I f A I .Oablor, lloenish Pianos; Burdet
Organs, band instrumetita. Largest stock f Shret
Music and Books. Bands sa plied at Eastern zrioot
iL GRAY. 2P Post Street, San FrancLco. ,
R. U. AWARE
THAT
Lcrilhrd's Cliisas Plug
bearing a reef Untog; that Lorillard's
Itncs I.euf fine cut: that LoriHard'S
Navy Clippioea. and that Lorillard's Snufi, ar
the best and cheapest, quality considered t
r 1
Warranted, to relie
cure Heart Disea-
U l. MACK A CO,
A0Z5T3,
S.F
jsiaonsnea l&bi. f. '. jjox mio.
JOHN F. ENGLISH.
Grain, Produce and General "
COMMISSION MERCHANT
Xos. 313 and 315 DavfN Wtrret, .
SAN FRANCISCO CAL.
(Member of S. F. Produee Exchange). Consignments
and orders will receive prompt attention. Cash ad
Tances made. - --
PETAWMA FNCUEATOH
1HM Still Ahead! lH4
3 Sold Medals, 1 SiWer, and 14
First Premiums.
PRICE. - - - r
? Hatches all Kinds of Eg-jrs
All sizes from 30 to 650 eggi. '
fend for large illustrated circulw No. 11. Explains how
tohatch ndraiechicken profitably. Circulars free. Ad
dress PKTAX.UMA INOVBATOR CO. PetaJum Oai
ic'M l is; ip;
ufSJieOeneres
live Organs
ouJckly cured ty the 01 VI ALE Mf.
tue HOSPITALS OF FRAE. PR
I tiUD. Ai!orit3 in all
wot retr.m or VlfWa,
Eimplc case. .i to SS.
Acncjr. 16C 5ruitun St.. !o Vol,
l.SAi.FiELDiN. fn'!tciVetl)anl
V-T-s. wi ;lTonlc Cure. j
st hen
il.Ant
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LKiomij, as. .iiamy.
Wsakneis. Virile V-cllne,
Impotency, Orereensitive
Conditions, Prostatitis, Kid
ney and Bladder Complaints,
Di.eascs of the Blood, Erup-
i tions. and autke evil e Sects
"of youthful f oilies and ex-
i sesses ; permanently pre-
J5Tlting all inrolontary
wc-kening drains upon the
syst m, howerer they oecnr,
restoring Lost Manhood.
nowerer esompneatea oo
case may be and where all other remedies Lara failed.
A Permanent Cure Absolutely Guaranteed.
Price 2 50 per bottle, or fiye b-ttlea for $10. Bent
npon receipt of price, or C.O.D.. to rny addreea, stnet-lpr-Tate,
by tVU C. D. ft.4LFIEl,I.
216 Kearny Street, San Fran.-ico Cal.
fta - BuflicieBt to snow its
llUaJl re'anr.r
aBBBBBBagBaBBSBMBscnsnsswstatlne symptoms and age
Consultations, su-icuy oonndential, by letter or at
office, rnss. "
tor s f XTrSir for
tnocurecf cEraiiKmrnia
cf the pc net-drive orpnr.s,
Tbre Is no tr.israte ubovt
tlits instnnint, tho orn
tfnoous ft ream of StEO
TRlClTi pemieattn',
throucb tho parts rmtsS
rcftore tbem to bejilihy
action. Do not ronfonnd
this with Elertrio E!W
af vertlsed to cure ati Mi
trrn head toto. Ittafoi
(.ha O.S'K sneoifto tnrtfe
(orMrrulars irtrlrii tiil'.ir
f'.i-iastlon. aodregs OiKuTfl'
Ooctrto Kelt uo.. 1C( Wtulur
Wtoa bt.. Cliwauo. ill
Portland; oregon.
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