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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1887)
I OREGON SCOUT. JONES & CHANCEY, Publuhers. u.viox, ouk(;ox. PITH AND POINT. A good pilelnr for a base-ball nino never holds a quart of beer. C'nctgo JnicT'Occan. A great many people owe their gentlemanly appearanco to tlioir clothe, and a cro.it many ovvo tlioir tilothcs to their tailor. Baptist Weekly, Many iv man who imnginos that ho is a big electric light iinds out to his sorrow that he is only a little tallow dip. New llavr.n News. "Docs position nllcctslecpf sonio ono asks, lt-ally, wo can't say, but the young man who has 19st his place because ho was habitually lato in tho morning is convinced Unit too much lccp afl'oets position. Journal of Edu cation. A very wealthy young woman questions her confessor. "Is it a sin, faUtcr," she asks, "to take plcasuro in baving people call 1110 beautiful?' "Certainly, my child, it is always -wicked to encourago falsehood." JYcncJi Fun. Society Hello (to a continued old bivhelor, hemmed in on all sides by tho giddy members of her giddy set) Now, before you can cseapo us, you jnust tell us what athletic exercises -you prefer. C O. U. Dumb bolls. Tableau! "Augustus," Raid Maud, who, as ho luid been calling on her for some time. thought she would give him a hint. "1 -should like to bo an actress." "An actress?" repented Augustus, in ;is wmislunont "Wnat on eurtli do you want to bo an actress for?" "Because then I might bo ongag.id?" She now wears a solitaire. N. Y. Sun. -She Know Hint. HhOHiit, Itotlilc mo nt tlio piny In all bur girlish lovolltiChH, "Wlillo In tlio mx across tho wny AdowuK?r In gorKUOu drum Hat, while ttn diamonds glittered bright, On wrinkled neok nnd shoulders bnre; "Ah. uoro tliow) gems my own," I cried, "I'd tlnd (or them a pluco more fulr." Sweollmort," I whispered, "nerd I toll Whom I would huvo tliosu gnms roposo?" Hbo faltered not (shu know nw well), "Why, with your undo, I Hiipposol" Chicago 'Tribune. "Ah, Mrs. Fogg," said the profes sor, placing tiio biscuits in front of him, "J never ignore your rolls, whatever else I may do." "Indeed, professor, your words charm my soul. As the poet wiys, 'Kvcry ear is tickled with the swoct music of applause;' but 1 have noticed that there is one of my rolls for which you buciii to have a chronio aversion." "And that is, my dear mudamP" "The pay roll," responded tho landlady with a smile that reached -over and tickled the solemn boarder so that ho laughed. - -Life. HINTS ON COURTING. Bomo Thing ii I.ovor Should, nml Otliors In Should Not, Do or Hay, Select tho girl. Agree with tlio girl's hither in politics and the mother in ni ligion. If you have n rival keep an eye on him. Don't swear to the girl Unit you never hoard yourself snoro in your sleep. Don't put too much sweet ubnTou paper. If you do you will hoar itTcad in after years, when j'otir wife Una some especial purpose in inflicting iiKn you the severest punishment known to a married man. Co homo at n. reasonable hour iu the evening. Don't wait until tho girl has to throw Iter whole soul into a yawn that she ism't cover with both hands. A little thing like that may cause n coolness at the very beginning of tho gamo. bi oc-ld weather finish saying good night in the house. Don't stretch it all Uto way to tho front gate and thus lay the foundation for future asthma, bronchitis, neuralgia and ulironlo catarrh to hell) J"011 worry the girl to death after she has married you. Don't llo about your llnancial condi tion. It is very annoying for a bride who has pictured for hersulf a life of arxury In your ancestral halls to learn too lute that you expect hut to ask a bald-headed parent to take you lit out of the cold. Don't bo too soft. "Those little hands shall never do a stroke of work when they are mine, and you khall huvo nothing to do in our home but to sit all day long and chirp to the caiiaiios," fts ll any sonsiblo woman could be happy fooling away time iu thatHort of style, and a girl has a line rctontivo memory for soft things and Illy promises of courtship. Occasion ally, iu after years, when sho is wash ing tho dinner dishes or patching the west end of your trousers, she will re mind you of them iu a cold, sarcastic lone. Don't bo a chump. Joieu MeS' tcriger. Art Arkansas Dig at Kansas. A traveler in Kansas, whilo crossing n prairie, canto upon a party of friends wlio seemed to bu preparing tho land for agricultural purposes. 'My friend," said tlio traveler, ml .dressing one of (he men, "you tire lay ing oft' your corn rows quite a distance upart." "Corn rows P" the man gasped. "Yes, those rows over there," "My stars, stranger l" oNclniiiiod the Kansas man, "is It possible you ain't beam of it P" "Heard of what?" "Of tho boom. Man alive, them ain't corn rows over tlutr; tlioy air streets, mi' this horo is a city. Von air now on tho corner of Commercial mid Km poriuni streets, an' not in the check of a corn row, us you niout suppoio." Arkansas UYttvclcr, PIN-MONEY POINTERS. A Spring nml Summer IVnrdrnho Com pleto lor Twenty-I'lvo Dollar. Getting a spring and summer outfit of dresses, hats and wraps for $2.0 is a feat that most economical maidens, as well as those older in tlio world, may well envy; yet this was accomplished last week by a young lady who earn" her own living, and occupies one of hose position whero sho must dress neatly, even nicely, on a very small salary. How she secured her tasteful wardrobe at so low a figure is l.est told by her own words: "JJitring the warm wcatlier I ant so busy, and, besides, I have no inclina tion to stav in -doors and sow, and concluded th'w year to get all the clothing that I needed until tho fall as early nrf possible in the spring. 1 knew that I had to have an entire new walking dress, which must also do seiTioo for church on Sundays; then :i jacket and hut to go with it, were also necessary. lor summer wear, every day, 1 must have two light dresses, and I thought that dark sateens would be tho most serviceable as well as a saving iu washing, and for my best summer dross. I concluded to got a white one. These four, I think, will clothe mo nicely all spring and sum mer." Tho street dress was first inspected. It is of soft, light, all-wool cheviot, a deep gray iu color, and is made with a side-plaited skirt, short front and long back drapery, with a vest, collar and cuffs of black velvet. The cheviot was .'.") cents a yard, double width. Tho same goods is down cheaper now, coming in all the now shades. It, took eight yards of material, one of velvet at $1.20 and another 1 for lining', besides $2 for making the basqtto and draping the skirt, in all $7 for a very neat and pretty suit. J he jacket to ;o with it is made out of two yards of the materia!, lined with scarlet, silesia and cost for cutting and making $2. Tlio hat is a pale gray straw, costing untrimmed $1..VJ, and is faced with a bias piece of black velvet left from t ho dress, and trimmed with full loopings of gray silk feather-edged ribbon, three yards at !50 cents a yard and a long silver spike put holding the bows, the cost of the latter being 25 cents. Tho whole outfit cost within $13, and is as ladylike and jaunty as any girl could desire. '1 hail to be very economical in pur chasing my other dresses, volt see, having spent so much f.ir one," said the little financier.- "I made the sateens myself, with (lie exception of cutting mid fitting the basques. 1 could havo done that after a fashion, but I think a dress is spoiled unless it fits well." The sateens cost 15 cents a yard, and there are ten yards in each one. A dark blue, with a tiny crimson sprig in it, is made witli a full skirt edged with two six-inch box plaits, a long apron-front overdress, the back being square and looped full. The basque has a little plaited vest of crimson and a collar and culls piped with the same. The other sateen is a pretty chestnut brown, witli a small, white cross-bar plaid in it, ami resembles in finish the summer silks now so much worn. The. skirt lias three fiouueus, roacliing a little above the knee, and short, drapery iu front, with a lull saslt back. The waist is made with a yoke and puffed sleeves, and is bolted in. Tho en tire cost of these two pretty gowns, with $2 for cutting and fitting, linings and buttons, was just fcG. A hat suited to both of these dresses Is a little brown straw witli a scarlet silk bow, which cost $1 altogether, 50 cents for tho hat and the same amount for tlio scarlet scarf. My whito dress is ever so pretty, I think, and only cost me ??3..r0. The lawn was 20 cents a yard, and witli SI for the embroidered front and SO cents forthe narrow edging, tlio material' cost mo !?:uo." The dress is made with a full plaited aek from the waist to the deep hem; tho front is of tlio embroidery slightly gathered, and the basque has a pretty, simulated vest front of embroidery, with tlio sleeves and edge trimmed to correspond. "Willi the 2 I had left froln my $25 bought a nice black parasol. It will go with all my dresses and will also do mo for mi umbrella," remarked tlio economist, as sho turned her whito Iross inside out and hung it up in her wardrobe until warm wcathor. N. V. Journal. -Mine. Aubcrnon gives literary din ners in Paris and rules them like a strict parliamentarian. Site has a sil ver bell at her side to ring to order, and she gives to each guest his turn to peak. One evening M. U'lian was talking, when one of the lesser lights tried to say something in ait undertone. Sho peremptorily silenced hint, and a few moments later, wlienM. It-nan had finished his monologue, she lapped the hell and said to tho unfortunate: "Now, Monsieur, you may may speak." "But, moil Dliiu, madaine," he explained, "1 only yMitod to ask for some more pitmen. Vuatijo Intor-Oaean. -- Not long ago ti man threw a pack et, which ho did not want, out of a oar window near iliarlnttesvllle, Vu. Some one, thinking the package had boon lost from a postal-car, picked it up and tout it to the dead-letter oillre at Washington. After a week's search the packii"0 was returned to its origin al ownor, who wiote to the dopart niout as follows: "if you porslst in making tlio service so efficient that an ufiUotod ultUoit etui not throw away a package In tho woods without getting t biek through the dead-letter olllec, what won't they do to us?" Chiwgo Vnowne. WHY CELERY NEEDS SALT. Trrlri Itram ly tlio lftretPiitiitl-o Young Women of Amcrlrti. It was a class of young ladies from various of our nrineipal cities, etc., in a prominent seminary that might or might not bo Vaffcar, and tlio exaintn tion was iu writing. Tlio question was "Why docs the vegetable celery requin so much nioro salt when it is eaten than any other garden product?" And here are the answers: 1. Mis Culttira llostoniensis "JJe cause tiio atoms which enter into th composition of this representative of tho genus apiuin gravoiens havo it re pollant effect on any particles of saline matter that may ocoup- a contiguous proximity, and their non-compatibility produces a deprivation that can only bo supplied by a subsequent nianipula tion in reeepticalo sails. 2. Miss Patrissima Philadelphia "Because the ancestral plant did not have salt enough to transmit the Haver to tlio younger members of the family." il. Miss Pulonairs Washington "Be cause it did not choose to absorb anv salinit from tho vulgar herd of particles iu thoiiirrounding earth." 4. Miss Interest!! Now Yor.ka "Ie- eauso tlio salt was squeezed out before it got in, like a Broadway dividend. 5. Mile. La Fillo do SL Loui- "he cause whatever salt it had wont sonic where else." 0. Miss Frigidus Montreal "It does not; frozen turnips take more." i. Miss Inahiirria Clncagoaiia "Be cause it's eaten before it'sgrotvn." 8. Miss Stnyuthoma Cineinnatiensis "Bee.iuse it chose to go without. 9. Miss Coucisu Omaha "Because it's so fresh." 10. Miss Cout rudicta San Franeisea -"Because it doesn't." 11. Miss Count nam Vermonli 'Ciiuso it's good." 12. Mis Pankina C-mnoetieuto Does it?" .rc. DEFYING EARTHQUAKES. Mc thoiU or ('onitriiotliii; Ilo.nr Citpuljli- of ItenlHtliig llivivy Uplicu VilN. A curious paper was read by Prof. Milne at a meeting of the S'sismologieal .Society of Tokio, reporting results ob tained from a seismic survey of the ground iu the immediate neighborhood of Ins house, with the view to discover, if possible, the best method of con structing holism or buildings eapalde of resisting earthquakes, so us to sus tain tlio least damage iu themselves. Throe different ways appear to have boon suggested, by which it was thought probable that the buildings would escape tin effects of the motion produced by the earthquake wave. Tito first was to make a careful seismic sur vey of the ground, and after that, to select a spot whro there would be relatively but little motion though bow this desirable result was to he ob tained wo am not informed. The sec ond plan was to build iu a deep pit, the walls not touching the sides of tlio pit; but by what means this was to save the house, it is difficult to see. as, if an uarlh-wavo passed over tho place, the pit itself as well as the house would necessarily bo effected. A third method is still proposed, and that is, where the ground is soft, a light, one-storied house should bo constructed of either wood or iron, which should be rested .in a layer of cast-iron shot an idea, possibly, to allow tho house to move iver the shot, from right to left or back ward and forward, and so escape being ivorthrown. But still, a vnry heavy wave would upheave, not the hyuso mil its foundation only, but the whole qui ce of the earth round about it; and if that was so. tlio lions, .lmt, pit, and all, must surely lie overthrown in i heap together. The theory, how ever, is both curious and interesting, mil may be well worth the examina tion and consideration of the seieiitifio world, in spite of the dilneultios and .loubts wiucli appear to surround tlio ptcstion. Chambers' Journal. An Inveterate Spoculatar. An agent called on a Dakota man. aying: "You have been recommended to mo us a prominent citizen, mil I havo a patent ice-ereani freezer here which 1 would like to soil vutt. It is-" "Don't want it." "It is something now and -" "Tell you 1 wouldn't have it." "But I in sure you would--" "Wouldn't; no use for it; never eat ico-creaut." "But it only cos's ffl.flO, and poi haps" "No perhaps about it, wouldn't tako your freezer as a gift." "Well, 1 have another scheme hore. I am selling cliumvs for a drawing on the same freezer. There are ono huu Ired tickets at a dollar apiece." "Well, that's more like il put my name down for two tiokets. This is qieeulatlon, anil 1 always g. iu on any thing of that kind." Ihikvtu Hell. Treatment ior tlio Feet. To thosonfllietod with feet too strong in odor for the comfort of their neigh bors, regardless of the three or four thorough washings and frequent changes of hose they are subjected to each day, wo would advise a simple anil harmless remedy, many times ad vised by tlio physician, which is equal parts of pulverizml burned alum and salicylic acid. Bathe and dry tho feet well, then rub them freely with tho powder, and fin a few days keep tho lockings also well dusted with it. Tlio alum can be prepared at home, and your druggist will supply tho othor Ingredient. Uumeiubcr this is not r. cure-all, but it will Improve most onsou ami euro many. HVjfeni Journal of Health, THE EXILE SYSTEM. Ilcpotlc Criiplty of thr itimlan Govern ment Toward 1'rMonern In Mhcrlu. At the Congregational Club of New York Mr. fleotge Kennati gave an in teresting talk upon the Siberian exile system. In 1881 Mr. Keiiuau was scat to Ktissia and Siberia by the Century Company, and has devoted more than two years to tho examination of tin question which ho discussed. He had previously lived in Kussia for several years, and returned to America a de fender of the Russian Government against tlio charges of despotic cruelty so continually made. It was on ac count of some of his newspaper articles defending Kussia that he obtained the letters front the Russian Minister of (lie Interior which enabled him to pursue his investigations. Witliontthese letters he would have linen arrested before see ing even tlio outside of a Siberian prison. The result of Mr. Konnan's two years' experiences is thai he can no longer defo lid the Riis-ianfloverii-inent against any of the eharg pre ferred. He met iu Siberia a great many political exiles, !ome of tliein cultivat ed young women, and he not on li censed to regard them a half crazed fanatics, but he came to love and respect many of them ax among the most high-minded and noblest natures he hud ever met. Very few of th -in. none of thorn, in fact, were "Nihilists." There were among them Socialists of all descriptions, but the majority would he content with a constitutional monarchy. The prisons in Russia, says Mr. Ken nan, are merely for tho detention of prisoners awaiting trial. Offender of every description are 'iled to Siberia. Of these there are inr.v about twenty thousand a year. Contrary to popular opinion, only about one percent, of the exiles are political criminals. The prWous in Siberia are n overcrowded :i' almost to insure disease, and the ho pitals so overcrowded as almost to in sure death. Bods and llooriug are sat urated with tiie germs of all kinds of diseases and befouled with all kinds of vermin, while the air I warmed only by tiie pent-up heat from the human bodies, long unwashed. It is the loath someness of tlio quarters rattier than the hardness of tho work which ren ders S.berian exile so inhuman. Sentence to Siberia is not always the result of trial. Very often it is by executive order. Sentence bv the court works the civil death of the exile. His properly is distributed as if lie were dead, and his wife is legally divorced. hi spite of thN, however, the wives almost always accompany tlioir hus bands to Siberia. Mr. K.muaii says that when wives are sentenced, the husbands do not, as a rule show an equal devotion. Mr. Konnan's account of how he diet tlio political exiles, their talks with him, and the messages which they sent by him to their friends, enabled his hearers to see tiio Russian exile system from the exiles' point of view. Mr. kennnn was uniformly well treated bv the Russian officials, but he tvo some striking .incidents of how those officials treated the prisoner.. The closeness witli which the political prisoners are watched is almost ludi crous, line olli"ial asKou .Mr. ivennaii how he would search a prisoner. Mr. Iveiiuan replied Hint no would nave him strip naked and examine every square inch of his clothing, inside and nit. I lie otheial smiled and said: "1 havo found hair tiles in prisoners' ear, loiters in their noss and mouths, and even messages sealed up iu the hollow of a prisoner s tooth. When Mr. Konnan was asked bow long he thought the present system of Uns-dan government would survive, ho replied: "Certainly for twenty or thirty years." Not more than one man in a thousand iu Russia reads the news papers, and it is dangerous for a stu dent to try to teach tlio peasantry. I'lie vast inert mass of illtto rates m.tk es volution practically impossible. Christian Union. STYLES IN JEWELRY. Novoltloi In rinsr-ltliic. Scarf-Plus mid riitln mid lluiii-Io Itrxu'i'lrtx. Hematite balls in pins and ear nings are secured nv slender ciaw settings, which app'ar to grasp them like the talon of a bird. A double moon-face iu profile, the outer ono ot gold anil the inner one like a shadow of the iirt. of platiua. was noticed among a new lino of scarf pin. Silver bonbon boxes in what is termed the "sandblast finish, . e., n matting of line sand, set with small round garnets iu diamond shaped pat tern, wore recently observed. Tho jeweled 11 y which last fall occa- ionallv alighted on the popular flower pin seems to have takon n fancy to his iii roiiudiugs ami made it a permanent resting place. In onyx ear-rings one of tlio most popular patterns is the faceted ball witli three narrow pearl-set leaves overlying it. like tlio outgrown envel ope of a bud, and a fourth extending upward to form the front of tho ear ring. One of th.) prettiest onyx bracelets now made consists of plain rectangular links .'lternating with pairs of beads. Both beads and links are pierced and trtttig on two small pllaut chains, which give great flexibility to tho bracelet. A very attractive line of plain wire bangle hrtuudct; with hand-chased or naments iu the form of interlocking hooks, kuot-f, loops and rings was re cently seen, i ttcy are maile in ixith polished and Roman finish, mid u .sin gle diamond Mil iu tho Hunter of the design enhances thi bounty of this filmplo :uid inexpensive bracdot,' Jewelers' Wcdtfy. I A VICTIM TO FORTUNE'S FAVORS. A reporter of the Appeal, hearing Unit Mr. J. C. Ctirsy, of tho Tivoli Garden, 181 Main street, had "etrtick" The Louisiana State Lottery in the drawing of tho 1-lth inst,, dropped into his place of basinets yesterday after noon and found him quietly serving his castomoft', us though tho "pick-up" was no new thing to him. The re porter stared in amazement, wonder ing at tho serenity of this favorite of fortune. , Finding speech, bo congrat ulated Mr. Curry upon his good for tune. "Ob," said the winner, with a waive of his hnnd, "it is a small mut ter only ifo.OOO and my hand has been shaken and my health drank un til I am dizzy." "You treat tho mat ter coolly," the reporter ventured, more amazed than ever. "Yes," Eiiid Mr. Curry. "I got $",000 and placed it in bank to my credit. I did not particularly nced'it. It is just a lucky hit that is liable to btrikc any man that plays against a square game, and the Louisiana is fair, you know," and witli this the proprietor of onc-twen-ticth of ticket No. 21,(558 turned to re ceive new congrrluhi lions and to set up tlio drinks, while the reporter slowly returned to his wigwam, con templating tlio wonderful nerve re quired lo stand up under such a stroke of fortune. Memphis (Tenu.) Appeal, June 28. HOME AND FARM. Don't wato food on cows unable to make decent rcttiui. Live as much as possible on the sunny side of the house. Farm Jour nal. Fried Squash: Slice thin, dip in egg, then in flour, and fry in hot bttt tor. --The time-honored custom of feed ing little chicks an exclusive diet ot ceriiineal is now- condemned 'y sonic authorities. --Corn, as an exclusive diet, is whol ly unlit for a horse. It is the nio-d heating food. Corn meal ought always to be fed with cut hay. Western Hural Aparagu: Tie in small bunches but not very tight, put into boiling water, and cook about a half an hour. Serve hot upon toast witli butter. Christian at Work. To grow corn as many farmers do, and get a yield of thirty or forty bush els per acre, affords little profit, but just as much as there is in half tillage of other crops. ( ountrii Gentleman. Good draining is one of tho most essential things in a stable. The va pors which arise from liquid remaining upon the floor are inhaled by the ani mals and produce ill-health. -Montreal Witness. Well-drained and deeply-tilled laud stores warmth to such an extent a ti prolong the eason of growth, and ob viate riks of fro-t that otherwise might reduce profits of cultivation materially. A good feed for young pigs that are nearly ready for weaning is equal parts of meal, ground oats and shorts, one quart of the mixture in a pale of skim milk, allowing them all thev can drink of it, three or four times daily A little ammonia in hot water tablespvxmful to a quart or a small quantity of borax dissolve 1 in the water, applied with a soft cloth or flannel, will clean paint and windows without soap. Farm, Field and Slock- man. Iviihit, which is now extensively used a a fertilizer, is a compound of the sulphates of potash and magnesia. containing. alo, common salt and other chlorides. It is not only an ox ceiient. icriiiizer, neiiig soiuole, nut is one of the best materials that can he used for preventing loss of ammonia in the manure pile. .5. l,ouis Ilepublican. Cheese Omelet: Beat three eggs, add to them a tablespoonful of grated Parmesan cheee, pour into a hot pan; fry and fold in the usual manner. Just before folding add a heaping table- spoonful more of ehoeo and turn out on a hot dish. Dust a little Parmesan cheese ou top and serve. Baptist Loads Uphill: Nothing is nioro com mon inan to see a team drawing a heavy loul up a hill, urged to do its he-t from bottom to top, and when the top is reached the horses are breathing heavily: while a sensible driver will hold in Ids team, and when the top of the lull i.s gained there is a little quick ened breath and no cxliaustion. Again, it is oonunoiisior a team to be driven rapidly down hill. This, too, is all wrong, lameness and stiffness often occurring as a result. In both rising and descending a hill a team should bo made to movo slowly. . . 1 " hy do wa preior tlio poets of tlio past to those of the present?" asked tho teacher. "Because," replied the smart bad boy, "the poets of the past are dead." "And, therefore?" sug gested tho teacher. "Thoyi can not write any poetry," continued the smart bad bov. "Neither do the pools of to day," replied tho teacher, kindly; "so you are away oft" your bae. Go down foot." And tho astonished boy began to wonder if the teacher wasn't getting a little nad liorsolt. it turned out, however, that a magazine had just re turned her versos ami published soino 3f Whittior's. llurdette. l.Ullo Tommy was taken to see tho Stewart collection of paintings and tood for a long tlnio in front of (Jerome's "Gladiator." At length ho said: "Mamma, which ono is Simon?' Why, what do you moan, child; thero is no billion tiiore. "los, thouo is: don't j-oa seo bo's just said 'thumbs down. I think tho picture would liavo been a groat deal prettier if ho had said 'thumbs wiJr2ie-watrl7le,, " ANSWERING LETTERS. A Duty Which Should He Performed as Promptly ns l'oolblp. Even in this busliicss-liko age, when every thing is done by system, and not even the smallest inquiry by mail ia supposed to remain unanswered, thero is now and then found a business man who does not fulfill the duties of a cor respondent. Such a ono was tho head of a largi agency in one of our sea board cities who had, in front of hisfc desk, a long row of pigeon-holes, all of thcni marked "unanswered letters," and all stalled full. "Why don't you - answer those let ters?" a visitor asked of him one day. "What would b'j tlio use?" ho an swered. "Wiry, they would only go and write to nn again 1" Another man, a lawyer, was found by a c ilier one day sitting in front of an open grate, with his elbows on his knees and his chin on ids hands, watch ing a great heap of letters burning fiercely in the grate. "Why, I thought your man said you vcre very busy," said tho caller. "I am," said tho lawyer. "What arc you busy about?" "Answering my correspondence," said the lawyer, as ho pointed to thb letters burning in tlio grato. It is worthy of noto that the agent w!io feared that his correspondents would write to him again if ho an swered their letters lost his place, whilo the lawyer had means of earning an in come other than those attending to tho business details of Ids profession. There is no safer rule t'.i it a business man can follow than this: "See that all your letters are promptly and politely an swered, by somebody in your emploj-, if you can not doityourself. " Youth's Companion. A witness who was palled to prove tho correctness of a doctor's bill, was asked if tho doctor did not make sever al unnecessary visits did not continue Ii is professional calls after the patient was entirely out of danger. To which he replied, after a little reflection: "Well, no. The fact is, you see, the patient wouldn't bo entirely out of danger as long as the doctor kept visit ing him." N. Y. Ledger. It lias been proven that Arab horses are not more fleet of foot than those of any other country. A belief that they were the fastest nags has always been entertained till lately. Tlio Arab horse, however, can no doubt stand more hardship than any other similar ani mal in other countries, and can keep up longer on short rations than any other horse anvwherc else. A war of extermination is being waged upon the English sparrow in Albany, JN. l. Jlioynrc siiot ny tiie bays and sold to provision-dealers at ono and one-quarter cents apiece. The dealers get thirty-seven and a half cents a dozen for them for pot-pies. rOKTIiAXW VKOWUCl MAKKRT. BUTTKll " Fancy roll, i? lb Oregon Inferior grade Pifkled California roll do pickled Chkksk Eastern, full cream Oregon, do California Egos Fresh ,. . . Uitii'i) FiiuiTS Apples, qrs, sks and bxs... do California Apricots, new crop Peaches, impeded, new ... lVurs, machine dried Pitted cherries Pitted plum", Oregon Figs, Cat., in bgs and bxs.. Cal, Prunes, Frmch Oregon prunes J'O 1(5 12 20 7J 2p 21 18 5:0 15 (c 20 14 (2) 10 14 i 25 7 8 r, is a 2t 12 14 10 40 11 7 8 8 Cm 10 10 124 i'LOun Portland Tat. Roller, t lib! 9 5 00 Salem do do 4 75 White Lily l? bbl 4 7". Country brand 4 2j 4 .'55 Superfine 3 00 GllAIN Wheat, Valley. f 100 lbs... 1 ni (Si 1 IT. do Walla Walla 1 IS) 1 53 Barley, whole, V ctl 1 10 do ground, f ton 20 01 S 25 00 Oats, choice milling bush 50 t'S do feed, good tochoice,old 50 live. I 100 tt 1 00 1 IU Fcnn Brnn. tt ton 22 00 23 00 Shorts. V ton 24 1 0 Hay. V ton. baled 18 00 (tft'O CO Chop, t? ton 25 1 0 (530 00 Oil cake meal ? ton. E0 CO (o32 5C Fiiusii rnuiTS Cherries, Oregon, t7drm... 1 00 4 00 5 (0 lemons, uuiirornia. rnx.. Limes. It 100 1 fU 7 50 . 3 00 3 50 . 1 00 il 50 13 14 OJto 7i . one-thrd ofl". 10 (g 1 00 2 2j 1 00 . 1 25 1 50 1 20 Hivornldo oranges, f box. . . Los Augdes, do do ... Peaches, box limns Dry, over 10 ltm, V lb etsaitco, over fa lis Murrain hides Felts Vi:r.i:rAiii.K.s Cabbage. t lb Carrot-, tt sack Cauliflower, doz Onions Potatoes, old. V lb 00 new, uo Woor.- East Oregon, Spring clip J4 m 20 is 21 auey uregou, uo For AVeaJi Women. Jlrs-Lydio E. 1'lnkbain. Lynn, Mass.: "About ho first of September, 1SSI, my wifo was taken with uterine hemorrhage. Tho best styptics the physician could jrcscribo did not check it and sho got mow and nioro enfeebled. She was troubled with Prolapsus Uteri, Leucorrhtwi, numbness of tho limbs, sicknpjss of tlio stomach and loss of apatite. I purchased a trial bottlo of your Vegetable Compound. Sho said she could discover a salutary effect from, the first dose. Now sho is comparatively freo from the Prolapsus, stomach's 6ickneaj. tc. Tho hemorrhage is very much hotter and is less at tho rogular p?riods. Her appetite is restored, and her geueral health and strength arc much Improved. Wo feel tbat wo havo beeH won derfully benefitted and our hearts arc drawn out in gratitudo for tho samo and in sympathy ior ouicr suuerers, ior wuose sokes wo allow our names to be used.' C. W, KATON' Thurston, If, V, Tho Compound Is put np in PilL Lozcntro anil liquid form. All sold Tr dnisnrfsta. The and Lotcnges sent by mail on receipt of price.