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.
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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
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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
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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
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2 2j
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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
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Jlrs-Lydio E. 1'lnkbain. Lynn, Mass.: "About
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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
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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,
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