OREGON SCOUT,
JOm Ac CHAHG1Y, Publishers.
vttxon. ORKOOH.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.
Mrs. Tcnnyaon is described ns a
rwcot, graceful woman, with singular
ly winning, gontlo mnnnora, but look
ing painfully fragllo and wan.
Mrs. Emily lllploy Barnes, of Wal
polo, N. II., aged oighty-nlno, and
blind, is tho author of a history of the
Bellows family of that town, recently
published.
Julian Hawthorno has said himself
that ho probably makes moro by his
pen in a single year than his father
mode in his wholollfo; and yet ho is re
puted to havo had a hard, continuous
strugglo since ho adopted literature as
n profession seventeen years ago.
Current Literature.
Fontmoro Coopor's only daughter
still lives at tho novelist's homo at
Cooporstown, on Otsego Lake, Now
York. Tho old homestead has boon
torn down, but tho old material was
used in building tho now houso. Tho
monument erected to tho novelist
stands on tho shores of tho lake, but
bis body lies buried in tho villugo
church-yard.
Of W. D. Howolls as a boy-printer
tho Ohio State Journal says: "Ho was
a hard worker and a first-class com
positor. Ho is still romembored as
ono who rarely mingled in tho sports
nnd jests of tho composing-room, had
few companions, and always scorned to
have his mind on a career much high
er than a conventional compositor,
whoso only ambition was to get a big
'string' and mako away with his earn
ings." Thoro aro loss than livo hundred
Individuals out of tho sixty millions in
tho United States oxcoptlng, of course,
those who havo a direct editorial posi
tion who can mako a decent living
by tho haphazard and promiscuous
snlo of poems, sketches, stories and
literary articlos In gonoral. I say llvo
hundred, because that llguro is largo
enough to oxcludo inlstako;. but tho
oxact truth, if thoro woro any roul
statistics bearing on tho subject,
would fall far bolow that number.
America.
Napoleon was a greedy novel
reader. Andrew Lang, the ossaylst,
gays that ho was ono of tho most
voracious renders of novels that over
lived. Ho was always asking for tho
newest of tho now, and, unfortunately,
even tho now romances of his period
woro hopelessly bad. Burblor, his
librarian, had ordors to sond parcels
of fresh fiction to his Majesty whorovor
ho might happen to be, and great loads
of novels followed Napoloon to Ger
many, Spain, Italy, Hussla. Tho con
queror was very hard to ploaso. Ho
read in his traveling carriage, and
after skimming a few pages, would
throw a volume that bored him Into
tho highway. Ho might havo hoc
trucked by his trail of romances.
HUMOROUS.
Customor (to waltor) "Romo
choose, ploaso." Waiter "Hog par
don, sir. Sorry, sir. Cheoso out, sir."
Customor. "That ho? Whondo you
expect it backi"' Life.
A coroner's jury in Arkansas sat
on a man killed by a stone In a brawl
and returned a vordlct saying that
"tho deceased was rocked to sloop."
Ban Francinco Alia.
Patient Old Lady (to olovator boy
reading dimo novol) "How often
does tho olovator go up, boyP" Klo
vntor Hoy "It goes up at tho end ol
every chaptor, ma'am." Time.
" No, sir, I never kick a man when
ho is down," said a slim young hotel
ulork. " I did it onco and tho follow
jumped up and thrashed mo so I
forgot my own name." Hotel Mail.
Mamlo "What liro you writing,
Minnie; your willP" Minnlo "No;
I'm writing my won'L George pro
posed last night, and I told him I'd
answer to-duy." 2'tfrre Haute Express.
"CJoorgo, don't!" oxulalmed she;
you aro altogether too much llko the
Anthracite Coal Trust." "Think ho.
my dearP" "Yos, tho nearer tho win
tor Heason draws nigh tho tighter you
nquco.o. " Chicago Tribune.
Old Mrs. Bontloy " I boo tho
newspaper says that in a light with a
burglar old Mr. Stocking barely es
caped with his Ufa" Old Mr. Hont
loy "It would havo boon funny if ho'd
escaped without his Ufa." Judge.
Flint Student You haven't got
any idea of what a contemptible opin
ion I havo of our professor." Second
Student "Humph! I guess that's the
reason you didn't answer any of tho
questions ho aakod you yoatorduy at
tho recitation." Texas Biflingt.
Sleep Is Btated on high authority
to bo tho best remedy for sleeplessness.
It la recommended above all after a
careful consideration of tho many de
vices to overcome this trouble pub.
lUlied from time to time by sleepless
t pooplo who stay awako tolling others
of tho advantages of their methods.
J'M Hattdth in Jm u irr.
Mm. Hendricks wu making an
afternoon cull im Mrs. Ilnhmn, whuu
Mr. llobaoii opened the fi'out gate ntwl
fctrodu down tho uli'oot. " What it llnw
looking limn your hindmnd lit. Mm.
JIuIi.imi," nilil Mr. uiuli'Uiki "ho
i'(mi Mini MiltllHrly In lit IwHrlntf "
"Viw," nUirninl Men MuUmii, m
Vlllinul prldu, "JlulfeiW tWi'Uw liliu-
0uf Mwll w WMV IMltlUUM lU H Mill'
(HI) W )(.'' J Mil llluW " ' ! U yuitirf
WWwj ' ' ' Only u Ihw m-w lw
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
KILLED BY A DUMMY.
A Convent Tsiutilrn Dona, Two
Freight Tralua Wrecked. Fell
'' 1 From n Ilrldec.
A MISSING HUNTER FOUND DEAD
Killed by a Dummy.
O. P. Grant, an employe oi wie ouw
, ' , ' ,. . a
terStn-t Railroad Company of San
FrunpiHrn. waH run over by a dummy
oml rannivml iniuriea in tho back an(
bin wbinh caused his death. He was
lying flat on his face and rcachini
tlirnncli n man-hole, encaged in rt
pairing tho road, and did not notice
Uin nnnroach of tho dummy. Tho
nrimnmi ainmrentlv did not seo the
nrnHtrto mnn until too late to avoid
rimnincr over him. The dummy
nu trlii. Grunt and rolled him about
tuntiv frnt. before tlio train was
Btopped.
Forcut Flrca.
Dr. Jones and It. H. Shingle of
Graas Valley, Gal., hud a fearful ex
nprinnnp. While driving homo from a
place known as "You Hot" they ran the
gauntlet of a not lire ior iwo nines
On both sides of tho road bugo pines
blazed, and ono place on their way
was blocked by fallen trees that they
li.nl in uHHiht to burn, so as to get a
roadway. Tho absence of wind ia all
dull, ullnwpd them to net through. All
thn timber oast of Greennorn creek
is on lire. At Johnston an extensive
shiDgle mill is reported destroyed.
MlkNliig Huuter round Mend.
Mr. F. E. Ertle, of Idaho Oit' ro
latos the account of finding tho body
of a hunter: Mr. Wallace Brown, son
of Robert Brown, proprietor of the
Brownlco Ferry, Btartod with a com
panion named CharleB White on a
hunting expedition to tho mountains,
riinv hud with them a eood Biipply ol
ti ri ti 11 111 firm blankets and food, be
sides taking with them a tent. They
pitched their tout at tho head waters
of tho west fork of Brownleo creek,
and about noon of tho 2nd of Decem
ber they started in search of deer.
Whon out some timo they separated.
White's statemont is to tho effect that
ho looked around for Brown but could
net find him, and returned to tho tout
in tho evening. Brown did not ro
turn up to tho ond of forty-eight hours
so Whito returned to the terry and
notified tho pooplo there that snow had
fallen to tho depth of two foot before
ho left camp. On hia reporting
Brown's disappearance, all tho men in
tho neighborhood sturttd in search of
tho body, and remained outuutilsnow
interfered, but during tho entire sum
mer mon havo been looking for tho
body, without success. Two montlm
ago a band of Indians wont through
tho mountains but could get no tid
ings of tho missing man ; but on the
20ih inst. Mr. Thomas Arthur, while
hunting, dihcovorcd a gun and a pair
of mittens, lying at tho head of a
email gulch. Mr. Jmirpny roponeu
tho matter to tho senior Mr. Brown at
tho ferry, and a party ol searchers
started out on tho 22nd, and the fol
lowing day Andy Williamson found
tho skeleton of n man, nbout a quarter
of a mile from tho tent, and about the
Biimo distance from whero tho mittens
and gun had been found. Tho gun,
when found, was still loaded. Tho
body was intact, showing that it had
not boon molested by wild anininls.
Tho body was lying on its baok, and
indications aro that ho was on his way
to tho tent whon ho fell. Blood marks
were found on his clothing, and tho
coionor deemed it advisable to hold an
inqueot on tho remains. Brown was
32 years old, and loaves a widow and
three children. Mr. Charles White.
foil Ilrown on tho ox
UJV-
One
I
lin J i I inn. in ifoauribed uh u, crunk.
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man relates a Btory oi yuhu uomK
on tho road with a friend somo time
ngo. Whito was riding a mule, but
had run out of feed. Hia friend had
an abundanco of it, and told White to
use eomo,but rather than do it ho took
tho mulo into tho mountain and shot
it. Binco tho finding of Brown's body
Whito has been running like a wild
. . f i-
man 1HOH& iiiu " " I
There aro some fears that ho h lUbiino. I
:
mini n mil? t in minus oi a orcek.
t'lrci on Ilourd u Nleunior.
Firo was discovered in tho pilot
houso of tho steamer San Joaquin, at
Sacramento, Cal., and before tho ar
rival of tho engines damage amount
inir to $500 or $000 had boon done.
It is believed tho firo was tho net of
an incendiary.
A llurn lluriu-d.
A firo was discovered in tho barn of
W. W. Montague uear Agrews station
in Rim Jnsn. Hal. The burn with 100
tons of hay was completely destroyed.
loss, ifouvj.
A Convent Tumble llowu.
During high winds at Petalumn,
rial., the old convent building in pro
oe of removal fell down with u loud
crash, Two young ladle narrowly
tfcOttpod being criminal to doutli,
l'rlulil Truliik Wri't-kt'ii,
Tlium wa A Kinunliup at l'luolo,
m. i i u,iiirmunii(i fiiik'ht train run
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Into Hie wnl iMJtiiul hiuvmI train, wiw i
i.. ,ir hi iIh lui.t ..f tinuiK. kiiiukiiiiiu
I fi.iiulu .uiMui.il thiuMiiiu Ihtim ,
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II Ui lllU lllU'H
I lltl Uill! I III- Hi till'
the timo of tho accident, walking on
top of a box car, and was thrown into
a pond of water nearby. When picked
up he was more scared than hurt.
Passenger trains woro delayed one
hour by the accident.
Fell from n Bridge
The work train of tho Heppner
branch arrived at Arlington, Or.,
bringing with it a man named Peter
Bon, who was badly hurt by falling
from a bridge near Bedford. His arm
is broken and ho appears to bo hurt
internally. Ho was foreman of a
gang of bridge builders.
A Youth In Trouble.
Wm. Montgomery, of Portland
Or., was arrested in San Francisco
.
and taken to the city prison whero
WArraut w,lB Wftili ' or aim ch.
warrant was waiting for aim, charg
mi? him with fortreiv. It rtems thai
Chas. Crumley and Montgomery havo
been rooming together. urumiey
Bays ho paid the rent of his room
mate, as the latter was out of funds
and also advanced him money ai
times. September 20th Crumley be
came Berioutdv ill and Montgomery, i
is claimed, tent a telegram to tho sick
boy's parents at Philadelphia, signing
J-H 111 .it
urumioj's name, in wnicn no siaieo
'Send money; I am very sick." Whei:
the money arrived, amounting to $30
Montgomery nrocured it at the tele
graph office, it is said, signing hi
friend's name to tho receipt. Since
then Crumley has seen nothing of hi
roommate, but his dumnncurauce wa
explained when Crumley received
letter horn homo asking him if ho re
ceived the money. Crumley invest!
gattd tho matter, then swore to t.
warrant for Montgomery's arreflt
Whon Been at the city priton Mont
L'omnrv acknowledged his uuilt in
part, but claimed a companion, whoso
name he wm not give at present, was
moro lmphcateu than he: lurlher
that he, Montgomery, was under the
influence of Honor at the time the
dispatch was sent and did not realize
tho criminality of the act. He says
ho has written to his father in Port
land telling him tho circumstances
fully and has seemed a postponement
of the trial for ten days, as ho expects
a reply by that time. He left Port
laud about six months since. He is
aged probably 22 or 23. To sparo the
fneliiiL's of his faniilv he does not care
to givo his father's interests orplaco of
business
Siiicldu.
A man registering as Antono Shafer
from San Joo. was found dead at
Sonoma, Cal., with tho top of. his head
blown ofr by a bhotgun with supposed
suicidal intent. He left a note saying
there was no use to inquire about him
aB he had no relatives.
I)etructlvo i'lttiiica.
Tho flour mill of tho Central Mill
iner Company of Gilroy, Cal., was de
stroyed bv fire. A number of adjoin
ing buildings were damaged. I he
loss to tho Milling Company is $1G,-
000. Well insured. It waB only by
great energy of tho firemen that ad
joining buildings woro saved. Two
brick store on either side of the mill
were all that saved an extensive con
flagration. The building oonosito
caught several times. Among other
loasea, besides tho milling company,
aro the followimr: W. Farminirtou.
$1,000 ; Henry Miller, $3,000 ; A. P.
Bailhuge, ipouu ; besules many othors
whoso individual losses aro not as vet
ascertained. '1 he contents of tho
mill aio a total loss. Somo think it is
incendiary, while others beliovo it
caught from tho machineiy. It is
stated that they will not rebuild. A
now steamer recently purchased at a
cost of $1,500 did excellent work.
Ileuitt uded to Ultiua.
Fifteen of tho fifty-one Chinamen
who were released from tho steamer
Uelgiu at San Franci-eo, on tho plea
that they were merchants, won re
mnndfxl tn China bv Judi;o S.iwver. lit
. - - i
tho request of their atloruys, who ad
mitted that tho men count not bo
11hmi1 an merchants. The ."minimi
r- -
Chinese merchants thoro nay they are
.! .1 . .! . 1 1 1 I..
giaii mis iiiuuiHuuu ii(iuiii)( iu (ivauu
tho exclusion act has lauoil so com
pletely and ignominious!).
fire In a Urucrry Store.
A fire broke out in the celLr of a
frame building on Sutter street iu Ban
Francisco, occupied by Diotrick
Becker us a grocery. The walls of tho
ImililiiKr u-nrn torn ilmvn' to Itkkii tin
o -- '---
firo fiom spreading, hut in spite of the
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IU11UIIB (II lliu luuuiuu mi nujvjiiiiiiu
building caught anil was considerably
damaged by fire and water. Tho to
tal lofti i $5,000; insured. Three
ladies became frightened and went
upon tho nx,f, from which position
ihoy woro rescued with great dilli
oulty. Atteuiited Nulcldo.
A tramp, having every appearance
of a lunatic, entered Thomas Jones's
barber hop, at Albany, Or., and after
standing around for a few minutes
seized a razor and attempted to out
his throat. Mr, Jones and Wm. Mack
interfered and put him out of the
shop. Ho was then taken in charge
by Poliuemau MoClain mid was lad oil'
to the city jail. Ho grow violet
when captured and wan a tough una
tumor to handle, llowu ai-ooiiipuii
led by ono Win. GariuUt, an Uliutrant
marblo cutter, who somo month ago
nearly died m tin oily in a III, and
who wan riHumtly iuIcumhI fiom ilia
iiiMtiiiu luyluni. Ilo wu umiattHl fur
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KMtf . l'il ikhiI fiom ilia imUww
inaii Mini ihii uimiii inn uwh
iJofituiu I'' iaf, unit umiUI mil
llflKll.tll'U Ik Itilllttl
west of Tucon, Ariz. Tho body was
covered with rocks, and the pockets
had been rifled. Ho is beliovod to
have been ono of the desortera from
Fort Lowell who lmd been murdered
by his companions for his few dollars.
Catholic Churcli tin il College Durncd
The Catholic church and college
building in St. Helen:-, Cal., caught
firo and was totally destroyed. For
tunately an exclusion train returning
from Napa arrived ten minutes after
the fire started, and 200 excursionists
of St. Helena and Calibtoga were very
quickly on the scene, and assisted in
saving personal property nnd adjoin
ing buildings. Tho loss to the Catho
lic ocity is $10 000. Tho colloge id
insured for $5,600. Tho origin of the
fire is a mystery.
A (iniubler Sentenced.
T. G. Laoy, recently fouud guilty of
conducting a clock game in Piatt's
hull in San Francisco, was sentenced
to pay a lino of $100 or serve 100 days
in jail. His council gave notice of
appeal to tho superior court. The
charges against the 300 men arrested
for visiting tho game were dismissed
on motion of tho prosecuting attorney,
who said tho arrests were made more
for the purpose of forving as a warn
ing tLn with a desire of securing
their conviction.
Cnroless Wltti u Gun.
David N. Winbiglor, aged 20 years,
while cleaning two guns at his father's
residence in Stnta Ana, Cal., acci
dentally let a shotgun fall on a rifle,
discharging the latter and fatally
wounding himself in tho abdomen.
He died shortly after. His parents
aro well-to-do people nnd old settlers
there.
(ullty of ilHiiMliiiiK liter.
Tho trial of Albert K. Wolff, his
wife Berta, and Alfred E. Peterson for
tho murder of Frank Wilson, at San
Juan-by-the Sea, Cal , was conducted
in tho Btipei iur court, the jury finding
Albert It. Wolff guilty of manslaughter
and Hcquiting Berta Wolff and Peter
son. CllillUIIIUIl AMVHWMlllUtcd.
Wong Ah Ling, a Chinese domestic,
waa fired upon in Chinatown, San
Francisco, by somo persona lying in
concealment. Two shots were tired.
One bullet entered tho right thigh,
and passed through tho leg ; tho
olh(-r, passing through the body, made
itH exit at the lower part of the ab
domen. His ibjurks are fatal. Wong
said he did not know his assailant, and
clainia he was shot through mistake.
Terribly Crushed.
William Cotter, a drayman, of Sn
Francisco, was thrown fiom his ?cat
by tho truck striking an obstruction
in the street. Tho fall stunned him
and the wheels of tho heavily loaded
tiuck puescd over his chest, horribly
crushing him. Ho was taken t a hos
pital where ho died shortly aftor. He
leaves a wife and six children.
Itr. Hlocli'n I'usltivc Denial.
The hearing of the charges of irreg
ularity in his official capacity pre
ferred against City Physician Bloch of
San Francisco, by Coroner Stanton
and Shorn! McMann was practically
ended. Dr. Bloch positively donied
ho had ever given poison to Goldeuaon
the executed murdererof Mamie Kolly,
as h is been staled.
A Parisian Ducho98 has botterod
Sarah Bornhardt's tigor club by adopt
ing a real panther as a pot. Sho koops
it in a lor. cago and givos it suu and
air on tits voranda, whore sho foods it
htsstjif, stroking It through tho bars of
tho cage as sho doos so.
Tho "bird-mlndors" of Southorn
rico plantations havo sharp contests
with tho rico birds, who aro vast con
sumers of tho growing crop. Begin
ning thoir attacks whon tho grain Is
first formod, thoy dostroy sometimes
as much as ton per cont. of tho crop,
A physiciun brlofly roviowing tho
history and progress of modiclno saya
that In tho timo of tho Middlo Emplro
of Egypt's history, progress In medical
knovvlodgo waa chocked on ivcoount of
tho rule that now niediclnos and treat
ment could bo employed by a doctor
only at tho risk of being put to doath
if tho patiout died.
Georga W. Chllds. tho Philadel
phia editor, keeps throo houses alwayi
In readiness for occupancy. Ho c&a
eioop, thoroforo, in Philadelphia, at
Long Branch, or at Bryn Mawr, and
till be at home. Ho stops at any ol
his homos just &a tho fancy solzos
him.
A correspondent of an English
magazine allogoa that n porfect oura
for sleeplessness la to thluk of soma
droam ono has had, tho moro recently
tho bettor, and to begin to go ovor a
gain in tho mind as nearly as posslbla
tho details of tho dream. Sleep conies,
ho asserts, almost invariably and oftoa
as quickly as tho fall of a ourtuln.
An Englishman who was playing
billiards iu a public house made a bet
that ho would get ono of tho Ivory
balls Into his mouth. Ho did got it In
and thoro It stuck, In splto of all his
efforts to dlslodgo IU Tho surgeon
who was called in oxtraotod tho lump
of Ivory, but only aftor tuUlng out
bovoral of tho axptfHiiiuiitalUt'a" front
ttmth.
It U kllll) to ho A Otlriull l;'b,
lo waudi Uut UtllM ImtUtH uUUImn
wltmt thay riit ouhim Ut U liuu4
l lli. I,. i... hln i.l.. i .1 .i. l. i v r l.iua
tuaiUMt by lit liovuiiiuinut WUvii
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AGRICULTURAL.
devored to the inteiiksts ol' fa.rmet18
and Stockmen.
If tho old ruts have proved profit
able, stick to them. If not, get out.
It is estimated that to collect one
pound of honey from clover 62,000
heads of clover must bo deprived of
nectar nnd 4,750,000 visits from bees
must bo made.
If the apple tree leaves turn lighter
colored beforo frost changes them
look for the cause in the trunk near
the root. The cauno will bo found in
a borer working his way to tho heart
of toe tree, and tho way to find him
is with a flexible wire inserted in the
opening to hia retreat.
Don't neglect to clean your orchard
of all nesta of worms, etc., and, if
necessary, make a missionary tour to
your lax neighbor's orchard for i- is
not only an act of charity, but of solf
defente. And the samo remark will
apply to such contagious and cantan
kerous nuisances us Canada thistles
and like evil weeds. It is something
wise to dieohargo the duties of your
neighbors in addition to your own,
fcuch benevolence being profitable.
This is what a good many farmers
want to know, that is how to make
moro corn, and here is a bit of sensi
ble talk abfout the matter : Tho beet
way to get niore corn is get increased
yield from the same acreage. A poor
corn crop necessarily costs eo much
labor that it rarely pays a profit. But
if the land is manured highly and cut
tivated thoroughly the crop rarely or
never fails to pay. It is easily possible
to double the corn yield on the pres
ent acreage, and that, too, without
coming near the large yitlds which
have been obtained in special cases.
Tho advantages of dishorning old
animals have probably been exagger
ated. A bull or cow used to hooking
is only temporarily made harmless by
dishorning. While tho recent wounds
aro sore, such uninials will keep quiet,
but with returning freedom from puin
will bo found a return of former vie-
iousness. The art of butting is not
lost with tho horns, and a good butler,
if viciously inclined, lAeds to be
guarded against with or without horns
Tho com crop in all the great corii'
producing States is a very largo one,
and ia now safely rnened. No other
grain crop is quite so important as this
to tho prosperity of all branches of
farming, and therefore of tho entire
country. It is the pivot upon which
everything else swings. Tho crop this
year will be something more than
2,000,000,000 bushels, and in Gutter,
cheese, beef and pork will largely
swell our exports, aud mako up for the
dohciency in our wheat crop.
It ia hold that the destruction of the
cabbago worm may be accomplished
by tho use of pyrothrum. It should
bo in the use of fresh powder and in
this form may bo bought at any drug
store. It "should bo mixed with about
three times it bulk of wheat Hour and
applied to tho plant by means of a
small bellows, mado oxpresaly for ap
plying insect powder. Theao bellows
are also kept by druggists. A very
small quantity of this mixture will be
sufficient for each plant. Ono pound
of tho pyrothum is sufficient for an
acre of cabbages.
It is easily possible in seasons of
abundant blossoming for one-half the
tot of fruit to make moro bulk of ap
rleB than the whole. The codling
moth thins, and usually too much, but
doos not do it the right way. Tho ap
ples aro half or two-thirds grown be
fore thoy drop and fall. Tho true way
is to spray the tree with Paris green to
destroy the worm, and then hand-pick
the fruit before it forms eeoda, and
thus exhausts tho vitality of the tree.
Oats aro almost exclusively sold by
weight, ami all grain should bo. There
is a great differenco in the weight of
thii grain, varying with season, variety
anil locality. Western oats, for some
canoe, are much lighter than those
grown in New York and Eastern
States. The standard weight per
bushel is also two to four pounds less.
Light oats are usually caused by hot
dry weather as tho grain is filling.
Wherever such weather provaila the
seed quickly degenerates, and needs to
bo renewed every few years by import
ations from Europe, whero cooler sum
mers niuko tho condition for grow
ing heavy oata moro favorable than
here.
Desperuto eflbrts aro made by somo
farmers to finish plowing or planting
or cultivating a crop juBt to beat eomo
noighbor who has the enviublo repu
tation of alwavs iKtim? ahead of uuv
one olso with his work. Tho idea o'f
keeping work well in hand is a good
one, and tho honor of leading tho vun
in a neighborhood in all kind of work j
is one worthy to ho bomrht uftnr lm
thoro are other coiibidoMtions that r.
of much more importune than that
of being able to nay that no one is
farther along with their work than
vouaie. Ground U MJiiiukjme inado
liHid to eiiltivalii bv buiiiL' id.
Willi too wut. and oritur urn Mum...
iiiiiu iiiiiitHl by putting the mm in
Hi Uli twiu It u iitl in tho piulitir
ttiiidilluu. lit UMH'M liu ruuu the
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MARKET REPORT.
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Beliable Quotations Carefully Re"
viseu Every Week.
WHEAT Valley, $1 40$ 424
Walla Walla, $1 321 35.
BARLEY Whole, $0 851 00;
ground, per ton, JJ20 0921 50.
OATS Milling, 3234c. ; feed, 28
30c.
HAY Baled, ?10?13.
SEED Bluo Grass, 1215c. ; Tim
othy, 78o.; Red Clover, ll12c.
FLOUR Patent Roller, ?5 00;
Country Brand, $4 50.
EGGS Per doz, 30c.
BUTTER Fancy roll, per pound,
25c; pickled, 222oc. ; infericV
grade, 22A253,
CHEESE EaBtern, 13Jc; Ore
gon, 1314c. ; California, 14c.
VEGETABLES Beets, pr sack,
$1 00 ; cabbage, per lb., lc. ; carrots,
per ak., $ 75; lettuce, per doz. 10c;
oniona,4 85; potatoes, per 100 lbs.,
40c; radishes, per doz., 1520c;
rhubarb, per lb., (ic.
HONEY Iu comb, per lb., 18c;
strained, 5 gal. tiuB, per lb. 8c.
POULTRY Chickens, per doz.,
$4 004 50; ducks, per doz., $5 00
G 00; geese, $6 007 00; turkeya,
per lb., 10c.
PROVISIONS Oregon hams, 12c
per lb. ; Eastern, 15lGc ; Eaateru
breakfast bacon. 12c. per lb. ; Oregon
10llc. ; Eastern lard, 10llc. per
lb. ; Oregon, lOjc.
GREEN FRUITS Apples, $ 3S
50c: Sicily lemons. $6 000 501
California, if 6 00C 50; Naval oranges
$G 00; Riverside, $5 00; Mediterra
nean, $4 25.
DRIED FRUITS Suu dried ap
ples, 4c. per lb. ; machine dried, 10
lTo. ; pitless plums, 7c,; Italian
prunes, 1012c. ; poaches, 10llo. ;
raisins, $2 402 50.
HIDES Dry beef hidee, 1213c;
culls, G7c; kip and calf, 1012c;
Murrain, 10 12c. ; tallow, 44Ac.
WOOL Valley, l18c; Eastern
Oregon. 1015c.
LUMBER Rough, per M, $10 00;
edged, per M, 12 00; T. and G.
sheathing, per M, $13 00 ; No. 2 floor
ing, per M, $18 00 ; No. 2 coiling, per
M,$18 00; No. 2 rustic, per M, $18 00;
clear rough, per M, $20 00 ; clear P. 4
S, per M, $22 50 ; No. 1 fiooring, per
M, $22 50; No. 1 ceiling, per M
$22 50; No. 1 rustic, per M, $22 50;
stepping, per M, $25 00; over 12
inches wide, extra, $1 00; lengths 40
to 50. extra. 2 00: Wiirt.hu 50 to GO.
extra, $4 00 ; 1J lath, per M, $2 25 ;
1 lath, per M, $2 50.
BEANS Quote small whites, $4 50 ;
pinks, $3 ; bayoR, $3 ; butter, $4 50 ;
Limns, $4 50 per cental.
COFFEE Quote Salvador, 17c;
Coata Rica, 1820c. ; Rio, 1820c;
Java, 27Ac. ; Arbucklo'a's roasted, 22c.
MEAT Beef, wholesale, 2$3c ;
dressed, Gc; sheep, 3c ; dressed, 6c;
hogs, dressed, b7o. ; veal, 57c.
PICKLES Kegs auoted steady at
$1 35.
SALT Liverpool grades ol fine
quoted $18, $19 and $20 for the three
sizes; stock gait, $10.
SUGAR Prices for barrels; Golden
C.Gjc. ; extra C, ogc. ; dry granulated;
75c; cruwhed, fino crushed, cubo and
powdered, 7Jc. ; oxtra C, Ggc. ; halves
aud boxes, c. higher.
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL-
Cardinal Maezofantl, tho linguist,
who ia said to havo known a hundred
languages, declared that he novor for
got a word he had onco learned.
Mr. Chase, tho Quakor Sonator
from Rhode Island, ia credited with
this remark: "Tho longer I am in pub
llo tho moro I am convinced that tem
por is tho ono thing which every man
should have, should always koop, and
novor let hia noighbor know that ha
hua it."
I Isaiah V. Williamson, of Phlladol
phia, Is reported to bo tho wealthiest
! bachelor in tho United Statoa. Ho has
I a fortuno of twenty million dollars and
j givos away a largo portion of It annu-
I ally in charities. Ho ia a plainly
j dressed old gontloman, very modes4
ana retiring in his ways.
Charlos Prlmeau, tho aged inter
preter at tho Standing Rock Agocoy lu '
Dakota, was an oarly Indian trador
among tho Sioux in tho Northwest.
Ho had many porllous and exciting ad
ventures, sometimes barely escaping
with his lifo, and onco had $100,000 ol
property dostroyod In a twinkling by
tho savages.
Ono of the brightest nnd moat
earnest of tho studonta at tho Baptist
Theological Sominary In Loulsvlllo wiu
formerly whnt Is known aa u "street
fakir." Ho find that his oxportenc
In lauding tho orirtuoa of patont modi,
cine beforo Btroot crowds has boon ol
grout help in doveloplug his owitorlciU
power for tho pulpit,
A ft rule, dmmt4on parties ra
terror ami an vi.llvliitf upi'Mtuimlmi
to iiiutwh.. but u wruii ut liuiw, Nvv ,
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