OREGON SCOUT.
Jim ft CXAVCIY, FiMkhtrs.
vmxmn. msoi,
THE SPECTER.
itnaAs n prove deep down In my heart
For a love that urn dumb and dead;
There, darkly buried nn-1 far apart
It will rest In peace." I Eaid;
I laid It away without sorrow or smart
And norcr a tear I shod.
And now that I would in my heart enfold
Another lovo fair as tho Slay,
There has risen a ghost of tho lore of old,
A specter weird and cray.
And my sweet young lovo with bcr hair's soft
gold,
Bbo sorrows and turns away.
Clinton Bcoll&rd in Homo Journal.
Tho rcrusnl of n Hook.
Select books that aro informing, and
eo far as in your power equip yourselves
with wido knowlcdgo in all branches of
history, litcrnturo and affairs. Aro you
deficient in any of theso? Then eeek tho
best authorities and bring yourself to tho
highest standard in that field without
delay. Let your intellectual progress bo
marked with positive accumulations.
When you read n book that is really
worth the timo you spend with it, do not
cram your mind witii others as n man in
n hurry is apt to cram his gripsack, but
do a littlo earnest and profltablcihinlnng
beforo you tako up its successor in j'our
reading course. Tho perusal of n book
gives birth to ideas in no way connected
with tho subject of which it treats. All
careful readers should, however, avoid
dwelling too long upon ono lino of study
or thought. Light and varied reading
should bo intcrserbed with tho solid nnd
useful. An cxtremo in cither direction
is to bo avoided. Magazine of American
History.
rroflta of 1Vntch Ilcpnlrlnir.
Thero is moro profit in tho repairing
department of watch making than thero
ia in any other trado in tho country, un
less, possibly, it is plumbing. Tako, for
instance, tho main spring of n watch.
Tho general prico for replacing ono is
anywhere from 1.i30 to Now, a
main spring to n jeweler costs littlo
moro, all told nnd set, than 25 cents.
Then thero is tho extravagant prico that
is always demanded for cleaning a watch.
Pew jowclcrs ever chargo less than $1.G0
for such work. Tito timo usually taken
in doing this class of work is not moro
than from a half to threo-quarters of nn
hour. Tho main spring itself costs on an
avcrago about 8 cents. Then thero is an
enormous profit mado on watch crystals.
Tho standard prico for them is 25 cents
each. Tho jeweler buys them by tho
gros3 or in lessor quantities for 20 cents
per dozen. Itetirod Joweler in Globo
Dcmocrat. Weed Farming In Japan.
Ono might say that weed farming was
a genuine part of tho Japaneso agricul
tural system, sinco tho cntiro crop was
utilized in somo fashion, cither for for
age, food, bedding, beauty, mulching or
tnanuro. Not a savago plant was al
lowed to lead a useless life, or to dovoto
its energies to tho undoing of tho farmer's
"work. Though tho harmless and pretty
weeds were in somo cases permitted to
Hourish hi tho road gutters as well as tho
hordors and this is no joke in such
cases they wcro themselves sedulously
weeded. It does not tako deep or intense
reflection to pcrceivo that this thorough
system of weed culture, so to "speak, re
Jioves tho farmers of ono heavy tax on
their industry, which their brethren in
America abandon themselves to paving.
American Agriculturist.
Manufacturing Unhrcnhablo Class.
An uubreakablo substituto for glass is
mado by Hons. L. C. A. Marguerie, of
Paris, by immersing- wiro gauzo in a
heatod statu in n thin paste formed of
aoluhlo glass, gelatlno and glycerine, or
friucoso, in proportions varying accord
ing to tho uso for which tho material
was designed. When nearly dry tho
ehects aro dipped in n concentrated solu
tion of chromo nhim or bichromato of
potash. Any desired coloring matter
may bo incorporated with tho gelatine,
and copal or other protective varnish
may bo applied to tho "vitreo-mctnllio"
panes. Arkansaw Traveler.
Blurk for it Word.
A Springfield teacher had given her
class in geography somo oral instruction
about tho middle states, mentioning
among other things that tho inhabitants
-wcro 'enterprising, wido awako and go
ahead people " Tho next dayslio was
questioning tho class on tho subject, when
a email hoy replied to a question iibout
tho inhabitants that thoy wero enter
prising, wido awako and" hero ho was
stuck for a word, but got it Anally
'rnovo on icople."--Sptingllcid Union.
IiihcrlliHl Pcittul Dcllc-leuey.
Dr. Oyer says, in Tho Philadelphia
Icdical Times, that ho has among his
patients members of tho namo family,
representing Avo generations, each lack
ing tho left lower lateral incisor tooth.
Au interesting feature of thisrcmarknblo
iimtanco of heredity is that ono of the
members of tho sauwi family lias a su
pernumerary lower incisor. Science,
A Novel Writer Tliorutir.htum.
Mr. K. P. Poo was a boliuvcr in Bon
Johnson's baying: "Easy writing makes
4rrd reading." Ho carried his correc
tions oven into tho composing depart
ment of his publisher, often taking tho
proof reader's plaeo and making changes
just beforo tho tyjKj was sent to tho press
room. Co3inoiolltan.
Just Think or it.
Somo pcoplo will say things about
ether people without thinking that other
peonlo can nay things about toino pcoplo
tus big as beams compaicd with motes.
Think of it. Galvtwtou News.
A. You say your brother is a lawyor
nd that ho novur told a Ho.
II. I said that his mouth novor ut
tered a Ho.
A. Humph Perhaps your brother U
uiub P
II. No, but his mouth novor uttered
a He bocHUSo ho talks through his iiomx,
lit) attend principally to winding up
state Texut HifUwji.
PACIFIC COAST NEWS.
DEAD ON THE SIDEWALK
A Itrakcman Killed. A Fearful Iicnp
A Jlrutnl Murder. Fntnl Hhoot
iDg Affair.
POISONED BY EATING WILD PEAS
A IlraUcman Killed.
George ThUin, a brakoman, was run
over and killed bv an engine at tho
railroad yard af Fourth and Townsend
streets, at San Francisco, and was
killed. Ho was standing on the
board that rerves a switch engino for
a cow catcher, and fell in front of tho
locomotive Ho was knocked to ono
side, and tho wheels passed over his
left leg. and he died soon after. Thain
was a Scotchman, 25 years' old, and
unmarried. So far as known no had
no relatives in this country. John
Hewitt, tho engineer who was run
ning tho locomotive, was taken into
custody and charged with manslaugh
tor. Ho was, howovcr, releabcd on his
own rocognizinco.
Dead on tlie'Slilcwiillc.
An old man named C. E. 1. Wood
was found dead on tne siuewauc in
East Oakland, Cal., by Henry Week
who lives near by. Wood waa on his
way from a grocery etorc, whero he
iad been with his hi tie ton. It is sup-
nosed he died of heart disease. It is
eaid that ho was, until lately,a wealthy
miller of Port Townsend, but having
ost his wealth, ho has been employed
by tho Central Pacific as a laborer.
I'olNOitctl by Ruling Wild Venn.
Q. Thompson shipped 150 Spanish
merino bucks to ltitzvillo, W. T., from
Fondlcton, for sale. Sunday they
wcro turned out of tho enclosure and
driven to tho hills for a day's feed
Monday night thirty-two had died
from eating wild peas. Many moro
aro sick ana win untioumeuiy uie.
Theso bucks belong to tho Rosb estate,
and aro known all over thin coast as
cxcollont breeders and of lino stock.
Tho loss is $15 por head.
A Stage Held Vp.
Ah tho stago from Cainptonvillo,
Gal., noarcda placo called Nigger Tont,
A masked man appeared at tho top of
the grade with a gun, which ho pointed
at tho driver and ordered him to throw
out tho mail bags and express box,
which waa dono. He was then ordered
to drivo on. Tho express box was
found broken open and its contents
taken. Tho box contained bullion,
bar and coin, amounting to about
$2,500. Tho mail bags wero taken
away. Nothing has yot been heard
of the robber, although officer. aro on
his track.
An Kxteunlvo fc'irc.
Tho total loss by tho iiro in San
Francisco ia estimated at $127,080,
ivided as follows : McCuo'a carringo
factory, $00,000, insuranco $15,009;
Fink & Schindlor's furniture factory
$55,000, insuranco $15,000; Prindlo's
hoo factory $8,000, insuranco $0.000 ;
and another loss of $1,000.
t'lro lit Neu.
Tho British ship Strathearn, whioh
arrived at San Francisco from Swan
sea, reports that on August 21st tho
coal, which formed tho Bhip'a cargo,
caught Are in the main hatch. A por
tion of tho cargo had to be jettisoned
to got at tho Aro, which was not ex
tinguished for twonty-four hours.
l'atul NhootliiR Affair.
Charlie Garrett, colored, and Joo
Morgan, white, commonced shooting
each other in Angus McDonald's sa
loon, near Spokauo Falls, W.T., which
resulted in tho wounding of two by
standers i amcd James Shannon and
William Lynott. Shannon was shot
through tho abdomen, and is not ex
pected to livo. Lynott waa Bhot through
tho shouldor, and will recover. Noithor
of tho shooters woro hurt, and ono os-
oapod. Charles Garrett, ono of thoso
who did tho Bhooting, canto in and
gave himself up. Ho was alfo shot in
tho arm.
A Hotel llnrneil.
A largo, Auo hotel at Long
Bortch,
I
about twenty-two miles from Los An
golcs, Cal, caught Aro from a defec
tive lino in tho kitchen at midnight,
anil was totally destroyed, with noarly
all tho costly furniture. Loss, $1)0,
000; iiiBurnnco, $15,000.
llciiten lo Death.
Williiln Slack, a railroad laborer, ol
Lob Angolcs, Cal., while asleep, was
beaten to doath by William Lannaga
gan. Thoro was no provocation for
the crime.
LumiHgiui waa drunk at
tho timo.
A I. one lllrli wuyiiuui.
Tho Bedding ami Weavervillo stago
wub robbed by one masked man about
a milo from Bedding, Cal. Tho roli-
bur blindfolded J tho piisfongerB and
robbed them. Two ttoaauro Imjxos
i i
wero tak'on. J. no mas is uiiKiiown,
The town almost enmasso turned out
in purBiilt of tliu robbor.
A llrutul murder.
At San Fernando, Oal., Wm. Ivni-
gan entered tho room ol William
Stock, and pulling him out of bed
umped on him eovoral times, mulct
ing a wound from which Stock diod
booh alter. Tho causo Which
promted Luuigan is unknown.
A nun I Juiuy."
Thomas J. Gallagher, a well kuown
attorney of San r-nuiolsco, about -lo
years of ago, while under .tho influence
of liquor, jumped from a thlrd-etory
window ami was fatally injured.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
A Terrible need.
Tho cabin of Mario Berthuno, of
Pittsburg, Kan., widow of Louis Bcr-
thune, ono of tho miners killed in tho
Frontean explosion, was discovered to
bo on Are. Before tho fl.imcs were ex
tinguised tho widow and four of her
children were burned to death. The
eldest child, a girl of 9 years, who sue
cccdcd in escaping, paid her mother
sent each of tho children off to bed
with a kies and then sat down near the
stove. The girl could not sleep, and
lay watching hor mother, who, after
singing for somo timo, took a can of
coal oil and poured it over herself,
bed clothes and children. Tho grief-
stricken woman then sot lire to some
pieces of paper and scattered it about
tho room, and soon tho wholo placo
was in flames. The girl jumped from
bed and bolted for tho half-open door.
tier motlier, whoso loose less was
burning fiercely, caugh nor in hor
arms and tried to prevent her escape,
Tho girl fought for freedom, her strug
gles boing strengthened by tno dfeath
shrieks of tho other children, who
wero writhing in tho Aames th-it were
fast consuming tno cabin. Mrs. Ber
thuno passed her arms around tho
struggling child's body, and, unmind
ful of the Aro that was slowly burning
her, endeavored to hold her, but her
strength soon gave way boforo the aw
ful torture. Tho girl Anally made ono
moro effort to tear herself from the
maniac. Released from tho arms of
her mother, the girl staggered through
tho door and fell headlong into a ditch,
from which sho was rescued a fow
minutes later by a party of miners.
Kidnaped a School IJIrl.
Nelson Moore, a widower with six
children, living near Huntersvillo,
Pocahontas County, W. Va., a fow
days ago stole a fourteen-year-old
daughter of M. W. Gordon from
school, and hid with her in an unfre
quented point in tho mountains. He
started to leavo tho State with hor,
but was captured near the Virginia
lino by a party who had been follow
ing him, and was lodged in jail at
HuntorBville. Tho girl's father was
with tho pursuers and Ared two shots
at Mooro, neither taking effect.
Mooro wanted to marry tho girl, and
has dodged her stops for two years.
Chopped Ills Head Off.
Gcorgo Wothoroll, of Denver, Col.,
induced Charles McKano, of Pueblo,
to start with him for tho mountains
to visit a mining camp. Nothing
moro was heard of McKano until his
mutilated romains woro found in
Beaver Creek. His hoad had almost
boon severed with an ax, while his
body was shockingly mangled. Weth-
erell had murdered his victim while
ho slept. Ho then abstracted $238
from McKano's pocket, stole his team
and drove to Denver. Ho could not
satisfactorily account for tho toam,
and tho polioo arrested him on sus
picion of boing a horse-thief, but when
a bloody ax was found iii his wagou it
appoared cortain that he commuted
murdnr. Whon tho news of McKano a
death waB reooived tho suspicion was
verified. Wothoroll was sent to tho
penitentiary on a life sentence eigh
teen years ago for tho murder of a
sheep herder, but, under tho law passed
two yoars ago, making twenty-five
years tho maximum imprisonment,
Wethorell, with hia commutations for
good behavior, scoured a release. Ho
was takon to Canyon City and placed
in tho ponitontiary, aa thero was talk
of lynching him.
Prematurely lixploded.
A fow days ago tho machino works
at Worthiugton, Iud., cast a small
canyon, to be used in firing Balutes.
A ohargo waB being tamped into tho
gun. whon a promaturo explosion oc
curred, bursting tho gun into many
fragmonts. A machine works em
ploye, Gcorgo Dyor, was Btruck by tho
flying missiles, and hia right leg man
gled near tho body in a horiiblo mnn
ner. Tho Angors on his left hand woro
torn off. Physicians wero secured and
liia arm amputated noar tho olbow,
but beforo the pfcyaioians could per
form a liko ooration on his leg tho
poor follow died. Ho was a sturdy,
industrious mechanic. U is mother,
who lives a Washington, 1ml., waa tele-
. ! ( 1
grapneu lor, uui uiu not g.i nero in
time to ea hor boy alivo. Frank
Keen waa aho injured in the hand by
tho same explosion, as was also Joo
Borders, but tho latter two not ser
iously. To ii llckoliite Home.
Samuel Sholly, a prominent farmor
who resides a milo and a half east of
Wabash. Ind.. arrived in tho city in a
carriage with hia family and a basket
containing tho charred and blackonod
bones of hia twolvo-year-old bou. Tho
family had mado an excursion to
Howard Caunty, to visit tho family of
Jacob Coomlor, formerly neighbors of
Sholly. At an oarly hour in tho morn
ing tho two familiea woro awaked by a
stilling Miioko. Thoy rushed out as
fast aa possiblo, but littlo Willlo waa
unablo to get up and perished in tho
flames. Tho othor persona loat their
clothing. Tho houeo was totally con
sumed. Iniuafed u McwtiiK CJIrl.
Miss Jonuio Quick, forniorly'a sow-iug-girl
in tho employ of Lewis Nay
tor, a dry goods dealor, of Kansas
City, Mo., wa awarded $7,000 against
him. Somo months ago Naytor ton
dored hor a check in payment for her
services. Sho wanted cash, and iu
tho cpiarrol which ensued Naytor
ejected tho girl, who is only Bovonteen
years of ogo. Her arm was broken
ami ho ailed for $10,000 damaes.
Tho jury returned a verdict for $7,000
after ten 11111111101' deliberation.
Almost Decapitated lliinnclf.
At tho wintering farm of Wallace
& Co., near Peru, Iud., a valuablo ring
horeo was turned in a Ald, and in
come manner became entangled in a
barbed wire fence, and beforo ho could
bo taken out, had nearly cut his head
off, but fortunately not severing the
indpipo. Ho will die, although
every effort is being made to save him.
Frightful Leap.
While dcJcrious from tophoid icvor
Mrs. T. J. Lynch, tho pretty wife of a
wealthy man of New York, threw her
self from tho third floor window of the
Bristol apartmoiit house, Fifth avenue
and Forty-second etreet. She Btruck
head foremost upon a glass skylight
about four feet in diameter, which
formed a portion of the ground ot tho
yard, and crashed through tho half
inch plate as if it were pasteboard.
Tearing between tho ragged edges of
tho broken glass with the fearful feloc
ity gained by her fall of thirty feet,
tho woman's body passed between two
iron girders just twelve inches apart
and landed, after another fall of about
twelve feet, torn, bloody and dead
scarcely a foot from where ono of ths
bakers was at work at a range.
Fired on a School lrl.
As Wilbur S. Jordan, aged about
sixteen years, was returning from
school at Bellcfontaine, Ohio, pointed
a revolver full in tho face of Minnio
Brubaker, a handsome seventeen-year-old
school-girl, and saying, "Your
money or your life," discharged the
weapon. Tho ball struck her just be
low the nose, and, passing through the
lip, knocked out several teeth. Unless
complications arise sho will recover.
Ho did not know it was louled.
A Condemned IHurdcrcr JTInrrlcd.
John McNulty, of San Francisco,
condemned to bo executed for the
murder of James Collins, a longshore
man, was married in tho county jail to
Kate JU'ar, who recently procured
divorce from her husband. David
Hubor, on tho ground of desertion.
inn nisi ninety-nvo uaoies horn in
Vanceburg, Ky., aro all girls, and every
body is puzzled by tho phenomenon
Paris is said to be full to overflow
ing with ladies from all parts of tho
woild socking tho latent fashions.
A femalo school-teacher in Amador
county, California, is an ardent sports
man. ane Killed eight qu.nl at one
shot a fow days ago.
It is estimated that in England ono
man in Ave hundred gots a college ed
ucaiion, anu in this country one in
every two hundred.
Miss Susan Winter, of Wheatland
Montana, is engaged to bo married to
a young man named Spring. Another
caso of Winter lingering in tho lap
Spring.
of
A wonderful real estate dealer doos
business at Gladstone, Mich. Ho
won't sell a lot unless tho buyer signs
a forfoituro contract not to allow
whisky-selling on tho promises.
A St. Louis doctor has romoved tho
brains from a dozen different froga,
and healed tho wound and let them
go. Thoy went off as if nothing had
happened out of the usual, and, it was
plain that thoy had lost nothing of
value. A frog which depended on his
brains instead of his legs would stand
a mighty poor show in a puddle near
a school-house.
According to tho census of 1880-81,
the last ono takon, thoro were at that
time 20,980,620 widows in India, of
whom 669,000 wero undor nineteen
years of age and 278,900 undor four
teen years. According to tho nativo
custom, none of theso widows aro at
liberty to marry again. Tho same
census gavo tho total female popula
tion at 99,700,000, and of theso only
200,000 woro ablo to road.
Charlea F. Peck, a retired lawyer
of
Englowood, N. J., atartlod tho people
in a New York horse-car recently by
asking a policeman to tako chargo of
him, saying that ho wca gotting sick
and thought that it wub yellow fever.
Thoro was a great scimporing out of
the car, but a physician who was sent
for found tho patient Buffering from
heart troublo, and without any symp
toms of yellow jack.
Bernard Moyor, of Omaha, recently
felt a slight pain undor his loft bIiou -dor.
Tho pain soon becanio inlonso
nnd a doctor was sought. An exam
ination of tho spot ltvcaled a hard
substance, which, on boing extracted,
proved to bo a needle in good condi
tion. Meyer has no recollection of a
needlo having entered hia body, but
his mother says that it occurred whon
ho was an infant, fifty-four years ago.
A New York bachelor, over eoventy t
years of ago, recently visited Mamo,
fell in lovo with a damsoll less than
half his age, was acceptod, wont homo
to prepare for tho coming of his brido.
When all things wero in or lor, instead
of going after his betrothed himself,
ho sent his younger brother. The
younger man was pleased with hia
future siBtcr-in-law, bo pleased that ho
persuaded hor to marry him reforo
btartiug for Now York.
Shot While i:cutlui.
John Atkins, arrested for burning
railroad property, while being taken
to jail by Deputy Constable MaGeo at
Los Angeles, Cal., mado a break for
HlKirty. Ho waB fatally hot by
MuGee.
AGRICULTURAL.
DEVOlED TO THE INTEUKSTS OK FAIlMEn3
and Stockmen.
Low wagons ehould be preferred on
the farm. The differonco in the labor
required to load an unload a low wag
on, as compared with a higher one,
very great. Broad tires aro also better
than those that are narrow.
Farmers in the section of New South
Wales that are sufferifPg from drougl
And consoUtion in tho fact that the
dry epcll has cut a wido swath througl
tho rabbit army. In somo loealities
thoro aro scarcely any of thefco pests
left.
Rattlesnakes have been unusual
numerous in Georgia this year, and
their increaio is attributed by nows
papers of the State to the enforce
ment of tho stock law, which pro
hibits tho hog, the rattler a greatest
enemy, from roaming at large.
Tho general farmer, with tw hun
dred acres of land, should keep fifty
sheep for utility's sake alone. Such
men can afford to estimate tho value
of sheep from tho standpoint of meat
fertilit and tho general advantage of
the farm, regardless of the maiket
price of wool.
It costs nothing to be gentle with
the cows, and it pays a big interest
Tho cultivation of the habit of gentle
ness when among tho cows is hi
money in the pocket of the owner. If
we shall atop to think we Bhall won
dor when wo consider the roucu wav
in which heifers aro often "handled
that thero aro no moro kicking cows
then thero aro.
Michigan Agricultural (jollege ex
periments with wheat show that sa
lessened the yield of wheat, 150
pounds being sown to the acre. Prof,
Johnson inclines to think that ono
and a quarter bushels ot seed gives
tho beat yield. Tho old ClawBon
seema to retain, in good degree, those
qualities which have mado it popular
for a longer term of yearo than moat
othor varieties.
When a man is too fat the doctor
recommends him to eat lemons an
partake of acida to rcduco his flesh
All theso things the farmer knows
But strangely enough ho forgets them
all when ho atands in tho presence of
the sour swill barrel. No woman
would think of feeding a human baby
on sour milk, but her husband will
drive ahead and feed the calves and
pigs on sour milk, and even look you
full in tho faco and tell you that the
calves will thrive best on sour milk.
Every young person knows that
nuts, after they havo dried somewhat
are sweeter than whon Arst gathered
But tho drying process goes on until
tbey, especially chestnuts, become too
hard to bo eatable. These and othor
nuts can bo kept from becoming too
dry by mixing them with 6and. If
mixed with an equal bulk of sand, in
a box or barrel, aud kept in a cool
placo, tho nuts may bo preserved in
an eatable condition until spring.
It is important to find how much of
any fodder is digested, as well as to
know how much can bo grown on an
acre, or eaten by a certain amount ot
stock, for on tho amount digested do
penus tho rosuit in nunc or oeet. in
using rough foddor we must add somo
concentrated food to make up for it:
poverty in certain elements. Bran
liuEceu moal and cotton-seed meal are
best to mako tho rations complete
Brewers' grains aro a cheap milk-pro
ducing food, but at $3 a ton are not
equal to cotton seed at $30 a ton.
That labor on tho farm enables tho
farmer not only to bo ropaid for such
exponse, but also returns a profit can
be easily shown by a comparison of
crops that demand much labor in
their production and thoso that cal
for but littlo. A crop of celery, for
instance, is ono that keeps tho growoi
busy, and with oxtra help, from the
time tho teed is planted until it is
Anally banked up for bleaching, and
as compared with corn it gives a much
larger pront, though requiring moro
labor. The work ia concentrated on a
small area, and tho shovel Bpado and
hoo must bo used to a great extent
The crop, thorelore, pays a proht on
labor as well as on tho matorials of
which it is composed. While it is
proper to nconomUo by ttBing labor
saving implements, yet whero tho
cost of labor ia one that increases the
profits it is unwise to omit it.
The Crime vii Juntlflublc.
Edward Dolau, tho young man who
shot and killed his father tho -1th inst.,
near Sacramento, Cal., was tried be
foro Justico Stovons and acquitted
and discharged by tho court. 1 wenty
of tho best citizens testified that tho
father's character was violent and that
young Dolan was a splondid young
man.
The first baby born in Donver was
tho daughter of a Bottler named Har
vey, aud sho waa born in 1860 or
thereabouts. In recognition of her
enterprise in being born in tho camp,
public-spirited citizens presented her
with all tho land in Bight of her
father's cabin. Unfortunately, tho
taxea wero never paid, aud tho land,
now worth $2,000,000, fell into other
hands. Tho first girl who onco owned
it all is now a ningor in a varioty show
in that city.
Portland Market Report.
WHEAT Valley, $1 40$1 42
Walla Walla, $1 321 35.
BARLEY Wholo, $0 851 00;
ground, per ton, 020 0021 50.
OATS Milling, 3231c. ; feed, 28
30c.
HAY Baled, $10$13.
SEED Blue Grass, 1215c.; Tim
othy, 78c; Red Clover, ll12Jc.
FLO UK Patent Roller, $5 00 ;
Country Brand, $1 50.
EGGS Per doz, 30a.
BUTTER Fancy roll, per pound,
25c; pickled, 22125c; inferior
grade, 2022$3.
CHEESE Eastern, 13Jc; Ore
gon, 13l-lc. ; California, 14c.
VEGETABLES Beets, par sack,
$1 00 ; cabbage, per lb., lc. ; carrots,
per sk., $ 75 ; lettuce, per doz. 10c. ;
onions, $ 85 ; potatoes, por 100 lbs.,
40c; radishes, per doz., 1520c;
rhubarb, per lb., 6c.
HONEY In comb, per lb., 18c;
strained, 5 gal. tins, per lb. 8$c.
POULTRY Chickens, per doz.,
$3 004 00; ducks, per doz., $5 00
6 00; geese, $0 007 00; turkeys,
per lb., 12Jc
PROVISIONS Oregon hams, 12Jo
per lb. ; Eastern, 1516c. ; Eastern
breakfast bacci. 12c. per lb. ; Oregon
10lle. ; Eastern lard, 10lLc per
lb.; Oregon, 10c.
GREEN FRUITS Apples. $ 60
75c: Sicily lemons. $6 006 50
California, $6 006 50; Navaloranges
$6 00; Riverside, $5 00; Mediterra
nean, $-4 25.
DRIED FRUITS Sun dried ai
ples, 4c per lb. ; machine dried, 10
11c; pitless plums, 7c,; Italian
prunes, 1012c ; peaches, 10Jllc. ;
raisins, $2 402 50.
HIDES Dry beef hidee, 1213c;
culls, 67c; kip and calf, 1012c;
Murrain, 10 12c; tallow, 44ijc.
WOOL Valley, 1518c; Eastern
Oregon. 1015c
LUMBER Rough, per M, $10 00;
edged, por M, $12 00; T. and G.
sheathing, per M, $13 00 ; No. 2 floor
ing, per M, $18 00 ; No. 2 coiling, per
M,$l 00; No. 2 rustic, per M, $18 00;
clear rough, per M, $20 00; clfjir P. 4
S, per M, $22 50 ; No. 1 flooring, per
M, $22 50; No. 1 ceiling, per M,
$22 50; No. 1 rustic, per M, $22 50;
stepping, por M, $25 00; over 12
inches wido, extra, $1 00 ; lengtha 40
to 50, extra, $2 00; lengths 50 to 60,
extra, $4 00 ; 1 lath, per M, $2 25 ;
1$ lath, por M, $2 50.
COFFEE Quote Salvador, 17c,
Costa Rica, 1820c. ; Rio, 1820c;
Java, 27c. ; Arbucklo's's reasted, 22c
MEAT Beef, wholesale, 23c;
dressed, 6c; sheep, 3c; drovsed, 6c;
hogs, dresBed, bj7c; veal, 57c.
BEANS Quote small whitea, $4 50 ;
pinks, $3 ; bayoa, $3 ; butter, $4 50 ;
Limas, $4 50 per cental.
PICKLES Kegs Quoted steady at
$1 35.
SALT Liverpool grades ol Ane
quoted $18, $19 and $20 for the three
sizes ; stock salt, $10.
SUGAR Prices for barrels ; Golden
C,64c. ; extra C, 6Sc. ; dry granulated
7gc. ; crushed, lino crushed, cube and
powdered, 73c. ; oxtra C, 69c. ; halves
and boxes, c. higher.
Wo ehould preeervo with great care
every tree, largo and small, beside our
country roads, which aro found grow
ing in tho right placo for shade trees
to stand. Let thoso trees be birch,
beeco, maplo, ash, elm, pine, spruce,
homlock, or any othor kind. Any
tree is better than the naked fence
and road. Thousands of good trees
by tho aides of our roads aro sacrificed
to tho ax every year, which, if saved
and neatly trimmed and cared for.
would make beautiful trees in a few
years and cast a refreshing shadow,
by taking a littlo pains ono will be
surprised to find how many trees can
no lound in almost any town by look
ing along tho distance of a single milo.
and how many may bo saved in a
town in a single year without being at
tho labor of transplanting. Juetmake
a caroful selection of thoso to bo caved
among tho multitude of famuli trees
which aro constantly springing up by
the roadside. While from twenty to
thirty feet apart aro proper distances
in tUia work, that rule can not bo
strictly observed, hnt an approach to
t aa near aa possiblo is desirable.
l ire at Tulare.
Firo broko out on Front street,
in
Brennan'a saloon, at Tulare, Cal.
It
burned the aaloon, Farmer it Rondell's
real estate building, and Briggs it
Holloway's meat market. T
buildinga and stocks burned, $12,000.
-iuh w tnuito eiores were emptied in
to tho atreots making a heavy loss to
iockb ; partially insured.
A Chicago woman risiug rather
ater than usual ono morning rushed
to tho breakfast table. Half woy
through tho repast sho was seized with
tho horrifying notion that b
Bwallowed her faUo teeth. Sim
Bcroamed, insisted that eho could feol
em 111 her throat, and was curried
fainting to hor bed. In placing her
"Poll It tho Pillow WAR dixurnuKtml
and there beneath it woro tho miesing
teeth, just where tliev had been placed
on retiring.