I
-obegon scour;
MO.
J0S2S T; CHAECET, Publlthtrt
vision. OEKOOS,
IN THE ETERNAL CITY.
A 131wip;oliill Tonrlt tn liomc Tle I'.o
man imtl tlio Orrelt.
It was not unliko a shock of pain orQIsap
polntmcnt when for tho first timo I threaded
my way through tho Roman greets, passed
oat Into tho Forum and wandered around tho
Coliseum. So dingy and denuded did tho
relics of old Itomo appear to mo that thoy
wcro moro lifco tho fow brown bones which
thoflpndoof tho stsxtoti has just thrown up
by tho dido of a reopened grave. I havo novor
soon a plaro whero the rcmftlns wcro so fow
pud trio suggestions of what was lost wcro so
many. Homo looked liko n placo which first
had been a crudlo und afterwards had keen
turn ol into n graro.
It seemed ns If every thing bud bean born
there, everything had grown old there, every
thing had died there, and everything had
been buried there. Homo Is tho city of tho
Holy Hspulchro. At Jerusalem pilgrims
visit tho spot where Christ was onco laid. At
Itotno wo seem to visit tho shrlno whero old
Timo himself had been buOsd. Under this
bead I may briefly uoto down n few first im
pressions. It was said that Augustus found Homo of
brick and loft It of marble. It might m
added that tho Ooths, tho popes and the
nobles found Homo of tnarblo and left it of
bricl:, bo completely hajji thcoo despoiling
powers peeled ol? tho beautiful whito fic&u
and loft Homo like a body, brown, shnpoless
and divested of every traco of her former
loroliuotn. But tho Komaiis themselves pre
pared tho way for this desolation. Their par
simony brought it'i own punishment. For
parsimony, wo must remember, Is a sin fol
lowed up by ItA sjxx:iul retribution, cjuito ns
much as prodigality. Tho men of Homo
bnrd, practical and utilitarian wovo ns )o
nurloiis In all work's of art as they wcro
shamefully extravagant In all pursuits
of physical oujoymont. Evca in tho Ufo
of tlfi cheap travertine stono tboy wci"
a-ldlcuRiualy stingy. But rbon it camo
to marblo thoy wcro by necessity 03
well as by nature most economical In tho uw
of it Athens had a wholo mount of marblo
at her back door, nnd could hew out of
Tcntollus jfll tho shrines nnd statues sho
wanted. Homo had almost tho snmo advan
tages; for it can hardly bo nrgSd ns an npol-
a ogy for tho city on tho Tiber, that shg was at
a distance from tho mountains of Luna and
tho great quarries of Carrara, when wo ro
xnyijber that nil easy waterway was over
open between tho shores ot Ligurla and tho
.foot of tho I'ntatino; nud wbon woremomber,
moreover, how no obstacles woro allowed to
remain between tho Hoimiii and tho object
of his nmbitlon or his appotito both of
which he was ready to gratify at an un
bounded price.
But whon it comes to works of tasto tho
3tomnn betrayed his true ueturo. With him
nothing was too much when lavished on bod
ily gratification, nothing was.too little when
spout on art, Tho Athenian built his temples
worthily of tho godu in solid blocks of mar
blo, In unmeasured 'splendor, giving to tho
deities what cost him something. Tho Roman,
-when ho camo to ralso his temples, was con
"tent to make them of brick or stucco or cheap
stone, and thon toshcatuo these in n thin cas-
1 Jng of marble. When, therefore, tho destroy
ing hands of Ooth or tho Gothlo hands of later
.Roman nobles, cuch ns tho Colounas, the
Inrneso and tho Borgheso families, wcro laid
upon tho ancient edifices, it was an easy task,
Hi well as n greatr temptation, to removo
theno light coats of marblo and to invest
tholr rising palaces with such apparel of
Jiinuy colors ns tho marbles of old Homo pro
ceutcd, ready made, to their rnpacloiw hands.
Had tho mou of Homo followed tho example
cf tho men of Athens, nnd dedicated to their
divinities a fow sanctuaries of solid marblo,
thry would havo loft behind thorn such mon
uments ns would hnve defied tho assaults of
later generations, and would havo com
manded at this day tho wonder of tho world.
II, Dcrtmrd Carpenter in Boston Globo.
Tho Journal of tlio Frontier.
In tho early times, that 1j, half o century
0tigopuid moro (fortlft mngniflcout empire
beyond tho Alleghany mountains is tho child
of but two generations), tho west, csjwclally
on tho frontier, was tho Mecca of two classes
of men from tho older sections of tho coun
try tho great nrmy of hardy ploneom, who
nought homes for their families, nud tho fow
who, bolng "oir color" in tho cast, found rati
dnco moro convenient in nowly settled
towns, whero tho jiooplo woro too busy to
caro as much for tho antecedents ns for tho
presents acts of their noighltor. Among tho
latter were many of tho so called "char
acters' who, rather than tho nvcrngo, every
ilny citizen, mado for tho west its popular
reputation, but not Its roal clmrnctw.
Mnuy of theso restless, erratic geniuses
drifted into journalism, ami tho frontier
newspapers thoy mado, often written
nnd printed under great dilllcultios, pos
tuncd tho merit of having at least n positive
Kud mmiistnknblo lndividimllt v, Thoy wcro
crudo in stylo nnd in mornb.juo as well ns
in mechanical construction, it is true, for tho
picket lino of civilization is not generally in
its surrounding! nnd association favorable
to tho attainment of literary excellence or
ulro ethical dlstlctlom, although foiuo of tho
alitor ucrutniui of good education; but tho
papers were mndo for a con&tltiwncy tluttwiu
aa peculiar in its tastes ns it wits independent
in ifci hnblts of thought, nnd catvd Ires for
the form than for tho substauco of whnl it
raid.
Tlio frontier jourual no longer exists, ox
cept nt n Uv remote points insomo of tho
territories to which tho railroads bare not
m yot piuictrntcd, but It has loft its impress
upon tho character of its moro mature nud
polished rucixvsora. Z. L. Whito in Har
lr'o Uagarino.
8nator Iugolls Is tho thinnest man in cou
Cross. Barnes, ot Georgia, Is tho heaviest man in
corigrviii.
Htewnrt.o'f Texas, Is tho tollctt man In
congress.
Bavator Sawyer nnd Senator (Stanford ore
tin bcarieit men in tho senate. Together
1boy woulil outweigh BalUbury, t3jencor, In
Sails nnd Drown combined.
den. Wheeler, of Alabama, is tho smallest,
as well as tho shortcut, man, physlcially, lu
tba bous. Uo Is a Tery littlo man, Indeed,
feat ho U an Intellectual giant, not inferior
to Alexander IL Stephen. Wheeler was a
Ueatttnaut general In tho Confwlorato army
when be was only 'J I years old, nud at ouo
timo lio commanded tho wholo Coufederatu
cavalry, , -
Why Kho JtaWcU Itiui.
"How Inrrjo jour do;r has growu,"
warkixt Corn, "I irnimiibur wluu b wau't
iy bigger than a Lit ten."
Vim," returned Air Ijclbiart In ad
miration, "ns mwii m lit grown u lutU lrcer
1 aw tfoliiu la tiuvw h pair of lovuly llpvn
4 UtM V' Mi tkki.'i ,NuW ygrii HuiU
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
W'nn There n. Kucl Iti tic 3nrli
Constomxtion wm cusoI nmong
tlio park police of N- vr York by tho
receipt of ii nolo th.t two society
young mon wero to light, a duel during
tho night ovum yotuin society woman,
in Ccutrnl Milk. Ail oincorri wcro
(old to look vigilantly for, tho dutliits
throughout the niht, and uncut nuy
Hiinpecled pcrsotis. An ofllccr found
in a B'cludtd place neir tho west drive
.uid opposite Ninety-bcconu strwu
early in tho morning, two hloori-fitnincii
haudkbrchutfB, clotn of blood und
'heap pistol. All hospitals woro
(ieurch(-d for pr.rhons who arrived dur
ing1 the night with gun or pistol tliot
wounds, and inquiries wcro made
among physicians aild drug stores in
'ho neighborhood, but without ie&ult,
Tho polico think thoy havo boon nmdo
gamo of, and aro further pcrploscd as
roportors camo in to nek for inform a
lion IIto minutes after tho things woro
received. It was an unusual visit at
uuch an oarjy hour.
Department Killing.
Tho Treasury Department having
been informed by tho Collector of Uus
lorns of San Francicco of tho result
of tho trial in tho United States
Court, whereiroJ. P. Ames and others
c cured iiidgmcnt awaiding thorn
?375 55 collet ted from them by Col
lPctor lloger for icrvicos and expenses
of an Inspector of Customs sent to
Port Costa to count and inspect grain
bugs manufactured iu tho United
States from foreign m'.toridl, which
wcro exported filled with grain from
S.an Francisco, and on which tho man
ufacturer claims a drawback, has in
struclod the Collector to take tho
I'oeesfyiry pjps to pay tho judgment
Ho is also instructed to d seontinuo
tho praotico of exacting such fcoo and
oxpenccB in investigations to establish
tho right to tho drawback on such
bags, and is requested to furnish tho
department with a certified list of
such feeo and oxpenses collected by
him sinco tho commencement of the
suit.
Tho HU'lko tit IinttuimpollH.
Tho striko of railroad switchmen in
taking an ugly phuso in Indianapolis.
Not a sikglo switch engine in tho city
was moved. In tho freight yards
everything is in confusion. Morning
trains woro abandoned half mado up,
or net mado up at all. In all tho yards
usincss was at a complete standstill.
Iu Bovora places tho ongmccrs and
fiiamon, or othor employes pressed in
to service, tried to go n with tho
work, but the strikers interfered and
successfully proventod tho departure
of any trains. Tho engineers and
firemen aae in symoathy with tho
switchmen, and mado no attempt to
pan their engines. In nearly ovcry
intr,noo they quit work, ran thoir en
gines to their stalls and drew tho fire
when tho switchmen requested it. All
forenoon strikers hovo been going from
ono yard to another and warning ap
plicnnLs for work that if thoy under
took to touch switch ongines thoy
would bo handled roughly. Tho offi
cers of tho road called for polico pro
teotion, and an eflbrt will bo nuido to
start out now .crows.
Iutcrc.ttcrt ItullrimilN Trying to
Kcuicdy Somo of tho Il.ilmliiff livlti.
Tho commitloO appointod nt tho
conferonoo of representatives of tho
Transcontinental nnd Central Traffic
Asbociations nnd trunk lines, at St,
I,ouirt, to remedy tho existing evils on
Pacific coast bu3incas, reported that
tho condition which unfavorably af
feoted tHo revenues from oatt bound
passenger tralllo from tho Pacific coast
woro attributable to tho fact that tho
roprcsontativos on tho cosst improp
erly received and disbursed funds for
tho purposo of Boouring business. As
tho Etiotcrn linos aro dosirous of bet
tering tho conditions under which such
trofiio exists at prosont, it is probable
somo notion will bo taken oro long, on
on mo recommendation oi tno com
mittee that all lines adopt such restric
tions as would soouro uniform notion,
and that each association take up tho
subject and consider it separately.
Any association agrcoing upon uni
form rules will doubtless recoivo tho
co oporation of all tho othors.
lilcit Inn I'orolirii Land.
Word has been received in Now
York of tho recent doalh in Cannoy,
Franca, of Andrew J. linker, it wealthy
banker of Tacoma, W. T. Hakor left
for Franco with his wife nbout a your
tigo, and botoro ins uopuituro called
on Joseph li. llramnn, attorney at 120
Broadway, nnd had his will drawn,
leaving ns heirs two sons and n mar
ried daughter. Ono of thcs tous,
Ieslio C. llaker, when lust heard from,
eight years ngo, wns a barkeeper in
Uetroit. Ilts whereabouts is at prcs
ent.unkuown. Tho length of pipe laid in Paris for
the distribution of power by com
jirefsed .ir nlrendy exceeds thirty
milod. Tlio comprc8bin engines aro
of three thousand hor.-o-powor, nud
about three million cubic foot of air
aro compressed daily to a pn seuro of
eighty pounds per square 'inch, at an
expenditure of fifty tons of coal,
Helena, M. T., is a rapidly growing
city. Over $ 1,000,000 worth of im
proyeiuonts iu and nbout tho city will
bo made during tho next throe mouths.
Over $1,000,000 worth of residences
and butincaa building aro now in pro
cets of emotion. A new Catholic Col
lege to coMt $500,000 will toon bo com
menced, tuul a if 100,000 hotel is fo bo
eroded,
Mill l l.ur.
Win. WlWon, tlio Buniblor who killod
Frank Itoblmioa ovtr a imo of (mr
til I.0d AiilfH, Oul., U Mill ftt Uiku.
PACIFIC COAST MM.
Farmers in tho Palouso tiro happy
over tho rccent4riuns.
A Chilian employed at tho Tacoma
mill fell dead Monday last.
A cow killed at Cheb'tchie, Clarko
county, W. T., dressed 91" poundf
At Cheney thero are no vacant
housfs and constant dtniand for them
Wheat is worth 05 centa a bushel at
Cheney, sacked, at tho elevator.
Tho new foundry at Colfax be
work November 10.
Tacoma has a now company of
dets, 15 members already, 15 to
years old.
an
cn
17
Tho Tom'Paine is turniuh out largo
quantities of $40 ore.
Tho Worley mino at Kobin&onvillo
will be operated all winter.
Many new companies will operate
m Baker county next season.
The Pandora at Huntington is giv
ing great encouragement to its owners
Miners aro happy with the prospects
of a largo water supply tho coming
season.
Moso Saxon, of
loon, Colfux, fell
tho
off
Pantheon fa
i bridge and
broke his left arm.
At Wa-Wa-Wai, cn Snako river, J
B. Holt grotv a sweet potato that
weighed 12 pounds.
Unionlown is to have a distillery.
Tho company is organized and it will
soou bo running.
Over fifty men arrived at Farming
ton, W. T., in ono day. Hotels
crowded and restaurants.
Tlio Tacoma jail has thirteen pris
oners in six cells. Criminals increase
as fast ns tho town.
Stockmen in Umatilla county com
plain of short grass and hard frosts
make it shorter.
Littlo Goorgio Itodor, of Brookfield,
Clatsop county, i3 in the hospital with
a broken bone.
Charles Cowan hns been bound over
at Salem charged with a bestial crimo
and not furnishing !f700 bail is in the
county jail.
Tacoma is to havo a street railway
of tho electric motor sort, run with a
wiro ovor tho track. They are said to
work woll.
P. J. Smith, ono of tho most promi
nent farmers of Squawk, was prob
ably fatally hurt by tho breaking of
n hay press. .
Two new anchors and buoys aro on
tho way from San Frauciyco for Ta
coma harbor. The anchors weigh
5,000 pounds each.
Several valuable horses have died
nOar Sherman, Lincoln county, of a
now and unknown uiscabc, winch
Bcomi to affect the lungs ot mares
onlv.
Tho now tug Sea Lion io coon to ar-
rivo from San Francisco to engage in
tho Puget Sound business. She id
ono of tlio aioat powerful tugs on tho
const.
Tho Cornwall Company, at What
com, will pusli tno railroad ovor tno
Cascades ; also will build to promising
co.il beds on tho Nooksnck early in
tho epdng.
Tho Farmington Eegister tells how
L. Denson tucked a quarrel with ono
Batnuni, a working man, and got
knocked down. Ho tried to thoot
Barnum and got into jail for it.
John Loohfolm foil ofT a train and
had his ilngorB crushed so that ampu
tation was necessary. Ho win in
charge of a car of stock going fiom
Ohehalis to Tacoma. Ho nearly died
from cold ami exhaustion before he
was found.
Tho new mill of tho St. Paul it
Tacoma Lumber Company, will bo of
colossal 6izo, being juit twice the
longth of tho present building, and
will have a capacity of (500,000 feet ol
lumber per day, being the lurgst out
put of any lumber cmnpnny on tho
coast.
Messrs. Harris and Your. :, owners
of tho Tom Paine mine, now have
tovontoon men on their pay roll.
Thoir Salmon mill has been Kept run
ning on very rich oro for tho past tov
oral weoks until tho late cold weather
froze up their water power, whioh
compelled thorn to order an engine
and boiler from Poitland, which will
arrive in a fow days. This will onablo
them to keep their mill running all
wintor.
William McCloud, living five miles
west of Pullman, with his family, got,
up nt 5 o clock as usual, wont out and
did not toturn. Ho was found hang
ing by tho nook to a beam in an old
barn a milo away. Tho pains ho took
to splice old ropes and leather straps
to hang himself by, and tho faet that
it lnoko onco and ho triod tho second
time, show it wa a doliborato Miieido.
Jlo was to moro into a now nouo in
Pullman that week. Ho was very
dyspeptic and had sovoro spoils of
Bickuess.
Important mining operations are
being carried on in tho Arctic Circlo,
Orycolito is mined in Greenland and
shipiveil to Philadelphia for making
cnndloi. Kxteutivo copper mines have
been worked for a long timo in Fin
land, John L. Sullivan U only twenty
nine yeara of ago. It ia eald that ho
has mado mid iipont f 300,000 in tho
hut throe ywun, ami now, with an Im
pnlrod ooiutltutlnn, and a woukituotl
I li!h t arm, hu uuuu muro fagt ihu
pioblem of life,
AGRICULTURAL.
J. urn tne tea minor alter lroat ap-
pen-rn if you vHh to kill out tho cut
worm.
Winter oats grow in Virginia and
aro needed down in the fell. It might
pay to tiy n email plot in this section
Cooked clover, and the ine-iS thick
ened with ground oitp, makes an ox
ccllent addition to the food of tho
brood bow.
Cold framt'3 can be need for forcing
some of tho hardy plants in winter.
Early cabbage and lettuce aro grown
in this manner.
Mir wood ashes, cinder and gravel
toKetDer for your garden walks, and
run a toller over it 'utter each rain un
til it is well packed.
Tho best varieties of early raspber
ries aro the Tyler and Souhcgau. The
Ohio and Mammoth Cluster aro ex
cellent lato varieties.
In feeding grain to poultry it in bet
ter to vary it, allowing wheat and oats
as woll as corn. Cooked potatoes
make an agreeable change for laying
hens.
Plant your trees, vines, etc., this
fall. Do not postpone the work until
spring. If you cannot pos?ibly plant
this fall, get tho trees now and heel
until spring.
Watermelons for the Christmas
dinner are not an impossibility. It is
said that they will keep perfectly if
put away in a mow of well cured hay,
frco from dampness.
Swcot potatoes will fatten a pig
sooner than will corn. The Fmull
tubers can bo used as well as Ihoao
that may be damaged by cooking j
them for that purpose.
Hero is a good health mixturo for
hogs: One bushel of charcoal broken
into small pieces, a pock of wood
aches and twelve bushels of salt.
It is computed that this year's corn
crop, if loaded for railroad shipment,
would fill 2,878,571 cars and make a
train thlit would reach 10,449 miles, or
two-thirds tho way around tho world.
If mice aro troublesome they can
often bo easily got rid of by Boaking
wheat in a good solution of arsenic
and burying it at tho roots of trees
whero the mice will bo likely to
find it.
In Franco whitewash is used to pro
tect tho framo and interior cf build
ings from fire. Tho beams, joists and
under side of floorings being thickly
coated with a linie-waelt before they
aro placed in position.
Now is tho timo to secure rams if
early lambs ot tho mutton breeds aio
desited next spring. Sheep should
not be too fat at this season if intended
r breeding purposes. . Dry pasturo
is better for them than heavy grain
feeding.
It is a curious fad that wasps' nests
komotimes tako firo, aa is aupposed by
the chemical action of tho wax upon
tho material of which the nest is com
posed. Undoubtedly many tiros of
unknown origin in hay-stacks and
farm buildings may thus be accounted
for.
Tho wells on tho farm should bo
cleaned out every fall. Despito all
precautions but fow wolls aro freaftoui
toads. It is not eafo to wait until tho
water becomes aU'eoted. before clean
ing, but do it now, beforo the lato rains
como on, so as to render tho work
oasier.
i.-fjl ,u,a. iiinnnnw id n 1 M.ii 'a onlnltlfi
and it, pays to convert tho surplus ap
ples into eider for the purpose of niak
ins vinegar. Llio artiiicial vinegar
can bo usul for choice picklos and
other purposes for which good cider
vinegar only is adapted, and does not,
therefore, largoly compote with.
Don't try to crowd fifty hens into a
poultry-houw suitable for only twenty
live, an tho larger tho crop tho fewer
the eges proportionately, unless they
havo vjcrfuot accommodations. As
rule, small flocks give a largor profit
from tho sumo outlay than when num
bers are kopt thai can not bo properly
provided lor.
Placo your manure hoap undor
covor so as to bo able to work it over
in winter. Kains should novor fall on
tho manuro at any ccaeon. It is of
great advantage to turn ovor the heap
in wintor, orealo boat and thereby do
eompoio tho matoriuls, in order to
rondor them fine and in good condi
tion to Bpread on tho land in spiing.
In atorinc applo3 a frco circulation
of the air throuiih the barrel will bo
of advantage. Tho fruit should bo
kept in ;ecool pl.ico, but Bhould ho be
yond tho reach of frost. Only sound
apples should be used, ns the slightest
touoh of decay on a 6inglo apple will
sometimes cause the wholo to rot.
Tho Stool Car Company is said to
bo constructing a fire-proof Bteel car
at Boston, which will contain nothing
that cum burn except tho upholstery,
and even that is conntruoted of uuin
llammablo material. Not only im
nuinlty from fire, but an inoroaso in
ttrwigtli, a tleoiOHko in the liability
In tolnooop and diminish doud weight
aio oxjHiotod to ho Buiua uf tho good
ftfftturtui of tliu new wr.
1 An English fainter who has been m-
vestigatiug the cateipillar pest, which
has proved so destructive to tho l.-uit
and nut crop in Kent, has cJnelui'e.l
that tho spawn which produced tho
caterpillars was deposited by the swarm
of butti-rHief which swept tho coast
last autumn, and which wero sup
posed to havo been driven over the
continent by tho tdornis.
H. Hendricks, of Ulster county, N.
Y., writes that he has found very sat
isfactory results in cloie pruning ol
grapes. Lnst summer he stopped the
rampant growth of the canes by prun
ing each oko at two leaves from the
last cluster ot fruit, and pinching otf
every latterel to but oho leaf. The re
sult in amount ftnd quantity of fruit
was cmimnitly satisfactory,
An Ohio man answers an inquiry as
to how a cow can be cured of kick
jug, thus: Taken surcinglo of suffin
ient length to go around the cow just
in front of the bag and hips; draw it
gently but firmly. You can then fit
down and milk quietly. After repeat
ing this a few timos, draw tho surcin
gle lightly, but, if she persists in kick
ing, draw it tightly. In timo she will
give up tho contest.
0Ihe color of the hog seems to be a
matter of importance. Experiments
snow mat, contrary to expectation, a
black hog, sucli as tlio Essex and
Berkshire, thrives best in ftio South,
whilo tho whito breeds, such as the
Chester White, loikshuo and Cheshiro
thrive best m tho North. Tho Poland-
Uluna, a spotted hog, and the Jtrsey
Ited are preferred in the Western
States.
Jtaspbernes will thnvo on almost
any well drained soil of moderate
richness, but wot land i? always injur
ious and olton fatal to thorn. Harrow
smooth and fine and plant deep. Plant
in late iau or early snrinsr. in etraurht.
irows seven feet apart, with hushes
three leet apart m the row. If nlautod
bite in tho spring, tender shoots are
liaulo to retaid future erowth. For
lhe first season give clean culture, and,
i uesiraoie, otner crops may bo crown
among them without injury.
Prof. A. J. Cook, of the Michigan
Agricultural College, says his plan is
to keep only large, fine mares to jio
his work on, tho farm. Those that are
half pcrchoron will do, though those of
three-quarter or sovon-cighths blood
will bo better. Theso high-grade
perchoron aro fine walkers, and to
break them it is only noeesary to hitch
mem in at, tnreo years ot ago nnd go
to working them. Tho fall colts aro
valuable, and can bo raised at a profit.
Ho says ho is delighted with his plan.
It is tho verdict everywhere that
creameries stimulate farmers to keep
moro and better cows. Mr. J. H. Hal i
says that whero creameries havo been
located many of the brush pastures
have boon cleared up within tho past
few years, and ho notices that more of
this work is going on this season than
ever before. He is often shown farms
that bsforo tho days of creameries
kept from three to five cows that are
now koeping from eight to twenty.
Now is tho timo to got rid of the
poorer animals. It will not pay to
wintor them, aa bettor animals will
give larger returns for shelter, caro and !
feed. It is not economy to keep a
poor animal through any season, but
it is moat cxtravagaut to keep it
through tho winter. It is tho height
of folly in stock-raising to sell the best
and keep the worst. True, the best
bring tho, largest prlies, but if you sell
tho best and keep tho worst soon your
best will be no better than your worst
is now, and your worst will bo such
that tho moro you havo tho poorer you
will be. You, by this plan, constantly
mako your animals poorer, and a3 the
stock-raiser inakcs his animals poorer
ho makes himseir poorer. If hokeepo
up tho process bankruptcy is us suro
as fate. Tho opposite policy is the
winning policy.
The Chinese Government has re
fused an English linn pormissisn to
set up cotton cleaning machinery in
that country. Tlio decision is mndo
that foreigners have uo right to start
manufactories on Chinoso soil.
Panama is to havo a street railway.
Tho builder has boon granted n fran
chise for fitly years, during which
timo ho is to pay a privilege tax of 20
por cent, of the net profits of the
road. At tho end of that timo the
road and all appurtenances revert to
tho municipality.
It. Kondo, of the Mining Univer
sity of Japan, said to be tho wealthiest
Japanoso outsido of tlio Koyal family,
nnd the operator of sixteen sold, silver
and copper mines, is about lo visit the
Lako Superior mineral region to ob-
Uiu a knowledgo of tho mining ma
chinery used in this country.
Tho Chinese frequently placo littlo
motal idols within tho shells of mill-
lnsk8, removing them several vcars
afterward covered with a substance
resembling pearl : thoy also lay Btrincs
of small pearls separated by knots iu
sido of the shells, and on taking them
out, alter a lapso of eomo year, ob
tain largo and costly pearls.
Tlio remains of an undent town
havo been diecovored on the right
lunk of tho VoIku in Russia. A large
lUttulily of Arabian, roraiun ami Tar-
taroolna hud been found thorn, he hie
a multitude of otluu ubjH'U, which
btMir witiiow t tliu iMiltivattMl Btato ol
lilt' InlisbiUliU, Tluirti woie rumaliiH
uf iiimbh) Hock, of water cuiirw, tu
Portland Market Report.
WHEAT Valley, 401 42$
Walla Walla, H 321 ao.
BARLEY Whole, $0 8ol 00;
ground, per ton, i)20 00Q21 50.
OATS JJilling, 32.'Mc. ; feed, 28
30c. 1
HAY Baled, $10Q13.
SEED Blue Grasi, 1215o.; Tim
othy, 78c; lted Clover, ll12r.
FLOUrv Patent Roller, $5 00;
Country Brand, $4 50.
EGGS Per Ioz, 30c.
BUTTEIO-Fanoy roll, por pound,
25c; pickled, 22J25c; inferior
grade, 2022$3.
CHEESE Eastern, 13Jc; Ore
gon, 1314c. ; California, 14c.
VEGETABLES Beets, pr sack,
I 00 ; cabbage, per lb., lc. ; carrote,
per sk., 75 ; lettuce, per doz. lOct ;
onions, !f 85 ; potatoes, per 100 lbs;,
40c; radishes, per doz., 1520c. ;
rhubarb, per lb., tic.
HONEY In comb, per lb., 18c;
strained, 5 gal. tins, per lb. Sc.
POULTRY Chickens, per doz.,
$3 004 00 ; ducks, per doz., $5 00
00; geese, $G 00(37 00; turkeys,
per lb., 12Jc.
PROVISIONS Oregon haws, 12$c
per lb.; Eastern, 510c; Eastern
breakfast bacon, 12c. per lb.; Oregon
10llc. ; Eastern lard, 10ll$c per
lb.; Oregon, 10c.
GREEN FRUITS Apples, $ CO
75c: Sioilv lemons. !?6 000 50
Califor nia, $6 006 50 ; Naval oranges
$6 00; Riverside, $5 00; Mediterra
nean, H 25.
viiiisiJ l'-uuixs Sun dried a
uiui!. 'iu. iiur in.: man n nn nriRd. in,
i i . iiiLii'r-n ill linn. 11:. iu I u
t j vcy . - - , v .
rahsins, $2 402 60.
HIDES Dry beof hides, 1213c;
culls, 6fe7c; kip and calf, 1012c;
Murrain, 10 (3)12c. ; tallow, 44jo.
WOOL Vallev, 1518c: Eastern
"Oregon. 1015c
LUMBER Rough, por 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 flooring, per
M, $22 50; No. 1 ceiling, per M,
$22 50; No. 1 rustic, por M, $22 50
stepping, per M, $25 00; over 12'
inches wide, extra, $1 00; lengths 40
to 50, extra, $2 00; lengths 50 to CO,
extra. tfU- 00: 1-1 lath, nor f $9 9S -
Z. ' ' ' ' i'"- -i " r ,
U lath. er M. $2 50.
COFFEE Oimfn Sal..?nr 17.
L-'osta Jiica, mm'Mc : Rio, 1820c.lJ
java, -$c. ; Aroucuio'a's roasteu, 2zc.
MEAT Beef, wholesale, 2r3c.:
dressed, Gc; sheep, 3c; dre?sed, 6c. ;t
hogs, dressed, 0i7c; veal, 57c
BEANS Quote small whites, $4 50 ;
pinks, $3 ; bayos, $3 ; butter, $4 50 ;
Limns, $4 50 por cental.
PICKLES Kegs auoted steadv ah
$1 35.
SALT Liverpool giades of fine
quoted $1S, $19 and $20 for tho three
sizes ; stock salt, $10.
SUGAR Prices for barrels : Golden
C,Gc. ; extra C, Ofc. ; dry granulated
c; cruMied, line crushed, cubo and
powdered, 7c. ; oxtra O, Ggc. ; halves
a: a ooxos, -Ac. higher.
llio fall.
The "festive" fly lias ceoxed to teas,
And bushed ia tlio musquito's song.
And people on Much ulghta as those
May slumber directly , slumber long;
Tho autumn days are bright with sun,
, , ...
And maids aud matrons ha to begun
Their autumn clothes to make or buy.
The fruit upon the trees Is ripe.
Which lafls the urchin's heart, I weea;
No mon to f eols the sudden gripe
It usee :o give when it was green.
Tho boys nnd girls now wander far
Through wood the ripened nuts to (seek:
And row's engaged the Thrapian star
For koi jnty-tlve (or less) a week.
Ohl glorious season of the fall.
How pleasant aro thy sounda nnd scenes!
Thy advent gives delight tocll
Krcopt the man of littlo means.
What cares ho for thy cloudless skies,
Thy landscape fair which thrill tho soul!
Toor mna, before tho prices rlsj.
Ho mail lay In his wood an I cr-at
lioston Courier.
nis Curiosity Fully Satisfied.
A n,1 Inm u'nruw fnlr Rmilnd 119 ll
Small Man (on railway train, writing letter
to his wlfo) It would nlford you somo araiiso-
-, '""oi ", uuuiuiu suuukou, Knock
- n, uupi "nt.", tn urvu, unit
baked spoclmen of a backwoods gawky that
is looking over my shoulder as L writo
this i
Largo Man on seat lchind (uercely) YoJ
L" 1 1 IW 1 Kfipnl.-inr ltnnp;..nn, 1 1 1 , i i i . '
no, you littlo ecoun
DIMM Man (tnrillnr. rnnnHi rton
- . n .wHHwt, tl H414UI,
u , aio you EpcaKinB to inoF
lirgo .Man (confusedly) Y no! Nbl 1
didn't say anythiuj;. I wasn't speaking. I
Small man resumes bis writing. Large
man goes back to tho rear platform of the
last car on the train and rollovej his mind by
swearing volubly at tho flyiug landscape.
Natural I'oura.
HuibanH h bank cahler, sWhtlr under
the wathor)-lf I should U aiken away
from you, darling, would It rvully U a very
great blow to you I
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j ... i.'i.ot. inrvil IUUIU1.T Willi Illil lutu
hiiu.-.v vurk Bun.
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