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I IT OREGON SCOUT. J01E3 & CHAKCEY, Publiahcra. UKIOX. RKGOK. IN A FAIR GARDEN. Jl breeze, a brightness, branches overhead, One near (else, fstreet,Fhat would the gardoirtief) A troop of popples, sunflower, peony, And motley phloxes to tho sunshlno spread: Ueoeath her window wallflower lifts his head, Tim pood I j" wftllflowtr Iineon liked to see. Its bright flres burning soft and smokffy, Its breath condensed richness, richly fed By earth, by sunshine, and by Rummer showers; Jlere lilies fall not, nor the glowing rose, Hero foxglovo tall rings out the sunlit hours, Here sweetly, like tho thought of one most dear, Hbo breath of violets comes, and gently goes, Aud cornea again, and savors all the air. -S. W. WeiUel In Overland Monthly. Charles Dickens' Ucportorlal Methods. It wis my good fortuno when a resident of England to form the acquaintance of tho great master of novelists, Charles Dickens. I picked him up from tho street just as he had been knocked down by ono cab and was in danger of being ran over by another. Ho was at tho timo, ns ho always was, ft reporter. That night I tramped with him through the -worst slums of London. Ho told kio his busi ness, and in sotno way wo beenmo friends, nnd often nftcr Hint I accompanied him on Lis night walks. Many characters that I saw on theso excursions havo jwored nt mo since then from tho pages of his novels. Ono thing that impressed mo about Dickens was that fco never took notes. I never saw him with a pencil in his hand, nor did ho seem to bo paying any attention whatever to what was going on around him; yet in tho newspaper articles that mako up tho complcto volumes of "Sketches by Boz" I recognized that every sceno, sound or incident of tho trip had been indelibly impressed upon his wonderful mind.. Henry Manjstro in Globe-Democrat. Tho rntrol Wagon' Exhibition. Tho "hurry up" wagon, as tho boys call it, might bo improved. One day Inst week n great crowd cbecrpd and ran after it ns it clattered along Fifth avenue Thero was n drunken woman in tho wagon, and she pre sented a sickening spcctaclo. It was this that Attracted tho immense crowd. It is horrible to witness two or thrco policemen dragging a drunken woman to tho station house. The -wagon shortens tho exhibition. But why mako au exhibition? A cover could oo pro vided, with leather curtains which could bo pulled down. Tho -noral effect would bo worth tho price of a thousand curtains. Dots nny sensible man think it improves tho chances of a boy to haul him up into tho wagon and placo him whero all eyes can see hiinJ A plainer, moro palpable error was sever made. Wo need not sneer at tho gener ation that nurtured tho pillory as long as wo U PHtroJ wagons witho-t covers. rittsburg Wlcthi. - - Tho Tongues of Cantla Garden, A polyglot scholar from Vulo college who visited CttBtlo Garden ouo day when several ship loads of immigrants had just been landed thero managed to converse with the rpeakers of ten different languages German, Bohemian, Gaelic, Swedish, French, Italian, English, Spanish, Polish nnd mongrel Greek but ho could not master a half doicn other tongues in tho mouths of several small groups that stood or tmddlcd in tho depot, including litis tian Jews of tho Rabbi Joseph typo, Arme nians from Stamloul, nnd Finns. When he left Castlo Gardon ho said ho felt ns if ho had Iimm in tho Tower of Babel, whero the speech of tho human raco had been confounded so that men understood not each other, as re corded in tho Book of Goucsis. Now York Hun. Thousands of lVcitlliir Cut. Queensland, in tho South seas, is being overrun by thousands of peculiar cats. It is i.uppostsl they nro following tho plague of rats which recently passed through thero. Tho noteworthy fact is that tho cats, which nro of ordinary sizo and of tho domestic species, aro nil pretty near of tho namo color, namely, sandy, which proves that thoy have reverted to tho original stock. Thoy nro in vwy poor condition, showing that thoir mi gration is duo to tho scarcity of their habit ual food. Chicago Herald. Stopped on Ills Nogo, Tho other day n, couple of newsboys were st&nding on a, Boston ftrcot corner, the nose of ono of them showing tho signs of a recent wvoro encounter with mi ussoclato of his guMd. A sympathctio old gentleman, noti cing tho deplorable condition of tho gamin's prominent facial protuberance, kindly in quired the cause of its barked cuticle, where upon tho victim's companion explained; "Billy stepped on his nose," "Yes," added the sufTerer, "with both feut." Boston Bud get. A Curlntia Hank Mill. In 1601, among tho notes mado by tho gov ernment for the Second National bank of JSprJngllold, Mass., wiro three that by mi error in printing were (10 bills nn ouo side and C0 bills on the other. They were signed and paid out before the error was discovered. Then tho bilN were called in. Two were found and destroyed; the third is in posnps fcion of A. M. Craig, who Utu refused f 200 Xor It. New York Sun. So the Story Ouctu Kent was a great toucher and ruler. He was uUo a tremendous (logger, Ou one oc casion, so tho story goes, ho addressed the boys upon the Sixth Beatitude, nnd tint sub Btanco of iis comment has coino down to us; " 'Blessed nro the puro in heart.' Mind that. It's your duty to l puro in heart. If you're not pure in heart, I'll flog you 1" Tho Argo naut. A llnth fur Honrs. Tho lntcit wrinklo Is a Turkish Kith for lion.M, in which thoy nro put trough the same sweating and cooling processes as Siuman beings. Such n bath is run In con xectlon with n New York stable, and its patronage has become largo and profitable, ilevr Orleatis Times-Democrat. lllsli 1'ilco fur Sugar. A very ugly woman, toying with a pug dog in front of a cafe on tho boulevard, said to l'ugcyi "Kiss mo, and I will give you this piece of sugar," A boy pmaiiig by ex--claimed; "Don't iho ask a high price for her Sjpsfwl" Now York Kvenlug World. A New Definition. Tom I say, Ous, what does "rara &vU suuf You know French. Ed. (wjth dignity) "llara avis" is not yraneh; it is Italian, and means a "bird in wflcloutly cooked," DotroltJFreo Vrvu. dentil ami Talent. Owiltts is llla a barrel ou the ton of n hill; It will not move unless pushoilt but oner piwlwd it g(w of lUelf. Tnlviit U like u load it tlw roadway; it will not go forward uw CONGRESSIONAL. ITEMS OK INTEI1EST THKOUaHOUT THE NORTHWEST. An increase of pension has been granted to Charles F. Fox, Seattle. A railway poatofllco servicohaa been established on the lineof tho Northern Pacific and l'uget Sound Shoro rail roads, between rJfcattlo at Tacoma, W. T. Tho following fourth-class postmas ters havo been commissioned : At Eola,Or., Sylvester Wilson ; At Jewell, Or., Cliarlos A. Bottom ; and at Itip aria, W. T., Honry Carstcns. Tho pension department has granted a pension to Elizabeth Quinn, of Can yon vine, Or. Her husband was a sol dier in tho Mexican war. Representative Hermann has secured a pension and considerable back pay for Christopher .Lehman, an old sol dier of Douglas county, Or., who was wounded in tho civil war. Daniel W. Barker has been ap pointed postmaster at Cherryville, Clackamas county, Urcgon, in place of William L. Young, who has been removed. Isaac N. Sargent, postmaster at Mitchell, Crook, county, Or., has re signed, and James II. Oakos has been appointed in his placo. Tho following resident of Oregon has been granted n pension : Mexican survivor, Henry Fillcry, Fcrrydalo. An increaso of pension has been granted to John Stock, Biker city. Secretary Vilas has informed Sen ator Mitchell thatho has just arranged to complcto tho allotment of tho lands of tho Umatilla reservation, in accord ance with tho terms of tho act passed at tho last session of congress. Futon ts havo boon granted as fol lows : Oregon John S. George, Now port, gold separating apparatus. Nev ada Sands Worman, Gold Hill, bicyclo and wheel (two patents). Idaho Oharlea Smith, Focatello, locomotive boiler. Tho house commitloo on river and harbor improvements held an ill formal meeting, and it was agreed to prcpnro a bill at onco. Tho prospect, however, of a river and harbor bill be ing signed by tho president, is so dis mal that it requires much effort to got cior branch of congress to ontcr The allornov-Konorai has decided that tho secretary of tho interior' boa no authority of law to permit tho Washington it Idaho ltailrotut. Com pany to construct, under- tilc net 0f May 18, 18S&, a railroad through the Coour d'Alono Indian reservation in Idaho territory, in advance of tile as certainment, Axing and actual "pay ment of tho compensation provided for in tho act. In tho senate Sonator Mitchell in troduced a resolution, which was agreed to, direoliug tho secretary of tho treasury to transmit to tho senate copies of tho settlement between tho United States and Oregon, on account of tho sum of $70,2(58 appropriated by congress to pay tho Modoc. war claims; also a statement of tho fi per cent, claims on account of cash salee of public lands. Commodoro Stockton, who, with Capt. Dalian and Commodoro Hester, constitute tho board appointed by tho secrotnry of tho juivy to select a sito for a navy yard on the Northwest coiiBt, stated that tho board would probably start within tho noxt ton days to examine tho Pacific coast for that purpose Tho coast of Oregon and Washington territory will bo thor oughly examined for an oligiblo loca tion. Tho sito selected will probably bo on Puget Sound, or thereabouts. Tho tlsh commission has written to Sonator Dolph that ho proposal to tako up nnd Bhip, in January noxt, a carload of lobstora and whito fish to tho coast of Oregon. Tho car will be dispatched from Wood's lloll, with n number of mature lobsters, aulllcient to establish several colonies at suit able pointB on tho ooi.st of Oregon and Washington torritory. At North villo stntion somo fcovon or eight mil lions of whito flsh eggs will bo taken on and hatched en route. Tho whito Huh will bo planted in Wyoming and Dakota, as well as in Oregon. Commenting upon prospective work for Oregon, Bepresenuvtivo Ilermanu BayB that his attention will bo chiolly confined to measures introduced in tho last f ession of congress, and still pond as unfinished biibincss. The chief of theso which remain ponding is tho In dian depredation hill, providing for a final adjustment of spoliation claims. This passed tho housa and is now be fore tho senate, whero it was not con sidered at tho close of tho last session. Then coino bills for light houso and life saving stations at tho mouths of the Suislaw and Coiiuillo riven, pub lic building bills lor Portland and appropriation of anus for tho Oregon militiu, which passed through tho houtso last session, but which was not then considered by tho konato; bill forfeiting tho Northern Pacific railroad land grant between Wallula and Port land, which passed tho houso and is now in conference botwoan tho two housed ; wagon road land forfeiture bills; pensions to Oregon Indian war survivors; ami tho Indian war debt. The project for u boat railway on tho Columbia river at Tho Dalles may bo considered. Here, however, in the event of success, the danger of veto is great, in view of tho president's well known reluctance to authorize expenditures (or Internal revenue Uw proveiuonts, ITEMS OF GENERALINTER EST Blaino is said to contemplate writ ing another book. Two cases of small-pox have ap peared in South Chicago. Geueral Longatrcot called upon General Harrison Monday. Congressman McKinley save that he is in the race for tho Speakership. In Indianapolis there is a belief that Blaine will not enter the Cabinet. Leaky gas jots are causing the death of beautiful shade ticca in Baltimore. Russia io supplying Montenegro with munitions of war. A general and immediate striko of colliers in Belgium has been decided upon. The Pope has been advised by Franco to leave Itorao in Ase of a rupture betwnen France and Italy. It is now known definitely that Em peror William is confined with ear complaint and not because of u cold Lord Lnnsdowne, Viceroy of India, was received at Bombay with unusual ceremony at hia landing. Gladstone, in the Houso of Com moup, attacked the Irish policy of tho Government and Balfour replied. Boston is holding a Fair to raise monoy to build colleges for Indians in Dakota. A bullet fired at a Chicago man struck a, penny in his pocket and was turned aside. Tho agitation in New York against "going out between acts" grows apaco among Now York theater frcqucnterp. The Press is to bo the namo of the now Republican organ to bo started in Washington. A band of regulators ia terrifying and maltreating negroes in South Jackson and Clay counties, Tenn. Tho London timc3 ia enraged over tho collection of money in this coun try for tho defense of Mr. Parnell. Albany proposes to havo a "winter carnival," and tho Commou Council has voted aid to the amount of $1,000. L. Houston and J. Hazel wood fa-' tally shot each other on the steps of a church at Eloo, Illinois, Sunday. Mrs. .Tonnio Grecnwell killed her huaband at Grand Tower, 111., Monday. ' Jealousy was the causo, John W. 1 oung, a son of Brighatil Young, and a Mormon apostle, will reaido in Washington, D. C, permo, nently. Tammany proposes to control the National Bank in which tho bulk of the New York city funds will bo de posited. Tho exclusion of the colored chil dren from tho public schools of Felic ity, Ohio, has created a bitter feeling between the two races. Bancroft, tho historian, is suffering from a severe cold ami his friends are unoasy. Tho age of Mr. Bancroft is eighty-two. rrooior ivnott oi Jvontucicy is spoken of as tho probable auccessor of Civil Service Commi6sioaer Oberly, who has resigned. Tho Democrats of West Virginia, it is believed, havo succeeded in count ing in Fleming, tho Democratic can didate for Governor. A Washington Territory colony plan has boon organized in Chicago. Land will bo bought and Chicago peo ple will cultivate it. Sherman's going into tho Cabinot ia said to dopoml upon the assurance that loraker will not bo his auccessor to tho Scnatorahip. Tho Interstate Commission has de cided that freo passes, given by rail roads as compensation for scouring business aro illegal. Vetcr.uia of General Harrison's Soventeonth Indiana Regiment 100 strong bono to havo tho post of honor at the inauguration. Jersey City Polico Commissioners removed the Chiof of Poli. o boforo the election, bocauso he set his men to hunting up fraudulent voters. Tho Commercial Bank of Odessa has ordored tho construction of twelve gun-boats for use in behalf of Monto- negio, It is reported that vary important fortifications are being erected in Savoy, outnido of the noutral zone of tho Franco-Italian frontier. King Milan has relumed nil of Na taliu's presents and ordered that sho shall be addressed hereafter as "Mrs Natalie do Keozko." Tho plans and specifications of tho life-saving station on tho Pacific Coast ordered to bo built by Congress, aro nearly feady and tho work is boiug pushed. William Langloy Nortlmm died yes terday in Now York. Tho deceased was a California pioneer and ono of the foundora of Sacramento city. Ho waa oighty-two years old. Mrs. J tuned G, Blaino, Jr., has do cidod to become an nctross, but will not drop the contemplated suitaginast tho Hliiine family for the ulienation of her husband's nlVcotiotis, Rumor in Washington says Wil liam R. Hearst has married There Powers, a woman with v.hom ho wu very friendly while he was at Harvard College, and that he haa gone to Paris, AGRICULTURAL. A Minnesota farmer bolievea that no fodder is equal to green amber cane for producing butter. Feed tho calf well. Scant feed mcanB a scant calf, and with such a calf a scant cow 'is the aure result. The latest competition threatening British farmers is tho importing of bailed hay from the United States. The State of New York is tlie second barley-producing State in the country, and the largest producer of hops. California's production of dried fruit has increased from 5,070,000 pounds in 1883 to 20,605,000 pounds in 18S7. An orange tree in tho gardens of Versailles ie four hundred and 'fifty years old. It was planted by Eleanor of Castile in 1410. Cull the fowls very closely. It will not pay to winter disqualified birds. There is more succojs with fewer birds and higher prices. Experience proves that cows which havo a duo allowance of salt ' give milk riclier than thoso which aro not supplied with salt. In feeding skim milk to calves lin seed mc.l, or a littlo flaxseed jolly, should bo added to replace the cream which has been removed. A few quince trees in a rich soil will often give very profitable returns. In many oaecs of failure tho causo is tho poor toil in which the trees aro grow ing. With fruit growing as with every other business success can only bo as sured by hard work end perserveranco with careful attention to tho small items of work. Galen Wilson says that a speedier and cleaner way to remove the skin of new potatoes, than the common prac tice of scraping with a knife, is to use a. "scrubbing brush." Peter Henderson says that after tho cabbage maggot is once developed, no application will kill it that will not at the same timo kill tho plant. Drawing the earth away from tho stemtf, thus destroying tho eggs before they hatch, if ptu-efully followed, will save tho' oron. H'.'ery feeder who has given his hogs close attention knows that after tho Ixogo have reached a certain stage aa regards to growth keeping any longer is ah expense With very littlo profit. Probably tho best tonic for fowls is the Douglass mixture: Tako cue pound of sulphate of iron and two ounces of sulphuric acid and dissolve in one gallon of water. Add one tablespoonful of this mixture to one gallon of drinking water for tho birds. Rcmovo the droppings from the poultry houses overy morning instead of onco or twice a week, as is often di rected. If this practice wore strictly adhered to there would be less disease among poultry and better results generally. It is observed that "tho mass of tho butter sold goes for half prico, year in and out, largely because it in churned at the wrong temperature by persons too stingy or too stupid to invest in a good thormometer. A variation of five dogrees from tho standard spoils or greatly injures either butter or chcoso. Th.o wood harvest, for keeping us warm, and the ice harvest, for keep inir us cool, go right along together on the farm, without much reflection as to how theso artificial wants, irom bo ing luxuries formerly, havo become necessities and aro constantly incroas ing in thoir demands upon us. Tho moure.pest in Australia is much worse than tho rabbit pest. The cli- mato is so soft that they havo thriven enormously, and thero is said to bo' "hardlv a residenco or store that is not pestered bv the plague, while from overy side come tales of crops de- vsured 60 rapidly that many fields hnvo had to bo abaiulonod, what was left not being worth reaping." Whoro raspberries nnd other small fruits aro grown in tho garden, and the labor is not great for bo doing, they should be banked up with dirt as u protection to the roots and canes onanist frosts. TreeB aro also bene filed by having earth banked against thorn. Tho earth should bo romoved in tho spring and tho ground leveled Tho first grand exhibition of tho Ohio Valley Fanciors' Club will bo given in Cincinatti December 12th to 11) th, inclusiYO. It promises to bo tho finest display of poultry, pigeons anil pet stock over witnessed in tho West. Full particulars and entry blanks can bo procured from tho secretary, W. C. Riedington, 170 Baymiller street, Cin cinnati, Ohio. It is corUinly much to bo regretted that so few farmers keep accuralo re cords of thoir operations. A . double loss results to themselves and to tho public. It is an absolute loss to auy man to havo no actual knowledge of his business affairs, based upon re corded facts. And it is a public loss to havo no accurate record of tho re sults of tho most important industry of tho country, being that upon whcdi tho prosperity of nil oilier ih iquihi to depend, I It is distressing to see a farmer work ing for lees than the wages of a. com mon laborer, and at the same time re ducing the productive capacity of his laud each year, so that the future holds no better outlook for him ; and od thousands of farms the first step toward changing thi3 bad state of af fairs would bo the seeding of ft large part of the farm to grass. On a recent morning overy can of milk coming into New York was ex amined by the State dairy inspectors. The total number of cans inspected was 5,728, and of this number only fifteen of a doubtful character were found. Samples of these were taken for analysis, They showed a light per centage of cream, indicating that the milk had been skimmed. The result of the inspection shows that the milk now coming to the city over the rail roada named is of bettor quality than ever before. No farmer is a good feeder who doe not study tho individual peculiarities of !iis animals. Some require more than others, and to give too much is as bad as to feed too sparingly. In tho same litter of pigs some will be larger than others. Some will fatten readily, while others just as thrilty will grow long and largo in frame, with less fat. These last, whether male or female, should boescrved for breeding. Food has something to do with this, but individual peculiarities of different animals has quite as much. Tho annual product of honey in America is 28,000,000 pounds, or half a pound npieco to the population. In 1880 Tennessee made 2,131,000 ; New York, 2,089,000; Ohio, 1,027,000; North Carolina, 1,501,000 ; Kentucky, 1,500,505 ; and seven other States Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Virginia produced moro than 1,000,000 pounds each ; altogether in tho States named more than half the entire pro duct of the country. Tho Australian Government is build ing a fence of wire netting eight thou sand miles long, to divide New South Wales and Queensland, in order to keep the jack rabbUs out of tho latter country. Australia i3 paying not less than $125,000 per year to keep the pests down iu what is known as Crown lands. The offer is still kept up of $100,000 to any man who will produce lorriGthmg that will exterminate the pests, Although immense quantities of Chicago dressed beel uIG daily shipped to Eastern points for consumption, and sold at prices paying bes-vy pro fits to tho dressed-bcef magnates of tho We.it, yet the trade in dressed mutton has not been 60 succes. fully conducted, Tho principal reason sceim to be that almost immediately tho mutton is romoved from the re frigerator c.ir, and hung in tho provis ion store, it turns black,, its unsightly appearance checking its sale. As a general rulo the following con stitutes a carload : 20,000 pounds or 70 barrels of salt, 70 of lime, DO of Hour, 00 of whisky, 200 sacks of Hour, G cords of hardwood, 7 cords of soft wooJ, IS to 20 head of cattle, 50 to GO head of hogs, SO to 190 head of sheep, 310 buihcls of wheat, 300 of corn, G80 of oats, 400 of barley, 3G0 of ap ples, 330 of Irih potatoes, 350 of sweet potatoes, 1,000 bushels of bran. Stronger cars aro now built to carry much heavier loads. An applo should never at any time, whilo being handled or stored, become cooler than the surrounding atmos phere. If it does not it will never "sweat," for this "sweat" is simply at mospheric moisture, precipitated up on tho cool apple, precisely as it is precipitated on tho outside of a pitch er of ice water in summer. An ap ple can not be made to "sweat" in any truo sense. The skin of all sound, smooth apples is Nearly as air and wator tight as India rubber. A man living near Santa Cruz has boon catching quail in a peculiar way. For three weeks he has been spread ing grain in the road near his place, whoro the quail abound. On tho day tho law was out bo put wheat in tho placo as usual, but had previously soaked the wheat in whisky. Watch ing tho placo, ho saw tho quail coino out, eat, get drunk, and in a short time lie down stupilied. Ho then went to them and suthered about ono hundred in a sack that he carried with nun. iV low iiuu were noi iiuiy unuiK. were caught Uy his dog. Ho has practiced the samo method since suc cessfully. A Tompkins Couuty correspondent of tho Now York' Tribune writes : "It is profitable business raising winter lambs, but, UUo any other, success ia tho rowanl o closo attention. Lambs, last winter sold for $12 in January, and then along down to $0 in the lusi of April. Tho extra feed and care for tho owes is nearly paid for in their su perior condition for mutton in early spring, when mutton is scarce. A shepherd can care for a herd of ono hundred and fifty ewes, and havo an easy timo doing it. If this is not bot tor than selling lambs in tho fall nt six mouths oi ago lor j, tne price here now, I would liko to bo corrected. 2. Tho owes aro shorn soon after com ing into winter quarters, else, owing to tho tcin pera turo (ou degrees) kept up with beat results witli lambs, tho ewes would shed their wool before spring. A visit to a winter-lamb raiser last sea son, who had neglected shearing, re vealed a sorry, ragged-looking llcck of owes. It may bo hero remarked that with projKirly constructed quarters no artificial heat is necessary, The cheep generate too muoh heat and the torn peuture is kept evgu by air thafln. Portland Market Report. WHEAT Valley, $1 45$1 47$ Easton Oregon, $1 40. BARLEY Whole, $0 851 00; ground, per ton, $20 0021 60. OATS Milling, 32i34c. HAY Baled, $10$13. SEED Blue Grass, lS15c.; Tim- othy, 7Sc. ; Red Clover, 1112$. FLOUR Patent Roller, $5 00; Country Brand, $4 75. EGGS Per doz, 35c. BUTTER Fancy roll, per pound, 25c; pickled, 22J25c; inferior grade, 200220 . CHEESE Eastern, 13Jc; Ore gon, 1314c.; California, 14o. VEGETABLES Beets, per sack, $1 00 ; cabbage, per lb., lc ; carrots, per sk., $ 75 ; lettuce, per doz. 10c. ; onions, $ 85 ; potatoes, per 100 lbs., 40c.; radishes, per doz., 1520c. ; rhubarb, ner lb., Oc. HONET In comb, per lb., 13c; strained, 5 gal. tins, per lb. 8c. POULTRY Chickens, per doz., $3 003 50; ducks, per doz., $5 00 G 00; geese, $6 007 00; turkeys, pur lb., I2c. PROVISIONS per lb.; Eastern, Oregon hams, 14c 15lGc. ; Eastern breakfast bacon, 14c. per lb.; Oregon 10llc; Eastern lard, 10(g)ll$c. per lb.; Oregon, 10c. GREEN FRUITS Apples, $ 50 G5c: Sicily lemons. $6 006 50 California, $G 00G 50 ; Naval oranges $6 00; Riverside, $5 00; Mediterra nean, $4 25. DRIED FRUITS Sun dried ap pies, 5c. per lb. ; machine dried, 10((: 11c , pitless plums, 9c, ; Italian' prunes, 1012c. ; peaches, 10llc. ; raisins, $2 402 50. HIDES Dry btef hides, 1213c; culls, G7c; kip and calf, 1012c. ; Murrain, 10 12c. ; tallow, 44flC. WOOL Valley, 17Q20c: Eastern Oiogon. 8 15c. LUMBER Rough, per M, $10 00; edged, per M, $12 00; T. and G. sheiithing, per M, .fl3 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 $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; lengths 50 to 60, extra, $4 00 ; 1 lath, per M, $S 1 lath, ycr M, f 2 U, COFFEE Quote Suh'ador, 17 to 173 o.; Java, 24 tq. 20ic; ArbuckleVs rousted, 22Jj. MEAT Beef, Wholesale, 23c; dressed, Go. ; sheep, 3c; dressed, Gc. ; hogs, dressed, b7c.; veal, 57c. BEANS Quoto small whites, $4 50 ; pinks, 3 ; bayos, $3 ; butter, $4 50 ; Limo8, d'4 50 per cental. PICKLES Kegs ouotod steady &t $1 35. SALT Liverpool grades of fine quoted $18, $19 and $20 for tho three sizes; stock salt, $10. SUGAR Prices for barrels ; Golden C,6c. ; extra C, 7c. ; dry granulated 8 jc. ; crushed, fine crushed, cube and powdered, 8f c. ; extra C, "GSc; halves and boxes, hi. higher, CHARMING HUMBUGS. How Trotty Women Aro Vlnylnir Confl ilrnrr Clinics on ISustncMs .Moil. "A now class of swindlers havo be gun operations in Fifth avenuo and up per Brondwny," snid ono of Inspector Byrne's detectives this morning whilo watching a well-dressed woman across tho street. "That 'lady' over there is u leading member of tho gang," ho continued. "Sho would make 10 or $lo a day if let nlone. Sho used to bo a shop-lifter. Hecauso of tho danger of detection and a certain knowledge that she'd bo sen tenced to tho longest term possible if again arraigned before any justice in tho city, she and somo of her former com panions havo conceived tho idoa of rnnking n ;rocd living as arLstoiiratic beggars. You see thoy dress fashion ably, havo pleading manners and know just whom to strike. "A good-natured business man is their victim every timo. Ono of the (rang will accost him in tho middle of a , block, out of hearing distance. Her manner of greeting him would lead any ono across tho btreet to think her in acquaintance. In a low tone sho says sho has lost her pocket-book or been robbed. Her husband or brother, of course, is a member of the snmo ex- cmn0 B tho ,rontieman addressed. - Ier ,.... ,s . ,,-,, ,, thn ,,.. .,., " men, with taiuo embarrassment nnd niusnes, sno wouiu trouble her victim for n few dollars. "Nino times out of ten tho unsuspect ing individual will say: 'Why, certain- iy; pray tion t mention it,' nnd pass over a fivo-dollar noto in a hurrv, glad r.t tho opportunity to do it. The swin dler nsks or his card nnd goes in senrch .'or another victim, afterexprcb&ing her hearty thanks. Tho snmo poion N uever 'struck' twice, and in this way the swindler escapes positive dotection. A few of the fraternity will tncklo members of their own sex with a storv i'alculnted to win n dollar Or two; lint this is only dono when thero is senrcitv of mule prey. Thoy work nil torts o'f lodges, nnd nro ofton successful simply bevnuso of their flno appearance nnd good manners. I tried hard to get a woll-known man who had boon swindled by that womrn nerma tho way toproso. euto her. i l.c doclimui u would be '. i: , t loafc uphuoha