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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
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