The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918, January 24, 1889, Image 6

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Newspaper Page Text- " i THE OREGON SCOUT. ! JONES & CHANCEY, Publlohors UNION, OREGON. FLYING WITHOUT WINGS. Tho Souring Powers or n I'ocullnrly-Hiillt Anllpoilenn I.lznral. 'Just keep your oyoon that follow." Tho speaker had just returned from .1 trip ucross tho Pacific, and his room was filled with curiosities from every part of Southern Asia and India. From a small cngo ho Inul taken u brilliants hucd lizard. Ho balanced it upon his lmnd and with a quick motion tossed it into tho air. Now a horned toad or ono of tho common lizards of our western slopo would havo gone up llko a rockot and camo down liko n rock, but tho lizard was not of this kind. It rose, then it seemed to grow larger, to swell out liko a balloon, and instead of dropping it sailed away at an anglo and deftly alighted on tho top of a plush-covcrcd chair, whoro it clung, looking about in amazemont. "Yes," continued tho ownor, taking tho pet again, "it is a flying lizard a wingless flyer at that, ono of tlio most remarkable of tho lizard tribe." Tossing tho llttlo orcaturo up again, it seemed to spread, and again flow away, buoyed by somo mystoriouB power. "I got my pot in tho island of Borneo," said tho naturalist "It was my intention merely to collect skins, but ono day I was walking along -through tho forest, when I saw what I took for a brilliantly colored butter fly coming along. As I drew nearer I saw that it was a lizard, and, standing perfectly still, it shot by mo. Having a switch in my hand I struck it down, and so secured it, and carried it to camp in my pockot. Finding that it would livo I kopt it, and soon saw that it was quito a pot, and if I can got it to England, shall deposit it in tho Lon don Zoological Gardens." On tho wing tho bnwovolnns, as UiIb llttlo croaturo Is called, resembles a richly tinted insect, but whoq. at rest It can bo compared to a lizard, with extraordinary protuborancos on oithor ldo. Thoso aro tho so-called wings, -which aro formed of a cutaneous growth upon oithor sido, wing-liko in Bhapo and supportod by a sorios of false ribs. In color tho lizard is blue and gray, with tints of various kinds and shades. Tho tail is long, Blonder, andbonoath tho hoad doponds a double pouch, giving tho unlmr.l rathor a ferocious appearance Tho wing-liko organB aro used mere ly uts parachutoB. When tho lizard leaps into tho air tho upward current "brings thorn out and onablos tho pos sessor to soar away at an anglo to a greater or loss dlstanco, according to tho holght from which tho leap was in ado. Tho lizard can chango its dlroctlon -whllo in tho air to either side; heneo a casual observer might readily bollovo them to movo tho so-called wings and actually ily; but soaring is tho limit of their powers, and in this way thoy travel long distances sovoral hundrod yards from treo to tree. San Fran cisco Chronicle. A RARE CURIOSITY. Xeniftrknlilo .Sircliiuu of Onrnl From ths rlilllpplnci Iluniln. Judgo 13. W. Knott, deputy superin tendent of tho State Insuranco Depart ment, rocolvod roeontly from Alexander 1L Wobb. United States Consul at Ma nila, Phlllpplno Islands, a curiosity that is exceedingly rare; a coral for mation found only in tho Philippine Archipelago, and 1b known to tho na tives as "flower baskets," though why such an appellation should bo con ferred on It Is not quite eloar. It is quite different from uny coral that has over been seen by thoso who havo been fortunate onough to vlow tho spool inou which tho Judgo values so highly. Tho Hpeelmon Is conical In shnpo, hav ing a baso of nearly two Inches In di ameter and rises to a holght of about eight Inches, growing smallor towards it top, whoro It onds In a tolerably oharp point Tho baso was formed on a smooth ledgo of rook, and tho nrchl ntH nt Its construction had boirun by laying cross sections of a formation ro- Bombllng Hnest spun glass. i hose aro laid very carefully and tivenly across both wnvH. and aro soomliiL'ly Inter laced and plaited with similar fornm-lniiH-thov could hardlv bo called fibers, runnlmr from ton to bottom of this novel lllllimtlau castle. Tho work rlHos In most beautiful shape, crowing gradually smaller, until within about three Inches of tho apex, whon ovi ili.nl lv tho builders found on their hands more of tho longitudinal laoes than wore needed in their work, and thov were diooned out at tho work progressed, and stand about tho toy, formliiL' a sort of tuft around tho whole. These lacings extend about ono inch nhovo tho ton. and contrary to usual formation of coral, thoy are pliable and whon lent assume an upright position on being released. It would bo Impossible for ma nlilnrt work or tho work of human hands to keop up tho symmetry better o.i.n tlinxn minute iinlmalculto havu done. Tho work resembles tho finest thci cross bars fashioned as beau Ifllll V I1M DOSS Ible, In looking through tho orosa burs 0110 can hoo tho roiiitilnn nf xniiiu small marine animal, probably vni.ii. iid n t In v claw or fooler, similar to tho ones such animals a 10 u.lorn.ul Willi, lb IllllllllV IllkOOI'lllhlO Tlio ooriil U u punt whllo itiul forms 11 CONGRESSIONAL NEWS An Interesting Resume- of the- Week's Happenings in Both Branches of tho Nation's Leglelatura1 Rnmtml V. Tlixlnv has been nnnoint- ed postmaster at Kelso, Cowlitz coun ty- .TnmnR P. Starr hna been appointed postmaster at Syracuse, Polk county, in place ot .rranK it. jiuuuaru, re signed. A railway mail service has been es tablished on tho route from Wood villo to Snohomish, six times a week to take effect from tho 28th. Governor-elect Hovey has left Wash ington for his homo in Indiana. He will resign his seat in tho House, which will be filltd by a special elec tion next month. Senator Cullom has reported favor ably a bill from tho commerce com mittee to increase tho salary of tho surgeon general of the marine hos pital service to $0000 per annum. Tho total coinage of tho United States mints for tho twelve months endinc tho calendar year of lbno was $G5:.n8.GU, divided as follows: Gold, $31,380,080; silver, $33,025,G0G; mi nor, $912,200. Tb n Secretary of the Navy has is sued peremptory orders to liasten tho work of preparing tho Uniteu States ships Atlanta, Vandalia and Mohican for tea. It is reported that tho last two named will be sent to Samoa to reinforce the Nipsic. A party of Dakota Democrats, re cently elected delegates by tho Mitchell convention, are now in vvasn ington, their object being to securo necessary legislation to carry into ef fect tho desires of tho convention, and Uwv primus tho intention of remain ing thero until that is accomplished. Tho President gave a stato dinner of forty-eight covers to members of tho cabinet Friday night, tho second of tho winter's series of olliciul enter- Tim White House was handsomely decorated for tho occa sion. A miniaturo lake, with banks lmnil with ovorcreons and red and wliito roses, wiib tho principal iloral decoration. Glaus Spreckols has made a state ment before tho Senate committee of finance, concerning his experiments n tho manufacture 01 ueet sugar 111 California, intended aB an argument against tho proposed reduction of duty 011 sucar and tho substitution thereof limmt.v nf 1 cent a nou nil. Dur ing tho hearing it was lniimatcu unit tho committeo would insert in tho bill n nrnvlninn. makinc tho bounty 01 ono cent a pound operative until the year A letter was laid boforo tho Senate Friday from tho Secretary of tho 'PrmiHiirv iii renlv to a resolution of Mm Snnato iiskiiiir for copios of the nil inir made by tho department as 10 mic classification of gill-nets mado 111 Scotland, and imported for salmon lUlw.rinu nil Ilia 1'rtOlllO UOllSl. J. 110 Sccrotary says no decision has been tiuiiln iliirinir tho past vpar on gill- notB ready and lit for uso by salmon iishornion. Tim mnmhors of the Sonato commit too havine chareo ot tho tanu out havo docidea to oiler an aniondmont mnbimr f.iin ilntv on lunibor $1.50 per 1000 feet, a reduction of 25 per cont in tho bill as reported from tiio com miltoo. It was first proposed to niako the duty $ 1.20, out a cumpiunuou uu a $1.00 rato wiib Becurou oy tno seua tors from tho Northwest. A proviso will tin ill Hurt 0(1 that this HltO shall bo conditional on Ciinadiv romoving her export duty on lumbor. C. O. W. West, Governor of Utah, is now in Washington. Ho intends to boforo the House conimitteo on territories to oppose tho admission . . . m ! - 4 rtf ITtnli itH IV RlULO. 1 I11H KUIllUUUIlli ho says, is shared by nearly every uen- ii- ;., tiin turritnrv. West places his objection on tho broad ground that Mormons aro unntieu to uxurcieu niu riftiiiu nf citizenship. Ho says : "To givo theso peoplo sovereign rights, as 1IIUIIVWVIII iiw-- a w iiTinuiil. wnnui 1)0 lo luicouvery nun- Mormon in uuiu compioiuij hi, muu (tlil V iTiulnr tho territorial form of govornmont wo are protected by Con- ...... n f..- gross ant tho J-ixecutivo. junior vn right of Statohood upon Utah and tho Mormons would fratno a constitution .ml luwu m iiniiist and arbitrary in ihnlr ohiimctor Unit an outsider could not livo among them. I favor leav ing it a territory, but bo ainoniiing tuu i,iw iiH in abrideo the power of tho ohuroh." Tho National Woolgrowers' Abboci ation mot in convention atWaelung in. i,.ut wik. llesolutions were IUII ...wv . - ...tt.ii..l liiliirinL'. that whllo Con groBs niiiiiitained a gonoial policy of protection, tno wooi gmwvio i .,u iimimfunturcra in tho United States have a right to doinand that tho du ties on wool and on woolen ami worn nil ivfWM lu stmli bo lidi listed and main t.,!n,wl no us to scouro to them tho 1 rtnmi liliirVnt. TllO rt'BOllltiollB .ii..t itmiiiiii the Senate tan 11 bill so far as it ailecU wool, and providing for u conmuttoo oi Boven w lonuunuo cilmdiiln nl tariff duties for wool as tuny bo deemed just and necessary, ijnd to present tho same to tho tlnnnco committee of tho Senate and urge Us adoption. Thoy further declare tlmt tint determination of tho economic ilmiuolul uoliov of this govern iiiimt is no iiinuirtaut to wool-growing ami all othor indiiKtriea ami buninos ot tho nation as to require Imnu'ilwto and ilitllnl'.o luginltttUm, uml if this nluiU not bo iicmiijlulitHl liming tho nretont Conuri' uu uurly oxlru Moil of (lio 61t Oongivm u rv'i'om- lltliUllvili - --- a . , PACIFIC COAST NOTES, Matters of Local and General Import Gathered from All Sources for the Benefit of Our Readers. Fresno tailors aro striking for better wages. Albuquerque,N.M., built 300 houses last year. Wallula and Walla Walla aro now connected by rail. John P. St. John will make his resi dence in California. Traver. Tulare county. Cal., now boasts a checee factory. The penitentiary of WashinEton Territory is now heated by steam. A frnmr nf Imodiums at Victoria at- o " --- 1 tacked the salvation army recently. TfnrLb Ynkimn. ii soon to have a system of waterworks to cost $100,000. At.lnmnts bavo been made to rob people while getting on trains at Col- ton. J n. T.nisnrn. nf Pendleton, has re signed tho position of deputy district attorney. An effort is to bo mado in tho Ne vada legislature to obtain a charter for a lottery. Many arrests havo been mads on ac count of the recent not at tho New castle mines. Tim spnlinf schooners are all pre paring to leave British Columbia ports for the north. Thn ronairine shops of the Oregon and Washington Territory road are to bo located at Walla Walla. Tho lono hifrhwavman appears to hn hiifiilv encased in holding up stage coaches in northern California. Tho wind from eastern Oregon MnwH nlkali dust which settles on the glass of the Fort Canby lighthouse. A colored man assauted a pretty Pasadena girl laBt week, and if ho had been caught tho mob would havo lynched him. Lanro numbers of miners aro flock- inc to ho gold mines in tho Harqua- Hala mountains in Yuma and Man copa counties, A. T. John and Fred Mize.who attempted to murdor their father-in-law, Henry nnflVu-v. nt. Smitn. Itosa. will have to servo ono year in San Quentin. A Chinaman at Sacramento at ,nM.in.l ir tnln i afntin frnm n. mil LUlIll'kWl l,w man road track, to prevent what ho thought wouui oe an acciuum, " a-nitu by a passing train. Thnwifoof Charles Allen, of Ghibb Vnllnv lin hnnn sent to the insane asvlum. She fancies she is a bird, tries to imitate its twitterings unu at tempts to climb trees. Tlnrrv. ii drunken scoundrel at Portland, was arresled recently for Wllipping 111B who b uuuu uuvij dragging it from tho bed to tho floor, becauso it would not riso at his bid- At a recent meetinc of the Colum bin ltiver Fishermen's Protective Tlninn at Astoria, tho pnoo of salmon fnr tliu nnxt cannery Feason was set at $1 per fish if caught in cannery nets and $1.20 if caught m privato nets. Tho colored church in Sacramento lmil it sensation last weok. when tho iimitnr found a nuinbor of loud ciga- are t to pictures m tno eeat wuicu n hnrtii nnniiniod tno previous eveuuiK by a parly of young fomiile membors. .Tnhn Foster, who stolo a horso from tho neighborhood of Elk Grove, bAC- mmnnin nnimtv. Cal.. last month, and who loft a piece of doggerel aftor him to induco a believe in tne proximuy of Ulaok 13art. has been tontonccd to tou years at San Quonttn. While passengers wnro being landed I Ml til tho Htoamor Point Arena at Lit- In llivnr. Mendocino county, last hnnt. tho latfr was capsizo I and Mrs. Ivilduy and I ho daughtor of an assutmt keopor at tho light-house at Point Arona were urowneu. Last weok, at Bonita, Graham county, A. T sovoral Bheopinon woro grazing their Hooks noai the range of Chiricahua cattlemon, who Willi tod tho sheepmen to go elsewhere A Intttlo ensued and five shecp-hordors wore killed and ono cattloman wounded. There is trouble ovor hind claims at Los Olivos. Squatters are Hooking in from all quarters and Uiking possession of hind on tho Brinkorhoff and Laguna oxlonsiou, near tho town. Tho land in dispute is claimed to bo part 08 the Hell ranch, between Los Olivos and Lompoo, Santa Barbara county. Tho little daughter of L. S. Kenne dy, living at Pilot Kock, had a ivr iov escape fiom death last week. Two sohool-boys were shooting at a mark, and while ending a field on her way to Bchool the child was struck by n passing bullet, inilicting ft painful though not Borious wound abovo tho right temple. Charles Johnson, recently an in mate of tho British Columbia peniten tiary, and now a resident of Portland, was ungaged last week in circulating a paper in Victoria headed, "Prison reform and hidden secrets , a brief ac count of tho tyrtuiy, injustice and op pression practiced in tho British Civ luinbiii ptmitontiiiry. mo ourge nuide against tho otllolals tiro very bt rioiu. An inoretuo ot pension lias been griinteil to Konwull J). Carter, of Port (Jumble, W. T.i aUo to W. H. Cirpon tor, Uonburv, l.T, MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS A Brief Mention of Matters of General Interest. Notes Gatberod from Homo and Abroad. Rice troubles are feared at Areola, Miss. Bernhardt gave ten performances at Cairo, Egypt, recently. Last vear 135G people died of de lirium tremens in England. The Paris police will search the houbes of all known anarchists. The Sultan is one of tho most en thusiastic checs players in Europe. In Russia last year 80.000 dram- aheps were done away with by law. Lord Coleridge has collected $35,000 for the widow and daughters of Mat thew Arnold. The British government stateB that a successor to Hackulic vest win Bhortly be appointed. Final preparations havo been made for the ofliuial trial of the 15-inch pneumatic dynamite gun. Annt.lipr vnliiablo r.oal deposit has just jieen discovered in Dakota, three miles iiurm oi uemurvmu. Tho Italian railway system is un dergoing a radical reform to facilitate the mobilization of troops. Tho largest organ in tho world is now being built in ljomion lor oya ney. It will cost about $75,000. France appears to be somewhat dis pleased over the debate in the U. b. Senate on the Panama cal project. Euceno Wetherill, husband of Em- ma Abbott, tne noteu prima aonna, ... . . . . . i j died suddenly at Denver last week. Mrs. Sheridan has accepted the de Bigu ol samuei n. juiison, oi rew . - t tw . . r twt York, for the monument to General Shundan. President Carnot of France received nearly a thousand Christmas presents from bis admirinsr leilow-citizens oi the Republic. Xra PnrnpU bus deeded to her SOU Charles Stewart Parnell, the Ironside? bnmestead and otber property at Bordentown, N. J. Thouirh nearly a million Lebel riflDH have been turned out in France tho eovernment workshops are still turning out 3000 a day more. Kinc Leopold, of Belgium, has in structed tho bishops of his little realm to havo prayers offered constantly lor tho safety of Stanley and Emin Pasha. A celebrated team of bull-fighters from Seville, Spain, performed before 30,000 excited people at the City of Mexico recently. Four bulls were killed. Articles have been siened by Sulli van and Kilrain for a light near New flrWris for a mirso of $10,000 and the diamond championship belt now held by tho latter. The most prominont brigand in China, Ho Ta L.io-hu, has been cap tured and killed, lie wiib a giant, boinir 7 feet 2 inches in height and broad in proportion. Five necrro niurderors were drowned in Broad river, S. C, a few days ago, wbiln Btruircrline: for the possession of money thoy had just taken from the body of ono whom they had murdered. Fmnress Frederick is understood to tinvn mnrln friends with her eldest boh. the Emperor, but sho failed to receive tho customary Christmas presont from him. It is given out that she requested him not to send it. James L. Wright, R. N. Keen, R. C. Afn Ai.lnv mid .Tnsenh S. Kennedy, tho four original momberB of the Knights of Labor, have issued circulars to tne knights which aro expected to over throw tho Powderly administration in tho order. The Czar is said to have become reconciled to Prince .Alexander of Bat touborg, owing to tho kindly efforts of a mo herly Grand Duchess who tnKes interest in the Princess Victoria of Prussia, and wants to boo tho joung couple happy and married. Doputy Sheriff Moore, of Dallas, Toxas, twice rescuod a burglar from tho hands of a mob last week, and cash timo tho culprit was hanging from a treo. The second timo tho res- cuo was made tho deputy fired upon tho lynchers and injured several. Tho city council of Oheyonno, Wy. T haa closed the deal with tho Union Pacific and workshops will bo inline distelv established. Tho citizens of Choyenno aro ovorjoyod, a boom has . . x !l.t 1 1 set in, ami mini in tne ucignuumuou bus iucroiibed in valuo wondoriully within tho lust fow weeks. M. Lucicn Gaulard. who had so hireo a sliaro in the ' introduction of tho transformer system of eloctrio lighting, died recently in a lunatic asylum in Franco. His friends at tribute his nion Ul failure to the legal troubles ho hud experienced in con ucotiou with hia various patents. When Will Bright, son of John Bright, wanted to roprovo his father for tho hitter's severity for comment ing on his son's adheronco to Iiqiiio rule principles, the young men wroto "Mv dear father, theso are not the kind of lotters that should bo ad dressed by ono statesman to auother,' It is expected that not more than ono million pounds of tobauco will be ! raised in Egypt this your, although I throo million pounds havo boon pro duced in former seasons, llm do I o roil so u owing to the recent action o : the Khodivo in putting a tax t flf7 60 mi each ucro u( gruinul (lv i voted to tula crop. THE AGRICULTURALIST Newsy Notes Concerning the Farm and of Especial Interest to the Pa cific Coast Husbandman. Georgia is to have an immigration bureau to encourago immigration to the Suite of industrious and intelli gent farmers and mechanics. Do not bo afraid to open the doors . . ... i anu windows ot tne ceiiar on eium days. It is much better to have pure air in tho cellar than to keep it close and damp. When the cellar is musty and a disagreeable odor noticed the entire house is likewise affected. A farm must not only be self-sup porting but should pay a pront. When the farmer reaches mat stage when he is compelled to borrow, or de nnml nn some income from another source, his farm is unprofitable, and he should then endeavor not only to discover the cause of his loss but also aim to improve in some manner, in order that the farm may be self-sup' porting. The most disagreeable thing on the farm in winter is mud, and, although t can not be entirely avoided, yet some ot us disadvantages inj uu overcomo by carefully draining every location that allows an excess of wa ter to accumulate. When the cattle are compelled to stand kneo deep in mud thero is a loss of animal heat, and trreater proportion of food will be required to keep them in condition. Chumine cream when slightly sour, as is the custom in the Holstein dairies, yields butter of a peculiar and fine aroma. Butter made irom very sour cream is destitute of this aroma, and has tho taste which the Holstein butter acquires after keeping some time. Stirring of cream does not pro mote souring, but rather Hinders it da increasing access of air ; i may be ad vantageous in making tne souring uniform. For verv early eccs warm, com fortable houses, proper feed, and good n i i care are necessary, u tne nens imvu to use all tho feed they get to keep themselves warm, if they are not sup plied with food containing egg-forming material, and if tho houses are not kept clean and well ventilated, the egg basket need not be a large one. The roof ot tho poultry House snotiiu be tight, the sides well battened and tho knot-holes covered, or the entire eides covered witli tarred paper to pre vent draughts, and the iloor made m a wav to take no drainage from the outside and be perfectly dry. For tilntion. anv plan whereby the fowls can be supplied with pure fresh air without being subjected to draughts will answer. On how many places is it a pleas ure to visit the hen house? Although there has been a great change for the hotter durinc the" last few years, tho average hen houso is still shunned by all who are not obliged to visit it. This is not surprising, as it is full of lice in summer, and in winter is foul with the stench from a year's accu mulation of filth. This need not and ought not to be. Tho poultry on a nliice. especially if a pure breed is kent. should bo a "joy forever." They never ose their interest, iacn nas its individuality, its likes and dislikes, like all other stock, and a half hour spent in watching them is aiwayB mil cf pleasure, and seldom without prolit, Snmetlnne new can be learned at every visit. Wood ashes havo too great a value to bo wasted. Every farmer's family should make its own soap supply. It is cheaper for the farmer to make soap than to buy it. When not util iznd on the farm, "soap crease" is either wasted or sold for a pittance After the ashes aro leached they are as good as before for manure, where the soil does not lack potash. If a teasnoonful of clean wood ashes is civen every third day to horses in their feed they will will very rarely need condition powders. The Banie amount given to cattlo will have good results. Cuttle, also swine, are Ire quently Been licking ashes whore rub bish has been burned. Hie aenes given to hogs may bo mixed with their salt. Ashes correct acidity of tho stomach and destroys some in testinal worms. Wood ashes aro a valuable fertilizer for all crops, but es pecially for orchard crops. They coiv tain all tho mineral elements required by plants. Tho lino oondition and peculiar proportion of their ingro dicnta make their real agricultural valuo greater than the valuo com puted from chemical analysis. Coal ashes are comparatively worthless, but wood ashes should nover be thrown away. Allowing each treo thirty feet of room (that is planting the treea thirty foot apart in checked rows), an acre will permit of about fifty trees. Thoy will not be ready for market, or to bt sawed up as lumber, until they aro about twenty years of ago. Their valuo will then depend on the kind of trees and the number of feet of lum ber that can be sawed from each troe. If tho treos aro twenty-livo feet apart about sixty-five trees can bo grown n an acre, but tho closer the trees the slower the growth and tho sooner they must bo cut down. Each acre of land can bo mado to produce $1000 in choice trees in twenty years, or at the rato of $25 per acre annually, while the yield of nuU will more than pay the interest on capital. No correct ostimato can bo m tide on tho valuo of an acre of walnut. In Indiana re cently trees sold at tho rato of $3000 per aero, but they woro very Urge. If an application of iikIios bo given tho treos every your tho growth will be in eroaned. The profit arises from the utllutttum of laud that would remain t Uo if not occupied by trees. PORTLAND '.MARKET REPORT GROCERIES-Sugars have fallen Jc silica our last report. V e quote O 64c, extra C 51c. dry granulated OJc, cube,, crushed and powdered 7gc. Coilos i flrni, Guatemala mmi c, Costa Rica 18!fc21c, ltlo 20wHc, SalvadorlOOc, Arbuckle a roasted 23Jc. pnOVlSIOKS-Oregon hams are ( jinot ed atmrcltjc, breakfast bacon l.liWHV Eastern meat Quoted as fololws: Hams 18ral3i, Sinclalrs 14 'a 15c, Oregon break i:urml4c. Eastern l.iMW c. i:m14c. Eastern l.itolJ FRUITS Green fruit receipts UM oxs. Hard fruit Is scarce, and the supply of ap ples not equal to the demand. Apples Go3 g; per bx Mexico oranges .!" 1 00.50 per bx, bananas $J.50(a4.o0, quinces 40 aCOc, VEGETABLES Market well supplied. Cabbatre 4 ale per lb, carrots and turnips 75Vper sack, red pepper 3c per ft. potatos 3ifc40c per sack, sweet lji!c per lb. DRIED FRUITS-Reccipts 01 pkges. Sun-dried apoles 4& 5c per lb, factory slic-d 8c, factory plums aOc, Oregon prunes 7'!-t)c, pears 0'ilOc, peaclie 8ai0c. raMiis 232.25 per box, Call ornla flgs 8c, Smyrna 18c per lb. DAIRY PRODUrE-OreRon creamery and choice dairy 35c, medium iCaMc Cal ifornia fancy 30c, choice dairy -ijc, eastern SJ5(g30c. EGGS Receipts 203 cases. Oregon 2oc. POULTRY Chickens SafaS.'io, for large young and ?4 4 75 for old, turkeys 14fl5e per lb. ducks $5(7 pur dozen. WOOL Valley 1820c Eastern Oregon 10(a) loc. HOPS-Choice 814c. GRAIN-Valley 81.35, Eastern Oregon 1.30 Oats 33Jii35c. Fl OUR-Standard 84.50, otner brands 84.25, Dayton and Cascade ?4.1d, Oiaham, i.Zd, rye Hour 50, no unuiu FRESH MEATS Beef, live, 313Jc. dressed 7c, mutton, live, 3W;J'c, nressuu. 7c. lambs frz.cu eacn, nogw, a, dressed 774, veal oiabc. Tho unseemly discussion which a. a certain class of newspapers have' been making a conspicuous feature in' their columns of lato of tho question, "Is marriage a failure?" is simply a fresh breaking out of the old and nau seous social malady of "free love." It is amazing that any editor who has either any regard for the reputability of hi3 journal or any respect for tho welfare of society should countenanco tho dis cussion of so grave a themo in the reckless and llippant stylo and manner in which it is treated by tho class of shallow and inconoclastic writers who, in their anxiety to air their immoral sophistications, delight to exhibit their contempt for thoso things and institu tions which reasonable and good moa deem too sacred to bo assailable The man or woman who soriously asks tho question "Is marriago a fail ure?" is obviously disqualified, by iv lack of eit.ier virtuous or proper ex perience, or of intelligent or thought ful conviction, from answering or even discussing tho question at all, tho very asking of it being almost proof posi tive that tho ono asking it is of the affirmative way of thinking, and that he or sho is of that way of thinking" becauso of experiences, observations or theories that aro at least superficial, but more probably the resultants of tho individual folly or viciousness of a. dopraved nature. A married lifo that has proved a failure becauso tho parties to tho contract have had neither senso enough, mutual forbearanco enough nor morality onough to be faithful to its obligations is not a just sample of tho marital institution, is not a fair illustration of modern domosticity, is not an exponent of tho aver ago family condition of civilized society. It is exceptional and abnormal. A true man and a truo woman, entering into tho rolations of man and wife with rational delibera tion, with genuine affection, and with high and pure motives, do not find marriago a failure. Thoy know what thoy aro about boforo they entor into tho intimate and sacred partnership. It is on their part not a matter of im pulse, of emotion, of monoy, nor of passion, but of mutual and reciprocal affection, guided and consummated by tho dictates of reason and of a thought ful anticipation of all tho possibilities and all tho contingencies that aro in volved In tho soloinn compuct. Such matches aro mado in heavon, aro heav enly in their lifelong continuance and extend beyond this lifa into heavon itself. Marriago is a failure only when tho man or tho woman is a failuro in his manhood or in hor womanhood. It is nover a failuro when tho man and tho woman aro truo to themsolves and to each othor. It is novor a failuro where tho feeling nnd the motlvo and the purpose aro right. It is novor a fail uro whoro truo lovo and honor aro tho links of unity. It is nover a failuro whero good sense and good principle load to wid control tho relationship. It is very rarely a failuro, in any ovont, whoro children ure its fruitago and tho family altar is tho center of its dally Banctificiitlon. Thoso who sneer and mock at mar riago aro not God's people; thoy aro not of thoso who aro tho best develop ment of modorn civilization; thoy aro not illustrations either of social mor ality or of sound sonse. Thoy aro tho froth mid scum that float and bubble upon the turfaco of social lifo. Thoy aro peoplo of unbridled passions, son Bual and selfish instincts or shallow minds. Thoy aro not tho many, but tho wild and reckless fow. As a rulo, i marriago is not a failuro, but quite thd rovorso. When it proves a failure, it is nn exception to tho rule, just as idiots, cranks, lunatics and moral lon ers are exceptional developments of human ovolutlon. Chicago Journal, MHO W. bumnibh, of Waldoboro, Me., Is h direct deauotiriiuil of CnpUln Ml lea SlandUh, who einj over in tho Maylluui-i' in lG:o. and ho has 11 ton liumod Milea.