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on iiuwijwn, hum VVAbHlKblUN. COAST NEWS NOTES.) NEWS MISCELLANY. IFOR THE FARMERS. PORTLAND MARKET. JONES &. CHANCEY, - Publishers! UNION, OREGON. CANADA'S PARLIAMENT TO BE GUEST OP UNCLE SAM. HULL OF GRATITUDE. JL Hook-Agon Who Win Tli:uil;rnl for IJo liiB Kicked Down-Stair. "Good morning', sir." I glnnccd from my desk nt a tall, cadaverous-looking: Individual, clad in a faded brown ulslcr. "I hope I don't disturb you?" You haven't yet," I observed. "'Thank you, very much. If It isn't troubling you, would you bo kind enough to iiormit mo to show you the ndvanco sheets of our now work on "Art in tho Middlo Ages?'" "I don't want it." "Thank you; but I don't ask you to uuy it, but merely to look at it." I Jim of a very obliging disposition. I turned over a fow pages hastily, with outgiving him an opportunity to rccito his usual lecture. "les," 1 Kaid, as I handed tho book back to him, "it seems to bo a pretty good book, but I am not nblo to bua it" "I'm very much obliged to you for tho opportunity of showing it to you." "Not at all," I replied, turning to my bnlancc-shcot. "Couldn't I offer you Bomo inducement In tho way of easy terms?" "I can't afford it on any terms at present." "I am sorry," ho said, ns ho Etzrtod reluctantly townrd tho door; "but, an it la, I owo you a debt of gratitude- for permitting mo to talk to you about it. Tho life of a book agent, sir, is hnrd, and it is liko an oasis in a desert to meet a man who will permit an agent to describo his book. Good mornintr, sir.-" "I wns half-way down another column of ilguros, whon ho camo back and re marked, over my shoulder, Insinuat ingly: "Would fifty cents a month bring it within your means?" "No," I said, with a touch of impa llonco; "I can't buy it at any prlco. I'm loo busy to talk about It now, anyhow." "Well, good morning, sir. I'm sorry to havo disturbed you; but I'm more than obliged to you for tho opportunity of showing you tho work and lotting you u-now what u is." I started down tho column of figures again, and had reached a total of 257, when a voico romarked, apologotically, closo to my car: "Excuso mo, sir; but would you ol oet to my Inquiring whon you think it Is posslblo that you will bo likely to havo leisure to oxamlno tho work a llt tlo more thoroughly?" I could boar no inoro. I roso from my desk, and calmly but ilrmly took my visitor by tho collar, and led him into tho hall and to tho head of tho stairs. Thon. with a skill dorivod from long practice, 1 kicked him down stairs. I stood ami watched his abrupt and Bomowhat undigniliod descent. Tho sound of breaking bones came up tho hallway. A moment later a book agent picked hlmsolf up, slowly and painful ly, and called back to mo in a brokou biit grntoful voico as ho limped away "Thank you, sir; I am ovor ho much obliged to you for lotting mo off nllvo." Judgo. An Agreement Reached on the Direct Tax Dill A SyBtom of Farmers' In stitutes to Be Established Army Appropriations. A NOVEL ESCAPE FROM THE CtIK TOMS AUTHORITIES. A Convict's Confession In Favor of the Election of U. 8. Senators by the People Tacoma Merchants Again Victimized. The President ua hill. has signed tho Nicara- It is now high license in Oregon. Tho Sacramento unmblinir limmeq imvo , - 4-: - - - - - ... . -w been closed. Siakanc Falls is department. San Bernardino's grand .success. James C. Flood, of California, died at liciueioerg, uermany, ihursday to have a paid fire curus lair was a The hill to establish a jort of entry at Tort Angeles has passed tho Senate. The Secretary of State says that a treaty of amity and commerce will soon bo made with Japan. The two Dakotas will bo added to Jus tice Miller's circuit, and "Washington and Montana to Justice Field's. General Harrison and family arc busily ,rTho ofnco of c,,inVHe 5ntVrl"-eter in the engaged in packing up preparatory to .miiouvcr stom-houso is to be abol- their removal to Washington. ''"-u' The AVest Vin-lnia WiHlntnrn nffnr ., . rh.e defective ballots cast at the recent long and hotly contested fight, has elccU P00110" Ju ova"a will bo counted. ed Senator Kenna to tho Senate. John G. Crawford, a life nrisoner at A committee from the Canned Goods LSan. Quentln, committed suicide Tuesday association will visit Washington with tho ,, na,,y"K- view ol Having tho duty on Un removed. The bodies of three unidentified men The court of claims has given a iudg- IS?0 t"ken froI.n thu &ui Francisco bay ment for $1,002,517, in favor of the Cen- A"Way morning. tral Pacific Bailwnv company, in its suit. A lr il TH?1 linn fnr n mnfnr rrn1 frntn against tho United States lor withheld Fresno to tho San Joaquin river, eleven dividends. miles, has been granted. Senator Stookbridgo has presented two Tho caseof Judge WickorHlnim. elmreed mammoth petitions m favor of a Sunday with seduction, has excited no little in- rost law. It required the combined terest in Washingim. Terr tnrv -41. f 4 4 .1 . cim-iiui oi uvu pages 10 carry mem to A RUSSIAN PRINCE INCARCERATED FOR GRAND LARCENY. Naptua tho Latest Female Vice Illicit Distilleries Discovered In Ohlcago Insanity of Con rlcta In the New York Prisons. PREPARATION OF THE SOIL FOR THE RECEPTION OF SEED. A Varied Bill of Fare for Chickens DIs posit on of Swlno to Pile Up In Cold Weather Whole Corn or Meal the Best for Pigs. King Otto, of Bavaria, has been judged insane. ad. ihree-hfths of the cotton crop is now produced py white labor. Add a little boiling water to tho hoi? swill so as to ta.jo tho chill on". to Tho weather throughout tho North hnH neon extremely trying to stock. A calf born in fall or winter is worth two born in tho spring for profit. The largest peach orchard in California is near iuarysvillo. It contains 420 acres. Andrew ObseciiBo struck a fat nocket :.. ,1. : it ' in uiu xTiinciH mine. 4ianiosa couniv. Cal, recently, and panned out $30,000. Tho California legislature lias adopted a resolution in favor of tho election of United States Senators by the people. the clerk's desK. Tho Nevada legislature has memoral- ized ChngrcHS for a suspension of tho suits against mining corporations and in dividual miners for cutting timber from government-land. Senators Dolph and Mitchell havo ore- ,Um !,cll0.v.c1 that Tug Wilson, who is Rented in tho Senate another petition of w ,T Vv ii 1 ,mi?,lon."S. il ma "c,ar tho citizents of Whitman county. V. T.. A llu "u11"' rcwntIvi s innocent of the remonstrating against tho projiosed di- vision oi tno county. A system of railroads covering much of Oregon and Washington Territory is ex- co-operaio with the Canadian waterways, to undertake all river and Lead in l' railroad Tionnln .loi-lnm Hi.. harbor improvements. is no truth in the rumor of a consolida- Tho House committee on pensions has H" 0 . tho &outhor 1iU;iu md Santa agreed to report favorably tho bill intro- 1 0 ro,lUB' .1.......1 1... 1 i...:.... rr 4.. mi... -ii... , . . -. i"'i " ,T ? r u x " 1? 77". . tr. . w"flOT' 8(1"a.1 V V0 100 0 feim Bclf 11 trance state and in this condition v,.,.. .j. 4.1.141. 11, u vyn-tjun, 11 i.muniu, imvo nceu iiHiaica anil ar-1 he buried for four woeki Tln idii in good one. Ilei)rescntativo IjilFoon has rejortcd a Pf01 tm bill providing for tho creation in the war w,fr , department of a bureau of harbors and aunc- Do rrevcinet has nnderfaitnii tn form tho new l-rench cabinet. The Germans in Samoa nre furious over tho escajKi of Klein from Samoa. n effort will bo made in Boston suppress prize fighting altogether. Tho U. S. war shin llartfnnl has boon ordered to Hayti, and the Vandaliato Sa- Jist year L'u,uou icrsmimon trees were yovernor ijiraiwe, oi Iowa, has been exjorted lrom Japan to the United States The warmer and more comfortable tlm bed Of Pigs tho more mini v will tlmv 1 rize-hghting in Montana is nnw re- grow and fatten, wln'ln fnn1 will 1... Kanieu as one oi tho ierritorj"s leading consumed T. . , -"lore iKJunus oi jiorK can he produced It is again rumored in Paris that Stun- from the saine fnod Hum boi.f Tim ley has been murdered by natives near utilizes a larger per rentage of food than ,T... 141... 1 C 1 i . 4ti.iii.iiiiuiii. uiu ueei annual or man sheep. iv oronzc statue of fctonewall Jackson. lhe propagation of iramn slmnld l. io cost .iu.uuu, win soon he unveiled at taken up seriouslv, and liecome a branch Lexington, Va. to 1)0 fostered and encouraged in tho same O'Brien has been sentenced to impris- ,unnner "8 ul the hshcultunst. ... L 1. tit Jt . I u i er ti.. Vr hnZt WI T mmUl 7liIT(:il ,,cr makcs n excellent cov under tho crimes act. Cnng and protection for cold frames at 1 ho rumors concerning the uprising of niK'it. Old bagging serves well, but the the Indians in tho F athead countrv. IIHjr is a pettcr non-conductor of heat. .i.uuuiuii, uiu Liuooiv u..iui;uriiiuu. I r,-,..i , ... I . tyj ".'l'..... VJ 4il4414Via iaOLUl A destructive cyclone passed ovor a spread upon the stabln flnnr will in iMjruon oi Aianama and ueorgia, Hatur- the vaiuo ot tiio manure, while it pre day, killing and wounding many people, vents the waste and nuisance of escaping A l.ill lino i. ni i- i "uiiuuiua i. ... 44. in iinni:vi mi; Vyuiui.uiu luminal' turo to nunish lawyers who advertise their ability to olrtain " secret divorces." The courts of London have rendered a decision upholding the electric light patents oi imiiboii and fewan against other patents. The completion of the submarine cable 025 miles in length, between Coatzacval cos, Mexico, and Galveston. Texas, is announced. Dr. Tanner propose to take upon him- pensionof JfL'5 a month. rested for taking bribes from Chinese The Soniitn i-niiiiiiiHon rm tm1,.i. lnn.lu Bbl0r8 has decided to report the bill providing Tho white miners in tho Union mine that. Hie IiimiIh nnu unliiiwl tn tirivntn In flmiinv it n l,,,..,. ,..,; ,,.,,.1. entrj' sliall, in future, bo disposed of only to tho fact that tho company aro employ under tho provisions of tho homestead ing Chinese. A company has been formed at Pomo Senator Cullom has introduced an na which is planting 800 acres of navel amendment to the army appropriation oranges. The orchard will bo the largest mil providing me nuiuner oi pavmastcrs in the world in the army, with the rank of inaior. shall bo forty, and that the army shall bo paid monthly. Senator Mitchell has presented in the Senate a petition from tho citizens of AVaitsburg, W. T., praving for tho pro posal of a constitutional amendment pro hibiting the manufacture or sale of all in toxicating liquors. The amendment appropriating .flO,000 each for statues of (ion. Sheridan and Gen. Ix)gan, in Washington, was agreed to in the Senate, and Senator Daniel gave notice that he would oiler a similar amendment for a statue of Gen. Hancock. Annoying Devotion. .Sho hud married a handsome mnn. bho was warned against him. All hor young lady friends told her ho was i llirt and gave hor n full account of what ho had said tothoiu.and how thoy could Imvo had mm If thoy wanted, but thoy would not think of confiding tho hap piness of tholr lives to such u lllrL Sho wns porvorso and thoy wore, wedded. A fow months olapscd and sho canto to visit ono of hor prophet friends ono day. "And aro you happy?" tho friond naked. "Xo, I'm not." "Well, dear, I m suro I warned you; but 1 do hopo you -won't got a divorca" "Well, I don't know, If this goes on " "Now, don't bo foolish. Mon aro always a llttlo inconstant, you know., mid tho host husband will go off and loavo his wlfo occasionally and not explain " "Explulul Go off and loavo his wlfo! 1 -wish ho would. Ho's so do voted that ho won't go out of my sight long enough for mo to burn my old lovo let ters." ban l raiiolsco Chronlolo. Fully ten thousand people witnessed tho start of the six-day-go-as-vou-pluase race in the Mechanics' pavilion at San Francisco, Thursday. There is unfeigned satisfaction ex pressed by tho people over the prospect of the admission of Washington Terri tory into tho Union. On tho preliminary examination of Tug Wilson at Walla Walla, charged with tho murder of Tom Davis, tho ac- l n .. i i euscii was uiscnargcu II. fi. Andrews, member of tho packing linn of Andrews & Coykcndall, San Josa, committed suicide by shooting himself through tho head Monday. Tho Monongahola steamed out nf the tion ; namely, the establishment of joint harbor at Yallejo Thursday, bound for German, American anil hnulish control Samoa. She is heavily laden with sun- over the Samoan government through tho plies for tho ileet at That point, consuls of the three countries. U. 11. wave, ot Pomona, aged (2, while riio conferees on the direct tax bill sliding a (KH)-pound box down tho wagon in Congress have agreed upon Senator on skids, fell, tho heavy box falling upon Harris' proposition, that whenever tho his head and crushing it into a le v united Mates nas nought lauus ami re- A scandal of huge proportions is an nounced from the Bordentown, N. J., female college. All the students but three have left for home. Tho Indiana legislature is again in volved in trouble. Tho Republican sen r Lverv farmer is interested in good roads. IN ono but experienced road overseers should bo selected, and tho tax rpnnirivl for road repair, if properfy applied, is money well invested. Good roads save valuable horses. Every farmer should exnerimnnt. in order to learn by practical experience, the kind of crops and mode ot cultivation best Ulluntod fur bin furm Snilu no.... and the experience of one farmer is not always a guide for another. The disposition of swine is tn 1 1 i 1 1 mi in cold weather, and tho warmer wo can keep it underneath them tho less liable they aro to do this, and unless they can bo prevented from doing it to a great ex tent disease is niiicli more liable to break out among them. it amounts to grave neglect, not. in plant trees about tho homo grounds, road- THE WHEAT MARKET AGAIN DULL AND INACTIVE. Tho Market, However, is Dull, Holders Preferring to Walt for Still Bet- ' ter Figures An Advance In Fresh Meats. mors inreaieu io resign, tnereuy leaving side, cemetery and school ground. First una uouy wiinout a quorum. alter a beautiful site has been selectee The revenue officers of Chicago are on '?r tiic. ll0.I!K' tho very next considera- tho scent of illicit whiskey mniiiifm.fiir- bould bo tho beautifying and em ing, said to be in the heart o7 the citv and! el',yI'niunt of tho grounds by planting engaged in by prominent men. I of trees. It is said that the English parliament will vote !C)00,000,000 for the construc tion of twenty men-of-war, fifty cruisers and for increasing her torpedo service. Tho German government in willing to accept the proposal of tho United States in tuo settlement oi the Mimnan iiues- sold tliem at a profit, the amount of tho profit so received is to bo given to the owner or tho legal heirs of tho lands. A bill has been introduced in Congress by Senator Spooner providing that a sys tem of farmers' institutes shall be main tained as part of the agricultural depart ment, the annual cost of which shall not exceed $.100,001), exclusive of permanent salaries and printing reports of tho insti tute meetings. iho committee on merchant marine has been instructed to report favorably an iiineiulinent reducing from twenty to ten years the term of lease of seal fish eries, and authorizing any person to bring suit against the lessees to recover $100 for everv seal taken in excess of that fixed by law. Tho cruiser Charleston, it is learned at tho Navv department, will not bo ready for trial "before April, ller builders have hoped to have her trial take place before tho expiration of Secretary Whitney's term of olllce. No more vessels can be tried before the next Secretary of the Navy goes into olllce. Prospere Castara and bis wife. French Canadians, were arrested at Port Town send last week witli sixteen iounds of opium concealed in tho woman' sbustle. A bill has passed tho California Senate to reimburse tho O. K. and N. company for merchandise lost in tho bay of San Francisco by falling through ii rotten wharf. Emma Bennett, employed as a sales woman in a San Francisco store, shot Mnanuei uavis twice and then commit- lr i. . ... m ueu a norse comes m with snow in his shoes, knock it out with a hammer before putting him up, and rub the hair dry around lus heels and ankles. In or- lllir til illl Hiic n.iuilt' il iu .....Il (A rm 1 1 4 1 . v.iw.4 , 4y 43 Ht'11 LU BIlL'iir mreu niniia iiuiiiers near unovenne. on snim nt tim nm mir rv..,.i.-a ; ii , , , , , I . . vjktj it 1 1 ii; were pursued uy a iieni oi came last fat- ankle, called scratches, often result from unlay and two of the number were inuttntitmn tn Hii trampled into an unrecognizable mass. ., , T, , . f i ,.4 V I""" "is exposes me sou to tho j uiui-A jiiiniim ui u Doner in a J inn- ni'imti nt tm mm nu m um. .....t u... ford, Conn., hotel last week, tho building earlier the work is done the liner' will be was set on lire and between twentv-hvo the n.-irtii-W nf IMirtll Mllll till. ttili ted suicide tho head. by shooting herself tbrougl Tho argument in the case of Fong Long Dick, ended Thursday morning at Portland, and in a shou tinio thereafter the jury returned a verdict of murder in tho second degree. Ho will get a life sentence. lieu l.undy, who was held in Seattle on tho charge 'of smuggling Chinese and opium, broke tail Weduesdav, and secret ing himself in a large dry goods Imx was put nltoard a steamer and Nifelv landed at Victoria. Littlo Pepl's Rovengo. "Mn, may 1 speak?" "You know that you aro forbidden to talk at table, my dear." "Can't 1 just ay ono thing?" "No, l'epl! When pupa has finished .Ids paper, thon you may talk." Papa lays down his paper after break- Jnstand asks: "Well, Pop!, what did jyou want, nay?" "i wanted to pay that tho water is running hi tho bath room, and tho tub is leaking ovor liko ovory thing." I'llogenUo Jilaettor. In the months of December and Jan uarv several disastrous earthquakes oo curred at San Jose, Costa Rica, and maiiv people killed. To add tb tho horror of lli.t Mttiiiitmn mi iirlltitinii nf tin, .1iMitt. mn mm mm ... 4.1 1 i.. rw. . .. ' " u............ .... w. . w.i ..i.v..-, MU.ww.wuuim loiiacin, ami tu,iiuu,iwim if.,,,. . t0.,, s , t(l mviir nt .mv tho free list. The Seuato could not go moment back on its own free list, and could not Bepresentative Craln has offered n sub stitute for tho Cowlesbill. with tho free list of the Senate bill. 1 lo estimates that it would thus reduce- tho revende An Inharmonious Chord. Georgo-Thnt is u beautiful piece, l.uura, and you havo played it most fcoulfully. Hut what Is that rumbling xouh) J havo boon hearing nearly all tho timo slnco I camo ItiP Laura It must bo tho wind. Exeuso rau h moment. (Goos into tho kitchen.) Alothor. can't you take that wash-tub into tho back basement? It doenn't -chord with tho pinna A diamond ownod in Buffalo and known ns tho "Buffalo gem" weighs Ixty carats, and la supposed K bo tho largest in tho United Status. It in about tho alzo of an almond, nnJ boforo cutting weighed nlnoty-fivo eanits. It "kum bought in Amstordam for if30,000. ItWta therefore, all'ord to oiiposo tlto repeal of tho tobacco tax. Tho House committee on agriculture lias decided to report adversely tho bills iutroiluccd last session (o punish deal ings in futures in agricultunil products, and to prohibit fictitious ami gambling transactions in tno prices oi articles pro duced I iv American farm industry, on the ground that Congress has no juria- dlctiou over tho matter. In a special reiiort Commissioner Wright, of the department of lulnir, rela tive of marriage ami divorce in the United States, suvs: NuiiiIht of divorces 1r- tween 1808 and IKStI, :i:W,7KJ; Maine, Connecticut and Vermont aro tho only States that show a decrease in the last 11 vo vcars. Dakota bIiows tho largest in crease. Desertion is the cause of thogreat cst iiuiiiIrt of divorces. moment. Special Agent Saunders was in Fondle ton last week investigating tho conduct of Agent Cotley, in lus management of the reservation. It is said that grave charges will he prcierred against him, lint his friends claim that ho will fully vidicato himself in the matter. George Kirby, sentenced on the 18th nt lis Angeles to eighteen years in the penitentiary for robisjry, confessed that Matt .Sullivan, who was recently sent uj lor three vears lor roiitiini; a Uhinainan. was innocent, and that ho ami another arty committed tho roblniry. The confiding business community of Tueoinn havo again born victimized bv tho clover oonitioiiBof an oily-tonguisl vouiig man from San Francisco. His name is N. 11. llmkenridgo. and his mo dus operandi was to ingratiate himself into the goodiciiowBiiip oi ms victims py pretending to make eottcnslvo deals in Benresontativo llutterworth 1ms intro- mi1 t . ... . . i ducisl for reference a Joint resolution au thorizing tho President to invito the membors of t!ie Canadian imrliiiiuent and tlioprombjrrtaudcnbliictHof tho proviiui to vlblt the United States on May 1, and James I long, a janitor of San Francis co, employed by tho Oregon Improvement company,' shot at May Wilson on Mont gomery street, Tliurwwy night. The fre- ..II. .lit wll.W.tldir lf 1141111.1,1 4111 tll.k Pll..llt to tuo guests ami pariHKe oi uie nopi- 104 ,.f i,,.,, i,., r,ltn,m- ia v..itim-. n.-. tallty Of tllO ltOtmlu Of the UllitOll KtUs: Itltl.i .vM.mi.mt im.l llm Knntiiir m v. "Ii0. mi.tboriziug tlio approprhUicai of . Ullo ls ,nm!o of ,moo( this class tho Init- 00,000 to carry out tno proviHmsoi tor it vill bofor tho coiniuunitv. tho resolution. and fifty people wero burned to deatl A silly rumor has gained currency that President Cleveland is a linn believer in tho doctrine of spiritualism. The New York " Sun " is the author of the canard. Six convicts have become insane in the Clinton, N. Y., prison. Last week four others were adjudged insane and sent to the asylum. Their insanity is attributed to idleness. Sam D. Ford, recently arrested on the train at Tucson for forgery committed at Kankakee, 111., was married in jail last Sunday to tho woman witli whom ho had been traveling. An unsuccessful attempt was made last week to wreck a Louisville and Nash ville passenger train. A ear-load of sil ver was probably tho inducement for tho dastardly crime. An investigation of the sensational re ports from the isconsin pineries con corning dance houses and cruel treatment of tho women inmates, has shown tho stones to bo highly exaggerated. After an unparallcd lengthv trial at Minneapolis, Tun and Pete Garrett hav been sentenced to hang on the Ulld of March for tho unprovoked killing of a street-car vnver over a year ago lhe jury were unable to agree in the case of Mrs. Louise I iagenow, charged with the murder of Annie Dorreis, tin1 l(!-year-old girl who died at her female hospital at San Fnincisco, last July. While boring for gas at Litchfield, 111 recently, the drill passed into a tunnel ot thu Litchfield Coal company, and mule which was standing beneath tho drill was killed. iiu internal machine discovered in the rear of tho Salvation arinv head quarters, at Deer I-odge, Montana, turns out to bo nothing more serious than a huge fire-cracker. Frank L. Silvers, a well-known horse breeder of iVcumsch, Mich., shot his wife, his two young daughters and then himself, thus wiping out of existence the entire family, 'lhe victims wore all shot through the temple. It is said that Germany will demand of tho United States tho arrest and punish ment of Klein, the American corrcsmiui cut of tho New York " World." on i charge of leading thu Samoans against uiu viumiuiiB, Naptha is tho latest female vice. The jirls employed in tho Now York rubln'r 'actorios are addicted to tho inhalation of iiaptha fumes, and in coiiucouciico aro liuulo drunk. Its effect on tho system a said to bo terrible. Tho marriage of petito Miss Alice K. Hapiboom, of Vermont, and dapper Al fred S. Thompson, of Now York, is an nounced. Tho bride tins tho hav scales at 050 jKHinds, while tho groom "weighs ten KMitids short of a hundred. George Foxtail" DeGourke, a Bussian iruice, who so persistently followed Mrs. ''nink Ix'slieou her tour through Kurooo. whs arrested lust week in Now York on the cbarco of grand lareenv in iwiwnlng a sonl'Skin co.it, which ho" bought und fulled to jwy for. able tho plant food. Quito a number of insects will also be exposed to tho surface, while the loosening of the soil also per mits mo ground io uecome warm early. There aro men in every neighborhood who sell their hog crop to a disadvantage, and witli more or less loss to themselves; notably, when a man sells hogs at seven months old, weighing ll'o pounds, that are healthy and have good frames, when there is abundance of good corn on the farm, that must lie fed or sold. Misfor tune follows such management. Most every farmer is aware tho fact that a sheep must bo fat to make the best inut- I.... i : .1. .. , , . mn, nut icm uuiii-eive uiu mea mat a properly and well-fed sheep produces more ami lienor wool man ono poorly fed I ii'.. i : . . v . : mm Liucu iui. ii uoi i a product irom feeding, just tho same as fatorllesh, and the (look should be fed and managed with a view to wool growth, and that of line quality. Country orders are coining in earlier this season than usual. Tho wheat mar ket remains dull and inactive, and latest European advices are not encouraging for an early improvement in prices. On the whole, however, tho business outlook is good for the season. OHOCEKIKS. Sugars, Golden C 5Uc, extra C o'wc, cube, crushed and iowdered 7c. Coffee: Java 23c, Itio L'Oc, Arbucklo's roasted 24'c. I-ltOVISIONB. Oregon ham 12'il.$Ko, breakfast ba con l.'Jc, sides llc, shoulders 10alle. Eastern ham l'SSbl'Mc, Sinclaire's 14 15c, breakfast bacon 1313)(c, sides 1010Mc, shoulders 10llc. Lard 10k. llc. KKUITS. Navel oranges 4.bV)4.8o, Biverside $3.2oU.50, apples $1.10, lemons $0 per box. VE0KTAI1I,ES. Potatoes 303oc, onions 7o85c. PIlIEI) FHUITS. Apples OdlOc, sliced GXc, apricots 13tffr 14c, peaches 810c, pears 8c, Oregon prunes, Italian, !Jc, silver 8c, German 0j 0!7o. plums 57c. Baisins $2 per box", California figs 8c, Svrna 15c. DAIRY l'KODUCE. Butter, Oregon fancy 25c, medium 20c, Eastern 15c, California 22c. Eggs 18c. POULTRY. Chickens $55.50. ducks $7.50 per doz., geese $1012, turkeys 15c per 11). WOOL. Valley 18c, Eastern Oregon 815c. HOI'S. Hops 814c. (i)t.UN'. Wheat, Valley $1.30, Eastern $1.27X0. Oats 33c. FLOUR. Standard $4.50, other brands $44.10. KEEP. Hay $1314 per ton, bran $10, shorts $18, barley chop $2324, mill chop $18. l'UESH .MEATS. Beef, live, 5c, dressed 8c, mutton, live,. 4c, dressed 8c, lambs $2.50 each, hogs 6c, dressed 7Sc, veal (i8c. EGGS. The pigs should never be raised in a small, closo pen; they may be started there in the spring and finished oil' dur ing tho last six weeks of their lives in comfortable pens, but tho summer months should bo spent in tho open fields, among tho clover and grasses. Skim milk and bran aro much better foods than corn. Tho aim should be to make the pig grow rapidly, hut ho should not be made what is called fat until near tho close of his life. Tho better tho preparation of the soil tho less seed will be reouired. Al failures in tho seed aro not due so much to lack of vitality in the seed as to the unfavorable condition of tho ground. It is always a matter of chance gerniiiiatinn when seed is broadcasted and left In bo covered by the washing of tho rain, and tho harder and firmer the seed bed the greater tho difficulty in securing a crop from the seed. Pulverize the soil, har row it down as lino as possible and then brush the seed in. Prof, Jordan, of Massachusettes. has oxporuilonteil w ith whole corn and meal fed to pigs, and has found that the gain made by hogs fed corn meal ot.s nlout 4 Kr cent more than the gain made bv mo nogs ted corn, in a II tna Is the Hv-s wero fed iH.tatoes and milk also, and the sanio quantities oi teed. It seems that the results would havo leon of more value if tho animals had lieon given all tho whole corn or meal thev would consume. as this would have tested tho palatablo- ness oi mo ieeus, wiiien has a jwirticular vaiue. Nothing willenlargo tho capacity of a chicken quicker than a varied bill of faro and a good supply of green food. To chickens in connneinent onion tons are osiveially acceptable, and tho topsnro rel- iHiicu more man mo puihs themselves. Beet and turnip tops will lie greedily de voured. That thoy mev not Ut wasted. lay them with tho tops all one wav and weigh them down witli a stone. linn and shorts, wheat and oats, table scraps and meat, with a very littlo corn, a few suiitlower seeds and a small amount of buckwheat, make an irruHistahleiwuibiiin. tion. a combination that will tint k' n chicken grow and thrive. j That dreams do occasionally coma too true is now believed by tho Port land man who dreamed tho othoi night that robbers woro removing property of his, and who on awakening wont to investigate, found tho robbor. and got knocked on tho head with a piece of lead pipe sis a reward for his curiosity. Harnum's elephant "Juno" caught cold at tho winter quarters in Bridge port and was given two gallons of whisky and wrapped in blankets soaked in brandy in tho hopo of curing her. Tho doso mado tho animal "jolly" and sho toro away hor blankets, staggered about among the herd of animals and conducted horsolf generally in an un digniliod manner. Tho only blacksmith of iMohawk. Arizona, had a son born to him recent ly. Although work was rushing ho refused to fill orders, and put In tho wliolo timo making a baby carriage. Meanwhile tho town was filled with teamsters anxious to havo their wagons put in order, but tho happy father was master of tho situation and no induce ments could provent his labor for the baby. Tho baby is tho boss of all creation. At a citrus fair in Orovillo. Cal., there woro several mammoth exhibits of oranges. Thoy included an im menso golden heart, covered with thousands of oranges, a grand monu ment on which woro displayed 10,000 samples of tho fruit, and a hugo basket in which woro piled up 12,150 oranges. Another splendid exhibit was a Japanese pagoda, in which nearly .1,000 oranges and lemons woro displayed. A now and beneficial uso to which tho ordinary toy torpedo can bo put is told of by tho Boston Post. A lady in that city has a Skyo torrlor who has a trick of wandering away from hor whon out on a walk and snapping good-naturedlv "t tho heols of other people. Sho brings tho dosr to hor sldo by throwing a torpedo near him. Tho terrier is frightonod at tho oxploslon, and, not knowing whonco it originntos, runs back to its mistress for protec tion, and is awed into submission for tho rest of tho walk. Thoro Is an old man in Chicestor villo, in tho Catskills, who always speaks out in mooting. Becontly a city divino preached in tho littlo Methodist church of tho village, and tho old man becamo so excited at ono or two homo thrusts in tho sormon which scorned to annlv neighbor that ho got up and shouted: "That's right, youngster, hit 'iin again." And later on, when tho sor mon apjieared to como homo to him, ho cried out in stentorian tones: "That's so, b'gosh. We're all sinnors, ov'rv durned ono of us. A scientific sharp has discovered that tho oarth weighs .190,050,000,000, 000.000 tons. But don't hot on it. Tho scientist may havo wrighod it on a coal doalor's scales which weigh only 1,800 pounds to tho ton. Drake's Magazine. "You smoko u good doal, Tom," said n friond. "Yoe," roplled Tom; "particularly aftor dlnnar. I liave cot so in tho habit of smoking nftp dlnnor that tho dlnnar doosn't tnsto right whon I oat it unloss I hau smoko afterwards."