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
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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'
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" ,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
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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.
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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.
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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-
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mn, nut icm uuiii-eive uiu mea mat a
properly and well-fed sheep produces
more ami lienor wool man ono poorly fed
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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."