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THE PACIFIC COAST. DEMOCRATS HAVE A MAJOKIIYIN THE MONTANA CONVhNTION. Soattlo Has b Building Boon l- re gonlnn Hallroad Unablo to Pav Ita EmployrB Fine Grai ltu Quorry Suicides. Scuttle is building 200 dwelling. Reno, Nov. lira 500 school children. Willows makes all tramps move on. Shasta's hoard of trade will disband. Spokuno Tails has now seven hanks. Pctiduma'B race-track is in good repair. Cutworms arc in the Fresno vineyards. Ynma Indians have n hi? wheal har vest. Elsinor Is forming an irrigation dis trict. The scalo hug hold's its own near Po mona. The almond crop in San Die'o is im mense. A granite quarry near Seattle is to' he worked. Astoria has just pledged $30,000 for n railroad. "Woodland complains of vagrants und hnrglars. Fresno and Selma have telephone com munication. A hatlery of artillery is to lie sent to Tort Canhy. Selma proposes to light up with gas by tho 4th of July. None hut union tailors can find work nt Helena, M. T. Twenty-five acres havo been planted to figs at Chico. t The railroad is expected to reach Pacific Grove by June 10. San Jose hanks after Juno 1, will close at noon every day. A turkey farm near Uakersfield has 11KX) eggs in lmtching. Largo orders aroi coming to Pomona from England for wine. Tho namo of the poBtofllco at Ingrams lias been changed to Cazanero. Tho steamer Hush has been ordered to Alaska for duty in Retiring sea. A corner lot on Pacific avenue, Tacoina, W. T., recently sold for $05,01)0. Peter 1). Fisher, a '4!)or, was found dead in a saloon at Fresno, lust week. Tho high-license ordinance at Peta luma will go into operation July, 1889. Dubois Bros.' sawmill at Vancouver, "VV. T., has been burned; loss, $1 -1,000. William Clark, a photographer, com mitted suieido at Portland, Or., last week. The Democrats havo a small majority in tho Montana Constitutional Conven tion. The Gallup, N. M., coal mine striko has been a failure. It has lasted two months. The Debris Commissioners aro inspect ing tho mines in Nevada and Sierra counties. The Oregonian Railroad is unablo to pay its employes and must bo sold at some price. The contract for building tho Butto, M. T., branch of the Norlhorn Pacific road, has been let. David McCoy, need 00 years, works in the field with tho Invent Hrooksido, San ik'rnurdino county. The value of land in Delano has ad vanced $10 an acre since the formation of an irrigation district. Commander Percy Hokin of H. M.S. Swiftsure, died at Victoria, 1$. C, on tho 10th inst., of acute rheumatism. The green sandstone found near the Southern Pacific in IConrn county, is claimed to be the finest in tho Btate. M. T. Hatch stopped the Northern Pa cific graders with a pistol on tho 18th iiiBt., at Portlnud.und drovo them oil". It' is said that five sawmills and seven shingo-mills cannot supply tho demand for building lumber at Contralto, V. T. 11. T. Hedges, of San Pedro, has caused his wife's arrest as insane, and she charges that ho wants to get her property. Smallpox is reported to bo raging among tho Okunagon Indians. Physi cians have been sunt to vaccinate the tribo. "Cyclone Pill" and W. U. Cunning ham have been held at Tucson for trial on the charge of robbing Paymaster AVham. Ground is now !eing broken on the llutto, M. T., branch of the Northern Pacific railroad, known us the lloinostako pass route. George P. Connors, of 1201 Howard street, San Francisco, on tho : .th Inst.. Blipied from a hrakobeam and was killed near Ogdon. John K. llurmim, ugliest at the Quiinhy House, Portland, ends his life or. tho 2:id lust., bv blowing his own brains out with n revolver. Mrs. Harriet Campbell, mother of the late Mrs. Esther Holludiiy, has been ap pointed guardian of tho Holliiday chil dren at Portland. Tho ieoplo of Wheatland will soon he supplied with water by tho new system. Work on the trenches for the main pipes have been started. A dozen Itoys have within a short time been committed to the Napa Insane Asylum, whoso insanity has lieen caused by smoking cigarettes. Miss Mantle Ijidd and Charles Need ran Hwav from Miss Maude's parents at Piili'lnes", Han Penlto county. on tho 18th, und were murrlod at Santa Criu. O'Connor, tho oarsman, Is anxious to break tho record, and will make some strong Hlbrto in that direction at the rogrtttuon Iako Washington on Memorial day. A woman, giving the name of Mrs. A. Sanderson, of Oaklund, Cal., killed bur self at Uutto, M. T., recently. Sho is known to lift vo Iwon n woman w ho had gone to tho bad. Two young men, Moses Iiiniigar nnd Harry CJoehrinK, woro drowned in tho Willamette river, nt Portland, Or., bun day, May 10th. A galo unset their boat and thoy tried to swim to laud. P''ri8tiHn8 MMBSftcrod T'o Labor Con Ktci'A Scandinavian Opera Hee-Keeping tn Uorniany. In Silesia 17,000 men are on a sttike. Tlie Pope has been taken suddenly ill. Great Britain's fisheries employ 1150,000 men. G'-netal Boulanger contemplates a visit to Wales. William O'Brien's libel suit against Salisbury is for 10,000. Vienna tramway employes won their 'demand for tweve hours. Oldham, England, is to have a now S0,kM-spiridlo cotton mill. In Germany lice-keeping is taught in ninny of the public schools. Foitv-fivo iH-rsons have lost their lives through floods in Bohemia. The interest on money in Ixmdon is 1 per cent on permanent loans. Christians are being massacred by the Turks on the Montenegrin frontier. Two sisters of Piggott, the forger of the j Parnoll letters, are nuns in Ireland. i The English court is in mourning for ; the late. Dowager Queen of Bavaria, j Princess Beatrice, wifeof Prince Henry i of Battenborg, bus given birth to n son. , Thr extraordinary session at the Peru-j vhm Congress, opened at Lima last week. : In Great Pritain, last year, 010 persons wero killed and 8,820 injured on the rail ways, j Tho German Emperor and Empress will spend the summer chiefly at Reieh cnhall, Bavaria. The trouble with tho mines in West phalia is being settled, and the miners are resuming work. The public, authorities at London an nounce that they will suppress all gamb ling clubs in the city. Central Sugar-grinding factory nt Manzaniilo, Cuba, has been burned ; loss, $4J0,00(). Dliulecp Singh, the Indian Prince, was privntelv married to Miss Ada Wetherell in Paris', on the 10th inst. Tho Czar will dismiss Gotirko from llio Governorship of Warsaw, owing to his iinpopulai ndininistration. Tho proprietor of the Field Club in London has been fined 500 for Vr mitting gambling in his rooms. Phyllis Brougliton's suit for breach of promise against lird Daugun is expected to como up in u couple of weeks. The ship Sutlej at Havre, from San Francisco, was slightly damaged last week in a collision with the quay. Holland has potteries that omply ehil dien under twelve who work from 4 a. m. to 11 p. m. for 50 and 75 cents per week. It is reported that Sir Charles ltussell's feo for acting as counsel for the Pamell ites before the special commission is $50,000. Tli. liill in Intmlize niiirriiiiie with u de ceased wife's sister has again received its i i..r . .. :.. ii... rf IIHIIIII (ICIflll. 111 U'U l-iniini. nuuni. ii Lords. One bundled houses hav been swept away in the Pilseu district, Bohemia, and ninety-one persons have been drowned by the fioods. The Parisian papers unanimously com iilimniif Sibvl undersoil, the American prima donna, upon her success in Mas senet's now opera. There is much dissatisfaction among the operatives in tho laco factories at Nottingham, England, and a general strike is impending. A Berlin correspondent of the Ixmdon Standard t: ys the Sainoan conference is cementing the friendship lietwcen En gland and Germany. The anarchists are fermenting land! agitation In Lombard)'. There has been serious noting and a number of houses have been ransacked. England Gots her ice from Norway. It sells in London at from 58 to 81 cents per 100 pounds. England used to buj large quantities from Boston. In tho llrltish House of CommotiB last week, the bill providing for addi tional naval defenses passed third read ing by a vote of 1811 to 101. Tho police at St. Petersburg, Russia, have discovered that the ringleaders of the recent plot against tho Czar belonged to the garrison at Cronstadt. Emperor William has accepted the in vitation of Emperor Francis Joseph to at tend to autumn maneuvers of the Aus trian army in Moravia and Bohemia. Tho French Sollalists have secretly in vited their German brethren to take part in a congress of Socialists, which it is proposed to hold in Paris on July 1 Ith. It is reported that Legitime has con cluded a treaty with France, hy which the assistance of tho French Goverment is given in the suppression of tho rebel lion. Sir Frederick Cowen has slimed a con tract in 1-ondon to composa an opera upon a Scandinavian subject t the Curl Rosa Company, .enneii is to write the libretto. It is state the Continent that En glish phyr .s found General Boulauger Bufienii'-' ' diabetes in an advanced stage i ered him to go to Vichy or Carsb Tho French Government has given its sanction to the Lnlior Congress, which has been proved by the Swiss Federal Council, to he held at Be; no or Geneva in tho summer. lird Ihiuraven has practically accepted all the conditions attending the challenge for tho America Cup, but suggests Hlight modification!), which he deems of more convenience to himself. Two French fishing vessels, the Ella and Four Brothers, which left France some timo iifeo for the Newfoundland fisheries, with fifteen men, have been lost and all bunds drowned. Louis Conlou of Montlucon, Franco, has probably the longest beard in tho world. Ho is scarcely live feet in height, his beard measures seven feet and he wears it wound round his neck. EASTERN ITEMS. VILLARD AND THE OKEOON TRANS CONTINENTAL. Secretary Bayard's Marriage Woman's Sullrago Fuctorlos Estaoltshed Prisoners Lashed Minora Resume Work. Maine farmers complain of n scarcity of help. Natural wis will soon be piped to San dusky, Ohio. President Harrison will not talk poli tics on Sunday. Congressman Samuel S. Randall is con valescing rapidly. The Chicago Drainage hill has passed the Illinois senate. Worms are destroying the cotton crops in Southern Arkansas. Anarchist literature aro being exten sively circulated in Chicago. The Atlanta is to relieve the Omaha as fiagstatrof the Asiatic station. Oil has been struck at a reported depth of 1000 feet in Terre Haute, I ml. The Woman's Municipal Sufirage bill was defeated in the Michigan senate. All of Mrs. Langtry'o stave properties e to be sold at auction on May 28th. are A Northern syndicate lias purchased 30,000 acres of land in North Carolina. A Chicago meat firm will build a five story refrigerating depot at MeKcesport. Compulsory education laws aro likely to break up child labor in several states. "Uncle Dick Tate," ex-Stato Treasurer of Kentucky is believed to be in Califor nia. A reort in the West Virginia Guber natorial contest is not expected before July. A million dollars in gold bars has been orderod for export to Franco from Now York. Eleven prisinois wero lashed nnd five of thorn pilloried at Now Castle, Del., re cently. The town of Ctinunings, 111., Buffered from a disastrous fire last week ; loss, $00,000. Mrs. Grover Cleveland has received from the Queen Regent of Spain, a pho tograph. It is thought the sum of $2,000,000 will cover the entiro cost of the New York pageant. The Illinois house has passed the bill reducing the rate of interest from 8 to 7 per cent. Ex-Commissioner of Pensions John C. Black w'll niako tun home at Chicago hereafter. Villard claims to have secured a ma jority of the stock of the Oregon Trans continental. Horrihlo stories are being told of the management of the asylum for the Chi cago insane. The coming conference of Nortli Amer ican nations at Washington promises to be a stir-ess. The Pennsylvania legislature appro priated $75,030 for dress uniforms for tho State militia. Mrs. A. K. Horton, ot San Diego, was thrown from n cab at Washington, last week, anil killed. The Canadian Fisheries Department is aheady sending out its armed cruisers to watch American fishorincu. The New York legislature ha appro priated $10,000 for a monument to John Ericsson, in Now York city. Artesian w lis have a future in this country. Tho towns in Dakota are put ting them to iniortant uses. A wind and hailstorm passed through tho northern portion of Texas, last week, doing great damage to crops. It is said that tho negroes of Louisiana and Mississippi aro moving out hy thou sands and are going to Kansas. Nearly eight thousand miners have re sumed work at Pittston, Penn., after an idleness of over seven months. A mob at Wyeklifi'e, Ky., on the 18th inst., hanged Joe Thompson, who had criminally assaulted a little girl. Viscount Adolph do Vallcourt, a dis tinguished Frenchman, died suddenly at San Antonio, Texas, of epilepsy. At a recent birthday celebration in Fairhaveii, Vt., thirteen persons were present whoso ages aggregated 10111 years. William Hansen, a 17-vear-old boy, was wantonly shot nt JoV.et, 111., last week, hy a colored policeman named Bahh. Fish in the Iowa river aro dying by thousands from Marshalltowu down. It is believed the glucose works have juris soned tho water. Denver, Col., authorities nre making a vigorous war on vice. Over four hun dred prostitutes have been arrested with in the past few days. A woman's walking match is in pro gress at Baltimore, one of tho conditions being that 300 miles must bo covered in six days or no money is paid. Francis Wayland Goddard, of Provi dence. R. I., died suddenly in a dentist's olllce in Boston, on the 17th inst. He was widely known in the state. Tho marriage of ox-Secretary Bayard to Miss Clymer, daughter of Dr. Clymer, of the United States navy, of Washing ton, w ill occur early in the summer. The Sioux Itesurvatinn in Dakota, which is ONpected to be soon coded to the United States, is live times as largo as Oklahoma and five times better farm lauds. Twenty factories, with the aggregate capital of $1,500,000, have lieen establish ed in Florence, Ala., a town of some 2500 people, during the seven months just passed. Tlio Constitution of Missouri requires members of the legislature to serve for $1 a day after having lieen in session 120 days. That's tho pay tho Missouri legis lator is now getting. ii..kaxi. fakii. Early PlolnR Fat Sbop Foul Air in ! BtableB Soiling Crops Oatmeal Mush Tor Children Notes. When pear trees refuse to grow and ap pear donnent cultivate them well nnd apply plenty of wood ashes around them. Trim back the wood and give the trunks a good washing with strong soapsuds. A heavy plank drawn over a lawn-plot , will serve to render it smooth, thus , greatly aiding the lawn-mower after the ; nn. i . i JiHlBM is up The lawn grass, being very . short, may bo cured and stored away for) the use of poultry in winter Have you evergreens about the house? Trim them up this spring so that they will look ship-shape. Two or three hun dred dollars can often be added to the value of a farm by an hour or two's work in pruning the ornamental trees. Everylnvly can raise berries the farm er, the villager and the resident. If you have a walk ten feet long liordei it with the finest strawberries. Do not try to grow them in a careless, slip-shod way. Fill the ground with richness and you will be astonished and well paid. Tomatoes cut into thick slices and baked in a dripping pan make a most ageeable garnish. Sprinkle pepper and fine bread crumbs over each slice, and in the spare between the slices put little ter Vike ti 1 tinier an,l'M.ochtt 283,c' Costa Uicil -"m liie platter with SiSt. ' Moia,, Arbuck e's roasted lumps ol butter serve hot on Larlv plowing exposes the soil to tho' action of the rain, frost and sun, and the earlier the work is done the finer will bo the particles of earth and the more avail-1 able the plant food. Quite a number of ' Misects will also be exposed to the sur face, while the loosening of tho soil also permits tho ground to become warm early. Foul nir in stables affects the quality of milk, and where stables are small and crowded the air is so loaded with impuri ties as to destroy the natural sweet llavor of the milk. These are facts for all users of milk to know. They should stimulate careful personal inquiry as to whether the milk used is clean or is filled with poisonous animal matters. One of the prettiest ornaments for a shelf is a squaru or oblong glass with beveled edges. On this glass paint a i landscape. A snow scene is particularly ndapted for this. A glass ten indies high by eight wide is a good size. This may be placed upon an easel when it is , done, or may be glued to a plush panel, which can be hung on the wall. ! Most every farmer is aware of the fact that a sheep must be fat to make the best , mutton, but few conceive the idea that a properly and well fed sheep produces more and better wool than one poorly fed i and cared for. AVool is a product from feeding, just the same as fat or ilest, and the flock should be fed and managed with ' a view to wool growth, and that of line quality. j Chow chow requires one peck of green ' tomatoes, four very small, solid cabbages, j six onions and six green bell peppers, all i chopped line and mixed. Sprinkle a cup-1 ful over tho niixturo and let it stand over night. In the morning drain oil' the juice and add two pounds of brown sngar, one , cupful of mustard seed and one gallon of vinegar to tho chopped mixture. Boil ' until it looks clear and tender and put in jars. This is declared to be "way up." Tomatoes ( tit into slices and baked make a delicious entree, but to servo ' with brazed fow ls and in highlv seasoned gravies tlie tomatoes should be cut into I slices, be dipped in flour, and then be browned in butter, with salt and pepper scattered on each slice. This process imparts an indescribable flavor to the ( tomatoes which nothing else could give, and a new joy awaits the lover of good i things who has not partaken of this ' relish. It is most agrceablo as a garnish , for a fat and juicy roast of beef, as well as 1 of fowl and lamb. The ways in which an omelet may be J made to vary are inmost without number, - . ... , i i no omelet wiin line nerns is a lavonio Willi inose people who iiko ingn seasui ing. '1 hen tho most fastidious delight i season ing, men tno most lastuuous nought in an oino.et with inusiiroons. these, oi course, must bo chopped, or bo broken in tlno bits, before they are mixed with tho omelet ; parsley alone, rubbed very line, imparts a delicious flavor to a plain omelet; tomatoes added to the omelets just beforo it hardens, those having beon already cooked, give an excellent relish to it ; later in tho season oysters chopped fine, or tho Littlo Neck clam, render an omelet a dish to be longed for and to bo eaten with indescribable gusto. . Oatmeal mush for children or invalids: 1 Take ono cup granulated oatmeal, a half teaspoonful of salt and ono scant quart boiling water. Put the meal and salt ot: in , the doublo lKiiler, pour on tho boiling water and cook two or three hours. l(e niovo the cover just before serving and stir with a fork to let the steam escape, i If the water in the lower lioiler be, strongly salted tho meal will cook moro . quickly. Servo with sugar or salt and cream! Baked Bour apples sauco and 1 apple jelly aro delicious eaten with tho oatmeal. " They should be served with ; the mush, and the cream and sugar ; iKJiired over tho whole. They give tho, acid llavor, which so many crave in the morning. Coarse oatmeal is not suitable foranv form of wr.torbrash, acidlv or! Imwel irritation. It often causes erup tions on tlie skiu in warm weather. Planting Trees: Tho trees being snugly heeled-in, do not plant until the weather is settled, especially until the long wind storms are over. These winds aro dan gerous and shrivel up tho bark and des troy the verdure of the buds, which the roots cannot yet supply with moisture. If tlie trees como to hand early in tho spring, it ia lest to heel them in until the weather gets warm. If trees after a long journoy in warm weather aro found tn havo the buds started and tho hark shriveled, trim them hack and cut each branch back to a soundt dormant bud. Then din a tench in suitable soil, and lay In the trees ono by one, taking care. Twelve thousand Norwegians colobrat that in tilling in every part of the shrivel- cd the soventv-llfth anniversary of Nor- ed lmrk is in contact with the moist soil. ,' Cover all completely, root and branch, I taking care that tho labels nre proporlv will ho found emiin!..t..lv r.Mlnr.wl I.V. amine the roots nnd nruno the mutilated ! ones with a sooi ah cut. Prune the tops into pioer shape. Some nursories give a largo head, whilo others cut the young trees into shai while yet in tho nursery rows. A covering of finely divided, light soil over the roots is a great benefit to newly planted trees. PORTLAND MARKET. THE CONDITION OF THE MERCHAN-j D1SE MARKET GOOD. No Chango In Sugars Slnco Last Wo k Coffees Firm VVth an Upward Tendency-Oats In Demand Wheat Very Dull. The condition of the local nierchadise markets, while not so active as it lias . been, continues good, tho numerous nr-' rivals in every county of Oregon and Washington, helping to swell the volume of trade, which shows that in spite of much keen competition from several i quarters, Portland merchants manage to acquire a very fair share of new business. Pright sunshine is all that is now needed to mature crops of all kinds, and bring quantities of the early fruits into market. Sugars have been without change since our last rej)ort. Provisions are steady, while dried fruits of all kinds move fairly 1 well. We quote: j UHOCK1UES. ' Sugars, Golden C Oe. extra C 'Jc, i dry granulated 8c, cube, crushed and powdered 9jic. 'Jotlee: Java 2,(-'e, Oregon ham 12W.(Tei:c. breakfast ha con 13c, sides 1010.c, shoulders 8 Oc. Eastern ham I3(ii:5k.c. breakfast bacon 1313e, sides !)'(($ 10c. Lard , 10s 0,lc, FJtUITS. 1 LosAngeles oranges $2.25, Riversides; $3.26. California lumens $3.50(a4 per box. Oregon strawberries $2 per crato. I vkoktahi.es. ! Potatoes 40(3.500, onions $1.50, rheu barb3c, tomatoes $1(S3 per box. DIUKI) KIIUITS. Apples 45c, sliced 0c, pears 8c, Ore gon prunes, Italian 8c, silver 7c, German 00o, plums 5(a7c apricots 13i 14c, peaches 810c, California ligs 8c. raisins $1.752.2o per box. dairy raonucE. Butter. Oregon fancy 20c, medium 15 i lfjfje, common, 1012,lc. Eastern 22c, i California 18G?20c. I KGOS. Eggs ISc. j'otnruY. Chickens $5, broilers $34, ducks $0, per doz., geese $9, turkeys 20c per lb. WOOL. Valley 1017c, Eastern Oregon 1015i. noes. Hops 1015o. OKA IN. Wheat, Valley $1.2-', Eastern Oregon $1.15. Oats 2830c. KI.OUK. Standard $4.10, other brands $3.75. KEEP. Hay $1314 per ton, bran $1314, chop $18020, shorts $1415, burlev $22.50 24. " ; FKKSll MEATS. Beef, live. 3c. dressed, 7c; mutton,1 live, 3JhC, dressed 7c; lambs $2.50 each, hogs live 0e, dressed, 7ffi7c; veal 0Se. Tho CalmrnH Shelter. In the little pocket book which tho late Emperor Frederick, then crown prince of Germany, carried on tho day of the queen's jubilee is tho following entry: "Tho ambulance arrangements on the day of tho jubilee, tho drinking troughs for dogs and horses and the cabmen's ' shelters in the streets of London." It ' was his habit to jot down whatevct ' ho saw in foreign countries which he 1 thought might be advantageously in troduced into Germany. All over rainy, foggy London at con venient distances aro cab stands where hansoms and four wheelers wait in a row for patrons. Until the erection ol tho "shelters" tho cabman had no place of refuge froxi cold and damp except ( o j behind tlio apron of his cab. These ..sh(.Ucrs Btand dJrec tly in the middle of tho streets, and with their rows of ; little windows all around look moro like I playhouses for children than establish ments for tho comfort of cabmen. They nro picturesquo little wooden buildings, all over gables and miniature balconies from which aro suspended hanging plants. Plants also blossom in pots in tho windows. Hero tho cabman cannot 1 only warm his benumbed lingers, but can i OPt a hot steak and n steaming cup of tea; so a policeman told mo ono morning on tho top of tho omnibus as wo trundled 1 along hy the cabmen's shelter on Regent street. April Wido Awake. Tastlnc Without a Toncuo. 1 Thcro exists a mistaken notion that tho tonguo is tho solo organ of taste, just as tho idea, natural but erroneous, is ex-1 tant that it is necessary for purposes of speech. As a matter of fact, tasto is as largely resident in tho palate as in the tongue, while numerous cases aro on record in which crsons who havo suf fered tho loss of tho tonguo have been able to 6peak with clearness. Recently a proof wns given of the widespread naturo of the taste sen so in tho mouth. 1 In n patient from whom tho tonguo had been very completely removed, it was found that sensations of sweet, sour and bitter naturo wero still present. Curious ly, too, no sense of salt tasto remained. Theso facts would almost 6eeni to provo ' that various parts of tonguo nnd pal-! ato are set apart for tho appreciation , of ditrerent "tastes." This idea supports the fact that the tonguo assesses on its stirfaco papillio or tatte organs of differ ent shapes and sizes. It is consistent to assume that such variations in the enda of tho nerves of tasto imply variations in their functions. New York Telegram. way's independence, at Chicago, last week, by Bjieeches, a procession, open air festival and fireworks. '"'"uoniai.v Heavily liui.ii with Allien wm .tour,si8.. lmm ior . : . . .. 1 : i , .... lounsis Douiiii ior j'.urono. mo number of thoso who every day nail reaches into tho thousands, Ono hundred ersons wero olsoned bv ice cream nt a church festival at South Glastenhury, Conn., lust week, and thirty-four aro not expected to live, The poisou was iu tho veuilla extract. SINGLE-TAX AOITATION. An Kxptitniitltin (if tlin Movement Inna KitmlcMl liy Ite-nry lMrRP. Wo hear much nowadays of tho "slnglo-tax" agitation. Thcro is a "single-tax" league, which has a con siderable membership throughout tho country; public meetings in tho in terest of tho "single tax" aro hold, and several newspapers and many books advocating tho "single tax" arc published or havo boon published. What Is this "sWiglo tux?" It is, in brief, n proposition to abolish r.ll taxation except that upon land, or tho value of land. It does not propose that even buildings shall bo taxed, but that all tho taxation of the Nation, the State and tho municipality shall belaid upon tho land alono, exactly in tho hiime mansuro, whether It bo built upon or vacant, but in proportion to tho valuo which it possessor from near ness to tho ccnici-s of population or business. "The "single-tax" theory ii based upon tho doctrine that the land right fully belongs to all the people. That the exclusive possession f hind by individuals is not right. and that tho separate ownership of land might be merged into u frort of joint-stock ownership of tho public without injustice, was first suggested, in England, by tho social philosopher. Herbert Speiicr. The doctrine re ceived a much fuller statement in this country at tho hands of Mr. Henry George, in a book called "Pi-ogress and Poverty," first published in 1870. Mr. Georgo is accounted tho founder of the single-tax system, and is the head and front of tho agitation. Mr. Goorgo and his followers main tain that, under the present system of privato ownership of land, the burden of poverty resting upon tho mass of mankind grows heavier as the world makes material progress; that in spite of tho increase in the world's pro ductive power, wages always tend to a minimum which will give but a bare living. They hold that private owner ship of land, with tho privilege of hold ing it for speculative purposes and of forcing up rents as population and in dustry advance, has tho effect to put a monopoly of natural opportunities into tho hands of tho land-owners. The natural opportunities being thus monopolized, laborers arc eotnpe'ed to compete with each other to such an ex tent as to force w.agesdown to tho low est possible point. As they hold that wages ol all classes of laborers depend upon the productive cultivation of tho soil, Mr. G.-orge and his followers maintain that the true remedy for poverty is to make the land common property. Thoy do not, however, propose to disturb the occupants of land, so long as the occupants make full use of their land. They propose, on the contrary, to allow the posbcssors of the soil to continue to buy and sell and bequeath it. But they do propose to take all tho rent by taxation. To do this would make the occupant of the land a ten ant paying rout to tho Stale. This proposition, which was first known under tho name of "land na tionalization," has sinco, by the com mon consent of its advocates, become known as tho "single-tax" movement, the efforts of its friends having been di rected more specifically to tho aboli tion of all other forms of taxation. They hold that tho removal of taxation from iiub'stries in general would stimu late manufactures and business, at the same timo that it destroyed specula tion in land, to such an extent that the general prosperity would ho immensely increased and wages greatly raised. They hold that tho revenue from tho single tax would be so large as to ena ble the Government to maintain schools and colleges, build and operate rail roads and telegraphs, and do many things which it doos not now engage in. Their plan, also, of courso, being a "single tax." involves tho abolition of tariffs upon imports. The "slnglo-tax" men aro absolute free-traders. Tho agitation for tho "single tax," or against privato ownership of hind, Is hy no means confined to the United States. It has mado much headway in Great Britain, and is very strong in tho Australian colonies, whore ono colony. South Australia, ha by law limited municipal taxation to unimproved land values. Youth's Companion. Where Cow-Bells Are Made. Colliusvillo, 111., is a groat place for cattle bells. That cow bolls nro mado and do not grow on trees or olsowhoro seems to surprise some people, but there nro four establishments in the United States which aro oxcluslvoly devoted to the manufacturo of that res onant article, and two of theso aro in Colliusville. Ono hundred and fifty dozen ai nod out daily and thou sands o' m danglo from tho nooks of in.' ito cows all over tho prai ries o . orth and South America. The manufacturo of cow-bolls Is eullroly distinct from that of othor bolls. In stead of being molded tho motal is rolled into sheets, cut into symmetric al polygons, which, whon folded, nro pressed into their woll-known form. Having boon rlvottod thoy aro noxt packed in clay and brought to a whlto boat. Whon suddonly coolod theso 6teol bells nro found to bo not only tempered, but also bountifully brazed. St. Louis Post-Dlspatoh. -Blind boys iu tho Pittsburgh (Pa.) nayhim aro bolng taught to rldo on tho bicycle. Under tho leadership of tho superintendent, n bicycling class has beon formed, aud tho members rocont ly took an outing trip of ton milos on tbelrj-'vclcfl,.