The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918, July 04, 1889, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SCOUT. JONES fc CHANCEY, Publishers UNION, OREGON. IN A SERPENT'S COlCS. Th Jtxpcrlenee nf'nu Indian Hunter VTh Fought a non Conntrlctor. Tn company with a half-breod who ombinod tho vocations of n woodman and nuntor, I Htumblcd ono day on a largo specimen of tho crotalus muUis, slowly winding its wny among tho leaf debris of tho forest. For somo timo it was difllcult to discern tho scaly folds of tho snnko through tho brown mass of decaying foliago. but having reached a clear spot tho roptilo colled around a low stump and pre pared for action. About a yard of tho body noxt to tho head was contracted into numerous sharp curves not unliko a corkscrow, while tho yellow oyos gleamed with a baleful light. There was little fascination about these orbs, and no mistaking tho ma lignant intentions of tholr owner. A Btick brought within reach of that mor tal coll was struck almost with tho rapidity of lightning, no mattor how ewiftly withdrawn. This was directed by tho instantaneous straightening of tho short curvos into which this por tion of tho body had boon contracted. Evon the wily mongooso would have needed nil his marvelous ugllity to avoid tho deadly stroko if once within range. Tho reach was about a yard, and tho assault wns delivered horizont ally some six inches from tho ground, directly toward tho assailant. Tho hunter, who had hitherto kopt a ro epcctful distance, as ho alleged tho snako could spring, was eventually persuaded to approach sufllciontly near to strike it with a ton-foot pole. At tho first blow tho heavy coils ro loxod from the stump and tho crcaturo nppearod dead or stunned. Tho writer at once grasped tho neck about two inches from tho head and raised tho hood partly from tho ground to exam ine it As though galvanized into lifo by the touch, tho crotalus scemod at onco to recover its energies, and swiftly xnado a couplo of turns around tho thigh and right arm of tho would-bo captor. J ho constricting power exor cised was such that tho hand grasping tho neck began to loso power and tho writer realized the awkward prodica- mont into which his temerity had lod him. Llttlo could bo done with tho froo loft hand, whilo tho "scaly terror" began slowly to withdraw Itshoad from tho relaxing grasp of tho right. For somo seconds tho trembling woodman appeared deaf to entreaty hud could not bo pursuaded to apply a nooso or liana to tho snake's neck. Tho largest sorponts become paralyzed -when proporly nooBed, and aro readily dragged along tho ground, helpless as a log. Just as tho snake's head seemed about to oozo through tho numbed fln pors, tho half brood screwed up his courago sulllclontly to apply tho liana asdlrectod, with tho result that the bruto relaxed its colls and wus dragged down to a neighboring stream, hung up and skinned. It measured eight foot five inches and was about as thick in tho largest part of tho body as tho calf of a man's leg. Tho fangs, which wore carefully ex tracted, measured one uud n qunrtor inches in length, and woro hollow to -within a short distance of the point, where, on tho inner side, lay tho ori Cco through which the poison was ejootud by the notion of the base of tho fang on tho hag in which it was se creted. On squeezing the hag a small quantity of poison, a yellow fluid, passed down the hollow in tho tooth and gathered In a tiny drop of concentrated death. Tho stomach contained two wood-rats about tho size of guinea pigs, ono partially digostod, the othor recently swullowed. India Statesman. THE MODERN CLERGYMAN. Mor Ho lllnfora from tli I'runnhnr ot Washington' Day. Tho avorago clergyman of Washing ton's day wielded much more Inlluonce, In certain ways, than tho olorgymau of to-day. Tho modern clergyman is no longer an oracle. He is not neces sarily tho most cultivated or tho most learned man of his congregation. Ho no longer does tho thinking for his Hook, oven in tho domain of religion. The magazine and tho newspaper preach to vastly larger audiences than ho can over hope to have. Tho halo of Buoordotnllsm has almost disap peared from around his brow, even In tho churches whoro sacerdotalism most flourishes. A clergyman is not es teemed nowadays simply and only bo cause tho hand of a bishop or elder has boon laid upon his head, or because an ecclesiastical council has hot him apart from tho rest of mankind. It is his character, and not his oltlce, that gives hltn a claim on tho good will of men. Hut if tho Influence of the clergy has been lessoned In somo ways, it has boon increased in others. The old feudal idea of tho ministry as a canto is giving way to tho new dumocratia idea of the ministry as a moral force in tho community. The world to-day de mands that tho clergyman shall he first of all a teacher and a follower of pure morality, and tho exponent of tho best thought of tho age. Ho may be u priest of God, ordained to offer sacrifice in tho temple; but ho must also ho a priest of humanity, daily ottering tho sacrltlco of a pure and exalted example in tho grout tcmplo of secular life. Tho world cares little for tho mysterious fiowors conveyed by tho laying on of landn; but it cares much for tho visi ble gifts of oxalted good noon, high In telligence and enlightened progress. And tho clergymen who lead their ago in thoso things will recelvo its homage and dovptl.on.--N. Y. Tribune. EASTERN ITEMS. A HEAVY YIELD OP WHEAT IN KANSAS. A Deposit of Zlno Ore Cut Rates on Freight Murdorors Lynched Tho Flooded DiHtrlots Lady Pall-Boarors. Baltimore has 4000 Baloons. Chris Buckley is in Chicago. One death from sunstroke reported at Chicago. Kittio Brown won tho six-days' bicycle race at Dcnvor. John Gillert. the great actor, died in Boston on tho 17th. At tho South this season has been the coldest for many years. Tho present permanent iopulation of Oklahoma is about .u.uuu. The warm weather is thinning out tl office-seekers in Washington. Ninteed horses started in tho American Derby, at Chicago, laBt Sunday. Berkeley Springs, W. V., has recovered from tho ellects ol tho lato nood. Tho Now York boodlo Alderman cases will bo tried at Saratoga July 0th. Bradstreet's calculates tho entire loss by the floods at about $45,000,000. Tho International Typographical Union will meet at Atlanta, Ua., next year. -r- Two murderers were hanged by a mob in Scott county, Tennessee, recently. Prohibition in Pennsylvania wns do leaieu oy an ovorwiioiming majority. Trunk-Lino Commissioner Fink, witl headquarters at Now York, has resigned Tho total flood losses of tho Pennsyl vnnia Railroad are stated at $13,000,000, Iowa is talking about building a $100, 000 soldiers' monument at Des Moines Roso Coghlau and her husband, Clin ton J. Edgcrly, have separated tempor arily. Tho test of tho pnomntlc gun carriage at Annnpolis, Aid., recently, proved satis factory. Tho noxt convention of tho order of tho Mystic Shriuo will bo held in San Francisco. Boston is reported as leading America with its educational exhibit at the Paris Exposition. The schools n Wollaston, Muss., have been closed, owing to tho pro valence of diphtheria. Tho Government hna resumed opora tionsut Flood Hock improvements, Hell Gate, N. Y. The liny crop of New York State this year is exieotod to bo almost unpreco dently largo. A deposit of zinc oro of workable qua! itv hna boon discovered in Marion county, Ark. Tho debris at tho stono bridge below Johnstown. Penn.. wub set on fire on the 10th inst. Tho Board to select a site for the navy yard on tho NorthweBt coast, favors Port Orchard, W, T. It is Baid that an effort is being mndo to form a trust of all tho big dry goods stores in America. Tho battlefields of Gettysburg and An tiotam aro now connected by tho Western Maryland Railroad. Tho monibors of tho American Phar maceutical Convention, to bo hold at San Francisco have arrived. Tho cropB throughout Indiana, and also much riparian property, wns severely damaged by recent nuns. Missionary bodieB aro delighted with tho announcement of Mr. Huntington'B Congo Railway onterpriBO. .1. O. Manion and H. M. Fowler fought a Btreet duol at Fnyottu, Mo., on tho loth, and both were fatally Bhot. At tho funeral of a young nmn named Rico, at Shamokin, Penn., four young ladies were tho pall-bearers. Tho Hood in Pennsylvania knocked tho Prohibition cnmimign endwise and tho State has gono "wet." The Trenton Book Oil Company, tho oldest company in the Ohio Hold, has been sold to tho Standard. Howard of Electric Sugar fame has lieon found guilty of grand larceny in tho llrst degree at New York. Bonluun, Texas, is rejoicing over tho discovery of oil at a depth of 800 feet in tho nortnorn part of tho city. Cut rates in freight aro mmlo between Now York and St. Paul. Tho war has leen opened for tho summer. Forty indictmontH were found by tho Federal Grand Jury at IndiannpoliB for violation of tho election lawB. A gas well has been drilled in at Find lay, Ohio, with a capacity of over seven teen million cubic feet per day. Minnesota is coiiBidoring tho proposi tion to put tho convicts to work making blnding-twino, to circumvent tho Twino Trust. Tho Mormons who are Hocking into tho northwest of Manitoba are said to clnim that they have a right to practice polygamy if they want to. Tho femino defendant in a divorco case at Rookford, 111., was defended by a woman lawyer, probably tho tlrbt in stance of tho kind on record. Attornoy-Genoral Millor hna nccepted the resignations of tho United Stntca Marshals for Florida and South Carolina, and of District-Attorney Peters, of Utah. SiHcinl Treasury Agents Crowloy and Mulkoy hnvu been ordered from San Francisco to Port Townsend to investi gate frauds in tho customs service there. Kansas will harvest tho largest wheat crop, this season, that has Ikhmi produced in that State for years. It Is estimated that tho yield will Ik) fully thirty million bushels, Mrs. Hayes, wife of ex-President Hayes, died at 0:30 o'clock last Tuesday morning, 25th inst., at her homo, in Fre mont, Ohio, after an Illness of several weeks. FOItKMiN FliAHIIKM. Mormon Missionaries In LlvorPool The Prosecution of Boulanger An archy In Grot Kallroada Building In Africa. The King of Spain has just entered on his fourth year. Corkc, Ireland, hns raised $1200 for the Johnstown sufferers. The Spanish wnr-ship Paz lias found ered oh" Cape Trafalgar. Tho Frencli senate advises Uie imme diate prosecution of Boulanger. Princess Mnttcrnich is revisiting Paris, and great attantion is paid to her. Russia threatens the Shah of Persia if he makes concessions to England. Completo anarchy prevails in Crete. Outrages and murders are frequent. A dog tax ot Franco gives tho State an annual revenue at about $1,500,000. The sailors' strike at English and Scot tisl. ports is on the eve of collapsing. In England check reins aro now cn tirely out of use, leing forbidden by law, There aro three leprosy cases on Capo JJrenton, . fa., two women and one man Smoking during service is Baid to be customary in some of tho rural churched in Holland. England and Ireland are overrun with Amoncans traveling in parties of from forty to 400. William Walter Phelps has sailed from Europo with tho Samoan Treaty in his possession. A plan to connect the bi Penan rivers by canals is projected by the Russian Government. Another woman has been murdered in ono of the compartments of an English railroad train. Knid McLean, a Scotchman, is Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the Sul tan of Morocco. In Prussia tho State railroads make special concessions in favor of poor peo ple in ill-health. Buffalo Bill at Paris, recently, gave a benefit for the Coneniaugh sufferers, and $2000 was realized. Mrs. Maybrick has been committed at London, for trial, on tho charge of. mur dering her husband. Official reports concerning the pros pects of the Russian wheat crop this sea son aro unfavorable. Two Americans arc suspected of rob bing a jowolry store at Leipzig of goods valued at 75,000 marks. Dowager Empress Augusta of Germany has Hubscribcd 1000 marks in aid of tho Pennsylvania sufferers. Proceedings will be continued against the friends of Boulanger, who wero ar rested in Angouleine, Franco. Tho Paris Le Temps asserts that Ger many is negotiating with Jieigium to lay a cable from Osted to Portland, Me. Tho great industrial exhibition at Ham burg, Gormnny, which hns been in pre paration since 188, will shortly be opened. Tho police at Paris have seized a num ber of lettere from General Boulanger to the Boulangist National Committee in tho house of Mine. Bonlou. It has been decided in Russia that women may ho physicians: nut tney must confine their services to children and adults of their own sex. Tho Czar has bestowed a dowry of 1,000,000 rubles on Princess Militza of Montenegro, who hns been betrothed to Grnnd Duke Peter of Russia. The wnter-jwwer of tho Rhino is about to bo utilized to work electric dynamos which will distribute electric-power am light over a radious of fifteen miles. In Paris, tho Saccharine, or sugar made from coal, has been unanimously con cmncd hv tho medical profession, be- cause it seriously troubles digestion. . .. . . . . . . . Rents in Scotland aro getting lower and lower. Four farms recently relet in the South for tho approaching term, brought less than hall their former rent It is believed that three of Lieutenant Wissmnn's steamers have been lost on tho African coast, hour German war ships have been dispatched to look them up. Tho Russian nrmv is to Ik provided with breech-loading rilles which will nrrv a distnnco of d000 feet. Noiseless jK)wder will also be used in tho futuro by tho army. Four hundred Silesian lace-makers have been at work for five weeks on a magnificent veil for the sister of the Ger man r.mprosH, who is aoout to marry Princo lA'oimld of Prussia. Tho Belgrade corrt'iondent of thelm- don Daily News upholds tho accuracy of lita statement that uussia has proiosed the immediate conclusion ol a military convention with Servia. Mormon missionaries ate circulating broadcast from tho Millennial Star otfice in Llvcrool a sununiuy of Congressman Springer's rejKirt in favor of the admis sion of Utah to the Union as a State. In sunny Italy tho Royal Family suffer from chest discuses. The King has never hollv got over tlto attack ol congestion of the lungs to which he nearly succumb ed a few venrs ago, and tho Crown Prince has a tendency to consumption. ljirgo subscriptions nro reported to ard building a railroad l)etveen Ixiwer Falls, on the Congo river in Africa, to tanloy Pool, alnnit two hundred and sixty-two niiles. There aro about threo thousand miles of navigable water above Stanley Pool. Tho Belgium Government is adopting every means in its jniwer to frighten tho nllghtened and weaitnior class irom any lisposition to yield to tho jwpular clamor or universal suffrage. This was shown n the recent trial of men arrested for conspiracy at Mouu. Utikhmnhnl. tho Indian ladv whose re fusal to live with her hiislmmf, to whom she hud been married when an infant, rented so much interest in India, has ar rived in England with a view to entering tho Women's Medical College, and pur- ulng a course ol study thoro which will nablo her to obtain tho necessary uuall- ncnuouB iu jiruvucu uicuicuiu. if . ..: . H..1 - THE PACIFIC COAST A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AT VANGOU VER, W. T. Shipment of New Whoat-A Wild Steer Gores a Chinaman The Debt of Lob Anselea A Doeerti r Dro ned. The California honey crop is short. Los Angeles has rejealed tho dog tax The Carson mint begins coining July Spokane Falls is to have a paid firo de partment. Los Angeles will have a kennel show this week. San Diego tournament. hae arranged for a chess Camping parties aro numerous along Niles Valley. Ed O. Wheeler, Mayor of East Port land, Or., is dead. Walla Walla, W. T., wants to get rid ot tho renitentiary. The Piatt-Alger Alaska part' has start eu lrum ixuw iorK. The joint worm is injuring wheat in the San Joaquin Valloy. Spokane Falls' new water system was inaugurated on the loth. Everybody at Granito, M. T., is jump ing land on tho townaite. Fires in the grain fields on Robert Island have been reported. Several cases of diphtheria have been discovered in Virginia City. The creameries in Oregon and Was! ington have proven Iiulures. A wild steer gored a Chinaman at Col upa, lust week, and killed him. The walnut crop in Southern Califor nia promises to be very heavy. San Diego is raiding physicians who are practicing wuuoui licenses. The Bankers' Association of Washing ton has been formed at lacoHia. A new Territorial University is i.bout to be established at Moscow, 1. T. John Moyer, ex-Recorder of Placer county, died from paralysis on the 10th Bernardo Ganatino was killed by An selnio Alexandra at San Joso on tho 10th Henry Villard, whilo in Portland Inst week, would not talk to nowspaper men A forest lire is reported near the Yolo and Lake county lino in the mountains The entiro business jiortion of Vancou ver, w. T., w as burned last rriday night Tho molo cricket has appeared in the iotato patches at Burbauk, l)s Angelea county. Port Townsend sent $2000 worth of provisions to Seattle tho morning after tho fire. The Oregon Pioneers held their seven teenth annual gathoring at Portland on the 18th. A confidence gang is reported to lo working tho trains between Fresno and Los Angeles. George Winters, a highly esteemed citizen of Redding, died at Red Blutfon tho 18th hist. Charles Nelson, John Peterson's bosom friend, has run away from Fresno witli Mrs. Peterson. Louis Roth is' suing his wifo for divorce at Ixis Angeles for deserting him on his wedding night. Santa Ana real estate has much mi proved in value since tho election divid ing i.os .lugoies cuumv. During tho recent hot spell, tho tlior momoter at Yakima, W. T., registered 110 degrees in the shade. FrankLautero, the indicted Los Angeles ex-Deputy Auditor, for torgones whuo in office, has lied to -Mexico. To get clear of its debt, Los Angelea countv will remuro a tax ot $40 for each person within its borders. Sacramento hns prohibited tho build ing of wooden sidewalks. They must be of cement or patent stono. A stage upset while racing near Ward nor, Idaho, last week, and several proni' inen persoiiB wero injured. D. Hakes of Santa Rosa, has hired tweniv-five girls to pick his raspberry nop that covers seventeen acres. Herman Meyers of Fresno, charged with killing a 'boy named Bronaugh in February last, has been acquitted. Tho three days' shooting tournament of tho Sportsmen's Association of the Northwest, opened at Tueoma last week. Paul Harrv, an Indian murderer, hue been captured on tho Uieur d'Aleno Itoa ervation by Sherilf Martin of Rathdrum, Idaho. Thomaa Edwards killed Richard Gun- drv at Candelaria. Nov.. last week. Ed wards was subsequently reieaseu irom custody. The old City Hall at Sacnimouto threatens to collajso and jurors refuse to Bervo iu tho Police Court on account of tho danger. San Jonouin county hay-growors find it takvs 40 per cent more Eastern-mado rope to bale a ton than it does with Cali fornia ropo. Mother Alphonse Costollo, Lady Supe rioress of tho Ursulino Academy in Santa Rosa, died on tho luth niter long Illness of consumption. A Chinese ltier was discovered in tho Sacramento iail hist week. Ho was sent from Folsoin for twenty days for refusing to pay poll tax. Ten carloads of new wheat from tho Mnrcuso ranch in Sutter county, Califor nia, wero shipiHHl to San Francisco from MaryBvilloon tho 14th. Lottio Ix'O, aged 15, has obtained $2500 in a damage suit against ueorgo osn iton Shepherd, nged (10, at Sacramento. Both aro colored people. A mnsked highwayman stopped Uio stage at torest Hill when alwut two miles from Auburn, on tho 15th inst., but got nothing from tho express lox. In the District Court at Butto. M. T., Dr. W. 0. Harding has leen found guilty of practicing medicine without a certili- uito from tho .territorial Aieuicui uouru. JIOJ1K AMI FA It 31. Top-DreBslng Wheat In Spring Millet and Hungarian Grass Dairy In terest Early Lambs Bee Culture Farm Notes. Tliero is a timo when it is safe to prune most vanties of decuhous fruit tiees, and that timo is when tho wood iB ripe and while the tree is in a dormant condition in removing crops irom tho sou we hike away plant food. This is tho chief cause of soil exhaustion., Lack of fertil ity is commonly due in a large part or en tirely to lack ot plant lood. Cotton-seed meal will not do for hog feed, as the lint balls in the stomach, and cannot 1x5 voided. This objection to cot ton-seed meal is not applicable to domes tic animals other than the hog. Bread for Soup: Cut slices of stale bread into small squares, throw in boil ing lard and fry till brown. Skim out. drain, and put in soup tureen before serv ing tho soup, r or oyster soup, crackers crisped in the oven aro nice. If tho space between rows of grape vines is occupied by strawberry plants, currant bushes or weeds, do not wonder that tho grapes do not ripen earlv. The sun's rays must reach the earth and keep it warm if early ripening is desired. If beets or carrots are not up it may be that the ground was too cold when the seed was put in. It is better to replant than to loso the crop. They should be grown as stock food, and as a large yield can bo secured they will pay well. Old ewes may be sold if the lambs aro weaned. Only strong, vigoroup. ewes should be retained. Select those that yielded plenty of milk for the lambs for breeding purposes, and sell off tho rams in order to infuse new blood in tho flock. If you dissolve bones by boiling them in a strong potash lye and then uso dry earth or leached ashes as an absorbent, you got a fertilizer or compost, rich in both phosphoiic acid and potash. It will contain also most of the nitrogen which wus in the bones. Tho liquid manuro is more vnlunblo than the solids, and a iiboral use of ab sorbent material will aid in arresting its loss. It ihould be saved carefully, and a drain at tho rear of the stalto should conduct it to somo kind of a receptacle from which it may bo pumped over the manure heap. Tho early lambs are now in demand. Feed those that aro not up to weight well and push them into market as soon ns possible. A daily rntion of two pnrts ground onts, one part corn meal, and a small proiortion ot linseed meal will bo excellent for them. They should have a good pasture. There is as much nrt in the work of improving tho dronea of a hive as to en deavor to secure better queens. Some swarms of bees aro too inbred to endure hard winters. In tho natural condition bees are hardy, but when their care is in the hands of the bee-keejMirhis judgment is important, and ho can do much to add vigor to tho swarms. Chocolate Meringue Pudding: Boil ono pint ol rich milk, and a half teacup ful of butter, ono teucupful of sugar and three ounces of grnted chocolate ; let it boil and when cool add the whites of four eggs ; pour this in a pudding dish lined with slices of sponge cake and hake ; cover with meringue and let it brown. Eat with lemon sauco. The dairy interests of the United States represent more than $11,000,000,000. The number of milk cows is estimated at 24,000,000, which give an aggrigato milk production ot ,tfo0,000,000 gallons, rour billion gallons iwe used for butter ; 700.- 000,000 for cheeso and the balance for various purposes. Tho annual produc tion of butter 1 ,:io0,000,000 pounds, and (5,500,000 pound of chees. This immense dairy herd requires 100,000,000 acres of pasture land to supjort it. The quick germination and rapid growth ol millet and Hungarian grass permits the young plants to take posses sion of the soil, appropriate the availablo plant food and starve out overy weed that appeara. In fact, as weed destroyers loth crops aro unexcelled, and should any chance weeds secure places the mow ing ot tho Hungarian grass cuts oil the weeds and puts an end to them. For plowing under, ns green manurial crops, they aro excellent, and the hav is usually clean and free from weeds. If grown for nor other purposo than ridding a field of J weals tho Hungarian grass crops is alone worth the labor bestowed upon it. Top-Dressing Wheat in Spring: It is sometimes a good plan to top-dress win ter wheat in the spring. It is better still doubtless to do tho work iu tho fall, but manure is not then to bo had, and if the wheat is nil thero after its winter's ex posure it will pay to give it a further lift. Chooso a timo when the ground is either frozen or has thoroughly dried so it will not poach, l hen draw the manure in a wagon provided with wide tires. If the surface is dry tho wheels will not sink in to hurt. Tho manuro will greatly help the clover as well as tho wheat". We have known fanners to find a profit iu drilling in 150 itounds of superphosphate on tho wheat in spring. Tho drill wns driven so that its teeth cut the ridges le- tween the rowa made in drilling the seed tho previous fall. In this case probablv breaking tho eurfneo of the soil did nearly ns much good as the fertilizer, ns is proven by the benefit often received from dragging wheat fields in the spring. If sheep nro folded, and given attention. a crop of millet or Hungarian grass will bo invaluable to them. Mr. Stewart, tho well known authority on sheep, states that when the crop is eight inches high sheep may bo allowed to eat olf four or nvo inches. Hurdles should to used. nd moved dailv in order to avoid hav ing tho shoop eat too close to the roots. In this way it will grow anew, and cover tho ground more completely than before. It la estimated that a good crop will pro- dueo about ten tons of green fodder per aero, and pasture fltty sheet) from ono to two months. It is advisable, for sheep mature, to use Hungarian grass, and to utrdlo the sheep in hlovks of about twenty-five. Cows and horses are also fond of greon food, and as tho final cut ting mav lo made kite, a succession is ad during the entiro summer. It is not udvisablo to grow theso crops where lover una other grasses are more suit able, but the advantage they possess ia that of Iwing sown Into anil growing rapidly, making their crops in u single season und during tho warmest period of tho Bummer as they delight iu warmth and endure drought well. PORTLAND MARKET. PROSPECTS NOT SO ASSURING AS A MONTH AGO. Provisions Firm Fruits of nil Kind are Plentiful and Very Cneap Very Little Doing In Dried Fruit ( Fresh Meats Higher. It is currently reported that in several sections east of the Cascades the exces sive heat hns severely injured the crops, and that prospects of another bountiful harvest are not bo reassuring as a mouth ago. The Columbia rivtr salmon pack down to Juno 1 is given at 22,000 cases less than last yenr ; the run of salmon on the Sncramento has also been short, bo that Alaska cannerymen stand a good chance of making handsome profits. In the local merchandise markets business generally continues satisfactory, although in the midst of tho usual summer lull. All kinds of fresh fruit arc now to bo found in the market at cheap prices. Eastern meats have a stiffer tendency, and provisions are firm. The local wheat market is very dull and inactive. OROCK1UKB. Sugars, Golden C 7?ac extra C 7c. dry granulated 90, cube, crushed and powdered 9c. Coffee: Java 2527c, Mocha 2831c, Costa Rica 21W,22,c, Rio2122c, Arbucklo's roasted 25c. I'KOVISIONS. con 13c, sides llc, shoulders 9c. East ern ham 1313,c, breakfast bacon 13 13Jc, sides 9c. Lard 9;c for 10s. FRUIT8. Los Angeles oranges $2.25, Riversides $4.50, California lemons $4.505 per box. Apricots $1.25, cherries GOc. VKOKTABLKS. Potatoes GOc, onions $1.75, rheubarh 3c, tomatoes $2 per Iwx. D.UKY I'UODUCE. Butter, Oregon fancy 20c, medium 15 17Mc. common, 1012Mc. Eastern 22c. California 1820c. KQOB. Eggs 1718c. POULTRY. Chickens $44.50, broilers $2.503, ducks $57, geeso $78, turkeys 15c per ft. WOOL. Valley 1822c, Eastern Oregon 8lGc. HOI'S. Hops 1015c. GRAIN. Wheat, Vallev $1.151.17K, Eastern Oregon $1.051.0K. Oats 30o. FLOUR. Standard $4, other brands $3.503.7o. FEKD. Hay$1314perton, bran $1314,chop $18020, shorts $1415, barley $20 22.50. KRKSlf MKATS. Beef, live. 3c, dressed, 0(3c: mutton, live, 34c, dressed uJc; lambs $2.50 each ; hogs live 6c, dressed, 77c ; veal 68c. DRIKD FRUITS. Apples 45c, sliced 6c, pears 8c, Oregon plums 34, Italian 6c, silver 7c, German 66c, pluuiB 5(a7c apricots 1314c, peaches 812c, California figs ic, raisins $1.752.25 per box. Von Bulow says that overy pianist should learn to sing and play tho vio lin, l,as their ears would then hear more critically tho sounds tlioy pro duce, and thoroby tench thorn how to phrase." Somo pianist wo have heard should learn to cook and to make shoes and let tho piano alone. Norristowo Herald. SUBSTANTIAL SHAKES. Story TIihI Munt He Trup. us It Voiii'hpil I'nr by a (iixxl Man. It was some years since, in the Ozark region, where I was riding n circuit, that I saw a ministor enjoy a most sub stantial handshaking. Shaking hands was his peculiarity. Ho believed in the potency of a cordial grasp to win men to tho church. And though suc cessful in winning souls, ho was very unfortunate in tho matter of getting dollars. In fact, poverty continually stared him in the face. He owned a little farm and mortgaged it as long as it would yield a dollar. I ho mort gages wero falling duo, but thoro was no prospect of paying them. But it did not bother him a bit. He shook hands more heartily than ever. "I have unbounded faith in handshaking to bring everything out right." ho often said, until his penchant came to bo tho talk of town. At last came the day when the mortgages must bo foreclosed that would deprive him of his little homo that sheltered his family. On the ovo of that day a knock at tho door of his house, which was a little way from town, called him. When ho oponed tho door a whole crowd rushed in, and. without saying n word, commenced shaking hands. Ho feft something cold In tho palm of tho first man, nnd when the hand was withdrawn it stuck to his own. "Thnt is tho most substantial shake I ever experienced," ho said, as ho held up a $5 gsld pioco. But tho noxt man stepped up and a silver dol lar was loft iu tho preacher's palm. No ono would say a word in explana tion, but pressed It on him as fast as ho could stick tho motal and hills into his pockets. Tho houso was not largo enough for tho visitors, each ono of whom deposited from if 1 to 10 In tho out stretched hand. Each loft tho moment his little errand was accomplished, and not a word could bo had in explana tion, except tho last ono, who, as ho turned to go, remarked: "Wo wanted to play a little joko on you and wo have." Tho several "jokes" netted just $781. His homo was saved and a neat baluco was loft beside. Tho min istor maintained that ho had con tracted a habit that night that for a year uftorward when ho shook a hand prompted him to look into his own palm, half oxpoctlng to soo a pleco of metal thore. Rev. B. Thomas, in St. Louii Globe Democrat.