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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (July 25, 1889)
THE OREGON SCOUT OWES A CHAMCEY, - Publishers UNION, OREGON. In 188 there '.vera 37,000,000 Protestants In the world, thoro nro now 384,000,000. Tho growth nnd popularity of re ligious clubs whoso main object is th promotion of social intercourse is one of tho interesting signs of tho times. A pupor proparod by tho Maryland Etato Progressive Teacher's Association hows that nearly 30,000 colored chil dren in that State are deprived of public educational facilities. Tho American Seamen's Friend Bocioty received tho past year $27,833 and disbursed $31,971. Its missionaries have labored in many lands, and its libraries have been acccssiblo to over B50.000 men. When Dr. Wells Williams wont to Canton, in 1833, thoro was only one Chlncso convert, and tho penalty for leaching foreigners tho Chlncso lan guage was death. Now thoro are 33,- 000 converts. It is said that tho Friends have 40 missionaries in Japan under their care. They aro also doing missionary work In Constantinople, Roumnnin, and on Mt. Lobanon, and in Houraolia, Mada gascar, Zululnnd, India, and China. Tho growth of tho Christian En denvor work in Colorado is wondorful. Jn Donvor, Colorado Springs and Fu eblo, during tho past three years the fociotles have doubled and redoubled, while tho smaller towns throughout the Stato havo their full quota of socie ties. Tho Amorican Baptist missionary union met in Boston recently. Tho re port from tho European work brought out tho startling statement that in Ituly SO, 000, 000 out of tho 30,000, 000 popula tion can not read. Tho union in its eeventy-fivo yoars1 work has oxpcndod f8, 870, 403 for mission work. Tho religious condition of tho French pooplo to-dny Is thus described oy tho Rev. A. F. Board: "You can put tho Dlblo in ovory houso in l'nrls and no ono has tho power to stop you. You can preach tho gospol on tho corner opposlto tho prison nnd thoro will be uo danger. Thirty years ago tho po- licomnn would havo arrostcd you. Now Jio protects you. Tho higher education of women is advancing ovory whoro. Tho Chorokce nution lately dcdlcatod their now fo xnala somlnnry at Tahloquah with great Tojolcings. Tho building is thrco stor ies high, contnlns moro than ono hun dred rooms, a ohapel and school halls and recitation rooms, is stoam-hoatcd and suppllod with water-works of its own, and will havo cost, when finished, $200,000. This monoy comes from tho lease of their lands to tho cattlo companies. rSSZ. WIT AND WISDOM. It is no crodlt to a fool that ho had a wise grandfather. Talmage. Tho noxt thing to having wisdom oursolvos, is to profit by that of others. Shlftlossnoss catchos water in leaky tubs and thon complains that thoro was uo rain. Atchison Globe. Tho most knowing man in tho course of tho longest life will always liavo much to lourn; nnd tho wlsost nnd lest, much to improve. Shnftos bury. Much as friends add to tho happi ness and valuo of llfo, we must In the Main depond on oursolvos; and ovory ono Is his own best friend or his worst enemy. Onco a Woek. If thoro aro thoso who will plan evil, thoro aro always thoso who will carry it out. Hut it is tho planning of tho Icador, rather than tho doing of tho tubordlnuto, that mot-Its chief blamo. a S. Timos. Lot a man know his worth nnd koop things under his feet A truo man bo longs' to no other timo or placo, but is tho contor of things. It is as easy for tho strong man to bo strong as it is for tho weak to bo woalc. Our groatost hold on happiness, Is to troad firmly and faithfully in tho path of duty; knowing and practically submitting to tho knowledge that in seeming loss Is somotimos greatest gain lor us. St. LouIb Magazine.; Tho great secret of human hnppl noss is this: Nevor suffer your aner gics to stagnate. Tho old adago "too many irons in tho flro" conveys an un truth. You can not havo too many, poker, tongs and all, koop thorn all go ing. Adam Clarke, Tho most painful wny may bo the right one, but It is not tho right one bocmiso It is tho most painful. It Is the right wny bocuuso It is tho right way, whether it bo painful or delightful, nnd the notion of Bolf-suorllloo may bo rooted in spiritual prido. A scurvy trlok was recently played upon ono of tho slot and ulokul chewing gum maohlnes at Bethlehem, Pu. On iU being opened tho uthor day sixty five iron washers wore found, lustoad of so many ponulos, which hud boon put into tho slot, and slxty-ilvo cakes of gum woHu missing. Ability Is often reinforced by neces sity. Uo that will not sutler himself to bo discouraged by fancied impost ViUtles, may sometimes find his abil ities invigoratod by tho necessity of exortlug thorn at short Intervals, as the force of a ourrout is increased by tho contraction of its channel. Tho public man who draws himself up In tho prosenoo of reporters and In dignantly doclaroi that ho will havo 'nothing to nay to novvspuiwr men," hasn't anything to rolato to his own credit, os a goneral thing. A man with a clour record In public attain miliar enjoys, .chatting with rqportor. EASTERN ITEMS. THE G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT AT MIL WAUKEE. Pensions Granted Postal Appointments Cut In Freight Rates Another Flood at Johnstown Tho Cronin Murder Case. President Harrison is at Deer Park, Md. Mrs. Langtry is quite ill with brochitiB. A new screw has been sent to tho Nipsic. A summer charity in New York is the ice-water cart. Thero is an epidemic of insanity at Elizabeth, N.J. The fee for a retail liquor license at Joliet, 111., is $1000. Boston's directory, just issued, con tains 102,853 names. In Minneapolis tho surplus canines are curtailed by electricity. There were 184 deaths in Boston in the week ending June 20th. An Englis syndicate lias got possession of tho breweries at Denver. A statue of General Grant was unveiled at Fort Leavenworth July 4. Corporal Tanner had a Grand Army reception at Chicago, the 7th. The total rainfall in Baltimore since June 1st is over thirty-four inches. A Bridgetown -woman, 76 years old. took her first railroad ride recently. One hundred square miles in Montana were swept by a prarie fire recently. Seventeen persons were killed in the railroad accident near Thaxton's, Va. George W. Lord has been appointed postmaster at Alia, Morrow county, Or. Tho buffalo fly is reported to have ap peared among cattle at Three-mile-Run, N. J. Mexico is overrun with foreign capital ists seeking opportunities to build rail roads. Artificial ice is cheapor in Southern cities than the natural urtiele in the tho North. In tho past year thero wero 1200 deaths by violence in New York, including ac cidents. Mrs. ex-President John Tyler, died nt the Exchnngo Hotel, Richmond, Va., on tho 10th inet. Johnstown women arousing tho ragged garments which havo been set out thero for carpet rugs. Nothing of special importance has been dono in tho Constitutional vJonvcntions of tho four new States. Thomns Ewing Sherman, son of Gen eral Sherman, was ordained priest at hiladolphia, on the 7th. Governor Lower' lias invited President ii . ' ii. i : 1 - i iiarriHoii iu review uiu i-uuiuimi uu.uw of Mississippi, at Natchez. Tho hrickmakers' Btrike near Chicago is erowinit serious, l'olico liavo to pro tect tho new men employed A now postoflico has been established at Denver, Marion county, Or., with Jacob Denver as postmaster. Jefferson Davis has received an offer from a Northern Publisher to write u his tory of tho Confederate States. A Rvndlcato known ns tho "American Straw Board Company," has absorbed all tho principal mills in tho country. Cashier Miller of tho Malta, Ohio, Na tional Bank, has disappeared. His ac counts aro said to bo short $32,000. Commissioner of Pensions Tanner de nies that he contemplates resigning, or that his resignation has been asked for. John Kelly was hanged at Cunandai- gua, J. i ., on uio iiwi mat., ior uiu murdor of Eleanor O'Shea, in November, 1888. Tim mm shops at tho Washington NaN-y Yard are Hearing completion, and largo lorco win do pin-10 wont in a iew wcoks. Tho contracts for tho work of digging a anal throuiih Timpico Bar, Texas, aro Raid to havo been let to a New York and Now Orleans firm. Anothor flood at Johnstown, Pa., on tho 10th, causes tho loss of proierty amounting to $20,000. Thirty or forty lives aro roported lost. Louis Charrier, agent of tho Amorican Express Company at Houghton, Mich., has disappeared, and $20,000 of tho com pany's money is alBO missing. Tho Now York Board of Health has ap pointed forty doctors to visit tho tene ments in July nnd August and give med icine to tho ioor freo of charge. All tho lines of tho Trans-Missouri As sociation will meet tho cut of the Chiwigo & Alton Road. Tho cut is on cattlo from Missouri river jwints to Chicago. Mrs. Carlson, owner of the Carlson cottage, where Dr. Cronin was murdered, hiiB identified .Martin Burke as the man who rented tho cottage from her. Tho gunloat Yorktown's battery is nearly completed, and tho vessel will soon bo taken to sea from tho Brooklyn Navy Yard for a trial teat at broadside firing. Tho Democrats aro to earnestly contest tho battles in tho four now Suites this fall, and they hope to bo ablo to divide tho result equally with tho Republicans. Tho Persian Minister at Washington complains of his treatment, society hav ing cut him oil' its list owing to his loose associations, and he is anxious to leave town. Judgo Tuley ImB declined to issuo a writ of lialx'as corpus in Uio caBO of John Boggs, senior guardian of Camp 20, Clan-nu-Guel, now in jail, charged with con spiracy to murder Dr. Cronin. General Joseph E. Johnston tendered his resignation of the otllco of Railroad Commissioner liiBt March, but it was not accepted until July 7lh. His successor 1b not yet publicly known. John L. Sullivan and iwirty wuh arrest ed at Nashville, Tonn., last week, while returning from tho grout fight at Now Orleans, ut tho request of Governor Lowery, of MlssiBBippl. Ho waa released, however, after several hours' detention, FOKK1UJV VXAHHKH. Bull Fightinr at tho Exposition-Trie Panama Canal A Royal Marriage Queen Victoria's Wealth. Wilkie Collins has been ordered to stop au iiierary worK. Small-pox and yellow fever are reported at Marc, Jiayti. Queen Victoria has subscribed 200 to the Volunteer Equipment fund A 61-pound salmon has leen fished out ol the Severn by a Mr. Ffennell. Queen Victoria has announced that she never again will sit to a sculptor. Gladstone was presented with the free dom of the city of Cardiff cn the 6th. The Paris Chamber of Deputies was tho scene of a disgraceful row on the 12th. The Art Jury of the Paris Exhibition has awarded to Mr. Sargeant a medal of honor. The French Chamber of Deputies has passed tho Act increasing tho army to 3,000,000. Propriety won the Cumberland plate at the Carlisle meeting in England, the iuui msi. Tho Philadelphia cricketers defeated the Gentlemen of Scotland, at Edinburg, on the 0th. Mr. Loring, the United States Minister to Portugal, has been received at Lisbon by the King. Emperor William will sail for England from Antwerp. At Antwerp ho will meet King Leojoki. Tho Sullan of Morocco has sent tho Emperor of Germany a valuable gift Moore's poems. The French Senate Committee has ap proved the bill for the relief of the Pana ma Canal Company. Queen Victoria is the richest woman in the British Kingdom. Sho has accu mulated $20,000,000. Tho Russian government proposes to raise a new loan, to be usud in the build ing of strategic railways. The making of a horse car line from Cairo to tho Pyramids is likely to be a completed fact before long. Russell Harrison, who is in England on business, attended Salisbury's garden party at Hatfield, last week. It is stated that Emperor William has forbidden tho officers of the German army to visit the Paris Exposition. An English Radical cynically observes that the Shall of Persia is almost immoral enough to bo an English nobleman. S. Hirsch, tho new Minister for the United States, to the Ottoman court, has arrived at Paris from Constantinople. Evictions continue on the Clanricarde estate in Gal way, Ireland. Tho houses of the evicted tenants arc demolished. The Irex defeated tho Valkyrie in the last race at Glasgow. There is talk of a match between the Valkyrie and This tle. Many of the friends of Henry George are urging him to become a British sub ject and enter Parliament for a Scotch district. Cheap pirated editions of American books ure said to be among the best sell ing books offered at tho railway stations in India. Eight persons wero instantly killed and olovon wounded near Rochemoos, Germany, on tho Frankfort express the other day. Tho prospects of the Rhine vintage are most favorable, and, if all goes well tho next four months, this will be the beBt year since 1868. In India the river Indus has overflowed its banks and the country is under ten feet of water. Forty persona were drowned at Larkhana. Tho testimony of Charles Wood, an English jocky, in a recent lawsuit, brought out tho information tlint he had earned more than $70,000. Tho marriage of Lord Fife, whoso title will bo raised to Duke of Inverness, to Princess Ionise will take place at Buckingham Palace July 27. Fourteen thousand girls aro attending tho London School Board cookery cen ters. Still further facilities for increas ing this number are being made. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone's golden wed dinir will lie eolobrated July 26th Great preparations are being made by their intimato friends to it lebrato tho day The paying visitor to the Paris Expo sition in the month of may iiumberod 2,208,045, or 038,370 more persons than during the first month of the exhibition of 1878. Tho Prince of Wale s as popular in 1 Paris as in London. This is a good augury for the future relations of Franco and England when he sludl ascend tho throne. Tho Liberation Society, emboldened by Mr. Gladstone's Plymouth sioech, are organizing an extensive series of dis establishment meetings in town and country. Tho new Vicery of Ireland, the Earl of Zetland, rubs along on an income of $375,000 a year. Ho will naturally havo a feeling of pity for the starving Irish peasants. Thomas P. Gill nnd Joseph R. Cox, Nationalist members of tho Britisli Par liament, have lHen arrested in London. They afterward left for Drogheda in charge of ollicers. A dispatch from Brussels to tho Lon don Times says ; England and Germany have initiated an African conference here. Tho Congo State, Belgium, France and Italy approve the proposal. Princo Nicholas, of Mingrella, formerly a candidate for tho Bulgarian throne, died in tho Caucasus. Tho extinct dy nasty which ho represented claimed di rect descent from king David, of Israel. Sir George Chotwynd's resignation has leen accepted by the Ixnidon Jockey Club, with a statement that tho club le Moved ho hud fully exonerated himself from tho scandal charges of Ixinl Dur ham. It is stated that tho indictment against the Houlungists advises the arraignment of Boulanger, Count Dillon and Roche fort beforo tho High court of Justice for conspiracy uguluet tho safely of tho State. THE PACIFIC COAST. A CLOUD-BURST NEAR ALBUQUER QUE, N. M. Pioneer Dead Suicldod With His Overalls-Three Prisoners Perish in a Burning Jail Woolen Mills at Salem. Templeton, Cal., has a fire department. Chehalis will havealumber flumesoon. Baseball is becoming popular at Vic toria, B. C. Extensive forest fires are raging near Grass Valley. Los Angeles collected 3000 fares on the cable cars July 4th. Banning, Cal., shipped 11,247 pounds of blackberries in June. Ellensburg, W. T., has commenced to rebuild the burnt district. Modesto is to vote on the issuing of bonds to establish water works. A fire at Fresno. Cal.. on the 12th. des troyed $300,000 worth of proierty. Shui Wall, the San Francisco Chinese lorger, lias been arrested at Portland. Tho coin in tho vaults of the mint at San irancisco is now being counted. Daniel Ely, accd 62. a saloon keener at oisom, committed suicide on ttie 7th. A small shipment of New Zealand ap ples has been received in San Francisco. The Southern Editorial Association had a good time at San Diego, last week Portland, Or., claims to have the finest appearing balvation Army on the Coast The construction of the Santa Rosa & Green v alley Road is now considered as sured. The Canning Companv at Los Gatos lias changed hands and work commenced last week. The Senatorial Committee on Indian affairs, left Port Townsend on tho 7th for Alaska. Seventeen liquor failed to apply for dealers at Petaluma a license under the new law. The jail at Jacksonville, Or., was burned on the 12th, in which three prisoners lost their lives. F. J. Barnard, ono of the early pioneers of Britisli Columbia, died on tho 10th at Victoria, B. C. A cloud-burst near Albuquerque, N. M., on the 10th, destroyed several miles of the Santa Fe track. The codln moth is said to be destroy ing the apple crop of Honey Lake Valley, Lassen county, Cal. Sonoma county fruit-growers are try ing to establish a permanent fruit ex hibit at Santa Rosa. William Mutton had his shoulder dis located at Grass Valley, Cal., recently, in a wrestling match. Jacob Zimmerman, a wealthy rancher, has just been robbed of $2000 by bunco sharps at Portland, Or. Contractor McCormack, who disap peared from Tacoma, recently, has been arrested at Walla Walla. Mrs. Rosa Rentier was thrown from a buggy in San Francisco, on the 10th inst., and almost instantly killed. Sackett Cornell, editor of the Santa Ana Chronicle, was arrested on the 7th on a charge of irrand larceny. Monterey has a spotted, or "pinto" man. His skin is dark, but it is covered with white spots from head to foot. There is trouble over tho fire depart ment at Tacoma, W. T., owing to tho council providing for a paid department. Tho French flag-ship, drawing 24 feet 1) inches of water, was successfully taken on the stone dock at Maro Island, last week. Secretaiy Lelong of the State Board of Horticulture, pronounces a sample of Santa Rosa olives superior to tho best imported. Tho machinery for tho Woolen Mills at Saloni, Or., has been purchased, and the contract for the erection of the build ing is soon to bo let. W. B. Ayres was crushed to death at tho Bimetallic quartz mill at Butte, the 7th inst. Mr. Ayres was a resident of California for many years. Tho bodies of Dunstan and Ralph wero taken from the Idaho mine at Grass Val ley, tho 0th inst. Thoy were iu a mod erate stato of preservation. Miss Kate Fennoll killed a friend, whom she was visiting, Mrs. Carroll, near Albanv, Or., on the 7th, with a gun. Neither knew it was loaded. Jerry McAllister, a painter, while on the Santa Fe train near San Bernardino, cut his throat with a razor. He was suf fering from delirium tremons. Tho Republicans of the new Orange county havo nominated a straight ticket. Tiiere are three parties in the field and good names are on all the tickets. Joseph O. Blodgett, aged 23, living at Rlodgott Springs, near Giiroy, was thrown from his horso and killed on tho 7th, while retcrning from Capitola. Fanners in Washington township. Yolo county, complain of truding boats j that go up" and down the river selling liquor, getting tho field hands drunk. A man was found susponded from tho limb of a tree near Sacramento, July 10. Ho tore up and made a ropo of his blue overalls, with which to hung himself. Tho 12-war old daugher of James llamblin, 'living at Wallula, W. T., was burned to death on tho 12th while trying to light a lire in tho stove with kerosene. An earl v opening of much of the vula liable lunilB on the Puyallup Reservation to white settlers is oxiocted after tho re turn of tho SenutoritU Committee from Alaska. President Diaz is determined to have the troubles lmtween tho International Company and the landowners of Lower California settled, and has Issued orders to that effect. Mrs. Walters, accused of murdering her kh in Kansas, has Ihhjh released ut Portland, where sho hail ieeii orresu, on a writ of hahctui corpus, and has gono . to Gilmau, W. T. HOSf K AXI KARM. Young Fruit Trees Silver Table Ware Eating Lemons S Meet Peas Salt for Cows Meat Pies. Non-producing hens are of no service Mane a pot-pie of them at once. Cultivate the peach orchard in the same manner as when cultivating corn That is, use the cultivator and stir the top soil frequently. Get your young fruit trees in the ground before this month is gone. The later it 1b the deferred the greater the chances of injury by dry weather. Tiie thermometer and the barometer should be used by all farmers. After having used them awhile they will be considered indispensible adjuncts to the iarm. Corn is not a perfect food for a hog. Though rich in those elements that tend to fatten, yet corn is deficient in the bone and muscle-making elements to a cer tain extent. A mixed diet is best. Sweet potatoes should be cultivated well until they begin to run. They will not thrive if the weather is very wet, and the more air and heat admitted to the roots the better, so as to give them an early start. Taking care of the tools and imple ments is one of the best modes of econo mizing on the farm. The valuo of the tools annually depreciated from lack of cleaning, oiling, and exposure to weather s enormous. This is one way of cleaning velvet: Hold over a kettle of clean boiling water, the wrong side down, for two minutes, place on a smooth board and hrush with a soft velvet brush immediately: if it is a large piece and gets too dry, steam again and brush. This way is quite satisiactory to some. Every farmer should have an experi mental plot of his own. The informa tion gained of a practical kind will be in valuable. If everv farmer in the United States could be induced to try a few ex penments annually, agriculture would make more rapid progress than any other uraiicu oi muusiry. Do not be induced to retain a male pig it. t i t. - ;i r irum uiu uruss-ureu niier oecausc it is a fine specimen. The male should be thoroughbred, or there will be no uni formity in the offspring. The mistake of keeping over cross-bred males is one that has largely aided in degenerating the swine on some larms. The tendency of silver table ware has been toward smallness and compactness, and this has effected tho size of smaller ware. The butter plates, salt cellars and pepper pots are very diminutive, and as a rule they are decorated in the same manner as tho larger pieces, although thero aro ninnv odd and striking iIphiVtih. A new style of salt cellars is made in the form of a diminutive stewpan. Others imitate shells, leaves, fruits and flowers. Salad Dressing: Peel and boil a large lino potato : mash well and. when cold add the yolk of a raw egg, a teaspoonfu of mustard and a little salt ; stir well to gether; add two tablespoonfuls of olive oil and vinegar very slowly, stirring con stantly so that it may be very smooth. This is nice with chopped celery or cab bage. Lemon or Oranne Cream : Take one lemon or two oranges, mate, add one cup of sugar, half a cipful of ice water and one cuptul ol cream ; beat the whites of three eggs and stir in. Warm a gill of milk, in wnicn mix two tauiespooniuis ot corn starch ; let thicken and stir in. Set on ice. Whip a quart of cream, flavor with essence of almond and pour over. Sweet Peas: Tho main point in the culture of sweet peas is to cut the flowers every day. it one bloom is permitted to mature and form seed tho vitality oi the plant is exhausted and the blooming is it an end. llns beautiful variety has been-much improved of late, and a num ber of very beautiful kinds have been produced by crossing. The best effect is gained by planting several varieties, a few of each together in rings, and train ing them on strings fastened from pegs in tho ground to a central stake, or tho mixed seeds may be planted. The setds should bo planted at onco, and by con tinuous cutting the bloom will last all through the season. Salt for Cows: If cows were forced to eat salt by it leing put in their food it might do them harm, out it is extremely doubtful if cows will eat two much salt if the' are allowed free access to it and freo choice to take it or not. Salt, being an apparent need for the system, will help to keep the animal healthy. This will in crease the flow of milk and improve tho quality. It iu belie veil that salt will do this directly, and that its use will im prove the churning quality of the milk. But salt should be given regularly. If not thero will bo suffering ut ono timo from lack of it, and at another timo from excess of it. Provide rock salt, and hare a place for it where the cows can always go to it. Put a trough in the vard, or a box iu tho side of u building (with a root) or u box under the cuttle shed. Eating Lemons : A great deal has been said through the papers about the health fulness of lemons. The atest advice is how to uso them bo that they will do the most good, as follows : Most people know tho Iwnetit of lemonade beforo breakfast, but few know thatitis more than doubled by taking another ut night also. The way to get the better of the billions sys tem, without blue pills or quinine, is to take tho juice of one, two or three lemons, ns appetite craves, in as much ice water as makes it pleasant to drink without sugar before goiny to bed. In tho morn ing, on rising, at least half an hour be foro breakfast, take the juice of one lemon in a goblet of water. This will clear tho system of humor and bilo with efficiency without any of tho weakening effects of calomel or congress water. Peoplo should not Irritate tho Htomach l- eating lemons clear. Savoy cabbago is excellent prepared in the German way. The outer leaves must bo taicen off and the cabbage then cut through the middle. Remove tho cen tral stalk from the heart and from the leaves, and then cut up the leaves in fine pieces. Wash tho pieces well and plungo them into boiling water slightly salted, and let them cook rapidly until done. Then placo them on a colander, pour boiling water over them and then drain them thoroughly. Put the cabbago in a saucepan with soun Ktrw-L- nf lu.iiu.. ., littlo butter and nutmeg und let it steam for ono hour. PORTLAND MARKET. A SLIGHT ADVANCE IN GROCERIES REPORTED. Provisions are Advancing Fresh Krulta are Prentlful and Cheap Crop Reports are not Very En couraging in Oregon. From several sources reports havo been received, which confirm the rumors that poor crops will be harvested in many parts of the country east of the Cascades, and in Eastern Washington at the most only half a crop need be expected. An other good fruit season however, is as sured. Sugars have advanced slightly since our last report, while coffee is oh the decline, but hardly as low as they should be. Eastern provisions nro now obtaining higher prices than our own products. The abundant supply of all kinds of the luscious fresh fruits in sea son, and tho moderate prices asked, prove that another plentiful crop is being gathered. The local wheat marKct re mains the same as reported last week, but signs of an early improvement are visible. Fresh meants continue firm without any change. We quote : GKOCEKIES. Sugars, Golden C 7'c. extra C 7c, dry granulated 9-4O, cube, crushed and powdered Dc. Coffee: Guatamala 19s (g31, Java UOc, uosta Kica W(a -'lc. Mocha 37c, K10 202i1.;c1 roasted Java 31c, Arbuckle's roasted 23c. PROVISIONS. Oregon ham 1313k.e, breakfast ba con 13c, sides lO'aC Eastern ham 1314c, breakfast bacon i3i3.S2C. sides UKc, shoulders 9c. Lard 9'aC 10s. FHUITS. Apricots $1.25, peaches $751.50, lemons $4-505, blackberries 6c, Sicilv $7.50. VEGETABLES. Potatoes 4050c, new per B onions $1, tomatoes $1 per box. dairy pitonut'K. Butter, Oregon fancy 22Uc, medium 15 (3il6)c, common, 1012ic. Eastern 22c, California 1820c. EUGB. Eggs 25c. POULTRY. Chickens $33.50. broilers $2,5053. old $5.50, ducks $57, geeso $55.5t), turkeys 15c per ft. WOOL. Valley 1820c, Eastern Oregon 815c. HOPS. Hops 1015c. GRAIN. Wheat, Vallev $1.151.17. Eastern Oregon $1.051.07K. Oats 3235c. FLOUR. Standard $4, other brands $3.753.90. FEED. Hav $13.14 per ton. bran $13.50(314. chop'$1820, shorts $1415, barley $20 22.50. FRESH MEATS. Beef, live. 3c, dressed, 66c: mutton. live, 3 4c, dressed 6t.c: lambs $2.50 each ; hogs live 6c, dressed, 77Kc ; veal 68c. DRIED FRUITS. Apples 45c, evaporated 60 sliced 6c, pears 8c, peaches S10e, Oregon plums 37, petite prunes 56c, German 56c, Italian 7c, silver 7c, California tigs ic, Smyrna l3(.loe, apricots 13 14c, raisins $1.75(32.75 per box. The man who Is suspicious "lives in a constant stuto of unhappiness. It vculd bo better for his peaco of mind .o bo too trustful than too cuardod. Tho Shah of Porsia, having boon mado acquainted with Sir Edwin Ar nold's poetical work, "With Sadi in tho Gardon," has conferred upon tho author tho Imperial Order of tho Lion and tho Sun. Tho Into centenarian, M. Cliev- reul, although, ono of tho patrons of photography, refused during tho greater part of his long lifo to have his picture taken. Not until 1883. whon in his ninety-seventh year, did ho over come this antipathy. It is said that ninety thousand parts nro now sold each week of tho illustrated edition of tho Scriptures in weekly numbers, printed by a private publisher at Milan. Tho success is 60 phenomenal that a now venture has been mado, In the form of an illustrat ed lifo o'Iesus. and twenty thousaud parts of this are now sold each week. Bayard Taylor's first namo was James. Wilkie Collins was christened William Wilkio -Collins. Austin Dob son's full namo is Henry Austin Dob sn. Edmund Gosso has William for a middle name, though ho nover uses It Jpmos Brandor Matthews, Sarauol Duflleld Osborno, James Lawrence Hutton and Edward Howard Sooly are a fow other full titles of wvltera who curtail their signatures in print, and Frank Stockton's name is Francis Richard Stockton in full. Knew the Symptoms, Wlfo-Cvrus. I 11111 filllM vnimr Spoonumoro is becoming serious in hU aiiontions to our aiisle. Husband Nonsense! What you think so? "Ho wears a now neektlne.vniu ti.o . J .....v. ho comes. "Do you think Susie earns nm- hno- for him?" "I know sllO does. Shn linan't nnf- en an onion this spring." Chicago ATlVl t Pnl.nii TM.f. -J f ,1 ...v v..n.o . inu IUIJ1U1I1B Ol n COKl mnui 1...- t . ,1 . u, uuiiL-u ii-jr ol muiion inut has been rarely cooked will be most delicious if prepared as follows : Chop tho meat aH fine as posstblo and mix it with half as much fine bread crumbs and u quarter as much beef suet, also chopped very ffiie and freed from strings. Put these ingredienta into a bowl, with a cupful of minced oysters (fresh ones of course aro thA lutat lilt tltn .. 1 "- . mu uiuiicd ones may 00 used,) add a seasoning ft thyme, mar joram, jxmpcr, salt and a littlo iowderod macoj mix with two well leatoii eggs for a pound of tho cold mutton ; stir until it forum n Miff paste; form in o bulls or sausagea und fry,