THE OREGON SCOUT.
A CHAMCEY,' Publishers
UNION OREGON.
EASTERN ITEMS. !
MOMK AII FARM.
WATER FOR FUEL.
Mm Tnportant Inrentlon Recently Mart
by a Wliconaln Man.
What nppoars to bo an important
invention has rocontly boon mado pub
lic in Phillips, Wis. It is no loss thnn
Ibo practical and cheap uso of water
for fuel. Tho applianco consists of
nothing but a plecoof gas pipe from two
inches to six inches in diametor, ns
-winy bo desired, and of convenient
length to fit a cook stove or a parlor or
other heater, with short legs or stablo
support, to keen it in position. This is
pl&cod in tho stove, with ono end slight
ly projecting, to which is attaches r
vessel of wulor with stop-cock conduit
from tho water vessel into tho pipe.
Iloforo reaching tho stonm chamber tho
wator passes through the important
part of tho invention, tho part that
constitutes or contains the great dis
covery. By means of it tho water may
pass into tho steam chamber, while tho
stoam can not pass out Tho pnrt of
tho plpo containing tho stonm chamber
is within tho stovo, although a smnll
part may bo without if desired. To
tbis tho hoat of a modoruto wood or
coal flro is applied, so as to heat tho
etoam to a high temperature, say 300
mr nearly 600, when it passes out of n
mall orifice immodiutoly into tho midst
of a bod of coals or flamo from burning
wood or coal, whon it is at onco raised
to tho required tompornturo, -100 or
wore, to bo Immediately decomposed
into its gases oxygon and hydrogen
which instantly become flame. Only a
xoodoruto summor flro of wood or coal
will bo required tho coldest day in win
ter, tho gaseous flamo furnishing tho
bulnnco of the heal needed in tho cold
est room. Tho cupaclty for reducing
heat mny bo rcguluted to suit require
ments. Whon It is known that hydrogen
flamo yiolds a boat in burning II vo tlmos
Creator thnn carbon, or about 2000" to
2500", ono may form somo Idea of tho
capacity of this littlo contrlvunco for
producing boat.
JJy increasing tho tompornturo of tho
pas plpo to ubout -100, tho vapor may
be decomposed into its gases before exit
from tho pipe, and in such cases it Is
emitted In n jot of bluo flamo. In either
case tho oxyhydrogon Ilamo is easily
produced, und with a very small con
sumption of fuel. Light, Heat and
rower.
MILWAUKEE HANDSOMELY DECO
RATED IN HONOR OF THE O. A. B,
A Rustic Bridge Defaulting Poatmamer
Welcomed at El Paso A Noted
Cracksman Rearrested
Shipping aa Seamen.
The Boston wool market is featureless
New York had 85,000 arrests last year
Tho warship Galena lias been ordered
to iiayti.
Tho Baltimore will have her official
trial September 0.
Natural cos will bo run into lTiUadel
phla beiore very long.
The Chinese wash-house hold stiffly to
uie one price system.
A'Hndlev. 0.. man beouethed $50,000
ior a home lor hackmen.
Clause Snreckels reached New York
ou the 20th from Europe.
All aliens in the employ of New York
city are being discharged.
Speaker Carlisle was heartily welcomed
by uie citizens of hi l'aso.
Ons forest fire north of Boise Citv.
Idaho, was 100 miles square.
There is a State Retail Merchants Pro
tective Association in Iowa.
The New York authorities are still
chopping down telegraph poles.
Over 1000 Chinamen arrived in the
City of Mexico one day last month.
Milwaukee is liandsomely decorated in
Honor ot uie u. A. it. encampment.
The Wyoming broaght 123 Swedish
Mormon recruits to New York on the
27th.
Brooklyn. N. Y., is to have n new Edi
son central station of 60,000 lights capa-
ity.
ndrew Barstow, one of tho best known
men in the Eastern sugar trade, is dead,
aged 46.
A new enterpris at Bango, Maine, is
the shipping of sawdust in bales to var
ious cities.
A SHORT CATECHISM.
14 KxplMliia Why Dairying i a Frolltulilo
I'nriii Jmliiatry.
What is tho most prolltablo branch of
agriculture? Dairying.
Why? Bocuuso It Is manufacturln
finished products from raw material,
and becnuso the manufacturer also pro
duces tho ruw material, llu has tho
profit that tho seller of raw material
pets, and tho profit the mituufacturui'
secures.
What is necessary to succors in dai
rying? Many things. Tho dairyman
uust bo a good fanner, a good judge of
cattlo, especially of cows, a good foedor,
und u careful business man generally.
What is tho host boil for dairying? A
limestone soil, perhaps, but any fortllo,
woll-dralnod soil that will grow good
pasture is adapted to this purpose.
Clay loam soil is always good. Tho
land should bo moderately level and
well-watered.
What kind of cows nio best? (lood
milk cows. That comprehends all. No
matter about the breed. Of course you
"want cows adnptod to tho kind of dairy
top followed. For buttor, Jorsoy blood
excels, but it would bo folly to keep a
Jorsoy herd If tho milk Is to bo sold by
tho quart. For chooso purposes, tho
Ayrshiro mid llolstoiu blood is good.
Short-horns aro good for buttor and
chooso and milk, mid selected native
eows excel as good milkers for almost
wuy purposo A short-horn grade is
mti excellent cow, and tho various
I'rudos and crosses of llolstoiu, Ayr
hire, Jorsoy and Devon make tho best
ef dairy cows.
How should (ho dairyman keep up
lilshord? By brooding and raising his
own cows, Ho can In this way grade
up u herd to the highest point of ex
cellence, and at no greater cost, after
tart lug, than in raising scrubs. Got
good male, of good milking stralu,
und brood to the best cows.
What crops should the dairyman
raise? Besides pasture, tho main crop
should bo corn for ensilage, it is now
Bottled that a silo I oasontlnl to tho
ereatost success in dairying. For tho
dairy herd ho need ruUo no other crop,
for It Is cheaper to buy brnn and mill
food than to produce small grain on a
dairy farm. - A York Dalrymun, In Ohio
3'urinor.
All assemblages are prohibited at Eau
Claire, Wis., owing to the prevalence of
small-jx)x.
President Harrison says he has not yet
decided upon calling an extra session of
Congress.
Tho President has been invited to visit
tho Alabama State Fair at Birmingham
in November.
The contract for tho Northern Pacific's
big hotel building at Winnipeg, has been
let nt .$300,000.
Florida is delighted witn having gono
through the summer without uu epidemic
of yellow fever.
Ex-Governor John C. Brown of Ten
nessee, died at Bed Boiling Springs, that
btato, August 17.
John Watson, of Nobrnska City, it is
stated, has been offered tho District At
torneyship of Alaska.
Tho striking Italians on the new rail
road at Lima. O.. threaten to kill all
those who return to work.
Plans have leeii ngTeed uikmi for the
distribution at Johnstown, Penn.,of over
$ 1,000,000, of the relief funds.
Immigrants arriving nt Philadelphia
aro said to have ovnded the (. ontract 1-a
bor law by shipping as seamen.
Ijiwvor Alphonso Phillips, iui official
in the Mexican lottery, has disappeared,
leaving $100,000 unaccounted for.
The law against the imjortatioii of for
eign contract lalxrers is now frequently
enforced at tho port of New l ork.
Allen Manvol. it ih said, will Bucceed
W. B. Strong as president of the Atchi
son and Santa Fo Railway Company.
It is now lwlioved tho court martial in
tho case of Lieutenant-Colonel Fletcher
at Fort Omaha, has found against him.
Tho drowned body of James Orr, a Cul
ifornia miner, has been found Hauling in
hast river, under tho Brooklyn bridge.
A Chinese laundry was raided in De
troit and eleven gamblers arrested : also
a woman who was there smoking opium.
Mahone was nominate! by the Vir
ginia republicans lor Governor ana
Campbell S. Lemp for Lieutenant-Governor.
Tho trouble between whites and blacks
at Mount Pleasant, S. O., has latin
quelled. Tho military has not Irhhi with-
Irawn.
Oold Water for Animals Foot Rot in
Sheep The Krult Cure Painting
Upon Olase Orange Salad.
It is said a salve of equal parts of tar,
tallow and salt, will eure tho worst case
of felon.
Rats and mice have as ereat an aver
sion to the odor of cldoride of lime as
humans.
A little flour shaken on your greased
cake pan is a totter preventative of suck'
ing man paper.
For large raspberries or blackberries
neau bacK severely, cutting out super
nous canes and mulch.
Poultry may be made the most profit-
abto branch ot farming and ought to en
gage considerable of the attention of every
farmer.
As the potato beetle is now busily at
THE PACIFIC COAST.
J. K. Cunningham, the defaulting nnd
absconding postmaster at Cotloysbrrg,
iIo., has been arrested at lwntonviue,
Arkansas.
Congressman Iaird's death, according
to a ostmortom examination, was due to
blood poisoning from an unnecessary
surgical operation.
Hard to Understand.
"Qu'nh thing 'bout dlssher law busi
ness," said Undo Jonas.
"What's tho nmttor, Undo? Havo
they boon mixing you up?"
"Dat's jess what. 1 doan un'stan'
It"
What don't you understand?"
Why I pays du lawyer ton dollar
tor gll mo out or trubblo, nnd do judge
goes ahead anyhow an' doos jos ot ho
pleases orbout It." Merchant Trav
eler. Sinking of an elegant new rall
way station in Cincinnati an official of
tho roud says: "1 fear It Is too splen
did. Lots of strangers will bo afraid
thoy will havo to pay inoro for tholr
tickets because of tho stylu of tho ollleo.
Fact, J iiBHiiro you. If tho olllco wuro
a dingy, black littlo hole they'd think
"ticket would bo sold there dirt ahuap."
An epidemic of flux
Charleston, W. Va.,
deaths have occurred
has ai)Hared at
uud alKJiit fifty
in thirty days.
Children sutler the most.
A rustic bridge just completed in Hous
ton county, (.hi., contains fifty-seven dif
ferent kinds of wood and vines, and ml
were grown in tho county.
Jimmy Hojk, tho burglar, was rear
rested on his arrival at New York. An
cllbrt will be mado to send him buck to
prison on tho Manhattan Bank indict
ment. Tho agent of the Coleville Indian
Agency says tho Upjwr Spokancs wont
work. They drink two much whisky
and there is great immorality among the
women.
Tho moonshiners in tho mountains
near Waterville, Tenn., led by John
Hobbs, openly defy the United States
Marshal. A reward of $500 is ottered for
Hobbs.
Jim 1-jtvin, an ex-prizo fighter, enticed
a man into his don at lUwllns, Wy. T,,
and with tho assistance of sovural of his
cronies, bcut tho lite out of him aud
threw the lody into a ditch.
Tho Oklahoma Convention adjourned
sine die ou tho 23d. Provisions have
been mudii to chooso county officers
in Octolntr. The woman Htillrago prob
lem was again ucrimonlously discussed,
work it snouid be the mm to use pans
green as soon as they appear on potato
vines, in order to destroy as many of the
beetles as possible, fcvory one that is
destroyed lessens the number another
year.
The best remedy for field-mice is to
encourage the owls. For fear of damage
to pigeons and poultry the owl is Borne
times driven off when it appears. Its
natural food is field mice, and it will
never disturb birds as long as the mice
can be had.
Hie hens will soon begin to molt, and
will lay but low eggs during the process,
which requires about three months. Old
hens and carlv millets beiin to molt ear
lier than Uie late pullets, hut all of them
should have their new feathers complete
before November.
One of the best garden implements is
Uie rake. If used frequently on the
young weeds it saves hoeing later in tho
season. By raking between the rows of
plants onco or twice a week but little
labor will be required, while much bene
fit will be imparted to the crops
An open well will soon bo the resort of
toads at this season, and if covered the
work of ho doing cannot be done too care-
lull v. Tho cur hi nL' of tlio well should be
laid in cement : and extend two leet
abovo the top of Uie ground, upon which
heavy boards should be fastened n a
pump is used.
It is iust as proper to keen rich milk
separate from that of inferior quality and
secure for it the extra price as it is to as
sort other articles on Uie farm. If dairy
men would make it a point to sell milk of
tho best quality only they could secure a
lass ot customers who would not obiect
paying an extra price for it.
When the time arrives for CutUng Uie
corn in tho field it should be stored in
the barn as soon as well cured. Leaving
it stacked in the field invites waste and
deterioration of quality. If there is in
sufilcient room in the barn provide a
cheap shelter. Exposure destroys one-
liali of the value o the crop.
It is moro difficult to procure fresh eggs
in summer than in winter in tho market.
During summer many eggs found in out-of-the-way
nests are " added to those m
Uie basket, witli the chances in favor of
a jwrtion of them being stale, while in
winter the liens are confined to yards
and lav in the poultry house.
When the pigs from the old sow fail to
grow as hist as their companions ironi
voung sows it is an unmistakable indica
tion thnt thu old mother is failing and
should bo sent to the tork barrel. While
the old sow is doing well don't discard
her unless there is a certainty that she
can be replaced with something better,
Orange Salid. This is a dolicious salad
and easily made. Peel two or three
sweet, juicy oranges and cut up the quar
ters in nice mouthfuls, removing all
seeds. Servo with half a dozen bits of
orange in a nest of three or four leaves oi
lettuce, and pour mayonnaise sauce over
each nest. A similar sauce of apples can
bo made when the apples aio very ripe,
juicy and sour.
A PUBLIC INDIGNATION MEETING
AT VICTORIA, B. C.
The Willamette Valley Railroad Sued
Tho Oregon Press AssoclaUon
Prisoners attempt to Break
Jail at Tacoma,
paid fire de-
Work on Fresno's sewer system lias
begun.
SeatUe is soon to have a
partment.
Fresno. Cal., is trying to establish a
rasin exchange.
Modesto, Cal., has refused to issue im
provement bonds.
The Klamath river is lower than was
ever known before.
Fresno county's tax levy is 22 cents
more than last year.
The Austin, New, Reveille has a
000 libel suit on its hands.
no,-
Cold water from some wells is too cool
to be given to animals. Lspecially in
very warm weather it is judicious to
. . . i . 1. . 1
draw tne water long ciiougn in auvauco
to allow its chill to be removed before tho
inimals drink it, esiecially if they are
fatigued. A handtul ot line corn meal
stirred into a bucketful of water will be
acceptable, anil prevent injury to exces
sive drinking of cold water.
For Foot Rot in Sheen. A Vermont
flock-master of much experience says
that the best method of doctoring sheep
for foot-rot is to wet tho lcet of every
sheen in the flock, sound or lame, thor
oughly with keroseno oil, and put
what sulphur you -1111 take in tho thumb
ami finger between the hoofs of each foot.
Keep them in a dry place lor twelve
hours. Repeat this operation 1:1 alwut
two weeks, and you will have no more
trouble.
Mr. John Gould, of O'lio, Uiinks Unit
the sooner tho dairymen get out ot tho
"rut" that milk is all alike, pound for
pound, or that there is such a thing as
a special cheese cow. the sooner tho
dairy business will bo put upon a paying
basis. While tho butter performances of
cows aro published broadcast, the yields
of these special cheese cows aro notably
withheld. Tlio weight 01 iuiik uany is
united abroad, but thopoundsot cheese
it made, is conspicuously absent, simply
Ih'uiuso it isn't there in great amount.
The butter yield of standard milk is a
test of its chcese-inaKing nihility.
Painting Upon Glass. The best and
prettiest way to ornament windows is to
engrave scenes or figures on tho glass.
The method of doing this is begun by
laying the glass lint, and giving it a coat
of brunswick black. Whon drv, scrape
on a picture with a needle fixed in a
handle of wood or cork. Put a ridge of
wax or tallow around the glasd, and mur
on tlouric acid. When it is on for half an
hour, pour back into Uie rubber bottlo
for future uso. Then wash of tho black
with turpentine. Very etlcctlvo work
can bo produced by gildlug on tho en
graved side of tho glass ; which is dono
bv Uioroughly cleaning it, licking with
Uio tongue, and putting on gold loaf.
Press the gold well Into tho engraving,
and tho engraved HncH appear oinliossed
and rough, whllo the smooth part looks
burnished. Of course, tho plcturo and
gold aro on tho buck of tho glass. But
tlio best method, of all, is to engrave on
tho red nldo of ruby glass, by doing
which, all tho linos come out white. If
tho design is properly drawn, this pltin is
decidedly siiH)rior to any iosslblo paint
ing an amateur can do, both for choaj
ness and ellect. Moreover, it is permanent.
The new Masonic Hall
dedicated on Uie 29th inst.
Ellensburg is to make a great fight for
Uie capital of Washington.
Tho Ninth District Fair onwis at Rohn-
erville, Cal., September 23.
Tlio chrome mine, in Tehama countv.
is to bo worked under contract.
Rains have Bubdued the forest fires in
Uie neighborhood of F:ilensburg.
The whart atOceanside will he fininlind
in October. It is to be 1505 feet long.
One of the PorUand street railways is
to be transformed into an electric road.
A match factory and furniture factory
was destroyed in Portland on the 29tn.
Ellensbunr. W. T.. Is talkimr of estab
lishing Uie Holly system of Mater works.
Southern California experienced a
severe shock of earUiquake on the 27Ui
Oceanside, San Diego, has voted bonds
to purchase its waterworks and to en
large it.
President Charles Francis Adams of
Uie Union Pacific, was in PorUand on
Uie 23d.
A. 14-ycar-old boy at Santa Rosa "held
up" parties late one night recenUy "just
for fun."
Since August 8. 18SS. ten residents of
Eugene City. Or., have met deaUi bv
drowning.
Potaluma has forbidden the Salvntion
Army to beat drums or hold meeUngs on
the street.
A commission is negotiaUng for the
purchase of lands on the Ca-ur d'Alene
mountains.
The Placerrillo Fair will distribute over
0000 in premiums. Tho Fair opened
Septemlwr 3d.
The Ryan smelter nt Tucoma. will soon
be completed and will begin operations
n about two weeks.
A sulphur spring has ha3 beun found
in H?pe Valley, Nov., that flows a large
stream of ice-cold water.
Ten-dollar counterfeit greenbacks are
in circulation at .New lork. They are
said to w well executed.
FOKKIUX FLAMME8,
1
Cholera at Bagdad-Edison Banquited
at Pari 8 A Noted Swindler Ar
rested in Lodod Notes.
The Shah has reached Vienna.
The New Zealand Exposition opens No
vember 20.
The Bulgarian authorides are laying in
ordnance supplies.
Military preparaUons are said to be
active at Belgrade.
A cyclone is reported in Uie north of
Uie island of Cuba.
to America for the
Tho Calispel Indians at the Colevilie
Agency, V. T., are leing crowded out of
tho valley by the whites.
The Tacoma Hotel at Tacoma, was filled
last week with delegates en route to the
Walla Walla convention.
Miss Ida Pratt, living near Modesto,
Cal., committed suicide on Uie 29th, be
cause she was tired living.
The First National Bank of Whatcom,
W. T., has been authorized to commence
business with a capital of .$50,000.
AUert Grez, a San Francisco barlter,
whose wife has mourned him as dead,
was seen in Sacramento recently.
The machinery and mnterials for gov
ernment work at Yaquina bay, Or., were
Bhipped over Uie Canadian Pacific.
Hop-growers in Uie Willamette Valley
aro anxious to get their hops otT the vines,
fearing the rainy season will legin early.
The search for Uio desperado Morales,
in the Santa Ana Valley has not abated.
It is iMilievcd ho will be captured in a
few days.
Tho Oregon Press Association has sub
mitted f its members a scale of adver
using prices, a violation ot which causes
expulsion.
On the 2!)Ui inst., Tacoma had a fire
that came near proving disastrous to that
thriving little city. Tho total loss will be
about H0.000.
Three men have died from thirst and
starvation on the Colorado Desert during
the mouth of August, and within a radi-
ous of fifty miles.
Vn unknown man was found perishing
on tho desert near Indio, wiU) nearly $200
in his pockets. Ho dial shortly after he
was taken t j Indio.
Tho little fishing Bchooner Rowena. of
Tillamook, went ashore near Newport, on
tho -lltli inst., and is a total wtock. All
Uie crew were saved.
Olson and Dinger, tho El Dorado uuir
derers, to bo executed October 10, aro
building a miniature ship lor a keepsake
for Miorilt Anderson.
Twenty-two prisoners in Uio county
i.iil attempted to make their escatnj on
30th inst., but the juilor appeared on Uio
scene in time to jireveut it.
A physician named Millor. formerly a
resident of .Sacramento, und now of Free
mont, a suburb near Seattle, attempted
to commit suicide three times ou tho 22d.
A
ritorv
been discovered. Kuys were Insing made
to fit the doors which a trusty was to use.
On tho arrival of the steamer Santa
Maria on her first trip to San Diego in
the new opposiUon lino of coast steamers
her colored cook, Jumes LowiB, dropped
dead.
An old man named Oyers, a wealUiy
bacholor living alwut five miles from
Tucoma. committed suicide on tho 20th
by blowing the top of his head otT with
a shotgun.
Tho Pacific Steamship Company's
steamer Ancon ran upon tho rooks in
Noah Bay, Alaska, on the 4th inst., and
la u total wreck. Tho iwsscngcrs and
crew wore saved and brought back by tho
steamer Lldor. The muchlneiy and part
of tho cargo will bo saved. A wrecking
sleamur has gouu to tho scene of tho
accident.
Parnell is coming
benefit of his health.
An effort is being made tobuiid a tower
at London 2000 feet high.
Switzerland has built 1.000 inns since
tourists began to visit her.
The Americans in London favor New
York for the World's Fair.
It is estimated that 20,000 dock laborers
aro now striking at London.
at Nnpa was 4n,e bntlge at Chester, hugland, is
A thunderbolt struck the Eiffel Tower
recenUy, but caused no damaga.
Russia proposes to tax I'rotestant
churches in the Baltic provinces,
It is said Uiat it is American English
that salutes Uie ear all over Tans.
The Loudon Journals applaud the com
mutaUon of Mrs. Mavbriek's sentence.
Over 2000 children under 2 years of
ago die annuidly in Paris of tuberculosis
Lord Dunraven hopes that a race with
the vaikyrie maybe arranged at New
lork m 18W).
Louis von Moltke. brother of Uie Ger
man field .Marshal, died at Berlin, aged
o years.
A London dispatch says Uie report is
connrmtHioi miss Huntington's betrothal
to Prince Hatzfeldt.
Severe hail storms passed over parts of
Austria on the 22d. Many persons were
Kiueu.
Baron Pereira of Vienna, a descendant
01 tho celebrated banker, has become in
sane. Half Uie town of Dubno, Russia, has
been (lestroyed by fire. Tho loss is enor
mous. The tennis ball now bounds in China,
Uiough dirt courts are more frequent than
grass.
The English ironclad Sultan has been
floated and will be towed into Uie harbor
at Malta.
Russian papers are abnsing Uie Shah
for his friendly expressions regarding
England.
i dispatch from Montenegro savs a
famine is Uireatened owing to Uie failure
of Uie crops.
Boucicault is stouUv resisting Uie claim
of his divorced wife in London to 700
back alimony.
Queen Victoria is said to have expend
ed nearly $3,000,000 on memorials to the
Prince Consort.
The Duke of Bedford has parceled out
a lot. of land on tho Henry George system ,
to test the Uieorv. I
A Japanese paper complains that Uiere
are too few qualified physicians and den
tists in that country.
London seems to be rather crowding
out Paris as tho great purveyor of femi
nine taste for finery.
The Grand Duke Georce Alexand-
rovitch, the second 6on of the Czar of
Russia, has arrived in Paris
Arrests continue to be made at Berlin
in connection wiUi the recently exposed
iruuus in uie iTerman navy.
There was a severe earthquako shock
throughout Greece last week. Several
towns were seriously damage
At Pembroke, Wales, an infuriated
crowd compiled two Uthe bailills to
swear to abandon their calling
Three Uiousaud French deserters have
taken advantage ot the new amnesty law
to return trom tieneva to t ranee.
Emperor William and Empress Au
gusts (have visited Strasburg and were
welcomed wiUi much enuiusiasiu.
Tho Countess of Paris has leen doing
splendid grouse shooting on Uie moor at
Moones, near Aberdeen, England
It is reported that at Uie urgent request
ot ins menus, uouianger will go to Pans
and stand trial beiore the elecuons.
The bhnh entertained at dinner at
Munich, recently, Uie members 01 Uie
royal family and Bravarian nobility.
News has been received corrobeiating
tho reports ot Uio death of Thomas Bryan
Gunning wlule crossing Uie mountains
into Chile.
PORTLAND MARKET.
CHEERFUL FEELING PLEASURABLE
TO NOTE.
Blight Advance in Sugars Coffea
Continue Firm The Wheat Mar
ket Has Not Changed Since
Our Last Report.
plot to empty tho Washington Ter
rv Penitentiary at Walla Walla has
They have a trained lion at the Paris
circus that rides on Uie back of a horse
around the ring and does all the custo
mary feats.
A banquot was given to Edison at Paris
on the 22d. In a speech Premier Tirard
said France and America wero united by
iudissoluable ties.
Bloody nffraj s are still retried in var
ious districts of Crete. The towns gen
erally aro tranquil, with Uie exception of
lsoiutea outrages.
Tho cholera is raging at Bagdad and
Bussorah, Asiatic Turkey. Orders havo
been given to place military cordons
around Uio towns.
The local merchandise markets gener
ally continue active, and confidence in a
good fall trade is maintained. The d &
tributive movement is constantly under
going improvement owing to the increase
of population, and Uie cheerful feeling pre
vailing is pleasurable to note. Coffe'
continues firm, quotations, however, re
maining the same as last week except for
green Guatemala, which is lu higher.
Sugius advanced c on white grades
during Uie week. There is Btiil an ac
tive market for fruits and vegetables,
quotations remaining the same as last
week. The situation in tho local wheat
market has not chang?d to speak of. In
dairy produce and poultry, the general
scarcity should soon have the effect of
drawing better supplies from the Enst.
The local wool market contiuos dull at
former quotations. Hopes are still quits
cent, there being no buyers in the mar
ket. Fldhr continues firm and active.
GROCERIES.
Sugars, Golden 0 0J8'c. extra O G?.;c,
dry granulated S'c. cube, crushed and
powdered 8 S;C. Coffee: Guatamala 20
22i?, Java 3?32c, Costa Rica 21
22.t2c, Mocha 370, Kio 22 23c,
roasted Java 3032c, Arbuckle's roasted
l'44c.
PROVISIONS.
Oregon ham 1313bC, breakfast bacon
l2.SjrU3e, sides (SlOc, Eastern ham 13
(tl4c, breakfast bacon 12c, sides Pc,
shoulders 9c. Lard S.4c
FRUITS.
Peaches 75cfl.50, apples $1(31.25,
lemons 3. Sicily $7.50, pears $11.25.
DRIED FRUITS.
Apples 45c, evaporated 6oo sliced
6c, pears 8c, peaches 8l0c, "Oregon
plnms 34, petite prunes b(tUc. German
o,Sj0c, prunes, Italian 7c, silver 0(3) 7c,
California figs 7c, Smyrna figs 14a15c,
ap.icote 1314c, raiEins tl.752.25 per
box.
VEGETABLES.
Potatoes, new, $11. 10, sweets 3 per
tt), onions $1, green peas Go.
DAIRY PRODUCE.
Bntter. Oregon fancy 30c. dairv
2527ljC, common 1012$c. Eastern
.'2c, California 1820c.
EGGB.
Eggs 2.5t.
POULTRV.
Chickens $33.50, broilers $2(22.50. oUi
$5, young geese $810 young turkevs
1 jsc per ft.
WOOL.
Valley 1710c. Uinpque 10Xt20e. East
ern Oregon 10(gl4i.
HOPS.
Hops 1012h'c.
GRAIN.
Wheat, Vallev $1.22W, Eastern Oregon
$1.15. Oats 37a40o. new 3t3Sc.
KLOUR.
Standard $4.25, other brands $3.75
3.90.
FEED.
Hay !fl314 per ton, bran $14.50
chop $1820, shorts $10.50, bariev
$20(222.50.
KKE6H .MEATS,
Beef, live. 2i4c; mutton, live, 28(?3c,
and hogs 53.jti. For dressed, quotation
are t!c, Oc, 7c and Sc respectively. Veni
son is in fair supply and good demand.
"Where Is Mr. Bagley's oflicef"
"Eiovtnth lloor, mum."
"Is this the only elevator J"
"Yos in." Life.
Great destruction of property and Iork
of life is reported from county Clare, Ire
land. Floods swept hundreds of acres of
farming lands. Nearly idl tho growing
crops wero swept away to uio sea.
A public indignation meeting was held
in ictona; 15. (J., on tlio 30th inst.. and
muny warlike speeches wero mado re
garding tho recent seizures of British ves
sels in Bchring sea.
Balfour's Prison bill pasted the Homo
of Commons 011 tho 23d by a vote of 113
to tit). Considerable discussion and abuse
of Irish jails Mere indulged in.
It is rumored in Liverpool that tho
Cunard Lino has contracted for three
new twin screw steamers for tho trans
uUantic fleet, to 1k delivered lieforo 1801.
A society has beon started in London
to promoto the development of tho
science of mesmerism and of Uio annli.
cation of hypnotism to practical uiodieino.
A SUrt In Life.
At Greensboro rtioy pointed out nn old
darky whom they said had just got married
and was going out on n piece of rented land
to mako a start in life. 1 followed him out
to his cart, to m hich was hitched an old and
faded ox. His bride, a coal black damsel of
16, sat on a ling of corn in tho cart nnd hold
to tho rojio lines around the ox's horns. The
cart contained, in addition, a skillet, n kettle,
ten pounds of side pork and a jug holding
two quarts of molasses. There was n tick for
a straw bed, a hen's feather pillow and an
old blanket. This was tho outfit
"So you havo just got married?" I asked.
"Yes. suh dim jUt got married to dat
gal."
"How old aro you, uncloT'
"Shoo, now, but 1 reckon Izo nbout CO."
"And you'vo got a young wifef"
"Yes, bah dun got a gal."
"And you are hnppyf"
"Happy, sahl Wh, Izo walkin' richt on
aigs nil du limol"
"And you aro now coing out to make a
Mart in lifei"
"Yes, sah gwlne to start right off. Got
do ox, got do cart, got do gal and got two
hull weeks' purvishuus, an' If dar's any ole
nigger in Norf Caroliny who feels mo' like
jumplu' fo' feet high on' ycllin' for Canaan
don I does I'll gin two hiu to see huu." D-
Tho Fruit Cure. One or two jKmnda
of fresh, ripe fruit daily eaten by most
persons would make doctor's visits Jess
frequent. There seems to be a cleansing
action to good acid fruit, and especially
to tho apple and grajnj. Children and
the young should Iks allowed all thev
wish. In Delaware doctors tomctim
send certain patients in tho peach or
chards and tell them to eat all they want.
Ilson, tho ornithologist, sulIVml with
a chrouic malaria, which his medical ad
viser could not cure, nnd ho cured him-
... M ,VwunK wua strawberries. The
odi or adds that ho was onco cured 01
malaria by going into a vinevard ami
eating grniwa ovoxy .lay for a week ,ai:
he wantod, soverul jiouiiila a day.
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