THE OREGON SCOUT.
JL CHANCEY, - PublUhors
UNION OREGON.
CLAY AS A DIET.
fcopl In Alabama Who V.at Clay 1'rom
Infancy and I.Ike It.
"Thoso pooplo nro clay-caters."
Tho pooplo roferrod to wcro a group
of men and women of various ngos who
had gatherod at a country store in
Winston County, Ala., to barter a few
eggs and chickens for coffuo and to
bacco. They woro poorly clad, men
and women woro barefooted, and three
children in tho party were also baro
Jootod. Tho cloy eaten by theso people is
found along tho banks of tho small
mountain streams in inoxhaustlblo
quantities. It is of n dry, whlto color
usually; sometimes a pale yellow. It
has a peculiarly oily appearance, and
this oil keeps it from sticking to tho
Tiand9 or mouth. Whon dry it docs
not crutnhlo, and a few drops of water
will enslly soften it until it enn bo
rolled into any shape desired. It is
almost without taste but must possess
Ronio nourishment, and these pcoplo
dcclaro they can subsist upon it for
days. Thoy place a smnll piece in tho
mouth and hold it there till it gradu
ally dissolves and is swallowed In
Bmall quantities at a time. Tho
quantity eaten at one timo varies from
a lump as largo as a pea for the child
or beginner to a lump as largo as a
hen's egg for thoso who have eaten it
for years.
'How did you learn to cat tho clay?"
1 asked of a inan whoso faco was
almost the color of tho stuff ho was
eating.
"Dunno," ho answered. "1 seen pap
and t'othcrs oatin' it, an' I got at it."
"Docs tho habit grow until you ac
quire a tasto for this stuff?"
"Huh?"
"Can yon quit eating clay?"
"Dunno; never tried."
"Has the stuff a pleasant taste?"
"If 'twant good I wouldn't be oatin'
it," and tho native drew a second lump
from his pocket and began to eat it
with relish.
Tho only bad eff ct of elay eating
seems to bo tho peculiar appearance it
gives tho skin of thoso who becomo
addleted to tho habit. Tho skin turns
pale; so pale, in fact, as to givo tho
faco tho pallor of death, and thon
later on it turns a peculiar pale
yellow, a color closely resembling
nomo of tho clay oaten. Children who
become addicted to the habit grow old,
at least in nppcaronce, prematurely,
and their faces lose forever tho bright
glow of youth and health. Thoro is
llttlo sickness among the clay eaters,
and thoy live as long us tho average
of mankind; so it is conclusive that
tho habit is not fatal in lis effects.
JJ. Y. Times.
WHAT A WORD DID.
J!iv XnpU'r Win I'ormiuilpil l Writo Ills
HUtiiry ill" thfi I'euliisuliir Wur.
A word whispered on nn Alplno slopo
may precipitate nn avalanche, and a
suggestion spokvn by a friend may
start a man in an honorable career.
Sir William Napier, disabled by an in
curable wound, and living on half-pay,
was walking one day in London with
Lord Langdalo. Napier had boon dab
bling in painting and sculpture, and
had written for the Edinburgh Re
view an able artiolo on domlnl's great
work on military operations.
The two friends conversed, whllo
walking, on .Southoy's narrative of tho
Peninsular war. then fresh from the
press, and Lord Langdalo was struck
by Napier's remarks concerning tho
events of the struggle, In which ho
himself had achieved distinction.
"Napier, what are you going to do?"
suddenly asked Langdalo.
"Do you moan whore am I going to
dlnuP" answered Napier.
"No, no. What are you thinking
of doing for an occupation? You
ought to give yourself to literature.
Your article on .loinlni proves that
you can write. Why not write a his
tory of the war?"
Napier wont home to tell his wife
what Lord Langdalo had Mild. He
added that ho doubted whether he
was clever oiioukIi to write a history
of the war. She believed In her hus
band's talents, and was anxious that
ho should take up some serious occu
pation, and accordingly encouraged
him to try. Ho did try. Day after
day he labored at the desk. His wife,
though burdened with the cares of a
largo family, was his counsellor and
umuinioiislc She deciphered the
whole of Joseph Hoiuiparte's secret cor
respondence, written In a cipher which
had hauled all tho experts, who had un
dertaken to read it.
"1 would have given twenty thou
hand pounds," said Wellington, on
hearing of her sweet-, "to any por
tion who could have done that for me
in tho Peninsular."
J'lvo years after tho conversation
with Lord Langdalo the first volume
of tho "History of tho Peninsular War"
was published. It made Us author
famous. Tho public were delighted
1o read tho book of one who hail nobly
shared in making the history he so
eloquently narrated. Ills descriptions
of battles, o logos and marches stirred
tho hearts of readers, and school-boy
declaimed his most brilliant passages.
Hut tho sluyile word of a friend had
darted the historian to his work.
One llttlo fellow, on bulng asked
if ho was not sorry that the school
term was over promptly rospoluled;
No, sir; I'm glad, for I jtut want to
go to soiiio place- where I can hollerl
I'm tired of keeping Mill." -Ihudob
EASTERN ITEMS.
AMERIOAU TOURISTS ARBB8TBD IN
SWITZERLAND.
Robbed the Mnlla Mexico not Satisfied
With Consul General S&mpaoa
Will Deliver Meesages-A
Trotting Horse Seized.
Minister Phelps has sailed for Germany
Tho Citizen' Bank at Prairie City,
Iowa, has failed.
John Grata, tho great Sioux chief, is
dying from sunstroke.
Chipped beef In pound boxes is having
a run in Philadelphia.
Tho prico of real estate in Newark, Del.,
has doubled recently.
Georgia is about to pension the widows
oi ner Lxmieuerauj ucau.
A Detroit man bought a 60-cent raffle
ticket.anu drew n cnurcn.
North Dakota will hold its election on
the first Tuesday in October.
Holzhay, tho Gogebic Btago-robber, is
now in jau at jweoimur, uuiu.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
is to establish a pension Bysteui.
Mrs. Catherine Sullivan, the mother of
the pugilist, died in Moston on uio wui
Pierre. 8. D.. is coming forward aa a
prominent candidate lor uio uapiuu cny.
Tim fflmnvti 1 nf tin' remains of General
Grant to Washington is again being
agitated.
ill nnt tnnkn another trial.
and will accept the penalty for deficient
horse- power.
At present tho South is building more
railway mileago than any other part of
the country-
There are fifteen men and one woman
in New York Tombs prison awaiting trial
for homicido.
Georgia 1h 125,000.000 richer than she
was last year, according to tho reports of
tho assessors.
Gas got into the sewer and caused an
explosion at Fourteenth street and Broad
way, New iorK.
Three routes ore being survoyed for the
proosed avenuo from Washington City
to Mount Vernon.
Rev. Charles Wingate, pastor of tho
Church of Ft. John Uio Evangelist at
Haverhill, Mass., is dead.
W. H. Seloment, General Delivery
Clerk in tho St. Paul Postoilleo, has been
arrest cd for robbing tho mails.
Bob Younger, one of tho three noted
outlaw brothem, is dying of consumption
in the Penitentiary at Stillwater, Minn.
Tho legality of tho annexation of tho
suburbs of Chicago to that city is to be
decided by tho Supremo Court of Illinois.
Two colored men named Young and
Garrett have induced 1)11 colored men to
locate upon Government laud in Okla
homa. II. 11. Turner, an Englishmen, was
found in his room at Denver dead. Both
murder and suicido theories have lecn
formed.
General Crook has been directed to
take steps to prevent trouble lietween tho
Indians and the whites in Western
Colorado.
Tho Dominion customB ollkers have
seized tho well-known trotting horse
Dave Thompson on Uio ground of under
valuation. Tho Grant Monument at Fort Leaven
worth, Ivan., will be unveiled on Septem
ber 14th, with orations by Senator Ingulls
and others.
It is said that Moxico will ask the
United States to recall General Samiwon,
tho newly upiointed American Consul at
Paso del Norte.
Mrs. Mary Donnelly, tho nurse who
was stabbed by Mrs. Robert Hay Hamil
ton nt Atlantic Citv. N. J., has been de
clared out of danger.
Dr. Potel, of Portland, Or., while
tGii.porarUy insane, jumped from a Bleep-inu-car
somewhere in Nebraska recenUv,
while on his way West.
Thoro are eleven or twelve thousand
less Chinese now in British Columbia
than thero were some Unie ago. Tho $50
head tax had its elicit.
Tho School Directors of the Conemaugh
Valley have issued an apHal for help to
rebuild tho school-houses washed away
in the Johnstown Hood.
The trouble between tho Now England
vo.lo luiu luutu iiriii'ticnllv settled, the
Canadian Pacific and Vermont Central
agreeing to pay commissions.
Wanamoker promises to the Western
Union that in consideration for reduced
rates tho Postoilleo Department will
undertake to deliver messages.
rw.willim n. Oninlmi. a nroinineut
uuitiviiiiii v. -v r a - ....
seller of cattlo, has been swindled at
Kansas City out ot about -'u,miu y mm
Ginon, a sharp gambler from Chicago.
Briorly, the lover of Mrs. Maybrick,
has reached Boston. Ho declares Mr.
M.,,.Krt..i- u.iiu tlin victim of a consoiracv.
.ill, , u... -- " . '
-ind" this he hoped eventually to prove.
Houston, Texas, asks Northern capital
,i ,,wiiiii nf L'.MU00 to Invest with
allko amount of Houston funds to go
into the cotton iiianuiai'uiru m uuu uij.
The Supreme Legion of Select Knights,
i....:..,.. nj,ir nf llnliisl Workmen, has
,.1iu.t.i itu lilixtniiil session at Kansas Citv
, IVDl ... .,-"- w
ami will hold Its next meeting at Pitts
burg.
ti... i.v,il Imiiln nn Milwaukee Bnv. in
honor of the G. A. K. encampment, was
a grand success. One vessel of ' tho
enemy's was mown up mm nuumw
burned,
The Conistock Tunnel Company has
filed a certificate of Incorporation nt
in w v (tiu.nilinMM will lie carrieil
on in tho town of Sutro and counties of
Lyon, Storey, Washoe ana isevuua.
in... Pliinniiii !uinrn who recenUv
electrified New York nro still In that city,
. a t . I l...ll,lt itl.lld
and local l mnanieu uiieuu ihuiiiiuk i
a theatre in which they can bring out the
11.7 historical dnunus of their rojiertoire.
A deposit of nsphult hna been ills
(Hnventort Kv. It covers a
largo area mid is thirteen feet thick. It
is just iH'low uio minaco uuu caw i
iiilnvfd at vwv nirtll cost.
rOKKIMM FliAMHKH.
Wlffftns KDlghted-Boul&nger Orola
Ins In tbe Mediterranean Mr.
Gladstone's Library.
The Czarowich is to make a tour of the
world.
China propeflcs to develop her iron in
dustries. A famine is threatened in Eastern
Transylvania.
The Pope has bad his largo bed-room
tuiea wiui tanging mras.
Bonlanger has left for a three month's
cruise in the Mediterranean.
The French Government has taken
cliarge of the telephone stations.
It is proposed by the Salvation Amy
to establish, a noepitai in ixnuon.
A lady advertises in tho London Times
that she "gives lessons in tennis.
Weather Prophet Wiggins is to be
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knignted by yueen v iciona. n ny i
Fanners in Franco are agitating ior
1 If ! , fA.i(m MMMlllI
more provecuou uaumi. iui v-cv.
Tho Maybrick committee has resolved
to agitate lor a pardon for Mrs. Maybrick.
t, TVntrn nt VHn a in a mieer Dosition.
Ho is not his wife's equal ; yet he is her
peer.
A charter has been granted for tho first
:i i t :umo T .. ill lw RTM milps
raiiruuu in uiuituid. .v " .
long.
London iB to have a "monkeries," at
which 1,000 monkeys will be on exhibi
tion. A movement for higher wages is going
on in nearly all Uie industries of Central
Europe.
The Cologne Gazette makes a sharp
attack on the now colonial iolicy of
Germany.
The Prince of Wales homo farms at
Sandringliam now extend over two hun
dred acres.
rrvii.-fniinrr. nf tho prnnH of MontenetTro
will compel a wholesale exodus of the
population.
Most of tho large cities of Europe and
many small ones now have their English
newspapers.
It is reported that Armenia will appeal
to tho Czar to protect Christians from
Turkish outrages.
lino nronntoA the invitation
of tho United States to atteud Uie Inter
national Congress.
Red Jim McDermott, the alleged Irish
traitor, is in London. He says ho don't
fear leing murdered.
London is to have a "honeymoon
hotel," to which only newly married
couples will bo admitted.
The oldest public house in England is
the Seven Shirs at Manchester. It dates
back to the Ume of Edward III.
It io believed in Paris that C. P. Hunt
ington will not consent to the marriage
ot his daughter with Prluco Hntzfeldt.
John W. Mackay, in behalf also of
Mrs. Mackay, has "denied emphatically
that his wife has ever helped Boulanger.
The balance sheet of tho late Mel bourne
Centennial Exhibition has been pub
lished. It reveals a deficiency of .244,000.
Emperor William has sent a palm and
laurel wreaUi to lo placed on the coffin of
tho late Crown l'rinie ltudolph of Aus
tria. Four moie cotton mills at Blackburn,
England, have given notice that Uiey
will shut down. Oii6 thousand hands
will bo idle.
Tho Brazilian Government has negotia
ul rWli n lm-jil Imnk tor the loan of 10.-
000,000 at 4 per cent, the issuing price
being DO.
nnmnntWinn bntwppn UllRsinil and En
glish buvers in China has sent the price
for teas L'O to 30 per cent higher than it
was las year.
Tim Ru-nJInh iviin noser. Ivor Ilallstrom.
has just completed nn opera, Neaga. the
libretto of which is by Queen ElizabeUi
of Kouinanin.
Vii'o-rVmniil Eik-iir Took, in ehanro of
the United States Consulate-General in
Miclioacan, is sending samples of coffee
to tho United States.
Peter Jackson and Parson Davies ar
rived in London on the 150th and were
given an immense reception. Jackson
P 1 ,1 1 .'1 i.. f t ...1. .,11
lias cnauengcu miuiu, flavin ur.uui-m.-u.
A cremation society, the first of its
kind, has been for. tied in Finland, and
as soon as it has been recognized by the
auUiorities, a crvni.itoriuin will be created.
Tho diiMiitv of Judge Stephen, who
condemned Mrs. Maybrick to death, is
said to have been dreadfully hurt by the
commutation of that unfortunate woman's
sentence.
Gormaiiv looks upon F.mperor Wil
liam's recent grand reception in the cap
tured provinces ot Alsace- and lyirnuno
as an Indication that they are being Ger
manized. The Spanish Government has olfered
two prizes fr),7iai and f-'.wo wnicn
will be awarded in 18t2 for tho two iK'st
eswij'B on the life of Christopher
Columbus.
A PnriB dispatch says tho French
Government has declined to accede to
Uio request of tho ioplo of New
Hebrides lor uio nnnexnuon oi uio
islands by France.
The 111-ton irun Is being tried at Shoe-
burvness with a proieetilo weighing
iinnr v a ton. but witn iw pouiuis oi
powder. The concussion Is less than
from the 81-ton gun.
m... nf Wnntiiiinatiir In Hf'tivelv
(.., ..I l. tlin KiiHiltii- 1 jmmt, nf lin-
nnt. j run. in .... -... --n -
don, which seeks to have a proper
Kteat britbh metropolw.
tu uiimliniv imntlior nriroRH tn
dieted. Miss Mym Kembl-j is Uio young
woman s name, ami ouu ia;a un
higher walks of tho drama.
ni. ...... ..I iitlli. )utu-rwn IViver and tlui
j I11V..11V. wit.-"- wv... . , ,
Continent continues at the highest hu
man tide. No less thaTi five extra mail
packets r now employe! to convey pas
sengers, making sixtwn in all.
i... ...llij ...... .,itn,ii.. nf HjiHnnr'H nroiv-
i iiiitvii o .v - - - i .
osition for a government endowment of
.i... rv.tl.Mi.. r,,iv.rnitv nf Ireliiml is con-
bidivt! the opening wedgo of n mtlition
iK-twceii tho iiirueiiiicti au lunva, ,
THE PACIFIC COAST.
LINKVILUS. OR. DBSTROTBD BY
F1RB.
Two Sulcedea at Taooata The Blame
Laid to Campers Noted Outlaw
Captured Stages Robbed
Postal Appointments.
The 8-hour movement is being agitated
at Portland.
Los Angeles has voted on bonding for
an ontlall sewer.
Butte, M. T., is threatened by Uie in
cendiary's torch.
The Marysvillo and Placerville fairs
opened on the 3d.
An electric railway is to be built from
Tacoma to Seattle.
Tho lighthouse tender Manzanita is bo-
repairod at Astoria.
Postmaster R. P. Dearborn of Salem
Or., died on the 29th.
Colusa is arresting and jailing Uie Sal
vation Army followers.
Buildings worth $30,000 axe in process
of construction at Ukiah.
An ice-house is being built at Boca
that will store 6,000 tons. j
Chico has ordered a large number of
hard looidng cases out of town. j
The Oregon crop yield is not up to that .
of last year, but the quality is superior .
Tho Odd Fellows of Ellensburg, W. T., ,
have let a contract for a $30,000 building, j
The Victoria, B. C, scaling schooner ,
Theresa has been wrecked near Cape ;
Beale. j
It took a Fresno jury just fifteen min-;
utes to find Walter L. Eldin guilty of :
arson. !
Charles P. Boyer has been appointed
postmaster at Porter, Chehalis county,
Wus. Ter. j
Forest fires are raging in Cottonwood '
Valley and on Uie fooUiills north of
Cottonwood.
Davis & Co.'s stable at Butte, M. T.,
was burned on Uio 30 tn, with twenty
seven horses.
Pulver, the jockey of Mark L., who
was injured in a collision died at Santa
Rosa on Uie 29th.
An unknown mam jumped irom Uio
eastbound train near Tacoma on the 8th
and was instantly killed.
E. Z. Baruett, a photographer of Mo
desto, is in a precarious condition, owing
to an overdose ot cmorai. i
W. L. Bradshaw of The Dalles, and t
William Hathway of Portland, have been '
appointed notaries public.
Incindiuries are supposed to be at work .
in the neighborhood of Orland. Four
fires have occurred recenUy. !
Mary Kesterson has lieen appointed
postmistress of the new postoffice at Syc- j
amore, Multnomah county, Ot.
There aro 13,150,000 acres of arid land
Angles land district. 4.000:000
of which arc subject to irrigation.
Tiio Washington Territory republic ana '
have nominated C. P. Ferrj- for governor
and John L. Wilson for congress.
John Nelson, a telephone lineman, was
badly burned bv electricity at SeatUe on 1
the 6Ui hist., while repairing a wire. ;
Atlolph Ottinger, a well known Ucket
broker of San Francisco, has been fined .
$100 for selling a worthless Bcalp ticket.
A elate quarry is leing opened three
miles bouth of Copperpolis. There is.
said to be a huge ledge there of excellent ,
quality. ,
Dave Campbell, of Portland, has teen j
matched to tight Con Riordan in the Gol
den Gate Club. San Francisco, in Novem-'
ber next.
The bridge at Lane's crossing on the
Snn .Tmiiiiiin river has been accented.
This will bring a large country tributary
to rresno.
J. G. Tuttle of Danuba, Fresno county, !
luiu Iw.im nrreuteil nnd chamed wiUi per- '
jury for giving false tesUmony in a horse-,
stealing case.
A,,.M..ot KSupher. imrn in Herlin Aucust.
24, l.SU'7, an exile from Germany, com-
nutted suicuio uy urnwniug in ijil- m n
laniette river, on the 30th.
Florence Cross, the notorious prosti
tute who was found dead in F. Eugene
Clark's room at Tacoma, on the 8th inst.,
is supiosed to have committed suicide.
F. Eugene Clark, shipping clerk of the
Stewarts Holmes Drug Company, atTa-1
coma, attempted suicide on iho.sth, but
ptiysiciaii3 brougiu mm arounu an ngui.
Sylvestro Morales, the Santa Ana Val
ley outlaw, has been captured. The 10-.
year-old girl whom he induced to leave j
lier homo was found with him in the
woods. . 1
i
Tim i.vi.jir-nlii Rnn nf John Mitchell lell
down an abandoned shaft in theJumlK).
district, Nov., and was instantly killed. ,
Mitchell is a miner in the Consolidated
California.
All tho troops and other Government ,
employes in Yellowstono . Park have i
leen engaged during tho last week in
tighUng fires. The otlicers in command
blame campers.
The largest bar of gold over cast in the j
world was turned out nt the Unied States i
iiBsav ollico at Helena, M. T., recently.!
It weighed 500 pounds and is worth a;
w.ii ...... ifv ivvi I
1 1 1 UK' li IW,WV.
A lone roblwr capturoil the south and
northlKiund stawB near Unkville, Or.,
last week, and presumably obtained con
siderable money. Ho was a young follow
and wore no mask.
James McGuftio. of Anakeim, Cal.,
.went to San Pedro on Uio 8th and shot
and killed his divorced wife, and then
Bhot himself, which may prove fatal. He
hail lived wiUi his wife sixteen years.
Tho United States District Attorney nt
Portland has filed in tho United States
Circuit Court tweuty-ono voluminous
complaints in suits brought to secure the
forfeiture of wagon road grants in Ore
gon. Unkville. Or., was the scene of n very
disastrous tire on tho Oih inst. The en
tire business tKirtlon was destroyed, and
many prosierous business men aro to
day peuuillees, The total loss will reach
HOUR AND FA KM.
Moisture and Manure-Hoa; Pastures
Repairing Tins-Smotbered Quail
Peach Fritters Notes.
Apply coal oil or turpentine on the
roosting places occasionally in the morn
ing. This will destroy vermin effectually
and if given Ume to evaporate will not
whiten the yellow legs of your fowls.
To preserve butter any lenirth of Ume
work out first Uie buttermilk; Becnnd,
use rock salt; Uiird, pack in air tight
cans or jars ; fourth, keep in a cool place,
With this treatment butter can be kept
sweet several months.
A Georgia farmer prevents cows from
jumping a fence by cutting off their lower
lashes moke Uiero think Uie fence is
three Umes as high as it really is. U
you cut the upper lashes a reverse delu
sion will result, he says.
Wood ashes, where available, aro Uio
cheapest fertilizer for fruit trees. In
their absence, bone manure three parts,
and m urate of potash (German salts) of
high grade, one part, have Uie strong in
dorsement of the Massachusetts Agricul
tural College.
Smothered Quail. Pick, split down
Uio bock, remove all inside and wash
thoroughly wiUi salt and werm water;
drain well, rub with flour and place in a
baking pan, breast down ; sprinkle salt
anil pepper, and on each bird lay a piece
of butter ; keep plenty of water in the
pan to keep from scorching. Bake a deep
brown.
Sponge Pudding. One quart of milk,
sweetened to taste, one quarter of a
pound of flour, six eggs. Boil the milk,
stir in the flour and sugar ;,let boil one
minute, remove, and let stand two or
three hours. About one-half hour tie
fore it is ready to serve add tho eggs
leaten to a froth ; pour into a greased
pan ; set in another pan idled wiui boii
in water, and bake fortv-five minutes.
To make red-cabbage salad choose a
small, firm head; take of tho outer leaves
and cut the rest into very thin slices; if
you can shave it fine it will le all the
nicer; mix with two teaspoonfuls of salt,
three teaspoonfuls of salia oil, or of clari
fied butter, a little curry powder if you
like. This salad is nice for two or Uiree
days after it iB prepared if it is kept where
it is cool ; if you prefer a sweet Balod, add
sugar.
Moisture and Manure. A scientific
writer tells m that, however rich land
may bo in available plant food, crops can
never get it txcept Uirough moisture
henco failures U.at coie through drought.
F'armers complain beca'ise Uiey cannot
get enough manure, but water is even
more important and tbev employ no
means to save tho abundanc? that, if
properly stored for use, asn easily might
be, would make droughts irapo3siblo.
Peach fritters are delicious, and ire c
welcome moisel to Ui6se deluded peop.9
who prefer fruit cooked. Make a nice
smooth batter of flour and sweet milk,
add egg and salt to your taste. Peel and
cut the peaches in halves, removing the
stones, of course ; dip the piecf s of peach
in tho batter, and fry in hot Is rd. It will
take about ten minutes to fry them prop
erly. Drain them by placir j them on a
very hot plate, scatter powdered sugar
over them, and send to the table hot.
The Barberry as a Hedge. Here is an
item which will interest those who some
time ago inquired if the barberry would
make a good hedge. The common bar
berry makes a verv elegant screen. The
long racemes of yellow blossoms, followed
by crimson fruit, aro very ornamental.
"For an effective hedge to turn stock,
the bushes should Ihj planted in a double
row, wiUi an interval of twenty inches.
The plants are readily propagated from
seeds, cuttings or suckers. The cultiva
tion is very simple, requiring only fairly
rich soil, kept free from weeds "for the
first few years. If a Uiick growth is le
siral cut tho back severely the second
ppring after planUng, and thereafter
prune Uie hedge into shaie yearly."
Hog Pastures. Ohio swine feeders re
commend cool cinders as excellent for
filling low laces in pig lots to prevent
muddy wallows. Sows enjoy eating coal
or ashes. F)ven anthracite coal is not
passed by them. A sow with young pigs
should not run in clover fields or high
grass. Pigs becomo chilled, and are un
comfortable much of the day. Then,
short blue grass pastures are best. Sows
and pigs should have access to grass lots
at all times, unless, just as the frost
comes out, tho sod is injured by the
tramping. To prevent rotting the sod,
two or three rings will cure the oldest
rooter. When pigs are five or six weeks
old they should bo taught to eat soaked
corn and milk or sweet slop, kept whero
the sews cannot reach it.
Repairing tins. Farmers who live re
mote from any place whero there is a tin
smith are often troubled by leaks in tin
roofs, or cave troughs. Any farmer can
repair them and make them stronger
than before. Find the leak, and apply a
good coat of rather thick paint ; put on
a piece of old Imgging or coarse muslin,
then a second coat of paint, rubbing it
well in and smoothly. Then cover with
a pieco of tin, nailing it down tighUy
close to Uio edge, using large headed
tacks; thoso known as 24 or 30-oz.
Swede's iron tacks are best. Then givo
another coat of paint, and the leak is not
only repaired, but that part will last
much longer than the rest. Old fiuit
cans aro just tho thing for the puriwse ;
set them on top of a hot stove till the
solder is melted, and then flatten them
out.
Iruning Roses. It is an astonishing
thing to see how, year after year, tho chan
ces of obtaining the most lieau'iful roso
blooms are frittered away through unin
telligent pruning of the plants, even in
gardens of great reputation. Thero are
thousands of rose bushes ali over the
country, which, in spite of being found
m spring to navo mane line growui dur
ing the previous season, never produce
good flowers, and the explanation is gen
erally to Ihj found in the fact Uiat no rea
sonable plan is followed in pruning. The
commonest mistake is tho leaving of the
older branching spray wood that has al
ready flowered. Dwarf roso bushes at
the beginning of the year generally con
sist of sovenU much-branched stems
which carried bloom in Uie previous sum
mer, and several strong, straight shoots
springtig from Uio base of tho plant. In
Sie case of hybrid perpetuals, hese older
branching stems should Ik? cut completely
out, leaving only the new shoota from
the base which themselves should lie
then considerably shortened. If Uie old
spray wood bo left in it prodiicca no
flowers worth liav'ug, while Uie weak
and crowded growths with wldeh it be
comes covereu afford a perfect harborago
to ever) known rose pest.
PORTLAND MARKET,
j
ORDBRB COMING IN RAPIDLY FROX
ALL HKCXIONS.
Tbe Price of Ooffeee Well Matnla
iXKK-
Sugars Tory Boarce VeffetatriM
In Good Supply Wheat .
Market Billl Dull. T
The local merchandise markets report
an active trade for Uie week in most
lines, and orders coming in rapidly from
allBOctions. A generally confidant feel
ing in Uio future prospects prevail. Tfaa
prices of coffees are well maintained, tt e
New York market still advancing. Fresh
fruits are all firm in price, and Uie mj(r
kct is acUve. In dairy produce and poul
try, Uio market is firm at quotations. The
wheat market is stilt dull and undefined.
The wool market remains dull in sym
pathy with Uie East. Th2ro is still a ten
dency to crowd the market with fresh
meats, though priceB are the same a
last wetk. We quote :
QBOCKKIKS.
Sugars, Golden 0 Oc. extra C 0?4c,
dry granulated 8,c. cube, crushed rM
po'wdereil 8,4c Coffee: Guatamala
'224, Java 3032c, Costa Rica 21
2c, llocha 37Mc, Rio 2-2Sc,
roasted Java 3032c, Arbuckla's roasted
PROVISIONS.
Oregon ham 1313eC, breakfast bncou
12t(Sloc, sides 9jl tie. Eastern ham 13
14c, breakfast bacor. lUjC, sides Pi',
shoulders Dc. Lard 8?4C. '
KRUITb.
Peaches 75c$1.50, apples $11.'.!5,
lemons $8', Sicily $7.50, pears $lt.'J-i.
OKIEI) KKUITS.
Apples 45c, evaporated CtSO'sc sliced
6c, pears 8c. peaches 810c, Oregon
plums 34, petite pruues 5(T(k.', German
5ivUc, prunes, Italian 7c, silver ttJ27c,
California figs 7c, Smyrna fins 14Ukv
ap.icots 1314c, raisins $1.75(2.2o per
box.
VEGETABLES.
Potatoes, new, $l1.10, sweets :J Hel
per tti, onions $1, green peas Go. i
DAIKV PRODUCE. J
Butter, Oregon tanev 30c, dairv
25(327c, common 10i2Jc. Eastern
22c, California 1820c.
BUGS.
Eggs 2022is'c.
POULTRY.
Chickens $33.50. broilers $22.50, old
$4(24.25, young geese $8010, turkeys
lc per It).
wool. . '
Valley 17010c, Dmpque 1920e, Ext
ern Oregon 10(gl4:.
HOPS.
Hops 11c.
GRAIN.
iVheat, Vallev $1.201.222, Eastrn
Oregon $1.10'31.125. Oats 37j40')
new 363Se.
FLOUR.
Standard (4.25, other brands $3.75
3 00.
FEED.
Hay $1314 per ton, bran $14.50
chop $1820, shorts $10.50, barlyv
$2022.50. i
KIIKSU MEATS.
Beef, live. dressed, tic; mutton,
live, 2?b(T:3o. dressed, Gc; hogs live,
S'Sc. Venison continue in fair
supply, with a like demand.
- rot unfit porridge, 'isiKt' two tnble
fi)oonf ills of Hour and half a teaipootiful
of salt; stir up with a oupofswrot milk.
Have a skillet With a cup of niilK aiuLa
cup of water boiling on the lire; turn'n
the thickened Hour and let it boll up
once, stirring it all the time o it will
not scorch.
- To can fruit, with tho juice rich
mid delicious, you must not put a drop
of wator in it. Tho water fades tho
fruit, and renders it tasteless. Stow
fruit in its ow n juice. Tho juice can bo
extracted from ovor-ripo and inferior
fruit to can with. Frliit canned in this
way Is rich and delicious, and will kei
t
(or years.
Potato Salad. Cut cold potatoes in
small slices. Put into a dish two oggs,
seven tiiblespoonfuls of vinngar, ono
4tnhlcspoouful of butler and half a tea
spoonful of mustard. Put the dish into
boiling water and stir until tho dressing
is as thick as good cream. Add salt
and pepper and pour all over the pota
toes Hood Housekeeping. "
- -When lire briccs heroine cracked
thoy niav bo mended w it li a cement
formed of equal parts of salt and soaj
stono powder (which is bought of any
druggist). Mix tlio-o ingredients with
water to a thick 'paste, and apply. To
romovo cliukurs from lire brlcK, put an
oyster shell or two on a dour, bright
lire, and tho bricks will bo bright atid
clei'ji
We grow wise as we grow older,
but it is by forgetting what we though
i
wo know. Life.
A Feaspoouful of powdered 'borax v
dissolved in a quart of tepid water, is
good for cleaning old black silk, cash
mere or alpaca.
For earache a pinch of red pepper
gathered up in a pieco of cotton bat
ting, wot with sweet oil and iuM-rtcdu
the ear. w ill givo relief.
Horry 'roam Cuke. Two eggs, a
cupful of sugar, a cupful of sour cream,
i teaspoonful of sodu, two cupfuls of
hurries, and Hour to make a slitf battor'
- Whon troubled with neuralgic
pains heat a Hat-iron, put a double
fold of Hannol on tho painful part, then
move tho iron to and fro on the Hannol.
The pain will coaso almost Immedi
ately. To whlton Hannol, dissolvo half
r. pound whlto Boap In fifty pounds of
wator, add two-thirds of an ounco of
spirits of ammonia, immerse tho tlannol
and stir well around for a short tlmcj
r.nso well in pur uati-r.
A family oiin be uoinfuriab
less boat und more fronh air tuair i
generally supposed; and in rooms heal
ed by fu-naces or btovos and lighted hi,
;; loo much care regarding utila
ttot can not be exembed.