THE OREGON SCOUT. JONES fc CHANCEY, - Publishers UNION OREGON. WOMEN AT TWENTY-ODD. The Age at Which Tlwy Aro Said to Da Mot Kiuertaliilng. Tlmo was whon to bo sixteen was the "boat thing that could happon to a young girl. It was tho ago of dowoy fresh' -ess, of innocent impressibility, and of all tho othor dolightful but rather verdant virtues which havo won tho heart of tho poot to song and wooed tho mind of tho sago to something better than his philosophy, ltut sweot six teen is in short dresses to-day, and still tinder tho rulo of her governess. Her affections havo not yot departed from Tier dolls, and sho treats tho few young men of hor acquaintance with tho sim plicity of a child. It was a good thing new to bo slxteon; it is a good thing now to bo twonty; to bo twenty-five is "hotter still, but to bo twenty-eight Is to bo blcstt "Thoro is no time in a woman's lifo when sho is so delightful (married or unmarried, but particularly tho lattor)," said an obsorvlng man yesterday, "as sho is from twonty-flvo to thirty. Sho still has tho enthusiasm of youth, and xnach of tho tolerant sonso of middle lifo. Hor judgment is mature, and her opinions carry weight. Tho shyness and timidity of her girlhood havo passed into a poise of manner and a gracious dignity that places her friends at onco at their easy best. Sho has had oxpcrl onco, and that oxporlonco has given her a clear understanding of tho world as It really is and of herself without illusions. Thcroforo hor estimates and criticisms of lifo aro sharp and suro and usually to bo trusted, becauso sho has no theories to bolster up and Illusions to porpotuate." "Hut thoro is something to bo said on tho other Bido," said a woman of twonty Hix who hoard him. "it may look very imiooth sailing from tho outside, but one can havo little idea how much tact it takes to steor straight in tho narrow path of tho llvo years that Ho between twonty-Ilvo and thirty. In tho llrst place, a woman at that ago hardly knows whoro to placo horsolf. Sho is neither young nor old. Sho is what Julian Ilnwthorno calls 'still young,' and tho littlo adjective adds ten years at n Btroko. If a woman who is only 'still young' takes tho coy and kittenish rolo, hIid makes hersolf Immortally ridicu lous, and riosorvedly so. Sho has some thing even to fear lotting herself be upont.inoous and natural, lest some one nil all dub her tho 'girlish old girl.' To be older than her years makes a prig of hor at onco, and men and gods will shun hor. "To tho very young man sho miMt bo jrrandmothorly without hurting his dear little vanity by superior wisdom and patronage To tho middle-aged man sho must respond with a maturity of judg ment that matches his own, and yet sho most continually suggest tho innocenco of sixteen. To the man between the two sho may porhups bo noarost hor nat ural sol f, and yet even with him she has continually to romember that she must iiover assume the equality of knowledge or experience or judgment which sho ts nnro sho really possesses. Sho is often truer in hor judgmont and wlRor in hor conclusions than he is; ho must never nuspeut it, Sho may be uloverer than ho, but sho must bo clover enough to conceal it. Sho must follow him always, hut, like littlo .lulus, it must bo with unequal footsteps or his vanity is wounded. From twonty-llvo to thirty a woman has tho most dllllcult part of her lifo to llvo. She has to dissemble in the present, remember from the past and borrow from tho future. Sue may bo dolightful, hut she is far from being do lighted. Do you begin to roullzo It?" N. Y. Sun. HOTEL EXPERIENCES. Qucur (.'uc of XlKhttuuro ltovolopeil in u Wiulilui'toii Hostelry. "Among tho many queer experiences gained in a hotel," said the clerk of an uptown hostelry, "are those connected with guests who aro subject to night mure, which is more common than many people suppose. It is not uncommon for a night in a largo hotel to develop Heveral eases of this kind. In the still ness of tho early morning hours heavy groans or a shriek may bo heard sound ing along the corridor. The hall-boy -wakes up, rubs his eyes and awaits to boo what is coming, and if he is a now one at tho business half expects that a murder 1h being committed. "Wo had a ease not long ago of a gen tleman hero who, during the middle of tho night, began pounding on his door, -yelling at the same time: 'Let me out! Let mo out! Help! Help!' Tho hull boy rushed down to thu desk, and, with tho night olerk and tho porter, hurried hack to tho room whence oaino tho wounds of distress. All was quiet. They waited awhile, then knocked. Tho sub jeotof tho nightmare came to the door feeling very much crestfallon. lie ox--plained that ho had euten a too 11 bo nil Hupply of deviled crabs during the previous evening and that ho had dreamed that ho was looked in ono of tho immense money vaults of tho Treas ury, which he had seen during ills visit to tho city, Ills own cries for help hud caused him to wake. Such eases, more or less exciting, aro of almost nightly occurrence in n largo hotel, and aro usually greater when the social season is ut its height. The guests who got in toxicated are not included in this class of nolso-mukers. They form a separate Btudy alone, and inuko tho night lively very often." Washington Post, Of !itiri Ho Nuw Him. Two acquaintances meet on the side walk. "Why, holloa, Anderson,'" says Jackson, upourlng to bo much sur prised, "wo haven't boun each other for long time." "Wo havo not soon oaoh other,' Anderson answers, "but you have doubt less Been 1110." "Why (again surprised), what do you taenii''' "Nothing, only that llvo 1 lot you havo sown tlmo ago," They haven't wet uiraln.- THE PACIFIC COAST. An Unsuccessful Attempt Made to Wreck a California Train. The Paoifio Midland to Build to Seat tle Earthquake Shooks Felt in Southern California. Patti is in San Francisco. Seattle had a $42,000 fire last week. Conrad Buchtcr suicided nt Astoria. Dallas has organized a Board of Trade. Tho Midland Pacific will build to So- nttlo. Port Townsend lias had an earthquako Bcare. Arizona Pioneers eulogized General Allies. Whatcom's now Courthouse ia to coat 105,000. Umatilla countv'a fall wheat ib in lino condition. Hnlaev is offering a $4,000 bonus for flour mill. Jack Palace killed W. II. Kelly at San Tr ! r rauciucu. Nine seals, worth $200. drifted asho re at Clatsop. Tho Oreuon is fully repaired and ready for service. Stock is d vim: by tho hundreds in Har ney valley. A canal is to ioin Port Townsend bay with iladlock. Monev lins been noBted for the Carroll- McAulitlo fl"ht. Tim Pathfinder Buffered damage in a gale oil' Victoria. Ilnrmnn Leiltsch assaulted Augusta ColiBliatTatoma. The ferrv at Peoria. Or., was washed away in tno noou. All Hir Htoek of Salem's biir new can nery is subscribed. I .nun county. Oreuon. lost $75,000 by mo noou in uriogos. iiimrv r.cnr.'n lms sailed from San Francisco for Australia. Sidney E. Marsh, a Port Townsend nowspapor man, iB dead. V.vitrvlmriv is iiibilaiit over the wheat 4 prospect lor next season. Tim ITninn Pacific will not build wharves ut Port Angeles. A New York capitalist offers to estab lish u creamery nt Salem. Kiinltln hnknrs have ruisad the nrico of their products 10 per cent. Tim Ori'immnri Hold lit fiO COIltS 11 CXH1V at Salem during I ho flood. Moil lliicltlev. the actor, was nounderi by n rival in San Francisco. Arliiu'tnn. Or., has had an unsuccess ful attempt nt jail-breaking. .Tnnunh IVmklesneil WHS flltllllv HSnllVX- iated in a hotel at Gilroy, Cal. A clover cheek swindler has been op erating at Tacoma and Seattle. The Ellensburgh and Northwestern is .dvortising for bridge material. Poto McCov (hushed Charlie Gleasou in Bix rounds at San Francisco. Weston, Or., claims novor to havo had buainesB failuro in itB history. KnrHmiinlm shocks have been felt nt. Colton, Pomona and Sau Diego. 'IMwi Auuouunru' run ventinn ut Portland IIIV ilUI'lUl'UH' denounced the mortgage tux law. Tho Northern Paeilie will put a eteanior on between Kalanm and Astoria. Thioo nrroflts havo been inado of an organized band of thieves at Colfax. An unsuccessful attempt was inado to wreck a train near Santa Maria, Cal. The Western Union is putting in n new cable across the river at Portland. Tho Central Pacific will keep its road open by snow plows instead of sheds. The Northern Pacitie will put on u daily train between Taconiaand Cholmlis. Kustorn capitalists are considering the Hoseburg and Coos Pay lailioad project. The Vancouver school for defective youth bus pasted a satisfactory inspec tion. Tho Iji Grnnrio-K'gin branch will ho pushed at once, ho Contractor Antouello says, Ships damaged in the piles are putting back into botli Victoria and San Fran cisco. Tho Northwestern Investment Com pany of Pendleton has incorporated with $100,000. Tho IjuuI Commissioner lias ordered two townships in Columbia county, Or., to bo resurvoyed. In San Francisco li 0. Lewis, aguri 70 years, shot himself on his wife's grave; cause, desiondoncy. San Franciscans aro liecotniug aitated because thu muidcrcrs there go unhung Ilfty-trix in two years. The F.riekson from Port Townsend to Valparaiso hud to throw her cargo of lumber overboard in a gale. Perry OsIkini'b 17-year-old daughter committed Hiiliide by drowning near lhauou to hide her slutine. J. L lvowe, spe ial hind agent of tho Government, is in Astoria inspecting swamp lands in that vicinity. The conier-Htono of tho reform school ntVhltticr,Cnl ,wiih laid hy tho .Masons in tho presence of 10,000 people. Frank S. Ciirlwrichi, a win of Senator Cnrtwright of Oregon, suicided at Hel ena. Fiiiuiicial troubles formed his provocation. Millionaire Mackay telegraphed to Portland his Hntisfuctioit at the hard work dono by M'inager Jell' llnyoa miring tho etornis'aijd Hood. Augustus Sonionl found his kng-lost son in Seattle wllh a inluBtnl mun, and endeavored in vain to induce him to re turn to his Philadelphia home. It m estimated that the damage done in Hi iioina rouu'y. (.'uliuirnnt. I y the re cent storm will reiuh !U)-MKI. $AK).000 of which is railroads and budges. EASTERN ITEMS. Secretary Blaine Besumes His Official Duties. Tho Methodists to Build a National University at Washington Oity Other Nows- Sam Kandall is again very ill. The Navajo Indians have been pacified. Tho Blair bill is now on ia the Senate. Lieutenant Schwatka is back from Mexico. West of the Chicago Times is out on $10,000 bail. Amnil train was demolished ncarCon ncllsvills, Pu. General Sherman has just celebrated his 70th birthday. Natural gas exploded and killed two miners nt Kittnning, Pa. A gas explosion near Luzerneborough, Pa., killed tbreo miners Dr. Newton, the New York clergyman, has denounced Calvinism. Cleveland attends tho Central Presby terian church in Now York. Colonel Isaac Patton, a prominet citi zen of Now Orb aus, is dead. Tho famous Planters' hotel of St. Louis has been closed by the Sheriff. Littlo is dono in congress but to quar rel over the proposed nuw rules. Louis T. Bnrin has been nominated United States Marshal for Oregon. The largpst dance hall in New Jersey burned at Patterson. Ixihs, $300,000. The Atchison road's earnings last month showed an increase of $.'5(11,000. General Morgan has boon confirmed as Indian Commissioner after a hard light. The House committee will renort fa vorably on Casey's Wyoming admission bill. Daniel Desmond was killed and four others injured in a gas explosion at St. Paul. The death of Mrs. Tracy has put an end to Washington society events for the present. General Miles is in Washington to help out the projects for Pacific Coast appro priation. A lady gave birth to a child in tho Grand opera house at New York: during a porforin.uico. The annual convention of Iho National Electric Light Association is in session at Kaneiiu City. Tho President promised the colored people's convention that ho would do all lie could for them. Tho American Building and Loan As sociation at at. ram nas a uoucii oi t),- 000 in its accounlB. Tho Methodists will erect a national univorsity at Washington near Clove land's country home. Thomas Ivane was hanged at Toronto for tho murder of his wife in November. Ho met Lib fato resolutely. W. II. Marstetter and wife of Youngs- town, O., were struck by a passing train nt a crossing and killed. Ellis Bard, cashier of t-,e Lincoln (Pa.) National bunk, is a defaulter for $20,000, and lias not yet been captured. Nellie Blv lectured at Union Squaro theater, New York, on her trip around tho world. Tho receipts wero $1,400. The Dania from Hamburg to New York rtqiorts passing through fifty icohorgs in the North Atlantic on her last voyage. Two boats containing eight boys wore upset in the Mississippi river lit New Orleans, aim an oi ineui wero urowneu Tim Ki'lipilnlcs in tho ussimimiMir. of Wr.lw.rf IT llivicu .(- fv Tmv Ynrh show liabilities of $700,000 and assets of $27;i,000. Tho Senate Naval Connuitteo ha o -lered a favorable report upon the bill to ransfer tho revenue murine to the naval lopurtiiient. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Slater nt Kingston, J V witrn ili-mvtied ill mi n n mi n 'i-chm f i I effort to rescue their four children lrom the same fate. llluitm rnrillllieil Iiih nllliMill dlltiea nl l)ii Xlntn 1) I i:l I'l t 1 1 l ) t hint Wcliii i!n v morning lor the llr.u time since his re- cut bereavement. Postmaster-General Wnntininker is laid to bi' a candidate for United States Monitor to Kti'i eed I 'on Cameron, whose term oxpirts next year. ll.itilott Imu .iiilliii'wl rVf!iiminr frt row iiiiii at Duliitli in Aimust after the Austral'au regalia, which he says ho tliinks'O'Counor will win. Al iSiirili.il. O.. it him hpeii found Unit Nancy Smith t dued a pension as the widow of h Id er lrom whom she was livorced many yeais i elore ho died. A train on the Norfolk and Western railroad was wro ked near Bristol, Va., bv railB spraduig, and iho express mes senger and burgage man wero killed. Samuel Van Duen Abliott, av:ed 17. committed snlcubi ut the homo of his grandfather, Sauinil B Van Dusen, in .New i ork, snooting liunsill behind the lijit ear. Secretary Proctor, who bus for some time been on-i leri 'g 'h' advisi'dll v of Jut it basing tho sword of th lire General nines Slue ds, has finally decided to pay $ui,oou lor it. .Tnubib miimiiuii. u lliiiinhllitfiii Imu glvun a site for the $4 t.noO hospital at Atlitnlu in memory of Hony W. Grady. Both white nd bliick patients will admitted to it. It is rumored in Wash'nvton that General S ho luhl is to inurrv M s. Mil- patiiek, wido i f tin lHt Colon-1 Kit- jiatrick. Th- wide , a Ctili.ni y binli, is spnulii g thu winter in Wtishiiutuu. Senator Wa'co't Imp intioducod a bill to aut or xe tl a qeis tiun ( laiuU for inke ovens and o b r intpr en. outs and fur rg"t oi way fr wagon ma U, ril rvada and tntiuwin s in con nation with coal mini. FOREIGN NEWS. A New Peruvian Cabinet Has Been Formed. The British Premier Said to Be Suffer ing Prom an Incurable Disease Death of a Sultan. George Augustus Sala has married. EmiuBcyhns decided to go to Europe. Tho Empress of Austria is growing in eaue. Oporto will voto money for national defenses. Fred Douglass is pleased with his Hayti mission. The American squadron has arrived at Villo de France. The German troops in East Africa are being reinforced. Dr. Schliemann, the explorer, is back at Athens from Troy. Several plotting Bulgaria commanders havo been dismissed. The Sultan of Zanzibar is dead. Ilia brother succeeds him. Mobs aro crying for a Dictator in the streets of Bio Janeiro. Russia is becoming alarmed at Chinese aggression in Manchuria. Zorilla, the most popular Spanish Be publican, is living quietly in Paris. Tolstoi's new drama, "The Power of Darkness," has just been produced. The Duke of Orleans has been sen tenced to two years' imprisonment. Sorpa Pinto lias nccepted the leader ship of tho Portuguese Republicans. Parnell has compromised his libel fruit against tho London Tunes for 5,000. Grace Darling's brother George is still living at North Sunderland, England. English merchants aro being expelled am Lisbon's commercial associa ions. fro The troops of King Menelek of Abys sinia Iuiyo routed the army of Bus-Alula. Edward Greig, tho Norwegian coin poser, is the rage in Loudon musical cir cles. A duel is on between the Britisli Min ister at Lisbon and a prominent Portu guese. Tho dock laborers of Dundee, Scot land, havo struck for an advance in wages. Lieutenant Andreas and his sweetheart poisoned themselves at Stuttgart, Ger many. The heir, to the throne of Koumania has fallen in love with Queen Natalie of Servia. Brazil is trying to form an offensive and defensive league of Hispano-Ameri-can States. John Morton, 75 years old, shot and killed ids son and daughter-in-law at Mi ami, Manitoba. General Salamaneo, Captain-General of Cuba, lms been interred with great pomp at Havana. The Elhorn Mining Company of Mon tana was placed on tho London stock market last week. The former palace of Margaret of Na varro on the itue do Seine, Paris, was burned ; loss, $400,000. Tho opposition of British bankers has killed proposed legislation in Parliament for an if sue of 1 notes. Lord Salisbury, the English Primo Min ister, is said to bo suffering from an in sidiouB and incurable disease. A partner of llerrMost is under nrrest in Germany for a murder done in 1SS0 thero before ho ciituo to America. I-TiTur ATwutum lma roiriiinml ulif lrrif over Uganda, dest'oying theslavodliowb, and is friendly with the Christians. T niu l?ulwi,iatAln fliimilrkt, fntint. ..! ...l.V...., I.1I...J. .... ..1.... skater of America, won the champion ship ot tnu worm at St. Petersburg. Tim Piirimllitrt nmmlwtra nf 1'iirli-ininiit have re elected Parnell Chairman and adopted a vote of confidence in him. Tim nalrilliflli Pinlnlllill irmfarmw lina uniuiiiiiousiy ndo'ited Sir Henry Marker's motion in favor of Colonial federation. A German State Council will bo con vened within a short time to consider the rescripts lately issued hy tho Emperor. Tho French Cabinet lias do'ided to ask Germany for detail of the labor confer ence to whiih it has been asked to take part Tho British corvette Conquest is ashore on tho bland of Pemba, thirty miles north of Zanzibar, in a dangerous posi tion. A Russian imperial decree, just pro mulgated, authorizes the issue of a ful ler ro'teinption loan of 00,000,000 roubles at 4 per cent. King Kalakaua of tho Snndwieh isl ands has postponed his visit to this country. Probably ho could not borrow enough money. A Madrid dispatch says that the Or leans plaiHwero settled at a family coun cil a' Sun Lucas before the Count of Paris sabed for America. Presidunt White of Cornell College says the bad streets and smells of Cou st.Iiitinoi'lc uixko him homesick, they so strongly r soluble those of Notv York. The English Government has not yet considered the invitation extended by Swi'zorlaud to EtiuUud to take part iii its pm)osed labor conference at Berne. In tho French Chamber of Deputies Pardno moved tho repeal of tho law banishing pretenders to the French thr. n. The motion was rejected 382 to 171. Tho Pope is well, but in consequpuco of th" dea h of his brother, cardinal Peivi. his lb liness ill hecludo himself for a fw dnys The body of the Cardinal is lying in htate. A new Cabinet has Iwen funned in Peru an fll-)vs : Foreign, Dr Ynuori n; SUe, Coiuiiel Ferros, Wur. Colonel St earin, ! inn nee, Delude, Justice. Su preme J urigi, Ualliudo. PORTLAND MARKET. Jobbers havo been exceedingly busy all the week getting off orders and receiving goods delayed by the blockade. Continued bad weather still retards outside business, but as soon as weather and railroads as sume their normal condition a consider able increase is anticipited. Altogether the outlook Is considered cheering, and the prospective requirements of consump tion inspires a frcll K of confidence re garding the future that Is the most slgnif cant feature of this present situation. A HUH! I.TUIIA1. 131 1'l.E.U KXTtf. Breaking Plow 83jCf?"n Hroaricant Seeders . 9 '(uu Binding Twine 10 per ct dis 18c UlndinSWlre " J-n Grain Drills ,n5??2 Gang Plow NAsillo Osborne's Mowers - 2UperctdIs io Reapers . . " " " ComMwrs&Kprs " " Jj'O " Dronpers.. . " " " Steel-frame self bind'g Hurvestfrs " " n 19 Pnilroad Barrows, iron whls tdoz 43" Hallroad Barrows, wocd whls " -f Itoad Plow Solid steel scrapers ;Vcju Steel disk harrows Spring wagons '-2.,','.. Su' ky Plow '" Walking plows D'' Wagons, all makes 110&1GU Hnrlaps, 10 in 7 Burla)-, 15 in uurlaps, O'l In 1'4 inunies, 8x10 1 Pouito bagx, net cash Wool 4 11., " M Wool :i lb, " J8 Wheat sacks, spot, netcsh Wheat sacks, extra, second hand . . 0 CO ''i: K Jri''ii. Guatemala, f It' lava, lt l!) M ichn, v lb No. 1 Costa Hica, kMb ... Ulo, P th Salvador. I? tli 2HW2:! 'Si "7 8 (e'M 12 (oi t 22 fe2:i 21l2-'i CoiiNtt-it. In Itnsis. Vrbucklo'x Arioxa, o- lti 2.i(to2il Closet & D.'s Columbia 1 lb prs. . . . :T ( 2' Costa Hica 25 (5:'8 .uatenmla Si:(S- Hoas'ed Java (?:- Boasted Mocha feU" VetfelalileH (Ki-chIi). Cabbage. I? lb....' W Cirrots. perst 1 --J Oarrots. young, ? doz l. Celery, ? do 001 IK) Lettuce, doz 1-i Onions, p 100 lbs 2 00a'2 o) I'otatofs, I? 100 lbs 1 2o'5il 50 Potatoes, sweets, t? K 24 ltaihshes, ? doz 12 1 Suiiihch Turnips, d sk 1 I'OWI.TItV. Chickens, large young, doz... 0 000 50 PlilolroiiH. broilers Ol.l..l.....u rvl.l OfiO'SOul Ducks. Pdoz 7 IK'ff8 50 Geese, young, V doz 10 U0U 00 Turkeys, young. ? lb 1 Grouse and Pheasants i 00 FltKNll Fit I' IT . Apples 1 502 00 Bananas. k bunch 3 50'a' l 00 Lemons, California, 8 bx 3 75 " 4 00 Lemons, Sicily, P bx, new 5 50&IJ 01 Limes, p cwt 1 50 Oranges, JMversidcs 3 Ou Oranges, Seedless 4 50S4 7? ii It A IX. Barloy, whole, p ctl 80 00 Corn. fe 100 11 s 1 5(1 Oats, good, old, If bushel Oats, new, " 40 12 live, tC 100 lbs, nominal 1 221 S Wheat, Valley, P bOlbs 1 1741 20 Wheat, Eastern Oregon 1 12il 15 UAIHV i'koiuci:. Hotter. Oregon fancy creamery- 3'i Choice dairy 274 Common S(Sll2 Pickled, California 1820 Eastern fancy creamery "25 California choice 20g22; Clieene, Oregon full cream 15 Oregon skints and old 10 Swiss Cheese, domestic lo10 Young America, Or. 14 Oregon, p doz 253 ) Eastern, doz lj20 Fl.OIIIt. Portland patent roller, pbbl 2 75 Salem patent roller 3 75 I) .yton patent roller 3 (m t'a.scadia p itent roller 3 Oi Country brands 3 5!) McMliinville 3 75 Supi-rilnu 2 no Wliltu Lily 3 75 Graleun 3 25 II) o Hour G 00 SKKDS. ."r:iHH HeoilH, Timothv 0 (U Orchard GrM 11 (SiVl Bed Top 7 0 Blue Grass 12 U English Hye Grass 7 0 Italian Ue Grass OJll Australian hyo Grass 7i II Mi-squito 7 10 Millet o 0 Hungarian Millet 5 in. 0 Mixed Lawn Grass 1215 Clover MeeitH. Bed Clover 10'1H White Clover 10 w 18 Alsyko Clover 15 n Alfalfa OJ'clOj .UlNrollaiicoiiH, Canary 4Jffl 5 ';iax 5 Hemp 5 5i ltape, California 3 4 Bran, V ton 17 00 Hay, - ton, bided 15 00S10 00 Ground Barley, p ton U2 WK52I 00 Mill Chop, pton 18 0020 10 Oil Cake Meal, pton Wall' M Shorts, p ton iU 00 20 DO MnillKlt-ltOlXill AMI lltr.HNt:i. UoiirIi Per M, 10 00 l'-dged u oj T. & G. sheathing 13 00 No. 2 Mooring 18 00 No. 2 celling is (y No. 2 rustic 18 00 Clear rough o 00 Clear P. 4S Hi 50 No. 1 Mooring 22 ftO No. 1 celling 50 Xo. 1 rustic 22 60 Stepping. 5 00 SALT, CnnrNP-. Fine. fOO lblwgH P ion 17 00 ItO-tb Lags. ton y 00 Ground Hock, WMb lwgs, p ton 12 HO The late Mrs. Beosly, tho wife of Pro fessor E. S. IWfaly, whose death was an nounced by cable a few days ago. was an ardent supiorter of the Irish National ists, and was the authore1 s of the nuu'li Biuig English version of "Tho Wearing of tho Ureen.' MISCELLANEOUS. A new post-ofllco in Virginia has been named Poverty.. A Mifflin (Pa.) woman throw some medicine in tho fire, and an explosion .00k placo which carried tho stovo out of doors. A man shot sixteen times at a spar row and finally killed It, but ono cow, a log and two cats went along with tho SDarro w. 'When you want to compliment a woman on tho uncertain side of thirty, speak of somo one a littlo older than she is as a "girl." Somorville Journal. As Peter Baur, of Pottsville, was opening a largo oyster a strange flsh flipped out. It had eaten part of the oyster. It had tho head of a catfish. A Newark, Ohio, woman bought a lot of Christmas gifts for hor husband and children, and hid them away so carefully that sho is now unablo to find tlieni. A grocer in Wheeling, W. Va., after a three days' search for his favorito pug dog, found tho animal in a back room of the store, under an inverted balf-bushol measure. "Cigarettes for ladles' smoking" aro sold in London, provided with specially prepared mouthpieces. They aro per fumed with musk and violet, and thej aro enjoying a very extensive sale. A tearful wklow at Charleston "W Va.. obtained an order for four dollars worth of groceries from tho poor com missioners. Next day tho provisions were spread as tho refreshments at hei wedcing banquet. A physiologist in France has been observing the working of flies in flying and lias arrived at tho conclusion that tho wings of a Hy make about 330 beats, a second, and that such a fly can travel at the rate of 3.280 feet a minute. The schoolma'ms of St. Paul not long ago wero instructed to givo oc casional instruction in plain and fancy sewing to the girls under their charge, and the horrible fact came out that fow, if any of the teachers, could do any kind of sewing whatever. A watch made in France during tho reign of Louis XV., is owned in Now York, and still keeps good time. It was made by hand, and is inclosed in n 24 karat fine case, which is ornamented in Louis XV. style, with sixteen corners. Tho works aro no thicker than a silver dollar. A Washington County (Kan.) man named Steers mortgaged "four whito steers to a loan company. The fore- t closure proceedings doveloped tho fact that the man mortgaged his four chil 'dron. The loan company had Steors arrested, as ono of the children was a girl. In parts of Brooklyn the oxcellont custom has been adopted of placing on street lamps tho number of tho houses nearest to which they stand. This is a groat convonienco to peoplo who aro searching for a certain number in tho dark of tho evening, since tho general methods of displaying house numbers aro far from satisfactory. Tho idea is not new, having been adopted in Now York at least ten years ago. Who says a dog has not intelligence? A Gardiner (Mo.) lady sot a dish of soup out in her yard tho other day to cool. The dish was very hot, but had a handle. The house dog soon came along to tho dish, lured by the fascinating fragrance, contemplated tho contents long onongh to llnd that it was his favorite soup, then taking tho handle between his teeth, he backed off several rods very carefully, pulling tho dish after him to a placo which ho considered both coolor and more sequestered. Ho waited for tho broth to cool, devoured it with in flnato relish, then dragged tho dish back to tho spot whero he found it. Bangor Commercial. Hocently tho dentists of St. Louis have begun to employ young women as ofllce assistants. Probably a dozen aro thus employed. They aro paid from $? to 10 a week. Among other tilings, it is their duty to assist in bracing tho nerves of patients. Ono of them says: "If the patient is a woman I frequently stand by her sido and hold hor hand synipathotieally. Somo peoplo may laugh at tliis. but it's an immenso help to tho person in tho chair. Onco or twice when a very norvous man wits being operated on I havo takon his hand, and it really braced his norvo wonder fully." A young poot, not averse to lotting strangers know that he was a poot, was one day in the country with a party of friends. Stopping for somo milk at an humble farm-house, they saw an old lady weaving a rag-carpet on an old fashioned loom in a s-mall out-building. Several of the pari'- had never before seen a rag-carpet woven, among tho number tho young poot. After watch ing tho process for soveral minutes, ho said, In a patronizing tono: "That looks simple, but I daro say, grandmother, I could write a poom easier than 1 could weave a yard of that carpet." "Liko enough," replied tho aged weaver, simply, with no intention of placing tho young man in an embarrassing position before his friends, "like enough, sir; for, after all, it takes somo brains to do this." Youth's Companion. Kfiiiurliulilii ANlriinoiiilriil Tart. Two persons were born at tho same placo, at tho same moment of timt-. After 50 years had rolled by thoy both died, almost at the s mo Instant, yot ono had lived 100 days more than tho other. How was this possible? Not to koop our friouds in busponso, wo will give the solution, which turns on a curious, but, with a littlo reflection, a very obvious point in circumnavigation. A porson go ing around the world towards tho west loses a day and towards tho oast ho gain ono. Supposing, th n, that those two poroons wero born at tho same instant In St. Louis, from whonco a voyage arounil tho world may bo easily p forrnod once a year; if ono of these per sons constantly goei. towards tho went in .V) ytmrs ho will b 60 days behind th. stationary Inhabitants; Jf the other sniU equally fat towards th east be will bo 5U days ahead of tbe-n. One, thereforo will have nn loo dys more than tb. other, though they w r.. born and di. v in tin- tame place, ami at tu,. hanif 11.. an nt. and een hw-d continually m ti n 6am.' latitude and reckoned tinn- b tho same caKndar -St, Louis Bopulhc, J )