B. Chancey, Publisher, Union, Or.
EGGS HATCHbO BV A VOLCANO.
noiT tlio Sen niilln Utilize tlio Warm
Sides uf ISokohIuv's Crater.
TYoin tho region of ice and snow, nnd
of poachers and smugglers, tho cutter
Hush came. Her half dozen guns were
in prime condition, not having been
fired on tho trip, and her hold was not
laden -with tho spoils of seizure. But
sho brought interesting news.
Tho most interesting result of the
trip of tho Rush was n visit paid by tho
ofDccrs to Bogoslov Island, whero is
tho famous volcano of that name. In
conversation with ono of tho officers an
interesting resume was obtained of the
discoveries and data gleaned by tho
visit Bogosiov is sixty miles west
southwest of Oonalaska. It originally
consisted of ono island with two craters,
ono of which first sprang into activity
in 1792:
Tlio island was onco tlio sceno of a
strango convulsion of nature. Tho sec
ond crater, now known as Now Bogos
lov, became active. In somo powerful
convulsion tho sandspit which had con
nectcd tho two parts of tho island was
submerged, and ono crater was sopa
rated from tho other by sovcral fathoms
of water. It is thought that during
this convulsion changes occurred in
How Bogoslov below tho water lino;
that Assures wcro opened, through
which volumes of wafer mado their
way into tho caldron within. This no
counts for tho immenso quantities of
.etcain which tlio officers of tho Hush
saw escaping from tho crater at a dis
tanco of fully sixty miles.
Of tho two craters Now Bogoslov of
fered tho most interesting field of study
to tho ofilccrs of tlio Rush. Thoy as
certained tho crater to bo only 200 feet
nbovo tho sea level. Tlio peak had
disappeared in tho gaping holo. Along
tho sides of tho volcano largo deposits
of lava, pumice, ashes and volcano
rock wcro seen. From fissures on tho
level earth springs of boiling sulphur
nroso to heights of from seven to ten
feet. Tho ofilccrs planned an ascent to
tlio crater a hazardous feat which
could only bo attempted when a favor
ablo wind carried tlio sifting volumes of
sulphurous steam in a singlo direction.
"When near tho mouth of tho crater
tho footfalls of tho officers wero echoed
-within tlio volcano. On peeping over
tho odgo of tho mouth an impressive
sight, was witnessed. Steam in endless
quantities rushed up from unknown
depths, and rumbling, bubbling noises,
liko that of thunder, wero heard. The
air was impregnated with sulphur, and
near tho crater ono could breatho only
with difficulty.
Ono of tho most novel discovories in
connection with tho ascent was that
tho ocean birds used tho volcano island
as a natural incubator for their young.
Thousands of gulls flow away at tho
approach of tho Rush. They loft be
hind them, along tho sides of tho vol
cano, eggs in all stages of dovelopment.
San lYanolsco Chroniclo.
AVlii'nt Vh. IlittiiinMS.
An item that periodically goes tho
rounds of tlio press is that Humboldt
Bald 120 square yards of ground pro
duces 4,000 pounds of bananas, while
tho samo area will produco only thirty
pounds of wheat, or eighty pounds of
potatoes.
Now, 120 square yards is about ono
thirteenth of an ncro, which, latter ac
cording to tho above, would produce
52,000 pounds of bananas, and respec
tively about 400 pounds of wheat, or
1,010 pounds of potatoos. Tho facts
aro that in tho richest soil bananas aro
planted at least six feet apart, say
thirty trees to 120 square yards, aver
aging loss than forty pounds per
bunch, or 1,200 pounds, 90 per cent,
being water, leaves 120 pounds solid
matter. Wheat on equally good soil
will yield about two bushels, or 120
pounds, and potatoes about 2,000
pounds, or 200 pounds solid matter. It
will thus bo seen that tho wheat fur
ulshos as much and potatoes two-thirds
mora food than bananas on an equal
area of suitable soil. San Francisco
Bulletin.
ll nlvl.leit.
A gentleman says that ho was onco
"walking on a country road when a
rery disreputable looking tramp camo
tip to him, with thu request, "Will you
please glvo mo ten cents?"
"That's all I havo for myself," said
tlio gentleman Jocosely, preferring to
couple tho refusal with a pleasantry.
A gleam of mischief emtio into tho
tramp's keen eyes.
"loot's divide, then I" said ho, put
ting forth his hand, which presently
did close upon a nlekol. Youth's Com
punlon.
TuLIni; Ills Tmiiientture.
Tho orator had talked for half an
hour. .
"Oh, comoon; lot's go," said Hngloy.
''Walt until begets wanned up to his
tubjoct,". whispered Balloy.
An hour later Bagloy said: "Well,
lie's warmed up now; lot'Hgo."
"Can't you wait until tho man cools
down 80U1Q?" Judge.
A llrtltnl HIiuIIp,
Pretty Wife Charlie, inn I not Jind
too pretty in till red bailor hat and
Iikek drcMf What do you think of
your own dear llttlo pet f
Clwullo I think you look liko w Wg
Itottbi of Mrflliiie Ink, with red teal
Ihm why (Hi the iKHk.-rl'itUburg Util
lM Hi
THE PACIFIC COAST.
A California Dime-Novel-Reading
ltoy Becomes a Burglar.
The Salem Street Hallway Will Use Water
Instead of Steam Other Coast
Happenings.
Reports from tho Alaska Coast men
tion the finding of rich quartz.
The anti-pool and trust law has gone
into effect in New Mexico.
It is confidently asserted that Salt Lake
is to have a 1 1,000,000 smelter.
Work on the Union Pacific lietween
Portland and the Sound will begin in
May.
All hogs entering tho port of Victoria,
Is. C., arc to oc quaranuncu ior num,
ono days.
t,...w.u tt Ttoaltv of Idaho has been
nominated for United States Judge for
the district of Idaho.
Tlio Seattle Mining and Development
Company has been incorporated, with a
capital stocK oi .wu,uuu.
The Washington Senate hos passed the
bill to establish a jute-bag plant in tho
Walla Walla penitentiary.
Cowichan, 15. C, is being made the
shipping port for Chineso and opium to
bo smuggled into tho United States.
The Salem Building and Loan Associa
tion linn increased its canital stock from
200.000 to 000.000. A new series of
shares will bo opened immediately.
Torrenco Mosior, a soventeon-year-old
lad and an inveterate dime-novel reader,
pleaded guilty at Santa Roea. Cal., to a
chargo of burglary, and is anxious to go
to tlio penitentiary.
Edward Schooloy has been arrested at
Sanger, Fresno county, Cal., and charged
with arson. Ho was detected in the act
of firing the Roso block, and is believed
to bo the author of other fires.
Uradstrect's mercantile agency reports
twenty-six failures in the Pacific Coast
States and Territories for tlio past week,
as compared witli twenty for tho previous
week and twelve for tho corresponding
week of 1890.
Tho hop crop of Whatcom county,
Wash., fitrurcd at .SO cents wer pound,
aggregated $00,000 last season. Tlio hop
growers of Sunias and Nooksack Valleys
during tlio past lour years nave averageu
20 conts per pound.
The Nevada Legislature has adopted a
resolution similar to that of Colorado,
declaring that tho State will take no part
in tlio World's Fair, owing to the hostil
ity of tho Hoard of Trudo of that city to
the free coinago of silver.
The first census count of Oregon by
counties has been received by tho Secre
tary of State from Washington. It in-
'. 11... C1..1,. 1 7'1 mill wi.
ITll'HHUB 11IU VIIUIU ouuu mm
duces Multnomah county 773 from tho
figures of a week or so ago.
There was somo littlo talk of reducing
tho appropriation for the Santa Monica
Soldiers' Homo in the House, but Rep
resentative Vandever by a littlo quiet
work succeeded in having it passed with
out, any changes being made.
Fine slato has been discovered around
Coos Hav. It is of first quality, and can
bo used for roofing and all purposes to
which slato is implied. Tlio locality of
tho deposit is withhold for tho present,
but it is undoubtedly a valuable find.
Tho trial of B. F. Staley for tho mur
der of Mrs. Hicho at tho Campers' Re
treat in Lake county, Cal., is occupying
tho court at I.akeport. This is tho
White-can caso, in which a party at
tacked a nouso and murdered tho wife of
tlio proprietor.
Tho Pueet Sound Stevedoring Com
pany of Seattle took sixty-five men from
Portland to tako tho placoof tho striking
'loiiL'shoremen. and after tho men ar
rived tlio strikers persuaded them not to
work, and havo since been keeping thorn
in food, as they were penniless.
There has been no freshet on South
Coos river yet sufficient to bring out the
logs from tho various camps on tho
stream. Somo of the camps will have to
sunt down tho coming season for want of
a place to put in logs, unless water
enougli conies to take out wioso aireauy
in tho stream.
Tim Vancouver Citv Council last week
fixed tho salaries and bonds of certain
city ofilccrs as follows: Assessor, JflfiO
per vear; jwarsnui, !fuu per vear, f',uuu
bonds ; Attorney, $r00 per year, $2,000
bonds: Treasurer. MO.OOO IkhkIh: Health
Ollieer, $5 per day when actually em
ployed.
Dr. Glass, who Iiiib chargo of tho San
Francisco nuarantiuo station, asks for an
improvement in tlio fire apparatus, hut
It has been decided that no improve
ments can be thought of until.luuunext,
when tho dopartmont will get another
allowance of funds. It is thought the
improvements will ho mado this year.
Tho Canital Citv Railway Company of
Salem Is preparing to change tho motive
power used ior running us uynnuios
from steam to water. It is the intention
to use the water wheel that, stands just
west of the power house and to the south
of the bridge on Hast State street. This
wheel was orincily used in driving the
nmihliiirv in tlio nntnicul mill that
burned a few years ago, ami it fiord 8
jKiwor equal to lorty Horses.
For porno tlmo tho law and order noo-
pie of Seattle have been crying agauiHt
tho very liberal attitude of the police
department toward gamblers and tho
women oi wnueenupei. nus looting
has at length grown so strong and boon
expressed so plainly in tho Council that
Chief Monroe isued orders to patrolmen
to arrest every gambler and inmate of a
house of ill fame in thut city. As tho
result a largo number of arrests havo
been uiudo.
Pigment has Iwen found In largo quan
tities in llomiCanvon near KlltMishurgh.
and u Scutllii company litis 1ccii organ-
Ucd for tlio purpose ol inuiiutucturlng it
into paint. Tho machinery hux Ik'uii or
dered, ami thu mill will Iki in iictivo op-
oration early mutt month. Tho material
will Iki brought in over tho Northern IV
cific, Tim iM'd Imvu Iweii discovered
netr HiHt rotiil, mid natlwRotory liDlut
Ml lutVM Ikvh KVUrvd,
" - I tiri,tn-f f nntl tlio SiMaktnc Tubes.
EASTMN ITEM'S.
Boston Ministers Will Investigate
Psychic Phenomena.
Chinese Minister Denies His Government
Has Granted Concessions to an
American Syndicate.
The North Dakota Supreme Court up
holds the prohibitory law.
Twenty-nine States have enacted laws
restricting tho sale of cigarettes.
The International Monetary Confer
ence has adjourned until March 23.
Tim fir Siiiulnv nlwnrvnncn
u. viv.ni.ii... 1 W 1 ...... .
in Massachusetts has effected a closing
oi druggists' cigar stanus.
Tim umrni- vilnnt'if iiinu in Tlllifiinim
A M V J. .Hl.H.V-... '
have produced the past season 4,700,000
and 4,4oa,uuu pounus oi sugar respect
ively. A bill has passed the House at Topeka
which repeals the law authorizing mu
nicipalities to vote bonds to aid in the
construction of sugar mills.
Senator Hoar has reported from the
Judiciary Committee as an original
measure a bill to divide the judicial dis
tricts of the United States into ten cir
cuits. The Indian census, which is just an
nounced, tihowB a small decrease since
1880 in the civilized Indians, who num
ber 04,871 now and in 1880 were 00,407
in number.
Tho sub-committee of the House Judi
ciary Committee recommends the dis
missal of J. T. Green, United States
Circuit Court Coiniriissioner for tho
Northern District of Alabama.
Tho President and most of his Cabinet
will visit the Pacific Coast soon after the
adjournment of Congress, and have ar
ranged for a trip to include a tour'of tho
Southern States. Probably the narty
will sturt from Washington early in
April.
The Court of Appeals of Missouri IioI.Ib
that no person in ttie btuto may lawiuny
engage in the practice of selling liquors
by tho drink without a dramshop license.
This will break un a hundred or more
" clubs " in St. Louis, organized to evade
the liquor law.
An attachment again6t the property of
Senator George Hearst was granted at
New York by Judge Andrews of tho Su
preme Court in the suit brought by Matt
Allen, formerly trainer oi tno senators
stables, for -0,505, alleged to be due him
for percentages of winnings and salary.
A movement has been started in Bos
ton by men of high standing for the in
vestigation and study of psychic phe
nomena. A prospectus has been issued,
signed among others by Rev. Savage,
Rev. Horton, Rev. Ileber Newton and
and Mary A. Liverniore. It says in part:
" Wo only propose to concentrate our ef
forts on thu narrower fields of Spiritual
ism pure and simple. That modern
Spiritualism lias votaries in all parts of
the country, and that it has tho power to
influence thought and action of those
who believe its teachings, aro indisput
able facts. Is the movement founded on
fact or delusion ? Does the world know,
and if it does not, is it not timo for a
fow truth-loving persons, approaching
tho subject in a serious frame of mind,
to investigate it, guided by purely scien
tific methods?"
It will bo some months beforo reproe
ity arrangements with Venezuela will go
into effect. According to Senor Peraza,
tlio Venezuelan Minister, no arrange
ments have yet been made. Secretary
Blaino nrenared about two months ago a
statement of articles which tho United
States would liko to havo admitted into
Venezuela fren of duty, or at a less rate
of ilnt v than that nnul bv other nations.
This hrBt included breadstuff's, agricult
ural implements and mostot tlio other
articles covered by tho recent convention
with Brazil. Senor Peraza had no au
thority from his government to concede
an agreement in the matter, but merely
. . i i- . !a At... :.i e a
promised lo transmit uiu mea oi nccie
tarv Blaino to his homo government.
Abbot time enough has elapsed for a re
nlv if tho government of Venezuela had
acted upon the matter at once. The
President of tlio Republic, however, was
absent in tho interior at tho timo tho
treaty reached the country, and tho Cab
inet was undergoing a reorganization.
Tho Minister of Foreign All'airs had re
signed to enter tho Senate, and tho As
sistant Secretary did not feel authorized
to act. Tho result is that nothing has
vet neon dono. If Venezuela were dis
posed to accent Blaine's proposition just
as he prepared It, the accoptanco might
arrive hero almost unydavj but it is
more probaulo tliiutlioyoutnurn uopuo
e will desire to suggest somo amend
ments, and that some timo will elapse
before an agreement is reached.
At various times sinco tho imeont
Minister from China. Tsui Kwo Yin,
can o to this country there have been
rumors of tho formation of a great Amer
ican syndicate thut wub to bo given con
trol of the national banking system of
China and the management of all the
railroad and tulegraph interests of that
country. I ho syndicate was said to no
formed under tl'io auspices of tho Chi
nese legation in Washington, and a
statement was made that the corporation
would receive large grants and valuable
concessions from the Chinese govern
ment. These rumors havo lieen dented
by representatives of tho Chineso gov
ernment, but have come to life again,
everv time with unerring regularity. Ho
foreliis departure for Peru Minister Tsui
wrote out a statement, which covers the
matter pretty fully. Tlio statement was
in tho Minister's own handwriting, and
iikewiso in tho Chineso language. As
translated by the secretary, tho state
ment is as fallows: "Tho attache, Tu,
who has resigned to go kick to China, 1b
not commissioned by me to transact any
official or other b mess at ull. All ru
mors about thu concessions to bo had in
China for tlio purpovo of constructing
railways or opening national banks, or
(or any other like business enterprises,
and all taloiuunt involving any connec
tion on my part, or uny interest of mine
in any miuh enterprUen, Hre utterly und
HUolutely fait. 1 am under no iiiktrue
tloiiH from my government connecting
mo with any wieh vclivmu. 1 Imvu no
pownr, war Imvu I uny influence, thut
would uvw Vo ui n thut dlm-tlon,"
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Kaiser Discusses the Labor
Question at a Dinner.
Dr. Weyl Discovers a Method of Detecting
Poisonous Elements in Koch's Lymph
and Eliminating Them.
There is war against Mormon mission
aries at Nottingham, Kngland.
The London press upholds Prime Min
ister Crispi in his resignation at the tariff
crisis.
Eight thousand men were engaged in
clearing the streets of Vienna after ono
of the January snowstorms.
A Chili cablegram says that Pisagua
has been bombarded and'is burning. The
blockade lias ceased at Valparaiso.
The new Italian Cabinet will withdraw
from the Chamber of Deputies all the
financial hills presented by Signor Crispi.
The Ormonde Club of Ixmdon offers a
purse of $ 10,000 for a boxing mutch of
ten rounds between Sluviu and Sullivan.
The British army costs $177,000,000 a
year. This is $10,000,000 more than Ger
many pays for the support of her sol
diery. Do Lesseps announces an issue of 00,
000 three-per-cent. debentures for the
Suez canal improvements at 420 per 500
francs a share.
The English Lilwrals are taking active
steps to organize the party, with a view
to general election should the govern
ment suddenly dissolve Parliament.
A Paris p-ipcr says tlio King of Uganda
under French influence has refused to
recognize tho English protectorate, and
tho East African Company's agenis have
retired from the neighboring country.
The Kaiser will again visit England in
July, in time for the week of enjoyment
at Cowes, and after that will proceed in
his yacht to Scotland, whence lie will
steam across to Lofoden Islands and
other points of interest on the Norwe
gian coast.
Tho Church party, which is unusually
strong in the new Spanish House of Dep
uties, has created much disquiet by again
requesting the Queen Regent to inter
vene in behalf of the Pope and restora
tion of his temporal power.
Tho German cruiser Moltko will set
out, in April on an expedition around the
world, going round Capo Horn to the
wetern coast of America and thence to
Japan. Tlio return voyage will bo by
way of China, India and Capo of Good
1 lope.
A wise provision for escape from firo is
obligatory in all Russian hotels. Every
corridor must have a staircase at each
end, and if of extra length, several
others at stated intervals, or else iron
ladders must be placed outside the
house.
One of tho most remarkable features
of the modem London is the extension
of tho newspaper kingdom. Journalistic
premises havo long overflowed Fleet
street into the Strand, and they are now
occupying no small place in fashionable
Piccadilly.
An Indian dead city has been found
near Lahore in the Punjab. The owner,
a Mahoniniedun, discovered that his
property alwunded in bricks, and a gov
ernment ollicial sent to survey the exca
vations realized that the site of a huge
ancient town was being laid bare. There
aro tiers and tiers of foundations of im
inense buildings formed of the strongest
masonry.
Sir John Ferguson of the foreign of
fice, answering a question in Parliament
relating to tlio American reciprocity
treaty with Brazil and as to whether
Great Britain would reap commercial
advantages in Brazil compared with
those bestowed by tho treaty on the
United States, replied that Great Britain
had no such commercial-treaty rights as
those bestowed by tho treaty on the
United States.
At a parliamentary dinner given in
Berlin by Chancellor Caprivi to the
members of tho German Reichstag the
Kaiser, wlto was present as the leading
guest, discussed tho lalwr question with
lien en Windhorst, bclimidt and uount
Preysing. Tlio Kaiser expressed the
opinion that tlio attacks of Prince Bis
marck on the government's policy wero
directed against ltimsell.
Mortality from Biiake-bite in India has
increased so much of late that the gov
ernment intends to try a now method of
exterminating tlio reptiles. Money re
wards are not successful, lor in several dis
tricts the natives encouraged the breed'
ing of the snakes expressly to obtain a
larger recompense. So all cover for rep
tiles near villages will be destroyed by
special officials under the supervision of
tho local governments, and ttie natives
wiil lose a profitable branch of industry.
Tho resignation of tho Egyptian Min
istry has been accepted by the Khedive.
The action of the Ministry grew out of
tho apjiointnicnt of Justice Scott to serve
as tho British judicial adviser in Egypt,
and especially on thesuhjectof Egyptian
tribunals. It is lielieved that Riaz Pa
sha, President ol the Council of Minis
ters and at tho same timcMiuistcrof the
Interior und Minister of Finance, will
withdraw his resignation, and that tho
present Cabinet will continue in office.
In tho House of Commons Caustou,
tho Liberal member for Southwark,
asked tho government whether under
the existing law and without further
legislation Catholics wero eligible to the
office of lml Chancellor of the United
Kingdom and Viceroy of Ireland, Tho
Attorney-General, Sir Richard Webster,
attbwere'd that lawyers differed on tho
question, which would become a prac
tical one, requiring a holution if tho gov
ernment should appoint a Roman Cath
olic, Tho Federation of British Shipowners
has issued an ultimatum in thu straggle
with tlio Seamen and Firemen's Union.
The ultimatum declares that tho dicta
tion of unions is unbearable, and thut
ineiiilvrs of tho federation will in futuro
employ no mun who is unwilling to
pledgo himself to einkirk on any vewel
on which he signs articled whether tho
rcMiuinder of tho crow uro union men or
not. Thu federation dlwivown any Inten
tion of interfering witlj,tho uiiioun or of
fc-duriug wmiWt
PORTLAND MARKET.
Wheat In light demand, but offer
ings are small and values steady at $1.25
1.24. for Vallev and $1.161.10M o1
Walla Walla.
Flock Quote: Standard, $3.80; Walln
Walla, $3 70 per barrel.
Oats Quote: 00c per bushel.
Miu-btuffs Quote : Bran, $22 : Shorts,
$2l; Ground Bailey, $30(S32.50; Chop
Feed. 5 cr ton; Barley, $1.251.30
per cental.
ihv tvuoto: 1 C.rtT 1 7 per ton.
VKeiurMit.KS I he maiket is firm.
'" t- Cabbage, ?1.161.75 per cental;
C.iulillower, $l(Oil 25 per dozen; Celery,
jjiic tier dozen; Onions, 2(4 2J4c per
pound; Carrots, $1.00' per sack; Beets,
$1.50 per sack; Turnips, $1 per sack;
Potatoes, 7680c per cental.
Eauns The market is steady. Quoto:
Los Angeles Oranges, $22.25; River
site $3 0J3 25; Navels, $4.50 per box;
Sicily Lemons, $5.50G.00 per case;
Tears, lc per pound; Apples, 00c
$1.25 per box; Bananas, $34 per bunch.
Bi'Ttkh Quote: Oregon fancy cream
ery, 4042c; fancy dairy, 37c; fair
to'jnol. 27S(rt30c; common, 20(?25c;
choice California, 3840c per pound.
CinsKBK Quoto: Oregon, 1314c; Cal
ifornia, lfi(810e per pound.
.nuts The market is steady. Quoto:
California Walnuts, 17c; other vari
eties, luc; Peanuts, 12c; Almonds, 17c;
Filberts, 1415c; new Brazils, 20c per
pound ; Ooooanuts, $1 per dozen.
Eons Quote : Oregon, 25c per dozen.
Poul'iky Quoto: Chickens. $5.00
5.50; Ducks, SOi'Li 10; Geese, $910 per
dozen ; Turkeys, 1415c per pound.
Hors Tho market is steady, with
nominal prices. Quote: 3033c per
pound.
Wooii Quoto: Willamette Valley, 10
(ff20c; Walla Walla, i417cper pound.
Hidks Quote: Dry Hides, selected
prime, 8c?8Jc, He less for culls; green,
selected, over 55 pounds. 4c; under 55
pounds, 3c: Sheep" Pelts, short wool. 30
i5Uc: medium, iU80c; long,0c(3$1.25 ;
shearlings, 1020o; Tallow, good to
choice, 3i23)jC per pound.
Tlio Morclnimllso Market.
Coal Oil Quoto : $2.20 per eae.
Rick Quote: $5.5005.75 per cental.
Picklks Quoto: $1.50 5s; $1.3.5 3 .
CaANumtaiEs Quoto: Cape Cod, 11
per barrel.
Salt Quote: Liverpool, $17, $18, $10;
stock, $ll12 per ton in carload loK
Cokkue Quote: Costa Rica. 22,'e;
Rio, 25jc; Arbucklo's, roasted, 2oc
per pound.
Bkans The market is firm. Quote:
Small Whites, 8'c; Pink, 3c; Bayos,
4c; Butter, 3c; Limas, 4Vo per
pound.
Sua aks Quoto : Golden C, 4c ; exti a
C, 5Jc; dry granulated, 0gc; cube
crushed and powdered, 0c per pound.
DniKD FituiTS The market is tirni.
Quoto: Italian Prunes, 12Jc; Pe
tite and German Prunes, 10c per pound;
Raisins, $2.50 per box: Plummer-dried
Pears, 10llc; sun-dried and factory
Plums, ll12c: evaporated Peaches.l8
20c; Smyrna Figs, 20c; California Figs,
0c per pound.
Canned Goons Market steadv. Quoto :
Table fruits. $2.00, 2kjs; Peaches, $2.50;
Bartlett Pears, $2.25; Plums. $1.05;
Strawberries, $2.50; Cherries, $22.50;
Blacklnjrries, $2; Raspberries, $2.55;
Pineopples, $2.75; Apricots, $2.00. Pie
fruit: Assorted, $1 .50 tier dozen; Peaches,
$1.50; Plums, $1.25; Blackberries, $1. 05
per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.25
((i 1.50. according to quality; Toinatoen,
$1.153.50; Sugar Peas, $1. 101.00;
String Beans, $1.10perdozen. Fish : Sal
mon, $1.251.50; sardines, 80c (l $1.00;
lobsters, $23; oysters, $1.50(33.25 per
dozen. Condensed milk : Eagle brand,
$8.25; Crown, $7; Highland, $0.75;
Champion. $0 per case.
Nails Base quotations: Iron, $3 0J;
Steel, $3.10; Wire, $3.00 per keg.
Suot Quote: $1.75 per sack.
Tlio Meat MurkuU
The market is steady.
Beef Live, 3((J)4c; dressed, 7c
Mutton Live,"44(ii.4J9c; dressed, Sj.
Hogs Live, 4o4?4c"; dressed, Oc
Veal 5(g8c per pound.
SMOKED MEATS AND LAKD.
The market is firm. Quotations: East
ern Hams, 12l(.13c; Breakfast Ba
con, 10)llc; Sides, 910c; Lard, SJhQ
Uc per pound.
Chicago1 I'ciiilnlno Itllllaril Expert.
The largest number of women players
at any ono place may now bo found at
tho aristocratic Standard club on the
south side. Tho young women hero do
not hesitato to play an oven game with
tho men, and hold their own, too.
Tho Misses Goodman aro recognized
as tho best two players on tho south
side. On tho north sido Miss Cool ranks
abovo till other fonialo players. Sho can
play too btrong a gama for most ama
teurs, making runs of fifty and sixty
with three balls. Two years ago such a
feat was considered next to impossible
for any woman. Hampered by her
skirts and corsets, there wero any num
ber of shots that sho could not make.
The.so havo been overcome, however, by
learning to handle tho cuo with tho left
hand. Nothing now seems to stand in
tho way of a woman learning to play the
gamo as well as tho averago man.
Potter Palmer has a table of uidquo
design which is a combination cabinet.
Tho schemo was devised by Mrs. Palmer,
who, with many of her north bido
friends, delights in tho game. Tho tablo
was built after an original design which
she furnished tho factory. Georgo M.
Pullman is tho possessor of another hand
somo table, ami tho Misses Pullman aro
credited with being ablo to play a fair
amateur game with four balls. Charles
Schwartz has a tablo that cost nearly
$1,000, and Mrs. II. H. Portor personally
looks after both n billiard ami a pool
tablo in her elogant home. Chicago
Nows.
(km1 UcaMHiInc
An Indian tlsherinau ia offering a string of
tlno brook trout was usUixl, "what's your
price t"
"Ono shilling, ono fish," was tho nmwer.
"But tlacro is a littlo ono I u shilliug for
thntr
"Sure," ho quickly rejoined, "Jtwt a hard
to catch tittuas u big ouo," Vouth'i Com- ,
jiauiou. ,
MuUIni; Uji tlio Dlllrrruce.
Jones Mo&cs, it strikes mo that those
troubcr uro too short. 1
Mosoa lfcimcs Veil, uiiuo frond, I .
glvo yon n coat that's Just u littlo too i
long to inuko up thu difference. Texiu
Sifting.
Tirl.tc-rt nn! the Speaking Tubes.
Thm lipvi'r was nnvthinc like that
girl's terror of tho bell-and-tubo arrange
ment in our flat. Tho first timo a caller
camo sho rushed in to mo with eyes liko
soup plates and gasped out: "Marmt
Manul There's somebody a whistling
somewhere, and, if you please, I don't
know where I" I explained and encour
aged her to put her car to tho tube and
get tho message. Sho never did it with
out first crossing herself; I know sho
was convinced tlio whole process was
operated from a place considerably south
of our lower balL
I urged her the next timo sho heard
the call to go to tho tube and call "Yes?"
The whistle came; and, my dear, the
roar sho sent down that tube would havo
raised tho scalp of a Pawnee Indian. I
fled downstairs in terror to see what ef
fect it had hud, and Mrs. De Nerfs you k
know what a shattered condition she is
in, just recovering from nervous pros
tration! was sitting on tlio lower step,
quite limp and faint, clasping her vin
aigrette. "Martha," sho said, "even if
you didn't want to see me, why need
you fire a gun down the tube?" Boston
Commonwealth.
Slim Jim's Strategy
During a lull, in business tho dealers
in the "Ma'sh market" occasionally get
together and swap yams to kill time.
Tho other day a German butcher gave
in his experience of a "beat" as follows:
"Dero vas a tramp used to hang aroundt
de market vot we called 'Slim Jim.' Ho
looked like ho vas yust about starred
most of de time. He come to my stand
mid picked up a string of sausages and
holdt it up and say. 'How much is dis?'
Pefore 1 could say a vort a lean cur
dog jumps up, snatches aboudt dree
pounds of sausage, and was off.
"De man yelled and say, 'Take off
your dog. Vat for you keep a taugerous
animal to bidto your gustomers?' I ogs- '
plained dot it vos not my dog, but ho
vent away sh wearing. Dot feller, as 1
aftervords fpundt oudt, ownedt de dog
and had him trainedt for dot bizness.
Ho followedt him to tho Smithsonian
grounds and got de sausage. Pooty goodt
trick, don't it? But I bate you dot 'Slim
Jim' don't come aroundt by my stall
some more." Washington Post.
What In a Xumc.
In the Massachusetts Reports, if one
would take the trouble to look there or.
indeed, whether one looks for it or not
there is one of tho coincidences which
do so much to keep the theory alive.
Therein it is recorded and set forth how
ono Aquarius Breen was convicted of ad
ulterating milk. It must be evident to
any theorist that tho naino waa respon
sible for his departure from tho paths of
probity. How could it bo expected that
a man with the namo Aquarius would
fail to water his milk?
His whole conscience might rebel
against the sin, but his destiny was set- J
tied when he was christened, and how
could he resist it? Had justice been
dono punishment in this caso would
havo been meted out, not to Aquarius
Breen, but to the parents who by inflict
ing upon him such a name had mado it
impossiblo for him to do otherwise than
to water his milk. Ho was tho victim
of circumstances over which he had no
control whatever. Boston Courier.
It Didn't Work.
A Hallowell husband tried a suicide
scare on his wife witli ill success. Tho
couple had quarreled, and tho husband,
taking a bottle of red ink, strewed part
ou tho floor and daubed tho remainder
on his throat. Then ho laid down o
tho bed, feigning death. Tho wife came
into tho room, saw her husband and at
onco comprehended tho trick. "My
GodI" she exclaimed, "he's committed
suicide. I must get tho- neighbors to j
help lay him out."
Sho then left the room, and returning
u few minutes afterward saw that her
husband had moved. "Ho has turned
over; I guess he'll live," she remarked,
and ho did live. Cor. Boston JournaL
Transplanted ISrltons.
Transplanted to now countries, such
as Australia, the British raco becomes
very much more vigorous and of better'
physique. Yet in Australia, strange to
say, tho children of British emigrants
tiro more likely to havo decayed teeth or
to lose them earlier than their parents
Probably the soft foods requiring little
mastication with which wo aro pam
pered in modern times is one of the rea
sons for dental decay. London Tit-Bits.
Heretofore reports in relation to tho
comparative power of different illumi
nants, s seen through fog and haze,,
havo been against tae electric light
Lately, however, three prominent En
glish scientists t-ay that when the elec
tric light is depriwd in n measure of lM .
highly refrangible ways by tho haze its
further progr 'ss is not more cut dowu.
than the li ' from o'l or gas.
VEGETABLE PANAGE&
PREPARED FROM
ROOTS ft: HERBS.
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AND ALL OTHER DISEASES
ARISINQ FROM A
DISORDERED STATE of the STOMACH
OR AN
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