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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (May 7, 1891)
B. Chancey, Publisher, Union, Or. "THE SWELLING SEA." : Th birds of the north flew onward, Tho lichen it odor shed; Tho crescent moon was pale Aa water lily dead Torn from it parent stem and floating For wecka on Its watery bed. Tbo northern light burned brightly, Hie circle was brood and low ; Tbo rays wero Hl:e whirling pillars of On. With green and crlmsoa glow.. Tha dying man lay In lilt hut "Oh I where shall wo bury theef Shall we bury theo on tho mountain Or under tho swelling Bear "Shall wo bury thee on the mountain. In tho eternal Know, Where tho spirits of tho mlflts shall done Whllo thou liest still below 1 Or wilt thou bo mink In tho sea Tho blue aud swelling seat Tho bird of tho tempest shall whirl abore. And the seal piny merrily " Ht mournfully smiled and whispered low. "lit the sea, the swelling hea ' From the Danish. Merer Saw a Iliillnmil Train. "Do you Bt-o thnt long, lank girl with the pink calico dress and blue knit jack et, standing over there? Haiti n elation Agent in n country town not far from Pittflbtiri; the other duy. "Pretty tall? Yew. she's about 23, and tliis is tho first time sho over Haw a train of cars. Talk ubout enlightenment; Low's that? "1 know the whole family. They Ilvo over here in the country, ulxnit seven miics. I went aver there to get some butter tho other duy, and I swear thought I hrwl been transferred back to colonial limes, iiare (loorH. rafters nil lure, home made linen on the table, tiotuo Inade towels, home made dresses on the girls, home made cheese and ham and eggs for dinner: everything homo made; even the old gentleman wore a vest of homespun. "Oho of tho girls, nearly 23, has never ecn tho cars nearer than a mile, and iiovcr was in a city. And yet they aro intelligent and contented to live within their gates, utterly oblivious to tho great world outsido, and cat, work and sleep Jn tho satno way that their father and father's father had before them. Great world, Isn't It?" Pittsburg Dispatch. How a King Uitcd to Go to lied? First, a page took u torch and went to tho wardrobe whero tho bedding was kept Tho articles wero brought out by tho keeper to four yeomen, who rnado tho bed, while the page held tho torch at tlio foot. Ono of tho yeomen searched tho straw with hU dagger, and when ho found thero was no evil thing hidden thero ho laid a lxd of down on tho straw and throw himself upon iu Then the bed of down was well beaten and a bolster laid in ita proper place. Then tho hoots wero spread iu duo order, and over these was laid a fustian. Then caruo a-"pano sheet," which wo now call countcrpano. Finally tho sheets wero turned down and somo pillows laid on tho bolster, after which tho yeomen made n cross and kissed tho bed where their bunds wero. And then an angel carved in wood was placed besido tho bed, and tho curtains let down. After this a gcntloman usher brought the Mug's sword and placed It ut tho bed's laul, and tho whole was then delivorcd into tho custody of a groom or pago, who watclied it with a light burning until tho king retired to rest. Cleveland Ameri can Union. no Wna Not Eren (ho It11. Tho small boy la a terror when ho has an inquiring mind. Such a loy strolled Into un editor's room tho other day, and atonco proceeded to down tho patient siau at tho desk. "Aro you on tho paper?" asked the boy, "Yob." "What do you do?' , "Wrlto for it." "Writo all tho time?" "Yes." i "Don't do anythlug else?" "No." "Just wait for somelody elsa to do omctliiug, and then write about it?" "Yes." "Uml" ejaculated tho small boy, with look of deep disgust, us ho walked olT. Tho toiler ut tho desk did not laugh. 'Hover beforo had ho felt bo small and mean, llo had been mado to soo himself from a now und original point of viow. .Atlanta Constitution. OOViidtus mi Angel Uunrruren. Mabel Mother, 1 havo broken my en gagement with Arthur. No woman could bo happy with such a bruto. Mother Horrors! What havo you learned? "Last night I asked him to tack tho cover on my workbox anil he hit hlo lln Ijerwlth tho hammer, and, mother, ho Bald damn." "I see. Ho danced around tho room und sworo a bluo streak a yard long, aud "throw tho hammer out tho window, nud kicked tho workbox to pieces, uud called you a glbberiug idiot, and" "Why, no. ho didn't! ho only said damn,' and went on tacklug," "What? Is that all? Oh, you foolish -child I You havo lost an angel." Phila delphia Itecord. From mi Unhappy Mother. Atimvifr fill, lllttnru rt .iiil-.lftirtrt mtitr.1. 'Emperor Francis Joseph received on tho -death of hU bon was ono sigiwd by tho '"Mother of Olierdnnk." Iu 1883 Ober daiik was arrested for huviug a shell in kU pouscsaion when tho emperor visited 'Trieste, lio waa tried and condemned to 'death. Ills mother sent an upiical to tho omjwror for his pardon. So did Victor .Hugo. His majesty refused tho iardoii rantl OboruunU was t'xocuted. "Unhappy i vathurr nays tho mother in hor letter to tho omporor. "I reurot that un aocount ef tho traglo death of your ouly ton you ro compiled to fool tho Kline pangs that T, a jKXjr wbandoiad mother, felt on tho anontlng of Pec, SO, lb."--J)jtrolt Freo ffiE PACIFIC COAST. The Facultyof Stanford University Completed. Traiflc on' the Oreaon Pacific Railroad Assuming Proportions of Great Importance. Tho Ilall-Fitzsimmons light at Astoria hasfbeen declared oil. The salmon lisltiiiK in the Columbia so far this season has proved unsatis factory. The United States coast-defense vessel Montcrev i course of construction at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco, will bo launched soon. James Hart, recently apiioin'ted Col lector of Customs at .Sand Point. Alaska sailed for that point from San Francisco recently on the schooner Arago Tho deadlock between tho Union Pa cilic and the contractor of its Puget Sound extension has at last been broken Work will bo resumed at an early date At the Snokanc postoflice II. K. Kid die, mailing clerk; Oscar Lawton, chief of carriers, aim anotnor carrier, wnose name is withheld, havo been arrested for thefts Suit has been instituted at San Diego to set aside and dissolve tho ineorpora tion known as tho Klsinoro irrigation district on tho uround that said district was illegally formed. Tho fears of an outbreak of Indians iu tho vicinity of Hlackfoot, Idaho, over tho killing of tho Jndiun who murdered tho Hulls a lew days ago lias somewnat sun Biueti, anu uuhiucss is uenig rauiucu A Coroner's jury at Stockton, Cal., has strongly recommended that tho Southern Pacific Company he compelled to run trains at tho rate of eight miles an hour while within tho Hunts ol t no city John It. Bulger of San Francisco has been appointed assistant inspector of boilers thero, and will perform the duties of inspector until some one is designated by tho Board to fill the place vacated by the death ol li. l unman H is reported that the South Bend Land Company has offered a reward of 2,000 and Mrs. Hose a reward of $1 0.000 for the arrest anil Hlentilication ol tue parties in the mob concerned in the shooting of Roso and Edwards at Sea lund, Wash. Tho Junipero Sorra monument, tho gift of Mrs. Leland Stanford, is rapidly aHSiiming.a beautiful aspect. The statue has been somewhat changed iroin tne original niodol, tho old Mission Father holding an open iiible in tho leu nr.nd instead of a cross, as was lirst intended. The drift sand in the channel at Hum boldt Bay is deposited by the tides, and mainlv comes from orosion ot the nortn spit or peninsula, but navigation has been so completely obstructed of late that incoming steamers have been unable to roach iMireka except at extreme-high tide. Passengers and mail aro landed at South Bav and sent overland. A Sacramento engineer has boon on gaged in Ix)ng Valley, Nov., for some months past making a survov tor a dam and reservoir site, with the object or re claiming a tract of -10,000 acres of land in tho lower ond of Honey Like Vallov Tho survey is aliout completed, and it is oxpected that eiglitv men will Do put to work on the construction of the dam in May. ltumor is current in San Francisco hat tho American and California sugar refin eries are to combine under tho title of tho Westorn Sugar Company, with J. 1). Spreckels as President and Kobert Ox- nard as Vice President, and that Clans Spreckels is about to retire and go to Europe. J. 1). Spreckels, when asked about tho report, declined to make any statement. Tho barkontine J. D. Spreckels left San Francisco about a month ago for Kahului with a general cargo. The Hawaiian customs authorities sent an inspector from Honolulu to search tho cargo, and tho result was tho seizure of 700 pounds of opium. Had it been smuggled ashore tho smugglers would havo netted 000. Tho supply of tho drug in Hono lulu is very small, and as much hs .70 a pound has been paid for small quantities. Charles Bronson informed a polico of ficer at San Jose, Cal., that bo bad been appointed to Hro tho building of a per son who wanted tho insurance on it. The ofllcer told him to go ahead and do so, so that positive proof could be ob tained. Bronson made an arrangement with tho owner of tho property and fjred it, but the work was go well done thnt adjoining property was destroyed. Bron son was tried for arson, and a jury has just acquitted him. At a meeting of the Board of Directors of tho South San Francisco Land and Improvement Company it was decided to commonco improvements on tbo prop erty of tho company at South San Fran eieeo at once. The stock, abattoir, pack ing houses and other Important buildings will bo pushed forward to completion as rapidly as possible. A contract has al ready been closed with Von Schmidt ik Co. for tho construction of a ship canal, which will bo made of suluuiont capacity to accommodate any class of vessels sail ing on the Puciilo Ocean. At a recent meeting of the California Board of Horticulture Kdwaid Cooper of Santa Barbara was re-elected President. KeportH of Secretary Do l)iig ami Quar antine Ollicer Craw showed that the snread of tbo peach " yellow " has lcon checked by prompt action and oilbrts to check tho ravages of tho red scale had proved fairly successful, owing to tho discovery of the Internal parasite. Ref erence was mado to tho appropriation of the last Legislature, which included one of $5,000 to send Agent Koebole to Aus tralia to search for predaceous Insects. Dr. Jordan has completed arrange ments for tho appointment ol the faculty of tho Stanford university at Palo Alto, Cal., and has made the following names punllc : Dr. Andrew line, ex-President of Cornell University, to lw non-resident professor of history ; F. Stanford Jjiko. Forest University, associate professor of iihytii'' I'nlvo hl'-s, Horace li. tune, Wushinuton raity. St. Iould. professor of me chanical engineering: Prof. Joseph Swain, Indlunti University, associate professor of inatlioiiiatloH ; Douglass II, (Uunpbull, Indiana Unlvtiraity, attoclnto proftigtor of botany. EASTERN ITEMS. The Nebraska Legislature Closes in Bacchanal Orgies. The Public Schools of Council Bluffs, la., to be Closed on Account of the Sickness Prevailing. The Massachusetts Legislature says the car stove must go. The Scotch-Irish Congress will be held at Louisville, Ky., on May 10 and 17. Eleven women physicians aro on the medical staff of the Philadelphia hos pital. The Philadelphia postoflice turns into the United States treasury about $8,0J0 a day. A lawsuit involving a lottery contract is now before tho Kansas City Court of Appeals. Itich discoveries of gold in the Black Hills, S. D., have attracted considerable attention. The cold quartz found in the Cherokee Strip is said to be causing excitement in the vicinity. Of 7,807 Italians who arrived at New York in tho month of March over 850 wero women. Drunken orgies of a disgraceful nature characterized the closing scenes of the Nebraska Legislature. Ex-Minister to England Phelps justi fies tho action of the New Orleans people in killing the Italians. It appears now to be ascertained that onlv two of tho eleven Italians killed in New Orleans wero Italian subjects. ,Tlie Senate of Arkansas lias passed a bill to prohibit the giviug-of a mortgage on crops, oltner planted or prospective The agitation over trolley wires has delayed the completion of the German- town street-railway extension over nvo months. A new World's Fair bill was intro duced in the Illinois House. It makes an appropriation of $500,000 instead of $1,000,000. The people of Vicksburg, Miss., are endeavoring to persuade James Hill, tbo nowly-apnointed postmaster, to resign. tiiu is coioreu. Tho Ponnsvlvania railroad neonlo will hereafter spell Pittsburg without a final li." lno proper spelling ol tne word has long been in dispute. I'ostniaster-tionerai Vanainaker's or der has cut tho lottery business down one-half. The express companies will (o proceeded against next. Eiiihtv thousand Texas cattle, which havo been sold to Chicago packers, can not be shipped, owing to a recont quar antine order of the government. Tho St. Louis Refining Company's property in St. Louis has been sold to the American Helming Company. Thin brings the St. Louis into the trust. In the first year of high license in Bal timore, drawing to a close, tho law has boen effectual in breaking up nearly all of the dives and lower-grade gin mills. The East German Conference of tho Mothodist Episcopal Church, recently in session in Baltimore, voted 41 tol against admitting women as delegates to the Gonoral Conference. The bitter war which has been waged by the Union stock yards throughout tho West against tho" American Live stock Commission Company for the past month has been settled. Some members of the Now York Pres bytery aro seeking to havo Rev. Dr. Charles A. Briggs, professor of Biblical Theology in the Union Theological Seminary, brought to trial for heresy. The Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce has memorialized Secretary Blaine, re questing him to institute efforts for re ciprocal trado relations with Gormany and Franco in behalf of American salted meats. Lieutenant Charles A. L. Totten, mili tary instructor at Yalo University and author of notablo publications on the identity of our raco with tho Hebrew, finds the ond of the world will come in Marcji, 1890. The public schools at Council Bluffs, la., will probably bo closed on account of sickness prevailing. Tho complaints mostly aro grip and measles, although thero aro aro some cases of scarlet fever and diphtheria. Hie electric light which shines from the torch of tbo St atue of Liberty in Now York barlwr has iho power of 8,000 can dles, but it fails to supply the desired II- umination. The statue itself is mostly in complete darkness. Judge Wakefield of Lvons eountv, la.. has iust decided that freight originating and ending in the State, but which passes out of the State in course of tran sit, is to be considered as governed by the interstate commerce law. Secretary Noblo on April 0 rejected an- lieations to perfect about forty-three entries under tho timber and stone acts, ado by members of the Kaweah co operative colony in California, now itluu tho rjcquoia national l ark reser- ation, created bv tbo acts of Congress approved September 25 and October 1, ISUd. It aimears by the ronort of an audit of tho Treasury 'Department in Vermont that heavy masses of immigrants are still coming to this country from Europe by way of Canada; that as many as .000 of them came last month, ami that they are not subjected to the Inspection required by tho new immigration law, inch Is now enforced at New ork and t our other ports. Still anothor attack is made on Henry M. Stanley. This time it conies from Colonel George W. Williams, author of Colorado Troops in the Rebellion." ho has been for some time in the em ploy of tho Congo Freo State. In an open letter to King Leopold he attacks the government of the Congo, aud says Stanloy grossly misrepresented tho char acter o'f the country. Instead of being fertile and productive it is sterile and unproductive, nor will this condition of affairs change until the natives shall be taught by Euroiwans the dignity, utility and blokslngs of hilur. Stanley's name, bays Williams, produce a shudder among the simplo folks. They remember his broken proiulcos, heavy blows and vigorous measures, by which they wore mutated of their lund, FOREIGN NEWS. Paris Monks Will Hndeavor to Stop the Slave Trade. Lady Dentists In Dresden Become Very Popular for Their Delicacy of Manipulation. Paris monks will leave for Alireria to fight the slave trade. The present British Parliament is called a Parliament of scandals. Italy thinks the conversation and tone of the American press most execrable. Italy is on the verge of a financial cri sis. Heavy failures are causing panics. Russian peasants will be prohibited by law shortly from selling or mortgaging their lands. Many Irish tenants are accepting the offers of the landlords and returning to their farms. Dresden has many practicing lady dentists, whoso delicacy of manipulation makes them popular. Tho polico at Buenos Ayres have closed the Salvation Army halls, claiming that the annv was not recognized bv tbo church. Premier di Itudini does not think the dissolution of the drcibund is probable in view of the prevailing tcmpor in F ranee. Oflicials engaged in the revision of the population report the existence of 72,000 pagans in the government of Irkutsk, Siberia. Count SchouvaloiF, the Russian Am bassador in Berlin, reports to the Czar that his post is untenable and begs to be recalled. Great excitement is reported on the Berlin Bourse, owing to a corner in corn. The members of the ring, it is thought, will be expelled. The German empire by tho last census has 49,500,000 population, Prussia having of these liO.OOO.OOO and the next division, Bavaria, 5,500,000. General Booth's shelter fund has reached $550,000, and thnt large class in Darkest England who have no roofs be gin to bo encouraged. Tho municipal election, which was held at Vienna the other day, resulted in all the Liberal and anti-Semitic can didates being returned. Victor Druinontha8 published another anti-Semetie volume, which caused M. Vonoven to challenge him and get wounded at the meeting. A now Russian 15 percent, loan of 20, 000,000 has been negotiated. The pro ceeds will bo devoted to the purchase and extension of railways. The London cabmen fear "that it may be necessary to have a cab strike all over England. Tho feeling is expressed that the cabbies are harshly treated." The bodies of the British officers who were killed at Manipur were horribly hacked and thrown outside tho city walls, whero they were devoured by dogs. company has been formed in London to purchase and develop tho petroleum Is of Mancora, e'xtending along tho coast of Peru from Talara to Tumbez. The Welsh tinplaters will close their works for ono month from July 1, being forced to restrict the output in conse quence of tho new American tariff law. Mary Ann Macdonald, aged IK) years, a spinster, who died three weeks ago in Westminster, nail ueon in tne intuit lor somo years of using hall a pound of tea a duv. An international Red Cross exhibition is to bo held in Leipsic. It will includo among other things all appliances for cooking and preparing food for armies in tho held. Captain isoileau, tho senior survivor of the Manipur disaster, denies that the British provoked the outbreak by any ill usage. He says the Manipuris lired the first shot. The ATori Cliinn News says the Chi nese write most insulting remarks about foreigners on the backs of notes circu lated by foreign bankers which come into their possession. A number of capitalists in Paris have decided to build an immense theater for tho purpose of producing Oberamniergau I'attion Play next year. The stage is to 1)0 largo enough for l.oOO people. Tho lirst result of the Miners' Con gress at Paris has been a declaration by tho Belgian miners in favor of a gonoral strike if tho government refuses to as sent to a revision of the Constitution. Beforo the summer opens, work on tbo Transiberian railroad will be begun. Tho total jength of tho line from Minsk to Vladivostock is 4,785 miles. The cost of tho road completed is estimated at $183, 82o,000. General Albedyll, commander of the Seventh army corps, who was decorated last week by tho Kaiser with the order of the Black .Eaglo, is alwut to retire from the army and settle near Pottsdaui. He entered tlio army fifty years ago. A semi-otlicial statement has been made to the effect that the whole ques tion of the disposition of the Guolph fund will h3 laid before the Landtag at its next session. He is desirous that the interest of the fund should go to the J Duke of Cumberland. I American artists in Paris, who for tho most part patronize Julian's academy, havo a grievance. Onlv two works by Americans are hung at tlio salon, It is supposed that the slight is due to the disfavor in which the old salon muuuge ment hold Julian, who was the principal cause of the recent split. Europe's population on January 1 was :1SO,200,000. The population of each of tho other continents was estimated to be as follows: Asia, 850,000.000; Africa, 127,000,000; Australia, 4,730,000; North America, 89,250,000; South America, 30,420,000: polar regions. 300,000. The total would then bo 1,787,000,000. Tho latest calculation of the African possessions of the European great pow ors is as follows : Frunce, 7,400,000 square kilometers, with 24,000,000 inhabitants; England, including Egypt, 6,000,000 square kilometers, with 32,000,000 in habitants; Cierumuy, 2,:!00,000 square kilometers, with 7,800,000 inhabitants; Portugal. 2,200,000 eqmue kilometers, with 10,000.000 inhohltanta; Italy, l.SiW, 000 hqiiuiw kilomvters, with 5,100,000 in-ImbltuNW. PORTLAND MARKET. Wiikat Quote: Nominally $1.40 1.42' for Walla Walla aud $1.4728 Li'it) for Vnllnv.. Flooii Quote : Standard, $4 05 ; Walla walla, J4.30 per barrel. Oats Quote: GOfSOL'c per busheL Hay Quote: $lti17 per ton. Mill.stufi'8 Quote: Bran, $1820; Shorts, $L'0(t23; Ground Barley, $3031; Shop Feed, $25 per ton ; Barley, $1.25 1.30 per centnl. Ik'rrtiu QuhIh; Orim fancy cream v. 5 ancv dairv, fair to good, ' 2" '.,. common. 2022c; Califor- "t. :3 2 c per pound. Ciiki;sk Quote: Oregon, 1415c; Cal lornia, 14rai6c per pound. Koas Quote: Oregon, 1820c per lozen. Poultky Quote : Chickens. $0.00 1.50; Ducks, n912; Geeso, nominal, 12 per dozen; Turkeys, 14lCc per -ound. Vi:oKTAnt.ns Quote : Cabbage, $1.50 75 percental: Cauliflower. $1 251. 50 'oer dozen; Celery, 90c per do.cn; On- ons. 4fyr per pound; Carrot, $l.uu oer saek ; Beets, $1 .50 per sack ; Turnips, 1 per sack ; Potatoes, 0576c per cental ; ' omatoes, $2..r0 per 1kx ; Sweet Potatoes, I Oe per pound ; Asparagus. 78e per lound; Parsnips, $1 per saek; Lettuce, J(l(l25c per dozn ; Squash, 2Js2?c r pound; Green Peas, 10c per pound; string Beans, 12lac per pound; Rhubarb, C'.OtKiiLVJ.j per box. KtiuiTh Quote: Ixis Aimeles Oraiices, 22.25; Riverside, $2.25 2.76; Navels, 4 CO (u 4.7ft per lox ; Sicily Lemons, i(0 t.50; California, $4ftr5 per box; Apples, sl.00iW2.00 per box; Bananas, $3.(0 1.00 per bunch ; Pineapples, $5.008.00 per dozen. .nuts Quote: California Walnuts, l'sc; Hickory, 8!c; Brazils, 18c; Vlmonds. Hi 17c; Filberts, i:!Hc; t'uie Nuts, 1718c; Pecans, 17(tl8c; wocnanutf, gc; Hazel, 8e; Peanuts, 8c per pound. Hors Quote: Nominally, 20 u 27c per .lound. Wool, Quote: 20e : Eastern pound. Hunts Quote: Willamette Valley, 18 Oregon, 14 17c per Dry Hides, selected irnne, 8,'nftsic, ?$c less lor culls; srreon, jeiected, over 55 pounds. 4c: under 65 pounds, 3c; Sheep Pelts, short wool. "i 5Jc; medium, 080c; long,90c$1.25; ihearlings, 1020c; Tallow, good to choice, 33c per pound. The CoAii Oil MorchimllBO Market. -Quote : $1.95 oer case. Rick Quote: $6.00 11.75 per cental Honey Quote : JG18i. CKAtfnKHiuKS Quote: Cape Cod, $11 per b rroi. SAi.r Quote: Liverpool, $16, $16.50, $17; stock, $10.50 per ton in cn'-load lots. Cot'FKK Quote : Costa Rica, 22 ; Rio, 23c; Mocha, 30c; Java, 25c; Ar bucklo's, roasted, 2ttJ,f per pound. Bbans Quote: Small Whites, 33c; Pink, 3c; Bavos, 4?4c; Butter, 4Jc; Liuiaa. 4'c per pound. Sugakk Quote : Golden C, 5?s ; extr. C, 5?e; dry granulated, G?jjc; cubf crushed and powdered, Oc per pound DitiKO Fnurrs Tho market is firm. Quote: Italian Pi tines. 12'c; Pe tite and German Prunoi, 10c per pound. Raisins, $2.25 per box: Plummer-driod Pears, 10 lie; sun-dried and factory Plums, ll12e: evaporated Peaches. 18 20c; Smyrna Figs, 20c; California Figs 9c per pound. Cannkd Goods Marketstendy. Quot e Table fruits. $2.2-5, 29 ; Peaches, $2-5 l, Bavtlett Pears, $1.90; Plums. 1.'5 Straw Iterries, $2.50; Cherries, $22.5P Blacklierries, $2.50; Raspberries, -2.50 Pineapples, $2.75; Apricots, 2.01. Pit Iruit: Assorted, $1. 5(1 perdozen ; Peaches. M.ol): Plums, $1.25; Blackberries, $1.65 per dozen. Vegetables: Corn, $1.2;. 1.50, according to quality; Tomatoes. fl.lo't.50; Sugar Peas, $1.10(cl.60j String lieans, $1.10 perdo.en. Fish : Sa1 inon, $1.25 1.50; sardines, 75c'f $1 .50 lobster-s, $'3; oysters, $1.50fir3.2n por dozen Condensed milk : Eagle brnd, $8.10; Crown, $7; Highland, $0.76; Champion. $6 per case. Nau.s Base quotations: Iron, $3.0J; Steel, J3.10; Wire, $3.90 per ker. Snor Quote: $175 per sack. Ttte Mrtt AlHrkfft. Beef Live, 4e; dremed, 78". Mutton Live, 4V0W,5r; dr.-s-m.l. !)c Hogs Live, o'ijMo .fc dret-sed, 7Se. Veal 5m8.- pur poun I. SMOivKIl MUATS AND I.AItlt. Quote: Eastern Hams, n12oc; Oregon, 10,W.12ihc; irea.l'ast Vtcoii, 10K'12"-4e; o'her varieties, Ul0.ht'c Lard, 912i; per pound. - Innocent Ineratltutle. A little 2-yenr-old boy wont to the grocery store with his mother. While there tli pro prietor gave tho little fellow an apple. "What do you say to the gentleman when he gives you an upplol" asked the grateful moth er. The little fellow hesitated a momeat, then reaching tho apple up to the giver, said, "Peel it. ".-West Shore. .flout Cruel. Mr. Stopclock Hello, Iuswim, Vre seen proof of my now photographs." just Insniui Well, well, that's good. Do they flatter you J "No, I guess not; whyT "Nothing, only I should sort of sort of think you'd want theui to that la" . Muusey's Weekly. Tho Ilnrnionlet. Inquiring Child Mauuuu, why did they niako Gen. Washington's statuo of marble aud Gen. Lafayette's statue ot bronze! Mamma (after some thought) I presume Gen. Lafayette wus n brunette. New York Weekly. O uml U. "Johnny, make the figure nine." Johnny write ti. "That is not nine. That is six." "Well, it looks better that way than It does staudiu ou its head." Epoch. The Cheapest Vj. "Where did you get your nsw umbrella, Smith I" "Raised it" "Ob, I see; brought it up by hand, u it wore." Detroit Proa Press. Of Course. Commercial Traveler, No, 1 Why aro St. Louis girls so sweet! Ditto, No. 1! Give It up. No. 1 Because theYd "Mo," Iiwn soul Yenowine's News. Iu cluud. First -I htar that you're igagd. 8ooond (exoltudly) lUallyl An you sure I Tewbuml Oh, I must go und sm tnaauua ebout It, (Uuihk out.) Life. No one doubts that D). Sage's Catarrh Remedy really cures Catarrh, whether the disease be recent or of long standing, Decause uit: uniKcrs of it clinch their faith in it with a $500 guarantee, which isn't a mere newspaper guar antee, but "on call" in a moment. That moment is when you prove that its makers can't cure you. The reason for their faith is this: Dr. Sage's remedy has proved itself the right cure for ninety-nine out of one hundred cases of Catarrh in the Head, and the World's Dispensary Medical Associa tion can afford to take the risk of your being the one hundredth. The only question is are you willing to make the test, if the makers are willing to take the risk? If so, the rest is easy. You pay your druggist 50 cents and the trial begins. If you're wanting the $500 you'll get something better a cure! STKllX PACTS AKE VINCINO. KVKlt CON- Cahiionado, Pierce Co., Wash. I March HI 1891. ) Dr. Jordan Di:aii Sin: Please look on your records for my name, Bei'janihi ICd wards, and send me the same kind of med icine that I ued for the lump which was in inv side. I remember that one of them was TT, and I think th other was M. You havo cured the lump, for which I am very thankful, and you can publish my name if you think it will he of any advantage to you. I want the medicines now to send back to mv dauahter in the State of Indi ana, who has a lump in her tide similar to the one I had, as near an i can judge by the letters that we receive from her. One doctor sa)H it is a tumor, and another nays it is caused irom tne spicen. i-icase seno the medicines at once, for which inclosed find money order. Yours respectfully. Bu.N'JAMIN EmVAKDS. Seattle. Wash., Feb. 21 lffll, Dr.J.Euacne Jordan: I am another one who can testify to tho wond"rful cures made by your liistoaenetic Mediclnen. After taking treatment from several diiler- . 1 I ! ... . 1 T" . '. a. uiik Hiuilliltt iu uiu nasi, mr i-u yunrsy and receiving but little benefit, I gave upr all hope of being any better. After com ing West l nearrt or tne liystogenetic sys tem, and save it a trial. I was restored to health, and hope many others mav lto ben efited as I have been. Anyone wishing to know more than the above statement can find me on Eaton street, between McClair and Wilfred. Ella Hudolkston. Prairie. Wash., April 2, 1811. lit. Jordan Dkar Silt: You have done my brother such wonderful Rood that J wish you would pleitxe send one of our hooks explaining tho MistOReuetlc system to tholncloced address. marking scroiulous troubles. Very reHtv-ctfully TA l IA) K A It il A M TllU U T. Dn. Jordan's office is at the reutdence of ex-Mayor Yenler, Third and .Tames. (Jonsultation ana prescriptions absolute ly FREE. bend for freo iooK explaining the iiisto- genetic system. Uaution. ihe llistogenetic JSIedlcirrea areBoldiubutoneagencyineach town. The label around the bottle bears Ihe following inscription: "Dr. J. Kucene Jordan's His togenetic Medicine." Every other devlc is a fraud. It Is the men who pay compliments; the wora eu pay lor them. Ever Hince 1S64 there have been women (more each year) who claim that there Is no soap half as good or as economical as Dobbins' Electric. There must bo some truth in their claim. Try it; see how much. Your grocer 1ms it. Italy has a frnlt BtHiiillng army of about 15,-, 000 men In the United Stutes. Use Enamellno Stove Polish; no dust, no smell. Dr. Wallace Ely has removed his oulces to 215 Powell street, Bun Francisco, Cal., whero lie eon tlnues to give peelHl attention to Kidneys, Blad der, Prostate Gland aud till illsease-i arising thenf froni. Diabetes and tlriirht's DUeaso treat.nl according to the latest approved method Most CMKei can bo treated successfully by correspond ence. t'onmilutioim dally from 10 a, sr. to 4 r. m. Wallace Klv, M. D 215 Powell street, four doors from lieary street. Sail Francisco, CaL con yrup J. C. Davis, Rector of St. James' Episcopal Church, Eufaula, Ala.: "My sou has been badly afflicted with a fearful and threatening cough for several months, and after trying several prescriptions from physicians which failed to relieve him. lte hnt been perfectly restored by the use of two bottles of Bo An Episcopal schee's German Syr up. I can recotn Rector. mend it without hesitatinn Plirnrno severe, deeo-seated couphs like this are as severe tests as a remedy can be subjected to. It is for these long standing cases that Boschce's Ger man Syrup is made a specialty. Many others afflicted as this lad was, wili do well to make a note ol this. J. v. Arnold, Montevideo, Minn., i writes: I always use German Syrup for a Cold on the Iungs. I have never found an equal to it far less a superior. G. G. GREEN, Sole Mnn'fr,Voodbury,NJ. m il IIH ! -mm