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ttecretary of Aniiculture.. .
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0 ipi'Hiiie Judges W. F. Lord
it. S. Bean
Seventh Judicial District,
('uftnit Jutli-'a W. L. Bradehaw
i'lMHtomintr Attorney A. A. jayue
Morrow County Officials.
Miinr tvnator
Itop ryrfen tut ive
i nitty Jiule
"Unmidtiioners
J. M. Baker.
" Cleik
" bheritt
" iiwuBurer
(benrior
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School Wup't
i 'oroner
A. W. Hi) wan
J. 8. Booth by
Julius Keith ly
J. U. Howard
J. W. Morrow
,G. W. HarruiRtoii
.... Prank Gilliam
J. V. Willi
Geo. Lord
Anna Baleiger
T.W.Ayers, Jr
HEPPNER TOWN OFFI0KRS.
A-ayoi P. O. Burp
i Dunciiiueii O. E. Farnsworth, Mj
Jjichteutlial, Otia Patterson, Julius lleitltiy,
W. A. Johnston, J. L, Yeager.
Kooortter ,.F. J. Hallock
IVeauurer , A. Al. Gonu
Marshal
Precinct Officer?.
Juutice of the Peace E. L. Freeland
( 'unstable N. 8, Whetatone
Uuited States Land Officei-a.
THE DALLES, OR.
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LA OliANDE, OR.
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A SHIPWRECKED CREW.
The Terrible Klglit and Day Passed on
the Northern Ii'ebortis.
A sealing' briy, immersed in the
densest fop; and driven by the gale,
was running down a narrow lane or
opening in the ice, when the shout of
breakers ahead and the crash of th
oows upon a reel came m the same
moment. The crew sprang overboard
upon the heaving ice-held, and almost
immediately saw their strong am
oeautiiul vessel sink into the ocean
The adventure is related in: 'After
Icebergs with a Painter."
Without food or extra clothing the
forty men were remote from all help.
lo the west lay the precipitous shore
of Cape TJonavista, and for this, th
nearest land, in single file, with Capt.
Knight at their nead, the men com
menced at sunset their dreadful and
almost hopeless march.
All night, without, refreshment or
rest, they went stumbling and plung
ing on their perilous way, now am
then sinking into the slush between
the ice-cakes, and having to be draw
out by their companions. Hut for their
leader and a few other bold spirits, the
party would have sunk down with fa
tigue and despair, and perished.
At daybreak they were still ou the
rolling ice-helds, beclouded with fog,
and with nothing in prospect but the
terrible cape and its solitary chance of
deliverance. Thirsty, famished and
worn, they toiled on, more and more
slowly, all the morning, all the fore
noon, all the afternoon; and then, be
wildered and lost in a dreadful cloud
traveling along parallel with the coast,
the poor fellows passed the cape with
out knowing it.
The captain looked back from time
to time on the worn-out and suiTerini'
line of men, the last of them scarcely
visiuie in tne mist, and a thrill of dis
couragement passed over him. 1uless
there was some change in their pros
pects, he knew that few of them would
live out another night on the ice. They
nan snouted until tliev were hoarse
and looked into the endless gray until
tney nan no Heart for looking longer,
Suddenly, just before sundown, they
came to a vessel. A few rods to the
right or left, and they must have
missed it. "We were led bv the hand
of Providence," said Capt. Knight, i
telling the story.
PECULIARITIES IN MASSAGE.
The Differences of Temperature Caused by
Friction of the Skin.
Light friction of a part reduces sur
face temperature, says the New York
Ledger. In ten experiments on
healthy adults, whose (inn-pit tem
peratures on both sides was equal, and
whose free temperature on the surface
of both forearms was before massage
eigniy-eignt degrees i-anrenneit or
more, it was found, on subjecting the
lett forearm to gentle upward iriction
that, whilst the temperature in both
armpits and in the untouched free sur
face of the opposite limb remained
constant, the temperature of the left
forearm fell in all cases more than
two degress, and in three cases nearly
lour degrees. Alter firm friction
rolling, squeezing and kneading of the
skin of the limb in all cases, the free
cutaneous temperature rose to ninety
five degrees: but the armpit tempera,
ture remained the same on both sides,
wiuist in seven cases an interesting
phenomenon was noticed on the oppo
site side viz., the right limb sensibly
perspired ana tne free surface tern
perature of the untouched forearm fell
to eighty-four degrees during the time
that the firm friction of the Jeft limb
was in progress. In regard to light
friction, it has been impossible to de
tect any effect on the patients sense of
locality or on the temperature sense
After firm friction of a part for five
minutes comes a decided increase ol
the sense of touch, and the seuse of lo
cality has, in most instances, been ap
parently improved.
Their Military Expenses.
A comparative statement of the mil
itary outlay in different European coun
tries shows the percentage of the cost
for the army and navy to the budgetary
expenditure. The figures, which apply
to tne nscal year lsaa-'a:), are these:
Ureat Britain, ilo.9; Russia, S0.7; France,
27.1; Italy, 22.4; Germany, 17.8; and
Austria-Hungary, 17.6 per cent. The
expenditure for the interest and sink
ing fund on the public debts of the dif
ferent countries amounted in Italv to
4.1.8, in Austria-Hungary to 29.3, in
t ranee to 28.4, m (ireat Hritain to 27.9,
in Russia to 25.7 and in Germany to 12.9
per cent of tne whole budget.
THE WESTERN PEDAGOGUE.
We are in receipt of the Mny unmber
of our state school paper. It exceed
any of the former Dumbers in valuo.
Tbe paper this mouth contains many
new and valuable features. The illus
trated series on tbe ecboola of the state
is introduced by a paper on the Friends
Polytechnic Institute at Salem, Oregon.
These papers cannot fail to be of great
value both to the schools an 1 to the
public
There are also several fine articles
by oar best writers and tbe departments
Current Eventa,""8aturday Thoughts,"
Ednoational News" "Tbe Oracle
Answers, Correspondents," etc., each
oontain much valuable reading for
teachers or parents. Tbe magazine
about 50 pages of matter, well
printed and arranged. We pronounce
the Western Pedagogue the beet educa
tional monthly on tbe ooaat.
Everyone of our readers ,bould have
tbe paper it tbey are at all Interested
in education. No teacher school direc
tor or student can get aloog well with
out it. We will receive enbeoript.ona
at this office. Price only $1.00 a year.
When desired we will send the Western
Pedagogue and (iazette oDe year to one
address
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parenta, now ia tbe time to subscribe, tf i sponding electrical variations."
HER HEART ON HER SLEEVE.
The Coster Girl Never Hides Her Kuio
tlons. as Pine Ladies Do.
It is an interesting sight to see the
real coster girl, nut her stage present
meut, enjoying herself on a bank holi
day. First of all, she is very smart ac
cording to her own ideas, which, to do
her justice, are original and not pale
copies of the West End ladies.
Her hair, especially, engages her at
tention, and in this she prefers a dis
tinctive style of her own. The hair is
parted at each side, cut short and very
much curled and crimped, and sur
mounted by a large hat and ostrich
feathers coming well over the eyes, in
some cases almost hidintr them. !She
is musical, too, and easily breaks into
singing and dancing.
H is sad to nolo this unsatisfied
longing to indulge in rhythmical move
ment as exemplified in a slow valse
danced by two of the same sex, or a
wild sort of jig partaking of the can
can and the breakdown shared iu by
both men and women, s;ivs the London
Graphic. A crowd of admiring and en
couraging bystanders gathers round
quickly, applauding or criticising in
their own peculiar manner. The belle
is arrayed in a brown dress with pink
bow at the neck, a large green velvet
hat and feathers, a large white shawl
and white gloves. She is as self-conscious
as the beauty of a Helgrave
Square hall, and dances with an enjoy
ment and an unction unknown to the
languid lady.
There is no sitting out here, 'no
useless dancing men, for both sexes
Beem equally delighted to revolve with
each other. There is an evident love
of bright colors in the dress of boys
and girls, and there is a hearty, bois
terous How of high spirits and of some
what rough good nature, coupled with
a laudable determination to be happy,
which is as refreshing as it is unforced.
THE DEAD-LETTER OFFICE.
Statistics Show That We Are Learning; to
Address Letters More Accurately.
The number of pieces of dead mail
matter received at the dead-letter
olilee during the fiscal year 1808 was
7,181,027, an increase over the receipts
of the previous year of 34),847 pieces,
or a little more than 5 per cent. This
increase of undelivered matter, ac
cording to the Albany Press and
Knickerbocker less than the per cent,
of increase of matter mailed, as shown
by the statistics of other branches
of the postal service, and would seem
to indicate more care on the part of
the people in addressing their letters,
as well as increased vigilance on the
part of postmasters to secure proper
delivery. - "
The number of pieces treated in the
dead-letter office, including those on
hand from the previous year, was 7,
3.'i0,038. Ihesewere classified as fol
lows: 5,408,945 were ordinary un
claimed letters; 204,445 were addressed
to persons in the care of hotels; 218,180
were mailed to foreign countries and
returned by the various postal admin
istrations as undeliverable; 50,041 were
addressed to initials or fictitious per
sons, and 7,100 were domestic regis
tered letters. lhere were 033,057
pieces of mail matter of foreign origin,
and 182,050 were ordinary letters with
out inclosures, which had once been
returned by the dead-letter office to
addresses contained therein, and, fail
ing of delivery, were again sent to the
dead-letter office for final disposition.
The number of letters classed as nn-
mailable comprised 1,144, containing
articles which were not transmissible
in the mails; 98,234 were either entire
ly unpaid or paid less than one full
rate, and could not, therefore, be for
warded; 400,832 were either deficient in
address or addressed to places not post
offices or to post offices which had no
existence in the state named, and were
classed under the general head of "Mis
directed;" 35,918 were without any ad
dress whatever, and 2.040 were classed
as "Miscellaneous." There were also
received 83,240 unclaimed and unmail
able parcels of third and fourth-class
matter.
IGNuriAiNii SPIRITS.
They Had Not Kept l p with the Latest
Ohltuttry News.
A friend relates to me an incident
that occurred on the evening of the
day when the news of the death of
Preston S. Hrooks came to Massa
chusetts, says the lioslon Herald. It
was at a spiritualistic exhibition held
the town of -North Ihidgcwatcr,
now the city of Drockton. A com
mittee of citizens had been chosen
from the audience to sit ut the table
on the platform with the medium to
ask questions and otherwise represent
the audience in the interest of candid
nvestigation. Jacob V. (,'rosbv. a
well-known citizen, was one of the
committee. He was to do the (luestion-
ng. After a few introductory in-
uiries, to which replies were made bv
the regulation one, two or three raps,
Mr. Crosby astounded the spirit world
by the query: "Is the spirit of Preston
Itrooks present?"
There was no reply and the question
was repeated. Then there were some
esitating raps at the table, but it
could not be determined whether the
answer was in the affirmative or the
negative.
You know that he is dead, don't
you? shouted the committeeman.
The answer by raps wasnowdis-
inctly "no."
Well, he is, thank God!" veiled
t-'ncle Jake," who was wrought no
to great excitement, as he struck the
table with his ponderous fist; "and you
had better make a note of it."
While the principle of seeinir bv
electricity at a distance, savs Prof. A.
Graham Hell, "ia the same au tlu,t on-
plied in the telephone, yet it will be
very much more difficult to construct
uch an apparatus, owing to the im
mensely greater rapidity with which
the vibrations of light take place when
compared with the vibrationsof sound.
It is merely a question, however, of
finding a diaphragm which will lio
" -i-..."
Sufficiently irna tire t. r.,.,.l .1......
HURRYING UP JURIES.
Why Vei-dictH In lli-ilrict Conns Are Kim
dcred Without lleluy.
Give a jury of sis or l-.vi lve ivstful
men a comfortable, well lighted and
cool room, plenty of tobaivo and ice
water, anil there is nothing by which
the judge or the counsel on either side
can guage the time of deliberation.
Under such circumstances, says the
Newark Sunday Call, juries have been
known to remain out twelve hours on
a case involving one dollar and forty
nine cents, and then come in with a
disagreement. There is such a thing,
however, as forcing a speedy verdict
by milking; the retiring r.io ri uncom
fortable. Freezing the ju.-v i ; '.aid to
have been practiced with suecoss in
Minnesota, where the counsel for the
defense "saw" the janitor, and it is
just possible that windows have been
nailed down to stew a jury into hasty
action in warmer climates.
No sucn precaution is necessary iu
the new quarters of the district courts
in this city. The jury-room is a nar
row apartment, situated directly over
the boiler room, with one window
opening upon a narrow and breath
less alley, Hanked by the dead wall of
the next building. It has not been in
sinuated that any lawyer has encour
aged the engineer to put on extra
steam when a jury was deliberating
over a ease, but it is said that of late no
jury has taken more than five minutes
to fry ,the fat ,out of any case which
has required discussion in this room.
It is used by botli courts, and is the
only apartment accessible. Of course,
the doors must be shut when the jury
Is deliberating, and then the window
does not admit the smallest of the
zephyrs which may by accident have
found a playground in the alleyway.
It is said that one lawyer announced
his intention of appealing a ease be
cause the jury found a verdict four
minutes lifter the doors were closed.
One of the jurors says, however, that
there was a heated discussion over the
case uuring me snoi-i lime tne jury
was out.
A DUEL WITH CLUBS.
IlrswDT Montana l'roapartors Who Drew
Lots for the t-'irnt Jllow.
"The most remark-able duel I ever
witnessed," said William A. Gladwin
to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat man,
"was away out in Montana several
years ago. It wasn't one of your fin
do sieele affairs of honor, nor was it a
glove contest for points; it was simply
an attempt to decide who was able to
give and take the most punishment.
Two burly fellows in our prospecting
party had a difference which they
wanted to set'Je by shooting' each
other, and it was only by disarming
them both that we saved their bullets.
The men were very surly after being
deprived of their six-shooters and for
several hours dill not speak. Then
they approached each other and con
versed with a calmness which some of
the party mistook for a burial of the
hatchet, and the wag of the crowd
handed over his plug and invited them
to 'chew the pipe of peace.' A few
minutes afterward each man lounged
off into the adjoining timber, going in
opposite directions. Feeling nervous,
I struck out after them. I lost the
track of the man I was following, and
despaired of finding him until 1 heard
a thud, like a man's skull being bat
tered. 1 followed up the sound and
was soon the spectator of a brutal duel
nn the old Indian plan. The men hud
drawn hits for first blow, and the loser
had stood his ground while his adver
sary tried to fell hiin with something
very like a club. As provided in the
code the men took turns in giving and
receiving blows, and when I got up
each had had two, if not three, chances
to brain the other. Each had his face
covered with blood and was beginning
to be feeble. I stood for a moment
overcome with horror, and then draw
ing my revolver came forward and
compelled the comhalants to quit.
Neither suffered permanently from his
punishment, and the exponents of one
of the most bnH ill dueling codes ever
heard of lived to become fairly friend
ly with each other."
A WATCH THAT TALKS.
It Is So Made That It Hpcaks the Hours
Instead of Striking Them.
It is said a watchmaker of Geneva,
Switzerland, has juslcouipleted a watch
which, instead of striking the hoursand
quarters, announces them by speaking
like the phonograph. The mechanism
of the watch is based on phonographic
conditions, the bottom of the ease con
taining a phonographic, sensitive plate
which has received the impression of the
human voice before being inserted in
the watch.
The disk, according to the Jewelers'
Circular, has forty-eight concentric
grooves, of which twelve repeat the
hours, twelve those of the hours and
quarters, and twelve more those of the
hours and second and third quarters.
If the hand on the dial shows the time
to be 12:15 o'clock, one of the fine
needle points of the mechanism crosses
the corresponding groove and the disk,
which turns simultaneously, calls out
the time, just as the phonographic cyl-
inoer. i ne lower lid of the ease is pro
vided with a tiny mouthpiece, and when
the watch is held to the ear the sound
is ail the more plain.
FIGS AND THISTLES.
A stinov man is never contented.
Whkhk hard work kills one man,
worry uses up a dozen.
Ik happiness is your main object in
life don't try too hard to get rich.
n. i.ik always nas a dagger in its
hand, no matter how well meaning it
may look.
Gkskram.v when a man feels the
need of economy he thinks it ought to
begin with his wife.
Tun man who lives with his head in
the clouds will generally be found
standing with his foot on somebody's
neck.
(ireen Mathews, east aide of Main
street, has a neat barber shop and does
work at popular prices, 25 cents shave
or hair out. These bave been bis charg
es for mouths. Don't forget him, .
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CHINESE PUNISHMENTS.
A Horrible Phase or .lustioe Among the
MOIlRolillllH.
Ill December. lS'.d, 1 was in Canton.
One afternoon 1 visited the principal
law court. Two prisoners in chains
were int rod need one an old man. too
infirm fo walk, the other a youth, tol
erably vk-orous. but abjeet and forlorn
in demeanor. The presiding mandarin
appeared, sat down and sipped his tea,
while an ollieial pattered out a long
oration, presumably an indictment,
for the prisoners proceeded, as 1 un
derstood, to plead "not guilty." What
followed, savs a writer in the Specta
tor, was this: The old man was held
up not held down while two stolid
Chinamen Hogged him with long,
pliant eanes above the knees. The
youth was divested of his chains,
which were then piled up in front of
him. 'pon these lie was compelled to
kneel, while his feel, hands and pig
tail were all attached by a cord to
a post behind him and tightly secured.
The cries of the victims and the com
plete composure of the spectators were
alike disgusting. 1 said as much to
my guide, whom I generally regarded
as an amiable being. His reply was:
"This very interest ing. 1 never seen
this before," though J have no doubt
he had. The explanation of the dread
ful scene- excuse there could be none
was that, by the law of China, no man
can be exeeuled until he has confessed
his guilt. These two individuals had
been convicted beyond doubt of hein
ous crimes, but. they refused to confess.
The alternative before them was exe
cution or death by torture, and appar
ently they preferred the latter. The
ceremony 1 witnessed was to be re
peated de die in diem until either life
or resolution gave way. How the end
came, of course, 1 never knew.
POINTS AUCUT PEOPLE.
Ail Mr, is the mime of a Philadelphia
Chinaman sentenced to deportation.
TiiitAHiiuit is the appropriate name
of a school-teacher in Hickory county,
lnd.
GoiiiiAM 1). Aiihott, of Winsted,
Conn., who became deaf and dumb
when a child through an attack of
scarlet fever, is just, now beginning to
talk again after being mute for over
thirty years.
Miss Sai.i.ih Mattiikwh, who died in
Louisville recently, was for a time
in command of an Ohio river steam
boat, with fully a hundred men subject
to her orders. She was thirty-three
years old at the time of her death.
II. L. CocmiA.N, who plundered the
United Slates mint, at Philadelphia,,
nea-'ly always shaved himself, and had
thirty-one different razors one for
eaeii clay in the month. He never used
the same razor twice in one, month.
('APT. HoIlACH IllXllY, who tail ght
Mark Twain what he knows of steam
boating, is at present pilot on the
steamer T. G. Sparks, running south
from Memphis. Capt. Hixby is in first
class health, and good for manv vears
of active work.
A domestic squabble caused llluford
Fleming, of Wabash county, 111., to
leave his family, twenty-three years
ago. From that time 'nothing' was
heard of him until the other day,
when his anger had cooled, and he re
turned, but his wife refused to see
him.
FOR THE HOME NURSE.
Only bright, happy, heal thy subjects
should be discussed in the hearing of a
sick or ailing person.
Distukshi.no vomiting may be relieved
by applying to the stomach a hot
shingle or woolen pail brought from
the oven.
The quickest way to treat a burn or
scald is to cover it with earron oil and
flour and bandage with linen. In case
of prostration from either accident ad
minister a mild stimulant.
Wiih.n a delicate person is fatigued
and has no appetite sponging the body
with bathing whisky, diluted alcohol
or milk will nourish the system and
produce rest or refreshing sleep.
A nun in the ear may be drowned out
with a little warm water. Apply with
a sponge or syringe, ami after each in
jection incline the head with jerk so as
to dislodge the contents of the cavity.
Corks hs l-'uel.
With every indication that coal is
going up it is timely to suggest that, a
couple of girls in Paris used to keep
themselves warm by huruimr orangi;
peel and empty spools. Corks are also
recommended. Then' is a slory told of
a well-known English curate who pock
eted every cork he came across ut a
dinner table. Wle-ll questioned us to
this singular habithe blushed and said
he gave them to the poor. A sullicient
number of corks would keep a coalless
man with a good lire all day. Fir
cones are also advised, anil make a
fine, cheery blaze; likewise corncobs.
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ELECTRICAL FLASHES.
Is 1009 Gilbert recorded that other
bodies besides amber had electric prop
erties. Tkhla, the electrician, thinks he has
solved the problem of transmitting
electricity to a distance with little loss
of power.
The destructiveness of a new Catling
gun may be imagined when it is stated
that it tires 3,129 shots a minute. When
operated by an electric motor, it fires
5,000 shots in a minute.
Kamuki, Lkfkers, an aged resident
of Moraine, N. D., who has been a
great sufferer from rheumatism for '
over twenty years, has been entirely
and, it is thought, permanently cured
by a slight stroke of lightning.
Mh. Emgox is now engaged in the
construction of a magnetic ore concen
trator which he expects will work a
revolution in the iron business so that
northern furnaces can once more suc
cessfully compete with the south.
Tki.himionbmktkr is the new word
naming an instrument to register the
time of each conversation at the tele
phone from the time of ringing up the
exchange to the riuging-off signal.
Such a system would reduce rentals of
telephones to a scale according to the
service, instead of a fixed charge to h
business linn or occasional user alike.
Scientific American.
DOINGS OF AUTHORS.
Havinh completed his "Prince of In
dia," Gen. Wallace has plans for an
other story already taking shape, but
it will probably take him several years
to complete it.
Jajiks Whitcomb Rii.ev says that
composition is a severe matter with
him. He makes so many false starts,
corrections and erasures, that he is
ashamed to let anyone see his work
until it is recopied.
Henry Aiiovst Noe, the well-known
writer of tales of travel, was found in
the deep forest near Cilli, Styria, a few
days ago almost covered with wounds.
He was unconscious and it is supposed
that he was the victim of robbers who
infest the district.
Mme. Lenormand, widow of the em
inent orientalist and niece of the biog
rapher of Mine, do Recamier, died re
cently in Paris. She had published
recollections of Chateaubriand, Mme.
de Stuel and lienjumin Constant. She
was seventy-six years of age.
Georiie Fheiieiuok Parsons, for ten
years a writer for the New York Trib
une, died recently. Itesides numerous
short stories, Mr. Parsons wrote the
introduction to Balzac's works, pub
lished by Roberts Brothers in Boston,
lie had a wide acquaintance, both in
the east and west, among men of
letters.
A Jury on a Ntrlke.
The most remarkable case in Terfas
legal history was tried recently at
Oakland before Justice English Mrs.
Ella llalloway vs. J. II. Van Alstyne,
says a Houston correspondent of the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The case
oonsumed the day and was given to
the jury a,t night, iiefore retiring the
jury demanded that eacli man be paid
his firty-eeiit fee. The justice de
murred and ordered them to bring a
verdict or they would get, no fee. The
jury retired and in fifteen minutes en
tered court. They had a sealed verdict.
Iiefore turning it over to the justice the
jury struck for their hard-curned fees.
I rider protest the justice gave each
juror fifty cents. He opened the verdict,
which read: "The jury cannot agree."
This enraged the court, lie demanded
the fifty cents each juror had been
paid. The jury refused and the court
ordered them locked up until a verdict
was given pro or con. After being out
another hour the jury reported that
they were still unable to agree. Judge
Eng-lkh then demanded the return of
the fees. The jurors refused to sur
render and a tine of two dollars and
fifty cents each was assessed and their
incarceration ordered. A compromise
was finally reached by four of the jury
returning the fees and the other two
paying the fine of two dollars and fifty
cents. The higher courts will be in
flicted with the ease.
flrled Fruit Weights.
. The reason for the variation in the
weight of dried fruits when packed in
large or small packages is the subject
of an article in the London Grocer.
Currants, being semi-dried, gain some
what iu weight when in bulk, but
when packed in small cartons the ten
dency is for them to lose weight. Sul
tana raisins are cured in boilingoil and
gain weight when In small packages.
Valencia raisins are cured by bsing
dipped into lye and diminish in weight
both in large and small packages. Of
course the apartment where the fruits
are kept has something to do with it,
and the paper constituting the wrap
per may gain in weight, one grocef at
the seaside reporting that bis "pound"
packages weighed seventeen ounces.
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