IVlient Held at TO Cents.
Pendleton, Aug. 8. The price of
wheat has reached 70 cents, as aeaini-t
GC cents, the season's opening bid. The
quotation of 70 cents is IS cents a bush
el higher than the opening bid of last
season. The market is exceptionally
strong and there is every indication
that prices will go higher.
The aJvance took place today and is
the quotation of the Pendleton Flour
ing mills. It was paid for the bluestem
variety while red chaff and club bring
1!7 cents per bushel. The export buyers
re paying 57 cents for bluestem and (55
for red chaff. The export buyers are
not overly anxious to purchase and the
farmers are not anxious to sell.
Never in the history of this country
have the buyers and the farmers been
eo wide apart in the harvest season as
at present. This state of affairs is due
to the preeistent holding on by the farm
are for higher prices. One of the most
peculiar conditions in the wheat situa
tion this season is that no large con
tracts have been made. Last year at
this time manv large contracts had been
made and in fact nearly all the wheat of
the surrounding country had been
bought up.
Growth of Our Railroads.
From a little woodeD track over which
the first locomotive bud its trial in 1829,
Ihe railroad systems of tbe United States
have grown to such en extent that tbe
tracks if placed together would extend
eight times around tbe world. There is
also s wonderful growth bebnd the cele
brated Hoetetter'a Stomach Bitters. It
was first presented over fifty years ago,
and duriDg those years has made such
an unequalled record of cures that to
day fjDds it foremost in its class as a
reliable family medioine. It will cure
Bick headache, belching, heartburn, in
digestion, constipation, and malaria,
fever and ague. Hundreds have eo
testified and we therefore nrge yon to
try it. Tbe genuine must bave our Pri
vate Stamp over tbe neck of each bottle.
Bells are never used in Moham
medan mosques. The Moslem
race detests bells under the de
lusion that they cause the assem
blage of evil spirits.
Death Penalty.
A little thiDg sometimes results in
death. Thus a mere scratch, insigni
fiiant cuts or puny boils have paid the
death penalty. It is wise to have Buok
len's Arnica Salve ever handy. It's
the best Salve on earth and will prevent
fatality, when Burns, bores, Ulcers and
Piles threaten. Only 25c. at Slooum
Drag Co.
A person usually begins to lose
height at the age of 50, and at the
age of 90 has lost at least one and
a half inches.
Puts an End to it All.
A grievous wail oftimes comes as a
result of over taxed organs. Dizziness,
Backache, Liver complaint and Consti
pation. But thacks to Dr. King's New
Life Pills they put an end to it all. They
are gentle but thorough. Try them.
Only 25c. Guaranteed by Slooum Diug
Co.
An eight 3'ear old girl runs a
restaurant in Denver.
End of Bitter Fight.
"Two physicians bad a long and etnb
born fight with an abcees on my right
long" writes J. F. Hughes of Da Pont,
Qa. ''and gave me up. Everybody
thought my time had come. As a last
raaort I tried Dr. King's New Discover
for Consumption. Tbe benefit I received
was striking and I was on my feet in a
few days. Now I've entirely regained
my health." It conquers all Coughs,
Colds and Throat and Lung troubles.
Guaranteed by SI ocum Drug Co. Price
50c, and $ 1.00. Trial bottlea free.
England was first divided into
shires daring the seventh century,
A. D.
Suicide Prevented.
Tbe startling announcement that a
preventive of suicide has been discover
ed will interest many. A ran down eye
tern, or desDondeocy invariably precede
oioide and something has been found
tbat will prevent the oondition which
mikes suicde likely. At tbe first thought
eelf destruction take Electric Bitters.
It being a great tonio and oervioe will
etrengtben the nerves and build op the
system. It'a also a great Stomach,
Liver and Kidney regulator. Only 60c.
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FAT GOOSE LIVERS.
Are Free from Disease, Say French
men Who Pack Them.
Several Form- of role firM Prepared
mud Shipped by the Dealer of
France In.terttt.tinn Par
ticulars, i
Fattening geere for the sole purpose
of enJarping their livers is something
of an industry in Frawe, where the
novel occupation is. carried on in order
that choice material may be obtained
for that distinctively p'rench morsel,
pates de foie gras. French packers
have recently been considerably
aroused because the.charge was made
against them that they.Mibstitute beef
suet and pork for what are termed
"diseas-ed g-oose livers." This they de
nounce as not only ludicrously improb
able but wholly without foundation,
says a London paper.
In the first place, they contend that
a fatted g-oose liver is no more diseased
than the meat of an overfed hog. Both
are abnormal, and in that sense only
might be regarded as a product of un
sanitary conditions. When a goose is
being prepared for foie gras it is usual
ly confined for a time at least by a
tether fastened to a stake, beside
which it waits with a healthy appet-ite
for its frequently supplied portion of
American corn meal, which is the food
chiefly relied upon for fattening. The
gooee is not encouraged to take too
much exercise, any more than any
other fattening animal, lie is not feci
for his health, but to incline him to
take on fai. The result of this is to
greatly enlarge the liver, which is re
garded as. the most valuable part of the
carcass.
Foie gras d'oie, the fat goose liver, is
prepared for use and export in several
forms, each of which is calculated to
meet the whims of fastidious people.
One form is the foie gras naturel, an
other is pates de foie gras, while still
another is pruee de foie gras. The foie
gras naturel is simply the cooked liver
served without any form r.-f seasoning
except the fat or oil of the liver itself.
The pate de foie gras of commerce
consist of the cooked liver packed in'
tin boxes of standard size which the
liver is roughly cut to fit. The space
not occupied by the liver is filled with
the trimmings of the liver or pork fine
ly hashed and pressed in. Over this is
poured the melted fat, sometimes of
the liver and sometimes of the beef
suet. The pieces of liver chipped -off in
this process- of fitting the cooked liver
to the box are iwd with other hashed
meats and flavoring matters like truf
fles in preparing what is known in com
merce as puree de foie gras.
The practice of using suet instead of
the natural fat of the goose liver, as
a support r matrix by which the inter
stices between 1 he liver and the box are
filled, is not so wholly reprehensible as
might at first appear, since it has cer
tain good reasons, or nt least excuses.
Tn the first place, the suet and the
somewhat firmer meat packed about
the liver prevents the hitler from tve
ing broken up by sliding about in the
box, asr it is likely to do n long jour
neys when only the thin oil of the liver
is used.
Another fact, which shippers have
learned by' costly experience, is that
the pure fat of th goose is much more
likely than beef suet to become rancid
when used ns the sole pack of the foie.
It is also claimed that the strong,
greenish fat of the goose is sometimes
repulsive to persons of weak stomach,
and that Americans, whoarc especially
opposed to what they term "mevsy
dishes" are unreasonably opposed to
pates made with tiu1 pure goose fat.
The modifications described arc pre
pared simply to r?concii? the. pervert
ed American taste to the foreign
dainty. Though the primal purpose of
the change of material was no doubt
to reduce the cost of production, the
remit i said not only to be a redaction
in price to the cor.niner, hut t? irive
him an opportunity to select the f"i i:i
of this delicacy he may prefer. Some
people greatly prefer the sorls which
hare the foie natural with the support
ing pate made of other hashed meats
and the more whniesoms appearing
and less highly flavored suet.
A Terwlble Moment.
Prof. Oscar Hrowning, writing of
"Tbe Royal Family of England" telhi
this anecdote of Queen Victoria:
One can imagine a privy council at
which the n?w minister had to he en
polled. The admitted mmliers stood
round the room; the n vices knelt in
the center. The queen looked wistful
ly at tho who were technically her
servants, but who were really her mas
ters, wondering what her relations
with them would be, and whether
they were fit to bear the burden in
trusted to them. Some who accept of
fice are perhaps surprised at the de
tails of the ceremony. One whot? du
ties necessitated that he should be for
some time absolutely alone with the
queen, in a small room without a sin
gle attendant, wondered what she
would say to him and he neply to hr.
The difficulty wa solved by his say
ing nothing, and the queen only . re
marking, when she bad to sign hiacom
mistion: "What a tremendous long
way they have put tbe ink off!" Century.
KING EDWARD'S HEIGHT.
From This Extract It May Fie Drawn
That H1a Majesty la About
Five-Foot-Six.
Why people should make bets on
matter about, which they have no
information, and then ask me to de
cide them without ascertaining
whether I know any more than they
do, is one of the mysteries of edi
torial life, says a writer in London
Truth. Here is the latest example cf
this singular practice:
'Sir: I should esteem it a favor if
you will kindly answer in your Truth
columns or privately, what the
height of King Kdward VII. is, as two
papers have already been written to.
and they decidedly disagree, one stat
ing five feet five and one-half inches,
and the other five feet four inches,
and I shall, therefore, take your
measurement as authentic, etc."
One might have supposed that his
previous experience would have
shaken this gentleman's confidence in
editorial infallibility. Why did he
not write to the king's tailor? I
have never had occasion to take his
majesty's measure. But if my guess
is to decide the knotty point, I
guess five feet seven inches. No
doubt plenty of people will be ready
to correct this off hand; but I do
not believe I can be more than half
an inch out either way. Certainly
both the figures given above are un
der the mark.
HISTORY ON MAN'S SKIN.
A Piece of Arttotlc Tarftooln II
veald by an Arret of the
F&rta Police. ,
A remarkable life story is reported
from Lyons. In consequence of a com
plaint lodged by a local butcher, a
young man, of weak and miserable ap
pearance, was arrested for theft. He
protested that he was innocent of the
charge, and that he had never before
been in the hands of the police, says a
Paris report to the Chicago Inter
Ocean. ."To prove the truth of my
statement," he continued, baring his
breast, "look at this, and see whether
it would not be easy to establish my
identity."
The young fellow having stripped to
the waist, it was found that his body
was entirely tattooed with historical
scenes, which included the murder of
IHic de G uise and the death of Pres
ment Carnot.
The man's life story was as remark
able as the rest. Son of the wife of a
superior officer in the French army,
and born out of wedlock at Marseilles,
he was placed by his mother with a
woman in that town, who received GO
francs a month for some years for his
keep. Afterward he served on several
coasting vessels as cook's boy, where
he met a former student of the l?eaux
Arts school, who was also in difficul
ties, and who tattooed his body in a
most artistic manner.
THEY TOOK NO SOUP.
In the Knrly of tha Republic
It W ii Food for Inralida
Onlr.
Serving dinner in courses ia com
paratively a modern fashion, first in
troduced in diplomatic circles in
Washington, D. C, and imitated from
P'rance. L'p to the date of 1'resident
Polk's administration the course din
ner among Americans had made no
further progress than that of serv
ing fish and soup separately. Soup
was considered such a foreign frip
pery that a note written by Oen.
Winfiehl Scott, in which he explained
that he was "just sitting down to a
hasty plate of soup," covered him
with such ridicule as to materially
contribute to his defeat as a candi
date for the presidency, sajs Lippin
cott's. Soup in the early days of the
republic was considered as food for
invalids or poor, people only; later,
when the social splendors of the
court of Empress Eugenie attracted
rich Americans in flocks to l'aris,
French table manners and custom
pushed the old English dinner fash
ions to the wall. It is doubtful, how
ever, if soup ever found a place on
the dinner table of the wealthy
Maryland or Virginia planter, unless
green turtle, which was really a
stew, might be so called.
LUNACY ON THE INCREASE.
A Swedlah Profeaaor Saya That Eda
aated Women Art tha Chief
Victim.
Hermann Lundborg, of the great
Swedish lunatic aaylum at Upsala,
says that lunacy is increasing among
Swedish women and moe especially
among the educated classes. In the
lower classes insanity is brought on
chiefly by the cares of life or intem
perance, but in the educated women
the main cause, he contends, is their
education.
I)r. Lundborg emphatically asserts
that the forced training to which this
class of women submit themselves is
most hurtful.
"It is monstrous," he saj-s, "to sub
ject women to this competition, and
if the competition does not cease el
fecta upon future generations will be
disastrous."
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