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No i .. u i Professional Cards T K ' IN i K II I.'U!I COWING & COWING, ATro?.NEVS AT LAW. I :. ...I.-' r- I i, nr.! Hi ,tr. Uil ..Hi liKlwlN lllV. Oil I 1 - I C. D. i D. C. LATOURETTE, ATTuH.'tiLYi AND CCUH3EL0RS AT LAV. M I N Mltl.l.f, DKKM'iN t 1 1 V t h (UiH. ft 'i,.-'i '.ff m- n! 1 't;.. Unn M-n.r. Yr ' . i- ti f ntit trni't (rnt r tl i.lH It G. E. HAYES, ATFGr.SEY AT LAV AND NOTARY PUBLIC, Oroyon, City Oroe;on. li t i I- u. -I iir- l.r if Court ll'iil. F O. McCOWN, Attorney ut Law. ' in 'un city, Oregon, L-iii.l I in si moss ii Specialty. A. Mi lil'.lliK. A h. iiu:Hrti:u. M c C H I D E &. DRESSER. Attorneys at Law. Uii,, .- in .,i-nr 1,1,,. -Is, Oregon Cily, Or. A. I I l:vi, Hlli.NKV H.MITII. FRYE & SMITH, Civil Enginoors and Surveyors Olliel" lli-;,lv 0iM)fill! ( 'llllll llllllKII. 0l:i;i..N ( IIV, OUMUON. Work Proinplly Allcnilcil to H. E, FERRIN, M. D., HUMKIiPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUBCEOK. Oregon City, Oregon. !' : iii .iiilmln I'.i.nk Him I. ln.nl ul tli I'.MKKi nmi! noil k. J. W. POWELL, M. D.( Physician and Surgeon. 'Mli, I. ui CliiiriMin Ac Co' I'rng Klore OKKiiO.N CITV, OUKOON. DHS. SMITH &L DARLING oii'icch ni EAGLE CREEK AND EAST PORLAND, Ench ulto'Tintc? wfiok, Iint;iHCH of tho Kyi', Eur and 'J'h rout Hindu u Specialty hy I)r, Darling, j i THE 33X3 ST ! AND CHEAPEST IFaniily Groceries j 4',VN IK roMt AT- Oscar E. A. Ereytag's, IUvhiu Hulili)int iiivkoII in l.imlmiaa lic l I (irotHwn M'lliiiit irk il n luw llml It Will mi o till' KilvitllUl.'O ul lnuff In tn.lo illi iiiii, I Imiullo only lrl- rlllK KHHH, mill Mill llll'lll I'llMO Dtl j ilui I iiiiv I in ivriitiu li rvinin ymr : fnlt.Mi.itcv ill tlw lulurw 1'utl mul plain- nm in v y.Mklii uiul n!t' mul mul lw iiiiH'tlu r.l llmt t ril Mtm(y ymi In Willi, UfiniMtilMT liml ilulmir lt ifmnln In iiv imrt t Ilia city ininlly ml HU K t'l- t'llAHur, villi ul y vm u inn. Oscar E. A. Ereytag. iWHY NOT? fv - Y'U tt ltUiillu let (urt h 4 Piauo or Op; ruts hv sur 1VOW, J. H. WAY, T,,,. Iivn llllln,l UUl 1 I mill .11 K-tl van t i limlriiuii'iil VERY CHEAP. I3IA3STOS: IIK I.I H IIHOi., I loll t II, III HX A VOlt. ORGANS: n M A lltMI.I. . 11. 11 ii:. i:i: 1:11. S.M f-r Pl5B or 'Ur IVSTlt.l VfJIT PI M A l.iiv. at Oregon City, 0r. WOOD TI UM(. A. 1ST ID SCROLL SAWING. '" .l-irillg Wi.kI Tllrlllllg. I'i- term, Uii krl, ur . . Shop Carpenter s Work W ill U Sinti'.l ' Culling fi Mt. Ik . am i iinnre wmriniA4 ann minns TO ORDER. O. II. BESTOW, ".i. tin' Congri-itutional Cliurcli. (iKANl) OLKAI.ANCK SALK AT TIIK STORE. ' (imit Rnliiclioii I.N P:R:I:C:E:S. Whn tltr w K" CmIotU. Wlwn .In M ClilM, lw criwl for Cuturla. Wlmo hii lm-nm Mlw, itin flunf U) ClMlorla. a lum lia luul CWIUmii, the (an Uwui CwUirla, OSWEGO NURSERIES, Wai.i.inii A Jahimcii, 1'roii., CROWERS AND DEALERS Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Grape Vines, Small Fruits, Etc. NurHiiry four mile below Oregon City, on the 0wegu roiul. CalaloKim uialloil tree on application, Aililre all oritur tu WALLING & JARISCH, Onwego, llrt'Kon. A Ilurgaln. For aale, at $10 per acre, 1110 acre ol timber luiiil ; ubont 2!) acre iihIi tiniliiir, 4'ij iiiilu from K. It. Htutliiii, 2 mile from aw mill on Hock (.'reek j Hplemliil luiiil ami timber; level; terniH eny. AHk McCowx A Uun, BANK 0F0REG0N CITY Paid up Capital 850.000. lHMufN t THOMAS ( UAH MAN. (ahhikm ( Us, ii.rArnKi.K M4NMIKH.., . K, !.. KAsiU VM tMHttt r(vUil titti)ttt ut fltwl r utility inl cm if wurmntt UmiiIii I tu itmiU nit ftviUIl ivtmrHy. K(l ll .ui 'unlati.(. hh Krimt'u ,t'hlr go, Nvw Yth. Atnl tl tirlttPltml rttHi. u Interest Hi n t!st drposltisfollnwt: Pi.r llirv ttii.iiilii, 4 .fit c.m .er muiiuv, I'l.r niiiitih.. i ir 1.111 annum Cut XI utioulm, 1 i'nl. ( iiiwii Tliu rrllHimi ul i1o...ii fykViin i iu,l hut luii'ro.i .ililc4 It vIi.wk Mm i4 f !' ul iUwiv CITY BATHS AND Tonsorial Parlors. HMRCUTING nllAMl'OOING MK DYKING JJINOUNG. Sharp Kiiuistt CIimui Towi-Ia I. miirn' uiul clii'.ilrcii.H' luurr uttiujc A KiH-cialty, II. it ur ii'l.l I'lithn III tlhV llliii'. 25cts. BATHS 25 eta. Jos Griggs. Opposite tho post Office. II von t hi nm'il via IUhipm. Sa. I, II,.. j ttri.llr. or Ui'luiin, lull mliMtil Ili.ilirr '.y 1 1 1 1 1 K- on ui. Kino lUiy ll.irii... (ii, SI.h k 1II1 in ili Ui unlfr. Whrllirr y.m ml ,i l.nyor mil tUn 11 I'.mii . jll uii ma t Harnoss Shop. Ni'l to lloiiry ('in.'' I.ivrrr Mull LUMBER! FOR FIRST CLASS LUMBER CO TO Geo. S. McCord's Mill n Mt. I'leuaiit '2 mile nmth of l Ircgon fit v. .Mcirlianls Hxcliaiic. Uiilii hiri. Orc.n t'lijr Orrgun, KriM iirNti.Y nM iianii twi W.I 1,1. 1,. I ,.( I.l.ri,.t. Minn li, f'lian III lh till mrrilii ami try O.a nrw Il..llar4 r.lilfl AilnlBrl4 Mllilk' I hlr.r1 1 ik run at ARCHITECTS. r r wiiiik. w a vi mi WHITE BROTHERS, J'rtirtirnl .Irrtu'trcti .J- Jtuilder. Will ri. r ,lm. vlr vait.-u. wurln( !- lalli. mul ..rin, .i ..rll kliel. ul ImhM lni. M-i itl iir.iilnii I m tu minium c ! K.ilnnlri liirul.he.1 un ..lrilua l ill nil or , ... W IIII K nito , ot ,n City. iin II. r. MAY. i. 1. COoKK. MAY & COOKE DeiileiH In (;i ucei li'H k Proiliice, ciiK Aoo sroiti:, OroKon City, Oroon. .1. M. IIACON & SOX. -DKAI.KKH IN Hooks and Statiomsy POST OFFICE DUILDINCV OUKiiON CITY, OUKI.iJH'. PAUVTIWC, A. WALKElt, Painter, Kalsominer, and Decorator, la prepared to attend promptly te work I'lilriiMu'd to him. Patronage rcnpcctfully solicited. M. H. Flanagan. WIIOI.K.HAI.K AND HI'.TAII.. LIQUOR STORE. r-Kl.i'K ON HANI) THR BKHT HKI.0TI0K W nl wiiii-., I,iiiinr. Ala, linar. ., mli li.uiid 111 tho Htala. la fiiigua-Kamlinn lllotk. (II ma call, M. II. KUNAUAN. Livery, Feed and HaleHtuhle ORECON CITY. I.OCATKU IIK'I'WKKN TIIK illtllXiK AJfl DKI'OT. Douhlu and Kiuglu RlgH, and tauiU (UohnrMuH ulwaya on luimh nt Win. lowes prices. A cormll contiL.uttijr Willi the hum or loon aloek. Information rKarilliiu any klmlloff Htock proinplly uUemlcil to by pi r4ii ort letter. Horses Bought and SoIaJL TliB B in Fran T Kilt tlm limlii Wll. ! view of the jinwout rvlnt nihytUH' niul .iiuiuiiirjr ontlnjr oiuihihI to grid n nurolmtita mnlotli tr ly thtf wuevll, wo iIitui it not out of ilui to jml'linh ht l known of thU Ht mul tht rxiiio iliin thiTffor, hoping that tlm Infor mal ion may rvai'h rvury ono Inter iKtinl, ami prove of noiuc naHlMtttTU', and wild tlx) further hopo that it will elicit itinmiDiiou anl mora in formation from grain IiaW. N ATI' K A I. HlaTOHV. The grain wwvU hi long to the luhonlor of tiff Ilea rhiiraiMrriitiMl hv It mriiihf r lHing iMvi.i J with beak or anuut which la unh1 to pum tuM fruit, or grain, or (tr;r huiU, (tint plant attackt'il ililTi'ring with tho kinil of wvil,) thenhy forming a rts'oi(aclc for thf v. The grain wvrvil in n'lhlinh hrowu in color, an. I alout om-ighth of an inch long. A ainglo egg la laiJ hy the female who puncture a kcr - nel of wheal fur that pure. The larva, or Worm, pr.nl uce.l from the rgg live Uhui the farina - e.H.11 i.art of. the kernel, l-ttviii oulv the hull. When full grown it ia nearly one line in length, ami H""ng thmugh the pii.. inter- changea'into a pupa within Uie:v,,,,i" '"I""'" "ok r row of hull in which it ha live.1 It re-'"-k tiiaiuk in the pupa atate aUmt uinej 'intilr I'nwrr. lav when the jK-rfect U etle apH-ar: "i 1 ., . , f ,1.1. i 'I he utilisation ami htrihuti..n ami knaw it way out of the ker-1 , ' 'uf ilrclric xier lllc tutil hv Mr, Uii, 1 1 . . . .' , Hi ,1 1 1 . , . ,1. . ilevour the iuii.l part 01 Ine grain not only in the larval, hut alMii 111 Ifirt l.tr!,t.'L klMlr. i It i aai.l that a (ingle pair wi iinuliii-n liiMKI in fivi. Iniitllli. It i 1 1 , ,1 ,;. ,1 tauee fur hngi' luutora, At S... aUo anl that from the time the fgg I uriMlKllf H II II 11 1 llir iu'liei 1 in- j 1 . . 1 . 1 .1 . r... :.. i .-l iiiia in i. kImiiiI fnr'V' tlve iliVM ... 1 1 .1 . .' 1 . . If 1. fimiiii.,1 1 1. 11 1 ri ii tiMiiiiera" j tore of lens than V .leg. Fahrenheit j thexo iuaivta are incapable of rrpro- u'.icing, an, i in oroer o rcapt- uif Col I hide theliinrlve ill the crack of the lloor, etc., remaining there ! until warmer weather. It i not hy examinin the ur .face of the grain heap that the . . . , , pr. i ice of the weevil can le "le t.vtetl, hut hy etamiulug the grain at a depth of four or more luch U'low the aurfaee. If imiie of the grain he put in water the infected kcrm la, or tlioe which the larva or perfect Inarct have eaten out. will lloal. It ii prohnh'.e that the weevil lava ita egg in the grain or in aome o it while in the field. The alove i taken largely from the work of Matthew t'.Nike, who 'iit imiie time Htudyingthi iiinect in California; are, alio, the fol lowing reuiediea which tally o oely with the reault of oherva tiona of many grain men through out the Willamette valley, that they are rM:ial!y reliable. HKMHUr. Firat Kerp granarie clean mul dry within, aivJ well ventilated. Second Vhitewanh the interior in the Hpring of each year. Pefore whitewaahinfr., however, anoint with a hruh, all crack and crevice in lloor and walla with the following aolutiou: Saturate chloride of lime with all the oal oil it will take up, and then with water until it can he lined with a hruah. Third firain in alore houae or granaries ahould he piled en na to allow a free circulation of air around the row of aacka (Huppiaing that lack were ukciI, and their ue aeemi deairahle.) Fourth It ia generally conceded that the grain weevil cannot hreed if the temperature in the building or Hton houao ia kept lower than ! Jeg. Fahrenheit. Hence, Fifth Thorough ventilation i iuiortant, a wo have reason to I' lieve that at lcaHt part of the wheat ia inflated heforo it reathea the granary; and a maintenance of low temperature will keep eggs from hatching. Sixth Ornin kept in hulk aliouhl he turned over oecariionally hy " Hhoveling" to prevent ita hceoming heated. Seventh Stored grain ahould he kept free from dump, and ho kept perfectly covered to prevent IU he coming wet froin ruiiiH, etc,, and a high teniperaturn hy every poaaihlo tneana. Somo of tho motliodg to Ixi'iulopt ed hy grain men in tho v lley te ae cure tho ahovo enda nre nn fioi: When atnring wheat ono hid ll U be left empty. , Thin will allow In opportunity to oeelinionally turn ovor tho wheat fn all the other 'bini, tranaferring from one bin to an other. J M Thia HccniH to a an cxculleni plan. The cohI of this .prooea., including aervieos of engineer, fuel, olij., ia calimntoil tu hit alxiut mm tenth of a rout nr huolu'l, Another i.ldi tu l put int. i xr mil iuii in to turn a V ulnt j l tiium i, eovcrml with wiif aerccning, part way through Ihc hin, ul (ho hottout, oHniiig to I hu exterior 011 the aile of the granary, ami lln inner eml in the hin teriulniiliiig inn wooilrii line, Imre.l full of two-inch linger holea which are eoverml with lino wiro acreening, thin Hue to run up through the hin or hiim, iill'oriliug, with the nlxivc-mnntioncil tunnel, n current of cool air through the wheat. The opening of the tunnel on the Hide of the granary may net. I a littlf naif to prevent the eutranei' of rain. ThU iuclhol of veutihttiug aloreil w heat in already in u' in h.nin. mic tion. Another reincilv, npplieahle to j ''"H"' ITor. it. ami who j"'" willing to meml ufl. r the mi i., i in to nturc gnuu in mu k. no iliH. "''"' 1,1 '' Moreliou.. thai a 1 fr,,' irculuti.ui of air cad play 1 '"t t Ji. in. hiu! tt.nt nl- ft.tiiH .,t- , tl"' granary ran have n.rau of ' r . 1.. roiK' tu have rea. Iie.l Lv lar ' 1 the greatent .IrVehiptnelll ill. 'will i 1 rl.iihl ami the I'mle.l State. In jjiiic iniiiier iiiiiuu i i ii tin uy in .1 t I . I- tranouiitteil to roniiiierahlc li- . tliurn a iiniiiu'.i' i.u v oi mai'liuie ecreaa i ilriv- u hv an ilei-tric mo- tr of "i" h"r iiiH.r, which J i rive it energy from turbine lui 1 more than five mile, away n a mountain Mreiiiu At Iter, u.liiigeii, a delaine mill of ;ii'i,it rpimllcn, i driven by a pair of electric iimtor of L'so hor.o piwer, iijM-i atnl by a tnrbiiie wheel twi l.e mile .lintant At Lucerne, IJtih.iKe piw.-r iim ilarly carried half a mile, and 'l hore i.i r a ipiarter of a mile. In the flitted State tin clivtrie motor .i" more than horo piwi-r i known to Mr. Pup)-, hut there are a many a li.ixHi imull nn,:,,t in line, a favorite ie U'ing I" horfi' (lower. It i predu led that in cit ic electric Inutur will .in prarti- f rally auppUnt the teaui i 1 1 j. 1 1 1 of Icm tban ' li.re piwi-r. II, Kin trli la oulh. . .. ... . , If we want a eoni)'tciice lunge we fhoiild Iwgiii early in youth to hoard, The mt uc ful kiiowledge in the world, or if not the moat use ful, then certainly the next in or der, i the knowledge of the Value uf money. The Ut way to acuiro thi very important windoin i to carefully ave your urplu fund. We uncoiiHciouly iM-come acipiaint- ed with thi truth a the pile grow larger; not a the uiicr hug hi gold and look Uxm it a a necc. Hitv, and one that may do him a good turn when he need home friendly nilance, The pinr man muni ever light under advcrecir- cuintanec if he ha not the atit- auce of money, lie w ill ulwaya 1 at a diNinlvaiilage. lie will feel himaelf more the mini with a good Mini in the bank. And he will even igh and IktiiIc himelffor hi ahort- Highti'diiexH when young if he hu neglected to Hceure it. II lint a Tea ef ( mil ('iniliiliin. A careful aualyia and etimate niiide hy a New York chemiHt, of tho eonHtitueiit of a ton of coal, pre- Hi'iit aome inlercsling fact, not fa miliar certainly to unacicntifio mind. It i found that, hcxidea git, a Ion of ordinary ga coal will yield 1'ilH) pound of coke, '.'(I gal lon of ammonia water, and II11 pound of coal tar. Pint'illation of thi amount of coal lar give about 70 pound of pitch, 17 poundH of (reoHote, I I pound of heavy oil, about 1' pound, of naplha yellow, and ' (J pound of mipthol, '2 poundH of iili.urinc, 21 pouuda of solvent napthu, 1 l-.ri pound of an aline, "II hundrcdtliH of a pound of toludine, 'XI hundredlliH of a pound of anthrneine, and nine-tenth of a pound of toluchc from the lat pained HiiliHtanco being obtained the new product, Hiiccharine, Haid i he i!'J0 time a Hwoot a the bent eano Hiigar. 'rt ' (Tim moat phenomenal yield of corn ever produced in America was ri'iaed In Ninth fa roll mi. Thecrop was. within ft fraction of 2.V) bushel a, gfoen weight, grown on one acre, wlilch Hhruiik to J.'I'. bushela when Vpn dried, and when chemically dried couluincd217 huHhols. Hip Hurbl' I.HiikT TainieU. On the St. (lothard ltailway, not far from the fauimiM long tun nel, there i a remarkable lunm l on the plan of a corkscrew. In lite descent uf the mountain it was found impoihh' t lay out a safe incline on a straight line or ordina ry curve, and the engineer got over the dilhcully by driving a tunm l which enter the mountain high on the side, describing a circle through tln r)!id rock, constantly descend ing a it Iim so, rciiix nra under it). If on the mountain side some ditance bvlow, then dives Into the rock, again circlv, and sink a it circle, until It again emerge into daylight under it. If, when the line resume ita course d iwn hill in a more familiar way. There is a wonderful tunnel in Chicago, driven ill IHIill, two mile out under the bottom of the lake, so that (be city may obtain a water upply free from the refuse of the city. Thin tunnel, which ha now been doubled, ha two shaft, one on (he land and one in the U-d of the hike, rixitig through a crib, which crib i defended by a break water and aerve a the foundation f a light houae. Thi wa a diffi cult work to manage owing to it being through clay and iUicksiiml, but it i a mere nothing as to length There is, for instance, the f roton B'jucduet from f roton down to New Yotk, which is driven through solid rm k f..r thirty six and a quarter iiiih s. The ll.Mii.ac tunnel is four and thri-e-.piartcrs mihs in length, ami is twenty-six feet wide and twenty one and a half feet high, Aaparaifua. Why should not every farmer have asparagus enough fur home consumption mul a go. d lot t sell in spring? It is a choice vegetable and bring a good price in the mar ket. 'I he common opinion that an iinpariigim lcd must ) made in the old nay, by digging out the soil to a depth of thro fi-ct, and filling with rich comtHist, and a great dml more of similar antiquated noli-sem-e, is a hat prevent p'oplc from growing axparagti. l'.ut that is changed now. It him U-fii discov ered that common si-use put in prac tice I jut a good on asparagus a anything else. The soil, it i ( rue, shoiiid Iw unite rich and nn llor to a giMd depth. lie. I the ground three feet wide, ami relied th water furrow. Harrow down and oja'U by running tw ice in thi furrow w ith a narrow shovel plow. Set the plant in these furmas, carefully spreading out the root and covering with fine soil pressed down. The furrow should not he mora than three inches deep, as it is top grow th that is wauled. A dressing of salt will keep down weeds and grass, ami is a tine fertilizer for asparagus The plant i a easily grow n a the average garden vegetable, and the yield is enormous. Pacific: Farmer. A lot; MiiiuIiI (.curat To let cigarette! alone. To 1. kind to all animal. To be manly and couragcoua. To ride, row, shoot and sw im. To build a fence scientifically. To be gentle to hi little sisters. To iill the wood Iki.x every night. To sli ut tin1 door without alum ining.'' To sew on a button and darn u stocking. To do errands promptly and cheerfully. To shut them in winter to keep the cold nut, To wash dishes and make hi bed, when'- necessary. To shut the door in summer to kecpthe Hie out, To have a dog if pOHsiblc, and make a companion of bun. To gi I ready to go away without thu united ell'oits of mothers and sislcrs. The Dlevenlli (Viimi. A census bulletin, issued by (!cn. Purler, superintendent of tlu'consus, show (hut Oregon I divided into two ocnH'.'.H districts, and each dis trict will be under llio supervision of a general superintendent. The first district will bo in charge of Hon. J. 11. Hhupe,of Ashland, and embraces tho counties of Kenton, f lackainuH, Clatsop, Columbia, Cur ry, Coos, Douglas, Jackson, Jo Hopbine, Lane, Linn, Marion, Mult nomah, Polk, Tillamook, Washing ton ami Yamhill counties. The second dinlrict will he under tho super. Ision of Dr. J, V. Strange, of La (Irandc, and includ'S tho coun ties of linker, Crook, f! illintu, CI rant, II an icy, Klamaih, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa and Wasco count ies, I'rtce of Wheat. The Chicago Herald says the la st authorities In Kngland are of the opinion that the price of when will remain low for some time to come. A month ago it was thought that the price would move upward, but uecording to the latest calcula tions a drop is quite as probable aa a rise. According to the Keonomist of December 21, tlm yield of the United Kingdom was about "'I, (XX'000 buslwls, and as the annual consumption, at five and a half bushel p-r head, ia 2oO,0K),(XW bushel, the inutility required from outside aourecs will b about 125, (ro.OilO bushels. TITO United Klatea ha a aurplua for ex port of !!(), (KKI.IKK) bushels, and Russia, India and Australia can readily supply the rest. Apparently our farmer! will have to "make their bonk" for growing wheat at uliout 3U cent a quarter for some years to come, except in the event of a quite unusually ex tensive failure of crop, which it I not aafe tu count on now that we draw our supplies fmm so many part of the world in which har vest is going on m arly all the year round. There is ubundaiice of 'evi dence toshowtliat wheat grower! in the United State, Canada and South America have f. lt the strain of low pricei a severely as British grower, and in the course of a few year it i probable that the pro duction of wheat, relatively to Jkj- ullttiou, will be h-s tllllll it j tlOW. Already it is so in the United States and Canada, and it ha I ..ii i so in Australasia, though prices in that part of the wot Id, raised by Kr harvest, have lately caused a reaction. Our farmers, then, should take courage, making up their mind to adopt the cheapest meth od of pr.xluction until the severest of thu content they are now waging abates to some extent, and then to reap the reward which will fall to those who have proved them- jsilvcs the fittest in the struggle for existence. The Johiittuwa Itrllrf t'nad. Pint Ann run. January 1(1. At a meeting of the Johnstown lbs si re lief commission to day (lovernor Heaver presided. Arrangements were jierfcetod with the (Sirard Life Assurance Annuity Company for the administration of an annuity fund whereby 522 children, under 10 year of age, orphaned by tho fl.sl. will receive ."l annually until they reach tin- age of IS. Various other form of relief for the destitute were adopted. The secretary ' rejrt show that then' i estimated to have been drowned in the Conemaugh valley 220 persona, numlr of UkI ies recovered 1(7.", identified 1021, unidentified li.YI, missing liOo. The relief fund received from various sources amounted to 2.tKW,073. After all expenditure for relief have been paid, the Commission have on hand unexpended a bal ance of $70,(i31. Hell Iteiuty (W Thousand. To interrupt Horace (Sreeley when he wa in the throe of bring ing forth an editorial an editorial w hieh has never U'cn equalled in the journalism of America an ed itorial which wa a slogan for hi party, a thunderbolt for its foes w as a danger which no friend, no enemy, none hut a fool, dared to encounter. I was once in his edito rial sanctum when the fool wa there. To relievo your apprehen sions, I won not tho fool. KuJ, he was one of those itinerant and per sistent gentlemen with a subscrip tion book. Ha kept presenting it while old Horace was writing a most of you remember, with his pen away up to hi chin, and Horace had a habit, when any one would interfere, of kicking, and so he kicked at the subscription fiend. Finally, when he saw ho could not gel rid of tho intruder by this means, ho stopped in thomiddlo of a sentence, turned around, and aid raspingly in that shrill voice of his: "What do you want? State it quick, and in tho lowest words pos sible." "Well," said tho subscription fiend, " I want a subscription, Mr. (ireeley, to prevent thousands of my fellow human beings from go ing to hell." Said Mr. (Ireeley: " I won't give you a cent. There don't half enough go there now," Tiikuk are 7,Q(X),000 negroes In thu United StatcB. In tho South there are 10,000 colored school teachers. Cleveland and Wl. The following letter from J. if. (iray, of Prineville, wa published in tho Oregonian. It is a very clear presentation of the effect of fret trade on ahcep. Mr. (Jray ay: Dear Kir: Concerning your in quiry aa to what effect the recent tariff agitation had upon the wool industry of this eetkr of country, I dnire to tay that it had a most disastrous effect. And to more ful ly explain what i meant by the exprcssum, I call your attention to the figure below. To b brief in the matter, I refer to the year 1SS0 to WJ inclusive, and take for a basis good average wool, scouring 00 to 65 Hircerit; which during the season of averaged oar grow era IS J cents from heep of an ar crae value of 12 jr head. The season of 1887 the same style of wool average! grower 18 cents with sheep at 12 per head. In ths sea son of 1H87 under tariff agitation, the same staple of wool averaged grower 11) cent, and the same style of sheep declined to tl 2-5 per head. In 1KB9 the same style of wool averaged the grower 16) cents, while good average bands of sheep sold for II 75 to 12 per head. Ik) you will readily see what the effect of our recent tariff agitation had upon our industries, and whatloenes were attributable to this Celine in value. Hut to impress the effect mors forcibly I will summarise to give you a closer idea of how it affected a small community like ours. We had in our county 255,000 sheep, and a wool clip aggregating 1,530,- UK) pound. On wool the average loss was 5 rent per pound: Urns on wool f 78,500 fits llnton VMlnrof iliwpst 6;",c. 15V ,375 Total In one season .$SA,875 From the above you can see the loss inflicted on ur, and from that guess what the effect would have been had the Mills bill become a l&w. L (iermaa Italldlaf Material. Hollow cast iron brick have been patented in Germany by August Hoekel, of KrfurU They are of the . ite and shape of ordinary brick, and the tides are one-eighth of an inch thick. They are to be used without mortar or other building material, being held together by grooves and projecting ribs fitting into one another on the upper and lower side. There are also two circular oinmings in the tep of each brick, into which properly formed projections on the brick aboveone of them hook-shaped filter, and give greater firmness of hold. The joints are made tight with a suita ble paint. locoaaut Vatter. A fatty substitute for butter hav ing been discovered in the exoanut, a factory tor producing tho sub stance was established at Mauheitu, Germany, about a year ago. Ac cording tj consul Monoghan, this factory employs twenty-five work men, and turns out daily a ton of cocoanut butter, which is retailed at about 15 cents per pound. The new product is said to be better adapted to kitchen than to table use; but it is already preferred at hospitals on account of its purity and digestibility,' and is rapidly finding its way into homes where tho people are too poor to buy but ter. A Tiny Kail Koad. A wonderful railroad is the one which connects the towns of Bed ford and Kellevuo., Massachusetts. It is nino miles in length, and is probably as unique as any on the globe. The distance is not so as tonishing, except when the gauge of ten inches is considered. In the short distaneo traversed by the pigmy it crosses eleven streams, with bridges from five to thirty-five feet in height. The rails weigh but twenty pounds to the yard, about about tha size of those used in the mines of Missouri and Illinois. The cars and engines are constructed so as to be very near tho ground, insur ing greater safety. The cars aro pro vided with single seats on each side of the aisle. The car itsolf weighs but four tons, the woight of an ordinary car being twenty to, twenty-six tons. The engine, with out tho tender, weighs seven tons, and runs with two nassoncror or freight cars at tho rate of twenty miles an hour. There is a smaller railroad than this in tho United States the ono in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, but it is only kept as an expensive toy by a rich farmer who has made a fortune out of it, -Albany Argus. M -fi -V, tM-1 yta'.t