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Wallowa Chieftain. FIRST LECTURE. THE IHUIVI ItUBSeii Low »it • id* *.Vhat a Library S h o u ld He- CnrtouB Fratur*« S*re»»uteU by « Itecent fttatlatlcal R eport. It is a well established law that the Mr. Lowell told a t the dedication of suicides in sum mer are far more num er Ao new Public Library at Chelsea. Joseph, Union County, Oregon Mass.. what books such a library should ous than in w inter, although at first sight it would seem that the hardships »ontain. Among other things he said: ami privations of w inter in cold cli A public library should contain some B . A . B K C K R T H U R N . P r e p r le lo r . m ates would be a direct incentive to thing for all tastes, as well as the ma B a b a c rtp t B a t« « ending life. The statistics of suicide terial for a thorough grounding in all >2 V Stnfft« copies, per year, in ad vane« in the United States for Ju n e, Ju ly and If not paid in advance .... • branches of knowledge. It should be August of August of 1885 present some Hingk copy, •»* nionihs Hina 1« copy, three months "• rich in books of reference, in encyolo- curious features. The total num ber AdTsrflBmtf rales fiumUh«d on auplicatloa. pastias. where one may learn without was 420. distributed as follows: Ju n e , cost of research what things are gener 157; Ju ly , 142; A ugust, 121. Insanity ally known. For it is far more useful leads the list of predisposing causes, LATE NEWS SUMMARY to 'know these than to know those that claim ing no less than 101 victim s; fam- I 'a c lflc C o a s t. t iM I r r u an d ► '•rel«ii. are not generally known. Not to know i.y trouble comes next with 48; love them is the defect of those half-trained tri uble caused 37, dissipation 26. desti T h ere art' -loo p atien ts in th e O regon ami therefore hasty men who find a tution 21, business trouble 17 and grief In s a n e A sylum . m are's-nest on every branch of the tree of 5, while chagrin a* parental discipline P re sid e n t C leveland was 49 years old | knowledge A library should contain am led 5 foolish children io end th sir lives. ple stores of history, which, if it does not It is a popular delusiou that the m a r on th e 18th of March. always deserve the pompous title which L ou C hilders, of B anta Rosa, Cal., Boliiigbroke gave it, of philosophy ried are more exempt from the despond was k illed by being throw n from a teaching bv example, certainly teaches ency th at leads to self-destruction than the .in g le, but these statistics disprove buggy. j many tilings profitable for us to know this assertion They show that the killed Mrs. N orris anil to lav to h eart. teaches am ong other G. 1). W illiam s ____ , husbands led the list of suicides last and atte m p te d suicide at H o t Springs, tilings how much of the present is still sum m er with a total of 160, while the A rkansas. moi tw ain by past; teaches an sas | j held neto in tn m ountain oy the me pn»i, iv.-w-u«» philosophic bachelors eatue lagging after with only 92. Wouiep arc chary At . M em p h is. T en u . H en ry Arnold m hum an .lffail.s> aQll th;lt of yielding up’ the opportunity to m ake was sh o t th ro u g h th e h eart by M io some m an their slave, for only 34 wives E m m a N o rm an . chance has but a trifling dominion over anj m aids took this desperate course E x-G overnor W m . Irw in died a t them ; teaches why things are and must t0 enj their troubles. Fifteen widow- h is residence in Ban F ran cisco , after be so and not otherwise; teaches, per- ers decided to leave this cold world haps, more than anything else, the value and not attem pt another experience a w eek’s illness. of persona! character as a chief factor T h e M ikado of Ja p a n has sent a in what used to be called destiny, for with fickle woman, while only Six w id co n trib u tio n of $600 to the G ran t I that cause is strong which has not a ows despaired of th eir power over the other sex. It is comm only supposed m o n u m e n t fund. multitude, but one strong man behind that drow ning has peculiar attractions Tw o m en were killed aud twelve i it. History is indeed mainly the biogra- _____ for tho _______ suicide _____________ in the warm ________ sum m er o th ers in ju red by a colliery explosion phy of a few imperial men. and forces nionths, but these figures show that the a t D u n b ar. P ennsylvania. heme upon us the useful lesson liow ghastlv method of exit with the pistol J lin es Irv in e the w ell-known mill infinitesimally im portant o u r own pri- | appealed to 145. while 82 used cold i o S ■ g r o £ r “ of Ban FroncU eo, diet! ' ate affairs are to the nnirorro in gen- , N ext cam e hanging, w hich 53. while 39 a t his residence in th a t city. e l*n gliph a nbrarv the sciences should cut "th eir th ro ats^ an d adopted the Mrs. B o rh m a n .o f C in c in n a tti, cut be fully represented, that men may at classical m ethod of opening their a rte r th e th ro a ts of h er two sons, an d th en least learn to know in w iiata marvelous ies. T he m ethod of jum ping from museum they live, what a w onder worker g reat heights, which ti used to nave a suicided in th e sam e m an n er. them an exhibition daily for gtrailgt. fascination for many sujeides, ' ’ Mrs. M ary W ildm an has been sen is Riving lining. in all to have lost it<j foroe, as only 6 not D Nor let a rt be forgotten _ ten ce d to be hanged a t L ittle \ alley, its many forms, not as the antithesis of ! adopted it in these three nionths. N . Y., for poising h er h u sb an d . science, but as her elder or fairer sister, In reg ard to n ationality some in ter B. B. W a tro u s,a w ealthy stock za'ser, whom we love all the more that her use esting com parisons arc suggested. Of fulness can not be dem onstrated in dol course, the A m ericans lead the list co m m itted suicide at V atro u s, N. M., lars and cents. I should be thankful if with 147, but the G erm ans oontrlbute hv sh o o tin g hintself in th e h eart. every dav laborer am ong us could have an abnorm al num ber—no less than 51. C om m odore Voorhis, of N yack. New his mind illumined, as those of Athens The French «Some next with 18, the Y o rk , has been sued for $100,4404) for and of Florence had. with some images . . Irish follow with 12 and the English of what is best in architecture, painting ; p) The Chinese are awav down breach of prom ise by Mrs. G urnee. and sculpture, to train his crude percep- o„ the n „ wltb oulv pnc cooj it. wbo T he tre a ty of peace betw een Bcrvia lions and perhaps call out la tert facul- concluded to venture to th at other a u d B u lg aria has been ratified b y re p - ties. I should like to see the works of shore where the red certificate is an- resentives of th e powers interested. Ruskin within the reach of every artisan known- In regard to occupation, the A New M exican sto ck m an offers am ong us. For I hope some day that I farmer> who, according to the plilioso- tw en ty th o ro u g h b red m ares for th e the delicacy of touch and accuracy of pb era, ought to have the best balance tepiperam ent because of his out- head of G eronim o, th e A pacha chief. eye that have made our mechanics m sotne departm ent- the best :n tin- world ,»oor Ji»«. «n,| his oonim'iQfes with na- T he F itzg erald hose com p an y of may give us me same supremacy in , llrUi leads all other workers, auniber- L in co ln , N ebraska, won th e first prize works of wider range and more purely lu g »hree sum m er m onths 34. in th e iiie m a n ’s co n test a t New ideal scope. Philosophv aside, no doubt loneliness \ ovages and travels I would also have an(j , be Qj ¡nnocent am usem ent in O rleans. T h e Postoffice D ep artm en t has res good store, especially the earlier, when A m erican country life h$ve muoh to do this large p ercen tage of the tillers tored to its rig h tfu l ow ner $40, stolen the world was fresh and unhackneyed, , and men saw things invisible to the tw en ty years ago from a letter in modern eye. They are fast-sailing ships of the soil. W ith more cheerful sur- ngs N ebraska. to waft away from present trouble to the stve toil which especially falls to the A t Balt L ake C ity, U tah, Geo. Q. Fortunate Isles. ' lot of the fa r m e rs wife, the result To wash down the drier morsels that ought to be far different. The A m eri C annon failed to respond w h in his case w as called in co u rt, forfeiting every library must necessarily offer at can farm er in the older-settled States | its board, let its range be not too narrow makes w ork a fetish. T here is little $25,000 bonds. stretch from Dante to the elder light in his life, and although he rarely J a c k D em psey an d Geo. La B lanche to Dumas. The world of the im agination fou g h t for $1,000 a s id e at Rye, New is not the world of abstraction and feels the pinch of w ant he has few of Y ork. T h e la tte r war k nocked out in nonentity, as some conceive, but a world the innocent pleasures which go far to relieve the d rudgery of the mechanic th irte e n rounds. formed out of chaos by the sense of the o r the clerk in the large city. Of the T h e Lord M ayor of Ixjudon tias beauty that is in man and the earth on j other occupations which cut any figure issued a second ap p eal for don atio n s which he dwells. It is the realm of in the record oS suicide, the m erchant tv lie forw arded for relief of uueni- might-be, our haven of refuge from the leads w ith 16, the m anufacturer follows shortcomings and disillusions of life It with 13, then come saloon-keeper, 10; jf i'.ycd w orkingm en. is. to quot. Spenser, who knew it well— laborer, 9; and com m ercial traveler, A squad of soldiers boarded a train Inn from care and earl - j 8. The high proportion of gome of ,n th e M exican C en tral R ailroad a n d rT iaoll these is due w ithout doubt to the hard forced a n A m erican to give them $otk tim es which force m any business men ve, then, that God gave ns to the wall and seem to leave them , in u n d e r p en a lty of being sen t to jail. Do we this splemlid faculty of syni- in mot T h e body of an unknow n m an , who their despondent condition, only one had been probably m u rd ered an d then pathy with liiings that a re a joy forever? way of safety out of their troubles. It part. I believe that the love and is rem arkable th at the learned profes For m b u rn e d , h as been found u n d er a pile study af works of im agination is of sions and the other occupations which of logs in B anta C lara co u n ty , Cal. practical utility in a country so pro L au ra M iller, aged 19 years, hanged foundly material in its leading tenden- j dem and some intellectual culture do furnish anv m aterial addition to herself in the attic of h er paren ts eie- a- iurs The hunger after purely j not - but iH i ho ^ Z ^ ? h ^ ^ ho u se a t Buffalo, N. Y ., because she intellectual delight», lilt co te than five m inisters com m itted suicide. was forbidden to go to a roller skating 5 . . e r : ' : , ’:';’ * g : t « w hat tb>. ¡s attributable u w0Uid rink. for us in m aintaining a wholesome bal- be difficult to say.—Ban Francisco E x-G overnor M ichael H a h n , R epre- ance of the character of the faculties I I Chronicle. sen tativ e in Congress from th e Second I «»« »‘»»H " « 'e r be persuaded that , D istrict of L ouisiana, died suddenly S hakeepeardeft;alessueeiful I«iSnex to C H EAP L IV IN G . _ e „ v v rr „ hi-countrym att. W e H hold I m f , f 1. H I » V M l I I l l » V I1 1 en C I1 than I l i a n V\ II A ll. II O V l i u al u I a t W ash in g to n of Item jrrag e ot tu e (),,epeH( alJ the highest satisfactions n e t t in g A lon g on I.e»» T han T h ree H u n lu n g s. dred a Y ear. „ „ __ | of life as tenants of im agination. Na T h e custom s au th o rities at O ttaw a, tone will keep un the supply of what are “ A m an can live cheaply now adays,” C an ad a, seized an d deetroved 2.500 called hard-headed people w ithout our aid a w ell-known business man to a copies of Lord Beasonefield’s “ E nd y - help, and if it comes to that, there are 'ilobc reporter. “ Why, you oan start m io n ,” published by H a rp e r Bros., of other a- good uses for heads as at the | >y buying a new spaper for 2 cents, and end of battering-ram s.—N. Y. E xam New Y ork. i look for the prices of boots and shoes: Los A ngeles in divided in its ad m ira iner. ! he finds a kind which w ill w ear three tion of two babies recently born there, H U M A N LIFE. m onths and he only has $1 to pay for one of w hich weighs only one and a half pounds, while th e o th e r weighs T he A veraxe L e n i t i l i if L i lt a t V arious them. N ext he lo o k s 'fo r stockings, A ge« finds th at some large store is having a tw enty-five pounds. Tiie following is one of the well-au- run on such goods and that he Can get T iie thaCa S u p erv Hw'cTal**anDronriahou isin g A rch itect reconi of I thenticated tables in use am ong London j a p air ’or 4 or 6 oeats and w arranted to mend”« P U B L IS H E D EV E R Y TH U R SD A Y rep air an d p rotection of th e B oin' a g ^ n g t h of life at various ages. In C ity , Id ah o , assay office, the first column we have the present A dvices from Bonora, M exico, state ■ ages of persons of average health, and th a t U nited Btates troops have tieeii in tin second column wc are enabled te fo rb id d en to pass th e M exican line look, as it were, beliind the scenes of an assurance office, and gather from their u n til co m p licatio n s arisin g from C raw table the number of years they will give fo rd ’s d e a th have been settled. us to live. This table has been the re Im m en se snow falls are reported in sult of careful calculation, and seldom misleading. Of course sudden Silesia, R ussia. Several villages were , prove- j. com p letely buried and the in h a b ita n ts and prem ature leiath-, as well as lives co m pelled to dig th eir way o u t. Five inusually oxtemled, occasionally occur, c h ild ren were frozen to death while on but this is a table of the average expect ancy of life of an ordinary man or th e ir way to school. w om an: ^ D is c o u r a g in g rep o rts come from the Mort, 1< «r« <o Livt. G ov ern m en t ex p erim en tal Tea-farm , .....................IM i __ . . ........................31 a t S u m m erv ille, S o u th C arolina. Cold ........................ 11 .........................34 w eather h as strip p ed th e p lan ts of .................... 14 th eir foliage. C om m issioner C olm an, ..........................'I ................... It of th e D ep artm en t of A g ricu ltu re, th in k s th e F a rm had b etter be a b an d Tili-Hilt. oned. At C arro llto n , Miss., th irte e n ne groes were on trial for th e attem p ted —Peopl« who believe the stories assassin atio n of Ja m e s L id d e ll,a p ro m about intelligent dogs, will read with in e n t citizen . F ifty w hite m en e n pleasure thvt a lost dog in Norfolk, tered th e C o u rt H ouse au d a t once navtng seen hie m aster's advertisem ent opened fire o n th e p riso n ers, killing m one ef She local papers, prom ptly te n of th e n u n ilier an d seriously w ent home.—H artford Pott. w ounding th e others. —“ W hat are the thiags th at touch us Tho B ritish steam er O regon was most ae we look back through the e srs?” asked a lecturer, im pressively. ru n in to by an u n k n o w n schooner here was _ m om ent’s awful pause, near Bandy H ook, New Y ork, a n d so disabled that, she san k a few hours and then a sm all boy in the audience •‘O ur clothes ” — (Jotden later. T h e passeirgcrs an d crew , answ ered' n u m b erin g over 800 persons, were —Kliiel used to play a good deal in rescued by th e F u ld a and landed the Mabbatli-school class. One day »lie safely oil shore. T h e schooner sank had been verv quiet. She -at up prim, sim ultaneously w ith th e collision. T he and behaved herself so nicely that after Oregon carried B00 hags of m ail, m ost the recitation wns over the teacher re of w hich was lost. T h e loss is esti m arked; “ Ethel, my dear, you were a m ated a t $1,900,000. go*"! little girl to-day.” “ Yes'm, A d arin g robbery o ccurred on Hie I couldn't help being gixsl. I dot a tif Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific w est n eck !"— Totr-do Hlailr. —McBeth Simmons, an Onion (.'reek bound express betw een Jo ilie t and M orris, Illinois. M asked m en in some fanner, while in Austin a few days ago, m an n er en tered the ex p ress car, while took his dinner at the Brunswick Hotel, th e tra in was in m otion, and after a T here happened to be an old gentlem an at the dinner table who adjusted the end d«s|>erata stru g g le m u rd ered th e of the napkin around his throat before m essenger an d roblied th e safe of be he I legs n to feed himself. Simmons tw een $20,001. no $7542)0. T he bag looked a t him for a m inute, glanced g agem an was kep y u ie ta t th e m uzzle around tiie dining-room, and then said: of a sizshooter. '1 ne rnhliers have not “ I say. Mister, a in 't you in the wrong been captu red . This isn't a barber-shop.” * i H ow th e Shot In Sorted In to A lies for th « ■ MlUlilMr VMlShMB $$«•••• Shot is formed by pouring a melted piece of alloy or lead through a colander or sieve at the top of a high tower. In falling to the base of the tow er the p a rtie l'so f »eiui-tluid lead assume the globular form. They fall into a vessel of w ater placed to receive them , before reaching which they become so nearly solid that their globular form is re tained when they strike the surface of the yielding elem ent. An arsenical preparation forms the alloy, which makes tile lead more ductile, softer and better fitted to take the spherical form. The soft and pure American lead re quires less arseuic than the hard anil brittle foreign varieties. Too much arsenic cause- the drops to assume tiie lenticular form, and too little causes them to elongate, to flatten on one side and hollow in the middle as they cool. The higher the tower the larger the shot that nia\ be dropped in it. 1 had an opportunity at Chicago of ilispeeting the whole process of m aking shot. Also at tiie .same time 1 saw how sheet lead uml lead pipes are m anufactured, and the no less interesting processes in the immuf.ii'ture of lin-eed oil. The lofty tower, as high and alm ost as massive a- Bunker Hill monum ent, must have attracted the attention of nearly every one who has visited tiie city. From its sum m it the best view of the citv is tv be obtained. It is one of the tallest towers erected for tins pur- MMe in the world. T here is one in Curope 24b feet high. Koine of the per pendicular bluffs in the Upper Missis sippi in tn vicinity of the lead mines of Iowa and Wisconsin are used in the place of towers, the melted lead being dropped over the precipices. Tiie shot arc of greater dimensions than the holes of the colander through w hich they pass. Mr. Blatchford dipped out a handful from the cistern for our inspection. T here was quite a variety of sizes and many of tiie drops had assumed irregular forms. The first thing dene with the shot is to dry them, and then the perfectly spherical ones are selected by a very ingenious oon- trivance, as simple as it is ingenious. A series of inclined planes is so ar ranged, one below another, with gaps between, that when the shot is poured upon the top one, the perfectly spherical ones of all sizes bound forward m errily in straight Hues, skipping the gaps un erringly, and flying off neither to the right hand nor the left. Anv one who has tried to roll an im perfect bail in a ten-pin alley knows what an irresistible attraction the sides of tiie alley have for the poor ball. It will not keep upon the straight highway cast up for it, but must needs roll into the ditch, a melancholy instance of the "depravity of inanim ate things.” So the imperfect shot seatter oilt at the sides of thes,' planes. And even if they chance, by a miracle of grace, to keep in the center, they drop into tiie cun ning pitfalls over whicli their perfect brethren nimbly skip in safety. The nearly perfect ones sometimes escape several of their gaps, but are all caught before they reacli the bottom, and self- convicted, are unceremoniously returned to the m elting pot. The perfect ones of all sixes run into a revolving barrel, where with a little pulverized graphite, or plumbago, they roll about for a while, and acquire the brilliant polish which is their finishing touch. It only needs now to assort the sizes and to pack them in the little canvas bag- fainihflr to all sportsm en. They are sorted in revolving cylinders I 3lightl\ inclined, perforated with holes, : which iii.-it*.i«e In size tow ard the lower , end. Each size drops out as soon as it conies to a set of holes large enough to allow the shot to pa.—. The arrange ment for w eighing and bagging them is very ingenious. Receptacle- num bered from one to twelve, according to tiie size of tiie shot, nniler tiie revolv ing cylinders, conduct the little death dealing missiles through tunnels into the canvas bags. As soon as a bag lias received its twenty-five pounds its weight shuts a valve, and no more can conic till the bag is removed and an other put in its place. One man tends the whole row. with needle and thread sewing up the bags, which are then ready for the m arket. All tiie work of tiie tower, except th a t which is done by machinery, is perform ed by three men. — Pluliiilt.lphiit C'lll. ten ts; that m akes sixty pairs of stock ings at 5 cents eacfi. $3. He then looks for underw ear. He has two sets to get, price $3, and he can get a suit of clothes for about $8, and a h at for $1. C ollars cost very little, and 80 cents will buy enough to last a long lime. " I f you have noticed you probably saw tfiat bosom shirts may be p u r chased for 50 cents, and Ijc will need three, and an overcoat can be pnrohased for $7.50, and gloves are ready at hand for 70 cents. Now you foot the list up, and you w ill find th at It eosta but $29.50 to cloth* the mau fo ra year. T hrow in $18.50 for w ashing for the past year and your bill foots op to $43. “ I can say from my own experience th a t there are m any places in tho city w here one can secure good living for $120 a year for food. Now, by adding perhaps $3t for extravagances or Inci dents! expenses, you Have a grand total of $275 for the year s expenses or $5.29 a week, whiob la 76 4-t cent« a day, and alm ost any maa oan save on that. If people only realised how little It took to live there w ould be more money sav ed ."—Horton (fithe. G en ero u s Nellie A rthur. We beard a pretty story about Nellie A rth u r the other d»y. N early two years ago. while the ex-Presiden* was out driving with bis danghter, the horses very nearly tram pled upon a little crippled colored girl o u t by the Boundary. The child was not injured, Imt was badly frightened, ami Miss N ellie's sym pathies were much excited. The President gave the crip p le’s m other a five dollar bill ami con sidered the m atter settled; but his d au g h ter did not, and the next day sen t o u t her solace in the. form of a bouquet ami a bundle of playthings. Seldom thereafter did the P resident’s carriage go th at way w ithout beuring other gifts, and, although Miss Nellie is a t school in New York, am ong new w enes ami associations, she <1o< a not forget her prote.ge, for a Mttle while there came a package of play ings and confectionery by express for the cripple.— Wathington Capt if. I TVr l u n i i . r lu .a r la h lj la v ttea A tta c k . aS ta c n a ita v . Some emotions accelerate the heart, quicken the action of the brain, give new strength ami elasticity to the step, and greatly enliven the s p irits —ths effect being of brief ilnratlon. Others, like hope, for instance, have a sim ilar effeot niiieh lower in dugree, but niiieli more prolonged. Still others have ah opposite effect. Among the last is fear. Many eases are on record in which It has resulted in sudden death. U nder its influence, as is well known, the face often be comes pale, the heart beats violently, the breath is obstructed, the linibe trem ble, the appetite is lost, and ail other emotions are overcome. We speak of the man as fMira'yied with fear. T here is literal tru th in this. The effect is due to the influence of the emotion on some one of the cerebral centers—the ganglia, or nerve masses, near the base of the brain, which govern the action of the various vital organa. This in fluence is, for the tim e, of a paralys ing nature. Hence the capillary blood vessels near the surface are collapsed, and the blood is driven baek on the heart, burdening both it and the lungs ; while the secretion of tiie gastric juice is arrested by a paralysis of the great nerve the pncuniogaatrlc—w hich sup plies the stom ach with its w orking force. Such a ease is an extrem e one. but it is the sam e in kind with fear in every degree. It lowers tiie tone of the system. It lessens the vitality. Even this condition is a diseased one, and if protracted, the system would, sooner or later, give way under it. B ut the particular point we wish to make is th at fear exposes even the most robust to tiie attacks of infectious diseases. The diseases are caused by m inutes organism s which enter the body through the stom ach or lungs. They may be harm less if the stomach digests them, or if the body has its full power ui resistance to infection, lint just here H the danger from fear -it lessens the nornml resiftauce of the system, and espcehiily arrests »he power of the stom seh to aacvwte the gastric fluid. It pn»s the system for the time being, where it is left by de bilitating diseases, by drinking habits, bv ovar-oating. bj exossaes, by too con tinuous watelkiug. or by anxious worry. If. therefore, tin cholera in vades America or small-,>ox prevails, to u 't hit ns invito an attack liy fear, but ropel it by kenptng about rail' daily vocations with a cheerful trust and a hand of help for others—having, of courss, done our whole duty in the m atter of hygiene.— Youth's Compan- ion. DA NG ERO US M O N K E Y S . T hey .. .n n i* T h e m se lv e s by Rai I w ay T rains. W reck in g Between a place called Nl<hlivnn<Ia and HcrebUlly there is a large tope which is well known to be infested with a lot of monkeys. H aving no other mode of occupying their dull hours, they are l« n t upon trying to destroy tiie T um ker Line. It would appear that these anim als, about fifty or sixty form them selves into two hatches; they range thensodves system atically, one half on one rail and tiie other half on the other. T hey begin bv first remov ing tiie earth from tiie sides of tiie rails. Then they arrive at the difficulty of nuts ami bolts, which, though they ex« aniing them very minutely, they can not get over. Gn the approach of the up or down train they wait until tiie engine is with in a few yards, when, with the utm ost coolness, they simply jum p on one side till the train has passed, ami then re sume their work. A rem arkable in stance oeeuired on one of these occa sions. As tile engine was approaching the monkeys made their usual jumps with the exception of one, who per sisted in rem aining on tiie line, tiie en gine by this time bei ig very near. Five or six inonkeys, seeing the danger one of their num ber was in, made a sudden rush ami dragged him off, some laying hold of him by the tail, others bv the legs; anyhow, they saveil him. They are now styled the Niddivum la gang- men by the guards ami drivers. .Mad- ran Mail. Uurmeiie UivoFce Law. The Burnian m arries early, and, though polygam y is perm itted, has only one wifcq whom, w ith the other females of tiie family, he com pels to do all the work, Divorces by eith er party are easily arranged, and are very com mon occurrences. If two persons are tired of each o th er's society they dis solve partnership in the follow ing sim ple but conclusive m anner: They re spectively light two candles, and sliut- ting up their hut, sit down and wait quietly until they are burned out. The one w I kmh : candle burns out first leaves the house at once ami forever, taking nothing but the clothes be or she may have on at the tim e, all else becoming the property of the other p arty .—Lon don Queen ■ ■ — — ■ that (W cofas U an miftiriHnt ninniti tv. U it ba BLUE JE A N S flo w A r le iu iu W an l F a II m I lN iw n III* II«»!•«. I Howard Paul In N. Y. World ! ita r tla a d . Ilrlng “Bofon$ 1 ▼onlunwl to storm tho big Htiew,** Art-»in«-» Ward to mi, thought I’d take a mod eat turn In some of th» towns and villages up through New York state, and I ««tiled to tiegiu atauout- skle place called O «hen, a great cheese and butter depot Mv ag»nt wm* an advertis ing fUnd named Johu P. Smith, who stuck at nothing as far a« printer’s ink was <*on- oerned, and was a bit of a wan in his wav. Ho promise ! to do h s l»vel ba<t to m ike the lecture a sucre«<. We fUt up at th;» priuci,»*l inn and distributed a hatful of tree tickets, so as to sure o f a dec »nt crowd in the hall. Well, everything wa« in readiness, ami at the last niomeut I sent for Kintth, who was t o ’tend door. I said, John, I feel shaky and'uervous and 1 wish, alter the people got well in, you’d give me a hand now and then to shirt 'em on.’ “ •L o v i It. to m»,’ sa»d Binitb, eucourag inglv, ‘Pil fl* all that.’ “At tho proper time I presented myaelf to theexpaotaut public. 1 was rigged out in a white ve*t n'id tie, and lookei as insipid as a bollei fowl. 1 didu’t get a haiwl Smith was too busy collecting the tickets lo look after mv eutranoi, so my send-oft was not stimulating. I began my lecture iu a slow, measured tone of voice, and you might have bear«! a fan non hall drop or the s'.en iug of a |>ocket handkerchief. At any ra»c thov were attentive, 1 thought; s> 1 let off im lu 1 courae what I oonaidorod a joke. Thev »lidn’t take i t I paused; then wont on. By aud bv 1 let off another — same result; then another, and Hmith, who ha-1 got through his ticket ool footing aud inserted himself among th) people, began to applaud lustily. •‘Mi experience of sympathetic city au dience* had previously suggosUftd that wbeu some one boldly and bravely lea«ls off the applause other* usually follow, but ai (iosbeii this habit did not obtain A man we.i up in front cried, *fiiienoo! H-i «-hl “Again 1 proceeded, aud told them a stirv that many a time and oft 1 had re late 1 with screaming success in private circles. Hmith this tin»«» »»t up a territic guffaw, stampe I ami clapp<sl his iian ls and rocked backward ; ainl forward as though he win utterly overooin* by my humor. The audience were uot te be lure«l mto following bis example. *• •bifoncel shouted onn “ ‘Don’t interrupt the speaker:’ howled another. “ ‘Turn him out!’ roarel a third. “ And half the audience rose to see who had caused wtiat they thought an un seemly an i riotous Interruption in thoev'ii- ing’s proceedings. A farmer-looking man near Hmith had a thick stick iu hi* haul and a menacing look in his eye. I thought he meant busmens and would g o for him. 1 lin * come to a dead standstill, and my agent saw his opportunity. He leapjd on one of the empty chairs aud proceed« 1 to address th« audieuoe. FLOUR— Her bbl. »landanl *;j.7a«3.MU, oilier». $2.2 WKat.60. ’ W HEAT—Per eU. valley, Walla Walla. $1.124®) 1.15. BAR LEY—Whole, t rental,$l.l)7|Wl.ltt. ground, IT tou, $22.ôO®‘24. OATS Choi«« inlllliiK. choice lewd R Y E -P e r etl. Sl.OOtel.lO. BUCKWHEAT FLOUR Paretl. $4.«'. CORN MEAL Per . tl. jrel'ow, $2.MJ,0 8.9»; whit", $2.60®».!». CRACKED W HEAT Per ctl, $3. HOMINY—Per ctl, $3.75. OATMEAL—Per tt>. 34r. PEARL BARLEY No l.flc; No 8,6*. ; No. 3. 6c. SPLIT PEAS -P er lb, 4c. PEARL TAPIO CA- In boxe», 6*c. SAGO Per lb, Me. VERMICELLI Per 11., No. 1, fll 'A», No. 2 iMI<- * B R A N -P er ton, $18«tll. S llO U rS Per tou, »Itka 17. MIDDLINGS -P er Ion. >2oto26. CHOP -Per lou, $AM< 82.60. H A Y —Per tou. baled, O IL C A K E MEAL Par ton, $SO.u 82.80. UOPo- -Par lb, Oregon, nominal; Wa»h. Ter., do. EGGS—Per do». 12*64l4c. BIÎTTKR PerB.,(aiicv roll. 26.:, Inferlo grade. 12; pickled, ll®G2c. CHEESE Per tb, Oregon, 12,j»l4i-, Cali fornia, 8«)13e. DRIED FRUITS—Per lb, apple«, quar ter«, «ack« and boxe», 3*. do sliced. In Hack« and l«>xe«. 3 .»4j, aprico;«, J.«, hla.-kle.rrle«, 13» lflc; nectarine«. 18»®,14c; peaches, halve« unpeeied, iKaUc. |«-ars. quar.er.-il, 7®W; pitted ctaerrie«, 17c; pilled plum«, Cali lorn la, Nuiltic; do O r egon, tK«Hc; currant«, HtaU; dute«, tka 7c; tig«. Smyrna, IK -241; California, tkjkK; urmuM, California. 7®.K; French. llka,12t, ? urkl»h. Ike.7; ramin«. California lain don laver«. 82.26.0.2.311 *' box; loo«e Mun oaleis, *kke»2.2A; Seed lee«, t< lb, 12c; Sul tana, 12*c. RICK —China. No. 1, $5.76; do No. 2. $6.26; Sandwich Island«, So. 1, $■> 60: Japan. $ —. BEANS — Per lb, pea, 21c; «mall while«, 2*c. Iiayo, 2Jc; flina, 8c; pink, 2|c. VEGETABLES -Reel», ftli.l.-; cabbage, V th, 2c; carrela, t' ton, $8; cauliflower, V dox, $I.IXX»,I.2.>, HWeel |M>taU«>«, t> lit., 3c; ouions, **82*c; turnip«, P tb. !c. »pluach, P «ack, -UurnOe; celery, p dor, HOc. POTATt IKS—Palol.iMH, new, 3»(a.4c; per sack, old, «.XaflOc. POULTRY—Chlckena, p dor, »pritig, ÿ 1O.2.6U. old 8 — «8.60; duck», 83-1»1 6*3.60; geene, $6.606*1); turkey«, P tb, uoiuinal, id®, 12c. BAMS—P er It*. Ka«lerii, —® -c; Or egon, tKaU*c. B A C O N -Per I),, Oregon »id»«, I! 7c; do shoulder», 64®fl). LARD—Perth, Oregon, 7i«;K4; Kaeleru, 'Ao 40c. P IC K L E S -P er 6-gal keg, «1.UG; bid», p gal., 22*c. SUGARS- Quote bids: Cube, 7c; dry granulated, Ofc; fine crushed, 7c; golden CARPETS W ill It* C overed W ith C loth an d CofTee- Ntacking N ow (Jnltr th e Thlnjj. “T he very latest idea about fitting up a room is to hang the w alls with cloth and cover the floor with other m aterial than carpet and m attin g ,” said a Indy living in a v e r j fashionable dw elling on Dearliorn avenue. “ Yon may not believe It,” continued the speaker, but the prettiest kind of a room can be fixed up by simply using blue jeans, the cheap cotton cloth, von know, from which overalls are made, costing from fifteen to tw enty cents a yard. It m akes a splendid carpet. Come with me and 1 will show you tiie one I have just put down in our 'blue' ro o m ." The reporter was led into a veritable him norm. The floor was carpeted with jeans of a dark-blue color, a shade very pleasing to the eye Several handsom e rugs of different siiapes and sizes relieved the monotony in color whicli would otherwise have existed. The dado on the w alls was also ot tiie same m aterial, viz.: jeans. It was tacked on in broad pleats in such a m anner that tiie seams did not show, and was raised from the wall about half an inch liy tiie use of narrow strips of wood underneath. A deMaate shade of blue paper covered the wall aliove the dado' Tiie reporter was told that in some eases the entire wall was hung with the same goods, and made very attractive by using different shades for the body and dado. In another residence was seen a room fut'Bished in the Ja|nutese sty k . The entire wall was hung with much more ex,tensive goods, containing a large per cent, of g ilt thread. The frieze at the top was auont eighteen inches deep, projecting three inches from the wall, and trim m ed at the bot tom with a heavy fringe. T he effect w as that ot a short lam breijuin all around the room. The curtains were of the same m aterial and draped in the usual m anner. A pago<la-like canopy that overhung the bed was m ade of Jap an ese cloth of a contrasting color. A stained-glass Japanese lantern stir rounded the gas-jet in the center of the room. Tiie cabinet above the fire-place was filled with odd oriental curios. Anotiier peculiar way of decorating tiie w alls of dw ellings is to cover them with burlap or coffee-sacking. T his is painted with a bronze color. C at-tails and hunches of dried grasses are tacked up in an irreg u la r m anner, so as to give (he odd appearance which the style calls for.—Chicago Newt. W A SH IN G T O N ’S M OTHER. A W om an B orn to C om m an d and to In* flpire Itesp ert. Shu was a woman born to com m and, and ainee «h<- was left alone with a fam ily and an estate to ra re for, she took the reins into her own hands, and never gave them up to any one else. She used to drive, about in an olil- fashioned open chaise, visiting the various parts of her farm , ju st as a p lan ter would do on horseback. The story is t«>l<l that she had given an agent directions how to do a piece of work, and lie had seen tit to do it differently, becanae he thought his way a better one. He showed her the im provem ent. “ And p ray ,” said tiie lady, "w ho gave you any exercise of judgerant in the m atter? 1 com m and you, sir; there is nothing left for you but to obey.” I think th a t George W ashington owed two strong traits to his m other— a governing spirit, and a spirit of order and method. She tau g h t him many lessons anil gave him many rules; but, after all, it was her character Shapli his which was most pow erful. She tau g h t him to be tru th fu l, but her leg io n s wero not half so forcible as her own truthfulness.—H tttk ia k Butter- worth, in St. Nichulm. —The oldest active prim a donna of celebrity i» T rebelli, who w 47 year« of age. Next come« Pauline Lucca, with 44, M arianne B randt 4.3, P atti and NiiaiHon 42 each, Marie Broxe 39, Ma- terna 38, Furech-Madi ami Hanfataen £»‘i each 37, Lelinmnn 3b, Hca'cm 30, W innie Hank 33. ( ’«rater 29. and Hetn- brich 2 7 .- N. Y. leaped on one o f U ip empty ehair». “ ‘1 a " h 1 i «* awl gen tin iu an, >hri«k««l he, *1 uni n free and enlighten«! citizen of thu glorious republic, and J claim the proud privilege of «‘i i j o y . M i . Artemus Ward’s anecdotes. Wbeu 1 enjoy anything I laugh out h u l, and when i laugh 1 moke a noise, 1 coat no reflection« ou you, my fellow- citizen-, but it’s clear to me your heads or«» b o thick for Mr. Want’s stories to peue- tr ite. I’—the re«t of the s«nteno* wa« loat in the confusion that followed: “ ‘(Jut with hunt’ “ ‘Who is hof “ ‘Hi! Hi! Pilch hi ui in tha pond!’ “ ‘Dry upP “Ami hundiwis of similar observations rent tho air. 1 puntoinimed to Hmith to withdraw. Ho oboyod, and, poaoo baiug restored, I proceeded. This epbmde rather amuMl inc, aud 1 fell hi to my iw-ii veiu. I told them anecdote after anecdoto, story after sb/ry, aud Aral off a fusilado of crisp and biting je«t«. It was no use. I coul I not for tho sonl of mo rouse them to any outward ex pros* ions of appreciation or enjoyment Then 1 h t voxel; at la«t I grew whimsically vicious in my despair In for a peony, in tar a pouud, thought I, when I suddenly stopped, and, glaring Jetiantiy at a certain man in tie* audionei, 1 pointed at him with my index Anger, anil, looking at my watch, said: “ ‘Ladies anil gentlemen, for three-quar ters of an hour I bnvo been trying my hardest to dig a laugh out of you. Up to now 1 haven't succeeded. I don’t wish to be personal, but if that man with tho red hair and the long ma: doesn’t laugh soon I shaH stop this solemnity and go and hang mvself.’ “ Now*, mark the provincial mind,” re mark«! Artemun. ‘•The audience, who had passed over some mighty fine wheezes and a few well-crust© 1 Joe Millers, re gard«! this all u-i ion to tho red-haired man itli the long qumo as a trwinendous local joke, which they thoroughly understood, and tbqy simp y howi«L It ia true I hail not calculated on tills comhinel result of audacity and arch lent; but I felt that the audience hi d hod something for their money, and h »l not left their home* entirely U p in vain. “ Tba audience rolled out, chattering away, aud my faithful J. P. Hmith stood at the door to collect opinioua. “ What did they seem to sayF I a*ke*l, when we got. to the hotel, and were totaling ap the receipt-*. •* Hay,’ replied Smith; ‘well, I wouldn’t Ilk.) to repeat all I heard, but one man said he gu«tt*ed you were laughing at them in your nl«J ve, aud that you were a darned frrul, anyhow, and gently in dr n ite 1 that the next t.me you v.s t o l Go ueu you J better have y*«r lifo injured. Ano’her man aaM you might be smart enough for some t»»wn«. but you wasn't up to the mark for Ooshen.’ ‘ lien» the landlord of the Bu k joinel u.«. He so-• iim ) 1 a good-nature I nrm, and 1 ven tured to ask him what he thought of my tec', u r ». “ ‘Wall,’ sail he, with crushing urb*i dty, while a frank expression dance! into tin honest b ue eyes, “ 1 didn’t quilo get a gr p of what you were preaohin’ alxmt. You *ee, I'm not much of n hand for stow* nil I dih like; but, by the vront. Uni kt I H< ;tu. wh»n you pinto I out that ar’ red hair’d rixisfer with a long beak —wall, I must an\ 1 tbowt it were the bait thiu< 1 ev ir ueerd n my bfe.’ __ —A peculiar accident occurred re cently At South Abington, M am . The Brockton branch train, when running around the Y curve, lumped the raily, ran quite a distance on the sleepers, and then, striking a p a ten t switch, took to the rails again in good style, w ithout doing the slightest dam age to the train, m erely giving the passenger« a good shaking up. -Boiton Jo u rn a l -------- For Sole—P ug Jog. Very intelli gent, line-looking, wear» hi« hair »hurt . , ii ( i L i , m ciiriirplle.«. I’erfectlv love- iy"'()ne c8n». 'f..r «cite* ¡-aiousv -I mv iiiiHbaml- Aihlfv»« Mamie Guide, C, i$c. COl F E E -P e r lb, Guatemala, 12»; Co«ia Rica, llXfiHc; Did rioveriinieiii Java. 1HU4 20c; Rio, 12®)13*c; Salvador, W®»llic; Mocha. 22»®)26; Kona. 18c. TEAS 5 oung Uyaon, 2601116c; Japan. 2*Ko66c: Oolong. lajitlAe; Gunpowder and Imperial, 26.u,ii6c. SY R U P —California rellnery I» quoted at 80c. Iu hid«; In keg« and 1-gal. in« 36-a)4d. CANNED GOODS—Salmon, l it. tin«, p doz, $1.26; oy«ler«, 2 II> tin«, P doz, $2.2.,; l ib tins, $1.411 p dor; lolMter«, I II. tin«, P doz, $1.140; clam», 21t> tin», P doz, $ (v 1.00; mackerel, 6-Ih tin«, P dux. $8.76te U.G); fruit«, P doz tin«, $2.26 « 3.140; jam« and jelllee. p doz. $2.(40^»2.2>; vege table», P doz. $l.llXlbl.UI4. HONEY—Extracted, 7®l7ic; comb, 14c. FRESH FRUIT—Apple», Oregon, new, P 1 m > x ,7.> c «$1; banana«, p hunch, $3.60 z>4: i-ranberrie», Wretern, 8 1 l.dlkgi 12.en «- bbl; Ca;>e Cod, P bbl, $ll(«d'2; Lemon», Sicily, P tjox, ÿô.âoivO; Lime«. P 1484. $1.26; pine- apple«, p dor, $7.1X4; Lew Augcle« orange«, P box, $2.00 u 3.60. SEE D S— Per lb, timothy, 6$*Ce; red clover, 14<all6c; ar. hard gra««, 17<a)18e; rye gra««, ItHwillc. N U TS—California almond«. P IIXI tl, «k», I8*c: Brazil, 160 It. »k«, p tl,, 16c; chcnluut«, P-<«,2«lc; coeoanuta,$lkw7.60; dlleTt«, Sicily, 175 n, «k», P lb, 14c; hickorv, loi) It, «k»,life; eanuta, 8*<a,lic; pecan«,Texan, IIXI II, «k», ic; Calilorida walnut«, p l> 0 II, «k», P*:u 9Jc. SALT—Liverpool, p ton, $I6®114; table in bale», per bale, $2 6b. W OOL- Eastern Oregon, spring clip,12» (fijldc P Hi; fall clip. I(4®llI. Valley Or egon, spring clip, 15®)17c; laud)«' and fall, I3' bi L> c . HIDES Dry, 18®)17c; wet salted, 0 c?. f Man r r a n e la e a . FLOUR Extra, $4.26® 4.76 p bbl; super fine, $2.76<tt3.6d. W H K A T -N o. 1 shipping. $1.2d®H.3li P ctl; No. 2, $1.22)(a,1.2o; M illing, $1.32 u, i.;-6. B A R L E Y -N o. 1 feed, $1.22*40'..26 P ctl; No. 2, $1.20. brewiug, $1.40^*1.47*. O A T S - Milling and Surpris,. $1.3216* 1.4<l P «tl; Feed, No. 1. $1.22*®,1.2,; No. 2, $1.17*®-1.20, CORN—Small yellow, $1.20®,1.26 p e ll; arge yellow , $1.10i*1.2n; large while $1.15 0*1.20: small while. $ l.l0 g l.l6 , RYE -$1.20P e u . H O PS-6® 7c p lb. HAY Clover. $104411.«) P ton, alfalfa, $1O4®I3: wheat. $l2.iX44<*11.60. STR AW - «5c®f*4c P I mi I c . O N IO N S-Par ctl. $2.00® 2.25. BEANS—Small white. $1.094,4)1.66 P ell pea, 81.806*1.05: pink. Mie zSI.IXI; red, IX4c ®)1.00. ImyoH. $1.004)1.26; butter, $1.4,sue 1.60; lima«.$J.26®)2.40. POTATOES- Early rose. 35.a.40c, river red«, 30,0 3'ic; sweets. 50c.< $1. CHEESE -California. 14*« 13 - P tl,. BUTTER Fresh roll, good, l'faillc; choice, 14®,16c; fancy, 18i«,20c; pickled roll, choice. 2O4«21c; other grade«, 10(3)14c. EGGS- 21k®21c P dozen for California; Eastern, ld*4<*17c. ONLY R E H E A R S IN G . A I.uillcroua S cene In a 8 t. P e te r sb u r g P o lice C ourt. An rtmuxing case lins ju st been tried in 8t. P etersburg. T iie wife of a Sec retary to a Russian M inister and lier d au g h ter were visiting a t the house of anotiier M inisterial official. The son of the bitter asked the young lady to go with him into another room, which she did. Shortly afterw ard the m other heard the young man exclaim ; “ You shall he mine or I will kill you!" H er d au g h ter called out as though in g reat terro r: "L eave mo, leave m e.” Tho m other ran at once to an adjoining room, where she saw bur frien d ’s son em bracing her danghter, and appar ently under the influence of the feeling expressed by the language he had used. She tore her d aughter away from him ami from the house, insisting that she would put the law in motion for this insult to her child. Over and ovor again the dau g h ter tried to explain w hat had happened, hut her m other would hear nothing. She carried out her threat, and the case came before the court. T hen, hut too late to p re vent an am using seen,', it, was ex plained th at the young lndv and gen tlem an hail only been rehearsing a scene in a play in whicli they were go ing to perform . London Life. —-E Swedish eng peer, H err N. Lotti- gsr, ow ner of tho ElnthulLs Engineering W o rk ', lias invented an instrum ent wln reby it is indicated a t railway s ta tions w hether Hie pointe on the line are in working order or not. The instru ment is worked by electricity, the w arn ing of disetigageuieiils being given i,y '■leans of bells; otherwise the invention is, of course, a se, ret. The railway au thorities are satisfied with It, and per mission has be n given to fit the ap paratus for experim ents on several of fhn Sint* linufl.