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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1889)
nn EBAN H. Y. KlftKt'Al KICK , iMhlishora I KK Ma or SUBSORlp i loN; " On Yr , ti W e x i,.i!ih 1 Vu- Month..... . 6$ f rnyahle m lranc.) TERM8 OF ADVRKTISIKa. (l r.iiAI. ) n iKTitftm. first Insertion ...... $3 00 .acta a4dt-lin;U insertion ISO ( roc At.) Local Notlcm, jr line 15 writ Kt.Ul&r (UtU8tmi-nU lnarfcel upon lltiertl term. Legal . Letr CU loaild la fo X VOL.-II. LEBANON, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1880. NO. 41). FROM WASHINGTON. THE PACIFIC COAST. MISCELLANEOUS. AGRICULTURAL. HE ON EXPRESS in Having purchased this well known store stoves :. ai ;. general Early Breakfast and Jewel Cooking Stoves! SOCIETY HOnCES. LEBAJfOX LODGE, SO. 44, A. F A. M : Mcfta I at their new hall in Masonie Block, on Saturday j Tansnc, on or before the full moon. ' J W ASSOX. W. M. j tEBAWS LODOK, KO. 47. I. O. O. F.r M-rt. Rat- i unu; ewnmg of r -h wwR, at (Mil Ft-lliw s Hail. MiUa Btrect; vis tine brethren eorilialSy ioTited W attend. J. J. CHARLTON, S. O. HOX H HWS NO. S3, A. O. r. W , Lrif.n. T-.n: .M,vW er first and third Thumiay eren- , iiis in the month. ith. F. H. ROSCOE. M. W. RELIGIOUS NOTICES. x. e. cnritcH. Walton Skipwith. paMor SVrvlwi each Pun day at 11 a. m. and 7 r. M. Sunday School at 10 a. M. each Sunday. rRESBYTEalAX CHrKCH. G. W. Gohany, pator Service each Sunday at 11 A. M. Sunday School 10 A. . crBEKLAM PBESHYTER1AK CHCKCH. J. R. Kirkpatrlck, pastor Services the 2nd t and 4th Sundays at 11 a. m. and 7 r. M. Sunday j School each Sunday at 10 A. M. -" ! H. J. JONES, DEALER IX Books, Stationery, Musical MiIsb AND School Supplies, ALBANY, ORECON. SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED For All the Leading Maga zines and Newspapers. C. T-COTTON, DEALER IN Groceries and Provisions, TOBACCO & CIGARS, SMOKERS' ARTICLES, Foreign and Domestic Fruits, CONFECTIONERY ttatwar and Glassware, LampK sad JLamp Fixtures. Mala t Lekaiti, Orecaa. LEBANON Planing Mill Klepper, Son & Ambler, PROPRIETORS. MAKE TO ORDER Moulding', Sash, Doors and Blinds. Dry and Dressed Lumber 3?. FOR ALL PURPOSES, Have on Hand a Supply of Seasoned Flooring. (SICTESSORS TO W.T'. TWEKIIALR.) the stock carry an immense line INCLUDING THE CELEBRATED VTVI RANGES, Parlor and Heating Stoves and all kinds of Kitchen Utensils. Also a Complete Assortment of UYii'iiiei mid Ganlcnors' Tools, BUILDERS' HARDWARE, PUMPS, HOSE, COPPERWARE, TI.wbk ad rinmbrrt' V.odn a Mpr laity. Price. Vuraatred We Hat larartory. Tke Public 1. laTlted Call and laapeet Oar HCwk. TAVEEDALE'S 1 JIJIL.13IISO, Land Company R. F. ASHBY and CEO. DICKINSON. General Agents for Albany, Lynn Co., Oregon. Buying and S-.-liing Real-Eslalpn-Commission. And 11bk a Vrarral Real Estate Baslaest, rrLand Solicited for Sale. ASHBY & DICKERSON SAW MILL FOR SALE. A Double Circular Water Power Saw Mill. Xeai- Ielmiioii, Or. Capacity abnut 5001 feet per day. Also, 4J acres of land on which the sawmill is located. PRICE, $3,000 Also tare large stock of FIRST QUALITY LUMBER At lowest market rates for cash. U. M. WHEELER, Lebanon. Or. T. t. PILLS 1 i 1 J 1 1, Y , .ti:wi:li:v, BROWXKril.LE, ... OK;OS BURKHART & BILYEU, Proprietors of the Livery, Sals anfl Feed Staples LERAXOX, OR. Southeast Corner of Main and Sherman. Fine Buggies, Hacks.Har ness and COOD RELIABLE HORSES j For parties going to Brownsville, Wa terloo, Sweet Home, Scio, and Jill parts of Linn County. All kinds of Teaming: DOME AT REASONABLE RATES, BURKHART & BILYEU ,. k and added largely to :. hahdwar Tl H LI, OREGOX GAMBLERS' METHODS. Bow Thrjr Rob and Ruin Their I'Biupwt in a; Victims. A celebrated gambler told me a few years ago that he had gone out of the gambling- business because of the con fidence games mixed up with it. Said he: In almost every community of this country where there is any money there will be a few men who like to play a game of chance like faro. These were more or less reliable cus tomers for gamblers, because they sometimes won and sometimes lost, and were always kept on the string. But suddenly there would appear in the town a traveling gambler and his associates, who take a room and open a game, or perhaps play it in a hotel where he had got good quarters, and only the regular players of the town become acquainted with the fact. Having played a straight game for one evening the next morning the principal in the game or the player whom he is supposed to hire, will ap proach the most solvent of the village players and say: I would like to ar range with you to deal you a game. If you will come up to-night and bet strong I will manipulate the box and make you a winner to a high figure. Of course you will divide with me. I am going to leave that man, and I want a stake." So the village victim will take of his bank or stock a large portion of his money and go to the private place, where nobody imagines any gambling exists, or especially that he, the busi ness man, the coal operator, the bank teller, is risking any thing in that outlawed way. The player will have his eye on the victim, and he will bet according to arrangement, and for a little while the cards will waver, and finally the man will have lost more than ever before. He will leave the room a wondering, sick creature. But the fellow who was to deal to him the game will manage to see him during the evening or the next morn ings and say: "I couldn't deal you thafr game last night because old Smith was watching me. To-night I am going to get rid of him. and I will fix it for you all right; so come at me again." The man will go the second night and lose the remainder of all his means. His first step to ruin is consenting to be a partner in the Bwindle, even upon a gambler. The whole game in coming to that town was to get his particular money, and in that game were dealer, boss, gam bler and every body. Oath, in Cin cinnati Enquirer. . One of the nicest contrivances for keeping knives, forks and tablespoons In is a pocket tacked on the pantry door. Make this of enamel cloth, and line with red canton flannel, stitching small divisions to fit each article. The canton flannel will absorb all moisture that may be left on these articles. Creamed Fish. Pick to pieces any Scraps of cold fish, mix in one quart of crea, two tablespoonfuls of flour, one onion and half a pound of butter. Set on the fire and stir until thick. Then put a layer of the mixture in a deep pan, over it spread crackers and butter, alternately with the fish, until the dish is full. Bake brown. Essence of peppermint is a pleasant, warm, aromatic, comfortable to most stomachs, not quite so strong as cloves or ginger, good for colic and sick stom ach. Dose, ten drops for a grown per son: For infant, one-half to two drops in a teaspoon ful of water. Add one drop to two teaspoonfuls of water, and give one teaspoonful of this. Sage tea is a perfect harmless medicine, and beside this negative worth, it has a great many positive and Invaluable virtues. It will cure a cold II taken in time, it will break a fever In its earlier stages, and it will induce sleep in the sleepless. It is good in eruptive diseases; in short, whenever any ordinary disorder troubles the n. Mock Fruit Cake. One cup sour milk, one cup brown sugar, one-half cup molasses, one-half cup of butter, one cup raisins, three cups sifted flour, one egg, one teaspoon soda. 4.lbny Journal. Twenty young men in a Pennsjl vania town formed a football club. Ia three months fourteen of them had broken bones, three were crippled for life, and one druggist sold them $18 worth of ointment. CONGRESSMAN BRECKENRIDQE IS REQUESTED TO RESIGN. Additional Appropriations In the Naval Blll-A Constitutional Govern ment for Samoa Sewell to be Relieved as Consul. The House public lands committee have recommended higher rates of pay to surveyors in txceptional instances. Senator Mitchell has introduced a bill to establish a port of entry at Blaine, W. T. Senator Stewort, of Virginia, has presented a petition lor the restora tion of silver to its place as a co tqual measure of vali.e with gold. The Liberal members of Parlia ment at Ottawa, Canada, hava decided to continue the present policy, which favors unrestricted leciprocity with the United States. The President has made the fol lowing nominations : C. D. Wright, ej Massachusetts, commissioner of labor; Thomas M. Vance, of North Carolina, receiver of public monej s, at North Yakima, V. T. The Senate committee on woman suffrage has repotted favorably on the joint resolution proposing a constitu tional amendment to prohibit the de nial of the right to vote by the United States, or any State, on account of sex. The survey of the lands in the Um atilla Indian reservation is to be made before they are effered for sale. The secretary of the interior holds thtt they must first be inspected, aud an order to this effect has already 'been issued. A Congressional committee ba been examining the construction of the Washington aqueduct tunnel, and have concluded to order the eutire lining of the tunnel replaced at the expense of the contractors, nearlv 1500,000. Secretary Bayard mggesta a very good scheme of eonstitutional govern ment for Samoa, with a native legis lature, securing its independence and autonomy, ii eluding the acknowledge ment of Malietoa as king and Ta ma st se as vice king. A bill has been favorably reported in loth Houses of Congress to pi ce G'-n. W. S. Kosecr.ins on the retired list of the army. He is at preset! reg ister of the treasury. If the bill be come a law he will receive retired pay at the rale of f 4000 per annum. There is an outspoken sentiment among the Republic in Senators and Republicans in the House, that a com phte change be made in the civil aervice commianion, and the commis sion for the District of Columbia. Tkere in net a Republican on either board. ' The Senate committee c,n military affairs has ordered a favorable reort upon the proposition to pretent M- Irene Rucker Sheridan with f 50, 0, in token of the country's appreciation of the services rendered by her hus band, Gen. Phil 11. Sheridan. Thi is urged in lieu of a pension. In view of the insufficient evidence produced to support the charges made by Representative Steel, of Indiana, against Judge Bond, of Ar iom, as a baeis for impeachment proceedings, the House committee on judiciary has decliued to enter upon considera tion of the case at present. There is a very loud call for Con gressman Breckinridge, of Arkansas, to retign his eat in the next Con grces aud ask for a new election, on account of Clayton' assassination; and many of his friends are advising him to do eo. They insist that this is the only way that he can clear him self from the suspicion of sharing in the results of the assassination. Secretary Whitney has issued an important order regarding the naval records of the war of the rebellion. It has been found on examining the pa peis on file in the navy department, that almost the ouly ones there, are those addressed directly to the depart ment. He desires certified copies of all orders to officers and war memo randa to be forwarded to the war de partment. Superintendent Thorn, of the coast and geodetic survey, has submitted an estimate for an additional appro priation of $3630, which he says is necessary to make the repiirs on the United Stat?s coaet and geodetic sur vey steamer McArthur, now at San Francisco, to put it in condition for the work off the coast of Washingtou Territory and Oregon the coming sea son. It is announced that the recall of American ConBul Oener.il Sewell from Samoa, has created an excellent feel ing in Berlin. The German papers urge the necessity for the recall of the English consul alio, alleging that he contributed largely to the trouble. The three powers might then ie rep resented by other trustworthy agents, who would assist in bringing about a friendly settlement. Heavy additions have been made to the naval bill. The construction of two steel gun-boa's, or cruisers, is pro vided for, to be f from 8000 to 12.000 tons displacement, and to cost not more than $700,000; also, one steel cruder of 2C00 ton8 displacement, to cost $7G0,000. An appropriation is also made for one ram for harbor de fense, in accordance with the plans prepared by the naval advisory board of 1881. In order that the vessels nay be speedily built, the appropria tion for steel machinery is increased by $1,500,00, and that for armament by $1,400,000. All the new vessels are to be lighted by electrity, and $60, 000 is appropriated for that purpose. When the small boy stands in front of a store, meditatively gazing on a sign which reads, "Slippers Cheap," his puerile mind instinctively grasps the scope and purport of a boy cott. Puck. Bartender "Seems to me you are pouring out a pretty big drink for that dime." Tramp "I drink, sir, be cause the weather is cold. I want to get warm, and you know it is a well ascertained scientifio fact that one swallow does not make a summer." K. T. Weekly. OP Clever Sneak Thieves at Work In San Francisco A Five and a Quar ter Million Mortgage The Quake In California. Sacramento is overrun with thieves. In Ventura, Cal., flowers are bloom ing prematurely Herring are ciught in large num bers in Humboldt bay. The Gurney cab system has been introduced into San Dieg i. Sim Jo ties has completed his revi val meetings at Lot Angeles. The lumber mills of Olympiaare pushed to their utmost capacity. It is now unlawful to sell intoxicat ing liquors to a woman in Nevada. Eighty-two boxes cf opium were eizsi at Sin Luis Obisi), recently. No immediate trouble is appre hended with the Indians near Bridge port, Mono county. It U believed that the voters of Ne vada will defeat the lottery amend ment to the constitution. A scarlet geranium leaf in Tulare county, Cal., nieasDred forty-seven iuches in circumference. The assessment roll of Vancouver for 18S9 shows an increase of 90 per cent over that of last year. The cold weather at Los Angeles has injured the ostrich-farm eggs that were intended lor hatching. Since electric lights wera intro lues d at Willows, Cal., not a wild gooie has been seen to fly over the town. George Hopper, of Los Angeles, a well known mining man, is the latest victim of the gold brick swindle. Several earthquake fhocka are re portf'd to have occurred at San Ber nardino, Co t)n an 1 Ln Angeles. Th postoffl3e authorities are nego tiating for the purpose of dispatching the mad by the Golden GU special. The deposit of slickens in the Spo kane river has alarmed the people of Spokane Falls as to their future water supply. A S in Diego man his planted ten acres in mulberry trees, preparatory to going into the business of raising silk-worms. At Rincon.Cul., a thif had thirteen bullets put into bis body while run ning from a party ef cotv-biys who were after him. Petaluma has memoraliied the leg islature of California to pass a law making it unlawful to kill larks, rob ins or blackbirds. The bill introduced into the Neva da legislature restr'cing the wearing of high hats, ia theaters, has been de feated in the upper house. . J. F. Glennon, the San FraneiftO policeman who at' em pled to murder Willie Burke, has been found guilty of assault to commit murder. It is reported that the O. R. and N. will commence construction in the spring on a line Irom La Urande to Joseph, in the Wallowa valley. The young and djshing-looking Spaniard, who has been swindling a number of San Fraucisco firms by means of bogus bank check", haa been arrested. The people of Santa Fe are indig nant that a petition should have gone to Washington from Albuquerque ask' ing that New Mexico should not be admitted into the Union. Hardin Yager, treasurer of San Bernardino county since 1865, was found dead recently. He was known as "honest old Hardin." and was be loved by all who knew him. The parents of Alexander Golden son, the slayer of Mamie Kelly, have instituted suit for the possession of 101 pictures painted by him during his confinement in the San Francisco jail. A first mortgage for $5,250,000 has been filed in San Diego by represent atives ol the Mercantile Trust com pany of New York on the rights, fran chises and property of the Stn Dego, Cucamonga and Eastern railroad. At Grass Valley, last Thursday, as Superintendent Skewe?, of the North Banner mine, was goiug to to vn he was stepped on the road by two masked men aud relieved of three thousand dollars' worth of bullion. On the 31st of January, E. A. Har- Ksmii art nlit Anrl lilirlilv u tr i ti if Will) V . ' . ' J .K2'VW,.. 1 . . KCU UI wi., nn. lucububij milieu by t ie top breaking out of a dead spruce and str king him on the head. Sam Poster was also struck and hie recovery is doubtful. Two unknown men entered the of. fice of F. Rtichling, at San Francisco, Friday last, and while one engaged the attention of the clerk, the other succeeding in gaining possession of a bir of gold bullion, valued at $1000. The theft was not discovered for two hours after they bad disappe ired. It is reported that while excavating recently north of Penawawa, a work man unearthed a cannon and a lot of ammunition which had been buried in boxes; also a lot of silver coin, in rotten buck-skin sacks. Tradition al leges that Steptoe, on his retreat from the Palousa country in 1854, buried the material at that place. A clever pieee of burglary was exe cuted in a shoe store last Thursday, at San Francisco, 'by thre small boys. The eldest of the trio pretended to purchase a pair of slippers, while the youngest engaged in a romp with the cat until he got near the safe, which stood partially ajar, when slipping his hand through he grasped a sack con taing $240 in gold aud the three cool ly walked away. "I'm a traveling man, and away from home a good deal of the time, and I tell you I appreciate the com forts of home when I strike them on the road," he said to the hotel pro prietor. "If you will step back with me I'll take great pleasure in intro ducing you to my wife and her mother. My wife wants a seal-skin sacque, the house papered, a new set of furs for her mother and a pug dog," was the response. " Ah, thLs is a country of happy homes," he replied, aa he fol lowed the hotel man. Judg WORKMAN'S DISCOVERT RICH TREA8UHB TROVE. remarkable: bills INTRODUCED INTO STATE LEGISLATURES. The Eccentric Will of a New York Ped agogueThe Ghastly Crime of a Philadelphia 8 treet-c.r Em ployee Cold Wave. An 'exodus of negro laborers from South Carolina is now in progress. President Cleveland will practice law in New York city after March 4. The "new union depot at Pneblo, Col, will cofct between $200,000 and $300,000. The Kansas legislature haa passed a bill restricting the ownership of land in that state Wisconsin lumbermen are up in arms at an order forbidding logging in certain districts. The Dakota legislature haa passed a law taxing railroad property the same as other property. The bill to provide for inflicting the death sentence by electricity has passed the Ohio senate. Four Chinamen were scalded to death by a Geyser at Canyou City, near Yellowstone Park, last week. The post-mortem medical report in the case of Crown Prince Rudolph, seta at rest the rumors of his murder. Major Stewart, of Austin,' Texas, is in New York in the interest of a na tional home for tx- Confederate sol diers. Dr. E. A. Kelley, superintendent of the State Insane asylum at Norfolk, Neb., has bean arrested on a charge of murder. Ohio and Kentucky tobacco grow ers have agreed to raise twenty-five er ;ent less tobacco next season than the last. It is said that Secretary Bayard has accepted Bismsrck's proposition for a conference at Berlin on the Samoan question. A very largo meteor fell in Chicago last week. It buret into many pieces and specimens, have been picked up for analysis. Canada ia making an effort to se cure independence of all lines of traf fic paseing through any portion of the United States. The Trades'assembly at Chicago at a mass-meeting has demanded the re moval of Police Inspector Bonfield and Captain Schaak, The cold wave andblixxard through out Canada is intense, the thrraone ter registering in many places forty degrees below xenr The supreme court at Washington has lately decided the law constitu tional which prohibits ranchmen from fencing any of the public domain. At Marion, Indiana, an outbreak wis prevented among tobacco strip 'p'iVi Jtnd stemmers owing to the im portation tn Bgrof to do the work. Some of the Canadians UCkjonly want annexation for their own coun try to the United States, but want to have Mex o j annexed en the sonth. The Arkansas legislature has of fered a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of the thieves who stole the ballot-box and poll-book last November. The wolves, it is said, are making things deadly lively in some districts in Montana, killing colts and steers, aud in some instances pursuing hu man beings. A bill his passed the Indiana Sen ale declarikg unlawful all trusts, pools, agreements and combinations, in restraint of trade, production, man ufacture or sale. The House will also pacs the bill. Inspector B nfieM, Captain Schaak and Detective Lowenetein, prominent in the trial at Chictgo of the anarch ists, have beer, ind. finitely suspeuded from the police force pending charges of corruption. The report that General Boulanger was to have been arrested at the insti gation of the government ministers on the night of his election from the de partment of the S4ue, proves to be unfounded. Otto Kaiser, a married street -car conductor at Philadelphia, shot Anna Klaus, a young girl who believed him single. He then returned to his home, cut his wife's throat and ended his own life at the approach of officers. A bill has been introduced in the Pennsylvania legislature prohibit ing treating, and making it a penal offense, punir-htble by a fine of not less than 550 or over $100, for any one to treat another to intoxicating liquors. Twenty-four persons, mostly " all children, h ive died, recently, in Web ster county, Kentucky, "of a disease with which the doctors appear to be unable to cope. The deaths usually occur from six to twelve hours after the attack. M. W. Merriam, an eccentric Suf folk county, N. Y., school-master, has willed his property in bulk to the Unit ed States government. One of his rea sons was the government was rich and could fight his sister if she at tempted to contest the wilL He was worth $100,000. It is proposed by the people of Mon tana to elect two Senators, to go to Washington in the interest of the Territory, and to urge its immediate admission into the Union. Mr. and Mrs. James Olsen, with their three children, were drowned in the Missouri river at Bismark recently when the ice broke. The horss, wagon and its occupants were all lost. President (debating dub) Well, we have had some stirring speeches on the negative side of the question of the evening: " Is Marriage a Fail ure?" but none of the gentlemen ap pointed to speak on the affirmative side have responded. Secretary (whispering) Their wives are here. The president (loudly) Owing to the lateness of the hour further de bate is postponed. Adjourned PAila de.lohii Record. - - - - " " 1 . "i-irv, STRAW AS A MATERIAL FOR SUB STANTIAL STOCK SHELTERS. A Good Idea for a Hoist for a Barn The Treatment that Should be Given to Fowls Raceipt for De stroying' ths Weevil. . The longer turnips and cabbages can remain out without actually freezing, the better they are for eat ing purposes and the better thpy will keep through the winter. Economy is certainly wealth in the feeding of farm horses, and yet it does not necessarily mean stinting or cut ting off of rations. Give this matter a thorough investigation, and see if there is not more ia it than a saper ficial glance would indicate. - Cera meal in small quantities, lin seed meal in email quantities, and a liberal quantity of good bran meal with the roughness, will make an ad mirable winter feed for milch cows, and if given liberally, with good shel ter, it is possible to secure a good flow of milk during the winter; provided, of courfe, that you have a good breed of cows, that thia feed can be given to iiuring the winter. By pouring boiling water over sny kind of grain, and allowing tha grain to remain twenty-four hours, it will swell and prove an acceptable change to the fowls. The soaked grain un dergoes a partial chemical change, contains a slightly larger portion of sugar, and ia really more digestible. Nothing is added to the grain by soak ing it, bat it will be more readily eaten for some time than dry grain, though the birds will return t dry grain as a preference if fed too long on that which is soaked. A correspondent of the New Eng land Farmer gives the following direc tions for destroying the potato weevil : Take an ordinary manure hod, one that is broad and light is to be pre ferred, and grasping it by the hole for the left hand near the mouth of the bod, with a broad and limber broom carried wfth the right hand, proceed through the field, placing the hod against tun infested with grabs and gently beating or sweeping them over the edge of the hod and into it with the broom. In this way a great majerity of all the grubs in a email potato patch may be gathered in a short time and destroyed. This may be of service, especially in eates where there are objections to thi use of pois ons offered in the markets. A little practice will enable a person to do ex ecution with the above implements with considerable dispatch. Straw as a material for stock shel ters have favorable qualities: It is a very poor conductor of heat, hence it makes a warm shelter. It costs little, being produced in ahaudance on a large majority of farms ; and its em ployment for this purp-je does not require special skill beyond the farm er. Bat it ii not ss etonjiuical as faanv suppose. It a as necessary that the top- : the shelter be water light as that the sideie-ii!djjgfct evn more important. A straw can be kept lain and enow proal only by frequent repairing, fi r.w is not a durable material and a straw shelter is not loug-lived. In many cai; where straw shelters are now use '' proper computation wouTd shq" " ber to be more economical v - is usually cheaper to p.v than not to do so, the cb' ter would be a neat, subC e I one. . One of my neighbers hai of fowls ; had h id them cout email, uaiK House, witu no tached, and I suppose all t tney couui eat, as tney were ver when I nurrha-ip.t lh(-m Mv nei?k bor said he was sick and tired of them no demand for eggs and no eggs; could never make a living raising ian cy fowls. I was not suitably fixed for taking another breed, but aa I get them for $1 each, about one-tenth their value, I bought them and took them home, intending to do the best possible by them, considering the con veniences at hand. Took two orders for eggs before driving home. I placed them in a small hou-e with a 16x16 foot ran. As I said before they were very fat. My first move was to see that they had plenty of exercise, and thereby reduce them in flesh. I di vided a portion of their run off and put in about one f )ot of straw, and they bad to scrateh for a living. It was not very long until they were shelling out eggs to their full capacity. Poultry Keeper. A good idea for a hoist for a barn is to erect two upright posts six inches square and firmly fastened in the up per part of the building, one on either side of the hatchway. Strong iron or wooden boxes attached to these posts support the journal of a round shaft one foot in diameter, upon which is a wooden wheel four to t?ix feet in diam eter. . The larger site gives increased power, but for ordinary lifting four feet is large enough. .The wheel is made of eight sagments cut from two inch plank, each one being a quarter of a circle. They are put together with spikes or bolts ia a manner to "break joints." Bafore being fastened together the segments are notched to receive the enda of the four arms, which are also made , of two-inch plank, halved together at the center of the wheeL The short end of the shaft, as far as the wheel goes on, is shaped to fit the square hole in the center of the wheel. Long iron spikes are driven and a groove turned in the outer periphery of the wheel to keep the rope from slipping off. , The hoist rope is firmly attached to the shaft upon which it is coiled by the revolution of the wheel. Aunt " It seams yi?u visit rtve only when yon want money. " Kfe9flew But, my dear aunt, I surely couldn't call more frequently." Our rudder is broken, sir," said the first mate to the captain. ' Non sense! That's only - imagination!1' Beg your pardon, sir, but it's stern reality." (- - Cleveland's private secretary is named Daniels and Harrison's was christened .Elijah. There appears to ! be m0re.r l&ss prophet in tH -n....-" ry busi " PORTLAND. M. GROCERIES-Si C 6$c, extra C Eie . . dry ;Kraru!nle! t'S - powdf red 7c. Coif Arbuekle' roastec PROVfSION'S ed at live Vi'X, Eastern mat Isf 12K13, Sinciai ; fast b con 13c, Ki FRUITS A p oransrea g 'J t. f3.0i4.50, VEGETA E i eelery S'Jta.tj--' and turnip "$ potatoe3 t&i'lt DRIED FBI slic d fHc, Or Calif -trail; 10c peara 81 $1.75 at ii per b DAIRV p; and choice Ifornia fancy.. EGGS Orefcc POULTRY C. gesse 10, turkeys .. WOOL Valley 13. 8(ai5c BOPS-Cboice8 31l GRAIX-Vslley ft Oregon fl.221-a 1.5. O. FOUB -Standard ti t. f, FRFSH MEATS t dressed 7c, mutton, lifts. 7c, lambs $2.EQ es"fc, ho dreteied 7?4, veal ti 3c s lire, C'ibc, ELECTRICAL L'GHT. How It AfTwt Flowrr, Vegetable an From time to tirr.e, of la'.j year?, ex-- . periments hive been in&le of thd e.T cl" of the electrical light m ,o;v:tb ar.J plants, with results seemingly th same, to wit, feeble efTorta of some . plants to prolong1 their perioda ol : bloom into the nig-ht and then pre- mature decay. Oce has only to staS t their actions, as observed, to conclui' i that even plants need rest, or, to bo more precise, they seem to thrive best under the conditions which nature has imposed the period of darkness ani ; the period of the ligfit, which Is ' heat as well; or elsa thatte family of plants, as now they are, sprung from these exaet con ditions, and will not thrive without them. It ia the nature of some Sowers, as everyone knows, to open at onei period of light and close at another; of others to open only at night and close before or at the moment when the orb of day tops the horizon. So strictly do some of these follow their unwritieat laws that floral clocks have been con structed, so that one may step out into i ? his garden, of a bright day or clear -night, and learn the time by the con-'-, dition of bloom on the floral diaL - ' Trot. Wollney, of Munich, satisfied j by experiment that electrical light wiil not advance or improve plant growth," ? recently tried the effect upon them of j the current itself. We quote the fc.'-.-.; lowing, being the means employed axti;" : its result: i. He 'took patches of ground twelve 3 or thirteen feet square, separated hy boards penetrating the earth to tha depth of afoot. - l.Ts-t?eJS,-sj plied two earths" five earth cells; a r V 0 st. . - tmndredV adopting shorthar- In Berlin heavy wa allowed on certain stret any carload of rattling i be fastened till it can't r The telegraph line1 central station at Lcf derground. It appe. wonderful when it , 1,700 different lines. Princess Eufrena sacrificed her famil hospital for cripples up Jles upos. the coast. The Queen - incurred her jubilee as well as t the cost to her having b ' and the largest. payTaen-" department - of the , ma. 0, horse. .. ' ,-""i Paris receives lOQ.QCK) frant the will of a citizen who wasrua V and killed in that city. He bejaesti the money to erect bridges ovt? t streets at the most dangerous pdf? The old Town Hall at Leicesta. curious wooden building, ia wh Shakespeare is said to I ave acted now. occupied aa a ache? A pulley still shows who" curtain was. ..f Emperor William of still carrying on his ejwjwle things not Teutonic Ho has the " iffieera of hti . array to point d Eoglish'ooots and 'wide ci ' trousers. He has also made a eh. in the royal crown, whicli he eoi ered too high for his style if bea - A man was firv New York court liar, andjatth; tel"YThe truth.- 3"he lrg haa been w nati . Exp? quaes ' yes. MA. Vancouve often, sir; Mr. Yancd ' "'Oh, ya'aa Hyof whorp ijeve 4itno. v T was, me a pi paper,"