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, .vt- . r W,- V r .. -V- . REVIEW OF THE YEAR CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS. Month of May Most Conspicuous by Its List of Appalling DiBastera and Natural Catastrophes by Land and . Bea Record of Flrea and Crimea. , A Backward Glance. Following is a chronological record of the most important events of the past twelve months: May, 1800, will be re membered as a month of disaster. On tne Q(l twelve persons were .mcu j u explosion in Cincinnati; on the 15th, 12(1 by a cyclone in Texas; on the 17th, 33 by cyclones in Kentucky and Kansas; on the 18th, 44 by a cyclone in Nebraska; on the 21st, 10 by a cyclone in Oklahoma; on the 22d, 5 by a cyclone in, Missouri; on the 24th, 40 by a cyclone in Iowa; on y the 25th, 8G by cyclones In' Michigan and Oklahoma and 40 by a cloudburst at Mc Gregor, Iowa; and -on the 20th, 12 by a . storm at Cairo and between 75 and 100 by the fall of a bridge at Victoria, B. O. Otherwise the record is not out of the or dinary. ' ;; .' , ' January. 1. President names Venezuelan commis sion. .. .British ship JeanDette Cowan wreck ed ou Vancouver Island; 12 men perish. 2. Six members of Hihbard family die by fire at Columbus, Ohio... .Four killed, 32 hurt, by exploding fireworks at St. Louis, Mo. ....British force under Dr. Jameson at tempts seizure of territory In Transvaal, Bouoh Africa, and Is cut to pieces and cap tured by Boers; British Government dl- avows his invastom .. .Earthqtiake in Per sia destroys village of Jaujabad ami Kills UtUi nannl. 4. Cubans Invest the city of Havana.... United States Insists on Indemnity from Turkey for plundered missions. .. .Six Killed In a wreck near Oiiilllcotue, Ohio Utah a Btate. , . 5. Carlisle offers $100,000,000 popular loan ...-.Second Persian earthquake destroys city of Gol and kills 800 people. Hm.nrt Hint Unvnnfl la fallen: not con firmed. .. .Four miners killed In a Sbaniokln, .'Pa., shaft. .. .Tremendous prairie ares In Western Kansas. ' - 9. War fever high In England. . . .Trans t vaal demands Independence and indemnity fo Jameson's raid Keport of alliance of Germany, France and Russia against Eng land to sustain the Boers. ' " .10! Potor Hmmiupil of ("IhlraifO. klllS MS wife, five children and himself by asphyxia tion. 18. Sultan forbids Red Cross Society to en ter his domain. 14. Foraker chosen Senator from Ohio. 15. Government victorious In Manitoba elections Severe fighting about Havana Alllsdn chosen Senator from Iowa . Bond syndicate dissolves; popular loan as sured. , 16. Chicago gets Chicago National Demo- 17. Announcement of Harrlson-Dlmmlck engagement. .. .Campos relieved of Spanish ler, of Chicago. , .21. Five firemen killed by falling walls at St. Louis; three people killed by gas ex plosion at New Haven, Conn.; two at Red- Key, ina ueacn oi wen. xum janms ... New York Red Cross delegation starts for Turkey. 25. American Liner St. Paul ashore, at Long Branch. ' .: 20. Cuban filibustering steamer Hawkins Inks; 53 lost. 27. Fifty-four Welsh miners killed by ex- Sloslou. .. .Feud at Palon, owa, cuds In two enths - ' ' 30. Five killed, 20 hurt, by exploding . boiler at Hollldaysburg, Pa. 81. Salisbury concedes Justice of Monroe doctrlno and declares England's Inability to suppress Armenian outrages. .. .Murder at Pearl Bryan at Fort Thomas, Ky. tThrnnl'V. 1. Senate passes silver bond bill. 2. $2,000,000 fire loss In Philadelphia.... Tremendous snowstorm In Northwest. , 6. Richard Klatke kills his father, mother, wife, three children and himself at Chicago; despondent. .. .Bond bids aggregate $508. 000,000, at a figure exceeding 110. 6. Three killed In Polish-Hungarian riot at Whiting, Ind. .. .Terrific storm sweeps Atlantic coast; Morrlstown, N. J., inundated by bursting dam; Bound Brook wiped out by ' Hood and fires many lives lost. Immense property destroyed. .. .Bridge near Bristol, Conn., swept away, drowning eleven work men.' 7. Death of W. H. English at Indianapolis. 8. Publisher Dunlop, of Chicago Dispatch, ...,1 ... . ... a .......... nnl nav Vin for circulating obscene matter. 9. Ten sailors drown off Newburyport, 14. Grant Atterbury lynched at Sullivan,' 111. 17. Twenty die In a factory fire at Troy, N. X. 18. , Sixty miners killed at Newcastle, Colo. .. .Itnin of mud In Chicago. AW Dill IMytS BllH-litSU uy (JQinilDlBi n..iii:i- cury below zero all day at Chicago; three die of exoosure. .. .Clothing cutters at Chi cago strike. .. .Dynamite at Johannesburg, Rnnth Africa, kills scores: fire at a masked , ball In Lisbon, Portugal, kills fifty attend , ants. 21. Fltzslmmons whips Maher In 1 minute B5 seconds. .. .Commander and Mrs. Bulllng- con jiooiu removeu iroiu couiiuuuu ui ouiva tlon Army in America. 22. Death of "Bill" Nye. 23. Ballington Booth revolts against his retirement in Salvation Army. .. .Seven peo ple die In a Baltimore fire. 27. New York Yacht Club expels Lord Dunraven. 28. Senate passes resolution to recognize Cuba. 29. $1,000,000 fire In Halifax Riots In Barcelona, Spain, upon receipt of news of action of Congress; American consulate at tacked. March. ; 1. Great floods in New England. ' 8. Rome In a rage because of slaughter of 8,000 Italian soldiers In battle In Abyssinia. 4. Renewed antl-Aiuerlcan demonstration In Madrid. .. .All Italy In an uproar over , Abyssinian defeat. .. .$200,000 fire at Johns- 14. Albert Wallace hanged at Pekln, III. 1(1. Frankfort, Ky., under martial law. 18. ' Five killed by powder explosion at , Rlpton. N. Y.. 23. Thirteen miners killed at Dubois, Pa., by explosion Death of Thomas Hughes, author, at London Riot at Holland, Mich., ov.;r horsewhipping of a sensational newspaper correspondent. ' . 28. $400,000 fire at Louisville, Ky Illi nois Supreme Court confirms imprisonment sentence of Bankers Mendowcroft. . 29. Unknown -man kills Alvln M. Stone ' and wife, and wounds three daughters, near Akron, Ohio; cause unknown. .. .Four die by ,i 81 Storms In the Northwest. .. .Report of execution by garrote of five Cubans at Ha vapa. ,. .Opening of lake navigation. April. ., 1. Ten die by fire in a Brooklyn tenement ... .Trains on B. & O. and Frisco roads held "up.... Cubans capture Santa Clara. , 6. Wedding of Gen. Harrison and Mrs. Dimmlck. 7. Chicago elections retire 21 boodle alder men. ' - - 10. S. B. Mlnchell kills W. B. O. Sands, his own wife and three children, and hlin self at Peutwater, Mich. ' 13. Six killed by falling trestle at Bed ford, ina. .. .i-resioenc Cleveland appoints Vlt-v.hnch Lee Consul General tn Cnl.n . , Greater New York bill vetoed. .. .Democrats observe Jefferson Day. 14. J. W Lehman, of Chicago, kills him self and three children $1,000,000 fire at New York. .. .$250,000 fire at Falrbury, 111. IB. First fatal sunstroke of the year at Philadelphia. .. .Phenomenal hot wave pre vails. ' 10. Base-ball season opens. ... Tempera ture reaches 88 degrees at Chicago, breaking .11 -,., -Is, Cor Anrll. . - 19. Nine sailors drown off Lone sland. 21. Baron Hirsch, millionaire Jewish phll . authroplst. dies at Komorn, Germany.... Leon Say. distinguished Freucll political . economist, dies at Maris. .15. At Rockviiie, lnd., Albert Egbert kills five people without cause, and commits sui cide; his sick sister dies from shock.... Sl,000,OiK) Incendiary fire loss at Cripple Oreok, Colo. ...Ten killed and twenty hurt In Kansas, and three killed. In Virginia, by, cyclouea. . ... . ... 27. Fatal storms In South Dakota Boots pass sentence of death upon leaders of vue Transvaal Insurrection; President Krupger commutes sentence. 29. Second fire at Cripple Creek, Bolo., does $1,500,000 damage and wipes out the town. ; - 30. Illinois Republican convention declares for McKlnlcy. - May. ' ' 3. Fearful loss of life by explosion of a gas generator at Cincinnati; nearly , fifty hurt. 5. Street ear strike In Milwaukee. 6. Cleveland's sweeping civil service order protects 80,000 office-holders. 8. Mauy points record temperature of 90 degrees. t 9. L'Anse. Mich., has $750,000 fire. .. .Ash land, Wis., loses half a million by fire.... Continued excessive heat. 11. Elaven killed by explosion of boiler of rafting steamer Harry Brown, at Vlcksburg, Miss. , . 14. Bold bank robbery at Buffalo, N. Y. . . . Big windstorm at Chicago. .. .Methodists re tire Bishops Foster and Bowman. 15. Eighty killed by cyclone at Sherman, Texas. 17. Great los of life and property by cy clones In Kansas. .. .Five sailors drown off Grosse Point, III Blue Island, 111., fire swept $300,000 fire at Atlanta, Ga. 18. Nebraska cyclone kills 44. 21 Oklahoma cyclone kills tea. 22. Missouri cyclone kills five. 24. Four of Otto Malm's family die by gasoline fire at Chicago. .. .Cyclone in Polk and Jasper Counties, Iowa, kills a score of people and does tremendous damage; Chi cago and suburbs also suffer. 25. Over 100 killed by cyclone In Michigan ... .Forty die at McGregor, Iowa. In a cloud burst. 20. One hundred killed In street-car disas ter at Victoria, B. C. .. .James Dunham mur ders six people at San Jose. Cal Czar of Russia crowned. .. .Cairo, 111., storm kills twelve. 27. St. Louis, East St. Louis and several Missouri towns swept by one of the most de structive cyclones In the world's history; 1,000 reported dead. 30. Two thousand Russians killed In a panic at Moscow. .. .Eighteen people die In a cycloae at Seneca, Mo. . . June. . 5. Excessive heat In Northwest. ' 13. Death of ex-Gov. Felch of Michigan. .. 16. Earthquake In Japan kills thousands ....Republican convention In St. Louis. ... Steamer Drummond and 240 lives lost off France, 18. Ten thousand lives lost by earthquake and tidal wave In Japan McKlnley nom inated at St Louis Silver men bolt the convention Ten killed by exploding yacht boiler at Little Falls, N. Y. 22. Five killed by collapsing building at San Francisco Death of B. H. Bristow, ex-Secretary of the Treasury, at New York. 28. One hundred miners burled at Pitts ton, Pa Six drown . In Shawano Lake, Wis. : ; v- July. 1. Death" of Harriet Beecher Stowe. 7. Democratic convention at Chicago.... Yale beaten at Henley. 10. Chicago convention nominates Bryan. 11. Twenty-eight killed In wreck at Lo gan, Iowa... $1,750 hold-up at noon In Chi cago $300,000 fire at Nashville, Tenn. 12. Five killed in week at Chicago Four drowned at Lawrence, Kan.' 13. Half million fire loss at St. Louis Intense heat at Chicago. ' - 14. Hot wave sweeps the country; 94 de grees at Chicago. 15. Temperature drops 36 degrees at Chi cago. .. .Twenty-eight drowned at Cleveland, Ohio. 18. Three lives and half a million In prop erty lost by fire at Chicago car barns.... Malvern, Ark., razed by incendiary fire. 24. Twenty-six drowned by cloudburst In Colorado, i. .Serious floods in Ohio and Pennsylvania. 25. Populists at St. Louis nominate Bryan and Watson. 27. Eleven die In a Pennsylvania cloud burst, near Pittsburg. 28. Indiana gas belt swept by floods; three killed at Anderson. ' 30. Fifty killed In railroad wreck at Jer sey City, N. J. Aua-nst. 4. Failure of Moore Bros., Chicago, Dia mond Match brokers, for $4,000,000 Phe nomenal heat in Western, Central and Mid dle Northern States. v 5, 6, 7. Continuance of killing heat.... Conference of National Democratic party at Indianapolis. 9. Furious heat Increases; 72 deaths from sunstroke In New York and Brooklyn; 19 at Chicago; similar reports from all qnarters. .. . Seven killed by trolley accident at Colum bia, Pa. 10. One hundred and eighty people die of heat In New York and Brooklyn; 60 at Chi cago; 12 at St. Louis. 12. Cool wave Thirty die In a Pennsyl vania cloudburst Seven killed by boiler explosion near Alliance, Ohio. 16. Undertakers and cemeteries In New York overwhelmed with business; hundreds of funerals postponed; heat the cause. 18. Death of Nicholas Crouch, author of "Kathleen Mavourneen." 25. Whltney-Vanderbilt wedding. .. .On tonagon, Mich., destroyed by fire. .. .Nation al Democratic State Convention of Illinois nominates John C. Black for Governor. September. . . 1. Twelve killed by powder-house explosion at San Francisco. 8. Gold Democrats at Indianapolis nomin ate Palmer and Buckner. . . .Slight frost In Northwest. - 6. Eleven firemen killed at Benton Har bor, Mich. ...Two men lynched at Glencoe, Minn. 8. Six of a coaching party killed near Warsaw, Ind. ... Family of four killed at crossing at Oshkosh, Wis.' 19. Tremendous storm In the East. . . . British troops capture Dongola and rout dervishes in Egypt. .. .Riot in Leadville; four killed. 23. - Leadville under martial law. 27. Mount Holyoke College burns at South Hadley, Mass. 29. Mauy Southern cities wrecked by storm; great life and property loss In Flor-. Ida, Georgia and Pennsylvania. October. . 1, 8. Iowa semi-centennial Jubilee. ' 8. Death of Du Maurler, the novelist. 9. Chicago Day celebration. 10. Two bnuk robbers killed .at Sher bourne, Minn. 14. Meeker, Cl citizens kill three bank robbers, and hold a celebration over It. 13. Flight of W. T. Rambusch, from Ju neau, Wis., after embezzling over $200,000 during long term of years. 10. First snow In Northern Wisconsin. 17. First snow In Chicago $150,000 Are at Holland, Mich. . 18. Death of Henry E. Abbey, theatrical manager, at New York. 25. Eight, kliled, 20 hurt. In wreck at St. Louis. ... .Six drown while bonting at Den ver. ' 20. $1,200,000 elevator Ore at Chicago. ' 28, 29. Mercury at Chicago reaches 78 de grees. .. Cyclones In the South and Okla homa. - November. . 3. McKlnley elected President. 5. ' Storm of sleet and snow In Northwest and Middle States. 7. Schooner Waukesha and Six men lost off Muskegon, Mich. , 16. Mercury registered 70 degrees at Chi cago. 23. Death of Campaninl, the tenor, at Parma, Italy. .. .Mabley & Co., Detroit, fall. 20. Worst November blizzard ever known In Northwest; roads blocked and much stock killed Apparently authentic report of Weylcr's rout in Cuba, with loss of 3,000 men. . -. December. ' 2, 3, 4. Alarming Ice gorge in Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin. 6. Strong Indications that Cuban Insur gents will be successful; Weyler falls In his campaign In Plnar del Rio Five killed in collision at Waelder, Texas. 7.. Congress in session. .. .Reported death of Maceo, the Cuban Insurgent general. 9 Loss of North German Lloyd steamer Sailer with 275 people, off Spain. 11. Collapsed building at Jeres,- Spain, kills 100. ...Mine disaster at Hedges, Cal., kills eight, 16. Tremendous snowstorm at New York City, accompanied by extreme cold; three people perish. .. .Chicago has mild tempera ture; no snow, and sunny skies Wide spread agitation looking toward aid of Cu ban insurgents. 17. England shaken by an carthquakfe. .. . $500,000 fire at Pittsburg Death of Herr- maun, the magician. . 21. National Bank of Illinois at Chicago closes. 22. Three banks dragged down by Illinois National. .. .Two St. Paul banks fall. .. .Cash wheat at Chicago reaches 89V6 after three months of almost uninterrupted advance, and market continues strong. . ' , Abont Good Soada. "Constant dropping wean away atones," and it la only by constant re minders by the press that the public mind can be brought to the sensible conclusion that good roads are among America's essentials. They are not merely wheelmen's wants, but wants demanded -by the comfort and conve nience of everybody. It does not by any means follow that because a man baa not a team of his own, or does not ride a wheel, that he has not a direct personal Interest In the improvement of roads. European countries hare long recognized their merits, and for cen turies in some portions have 'enjoyed their benefits. We, in America, have only begun to appreciate, and mainly In the Immediate vicinity of large cities, ' their great importance. The , Importance of the subject de mands a much wider-spread feeling of Interest. While the area of tha United States Is too immense and the popu lation too sparse to hope foi; many years to come, for a general good roads system, yet great progress can be made In sections 'of the country where farm ers are prosperous, and where they have occasion to use roads to a consid erable extent In order to get the prod ucts of their farms to railroad stations for shipment to large cities and towns. Y7ere It possible to estimate the dollar and cent extra cost for repairs to wag ons and carriages, the wear and tear of horse, mule and ox flesh oven wretch ed roads, and the delays caused In win ter by their lmpassabllity, the aggre gate would be startling, and would, wo feel assured, aggregate a sum far In excess of what would be needed to pro vide good roads and keep them in good condition. And if, to tha economy re ferred to, be added the increased value of property, and last, but not least, the comfort of farmers and tholr families, there would be overwhelming argument in favor of Immediate action. The work is a stupendous one, when viewed as a whole, but a beginning once made and the advantages clearly demonstra ted, there would be steady Improve ment. West Chester (Pa.) Republican. Don't Do Itl It is stated that when Boadicea. led' her army to battle she wore a man's armor, but was always careful to leave her golden hair floating over the steel links that all men might know that she was not a only warrior but a woman. Queen Elizabeth, the most shrewd and prudent sovereign of her day, when she held important councils with am bassadors from other countries, isot only, we are told, brought all her learn lng and sagacity to bear against them, but "tricked herself In her most splen did apparel and rarest Jewels, using all little female arts to win them to her service." ' ' Victoria has laid deep the foundation of her empire over her subjects In their affections. It Is not the hereditary queen that they reverence so much as the modest young girl, the faithful wife, the good, kindly woman on the throne. The first lady in our own land has endeared herself to the nation not as a politician or social leader, but as a most racious gentlewoman. It is a singular fact that no woman has ever long influenced the world as ruler, writer, or even reformer who threw aside her feminine weapons. The charm of a womanry woman Is a 'real power. Her gentleness, her dell jacy, her modesty are real forces. The girl who dresses like a man, who swag gers, who talks loudly, discusses risque books and smokes cigarettes is like a soldier who has thrown away his weap ons before he goes into battle. Her bicycle, for example, may be a good, useful thing, but she will not induce the public to approve of bicycles for women by appearing on it as an offensive caricature of a man. She will not win the world to her cause, how ever Just, by disgusting it with herself. : Why should any of our girls throw away the weapons which God has given them? Youth's Companion. Success in Life. ,. If you wish success in life make per severance your bosom friend, experi ence your wise counsellor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius. MIND READING. You can read a happy mind in a happy coun tenance without much penetration. That is the sort of countenance that the quondam bil ious sufferer or dyspeptic relieved by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters wears. You will meet many such. The great stomachic and alterative also provides happiness for the malarious, the rheu matic, the weak and those troubled with inac tion of the kidneyB and bladder. - The lord mayor of London wears a badge of office which contains diamonds valued at $600,000. .. , CATARRH CANNOT BB CURED With LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional disease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts di rectly on the blood and mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this country for years, and Is a regular prescrip tion, it is composed of the best tonics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of the two ingredients is what produces such wonderful effects in curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials, free. ! J. J. tiis.visr s uu , irops., xoieao, u. ' Sold by druggists, price 76c'. Ball's Family Pills are the best., " : J- . I know that my life was saved by Piso's Cure for Consumption. John A. Miller. Au Sable, Michigan, April 21, 1895. .. ' WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Go to any grocer and ask for Schilling's Best tea: Japan, English Breakfast, Oolong, Ceylon, I or the Blend. ! He will pay you your money back if you don't like, it. : ; v 4 Schilling & Company &ki Fnuicisco Downing;, Hopkins A Co.'s Review of Trade. The wheat market has every indica tion of an upward tendency. . It hard ened steadily last week in the face of loal bank failures, and was only affect ed by them temporarily. A good per centage of the local traders were afraid to go into the market, owing to the un settled condition of finances at Chicago last week. Local influences, however, are only of a transient character, the market being governed more by foreign advioes, and also by the great strength of the domestic- situation, which over shadows almost everything in the way of local bearish faotors. Had the mar ket been a looal one prices would have gone lower, but the timely buying of foreigners offset the bearish influences, and made sentiment bullish, over-riding everything bearish. English traders who were sharp enough to fore-' see their wants early in the fall, and took adavntage of it by buying them from three to four months in advanoe, almost before the American speculators were aware of it, have come in the mar ket within a week and taken millions of bushels of both oash and futures for shipment during the next four months, while looal traders were as a rnle afraid to take the buying side. It is claimed by operators in a position to know that there is a larger short' interest than at any time within sixty days. ' The Northwest is short against its oash holdings there. Foreigners have ab sorbed the suprlus wheat that is afloat in the pit. It is diffioult to buy any large lines without sending prices up rapidly, if any of the recognized lead ers are credited with being at the back of tha orders. This leaves the market in a stronger position than ever, and those who watch the pit operations closely are oonfident that prioes will advanoe to 90o within the near future. The visible stocks are 14,000,000 bush, els less jfchan last year. Foreigners are expeoted to lead the bnying again next week. .. ' " ' ; 1 -'; - . GENERAL MARKETS. : : Portland, Or., Jan. 5, 1897. Flour Portland, Salem, Cascadia and Dayton, f4 50; Benton county and White Lily, $4.40; graham, $3.75; su perfine, 2 60 per barrel. Wheat Walla Walla. 8182c; Val ley, 84(8 85c per bushel. Oats Choice white, 4042c per bush el: choice gray, 3840c. , Hat Timothy, $13.00 per ton; clover, $8.00(8 9.00; oat, $8.0010; wheat, $8 10 per ton. Barley Feed barley, $21.00 per ton; brewing, $22. ' Millstuffs Bran. $15.00; shorts, $16.50; middlings, $23.00. Butter Fancv creamery is quoted at 45c; fancy dairy, 35c; fair to good, 2022c. Potatoes. Oregon Burbanks, 50 7"c: Garnet Chiles, 7080c; Early Rose, 8090 per sack; California river Bur bauks, 55c per cental; sweets, $1.252 per cental for Merced, $2.50 for Jersey Red. . ;. "-;'... Onions 85c per sack. Poultry Chickens, mixed. $2.00(3 3.00; broilers, $1.502.00; geese, $8.00; turkeys, live, 12c; ducks, $34.50 per dozen. Eggs Oregon, 32Jc per dozen. Cheese Oregon, 11c; Young Ameri ca, 12c per pound. - Tallow1 Prime, per' pound, 23c; No. 2 and grease, 22c. ; ' Wool Vallev. 10c, per pound ; East em Oregon, 68c. Hops New crop, 910c. Beef Gross, top steers, $2.75; cows, $2.002.25; dressed beef, 45)c per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers, $2.75; ewes, $2.75; dressed mutton, 5c per pound. Veal Net, small, 6c ; large, 4c per pound.' Hogs Gross, choice, heavy, $3.25 3.50 ; light and feeders, $2.60; dressed, $3.504.25 per cwt. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 6, 1897. Flour (Jobbing) Patent) excellent, $5.25; Foveitv A, $4.75, California brands $5.60; Dakota, $5.50; patent,! $o.zo; DucKwneat nour, $b.ou ; per cwt, $4.00; graham. $4.50 per bbl; lO-Ib sacks, $2.50 per cwt ; rye Hour, $5.00 per bbl; 10-16 sacks, $2.60 per cwt; rye meal, $4.50 per bbl; per cwt, $2.40; rolled oats, , $6.75 6 per bbl; hominy, $2.50 per cwt; cracked wheat, $3.26; rolled wheat, $5,50 per bbl"; whole rolled wheat flour, $2.75 per cwt; pearl barley, per 100 lb sacks, $3.60; split peas, 4&c; table cornmeai, yellow, $1.70 per cwt in 10-lb sacks; 60s, $1.60; white, 10a, $1.80; 60s, $1.70 ; flaked hominy, $2.50 per keg. Wheat Chicken feed, $27.00 per ton. Oats Choice, $24(25 per ton. Barley Boiled or ground, $22.00 per ton. Corn Whole, $22 per ton ; cracked (23 ; feed meal, $23. Millbtuffs Bran, $16.00 per ton; shorts, $19.00. teed Chopped ieed, $19.00 per ton, middlings, $24 ; oilcake meal, $28. Hay Puget sound, per ton, $910; Eastern Washington, $13. 8u8ar Golden O in bbl, 4c per lb ; extra 0 in bbl, 4c ; dry granulated in bbl, 5c; cube, 6jjc; powdered, 6c spot cash. Butter Fancy native creamery, brick 26c ; select, 23c ; tubs, 22c ; ranch, 18c. Cheese. Native Washington,1012c. Poultry Chickens, live, per pound, hers, 78c; dressed, 9llc; ducks, $2 3.60; dressed turkeys, 13(f 15c. . Eggs Fresh ranch, 28c ; Eastern, 23 24c per doi. Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef, steers, 5)4c; cows, 5c; mutton, sheep, 5c per pound; lamb, fie; pork, 5c per pound ; veal, small, 6c. Provisions Hams, large, 12c; hams, small, 12c; breakfast bacon, 10c; dry salt sides, 6c per lb. BOW TO RELAX. Cold weather, whether damp or dry, will produce, even if we are extremely careful, sudden soreness and stiffness of the limbs and muscles. This is much owing to sud den change of temperature from a warm room to put-door air. Cold contracts and warmth expands or relaxes, and it is for this reason that when one is sore and stiff from sudden cold, the application 'of St. Jacobs Oil brings immediate and sure re lief, as it gives warmth and relaxation to the stiffened muscles and makes supple the sore and cramped limbs. AVith a vigorous rubbing with this great remedy for pain no one need suffer with soreness and stiff, ness more than a very short time, it is especially the best remedy for suffering where we require a prompt cure, and it is particularly the best because its cures are permanent. 7f iia "and Health. The mental condition nas far more influence upon the bodily health than is generally supposed. It is no doubt true that ailments of the body causi depressing and morbid conditions of the mind, but it is no less true thai sorrowful and disagreeable emotions produce disease in persons who, unin fluenced by tbem, would be In sound health; or, If disease is not produced, the functions are disordered. Agreeable emotions set in motion nervous currents which stimulate blood, brain, and every part of the sys tem Into , healthful activity; while "grief, disappointment of feeling, and brooding over present sorrows or past mistakes depress all the vital forces. To be physically well one must, in gen eral, be happy. The reverse is not al ways true; one may be happy and cheerful, and yet be a constant sufferer In body.. 1 ' .. ' t Termites Destroy a Cable. The French Academy of Sciences was Informed last summer of the destruc tion of an electric cable in Tonquin by the attacks of termites. The cable cross ed a marshy tract and was enclosed In a tube of lead. The insects bored holes in the tube and completely destroyed the insulation of the cable. . It has been proposed to guard the cable against future attacks by enclosing It In an en velope of cotton and Jute impregnated jvlth sulphate of copper, which, It Is believed, would prove a fatal poison to the Insects. 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