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REPUBLICANS OF OREGON. Convention Held In Astoria Nomina tions and Platform The Republican state, and congres sional conventions were lipid in Astoria last week. The congressional conven tion, which met on Wednesday, nom inated Malcolm A. Moody, of Wasco county, for representative for the second district. Thos. H. Tongue, of Washington county, was nominated for representa' tive for the first distriot at the congreS' sional convention held in Eugene a few days previously. . The state convention met on Thurs day and completed a state ticket before adjournment was taken. The following resolution was adopted immediately after organization was effected: "Resolved, That the following mes sage be at once wired to President Mc Kinley: 'The Republicans of Oregon, in convention assembled, to the presi dent of the United States, greeting: With the utmost confidence in the wis' dom of your administration and pledg' ing you the support of the state of Oregon, we express our earnest convic tions that the Maine was destroyed by design or criminal neglect of Spanish officers, and that this outrage is just cause for the United States to drive the Spanish nation from the Western hem isphere.' " 1 ' The State Ticket. Governor T. .T.' fleer, of Marion. Secretary of state F. I. Dunbar, of (Jlatsop. . Supreme judge F. A. Moore, of Columbia. ( State treasurer Chas. S. Moore, of Klamath., State printer W. H. Leeds, of Jackson. Attorney general D. K. N. Black burn, of Linn. " Superintendent of public instruction J. II. Ackerman, of Multnomah. The riatform. "We, the Republican voters of the state of Oregon, in convention assem bled, congratulate the people of the state as well as of the whole nation on ' the unmistakable fact that the dark cloud of adversity, which has hung like a pall over our fair land, has been die- sipated. We recognize that the return of prosperity is duo to the restoration of the Republican party to power. "We are in favor of the maintenance of the present gold standard; we are ' unqualifiedly opposed to the free coin age of silver and to all other schemes looking to the debasement of the cur rency and the repudiation of debt. We believe that the "best money in the world is none too good to be assured by the government to the laborer as the fruit of his toil and to the farmer as the price of his crop. We condemn the continued agitation for free silver as calculated to jeopardize the prosperity of the country and to shake the confi dence 01 uie people in me maintenance of a wise financial policy; we particn- . larly condemn as unpatriotic the efforts of the free-silver agitators to array class against class and section against sec tion; we declare that the interests of all classes and of all sections of our country alike demand a sound and stable financial system. "While we deplore the imminence of war, we recognize that the country is , on the ,eve of war, undertaken for the vindication of the national honor and the performance of a work' diotated by every instinct of humanity; we deolare that the administration is entitled in this conflict to the confidence and sup port of the entire people. ' "We are. firmly attached to the prin ciples of the federal constitution; we recognize that representative govern ment is one of these principles, and we are opposed to any change in law or constitution which ' will abrogate this time-honored principle. "We are in favor of retrenchment and reform in state and county matters. "We demand strict economy in pubf lie affairs, and the abolition of all need less offices and' commissions. "The salmon fishing industry, so fruitful a Bource of revenue to the state, should be fostered, and to that end we favor state aid in the artificial propa gation of salmon, and their distribu tion in the waters of this state. ?, "We affirm our allegiance to' the principles of the Republican party of the United States, as enunciated by the Republican convention in St. Louis in 1896. "We denounce the fusion party pf Oregon as an aggregation of spoilsmen, who are ready to subordinate principles to offices. Each of the parties to this compact is willing to stultify itself and form alliances with elements which it has heretofore denounced as dangerous and unfit to be intrusted with power; we deolare that good government oan not come from such an allianSe. " A Western man has designed an end-. loss chain propeller for boats in which a double chain of buckets is hung to two shafts extending crosswise through the boat, with A power transmitted to the shafts by piston rods attached to a crank section in the center of each shaft. Moscow has a hospital large enough to hold 7,000 persons. It was founded in 1764, and at present takes in chil dren at the rate of 40 a day, or about 15,000 a year. There are 28 physicians and about 000 nurses. , . . ' Very Caloric The emotional literateur has just written a piece of which he was very proud. The editor looked it over and then said: , ' ' "Do you candidly think such opinions ought to go into cold type?" "I don't know much about the prac tical work of printing," was the reply, "but I don't believe it makes any differ ence. Even if the type is cold 1 guess that article will take the ohill off it." Washington Star. WEEKLY MARKET LETTER. Trade Condition in the Leading Cities of the World. A year ago wheat traders were theorizing as to the effects on the price of wheat of a war between Turkey and Greece. Neither of those combatants was a wheat producer, but the near fear of the contest Involving Russia kept the price for a month swinging through an unusually wide range, and advanced quotations about 10c a bushel, half of it on the Monday following the open ing of hostilities. It is surprising that the wheat-consuming countries abroad, in anticipation of a war involving their chief source of supply, have of late been ignoring everything except this possibility, have been maintalng prices in spite of a declining tendency at times on this side, and have been mak ing cash purchases with unexpected energy i" The United States is furnishing at present half of the wants of the wheat importing countries of the world, about 4,000,000 bushels of the 8,000, 000 bushels supplied weekly. Would the grain opeiators abroad, whose office it is to anticipate the world's situation, take phlematically a war which threatened to embarrass even in the smallest way this vast weekly sup' ply and which might possibly affect it seriously? ." . . ; That is hardly to be assumed. In deed, it has not been the fact. The other side for a fornisht. incredulous as everybody has been all this time of the differences growing into an actual conflict,' has been ignoring fine crop prospects at home and large offerings, and has been making liberal purchases from America at prices which have been a surprise to the American trade. It was really remarkable that Leiter could sell 200,000 bushels abroad Easter Saturday. These are indications that if a .declaration of war removed all' the present doubts the price of wheat abroad would advance sharply. The effect of war on hoine prices is not easy to anticipate. Sentiment would be a factor. Quick, deoisive successes exhilirato a nation as they do individuals, encourage business as well as national ventures and quicken speou lation. Any advance in the wheat price on the other side would be pre dieted upon some embarrassment to the export of Amerioan wheat. Portland Market). Wheat Walla Walla, 8485c; Val ley and Bluestem, 87 88o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $4.80; graham, 13.85; superfine, $2.50 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 8940cj choice gray, 8788o per bushel. . . Barley-- Feed barley, $ 25; brewing, 26 per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $ 18 per ton; mid dlings, $24; Bhorts, $18. Hay Timothy, $12.50; clover. $10 11; Oregon wild hay, $910 per ton. Eggs Oregon, llo per dozen. Butter Fancy creamery, 4045o; fair to good, 8540o; dairy, 8085o per roll. . - Cheese Oregon full cream, 12W,o; Young America, 18 14o. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00 per dozen; liens, 1 $4.004.50; geese, $6.007.00; ducks, $0.00 7.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1318)o per pound. - Potatoes Oregon Burbanks. 80 40c per sack; sweets, $1.752 per cental. Onions Oregon, $2.252.60 per sack. Hops 512o per pound for new crop; 1896 crop, 46o. Wool Valley, 1416o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 812c; mohair, 25o per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and , ewes, 4c; dressed mutton, 6c; spring lambs, $2.503 each. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25; light and feeders, $3.004.00; dressed, $5.006. 26 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50 4.00; cows, $2. 50 8. 25; dressed beef, 6J 7c per pound. Seattle Market. Potatoes Yakimas, $12 13 per ton; natives, $9 11 ; sweets, 2c per pound; box of 60 pounds, $1.75. Butter Fancy ' native creamery, brick, ,25c; ranch, 10 12c; dairy, 16c; Iowa fancy oreamery, 23c. Cheese Native Washington, 12 lSc; Eastern cheese, 12jc. Eggs Fresh ranoh, 15o; California ranch, 14o. Meats Choice dressed beef steers, 8c; cows, 77c; mutton, 8c; pork, 7c; veal, small, 8o. . Poultry Chickens, live, per pound. hens, 18c; dressed, 15c; turkeys, live, 14c; dressed, 1718o. FreBh Fish Halibut, 6 7c: steel heads, 78c; salmon trout, 910c; flounders and sole, 84o; torn cod, 4c; ling ood, 45c; rock cod, 5c; smelt, 8 5c; herring, 4o. Olympia oysters, per saok, $83.25. Corn Whole, $23;, cracked, per ton, $24; feed meal, $24 per ton. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $26; whole, $25.' Flour Patents, per barrel, $4.25 4.50; straights, $4.25; California brands, $5.50; Dakota brands, $5.00 $5. 75; buokwheat flour, $6.50. Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $16; shorts, per ton, $1718. Feed Chopped feed, $21 22 per ton; middlings, per ton, $18 19; oil cake meal, per ton, $35. Hay Puget Sound, new, per ton, $1218; Eastern Washington timothy, $160 17; alfalfa, $11; straw, $7. Oats Choice, per ton, $2526. , Wheat Feed wheat, per ton, $23 $24. San Francisco Market. Wool Nevada, 11 13c; Oregon, 12 14o; Southern coast lambs, 7 8c, Millstuffs Middlings, $23 25. 50; California bran, $21.0021.50 per ton. Onions Silversklns. $2. 60 2.85 per cental. Eggs Store, 12o; ranoh, 13 l4o. ' Butter Fancy creamery, 19o; do seconds, 17c; fancy dairy, 18c; good to ohoice, 1717o per pound. Blood Is Life Pure Blood Is Health. Without Mood circulating through your reins you could not live. Without pure blood rou cannot be well. If you have salt rheum, icrofula sores, pimples, bolls or any kind of humor, your blood is not pure. If you take Hood's Sarsaparilla ft will make your blood pure and promptly relieve all these troubles. "I wish to add my praise for the merits of Hood's Sarsaparilla. It has cured me of a lung trouble and fluttering of the heart, and since I began taking it my weight has increased twenty pounds, and I can now enjoy my meals and eat with comfort. I recommend Hood's Sarsapa rilla as the best medicine that it is possible to find." C. W. Carey, Prineville, Or. Hood'S na Is America's Greatest Medicine. Sold by all druggists, (1 ; six for $5. Get only Hood's. HnnH'o Dillc are the only pills to take UUUU flll& with Hood's Sarsaparilla. ANIMALS AS MODELS. Some of the Experience! of an Artist In Sketching From Life. "Leaves from the Sketch Book of an Animal Artist," is an artiole by Mere dith Nugent in the St. Nicholas. Mr. Nugent says: There was an elephant in the Jardln-des-Planets that would not pose unless he were paid for it, and paid in advance. Then he took pay ment in buns and pie, but if these were not forthcoming, lie would deliberately walk to the farther end of the enclosure and turn his baok. The only way to get a drawing of this big .fellow was to engage some one to feed him mean while. In the same gardens I saw an unusually interesting sight one morn ing. A little sunbear with a large marrow bone in his shaggy paws was resorting to all sorts of bear devices to get the sweet marrow. Suddenly he lay down on his back, placed one end of the bone in his jaws, and with his hind paws tipped' the other end of the bone so high up that the choice morsel slipped into his mouth. If the animal oould only have understood the Bhouts of approval that greeted this perform ance, I think it would have turned his head. In one of the sketches you will see how this feat was accomplished. As a rule I find the models very good na- tured. True, they keep a sharp eye on me for the first few days, but after that are generally quite friendly. " Of course, there are some parts of the business they do not like. The oriole never was happy when I held him in my hand for close inspection, but a beautiful cat which rebelled when first placed her in a bird cage to keep her in front of me grew so fond of being there, and after I finished my drawings she oried and cried to be put back into the cage.- Intense curiosity is the great obaiacteristlo of animals when in the studio. They are as much interested in you and the surroundings as you are in them. This is especially the case with birds, keave the studio but a few minutes, and these two legged fellows are hopping Into every thing. Of course, they inspect the paper on which yon have been draw ing, and the paints, and the brushes, and occasionally vary these proceedings try taking a bath in the water bowl. THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. The twentieth centurv will begin on Jan. 1st. 1901, and end with 2000. People did not begin to reckon time from A. D. 1, but waited until about the Moth year of the Christian era. Peo ple who begin to take the great health restora tive, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, Immediately atter toe nrstoutDreak oi dyspepsia, materia, rheumatism. Constitmtlon. nervousness or kid ney trouble will date their cure immediately irom ttiem. Draughting compasses are being made with a flexible rubber suction cup of one end to fasten to the paper and bold the instrument while the circle la being drawn. ! . . In the snrlnff cleanse vour svstem bv using Dr. Plunder's Oregon Blood Purifier, Bad Roads Are Costliest. When once the fact gets firmly estab lished in the minds of the farmers of the United States that it is more ex pensive to maintain bad roads than to make and keep in condition good roads they will take active interest id the question and an era of road building will begin which will add to their wealth, prosperity and comfort, and benefit the country at large as much as has the laying of railroad tracks and the advanoe of the steam locomotive. Let those engaged in agriculture study. such figures as those recently issued by the supervisor of New York, wherein he shows that it costs half as muoh to haul produce three miles by wagon as it costs to haul it 600 miles on the rail road. The supervisor figures out -that with a system of good macadam roads the farmers would save an amount each year equal to the interest on from $10 to $30 an acre, . according to the crop raised, and would inorease the value of their land either to sell or hold by a like amount 4- ALABAST1NE 19 WHAT? Alabastlne fs a durable and natural coating for walls and ceilings entirely different from all kalsomine preparations, made ready for nse In white or twelve beautiful tints by the simple addition of water (latest make being adapted to mix with Cold water) put up in dry powder form, In 6 pound packages, with full directions on every package. WHAT ABE KALSOMINEST Kalsorolnes are cheap temporary preparations manufactured from chalks, lays, whiting, etc., Church Built of Coral. A church built of coral is one of the curiosities of the Isle of Mahe, one of the Seychelles islands in the Indian ocean. The Seychelles, islands, which are supposed by many to be the site1 of the Eden of Old Testament history, form an archipelago of one hundred and fourteen islands, and are situated about 1,400 miles east of Aden and 1,000 miles from Zanzibar. They rise steeply out of the sea, culminating in the Isle of Mahe, which is about 8,000 feet above the level of the ocean, and is nearly the center of the group. All these islands are of coral growth. The houses are built of species of massive coral hewn into square blocks, which glisten like white marble, 'and show themselves to the utmost advantage in the various tinted green of the thiok tropical palms, whose immense fern like leaves give pleansant and muoh needed shade. These palms grow as high as 100 feet and more, overtopping both the houses and the coral-built church. They line the seashore;,and cover the mountains, forming in many plaoes extensive forests. A CHEAP TRICK. To mapufacture a cheap kalsomine stuck on the wall with glue, claiming it to be the "same thing" or "just as good" as the durable Alabastlne, or to buy and sell such goods on such representations would seem a cheap trick. Some resort to it. To be safe, buy Albastine only in packages and properly labeled, v . . One of the heaviest locomotives of ordinary pattern ever made is now running over the Great Northern rail road. It weighs 05 tons, exclusive of the tender. ' SlOO REWARD SIOO. Tho readers of this paper will be pleased to jearn that there is at least one dreaded disease that science has been able to cure in all Its stages, and that Is catarrh. Hall's Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cure known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh being a constitutional dis ease, requires a constitutional treatment. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system, thereby destroying the founda tion of the disease, and giving the patient strength by building np the constitution and assisting nature in doing Its work. - The pro prietors have so much faith in its curative powers, that they offer One Hundred Collars lor any case that it fails to cure. Send for list oi testimonials. Address P. J. CHENEY & CO, Toledo, O; Sold by druggists, 75o. Hall's Family Pills are the best. ' ' , A treacherous wretch in Flemington, N. J., entered the stable of Solomon Gale and poured nitric acid upon the eyes and ears of a valuable horse. SHAKE INTO TOUR SHOES. Allen's Foot-Ease, a powder for the feet. It cures painful swollen smarting feet and instantly takes the sting out of corns and bunions. It's the greatest comfort discov ery of the age. Allen's Foot-Ease makes tight-fitting or new shoes feel easy. It is a certain cure forchilblains, sweating, damp, callous and hot, tired aching feet. We have over 10,000 testimonials of cures. Try it today. Sold by all druggists and shoe stores. By mall for 25c. in stamps. Trin package FItEE. Address Allen & Olm sted, Le Roy, N. Y. , - Indications multiply that the gold fields of Alaska will turn out to be rioher than those of ' the Klondike region. ' - HOME PRODUCTS AND FCRE FOOD. All Eastern Byrop, so-called, usually very light colored and of heavy body, is made from glucose. "Tea Garden Dripi" is made from Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. It Is for sale by first-class grocers, in cans only. Manufac tured by the Pacific Coast Syrup Co. All gen nine "Tea Garden Drlpi" have the manufac turer's name lithographed on every can. i i "Sammy Snaggs," asked the teacher, "what part of speech is the word 'male diction?' "Noun," replied Sammy. "What gender?" "Masouline gender." "Indeed?" "Yes'm. If it was feminine it would be 'femalediction.' " Pitts burg Chronicle-Telegraph. AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS. We are asserting in the courts our right to the exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA," and " PITCHER'S CASTOftlA." as our Trade Mark. I, Dr. Samuel Pitcher, of Hyannls, Massachusetts, was the originator of " PITCHER'S CA3TORIA," the same that has borne and does now bear the fac-slmile signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on every wrapper. This Is the original " PITCHER'S CASTORIA " which has been used In the homes of the mothers of America for over thirty years. Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that It la the kind you have always bought, and has the signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the wrapper. No one has authority from me to Use my name except The Centaur Company of which Chas. H. Fletcher Is President. ... , - March S, 189J. SAMUEL PITCHER, M.D. I... According to the computations of Prof. Hamy, the black race embraces about one-tenth of the living members of the human species, or 150,000,000 individuals. ' , TIT Permanently Cured. No fits or nervousnes fll after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. Send for FfiKK .QO trial bottle and treatise. DR. B. H, if f.ptffi Ltd.. 630 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa, Before 1886 the average number of labor strikes of all kinds in this coun try was about. 600. a year. Since that date the average has been 1,500. Two bottles of Piso'.s Cure for ConsumD- tioti cured me of a bad lung trouble. Mrs. J, Nichols, Princeton, Iud., March 26, 1895. Coal mined in China Is being export ed to California, and it is said that Jn a few years the Flowery Land will sup ply the whole Pacific coaBt, , After being swindled by all others, send usstamn for uartlculars of King Solomon's Treasure, the ONLY renewer of manly strength. MASON CHEMICAL CO.. P. O. Box 747, Philadelphia, Pa. are stuck on the wall with decaying animal glue. Alabastlne is a cement, which goes through a process of setting, hardens with age, can be re-coated and re-decqrated from time to time without having to wash and scrape off Its old ooats before renewing. MUCH SICKNESS Particularly throat and lung difficulties, wrongly attributed to other- causes, is tbe re sult of unsanitary conditions oi walls and ceil ings, Think of having bedrooms covered with layers of molding Sour paste to feed vermin, Use only one heap ing teaspoonful of Schilling 9 ing Powder to quart of flour. You must use two tcaspoonfuls of other baking powder. ' Police as Shark Catchers. Among the multifarous duties which demand the attention of the Caloutta police the capture, oi sharks in the Hooghly finds a place. During the past 20 years rewards have been paid for the destruction of these marine maneaters, and recently the Bengal government laid down a scale for these payments. N. Y. Sun. ' For many years Theodore S. Parvin, of Cedar Rapids, la., has been gathering works on masonry, and now has a col lection of them numbering over 30,000 volumes. ' MOTHERHOOD. Mra Piakham Declares No Woman Nood Despair. There are many curable causes for sterility in women. One of the most common is general debility, accom panied by a peculiar condition of the blood. - Write freely and fully to Mrs. Pink ham. Iler address is Lynn, Mass. She will, tell you, free of charge, tho cauEO of your trouble and what course to take. , Believe mo, under right condi tions, you have a fair chance to become the Joyful mother of children. Mns. 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Mold Dy arupgints. with paper to hide them and absorb the mois ture of respiration, and an animal glue culture ground on Its face for disease germs j this hav ing strong colors added, like a colored shirt, to hide the dirt; then think of "the nasty practice" of repeating this papering, without removing the old, and a number of times, at that, as many do. Then think of a room coated with pnre, porous, permanent Alabastlne, which is retlnted with but little trouble or ex pense, and is purifying and sweet-smelling and fills cracks. Wall paper free would be dearer than Alabastlne If cost of removing paper is considered. 1D n 3 a . Spain's Underground River. The Quadiana, a Spanish river, after flowing for 80 miles overhead, vanishes underground, and for the next 80 miles pursues its course as an underground river, only appearing at intervals in the shape of lakelets, the ogos or. eyes oi uie vauuuiana as tney are caiieu. 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Keep it Right. Moore's Revealed Remedy willdoIL Three doses will make you feel bettor. Get it irom your druggist or any wholesale drug house, or trom Stewart & Holmes Drug Co., Seattle. N. V. N. V. Jo. 17, '8. HEN -writing: to advertisers pleas mention this paper. Alabastlne is sold by paint dealers every where. Ask your dealer for card oi tints. TO DEALERS. Dd not buy a law suit or an injunction with cheap kalsomines, . imitations of Alabastlne. Dealers assume the risk of a suit for damages by selling an infringement. A1a bastine Company own the right, covered by letters patent, to make and sell wall ooatingi adapted to be mixed with ctld water. Alabaa tine Co., Grand Kapids, Mich. g