BACK TO THE 9 9 9 3 HB coach was crowded, and It looked very much like I would I have to stand for the trip into town, when a little old lady, her man ner Indicating that she was off on a well-earned pleasure Jaunt, called to me to take a seat beside her, which I was very glad to do. As Is usual with old ladles, as soon as I was seated, she looked me over, nodded and smiled, and began to talk. "Did you have any rain down this way, dear?" "No, ma'am," I replied. "We have had sunshine and glorious weather all the day long." "It was raining pretty hard-coming down mighty lively this morning, when I took the train," my new-found friend continued pleasantly. "I have been on this same train since early Biornlng, and I'm getting Just a little bit tired; it's been pretty warm all the day long, and I'm well nigh worn out; but mercy me, I ain't half way there vet: won't set there until to-morrow morning, 'bout 11 o'clock; guess I'll be nowerful triad. I ain't done no travel intr for nlirh on twenty-seven years, to 'mount to much," and she nodded and smiled, and looked very Important, In deed. "You are on a long Journey, then, madam?" I Inquired, and accompanied the question with a smile whlcn I honed would Invite further confidence. "Yes; I'm going back to the old home In Ohio; I ain't been there since Just a little while after I was married; we Just hnd our first little girl when me J. if AND THEN TnB SWEET OLD FACE mid my husband left the old homo Bold off the old farm, and went out to Iowa to live. There ain't no one back to the old home expecting mo; I ain't never told nobody I was coming; guess they'll bo awfully surprised to see me," and her face lighted up wonderfully at the prospect of the pleasant surprise phe had planned for the "folks at home." "My husband died Just about a year ago Just a year ago last Juno bo now I ain't really got nothing to keep me to home, so I thought I might Just as well enjoy myself a Utile as not; It's lonesome back to home now since father's gone," and a tear found Its way down the deeply furrowed cheek, "so I'm going back to see tho folks at the old home." "Then you are going to visit your children and the little grandchildren? I do hope you will have a nice visit, madam." "No, I ain't got no. children In Ohio; all my children live out In Missouri, where I come from; but my husbnnd, he's got four sisters, and then my undo and some of my cousins live back to tho old home, and I'm going to visit them. I Just know I'll have a lovely time; maybe I might stay a year It's such a long way there; I'm Just going to stay as long as I want to till I get tired; there ain't really nothing to take me back home now, you see." and again the dim, brown eyes filled with tears. "I know they'll be mighty glad to see mo. I kept house back to our home lu Missouri, where I come from, till my last boy got married, and now I ain't agoing to keep house no longer; just live around among my children I've got four children living and one dead; our youngest little girl the baby died about ten years ago. You know, It's pretty lonesome for an old woman like me to keep house all by myself, and 'tnln't really no use nohow; so. I'm go ing to enjoy myself a little first and then live 'rouud among the children; first with one and then the other; I've got mighty good children; there alu't no one got hotter children than 1 have," and the thin, careworn features of tho loving mother were once more lighted up with a radlaut smile, "There's go ing to bo a reunion of soldiers down whore I come from pretty soon; I hated awful bad to leave home Just at this time, but, you see, they've got cheitp rntos back to the old home now and It wou't cost nothing like so much money to go now as 'twould to go later on; my sou thought first be would go with me, but It cost too much money for him to go you see, he's married now aud ho said he didn't see how he could sparo such nn awful lot of mouey; so, I Just picked up courage aud started by my self; I guess I'll get through all right 1 have to change cars twice." "Don't lot that worry you, madam; the conductor aud station-master will see that you are well taken care of; you will got through without a bit of trouble," 1 hastened to assure her, aud sHe smiled contentedly. "I brought a lunch with me; I did get a cup of coffee for dinner; they charged me 10 cents for It aud It wasn't very J o5 63 cS OLD HOME. 9 9 strong, either; and then, too, It was al most cold; and I did buy some bananas, two for 5 cents, and they were Just about half ripe; back home where I come from you get five, and sometimes six, nice bananas for o cents; out, mercy me, tbey do cheat you on these railroad tralns"-and the dim brown eves twinkled merrily. Glanclnir over me, out wrougn -ne car window, over the fields of corn, she fnntlmied cheerfully, nodding and smiling: "Crops out this way look mighty twmr: mesa vou had too much "rain. My son-in-law has Just got the most lovely corn you ever did see; he's going to make money this time; he's got most sixteen acres of the best land Just outside the corporation line; he's done mighty fine this year. But you can't make nothing gardening now days; times Is too hard, and money Is too scarce; can't sell a thing; there's so many men out of work, and they get Just a little bit of ground. Just big euouzh to garden, and raise their own vegetables-so you can't sell nothing; lust can't elve vegetables away, xsow, mv hiiBhnnd did gardening; he done Drettv well; always made a good llv lng for me and the children," and the voice trembled slightly, "but then times was not so hard them days as now. We've got lots of peaches out pn our Dlace, but cherries don t do so well, My, how that river winds about; Just seems as though we didn't do a thing but Just keep crossing that river. Them there bluffs over there look powerful BECAME VERY THOUGHTFUL. pretty; I ain't seen nothing so nice to look at as them there bluffs for many a loug day. Guess we'll cross the Mis sissippi Itlver pretty soon, wou't we?" "Yes, ma'am, after you leave St. Louis; the Mississippi River, you re member, winds along between Missouri and Illinois. You will boo wheat fields aud plenty of corn In Illinois." "That's what my son-in-law told me; he said they raise a mighty lot of wheat In Illinois. But, my, I alu't been this far from my children before; never was this far from them lu my whole life. I bet they'll miss me Just awful," and then the sweet old face became wonderfully thoughtful. "My son-in-law, the one that married my next oldoBt daughter, he's a fireman ou the roud; he runs out In the State; he told me Just tho other day he might have to come this time on an extra train to St Louis; maybe I'll see him here; I just hope I do. He makes good money, my sou-ln-law does; sometimes he makes $80 a month; Unit's doing mighty well; folks ought to get lots of hnpplncss and live mighty uomfortablo on $80 a mouth. I just believe I'll take my bonuet off; guess I might feel a little cooler," aud she laid the old- fashioned bonnet In her lap and smoothed back the hair from her tem ples. "And, do you know, I believe I am getting sleepy," aud again she smiled contentedly. "You have some little grandchildren at home, have you not, madam? I'm afraid they will miss their 'grandmam ma;' children are always so foud of their 'grandmamma.' " "Yes; my daughter says I spoil the children; I guess maybe I do. I have five grandchildren; one of my daugh ters, she's got two little girls, and one of my sons, he's got a little boy, and then ono of my other girls, she's got two little children a little girl and a little boy; the oldest one, she's a llttlo girl about 0 years old, and thinks there was never no one like me. Yes, they'll all miss 'grandma,'" and again the quaint old face was wreathed lu smiles. "My husband was back to the old home most seventeen years ago. They were all mighty glad to see him. When we left there to go to Iowa our farm wasn't worth nothing like $40 an acre, and when my husband was there that's seventeen years n.o it was worth nlch onto $100 nn aero. I reck on I Just wou't know the old place. You see, first we weut to Iowa, but it was too cold there In the winter they have" powerful cold winters up In Iowa -so we sold off the place there aud weut out to Missouri; that's where 1 come from now; we've done pretty well out there. You ain't a golug to get off here, are you? I'm so sorry." "Yes, ma'am," I tbld her. "I get off here, but you dou't know how glad I am to have met you. And I do hope you will get back to the old home all right aud find all the folks well and happy. I know they will be glad to have you with them. The couductor will take care of you when you change cart, so don't let that cause you any uneasiness whatever. I o hope you will enjoy every minute of your visit. Good-by, and the God you love be with vou and take care of you." The dim brown eyes lighted np with great pleasure, and her good-by sound ed very sweet and pleasant, though It was partially drowned by the noise or the train as It neared the station. I tenderly pressed the toll-worn hand she put Into mine, the hand that had labored unceasingly so many years ror the husband and children she so dearly loved, and I looked at the quaint slight Azure In Its tidy black dress and at the old-fashioned bonnet In her lap. She seemed so sure they would be delight ed to see her at the old home and the children so many miles away would miss her. The dim old eyes could still twinkle and the sweet old face still lichted uu with a bright smile. What unbounded faltn these oiu folks have In the love of their children and kindred! May that faith never be shaken. God bless the quaint old lady with her nods and smiles, and may she hnv a roval reception from the "folks at the old home," and when the Chil ian wav out In Missouri write her and may they send many a loving mis slve to the one on earth who of all oth- ora inveft them best-God grant that thov will remember to tell her, to tell her lovingly and often, how much they misa her at home, and how lonesome . . . 1- the place Is without "mother." Cincin natl Commercial-Tribune. KENTUCKY BANK AN ARSENAL London Financial Institution la Fortl- fled Like a Iloer Laager. "Even a dignified bank president must accustom himself to 'the strenu ous life' If his Institution does business In Kentucky," remarked a Chicago bank clerk, who came back from that State a few days ago. "London, the little mountain town, where Governor Taylor called the Leg- iKintnro tn meet has one bank, the First National, and that concern Is fur nished with as much artillery as If It were a Boer laager. The north wall of the bank Is covered with firearms of every description, and on a little shelf Just beneath the paying teller's flask three 45-callber revolvers are always In readiness. On each side of the cash ier's desk a loaded pistol lies ready to supplement the guns commanded by the paying teller. On the wall Just out side the counter are hung enough guns, nlstols. swords and knives to rout a regiment of outlaws. "Some of these weapons are so vener able that they are regarded as curlosl ties than Implements of destruction, but scarcely one Is uuflt for service. 'On either side of a cannon ball, which Is a relic of the Spanish-Ameri can war placed In the bank partly as a memento and partly to add to the ar ray of arms are pistols, which are al ways loaded and enslly within grasp, Four rifles, resting on the top of the desk rail, are likewise always ready for use. In another part of the room are two guns, more destructive than any of the others, so that a change of weap ons, graduating rrom xne oruinnry six- shooters to the double-barreled gun, that will mow down half a dozen men at a time, may be made according to the necessities of the occasion." 'Then, Kentucky politicians have a pleasant way of raiding banks as well as sampling still whisky?" "I don't know about that," laughed the Chicago man, "but I was told that thev bought their armament because London lies In the heart of the moun tain feud district, where money and life are both pretty cheap." Chicago Inter Ocean. Lilies in the South. An Interesting experiment is now be lng conducted by the united states Department of Agriculture In South Carolina and in the Southern States with the Bermuda lily, so popular at Easter as a gift aud for decorative purposes Bulbs have been distrib uted freely In every section of Louisi ana aud South Carollua with a view to ascertaining If the Bermuda lily will bear transplanting to this soil. An experiment made in the Rally ex nerlmeutal station In South Carolina was attended with- the most satisfac tory results, and if the same luck fol lows the general experiment the home markets can be supplied with the na tive-grown product The supply In the Bermudas Is still uulimlted, but the stock has so deteriorated as to cause general complaint from the receiving florists In this country, and this re sulted In the action of the Department of Agriculture. As a corrective meth od the British government has estab lished an experimental station In Ber muda to educate the natives tn the more successful growth of this, one of their principal industries. Philadel phia Record. Wasted Sjinpathy. She Is a charming widow, pretty, bright aud light hearted. She was a chariulug young woman before she married Mr. Blank, aud moved away to live in Georgia. Her married lire was most happy, and the death of her husband was a great loss to her, but she bore up under It After the funer al and a general packing up of things she returned to her old home. The day after she arrived she was met on the street by one of her very solemn-faced friends, who Intended to give her a cluster of that sympathy that makes one feel as If thesympathlzer had thrown something afaud on the "sym- pathlzee." "Oh. Mrs. Blank." said the solemn one, I am so giaa you are so wen. - "Yes," auswered the widow, "I am as won as cau tie. i was never in in my life, you know." "And. Mrs Blank," continued the solemu one In more solemn tones, "I'm glad to see you so happy." "Why. yes. ics, 1 m very happy. You know It was not I that died. It was Mr. Blank." Memphis Sclmetar. Ueady to Quit. First Office Boy I call my boss Grid- ley. Second Office Boy hy Is that? First Ottlce Boy Because he may fire when he Is ready. Puck. Hot Water f r Headaches. Ordinary headaches almost always yield to the simultaneous application of hot water to the feet and the back of the neck. When a new family moves Into a neighborhood it Is regarded as a valu able acquisition If the furniture wagon shows a step ladder. oTTDpAQU TJJ RMTLE. OVrLVDLt IT -U ojiax-LM HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM THE COMIC PAPERS. Pleasant Incident Occurus. tne World Over-Barings that Are Cheer ful to Old or Xoung-'nnny educ tion that Everybody W1U Enjoy. Stella Why on earth did Miss fecms teject Mr. Boomer? He's making lots f money In the advertising business. Bella Yes, and he proposed to her by mall in this fashion: "I can place In a few good papers of guaranteed circu lation at a minimum cost the follow ing notice (pure reading, top column): 'Kngaged, Miss Birdie Pechls to Mr. Howlett Boomer.. If this proposition meets your approval, kindly sign and return by first mall." Philadelphia Press. The True Condition. Brlggs Do you believe that tne world Is divided Into two classes, those who borrow and those who lend? Griggs No, sir; my experience is that two other classes are much more prevalent - those who want to borrow ,w, n,V.A win lATIrt I.ITA I Something New In Carpet Good. Erastus, Jr. What kin' ob a clgah is flat, nap? Erastus, Sr. I fink It am Brussels wrappah an' Ingrain Allah, man son. It war a present from a man dat beats carpets. S2.000 in It. Anyway. "Ah, but there's no money in litera ture," sighed the young man wno was trvlne to earn a living with his pen. Yes. there is," said the great laro refiner. "My daughter has written four books of poems, and I've paid $2,000 to have them printed. We haven't got a cent out of them so far." Chicago Times-Herald. Doogan Got the Job. The Boss Yls, bhoys, we need an Art Commissioner. Now, Doogan, ye've aniri ve'A loike the Dlace. What are yer qualifications? Doocan Hlvlns! The salary is tin thousand a year, begorrah, an' 01 kin snend ivry clnt of It N. B. Doogan got the Jod. ew York Commercial Advertiser. Almost aa Good. "Do you believe you will succeed In having vour man acquitted?" asked one lawyer. "I haven't given much thought to that phase of the question," answered the other. "But I am absolutely con fident that we can have the trial post poned often enough to prevent a con viction." Washington Star. Holiday Infantile Logic. Teacher Who was the father of his Country? Scholar Santa Claus. Teacher No, no! Scholar Well, fathers Is the Santy Clauses of this country, anyway. "Does raw meat make folks savage?" "I guess It do." "Then feed me about four pounds right away, for I wants to lick a pur- leeceman." ' Now the Cards Are Out. She Sir! How dare you kiss me? He "Out of sight, out of mind," you know. She-What do you mean, sir? He Well, I mean you're out of sight and it just made me crazy with love to look at you." Philadelphia Tress. Shades and Degrees. "Are your new neighbors nice?" Mrs Skluuer. "Well, they're not exactly nice, but they are pretty near nice." Indianap olis Journal. , Alert "ine great danger," said the grave citizen, "Is that we will drift Into a pa ternal form of government." "Yes," answered Mr. Meek ton, with a sigh; "Henrietta seems worried about that every time I speak to the chil dren." Washington Star. Once Removed. Raynor I hear there is a new baby next door to you. snyne lou don t hear it half as ftou as I do. Chicago Tribune. No Time Wasted. Betty You say you never turn down the light when Jack comes? Letty Never. Betty Why, how unsociable. Letty Jack doesn't think so. Betty How do you account for It? Letty Well, you see, I never turn it nn. Judy. .... .. A Hot Time Ahead. Toat Like m Han. When a young man, tne iaie Lewis, B. A., went to maia ana and was away about eighteen years. When he returned to his mother's house in Portland Place he almost Im mediately pulled off his boots and com menced to hunt about at one end of the parlor fender, and seemed terribly nut about His mother, of course, ask- fed him anxiously what he wanted. "Mv sllDDers." said he. "When i went away I left them Just down there. Now, where are they? Tit-uns. Well Informed. Patron Are you sure you know all about this girl? Manager of Employment Agency- Well, I ought to. She has been in my family for the past week. Detroit Free Press. In Her Line. Wife I found a place to-day wnere I can get a $12 wrap for 7.98. Husband Very well. To-morrow go out and find a place where l can get the $7.98. Variable. "What is this title 'professor' that I hear so often?" asked the distinguished foreigner. "Wuii onoTrorpjl Mi Cayenne. "It's ttn ' heP hard t0 teU Usually It means a man wno Knows more man any one else, and sometimes It means a man who simply won't work." w asa Ington Star. Mr. Middleroad's Trouble. Mrs. Brown So you are a wiaow a second time, Mrs. Middleroad? Mrs. Middleroad Yes; and Its too bad. I have got so used to tne name of Middleroad that I hate to have to give it up for some other name, for I don't think there's another marrlage- hlo Middleroad In this vicinity. Isn t it awful? Boston Transcript The Only Alternative. She Then It's all over between us. He Yes; all that remains now is to bo back to the ones we were engaged to before. Life. Human Natnre'a Falling. The average male employe Is always a good deal more grieved when he has to work ten minutes overtime than he Is pleased when the boss lets him go some night an hour early. Somervllle Journal. A Qualified Appraiser. "I am afraid you don t appreciate popularity at Its full value." "I ought to be able to," rejoined Ben ator Sorgham. "I have paid enough for It" Washington Star. The Solar Plexus. Friend Er, dat's it, Sam; hit him in de solar-pa-lucus. All Settled. She Have you seen my father? Fresh There was no need. I had my lawyer look up his standing. Life. A Good Passage. 'Did you have a good passage?" was asked of a recent traveler. "Fair; but I couldn't sleep. The first three nights I couldn't tell whether to shut the porthole and go to bed, or to close the bed and go to the porthole. And the last three I spent In reading the customs laws." Life. Born to Dominate. "Mrs. Crowder has been president of your club a long time." "Yes; none of us couid call her to or der, so we decided we might as well let her regulate the rest of us." Chica go Record. Why It Was. Browne Smith says this week is passing more rapidly than any week he ever saw. Towne-wYes; his wife is coming hame on Saturday. His Serious Studies. "What studies are you pursuing?" asked the landlady of the new boarder, who had told her he was a student "I am studying psychology," he an swered. "I am delving Into unstrayed fields. I'm studying the " Just then some one passed him the dish of bash. "I am," he continued, "fathoming "Jie mysterious and unknown.' And the landlady never knew why all the people around the table sin'led audibly Baltimore News. They Sized Him Up. A very simple statement proved ery unfortunate to a savings institution In the rural district recently. An editor In writing of the institution in his paper said: "The president Is a very tall man; the cashier Is short." And In less than an hour the excited depositors were asking, "How much How much?" Atlanta Constitution. No Commiseration Necessary, Two girls met in a dry goods store yesterday. They had evidently not seen each other for some time, as the trend of their conversation proved. "What good times we used to have at the lake." said one. "Yes, I like our own resorts," replied the other, "better than on the coast Oh, say, where is my old flame, Terryl I think the world of that boy." "Oh, he's married." "You don't say! Who to?" "Me." "Well, of all things," replied he friend, flushing. The conversation drifted, but a sfcor time later reverted to Its old channel. "Say, Hetty," remarked Perry's wife, "did you meet Johnny out In San Francisco?" and then added, "He told me that summer he was there that he could not live without me." "Yes, I met him In Los Angeles.' "Poor fellow! I feel sorry for him, He Is a bachelor yet I suppose." "No, he's married." "Yon don't say! Who to?" "Me,"-Salt Lake Herald. dat's it; TWELFTH CENSUS. n,,tl.. and Rcaulrement of the 80,000 Enumerators Four Schedule Inttead of Ten. In the census building a great room is now the scene of bustling activity, the work of preparing portfolios foi use by enumerators in the coming count of the population being fairly under wav. These portfolios, of whit ish-brown pasteboard, hinged togethei with black cloth, are 18 inches long and 10 wide and tied with four sets ol tape. The tape used is not that "red tape" which to the ordinary mind sig nifies circumlocution and delay. Th law reanires soeed in the census ol 1900 and common every day white cot ton tape will fasten the schedule-filled portfolios in their round from habita tion to habitation. For convenient, ac curate and rapid enumeration the Uni ted States has been divided into ouu supervisors' districts, and these in tnrn into about 60,000 enumeration dis tricts, or E. D.'s, as they are called in the census offioe. Each of the oo.on enumerators is yet to be appointed, i on the portfolios a blank space is lo. for his name. The last census found the unhappj enumerator loaded down with from 10 to 13 schedules, each having volumin ous instructions, to master which re quired considerable mental ability and nower of memory. That census wai taken under a law which required enu merators to ask many obnoxious ques tions. The census act of 1900 happily for all does not require these disagree able queries. Four schedules, not 10, cover enu merator's inauiries in 1900; schedulei reauiring information about popula tion, vital statistics, manulactures ano agriculture. In cities the enumeratoi will seldom need the agricultural, oi in the rural districts the manufacturing schedule, so he will infrequently carry more than three. A general realization by American citizens of their personal interest in a successful prosecution of the canvasi by this white-tape army should arouse sentiments of local interest and priae in each enumeration district citizen! would concern themselves about the selection of their registrar and local arbiter. ' The white-tape army should be made up of men of a high standard, lhej should be quiok, competent, courteous, tactful and truthful. Coemopoll Sawmill. The Gray's Harbor, Wash., Commer cial Company's sawmill plant at Los- mopohs, employes 500 men, wltn lut men working on improvements; has a $81,000 monthly payroll; has a mess bouse that takes care of 400 men; scores of dwellings for rent to employei at a nominal sum, and which, in con nection with the plant, presents nearly a mile of frontage on Chehahs river. The company is now constructing new planing mill, a box factory, a tans factory, a finished lumber storing shed, new div kilns, and making numeroui other additions. During 1899 Us out put was 45,000,000 feet of lumber and 90,000,000 shingles. Sea I.lon Wanted. J. E. W. Macfarland, superintendent of the new oil and guano factory, at Astoria, Or., is going to try an experi ment this summer, that will meet the approval of the fishermen and the fish ing interests generally. He will be willing to pay a good price to fisher men for all the sea lions that they may kill, as he believes that he can extract oil from them profitably, for they are always very fat when they come intc the river.' The matter will be brought np at the next meeting of the Fisher man's Union for discussion. Northwest Note. Polk county. Or., has 2,508 voters of them, 1,156 have registered. La Grande, Or., has a school popula tion of 1,377 between the ages of 4 ant 20. Miss Oza Waldrop, actress, is the daughter of Rev. Joe Waldrop, o: Prinevule, Or. Walter Benn, n Siletz Indian, is under bonds at Toledo, Or., to answei a charge of grand larceny. A number of strangers are investigat ing the timber resources in the moon tains west of Pedee. Papers throughout Oregon are still urging voters to register. More that half of them are not yet on the books. A. J. Smith is said to have givei option to parties on his 32 aores o oyster land on Oyster bay, Wash., th price. to be $15,000. The Brownsville, Jr., Times sayi the Calapoola river continues to mak inroads on land in tne eastern part oi town, though the water is not high: Xacoma druggists nave organized society which will join the Retail Druggists' Association of America, One of its objects is to prevent the sale of patent medicines and drugs in de partment stores. A. a. uarr is a Toledo, Ur., man who went to the residence of his wife, from whom he had separated, and "while she was absent at church broke open the door with an ax, loaded a wagon with what he wanted and tool it away." Mrs. Garr will take legal proceedings against him. Claud Bullock, a young man of 2( years, of Wenatchee, Wash., accidental ly shot himself in the left side. He died from the injuries. Miss Roth, a Hoquiam, Wash. nurse, has entered the government ser vice, and will leave at once for the Philippines. Nineteen school teachers are employ ed by La Grande. The four male teach ers are paid an average ot $76 pei month, but the female teachers gel but $ 44. k a ... a evenm way Adventist is giving Bible readings at Hilgard, Or. With the aid of a chart, be is endeavoring tc illustrate and trace the prophecies ol Daniel. Referee L. R. Shepard sold the 894- acre Walling farm in Spring valley, Polk county, Or., to W. M. Toner, foi $7,000. The other bidders were D. G, Henry and J. L. Pur vine, the lowest bid being $4,000. The city council of Pomeroy, Wash.. 1 . .. . nu passea an ordinance that no gate : opening on to a sidewalk in that city tniku swing onrwara. V.11 I - ADVICES ARE CHEERFUL. Trad KtIw Hake a Faorbl Showing. Bradstreet's says: Trade advices 1 r.i . are, as. a wnoie, cnesnui, ana tho stretch of values is apparently una bated, thongb some soft spots still pre sent themselves. A permanent feature this week has been the increase in strength of values of farm products, nearly all the cereals, pork products and cotton advancing, while materials for manufacture, and the products thereof, have generally remained steady or unchanged. Manufacturers of shoes are busy and weather conditions have rather favored the retailer by enabling him to dispose of some carried -over stock. Wool is fairly steady, but manufac turers are out of the market and con cessions can be obtained, though Lon don advices are better. Southern iron advices are of steady prices, and of rather more inqnry on export account. Except immediately in Chicago, where Idleness of many thousands of men has cause dullness in the machinery and kindred trades, the Western iron situation seems a strong one. Structural material Is in bet'er re quest and some very large contracts will shortly be placed. Wheat, including flour, shipment! of the week aggregate 2,277,450 bush els, against 3,280,578 bushels last week, 4,114,046 bushels in the corre sponding week of 1899. Business failures In the united states for the week number 190, as compared with 189 last week, 205 in this week a year ago, 233 in 1898, 233 in 1897, and 800 in 1896. Business failures in Canada for the week number 28, as compared with 39 last week, 21 in this week a year ago, 23 in 1898, 36 in 1897 and 40 in 1896 PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Senttle Markets. Onions, new, $2. 25 2. 60 per sack. Lettuce, hot house, 45c per doz. Potatoes, new, $15 18. Beets, . per sack, 7 5 85c. Turnips, per sack, 60o. Carrots, per sack, 50c. Parsnips, per sack, 75 85c. Cauliflower, 75c $1 per dozen. Cabbage, native and California, $1.00(31.25 per 100 pounds. Apples, $1.251.50 per box. Prunes, 60o per box. Butter Creamery, 28o per pound; dairy, 1782o; ranch, 17o per pound. Eggs 15 16o. Cheese Native, 15o. Poultry 13 14c; dressed, 14 15c; spring, $5. Hay Pnget Sound timothy, $ia.uu; choice Eastern Washington timothy, f $18.0019.00 Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, fas; feed meal, $23. i Barley Rolled or groundper ton, f20; , J Flour Patent, per barrel, $d.25; ; blended straights, $3.00; California, ( $3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra- ham, per barrel, $3.00; whole wheat flour, $3.00; rye flour, $3.804.00. j Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $13.00; ; shorts, per ton, $15.00. I Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $20; oil cake meal, ( per ton, $30.00. Fresh MeatE Choice dressed beel i steers, 748c; cows, 7c; mutton 8c; pork, 76c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 8 i 10c. Hams Large, 13c; small, 13 M; breakfast bacon, 12)c; dry salt sides, 8c. Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 52 53c; Valley, 62c; Bluestem, 55o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.00; graham, $2.50; superfine, $2.10 per barrel. Oats Choice white, 85 36c; choice gray, 34c per Dusnei. Barley Feed barley, $14 15.00; urewing, $17.00 17.5U per ton. Millstuffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid dlings, $19; shorts, $15; chop, $14 per ton. Hay Timothy, $9 10; clover, $7 7.50; Oregon wild hay, $6 7 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 50 55c; seconds, 42 45c; dairy, 8037c; store, 2532o. Eggs 11c per dozen. Cheese Oregon full cream, 13c; Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50 4.50 per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs, $2.503.50; geese, $6.507.50 forold; $4.606.50; ducks, $5.005.50 per dozen; turkeys, live, 10llo per pound. Potatoes 5060oper sack; sweets, 22o per pound. Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 90c; per. sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, l)4o per pound; parsnips, $1; onions, $1. 50(92.25; carrots, $1. - Hops 8 8o per pound Wool Valley, 1213o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 814c; mohair, 27 80o per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton, 7 7Ko per pound; lambs, 7cper pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.00; light and feeders, $4.50; dressed, $6.00 6.60 per 100 pounds. Beef Gross, top steers, $4.00 4. 50; cows, $3. 60 4.00; dressed beef, 6a 750 per pound. Veal Large, 67c; small, 8 9c per pound. Tallow 55sc; No. 8 and grease, 3 4c per pound. San Frsneuoo Market. Wool Spring Nevada, 12 15c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 12 16c; Val ley, 2022o; Northern, 1012c. Hops 1899 crop, ll13o per pound. Butter Fancy creamery 21c; do seconds, 1920c; fancy dairy, 17 18c; do seconds, 15 16o per pound. Eggs Store, 18c; fancy ranch, 16o. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 & 20.00; bran, $12.00 13.00. Hay Wheat $7.00 9.50; wheat and oat $7.009.00; best barley $5.50 7.50; alfalfa, $6.007.50 per ton; straw, 804Cc per bale. Potatoes Early Rose, 75 85c; Ore gon Uurbanks, 65c1.00; river tvxm banks, 40 70c; Salinas Burbanks, 80c 1.10 per sack. Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia, $2.753.25; Mexican limes, $4.00 5.00; California lemons 75c$l-60 do choice $1.752.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.60(9 8.50 per bunch; pineapples, nom inal; Persian dates, 66o Vs pound. i t i 'i