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About The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 18, 1901)
THE CHURCH BACK HOME. When the big pipe organ's iwellin' n' the city choir sings, An' you almost hoar the swithia' of the lovin' angels' wings, An' the congregation's musin' on the proneness for to tin, , Sort o' leanin' lUtless, waitin' (or the preacher to begin; In thnt holy bush It happens that I clean forget the place, An' again I'm meek an' lowiy 'fore throne of savin' grace; A throne that wasu't ncntlia' 'neath a Hpire or a dome. Hut the sinners sought their Savior In 0 that little church back home. When we had protracted meetin's, why, 'twould done you good to hear The congregation aiugin' with a blend o' voices clear, How the "Hock of Ages" towered like a shelt'rin' aort o' wall, An' our souls soared up to glory since the Hock was cleft for all. Ev'ry face was wreathed with sweetness, an' we always had a smile For the stranger, saint or sinner, In the pew across the aisle; For a diamond's often gathered from the commorient of loam. Au' we didn't mind the settir.' In the little cbut'ch back home. There were weddin's where the neigh bors gathered in from far an' wide, An' the boys looked on In envy while their sinters Mused the bride; There were fuu'rals, too, where neigh bora didn't feel ashamed to cry When they laid to rest the sleeper in the little yard clone by. Each pew seems sort o' sacred, an' the lowly pulpit there Tears like a holy gateway to a firma ment that's fair; Where the sweet, supernal sunshine soft ly scattered sorrow's gloom An' lets us enter heaven from the little church back home. The city choir's voices rise in cadences so sweet As they sing about the river where the sainted ones shall meet, An' the preacher's coice is pleadiu' as be asks us, soft and low. To treat all men as brothers in this weary vale of woe. This city church Is handsome, an' the congregation's larire, The preacher's doin' nobly with his heav en seekin' charge. The choir's swellin' anthems soar to heaven through the dome, Hut my old heart Is sighiu' for the little church back home. Hoy Farrell Greene, in Leslie's Week ly. 8 MY WEDDING DAY It to ELL, as I wus saying, this Is tho way It came about: I was a young thing then, Just turn ed 18. Your grandfather bad been my playmate, hero and protector from the time that I was old enough to go to school. I had never thought of marry ing any one but him, and so when be asked me to be his wife, why, of course, I said "Yes." Well, It was In the spring of 1775 that we were to be married. Mother and I spent the winter getting my things made up, and I had as flue an outfit as a girl could possibly have In those days. The day set for the wedding was the nineteenth of April yes, the very day on which the battle of Lexington occur red, as I have good reason to remem ber. The nineteenth of April was a beauti ful day, though a warm one for the sea son. We were all up early thnt morn ing, for there was a great deal to be done. It was about 0 o'clock In the forenoon when my mother, who had been looking over some linen, suddenly raised her head, exclaiming as she did so, "Why, Mary, was that the meeting house, bell?" "What can It mean?" I cried, and, running to the window, I caught sight of our neighbor's sons, Joe and John Eaton, running down the road with their guns. Across the way Harry Wright was plowing the Held. The boys called out to blm as they passed, and without stopping to unhitch the horse, he seized his gun and was off across the fields. "It is an alarm, mother!" I cried. "The boys are down by tlie brook," she said. "The sound will not reach them!" Without delay I hurried to the kitch en, and, seizing the horn, I ran out of the house and started for the brook, which was some distance from the house. 1 blew a blast on the horn as I ran, and as the boys caught sight of me I pointed toward the road, where several men could be seen running with their guus. The boys uuderstood, and, waving their hands to me, they were off across the field to the road. "What is it? Where are they going?' 1 asked. Aud as I spoke the men came hurrying out of the meeting-house, where they had heard a few words from Farson Smith, and, mounting their horses, rode off as fast as they could go. I looked for your grandfa ther, but he was not there. Catching sight of my fatlier, I ran to him. "Have you seen Henry?" that's your grand father I asked. "Henry was at the tavern when the messenger rode through here." replied my father, "and, as he hnd his horse with him, he rode away without wait ing for the company to assemble." 0 My father had reached home before me, and as I opened the door I heard mother ask, "Do you think It is any thing serious, father?" "I am afraid it may be, wife," he saM. "The messenger said that Gov. Gage has sent some of the king's troops to destroy the supplies which have been stored at Concord. If the report is true, there will be resistance, and if It comes to that It will be very serious business for us." The first news that came to us from the fight at Ivexington and the other do ings of that day arrived about C o'clock In uie afternoon, wheu some minute men from another town stopped at 'he tavern on their way nome. They told the story of the day to the little crowd of anxious women who eagerly ques tioned them for net of some dear one. My father would not let me go down" to the tavern, but went down himself and brought us the uews. "Something unusual has happened, Mary!" exclaimed my "aether. "I never aw your fatlier look so excited." 7 ! A French scientist has found out that even the scorned and despised disease microbes can be used in making the softest and most beautiful light imaginable. While the light is strong enough to enable tine print to be read clearly at a distance of several yards, it has all the s jft, mysterious charm of brilliant moon light. The laity generally would Imagine that the first difficulty in making this light would be the collecting of the bacilli. But I'rof. Raphael l)u Bois of the Univer sity of Lyons has found that microbe lamps are eminently practicable. The phosphorescent bacteria are those containing water, sea salt, one ternary com pound, one nitrogenous compound, one phosphate, and traces of mineral. For purposes of decorative Illumination the bneterlal fluids are placed in bottle shaped receptacles, with Hat bottoms, covered by colored shades, which direct the light downward. These, suspended from the ceiling of a room, supply a clear, delicate glow, that transforms the most hopeless room and makes the dullest complex Ion brilliant. I hastened down the path to meet blm. "Bad news, my child; bod newa!" he exclaimed. "There has been an encoun ter with the king's troops," And then, reading the question In my eyes, he con tinued, "But they brought no news of our men," The hour set for the wedding was 8 o'clock, Init It began to look as If there would be no weouing, for It was now after 7 o'clock, and none of our men bnd returned home. At last we heard steps outside, and then my brother Arthur, who was among the first to reach home, stagger ed Into the room. I sprang up and ran to 111 in. He sunk Into the nearest chair, and his gun fell to the floor with a thud. Arthur was only a boy of 15, you must remember, and the dny had been a ter rible one. When he had recovered a little, my father spoke. "What news do you bring, my son?" he asked. "Arthur," I said, "Is It Henry?" "Listen," he said, speaking rapidly. "The king's troops were In full retreat when we reached the rond. We did not keep with our companies, but each one found shelter as he was able behind trees, walls or fences. I met Henry as I was crossing a field, and we took shelter together and awaited the com ing of the troops. We had Just got set tled when Henry caught sight of a flanking party coming right down on us. He called to the men near us to run for their lives, and at the same time we lioth Jumped the wall and ran for a house which stood in the field Just op posite. I reached the opposite wall In safety and' turned round to look for Henry, but he was not with me. At that moment the troops came round a sudden turn In the rond and sent some shots lu our direction. At the risk of being shot, I stood up and looked across NEW BRIDGE FOR the road. He must have been hit by the flanking party, for he lay Just by the wall." Suddenly I heard the sound of a horse's feet coming up the road at a furious pace. I sat up nun listened. Somebody Is riding on nn Important errand," I said to niyse.f. Nearer and nearer came the sound, and the rider, whoever he was, drew rein at our door. Then there were a murmur of voices aud an opening and shutting of doors, and then my mother's voice calling to me: "Mary, Mary; child, come down! Henry is here! He's come!" Scarcely believing that I heard aright, I got up aud ran downstairs and Into the kitchen, nnd there before me, his face pale as death, with a blood-stained bandage bound obout his forehead, stood your grandfather. "Mary," he cried, holding out his hands to me, "I am In time! The clock has not struck yet! We have beaten the enemy at every point, and won a great victory! I am hit, but not seri ously hurt!" ' Then Parson Elder, who had come over to hear the news from Arthur, came forward and said: "Shall I per form the ceremony now?" So right then and there your grand father, In his working clothes, all stain ed with dust nnd blood, and I, In my morning calico, were married. GLASS-EYE HUMOR. Rather Grim Fun Indulged In by the I oaaesaor of line. "There is a certain resident of a city not 500 miles from the 'Hub,' " said L. A. Goodwin, of Boston, at the Hotel Manhattan, reports the New York Trib une, "who In addition to a somewhat highly developed sense of humor is also the possessor of a glass eye. It Is a wonderfully natural creation and did not its owner publish the fact of his proprietorship far and wide few would there be who would not suppose him still to be the possessor of both the op tics with which nature originally en dowed him. 0 "Some time ago the eye-shy man was at that particular kind of a dinner pop ularly termed stag. His Neighbor, it must be confessed. In a reprehensible spirit of pride, turned to hiss with 'What do you think of that for a scratch, Blank? at the same time scalp ing himself and revealing a pate as bald as that of the man whom the late lamented Travers once advised to sugar his head and go to a certain ball In the character of a pill. Blank glanced at the shining surface thus revealed and then his hand stole to his face. 'And what do you think of that for an eye?' wag Us response he made, and f.om the center of the other man's plate of soup the eye unblushlngly challenged his opinion: The owner of the scratch did not give It. He simply howled aloud for frapped air. "At another time a poker game was In progress and the entire party were casting about for a buck. 'And how will this do for a buck? was the re mark that accompanied the eye to the center of the table. "Its hist individual appearance wa brought about by golf. Its owner had golf aspirations and hired a high priced professional to perfect blm In the game 'Keeu your h'eve on the ball. -Mr. Blank,' was the burden of the cry that wore out thnt person's patience. Fl nally, unable to stand It longer, nnd at about the twentieth singsong reltera tlon of 'Keep your h'eye on the ball. sir!' Blank deposited the glass sphere and with the query, 'Is my eye suffl clently on the bull now?' started In to mnke a long drive as his coach started hurriedly for home." TO BRIDGE THE BOSPHORUS. Fin Structure Will Tie Constructed by a Hallway Coinpnny. The scheme of bridging the Hospho rus has been revived and It Is an nounced that a magnjflcent structure will span the river ere the lapse of an other year and will bear the name of the Sultan of Turkey, Abdul Hamld. It Is to be constructed by the Bosphorus Railway Company, which designs a Junction between1 the railways of Eu rope and the Trans-Atlantic railway of Bagdad. Naturally the uarrowe.-t di viding line of sea has been chosen for the point of connection. A military bridge, erected by a Corinthian long before the Christian era, once spanned these COO yards qf water nt the same spot and over It marched King Darius and his 8H),000 Persian braves. Lord THE BOSPHORUS. Byron, Impatient of bridges ns of many things, swam the flood and as a result wns addressed In much minor verse as Leander. The new bridge Is to be erected on lasting lines. Massive gran ite pillars are to be built and these will support the steel cables on which the bridge depends. They will provide ac commodation for artillery and orna ments will not be wanting in the shapi of minarets and cupolas, decorated with tiles and arabesques. Why Short Girls Are Preferred. It Is nn undeniable fact that the ma jority of men prefer short women to tall ones. Perhaps this Is beenuse they like to be looked up to at nil events by the fair sex and It Is only natural for them to prefer the girl who. In her little caresslugs and fascinating, lover like ways, has, on account of her short ness, to look up at blm for the purpose of peering into his love-lit eyes. Tall women are usually dignified, nnd appear to scorn kittenish ways, and although they manage to draw ad miration It is rather of the awe-inspiring kind. No doubt, owing to the smnllriess of stature, and pretty, playful ways, men give to little women more petting than the tall, dignified woman demands. The lover's oft-repeated expression, "Yon little darling," could hardly be applied to the very tall girl without tickling the risibilities of those who overheard It. This Is certainly very hard and looks like a punishment for being tall, but who can help her stature? It is a fact, too, that men are rather shy about ap proaching tall women because of tlif restraint which they feel but cannot explain. They are under the Imuression why. It Is hard to tell that tall women arf built to be commanders, and they are In their natural element when left alone In their reserved dignity and musings In their lonely wanderings. Coffee Intoxication. A visitor recently returned from Bra zll, says that the whole country is per petually Intoxicated by coffee. It It brought to the bedside the moment one awakes and Just before he drops asleep, at meals and between meals, on going out and coniiug in. Men women and children drink it with tht same liberality and It Is fed to babief in arms. The effect Is apparent Ii trembling hands, twitching eyelids, yel low, dry skin and a chronic excitability worse than that produced by whisky. Yon recommend mauy a man to youi neighbor whom you would not trus! yourself. M;A III s f r i himTT t-- OUIl BUDGET OF FUN. HUMOROUS SAYINGS AND DO INGS HERE AND THERE. Joke and JokeleU that Are Supposed to Have BeenKecently Born-Say ins and Do lou that Are Old, Carious and Lttuiehable-The Week's Humor. Mother (reading telegram) Henry telegraphs that the game Is over aud he came out of It with three broken ribs, a broken nose and four teeth out Father (eagerly) And who won? Mother He doesn't say. Futiier (Impatiently) Confound It all That lwy never thinks of anybody but himself. Now, I'll have to wait until I get the moruing paper. Puck. A Mutter o" Confidence. "How- did he acquire the reputation of being such a brilliant man?" In quired one voter. "By means of his convincing man- tier," answered the other. "He got peo ple to iH'Hevlug that he thoroughly un derstood his own arguments, and they regarded him as a genius." Washing ton Star. Justifiably Postponed. Mamma What's the matter, John nie? Johnnie Boo-hoo-oo! yesterday I fell down and hurt myself. Mamma Well, what are you crying to-day for? Johnnie You weren't home yester day. Columbus Dispatch. A Fetching Compliment. She was not from Chicago. "Do not anger uie," she said. "How am 1 to know when you are angry?" he asked. "I always stamp my feet," she an- swe'd. lie looked down nt her dainty shoes, "Impossible," he said; 'there Isn't room for a stamp on either of them." Thnt fetched her. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Preparatory Course. "Y'our son doesn't seem to be doing anything but play base-ball and row on the river, and all thafsort of thing. I thought you said you were going to sond him to school aud prepare him for college?" "No; 1 said I was going to prepare him for college, that's all." Philadel phia Press. Sentiment in Circulation. "Never propose to a girl by letter." "Why not?" ' - "I did It once, and she stuck the let ter in a book she was reading and lent It to my other girl." Chicago Hecord. lieen Expecting It. Mr. Lurker Excuse me, Miss Snap per, but I have long sought this oppor tunity Miss Snapper Never mind the pre amble, Mr. Lurker. Run along In and ask pa. He's been expecting this would come for the past two years. Tid-Bits. A Plausible Explanation. "I tied a knot In my handkerchief a week ago, and I can't for the life of me remember what It was to remind me of." "Perlmns it was to remind von thnt It's time to 'put It In the wash!" Un sere Gesellschnft Matrimonial Lottery. Miss Asking Do you believe in church lotteries? De Witte Well er I rather like church weddings. Puck. Ilia Disheartening; Outlook. Mrs. Goode You are the sixth man who has asked me for something to eat to-day. The Tramp (sadly) I s'pose so. If de competition in dis life gits any wuss, some of us 11 have to go to work. Brooklyn Life. Too Hnd. Mrs. Bingo That's Just like a man. Bingo What have I done now? Mrs. Bingo I spent a day maklne that pillow, nnd now you've put your head on It. Harper's Bazar. Very Dangerous. "It's dnnj'us," said Uncle Eben, "to git Into de way o' complalnin'. A man kin alius stop workin' to kick, but It comes hahd to stop kickln' to work." Washington Star. He Wanted Tew Know. Ticket-seller (In theater box offlcel Seats In the parquet are S3 and in the dress circle $2. Uncle Pumpklnduster (of Swamn Junction) Say, be that your "askin' price or what you expect tew get? Puck. Childhood Recollections. Admiring Son Were you the smart est loy In school, pa, when you were as old as I am? Reminiscent Father If I wasn't It wasn't the teacher's fault He did his best to make me smart. Louisville Journal. The Ravage of Time. . Mrs. Waiie i'm sure the constant anxiety must have been terribly wear ing. Mrs. Luers Wearing? Why, in the last three years I've grown to look at least fc'x months older! Life. in , The Renl Reason. Mrs. Ilauskeop Yes, my new girl for merly worked for Mrs. DeStjle. , Sh claims she left there of her owu accord, but I think she was discharged. Mrs. Kaul What makes you think so? Mrs. Hauskeep 1 judge so from cer tain things she's let full since she's been here. Mrs. Kaul What were they? Mis. Hauskei p - Dishes. Philadel phia Press. Dlscoverel at Last, "Y'ou've got au ear-trumpet, I see That's what I've been telling you to do for two years." "Oh! Is that what you've been tell ing uie for the last two years." Puck. SU iht Do Th .-re. "Maude thinks of applying for a posl tlon us soprano in a church choir." "Well, there's n church for the deal up on 7th street." Philadelphia Even ing Bulletin. Dangerous. The Ollice P.oy-I was t'iuUiu' ol lookin' fer another Job. The Messenger Boy You better look out. You might git one where you'd have to work. Puck. Ilia l'cfinitioii. Willie-Pa, what is a .publisher? Author My son, a publisher Is a squatter on the unearned Increment of thought-Life. Why He I.oved Her. "Are you proud of your baking pow der biscuit?" he asked. "I should think not," she replied. "I've tried dozens of times, but I never could equal those made by the cook." "Has any one ever told you that your plo crust excels anything In Unit Hue ever before inn do?' "Never. My pie crust Is worse than my biscuit." "Are you nn ndept at preparing dain ty little desserts?" "Oh, I've done something In that way, of course," she nnswered, "but 1 never would think of doing the cooking for any one for whom I rea"v cured." He gave a sigh of relief. "Will you marry me?" he asked. London Answers. Fiiln't Count. Clergvman My child, beware of pick ing a toadstool Instead of a mushroom, They are easy to confuse. Clilld That be all might sur. ITs baln't a-goin' to eat 'em ourselves they're a-goin' to market to be sold. Tit-Bits. Extravagance. Rich Widow Y'es, my poor dear hus band died In Florida. We had three doctors. Dr. Sawyer (sotto voce) .AVhnt ex travagance, when one doctor could have killed him. . . Convalescence. book by Emma Ilomnn Thayer, pre- Jlnku What's the matter, old man? sented by the Continental Publishing Haven't seen you for two weeks ami Company. Mrs. Thayer, It will be re you look like you had been ill for a called, is the author of "Wild Flowers month. of the Rocky Mountains" and "Wild Splnks-Only a little attack of vnen- Flowers of the raclflc. Coast." tlon, but the doctor says that a week ! of my regular daily work will bring me around all right-Denver News. j Her i eliiiiiion. ' "Yes," said Miss Cayenne, 'he Is tin- j doubtedly a cyuic." "What Is your Idea of a cynic?" "He Is a person who keeps you con tinually In doubt whether he Is unusu ally clever or unusually disagreeable." Washington Star. A ttcntions. "Y'ou don't send me any more violets or American' beauties or boxes of can dy," she murmured. "No," answered Mr. Blykius. "But that is no sign I am not as attentive as ever. If you would rather have violets and rotscs and boxes of candy than the cabbages and potatoes and sirloin steaks that I send around say the word. Your slightest wish shall be gra tilled even If I have to eat at a dairy lunch room." New Golf Stick. "I see that you have added to your collection of golf sticks, Miss Frocks," said young Postlethwaite. "I do not understand you, Mr. Postle- thwaite," rejoined Miss Frocks. "My amendment was Adopted, but in which collection of golf sticks has been com-' the record did not present the evidence plete, so far as I know." or au agreed statement of facts. This "Perhaps, but I saw Cholly Goslin on was done In order that on a second trial the course with you this morning." ! the testimony could be reduced to writ Harper's Bazar. : lug and give opportunity for the Su Man and Modea. "What did Alice wear to the box party, Harry?" "She had on a spotted silk frock, a kind of pink velvet windmill in her hair and a white lace cascade hanging down bank to be Insolvent or In failing cir her back." Chicago Record. , 'cumstances is held. In Utley vs. Hill . , (J,Q 49 h R a. 323, not to extend to Her Distinct Advance. i deposits received when they actually "British Museum Newton, the archae- i believed It to be solvent, merely be- ologist, was a capital story teller, and 1 Mr. Hare has preserved two or three of his tales. One is a spiritualistic seance, : where an old cockney was Informed report to the State Department would that the spirit manifested was his de-1 not make the directors liable to a com eeased wife, whereupon the following mon-Iaw action for deceit In favor of dialogue took place: j one who deposited in reliance on the re- "18 that you, Arriet?" "Y'es, It is me." j "Are you 'appy, "Arrietf "Y'es, very 'appy." "'Appier than you was with me, 'Ar riet?" - "Y'es, much 'appler." "Where are you, 'Arriet?" - ln eu. -a. j. nares oiory cr .My ; Life" j Immense Coa! Beds. The beds of the immense coal fields lately discovered in Zululand extend downward to forty-five feet in places and the coal Is of good quality. Dlsappolntaieutdoesn'taffectmen and women the same. When a man runs across an old love letter he wroie to bis w if he laughs, but his wife cries. taking shots at HORS-S. Photosraplier-1 Mimt Km piny TricLa to Get o el Picilirra. "It Is no easy matter to ui!ike a good horse picture," said Allied J. Miyer of Pnch Brothers, "although every ama teur thinks himself equal to the task. A horse must be taken from the proper point or his owner will not recognize the picture. If the camera Is too near the subject certain points will be ex aggerated Iu the photograph. The best results are obtained by placing the horse on a Blight Incline, so that the fore feet are a trifle higher thnu the hind feet. This position throws the head up. Then snapping the Augers or making any slight noise will cause the animal to prick tip bis ears, and at the moment when he Is In this position )f attention the photographer makes the picture. "When horses In harness are to be photographed they must be posed on level ground or on a slight incline. To make them look alive a hat or a card Is sometimes scaled In front of them, and at the moment when they look up the snap shot Is made. When pictures of horses in action are made we usual ly place the camera near the ground, and by that means we get the best hoof positlou, which cannot be secured when the camera Is held or placed at th" or dinary height. To make pictures of Jumping horses the same method Is em ployed, and the height of the jump Is sometimes exaggerated by placing the camera below the track level. Au ex cavation Is made In the ground for that purpose, and pictures made from there Increase the apparent height of hurdles and make a smoll Jump look something remarkable." New York Tribune. Max Pembertou has In contemplation a novel dealing with Cambridge uni versity life. He is a graduate of Cuius college. The latest volume in which Jeanette Gilder has discovered material for a drama is Mrs.ScliuylerCrowniuslileld's new story, "The Archbishop aud the Lady." it s pleasing to note that the author ' of "The Love Affairs of An Old Maid" has dedicated her new novel, "The Ex patriates," to her husband, Arthur Iloyt Bogue. Mrs. Bogue, who Is at present living In New York, intends to continue her literary work and her author's read lings. Miss Lyda Farrlngtou Krause, better known as Barbara Yechton, has pub lished through Houghton, Mifflin & Co. "Fortune's Boats." The story lias been running serially In the Churchman. Miss Krause never fails to give one a : pleasing picture of the freshness nnd ! the purity of girlhood. ! Amelia E. Barr has completed a ! novel called "Souls of Passage," a story based upon the doctrines of reincar nation, which Dodd, Mead & Co. pub lish. She is nt present planning a novel centering around Cromwell, In which slie will endeavor to illustrate the do mestic side of his character. "The English-American," a novel of love and adventure, the scenes of which are laid in England and America, is a A gtol.y of Jaue Au8teu-a dealings wUn her Bath pubilMlier roiatPS U0W) ke Milt0Ui ghe mM bn fi,.st book for outright The publisher allowed "Northanger Abbey" , to lie on bis desk for fifteen years, when Miss Austen bought back her manuscript at Its orig inal ligure. She had become famous during the time, but obviously this had not affected the Bath publisher. LAW AS INTERPRETED. Policies of insurance made in another state where the applicant resides nnd where the policies are delivered to him are held, In Mutual Life Insurance Company vs. Dingley (C. C. App. 9th C), 49 L. It. A. 132. to be subject to the statues of New York, wheil they : are made, executed and payable iu that ' state, and the premiums are to be paid there, and they contain a waiver of the service of notices required by statute. Constitutional amendment giving the Supreme Court jurisdiction In all cases, both of the law and the facts, Is held, In Cassel vs. Tracy (La.), 40 L. R. A. 272, to require the remanding of a case which was pending on appeal when the preme Court to discharge Its constitu- tional duty of Jndging the facts as well as the law of the case. Liability of bank directors for de posits received after they knew the cause they neglected to investigate or keep posted as to Its affairs. The case also holds that fnlse statements In a port if the statements were made in good faith, believing them to be true. An Easy-Going State. j Bishop Thompson of Mississippi said j the other day: "I suppose there is a ! larger percentage or old men in Mis- i sissippl than In any other State at i jeagt lt geems so to me, and I have been In a good many. By old men 1 mean from 80 to m- TIlry are not decrepit old men, who hug the fireside, ! but are quite lively old fellows." "How 00 ou account, uisnop, ror tuts large proportion of old men In Mississippi?" asKeu someone, -wen, said the bishop, "there is no chance to become rich In Mississippi. Everybody knows It and does not worry himself into an early grave trying to." WIDESPREAD CONFIDENCE. Improvement in Cereal IvUrktti-Actlve De mand in Iron and Steal. Bradstreet's says: Business is still of a' butween-seasou character in most linen, but a livening up of intercut in several trades has been noted this . eek. Relatively best reports come from the iron and Heel, lumber, leath er aud rug trades, but there has been gome enlargement of wholosule distri butive trade on spring account in the South and West. Spring trade in dry goods is j'ist opaning up, and it is noted that a heavy shipping movement on orders is now proceeding at the West. Some gain in wool sales is noted at Eastern markets, but weather oouditoiH hava not ben favorable as a whole, except in stimulating the retail trade iu show and inbbor go d. A gpeciul feature is the generally good tenor ot rt ports as to collet Mous fro-n all Western Hiid Southern points, from which it is inferred that trade rela tions to retaileis must have been quite good. Summed up briefly, the situa tion is one of widespread c nlidence iu the general business outlook. Corn is slightly higher, in sympathy with wheat and small receipts of con tract. Inquiry rather than active demand is n leading featuro iu iroti and steol, but quite nn increase of activty is noted in Bessemer pig iron and billets at Pittsburg and in plates at Chicago. Iron production is increasing, but has not yet overtaken consumption, aud stocks are reportod smaller t.ian a month ago. Wheat, including flour, shipments for tha week aggregate 6,061,005 bush els. Business failures in the United States for the week number 822, against 11(58 last week. Canadian failures for the week num ber So, against 23 last week. PACIFIC COAST TRADE. Seattle Market. Onions, new yellow, 2(t2io. Lettuce, hot house, $1.00 per oste. Potatoes, now, $18. Beets, per sack, 85e(3$l, Turnips, per sack, $1.00. Squash lo. Carrots, por sack, 75c Parsnips, per sack, $1.001.35. Celery 60o doz. Cabbage, native and California, 22145 per pounds. Butter Creamery, 30c; dairy, 18(3 22c; ranch, 10og)18o pound. Cheese 14o. Kggs Ranch, 80c; Eastern 25c. Poultry 14c; dressed, native chick ens, 15c; turkey, 10c. Hay Puget Sound timothy, $15.00; choice Eastern Washington timothy, $19.00. Corn Whole, $24.00; cracked, $25; feed meal, $24. Barley Rolled or ground, per ton, $20. Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.30; blended straights, $3.25; California, $3.25; buckwheat flour, $0.00; gra ham, per barrel, $3.25; whole wheat flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.804.00. Milltituirs Bran, per ton, $15.00; shorts, per ton, $16.00. Feed Chopped feed, $15.00 per ton; middlings, per ton, $23; oil cake meal, per ton, $29.00. Fresli Meats Choice dressed beef steers, price 7ac;cows, 7c; mutton 7?i; pork, 74c; trimmed, 9c; veal, 11(9 12o. Hams Large, 11 c; small, 11; breakfast bacon, liJic; dry salt sides, ilac. j- Portland Market. Wheat Walla Walla. 6550o; Valley, nominal; Bluestem, 68o per bushel. Flour Best grades, $3.40; graham, $2.60. Oats Choice white, 42c; choice gray, 41o per bushel. Barley Feed barley, $15.50 brew ing, $16.50 per ton. Millstnffs Bran, $15.50 ton; mid dlings, $21; shorts, $18; chop, $10 por ton. Hay Tiii)otby,$12 12.50; clover,$7 9.50; Oregon wild hay, $07 per ton. Butter Fancy creamery, 00 55c; store, 82l'gC. Eggs 27 ,'c per dozen. Cheese Oregou full cream, 13c; Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo per pound. Poultry Chickens, mixed, $2.60(3 3.50 per dozen; liens, $4.50; springs, $2.003.50; geese, $0.009.0() doz; ducks, $5.000.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 12c per pound. Potatoes 5060cper sack; sweets, 1 )2c per pouuo. - Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c; per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab bage, UaO per pound; parsnips, 85c; onions, $1.50(32; carrots, 75c. Hops New crop, 1214o per pound. Wool Valley, 1314o per pound; Eastern Oregon, 1012c; mohair, 25 per pound. Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers and ewes, 8)s'o; dressed mutton, 84 .3 7o per pound. Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.75; light and feeders, $5.00; dressed, $5.506. 50 per 100 pounds. Beef GrosB, top steers, $3.504.00; cows, $3. 00 3. 50; dressed beef, 6(3 7o per pound. Veal Large, 77c; small, 8j(3 9o per pound. San Francisco Market. Wool Ppriug Nevada, 11 13c per pound; Eastern Oregon, 10 14c; Val ley, 15T7c; Northern, 910o. Hops Crop, 1900, 13 Ja" 170. Butter Fancy creamery 23c; do seconds, 20c; fancy dairy, 19 do seconds, 18o per pound. Eggs Store, 25c; fancy ranch, 30c. Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 20.00; bran, $14.0014.50. Hay Wheat $913; wheat aul oat $9.00 12.50; beet barley $9.50 alfalfa, $7.00 10.00 per ton; straw, 8547c per bale. Potatoes Oregon Burban':s,60 95c; Salinas Burbanks, 85c$1.15; river Burbanks, 4015c; sweets, 85(a85c. CIt rus Fruit Oranges, Valencia f2'.7o(3.'25; 'Mexican Kmes, $4.00 6.00; California lemons 75c$1.60; do choice $1.752.00 per box. Tropical Fruits Bananas, $1.50(1 2.50 per bunch; pineapples! nom inal; Persian dates, 6(18o pel pound.