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GEORGE WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON AS BUSINESS MAN.
Probably the Largest Land Owner In
the United Mates.
Ah a man of business Washington wai
extremely methodical. Everything wai
figured down to the penny, aud there
wag no guesswork about the returns from
any of bin properties. He was eminently
successful, and his property outside of
Mount Vernon, and not Including bis
wife's estate, amounted to $530,000. He
was probably the largest owner of land
In America, his holdings exceeding 50,000
acres. The Mount Vernon estate came
Into the possession of the Washington
family in 1074. It originally consisted
of 5,000 acres, but when it was Inherited
by Washington from his brother Law
rence the property was just half that
size. Washington was in the market for
all the avuilable land adjoining, and at
the time of his death he owned 8,000
acres in the immediate vicinity of his
resideuce. He made wise selections of
lauds which were tendered to ofllcers of
the French and Indian war, and by buy
ing out the patents of other officers he
secured ownership of more than 40,000
acres of laud in the western part of the
colony. He made large sales from this
domain, but what was left was valued at
over $1100,000 in the inventory of his
property.
Just after the Revolutionary War
Washington aud Gov. Clinton of New
York obtained 0,000 acres in the Mo
hawk valley. Two-thirds of it was sold
t a big profit and the remainder he held
at bis death.
In the location of the new capital on
the Potomac Washington invested heav
ily in the vicinity of the present city of
Washington and built many houses, lie
also built houses in Alexandria.
As a farmer Washington early drifted
from the exclusive cultivation of tobacco
to other crops, and later introduced a
system of rotation by which the soil did
not become exhausted, In time Mouut
Vernon became the manufacturing cen
ter for the population of ISOO people who
lived on the plantation. Everything that
onlil be made on the plantation was
produced, and the necessity of buying
from the outside was reduced to the low
est limit. He had looms, blacksmith
shops, wagon shops, flour mills in short,
every variety of Industry where slave
labor could be utilized to advantage. He
became devoted to improving the breed
of sheep aud of stock generally. He was
interested In a couple of banks which
paid good dividends -ml put money into
several canal companies. All in all, he
was a business man on a large scale,
and while he suffered heavy losses from
the depreciation of currency during the
revolutionary struggle, they were more
than recouped by his successful ventures
In land speculation. Had Washington
been born 100 years later he would have
been undoubtedly one of the "captains of
Industry" of the present era.
The Richest Man of Ills Time.
As the years went on Washington's
lands increased in value, and when be
died he was one of the richest men of
bis time. He owned lauds and stock
and negroes, and his estates amounted
to thousands of acres. He had houses
In Alexandria and property in Washing
ton. He had valuable lands near the
present site of I'ittsburg. He was
throughout his life a money-maker, and
I was told at Alexandria that when he
was a boy he got $5 a day and upward
for his surveying. He put his surplus
money into lauds, and au advertisement
In a Baltimore paper of 1773 states that
he had 20,000 acres of land for sale on
the Ohio river. His will, which is now
kept about twenty miles from Wushing
ton. in the safe of the old court house
at Fairfax, Va., gives a detailed state
ment of every article ho possessed down
to the calves aud sheep. His personal
estate was then put down at $532,000,
and thrRf included a vast amount of to
bacco, large numbers of cattle, sheep
and horses, nearly all of which he willed
to his wife. This will is now kept in a
wooden box, the top of which is covered
with glass.
Washington's Rules for Conduct.
When Washington was 12 years old
his elder brother, Laurence, found neatly
written in a book rules for behavior,
which the lad had set down for his own
guidance. No one had suggested such a
plan to the child, which, of course, makes
the fact the more remarkable. We give
a few of these noble rules:
Associate yourself with men of good
quality, if you esteem your reputation;
for it is better to be alone than in bad
company.
livery action In company ought to be
with some sign of respect to those pres
ent. Speak not when others speak; sit not
when others stand; speak not when yon
should hold your peace; walk not when
others stop.
Wherein you reprove another, be un
blamable yourself; for example is better
than precept.
Labor ta keep in your heart that little
spark of celestiul fire called conscience.
Let your recreations be manful, not
sinful.
Seek not to lessen the merits of oth
ers; neither give more than due praise.
Be not hasty to believe flying reports
to the Injury of any.
Go not thither where you know not
whether you shall be welcome. Give not
advice without being asked; and, when
desired, do it briefly.
Gaze not on the marks and blemishes
of others, and ask nut bow they came.
What you may speak iu secret, deliver
not before others.
Think before you speak; pronounce not
Imperfectly, nor bring out your words
too hastily, but orderly und distinctly.
Treat with men at right times about
business, and whisper not iu the com
pany of others.
Be not in haste to relate news if son
know not the truth thereof.
Undertake not what you cannot per
form, but be careful to keep your prom
ise. Speak not evil of the absent, for it is
unjust.
Show not yourself glad at the misfor
tune of another, though he were your
worst enemy.
The Thoughtful Parent.
"And now, my son, I want to give you
a little lesson. We have here a cherry
tree, a little hatchet and the life of
Geoige Washington. I take a little
branch from the tree and
gives you a little licking thus
and now you may read the book anil
enjoy it, while you have the advantage
of the father of your country in experi
ence aud I will save my cherry tree,
giving you a valuable lesson at the same
time." Chicago Chronicle.
George Wuslilnntoii.
Down the road to Valley Forge, in the grip
of winter weather,
Death, defeat aud hunger stalked along;
l'tiuutoius grim upon uis vision; woud ring
if his lioii would ever
Crush the tyraut, hv.p the helpless, right
the wroug.
Patient In disaster he, misery and want
around him
Who a ragged band of heroes led;
Blackest specters of the night ever vigilant
tbey found him,
True aud fulihful to a cause so nearly dead.
Out of depths like these be came, and the
dawning of a nailon
Was the guerdon that he wrested from the
foe;
For himself the wreath of laurel, steadfast
love and adoration
Of a hundred million freemen here below.
Gone the day of Valley Forge, gone the
misery and sorrow,
Like the clouds before the sun all melt
away;
And memory Immortal will hall his nam
to-morrow
As bis countrymen remember It to-day.
Washington Conundrums.
"Where did Washington take his first
ride?" "When he took a hack at the
tree." "How do we know he slept in an
upright position?" "Because he could
not lie." "When was he apprenticed to
a blacksmith?" "When he spent a win
ter at Valley Forge." "Where would he
always meet defeat?" "On a postage
stamp anyone could lick him." "Why
was he like a piano?" "Because he was
grand, upright and square."
He Delighted in Dancing.
Washington was given greatly to danc
j throughout his life. Even when
President he was a constant attendant
at daueing assemblies in New York and
Philadelphia. It was ten miles from
Mount Vernon to Alexandria, but the
trip was none too long if there was to
be a dance at the latter place.
GOOD
Short Storie$
Speaking of the difficulty students ex
perience In remembering the exact sit
uation of the mitral and tricuspid
valves of the heart. Professor Hniley
once remarked that be remembered
thut the uiltral (so-called from Its re
semblance to the headgear of the
I church dignitary) must be ou the left
side, "because a bishop could never be
In the right."
In one of his earliest cases, Daniel
j O'Connell, the famous Irish liberator,
I made retort which attracted consid
erable attention to him. He wag cross-
examining an awkward witness, who
declared that he bad drunk nothing but
his share of a plut of whisky. "Ou
your oath, now," thundered the young
counsel, "was not your share all but
the pewter?"
According to the testimony of an
American correspondent In Porto IUco,
we still woefully lack popularity among
the natives there. This Is his descrip
tion of the manner In which a suit, to
which an American Is a party, Is con
ducted Iu one of the Insular courts
there: Court You are plaintiff In this
cose? Litigant Yes, your honor. Court
You are an American, 1 presume!
Litigant Yes, your honor. Court
You lose.
"MacBiilay Improves, Macaulay Im
proves:" Sydney Smith remarked one
day; "I htve observed In him of late
(lashes of silence." The "sonorous vi
vacity" of this enormous talker nettled
Smith, who found It Impossible often
to voice his own wit and wisdom. "I
wish I could write poetry like yon," he
complained to a friend; "I would write
n 'Inferno,' and I would put Macaulay
anion:; a number of disputants and gag
liiin!" Another contemporary de
scribed Macaulay as "slopping all over
on every subject and standing In the
slops."
Among the clever epigrams which oc
cur In Mrs. Crnlgle's new society
drama, "The Wisdom of the Wise," ore:
"Mrs. BlHtcrn has made so many ex
periments that she tins bad no time to
gain experience." "What a man has
done bores everybody, but what he Is
going to do Is ulways delightful." "1
hate a man who can only love those
whom he esteems. He always runs
away with his friend's wife." "It Is
easy enough to be faithful to some one
you love, but to be faithful to some one
you don't love that. In my opinion, is
true virtue." "Where Is Sarah now?
In bed with Ice on her temples! She
may be a woman for a crisis, but we
have to know It for weeks afterward."
In his "Eecenutricltles of Genius,"
Major Pond tells the pnthetlc story of
Ralph Waldo Emerson's last lecture,
delivered In the Old South Church In
Boston for the fund to save that build
ing from demolition: "As he began
reading his lecture the audience was
very attentive. After a few moments
he lost his place, and his granddaugh
ter, sitting In the front row of seats,
gently stepped toward him and remind
ed him that be was lecturing. He saw
at once that he was wandering, and,
with the most charming, characteristic,
apologetic bow, he resumed bis place
an incident that seemed to affect the
audience more than anything else that
could possibly have occurred. A few
moments Inter he took a piece of manu
script in his band and, turning around
with It, laid It on a side table. Just then
one of the audience said to me (I think
It was Mrs. Llvermore or Mr. Howe),
'Please have the audience pass right
out,' and rushing up to Mr. Emerson,
said, 'Thank you so much for that de
lightful lecture;' then, turning around,
waved the audience to go out. He
probably had been speaking about fif
teen minutes. The audience passed
out, many of them In tears. It was one
of the most pathetic sights I ever wit
nessed." .
Cottonseed MealandQuality of Butter
It Is the general experience that cot
tonseed meal produces a hard butter,
and In some Instances a small amount
of this feed Is given for that specitle
purpose. Crude cottonseed oil has been
found to contain a quantity of so-called
vegetable stearin, which Is separated
from the cottonseed oil of commerce
in the process of refining. Its fatty
acids have a high melting point, and Its
general composition Is not unlike that
of other oils which have been found to
produce hard butter when fed to cows.
Corn oil, on the other hand, contains
practically no stearin, and Us fatty
acids, like those of Unseed oil, are liq
uid at a temperature considerably be
low freezing point.
Time's Mutations.
"Really your face Is very familiar, sir,
but you seem to have the advantage of
me In names."
And she looked at the distinguished
stranger with a puzzled air.
"1 fancied," he said, "that you would
know me. My name Is Bangs, and four
years ago I had the honor to be your
coachman."
The face of the lady blazed.
"Sir!" she fairly gnarled.
"But a remarkably lucky series of
stock Investments," he went on, "have
enabled me to become your next door
neighbor."
The lady's face softened.
"So pleased to renew our acquaint
ance, Mr. Bangs," she smilingly said.
Our Overheated Houses.
A Mexican newspaper declares that
when Mexicans visit the United States
In winter they suffer more from the
overheated houses than from the cold
outside.
Trolleye Carry the Mails.
In Pennsylvania the trolley Is carry
ing the mall and thus supplanting the
star routes.
One Lone Populist.
There la only one member of the new
legislature of Tennessee who is not a
Democrat He Is a Populist
No matter how erect a general may
be be Is apt to lean more or less on his
staff.
A "finished poet Is one who gets dis
couraged and goes to work.
A girl's mission in life Is to change
her dresses, her mind and her name.
SUPPOSE WE SMILE.
HUMOROUS PARAGRAPHS FROM
THE COMIC PAPERS.
Plasaat Incident Occurring tha
World Uver-fcaylaga that Are Chcr
ful to Old or Young-Funny Belro
tiona that Everybody Will tnjoy.
"Do you see that man over yonder?
n has just bad greatness thrust upon
him."
"How so?"
"Why, he's the only public man In
the country who wheu asked to tell
what would happen In the new cen
tury said he didn't know." Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Can Get Alone.
"Do you think It Is desirable for a
man to study the dead languages?"
"No, sir," answered Mr. Cumrox,
with emphasis. "If queer words are
what a young man aspires to, the golf
and base-ball reports In any good dally
newspaper will supply all bis wants."
Washington Star.
The parson (on a visit) And how
long do you pny at night, my boy?
The Boy Winter or summer?
Puzzling.
Dlckerman There's one thing that
puzzles me.
Itawley And, pray, what Is that?
Dlckerman How It happens that
the now woman Is generally not a very
young one. Boston Transcript.
The Cornfed I'h lo.opher.
'There Is nothing a woman more en
Joys," said the Cornfed philosopher,
"than monkeying at making something
out of something It ought not to be
made out of." Indianapolis Press.
Quick Kxit.
"Mr. Lew iold me that he was a Yale
inn n. IK) you know what class be was
graduated from?"
"From the sophomore class." Har
lem L!fe.
Accommodating Old Mas.
He I asked your father's consent by
telephone.
She What was his answer?
He He said: "I don't know who
yon tire, but It's all right." Harvard
Lampoon.
A Valuable Toe.
Friend Magnificent dog that.
Mr. Suburb Yes, he's a splendid
watch dog. Paid $500 for blm.
Friend Well, he's worth It splendid
animal! Splendid! Finest I ever saw!
But, by the way, what's this other dog
for? He's a mere mongrel! Fact is,
he's a common cur.
Mi. Suburb Yes. 1 had to get
him to prevent the thoroughbred from
being stolen.
The One Concerned.
The Bride (three times widow) That
Dicky Small Is one of the most Im
pertinent men I ever saw. Why, Alfred,
just after the ceremony he came up
and wished me many happy returns.
The Groom (after figuring ou It a
minute) I guess it's up to me to go out
and smash lift head or go and take out
a life Insurance policy. Denver News.
Gnol Advice.
Willie Sonnet In what magazine
would you advise me to publish poems
to give them the highest position?
Editor The powder magazine.
A C5re.it t-urprlse.
Jack Huggard Miss Pechy's father
made a surprising statement to me last
night.
Dick Danser That so? What was It?
Jack Hugg.ird He sneaked Into the
parlor ond cried: "Aha! That's the
time I caught you kissing my daughters-Philadelphia
Press.
HU Glorlou Kecord.
"Let me see, Colonel," she said o her
sweetest manner, "where was It you
won your spurs?"
"At Cape May," he replied.
"Cape May?" she echoed. "Why,
there never was a battle at Cape May."
"No," he admitted, "but there were
three grass widows in the house when
I stayed there last summer, and I got
away from the whole crowd."
Then, with her nose pointed In the
direction that all good people hope
some day to go, she left him alone In
the corner. Chicago Times-Herald.
Fhe Was Fpeaklnv.
Nurse Girl I lost track of the child,
mum, and
"Good gracious! Why didn't you
speak to a policeman?"
Nurse Girl I wuz speaking to wan all
the toime, mum."
Not rerioua.
Passenger (to station porter) Now,
It's 4 o'clock and the time table says
the train arrives at 3:14.
Station Porter-Oh, well, you mustn't
take the time table too seriously. Flle
jrende Blaefter.
A Auction's Shrine.
"Pauline has one side of her boudoir
devoted to photographs of her lost
beaux."
"So many dead?"
"No; married."
A MtTertnca.
P"- r -
at l 1 C V
FrmV of Fortune.
Mlkey - Chlmmy's got a pair o' skates
for Christmas, an' a red pencil, au' a
one-bladed knife, an' Ave cents' wort' o'
gum an' a bean shooter, an' a pair "
uspender. a' -
Terrenee Gee! Some fellers teem
ter be born wit' a silver spoon In delr
mout'! Puck.
I'ntur mount ah'.
Wunn I seem to have the worst luck
In the way of getting my feet stum
bled over In street cuts.
Tuther It's their size, I guess. Peo
ple dou't stumble over mine.
Wunn Just run again them, do them?
Indianapolis Press.
Inml vcrtentljr I'leaannt.
"1 didn't know It was to be a comic
opera."
"Well, you knew It was to be an opera
given by an amateur company, didn't
you?" Chicago Becord.
X Uncertain.
Brlggs How long has Miss Pertly
been on the stage?
Griggs Two or three marriages.
Chicago Becord.
Ftoly In t cnnomlc.
"She accepted me, but wouldn't let
me sit by her ou the sofa."
"Why not?"
"Said she'd Just paid eighty cents to
have her white dress done up."
A Domestic Kiplonive.
L.itle girl Papa, what Is powder?
Father It Is something people gel
blown up with.
Little girl H that what makes you
scold mamma so when she puts It ou
her face?
An Illiterate.
Jane What did you ever reject John
Gray for?
Kitty He was so Illiterate.
Jane Illiterate? Why, I thought he
was a mau of superior education.
Kitty-Well, he wasu't. lie didn't
even know the null incuts, for when I
told him "No" and thought sure he
would read between the lines, would
you believe It, the guinp picked up his
lint and went home. Detroit Free
Press.
The First Conrte.
"Miss Keedlck Is taking the first
course in the Female College of Jour
nalism. It wilt last three months."
"What Is the subject for the first few
months?"
"Learning to sharpen a lead pencil."
Looked Like It.
Dog I wonder If those are what they
call goo-goo eyes?
The Feininarjr Kind.
Johnson Does your wife speak
French?
Thompson She thinks she does.
"You don't speak It, do you?"
"No."
"Then how do you know she doesn't?"
"I watched a French waiter's face
the other day when she was talking to
him, aud I'll be blamed If he didn't
look as If he had the toothache."
Injustice.
"Won't you give a veteran something
to eat, mum?" said Tired Thompson to
Mrs. Whiffet.
"Y'ou a veteran," replied Mrs. Whif
fet, unbelievingly. "You were never
a soldier, I'll be bound."
"Madam," added the tramp, "you do
me a grievous Injustice. I have done
nothing but soldier all my life."
Had Them in III Head.
Professor to Student of Surgery
Please Inform the class the names of
bones forming the skull.
Student Ah er I do not at the mo
ment remember, but I know that I have
them all In my head.
Pnut Tense
"She married a millionaire, didn't
she?"
"You mean that be wag a millionaire
at the time she married hliu."
I'ldn't Mis Anr.
Mrs. Statestreeth Did she marry her
first love?
Mrs. Stockyarde Oh, my, yes! Her
first, second, third aud fourth. Norrls
town Herald.
To Divert Them.
Pittsburg Man What would you
folks do If a mob of rioters should come
charging down Broadway?
New-Yorker (busily) Start a police
man to shooting at a dog. New York
Weekly.
Told In Washington.
"Is the correspondent of that publi
cation a well-Informed man?"
"I should say so!" was the answer.
"Half the time he's the only person In
the world who knows whether what he
tells Is true or not" Washington Star.
An American Sign In Egypt.
"American Bazar," In huge letters
over a shop In Alexandria, Egypt, at
tracted the attention of an American.
Curious to know what kind of goods
might be for sale, be entered and
asked the proprietor If he were an
American. In French came the an
swer: "Yes, I am an American."
"From what part of America?"
"Buenos Aires."
"Do you keep American goods for
sale?"
"Yes, certainly, I have American
goods." o
"What kind of goods?"
Whereupon the shopkeeper took from
a shelf an article which he handed to
the visitor with the remark, "These are
the only American goods we have at
present."
The "American goods" consisted of a
single fountain pen! New York Even
ing Sun. -
Landlords in Holland.
In Holland no landlord has the power
of raising the rent or of evicting a tenant
BLIND BARBER IN MICHIGAN.
fc'hirpnrsa la Hearlav Make Up for
HI Lark of Vision.
In Detroit, Mich., there Is a barber
who Is stone blind, yet does a thriving
business in spite of bis inability to see.
Edward Max, proprietor of the Cadil
lac barber shop, during his blindness,
which lasted for seven years, has man
aged his business entirely by touch and
bearing.
One would think that even customers
ef longest standing would hesitate be
fore golug to a man who could not see,
but Mr. Max has not only not lost auy
of his old customers, but has added
many new ones to his trade since he
lost his sight.
Mr. Max Is a young-looking, pleasant-faced
man, who carries out his ap
pearance Iu his disposition. He was
quite ready to describe the way In
which he carries ou his business In
spite of his great handicap.
"I can tell whereabouts iu the shop
my men are and whut they are doing,
Just as easily as though I were look
ing at them all," he said, good-naturedly.
"I know them all by their step, aud
when they move I can tell where they
go. Every man, as you know, has uu
ludlvldtiul walk. Just as he has an in
dividual temperament, and as the differ
ent barbers Iu my shop walk about the
marble floor I kjiow whether It Is Jim
my, who Is nervous, or George, who Is
slow and very careful. It Is, of course,
easy to toll whether a man's hair or
beard Is being cut, the ring of the
shears being very different In each
case.
"I can tell when s man Is being
shaved by the scrape of the razor, and
sometimes I know whether the beard is
a stiff or a soft one.
"When a man Is having an egg sham
poo I hear the pgg shell cracked and
the egg beateu aud I hear the customer
go to the fountain afterward to wash
his head.
"This may seem a little farfetched,
hut everything done In a barber shop
has some very characteristic sound,
and If you bad been In the halr-ctittlng
business as long as I have you would
recognize these movements and sounds
as I do.
"I can tell Just about what the day's
business has been and what we ought
to have made. My daughter Is the
cashier, and when she Is away I make
the change myself. I can tell all the
coins by the feeling, but, of course. 1
do not know one bill from another, and
I never attempt to mnke change for
anything but a $1 bill."
HUMOR IN THE AMBULANCE.
Doctor's Story of a Man and Woman
with Hroken l.cm,
"When I was an ambulance sur
geon," said the young family physl
clan, "I used to start like a fire horse
at the sound of the call. I was Just
as much Interested In the work at the
end of two years as I was the day I
began. It was the excitement of tha
life that made me so fond of It. I had
all sorts of experiences at all sorts of
hours. There was an element of dan
ger In It, too, but that only added to
the charm.
"One night I had a call from the
West Side In the neighborhood of
Chelsea square. It was for a drunken
man who fell down and broke bis leg.
On the way back to the hospital with
blm I picked up a drunken woman to
whom a similar accident had hnppeued.
There was nothing to do but put her In
the ambulance along with the man.
"After that the ride across town was
exciting enough for a cowboy. At first
the patients sympathized with each
other. Then they began to cry In
chorus. At Broudway they fell to kiss
ing each other. At Third avenue they
were fighting like a pair of Kilkenny
cats, and I had my hands full In keep
ing them apart. The woman had
scratched the man's face dreadfully
and he had Learly closed her eye with
a punch. When we struck the asphalt
In 20th street they were singing, 'We
have all been there before, many a
time,' and such singing! The uproar
attracted a crowd who evidently
thought I had an ambulance full of
lunatics. When we reached the gate
they swore eternal friendship and at
the office they parted in tears." New
York Sun.
Mr. Gillette' Tobacco Habits.
William Gillette claims there Is no
righteousness In his tobacco reputation.
He admits he likes a good cigar, but
denies that smoking Is with him a con
tinuous performance, and asserts that
coincidence rather than Intention has
made it necessary for him to simulate
a devotee of the weed In the majority
of his plays. It was Conan Doyle, he
says, who made Sherlock. Holmes a
worshiper of pipe and cigar, while It
was the dramatic effect of tobacco, as
indicative of the stoicism of the smoker,
which appealed to him when he equip
ped Col. Thorne of "Secret Service"
with the habit.
Yet he does not deny that a cigar Is
bis most frequent stage companion. An
odd result of the association Is the pref
erence which the actor now has for the
extremely dry cigar. Before he smokes
a cigar he places It on a steam radiator
and lets it dry almost to the crumbling
point "I found," he explains, "that a
damp, fresh cigar would go out If I laid
it down for a few moments. That would
not do, for the relighting might prove
decidedly embarrassing. A dry cigar
will burn on. So I took to drying the
cigars I smoked on the stage, and after
a time I got to like them. Now I can
not smoke a freshly made cigar." Bos
ton Post.
Wants More Settlers.
A body of capitalists has contracted
with the Ontario government under
heavy bonds to place ln'Algoma, west
ern Ontario, 500 settlers per month for
five years. The representative of the
capitalists, Mr. Clergue, sailed for En
gland recently and will open emigra
tion agencies forthwith. It is expected
and honed that the emigrants will b
chiefly British and will consist largely
or SKllieu wor&mea.
A Cruel American Parent.
The Mother Mr dears, vour father ta
obdurate. He says that after raking
and scraping, as he vulgarly expresses
It, and getting Into debt, and making
other sacrifices, he can only allovr you
$500 apiece for your clothes.
The Girls (In chorus, weeping) Well,
we'll get even with blm yet! Life.
! BRADSTREET'S REPORT.
Trade AdvlMi Art Reported to be Mors
! Cheerful.
J Bradstreet'i says: Trade advioea ate
rather more cheerful. This applies as
' much as to current retail buslues
which bus been enlarged with wintry
; weather as it does to the opening
; spring trade which finds stimulation
i in the general confidence felt as to the
' general outlook for the year. Price
, show exceptional strength, all thiugs
considered, the one weak spot being raw
: cotton which share a the rather usual
tone manilostud by the cotton growers
: and yarn markets. Foreign demand
' for our breadstuffs has been rather bet
'. ter. Spocially cheerful reisirts come
1 from the shoe and leather, the lumber
and the iron trades, the strength of
prices of the latter having been in
creased by the talk of pundug consDli
dations although the volume of business
is restricted from the same cause.
Failures are smaller than of late and
curreut railroad earnings show large
gnius over good returns of a year ago.
Despite the check given to business
by the talk of consolidations, a fait
volume of trade is doing at all leading
iron markets, and the adavuees iu
these columns last week are firmly
'held. Bessemer pig is still selling at
13.S5 at valley furnaces, equivalent
to $14 at Pittcubrg and sales of 10,000
tons are reported. Immediate deliver
ies of steel billets still cost 50 cents to
$1 more than pool price $19.75. Chi
cago reports manufacturers' price lists
. withdrawn pending the consolidation,
hut that billets are $j a ton higher on
sales of L'0,000 tons.
Wheat, iuculding floor shipments,
: for the week agrgegate 4,814.878 buBh
els, against 4,1)07,813 last week.
! Failues for the week in the. United
States numbered 21'ti as against !i5U last
week.
Canadian failures numbered 89,
against 34 last week.
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Seattle Market.
Onions, new yellow, $2.50(88.
Lettuce, hot house, $1.60 pur oase.
Potatoes, new, $18.
Beets, per sack, $1.
Turnips, per sack, 75o.
Squash 2c.
Carrots, per sack, 75c
Parsnips, per sack, $1.25(31.50,
Celery COo doz.
Cabbage, native and California,
2c per pounds.
Butter Creamery, 25c; dairy, 15(3
18c; ranch, l(!c&)18o pound.
Cheese 14c.
Eggs Hanch, 20c; Eastern 20o.
Poultry 13c; dressed, native chick
ens, 13 He; turkey, 15c.
Hay Puget Sound timothy, $15.00;
choice Eastern Washington timothy,
$19.00.
Corn Whole, $23.00; cracked, $24;
feed meal, $24.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$20.
Flour Patent, per barrel, $3.40;
blended straights, $3.25; California,
$3.25; buckwheat flour, $6.00; gra
ham, per barrel, $3.25; whole wheat
flour, $3.25; rye flour, $3.804.00.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton, $15.00;
shorts, per ton, $16.00.
Feed Chopped feed, $19.00 per ton;
middlings, per ton, $23; oil cake meal,
per ton, $29.00.
Fresh Meats Choice dressed beef
steers, price 8c; cows, 7)ac; mutton
7?4i pork, 8c; trimmed, 10c; veal, 10c.
Hams Large, H.'4'c; small,
breakfast bacon, 13c; dry salt sides,
8,'c.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla. B5c; Valley,
nominal; Blues tern, 56 Ho per bushel.
Flour Best grades, $3.40; graham,
$2.60.
Oats Choice white, 45c; choice
gray, 43c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $15.50 brew
ing, $16.50 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $16.00 ton; mid
dlings, $21.50; shorts, $18.50; chop,
$16 per ton.
Hay Timothy,$12 12.50; clover,$7
Q9.50; Oregon wild hay, $67perton.
Butter Fancy creamery, 60 55c;
store, 27 He.
Eggs 17 Ho per dozen.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 18c;
Young America, 14c; new cheese lOo
per pound.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $3.50
per dozen; hens, $5.00; springs,
$2.003.50; geese, $6.00(37.00 doz;
ducks, $5.00(36-00 per dozen; turkeys,
live, 1 lc per pound.
Potatoes 4550oper sack; sweets,
$1,65 per lOOpouna.
Vegetables Beets, $1; turnips, 75c;
per sack; garlic, 7o per pound; cab
bage, lJio per pound; parsnips, 85c;
onions, $22.25; carrots, 75c.
Hops New crop, 12(3 14o per
pound.
Wool Valley, 18(314o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 10(3 12c; mohair, 25
per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
$4 75; ewes, $4.50; dressed mutton,
6H7c per pound.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $5.25;
light and feeders, $5.00; dressed,
6 7c per pounds.
Beef Gross, top Bteers, $4.50(34.75;
cows, $4.00(34.50; dressed beef, 6(3
To per pound.
Veal Large, 7 (3 7 He; small, 8H(3
9c per pound.
San Francisco Market
Wool Spring Nevada, ll13oper
pound; Eastern Oregon, 10(3 14c; Val
ley, 15 17c; Northern, 9 (3 10c.
Hops Crop, 1900, 1520o.
Butter Fancy creamery 21c;
do seconds, 17c; fancy dairy, 19
do seconds, 14c per pound.
Eggs Store, 22c; fancy ranch,
26c. o
Millstuffs Middlings, $17.00 (3
20.00; bran, $15.00 16.00.
Hay Wheat $913H; wheat and
oat $9.00(312.50; best barley $9.50
alfalfa, $7.00(310.00 per ton; strew,
3547iO per bate.
Fotatoes Oregon Burbanks, 0$1;
Salinas Burbanks, 75c(3$1.05; river
Burbanks, 85 60c; sweets. 50 $ 1.00.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, Valencia
$2.758.25; Mexican limes, $4.00'
6.00; California lemons 75c$1.50;
do choice $1.75(32.00 per box.
Tropical FruitsBananas, $1.60
J.50 per bunch; pineapple, nom
inal; Persian dates, 6 (2 6 Ho pez
pound. -