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About The Oregon register. (Lafayette, Yamhill County, Or.) 18??-1889 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 16, 1888)
A The Oregon Register. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY dummy . T- ata TTCTTK- - - ORiEQON FIFTY CENT8 A DAY. Cenveat Tejabtea A Oaveat Dewa. Twa Wm. Montgomery, of Portland, Or., was arrested in- 8an Francisco and taken to the city prison where a Warrant Was waiting for aim, charg ing him with forgery. Ik seems that Chas. Crumley and Montgomery bav< been rooming together. Crumley says he paid the rent of bis room mate, as the latter was out of funds, and also advanced him money al times. September 20th Crumley be came seriously ill anil Montgomery, ii is claimed, sent a telegram to the sick boy’s parents at Philadelphia, signing Crumley’s name, in which he stated : ‘■Bend money; I am very sick." When the money arrived, amounting to $30, Montgomery procured it at the tele graph office, it is said, signing his friend’s name to the receipt Since then Crumley baa seen nothing of hi» roommate, but his disappearance war explained when Crumley received a letter from home arking him if lie re ceived the money. Crumley investi gated the matter, then swore to a warrant for Montgomery’s arrest. When seen at the city prison Mont gomery acknowledged his guilt in part, but claimed a companion, whose name, be will not give at present, was more implicated than he; further, that he, Montgomery, was under the influence of liquor at the time the dispatch wafsent and did not realise the criminality of the acL He sayr he has written to his father in Port land telling him the circumstances fully and hap secured a postponement of the trial for ten days, as he expects a reply by that time. He left Port land about six months since. He is aged probably 22 or 23. To spare the feelings of his family he does not care to give his father’s interests or place ol business. at City lUtliurlut, Darllf th» Fr«l«bt Trala» Wrecked. Fell Hot SetuM»u -The Menu» From ■ Bridge. Summer is the season when the cheap , table d’hote flourish»». An immense ■' number of tlie regular residtmta of the city are turned into a sort of floating MISSINO HUNTER FOUND DEAD population by the fact that their wives A and families have gone into the country, * and they float in the sense that Whil» jr they sleep at home in a darkened house Killed by ■ or linen shrouded flat the hearth fires are 0. P. Grant, an employe of the But quenched—not to mention those in tho range—and they are reduced to a sort of ter Street Railroad Company of San skirmish for their meals, getting a din Francisco, was run over by a dummy, ner at Coney Island today, at a down and received injuries in the back and town cafe to-morrow, luncheon any hip which ekusid bis death. He was where from the elegant cafe to the free . lying-fiat on his keo and r esell in g lunch counter of a barroom. This MirV through a man-bole, engaged in re of business can be made very expensive, pairing the road, and did not notice or a man can live well on fifty cents a the approach of the dnmmy. The day. Don’t believe that! Well, there’s a struggling young lawyer hero who gripmun apparently did not see the does it This is what he says about the i prostrate man until too late to avoid running over him. Tbe dummy matter: “I ____ sleep r in the house of my cousin, caught Grant and rolled him about who Newport for the season. Got a twenty feet before the train was bo is at N< fine four story brown stone affair just off stopped. ’ *-?— ’----------------- avenue, _ _ and as she know I was 1 Fares! fires. asked me to come and stay ¿r. Jones and ft. H. Shingle of ____ she was away, an 1 the col ored lady who is care taker of the bouse '. Grass Valley, Cal., had a fearful ex- •does’ for me as a part of her duties, a’ semi-occasional half dollar rendering her -perience. While driving home from a perfectly reconciled to my presence. I place known as “You Bet” they ran the am up by 8. and on my way down town gauntlet ot a hot fire for t wo miles, I stop at a Sixth avenue bakery that lies i On both sides of the road huge pines between me and tbe Elevated. It has blazed, and one place on their way one outside room, with chairs and tables, was blooked by fallen trees that they and you can get coffee—good coffee, too had to assist to burn, so as to get a —for five oents a cup. Their buns are roadway. Tbe absence of wind is all fresli and hot at that time of the day and that allowed them to get tWvOugh. All Sulctas. you can get five of them for five cents, the timber east of Greenhorn creek or a sandwich tor' the same sum, if you is on fiUB." At Johnston an extensive A man registering as Antone Shafer happen to be a hearty eater and require shingle mill is reported destroyed. from San Jose, was found dead at meat in tbe morning. If you are a gilt Sonoma, Cal., with the top of his head edged epicure you can get a slice <f? pie. missing Hunter Found Dead. But as for me, I’m a plain, homely Mr. F. E. Ertle, of Idaho Oitz re- blown off by a shotgun with supposed suicidal intent. He left a note saying minded sort of person, and I find five i lates the account of finding the body buns more filling. So my breakfast costs there was no use to inquire about him of a hunter; Mr. Wallace Brown, son as he had no relatives. me ten oents. ■•About 1 o’.olock my stomach goes into ■ of Robert Brown, proprietor of the Destructive Flames. executive session and begins to’ vote ' Brownlee Ferry, started with a com lunch appropriations by aoclamation. panion named Charles White on a The flour mill of the Central Mill- There’s a place down on lower Broadway, bunting expedition to tho mountains. ing Company of Gilroy* Cal., was de near my office, that I patronize—indeed, They had with them a good supply of there are two of tbe 4ame kind, near to ammunition, blankets and food, be stroyed by tire. A number of adjoin gether, but I’ve a faithful sort of dispo sides taking with them a tent. They ing buildings were damaged. The sition and I stick to the one nearest me. pitched their tent at the head waters loss to the Milling Company ia. $16,- All the bank clerks and the young and of the west fork of Brownlee oreek^ 000. Well insured. It was only by impecunious lawyers like myself go to great energy of the firemen that ad .these places between 1 and 8, but I’ve and about noon of the 2nd of Decem joining buildings were saved. Two ber they started in search of deer. seen lots of men who get their dinners at brick store on either side of the mill Delmonico’s come in there hurriedly for When out some time they separated. were all that saved an extensive con White ’ s statement is to the tffectT^at luncheon, and get it for fifteen cents. flagration. The building ooposite You know I tta .................... millionaires never scorn he looked around for Brown but could caught several times. Among other not find him, and returned to the tent hats. M it ’ s not so swell as the to save nick< losses, besides the milling company, bakery. There are no tables or cluiirs— in the evening. Brown did not re just a long oounter, with big dishes of turn up to the end of forty-eight hours are the following: W. Farmington. sverythlng piled within reach, and every so White returned to the ferry and $1,000; Henry Miller, $3,000; A. P. single thing costs just five cents. You notified the people there that enow had Baillaige, $500 ; besides many others help yourself to anything you like the fallen to the depth of two feet before whose individual losses are not as yet The conteuts of the looks of—sandwiches, doughnuts, cakes, ho left cahip. On hi* reporting . ascertained. pies, hard boiled eggs, buns, etc.—and Brown’B disappearance, all the men in mill aie a total loss. Some think it is then tlie-mun behind the counter passes the neighborhood started in search of incendiary, while others believe it you out milk, coffee, tea, lemonade, as tho body} and remained out until snow caught from the machinery. It is you choose, and that’s five cents, too. stated that they will not rebuild, A “When you’re through you tell the interfered, but during the entire sum new steamer recently purchased at a man what you’ve had, he gives you a mer men have been looking for the cost of $1,500 did excellent work. Two months check, and you settle up with the cash body, without suece-e. ier near the ..door, I generally preeent ago a band of Indians went through Remanded to C’lilna. him with the munificent sum cf one the mountains but. could' get no tid Fifteen of the fifty-one Chinamen dime and a nickel, and don’t go away ings of the mimiiig.jna» ; but on Die hungry, either. That seems like a lot of 20.b inst. Mr. Thomas.Arthur, while who were released from the steamer Confidence to trust the lunchee to tell hunting, discovered a gun and a pair Belgic at San Francisco, on the plea how much he has had; but just let any of mittens, lying at the head of a tramp go in there and try to beat the small gulch. - Mr. Murphy reported that they were merchants, were re management, and he’ll find out double the matter to the senior Mr. Brown at manded to China by Judge Sawyer, al quick whethor any one’s glittering eye the ferry, and a party of searchers the request of their attorneys, who ad has been upon him. Summer weather started out on tile 22nd, and the fol milted that the men could not be classed as merchants. The genuine one doesn't want much to eat while you are working, but when the day is done lowing day Andy Williamson found Chinese merchants there say they are the skeleton of a mafipabout a quarter glad this barefaced attempt to evade you feel the need of something more staying than the everlasting buns and of a mile from the tent, and about the tbe exclusion act has failed bo com same distance from where the mittens sandwiches; a good square meal, in short, pletely and ignominiously. and I know whore I can get that some and gun fihd been found. The gun, Fire In a Grocery More. for 25 cents. when found, was still loaded. The “There are half a dozen places where hotly i/as intact, showing that it had A fire broke out in the cellar et a you can get it, and the menu is not so. not been molested by wild animals. frame building on Sutter street in San bad as you might think. There is soup, The body was lying on its back, and barley, vegetable or consomme; a bit of indications are that he was ou his way Francisco, occupied by Dietrick fish, with a boiled potato; lamb, mutton, to the tent when he fell. Blood marks Becker as a grocery. The walls of the veal or beef, some kind of vegetable, a were found on bis clothing, and. the building were torn down to keep the spoonful of stewed fruit for dessert, or coioner deemed it advisable to hold an fire from spreading, but in spite of the you may take cheeee instead, and then inquest on the remains. Brown was efforts of the firemen an adjoining you get ooffee, with bread ad libitum, building caught »nd was considerably throughout the meal. The peck of dirt 32 years old, and leaves a widow and damaged by fire and water. The to three Children. Mr. Charles White, is not tljrown in, thank Heaven. My tal loss ia $5,000; insured. Three place is on Third avenue, but it’s as clean who accompanied Brown on the ex ladies became frightened and went as tho Brunswick. The wuiterB wear pedition, is dt scribed as a crank. One upon the ro< f, from which position white jackets, but they’re white, and the man relates a story of While- being they were rescued with great diffi people see they are all clean and respect on the roaal with a friend, some time culty. _________________ able themselves, for it’s the dfsoentest ago. While was riding a mule, but dinner for the sum that I’ve over seen, bad run out of feed. ' His friend had Altemptea Nnlclde. and I have had some experience, I can an abundance of it, and told While to A tramp, having every appearance tell you. I ante up my little American n*e eome, but rather than do it he took of a lunatic, entered Thomas Jones’s quarter, and then I am fed for the day the mule into the mountain and shot at the reasonable sum of 50 cents. “ it. Bince the finding of Brown's b- dy barber shop, at Albany, Or., and after There are twenty nice restaiirantson the White has been running like a wild standing around for a few minutes good avenues where a capital table d’hote man along the banks of a creek. seised a razor and attempted to cut oan be had for fifty cents with a half fears that he is insane. his throat. Mr. Jones and Wm. Mack bottle of vin ordinaire thrown in, while There are some _a____________ _ interfered and put him out of th« the Italian eating places cut it down as Fire en Ho* r.i a Hteanaer. shop. He was then taken in chargf low as thirty cento, but wine is left out Fire was discovered in the pilot by Policeman McClain and was led off Actresses out of employment olub to He grew violent gether and dine at these places, snd_by house of the steamer San Joaquin, al to the city jaiL three ordering for two, which gives them Sacramento, Cal., aud before the ar when captured and was a tough cus all enough, they fare sumptuously every rival of the engines damage amount tomer to handle. He was accompan- day on about the sum usually reckoned ing to $500 or $600 had been done. i«-d by one Wm. Garnett, an itinerant sufficient to keep a bird alite. There are Il ia believed the fire was the act of marble cutter, who some months age still better, almost elaborate dinners to be an incendiary. nearly died in this city in a fit, am) had for sekenty-fiva oents amt $1, ami kt who was recently leleaaed from thi *- A llnru Burned. z insane asylum".'' He was arrested for these places you will find the newspaper A fire was discovered in the barn of begging, but escaped from the police and literary men tbesa hot evenings, with sprinklings of th« professionals and W. W. Montague near Agrews statTfffii man and ran down the street like a artiste.—Now York Cor. Brooklyn Eagle. in Ban Jose, Cal. The bam with 100 professional fool-racer, and could no tons of hay was completely destroyed. afterwards be found. nsrssshoss or todis Robber. A Noldler murder«« s»« Habbrd. The proposed substitution of India rub Low, $2,500. ber tof metal in Hie manufacture of The remains of a man dressed in a A OssrUI Tumblr» Dawn. horseshoes is bused upon various sup- During high winds at Fetaluma, soldier’s uniform were found five miles posed advantages, one of these being that the former enables a horse to go easily Cal., the old convent building tn pro west of Tucson, Aria. The body wa- all kinds of roods and rough or slip cess of removal fell down with a loud covered with rocks, and the pocket» ground without slipping. The con crash. Two young, ladies narrowly had been rifled. He is believed k i’«» brought forward for this pur- escaped being crushed to death. have been one of the deserters Iron Fort Lowell who bud been murdered Fr»l<b« Train» W reck««. by his companions for his few dollars. There waa" a smaahup at Pinole, Cal. A Bacrameuto freight train ran Catk.lleChwrcIi •■«Cell.fe Bar»«« The Catholic church and college into tbe west bound gravel train, one- half mile east of Pinole, smashing building in BL Helene, Cal., caught several freight can aud throwing them tire and wa. totally destroyed. , For into tbe ditch. The engine of the tunately an exouiaion train retaming freight train ia a total wreck. Th-- Uum Napa arrived ten minutes aftei engineer and fireman of'the freight the file started, and 200 excursionists train jumpod off and were consider of St. Helena and Calistoga were vert ably bruised. The oonduotor was, at quickly on the scene, and assisted ii tbe lime of the accident, walking on saving personal property and adjoin top of a box car, and was thrown into ing buildings. The loss to the CaU»-- a pond Of water nearhy. Whoa picked lie society is $10 000. The college b up be was more soared than hurt. insured for $5,500. The origin of th< Passenger trains ware delayed one fire is a mystery. hour by the accident. - ........ - _ «parimrotere find th powjro^naphthapu Fell traas a Bstalge. The wojk train of the Heppner branch arrived al Arlington, Or, bringing with it a Pwer who said the arrests were made more AGRICULTURAL. for tbe purpose of terviug as a .vyaro- ing than with a desire of securing D k VG i KO to THK iNTKKkbTS Of their conviction. ' < ▲ND STOCKMEN. MARKET REPORT. H ki . iablk Q uotations C arnfullt visKD K veby Wane. -. Careless Wills a Uwa. David-N. Winbigler, aged 20 years, while cleaning two gnns at hi^father’s residence in Banta Ana, Cal., acci dentally let a shotgun fall on a rifle, discharging the latter and fatally wounding himself in the abdomen. He died shortly after. His parents are well-to-do people and old settlers there. . __________ Guilty ot IHanslausbter. The trial of Albert R. Wolff, his wife Berta, and Alfred E. Peterson for the murder of Frank Wilson, at Bun Juan-by-the-Sea, Cal., was conducted in the superior court, the jury finding Albert It. Wolff guilty of manslaughter and acquiring Berta Wolff and Peter son. ___ _____ " Chlaansan Asaaaslaated. Wong Ah Ling, a Chinese domestic, was fired upon in Chinatown, San Francisco, by some persons lying in concealment. Two shots were fired. One bullet entered the right thigh, and passed through the leg; the other, passing through the body, made its exit at the lower part of the ab domen. His injuries are fatal. Wong said he did not know his assailant, and claims he was shot through mistake. Terribly Crushed. William Cotter, a drayman, of San Francisco, whs thrown from his seat by the truck striking an obstruction in the street The fall stunned him and the wheels of the heavily loaded truck passed over his chest, horribly crushing him. He was taken to a hos pital where he didd shortly after, He leaves a wife and six children. Dr. lliocb’a Positive Denial. The bearing of the charges of irreg ularity in his official capacity pre ferred against City Physician Bloch of San Francisco, by Coroner Stauton and Sheriff McMann was practically ended. Dr. Bloch positively denied he bad ever given poison to Goldenson the executed murderer of Mamie Kelly* as has been stated. Train Wrecked by Cattle. fl If the old rate have proved profit able, stick to them. If not, get out. BARLEY— Whole, $0 85«1 00; It is t^dimateJ that to collect one ground, per tod, 320 0U<g21 60. pound of honey from clover 62,000 OATS—Milling, 32®34c.; feed, 28 heads <n clover must be deprived of - , '• nectar and 4,750,000 visits from bees «30c. must lie made. HAY—Baled, $1U«$13. If the apple tree leaves turn lighter SEED— Blue Grass, 12« 15c.; Tim colored before y frost’ changes them othy, 7«8c.; Red CTover, 11« 12 jo. lock for the cause in the trunk near FLOUR— Patent Roller, $5 00; the root. The > Atene will be found in Country Brand, $4 50. a borer workini iffhis way to the heart of t«e .... tree, ..V. ,----- ana the --- way .. ..^ t»J „ . find — him EGGS—Per dps. 30c. is wit h a flexible wire inserted in the BUTTER—Fancy roll, per pound. opening to his retreat. 25c.; pickled, 22j«25c.; inferio? Don’t negl<ct to clean your orchard grade, 22j«25c. of all neats of (worms, etc., and, if CHEESE—Eastern, ®13|c.; Ore necessary, make a missionary tour to gon, Mi® 14c.; California, 14c. your lax neighbor’s orchard—for it is not only an act of charity, but of self- VEGETA. BJdfe . — Beets, per sack, ____ ,____ rEe, per lb., lc.; carrots, 00; cabbj&q defense. And tbe same remark will $1 apply to such contagions and cantan per sk., $ 75; lettuce, per doz. 10c.; kerous nuisances as Canada thistles onions, $ 85; potatoes, per 100 lbs., and like evil weeds. It is something 40c.; radishes, per» dos., 15«20c.; wire to dirsbarge the dpties of your rhubarb, per lb., 6c. neighbors in addition td your own, HONEY—In comb, per lb., 18o.; such benevolence being profitable. strained, 5 gal. tins, per lb. 8 jc. This is what a goo# many farmers I POULTRY — Chickens, per dot.. want to know, that is hpw to make $4 00@4 50; ducks, per doz., $5 00« more corn, and here is-a bit of sensi 6 00; geese, $6 00«7 00; turkeys ble talk abeut the matter : The best per lb., 10c. way to get more corn is get increased PROVISIONS—hams, 12jc yield from the same acreage. A poor corn crop necessarily costs so much per lb.; Eastern, 15@16c.; Eastern labor that it rarely pays a profit. But breakfast bacon. 12c. per lb.;'Oregon if the land is manured highly and cul 10@llc.; Easleru lard, 10@lljc. per v tivated thoroughly the crop rarely or lb.; Oregon, 10|c. never fails to pay. It is easily possible GREEN FRUITS — Apples,, $ 35 to double the corn yield on thq* pres ent acreage, and that, too, without @ 50c,: Sicily lemons, $6 00@6 50 coming near tbe large yields which California, $6 00«6 50; Naval oranges $6 00; Riverside, $5 00; Mediterra have been obtained in special cases.' nean, $4 25. The advantages of diehdrhing old DRIED FRUITS—Suu dried ap- animals have probably been exagger pies, 4c. per lb.; machine dried, 10® ated. A bull or cow used to hooking lie: pitiess plums, 7c,; Italian is only temporarily mado harmless by prunes, 10@12c.; peaches, 10|«llc.; dishorning. While the recent wounds raisins,.$2 4O®2 50. are sore, such animals will keep quiet, but with returning freedom from pain HIDES—Dry beef hides, 12«13;.; will be found a return of former vic culls,' 6«7c.; kip and calf; 10® 12c. ; iousness. The art of butting is not Matrain, 10 @12c.; tallow, 4«4^c.. lost with the horns, and a good butter, WOOL—Valley, 15@18c.; Eastern if viciously inclined, needs to be guarded against with or without horns. Oregon. 10@15c. The west-bound “flyer” on the Union Pacific was wrecked near Evanston, Wy., by running into a band of cattle. The locomotive, bag It is held that the destruction of the gage and express cars were ditched. A fireman named Kelly, who was oh cabbage worm may be accomplished his way from the East was killed. The by the use of pyrethrum. It should be in the use of fresh powder and in engineer was seriously injured. this form may be bought at any drug * , store. Il “should be mixed with about BALLADI OF DREAMLAND, three times it bulk of wheat flour and applied to the plant by means of a I bl<l my heart In a neat ot roses. Out of the sun's rays hidden apart. small bellows, made expressly for ap In a softer bed than the soft white snows la, plying insect powder. These bellows, Under the rosea I hid n>y heart. are aldo kept by druggists. A very Why should I sleep not? Why should It start When never a leaf tho rose tree stirred? small quantity of this mixture will be What made Bleep flutter his wings and part? sufficient for each plant. One pound Only the song of a secret bird. of the pyrethum is sufficient for an Lie still, I said, for the wind's wing closes, acre of cabbages. And mndloaves muffle tho keen sunTdart; It is easily possible in seasons of Lie still, for the wltgl on the warm sea doses,. And the wind is unquleter yet than thou art. Does a thought In thee still as a thorn's wound (¿art? Does tho fang still fret thee of hope deferred? What blds the lipa of thy sleep dispart? ' Only the song of a secret bird. . abundant blossoming for one-half the set of fruit to make more bulk of ap ples than the whole. The codling moth thins, and usually too much, but does not do it the right way. The ap The green land's name that a charm Incloses, It never was writ in the traveler's chart,. ples a?e half or two-thirds grown be And sweet on Its trees as the fruit that grows is. fore they drop and fall. The true way It never was sold In the merchant's mart. Ths swallows of dreams through Its dim field, is to spray the tree with Paris green to ilestroy'the worm, and then hand-pick dart. And Bleep's are tho tunes In Its tree tope heard: the fruit before it forms seeds, and No hound's note wakens the wild wood hart. thus exhausts the vitality of the tree. Only the song of a secret bird. ■wot In the world of dreams I have chosen my part. To sleep for a season and hear, no word Of the true love’s truth or the light love's art. Only the song of a secret bird. —Swinburne. Some Facts About Confectionery. “The confectioners’ art has reached its highest state of development," remarked a confectioner to the writer the other day, “and the kind of candies most in demand at the present are gum drops, lozenges of various flavors, and tho delicious and ever popular marshmallow drops. The latter are mado chiefly of gum-arabic, fine sugar and other Ingredients, which are boiled iin large quantities) In mammoth copper cettlee, made to evolve on a pivot by the employment of steam power. These rap idly turning kettles are used for mixing the compounds. In the case of the marsh mallows, they are allowed to cool after coming from the mixing kettle, after which the mixture is poured into molds previously prepared for its reception by dusting with powdered staren. Gum drops are composed principally of pure glucose and sugar, mixed and boiled with other materials in the usual manner. “Lozengee," further explained the pro prietor. “are first made tn a paste, which Is rolled out in a flat sheet and cut by a stamping machine to the desired shape and size. The most steadily popular con fection Is the carameL They are made chiefly of tho inevitable boiled sugar and glucose, made into a svrup and flavored with tbe eesenoee or lemon, orange, vanilla, etc. This syrup Is allowed to cool and harden, and Is then cut into little cubes, which are deftly enveloped tn small squares of perfumed paraffine paper by expert young girls. “The uses of the 'pulling hook’ and the process of 'pulling* or kneading certain kinds of candy ia too well known to need any description. The. familiar ‘stick* candy la made by first being pulled. What Is known as 'old fashioned molasses taffy* is also made In this fashion. Thin, trans parent candy is not subjected to the pull ing process.'*—New York Evening Sun. \ OaM a^d Sri ' Gold aM Stiver Product. A valuable valnabM report from the director of the States that the total product of 2.. mint -tatkaetM gold and sUver lnth. United States during 1887 exceeded $-«. 500,000. Of led $86,5w,vw. vi thia tnra tot3 vovai th. gold was «33.003.000. California Is la ras $33.098,000. th. largest producer of the yellow metal. metal, th. yield of ' her mines exceeding $13,000.- $13,000,- 000. The director estimates that last year the net gain to tho country of bul lion and coin by imports was $38,000,000, and that we used in lbs Industrial arte about «14.300,000 worth of gold aM $5.- 000.000 worth of silver. The product of these precious metals in tbe United States appears to be more than one-third that of th« whole world. In 1886 the world pro duced about «99,000,000 of gold and $1M. 000,000 of silver. If, bowsver. of our production of these metals la large for eur population, onr coosnmptfon of tbsm tkm of gold and silver, as nearly as can be determined, is respeetivoly $4AOOO.x 000 ud ^22.000.000.'^! population eg that of the werM, Mit satrial arte not Tar froes *r«n WHEAT— Valley, $1 40<3fl 42| Walla Walla, $1 3201 35. The corn crop in all the great corn- producing Btates is a very large one, and is now safely ripened. No other grain crop is quite so important as this to the prosperity of all branches of farming, and therefore of. the entire country. It is the pivot upon which everything else swinge. The crop this year will be something more than 2,000,000,000 bushels, and in butter, cheese, beef and pork will largely swell our exports, and make up for tbe deficiency in bur wheat crop. Oats are almost exclusively sold by weight, and al) grain should be. There is a great difference in the weight of this j(rain, varying with season,variety and locality. Western oats, for rami cause, are much lighter th>n those grown in New York and Eastern States. The standard weight per bushel is also two to four pounds less. Light oats are usually caused by hot dry weather as the grain ir filling. Wherever such weather prevails the set d quickly degenerates, and nseds to be renewed every few years by import ations from Europe, where coolersum- mere make the conditions for grow ing heavy oateTtaofe favorable than here. Desperate efforts are made by some farmers to finish plowing or planting or cultivating a crop just to beat eome neighbor who has the enviable repu tation of always being ahead of any one else with his work. The idea of keeping work well in hand is a,(pod one, and the honor of leading tliAAan in a neighborhood in all kinds of sfork is one worthy to be sought after '■’but ihr re are other considerations that are of much more importance than that of being able to say that no one ia farther along with their work than you are. Ground is sometimes made haid to cultivate by being plpwed while too wet, and crops are some times rained by putting the seed in the earth when it is n-t in tbe proper condition. The farmer who raises the beat arope, and doee ii with the least trouble and cost, is generally the man who usee his judgment in regard to the time of preparing the ground, plant ing tbe seed and motivating tbe plan's regardless of what others may do or “y-, - ■ . 1 —“Grailous* me!" s^d old Mrs. Bently. who was reading! an acroenl of a public dinner. ^•'What's the mat ter?” Inqulreff'old Mr.Bently. “What an aw fill amount o' toast these men do oat! I should think It would make ’em thirsty.’’ Omer's Bazar. Mrs. Vafc Prim—“I am astonished. Clara, that you should voluntarily al low Mr. Featherly to put his arm around you." Clara—“It wasn't ax- aotly voluntary, mother; at least oom brofflght LUMBER—Rough, per M, $10 00; edged, per M, $12 00; T. and G. sheathing, per M, $13 00 ; No. 2 floor ing, per M, $18 00; No. 2 ceiling, per M,$l-8 00; No.2rustic, perM, $18 00; clear rough, per M, $20 00; clear P. 4 8, per M, $22 50; No. 1 flooring, per M, $22 50; No. 1 ceiling, per M. $22 50; No. 1 rustic, per ,M, $22 50; stepping, per M, $25 00; over 12 inches wide, extra, $1 00; lengths 40 to 50, extra, $2 00; lengths 50 to (k) extra, $4 00; 1^ la’h, per M, $2 25; 1J lath, per M, $2 50. BEANS—Quote small whites,$4 50; pinks, $3; bayos, $3; butter,-$4 50; Limas, $4 50 per cental. COFFEE—Quote Salvador, ,17c; Costa Rica, 18@20c.; Rio, 18@20c.; Java, 27 jc.; Arbuckle’s’s raasted, 22c. MEAT—Beef, wholesale, 2|@3e.; dressed, 6e.; sheep, 3c ; dre-sed, 6c.; hogs, dressed, b|@7e.; veal, 5@7c. PICKLES—Kegs quoted steady at $1 35. ,h’ ■"••utlo». Mad« by IlauKnant Gn/don. * There appears to be every indieaU™, that within the next five years mous strides will be made by the United States towards securing adequate pro tection against foreign Invasion This I protection will not be accomplished lq all probability, by the old obaolnl system of fortifications which w « m sufficient for other days and genera, "jb- Uons in the gaH^ipart of the present century. Instead of them, the United H States will probably be armed with weapons of defensive warfare so power- .ful in their destructive capacity as to oohvinoe the would-be invader that his armada maw he blown out of the water afidvotallyvannlhilatod before he can fire his flfot gun, no matter how thickly plated with armour his vessel may be. A great deal ha^been heard within the past few months of the Zallnski dynamite gun, and the army appropriation bill carries an item of ’ $500,000 to be used in supplying the military service of the United States with this gun. It Is also understood that the naval bill will have a similhr amount for like weapons for the navy But there is another method for firing dynamite which wUl also be adopted, in all probability, and which, owing to its simplicity, promises greater results than the Zalinski gun. During the Tonquin war the Chinese- Government employed an officer of the United States navy, namely. Lieutenant Grayjlon, to I block the Canton river in order that the progress of the French fleet might be checked. Lieutenant Graydon coujd - not secure an extended leave of ab sence for tho purpose of conducting this work, and, in consequence, re signed his position in the United States navy. Ilq was so successful in his work that ho was offered something like $690,000 by the Viceroy of Ton quin to blockade in a similar manner the Min river, but the Viceroy of Can ton, fearing a visit of the French fleet, declined to allow him to leave and the offer had to be declined, and the result was that Foo Chow was captured by tho French. Lieutenant Graydon has devised a system for flriug dynamite from ordi nary cannon, which system has been tested at Sandy Hook with remarkable results. There was presented to the Mil itary Committee of the House copies of letters from several of the foremost military and naval officers of the coun try, in which they spoke in terms of the highest praise of the Graydon method of exploding dynamite. Ad miral Jouett expresses the flrm convio- tion that the use of dynamite, with its wonderful power to annihilate, will prove to be the most effective means of checking warbfare. As soon as the nations of tho earth ascertain that the declaration of war means absolute de struction for their fleets and their sob diers, arbitration will bo resorted to, instead of appealing to gunpowder and tho saber. A large sum has been ap propriated for testing this new weapon, and an experiment will probably be made under the direction of the offi cers of the army and navy somd time this summer, as to its effectiveness against one of the old monitors. Those who have seen . Lieutenant Graydon's work in the past are satisfied th^t with*-, a flfteon-inch rifle" cannon, at a dis- lance of four miles, he could blow from the face of the sea the most powerful armored vessel of any navy in the world.— Washington Letter. SALT— Liverpool grades of fine quoted $18, $19 and $20 for tbe three « COLONY OF LEPERS. sizes; stock salt,$10. The Inland Het Apart for Their Use by the Hawaiian Government. SUGAR—Prices for barrels; Golden The leper oommunlty 1 b on tha 0,6^0.; extra C,6fc.; dry granulated, 7|c.; crush' d, fine crushed, cube. and island of Molokaia, In the Hawaiian powdered, 7}c.; extra C, 6fc.; halves ttrchipelago. On this Island are a number of precipitous peaks, and at and boxes, |c. higher. the base of one of these, which —“That’s it!’’ exclaimed Nirs. Bas is throe thousand feet high, lie the com at the concert, as the singers Kaluapapa plains, stretching seaward, and wholly without communioation came out again in response to an en- oore. “ Make ’em do it over again with the rest of the island, except by up til they get the thing right”— Bur sea, as the wall of rock stretches on cither side to the water’s edge. To lington Free Preu. this plain, thus isolated by nature, all —“Be mine,” he cried, with voice lepers are banished as soon as the first surcharged with anguish. “If you refuse symptoms of the disease appear. This me I shall die!” That was forty years settlement was formed by order of the ago, and the heartless girl refused King In 1866, for It was found that in him. Yesterday he died. Girls, be spite of stringent commands to secure ware. — Binghamton Republican. tho isolation of Individual cases, these —“You are much taller than you could not be carried out while the lep were a year ago,” said a gentleman to ers were allowed to livo with their a friend. •■ Yes; I have reformed; that families and friends. Outside of the makes me taller.” “Andhow is that?” fact that the lepers are debarred from “Well, as I have reformed I have be any direct communication with non- come necessarily more upright” Infected persons, no restriction is laid —Dora—“ How did you fetch him at upon them. Their village, which has last dear?” Laura— •• I told him I’d usually an average of about eight hun about made up my mind to become a dred inhabitants, has Its churches, Sister of Mercy.” Dora—“How did schools, and stores as the other vil that affect him?” Laura—“ He asked lages have.and also Government offices. me if I wouldn’t practice on him as my The Government provides all with first unfortunate.”— Time. sholter, necessary clothing, and daily —At sea on Us yacht, with ■ fair lady bs rations of good food, for all luxuries him. they must depend upon their own re He asked for a kiss, but she chose to deny sources or the generosity of friends. him, *Not here," cried tho lady, In toneo full of Medicine and the attendance of a phy mirth, w sicinn are provided by the Government, “Though 1 have not the slightest objection on which also appropriates $20,000 ayear, earth.” a certain proportion of which is to be —Harper’s Bazar. . —Must Get Her Money Back- given for every instance of actual cure Customer (to fruit - seller) — •• How in the case of a leper. All officials on much for the plqms, aunty?” Aunty— the island are lepers: the teachers, “Penny a piece, sah.” Customer— and the ministers, with the exception "7'hat • very high for plums, aunty; of a Roman Catholic priest, are lepers. can t you let me have four for five These unfortunates employ themselves cents? Aunty—“No, sah; dem plume in various ways; have a band of inuslo and a military drill. There is a large oost mo’n dat”— Spock. hospital, kept in admirable condition, M —Scene at the Barracks- Pi tou. on in which the more advanced and more returning from batallion drill, strolls along the corridors shouting with serious cases are eared for. The iepers might and main: “Left wheel, forward of the Sandwich Islands are not "lepert white as snow." Their disease Is y* ~ | ma-r-roh!” Adjutant Friston (open Chinese leprosy, in which the fl«'h A* - J ing the door)—“Four days’ guard comes discolored and decays.—CA«”“, room to Private Pitou for imitating Inter Ocean. the Captain’s voice by bawling like a Financial Information. donkey."—La Patriot» lUtutre. A. —Did you gain any thing in J0- ‘ —Cornelius Collins, of the Govern Wall street sp~ ipecnlation? ment Bureau of Engraving and Print B. —O, yes; ; I acquired the idea that ing, has been a most faithful and per I was an ass. severing worker. He has lost 'only “Is that all? Why, I could have told five days in twenty-four years, during you that before you attempted to go which he has ^een in the service of the in."—Texas Si/lings. Government —ExiEmpbess Eugenie is said to have developed strange idiosyncracles, besides being a recluse. Onqis a ten dency to spiritualism and a belief that she can communicate with her dead —A dog in Davenport, la., having seized a youag sparrow that had dropped to the sidewalk, was instantly . set Upon by half a dozen of thb gn>*" birds with a ferocity that not only mad« him drop his prey, but sent him «V howling with the flowing