SEH I-WEEK LV
WEST SIDE
M’MINNVILLE, OREGON, JULY 6, 1886.
VOL. I
iias to DC pretty wen traineu. i . lmii -
a coach with fourteen sections, milking
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Spring," sang the poet, "building spring " double the number of berths, it m-iv.
Alas! the boughs were barn:
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however, accommodate a considerably
Ite was himself the one green thing,
hirger number of passengers, as each
■EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY'
For ice lay everywhere
berth often is occupied by two persons.
—IN
"Hail, Spring, with breezes soft and sweet " But the thing most likely to confuse a
The Spring returned his hail:
Garrisons Bunding. McMinnville. Oregon. There
novice in our service is whenever the
came a shower ot snow and sleet
— BY —
I’pon a wintry gale.
same berth is sold twice duringasingle
night. A passenger, for instance,
Fl'nl 11111 <><? &
“Sing, merry birds, in bush and tree."
leaves the train shortly after midnight,
He read the ulmanac:
Publishers and Proprietors.
The birds were wiser far than he.
and another is directly afterward
And did not hurry back.
turned into the vacant berth, merely
SUBSCRIPTION RATES:
“Spr ng, gentle"—heie lie ceased to sing
allowing the porter sufficient time for
'Jjpne year...............................
>2 00
Let tlie sad truth be told:
changing sheets, etc. In eventualities
I 25 The while he sangot balmy spring.
Kix months..............................
M'liree months.........................
of this kind it depends largely upon the
. 76
He eaught an awl'ui cold.
detective's faculty of familiarizing him
—Mis. M. P. Handy, in Century Maya. me.
filtered in the 1‘osloitiue nt McMinnville, Or.,
self with the features of each passenger,
as second-class matter.
and thus at aglanceobserveanvehange
SLEEPING-CAR SPOTTERS. or augmentation of the total number.
A PICTORIAL ADDRESS.
"The life a railroad detective is not
■unie of the Foolish Smartness of People
Who Write Letters.
How They Bring Unwary Conduct a very enviable one, I can assure you.
He is hired on the express condition
I it requires the whole time of a force
ors to Sudden Grief.
that instructions, however repulsive to
,k>f four clerks to decipher tlm directions
his character, must be strictly com
ion letters received at the post-.)ffii<: in
Not a hundred yards from Grand plied with. Furthermore, he has no
j this city, and they have become so Central depot is a saloon largely fre abiding place whatever. The interest
expert in determining li tters and word» quented by railroad employes, and es of the service requires a continuous
shifting around with the men from one
■ffiut what looks to the ordinary person pecially by sleeping-car conductors, road
to another in order to reduce as
like a form of hieroglyphics is rent’ih who, as a rule, indulge in fancy drinks much as possible the chances of attract
intelligible to them. Some of the letters of first quality and display a very fas ing suspicion by the conductors and
■which are turned over to them cont:il:> tidious taste. A reporter happened railroad employes in general. It is
Koine very remarkable and grotesque the other night to stroll into this resort thus a usual thing for a spotter to travel
through every Staig in the Union in the
i
{varieties of hand-writing.
and ran across an acquaintance whose course of a few months, and his work
I It is no unusual thing for the men occupation consists in shadowing sus is really harder than most people would
who distribute the mails to find in
imagine. Naturally he must assume
batch a half n dozen envelopes whisk pected conductors.
“You desire, then, to learn about different roles to meet any emergency
look as if some fow 1 just emerging from
throw off suspicion. You find him
.«ome dark liquid had walked ner. s< the secret service on railroads.” coin and
posing as a land speculator, insurance
them. The writing of lawyers and meneed the detective, after a con versa agent, merchant, missionary, gambler,
tnen in public life is the hardest the tion in the course of which such a de newspaper man or politician, all ac
officials have to struggle with. They sire had been expressed. “Well, those cording to the particular job on hand
' nre so accustomed to write in such sleeping-car conductors we saw just and the character of the section through
haste that even in the directions of a
which he travels.
letter they employ so many abbrevia now in the saloon afford excellent
“ The general course is to assign one
tions as to make the address almost un specimen» for observation. The tempta
intelligible to any but a skilled post tion to knock down fares is great, yet agent to each car, thus checking every
office official. Merchants and bankers it is altogether different now from passenger, but the entire registration
also write very obscure addresses, but what it used to be in the olden times. must be done mentally. The art con
sists in evincing the least possible con
they are by no means as bad as the
Some fifteen or twenty years ago a cern, and the spotter should always
lawyers and statesmen.
I The worst fiend the decipherers have conductor’s berth was worth quite as have a straight story to tell when he
to contend with is the extremely funny much as a seat in the Stock Exchange I engages in conversation with other
young man whose delicate sense of or a sheriff’s appointment, but those passengers or “pals” of the conductor.
Jtasteful humor leads him to discard flush times have luul their day and it At the end of each trip the detective
Buch common things as good English takes a great amount of sharp practice makes out an elaborate report covering
letters in the address of notes to his to beat the vigilance of a spotter. a certain car and sends it to head
However, to present a correct idea of quarters, where it is compared with the
lady friends.
I The letters in some very frequently the clever detective work carried on in conductor’s balance sheet. The spotter
give place to symbols, such as are seen this unique line, it would be as well to is frequently instructed to pay cash
on advertising puzzles, and very often give you a thorough insight into the fares himself, and the most conclusive
proof is derived by holding out the
the mail distributors come across an business.
“Now. then, the Pullman Palace Car tempting bait in such a manner as to
envelope which bears nothing but a
Company on several occasions found it entrap the conductor. When the evi
group of pictures.
dence is found to be of a very dam
I Postmaster Huidckoper and several necessary to engage tho services of de aging character all formalities are dis
tectives
to
watch
some
conductors
on
of his clerks were engaged in endeavor
pensed with and his walking papers
ing to decipher one of these when a w hom suspicion had crystallized, and in served at once. Nevertheless there
most
Instances
conclusive
proof,
»flow
■Reporter dropped into the post-office.
a systematic robbery, was fur arc some shrewd conductors who man
The pictures were all drawn with hard ing
nished.
dishonest employes re age to delude detection in spite of all
lead pencil and were very neatly exe ceived, of The
course,
the ‘grand bounce;’ vigilance. They possess a sort of in
cuted. The first one represented a new men were selected
to fill the va tuitive tact through which the presence
jgiddy-lookiug young girl dancing a
cancies.
and
still
it
was
apparent
that of a so-called Hawkshaw is revealed.
Kornpipe. This was made out to mean
The conductors, without exception, en
heavy
depredations
continued
to
“Miss." The next was the capital let- carried on. The case could only be
tertain a bitter hatred to the detective
be
ter L drawn in monogram form with explained in a wav exceedingly dispar service, and in this age of dynamite as
the small letter n. This was under
to human nature, but a detective an agent of redress for supposed griev
stood to mean “Ellen.” There was a aging
who had been assigned on the work ances it is rather surprising that no at
figure of Samson and the lion.
length of time and thus tempt has so far been made to blow up
I “I have it,” exclaimed ~
Postmaster for some
considerable experience, based i the spotter headquarters. Vengeance
Huidckoper, triumphantly. ‘•If means < gained
n close observation, ventured to make has. though, been executed on several
'Miss Ellen Samson.”
assertion impeaching the hones of our men out in the Territories,
■ The first figure on the second row a ty b of >ld nearly
all conductors. He sug where the public, as a rule, is in sym
was a woman leaning over a wash tub
gested, consequently, to organize an pathy with the conductors, and rejoices
in the act of washing. Next to this elite
corps of railroad detectives, es in the sport of hunting down an awk
was the following: "2,240 pounds.”
picked to meet the require ward spotter.
■his meant ton, and with washing pecially
“A favorite scheme with the con
ments of that particular service, and
made “Washington.” The next symbol subject
the men to an incessant and ductors is occasionally to turn in a fare
Was a figure showing a street. On the rigid vigilance.
Headquarters were or two in excess of the number really
third row was a picture of a door
for the purpose of creating
/Standing beside a chest, supporting the established in this city, and although collected,
the extra running expenses incurred an impression upon the company that
letter 11. This was interpreted to mean by
the service are quite heavy, there is the spotter’s report is untrustworthy
tPorchester.
doubt but many thousand dollars at all times. Now and then the train
S Then there was a drawing of a letter no
M being kicked over by an ass.
This have been saved .for the company, employes suspect an entirely innocent
the thieving propensities of many person, and it ¡8 amusing to behold the
Was designed to stand for “Mass.,” while
employes encounter a severe restraint puzzled mien of such a passenger when
meaning Massachusetts. So. after by
tho constant fear of detection and lie encounters the strange looks be-
half an hour’s work, it was discovered
stowed upon him bv conductor and
that the address was “Miss Ellen Samp- disgrace.
“You think that long service has porter. The mutual interest existing
■on, Washington street, Dorchester, hardened
my judgment and I am wrong between these functionaries tends to
Klass.” The postmaster very kindly for- in considering
majority of conduct overcome race prejudice, and conse
JRrarded it to her, remarking that the ors more or less the
to dishonesty. quently they are both on the
Broung man who wrote the unique ad- Allow me, then, inclined
to offer an explana alert to get on the track of
Bress probably thought himself smart. tion. I am sincerely
prac
convinced that a their sworn enemies. One way, prac-
¿—Philadelphia Call.
great many of these fellows would be ticed with a view to extending a secret
trustworthy in any other position, but warning to colleagues on the different
HOW TO LEARN.
somehow the wrong-doing appears lines, is to cut a notch in the heel of
Sensible and Timely Advice to American trivial or even pardonable because it is the supposed spotter's shoes while the
Mechanics.
a corporation of millionaires which has porter ostensibly subjects them to a
| What a mechanic needs most to-day to suffer, and the employes claim as an first-class shine. Identification is by
and other devices made quite easy,
is to know how to think. A man who extenuating circumstance that the bail this
example of greedy directors helps to and the further use of the shown up
can do this is never at fault for ways destroy their feeling of moral responsi detective is seriously impaired.
/and means; he can meet any emer- bility.
“The unwary traveler on entering *
“But, to draw an illustration, let us palace sleeping-car is likely to become
genev. If a difficult joint comes along.
imagine
a
case
like
this
:
An
elderly
impressed with the notion that an air
She rises to it and enjoys conquering the
■difficulty. He is an inventor. He in- gentleman who in vain has endeavored of distinguished respectability is per
■vents hundreds of things every month to adjust himself into a comfortably vading every visible object alike.
recumbent position on the rigid seats Whether lie may cherish this idea to
jof his life.
| Such a man loves deal ly to go on a of an ordinary passenger car, resolves the end of his journey, even in case the
(tramp. He loves to go into every shop to spend a few dollars in order to se passengers are somewhat mixed, de
land factory and use his eyes. That cure a good night's rest. Well, he is pends largely upon the conductor’s
Iman is a scholar. He is at school all courteously shown an inviting berth in talent to manage each party in defer
Ithe time. He has learned the one vital the sleeper, while a dusky porter eager ence to their particular wants. Shady
llesson and knowledge is his. Our man ly grabs the passenger's sachel, and individuals, professional gamblers, etc.,
[has learned how to learn. Not a shop grins complacently at the prospective nre, of course, not permitted to operate
Idoea he enter, but something appears tip. The features of the conductor, on upon the trains, but a smart conductor
Iwnich he wishes to see. He learns a the other hand, assume a strictly busi can arrange such things to suit .-'ll
¡' new kink while he is watching Bob ness-like expression, although there parties concerned when ne is decently
light his pipe or set a lathe tool. He might be reason to question his integri recompensed, and. consequently, you
finds a treasure where Mike would see ty of purpose if one could only catch might make an interesting study in the
nothing but steel, scrap iron and two his stealthy glance. The fact is our dubious art of high-staked poker if
fri nd has cleared the wav fora ‘knock you happen to drop into the smoking
dollars a day.
Perhaps our man has got half an down fare’ bv overlooking the slight, saloon of a sleeper after eleven p. m
"The professional sputter has to keep
■ idea as to some improvement to a ma- formality of issuing a berth-check t<*
Ichine. He is working up his odd min- the new passenger, and he is now med an eye on all transactions of this kind,
itating
the
problem
whether
every
and his report affords frequently some
I utes in improving his invention. As
Ihe walks through ashop he sees a jig thing is all right—a phrase which in very spicy reading. There are, besides,
his
vocabulary
figures
as
a
synonym
a number of other duties he is required
[for some peculiar job. It is nothing
[but a couple of screws and two pieces for a ‘spotter' lining in sight. How to perform, such as observing whether
ever.
the
clever
fellow
has
unfortunate
[of iron, yet it suggests something, and ly failed to observe the piercing eves all tickets and checks are properly can
celed, noting the condition of car ami
[his invention is perfected. Like a flash
Ithe mind catches the idea of what is "f a detective who is watching the closet», paying attention to the conduct
whole
transaction
through
a
small
of train employes if they should sleep,
■wanted, yet the article which suggested
in the curtain of an upper drink or smoke or use profane language
lit is no more like it than "elbow opening
Berth, and vou het he will get him on on duty. Sometimes it is next to im
krease” is like “taper oil.”
list.
possible to catch a conductor, although
, When you learn a trade or study a Hi ■ ■ You
must understand the cheeking suspicion rests upon him, and a detect
Besson. then learn how to think and of a sleeper
is a very complicated affair, ive is then put on to shadow tho man
Blow to catch new ideas. Learn this and the detective
who escapes making in order to learn his habits, compan
■lung, and if you can do it the trade is some »ort of a blunder
on a lonf, run I ions and general conduct in private life
Tour».-— American .Machinist
¡WEST SIDE 'TELEPHONE.
¡ELEPHONE
THE TRUTH ABOUT IT.
I'hrougli tills source very vamaoie tes I
timony is often procured and circum
stantial evidence furnished, showing
the suspected party is a dissolute fellow,
spending much more than his salary
would justify at the gambler’s den or
in dissipation. Yes, the spotter system
is a big thing, and you can’t afford Io
dispense with it as iongas sordid greed
for money remains the pivot of human
nature;”— N. Y. Herald.
ABOUT DOGS.
:'<*lnta
of
Interest to All Admirers of tlie
Canine Itace.
I'he wonderful variation in size, ap
pearance and intellect of dogs must
strike every one who remembers that
this great variety came originally from
three or four species of wild dogs.
There is now preserved in an English
museum a little dog of the terrier kind
which was about two years old» at its
death. It was exactly five and one-
half inches long, which is just the
length of a German boar hound in an
other part of the museum, measured
from the corner of the eye to the tip of
the nose. So great is the difference
that one can hardly realize that they
probably had a common ancestor.
The original wild dogs had very
much the aspect of wolves—erect ears
and bushy, flowing tails. It is thought
by many that the dogs most nearly ap
proaching them in appearance are
nearest them in point of development,
and that the breed closely related are
our shepherds, but an examination and
comparison of the bones, and particu
larly the skulls, show that among the
principal breeds the line of descent is:
First, wild dog; then Danish dog
hounds, pointers, terriers, pugs, span
iels and pct dogs in general come last.
The influence of men over all nature
is most markedly shown in pet dogs.
They are, as a rule, small, with tails
curved upwards, ears drooping, but
sure signs of domestication. Besides,
the temperament and disposition are
w holly changed, whereas wild dogs are
natural hunters, the pet dogs being
wholly ignorant of the wiles of the
chase. A pug would probably be as
much surprised at the sudden appear
ance of a rabbit as bunny would be at
the pug. The probability is that both
would run as soon as they saw each
other.
The varieties have been so long bred
that they would never return to origin
al species again, even if left to run
wild. That they are closely related to
wolves and other animals, however, is
shown by the fact that they will breed
with them and also by the taming of
wolves taken very voting. They become
gentle and affectionate. A wolf yelp
when young, if suddenly menaced by
a master, will cringe and beg off just
as a dog does when he thinks he is
going to be whipped. They have many
other traits which indicate a close re
lationship.
Not only are wolves capable of do-
mi^tication, but on the other hand dogs
often escape and become wild. A case
is related of a greyhound who con
cluded she would take to the woods.
After a year or two she was captured
and brought back. In a few months
she presented her master with some
pups, but as soon as they were able to
lake care of themselves she left them
and again ran away. Three of the
pups stayed at home and became good
citizens, but two partook of the moth
er’s nature and ran away to join her.
They at last became so destructive to
young animals that they were hunted
down ami shot.
Puppies gel their eyes open on the
tenth or twelfth day, reach their full
growth at the end of the second year
and are very old at ten years, very
few of them reaching the green old age
of twenty. Although their lives are short
they are full of interest. The devotion
of a dog for his master is phenomenal.
He will stick to him whatever be hi-
fortunes, stand any amount of abusi
and love his master with a forgiving
spirit m spite of every thing.— Pitts-
hurhg Dispatch.
THE EX-EMPRESS.
A Touching Story of the Unhappy and
tlonielcHM Eugenie.
The following is the latest story that
is told about the Empress Eugenie,
who has ever Ifeeti a striking figure
since the day she charmed Napoleon
III. with the wreath of violets which
she wore in her golden hair. “'Twas
morning then, but now the night has
come.”
A few days ago, says the
chronicler, a visitor to the Marcus
Church at Venice, where the ex-Em-
press is now staying, observed a lady
dressed in deepest mourning kneeling
in long silent prayer before one of the
side altars. W hen at last she rose she
looked about her in search of some
thing which she missed, and then
walked slowly away, and supporting
herself by the wall, toward the en
trance. The stranger politely offered
his arm, which was gratefully accepted,
the lady meanwhile explaining that
one of the beggars must have taken her
silver-headed walking-stick away, with
out which she was "very helpless.”
Outside the church two liveried foot
in'n were waiting; the stranger on re
tiring offered his address card (alas,
for cruel Nemesis, he was a German
lrom Berlin!) glancing at which the
lady was seen to shudder siig.itly and
and then return the civility by whisper
ing: “Empress Eugenie, ami home
less.” Pall .Mull Gazette.
— GaMbling baa grown to be so com
mon a cause of ruin in the town, o
Berkshire County, Mas». — Pittsti< ]
Ix-e, Lenox, North Adams, etc. that
powerful movement has been begu
against the practice. -Boston .lour
NO. 7
THE BUSY LITTLE BEt.
PRODUCE MARKET,
The Part Which It Plays to ths Kconomy
of Nature.
Portland.
I I.OUR—Per bbl. standard brands.
*3 80; others. *2.2.Xa,3.25.
WHEAT—Per ctl. valley, *1.1591.174.
Wada Walla. 81.05611.074.
BARLEY-Whole. If cental, *1.07i@1.10
ground, IP ton, *22.50(0,24.
OATS—Choice milling, 37J<g40c; choice
feed 32 a35c.
RYE-Per ctl, Sl.OOCnl.W.
BUCKWHEAT FLOUR—Per cti. *3.76.
CORN MEAL—Per ctl, yellow, *2.50«»
2.75; white, *2.60^3.76,
CRACKED WHEAT—Per ctl, *2 76
HOMIN'Y-Per ctl, *1.00.1
OATMEAL -Per lb. 3.50.
PEARL BARLEY-No 1,5c; No. 2,14c;
No. 3, 4c.
SPLIT PEAS Per lb, 6?.
PEARL TAPIOCA—In boxes, (tyc.
SAGO—Per lb, tic.
VERMICELLI—Per lb. No. 1, *1.26; No.
2,90c.
BRAN—Per ton, *13.50.
SHORTS—Per ton. *10.
MIDDLINGS—Per ton, *206£25.
CHOP—Per ton, *25.00.
HAY—Per ton. baled, *7fe8.
OIL CAKE MEAL—Per ton, *30(a32.5O.
HOPS—Per lb, Oregon, nominal; Wash.
Ter., do.
EGGS—Per doz. 12Jc.
BUTTER— Per Ib.tancv roll, 16c; lnferfi r
grade. 12; pickled, 10(0,12c.
CHEESE—Per tb, Oregon, 6<^llc; Cali
fornia, 8fi,10c.
DRIED FRUITS—Per ib, apples, ouar
ters, sacks find boxes, 34. do sliced, in
sacks and boxes, 3.j(a4i: apricots. 17c;
blackberries, 13^z 15c; nectarines. t6«(g<l7c-
' peaches, halves unpeeled, 7i(o8c. pears,
quartered, 7(a8;
pitted cherries, 16c;
pitted plums, California, BiglOc; do Or
egon, otv 7c; currants, 8<«9; dales, dig
7e; tigs, Smyrna, 17 a IB; California, 6@7;
prunes, Caliioruia, 5(s,U; French. 10(“>12i;
Turkish. (i(a.7; raisins. Callforia Lon
don layers. *2.15(a z.20 * box; loose Mus-
cslels, *2to2.10; SeedlesB, (T tb, L2c; Sul
tana, 12«c.
RICE —China, No. 1, *5.80; do No. 2,
*5.2o; Sandwich Islands. No. 1, *5.26,
! BEANS — Per ib, pea, 2tc;
small
whiles, 2jc; bayo, 2Jc; lima, 3c; pink, 2)c.
V EG ETABLES—Beets. OHb. 14c; cabbage,
4? tb,2e«: carrots. V sck,*1.25; cauliflower.IP
doz, *1.25. green corn, v dozen, z5c; green
peas, 4» Ib, Zjc; lettuce, « doz, 2oc; onions,
1|; turmps, f tb, lsc; spinach. 4» sack. 40
(a50c; celery, »■ doz, *i, parsnip», t* gek,
75c
tomatoe-, ip box, $2 6 j «3; string
beans, f lb, 5c; cucumbers, doz., 40c.
POTATOES—Patotoes, new, lsdtzc; per
j sack, old, *1.00.
POULTRY—Chickeus,
do«, spring,
*— fe2.i 0. old * — (a3.50; ducks, *3.U0
(«3.60; geese, *4.00<ai5;
turkeys, V Ib.
nominal, lOtjz 12c.
*
HA Ms—Per Ib, Eastern, —®—c; Or
egon, V^felOc.
BACON—Per tb, Oregon sides, 6®7c; do
shoulders, 5(a6.
TEAS—Young Hyson, 25<865c; Japan.
20<u.56c; Oolong, I5u»65c; Gunpowder auc
Imperial, 25&6bc.
sYKUr'-California refinery is quoted
at 30c. in bbls; in kegs and i-gal.
tins 35(0-45,
In these days of popular science it is
hardly neoessary to make more than
passing reference to the part which the
bee plays in nature. In the vegetable
world it is a vital necessity that the fer
tilizing pollen from the stamens of
certain flowers should be carried to the
pistils of other flowers, and the mission
of the bee is to unconsciously carry
the precious dust from blossom to blos
som in her search after the t< npting
drop of nectar with which the shv
flowerets reward the winged bearer of
their love messages. A wonderful and
fascinating chapter in naturul history
is that which treats of the relations ex
isting between flowers anil insects.
Flowers may be divided into two
classes, those fertilized through the
action of the wind, and those in which
fertilization is effected through the in
tervention of insects or a like agency.
Darwin and others have shown what
interesting strategems flowers of the
latter class resort to in order to secure
the services of insects in this respect.
Every little, foible and weakness of the
winged visitor is pandered to. What
is commonly called a flower is indeed
nothing more than a skillfully devised
trap to attract the attention of insects,
and then insure their services toward fer
tilization. Our little friend the bee is
esthetic in his tastes, and, behold, the
varieties of flowers vie with each other
to beguile his attention in the display
of the most artistic blending of colors
ami beauty of design. She likes sweet
scents, and the laboratory of natur i is
vailed upon to distill the choicest per
fumes to humor her. But these are
but an advertisement for the nectar
which it is the principal object
of the bee to obtain, and when
she has alighted in search of
it, it is only to
find
that
the flowers have in many cases devised
the most exquisite little mechanical ar
rangement whereby she is unconscious
ly compelled to effect the object toward
the fulfillment of which they have in
dulged in such a lavish expenditure of
beauty and sweetness. It is all effected
in the simplest manner through the
great law of natural selection, here
seen in operation in its severe simplici
ty; for the flowers of those plants
which present the greatest facilities for
fertilization get their seed set and so in
sure the continuance of their species,
while the unsuitable and unaccommo
dating kind remain barren and are
gradually weeded out. In the babel <><
tongues and since first hefound a voice,
the poet has sung of the loves and
sorrows of mankind, but nature still
waits for him to interpret her heart; if
he ever learns to do so, there will bo a
new song in his mouth, for lie will have
a wonderful theme.— Longman's Mag
azine.
HEMLOCK MCL:
How a Frem-li Gardener Destroys
Epicurean Mold-Turners.
Ilia
A conscientious French gardener sus
pended his chronic war upon the mole
for one entire season, to give that much
detested animal a fair chance at the
white grubs. Science had asserted that
the mole was an epicure in tpnibs, and
our gardener had faith in science, His
garden was infested with grubs, and
here was his opportunity. At the end
of the season he recorded the fact, with
sail solemnity, that the mole lived on
such good terms with the grubs that he
ha<l I wo enemies in place of one. Not
that the mole is not fond of grubs: but
give him free range of the salad and
berry beds and he acquires more refined
tastes. Unluckily the mole seems to
l ave no enemy, to speak of, except
mini, and man often makes a pitiful
show against him with his poisons and
his traps, ['he Frosch gardener returned
to is eager for information on the mole
question. But while waiting for points
from other victims, he offers tho follow
ing as the best remedy: Take as many
walnuts as there are mole holes, add a
handful of hemlock leaves (Conium
m n u 'atiim), boil in water for an hour-
and-aud-a-ha)f, make the paste into bul
lets and put in the holes. If the paste
be too liquid spread it on a flat stone ui
bit of slate. The mole eats greedily (or
at least, that is his duty) and gives up
the ghost instonter. -American (Harden-
tr.
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— He stood bv his cold hearthstone
ami pressed both ha nds to his throbbing
temple, while his glaring eve-balls
rolled wildly. Poised in mid-air he
saw a straw-colored dog with a blue
tail; coiled upon the table was a bow-
legged snake with a crimson tongue,
while from his slippers peered green
turtles who wagged their horrid heads.
“Got ’em again,” groaned the victim,
hut it was not so. His wife had been
to the Japanese village and had not re
turned empty-handed.— San Francisco
Chronicle.
A sufficient reason: Visitor out of
town (addressing the school) “In the
year 182.5, my dear young friends, sev
eral boy « walked from Salem to Boston
ami back, a distance of thirty miles, to
hear Daniel Webster speak. If there
were no railroads or means of trans
portation to-day, would the boys of the
i<resent generation undertake such a
journey, do you think?” Small boy
(after a long silence) -“No, sir.’’
Visitor “Ah! and why?" Small boy
“Because Mr. Webster is dead."— N.
1’. Sun
—A Philadelphia girl declined to
“kiss the book” before a magistrate
because the witness who preceded her
hail sore lipa and the one before that
chewed tobacco. She was sensible and
ber testimony could be relied upon
without thia formula of a forgotten
age. Philadelphia Press.
LARD—Per ib, Oregon, 6(s7fc Eastern,
74(g) Vc.
PICKLES—Per 5-gal keg, 90c; bbls, V
gal., 22jc.
SUGARS-Quote bbls: Cube. 6jc; dry
granulated, 6jjc; tine crushed, 6J_, gulden
C, 5^0.
CANNED GOODS—Salmon. 1-B> tins, *
doz, *1.3J; oysters, 2-Ib tins, *1 doz, *2,2.<;
1-lb
tins, *1.40 |p do«;
lobsters,
1 lb tins, IP doz, *1.90; clams, 2-Ib tins, r
doz, *1.90<o2.i 5; mackerel, 5-lb tins, v doz,
*8.75qj9.1)0; fruits, |p doz tins, *2.u ■<<. 2.25;
jams and jellies, IT doz.. *1.75^,2.00; vege
tables, IP doz, *1.10<g)L90.
HONEY—Extracted, 6Jc; comb, 14c.
_ COFFEE— Per lb, Guatemala, ilj; Costa
Rica, 12(a>12«c; Old dovermneui Java. 18<®
20c; Rio, 114(gll2c; Salvador, 11X0 b 4c;
Mocha. 224(0x6; Kona. 18c.
FRESH FRUIT—Apples, Oregon, new,
box,7uc(a*l.2o; bananas, V bun^h, *4.60;
Lemons. California, v box, ®4.60q<6; Sicily,
t* box, <8<a0.50: Dimes, tr 100. *1.60; pine
apples, p doz., *7.00; Los Angeles oranges,
IP liox, *3«, 3.25; strawberries, |p lb, 4i«6.
SALT—Liverpool, tr ton, <lWg,21; table,
in bales, per bale, *2.25.
SEEDS —Per lb. timothy, 5<g,6c; rei
clover, 14(01Oc; orchard grass,, 17(0i8c;
rye grass, ll(si3c.
NUTS—California almonds, IP 100 tb sks,
20c: Brazil. 150 th ska, V lb, 14c; chestnuts,
18<u,20c; cocoanulH,e0(<t7.50. mberls. Sicily,
175 lb sks, IP lb, 14c: hickory, 100 lb ska,its ;
peanuts, 6<g7c; pecans, Texas, <00 it. sks,
14c; California walnuts, tr bOIbsks, I ®
He.
WOOL—Eastern Oregon, spring clip, 12)
@l6c Ip It,; fall clip, 12@13. Valley Or
egon, spring clip, 12(al5c; lambs’ and fall,
12<a 14c.
HIDES-Dry. 14(2ll5c; wet salted, 6nr7.
—•A fat old gentleman was bitten in
the calf of his leg by a dog. Ho
rushed to the Police Court and preferred
11 complaint against a joker in tho
neighborhood
ighborhood whom he supposed to be
the owner of the offending
“ " — cur. The
following is the defence offered bv the
wag: “1. By evidence in favor of the
general good character of my dog I
shall prove that nothing could make
him so forgetful of his canine dignity
aS to bite a calf. 2. He is blind, and
can not see to bite. 3. Even if lie
could see to bite it would be utterly
impossible for him to go out of his way
to do so, on account of his severe lame
ness. 4. Granting his eyes and ley» to
be good, he has no teeth, 5. Mi doj
died six weeks ago. 6. I never had a
dog. ”— Exchange.
—Minneapolis is said to turn out for
horse sales with greater enthusiasm and
unanimity than any other city in the
Union.
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—•‘I declare, Ethel.’said ayounglady
from the country to her cousin after
they had run the gauntlet of two or
three Broadway hotels, “how rudely
those men stare at one. The next time
I shall take the opposite side of the
way.” "Oh, you will feel differently,” >
replied Miss Ethel, “just as soon
your new tailor-made suit is done. ”•
A". F. Sun.
—Bunker Hill monument is 221 feet
high, built of solid granite, and every
day it oscillates to and fro, as the heat
of the sun expands the eastern or the
western side.- Bolton Poll.