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Lincoln County Leader.
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OCCIDENTAL NEWS.
Columbia River Fishermen and
Canners at l'eace.
THE SIGNALS BY HELIOGRAPH.
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Compelled to Take Chiucao
Back to China.
The Supremo Court at Los Angeles
lias adjourned for the term.
The Great Northern tunnel to ho huit
in Oregon will be, when completed, 13,
108 feet long.
The Arizona legislature adjourned
nine die after confirming a large, lint of
appointments by the new Governor, L.
V. Hughes.
ra'illc University at Forest Grove,
Or., oilers to erect a new building at a
cost of $50,000, provided the citizens of
the town will subscribe $15,000 toward
it.
The difficulties between the Columbia
river fishermen and the canners have
been settled. The llshermen will receive
6 cents per pound. The run of lish is
light.
The British Columbia customs au
thorities are at work cm cases' involving
attempts to defraud the government by
getting In goods free, ostensibly for nuval
ofllccrH.
There has been no gain or loss by
either Mexico or the United 8tales in
the boundary surveys of the two coun
tries, notwithstanding rumors to the
contrary.
Bricklayers at Victoria, II. C, have
unfilled contractors they will not work
Saturday afternoons, and the contract
ors think of knocking oil' on Saturday
altogether.
The signals by heliograph on the sum
mit of the ranges in Arizona, displayed
bv the boundary surveying parly, are
plainly seen in Yumu, although ninety
Utiles distant.
The Kan Diego and Plncnix railroad
lias effected an organization ami filed
a complaint in an action seeking to con
demn laud 100 yards on either side of
the proposed road.
. Two cases have been decided ut Phn
nix, A. T., against the Southern I'ucillc
rallroud one for $18,000, the other $.",
OtHI. The suits were for death and inju
ries caused by the company's trains.
John 8. Kearney, who was conspicu
ous for his sensational expose question
ing the correctness of the Sluinboiil trot
ting record, has been twice arrested at
lidi on charges of Jumping u board bill.
Tho Salt Lake police bavo arrested
Dave llaynes and James Hubbard for
counterfeiting, llaynes circulated the
coin that Hubbard inudc. The latter
was making dies, for half-dollars when
captured,
Tho llrudstrect mercantile agency ro
liortH twenty-four failures in the I'ucillc
('oast States and Territories for the past
week, as compared with ten for tho pre
vious week and thirteen for the oorre
Hjsjiiding week of last year.
Eureka has dent one of its business
men to Cortland to urge the importance
of building a railroad into HuiulHildl
county, and pointing out the advantages
Portland will secuie in controlling tin
commerce of a large and wealty portion
of California.
At Ablquin, N". M., lias been un
earthed a forest id logs pctrilicd into
rich copper ore that averages 110 per
cent copper and thirty to forty ounces
of Kilvcr to the ton. Tho logs seem to
have Hunted in a mineral solution some
time in the pasl ages.
Governor Hughes of Arizona, who is
the editor of the Tucson Star, declines
to give his pardon to V. G. Itrown and
K. 0. tlrown, editors of the Tucson En
terprlse, who have been convicted of
libeling Hrewsler Cameron, although he
was asked to do so by tho Arizona Pre
Association.
The only remaining building In old
Celilo, Or.', was destroyed bv lire recent-
ly. I luring the time when Celilo was in
its glory the house was known tis the
Frskine Hotel. I ins was 1 lit last re-
liiainiug landmark of the lively times
which were experienced during tlie min
ing excitements of Hlackfoot, Owyhee
and Salmon river.
For the first time the Canadian I'acillc
railway has licon obliged to take Chinese
back to China, A butch of Celestials
came over bv the Empress td India for
Portland, but were refused a lauding otf
the llatii licpuhlic. Unit vc-.se I took
them to Vancouver, li. t, and some
w ere relumed to China. 'Hie others are
waiting under Ismd to return by the
Empress td Japan.
The suit of tho liiverside Water Com-
iiuy to prevent the diversion of water
mill thoSitntrt Ann river in the irriga
tion Hen-mil by It. 11. Sargent ttud others
has laen decided against the company.
Tho decision settles a iMiitnuersy of
tunny years' standing, and establishes
tht-oniletoownershijof valuable prop
erty in the hands of jsnir people as
against the rich corporation supplying
water to Riverside,
lAitiis Schuliert and two other men had
a lease ef a waste dump at the lat.m
mine In Lynn county, New, from which
they obtained m tons of ore and had it
crushed at the l!ick Point mill. Schu
IhtI attended to the ore-crushing, and
rciHirled that the bullion extracted bare
ly covered the expense. SchulHrl' part
lien) ascertained later that he had sold
bullion valued at aUiut ll.wm to the
Cars 111 mint, and they churgisl him w ith
fiiilxuliug to that amount from them,
Sciiuln-rt, Hearing that he would K ar
rested, lied on lt over the hills, and
was pursued by !iH crsons, but escaped,
lit) was subsequently captured.
A plan for tlie establishment ot a na
val (raming school at San FranciM-o is
now being considered by the niuhoiities
at Washington. Captain E.O Matthew s
is in Shu Francisco gathering facts fur
the iiifui nitu ion of those who want in
know what wool I In the proi-pevls t,u
successfully maintaining such an insti
tution, 1U visited Mavr Elicit and
explained the purse of hi mist-ion.
Ho found the Mayor a warm advocate o(
thescheiuu. Captain Mutt hew explained
that the au'.horitic proHicd to tiU:p a
training ship for the nceouimislatioii of
about 200 Imivh, ranging in a.:e fiMin II
to 17. Captain Mat. hews siateil that he
Would n nmin in ttiat city loralsait three
Keeks to attend l other iiiatt'rs etui
nectod with the naval wrUH-, and that
bffoit) hlsrvturn toWa.hiiinum he would
again visit the Mayor' oilier a. id (niiiish
more. Information couoeruin ih dit.iiU
vf tU plan.
FROM WASHINGTON CITY.
Bo soon sb Eckels, the Democratic
Comptrollcrof Currency, assume hisdu
ties, becreUiy Carlisle "intends to reor-
I canize the system of examining national
banks. He dcsiree to prevent Hiich dis
honesty mt was shown in the a.'airs of
the banks whu-li recently failed in Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and Xaslivillo, and for
that purpose after redistricting the hank
bo as U equalize the examiners' work he
will ank Congress to enact a law giving
tne examiners more power in looking
out for the perpetrators of frauds.
The abstract " C " reports mado to the
Comptroller of the Currency, showing
the condition of all national banks in
j tho Cnited (States at the time of the last
call, Monday, March (I, have been pre-
i 'r i. . i Vi .
lur?i Ufa wits -treasury icpiinmem. J ne
iiggregate resources were $3,450,721 ,22).
In this connection it is interesting to
note that the gold coin held aggregates
!i9,857,23Ti, ami tho gold certificates' $4,-
939,000. The loans ami discounts have
reached the enormous sum of $2,133,
000,000, Anions the liabilities are cap
ital stock paid in $688,XX,IX)0 and indi
vidual dupoilU $1,7U,000,000.
The Committee on Territories will bo-
gin an investigation of the condition of
the four Territories now knocking for
admission as htates early in June,
Chairman Faulkner has not yet made
his selection of the subcommittee, hut
he has decided that the start will be
made from Chicago June 10, ami he ex
pects to complete the work within one
mouth from that date, The committee
will go direct to Utah, where it will ksik
into the condition of affairs and then
pass through New Mexico and Arizona,
From these ierrilones tho commute!
will return by way of Oklahoma. Short
slops will be made at the principal cities
in each of the Territories, and the com
mittee will address itself to the consid
eration of the material development of
the country ami the condition of the peo
ple who comprise its Inhabitant..
Secretary Morton has determined to
devote hisYiicrirics to furthering the con
sumption of corn in Europe. He invites j
the co-operation in this work of all inuii
faetnrers of corn products, from whom
he desires as a preliminary step to obtain
a full statement of the various kinds of
products made from corn by the inunii
tacturers in each Stale, withabrief state
ment as to their characteristics ami ex
cellence. Agent Mattes of Nebraska will
sihiii be in Washington for a conference,
as to the carrying on of the work abroad.
Among other' things Mattes will be in-;
limi ted to investigate tho tobacco laws'
in force in European countries, known 1
Uenerally as " Kegi." with a view of as-1
certaining whether it is not possible to
Hccuro a freer market for the sale of
American tobacco in foreign countries.
Mattes will also investigate the subject i
ot the sale ol meat products in (icriiiuny
and F ranee ascertain whether this trade ! Ka bating received Governor Crounz
is not seriously impeded in spite of tho ' K'Knntiiru, is now n law. It will be
withdrawal of the restrictions on our in-; nmght by tho railroads,
spected meat products by those eoun- Tho Attorney-General of Ohio has de
tries by local ami municipal regulations, cided that insurance against burglary in
The ninth annual report of the Civil that State is legal, bocauso burglary is
Service Commission was issued the other accident to property,
day. The Commissioners urge that the This lias probably been the worst win
classified service should lie extended as , tor ever known in New York for horses,
rapidly as practicable to cover every po- Pneumonia and pulmonary diseases have
sition in the public service to w hich it can carried them off rapidly,
bo appropriately applied. They ernest-1 Fifty American and eleven British
ly desire that some such bill us that in- miiianies have recently boon organized
trodticed in tho last Congress to take to develop business in Mexico with a
iinirm-ciiiBs posuniuoors oin, ot pontics
may oeciime a law. i no rotirt miunt
lies: " Ultimately
the system of pro'
motions in the departments must come
miner ine iinuicoiaio su tervisioii oi me
commission in order to secure uniform -
it v and the liest results. Very serious
ii.'.i.ii. I,. ..hi. 1, 1.1. .1...... 1 ...ui.iiu Y-,.,. , i
L.tvimr the ,.,l,.f-.,f iliviHi.ms t In. ....
cmptcd from examinati mil we think
thev sbniild be nut iiruliT the L'cncra
rule and be uppointcd by promotion
within the service." The report shows
a very surprising growth in the nuiiilier
of employes compared with the growth
in population. J he percentage of the
growth iu public service in ten veins is
neariy iiimniu 111111 01 1110 popnnuion.
i ne service ciiishiueo uir CMliiliuatitiil
under civil-scrvii'e rules has grown even
luster in the same space of time, increas
ing at the rate of alsiut l;W per cent, so
that, w hereas only aUiut II per cent of
the public service was removed from
jmrt v politics in Ihs:I, alsnit 'It per cent
in irtti;l was so removed. The whole
ntiuiliornf places subject to competitive
examination under tho rules now is 4'2,
tl'.'S. CIIU'AfiO EXPOSITION.
Tho electric light on tho manufactur
ers' building of the World's Fair will be
isible for 1(H) miles.
The liarlKir at Chicago, from the river
fo the World's Fair grounds, will lie
i'Kn iv electric uuoys.
Itow to stem, all the vessels which will
participate in tne great naval parade,
w ill make a line over two miles long
There were ft.lHHI carloads of exhibits
at the Centennial Kxmsitioii, and it Is
estimated that there will be 10,000 cur
louds at tho World's Fair.
Canada is to send a mammoth cheese
to the World's Fair at Chicago. It will
be 0 feet in diameter, tl feel in height
11 nd 11 tons in w eight ami the product of
milk livitu liynv cows.
Attovney-tiencral Oluey holds that one
Congress can qualify the' act of a previ
ous Congress by attaching conditions to
gilts and appropriations. This division
is against the World's Fair directory
concerning the disposition of 2,5K),tHKi
which had It'en set apart for awards.
The r'Hrt of tint Wwrld's Fair Aud
itor to the end of March shows that the
win k has already cost $ til,70S,S:.!, w Ith
$2,;lll,2t:i still ilue on contracts, or an
aggregate of $U,070,tWl. This, with the
theexpeusesof installations, salaries and
incidentals, will bring the cost up to May
t, the lav of opening, to a sulntHiitiullv
round $,UHlkH.
At the conclusion of tho World's Fair
the Krupp gun, the larst pitve ol ortl
tiamv in the world, w ill In presented to
Chicago by llcrr Krnpti amf mount'! on
a fort built in 1-ako Michigan ipsit,
Hyde Park, permission lor the ivustnic
lion ot which was svurel at Washing
ton the other day. The fort w ill ls live
acres in extent, and will be (or business
as well as pleasure. Mounted on it, the
groat gun will bo to protect the entire
city from attack by water, as it could
sink an ironclad wi:h a single shot.
Work on the fort w illK commenced at
once and pushed with the greatest rapid
ity, so to Is in working ortler lelorv
the fair cIomw. H will cover tiv acre
vvllh the uioit approve-1 defeute.
Post master-! ionentl Pi- -ell has iusl
a notice t all piu-lnut-ti Unit there i
i:ev in oH'ratiou in the government
building on the grounds of the World's
Fair a htanch of the Chicago poMotllco,
know n as tho World's Fair station. This
latino will make regular collection ami
deliveries through its own force of letter
amen from met to all parts ol the ex-
iiitioii grounds, and will transact
nnmcy-ordcr and r'!i-trv buines, a.
lla other buiiies
anting to a
nasters art
tlistH'laiw postotllos
Instructed to every proper means tc
gio publicitv to this information in
eider that persons intending to visit the
(air uiav, if thev so dwMr-e, have their
mail aldrMMi UtbeWorM't Fair
Mon.
EASTERN MELANGE.
Illegal and Fraudulent Disposal
of Public Property
LV THE WEATHER BUREAU,
Fire Insurance Advanced in an Iowa
City-Tbe Cost of the Recent
Chicago Election.
Two PhiladclphianB are in jail for
counterfeiting 1-cent pieces.
It is estimated that the recent Chicago
election cost all hands $JO,000.
Newspaper writers' unions are crop
ping up ttirouglioul tne country.
A bill to establish a bureau of la .or is
before the New Hampshire Legislature.
The chartering of electric railway com
panies in Ohio is going on at a rapid
rale.
Baltimore proiioses to encourage man
ufacturing plants by exempting them
from taxation.
Seven cruisers will protect the Cana
dian mackerel boats in the Gulf of St.
Lawrence tliis season.
Generous Brooklyn Aldermen have
given away for nothing street railway
franchises tor which $21,000 was ottered.
Tho Park Commissioners of New York
have refused to grant a site in Union
Square for a statue to Koscoe Conkling.
A Vermont Judge lias ruled that a
girl who discards a lover must return the
engagement ring if he has given one to
her.
iovemor Hogg of Texas has issued a
proclamation establishing quarantine on
the Gulf coast and the Klo Grande bor
der. A syndicate has been formed in Phila
delphia for the completion of the
Ciiuricniou, Cincinnati and Chicago iuii-
rouil,
Minnesota now gets from its tax on
tlie gross earnings of railroads $1,500,000
a year, and the amount increases year
alter year.
All kinds of building material except
iron and steel have advanced in Chicago,
and numerous building projects have
been deferred.
A number of prominent women of
Philadelphia have started a movement
to prevent men from expectorating on
the sidewalks.
The maximum freight bill of Ncbras-
eapitul of over $ 100,000, tHJU.
It is proposed in Massachusetts to pro
vide for the use of indelible lead pencils
at elections to prevent the fraudulent
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PresidentCleveland's mail has reached
an Bveraue of about 1,000 letters a day.
Secretary Thurher and five clerks are
. k,,l'1 bllHy handling the packages.
I Tho coniiuiiiv which lironoses to cstab
lish an electric railroad between Chicago
' and St. Ixiuis has let contracts for the
entire construction of its roadbed
Wife-beating has become so common
j Jursey that there Is a movement
j to erect whipping posts for tho punish-
1 lm.( 0 U10 cowardly bullies Who priuv
lice it.
Fire insurauco rates in Pes Moines
have lioen advanced m per cent. The
alleged cause is tho inadequacy of pro
tection from tire on tho part ot water
works of that city.
A Washington special savs; Secretary
Carlisle has definitely divided to redeem
in silver tho outstanding treasury notes
issued under the act of l.WO and known
as the Sherman act.
I he highest recorded speed over
achieved by a locomotivu was recently
mado by a compound engine on a New
1 ork road, when it covered a mile in
thirty-seven seconds.
tin in nd has been broken at the Hut
terv on the siot where is to rest tho mag
nificent bronze monument which is to
be dedicated to the memory of John Er
icsson of Monitor fame.
I'r. Sheldon Jackson, Commissioner of
Education for Alaska, has received or
ders to co to Siberia to purchase and
transport to Alaska tamo reindeer to be
propagated there tor the use of the na
lives.
James Hixon, an expert accountant,
has just completed an audit of the ac
counts ot tin r.conomito tiooioiy, snow
ing it to be solvent by a small margin
The society' holding 'are valued at $o,
OtW.OOO.
The extensive deposit of asphalt near
St, Jo, in .Montague county, loxas, is
Ihiiii! operated bv a local compunv hav
ing a capital stock of $200,000. The
product is being shipped all over the
eountrv.
The New York custom-house reports
that the covernmeut now holds J21.tK'4
HH in Kind (or goods in the lionded
warehouses. This amount is said to be
the largest ever hold by the government
tor Pointed goists.
It is said that A tamo nnmlior of Chi
nose recently discharged at Tampico and
from various railroad construction camps
in Mexico art wending their way toward
tho Kio lirunde in the hope of slipping
unolworved into the L tilted States.
Tho entire Chinese population of
ton, Ohio, have registered. There were
but three, and these only consented to
have their iilctures taken if thev were
allowed to wear their hat. Ibis was
acceded to. and now they are as near
citUon as Chinese can approach.
A Washington dispatch claims that it
is prettv well understood that the Su
preme Court will continue its session so
aa to hour any argument which maybe
made on the" Chinese law. If deluved
longer than May S, the Court will not,
it is iH-licvcd, wait to hear argument.
The Texas Legislature forme! itself
nto a court Intake action on the im
"eachmi'iit o( Lonl Commissioner Me
auiihrv bv the House. The impeach
men! charges maintain that for several
tears Mot iti.igltry sold Texas public
chool lands to speculators.
Tho rcort ol Assistant Attornov-t len
oral Colbv, w ho hoa conducted in
,-estigalion into tho charge of illegal
tnl fraudulent disposal ol putilic prop
rlv in tho weather bureau, shows that
rtnertv of tho government has Ihvii
eniovtsl from tho bureau from time to
time at the pleasure of employe or otli
ivrs for us at their private residence
ithout isxiptU'ing given, requisitions
made or any -oil kept of inch tlispo
iUou lu the burvau.
PUB ELY PERSONAL.
Governor Flower of New York and 3
Sterlinz Morton snent their boyhood
days in school together.
' In the autobiography of Palvim, the
famous actor makes a' naive confession
of his boyish love for Adelaide Bistort.
Mrs. Frank Leslie is about to start opt
with a company and present a play writ
ten by herself, "and is laying a good ad
vertising foundation by applying for a
divorce from her latest husband, Willie
Wilde.
John W. Bookwalter, the Ohio million
aire, said the other day : 'I cannot tell
vou how much money I have spent try
ing to build a machine that will fly.
But I think I have a model under way
now that will solve the problem."
James Mulligan of the "Mulligan Let
ters" celebrity is very ill with pneumonia
in Boston, where he has lived for many
years. A short time aira Mr. Mulligan,
who had been a life-long Presbyterian,
embraced the Roman Catholic laitn.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand of Aus
tria on his tour tlirough India noticed
that the Ha jab Patialla, when he was
presented, wore a turban with a double
row of diamonds and innumerable pearls
and other gems, and learned that the
Hajah had bought them from the .bin
press Eugenie for $850,060.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, who devised
the hooded stereoscope, with a handle to
it and a partition between tne lenses,
since patented and sold by thousands.
w hen told that he miL'ht make some
money out of it, replied that he "didn't
care to lie known as the patentee of
pill or of a peeping contrivance."
Count Leo Tolstoi, who voluntarily
rave up the gay life of a court set and
became in occupation and manner of
life one of the humbler classes, to whose
social improvement ho has since devoted
his life, will probably come to this coun
try during the exposition, unless cholera
should again break out in or around his
estates.
'Mine. Venturi, Mazzini's friend and
biographer, w ho died the other day, was
a warm sympathizer with radicals' in all
countries and was especially interested
in the movements of the Parnellite
party, t he sympathy was appreciated
by lier Irish friends, and among the
flowers laid on her coffin was a wreath
from John Redmond and his friends.
Richard M. Hunt of New York is the
first American to receive the gold medal
of Queen Victoria, annually awarded to
him whom tho Council of tlie Roval In
stitute of British Architects shall select
as the most worthy exponent of the pro
fession, air. limit probably wins tins
recognition just now by his design of the
Administration building at the Worm s
Fair, but his other work in America is
well known abroad.
Commodore Vanderbilt. his brother,
Captain Jacob II. Vanderbilt, and his
son, W illnim 11. vanderbilt, were ex
tremely fond of horses. His grandsons,
Cornelius, William K., Frederick and
George, seem to have no such tastes,
although illiam K. likes to go to the
races and make modest wagers. It is
rather strange that a family should
change so much in a few years. William
II. Vanderbilt never gave up the road
until he. became too blind to drive
Maud S.
BUSINESS. BREVITIES.
Iow a raised 220,000,000 bushels of corn
last year.
Codllsh driod by machinery loses its
nest liavor.
A woman In France is not allowed to
witness a will.
Over 10,000,000 hogs are annually
slaughtered in this country.
A West Virginia farmer has cut 30,000
liooppoles during the past winter.
There are 1,KS0 cities and tow ns in
this country which have electric lights
Welding is dono by electricity by the
Johnstown iron company, Johnstown,
I'oiin. . .
South Africa still supplies the greater
part ol the ostrich leathers used by
inaniilacturers. '
Railroad-building last year was only
one-third that in 1SS7, or 4,804 miles
against lll.tKKl then.
A population of 25,000 live in tho Cro-
ton water-shed, from which New Y'ork
is supplied with water.
Cincinnati claims 8,ti4 ditforont in
dustrial concerns, with an anuual in
crease of from 500 to 000.
. A Sowell City, Kansas, firm will send
30,(NK) dozen eggs to the World's Fair,
not 10 exniott, nut to eat.
It Is estimated that the standing pine
in Ashland countv, Wis., will measure
alxiut 10,000,000,000 feet.
The largest suspender factory in the
world is at Williamsport, Penn., and it
turns out w.iw pairs a day.
Women in tho employ of the govern
lnent at Washington receive salaries
ranging from $900 to $l,S00 a year.
Aluminum slate pencils are being
manufactured bv an Illinois lirm, and
are reported to find a good market.
According to statistics, the production
of boot-sugar in this country has more
than doublet! during the past year.
There are now 7,tHKl building and loan
associations in the United States, w ith
a membership of 2,000,000 suhscrilsjrs,
Experiment are being made in tea
planting in Cordoba, by a Mexican syn
dicate employing Chinese and Mexican
labor.
A ton of gold is worth $'107,799.21 ; of
purt silver, $37,704.84: $l,000,lX.)iu gold
weighs J,Ikn.i pounds; ol silver, OS,
929.9 pounds.
For several voars past nearly all the
slate pencil used throughout the I'nited
States have loon mado at one factory in
Chariot tosvillo, a.
It is estimated that during the last
live year tho turpentine gatherers of
tuxtrgia have destroyed $JP0,tW,tXV
worth ol pine luniimr.
Iondon devours every year 400,000
oxen, 1,000,000 sheep, oOti.tHv calves,
700,000 hogs, fowls innumerable and 9,
800,000 gallons of milk.
Tho umst expensive fur is the skin of
tho black fox of Kamchat-ka. These
animals are scarce and hard to kill, and
a single skin sell lor about $1,000,
Between the years 1SS0 and 1S;0 there
were $2UW,lX. new life insurance
written m this country and but $1,(,
000,900 ill tho whole British empire.
Tho 20,0iH,00i men of tho United
State are wearing an average of twentv
button each, making 4h,,ii.(hsi but
tons for all, estimated 10 w eigh ivn,
000 pounds.
President li.ti, iu his annual message
to the Mexican I ongress, say : "lutlio
last six month ?tt mitco( railway have
Uvn constructed, anl there are now
(J.ts-il mile altogether.
It i ail to ct ! to send the prod
uct of an acre of w heat from tho State
ol Pakota to England than it doe to
manure an acre of land in England so
mat 11 t an grow gtum w ncai.
Sune idea will to formtl of tho
amounl of tratnc in Kio when it instated
tint it '. a harbor of the first cla.-, and
that on an average S.000 steauur and
other vvtuol touvu at it wvry year.
FOREIGN FLASHES.
An Appeal for an International
Sanitary Code Issued.
THE INCREASE OF THE OCTROI.
Uarire Tunnel Between Capri and
Aeqnafredda, Italy, Success
fully Driven.
. . It is estimated that nearly 2,000 Christ
ians are now in Turkish dungeons.
Imperial federation is being urged
upon Mr. Gladstone by many
British colonies.
of the
Some successful attempts to purify
sewage with electricity have been made
in France and England.
The riots in Belgium have caused a
prediction that before the end of the
century Uelgium will De a Kepuouc,
A commencement is ere long to be
made with the construction of the rail
way tunnel under the Clyde at Patrick
It is stated that the South Austrian
railway, one of tlie largest lines in Austria-Hungary,
is to be purchased by the
State.
England is considering the advisabil
ity of entering a formal protest against
Turkish outrages on Christians in Ar
menia,
A bimetallic league of Australia lias
been formed in Melbourne " to promote
bimetallism by international agree
ment."
Tho President of Ecuador denies that
there is a treaty pending with the Cnited
states lor the possession ot one ot the
Galapagos Islands.
Coal has bwm discovered in the Eiffel
region near the Rhine, which is declared
by experts to be Devonian anthracite
cnnl, with nn ailiniTtnre or ovrites.
The Medical Committee of the Cancer
Hospital in London has published a
statement that tomatoes neither predis
pose to nor excite cancerous tormation.
The Berlin police have arrested t ount
Olatf von tiazern, a member of one of
the most powerful families of Germany,
on a charge of committing several fraud's.
The Sultan of Turkey, who maintains
a rigid censorship over the press, has or-
lerod that no newspapers shall be pub
lished in his kingdom until iu the after
noon. Mine. Bernhardt has recently appeared
before an official in Vienna whose busi
ness w as to judgo on moral grounds of
the appropriateness of her stage cos
tumes. The iurv system in Beniral is not to be
abandoned after all, although the gov
ernment last October declared it must be
abolished or greatly modified in the in
terests of justice.
The English trade in frozen beef from
Autralia, Tike that in frozen mutton, has
increased enormously during the past
year the export, KO.000 cwt., being al
most double that of 1S91.
The Anti-Slavery Society in Germany
has become bankrupt, notwithstanding
its lottery netting several million marks.
It is probable that the government will
intervene to avoid a big outburst.
It is said that several iftember of the
British Cabinet favor a plan bv which ft
choice between government by a Dublin
1 urliuincnt or government by a lintish
Parliament shall be granted to Ulster.
A lottery is under consideration in
Germany for the completion of the Kai
ser Wilhehn Church, but lotteries do not
take well now, as the intelligent classes
notice that only the bankers profit by
them.
M. Loroy-Bcuulieu eays that at the
rate things nro going in France there
will be a regular annual deficit of from
$40,000,000 to $100,000,0110 and the need
of a loan of $200,000,000 every three or
four years.
Baron Mundy of Vienna, tho veteran
sanitarian, has 'issued a strong appeal
for the establishment of an international
sanitary code, and suggests the summon
ing of an international conference to
discuss and arrange such a code.
" The Irish home-rule bill," declared
Michael Pavitt, M. P. for North Meath.
in a lyrcible speech in the House of
Commons one dav last week, "will be ac
cepted by 13,000,000 of the Irish race as
a pact of leace to be honorably observed."
The largo tunnel between Capri and
Aeqnafredda on tne Pisciotta-Custro-cucca
railwav, Italy, has recently been
successfully driven. The tunnel.' which
is three and a half miles long, was com
menced about three and a. half years
ago.
1 he method of treating snakebite by
injections of strychnine is to be submit
ted to exhaustive trial in India under
the sanction and supervision of tho gov
ernment. The method has proved high
ly etfcctual in many cases reported in
Australia.
The canal across the Isthmus of Cor
inth is soon to open to navigation, and
has cost $20,000,000. It has been built
w ith French capital and under French
direction, the original concession having
teen grunted some twelve years ago to
M. de Lesseps.
Some of tho French papers are trving
to stir up ill-feeling against Ixjrd lmi
ferin, the British Ambassador at Paris.
They accuse him of trying to make trou
ble between France' and Russia, and
with giving financial help to the Triple
Alliance and its agents.
On account of increased railway rates
tho British Army authorities' have
adopted the novel' method of sending
transHrts required for various maneu
vers by road, in trains of wagons drawn
by traction engines. Tho cost has thus
been reduced fully one-half.
The disturbance by Mohammedans, in
which Christians were said to have been
persecuted, had their beginning inTurk
ish or Armenian conspirators inciting
tho people to revolt. U'tters addressed
to the American Legation were not
opened by tho Turkish authorities.
Professor Baer of tho Munich Univer
sity ha found upon a mumtnv certain
cosmetic used by Egyptian ladies of
fashion 3,400 year ago. Ho ha anal
ysed them and ascertained their compo
sition. The properties of these cosmet
ic were to impart a verdant sheen to
the ins of iU eye.
Since the famous Ijvwo gun trial tho
German icovemment ha refused to or
der atvr from private firms. Thev are
now priHlin-ed exclusively at the State
aMoiials. Thi measure Iim caused much
discontent among the manufacturer ami
they have addressed a petition to the
Fmjvror asking that the order be're
vinded. Hundred of workWmcn ,uul
wive made .l.-iuiui.ir., V. i .
Pirlntuu ntan- buTlin? T. ,h?
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PORTLAND MARKET. .
PBODCCZ, FBUIT, ETC.
tfnifT Nominal. Vallev. $1.17t;
Walla Walla, $1.07HL10 per cental.
rLOUa ciauuttru, fo.uu , . a"
$3.30; graham, $2.90; superfine, $2.50
per barrel.
0 vrs Choice, 44(8 45c per bushel ; fair,
40c; rolled, in Lags, $6.256.50; barrels,
$6.50(?6.75: cases, $3.75.
11 AY liesi, (li'uio.w p:r wu , wux-
mon, $9(5 10.
Mi LfcTi'FFS Uran, fiw.uu; snorts,
$22.00; ground barley, $23(524; chop
feed, $18 per ton ; wnoie leea, oariey, u
&85c per cental; middlings, $23(324;
ner ton: brewinz barley. 90(a9dc per
cental ; chicken wheat, $1.10 per cental.
Bcttek Oregon tancy creamery, Ht
(aSOc; fancy dairy, 223o(825e; fair to
good, 17X("20c: common, 12'-a(al5c per
pound; California, 31(a,35e per roll.
Ciiee.-e Oregon, lUgl3c; Eastern
Twins, 16c; Y'oung America, 16c per
pound.
F;ggs Oregon, 17c per dozen.
Poultry Chickens, mixed coops
$4.50fn 5.00 ; fancy coops, $5.50; broil
ers, $5.00 per dozen ; dressed chickens, iu
n lln i,ar nrtnnd ftn.-ba frtf JUI.'rf 7. nil '
r" I-- - '
geese, $U:lU per dozen; turkeys, live,
lti'SHc; dressed, 1819c per pound.
Veoet.les Cabbage, $1.60 per
cental ; on ions, $1 .75 ' 2.00 per cen tal ; cut
onions,75 'tUOc; potatoes,$l 1.15 for Gar
net Chilis; $1.251.40 for Burbanks;
new,- 3fac per pound; Oregon turnips,
75;a90c per sack; sweet potatoes,
4Le'c per pound; cauliflower, 90c per
dozen, $2.75 per crate ; celery, 90c per
dozen; artichokes, 50c per dozen ; lettuce,
California, 25c per dozen; Oregon hot
house, 35(4 40c; asparagus, $2 a 2.25 per
box; parsnips, 85c per Back; beets,
$1.50 per sack ; radishes, 25c per dozen ;
green Oregon onions, 12!igl5c per
dozen; rhubarb, 6.7e per pound; Or
egon, 50c per dozen;' green peas, 7c;
spinach, 3'oC per pound; cucumbers,
$1.25 per dozen; string beans, 18(g20c
per pound; California garlic, 56c.
Fkuits Sicily lemons, $5kftO.50 per
box; California new crop, $4.50(g5.00
ner box ; bananas, $1.50c 3.00 per bunch ;
oranges, seedlings, $22.75 per box; na
vels, $3.00Ci3.50; cranberries, $12.50 per
barrel ; apples, $l.oO(S2.2o per box ; pine
apples, $4.50(4.5.00 per dozen.
STAri.lt OllOUEKlKS.
Salt Liverpool, 200s, $15.50; 100s,
$16.50; 50s, $17.50; stock, $10.5011.50.
Dkikd Fhuith Petite prunes, 10(jl2c;
silver, ll(U14u; Italian, 12f14c; Ger
man, lOglle; plums, old, SiiiCe; new,
7(9c; apples, 6(illc; evaporated apri
cots, 15(!il7c; peaches, 12(al4c; pears,
7llc per pound.
Rice Island, $4.75S5.00 ; Japan, $4.75
per cental.
Cokkee Costa Bica, 22c; Rio, 22c;
Salvador, 21 V.c ; Mx'ha, 20 li (ff 30c ; Java,
24V30c; Arbuckle's, Midland, Mo-
kaska and Lion, 100-pound cases, 23
85-100e per pound; Columbia, same,
23 85-lOOc.
Beans Small whites, 3c; pinks,
3Js'e; bayos, 3,Wjc, butter, 4c; lima, 4c
per pound. ,
Svkup Eastern, in barrels, 40(555c;
in half-barrels, 42C 57c ; in cases, 35
80c per gallon ; $2.25 per keg ; California,
in barrels, 20i,40c per gallon; $1.75 per
keg.
Suoak Xet prices : D, 4,'uc ; Golden C,
5c; extra C, 5c; Magnolia A, 5)oc;
granulated, 5!4'e; cube, crushed and
H)wdered, 7gc; confectioners' A, 5c
per pound; maple sugar, 15(3 16c per
pound.
Canned Goods Table fruitsj assorted,
$1.75.i2.00; peaches, $1.85512.10; Bart
lett pears, $1.752.00; plums, $1.37.!.;
1.50; strawberries, $2.25(0,2.45; cherries,
$2.252.40; blackberries, $1.85(12.00;
raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.25Jt
2.80; apricots, $1.(5(2.00. , Pie iruits,
assorted, $1.20; peaches, $1.25; plums,
$1.00(1(1.20; blackberries. $1.251.40 per
dozen. Pie fruits, gallons, assorted,
$3.15(I3.50; peaches, $;).50S4.0O; apri
cots, $3.50((4.00; plums, $2.75(g3.00;
blackberries, $4.25f4.50.
Veoetabi.es Corn, $1.50(31.75; toma
toes, $1.10oi 1.15; sugar peas, $1; string
beans, 95c per dozen.
Meats Corned beef, Is, $1.50; 2s,
$2.40; chipped, $2.55fl 4.00 ; lunch
tongue, Is, $4 ; 2s, $6.75; deviled ham,
H.ioyjifi.&y per dozen.
risu .-"amines, s, ineco$z.2d; 'as,
$2.15hT4.50; lobsters, $2.3K3.50; sal
mon, tin 1-lb tails, $l.25(i$1.50; flats
$1.75;2-lbs, $2.202.50; -barrel, $5.50!
LIVE AND DUESBED MEAT.
Beef Prime steers, $3.854.25;
choice steers, $3.75(4.00; fair to good
st eci-s, $3.00013.50; good to choice cows,
$3. 15(ii3.75; common to medium cows,
$2.-r0(n2.75; dressed beef, $6.00(7.00.
Mutton Choice mutton, $4.50(t4.75;
fair to good, $4.00(rf4.60; dressed, $8.00;
lambs, 4-00 a4.50; dressed, $7.008.00.
Hons Choice heavv, $7.00(7.25; me
dium, $(1.50(6.7o; fight and feeders,
$6.00(6.50; dressed, $8.00.
Veal $4.00 (H 6.00.
Smoked Meat and Lard Hams,
large, ltrl6,!c per pound; hams, me
dium, 15l4 H5'4'c; breakfast bacon, 151,
(16c; short clear sides, 14(5 14 '..e; dry
salt sides. 13'.,'(il334'e; larL coin'pound,
in tins, II '..( 12c per pound; pure, in
tins,1516,lBc; Oregon lard, ll'trt'ac.
miscellaneous.
Xaii.s Base quotations: Iron, $2.25;
steel, $2.35; wire, $2.76 per keg.
Iuon Bar, 234c per pound; pig-iron,
$23o?25 per ton.
Stkkl Per pound, lO'.Jc.
Tis I. C. charcoal, 14x20, prime qual
ity, $8.50(.i 9.00 per box ; for crosses, $2
extra per box; I. O. coke plates, 14x20,
prime quality, $7.50oi 8.00 per box ; feme
plate, 1. C, prima quality, $6.8fi(ii 7.00;
14x20, $14. -
Lead Per pound, 438c; bar, 6'Jc.
Shot $1.50.
Horseshoes $5.
Naval Stores Oakum, $4.50(a5.OO
per bale; resin, $4.8O,n5.0O per 480
pounds: tar, Stockholm, $13.00; Caro
lina, $9.00 per barrel: pitch, $6.00 per
barrel; turiientine, 05c. per gallon, in
car lots.
UOI'S, WOOL AND UlOKS.
Horn (Junto 12.iil0e.
Wool Umpqiia vallev, ld?17c; fall
clip, 13i l.V9e; Willamette vallev, 15
IS-, according to quality : Eastern Ore
gon, HMlOo per pound, according to
condition.
Hides Pry hides, selected prime,
6iiSe; green, selected, over M pound,
4c; under 5." pounds, 3c; sheep pelts,
short wool. .Ttituotk'; medium, !: 80e;
long, 90c(.i $1 .25 ; shearlings, 10;.i 20c ; tal
low, good to choice, 3iit6e jer pound.
' Btlls AND D VOOIN'O.
Burlaps, 8-ounee, 40-inch, net cash,
tic; burlaps, 10-otince, 40-inch, net
cash, 7c; burlaps, 12-ounoe, 45-in. h,
7',c; burlaps, 15-ounce, CO-ineh, 11V:
burlaps, 2o-ounce, 76-inch, 14o; wheat
bags, Calcutta, 23x36, spot, 6c;
8-bushol oat bags, "c.
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FARM AM) GARDEN.
Seed Germinate Quicker
Pulverizing the Soil.
AIDS IX MAINTAINING MOISTURE
Certain Amount of Heat and Moist
ure Necessary for Good Ger
mination of Seed.
There are several results to be gained
by thoroughly pulverizing the soil be
fore planting' the seed. If this is done,
in nearly all cases the seed will germil
nate quicker and better, and plants will
make a thriftier start in growth. A cer
tain amount of heat and moisture is
necessary to induce a good germination
of the seed, and in a majority of cases
this can be secured by placing it in con
tact with the soil, and a fine tilth will
help materially in this. Then when the
soil is in good tilth the fine, tender roots
of the plants will be better able to pen
etrate the soil to advantage. One of the
principal advantages trained in pulver-
lzing the soil is that tlie plant food i&
brought into a more available condition
for the use of the plants, and this helps
materially in securing a better growth.
In many "cases, even in a thin cropped
down soil, a much better growth and
yield can be secured if the soil is pre
pared in a fine tilth before growing the
seed, and kept so during growth bv fre
quent cultivation, than would otherwise
be possible. By bringing the soil to a
food tilth before planting, it is easier to
eep it in a good tilth afterwards while
the plants will make a vigorous start to
grow. Thoroughly fining the soil aids it
to retain moisture as well as to draw it
from the subsoil by capillary attraction.
While fair crop may be grown in a rich
soil with indifferent preparations, the
best growth and yield is onlv possible
by having the soil in a fine tilth before
pituiuuu too oceua, uuu uteu Keep ll
thoroughly so during growth by shallow
surface cultivation. .This puts the avail
able plant food in a condition to be
taken up by the growing plants, and
helps materially in supplying the neces
sary moisture. The more thoroughly
the soil is prepared before planting, the
less work will be necessary to keep it in
a good condition afterwards ; hence, it is
good economy to take time to prepare
thoroughly before planting the seeds,
and it will be less work to maintain a
good growtli4
A FBEUCENX MISTAKE IS FEEDIXQ.
When an unusually long journey is to
be undertaken it is customary, with
many people, to give an extra quantity
of grain immediately prior to starting,
tum it tiny ne to siiujeciB iiiuiuereniiy
fed and lrreiiularlv exercised: or. iii
other words, those in poor condition.
Even though precaution is taken in
driving slowly we often find, as veteri
nary surgeons, that such is the history
of cases we are called upon to treat of
norses sunering train that frequently
fatal affection. After journeys of unu
sual length, or exertion of any kind, the
same danger is to be encountered from
the fatigue resulting, and consequent in
ability on the part of the digestive or
gans to operate upon an ordinary feed
of grain, much less an inordinate one,
winch is only too frequently provided
under such circumstances. A horse in
a tired state is more safely fed on hay
until rest has been allowed for from haif
an hour to two hours; for all they will
oe iikciv 10 consume oi tins more easily
digested fodder will not so readily over
tax the stomach. When much denres- .
sion has resulted from fatigue, a pail of r
thin gruel will soon revive the animal,
on account of its being readily absorbed
and getting into the blood, and being J
nutritious in character as well. I
MISTAKES OF STOCKMEN.
Farmers, and especially stock raisers,
often fail because the proprietor at
tempts to do even-thing himself. He
works early and late, is always worn out,
and consequently nothing is well done.
On a large stock farm two hired men
can be profitably used. It is imperative
that tho stock be looked after at night,
especially during spring months when
young animals are being constantly K
born. No one man can do all this work, j
neither can a man work all day and i'
part or most of the night as the case
may require. Arrange the work so that f
if the hired man stays up with a sick
animal, a farrowing sow, etc., he can the
next day get time to make up lost sleep, s
otherwise he will be in no condition to (
do his work thoroughly and skillfully. (
Of all the men about a farm, the pro- ji
prietor or general manager needs the
most rest. In planning the day's work f
he needs a clear head. Hence it is i
necessary to success to have some one to i
do night work. Usually seven or eight f
hours is sufficient for a mature man. j
Boys under- twentv-tive reouire more, l
It is only bv giving strict attention to
tlie demands of nature that the stock
man's powers can be used to the best
advantage,
VALUE OF INQUIRrXO.
Feeding is often done at random. The
food supply is used without reference to
its adaptation to the needs of the ani
mal. This exhibits a lack of thought
ful inquiry. Every young man, bv ask
ing questions and by reading books and
papers, acquires a considerable fund of
information which is capital in his busi
ness of general farming or raising live
stock. It is by the proper use of the
long evenings at this time of the year
that his foundation for future success is
laid. It is likewise true that the mid
dlcaged man, by the same course, main-
tains his strength of purpose and is able
to hold his own w ith improved condi
tions. In the past there are many ex
amples of men who hnvo succeeded
irntndly by their own thoughts and
plans and the knowledge thev have
picked up by diligent Use of the' means
at their disposal.
Note.
Po you get nil the cream there is in
milk? It is easy to lose a pound or two
of butter a week from each cow bv nut
setting the milk properly.
The lepartnient of Agriculture in
South Australia is eiicournL'ing the
growth of raisin grapes, and bus im
ported 40.0(H) cuttings for distribution
among farmer.
The cost of building a creamery in
New South Wales is given nt $9.1'xi.
which include the land, buildings and
machinery with a complete outfit ready
to begin oit-rationc
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had, and so she swallowed thirlv-si
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