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The Irish standard., 1897-01-30

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CARLOW. >....
Lord Rathdonnell, lieutenant of Coun-
ty Carlow has notified that, in response
to several acquisitions, numerously sign
ed, asking him to convene public meet
ing for the purpose Of taking into consid-
Grafton the report of the royal commits
sion on the financial relations. he has
convened meeting, to be held at Car
low Jan. 22nd.
A deputation on behalf of the parish
toner's of the united parishes of Bag
nalstown, Ballinkillens and Newtown
consisting of Messrs. Patrick Joyce, P. j.
Scully and Patrick Kelly, representing
Bagnalstown; VIM. Prandy and John
Byrne, Jr., the Ballinkillen district, and
Patrick Kinsella, Newtown, recently
waited on Rev. Mitchell Norris. P. p.
St. Mullins, and late Citrate of Bagnals-
town, for the purpose of presenting him
with an :1&inated address,, as token
of the esteem and regard in which he was
held by his late parishioners and in rec
ognition of his great services to them
during his years mission in their par
ish. The address spoke in the warmest
terms of Father Norrisse's services In
Bagnalstown. The Rev. gentleman en-
tertained his visitors at dinner and a
most enjoyable evening was spent.
CLAIRE.
On Jan. 7th, intelligence Of the death
of the Rev. Matthew Kenny,P. P, Castle
connell, reached Ennis, to the great re-
gret of his friends and relatives In his
native country. AS parish priest of Sea-
riff during the prime da"'s OF the land ag-
itation, Father Mat. Kenny was ever
found by the side of the people and there
was not many a political demonstration
in Clare during the sos that the sturdy
form of the good old priest was not to
be seen on the platform. After the ses-
sion of the Most Rey. Or. McRedmond,
to the See of Killalkoe, Father Kenney
was translated to Cessleconnell. Having
reached ripe old,ageshe was in failing
health for some title past and he passed
away quietly on TIE I n date.
With much regret We nave to announce
Tho death IN daf. :; Bird. of Rev.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17

be corn; and still others for the most novel
suggestion that should be at the same
time practical for using stalk, husk or cob.
But notwithstanding all these measures,
there was no appreciable diminution of
the store What was to be done?
Presently, when the shortening days
were preceded by frosty mornings and fol-
lowed by chilly evenings, the problem
found itself solved. The superfuity was
supplying warmth and comfort all through
the land. The first few bushels went on
the Goals with reluctance; it always seems
dreadful thing to destroy food, and ones
, mind keeps wandering to the Russian
peasants or the natives of India or to
whatever part of the world happens to be
starving at that particular moment; but
one soon gets used to it, as to everything
else, and after all corn makes cheerful,
cracking blaze and thaws the numbness
out of the fingers and toes as well as oak
logs or coal do 1t does not do to be too
sentimental. 1t is not only on the farms
that this new fuel is cooking the dinner
cooking itself, in r,any cases; but in the
cities and towns people have their dinners
cooked by the golden maize of the poets.
And this is not because other fuel is
any scarcer than usual in Nebraska. 1t
is all owing to the unprecedented size of
the corn harvest. 1t was beautiful
sight when the fields of corn were still
standing, when the stalks and leaves had
still their tints of pale silvered over green
and the only brown to be seen was the
hazel shade of the tassels. There is some
thing very effective about corn in the
landscape. The big leaves give tropical
effect; and coming as it does when the first
freshness of the year has gone, it gives
a satisfaction to the eye which has al
ready been preparing itself for subdued
tints of maturity and decay. The corn
gives a sense of reprieve, of renewed life.
Then corn has poetical value apart;
from its artistic one. 1t is peculiarly
American, for one thing. Our poets have
always loved; it, whether they termed it
maize or simple corn. Sidney Lanier has
a beautiful poem in its honor, and Long
fellow devoted whole division of Hia-
watha to the tale of how the Great Spirit
gave it to men for their support. Hia-
watha, with fasting and prayer, besought
a gift that should profit his people. A
youth named Mondamin dressed in green
and gold, appeared and challenged him to
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17
San Francisco Market.

Wool-Nevada 11@1 13c; Oregon, IL
@14c; Northern 1850 per pound.
Hops-10@12c per pound.
-Middlings, $20@22; Cal
ifornia bran, $17.50@1S. 90 per ton.
Onions-New red. 70@S0c; do new
silverskin, $1.4o@ 1.60 per Genital.
Eggs-Store, "a q 26c; ranch, BIZ @
32c; Eastern, 10 @20; duck, 20@25c pei
dozen.
Cheese-Fancy mild, new, 12 1ac; fair
to good, 7@8c per pound.
Citrus Fruit-Oranges, Valencias,
$500 90; Mexican lines, $4,000
8. 90; California lemons, choice, $1.75
@2.25; do common, SOC @$l per box.
Hay-Wheat, 12@14.5 so; wheat and
oat, $11@13; oat, $10@12; river bar
ley, s7@S; best barley, s1O@12;
alfalfa, So 8@9. so; clover, s. @9.50.
Fresh Fruit-Apples, 35@85c pei
large box; grapes, 25@s5c; Isabella,
60@75c; peaches, SOC @$l; pears, 75c
81 per box; plums, 2o@35c.
Butter-Fancy creamery, 26@27c;
do seconds, 24@25c; fancy dairy. % q
24c; good to choice, 19@22o per pound.
Potatoes-New, in boxes, 85 @80c.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17
Seattle Market.

Butter - Fancy native creamery,
brick. 2Sc; ranch, 16@18c.
Cheese-Native Washington, 1215c;
California, 915c.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 300 SIC.
Poultry-Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 1Oc; spring chickens, So. SOC
90; ducks, So. 50@3.75.
Wheat-Feed wheat, $22 per ton.
Oats-Choice, per ton, $1,000.
Corn-Whole, $22; cracked, per ton,
$22; feed meal, $22 per ton.
Barley-Rolled or ground, per ton,
$22; whole, $22.
Fresh Meats-Choice dressed beef,
steers, &c; cows, 51ac; mutton sheep,
&c; pork, &c; veal, small, 2.
Fresh Fish-Halibut, 40 SC: salmon,
3@4c; salmon trout, 7@1Oc; founders
and sole, 3@4; ling cod, 40 8; rock cod /,
SC; smelt, az @4c.
Fresh Fruit-Apples, 0c@$1.25 per
boz; peaches, 5@s0c; prunes, s5 O. 40c;
pears, 75c@$1 per box.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17

T OOD to burn! Imagine, says the
.E San Francisco Examiner in full
i page illustrated article on the sub
iect, great Western community convert
ing into flames to produce warmth for the
external body tons and tons of rich, nu-
tritious material that might go as health
giving foodSto warm the inner man! Here
is a consuming of food to cook other food
"a burning up of the elements of bone
and muscle for the purpose of preparing
another lot of the same elements for di-
gestion.
In many localities in the West the peo-
pie order corn from their fuel merchants
as they would order wood and coal-by
the wagon load. They prefer it because
it is cheaper than either of these combus-
tibles. Corn, regnant monarch of the
golden fields of the West; corn that would
fill out the hollow stomachs and clothe
with firm flesh the spindling shanks of the
children of India; corn that might prove
more precious than all the wealth of Or
mus to the isolated miners ON the banks
of the Klondike, is the ordinary thing to
burn as fuel in parts of Nebraska. 1t is
burned by the cook in the kitchen; it
sends pleasant glow of warmth through
the cozy library, where children and their
ing flames; it radiates from the red-hot
stove in the country store, where MINI
rods swap stories during long winter even
ings. 1t sends the wheels of industry re-
volving in greatfactories that darken the
heavens with their smoke.
And of course all this has served to
cheaper corn in peoples estimation of it
as food. The population has been stuffed
with corn-bread, hoe-cake, corn-starch,
ice-cream, cornmeal mush, griddle cakes,
and Indian pudding; popcorn has been
drug on the market, for the chill
dren and even the pigs had premature
Thanksgiving every day for three months;
and still the cobs were mountain high.
A Nebraska paper some time ago took
up the problem and offered prizes to the
persons sending in the longest list of
dishes whose principal ingredient should
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17

Marquette is almost ready to expire,
and has already ceased to exist at
Muskegon, White Hall and Grand
Haven. Now movement is on foot to
manufacture shingles out of some of
the stunnps which remain. This idea
has crept into the Badger State, and is
meeting the approval of old lumber
men, who believe it to be profitable in
the end. According to census statis-
tics this State manufactured $50. .OOO.-
600 shingles in 1890. Whether men
will resort to the stumps to increase
the crop is matter of conjecture.
Uncle Sam seems to be coming to the
rescue. Not long ago he sent an agent.
Fflbert Roth, of Washington, to in
vestigate the situation, and if possible
to ascertain the extent of the devasta-
ton and the possibility of reforesta-
ton. He found that Marinette has
nearly 1,000,000OOO feet of pine and
30J,0o0,000 feet of hardwood. Along
the Menomonee River, OO,OO0.O0O
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17

1S9o-S53 establishments, with cap
ital of $S4, 1929.
The value of products from WiscoR-
sin forests in 1890 was $50, ,115, ,739, and
the amount sawed was 2,S17, 100000
feet. To operate these interests $13,-
943, $50 was invested, of which abo'1t
S11,00O,000 went to workmen for
wages. At the present time $4,000 men
arr employed in the State to harvest
this years crop, and by the time tne
season closes $14,0O0,000 will Rave
gone into the hands of the hard work
ing men of the forests. The forests of
Wisconsin are fast disappearing. In
the past twentyfour years nearly 54,-
0o.o00, 900 feet of pine alone has been
carried away, which, if it had been
= cut in boards / inch thick, would have
made walk Al feet wide long enough
. to reach the moon, 250,0OO miles dis
Eant There is said to be remaining
S,0o0,000.00o feet of pine, of which
.,G0o,000,000 is located in Bayfield, and
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17

Douglas Counties. The mill men Of
late have been ordering the loggers in
some sections to cut all trees that are
G inches in diameter, whereas year
ago nothing smaller was wanted than
II inches in diameter. In the forests
the stumps are 8 and 10 feet high, but
these were cut ten years ago, and the
average person is at loss to know
Why men would go to the trouble of
cutting tree so far above the ground.
When these trees became victims of
the Ioggers they were surrounded with
snow to a depth of from to 10 feet,
and men were obliged to cut them at
the snow level. Now the order runs to
cut them as low as l5 inches and not
higher than 1S inches above the ground.
The best portion of the tree, it Is
claimed, is at the butt, but an expert
enced lumber man says that the in
crease of lumber by such close cuts
does not pay half the. extra trouble
that loggers encounter while cutting
the tree.
The same conditions exist in Michi-
gan. The lumber industry at Pere
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17

| wrestle. Three times they tested each
others strength and in the fourth trial
| Hlawatha killed him, and, following his
! instructions, buried him and kept the
weeds from off his grave:
It'll at length small green feather
From the earth shot slowly upward,
| Then another and another,
And before the summer ended
Stood the maize in all it's beauty,
/ With its shining robes about it,
And its long, soft, yellow tresses,''
to be the support and comfort of man.
Hiawatha took the corn under his es-
pecial protection and in order that the
harvest may be abundant sent Minnehaha
to walk around the fields:
Covered by her tresses only,
Clothed with darkness as garment"
And the Great Spirit blest the harvest
and showered down abundance upon the
faithful people.
The poets have been fond of husking
parties, too, when cider and kisses were
freely partaken of and many an old-time
custom prevailed. Do the maidens in
Nebraska still look for red ears as sure
promise of handsome husband?
The practical manner by which corn
first came to be adopted as fuel was intro
duced during last winter, when large
number of inquiries were received by the
Department of Agriculture of the Uni
versity of Nebraska asking for informa-
ton about the efficiency of corn as fuel.
Prof. G. r. Richards, aided by the State
Board of Transportation Of Nebraska, ad-
dressed a circular letter to grain and coal
dealers throughout the State asking for
conservative estimates of the number of
people in their vicinity who were burning
corn.
Many of the replies to these letters are
of interest. The information in all of
them is essentially the same. From all
of them it appears that a large percentage
of the people in Nebraska use corn as fuel
when the crop is abundant and the price
low, and we may naturally infer that the
same condition prevails in some of the
other Western States. 1t is an unfortu-
nate fact that in most of the sections
where the value of corn is least, the cost
of coal is greatest.
Corn and coal are now rivals. The gold
en- cobs wave naughty defiance to coal
cars from Wyoming as they run the
gauntlet of the serried ranks that stretch
from horizon to horizon. Will corn be a
practical fuel for the generation of power?
Now it is cheap and economical for do
mestic use 1t is cleaner and more easily
handled than coal and contains but very
small amount of ash. Some special form
of apparatus ingeniously adapted to the
new medium utilizing as much heat as
possible may increase its practicability.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17
Persons Who Are Magnetized.

Recent French experiments have de-
veloped the curious and unexpected fact
that certain persons possess magnetic
olarity-that is, they act as magnets,
having north and south poles. Such a
person, when completely undressed
and placed near sensitive galvanome-
ter, will, when turned on a vertical
axis, cause detection first in one di-
rectlon and then in the opposite, just
as a magnet would. All persons do not
possess this polarity. Professor Mu-
rani, an Italian, upon whom the expert
ment was tried, exhibited this phenom-
enon, and it is was found that his
breast cores ponded to north pole and
his back to south pole.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17

The interest in wheat has been any
thing but keen outside the Decem ber
deal, prices holding comparatively mar
row. Taking the May delivery, which
is more nearly an index of market val
ues than is December, the undertone
has been one of comparative frmness,
marked late last week by the good ad-
vance and a subsequent period of un-
certainty.
The worlds news affecting wheat
values has been on the whole favora.
BILE to higher prices.
Public stocks in this country have
not been increased as rapidly as for.
merly; while the worlds shipment to
Western Europe was liberal, they were
made up in great part by clearances OF
flour from our own coasts, phenomen.
ally large and highly encouraging. II
is believed the Australian crop will
show only small exportable surplus,
there are recent reports of purchases
on the Pacific coast for South Africa,
and. the Liverpool Corn News has pub.
lished further statements pointing to
the important shortage in Russia's sup.
ply of breastuffs and feedstuffs. The
Argentine exportable surplus continues
matter of uncertainty, and the trade
is less interested than formerly, but oi
course will closely watch the movement
as soon as the new crop is ready, now
a matter of only a few weeks. Receipts
of spring wheat in the Northwest con.
tinue large, but it is the time Of the
year to expect such. The cash demand
for wheat and flour is fairly good.
The corn market has been a sluggish
affair most of the time for a fortnight
past, prices narrow, interest at a mini
mum, the undertone one of easiness
Increased receipts are expected now
that farmers are practically through
husking and shelling, and in the alb
sence of an. urgent shipping demand
conside, ing the large offerings, specu
lative support is lacking. Exports are
fair, but ought to be much greater
and a large visible supply acts al
something Of weight on values. It ii
WO11HN VI llOtOs jIONCfOE, tHdG dI OA1St
ing low prices good deal of corn il
the aggregate is being shipped out O
Chicago. With the close of lake navi
CATION liberal quantities will be pur.
chased by spectators, and stored il
the hold of vessels at a low rate fol
shipment next spring. The market
has continued to hold close to the 2t
cent basis, with May hesitating be
tween 29c and SOC. Low grades by sam
pie 24h @251ac.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17
Portland Market.

Wheat-Walla Walla, 72c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 74@75c per bushel
Four-Best grades, $4.25; graham
| $3. so; superfne, $2.25 per barrel.
Oats-Choice white, 34@35c; choice
gray, 32@33c per bushel.
Barley-Feed barley, $1,000; brew
ing, $40 per ton.
Millstifs-Bran,$ $16 80 per ton; mid.
dlings, $21; shorts, $16. so.
Timothy, $12.5O@13; clover,
$10@11; California wheat, $40; dc
oat, $11; Oregon wild hay, 5000 pei
ton.
Eggs-1s1s @25c per dozen.
Butter-Fancy creamery, SOC 55c;
fair to good, 40@45c; dairy, 3O@4oe
per roll.
Cheese = Oregon. 111sc; Young
America, 12Ic; California, 9@10c
per pound.
Poultry-Chickens, mixed, $1.75@
$50 per dozen; broilers, $4,000. so;
geese, $4,000; ducks, $3.OO@4.5O
per dozen; turkeys, live, 10c per
pound.
Potatoes-Oregon Burbanks, 35@40c
per sack; sweets, 81 40 per Genital.
Onions-Oregon, new, red, 90c; yell
low, SOC per GENITAL.
Hops-8@14e per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 4@6c.
Wool-Valley, 14@16c per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 7@12c; mohair, 20
@22c per pound.
Mutton-Gross, best sheep. wethers
and ewes, $500; dressed mutton,
&c; spring lambs, SIC per pound.
Hogs-Gross, choice heavy, 81. 90;
light and feeders, $3.0O@4.OO; dressed,
i4.50@ 8. 90 per 100 pounds.
Beef-Gross, top steers, $2.75@3.0O;
COWS. $2.25: dressed beef, 4@5kc per
pound.
Veai-Large, ~ SC; small, 81 q
&c per pound.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17
DISAPPEARING FORESTS.
The Lumber Industry of Michigan and
Wisconsin Must Soon Decline.

The Lumber Industry of Michigan and
Wisconsin Must Soon Decline.
1t is estimated that the output of
lumber in Wisconsin and Minnesota
during the year 1895 was 4,500,000,000
feet. If this amount had all been
sawed into boards, a house 10 feet nigh
and Is feet wide, with a board joor,
could have. been built around the globe,
with enough lumber left to build a
fence on each side. Bicyclists enjoy
good board tracks, which are only too
short to suit them, but this amount of
lumber would have built track Reach
ing ten times around the earth. OF
all the manufacturing capital invested
in the State, lumbermen claim about
AZ per cent, or nearly $105,20O, ,0O).
This Investment of capital in this in
dustry has been on the increase, which
the following statistics will show:
1S7O-720 establishments, with cap
ital of $11, ,448,545.
1S8O-704 establishments, with cap
ital of $19,S24, ,O59.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17

feet is still to be saved, and it will
take twenty years to exhaust the sup
ply in this region. 1t was learned also
that in some sections young pine trees
are taking the place of those cut TWEEN
ty years ago. There are some en-
thusiasts who believe that an effort
should be made to replant the pine for
est, but the conservative lumbermen
say that it takes from fifty to one hun
dred years to grow pine trees to profit
able proportions. Nevertheless, some
have found it profitable to return to de-
vastated forests and cut the trees
that were rejected ten and twenty
years ago. They claim to have made
as great profit as those who handled
the lumber originally.
Many of the millionaires of Wiscon-
sin have made their money from lum-
Der. Among them are ex-senator
Villas, ex-Gov. Upha-l, Gov. Scotield,
Philetus Sawyer of Oshkosh, Rusts
and Ingrams of Eau Claire, the Luding-
tons of Milwaukee and Senator ]. II.
Stout of MenOmOnee
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17
Lost the Connection.

The students of one Of our we'll
known colleges for women, says the
Portland Transcript, are accustomed to
do their shopping in town through the
medium of a certain John, who, lack
ing intellectual gifts, has faculty for
doing errands. John writes down his
orders himself.
One day his list closed with:.
tub roz madder II
"choc cream 1p'
"git a string"
John pondered: "Get it where?
What kind? Who had ordered it? Was
ii for an eye-glass, picture-cord, corset
lacingF'' He couldn't remember,
couldn't "git" it, and went back with
out any.
But the moment he saw Jenny Peters
tuning her guitar at the window and
heard her call out, 80 John, did you do
my errand?" he remembered all about
it, and said to himself:
''There now, why couldn't l "a
thought of her gita- -tring-an written
out so plain, too! Strange 1 couldn' t
"a thought O. thatr'
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17
To still the oceans waves.

A scheme to increase the efficiency
of oil to still the waves of the ocean in
a storm has been thought out by Will
liam Guthrie, of Chicago. His notion
is based on the argument that if oil has
a pacifying effect when distributed on
the water in the immediate neighbor-
hood of the ship in trouble. its effect
would be magnifed if the oil could be
applied at "a distance all about the ship,
thus creating calm circle, in which
the ship could ride in safety until the
storm had spent its fury. His PROPOSE
tion is to shoot saturated sponges or cot
ton from a pneumatic gun, that being
preferable to powder gun, as there
would be no danger of igniting the oil
soaked sponge. Some people interested
in shipping have been impressed with
the idea and application is to be made
to congress for an appropriation to test
its efficiency.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17
DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED,

By local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness, and that is by constitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is caused by an in
famed condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is infiamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it is entirely closed deafness is
the result, and unless the Inflammation can be
taken out and this tn be restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten caused by Catarrh,
which is nothing but an inf1amed condition of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of deafness, Caused by catarrh) that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
eulars; free.
FL. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17

A man we'll up in dog-lore, counsels
intending purchasers of puppy to let
the mother of the puppy choose them.
In carrying them back to their bed, the
first the mother picks up will always
he the best
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17
KNOCKED OUT.

1t knocks out all calculations of attend
ing to business in the right way for day
when we wake up in the morning sore and
stiff The disappointment lies in going to
bed all right and waking up all wrong.
There is short and sure way out of it. Go
to bed after a good rub with ST. Jacobs Oil
and you wake up all right; soreness and
stiffness all gone So sure is this, that men
much exposed in changeful weather keep
a bottle of it on the mantel for use at night
to make sure of going to work in good fix.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-12-17
What He Was After.

Congressman-So you want to serve
your country, do you?
Applicant-Well, 1 amt particular
whether 1 serve my country much or
not, but should like to get an Office at
a good salary.-Somerville Journal.