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0' The Oregon Scout. t1 VOL. II. UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1SS0. NO. 30. S THE OREGON SCOUT. An Independent weekly Journal, Issued evo y Snturdny by JONES & CHANCEY, I'ubllslicrs and l'rojnictors. A. K. Jones, I Kdltor. f ( II. ClIANCRV, I 1'oiciuiin, ItAlESOr SUllSCKIl'TIOX: One copy, ono year $1 M ' Six months 1 (X) " " Threo mouths T3 Iiiviiriablj- cnsli In mlvmico. ifby nny chflncu subscriptions mo not pnld till end ot yenr, two tlollinn will bo etiuwd. Hates of advertising- mudo known on appll cntlon. Correspondence from all parts of the county solicited. Address nllcomuiiinlcntions to A. K. Jones, Editor OreKonfccout, Union, (Jr. Lodge Directory. GtUNi) Kondk Vai.i i:v I.oixji:. No. no. A. V. nnd A. Jl. Meets on tho second mid fourth Saturdays of cneli month. O. V. IlKt.L, V. M. C. E. Davis, Secretary. Union I.oikik. No. !W. I. O. O. F. Itepulnr meetings on Krldny evenings of etich week at ihclr hnll in Union. All brethren In ?ood standing aro invited to attond. lty order of the lodjfe. S. W. LoNCl, N. G. G. a. Thompson, Secy. Cliurcli Illrectory. M. K. Ciiuncii Divine forvico every Sunday ntllii.innnil7p.il). Sunday school at II p. in. Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at0:30. Itr.v. Watson, Pastor. Piiksuyti:iiian Cnmicit Itosrular cliurcli Forvlcoa every Sabbnth niornlnj and evening. Prayer incetiug oach week on Wednesday evening:. Sabbath eciiooi every Sabbath at JO a. in. llov. II. Vkiinon Uici:, Pastor. St. John's Kimscopat. Oilmen Servlco every Sunday nt 11 o'clock n. in. 1U5V. W. It. Powi:i.t Hector. Count)" OIlluci'H. Judpo A. C. Craig Sheriff A. U Saunders Clerk 1J. F. Wilson Treasurer A. F. Ucnsoti School Superintendent J. L. Hlndman Surveyor V,. Plmonls Coroner 13. II. Lewis co.MMissioxr.its. Geo. Acklcs Jno. Stanley Stato Sonator Ull. Klnchart F. T. Dick ; E. E. Taylor IiePBKSENTATlVKS. t City Olllcers. Jtajor D. n. Hoes COUNCILMKN. S. A.Pursol W. D. IleMIcman J.S. Elliott J. II. Thomnson .ino. Kennedy A. Levy Itecorder 51. F. Davis Marshal E. E. rates Treasurer J. D. Carroll Street Commissioner U Katon Departure ol Train. Ilegular cast bound trains leave at !:30a. m. West bound trains leave at 4:20 p. in. PJiOI'HSSIO.VAIj. J. It. CRITES, ATTOKWHY AT H.WY. Collecting and probnto prnctlco specialties Olllce, two doors south of I'ostofliee, Union, Oregon. It. EAKIN, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, Office, ono door south of J. II. Eaton's storo Union, Oregon. I. N. CROMWELL, M. D., Physician and Surgeon Office, ono door south ot J. U. Eaton's store, Union, Oregon. A. E. SCOTT, HI. D., imiysbciaiv ai ij;atii:o-, lias permanently located at North Powder, where no will answer nil calls. T. II. CRAWFORD, ATTOKNUY AT l,Afl', Union, - Oregon. I). Y. K. DFKKINCr, IMiysiciun iiikI Surgeon, Union, Oregon. Oflleo, Main street, nextdoorto Jones Bros. varietvBtoro. Itesfdenco, Main street, second house south ot court house. Chronlo diseases a specialty. D. II. REES, Notary Public Conveyancer. OFFICE-Stato Land Oflico building, Union, Union County, Oregon. II. F. BURLEIGH, Attorney at Ijiw, Itctil I'iutc and Collect in;? Affciil. Land Oflico Business a Specialty. Ofilco at Alder, Union Co., Oregon, JESSE IIAHDKSTV, J. W. 811 ELTON SHELTON & HARDEST!, ATTOICNIJYH AT tXW Will prnctlco in Union, JJaJcer, Grant, Umatilla and Morrow Counties, ulsn in tho Supreme Court ot Orcg"'t ho Dwtrlct, Circuit and Bunrcmo Courts of tho United States. Mining nnd Corporation business a spe cialty. Oflicc in Union, Oregon. DOiLESTIC ECOINUUY. Places Where Trees Can Bo Raised with Profit lor the Pur- pose of Producing Fuel. Arranging a Barn-Yard So as to Secure the Protection and Comfort of Animals. T)oes I'ucl-ltnlsliig Vayi This dopends on circumstances. It is not economical to raise trees for fuel on land worth from $."0 to $100 per acre, especially when coal is abundant and cheap. In most cases land is not worth SoO per acre for agricultural pur poses except in places that are near a largo town and whom there are good facilities for transportation. In such localities almost everything produced on farms will have a market value, and coal will be comparatively cheap. It will accordingly be tho best economy to raiso stock, grain, vegetables, or fruit, to sell them in town, and to purchase coal with a portion of tho money re ceived. It takes several years for quick growing trees, such as willows, pop lars and whitewoods, to reach a size that they will n fiord good fuel. At least twenty years aro required to raise hardwood trees of a sia that will afford good cordwood. During this time crops of corn, potatoes, grass, and small grains could be produced on the land that is devoted to tho production of trees. Tho product of ten acres of good land would in twenty years pro duce a fund tho interest of which would keep a family supplied with coal for all time. Rut on man' favms which arc worth $50 or upward per acre there is consid erable land that is not suitable for cul tivation. Some of it is quite certain to bo broken, rocky, subject to washing, quite low, or having a soil that docs not produce paying crops. This land will produce trees if tho proper variety are selected. The cultivated crops will only grow on fruitful soil, that can bo worked to advantage Avith ordinary im plements. But little can be realized from a crop of grass produced on very poor or uneven land. It costs much to cut and cure it for hay, and unless much labor is expended on it the land will not be profitable if devoted to graz ing purposes. Still, this land will pro duce good trees. Observation shows that the land that is most suitable for cultivated crops is not the best for for est trees. The latter will live and thrive on land that will not produce paving crops of any sort of gram or vegetable. Some of tho finest forests in tho country shade soil that is unlit for cultivation. Cultivated plants rely lor tneir sustenanco on sou witnm very few inches of tho snrfaco of tho ground, but trees send their roots so deep into tho earth that tho condition of the surface soil is a matter of small importance. Tho best disposition to maki of land on any farm that is unfit for cultivation is to plant it to trees. If it is too moist to plow or produce good grass it is quite likely that some varieties of tho ash, poplar, willow, or larch will bticeeed well on it. Jf it is Inch, broken, or rockv all kinds of nut-bearimr ti'ecs. maples, and evergreens will grow well upon it. Tho trees will improvo tho farm to some extent, will hido the por tions of the soil that had an uninviting appearance, and will beautify tho place. Tho production of tho trees will cost very little, as tho ground they occupy is useless for other purposes. " Tho trees win supply luel after a certain nuniDcr of vcars, and will redueo tho cost of wanning the house. Wealthy farmers can enjoy tho luxury of an open hro during tho winter season if they produco tho wood to keep it up on their own places, anu can cut and prepare it with tiio holp they ordinarily keep. Tho open wood lircs dt'sorves a rank with greatest comforts of life, but it can bo enjoyed almost without expenso by per sons who raiso trees on their farms. Tho branches that aro removed bv nrun- ing a few acres of timber trees will af ford fuel enough to support at least ono lire. With little doubt it nays to raiso trees to produco fuel in portions of tho coun try where land is cheap, but whero coal is dear on account of tho remoteness of tho mines or tho great cost of transporta tion. Tho cost of hauling coal over the poor roads that aro common in new ly settled portions of tho west is consid erable. It often happens that a great amount of suffering takes placo in conso qtienco of getting out of coal when the common roads aro hnpassablo on ac count of the snow or tho railroads are prevented from moving heavy freight Jn many places during tho past lew win ters farmers living quito adistanco from a railway station Iiavo been compelled during tho provalenco of long storms to burn corn, of which tliey haubut a small amount, in order to keep from freezing. With only a few acres of trees on tholr places they would have been compara tively comfortable, notwithstanding tho sovero cold nnd tho bad condition of tho roads. A good wood-lot near the dwell ing insures a supply of fuel at tho time when it is tho most needed. Farmers living a long distanco from a good market have to study how thoy can supply thenisek'ce with tho necessities and comforts of life without spending much money. If they can raiso trees thoy can have fuel for cooking their food imd warming their dwelling without ex pending money for coal. Wood is the best fuel to use in keeping up a lire to do cooking during warm weather. Es pecially is this the case when tho house is small, as it is likely to bo on farms that aro not well improved. It requires but little labor to prepare wood for burn ing in the old-fashioned air-tight or com mon box stove. Hard coal is scarcely ever used in tho went outsido of large towns. The choice is between wootl nnd an inferior sort of soft coal. The former is greatlv superior for cooking, especially in summer. It is also much bettor for heating a room that is well finished and furnished, as it is cleaner to handle, while it produces scarcely any smoke. A good wood lot saves tho expenditure of money, prevents anxiety, and adds greatly to tho comfort of a family. A Good ltnrii-Ynrd. Few farmers place a sufficiently high estimate on the value of a good barn yard, and accordingly they give little attention to its location, tho manner of inclosing it and rendering it comfort able for tho animals that spend much of their time in it. In many cases thoy arc at little pains to so arrange it that it serves the purpose of making and pre serving manure. In arranging a barn yard the lirst consideration should be in miring the comfort of the animals that aro kept in it, and it should be remem bered that most animals kept on farms pass more than half their lives in tho barn-yard. It is not practical to mako a pleasure-ground of the barn-yard: but it is practical to make it a comfortable placo m which animals will enjoy stay ing, and from which they will not strive to make their escape. To render it comfortablo a portion of its surface should bo quito high and dry. so that animals can stand or lie on it without becoming wet and dirty. Tho plan of having one side of the barn-yard elevat ed a foot or more above tho remaining portion is a good one, and ono that is easily carried out. If there is no natur al decline, stones or timbers can bo placed across a portion of the yard and the space back of it can bo fillctl to tho required height with sand or clay. Protection from wind and snow should bo tho next consideration, and this is a very important ono in tho northwest. Tho barn or other farm buildings should have the entiro or chief protection on tho west side, as tho worst winds generally como from that direction. Protection on tho other sides should bo secured by means of sheds and tight fences. The best fence for a farm-j'ard is ono made of strong posts and boards. A wire fence is very object ionable, as it a fiords no protection against the wind, allows tho snow to blow through it, while the barbs on the wire are very likely to injure animals that aro pushed against it, as they tire likely to bo in the contests that arc go ing on when many animals aro con- lined in somewhat limited quarters. A good fence, somewhat costly to build, but economical in the end, can bo con structed of strong posts, in which scantlings aro inserted near tho top and bottom, to which boards seven or eight feet long aro attached in an upright po sition. Such a fence keens out the drifting snow and breaks tho forco of tho wind. Cattle that stand or lio near it will bo comfortable, providing rain is not falling. Their fodder will not bo blown about if it is placed next to such a fence. A fence of this kind can bo utilized to form ono sido of a long shed. If sap lings can bo obtained thoy can be placed in lino in the ground twclvo or more feet Iroin tho feneo and a support for poles nailed to them at tho proper height. On this poles can be run to tho top of tho fence and on them a roof of straw can Do made. A shed of this kind will cost but very little, while it will do much toward affording comfort to the animals confined in tho farm yard. A better shed can bo niado by using cedar posts and 6cantling for support and by making tho roof of boards and battens. With little doubt tho cheapest and best roof could bo niado of rough boards and building paper covered with coal tar, rosin, and gravel. The roofs of many buildings in largo towns aro now made of theso materials', and they give excellent satis faction; but the art of making them Iish not extended into tho country. Al though a well constructed barn or sta ble is necessary for tho protection of work horses and dairy cows during the winter, a good shed will afford all tho protection needed for ordinary storo cattle, and in tho majority of cases thoy prefer it to tho barn, as it allowr them more liberty. Of courso tho barnyard should bo well supplied with water. It is not neces sary, howover, that tho well that sup plies tho water or tho pump that raises it bo located in tho yard. There are many good reasons for having tho well outsido of tho yard. Its water would bo less likely to bo contaminated, and it is mora pleasant to draw water from a well that is outside the yard to a trough that is within it. It is much better to have tho watering trough undor an open shed than in an exposed place near tho center of tho yard. If it Is undor a shed snow win not accumulate about it and mako it difficult for animals to get a drink. If tliero aro more nnimuls of different kinds to bo supplied with water it is much better to havo moro than ono drinking-nlace. By having several troughs tho dangor of crowding and hooking is obviated. It is a good plan to havo all tho trouglis filled with water before cattle and horses aro let out of tho barn and stublo in tho morning, as they generally seek to obtain a drink as soon as thoy aro released. A portion of tho barn-yard should be devoted to tho making and storing ol manure. During tho summer tho drop pings of tho cattle should be thrown on tills place every morning. By adopting this plan the larger portion of the yard can be kept clean for the cows to lio in. Clean milk can not bo secured without great trouble if cows can not lio down without coming in contact with their droppings. Bv hiMiring the rotting of the coarse fodder that is thrown out to stock, but which is not eaten, a portion of the yard should bo comparatively low, so'that it will catch and hold tho liquid manure and the wash of the dung. The hay, straw, and corn-stalks that are rejected by cattle will absorb these liquids and be converted into excellent fertilizers. The manure heap in tho barn-yard can receive additions from the dwellings and the poultry-houses. Ashes and soap-suds should bo thrown upon it instead of being deposited in the street or near tho house. If tho manure-heap becomes offensive during tho summer laud plaster or ground gyp sum should bo scattered over it every few days. This will take up tho escap ing ammonia ami retain it till the ma nure is taken to the fields, when it will becoms food for plants. Chicago Times. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. A pretty lamp is made out of tho or dinary ginger jar. Do not paint it or paste anything on it. Leavo it in its pretty bluo and tho wicker covering, removing only tho handles, and get a common brasslanip that will lit into tho jar. Coffee stands first in tho list of bev erages for tho breakfast table, though for nervous people, or thoso who aro nlllictcd with palpitation of tho heart, it is not to bo recommended. Now let some equally good authority tell you .direet ' ly tho opposite. " Graham Biscuit Threo cups of gra ham Hour, one cup of wheat Hour, two lablespoonfuls melted butter, ono tea spoonful of soda, two tablespoon brown sugar, two teaspoon cream tartar, one half saltspoon of salt, milk enough to mix, and mako into biscuit, bake in a moderate oven. Tongue Toast A very nico dish is prepared from cold boiled or potted tongue. Slice tho tongue and cut each slice into small lino pieces; beat it in a pan with a little butter. To prevent burning moisten with warm water or clear soup; add salt and popper; stir into it two beaten eggs. When set, ar range neatly on toast. A foreign disli that is better without its name, is made by putting ono pint of split peas into ono pint of water or soup liquor, boil for live hours, until thoy aro soft and pulpy, renewing tho liquor, add a dessert spoonful of curry powder, two Spanish onions cut up and fried, two ounces of butter and a little cayonno, three cloves chopped line. It is bettor to boil. the peas some hours before re quired nnd then to heat them with tho other ingredients. Served with rico so boiled that each kernal will fall apart from tho others. Cream Tic Scald ono pint of milk in a double boiler. Wet two oven table- spoonfuls of cornstarch in a little cold milk, add tho yolks of threo eggs and three lablespoonfuls of sugar and beat with an egg beater till very light; then stir into the scalding milk. Flavor with lemon and let it cool. Lino si pie-plate with a nice crust and bake it. Then fill with tho cream and make a meringue of tho whites of the two eggs beaten with two tablespoonfuls of powdered sugar. Cover the top of the pie with this and set on tho upper gritfe of tho oven until tho meringue is a pale straw color. Thero is ono thing that tho best of nurses should not be allowed to do, and that is to stand with a baby at a window when tho thermometer is much below freezing. Tho cold fairly radiates from tho glass and strikes on tho dolicato little lungs or legs when tho baby is short-coated. Tho mirso likes to in diilgo her curiosity as to passers-by in J ho street, or to watch and see who it is that is getting out of tho carriage at tho door, and the next thing a doctor's carriage has to draw up andtho baby is treated for croup or pleurisy. At no timo in winter is the window a good place for a baby to bo held. Bice Pudding A quarter of a pound of rice, the sumo weight of sugar, ono quart of milk, ono pint of cream, half an ounce of gelatine. Parboil tho rico in water and then cook it soft and thick in tho milk, adding tho sugar and sonio vanilla, and, when Hourly done, add tho gelatine, which has been dis solved in a llttlo water. When dono set it aside to become cold. Beat tho cream to a still' froth and mix it thor oughly with tho cold rice. Put in a mold which has been moistened with cold water nnd set it on tho ieo. A li quor glass of Maraschino may bo added to tho whipped cream. Xhls amount is suniciont lor ten persons. Miss Corson tells us it is quito un safe to put frozen meat to tho Hro or into the oven to cook without thawing it lirst. Tho heac in tho process of cooking actually hus tho same effect upon tho frozen tissues that hot weather would have upon long kept meat, and tho poultry or joint will spoil beforo tho lire, as it would in tho larder or hung out of tho window, in a sudden change of temperature. Frozen meats of courso keep well, and tliero is very slight if any differenco in thoir flavor if put into cold water and allowed to remain tliero until sufficiently thawed to cook. But tho cooking must bo dono immediately, as "thawed out" meats are especially liable to spoil. THE SILK INDUSTRY. An Advance. In lrlco Vroiiilned Kndtiiy; a I.onic Competition. The meeting of sewing-silk and twist manufacturers in this city last Friday, by organizing an association to promote harmony and mutual interests in the trade, took steps toward closing a long and memorable strife. This branch of silk industry is the oldest in the coun try. Tho value of its annual production of goods is moru than $10,000,000. About fifty separate concerns aro en gaged in the manufacture, but t'-o great bulk of the business is done by half a dozen largo firms. Nearly all their mills are in Connecticut a.yd Mas sachusetts. Probably they aro about to open a new page in their history; but already there is enough of it to point a moral. The manufacture of sewing-silk as a household art in Connecticut began in colonial times, and attained im portance in the earlier part of this cen tury. Then ensued a long series of ef forts, taxing Yankee ingenuity and patience to tho utmost, to do tho work by power-driven machinery. For many years the product was inferior to the ho wing-silk of Em ope, and when by a series of improvements, it surpassed tho foreign goods in quality, it had still a hard struggle for reputation. That this point was carried as early as 18 1!J is shown by a sort of declaration of in dependence in that year, signed liy leading manufacturers at a meeting in this city, declaring that they would no longer conceal their goods under for eign labels. At that period tho compe tition was sovero, hut it was wholly with the foreign producer. NoNt came tho invention of the sowing-machine, and the demand for a kind of sowing silk suited to it, which, when duly in vented and improved, came to be known distinctively as"tuaehino twist." This gave a great impetus to tho business, and the production of "twist" now very far exceeds all tho rest of this branch of tho industry. As tho machine and its "twist" started in life and grow togeth er in this country, tliero was no foreign competition in tho case. All kinds of sewing-silk shared in tho improvements of manufacture with the result that for eign competition ceased. Then sprang up between our own manufacturers a fiercer rivalry than tho trade had ever known; and this condi tion of affairs lias continued with few brief interruptions to the present day. In most trades such competition lends to degrade '.tho quality of tho product in order to meet lower prices, but this is not tho caso with sowing silks,' be cause there are ready means of testing them, and buyers have been educated to require goons mat win stand mo tests. Practically tho competition is sole ly ono of prices thinly disguised by dis counts to purchasers, and presents of "cabinets" expensive pieces of furni ture to display tho wares. There could he no more complete demonstra tion of the fact that home competition is moro effective than foreign in bring ing down tho prico of goods. The sowing-silks of to-day are far bettor than the once famous "Italian silks," and are less than half tho price. But though such proof may bo very pleasant to tho student of political economy, it is not equally agreeable to the manufacturer, especially when it continues year after year, paring down his margin of profits. For the last two or threo years tho cost of raw silk has been slowly but stoutly falling. This material is the chief factor in tho cost of sowing-silks, and bears a larger proportion to tho value of tho finished goods than any other branch of tho silk industry in this country. Under tho stress of competi tion tho prices of goods wore forced down in equal step with those of tho raw material, and consumers got all tho benefit of tho decline. But within two or threo months tho conditions havo changed; prices of raw silk roso suddenly, rested a little, then roso again, and now seem still to be rising. All indications point to a permanently increased cost of the raw material. Tho logic of the situation is conclusive as that of Mr, Micuwbor about income and expenditure. The manufacturers must advance their, prices and now, if ever, they should harnionizu their differences. New York Tribune. Fashionable Bonnets. "My dear," said Mrs. Squihlig, "I want a now bonnet." "Of courso you do," said Squihlig; "but isn't tho ono you havo good yet?" "It's good enough of its kind, but I want a felt bonnet, u hey aro coming into stylo again." "Oh, that's certainly a mistake" "Why is it a mistake? What do you know about the fashion in bonnets?" "Why, I know that ladies objoct bo having their bonnets felt. They'd rather havo them seen." Then Mrs. Squihlig laughed a diplo matic little laugh ami got tho money for her bonnet Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tel egraph. Tho Boy in the Cur. "Room for ono moro" was speedily niado in a Columbia avenuo car tho other day by tho naive llendishuessof a llttlo boy who got on at Boylston street with his mother. Both wero standing, but wlillo tho lady looked tired, tho boy evidently enjoyed it Ho kept look ing at tho bottom of the car and laugh ing. Pretty soon he pointed to a pompous-looking gentleman and said in u gleeful tone, "Ain't he got awful big feet, ma?" Boston Jleaeon. Very 3Iueli Condensed. Seattle, Wash., shipped IfW.lTo tons of coal to California nnd Oregon ports last yenr. Providence, It. f., put up now build ings lust year to theextentof $1,087, 1120. British Columbia exported gold last year to the amount of $71o,7U0. There are over 1,000,000 volumes in tho New York public libraries. About two thousand cases of murder were reported to the press in lSSo in the l uited States. The salmon pack of the Columbia river, Or., hist year was 511,000 eases. Of the 072 Yale graduates who died in the ten jenrs between 3 870 and 1885 there were 21 1 who were past 70 years of age. Business in ISP." has been very good with life insurance companies. In Ohio there are 701 ,22i horses, 2l,:i02 mules. fi.'iO.-l.'in milch cows; oilier horned cattle, J, 2i) 1,001; sheep, 5,121, 102; hogs, l,U2H,!J0a. "Considering that death in the most rortain tiling in the world, it is sur prising," remarked tho Boston Herald, "to find how few persons arrangetheir alTairs with reference to its possi bility." Tutors at Harvard are said to re ceive salaries of from $800 to $1,200 a year, whilo the trainer in athletics sets $2,000. Tho New York State debt amounts to $i),.'l!J0, 1 00; the tu x rate for tho cur rent year is 2.00 mills; tho property valuation is $3,0l)J,7ai,a57. The bullion product of the mines in tho vicinity of Butte City, Montana, for the veur ending 188i5 foots up $17,000000 and that of Leadville, Colorado, 12,000,000. The public school superintendent of Wyoming reports I,f00 pupils, 7a school houses, 147 teachers, and the total amount paid for salaries at S88.000. South Australia. New Zealand nnd N'ow South Wales remain out of the new federated -Australia, which em braces Victoria, Western Australia, Tasmania, Fiji and Queensland. The legislature of the live united colonies met on Jan. 25. People with weak eyes in New York, ivho go out of an evening where tliero wo electric lights, carry parasols and tnibrellas to protect their eyesight, fhe sunshade is transformed into a lighlshnde. Tho Pennsylvania superintendent of public instruction reports the number Di schools to be 20,254, of which 3,351) aro graded. Tliero aro 22,SU4 teachers; cost of tuition last year, $5, 580,180.10; value of school property, f 32,011,1 10. Tho consolidated debt of Franco, iccording to tho budget of 18C5, amounted, by capitalizing tho rento 3V interest, to 10,052,02-1,230 francs, Dr nearly $ l000,00(),000. The pub ic debt of tho United States on tho Lst of December was $1,81 5,027.15. A St. Louis medical magazino says meezing is tho best method of loosen ing and expelling secret iounry sub-" itances in the air-passages, and that sneezing is in other respects an excel 'cut remedial process. AVoineit in Hgypt. Lysander Diekerson, wljojs deliver ing a course of lectures in Boston on tho Egyptians, devoted a portion of his last lecture to the condition of kvomen among them. Hu said that though thero was no traco of a mar riage ceremony, there wero lawn and contracts that made tho women equal, md oven superior to the man in prop erty and social rights. Ho read sov iral marriage contracts to show tho gradual progress in freedom and inllu jiico of married women. In 181 B.C., 1 lie decree of Piillopater that no wifo should disposooflierproperty without the consent of her husband, actually killed women's rights, ami from that timo it would seem that tho dethrone ment of women was sure and sudden. Maniago between brothers and sisters ivns lawful, the marriage of Isis and Osiris among the gods forming tho basis for this. Monogamy was tho rule. No Chanco for the Froshleiiej'. From tho Elmlra Garotte. . "Itanium' said a littlo Fifth Ward boy lugubriously tho other day ns ho 'aid down a volume of biographical sketches of tho Presidents, "I don't oelievo I'll ever bo a President. I ain't got tho chance, I wasn't brung up right." "Why, my child, you havo the same chanco that other little boys have." "No, I ain't; I wasn't born in a log cabin, nor I ain't drove a team on tho ;aual, nor had I to read the Hpellin' book by tho light of a pine knot, nor had to split rails nor nothin' like tha ' rest of the boys who got tlw; I tall you, mother. I'm handicapped on this Presidential husinetw," From the stress laid on th bayd- " ships endured by some of tlw Frai , lents when boys it is BOtfttraMpUtftt the juvenile mind should draw Huelt d deduction.