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SAT IT II DAY, NOV. 25, 1SH. Ir. N. OOlcinl Ia;t'r for OrOftui. Result ol Example. T3se ItiiMNlait 1'riiny. California encouraged her citizens to gamble by legalizing lotteries, and Las sutlered the legitimate fruits of such an evil example in the numerous swindling lottery fehomes ; which have been gullii g her people, Vow VmVf ,.',.,. i t and others, under the (semblance of -ew 1 01 k tvi" manv weeks lias; ' li-w.1. nnt-;,-.;.,-f .. ! law, and backed by her precedent, been making great preparations lor , , i .-v-nvvt; " -n i She discovered her error, ana is the loception of Prince Alexis of . , . ' just now engaged m endeavoring to enforce the law against lotteries in San Francisco, by prosecuting those who were engaged in the ra cei it lottery there. I Jeeause she did wrong in th.e past is no reason why she should not do right now, of comve,iid Ave are glad she is en deavoring to correct the great evils which have resulted from so bad an example : but how much better it liussia. No fooner was it a.i mmi eed that this son of royalty woidd vh-lt New York, than th.e i:ote of preparation legan. A house was remodeled and furnished in most Kusslan royal style. Ad miral Koweu and his American squadron, the committee-of arrange ments, and preparations, and fix ings, Availed patently and patient- Iv. with their aivxio?is fivuvtnut. i eVcs turned reaward, until at iat 1 would have Ix-en had the precedent their faithful vigil' Avas rewarded, "over.l.wn set. The Grand Duke hove in siht, or ! Washington Territory should rather the fixate Svellan, that held j t:ike this vxam l!lto MMwnM cutu ,., . . . ' . , i slderation Ik4 fore they consummate hni, u!'l. i his was last Saturday. . . ,i i r i ' tlieir gambling pchctuc. V I V. V , ' I V .V , V 1 .A t. I V A 111. j vehan, approached the American j sjuadron at the I lorse-s'ioe, he, or rather she, tired a salute of twenty one guns. Then the Congress, Sev ern, ! -quois and Kansas saluted back, dipping their colors to the young royal Russian Bear, as he, or rather the frigate he was in, passed to anchorage. The dispatch Ave I.ave bc'bre us now, leaves him out there in the h'ay, anchored, or rath er th.e Svellan is, and he is in her. Collector Murphy, of Xew York, for whose continuance in otlice President I rant haslecn so grossly abused by the Democracy, to save the President from further Aituper ation and slander, has resigned, and Chester A. Arthur has been ap pointed to li 1 1 the vacancy. The President, in reoly to 3 ir. Murphy's letter ol resignation, savs that u.i- The dispatch savs he is tall, strongly j dcrhi administration the revenues built, and has the a-rot a gentle'-j 'ftlie Now York Custom-house man : has a clear complexion, light ! liave "vased, ai.d l air. Avh inkers, and blue eyes; he speaks English fluently, but is thought to preK-r French. Xo re tention formalities Avere offered to him on Sunday, and like a good royal Pear, he staid all day onboard Lis A'essel. I ater dis Pitches inln-m us that on Monday it rained and prevented the grand reception from taking place. Hence the Grand Btike had to stay on his A essel a day longer. On Tuesday, howeAer,the Aveathcr god Avas propitious, and the reception took place. Afccr considerable ceremony and prepara tion, lasting from cleA'en o'clock A. 31., until half past one o'clock P. 31., the Peceptkm Committee, and live hundred others, landed him amid the roar of . cannon and the deaiening shouts of Aveleome from innumerable Xew York lungs. He took a seat in. a barouche, he did, and there he Avas, looking as'ince as he could be in a magnificent uintorm general officer of the Russian rrmr. AS lie passeu up iroau- Avay, ast crowds cheered Jiim at every step ; the military presented arms, dipped their colors, played their bands, and the ladies at the windoAvs AvaiA'ed their cambrics, and we expect the Duke felt awful nice. 3Ve hope"' young 3Ir. Alexis of Russia inay have a good time while he is visiting Uncle Sam, and go home to the family nest, much improved. S ... The total demoralization of the Democratic party renders it al most certain that the next nominee of the. Republican party for Presi dent will be elected. We say al most certain, because a possible cou tingeiicy mightarise,. which, would mrperil the success of the party. Left to a square issue between the parties as they exist now, the event is without question a great Repub lican triumph. - "Ablush is a sign which Nature hanss out to 6how where chastity dwells," has been going the rounds of all the journals in Oregon, until we don't believe it. We think it's a sign of a rush of blood to the head "nothing more." ; the cost of collection greatly dimiu ished, Avhich tacts are shown by recoi'ds ol'the Tivasury I )epartment. He coloses u? bv savino-: ""You ! havo hn.il inv uiiniiRliiit'il ('Oi.i!(?(Mi'f ever since you entered the office, and as that confidence is still un shaken in accepting your resigna tion, 1 desire to give you the full est assurance of the lact that wheth er A'ou reamain in or out of office, time will convince the public of A'our entire innocence of the charges brought against you." Turkeys are said to le getting anx ious, and all they "axis is, let me alone." They contemplate organizing a company in .Salem to build a scow to naA-igate the muddy streets in. Two Chinamen had a set-to in Portland last Thursday. " One knocked the other sprawling and kicked him twice while on the sprawl ; for which he shelled out' $10, to appease offended justice. The -down express train was dis placed from the track last Wednes- nay, near Oregon City. Nobody slaughtered, or mashed. : , r Xovkl 3Iarriagks. A New York correspondent says two rather novel looking marriages recently came under his notice. Not long ago the head ol a -ery old business firm in the metropolis died. Sooh after the wife of the other member of the firm Avas taken aAvay by death. The surviving widower with nine unmarried chil dren has noAV married the surviA'ing widow with seA'en unmarried chil dred. The firm is thus jierpetnated in the family, and sixteen children are brought into the family fold. Not loner aro a rich widower bordering on sixty, Avithout chil dren, married a Avidow a iew miles up the Hudson river having thir teen children, some of the older ones beins: married. His Avife died oA-er thirty years ago, and during that tune he kept aloof from society, devoting himself entirely to busi ness. V hen, therefore, he married into the bosom of a family all of whose members endeaA'ored to make it agreeable and pleasant as possi ble for him, he experienced the most agreeable emotions and became a decidedly happy man. The other day one of Jus acquaintances m Is ew York, jokingly asked Jin how; ., it seemed to be surrounded. Avith thirteen children, all drawing sup port from him. "I wish to the Lord there were thirteen more , of them,", was the immediate reply. Speedy Gkoaath of Radishes. In the publication of the Accli matization Society ot Palermo we are informed that radishes may be obtained at any season,' ; and : very quickly, in the following manner : The seeds are to be first soaked for twenty-four hours and then "placed in bags and. exposed to the sun They will begin to germinate in about'twenty-tbur hours, and are then to be set in a b6x filled, with well-manured earth $ and moistened from time to time : with lukewarm water.- In five or six days the rad ishes will attain the size of small onions. To grow radishes in winter the box is to be placed in a Avarm cellar, covered with a top, and- the earth moistened from day to day with lukewarm water. When a man commences to go down hill he finds everything greased for the occasion. oiru WASirixuTox mjtteh. Washington, Noa 10, 1871. FliAl'I'S have become so common of late, that to give a full recital of them would fill the columns of your paper. I therefore can only give a brief syn opsis of those that haA'e -''occurred during the past AA'eek. The largest on? reported involves F1V1C 1IUNI)I1EI THOUSAND DOL I.AUS, and Avas committetl on the "In dian Home Guard," an organization composed of Creek, Cherokee and Seminole Indians, who ser ed in the late war. A law Avas passed a short time after the close of the war, to allow them pay and lounty for their services. An . agent named J. W. Wright, was appointed by the In dians to prosecute their claims be fore the Departments. When a set tlement Avas made, Wright got 80 percent., and the Indians tA-enty percent, ot the lull amount oi tne , iay and bounty due. A't'righ.t could not get rich last enough in this Avay; uivnig sAvindled the Indians all he could, he paid his attention to the loveruuient, and presented ior pay ment a mimlier of fraudulent claims, wit li fiilse affidavits, powers of at torney, and iovged court certili- ates. Some of the cianm Avere for leatii, men and ei-sons that never expected the A'ouchers, and other kijxts that A.rere on file in tt:e In- lian llureau, have been stolen since an iuA cstiixation of the swiiidle. has een onlereil. This may cover up i right s raK-auty to a certain ex tent, but the Department will have certified coiies from the duplicates in the pay department made, and Ktw;liitaiidiii5j; the theft, there is a chance that justice will be dealt out to the poor Indian. right lsA trv Avealthv, and m ill probability the (Jovtrument Avill not txi a very heavv loser, lhe next one repoitetl, inAoles 'about TWO lU'XJUKi AND NINICI'Y OSK iou-Acs axi i:k;iity-s"evkx t UNTS, and was committed iit .3IundsA ille, West Virginia, by RasilT. Powers,. a claim agent, it appears this man has been drawing a pension belong ing to 31 rs. 3Iargaret Crousvia, a pensioner of the late Avar, anel ap propriating the money thus obtain ed! to his oavu 'private use. 1joavt ers has been arrested and bouuel over in the sum of $2,000 to answer. THE XEXT on the list is Collector. Robb, of South Carolina, Avho was arrested a few davs ago in SaA annah, uiion an indictment of the grand jury ot that city', for defrauding the Govern ment; the amount ot his defalcation is not knoAVii at th.e present Avrit- II!" AND 'THE NEXT IS'. Ivryzorieski, fonnerly Supervisor of Internal Revenue for the States of Georgia and Florida.' lleAvas sus pendetl in ' the early part of this AATeek, and an order issued for his arrest. The particulars of this man's rascality has not been made public, but iiiA-olA'cs many thousand dol lars. V ho is next? THE CAPITOL. The seA'eral committee rooms of this building have been fitted up and re-carjetcd for the reception of the lionorables; both chambers have been put in order, and thejwholo ed ifice presents a neat and tasty ap pearance. "Already the hum of business is quite apparent through out the entire building. The com mittees of both Houses are gradually coming together. The Committee of Finance in the Senate, has al ready met, and decided upon the course to pursue during the coming session ; a great many changes and deductions Avill be made in the pres ent Internal Kevenue. An effort will be made to haAe salt and coal placed on the tree list. APPOINTMENTS. During the week the President made the following, appointments: Horatio G. Sickle, Pension ascent at Philadelphia, -ice Forbes re moved for defalcation. John r II; Haws, Consul at Hokodadi : Geo, H. Barker, of Pennsylvania, Minis ter resident at Constantinople. INTERNAL REVENUE. The position of Chief will be ten dered to the : acting Commissioner. Mr. Douglass, as soon as Congress meets, inis is an excellent appoint ment, as Mr. Douglass is well qual ified, navmg nad two years expe rience as Deputy ; Commissioner The Pennsyl yania delearation in Congress are pressing his claims, and say their State is entitled to the po- siuon, as tney nave no uabmet office. TUB CABINET . ' met day before yesterday. The usual executive business "was transacted. 1 he situation of affairs in the South Avas discuss'u. xjo ucuiuw conclu sion was aifived at on this question, and an early adjournment took A OJJ., place. The fountain oferpeturtl youth discovered at last. It U the baths of Sehlangea Hid, neir Si-hwallwieh. A contri ondeiit, vhthveJl knows where of he writes, asserts most positively that these Avatersdd have an active and speedy effect on thd skin. That effect may he teiniwrarh he admits, but then tiic application ciin he continual ly reuewed, and the bath of beauty taken as regularly as breakfast. This is the A-entabJe siciievement tliat Madame liaehel pronii:5etl. but failed to perforin. She pledged lierselt to make people beautiful forever," a power belonging, h appears only to nature and t!ie aths ot Scblangeii Bad. Tiiese rentior the sort skm of youth still more sof'c and lovely ; they restored some of tl e beauty , of youth to the skin of the matron." The re spectable authority we cite declares that there is no doubt Avhatever that even a single bath tioes really produce a certain, '-though temporary," al teration in the ski.f. One's body ap pears, he tells us, j TO HE CONVEKTI 1 INTO ALAIVASTEU. ! The efiVet is fitmnge and to some persons may be -pleasing.'.! We cer-t.iiriK- know of a fftuul manv nelsons on Aviiota the efVi-H would be p!asing on oilier scoie rnaij mat -i mere gotxi looks ; yt-t iiinloiun tuy to a;teriiate from ;i 'coudit ion of alabaster to one of Scotch graiute iiniht be attended with inconveniences. It is ssiid to add to thedelight of the baths of Heh'angen l.au, li an' not oniv niaKe people, love ly but supple. Old folks alter ablu tion in them become as lithe and ac tive as children. Our correspondent vouches for this as well : and altogeth er the fascinations of the ucav Spa, but for such strong indorsement, Avould seem rather apocryphal.' It is admit ted, hoAvever a:id this is AX UNHAPrV IKAAVIiCK, That the waters make tne bathers rain. 11 icy oiten ;o rnrougn tne ex perience of Xaivissus Or, atalleA'ents the lirsfi)art of it. A story in . jioint is told ol an cIderlAT t rencunitin, who. when taking 'a buth, Avas overheard saying to himseif, '"Dmix ces Tmh'-iis na (Bathing in these, baths make a person fill m love with himself. ) Our infor mant sasreh' iKuit3 out that people ha ve been known to fall iu loAe with themselA'cs without going to the. baths of Sehlaugeu Dad ; but this is no mere sophistication, since the greater the number ol people avho are maue beautiful foreAer," thejnvater must needs be the 'risk of tiie augmentation of self worship. It is to 'be feared, howcA er, that - no prudential considera tion Aiil prevent the spread of the lame .ot these oaths, and Ave shall, without nuestion, soon hear of the Schlangen Bad Avaters at our fashiona ble chemists and perfumers. They will be brought oA er and purveyed oy the bottle, no doubt, and many a .- iterant belle aa iII blossom forth atresli iu all the diabolical beauty of youth. IT IS STARTLING TO RKFIXCT ITow manv modern discoA'eries make realities of the myths and legends of anti iuity. Apparently there is hardly a wonder of the "Arabian Nights" or the '-.Fairy Jales," but is some w ay or Another Ave may expect m tne fullness of time to see become a prac tical fact, and now that the fountain of perpetual youth is disco A'ered, the philosopher's stone will very likely oe next in order. It we can add to the faculty of perennial rejuvenation that of constantly replenishing our purses so that unchanging lightness of heart and comeliness of person shall be com bined with exlia ustless gold Ave ought apparently to be blest, indeed ; that is it we could only tonret the experience ofFaust and Avhat the career of that aspiring gentleman ended in. . . - King Victor Emanuel made a pub lic entry into Koine on the 21st, and Avas met at the gate3 by , the heir ap parent, also Prince Humbert, -Mini sters of the croAvu and a large body of the .National Guam. The populace lined the streets . m irreat numbers, greeting the King with earnest enthu siasm. The Commissioners on the arbitra tion of the Alabama claims, it is stated, Avill assemble at GeneA'a, Switzerland, on the 12th of December. Sittings Avill continue all Avinter, as about rive hundred cases Avill be pre sented lor consideration. The Osage (Iowa) ''Press says: "Wed nesday morning, as Mrs. Pierce Avas preparing . some ejjgs to be used in cakes, she. waa somewhat surprised, upon breaking the second one into the teacup, AvheH she. saAA the contents. There Avere severalJarge pieces of liv er, looking as though they: had been cut up in square pieces and fed to the hen, Avhieli AA-ere snugly encompassed in one end of the egg. Tne question is, how did these piece3 of liver come to- be in the egg i . The egg was per fectly sound and fresh." - . : - ., , , , . , -9- Tn San Vra.nfis0- some, time sinCC, thf. drivw nf a stpam ' fire engine fan over and killed a little girl. The case was taken to the Courts, and the Court beloAV awarded the narents damages Mionsand dollai-3. The city of San Francisco, against Avhich the judgment was rendered, ap- peaieu to tne supreme voun, tnUnol Viia mnflr nwA the ! ludgment of tho. rirairf. hflmv. thus holding that the city is responsible for the negli gence oi its agents. , t The Xew York Tribune says : Some of the private residences in our lash- t , , m. i. r .w !mitnt nir a. lonauieitnorougiuares uv.-."t? custom of Holland cities by placing moil mimrn at. thp. site ol the front windows, tUi3 euabling the occupants to see who ana wnat is passms iu mo street wiuiout using uuu 'uiwi aMmw riAcwihprl usi M-eat aids to von dolent curiosity, and are steadily growl ing Into iavor. IIoav Chixamen- okt to AMEri- ica. -It may be interesting to those who are not posted to know how John Chinamen get here. ; It is to be understood, first of all, that the Chinese Avho come to America are all poor men. Ah indigent China man goes to the official of his native village, or the precinct of the city m Avnich he resides, and proposes to mortgage himself and his family for money with '.-which toj come to America, where he expects to make his fortune, clear up his affairs, and live thence forward in peace, com fort, and prosperity. It .often hap pens, however, that the Chinaman does not return at the expiration ot a certain time for Avhich the mort gage, runs, and then the harpies and money-lenders, into whose hands the business has fallen by this time, (ounf-e upon the tioor Chinaman's family and sell them into slavery without the least compunction : of conscience. L nder x Mich circum stances do mof;t of the Chinese Avho and upon our shores couie. It is not to be Avondered at that they do not nriusx their lamihes that they lo not settle-, permanently that this tide of emigration is like none other, in its 'wonderful ebb and low, that the world ever srav. The loss of a mother is always severely felt. Even ; though her lealth may incapacitate her from taking any active part in the care of er lamily, stil she is a SAveet rally ing point, around Avhich affection and obedience and a thousand ten der endeavors to please,' concentrate, and dreary is the blank when such a point is withdrawn. It is like that onely star be'oro us neither its leat or light are anything to us in themselves, yet the shepherd would feel his heat sad if he missed it when ic lifts his eye to the broAV of the mountain over .which it rises when the sun descends. ' IHJMOROlffl. Schoolmistress-" Johnny, ' 1 n ashamed of you i when I was -of your age I could read as Avell As I do now." Johnny "A Ay I but you'd a different; teacher to wot Ave've got." . He Avho receives a good turn should never forget it ; he avIio does one) should never reinember ft. Josh Killing says that opera inilsio don't have any more etfect on him tlian cantor oil Avould on a graA-e im- An oft hand-fellow, lost both his arms. . One Who has Go RaISIXG AlPLE3 AND PEARS LN Dry Seasons. An eminent nom ologist in Brussels, De Johnghe, has succeeded in obtaining Aveli-grown apples and pears in dry seasons by watering the trees from time to time, aiid by making holes in the ground underneath them and occa sionally introducing some liquid, but not very highly concentrated, man ure. 1ms a implication is stated to lie particularly important at the time when the fruit is sotting. A set of paper car wheels on one of the Pullman cars running to Jer sey City, have run over 160,000 miles ot track, and worn out entire ly one set ot rail ties. Avhich haAre been replaced. The ordinary wheels aviII run only 00,000 miles. - - . . - - Ilex. James Jamison, D. D., of the Ohio Conference, has l)een ap pointed a missionary to Utah, lie will take cnarsfo ot tne L-hurch in Salt Lake City. i : . . Chancellor Wyeth of Virginia, it is said, had six students m his ofhee, Avho afterwards became Presidents of the United States. SIioav us an intelligent family of boys and girls, and AAre aviu sIioav you Avhere newspapers are plenty. Nobody Avho has been without these silent pri A'ate tutors, can know their educative power. IIoav important then to se cure those Avmeh tend only . to goou ! Anything that makes home pleasant, cheerful and chatty thins the haunts of vice, and the thousand and one ave nues of temntatioas should certainly be regarded, AA'hen Ave consider its influ ence on the minds ot the young, as a great moral and social messing. A dispatch from Kingston Island, .Tmnaira. "Vovember lutlu savs : A negro woman of highly respectable character has been arrested at Jacmel, imon the charge of canibalism. The accusation alleges that she has killed and eaten twenty-six children, whom she had ; inveigled into' her premises for that purpose. Readers generally know the fact that Benjamin Franklin left by will a few pounds ot moneyrjor tne Denenc oi tne "young married artificers, or skilled mechanics of Boston, Mas3. The mon ey has been' carefully, invested and re- lnvesteu dv me auuiormes, uiiui uuw it amounts to inore than $150,000. The Examiner of the Patent Office' has declared that portraits of Confeder ate Generals cannot be patented as trade marks .for; boots and shoes and other wares. - . '- ' . -: . Chicago owc3 something like $12,000, 000 West and South, about $70,000,- 000 to New York merchants, and near $15,000,000 in foreign parts. . A twelve-year-old boy in Cincinnati stole a trunk ol his sister's clothing and $700 of Jus papa's money and " dug out" Avith his SAveet-beart, aged eleven years. .. -, ,-- . t Tavo long curls on each side are to take the place of the curls at the back that have been worn so long. ; In Switzerland one who kills another is liable for the debts of the murdered man. A trifle "of six million dollars has been left by a deceased Scottish relative to a citizen ol JUarsnautown, xowa. Deep flounces seem to be more gen- erany acitmreu tnan narrow ones. IIoav to turn ieopIe's heads late to church, - A. Frenc-hiiiau cannot pronounce "ship." The word is sheep" in .hi meuth. Seeing an iron-clad, he said to a boy, 4,Ish dis a war sheep ir" "Xo," answered the boy, " It's H ram." . :. - . ." ' A Colorado store-keeper solaces his customers with FyNeKUT2bakO. A prominent journalist in Xew York, Avho is perfectly bald, has of fereda reward of .$1,000 for a tale that Avill make his hair stand oa end. A country girl rode into New Al bany, Indiana, to do some shopping, Avben the clerk asked if there Avas any thing else he could do for her ; he AA-a.4 amazed by her reply : "Oh ! no, sir, unless you will be kind enough to go out aud miik th.e old mare, ibr I -rode her from home without hereolt." r - ' William, avIio ued to boast that "he never OAA'ed a dollar in his life, and never would, in less than a year after his marriage liad a little Bill to take up every day. ' An old lady, getting off the carsjib Hartford, the other day, attracted the attention of a policeman Avho offered his aid, when the old lady peppered him in the ribs Avith her umbrella,, and sharply soliloquized : "Clear out, you bigamist,' -you shan't touch me'.' She had read the papers. An enthusiastic editor speaking of a new prima donwu says : ller voice 13 as soft as a roll of velvet, and as tender as a pair of slop-shop panta loons.77 A young lady at an evening party some time ago found it hard to use the expression, "Jordan is a hard road to travel," but thinking that too vulgar, substituted the following : "Peram- Duiating progression m peuestrain ex cursions along the far-famed thorougb fare of fortune cast up by the banks o'f the sparkling river oi I'alestme is in deed attended Avith a heterogeneous conglomeration of unforseeu difficul ties. . ." -, :- v tiling long And noAV comes this good irom tne colored oretliren : A telling Woav at the follies of the day was delt the other day at Atlanta, Ga., by a colored preacher, as follows: " .My brodders and sisters, ebry thing you tink bouts fine close, fine close. You nebber tink of notting else but fine close, and you may sarch de scripture from Genesis, to Rebelatfon and you won't find nary place where it say the blaster eber AVore a choke rag." . ,. .. The Cincinnati Enquirer 8 DeUtsch poet Is shocked at the nude small boy on the Davidson Fountain : Der Shmall Poy stands on der Ibur " tain, Und he don'd got on any close, Und dem young girls dey al , plush and say, ' " Yat he means by such conduct as . dose !" The most humiliating domestic use a full-grown man can be put to, is to be sent to the baker's for "a cent's Avorth of yeast." A young lady atlndianola, not very since, killed a skunk Avith a butcher's knife. Her lover come to see her that night, and told her he could not marry her Unless she quit . using that hair oil. An Irishman AATiting from Philadel- phia the other day to his friend in the old country, concluded his letter thus: If iver it's me fbrchune to live till I dy and God nose Avhether it is 'so of no I'll visit ould Ireland before I leave Philadelmephy." How is it that, at a party, the guests groAv thin after supper. Somebody ..wishes to know if a pig pen is used to AATitq hog Latin. A,man in Illinois committed suicide by droAvning, lately, in siic inches of AA'ater. He couldn't have done it aione, nut nis wile, AA'itti that self sacrificing devotion and helpfulness so characteristic of the sex, sat On hi head. To obtain SAveet milk," said the veteran farmer Greeley, laying down his pen and gazing placidly into - tint face of his inquirer,,. .'To obtain sweet milk, leed your cows tAvice a day on calves aAvny from the mother Avhile teething." . " That's a good gun of yours, stranger ; but Uncle DaAe here has one that beats it." "Ah ! How far will it kill a hawkwith No. 6 shot?" "I don't use shot or ball, eitheri,, an swered ' Uncle Dave for himself. " Then what do you use, Uncle Daver " "I shoot salt altogether. I kill my game so far off with my gun,- that without salt, the mime would spile before I could get it?' ' Queen Victoria- is said to haA-e a for tune of $35,000,000 ,v According to a Sacramento paper the Avild geese are so numerous along the line of the California and Oregon liailroad that snow plows are neces sary upon the engines to ketp the track clear. There is no discount on ttiis statement. , i There is no truth in the report that Horace Greeley has organized a ? com- Eany of iron-foundera and protection its for the purpose of raising monkey wrenches for apes and curing a ru perior article ot bacon! from pig-ironi . Almeda County, Cal., raised 13,000 pounds of figs last year