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About The Albany register. (Albany, Or.) 1868-18?? | View Entire Issue (Jan. 26, 1872)
?Z3 TUIAY, .r.VXl-ARY 1, Iftl stamps have beeu lmk& bv the Fiji Government. Bridgeport, Conn., produce) chicken p'e nfiJ Wt k diameter. - Fiftv-seven iiCWKpupors are now i published hi l'mis. 1ST A stitute o' sh ik- iK'are is to be erected hVfark I.atw, London. The question offence or no fence is being discussed in California. Fifteen thousand public schools have recently beeu organized in Kussia. i Pia'mcikv, R. I., has a dog on its police force one of the most efficient members. . --. At the liirniiham, hug., uojjf;t show, recently held, over nine hun dred dogs were exhibited. Queen Victoria has given 300 to the children of Dr. Livingston, from the Royal JJonnty Fund. A proposition has been made to annex the l'iji Islands to New South Wale. Twenty-five deaths from the small pox occurred in New York during the week which ended on the 20th. On the 10th ot Decemlier at. Paris the thermometer registered 121 dog. below freezing point, the greatest cold known Miiee 1789. At a recent ) '( publican caucus at Columbus, Ohio, John A. Sherman was unanimously nominated for re election to the I ". S. Senate. The Santa Rota, California, peo ple are circulating a subscription paper for stock to establish a woolen mill in that place A bill has boen introduced into the Australian Legislature to enable married women to acquire and hold property. The body of a dead Chiimman was rccenl'y fotuid near Yreka, with five pistol balls in it suppos- od to have lieen murdered by his own countrymen. . . . . 10,000,000 do,eu corsets were imported into tlie United States in 1870.. Near St rasburg there are 1 r .r)00 hand looms employed in weav ing corsets for "consumption" in the United States. Sirs. Schnabele, of Treka, Cal., recently died instantly from the effect of taking chloroform in a dentists office to have lier teeth ex tracted.. Site left a husband and five children, the youngest child lieing but three months old. Territorial Delegates recently waited upon the President and made a request that liereafter selccr tions for Territorial officers be mado from citizens of the Territories. The President stated that lie had sug gested to the Civil Service Com mission to incorporate 'such a pro vision. How to Ruts a Sox. Let him have his own way? 1. Allow him free use of money. 2. Sutler him to roam wlicre he pleases on the Sabbath. 3. Give him full access to wicked companions. s i. Call him to no account of his evenings. 5. Furnish him with no stated employment. The late Hon. John Smith, of New York, used to start for Wash ington with a single clean collar in his hat, which made his entire change of linen. On reaching Wil liard's Hotel, tlie porter asked, "Shall I carry your luggage to your room, sir?" To which the Hon. John gracefully removed bis hat, exhibited that solitary collar to the porter's bewildered gaze, and po litely replied : "Thank you, I can do it myself 1" On another occasion, arriving at Jersey City from Wash ington, after going on the terry boat, some one iuquiredof John,"is your luggage aboard? "Yes," "Where w it?" "Well, here I stand in the center of iff" which was an accurate statement of the fact. ' 'Hie One Tenu Prlnrlplc. Senator Sumner's bill to restrict the ocuiipaMy "of the 1 'resUsuiial ehflfir inWmlfeslWirlsome very plain criticisms from the Mas- , sachusetts press, as well as from the Republican press b) general ; throughout the land. It is aifar- out iWnfeitlirtt t!ic Massachusetts ' Senator in presenting such a bill, at this particular juncture, was iulln- encod by a motive of hatred to President Crant, an'l this bill was j infentwf 'to gratify that feeling. The logic, however, upon which ; the Senator based his plea for the passage of the bill, may- have j taken a wider application than he intended Ot requires but little as. j tuteness to we that the same argn. ! incuts wlijc.li may be accepted sulii- j cient to justify the restriction to one term in the case of the Presidency, J will akivjith cmal force to the j office lit seTiator and 1'epresentative, j in tnef mil' imbu'i. liflic It I (IB , lf VV. " J.'J,V x... - is unsafe for a President to re main in office longer than one term, so it is tor .a Senator, or a Congress rtan. So far as tlie evils are con. ccrued which grow out of thctexer cke of the appointing power, or the dvil service, the President is far less to blame than the Senators and Representatives, through whose rwwrnmendation tHQCt of tlie offices are tilled. Ifit is a fact, as implied by this restrictive measure, that a eontimisfiee in office has a tendency to make men corrupt and reckless, and therefore unsafe, custodians of our Kepubiienn institutions, Sumner must 1 a very dangerous Senator, measured by this rule, having serv ed in the eapaeity of Senator for tlie last twenty-two years. To have acted in tlie past in accordance with his present views, ho "should have refused a second term. To 1 con consistent now, lie should resign at once. He would not content to do tlat, of eourse, his present object simply being to prevent On. Giant from becoming the next President EUVTEKS SEWS. The Trenton, N. J., 1'ank was robbed by five burglar on the evening of Jan. 27th. The loss is supposed to be about f lOO.000. At New Bedford, Mass., on the 21st inst., seven boys attempted to cross the Acusmct river on the ice. The ice broke and two sons of Win. Williamson, aged 10 and 12, and two sons of Wm. Smith, aged 10 and 13 were drowned. The other boys were saved. The Union Capo Foundry of Long & Co., Louisville, Ky., was destroyed by fire on the 21st. Loss $175,000; insurance $10,000. It was one of ti.; most extensive pie foundries in tlie United States and had a capacity for 27,000 .tons of metal annually. y The llomh states tliat the city ofXeirark has been swindled by contractors out of a large amount of money by frauds very similar to the recent Tammany robberies. A scheme for the improvement of the Wabash river and the com nection of its headwaters by canal with Lake Michigan is lieing urged upon the attention of Congress. Johnny Clem, "tnc drummer hoy of Sliiloh," called en President Grant a few days ago to tender his, thanks for his 'appointment to a Second Lieutenancy iu the 24th Infantry. The amount refunded to the States for expenses in raising volun teers from 1861 to 1871 is $89,000-1 000. Balances claimed ou suspend ed accounts is $5,500,000. The President does not intend to intcltire witlAhe purchase of San Domingo. Tlie Jacksonville Sentinel gays that tlie effect of the reported location of tlie railroad through that valley caused great excitement ou Butte creek, and the Inhabitants rushed to town all bent on securing the town site location. t Tltere Is a rumor In Jacksonville that some three hundred and fifty German Republicans, from Indiana, have se cured a valuable tract of land on Little Butte creek, where they propose to lo cate next summer. Junction City is growing FikKO. righting stilfoiitiimes in Mexi. co. (juarao attacked t'ort inns' forest) at Cbmargoon the 10th inst. The ciivom house still refuse to allow anything to pass into the couiitry. The diligences and mails from the interior have discontinued in anticiwtion of the fall of Comargo. The reliels claim that Generals Martlnes and Mnrango are besieg ing tlie city of San Luis l'otosi, ami Itultl portions of that State. (ienerals Guerriera and (!orcen de la Cadeni are Wsieging the city of Seacitreas, and hold nearly all that State. lien. Horrege holds Durango, and has sent 1,000 into, the States of Coahuila and Xneva Leon. It is evident that this city will soon be surrounded by revolution ists if not taken. i".uiri: o.tvr .mewi. Dining the year 1871 Coos Bay sent 13,(190 tons of coal to San Fninci-co. It i-i stated that the old emigrant road from Jacksonville In Klamath has Ih'cii oihmi all winter. But little snow fell iu Kliunalli country didn't later fere with stock. K. RttMell. former proprietor of tlie Fiyato, sued the De Young's of the Chtvuicle for libel, and the suit is now under way in Sim Frand-H-Ov Tlie ca-e attracts much attention among printers. Cob Benjamin V. Washington, of San Francisco, is sick, and no hopes of lis recovery is entertained, lie istdi- tor of the Examinee, Four young men went out In a sail boat on the hay at Sin Francisco last Sunday. A squall upset the boat, and twoofthehi, Mr.. Kelly and Thomas Murray, were drowned. Tlie other j wo were saved by a passing vessel. Murray was sole support ofa widowed mother and five sister During the quarter ending Decem ber !at, l,sii5 emigrants arrived tit the port of Sau Francisco, of whom 1.C9G were males and lift) females. Some :ukm Piute Indians Are gath ered at the Walker Liver Reservation. Xevada, in a very discontented state. They are reported out of provisions, and unless food is fnriiMied them trou- liie is apprehended. Tlie sentiment against the admission of I' tali is growing more formidable among Gentiles indjlheral IormonaJ. The question lias assumed die diame ter of lovalty to the (Jovenrment of the Coifed States vs. the Mormon Church An appeal will lie made to Congress. A man iu Portland looked into the window of tlie jail iu answer to a call from within, and came near losing his eyesight by having some injurious sub stance thrown In his face. The new schooner built at Tillamook for the Portland trade, which sailed for the latter place some Weeks ago, is supposed to be lost. She was loaded with potatoes, lnmlier and country produce, and there were six persons aboard, including Mr. Terwilliger, of Portland. Tlie Portland Bulletin censures the Jeuu4ike driving indulged in by driv er, generally iu tliat city, and tails for reform. The charge of embezzlement prefer red against J. S. Saimuons iu Port land, resulted in the accused being bound over in tlie sum of $1,000 to await tlie action of the grand jury. Tlie Young Men's Christian Associa tion of Portland continue to have noon day meetings. From British Columbia we learn tliat tlie British steamer Sparrowliawk was still watching for tlie Fenians on the 17th. Also, tliat fourteen miners endeavor ing to reach the coast, via tlie Skeeua river, came near fivcziug to death. Two Imd to be abandoned at an Indian village. Also, the dead bodies of Robert Smith and two colored men, frozen to death, have been found between Cari boo and Omineca. Tlie journals of Portland complain of the cold weather. A Washington correspondent of a Boston paper says tliat the wife of Sen ator orliett Is olc oftl,e beauties of tho Capital, and that Mrs. Williams is very handsome, with eyes of gray and jet Mack hair. A couple of horses, attached to a iarm wagon, In which were seated four children, ran away in Portland last Sunday. Tlie Bnttetin says it was one of the most exciting runaways that ever took place in tliat city. During the progress of the horses, more than one spectator drew his revolver to shoot the horses, with the hope of sav ing the children. The team, however, was Anally brought to a lialt through the exertions of a Mr. Morrill, wno sprang Into the wagon and got hold of the reins as tlie horses were turning a corner. None of the children were hurt. I.tlumtiuiiiil lutercstk In Or; go. Theeondiliou of our educational in- tereitx are thus set .forth iu the report ot Gen. Katun, Commis-ioncr of the i Xafio.nil Bureau of Eduction t ! Washington, who visited Oregon Iat Summer in an oiliciul capacity; iu Oregon Educational sentiment i? far less active tlwn iaCaliforuia. This State, with O'J.OOO Apiare luUes i- klgui than all New England by one liaif with a population ot 85. UUtf, and a I scIhmi! population of Hl.OUU. Iws free-' public mIiooIs only in the cities of Portland and Salem, and in the latter they were made so during the slst year. Ttiesvliool law-requires a tax to ; be levied in every county, and by pro- j vMon of tlie Constitution tlie Gov-j ernor U made State Superintendent of Public Instruction. Being so farscp orated from their coadjutors In tin- j other portions of the count i-y. the edn caters in Oregon have received lilt little sal iu their (Itnicult fasU. Tile sentiment in favor ofattendingsClMals of suMly, of tlie use and medna for im inweiiH'iit. it is iHrt strong enough, the opimrtitnklcs tor edlKwnon are en tirely biii(liiu:iU', Hud tliere is ilauger of tlieitate unless speedy action lie taken. 'TtiC (."oniini-tsioiier ivconi nieuijstln fcrying ofa local tax for every eoinity iii addition to tlie State tax aiid,ampinttiieut of Sftte Siijierin tendent, wltci.se dutie shall he limited to tltf ptomfton of education iu all its biaiKliosUhrotigliout the State. The interesting and rich mineml resouives of tlie- State liave liad no systematicsd cntitie Investigation. If the remarkable eltbrts of a single Individual, Rev. Thomas Condon, are excepted. An immense levee Is to lie construct ed on tlie Mississippi river, commenc ing near Hannibal, Missouri, upon tlie Illinois side, and following tlie river hank a distance of over fifty-one miles from tlie place of beginning which enterprise, when completed, will re claim for agricultural purposes over one hundred thousand acres of land now rendered almost useless by reason of tlie annual overflow of (be Missis sippi river. The laud to lie thus re claimed i probably not worth, in its present condition, over live dollars jier acreiiionan average. Rht reclaimed and devoted to agricultural purposes, it will lie almost impossible to overes timate its value, since it fertility is inexhaustible, and its productiveness almost nneqnaled by any tract, of soil of eipuii extent upon the continent. The Ohio State Senate, lieing Re publican, lias passed a resolution ap proving of the one-term principle for the Presidency, which is advocated by Mr. Sumner, and the sore-beads and bolters rejoice thereat. . . m . Tweed's constituents request lilm to either go to. the Senate or resign. Tweed wants to buy two more legis lators, it is said, and then he will be secure. AldeririaSi Glade, of Chicago, .was. convicted of bribery a lew days since, and sentenced on tlie 22d, to six months hi the comity jail and to pay a fine of $100. . Tlie letter, issued by the Governor of tlie Provinces of Spain for the sup pression of' tlie Internationa! Society, fias evoked remonstrance from tlie members in all parts of Spain. Tliere seems to lie a big ''unpleas antness" existing just af.this time lie t ween the Governor of Nebraska and tlie Legislature thereof. A child of Mr. Cliiklers, of Samis Valley, tumbled backward into a tub of hot water, recently, ami was scalded quite seriously. One. hundred men were recently tried at Prescott, Arizona, for the kil ling of Indians in April lat, ami were acquitted. , i i Who says that literaryjabor is not well paid f A periodical, whose sub scription price is $1 per annum in ad vance, oners tlie magazine for six mouths for "the best short sketch." All MRS. must be in before the 1st of February. A religious contemporary has lieen shown a nugget of pure gold weighing 85, taken from the Jesus Marie creek, and congratulates its readers tlwt jtlie name of the location hud soinethiig to do with the good fortune of the own ers. A Methodist minister alludes to the Episcopal Church as a "younger sis ter, a household pet, pretty, vlvsdous, capricious ;. a tntle too found of dolls, ant to be a little over-assumlnc. and never so happy as when "playing- mother to eiuer sisters. . A statue of Horace Greeley Is to be erected onposlte tlie statuje of frank lin In New York dty. iffi.OOO liave been subscribed. Tlie Government of Mexico declines sending Ministers to tlie United States' Spain, Germany and Italy, on ac count or the expense. ., i. Tlie widow of Gen. Robert E. Lee petitions Congress to appropriate $300, 000 to purchase the Arlington estate from Im r, and she will then grant Go eminent a clear title. Michael Hlggins, while drunk, fell overboard from tlie whart in Portland last Monday night, but was too drunk to drown, and was saved. A Mr. Lewis while returning to his home from Portland on the Canyon road last Monday night, was stopped by two disguised men and robbed of bis money and watch. Horrible Narrative. TIIE rut ISLAXli CAKS0B4LS. Noticing the departure from ifttn Frauclsco for Levuka of a brig of one hundred teas burden, owne d by S. H. Fuller, her captain, andS. A. St, John, two veteran residents of the Frji Is lands, the AD says: Captain Fuller is tlie oMl'.st Ameri can settler, having gone tliere from Sydney over twenty years ago. Here he alsocnuveyed ids Kiudlsli wife, and liere be has a' large family of ehlklren, who are truly native" and manor Ikwii," During tiieirloiixre-'ideiice in these faf-olf !-!es. theabOW namixl en-terpii-ing spirits have been Mtrfebr engaged in lmth ni.iratina aiMlagrieul ftiral imrsuHS. Tlwy now ovn nd joliung cotton plantations, which sire lieiuc; sucirsTully and profitably culti vated. Tlieir craft just about to -ail is to be employed iu this budness, and more pHrticularly in transporting la borers and otheivtrom distant groups to T.evuka. for no work can lie coaxed or forced from tlie native FIjians, who ridicule tlie idea of one so degrading himself as to resort to manual labor, lie has bis bread fiiiit. bis single and si-ant garment, and his thatched cot, ami he is content. The Working bees come from Solomon's Island and 2Je Hebrides. The cotton raiseTl Is pro nounced in tlie Liverpool markets -u-,ciinr to the Sen Island, and the last ci-oisliipiied,amonntliigto!.0(lO bales, commanded onedollar perpOimd. Tho soil N a sandy loam, and day sub-soil mixed with lava. The ualie laborers on the plantations command S0 per month, and there are some ,'),000 of them employed on the Islands. Near ly all of the foreigners are Eiurllsh. In Levuka tliere aix1 700 inliabitants, and Methodist Episcopal churches besides a native mission. The religion is mainly controlled by public policy. Their present chief was formerly a cannibal. When converted he hud 11. 000 followers. The human flesh-eating chiefs are known as "Butchers.1! Cannibalism still exist to an alarm ing extent tlirougnoiit tye interior of Vltelciie, an Maud ninety by sixty mites in extent. Annual feasts are gXeu to such chiefs as liave slain foes in battle and performed (firing deed;. At these disgusting carnivals the bod ies of native lioys of twelve to fourteen years of age only are eaten. From earliest childhood those subjects are fattened for the horrid feast, Theyare fed w-holly updn fruits and vegetables. V ben the day of slaughter rolls round, two of the frotrt teeth are extracted trom the mouth of tho cliild. These are inserted m ft cum. witn wnicn weapon tlie murder Is committed, the teeth belng.driven deep Info the skull of the helpless victim. Tlie body is then dissected, entrails, etc., removed, and afterwards' cut into suitable sized steaks. These are rolled .in bread-fruit leaves, placed In holes in the earth, and baked for the least. The native hoy flesh Is for the palates of the diiefs onlv. That of tlie white man is con sidered too salt y and smoky, a id is not regarded as toothsome'. Captain t nil er informs us tliat tbia-e are over one hundred thousand cannibals on tlie is land, and only last August two Scotch men were eatitured and eaten by tlie natives. Tliere is a prospect tliat this Worse man neaniem-ai custom wm ne ab ilLslied in thne, now that tlie enter ing of civilization is foiving the Isir barians to respect tiie white settle ments. A Western editor thus discloses on a uew suit : "DisOfiSED. We have lately got a new suit of clothes, and no man could be more effectually disguised. Upon lir-t putting it on we looked like neat in a strange garret, and for a long tune thought we were swapped on. We went to the house and scared the baby almost Into tits ; wife asked us if we wanted to see Mt. Clark, and said he was at the office; went there, and pretty soon a mSn came hi with a strip of pauerln his hand. He asked if the editor was in ; told him we thought not; asked him if he Wanted to see him particularly ; slid he want ed to pay that hill; told him we didn't ehhikne'd lw in, business man lea. We staried to the house again ; met a couple of voimg ladies, oiie of whom asked the other "what handsome stran ger is tliat f" 1" 0llr dilemma we got a friend to introduce us to our wife, who is as proud of us now as she can lie." . The President telegraphed to Col. W. II. Ewlng. commanding the de partment of tlie Gulf, on the 22(1 inst., to hold Iris troops in readiness to sup press a conflict of armed Iwdies of men, should such'oecnr, mid guard the pub lic property lroni pillage or destruc tion, and keep this Department in formed of your adion. The Japanese ladies, having investi gated the female attendants at tlie Grand Hotel and compared them, iu 'their working clothes, with the ladies conclwled' that the richer and the poor er classes of American women, are di vided by physical development, and that the wealthy class are distinguish ed frpm their less fortunate sisters by a hump upon the back, something ut ter the fashlonof tliedroniedary. Their superstitions lead them to believe that magic arts arc used to produce the grow tli of this deformity upon the iicr boiis of tlwse whose Wtalth Is acquired In Jtheir later years. The simplicity of these daughters of the Orient is really touching. Pusasixo Commendation. A de-inure-lookhig chap bailed a charcoal neddler with the query : "Have you sot cliarconi in vour waironr " e sir," said the expectaut driver stop pine his horses. "Tliat 's right," ob scrvetl tlie demure clwp, with an ap proving nod ; "always tell the truth and people will respect yen." As he hurried on, much to regret of the iietl dler, who was getting out of the wag on to look for a brick. Tlie Grand Duke was at Toix-ka, Ks., on the '2 d inst, It is again reported tlwt Dr. Living ston is olive. Irtint by JtoiutUn Back. The Elko M':-,-' :: teUUl the following : Tommy Atkinson, well known to tlie people of WkOk Iws bHMi Engaged iu tlie slieep business during the pa-t suninior, about ten wile? trpDi E'ko. In the month 'of June twenty-five head disappeared mysteriously from Ins flock, and after scouring tlie coua trv for weeks, came to the coaeln-in that if not destroyed by wild animals, they ld found their way Into some butcher's stall, and, per eoa-epienee. lost to him forever. Last v, ( '. IiIj surprise was great to ,ksaru tlwt In Lainollle Valiev his sheep had lioen corralled there " indcr the following ci'vumstar.ws : .lohn Walker, a re i deut of the valley. Iisd noticed the ap-ix-arance of a baiai of stteep w Inc liillssevcr.il inoiiiings near bis farm, chaperoned hy an amimal that appear ed larger than an ordiuarj- buck, and lie concluded to take his rule and pros Hct tlie situation. Afterdating a cirele of some distance, lie got elo e to tlicin imouscrvcd aliont M yards and discovered that the animal was a buck mountain eheep, of Immense size, and, taking deliberate aim at him over the backs of the own brought him down at tlie tlrst fire. The ani mal dressed ciglity-tive ounds ; lib horns were each nearly two feet long, and he stood nearly the height of ids Ixxly above the other sheep. The cws proved to he, as aliove stated, the property . of Tommy Atkinson, and were lost last June. Seven bucks that went away with the band were run otf by the wild buck, but were found a few days afterwards in the foot hills, and driven to Mr. Walker's farm. A COBHA IX 1.0 VE WITH A WOJIAN. A very extraordinary and astonish lug incident was lately reported to have occurred a few miles from Bey pore, tlie particulars of which are as follows: "A native female, of very attractive appearance, of tlie carpenter caste, wlillo sweeping the yard ot ligr House, heard a hissing uoie behind lier. As she turned to nee wlwt it was, she found to her terror a large cobra ad vancing towards her. Before she Imd time to call anyone to her. assistance or even to go from the place, the ser pent darted at her like lightning, and coiled round one of lier legs, and in the twinkle of an eye darted "tilglier and higher till it brought its open hood in contact with lier woe, here moving it to and fro like a screen. In this niti- able and frightful position she had to remain lor nearly two uays witnout lieiiig able to lie or sleep. None but lemaies couiu approactnier 10 leeo ner with milk and plantains, when tlie cobra turned its head one side and gave lier ample time to nourish herself; but on any man stepping Into tlie com pound, tlie cobra would hiss fearfully and tighten its lwld round lier laxly iu such a manner as to make her feel breathless. Many were tlie conjurers .Who came to relieve her from this frightful condition, but none succeeded iu removing tlie huge serpent from her person till bitterly, when a 'alr was brought from the' interior, who, after performing certain charms and spells. succeeded iu disentangling tlie poor womaii of her venomous lover. The snake quietly 0$ back into tlie bu-h whence it came, and the woman is now doing well. Tlie above wonder fid occurrence Is now a' general talk among the natives of the ptafe. Tho Salem Statesman says that Gov ernor Graver Is always "passive"' hi a game of euchre. In Congress, Mr. Cole has presented a memorial from tlx' Pacific coa-t ask ing lor a uniform system of coinage. The political troubles, in Louisiana, between the Wannoutliites and the Carterites are growing no better fast. , . Upwards of 00,000 emigrants came from Germany to the United States last vear. James Gordon llcunet, Jr., Is men tioned as the successor to Fisk as ol onel of the Ninth Kegiment. White tulleover white silk is the ni03t fashionable for -brides-maids.. Seven young ladies of Oregon liave just entered tlieir names as students at the Boston Conservatory of Music, Noon-day weddings mode. are now tlie A dwelling house in Salem caught fire last Monday night, but was dis covered in time to prevent a conflagra tion. It is rumored that the Manhattan Savings Institution has suspended. A party of mischievous boys near Kankakee, last week, staffed tin old suit of clothes with straw, with sticks of wood for legs, and buried it in the ground. They then killed a couple of chickens and spilled tlie blood plciite ously over and hi the vicinity of tlie grave. As tla-y expected, tlie grave jind the blood was discovered, suspi cions of murder 4ge entertained, the Coroner was summoned, a jury -hn-panneled, and an Inquest prepared for. Coroucr, jury and bystanders all ae knowledgtiwinselve -.sold'' when the" straw dummy was exhumed TlIK MASITACTI 'UK OF DWAUKS. Making dwarfs and Ixggars is a enntw. nion business in China. For the first, a child of three or four years Is taken, t ami a Heavy pon-emm vase is pin. over him, so that tl head alone is free. This is taken off every evening so tlwt lie may steep, and is put on again in tlie morning. Tlie child t!ius"ad vauees in age in thls-inflexible mold until lie can no longer grow. Then the vase Is broken. The horrible .suf ferings that must be experienced In this process are even exceeded by the practice In certain establishments hi Pekln, where beggars voluntarily sub mit to having tlieir eyes taken out and their limbs broken in order to excite public commiseration.