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. A ,. iff ' lining" Upsti P VBLtS!rKT JTVJT.Y TR1 DAT TIT COLL. WVJNT CLKV ALBANY, OREGON. TOPICS OFTHE 1)A JSxctreE tlii3 notice of Kalakaua, but be declined a private dinner given by vthe colored men of Washington. A COMITL60ET educational law has been enacted in twelve States of the T Union, Kansas being the last to adopt 7 the system. - FrvB thousand dollars and no ques tions asked. If that does not bring Charlie Koss to light the conviction will -. settle down that he has passed beyond tthe sight of mortal eyes and the sound of mortal voice. The nomination of Don A. Pardee, of Ohioj as successor to Judge Durell in Louisiana, still hanga fire in the Senate, on account, it is said, of the opposition of Senator West, who was not consulted iby the President in regard to the matter. A bill amendatory of the Pension :law has been introduced in Congress by Representative Albright. It proposes - that all persons now entitled to pen r sions, who have lost an arm below the - elbow or a leg above the knee, shall re- ceive $20 per month. The Christian Union of last week contains an article, obviously written by Mr. Beecher, upon the suit brought - against that gentleman by Mr. Tilton, 7 the trial of which the defendant's conn ?sel have so repeatedly delayed. Mr. "Beecher admits that until last summer it -e used every effort to prevent any in vestigation of the matter, but claims - that he is now extremely anxious to " have the case speedily tried, and asserts -that no compromise is possible. "A Brr.Ti has been introduced in Con j gress to abolish all internal revenue ' taxes, except those upon distilled spirt "its, fermented liquors and tobacco, - snuff and cigars, and increase the tax on distilled spirits to eighty cents per gal- , lon, : It also repeals the second section . of the ict of June 6, 1872r which made a-reduction of 10 per cent, on the arti--eles therein enumerated, thus restoring the duties on said articles to what they vwere prior to the passage of the act. A cXlEibgtman who has just returned 'from the grasshopper-devastated por tion of Kansas writes a letter to the Chicago Times, in which he represents - that the destitution there is far greater - than has been represented. Land agents -are endeavoring to misrepresent the --condition of affairs for the purpose of ' encouraging emigration. The settlers, says the writer, are limited to a very meager allowance of food scarcely enough to sustain life for a limited period. It is his opinion that a large number of people will die of starvation .unless more subsistence is furnished. Bi a calculation just made writes a " Washington correspondent it is ascer tained that 23,500,000 gallons of Poto- mac water are used every twenty-four hours in the District of Columbia. This is equivalent to 183 gallons per day to ' - each man, woman and child, or a greater .-supply of water than is furnished to' the -people of any city in the world. But - then it should be borne in mind that 'Washington contains, about one-half the year, more American Congressmen than any other city in the world. We -do not pretend to account for the im . mense consumption of water by their presence in the capital, but simply .mention the fact, and leave the problem to the solution of the cold-water scien tists. The Sub-Committee of Congress, ap pointed to investigate the condition of Louisiana is now in New Orleans taking testimony. It is composed of men of high character. Mr. Foster, of -Ohio, distinguished himself at the last -session by his coure in the Sanborn investigation. " Mr. Phelps, of New Jer sey, is recognized as one of the ablest .and most honorable Representatives in the House? Mi. Oarkson N. Potter, 'the Democratic member of the Com' mittee, is a man who -commands the .respect of both parties." We shall be greatly surprised If such a committee as this fails to pcrsue the strict line of -duty which lies before it Mb. E. B. Eiojott, of the Bureau of Statistics, has been making some care--fnl Mtmnnt&tions to-day. to ascertain the relative value of United States sil- -ver coin and fractional currency, in or- - der to determine how great an appre ciation of the s latter will fbe necessary to make both of eqnaT value, and con sequently to ascertain whether the sil ver coin portion of the new currency KfcAlv fct result as its authors nominally" desire. "According to Mr. F.liintf.' o&iAnlations based upon the market value of - silver, jj -London 81 .in silver is now worth $M1 94-100 ; or. in popular phrase, silver is now worth not nnit-A 9. nw nfnt. premium in CUT- rency. He is oi theopinion that this slight difference between paper and sil ver may be reduced to nothing by the -administration before the Mint is ready to put in circulation any large amount -of silver coin. The venerable Gerrit Smith, whose name has been prominent ' before the -public for more than half a. century, -has gone the way of all earth. He was Tborn ia Utioa, N. T.. March 6, 1797, and had therefore reached the ripe old age of 77 years. r- He -graduated from liamuton College, which was the re--cipient of hia generosity a short time ago, in 1818, and being left with one of 4he largest landed estates in this conn try by his father, had devoted himself mainly to its care and improvement. In 1825 he joined the . American Colo nization Society, to which he contrib uted very largely of his labor and hia money, but ten years after he withdrew from it and connected himself with the American Auti Slavery Society. In 1852 he was elected to Congress, but resigned before his time expire J, bis constituents being dissatisfied because he refused to attend night sessions, the " Kansas-Nebraska bill " being pendiDg at that time, and the discussions being more than ordinarily exciting and im portant. Mr. Smith, however, had an aversion to being out of bed after 9 o'clock, and, rather than depart from his habits of life, resigned, and gave place te Henry J. Goodwin, who was elected in his stead. In 1853 he was admitted to the bar, and subsequently took part in several important trials. An eccentric man by nature, he was led into many absurd isms, and took very radical grounds on social,- political, and religious matters, but the poor and suf fering, always found a most steadfast and sympathizing friend in him. His largest gifts have been made in the cause of emancipation and to buy homes for the poor. He practically illustrated his opposition to land monopoly by contributing from his large property about 200,000 acres to institutions of learning, but the most of it to poor whites and blacks in fifty-acre lots. POLITICAL MEMORANDA. The Mayor-elect of Springfield, Mass. has two wooden legs. Dr. Loring maintains that suffrage is a natural right, and therefore women are as much entitled to vote as men. Thirty-six Democratic papers in Mis souri have expressed their preference or Gen. P. M. Cockrell for Senator. Febnaxtkj Wood counts ninety sup porters of his pretensions to the Speakership of the Forty-fourth Con gress. Gov. Pabeeb, of New Jersey, declined to review a military organization " from a desire' to save expenses for the State." The election of Mr. Dawes to the United States Senatorship by the Leg islature of Massachusetts is deemed probable. Six women of Ellsworth, Maine, have made formal protest to the tax- collector against being taxed without representation. Asa Flower is said to be a rising man in Texas politics. A Western pa per thinks he "Cometh up Asa Flow er," but may be " cut down lie the grass. William E. Chasdjueb, Secretary of the .National .Republican Committee, was recently married at Dover, N. H., to Miss Lucy L. Hale, daughter of the late John if. ilol?. The Oakland (CaL) Transcript fays the finger of fortune seems to be pointing toward Speaker Blaine as the next Republican canaiaate lor Jfresi dent of the United States." T Dbych, the "Welsh paper, speaks thus of Butler: "Tmddangosodd y Cad Butler." That sounds as though it might be the worst thing yet said about Benjamin, but we could not swear to it. Gex. Tom Williams, of Nevada Sharon's Democratic opponent for the Senate has made over S2.000.000, so that when the next political fight comes off the General will be about as well qualified " for the Senate as anybody, These are dark davs indeed for jour nalism when Ben Butler says that "the newspapers are of no utility anyhow," and the debating society of Salem. Ore., resolves that " the publio press of the United States is a nuisance, and ought to be abated. 1 The gray-haired, pot-bellied buffoon of the Cincinnati Commercial and the slanderous, foul-tongued, envious. lying Halstead " are among the sounds whicn reacn us irom Cincinnati. Are those newspapers going at it again, and can t nothing be done about it t The Kpnngneia Republican says : If the movement for a religious amendment should ever assume formid able proportions which is among the possibilities it might end by putting Uod in tno consnution, dus is wouia begin by raising the devil in our poli tics." . The Memphis Avalanche makes this unkind reference to the claimant of the Governorship of Arkansas : "Chickens come home to roost ; but Volney Vol taire Smith, the Arkansas Charley Bobs, doesn't. He roasts in Washing ton on the gable end of the ragged edge of despair. The Senatorial fight in Minnesota waxes warm, xne at. aui corrre spoodent of the Chicago Timet says .Tmi 1 A I J , 1 xne contest is . ountuaerauiy mueu. Of late Gov. Davis has been gaming strength, and the best informed politi cians claim trial ne sianas as goea a chance - as any prominent candidate named ; but whatever the result, they say, Kamsey is beaten. A . Nsw .Tobk. correspondent of Western journal says i , ... ' Charles O'Conor for United States Senator is the latest card. Thus far, since the positive refusal of ex-Gov. Seymour to be a candidate, the chances have ap peared to lie between .Francis ivernan. of Utica, and Henry O. Murphy, of Brooklyn. It is cnougns mat 11 Mr, O'Conor consents to run he can be elected more easily than either of these eentlemen in fact, at once, without any contest whatever. Both Bepublican candidates for Congress in Florida were elected at the late election. The. vote has just been declared by the canvassers, and is as follow ; ' . - rWjrf Elected. Rep. Dem. Seal. 1 William 3. Porman .... . . .8,710 . 8,618 n" lmtmii T W.l a. ........ ...8.M9 ' 8.178 It is stated, by a Democratic paper that the Legislature is politically com posed as follows : Joint Ballot. Senate, ...13 ...12 Boom. 28 Republicans... Democrats 36 - 40 OamocraUo majority.. 7 Andrew Johnson says he is going to be the ; next Senator from Tennessee. " 1 have been over the field," he said to a correspondent of the Cincinnati Com mercial, " and I know pretty well what to calculate' on. I believe that my worst enemies now acknowledge that my chances are growing better every day. A few weeks - ago they - tried to or.virioe the eonntry that I had no chance." Since the Lelection they have changed their" minds." ueax. jonn O, Brown, now Governor of , Tennessee, is A, J.'s most iormiuuuie wxuauwx. THE LITTLE FOLKS. A (later Little Woman. A queer little woman I met one day. With a round little noe and two great blue eyes, Ana sue grappled my iiecft in 00 neroe a way I waa nearly choked to death with aurpiiae. "Where did you come from? What is your name 7" i I aked, as a shower of kiaiea fell. " Poea any one own you, my little dame?" " I'm all yours. Auntie ; but don't you tell." i . . W kiss each other with fond embrace Upon the landiug or on the htair ; Whatever the unit- or wherever the place; 1'ne opportunity id then and there. T." just for a minute; and then; percuance, Auother may happen to paaa that way Who clatmB a kiss or a loving gl auce And wina her heart with but slight delay. And, nestllrg clone to her charioteer, Her coral lipa like a fluted a hell. She whiBpera, aoltly, and yet I bear : " I'm all your, Papa ; but don t you tell." You queer little woman ! how can I truat A love do tickle and false aa this T Do you think that a heart eo cruelly thrust Can 111 eet you to-morrow with femile and kiss ? i Ah ! yes, indeed, for I would not lose My hold on the heart I am proud to share ; So love me little to-day, if you choose, And grant me more when you've more to spare. Independent. - j i Trie Story at the Three Bean. " A atoiy which may content the minds Of learned men and grave philosophers." Once upon a time there were Three Bears who lived together in a house of their own in a wood. One of them was a Little, Small, Wee Bear, and one was a Middle-sized Bear, and the other was a Great , Huge Bear.; They had each a pot for their porridge ; a little pot for the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and a middle-sized pot for the Middle Jbtear, and a great pot for the Great, Huge Bear. And they had each a chair to sit in ; a little chair for the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and a middle-sized chair for the Middle Bear, and a great chair for the Great, Huge Bear. And they had each a bed to sleep in ; a little bed for the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and a middle-sized bed for the Middle Bear, and a great bed for the Great, Huge Bear. One day. after they had made the porridge for their breakfast, and poured it into their porridge-pots, tney walked out into the woods while the porridge was cooling, that they might not burn their mouths by beginning too soon to eat it. And while they were walking, a little old Woman came to the house. She could not have been a good, honest old Woman ; for first she looked in at the window, and then she peeped in at the key-hole ; and seeing nobody in the house, she lilted the latch. The door was not fastened, because the Bears were good Bears, who did nobody any harm, and never suspected that " anybody would harm them. Sol the little old Woman opened the door and went in ; and well pleased she was when she saw the porridge on the table. If she had been a good little old Woman, she would have waited till the Bears come home, and then, i perhaps, they would have asked her j to breakfast ; for they were good Bears a little rough or so, as the manner of Bears is, but for all that very good-natured and hospita ble. But she was an impudent, bad old Woman, and eet about helping her self. So first she tasted the porridge of the Great, Huge Bear, and that was too hot for her : and she said a bad word about that. And then she tasted the por ridge of the Middle Bear, -and that was too cold for her ; and she said a bad word about that too. And then she went to the porridge of the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and tasted that; and. tnat was neitner too not nor too cold ; and she liked it so well that she ate it all up ; but the naughty old Woman said a bad word about the little porridge-pot, because it did not hold enough for her. Then the little old Woman sat down in the chair of the Great, : Huge Bear, and that was too hard for her. And then she sat down in the chair of the Middle Bear, and that was too soft for her. And then she sat down in the chair of the Little, Small, Wee Bear, and that was neither too hard nor too soft, but was juBt right. So she seated herself in it, and there she sat till the bottom: of the chair came out, and down came hers, plump upon the ground. And ! the naughty old Woman said a wicked word about that too. i men the little old Woman went up stairs into the bed chamber in which the Three Bears slept. And first she lay down upon the bed of the Great, Huge liear ; but tnat was . too nign at tne head for her. . And next she lay down upon the bed of the Middle Bear ; and that was too nign in tne loot lor lier. And then she lay down upon the bed of the Little, Small, Wee Bear ; and that was neither too high at the head nor at the foot, but just right. So she covered herself up comfortably, and lay there till she fell fast asleep. By this time the Three Bears thought their porridge would be cool enough so they came home to breakfast. Now the little old Woman had left the spoon of the Great, Huge Bear standing in in 8 porridge. "aOMEoUDi OAS HtltiSi AT Ml POBBIDGE I" Said the Great. Huge Bear, in his great, rough, gruff voice, And when the Middle Bear looked at his he saw that the spoon, was standing in it too. They were wooden spoons ; if they had been silver ones, the naughty old' Woman would have put them in her pocket. : ESOMKBOPV HAS BEEN AT MY POR RIDGE " said the Middle Bear, in his middle voice. Then the Little, Small. Wee Bear looked at his, and there was the spoon in the porridge pot, but the porridge was an gone. ' ijameooay na oeen at my por ridge, and has eaten it ail, up" said the Little, Small, Wee Bear, in his , lit tle, small, wee voice; - i upon tnis , tne 'xnree isears, seeing that some one naa entered meir house. and eaten up the Little. Small. Wee Bear's breakfast, began- to look about them. Mow rhe little old Woman had not put the hard cushion straight when she rose from the chair of the Great, -tinge uear..-- -. - i .;j "SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SIT TING IN MY CHAIR said the Great. Huge Bear, in his great, rough, gruff VOlCe. ''!-:;.:, And the little old Woman had squat ted down the soft cushion of the Middle Bear. , , . . u "Somebody has bkex sitting m my chatbI" said the Muddle Bear, in his middle voice. . - i And you know what the little old Woman bad done to the third chair. y Somebody naa oeen sitting in my chair, and has sat the bottom of it out" said the Little, Small, Wee Bear, in his little, small, wee voice. - , f . Then the . Three Bears thought it necessary that they should make further search ; so they went up stairs -into their bed-chamber. Now the little old Woman had - pulled the pillow of the Great, Huge Bear out of its place. " SOMEBODY HAS BEEN LYING IN MY BED !" said the Great, Huge iJear, in ma great, rough, grutl voice. And the little old Woman had pulled the bolster of the Middle Bear out of its place. - - "Somebody has been lying in my bed !" said the Middle Bear, in his mid dle voice. And when the Little, Small, Wee Bear came to look at his bed, there was the bolster in, its place ; and the pillow in its place upon the bolster ; and upon the pillow was the little old Woman's ugly, dirty head which was not in its place, for she had no business there. Somebody has been lyxng tn my bed and here she is " said the Little, Small, Wee Bear, in his little, small, wee voice. The -little old Woman had heard in her sleep the great, rough, gruff voice of the Great, Huge Bear ; but she was so fast asleep that it was no more to her than the roaring of wind or tne rumbling of thunder. And she had heard the middle voice of the Middle Bear, but it was only as if she had heard some one speaking in a dream. But when she heard.the little, small, wee voice of the Little, Small, Wee .Bear, it was so sharp and so shrill that it awak ened her at once. Up she started ; and when she saw the Three Bears on one side of the bed, she tumbled herself out on che other, and ran to the win dow. Now, the window was open, be cause the bears, like good, tidy Bears, as they were, always opened their bed chamber window when they got up in the morning. Out the little old Woman jumped ; and whether she broke her neck m the fall, or ran into the wood and was lost there, or found her wav out of the wood and was taken up by the constable and sent to the House of C orrection for a vagrant as she was, I cannot telL But the Three Bears never saw anything more of her. Southev. "1 Cannot Help It." Do you ever make use of this phrase. young folks ? You will all plead guilty, we fear ; and older iojlks are very apt to do the same. There is our friend Ratine : the dress ing bell rings, and she hears it ; she is conscious that she ought to spring up at once ; that all will go wrong if she does not ;- but still she lies with folded hands, for "a little more sleew and a. little more slumber." Late at breakfast, hurried in prepar ing for school, Buthie meets her moth er's reproaching looks with " I cannot help it ; I mean to get up every morn ing as soon as I am called, but before I know it I'm asleep again I can't help it!" ' Donald is charged with an errand which he is to attend to on his way to school, and of course Donald means to do it : but something diverts his mind. and as has often been the case before, he forgets all about it until too late. 'lhere ! it s too bad. but I cannot help it !" he says, and so comforts him self for this one more " sin of unfaith fulness." Harry and Josie are in hot dispute Now they forget themselves entirely ' Josie's vexing words are uttered with out restraint, and Harry, in a towering passion, gives her a fierce reply, and rushes out of the room. The brother and sister meet no more until night, and in the meantime they each feel self-reproached and uncom fortable. " Well, I cannot help it." says Harry to himself ; " Josie is so provoking, and on 1 go into a rage before I know it. Ana jesie is wisnmg over and over again that she could recall her teasing words " But then it is just my nature, a cannot neip it ! Most likely all of our young readers are conscious of some habit of wrong doing which they feel to be just such a band of sin" tying them down, so that tney really cannot help doing lust so. And no wonder ; for theBe habits of evil are just like strong bands, holding us back from the service and obedience which we owe to God. And every time we indulge the habit of wrong doing we strengthen the bond, as it were, by an- otner tnread. And as Josie says, " It is our nature we cannot help it." How to Furnish a House. The New York Times draws a picture of tne time when our houses shall be furnished as they should be : " Heavy rugs will partly cover the polished noors. .raper of some neutral tint, free from glaring figures, will stretch from me ncniy-coiored dado at the bottom to tlie gay border at the top. The picture-rod will not be c f the eternal gilt that wearies us now. It will be painted some decided color that will harmonize with the prevailing shade of tne wnoie room, liefore the windows and before the doors which open out ward, curtains, heavy in texture and subdued in tone, edged with strong lace, will hang from wooden rings which move freely on a slender woodon rod fastened to the sheathing. Kings and rod will be of the hue of the picture- rod above. The sir gle curtain before each opening will be looped to one side; low bookcases, not over three feet high, dark wood relieved bv a few chiseled designs picked out in color, will line the walL No glass doors will disfigure them. One general pattern, varied in each piece, will stamp the furniture. Last and greatest, an open wood-fire, either, in a fireplace or in one of the Jtfranklin stoves which still lurk in the garrets of old country-houses, will cast i i . . . . iw oueeiy ugnv over everytmng. iu close stove, the register, the grate, and the radiator, will be tabooed. The blaze of wood burning across ' brazen and irons is something so beautiful that no artist has ever suooeeded in painting it. . The first of all hints on household tastes should be : Have an open wood -fire in the room in which you mean to live." v-r- :.-..- It Exploded A Sleeplng-Car Episode. The Uniontown v (Pens.) Standard narrates this exciting incident : " A few nignte ago a lady Basses ger ;. on tne westward-bound tram, Connellsville route, engaged a berth in one of the palace sleeping coaches. When she was reauy to retire she took from ner s atcnei a gum bed.' which she inflated and placed upon the ' regular bed on the berth she was to occupy. It happened that her berth was very close to the stove, and the night being rattier cold, the porter firal nn rtrettv lively. The heat from the stove caused the gum bed to , expand until the pressure got so great that it collapsed with tremen dous shock: similar to the report of cannon, and the passengers jumped out of their berths in' their night clothes, thinking there was a collision. ' The force of tho nrOioTuu threw the ladv against the ceiling of the berth, but didi not hurt her beyond a slight bruise. When the nal utate of affairs was known, and the lady was found to be unhurt, the thing created considerable merriment amoncr the passengers, and that lady vows sue will never take any more gum beds with her when she goes a-traveling." FARM AND HOME. '. Best Fobm ov Tile fob Dbatniho. The most experienced drainers in En gland, Germany and France have found that the tile having the narrowest bot tom is the best for carrying off water. A small rill of water in a wider bottomed tile, or drain of - any kind, spreads and loses its power of keeping the drain dear of Band and other obstructions, whereas a comparatively small amount of water in a narrow-bottomed tile or drain rises and forms a current which sweeps away obstructions. Protecting Fruit Trees. I send you the following sure method of pro tecting fruit trees from rabbits, hoping you will give it publicity in your valua ble paper. I have tried it as long as ni teen years, and never knew it to fail. It is simply to thoroughly rub the trees with melted tallow as high up as rabbit can reach. No rabbit will touch them while this remains ; and, if properly applied, the rains of winter will not wash it off, and the sun will not melt it off until spring, when it has served its time. Exchange. Value op California Lands. As an indication of the rise in California lands, it is said that Santa Clara Valley (.near to and soutn of Ban J rancisoo) bottom lands are sold as high as $300 per acre. The Pajaro Valley, sixty miles further south, has farms valued at $100 te $200 per acre. In the Sonoma and other valleys north of San Fran cisco, $190 per acre is a common valua tion for farms, and $300 per acre for productive vineyards. The Sacramento Valley farms are worth $50 per acre, and those of the great San Joaquin Valley are valued at $40. Bones and Wkkat. One pound of bones contains the phosphoric acid of twenty-eight pounds oi wheat. A crop of wheat of forty bushels per acre, and sixty pounds per bushel, weighs two thousand four hundred pounds, and it requires abont eighty six pounds of bones to supply it with that essential material. The usual sup ply of bone dust (three hundred to four hundred pounds per acre) supplies each of the crops for four years with a sufficiency of phosphoric acid, which is given out as the bones decompose. In many cases bones are allowed to go to waste while the wheat is failing for want of ingredients which they contain. The Ideal Farmer. Balph Waldo Emerson, in his essays, thus portrays the glory of the farmer : " The glory of .the" farmer is that, in the division of labor, it is his part to create. All the trades rest at last on his primitive authority. He stands close to nature : he obtains from the earth the bread and the meat. The food which was not he causes to be. The first farmer was the first mac, and all historic nobility rests on the posses sion and use of land. " Men do not like hard work, but every man Has an exceptional respect for tillage, and the feeling that this is the original calling of his race ; that he himself is only excused from it by some circumstances which made him delegate it for a time to other hands. If he had not some skill which recommended him to the farmer, some product for which the farmer will give his corn, he must himself return into his due place among the planters. And the profession has in all eyes this ancient charm, a stand ing nearest to God, the First Cause9. " The beauty of nature, the tranquil lity and innocence of the countryman, his independence . and pleasing arts the care of bees, of poultry, of sheep, the dairy, the care of hay, of fruits, of orchards and forests, and the reaction of these on the workman in giving him strength and plain dignity like the face and manners of nature, all men ac knowledge. All men keep the farm in reserve as an asylum, where, in case of mischance, to hide their poverty, or a solitude, if they do not succeed in society.- And who knows how many glasses of remorse are turned this way from the bankrupts of trade, from mor tified pleaders in courts and Senates, or from the victims of idleness and pleas ure ? Poisoned by town life and town vices, the sufferer resolves : Well, my children, whom I have injured, shall go back to the land, to be recruited and cured by that which should have been m nursery, and shall be their hospi- Dbstboying Fiats on Farms. Winter is the time for catching rats, and, if the number of these are kept down in winter, they will seldom trouble the farmer much in summer. Every farmer knows that rats, especially if disturbed about the barn, take to the fields after corn-shocking time, wnen nearly, or auite, all may be killed when the shocks are moved, if one have a well-trained dog. S, also, large numbers may be killed sometimes under stacks by tak ing advantage of their peculiar habits. Bats are never found in stacks, shocks of corn, corn-cribs, granaries or other like places. Their homes are in the ground, under these places, and, by taking advantage of this fact, a little energy and tact will easily dislodge and destroy them. We once had a .Newfoundland aog the best ratter we ever saw. He seemed to have come to an understand ing with a little Skye terrier, by which the little dog Deoame tne jacnai w tne big one. There was a deep ditch and bank running Detween tne nog-nouse and yard and other farm buildings, in which tne rats tooK reruge in jarge numbers. The two dogs, with much noise and barking, would run up and down the bank, when suddenly, the terrier would begin digging hard at a hole selected, the large dog meanwhile sitting quietly a snort distance oft, but BAtavelv observant. Pretty soon a rat would peep out of a hole and scud away, only to una nseu picsea ' up nrnmntlv bv the -Newfoundland, which always allowed the smaller dog to finally kill the rat. These two persistent hunters would thus go from one hiding place to another, but their chief de pendence was the bank, except during the summer and early fall, since here wn alwavs a dry refuge for the rats. Poisoning rats is not difficult if the t1 an is adopted. It is often difficult to get rats to take poison if it is mixed at first with the food placed for them, but if they are allowed to eat of the bait until they come fearless ly and regularly, they may then be nninoned and large numbers of rats de stroyed. If rats when poisoned, will be likely to die in some situation where they may become offensive, they may be I aited. upon a large cask, the head of which is eo arranged that it will tip and throw the i at into the cask, in which sufficient water should be placed to drown the vermin. Fasten the head and bait till the rats come regularly Then set it to catch and the haul will generally be a good one. The Household. ' Rubber Boots. These boots may be warn temporarily through wet and snow, bat they should be removed on enter- ing the house, as wearing them con stantly is injurious to the feet. ' i - Abbowboot ' Gbtteii. Mix a dessert spoonful of arrowroot with a little cold water and pour over it one pint of boil ling water ; boil until it looks transpar ent. Add a little salt. If the patient can take milk, substitute boiling milk for water, and flavor with grated lemon peel or vanilla. ' To Bleach Flannel. Flannel which has . become yellow with use may be bleached by putting it for some days in a solution of hard soap to which strong ammonia has been added. The right proportions are one pound and a half of hard curd soap, fifty pounds of soft water and two-thirds of a pound of strong ammonia solution. The same object may be attained in a shorter time by placing the flannel for a quarter of an hour in a weak solution of bisul phate of sodium, to which a little hy drochloric, acid has been added. To Polish Cuffs and Shirt Fronts. Procure at the hardware stores a polishing iron; that with a bulge at both ends is the best. Iron the linen as usual, then place it on a board with a lay.er of muslin on the board, then pass c damp cloth over the linen, and rub with the polishing iron until the de sired degree of glossiness is obtained. The iron should not be very hot, or it wiil scorch ; if it is too cool, the polish will be long coming. Gum arable dis solved and added in small quantities to the starch improves it ; a lump of sugar is almost as good, and so is sperm, or soap, or butter, or white wax. Chlorine gas is often used for driv ing rats and mice from the walls of a house. To do this, a dish of manganese and muriatic acid may be placed tender the garret floor. Now, since the gas thus produced is heavier than atmos pheric air, if there is communication, the gas will quickly settle and pervade every cranny, even to the cellar, and there will be a general scampering of vermin ; but since this gas is as de structive to human as to smaller animal life, it is not altogether safe to practice this way unless the family vacate the premises, or unless every chance of communication between the partitions be closed. Novel Dining-Table. A novel din-ing-table is now in use in one of the palaces of the Emperor of Russia. The table is circular and is placed on a weighted platform. At the touch of a signal, like a rub of Aladdin's lamp, down goes the table through the floor, and a new table, loaded with fresh dishes and supplies, rises in its place. But this is not all ; each plate stands on a weighted disk, the tablecloth being cut with circular openings, one for each plate. If a guest desires a change of plate he touches a signal at his side, when, presto, his plate disappears and another rises. These mechanical din-ing-tables render the presence of ser vants quite superfluous. In this coun try, at the Oneida Community, they employ dinner-tables having the central parts made to revolve. Here the gob lets, spoons, tea and coflee, casters, pitchers and other necessary articles of table furniture are placed; revolving tne center piece, tne sitter brings be fore him whatever article may be de sired without the intervention of a spec ial waiter. f GORGEOUS GASLING-PALACE. Jotin K. eiisiaaberUn's New Cepltollne Club-Hani, at Washington The Brit ish Minister's Castle as tne Home at "Th Tiger." Washington Cor. New York Graphic. John F. Chamberlin's Washington Ulub House is now open in the late resi dence of the British Minister and his legation, on Farragut square and Cor coran's yard) Seventeenth and I streets. It is the most elaborate and spacious gaming house and restaurant in the United States and cost $90,000. : Mr. Morrissev's Saratoga Club is a orim. plain, business-like affair compared with it. although Morrissy s four large rooms are larger than any of Chamberlin's, but tne interior architecture of tne wasn ington Club is more novel and elegant than would appear in any house built especially for gaming purposes. It was esteemed fit for a Prince.of the house of Hanover-Brunswick to make it his home, and was erected by one of the most substantial bankers in the United States for his durable family mansion. It was rented by the British government for $6,000 a year in gold equal to $12,000 or more in New York city and has been the scene of the greatest par ties and receptions ever given in Wash ington, viz., Charles Knapp's grand secial party in 1867 and the state recep tion of Prince Arthur in 1870. This house was built thirty years or more ago by Jiiiisha xuggs, brotner of George Biggs, the son of the founder of the house of .feabody, .Kiggs & (Jo., afterward George Peabody & Co. The Biggs brothers built adjoining each other, George Biggs expending upon his establishment $u,uuu, and .uiisna a less sum. Mr. Corcoran, their associate, afterwara bought nearly a square of ground between their residences and Lafayette for the President's) square, and remodeled upon it the old house occupied by Daniel Webster and Joseph Gales successively. There he still re sides and the corner of his garden wall is right across the street from the club house where (Jhamberlin presides. With this wall on one side. Farragut square open on another side, the stables of tne legation also owned by unam- berlin in the rear, and shrubbery divid ng the club-house from Biggs , this casino- is both sequestered and central. When Mr. Knapp received this offer for the legation he waited on George Biggs and asked if he was willing to pay $90,000 for the premises. Mr. Biggs said " No." Hearing that Presi dent Grant also - desired to buy the house it was proffered to him with the same refusal. .Having exhausted the curtesies of ' b r siness he accepted Chamberlin's offer. It is understood that Mr. Biggs says that he does not desire a better neighbor. ; ; 1 Count ." Jatjbebt, : who recently died onoe attacked Marshal conic witn . number of epigrams, and the Marshal, meeting him at a reception of the court of Louis Philirfpe, turned his back on him jUBt as the Count was coming for ward to sneak to him. and this in the presence of thirty people. " Monsieur le MareehaL" said Jaubert. ouietly, "I have been told that yon considered me one of your enemies. I see with pleas- . . . m TTfl A .; A nre that it is not so. " ny nos, on c said Soult. " Because," said Jaubert. von are not in the , habit of turning vour back to the enemy." The Marshal held out his hand,' and the Count's suc cess was complete. a - . . t , , Kobert jbonneb naspurcua5ea ivemewo, ui uoimnwu, .' lamuua 3-year-old mare Juady stout, paying $25,000. In the last fall meeting at Lexington the mare made the fastest time for 3-year-olds on record. TaK STARiASD THE WATIS LILY 4M OUVn WkNUELL HOLlfll. The ann stepped down irom hia golden throne And lay in the silent sea, And the Lily hath folded her satin leaves, For a sleepy thins; was she : Woat la the Lily dreaming of T. Why critp the waters bine T 8 ie. Be.-, she is lifting her varnlahed Ud I Her white leaves are glistening through The rose is cooling his bnrnlng oheekj In the lap of the breathless tide; The Lily hath sisters fresh and fair, ' That would lie by the rose's side ; Ha wonld love her better than all the rest, And he would be fond and true ; But the Lily unfolded her weary lids And looked at the sky so blue. Be nember, remember, thou Billy one. How fast will tby summer glide. And wilt thou wither a virgin pale, Or flourish a blooming bride f " Oh, the roes is old and thorny and old. And he llvee on earth," aaid aba : - But the star la fall, and he lives in the air. And he shall my bridegroom be." ' But what if the stormy cloud should oome. And ruffle the silver sea T Would he turn his eye from the distant sky. To smile on a thing like thee 7 Oh. no, fair Lily, he wonld not send One ray from hia far off throne ; The winds shall blow, and the waves shall flow. And thou wilt be left alone. There is not a leaf on the mountain top Nor a drop of evening dew. Nor the golden sand on the sparkling shore, Nor a pearl on the waters blue. That he has not cheered with his fickle smiley And warmed with his faithless beam, And will he be true to a pallid flower. That floats on the quiet stream f Alas for the Lily 1 she wonld not heed. But turned to the skies afar, And he bared her breaat to the trembling ray That shot from the rising star ; The cloud came over the darkened sky. And over the waters wide ; She looked In vain through the beating rain. And sank in the stormy tide. Pith and Point . Twisted hemp cures felons. A wobp in season Winter. . Bad suits to wear Libel suits. A babe flower The pink of polite- ness. Fbtjits rents. of ballooning Upper car Timid blows do not tell much on any great work. The place for proof-readers The house of correction. - No quorum attends more meetings than any other man. What Is the only pane we make light ef ? A window-pane. The government will arm the Crow Indiana. Caws not stated. Waveblt. 111., boasts a snrv vounor lady who cau stand and jump nine feet. Philosophical paradox When a youth has a decided bent for any pur suit he is likely to keep straight at it. Philadelphia asserts that she has more houses than New York by 60,000, than Brooklin by 78,000, and than Boston by 94,000. Quiz, having drawn a map of the world, was asked why he marked the Polar regions " Jj. a.: ' and he said. because it is the place of the seal. A correspond knt writes to us to learn if a deaf boy can become a book-keeper. - Certainly, is tnere not a maxim oi "deaf as an adder? Cincinnati Times, It is hardly necessary to deny the rumor that ladies who attend our thea ters frequently turn an honest penny by accepting from gentlemen behind them pecuniary inducements to sit bare headed during the play. A little boy onoe brought eggs for the contribution-box. When asked how he came by the offering, he con fessed to having-, tied up a neighbor's hen to his bed-post " and," said he, triumphantly, " them eggs is mine, foe she laid 'em in my straw bed." An adroit thief who abstracted an os tentatiously displayed check for $1,000 from tne gifts at a wedding the other- day, only to find that the old man's balance in the bank was $4.50. thinks there is no chance for honest industry in this city. Brooklyn Argus. Tom Betd, of the Menasha Press, is evidently working for a position on the Chicago Times. . He says : " The mis-., erable, cowardly, white-livered wretch who has sent us an anonymous note. making charges which we know to be false as the gangrened heart from which they emanated, if he will uncover his hyena countenance to us, we will spit upon it for him." When , the Bev. DeWitt Talmage gets through with his theatrical sensa tion he had better turn his attention to a Nevada Justice lately appealed to to issue a warrant for tne arrest of three- card-monte men who had swindled a traveler, and who refused to do so, say ing tnat tne onense came under the head of " Dispensations of Providence," and. that he hadn't jurisdiction. , A kan called upon a lawyer, the other day, and began to state his ease in a -rather abrupt manner. "Sir, I have oome to you for advice ; Fm a husband-in-law." 4A what?" spoke out the learned counsel. " Husband-in-law. sir I" " I have never seen that denned domestio relations." " Don't. you know what a husband-in-law is ? Sir, you're -no. lawyer; you're an igno ramus I i am a nusDana-in-faur. bat not in fact, sir my wife's run oft"; What is Ufa 1 , A twisted yarn tangled skein ' A mingled web of joy and pain A glancing sunbeam, warm and bright A banging cloud more dark than might A beauteous Sower of sweetest eoenw A murky eave where poison's pens - A golden cap with nectec aweet A blackened bowl where bitters meet The lightest feather that ean rise - A heery weight, repressing sighs . A lucid stream with rapid now A stagnant pool where dark weeds grow A nunw bresss that ooola the air A hurricane that makes earth bare A gift enjoyed with grateful heart A load with wUeh we long to part And such la life ( Ottb foreign grain' market is stead n enlarging. In 1872-3 England and her dependencies took almost all the wheat we naa to export. Ximst year -we shipped 15 per cent, to other markets W7 1 I d fts-A AAA a ' X raiioo traying z,ou,uw DUneiS, Uel- gium, 8,750,000, and the Netherlands upward of 3,006,000. Germany, too. bought bix times as much aa ah a AiA during the preceding season. It is ev ident tnat our Western farmers need not oon tract their wheat acreage vt- spite of the nearer proximity of the Russian and Hungarian grain regions to the consumers. J'iUsburgh Com mercial. . ,: .. Ireland is "of late' years . making a very considerable showing in court statistics. The indictable offenses in that country are annually, becoming re duced in numbers to a marked degree. The past year's statistics show 774 lea o iieuses tnan tne year before, and 3,923 wu jetuv ago. otrange as it . py seem, tne number of , oriminal oi i breaches of the peace in Ireland has j uneu id per cent., lower than in K ... of Great Britain for five years,, The general condition of the people of Ire land is also said to be steadily improv- If i '